I can't listen to this song without balling my eyes out. Somehow it reminds me of my Mom who passed away. I grew up in the best decade with her and I miss her so much.
I feel you. This song was played at my baby sister’s funeral. I play this to remember her. Sending love to you and your Mom who I’m sure watches over you always.
Me too! 😭 I just learned tonight - from my lost love, that there are LYRICS! Ripped my heart out anew. I don’t know if I recommend that you look them up. 💔
Being a latch-key kid sucked, but the music was awesome! This music reminds me of screwing off on my Commodore 64 and pirating games. I know it was wrong, but I was just a kid.
For us that were coming of age in this wonderful decade (19-24 years old) this song conjures up obvious sentiments regarding our youth and how everything seemed possible. Most of us probably are already in our early to mid 50's and all this does is remind us of our mortality. Not a bad thing. If we sigh when we hear this beautiful piece, it's our hearts and memories that are just longing for a specific time and place and for a moment...just freeze it. I took a nap and all of a sudden this song was 36 years old. Amazing isn't it. ..To my 80's brothers and sisters in here; we had it good and we're just now realizing JUST HOW GOOD it was...the magical 80's.... God bless....
Well said. I’m 53 an reflecting on the wonderful years and memories of college. The friendships, the moments, the experiences. I would not have trade them for anything.
Damn the song is a haunting reminder of the simpler and wholesome times. Family values and comrodery with friends and neighbors . I felt so alive back then.
yeah, I was a senior in college for this one.... and when I hear it, my thoughts are consumed until it's over. We didn't know it then, but living in one of the most iconic decades of the century.... the 80's aren't felt for others like they are for those 18-28 yrs old in that decade. We are especially affected ...the comments tell it all.
Take me back to the 80's and just leave me there, I would be fine. No cell phones, internet, social media. Great music and rich person to person relationships. Simpler times.
1981 - Graduated high school. 1991 - seventh year in career, married five years, three kids. 2022 - retiring at end of year, married 36 years, two awesome grandsons. I listen to this song and I am filled with cherished memories of all those years gone by and I wouldn't trade them for anything. Makes me cry happy tears and I am not one to cry.
@@zapkvr It's a melody played by musical instruments in a rhythmic fashion. Also, it's my memory and opinion. Go get a life. It's people like you that is what's wrong with this entire world.
i lost my brother in 96, and my sister in 02, then my dad in 04..miss them very much...sometimes i feel like im all alone in the world without them..but i am a strong person, and ill think ill be just fine...but i will always have thoughts and memories.. R.I.P. all .
Peter I too never tire of this beautiful piece of 80's classic. The Brat Pack will always rule. Thanks for placing a comment worth responding to. Take care friend. 👍😁👍😁
We all longingly look back at the days of our youth: where we had innocence, love, great friends, adventure, health and hope for a future with unlimited expectations of life before us.
And no smart phone nor personal computers.... Just friends, a bicycle, time on our hands, bold hearts, no money but good times made out of nothing. And great music vibes .
So true! I was in highschool when this movie and song came out! Even if someone never seen the cult classic - the song alone is phenomenal 👊👍👏🙌😎great music🎶🖖
In a way it's a sad sad song, bc it reminds me of a wonderful era, the 80's and there will never be another 80's for me. But anyway a great song, and the sax, wow still blows me away
Couldn't agree more! I figure the only way I can come even remotely close to replicating the way the 80s were is to try my best to build a serene life filled with wonderful, positive people with similar interests. At 38, it ain't an easy endeavor but I remain hopeful.
It was the best years for us, yes (I was born in the early 70s). But we cannot repeat it and appreciate it the same again. Would not work but certainly, great music could return. And it should!
I was In 2 nd Grade elementary school in 1987, I was 9 back then, now 41 in 2020. This song made me sad to listen to it back then as it does now, In a good way though, having very vivid picture like memories from back then brings tears to my eyes, missing those times, I can clearly remember where I was and what I was doing when this song was on the radio, and even when I hear it now in 2020! A beautiful timeless classic!
Wow life was so beautiful for me back then. I had a devine childhood with a great family life. The air was different the feeling of peace and love was in the air. I always felt safe and secure but now years later as ive grown the world is so different. Glad I had the chance to experience those great times. Love love love the 80s
You took the words right out of my mouth..it seems this decade and innocence of life resonates with everyone around the world..I am from Malaysia. ..the music, movies..lifestyle..my mom has passed on and I miss her.
I can’t listen to this without feeling a million different emotions. Happy, reflective, sad, melancholy…. The list goes on. I have no idea why this makes me feel all of these things. All I know is that I’ll probably own St Elmo’s Fire until my final days. Lol. It’s the weirdest thing in my life. It freezes a moment in my life. I love it.
well put. I have been trying to figure out what it does to me to hear it. That is it. Its like it lives in the corridors of my mind! It puts me in almost a dream state.
I kept remembering this great track by David Foster. My parents used to play this when I was a kid. I was really grateful that my parents had a great taste in music. I think that I may be the only teenager today that's listening to this and admiring David's talent.
This composition captures like no other , the mood of those of us who went to school in the 80’s . Nostalgic for all the good times we had together , yet serious about the challenges ahead . It accurately represented the turning point in our lives. A true celebration of who we were as a generation.
1985 was the year I met the love of my life. Drop dead gorgeous, hearing this song while looking at him made me go weak in my knees. A moment frozen in time that only happens once. What a year...what a song!
Apple Slices Unite you took the words out of my mouth. It also makes me sad that my 80's are long gone. Such a great time I'd relive them for a thousand years!!
I am still listening to this in 2019. Brings me back to my childhood friends, the growing pains of young adulthood, and searching for one's purpose. Beautiful nostalgia 🎶
When I was in preschool, I'd have my mom rewind and play this song over and over again... Just graduated from undergrad, and now I find myself reflecting upon my journey and the road ahead... Such a timeless masterpiece. I'll always love this song.
I think one of the greatest things about music like this, the stuff the brings you back YEARS, is when you can look into the comments section and take comfort that you're not alone. I'd have to say the bonding thing of our generation was the music.
I was truly blessed to be able to experience the 80s in my late teens' early 20s. There will never be another era like it. John Hughes movies were the best!
You walk through life and make new friends leaving the past behind, but sometimes you wish you can revisit even just to say hello. And then this song whisks you back in living color, stereo and you sometimes can feel the smells. What a spell it weaves on the brief trip...even if you can't say hello.
indelible song and great movie! whenever I get melancholy about the past, I remember the great dr suess adage which says, "don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened" - I try to live in that state of gratitude now
This decade (80s) and innocence of life resonates with everyone around the world..I am from Malaysia. ..the music, movies..lifestyle..since that time I lost a few friends including my best friend growing up..my mom has passed on and I miss her too .
David Foster is an incredible talent. I continually stumble onto songs I love and they were written by David. He is a fine man, too. His philanthropic work is to be commended. Please write music forever....PSH
A beautiful, timeless instrumental that brings back the wonderful memories of a time long since gone but I will cherish and keep in my heart forever. I was living some of the best years of my life and would love more than anything to go back and do it all again but sadly those days will never return. Thank you for uploading this classic.
The first time I heard this music was in the early '90's. I was in my teens...14 or 15 maybe. I was with a group of my friends at a place called carowinds, an amusement park in Charlotte N.C. That period was an extremely romantic time for me! Air Supply, Journey, Bread... The list goes on. So we were at Carowinds. All through the day I kept hearing this music that would play over the speakers in the park. Every time I heard it I couldn't get enough. There was to be an amateur ice skating presentation at 2 pm, and well time got away from us and they had locked the door. (Ice skating had been a huge deal for me, as pairs skating was very romantic.) I began to look for another way in. Sure enough there was a side entrance that was open! It put me directly at the front next to the stage! Front row seats!!! One of the songs they skated to was this music!!! The results have been a life long love relationship with this song!
A favorite instrumental that takes me on a journey back to the best days of my life - the 80's...all the fun, all the people, all the memories...I wish those days were back...
This beautiful song is the soundtrack of my young life. The movie, the music, the era, and the experience paved the road to my destiny. I love this music with every fiber of my being. God I miss the 80's. (sobbing)
My cousin used it at her reception...very nicely done. She used it like when they introduce the bridesmaids and the groomsmen and then her and her husband.
I think it's perfect for the last part of the reception when the bride and groom leave - i always associate it with the feeling of the end of the movie where you are remembering the past but about to move on to a new stage of life.
It is one of those songs, as soon as you hear it , you remember the places you use to hang out at, the people you use to hang out with in your favorite bar and as time goes on you see a little less each year, something we all go thru, but we move on with our lives and will forever love our memories
Thankful for RU-vid auto-generated videos. This began to play after my selected video ended. Once it began to play, it sounded familiar. As best as I can tell, it played back in the ‘90s on the radio and I heard it growing up. Now, what, 20 years later, I hear it and can appreciate it (as an adult). Agreed, that saxophone makes this absolutely touching and heart-wrenching. Nostalgia! I’d better stop typing before I shed a tear. REPLAY! REPLAY! REPLAY!
I saw Rob Lowe in Vegas a few years ago. He was alone leaning against the wall waiting for his wife to finish shopping staring into space (like most guys!). He is way older than me but he is the best looking guy I've ever seen in person. Like by far. I didn't even recognize him as a celebrity really until my friend pointed it out. he is spectaculary handsome.
I think Billy's wife in St. Elmos is one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen. She was also in Pink Floyd: The Wall. She's quite striking even as an old lady but lord under 50 I would have gone for that.
I was talking to a friend about missing groups like Journey, Foreigner, Toto, Chicago...all those...music these days is just so different...I'll take my 80s anyway...I remember having Hall and Oats 45....loved those days...
I’m came from a broken home and dysfunctional family. But the experiences, first love, sports and the camaraderie and friends I made through high school and young adulthood in the 80’s will be something I’ll never stop remembering when nostalgia comes knocking. When people had to interact with one another and the mystery of someone you wanted to know gave you butterflies. Those times are gone but never forgotten. Long live the 80’s
