The BEST Riffs of 1985 with Uncle Ben Eller

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What are the BEST riffs of 1985?! Well, Uncle Ben Eller here is about to tell you! This Top 20 list was voted on by my amazing Patreon community, and it was a BLAST to make!
There was SO MUCH good music being made in 1985 in ALL genres. Dire Straits, RATT, Simple Minds, Huey Lewis, Anthrax, Megadeth, Dokken.... the list goes on and on. I did my tribute by painstakingly recreating these classic tracks with my arsenal of Suhr guitars and basses, plus a little help from my Les Paul and G&L Legacy! All guitars running through the Fractal Audio Axe FX 3.
While we break down this Mega List, i'll also be teaching you a thing or two or three about these iconic riffs and how they work. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll laugh and cry! Bowling For Soup made a song and music video about 1985! Yes they did!
Whats your favorite riff of 1985? Lemme know in the comments!!

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@BenEller 3 года назад

Thanks for watching my Best Riffs of 1985 video!!! Did you favorite riff get left off? What was it?! Also: DANG IT that INXS tune was 1987. I double checked everything, except for that one, apparently! Oh well!

@tuuresuomalainen9388 3 года назад

Wasn't the Killing Joke -tune already released in '84 as a single?

@ZzzzzzzxxxzzzYZ4 3 года назад

Medusa by Trapeze? Yes! Though before some of these kids were borned.

@littlejimmyyouman7201 3 года назад

It's ok, INXS was probably working on that riff in 1985 :)

@gunkyzip 3 года назад

not to mention Addicted to Love entered the charts in Feb 1986. Love the Weird Al inclusion though!

@FullmetalHotpants 3 года назад

Hey Ben! LOVED the video. I was an angst-ridden 13 year-old gravity well of confusion in 1985, but the music makes me wish I could go back! Much appreciation to you for taking the time to put this together.

@stricknine8623 3 года назад

"Lay it Down" is the greatest guitar riff of the 1980s.

@BenEller 3 года назад

so good!!!

@danepaulstewart8464 3 года назад

Hard to argue wit dat!

@ljm_2011 3 года назад

I’m only 25 and I just found that song last year. Dude, I love it so much. It has so much energy, and it doesn’t stop

@joshmuz9018 3 года назад

I like ratts cither great riff round and round just as much and close second unchained by van halen

@stricknine8623 3 года назад

@@joshmuz9018 Yes,.."Round and Round" That song was the sole reason that I picked up a guitar 36 years ago and got serious about learning.

@smc8144 3 года назад

The Cult is so underrated and so good. One of the best of the 80’s and early 90’s.

@TraceeRae Год назад

I still jam to the “Electric” album in 2023.

@muppy1100 Год назад

Hell yes, the Cult is awesome!!!

@dlmyrs Год назад

I still remember where I was when I first heard She Sells Sanctuary. Actually, it was seeing the video.

@zackperkins6107 3 года назад

"You, me, and turkey.." Poor bastard has been locked in his house so long he doesn't know that he was holding a dog 😔

@BenEller 3 года назад

Hahahahaha

@r2c228 3 года назад

Good Lord! Thank you so much for this trip down memory lane.

@BenEller 3 года назад

glad you enjoyed it!

@royalmarine1011 3 года назад

2:00 Bonded by blood-Exodus 2:42 Come as you are- killing eighties 3:36 Crazy nights- loudness 4:15 Rough Boy- ZZ Top 5:10 Easy lover- Phil Collins and Philip bailey 6:11 Don't you forget about me- Simple Minds 6:35 Hell Awaits- FUCKING SLAYER! 7:47 I'll see the light tonight- Yngwie Malmsteen 8:53 Addicted to love- Robert Palmer 10:10 Take on me- A-Ha 10:39 Out in the fields- Every 80's Movie Ever 11:19 Need you tonight- INXS 11:45 killing is my business- Metallica 12:13 everybody wants to rule the world- Tears for Fears 12:55 Mad House- Anthrax (Uncle Ben Approved) 17:11 The power of love- Huey Lewis ft Marty" McFly 17:46 she sell sanctuary- The Cult 18:33 it's not love- Dokken 19:54 Lay It Down- Ratt 20:57 Money for nothing- Dire Straits Thanks Uncle B.

@lesharrison3739 3 года назад

Thanks for the list!

@1981SG 3 года назад

11:45 KIMB by Megadeth, not Metallica ;)

@BenEller 3 года назад

SLAAAAAAYYYYYYYER!!!!!!!!!

@royalmarine1011 3 года назад

@@1981SG It was an obvious joke friend.

@batteryram667 3 года назад

@@royalmarine1011 Eh, I didn''t think he actually thought you meant to put that, he may of just thought you weren't paying attention to what you were typing, and typed by instinct or something.

@Shezmen88 3 года назад

So glad you mentioned Akira Takasaki of Loudness....legendary guitarist and band from Japan

@roelgarza7088 3 года назад

AGREE TOTALLY

@digitalworms 3 года назад

Loudness is some awesome shit!

@jamesniece8449 3 года назад

Born in ‘86 so I was at least conceived to these riffs. Love still being preoccupied with ‘85.

@BrokeAtBestMusic 3 года назад

86....I turned 2 and Cinderella made my one of my favorite 80s riffs with Nothing For Nothing!

@TheArtofGuitar 3 года назад

A great year for music! Awesome video!

@BenEller 3 года назад

thanks, my man!!!

@m2svirtual384 3 года назад

So was 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88... heheh

@SuperSpear2009 3 года назад

Mr. Ben Eller, 1985 was a great year. I think that was when Sykes was working out the solo to "Still of the night". You promised to show us how he did it. I have faith in you.

@jamesniece8449 3 года назад

I second this. We are eagerly waiting!

@noozzoo5152 3 года назад

We had to wait another year before Eat 'Em and Smile

@danieljester7752 3 года назад

lol....unforgetable vid..... ben left us hanging there !!!!!

@roelgarza7088 3 года назад

Agree

@roscoep.soultrain5775 3 года назад

Uncle Ben the beast. '85 was such a beautiful time, all of the 80's were really... It's beyond hard to encapsulate all that greatness in one list. Your playing is impeccable as always.

@bryanpeterson1231 3 года назад

“The Big Money”off of Rush’s Power Windows Album was also a great riff of 1985 as well. Gotta give some love to Alex Lifeson!

@theoriesabound6711 3 года назад

It was one of the nominees. I voted for it, but it didn't make the list :-(

@sgleblanc 3 года назад

I love Rush, but 1985 was not their best year😁

@colinburroughs9871 3 года назад

@@sgleblanc nah, it was one of em'.. 76'-85'

@BrandonEht 3 года назад

I agree. 80s rush was the best. I love Alex's super saturated chorus tone with the Marshall Club and Country from 81-85. Didn't care much for his tone after that with the Gallien Krueger, and single coils.

@dusty3913 3 года назад

No clones of Alex either.

@thirteenthandy 3 года назад

Dude, thank you for including Weird Al. What a huge part of my childhood (ok, and adulthood considering I've gone to see several of his shows up to as recently as 2018). Pure genius.

@rickfeith6372 3 года назад

Wow....Anvil. My old guitar teacher, Sebastian Marino, did a stint in Anvil and then another little stint in Overkill. I had no idea at the time how lucky I was. Thanks Seb, you the man!!!

@russk1971 Год назад

In 1985 I was a freshman in high school. The halls were rocking 😎

@likesc00b59 3 года назад

I had never heard of Akira Takasaki or the band Loudness, but I’m listening to them now! Another great thing about these videos is it gives me recommendations

@necessarycynicism6304 3 года назад

Roudness Rules

@hrosemd 3 года назад

Thunder in the East is pure gold.

@vladv5126 3 года назад

@@necessarycynicism6304 ruresu*

@realnsenpai 3 года назад

loudness is damn good

@gainbear8853 3 года назад

He’s a monster.

@TheGuitarman1968 3 года назад

"Summertime Girls" by Y&T should have also been included on this list. It dominated the radio and parties in 1985. Such a great uplifting song! 🎸 🎸 🎸

@patrickkirby7612 3 месяца назад

Yes yes yes .. saw them live in 85

@patrickkirby7612 3 месяца назад

That lead singer guitarist was an AMAZING entertainer and talented

@rockinatmidnight 3 года назад

She sells sanctuary was soooo clean. Love it

@kwantoon 7 месяцев назад

There's so many guitar player channels on RU-vid these days, so many it's impossible to keep track of them all. While a lot of them are pretty good, at some point most of them just start to blend together and it's hard for me to remember the actual people or the names of their channels, however. Uncle Ben, you're the exception. First off, you're a great player, but. I think it's the way that your videos are put together, along with your personality, your teaching ability and over all awesomeness that makes your channel different. I always really enjoy the content, Thanks Ben!!

@BenEller 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much!!!

@JohnDoe-kq8dx 3 года назад

Rough Boy is a good example of having confidence in going simple if simple is whats right.

@steveb7416 3 месяца назад

I humbly submit Marillion's "Kayleigh" as an essential riff from 1985. Steve Rothery is such a great melodic player.

@AceAskin 3 года назад

OMG- I just spit my coffee all over my monitor! "This riff features something that Yngwie likes even more than Ferraris and donuts"

@PikkaBird 3 года назад

He doesn't like fuckin' donuts! ...hostile.

@perpetualbystander4516 3 года назад

@@PikkaBird That was the joke, d'oh!

@TimACroninMusic 3 года назад

@@perpetualbystander4516 he knows that. The "hostile" bit at the end was him quoting the video where the reference is from.

@PikkaBird 3 года назад

@@perpetualbystander4516 Sure, perhaps... I can't reasonably tell who's watched that video or not, but everybody always says Yngwie eats lots of donuts, even if they don't know that it's a joke.

@xdreampcs8554 3 года назад

@@PikkaBird ha ha awesome reference

@u.s.a.198 2 года назад

I graduated HS in 1985... we had some powerful music during that time.. ty for video

@bghammock 3 года назад

Feel privileged to have grown up in the 80s .. old too but never you mind. First time I heard that Akira lick was after school on a local heavy metal video show. It stuck in my head forever! Instantly made me a Loudness fan.

@RonSavage01 2 года назад

The Loudness riff. Thank you Ben!!! I'd never heard that before. Can't stop listening to it.

@steveelling9604 3 года назад

Dude, you got the hardest part right about Money for Nothing -- the harmonic ping in the middle of the lick. Awesome list. Waytogo.

@stricknine8623 3 года назад

Yep, its easy to do because the harmonic is a natural one right under your fingers but I'm impressed that Ben didn't ignore it and put it in there. It's one of the character markers of the riff.

@drdre4397 3 года назад

@@stricknine8623 paul davids did a video highlighting these subtle details aswell. Such a great riff but so incredibly hard to truly nail. I know Mark never played it always the exact same live but that recorded intro is just magic... He rips a great solo at live aid though...

@donsuhr2313 2 года назад

I graduated high school in ‘85. Your top 3 are indisputable.

@timbushong4387 3 года назад

Haha! LOVE #6!!! Had to teach that riff to a few students back in the day...

@petemarshall1567 3 года назад

"The Power of Love" solo is one of my all-time favs. Angry!!

@Synic42 3 года назад

Ooh, The Cult just gave me goosebumps.

@MrHeshersNeighborhood 3 года назад

The Cure is so good. Disintegration is one of all my all time favorite albums and it is perfect.

@aazreaal 3 года назад

THE CURE IS ON THE LIST? I HAVEN'T FINISHED FIT!

@eddiejr540 3 года назад

AGREED!!!!!

@efimc1714 3 года назад

It's the cult, not the cure

@yak6896 2 года назад

@@efimc1714 the cure and cult are in this video.

@ramosel 2 года назад

Fascination Street!

@lennylehnertz 3 года назад

That tears for fears album “songs from the big chair” was an incredible album. It has some great guitar there on shout, broken, head over heels.

@MarkPritchardGuitar 3 года назад

Definitely the best riff of 1985 is Ratt - Lay it Down!! Best intro riff ever for me. Cool video Ben.

@Powermad-bu4em 3 года назад

Best drop tuned riff ever.

@MarkPritchardGuitar 3 года назад

@@Powermad-bu4em agreed!

@MarkPritchardGuitar 3 года назад

@@Powermad-bu4em I did a cover on my channel if you fancy taking a look 👀

@tonyenglish5153 Год назад

Great video Ben as always and FANTASTIC 85's revisit of some of the greatest music of all times! The 80's were the best. When you were one year old I was 18 and a senior in high school! Yeah imagine growing up as a teen in the 80's=Phenomenal! So glad you included "Power of Love" and might have included a Journey cut. Thanks for sharing!

@KoolKatDave 3 года назад

Kudos for including some Cult! "Love Removal Machine" is another killer track!

@tantrispicks2440 3 года назад

I agree. Billy Duffy is a true riffmaster.

@efimc1714 3 года назад

I think Rain is the best song from this album

@easterworshipper5579 3 года назад

'love' and 'electric' will always be the two greatest cult albums imo. nothing comes close!

@metalmike570 2 года назад

And Fire Woman is bad ass!

@daveybuckyou5883 2 года назад

Yes. The Cults "Love'll Remove-A-Spleen "

@TheMrMused 3 года назад

Also, 1985 .. amazing year to graduate high school and start college with all this incredible music to get completely obliterated to, waking up next to some random hottie, get showered, go to classes, and do it all again! Just enough insane music to make every day special! (could also be the lack of complete memory of all daily events, but .. well .. yeah, anyway...)

@rickplaysguitar2943 3 года назад

Enjoying uncle Ben covering those riffs

@yak6896 3 года назад

"close to me" man... i'm glad that showed up.

@johnmoser2689 3 года назад

I had no idea you were such a youngster... no matter you've got sick licks and great taste in music

@garrobond0017 3 года назад

Uncle Ben," the heat is on " late Glen Fry Legend. Foreigner "I want to know what love is" Can't stop this feeling, REO speed wagon. Keep up the excellent advice and work boss. Peace ☮️

@revantnaik4605 2 года назад

Great playing Ben and a wonderful compilation of the 80s.....INXS, The Cure, Aha, Tears for Fears, were pleasant surprises along with the epic metal riffs that u covered.....kudos

@squidly2112 3 года назад

You are absolutely correct about "Money For Nothing" by Dire Straits .. I don't think even they could replicate that tune. I have never heard anyone come very close to doing it. There are just so many little nuances to that riff that are virtually impossible to replicate the way it was originally recorded. Quite the classic!! .. thanks Ben!

@sighermike 2 года назад

Man, I loved Dokken as a kid and that "It's not love" took me back to watching them ride on the back of a semi through Hollywood.

@tonyjf64 3 года назад

Absolutely made my day to see some Anvil in this video I have great memories of seeing them every single time they played L'Amour in Brooklyn back in the day. My buddies and I even got to hang out with Lips at the bar one night after their set. Bought him a beer and chatted awhile. Awesome guy and an awesome memory.

@1badsteed 3 года назад

Those were all really fantastic riffs. Nice to see Warren and George in the top 5.

@bastianogr4960 3 года назад

Loved that video! Thank you so much! The 80s were undoubtedly the best era for music. Great selection of riffs here. I love that you included Weird Al, since I think he and his band are very underappreciated on a musical level. I listened to all of their albums a million times and honestly think, there's tons of stuff to learn from their music. They're so much more than just comedy. Also, Huey Lewis ❤️ Man! What a singer, what a band. I only realized decades later how their groove and their guitars influenced me as a guitar player. Most excellent music. 'The Power of Love' will give me tears of joy for the rest of my life. And you're absolutely right about The Cult. Underrated as hell. I discovered them relatively late. Don't remember how, cause nobody I knew listened to them or ever talked about them. But they have written insanely cool and rather unique rock music. Great band, great voice, that Ian Astbury.

@Agsded1973 3 года назад

Ben Ben Ben....can't talk about the 80s without throwing some props over to Tim Pierce who helped create a lot of that wonderful 80s textural guitar magic!

@BenEller 3 года назад

my man Tim!!!! Such a great dude.

@michaeldutil889 2 года назад

Great video Ben!!. So many great 80s riffs and you played them awesome. I was a senior in high school in 1985 and your video brought back lots of great memories and such great music! Thank you for keeping great rock music alive!

@darylliedecke6375 3 года назад

Easy Lover and Robert Palmer make think pop songs with unexpectedly great guitar might be a good topic

@hogthrob 3 года назад

Lionel Richie - Running With The Night and Maniac (from the Flashdance movie) by Michael Sembello are two that spring to mind

@chopperdeath 2 года назад

Good on the audience for being fans of music, not just metal or guitar.

@ClutchEastwood 2 года назад

While bringing up The Cult, Ian Astbury has one of the best voices in Rock&Roll!

@metalmike570 2 года назад

Is he still alive? Yes it's a distinctive voice.

@ninevoltromeo 2 года назад

Hearing ZZ Top's Rough Boy on the list made my night. Always loved the guitar work on that song.

@DeathPenny 3 года назад

I was 13 years old and living in Japan in '85 .. and had been devouring all the metal I could get my hands on... Loudness was one of those bands... so was Accept ... and Crazy Nights totally makes me think of Balls to the Wall. That was a killer year for music... it was also the year I picked up my first guitar 🤘🤘🤘🤘

@danieljester7752 3 года назад

your my age....werent they just perfect years to grow up?...we missed the dull 70s and the declining 90s all in one decade with all the fun new shit and lots of cash to burn on it :D

@reedpeterson6512 3 года назад

I was living in Japan then as well. Some of the other Japanese bands that came out of that era that I really got into were Earthshaker, Make Up, Anthem, and Marino. I saw Earthshaker with Seikima II in about 1988 in Kobe. I was mostly there to see Earthshaker, but Seikima II's live show is all kinds of fun.

@DeathPenny 3 года назад

@@reedpeterson6512 Seikima II was the band that kind looked like a Japanese version of Kiss right? I remember those guys, definitely remember Anthem, still have some of their stuff, and also remember earthquakes. Never got to see them live, I was up in Misawa ... still have friends that live there. Great time I was there from '84- '88 - amazing

@DeathPenny 3 года назад

@@danieljester7752 it was awesome.. I was really big into kiss - my aunt gave me destroyer in '76 because I was fascinated with the cover , I was 3 and half years old... it was game on after that... but it was a great time to grow up... got to watch thrash get born and was old enough to see some of those legendary tours from metall8ca slayer anthrax etc .. excellent time to grow up

@reedpeterson6512 3 года назад

@@DeathPenny Yes, that was Seikima II. When I saw them live, the singer had a broken leg, so he used a wheelchair the whole time. It was all decorated to match the stage setup, their band gimmick (that they're demons from outer space and have lived for like 10,000 years or something like that, all tongue-in-cheek, of course), etc. It was like, if Satan had a wheelchair, that would have been it, hahaha. It didn't slow him down a bit, though. He was zipping all around the stage, popping wheelies, etc. Anthem and Earthshaker are still active. Anthem in particular has been releasing some of their best stuff. There are a lot of great newer Japanese bands/musicians these days, like Galneryus, Concerto Moon, Mary's Blood, Aldious, Love Bites, Gyze, Kelly Simonz, etc. It sounds like we there at the same time. I was in the Tokyo area in '83 and '84, and in Osaka from '85 through '89. (I was in Tokyo again in the 90s.) You were on the airbase in Misawa, I assume?

@khanchris79 3 года назад

Your vote is the only reason I gravitated toward channel, Unc! Prime choice in tone as well too! Never stop what ya do!

@conorknott2683 Год назад

I'll see the light tonight is probably my fav yngwie riff ever, maybe one of my fav 80s riffs ever

@RichieIsaacsGuitar 3 года назад

I impulse bought Loundess "Thunder In The East" from a record store in '86 (in New Zealand we celebrated 1985 in 1986 as things took quite some time to get here) and Akira pretty much became my favourite guitar for many, many years. I STILL want a Killer guitar because of that particular album and am sure that Paul Gilbert's solo in Mr. Big's great song "Daddy Father Cousin Uncle Older Brother's Best Friend's Kitten" (I forget the exact title) was inspired by the solo in Like Hell.

@davidwillis1617 3 года назад

I love the song heavy chains off that album

@KelticKabukiGirl 3 года назад

That is hilarious! Yeah, you guys live in paradise but have to live a little behind with Western Culture

@KelticKabukiGirl 3 года назад

Small price for paradise

@TheJCHdez 3 года назад

And a new series is born! Great selection uncle Ben !!

@pinktacoluvr 3 года назад

Damn son! You lost me with The Cure, but then you reeled me back in with Weird Al. Total emotional rollercoaster! 👍🏼

@reverendg5937 2 года назад

Thank You Uncle Ben!!! Don't Stop!!!!

@laz288 2 года назад

Great playing! So cool you put its not love in there by Dokken. The lead part is one of the most TUBE overdriven sounds of any lead. That led embodies the tube amp sound.

@whatarefriends4 3 года назад

The breadth of this man’s knowledge does it have any bounds?🤔

@danacoleman4007 10 месяцев назад

That was SOOOOO much fun!!!! Thanks, Uncle Ben!!

@shauner1108 3 года назад

Bad Attitude by Honeymoon Suite was a bit of a banger off of their best album IMO 'The Big Prize'.

@schmoofadoop 3 года назад

Ben I appreciate the extra effort that goes into demoing these riffs... you could just bust them out rapid fire, but the backing track efforts to accompany really make for an enjoyable watch on our end, cheers buddy

@srhatfield 2 года назад

And Lindsey Buckingham as well, he’s a big finger picker in the rock world and I don’t see many ppl trying to clone him either. Great job, Ben!!

@KingBeevr 2 года назад

For real. Underrated as hell and as unique as they come.

@RickHavok 2 года назад

He was finger picking Stevie.

@PC85X 3 года назад

I was born in 1985... This vid brings back memories of my early years. Full of bangers

@m2svirtual384 3 года назад

I came to register a major complaint, but then after doing some quick research, lo and behold, Judas Priest did not have an album out in 1985. And you DO know that absolutely EVERY guitarist you loved bowed to Glenn Tipton. So we will let this slide and give this list a thumbs up hehe

@yuletide 3 года назад

Same same but for Iron Maiden!

@m2svirtual384 3 года назад

@@yuletide Hilarious! Both Maiden and Priest had albums in 84 and 86, but not 85... haha classic. Up the irons my friend \m/

@yuletide 3 года назад

@@m2svirtual384 Yes indeed! \m/ I had the same cycle of righteous indignation, furious googling, then realizing they only released Live After Death that year. Hails!

@liamn8497 3 года назад

OMG... i was just sitting here thinking right at the beginning... if Dokken and Ratt are not on the list I'm tuning out and giving up on life... hahaha Great to see I'm not alone in the world! Good Job! =)

@kitoyobeni1 3 года назад

Could've used just about any track off of Under Lock And Key, still almost surprised the choice wasn't In My Dreams.

@gardnerberry113 3 года назад

Honorable Mention should be given to Stormtroopers Of Death and their killer riff: March of the S.O.D./Sargent D on the 'Speak English or Die' album. The March would later serve as an intro to Mtv's 'Headbanger's Ball'. (What you were watching AFTER those crazy pants-pooping 80's parties were over!)

@kristinnorgaard6238 3 года назад

Metal Church should make that list too

@joelonsdale 3 года назад

Loved that album at the time!

@blues-indianer8667 2 года назад

This video is gorgeous!!! Even I'm not a metal fan, I enjoyed to look at, because I can see your love and joy bout this music and playing guitar. I can learn so much from your tutorials, and with 67 I feel some younger than 20 years ago! Thanx a lot, you are great!!! Henry from Germany!

@TheHitmann069 3 года назад

Oh, Uncle Ben you've made me feel so old. I was 16 in 1985. In 1986 Ozzy and Jake E released their second (and soon to be final) album together, Ultimate Sin. My favourite track on that album and the one that I think demonstrates Jake E Lee at his peak was 'Killer of Giants'. Would you be able to do an Uncle Ben break down of that track? Thanks !! 🙏🏻🤙🏻

@mikekarena 3 года назад

Agreed, Jake was his own wall of sound on that album, so thick. Killer of Giants was an excellent example.

@metalmike570 2 года назад

If Bark At The Moon was released in 85, then that should have been way up in the list.

@vonbass1300 3 года назад

Loudness! You come to see the show... Great, that's going to be stuck in my head for a while, thx

@brubakersflatcakes9755 3 года назад

I think it's safe to say that many of us metal-heads enjoy a wide variety of music.

@rdefabri 3 года назад

Got nervous that you forgot about Lay It Down, nice to see Dokken and Killing Joke there too!

@metalheadbill 3 года назад

I was a junior in high school. Damn I'm old.

@rtaylor1105 3 года назад

lol that makes 2

@metalheadbill 3 года назад

Thankfully I was just about over my pants pooping phase by then.

@stricknine8623 3 года назад

You sure are.

@dabo7130 3 года назад

Yes Akira, thanks for seeing this guys greatness!

@kmfrazz 3 года назад

Uncle Ben, did you program all the drums as well? You are a musical production machine! I appreciate how much time this must have taken! Well done!

@BenEller 3 года назад

Yup! I use Superior Drummer 3. Thanks man! It’s VERY time-consuming, but making the tracks makes me appreciate these songs even more. For example, I never noticed how crazy the drums in Don’t You Forget About Me are!

@kmfrazz 3 года назад

@@BenEller Call me Aunt Julie, I am in! Keep up the great work!

@hystericbunny76 Год назад

that crazy nights riff from loudness is absolutely a headbanger.

@IceNein763 3 года назад

The Cure has made me really jones for a bass VI, since that's what Robert Smith wrote his bass lines on, and it shows.

@JoshGordonGuitar 2 года назад

Love this video! In '85 I was 11 years old...and shit my pants when my aunt bought me Motley Crue's Theatre of Pain album for my birthday.

@boomerdell 3 года назад

By the way, I thought your 'Money For Nothing' riff was excellent -- totally get it, though: Mr. Knopfler plays in such a unique voice that his guitar work is permanently enshrined in the Pantheon of all-time wicked awesome sounds-like-no-one-else guitar playing. Makes one heck of a compelling case to put down the guitar pick and see what can happen.

@marypoppinsontoast 3 года назад

He comes from where I come from. Always dope riding through Deptford knowing these titans roamed the same streets.

@Angelrat666 3 года назад

Armored Saint-Nervous Man Accept-Metal Heart Dark Angel-Merciless Death Destruction-bestial Invasion Nasty Savage-Asmodeus Overkill-Rotten to the core Savatage-Power of the night S.O.D.-March of the SOD

@WayneInBlood 3 года назад

This needs to be a series, I see you have 1984 and now 1985.....looking forward to th next!

@jasonwinter5288 3 года назад

Entertaining as always Ben, I think my favorite part is all the "on point" tones you dialed up that these songs require. It's really just as integral as the notes themselves for most of these. Awesome work! And I was biting my nails waiting for you to publish the "Tell Me" solo breakdown that was teased, but I'll gladly take this instead.

@francisconieto154 3 года назад

As someone who has actually worked out to 'Out in the Fields', I can say your comment is pretty accurate. Loved to see the Cult and Killing Joke here!! Great video as always, Uncle B!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘

@TheArtofGuitar 2 года назад

PHIL Collins, made the most famous drum FILL of all time. Conspiracy confirmed! 🤟🤣

@marshalldevargas1667 3 года назад

I'd never seen or heard your videos, but I'm now a huge fan, thanks for sharing, and keep em coming. 👍🤘😉

@dan8402 3 года назад

Turkey for the WIN!!!!! The 80's were the best! I was in high school and life was beautiful!

@mortv5985 3 года назад

The Cult for the win! I am glad you appreciate the work of that amazing band.

@TheDedloc Год назад

Watching Mark play Money for Nothing the way he actually plays it is completely insane. He has a crazy rhythm with his picking hand and it is like hitting ghost notes in there. Yours sounds really close but its missing something lol anyone who tries to play this is missing something lol

@Husabuse 3 года назад

As a kid in the 80’s - I loved this mate. Awesome flashback. 👌

@immanuelkantholz9033 3 года назад

85 - the year I finally got my first electric guitar after abusing my older sisters classic guitar with badly played accept riffs for over two years. :D

@2rdn274 3 года назад

Gosh darnet Ben, now I have to make a mixed tape. Thanks for another great video.

@stefankihlgren7444 3 года назад

Speaking of Phil Collins...isn't it a bit weird that him and Phil Collen had the same haircut in the early 90s..? #illuminati

@alanjamesh.zamorano1677 3 года назад

Having a receding hairline explains it

@mrnobodyinvr9762 11 месяцев назад

Really Really enjoyable, and brought back a lot of memories of sitting out in my backyard that summer, learning riffs, loving music and life a lot. Thanks so much, its really inspiring to hear all that, and figure I had better learn a few of those all over again.

@DistortionVoid 3 года назад

Can't go wrong with Akira riffs!

@zappasmoustache23 Год назад

Brilliant video, your patrons have excellent taste. Despite being a fairly snobbish teen metal head at the time, easy lover was a definite jam. Also really happy to hear out in the fields on this list, a seriously underrated track. Thanks Ben.

@ShockBot127 3 года назад

I never knew Kurt stole that riff, nearly identical 💯

@andrewcurtis4907 3 года назад

Check out Life Goes On by the Damned.

@chiefrebelangel 2 года назад

And check out Garden of Delight - 22 Faces

@cobaingrohlnovo Год назад

They’re 2 completely different songs

@ShockBot127 Год назад

@@cobaingrohlnovo who said anything about songs? I was referring to the stolen riff.

@cobaingrohlnovo Год назад

@@ShockBot127 don’t even sound similar

@twoputt5 2 года назад

Glad you mentioned Boss, for those of us who can't afford axeFX, Boss gt100 you get every boss pedal plus lots of amp simulators. 80s rocked 90s blew.

@noozzoo5152 3 года назад

She Sells Sactuary and Fire Woman were awesome, but I have to admit I don't know any others. (What was the deal with that "Bad Girlfriend" song rip of Fire Woman? Didn't anyone notice?)