Many will disagree, but as a child of the eighties, I can honestly say that no other musical era comes even close! I am now 46 years old and I am still stuck musically in that wonderful decade, unable to move on!
I've been going through the Billboard charts since 1977 (I'm up to 1987 obviously) and I have found absolutely every song that ever hit the charts (even for just a week!) here on RU-vid. Incredible!
The Hooters and Big Country are two of my favorite and underrated bands of the 80's. Both bands have urgency to their vocals..and their use of non-rock instruments (fiddle and bag pipes) just add so much. Love these guys!
@@awaken77 Well since Big Country were primarily Scottish, and used the guitars to great effect to emulate that Scottish sound, the album 'The Crossing' is a fine example. No bagpipes but you could almost hear them.
@@MrMaddy70 Big country were able to create their own sound but got slated for it. Twin guitars at their best but when lizzy and maiden done it they were lauded.
Being born early 50's and raised in 60's I waa exposed to all the great music of the time but this loaded song and video is still one of my all time favourites
as it is often said, "criminally underrated band", especially when you consider their influence on other musicians and the songs they wrote for Cyndi Lauper, Joan Osbourne and so on This is an absolute gem
“Satellite” by the Hooters resonated with the listeners who were up to their eyeballs as I was with the Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart scandals in 1987. It also resonates with those of us who have followed the excesses of Paul and Jan Crouch, Benny Hinn, Kenneth Copeland, Joel Osteen, Paula White, and the rest of the hot air artists trying to sell salvation through them, instead of preaching salvation through Jesus Christ. When these hucksters of holiness have their meeting with God in the hereafter and exclaim “Lord, didn’t we preach in Your name?”, He will say “Depart from Me, I never knew you”. Private jets? Mansions? Luxury cars? Air-conditioned shelters for cats and dogs? Really?
"And should you Falwell it's ok." That was a clever dig at a loathsome person. I'd never heard this song until today. Professor of Rock prompted me to check it out. This is a really good song. The guitar arpeggios are amazing.
This song is really awesome, also the videoclip with so many cool details, the reaction of the child and the angry looking older lady and all the happy people (the crowd), the boy with the musical instrument.
Went four weeks ago with my brother to the hooters concert in germany, dusseldorf! I think we were the youngest over there, 35 and 37! They played so awesome and pure, the harmony was so incredible! Even shaked the hand of Eric Bazillian!! Best memories!
Kann ich nur bestätigen ich war vor 3 Tage in bad krozingen beim hooters Konzert. Ich bin 42 . Selten so eine klasse Band gesehen einfach der absolute Hammer.
People are disappointed by the church. The church who didn't show love and merci but judgement and fear for God. These kind of songs are the result. Btw the melody is awesome.
Thirty two years later and the Fallwells are still playing in the dirt. www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-falwell-exclusive/exclusive-trump-fixer-cohen-says-he-helped-falwell-handle-racy-photos-idUSKCN1SD2JG
I'm Irish, and I love this band from Philadelphia. A message of meaning and purpose in the evangelical church and exploitations of people, as important today, as it was then, and I'm catholic. I call a spade, a spade. Love this song, has that carnival like American keyboard style fused with a Scottish like rock, guitar riff from the band Big Country. I remember hearing this song as an eleven year at the Listowel Races, Bird's Amusements Funfair, The Market in September 1987.
Mio padre era militare a Tarvisio quando hanno messo in radio questa, nell'inverno 1987... mitici Hooters peccato la loro fama non sia stata nazionale da noi in Italia, dato che si limitò al nord e culminò solo nel 1983 con "All You Zombies" e nel 1988-89 con questa e la loro versione di "500 Miles"... grandi Hooters, per sempre nella storia, simbolo di un'epoca in cui la musica aveva anima e personalità... 💗💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻⚡🔥🔥🔥🌠
@@normankennith7919 I can hear Joel Osteen preaching that song! Who was that woman with the mile long eyelashes? The husband was putting up satellites all over world,? In truth he was buying his wife her $100 eyelashes! It was a program called "Praise the Lord!"
@@normankennith7919 huh?? Besides being catchy as heck powerpop, they are lyrically brilliant too...love the satire on televangelism & fundamentalist Christianity...it helps that they are Jewish, you would not dare have Christians do this song, as they would be ostracized...and Joel Osteen is Jewish, conning as an evangelical Christian...this song would either be his biggest nightmare or he would never get the joke if he embraced it...I'd personally blast it in his face!!
I remember loving this when it first came out and it stands up to this day. One of the greatest singles of the 80s, for the message and patent unveiling of the utter stupidity and vapidity of televangelism, but also for its excellent guitar swagger and insane catchiness. Always brings on a turn-it-up-to-11 moment when I hear it on the radio.
Today was the first time I heard this song. Fits today's churches PERFECTLY! catchy tune! I bet my kids heard it back then. I let life just pass me by, I was busy trying to raise 4 children, working so many hours!
You hear it on the radio? I’m 50 and had never heard it before a few years ago; I randomly found it on RU-vid. So it’s cool if anyone is playing it on the radio! :)
i don't give 2 hoots what people think about this song!!! i think it's brilliant!! this must have been a big hit in australia, surely? 'men at work' meet 'mumford & sons'!!!
So many of their song are still relevant especially in today's world. There is a big message in so many of their songs. I had 2 of their albums(Amore & Nervous Nights) back in the day. Wish I still had all my vinyls from the 80's & 90's. Was a pleasure to be taken back to their musical brilliance Thanks!
John Dixson Fortunately or unfortunately all their hits were in the heyday of MTV. They just got overshadowed by so many great songs from the mid 80’s when Michael Jackson, Bruce, Madonna, Prince and Whitney ruled the music scene. The Hooters were the definition of underrated.
This video is a gem. This reminds me of the 80's vibe. Equally important is the subject of the video; after 40 years nothing has changed. Some people are still ignorant.
Awesome track, I first heard it on a brilliant and much missed BBC2 show in England called 'No Limits' back in the 80's, I've been hooked on their music ever since, it's now 2022, I've transferred all The Hooters tracks to a memory stick and listen to it in my car and van!!
Impossible to try and make people understand how big the Hooters were in Philadelphia in the 1980's. Ya hadda be there! Could sell out the Spectrum arena.....nearly 20,000.
Here in Italy this charted #1 in 1985 year-end national charts. Hooters were my dad's favourite group in 1987-88 when he was in Italian Army... great years
A good friend of mine is from Philly, and when this came out we were both in Louisiana.... She told me how popular they were. Easy to see why. They were sooooo good.
So, Pat Robertson just died. For those of your friends who may ask, "Who the hell was he?" you can point them to this video. Because THIS video captures, perhaps more than any other song or video from the 1980's or 1990's, the inherent ridiculousness of tele-evangelism that pervaded that era. I'm not slamming Robertson...but honestly, he trucked in this sort of product, and the Hooters quite frankly exposed it all for what it was in this song. :)
Tremendo tema musical de la banda, the Hooters - Satellite me hizo recordar parte de mi niñez en la década de los años 80's, cuando empezaba a descubrir la radio FM siempre había un programa radial con este tema de fondo, saludos.🙋🏻♂️🇦🇷
Re: Your Tweet asking for memories from 31 years ago: My dad let me take a day off from school to wait in line for concert tickets in Pittsburgh. You guys were touring with Bryan Adams but I only wanted to see you. Then you performed at Allegheny College in NW PA. My sister was a student there so I went up to see you guys perform. As we were walking back to her dorm after the show, we saw your bus and some people standing near it. We went to join them, and one by one you guys came out of the bus to talk with us & take pics with us. This was way before cell phones, but luckily I met a great person who took pics of me with you guys and she promised to mail them to me, which she actually did. I know this is a long (and boring lol) story but you guys meant everything to me and brought so much happiness to me. Each of you took the time to talk to your fans that night and made us feel like the most special people on the planet. I will never forget that evening and how much it meant to me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. My dad & sister have both passed away from cancer but they will forever be a part of this story.
"Hey, satellite man, your time has come, your word received by everyone, and should you fall, well that's ok, you love the ones that you betrayed." I love this song! The 80's had the best music and the best music videos.
I swear I'm not exaggerating: This song was the gate to my own individual musical pathway when I randomly discovered 'One Way Home' in a public library at the age of maybe 8 and simply went for it because something about the cover art must have looked interesting. What a journey it was (and still is); now I listen to anything with soul from Jazz, Classic, Progressive Metal, Drum and Bass, 50/60s Pop, 80/90s Rock and so much more, I play the trumpet, the guitar, the piano and I DJ ... and I'm literally not exaggerating attributing a huge chunk of all of that to This One Song staying with me since then over 15 years ago now and gives me goosebumps every single time I listen to it ... Fkn amazing, Cheers boys.
When I first heard this back I don't know when ( 1987/8 I think ? ) I was in a bad place really having lost really close members of family .From the opening " shock " verve coupled with the innocence of a young girl stumbling on the hypocrisy of evangelism it almost felt like I was in the position of the young girl in the video emotionally/ life speaking. The lyric's " Jump in the river and learn to swim " were a real catalyst, realizing that in the end it was me that had to cope and me that had to deal with everything and carry on, which I think ( know ! ) I have. I still visit and listen to this song and it gives me as much enthusiasm as when I first heard the song at 04:00 in the morning back then on MTV before going to work down the mine. I am now in a very different and more positive place and would like to personally thank the Hooter's for the guidance that the song/ video and lyrics's gave to me and my " now " family.
Love this song I often get 80's songs pop into my head but this has to be the weirdest one I literally haven't heard it for 30 years then one day I find myself singing it word for word awesome
My Brother took me to some college in PA to see these guys so many years ago, I was 15 then. Love them so much. This was one of my favorites of theirs.
The Hooters ARE a Christian band in some respects, inasmuch as they are Christians, so far as I can tell, but they can't stand US-style fundamentalism and evangelicalism. I mean, in a similar way you can make the case that Nick Cave is a Christian singer, but he has a very complicated relationship with Christianity.
What a tune! I've forgotten all about this lovely Gem 😍... It came into my head this morning all of a sudden... That riff.. And the meaning... Satellite The Hooters should have more air play... Thankyou!
Omg. This came out when I was 7. I remember it well. It became one my favorites instantly. I can't believe I forgot about it. I just found it again. It brought tears to think I forgot all the good times back then. And to think our future generations will never know the freedom and fun we had.😞😞😣😭
I'm a hardcore lover of the Lord Christ Jesus and proud Christian brother and I must and will say, BRILLIANT!. The message of the Gospel is Grace and the Lord's voice is true, it's just that not ALL messengers of the Word can be trusted is all. Can't believe that this video is close to 30 years ago back.
That's where pure, unadulterated Faith directly comes into the picture. I needn't anything called 'luck', the Lord says in Isaiah 65, that there is a Sword waiting for those who believe in fortune (luck), and destiny. The Lord will destine the Sword of the Lord for those that falsely believe in luck & destiny! Anyways, I have no need for humanist secularistic knowledge, like a heathenistic pagan like yourself. "PSALMS 14:1" "The fool sayeth in his heart, there is no God" You have the need for proof, I have the love, truth, faithfulness, and eternal salvation from my Saviour, the Christ Jesus! ! !
none of that mumbo jumbo is proof. just a lot of psycho babble that youve been brainwashed with. if it helps you sleep at night, awesome. im warm and cozy in my evil, fluffy pagan bed:) nitety nite crazy zealot!
Well it's all fine with me if your Great-great-great-great Grandaddy swam in a pool of gunky unformed 'jellyfish', then decided to jump out the muck, unto land. Then up popped some formless beast who grown two ( or perhaps more?)lengthy protrusions for propulsion. Done spotted a giant root of some sort, fibrous mostly, decided to climb upon this fibrous limb. For NO other reason than to swing to and fro', back and forth. All the while yelling and screaming in powerful yet a totally unknown gutteral utterances. All the while banging repeatedly upon the now extremely hirsute chestal area. If you want to call the theory of Evolutions main star your strong relative. Go Right Ahead! I have all the proof I need. The Holy Fathers WORD! Now, say what do you claim? You ignorant secular humanist. The worthy Lamb of God, slain before the foundation of the world. Who WAS, Who IS, And Who is to Come! These come from the Word. Where does your filth come from? Your own depraved, sinful, sick, and unforgiven destined to perish without Christ lonely body of skin & flesh. You need Christ and His touch. Only HIS!
Just a great song FROM a great band!! Best band 2 come out of philly so talented and also these guys played a variety of INSTRUMENTS!!! And Eric bazilian was a really good guitar player very underrated!!!
Never ever thought I'd hear this again after 30 odd years brings back all my childhood memorizes where I was born and bred as they say!!! Love it,love it,love it!!!
This video is so cheesy, and it's just perfect. I've always, always loved this song. The Hooters were never sufficiently appreciated. That was one helluva good band.
