One Billion Views!

Europe has hit a major milestone of the digital era: "The Final Countdown" has officially passed one billion views on YouTube. The song is iconic, especially in the world of sports, and I bet that helped with all those views. Good for them. I hope casual fans checking out the song dig deeper into the Europe catalog. Such a great band.

Comments

[Him]

Europe knew (know?) how to write catchy songs. But the lyrics make me laugh:

We're headin' for Venus (Venus)
And still we stand tall
'Cause maybe they've seen us
And welcome us all, yeah

Mind . . . BLOWN!!!

And, while, "Cherokee" was a heartfelt nod to history (alongside other songs, like the more contemporaneous White Lion ditty "Little Fighter"), it too suffers from some cringey lyrics:

They were driven hard, across the plains
And walked for many moons
'Cause the winds of change,
Had made them realize, that the promises were lies.

Hearts in the right place. Writers are in the wrong place (not that Europe is a bad place to be). And, heck, they captured the phrase "Winds of Change" at least three or four years before the Scorps did!

Glad those guys are still doing what they do. I always sorta' wanted to see them live. But that was many moons ago.

[Gogmagog]

Yeah, they're not the greatest, but those are way better lyrics than I could write in Swedish, so ...

[Him]

You have a point, Gogmagog. You certainly have a point. And I would join you at the learning annex before I decided to pen a deeply-felt outer-space-opera song in any language, including English! Ground control to major thesaurus.

But there is cheese and there is cheese. For every "Cherokee" there is a "Balls to the Walls"; for every "Final Countdown" there is a "Crazy Nights" by Loudness or even "All We Are" by Warlock. Then again, none of those songs have that sweet tinkling of the plastic ivories or the coiffed man candy that is the Tempest!!!).

I mean, we all wanna chant M-Z-A, right? And all we are is all we need. If you disagree, I will plug a bomb . . . you get my point.

[Gogmagog]

Maybe it was the times, Him, and not the first language spoken. "GIMMIIE AN R!"

[Metalboy!]

Hahahahaha!!! … Hahahahaha!!!

THAT is the funniest sh*t you guys have EVER written on here, if not THE funniest sh*t to be written on here, period!

Kudos, Gentlemen!

[Metalboy!]

I’m not WORTHY!!!

[Him]

Well done, Gogmagog. Well done!!! I say: Rock you. And I mean that as a sign of respect, as I know we share a Heavy Metal Love, along with a lot of others on this site.

Thank goodness that (metal) music is an international language and all are invited to the party.

And, again, Metalboy!, welcome back.

[Metalboy!]

“Tonight, I’m gonna rock ya tonight!”

- Spinal Tap