This 70s Rocker is SO BADA$$-It's CAUSED MORE Speeding Tickets Than Any OTHER SONG-Professor of Rock

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Here’s one for ya. Golden Earring was a band that had 47 hits in their homeland but struggled to break through in America… They finally did in 1973 with Radar Love. But it was one and done. They would be known as a one-hit wonder until 9 years later when they shook off that label and had another massive hit with Twilight Zone. But today’s song Radar Love is about a tragic car accident where someone lost their life and a misheard lyric that made it a classic. It’s been covered over 500 times and may have caused more speeding tickets than any other song. Get ready for a great story next on Professor of Rock.

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Hey music junkies Professor of Rock always here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest songs of all time. If you’ve ever rooted for your favorite song to make it all the way to #1 you’ll dig this channel. Make sure to subscribe below right now and make sure to click the bell so you never miss our daily features. That comment actually plays into our show today…

It’s time for another episode of our series #1 in Our Hearts where we discuss a song that was so grand, it should’ve been a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 It’s so frustrating when a great song comes out and it’s soaring into the upper reaches of the charts and then I stalls just when you think it will take the number one spot. Well this one was really tough because it didn’t sound like anything in the top 10. It was a unique song with an amazing story and deserved to be enshrined at the top spot so today we going to change history and give it the #1 spot in our hearts. Here we go…

He was driving all night... his hands wet on the wheel…Suddenly….he receives a message from above….It’s his baby calling- telling him that she needs him. Tapping into a gifted psychic power of communication they called “Radar Love,” his lover transmits an impassioned plea to get to her as fast as he can!!

“Radar Love”….A frantic song of passion, with a tragic ending by Golden Earring- arguably, the biggest rock band to come out of Holland. Like many rock classics, “Radar Love” evolved from an organic riff. It was a bluesy riff created by Golden Earring co-founder and lead guitarist George Kooymans - who was just pickin' and grinnin' while the band was rehearsing in a rehearsal studio.

George came up with an infectious chord sequence on a rhythm guitar that accidentally became the basis of “Radar Love”... and the rest of the band joined in to slowly build a symphonic instrumental arrangement. “Radar Love” was conceived as a suite- with several distinctive auxiliary parts. For instance, there are two intros- the first is centered around a dramatic 8-bar guitar/ drum segment created by drummer Cesar Zuiderwijk (zjah-der-vay)

The 2nd intro initiates the song's entrancing rhythm line with an escort of marching snare drums. The track has two bridges- one highlighted by Kooymans guitar licks over the song’s primary melody: And another bridge delivered with a pounding drum & horn combination, that was inspired by the music of Santana- with lively Latin percussion and heavy brass: There are also extended solos, along with a drawn out chorus before a vigorous, climactic finale.

As frontman Barry Hay explained, the inventive structure of “Radar Love" was all very spontaneous, with lots of artistic improv along the way.

All Comments (21)
  • @ProfessorofRock
    Poll: What is your pick for the GREATEST CRUISING or DRIVING Song?
  • I grew up in the middle of nowhere and we would go own long drives so that we could blast our music without scaring the townsfolk. One time, we were cruising down the road at twilight and this song came on. We were screaming the lyrics as we drove through the Mississippi night. What a great memory.
  • @forakermm
    Radar Love is def on the staylist! I commute 150 miles each way to my job and will never listen to this song the same way again… another great lesson. 👍🏼👍🏼
  • @Ghostguitars2
    Radar Love And Twilight Zone Are 2 Incredible Classics
  • @karmab4391
    I am 100 percent guilty of driving too fast when this song is playing.
  • Back in 1978, I was listening to this song on the Panasonic 8-track in my 1968 Mustang, cruising down the road and got stopped for speeding. The trooper asked if I knew how fast I was going, I answered not really, I was listening to Radar Love and lost track of speed. He said, well I've done that too, and since you were only going 80, I'm just giving you a warning this time. Golden Earring saved me a few bucks.
  • @bardsimpson1404
    Most underrated band in rock history. Period. 30+ albums. 1 of a very few bands that could "change with the times" and do it well. Started around the same time as the beatles. Thx for showing them a lil well deserved credit👍
  • @mutantryeff
    Was to see Golden Earring at the COW Palace as opening band. Bill Graham came out and said they were not able to make it but he had two other bands to replace them. First was B-52s and they lasted 1/2 a song. Bill Graham came out and said, hold on you'll be amazed by the next band. The band came out, played their first song, the crowd was in awe and quiet until the end of that 1st song - then, they erupted like nothing I'd ever heard. That was The Runaways.
  • @gwc656g
    I'm sure there is a Philistine out there somewhere but how can anyone not love this song?
  • @penguinphysics
    As a loyal Dutchman, I'd love for you to do an in depth look at Hocus Pocus by the criminally underrated Dutch group Focus.
  • @rogerdeahl9629
    ❤🎉 Absolutely love Radar Love! The song just keeps speeding up until almost the end. And yes, it probably has led to more speeding tickets than one can count. Thanks Professor. Great shirt.
  • @troyscoggins3233
    1st band I ever saw live! Opened for 38 Special in Shreveport La. Mar 24 1984. Great live show!
  • @rogertemple7193
    I have heard Radar Love on the radio many times over the years by Golden Earring and also Twilight Zone several years later but they had a lot of other good songs as well but these are the two well known hit songs they play regularly thanks for the memories and have a great Wednesday Professor.🎶🎶📻📻🎶🎶
  • @mournblade1066
    Yeah, here are four songs that cause me to speed: Golden Earring: "Radar Love" Motorhead: "Ace of Spades" ZZ Top: "La Grange" Deep Purple: "Highway Star"
  • @MarshallRJacskon
    I'm a big watcher of the channel, but I have never commented I believe. Adam, I just wanna say thank you for having a channel I can keep coming back to for compelling, intriguing, confusing, hilarious, and exciting stories behind music's greatest songs. I am 24 and love a whole bunch of music before my birth year, 2000, and these stories just emphasize my love for music. Dealing with Autism, Type 2 Bipolar, and Combined Type ADHD is a rather challenging daily thing, but music... It just has something to it. Makes you wanna keep going, keep moving, keep dancing, and keep finding new songs, even if they aren't newly released. Keep the videos coming and I will keep watching!! ^^
  • @tb6791
    I remember hearing this in Stereo in my 68 SS 396 CAMARO in 1981 and the guitar leads switching about in the L/R channels were insane 😮
  • @gordonmorgan6298
    This is such a great channel. It's because of these type of high quality shows on YouTube that I don't watch mainstream TV anymore
  • @drakenbraat1962
    Thank you so much for doing this song Professor , YOU ROCK buddy!!! 👌👍😊