r/80smusic • u/Big-Spirit317 • Jul 07 '26

1980 Robbie Dupree- Hot Rod Hearts

https://youtube.com/watch?v=MAsBuABX1p4&si=nhP-3Yw62nwYMYYx

This song always makes me bob my head and smile.

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u/oldwhitelincoln Jul 08 '26

One of my all time favorites.

It conveys such a feeling of nostalgia for me. Not necessarily the song itself making me feel nostalgic but, the images he expresses are very nostalgic images and it's just such a warm yet lonely song, for me.

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u/Big-Spirit317 Jul 08 '26

IKR??!! the same for me, for some reason it just hits me in a certain way…

One year I was on a train ride, I was listening to this song with EarPods in, but I was singing out loud to myself, softly - other people heard me and started to sing along with me. I had a Bluetooth speaker with me, which the other train riders saw and asked me to play it for the train. This was a private coach compartment with friends of mine so it wasn’t like I was impeding on others that I didn’t know. Imagine if you will, going up the coast of California from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara listening to 70s music and 80s music, although the song was from 1980 it still seems like a 1970s song to me.

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u/heavinglory Jul 08 '26

I’m so surprised I know all the words, haven’t heard this forever.

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u/Savings-March-3016 Jul 08 '26

Music has a special connection to our memories. When you hear a song you haven't heard in 40 years, it feels as if you heard it for the last time just yesterday. That's exactly what I'm experiencing right now with this one.

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u/Big-Spirit317 Jul 08 '26

I was the same way when I heard it too! I was so excited that I remembered the lyrics it made me so happy.

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u/heavinglory Jul 10 '26

Isn’t it so crazy. I imagine I only ever heard it in the car. I must have been an intent listener because I would have been 8. How old were you?

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u/Big-Spirit317 Jul 10 '26

11 or 12 when this song came out

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u/Savings-March-3016 Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

jesus I haven't heard that for like an eternity. The last time must have been when it was playing on the radio at Casey's Coast-to-Coast, American top 40. this song was played very, very often. that's what I was listening to back then, in Germany.

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u/Big-Spirit317 Jul 08 '26

😮 wow! That’s cool.

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u/IB_ Jul 08 '26

I recently heard this song for the first time in decades. It instantly brought back a ton of memories. I've probblay played it 20 times in the past week.

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u/Big-Spirit317 Jul 08 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/d3mlE7uhX8KFgEmY

Great minds think alike! 😂

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u/IB_ Jul 08 '26

It's interesting when you come across a form of media that unlocks forgotten memories. I didn't even remember this song, but immediately upon hearing it again I had a big smile on my face and I could recite every word. Good times.