Remember staying home on Friday night to watch Vice. As soon as it was over, changed into our Vice clothes and head to the club. Great times never to be seen again 😒
Started the trend to silence the ambient sound and dialogue and just let the music carry the scene. Don Johnson's "Heartbeat" drama was basically 100% set to that method.
That moment when "In The Air Tonight" comes on the radio and you have to drive around for a while pretending you're on Miami Vice.....We've all done it. Don Johnson was the epitome of cool. I (and nearly every kid in the 80's) wanted to be him so bad. LOOOOOVED this show. Every Friday night. Still love it to this day. Was ahead of it's time and set the bar for cop shows forever.
Yessir, every time it comes on the radio I have to crank it, put my sunglasses on even if it’s nighttime and stoically drive as though I’m on my way to bust up a drug deal where I might make it and I might not. Every. Time.
I used to envision this scene in my head when I was driving to high school knowing I had big exam that day --- I had a feeling of dread but also a cocky arrogance that I could ace the damn exam and own the world LOL --- I miss those days of feeling cool
Yep, I remember I had got my first real good job in the 80's and I was trying to impress this woman and I had a guy I knew, who drove a limo pick us up from a restaurant and she was impressed enough to go to a swanky hotel with me, but I told my friend to drive us around because we were looking at Miami Vice on the TV in the back of the limo. Once it was over we got to the hotel and got out looking like we stepped out of Miami Vice, it ended up being a great night.
@@DRourkwell said we’ll said!!! I enjoyed every min of it. And now look.. just by some of these “simpletons”comments on here shows you how far we’ve fallen as a society… sad…
Tha 80's was ahead of its time. That was tha ONLY DECADE where you Actually lived in tha FUTURE lmao haha ;D Everything else was a Step back lmao hahah ;D
At 73 , I remember those nights of " Miami Vice" and the mood , tunes and the scenes that took me away to Miami . Damn shame it didn't last BUT it definitely made an impression ! Miss those days but I slide in the dvd and get in the recliner and immediately return to the mid 80's . WOW what a ride it was !!
Totally agree. Nothing today compares to the overall style of that show. Seems like it was yesterday, right? Things have certainly not changed for the better...
I was born in 71, so the 80s were my middle & high school years. I'd write a check for ten grand right now if I could have the health I had in 88, and live that year again. What a year it was. 35 years later with many poor choices & regrets. Seems like just yesterday & it's been more than 35 years. What a trip
When you were home every Friday night and fell so deeply in love with the characters, cars and especially the music and now have nothing left but the desire to be there again listening and watching
_You can still watch the show, it's just that the music hits different(better to me). Guess you could say I've watched those five seasons go by like the 80s went by, rather emblematic, but quickly._
I miss those Friday nights waiting for this to come on every week! Man such memories of my youth . Don Johnson and Phil Collins in the air tonight will go down in history as summarizing the 80’s in a nutshell. Man I miss that show and especially miss my youth.
As a kid born and raised in London, UK, I watched Miami Vice religiously in the 80s as it introduced me to both Miami and to South Florida as a kid!! Immigrated with my now late parents to South Florida back in 1995, residing just 30 mins north of Miami and have never lived anywhere else in the States....28 years later...all because of this legendary show!!!
Too Cool my guy!! South Florida is so much different than northern Florida. Naples, Bonita Springs, Marco Island, Treasure Island is one of my favorite areas
The scene with Crockett and Tubbs cruising in that modified black Corvette to the sound of Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight" is probably the defining scene for this most stylish of TV shows.
@@Pedal2Metal_on_CZcams You're wrong though. The first episode (pilot) definitely had a real 365 daytona spider. It became too expensive so they made some replicas. The story is on youtube somewhere. There as a famous mechanic that made the replicas, based off, you guessed it, a real Ferrari. Ferrari then got mad.. ..
It was like an hour long music video, eye candy, two of the coolest guys on the planet, great cars, Miami vibe and scenery…some cool lines spoken…..fantastic!
Absolutely! Me too. "Definitely Miami" was great too with Ted Nugent and "Phil the Shill" with Phil Collins. But at the time I didn't know it was them!!
And it was the pilot! How many shows can claim to have one of the best scenes of the entire series in their pilot and one of the best scenes in tv history.
Tubbs was the macho too, one of the best duo ever and diverse long before it was forced, just a nice two guys, two professionals, extremly handsome, entertaining to watch
And these moments are also 10 reasons why Miami Vice was such a cool show :-) The music, the girls, the cars, the boats, the clothes God I miss the 80s and Miami Vice !!!
One of the best tv shows ever, great storylines, great actors, great music, the great location of Miami and then great spirit of the 80s, one of a kind.
The best dressed men on this show!!! The best cars on this show!! The best boats on this show!!! The 80's were the best time of my life, the music by far is the best!!!!! Tubbs and Crockett so hot!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️... 🌹🌹🌹🌹...
I knew In The Air Tonight would be number 1. The fact that it is silent except for the music and the first actual sounds you hear are the shotgun shells being loaded is brilliant production and direction.
So many memories of the 80s come back to me, the best decade, because an incredible amount of that time still has an impact today. Suddenly so many tears come to my eyes, from joy, from sadness... only this music can do that. Anyone who wasn't there may never be able to understand it properly...
"I Don't Care Anymore" by Phil Collins which played during the final shoot-out scene in the "No Exit" episode with Bruce Willis deserves to be on this list.
This show was just years ahead of its time. The talent behind this show went on to make and produce shows like 'Law and Order' and '24'. And, even now, the reruns are still bringing in huge ratings.
The special thing about this TV series is, when I first watched it during the 1980s, it was great. When it was broadcast again during the 1990s, it was still great. When it was broadcast again during the 2000s, it was still great. When it was broadcast again during the 2010s, it was still great. I watched it in 1986, in 1994, in 2007, in 2016 and 2017 on television, and am going to watch it again.
@@carolinejohnson22 I'm German and watched it on ARD in 1986, and on some private senders in 1994, 2007 and 2017. Don't remember if it was RTL, Sat 1, Kabel 1, Pro 7 or some Swiss private channel.
THat in the air tonight scene hits hard, absolutely perfect timing. I can feel it coming as he loads a slug. The car choice for the scene, the tension. WOW
I remember watching an interview with Phillip Michael Thomas where he was discussing this scene. He was talking about how the song & the camera zooming in on the car wheels. He thought it was really smooth.
Most of these songs are great but no1 is just different level. The way Phil Collins music complements the scene in the car is just perfect. Just TV history!
I have to agree with you all, Miami Vice was one of if not the best show on tv in the eighties, the music is one of the reasons why I loved the show, not to mention Don Johnson & Phillip Michael Thomas. I never missed a show! This was a classic show indeed!! 😉😎👍💕
The most perfect moment in Miami Vice was #1. When I was a kid, it was the most perfect moment in the universe. Hats off to Phil Collins and a visionary Director.
An old drug dealer boss that went missing after being found not guilty - turns up being boarded up in a wall. Hard to explain. Google “Out where the buses don't run ending”. It’s pretty phenomenal.
Was there ever any doubt what somg would be No1... Miami Vice opened with one of the most refreshing ways to create a series. Style and class with a whole array of hits. I could have spent years more watching Miami Vice. My heart actually sunk when this series was over. We all watched some top performers make appearances in this show. Phil Collins , and of course how could ever forget Smuggler's Blues... Sheena Easton and many more. Don Johnson and Phillip Micheal Thomas were pure performers that worked well on the screen together. And Jimmy Smits shortest role in history. Sorry if I have misspelled some of the names. Michael Mann is simply brilliant. I mean Manhunter and the best firearms battle in history from the movie Heat .
@@guntertorfs6486 I thought he was great in the part. Where did they find him, you ask. Lol - in my apartment building in North Miami! He lived there during the series. I saw him a lot. He acted exactly the same in person.
Best show ever...story lines, characters, cast, matched perfectly with my beloved 80s music classics, scenery, and fashion styles...good lord I've got goose bumps all over again...LOVE THIS SHOW!!
That's because it was made in an era when all aspects of entertainment were at its best. Music producers and artists were creating real songs, not just hits. And those in tv and film were actually focused on quality and innovation, and it showed. Now it's just reality shows and we see what's happened to music...if you want to call it that.
No, my comment is the farthest from b.s. that you can get. Yes, there are amazing shows. But, just like music, the great ones get overshadowed by the crap. How many reality shows were on tv in 1987?...My point exactly. And all the shows you named aren't even on network tv. Not that that should matter. You can't even disagree w someone w/out calling their opinion b.s. Smh...
Caramel Spice Those points all sum of the Problems on Broadcast TV. At least some Cable Channel step up and it the current Renaissance or Golden Age going on right now.
@@caramelspice7244 Actually, you just show the problems of selective memory. We remember Miami Vice, but not the myriad of bad shows in the 80s. And believe me, there were plenty. Personal opinion is, the absolute number of good shows is about the same today, maybe even somewhat higher (if I'd search for something like Regenesis from the 00s , there is only "Das Blaue Palais" from the 70s...) We could argue if the percentage of good shows is still lower today, since there might me more productions today. BTW, quite a lot of Phil Collins in this compilation.
No, he’s right. Your body starts to betray you, and the face in the mirror looks like your parent. It is weird. Attitude doesn’t matter when your knees blow out.
I also loved Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do With It" at the end of Calderon's Return Part II. I love how it starts playing in the background then becomes the soundtrack of the boat ride home. That aong, the boat, and waves closing that episode ... exquisite. I also loved "I Want to Know What Love Is" in the Rites of Passage episode. That was so emotionally powerful. Seasons 1 and 2 had some unforgettable music and scene combinations.
I was in love with this series. I always want to put my foot through the floor whenever I hear "In The Air Tonight" I call it having a "Miami Vice Moment" It just wasn't as cool & sexy in a minivan after getting married and having 2 kids🤣
"In The Air Tonight" by Phil Collins is THE most defining and iconic moment in Miami Vice for me and also featured in the hit BBC ONE show Ashes To Ashes in 2009!
Great music, great actors, and Ferrari, I watched these way back in the 80s, where at 21 would have eaten my hat to have a drive in that white Testarossa. The series nailed a generation, and future generations to the masterclass of Michael Mann.
Honorable Mentions: 1. Andy Taylor - "When the Rain Comes Down" 2. U2 - "Wire" 3. Billy Idol - "Don't Need a Gun" (awesome chase) 4. Peter Gabriel - "Millgram's 37" 5. The Silencer's - "God's Gift" 6. The Who - "Eminence Front" 7. Tina Turner - "Better Be Good to Me"
@@schnuffel661 6:13 my reaction when i install the skygfx for gta vice city that looks OMG but i get a error message unhandled exception and not works, and i installed all the fixers and nothing, and you can't fix this, to fix, is remove the skygfx, and the game work without graphics mods or mods,
One of the best series ever! Friday nights @ 9:00pm was Miami Vice time in middle school. Watched the entire series several times during last 4-5 years. Everything frome eye rolling quirky to deeply disturbing and dark. Absolutely brilliant!
Die 80er bin mit 14 Jahren rein mit 24 Raus unvergessliche Zeit im Nachhinein Time of my Life. Kein Internet kein Handy Hammermusik Hammer Fernsehen jedes Kuhdorf hatte eine Eigene Disco Herrlich!😊😊😊
@@agomodern The producer, Michael Mann, had a lot to do with that. Also, each character had their own music theme which repeated throughout the series.
"Brothers In Arms" would by far be my #1 but "In The Air Tonight" and "You Belong To The City" are the most iconic songs. All 3 songs (as well as "Cry") are inseparable from Miami Vice for me.
Watch the whole “Brothers in Arms” episode 6-min. cut.: Q. [Lt. Castillio] “You knew about the wall? A. He was my partner- I helped him build it.” LEO who went off the deep end was based on a real-life guy. Part was written for Dennis Hopper, but he got stuck in a movie shoot & had to be subbed for with 24-hours notice. TV Guide listed it in the Top 100 TV Series episodes.
Por You Belong to the City vi toda la serie en repetición en tv abierta en México en los 90’s, porque no teníamos tv por cable en 1985 cuando yo tenía 13 años que la escuché en el radio por primera vez, mi vida ha girado en torno a You Belong to the City amando a Glenn Frey eternamente, tan solo por la introducción de la canción en un promo de una estación de radio en 1985, luego buscar la serie hasta verla completa y poder viajar a Estados Unidos para poder escucharla en vivo varias veces
No way. You can't have this list without the music from the episode "Little Miss Dangerous" starring singer Fiona Flanagan. The two songs Little Miss Dangerous by Ted Nugent (opening scene) and The Order of Death by Public Image Ltd. (at the end when Fiona ties up Tubbs and shoots herself) are iconic in this series and were perfect for those scenes in one of the best episodes.
Well I'm a step-mother and grandmother, I want to say THANK YOU to this magnificentprogram and the life it gave to me, and the other souls of my generation. My kids willalways believe that I've been wonky from birth; it will surprise the current world that we, the Babes of the 80's like the choice women of "Miami Vice," wore size 6's,slid around in bikinis that defied the city code, danced all night in fabulously glitterylycra mini dresses to awesome tunes, drank enough wine to sterilize the Seine, lovedvery fiercely, and lived each day like it was our last . Our guys, now in their 50's and 60's were just as buff, as GQ, as gallant, virile, dashing and as athletically gifted as ourheart throbs on MV . Yes, we're on social security now, but (and it can be born outby watching a few episodes of Miami Vice,) our generation burned with a fire thathad never been seen before and has never been seen again. C.H.
What I loved about Miami Vice was how the director of every episode made sure the songs matched the emotion of the scenes they were placed in (although that may have been at Michael Mann's insistence). Thank you for including "Long Way to Go". A great ending to a truly heartbreaking episode.
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The music, the clothes, the hair, the cars... 80's, what a decade!
don johnson is something...
@@easterdm Oh what a crush I had on him as a 12 year old girl.
Goodmorning...Yep it was focking awesome now 56 years old sweet memory's. 😎
The 80s was Miami Vice, the real 80s wasent.
Oh what a crush i have on him now as a 45 year old boy lol (no homo)@@dukey19941
Miami Vice really knew how to capture a scene with the right song! There will never be a show like it again.
Sure did. Back before Miami was a weed smelling, criminal laden shit pit.
Remember staying home on Friday night to watch Vice. As soon as it was over, changed into our Vice clothes and head to the club. Great times never to be seen again 😒
Started the trend to silence the ambient sound and dialogue and just let the music carry the scene. Don Johnson's "Heartbeat" drama was basically 100% set to that method.
It all started with the director. 😎
New York Undercover tried to mimic that same concept but it wasn't as good.
Growing up in the 80s was the best. Life was simpler.
No truer statement has ever been spoken. Love hearing some Philadelphia Collins against the backdrop of Vice
Because that was before Cell-Phones!
Yes
No internet. No computers. No cell phone....and by those I mean widely in use.
1980s - THE best decade. When life was simpler, ‘analogue’ with most of us young folk happy & loving life.
That moment when "In The Air Tonight" comes on the radio and you have to drive around for a while pretending you're on Miami Vice.....We've all done it. Don Johnson was the epitome of cool. I (and nearly every kid in the 80's) wanted to be him so bad. LOOOOOVED this show. Every Friday night. Still love it to this day. Was ahead of it's time and set the bar for cop shows forever.
Yessir, every time it comes on the radio I have to crank it, put my sunglasses on even if it’s nighttime and stoically drive as though I’m on my way to bust up a drug deal where I might make it and I might not. Every. Time.
I used to envision this scene in my head when I was driving to high school knowing I had big exam that day --- I had a feeling of dread but also a cocky arrogance that I could ace the damn exam and own the world LOL --- I miss those days of feeling cool
Yep, I remember I had got my first real good job in the 80's and I was trying to impress this woman and I had a guy I knew, who drove a limo pick us up from a restaurant and she was impressed enough to go to a swanky hotel with me, but I told my friend to drive us around because we were looking at Miami Vice on the TV in the back of the limo. Once it was over we got to the hotel and got out looking like we stepped out of Miami Vice, it ended up being a great night.
😂😂😂
D Day from the animal house
The smooth magic of Miami Vice…..we were so lucky to live the 80s, and didn’t realize how good we had it……
I think most of us did. We just didn't realize how crappy things would get later.
The thing I learned as I got older is that when things were good I didn't realize how really good it was.
@@DRourkwell said we’ll said!!! I enjoyed every min of it. And now look.. just by some of these “simpletons”comments on here shows you how far we’ve fallen as a society… sad…
@@DRourk yes exactly :)
@@DRourk Great point!
Number 1 was inevitable. Arguably the coolest moment in television history.
Coolest show ever
I saw this scene as an extended preview and it was more than enough to get me to watch the pilot.
Miami Vice 👍👍👍👍... The Best for ever !!!
Phil COLLINS!!
You get no argument from me. When this scene hit, I knew Vice would be my can't miss an episode show.
Coolest show ever. Great combo of music and scenery. Way ahead of their time.
Tha 80's was ahead of its time. That was tha ONLY DECADE where you Actually lived in tha FUTURE lmao haha ;D Everything else was a Step back lmao hahah ;D
I bought the complete series on blue Ray, Best Buy of the year…
@Corvette Coupe I had it on VHS back in the day, then I upgraded to DVD 😁
So true!
Better times. Men used to be men. And woman were woman. No rainbow-bullshit and leftwinger crap all the way.
At 73 , I remember those nights of " Miami Vice" and the mood , tunes and the scenes that took me away to Miami . Damn shame it didn't last BUT it definitely made an impression ! Miss those days but I slide in the dvd and get in the recliner and immediately return to the mid 80's . WOW what a ride it was !!
Yes!
Totally agree. Nothing today compares to the overall style of that show. Seems like it was yesterday, right? Things have certainly not changed for the better...
I was born in 71, so the 80s were my middle & high school years. I'd write a check for ten grand right now if I could have the health I had in 88, and live that year again. What a year it was. 35 years later with many poor choices & regrets. Seems like just yesterday & it's been more than 35 years. What a trip
5 seasons is a pretty good run.
When you were home every Friday night and fell so deeply in love with the characters, cars and especially the music and now have nothing left but the desire to be there again listening and watching
What always fit !
_You can still watch the show, it's just that the music hits different(better to me). Guess you could say I've watched those five seasons go by like the 80s went by, rather emblematic, but quickly._
I miss those Friday nights waiting for this to come on every week! Man such memories of my youth . Don Johnson and Phil Collins in the air tonight will go down in history as summarizing the 80’s in a nutshell. Man I miss that show and especially miss my youth.
And record it to video from tv and watch episode again next day
And be young again
As a kid born and raised in London, UK, I watched Miami Vice religiously in the 80s as it introduced me to both Miami and to South Florida as a kid!! Immigrated with my now late parents to South Florida back in 1995, residing just 30 mins north of Miami and have never lived anywhere else in the States....28 years later...all because of this legendary show!!!
Rad!
Wow impressive.
That’s proper commitment!!! Hope you have a Daytona Spider replica…! Greetings from ‘back home’ in London
Welcome to America
Too Cool my guy!! South Florida is so much different than northern Florida. Naples, Bonita Springs, Marco Island, Treasure Island is one of my favorite areas
The scene with Crockett and Tubbs cruising in that modified black Corvette to the sound of Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight" is probably the defining scene for this most stylish of TV shows.
Yeah, that's a (slightly) modified Ferrari Daytona not a Corvette
The first fews episodes used a real Ferrari
@@MikeMushovic It was a Corvette, with a fiberglass Daytona body on it.
@@l.siestador7248 Nope, it was always a Corvette (made to look like a Ferrari Daytona) up until Ferrari gave them the Testarossa... Which was real.
@@Pedal2Metal_on_CZcams You're wrong though. The first episode (pilot) definitely had a real 365 daytona spider. It became too expensive so they made some replicas. The story is on youtube somewhere. There as a famous mechanic that made the replicas, based off, you guessed it, a real Ferrari. Ferrari then got mad.. ..
It was like an hour long music video, eye candy, two of the coolest guys on the planet, great cars, Miami vibe and scenery…some cool lines spoken…..fantastic!
Thank you for putting Tubbs in there everyone is leaving comments like Crockett was by himself and Tubbs was ugly or invisible or something.😂
You hit it on the nose. Still just can't duplicate that formula today. For one, music(?) is NOWHERE close to the same level...
Nothing will ever beat this tv series. Just a masterpiece.💕
Hill Street Blues... of course - that was ALSO the awesome 80's
Vice was great, but The Wire, or True Detective, maybe ever The Shield, but they killed Lem, can’t forgive that ??
Legendary. The way that Michael Mann and the team filmed the show. Wow
All great choices, but my fave was the Glen Frey scene "Smugglers Blues", still timeless.
Absolutely! Me too. "Definitely Miami" was great too with Ted Nugent and "Phil the Shill" with Phil Collins. But at the time I didn't know it was them!!
@@allisonmarlow184and Ted had Angry Young Man on that episode.
In the air tonight. I never forget that iconic moment when I watched that episode. Just epic. Was a great time
👌🙌
People forget how exceptional this show is.😊
And it was the pilot! How many shows can claim to have one of the best scenes of the entire series in their pilot and one of the best scenes in tv history.
half century later and this epic series still looks ahead of its time !
thats incredible
Saying something was ahead of it's time is so stupid. Especially when nothing has ever matched it since.
It was of it's time. The 1980s.
Michael Mann.
@@kornofulguryep, god-tier Michael Mann
@@DRourkthe style isn't 80s in spite the series been 1984, so yes, they were out of the curve.
@ I was alive in the 80s. This was ABSOLUTELY the style in places like Miami.
Nearly 40 years later Sonny is still the coolest cat on the block. Every guy wanted to be him and every gal wanted to be with him.
Tubbs was the macho too, one of the best duo ever and diverse long before it was forced, just a nice two guys, two professionals, extremly handsome, entertaining to watch
Agree! And they were really a duo, Tubbs wasn’t just a sort of sidekick for the hero, but a real partner.
Whatever became of Tubbs?
Damn, Phil Collins and Miami Vice went so well together!
+seanwalsh72 To this day, whenever I hear "In the Air Tonight", I think "Miami Vice song".
Yaaaaas!!!!...lol
As an admitted Phil Collins apologist, I have to agree he and Miami Vice went very well together.
@@BJWanlund Nothing to apologize for. Phil Collins is awesome.
Jan hammer as well
Michael Mann. Pure genius. And way ahead of his time.
Phil Collins and Miami Vice were like hand and glove!
Phil's appearance in 'Phil the Shill' :)
Agreed 1,000,000,000%
don henly
40 years later. Still cool as f.
Completely agree. It hit a lot of buttons, for sure. Back in the day...was that THE show to watch every week or what?!!!
Phil Collins (Honestly my favorite artist) and Miami Vice, literally were a collaboration made in heaven
From another portuguese, i love phil collins! in only 17 i wish i could see him
Couldn't be said better...
Now if Phil was ever in the series story line, that would have been perfect, right?
Phil the Shill
I LIVED IN THE 80'S, IT WAS AMAZING
It was before Cell-Phones and AIDS!
you lived in the 90's and the new millenium as well. What's your point?
@@joc8092 The Point is you Dolt, that as technology invades our lives, things get more complicated and stressful.
What a decade. What an amazing aerie... The cast. The music. Miss it... Love it....
Never will a show capture what Miami Vice did. It’s truly one of the all time greats. Simply had it all.
And these moments are also 10 reasons why Miami Vice was such a cool show :-)
The music, the girls, the cars, the boats, the clothes God I miss the 80s and Miami Vice !!!
And the colors..........
Same like you have no idea
well watch "Ballers" with Dwayne Johnson...more modern obviously...but gives also a good 80´s vibe of Miami!
Right. It was the combination that made it great. The dialogue was sharp too.
Me too :-(
One of the best tv shows ever, great storylines, great actors, great music, the great location of Miami and then great spirit of the 80s, one of a kind.
They could re-air Miami Vice & it would be just as big a hit today as it was then. Timeless!
The last one by Phil Collins was my dad’s favorite song. It reminds me of my late father, RIP dad.
Them driving together not really talking to in the air tonight could be one of the best moments of the show...
The ’80s were the best time of my life! These clips stir up something deep in my soul. Thank you for the beautiful memories!
You are so right mate!
The tunes.the cars..the clothes...the colours....the style.....the camera work....THE 80'S...The series that made Miami !!
The best dressed men on this show!!! The best cars on this show!! The best boats on this show!!! The 80's were the best time of my life, the music by far is the best!!!!! Tubbs and Crockett so hot!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️... 🌹🌹🌹🌹...
The best police series of all time, no one can take away that place in our hearts, Miami Vice icon of the 80's ❤
This show turned Miami into a global icon that still shines today.
The production of this show has never been matched !
They had cool mastered !
New York Undercover came close
These were 2 of the finest men in TV in the 80's...
I knew In The Air Tonight would be number 1. The fact that it is silent except for the music and the first actual sounds you hear are the shotgun shells being loaded is brilliant production and direction.
So many memories of the 80s come back to me, the best decade, because an incredible amount of that time still has an impact today.
Suddenly so many tears come to my eyes, from joy, from sadness... only this music can do that.
Anyone who wasn't there may never be able to understand it properly...
There will never ever be another show like this EVER!!!! VICE RULES
"I Don't Care Anymore" by Phil Collins which played during the final shoot-out scene in the "No Exit" episode with Bruce Willis deserves to be on this list.
This show was just years ahead of its time. The talent behind this show went on to make and produce shows like 'Law and Order' and '24'. And, even now, the reruns are still bringing in huge ratings.
The special thing about this TV series is, when I first watched it during the 1980s, it was great. When it was broadcast again during the 1990s, it was still great. When it was broadcast again during the 2000s, it was still great. When it was broadcast again during the 2010s, it was still great. I watched it in 1986, in 1994, in 2007, in 2016 and 2017 on television, and am going to watch it again.
Which channel was it repeated on? Great times back in the day when men dressed well to go out. Everyone made an effort and looked cool 😎💃💃🥂🍾
@@carolinejohnson22 I'm German and watched it on ARD in 1986, and on some private senders in 1994, 2007 and 2017. Don't remember if it was RTL, Sat 1, Kabel 1, Pro 7 or some Swiss private channel.
THat in the air tonight scene hits hard, absolutely perfect timing. I can feel it coming as he loads a slug. The car choice for the scene, the tension. WOW
I remember watching an interview with Phillip Michael Thomas where he was discussing this scene. He was talking about how the song & the camera zooming in on the car wheels. He thought it was really smooth.
Define the 80's in two words:
- "Miami Vice".
Vice City
@@TheKitchenerLeslieworks for me.
@@brain67braker I have to get that game again, it's been a while.
and John Hughes
"Miami Vice" and "The Breakfast Club" (3 words).
Cool tv,music, clothing,,cars boats,smokeing being young in 80s was truly amazing all long gone now
We never new what we had 😔
Most of these songs are great but no1 is just different level. The way Phil Collins music complements the scene in the car is just perfect. Just TV history!
I have to agree with you all, Miami Vice was one of if not the best show on tv in the eighties, the music is one of the reasons why I loved the show, not to mention Don Johnson & Phillip Michael Thomas. I never missed a show! This was a classic show indeed!! 😉😎👍💕
The most perfect moment in Miami Vice was #1. When I was a kid, it was the most perfect moment in the universe. Hats off to Phil Collins and a visionary Director.
Sadly, Phil Collins's health is not good. 🙏 for him..
Hands down the best moment was Brothers in Arms (Out Where the Buses Don’t Run). The ending to that episode still gives me chills
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What was the ending?
An old drug dealer boss that went missing after being found not guilty - turns up being boarded up in a wall. Hard to explain. Google “Out where the buses don't run ending”. It’s pretty phenomenal.
Top 5
Hard to argue….. fantastic episode that strained the trust and relationships of main characters and all turned out to be right in the end.
Was there ever any doubt what somg would be No1... Miami Vice opened with one of the most refreshing ways to create a series. Style and class with a whole array of hits. I could have spent years more watching Miami Vice. My heart actually sunk when this series was over. We all watched some top performers make appearances in this show. Phil Collins , and of course how could ever forget Smuggler's Blues... Sheena Easton and many more.
Don Johnson and Phillip Micheal Thomas were pure performers that worked well on the screen together. And Jimmy Smits shortest role in history. Sorry if I have misspelled some of the names.
Michael Mann is simply brilliant. I mean Manhunter and the best firearms battle in history from the movie Heat .
Great list. Miami vice best TV show from the 80s ever. Still love it today. Brilliant times, brilliant memories. If only we could go back in time.
You can still see it man I just found out you can see it on peacock all the seasons.
@@darion0076 I'll check it out! Thanks for the tip👍🏼
Yes indeed. I would be with my wife watching it together. Which was so wonderful. She passed 02-04-07.
You can go back in time in your own life. Don't wait for someone else to make it for you.
Smugglers blues comes on, I flashback to miami vice.
80s when America used to know how to dress and enjoy life.
Nothing that good can last.
Truth
Know how to dress? I get you point I also would never want to relive it. Shams? Remember them? Case closed.
@@cameronmoffett181 then your memory is a sham bub
@@Pacisback84 so you clearly don’t know.
Best show ever made love and miss the 80’s. Good luck finding a show like Miami vice in 2022
Goosebumps, man. What an awesome era.
Especially with Philip Michael Thomas running like a sissy , and not being able to act well to save his life...Where did they find this guy ?
@@guntertorfs6486 I thought he was great in the part. Where did they find him, you ask. Lol - in my apartment building in North Miami! He lived there during the series. I saw him a lot. He acted exactly the same in person.
Best show ever...story lines, characters, cast, matched perfectly with my beloved 80s music classics, scenery, and fashion styles...good lord I've got goose bumps all over again...LOVE THIS SHOW!!
"Biko" by Peter Gabriel as it closes out "Evan". Shattering and perfect. That's my favorite moment of the whole series.
"Cry" one of the best songs ever & one of my favorite episodes
love the characters, love the music, love the fashion
My favorite show of the 80s, I remember as a young cop being able to flash a badge to pass through the airport checkpoint. Those days are truly over!
I had to buy a $300 Transportation Worker with an ID chip in it --and STILL the airports held me up 😂
Miami Vice had it all. The music drove the show and these moments show why Miami Vice is still a favorite
That's because it was made in an era when all aspects of entertainment were at its best. Music producers and artists were creating real songs, not just hits. And those in tv and film were actually focused on quality and innovation, and it showed. Now it's just reality shows and we see what's happened to music...if you want to call it that.
Caramel Spice That's a bunch of Bull Shit. Look at "The Walking Dead," "Rome" "Deadwood" "Spartacus" You just have to look in the right places.
No, my comment is the farthest from b.s. that you can get. Yes, there are amazing shows. But, just like music, the great ones get overshadowed by the crap. How many reality shows were on tv in 1987?...My point exactly. And all the shows you named aren't even on network tv. Not that that should matter. You can't even disagree w someone w/out calling their opinion b.s. Smh...
Caramel Spice Those points all sum of the Problems on Broadcast TV. At least some Cable Channel step up and it the current Renaissance or Golden Age going on right now.
@@caramelspice7244 Actually, you just show the problems of selective memory. We remember Miami Vice, but not the myriad of bad shows in the 80s. And believe me, there were plenty.
Personal opinion is, the absolute number of good shows is about the same today, maybe even somewhat higher (if I'd search for something like Regenesis from the 00s , there is only "Das Blaue Palais" from the 70s...)
We could argue if the percentage of good shows is still lower today, since there might me more productions today.
BTW, quite a lot of Phil Collins in this compilation.
As a kid growing up in the 80’s, my dad watched this every Friday night, and o was right there with him.
I miss those times, very much. Getting old is weird
It's all in your mind.
@@agomodern Wow thanks for that great insight! Ooooh yeaaahhh
No, he’s right. Your body starts to betray you, and the face in the mirror looks like your parent. It is weird. Attitude doesn’t matter when your knees blow out.
@@SuziQ. Exactly
@@SuziQ. I was in my early 20's when it came out. Now I just ask when did we get so old.
Lots of Phil Collins, Russ Ballard, and Glen Frye in that show. Loved the music, it made the show so awesome.
Russ Ballard's "Voices", great song from one of my favorite episodes.
I also loved Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do With It" at the end of Calderon's Return Part II. I love how it starts playing in the background then becomes the soundtrack of the boat ride home. That aong, the boat, and waves closing that episode ... exquisite. I also loved "I Want to Know What Love Is" in the Rites of Passage episode. That was so emotionally powerful. Seasons 1 and 2 had some unforgettable music and scene combinations.
I was in love with this series. I always want to put my foot through the floor whenever I hear "In The Air Tonight" I call it having a "Miami Vice Moment" It just wasn't as cool & sexy in a minivan after getting married and having 2 kids🤣
"In The Air Tonight" by Phil Collins is THE most defining and iconic moment in Miami Vice for me and also featured in the hit BBC ONE show Ashes To Ashes in 2009!
Out of all the songs, in the air is the one that still has me in love with the show
Great music, great actors, and Ferrari, I watched these way back in the 80s, where at 21 would have eaten my hat to have a drive in that white Testarossa. The series nailed a generation, and future generations to the masterclass of Michael Mann.
The 80's, what a time we had. I was a teenager then onto my late 20's. Take us back to this time again.
Always takes me back to my home, Miami. It was a very special place, born in Miami 1950, Dad born in 1919.
Only the cocaïne cowboys era must have bern hard? Looked terrible with all the murders and stuff going on
Still has a certain magic to it, like no other city
What a great series. It had it all, great story lines, characters and as kicking music.
Honorable Mentions:
1. Andy Taylor - "When the Rain Comes Down"
2. U2 - "Wire"
3. Billy Idol - "Don't Need a Gun" (awesome chase)
4. Peter Gabriel - "Millgram's 37"
5. The Silencer's - "God's Gift"
6. The Who - "Eminence Front"
7. Tina Turner - "Better Be Good to Me"
+Patrick Grant (Y)
@@schnuffel661 6:13 my reaction when i install the skygfx for gta vice city that looks OMG but i get a error message unhandled exception and not works, and i installed all the fixers and nothing, and you can't fix this, to fix, is remove the skygfx, and the game work without graphics mods or mods,
I like to add 2 more to your list....Steve Jones Mercy and Rockwell's Somebody's Always Watching Me
@@satannewsted good call on the Steve Jones song. I don't remember when Rockwell's track was used tho
@@pg9193 1st episode where Tubbs is at the strip club dancing
One of the best series ever! Friday nights @ 9:00pm was Miami Vice time in middle school. Watched the entire series several times during last 4-5 years. Everything frome eye rolling quirky to deeply disturbing and dark. Absolutely brilliant!
I was 15 when this came out and within a month, was THE show on Friday night!
Ah the 80s
Best cars
Best clothes
Best music
Best movies
Best girls
Best hairstyles
Best drugs
Yes ❤️🔥
… and no tattoos
what a time ..... i would like to re-born for to live that moments again . this show was my passion ....
Die 80er bin mit 14 Jahren rein mit 24 Raus unvergessliche Zeit im Nachhinein Time of my Life.
Kein Internet kein Handy Hammermusik Hammer Fernsehen jedes Kuhdorf hatte eine Eigene Disco Herrlich!😊😊😊
Friday nights from 1984 to 1989 ... I remember them fondly.
Coolest show ever. Bravo whoever picked the music. No social media, no internet, just a couple cool dudes doing their thing.
I love seeing how Miami looked when I was younger
I graduated high school in 1980. The 80s were the best time of my life!!
I graduated in Boca Raton in 1978!
There's a Miami Vice play list on YT that has like 120 songs from the show. The list of songs and cameos on this show is mind blowing.
The right song makes a big difference in the whole experience. The producers had a knack for choosing the perfect song for a given scene.
Hellz yea. Watch the Back in the World episode all Doors tunes. It actually worked for the episode.
And crazy how they were able to put together so many songs that created the same mood throughout the series.
@@agomodern The producer, Michael Mann, had a lot to do with that. Also, each character had their own music theme which repeated throughout the series.
@@allisonmarlow184 Yep. Crockett's Theme, Tubbs and Valerie, etc.
@@agomodern Exactly! I see we have another Miami Vice nerd. 😁
My favorite was the scene with Ted Nugent becoming Sonny walking down the beach. You make me want to cry.
Oh how I loved this show as a young woman....Crockett was the stuff of my dreams.
I,m in my mid 50's now. Miami Vice first hit our screens in 1984 here in the UK.
I loved this show as a little girl. Great time to revisit.
If you missed the 80s all I can say is I'm sorry
Yep must be a hell of a fomo feeling
Yeah because the times we live in now are about as polar opposite as you can get. I miss the 80s every day. Born in 69
Totally agree❤❤
I was born in 66. Miss the 80s something fierce.
We were blessed to have expeienced this special time. No doubt!
"Brothers In Arms" would by far be my #1 but "In The Air Tonight" and "You Belong To The City" are the most iconic songs. All 3 songs (as well as "Cry") are inseparable from Miami Vice for me.
I thought Cry would be number 1
Spot on for me as well.
The Brothers in Arms moment is the finest Miami Vice minute in my opinion.
List needs to be updated to include Peter Gabriel and Kate bush duo.
Watch the whole “Brothers in Arms” episode 6-min. cut.:
Q. [Lt. Castillio] “You knew about the wall?
A. He was my partner- I helped him build it.”
LEO who went off the deep end was based on a real-life guy. Part was written for Dennis Hopper, but he got stuck in a movie shoot & had to be subbed for with 24-hours notice. TV Guide listed it in the Top 100 TV Series episodes.
I don’t know who choose the music but they were on point . This and Sopranos and their Music choice, made best shows ever.
The 80’s man!
Sure do miss the 80's.. gotta Love it. 87' whoop whoop
Por You Belong to the City vi toda la serie en repetición en tv abierta en México en los 90’s, porque no teníamos tv por cable en 1985 cuando yo tenía 13 años que la escuché en el radio por primera vez, mi vida ha girado en torno a You Belong to the City amando a Glenn Frey eternamente, tan solo por la introducción de la canción en un promo de una estación de radio en 1985, luego buscar la serie hasta verla completa y poder viajar a Estados Unidos para poder escucharla en vivo varias veces
This brings back so many memories was utter class nothing compares today....
No way. You can't have this list without the music from the episode "Little Miss Dangerous" starring singer Fiona Flanagan. The two songs Little Miss Dangerous by Ted Nugent (opening scene) and The Order of Death by Public Image Ltd. (at the end when Fiona ties up Tubbs and shoots herself) are iconic in this series and were perfect for those scenes in one of the best episodes.
I was going to ask where is "Little Miss Dangerous".
Good call, what an epic ending!!! "This is what you want.....this is what you get....."
You're absolutely right!....... Probably THE best episode!!
Hoping for those too, great episode with Fiona also smuggler's blues missing from the list need a top 15 songs list 😎😎
Agreed re: PiL.. “This is what you want, this is what you get.” 🔥☠️
Well I'm a step-mother and grandmother, I want to say THANK YOU to this magnificentprogram and the life it gave to me, and the other souls of my generation. My kids willalways believe that I've been wonky from birth; it will surprise the current world that we, the Babes of the 80's like the choice women of "Miami Vice," wore size 6's,slid around in bikinis that defied the city code, danced all night in fabulously glitterylycra mini dresses to awesome tunes, drank enough wine to sterilize the Seine, lovedvery fiercely, and lived each day like it was our last . Our guys, now in their 50's and 60's were just as buff, as GQ, as gallant, virile, dashing and as athletically gifted as ourheart throbs on MV . Yes, we're on social security now, but (and it can be born outby watching a few episodes of Miami Vice,) our generation burned with a fire thathad never been seen before and has never been seen again. C.H.
What I loved about Miami Vice was how the director of every episode made sure the songs matched the emotion of the scenes they were placed in (although that may have been at Michael Mann's insistence). Thank you for including "Long Way to Go". A great ending to a truly heartbreaking episode.