On March 3, 1969, the United States Navy established an elite school for the top one percent of its pilots. It’s purpose was to teach the lost art of aerial combat and to insure that the handful of men who graduated were the best fighter pilots in the world. They succeeded. Today, the Navy calls it Fighter Weapons School. The flyers call it: TOP GUN
Played this at my best friend’s funeral. He was an alcoholic but a great man. Every time I came over he would say, “sit down and listen to the opening scene of Top Gun on my surround sound man.” And I had, about 20 times, but every time I would act like it was my first time. Miss ya brother
Just got back from Top Gun 2. While the orchestral rearrangement gives an epic vibe, hearing this original theme in theaters was a dream come true. I'm glad they kept it, and Danger Zone of course.
My dad was a Naval Airman around the time Top Gun released. He loved when girls would ask him what he does and he would say "Well... did ya see Top Gun? Yeah? Well, I don't do any of that shit."
I don't know which is better: the 80's original with the guitar riffs, or the new trailer's Hans Zimmer downtempo synth version with so much orchestral undertones you feel like you've walked into the halls of Valhalla with thousands of warriors saluting your entrance. BOTH! Both are great, but different.
Not underrated at all man. Steve could deserve more for his musicianship and mainly for his solo work, but he won a Grammy for this masterpiece, either he is well recognized around all the world for his work with Billy Idol. He is not a guitar hero icon like Eddie Van Halen or Randy Roads for sure, but he is definitely not underrated.
@@gnrnando88 he isn't even that well known among guitarists, that's just how it is. Most people don't even recognize his work when they hear it, for example on MJ's Dirty Diana
I saw this movie when I was a little kid and fell in love with flight and planes as a result. It's the reason why I'm an aeronautical engineer 30 years later and now help build them. Say what you want about that 80s action movie corniness, but this movie made my life!
Besides winning a Grammy, this timeless masterpiece gets played at a lot of graduation ceremonies, including military ones, in many academies and institutions across the western or pro-western world. It evokes feelings of triumph and victory over challenges. Thank you for this beautiful gift.
When I heard this song at the start of Top Gun Maverick I genuinely remembered how much I loved this theme. Having it play again at the opening was just insane. Absolute classic!
I love this song and movie period. My Grandpa was in the navy during Vietnam and the ship he was on was the USS Ranger, one of the ships that Top Gun used to film. He knew some of the people who did the stunts in the plane, since they were actual fighter pilots. I love this movie and the sequel. I hope people will remember it decades to come, like people did with the original.
This movie and its songs were the reason why I became a fighter pilot. Now I am nearly finished my job as a jet pilot and going for more of paperworks. I really appreciate and admire the movie, TopGun.
Just saw Top Gun Maverick over the weekend and when this song started playing, my emotions took over unexpectedly. I instantly got goosebumps and my eyes started welling up with tears. 🥲 That's the power of music! ❤🎶
@@Corwin10291978 Totally understandable. It's okay to cry. Honestly, I don't know how anyone could NOT shed at least one tear during this movie! I'm just glad I had some Kleenex! 😊
Same here. Got pictures of me as a 4yo wearing a pilot helmet (my dad was an aircraft technician) watching Top Gun and pretending to be Maverick. Now 38 years old, I don't pretend anymore, but everytime I hear the sound of an aircraft, I get goosebumps.
The fact that it's the same theme music played during the opening credits of Top Gun: Maverick. I got instant goosebumps and it felt so nostalgic. Plus, I just watched Top Gun again a few days back.
Don't think there's a movie theme song this day in age that can come this close or even surpass this masterpiece. It's melodic, tells a story, and leaves a lasting impression even after 35 years. 🤘🎸👍
My mom recently gave me her Top Gun soundtrack cassette tape, and this song (which I had not heard until that point) apparently had been played so many times that it sounded really off, and my tape player even stopped a few times because it was so worn out. Just goes to show you how much we both love this song :) Anyway, glad to hear this song exactly how it was meant to be: pure '80s nostalgia.
i remember exactly when i was a child and was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 4. of course i couldn't imagine what it would be like as a child. but during my time in the hospital, the films days of thunder and top gun ran up and down. i have such an emotional connection to these films that i still love watching them today.
This song makes me feel like I've accomplished and gotten everything I ever wanted in life yet at the same time makes me kind of sad that there's nothing left...
Love this, loved the original movie, saw the sequel last night and fell in love with Maverick and Top Gun all over! They paid so much respect to Goose, one of the things I loved most about the movie!
This music doesn't just make you think about Top Gun. It makes you think of the 80's, high school friends, prom, underage drinking beer in the woods with friends, bon fires, all that good stuff.
@@danielslade8848 I wasn't even born when the first movie came out. I watched it as a baby in 94-95 and I got actual tears watching the trailer. Fucking love Top Gun.
Stevens is one of the greatest '80 guitarists, pure feelings, raw emotions, astonishing skill, wonderful tone maybe the most beautiful tone of the '80s. Fantastic guitarist!
@@aus80srockradio94 It's funny though. Because the romance in the first top gun worked pretty well because the two actors had good chemistry. here not so much
It's amazing how a piece of music, especially when it's associated with a great movie, just instantly gives you goosebumps (no pun intended) and takes you back to the 1980s... I miss that era. When movies were made because they were great, not because they are comic book characters..
Memories: This brings back memories of when I was a young Sailor reporting for Sea Duty at my first Naval Duty Station which was NAS Miramar in San Diego, CA. It was January 1985 and I was only 18 years old and was directed to report to Hangar 6 where my command VAW-112 was located. The "Golden Hawks" of VAW-112 was an E-2C Hawkeye Command of Pilots, NFOs, and Enlisted Sailors. Shortly after reporting, I learned that I would be one of the Operations Yeomen who would assist the Pilots and NFOs in the Ready Room onboard the Aircraft Carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). What an experience that was for a young Sailor like me at the time. Coincidentally, the movie "Top Gun" was being filmed later during that Summer of '85 at NAS Miramar. Btw, "Top Gun" was located at Hangar 1. Later on, after many deployments onboard the USS Kitty Hawk, our squadron then switched over to the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) which 8 years earlier was featured in the movie "The Final Countdown" (1980). When the movie "Top Gun" came out in '86 the entire San Diego area was proud and honored as there was a feeling of electricity all around. Looking forward to the long awaited sequel "Top Gun: Maverick".
Fond memories of cross-pollination between US Ships and HM Ships in The Gulf 1990-1995. Good to see ya pal. Charles "Chuck" Allsopp (petty officer retd, engineering).
Whenever I felt down or demoralised, I will listen to this song on my Walkman and watched my colleagues taking off and landing on the runway. Major goosebumps when I watched the latest Topgun and they still kept this song burning the spirit.
I am, sorta, because this song is part of my childhood. Top Gun was one of the first movies I saw as a kid, on VHS back in the day and the soundtrack stuck with me hard
Fun fact: The number of new naval academy and Naval ROTC recruits that wanted to become fighter pilots skyrocketed by a huge amount after this movie came out. Look it up.
Every time we went on vacation, you would lower the windows and blast this when we reached the highway. I miss you so much, Dad. I miss your stories of serving at Top Gun in Miramar. You were so proud of your time there. It’s so unfair COVID took you from us. I listen to this religiously and it brings me closer to you. Rest Sailor, Rest. We have the watch…
I watched it just earlier today. It was absolutely amazing. One of my favorite movies hands down. I'm not the person that's tears up when emotional, but I get the craziest goosebumps. And that happened so many times during the movie. I kinda just want to play this soundtrack on repeat and cur to it for hours. I'm so touched about this movie.
Came here after watching Top Gun Maverick (2022). A perfect sequel to everyone's favourite Top Gun (1986) I can't believe this CZcams video was uploaded in 2006! It's 2023 now.
"Top Gun 2", or Top Gun: Maverick is tentatively scheduled to be released on June 26, 2020. Good to see that Val Kilmer won his battle against throat cancer and is part of the sequel's cast. The Iceman cometh!
So many of the old classics have been remixed and released again in the last few years but thank god nobody can touch this masterpiece impossible to improve perfection
I remember the first and only time I saw an F-14.... I was an Aircraft Structural Maintenance mechanic in the Air Force, and one had stopped over at the base I was posted at.... I couldn't believe how big it was..... I worked on A-10's and C-130's at the time.... but the F-14 absolutely dwarfed both the A-10 and the F-16, both being aircraft that I was very familiar at the time. That being said, I do think it's one of the most elegant and beautiful fighter jets ever made. I'm sorry it's been retired. R.I.P., Tomcat.
So true. My only problem with the F-14 is the fact that it was the F-4 Phantom's replacement. But at the same time, it's frustrating that the F-4 outlived the Tomcat
Being from the UK, I never saw one "in person" so to speak, but I have to agree it is probably the best looking multi role combat aircraft ever designed by far!!!
Wow!! What a phenomenal movie “Top Gun: Maverick” is!! Tom Cruise, you are definitely on top of your game. I can’t wait for Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning!!
Me too. But my parents grew up then so I’ve always been fan of 80s music cause of them but I only just recently watched the original and the sequel. Masterpiece. And Tom cruise young fire. Holy shot
Regrese viendo Top Gun Maverick y cuando empezó la película con esta obra Maestra de tema uno puede sentir la emoción de sentirse transportado en el tiempo a los gloriosos 80'S! Se me erizo la piel de la emoción!! 8️⃣0️⃣'S 🔙🎸🎵🎶😎👍
Lmao everyone is here after watching the new trailer... Gonna be awesome to watch maverick with my kids after I watched top gun with my dad!!!! Think about it guys, nostalgic af 💪
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Let's pray tiktok never finds this masterpiece.
They will find it, what they do with it is anybody’s guess.
God damn you.. I agree soooo much!!!!!! ❤👊
Please !
Charli would probs do a trash dance to an amazing song🤣
Pray cancel culture doesn’t find it
When the first notes of this kicked in the opening credits of Top Gun: Maverick. I legit got goosebumps
Same here
Same!!!!
Me too!!!
Top Gun Maverick was like Top Gun in all the ways it should have been. Loved it.
same！！！
This theme song will never go out of style for as long there’s fighter aircraft, leather jackets, sport bikes and aviator sunglasses…
Thank goodness there are fewer dudes using hairspray, rocking mullets, wearing eyeliner, and wearing molten leather pants though.
Straight up
@@universalsoldier2293 mullets r cool bro
All of which went out of style long ago lol cope seethe and sneed
Jamas.
On March 3, 1969, the United States Navy established an elite school for the top one percent of its pilots. It’s purpose was to teach the lost art of aerial combat and to insure that the handful of men who graduated were the best fighter pilots in the world.
They succeeded.
Today, the Navy calls it Fighter Weapons School. The flyers call it:
TOP GUN
*bell*
Maverick
R.I.P Goose and Ice
Top Gun (1986): insure
Top Gun: Maverick (2022): ensure
@@kingraptor574 ice is still alive
Played this at my best friend’s funeral. He was an alcoholic but a great man. Every time I came over he would say, “sit down and listen to the opening scene of Top Gun on my surround sound man.” And I had, about 20 times, but every time I would act like it was my first time. Miss ya brother
It gives goose bumbs
Your a great friend man.....
Vale.
Its the kind of story Norm Macdonald would tell lol......"Played this at my best friends funeral.....he was an alcoholic!"
Sorry brother
Technology still hasn't made a speaker loud enough for this song.
You need more watts than the number of high speed flybys Maverick's done
I have one my neighbors hate me lol 😆nah neighbors love me lol
Bruh
@@_reverse-psycho_855 🤣🤣🤣
@@dominicyoung3052 LOL bruh
Just got back from Top Gun 2. While the orchestral rearrangement gives an epic vibe, hearing this original theme in theaters was a dream come true. I'm glad they kept it, and Danger Zone of course.
Made me tear up hearing this at the start and end
I love all 80s soundtracks , hopefully people will make more remakes to old movies with the original soundtracks
Agreed 👍
DUDE I WATCHED IT YESTERDAY IT WAS DOPE ASFFF
A theme to a movie is almost as significant as a character. When Batman Forever came out, I was disappointed when they didn’t use the Tim Burton theme
My dad was a Naval Airman around the time Top Gun released. He loved when girls would ask him what he does and he would say "Well... did ya see Top Gun? Yeah? Well, I don't do any of that shit."
That just made my day 😂
lol
He should have said, "have u seen top gun" i do all that shit
@@benpieratt8667 should've would've could've
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
When I heard this guitar riff in the new trailer, I smiled.
I cried...
I don't know which is better: the 80's original with the guitar riffs, or the new trailer's Hans Zimmer downtempo synth version with so much orchestral undertones you feel like you've walked into the halls of Valhalla with thousands of warriors saluting your entrance.
BOTH! Both are great, but different.
I'm too... 😁
I'm too 😀
I felt 30 years younger
I cried when I heard those first notes in Top Gun Maverick. Then I got choked up with nostalgia for the rest of the movie. Best movie ever.
I think Top Gun Maverick was better than original.
I agree!
"Thank you for saving me."
"It's what my dad would have done."
Steve Stevens is such an underrated guitarist. This solo is literally a masterpiece. The feels are unreal.
I was thing that's gotta be him. He's done a lot of brilliant stuff!
Bruh who actually names their kid Steve Stevens. They removed two letters from their last name and called it a day
Not underrated at all man. Steve could deserve more for his musicianship and mainly for his solo work, but he won a Grammy for this masterpiece, either he is well recognized around all the world for his work with Billy Idol. He is not a guitar hero icon like Eddie Van Halen or Randy Roads for sure, but he is definitely not underrated.
@@TheMADCowTrain - Steve Stevens is his stage name. His real name is Steven Schneider...
@@gnrnando88 he isn't even that well known among guitarists, that's just how it is. Most people don't even recognize his work when they hear it, for example on MJ's Dirty Diana
I saw this movie when I was a little kid and fell in love with flight and planes as a result. It's the reason why I'm an aeronautical engineer 30 years later and now help build them. Say what you want about that 80s action movie corniness, but this movie made my life!
What people say corniness is actually awesome. Great Scott Maverick! What are you wearing?
Im a 19 year old student in maths and physics in France. I saw Interstellar and that film made me want to be an aeronautical engineer too
I will just buy aeronautical engineering books and call it a day. These pieces of machinery are magnificent.
Amanda Johnson me to I wanna be in the RAF when I grow up then when I'm a vet I'll fly commercial planes
U jet I mean rock nah I mean jet cuz it 80s corniness
Besides winning a Grammy, this timeless masterpiece gets played at a lot of graduation ceremonies, including military ones, in many academies and institutions across the western or pro-western world.
It evokes feelings of triumph and victory over challenges.
Thank you for this beautiful gift.
Exactly what I think when listening to this.
I played this on my engagement when I entered the ballroom with my fiancee.
When I heard this song at the start of Top Gun Maverick I genuinely remembered how much I loved this theme. Having it play again at the opening was just insane.
Absolute classic!
"Sorry, Goose, but it's time to buzz the tower."
yyyeeessss
That bastard! :)
Gen Zer: You stole that quote from my tshirt!
Talk to me, Goose
@@tanesshwarenbaskaran9373 talk to me, dad.
Had to hear this after watching the new trailer.
Same! What a great tune...
Same dude, same
Hell yea!
Had to be done
Me too brother. Me too.
I love this song and movie period. My Grandpa was in the navy during Vietnam and the ship he was on was the USS Ranger, one of the ships that Top Gun used to film. He knew some of the people who did the stunts in the plane, since they were actual fighter pilots. I love this movie and the sequel. I hope people will remember it decades to come, like people did with the original.
Yes! It’s really great!!
Dad was with the last RA-5C squadrons onboard the Ranger in 1979.
I attended her decommissioning, and CRIED when she was dismantled.
Who's back here after the 2022 TopGun? 😍
Ace Combat 7 too 😍
It’s me
What do you mean "who's back"?
I never left. I have probably played this video at least a hundred times in the last 10 years. lol
@@vdubbin I'm gonna give you company for eternity here. 🤣 I'm never leaving now.
I am!!!
This movie and its songs were the reason why I became a fighter pilot. Now I am nearly finished my job as a jet pilot and going for more of paperworks. I really appreciate and admire the movie, TopGun.
Mate tell more about yourself
Really? Dude you’re awesome
Damn that's so cool
Well done mate 👍
You'll never be better than Iceman. But congrats 😅
Just saw Top Gun Maverick over the weekend and when this song started playing, my emotions took over unexpectedly. I instantly got goosebumps and my eyes started welling up with tears. 🥲 That's the power of music! ❤🎶
Same. Saw it today. By the end I was a complete mess lmao
@@Corwin10291978 Totally understandable. It's okay to cry. Honestly, I don't know how anyone could NOT shed at least one tear during this movie! I'm just glad I had some Kleenex! 😊
IKR Bro! Haha! 🥲
Practice electric guitar piano talent
Wanted to be Maverick as a kid..... 36 years on.... Still want to be Maverick. 😂 Great track. 👍
Same here. Got pictures of me as a 4yo wearing a pilot helmet (my dad was an aircraft technician) watching Top Gun and pretending to be Maverick.
Now 38 years old, I don't pretend anymore, but everytime I hear the sound of an aircraft, I get goosebumps.
A message to the future generations. Don't let this song die
Yes sir!
Yes bosss
No Problem
Yes Cap!!!
Aye
The fact that it's the same theme music played during the opening credits of Top Gun: Maverick. I got instant goosebumps and it felt so nostalgic. Plus, I just watched Top Gun again a few days back.
Loved the 80s when movies had their own anthem made specifically for that movie.
Your code name is PopOff
It seems like Bruckheimer had a knack for picking good movie theme music.
Yup imagine the mannequin without nothing's gonna stop us now or the bodyguard (1992 - not 80s but still close) without i will always love you
Actually it was billy idol who suggested that this theme be used for the movie top gun and the rest is history
Who else wanted to be a fighter pilot as a child after watching Top Gun?
I still want to be a fighter pilot 14 years later and now I'm actually working to become one.
But yeah it originally started with top gun but didn't realize my dream until I was 14
But not Navy. Air Force.
@@bradbrandon2506 1st 1st place in Jannat field in hk 1st 1st in the office at the Dr's clinic with my teeth and my 1st baby ¹ the
@@bradbrandon2506 I hope you become succesful. Where do you want to fly?
Movies like this and its music is what made the 80's GREAT!!! Thank you Tom Cruise for these fantastic memories!!!
Exactly!
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damn, when i heard the song in opening of TOP GUN MAVERICK I almost cried. It is so good.
Don't think there's a movie theme song this day in age that can come this close or even surpass this masterpiece. It's melodic, tells a story, and leaves a lasting impression even after 35 years. 🤘🎸👍
Right bro
Maybe Axel F
Star wars, pirates of the caribbean, back to the future, Indiana Jones. There's a lot bro
..."tells a story"... so true.
Theme from Rocky
20yrs on and this theme is still my cell phone ringtone....Just love it.
Wait till you get more and more annoying calls. You'll start to hate that song
@@ChrisPBacon-me3wv nop I wont..
@@jattalways1st True Maverick moment
Stealing the idea.
*Steve Stevens makes absolute masterpieces!*
My mom recently gave me her Top Gun soundtrack cassette tape, and this song (which I had not heard until that point) apparently had been played so many times that it sounded really off, and my tape player even stopped a few times because it was so worn out. Just goes to show you how much we both love this song :)
Anyway, glad to hear this song exactly how it was meant to be: pure '80s nostalgia.
Can anyone disagree that this is the most perfectly matched song/music for this movie over any other movie made?
Yes yes it is
You sir are 100% correct.
Yes, I can disagree.
Terminator's theme.
RoboCop's theme.
- mic drop -
Mmmmmm as diamond Joe Quimby once said… “No Dice!”
@@shauno7582 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👏👏👏
Three decades later, and it STILL gives me the chills.
Can’t wait for MAVERICK.
still waiting lol
ITS TIME
@@Kyoung1229 MAY 27TH LET'S GOOOOOO
@@reasonableraisin3366 the world isn't gonna know what hit it on may 27th
@@benjaminredmond812 counting down days, hope it isn't a fluke because it looks sick
Just got back from Maverick, what an amazing film. I'm so pleased they kept the theme.
i remember exactly when i was a child and was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 4. of course i couldn't imagine what it would be like as a child. but during my time in the hospital, the films days of thunder and top gun ran up and down. i have such an emotional connection to these films that i still love watching them today.
They ran out of tape. They're still playing in that hangar to this day.
Lmao
We must find that hangar!! And bring them food, water, beer, and hair styling products!
To the hangar!!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Dude, I keep picturing them playing over and over and I cant stop laughing 😂
How can you not love this soundtrack.
Some ppl who think that movies of 2018 -2019 are awesome I am 18 years old and I truly agree that 80s and 90s are the awesome
This song makes me feel like I've accomplished and gotten everything I ever wanted in life yet at the same time makes me kind of sad that there's nothing left...
It was the first cassette I bought from the music store as a kid. I think I was ten. Still one of the best purchases I've ever made.
@@sailor_guy9841 1 of the best ex. Is BLADE RUNNER OG.
Love at first heard
I just saw top gun 2 today in Dolby Digital & all I can say is.... HOLY S٪*T what an amazing film!!! I loved it!
Love this, loved the original movie, saw the sequel last night and fell in love with Maverick and Top Gun all over! They paid so much respect to Goose, one of the things I loved most about the movie!
When you're set to inspire a generation that hadn't even been born at the time, you know you've made a masterpiece
Thanks Stalin
@@Kotai-Matrix69 His name's Rohan, but he does look familiar.
@@vinh21981 Sorry, my bad
@@Kotai-Matrix69 No worries, we all make mistakes in life
@@vinh21981 Dont we all
The dislikes are actually likes. They’re just inverted.
Michael Oberst They’re negative G’s.
Very underrated comment
This guy switched to guns
Watch the birdie.
Left wing mobs protesting on the streets raising hell more like it.
That bell sound at the beginning was like a proper goosebumps moment at the cinema for top gun maverick
A masterclass in music. I’ve cried, got goosebumps, smiled… I’m in love with this masterpiece. This is art!.
Stolen from Paul McCartney. Look up The Palace of the King of the Birds
Steve Stephens is probably one of the most underrated guitarists out there!
I believe it’s Stevens
Oh yes we know he's bloody good!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Faltermeyer
He is so good damn, with Billy Idol together...! Peace out
@@OptimusSatanas Faltermeyer was the pianist.
This music doesn't just make you think about Top Gun. It makes you think of the 80's, high school friends, prom, underage drinking beer in the woods with friends, bon fires, all that good stuff.
So True!!!!
80's and 90's were the best , good music
I did all of those things as a senior in 2018
@@treefiddy5424 People never change, those good times will always be part of growing up
And amazing 80's other songs
The 80's produced a lot of quality musician.
I remember when I saw the trailer for Top Gun Maverick and they played this, I'm not gonna lie I cried. A true modern masterpiece 🤘🤘
This should be the national anthem
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😂
Gotta find some lyrics for it.
Key's Star Spangled banner could be adapted to this without much trouble....
You can be my wingman anytime.
Bullshit you can be mine.....
God I love this era.
Amazing guitarist, Steve Stevens!!! An anthem that is legendary!!! Cheers!!!
Never watched top gun, however been searching for this exact song for 10 years and finally found it today. Can rest now
Same
Look up the Palace of the King of the Birds by Paul McCartney/The Beatles. The writer of this theme stole a melody Paul wrote in 1969
Only makes sense to listen to this after the new trailer... I got goosebumps
Me too bro, epic, one of my all time favourites sends a shiver down my spine everytime!!!
@@danielslade8848 I wasn't even born when the first movie came out. I watched it as a baby in 94-95 and I got actual tears watching the trailer. Fucking love Top Gun.
@@thydc i were born in Oct 94 bro and watching the trailer were hugely nostalgic goosebumps and a tear to the eye your not alone bud
haha goosebumpshishead
rotten tomatoes better give it the right rating this time what a GREAT movie.
Im 42 and still wanna be a fighter pilot after watching top gun
Well, What are you waiting For? Become a Fighter Pilot!
@@hewziey1869 Air Force doesn’t want anyone over the age of 20 haha
Plenty of flight sims on steam! Ace Combat some scrubs.
Cool
Come here in Italy and you can
I could listen to this song all day
same here
there is nothing like this theme. Every single time it starts, I get goosebumps, and I was so happy when they included it in the sequel!!!
Stevens is one of the greatest '80 guitarists, pure feelings, raw emotions, astonishing skill, wonderful tone maybe the most beautiful tone of the '80s. Fantastic guitarist!
This should be the theme song for every cadet who graduates from flight school around the world
Yes
NO just AMERICA
It is it’s just not official
@@cademarshall6103 🤝🤘😎🤘
Who's coming here after watching the masterpiece that was Top Gun: Maverick?
Yes, for sure. Maverick is one of the best, if not THE BEST movie I have ever seen. Absolutely Awesome in every respect.
need to watch it
@@aus80srockradio94 Everything was AMAZING, besides the romance lol
@@ak_buckets7962 Yeah guess they have to add that in for the female audience... 🙄
@@aus80srockradio94 It's funny though. Because the romance in the first top gun worked pretty well because the two actors had good chemistry. here not so much
It's amazing how a piece of music, especially when it's associated with a great movie, just instantly gives you goosebumps (no pun intended) and takes you back to the 1980s... I miss that era. When movies were made because they were great, not because they are comic book characters..
Memories:
This brings back memories of when I was a young Sailor reporting for Sea Duty at my first Naval Duty Station which was NAS Miramar in San Diego, CA.
It was January 1985 and I was only 18 years old and was directed to report to Hangar 6 where my command VAW-112 was located. The "Golden Hawks" of VAW-112 was an E-2C Hawkeye Command of Pilots, NFOs, and Enlisted Sailors.
Shortly after reporting, I learned that I would be one of the Operations Yeomen who would assist the Pilots and NFOs in the Ready Room onboard the Aircraft Carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63).
What an experience that was for a young Sailor like me at the time. Coincidentally, the movie "Top Gun" was being filmed later during that Summer of '85 at NAS Miramar. Btw, "Top Gun" was located at Hangar 1.
Later on, after many deployments onboard the USS Kitty Hawk, our squadron then switched over to the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) which 8 years earlier was featured in the movie "The Final Countdown" (1980).
When the movie "Top Gun" came out in '86 the entire San Diego area was proud and honored as there was a feeling of electricity all around.
Looking forward to the long awaited sequel "Top Gun: Maverick".
Fond memories of cross-pollination between US Ships and HM Ships in The Gulf 1990-1995. Good to see ya pal. Charles "Chuck" Allsopp (petty officer retd, engineering).
Its 2020 and Im still missing everything about the movie...
Oh wait when you hear about the sequel coming next year
But I don’t miss 2020
Same man, same. Best movie I've watched so far and will remain the best movie I've watched
To any aspiring guitarists, this song is super easy to play and makes you feel badass, the solo is a little difficult but not that bad. Get it
This song is very easy to play badly. You have no idea what you talking about.
@@Caglieranni okay bud. I guess my 15 years of guitar playing was all for naught.
Whenever I felt down or demoralised, I will listen to this song on my Walkman and watched my colleagues taking off and landing on the runway. Major goosebumps when I watched the latest Topgun and they still kept this song burning the spirit.
whos always been here because its a damn good song?????
I am, sorta, because this song is part of my childhood. Top Gun was one of the first movies I saw as a kid, on VHS back in the day and the soundtrack stuck with me hard
I think almost everyone wanted to be a pilot after watching TOP GUN :D
Fun fact: The number of new naval academy and Naval ROTC recruits that wanted to become fighter pilots skyrocketed by a huge amount after this movie came out. Look it up.
I wanted to be one before watching the film!
Hell yeah!
I just saw Top Gun Maverick last night. So glad they brought this theme back.
It's just not Top Gun without this theme
Why isn't this our national anthem?
I feel the same this should be my countries anthem !
Forreal man....if this was our anthem imagine the olympics! Terrorist wouldn't even think about fucking with the US
I know its wierd but i think it should be the british national anthem for some reason.
How about this being the US Navy's Anthem?
Best comment ever!!!!
Before this I wanted to be a pilot... now I want to be a hair stylist .
Daniel Martinez: 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂Capt su idea.
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Do they have a "TOP GUN" school for hair stylis
Zohan?!? Is that you? Make me silky smooth.
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Every time we went on vacation, you would lower the windows and blast this when we reached the highway. I miss you so much, Dad. I miss your stories of serving at Top Gun in Miramar. You were so proud of your time there. It’s so unfair COVID took you from us. I listen to this religiously and it brings me closer to you. Rest Sailor, Rest. We have the watch…
I watched it just earlier today. It was absolutely amazing. One of my favorite movies hands down. I'm not the person that's tears up when emotional, but I get the craziest goosebumps. And that happened so many times during the movie.
I kinda just want to play this soundtrack on repeat and cur to it for hours. I'm so touched about this movie.
This is so 80's and I LOVE IT!
Bet these movie theaters are gonna be packed with pilots.
@Pyramid Head i don't know guys
Count me in! SEMPER FIDELIS! Hoorah! 😎👍🏼🇺🇸
@@devintariel3769 ffs Covid could have held off till next year so I could go see TGM.. :(
And how many of them do you want to bet, signed up to the air force or navy back in the 80's after watching the original Top Gun?
Your premonition will surely be correct
Today I saw the Maverick, they also used this marvelous title score, I realized that it's the soul of the whole film ❤️👌
マーヴェリックで色んなバージョンのAnthem流れたけど、このバージョンが1番好き
Me too
Guns' n 'roses "We have the most recognizable guitar riff -Sweet child of mine-
These guys- "Hold my Hair spray..."
Roflmfao yes
Definitely not even close to gnrs best riff
That is Steve Stevens he's the guitarist for Billy Idol
The Chief - Right?! This is up there but... Opening notes to Paradise City, Sweet Child O Mine, Welcome to the Jungle...
@@kshinn6032 or how about when slash plays godfather live? C:
Wonderful and Incredible and so 80's....gives me goosebumps.....Long Live the Timeless and Incomparable 80's!!!!!
We walked to the reception to this song at graduation today. It was awesome!
Came here after watching Top Gun Maverick (2022). A perfect sequel to everyone's favourite Top Gun (1986)
I can't believe this CZcams video was uploaded in 2006! It's 2023 now.
The older I get, the more I miss the 80s....
+Infinty “Infinitygames” Games That hair though.. What was the inspiration for that?
+razorbackblood06 That hair is so original my friend. Jeff Lynne used to have great hair also.
+Infinty “Infinitygames” Games don't worry - virtual reality escapism is coming - we can all relive the 80s and never worry about real life again soon
yeah I agree mate the older I get i also miss the good old 80s
+Diomedes01 great movies and cartoons, this latest generation is missing out big time
Steve Stevens
Grammy award winning guitarist, songwriter & composer!
Top gun maverick was awesome! So nice to hear this again in a movie after all these years!
I keep always coming back to this song over and over again, this song is a masterpiece
Just playing this in the background doing anything, even brushing your teeth, makes you feel heroic. And makes everything move in slow motion.
"Top Gun 2", or Top Gun: Maverick is tentatively scheduled to be released on June 26, 2020. Good to see that Val Kilmer won his battle against throat cancer and is part of the sequel's cast. The Iceman cometh!
Wait you legit i thought that they stopped the idea from happeninh
Ohhhh!!! Really?
The movie is set for release June 26, 2020!
I can't wait for it to come out gonna be lit
Is the Jet, right? Chicks love the Jet!
When I heard that first gong in the cinema watching the remake movie, I must have had goosebumps all over my body. Such an intensively happy moment.
So many of the old classics have been remixed and released again in the last few years but thank god nobody can touch this masterpiece impossible to improve perfection
I remember the first and only time I saw an F-14.... I was an Aircraft Structural Maintenance mechanic in the Air Force, and one had stopped over at the base I was posted at.... I couldn't believe how big it was..... I worked on A-10's and C-130's at the time.... but the F-14 absolutely dwarfed both the A-10 and the F-16, both being aircraft that I was very familiar at the time. That being said, I do think it's one of the most elegant and beautiful fighter jets ever made. I'm sorry it's been retired. R.I.P., Tomcat.
So true. My only problem with the F-14 is the fact that it was the F-4 Phantom's replacement. But at the same time, it's frustrating that the F-4 outlived the Tomcat
Well now we can say both RIP f14 and RIP a10
@@hunterprokurat9909 The A-10 isn't dead yet.
Being from the UK, I never saw one "in person" so to speak, but I have to agree it is probably the best looking multi role combat aircraft ever designed by far!!!
Well, it was my favourite aircraft and still is. It was used as a base for the Valkyrie in the Japanese anime Macross.
The sound of this guitar chills my soul.
Steve & Harold at their finest an 80s landmark classic
Wow!! What a phenomenal movie “Top Gun: Maverick” is!! Tom Cruise, you are definitely on top of your game. I can’t wait for Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning!!
A Grammy... Not bad for a two hour guitar session thrown in while making a Billy Idol album... nice work as always Steve.
Steve Stevens has always been such an underrated guitarist. His playing is brilliant.
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When I heard this song, I felt the 80s nostalgia even though I am not even born then
Me too. But my parents grew up then so I’ve always been fan of 80s music cause of them but I only just recently watched the original and the sequel. Masterpiece. And Tom cruise young fire. Holy shot
Huge fan of 80s music it gives me nostalgia too.
And here we are 47 years later enjoying this incredible song.
You're 10 years ahead
This solo still makes you feel it. A masterpiece.
The lyrics really speak to me.
What lyrics？ lol
lmfao
I think the first guitar riff is saying: "The United States of America".
YES :D
+Rukhage I think they all say that..
OMG! The guitarist is so '80s! His hair, high heels, and attire are amazing!
Regrese viendo Top Gun Maverick y cuando empezó la película con esta obra Maestra de tema uno puede sentir la emoción de sentirse transportado en el tiempo a los gloriosos 80'S! Se me erizo la piel de la emoción!! 8️⃣0️⃣'S 🔙🎸🎵🎶😎👍
Lmao everyone is here after watching the new trailer... Gonna be awesome to watch maverick with my kids after I watched top gun with my dad!!!! Think about it guys, nostalgic af 💪
That’s what father-son traditions ought to be; passed through the generations.
Same here man! Watched with my dad, now i will watch it with my kids
What a sweet way for the movie to pass through generations.
Duckin aaaa