@@annabackman3028 Has been at it since the 1970s. It's such a Ron Mael joke--do a tiny understated thing for nearly 50 years and just wait for people to notice it .
So many artists bomb trying to perform live on the One Show because the acoustics aren't great. Somehow Sparks are the exception. Then again, aren't they always..?
I watched this when it was broadcast, I was blown away my husband sneered. I divorced him. Not saying because of not appreciating Sparks but it contributed.
Even more now! (October -19) Releasing: Anniversary album of 'Gratious Sax and Senseless Violins' with a lot of extra yummy for Sparks lovers 💖 A "best of" 'Past Tense', also loads of extra material available. www.allsparks.com Upon that a new album and a movie musical, 'Annette', is right now filmed, both music, plot and manuscripts by Sparks (Brothers Ron and Russell Mael), staring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard. These gentlemen were born 1945 and 1948....😲 💖💖💖💖💖
This Town.... , Armature Hour, Barbacute. are absolute classes from their early days. Ron freaked me out when I first saw them on Top Of The Pops though 😱😂
Hiya m8. The Sparks track. This town an't big enough 4 the both of us. Reminds me of a certain female Portsmouth Police officer. IE Caroline Barton. Or as I have nicknamed her. Officer Ferguson. Ather Prisoner Cell Block H.
Loved them back in seventies at school and didn’t feel such a weirdo lol!! Amazing vocals after forty yrs , and new album is brilliant. Heard it on radio six am deffo buying it. Clever to intertwine Edith Piaf new song in the old hit lol. 😍😍
Yeah I loved them when I was back at school in the seventies..I was a punk but loved 'no 1 song in heaven' ..underrated disco classic..I remember they appeared in the film 'Rollercoaster' aswell which I thought was a great film
It's still impressive, though, the only other band I know of that's been at it this long, to this age, just lost their penultimate founding member to brain cancer.
@@annabackman3028 Naw, the one guy who was still there when it all started still has it, and his current bandmates are all damn fine musicians in their own rights.
No words. They are like... 70? Humour, art, perfect live exhibition with engagement and nonchalance at the same time. I love you, Sparks. I've discovered this band Just because on a night out i've set the radio on my favourite public radio, checked on internet the refrain... Boom.
Tell me another band that could sound like that live after an interview and in a studio. True to the recording.... no BETTER. At their ages and after 40 yrs they are a true force of nature. That song simply KILLS.
Ron and Russell has it all . Awesome voice/music now and then. They are talented so nice true gentlemen polite, a great sense of humor and so good looking past and present omg 💜💜💜💜 I love them
A classic and always will be..sparks are amazing..what a performance.puts today's artists to shame .what a band.cant get enough of this song.. permanently on repeat.
What a performance at the end!! Absolute legends! His voice is every bit as good as ever!! This is fantastic, have you ever seen Matt Lucas happier?? 😂
Comprend pas que qu ils sont peu connus en France Cette chanson je l ai découverte en 73 J ai toujours aimé ce qu ils faisaient Bravo belle performance sont plus tout jeunes
They were punk, new wave and post punk years before those labels were ever mentioned. You could throw in indie, indie rock and indie pop as well. A very, very important band.
Holy heck! How can Russell's voice sound like it did 40 years ago?!? Especially in a song mostly sung in falsetto?? Listen to him singing compared to a contemporary like Paul McCartney. McCartney's voice has aged as voices do. Russell had to have made a deal with the devil because he's sounds freakin' incredible!
Well, I'd like to know that too and Russell tries to explain it here: ruclips.net/video/ianj_HuL3U0/видео.html But there isn't a real explanation except that his voice is simply unique and there's no other singer like him.
Even the amazing Andy Bell from Erasure struggles to do falsetto now these days and he’s nearly 20 years younger than these guys. Russell’s voice is still amazing. But Andy Bell overall has always had a more beautiful voice
I saw them in concert in 2018 - and they were spectacularly energetic!! Last show on a long long world tour, and they delivered a show not many could do, go see them!!
It would have certainly helped that Russell Mael has always lived a very healthy life. Paul McCartney's lifetime of smoking probably hasn't done his voice any favours!
When Sparks performed this track , This town ain't big enough for the both of us in 2017 , it sounded like it was being performed back in the [ 70's ] EXCELLENT . ROB.
Still brilliant after all these years. I saw them on Top of the Pops in the 1970’s and nearly split my sides laughing. True showmen and simply legends.
Songs, musical movie, touring, new album, anniversary release (Gratious sax and Senseless Violins), a best of 'Past Tense"... All at the same time! (Not the touring, but believe me, it will come! 😁)
Amazing aren’t they just amazing ! …I danced around my house as a 10 year old to this song while watching top of the pops..man they still have it …that was great !
How could that performance possibly be any better? So great to see the Maels still absolutely killing it - at a combined age of what, 140? Bought Propaganda when I was a little kid, loved them ever since. Best albums? Thanks for asking! 1 Propaganda 2 Kimono 3 Indiscreet 4 Big Beat. Queen should feel out- Queened.
You're not the only one, I've seen an endless number of comments like yours 😂🥰! They grow up in the Palisades, Los Angeles, Ca. (Have you heard their 2020 album 'A Steady Drip Drip Drip'? There's a song on it, 'Pacific Standard Time', which is fantastic. You have a connection revealed in 'Let The Monkey Drive' ('Exotic Creatures Of The Deep', 2008) too, it begins: "We're driving north on Highway 1 toward Santa Barbara, Lots of sun, Pacific Ocean on the left hand side". Ron was born on August 12, 1945 and Russell on October 5, 1948. ‼️I repeat!! ‼️ To all of you people who have missed Sparks 24th studio album as Sparks. A STEADY DRIP DRIP DRIP!!! It's a beautiful, inovative, crazy, insane, joyful, sad and more beautiful album. Also, listen to every song before you have the stupidity to reject it. A couple of songs might take a few listenings, but the majority are easy to embrace. If you count their live collection from the 'Two Hands One Mouth' tour 2012, you have 25 albums as Sparks. Then also 'FFS', the collaboration with Franz Ferdinand. A little collab meant to be just a few songs, but ended up in first an album, 12 songs, and a tour. The album was re-issued as 'DeLuxe' version with additional 4 songs. I think that those six guys must have liked to work together 😂😂 Including 'FFS' Sparks has 25 studio albums and one live collection from the their solo tour 'Two Hands, One Mouth'. This since their first album 'Halfnelson', 1971 (which was the name of the group, their name was changed, the album re-issued as 'Sparks' the year after), but the earliest recording accessible is 'Computor Girl' which is amazing in many ways, check it up! You can find it on YT, or the 'Past Tense, the Best of Sparks', the first song (at least at the triple CD edition, I don't remember about the other, double CD or double vinyl). Presented ("Yes, it has crackles on it. Thank you.") 😂 😂 😂 Private vinyl copy, obviously.
Brilliant song, however I can't watch this without smiling and thinking of Vic n Bob. It started as Vic n Bob doing Sparks and now it's Sparks doing Vic n Bob.
Has anybody else noticed that his keyboard says 'Ronald' instead of 'Roland' ? Absolutely fantastic.
Yes, some years ago...
I don't know for how long time he's been doing that, but at least for 30 years!
Some folks have chopped and shuffled the "Marshall" name on their amplifiers to say "Mallarsh".
@@annabackman3028 Has been at it since the 1970s. It's such a Ron Mael joke--do a tiny understated thing for nearly 50 years and just wait for people to notice it
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Easily pleased!
I think you see him tape it on in the doc too.
They are obviously capable of making time stand still.........what an absolutely electrifying performance......i'm gobsmacked.
So many artists bomb trying to perform live on the One Show because the acoustics aren't great. Somehow Sparks are the exception. Then again, aren't they always..?
I watched this when it was broadcast, I was blown away my husband sneered. I divorced him. Not saying because of not appreciating Sparks but it contributed.
So many of us complain about being too old to do stuff ... Look at those two ... We are never to old to anything.
Even more now! (October -19)
Releasing:
Anniversary album of 'Gratious Sax and Senseless Violins' with a lot of extra yummy for Sparks lovers 💖
A "best of" 'Past Tense', also loads of extra material available.
www.allsparks.com
Upon that a new album and a movie musical, 'Annette', is right now filmed, both music, plot and manuscripts by Sparks (Brothers Ron and Russell Mael), staring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard.
These gentlemen were born 1945 and 1948....😲
💖💖💖💖💖
Never too old to rock&roll...😁
Please tell the Hospitals that!😎✌️ 🎸💙
Even though they are both in their late 70s they both look as young and spry as ever, I really want to know their skincare routine
@@jeanmichellelaurent I think it involves a lot of touring around the world. 😏
They are fantastic. My kind of humour when interviewed. Great sound, Russell has a brilliant voice and Ron is just Ron. Keep going guys.
This Town.... , Armature Hour, Barbacute. are absolute classes from their early days. Ron freaked me out when I first saw them on Top Of The Pops though 😱😂
a brilliant performance how many singers could still sing this song over 40 years later haha :P
Dominic Foxx exactly, greatest vocalist ever
@Charlie Brown.............And sound just as brilliant
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I was thump up 100 😁 I agree they are amazing💕
I left this exact comment on another performance of this song from the same year haha. I've never heard anyone else's voice holding up the same way.
This song is still amazing...and its over 50 years ago since I first heard as a teenager...his voice is still perfect for the song!
no 1 song in heaven.. i still have the cassette album - played to death in scout camp.. saw them last week .. fantastic..
Over 70 years old and still electrifying. I was still in high school when I first heard this.
Still brilliant aren't they.😍😍
One word "wow". Timeless song. Killer performance and great band.
Hiya m8. The Sparks track. This town an't big enough 4 the both of us. Reminds me of a certain female Portsmouth Police officer. IE Caroline Barton. Or as I have nicknamed her. Officer Ferguson. Ather Prisoner Cell Block H.
One of the greatest riffs of all time.
I love that Sparks is still doing this and still able to do it sooooooo well!
Loved them back in seventies at school and didn’t feel such a weirdo lol!! Amazing vocals after forty yrs , and new album is brilliant. Heard it on radio six am deffo buying it. Clever to intertwine Edith Piaf new song in the old hit lol. 😍😍
Yeah I loved them when I was back at school in the seventies..I was a punk but loved 'no 1 song in heaven' ..underrated disco classic..I remember they appeared in the film 'Rollercoaster' aswell which I thought was a great film
One of the best moments of tv 2017
yes i agree
You cannot be in a bad mood listening to Sparks.
Especially not listening to 'Pineapple' or 'Gone With The Wind'!! 😁 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖
The more I listen to them, the more I love them!
Brilliant group..wonderful to see such great guys still playing great music so many years later....play on....
Legends in the 70’s… and still going strong… this takes me right back to a happy time
What a remarkable voice after all these years.
Loved this and them since 73 I think it was
russell nailing those high notes after all these years. GOAT
Best performance on the one show , ever ,
even mother didn't want it to end .
Still got a fantastic voice. Saw them in 1974 in Manchester.
Stockholm, June 16th, 2018. FLAWLESS! 😍
Thought it was a bit rude mentioning Ron's age! As far as I'm concerned Ron & Russell are ageless and timeless guys! Love them both
I agree. I bet they don't ask all their guests their age. It is irrelevant. Sparks 4ever!!!!
Crappy age-shaming if you ask me.
It's still impressive, though, the only other band I know of that's been at it this long, to this age, just lost their penultimate founding member to brain cancer.
@@ExcessiveSpareTime, or completely stagnated musically. If they ever renewed themselves.
@@annabackman3028 Naw, the one guy who was still there when it all started still has it, and his current bandmates are all damn fine musicians in their own rights.
It certainly makes me feel old ive loved their music since 75
Yeah... I know 😰
@@annabackman3028 Me 3
Brilliant band still going strong such a catchy song never grows old keep going sparks your a massive inspiration to the music world
No words. They are like... 70? Humour, art, perfect live exhibition with engagement and nonchalance at the same time. I love you, Sparks. I've discovered this band Just because on a night out i've set the radio on my favourite public radio, checked on internet the refrain... Boom.
You have been with me since I was a teenager - I just love your music - thanks for all these years - a 64 year old fan in Sweden!!!
That break at 5:47, god damnit it's so good
Got myself reacquainted with their music 3 months ago. Hid I’m enjoying the old and new stuff. Turn your back on Mother Earth is an absolute classic.
These guys cheer me up ! Long live Sparks
Tell me another band that could sound like that live after an interview and in a studio. True to the recording.... no BETTER. At their ages and after 40 yrs they are a true force of nature. That song simply KILLS.
Not many, but Queen with Freddie would have no problem!
True pioneers of electronic music,all round good guys.
One of the finest bands ever!! 🎤🥁🎸🥰
Amazing... love 'em!
Fantastic stuff. Great band. Makes me smile and fabulous singing and performance art!
Ron and Russell Mael. Just the best POP music EVER.
Still got the lovely voice.really hits the high notes.perfect
What a class act, still sounding wonderful and still going strong. Long they may continue
I was ten when this town came out always loved this sort of music
Ron and Russell has it all . Awesome voice/music now and then. They are talented so nice true gentlemen polite, a great sense of humor and so good looking past and present omg 💜💜💜💜 I love them
Excellent! I've seen them many times in the 70's and 80's in Los Angeles, CA. Thanks for sharing this.
I mean, this is INCREDIBLE!
A classic and always will be..sparks are amazing..what a performance.puts today's artists to shame .what a band.cant get enough of this song.. permanently on repeat.
LOVED Sparks back in the 80s (and Now). Most folks have no idea the extent of their influence. If you know, you know
What a performance at the end!! Absolute legends! His voice is every bit as good as ever!! This is fantastic, have you ever seen Matt Lucas happier?? 😂
Comprend pas que qu ils sont peu connus en France Cette chanson je l ai découverte en 73 J ai toujours aimé ce qu ils faisaient Bravo belle performance sont plus tout jeunes
Ils sont magnifique!
Oh this is awesome. I will always love sparks. Had the most stupid smile on my face the whole video through.
Me too! ! 😂
@@rw8733 Me 3! I had no idea they were still at it after all these years. :)
@@josephtravers777, I rediscovered them about two-three years ago! What a great fun to botanize through everything they done since the seventies... 😁💖
Puttin a silly smile my face since 1974!
Love these guys, looking forward to seeing them next year.. finally! 👍👌😬❤️
better than groups of today. well done
But they are a group of today...
the beetles
Simply superb ! Class lives through the decades and these guys are the proof !
Love Sparks! Saw them in Toronto last year - fantastic!
They were punk, new wave and post punk years before those labels were ever mentioned. You could throw in indie, indie rock and indie pop as well. A very, very important band.
Never turn your back on Sparks....because you might miss the wonderful thing they will do next!!!
Holy heck! How can Russell's voice sound like it did 40 years ago?!? Especially in a song mostly sung in falsetto?? Listen to him singing compared to a contemporary like Paul McCartney. McCartney's voice has aged as voices do. Russell had to have made a deal with the devil because he's sounds freakin' incredible!
Well, I'd like to know that too and Russell tries to explain it here: ruclips.net/video/ianj_HuL3U0/видео.html
But there isn't a real explanation except that his voice is simply unique and there's no other singer like him.
You are right. I mean, compare his voice also with Geddy Lee formerly from Rush...
Even the amazing Andy Bell from Erasure struggles to do falsetto now these days and he’s nearly 20 years younger than these guys. Russell’s voice is still amazing. But Andy Bell overall has always had a more beautiful voice
I saw them in concert in 2018 - and they were spectacularly energetic!! Last show on a long long world tour, and they delivered a show not many could do, go see them!!
It would have certainly helped that Russell Mael has always lived a very healthy life. Paul McCartney's lifetime of smoking probably hasn't done his voice any favours!
When Sparks performed this track , This town ain't big enough for the both of us in 2017 , it sounded like it was being performed back in the [ 70's ] EXCELLENT . ROB.
I'm still so impressed that their songs haven't dated a bit.
Fantastic performance.
These guys are amazing
Talk of the playground 'This town....' plus the Mael bros. Absolutely 'kin superb💕
Still brilliant after all these years. I saw them on Top of the Pops in the 1970’s and nearly split my sides laughing. True showmen and simply legends.
Great performance from the boys. Makes me nostalgic for a time when music was fun and diverse.
Absolutely amazing
Great that they cut the new song in!
I love these guys, their entire catalog is incredible
"he might be a better songwriter than i am, but i'm a better walker."
greatest.
Love the cool dry humour.
So good. Still writing great songs. Love them.
Songs, musical movie, touring, new album, anniversary release (Gratious sax and Senseless Violins), a best of 'Past Tense"... All at the same time! (Not the touring, but believe me, it will come! 😁)
Russell’s voice at his age is up there with the greatest ever vocalist at the same age, Jon Anderson!
Wow! I remember buying the single when it first came out! Great stuff....
Love these guys, so original.
Just brilliant. A national treasure - so underrated!!
The little models from the video on Ron’s keyboard 🥹
Amazing aren’t they just amazing ! …I danced around my house as a 10 year old to this song while watching top of the pops..man they still have it …that was great !
Ron is beautiful i love him & sparks so much.
I love how they incorporated the chorus of Edith Piaf as the middle eight.
wow what an incredible performance! I will always Love Sparks!
Thank you for uploading this gem... Stay Gold!!!
Seen sparks live last year in Newcastle, one of the best bands i have seen in along time
My brothers were there. Sadly, I couldn’t go. We have loved them since the early seventies!
Magnifique ♡♡♡♡
What a band...spectacular live
Bought it when it first came out. Amazing that they can still do it justice today.
Living legends! Absolute genius!
So much energy.. the new album is awesome too ...
I want what these guys are taking. Haven't aged, still creating, still sound great.
"Makin' art" is strong medicine. Infinity in a suitcase.
They bring such happy memories, even better performers today.
Still got it after all these yrs! still sound as good!
How could that performance possibly be any better? So great to see the Maels still absolutely killing it - at a combined age of what, 140? Bought Propaganda when I was a little kid, loved them ever since. Best albums? Thanks for asking! 1 Propaganda 2 Kimono 3 Indiscreet 4 Big Beat. Queen should feel out- Queened.
How Bloody Brilliant was that !!!
Awesome, still rockin after all these years :-)
How dumb am I???? I thought they were British...used to watch them on Top of the Pops when I was about 8.
You're not the only one, I've seen an endless number of comments like yours 😂🥰!
They grow up in the Palisades, Los Angeles, Ca. (Have you heard their 2020 album 'A Steady Drip Drip Drip'? There's a song on it, 'Pacific Standard Time', which is fantastic.
You have a connection revealed in 'Let The Monkey Drive' ('Exotic Creatures Of The Deep', 2008) too, it begins: "We're driving north on Highway 1 toward Santa Barbara, Lots of sun, Pacific Ocean on the left hand side".
Ron was born on August 12, 1945 and Russell on October 5, 1948.
‼️I repeat!! ‼️
To all of you people who have missed Sparks 24th studio album as Sparks.
A STEADY DRIP DRIP DRIP!!!
It's a beautiful, inovative, crazy, insane, joyful, sad and more beautiful album.
Also, listen to every song before you have the stupidity to reject it. A couple of songs might take a few listenings, but the majority are easy to embrace.
If you count their live collection from the 'Two Hands One Mouth' tour 2012, you have 25 albums as Sparks.
Then also 'FFS', the collaboration with Franz Ferdinand. A little collab meant to be just a few songs, but ended up in first an album, 12 songs, and a tour. The album was re-issued as 'DeLuxe' version with additional 4 songs.
I think that those six guys must have liked to work together 😂😂
Including 'FFS' Sparks has 25 studio albums and one live collection from the their solo tour 'Two Hands, One Mouth'.
This since their first album 'Halfnelson', 1971 (which was the name of the group, their name was changed, the album re-issued as 'Sparks' the year after), but the earliest recording accessible is 'Computor Girl' which is amazing in many ways, check it up! You can find it on YT, or the 'Past Tense, the Best of Sparks', the first song (at least at the triple CD edition, I don't remember about the other, double CD or double vinyl). Presented ("Yes, it has crackles on it. Thank you.") 😂 😂 😂 Private vinyl copy, obviously.
GREAT, SO GREAT!!!
Love them!
His voice is astonishing at 69 (?) - a truly exhausting song to sing.
Great to see them looking great and in good humour.
Best Singer ever.
Amazing musician!
absolutely brilliant, still on top of there game
Brilliant song, however I can't watch this without smiling and thinking of Vic n Bob. It started as Vic n Bob doing Sparks and now it's Sparks doing Vic n Bob.
masters, music still stands today 2021
Still as sharp as they were 40 year's ago ...rock on sparks always loved ya
I think these guys are prog pop,loved them since forever.