FIRST TIME HEARING- Frankie Goes To Hollywood- "Welcome To The Pleasuredome" (Reaction)
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FIRST TIME HEARING- Frankie Goes To Hollywood- "Welcome To The Pleasuredome" (Reaction)
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The very best decadent music, tones and atmospheres that the 80s could ever grace me with....This song is my Pleasuredome!! Thanks for watching! 🥰
I have now watched it and suddenly I’m 14 again with a mind just blown. WOW. It was a really pivotal album for me. Proper grown-up music. That it had Relax on it too really helped me learn not to pigeonhole anything.😊
This simply maintained the UKs place as leaders in the best music writers and producers ever. It doesn’t get much better than this. Relax!
Probably one of the best produced / engineered albums ever. Listen on a Dolby Atmos 7.1 system for the ultimate experience.
Super seductive sound in 1985 and still so today. Those Steve Howe chords are so nice. Pop prog funk at its best! Worthy of your triple platinum award!
If I recall correctly this song was very popular in its day, bolstered by a provocative MTV music video. Dance and club music is not my usual thing, but this song is irresistible. Thanks for the listen.
Strange that I never heard it growing up. Clearly my pop radio stations did not play it or not much, unlike Relax. Glad you like this epic piece. Thanks for dropping by!
@@retroreactions.... I don't think there was a video for this one, sadly, I don't recall one anyway. Relax and Two Tribes for sure have videos, (Godley & Creme videos iirc)
Oh wow! Just found it and watched it! And yes, it's as wonderfully bizarre as I'd hoped...😊 ruclips.net/video/WzOGLKTmeuY/видео.html
I miss Holly's voice these days. Trevor Horn made Magic with their music. This track is a 💎 for transitions and groove. Timeless masterpiece, enjoyed your reaction Brandon...the memories! 🔥
Hi Judy! Yes, Trevor does have that Midas touch! Did you already watch them perform this song live last year? Timeless masterpiece is 100% spot on. Thanks so much for watching and being first here today!!! 🥇
@@retroreactions.... That would have been Awesome to see them Live but No I was not blessed with the opportunity😪 Always a pleasure Brandon to be with your reactions! and I am a big fan of Anything Trevor🔥
Oh I meant did you watch it on RUclips already? I just did!!
@@retroreactions.... Oh Sorry, my mistake!! Will get back to you on that one..sure it's great🙌
@@retroreactions.... Have not found the one you mentioned, but happy to say I watched the original band perform at Eurovision a year ago ( on Y.T). Their first performance in 36 years, Awesome💥
The music on the whole album was played by Art Of Noise, another project of Trevor Horn, the producer of that album. That’s the same Trevor, who once replaced Jon Anderson as a frontman of Yes in the early 80s, then produced their two next albums and was part of The Buggles duet.
Wow….what an amazing song!! I’d never heard it before, I’m not too familiar with a lot of their music. That bass was probably the highlight of the song for me! I invested in a decent pair of headphones a few weeks ago, and damn, this song sounded amazing! Great start to the week!
Isn't it the coolest thing ever? You know I was in heaven for 13 minutes! Top tier bass song on the channel for sure! Glad you loved...let's see... you should be happy here tomorrow (especially), Wednesday, Friday and Saturday for sure! 😊
Awesome! 😀👍
Bass heaven!!
It certainly is a sonic masterpiece
1000%! Thanks for tuning in Kevin!!
@@retroreactions.... My pleasure.
Have you done Two Tribes already? That's a banger.
Wow.. I forgot how crazy this song is!!! LOL I can definitely appreciate it more now that I'm older and can hear all the stuff I missed back then... 😂❤
YES!! It is EPIC!! There is a live version, where Steve Howe plays guitar. 🌠🌠💙🎵🎶🎶
Blew me away! I watched the 2023 Eurovision performance today. Will go find the Steve Howe performance. Happy Monday, thanks for the late night watch! 💙
I am floored that you never heard this before. You being the 80's guy. Happy Monday. 😃Thanks for the great video.💙🎵🎶🎶
Don't tell! 🤫🤣 Thank you for always watching and always commenting 🥰
Your welcome. Love your channel. 🥰
Yes, and I remember being slightly confused when Steve suddenly popped up on my screen while watching that performance for the first time! 😅 (The Trevor Horn Tribute show from 2004)
There is a live version from a 2004 show they were a part of.. Holly Johnson did not join them but the singer they had was just as amazing. They sang their 3 biggest hits to close out the show which had tons of other great stars that had been produced by Trevor Horn. I still listen to their songs a few times a week. There are different versions but the ones I am the most used to were what they had originally released as their 12" versions.
Hi there. Glad you are a fan of these guys. Too bad I never explored them more in the 80s. I guess being a kid with limited "funds" it wasn't as easy to purchase a lot of music. Oh, did you watch Holly and the band perform this song last year? Thanks for watching!!
@@retroreactions.... Yes I saw their reunion on Eurovision through RUclips. It was a very cool setting and fun to see them all again.
Just watched, Holly and the rest sounded great! Enjoy the rest of your night...
@@yg713 - Their 2004 performance at that Prince's Trust event, dedicated to the work of Trevor Horn, is absolutely amazing! 😍 That then-young guy replacing Holly does a fabulous job indeed! 😀 But what stands out the most to me is Mark O'Toole's bass! 🤩
Already saved it to watch later!
"I think it's going to be epic". Yes, you are right!
They should've been bigger in America, because everyone loved their sound and their vibe, but they were a "gay" act, open about it, and while it was acceptable in the the UK, only colleges and inside the clubs were they promoted in the states. Several of their videos were banned from MTV, which didn't help. The few times they got regular airplay their songs were wildly requested. This one was too long for most radio except late at night sometimes on FM stations that played cool longer pieces after midnight.
This song is in its own space, it doesn't sound like other songs really, a bit of Queen, a bit of Alan Parsons, perhaps some Steve Winwood, and some Jackson 5 dance grooves. The atmospherics are very cinematic, and the "boardwork" of the studio mix with ambient sounds and squeaks and squonks of instruments played as percussive sounds is very experimental and very "Art of Noise".
I love that comment: Sounds like a harmonica in back……Why not? 😁
Don't stop here, you must now listen to "Rage Hard", insanely good!
There’s a spot right around the 8 minute mark where the bass makes me think it’s going into Thriller. Bass in general is just CRAZY good!
Haha, I hear it now.. Now I want a Thriller/Pleasuredome mashup! Thanks for dropping by 😉
Trevor Horn was responsible for some of the best sounds of the 80s. Your next stop on the Frankie tour, ignoring any other suggestions or advice should be the Annihilation remix of Two Tribes. Just that specific remix. Trust me.
Trevor Horn has created a lot of very good music. You can also hear it, for example, on the album "Street Fighting Years" by Simple Minds. I especially recommend the song "Belfast Child". After all, they are dripping with arrangement ideas. Music like this isn't made today.
I didn't know that, thank you for the recommendation.
Another Trevor Horn masterpiece. You should check out his 2 Buggles albums. Start with "Living In The Plastic Age" from the first, and the haunting " I Am A Camera" from the second. There's a reason why he's frequently referred to as the father of new wave / synthpop. Also his work with Art Of Noise is remarkable. Try "Close To The Edit" and "Peter Gunn".
I absolutely concur.
This "Frankie goes to Hollywood" belongs to the important releases of the 80's, like Art of noise and later Propaganda. The basic recording of "Welcome to the pleasure dome" is an epic example and experience. It's a smart mix of a Synth electronics setup with more organic players "the band of Holly Johnston" and also acoustic moments with beautiful steel guitars licks by Steve Howe, as also tribal(hooha) and Funk grooves, the slapping bass lines. It cames clearly from Trevor Horn's kitchen, it seems they had a lot of fun on this one but also a long work, big laugh at the end (reminds me also parts of thriller from Michael Jackson!) Yes, you can feel the décadence, I believe it's still accurate for our world of today. Cheers Brandon, have a great day!
Continuing the Yes connection, the short ascending progression at 6:48 and repeated at 11:36 is directly lifted from The Gates Of Delirium ,the first side of Relayer by Yes.
Glad to see you having so much fun, Brandon! 😁👋🤗
This is direct proof of how much the 80s nourishes my soul..... 😌
That IS an epic piece! The (double) album was HUGE even here in Switzerland. For me as a teenager who just discovered pop and rock music hardly a year before it was an eye opener and the first time that I heard a side-long track (together with Mike Oldfield's Crisis). For me this album is still the quintessential 80s LP: disco, punky, proggy, synthpop, new wave etc all in one.
FGTH were from Liverpool and the only of only two bands who got their first 3 singles to Nr 1 in the UK. The other one as also from Liverpool and did it exactly 20 years earlier: Gerry and the Pacemakers. Frankie were paying respect to them by covering their Ferry Cross the Mersey.
From Buggles to Yes to this - the genius of Trevor Horn. When I first heard this track aged 14 my mind was totally blown and I rank it among my most treasured musical experiences.❤❤ And on the same cassette, “Relax,” “Two Tribes,” and more. A brilliant album.
A few years later, I got very deep into prog and after that trance music. The seeds were sown with stuff like this (and War of the Worlds) 😊
Ok, off we go ❤
I once heard a raw demo of "Relax", from before Trevor Horn produced the final version, and it's unrecognizable. That bass line is one of the defining moments of the 1980s - so much that it was used to set the atmosphere of the time in the legendary, award-winning Virgin Atlantic 25th anniversary commercial (look for it here on RUclips) - and it was totally Trevor's idea, as well as the now iconic whips and splashes. And don't forget the most successful phases of the careers of Grace Jones, Propaganda, Seal, and many others. We owe Trevor a lot.
@@goytabr Indeed. He has been the mastermind behind such a diverse array of influential and timeless music.
Peak Trevor Horn. He owned the 80s.
Ya know, I never made the connection before but to me there is a strong similarity to some Alan Parson's Project here...especially in the beginning section.
Yes, great catch! No wonder I adored it 😊
They could have laughed at me, too, Brandon, because I was a late comer to the FGTH bandwagon, too. Of course, when "Relax" appeared, it took the world by storm (or by a tsunami-sized electronic splash), no one could escape it anywhere, but I didn't complain because I loved it from the beginning (though pure and naïve young me took some time to grasp the highly indecent and almost explicit lyrics and realize what that splash was about! 😲🤣). I should have had a hint when I saw Brian de Palma's awesome "Body Double" (which includes a FGTH cameo performing "Relax" in the movie within the movie), a film that they will reference in the future when defining postmodernism - it's the quintessence of it. But it was only in the late 1990s that I really discovered the rest of FGTH, and "Welcome to the Pleasuredome", in particular, FLOORED me just like it did to you, for very much the same reasons. And as with you, the song goes so quickly, it doesn't feel so long.
I think the one word that defines their music is BOLD. They DARED, sonically, thematically, in all respects. And it sounded d--- f--- good! FGTH with Trevor Horn was a match made in hell (it couldn't be in the heavens, of course), and it worked phenomenally! Another debt music owes to Liverpool, that gray English city that gave the world so much color. Shame that they were a shooting star that reached the top and didn't stop. I wish they would still giving us all that genius from the 1980s, but let's be thankful for what we have. It's amazing!
Welcome!
Their best song if you ask me 😊
So epic, this is 10/10 for ambition if nothing else, but it hits it's mark too. That No 2 placement in the UK chart shouldn't be underestimated, it followed 3 huge No 1s, Relax almost got there twice, Two Tribes was there for months and Power of Love was a Christmas hit, only kept off the top at Christmas itself by Band Aid and Wham at their peak (Holly made it onto Band Aid's B-side) The feat of a debut hat-trick of Number Ones hadn't been achieved since Gerry and the Pacemakers 20 years earlier and wouldn't be beaten until the Spice Girls a decade later, so the No 2 came very close to glory. The Welcome to the Pleasuredome album is production heaven from beginning to end, a couple of the cover songs on it depend heavily on ol' Trevor. Overall it's a huge landmark in British pop culture, the sound was ubiquitous at the time. Very happy memories, thanks again.
Prog pop. Great album!
Now find the Two Tribes Carnage mix, that bass!
Similar lyrical topic as 'Xanadu' by Rush! Which you'd also reacted to, a while ago 😊
Steve Howe's solo starts at 10:28 , by the way (panned towards the R channel) 🙂
And awesome that you chose the album version = the best version, in my opinion
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Hey V!! Nice to see you. Yes! I even considered for a second using the same backdrop as that video, but I didn't want to repeat and I wanted something with space/stars... Thanks for pointing out where the mighty Steve comes in. I assume the other versions are shorter, so had to go with this one! Thanks for stopping by my friend...😊
Gidday mate! 😀 The background you chose for this video is perfect! 🤩 Also because this song has a more 'modern' sound than Rush's 'Xanadu', which I love equally, though (Especially the '81 live version on their 'Exit...Stage Left' album) 😊
I wasn't a big fan of FGTH's song 'Relax' back then, but my Brother, 28 while I was only 14, bought the album, and I liked several of the other songs, with this one being my favourite 😊
Welcome to Trevor Horn's pleasure dome, him of the endless insane singles.
The beginning sounds so much like ABC, one of his earlier production.
He went more feral with FGTH 😂
"An harmonica, why not?", you hit the nail on the head, all of his career could be summed up by "why not".
Please do Grace Jones's Slave to the Rhythm if possible.
Also, Snobbery And Decay by The Act. That's Steven Lipson but the sound is orgiastic.
Cheers from Paris Brandon ❤
Woohoo, you got your comment ability back! Ah ABC, more music from heaven! (I did 1 reaction to them here so far) Many bands I'd like to know your opinion on...maybe I'll send a list over on Patreon! Cheers....🙂
@@retroreactions.... Please do so 😁
Yes sir, this is music, 1 thousand times better than the song that you did react yesterday from that UNKNOWN DUET LOL
TWO TRIBES Brandon, don't be a girl scared about YT blocks do the f*ing VIDEO of TWO TRIBES, it's PRICELESS
Glad you found your way to the Pleasuredome tonight!!! I will see you Sunday July 14th!!!!
@@retroreactions.... I ALWAYS find the way of the pleasuredome hehehe
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One of the first albums I ever heard on compact disc in 1984. Not only the bass lines but the top end treble was next level at the time. It was like compact discs were somekind of glorious witchcraft. Not everyone could afford a CD player until they became mass produced later in the 80's.
Wow, is that how far back CDs go? I don't recall having any until around 1992 I think. The sound must have blown your mind...and ears! Thanks so much for stopping by 🙂
@@retroreactions.... invented in 1979 by Philips and Sony, first commercial sold players in 1982 / 83
WOW, thanks for the CD history lesson. I guess I was way behind the wave!
@@retroreactions.... as with most technology it was very expensive in the beginning, not something the average teen or young adult could afford. more for your grandparents who would listen to CD's of Schubert or Mozart......
I grew up in that time, I remember one rich uncle having CD's and Bang and Olufsen hifi in the mid 80s, but at my high school, nobody until early 90s
Although there are musical genres that I dislike (like 'new wave' for example), there are still groups that appeal to me and I can't always say precisely why. FGTH is one of these exceptions. There is another band (also British and essentially instrumental) which is nevertheless in a genre (in my opinion experimental electro/synth pop; even if several professional reviewers classify it in the 'new wave' category) very far from my musical sensibility but which I nonetheless like... especially for its avant-garde and catchily marginal creativity: ART OF NOISE. Trevor Horn was part of the group at times. Their compositions are truly unique and identifiable from the first bars. My favorite album: 'Who's Afraid of...! (The Art of Noise)?' (1984)... and especially the three exceptional compositions "Moments in Love", "Beat Box (Diversion 1)" and "Love". A magical album. Thanks.
Hello my friend. Wow, Trevor was everywhere it seems! Thanks for sharing your admiration for these 2 bands. Art of Noise has long been on my list. I've added your 3 faves to my list. Hope I will get around to them in the not too distant future.. 😊
@@retroreactions.... As I myself still have hope that you will encounter "The March To The Eternal City" by TRIUMVIRAT? It's purely a friendly wink, Brandon. 😉
Guarantee I will get to it...thanks for your patience 😊
@@retroreactions.... It was a joke without the slightest ulterior motive. It's your channel, you manage it as you see fit. And you do it quite well. A suggestion is just a suggestion; I never understand that it requires you to consent to it... and even less so within a specific deadline. Keep up the great work, Brandon.
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So a sudden mental connection: Trevor is using Steve Howe here, yet around the same time was polishing and shining his former band, Yes, now without Howe and reborn in 1983. You gotta admire his tactics to get the very best music he could. Genius 😎
FGTH was always fun - a shame that Hollie Johnson died so soon. So you are doing another band i love. -great "shooting stars never stop even if they reach the top!"
Holly Johnson is still alive, or what do you mean?
@@ZXFrankie Probably the same guy who likes to tell us Suzi Q is dead too...
@@ZXFrankie Oh daam your right i was mixing him hp with someone else, sorry. Its good that he is still alive and well. I hope you will do more FGTH - they have some greast songs especialy the long versions i enjoy very much.
My favorite live version of this gem is right here! ruclips.net/video/RbwNrG4MTlE/видео.htmlsi=PPJxNJLiFq1rQy--
Not seeing any female vocalists on the personnel list. Was it Holly, Paul and/or Trevor?
Holly’s a guy ❤🎉❤😊
Oh yes! 😊 I just thought there were guest female vocalists but it appears I was way off! Thanks for tuning in 💙
Educate yourself on the producer Trevor Horn. That’s all
Big dislike of Holly Johnston at the time so I blanked them, but musically this was out of this world.
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