@@briantyrrell507280s music was over after 81 this is that "New Romantic" music of the early 80s that came after 70s Punk and "NewWave" , without Punk this wouldn't exist good music all the same !
@@briantyrrell5072 I remember hearing Rap and then that Cher song - after that it all died. I haven't heard anyone new since after System of a Down, its not music.
Felicidades Annie, eres afortunada como yo, como tantas chicas y chicos que vivimos aquellos años como jóvenes incipientes abriéndose camino en la vida. Saludos😊
I'm about to turn 50. Kids listen to this man!!! Great song but where did the time go. It was the late 90's a couple of years ago 🙂Feels like that sometimes. Have a great 2022 and beyond.
One of them. I really liked instinction, and for some reason Highly Strung. Im a keys player, and we play this in my 80s band.... right before Planet Earth and after Tainted Love..
I loved it back then and it still stands out, but it's not Blue Monday material to be honest. Personally, I have Lifeline (or maybe Chant #1) as my favorite(s).
An eternal Anthem of the early 80's New Romantic wave : Spandau Ballet with other bands like Duran Duran, Japan, Visage, Ultravox, Landscape, the Human League, all inspired by Kraftwerk, David Bowie and Roxy Music, a short but a great and glittering musical period !
Maybe a time machine will do the trick what do you reckon? Such a different world then to dance to music like this. Wishful thinking. Aug 2020 ❤eighties forever ❤😎😎👋👋👍👍
The 80's music is my favourites, UK Radio stations, the likes of BBC Radio 1 was discovering new waves sounds thanks to the likes of DJ's John Peel and Annie Nightingale. I was well into this era as a child to the radio in my bedroom being brought up by my mum and dad and going off to school.
@ Tom - What dancing? The girls at the end? Yeah, I liked that part too They kind of brought to mind the Blitz Kids in Duran Duran's 'Planet Earth's video.
No group had a sound quite like this. ABC, Pet Shop etc. had similarities and I like them too, but Spandau Ballet paid extra attention to the instrumentation and transitions.
Forget future generations. I grew up in the 80s and hadn't heard this song until today. Of course, I was also still too young in 1980 and this song wasn't a hit in the US.
I’m 25 and just discovered it through Apple Music I think I could make this viral through TikTok (my gen and younger would very much enjoy this song I think)
In my city, we have a few clubs dedicated to "retro" 70s/80s/90s music. The 80s clubs are super popular, and we 80s and 90s "kids" still love them for their nostalgia! That said, I'm in Australia, and a lot of our stuff is decades behind, lol. 😄
Tony Hadley is such a classic epic vocalist. Less is more. Guy could demolish brick walls with his voice, but his voice was part of the songs, and he knew what was needed. We love you Tony, very much so
Tony voice really crushes it here. Almost like the power of Steve Jones power chords in The Sex Pistols. In retrospect, many of Gary Kemp's songs were pretty average and without Tony's voice, they would be forgetful. Duran's Planet Earth and Ordinary World (lots of credit to Warren) were crackers of songs. Spandau's songs were okay by comparison. It is like a fairly crappy movie but you throw Gary Oldman or Tom Hardy in it and it is good. Tony did that for Spandau. Steve's sax playing also helped. One of their reunion new songs, Once More, that Steve wrote with I think Gary was one of their better songs. And again, Tony makes it great a great song. Hat tip here to John Keeble's drumming on this song and Martin's bass line.
So many songs I listen to now that were made before I was born. Was playing this on the computer at my parents house and I turned around to see mum and dad dancing - Mum holding a glass of wine in the air and dad dancing not worrying about the arthritis 😂
At work the other day a colleague of mine (aged in his early thirties) mused that Spandau Ballet were the eighties equivalent of .. Ahem... Peter Andre! Whilst not a massive fan of Spandau, I explained to him the merits of songwriting, musicianship and technical ability, (all of which Andre lacks), and politely invited him to fuck off. Peace x
Mate you were politer than I would have been! WTF! Peter Andre...always suspicious of people who have a second name which is also a first name...! Lol! Good on you!
Lol, Peter Andre! He had just one big (bad) hit back in the 90s. He even didn't sell a quarter of the records that the Spandau sold all over the world. I really doubt that outside UK many people know who Peter Andre is. If the comparison was with someone like the Take That then I could maybe understand (Spandau are way superior than the Take That both as musicians and song writers) but Peter Andre? Really? 🤔
I was born in '85, and thanks to my somewhat older husband, I'm a little bit more familiar with this genre than most my age, but not much from Spandau Ballet. We have a gas station by our house that consistently plays good music and I heard this while getting gas recently, recognized the voice but couldn't place the artist, so had to look it up, and have had it on repeat all week. Great song.
Wow!! What a huge difference to the song “True.” I never heard this till now and I’m impressed! The song really captures the new wave era!! Love this! I’m in America and I found out it couldn’t make the charts here which is unfortunate but I’m glad I got hear it now, on repeat for awhile!!❤
Check out Chant No 1 and Musclebound, they were my top three faves when I was a little girl, and I still play it when driving long distances or cleaning
I just stumbled upon this forgotten gem, I actually had this riff stuck in my brain for decades, never knowing who it was, it could have been Heaven 17 or Blancmange, or any of those early 80's bands.... saw "Spandau Ballet" and my jaw hit the ground.
Saw Tony Hadley on his last tour. Brilliant. He can put a band together and still sound like Spandau Ballet. Without Hadley’s voice however, Gary Kemp can never again sound like Spandau Ballet.
LYRICS Soldier is turning See him through white light Running from strangers See you in the valley War upon war Heat upon heat To cut a long story short I lost my mind Sitting on a park bench Years away from fighting To cut a long story short I lost my mind Standing in the dark Oh, I was waiting for man to come I am beautiful and clean And so very very young To be standing in the street To be taken by someone Standing in the dark Oh, I was waiting for man to come I am beautiful and clean And so very very young To be standing in the street To be taken by someone Questions questions Give me no answers That's all they ever give me Questions questions Oh, look at the strange boy He finds it hard existing To cut a long story short I lost my mind Oh, to cut a long story short I lost my Mind
And to think, we now have Roman presenting gameshows on tv. "Life is soo short and if you don't open your eyes and look around once in a while you could miss it", Ferris Bueller!!! 👍
I know you posted this a very long time ago now, But have you heard all their albums then to make that judgement-Also it depends what kind of cheese it is-nothing wrong with cheesy if Edam or Red Leicester but if it is really cheesy like Blue Cheese or Stilton then that is a problem
Their first hit of course in 1980, and for sure one of their best. Like much of their work, still as great now then. Spandau Ballet were alright really up until their Parade album in 1984 I feel. After that they sort of went downhill in 1986 or so onwards, with Through The Barricades-which was not nearly as good really though. Thank you anyway!
So this went to #5 on the British charts. American radio withheld a lot from us, we didn't get to hear this. Reminds me of Human League, which we did get.
I reckon this has got to be their Best song. Christine sounds as Awesome as ever, like usual.. Definatly one of the BEST bands of ALL time in my book. ❤
Steve Norman is very talented, he started off playing guitar, then percussion, then saxophone and occasionally plays keyboards and sings backing vocals. ✌️😙
Every beat of the song is testament to the 80s, synth drum beats and perculated guitar. This is the epitome of what that era was all about. I love this song as it was the soundtrack to my age group.
Same for me ilove the 80s and time has shot by I'm 56 and these bands and these great songs were part of our fabric and indenters all the sub cultures popping up at the time amazing days😢
I was a “punk” in the late 70’s .. I was also a rocker in the 60’s I found the 2 very similar in attitude.. so I guess I was always a rebel. It was kinda fun to see people’s reaction to my red Mohawk studded belt & leather jeans, had a few tattoos all in good fun.. in Australia they rejuvenated the pub rock scene burying that disco crap.. I’m 72 now & here rocking on.
The pub rock and New Wave that came out of Australia in the 80s deserved more credit than it got. The Boys, Australian Crawl, Darryl Cotton, and even the more electronic acts like Mi-Sex (NZ) and MEO 245 for example, had some serious talent, but were overshadowed by US and UK acts in other countries.
In 1980 it felt like there was a lull or a calm before the storm... Especially in the UK... The music from a lot of other acts that had been around for years was still good.. But for the exception of Ultravox or OMD... It was like the 80s had yet to start... Then in cold Winter of 1980 these guys came along and literally overnight every thing change... I know it sounds corny but this song was a game changer.. By the end of 1981...the music scene was so different... Duran Duran.. Adam and the Ants... Human League... Depeche Mode... Soft cell...Toyah.. Haircut 100..ABC...Suddenly the 80s went into over drive... It was new and fresh... It wasn't the 60s but all these bands were really competitive... We were spoilt.... Glad I was around to see it the 1st time round... Top of the pops each week was great... This song is not the best. Today that song would be number 1 for months as everything else is dire..but I do turn it up loud when I hear it...... This was a sign of the future of 80s things to come...
In its day, this song was critically panned by a number of critics. I'll bet they'd eat their hats now. Looking back, this song was the business and it became representative of a major era in music.
Many years ago I bought a sort of best-off synthpop album. This song was also in the list. The Cure, Animation, John Foxx, Soft Cell any many others. Then I rediscovered Spandau ballet. What a special music. The music of the 80's... brilliant. The UK had their brilliant syntpop-bands. Italy had their Italo Disco bands and Germany had europop/German-pop. Greetings from Belgium
I graduated from high school in the early 80s and wore a powder blue wet look suit with huge shoulder pads and a cinched waist. I thought I was a super star. 😝
My God...I thought I would never find this song ever again! I heard it back in the good old days in Southern California, "Rodney On The ROQ", KROQ 106.7 F.M. but never knew who it was! Now I finally know. I can rest and enjoy!!
This is why the 1980s were different from the decades before.
After the 1980s music died
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@@briantyrrell507280s music was over after 81 this is that "New Romantic" music of the early 80s that came after 70s Punk and "NewWave" , without Punk this wouldn't exist good music all the same !
@@lyntonryan4766 That is not true whatsoever.
@@briantyrrell5072 I remember hearing Rap and then that Cher song - after that it all died. I haven't heard anyone new since after System of a Down, its not music.
What a voice Tony Hadley has ..... Easily one of the best vocalists in the 80's and beyond
Totally.
Absolutely 😍
Dave Vanian from The Damned was good too
Yah
It was his voice that always put me off Spandau. He has the flattest vocal style I’ve ever heard!
Hard to believe it's 44 years ago this year, this was released.
truly incredible, different era
Bought the 7-inch single lol 😂 😂 with my pocket money, I was 14 lol 😂 😂
God. I’m old. I should be dead
😮😮😮😮
44 years fuck i feel shit all of a sudden
Fuck, I miss this year real bad...
My heart aches with sadness when I listen to 80s music, there is nothing like them these days. Time is flying by and I feel lucky I was an 80's girl.
Aye, favourite era tbf.✌
Respect to you Annie
Our 80's was the last decade where music was REALLY so Alive
100%
Felicidades Annie, eres afortunada como yo, como tantas chicas y chicos que vivimos aquellos años como jóvenes incipientes abriéndose camino en la vida.
Saludos😊
Tony Hadley definitely has a great voice. Someone I know knows him and said he's a really nice friendly down to earth guy.
People used to mock the 80’s now you look back and realise they were bloody geniuses compared to today
Yup, even some of the songs we didn't care for back then have turned out to be examples of skilled songwriting, singing, and instrumental performance.
@@michaelalderete9622 exactly.
well said
he is crap now🤮
If I had a time machine I’d go straight there.
Best song they ever did . 19 then 60 now. Jesus time sure does fly. Make it count people.
Yes a time machine would be good to go back
Chant no. 1 memories
Well said Liam , I fully agree 👍👏 make every day of being young count...
I'm about to turn 50. Kids listen to this man!!! Great song but where did the time go. It was the late 90's a couple of years ago 🙂Feels like that sometimes. Have a great 2022 and beyond.
I am 64 and still liking this in 2022
The 80s were Brilliant 👍🏴
Still bangs.
This track was their best, hands down.
One of them. I really liked instinction, and for some reason Highly Strung. Im a keys player, and we play this in my 80s band.... right before Planet Earth and after Tainted Love..
great song 👍
I loved it back then and it still stands out, but it's not Blue Monday material to be honest.
Personally, I have Lifeline (or maybe Chant #1) as my favorite(s).
@@mortisxx5712 Stanglers golden brown, the Smith's how soon is now, bruce Springsteen dancing in the dark are my favs
Nope.
Tony Hadley, surely one of the finest male singers of his generation.
And one of the most stunning looking men in the world
An eternal Anthem of the early 80's New Romantic wave : Spandau Ballet with other bands like Duran Duran, Japan, Visage, Ultravox, Landscape, the Human League, all inspired by Kraftwerk, David Bowie and Roxy Music, a short but a great and glittering musical period !
A stunning list Stiofan.... its so easy to win the best decade for music debate if on the 80s team
You're absolutely right Stiofan. I think exactly the same.
Maybe a time machine will do the trick what do you reckon? Such a different world then to dance to music like this. Wishful thinking. Aug 2020 ❤eighties forever ❤😎😎👋👋👍👍
@@paulcrisp9861 yes.fantastic 80s.from italy.i was born in 80
@Star of Europa living in east coast uk nice to know you appreciate good music as it was then. 😎😎👍👍😎😎👋👋
What a time to be alive - how lucky were we
The 80's music is my favourites, UK Radio stations, the likes of BBC Radio 1 was discovering new waves sounds thanks to the likes of DJ's John Peel and Annie Nightingale. I was well into this era as a child to the radio in my bedroom being brought up by my mum and dad and going off to school.
For me one of their very best songs it blew my mind when I first heard it way back in 1980
The clothes, the hair, the sound, a time capsule of early 80s music in one awesome song.
uh...and the dancing!!!
I loved it so much and fancied all of them teenaged life in the 80's💞💞💞💞
@ Tom - What dancing?
The girls at the end?
Yeah, I liked that part too
They kind of brought to mind the Blitz Kids in Duran Duran's 'Planet Earth's video.
agree
So perfectly put, This was an awesome record at the time
The Synth riff for this song is addictive and energetic.
It's the synth and bass playing together and entwined, not just the synth.
yup
👍🏻it is very good
@@wbertie2604 Totally agree, it's the combination of the 2 then add the drum break and it's clearly their most creative track.
So true
Is it just me or has this song/video aged really well? I had not clue it was made in 1980! Love the music, the hair, the outfits. Great stuff.
It's you
@@mattiemclean9882 rhetorical question. 😆
The video, yeah, the fashion, not so much.
They look amazing..
And they fully transcend time...
This aged terribly lmao it’s the most 80s thing ever
New Romantics rule !
You have my complete agreement! 👍
May 21st 2022 and still listen this song ? ...hahaha ouuuh yeahh .
EASILY their best song!
+Steven A fuck NO
+Steven A NO ! it's "Chant No.1" ;-)
+Steven A good but it is chant no1
+Martynn 1969 - agreed!
+Arch Stanton Chant #1 was just the best thing they ever did, this comes a close second.
Tony Hadley🔥. His voice is perfection. ❤
Remember when I first heard this tune & could feel change was coming in the 1980s!
Yes
@patsypatti990 Much thanks Patsy
No group had a sound quite like this. ABC, Pet Shop etc. had similarities and I like them too, but Spandau Ballet paid extra attention to the instrumentation and transitions.
Duran Duran were quite similar. Both had a similar sound, with the New Romantic look. They were hugely influenced by 70s/early 80s Roxy music as well.
They're great too, although a bit more on the rebel side, and less focus on classical format.
An absolute gem to be discovered by future generations, long after we're all gone.
Forget future generations. I grew up in the 80s and hadn't heard this song until today. Of course, I was also still too young in 1980 and this song wasn't a hit in the US.
It was a Hit for me
Definitely should have got more radio play
I’m 25 and just discovered it through Apple Music
I think I could make this viral through TikTok (my gen and younger would very much enjoy this song I think)
The best Spandau Ballet song ever!!!! The 80's rule!!!!
one of them..... Instinction was good, and for some reason I really like Highly Strung.
TRUE
@@Dunlaoghairepunkers which “True”? The song “True” or the other true? Either way, True was their biggest hit for a reason but this one is good too
Songs like "True" and "Gold" were both decent in my opinion, But this, My favorite song from them, most definitely.
I like this, but I discovered them with " Freestylers ", " In love with you " is one of my favourite :)
Calate
BetterSkatez / DepecheModeFan1999 [III] sorry , got to disagree. Through the the barricades is gut renching
I absolutely love the synth riff on this one.
This punk rock synth 2021
Ouf, look at Martin Kemp! And Tony was just beautiful back in the day - I once saw him close-up in London and he was SO tall and gorgeous.
I'm SO jealous.
2020.
To cut a long story short Spandau Ballet will never be the same without Tony Hadley.
Absolutely true!
@@raimundperz9828 Pure GOLD
Hi Tony :) :)
Any of their Songs, Tony Hadley is Spandau Ballet....)
Watch it they'll send the Kray brothers around
We need the bars and clubs and vibe of 80s all back !
……be stacked out I’m sure
🇬🇧🆘🇬🇧
Come to shirebrook staff sports and social club every month..we do it..and on vinyl!
Rusty Egan is currently touring Europe with pop up nights! Look it up :)
In my city, we have a few clubs dedicated to "retro" 70s/80s/90s music. The 80s clubs are super popular, and we 80s and 90s "kids" still love them for their nostalgia! That said, I'm in Australia, and a lot of our stuff is decades behind, lol. 😄
Popular music needs more tartan shawls and binocular accessories, and it needs them now.
This song is so edgy and the epitome of New Romantic style. Doesn't get any better.
id argue that early simple minds is also up there with the best of the new romantic era
Tony get back in the band !!!! You are the voice of Spandau !!!
Tony Hadley is such a classic epic vocalist. Less is more. Guy could demolish brick walls with his voice, but his voice was part of the songs, and he knew what was needed. We love you Tony, very much so
Tony voice really crushes it here. Almost like the power of Steve Jones power chords in The Sex Pistols. In retrospect, many of Gary Kemp's songs were pretty average and without Tony's voice, they would be forgetful. Duran's Planet Earth and Ordinary World (lots of credit to Warren) were crackers of songs.
Spandau's songs were okay by comparison. It is like a fairly crappy movie but you throw Gary Oldman or Tom Hardy in it and it is good. Tony did that for Spandau. Steve's sax playing also helped.
One of their reunion new songs, Once More, that Steve wrote with I think Gary was one of their better songs. And again, Tony makes it great a great song. Hat tip here to John Keeble's drumming on this song and Martin's bass line.
I don't care!! Tony Hadley is HOT 🔥🔥🔥 AF! He's a classic Debonair. Such class & taste! And his strong Baritone voice. What a Man 💋💋💋
I agree and I'm a etero man!
He was good friends with Freddie Mercury
To cut a long story short, I love this band. 😁👍🇭🇲🇬🇧
Underrated
Yes,I didn't even know they did this,and I also forgot the song, perhaps the 80s wasn't so bad?
So many songs I listen to now that were made before I was born. Was playing this on the computer at my parents house and I turned around to see mum and dad dancing - Mum holding a glass of wine in the air and dad dancing not worrying about the arthritis 😂
I`ll TELL my Spoiled Children, this is MUSIC !!!!
Tony has the most amazing strong voice
I'm always fascinated that he sounds quite posh when he sings! U can't hear his accent at all, not that it's not sexy in it's own way.......
Baritone
baritone range, but his highest notes sound so powerful
Brilliant loved it 💗
Brilliant tune 🤠
What a baseline! What a band! What a voice. LEGENDS.
At work the other day a colleague of mine (aged in his early thirties) mused that Spandau Ballet were the eighties equivalent of .. Ahem... Peter Andre! Whilst not a massive fan of Spandau, I explained to him the merits of songwriting, musicianship and technical ability, (all of which Andre lacks), and politely invited him to fuck off. Peace x
Mate you were politer than I would have been! WTF! Peter Andre...always suspicious of people who have a second name which is also a first name...! Lol! Good on you!
A second name which is also a first name.... like Steve Norman?
@Vee Kee Why wouldn't it?
It's called banter, we don't all work in sterile PC jobs y'know! 😉
GOLD!
Lol, Peter Andre! He had just one big (bad) hit back in the 90s. He even didn't sell a quarter of the records that the Spandau sold all over the world. I really doubt that outside UK many people know who Peter Andre is. If the comparison was with someone like the Take That then I could maybe understand (Spandau are way superior than the Take That both as musicians and song writers) but Peter Andre? Really? 🤔
These dudes are just outright COOL
I was born in '85, and thanks to my somewhat older husband, I'm a little bit more familiar with this genre than most my age, but not much from Spandau Ballet. We have a gas station by our house that consistently plays good music and I heard this while getting gas recently, recognized the voice but couldn't place the artist, so had to look it up, and have had it on repeat all week. Great song.
So I was 7 .
Wow!! What a huge difference to the song “True.” I never heard this till now and I’m impressed! The song really captures the new wave era!! Love this! I’m in America and I found out it couldn’t make the charts here which is unfortunate but I’m glad I got hear it now, on repeat for awhile!!❤
Check out Chant No 1 and Musclebound, they were my top three faves when I was a little girl, and I still play it when driving long distances or cleaning
I just stumbled upon this forgotten gem, I actually had this riff stuck in my brain for decades, never knowing who it was, it could have been Heaven 17 or Blancmange, or any of those early 80's bands.... saw "Spandau Ballet" and my jaw hit the ground.
@@mushumushushoe - "Chant No. 1" for sure but just about anything before "True".
Through the Barricades is their most epic song.
Ciaao...by..gio..sss...primo...Milano...italy...ciao...
Sad to think Tony was a victim of bullying.Spandau we’re nobody without him,and they know it!😎
Saw Tony Hadley on his last tour. Brilliant. He can put a band together and still sound like Spandau Ballet. Without Hadley’s voice however, Gary Kemp can never again sound like Spandau Ballet.
Excellent....../////////////////
Cracking tune ,the best track they ever did imo ,
LYRICS
Soldier is turning
See him through white light
Running from strangers
See you in the valley
War upon war
Heat upon heat
To cut a long story short
I lost my mind
Sitting on a park bench
Years away from fighting
To cut a long story short
I lost my mind
Standing in the dark
Oh, I was waiting for man to come
I am beautiful and clean
And so very very young
To be standing in the street
To be taken by someone
Standing in the dark
Oh, I was waiting for man to come
I am beautiful and clean
And so very very young
To be standing in the street
To be taken by someone
Questions questions
Give me no answers
That's all they ever give me
Questions questions
Oh, look at the strange boy
He finds it hard existing
To cut a long story short
I lost my mind
Oh, to cut a long story short
I lost my
Mind
Merci!! Thanks!!
👍🙋🏻♂️
The first and favorite song I have ever heard from Spandau Ballet.
@@kevingreene62kg same here
Wow!
Always love the way this group dressed, fashionable and a tartan touch to make it stylish.
Spandau fantastic voce possente. Sul. Monte dell'Olimpo 👏👏👏👏👏
New Romantics era of music. What a voice Tony Hadley
I know, I'm 50 now and I miss these times. Brilliant music.
haha these guys had so much preppy swag. Im a young a black guy but i bump spandau ballet hard
if this shit ain't cool I don't know what is
agree-fantastic music from a great band
To cut long story short...
Kid you would have been there.
Quality !! Just heard it on Absolute 80s and had to play it again on my phone.
Solid stuff.
Every single member is just so good looking. Dammit!
So camp so lovely mwah. Cracking melody.
And to think, we now have Roman presenting gameshows on tv. "Life is soo short and if you don't open your eyes and look around once in a while you could miss it", Ferris Bueller!!! 👍
I was a Duran Duran fan, so in the 'enemy camp' so to speak, but I salute this, the Span's finest moment.
They were ALL soo handsome! 💖
❤ so am I. Well handsome scotsman me 🏴. 60 to 😂
Loved this one back in the day...! They started out as New Romantics (like Duran Duran & Visage)
Good God, a Spandau Ballet song I like!
This is awesome
Loved the song back in the day and Love the song still !
When spandau were edgy not cheesy.....top track
I still love this track!!!!!
I know you posted this a very long time ago now, But have you heard all their albums then to make that judgement-Also it depends what kind of cheese it is-nothing wrong with cheesy if Edam or Red Leicester but if it is really cheesy like Blue Cheese or Stilton then that is a problem
YES YES YES
Great tune...still a bit cheesey though lol
@@rossbeake5779 Yea like Edam-Glad it isn't Stilton though lol
Another 80s masterpiece
Their first hit of course in 1980, and for sure one of their best. Like much of their work, still as great now then. Spandau Ballet were alright really up until their Parade album in 1984 I feel. After that they sort of went downhill in 1986 or so onwards, with Through The Barricades-which was not nearly as good really though. Thank you anyway!
love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WE'RE CUTTING A LONG STORY SHORT WITH THIS ONE🗣️🗣️🗣️💯💯💯❗❗
To cut a long story short, I am 48 and listen back with such excited enthusiasm 😀👍🏻😀👍🏻😀👍🏻 Tony Hadley forever
Scrivete..by..hio..sss..primo..Milano.. italy..ciaoo
what a blaster of a song!
Saw them in concert at Universal Amphitheater back in the early 80’s 🩵
Great song
Born 1981 😅 But had a sister 8 years older 😅 I know every song BEST YEARS EVER
I met Tony Hadley at a dinner party in Spain and had a barbecue. One of the best memories I have!
In Spain..?? What City?
Sounds great
So this went to #5 on the British charts. American radio withheld a lot from us, we didn't get to hear this. Reminds me of Human League, which we did get.
To cut a long story short... I'm a Spandau ballet maniac!
I reckon this has got to be their Best song. Christine sounds as Awesome as ever, like usual.. Definatly one of the BEST bands of ALL time in my book. ❤
Steve Norman is very talented, he started off playing guitar, then percussion, then saxophone and occasionally plays keyboards and sings backing vocals. ✌️😙
The 80's are still the best decade in my opion, such great bands!!!, all had their individual looks and sounds
I passed the site of the Blitz club today in Great Queen Street, there is a plaque on the wall that says Spandau played their first on 5th Dec 1979.
Cusp of the 80s
Love this
Same
Non sono tra i miei gruppi preferiti. Però devo dire che questo pezzo mi riporta immediatamente agli anni 80. Meravigliosi anni.
Every beat of the song is testament to the 80s, synth drum beats and perculated guitar. This is the epitome of what that era was all about. I love this song as it was the soundtrack to my age group.
perculated guitar, perculated hair style, perculated film score.
For all their shortcomings, Spand knew how to have fun, and how to be beautiful. Gratuitous wielding of binoculars earns maximum glamour points.
Same for me ilove the 80s and time has shot by I'm 56 and these bands and these great songs were part of our fabric and indenters all the sub cultures popping up at the time amazing days😢
Magnificent new romantic epic. 1980,punk and post punk was dead, then along came the spandaus, the world was saved.
Best SB song by far
The clothes on display are simply incredible. The Spandau take on new Romanticism. A brilliant track which has lost none of its energy.
@Brendon McMorrow - not sure about the kilt though.
Shame on you . Them kilts is FINE ! Who else in the world wears them so regally?
I was a “punk” in the late 70’s .. I was also a rocker in the 60’s I found the 2 very similar in attitude.. so I guess I was always a rebel. It was kinda fun to see people’s reaction to my red Mohawk studded belt & leather jeans, had a few tattoos all in good fun.. in Australia they rejuvenated the pub rock scene burying that disco crap.. I’m 72 now & here rocking on.
The pub rock and New Wave that came out of Australia in the 80s deserved more credit than it got. The Boys, Australian Crawl, Darryl Cotton, and even the more electronic acts like Mi-Sex (NZ) and MEO 245 for example, had some serious talent, but were overshadowed by US and UK acts in other countries.
In 1980 it felt like there was a lull or a calm before the storm... Especially in the UK... The music from a lot of other acts that had been around for years was still good.. But for the exception of Ultravox or OMD... It was like the 80s had yet to start... Then in cold Winter of 1980 these guys came along and literally overnight every thing change... I know it sounds corny but this song was a game changer.. By the end of 1981...the music scene was so different... Duran Duran.. Adam and the Ants... Human League... Depeche Mode... Soft cell...Toyah.. Haircut 100..ABC...Suddenly the 80s went into over drive... It was new and fresh... It wasn't the 60s but all these bands were really competitive... We were spoilt.... Glad I was around to see it the 1st time round... Top of the pops each week was great... This song is not the best. Today that song would be number 1 for months as everything else is dire..but I do turn it up loud when I hear it...... This was a sign of the future of 80s things to come...
MAGNIFIC,SPLENDID,EXCELLENT.I LOVE SPANDAU BALLET.I LOVE 80-S.
In its day, this song was critically panned by a number of critics. I'll bet they'd eat their hats now. Looking back, this song was the business and it became representative of a major era in music.
FANTASTIC SONG!!!! Brings me back my teenage memories. Love Spandau Ballet ❤❤❤
Vivan los 80 lo mejor de lo mejor 👌
Many years ago I bought a sort of best-off synthpop album. This song was also in the list. The Cure, Animation, John Foxx, Soft Cell any many others. Then I rediscovered Spandau ballet. What a special music. The music of the 80's... brilliant.
The UK had their brilliant syntpop-bands. Italy had their Italo Disco bands and Germany had europop/German-pop.
Greetings from Belgium
I still dig into Spotify for music from this time. The songs really take me to a comfort zone.
Blitz era Spandau Ballet was my favourite.
I graduated from high school in the early 80s and wore a powder blue wet look suit with huge shoulder pads and a cinched waist. I thought I was a super star. 😝
My God...I thought I would never find this song ever again! I heard it back in the good old days in Southern California, "Rodney On The ROQ", KROQ 106.7 F.M. but never knew who it was! Now I finally know. I can rest and enjoy!!
NEW ROMANTIC ERA GREAT BANDS,SPANDAU BALLET, DURAN DURAN, CLASSIX NOUVEAUX, GREAT TIME!