Sparks - Beat The Clock (Official Video)
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- The official video for the single "Beat The Clock" from the 1979 album No.1 In Heaven.
Directed by Millaney/Grant
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Had the great honour of interviewing Ron and Russell when working for a charity that produced audio magazines for the blind....a more charming and approachable pair of musicians I have never met before or since - absolute gents!!
I totally agree with you! I'm a huge fan of THEM TOO! ! I feel a very deep KINSHIP in different ways! ! They haved CHANGED my LIFE in so many POSITIVE WAYS! Thanks Russell and Ron for ALL THAT AND MORE! !
That's funny because I interviewed them on behalf of Music Videos for the Deaf Int'l and they couldn't have been more rude! Weird...
Just kidding of course, hopefully not in bad taste :oD
@@scottmartin7717 you scared the shit out of me
@@MrScoopoo10 honestly if i heard that sparks had been super rude to someone, i would assume it was a joke they were pulling lol
@@scottmartin7717 silly! 😄😆😂💋
The best European group to come out of America. Love Sparks.
As opposed to the other European Americans who have come out of America!
pop avant garde at its finest.
rubbish. Euro Trash techno at that time couldn't rock a dance floor like that
@@HarryFlowerrs Like Winston Churchill?
Actually there's talk these days that some Iceland DNA comes from the Markland . . .
They are American..second home U.K😂
There's no other band like Sparks. Totally unique.
De hecho todo esto tiene una explicación...Giorgio⚡Moroder
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@@joezava8257 Then why does no one say THIS-without Nile Rodgers and MTV, that talentless, exhibitionistic, gold-digging c*nt from hell madonna WOULD NOT EXIST! If bloody only!
This song IS STILL relevant, popular , cool. It will bever age.
Its timeless: True genius.
Sparks are Kings of modern music. Up there with Kraftwerk!
Hahaha...all this sound is part of the EDM matrix of Giorgio Moroder and the 2 main and primary electronic genres of this electronic scene, HI-NRG and Synthpop that Moroder himself forged since 1977.
This album is another production by the genius Moroder, the German Progressive Rock & Krautrock Düsseldorf of the Conny Plank boys (Kraftwerk) does not sound here 😄.
My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everyone calls me...the father, founder and pioneer of EDM and Modern Electronics / The Sound of the Future 😎
Kraftwerkboy cries...
@@nettils5555 That's right...in Spanish I humiliated you, imagine in English 😉.
I already educated you about the differences between a gibberish and your ignorance.
Geniales!
Los conocí viendo sus portadas de discos en un libro "las 1000 mejores portadas de todos los tiempos", donde se veian muchas y todas muy divertidas.
Curiosamente el mismo Paul Mcartney imitó al teclista en su video "Comming Up" y a partir de ahí los busqué por RUclips. Y pude conocer su música.
Todo porque en España nunca entró su música y nadie les conoce. Lamentable!
Shaped my whole taste in music, Gary Numan, Kraftwerk, Vangelis, Depeche mode, Human League. I salute you.........SPARKS.
Well said and written. Cheers!
Yeah they probably would have been for me too if I didn't just discover them in my mid-40s
Don’t forget Bowie, Roxy, Eno, Devo, Costello
Elo
Tangerine dream?
Just caught the Sparks documentary a couple days ago...if you haven't you should! It's great!
I concur, I saw it last night and loved it.
I saw it too. Its brilliant. What a great sense of humour they have!
@@frankboyle2643 pretty much obsessed now
I saw it earlier this week. It's brilliant!
Just finished my second viewing :)
This band should be more appreciated ,amazing music for nearly 50 years
I was born in 1978, I am not nearly 50 years old, thank you very much.
Alxs End
Paddy didn't write "this song". He wrote "this Band".
Cutting edge. Great band. I still love them. ☺
@@rw8733 Always! 💖
@@alxsend8045 Hiya m8. I'm 50 now. And I have never ever ever had a headache. Strange but it's true. And I have been lucky enough 2 have met my all time heroes ie the Human League girls ie Queens Joanne Catherall ❤️ (my hero 4 ever) and 4 the best night ever of my life. Sparks r a great band from the 1970s.
1979 is one of the great years of music! Such an abundance of groundbreaking new wave, punk and dance records that are so timeless.
True that about '79. I also love 1981.
This song was released before 1979.
@@folon23Hocine According to Wiki this song was released in 1979 along with the album it belongs to.
Drums & Wires by XTC is from 1979 I think
So many great bands in the 70s now forgotten
Sparks are class and do not get enough airplay..50yrs been churning out great stuff...ahead of their time...big Sparks fan!-gazzz
All this sound is part of the EDM matrix of Giorgio Moroder and the 2 main and primary genres of this electronic scene: HI-NRG and Synthpop that Moroder himself forged since 1977. This album is another production by the genius Moroder.
My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everyone calls me...the father, founder and pioneer of EDM and Modern Electronics / The Sound of the Future.
Same as Rush, Hawkwind and Yello, all geniuses ignored by the masses.
This was my favourite song when I was 7. What extraordinarily good taste I had 40 years ago!
Sparks was the 80s before the 80s. Way ahead of time.
wow.... you are spot on!
And what a real pity the UK seemed utterly unable to grasp it, especially seeing as the things they let go through the 80s from the 70s like Banshees, Sting, Weller, Phil Collins, Madness, to say nothing of the utter rubbish they obsessed over that arrived in like slagdonna and Spandau Ballet and S/A/W stuff and Starship.
@@kyachdistent1301 Speak for your self. I was already into them in the late 70s
@@wttmartin9 I am, but was too young to be "in to them" in the 70s so I don't apologise for that. Whose gonna buy records at that age, but then again, most fans seem to remain indifferent to their 80s stuff, something I would never be as an 80s lover.
There are no awards that you could bestow on these guy's that would come any where near their genius.
Performing and making fantastic music for 50 years - who else could lay claim to that?
If there is such a thing as an afterlife I really want to spend some time in their company.
The NRG & Synhtpop Sound of Giorgio⚡Moroder father of EDM since 1977
As an 80's guy, I'm embarrassed to say I just heard this song yesterday, Feb. 16th. 2021....But I loved it
Same! Just discovering their incredible back catalogue now - what a find! They are AMAZING
First Sparks album I bought with pocket money. Introduced me to electronic music.
Now I have a house full of synths and rare Tag Watches.
Funny old world.
Better late than never
But _this_ is the crazy thing, the single came out the year before the '80s even started..... 1979! How do I know? The 7" was the first record I ever bought :)
There might be songs you heard by them but you didn’t know it was Sparks, like Monster of Love (I didn’t know it was by Sparks at the time myself.), it was in the Valley Girl soundtrack. Music That You Can Dance To? I remember that one on local college radio. They used to play Cool Places (with Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Gos) on MTV. Maybe I just spent too much time listening to music in my room or watching MTV back then, now that I think about it.
They are totally unique and you'll never hear anything bad about them, they give themselves and their music to the fans. Thank you guys.
Gracias a Giorgio⚡Moroder, el padre, fundador y pionero del EDM...el fue quien forjó a Sparks y les dio el sonido Synthpop & HI-NRG matriz del EDM Concreto.
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@@gaskellr44 Giorgio Moroder producción...
Russell's dance moves are everything!
I thought Ron’s were!
Superb dad-dancing. I agree.
They help
Looking back, this is a revolutionary video for 1979! Great memories (age 13 at the time).
A picture of Peter Sellers would be more appropriate 😂😂😂!🐦
Agreed. I was 14
They were so ahead of their time, they look so 80s here already!
The fact that Sparks is so under-appreciated is a basic failure of civilization
I mean, well it's Sparks, but the lyrics on this are astounding. Funny, existential and much more philosophical than is presented on the surface - combine that with a Moroder production, absolute gold - I love this so much.
I agree, for all the songs on the Number One In Heaven album, which starts with a song about sperm and ends with a song about heaven. Along the way is this manic, frenzied run through some strange man's life. Is the man in the song one of the Maels? Well, not on one level, it seems to be from the viewpoint of some disco goer, possibly gay - two flat feet, meeting Liz (Taylor, or the Queen), no time for relationships - or at least not a conventional family man let's say. Quite possibly on drugs like speed or amyl nitrate, certainly not someone gently saving away for their retirement. Hence the frantic urgency of the song, expressing that fast-living lifestyle. But more than that, could it be a metaphor for the Maels' own musical career? How by this point as band they'd seen everything, tried everything, and were now racing to beat their competitors in the field of electronic pop music? Or is it about society as a whole, the increased pace of life due to technology and social changes? No time to be a child and stroll gently through life, rather societal expectations to do more, quicker? I love how the song could mean any of these things, or it could mean none! All the songs on N1IH have the same multiple interpretations.
@@rebirthaudio2023 Well, indeed, you could have one interpretation one day, and another the next - all part of the joy! Enjoyed your comment, thanks! :)
Saw them twice in Dublin,last June was the last and about 4 years before that. They still have the energy and Ron's dance moment is class.
Still never got to see them since 40 years of listening. Hopefully soon💕👌
Tienen la energía de Giorgio⚡Moroder, el padre fundador y pionero del EDM y los géneros electrónicos matrices y primarios de esta escena electrónica el HI-NRG y Synthpop.
I love Mael brothers so much I can't say enough.. I heard Sparks only a few years ago for the first time and the music and stage image are crazy amazing and charming. There are no limits for Sparks, they're always pushing boundaries with absolutely fresh and genius sound, lyrics and sense of humor. Thank you for everything, Ron and Russell. Your art saves me when I feel dead inside, you're an obvious geniuses. I wish I was born many years ago to see your way from the very start, so it was great to see The Sparks Brothers documentary. Thank you!
As of last saturday afternoon, I am a fan! Didn't know these guys existed. Great show! "Unbelievable, 73 and 70 years old!
I vaguely remember them in passing. I was too young to glom on.. it's only now through the magic of RUclips I'm coming to appreciate how influential they have been. They hold up. . A great band, a band for musicians and artists
Far to advanced, clever, witty and musically gifted for the time & place, to cool for school these guys, outstanding body of work 👍😎
Who’s listening March 2020 just fantastic
December 2020!
I just discovered them TODAY and I'm blown away
October 2023!
Very modern, creative and still in fashion. I realized how Sparks were very avant gardist and how many singers copy them. I love their sens of humour.
I love this band.
yes it really holds up well decades later
They were deeply unfashionable between 1986-1994
@@dream-67 Which is pathetic, cos I still the rate the 80s as their best overall decade and their most underrated.
I built an extension for a guy who was absolutely mad about sparks, I never saw the appeal around 11 years ago until I heard Norman Cook talking about his favourite songs. Not this one but number one song in heaven.but since that day, I loved building!
And sparks
I'm an electrician!....and needless to say, i love sparks!
The documentary film is utterly amazing! I thought I knew a lot about Sparks but this proved me wrong. Hadn’t realised how many groups and genres they have influenced and pioneered! ❤️
Is a great documentary I loved sparks since 74 and still love the band as much ❤ now got all vynals just can't choose amazing I love you all celia
♡♡♡
Heard this under the stars in a club on Ibiza about '89. Sent me over the edge. Brilliant at high volume ♥️♥️
New Order were on Ibiza 88/89 as well! Love your profile photo - Minder is my all time fave series.
That is magnificent stuff from yesteryear . “ Sent me over the edge” Flol!!!’ 😎😆👌🏻👏🏻🎼🎼
wow, that sounds like fun!
Just saw them in concert in SF! They rocked the house!
This is the original and always will be
This beauty reached No.10 in The UK back in August 1979.
A timeless classic: sorry for the bad joke.
I'll second that(groan).
Este sonido en 1979 solo tiene una explicación, la mano del padre, fundador y pionero del EDM Concreto...Giorgio⚡Moroder
1979 was an incredible year for music, both for underground cult music and for the mainstream... to think that that year there were 2 #1's by The Police, 2 by Gary Numan, 2 by Blondie... hits for Ian Dury , elvis costello, squeeze, etc... and even disco music made great songs that year! Donna Summer was tremendous!
remember growing up with sparks absolutely great song 🎵 😀🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖
Irony/Art/Subversion all wrapped up in pure electro pop. The Mael brothers are the greatest.
Wait until cancel culture discovers the beard :-)
@@Macrotodon Wot is you?
State of art video. Classic. The forerunners for so many synth bands.
As a 16 year old at the time saw you guys live it were absolutely amazing i came with my mum and stepdad for my first ever concert ill never forget that night you were fantastic ill definitely remember that night and ill be getting kids of my own into you guys too thank you so much for making it the best 😌☺️😍❤️
James Murphy/ LCD Soundsystem definitely picked up a few tips from these guys.
James Murphy is the Quentin Tarantino of music. He basically cherry picks what other artists have done in the past and morphs em into his own thing. Like how Drunk Girls is basically a remix of Velvet Undergrounds White Light/White Heat
Whole generations of musicians picked up from them. They shaped electronic pop music but didn’t receive proper recognition. If you listen to their production in the 80s, you will tell a band for each song they made
My fav Sparks era with Georgio! Luv it!
Mine too. Good call.
It's brilliant. ☺
SPARKS don't exist in our time... they live in an alternative universe... that's why they are so great!
I'm having a Sparks-fest right now. So ahead of its time. Loved this then, and it is still totally fab. Thank you lads.
Just watched the documentary. Utterly superb.
Love Ron but in this video Russell is very cute too. ❤️❤️
One simply can't be more good looking than them
Still have the vinyl.... going to buy a turntable just to play this gem, magic.
GOD i love this song and the Group Too! 1982 was amazing because of this song.
Probably the best band in the world
Fantastic and so original and fun to watch
Está canción es oro puro, me encanta!!!
Timeless ❤️
Sparks was always "there" on the periphery back in the 80's.
SPARKS great in 1979 ❤❤‼️‼️‼️👍👍👍
ANOTHER EXCELLENT TRACK FROM SPARK'S . ROB.
Esta excelente pista Synthpop en 1979 solo puede tener una explicación... Giorgio⚡Moroder
One of my sisters mates at school was their drummers daughter. Got to meet the guys a few times. Always a fan from early days on TotP
Супер.. отличные парни еще в 70 - х слушал ваш винил.. очень нравитесь.. здоровья вам, удачи во всем и творческих успехов.. Sparks - SUPER..forever..
Откуда у вас в 70-х винил Спарксов ?Я их впервые услышал в середине 90-х, черно белый клип на эту песню есть в ретро стиле.Несколько лет назад на мусорке несколько выброшенных катушек с музыкой подобрал, в основном битлы, Маккартни, че-то еще и в том числе Спарксы.Пришлось купить Ноту 201, т.к. не на чем слушать было.Какой то их альбом конца 70-х, жаль только моно дорожка.
I used to rollerskate to this...LOL!!! Loved this song and requested it every Saturday at Skateway in Ottawa. This brings back so many memories!!
It's the mother of Hot Chip!
So ahead of their time. :) (First record I ever bought).
De acá de Chile unos de los grupos de la música DISCO que ellos mezclaron rock electrónica pop y disco NEW vawe excelente grupo de los 70 SPARCK beat on clock que se incluyo esta canción en varios MIXER de los 70 "
aaaaaaaah! here we go! this song i remember playing in family parties... so i'm glad I knew you guys from my childhood! my dad was Dj... thank you dad!
The fact Russ somehow manages to sing these lines without breaking into a laugh may be their greatest achievement
Fair enough! I guess if you know what's behind your art then it's less funny. Also if they'd look at what they actually did in their videos. Still, the likes of slagdonna thinks what it does is actually cool and most acts have no idea just what drivel they put out.
@@kyachdistent1301 what on earth are you on about
@@yds2m It's mysteriously put just to addle your delightful little mind, dear.
Sparks euro electro beat remember first hearing them '79 have seen them a few time in concert since ... 'Beat the clock" classic from 1980 😎👍.
Beat The Clock (1979) esta bajo las bases de los géneros electrónicos matrices y primarios HI-NRG y Synthpop del EDM Concreto, forjado e iniciado por el padre, fundador y pionero del EDM Concreto Giorgio⚡Moroder.
Eternal stuff...! The SPARKS RULE!!!
This sounded more 80s synth pop than 70s Synth pop the first time I heard it.
Thank God this wasn't wiped away in a late 70's clear-out. This was far ahead - about 10 years into House - even Kraftwerk weren't as up on the groove at this time. It's not in any way as great as "I Feel Love", but it ain't that far off.
TIMELESS.....😊
De hecho este tema tiene una explicación, Giorgio⚡Moroder
Surely the Anthem for Everyone trying to get to Work on Time!.
What a cool idea for a metronome......seeing Ron Mael's head rocking back and forth
2020 and still sounds great
Sparks at Glasgow Apollo 1975. Magic.
I love how home made it looks.
I didn't know there was a video for this... I've listened to every Sparks album, and I think this one is my favorite. It's so profound and ahead of it's time.
+cboncklis Yeah like The Beatles in the mid-60s.
@cbonklisse, so did Sparks. 'This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us' 1974. You can find it here on YT.
Strange that this seems to be the song that they are most remembered for. They were a very progressive rock band who were a huge influence on Queen among others.
"This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us" is their biggest hit, actually. Though this was also a big hit for them in the UK.
Genius.
Great video. Russel looks pretty cute here.
And he reminds me a little Jim Morrison.
Those 2 real brothers really well and truly brought time forward and really Best the clock as this was so ahead of its time and a opener for so.many electro produced and enhanced hits for the 80s bands OMD Yazoo erasure OMD Heaven 17 etc
I don’t know why but this is making me laugh really loudly……🤣🤣
it's what you Think You're hearing even though you read the name of the song.
Swear i can hear Franz Ferdinand in this. Their influence when far and wide... Really deserved more recognition
You might want to check out "FFS" (Franz Ferdinand & Sparks).
@@rickwagner- brilliant. Always considered myself well versed in music, but have to admit I didn't know really anything about Sparks.. making up for that now.
@@andrewkd79 I was introduced to their music in 1976-77, but I haven't really kept up to date. They've been popping up a lot lately with the soon to be released movie, 'THE SPARKS BROTHERS'.
Only cos FF try to hijack their sound! Who doesn't steal from the 70s and 80s to try and get a 'career' in the 90s and beyond. Still don't stop most who do it beign crap and then some!
Excellent pop music.
Great song and entertaining
They really were ahead of their time.
great band so underated
Great song love it
Best factory ever! I want 1 of those huge clocks w the handsome Sparks lying down the middle, who could beat that!!!
This brings back such great memories of when I was first discovering listening to current music at an awkward time in my childhood - you guys were fabulous and still love this record !
Very good musicians I must listen to more of their music ❤❤
By Giorgio⚡Moroder
this is a pretty cool music video . I heard this song before, but this is the first time I saw this video . I like that part at 3:06 to 3:11 .
Yeah was so weird you just couldn't take your eyes off of him though.
Haven't heard this in years. I had the album, it was other worldly at the time of release. Way ahead of their time.
When I see (and hear) Jake Shears I find a lot of Russell Mael in him, both physically and vocally. Is it just me?
This was in heavy rotation Chicago clubs especially on WBMX Hotmix 5 mixes along with DJ’s like Frankie Knuckles and Ron Hardy playing at their resident spots
the early 80's rocked!!!
Tell any millennial that Sparks is a new band and will take your word for it.
such good times brought to mind as i dance to it again ;-)
I was just 7 yrs old when this came out and loved it..I wanted the single and went to wheelers on the sat but I couldn't afford it, my brother bought it and after hogging it the whole sat finally let me take to my bedroom on strict order if I scratched it I was done for..I never scratched it but near wore it out for a time. These guys did loads of great songs and most of the time I didn't even realise the dogs were being sung by the same guys..until I was older..no.1 song all over heaven will always be my favourite. Rave music before there was rave...lol
Just so amazing, I don't even know where to begin, you beautiful bastards
There's something about this group I can't ( and don't want to ) describe 🔥
Trust me to find this song (never heard it before), when the clocks go back in the U.K. tonight! RUclips recommended it to me without me even searching 😂
"The Lord works in mysterious ways" 😂 😂 as they say.
The morodor stuff was amazing
I was never much into synth music, but Sparks was different. I compare them more with Frank Zappa than the 80s synth bands. They were pushing boundaries.
its just good pop music. whether it's made with synths, guitar, piano, or drums.
check out giorgio moroders stuff
When I was 12 they once signed a autograph for me , I was genuinely impressed
I first saw Sparks once in 1974 on Dom Kirshner's Rock concert
And I never saw them again until a few weeks ago. 47 years later I listen to them all the time. I bought a Sparks t-shirt from teepublic. Everybody likes Sparks, they just don't know it yet
what a classic, how did this not get to number one?
It was the number one song all over heaven
@@sirjellybeans1st19 Which heaven is that? Which of the many and diverse religions afterlife has a reasonably competent song playing "all over" from a commercially adverse band? Or are you talking about a parallel universe where Belinda Carlisle can bend reality to her lyrical will, and have this song played all over a dubiously described paradise on this world?
These questions deserve answers.