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  • Опубликовано: 25 окт 2024

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  • @africareigns
    @africareigns 2 месяца назад +446

    God, I wish I could go back to the 80s. The best decade of my life.

    • @caranconarroe-pearson2954
      @caranconarroe-pearson2954 2 месяца назад +14

      Indeed...

    • @tikigirl3308
      @tikigirl3308 2 месяца назад +11

      You and me both!

    • @jillwilliamson4825
      @jillwilliamson4825 2 месяца назад +9

      Me too

    • @ianslee8968
      @ianslee8968 2 месяца назад +15

      Totally. So much I miss from the 80’s. Wonderful times. Finishing high school and going on from there. The wildest parties. Youth of today have no clue how to party.

    • @susanpeters5392
      @susanpeters5392 2 месяца назад +4

      From England mine 2 x

  • @Just-Ice4Inno
    @Just-Ice4Inno 2 месяца назад +239

    George Michael then Wham, and Spandau were from the same era along with Duran Duran, Haircut 100, Howard Jones, Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, Ultravox, Yazzo, Kajagoogoo, ABC, Culture Club (Boy George’s band) The Human League, Adam and the Ants…the list goes on. During the New Romantic era.

    • @rubyslippers8215
      @rubyslippers8215 2 месяца назад +8

      Huge George Michael fan. Loved "Faith". That song may be a bit "racy" for BP!🤣

    • @snowysnowyriver
      @snowysnowyriver 2 месяца назад +12

      ​@@rubyslippers8215. It can't beat Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Relax. I thought Mr Pegasus was going to pass out during that song. 😂

    • @rubyslippers8215
      @rubyslippers8215 2 месяца назад +5

      @@snowysnowyriver I missed that one - will have to check it out! When he reacted to the Bangles, I didn't dare suggest "In Your Room!" I think our friend would need CPR for that one! We're just teasing...we love, 'ya, BP!😀

    • @mickhalligan1772
      @mickhalligan1772 2 месяца назад

      No shit sherlock 😂

    • @BlickrichtungSueden
      @BlickrichtungSueden 2 месяца назад +2

      Good list ❤

  • @FrmTheFlmzIRise
    @FrmTheFlmzIRise 2 месяца назад +422

    P.M Dawn sampled it in his song Set Adrift on Memory Bliss

    • @catserver8577
      @catserver8577 2 месяца назад +19

      Yep, I think that's probably where he heard it.

    • @mattwheeler2112
      @mattwheeler2112 2 месяца назад +13

      Agree, this is exactly where anyone who thinks it sounds familiar knows it from for sure!

    • @eriklarson9137
      @eriklarson9137 2 месяца назад +4

      @@mattwheeler2112 Nope. Imagine thinking that. As if MILLIONS of us out here didn't hear the real version.

    • @rickb3645
      @rickb3645 2 месяца назад +29

      Spandau Ballet lead singer Tony Hadley... Had a small cameo appearance in P.M. Dawn's Set Adrift on Memory Bliss video... He's on the beach in a black Shirt near the end of the video @3:53 👍

    • @esuvan
      @esuvan 2 месяца назад +3

      Queen Pen sampled this with a song of the same name!

  • @JShirk-po8ln
    @JShirk-po8ln 2 месяца назад +45

    Thank God I lived in the best era for music! 70s, 80s and 90s.

  • @letmadora28
    @letmadora28 2 месяца назад +171

    New Romantics. One of the many styles of music with which we were spoiled back in the 80's and we took for granted.

    • @nirvanaa5556
      @nirvanaa5556 2 месяца назад +3

      Yes. Like Wet, Wet, Wet's "Sweet Surrender". Gorgeous.

  • @gyrowave
    @gyrowave 2 месяца назад +219

    From the Net : A total of five different films made use of the song “True” by Spandau Balllet. These include “The Wedding Singer” in 1998; “Charlie's Angels” in 2000; “Pixels” in 2015; and “Not Another Teen Movie” . The winner, however, has to be “Sixteen Candles” in 1984 where “True” was played in one scene for one full minute

    • @RichOrElse
      @RichOrElse 2 месяца назад +10

      Sky High

    • @Streak88s104
      @Streak88s104 2 месяца назад +3

      @@RichOrElseYeah, he forgot about that one.

    • @AJ_Flanagan
      @AJ_Flanagan 2 месяца назад +6

      I feel like it was in a recent commercial as well. 🤔

    • @nicolegoehr5618
      @nicolegoehr5618 2 месяца назад +7

      🤣16🎂candles
      TRUE hoohoo

    • @jesseguerra1442
      @jesseguerra1442 2 месяца назад +3

      @@RichOrElse
      Yup, every I hear this song I think of 16 candles with Jake and Sam are together. Classic!!

  • @Vana1970
    @Vana1970 2 месяца назад +105

    I loved the 80's as a 54 year old woman I can assure you music was happy then and people were nicer.

    • @helenan7368
      @helenan7368 2 месяца назад +9

      As a 53 year old woman I can assure you that you are so right! ;)

    • @davidpfohl9678
      @davidpfohl9678 2 месяца назад +8

      @@helenan7368 as a man in my 50s i can say happily you are both correct!

    • @819PapaWally
      @819PapaWally 2 месяца назад +3

      What a time to be growing up, the world has gone to shi now!!

    • @heathcliff1096
      @heathcliff1096 2 месяца назад +1

      Artists during that time created music to express something and make us feel something, bring about emotions. What has gone wrong since then ?

    • @Vana1970
      @Vana1970 2 месяца назад +1

      @@heathcliff1096 A lot of music today is done via computers including auto tune instead of talent. Everything is instant these days so no dedication to make it work.

  • @BabsR
    @BabsR 2 месяца назад +120

    Through the Barricades by Spandau is definitely a must listen

    • @judiharris8796
      @judiharris8796 2 месяца назад +6

      My favourite!

    • @lyndadowns4876
      @lyndadowns4876 2 месяца назад

      ​@@judiharris8796mine too!

    • @444dkm
      @444dkm 2 месяца назад +4

      Absolutely their best.

    • @martinstubbs7974
      @martinstubbs7974 2 месяца назад +2

      The best!!

    • @andrewkelley434
      @andrewkelley434 2 месяца назад +2

      Came here to recommend the same!! Absolutely another bop by them.

  • @GinaGeeILuvu
    @GinaGeeILuvu 2 месяца назад +131

    This song is a classic and I love it! Spandau Ballet is one of those great English Bands (like Duran Duran❤, The Eurythmics, Culture Club, etc) that was part of the “NEW WAVE ” music that came from across the pond in the early eighties! This song was sampled by PM Dawn for their hit, “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss”! Check out their other hits like, “Gold” and “Only When You Leave”!❤❤

    • @lizodams
      @lizodams 2 месяца назад +5

      Love Only When You Leave and Through The Barracades

    • @rare_wulf9358
      @rare_wulf9358 2 месяца назад +3

      It was known as the 2nd British evasion. I would add The Police to that list ❤😊

    • @abigail1st
      @abigail1st 2 месяца назад

      Eurythmics were Scottish 😉

    • @sharongraham4256
      @sharongraham4256 2 месяца назад +2

      Isn't Dave Stewart English?

    • @gregmcstravick4310
      @gregmcstravick4310 2 месяца назад +1

      And Human League 😊😊

  • @adriangreenoff7879
    @adriangreenoff7879 2 месяца назад +36

    Best voice of all the new romantic groups.Through the barricades by them is a classic.

  • @TheColdrush22
    @TheColdrush22 3 месяца назад +386

    I used to hate this song SO MUCH when I was a kid because I thought they were such wusses and I was into such hard rock at the time. Years later I love this song and the group. Great reaction.

    • @lauraslanesvanlifetravels
      @lauraslanesvanlifetravels 3 месяца назад +7

      I was about 8-10yrs old and loved it! lol

    • @TurnFullCircle
      @TurnFullCircle 2 месяца назад +19

      Hey same here, I am 60 now and really get it now…cheers

    • @mattblatchley2061
      @mattblatchley2061 2 месяца назад +21

      We were rockers and metal heads and used to hate on all the new wave stuff back in the day...but dang at some point this stuff became gold!

    • @HappyAitch
      @HappyAitch 2 месяца назад +5

      Sorry but I hated it then and I still do 😂 I was a teenager in the 80s and still love the music but not all of it 😂

    • @HeavyTopspin
      @HeavyTopspin 2 месяца назад +7

      I think it's two things: nostalgia, where even the things we didn't necessarily like remind us of the things we loved at the time. And even moreso, comparing it to the abysmal state of popular music today - I'd rather listen to this on loop for a week than listen to just about anything in the top 20 today.

  • @youngthing12
    @youngthing12 2 месяца назад +136

    You now have to listen to Gold 👍🏻😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @caroline_scotland
      @caroline_scotland 2 месяца назад +4

      Always believe it!!😄💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @daisy9910
      @daisy9910 2 месяца назад +2

      I missed the highway exit once singing to Gold. Took me an extra 40 minutes. 😂

    • @youngthing12
      @youngthing12 2 месяца назад +1

      @@daisy9910 😂😁

    • @caroline_scotland
      @caroline_scotland 2 месяца назад +1

      @@daisy9910 I only have to hear or just read the word gold and I have the song stuck in my head, for sometimes even days🤨😣😂

    • @daisy9910
      @daisy9910 2 месяца назад

      @@caroline_scotland I have a mix or Gold and Rainy Days and Monday today. 😂

  • @heatherwhyte-sr8em
    @heatherwhyte-sr8em 3 месяца назад +62

    Definitely PM Dawn.. set adrift on memory Bliss, I still have that track on my playlist!

    • @KeithDCanada
      @KeithDCanada 2 месяца назад +1

      This right here

    • @jamdonut4021
      @jamdonut4021 2 месяца назад +2

      Yep PM Dawn set adrift on memory bliss sampled it..another TUNE

  • @jamesmoffett526
    @jamesmoffett526 2 месяца назад +48

    My first slow dance. Married her ten years later.

    • @shaannun
      @shaannun 2 месяца назад

      What a nice story. Thanks for sharing. It should have been your first dance at your reception as well I hope.

  • @Mr17051963
    @Mr17051963 2 месяца назад +17

    One of the sexiest themes ever written!!!! 😍

  • @johnianknox1629
    @johnianknox1629 2 месяца назад +65

    The guy on the piano is Gary Kemp the main songwriter, he played Whitney Houston's manager in the movie THE BODYGUARD.

    • @david.j9.rabbithole808
      @david.j9.rabbithole808 2 месяца назад +3

      And his brother Martin is on the bass and was on the British TV show EASTENDERS.

    • @phild6193
      @phild6193 2 месяца назад +7

      Also, both stared in “The Krays”

  • @MoonlightDagger
    @MoonlightDagger 3 месяца назад +157

    It's pronounced "Span-dow", so you were correct with the second attempt.
    The band took its name from Spandau Prison in Germany, where many executions by hanging were carried out before and during World War II. While dangling at the end of the rope, many victims would twitch and jump, which came to be called the "Spandau Ballet".

    • @lauraslanesvanlifetravels
      @lauraslanesvanlifetravels 3 месяца назад +18

      That's crazy! wow...wouldn't have ever thought THAT'S where the name came from!

    • @fredshred5194
      @fredshred5194 2 месяца назад +17

      Also the name of a machine gun, when you get riddled with bullets you do the "Spandau ballet".

    • @AK00777
      @AK00777 2 месяца назад +13

      Jesus!! I never knew any of that, wow.

    • @sweety1746
      @sweety1746 2 месяца назад +19

      "Spandau" is a district in the west of Berlin and there you will find the name as part of sights or businesses. The prison itself doesn't exist anymore, it was demolished 1987.

    • @Cosmo-Kramer
      @Cosmo-Kramer 2 месяца назад +1

      While, "spandau", is indeed a German word, it does not mean that, it means a, "whale's vagina".

  • @malee1971
    @malee1971 2 месяца назад +17

    This song is so classic 80s. I can't hear this song and not think of my school dances. Such a great time. Great music. Great movies. Great games. We had less back then, but we appreciated everything more!

    • @KatieBarnes-nz2hz
      @KatieBarnes-nz2hz 2 месяца назад +1

      I wish I had known how special the 80’s were at the time ❤

  • @Muziknerd
    @Muziknerd 2 месяца назад +95

    In my top 5 songs of all time. A classic 80's hit. Next up, check out "Gold".

    • @richardpluck6658
      @richardpluck6658 2 месяца назад +1

      No - he should check out 'To Cut a Long Story Short' - see what a massive style change Spandau went through to get to the 'True' period.

    • @barrypos55
      @barrypos55 2 месяца назад +3

      ...yep and Through the Barricades

    • @Muziknerd
      @Muziknerd 2 месяца назад

      @@barrypos55 YES! Love that one, also!

    • @bedroomdjpuma
      @bedroomdjpuma 2 месяца назад

      and ... Round and Round 🙂

    • @mattpotter8725
      @mattpotter8725 2 месяца назад

      And Through The Barricades, love that song the most I think.

  • @rubymoonfire
    @rubymoonfire 2 месяца назад +8

    I loved seeing Spandau Ballet when they toured Australia as a 17 year old.....got right up the front. ❤❤❤

    • @KatieBarnes-nz2hz
      @KatieBarnes-nz2hz 2 месяца назад +1

      I saw Tony Hadley last year in Brisbane. His voice was still very strong 🎉

  • @ingridalexandrovics3819
    @ingridalexandrovics3819 2 месяца назад +6

    The atmosphere of the '80's was electric. I said to myself that these will be the best years of my life... and so far... they still are!

  • @kenharness1417
    @kenharness1417 2 месяца назад +17

    I was born in 65 and remember when this song ruled Mtv, but every time I hear it now I picture Steve Busceni at the end of Wedding Singer.

  • @profanitybasedfun
    @profanitybasedfun 3 месяца назад +37

    You're correct, the reason you recognize that one kind of humming part or whatever is because just that part is used in a ton of movies, TV, and commercials.

    • @Ferrocious-ou3qd
      @Ferrocious-ou3qd 26 дней назад

      He is probably thinking of Lloyd an lil Wayne “you” cuz they sampled this

  • @wolfengrim
    @wolfengrim 2 месяца назад +27

    "Through the barricades" is another great song of them.

  • @frannavin3165
    @frannavin3165 2 месяца назад +15

    I always loved this song. I’m 63 and it was always great to me

    • @333perfection
      @333perfection 2 месяца назад +1

      Today is my 63rd birthday and have ALWAYS loved this song too!!!! 😊

    • @spud912
      @spud912 2 месяца назад

      I'm also 63 ..
      It's weird because when I say my age it just doesn't ring true
      I should be about 48 lol ..
      It feels like 15 years have been stolen .
      Do you also feel time has flown by so ridiculously quick?🎶

  • @deborahhillman4120
    @deborahhillman4120 Месяц назад +2

    Love this song! This song brings it all back!

  • @francescaferriani4185
    @francescaferriani4185 2 месяца назад +9

    Yes I've got a huge crush on Tony Hadley back in the 80.. he was so handsome.. and still ❤

    • @lennymarsh1323
      @lennymarsh1323 2 месяца назад +1

      I'm with ya girl 👌 I still go and see him perform as many times as I can.

  • @threekidzmom04
    @threekidzmom04 2 месяца назад +12

    OMG!!! I loved this song so much in the 80's. Young people today don't realize how much music was important in our lives in the 70's and 80's. That was our life. And when MTV introduced us to the videos and we could see the performers, it was like heaven on earth! Great reaction!!!!!

    • @Mr17051963
      @Mr17051963 2 месяца назад +1

      You said it all, dude!!!!! Music was everything in those days!!!!!!

    • @threekidzmom04
      @threekidzmom04 2 месяца назад

      @@Mr17051963 everything!!

  • @michellepearce5278
    @michellepearce5278 3 месяца назад +41

    Gary Kemp, the guitarist, pianist, and main songwriter, was in love with Claire Grogan the lead singer of Altered Images. He wrote this for her. Unfortunately it was unrequited. Lead singer is Tony Hadley and Gary’s brother Martin on bass. Try “Gold” next.
    One thing to keep in mind that a lot of 80s UK groups were influenced by Motown. “Listening to Marvin, all night long” Another great group is ABC - The Look of Love, Poison Arrow, When Smokey Sings.

    • @richardpluck6658
      @richardpluck6658 2 месяца назад +7

      No - he should check out 'To Cut a Long Story Short' - see what a massive style change Spandau went through to get to the 'True' period.

    • @michellepearce5278
      @michellepearce5278 2 месяца назад

      Both would be good x

  • @TexasMagnolia
    @TexasMagnolia 2 месяца назад +8

    Till Tuesday - Voices Carry
    A very powerful 80’s classic!

  • @PurpleIris034
    @PurpleIris034 2 месяца назад +23

    Love this song and so appealing to see the way they are dressed.

  • @naoyakusano9541
    @naoyakusano9541 12 дней назад

    The opening has been used in so many commercials, movies etc it’s a beautiful 80’s ballad!

  • @ansugib
    @ansugib 2 месяца назад +8

    Their song Gold was my fave. Loved them as a teenager❤

  • @tiaelina1090
    @tiaelina1090 2 месяца назад +2

    Another one of their hits is “Gold”.
    Great reaction as always.

  • @mariaalbavera5148
    @mariaalbavera5148 2 месяца назад +18

    So underated. This brings back memories

  • @BennoWitter
    @BennoWitter 2 месяца назад +77

    This song is great, but "Gold" is even better.

  • @TVSERIESANDFILMREVIEW
    @TVSERIESANDFILMREVIEW 2 месяца назад +21

    I still luv this song so much!

  • @mrBSho
    @mrBSho Месяц назад +5

    Spandau Ballet’s “Gold” is possibly the most 80s song ever and it’s glorious. If you haven’t seen the video, It’s worth a listen / watch.

    • @Big_Tex
      @Big_Tex Месяц назад

      I think the most 80s 80s song of the 80s is “Take on Me”. But I do love “Gold”.

  • @toddylu6869
    @toddylu6869 2 месяца назад +4

    This is a guilty pleasure song that you only play alone in the dark, so you can sing it with all the expression it deserves.

  • @carleenaustinson6495
    @carleenaustinson6495 2 месяца назад +2

    This definitely reminds me of George Michael, like you mentioned!! This sooooo beautiful❤. The singers voice contains such amazing tone and emphasis at just the right time!! What a fortunate man to have this most glorious gift! Thank you very much for choosing to react to it.

  • @FavoriteMovieDate
    @FavoriteMovieDate 2 месяца назад +3

    One of my very favorite songs of all time. So beautiful in every way.

  • @ruthneumann429
    @ruthneumann429 Месяц назад +2

    I'm so taken with how smart the men look. I'm totally in love. And the music is great and the voice is so impressive. Everything is so beautiful.

  • @somuchdesignwithhanne
    @somuchdesignwithhanne 2 месяца назад +8

    Spandau was huge, 80’s Nostalgia at its best - next check out, Gold and many others

  • @marshaneedham880
    @marshaneedham880 2 месяца назад +2

    Thanks!

    • @BlackPegasusRaps
      @BlackPegasusRaps  2 месяца назад

      Thank you for ya extra support fam!! I appreciate you 🙏🏽

  • @micheleparadis2808
    @micheleparadis2808 2 месяца назад +16

    I just LOVE this song

  • @trooper64428
    @trooper64428 2 месяца назад +1

    Spandau ballet great band they were always in competition with Duran Duran, many a slow dance was had with many an Irish girl back in the day.

  • @LaraJayne62
    @LaraJayne62 2 месяца назад +3

    For me, still one of the best songs ever! That sax solo gets me every time!!!

  • @mariefraher8725
    @mariefraher8725 3 дня назад

    A favorite always. Transports.

  • @kittylynnlpn
    @kittylynnlpn 3 месяца назад +6

    I love this song. It came out when we were in West Germany. They were big in the UK but pretty much a one hit wonder in the US. You are an 80's teen at ❤. Great reaction!

  • @revaflowers3115
    @revaflowers3115 2 месяца назад +28

    There was a band called OMD (Orchestrated Manoeuvers In The Dark) that had a song called 'If You Leave' that I always think of when I hear this song by Spandau Ballet(the name is pretty gruesome btw).It was in another Molly Ringwald movie called Pretty In Pink.

    • @heidiv5488
      @heidiv5488 2 месяца назад +11

      OMD is Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark

    • @revaflowers3115
      @revaflowers3115 2 месяца назад +2

      @@heidiv5488 It has been a long time since I even thought of that band and I should have looked up to double check their name🤦‍♀Thanks for the heads-up.

    • @oregonchick76
      @oregonchick76 2 месяца назад

      If you leave, don't look back. I'll be looking the other way...

    • @sharongriffith2250
      @sharongriffith2250 2 месяца назад

      @@heidiv5488loved OMD.

  • @inspiredfunkmark
    @inspiredfunkmark 3 месяца назад +11

    Remember Set Adrift on a Memory Bliss? Used this sample. PM Dawn I think....maybe where the familiarity is coming from.

  • @sallywoolverton9147
    @sallywoolverton9147 2 месяца назад

    I so love your reaction to this song! singing to the bottle!!😂😂😂 Old School Jam my man!!

  • @carlaemerson1195
    @carlaemerson1195 2 месяца назад +6

    Love, love this song. It always makes me happy 😊 ❤❤❤. Thank you .

  • @RENfan1265
    @RENfan1265 2 месяца назад +8

    They have another banger, Gold

  • @darlenegattus8190
    @darlenegattus8190 2 месяца назад +13

    A great 80's song!

  • @dawnolson7480
    @dawnolson7480 2 месяца назад

    Yes yes yes!! 🔥🔥This is the jam. Luv them.

  • @riculfriculfson7243
    @riculfriculfson7243 2 месяца назад +19

    Personal favourite is still their debut, "To Cut a Long Story Short".

  • @mariaportengen2959
    @mariaportengen2959 2 месяца назад +3

    A beautiful song. Beautiful music and voices! 🎶🎶🎶👍🙋‍♀️

  • @yeovil07
    @yeovil07 2 месяца назад +30

    Back then you were either a Spandau ballet fan or a Duran Duran fan. 🤣. Two of the band are brothers and become well known actors.

    • @RockinMamaT
      @RockinMamaT 2 месяца назад +2

      I was team Duran Duran 😂

    • @yeovil07
      @yeovil07 2 месяца назад +1

      @@RockinMamaT I believe they were from Birmingham, so I stayed loyal to the London lads 🤣

    • @laurabailey1054
      @laurabailey1054 2 месяца назад +4

      I liked both

    • @yeovil07
      @yeovil07 2 месяца назад +1

      @@laurabailey1054 you rebel 🤣🤣

    • @spud912
      @spud912 2 месяца назад

      ​​@@RockinMamaTI still listen to Duran Duran .
      My favourite Is Save a prayer .
      2.
      Come undone
      3
      Ordinary world
      4
      Rio
      5
      Girls on film .
      Great band ?
      I've told my family I want Save a Prayer at my own funeral .
      And if it's not played I'm not going lol 😂

  • @susanrombak7959
    @susanrombak7959 2 месяца назад +2

    Loved this song when it hit the airwaves and I still do! I remember singing this song every morning while listening to the radio with my college friends when we car pooled together to the local university as young adults. Those were the times of my life and the memories of the 80’s are way better than any movie!!! ❤✌🏽

  • @zinnia2980
    @zinnia2980 2 месяца назад +9

    Spandau Ballet one of my favourite New Romantic groups. Through the Barricades is so brilliant and amongst their many classics. The name Spandau comes from a notorious German saying. George Michael was best friends with Martin Kemp and his wife Shirlie (who was in George's backing group in Wham).

  • @1776SOL
    @1776SOL 2 месяца назад +1

    I liked this song as a kid in the 80s. Now, at 47yr, I appreciate the musicality but but I absolutely love the lyrics & singing for the over the top 🧀🧀🧀 factor‼️

  • @OscarInAsia
    @OscarInAsia 2 месяца назад +7

    This was THE slow dance number for years at High School Prom/Homecoming events.... At least for the rest of the 80's and even into the early 90's.

  • @brendamclean8447
    @brendamclean8447 2 месяца назад

    You have such a sweet voice my friend, thanks for the memories❤

  • @rookeemaglipon1298
    @rookeemaglipon1298 2 месяца назад +9

    Need to react to there other #1 hit song GOLD, this is up lifting song.. this was my era.. love them

  • @dipaknadkarni62
    @dipaknadkarni62 3 дня назад

    Great song.
    I was in my teens/college as this song hit the charts.

  • @Bazk01
    @Bazk01 2 месяца назад +11

    Spandau Ballet were another New Wave group from the UK in the 80's. The start of synths and electronica, but with fashionable clothing and pop music. I can't remember if they crossed the pond, but they were big in the UK. They had several hits in the UK. I remember them more for the number of band's since the 80's who've sampled their music. I'm thinking of PM Dawn and a Tribe called quest, just to start naming names. The band was in a similar vein to Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, The Pet Shop Boys, and the Human League.

    • @gwenivere73
      @gwenivere73 2 месяца назад +1

      They hit the top 40 with this song in the States, I'm not sure if anything else ever charted. I've always heard them called a one-hit wonder over here.

  • @davidcollins9057
    @davidcollins9057 2 месяца назад +1

    Spandau Ballet were a huge band in UK in the New romantic early 80's era. They are also a great band live.

  • @dennismoore3383
    @dennismoore3383 2 месяца назад +4

    Spandau Ballet always reminded of another 80's band called ABC. I was a rocker in the 80's, but I still had much love for these new wave artists, as well.

  • @MamaJewels99
    @MamaJewels99 2 месяца назад

    I remember slow dancing to this at high school dances. Great memories.😊

  • @fredts796
    @fredts796 2 месяца назад +20

    Spandau Ballet was a great New Wave british band, very classy. And yes, they did other cool songs !!!!❤

  • @gwenivere73
    @gwenivere73 2 месяца назад

    I heard this at every school dance in the mid 80's. I always loved this group.

  • @Muziknerd
    @Muziknerd 2 месяца назад +8

    The video gave you recommendations at the end: Simply Red, Thompson Twins, Bananarama and especially Duran Duran. All are great groups to react to!

  • @djray11c27
    @djray11c27 2 месяца назад

    One of my favorite songs from that era

  • @isabelsilva62023
    @isabelsilva62023 2 месяца назад +4

    You mentioned George Michael, Martin Kemp (the guitarrist) married Shirley Holliman the blonde girl from Wham. George actually told Martin you had better watch your step with her... Spandau is the name of a german town which during WWII held a sub camp for a Polish concentration camp for Polish and Hungarian women. During the Cold War it was part of the British sector of East Germany.

  • @Trish-ql9kz
    @Trish-ql9kz 2 месяца назад +2

    Have always been a huge fan of Spandau, one of the ultimate 80’s love songs

  • @deelawson4551
    @deelawson4551 2 месяца назад +34

    I`ve always loved this song! It was also in a big movie at the time called 16 Candles.

    • @ConspiracySmurf
      @ConspiracySmurf 2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you I knew it was in something with Molly Ringwald!

    • @ConspiracySmurf
      @ConspiracySmurf 2 месяца назад +1

      I tried to watch that recently with a 13 year old step grandkid and it was awkward now , kids are different now...she kept talking about inappropriateness hahahaha Saving Breakfast Club for a few years.

  • @NikkieTwix
    @NikkieTwix 2 месяца назад

    This song pops in my head weekly, genuinely one of my favourite songs ever

  • @LibraAllWoman
    @LibraAllWoman 2 месяца назад +3

    Hi B.P.,
    To give you some context, most 80's bands wore flamboyant clothes, and hairstyles along with strange or weird videos. However, when Spandau Ballet came on to the music scene, immpeccably, dressed with videos that were tastefully done, their style and approach was like a breath of fresh air.🙂

  • @JRandallEllis
    @JRandallEllis 2 месяца назад +1

    One of the purest voices ever.

  • @dinaarmymom9145
    @dinaarmymom9145 3 месяца назад +7

    Love Spandau Ballet nice reaction.
    Recommending Kajagoogoo. - Too Shy. They are an 80s British New Wave band.

  • @Deidra74
    @Deidra74 2 месяца назад +1

    I still love this song!

  • @susancosnick3852
    @susancosnick3852 2 месяца назад +7

    An all time great 80's song

  • @Richard-darixdax
    @Richard-darixdax 2 месяца назад +1

    I was a teen in 80s. Such good memories.😊 today's music sux😢

  • @1313Mockingbirdlaen
    @1313Mockingbirdlaen 2 месяца назад +4

    The song was used in 16 candles, the Wedding singer and lost city. You probably heard the ah ha ha ha in one of those. I'm 54. A whole generation of women fell in love with this song in 16 Candles.

    • @AuntK68
      @AuntK68 2 месяца назад +1

      I'm 56, remembering a high school slumber party where we rented Sixteen Candles and must have rewound about 20 times the scene at the dance where this is playing and Jake gives her "the look". ❤😉

    • @1313Mockingbirdlaen
      @1313Mockingbirdlaen 2 месяца назад +1

      @@AuntK68 💕💕💕💕 such good memories

  • @johnnyd5285
    @johnnyd5285 2 месяца назад +1

    Well written, and a well produced song. Was a big hit in the 80’s.

  • @rosekelly1097
    @rosekelly1097 2 месяца назад +5

    Great 80s group, had some fab hits. Luv the reactions rose in Oxford england ❤️ ❤❤

  • @joankisloski6972
    @joankisloski6972 2 месяца назад +4

    This song was used in a number of movies, The Wedding Singer , Not Another Teen Movie, Pixels,The Lost City & of course Sixteen Candles.

  • @MrPostman900
    @MrPostman900 2 месяца назад

    these 80s songs were always favorites but how they were used in The Wedding Singer and who I was with (missed out on that one) when we saw it make them all that much more memorable.

  • @bobclarke1815
    @bobclarke1815 2 месяца назад +6

    The New Romantics are a brilliant genre of music.

  • @brittanynelson8902
    @brittanynelson8902 2 месяца назад

    Was tons of fun seeing you get so into the song! And I learned some things from the comments about this band.

  • @anthonyguadagnino2681
    @anthonyguadagnino2681 2 месяца назад +4

    Love this song.

  • @billkeithchannel
    @billkeithchannel 2 месяца назад +4

    From wikipedia:
    The song "True" has been sampled in many songs including PM Dawn's "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" (1991), Queen Pen's "It's True" (1998), Nelly's "N Dey Say" (2004) and Lloyd's "You" (2006). It has also been covered by will.i.am and Fergie, Rui da Silva and Paul Anka, among others

  • @annb8296
    @annb8296 2 месяца назад +13

    PM Dawn sampled this in their song/video "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss." A side note is that the lead singer of Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, appeared at the end of their video.

  • @johneldridge8678
    @johneldridge8678 2 месяца назад

    Exactly. Its a bop, big time.

  • @celine4evauk
    @celine4evauk 2 месяца назад +8

    Wait til you hear Gold by them - LOL or my personal favourite Spandau song - Through The Barricades. :)

  • @richmayes8451
    @richmayes8451 2 месяца назад +1

    This song and their other song, Gold are just brilliant songs.

  • @kungfumind.
    @kungfumind. 2 месяца назад +32

    PM Dawn, Andre 300, Lil Wayne and NAS all sampled Spandau, that's why it sounds familiar.

    • @annesmith2259
      @annesmith2259 2 месяца назад +1

      And Tony Hadley was in the video with PM Dawn …. 😊

    • @kungfumind.
      @kungfumind. 2 месяца назад

      @@annesmith2259 truth

  • @tropenkindje1
    @tropenkindje1 2 месяца назад

    This song came out in 1983. It got me hooked. I bought every album and saw them live in concert. The singer Tony Hadley still performs today and his voice is still as strong as ever

  • @weltonreds
    @weltonreds 2 месяца назад +4

    These guys typify the 80's its like a 1000 years ago now and never to be repeated. Check out Gold by SB too.