What I find funny (interesting, not haha) is that so many men are triggered by another mam coming on to them. Women deal with this kind os intrusion on their space & bodies all the time. We're happy when the guy takes no for an answer. Many don't.
Back then it wasn't LBTQ - it was just gay/lesbian or straight. It wasn't complicated and we didn't care - good music was good music and this song was HUGE anywhere you danced.
but apparently they have more rights today, unfortunately it's not rights to be sexually different just to be bigger freaks, which i would still dont care if they didnt throw it up my face everyday and if the community still produced good music such as this one :W
You tend to find something dirty in the most innocent of songs... so we gave you something really dirty! This song was HUGE! Super fun, we didn't care about what it meant.
@@fujoshigal7578 Yeah it was the green laser light video. Nobody back then that I knew had any clue they were a gay band, but we did figure out the song was about the same thing as the Turning Japanese song. master-bay-shun.
I'm 61 and laughing so hard right now! This was a serious dance tune back in my clubbing days! Houston, TX had some of the BEST gay bars back then and some brave souls (like me) would go there to dance and get 110% wasted! Ah, those were the days.
@@queen_of_green420 Disgusting song by a bunch of no-talent hacks who got famous because people brought attention to them by complaining. That, and the gays loved them. Of course, we were all proven wrong when FGTH went on to a long, distinguished, Beatles-like career with hit and hit, and great album after great album, all the while influencing generations of other legendary bands. Not! 🤔
This was a massive hit. All of us in the sixth grade were singing along. 🤷🏽♀️ Don't ever get in a time machine to the 80s. You won't be able to handle it 😂
Mike Read the dj had a big campaign about banning it, we hadn't heard of it till then 😂 Sitting in the house tuned into radio Luxembourg to record it and see what the fuss was😂
I’m sitting on the lounge with headphones in and laughed out loud, fam looking at me sideways thinking what the… it was hilarious 🤣 thanks BP I really needed that laugh 😝
It is so funny to watch Americans react to this song. As a Scandinavian 45+ year old straight male I just think "OMG they are still back in the 60ties" .
Your confusion and discomfort are hilarious 🤣. I won't distress you further by attempting to explain this (but there's much more to it than you could evidently wrap your mind around), because you are surprisingly 'vanilla', to put it nicely. So, keeping things light, I'll just say that this track was on repeat in all the dance clubs at the time, and it was a total blast!
Please do not dimiss the music of "Frankie Goes To Hollywood" due to their controversial video for "Relax." This group was huge in the UK in the mid '80s, and followed up Relax with a number of UK hit singles from their great debut album "Welcome To The Pleasuredome". In fact, the first three singles from this album, beginning with Relax, topped the UK singles chart. "Two Tribes" (about politics), and "The Power of Love" (about spirituality and religion) were the subsequent #1 hit songs. I would recommend listening to "The Power of Love", released in December 1984 with a nativity-themed video. According to the video's directors, Lol Creme and Kevin Godley, formerly of the iconic band 10cc, this video was not intended to be controversial.
They were huge everywhere in Europe and our parents thought the song was cool! Its just a scene from a gay club, but actually you see nothing...controverse is not bad and at the time this was very very brave ..why not?
I was in high school and college in the 80s ... we just didn't care about the nature of this song/video. It rocked then, and it rocks now. And most of us still don't give a rip what you do in your own house. Don't believe the mainstream media.
This song came out in the early 80's, right about the time AIDS hit the gay and hemophiliac communities. The world was in denial about the disease, so he was trying to warn his tribe that it was not a time to be promiscuous. Most people didn't get it, but the message went to its intended target.
@@Smoshy16 all stds can be contracted from male to female or female to male. HIV is blood transmission, hence why heamophilliacs were at particular risk along with intravenous drug users who shared needles. HIV is not just a gay man disease. Be careful, your bigotry is showing.
@Smoshy16 of course, of course, because there's no such thing heterosexual transmission of aids, that's what you mean, right? Smh, the arrogance of the uneducated...
This song was everywhere. Even my 11-year-old self had a "FRANKIE SAY RELAX" t-shirt like everyone else. While banned in the UK, it charted as a #1 single, in part because of those t-shirts, which were a brilliant marketing ploy. The US accepted the "It's about motivation" explanation, but they later admitted it's about delaying... um... satisfaction? It's absolutely hilarious revisiting this song as an adult - especially with your reaction. Lol. Thanks!
I don't get the US, triggered so quickly and easily by 'uncomfortable' content around sex and sexuality, banning books yet politicising 'freedom of speech/to hate' and so accepting of gun violence. In the UK this wasn't underground either, it was absolutely huge and had a massive cultural impact.
in western Europe it was a hit . And most people saw it as funny..especially those who knew what it was about seeing people love it who didn't quite get it.
@@ElleScamp No disrespect meant - and I've never been to the US so any opinion I have is totally down to what is presented here via the media which is obviously also pretty skewed.
I bet it's alien when you're used to thousands of videos of men with big cars, holding wads of cash with scantily clad birds on the back seat, making gangsta gestures with their fingers.
Gen x here. This song was full blast in our cars. Yes everyone wore white t-shirts that said relax on them. If you watch the wedding singer you'll see that the chef is wearing one where they all work. Had some friends that have an 80s band and you wouldn't believe how many people would run to the dance floor when they started singing this. Ladies would run out of the bathroom to get to the dance floor. Places were already packed - but damn!! Lol
Agree - everyone loved this song and 'RELAX' was everywhere. This is the first time I recall seeing the video though, so didn't realize it was LGBQT, not that it matters. We just knew it was about sex.
BP this is exactly what you think it is about . This song went top 10 in 15 countries when it came out , helped along by the fact that it got banned in the UK. One of the greatest dance tracks EVER
This video was banned and a less homoerotic video was created. But this song got a lot of airplay back in the day. People weren't so easily triggered and upset back in the day.
I'm still not so easily triggered about music, artistic expression. Only politics and abuse of innocent people and animals triggers my outrage. It was a fun song to dance to back then
I think the problem was not homoerotic , it was more the SM underground club behaviour that was problematic, would have been the same with hetero people...fair enough.
The very best art makes us uncomfortable. It makes us think, and it shows us something about ourselves that we maybe didn’t know. This song is over 40 years old. A generation of young men (and women) were wiped out because people didn’t understand about HIV/AIDS in the 1980s, and nobody gave a damn. So feel your feelings, because they are valid. But remember that Frankie and Bronski Beat were making music for a marginalised part of society who were closeted, persecuted and killed by being who they are.
There are two versions of the video, this and a more sanitised one, I have always loved this one. The song still is excellent and I have it on cassette from back in the day. Just a brilliant song, still love it and I’m now 63. Your face is priceless!!
Very sad song for me. After the birth of our second child in ‘89 my husband was very sick. Turned out he was HIV positive- we traced it back to a prior girlfriend of his. The social climate at that time was hatred and fear. We got involved in a HIV clinic and support group crated by the gay community in Ventura. AZT was the only medication at that time. We attended many support groups with mostly young men. My heart broke over the hate and disgust happening at that time. Some were completely abandoned by their own parents. Once it started spreading to the mainstream population people got serious about AIDS.. My husband died several years later.
I am sorry for your loss. I am a straight man but was a club kid in the 80s and so I hung out at the gay bars a lot. I lost a lot of good friends to Aids during that time. It was horrible how much hate they got.
That’s hilarious, a US rapper being offended by Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Who would have thought you would have so much in common with narrow minded U.K. bbc dj’s from the 80’s love this song love Frankie goes to Hollywood, brilliant.
I was 18 when this song came out and I saw the video and I was much less shocked than this 40 year old adult. Please, there are far more outrageous things.
the scene using this song in _Body Double_ has the male character played by Craig Wasson..... *THIS IS NO JOKE, DE PALMA CALLED WASSON'S PORTRAIL AN "HOMAGE" TO THE _"GOTTA DANCE" SCENE FROM _"SINGING IN THE RAIN" DONE BY GENE KELLY... as a Boy w/ Geek Glasses who gets completely out of his element & becomes a man.*
This was the 80’s!!!! We didn’t care back then!!!! We didn’t label everyone!!! We were just people having a good time!!!! So RELAX!!!! We need to get out of this new mentality!!!! We are ALL HUMAN BEINGS!!!! We need to UNITE instead of DIVIDE!!!!
Never clicked on one of yours faster! A Brit here. My main genre is rock and metal. But most who lived through this time (I was in my 20s) absolutely love this one. Fantastic beat and groove, plus all the controversy it caused.
Actually, this song was banned in the UK when it came out. It was the radio DJ's who chose to still play it that helped it get pushed to number 1. Your belief that the Brits were always more accepting than the US isn't really true.
@melissavukelic4138 the fact that it was banned, and was still getting played and that there were enough sales to get it to number one, to me says that yes we were more accepting.
The stun bunny look you had on your face for the first part of the song, too perfect. This too is my first time watching the video, even though I grew up in the 80's, I had the same facial reaction as you. Then i couldn't stop laughing.
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Back then, people weren't as prudish as they are today. People were more tolerant and were not immediately triggered.
What you call triggered is people saying you can do what you want, but you can't force me to like or endorse it. If you go back to just living your life and stop insisting everyone else accept it we'll go back to letting you.
Far be it from me to defend Maga but that’s only part of it . We’re analyzing everything because of necessity. Our awareness is being expanded by technology and our sensors are overwhelmed . We’re breaking down our actions in ways we never have considered before . Maga just increases the anxiety behind it .
I too had no idea as an innocent teen. I wore my Frankie t shirt with no clue that it meant anything other than...relax.Oh, the horror when I found out..
@@ElleScamp I think it is worth highlighting that this was the song of 1984 by far, it was #1 in more than 10 countries and reached the top 10 in more than 40
Here's how good this song is: I was 12 when it came out & my mom bought me a "Frankie Say RELAX Don't Do It" T-Shirt that I wore to school. Nobody thought anything of it. We just kind of figured they were British & something got lost in translation, but what a jam!
It's a banging tune and we all found the video very funny. BBC banned it of course but went to No. 1 in the UK. We spent the summer wearing t-shirts that had 'Frankie say Relax' on them. It was a huge trend. But that's the 80s for ya.
Now THAT is the difference between now and then: back then every one knew this was a gay anthem but no one cared because the beat was new and we all danced to it. Used to sometimes hit the mainly gay clubs as a hetero for after hour dancing till noon - haha good times. Now it seems like what was normal urban clubbing (in Berlin) was scandalous. We never thought so.
I am 53, I have heard this song so many times and never saw the video, the tune and beat were so good, never really paid that close attention to the lyrics. I am just as surprised as you are.
"Relax" caused plenty of controversy in the UK. On January 11, 1984, the song had risen to #6 in the UK singles chart, but was soon banned by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). This was big news at the time, and many in the UK sought out the song to hear why it was banned. Of course, by end of January 1984, Relax hit #1 in the UK, holding the top spot for five weeks, and then staying on the chart until October. It was the first banned single to hit #1 in the UK since the steamy Serge Gainsbourg/Jane Birkin duet "Je T'aime... Moi Non Plus" in 1969. The BBC finally gave in and lifted the ban on Relax in December 1984 so the band could perform it on the Christmas edition of the BBC music show "Top of the Pops." This sent the song back up the chart for another run, and it made two more chart runs in 1985.
BBC was and is ridiculous. Just a few years later they almost fired Graham Norton for making a joke about lesbians and plaid shirts. Which is actually an absolute truth..every lesbian at any given time owns at least 1 plaid shirt. in fact..I have 4 lying around in my closet right now🤣
It was banned by the radio. So you could watch Frankie performing this every week on Top Of The Pops but because of one DJ, Mike Reid, they couldn't play it on the radio.
I think you'd appreciate the 'Two Tribes' video. The 'Relax' video was obviously banned from tv and did push boundaries but it is still an undeniably great pop song
69 year old white guy here. I love watching you young whipper snappers react to this song. Gives you a tiny hint of what your elders were like in the 70s and 80s. We had fun.
@@lynngenevieve2141 you can’t end that comment on this vid, on this channel with “on 12 Inch…” your leaving the ellipsis for the rest of us to fill in the gap 😉. Black Pegasus is gonna jump to some pretty funky conclusions.
“How could y’all do this to me man”😂. Having Graduated in 1986 I can tell you this was one of many many great hits at the time! We knew what they were talking about and everyone one of us had MTV on like 8 hours a Day. It just seemed completely normal back then. Although I confess I never remember hearing “Relax” at the Roller Rink 🤷♂️. Thanks for the hilarious reaction man!
Your reaction to this was priceless. You made my night. This is classic 80's. One of my favorites EVER. There are some great extended remixes of this song.
Interestingly, any sexual innuendo contained in the song "Relax" got little attention in the US, as when first released in the spring of 1984, it peaked at #67 on the Billboard Hot 100. When re-released in early 1985, Relax finally got attention on radio and MTV, climbing to #10 in March. It was Frankie Goes To Hollywood's most popular song in the US, and was promoted by a variety of widely distributed T-shirts bearing the legendary "Frankie Say..." quotes, such as "Frankie Say RELAX Don't Do It."
The follow up song Two Tribes was also a top song, but I’ve always been of the opinion the reason it didn’t get high in the US was because of the video starring Reagan. Did they play that video in the US?
Yes, it's about what you think it's about....it's the one with the "u" in the middle. This was my favorite club song growing up! This reaction cracks me up!🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think I can say that we all respect you, your choices, your reactions, and your opinions. Not every song needs a positive reaction from you. It's all good Robert (1st using your given name). On to the next one..... 😊
This was fun watching an American watch one of the most popular songs of the time. Such a great dance tune. All of Frankie Goes to Hollywood songs were bangers.
THANK YOU for reacting to these 70--80's videos. Being a military brat..it brings back lot's of memories from growing up around the world❤ Sometimes it wasn't all great but definitely got a touch of what different teenagers in other countries got into with their taste in music. Thank God I was and still am a HEADBANGER 🤘🤘🤘
Frankie Goes To Hollywood were huge in the UK in the '80s. In 1984, "Relax" initially spent 48 weeks on the UK Singles Chart with five of those weeks consecutively in the #1 spot. When the band's second single, "Two Tribes," was released in the summer of 1984, that song climbed to #1 while simultaneously "Relax" rose back up to #2. This was a feat only previously accomplished by Elvis Presley, The Beatles and John Lennon.
#Relax" was huge many other places than the UK. It was in the top 10 charts in Australia, Austria, Begium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain,, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the U.S. and West Germany. This is a track that evrerybody growing up in the 80s, no matter where you're from, propbably know
@@ZXFrankie Two Tribes entering the UK charts on 10 June 1984 at Number 1 and stayed there for nine weeks. It was the longest-running number-one single in the UK of the 1980s. ZTT records aggressively marketed the single in the UK in terms of its topical political angle, promoting it with images of the group wearing American military garb in combat, as well as Soviet-style army uniforms set against an American urban backdrop. Promotion was also aided by the availabilty of a range of remixes; six mixes available in 1884, including "Annihilation", "Carnage", "Hibakusha", "Cowboys and Indians", "We Don't Want to Die" and "For the Victims of Ravishment".
@@ZXFrankie Unfortunately, Two Tribes had little impact in America, but that wasn't for lack of trying. Frankie Goes To Hollywood came to America in October '84 to support it's release, and performed it when they were musical guests on Saturday Night Live on November 10. They toured America through December, but "Two Tribes" went no higher than #43.
@@stephenstrudwick8095 I’ve always wondered if the reason might have been because the video wasn’t played in the US, because it in some ways made fun of Reagan? How much was the video shown in the US?
Russians is one of the best songs. There was a spy movie released a few years back about the back office negotiations during the cold war. Brilliant movie. We are alive because of two people.
Holly Johnson said the lyrics came to him as he was walking down Princess Avenue in Liverpool: "I mean they were just, you know, words that floated into my head one day when I was walking down Princess Avenue with no bus fare, trying to get to rehearsals - I mean there was no great sort of calculated, 'Oh I'll sing these words and this record'll be banned
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Im a 70 year old irish woman. Laughing my head off . Tear running fown my face. I couldn't wait to see his reaction 😂😮
75 year old American woman here: Me, too!!!❤
Right? This 61 year old American woman is dying laughing only 2 minutes in. BP is such a little priss sometimes! 😂😂😂
@@emeraldmaiden63 definitely. 😃
What I find funny (interesting, not haha) is that so many men are triggered by another mam coming on to them. Women deal with this kind os intrusion on their space & bodies all the time. We're happy when the guy takes no for an answer. Many don't.
Same … 70 … Irish woman 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤣🤣🤣
LMFAO whomever got him to react to Frankie… well done. Very well done.
I did suggest it in comments when he had a cow with Sweet Dreams, also suggested Culture Club too. Surprised he did this one. 😂
It's unlikely he'll ever take a request ever again.
@@traveldoc1234 the war song where boy george really went girly
@@sidrat2009 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He clearly wasn’t expecting what he saw and heard! What a dweeb hahaha!
Back then it wasn't LBTQ - it was just gay/lesbian or straight. It wasn't complicated and we didn't care - good music was good music and this song was HUGE anywhere you danced.
Yup
I never saw the video. I just loved the music. I'm not liking the subject now. No doubting it was crazy good, dance music.
absolutely. This generation is most pathetic to ever live. usually the next generation push boundarys, not wrap yourself up them
oh yes it was who are you trying to fool
but apparently they have more rights today, unfortunately it's not rights to be sexually different just to be bigger freaks, which i would still dont care if they didnt throw it up my face everyday and if the community still produced good music such as this one :W
“I’m a little uncomfortable.” Dude, you are the INSTRUCTION MANUAL for uncomfortable.
Dude basically became a horrified face emoji.
😂😂😂
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🤣🤣🤣 Don't think I've seen a 40+ year old look quite so uncomfortable listening to a song EVER ! 🙄
Almost every time he listens to classic rock especially from 60's or the 70's ... very awkward and judgement
@@LeslieEscobedo-sx7ee Think he's led a sheltered life 🤣
Gotta admit it weirded me out a bit, too
😂😂
He's anti gay and I think some of you are also.
You tend to find something dirty in the most innocent of songs... so we gave you something really dirty! This song was HUGE! Super fun, we didn't care about what it meant.
AMEN! BP going off on his not-so-little salacious tangents is getting annoying. Seeing him squirm over this is hilarious!
Welcome to the 80's when we didn't care about videos like this. We liked the song, we danced to it and we had a great time.
Yup
So true. Graduated in 85’ and this was the song of the summer. It’s the first time I’ve seen the video 😂
except this wasn't the version that aired on MTV. This is the original. MTV ran a highly edited mostly-performance-video version.
@@fujoshigal7578 Yeah it was the green laser light video. Nobody back then that I knew had any clue they were a gay band, but we did figure out the song was about the same thing as the Turning Japanese song. master-bay-shun.
Yup, exactly
80’s were great
I'm 61 and laughing so hard right now! This was a serious dance tune back in my clubbing days! Houston, TX had some of the BEST gay bars back then and some brave souls (like me) would go there to dance and get 110% wasted! Ah, those were the days.
This was a monster of a hit.
''Frankie says Relax'' t-shirts were basically worn by everybody.
Facts!
Yep. Ross wore it
Wham! as well. Gen X were untriggered back then. Boy George, Madonna, Bowie, Grace Jones.... All edgy as fuk, and the sky didn't fall in...
@@queen_of_green420💯
@@queen_of_green420 Disgusting song by a bunch of no-talent hacks who got famous because people brought attention to them by complaining. That, and the gays loved them. Of course, we were all proven wrong when FGTH went on to a long, distinguished, Beatles-like career with hit and hit, and great album after great album, all the while influencing generations of other legendary bands. Not! 🤔
This was a massive hit. All of us in the sixth grade were singing along. 🤷🏽♀️ Don't ever get in a time machine to the 80s. You won't be able to handle it 😂
man he hasnt seen culture club yet
The dance floor was hopping when this song came on.
There was an extended play version that went for ever.
Dude, can you believe this was played on the radio all the time. LOL it's pretty straight forward.
Banned by the BBC pushed it to No 1 in the UK 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
I was stationed in the UK when this came out. 🔥 📛 👩🚒 🚒
Eventually banned, but it got 2 or 3 weeks of full radio and TV exposure, getting it into the Top 10, before the BBC cottoned on.
Triggered trans euphorias in the 80’s 👎.one of the worst song ever recorded! 😂
Mike Read the dj had a big campaign about banning it, we hadn't heard of it till then 😂
Sitting in the house tuned into radio Luxembourg to record it and see what the fuss was😂
Listened to it on pirate radio stations.😁
When I saw the title, I couldn't WAIT to see your face 😂😂. No he didn't want to go to Mars, it was Uranus 😂
I laughed so hard when you said "I've seen it all'! I'm sitting here thinking "Uh, no, you haven't..." *LMAO*
Right? Lol lol. I laughed too.
Ditto lol 😂
I’m sitting on the lounge with headphones in and laughed out loud, fam looking at me sideways thinking what the… it was hilarious 🤣 thanks BP I really needed that laugh 😝
@@micksailor4715 ..Same! lol…
I'm dying
I was 14 in ‘84 when this came out and I became my favorite song. Also, I remember the Frankie Say Relax tshirts everyone wore to school! ❤❤
It is so funny to watch Americans react to this song. As a Scandinavian 45+ year old straight male I just think "OMG they are still back in the 60ties" .
As a 53 yo Portuguese woman I totally agree. Europeans in general, I believe, wouldn't feel the level of the discomfort he felt 🤣.
this was 1980s Liverpool poor old americans !
The song hit the top 40 charts, but MTV played the clean video version of the song. This video was banned here in the states.
Your confusion and discomfort are hilarious 🤣. I won't distress you further by attempting to explain this (but there's much more to it than you could evidently wrap your mind around), because you are surprisingly 'vanilla', to put it nicely. So, keeping things light, I'll just say that this track was on repeat in all the dance clubs at the time, and it was a total blast!
Well he is just a normal person, not some creepy like you bub
Please do not dimiss the music of "Frankie Goes To Hollywood" due to their controversial video for "Relax." This group was huge in the UK in the mid '80s, and followed up Relax with a number of UK hit singles from their great debut album "Welcome To The Pleasuredome". In fact, the first three singles from this album, beginning with Relax, topped the UK singles chart.
"Two Tribes" (about politics), and "The Power of Love" (about spirituality and religion) were the subsequent #1 hit songs. I would recommend listening to "The Power of Love", released in December 1984 with a nativity-themed video. According to the video's directors, Lol Creme and Kevin Godley, formerly of the iconic band 10cc, this video was not intended to be controversial.
They were huge everywhere in Europe and our parents thought the song was cool! Its just a scene from a gay club, but actually you see nothing...controverse is not bad and at the time this was very very brave ..why not?
Huge in Australia too!!
Yes… Frankie Says Relax on Tshirts, banned from the radio in the UK and went straight to No. 1 😂. Loved dancing to this back in the day.
He's anti gay
Guy didn't pay attention to the awesome dance music.
I was in high school and college in the 80s ... we just didn't care about the nature of this song/video. It rocked then, and it rocks now. And most of us still don't give a rip what you do in your own house. Don't believe the mainstream media.
This song came out in the early 80's, right about the time AIDS hit the gay and hemophiliac communities. The world was in denial about the disease, so he was trying to warn his tribe that it was not a time to be promiscuous. Most people didn't get it, but the message went to its intended target.
@@Smoshy16 Prick much?
@Smoshy16 where did she deny it? She told her family's personal battle with it
@@Smoshy16 all stds can be contracted from male to female or female to male. HIV is blood transmission, hence why heamophilliacs were at particular risk along with intravenous drug users who shared needles. HIV is not just a gay man disease. Be careful, your bigotry is showing.
@Smoshy16 of course, of course, because there's no such thing heterosexual transmission of aids, that's what you mean, right? Smh, the arrogance of the uneducated...
Thanks for that history lesson... the lyrics make much more sense now.
This song was everywhere. Even my 11-year-old self had a "FRANKIE SAY RELAX" t-shirt like everyone else. While banned in the UK, it charted as a #1 single, in part because of those t-shirts, which were a brilliant marketing ploy. The US accepted the "It's about motivation" explanation, but they later admitted it's about delaying... um... satisfaction?
It's absolutely hilarious revisiting this song as an adult - especially with your reaction. Lol. Thanks!
I don't get the US, triggered so quickly and easily by 'uncomfortable' content around sex and sexuality, banning books yet politicising 'freedom of speech/to hate' and so accepting of gun violence. In the UK this wasn't underground either, it was absolutely huge and had a massive cultural impact.
Did his reaction isn’t most peoples reaction. That song was massive here. He just grew up extremely sheltered and brainwashed by religion.
in western Europe it was a hit . And most people saw it as funny..especially those who knew what it was about seeing people love it who didn't quite get it.
Banned by the BBC in the UK?
Don’t put us (meaning Americans) all in the same bucket. The US isn’t a homogenous place (though some Americans wish that it was 🙄)
@@ElleScamp No disrespect meant - and I've never been to the US so any opinion I have is totally down to what is presented here via the media which is obviously also pretty skewed.
I bet it's alien when you're used to thousands of videos of men with big cars, holding wads of cash with scantily clad birds on the back seat, making gangsta gestures with their fingers.
This is alien regardless, it's not normal or meaningful.
Gen x here. This song was full blast in our cars. Yes everyone wore white t-shirts that said relax on them. If you watch the wedding singer you'll see that the chef is wearing one where they all work. Had some friends that have an 80s band and you wouldn't believe how many people would run to the dance floor when they started singing this. Ladies would run out of the bathroom to get to the dance floor. Places were already packed - but damn!! Lol
Agree - everyone loved this song and 'RELAX' was everywhere. This is the first time I recall seeing the video though, so didn't realize it was LGBQT, not that it matters. We just knew it was about sex.
This was easily a part of the 80's music culture! No problem, not as much judgment, ya know, the good ol' days.
Watching your reaction is probably the most fun I’ve had in years.
This band and song are iconic from the 80’s.
Blooming heck! Lighten up, everyone one’s doing it, just do it safe! Much love from a 52 yr old scottish woman!
Everyone in uk happily sang along with Frankie says relax tee shirts on ,different times in 1984 ,wasn’t even shocked by it ,loved the song
BP this is exactly what you think it is about . This song went top 10 in 15 countries when it came out , helped along by the fact that it got banned in the UK. One of the greatest dance tracks EVER
This video was banned and a less homoerotic video was created. But this song got a lot of airplay back in the day. People weren't so easily triggered and upset back in the day.
radio 1 dj mike reed was though lol
I'm still not so easily triggered about music, artistic expression. Only politics and abuse of innocent people and animals triggers my outrage.
It was a fun song to dance to back then
I think the problem was not homoerotic , it was more the SM underground club behaviour that was problematic, would have been the same with hetero people...fair enough.
I was going to say I hadn’t seen that version of the video
This is one of the best music videos ever made.Never banned in my country but in many others. Plus: the song is perfect. The whole album is perfect.
The very best art makes us uncomfortable. It makes us think, and it shows us something about ourselves that we maybe didn’t know. This song is over 40 years old. A generation of young men (and women) were wiped out because people didn’t understand about HIV/AIDS in the 1980s, and nobody gave a damn. So feel your feelings, because they are valid. But remember that Frankie and Bronski Beat were making music for a marginalised part of society who were closeted, persecuted and killed by being who they are.
I think that is a great way to look at it, not unlike Hip-Hop.
@@peteryarnold9707 Exactly!
No surprise, died of aids.
Thank you! Such a wonderful way of explaining! 🫶🏻
Fauci worked on HIV before the Covid clot shot. Pretty sure he caused it. Look it up if you don't believe me.
There are two versions of the video, this and a more sanitised one, I have always loved this one. The song still is excellent and I have it on cassette from back in the day. Just a brilliant song, still love it and I’m now 63. Your face is priceless!!
There are four versions, this one, the laser one, the concert one and then the cut from Brian de Palma’s movie Body Double 😊
Very sad song for me. After the birth of our second child in ‘89 my husband was very sick. Turned out he was HIV positive- we traced it back to a prior girlfriend of his. The social climate at that time was hatred and fear. We got involved in a HIV clinic and support group crated by the gay community in Ventura. AZT was the only medication at that time. We attended many support groups with mostly young men. My heart broke over the hate and disgust happening at that time. Some were completely abandoned by their own parents. Once it started spreading to the mainstream population people got serious about AIDS..
My husband died several years later.
I am sorry for your loss. I am a straight man but was a club kid in the 80s and so I hung out at the gay bars a lot. I lost a lot of good friends to Aids during that time. It was horrible how much hate they got.
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💔sorry forgot loss. So many people didn't realise what was coming
More than a bit hypocritical 😉 after we get some more video exposure we need to get you some real life exposure 😂❤😊
oh BP - you innocent - from a straight 80s teen chick, we knew what this was about ... and still loved it
Your "club" story is what women have been dealing with for centuries ... and if it was a young lady that "snapped" you, would it have felt the same?
That’s hilarious, a US rapper being offended by Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Who would have thought you would have so much in common with narrow minded U.K. bbc dj’s from the 80’s love this song love Frankie goes to Hollywood, brilliant.
Sorry pal it's got to be two tribes!
Only narrow mindedness is the ones like you.
Just be normal for once maybe.
I'm so glad I was a teenager during the open-minded 80's!!! 🤣🤣🤣 It was a perfect decade, I'm laughing like crazy of your reaction 😂
I'm a straight guy but i love the group.Welcome To The Pleasuredome is the album.
I was 18 when this song came out and I saw the video and I was much less shocked than this 40 year old adult. Please, there are far more outrageous things.
robbie williams rock the dj
Howling😂😂😂 Frankie says Relax T-Shits were everywhere! 67 years young, and cry with laughter every time someone reacts to this☮️ ❤️ 🏴
As a 14 year old from across the pond it was a must buy. The whole school loved it cos it was banned by the BBC.
This is not the 90’s, it’s the early 80’s. This song has a featured part in the 1984 Brian DePalma masterpiece Body Double.
Freaky movie. I still remember this line “I like to watch”
the scene using this song in _Body Double_ has the male character played by Craig Wasson..... *THIS IS NO JOKE, DE PALMA CALLED WASSON'S PORTRAIL AN "HOMAGE" TO THE _"GOTTA DANCE" SCENE FROM _"SINGING IN THE RAIN" DONE BY GENE KELLY... as a Boy w/ Geek Glasses who gets completely out of his element & becomes a man.*
You got played! ROTF😂😂😂😂😂
You know cinema. I remember that flik. Good being a 70's kid sometimes. lol! Cheers!
One of my favorite DePalma movies. Good gritty who dun it.
Was a good adaptation of Hitchcocks Rear Window.
Omg I can't stop laughing! Saw the video, your expression and then your mile high shirt ! 😅 Didn't realize until later it said Mile High City ! 😂😅🤦♀️
This was the 80’s!!!! We didn’t care back then!!!! We didn’t label everyone!!! We were just people having a good time!!!!
So RELAX!!!! We need to get out of this new mentality!!!! We are ALL HUMAN BEINGS!!!! We need to UNITE instead of DIVIDE!!!!
It wasn't until YEARS later I realized what we were singing in front of my mom. 😂😂😂😂
Never clicked on one of yours faster! A Brit here. My main genre is rock and metal. But most who lived through this time (I was in my 20s) absolutely love this one. Fantastic beat and groove, plus all the controversy it caused.
And yet they pushed W.A.P. in everybody's face.
The British have always been more accepting than the US. Everyone listened to this in the 80s it didn't matter your sexual orientation at all.
Actually, this song was banned in the UK when it came out. It was the radio DJ's who chose to still play it that helped it get pushed to number 1. Your belief that the Brits were always more accepting than the US isn't really true.
@melissavukelic4138 the fact that it was banned, and was still getting played and that there were enough sales to get it to number one, to me says that yes we were more accepting.
@@sarahealey1780 It got to #1 in the US too
The stun bunny look you had on your face for the first part of the song, too perfect. This too is my first time watching the video, even though I grew up in the 80's, I had the same facial reaction as you. Then i couldn't stop laughing.
Back then, people weren't as prudish as they are today. People were more tolerant and were not immediately triggered.
Some were triggered, a little bit, but nothing compared to today...
What you call triggered is people saying you can do what you want, but you can't force me to like or endorse it. If you go back to just living your life and stop insisting everyone else accept it we'll go back to letting you.
MAGA would tag everyone in the video and band as "groomers".
Far be it from me to defend Maga but that’s only part of it . We’re analyzing everything because of necessity.
Our awareness is being expanded by technology and our sensors are overwhelmed .
We’re breaking down our actions in ways we never have considered before .
Maga just increases the anxiety behind it .
@@Orange-Jumpsuit-Timenot this maga. Don’t turn this political. Mk.
Your face is an absolute picture! I hope you have recovered after the shock? I could not stop laughing for ages.🤣🤣
This was in the 80s and I was a dumb goofy teenager...I had not a clue what the words were...just the beat....😂
Same with me (although older than you) - never understood a word and now I do ..... and wished I hadn't !
No one at that time were I lived knew what it meant. Just liked how it sounded on the radio.
Same...
I too had no idea as an innocent teen. I wore my Frankie t shirt with no clue that it meant anything other than...relax.Oh, the horror when I found out..
Never seen the video before. Disgusting to say the least. Sorry, had to pause it couldn't watch it.
I haven't laughed this hard in a long time! Your uncomfortable reaction was priceless. This was such a huge hit when it came out. Pun intended!
Americans make me laugh. You're all so straight laced 😂 This was Number 1 in the UK - banned by BBC Radio, but still Number 1. It was everywhere.
It was a huge hit here in America too. We're not all like BP
Yes but if you “Ban” something it only makes people want it more. That helps also to drive the ratings.
@@ElleScamp I think it is worth highlighting that this was the song of 1984 by far, it was #1 in more than 10 countries and reached the top 10 in more than 40
Here's how good this song is: I was 12 when it came out & my mom bought me a "Frankie Say RELAX Don't Do It" T-Shirt that I wore to school. Nobody thought anything of it. We just kind of figured they were British & something got lost in translation, but what a jam!
“What is this about?” he says. This is the Opening Ceremonies for the Olympics.
Pretty much, yep.
Lolololol
Yessssssss lmao.!!! Spot on.!!!
The Olympic Committee must be thinking, Why didn't we add Frankie Goes to Hollywood?!
It's a banging tune and we all found the video very funny. BBC banned it of course but went to No. 1 in the UK. We spent the summer wearing t-shirts that had 'Frankie say Relax' on them. It was a huge trend. But that's the 80s for ya.
Now THAT is the difference between now and then: back then every one knew this was a gay anthem but no one cared because the beat was new and we all danced to it. Used to sometimes hit the mainly gay clubs as a hetero for after hour dancing till noon - haha good times. Now it seems like what was normal urban clubbing (in Berlin) was scandalous. We never thought so.
Exactly. We all knew the meaning but who cared?!? It has a great dance beat and every club played it.
I remember my oversized t-shirt that said "Frankie says Relax"!
This will never be played at the Southern Baptist National Convention.
Where do you think they filmed this video?
But it should!!
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But it is in every one of their playlists
I am 53, I have heard this song so many times and never saw the video, the tune and beat were so good, never really paid that close attention to the lyrics. I am just as surprised as you are.
"Relax" caused plenty of controversy in the UK.
On January 11, 1984, the song had risen to #6 in the UK singles chart, but was soon banned by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). This was big news at the time, and many in the UK sought out the song to hear why it was banned. Of course, by end of January 1984, Relax hit #1 in the UK, holding the top spot for five weeks, and then staying on the chart until October.
It was the first banned single to hit #1 in the UK since the steamy Serge Gainsbourg/Jane Birkin duet "Je T'aime... Moi Non Plus" in 1969.
The BBC finally gave in and lifted the ban on Relax in December 1984 so the band could perform it on the Christmas edition of the BBC music show "Top of the Pops." This sent the song back up the chart for another run, and it made two more chart runs in 1985.
BBC was and is ridiculous. Just a few years later they almost fired Graham Norton for making a joke about lesbians and plaid shirts. Which is actually an absolute truth..every lesbian at any given time owns at least 1 plaid shirt. in fact..I have 4 lying around in my closet right now🤣
It was banned by the radio. So you could watch Frankie performing this every week on Top Of The Pops but because of one DJ, Mike Reid, they couldn't play it on the radio.
Forty years after it went to number one on the UK, Americans still losing their sh*t over this song. Land of the free?😂
I think you'd appreciate the 'Two Tribes' video.
The 'Relax' video was obviously banned from tv and did push boundaries but it is still an undeniably great pop song
69 year old white guy here. I love watching you young whipper snappers react to this song. Gives you a tiny hint of what your elders were like in the 70s and 80s. We had fun.
Can't resist a comment - I'm a straight 61 year old Brit woman... and I loved this - I was newly wed- and bought this on 12 inch...
@@lynngenevieve2141 you can’t end that comment on this vid, on this channel with “on 12 Inch…” your leaving the ellipsis for the rest of us to fill in the gap 😉. Black Pegasus is gonna jump to some pretty funky conclusions.
@@Lymsley Record. My 12" record!!!!
Sure it was!🤣@@dangibson3192
A lot of us in the 80's never got to watch the video. Just listened to the cool beat 😂🤣
So funny! I've heard this song a bazillion times here n' there, but never saw a video! And this is funny as heck! heh
“How could y’all do this to me man”😂. Having Graduated in 1986 I can tell you this was one of many many great hits at the time! We knew what they were talking about and everyone one of us had MTV on like 8 hours a Day. It just seemed completely normal back then. Although I confess I never remember hearing “Relax” at the Roller Rink 🤷♂️. Thanks for the hilarious reaction man!
Could hardly wait for the look on your face!
This song is forever different for me due to The Proposal. BP, you should watch it. 😄
This was definitely not the version on MTV here in the states. My mouth dropped right along with yours.
I've seen this version but yes the concert style video was huge here in the states.
It was the version on Night Tracks! I loved this song.
There's at least 3 different videos for this song.
I never saw this version of the video.Im glad I didn't cause my mom would have banned me from MTV. Lol
@@Whyiseveryonecrazy right?! This makes Madonna look tame.
Your reaction to this was priceless. You made my night. This is classic 80's. One of my favorites EVER. There are some great extended remixes of this song.
Two tribes and the power of love are outstanding
I knew before I even clicked, that BP's reaction was gonna be Hilarious. 🤣🤣🤣
Interestingly, any sexual innuendo contained in the song "Relax" got little attention in the US, as when first released in the spring of 1984, it peaked at #67 on the Billboard Hot 100.
When re-released in early 1985, Relax finally got attention on radio and MTV, climbing to #10 in March. It was Frankie Goes To Hollywood's most popular song in the US, and was promoted by a variety of widely distributed T-shirts bearing the legendary "Frankie Say..." quotes, such as "Frankie Say RELAX Don't Do It."
The follow up song Two Tribes was also a top song, but I’ve always been of the opinion the reason it didn’t get high in the US was because of the video starring Reagan. Did they play that video in the US?
It was in Body Double , a Coppola movie and it went ballistic
Yes, it's about what you think it's about....it's the one with the "u" in the middle. This was my favorite club song growing up! This reaction cracks me up!🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think I can say that we all respect you, your choices, your reactions, and your opinions. Not every song needs a positive reaction from you. It's all good Robert (1st using your given name).
On to the next one..... 😊
0:12 I imagine this is trumps new cabinet
It's not about edging it's a protest song about the Draconian laws regarding homosexually at the time
If only that never changed, world would be far far better...
No chicks. Big big gay scene. I knew as soon as I saw the title the face was going to break. You didn't disappoint
This was fun watching an American watch one of the most popular songs of the time. Such a great dance tune. All of Frankie Goes to Hollywood songs were bangers.
It's a shame you didn't just do the audio because the video consumed you and you didn't appreciate the music
These guys are a British band and this was a huge, mega hit in the US in 1984! This song is so naughty that it still makes me blush! ❤❤
Frankie were my first live band experience, 15 years old and first night out away from my village to the big smoke Belfast ... Amazing ....
THANK YOU for reacting to these 70--80's videos. Being a military brat..it brings back lot's of memories from growing up around the world❤ Sometimes it wasn't all great but definitely got a touch of what different teenagers in other countries got into with their taste in music. Thank God I was and still am a HEADBANGER 🤘🤘🤘
I wore my Frankie says Relax tshirt with pride back in the 80s and the fact it was banned on tv and radio made it the more popular 😂😂
Your face. I'm dying 😂😂😂. This came out when I was a teenager and it was SCANDALOUS. But we loved it, of course.
Your face reaction is hilarious 🤣🤣🤣
The Bloodhound Gang song that sampled this is "Mope". Same song they played a Metallica riff.
One of the funniest reactions ever tho.
The song was also a big part of the movie "Zoolander".
Also Body Double
You got sucked into the MTV video, lolol! You should listen to the ENTIRE album, front to back, it's freaking incredible!
Frankie Goes To Hollywood were huge in the UK in the '80s. In 1984, "Relax" initially spent 48 weeks on the UK Singles Chart with five of those weeks consecutively in the #1 spot. When the band's second single, "Two Tribes," was released in the summer of 1984, that song climbed to #1 while simultaneously "Relax" rose back up to #2. This was a feat only previously accomplished by Elvis Presley, The Beatles and John Lennon.
#Relax" was huge many other places than the UK. It was in the top 10 charts in Australia, Austria, Begium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain,, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the U.S. and West Germany. This is a track that evrerybody growing up in the 80s, no matter where you're from, propbably know
I might be wrong, but didn’t Two Tribes enter the chart straight in at number one?
@@ZXFrankie Two Tribes entering the UK charts on 10 June 1984 at Number 1 and stayed there for nine weeks. It was the longest-running number-one single in the UK of the 1980s.
ZTT records aggressively marketed the single in the UK in terms of its topical political angle, promoting it with images of the group wearing American military garb in combat, as well as Soviet-style army uniforms set against an American urban backdrop. Promotion was also aided by the availabilty of a range of remixes; six mixes available in 1884, including "Annihilation", "Carnage", "Hibakusha", "Cowboys and Indians", "We Don't Want to Die" and "For the Victims of Ravishment".
@@ZXFrankie Unfortunately, Two Tribes had little impact in America, but that wasn't for lack of trying. Frankie Goes To Hollywood came to America in October '84 to support it's release, and performed it when they were musical guests on Saturday Night Live on November 10. They toured America through December, but "Two Tribes" went no higher than #43.
@@stephenstrudwick8095 I’ve always wondered if the reason might have been because the video wasn’t played in the US, because it in some ways made fun of Reagan? How much was the video shown in the US?
I remember all those T-Shirts with "Relax" on them.
😂😂😂 His face the first minute, "what is this about " 😂
My man was so flustered, he thought a tiger was a lion.
Another Frankie song that has become quite current today is "Two Tribes", also Sting - Russians
Russians is one of the best songs. There was a spy movie released a few years back about the back office negotiations during the cold war. Brilliant movie. We are alive because of two people.
oh sweet summer child :D That's the 80s :D
Holly Johnson said the lyrics came to him as he was walking down Princess Avenue in Liverpool: "I mean they were just, you know, words that floated into my head one day when I was walking down Princess Avenue with no bus fare, trying to get to rehearsals - I mean there was no great sort of calculated, 'Oh I'll sing these words and this record'll be banned