Im looking thru just that. The music was all over the place in 83. So much new emerging genres along with more established bands. Birth of alternative,post punk, New wave there was a ton of great punk and pop. Even rap was in its earliest stages. What a time I was a senior in high school.
@@Baronrhubarbpostoffice Nothing like a party dancing to the birdie song, especially when you get older and have a few fair pints and would feathers if you didn't realise
Blancmange ,just another pop group passing through the early 80s,nearly 40 years later we are still listening to their music!! We didnt realise we had it so good back then
""Good to see the middle East in happier times.""" Weeeeeel....... at least the country this was filmed in. Dont forget Iran Iraq war lebanon etc. But great song indeed!
Blancmange were huge in the 80s in cities in the USA. New York, L.A., Boston, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, Philly, and Chicago. Loved everything from the UK in the entire 80s decade. Small country with the most musically talented people on Earth along with NYC :)
I believe all those cities had independent progressive stations that had a pipeline directly coming from Great Britain. We in Southern California had 91X in San Diego, and right up the freeway in Los Angeles was the mighty KROQ. Both had their in-house English deejays also. San Diego had the great Steve West, and LA had Richard Blade. Oh what great times and great music. ... A lot of that music would have been even bigger if conservative, craven Top 40 radio had given them a chance.
I was lucky to see and meet Blancmange at a concert in Leamington, England in 2014. Neil Arthur was nice enough to come out to meet me after the show when he heard that I flew in from Los Angeles just to see him and Heaven 17. 100% true story. It was a dream come true to see both bands perform.
That sounds awesome! Was he actually "so tall" though? He looks tall in that video, but maybe all the people around him were just short. Weird random question that occurred to me lol
Smaller venues are the best. Bands that aren't super-bands even better. I saw the Fixx a year ago and it was one of the best concerts I've seen and was only a good 20' away from the stage. One of my favorite bands. I heard this Blancmange song the other day which brought me here. Check out SomaFM Underground 80s
Anyone who includes mysterious Egypt and the Sphinx in their video clip - in addition to one of the most infectious beats of the '80s has a memorable music moment!
I saw them in a small club in San Francisco California in 1986 I believe it was might have been 85 but this song is so brilliant and I was so looking forward to their Showmanship but it was boring as hell and I ended up falling asleep. I have never fallen asleep at a concert before or ever since. And no I was not drunk or on drugs I was straight as straight can be.
Great track. "Living on the Ceiling" takes me straight back to the Hammersmith Palais and seeing Blancmange in '82. A standing only venue that soon turned into a magically happy sweaty disco of sitars and synthesizers. One of the most beautiful nights of my life, and all for just £3.50, although the memories remain priceless 🧡
@@simonrusk3338I agree with you Simon. The Hammersmith Palais was certainly one of my favourite venues back in the day. The Brixton Academy was another that I loved being in. Maybe it's because both of these places had completely or mostly standing areas which created a brilliant atmosphere. All the best 🧡
This song was the opening of an Arabic program on Israeli television when I was a child. I discovered the original song only in my youth in the 90's when mtv (and cables in general) came to Israel 😁😁
lol everyone wants to go back in time when they hear these songs, I suppose in the 80s the older generation wanted to go back to the 60s ha ha Great song though
I love the way he says he’s “up the bloody tree” in his Northern accent! Of course “bloody” was too offensive for radio so they changed it to “cuckoo tree”.
Great song! Not only the sound but also most of the 80s artists were such elegant dressers, and those haircuts, such great memories from school days!!!
Soooo GREAT! I remember dancing at The Jab, a club at Syracuse University and thursday night New Wave Night my freshman year in '82. I miss the eighties...
Since 1982... I've listened to this song over 5000 times... likewise DM's get the balance right... fade to grey by visage... one small day by ultravox... kove like blood by killing joke... i will keep listening to them till i die...
An Egyptian dancing cat referred me to the original version... Pure magic from the Middle East gentlemen!! We have a gem buried in the sands almost 40 years after its release.
Stephen Smith so am I dude so I go & went to a better time when life was so much better stay strong dude thanks for reaching out to an 80’s chick forever ❤️ & ☮️ I’m a young at heart aged 71 ❤️👍😻☮️🔥😹🙀🇺🇸
@@PrixtoTNT So just to be completely clear, they are in fact a she? Honestly I never cared enough to try and find out but was curious about it. I always see them referred to as both he and she.
I love the Indian Influences, great song, one of the best 5 Dance-Songs of the 80ties....absolutly one of the underrated songs of one of the most underrated bands!!!
I claim the 1000 comment! Spent a year in Cairo shortly after this was filmed as part of my Uni degree. Many enjoyable nights dancing to this and Night Boat to CAIRO. What else could we do?
One of the most original songs of the 1980s, with a great Eastern influence and seductive video. I never liked the bloody in the lyrics, which I think lets the song down, , but hey. With a killer sitar riff, shoyldn't the video have been set in India rather than Egypt? Anyhow, Blancmange were great and it's good to see that they reformed and are still out there performing.👌🎶
you in fact I also gta vice city stories for Ps2 always listened to him in the game but only now after years I decided to look for this song on the tube, funny I didn’t think to find here another similar comment :-)
Never was there a band that combined the best of the 80s New Wave music. Drum machines, samples of non-western music, chic costumes and a Duran Duran style video on location. Loved these guys.
i started clubbing around 1984... to get a good dance club we went to gay clubs to listen to High energy/italo disco.... most kids my age were ready for dancing coz we were into the breakdance craze happening at the time... each year got trippier and more hyper lol.... i was 13 in 1984... i doubt kids that age get in clubs now ;-)
@@MacStoker you looked older your generation. I was only little but I followed electro breakdance stuff. In infant school we used to breakdance on mats lol. The rave scene started for me at 16 1992 lol. The kids now still throwing illegal parties
Lyrics: Hey You keep me running round and round Well, that's alright with me Up and down, I'm up the wall I'm up the bloody tree That's alright with me Yeah, that's alright with me Well, it feels alright to me Yeah, it looks alright to me And I'm so tall, I'm so tall You raise me and then you let me fall And I'm so small, I'm so small Wrapped around your finger, see me fall You keep me running round and round Well, that's alright with me Nothing, nothing, nothing's gonna Step in my way Living on the ceiling No more room down there Things fall into place You get the joke, fall into place And I'm so tall, I'm so tall You raise me and then you let me fall And I'm so small, I'm so small Wrapped around your finger, see me fall Here we go You keep me running round and round Well, that's alright with me Up and down, I'm up the wall I'm up the bloody tree Hiding from your questions Questions you won't ask Why am I up the tree, you say Why are you down there, I say And I'm so tall, I'm so tall You raise me and then you let me fall And I'm so small, I'm so small Wrapped around your finger, see me fall Hey
Just seen Blancmange supporting The Human League in Hull. Really small venue (basically a car park with a stage). But I have to say it's the best gig I've ever been to. And everyone in the crowd singing along to this song. Blancmange were fantastic 🙂👍
@@GGoAwayy Last time OMD were on tour they sold out my local venue (at the time - I've moved since) within about 18 hours. 1500 seat theatre in a crappy town that everyone loves to slag off. Other big acts like Texas, Status Quo, Travis, John Mayall, Mark Knopfler all came to town on other occasions. None of them got a full house. Even Jimmy Carr only managed about 80% or so.
@@mxbx307 I saw OMD a few years ago in Toronto when they opened for the B-52s. It was so weird because honestly, energy wise, OMD shouldve been the main act. They came out with so much energy and then the B-52s kind of seemed over it when they went on.
I don't know about Blancmange,but when you've suddenly found youself with an 8-litre milk surplus to use up and you wanted to waste not want not,and you've gone through 4 bowls of Angel Delight (1 each of butterscotch,chocolate,strawberry and banana flavour),in 2 days and you're trying to gear up for yet another serving of Birds' custard...
Looking back on it now, it's insane how much gold we had charting in the 80s. Still as good as the day they released it.
Adversity has an amazing side effect..
.creativity😂
Like the birdie song
Im looking thru just that. The music was all over the place in 83. So much new emerging genres along with more established bands. Birth of alternative,post punk,
New wave there was a ton of great punk and pop. Even rap was in its earliest stages. What a time I was a senior in high school.
@@Baronrhubarbpostoffice 🎶🤣👏
@@Baronrhubarbpostoffice Nothing like a party dancing to the birdie song, especially when you get older and have a few fair pints and would feathers if you didn't realise
Blancmange ,just another pop group passing through the early 80s,nearly 40 years later we are still listening to their music!! We didnt realise we had it so good back then
I knew it then, and I know it now! Like wine!
finally, i'm coming to the 80s
Can you imagine anyone listening to music from 2021 in 40 years time?...me neither
@@urbanosprey no, it seems pretty likely. Think about how people loved the "classics" in the 80's
We are listening because of a certain yellow cat dancing
Zone really likes 80s music by the looks of it.
My man
Yep, and Egyptian style music at best!😄
I mean hey, it's good music.
@@ashkirby8896 Why are you replying to literally every popular comment.
Kinda like Toby Fox likes old commercials.
You ever wonder if they’re gonna make music that’s only used for their animations
Truly one of the best tracks to ever emerge from the early eighties.
Love it
Yeh 🇨🇮❤️😊🎄🐐🖐️🤠👍🌿
Ahhhh stoppppp now , please like 😅😅😅
It is funny though, ohhh the reminiscing is outrageous 😂
Total truth
Belter of a dance track.
Criminally underrated.
Good to see the middle East in happier times.
Well, at least a few young peeps listen to these tracks. I sure do and I’m in my early 20s :D
""Good to see the middle East in happier times.""" Weeeeeel....... at least the country this was filmed in. Dont forget Iran Iraq war lebanon etc. But great song indeed!
This comment aged like milk
Lmao actual fans are here
Its far from underrated. I sure danced my ass off to it enough in clubs to know.
Blancmange were huge in the 80s in cities in the USA. New York, L.A., Boston, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, Philly, and Chicago. Loved everything from the UK in the entire 80s decade. Small country with the most musically talented people on Earth along with NYC :)
I believe all those cities had independent progressive stations that had a pipeline directly coming from Great Britain. We in Southern California had 91X in San Diego, and right up the freeway in Los Angeles was the mighty KROQ. Both had their in-house English deejays also. San Diego had the great Steve West, and LA had Richard Blade. Oh what great times and great music. ... A lot of that music would have been even bigger if conservative, craven Top 40 radio had given them a chance.
@@PalaniRides KROQ was one of the best
I was lucky to see and meet Blancmange at a concert in Leamington, England in 2014. Neil Arthur was nice enough to come out to meet me after the show when he heard that I flew in from Los Angeles just to see him and Heaven 17. 100% true story. It was a dream come true to see both bands perform.
That's some good stuff! I like hearing stories like yours. Thank you.
Jealous!
That made me emotional Christian..so proud of my brother..Stephen who was in the band but now retired
That sounds awesome! Was he actually "so tall" though? He looks tall in that video, but maybe all the people around him were just short. Weird random question that occurred to me lol
Smaller venues are the best. Bands that aren't super-bands even better. I saw the Fixx a year ago and it was one of the best concerts I've seen and was only a good 20' away from the stage. One of my favorite bands. I heard this Blancmange song the other day which brought me here. Check out SomaFM Underground 80s
This is the definition of 80s synth pop...Bloody love this song 🎵 ❤️
I love the 80s
Yeh
I love this song up the bloody tree!❤
Don't anyone ever tell you that the 80's wasn't the greatest decade for music because it was.
Absolutely 💯!!!! Best years ever for these great bands!!!! Timeless!!!!! Lol🇺🇸👍☮️🔥🥵🤩🇺🇸💯❤️
the thing about the 80's is it was the last era pop music was made by adults. you can hear it in the music and lyrics
@@Freehardy fur sure! 🤩
Brilliant 1980s
I may have been born late 90s but 80s is definitely my favourite decade of music!
Love this song, so much energy and sounds so exotic and different from anything else around at that amazing time in music in the 80's!
Totally agree...could listen over & over..💖
Hey what 80's head was'nt living on the ceiling back in the day 😂
Pre emptive indies music Boom! Stock market takes off like a DC10
Love this
Certainly were a unique fresh and different sound and came from Darwen just down the road from my home town Blackburn
Anyone who includes mysterious Egypt and the Sphinx in their video clip - in addition to one of the most infectious beats of the '80s has a memorable music moment!
Yes
this song is so good. one of the best vocal performances of the 80s, imho.
Brilliant tune
Brilliant tune 🤠
Bloody fabulous
I saw them in a small club in San Francisco California in 1986 I believe it was might have been 85 but this song is so brilliant and I was so looking forward to their Showmanship but it was boring as hell and I ended up falling asleep. I have never fallen asleep at a concert before or ever since. And no I was not drunk or on drugs I was straight as straight can be.
when i heard it, I ascended for real!
A criminally underrated song this is. How does this not get played more often (anywhere and everywhere) as a masterpiece of the 80's ?!
Still one of my favourite tracks of the 80’s
Great track.
"Living on the Ceiling" takes me straight back to the Hammersmith Palais and seeing Blancmange in '82. A standing only venue that soon turned into a magically happy sweaty disco of sitars and synthesizers. One of the most beautiful nights of my life, and all for just £3.50, although the memories remain priceless 🧡
Brilliant Hammersmith Palau’s I saw Blondie there back in the day 😊
@@simonrusk3338I agree with you Simon. The Hammersmith Palais was certainly one of my favourite venues back in the day. The Brixton Academy was another that I loved being in. Maybe it's because both of these places had completely or mostly standing areas which created a brilliant atmosphere. All the best 🧡
This song was the opening of an Arabic program on Israeli television when I was a child. I discovered the original song only in my youth in the 90's when mtv (and cables in general) came to Israel 😁😁
גדולה!
את זוכרת איזו תכנית??
לא מוצא אפילו רמז
Classic 80''s amongst the best. Love it
Play this once a day. I loved it back then enjoy it now.
you have great taste ,now has you did back then ...
This song shows up like an old friend and gives you a warm hug.
That’s so well put… a hug it is!
I just heard this being played in a supermarket. I could barely contain myself from dancing.
Did you buy multiple packets of Blancmange?
That was a dance?
Did they cut out the swear word?
I hope u didn't! I hope u got shaking those hips like a belly dancer!
I danced to a tune in a supermarket yesterday. Isn't that what we are supposed to do?:)
"I'm so small, I'm so small" as it shows him towering over everyone.
It's the other way round i think
Lol Ok 😁
😁
Fun fact if you pay attention to the song the lyrics he singing like from a cats perspective that’s why.. is like telling a cats story
@@karluhh_9351 oh god no OH GOD NO
This song was a very cool 80s song. Glad someone went into the walls to find it and dust it off! It's been like 35 years since I last heard it!
i wish we could go back 35 yrs mate
lol everyone wants to go back in time when they hear these songs, I suppose in the 80s the older generation wanted to go back to the 60s ha ha Great song though
Blind Vision was a pretty good song as well. Very dramatic.
Is there anyone from vice city stories?
no-i want to go back to the 80s-------because the world was a better place---OK PAL---oh and music was better
I bought Blancmange's album when it was still vinyl and this song is still relevant today as so many others think so too!❤🎉
Do you still own the vinyl of it? Vinyl is back, baby, ask my Gen Z daughter.
I love the way he says he’s “up the bloody tree” in his Northern accent! Of course “bloody” was too offensive for radio so they changed it to “cuckoo tree”.
We got to hear "bloody" in the States 😍
Check out the Limmy sketch about that. Comedy gold.
Was just thinking before i saw your comment. Why did i always sing cuckoo tree 😁😁
I recently moved to Lancashire from the East Midlands and I have to contain myself from saying “IM UP T’ BLOODY TREE” when talking to people
@dbg32 last time I listened to Radio 2 daytime , when the legendary maverick Steve Wright (RIP)was on in the afternoons, they bloody censored it!!
The 80s were the UK's last hurrah. Sad to see it now.
Great 80’s song funny enough not many of my friends remember this song crazy 🎉
They're coming
One of the best songs to dance to.... I miss the 80s!
Cant belive this song is 38 years old...man I want to be there when the song was released so bad.
Miss them to the 80s
Thanks for the new song suggestion ankha!
Love this song! Brings back happy memories from the 80's and school days! Nothing beats the 80's for entertainment. Classic and so unique!
Brilliant tune miss the 80s
Best music, 80s had such well engineered tracks.
Love it in the barbers shop at 01:30, that guy utterly non-plussed. Then two little gestures and he knows exactly what to do 🤣
He's like, "Okay, crazy white man. I give you haircut now."
Great song! Not only the sound but also most of the 80s artists were such elegant dressers, and those haircuts, such great memories from school days!!!
Hear hear.
I haven't heard this song since 83 . That's pretty much 40 yrs ..
I completely had forgot about this group ....
Now it's added on my Playlist.
China Crisis "Arizona Sky" Another lost gem.
@@Paulie80Thank you.
What a gem! I haven’t heard this since I was a sophomore in high school. And that was a loooooong time ago 😢
Just heard this in a cafe
My friend was enthralled by it and screamed with excitement when i pulled up the song
1st song i ever played on my sony walkman seems like yesterday.
This band did some great songs.
Exactly, my favourites are "Feel Me" "Kind" and "That's Love That It Is". They we're a great band.
Another hidden gem discovered thanks to yellow dancing cat
THIS time around she actually dancing
I never knew that I'm gonna say this but, thanks Zone
wdym? wasn’t she always dancing?
She's really _dominating_ the dance floor.
@@kdksgshdg2877 never has been
Who cares about the cat all you should care about is Tiffany
NEVER get sick of this classic 80’s track! 💃 🎧
Soooo GREAT! I remember dancing at The Jab, a club at Syracuse University and thursday night New Wave Night my freshman year in '82. I miss the eighties...
It was a banger then and still a banger now perfect combination of song snd video
Years ago at a music lesson, I learned about syncopation. Even though I didn't know it had a name, I'm sure that I've always loved it!
It's 2024 still love the lyrics and song!!
Since 1982... I've listened to this song over 5000 times... likewise DM's get the balance right... fade to grey by visage... one small day by ultravox... kove like blood by killing joke... i will keep listening to them till i die...
Do you count every time you listen?
Ultravox is good too
I still throw my 80s dancefloor shapes to this
Just saw them last night at O2 Institute in Birmingham, brilliant
We really are here for a reason..
80s best decade for music
Not so small in July 2024 ! Still huge , standing strong !!! Never fall !!!
showed my dad this vid..........he said cool love how they mix cultural music to their music great classic too
Btw...
Blancmange (Neil Arthur) still do live concerts.
Saw them in Colchester Arts Centre a couple of years ago, and they were impressive 😊❤😊
One of my favourite 1980s records. Brilliant so far ahead of its time.
This music sounds fit for wholesome yellow cat dancing
More like a formerly wholesome yellow cat trying to get over the trauma of another “not so much a dance”!😄😏😎
@@ashkirby8896 Do you not know how to type anything else?
@@haystackbill6187 Yes!😏😎
@@ashkirby8896 What do you mean not so much a dance? What else did the cat do but dance
@@S-fn3oe Fucking the heck out of the villager!😏😎 ruclips.net/video/Vg7ZKwA3lBM/видео.html
The 80's. Still the greatest decade for music. unbelievable to think that finished nearly 30 YEARS AGO!
I never forget that song since I was young I used to listen to this song until now this the best for me
The production was top notch sounds like it was recorded yesterday
only 2.6M views up to mid 2023? WTAF?! This song is awesome!!
Even more awesome...hearing it back in 80's💖💖
I heard this music as Iwas 16, today iam 57 and I still ❤❤❤ it
So Love This Tunnnnne🎉
An Egyptian dancing cat referred me to the original version...
Pure magic from the Middle East gentlemen!! We have a gem buried in the sands almost 40 years after its release.
Rather addicted to this I have to say!
Extraordinary song, and wonderful sound.
Saved to my 80's play list.
ruclips.net/p/PLqVgaKsN3icPZY599Mt_xNPfbb3H5mXWQ
thats a good 80's list you might need to check out mate
This is one of my very few all time songs ever.
Good choice. What are your other all time songs?
Apri Cott harvest moon,b52s love shack meatloaf bat out of hell.
Dude u missin some awesome music so sad your lose😹🙀
cath salazar I’m still stuck in early 80s I’m afraid
Stephen Smith so am I dude so I go & went to a better time when life was so much better stay strong dude thanks for reaching out to an 80’s chick forever ❤️ & ☮️ I’m a young at heart aged 71 ❤️👍😻☮️🔥😹🙀🇺🇸
Living On The Ceiling was released on Happy Families in 1982. Camel by Camel was released three years later in 1985.
Legendary tune
Zone-sama's got great taste in music. How many more bangers is she gonna single-handedly bring back from the dead?
*she
@@PrixtoTNT >she
@@PrixtoTNT SHE?
@@TatsukiHashida Indeed
@@PrixtoTNT So just to be completely clear, they are in fact a she? Honestly I never cared enough to try and find out but was curious about it. I always see them referred to as both he and she.
Still holds up today
Timelss :)
Agreed !
Still listening to this in my 1985 Sentra
Filmed in Cairo, looks like. I lived there for a year, exciting place
Why couldn’t this song sound as good back then as it So delicious to my ears now in 2024.
I love the Indian Influences, great song, one of the best 5 Dance-Songs of the 80ties....absolutly one of the underrated songs of one of the most underrated bands!!!
*Arab influence
@@thesexyskywalker3283 My Wife is arabic, she said its Indian 🙃.....maybe its both 😊
Bloody hell man I was aged 17 back in 1982, and absolutely loved this song :)
I was 4 and I liked it too -Love it now more than ever!
i was hitting 20.....loved it too pal. proper stuff. Leeds
Me too :-) . I was 17 too in 1982.
Only 9 in 1982, discovered it later and love it to date......
I was 18 loved that tune then still do ,the 80s were the best times ever
I'm back in love with this again... Hadn't heard it in over thirty-years but it's gripped me again... So blessed to have turned 17 in 1980. 🌋♥
One of the best 80’s songs 👌🏻
I claim the 1000 comment! Spent a year in Cairo shortly after this was filmed as part of my Uni degree. Many enjoyable nights dancing to this and Night Boat to CAIRO. What else could we do?
One of the most original songs of the 1980s, with a great Eastern influence and seductive video. I never liked the bloody in the lyrics, which I think lets the song down, , but hey. With a killer sitar riff, shoyldn't the video have been set in India rather than Egypt? Anyhow, Blancmange were great and it's good to see that they reformed and are still out there performing.👌🎶
It was changed to "cuckoo" for Top of the Pops performances, and possibly also Radio One Top 40 shows.
One word for this song fantastic still love this song in my 50s
The first time i heard this song was in GTA Vice City Stories, then years later i heard it again with Ankha. Thank you Zone
same
same XD
you in fact I also gta vice city stories for Ps2 always listened to him in the game but only now after years I decided to look for this song on the tube, funny I didn’t think to find here another similar comment :-)
Ahhh, no wonder it seemed familiar to me, as if the PS2 came to mind
Never was there a band that combined the best of the 80s New Wave music. Drum machines, samples of non-western music, chic costumes and a Duran Duran style video on location. Loved these guys.
😍 take me back 🏃♀️🏃♀️
Definitely sums up the 80s. I was a child growing up and I bet the clubbing era was wicked! I'm more a 90s raver.
i started clubbing around 1984... to get a good dance club we went to gay clubs to listen to High energy/italo disco....
most kids my age were ready for dancing coz we were into the breakdance craze happening at the time... each year got trippier and more hyper lol....
i was 13 in 1984... i doubt kids that age get in clubs now ;-)
@@MacStoker you looked older your generation. I was only little but I followed electro breakdance stuff. In infant school we used to breakdance on mats lol. The rave scene started for me at 16 1992 lol. The kids now still throwing illegal parties
@TTFPouyi wicked yea and the kids are still throwing illegal parties.
Fabulous-listening to this in October 2019!
Ever so slightly out of ssync.
But who cares..
And in January 2020
fabulous listening to this in march 2020
Iso 2020 🤙
English Norfolk feeling fine today
Thank you limmy show for showing me this masterpiece
It lives in my heads attic rent free and occasional comes out when I've forget about it
⬆️🆎️🌴
Lyrics:
Hey
You keep me running round and round
Well, that's alright with me
Up and down, I'm up the wall
I'm up the bloody tree
That's alright with me
Yeah, that's alright with me
Well, it feels alright to me
Yeah, it looks alright to me
And I'm so tall, I'm so tall
You raise me and then you let me fall
And I'm so small, I'm so small
Wrapped around your finger, see me fall
You keep me running round and round
Well, that's alright with me
Nothing, nothing, nothing's gonna
Step in my way
Living on the ceiling
No more room down there
Things fall into place
You get the joke, fall into place
And I'm so tall, I'm so tall
You raise me and then you let me fall
And I'm so small, I'm so small
Wrapped around your finger, see me fall
Here we go
You keep me running round and round
Well, that's alright with me
Up and down, I'm up the wall
I'm up the bloody tree
Hiding from your questions
Questions you won't ask
Why am I up the tree, you say
Why are you down there, I say
And I'm so tall, I'm so tall
You raise me and then you let me fall
And I'm so small, I'm so small
Wrapped around your finger, see me fall
Hey
Just seen Blancmange supporting The Human League in Hull. Really small venue (basically a car park with a stage). But I have to say it's the best gig I've ever been to. And everyone in the crowd singing along to this song. Blancmange were fantastic 🙂👍
Some bands just stay good. OMD is another from that era that also still feel to me like theyre at the top of their game.
@@GGoAwayy Last time OMD were on tour they sold out my local venue (at the time - I've moved since) within about 18 hours. 1500 seat theatre in a crappy town that everyone loves to slag off.
Other big acts like Texas, Status Quo, Travis, John Mayall, Mark Knopfler all came to town on other occasions. None of them got a full house. Even Jimmy Carr only managed about 80% or so.
@@mxbx307 I saw OMD a few years ago in Toronto when they opened for the B-52s. It was so weird because honestly, energy wise, OMD shouldve been the main act. They came out with so much energy and then the B-52s kind of seemed over it when they went on.
Going back to the 80’s and a very happy time in my life
Still living there with all these great bands & songs!!!! Ain’t leaving!.....🇺🇸👍💯❤️
@Stuart Cumings this is one of the best 80’s dance songs ever what a great video singer pure masterpiece 🇺🇸👍❤️💯🎼🎧😻🤩
NEW ROMANTICS AT IT BEST BRING ON THE 80s
Always felt like this could have easily been a Talking Heads song.
Love the middle eastern sound (a djin guitar?)
This video is safe for families and is certified wholesome!
Always loved this song always will ( 38 years ,wow ! ) . How cool was Neil Arthur
Love the look on the barbers face! He's probably thinking who's this loony tune!!
I that look on the barber's face was epic
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Still great 80s tune 😂
Yes ha ha 😂
I saw that look.😂
Just a great song. One of the best synthpop tunes ever. A classic.
Love it, love it, love it.........
I'm watching this in Cairo.
Brilliant! This packed the floor in the New Wave clubs back in the day. Great times! Never stop dancing!
So so cool sounding now, with that middle eastern sound. This has definitely aged very well.
these are cool guys! 80s decade ruled all....really
I don't know about Blancmange,but when you've suddenly found youself with an 8-litre milk surplus to use up and you wanted to waste not want not,and you've gone through 4 bowls of Angel Delight (1 each of butterscotch,chocolate,strawberry and banana flavour),in 2 days and you're trying to gear up for yet another serving of Birds' custard...
OK,pancakes and homemade yoghurt it is,then.
Absolutely x
@@rjjcms1 There used to be a Lemon and Lime flavour and of course the best one Peach!
@@paulwilson2651 I remember the peach one. I seem to remember vaguely there being a toffee flavoured one as well at one time.
Love this banger best years of my life 80s best year ever
Talking Heads inspired and great tune for dancing!
Brilliant song... for ever!
Still listening during Covid19.14 February 2021 👍👍
Fuck Covid 19
@@bigdaddy4069 and fuck China too
This is one of a handful of songs that I remember exactly where I was when I first heard it!
Love