Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down (Official Video)

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  • Опубликовано: 31 мар 2010
  • Prefab Sprout's official music video for 'When Love Breaks Down'. Click to listen to Prefab Sprout on Spotify: smarturl.it/PrefabSSpotify?IQi...
    As featured on Prefab Sprout: The Collection. Click to buy the track or album via iTunes: smarturl.it/PrefabSproutiTunes...
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    Stream more music from Prefab Sprout here: smarturl.it/PrefabSproutStream...
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    Lyrics:
    My love and I, we work well together
    But often we're apart
    Absence makes the heart lose weight, yeah,
    Till love breaks down, love breaks down
    Oh my, oh my, have you seen the weather
    The sweet september rain
    Rain on me like no other
    Until I drown, until I drown
    When love breaks down
    The things you do
    To stop the truth from hurting you
    When love breaks down
    The lies we tell,
    They only serve to fool ourselves,
    When love breaks down
    The things you do
    To stop the truth from hurting you
    When love breaks down
    The things you do
    To stop the truth from hurting you
    When love breaks down,
    Love breaks down
    #PrefabSprout #WhenLoveBreaksDown #Vevo
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Комментарии • 4,1 тыс.

  • @melissa3099
    @melissa3099 2 года назад +2458

    Those who weren’t around in the 80’s shall never know how happy we were, how everything was so colourful, so blissful… the feeling of waiting for the phone to call, the post to arrive, meeting friends at a local joint with no need to pencil a day or time, etc etc life was sooooo joyful. If only we could go back…

    • @jonathangriffiths4635
      @jonathangriffiths4635 2 года назад +140

      perfectly summed up, shall we go back ? x

    • @glennhoddle10
      @glennhoddle10 2 года назад +115

      Melissa, if you find or invent a time machine, please buzz me.
      *I wanna a seat on that amazing trip back to the awesome 80s ...*

    • @johnmcdonagh1193
      @johnmcdonagh1193 2 года назад +114

      No worries about Internet access, or flicking through hundreds of TV channels for hours. You rarely hear about depression suicide. I'm missing the 80s.

    • @mgc6813
      @mgc6813 2 года назад +45

      Ain’t that the truth

    • @culpoeric8876
      @culpoeric8876 2 года назад +23

      Oui c vrai qu'elle vérité une musique qui nous est particuliere

  • @TheSuzukinutt
    @TheSuzukinutt 6 месяцев назад +156

    Still can not believe how lucky we were in the 80s …. The music , the freedom , so many friends …the best time ever ! I will take all those memories in to my grave 😍

    • @maurogandvalmxborgh5971
      @maurogandvalmxborgh5971 6 месяцев назад +3

      Infatti... .una MAGIA che non tornerà più ma rimarrà INDELEBILMENTE impressa come MEMORIA ad ETERNO frattale della coscienza individuata.... ✋✋✋👑

    • @steveking2337
      @steveking2337 5 месяцев назад +10

      The 80s music was most probably the era of life for everyone.
      There will never be a better musical era in my old eyes.
      So many great bands,so many great songs and I was younger then

    • @JTKAMI
      @JTKAMI 2 месяца назад +3

      @@steveking2337 Bro I am a black dude from Detroit. I used to walk around with my ghetto blaster rocking this song. I was totally into Alt.music. Picture a black dude with a mohawk blasting The Cramps and Billy Idol in the hood. Oh yeah, I was a really good fighter. lol. Great days.

    • @nevadatan7323
      @nevadatan7323 Месяц назад

      Probably the only decent comment ive seen ​here @@JTKAMInice stuff

    • @gianlucadonvito3716
      @gianlucadonvito3716 16 дней назад

      ...NO BIRTH, NO DEATH, ONLY LIGHT

  • @polthomaskeeley7860
    @polthomaskeeley7860 2 года назад +676

    In all honesty, to this day I think they are still a totally underrated band.

    • @jamescarr4662
      @jamescarr4662 2 года назад +11

      ah there we go. This band was always going to be a comically outstanding candidate for triggering the youtube comments section 'underrated' fetish. I wonder what drives this bizarre psychosis psychologically.

    • @Battlady57
      @Battlady57 2 года назад +6

      Very underrated band.i agree.iloved them.

    • @BlueHopi144
      @BlueHopi144 2 года назад +6

      totally . Bought the album on which this song is on - Fabulous album & totally underrated talent

    • @scottsargent3614
      @scottsargent3614 2 года назад +1

      you got it !

    • @davidflinton4574
      @davidflinton4574 2 года назад +3

      Same just a beautiful band

  • @Skin-ve2tt
    @Skin-ve2tt 24 дня назад +21

    I count myself very fortunate to've been around in the 1980s, enjoying music like this, & even more fortunate to still have the same circle of friends from those days. Priceless.

  • @Carmenetta
    @Carmenetta 23 дня назад +11

    When love breaks down the things you do to stop the truth from hurting you. We try everything to hold ourselves together.
    Bless the 80’s , bless Paddy and bless you all❤

  • @ruthdixon7807
    @ruthdixon7807 3 месяца назад +50

    it took four re-releases, but this track eventually became the band's first hit - and deservedly so.

    • @andrewjones7218
      @andrewjones7218 2 месяца назад +3

      Wow I never knew it took 4 re release’s I would of thought this would of smashed it up on its 1st release

    • @StephenRiley-sz2vc
      @StephenRiley-sz2vc 14 дней назад +2

      ​@@andrewjones7218yep, absolutely scandalous. Belter of a love song.

    • @andrewjones7218
      @andrewjones7218 14 дней назад +2

      @@StephenRiley-sz2vc I can’t believe it took 4 releases before it was a hit … unbelievable

  • @brandon2912t
    @brandon2912t 2 года назад +381

    Still gives me goosebumps over 40 years later! So underrated but Paddy's lyrics are pure poetry and they will always be relevant!

    • @joy-wc1xg
      @joy-wc1xg Год назад +10

      Me too and i am 54 year now

    • @rubisistra
      @rubisistra Год назад +10

      ... and I have turned 78 and still they "rock" in my heart🤗👍🎶

    • @Gabi-cp9mn
      @Gabi-cp9mn 8 месяцев назад +2

      Die Poesie wird Niemals aussterben ❤❤❤

    • @colinobrien4480
      @colinobrien4480 7 месяцев назад +3

      38 years later

    • @thefairyqueen369
      @thefairyqueen369 7 месяцев назад

      @@colinobrien4480 It was a rough on the spot guess, and any way, who's counting when we get to our age lol......I tend to remember the times when I first heard it but in anycase, this is one of the groups that I have on Vinyl and I won't be giving them away just yet! Have a great day

  • @carriersignal
    @carriersignal 2 года назад +334

    Those of us who lived in the 80's are both blessed and cursed to have experienced the magic of such a emotionally charged musical era during our formative years. The bar was set so high we thought we'd have it forever only to realize years later what we had and never to go back. The era to me represents the quintessential meaning of saudade. Having lived in the 80s and what it was makes the current scene appear quite dismal and hopeless.

    • @antoniogestosa6366
      @antoniogestosa6366 2 года назад +14

      I have the same thought, those times will never come back. Precious times.

    • @brandon2912t
      @brandon2912t 2 года назад +7

      Yep, sad but true! An era that was magical in many ways!

    • @heraliogomez2463
      @heraliogomez2463 2 года назад +5

      The past is a different country. We are explorers.

    • @bonnacon1610
      @bonnacon1610 Год назад +9

      You really do speak for so many of us, both about this song, the music of the time, and the culture then, when there was still time enough, and love.

    • @chrissyhammond9089
      @chrissyhammond9089 Год назад +5

      Little did we know that then eh? I agree my friend ..time machine would be amazing!!

  • @moriyoshisato5872
    @moriyoshisato5872 10 лет назад +2101

    this song reminds me of my younger ages when i have health (now I'm in Disease of Parkinson's ) this makes me remember about my bright days. the lyrics' beautiful...

    • @moriyoshisato5872
      @moriyoshisato5872 10 лет назад +50

      Thank You for your consideration.

    • @roamer1234
      @roamer1234 10 лет назад +79

      God bless you.

    • @pzbooth1
      @pzbooth1 10 лет назад +29

      Take good care of yourself. Saw Wendy Smith tonight radiant as ever at Bridie Jackson and the Arbor gig in my village

    • @kevinogorman1642
      @kevinogorman1642 10 лет назад +59

      sorry to hear your health isn't good but thank god for music is something that can make us feel better and bring back good memories, it doesn't ease the pain but it sure as hell makes life more bearable.

    • @moriyoshisato5872
      @moriyoshisato5872 10 лет назад +53

      Kevin O Gorman as you say, some kind of the music can make me feel better and sometimes It gives immediate relief for my pain. and as you say, We need endurance to maintain faith... like Job in the Bible. I always thank God because that I believe a music is the Gift from God to the Mankind. so I enjoyed it everyday.

  • @jambec144
    @jambec144 Месяц назад +15

    For twenty years, she was my wife and best friend. I gave my best years to her. My darling Om, I miss you with every atom of my being.

  • @josecarlosfreitas7270
    @josecarlosfreitas7270 25 дней назад +10

    Paddy and Prefab Sprout, was a great inspiration for me , one of my best bands. Amazing 1984

  • @robertborich4524
    @robertborich4524 3 года назад +466

    It's almost heartbreaking to realise this was a wonderful time we will never get back.

    • @hjtwells4865
      @hjtwells4865 3 года назад +21

      And we didn’t appreciate it at the time

    • @johnbarthram2761
      @johnbarthram2761 2 года назад +4

      True.

    • @deantyler7479
      @deantyler7479 2 года назад +1

      @franz 4ever This had me in stitches.

    • @gavdoy8018
      @gavdoy8018 2 года назад +2

      RUclips brings you back every time to things you wanna get nostalgic about. Make a playlist and play it often, it WILL bring you back. Better still get your partner to sit down and listen to it with you. :)

    • @yvesdorsi4458
      @yvesdorsi4458 2 года назад +1

      Distain earthly pleasure, seek glory through Christ in the original Orthodox Church.

  • @chinito1752
    @chinito1752 2 года назад +212

    How this group does not have multiple grammy awards astounds me! One of the greatest bands of all time!

    • @littlenige
      @littlenige Год назад +8

      I would have to say that it's because the 80's was filled with talent! So many awesome bands like Tears for Fears etc.....we were spoiled for sure!!!

    • @bigbananadealer846
      @bigbananadealer846 Год назад +1

      ​@@littlenige purple rain by prince and ocean rain by echo and the bunnyman both came out in 84 and this album steve mcqueen was a year later. 3 of my favorite albums ever along with the tears for fears record songs from the big chair and heaven 17 penthouse and pavement

    • @seanswinton6242
      @seanswinton6242 3 месяца назад +5

      I agree with the previous commments. Since I worked in music retail for 30 years since the mid-80's and learned how the entire machine worked, I came to a conclusion. The corporate ear and the listeners ears are different. Some artists, frankly, were just too good for radio. Their sound was atmospheric and sophisticated when programmers wanted simplicity. Image also played It's part. Some bands didn't get airplay or consideration because of how they looked. Prefab Sprout, I believe, to some looked ordinary and was marketed well. I could name several others as you likely can as well. This was unfortunate because that's how many artists were missed. Imagine how many more we would have missed had it not been for MTV and VH-1? Also for magazines like "Star Hits" which showed us the bands, pictures of say Great Britain, and interviews with them. A shout also goes to university radio who gave exposure to lesser known bands both US and abroad. Lastly the independent record stores for they were place to find the obscure and new MTV bands. The 90's had a nice surge of indie and international artists. I believe in response to Grunge. We from the 80's weren't all about doom, gloom, angst, and fear of tomorrow.

    • @seanswinton6242
      @seanswinton6242 3 месяца назад +3

      ​@@littlenigeI agree. Spoiled and overwhelmed. Because with the thousands of CDs and cassettes I collected, I'm always finding something I had a bit of and now am fully appreciating thru an in-depth listen or rediscovery. Even totally missed some, because of an uneventful single or album at that time. Now decades later realizing they never disbanded and just weren't played or seen here kn the US much anymore. Nick Heyward of Haircut 100 is my latest. Prefab Sprout has been a constant.

  • @marcharrison1970
    @marcharrison1970 4 года назад +317

    Nostalgia is exquisitely painful.

    • @Drexxaal
      @Drexxaal 3 года назад +6

      Wow! Beautifully said!

    • @chloedevereaux1801
      @chloedevereaux1801 3 года назад +4

      you mean painfully exquisite.... yes it is :(

    • @julienewbold7974
      @julienewbold7974 3 года назад +7

      @Ildiko Nagyova I think it means you enjoy the feeling it evokes… but that in itself feels painful because it’s of a different time that is no more. But you still enjoy being there back in that moment

    • @girlfriendofnone
      @girlfriendofnone 2 года назад +3

      And yet so beautiful ...

    • @mooseyman74
      @mooseyman74 9 месяцев назад +2

      Bitter sweet

  • @TJATJA1982
    @TJATJA1982 10 месяцев назад +79

    When love breaks down
    The lies we tell,
    They only serve to fool ourselves,
    When love breaks down
    The things you do
    To stop the truth from hurting you
    I'm no lyrics guy, but Paddy was a real wordsmith. Prefab are a criminally underrated band! Timeless songs.

    • @Marktewk
      @Marktewk 6 месяцев назад

      And he gets better with age... ruclips.net/video/R9982wYPPm0/видео.htmlfeature=shared

    • @George2647g
      @George2647g 4 месяца назад +1

      I just discovered this song and I consider myself quite knowledgeable about 80s song. But this song is immediately at the top of my list. I wonder if there's any others that sound similar!

    • @RichardSmith-cj2hj
      @RichardSmith-cj2hj 4 месяца назад +3

      ​@George2647g ... Hi fella, "giv this song a shot" .... I forgot ths song years ago, heard it again abt a month ago, & I ain't stopped playing it... Billy Idol (eyes without a face).. let me kno wht you think 🤔

    • @bipcuds
      @bipcuds 3 месяца назад

      @@George2647gThis is really the only song they’re known for in the US, but thanks to the Interwebs I got to hear more of them! The Go-Betweens sound similar to my ear (had seen their name on a album sleeve back in the day, but only listened to them in the last few years)

    • @garybridle9257
      @garybridle9257 3 месяца назад +1

      Gary/,SA Waterfall also one of the best songs / well done

  • @colinfoster5875
    @colinfoster5875 Месяц назад +42

    We were the luckiest generation ever no one will ever forget the 80s

  • @gary9426
    @gary9426 2 года назад +285

    One of the most underrated groups of the '80s.

    • @davidevans4089
      @davidevans4089 2 года назад +8

      Underrated by who?. They were excellent.

    • @meinclua
      @meinclua 2 года назад +5

      One of the best groups of Theo 80's

    • @clvrswine
      @clvrswine 2 года назад +3

      @@davidevans4089 These "underrated" commenters are the worst. They don't seem to grasp the definition.

    • @rubywine9487
      @rubywine9487 2 года назад +3

      @@clvrswine Yes but it's not really their fault. Their generation has been encouraged to post every single thing they think on the internet for likes.

    • @k2k273
      @k2k273 Год назад +7

      I think it’s you who don’t know what underrated means: they were clearly one of the very best bands of the 80s, but never got the success they deserved. That’s what underrated means, underestimated, by radios, and audiences: they should have sold 3 or 4 times more records than they did. Do you get it now?

  • @TimJackson-eq6iy
    @TimJackson-eq6iy Месяц назад +15

    The British music scene of the 80s was such a rich tapestry musical styles, that was built on the solid bedrock of the past.

  • @veloman59
    @veloman59 Год назад +117

    What a fantastic song. It's not until you look back in time to realise how good these tunes are 😍😍

  • @KarinFlower
    @KarinFlower 3 года назад +518

    Listening Nov 2020 - To try to escape to a BETTER time...... I would give everything to go back to the 80's.

    • @nealmceneaney3771
      @nealmceneaney3771 3 года назад +17

      The 80s were awful. Nostalgia is healing. That’s all.

    • @yyyyy39
      @yyyyy39 3 года назад +18

      beautiful days and memories....magic youth simple and genuine

    • @eamonnglover100
      @eamonnglover100 3 года назад +12

      this is a beautiful song.

    • @AdrianoOliveira-jr1hw
      @AdrianoOliveira-jr1hw 3 года назад +3

      👍👍👍🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

    • @paulbrynes7768
      @paulbrynes7768 3 года назад +31

      The 80's, when the world was a better place ❤

  • @aversivespider
    @aversivespider 28 дней назад +18

    40 years on, and still gives me goosebumps

  • @roderickwho1983
    @roderickwho1983 9 месяцев назад +20

    " My love and I, we are boxing clever..." What a line. Sums up everything about a relationship that's drifting. Thanks Paddy

  • @paulcrisp9861
    @paulcrisp9861 3 года назад +231

    A beautiful song with so much emotion, haunting and poignant at the same time. It goes straight to the heart everytime. The magic of the eighties is right here. Feb 2021🙏❤🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧❤🙏

    • @tobyvillacastin9320
      @tobyvillacastin9320 3 года назад +3

      ur so right buddy, 80's lives from the Phillippines!

    • @relaxbro7671
      @relaxbro7671 3 года назад

      Wtf happened bro

    • @MD-kg1kq
      @MD-kg1kq 3 года назад

      @@relaxbro7671 well well well if its for you wtf and it is for you!

    • @debbieginger1407
      @debbieginger1407 3 года назад +5

      You are so right, in my mid fifties now and this song can still bring me to tears of joy and Goosebumps

    • @paulcrisp9861
      @paulcrisp9861 3 года назад +3

      @@debbieginger1407 this love ballad is up there with ABBA,these dreams by heart and all the greatest from the eighties era. Hope you agree . 👍👍👍

  • @reacohn751
    @reacohn751 3 года назад +203

    One of the greatest songs, ever.

    • @andrewjones7218
      @andrewjones7218 3 года назад +1

      Agreed 🤟

    • @notdn
      @notdn 2 года назад

      @Sean Gavin Mediocde. He haz bedded zongz

    • @Eleventhearlofmars
      @Eleventhearlofmars 2 года назад

      🙄🤦?????! Wtf

    • @notdn
      @notdn 2 года назад

      @@Eleventhearlofmars its better to look stupid than do something and prove it

    • @George2647g
      @George2647g 4 месяца назад

      I agree - I feel this song matches japanese artist Tatsuro Yamashita in many of his songs vibes - i recommend..

  • @andystreet4022
    @andystreet4022 5 лет назад +10

    1985, I was 23 and the world was a much nicer place. Thank heaven for Prefab Sprout and Paddy's fantastic voice.

  • @takchika7332
    @takchika7332 Год назад +14

    This voice, this melody, Paddy is a genius.

  • @coachtomas
    @coachtomas Месяц назад +10

    Don’t let this masterpiece disappear !

  • @QueenAmethyst55
    @QueenAmethyst55 2 года назад +60

    My son was raised from toddler hood on Prefab Sprout & he's 35 now and still plays and loves these songs. I think Wendy's backing vocals are just perfect to accompany Paddy. They really were a fantastic band and so many of their songs move me to tears & bring back bittersweet memories of a time now past.

  • @dashriprock3468
    @dashriprock3468 9 лет назад +308

    These songs are so bittersweet...I love to listen to them, but they also make me sad to realize how quickly time goes by and also how much time has passed since my 20s.

  • @erickramirez8539
    @erickramirez8539 7 лет назад +302

    Prefab Sprout is so underrated, the melody suits perfectly this wonderful lyrics

    • @dominiquehochain2380
      @dominiquehochain2380 5 лет назад +3

      Bravo
      Bravo

    • @serkering8712
      @serkering8712 5 лет назад +3

      Magic

    • @chiccaspinna
      @chiccaspinna 4 года назад +3

      It’s fantastic

    • @drabb5133
      @drabb5133 4 года назад

      Yes underrated, but NEXT flix bringing them back king of rock and roll

    • @darkmantis69
      @darkmantis69 4 года назад +6

      Reminds me of Dream Academy - their melodies that is.. kind of groovy.. I heard this when I was a kid but no idea who they were and heard it again listening to KROQ of the 80s on radio dot com app and instantly added it to my playlist.

  • @digbycrankshaft7572
    @digbycrankshaft7572 3 месяца назад +10

    A great and very underrated band. Enjoying the wave of nostalgia.

  • @enki9006
    @enki9006 Месяц назад +35

    May 2024……what a tune! Better than all the shite in the charts today!

  • @francisjones42
    @francisjones42 4 года назад +122

    Takes me back 35 yrs in an instant to my first love. Beautiful song with real lyrics with true meaning. Seen her a while back at her brothers funeral. It was like a year had passed since i last saw her. Im already in a relationship and probably wont ever see her again. Music is so powerful, especially when a song like this comes along. I need to check out more Paddy Mcaloon. What a song writer. Thanks for the memories Paddy. God bless. 🙏

    • @alxx1378
      @alxx1378 2 года назад +5

      Me to 😢

    • @Joe-rh1li
      @Joe-rh1li 2 года назад +3

      @@alxx1378 Music is the love of Life.

    • @templarseries
      @templarseries Год назад +5

      Check out aztec camera, working in a goldmine.

    • @writerinprogress
      @writerinprogress Год назад +4

      Definitely check out more of his work - he's one of the greats when it comes to lyrics. 'We Let The Stars Go' will also break your heart with its lyrics, and there's also 'Cars And Girls,' 'Hey, Manhattan!' 'The Sound of Crying,' to name just a few.

    • @kwakkers68
      @kwakkers68 Год назад +3

      ''Takes me back 35 yrs in an instant to my first love''. I relate to this only too well.
      I can't always stand to listen to music like this - it triggers so much... What was, what might have been, the terrible mistakes I made. It's a strange thing, nostalgia ... in part, one of life's greatest joys, but at the same time, so painful.

  • @thisandthat1265
    @thisandthat1265 4 года назад +160

    I feel privileged to have lived through this great decade of music. The world has change now. Feels sad that it's just memories 😪

    • @jihedbouteraa5002
      @jihedbouteraa5002 3 года назад +3

      Absolutely true !

    • @tcc300892
      @tcc300892 3 года назад +3

      *have

    • @dixonpinfold2582
      @dixonpinfold2582 2 года назад +2

      Blame semi-literacy. It's the rain that washes culture and civilization down into the sea.

    • @mrelba9176
      @mrelba9176 2 года назад +1

      @@dixonpinfold2582 People are more literate now than ever before?

    • @josiecamilo7098
      @josiecamilo7098 2 года назад +1

      To remember is to relive those days. Thank God for memories 💞

  • @gonorr1
    @gonorr1 Год назад +22

    Hands up who’s still blasting this out in 2022. So underrated.

  • @rudeangelcri5245
    @rudeangelcri5245 3 года назад +82

    Who is listening in 2021 from Italy.... Memories... Dreams... Emotions... Life better in love

    • @MD-kg1kq
      @MD-kg1kq 3 года назад

      @RudeangelCri; Can you be any more corny please?

    • @rudeangelcri5245
      @rudeangelcri5245 3 года назад

      @@MD-kg1kq I don't understand, what do you mean?

    • @marcusaurelius7461
      @marcusaurelius7461 3 года назад

      Yes still listening an loving it ...One Love....xx

  • @1967davidfitness
    @1967davidfitness 8 лет назад +798

    I wish i was 18 again in 1985! My life stopped after that year. I never grew up and now I am a hermit and lonely.. now I am 48, but do not feel alive until I listen this magic!

    • @paulinemahon884
      @paulinemahon884 8 лет назад +24

      +David J know how u feel

    • @1967davidfitness
      @1967davidfitness 8 лет назад +1

      +pauline mahon Hi.thanks,but how?

    • @TheGodsrighthandman
      @TheGodsrighthandman 8 лет назад +59

      +David J
      Because you're not the only person that lives alone and is almost, but not quite, dead inside . . . We can all break and sometimes there's no putting it back together . . .

    • @1967davidfitness
      @1967davidfitness 8 лет назад +12

      +The Gods Right-Hand Man Thanks, that's a relief :)

    • @sebastiancharles5582
      @sebastiancharles5582 8 лет назад +6

      +19bootsy68 get a grip!

  • @FabioGhidoniRedFabiuz
    @FabioGhidoniRedFabiuz 4 года назад +175

    "Steve McQueen" was one of the greatest album of the 80s

    • @gjg8766
      @gjg8766 4 года назад +5

      Absolutely! ABC's Lexicon of Love is up there too.

    • @starskyhutch3286
      @starskyhutch3286 4 года назад +2

      It was actually called “Two Wheels Good”, don’t know why they changed the name....

    • @patrickhickey2128
      @patrickhickey2128 4 года назад +2

      starsky hutch . They had to change the title or face a possible law suit from the estate of the actor Steve McQueen. So if you have an original album with that name it’s a rare piece of vinyl.

    • @johndixon8744
      @johndixon8744 3 года назад +2

      Remember buying the album on the Saturday went to see Bruce Springsteen at Leeds on the Sunday what a weekend that was

    • @gerrycarter
      @gerrycarter 3 года назад

      yes it was

  • @andrewb293
    @andrewb293 3 года назад +59

    Makes me cry every time hear it. It takes me back to a time I wish I could, back to. But only with the knowledge I have now. “Paint the town”

  • @paolomassimoredaelli
    @paolomassimoredaelli 3 года назад +18

    One of the best album of the 80s.
    I Bought It in the autumn of '85.
    It still in my collection.❤️🎼

  • @gelfling258
    @gelfling258 10 лет назад +135

    Possibly one of the greatest songs ever

  • @MrGordonGartrelle
    @MrGordonGartrelle 4 года назад +332

    Sounds like it was recorded tomorrow. Still spectacular.

    • @NSYresearch
      @NSYresearch 4 года назад +7

      Timeless genius.

    • @MaceWinduDuHuen
      @MaceWinduDuHuen 3 года назад +5

      except foe this super british voice. thats not coming again. thats 80s

    • @jimmythebold589
      @jimmythebold589 3 года назад +13

      Thomas dolby's production on this whole album is surprisingly elegant, lean, pared down. devoid of MOST 80s trappings. no gated snares or cheap DX patches. lots of real guitar and bass and drum sounds. Yes, 80s stentorian voice is the giveaway. but i LOVE his voice here. and the britishness is toned down in comparison to the likes of Bowie...

    • @leeellis4501
      @leeellis4501 3 года назад +1

      The sentiment is timeless, good tune

    • @mrhaltonok
      @mrhaltonok 3 года назад +3

      @@jimmythebold589 one of the greatest comments I’ve ever read on RUclips man

  • @duanedurkan3565
    @duanedurkan3565 2 года назад +26

    I listen to the radio several hours a day and I've never heard a better song than this. Paddy McAloone is an absolute genius and his age is similar to Neil Finn, another genius. What a wonderful world we live in when we can enjoy such incredible song writing.

  • @NX2C1
    @NX2C1 3 года назад +91

    Absolutely brilliant lyrics with terrific music I think this band were well ahead of their time

  • @jeremyjensen7144
    @jeremyjensen7144 5 лет назад +19

    The part with Wendy shedding a tear is magic. The look on her face is so beautiful but so sad. I miss her in this wonderful band.

  • @dav01kar
    @dav01kar 8 лет назад +169

    This guy this group, one of the most underrated songwriter/ performer of the 20th century.!! CRUEL

    • @rimetime6423
      @rimetime6423 8 лет назад +1

      why cruel ? he may be doing quite fine

    • @MothraBlues
      @MothraBlues 8 лет назад +2

      Coz he should be embarrassing HIMSELF now on the world's stage instead of Yoko Bono or Stung, and any other lesser contemporary artist of his you care to mention (imho!). :-)

    • @markthorning6358
      @markthorning6358 7 лет назад +1

      Clever complete product the whole works from top to tail

    • @bradharri
      @bradharri 7 лет назад +5

      totally agree, masterful lyrics, such an amazing singer/ song writer, Bonny is my fave

    • @nicolasmrn
      @nicolasmrn 7 лет назад +3

      dav01kar It's crueler than cruel!

  • @user-uh4cg8mr2h
    @user-uh4cg8mr2h 6 месяцев назад +5

    I'm weeping now for a beautiful time which will only return in memories. This song, for many (myself included) symbolises the end of the eighties, when life was the best it could ever be. And if only our tears could form a river from now to that treasured time, we would all catch the boat to be there - and never return, always in a utopia of permanent love and great music.

    • @kevinmarriott5583
      @kevinmarriott5583 2 месяца назад

      What a beautiful thing to say. I couldn't have put it better myself xx

  • @ianelse3964
    @ianelse3964 Год назад +14

    What a timeless classic.

  • @chrissantos9529
    @chrissantos9529 6 лет назад +104

    "When Love Breaks Down"
    My love and I, we work well together
    But often we're apart
    Absence makes the heart lose weight, yeah
    Till love breaks down, love breaks down
    Oh my, oh my, have you seen the weather
    The sweet September rain
    Rain on me like no other
    Until I drown, until I drown
    When love breaks down
    The things you do
    To stop the truth from hurting you
    When love breaks down
    The lies we tell
    They only serve to fool ourselves
    When love breaks down
    The things you do
    To stop the truth from hurting you
    When love breaks down, when love breaks down
    My love and I, we are boxing clever
    She'll never crowd me out
    Fall be free as old confetti
    And paint the town, paint the town
    When love breaks down
    The things you do
    To stop the truth from hurtin' you
    When love breaks down
    The lies we tell
    They only serve to fool ourselves
    When love breaks down
    The things you do
    To stop the truth from hurtin' you
    When love breaks down
    The lies we tell
    They only serve to fool ourselves
    When love breaks down
    The things you do
    To stop the truth from hurting you
    When love breaks down
    You join the wrecks
    Who leave their hearts for easy sex
    When love breaks down
    When love breaks down

  • @ArjanVanS
    @ArjanVanS 8 лет назад +123

    Prefab Sprout is more than music, there are no words to describe it, it just is...

  • @arnaudarno8492
    @arnaudarno8492 2 года назад +7

    Marvelous Paddy McAloon. One of the most remarkable songwriter ever. His songs are a river of delicate pearls. No nostalgia, just the happiness that allows us to buy their records when they were released.

    • @ianowen6310
      @ianowen6310 7 месяцев назад

      Over the past few decades, learning of a new Sprout album was like the run up to Christmas.

  • @peternicholls6532
    @peternicholls6532 Год назад +10

    Reminds me of a time in the 80's when life was great !.. My relationship at the time with someone I fell in love with.. was both exciting.. and at the same time sad!. This song reminds me of when love breaks down. You love the girl with all your heart.. but no matter what you try to do, things don't work out, and it was hard listening to this song at the time , knowing full well you are with your girlfriend, and knowing this relationship is going nowhere!...Beautiful Classic Song! .One of my all time favourites.

  • @iCreateaFeeling
    @iCreateaFeeling 9 лет назад +47

    An excellent track from one of the most underrated pop albums of the last 50 years. Great production, incredible lyrics, beautiful melodies. Quite nearly a classic and yet shamefully overlooked by the wider public. Pop music this sweet and smart just doesn't ship units.

    • @iandainton1661
      @iandainton1661 6 лет назад

      iCreateaFeeling not for long. It will get there. Believe me

  • @aussiefan354
    @aussiefan354 5 лет назад +157

    Boy I miss the 80's, that decade had the best music. I feel so lost sometimes............. BTW Anyone listening in 2019??

  • @bluesilkdesigns
    @bluesilkdesigns Год назад +5

    I'm a 31 year old... the first Prefab Sprout song I heard was "Trawl The Megahertz". The lyrics blew me away. So now I'm getting into Prefab and Paddy's older stuff. Wow! He's an amazing lyricist

  • @nadeemkhan5687
    @nadeemkhan5687 3 года назад +48

    Listening it in 2021.......it look still amazing as it it was in 80's

    • @UGPVlogsLA
      @UGPVlogsLA 3 года назад

      Absolutely girl 💖

  • @ericgeorge5483
    @ericgeorge5483 8 лет назад +149

    Absence makes the heart lose weight......FANTASTIC LYRIC!

    • @paulallen3647
      @paulallen3647 6 лет назад +1

      Eric George ain't that the truth

    • @NorthernFella
      @NorthernFella 6 лет назад +4

      Oh yes he wrote so many great lyrics! Love this one. “When love breaks down the things the do to stop the truth from hurting you”

  • @alanmike6883
    @alanmike6883 5 лет назад +82

    Never again will something like the eighties will come back again. A perfect time capsule of a better time in life

    • @sanjaynirmal3785
      @sanjaynirmal3785 5 лет назад +2

      Aaaaah! yes! yes! yes! if only I knew then what I would miss today!!!

    • @alanmike6883
      @alanmike6883 5 лет назад +2

      @@sanjaynirmal3785
      Different time. In some ways a better simpler time

    • @Goodbyeeveryonehere
      @Goodbyeeveryonehere 4 года назад +1

      @@alanmike6883 in ALL ways a simpler better life. I'd swap this life for that one any day

    • @changethisonceamonth7516
      @changethisonceamonth7516 4 года назад +1

      80s music the best.
      However I must be the only person who looks back on the 80s (my entire teenage years) with utter distain. It was an absolutely horrible time. A boring, apathetic, lost, confusing, lonely time.
      I think many people mistake a "simpler" time to a "better" time.
      My 40s (2010s) have been the best time of my life and that includes going through a divorce and cancer! I fell 10 time more alive today than I did as a teen in the 80s. Must be a mental thing. I much prefer being grown up than being a child. Everything and everyone is clearer.

    • @kwakkers68
      @kwakkers68 4 года назад +2

      @Random Scottish Bloke The start of Thatcher's shitty rot ... Art often peaks at times of decay

  • @AP-nw8my
    @AP-nw8my Год назад +4

    Maybe I'm old at 53 but the videos of the 80's songs are so iconic no need to be half naked full of plastic looking miserable
    The ladies in 80's videos have natural beauty and amazing musical talent
    Again i may just be old but glad to be

  • @booshaka-nya
    @booshaka-nya 3 месяца назад +2

    天才ソングライターが産み出した傑作✨

  • @stubailey9433
    @stubailey9433 4 года назад +94

    You can tell this is an old song, it's just so good.

  • @mattie372
    @mattie372 4 года назад +30

    One of the best songs of the 80's. Pure class.

  • @sparklejo81
    @sparklejo81 4 месяца назад +3

    Nothing beats the 80s ❤

  • @streetcat1510
    @streetcat1510 8 дней назад +1

    One of the most beautiful songs ever, fact.

  • @MrTrecchina
    @MrTrecchina 7 лет назад +415

    I suggest a time machine to take us all back there............. the unforgettable 80's................

    • @PC-841
      @PC-841 6 лет назад +11

      Domenico Siano .The time machine is your mind and memories , go back when you want : )

    • @michellebishop9973
      @michellebishop9973 5 лет назад +2

      Domenico Siano yes please 👍👍👍👍👍

    • @MrGravito
      @MrGravito 5 лет назад +2

      the unforgettable 80's !!!!!!

    • @MrGravito
      @MrGravito 5 лет назад +4

      sometimes it seems the future is in the past especcially in the 80GHTIES!!!

    • @gerardwhite2689
      @gerardwhite2689 5 лет назад +1

      I.m with you

  • @Felix9lives
    @Felix9lives 7 лет назад +82

    The genius of Paddy McAloon:))

  • @MegaTightMike
    @MegaTightMike Год назад +9

    ‘When love breaks down, the things you do to stop the truth from hurting you’
    Never a truer word said.

  • @theniceguy4932
    @theniceguy4932 2 месяца назад +6

    RUclips is a wonderful time machine what ever age you are.

  • @claremail1303
    @claremail1303 4 года назад +28

    I want to cry when I listen to this. In my mind there’s a black and white film replaying a certain moment in time with someone I thought loved me 💔💔

    • @skycrystal3573
      @skycrystal3573 3 года назад +3

      He Did .

    • @flipflop8604
      @flipflop8604 3 года назад +1

      I think a lot of us have been there

    • @mikewood9514
      @mikewood9514 3 года назад +2

      Hope you have found somebody good who does love you and that you can replay a new movie over and over.

    • @nicolahart6030
      @nicolahart6030 2 года назад

      Me too...it's the chord structure ( which is beautiful)

  • @davidowen2859
    @davidowen2859 4 года назад +16

    This song brings back so many happy memories. I was fortunate to be in my teens and twenties. Thursday Friday and Saturday either out at clubs or working behind the bar. What an amazing bunch of people listening and commenting, no negatives, no nastiness only enjoyment and support. Thank you all of you. Stay safe.

  • @zaboomafoo25
    @zaboomafoo25 Год назад +4

    ridding my motorcycle to school, on a cold winter morning, on the french riviera, looking at the sea, in Cannes, with my walkman playing Prefab Sprouts and meeting up with my friends...this is where this song brings me back to...love it!

  • @Unplugged70
    @Unplugged70 Год назад +16

    How amazing is this song? INSANE that it didn't even get into the TOP 20 when it was released!!

    • @youhou2000youhou
      @youhou2000youhou Год назад +1

      Surprising indeed, but in view of the weekly avalanche of great novelties from so much great groups we had it is more understandable

    • @nicolenougaret3346
      @nicolenougaret3346 Год назад

      Une chanson magique qui réveille des émotions à toutes les éoques.When love breaks down......

    • @George2647g
      @George2647g 4 месяца назад

      I only just heard it for the first time today and it is immediately probably my favorite 80s song! So good!

  • @BioDieselEstate
    @BioDieselEstate 4 года назад +12

    Oh my, the sweet Ms. Wendy Smith. Criminally under-rated & overlooked co-singer. Never any need for a vocoder with Ms.Smith present in the studio and then, on the stage. Beautiful, talented and eternal. Bravo.

    • @PixelProfessor
      @PixelProfessor 4 года назад

      The same as Briana from the original Beautiful South lineup, and Lorraine from Deacon Blue

    • @strictlynorton
      @strictlynorton 3 года назад

      Perfectly stated

  • @stevethompson9571
    @stevethompson9571 4 года назад +529

    85 dislikes. That's 85 people I never ever want to meet

    • @colinwells5057
      @colinwells5057 4 года назад +11

      85 wankers

    • @leemcbride968
      @leemcbride968 4 года назад +1

      Ahahahahaa good man

    • @denzil4
      @denzil4 4 года назад +17

      How can anyone dislike this song !!! It's musical perfection !!!

    • @stuartgoodall4674
      @stuartgoodall4674 4 года назад +5

      I dont want to meet them too

    • @pauldd7033
      @pauldd7033 4 года назад +4

      I posted something similar to that several years back about this song. There’s no accounting for taste I guess. I deem it one of the best songs ever

  • @sandromauro3083
    @sandromauro3083 2 дня назад +1

    This song reminds me of simple times.What GREAT DECADE OF MUSIC!!! 😍🎧❣️

  • @CalLatMan
    @CalLatMan Год назад +10

    One of the best songs of the 1980s . These guys were genius creatives .

  • @Andrew-gs8yi
    @Andrew-gs8yi 5 лет назад +8

    The magic of 1980's music, so many brilliant performers. A decade that will never be repeated. I didn't realise how good it actually was until years and years later.

  • @davidbuckley3786
    @davidbuckley3786 9 лет назад +78

    amazing song sounds so fresh.. Such an underrated group .Never got the recognition from the great british public.However from musicians they were so respected and held in the highest esteem!! enough said!!!!

    • @blackmore4
      @blackmore4 5 лет назад

      I disagree. I think he's a good songwriter (and a thoroughly nice bloke) but I hated his music then and now. While I think his lyrics were almost always brilliant, for me his music was too smooth, too produced and I dislike his musical brain (his chord choices and Americanisms). Different strokes etc.

  • @craigspillett4763
    @craigspillett4763 5 месяцев назад +1

    Absence makes the heart lose weight, yeah.. when love breaks down, love breaks down.. the way he sings that in a downbeat tone and then those aching echoey guitars that follow.. never fails to bring a sad tear to these eyes. Wonderful song but brings bittersweet feelings.

  • @darrenhollis6531
    @darrenhollis6531 5 месяцев назад +2

    How good were the 80s❤

  • @drewstevens7543
    @drewstevens7543 9 лет назад +74

    hard to believe that 30 years has passed since this was the summer of '85 soundtrack, livin' life hard and fast, splashing around lake huron and grand bend what a time to be young oh how I wish I could go back in time :)

  • @tomselleck7313
    @tomselleck7313 8 лет назад +109

    This song puts a huge fucking smile on my face.

    • @christopherbueno1580
      @christopherbueno1580 7 лет назад +3

      fuck me..... really

    • @notlob444
      @notlob444 7 лет назад +3

      Mine to...

    • @barock69
      @barock69 7 лет назад +9

      ...and goosebumps everywhere else !

    • @catmel1954
      @catmel1954 7 лет назад +6

      Tom Selleck ... no, don't swear. it spoils it.. x

    • @hpoonis2010
      @hpoonis2010 7 лет назад +2

      @Tom Selleck - a bigger smile than stealing water to grow avocados? :D

  • @caolruadh1
    @caolruadh1 9 месяцев назад +5

    'My love and I, we are boxing clever'...........Wonderful lyric. I don,t know why it is, but it just is.

  • @supernurseprivatedutyrn
    @supernurseprivatedutyrn Год назад +12

    Always loved this. 80s was a great time growing up, music was fantastic with real meaning, and all our great music artists were still around.

  • @tinmachine693
    @tinmachine693 8 лет назад +33

    this track sends a chill down my spine. absolutely gorgeous.

  • @jrbs
    @jrbs 5 лет назад +134

    This still sounds excellent in 2019!!

    • @davidbarber4709
      @davidbarber4709 4 года назад +1

      This will sound good in 2050 music good music lives on just think about mozart strauss the beatles abba queen

  • @trcsonic
    @trcsonic 2 года назад +11

    I miss this time when the music has this quality and lyrics. This is beautiful.

  • @UGPVlogsLA
    @UGPVlogsLA 3 года назад +8

    Love Prefab Sprout 💖

  • @akiretto
    @akiretto 4 года назад +23

    From The Breakfast Club: "when you grown up your heart dies!". I just think that a heart of a teenager is strong passions, dreams, happyness, sadness and an aged heart will never forget those days.

    • @MD-kg1kq
      @MD-kg1kq 3 года назад +2

      That film is truly fantastical; But when years go by, time wears down memories/standards and above all principles. and one also becomes grayer and wiser. I understand you, I just hope you understand me too.I can assure you that a heart does not die but becomes wiser, more mature, and more patient.

    • @Drexxaal
      @Drexxaal 3 года назад

      @@MD-kg1kq Wow! Great observation n expansion on a sad theme! Life can definitely wear us done! That's why we need music like this so we don't completely drown! N yes, I very much understand u! Thank u!

  • @TheOptimod
    @TheOptimod 7 лет назад +289

    I can sing this in my head and still make myself shed a tear or two.

    • @ordersgrandcru9191
      @ordersgrandcru9191 6 лет назад +3

      Barry Landymore it's a tear jercker alright

    • @TheGodParticle
      @TheGodParticle 6 лет назад +4

      do that all the time, miss those magical times

    • @vdbrichy1966
      @vdbrichy1966 5 лет назад +5

      TheGodParticle this music reminds a time we lived simply, we were happy and we imagined not our happiness, today yes!

    • @bandfromtheband9445
      @bandfromtheband9445 5 лет назад +1

      I completely relate.....

    • @johnmoore9862
      @johnmoore9862 5 лет назад +4

      You’ve just said what I’ve been thinking to myself for years.

  • @geoffkemp-yg9nl
    @geoffkemp-yg9nl Год назад +4

    It's pure 80's nostalgic gold.Love it and when we enjoyed more freedom. Great days!

  • @isabelinhagomes9076
    @isabelinhagomes9076 2 месяца назад +3

    If I could, I would go back to the 80's and I would stay there foreveeeeer

  • @andreatouhig1091
    @andreatouhig1091 8 лет назад +53

    too gorgeous for words..and that tear at the beginning!!..(poetry in motion)

    • @dizzyrico
      @dizzyrico 7 лет назад +2

      Andrea Touhig i love ❤️ start too and the middle with just the music 🎶

    • @Lakbir
      @Lakbir 7 лет назад +14

      I'm 46 and a brute of a man. That tear makes me cry me every time. I'm sorry.

    • @jontyfrench1099
      @jontyfrench1099 7 лет назад +4

      stew pid aaaaah ya big gallooo, it's ok

    • @claytonfox4107
      @claytonfox4107 6 лет назад

      Im with you i love this song always have always will 😘

  • @belleooo
    @belleooo 2 года назад +5

    Reminds me of when we got our first home together. We were so happy and full of plans. Now he is gone. I can listen to this song and it transports me to a happy time. RIP my love x

  • @johnrayner7356
    @johnrayner7356 2 месяца назад +1

    A sublime masterpiece, a song I never tire hearing, Prefab Sprout were a fabulous band. The 1980s produced some stunning music, "When love breaks Down" drips with heart and emotion, I love it!

  • @MultiMrMiles
    @MultiMrMiles 7 лет назад +307

    in the 80s we understood what it ment...BEST decade ever! Really.

    • @ulfurkarlsson5885
      @ulfurkarlsson5885 6 лет назад +5

      MultiMrMiles I was born in the amazing year of 1988 .

    • @kingoftheseamusic
      @kingoftheseamusic 6 лет назад +13

      It's still happening now, just need to know where to look for the good music. There's as much of it as there ever was.

    • @citic101
      @citic101 6 лет назад +10

      WHERE IS THIS GREAT MUSIC YOUR TALKING ABOUT ? SIMON COWEL X FACTOR ?

    • @kingoftheseamusic
      @kingoftheseamusic 6 лет назад +5

      Depends on taste, but I'll happily send you a list.

    • @stephyrei1567
      @stephyrei1567 6 лет назад +4

      Please share Trev :) . I love to explore the realm of music whether it's old or new, from metal to soft pop. I recently discovered Moses Sumney! Obsessing over their Tiny Desk performance.

  • @stevemcgrath1634
    @stevemcgrath1634 5 лет назад +4

    There are certain periods in your life when songs like this can have a massive impact on you and at the time this did! Listening to this today, simply brings back tears of utter joy! Beautiful!

  • @gavinthomas214
    @gavinthomas214 8 месяцев назад +4

    What a masterpiece. I just love the way this song comes together. Such a classic.

  • @lester9448
    @lester9448 3 месяца назад +3

    A classic from prefab sprout 😂

  • @lienmaharg9287
    @lienmaharg9287 7 лет назад +59

    One of the most heart felt songs ever