No country, no people who refuse to give up can be defeated. Greetings from Finland. Internet says we don’t exist and looking at our history it’s a miracle we do. But we do.
No, no man should EVER call another man beautiful. But granted, given he's not wearing makeup like in the early 80s and has a stubble, he looked far better here. Different story now... not a hair on his head!
Even more relevant as of today, Aug 3, 2024 --as US and UK are advising everyone to leave, and catch any flight out. Sad that after a lifetime, things still have not changed.
@@flowerbee1626 same. In early 80’z (April 1984 to be precise) I was only 11 I Rebecca’s song, I thought of it as a kind of regimental song when they said in “the Lebanon” now I know what it’s about, it’s just as irrelevant today because of the bombing that’s started to escalated in the Middle East in Lebanon.
who is watching this in 2021 and thinking "i wish i was back there then" .. i was! great times.....and it was at this moment that you realized how great this band was.....!
you kow why looks awsome , beacuse video clips were filmed in actual FILM like a movie , not a video cassette , and film has a superior quiality than everything ,, also thats why you can watch any old movie in HD now
Always and forever, thank you to Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the World hundreds of unique bands such as the Human League and music of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere. What would our lives have been without British bands? Thank you from Sicily.
@@Ozymandias1 Well, there is Radiohead, one of the best alternative bands to get well-known, Primal Scream are still making great records, Massive Attack, David Bowie within the last 10 years, although they did begin their careers earlier. But I agree, the 'charts' are absolute rubbish. I am astounded at what passes for music today
AvariceUntied ed sheeran.... But he's whack.... Sam Smith... Meh.. George ezra... Maybe.. Tom odell OK and the rest are one hit wonders sadly... As for the women... Jessie J don't even go there... That girl is just... Whatever, rita or a - seen it all before (rihanna clone:(....), Adele is kinda EXTREMELY OVERRATED.... I think that's about it for the last few years... Quite sad really
And when Phil formed the band he swore he he would never have guitars on a song but this subject matter was so intense he really felt that gritty sound would be a benefit and had a guest guitarist come in to play it. The result is a lasting epic tribute.
I have heard of this great band for years. This is the first time I read the lyrics to this song.. I am half Lebanese and never got to go there because of the terrible wars etc. Thank you so much for recognizing the Lebanese.😢😊
I am Lebanese and so proud! I was young when my dad made me listen to that song and told me about the war ... this song still applies for the whole world! Peace!
They don’t just sound great they look great too. Hugely underrated song IMHO. Incredible to see a synth band showing how to use guitars to amazing effect
I am a boomer, born in 1964: „The Lebanon“ has been one of the greatest songs of the 80‘ies, with a content for tears for this sad country after almost 40 years!
It's funny I was just talking to someone about this last night. I too was born in 64. 46-64 is a huge generation gap and I always felt we were more linked with Generation X than Boomers. We're lumped in with sock-hop crowd for pete's sake. We have little in common with boomers and so much more with Gen X
Do you know why? NO F.........NG PC only good times! Now looking at the hypocrites from that era like Bono, Madonna...wanting socialism in America of all places when they have become rich and famous thanks to Western freedom and Capitalism.
I bought this as a vinyl single when it was released first. That was many years ago and the soldiers are still in the Lebanon and elsewhere in the Middle East. Pray for peace 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
a brilliant song...a top hit here in Greece in the 80's .. but i hardly could find it in any 80's song collection ..and i was wondering why....Now i understand why
No internet. 99% of the listeners had no clue of the context of the song. It was only a few years ago I found out it was about a massacre that took place in the 80's
I STILL GET CHILLS.. I WAS BORN IN 81 AS WELL ❤❤ The lasses look hot incredible charisma in this video as with all of their hits x Superb record one of my Favs by you guys❤
It’s now2023 and I’m listening to this fucking amazing song And listening to the words not just singing them. This should have been a much much bigger hit than it was. Simple straight to the point lyrics
They were picked on by the so called music critics for using the line ' used to be some shops' but what they were expressing is how simple life was and then the girls come in, quite hard I have to say " is where the snipers sometimes hide" that sends shivers, can you imagine living in that kind of fear. Phil had a friend in Lebanon who would send him art work and communicate to him of the atrocities and that's when he made this song
Haha me too! I remember queuing for a long time, then being inside for a long time. Them doing bits of playback and laughing when the music stopped as they were cut short in their performance, as were we with our 80s dance moves. My mate and I went because a friend begged us to go, yet she didn't turn up. Was fun though!
And there was a 'competition' to win Human League prizes, but it was obviously rigged, and was 'won' by the League super fan who wore Human League badges head to foot, and Human League scarves and so on. Which was fair enough. No one semed to mind.@@JimHanner
You know what, one of the best things about being in my 50's now is that I lived my teenage years in the 80's..........Priceless and I wouldn't change them for the world!🇬🇧
goddamn those gerls look friggin hot pf Excellent track .. This was about 86 projecting at least 4 yrs into the progressive future . for 17 yr olds half a lifetime . . what a track ..
its amazing how this song is still just wonderfully written and the lyrics could as easily have been written about syria recently. Susan and Joanne just sum up early 80s new romantic looks too. Iconic stuff
Remember the shock when I first heard this back in 1984. Those screechy guitars were so unexpected from a previously all electronic band. After shock had subsided loved the song!
Yes,caught people by surprise all right. The only other Western pop song I'd heard (unless there are any that have slipped my mind) before then dealing with the subject was the one Mr Sarstedt did in summer 1978 called Beirut - Crumbling Stone By Stone. Bit of different vibe to this one!
I remember when this song came out. I don't know if I bought it right away or a friend came over and put it on my turn table. All I know is that the sound of this production was AWESOME - so powerful, and remains so to this day. Never saw this video before. Its pretty much amazing.
THE MAGIC OF THE Eighties, OUR YOUTH, NOW AWAY, THE SCHOOL, THE HOLIDAYS, AND THIS SONGS IS DURING THE DAY, AND YOU SAY A LITTLE? ...GREETINGS FROM ITALY ✋🇮🇹✋ ... HOW MANY MEMORIES
Kelly14UK, I fully agree with you. This song is definitely one of the best songs ever just like so many of The Human League's other hit. After learning that this song reached #11 on the UK pop charts and #13 on the NZ pop charts, I felt the song should've peaked in the Top 10. Still, I've loved this song since I first heard it in 1984 and I always will.
2024 and the story repeats but now we see the end of the Lebanon. :(
No country, no people who refuse to give up can be defeated. Greetings from Finland. Internet says we don’t exist and looking at our history it’s a miracle we do. But we do.
No real loss
Listening in 2024, from Lebanon, Beirut 🇱🇧👌
No away !
STAY SAFE
I replied already but it disappeared. I hope you stay safe 🙏
Victory to the Resistance 🇱🇧🇵🇸
Stay safe my friend❤❤❤
Stay believing in God no matter what
How beautiful was Phil Oakey in this clip.
Seriously so. I'm a straight middle aged man and in this vid he's even more attractive than Susan! 😂
Stubble tastic
He looks a bit like John Cusack. It is a good look.
No, no man should EVER call another man beautiful. But granted, given he's not wearing makeup like in the early 80s and has a stubble, he looked far better here. Different story now... not a hair on his head!
@@audiodead7302Or Nicholas Cage
As a Lebanese person, this song touches me immensely. Thank you, Human League, for your sensitivity and commitment.
😎
They have censored me on Facebook for posting this. History deniers.
I hope you are safe, my heart goes out to you.
Hope you are safe ❤
❤
2024. This song remains a masterpiece.
Sadly the Lebanese people are still suffering💔.
@@mammuchan8923 They should hear the 12"
Just like the bandmates facial proportions. Still fantasias surprise. Continuous without too much continuing.
"Seconds" is another under rated song...
Oh yes! I love that song too. ❤❤
100% Seconds is my favorite Human League song
The entire *Dare* album is a masterpiece. _Seconds_ made its way on to one of my mix-tapes back in the day. _The Law _was another deep cut I loved.
Born 1969 in Lebanon.
This is my JAM!
Born 1952 in East Ham - this is my JAM.
❤
Hope youre alright
A timeless song for many good and, tragically, sad reasons.
Even more relevant as of today, Aug 3, 2024 --as US and UK are advising everyone to leave, and catch any flight out.
Sad that after a lifetime, things still have not changed.
Blame Hizballa teror organization & Iran @@catacomber8
Funny how this song never loses the ability to be up to date thru the ages. Even today it's still up to date and relevant.
I recently saw Human League at Darker Waves, this song was very edgy back then and it's still is
Probably more relevant today than ever. Tremendous band.
¡Una canción valiente será nueva siempre!
Sad that it is still relevant :)
It's always relevant because it's always kicking off in the Middle East.
I loved this tune as a kid, and still love it today. I never understood the lyrics back then, but I do now. Sadly still relevant today. 😢
They are fairly cliche anti-war lyrics, but probably well meant, and the song sounds amazing
You started it. STOP SHOOTING ROCKETS ON ISRAEL. STOP HIZBALLA TERROR ORGANISATION!!
@@flowerbee1626 same. In early 80’z (April 1984 to be precise) I was only 11 I Rebecca’s song, I thought of it as a kind of regimental song when they said in “the Lebanon” now I know what it’s about, it’s just as irrelevant today because of the bombing that’s started to escalated in the Middle East in Lebanon.
I knew exactly what it was as a kid, I'm sad we're back at the start of this though, I really thought this garbage was over.
I was in the mid east when it was popular
who is watching this in 2021 and thinking "i wish i was back there then" .. i was! great times.....and it was at this moment that you realized how great this band was.....!
Totally agree!!!
i was there, gandalf, 3000 years ago.
Meeeeeeee
@@kagirl70 me too
When the soliders have gone, from the Lebanon… Still one of the greatest songs ever!
nostalgic i can feel goosebumps and memories of my high school days the best years of my life, so simple then'
So true mate👍
For 1984 the camera quality is phenomenal!
My guess would be that it might be because it's on film, rather than videotape
(Remastered 2003) the title
@@johnmorris910 That was just for the audio, the video was digitized as HD from a clean print in 2018
The 1984 cameras were great, you are just used to shitty TV rips from the time.
you kow why looks awsome , beacuse video clips were filmed in actual FILM like a movie , not a video cassette , and film has a superior quiality than everything ,, also thats why you can watch any old movie in HD now
Nevermind how great the music sounds , im amaized at how everyone in the band looks so f__king gorgeous
Solidarity with the people of Lebanon 🇱🇧 🕊
This is one of the most under rated songs of the eighties.
Agree 100%
totally, I just happened to listen to it properly for the first time.
Possibly of all time.
@@samsundquist Okaaaaay, don't exaggerate too much!
YES!! so apropos even for today! Just substitute any nation in conflict for Lebanon. Ukraine comes to mind.
Strangely appropriate now.
2024. This song remains a masterpiece!!!!
Oh man sadly this song is once again very relevant
One of Phil's best looks with the longer hair and ever so present guyliner.
beautiful eyes
Always and forever, thank you to Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the World hundreds of unique bands such as the Human League and music of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere. What would our lives have been without British bands? Thank you from Sicily.
What a lovely sentiment Benedetto, thank you from England!
Now it's only American rappers and singers who are popularized. Has there been any world-famous British artist in the past 10 years?
@@Ozymandias1 Well, there is Radiohead, one of the best alternative bands to get well-known, Primal Scream are still making great records, Massive Attack, David Bowie within the last 10 years, although they did begin their careers earlier. But I agree, the 'charts' are absolute rubbish. I am astounded at what passes for music today
@@brightstar1212 Architects...
AvariceUntied ed sheeran.... But he's whack.... Sam Smith... Meh.. George ezra... Maybe.. Tom odell OK and the rest are one hit wonders sadly... As for the women... Jessie J don't even go there... That girl is just... Whatever, rita or a - seen it all before (rihanna clone:(....), Adele is kinda EXTREMELY OVERRATED.... I think that's about it for the last few years... Quite sad really
This kicks in 2024
Never thought I’d say this about The Human League but the guitars are astounding on this tune.
Reminds me more of U2 or simple minds.
@@Stevelives13cannot agree more
Fantastic band. I love how they evolved over the years.
It’s Joe Callis ? ex Rezzilos Saved that Band a think x
@@Stevelives13 Yes, I always thought THL took quite an inspiration for this song from Simple Minds' New Gold Dream, especially guitars and hooks.
My mum knew Adrian Wright's (keyboards) mum. They were nurses together at a hospital in Wakefield.
1969 - 2024 : toujours la même tragédie au Liban. Laissez ce pays vivre en paix !
Without the power of muslims...
Good Music
the bass intro... One of the most epic if you asking me...
And when Phil formed the band he swore he he would never have guitars on a song but this subject matter was so intense he really felt that gritty sound would be a benefit and had a guest guitarist come in to play it. The result is a lasting epic tribute.
It is😊!
Still listening to this in 2021!
Great songs never die
Me too,from1981,Grest band!
Same here!
Yes sure one of their best songs. Hard to beat that early 80s feel, its huge.
Bravo. Mark! 😉
yesterday, today, tomorrow, all time the best the human league
I have heard of this great band for years. This is the first time I read the lyrics to this song.. I am half Lebanese and never got to go there because of the terrible wars etc. Thank you so much for recognizing the Lebanese.😢😊
Phil is part Lebanese I think. It impacted their career in the US as didnt fit the narrative. Peace 🕊
Be well friend
@@andylambrini5460not quite: English, Malaysian and Indian heritage
im full lebanese..how do you like my stache
There have been years in which there was peace
Personally, best song ever from Human League!
Very unusual bass and guitar driven track from a synth-pop band.
I am Lebanese and so proud! I was young when my dad made me listen to that song and told me about the war ... this song still applies for the whole world! Peace!
catherine Otrakji Hello, fellow countryman!
hello!!
heyy fellow lebanese !! sobhan ala wen man rouh fi lebnenie deyman hahah
will hanna Ah 3anjad? Ana ma ble2e ktir 3al net haha
hahhahaha we really are everywhere ! w mbala fi ktirr!!
They don’t just sound great they look great too. Hugely underrated song IMHO. Incredible to see a synth band showing how to use guitars to amazing effect
Yes, it is. Great song for modern lovers. Nice work if a person can get it.
They should have used guitars more 🤗
So true. The guitar makes it. What a band !! 4 kids from Sheffield creating legends.
I don't think Phil, Susanne and Joanne ever looked any better than in this video.
Guitars are out there..Beautiful band
This is such a beautiful song. Personifies the mood and atmosphere of the 80s perfectly.
Yeah it does...Great Sheffield band..I believe Phil Oakwy still loves there
This song echoes to the current theater of conflict in europe as this delt with the statehood of israel and inconvenient truth's.
@@steven-napoleonwilliams1422 Israel is still bombing its neighbors 40 years later, they just bombed the Damascus International Airport this week.
Thanks....I would like to visit...........LEBON..........
@@johnosgraveyardjaunts2235 Yes, The Human League has remained in their hometown, all of these years.
Phhil takes has such intense eyes,very expressive eyes,😍
This was such an odd single at the time from Human League. But man what a great song this is in retrospect. Way ahead of its time.
I am a boomer, born in 1964: „The Lebanon“ has been one of the greatest songs of the 80‘ies, with a content for tears for this sad country after almost 40 years!
It's funny I was just talking to someone about this last night. I too was born in 64. 46-64 is a huge generation gap and I always felt we were more linked with Generation X than Boomers. We're lumped in with sock-hop crowd for pete's sake. We have little in common with boomers and so much more with Gen X
1964 - the first of the X'ers. Read Douglas Copelands' Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. 🙂
One of the best songs from the 80s, the best decade in music
Take me back please
Yes. I was born in 80. I love 80s. Fantastic. Grandi anni.
@@stuartmckern6206 Sigh, one way ticket to the 80s please! 1980 to 1985 on repeat!
85--89 are also cool
Music-wise, definitely.
Sadly, this song never gets old...
I hear this song literally every time the Lebanon is mentioned on TV
Can never get enough of that 80's serious shoulder dancing!
This transcends time .I was 14 at a school disco now I'm 50 and it evokes the same response .
Same here 47 and same feeling
Stills resonates, as much as ever...
The eighties the best Look the best music of all times
Its a fact Dear one.
no
Do you know why? NO F.........NG PC only good times!
Now looking at the hypocrites from that era like Bono, Madonna...wanting socialism in America of all places when they have become rich and famous thanks to Western freedom and Capitalism.
Verdade. E sem preguiça !!
I agree. I love 80's music.
My favorite song from Human League and probably the most under rated of their hits IMO.
Canzone fantastica ,bellissima ,sempre attuale e ascoltabile,canzone senza tempo😍😍😍👍
I bought this as a vinyl single when it was released first. That was many years ago and the soldiers are still in the Lebanon and elsewhere in the Middle East. Pray for peace 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Oh good Lord Joanne looks perfect here.
Iv always thought that about Phillip in this particular video, though he has always been perfect to me
Is Joanne the brunette?
@@indyjones1135 Yes
They all look perfect
one of the best records of the 80's The lyrics say so much.
40 yr old song & Still making Sense! Human Life Are Still Top of the League.
Joanne is among top shelf. So gorgeous, classy beautiful. A dream girl.
Still resonating in 2023
and 2024... 💔
Super song. There was such an explosion of British music, in the 80's just like in the 60's
a brilliant song...a top hit here in Greece in the 80's .. but i hardly could find it in any 80's song collection ..and i was wondering why....Now i understand why
Super 👌 song and band Human Leaque ❤
That camerawork is shockingly crisp for the 1980s.
How did such a harrowing song manage to sound so appealing and still be so powerful in meaning. Absolute genius
Same with ‘seconds’ which is also very powerful.
No internet. 99% of the listeners had no clue of the context of the song. It was only a few years ago I found out it was about a massacre that took place in the 80's
1:33 What beautiful eyes
⁰⁰
Who? They all do
Really beautiful eyes!
Rerelease The Lebanon!! It's time ...
See if it is on Spotify.
I love Suzanne and Jane!! ❤🤩😍🤩😍
It's Susan Sulley & Joanne Catherall! And yes, still crushing on them big time 😍
I want to be 20 years old again ❤
I STILL GET CHILLS.. I WAS BORN IN 81 AS WELL ❤❤ The lasses look hot incredible charisma in this video as with all of their hits x Superb record one of my Favs by you guys❤
.. and we're still sadly talking about the Lebanon...
It’s now2023 and I’m listening to this fucking amazing song
And listening to the words not just singing them.
This should have been a much much bigger hit than it was.
Simple straight to the point lyrics
They were picked on by the so called music critics for using the line ' used to be some shops' but what they were expressing is how simple life was and then the girls come in, quite hard I have to say " is where the snipers sometimes hide" that sends shivers, can you imagine living in that kind of fear. Phil had a friend in Lebanon who would send him art work and communicate to him of the atrocities and that's when he made this song
Those 2 ladies 👍👌🙌😍
They are all so unspeakably gorgeous at that time 😍🤩
Relaxed and at the top of their game.
A grim reminder. Great song.
Simple and fantastic! The Human League is one of the best 80's sounds!
They ARE the 80's..
The guitarists pink decorative shirt and bolo tie are nice
Love at 1:26 "And where there used to be some shops, is where the sniper sometime hides"
Human League really puts you in a good mood, They don't get enough praise
Ah! That sharp guitar sound, those magic keyboards with the pounding drums , those 2 girls' voices, the bass intro...what an unforgettable song!
Even better live, as I found out tonight :)
What song?
6581 punk I completely agree. I've seen them a few times and even their most recent live performances are still very much on point.
@@davidlewis1787 THE LEBANON
Sabrina Gameplays Br lol, was joking, THL are great
My favourite HL song and I still find Joanne as attractive now as I did back then❤
You dirty old man - I know what you mean.
Oh gods, Philip is so handsome here, I can't stop having my eyes glued on him! The perfect look!
I was at the video shoot, in the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Peter Powell had done a shout out for people to turn up the day before, on his Radio 1 show.
Haha me too! I remember queuing for a long time, then being inside for a long time. Them doing bits of playback and laughing when the music stopped as they were cut short in their performance, as were we with our 80s dance moves. My mate and I went because a friend begged us to go, yet she didn't turn up. Was fun though!
And there was a 'competition' to win Human League prizes, but it was obviously rigged, and was 'won' by the League super fan who wore Human League badges head to foot, and Human League scarves and so on. Which was fair enough. No one semed to mind.@@JimHanner
@@BobbyCrushed Ha! I didn't know that!
You know what, one of the best things about being in my 50's now is that I lived my teenage years in the 80's..........Priceless and I wouldn't change them for the world!🇬🇧
Concordo
Wow! The lead singer's voice!
Joanne Catherall slyly raising her eyes at 1:33 symbolizes a whole decade
That bass kills..great song
goddamn those gerls look friggin hot pf Excellent track .. This was about 86 projecting at least 4 yrs into the progressive future . for 17 yr olds half a lifetime . . what a track ..
Top quality video. They were at the top of their game back then. Awesome tune. Always had a crush on the dark haired girl
The golden age of the new romantic style!!! One of the best song ever!! Beers from Uruguay!!
Oscar Belza u do know the song is about the lebanese civilwar hahahahahaha
🇺🇾 nomá
Oscar Belza Agree with you Oscar. Raising a can of ice cold Bulgarian beer to your good health. Cheers!
Estamos de acuerdo, una de ls mejores canciones, human league una de mis bandas preferidas
I love the bass solo in the beginning of the song.
its amazing how this song is still just wonderfully written and the lyrics could as easily have been written about syria recently. Susan and Joanne just sum up early 80s new romantic looks too. Iconic stuff
Mon Dieu.... tellement de souvenirs!
Comment voir qui a placer un "👍"?🙄🙄 😂😂🤩🤩 En tout cas, merci!🥰🥰🥰🙏🙏🙏
I always loved this record.
Remember the shock when I first heard this back in 1984. Those screechy guitars were so unexpected from a previously all electronic band. After shock had subsided loved the song!
Yes,caught people by surprise all right. The only other Western pop song I'd heard (unless there are any that have slipped my mind) before then dealing with the subject was the one Mr Sarstedt did in summer 1978 called Beirut - Crumbling Stone By Stone. Bit of different vibe to this one!
Phil later admits that they were brow-beaten into using electric guitars and it was a betrayal of everything the Human League stood for.
@@smguy7 Well then Phil was an arsehole. Playing guitar doesn't necessarily make you sound like bluesy or some Zeppelin fartsy stuff.
I remember when this song came out. I don't know if I bought it right away or a friend came over and put it on my turn table. All I know is that the sound of this production was AWESOME - so powerful, and remains so to this day. Never saw this video before. Its pretty much amazing.
And the ladies were spectacularly beautiful
my favourite song from Human League
THE MAGIC OF THE Eighties, OUR YOUTH, NOW AWAY, THE SCHOOL, THE HOLIDAYS, AND THIS SONGS IS DURING THE DAY, AND YOU SAY A LITTLE? ...GREETINGS FROM ITALY ✋🇮🇹✋ ... HOW MANY MEMORIES
Memories of youth are the best. Great sound even today.
Definitely one of the best songs ever
Kelly14UK, I fully agree with you. This song is definitely one of the best songs ever just like so many of The Human League's other hit. After learning that this song reached #11 on the UK pop charts and #13 on the NZ pop charts, I felt the song should've peaked in the Top 10. Still, I've loved this song since I first heard it in 1984 and I always will.
stop talking shit man its 1 of there worse
Here again...
Lebanon 🇱🇧🇱🇧🇱🇧🇱🇧
Fab tune !
A top hit of 80's that vanished !! i couldnt find it nowhere ..i don't wonder why in fact
It didn’t do that well, even in Britain.
Wow Human League have the best melody and throbbing rhytms. (0s music makes you feel like everythong is possible in life.
When pop music was good too ... 80's ...
why don’t i remember this track it’s weird i only discovered this track tonight!!!
My time machine's ready...and bound for the 80s. Only 30 seats available, who's coming...first come first served!!!
Michael Mckay
I am in! Already have my oversized earrings and black eyeliner.
I want a seat!! I'll bring my biker jacket and dr Martens!!!😍😍
Already been there. Have fun anyway. ;)
Mi grupo favorito de los 80.
Junto con U2 y Eurithmics.
_WELL... WHAT WAS IT LIKE?_ 😲
and where there used to be shops, is where the snipers sometimes hide!
Estate del 1984 io 14enne. Canzone da volume a palla.