I love how the whole story of the band can be summed up in six and a half minutes. They got together, made two albums, and lived the rest of their lives perfoming three songs in various forms. Don't get me wrong, I loved SSS for what they were...a wild music experiment from Tony James.
Exactly! I have fond memories of SSS in 1986 when I was in high school and we all listened to Flaunt It. It was very sexual and rebellious, perfect for kids in their mid teens as I was. I still have the CD and sometimes reminisce.
Pop music has always needed excitement. Sigue Sigue Sputnik were one of the few bands to give a glimpse of what could have been. Pop music could now be on a different path if radio 1 had not existed!
The music of Sigue Sigue Sputnik in the late 80's and early 90's (when I was in my twenties) really cheered me up and for that I will be forever grateful.
Loved then then - love them now! IMHO, the world is just starting to catch up to them. And for the record, I still use Studio Line today because of Sigue Sigue Sputnik!
Huh, I had no idea the 'ads' in Flaunt it were paid advertisers. Personally, I think they are amazing on that record. I love the LoReal spot, "fixing gel strong hold behold...the way you like it...". LOVE that album!!!
Thanks for that 2000jago ;-) Yes SSS were damned by everyone right from the start saying that they were a gimmick and wouldnt last 5 minutes, but they are still around and still performing, truly original
This band brought more colour, innovation and most importantly FUN than boring people could handle. Brightened up my life immensely in the boring twat filled 80s and I love them for that.
GENERATION X!!!! The greatest most diversified music era. The last era that thought for themselves and didn't care what another person thought of them.
I loved them when they first appeared. I bought the Sex Bomb Boogie 'VHS single' and didnt realise at the time that, as a naive teenager, what I perceived as a golden bullet on the cover was something else entirely 😂
These guys were hilarious. I used to play a table top Cyberpunk role playing game and always put Flaunt It on in the background, as I assumed that was the radio top 40 in the future.
You had to have that "toy box" when it was released! Had a t-shirt also and saw them when they played NYC on Halloween night. One thing: The Who Sell Out was the first commercial tie-in album.
The problem I have with "Talking Heads" shows like this clip, is that the Talking Heads themselves either weren't there/didn't understand/are reading from the script the producers have provided them with/are trying to make THEMSELVES out to be somehow better than who or what they're talking about/are using someone elses fame as an opportunity to trot out their pre-written "hilarious spur of the moment" comments. I mean exactly who is David Quantick and does his version of events tally up with history? And if he hated Sputnik that much......why did he listen to the album 40 times ;-) They were ahead of their time, they DID play (I know, I saw them twice) and their sound is still amazing to this day. Hips lips guns guitars high heels high hair 2 drummers a guitarist a singer & a space bass, I wish 1986 would come back.
Agreed. I detest the hosts that haven't a clue who they are interviewing and likely haven't bothered to meet them before the live broadcast/recording of the show. How's the female host just staring at 1:46? Just...blank. I love these guys. Hot girls, mega high heels, lots of hair, shreds of clothing (like Mötley Crüe) and ATTITUDE!! Loved the 80s, man! 🤩
@@normturner4849 I'd forgotten I'd commented on this, 10 years ago!! My opinion has changed slightly since then though, on rewatching this video I'm even more annoyed at David Quantick's smug attitude and insulting comments 😂.
For some reason they now remind me of early Roxy Music. Sigue Sigue music has aged well because it has not aged. Plus if David Bowie covers one of your songs you must be doing ok.
I mean, is it "good"? No; lordy no. But it's still awesome. All I knows is that I break out in a stupid grin whenever I hear their music or hear the words Sigue Sigue Sputnik.
06:10 - Soooo.... Why are they playing Prime Mover by Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction? I wonder if the producers of the clip know this was somebody else.
Look at the sampling of the Beastie Boys and White Zombie. They changed the industry to an extent. I love the fact she still wears the shades. Truly an original!
Gawd. One of the most baffling bands to ever exist. Somebody stop Tony James! That’s right lol, Billy Idol’s former bandmate is responsible all of this.
SSS were all hype and they were riding it very well. Everything else around them was a set of circumstances - some of which worked on their behalf and some of which buried them down deep in the end. And no, Magenta, they were definitely NOT the first ones to use sampling. Sorry, do your PR homework.
@@curly_wyn Don't forget Big Audio Dynamite hence the Tony James connection with Mick Jones they go way back and collaborated in the Band Carbon Silicon. Big Audio Dynamite first Album is Full of Sampling
The point was made perfectly. Tony James worked it all out to the Nth degree but somehow forgot to pay attention to the music. The anticipation for this band was meteoric and then the single came out...... ...... and their career crashed.
This group was INSANE. But my f$&king GOD, they were brilliant. Movie samples, stuttering, their persona, their haircuts, and love of Japan. As insane as the 80’s were, they were beyond insane. Like Ebn Ozn, Haysi Fantayzee, and Oingo Boingo on electronic Japanese sexy medicine turbo chunk technology money making madness heroin! Along with samples of insanity from TV shows and movies.
I loved the band and one of their songs. I promoted their US album. I spent one crazy night running them around LA, Hollywood, and Beverly Hills.. At one point we were at some random party. There was a guitar and piano there. Martin Degville and I jammed on Led Zeppelin songs.
Era febre tbm aqui no Brasil ate foram no domingão do faustao nesse dia q passou eu tava trabalhando na danceteria Piramide , mas por acaso fui comprar algo numa lanchonete e estavam lá os kras numa tela de tv isso foi em 1989 . . .
Funny how Nick Kershaw refers to a “bass” being in the studio with song instructions taped to the top??? This was in fact a Roland Guitar Synthesiser given to Tony James by Mick Jones from The Clash. They were very complicated and Tony James had successfully played bass with Generation X many years earlier! No doubt Mr Kershaw’s ham-fisted guitar work, that didn’t get him the job in Deep Purple that he auditioned for in the mid ‘70’s was due to not knowing a guitar from a bass!!! Arse/ elbow????😂😂😂
Traded my FLAUNT IT LP for a Ren & Stimp-a-thon bootleg VHS, man was I high back then, got it on cd easily of course and all I could find recently was the Massive Retaliation 12" single and was freaking out like it was brand new. They are ahead of time not out of time and it's about time.
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I love how the whole story of the band can be summed up in six and a half minutes. They got together, made two albums, and lived the rest of their lives perfoming three songs in various forms. Don't get me wrong, I loved SSS for what they were...a wild music experiment from Tony James.
Flaunt It! is one of the greatest records ever. Never gets old.
Agreed. So good.
Exactly! I have fond memories of SSS in 1986 when I was in high school and we all listened to Flaunt It. It was very sexual and rebellious, perfect for kids in their mid teens as I was. I still have the CD and sometimes reminisce.
I found "Flaunt It" in my local record shop a few months ago! I play it constantly.
3 years later this is still true!
It’s extremely dated. It got old instantly.
Pop music has always needed excitement. Sigue Sigue Sputnik were one of the few bands to give a glimpse of what could have been. Pop music could now be on a different path if radio 1 had not existed!
Um, these fish-net wearing dingbats has absolutely no impact or effect on pop music today lol
The music of Sigue Sigue Sputnik in the late 80's and early 90's (when I was in my twenties) really cheered me up and for that I will be forever grateful.
Christ you must have been really depressed...
Carmel Ellis
Hahaha!! Yes, I was....
Fantastic!! Wayyyyyyy ahead of it's time.
absolutely loved them loved them loved them !
Sure they hyped. But they delivered!
Love the 1st 2 albums, along with Ultra Real.
Loved then then - love them now! IMHO, the world is just starting to catch up to them. And for the record, I still use Studio Line today because of Sigue Sigue Sputnik!
I think it's "Fixing gel, strong hold! Be bold!" Either way, freaking brilliant.
"Studio Line, create your look."
Great innovators from a great time.Love them always.
They didn’t innovate shit.
The Edsel of 1980s rock bands. The features everybody wants, in the product nobody wants.
More like a lancia
Huh, I had no idea the 'ads' in Flaunt it were paid advertisers. Personally, I think they are amazing on that record. I love the LoReal spot, "fixing gel strong hold behold...the way you like it...". LOVE that album!!!
Happy to see Nik Kershaw. In the 80's i used to listen "The Riddle". Thank you! And kisses from Marcella! (São Paulo, Brazil) =)
they were like a live action 80's anime
Stylistically they also remind me of Visual Kei.
Prime Mover, the song played at the end of this clip is by Zodiac Mindwarp - an actual band with great songs. Don't know how it found its way on here.
Have the vinyl record..😎
Wondered why it was played here..
@@ZzaphodD I think Sputnik covered it later on (This has Neal X on vocals...after Degville left)....this is their version that's playing.
Seeing this years ago on TV was what made me a fan of SSS!
SSS!!! One of my fave.s for well over 20 years! Thanks for posting this! Very COOL! :)
Thanks for that 2000jago ;-) Yes SSS were damned by everyone right from the start saying that they were a gimmick and wouldnt last 5 minutes, but they are still around and still performing, truly original
Lmao, so what? It doesn’t make them great or original because they’re still around, because persistence doesn’t legitimize this kind of idiocy.
You know it's creative when it just confuses everyone. Awesome!
i loved their music. they put out stuff in the 2000s also. still playing now. not shure if the whole groups still doin it or just martin.
Love Sputnik! Without them, we'd never have made our album. No Serial Killer.
Well , Thank God for that then . Has your Gran got any left for sale ?
Transição Planetária!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I didn't realize they were so ahead of their time. Cool!
Brilliant. Thankyou so much.
love david quantic and sigue sigue sputnik!
Loved them brilliant
As a fan of Billy Idol and Generation X , I have to get some of Sigue Sigue Sputnik's music!
Like em or not they were revolutionary in a lot of what they did. Well deserved place in history.
They weren’t revolutionary at all. To put it bluntly, Sigue Sigue Sputnik were truly shit!
This band brought more colour, innovation and most importantly FUN than boring people could handle. Brightened up my life immensely in the boring twat filled 80s and I love them for that.
Lmao shut up, they didn’t innovate shit, they just sucked.
GENERATION X!!!!
The greatest most diversified music era. The last era that thought for themselves and didn't care what another person thought of them.
I loved them when they first appeared. I bought the Sex Bomb Boogie 'VHS single' and didnt realise at the time that, as a naive teenager, what I perceived as a golden bullet on the cover was something else entirely 😂
Happy to watch this documentary. And happy to see Nik Kershaw. Kisses from Brazil! =)
SSS was AWESOME!!!! Sort of like Bowie meets ‘Blade Runner’ meets ‘The Road Warrior’ meets Punk meets ‘Wall Street’ meets Sony meets SEGA!!!! 🤘🤘🤘
These guys were hilarious. I used to play a table top Cyberpunk role playing game and always put Flaunt It on in the background, as I assumed that was the radio top 40 in the future.
great track cant knock em for that
Luv this band
Great band.
I was 12… And we loved it! Saw them on TV in Italy, my friend 14, said to me “come over, there is this really crazy band on TV”!
At least twenty years ahead of their time. They bridged the words of punk and X-Factor. Like most great acts, reviled at the time, revered now.
Revered by whom? I have never heard anyone, not even my music-loving friends, ever mention them.
@@curly_wyn they hit on enough ideas/themes that would show up in music years later - but in the end the music was not that good enough
Saw SSS Electronic at a small gig in Birmingham around 12 years ago and enjoyed getting hammered with Martin, Johann and co at the after party 😂
We need them back please !!!
You had to have that "toy box" when it was released! Had a t-shirt also and saw them when they played NYC on Halloween night. One thing: The Who Sell Out was the first commercial tie-in album.
"They were totally manufactured..." and 2023 Charts "Hold my bear"
Yep. These guys look good by comparison. Though they always looked good by me regardless and I hate modern music.
The problem I have with "Talking Heads" shows like this clip, is that the Talking Heads themselves either weren't there/didn't understand/are reading from the script the producers have provided them with/are trying to make THEMSELVES out to be somehow better than who or what they're talking about/are using someone elses fame as an opportunity to trot out their pre-written "hilarious spur of the moment" comments. I mean exactly who is David Quantick and does his version of events tally up with history? And if he hated Sputnik that much......why did he listen to the album 40 times ;-) They were ahead of their time, they DID play (I know, I saw them twice) and their sound is still amazing to this day. Hips lips guns guitars high heels high hair 2 drummers a guitarist a singer & a space bass, I wish 1986 would come back.
They weren’t ahead of shit. They suck, ass.
Agreed. I detest the hosts that haven't a clue who they are interviewing and likely haven't bothered to meet them before the live broadcast/recording of the show.
How's the female host just staring at 1:46?
Just...blank.
I love these guys.
Hot girls, mega high heels, lots of hair, shreds of clothing (like Mötley Crüe) and ATTITUDE!!
Loved the 80s, man! 🤩
@@normturner4849 I'd forgotten I'd commented on this, 10 years ago!! My opinion has changed slightly since then though, on rewatching this video I'm even more annoyed at David Quantick's smug attitude and insulting comments 😂.
GLAM ROCK Precursor 1 of a kind in many respects
For some reason they now remind me of early Roxy Music. Sigue Sigue music has aged well because it has not aged. Plus if David Bowie covers one of your songs you must be doing ok.
the brightest of stars burrn only for a short time; SSS's star burn very bright indeed! (Para-phrased from no place other than Bldae-runner!)
well gary numan sampled blade runner for a couple of tracks on his fury album. that was from 1985.
I went to see them live once, in a pub in Nuttley. Was a great gig.
I bought it, the 12 inch vinyl, the day it was released!!!!
Imagine a 21st Century band fronted by David Quantick!!! Much easier being the critic...
I thought I was the only one that loved sputnik back in the 80's all my friends thought I was crazy for listening to them, them and propaganda
I missed this lovely times❤❤❤
Yana Ya Ya! 🙂
I'm still trying to decide whether this was utter genius, or utter dogshit. Thirty years later, I'm none the wiser.....
It's deffo dogshit!..
I mean, is it "good"? No; lordy no. But it's still awesome. All I knows is that I break out in a stupid grin whenever I hear their music or hear the words Sigue Sigue Sputnik.
I say Genius it was basically a punk version weabooism
blade runner, cyberspace , vaporwave capitalism , japan that's what weaboos resonate with
Definitely dogshit, but very entertaining dogshit!
@@bubblegumgun3292 It’s weeb shit?? Oh no..lol
Now I wanna play ''Super Hang-On''...
The only band in the world which came with a Use By date. Aged like milk.
80s glam punk sons of ziggy
SSS taught me that if your band isn't about BMX bikes then who gives a f**k what your band is about.
"He looked like a boiled egg" - LOL
We need a band like this in 2024, to wake up the dead world of so called music
@thesecretlivesofcats The song at 1:55 is - its a kind of magic by Queen
06:10 - Soooo.... Why are they playing Prime Mover by Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction? I wonder if the producers of the clip know this was somebody else.
SS covered it later on....this is Neal x on vocs after Degville left. This version playing is Sputniks.
BIG MISTAKK, the 6.25 song is Zodiac Mindwarp's excellent "Prime mover"…
A boiled egg with tights on his face. help! I cant stop laughing!
Look at the sampling of the Beastie Boys and White Zombie. They changed the industry to an extent. I love the fact she still wears the shades. Truly an original!
0:41 Wow! On guitar - USSR flag. ) Hello !
На гитаре - советские серп и молот !
They're english
Brilliant.... and did anyone else spot Sideshow Bob.
and what was Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction's Prime Mover doing in there ?!
SSS covered it later on...this is it.
Gawd. One of the most baffling bands to ever exist. Somebody stop Tony James! That’s right lol, Billy Idol’s former bandmate is responsible all of this.
What's your issue?
I don't know why nick kershaw said that as sputnik didn't use a bass guitar.
SSS were all hype and they were riding it very well. Everything else around them was a set of circumstances - some of which worked on their behalf and some of which buried them down deep in the end. And no, Magenta, they were definitely NOT the first ones to use sampling. Sorry, do your PR homework.
She said they were ONE OF the first ones, pay attention.
@@curly_wyn Don't forget Big Audio Dynamite hence the Tony James connection with Mick Jones they go way back and collaborated in the Band Carbon Silicon. Big Audio Dynamite first Album is Full of Sampling
@@kingjellybeans7823 And Big Audio Dynamite is also much better than this garbage!
The point was made perfectly.
Tony James worked it all out to the Nth degree but somehow forgot to pay attention to the music.
The anticipation for this band was meteoric and then the single came out......
...... and their career crashed.
They had alot of good songs! What are you going on about?
Titty bum titty bum titty bum.
Diddydiddydiddydiddy.
That’s a great song?
This is only a guess but could it be one if the Steve Wright afternoon boys posse thing? Really tricky to work it out.
They have a story????
can stil remember my 45cm mohawk and my long earing and my damn good freind adam cophagens only full blood fashion punks the mf start of cyber
This group was INSANE. But my f$&king GOD, they were brilliant. Movie samples, stuttering, their persona, their haircuts, and love of Japan. As insane as the 80’s were, they were beyond insane. Like Ebn Ozn, Haysi Fantayzee, and Oingo Boingo on electronic Japanese sexy medicine turbo chunk technology money making madness heroin! Along with samples of insanity from TV shows and movies.
6:07 WOAH Thunder Blade and Hang On
Very enjoyable on bike rides for sure
They were the last of the hair bands soon to be replaced by the calmer tones of grunge.
Quantick's obviously a fan in denial. 'Once you've heard it 45 times ....' Hmm ...
BEST !!!!!
SUPER HI ENERGY !!!!!
Aquí en Uruguay lo conocemos como/misil de amor!?
I loved the band and one of their songs. I promoted their US album. I spent one crazy night running them around LA, Hollywood, and Beverly Hills.. At one point we were at some random party. There was a guitar and piano there. Martin Degville and I jammed on Led Zeppelin songs.
First to sample from TV, etc?? Absolutely not - OMG!!! Cabaret Voltaire easily pipped them by three or four years.
+Alison Cassidy And never forget Godfathers of industrial, sampling masters Skinny Puppy!
She said 'one of the first...' 🙄
@@normturner4849 “[…] but nobody did it then”.
Nope.
Era febre tbm aqui no Brasil ate foram no domingão do faustao nesse dia q passou eu tava trabalhando na danceteria Piramide , mas por acaso fui comprar algo numa lanchonete e estavam lá os kras numa tela de tv isso foi em 1989 . . .
Toyah beat them to the cyberpunk thing by a good three years or so
More like 10 years 😜
Une grande époque des années 80!
whos the guy presenting TOTP with steve wright at 0:12 ????
Funny how Nick Kershaw refers to a “bass” being in the studio with song instructions taped to the top???
This was in fact a Roland Guitar Synthesiser given to Tony James by Mick Jones from The Clash.
They were very complicated and Tony James had successfully played bass with Generation X many years earlier!
No doubt Mr Kershaw’s ham-fisted guitar work, that didn’t get him the job in Deep Purple that he auditioned for in the mid ‘70’s was due to not knowing a guitar from a bass!!! Arse/ elbow????😂😂😂
Absolute icon's.
I miss you Lisa Love.
What's with the bell end commentators who weren't even there?
I think if someone tried this trick today it might work better
Very good
Traded my FLAUNT IT LP for a Ren & Stimp-a-thon bootleg VHS, man was I high back then, got it on cd easily of course and all I could find recently was the Massive Retaliation 12" single and was freaking out like it was brand new. They are ahead of time not out of time and it's about time.
Wow !
Crass sampled a lot of radio and TV and that was WAY before this...
I NEVER HEARD OF THEM!
Хорошая Группа
Не то слово ! Суперклассная поныне !
На 0:41 На гитаре - советские серп и молот !
did a quick 2 minute search... Paul Jordan. (never heard of him either)
They were The Monkees- turned inside out. Guts and all.
con todo ese maquillaje yo los veo igualitos