This is one of my most favourite songs ever written..and in all fairness, Justin is probably the only other person who could covered it and do it reasonable justice. Sparks are amazing.
Justin is excellent. Glam rock theater man with an incredible range. It's great that their best songs are in the tens of millions in views. But I think he's still underappreciated.
The worst part about the pandemic (for me) was their April show that got canceled (ironically enough, it was from their "Easter is Canceled" tour). I think about that all the time! I really hope I get to see them live someday.
This was recorded 2005. Ron was born on August 12, 1945. Russell was born on October 5, 1948. Do your own math. But about Ron and Russell, Sparks, THEY ARE THE GREATEST! 😁 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 Today, April 23, 2021, they and their first producer Todd Rundgren released the song 'Your Fandango'. Their latest album 'A Steady Drip Drip Drip' (2020) is brilliant, and they are currently recording for another one! (The album Rundgren produced was 'Halfnelson'/'Sparks')
OMG.... so i knew of this song, and knew it was a cover, but didn't know of the original band, and now there is a movie about them coming out.... and so i watch this video and WHAAAMMO, there they are, hahahaha this is awesome, i love this song.
@@jamespolnick5302 I hope you'll take the time to check up the rest of Sparks' 25 all together albums and singles, and you can find exquisite demos, whereof some where released, in their demo form, on the anniversary edition of Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins 2019, and the AMAZING (I just love it!) 'Computor Girl', one of a couple, Ron's and Russell's first recordings, "rent a studio by hours", 1967, January. It's on the 'Best of Sparks, Past Tense' album, also 2019. The lyrics!!! -67, and not "robot girl"! The first message from one computor to another was sent that year, before the Internet. And Ron and Russell...!? ❤️💖💖 Welcome to the wonderful world of Sparks ✨! You can find the most, at least the albums on their channel. Also on YT, demos, released on the anniversary edition /Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins: ✨Computor Girl ✨She's Beautiful (So What?) ✨Where Did I Leave My Halo? ✨What Would Katherine Hepurn Say? (vocals by their drummer during the era of 'Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins' Christi Haydon.)
@@jamespolnick5302 👍 My album suggestions to start with: ✨ 'Kimono My House' (1974) (Also the album ✨'Propaganda', the same year!!) ✨'No.1 In Heaven' (1979) ✨'Angst In My Pants' (1982) ✨'Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins' (1994) And here follow nearly every album since 2000 😂I simply can't pick 2-3!! They are also very different from eachother, which is a trade mark for Sparks, their two first albums from 1971 and -72 are similar, 'Kimono' and 'Propaganda' too. In the eighties a couple of albums also somewhat similar to eachother. That's it, of 24 studio albums as 'Sparks', one radio musical commisioned by the Swedish public radio, Sveriges Radio, 2009, 'The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman', one collection from a tour Ron and Russell did without a band, 'Two Hands One Mouth", 2012, one collaboration with Franz Ferdinand (FFS, 2015). The 24 albums depends on what you mean with' studio album', now Russell says 25, but a year ago, when 'A Steady Drip Drip Drip' were released they regarded that to be the 24th. ✨'Balls' (2000) ✨'Li'l Beethoven' (2002) ✨'Hello Young Lovers' (2006) ✨'Exotic Creatures Of The Deep' (2008, the way they promoted the release is unique, at the least! This was their 21st album, so, in London, they performed one of their albums, chronologically, every night, finishing with Exotic Creatures, in 21 days... Who would, but Sparks?!) ✨ 'Hippopotamus' (2017) ✨'A STEADY DRIP DRIP DRIP' (2020) It's not what I hold as the best ones, l couldn't choose anyway 🤣, but more representative. I believe you will find something you like, if not a full album, some songs here, some there. The albums are as varied in their styles as the albums. Which says a lot about the genius those two gentlemen possess.
I remember making a CD with my dad with this song on it and writing on the CD "my favourite song EVER this town ain't big enough for the both of us" awww such cute memories! I had a big crush on Justin Hawkins when I was young lmao. This song is still a banger!
In this video we see Justin proving that he is a proper bloke man, as you can see by his proper bloke man face and the fact that he is playing darts, proving that he is a proper bloke man.
Such a great cover! And seeing "16 times champion... Of the woooooooooooorld..... Phil.... The Power..... Taaaaaylooooor" was such a surprise for all darts fans!
I've always thought the music of Sparks has a theatrical quality to it that reminds me of Queen, and this cover doubles down on that. I absolutely love this!
'The Power' missing a bull to finish? Look, I love Justin but this scenario.....just wouldn't happen. Hahahahaha! Bringing reality to a rock video...pisser. Loved it!
+kevin williams LOL!! I used to watch Sparks on TV as a kid like I watched Dr Who - behind the sofa. I reckon Ron should be cast as a villain in a future Dr Who story. :-D
The fact that they used Russel Mael to evict a streaker while Ron Mael looks on menacingly makes me so happy. That clearly was the best use of their time imaginable. Isn't a cover that has been authorized like this a bit like coitus under parental supervision? Food for thought.
Great melodic structure; Glam Rock was pretty sophisticated stuff. I have been trying to get one of the phrases by ear, I can't get the second ascending phrase, will have to go to the MIDI file, I want to do an EDM version, with all the component themes broken up, repeated but then transitioning into each other. This is a great version, the lyrics are easier to listen to, and that wonderful vocal, of course.
glam rock wasn't sophisticated at all, this song seems like more of a tip of the cap to queen who ere probably the most complex mainstream band of all time.
brian bridges this song is originally from Spark's album Kimono My House which came out in May 1974. Yes, Queen's first album came out in 1973.....and pretty well went nowhere. Queen didn't hit the mainstream until their 4th album Killer Queen.....
maybe both bands were from the same scene, i don't know but there's too much complexity on that song to be a hit for an unkown band, the nly way it would have stood a chance is with a band who were alredy well past breaking the manstream with 'prettier' songs......... such as the darkness.
Cristian Gaston Benitez As I said above.....the Sparks album came out in MAY 1974. Sheer Heart Attack came out in NOVEMBER 1974......but yes, it was their 3rd album..my mistake.
Funniest video ever made on the best cover ever made by the craziest band that ever existed covering another craziest band that ever existed but about 30 years earlier.
It's a good cover but slightly let down by the iconic guitar riff, which here is played in a staccato style: imo it sounds much more effective played with sustained notes....(the way Sparks did it). Anyway, it's a 9/10 from me! :)
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Ah yes! The Sparkness!
Just justin actually
@@saintniccage2818 Okay, okay…..pedant-Nic😉
@@saintniccage2818oh dear 😂 it's a pun!
This is one of my most favourite songs ever written..and in all fairness, Justin is probably the only other person who could covered it and do it reasonable justice. Sparks are amazing.
I was thinking the exact same thing Virginia. Great minds...
Fantastic two of my favourite groups
Siouxsie and the Banshees did a cover of this that was quite good too. Still no Ron and Russell.
@@pcrangle5581 SATB rose it a notch with a genre change, but original and this are still great
Russell Mael was one of my inspirations for becoming a vocalist in a band. Sparks will always be an amazing band!
One of the most underrated covers out there.
I agree. I like to hear a remix of this and with the original SPARKS song.
yup such a good cover
@@itsblitz4437 yeah ..maybe i can try!
Oh my god. This is perfect. My Mum always said that The Darkness reminded her of Sparks… she was right. Jesus. This is what dreams are made of.
It was a top 10 hit for him reaching No.6 in the charts in 2006.
Brilliant cover, and with Ron and russell giving the seal of approval.
yeah brilliant
Unbelievable, actually spot on for a cover
This is just perfection. An already amazing song, covered with absolute aplomb. Love Justin, Russ and Ron. What legends.
Now I get where Justin Hawkins got his singing style from. The Sparks + Queen + Led Zeppelin = The Darkness. It makes all sense. A truely great cover!
This video deserves to be in a museum.
Justin is excellent. Glam rock theater man with an incredible range. It's great that their best songs are in the tens of millions in views.
But I think he's still underappreciated.
Just think, Ed Sheeran gets all the attention because he's got a loop pedal 🤷♂️
He's gaining traction. 😀
Justin Hawkins, Phil The Power Taylor and the duo from Sparks. What an awesome combination.
Ron Mael never breaks his Ron Mael character.
Ron Mael breaks the character that tries to break him.
It's the Supervillian look. If he was the baddie in an old Bond film, it would have ended differently. @@DanielThureskog
A friend of mine drank with them both in the student union bar after 1 of their performances way back when. Apparantly Ron is a very funny guy
@@Lamster66 well, as the old saying goes : "Never ask a man's salary, a woman's age, Ron Mael was he was doing in the 1930-ies and 40-ies"
I didn’t realise JLH covered one of the bests falsetto driven rock songs of all time. Wow! Didn’t he do it justice? 💪🏼
Paying tribute to the maestros themselves, and whoa! They are in the video, too!
Surprising that they didn't do more songs with Justin's voice as his comes close to the tones of some of the others.
He probably could have covered a lot of The Sparks songs...
Maybe they like this Version so, they ask them to be in this Video. And the rest is history...
not only in the video, but Russell also sang!
@@valterivocerqueira950, He was miming...
just found this, didnt know it existed, I love it
I still feel priveleged to have seen The Darkness live. Honestly one of the best memories of my life.
Then you have not seen much.
@@Milan-rc9on I've seen enough.
The worst part about the pandemic (for me) was their April show that got canceled (ironically enough, it was from their "Easter is Canceled" tour). I think about that all the time! I really hope I get to see them live someday.
Saw them first supporting The Wildhearts, and then about 18 months later, The Wildhearts where supporting them!
Same
This is one of the best goddamned covers of this song. Justin is a Worldwide Treasure.
My blobby on backing vocals on the chorus. Joking aside - Great cover
I just love the Cameos in this video, not only Sparks but Phil "The Power" Taylor, the greatest darts player ever.
This gives off queen vibes and I love it
This video made my day, and I haven't even finished it yet.
I mean, they even paid homage to the original vid by giving Russ the same afro mic!! How cool is that?!
I have a friend called Justin Hawkins. Different guy though, I think. Probably from different towns too.
Whether it’s with The Darkness, Hot Leg or solo Justin is always fuckin savage. Just awesome. What a talent 👏👏👏🤘
This is great at all levels
ron and russell = gods
How good do Russell n Ron look they're around 70 here haha ridiculous, may they live forever
This was recorded 2005.
Ron was born on August 12, 1945.
Russell was born on October 5, 1948.
Do your own math.
But about Ron and Russell, Sparks, THEY ARE THE GREATEST! 😁 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖
Today, April 23, 2021, they and their first producer Todd Rundgren released the song 'Your Fandango'.
Their latest album 'A Steady Drip Drip Drip' (2020) is brilliant, and they are currently recording for another one!
(The album Rundgren produced was 'Halfnelson'/'Sparks')
OMG.... so i knew of this song, and knew it was a cover, but didn't know of the original band, and now there is a movie about them coming out.... and so i watch this video and WHAAAMMO, there they are, hahahaha this is awesome, i love this song.
@@jamespolnick5302 I hope you'll take the time to check up the rest of Sparks' 25 all together albums and singles, and you can find exquisite demos, whereof some where released, in their demo form, on the anniversary edition of Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins 2019, and the AMAZING (I just love it!) 'Computor Girl', one of a couple, Ron's and Russell's first recordings, "rent a studio by hours", 1967, January. It's on the 'Best of Sparks, Past Tense' album, also 2019. The lyrics!!! -67, and not "robot girl"!
The first message from one computor to another was sent that year, before the Internet. And Ron and Russell...!? ❤️💖💖
Welcome to the wonderful world of Sparks ✨!
You can find the most, at least the albums on their channel.
Also on YT, demos, released on the anniversary edition /Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins:
✨Computor Girl
✨She's Beautiful (So What?)
✨Where Did I Leave My Halo?
✨What Would Katherine Hepurn Say? (vocals by their drummer during the era of 'Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins' Christi Haydon.)
@@annabackman3028 im gonna take a listen and probably watch the documentary, they have lots of people talking about them in it,
@@jamespolnick5302 👍
My album suggestions to start with:
✨ 'Kimono My House' (1974) (Also the album ✨'Propaganda', the same year!!)
✨'No.1 In Heaven' (1979)
✨'Angst In My Pants' (1982)
✨'Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins' (1994)
And here follow nearly every album since 2000 😂I simply can't pick 2-3!! They are also very different from eachother, which is a trade mark for Sparks, their two first albums from 1971 and -72 are similar, 'Kimono' and 'Propaganda' too. In the eighties a couple of albums also somewhat similar to eachother. That's it, of 24 studio albums as 'Sparks', one radio musical commisioned by the Swedish public radio, Sveriges Radio, 2009, 'The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman', one collection from a tour Ron and Russell did without a band, 'Two Hands One Mouth", 2012, one collaboration with Franz Ferdinand (FFS, 2015). The 24 albums depends on what you mean with' studio album', now Russell says 25, but a year ago, when 'A Steady Drip Drip Drip' were released they regarded that to be the 24th.
✨'Balls' (2000)
✨'Li'l Beethoven' (2002)
✨'Hello Young Lovers' (2006)
✨'Exotic Creatures Of The Deep' (2008, the way they promoted the release is unique, at the least! This was their 21st album, so, in London, they performed one of their albums, chronologically, every night, finishing with Exotic Creatures, in 21 days... Who would, but Sparks?!)
✨ 'Hippopotamus' (2017)
✨'A STEADY DRIP DRIP DRIP' (2020)
It's not what I hold as the best ones, l couldn't choose anyway 🤣, but more representative.
I believe you will find something you like, if not a full album, some songs here, some there. The albums are as varied in their styles as the albums. Which says a lot about the genius those two gentlemen possess.
I remember making a CD with my dad with this song on it and writing on the CD "my favourite song EVER this town ain't big enough for the both of us" awww such cute memories! I had a big crush on Justin Hawkins when I was young lmao. This song is still a banger!
How come I've never seen/hear this ?!?! Love it !!!
This version is AMAZING!!!
That was bloody brilliant
Brilliant
this a very interesting cover. i dig it
Yes!
In this video we see Justin proving that he is a proper bloke man, as you can see by his proper bloke man face and the fact that he is playing darts, proving that he is a proper bloke man.
He’s a fan of darts
@@lindsaydrewe8219 Just like a proper bloke man!
Justin Hawkins covering Sparks? I'm not the least bit surprised. Sparks and The Darkness are both great, IMO.
I just watched a Sparks documentary on Netflix and I was just thinking Justin must be a huge fan.
Such a great cover! And seeing "16 times champion... Of the woooooooooooorld..... Phil.... The Power..... Taaaaaylooooor" was such a surprise for all darts fans!
Daaaamn....LOVE Justin's voice ❤
I've always thought the music of Sparks has a theatrical quality to it that reminds me of Queen, and this cover doubles down on that. I absolutely love this!
Sparks did it first
Nearly as good as the original. Respect.
fantastic band
Wow, I haven't seen/heard this in years. Its a great cover. Always made me think of the start of an amazing gun duel :)
in a higher key than Russell!!!!!! Blew me away!!!
This video can only have been improved if Ron had been the umpire, the scorer, the cameraman, and the naked stage invader. Brilliant!
Great version!!!
This. Is. Brilliant. :)
Love both versions of this song
I love it😳
Heartbeat, inKHRReasing heartbeat...
'The Power' missing a bull to finish? Look, I love Justin but this scenario.....just wouldn't happen. Hahahahaha! Bringing reality to a rock video...pisser. Loved it!
I never knew I wanted a movie in which Sparks played announcers at a high-stakes darts game, but now I do!
It makes total sense that Justin make a a cover of this song.
I love this video!
Ron Mael makes everything better, whever he may crop up!
Sick tunes, dat soul.
Food Review UK MJ are you a Justin Hawkins fan?!
This will forever be one of my favorite recordings.
Very entertaining.
Когда впервые услышал the darkness, сразу же возникла ассоциация со sparks. Не удивительно, что такой кавер появился.
Power J
Totally unaware that this existed - shockingly
If the kids don't go to bed I tell them Ron will get them
+kevin williams LOL!! I used to watch Sparks on TV as a kid like I watched Dr Who - behind the sofa. I reckon Ron should be cast as a villain in a future Dr Who story. :-D
I like the bit when the dart is slowly rotating in mid air
The Power... 😂😂😂😂 So great
Props goes out to Phil Taylor as well.
This just shows u just how brilliant sparks were abd how poor Justin is. He's murdered it
OH GOD, RUSSELL AND RON
1:04 "Daily, except for Sunday. A total internet café where you meet all each day"
I missed that the first time round.
You dawdle in to the cafe where you meet her each day
this rocks harder than anything
and Phil the Power Taylor..legend of darts!
Like the video and great song, I prefer it sung by the original group Sparks though :) Nice to see his cameo in there though :)
I liked it bar the squeaky "this town ain't big enough" bits.
Possibly the funniest and greatest music video ever.
A true vocal Chameleon
0:59 "And here is... ah yeah and also Ron. Hey Ron!" I think that was on purpose.
J'aime bien la chanson.
Did anyone else notice Ed Graham (drummer from The Darkness) in the audience?
shandi411 The whole band are there, Dan bottom right corner at 2:14, and Ed and Richie are at the table together at 2:17
Thanks. I was looking but I guess not hard enough.
Frankie was out at the time, I guess.
Yes! 😂
No sorry, all I could see was the Mael brothers!❤️❤️
The fact that they used Russel Mael to evict a streaker while Ron Mael looks on menacingly makes me so happy. That clearly was the best use of their time imaginable. Isn't a cover that has been authorized like this a bit like coitus under parental supervision? Food for thought.
Russell Mael was the perfect guy for the job, he's a former Quarterback after all. ;)
Miss the Power
The cover is pretty great... but the video? A darts tournament? That's next level.
Ed in the audience legend
I love this video. And I hate most videos.
I love it 2019
Before Freddie there was Russell!
wait , the judge and the host arent the brothers from SPARKS band ?
You are absolutely correct dear chap!
+Eduardo Rooster The Sparks influence oozes from this one, and I love it!
+Eduardo Rooster i'm pretty sure
Course they are..
Shaun Hamilton this is a sparks song
Legendary darts player Bobby George laughed at this video. He said Justin was too skinny to be a darts player.
Russ and Ron are the best thing here
That is fantastic, was it all Sparks of a mix with The Darkness?
Great melodic structure; Glam Rock was pretty sophisticated stuff. I have been trying to get one of the phrases by ear, I can't get the second ascending phrase, will have to go to the MIDI file, I want to do an EDM version, with all the component themes broken up, repeated but then transitioning into each other. This is a great version, the lyrics are easier to listen to, and that wonderful vocal, of course.
glam rock wasn't sophisticated at all, this song seems like more of a tip of the cap to queen who ere probably the most complex mainstream band of all time.
brian bridges this song is originally from Spark's album Kimono My House which came out in May 1974. Yes, Queen's first album came out in 1973.....and pretty well went nowhere. Queen didn't hit the mainstream until their 4th album Killer Queen.....
maybe both bands were from the same scene, i don't know but there's too much complexity on that song to be a hit for an unkown band, the nly way it would have stood a chance is with a band who were alredy well past breaking the manstream with 'prettier' songs......... such as the darkness.
Hugh Hamilton sorry dude but killer Queen song its in Sheen heart attack álbum .... 3th band album from in 1974
Cristian Gaston Benitez As I said above.....the Sparks album came out in MAY 1974. Sheer Heart Attack came out in NOVEMBER 1974......but yes, it was their 3rd album..my mistake.
♥♥♥
Watching Courtney Loves mother singing on JUSTIN HWKINS RIDES AGAIN and found this gem🎤🎤👊🍻🙏🙏
I'd say, hands down, British Whale is the best band that ever lived
Ron went from looking like Hitler to looking like John Waters
Deserves so many more views. Love the original, but think this cover trumps it.
keep pressing 7.
Funniest video ever made on the best cover ever made by the craziest band that ever existed covering another craziest band that ever existed but about 30 years earlier.
ok, now I get the darts. I hear about them all over but never got it.
Very fitting. Any type of vocal theatrics. How bout Arthur Brown or Dio?
Arthur Brown 👍Give him a flower! 😁
Never noticed Phil Taylor was in it.
is the "the" part in the title mandela effect?
Fucking cool!!🤟
It's a good cover but slightly let down by the iconic guitar riff, which here is played in a staccato style: imo it sounds much more
effective played with sustained notes....(the way Sparks did it). Anyway, it's a 9/10 from me! :)