FIRST TIME HEARING The Human League - Fascination REACTION

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  • FIRST TIME HEARING The Human League - Fascination REACTION
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  • @Xman156
    @Xman156 8 месяцев назад +122

    This song is labeled as Synth-pop, but back in the day it was also called New Wave. Anyway, this is yet another example of the unique music of the 80s! To me, the 80s had the most diverse music with a lot of innovation, and the songs were so catchy!

    • @stevemurrell6167
      @stevemurrell6167 8 месяцев назад +8

      True but it was synthy new wave, to me almost New Romantic. Not all New Wave has synths. You're right though about the 80's, it was as you say, such a diverse and innovative period for music. Really exciting times.

    • @user-dk6pl9lj3e
      @user-dk6pl9lj3e 6 месяцев назад +2

      Not so new now tho. :p

    • @anthonykay6301
      @anthonykay6301 6 месяцев назад

      Check out ELECTRIC DREAMS in London, UK who play all this great music at their long running club nights ;-)

    • @kevn99
      @kevn99 6 месяцев назад +1

      Don’t tell me you’re 55. . .😂

    • @lloydsenterfitt4913
      @lloydsenterfitt4913 5 месяцев назад

      @@kevn99 63, loved the 70s and eas not a fan of hair bands abd all their music sounded the same to me. I was so happy when Grunge came along.

  • @tmalone2530
    @tmalone2530 Месяц назад +3

    The 80’s was as ruled by Madonna, MJ & Prince but there were also so many other talents. The 80’s was all about FUN music. What a time.

  • @vh1984ful
    @vh1984ful 8 месяцев назад +13

    Philip Oakley walks into a dance bar, sees these two girls dancing, and asks them if they want to join his band.

  • @tylerhackner9731
    @tylerhackner9731 8 месяцев назад +83

    Love this iconic 80s synthpop group

  • @marcnovellino2028
    @marcnovellino2028 8 месяцев назад +59

    This song brings back so many memories of summer 1983 as a 20 year old hanging out with friends on the weekends after a hard week of work

    • @waltermaples3998
      @waltermaples3998 8 месяцев назад +2

      Yes ❤️❤️❤️👍😉

    • @phillipbradford6976
      @phillipbradford6976 8 месяцев назад +5

      I was 18...and cruising every saturday night when this came out in the spring of '83. I know I have this cassette somewhere.

    • @steveb7429
      @steveb7429 8 месяцев назад +2

      I was 17. Senior year in high school. Great memories

    • @MorrisB1971
      @MorrisB1971 5 дней назад

      I was 12 and loved every second of it

    • @MorrisB1971
      @MorrisB1971 5 дней назад

      Going to the drive in as well. God I miss the 80s😊

  • @juniorvega42
    @juniorvega42 8 месяцев назад +6

    Funny how nowadays these songs are labeled as Synth Pop. This music was just New Wave! Yes, different styles within the genre, but it's all New Wave!

  • @keithroberts4952
    @keithroberts4952 8 месяцев назад +46

    One of the best all synth pop songs from the 80's! The horns and bass are all synth! Great band!

    • @22tango79
      @22tango79 8 месяцев назад

      And please react to the fantastic Love Action, The Human League’s first top ten hit, 1981 I think, the offical video: ruclips.net/video/FBEIkZ8egfY/видео.htmlsi=Bmyq_ZuzZuUzBqyO Incredible time capsule, top shelf production.

  • @paulsheedy4650
    @paulsheedy4650 8 месяцев назад +97

    Great 80's synth pop was never afraid to mix it up with instruments and sounds. The bass in this slaps.
    Excellent choice people. Paul.😁👍📀❤️🎶

    • @ATalkingBadger
      @ATalkingBadger 8 месяцев назад +1

      You don't need to put your name at the end of your comment, especially when your username has your name in it...ATalkingBadger. 🪵🪨🧱🏗🏛🏘🏚🏟🧭🏔⛰️🫎🐴🐮🐂😶‍🌫️🥵🥳🤠🤖👅🧑‍🌾

    • @steveb7429
      @steveb7429 8 месяцев назад

      Awesome comment. The bass does Slap!

  • @marioibarra7886
    @marioibarra7886 8 месяцев назад +78

    Speaking of synth pop…Depeche Mode live and in concert “never let me down again”. You WILL love it, guaranteed

    • @seanswinton6242
      @seanswinton6242 8 месяцев назад +8

      Also Strangleove and Behind The Wheel!

    • @macalcord
      @macalcord 8 месяцев назад +3

      More Howard Jones as well please.

    • @johnreilly3315
      @johnreilly3315 8 месяцев назад +4

      Especially the 101 concert from Pasedena

    • @mem1701movies
      @mem1701movies 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@johnreilly3315have you seen them on LIVE AT LETTERMAN?

    • @mamatay7
      @mamatay7 8 месяцев назад +4

      Omg, my bff went to see DM Mday and called me from the show so I could here Policy of Truth! I love Depeche Mode SOOOOO much!!! Don't know if they reacted to Personal Jesus, but that's a MUST, plus The World in My Eyes, It's No Good, Somebody, Enjoy the Silence, Strangelove, Stripped (Live,) Walking in My Shoes, I Feel You, and so many others

  • @brucer2152
    @brucer2152 8 месяцев назад +28

    This song was a HUGE hit...and had such a great riff

  • @athenawiltfong5717
    @athenawiltfong5717 8 месяцев назад +55

    Very happy y'all react to just about every decade, every genre. With the 80's, this is one of the better groups from the decade. I was a kid when this dropped. Both of y'all are awesome. Keep doing what you do. It helps a lot of folks smile and just have an overall good day.

  • @rodb9275
    @rodb9275 8 месяцев назад +26

    It's so fun to go back and hear these songs with adult (57) ears. I appreciate this even more now. That guys voice makes the whole song, when he goes deep. And the ladies sound great and add so much fun.

  • @ronnix23
    @ronnix23 8 месяцев назад +28

    My favorite Human League song. I remember I used to have the 12 inch of this, and the extended version is even better.

  • @WAYUPDUDE1382
    @WAYUPDUDE1382 8 месяцев назад +161

    🎸The two ladies now are 60 and 61 years old. They are still rockin it! 🎸

    • @Skeezer66
      @Skeezer66 8 месяцев назад +16

      That Almost makes me feel bad, but since I'm 57, it's okay! LOL!!

    • @WAYUPDUDE1382
      @WAYUPDUDE1382 8 месяцев назад +17

      @@Skeezer66 Thats funny we are the same age. Oh crap we are old!

    • @garibaldi54
      @garibaldi54 8 месяцев назад +14

      And they were teenage schoolgirls when they started out in the band. Other groups from the same era are older.

    • @Johnny_Socko
      @Johnny_Socko 8 месяцев назад +8

      @@garibaldi54 Right, it wasn't until this comment that I realized how young they all were! When this song came out I was in my first year of high school, so they would've just barely graduated.

    • @Skeezer66
      @Skeezer66 8 месяцев назад

      @@WAYUPDUDE1382

  • @jamiedianne6778
    @jamiedianne6778 8 месяцев назад +54

    You have to hear “Together in Electric Dreams”! Phillip Oakley (From Human League) collaborated with Giorgio Moroder on an album around the same time as Fascination came out or a little later, and it’s definitely worth a listen! ❤

    • @georgedominguez255
      @georgedominguez255 8 месяцев назад +9

      Yes that whole movie soundtrack is awesome. Giorgio Moroder is a producer par excellence!

    • @swtp32
      @swtp32 8 месяцев назад +4

      Love Electric Dreams

    • @lindac7966
      @lindac7966 8 месяцев назад +1

      Oakey

    • @ronripley2247
      @ronripley2247 8 месяцев назад

      1000%!!! I was about to leave the same comment but thought I better read the other comments to see if someone already suggested it. It is my all time favorite Human League song....the extended version (6:23 in length) is the ultimate vibe! That song transports you. I learned something new - that they collaborated with Giorgio on this song. No wonder I LOVE it. lol

    • @andthenhesaid
      @andthenhesaid 8 месяцев назад

      Definitely want to add that to your movie react channel too, if you can get hold of a copy. "Electric Dreams". It's an obscure little movie but so, so good. Early 80s but in many ways so far ahead of its time in the ideas it played with.

  • @cameroncopus9737
    @cameroncopus9737 8 месяцев назад +26

    "Together in electric dreams" definately needs to be listened too

    • @alanstrom2221
      @alanstrom2221 8 месяцев назад

      Definitely not Definately

    • @tomashford5796
      @tomashford5796 8 месяцев назад

      Although not a Human League track

  • @donnamcmanus7360
    @donnamcmanus7360 8 месяцев назад +41

    The group is awesome & love this song and how the singing members all get to shine. Bonus is the ladies low key doing the Carlton moves😊

    • @Sportsref13
      @Sportsref13 8 месяцев назад +8

      although the ladies were doing it Years before Carlton

    • @donnamcmanus7360
      @donnamcmanus7360 8 месяцев назад +4

      @@Sportsref13 Yeah, just another piece of its origins story😄

  • @SRGots
    @SRGots 8 месяцев назад +11

    This video was on MTV so much when it was out. You couldn't escape it.

  • @donnacorey5682
    @donnacorey5682 8 месяцев назад +18

    Not only my favorite Human League song but one of my all time favorite songs. Glad you did this one.

  • @anthonyfoster6737
    @anthonyfoster6737 8 месяцев назад +20

    The Human League was a great addition to the 2nd British Invasion in the early 80s... "Mirror Man" was a hit that should have went a bit higher on the charts, great vibe, highly recommend.

    • @seanswinton6242
      @seanswinton6242 8 месяцев назад +2

      Yes! Fascination and Mirror Man, in particular, are often overlooked when the masses think of The Human League.

    • @rjjcms1
      @rjjcms1 8 месяцев назад +1

      Both actually got to number 2 in the charts. Keep Feeling Facination was kept off the top by Spandau Ballet's True in April/May 1983,while Mirror Man was denied by first Eddy Grant's I Don't Want to Dance and then the Jam's farewell single Beat Surrender in the run-up to Christmas 1982.

    • @anthonyfoster6737
      @anthonyfoster6737 8 месяцев назад +1

      Here in the U.S. it only peaked at #30
      on the Billboard Charts. It did go to #2 in the UK

    • @alanstrom2221
      @alanstrom2221 8 месяцев назад +1

      "was a hit that should have went a bit higher" is incorrect grammar.
      Replace 'went' with 'gone' to be correct English.

  • @bertisjordan1085
    @bertisjordan1085 8 месяцев назад +6

    Human League had a nice little run here in the States. This was a time when there was a lot of English groups were charting.

  • @magneto7930
    @magneto7930 8 месяцев назад +10

    My favorite of theirs! Perfect 80s pop!

  • @kelliedee
    @kelliedee 8 месяцев назад +15

    Mirror Man is another one to check out. If you haven't reacted to the group Ultravox, please do. Their songs, Vienna and Dancing With Tears In My Eyes are two of their best in my opinion.

  • @chrisa3102
    @chrisa3102 8 месяцев назад +2

    And so the conversation turned....until the sun went down....and many fantasies were learned....on that day! LOL Love that line!

  • @jackie_jrml
    @jackie_jrml 8 месяцев назад +31

    This is such a fun song. Makes me smile!! Glad you thought the same Jay!
    I have it on my fun party song playlist lol 😂 Glad you enjoyed!

  • @brokenmummy232
    @brokenmummy232 8 месяцев назад +14

    It's so wonderful seeing and hearing how much Y'all love this one as much as we did back in the early 80's. What a bunch of great memories this song conjures up. Thanx Y'all from your DFW Texas Fan 🤠

  • @jgreen6772
    @jgreen6772 8 месяцев назад +19

    This one is my favorite song by them. I also like "The Lebanon" and an old one from before they broke up and Phil Oakey added the two girls, "Being Boiled" - very synth! Another great synth classic is "Looking from a Hilltop" by Section 25, and you really need to do more Thompson Twins: "Doctor Doctor" "Lies" and "Into the Gap."

    • @lynnhettrick7588
      @lynnhettrick7588 8 месяцев назад

      Yes! More Thompson Twins!

    • @alanstrom2221
      @alanstrom2221 8 месяцев назад

      I bought The Thompson Twins first album 'The Set' before they broke into the mainstream. I liked "Bouncing Like a Ball"

  • @bobbyc3895
    @bobbyc3895 8 месяцев назад +17

    The dynamics of the group reminds me of The Commitments, a movie (about an Irish group) that you definitely should watch because it's got a lot of great music.

    • @seanswinton6242
      @seanswinton6242 8 месяцев назад +3

      Great movie and soundtrack (Vol. 1 & 2).

    • @Cyssane
      @Cyssane 8 месяцев назад +2

      Seconded! It's such a good movie, the acting is spot on and the music arrangements are stellar.

    • @georgedominguez255
      @georgedominguez255 8 месяцев назад +2

      Great movie & soundtrack!

    • @jamesclifford189
      @jamesclifford189 8 месяцев назад +1

      ❤️ that film.
      You should do a movie reaction to it👏👏👏

  • @clintg6219
    @clintg6219 8 месяцев назад +2

    The absolute best decade was the 80's! The new wave sound and hundreds of new and old acts on MTV was fantastic! Music, new fashion, new technology, styles!!

  • @giorgiopolloni7936
    @giorgiopolloni7936 8 месяцев назад +4

    Together In Electric Dreams is an iconic dance track that actually bring me to tears! No decade like the 80s: beat, rhythm, melody, strong and clear voices, great variety…unlike nowadays.

  • @jerrycote659
    @jerrycote659 8 месяцев назад +5

    My second favorite Human League song behind “Don’t You Want Me”. Check out another side of them with a different sonic profile with their song “The Lebanon”. Others to consider “Mirror Man”, “Love Action (I Believe In Love)”, “Things That Dreams Are Made Of”, “Open Your Heart”

    • @tamcon72
      @tamcon72 8 месяцев назад +2

      Love Action! Yes to all of them, but especially that one!

  • @jasoncaldwell5627
    @jasoncaldwell5627 8 месяцев назад +39

    My favorite Human League song!
    I've requested this forever- thanks for making my day!
    That baseline!

    • @jerrycote659
      @jerrycote659 8 месяцев назад +3

      Such a cool song. I love the double clap during the outro.

    • @jasoncaldwell5627
      @jasoncaldwell5627 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@jerrycote659 I love that everyone got to really jam equally on this one- they're ALL going to town!

  • @martingilchrist6577
    @martingilchrist6577 8 месяцев назад +6

    Phil Oakey, the male lead singer did a collaboration with Giorgio Moroder for a movie called "Electric Dreams" , the theme track for the movie is a song called "Together in Electric Dreams" and is one of the best synthpop songs of the 80s imo.

  • @jkbezo1
    @jkbezo1 8 месяцев назад +4

    It was all called new wave back then. I know because I was a child in the 80s. We never called it synth pop. That word synth pop just popped up a few years ago by younger people.

  • @davidharward8908
    @davidharward8908 8 месяцев назад +3

    Human League epitomizes New Wave for me. New Wave at it's finest.

  • @jeanpeuxplus7257
    @jeanpeuxplus7257 8 месяцев назад +13

    Loved this group in the 80's. Their song The Lebanon should be your next reaction video ❤

    • @kelliedee
      @kelliedee 8 месяцев назад +3

      Agreed, especially the extended version.

    • @Johnny_Socko
      @Johnny_Socko 8 месяцев назад +1

      The video for that is good because the band looked so cool performing live. That video looks like it could be a modern-day band just from how they were all styled. Doesn't seem dated to me at all.

  • @jeffreekoch9298
    @jeffreekoch9298 8 месяцев назад +4

    New wave. Synth pop.
    When i was a kid in the 80s we just called it new wave. Synth pop is a more modern term i think.
    New wave is experimental music uususlly good bass guitars and different instrumentals. Punk influences in some of it. Makes you dance. 🤗

  • @rusty9129
    @rusty9129 8 месяцев назад +12

    The guy with the deeper voice is Phil Oakley. Phil is the dominant voice of Human League and did some pretty cool projects outside of the League. Very distinctive voice.
    Next HL tune definitely needs to be Love Action. You'll probably recognize the chorus..it's been sampled a bunch.

    • @rusty9129
      @rusty9129 8 месяцев назад

      @@lindac7966 Thanks!

  • @congoliab
    @congoliab 8 месяцев назад +7

    The music was fun back in the day but what nobody mentioned is the amazing opening. They made a "You are Here" red dot from a map by painting the corner of a city block and a house all red! That's what I always remembered about this video.

    • @place_there9104
      @place_there9104 8 месяцев назад +2

      The whole neighborhood was slated for demolition due to redevelopment, so nothing was harmed in making the video.

  • @maha77
    @maha77 8 месяцев назад +7

    Check out their song *"THE THINGS THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF'* for Incredible 80's synth sound, and also *"Love Is All That Matters'* for a beautiful upbeat heartfelt song

    • @The80sCat
      @The80sCat 8 месяцев назад +1

      Dreams is a good one. Love Action is one of my favs.

  • @lorimatthews3568
    @lorimatthews3568 8 месяцев назад +5

    Hey guys! Love the classic New Wave music from the 80s! Really most music can be considered POPular music. What you are hearing from artists like this & for example Yazoo, Depeche Mode, Thompson Twins, Bronski Beat... are in the genre of New Wave. This genre & Disco definitely birthed Techno-Synth & Industrial music. Great stuff so keep it coming!❤

    • @bookbabe001
      @bookbabe001 8 месяцев назад +2

      Yazoo were called Yaz in the US, and the two should not be confused (as has already happened with their ""Yazoo" reaction on this channel.

  • @lennylush09
    @lennylush09 8 месяцев назад +5

    Saw Heaven 17, Monday night. They formed from Human League and did a cover of Being Boiled. Their song Temptation brought the house down.

    • @bridgemanjr
      @bridgemanjr 4 месяца назад +1

      Heaven 17 left just before Dare was released. Interesting fact : Do or Die 【from Dare] lyrics first sentence... Those cocky little fires you started in the night. Heaven 17 retort?? on Who'll Stop The Rain with "I heard a rumour that fires were started, flame in the street and tension uncharted"?? Saw both in concert over the years.. the voices are still perfect. AMAZING performances!!!

  • @divergente
    @divergente 8 месяцев назад +10

    Thanks for reacting to this excellent band!
    Next song could be either "Together In Electric Dreams" or "Tell Me When". Or even "Heart Like A Wheel".
    The guy with the bass voice is Philip Oakey, the blonde lady is Susan Ann Sulley and the brunette is Joanne Catherall and they're still perfoming to these days.

    • @scottlincoln1735
      @scottlincoln1735 8 месяцев назад +3

      “Tell Me When” is an awesome song!

  • @AnthonyWilliams-ot1yk
    @AnthonyWilliams-ot1yk 7 месяцев назад +1

    One of my personal faves from HL. So many styles in one song, synthesized pop, elements of funk, a catchy chorus. Truly unique band.

  • @leedstown
    @leedstown Месяц назад +1

    Another Sheffield band are heaven 17, they had a great song called temptation and a another one called kiss the boys goodbye,

  • @megdelaney3677
    @megdelaney3677 8 месяцев назад +2

    🎹🎸🎤Hey, Hey, Hey!!! Love this song! Thanks!

  • @shamisengupta984
    @shamisengupta984 8 месяцев назад +2

    Another band that was part of the New Romantics was Adam and the Ants (lead singer was Adam Ant). A couple of their songs that I think you would like from the early 80s: “Prince Charming“ and “And Music“.
    On a different note and sound but still very much the 80s: Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush singing “Don’t Give Up“ (the official music video is stunning, as emotionally charged as Sinead O’Conner’s “Nothing Compares 2 U“ video) about a man who cannot find work that gets support from his friends during his travails. A very important song from the mid 80s during a time in the UK where the working class was being economically hammered and many many people suffered due to political and economic choices made by the government of the day. This song is reminiscent of similar subject matter that Bruce Springsteen sings about the working-class of America.

  • @Ingleborough111
    @Ingleborough111 8 месяцев назад +4

    First comment...good show. Bedtime for me now, nearly 12 midnight in England

  • @RonStarr215
    @RonStarr215 8 месяцев назад +3

    Saw Human League one year. Howard Jones opened and Culture Club was the headliner. Great show.

  • @nonsuch
    @nonsuch 8 месяцев назад +1

    I've always loved how they EQ'd and mixed the bass to sound like a synth in the verses and chorus' on this song. Most people would say, or think it's a synth bass but, It is a real bass guitar with 1 khz through the roof and played right between the bridge pickup and the bridge itself. 👍

  • @Earcandy73
    @Earcandy73 8 месяцев назад +1

    I was so there in 1982-83. It was a great time to coming of age in the UK!

  • @georgedominguez255
    @georgedominguez255 8 месяцев назад +4

    Awesome song! Always on all my playlists! The Lebanon is also rockin’!

  • @BLew657
    @BLew657 7 месяцев назад +1

    Human league were a 70's band. Their first song was "Being Boiled." In 1978. My personal favourite and well worth a listen

  • @alejandrobojorquez6181
    @alejandrobojorquez6181 8 месяцев назад +2

    THE CULTURE CLUB -" Love Is Love " 1984 soft rock & a touch a synth pop in the mix , a beautiful warm hearted song with alot of soul. Gives you a warm fuzzy feeling , especially with those incredible guitar sounds it's truly one of the 80s decade's Best

    • @Skeezer66
      @Skeezer66 8 месяцев назад +2

      Jay and Amber would love Culture Club!! So many great songs!

  • @danielward7008
    @danielward7008 8 месяцев назад +3

    Love Action (I Believe In Love) is another synth-pop classic from Human League.

    • @mkmstillstackin
      @mkmstillstackin 8 месяцев назад +1

      Oh yeah, forgot about that one....another really good one, too! thanks!

  • @jamesclifford189
    @jamesclifford189 8 месяцев назад +10

    Great song. Love the combination of sounds. Really catchy. THL are still going strong today, they've recently announced a European tour for next winter. I'm going to see them in the local arena in Glasgow🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 They're great live👏👏👏

  • @MichaelHHHH
    @MichaelHHHH 8 месяцев назад +3

    Love the Human League and this song! This was way before Google Maps too lol.

  • @tjpea7916
    @tjpea7916 8 месяцев назад +2

    Always loved how they painted a whole red dot over a real house in a street - no cgi just loads of paint lol

  • @thunderspike1892
    @thunderspike1892 8 месяцев назад

    Human League was formed in Sheffield, England in 1977 by school friends Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh. They originally wanted singer Glenn Gregory but he was unavailable at the time so they asked this cool looking dude the knew from school if he wanted to join. It was Philip Oakey. They got one of Oakey's friends Philip Adrian Wright to join as their Director of Visuals. They released two albums Reproduction (1979) and Travelogue (1980). Didn't sell that much. Ware and Marsh left to do Heaven 17 with vocalist Glenn Gregory. They had a big hit with Temptation. Oakey got the rights to Human League. Wright started playing keyboards, Ian Burden bass/keys and Jo Callis guitar joined. Oakey knew these two young girls from a club. He asked them to join. Susan Ann Sulley and Joanne Catherall entered the band and their next album Dare from 1981 was a great success. I still enjoy some of the early songs from the original group. Check out Being Boiled, Empire State Human and The Path of Least Resistance

  • @herminiahernandez1512
    @herminiahernandez1512 8 месяцев назад +2

    This is one group that was constant in the 80s, seems like Don't you want me was always being played on the radio or at parties.

  • @Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.
    @Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. 8 месяцев назад +13

    The Human League are a band who changed over the years with different line ups, tracks I suggest are: "Being Boiled (Fast Version)", "Gordon's Gin", "The Black Hit of Space", "Almost Medieval", "Empire State Human", "Love Action (I Believe In Love)", "Hard Times", "I Am The Law", "The Sound of The Crowd", "Seconds", "Do or Die", "Life On Your Own", "Mirror Man", "The Lebanon", there are other tracks but these are probably the best in my opinion.

    • @imposs-up1hg
      @imposs-up1hg 8 месяцев назад +1

      They need to check out Heaven 17.

    • @Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.
      @Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@imposs-up1hgYes, very much so!

    • @alanstrom2221
      @alanstrom2221 8 месяцев назад +1

      I have the Human League's first 2 albums from 1979 and 1980.
      'Reproduction' and 'Travelogue'
      2 of the best electronic albums ever made.
      I also own the best funk/electronic album made called "Penthouse & Pavement'
      by Heaven 17. "We don't need this Fascist Groove Thing"

    • @Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.
      @Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. 8 месяцев назад

      @@alanstrom2221 I always loved both, 'Reproduction' and 'Travelogue', 'Penthouse and Pavement' is an excellent album too. Have you heard 'Groove Thang', this is the version without vocals before it was released as '(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang' which had vocals?

  • @mbarnum2
    @mbarnum2 8 месяцев назад +2

    As I recall, this was The Human League's first hit in the U.S. and it has always been my favorite of their songs. So glad you two got to this one and enjoyed it!

  • @lynnhettrick7588
    @lynnhettrick7588 8 месяцев назад +1

    5:23 I was going to point out that it’s not horns; it’s a synthesizer. But you figured it out. I loved New Wave music in the ‘80s!

  • @Khalid15325
    @Khalid15325 5 месяцев назад +1

    This opera deep voice part « An so the conversation turned…. », wowwwww !!.

  • @anglosaxon5874
    @anglosaxon5874 8 месяцев назад

    Saw these in Leeds in a concert in the 80's.
    One of the best concerts I've been to.
    Great band with some great songs!

  • @beakermeepmeep
    @beakermeepmeep 8 месяцев назад +1

    Give their song 'Louise' a listen. It was the standout track of their 'difficult' album after this release, when grandiose artistry & record-label meddling proved too encumbering. The darker subtext of the lyrics is largely forgotten (see the Wikipedia entry), nowadays most people take at face value the story it mellifluously tells (a pair of ex-lovers hesitating to reconcile after a chance encounter), poignantly sung deadpan by Oakley. A lot of '80s synthpop bands had art rock influences: Human League, Tears for Fears, Talk Talk, Depeche Mode, etc.

  • @sunnybearbuds
    @sunnybearbuds 8 месяцев назад +1

    My favorite is Don't you want me, but this one is catchy and it's a fun video. I love the Human League; they were an essential part of the "new wave" British invasion of the 80s.

  • @DannyD714
    @DannyD714 8 месяцев назад

    back in 1983 (omg 40 years ago!) roger waters was asked in an interview what new group he enjoyed. he said he didn't listen to much new music except in the car while driving around,but he did say human league was a group who were "writing songs in a style i approve". not something you would expect from the prog rock master,but there you go!

  • @pflynn581
    @pflynn581 8 месяцев назад +3

    The previous album Dare which had Don't you want me on is fantastic.The things that dreams are made of is brilliant and wasn't even a single and superior to said above.

  • @alanstrom2221
    @alanstrom2221 8 месяцев назад +1

    I have the Human League's first 2 albums from 1979 and 1980.
    'Reproduction' and 'Travelogue'
    2 of the best electronic albums ever made.
    I also own the best funk/electronic album made called "Penthouse & Pavement'
    by Heaven 17. "We don't need this Fascist Groove Thing"

  • @gregorioesparza5778
    @gregorioesparza5778 8 месяцев назад +4

    Hearing this song again brings back so many memories.
    It just makes feel.........old...lol.
    As always, great reaction guys.

  • @avioncamper
    @avioncamper 8 месяцев назад +2

    1982ish, great song.

  • @richardghormley5995
    @richardghormley5995 8 месяцев назад +3

    If you like synth pop, check out Howard Jones or Depeche Mode's 80's music. It's synth pop and new wave combined.

  • @Whitebrowpriest
    @Whitebrowpriest 8 месяцев назад +2

    The 80s was a music experimenters dream decade. Very creative things were going on musically then. Another suggestion for great 80s synth music would be, "Number 1" by Chaz Jankel, and "I'm Falling" by the Comsat Angels.

  • @garysunshine9643
    @garysunshine9643 8 месяцев назад

    Great song, my favorite by Human League. Always love when they pass along the mike and share in the singing in songs. Plus a bonus, never got to see the band before

  • @ericsmith6615
    @ericsmith6615 8 месяцев назад +1

    Wife Speaking.. Hey, one of my favorite 80's synth pop.., new wave songs!!❤

  • @fantasyguru26
    @fantasyguru26 8 месяцев назад

    (Keep Feeling) Fascination. One of their best no doubt. The bass and the synth drive the music and wow the vocals are tight.

  • @barrythome1789
    @barrythome1789 8 месяцев назад +1

    J you were right. It's sad but true about the electric keyboards. As a lifelong trumpet player it saddens me when real horns are not used in musical groups. On that note, (no pun intended) how about reactioning to Blood, Sweat, and Tears song "Lucretia MacEvil "? Horns, horns, horns!!🎺🎵🎷🎶🎼

  • @kf9346
    @kf9346 8 месяцев назад +5

    I was crazy-cray for the Human League as a teen! Glad you like them. From a music history perspective, the earlier work by The Human Leage and OMD are credited as being the very first bands that were able to translate (the very new) electronic musc and almost total synth into successful pop hits.
    Another great Human League song I think you would like "Mirror Man."
    And as for the 2 women in the band: Susan and Joana, they were like 16 when the lead singer, Philip Oakey saw them at a club or something, thught they looked cool, invted them to tour with the band (underage) for their gigs in Germany in the 70s. They had no musical history, got permission from their parents, took off, winged-it, and became world famous for being trend setters of a new music genre! Can that happen today?

    • @Owen-hg3cu
      @Owen-hg3cu 8 месяцев назад +1

      It probably could happen if they were discovered through TikTok or whatever

    • @kf9346
      @kf9346 8 месяцев назад

      @@Owen-hg3cu 🙄uggh

  • @jasonshekelton8676
    @jasonshekelton8676 8 месяцев назад +1

    For more 80s synth with the added bonus of a falsetto lead singer check out Time Bandits- I’m Only Shooting Love

  • @jasonbailey2000
    @jasonbailey2000 3 месяца назад

    I'm so glad you both are experiencing the golden era of music.

  • @ShannonR1969
    @ShannonR1969 8 месяцев назад +3

    This has always been my favorite The Human League song, so I was very excited to see you listen to it today! Phil Oakey's vocals on this are fantastic, and I LOVE the bass! So glad you enjoyed it!

  • @shanedesselle2590
    @shanedesselle2590 8 месяцев назад +1

    Human is a beautiful song by them

  • @user-fu4xm4hs3j
    @user-fu4xm4hs3j 8 месяцев назад +2

    Really liked Human League in the 80's when they had several cool songs, including this one. 'Love Action' is another really good one-Colin Ward

  • @thebeardedseeker5633
    @thebeardedseeker5633 8 месяцев назад +4

    From what I remember, this was the 2nd video of theirs that MTV put into heavy rotation after the massive success of Don't You Want Me.

    • @Johnny_Socko
      @Johnny_Socko 8 месяцев назад

      I only saw this video a couple of times in 1983, but over the years I never forgot that giant red dot in the city.

  • @Robbyrool
    @Robbyrool 7 месяцев назад +1

    I always liked this one. Got the 45rpm single when it came out and used to play it a lot. Love those harmonies. And the upbeat sound. Their voices all sound amazing on this. One of their best tracks.

  • @EddieandMarie
    @EddieandMarie 8 месяцев назад +1

    Another great 80s choice Jay and Amber. A couple of artists you should react to again that were popular during this time are New Order and Depeche Mode. From New Order listen to the version of "Bizarre Love Triangle" from the Substance album and Depeche Mode's live version of "I Just Can't Get Enough" from DM 101. I know you reacted to the studio version, but you haven't really heard that song until you hear the live DM 101 version.

  • @amaru4029
    @amaru4029 8 месяцев назад

    Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Outstanding producers.

  • @karencolley-smidt864
    @karencolley-smidt864 8 месяцев назад +2

    I have always loved this song and video. It was 1981 and I was in my senior year in high school. Time flies!!!

  • @Dakotaman2003
    @Dakotaman2003 8 месяцев назад +1

    Can't help but love the 80's decade!

  • @andyleclerc3600
    @andyleclerc3600 8 месяцев назад +1

    The ladies in this group😍😍😍. But props to Phil Oakey, great singer

  • @RalphPacheco2
    @RalphPacheco2 8 месяцев назад +1

    I was in 6th grade, had my first kiss at school, went home, turned on Mtv , this song came on..... this song is forever linked to that memory

  • @larrywilliams5014
    @larrywilliams5014 8 месяцев назад +2

    Can't get any more 80's than this. I think I still have the 45.

  • @leedstown
    @leedstown Месяц назад +1

    Love action and mirror man are great songs from human league

  • @hellokimmy68
    @hellokimmy68 8 месяцев назад +3

    This was my FAVORITE song summer of 1983, but one thing you young'uns will never be able to understand - trying to tape songs off the radio! I so badly wanted this one, but even if you could anticipate when the song would be starting, then the DJ would talk over the whole lead-in of the song. Hah! The struggle was real!

    • @armoredtoo1156
      @armoredtoo1156 5 месяцев назад +1

      I hated that! 😆 Then waiting for the song to come on again, hoping you'll get it all this time!

    • @hellokimmy68
      @hellokimmy68 5 месяцев назад

      @@armoredtoo1156 oh oh.... and even better was holding your tape player up to the radio, barely breathing so you get a good copy, then your mom hollers for you to come to dinner or something in the background. 😆

  • @thegoodearth6943
    @thegoodearth6943 8 месяцев назад +1

    The Lebanon
    The Lebanon
    The Lebanon
    The Lebanon
    The Lebanon
    Far and away their best song...

  • @chantal6076
    @chantal6076 8 месяцев назад

    This is my fave song by them after Human. They are one of my fave British bands. I saw a clip of a live performance of them several years ago and the lead singer still sounds the same.

  • @vincentsweargen8436
    @vincentsweargen8436 8 месяцев назад +1

    Once again, my favorite RUclips niece and nephew take me back to my college days. Music video shows were huge and we would sing along.

  • @elizabethfranco1284
    @elizabethfranco1284 8 месяцев назад +20

    Definitely a banger in my day man the 80’s were awesome ❤

  • @comvoice
    @comvoice 8 месяцев назад +4

    This was so much fun to dance to in the clubs back in the day. So great you all did reaction video to one of my fave raves from the 80’s!