Going through high school starting in 85, The Cars, The Outfield, Def Leppard, and several other favorite's, I feel lucky to have gone through the 80's in those years. Music today, for the most part, is crap. All I listen to is the music I grew up with. Wouldn't trade that time for anything.
Rest in Peace John Spinks and Tony Lewis much love to you all..And to the drummer still alive..God bless you all💖💖💖AMERICANS APPRECIATED YOU GUYS MORE THAN ENGLAND OBVIOUSLY..GLAD THE OUTFIELD CAME HERE..AND MEXICO LOVES YOU ALL.💖💖💖💖
John Spinks (lead guitar & much more) died in 2014. I thought they'd be a band I'd put away. Couldn't get 'Your Love' out of my head and have had to go back to them again. They were a bigger rock influence on me than I ever thought. I overanalyze music. Their 3-4 minute songs are brilliantly constructed.
Couldn't agree with you more about everything you said. Music doesn't have to be unnecessarily difficult in it's construct to be beautiful and timeless. No music brings that nostalgic feeling to me like The Outfield's does-and it's kind of pleasantly surprising...
Tony under-rated himself figuring their music would hold up, un-dated, for 10 years. Little did he know, it's more like 40! It's now 2023, he's sadly passed away, but the music lives on! Despite having lived throughout this era and totally into rock & heavy metal, I do not remember this music or this band from that time period. Which is a complete mystery, 'cause its totally music I would have liked. It wasn't till 2022 until I heard "Your Love" and instantly loved it from first listen, and thought 'these guys are going places'! They went there alright. And "Your Love" totally endures, fantastic song. Even my nephew loves it, and he's 30 years younger than me. Only the greatest can span the generations and still be loved and not sound dated, bravo!!
Can’t believe there gone. I’m 54 here n 2020 and I don’t think I will be around much longer myself. Everything hurts , high blood pressure, stress of work ,kids ! Life is so demanding and goes by so quickly. Rip
Great band,I chanced upon them due to buying some secondhand CD’s in around 1993,it was a special offer by 4 get one free,,there was nothing I particularly fancied,and I Just randomly picked up voices of Babylon,,,it was the best album I got that day, and 25 years later I still play it and love it,,,I was gutted when the very underrated John Spink died,,what a player !!!!
The Outfield as I knew them in the UK came around the time I was about 12/13 when Grand theft auto: Vice City came out (I used to play with my older brother...) But Your Love was on there, and I still remember just how popular the game was, but also how many people you'd hear walking the halls of school singing that song, It was crazy! I've been hooked on them ever since, so many great feel good songs. I was astonished to hear they were actually from the UK, however I can see listening to music from that era why they weren't as popular over here due to the american sound. My dad remembers them though, so they surely must of had at least some airplay over here? Admittedly he does only remember "Your Love".
Same here, a lot of young people (late 80s/early 90s born) know the band bc of Vice City. A lot of 80s stuff such as Journey, Foreigner, Billy Idol, etc. we got our chance to meet them through GTA.
This video is from 1999. They've obviously sold more copies since then. And the statement is still correct because you can't go triple platinum without going double platinum first.
When are the producers of the show "Where Are They Now" going to be on "Where Are They Now"? Seriously, let's have a reunion show of this reunion show!
@ Benoit Vanhees - Triple Platinum means 1 Million three times. So, the LP 'Play Deep' sold approximately 3 Million copies. It was a successful album as it peaked at No.9 on the U.S. Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart. Btw, VH1 has the amount of sold copies incorrect.
And it was exactly that song, Voices of Babylon, that made me so hopeful for the future of music; the incredible production quality, an amazing song. Then...grunge and rap took over, and ruined the evolution of music. It. Was. Horrible. And it never recovered.
bands like the blue nile, roland orzabal's solo tears for fears work, etc, they tried to keep high-end pop going... but yeah grunge and hip-hop became the framework for mass social manipulation
great to see all the u tube stuff john....hope you keepin well and still playing...been a long time since listenin to 'get back' in osterley hse !!......ps. your guitar collection's grown a bit since the old red hofner..ha ha....love to all, steve.
Hi i'm 17 years old and i was introduced to The Outfield when i was probably about 10 and i fell in love with "Your Love" and i still love and make sure i play it and sing it every time i have a guitar and an open mic. But anyway i was wondering what the song was at 1:44
I'm impressed with your taste in music young man Rosie from New York City how are you doing today I'm great thanks so much Your Love all the love in the world say isn't it so and voices of Babylon amazing songs
What you see is promotional videos that are lip-synched, the reason why you hardly ever see live from these guys back in the 80's is because of them changing labels from Columbia to MCA and from MCA to a more independent brand. So they have serious issues with releasing live content with copyrighted material aka they got screwed. and this infact in the past has had John in a few heated arguments with Columbia and Sony and to some extent MCA.
HEY OUT FIELD LOVE YOUR SONGS GUYS AND ON A NOTHER NOTE IF YOU GUYS NEED A BACK UP DRUMMER SOME TIME HEY CALL ON THE ONE ARMED FROM THE BAND CALLED THRUSH IN VA GOOD LUCK GUYS
No, according to old interviews they did like football/soccer. They probably learned the game of baseball because of their name and would make them more popular in America.
I was so lucky when I managed to get a copy of it, and then was so disappointed after playing it two times because it´s their weakest album in my opinion. I owe all their cds and I know that they´ve had better times, and I hope they will make one better album than this one next time.
Esta banda tiene buenas canciones pero ahora que Toni Lewis está en sus 60 años a cambiado totalmente su bos i no es igual escuchar sus canciones originales a escuchar las de ahora que se oyen muy feas
R.I.P. John Spinks 2014 and now Tony Lewis 2020. They're singing angels 😇 now. Thank you for the music 🎶 and memories.
Don’t forget reg webb they were all great
I agree with everything you said
I agree with you
@@jaripeoymusica1418 😇
@@masongarrett3066 😇
Going through high school starting in 85, The Cars, The Outfield, Def Leppard, and several other favorite's, I feel lucky to have gone through the 80's in those years. Music today, for the most part, is crap. All I listen to is the music I grew up with. Wouldn't trade that time for anything.
Rest in peace Tony and John💔
Rest in Peace John Spinks and Tony Lewis much love to you all..And to the drummer still alive..God bless you all💖💖💖AMERICANS APPRECIATED YOU GUYS MORE THAN ENGLAND OBVIOUSLY..GLAD THE OUTFIELD CAME HERE..AND MEXICO LOVES YOU ALL.💖💖💖💖
Both gone, how sad for us, and how wonderful, for them.
John Spinks (lead guitar & much more) died in 2014. I thought they'd be a band I'd put away. Couldn't get 'Your Love' out of my head and have had to go back to them again. They were a bigger rock influence on me than I ever thought. I overanalyze music. Their 3-4 minute songs are brilliantly constructed.
Couldn't agree with you more about everything you said. Music doesn't have to be unnecessarily difficult in it's construct to be beautiful and timeless. No music brings that nostalgic feeling to me like The Outfield's does-and it's kind of pleasantly surprising...
R.I.P. Tony Lewis. Love your music boys. Thanks very much.
R.I.P. John Spinks.
yes RIP poor guy battled liver failure quite awhile
He refused to quit playing for the band. He never stopped he didn't want to disappoint fans
that is awesome. i wish i could've known him! one of the BEST and most memorable songs/band...their signature sound...of the summer of my youth!
RIP John Spinks. i know his kids and wife loved him dearly. God bless you always
pwclaeys Sux! why the good people has to die :(
Me and my mullet saw these guys back in the 80's...I miss both of them.
Tony under-rated himself figuring their music would hold up, un-dated, for 10 years. Little did he know, it's more like 40! It's now 2023, he's sadly passed away, but the music lives on! Despite having lived throughout this era and totally into rock & heavy metal, I do not remember this music or this band from that time period.
Which is a complete mystery, 'cause its totally music I would have liked. It wasn't till 2022 until I heard "Your Love" and instantly loved it from first listen, and thought 'these guys are going places'! They went there alright. And "Your Love" totally endures, fantastic song. Even my nephew loves it, and he's 30 years younger than me. Only the greatest can span the generations and still be loved and not sound dated, bravo!!
Can’t believe there gone. I’m 54 here n 2020 and I don’t think I will be around much longer myself. Everything hurts , high blood pressure, stress of work ,kids ! Life is so demanding and goes by so quickly. Rip
i so fucking love these guys
R.i.p John
R.i.p Tony
RIP tony and John. Memories and good tunes...
Will always remember them and all the great memories
RIP. Tony Lewis
Te reúnes con Jhon...te seguiré escuchando como lo hice dada día de mi vida...Tony 💔😪🎤🎼 R.I.P ...
Thanks, for that awesome music (RIP) TONY AND JOHN love you guys.
Great band,I chanced upon them due to buying some secondhand CD’s in around 1993,it was a special offer by 4 get one free,,there was nothing I particularly fancied,and I Just randomly picked up voices of Babylon,,,it was the best album I got that day, and 25 years later I still play it and love it,,,I was gutted when the very underrated John Spink died,,what a player !!!!
They had so many good songs!!!
Definitely!
The Outfield as I knew them in the UK came around the time I was about 12/13 when Grand theft auto: Vice City came out (I used to play with my older brother...) But Your Love was on there, and I still remember just how popular the game was, but also how many people you'd hear walking the halls of school singing that song, It was crazy! I've been hooked on them ever since, so many great feel good songs. I was astonished to hear they were actually from the UK, however I can see listening to music from that era why they weren't as popular over here due to the american sound. My dad remembers them though, so they surely must of had at least some airplay over here? Admittedly he does only remember "Your Love".
Same here, a lot of young people (late 80s/early 90s born) know the band bc of Vice City. A lot of 80s stuff such as Journey, Foreigner, Billy Idol, etc. we got our chance to meet them through GTA.
Where are they now! in 2020....gone. Forever.
RIP Tony Lewis. Another one gone...
I just discovered The Outfield because of the Bounce commercial and now it's one of my favorites of all time
Thanks for the memories boys!! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 R.i.P
I've always loved this band
R.I.P. Tony
One of my favourite bands. I bought Play Deep when it came out and my stylus screamed asking me to chill.....
May Christ our Lord bless the souls of Tony Lewis and John Spinks. They are deeply missed.
RIP Tony Lewis
The Play Deep album didn't go double platinum, according to Wikipedia, it went triple platinum. That's even better than double.
What's better than Triple? Fourple.
Jeez S. Christ That's true or even more platinums or even diamond.
It's one louder, isn't it...
This video is from 1999. They've obviously sold more copies since then. And the statement is still correct because you can't go triple platinum without going double platinum first.
We know triple is better than double and wiki is full of fake stuff and lies
Listen to the outfield everyday I ride down the road in my truck and trailer.
When are the producers of the show "Where Are They Now" going to be on "Where Are They Now"?
Seriously, let's have a reunion show of this reunion show!
Play Deep the best album in the 80’s every song was a hit.
Rest in peace Tony...
Blessings and healing to all of those who love John Spinks. Thanks for posting this, I enjoyed it very much.
This will sound weird, but I always liked their snare drum sound.
wet and LOUD.
I’ve always thought the same thing.
Same here. They sounded huge and perfect!
Anyone else remember wearing those white high top tennis shoes? 😁
I did when I skated, they gave a lot more support.
I wore them all the time. Now when I see picture of myself I cringe! 😂
I had a pair of Reebox and a pair of Aigner white high tops. Great ankle support shoes !!!!
Along with those straight leg acid wash jeans. Hells yeah!
Where are they now? They're already in heaven🙏🙏🙏😔😔😔
Wow. 1999 was such a long time ago! But feels like just the other day really.
Hello Outfield.....I love yousssssssss. Your music keeps me livin', along with all the OTHERS! Music makes Me Me. Best wishes on your tours. :)
One of the best from the 80s
We just lost Tony,,,,RIP.
I love his voice
Voices Of Babylon is THE song ;-)
I never saw them, but I experienced the same mullet time travel as I watched several of their videos. Ha!
Went to school with the lead singers daughter I see him around from time to time
what school?
Well they hit that one out of the park!
The Outfield 💚💚💚 #RIP John 😢
And Tony Lewis and Reg Webb
@ Benoit Vanhees - Triple Platinum means 1 Million three times. So, the LP 'Play Deep' sold approximately 3 Million copies. It was a successful album as it peaked at No.9 on the U.S. Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart. Btw, VH1 has the amount of sold copies incorrect.
They were genuinely good.
And it was exactly that song, Voices of Babylon, that made me so hopeful for the future of music; the incredible production quality, an amazing song. Then...grunge and rap took over, and ruined the evolution of music. It. Was. Horrible. And it never recovered.
bands like the blue nile, roland orzabal's solo tears for fears work, etc, they tried to keep high-end pop going... but yeah grunge and hip-hop became the framework for mass social manipulation
@@rickdeckard1075 And note how both genres overwhelmingly focus on negative ideologies.
@@JoinTheProgress true
Tony Lewis has morphed into Paul Rodgers' doppelganger.
What a wonderful bunch
Yes they are! Angels
RIP TONY LEWIS FOREVEE YOUR LOVE!
thank you for the music i enjoy it and appreciate it... R. I. P both of you guys...
Tony seemed like a very humble guy
where are they now??? in ma heart..
They forgot to mention the ROCKEYE album!
You're welcome. I have been meaning to digitize all of these earlier but I didn't have the gear.
great to see all the u tube stuff john....hope you keepin well and still playing...been a long time since listenin to 'get back' in osterley hse !!......ps. your guitar collection's grown a bit since the old red hofner..ha ha....love to all, steve.
Tony resembles Paul Rodgers is this video.
#RIPTonyLewis
LoL
They are at the Quality Inn
Hi i'm 17 years old and i was introduced to The Outfield when i was probably about 10 and i fell in love with "Your Love" and i still love and make sure i play it and sing it every time i have a guitar and an open mic. But anyway i was wondering what the song was at 1:44
tbsroxurworld hey
all the love in the world
Im 13 and i love your love and since youve been gone
I'm impressed with your taste in music young man Rosie from New York City how are you doing today I'm great thanks so much Your Love all the love in the world say isn't it so and voices of Babylon amazing songs
I didn't know Ted Danson was in this group !!!! at 1:04
We NEED alan jackman back and if john spinks was still alive it would be a lot better with him he will be missed
where are they NOW?
I got so drunk once while at a concert back in S.C. Best 80’s band ever!
What's with the Chris Isaak/Blue Hotel guitar riff at 2:41..?
The Outfield Rules & so does this video. 👍
Me gusta su música. Soy de Venezuela.
Check out their new album, 'Replay'! It's fantastic. I modeled huge chunks of what I perform and record after bands like this. Incredible sound...
gee ,one thing when they broke up ,i think they got alittle better of a drummer also ! thank you !
they are a excellent group. i don´t know : Why not more LP´s?
According to Wiki, Play Deep in the end reached Triple Platinum. So, how many times did it sell ?
Benoit Vanhees 3 million
Tony died 2020 😪
First compact disc I bought album play deep
The Glam Bands..damn I do miss them!
the song at 1:44 is All the Love (or All my Love)
all the love in the world
+jose jeria Jose, are you on a vacation far away?
no, I'm still working
+Major Tom LOL!!!!
PS check out The Outfield live in Brazil in think recorded in 01 it kicks A.
The 1st album is a decent listen.
The first album is a classic! The second one is a solid album too.
Cool, but... where are they NOW? This segment came out in '99, and as I write this it's January 26th, 2013. Ha!
Tony Lewis had pipes don't know why they lip synced every show in the 80's
What you see is promotional videos that are lip-synched, the reason why you hardly ever see live from these guys back in the 80's is because of them changing labels from Columbia to MCA and from MCA to a more independent brand. So they have serious issues with releasing live content with copyrighted material aka they got screwed. and this infact in the past has had John in a few heated arguments with Columbia and Sony and to some extent MCA.
@@SAJMusicWorks Thank you for that music history
Tony Lewis plz come to Chicago
Whats up with them lately? Anyone know? They are great!
Genios !!
CÓMO ,TE EXTRAÑO MI AMOR NO DEJÓ DE PENSAR ELENA FUIMOS AMIGO YO SIOEMPRE TE TE CUIDARÉ
COMO ESTAS MI AMOR
Never heard of them and I'm from the UK
Good stuff
They were never big in the UK but during the 80's they had great success in the US.
god I'm so shocked I thort they was American. ther my PEPs. wow
HEY OUT FIELD LOVE YOUR SONGS GUYS AND ON A NOTHER NOTE IF YOU GUYS NEED A BACK UP DRUMMER SOME TIME HEY CALL ON THE ONE ARMED FROM THE BAND CALLED THRUSH IN VA GOOD LUCK GUYS
Well... It's been thirteen years... Where are they now?
z3r0ko0L and now 19 years
@@Ayeris21 twenty
2 died 1 lived
the drummer simon dawson is my uncle and he is awsome need proof ask
joejmd90 Seriously? That's really cool! He's a great drummer.
Anyone? Who is the other tall blonde guitarist in Your Love video?
additional personnel member named Frank Callaghan
@@codyy205 The guitarist was Grahame Leslie. Frank Callaghan provided background vocals on the "Bangin" CD / Album
@s b Cool, thanks for the info. I'll need to check out British Lion.
Where did Josie go on vacation?
Far away.
Come around, let's talk it over
Wait, these guys are British and love Baseball ⚾️ and Softball 🥎!
Not Football⚽️? Or Cricket 🏏?
Interesting.
No, according to old interviews they did like football/soccer. They probably learned the game of baseball because of their name and would make them more popular in America.
I was so lucky when I managed to get a copy of it, and then was so disappointed after playing it two times because it´s their weakest album in my opinion. I owe all their cds and I know that they´ve had better times, and I hope they will make one better album than this one next time.
OK, but where are they now 2020?
Well, they did one more cd a few years ago. Then guitar player sadly die of cancer, and Tony Lewis is touring recently as "Tony Lewis The outfield".
Esta banda tiene buenas canciones pero ahora que Toni Lewis está en sus 60 años a cambiado totalmente su bos i no es igual escuchar sus canciones originales a escuchar las de ahora que se oyen muy feas
These guys were British but they never had a hit here in the UK. No one here knows who they are.
Romantis Not quite true.
What is the song at 2:21
Knock on wood the Mighty Mighty Bosstones,not related to the Outfield.
Funny nobody mentioned the Jab contributing to his early demise. Im not saying it did but the medical experts are saying cause unknown Just Saying