Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us (Official Video)
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- Опубликовано: 23 июн 2012
- The original promo video for the hit single "This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us" from the 1974 album Kimono My House. Yes, years before there was an MTV! (mono mix)
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My husband was the engineer on this album. He came up with the idea of gun shots, everyone had gone for lunch he stayed in the studio. They all came back he played it and everyone loved it.
now that 's a story. this is why we need youtube. Background context, makes it all the more realistic. Thank you, and, him
A truly amazing, exciting record
@@martw3240 thank you, he has so many stories : playing football with Rod Stewart, recording Cat Stevens so many he's had a very interesting life. He's actually written a book about his life as a recording engineer.
No ,thank you@@64HomeMade you forget one thing. He shared it with you. Never forget that
@@martw3240 Jesus christ I wish I'd never mentioned him I'll never hear the end of it. Actually I really don't give a shit what anyone else thinks... done.
Congratulations if you are hearing this for the first time. You have stumbled into an alternate universe controlled by the band Sparks. They are time travellers. Way ahead of the curve.
This is me listening to it for the first time❤
Quel joli commentaire. 2:44 2:46 La 1ere fois que j’ai entendu ce morceau en 1973 sur RTL,j’ai sue que cette chanson allait me suivre toute ma vie.
OpenAI suggested this song to me.... What does it mean... what does it mean....
Me upset because their music has been playing in my head my entire life and I didn't know what band it was..
I'm 37
47 years later, this is STILL an epic opus!!
47 years later and they /still/ perform it LIVE
@@christopherlawley1842 TRUTH!!!
@@christopherlawley1842 ...and Russell STILL hits all of the notes! No playing down a step for them! HOW DO THEY DO IT?!
@@frankmonroe9078 It´s no MAGIC. Are only your taxes
@@christopherlawley1842c😅😅and q
Me and hubby were in the kitchen and he said "this kitchen's not big enough for the both of us" and I ended up here, listening to a blast from the past.
Haha 😁
New Wave before it ever became a term. These guys were pioneers.
Couldn't have put it better. I have thought this for many years. They are definitely one of the first proper 'new wave' groups alongside Roxy Music and others . They were years ahead of their time.
True. Aswell as influencing bands like Blondie, they also influenced a few new romantic bands too.
Not new wave. More odd ball rock that kicks ass
New Wave is barely the tip of the Sparks iceberg
The only thing New Wave about this is the singer's deadpan expression. To me, this is more like an inspiration for Queen.
We all should regard guitarist Ian Hampton a true hero of the people. The man called out Jimmy Savile's behaviour to floor management at the Top of the Pops studio after he witnessed the scumbag exiting the set quietly with a very young female audience member. Obviously Ian wasn't listened to, and for that the BBC should hang it's head in shame for eteternity and a day. Not a lot of people might not know about you and what you did Ian, but i do. And for what you did the country owes you a massive thank you.
Ian Hampton was not in the band when this clip was made, but he is a friend and a total hero. God bless him and Johnny Lydon for originally raising the alarm on Jimmy Savile.
RUDI UK deserved a medal
As long as celeb sexual predators are useful to other people of power and prestige, they will be protected by them...Only when they bring in less revenue or clout do the face the slightest of consequences, if at all...people protected Harvey Weinstein, R Kelly etc. because they profited off them. Savile was valuable to the BBC, the people he abused held no value in their eyes...
@@gozerthegozarian9500 Lets not forget the seniors at Stoke Mandeville and Broadmoor who were aware of what was going on on their premises too. This isn't a problem unique to the BBC
@@malthuswasright Yes, you are entirely correct!
This is about to get a lot of listens.
Yep… it’s gonna get Weird in here. As if Sparks wasn’t already weird enough.
Yanked my Vitch to it
They are one of the few bands that dare to be stupid.
You got weasels on your face.
why now?
I'm 63 yes old so this record came out when music was so important..the guitar solo in the middle is ICONIC and still gives me the chills 50 yrs on..when it comes to air guitar and air drums you'll find yourself on cloud 9
I'm 28 and only discovered these two fellas like 13ish years ago or so. I can't really convey all that I'd want to about them in a single RUclips comment alone, so I will leave it at this: I'm so glad Sparks has finally gotten the kind of real recent/current mainsream attention they deserve with their new documentary. Legitimate pioneers.
Thank you. I'm 63 and discovered them via CHOM FM in Montreal in 1972. They are totally legit pioneers.
I’m 59 and I remember them when I was 10 years old. However I did not pay attention to them since then. I saw the documentary and now I am a true fan
I'm a lot older and only heard of them because their movie documentary was on my plane. Even then, I thought I assumed it was a mockumentary like Spinal Tap. LOL.
Weird Al did a cover of this song, that's how I found sparks last Dec. I would love to see them perform together. The quirkiness would be off the chart!
@@pointysidedown Thank you for mentioning this! I didn't know he covered this and that it's not even a parody. He does an incredible job. I love this song.
Simply THE greatest progressive pop masterpiece of all time!
A great pop masterpiece it is, but this is art rock, not progressive.
@@BrianRAlex Glam Rock
Such a brilliant track. The first record that I ever bought. 1974, Woolworths, Rhyl. The eerily menacing synth intro reflected Rons stage persona and
I was smitten. Loved "Sparks" eversince 🧡
my first disc, too! I said to the middle aged mum woman behind the counter "this town aint big enough for both of us" and she said "no it isn't, is it dear!" and her mate roared with laughter
@@damonburnard5002 Thankyou so much for your great comment Damon. It really made me chuckle. Best wishes 🧡
Classic sparks...barbecue and subsequent b.sides were also fabulous..still are!..gazzz
This song has stood the test of time very well & still sounds excellent ❤🇬🇧
Was 14 when i first heard this now i'm 60 , but just feel the same when i hear this , it's like drinking a cold drink when you're really really thirsty ......it just hits the spot .
We must be the same age and I feel the same about this song. It’s an absolute classic and I love it.
Amazing lyrics
C'est pareil pour moi !! 👍😀
i too was 14 and played the album to death...and ended up with "equator" going around in my head continually..like the best ever ear worm you ever had.
Hey am doing the same thing. Wonder if the Documentary is seeable-
When I found out they were doing a documentary film I danced around like a god damn idiot, I am 55 years of age with a very bad heart and my kids were looking at me like they didn't know whether to call an ambulance or the people with padded jackets, so I showed them and If you had seen their faces. I don't care I loved them, they were different and I have always loved artists that push the boundaries in music, Toyah Wilcox and Hazel O'Connor were my idols with OMD coming in with Electricity and then someone introduced me to you guys I was in heaven. so excited to see this
How the hell have I gone my whole life without ever hearing of this band?!? I just watched Weird Al do an instrumental accordion cover of this song and I just had to know more. Then I find that this song is as old as I am... WTAF?!?! O_O I'm hooked! And now, I'm off to explore this intriguing new rabbit hole.
Watch the documentary and you will be blown.
@@vlidi ditto what wirelesmike73 said, but I'm only 33. Thanks, Weird Al!
There is a great documentary out on Netflix
I love those little stories about how people got into Sparks. Enjoy... so much to discover :)
Same here. All my life I've listened to music. Then I just saw (again) the McCartney "Coming Up" in which he dressed as one of the Sparks, and the YT commenters mentioned this and here I go ...
I'm so glad I've discovered this band. I've never loved a band as much as I love Sparks!
sweetheart ive been listening to this song for so long its embarassing but whast a song !!
Lo
Me
@@TheMarkturnbull lll
Since 75. & played several times yearly. Very talented!!! (talent is an asset) two out of a strange box🤔
A 15 ans en 1975 , j écoutais ce super tube en boucle , que de souvenirs nostalgique ❤❤
On a le même âge... et la même nostalgie !
@@bernardlanglade5946 oui effectivement, c etait les meilleures années de ma vie,
I must have fallen for them after my obsession with Rod Stewart finished after Maggie May in 1971! Looks like a x between Marc Bolan and Brian May ! 💋💋💋
J écoutais ça à fond avec les potes , quand j etais en foyer dans les années 70 , les voisins étaient fous....❤❤❤❤
i am 58 and this a hell song, so good
New "Sparks Brothers" documentary is outstanding!
I was in kindergarten when this came out. I loved it. It's absolutely brilliant.
Zoom sodaaaaa aguante !!!!!!!
Sans doute le plus grand tube des sparks ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
70's guys are such babes.
One of the very best songs of the 70's and this is one of the very best videos I have ever seen from the 70's. They are pioneers in everything.
And they are still killing it (using that term in the best positive sense), 'Edith Piaf said it Better than me'.
@@terrythekittie 2020: 'Self-effacing' and 'I'm Toast'. So far. Waiting for 'A Steady Drip Drip Drip', will be out May 15💖💕🥰
@@annabackman3028 That's today! Streaming on Spotify, I'm soooo happy
Jumped around my room to this when i was 8 doing it know at 50
I was too busy reading the lyrics to jump!!
42 years in the same room. Must be feeling a bit lonely 😉
UMM I AM 72......OH DERE
@@iricdestret, so will Russell be in October. Ron is already ahead that number, 75 in August.
Hm... Oh lord!!!
@@iricdestret I am 73 and remember this coming out when I was 27 !!! Breath in :) :)
Love the Sparks . the Bro's are still going . love the 70's stuff the best
Sparks : the band that inspired Queen. Miss you, Freddie. Gone, 30 years ago. But never forgotten. Thanks, Sparks.
Queen were there first. I think they were both plugged into the same source; a lot of bands were being inspired by each other. Lots of Glam Rock influence. And I see so much of Kate Bush in Russel's performances.
@@wingsandash Yes, perfectly true. The Sparks most obviously inspired Catherine Ringer and Frédéric Chichin from Les Rita Mitsouko.
@@wingsandash Nope, Sparks were there first
@@BrutalDread Both released debut albums in 1971. The Sparks' assemblages changed prior to the debut and over the years. None of the Queen core members are siblings, you can't bring that aspect into the equation. Stop being petty. I love them both to fucking death and thing they inspired each other and were inspired by others, as they should have been.
Sparks have been active since 1966, a whole 4 years before Queen were formed. I think it’s safe to say Queen were inspired by Sparks.
MUFC Just won the FA cup and hearing this was momentous. I loved this way back.
I still do.
Feck! The 70's were the best. Thank you Ron and Russel for the great times. I'm going to trawl your other greats. Amateur Hour!
I just found out about this song from an iPad Air commercial that I had not seen until yesterday night! 🤓
My favorite band in -74 when I was 14, together with Queen of course. Still are
Song is seriously driven by the thumping drums. Brilliant.
Yes. Sadly the drummer Norman "Dinky" Diamond committed suicide about 12 years ago following complaints about his next door neighbours playing deafening music in the early hours of the morning within his earshot. 😞
My first Sparks experience. Heard this on my cassette player aged 9.... through an earpiece. Fantastic in so many ways.... voice, instrumental variety and sound effects. Unsung Geniuses for sure. Great body of work over many many years... and STILL going strong... ( see some of Barrowlands live 2022).
First heard this at a outdoor ( Free) rock concert blasting through the PA system in Sheffield UK in the 70s, mega 💥💥
1970's Glam Rock doesn't get much better than this!
1974?! Why the hell am I just hearing this song? And this AMAZING band? I am in my sixties and I feel weird and confused about not knowing about Sparks. Will be binge watching. Big thumbs up and subscribe.
Sparks and Devo best American late 70s early 80s bands ever. Don't argue.
Ok
I disagree! ☝️
Yes, just happen to be the two of my life-long favourite bands (hence my user name)
The song is awesome I will never get tired of it. Ron and Russell are fantastic💕💕
Deserve tp be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!!!!
I think Russell Mael was soooo beautiful in this video! 😍 😍
Oh yeah! He was so hot!
A very expressive perspective on 1:01 - 1:03 s.
Agreed very easy on the eye 😍👌🏼
He still is! Check out "The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte" video with Cate Blanchett.
I love it since 1974 - what a hit!
Wonderful pop genius - they cannot be bettered or imitated. Ron and Russell, keep pushing that musical envelope!
Last dinner party show me here. Thanks for them
I just saw Weird Al's accordion version of this and it was brilliant. This is still a hell of a song, like 5 styles in one. That's why we love Sparks.
That's why I'm here.
Check out Virus Alert by Weird Al, it's.a Sparks soundalike, and hilarious lyrics as you'd expect!
Revival time bros and long overdue! Can't wait to see Sparks Brothers in the cinema. Total legends
Especially when FFS & A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip came out!
Listening to this again after many years, at the time I just thought it rather weird, but on reflection, it's a remarkable, complex and accomplished song, tight playing and oddball time signatures, it's actually bordering on prog rock.
I had a neighbour who looked like the singer yrs yrs ago I used to call him sparks lol
I had a similar reaction, it’s one of rocks great overlooked masterpieces
I liked sparks since the 70s but never really listened to the lyrics😅but after watching the Netflix doc I had a right laugh they were hilarious but as a 12yr old didn't appreciate them🤣
You got there in the end, it's an incredible piece of work, it also never ages. Not one bit. Utterly glorious.
How did you figure out the time signatures?
An absolute legend of a track. Way ahead of its time.
Commercials have helped me discover hidden gems like this. As a music geek, the Picardy 3rd is genius to me!!
iPad airのcmから。エマちゃんかわいさに何度も見てたらこの曲にまではまってしまった！
Amazing song, I don’t think the excitement on this record has ever been matched 😊
I was 17 ,1974 ,when this was a hit . Incredible song . Russ being 'mr cool' . Ron ? Straight faced . Great image
Sparks: original and unique music-making - genius.
I heard this on a new Apple iPad Air commercial recently and was thrilled to hear one of my all time favorite songs. Imagine my shock to see that it originally came out 48! years ago. It sounds like a song that could have been released just a couple of years ago. I was also pleasantly surprised a few years ago to learn that Ron and Russell Mael grew up in Culver City, California, where I grew up. I always thought they were British. The things ya learn on the internet! How did I get old enough to have a favorite song that was written 48 years ago? 😳
Truly the beginning of New Wave, a genre that integrated keyboards and guitars and vocals and sound effects in new and innovative ways and added hard right angles and unpredictable turns to pop music.
Nah it sounds more like an offspring of The Doors (Ray Manzarek’s keyboard is quite similar)
The Doors + Rush
I heard elements of cabaret in Queen and glam of Bowie in this.
Just listened to this again after many years, I my opinion Freddy and queen must have listened to this extensively before coming up with bohemian rhapsody. ..
Just putting it out there
Disagreed. Ron Mael in a 90s interview actually specified Get In The Swing as the track which Bo Rhap ripped off. But when I finally heard that song I thought the claim was ridiculous: it does have several different styles and a colossal Cecil B DeMille-scale production, but the main tune (for all the flash the song's structure is very conventional) is on the level of a crappy advertising jingle you'd hear on local radio.
Rubbish
As I have said before sparks are and always be a band on a style of their own. Nobody has been able to duplicate them. Like ELO. You can not reproduce their music. They have a style of their own. Nearly 50 years in the business. Keep going sparks love them.
@@JMoruzzi Maybe listening deeper you can tell similarities - of course not the main tune but changes is tempo and mood, I can see where they are coming from but probably not enough to create a court case but doesnt every band or singer/writer pick ideas from those before?....its a no brainer.
Brian May was actually offered a place in Sparks when he was in hospital during this period but he turned them down cos he didn't want to leave Queen.
unforgettable piece of genius.
Music from my teens that stayed with me, brilliant ❤
it's so nice to be able to say what your favourite record of all time is without even having to think about it.
The talk of the playground when this came out. So bizarre but loved it. Don't remember a song or group that was talked about so much
Legendary.👍👍🤸♂️
Ummm, what have I just heard? This is just incredible.
Glad you think so. They're also label mates with Sabrina Carpenter and The Last Dinner Party - the latter have done a cover of this song as well, go take a listen.
do read the lyrics to this . . . thought I knew the song well (I'm 50) but really had no idea just how clever, witty and funny the really song is.
ALWAYS look at the lyrics, when there is a Sparks song!! There are so many witty things and so easy to miss them.
Almost all lyrics can be found at allsparks.com/discography
If you don't know which album the song is from it's a little bit of hell, because you click at an album to have the songs.
Of course you can find the lyrics elsewhere, most songs, but I have noticed there can be minor, but very annoying, errors.
I was a young girl living in England when this came out. I was head over heels when I heard it. A lot of air play on Top of the Pops, I bought the 45 record. He was quite hot, LOL
Which one?
It was very theatrical.
It was around my 9th birthday when this was a big hit in UK. It was the first time in my life that I had to stop whatever I was doing and turn the radio on when it was time for the weekly chart rundown.
Saw them in hard rock cafe los angeles 1984. Magic
Zoo time is she and you time
The mammals are your favourite type, and you want her tonight
Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat
You hear the thunder of stampeding rhinos, elephants and tacky tigers
This town ain't big enough for both of us
And it ain't me who's gonna leave
Flying, domestic flying
And when the stewardess is near do not show any fear
Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat
You are a khaki-coloured bombardier, it's Hiroshima that you're nearing
This town ain't big enough for both of us
And it ain't me who's gonna leave
Daily, except for Sunday
You dawdle in to the cafe where you meet her each day
Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat
As twenty cannibals have hold of you, they need their protein just like you do
This town ain't big enough for both of us
And it ain't me who's gonna leave
Shower, another shower
You've got to look your best for her and be clean everywhere
Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat
The rain is pouring on the foreign town, the bullets cannot cut you down
This town ain't big enough for both of us
And it ain't me who's gonna leave
Census, the latest census
There'll be more girls who live in town though not enough to go round
Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat
You know that: This town isn't big enough, not big enough for both of us
This town isn't big enough, not big enough for both of us
And I ain't gonna leave
mad lyrics a classic
Now who can possibly argue with that?
@@varshapatel5543, and many more mad lyrics have been written since! Thank God😉Ron and Russell, the Voice of Angels! 💖💖
That's some crazy lyricing.
Brilliant lyrics
this insane hit from the 70s you just can't forget it. Absolute maniac but brilliant - I met you in Hamburg these days...💞 keep going with your unique awesome music 🎶
I heard this song after listening the Siouxsie And The Banshees cover, and I like the original, thousand of times.
Just watched a documentary on these guys. Fantastic history and legacy. Vince Clark and many others owe their musical vibe to Sparks. VInce and Nick Rhodes were basically Russell clones with great hair and no moustache.
I reckon Sparks should have a VEVO channel in order to get their music heard a lot more by modern audiences. Hands up who agrees. :-D
So much better than all the total CRAPP played nowadays, perhaps I’m giving my age away⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️🎟🎟🎟
👐🏻 👐🏻👐🏻👐🏻👐🏻👐🏻👐🏻
YES!!!!
Why would a VEVO channel be any different than RUclips?
Sparks got a video done by Cyriak out recently (as of this comment), so there's that.
Genial 👍 was für tolle Zeit es doch war.
I had their entire catalogue on vinyl, then CD and now I'm trying to get it on vinyl again. So talented. So weird. I love it!
I was 14 when I heard that crazy band in the radio - in germany. I love them!
What an absolutely.Show stop me dead on my tracks story! Thank you so much from Canada!
I’m 21 but I enjoy older music (much more than newer music)
This was the first song I heard of Sparks. 1974 I was 7 :)
I was 9 at the time that TTABEFBOU was a big hit in UK. I loved it then and still love it now. It still gives me goosebumps when I hear it.
DJGoogs2014 same here🙂
I'm 54 (but closer to 55): my dad had Kimono My House in the early 1970's and I still remember every single word of this song to this day. It's a masterpiece. ❤️
Das war einer meiner Lieblingssongs ❤
Timeless classic. You cannot date this song.
One of the coolest thing I've heard and seen
Everytime I listen to this song I find a new layer I didn't notice before. That's remarkable.
I love the drums on this track.
Such attitude and energy. Love this. Got a compilation of 70s music on record and I am so happy this is on it. My dad was always blasting this song.
Wow! I remember putting this song on my MySpace page while I was in high school. So many memories
I love this song. I discovered it when I was very young. So great. Thanks👍🏻
My favorite song, I adore it!!!❤❤❤💋💋💋
Amazing song. Can't play it enough !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Always loved the bass guitar's snarl on this.
Elli P that’s a Richenbacker he’s playing. One of the most influential bass sounds of the 70’s and beyond. Been wanting one my whole life! Very distinctive sound. Check out “Night Fever”. by The Bee Gees for a definitive version of it!!
I first heard this great song on legendary Radio Caroline many years ago and it immediately amazed me, Sparks are brilliant.
The Mael brothers, forever young, forever talented 🤜
Exact , la
Russel Mael looks like someone spliced Brian May with Jim Morrison.
with geddy lee's vocals
and Ron looks like if you spliced Ray Manzarek with, er...
@@dplatt7290 "That Austrian"?
And sounds like his voice broke in reverse.
And a fair amount of Chris Squire
So 45 years later I learn there was an official promo video ... we used to have this on radios only in those days. Thanks for sharing
❤ Oldie but Goldie ❤
The genius of Ron Mael ... Top ten in my Pop Rock list without even thinking about it ...
Possibly the most exciting song in the history of music
Why this song was never released in the US is quite puzzling. If their label at the time, Island Records, gave this a US release, I could positively see the song as a big hit! One of Sparks' finest works.
The US was not and still isn't ready for Sparks........
It was released in the US on Island IS-001. Check out 45cat.com for more information.
dannystrat Well it better damn well get ready for them. They did have a few hits in the US in the 80’s with “I Predict”, “Cool Places”, “All You Ever Think About Is Sex” and “So Important”.
@@dariowestern Can confirm. I had that 45. It's hard to find since it didn't charted over here.
They tried to have some attention, check for "Sparks live at The Record Plant".
Absolutely great, a couple of songs from Kimono and Propaganda. No manipulation. And Russell's voice is perfect, and he also speaks a little between songs, humorous and a bit confused😂
(If I ain't confused now, could so be, they added an extra verse to 'This town' 🤔🤔🤔)
I just discovered this song/video for the first time today and I don't know where it's been all my life. How did I make it to 40 without knowing about this absolute thing of beauty???
This is from 1974? Okay I'm sold on this bands being way ahead of it's time
Just saw them live. They still sound great after all this time.
Intemporel, un bijou ,chaque fois c est la claque ! Ne me lasse jamais d écouter ce morceau
New to Sparks. This song is unbelievabley good, how did I not here this before today. Wow.
This record featured heavily in the start up period for London's Capital Radio along with bands like BeBop Deluxe. Absolutely brilliant.