Prefab Sprout - Cars and Girls (Official Video)

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  • Опубликовано: 31 дек 2024

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  • @Anne-em6dq
    @Anne-em6dq 2 года назад +1465

    Sure nobody will read this as most comments are much older. The 80's were my decade. The music, the freedom the absolute joy. Even though I cannot walk anymore due to poor health I remember dancing at the disco to this song, unfettered & joyous. Those were the days and I lived them. Thankyou Prefab, your music made my life wonderful

    • @billstock3663
      @billstock3663 2 года назад +97

      some of us still reading the comments and I'm right there with you..the 80's were also my decade the best times of my life by far inspite of a less than ideal childhood. Looking back it's kinda bittersweet but I would still go back to it in a heartbeat.

    • @fabricechaplin4536
      @fabricechaplin4536 Год назад +56

      I'm with you on that (from France). Same decade, same feelings... if I could go back there, I'd do it. But as Epicure/Lucrece say, you can't live in the past or the future, we live the instant. Spent part of the afternoon with Steve Mc Queen though, and I was back in time... cheers from Brittany coast !

    • @robertjohnson1602
      @robertjohnson1602 Год назад +58

      I'm with you too. I'm now 62 and undoubtedly 1980-2000 were the fun times. The 80's made you feel invincible and that time would never end. But it does and it's nice to reminisce now and then.

    • @mortisxx5712
      @mortisxx5712 Год назад +27

      Some of us read, but sometimes, RUclipss algorithms are not working :) This is a wonderful song, and Prefab Sprout has made quite a few classic songs, of which this is one of them. Next time, try "Who is still listening to this in 2023" 🤣🤣

    • @eltiolatranca
      @eltiolatranca Год назад +15

      Yo si te he leído. En su día, me compré este LP.

  • @victoriasage8613
    @victoriasage8613 10 месяцев назад +159

    Just read an interview with Rod Stewart who stated that this is his favourite song. That just made my heart soar. Happy Valentine's Day to all the Prefab Sprout lovers of the world! 💘

    • @thierrykormann8848
      @thierrykormann8848 10 месяцев назад +3

      Quit driving, Start counting...

    • @ed1907-cl2bj
      @ed1907-cl2bj 10 месяцев назад +4

      Wow, that's a serious endorsement... ❤😊

    • @ed1907-cl2bj
      @ed1907-cl2bj 9 месяцев назад +2

      Mine too... From Italy.

    • @davidflinton4574
      @davidflinton4574 9 месяцев назад +2

      Love this song so much play it to my granddaughter she loves it ❤️💯

    • @djfaronheit2246
      @djfaronheit2246 8 месяцев назад

      Link pls

  • @Howling73
    @Howling73 Год назад +270

    One of the classiest songs of the 80s. Pure silk.

  • @PeterStawicki
    @PeterStawicki Год назад +100

    Happy 65th Birthday Paddy! Never got the recognition he deserved outside the UK

    • @aliciaf2698
      @aliciaf2698 3 месяца назад +3

      Such famous in France i remember to dance on it

    • @kennethproctor8205
      @kennethproctor8205 3 месяца назад +2

      You got that right. I found their album by accident. Loved it. No one knew what I was talking about then. Still don't

    • @erasmal7179
      @erasmal7179 Месяц назад +3

      In Italy we played this song for months, absolute masterpiece

    • @DebbieTDP
      @DebbieTDP 13 дней назад +2

      He did in Italy, never forgotten ❤

  • @candidopelaez3648
    @candidopelaez3648 10 месяцев назад +33

    One of my favorites songs

  • @elimar7419
    @elimar7419 10 месяцев назад +69

    2024 and the 80's ❤ is still the best and will be forever ❤ A magic decade

  • @allseeingi
    @allseeingi Год назад +144

    Extremely underrated, the songwriting , melodies and execution are on another level . Their songs hold up well even after all these years .

    • @ianbruce892
      @ianbruce892 Год назад +10

      Very true, Paddy's a genius, there was so much fantastic music in the 80s..🎶🎸🥁📻😊👀👏

    • @christiandal4968
      @christiandal4968 11 месяцев назад +6

      So true

    • @perrynnlynch1883
      @perrynnlynch1883 5 месяцев назад +2

      Well said and great comment.

    • @martinganderup
      @martinganderup 4 месяца назад +2

      This track is a one-of-a-kind crafted song. I will be remembered. ♥️🎵🇩🇰🌞

    • @DebbieTDP
      @DebbieTDP 13 дней назад +1

      He's quoted as one of the best British songwriters of all times. 🙏🏻👍🏻❤

  • @xaviernajeraruescas2495
    @xaviernajeraruescas2495 Год назад +200

    After so many years, this song is still the best you can hear in 2023, wonderful.❤

  • @Minicity-ew1bc
    @Minicity-ew1bc 3 года назад +704

    One of the most underrated bands of the 80’s.

    • @DavidSmith-bi9yd
      @DavidSmith-bi9yd 3 года назад +25

      I'm from london they were never underrated
      Where as Aztec camera well that's a different story.

    • @joeg3763
      @joeg3763 3 года назад +9

      Steve McQueen/Two Wheels Good had the most fantastic gem of all with "When Love Breaks Down". As to David Smith, yep, another underrated band in Aztec Cam.. "Birds" has always continued to impress me on Dreamland.

    • @michaelwilliams7026
      @michaelwilliams7026 3 года назад +7

      yeah the king of rock n roll

    • @tudormiller8898
      @tudormiller8898 3 года назад +1

      Definitely!

    • @samsonwilkinson8090
      @samsonwilkinson8090 3 года назад +11

      Why does someone ALWAYS write the same thing? Doesn't matter what band; they're always 'unederrated.'
      Sigh...

  • @JackoffJerkoff
    @JackoffJerkoff Год назад +10

    Miss these happy days.. :-))))

  • @Sandrosnoopy-m9c
    @Sandrosnoopy-m9c Год назад +26

    Duran Duran? Spandau Ballet? No... PREFAB SPROUT!!! Yesss

  • @isyt1
    @isyt1 9 месяцев назад +12

    This is definitely a fine candidate for the best song of all time. Personally it’s a top3 for me

  • @christopherwright2576
    @christopherwright2576 5 месяцев назад +57

    Oh my god , I love this song ! I yearn for the “80’s “ again.

  • @Ppmartin12
    @Ppmartin12 Год назад +54

    Time flies but the talent remains…
    Thank you Paddy for all your work.

  • @bernardobuffa2391
    @bernardobuffa2391 10 месяцев назад +13

    I can't remember any other song in which the crash cymbal played such an important role. This guys are so musical....

  • @SoulStylistJukeBox
    @SoulStylistJukeBox 11 месяцев назад +24

    It has taken me DECADES to realise the brilliance of this songwriting.

  • @seanyboyoc
    @seanyboyoc 2 года назад +262

    Possibly one of the most underrated bands ever? Maybe, but certainly Paddy McAloon is a master lyricist with insightful commentary on childhood, growing old and reflection. Just brilliant!

    • @pathogensmusick
      @pathogensmusick 2 года назад +17

      Totally true, they're criminally underrated.

    • @RafaLaRocka
      @RafaLaRocka Год назад +3

      he is making reference to bruce springsteen songs.

    • @nope5445
      @nope5445 Год назад +3

      @@RafaLaRocka Yeah... I think the irony is lost on many.

    • @nope5445
      @nope5445 Год назад +2

      @@RafaLaRocka BTW... The Meatloaf album Bat Out Of Hell... produced by Todd Rundgren is also a parody of the clown Bruce Spring sting records.

    • @tonymorgan2038
      @tonymorgan2038 Год назад +4

      Along with The Blue Nile.

  • @carlosprimavera73
    @carlosprimavera73 Год назад +77

    I'm from South America, and here music like Prefab Sprout never came or came a long time later. However, those of us who lived in the 80's, have in our souls a kind of detector of the spirit of this type of songs, which have something special that cannot be defined with words and although, like me, you listen to them decades later, your mind, when Instantly, he assimilates them, identifies them and miraculously they return you there, to the wonderful 80's, that time that will stay in our minds, until the last day we have to be here.

    • @bfdoo
      @bfdoo Год назад +1

      Beauty

    • @cheaplaffsarefree
      @cheaplaffsarefree 10 месяцев назад +1

      80s music and the way it reaches into your soul. This is the first time I've heard this tune, and your words just brought me to tears.

    • @ed1907-cl2bj
      @ed1907-cl2bj 10 месяцев назад +1

      Bravo Carlos, you just wrote a poetry! Where in South America?

    • @OuahifaAhmedmalek-vu2ci
      @OuahifaAhmedmalek-vu2ci 8 месяцев назад

      Bravo pas de fro
      Noires ça pouvoir musique t enbrasse ❤

  • @andreabaront2240
    @andreabaront2240 3 года назад +667

    This song makes me cry , of happiness and sadness at the same time . For a world that is gone , and for the memories that are slowly fading away . Slowly cancelling from my memory the young kid I was back then 😢😢 These songs give me the chance to grab him for a little more time .

    • @dalebrennan7615
      @dalebrennan7615 3 года назад +24

      Know the feeling buddy hang in there and enjoy the music lot of people I once listen to theses type of songs from that era gone now from one thing or another rip but still plenty of us AROUND dublin ireland 👍👍

    • @laidback9249
      @laidback9249 3 года назад +14

      One of the greatest songs i ever heard.

    • @miguelgaldonmoragues
      @miguelgaldonmoragues 3 года назад +11

      I AGREE WITH YOU. GREETINGS FROM SPAIN.

    • @niallmcevoy5518
      @niallmcevoy5518 3 года назад +10

      Very well said !!

    • @laurenceellison837
      @laurenceellison837 3 года назад +9

      Natsukashii... can feel sad sometimes, but music lovers will always love wonderful tunes like this :-)

  • @redcropuk
    @redcropuk 7 месяцев назад +51

    I was born at the beginning of 1966 so the 1980’s spanned the years I was 13 to 23, what a brilliant LUCKY time to have been young. It’s worth being older today to have lived through the sheer joy of being younger then.

    • @daveh1081
      @daveh1081 7 месяцев назад +8

      I was born in 64 mate......similar vintage! What an era.......never to be repeated! It makes me misty eyed when I think about it......we were so bloody fortunate! You're right in what you say!! Hope you're well!

    • @theatticrooms7623
      @theatticrooms7623 6 месяцев назад +4

      Absolutely agree! I was born mid '65 so was soooooo lucky that I grew up with THE best music!

    • @daveh1081
      @daveh1081 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@theatticrooms7623 Jeeez...........watching this and reading these comments has made me quite melancholic......and life turned out well for me! I'm still waiting for a phone call from the '80's telling me I can go back!! Anyone else wanna come with me?

    • @theatticrooms7623
      @theatticrooms7623 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@daveh1081 Yep... I'd be back there in a heartbeat!

    • @daveh1081
      @daveh1081 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@theatticrooms7623 Where's my time machine when I need it!!!

  • @kathleensaintesteben
    @kathleensaintesteben 10 месяцев назад +18

    Ma jeunesse… et ce groupe, et cette chanson sur laquelle j’ai dansé encore et encore… 🙏🌿💙🩵💛

    • @manugrandest1683
      @manugrandest1683 3 дня назад

      Oui une belle décennie et en effet quel groupe ! J'ai tous leurs albums.
      Malheureusement le leader du groupe n'est pas en bonne santé. Et je pense qu'il ne produira plus rien.

  • @David-uq6yb
    @David-uq6yb 3 года назад +532

    Was 17 in ‘85. Amazing decade. Privileged to have lived through the ‘80’s in that time of life...freedom, clubbing with friends, grandparents, endless holidays. We need the ‘80’s back to detoxify us of this covid nonsense. Can someone invent a time machine... I want to go back to ‘85!

    • @massimoprimo3543
      @massimoprimo3543 3 года назад +22

      Nostalgia. ...magia.......😭

    • @miguelgaldonmoragues
      @miguelgaldonmoragues 3 года назад +19

      ME TOO MY FRIEND. GREETINGS FROM SPAIN.

    • @David-uq6yb
      @David-uq6yb 3 года назад +10

      @@miguelgaldonmoragues Hi... we had 2 super holiday’s in Calella de Palafrugel, Costa Brava in the 80’s. wonderful place. Love to go back soon. Lets go back to the 80’s!

    • @rajeboy6332
      @rajeboy6332 3 года назад +27

      WAY BETTER THAN ALL THE SHIT PLAYED NOWADAYS!!😌😌

    • @elenaalghisi911
      @elenaalghisi911 3 года назад +9

      Anch'io!!!

  • @markdawson-smith1950
    @markdawson-smith1950 Год назад +20

    Paddy and Prefab Sprout at their absolute best.

  • @themax2571
    @themax2571 2 года назад +29

    Born in '64, I was a youngster I n the 80s, marvelous youth, marvelous music: Prince, Style Council, you name it, the 80s were a special decade !

  • @trevoraugustino6636
    @trevoraugustino6636 2 года назад +63

    57 years old and still listening to PreFab Sprout. I was hooked at Golden Calf.

  • @Phil-wj4ll
    @Phil-wj4ll 5 лет назад +240

    I think this beautiful song captures the essence of the late 1980's: carefree but with a touch of sadness. Hard to pinpoint but definitely there.

    • @cevaacolo1
      @cevaacolo1 4 года назад +18

      Good point! It's like: lets be happy and carefree - because it wont last forever, sooner or later bad things will happen. Thats life, of course, after bad comes good, thats how it will always be💖

    • @tudormiller8898
      @tudormiller8898 3 года назад +1

      Prefab Sprout and Simple Minds are my favourites from the 80s.

    • @marileda566
      @marileda566 2 года назад

      Vero ❤️

    • @a.o.7307
      @a.o.7307 2 года назад +4

      I wish the 80's never ended!

  • @TobyGoddard-yo1hx
    @TobyGoddard-yo1hx 4 месяца назад +13

    As an ex soldier the 80's meant the world to us, a total and utter pleasure, love the memories.XX

  • @bradhill1099
    @bradhill1099 9 лет назад +570

    Prefab Sprout is an often overlooked band...They were very talented...Love this song...

    • @BlueHopi144
      @BlueHopi144 8 лет назад +14

      +Brad Hill totally what i thought early on this month - when this song appeared on the radio . Soft song full of beautiful melody genius .

    • @davidlambert503
      @davidlambert503 6 лет назад +6

      Brad Hill
      Could listen all day long mate

    • @masaakimasaaki2589
      @masaakimasaaki2589 6 лет назад +5

      Sublime! first time i listen to them, even though 80's are my favourite

    • @serkering8712
      @serkering8712 6 лет назад +3

      In my 10 favorite bands and it lasts...since 30 years

    • @LDantinhas
      @LDantinhas 5 лет назад +4

      The band still exist. Paddy McAloon just stated few years ago that Prefab Sprout would stick to studio albums only. No more live or tv appearances

  • @purshothamnaidoo8412
    @purshothamnaidoo8412 Год назад +26

    I played the video of this song to my 15 year old son who is as big on music as i am amd told him that this was a hit when i was 15. He listened intently then looked up the lyrics and said, This is a great song dad! When a songs meaning reaches across generations, then it is truly Timeless! Greetings from Durban, South Africa.

    • @chrisChris6969
      @chrisChris6969 6 месяцев назад

      Same with my daughter
      Thankfully some of today's youth still like quality proper music pal 👏

  • @andyflynn1365
    @andyflynn1365 2 месяца назад +13

    Bought the cd when it was released just fantastic im 65 now and still listen to it and it takes me right back there, love it 😂

  • @peterferguson-ue1ng
    @peterferguson-ue1ng Год назад +10

    80s classic takes me back to the summer of 1988 while working my first job in a butchers shop in my local town in Scotland .

  • @dynasoftbg2571
    @dynasoftbg2571 9 месяцев назад +6

    My first Prefab Sprout Album from 1988. Some others followed. First time I saw a video. I love it.

  • @alanreber1027
    @alanreber1027 9 месяцев назад +10

    In my 62 years on earth, these guys are in my top three bands of all time and I love a lot of different music!🤔😎 some things hurt more, MUCH MORE than cars and girls!😓

    • @srl6018
      @srl6018 7 месяцев назад

      I'd love to know which are the other bans in your top three.

    • @srl6018
      @srl6018 7 месяцев назад

      I meant to type "bands"!

    • @alanreber1027
      @alanreber1027 7 месяцев назад

      @@srl6018 it's hard to say which two others bands are top. I'll have to say Genesis (early Genesis I mean with Gabriel) and Steely Dan probably🤔😎😏 Everything But The Girl is in there too!

    • @jameswade8970
      @jameswade8970 2 месяца назад +1

      I too was born in '61 (very late December, so still 62), discovering PS around the time of release of Langley Park to Memphis (then quickly picked up previous release Two Wheels Good/Steve McQueen, Swoon impossible to find). Instantly became my 2nd favorite band of the 80s. My top three (with no apologies due to coming late to the party, after 1980) are Squeeze, Prefab Sprout and Siouxsie and The Banshees (The Clash just edged out, even though London Calling arguably the best album of the decade, and Joy Division not really an 80s band as Ian Curtis offed himself early in that year). Lots to choose from, I know, though these represent a range of styles that just could not be duplicated by others. The brilliant, evocative songwriting, unparalleled musicianship and innovative walls of sound that drilled deep into my psyche and really made me feel something. Not the mindless, cookie cutter drivel that most Midwesterners nodded their heads to. It was a great time to discover that rock, pop, punk, new wave, blues, reggae, etc., had important, worthwhile things to say - after teenage years spent mostly avoiding same (generally hated stuff others were listening to, especially in the late 70s).

  • @GarryRaft
    @GarryRaft 10 месяцев назад +8

    I played this fantastic album every night that I worked at a bar in Melbourne thank you for all your wonderful amazing songs ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @karlatkinson4397
    @karlatkinson4397 4 года назад +94

    I absolutely love Prefab Sprout and think Paddy McAloon is a writing genius. I've been having a Prefab renaissance for some months now. Can't stop listening to their many great songs. Someone tell Paddy how great he is and how much pleasure his songs bring us.

    • @ericrose3877
      @ericrose3877 Год назад +3

      All right, I will. PADDY, YOU ARE THE GREATEST, AND YOUR SONGS BRING US GREAT AND ENDURING PLEASURE.

  • @andrem4652
    @andrem4652 5 месяцев назад +13

    This song constantly plays in one of the biggest radios of classics from Argentina, Blue FM. I wouldn't have listened to it otherwise. It's so underrated.

  • @jejissand
    @jejissand 3 года назад +19

    I'm 57 years old and I LOOOOVE this music ! In the 80's, I was 26 lets go !

  • @luxtf
    @luxtf 9 месяцев назад +11

    2024. Still a hit

  • @МихаилГалуга
    @МихаилГалуга 7 дней назад +3

    я только сегодня узнал эту группу!!! спасибо ютуб!!! 💥💣💯

  • @christroytrigger.1419
    @christroytrigger.1419 Год назад +8

    Prefab sprout about as close to perfection as you can get.
    How i wish we were still in the 1980s. Where all this started.

  • @shaltibalti
    @shaltibalti 5 лет назад +484

    Real people, real writing, real musicianship.

  • @shimmeringfairydust3275
    @shimmeringfairydust3275 2 года назад +47

    Just such a dreamy, soft and shimmering band. I could listen to them forever.

  • @barrywatts5018
    @barrywatts5018 2 месяца назад +5

    The 80's are definitely my decade, I was 10 nearly 11 when they began and was 20 going on 21 when the 90's started. The decade that saw me leave school, get my first full time job, fall head over heels in love then experience having my heart broken a couple of years later. All of this happened with the greatest musical decade providing a soundtrack to my teenage years. Some great times and a few sad times, songs like this bring the memories tumbling back...

  • @cathodicpro
    @cathodicpro 4 года назад +104

    Paddy McAloon. Master songwriter

  • @doggbig35
    @doggbig35 2 года назад +7

    A hot 🔥 80ts summer night listening to pre fab sprout o man o man they were great days miss you 80ts soooo much 💯💚🤍🧡

  • @wysiwyg2006
    @wysiwyg2006 2 года назад +7

    Talk Talk and Prefab Sprout I so remember listening to in my youth on a cassette Walkman

  • @jimjam8949
    @jimjam8949 6 месяцев назад +9

    Have never been able to listen to this song without crying. He was so good wasn't he. We were spoilt in the 80s with the quality of musicianship and actually record companies still agreeing to that level of artistry and time and money taken for the production.

  • @paulotavaresrabrugu
    @paulotavaresrabrugu Год назад +16

    Every time I listen its like the first time i have ever listened, yesterday (35 years ago) was on the dance floor of some club dancing to it without a care in the world, and that gives a extra meaning to the lyrics (just look at me now). Thank you Prefab Sprout.

  • @scottz5057
    @scottz5057 4 года назад +208

    I had this on cassette and would “rewind” this song over and over! My girlfriend thought I was crazy. I didn’t care. This song is too good to listen to just once!

    • @tudormiller8898
      @tudormiller8898 3 года назад +4

      Blasting it on your Walkman I bet. 😂

    • @tommybaker6287
      @tommybaker6287 3 года назад +5

      And having to use a pen to reel in the the cassette 😂

    • @Eleventhearlofmars
      @Eleventhearlofmars 3 года назад +3

      @@tommybaker6287 I used to hate having to do that, battery power was crap back in the day lol.

    • @Kenistyless
      @Kenistyless 3 года назад +4

      @@Eleventhearlofmars ...but it was so much fun!!!

    • @marcosalves4824
      @marcosalves4824 2 года назад +1

      Yes! She's know about nothing..

  • @gilanthony9368
    @gilanthony9368 5 лет назад +638

    2020 and prefab is refreshingly and stubbornly relevant.

    • @pilowprincessgang
      @pilowprincessgang 4 года назад +2

      Thanks Netflix

    • @michaelkennedy8270
      @michaelkennedy8270 4 года назад +3

      @David Hargreaves I'm Not Ok With This, very good series on Netflix. King of Rock and Roll is used to great effect. The whole soundtrack to this programme is phenomenal. There's even a made-up band called Bloodwitch created for the programme by Graham Coxon of Blur and Tatyana Richaud. The Music is so good you don't ever want to skip the ever changing outros.

    • @manilapcgaming7217
      @manilapcgaming7217 4 года назад +5

      Quarantine Lockdown and some Prefab to get through the day

    • @aaronhendrickson2793
      @aaronhendrickson2793 4 года назад +3

      I haven't connected with a band this hard in a decade at least.

    • @erik-victory
      @erik-victory 4 года назад +1

      @David Hargreaves And "Wild Horses" is highly revered by the vaporwave crowd.

  • @paolozompanti3619
    @paolozompanti3619 Год назад +13

    I was born in 1967 and I grew up with 70-80's music. This song automatically takes me back to those years. At the same time It is joyful but also a little nostalgic. I listen to it with happiness but with tears in my eyes. Thanks to Prefab Sprouts and Paddy McAloon.

    • @pq6544
      @pq6544 Год назад +2

      Sono anch'io del 67 condivido il tuo pensiero quanta nostalgia una band di gran classe

    • @Marie-hn2gn
      @Marie-hn2gn Год назад +1

      ❤❤❤

    • @maryOdea-gq6nb
      @maryOdea-gq6nb 10 месяцев назад

      Love this song ❤❤❤❤❤🎉

  • @josef3793
    @josef3793 2 года назад +17

    J'ai 63 ans et je regrette ces 80 s ou la vie était si douce avec ces musiques 🎶🎵❤️🎶❤️🎵

  • @patriciohernandez3021
    @patriciohernandez3021 Год назад +17

    Cada vez que escucho ésta maravillosa música confirmo más y más que a los 'musicos' actuales se les acabó la inspiración para escribir buenas letras y hacer arreglos como éstos...

  • @brooksideradio
    @brooksideradio 9 месяцев назад +3

    such an amazing song, repeat all day.

  • @oakie007
    @oakie007 Год назад +37

    Fun fact.. I played this on repeat 46 times today.... Never gets old... Love to all dreamers out there.... All right
    .

    • @lovedaybebe5881
      @lovedaybebe5881 Год назад +2

      It never ever fails ❤ love sent back 🙏

    • @roderickstevens6891
      @roderickstevens6891 Год назад +2

      Thought I was the only one who did such things,such joy,butterfly kisses to the 80's.

    • @eightiesmusic1984
      @eightiesmusic1984 Год назад +1

      Wow you must like the song just a little! I thought I played it a lot in the late eighties when I would spend at least half an hour listening to it!

    • @Anne-em6dq
      @Anne-em6dq Год назад +1

      Love from a dreamer ❤

    • @ThePirouliette
      @ThePirouliette 4 месяца назад +2

      Indeed, this one among some others like "Interstellar" from Amplifier is very addictive.
      That jazzy tune backing vocals scat is so well balanced, somewhere between rhythm 'n blues and poppier 80's songs.

  • @kantstenchonthemel5641
    @kantstenchonthemel5641 Год назад +10

    loved them along with Deacon Blue, Big Country and so many other mythical bands of the 80s

    • @kpmonday7952
      @kpmonday7952 Год назад +2

      Big Country GREAAAAATTTTTT

    • @purshothamnaidoo8412
      @purshothamnaidoo8412 Год назад

      The breathless style of Deacon Blue's "When will you" is priceless. Blessed to have been a kid in the 80s and a young adult in the 90s. Two great eras of music.

    • @portuairkpods
      @portuairkpods Год назад

      Agree. This fantastic song reminds me of Deacon Blue.

  • @alainsalemi6049
    @alainsalemi6049 6 месяцев назад +5

    Il n'y a pas d'âge pour écouter ce groupe excellent,et musicalement au top

  • @meeshrosenberg1983
    @meeshrosenberg1983 6 месяцев назад +18

    The 80s, what a glorious time for music

  • @minoutaure52
    @minoutaure52 9 месяцев назад +6

    Love it ! Just fantastic!!🎶🎵

  • @rutwickgangurde3247
    @rutwickgangurde3247 2 года назад +1

    I found Prefab Sprout after watching the 'Whats in my bag' episode with Walk the Moon. Can't tell you how glad I am. If I die, I want to wake up back in the 80s.

  • @BrendanPramjee
    @BrendanPramjee 8 лет назад +320

    What a great band , song and time to be alive , the 80's as a kid was awesome

  • @massimovalla1449
    @massimovalla1449 Год назад +5

    La colonna sonora della mia gioventù, della mia spensieratezza, delle mie "fughe" notturne, di tante serate con le mie amiche...quanti ricordi!

  • @slowstone72
    @slowstone72 9 месяцев назад +4

    Great song.

  • @miguelinglesserrano1777
    @miguelinglesserrano1777 4 года назад +152

    i am physically disabled by a car accident 18 years ago since then, music is my support, thanks:-))

    • @brooksideradio
      @brooksideradio 4 года назад +13

      I'm sorry to hear of your accident, and yes music does help, and this is such a great song. u take care.

    • @miguelinglesserrano1777
      @miguelinglesserrano1777 4 года назад +7

      @@brooksideradio thanks friend

    • @deborahrobertson8606
      @deborahrobertson8606 4 года назад +7

      I'm so sorry to hear of your accident. Life throws such tests at us. Music holds and lifts us throughout our lives. It's an incredible gift. I couldn't live without music. I send you my very best wishes and good luck for the future.

    • @soundmind6477
      @soundmind6477 4 года назад +7

      God bless you Miquel, sending you a hug from London.

    • @miguelinglesserrano1777
      @miguelinglesserrano1777 4 года назад +3

      @@soundmind6477 thans

  • @adrianabustamante2860
    @adrianabustamante2860 Год назад +37

    Este tema tiene una energía super bonita, me fascina, tiene todo lo que un tema necesita !! El vocalista me encanta ❤❤❤

  • @obiwazz6929
    @obiwazz6929 5 лет назад +84

    Totally brilliant. Superb chords, bass line, great singing, great lyrics. One of the best songs to come out of the 80s. Long live Paddy McAloon and Prefab Sprout.

  • @JR-iu8yl
    @JR-iu8yl 6 лет назад +33

    like a breath of fresh air. Very underrated as a group, such a shame.

  • @davewilson9738
    @davewilson9738 Год назад +13

    Its criminal that songs of this ilk are overlooked because they are forever linked to Hot Dog, Jumping Frog, Albuquerque. He wrote so many songs that deserved much wider acclaim. I have followed this band for 40 years now! I'm getting old xD

  • @markjones7109
    @markjones7109 Год назад +16

    Profound songwriting by a brillant 80s band.

  • @pabloandrescaceresserrano263
    @pabloandrescaceresserrano263 2 года назад +9

    I'm 52 years old, and I remember "downloading" this song saturday by night from my radio to a 90 min chrome cassette. I waited by weeks until I captured it

    • @abbantucobergazo8381
      @abbantucobergazo8381 8 месяцев назад

      That's soo TRUE! ..we did this captures with a lot of patience 😅... amazing how music works more hard in those times ..Great detail ! ..God bless you ✨

    • @pabloandrescaceresserrano263
      @pabloandrescaceresserrano263 8 месяцев назад

      @@abbantucobergazo8381 God bless you too! 🤗

  • @krimocoucou4716
    @krimocoucou4716 2 месяца назад +4

    C'est parmi un des meilleurs son de pop music des années 80 😍❤💘💛👏👏💙🤩

  • @juliemonckton3959
    @juliemonckton3959 9 месяцев назад +5

    Brilliant 80s forevet

  • @thisandthat1265
    @thisandthat1265 5 лет назад +267

    Music from a better time in a better world.

    • @aishaprieto4581
      @aishaprieto4581 2 года назад +4

      Pensamos igual

    • @marileda566
      @marileda566 2 года назад +2

      👍🙋‍♀️

    • @joncullen5382
      @joncullen5382 2 года назад +4

      Ain't that the truth.

    • @LordNeonhelmchen
      @LordNeonhelmchen 2 года назад +8

      Cold war era, Thatcher, Chernobyl... And me singing »Hot dog, jumping frog, ..«. Better times? They are blurry...

    • @santiagocarmona5805
      @santiagocarmona5805 2 года назад

      Era un tiempo mejor sobre todo porque éramos más jóvenes 😸

  • @Bob_cool84
    @Bob_cool84 10 месяцев назад +4

    Good musicians....missing those times...

  • @FloatingOurBoat
    @FloatingOurBoat Год назад +10

    So many memories. Good times, thanks Paddy❤

  • @braddietzmusic2429
    @braddietzmusic2429 2 года назад +15

    I’m 49 now. I just heard this song for the first time today- November 2nd, 2022. I don’t know how that happened that I went all this time without ever hearing this fantastic song before.
    I know if I’d have ever heard it before, it would have caught my ear like it does now. While the music I like now has dramatically expanded, I know this song has so many elements and features of music I’ve always liked.
    In addition, I don’t think I’ve ever heard a song from this band before. And I lived through all of the 1980s and have memories of every calendar year in that decade, many of them music-centric.
    There’s nothing about this song that is particularly alternative or edgy or outside of the musical mainstream at the time that would suggest this song wouldn’t have been all over the radio. And yet I’ve never heard it until today.
    Some things cannot be easily squared or understood.

    • @mattyhewins6565
      @mattyhewins6565 2 года назад +3

      somethings hurt more much more than cars and girls, and i think its time............. Time that hurts the most.

    • @worstalentscout
      @worstalentscout 2 года назад +1

      they have another song ''king of rock and roll''

    • @worstalentscout
      @worstalentscout 2 года назад +1

      @@patjungle9826 ....their songs do sound too similar though.......i'm more into Depeche Mode, Camouflage, Alphaville, The Cure..........

    • @worstalentscout
      @worstalentscout 2 года назад +1

      @@patjungle9826 ...yes, i've stopped listening to almost all new music over last 20 years......still some good music but mostly junk over the last 20 years.....for Camouflage - only listen to their 1st album (that smiling face, pompeiji, music for ballerinas, i once had a dream)

    • @mikthe2004
      @mikthe2004 2 года назад +2

      Listen to "When love breaks down" It's one of their best!!

  • @bravosierra2447
    @bravosierra2447 Год назад +7

    “Life’s no cruise with a cool chick, too many folks feelin’ car sick” love it

  • @kevind2409
    @kevind2409 4 года назад +38

    what sharp songwriters... amazing lyrics, rhythms and melodies. wow

    • @Kenistyless
      @Kenistyless 3 года назад +1

      As a Brother for you to say that; it MUST be GOOD...can l get a witness????

  • @andrewbrown6144
    @andrewbrown6144 5 лет назад +13

    I work in music , festivals, big gigs, Prefab sprout will always be the best band i have ever listened to

  • @SuperBC10
    @SuperBC10 Год назад +5

    I was 12 in 1980. So much happened during the next ten years that it would be impossible to list them. This song was one of those things though so enough said!

  • @duanedurkan3565
    @duanedurkan3565 Год назад +6

    I'm deeply concerned why this genius has never hit the top spot. When love breaks down is not the best song of its generation. It's the best song of all time. Thanks the Sprouts

  • @ramabranch
    @ramabranch 7 лет назад +36

    I discovered this song as it was my aerobics teacher choice for the final part of coming down and stretching. That gym was great, full of really cool people and I felt very sad when it closed and their owners moved to Spain. Never felt as happy on any other gym I went after that one and this song reminds me of all the good times spent there.

  • @katherinereyes1469
    @katherinereyes1469 2 месяца назад +2

    Música que hace nacer mariposas en mi estomago... y nostalgia en mi❤!!!

  • @ranjitb68
    @ranjitb68 8 лет назад +15

    I remember playing this in the car driving through France. beautiful times with beautiful music. thanks Paddy you are a legend

  • @gastonrafa
    @gastonrafa Год назад +18

    Lyrics :
    Brucie dreams, life's a highway
    Too many roads bypass my way
    Or they never begin
    Innocence coming to grief
    At the hands of life - stinkin' car thief
    That's my concept of sin
    Does heaven wait all heavenly
    Over the next horizon? Ah!
    But look at us now, (Quit driving)
    Some things hurt more, much more than Cars and Girls
    Just look at us now, (Start counting)
    What adds up the way it did when we were young?
    Just look at us now, (Quit driving)
    Some things hurt more much more than Cars and Girls
    Life's a drive through a dust bowl
    What's it do, do to a young soul
    We are deeply concerned
    Someone stops for directions
    Something responds deep in our engines
    We have all been burned
    Will heaven wait all heavenly
    Over the next horizon? Ah
    But look at us now, (Quit driving)
    Some things hurt more, much more than Cars and Girls
    Just look at us now, (Start counting)
    What adds up the way it did when we were young?
    Look at us now, (Quit driving)
    Some things hurt more, much more than Cars and Girls
    Little boy got a hot rod
    Thinks it makes him some kind of new god
    Well this is one race he won't win ('Cause life's no cruise-)
    'Cause life's no cruise with a cool chick
    Too many folks feelin' car sick
    But it never pulls in
    Brucies thoughts, pretty streamers
    Guess this world needs its dreamers
    May they never wake up, ok
    But look at us now, (Quit driving)
    Some things hurt more, much more than Cars and Girls
    Just look at us now, (Start counting)
    What adds up the way it did when we were young?
    Just look at us now, (Quit driving)
    Some things hurt more, much more than Cars and Girls
    Just look at us now, (Quit driving)
    Some things hurt more, much more than Cars and Girls
    Look at us now, (Start counting)
    What adds up the way it did when we were young?
    Look at us now, (Quit driving)
    Some things hurt more, much more than Cars and Girls

  • @pi4630
    @pi4630 3 года назад +18

    This song has so many 80ies vibes in it... I was 14 or 15 when it came out. Long live our youth, when we had less and were happier. My friends have gone, separate liferoads, some are gone forever. As long I live I shall carry all those memories of good and bad.

  • @georginajulies8403
    @georginajulies8403 2 года назад +4

    I love this song!!!! Its strange how a "song" brings back those precious memories....only the BEST!!! We being young in the 80's....only know!!!

  • @tommybohman7818
    @tommybohman7818 2 года назад +1

    Paddy McAloon is a great singer-songwriter and this is perfect pop, and it gets even better - believe it or not - when I avoid the distractions of the video. lol

  • @arjenjanssen3138
    @arjenjanssen3138 9 лет назад +73

    A fantastic band... this is what songwriting and real musical craftsmanship is all about. And Dirk Kuyt on bass!

    • @MegaWeebles
      @MegaWeebles 8 лет назад +1

      I got it Arjen!

    • @jontyfrench1099
      @jontyfrench1099 7 лет назад

      MegaWeebles with yah!

    • @mikelitorous5570
      @mikelitorous5570 7 лет назад +1

      Arjen Janssen bolo zenden lead vocalist

    • @basehead617
      @basehead617 6 лет назад

      It’s not Martin McAloon? He’s in the video.

    • @marcusa9156
      @marcusa9156 6 лет назад +2

      pretty sure dirk kuyt played for liverpool

  • @hectorheath9742
    @hectorheath9742 4 года назад +4

    Like so many great 'older' songs, listen to this in my sixties, and I'm young again. Best thing is, I appreciate them more now..what a time to be alive!

  • @jonbliss7118
    @jonbliss7118 Год назад +4

    Heard this song on Radio 2 the other day and now I can't stop playing it. My neighbours must think I'm mad!!! Hard to believe this song didn't make the UK Top 40, brilliant song by an underrated 80's band. Paddy McAloon is a genius.

  • @iasnaia-poliana
    @iasnaia-poliana Год назад +9

    What a track! Can't believe it stands upright so fiercely after so much time!

  • @henrikseglemgrydeland6490
    @henrikseglemgrydeland6490 3 года назад +33

    I once was in love with the world. That was about when this song came out! Time has passed, but Prefab Sprout still holds up! What a genius Paddy Mcaloon is (and mind you, he has made a lot of great songs after this one. Still does as a matter of fact!)

    • @Ninzumecha
      @Ninzumecha 3 года назад +1

      Oooffff!!! Once in love with the world… that has happened to me quit a few times and has always included some fantastic music!… like this 👍

    • @joemontuoro4480
      @joemontuoro4480 3 года назад +1

      A very catchy tune, brings me right back👍

    • @jez6208
      @jez6208 3 года назад +2

      I work with paddy's nephew. Cracking bloke!

    • @bonnacon1610
      @bonnacon1610 2 года назад +1

      @@jez6208 They're a brilliant, very gifted family.

  • @ponyboycurtis3795
    @ponyboycurtis3795 2 года назад +3

    I was born in 1979 and was so lucky to catch all the 1980s and it was such a great time to be a kid..i look at my little 5 year old nephew growing up in this world today and i really fear for what is coming.

  • @bobbyshafto3259
    @bobbyshafto3259 4 года назад +15

    I love Prefab Sprout when they're in up-tempo mode....this one "ticks all the boxes" , wonderful song !

  • @dennisc2154
    @dennisc2154 4 года назад +21

    Their music is so smooth ...

  • @michaelryan6947
    @michaelryan6947 11 месяцев назад +2

    "Langley Park to Memphis", such an awesome album that I listened to through some of the biggest changes in my life, golden times, testing times with good friends, family and loves. Thank you Paddy and co, Why Aye Man!!!

  • @gautierd8711
    @gautierd8711 5 лет назад +18

    Pure 80's :) , all persons who came here know the real 80's musics and have great musicals taste, forever 80's/ Disco/ Funk

  • @fadingstarlight8
    @fadingstarlight8 3 года назад +14

    As a 90's kid I must've heard this song a million times on the radio. But because it wasn't a new song the DJ never mentioned the artist. Now decades later I hear a bossa nova version of this song to finally find out who sang it!

  • @mop714
    @mop714 Год назад +3

    How did this not become their first No. 1 hit. It is one of their best! Paddy McAloon, a great writer!