ABC ~ The Look Of Love 1982 Disco Purrfection Version
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- Опубликовано: 2 янв 2020
- The genesis of ABC is rooted in a UK pop group called Vice Versa formed in 1977 by Mark White and Stephen Singleton, both synthesizer players. As an up and coming group, they were interviewed by Martin Fry for Modern Drugs, a local fanzine. After the interview, Fry was asked to join the band and he accepted. After a September 1980 concert the group officially changed their name to ABC with Fry taking on lead vocals, Singleton on saxophone and White on guitars and keyboards, adding new members Mark Lickley on bass and David Robinson on drums. ABC's first single "Tears Are Not Enough" broke through and reached #20 on the UK survey and did not chart US. Robinson left and was replaced by David Palmer, Lickley then quit the band leaving them without a bassist.
They went into the studio with Trevor Horn and completed "The Lexicon Of Love" in 1982 with its centrepiece single "The Look Of Love" topping the UK Album chart and claiming its position as one of the Top 100 UK albums ever released. They were able to gain three top 10 UK hits with "The Look Of Love", "Poison Arrow" and "All Of My Heart". In the US, "Look Of Love" peaked at #18, "Poison Arrow" followed at #25 and "All Of My Heart" failed to make the pop survey. "The Look Of Love" did top the US disco/dance chart for one week and spent 26 weeks on that survey, a whole half year!
Palmer then left to join the Yellow Magic Orchestra, leaving the other three to reconvene and put out "Beauty Stab" in 1983 that did not fare as well without Horn as producer. Gary Langan who was the engineer on "Lexicon" took the producers chair, copying a move by the Bee Gees who hired Arif Marden's engineers Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson when Marden became unavailable to them after giving them a new sound and career with "Jive Talkin'".
ABC did not allow any remixes for the songs on "Beauty Stab" and the album tanked. They came back in big way in 1985 with new members Eden and David Yarritu for "How To Be A Millionaire" with "Be Near Me" hitting #9 US. Their last US hit was 1987's "When Smokey Sings" which became their best performing song ever in the US with a chart peak of #5.
They had a much better career on the disco/dance chart with "Be Near Me" and "When Smokey Sings" each spent two weeks at #1, "How To Be A Zillionaire! got to #4, "Vanity Kills" to #5, and "The Night You Murdered Love" peaked at #3. In 1991 with the Blackbox produced "Say It" they reached #3. 
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I have never heard a better remix to this song since I first heard it in High School back in 1982.
High school?
You mean senior school.
Unless u a yank.
This is not disco music
This is pure britich pop music funk sound
Disco New Wave. Yes, seriously.
The 80s: _Lived ‘em. Loved ‘em. Miss ‘em._
This is your masterpiece! Propel me to another dimension. Ty.
The 80's,the golden years of music...always loved this track...still do...❤❤🎵🎶
just got said gem 💎 doing its thang 🕺💃🎵never gets old ❤🫡🙏
This is an absolute classic from back in the 80’s. I was a very big Clash fan. Still I am. But I still appreciate great songwriting.
man, that bassline gives me shivers.
This track takes me down memory lane, but music like wine gets better with age. thanks for the sweet memories!!
One of my most fav songs from the 80s. Not only does the song sound great but add in that British Accent, wowee, sexy as hell, sounds better than anything out there today.
British accents are English, Welsh, Scottish, and Northern Irish; but they each sound completely different with no similarity whatsoever, so to say someone has a 'British accent' is a misnomer and makes no sense. For example, Mr Scott from Star Trek has a 'British accent'. Great. Which 'British accent' do you think it's supposed to be?
Is their 'British accent' English, Welsh, Scottish, or Northern Irish? Then the variation among these is huge. Also, is the British person English, Welsh, Scottish, or Northern Irish? Then there are working class regional accents, as well as English Received Pronunciation (both standard and upper).
English = belonging to or relating to England, or its people: Englishwoman, Englishman.
British = belonging to or relating to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or to its people (English, Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish) or its culture.
Englishwoman = me, because I'm specifically from England.
England = a country within the island of Great Britain; England shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north and is part of the United Kingdom.
Great Britain = large geographical island in the British Isles comprising three small countries: England, Scotland, and Wales.
British isles = a geographically named group of islands, including Britain, Ireland (Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland), the Isle of Man, the Hebrides, the Orkney Islands, the Shetland Islands, the Isles of Scilly, and the Channel Islands, lying off the coast of north-western Europe, from which they are separated by the North Sea and the English Channel.
United Kingdom = sovereign country and kingdom consisting of four smaller countries: England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Full name: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
A British person comes from Great Britain or Northern Ireland, both in the UK, and could be English, Scottish, Welsh, or Northern Irish. We're not just 'British': most significantly, we have our own individual countries too.
Moreover, the Union Flag (or Jack) does not represent England. St George's Cross is the flag that represents England: it's a red cross on a white background.
The Union Flag (or Jack) is not a symbol or flag of England or Great Britain: it's the flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, being a composite design composed of St George's Cross (England), Saint Andrew's Cross (Scotland), and Saint Patrick's Cross (Ireland, now with Northern Ireland remaining). Wales had been annexed to the Kingdom of England before the Union, and therefore its flag does not form part of the composite design of the Union Flag.
Hope this is of interest and helps to elucidate one's understanding of the UK. xx
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ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME
not one of the greatest...the Greatest song all time
definitely agreed, its the kind of song you can listen to over and over and still not get tired of it,
@@jamulandkim3957 u guys too much. the tune is very good. but far to be the greatest of all time. C'mon.
I tell you I have the vinyl 12inches ...
Absolut!❤
The strings are so beautiful in this song, especially at the end! Wonderfully done! 😁
Totally freaking AWESOME!
2020 and I'm still listening and I'll be here Forever!!!!
ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME
great remix disco cat ! this one was due for a long time
Very nice remix, thank you DJDiscoCat, I had the chance to be a teenager then. Martin Fry voice is unique, and the arrangements are gorgeous.
This wonderful tune was recorded between late 1981 to early 1982, Madonnas Holiday was recorded in February 1983!!
Which makes Holiday sound like The Look of Love, and not the other way around lovers ❤️
Great work DiscoCat
Erm, hence Holiday sounded like this song, rather than the other way around? I don't see (hear) it myself.
@@grantgrove6800 Listen to the music, not the lyrics.
They're completely different....
@@richbrake9910 sure about that...they seem to fit pretty well together
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A decade like no other the fabulous 80's !
One of the finest records ever made
This is outrageous! 🍸🍾💃🏽🕺🏻
Really set the dance ablaze those days
I’ve been listening to these Disco Purrrfection Versions for the last two hours or so 🙌🙌 Amazing tunes!!
Ikr.... completely amazing
thank you, I am glad you are enjoying yourself here...tell your friends!
I heard this in a house music mix back in '86...wow. What an arrangement of sound. :)
ABC one of the most underrated bands of all time.
Holy F**king Sh*t, this song is pure, mad, melodramatic brilliance, and The Lexicon of Love is a must-own LP. AND THE PRODUCTION! OMG, I need to lie down, it's just stimulation overload...
As an 80s child I am loving this!
One of those tunes I never tire of hearing. I can't remember whether I bought the LP back in 1982 or the 12" single, but I have one of them. When it was a hit, I worked with a guy named Marty and as a joke, I can't even count how many time I've imitated that verse (in a British accent) at 10:20 when we worked in the same staff room:
"And though my friends just might ask me
They say, "Martin, maybe one day you'll find true love"
I say, "Maybe. There must be a solution
to the one thing, the one thing we can't find"
When your world is full of strange arrangements
And gravity won't pull you through
You know you're missing out on something
Well that something depends on you
All I'm saying
It takes a lot to love you
All I'm doing
You know it's true
All I mean now
There's one thing yes one thing that turns this gray sky to blue
That's the look, that's the look
The look of love
That's the look, that's the look
The look of love
That's the look, that's the look
The look of love
When your girl has left you out on the pavement (goodbye)
Then your dreams fall apart at the seams
Your reason for living's your reason for leaving
Don't ask me what it means
Who got the look
I don't know the answer to that question
Where's the look
If I knew I would tell you
What's the look
Look for your information
Yes there's one thing, the one thing that still holds true
What's that
That's the look, that's the look
The look of love
That's the look, that's the look
The look of love
That's the look, that's the look
The look of love
If you judge a book by the cover
Then you judge the look by the lover
I hope you'll soon recover
Me I go from one extreme to another
And all my friends just might ask me
They say, "Martin, maybe one day you'll find true love"
And I say, "Maybe there must be a solution to
The one thing, the one thing we can't find"
That's the look, that's the look
Sisters and brothers
That's the look, that's the look
Should help each other
That's the look, that's the look
Oh oh oh
Heavens above
That's the look, that's the look
Hip hip hooray aye
That's the look, that's the look
Yippie aiy yippee yaye
That's the look, that's the look
Be lucky in love
Look of love
It's 2020 and you DJDISCOCAT hit the ground running with this 80's classic. Bravo 👏👏👏👏
I totally agree with you!!
Turns out it was the only classic thing about 2020.
DiscoCat, you cannot continue to do this to me!!! You have taken one of my absolute favorite songs of the '80s and created a fresh, new remix that I am all kinds of in love with. I need this in my collection, ASAP!!! Again, thank you so very much for sharing your brilliant remixes with us, and as always, I am your biggest fan...
This was the preshow music for a play I did back in 1983. Still sounds great.
Wow a great song I grew up singing the 80's was the greatest songs to remember all good back. When which I still enjoy hearing ABC memories times awesome
Ah qué buenos temas de la década de los 80s.!🔉✳️❇️⏭️▶️⏪📀🎤🎧📻... Sonaban y se bailaba bastante en las discotecas ! Gracias amigo Disc J Cat por desempolvar éstos temas y sobre todo en formato de vinil.! .. Qué el sonido es inigualable...Saludos desde mi bella VENEZUELA 🇻🇪👍.
Es el rock de los 80s que nunca pasará de moda!
ok si, pero esto no es rock.
Wonderful version, Martin Fry is such a powerful, precise vocalist, his pronunciation is perfect, his range is incredible, another Trevor Horn infused production, DJDCV2 I am more and more impressed with your choice and knowledge of English classic pop songs, your edits and extended cuts inspire me , Happy New Year squire, keep doing the do, be safe be lucky and be happy, aspire to inspire always 👍💪😎🎧
Another DJ disco 🐈 Master piece Awesome Remix love this 80s classic
2020 and I'm still listening and I'll be here Forever!!!!
Es el rock de los 80s que nunca pasará de moda!
🇵🇷🥂 Que música nunca morirá y yo no dejaré de oírla 👍👍👍👍🤗❤️
great remix disco cat ! this one was due for a long time
ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME
@ WONDERFULL DISCO MUSIC !!!, ............I LOVE IT !!! ♥️♥️♥️
I miss the 80s 😌
Me too!😢
Dance floor and MTV memories! The fun video definitely helped push this tune in the US. When MTV mattered... And once again, kudos for this remix! Better than any of the dozens that came out in the 80’s!
THAT’s the LOOK...& the SOUND!!!✔️😎
Dec,26,2023 wow still great song and 🎶 tune, I don't know the answer to that question. I will play it 1-9-2024 ,for the kids 🧒 students can listen to it on the way to school 🚸 bus 31. Tks again. God Almighty bless you'll. Read 📖 your Bible Amen❤❤❤
Ok now I need ABC poison arrow
This was the preshow music for a play I did back in 1983. Still sounds great.
ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME
great remix disco cat ! this one was due for a long time
The Wonderful wizard Trevor Horn 👏👏👏👏👏!!!
My soul boy smoothie days yes loved it I grew up in the 80s 56 now.
The look of the perfection ❤️ Great song 💙
Love it!
I find myself singing this song because i will never get it out of my head...I'm a house head for life.
A true masterpiece! Could the 80's be any cooler. Just saying.
Ok now I need ABC poison arrow
Either that or "Be Near Me".
Mmmmm...what a masterpiece! Thanks! I'm waiting for your version of Blue Monday (New Order). Hope, it will come soon. :))))
Que buen tema me encanta esa version
Beautiful song...
Totally getz my vote 👍👍💋💋💋😎😎😎🤗🤗🤗❣❣❣💕💕
B96 and Q101 in Chicago. This song stayed in regular constant rotation on these stations. also WFYR-FM
Una gran tema de los 80 que trae muy buenos recuerdos !!!!!
This song is such a move oh lordy!!
Thks dj. Having one song lasts u abt 25 years. Having two vzns lasts u 100!!!!!
Martin: "and I say ... maybe" *Hip hip hooray ai ... Yippie ai yippie ai yay yai*
I LIKE THIS MUSIC .I LOVE 80.😍😍😍😍
When come out this song l m 16 now lm 51 lm still love this song event forever 😎😎😎😎😎✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌👉👈
22 ans à l'époque.. excellent remix 👍
Super Great Group & Song!!!!
Ridiculously good
Ohh!!! A gente simplesmente viaja, é só fechar os olhos !!!
Timeless!
An all-time and forever favorite!!!!!
I love this song
You did it 😉 Love it . . You are the Cats Meow !!!!
excellent music 👍🏻
Para escucharla recien levantadoy animarte antes de que venga alguien a joderte el dia , recordar es volver a vivir aquellos 80s
Excelente 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
ABC-ルック.オブ.ラブ.のリミックスバージョン良いですね🎵
昔、リアルタイムに聴いてましたね🎵コメント英語ばっかり日本人いねー❗
Creative...! Mágic...! Forever..! Corporation ABC....Genius..!
this has written 80s all over it...wish they would use this one as a sample for 2020 discomusic
Je l'avais enregistré en k7 audio en 1983 ,je m'en rappelle comme si c'était hier ,j'avais 13 ans !
I’m enjoying the disco 🪩 purrfection versions a lot it’s sound better than the original radio version I’ve been listening to disco 🪩 music since the 70’s and beyond & I’ve been to a lot of disco 🪩 parties throughout the years and I’ve heard this song years ago back in the early 80’s keep up the good work😃👏👏👍.
Tempos que ficaram e marcaram minha geração
Simply Outstanding! Another excellent job! I thoroughly enjoyed this remix!
this was one of my favorite songs from the 80s...you just made it that much better.Kudos to you for a bomb ass remix
当時めっちゃ⤴⤴流行った曲🎶👍👍👍
Always think of radio Station KROQ, based in Pasadena Ca in the early 1980s.....Raymondo and Blade!!!!!!
Awesome remix 🎯💜thank you
Au mon dieu!!! Hummm que c bon pur son respect french lover ❤❤❤
great remix disco cat ! this one was due for a long time
purrrrdy sweet
mon remix préféré n°1 us remix de ma jeunesse dont je possède toujours le vinyle!!!!! bien retravaillé aussi sa fait plaisir merci!!!!!!
love it.'one thing that change this grey sky to blue' ..beat,melody a classic.goodbye
Extraordinario Tema Musical! 🎶🎶🎶🎼🎼🎵🎵🎵🎹🎹🎹🎧🎧🎧💿💿💿👏👏👏💕💕💕🎤🎤🎤🎤
LISTENING to this classic while still under quarentine due to THE CORONA/COVID-19 CHAOS BKLYN N.Y. 5/3/20
Fantastic drums
Wow. Blown away by this mix. Woooaaa...woooooaaaa...woooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Grandissima versione , mega-extended, e senza aggiungere brutti suoni post-1990! Bella versione come se fosse stata fatta nel 1982 !
superb quel disco et quel danse quel souvenir le bizon club a barbizon
Superbe version ! Merciii ; )
Best way to start your day . GREEAAAT !
Great job 👍👍👌👍👌👍👍👌👌
Great show on SiriusXm's 70's on 7!
Who's still listening in 2020
I love this Jam! Old Skool fun at its best!!!
I always thought Madonna's "Holiday" sounded suspiciously like this song, esp. the instrumental parts like in the beginning. Is that just me?
Helena wow, never made the connection but I agree completely!
Oh, “Holiday” is definitely mixed up in there somewhere (or extracted from).
Verses in LoL (in Cmaj) & whole song of Holiday (in Dmaj) bounce around the same 4 (non-tonic, so always slightly unsettled) chords iii, IV, V vi, and the timing of the change in each bar is the same in the two songs (second chord always a quaver ahead of the beat). Timbres and arrangement are very similar too, and overall The Whispers' 'And the Beat Goes On' (1979) is a big influence on both records.
I always thought the same😎👍
To me the chorus reminds me a lot of Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper.