I was in America in 81 on a school trip. We had the specials , Kim wilde, the jam. First night in the states we had a gathering and they were playing led Zeppelin, journey. The Brits could not believe the kids wanted their parents music
Yo, many of the bands that later got a bit over commercial had some brilliant first minor hits. Not only H17, Boomtown Rats had Banana Republic, Spandau Ballet Chant No 1 (Thinking of that title, would it have inspired Blur for Song #2?) Simple Minds even, now mostly remembered for Don't you forget, Waterfront and belfast child, but their early albums are killer, and why play come in/out rain if you have nuggets like Promised you a Miracle or New Gold Dream. The latter chorus says it all _81 82 83 84_
I feel like screaming this is so good. Loved dancing to it when I was a teenager and still loving it 41 years later. Bands nowadays are just dross compared to the likes of Heaven 17.
Yes its, symbolizes unity, acceprance and patience 2024. Every single person is unique and nobody lives the same moment, experience or sees through others eyes. All over the world people are all inter bred so be the love generation, find your soul matexand go forth and multiply xx
First time I heard Martins Heavy keyboard notes on that song back in 1981 (Penthouse and Pavement) I was hooked................................. And have been ever since, never tire listening to that song (A snapshot of my youth)
Great to watch this band really enjoying what they do and the song actually is quite a political one , the drummer is great ,very tight and great backing from the girls ... Keyboards great and of course vocals amazing .well done everyone,a great production .
I'm amazed by how fast that drummer hit the drums. You would think that rhythm came from a drum machine, but that was a regular techno-speed beat. Way to Go!
Love this song and this version, Penthouse and Pavement. Also the band name came from the movie Clock Work Orange as quoted by Alex the Droog ..Heaven 17 was a big part of my musical influance
Total Awesomeness! Totally behind it! Best greets from Cologne, Germany. I know why I always loved them. So good to see they are still around. Would love to see them live. At the best in the UK. Stay strong, brothers and sisters. 👊
That’s why we’re going to Holmfirth (Picturedrome) in May, even though we’ve seen her here in Berlin a month beforehand. The atmosphere there is just gigantic and Glenn is just still great
@@domoreilly3887 81 million votes for a man who doesn't even know what day it is 18 million more than Hilary manipulating all the media covering up Hunter Biden etc rather have Reagan than the Marxist left
Saw the original line up of Gregory, Ware and Marsh doing a PA, singing to backing tracks in Maestros in Glasgow in the early 80's.Great then, brilliant now!
Could be the theme of 2023.
or November 24
This song should make a comeback in 2025.
If anybody ever says to you that 80s bands were rubbish, just show them this. Brilliant.
80s bands were amazing of course, not least Japan with their Tin Drum album from 1981, which is my favourite album of all time.
People who think the 80s are rubbish are the same fools who think today is better than the past - laughable. Long live the 80s.
Fabulous
Amazing band 💃🏻…& saw them in in Aberdeen & they didn’t disappoint 😍
!!!
This synthesizer kills fascists
Incredibly relevant in 2024❤
I was thinking the same.
Another perfect example of why British music was so fantastic in the early 1980s.
Not only in Great Britain ! We don't need no fascist groove thang !!!
It was fucking brilliant!! So many bands
Sadly they all wannabe Americans these days, hard to detect any stylistic difference
I was in America in 81 on a school trip. We had the specials , Kim wilde, the jam. First night in the states we had a gathering and they were playing led Zeppelin, journey. The Brits could not believe the kids wanted their parents music
Yo, many of the bands that later got a bit over commercial had some brilliant first minor hits. Not only H17, Boomtown Rats had Banana Republic, Spandau Ballet Chant No 1 (Thinking of that title, would it have inspired Blur for Song #2?)
Simple Minds even, now mostly remembered for Don't you forget, Waterfront and belfast child, but their early albums are killer, and why play come in/out rain if you have nuggets like Promised you a Miracle or New Gold Dream. The latter chorus says it all
_81 82 83 84_
I just saw The Sound of Sheffield documentary, a must see for fans of Heaven 17, ABC, Human League et al. So great to see this clip!
I feel like screaming this is so good. Loved dancing to it when I was a teenager and still loving it 41 years later. Bands nowadays are just dross compared to the likes of Heaven 17.
A great song so relevant in today's world ,well done Heaven 17
🤡💩👹 is now a demigod
What a powerhouse performance. Heaven 17 still got it.
I can't believe it's been 30 years, but they still sound excellent!
That drummer is killing it!
Meaningful song for dreadful times! Stay strong people !!!!
Can't believe how good they still are!
After so many years, they've still got that groooove thaaaaaang!
God, I remember listening to this on college radio when it first came out ...I'M OLD !
I remember dancing myself dizzy on a loop of this.
Add Bowie's "Fashion" and Consolidated's "Friendly Fascism".
Music to dance and rage by.
Gang of four.....
Yes its, symbolizes unity, acceprance and patience 2024. Every single person is unique and nobody lives the same moment, experience or sees through others eyes. All over the world people are all inter bred so be the love generation, find your soul matexand go forth and multiply xx
Strut it, Glen.
Heaven 17. Heroes.
First time I heard Martins Heavy keyboard notes on that song back in 1981
(Penthouse and Pavement)
I was hooked.................................
And have been ever since, never tire listening to that song (A snapshot of my youth)
Great to watch this band really enjoying what they do and the song actually is quite a political one , the drummer is great ,very tight and great backing from the girls ... Keyboards great and of course vocals amazing .well done everyone,a great production .
Just discovered this !!! 14 years late We do need this groove thang !!!!!!! Loved them in the day amnd still do
Banned by BBC Radio 1 in the 80s, now being recorded by BBC Radio 6.
3 decades behind the groove...
And never more pertinent today
Please don't deny the BBC their hypocrisy. Always remember that they know better than you, and tax you for knowing it.
WOW!
@@kristinshelor155 Reagan sorted out Russia. He was America's Maggie and one of the best Presidents ever.
This is absolutely brilliant and I've still got the 45, as good as the day they recorded it!
Glen and martyn still sounding great.ladies are amazing too.
A timeless tune that just gets better with age. Superb mix guys!
Wow, what a great Performance...astonishing.
What a song. Stands tall in any timeframe
the only middle aged guys that never got irrelevant, 80s bands. cuz everything is 80s nostalgia now, Since 2013 and still going strong.
Wow.. GG still has a great voice.. absolutely loved this track.
I'm amazed by how fast that drummer hit the drums. You would think that rhythm came from a drum machine, but that was a regular techno-speed beat. Way to Go!
Watch the live version of Transmission by Joy Division. Stephen absolutely kills it on the drums.
we need so much more of this great music!!!
Love this song and this version, Penthouse and Pavement. Also the band name came from the movie Clock Work Orange as quoted by Alex the Droog ..Heaven 17 was a big part of my musical influance
Right right right
Best version of this song 😍
Blimey! This is great mate!!! Heaven 17 still kicks ass!
Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! I remember buying this album.
This should be declared the International Anthem of all time!
David Watermeyer Agreed. So many lines are SO applicable today, starting with "History will repeat itself..."
More relevant than ever!
What an excellent version of the classic! Thank for uploading it It's a pleasure to watch them again
Sublime & just about note perfect 30+ years on........
It's 2020 and still sounds good
He looks great, sounds amazing. One of my faves.
Total Awesomeness! Totally behind it! Best greets from Cologne, Germany. I know why I always loved them. So good to see they are still around. Would love to see them live. At the best in the UK. Stay strong, brothers and sisters. 👊
That’s why we’re going to Holmfirth (Picturedrome) in May, even though we’ve seen her here in Berlin a month beforehand. The atmosphere there is just gigantic and Glenn is just still great
the classic track to dance and get off your face in the 80's. thanks for the memories
Some of us just danced and didn't need to get off our faces in the 80,s as you say ;)
This is just GREAT.... I have so many great memories... of copying this keyboard stab....
had this all on vinyl so long ago . . . still really good stuff, doncha know . . .
I have listened to your music since 1988 I have been listening… So I'm not coming out of nowhere I hear you and it is so worthwhile.
Love this song; love the sentiment!
Excellent, glad he's still around. Best times of life in the 80's. Democrats are now in power and we have Senile Biden.
The drummer is fit ;) I told that to Glen ...he lives with his wife and dog down the road from me near camden
History will repeat itself...
@This Machine Kills Fascists yes
@This Machine Kills Fascists History? - Oh .. doesn't it ? ... 2020
@@izpozpeeps the only fascists are the democrats mass election fraud persecuting people they don't like
@@shaunspadah5790 Got any facts for that?
@@domoreilly3887 81 million votes for a man who doesn't even know what day it is 18 million more than Hilary manipulating all the media covering up Hunter Biden etc rather have Reagan than the Marxist left
Saw the original line up of Gregory, Ware and Marsh doing a PA, singing to backing tracks in Maestros in Glasgow in the early 80's.Great then, brilliant now!
Hmm..best Studio-live version I have ever seen---xxxx
GREAT!!!!!!!!!!! I played the shit out of this song back then.
Nice one, Gregory's voice is still strong
Brilliant bring back the 80s i aintbstopped 😂
Saw them in San Diego recently and they were amazing. GG and MW, super stuff!
Still powerful after all these years
Alive and singing ... Thump up !!!
Now more true than everything! Great lively beat!
Just wonderful.
2022....... Perfecto for now!
One of my all time favorite songs!
Let's spread the message and get this back in the charts.
One of my favourite songs of all time.
Still sadly relevant to our times.
It's still really good!!!!!!!
The first few bars and I though this is not sounding too good but then it kicked in and Heaven 17 were back!
This is so top!
New Wave Revival bands would be great. I hope I see stuff like it when shows come back
The song hasn't gotten older.
This. Ground breaking. "Penthouse and Pavement" should be your next move.
Why is no one dancing? I dance with my wife to this song all the time!
His voice!
Stunning
Fantastic !
Reagan's president-elect - tells you how old this is! But still worth listening to, music-wise and lyric-wise.
Its really quite good ........still!!
Groovy + hard hitting in equal measure . Sheer class .
I can't help but wonder how the human league would have been if Ware and co stayed. This should be rerelease now as it's very pertinent
This should be the Harris-Walz campaign theme song. Very fitting.
Top Tune from a top band long live the eighties
My band favorite
Great mix of a great song!
Heaven 17 Belgium loves you !
True classic 👌🏼
Excellent.
Time for a 2019 re-release
Time for a July 2020 release
Lcd Soundsystem got you covered
How about a 2020 re-relese?
This was filmed in the BBC's Maida Vale Studio 3, not Abbey Road. :-)
Brilliant.
Heaven 17... rules
This is the tune!
i miss the magnificent bassline from John Wilson
Me too.
No one sings the word 'ass' quite so melodically as Glenn!!
80's at its best
I love this song,plus the drummer is pretty hot!!
was 17 when i first heard this song. In Australia.seems we were ahead of Pommyland.
Awesome 😊perfection I am back
Still hits a nerve in 2018.
Legend!