All ready a cool band,,then to do a Elvis hit,,,,WOW !!! Did it wth grace and respect,,no BS backup,,100 dancers,, crappy techno remix,,thank u Lads !!!
They never flaunted their cash. Roland lives in a regular home and is a family man. And yes can we go back to the 80s please when great bands like this were in the charts 😢
Always thought this was the only cover version worth listening to. Never twigged it was Jimmy Somerville, in all the times I’ve listened to it. What is wrong with me? It’s May, 2024 now and I’ve heard this version as much as, maybe more than Elvis’ original, over the years.
my wife and i met and spent time with roland and his then girlfriend on the isle of symi way back in 1988.what a great guy and such talent! dave and di.
The 1980s definitely were a time of joy in musical experimentation and overall optimism... which shows itself in the music, styles, and dancing of the era. There was a feeling that humanity could actually change things for the better if we made things happen.
The very late 70’s until the late 80’s was a blast. I made two Western Pacific/Indian Ocean deployments on a U.S. Navy ship during that time. Was the best time of my life!! Great music, great friends, great travels!
A light passes through the diamond, from one face to another and gives Life to a new beautiful changin' color. From ELVIS to FYC, another different kind of magic.
@@jonathansadkin1534 Elvis Presley did not write this song (or any other song). This song was written by Mark James, and released by himself in 1968. Elvis Presley released a cover of this song in 1969
this song brings back the memories, i can relate to this song, found out 21yrs later i had a beauitful daughter Emma, passed away 2013, aged 28yrs xxxx
Played the 12 inch version till it was the original 7 inch . How bloody good is this , never knew it was that Fine Young Scotsman, Jimmy Somerville adding his vocal talents to this masterpiece at the time .What a great recording.
You really have to tip your hat to the producer of this record! This is a very hard guitar part to play, even for a professional, and then to layer the horns on top of Roland's amazing vocals at just the right moment is really par excellence!
The Fine Young Cannibals just nailed this tune harder than Elvis ever could. Me and my mom both love this song and whenever we are hanging out together one of us will start playing this tune and it just makes me smile.
Quite by far, one of the finest cover versions of all time. Roland Gift was one of many who auditioned before his fellow FYC band members, who understood their sound and wishes for the right vocals before listening to him. They heard the magic formula. How brilliant that must have been. I’m still listening in 2020 and encourage you to share with others...
Love love love their cover of this epic Elvis hit even after so many years. The understated smooth dance moves, their outfits, the black and white to colour, the tempo building up, his fine vocals.
Until a few weeks ago, I had absolutely no idea that it was Jimmy Somerville doing the backing vocals for this song. What a pleasant surprise and just makes the song even better!
Ah the 1980s, good times! Great decade to be a teenager: the great music and bands as above , the fashions, the shops, the movies and TV shows. Such fond memories 😊
Well, not the fashions or most of the music, but yes. I like this, but my taste in 80s music was more the Cure, Jesus and Mary Chain, Husker Du, Replacements, etc. So not the stuff you would hear ten years later at 80s retro shows, sadly. :(
Absolutely. I was mostly a metal head back then, but the place I worked played top 40 so I'd hear a lot of the more mainstream stuff. My mom was always playing Elvis when I was a kid and this was one of my favs this is a great version. Fun times....no hate, no screeching and no division like we have today.
9 pm, summer evening, watching the sun go down across the fields from a wooden balcony, large glass of ice cold vodka, this song playing loud, life don't come much better than this.
Being a HUGE Elvis fan I can be a bit skeptical about covers of his songs. I'd forgotten about The Fine Young Cannibals cover of Suspicious Minds til someone literally just reminded me. This is my favourite song of Elvis and this version is brilliant!!
Oh yes, yes yes. Fine young cannibals. I loved them and "him" so much! They seem to be kind of ignored in music history. Not ignored but not remembered enough. They were fantastic.
I got goosebumps listening to this. And it's interesting that the bass guitars and the lead guitarists were in the group general public and I knew that one day watching a video from general public and watching those crazy legs..
I love the critique of some videos, which are done with few resources, but with a lot of creativity. The pictures, according to the rhythm of the song are incredible. The dance of the guitarist and bassist out of rhythm with a parallel reality was incredible. I love this video since the 80's.
My childhood in a nutshell , my Dad got his first brand new car in 1987 , was a Ford Sierra and it had a cassette player , The Fine Young Cannibals was the first tape he played in it , special memories
Its a great version, and I've been a fan of fine young cannibals since they broke through in 1985. But crikey, "surpasses the original", Elvis, stop being silly.
My wife heard this on the radio this morning, and couldn't work out whose cover it was, recorded a snippet.. played it back to me and I'm like: FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS. Damn I'm good. 😅 (Unmistakeable vocals helped! I had forgotten about this cover, happy to rediscover it!)
This song resonates with me so clearly - 25 years ago on a nightclub floor I burst into tears realising that it was about ME. I was coming to the realisation that my marriage was over and I needed to change it. I was in love but I wasn't loved any more. A few months later, I made the move.
This touches me. This is a powerful therapeutic song. For me too. How can we, as a society, build our dreams with the viral "suspicious minds" vibe we seem to be marinating in collectively.
best of the best,with jimmy in the back,man,what a performance this is,no other band can reached it in these days,but the coolest guy is the drummer,what a rythm,thank elvis for that
Wow. I have loved the Fine Young Cannibals since the late 1980s...... But I have never seen this video, until now. Where ARE you boys? Come back! Please?
2022 my very first CD on my first "Sony Diskman" was The Fine Young Cannibals first Album. 1990. I still have it and it is pure Magic! Not even a hair line scratch! This group still at nearly 52 (3 days) years old, still gives me goose bumps. My wife's ringtone is "She Drives me Crazy" interpret that however you want. Lol I was flying to W.V. from Wa. State to go to my Army Training for 16 weeks and that's what I listened to until the batts gave out. And to this day, I always think of FT. BELVOIR W.V. When I hear anything "F.Y.C."
I do not play any instruments, but with a headphone we can hear how well the arrangement of this song has been done. Highlight for the bassist and the guitarist, for everyone, even the one who made the musical arrangement.
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All ready a cool band,,then to do a Elvis hit,,,,WOW !!! Did it wth grace and respect,,no BS backup,,100 dancers,, crappy techno remix,,thank u Lads !!!
And with Jimmy singing back up!
❤
It's 2024 and the version of this fantastic song is still as good as ever.
Might be controversial but I actually think this is the best version (including the original...).
Anche io la adoro
Always loved this cover and yes it's timeless so I will still be singing along in many years to come 😊
true!!!
Music is freedom 🌏 ❤
I miss this band
They never flaunted their cash. Roland lives in a regular home and is a family man. And yes can we go back to the 80s please when great bands like this were in the charts 😢
that's exactly what this video does
what a charismatic dude he is, remember thinking that way way back then. And I wasn't wrong!
Bellissima canzone
Well, the internet reports Roland has a net worth of $2M. So there's not a lot to flaunt and he would want to live in a regular house.
I'm friend with him on Facebook. Such a down to earth man
Damn. I miss the 80’s and the likes of the Fine Young Cannibals.
Don't leave out the 60's & 70's!!!
When the original came out!@@stuartsandler7755
Eu tbm. E muito.
So do i, mister!!!!!!
Hot chocolate, the Christians Fine young cannibals we were blessed
Madness as well now garbage
Jimmy Sommerville filling in the gaps with his falsetto. CLASSIC!!
Just heard it, its not like I have heard this song multiple times!
What, 40 years later it registered with me that it was him!? ;) Totally obvious now!
Always thought this was the only cover version worth listening to.
Never twigged it was Jimmy Somerville, in all the times I’ve listened to it.
What is wrong with me?
It’s May, 2024 now and I’ve heard this version as much as, maybe more than Elvis’ original, over the years.
It's not Jimmy Summerville, his name is Roland Gift
@@mark-gross Roland is the lead singer. I am not talking about him. Listen closely, friend.
What an amazingly unique voice. Love the song & Roland’s version.
Reckon it's better than the original too.
my wife and i met and spent time with roland and his then girlfriend on the isle of symi way back in 1988.what a great guy and such talent! dave and di.
Jimmy's backing vocals are brilliant.
2023 and I’m 25 years old, and wasn’t even thought about by my parents never mind growing up amongst it all, what a time the 80s must have been!
The 1980s definitely were a time of joy in musical experimentation and overall optimism... which shows itself in the music, styles, and dancing of the era. There was a feeling that humanity could actually change things for the better if we made things happen.
Am thinking about you lol.xxx😊
My sis interjected FYC to me
The very late 70’s until the late 80’s was a blast. I made two Western Pacific/Indian Ocean deployments on a U.S. Navy ship during that time. Was the best time of my life!! Great music, great friends, great travels!
Lots of coke.
Jimmy Sommerville‘s meisterpiece als chorist
A light passes through the diamond, from one face to another and gives Life to a new beautiful changin' color. From ELVIS to FYC, another different kind of magic.
Just watched the Elvis music and I enjoy his version, but this version is so much better!
This is probably the best cover version of an Elvis song. I'm very critical bc I'm a huge Elvis Fan, but the FYC did a great job💗
I also love UB40 I can’t help falling in love with you and Cheap Trick Don’t be cruel. Elvis would be proud 🥹
Elvis covers this song he didn’t write it.
@@GrizzlyMerrick1912 Pretty much every Elvis song is a cover.
I do like the Dwight Yoakum version more.
100% 👍👍👍
When a song still makes you smile after all these years, you know it’s a classic forever.
It's Elvis' original, you mean. ;-)
It's not "Elvis original"
Ummm, Elvis wrote this and performed it a looong time ago. But this is one hell of a great cover version!
@@jonathansadkin1534 Elvis Presley did not write this song (or any other song). This song was written by Mark James, and released by himself in 1968. Elvis Presley released a cover of this song in 1969
This is definitely my favorite cover of this song. Amazingly good!
One of the best from the 80's. I think Elvis would be impressed!
He would Vick
Roland certainly had a gift!!!😅😂
🥁🤛
He did , but it wasn't his dancing 😂😅
Love Jimmy’s backing vocals and the distinct crescendo at the end of this classic Elvis cover. Bravo!!!
Jimmy who ?
@@wowcher7996 jimmy sommerville
@@mooseylad I was thinking Jimmy Page.
Can't miss that voice, go Jimmy
Elvis' version is also a cover, though.
this song brings back the memories, i can relate to this song, found out 21yrs later i had a beauitful daughter Emma, passed away 2013, aged 28yrs xxxx
Played the 12 inch version till it was the original 7 inch . How bloody good is this , never knew it was that Fine Young Scotsman, Jimmy Somerville adding his vocal talents to this masterpiece at the time .What a great recording.
How I love Roland’s voice....
This band was a true gem. It’s just a fact. They’re that fucking good.
That voice is whats making me hate their music with a passion
O yes..so true..😍
@@drstihl2007 There is nothing wrong with his voice.
Roland Gift is a truly gifted singer!
The backup voice of Jimmy Sommerville was the icing on the cake
You really have to tip your hat to the producer of this record! This is a very hard guitar part to play, even for a professional, and then to layer the horns on top of Roland's amazing vocals at just the right moment is really par excellence!
As non-guitar player, why is it a hard part to play. Thanks.
@@amarais389 it falls inbetween picking and strumming
It’s 2023, and still gives me a goosebump
I got the goosebumps right now!
❤
The Fine Young Cannibals just nailed this tune harder than Elvis ever could. Me and my mom both love this song and whenever we are hanging out together one of us will start playing this tune and it just makes me smile.
Even in 2022 this song ROCKS! WHAT A VERSION!
Such a distinctive voice.
That's for sure,instantly recognisable. This was a cover version I didn't see coming at the time.
Quite by far, one of the finest cover versions of all time.
Roland Gift was one of many who auditioned before his fellow FYC band members, who understood their sound and wishes for the right vocals before listening to him. They heard the magic formula. How brilliant that must have been.
I’m still listening in 2020 and encourage you to share with others...
2022 now bro. ;D
Baby please don't go ... acdc ... thank me later 😀
My sister went to school with him, he was that talented even at Senior school
Still lovin it in 2023!
Nobody Could of pulled this Tune off better,Than the fine young Cannibals 😮
Simply an exquisite remake of classic Elvis. Love Jimmys back vocals !!!!!!!
Love love love their cover of this epic Elvis hit even after so many years. The understated smooth dance moves, their outfits, the black and white to colour, the tempo building up, his fine vocals.
Hell yes!
Actually Elvis' version was a cover as well. Originally recorded by the songwriter, Mark James.
@@pwatts8846 As always though whatever elvis covered it was impossible for the original artist to make that song sound as good 😂
@@stuartsimister5042 Quite true in this case. The Mark James original is on You Tube, interesting to hear it. It has a little of the song's magic.
Roland Gift was one of the coolest frontmen of his time.
Until a few weeks ago, I had absolutely no idea that it was Jimmy Somerville doing the backing vocals for this song. What a pleasant surprise and just makes the song even better!
Really? Jimmy Somervilles voice is one of the most unmistakable of the 80s... 🤔
I wasn't awre of that either.
I know who the hell "Jimmy Somerville" is, now. because you Typed his Name and Capitalized it. Thanks
Ah the 1980s, good times! Great decade to be a teenager: the great music and bands as above , the fashions, the shops, the movies and TV shows. Such fond memories 😊
Well, not the fashions or most of the music, but yes. I like this, but my taste in 80s music was more the Cure, Jesus and Mary Chain, Husker Du, Replacements, etc. So not the stuff you would hear ten years later at 80s retro shows, sadly. :(
I sure do agree 😊
I reminisce about it a lot!
Absolutely. I was mostly a metal head back then, but the place I worked played top 40 so I'd hear a lot of the more mainstream stuff. My mom was always playing Elvis when I was a kid and this was one of my favs this is a great version.
Fun times....no hate, no screeching and no division like we have today.
Olen täysin samaa mieltä kanssasi. Terveisiä Suomesta 🤗
These gentlemen really made this song their own.
yeah lol, I do not like Elvis at all but this is awesome!
After all these years.... Perfect
Ab fab!!
It's beautiful!
Agree and the bass is amazing
Brilliant 🤩
Johnny come home was ace xx
9 pm, summer evening, watching the sun go down across the fields from a wooden balcony, large glass of ice cold vodka, this song playing loud, life don't come much better than this.
I was right there when I read this
Roland's voice is just WOWMazing
I'm so glad I grew up in the 80's!!
I am too, It is hard to believe nearly 40 years have gone by.
Me too, yeah
Me2
Same!
I'm with you...the 80's were the best!!
December 2021 and this tune is still so dangerously brilliant, a true masterpiece
Almost 2023, and this version still slaps
Yep 👍
Slaps of awfulness?
Yep
14 de septiembre 2023 escuchando buena música 🎵🎵😊😊
Meh - Blake Shelton much better version
Excellent - especially Jimmy Somerville backing vocals
They even got Jimmy Somerville to do back-up vocals.
Sir Jimmy makes this song so so so amazing
Love hearing Jimmy Somerville in the back ground
One of the most underrated British bands with just the best cover EVER!!!!!
Too bad they broke up so soon.
i don,t know what drugs your on but this cover is fucking terrible.
@@danstar455 look up Roland Gifts interviews he's interesting. He tells why they ended so soon.
Being a HUGE Elvis fan I can be a bit skeptical about covers of his songs. I'd forgotten about The Fine Young Cannibals cover of Suspicious Minds til someone literally just reminded me. This is my favourite song of Elvis and this version is brilliant!!
They did it their own way and it ROCKS..Great band!!!!!
Oh yes, yes yes. Fine young cannibals. I loved them and "him" so much! They seem to be kind of ignored in music history. Not ignored but not remembered enough. They were fantastic.
I haven't thought about this song in ages. This is by far the best cover of a Elvis song ever
Keith B have you heard the pet shop boys covering Elvis? That’s fairly good too
@@TheMagickdavid elvis version was a cover
Jimmy Somerville on backing vocals just makes it better.
Great version, great voice. Brilliant band .
6-13-24: RIP, Mark James, your songs enriched many lives, including shivers up the spine.
Jimmy Sommerville in the background with the FYC...
Nothing else for me...thank you the King ...
26 Dec 2019. I re-discovered FYC. What a band, what a vocalist! And Jimmy S. on the backing vocals. A Christmas gift.
One of the finest voices ever that will never be forgotten!
Him and Axel Rose
@@Living42😢😢
Deffo xx
I got goosebumps listening to this. And it's interesting that the bass guitars and the lead guitarists were in the group general public and I knew that one day watching a video from general public and watching those crazy legs..
Ive been an Elvis fan since 1980, this is still the best cover of an Elvis song I have ever heard
Agree.
Elvis version was a cover too.
What a nice group of fine young cannibals.
I love the critique of some videos, which are done with few resources, but with a lot of creativity. The pictures, according to the rhythm of the song are incredible. The dance of the guitarist and bassist out of rhythm with a parallel reality was incredible. I love this video since the 80's.
What an underrated band...Wonderful vocals from Roland...dare I day it better than Elvis's version..in my book definitely
Definitely better. Elvis version is too slow IMO
Nah. Elvis is better. This sounds like a goddam ripoff. Sounds shit too.
Fyc are one of my favourites. Very good song by Elvis with brillian, the best version with fyc..
This cover is different, but nothing beats the original.
Not even close dude😂
That bass line is quite something.
The horn player deserves more credit.
Brilliant and still love it in 2024!
What a tune. An absolute belter,even Elvis would tip his hat to that version.
@Oroi Ginalee hey Oroi,hows about a big fuck you. Thanks, Elvis.
@Oroi Ginalee you’re a twat
Best version of the song by a mile.
if only I could wangle my legs around like the two heros behind Roland.
😂😂😂😂😂 much as love roland and Jimmy, it's the dudes in the background nearly falling over that makes this very special. What a classic .
Haven’t heard this since I was a kid and just stumbled upon it. FYC were an incredible talent!
Fyc so so so underrated. A truly unique and talented group.
My childhood in a nutshell , my Dad got his first brand new car in 1987 , was a Ford Sierra and it had a cassette player , The Fine Young Cannibals was the first tape he played in it , special memories
In my opinion this one of the best covers of all time, it surpasses the original
no chance
L take. Its good but the original was sung was The Elvis Presley
It's an amazing cover, an excellent rendition. I really love this version. But it's not even close to Elvis.
Its a great version, and I've been a fan of fine young cannibals since they broke through in 1985. But crikey, "surpasses the original", Elvis, stop being silly.
I agree, I prefer this version over the original. I think it was because I was a teenager when it it was released and it takes me back then...
Listening in 2024. 65 years old and still love this song and FYC.
My wife heard this on the radio this morning, and couldn't work out whose cover it was, recorded a snippet.. played it back to me and I'm like: FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS. Damn I'm good. 😅 (Unmistakeable vocals helped! I had forgotten about this cover, happy to rediscover it!)
Incredible voice its an amazing Tribute to Elvis Presley.
Thank you so much Mr. Roland for your great Song.
WAOOOOO!!!!!!! THE MAGIC OF THE 80'S & 90'S, NOBODY CAN COPY THAT!!!!!!! A VERY SPECIAL YEARS, NO DOUBT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
65 years old. Wifes uncle played piano for Elvis. This song never gets old ❤
I didn't know this was a thing until may 2023. I love it yall omg his voice is so unique
It is definitely unique
listen to Johnny come home, she drives me crazy and have you ever fallen in love
One of the best covers of Elvis ever - brilliant!
Even listening in 2024. This alltime classic gets never old :)
Roland Gifts gift to the world with the
Fine Young Cannibals...smooth af
This song resonates with me so clearly - 25 years ago on a nightclub floor I burst into tears realising that it was about ME. I was coming to the realisation that my marriage was over and I needed to change it. I was in love but I wasn't loved any more. A few months later, I made the move.
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
This touches me.
This is a powerful therapeutic song. For me too. How can we, as a society, build our dreams with the viral "suspicious minds" vibe we seem to be marinating in collectively.
Aww XX
Amazing story, music works many ways. Hope you’re ok today. 💐
Anyone gonna mention that bass playing??? Outstanding rendition!
Great bass line!
But faked on video
Beautiful fantastic
A great cover, a great band, and those two guitarists have got the moves,...Awesome
Ohhh that Man was and stil is a "gift".to my eyes and ears .... raw talent x
Best version ever. Can't stop shaking my hip to this tune.
An excellent cover. Brilliant
The moves of the guitarist make him for me the coolest guy ever!!!
best of the best,with jimmy in the back,man,what a performance this is,no other band can reached it in these days,but the coolest guy is the drummer,what a rythm,thank elvis for that
The drummer is off the charts
@@parrogakaparadise9477 😎
fantasic version the king would be happy
That split second at 0:35 on the word "believe" where he affects Elvis' voice...
What subtle and touching homage.
And the gold suit.
Well done, FYC.
This is really very good, isn’t it?
Imo it's one of the best cover versions ever made in all time..a masterpiece
One of the greatest cover versions of all time
I have to agree.
I totally agree.
I really don't care about the original .. this version is simply perfect
Listen again, carefully. Jimmy Somerville's backing vocals is what takes it to next level.
AND best guitarist dancer of all times 😁
I remember my dad had the raw and cooked album. The black and white pattern of the cover is etched in my mind. Great band.
A great singer and song still listening 8:45pm November 2019
12 december 2019..02:45 am..
@@erictchendo5702 December 11 10:pm still listening great song isn't it. December 11 sincerely sandra
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Wow.
I have loved the Fine Young Cannibals since the late 1980s...... But I have never seen this video, until now.
Where ARE you boys?
Come back!
Please?
2022 my very first CD on my first "Sony Diskman" was The Fine Young Cannibals first Album. 1990. I still have it and it is pure Magic! Not even a hair line scratch!
This group still at nearly 52 (3 days) years old, still gives me goose bumps.
My wife's ringtone is "She Drives me Crazy" interpret that however you want. Lol
I was flying to W.V. from Wa. State to go to my Army Training for 16 weeks and that's what I listened to until the batts gave out.
And to this day, I always think of FT. BELVOIR W.V. When I hear anything "F.Y.C."
Jimmy Somerville back ground vocals hitting those high notes! Great remake Elvis would be proud!
This was my best friend Kevin's favorite song. He died at 40 years old 19 years ago. I still miss him so much.
Cheers to your buddy Kevin, klink
Bless him
Sorry for your loss mate
You ll be always together troughout this song forever
❤
This is definitely the best version of this song and what an amazing voice this guy has
No, Elvis is.
Now now. Why does one have to be better than the other. Both are superb.
@@littlemissblackdress7587 totally agree. Elvis’ version is a million times better. And more.
Totally agree and I put a comment on cpl of months ago saying same thing
Modern music can't even make a dent in the music we had.
Ikr
dig deeper, you'll find great new music
The two guitarist's were in another fantastic band...The Beat...
I do not play any instruments, but with a headphone we can hear how well the arrangement of this song has been done. Highlight for the bassist and the guitarist, for everyone, even the one who made the musical arrangement.
You are the instrument. Follow your dream.
Andy Cox and David Steele with killer vocals by Roland Gift.
I want to say they went for "wall of sound" production values!
Your never to old to learn! It just takes a bit of practice every day. I've played guitar over 50 years
The man's got the range, the talent and the beats... Nothing else needed! 😌👌