It was July 6th, 1986. The band was late..and it was a hot,hot night in NYC. Tempatures were rising emotionally and emotionally in the room. The band came in....I think everyone wondered if they would be worth the wait. I can tell you....it WAS WELL WORTH IT!!! I was there. We are lucky to have this footage. Noone would have believed the perfection of it ,otherwise. Great songs,played with passion and intensity. I cant thank the Ritz enough for taking the video and the others involved for keeping it all this time. btw: Jack Hues is far from done. Wang Chung and Jack Hues (solo) continues to put out worthwhile music..unafraid.Adventurous and beautiful. Check it out.
amazing story! i can only imagine summer in NYC back in 86. must've been a magical time. all the great artists were still alive. warhol died six months after this concert, basquiat a year after that, keith haring 2 years after that, mapplethorpe same time. wow. then hip hop took over and culture shifted. the 90s! then 9/11. but this show, mid 80s - one of those periods in time that can never be recreated.
I was born in '74. I really started loving music in late 80s/ early 90s. I really love this band. Only discovered them in 2010 through the movie To Live & Die in LA. They are just great musicians, there should be a true music revival with quality music.... i miss that. Love the way you wrote this down, wish i had been there.
00:00 Look At Me Now 05:08 Wake Up Stop Dreaming 11:16 Let's Go 17:12 To Live And Die In L.A. 24:23 The Flat Horizon 30:20 Don't Let Go 36:45 The World In Which We Live 44:19 Everybody Have Fun Tonight 50:08 Dance Hall Days [encore]
I was only 9 yrs sold in 1983 when I listened to the radio played Dance hall days so I saved enough money to buy Points On the Curve, man, when I put the vinyl in my parents turntable, that was a point of no return I did spin that record a zillion times every single song of that album was just amazing Look at me now has been one of my favs along with Praying to a new god and so many other songs they rocked my childhood and my teen years even to this day that I am 48 still liked these songs I owe a lot to Wang Chung I think they deserved a lot more attention but I don’t care they still have my loyalty and I will die singing and moving ma Body with their songs viva Wang Chung Viva México 🇲🇽
Saw them during a retro 80's concert in Downtown Las Vegas a few years ago. They still sound good. I also saw them during the 80's at the Roxy on the Sunset Strip in L.A. during their heyday. My friend and I were standing on the dance floor, dancing the whole time. We caught the attention of the band more than the seated, bored-looking music industry types that were trying to act cool.
Wow, such a great live band - the vocals (both Jack and the backing vocals) are so on point! I thought about them today on a whim and am just discovering there's a bunch of material I was unfamiliar with (Orchesography, Tazer Up, etc). Thanks so much for uploading. Am loving Wang Chung all over again...
Look at me now Wake up stop dreaming Let’s go To live and die in LA The flat horizon Don’t let go The world in which we live Everybody have fun tonight Dance hall days
Absolument fabuleux, ancien opérateur de cinéma, je l avais passer le film dans une salle de cinéma en France, à Paris, je me souviens, un film et une music absolument gigantesque, là le concert est magistrale, merci beaucoup
One of the best groups and sorely underrated. Very talented musicians and songwriters - creative, well written songs. Thanks for posting this! I can’t wait to watch the whole thing I just started. I’ve never seen them live. I wonder what year this was.
@@castercamber yeah...no worries...texting sux for communicating. But it WAS 1986. A long time ago...but the songs still kick some serious ass, Id say.
Some of us were there but were too poor to get premium cable to view our favs so in a way we are treated to the 'new of the old' and we couldn't be happier!
It's so great to have this excellent video of Wang Chung in their prime!! What a fantastic live band. Like, wow!! ' Jack Hues' voice is so strong and secure, wonderful. PS But I'm always wishing that they'd do Lullaby, a beautiful lost song, from the TL&DinLA soundtrack..
Very cool. Yeah everyone is looking up Debra Dobkin the percussionist from Chicago. She's a very gifted painter and musician as well. Jack played guitar starting at 8 years old. Mikul Reid is still very involved in the music industry.
I love this band! I just bought Points on the Curve on LP and the To Live and Die in L.A. soundtrack on CD. Great live performance here. Thanks, Martin!
Just saw these guys at Lost 80's Live last week! They did an amazing job! If you get a chance to see them, do so. As a bonus, their original drummer showed up to perform Dance Hall Days with them.
LOVE Debra Dobkin's percussion and vocals in this appearance...and I wrote that BEFORE I heard the Flat Horizon (26:2829:05). She's fabulous...and unfortunately, I only know of her from this and other Wang Chung vids. Yet she makes no mention of these gigs in her otherwise rich and fullsome website bio. The whole band is incredibly tight and well rehearsed...what grooves!!...yet Dobkin provides the je ne sais quoi that takes a fine gig and ELEVATES it to a whole 'nother level, without her it would be good, but with her it's great.
Great show! Can't help myself comparing Jack Hues and Nick Feldman's look back 1986 and today. No offense, but I like their looks before. Although there are lot of changes, there is one thing that remains constant, that is, Nick Feldman's Steinberger headless bass guitar. He's still using it in most of the band's tours.
Absolument fabuleux, irréprochable, irrésistible, Magic concert, merci pour ce moment mémorable, je connaissais la bande de PF los Angeles qui m avait interpellé quand je l avais passer en tant qu opérateur de cinéma à Paris en France dans une salle, merci infiniment
if anyone knows would love to know the band lineup here after Hues/Feldman . Probably not (?) Costins drumming since it's '86 but the rhythm section are amazing here plus the 2nd guitarist.
This live version of wake up stop dreaming is sooo good. Saw this on an mtv broadcast. And it was amazing. We taped it on vhs cassette. And watched it a lot.
Great set. Would have loved to hear "Eyes of the Girl". They were pigeon-holed as only having a couple of hits, or even as a "one-hit wonder", but they were incredibly underrated. I loved their sound growing up!
I was there with my friends. I was a huge fan of the first two albums at the time. Great fun. Amazing time to be alive hey ! Many many great feelings from that summer.
😢 they did not achieve the success what they deserved!! This was a great show! It should have been officially released! And what about their tours in 1987? And I still can't understand why they did not tour after the great 1989 album.....
Love the whole "To Live and Die in LA" soundtrack. The movie is great too!
Uh 57:31 57:32 57:33 😊
It was July 6th, 1986. The band was late..and it was a hot,hot night in NYC. Tempatures were rising emotionally and emotionally in the room. The band came in....I think everyone wondered if they would be worth the wait. I can tell you....it WAS WELL WORTH IT!!! I was there. We are lucky to have this footage. Noone would have believed the perfection of it ,otherwise. Great songs,played with passion and intensity. I cant thank the Ritz enough for taking the video and the others involved for keeping it all this time. btw: Jack Hues is far from done. Wang Chung and Jack Hues (solo) continues to put out worthwhile music..unafraid.Adventurous and beautiful. Check it out.
amazing story! i can only imagine summer in NYC back in 86. must've been a magical time. all the great artists were still alive. warhol died six months after this concert, basquiat a year after that, keith haring 2 years after that, mapplethorpe same time. wow. then hip hop took over and culture shifted. the 90s! then 9/11. but this show, mid 80s - one of those periods in time that can never be recreated.
Saw this tour in Cleveland. They had the whole place rocking! Totally unexpected. Still one of the best concerts I've ever been to.
I was born in '74. I really started loving music in late 80s/ early 90s. I really love this band. Only discovered them in 2010 through the movie To Live & Die in LA. They are just great musicians, there should be a true music revival with quality music.... i miss that. Love the way you wrote this down, wish i had been there.
@@drinkingpoolwater Never thought about it that way.
Shite compared to their first album
00:00 Look At Me Now
05:08 Wake Up Stop Dreaming
11:16 Let's Go
17:12 To Live And Die In L.A.
24:23 The Flat Horizon
30:20 Don't Let Go
36:45 The World In Which We Live
44:19 Everybody Have Fun Tonight
50:08 Dance Hall Days [encore]
Thank you⤴️
THANKS!!
How didn´t they play "Hypnotize me"??
@@alxxxargento Not sure but I agree it’s one of their best.
I was only 9 yrs sold in 1983 when I listened to the radio played Dance hall days so I saved enough money to buy Points On the Curve, man, when I put the vinyl in my parents turntable, that was a point of no return I did spin that record a zillion times every single song of that album was just amazing Look at me now has been one of my favs along with Praying to a new god and so many other songs they rocked my childhood and my teen years even to this day that I am 48 still liked these songs I owe a lot to Wang Chung I think they deserved a lot more attention but I don’t care they still have my loyalty and I will die singing and moving ma Body with their songs viva Wang Chung Viva México 🇲🇽
Wow💙
Hola!ＶＩＶＡ Wang chung
I also blew up this album. I am about to see them in two weeks for my first time. Can hardly wait❤
Saw them during a retro 80's concert in Downtown Las Vegas a few years ago. They still sound good. I also saw them during the 80's at the Roxy on the Sunset Strip in L.A. during their heyday. My friend and I were standing on the dance floor, dancing the whole time. We caught the attention of the band more than the seated, bored-looking music industry types that were trying to act cool.
Wow awesome! I loved them growing up. Loved the movie to Live and Die in LA because of them
listening to that song now and i cant get enough of it
what a track!
Most underrated band of the 80s
luckily yes, there is music
They were awesomely talented. So glad we have this video. I finally got to see Live and die in LA. Missed it cause dad died back then
Wow, such a great live band - the vocals (both Jack and the backing vocals) are so on point! I thought about them today on a whim and am just discovering there's a bunch of material I was unfamiliar with (Orchesography, Tazer Up, etc). Thanks so much for uploading. Am loving Wang Chung all over again...
Look at me now
Wake up stop dreaming
Let’s go
To live and die in LA
The flat horizon
Don’t let go
The world in which we live
Everybody have fun tonight
Dance hall days
Absolument fabuleux, ancien opérateur de cinéma, je l avais passer le film dans une salle de cinéma en France, à Paris, je me souviens, un film et une music absolument gigantesque, là le concert est magistrale, merci beaucoup
De lo mejor que he escuchado en toda mi vida, amo su música, Dios quiera que algún día vengan a México, son excelentes.
This year they will :) enjoy
One of the best groups and sorely underrated. Very talented musicians and songwriters - creative, well written songs. Thanks for posting this! I can’t wait to watch the whole thing I just started. I’ve never seen them live. I wonder what year this was.
Killer drum groove in Don't Let Go.
Brian Hitt, like a shuffle in 6/8 similar to TFF Everybody Wants To Rule The World, slightly faster
Saw them in a bar in Miami Beach and they just wailed miss the 80s back up singer has a great voice 👌
Que gran registro... Cómo lo disfruto.!!! 🤩🤩
Thirty minutes in;
She is killing those harmonies.. nice.
Not just a bongo lady.
I saw them open for the Cars at Pine Knob for their Heartbeat City tour in July of 84. The sheer energy of Wang Chung blew the Cars off the stage.
you guys are the best!!!
🎉just wow pure fabness XXX love you boyzz
Thanks for Uploading this Rare Gem. Greetings from India 🙏🏻
🙋♂️
ナマステ
magical vibes here. mid 80s in manhattan. culture was never as great as right here. before hip hop took over.
Exactly…no class in music anymore
wooooo amazing performance
Amazing :D Thank you for uploading this.
I love wang chung, look at my second upload, earlier concert
@@martin_minimalwave I first got into them because of the movie 'To Live and Die in LA'. Their arrangements are amazing, everything sounds so studio
@@martin_minimalwave also, thanks- I'll check it out
@@davehastings True...the songs..the arrangements..its ALL pretty amazing music! Jack Hues is a REAL talent.
What a vocal!!!
Aside from everybody in the band being a musical genius, Jack Hues has the greatest fucken hair.....
Miss these guy's
The nod to Bowie's "Fame" at the beginning is great
Jack Hues is a genius!
I miss the mullets..🎉😂❤
This is cool… but I did prefer when they were still HUang Chung. Less generic pop. 1st album was best IMHO.
This is an old video.
Sounds like...you are intending an insult. If youwere..I guess I'd reply with...it still sounds really good, whenever it was done.
@@georgebarry8640 : My apologies, no insult intended. Great song and video, from the early days.
@@castercamber yeah...no worries...texting sux for communicating. But it WAS 1986. A long time ago...but the songs still kick some serious ass, Id say.
Some of us were there but were too poor to get premium cable to view our favs so in a way we are treated to the 'new of the old' and we couldn't be happier!
That girl ruins everything
They’re so underrated.
Amazing band
Bryan Hitt - drums
Debra Dobkin - percussion, backing vocals
Mikal Reid - guitar
For a few songs, Debra was essentially the lead singer😮
It's so great to have this excellent video of Wang Chung in their prime!! What a fantastic live band. Like, wow!! '
Jack Hues' voice is so strong and secure, wonderful.
PS But I'm always wishing that they'd do Lullaby, a beautiful lost song, from the TL&DinLA soundtrack..
Wow, thank goodness this was captured with such a fantastic shoot. This band was formidable and undersung.
thanks for the post--"points on the curve" was one of my favorite albums of my youth--peace
I went and auditioned for the touring guitar slot, prior to this tour. The spot went to Mikul Reed far mor deserving than I.
Very cool. Yeah everyone is looking up Debra Dobkin the percussionist from Chicago. She's a very gifted painter and musician as well. Jack played guitar starting at 8 years old. Mikul Reid is still very involved in the music industry.
Very good/solid drummer. Super harmonics guitar from singer, not Nik Kershaw but close.
I love this band! I just bought Points on the Curve on LP and the To Live and Die in L.A. soundtrack on CD. Great live performance here. Thanks, Martin!
To Live & Die is just a superb soundtrack. Well on its way to become my favorite.
Just saw these guys at Lost 80's Live last week! They did an amazing job! If you get a chance to see them, do so. As a bonus, their original drummer showed up to perform Dance Hall Days with them.
They certainly liked bowie's fame riff , anyway superb live concert and what a soundmix
LOVE Debra Dobkin's percussion and vocals in this appearance...and I wrote that BEFORE I heard the Flat Horizon (26:28 29:05). She's fabulous...and unfortunately, I only know of her from this and other Wang Chung vids. Yet she makes no mention of these gigs in her otherwise rich and fullsome website bio. The whole band is incredibly tight and well rehearsed...what grooves!!...yet Dobkin provides the je ne sais quoi that takes a fine gig and ELEVATES it to a whole 'nother level, without her it would be good, but with her it's great.
I'm more of a hard rock/punk music listener, but Wang Chung is my guilty pleasure.
Listening to this... it's about 11pm... I'll have a hard time trying to sleep... just WAW !
Great show! Can't help myself comparing Jack Hues and Nick Feldman's look back 1986 and today. No offense, but I like their looks before. Although there are lot of changes, there is one thing that remains constant, that is, Nick Feldman's Steinberger headless bass guitar. He's still using it in most of the band's tours.
Absolument fabuleux, irréprochable, irrésistible, Magic concert, merci pour ce moment mémorable, je connaissais la bande de PF los Angeles qui m avait interpellé quand je l avais passer en tant qu opérateur de cinéma à Paris en France dans une salle, merci infiniment
if anyone knows would love to know the band lineup here after Hues/Feldman . Probably not (?) Costins drumming since it's '86 but the rhythm section are amazing here plus the 2nd guitarist.
Me encanta año 2024 lima Perú 🇵🇪 💪🏼💯👍🏼 gracias 80por ser parte de mi vida que concierto los tres últimos temas BUENAZO
This live version of wake up stop dreaming is sooo good. Saw this on an mtv broadcast. And it was amazing. We taped it on vhs cassette. And watched it a lot.
Wow, what a concert! Wish I could have been there. Points on a Curve and Live and Die and LA were full if incredible music.
Great set. Would have loved to hear "Eyes of the Girl".
They were pigeon-holed as only having a couple of hits, or even as a "one-hit wonder", but they were incredibly underrated. I loved their sound growing up!
brits are the best. Wang Chung an the police were my favorite british bands
L.A.大捜査線/狼たちの街
John Pankow!
Saw them live at 86 th street Expo One of the best live bands once you get past a few silly hits that dominated the airwaves in the 80 s
I was there with my friends. I was a huge fan of the first two albums at the time. Great fun. Amazing time to be alive hey ! Many many great feelings from that summer.
WOW - amazing concert!!
Can somebody tell me the line up of the band here? In particular the drummer and percussionist? Thanks.
That's Debra Dobkin on percussion/backing vocals, a formidable talent (as you see here) who has performed with _everybody_.
The defining band of my 2024
❤❤❤❤❤❤
😢 they did not achieve the success what they deserved!! This was a great show! It should have been officially released! And what about their tours in 1987? And I still can't understand why they did not tour after the great 1989 album.....
Thanks for re-uploading this classic
Travel come back to the 80' the Brazil loves you.
Thank you for this, do you have this on Dvd???
No
@@martin_minimalwave I've tried finding a DVD of it and it's non-existent I guess, howd you come across it?
@@ozzyozcorn I also only downloaded it from youtube many years ago.
So great. Thanks for posting.
love this so much
coked-up werewolf
Love this guyes fu@ck miss the 80s
perfection
The British Hall and Oates
Wang Chung is more New Wave than Hall and Oates😁
Magic