Согласна! Я в Беларуси в 15 лет в 84 году в художественном колледже 1 курс впервые услышала на дискотеке в зеркальном зале! Спаркс был перемешан на дискотеке с металлом) Такими группами как Металлика,Скорпионс,Мотор Хеад) И это все не в столице Минск было,а в небольшом необластном городе. В Беларуси тогда прогресс был из всего союза,может кроме Литвы,Латвии,Эстонии. В России такого не было.
My greatest thanks to Ron and Russell for their decades of creativity against all odds! Was super blessed to see the Sparks Brothers movie yesterday and to relish having started my musical appreciation for them in 1974 when I first heard them sing BC. Yesssss!
Why outer space and angst were not recognised in Britain in early 80s is beyond me!...we went on a lads holiday to Torquay...they were all listening to wham!...and kid creoles lot!...and i was the oddball shouting for cool places in night club!!!😂-oh well...never mind ay!...but these 2 albums are still very relevant...so are sparks!!!...gazz
Sparks & Jane - What's not to like! Ron's dancing was superb, I saw him wow the crowd in a similar way at the Barbican Theatre in London- happy days. Thanks for the upload 🙂
I once waited on Dick Clark many many years ago he was very specific that he didn't want anybody to know he was at the restaurant so what did The Pianist do he plays the theme to American Bandstand as soon as he walks in and he was Furious the whole dinner he never stopped talking about that I was cracking up laughing I just couldn't stand it
Так и есть!!!! Для СССР это был самый "популярный" альбом. Остальные были для слишком узкой аудитории "меломанов", но этот альбом был просто создан для дискотек! Он остался неотъемлемой частью 1983 года - навсегда! 💥
Love how there's an equality brilliance here. Often when you get 2 very different acts together, one's into it more than the other so they seem utterly out of sync with each other, but Russ & Jane (ahhh!) are totally right together. Having such fun, and he sounds as sexy as ever. One of the best male vocalists out there, and he and his brother create such fun, memorable vids to go with their highly individual songs. Class stuff.
One of my favorite AB performances. I never realized until now that Ron changed ROLAND into RONALD LOL. I used to love Sparks. Ronald used to mesmerize me as a child whenever I saw them on TV. Haha.
This is the only video I have found where Ron plays on a ROLAND keyboard... usually it's RONALD, don't know why not here th-cam.com/video/gobnONuSqLo/w-d-xo.html
Only heard this track for the first time yesterday, and now keep playing it, how on earth have I never hear it before? Born 1960s, love 60s, 70s and 80s music.
I just saw the Go Gos do this live. They were amazing and they all look really young still. Jane rocked. and Shit, I had a feeling that was the Gleaming Spires on drums and bass. This is possibly one of the most legendary groupings ever. Go Gos member, Sparks and the Spires!
“Popularity” is one of the most under-the-radar snarkiest, subversive attack songs ever written, slyly criticizing and sending up the ignorance and shallowness of the “popular” kids it claims to celebrate… A couple of years ago, I played this for the first time for my high-school aged daughter, who was NOT in with the “popular kids” clique - she got the gist of this tune IMMEDIATELY. Just a superb song.
I watched this when it was first on TV, but tuned away for the dance break in "Cool Places" and wondered for years what I missed. Thank you TH-cam. I like the part at the very end when the crowd starts applauding and Ron looks like an indoor cat in a rainstorm.
I always find it amusing watching musicians mime instrumental parts that don't actually exist on the recording (ie the guitarist and bassist, and to a lesser extent, the drummer).
As a society, we’ve done nothing to deserve this new wave sarcasm. We are unworthy of Ron’s sudden cheesy breakdance break that ends as abruptly as it began.
Sparks is as good today as ever 2018! This video was during a time (one of a few opportunities) they had gained a degree of popularity in the states (no thanks to Dick Clark) and were trying to “sell it” and properly so! They fortunately. In my opinion. were always too good/peculiar for mainstream.
And I thought I could dig these up by now (bats self upside the head). I especially remember Russell putting one over on Dick, as guests were known to do (although he occasionally fired back).
@ladyislingering How does somebody have to be on something to dance happily? He seems to be really into what he does. I think dance is the most uplifting feeling in the world, it doesn't necessarily mean that you have to be ON something? Then again, what do I know, I was just 3.:)
Also went to a place in the Valley called the Tapestry! They had a page on facebook but I think its gone! I'll think some more later, good talking to yah!
I saw this song (Cool Places) on tv and knew I HAD to have the album. I got to the record store and couldn't remember the name of the band. I looked through all the albums starting with A until I found it. Of course, I didn't really like the rest of the album, but at least I had this song. :-)
I saw the Documentary on Netflix. Very Humble dudes! Ron a little weird🤣 but nah, he was just being him and very creative! 80's Vibes and Jane? Reminds me of "Josie and the Pussy Cats" 🤣
out he wanted to sue them. Well one night one of the guys I knew there, came up and said P, you better tell your buddy to rethink suing us! Trust me I knew, being Italian this was a nice warning! That place was a blast, but yes very under world! Ever hear of Gino's in Hollywood? Florentine Gardens, Wah Lah's, this place by the Beverly Center, I forget the name! Or 321 in Santa Monica? Richard Blade did the D-jaying there! I was also on a show with Richard called called MV3 on channel 9!
This thread is way necroed, but yeah, Florentine Gardens and, of course Richard Blade and MV3 ring a bell, definitely. My gf at the time and I got first place in an MV3 sponsored dance contest at a club near San Bernardino, CA...the song was, "Blinded Me With Science." There was also this (secret?)killer place at Hollywood and Vine called, "Viva La Revolucion"...it had no signs outside, just a blue light on. We paid $10 bucks each to get in and the place was dead. There was a rickety turntable in the corner of the tiny dance floor and there was a milk crate with about 50 albums in it. The "bar" only served "Go Juice." What? We got ripped off! Or, so we thought. Around 1:00 am this huge crowd of people came in, including Sting from U2 and every member of the Bangles, plus others I can't think of right now. The people in the '80's were so beautiful and now, I was among them! What a feeling! I will never forget those days!
@ladyislingering Oh Ok LOL I always dance like him in the kitchen when I cook. These guys are my prozac seriously, what I would not give to have grown up in the 80s. Much Love x
That was my and my friends stomping ground! We would take a bus, if we had to to get there from the valley! I use to dress up Rock a Billy, and like Adam Ant LOL I didn't know it at the time, but the owners really liked me, and wanted to enter me in this play girl man of the year contest, and dance! My dad really didn't like the idea, so I didn't do it. I later found out it was owned by Eddy Nash, and John Holmes! My friend slipped in there, and hurt his knee, and the word got-
Ahh, the 80's, when Girls only wanted to be with Girls, and Boys only wanted to be with Boys, and procreation became ironic, and Ron Mael wisely stayed out of it all and raised Classic MTV Pop Babies.
If you only had nine minutes and twenty six seconds to fully explain 80’s New wave culture to anyone, just have them watch this.
Ha!
Indeed
I was at this taping! Afterwards, Ron met with fans in the parking lot and did their taxes!
That is hilarious 😂! Sounds like something he would do.
can u pass him a msg from Australia?
You are part of history, part of Sparks history, and Sparks is also part of your history!
There's more that meets the eye with Ron. I think he's awesome. (Russell too).
@Scott Robinson He always did have quite a sense of humor.
Im here in 2024 x obsessed with Sparks x
Still!❤️
Ron is the coolest keyboard player in the world!
He also looks cool playing guitar.. look up So Important video.
Really coooool!
Nick Rhodes has him beat
JP6 not plugged in
And d wackiest..
It's 2022. Who is still listening to this great music?
Я
I'm not but am in 2024!
I am in 2025
Im, 2025, 🇺🇦
its July 2024 Who is still listening to this great music?
The 80's were just the best! No other decade even comes close to how fun it was! So glad I got to see Sparks in 1984..just the best!!!
Согласна!
Я в Беларуси в 15 лет в 84 году в художественном колледже 1 курс впервые услышала на дискотеке в зеркальном зале!
Спаркс был перемешан на дискотеке с металлом)
Такими группами как Металлика,Скорпионс,Мотор Хеад)
И это все не в столице Минск было,а в небольшом необластном городе.
В Беларуси тогда прогресс был из всего союза,может кроме Литвы,Латвии,Эстонии.
В России такого не было.
russel and jane look like the stars of an 80s teen film going to prom and ron looks like their principal. love sparks, roxy music, david bowie ...
The best thing is how Ron changed the lettering on his Roland Jupiter 8 to read RONALD instead of ROLAND
Always loved Jane Weiland from the Go Gos. Her ability to do 80s dancing while playing guitar is awesome.
Wiedlin lol
She only had one dance move whether with Sparks or The Go Gos.
@@magovenor But of course, that's all she needed to be hotter than any "girlfriend" you ever had (especially "Lola")
My greatest thanks to Ron and Russell for their decades of creativity against all odds! Was super blessed to see the Sparks Brothers movie yesterday and to relish having started my musical appreciation for them in 1974 when I first heard them sing BC. Yesssss!
Why outer space and angst were not recognised in Britain in early 80s is beyond me!...we went on a lads holiday to Torquay...they were all listening to wham!...and kid creoles lot!...and i was the oddball shouting for cool places in night club!!!😂-oh well...never mind ay!...but these 2 albums are still very relevant...so are sparks!!!...gazz
Jane is so insanely cute
Yeah, she's what's known as a woman
@@daniellehall9679she was born a man.
@@JohnnyDanger36963apparently you never saw her pus** in real life like i did in November ‘87 youngsters these days
Sparks & Jane - What's not to like!
Ron's dancing was superb, I saw him wow the crowd in a similar way at the Barbican Theatre in London- happy days.
Thanks for the upload 🙂
I knew it was Jane Weidlin!
Dick Clark seemed to have an affinity with the band. Nice.
I once waited on Dick Clark many many years ago he was very specific that he didn't want anybody to know he was at the restaurant so what did The Pianist do he plays the theme to American Bandstand as soon as he walks in and he was Furious the whole dinner he never stopped talking about that I was cracking up laughing I just couldn't stand it
I love this. I remember it in the 80s. Such a happy song
Jane is beautiful, Specially with that white dress ...!
Jane was the most freaking adorable woman in all of 80's music! Her hair looks awesome any length, color, and consistency.
Ron Mael - comic genius
He reminds me a little of John Cleese.
@@MaskedMan66lol
Мой самый любимый альбом. Юность Комсомольская 1983. Другая реальность.
Так и есть!!!! Для СССР это был самый "популярный" альбом. Остальные были для слишком узкой аудитории "меломанов", но этот альбом был просто создан для дискотек!
Он остался неотъемлемой частью 1983 года - навсегда!
💥
If you mix Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and 80s New Wave music you get this great band
Also a hint of Elvis Costello and Buster Poindexter.
Ron won me over
Love how there's an equality brilliance here. Often when you get 2 very different acts together, one's into it more than the other so they seem utterly out of sync with each other, but Russ & Jane (ahhh!) are totally right together. Having such fun, and he sounds as sexy as ever. One of the best male vocalists out there, and he and his brother create such fun, memorable vids to go with their highly individual songs. Class stuff.
One of my favorite AB performances. I never realized until now that Ron changed ROLAND into RONALD LOL. I used to love Sparks. Ronald used to mesmerize me as a child whenever I saw them on TV. Haha.
This is the only video I have found where Ron plays on a ROLAND keyboard... usually it's RONALD, don't know why not here
th-cam.com/video/gobnONuSqLo/w-d-xo.html
Reagan?
I thought Ron was his fake name, just so he could use the Roland anagram.
@@kdj29 Nope, it's his real name.
I love that part when ron dance 2:06
I love the Go Go’s dance moves.
Ухх какая песня,все клетки организма прыгают и искрят😂ностальгия,как мы до упада в дискотеках танцевали...
Ahhh! Blast from the Past 😁 I was in in high school when these jams were playing on KROQ , The Rock of the 80s 😎
We had geometry class together, remember?
Class of '84
The keyboard player rocks.
Jane Wiedlin so beautiful!
Only heard this track for the first time yesterday, and now keep playing it, how on earth have I never hear it before?
Born 1960s, love 60s, 70s and 80s music.
Great video, Sparks was the shit in the early 80's!!!
I just saw the Go Gos do this live. They were amazing and they all look really young still. Jane rocked.
and Shit, I had a feeling that was the Gleaming Spires on drums and bass. This is possibly one of the most legendary groupings ever. Go Gos member, Sparks and the Spires!
The entire backing back is Gleaming Spires. That guitarist and keyboardist were the session players on their albums.
“Popularity” is one of the most under-the-radar snarkiest, subversive attack songs ever written, slyly criticizing and sending up the ignorance and shallowness of the “popular” kids it claims to celebrate… A couple of years ago, I played this for the first time for my high-school aged daughter, who was NOT in with the “popular kids” clique - she got the gist of this tune IMMEDIATELY. Just a superb song.
Wonderful, the cutest, a delight!
I love this band¡¡¡¡great hits
Best band Sparks!
I watched this when it was first on TV, but tuned away for the dance break in "Cool Places" and wondered for years what I missed. Thank you TH-cam.
I like the part at the very end when the crowd starts applauding and Ron looks like an indoor cat in a rainstorm.
Origin of The Carlton Dance!
Eddie Murphy also commented on this style of dancing.
One of my guilty pleasures of being an 80's kid that keeps my kids in stitches today, ah..paybacks from laughing at my mom's music!
Too adorable for words.
Jane...what a dish.
I want to go to Cool Places with Jane....Great song when I was in High School.. Now where did I park the Time Machine?? I wish :/
DiegoDude83
Jane was responsible for more than a couple great orgasms in my teenage years- yet she has no idea!
Thanks for uploading this...love this album.
I love the spray painted ironing board turned into keyboard stand!
I always find it amusing watching musicians mime instrumental parts that don't actually exist on the recording (ie the guitarist and bassist, and to a lesser extent, the drummer).
These guys get better and more original as they get older - how many bands can you say do that? Most peak in their 20s and go down. Amazing!
Duran Duran is another one
i LOVE ThIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
....Jane Wiedlin is Campbell's Soup: Mmm-Mmm GOOD!!!!!!!! 😍🤩😍
La Mejor decada de la musica los 80's lo demas apartir de los 90's en decadencia la musica
5:20 "I'll do anything for a good cover"
Love Sparks and from Portugal. Never actually saw Dick Clark in action, he’s actually pretty good!
Absolutely Coool
BELLOS RECUERDOS!...
wonderful
Ron the Street Dancer!
As a society, we’ve done nothing to deserve this new wave sarcasm. We are unworthy of Ron’s sudden cheesy breakdance break that ends as abruptly as it began.
Sparks is as good today as ever 2018! This video was during a time (one of a few opportunities) they had gained a degree of popularity in the states (no thanks to Dick Clark) and were trying to “sell it” and properly so! They fortunately. In my opinion.
were always too good/peculiar for mainstream.
Most decent things are, peculiar or not. You need to be shit for the mainstream, ay Madonna, Madness, S/A/W, Take That, Oasis, Houston, Adele etc.
The decade of the music 80's great 80, the rest decades decadents
This is the best thing I never new of,
the lyrics awesome
I remember watching this on Bandstand! Thanks!
gran cancion de los poderosos años 80s viva esa epoca sin igual
And I thought I could dig these up by now (bats self upside the head). I especially remember Russell putting one over on Dick, as guests were known to do (although he occasionally fired back).
This is a great song .... 80's rule
great up load!!!
jane is so cute
@ladyislingering How does somebody have to be on something to dance happily? He seems to be really into what he does. I think dance is the most uplifting feeling in the world, it doesn't necessarily mean that you have to be ON something? Then again, what do I know, I was just 3.:)
Also went to a place in the Valley called the Tapestry! They had a page on facebook but I think its gone! I'll think some more later, good talking to yah!
I saw this song (Cool Places) on tv and knew I HAD to have the album. I got to the record store and couldn't remember the name of the band. I looked through all the albums starting with A until I found it. Of course, I didn't really like the rest of the album, but at least I had this song. :-)
son lo maximo,,tiempos aquellos!!!
I saw the Documentary on Netflix. Very Humble dudes! Ron a little weird🤣 but nah, he was just being him and very creative! 80's Vibes and Jane? Reminds me of "Josie and the Pussy Cats" 🤣
Jane is really hot here.
I'm totally in love with Ron.
Que buena cancion la ponian en las fiestad pops
Will there be there or else !!!!!
Que tal recuerdo de mi adolescencia ♫ ♪ en las discotecas limeñas ♫ ♪ (►_◄) ♪ ♫
I m a frustrated keboard player coz i dontknow how to play that instrument but it seems ron just playing it easy& cool
Самый лучший альбом
out he wanted to sue them. Well one night one of the guys I knew there, came up and said P, you better tell your buddy to rethink suing us! Trust me I knew, being Italian this was a nice warning! That place was a blast, but yes very under world! Ever hear of Gino's in Hollywood? Florentine Gardens, Wah Lah's, this place by the Beverly Center, I forget the name! Or 321 in Santa Monica? Richard Blade did the D-jaying there! I was also on a show with Richard called called MV3 on channel 9!
This thread is way necroed, but yeah, Florentine Gardens and, of course Richard Blade and MV3 ring a bell, definitely. My gf at the time and I got first place in an MV3 sponsored dance contest at a club near San Bernardino, CA...the song was, "Blinded Me With Science." There was also this (secret?)killer place at Hollywood and Vine called, "Viva La Revolucion"...it had no signs outside, just a blue light on. We paid $10 bucks each to get in and the place was dead. There was a rickety turntable in the corner of the tiny dance floor and there was a milk crate with about 50 albums in it. The "bar" only served "Go Juice." What? We got ripped off! Or, so we thought. Around 1:00 am this huge crowd of people came in, including Sting from U2 and every member of the Bangles, plus others I can't think of right now. The people in the '80's were so beautiful and now, I was among them! What a feeling! I will never forget those days!
I had a mad crush on Jane.
Excelente popularity
Wow spark modica de mis tiempos baile tanto
For the longest time I thought that Jane Wiedlin sang Popularity (real low) too.
@ladyislingering Oh Ok LOL I always dance like him in the kitchen when I cook. These guys are my prozac seriously, what I would not give to have grown up in the 80s. Much Love x
American Bandstand & Soul Train were the best
saw the palace and roxy shows i had same haircut
The best part of this is that the drummer the guitarist and bassist are all superfluous. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Given that they're lip synching here, the entire band is superfluous, apart from Russell, Ron and Jane.
Cool! Cool! Cool!
That was my and my friends stomping ground! We would take a bus, if we had to to get there from the valley! I use to dress up Rock a Billy, and like Adam Ant LOL I didn't know it at the time, but the owners really liked me, and wanted to enter me in this play girl man of the year contest, and dance! My dad really didn't like the idea, so I didn't do it. I later found out it was owned by Eddy Nash, and John Holmes! My friend slipped in there, and hurt his knee, and the word got-
An epic ramble, we'll never know the ending..
Sparks rule and Jane is the grooviest.
NEW WAVE STYLE!
Dick Clark totally gets Ron.
In Soviet Russia, Ron gets Dick!
❤❤❤❤❤❤
Sparks fun....
Cool
Ahh, the 80's, when Girls only wanted to be with Girls, and Boys only wanted to be with Boys, and procreation became ironic, and Ron Mael wisely stayed out of it all and raised Classic MTV Pop Babies.
cooool :)
POPULARITY!
I used to dance like that.
jane widelin