I wanted to work with them when i first started to try and make synth music in the 90's....the 'League were a big influence. Never seen this interview before,thank you.
Don't You Want Me was a hit in America (at least for me) because of the SOUND. The synths and drum machines..it didn't sound like anything else at the time. And of course it was a catchy song.
I think Phil is rock solid grounded and sincere and yet how could he be so naive? Saying stuff like, too many records, too many magazines, everything is reduced etc. Lamenting about a great record disappearing from the charts in four weeks. Alas, broke pretty soon but respected and loved now.
@electronicsynthbus His more recent interviews are more lighthearted. Even this Tea Time interview back in 83 shows his intellect. /watch?v=rh4pFD5d65U It didn't shock me to find out he worked in a bookstore. As someone who worked in a university library (Mum was a librarian as well) just being around the books rubs on you.
That’s probably after they paid the record company back for the recording etc. They will also have had to pay their manager and any other bills associated with making a record and managing touring, equipment, promotion etc. The £50,000 is what’s left, possibly per person in the band.
@@NailHeavenAshford Yeah, having a lot of band members like they had really does take another cut but still only 50k after a huge hit from dare is so odd.
Phil comes across as such a lovely guy in interviews.
LOVE Phil Oakey, just calls it as it is, zero pretense.
I find him so soooo attraxtive. He's opinionated and charming without trying to hard.
I love his brutally honest approach. Totally refreshing. Thanks Phil. Great memories great music.
LIVING LEGEND! What a top bloke!
Human League were my heroes growing up
phil is so god damn beautiful
Philip Oakey is the king of cool.
Phil Oakley = Legend
He wears the same sleeveless in "Together in Electric Dreams." Ah, subtle things you notice.
Phil Oakey is amazing!
I like Philip Oakey very much.
You know what? That's just IT. I really wish there were more guys like him, and you've just described him perfectly. *sigh*
He sure is cute. Joanne was lucky to have been with him.
i think about that every day. i wish he was my boyfriend
A lot of artists sell out - the Human League didn’t. They were just real...and the fans adored it. #respect
LOL I completely disagree; I’ve always thought that after the edge of their first stuff “Don’t you Want me Baby?” was a massive sell out
The Crash album was a bit of a sell out. But I like it.
@@Lightblue2222 Over produced to bits.
@@brianfergus839bingo. 😔
oh God those eyes!!!
LIVING LEGEND!
Love this, thanks for posting
Tengo un enamoramiento platónico con Phil Oakey
I wanted to work with them when i first started to try and make synth music in the 90's....the 'League were a big influence. Never seen this interview before,thank you.
Don't You Want Me was a hit in America (at least for me) because of the SOUND. The synths and drum machines..it didn't sound like anything else at the time. And of course it was a catchy song.
A really great interview.
Incredibly attractive!!!!😮❤
Thoughtful interview. And he still looks hot today.
He was Sooo cute :)
Yes .....Oh really......
I think Phil is rock solid grounded and sincere and yet how could he be so naive?
Saying stuff like, too many records, too many magazines, everything is reduced etc. Lamenting about a great record disappearing from the charts in four weeks.
Alas, broke pretty soon but respected and loved now.
He originally comes from i think Leichester, moved to sheffield, when he was younger.
Ice cool legend.............
That was a rude question for the guy to ask anyway! If anyone asked me that, I wouldn't tell them.
American dancers, hmmm he's probably talking about the tv show Solid Gold the most hyped show back in the 80's
or American bandstand
It is.
@electronicsynthbus His more recent interviews are more lighthearted.
Even this Tea Time interview back in 83 shows his intellect. /watch?v=rh4pFD5d65U
It didn't shock me to find out he worked in a bookstore. As someone who worked in a university library (Mum was a librarian as well) just being around the books rubs on you.
Is there any more to this interview??
50k after all those hits!? ffs
Kajagoogoo paid themselves £40 each per week when Too Shy was a hit. It wasn’t as lucrative for the artists as it is now.
Classic Virgin case. And HL had bad management
I just realized he looks a bit like Tim Rice Oxley! LOL
Asking about money is plain rude…
No, no more of this Edited footage I've had since 1989/90.
50,000 pounds from all the HL sales? Suppose that was a lot of money in 1984.
That’s probably after they paid the record company back for the recording etc. They will also have had to pay their manager and any other bills associated with making a record and managing touring, equipment, promotion etc. The £50,000 is what’s left, possibly per person in the band.
Very bad deals with Virgin and publishing companies.
@@NailHeavenAshford Yeah, having a lot of band members like they had really does take another cut but still only 50k after a huge hit from dare is so odd.
i think 50,000 pounds? thats it? ouch!
No ! he's very much alive.
This is like a interview from Garth marenghi's darkplace.
He hasn't got a Sheffield accent has he
part Midlands, part Yorkshire accent
phil sounds quite cynical in this interview!
He liked "Hysteria" more than "Dare"? LOL! I certainly hope he's changed his mind since then.
It was a pretty dreadful album.
Funny enough, he changed his mind pretty much with every album after that.
LIVING LEGEND!
LIVING LEGEND!
LIVING LEGEND!