Sparks - When Do I Get To Sing 'My Way' (Official Video)
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- The official video for the single "When Do I Get To Sing 'My Way'" from the 1994 album Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins.
Directed by Sophie Muller.
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the melody of his voice in the first part is actually one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard
Indeed 😃
I always wondered why they never wrote more songs like this. They proved they could do it. This is a masterpiece.😔
*This* *song* *is* *a* *timeless* *masterpiece*
100%. Had the pleasure of seeing them live last month. This song is truly their masterpiece.
Fuck yeah!
Mint song 🎵 👌 ❤👍
Cierto pieza maestra....para siempre!!!!
It's 2023 and I still love this song!
Back again to this song in 2023 !!! - Phenomenal Song !!!
Me too❤
2024❣
so underatted. one of the greatest pop songs of the 90's.
+David Assulin .........Of the 90's. The Mael Brothers were great since the late 60's
+Wor Hill Nevertheless this song is from the 90's!
GrievonMortum They started recording in 1968
David Assulin
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This is seriously in the running for the greatest pop song of all time.
I feel really ashamed. Never before heard of this group. Just recently discovered them by Annette and new Edgar Wright documentary. I just started to listening them and especially this song. Like a drug. They are so ahead of the time. That's probably reason so many people didn't heard about them - they are just too much ahead of us. Thank you Carax and Wright, you just made life better. And I definitely wouldn't be alone.
SAME
Same! I mean if heard of Sparks, but because of the documentary I am now in love with their music ❤️ especially this song!!! 😍😍😍
*i'd
Annette also introduced me to Sparks… Loved the movie
You are so right. Ahead of their time and always have been. I've heard singers from🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟 all the 80s and 90s bands say exactly that. They are quality.
I'm seventy-three, that's Ron Mael's age, and I did not know the Sparks. They are fantastic, I love them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2019
Sparks also have fans of all ages. When I saw them in Leeds last May there were twenty somethings as well as those who remember them from 1974 onwards.
@@eastend59 Cool that their music still appeals to so many, and off all ages, after all this time!
Actually, they started out in 1971, releasing their first album under the band name of Halfnelson.... but then it was re-released in July '72 after changing their name to Sparks. I still own their original (Rundgren-produced) debut from '71 and play it every now and then. GREAT album! And guess what? Still pretty timeless!
MAJESTIC better late than never 👍🏻
I know them since "Town", think 1974....
If anyone else was wondering about the drummer/love interest, she's Christi Haydon, and she worked with Sparks in the early '90s. Sparks wrote and produced the single Katharine Hepburn for her, which she sang during concerts and for some TV appearances. She worked largely behind the camera after this, and returned for "The Sparks Brothers" movie.
This is a really deep and emotionally profound song. They hadn’t put out an album in six years when this came out. They had reached a point where they just weren’t marketable in any way. They were pretty certain it might be the end of them as a musical duo. They had been developing a film for Tim Burton that fell through, which apparently took a toll on them. All of a sudden, they recorded this album and realize that it had a huge audience and market in Europe. And it’s ironic because a lot of people who weren’t aware of their legacy, had pretty much accuse them of ripping off groups like erasure and pet shop boys, not realizing that they were the ones that influenced them.
Pet Shop Boys can go screw. Please, they and Erasure weren't even AROUND when Sparks joined the electro-synth vibe in 1983. And as for the duo thing, this lot got it from Sparks, only Tennant can't do anything with his one-note voice, nor can he jump about without rupturing something. They've no stage presence which is why they have to rely on costumes, gimmicks and circus performers. And apart from the odd clever worded song, most of their body of work is average and has been for a long while. Even back in the day, 'Heart' is an overrated basic piece of weak cheese, worded by someone without an identity which says it all when you consider the shithead they did the song for who, then threw it back in their faces anyway as the bint didn't want to do it! Ha, serves 'em right!
@@kyachdistent1301 If you read my comment in detail, you will see that I am establishing the influenced groups like Pet Shop Boys and Erasure, yet by the time they released this song, Many people tuning in we’re not very aware that they spearheaded that sound and style. They never got the credit they deserved for it
Yes now I know you've seen the documentary. ;)
@@sunsetloner People only remember what they WANT to remember I find!
True..I am a fan since 40 years or more. So many bands love their influence...as Kraftwerk were such an influence on them. I loved the Georgio era ❤
It's so weird how this never became a mega-hit in the 90s.
All the components were there. Incredible video and tune.
This album was HUGE in Germany when it came out. A great number of German fans found them in this era.
This was a huge hit when I was in Switzerland 1994-1995. It was in heavy rotation on Swiss MTV.
Ich mags immer noch. 😊
2023 and this masterpiece will live forever
@@AlejandroGutierrezGandar-db6sw Ron Mael was "cosplayed" by Paul McCartney back in 1978! See the video for "Coming Up."
How is this video not considered one of the best ever done?
it is, actually. Lots of people mention it when taking about good music videos that add to the song. I agree this is one of the finest ever made.
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Cos of the world is only ever high on slagdonna porn, boyband trash and N-oasis trying to be the Beatles!
Yes, it is. That's good storytelling right there. The opening scene, when Russell picks up the sheet, look at his facial expressions as he starts singing - no words needed.
Mtv would never have known what to do with it.
2023 and this masterpiece will live forever
Stimme,Melodie,Text,sowas kriegt man heutzutage nicht mehr zu hören😢❤
You did it boys, you finally get to feel like Sinatra and Sid Vicious felt, congrats on Edgar Wright's documentary release today!
Man, thanks for the comment. I had no clue a movie about the Sparks had been released. It is must watch for me.
Just watched last night @ Thessaloniki doc festival. It's fun!
I'll take Sparks over Sinatra and Sid Vicious any day!
@@erinmcgee1160 Just listen to the lyrics...
The documentary is a must see, I am going to see it again tonight. The animation of the Pet Shop Boys reacting to the comment about them not recognising Sparks as an influence was hilarious - I think they drew Neil Tennant picking up Chris Lowe like a cardboard cut out after Neil Tennant saying "You're very naughty"
In 2024 😊✌️👍
not only is this song a true masterpiece, but can we please aknowledge the artistic skills too? Those facial expressions when Russel is checking that new song deserve an Oscar
And Ron's much subtler expressions: watching Russel, he craves his brother's approval but hates himself for needing it---among other possible interpretations.
Best music video ever
The best Sparks video ever. A colossal blockbuster with gratuitous sax and senseless violins. :-)
SOARING !!!!
That's the name of the album.
What's all this fuss about violins on television?!
I still want to see the movie...
My wife Still hates I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO WAIT IN THE CAR!
......tough👍😁
Two of the most genuine and talented performers that ever graced the music industry, when they first performed This town aint big enough, and Ron’s straight faced look, we knew how special they were.
The video is a masterpiece and so is the song
Russell was very handsome in this video.
I love the kids they picked to play the young Russ and Ron.
I like the boa at 1:51
This is what happens when artistic integrity is placed above commercial considerations. Saw Sparks at the Big Chill in 2008 (I think), a completely unique band.
Spot on.
Никогда не слышал такой шикарной песни. Спарксы - это настоящий феномен!
As I watch this video over and over and over again, I'm convinced that Christi Haydon is one of the most beautiful women who ever lived. I can't get enough of her drumming.
Thanks for this great song. I've never experienced anything like this.
The song has been played on German radio for about 2 years. I could swear I had never heard it before.
I first thought it was a brilliantly done Retro Song that perfectly conveyed the atmosphere of the 80s or 90s.
After hearing it countless times on the radio, I researched it and discovered yesterday that the song actually dates from that time. This is completely crazy and unbelievable because I would never have thought of it. And apparently I didn't notice anything about it in 1994.
This is absolutely mysterious, but also completely wonderful. I have never experienced something like that!
Thank you for awakening this wonderful feeling of the 90s in me.
I'm literally moved to tears. Cause it's so beautiful. 🥲🥲
What a great song. And apparently timelessly beautiful. ❤🙏🙏
What a great, artistic video.
What a beautiful, sweet, nice lady btw who really looks exactly like she's from the 1940s. Fantastic. She is so beautiful.
🥰You now have a new fan. Absolutely.
It's really really hard to believe that all of this passed me by in 1994...
I can't believe it! I've seen this song on TV once or twice in the 90s and I loved it... I was a teenager then and I'm not a native English speaker.. Couldn't remember any word of the lyrics but "my way".. By the arrival of internet I tried so many times to find it but each time I search for my way, it's Frank Sinatra's that comes out.. I'm so glad to find the tube of my youth tonight.. ^_^
Almost my story! =)
Me,too... 👍🏻
👍👍
Same here !!😄
Your story about this song is exactly like mine.
There's a dark undercurrent of real life hurt and trauma in some of their songs, blent with such soul-warping joy and highs, it always blows my mind. What a work of art, magnificient.
Well put! I definitely gravitate to the campy, fun part of Sparks music more than anything else. Yet having a bit of a wistfulness adds to the fun. Enjoy, friend!
Ron has called it "to combine emotional lyrics to a jolly melody".
In this particular song the melody isn't the jolliest I've heard 😅, there are others! 'Under The Table With Her', two kids playing under the dining table, the guests believing, or pretending to, they are dogs, and suddenly a line about that people in some countries only have tea and rice to eat. Not expected.
On the other hand, an emotional melody with emotional lyrics, but in the lyrics, from nowhere, are a line or just few words, usually a thought the storyteller has, that gives you an unexpected laugh.
'Good Morning' is a great example, a story about a guy, who obviously wants to find true love, but somehow doesn't seem to attract women easily. After a night on the town with maybe a drink too much, he wakes up with a beautiful woman bedside him.
He realizes that it's just a one night stand, but he wishes it to be a more. He is grateful for the moment anyway, but also thinking about who she is, probably not just any beautiful woman, more likely a 'scandal beauty'.
While he is making breakfast he thinks: "I hope it's just your laugh that is infectious".
The sentence isn't funny per se, but in that situation, a state between sadness (he really cares for the woman) and the gratitude for this short night, that very down to earth thought, expressed in that indirect way, gives a laughter almost stuck in your throat. Typically Ron's lyrics.
And, of course the dear little Brenda, always in the way, "caused her twins delay"😂
Absolutely! I tend to gravitate alot to Sparks when I'm feeling down. This song and the Bergman album are some of my go to musical pieces for when life isn't kind
These brothers are unique and brilliant, everything they do is artistic, playful and superb. Thanks for taking me back to the heady days of the 80's when life was less beige x
I’m still listening in 23 February 2062 and it’s my 100th birthday 🎁 🎂
in the decline of my life, this song calls me to other skies, I thank God for having known this fabulous time full of riches
MAJESTIC That‘s probably a sensible line to take.
No ! Rage against the dying of the light !
In 2024☝🏻🙋🏼♂️👍🏻😊
Only the brothers Mael could name-drop Sinatra and Sid Vicious in the same tune.
They both sang "My way"
God, i love Sparks. Sublime & weird in all the right ways.
This music video is a masterpiece
This is my second song...happily going down the rabbit hole.
After 26 years and thanks to a lost and found cassette and Shazam at last i know the name of the song and can listen again. Im literally crying from nostalgia
“Annette” has introduced me to Sparks. This is an incredible song. They are musical geniuses.
Quien es annette?????
Thanks Sparks for this wonderful song 🙏
I just love Sparks! They epitomize artistic integrity. And still deliver killer shows!
WHO Else in 2020?! 🍀💪
Meeee, Such an amazing band!
@@maksphoto78 yes in Berlin in october!!!!! wooooohoooooo
Me, love this song for 20 years now
CoronaTime
Same stupid comment on every 90's music video nowadays.
still one of the most beautiful song of the 90's
Ron Mael, one of the coolest people in music! his stage presence is top-notch! Sparks are a brilliant and vastly underrated double act!
The camera just loves him. He would have been a great bad guy in the movies.
@@darrenrobinson9041 You are welcome - I know!
@@darrenrobinson9041 his mustache would be absolutely perfect
Sparks are so much more intelligent than anything else in pop music especially lyrically. They're also astonishingly great live.
This is one of my favorite Sparks songs. I was in my 20's when their first Masterpiece, "Kimono My House" came out in the mid 70's, and it blew me away! Here I am in my mid 60's and Sparks is still making great music! Kudos to one of the most underrated bands of all time!
Sparks❤
Might be my favourite Sparks songs. This fringes perfection.
Oh I love Sparks so much...... they have more than 50 years career only dedicated to music only not to drew any attention to their personal lives... They've never been mentioned at all in scandalous or any tabloid junks ..... They know that with their extraordinary music they had to keep it low profile and no to grab too much media attention so they last longer.. they know that they couldn't handle the propaganda and fronting the scene....... Many Many musician are more popular than sparks even their music is nothing compares to the intellect and the artistry of Sparks' music,, because Sparks decided from the very beginning to leave it all behind and focus only on music and creativity
Finally I found this song, after more than 20 years I can't believe, I cry.. :)
I also found it recently after 20 years of not knowing the title and band name. BTW, the brothers are 75 years old each now.
@@maksphoto78 Russell is 73 this year, Ron is 76, and they are at the top of their game - again!
@@MadcapShambleton Still!!
Also, I first heard the song December 1995 and now October 2021. All these years I couldn’t find it. unbelievable
1994 what a Year :-)
It was 94' ,i was a kid ,and i show up on a kid party with Ron weird dance , all kids including my sister start laughing bcs my way of dancing , i danced like that whole song ,and after i left angry in tears and said to myself ..damm those kids are idiots ...what music they listen !! Now i laugh when i remember but i still dance alone in my house (same way ) 😂
As a recent Sparks convert and a film noir buff, this just ticks all my boxes. And how beautiful are they all here? So striking!
Wenn ich dieses Lied höre bin ich so verdammt stolz und froh darüber ein Kind der 90er zu sein😝😝😝❤️❤️❤️
Ich auch. 😊
Net nur du ☺️
Hat bald 30 Jahre aufm Buckel, das Lied. Unglaublich
Als die CD mit diesen Song 1994 raus kam, wurde ich 18 Jahre. Nun sind 27 Jahre vergangen. Gute Musik vergisst man einfach nicht.
Вы - музыка моего детства .. вы - очень нравитесь мне.. вы - талантливые и уникальные.. в далеких 70-х я слушал ваш винил, привезенный в Советский Союз контрабандой.. спасибо!! Вы - самые лучшие..
Чот ты , Иван ИвановичЬ , мягко выражаясь , ну ты понял ...... 😂😂😂Ланнн , шутю ....
The documentary actually brought my husband and I closer together- musically.
The overlap of those interviewed was f@cking insane. I took him to see Sparks at Hollywood Forever like 8 years ago and he couldn’t even remember seeing them.
By the end of the documentary we were both in tears and he’ll never forget Sparks, now!
Ron Mael is crazy,thats why we love him
This song...this video...I was a child back then...now I'm 41...I cannot put in words the feeling...hope all you guys are good and hope to see you again...in 30 years :)
This should win every
Eurovision Song Contest ever,
just covered, by different bands! ^^
May 2021 1.4 million views I don’t understand why not more for this is a banger of a tune 🤷
Love this... This song gets stuck in my head for weeks at a time, disrupting my own writing sometimes. "Sign your name with an X, Mow the lawn" seems to relate to the excitement of signing a record deal then going about your mundane life. Every lyric line is brilliant. The Sparks Brothers movie was well done and made them even more relatable. Such funny and likeable guys. I'd love to remix one of their songs.
move along* not 'mow the lawn' lol
@@mkgzt Remix done: This song became "Lawnmower" in 2020.
@@mkgzt I thought it was mow the lawn, that's what is said on the lyric sheet I read anyway. But both work!
It is "mow the lawn".
That's what it was on Sparks website before they changed it (albums listed with lyrics).
In the booklet with the triple CD, the anniversary release, of 'Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins'.
In "IN THE WORDS OF SPARKS... SELECTED LYRICS".
Mow the lawn, it is.
I guess it means 'go back to hard labor', about the songwriter, 😂
The real Ron may be an in general introvert person, but he knows how to get attention on the stage!
@@tonberrykingedyou've signed a contract... get on with it, or get on with your normal life... or as normal as can be possible
Seeing the trailer for the movie and then introducing my friends to their music has been an amazing experience for me! Can’t wait to watch the documentary!
Just out of the cinema. The documentary is brilliant!
The two kids playing young Ron and Russel are just tooo cute :)
Perhaps this is one of the best songs ever composed.
It aged awfully with that generic dance beat.
@@Offensive_Username that dance beat still getting used in film and tv and if it's generic they should be considered the name brand.
Offensive Username No, it didn’t.
@@Offensive_Username You are clueless.
It is`nt actually so God knows where u got that idea
Forever now and always will be one of the best bands ever. I love Sparks!!!
2020 and still , one of the best EDM, house, synthpop song ever made , and this video just makes it even better....and man , those actors are great.....
Seen them live in Glasgow Apollo, in the 70's, absolutely brilliant, the drummer dinky diamond was something else, amazing band
Best band in the world. Always have been.
You need to be smart to appreciate Sparks.
О да! Я тоже считал так всегда начиная с 1975 года!!
Абсолютно гениальный клип с невероятной энергетикой и тончайшим вкусом! Это просто СОВЕРШЕНСТВО!...
100%
As one fan said to me after a Sparks gig in London, "Ron Mael is the Beethoven of pop " ! 😀👍
Ron Mael is an unsung hero. Wotta pity. But we in the know can always enjoy their music. This track is sizzling hot!
@@AladdinSaneNYC, This track hadn't been what it is without Russell. I'm not talking about his voice. When Ron presented it to Russell he thought the lyrics were... Well, he liked the melody but said that he wouldn't sing THAT, whatever it was. So Ron, as he expressed it "Russell send me back to my chambers to write new lyrics for that song."
Wow , Sparks sind noch immer so Cool!
Habe diese Phantastische Band gerade wieder neu Entdeckt.
Ich war sofort wieder von den Brüdern begeistert !
SPARKS ICH LIEBE EUCH ♥️✌️💕♥️👍🇩🇪
Heute erste Mal seit langem mal wieder gehört. Als Ich den Song hörte dachte ich die Zeit wäre nie vergangen. Großartiger Song der 90er ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Definitiv 👍
This song is absolute pop perfection. Great video too.
Like a fine wine this song just matures as time goes on !! EXCELLENT !!
When this was released back in 1995 I just remember it being an unnamed earworm. It's only over a decade later I heard of them and who they were back in their 70s heyday and guessed that it was them who released this so looked them up-thank heavens I was right
I just LOVE this song - it makes be happy and sad at the same time. Thank you Sparks for this masterpiece! When do I get to do it my way?
Sparks is a cool group. Probably one of the most underrated, but hey, that exactly is cool about them for decades.
Was at their concert yesterday in Copenhagen. They've still got it!
I found this song after 20+ years 🤩 wow!!!
The album is a masterpiece. Sparks at their best.😊
Just watched the documentary and doing a re-discovery of your music now at age 48. I thought I was pretty knowledgeable about music and other than “Cool Places” and an appearance a couple years later on American Bandstand, I totally lost track. THIS song is amazing! It must’ve been a hit here in the U.S., but I must’ve missed it because I was going through a divorce and suffering from debilitating depression at the time it was released. Thanks for doing the documentary. It made my day.
Just rediscovered - new fan - again !
Ron Mael's dance is the reason for a smile :)
He is so wonderfull..
2:57 lol so many memories of this awesome duo.
Ron Mael is the king of underrated cool! his stage presence is top-notch.
And when he smiles, he SMILES! 🌞
Seriously can someone answer me? Why in almost ever one of their videos women get descriptive about the things they wanna do to Ron?
Я этот клип искал 23 года. Невероятно! Он крут до сих пор!
Дружище! Как я вас понимаю! Вот: facebook.com/yudkovich/posts/2496314773939040
@@MichaelYudkovych Принимайте в клуб. Я вообще только сейчас увидел клип, слышал давным давно только песню. Ура!!!
Так читаю,комменты,у многих,смотрю,не было MTV,в 90-е?)
I can not get enough of this synth pop masterpiece from the fabulous Sparks.
Well, my story is simple. I just got a recommendation of "Existential fear", I listened, but spotted "Sparks". And I immediately remembered my teens and thought "Is that the same Sparks? It can't be!" I even had to search the discography to figure out what was the song I remembered from 25 years ago. Oh, a trip down to memory lane, I'm so pleased to listen it again!
Songwriting talent like this is rare today, great tune......love it......got timeless quality!
There were lots of really good singer songwriters in the Seventies. Labels nurtured them unlike nowadays. It’s a shame.
2:56 I can't get enough of the Ron dance.
The days when beautiful music brought us together. Oh the memories, nostalgia is the greatest and saddest feeling at the same time.
agreed
@@doog.. ✌️😁
I wish there had been a full-length movie. This song is amazing! The video is amazing!
+G Power the lady is Christi Haydon. She was their drummer on the tour for this album (which I saw). Absolutely stunning! More details: www.imdb.com/name/nm5068168/
The video for Passion Pit's "Carried Away" is also made up to look like a movie trailer. It's a fun gimmick!
@@marianpower6711, you meant 1994? That's when the album was released.
No need for full-length, the "trailer" spoiled the whole movie.
@@MinekEzQM Haha.
i've been looking for you for 12 years now, i knew i would find you, i just didn't know how, last time i heard you was on the radio on my way to highschool and i couldnt get the name, but yesterday, precisely on my birthday on the same radio station i finally got to hear you again and this time i shazamed the hell out of it! great to be reunited with this amazing piece of art again..
I couldn’t find this song for 25 years
This song is sublime...so incredibly well composed...
One of the soundtracks of my life, the first time I listened to it I was speechless in 1995 while working in a bartender bar
Как же долго я искал эту песню, лет 20 точно, увидел их клип в середине 90х, и она играла у меня в голове до 17-18года!
Гениальная песня!
Аналогичная история
Искал несколько лет , сильно повлияла в детстве .
Вы на одиноки ) я тоже много лет ее искала
И в чем была проблема?)Спаркс-очень известный,ротируемый коллектив..В середине 90-х,а точнее, в 1996-м,у меня была кассета с этим чудесным альбомом,который,я считаю,в их творчестве ,одним из лучших.
@@user-gj1tw1wp5i например в том, что я услышала ее по тв в 12 лет и понятия не имела, кто это поет. Тот факт, что группа вообще-то культовая, никак бы не помог
This is the film I always wanted to see, but sadly it never existed :D
Saw the documentary for yesterday and I am so happy to learn the context for this amazing song.
Who’s still listening in 2035?
Me 😅
I saw this video when it was released in 1993. I was 13 years old. Have loved the song ever since. I always waited for the video to come on MTV (No TH-cam back then!). I was so completely different than anything else that was on.
Wkoncu po 30 latach znalazlem😊 ta piekna piosenke.❤❤😊😊😊😊
Perfect song with the perfect(ly fitting) video. Great!