For what it's worth, I met Paddy McAloon at the Gateshead Metro Centre several years ago. He was a gentleman. Such a surreal experience that I will never forget. We must have talked for 40-45 minutes. Thank you Paddy! A week later I met Wendy at The Sage in Gateshead. Wendy told me, that if Paddy called her that evening, she would love to record with him again and would do so without hesitation. I asked her about her favourite Prefab song, to which she replied, it was probably something that was at the time unreleased. How lucky I was I to experience those meetings and to have met in my opinion, the greatest songwriter of all time. Whoever said you should never meet your heroes was without doubt, wrong on that occasion. Peace and love to Paddy. This gentleman has given more than enough to the world!
A great band and an incredibly gifted songwriter: combining great melodies with great lyrics. How on earth can someone like Ed Sheeran be the most listened to artist on spotify??!!! Prefab Sprout are lightyears ahead of most. So very special.
I swear 'I trawl the Megahertz' is hands-down one of very few musical compositions that without fail brings me to tears; Listen with a decent set of headphones or an audiophile system...A unique and timeless masterpiece 🙏🏿
Right, right, right, ITTM is a masterpiece and so outside and beyond the scope of his brilliant pop creations with PFS. The guy is a boundless musical genius.
So right . I have been listening to it for years and tout/ mention it everywhere, especially on twitter ( to the muso's mainly ) there and not once had a rejection, but lots off adulation and surprise It is my go to album for my own personal space in the late evening with a suitable drink. A modern masterpiece as you said. What a man
How much I wish I could have seen them live at least once. But as happy with the legacy and the privilege to listen to the records of what became my all time favourite band after three days of non-stop listening to and watching interviews with Paddy, what a beautiful soul he is. Forever in awe!
I saw the band on the Jordan The comeback Tour. My fiance at the time urged me to leave before the end as her leg was in a plaster cast and so I did. I had waited, to hear 'Doo Wop In Harlem'. As we struggled to descend the stairs away from the main concert room, the unmistakeable intro to 'Doo Wop In Harlem' began to play. I was still fortunate to see their majestic performance of most songs and of course, I have the Jordan concert program as a reminder.
@@3ld919 nice comment. You're dead right; he sounds just like he did when they first started. I guess touring is a bit of a drag so understand him not liking it, but people need bands to tour so maybe a slight fault on his side.
Cars and Girls and When Love Breaks Down - two fine songs to go out with and impeccably sung. It's a shame Paddy hasn't been able to make more music but we should be grateful for what we have.
I was there - Love Prefab Sprout - It was a lovely day - happy times - loved the Fleadh festivals in Finsbury Park as I live close by - hope they bring them back....
Prefab Sprout, my life's legendary music that created signposts in many years of my life. Life's experiences and this great music are inseparable! God bless you Paddy.
Je n'ai pas eu la chance de croiser Paddy avec prefab sprout, I ❤,une super voix, des chansons geniales. Une legende pas assez reconnue😇😇,mon groupe préféré depuis plus de 30 ans. Je dirai même qu'il fait parti des 10 meilleurs chanteurs du XX et XXI siecle ..the best paddy
Prefab Sprout, Deacon Blue, Aztec Camera, The Colourfield and Spear of Destiny takes me back to my student days in Sunderland, we used to have a DJ called Paddy - Paddy's Disco who always played these bands etc - fantastic times. We also were lucky enough to have a spontaneous visit from The Clash when they were on an Acapello Tour in 1984 in our student bar, I think Mick Jones brother went to Sunderland Poly, they were amazing just guitars and drum sticks😎🎸🥁
Probably the best 'pop' band of the 80's and 90's. Totally underrated, truly brilliantly written songs, lyrics that were funny, cynical, joyous, heart-breaking - I never understood why they weren't the most successful band of their time. As far as I'm concerned, Paddy is a genius and I only count Prince other than him, as such.
Thanks for posting, I sometimes forget how highly I rated and loved Prefab Sprout. Steve McQueen is, was and will remain one of the few albums I want to , and fervently hope that I will, pass on to my children. Haven’t managed it yet but the big push is yet to start. A genius and much under-rated songsmith.. whatever you are doing Paddy I wish you well.
Cela reste pour moi un des meilleur, le meilleur groupe de ma jeunesse, et j'écoute encore de nos jours en 2023....c'est tjrs aussi incroyable, ici manque la choriste malheureusement ;;;
Oui, j'aurais pu poster l'exacte même commentaire ! Le plus fou c'est qu'à l'époque de la sortie de l'albulm de Steve Mc Queen, j'écoutais des trucs comme les Clash, Bauhaus, Christian Death.... Mais ce groupe m'a totalement envouté !
Saw them when they were touring Swoon (an under-attended university gig where they played their heart out to a small but very appreciative audience), and followed the mighty McAloon ever since. Thanks so much for posting this. Special.
So happy to finally see this show. I always watched the Cars and Girls live video and wondered when someone was finally going to post the full show. Thankyou so much.
If I was going to a desert island and only allowed a few albums, Steve McQueen would be one of them. Bonny is one of the finest songs ever written. Paddy is a wordsmith like Paul Weller, Paul Heaton and Mark Hollis. Thank you for your music Paddy 🙏
What a brilliant group (just Wendy missing) and wonderful rendition of When Love Breaks Down. My favourite is Nightingales and The Sound of Crying (which sadly is still number one across the world today). Forever Enchanted.
never really seen them as part of my soundtrack of life, however just a month back i heard cars and girls for the first time in over 25 years, it took me right back to where i was back then,jamming with a new group at the time, great times. 10- 10 for originality, from an old rocker.
Muy buen concierto, aunque yo los empece a escuchar por la VH+1 Latinoamérica, desde ahi, comence a escucarlos aunque ya no estén., todas sus canciones me gustaron. TODAS.
What a coincidence - only just heard Cars and Girls playing yesterday in my local Co-op, and thought to myself it’s such a shame you don’t hear Prefab Sprout that often. 😊
My love and I, we work well together But often we're apart Absence makes the heart lose weight, yeah, Till love breaks down, love breaks down Oh my, oh my, have you seen the weather The sweet september rain Rain on me like no other Until I drown, until I drown When love breaks down The things you do To stop the truth from hurting you When love breaks down The lies we tell, They only serve to fool ourselves, When love breaks down The things you do To stop the truth from hurting you When love breaks down The things you do To stop the truth from hurting you When love breaks down, Love breaks down My love and I, we are boxing clever She'll never crowd me out Fall be free as old confetti And paint the town, paint the town When love breaks down The things you do To stop the truth from hurting you When love breaks down The lies we tell, They only serve to fool ourselves, When love breaks down The things you do To stop the truth from hurting you When love breaks down You join the wrecks Who leave their hearts for easy sex When love breaks down When love breaks down
I'm glad that I saw them live once. Does anyone know if PS ever performed my favourite of theirs, The Venus of the Soup Kitchen, live? I imagine it would be a bit difficult, with the choir.
For what it's worth, I met Paddy McAloon at the Gateshead Metro Centre several years ago. He was a gentleman. Such a surreal experience that I will never forget. We must have talked for 40-45 minutes. Thank you Paddy! A week later I met Wendy at The Sage in Gateshead. Wendy told me, that if Paddy called her that evening, she would love to record with him again and would do so without hesitation. I asked her about her favourite Prefab song, to which she replied, it was probably something that was at the time unreleased. How lucky I was I to experience those meetings and to have met in my opinion, the greatest songwriter of all time. Whoever said you should never meet your heroes was without doubt, wrong on that occasion. Peace and love to Paddy. This gentleman has given more than enough to the world!
He'a also loved on this side of the Atlantic !....or should I say "Allantis" ..!!
All the best people are always the nicest - it's the second rate ones who are unpleasant
lol "the greatest songwriter of all time" are you serious? he wrote some clever pop songs. He isn't exactly Bach.
@@uv77mc85 I am serious. It's a subjective opinion but it's mine and I stand by it!
@@uv77mc85Non è musica, è poesia...
One of my favourite bands ever
00:00 - Cowboy Dreams
03:54 - Cars and Girls
08:25 - When Love Breaks Down
Wie genial . Beruflich über den Wolken. Danke für dieses Video 😗
Thank you very much. I wish the whole gig was captured!
Pete Woodroffe Music UK
I really enjoyed this,great band.wish i had seen them live.
A great band and an incredibly gifted songwriter: combining great melodies with great lyrics. How on earth can someone like Ed Sheeran be the most listened to artist on spotify??!!! Prefab Sprout are lightyears ahead of most. So very special.
They're 1000 light years ahead of Ed Sheeran that's for sure.
Ed who ?
Ha never listen to that .
100% !!!
Sorry, WHO is Ed Sheeran?
Shearer, Allan Shearer i heard about!? But Sportsmann, not a musician ??? 🧐😂🤣
What hurts me is we’ll unlikely see this kind of talent ever again.
I swear 'I trawl the Megahertz' is hands-down one of very few musical compositions that without fail brings me to tears; Listen with a decent set of headphones or an audiophile system...A unique and timeless masterpiece 🙏🏿
Right, right, right, ITTM is a masterpiece and so outside and beyond the scope of his brilliant pop creations with PFS. The guy is a boundless musical genius.
"I'm 49" is melancholy and soulful/bluesy at the same time.. it's just hits different!
I agree with you, megahertz is a masterpiece
So right . I have been listening to it for years and tout/ mention it everywhere, especially on twitter ( to the muso's mainly ) there and not once had a rejection, but lots off adulation and surprise
It is my go to album for my own personal space in the late evening with a suitable drink.
A modern masterpiece as you said. What a man
I agree 👍
Paddy and Mark Hollis. Two of the best ever.
This comment is spot on
Totally 👍 agree❤
@MrPetermc199This is pretty much my Top 3 songwriters ever! I found my ppl.
@@essential_listening Try Matt Johnson - the The
my literal two heroes
McAloon was a genius- Bonny is a testament to how great a songwriter he was.
fo
SURE !
I second that.
Just to be clear,
he’s still with us…right???
@@jasonlefler3456had to check to be super sure - yep still with us, he's 66 and hopefully going strong!
My favourite track!!
Pre Fab Sprout, Everything But the Girl, Aztec Camers with Roddy Frame, a magic time in my life.
Llyod Cole and the Commotions
Prefab ... please at least get half the name right
How much I wish I could have seen them live at least once. But as happy with the legacy and the privilege to listen to the records of what became my all time favourite band after three days of non-stop listening to and watching interviews with Paddy, what a beautiful soul he is. Forever in awe!
I saw the band on the Jordan The comeback Tour. My fiance at the time urged me to leave before the end as her leg was in a plaster cast and so I did. I had waited, to hear 'Doo Wop In Harlem'. As we struggled to descend the stairs away from the main concert room, the unmistakeable intro to 'Doo Wop In Harlem' began to play. I was still fortunate to see their majestic performance of most songs and of course, I have the Jordan concert program as a reminder.
Often overlooked, the bass playing in Prefab Sprout is exceptional.
one of the tightest bands of all time
Steve McQueen remains one of the best albums of the 80s and beyond
His voice is literally unchanged in 35 years and note perfect
Studio perfect.
love the concert ..love prefab sprout ..but sorry no wendy smith its a no show
His singing is so effortless and controlled and yet he hated touring which is tragic.
@@3ld919 nice comment. You're dead right; he sounds just like he did when they first started. I guess touring is a bit of a drag so understand him not liking it, but people need bands to tour so maybe a slight fault on his side.
This was the year 2000 they hadn’t been going for anything like 35 years😂
Oh my goodness. This is just . . . perfect.
Greatest band rarely mentioned. So good.
Cars and Girls and When Love Breaks Down - two fine songs to go out with and impeccably sung. It's a shame Paddy hasn't been able to make more music but we should be grateful for what we have.
He has made a final album and then lost the hard drive with everything on it. Ever since then he stopped.
❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤
Prefab Sprout changed my musical life in 1984
Me too mate..
👍
Paddy and Prefab Sprout: Somehow had the 'Technique' to bring joy to my life 🙏🏿
Only recently discovered them and it enriched my experience of existence in ways I would have never imagined a band could. I hear every word you say🤍
I thought that New Order did that 😁
I was there - Love Prefab Sprout - It was a lovely day - happy times - loved the Fleadh festivals in Finsbury Park as I live close by - hope they bring them back....
I was there too, never thinking this was the last time they’d play. Oh well, he’s a god and the songs are forever
Prefab Sprout, my life's legendary music that created signposts in many years of my life. Life's experiences and this great music are inseparable! God bless you Paddy.
Lovely harmonious music. ❤️
Je n'ai pas eu la chance de croiser Paddy avec prefab sprout,
I ❤,une super voix, des chansons geniales.
Une legende pas assez reconnue😇😇,mon groupe préféré depuis plus de 30 ans.
Je dirai même qu'il fait parti des 10 meilleurs chanteurs du XX et XXI siecle ..the best paddy
Love this band forever
If I could time travel this is one place where I would go..
Missing you guys so much.. ❤❤❤
Prefab Sprout, Deacon Blue, Aztec Camera, The Colourfield and Spear of Destiny takes me back to my student days in Sunderland, we used to have a DJ called Paddy - Paddy's Disco who always played these bands etc - fantastic times. We also were lucky enough to have a spontaneous visit from The Clash when they were on an Acapello Tour in 1984 in our student bar, I think Mick Jones brother went to Sunderland Poly, they were amazing just guitars and drum sticks😎🎸🥁
Ku club days 👍
I love every one of the bands you named-part of my life…59 now 😢
Probably the best 'pop' band of the 80's and 90's. Totally underrated, truly brilliantly written songs, lyrics that were funny, cynical, joyous, heart-breaking - I never understood why they weren't the most successful band of their time. As far as I'm concerned, Paddy is a genius and I only count Prince other than him, as such.
Most just don’t get it - the quality, the refinement, ironic or sarcastic tone, social analysis, etc. - their greatness
Yip, one of the greatest songwriters of the era. Jordan is a masterpiece from beginning to end.
👏👏❤❤❤
There's no no more.
There's me and Prefab for ever.
Just old now ❤
It's still makes me cry of hope and love (I'm drunk and stoned and clearly 16 again 😁😁)
What a fantastic live version of "When love breaks down"
Still love this band
Nearly every day I play a prefab sprout song it makes me sad, happy,and most of all love conquers everything thank you with all my heart.
I'm impressed at Paddy singing Love breaks down in this live format
Thanks for posting, I sometimes forget how highly I rated and loved Prefab Sprout. Steve McQueen is, was and will remain one of the few albums I want to , and fervently hope that I will, pass on to my children. Haven’t managed it yet but the big push is yet to start. A genius and much under-rated songsmith.. whatever you are doing Paddy I wish you well.
Outstanding recording
I was there, always been a big fan, never knew it was their last gig.
What happened to Wendy Smith ? Where was she that day...?
Cela reste pour moi un des meilleur, le meilleur groupe de ma jeunesse, et j'écoute encore de nos jours en 2023....c'est tjrs aussi incroyable, ici manque la choriste malheureusement ;;;
Moi, je l'aime aussi 🧡
Oui, j'aurais pu poster l'exacte même commentaire ! Le plus fou c'est qu'à l'époque de la sortie de l'albulm de Steve Mc Queen, j'écoutais des trucs comme les Clash, Bauhaus, Christian Death.... Mais ce groupe m'a totalement envouté !
@@yanmetcaluire Exactement la même chose que toi. J’écoute encore
Saw them when they were touring Swoon (an under-attended university gig where they played their heart out to a small but very appreciative audience), and followed the mighty McAloon ever since. Thanks so much for posting this. Special.
Oh I wish I could have been there, and No worries, I'll definitely be searching for more goodies like these in the future!
@@benjivintage I hope that you find them. Subscribed and waiting for developments.
Wendy's vocals so missed despite a great performance. Still giving me goosebumbs nearly 24 years later..
Nice comment Kevin.
Wendy was unique and added so much.
Why wasn´t she there?
I just can't believe there isn't out there a Blu Ray, a Dvd of a live concert of one of the greatest band ever. Incredible.
It makes it even more special
Brilliant... singing style as fresh as ever...
How fantastic is this band ❤
In my top three favourite bands of all time. Such a gift to my life!💝
Never managed to see them live. Big mistake!🙇🏻♂️ Thanks for posting this!✔️💞
Luckily saw them twice
Song & lyrics & arrangements, great great great❤
Cowboy Dreams…..just one of his many, many beautiful songs.
Thanks a lot! I’ll always remember their beautiful music. It’s so sad they’re not playing now together. Paddy’s magnifique❤❤❤
love prefab 4 ever
Paddy looking like Hell's Angel but sounding like a boyish prog artist from the 80s is amazing
Beautiful.
They're so underrated
I'm pretty sure that Paddy McAloon is a genius.
Thanks such a meaningless comment. Suburban?
Undoubtedly
@@PretentiousNoob suburban??¿💀😂
He said hes not clever
no wendy sorry no prefab sprout
So happy to finally see this show. I always watched the Cars and Girls live video and wondered when someone was finally going to post the full show. Thankyou so much.
Class.
Legendary band
brilliant band yes but without wendy smith ... its a no show her voice took the band to another level
We take what we can get
If I was going to a desert island and only allowed a few albums, Steve McQueen would be one of them. Bonny is one of the finest songs ever written. Paddy is a wordsmith like Paul Weller, Paul Heaton and Mark Hollis. Thank you for your music Paddy 🙏
What a brilliant group (just Wendy missing) and wonderful rendition of When Love Breaks Down. My favourite is Nightingales and The Sound of Crying (which sadly is still number one across the world today). Forever Enchanted.
Much love in October 2024 to all 💋💋💋❤️❤️❤️
This is awesome. I love this!
Great Band , paddy was a fantasttic talent superb songwriter
December 2023 ... still feels as though it was ... well i can't remember. 1985?
never really seen them as part of my soundtrack of life, however just a month back i heard cars and girls for the first time in over 25 years, it took me right back to where i was back then,jamming with a new group at the time, great times. 10- 10 for originality, from an old rocker.
Beautiful version of When Love Breaks Down !
I used to have the same Swatch watch as the keyboard player! My favourite ever swatch!
How can you be better than that - pure, genuine, raw and still amazingly great AVE CAESAR ❤
1987/88 Southampton Uni “Cars & Girls” but a little before that maybe 83/84 at school “When love…” - timeless, yet also moments frozen in time.
I hope I can see them live somewhere 😮😊 Thank you for this post
Crying now with loves break down. So hard way to get to into marriage and happyiness...what a HUGE BAND.
😢
What an excellent songwriter!!!
Fuck me. One of the best songwriters ever, period. Tears flow like years from my blurry eyes.
Absolument magnifique ! Immense s artistes, ils me font tjs rêver..
One of thee greatest songwriters!
Pete Woodroffe Music UK
Very wonderful.
Love this one. Thank you. Thank you. Love...
Thank you so much for sharing!
No worries :)
@@benjivintageany more footage? Such a short set...
@@petewoodroffemusic Hello! Unfortunately no, this is the only known footage out there at this moment.
Sound of my life. All gone now but great times.
Brilliant band thanks
leurs chansons ont bercé ma jeunesse merci merci merci
Muy buen concierto, aunque yo los empece a escuchar por la VH+1 Latinoamérica, desde ahi, comence a escucarlos aunque ya no estén., todas sus canciones me gustaron. TODAS.
Such a unique talent. Been in my musical life for over 40 years now. Martin's bass is second to none too.
Perfect totally perfect,thank you prefab x
Love breaks down always kills me 😢
This was at Fleadh 2000, an Irish music festival, that runs each year.
Brilliant band and Paddy McAlloon is a Genius songwriter ❤
It looks like most of the people there didn't know who Prefab Sprouts were.
Thanks for your response 👍
What a coincidence - only just heard Cars and Girls playing yesterday in my local Co-op, and thought to myself it’s such a shame you don’t hear Prefab Sprout that often. 😊
Sweetest voice ever, what a song, what a band, i love them.
Superb 👌🏻
My great regret in life was never seeing PREFAB SPROUT, Swoon & Steve McQueen are “perfect” LP’s & still in heavy rotation all these years later.
That was so good to watch and listen to. I've always liked this band. What a good live sound too.
HEROES OF SONG!
Pure class!!!
It's a travesty they are still not making music. Great songs.
My love and I, we work well together
But often we're apart
Absence makes the heart lose weight, yeah,
Till love breaks down, love breaks down
Oh my, oh my, have you seen the weather
The sweet september rain
Rain on me like no other
Until I drown, until I drown
When love breaks down
The things you do
To stop the truth from hurting you
When love breaks down
The lies we tell,
They only serve to fool ourselves,
When love breaks down
The things you do
To stop the truth from hurting you
When love breaks down
The things you do
To stop the truth from hurting you
When love breaks down,
Love breaks down
My love and I, we are boxing clever
She'll never crowd me out
Fall be free as old confetti
And paint the town, paint the town
When love breaks down
The things you do
To stop the truth from hurting you
When love breaks down
The lies we tell,
They only serve to fool ourselves,
When love breaks down
The things you do
To stop the truth from hurting you
When love breaks down
You join the wrecks
Who leave their hearts for easy sex
When love breaks down
When love breaks down
Grande Paddy...grande, originale, gruppo❤❤❤
Genius!❤🏴⚒👊🏽
That voice😍😍😍😍😍
Amazing
Simply wow.
I'm glad that I saw them live once. Does anyone know if PS ever performed my favourite of theirs, The Venus of the Soup Kitchen, live? I imagine it would be a bit difficult, with the choir.
Great band ...
God bless him!
look at us now,LEGENDS!