I am, as it happens! I've been playing them to various peeps. Gotta spread the word of the Spaceman. Seen them twice this year; 7/8 times altogether. Still room for more. 😎
“Nothing Can Stop Us Now” like “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” before it, sounds less like a song, and more like a hazy nostalgic daydream containing snippets of musical memories from Bob Stanley’s childhood. I assume his parents played a lot of Dusty Springfield and Lulu records.
The soothing sounds of Sarah Cracknell whispering sweet nothings about touching your hand and smoothing out the rough edges was one of the coolest sounds of 1992. What is it about English girls talking on tracks that always sounds infinitely cool? A few years later “Nothing Can Stop Us” would be covered by Kylie as the B-side to “Confide In Me.” Which made sense… Sarah Cracknell was basically the indie Kylie. "Nothing Can Stop Us Now" is a 9
Absolutely. I was 21 when this came out. First heard it round a mate’s place who just got his first house share. Listened to it all summer, playing Sonic and Micromachines on the Sega Megadrive and getting stoned!! Happy days. PS still fancy Sarah Cracknell.🥰
It's so rich. It's so elegant without being stuck-up. Sarah...OMFG she's SO PERFECT for this! And yeah, I did buy the t-shirt;) I have maybe three friends who appreciate it and that's fine by me.
I think they should bring back this classic for today. It is a beautiful song for the youth of Today. I am 67 years old, and I call this a Classic for Saint Etienne. Love their other songs also.
Absolutely. I was 21 when I first heard this at a mates who had just got his first house share. Spent the whole summer listening to this, playing Sonic and Micromachines on the Megadrive and getting stoned. Happy days 👍👍👍
I heard this for the first time recently. It was a sunny sunday and i was riding a bike in sao paulo, after many months in quarentine. I fell in love imediately. It made me feel nostalgic about the 90s and i was born in 1989. But i remember being amused by the underground adults parties and songs and clubs. Hope i can dance to it in a crowded dancefloor one day.
@@hugostieglitz238 I was on summer hols at 17, carefree, the summer seemed hot and long and full of adventures in my new mini (an old banger). Wonderful days. x
Had this album on tape playing it on the beach in Kos Greece back in 92 and we had German, Italian and Dutch people coming over to us and saying they had never heard anything so good and who was the band, gave the tape to some Germans on our last day and they were over the moon, great album and still play it and never tired of hearing it. Saw them live playing at Newcastle uni in 92 and they were supported by Pulp.
I had a similar experience at Phoenix festival in 1994. I headed like a moth to a light to some folks playing this late at night and had to ask what it was. Made some nice friends and went back home to Newcastle with some amazing memories and a C90 copy of Fox Base Alpha.
Wow, I discovered Saint Etienne the same way!!!! I went over to some people and just HAD to ask them! It was unlike anything I had EVER heard! This was in 1998 I beleive.... their Good Humour album
In case you ever wonder “who knows if anyone will ever read my comment”, it’s my favorite pastime to read how much a song can take someone back to their past. just discovering this song as a young 20-something yr old 💛
Anna I love reading people's comments about the memories they have or finding the song for the 1st time ❤️ 80's and 90's were a great time for some amazing music. So keep jamming and dance like nobody's watching 😁💯🎶🎶🎶
This song reminds me of a friend who played many things I wouldn't have appreciated as a snotty, adolescent punk rocker, in Metro Detroit, in the late '80s. He was the first openly gay man I was friends with, which is noteworthy for the time, my age, and location. This one is still a favorite of mine, now I'm going to cry 😢
This song and the whole album brings back so many memories. It was release in 1992. The year of the L.A riots, my first love (emma) and my first car. I still have the cassett . First heard this song on Mars Fm los Angeles....i miss those days.
The day before Christmas 1992 I bought the album. Forgot Christmas just listened forever and ever....so beautifully produced and the artists🙏🙏🙏love it!!
By God absolutely. The 90s were the best. Young enough to enjoy myself and not old enough to start worrying about settling down. I had such a laugh. Lots of mates, a few longish term girlfriends, clubbing, holidays, drugs, great music and not a care in the world. O to go back 30 years and start again 🙏
I am from Los Angeles, Ca. I loved Saint Etienne's Only Love Can Break Your Heart. We had a radio station that was called MARS FM. They played many of their songs. LOVED IT. I wish it was still around.
This is such an upbeat song. Really helped me through some hard times in the early 00's after I heard it on a compilation cd. Always helps motivate me every morning when I know it's going to be a rough day at work, or through any hard time.
From the United states of kma...Lol some of you will get it...30 years later in 2022 Fox base Alpha was my favorite CD for a good while. It's still in my Top 5 lifetime Fave albums & I'm 59. I had a group of friends mostly I worked & partied with, went to dance clubs early rave scene & just loved every song on FBA & usually pushed replay, especially on songs I really loved like Nothing can stop us now. Sarah Cracknell was & still is one of my favorite vocalists & I really admires Bob & Pete for their mixing talents. Fox base alpha honestly calmed me down during the 90's because I was into NIN & a lot of Euro & USA Industrial & grunge angry aggressive music so this was a nice change of mood & atmosphere
Love... I felt like she was talking to me I loved her right away.. but I think that that was the first time that I kind of knew that all of my screws aren't firmly run down. But I think that it was 1999... Blondie, Siouxie, and St Etienne all came to Detroit the same summer... And all of them were spot-on!
Cant believe this is 30 years old! Around late 90's I remember when i was at a afterhour club in la near pico area called "Crystals" in los angeles. i was just slightly coming down off of a good ecstasy pill and this song came out when i was sitting at a bar. This song made me feel good and love life!
"Thank you, every, come on Give her a proper Liverpool hand, you can do better than that And now ladies and gentlemen, what you've been waiting for" I've come a long way You walked into my life I was tired, in love like a fool But I know it's gonna work out fine, yeah I've never felt so good I've never felt so strong Nothing can stop us now No, no I've heard some people say So wrong, oh, so wrong Do, do you want to know? It's true, the touch of your hand, oh I've never felt so good I've never felt so strong Nothing can stop us now I've never felt so strong I've never felt so good Nothing can stop us now
+Tzam Showman I never realised it said: "Give her a proper Liverpool hand". I'm from Liverpool and remember being the ONLY person in my year at school that was into into St Etienne when that song came out. Most 15 year olds liked whatever teen band was popular I guess. I'm a bit chuffed hearing that line :)
This is a long sought after gem. A delight to the ears. Bouyant and euphoric. The girl with a background vocals must be Irish. They are known for their higher note trimble beautiful voices. I LOVE IT!
I’ve loved this song since my neighbors used to play it back in around 1992/1993. I also am dying to find out where those violins are in the background of the track; so hauntingly familiar, like from an old Italian movie... A sweet and killer tune.
It was a magical time the 90s...when I went to uni the first time...so fun and hedonistic then to be a young adult. I just can't believe how shit the UK has turned out to be. Good job I live on Bali now.
I first heard "only love can break your heart" on an SF station and was hooked circa 92. "Like a Motorway" was on The Boiler Room's jukebox in the Bowery. Tiger Bay tracks got much club play as did "Tell me Why" & "He's on the Phone." US mainstream radio is the worst and has been for many decades.
@@robbieshand6139 London Belongs to Me, another of their song titles, was also a 1940s novel by a writer named Norman Collins. Sarah, Pete and Bob seem like a fairly literate bunch, so I don't think that's a coincidence . It's not the easiest book to find, but it's definitely worth a read.
Listen to Baby Washington’s I can’t wait to see my baby’s face, you’ll see how Sarah Cracknall’s love of northern soul influenced this song. Love this tho.
Who’s still listening in 2023?? Absolute tune and much forgotten band. Perfect summer tune
Right here. Right now. ❤
@@celestewilliams5904 Love that
Spiritualised fan? Another forgotten band by many unfortunately.
I am, as it happens!
I've been playing them to various peeps. Gotta spread the word of the Spaceman.
Seen them twice this year; 7/8 times altogether.
Still room for more.
😎
@@celestewilliams5904 decent taste in music. Love the trip hop that came from Bristol
I played this heavily in college from about 1992 to 1995. A real gem from the 90’s.
Me too. Sparks happy memories of maybe the best period of my life - how the future felt so full of promise!
Ouh, comme on sent la provenance, mais d'où...mémoire collective, one more..mais funny...😂
This is yet another piece of pop culture that feeds into my theory the 90s were largely an echo of the 60s.
“Nothing Can Stop Us Now” like “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” before it, sounds less like a song, and more like a hazy nostalgic daydream containing snippets of musical memories from Bob Stanley’s childhood. I assume his parents played a lot of Dusty Springfield and Lulu records.
The soothing sounds of Sarah Cracknell whispering sweet nothings about touching your hand and smoothing out the rough edges was one of the coolest sounds of 1992. What is it about English girls talking on tracks that always sounds infinitely cool?
A few years later “Nothing Can Stop Us” would be covered by Kylie as the B-side to “Confide In Me.” Which made sense… Sarah Cracknell was basically the indie Kylie.
"Nothing Can Stop Us Now" is a 9
Oh the 90's! The greatest decade for music. Change my mind.
The eighties 🙋♂️
Whatever era you were age 13-23 is the best.
Being old and remembering when this was released brought me here.
Absolutely. I was 21 when this came out. First heard it round a mate’s place who just got his first house share. Listened to it all summer, playing Sonic and Micromachines on the Sega Megadrive and getting stoned!! Happy days. PS still fancy Sarah Cracknell.🥰
Quite possibly one of the best pop songs ever recorded, period.
Amen
It's so rich. It's so elegant without being stuck-up. Sarah...OMFG she's SO PERFECT for this! And yeah, I did buy the t-shirt;) I have maybe three friends who appreciate it and that's fine by me.
Absolutely!!
Can’t disagree. It’s like a 90’s updated sound of prime 80’s Bananarama. I was blown away the first time hearing this and I still am.
This was my favorite song as a teen.. played it over and over again and still listen to today ❤
A gorgeous tune from the summer of 1991.
Its Jamie Davies I love this song its awesome and amazing Elizabeth Bell. Will you be my friend please Elizabeth Bell my mate?
I think they should bring back this classic for today. It is a beautiful song for the youth of Today. I am 67 years old, and I call this a Classic for Saint Etienne. Love their other songs also.
Check out the Kylie version too
@@shocked1991the Kylie version isn’t a patch on Sarah Cracknell s version in my view.
Foxbase Alpha ❤
I played it to death I was just 20 and had youth....better days....keep the faith 💕
Absolutely. I was 21 when I first heard this at a mates who had just got his first house share. Spent the whole summer listening to this, playing Sonic and Micromachines on the Megadrive and getting stoned. Happy days 👍👍👍
Well I wasn't born when this came out (1998) but I did listen to this album in my 20's as well. (Like during the summer of 2020)
I am thinking of you Jimmy, all these years later.
A song recorded in the 90s, but that somehow takes me to the 60s. Superb!!
I heard this for the first time recently. It was a sunny sunday and i was riding a bike in sao paulo, after many months in quarentine. I fell in love imediately. It made me feel nostalgic about the 90s and i was born in 1989. But i remember being amused by the underground adults parties and songs and clubs. Hope i can dance to it in a crowded dancefloor one day.
What a lovely story
I was 16 years old and it was summer!!!🤩.we’ll never get those days back….😪😪🤧🥰
Absolutely the same memory. x
@@hugostieglitz238 I was on summer hols at 17, carefree, the summer seemed hot and long and full of adventures in my new mini (an old banger). Wonderful days. x
@@hugostieglitz238 Yes, it was £400 and falling apart :)
@@maddyweavers3185 .. I had a Mrk 1 escort.. parked it on a hill, was the only way to bump start it..
@@hugostieglitz238 Hahaha. Great times. :)
Had this album on tape playing it on the beach in Kos Greece back in 92 and we had German, Italian and Dutch people coming over to us and saying they had never heard anything so good and who was the band, gave the tape to some Germans on our last day and they were over the moon, great album and still play it and never tired of hearing it. Saw them live playing at Newcastle uni in 92 and they were supported by Pulp.
thinking of you
I had a similar experience at Phoenix festival in 1994. I headed like a moth to a light to some folks playing this late at night and had to ask what it was. Made some nice friends and went back home to Newcastle with some amazing memories and a C90 copy of Fox Base Alpha.
Fox Base Alpha just brilliant.
Wow, I discovered Saint Etienne the same way!!!! I went over to some people and just HAD to ask them! It was unlike anything I had EVER heard! This was in 1998 I beleive.... their Good Humour album
super my friend
it was 30 years ago and it seemed that nothing could stop us, so many things got lost since then
This was one of my favourits songs from FoxBase Alpha. i loved that album😊 and it reminds me so much of the simpler and better days of the early 90s
In case you ever wonder “who knows if anyone will ever read my comment”, it’s my favorite pastime to read how much a song can take someone back to their past. just discovering this song as a young 20-something yr old 💛
Anna I love reading people's comments about the memories they have or finding the song for the 1st time ❤️ 80's and 90's were a great time for some amazing music. So keep jamming and dance like nobody's watching 😁💯🎶🎶🎶
Used to hear this from the final year student's at Edinburgh college of Art. So inspiring to me. Fantastic
This song reminds me of a friend who played many things I wouldn't have appreciated as a snotty, adolescent punk rocker, in Metro Detroit, in the late '80s. He was the first openly gay man I was friends with, which is noteworthy for the time, my age, and location. This one is still a favorite of mine, now I'm going to cry 😢
@@anthonyescalante2361 I agree, wholeheartedly! ❤️
I'm gonna see them live for the first time EVER in November.
I cannot wait! 😎
The comments mean as much as the content …if not sometimes more ☺️☺️😀😀🙏🏻
Heard this song on KROQ in the 90's. I still love this song in 2024. ❤❤❤❤
Great use of Dusty Springfield's song & the iconic Hal Blaine drum break 💞👏🔥👍🎶🎵
Yes, "I can't wait to see my baby's face" an amazing Dusty song that should be more recognized.
Brings me back to 1990's. Heard this song on KROC radio station.❤❤❤
This song and the whole album brings back so many memories. It was release in 1992. The year of the L.A riots, my first love (emma) and my first car. I still have the cassett . First heard this song on Mars Fm los Angeles....i miss those days.
Same...chill songs for tense times in l.a.
The day before Christmas 1992 I bought the album. Forgot Christmas just listened forever and ever....so beautifully produced and the artists🙏🙏🙏love it!!
I love this!!! Makes me wanna relive the 90s so bad😍😍😍with a handsome guys by my side! Makes me dreamy, happy and nostalgic for the 90s!!!☺️☺️😍😍❤️❤️
By God absolutely. The 90s were the best. Young enough to enjoy myself and not old enough to start worrying about settling down. I had such a laugh. Lots of mates, a few longish term girlfriends, clubbing, holidays, drugs, great music and not a care in the world. O to go back 30 years and start again 🙏
splendid
I am from Los Angeles, Ca. I loved Saint Etienne's Only Love Can Break Your Heart. We had a radio station that was called MARS FM. They played many of their songs. LOVED IT. I wish it was still around.
What A Glorious Song ! 🎵
This is such an upbeat song. Really helped me through some hard times in the early 00's after I heard it on a compilation cd. Always helps motivate me every morning when I know it's going to be a rough day at work, or through any hard time.
why is work rough for you
A gem of a tune
Every child should listen to this it should be on national curriculum
Sarah Cracknell really gives an epic performance in this one
Still fancy the cracknell.
From the United states of kma...Lol some of you will get it...30 years later in 2022 Fox base Alpha was my favorite CD for a good while. It's still in my Top 5 lifetime Fave albums & I'm 59. I had a group of friends mostly I worked & partied with, went to dance clubs early rave scene & just loved every song on FBA & usually pushed replay, especially on songs I really loved like Nothing can stop us now. Sarah Cracknell was & still is one of my favorite vocalists & I really admires Bob & Pete for their mixing talents.
Fox base alpha honestly calmed me down during the 90's because I was into NIN & a lot of Euro & USA Industrial & grunge angry aggressive music so this was a nice change of mood & atmosphere
Even when it was raining they made the sunshine.
How did I not know this is Saint Etienne. One of those songs that's catchy instantly the first time you hear it.
An absolute ♠️Ace♠️ track that brings back some wonderful memories
Love... I felt like she was talking to me
I loved her right away.. but I think that that was the first time that I kind of knew that all of my screws aren't firmly run down.
But I think that it was 1999... Blondie, Siouxie, and St Etienne all came to Detroit the same summer...
And all of them were spot-on!
Cant believe this is 30 years old! Around late 90's I remember when i was at a afterhour club in la near pico area called "Crystals" in los angeles. i was just slightly coming down off of a good ecstasy pill and this song came out when i was sitting at a bar. This song made me feel good and love life!
Great track from a great album) Fox Base Alpha) and Sarah Cracknell to boot! 😍🇫🇷🇪🇺
I saw them live in New York back in the day. Great show.
my girlfriend said this was her favourite song and I hot dayum what a pick ! happiest memories to this song on sunny days!
thats a keeper champ
Awesome. And so beautiful
A 90's band living in the 1960s. Perfect.
"Thank you, every, come on
Give her a proper Liverpool hand, you can do better than that
And now ladies and gentlemen, what you've been waiting for"
I've come a long way
You walked into my life
I was tired, in love like a fool
But I know it's gonna work out fine, yeah
I've never felt so good
I've never felt so strong
Nothing can stop us now
No, no
I've heard some people say
So wrong, oh, so wrong
Do, do you want to know?
It's true, the touch of your hand, oh
I've never felt so good
I've never felt so strong
Nothing can stop us now
I've never felt so strong
I've never felt so good
Nothing can stop us now
+Tzam Showman I never realised it said: "Give her a proper Liverpool hand". I'm from Liverpool and remember being the ONLY person in my year at school that was into into St Etienne when that song came out. Most 15 year olds liked whatever teen band was popular I guess. I'm a bit chuffed hearing that line :)
+zetametallic heh faith in humanity restored after 24 years ;)
+zetametallic also nice that you realised that on random saturday night
@@zetametallic true la
truly the best song ever
Increíble que está joya musical tenga ya 30 años.
Y se oye tan actual como el primer día.
La música es atemporal
absolute pop perfection
Simply beautiful...
Such a positive tunne😢😊
Perfect pop
I remember hearing this in a commercial years ago and never got the name but my job used to play it. Glad I’m reunited with this tune😌
The band that has touched my heart and soul the most.
This is a long sought after gem. A delight to the ears. Bouyant and euphoric. The girl with a background vocals must be Irish. They are known for their higher note trimble beautiful voices. I LOVE IT!
might be wrong but I think i's Sarah cracknel overdubbed.
@@mickymac6571 - Yes, it's Sarah Cracknell singing lead and background vocals (She's from Chelmsford, Essex)
So relaxed ❤❤❤
J adore ce groupe 👏👏👏🥲
I’ve loved this song since my neighbors used to play it back in around 1992/1993. I also am dying to find out where those violins are in the background of the track; so hauntingly familiar, like from an old Italian movie... A sweet and killer tune.
Dusty Springfield - I Can’t Wait Until I See My Baby’s Face
Beyond dreaminess
The r/OldElectronicMusic subreddit brought me here!
🔥 💣 💚
Sarah was so good as a guest vocalist on Saint Etienne debut album they made her their permanent vocalist.
Love everything about this song and humility and inspiring people who have won my heart over and over
The brass section at 1:20 makes me unreasonably nostalgic
Nothing can stop us. Live what you're feeling. It's being a rebel. The system is designed and developed to be destroyed.
It was a magical time the 90s...when I went to uni the first time...so fun and hedonistic then to be a young adult. I just can't believe how shit the UK has turned out to be. Good job I live on Bali now.
Mother jeffing love this still ❤
Perfect!
The Marc Jacobs Daisy Love Aue So Sweet commercial bought me here.
More wonders for my Xtreme 90s playlist.
This is amazing
great music
All nighters soul
I feel like we in 'Murica were cheated by not hearing stuff like this when it was originally getting airplay. Very nice.
I first heard "only love can break your heart" on an SF station and was hooked circa 92. "Like a Motorway" was on The Boiler Room's jukebox in the Bowery. Tiger Bay tracks got much club play as did "Tell me Why" & "He's on the Phone." US mainstream radio is the worst and has been for many decades.
the 90's will come back with a twist of a 60's vibe in the mid 2020's
A beautiful vision of Britain thst never happened?
Or a beautiful vision of Britain in the early 90s, back when we still had hopes and dreams, captured and preserved like a mosquito in amber.
@@robbieshand6139 London Belongs to Me, another of their song titles, was also a 1940s novel by a writer named Norman Collins. Sarah, Pete and Bob seem like a fairly literate bunch, so I don't think that's a coincidence . It's not the easiest book to find, but it's definitely worth a read.
Maaaaaaan I love this tune ❤️
Listen to Baby Washington’s I can’t wait to see my baby’s face, you’ll see how Sarah Cracknall’s love of northern soul influenced this song. Love this tho.
Love... just love
Something about this band when I hear there tunes I just switch off and I'm lost love it
Memories 💛
J'adore
Joya absoluta
Divx rocked
Great band
I was 17 when this beauty came out effortlessly cool I thought I was anyway!!!
I love the directing in most of their videos
This is gooood
Classic ❤
1991 was a good year.
Thank You : )
The cars still going just checked on DVLA 😁
No way 😁
The passing of youth and beauty. A human beings prime is short.
So true
So very true. That “prime” seems to come & go awfully quickly.
Finally found this song. I got it from the Marc Jacobs commercial, 😄💛
I did the same thing and I remember hearing this song when I worked for the Gap😁
Same 😉
Me too
Same here!
Me too, then I found their whole catalogue, now I'm a fan
1992 Good Times
Possibly the greatest year ever.
❤️
Magique 💫🌿💫🌿💫🌿💫🌿
FAB :)
So underated as a northern banger Dusty's samples oh yes .
What's the sample?
Damian McDonagh Dusty Springfield “I can’t wait until I see my baby’s face”
Aretha thinks me
Nice
nice
She has nice hair ❤
❤❤❤happy summer 2003
Let s go the the greens of saint etienne
Gilles De Dufief De Bretagne Bzh ❤❤❤
I made this video x
Props to you sir!
It is a wonderful video. tip of my hat to you
"Would you like some sweets Willy"...Great album and so well produced😁
I’d like some ‘LSD’ 😘
Fox Base Alpha is just one of those albums.
song thabks