3 HUGE Hits in 1988…Then GONE! Does Anyone Know WHERE the HELL the SINGER is? | Professor of Rock
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- A lot of people forgot about this band from the latter part of the 80s… Today’s act actually scored three US Top 10 hits from their debut album All That Jazz. The Sophista pop band named Breath pulled off an 80s hat trick... Not an easy feat. Especially since up until then they were riding out a losing streak of four failed singles. They were all but done. But it would be an impressive comeback and the perfect underdog story… seemingly setting them up for a long and prosperous career. First Hands To Heaven stole the #2 spot. Then came How Can I Fall at #3 and then Don’t Tell Me Lies at #10. This band should’ve been huge. They had the talent, and their lead singer David Glasper had a breathtaking voice. So what happened? Why are they all but forgotten today? Was it a case of the sophomore slump? Or is there some other reason they dropped off the map? Stick around, as we get to the bottom of this one, and try to figure out where in the world their singer is… NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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It’s time for another edition of our series Bottled Lightning where we celebrate a song or album that was king for a day We haven’t done one of these in a while. … Here we honor artists and bands and that rocketed up the charts… but for reasons unknown weren’t able to sustain that success. Called by some ‘one-hit wonders’, we celebrate them instead as lightning in a bottle. On previous episodes we have covered Broken Wings by Mr. Mister, Wishing Well by Terence Trent D’Arby, and She Drives Me Crazy by Fine Young Cannibals.
Today we are showcasing the stylings of British Sophisti-pop sensation Breathe, and their 1987 album All That Jazz. More of a one-album wonder, as I mentioned, Breathe scored three Top 10 singles on the Hot 100, including the heart-wrenching beautiful #2 hit Hands to Heaven. But after a promising start that extended into 1989, Breathe faded into obscurity. On this episode we’re figuring out why.
Breathe initially formed in London, England back in 1982. But back then they went by the name Catch 22. Fronted by vocalist David Glasper, the band was made up of a group of longtime friends who all attended school together in Hampshire. The other founding members were guitarist and keyboardist Marcus Lillington, bassist Phill Harrison, drummer Ian Spice, aka Spike, and Micael Delahunty on bass-guitar.
Glasper remembering the band’s origins said, “I was 17 when the band started… the other guys were two years younger than myself... we had bands that we loved, but it was so far apart in musical tastes... Marcus and Phill were into things like Led Zeppelin and Floyd… I was into the Eagles, Little Feat, some soul stuff. Spike was probably into heavier, sort of rock music. So we had all these different kind of styles, which at first was just like a terrible mixture…”
Poll: What is your pick for the most captivating voice of the 80s?
Brian Ferry
Aimee Mann
Limahl!
John Waite
Jennifer Rush
Joe Dolce
Feargal Sharkey- such a great voice. He is now a leading campaigner against sewage pollution in the UK, which is a major issue. Great person.
Simon le Bon
Fish
Jim Diamond
Julie Hadwen- Big Sound Authority
Morten Harket
Donna Summer
Paul Rodgers
@@itz2komplikayted207 Good choice. I ❤️ Never Ending Story.
Thanks for bringing back such great memories. In March of 1988, just six weeks before graduation from the University of Florida, I met a sophomore from Panama City. I was from Tallahassee, and would be heading cross-country to the University of Michigan that fall. Our long-distance relationship lasted four years and included extended phone calls, mix tapes with songs like “Hands to Heaven,” and many other young love tropes. It all worked out, though. We live in Panama City and celebrated our 30th anniversary last fall.
Love this!
beautiful....long live 80s love songs....Im glad guys are still together....xoxox
That is so awesome! Congratulations to both of you!
I went to UCF in 97. And maybe there is some magic in central Florida. Because I'm still good friends with my boyfriend from that time and place. I can't imagine a life without him.
This song was mine and my late wife's song. It's what we danced our first dance to at our wedding.
I KNOW WHERE HE IS!
I met David Glasper when I was living/traveling through northern Thailand in 2012'ish'. I was keeping watch and living on the grounds of a strange outdoor rock climbing park at the time when I was asked by the owner of the park to set up a tent for a musician that would be staying for a couple of days. He showed up an hour later (I, of course had no idea who he was when he first arrived) and I thought him to be just a laid-back, British fellow lugging around an acoustic guitar. A few of us went out to dinner that night and when I found out that he'd been living in Thailand for many years I asked him how he survived financially. (This was a common question I asked long-term travelers so that I might glean insight into extending my travel longevity). When he informed me that he was surviving on "royalties from some hits he'd written in the 80's" (I am a former musician and current obsessed music junkie) my interest was peaked. Eventually, after he told me the name of the band and added details I recalled how much I had actually loved his band (it was, curiously enough the 2nd album that I had discovered and loved) and realized how often I'd peered at his face as I listened to the CD over and over (His face is on the cover). We returned to the campsite and David and I and one other ended up hanging out around a campfire. It was around this fire that David shared his "story" with the two of us. It was a heartbreaking and tragic story that became even more involved and bizarre (a "sometimes reality is stranger than fiction" kinda tale) as it continued and, like Marcus, I really don't feel like it should be mine to share. He thanked us profusely for letting him share the story without judgement. I ended up leaving a day after while David stayed (as far as I know) a little while longer . It was a surreal, magical experience that I certainly will never forget. David is a super-kind, very likable guy and I really enjoyed spending some time with him. As far as I know, he is still living in Thailand (I do still have his 2012 phone number . . . )
Thank you for writing this. I know the story, it's heartbreaking.
He released an album in around 2012, his voice is still incredible, but then he faded out of sight again, only to be seen sometimes on his bike.
"Hands to Heaven is a great song but 'How can I fall' is damn near perfection! I still listen to it these days. David's voice and range just grab you by the soul!
His voice is like HEAVEN.
How Can I Fall is one of my all time favorite songs. I can listen to it pretty much anytime.
Agreed
Every song on All That Jazz is perfection....All This I Shoiuld Have Known..a masterpiece...
I seem to recall Becky Stattner liking that one, although it's going on 35 years ago so don't quote me on that.
POR, I want to thank you for your music channel. My husband and I were high school sweethearts and graduated high school in 1986. We were married in 1992 the 1980s were awesome and I don’t think modern music can hold a candle for the 80s and some of the 90s, unfortunately our oldest son passed away in 2018 at 21 years old and on May 24, 2023. My husband passed away from a stroke. My grief is overwhelming on a day-to-day basis but recently I found your music channel and listening to 80s music has given me comfort when nothing else has. I was watching this video on the band. Breathe and Hands To Heaven was one of our favorite hits back in the 80s but now it brings a totally new meaning for me. I cannot thank you enough for bringing me some comfort when I watch your channel. hello send a text😥
I'm so deeply sorry for your losses. I honestly don't know if I could go on if that happened to me, so I genuinely admire your strength, even if you don't feel it some days. Much love to you x
Totally agree.
I was a senior in high school when I fell in love with Breathe, still listen to these songs today. I am sorry for your losses. I, too, lost my oldest son in 2018 at the age of 23. He passed on July 22, 2018 while on active duty. These songs with so many beautiful memories help to ease my pain as my son shared my love of 80s music. Sending blessings your way!
So glad Breathe gets your spotlight. I LOVE their music still to this day. “How Can I Fall” is such a heart wrenching, pop masterpiece.
Im normally a Metal Head….but I love great music no matter where or who it comes from. I had forgotten this band and songs….what a great memory…thanks for doing this episode. And NEVER let anyone make you feel weird for your tastes….I can go from Metallica to Neil Diamond to willy nelson or George Jones and then Beastie Boys…and I make sure everyone else can hear it.
I have tastes all over the place as well!
A good playlist should constantly surprise everyone who hears it.
Why do so called metal heads always have to announce they are a metal head when they post comments?
@@davidmitchell6873 because it just shows you dont have to be constrained to one genre. But mostly love the metal.
Yeah I guess I came off as a smart ass. I have a friend who is a metal head and he always has to preface ever conversation about music With I'm a metal head. Its almost like he is embarrassed to like anything but death metal.
Hands to Heaven is the quintessential middle/high school dance song. It should have been a 20-minute song so you wouldn't have to stop dancing with your baby.
The fact the music itself is so good and the vocals are impeccable makes it timeless.
There is a 6 minute plus version. That’s a start!
When I first heard “Hands to Heaven” I was 14 years old. When I was younger, I sang in musicals and solos in church. I hit puberty at about 12 and lost control of my vocal instrument. I stopped singing all together. After I heard David Glaspers voice, I knew I had to get my voice back.
I spent the next two years singing along to every song on “All that Jazz” before I sang any solos again. I went on to sing in my States high school honors choir; became a voice major in college performing in 2 choirs and 2 accapella groups; and wrote and recorded 2 albums with a college buddy.
I almost gave up singing at 13, but it was David Glasper and the incredible music of Breathe that helped me find my voice again. Music has given me so much joy and so many opportunities, and it was the music of Breathe that reignited my passion.
If anyone has not heard Breathe’s second album “Peace of Mind” do yourself a favor and give it listen. I believe it is one of the best albums from top to bottom I’ve ever heard. Every song is a masterpiece of melody and arrangement.
Thanks for this. I had “All ThatJazz” as a cd and had not listened to it in years. I went into my basement and pulled it out of one of by many boxes of records, cassettes and cd’s then hooked up my old record and cd player and played the cd. Truly a great cd and amazing vocals that should not be overlooked.
It's mind boggling to me that your channel hasn't surpassed the million subscribers yet. Top notch material man! Keep those great rock stories a comin'!
prob cuz the dude is weird and over the top.
Totally agree, this guy puts out such great stuff.
He takes too long to tell you who he’a going to tell you about. It’s the only thing i dislike.
I agree 1000%
It's because his channel appeals mostly to Gen Xers, and there just aren't as many of us as there are boomers and millennials.
I sent the Professor a Facebook message last year asking to cover this band! My wait is over! Thank you Adam...
Hope you like it!
We all do !
I ❤️ Breathe!
After the band broke up, one of Glasper's close family members passed away. This sent him into depression and to escape, he fled to Thailand, where he's been ever since. Spike's cause of death has never been revealed, but it was rumored back in the day he OD'd. I read several years ago, though, that Spike had allegedly gone to Thailand to visit Glasper and died in a car accident there.
Regardless, talented group of guys. I bought a re-release of All That Jazz awhile back, which includes a bunch of remixes and a few songs that were not included on the original American album. 🥰
I've heard a few theories. Hoping David gives us another album down the road.
Wow, thanks for letting us know the info! I’m assuming that he’s been an introverted person ever since and rarely makes public appearances…
Someone told me on another Breathe video that Spike died from drugs.
I don't think I'd ever heard or read any of their individual names until now. Love the songs I've heard from them.
@@ProfessorofRock Blogger Richard Barrow lives in Bangkok and reaches a Thailand/SE Asia audience daily. Why not ask for a re tweet?
Hands To Heaven never had any deep emotional connection for me at the time, I just thought it was a stunningly beautiful song but nowadays when I hear it, I get a wonderful flashback to how I felt in general back then. Very, very fond memories of my teenage years in the '80's and songs like this simply make me smile...
In 1988 when I was 12 I got a boom box for my birthday and would record songs off the radio. This was one of the songs I remember recording and listening to over and over. What a pretty song this is ❤️
It is a mesmerizing song.
I love the whole soulful British pop movement from the late 80s some now call Sophistipop. Other acts were Scritti Politti, Level 42, Danny Wilson, Climie Fisher, Prefab Sprout, Swing Out Sister, the Blow Monkeys, Johnny Hates Jazz and Curiosity Killed The Cat, It's such an overlooked genre and well worth dipping into. Breathe were one of the best bands in it.
I was digging that scene.
There was also “sophistipop” dating back to the very early 80s with ABC, Joe Jackson…
Love Curiosity Killed the Cat. Have Breathe and Curiosity albums and listen to them regularly.
Spandau Ballet too. No?
@@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music good one 😄
The way he harmonizes at 3:15 in the song hands to heaven is unreal ! That chorus after “goodbye” just puts tears in my eyes every time ! He’s got the best cry voice I’ve ever heard in my life ! And notice that you can’t find anyone who can cover that song too!!! Cause his voice was astonishingly beautiful
Hands to Heaven takes me back to my childhood. My mom would listen to music like this.
I call it “mom music” and it was just whatever she was listening to and it’s all stuck with me. Heart and Fleetwood Mac and Carole King for me.
I graduated high school in '88. The school hosted an all-night dance (HIGHLY chaperoned!) and Hands to Heaven was in heavy rotation. It was perfect - in a few days we'd all be saying goodbye to start the next chapters in our lives. Hearing this song will always take me back to that night.
I probably danced with you to that one! Ha ha! Jk! Same happened in my school as well! CLASS OF 88 RULES!!! Two good movies I remember from that year was rain man and field of dreams!!!
I want this song played at the prom in a few weeks.
Cheers to class of '88! We had great music for our senior year, maybe for all of those high school years. Good times!
Coincidently- Belinda Carlisle also had 3 Top 10 singles in 1988. She had a #1 (Heaven is a place on Earth), #2 (I Get Weak), and #7 (the exquisite Circle in the Sand). In the year-end chart- Belinda came in at #7 for the year with Heaven and BREATHE came in at #9 for the year 1988- with Hands to Heaven. They were very lucky to open for her- she was at her peak in 1988 and gave them huge exposure. Breathe hit #2 with Hands to Heaven, #3 How can I fall, and #10 with Don't tell me lies. As explained, They did pull off 2 more top 40 singles with their 1990 second album and then they disappeared. I am glad that you brought these 5 hit singles back to the front of our memories. 1988 was my favorite 80s year in music. The year had everything. That being said, Breathe having 5 Top 40 singles is impressive especially since back then you actually had to earn a Top 10 hit- not just debut there for a week and then disappear.
They had the chemistry!
Then her son turned gay.
Speaking of unreachability, why is it that many such musicians tend to "hide" in places like Thailand or Cambodia? Maybe to hide some "suspect" behaviors (for instance, Gary Glitter?)
Circle in the Sand is an under rated song and my personal favorite of the 3 songs you mentioned
Read somewhere she s happily settled down in Thailand too.
I met David Glasper in late 2000 in Tokyo as he was staying in the same "guest house" as me. Very nice guy, same great voice and he would just sing in the guest house's common room, in parks around the city, most people not aware of who he was. Iirc he was just here for a few weeks and flew back to Thailand in early 2001. I'd definitely watch an inteview with him if you ever get to do one.
I was working at a nightclub in Chicago in the late 80s, and dating one of the club’s waitresses. At the end of each night the club was open, the DJ would play “How Can I Fall” and me and my girlfriend would meet at the corner of the dance floor and sway together in each other’s arms to celebrate our time together and the end of the workday.
In 7th grade I used to tell everyone my favorite band was Breathe only to be met with blank stares. Their songs will always be on my favorites list. Such beautiful and heartbreaking songs.
Boy Scout summer camp 1988. I was on staff that year. During my last summer at that camp on the last week of camp, I finally had the courage to share my feeling with one of the female staff members.
We shared a kiss and danced to this song one sunny warm afternoon in the Dish room of the dining hall. Promises to stay in touch were made, and broken by both of us over the fall, but we had that dance. Prophetically it was "Hands to Heaven. I sang that to her that day as we danced. and as the song faded away we embraced. What a wonderful time and a precious memory of a much more innocent time. Thank you for bringing this back to me once again.
Thank you, POR.
"Hands to Heaven" has been part of the soundtrack of my life since the first time I heard it on July 3, 1988.
I was in my car driving anywhere and nowhere all at once, trying to figure what had just happened. A few hours earlier, my girlfriend -- my first serious girlfriend -- had broken up with me over the phone.
We had been together for nearly a year and had even begun talking about marriage. If there had been any clues, I certainly hadn't noticed them. Everything looked good.
Until I heard her telling me over the phone that she had never considered us as anything more than just friends -- and that she had been cheating on me for a while.
"I must pack my bags and say goodbye."
Very few lines have hit me in the moment like that did on that day.
There is a happy ending. A year later, I started dating someone new, and I soon discovered she is the most wonderful woman in the world.
We've been married for more than 30 years.
On that depressing July day in 1988, no one could have convinced me that having to say goodbye was a good thing.
It turned out to be the most fortunate heartache I've ever experienced.
I was stationed in Korea at this time and I never heard of them or this song hands to heaven. And when I did return to the states in 1989 it's time in the sun was over. Thank you for introducing this song to me 36 years later.
That outro in "hands to heaven" is so melodic and emotional. It sticks with me to this day.
It’s such an ambient arrangement.
Wow, I knew David briefly back in the day as they were starting to make it. So pleased to see you cover this band. Just love Hands to heaven.
It is strange when a band hits so big then can never match that level, I hope you can interview David one day and hear his story behind his music, great episode professor
....I ONLY want Prof. to sit with David! .....Prof. will give the RESPECT he truly deserves, of his time with Band.....
Thanks! My Name you are always on it!
Thanks RBS!
That would be an awesome interview and video that I wouldn’t miss!!
I was really hoping that Adam had gotten ahold of David. I believe he’s still around somewhere in Wales. He’s 58 years old. His birthday is the day after mine.
I don't have a specific memory of them, but I always felt that "All That Jazz" was a really good album. It was so good that it made it to my forever collection of CD's that they will have to pry from my cold dead hands. Thanks for covering them. Hopefully David will turn up again!
Breathe was a little part of me getting married. Loved the first album, but in '88 still bought cassettes. In 92, that tape broke but it was out of print and I couldn't find a tape or CD in any used music store. Fast forward to late 97. After a couple of months flirting, finally got the pretty blonde at work to go on a date with me, and it was wonderful. Two days later, I went to her house and we decided to go to pizza together. We took her car. She had the Breathe "All that Jazz" cassette playing. I said, "I've been looking for that tape for years! Can I borrow it?" It was like the last perfect piece of a puzzle. Technically, it was our third night of dating and I told her I loved her. After 3 weeks of dating we were engaged and 5 weeks later we were married. We've been together over 25 years now. And we still listen to Breathe together. . . I did find a CD once Ebay became a big thing, lol.
One of my favorite groups, still on my rotation in 2024! It’s so good and still holds up
I thought I knew almost every band and song from the past 60 years. But Breathe? I was SURE this was an April Fools prank! I did recognize Hands to Heaven when I heard it again and finally realized this was episode was real. You got me, even though you weren't trying.
Ha ha. Did ou recognize the other songs?
I'm not sure how many Americans know this, but a lot of foreign music is kept out of the US. Luckily, in Canada, we get music from Oz and the UK. Still not enough, but...
These hits were all over the radio in Canada back in the day.
@@correctlyrics I’m American and LOVED Breathe. If any American who was alive and over age 5 in 1988 doesn’t know Breathe, I would think they must have been Amish or living under a rock.
You hadn’t heard of them before? Welp, I hadn’t either! I need to take a deep dive, because I personally don’t know Hands to Heaven.
…APRIL FOOLS! I love that song, such a soothing melody.
Same here; never heard of this band or the songs. Granted it's not my style and no radio station I would have listened to would play this type of music. Even so I'm always surprised when the Professor digs up something that's totally new to me.
I was 8 when I remember Hands to Heaven being in the charts here ( Ireland), and seeing it on the UKs Top of the Pops. Years later when youtube arrived, I got fantastically addicted to rediscovering songs and songs from my pre Grunge childhood. Hands to Heaven sung from the past in my present again. It was amazing. I loved your story regarding the new connection the song made to you regarding your Dad. Thanks for talking about things like that, the power and connection of a good song.
Had completely forgotten about Hands to Heaven.
What a beautiful track.
Thank you Prof.
hands to Heaven brings back a memory of the night before I went to US Navy Boot camp in 1988. A fellow High school graduate & I had grown close, almost crossing into dating. She took me to the Space Needle for dinner and dressed up. It was very special night, and the goodbye at hotel room was tough. This song got tied to that night permanently. All That Jazz was one of the first CDs I bought for myself once out of Boot camp.
The fall of 88 I was going through a a breakup with someone I had been with for 3 years. She was off to college 70 miles away and at the time she was ready for the end of the relationship, while I was still grasping at anything. This song came out and I went and purchased the cassette and played it over and over. I also played it for her when she came home and even though she liked the song it didn't ring true to her like it did to me. She took a part of my heart when she left and when this song would come on I would go back in time to that breakup and the pain would be fresh. Even to this day that pain lingers when I hear this song. I would never 'not' want to hear it though. That breakup also gave me strength and helped make me who I am. There are a few other songs that also take me back to this time, and the pain that I experienced from it, but this one is the one that always stung the most.
One day, David Glasper - the LEGENDARY DAVID GLASPER, lead singer of 80s British Band 'Breathe' - just packed his bag and said goodbye. He headed east, which he probably saw as heaven. ❤
When 80s music was dethroned it wasn't just hair metal, but a lot of the pop acts as well.
Exactly right!
Definitely! Anything remotely “new wave” fell to the wayside. You didn’t even hear keyboards again in songs until 1998-1999.
...'tis true....I remember when 'Soundscan' premiered on Billboard, and in ONE WEEK, the charts just......SCATTERED! .....gone, were Martika & Stacy Earl, in, were the Geto Boys & Dr. Dre.....go figga.....
True but every decade was like that. With each new decade record companies want to create a new sound.
@@RBS_ Without Soundscan, grunge and Garth Brooks would not have hit as big as they did.
My sister graduated in 89. She had this album and was the first inever heard of the band. I would borrow it and listen at this guy's unique voice with a vibrato and range. Even the real instruments of horns and such intrigued me. To this day I have a lot of their songs in digital format as well as on my playlist.
David is in Cambodia. He played a couple times at a bar, I think I heard this from his FB Fan page.
I couldnt muster any memories of them at first and then you played their big 3 and I knew the words. Sad they disappeared.
I always thought these were Spandau Ballet songs! You got me, Professor... What happened to them was very Mr. Mister!
...oh me GOD, never saw it that way....VERY Mr. Mister!
That's Right. They came just after them.
I love Spandau Ballet and Mr. Mister too!
Their broken wings shattered their gold! 😂
I would've thought it was Spandau Ballet to, if I'd ever heard them, that is. This is the kind of band that leaves me frantically stabbing at the dashboard to change the channel.
This song was played at the funeral of a very close friend of mine who was tragically killed in a hunting accident in 1988. It took me many years before I could listen to it again.
UGH, that hurts. I’m so sorry. 💔
Please Professor, hope you find him. The music world still needs his voice. Hope he can make a comeback as a solo or group.
Great video. How Can I Fall is still one of my favorites. David’s voice was absolutely smooth as glass and evocative while being so powerful as well. Such a great talent! I hope you get to interview him one day. We miss that band.
He’s trying to get a hold of him…let’s hope.
I've been called a "wuss" my whole life,.....because of the music I love....and im so proud of it. Girls love us! Cheers
Glass Tiger hit it big in the 80's also but I haven't heard them for many years, I saw them open for Journey in 1986.
I have Breathes cds and listen to them all the time. I'm glad you showcased them and David Glasper is such a great singer.
Breathe had a monster hit that knocked the world on its butt.
That's right. HANDS TO HEAVEN!
I love the song and video for “how can I fall” one of my most memorable songs of my childhood
Haha! Launched your butt to HEAVEN.
They did?
Two.
I loved Breathe. They had such a great first album, and there second was pretty good too. So sad they didn’t last. Them and Johnny hates Jazz we’re in heavy rotation in my car.
Their songs had the scent of 80s fragrance running all the way through them.
😆
I always felt that 'Hands to Heaven' was about a soldier going off to war and the emotion and tenderness was contrasted to the brutality of war that he would face, which is why it came out as so soul-wrenching. And the 'prayer' had a double meaning, not just that the couple would re-unite, but that the soldier would survive and come home.
That's a solid take
David Glasper was such a talent! I still have my copy of "All That Jazz." Soft Pop at its best!!
His voice is BREATHE taking!
@@ProfessorofRock - Ha,ha!!! Good one Professor.
@@ProfessorofRock What a clever thing to say! Cheers, Professor of Rock!
Breathtaking voice.
Finally someone talking about Breathe! I wish they had more longevity as well, i love some of their songs.
Me too.
Hands to Heaven got a fair amount of play on the Armed Forces Network Radio station in Germany during the summer of '88. That was my first duty assignment after training, and I remember it very clearly. I ended up buying the album sometime before I left in 1990, but I'm not exactly sure when. It wasn't a bad album, but it kinda fell off my radar pretty quickly. Flash forward to about 10 years ago, and I finally got around to ripping all my CDs to MP3, and I re-listened to the entire album. Music hits differently when you're in your late teens, versus when you're in your 40s, but Hands to Heaven is still a gorgeous song.
Right. We all get old, and change our ways.
I totally agree !
Hands to Heaven and How Can I Fall? are two of my favorite songs. The music videos set the tone so well on them too
Mysteries in music are so intriguing to me. Asked questions that haven't been answered for the longest time are truly an exciting and prolong discussion. Cheers
I agree. Have been looking forward to this one for a while.
@@ProfessorofRock Awesome to hear. Great content, truly
We can crack the case.
I love Bottled Lightning because it reminds me of albums like this one. I remember buying the tape after hearing Hands to Heaven on the radio. Great stuff as always Professor!
Extract. David Glasper disappeared out of sight until 2012 when he started a website and a TH-cam account with demos of new songs he had written. Two years later, on his 49th birthday, he released a seven track, self-titled album of songs digitally. He currently lives near Bangkok, Thailand.
-Although he did a small gig in Phnom Penh the capital of Cambodia last September, so he may live there now.
I hope he is alright. He looks a lot older than his age in recent photos and he was a very good looking young man in his Breathe days.
I hope he’s not suffering from any health issues or crises of sort.
those demos were released in 2014 but were from sessions recorded between 2003 and 2004. they were on his myspace page back in 2005. he has not recorded new music since then professionally. and that was before his mental breakdown
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 after his wife and daughter were killed his mind split. he hasn't been right since. mental health has been a struggle for him
I've always loved 'Hands to Heaven'! Listening to it always takes me back to simpler days. David Glasper's voice is so beautiful and heart-wrenching in 'Hands to Heaven' ❤
Breathe all that jazz was a fantastic debut by a band that had such amazing potential and like so many bands of the 80s they had that shining moment and the next minute they're gone and never to be heard from again
It’s sad. They had the POTENTIAL. Three very cool songs.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 the rest of the album is really solid Jonah, Monday morning blues, the title track and liberties of love are some really good upbeat numbers it's a nice combination of 80s pop and steely Dan like jazz also fun fact this album was produced by Bob Sargeant who in 1982 produced haircut one hundreds pelican west a brilliant album by another 80s one hit wonder that started off fantastically only to fade into obscurity
@@georgemathie8123 They did incorporate some Steely Dan in there, good call. I remember Haircut One Hundred and “Love Plus One.” What band names themselves HAIRCUT 100?! BAHAHAHA
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 another 80s band you should check out is China crisis basically they were very similar to steely Dan so much that Walter Becker produced their 1985 swan song flaunt the imperfection this album and their 1983 release working with fire and steel are a few good albums to start off with and haircut one hundred hilarious band name just look at the album cover for Pelican west it's an advertisement for preppies lol
"Hands to Heaven" & "How Can I Fall?" should both have hit number 1 on the charts, in my humble opinion. Professor of Rock, your time machine back to the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s ROCKS by the way.. thanks for all of your resourceful videos on the greatest days of music ever!! Rock on!!
Thank you, Professor. Been hoping for this one for a while. Bummer that David has been unreachable. Breathe's All That Jazz is pop heaven in any decade.
Yes it is!
I always loved those breathe songs.... so emotional and beautiful. It fed my love of singing!
I LOVE Breathe, my favorite song by them by far is How Can I Fall........ I have always wondered what happen to this group..... they were way too good to just disappear. Looking forward to this one.
Their videos didn't hurt either..... I remember watching How Can I Fall and my daughter commented on how everyone in the video looked like supermodels......
Enjoy!
Ha ha! Only in the 80s
The lead singer was handsome!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 My daughter thought so too.....
I bought this on cassette back in 1988. When I started putting some music from CD to thumb drive, to easier listen in my car, I remembered this album and tried to purchase on CD. By this time it was an import and very expensive. I found a device that would let me copy the cassette into my computer and from there onto my thumb drive. Glad I did. I love listening to these songs. They bring back so many memories.
Tried following Glasper for years. Found him on MySpace a million years ago, though it seemed to be managed by someone that knew him in Thailand who kept promising an upcoming album. He had several songs and demos that were released there -- just piano and vocals, but unquestionably David's voice, a little older. Apparently, he and another Breathe member used to play at a club in Thailand occasionally because I saw references on their website waaay back then. Saw the TH-cam stuff you mentioned also with David playing guitar. But I, too, was never able to get hold of him directly.
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This album is my go to for 80s perfection
Don’t tell me lies is GREAT
I still consider Breathe one of my favorite bands. All That Jazz remains one of my Top 5 albums. I always was hoping you'd do an episode on them. So thrilled. I really hope you get a chance to interview their lead singer. I would love to see it.
Oh, and to add to this speaking about bottled lightning, I would love to see an episode on Breakfast Club. The band, not the movie, obviously. Not many remember them, but they had some success, especially with Right On Track. Most know them from their connection to Madonna. I loved their 1 album & still listen to it all the time.
I was hoping for an interview!
@@scosto612 One of my favorite 80’s songs: Right On Track
I soooooooo LOVED David Glasper's voice. "Does she love that man?' was phenomenal.
I think his singing on the last part of that song is amazing.
Agreed! I listen to that song a lot.
Funny I have listened to their songs recently! I had this cassette. Loved them! Love his voice! Glad you did this episode! ❤🎉
Thanks Heather!
I never forgot this band! "Hands To Heaven" is such a beautiful song! So is " How Can I Fall "
I love Breathe. My brother gave me the cassette of their next album back in 1990 and my favorite is" Does She Love That Man?" Thanks so much for doing a video on Breathe!! So glad their music is finally available on streaming. It took like forever.
Does she love that man is one of my top 5 favorite songs. The performance is so heartfelt, the arrangement exquisite. Love the fretless bass and beautiful chords. Even the guitar intro sets the perfect mood.
Professor, a streaming service should document you. You are an incredible wealth of knowledge. There would be a lot of episodes on a documentary of you. We don’t want to lose your knowledge .
I think the reason Hands to Heaven did so well is due to the timing of the release and the airy sound they used. There were two huge hit singles from box office hits that charted just before that song was released. One was the famous Top Gun track "Take My Breath Away" and then came "She's Like the Wind" from Dirty Dancing. They had a similar vibe so their song had an added nostalgic effect, sort of like a dream you can't quite remember.
Watching this makes me want to pull this record from my shelf and toss it on the turntable for a spin. Great video as always!
Have to run today, but wanted to comment for the algorithm.
Wanted to say how much we love and support Adam and his channel.
Thanks Professor.
Catch ya Monday.
Awesome! Love ya Roger!
Go run! 🏃♀️
Breathe will always be a huge part of the soundtrack of my life! I will never forget their music and that is a beautiful thing. Those memories will be with me forever. Thank you, Breathe; you may be gone but never forgotten! That is the beauty of music…it will live on forever. Thank you, Professor of Rock for this “lost” treasure!
Handsome lead guy looked like a model. It’s endearing to hear POF talk about working up courage to ask girl to dance. 🙂
Ha ha!
I have a soft spot for him, I have to admit.
Bro, I think my favourite song of theirs is "Say Hello" because that describes all my nights out in University. Not having the courage to talk to a pretty person is so relatable dude, I love it.
Professor, I like to think I am a bit of an ‘80’s aficionado. However, Breathe had completely escaped my lexicon. I so appreciate you doing this spotlight on the group and jogging my tired, old musical memory.
I suspect it's escaped because Professor is having a bit of April Fool's fun🤔
Yeah, that's what you are. 80s aficionado.
You’re correct. How astute you are…
Your channel is criminally under-followed...
Keep up the great work...
How Can I Fall is on one of my most listened to playlists along with other greats, such as: Stay The Night (Benjamin Orr), It's Not Enough (Starship) I'll Get By (Eddie Money) and That Was Yesterday (Foreigner), plus many more... Never. Gets. Old
Great stuff Darren!
I was just listening to That Was Yesterday the other day!
Wow....I totally forgot about that band...but I remember Hands to Heaven and I absolutely loved that song!! The lead singer's voice was beyond beautiful!! Too bad they faded into oblivion...😢
They had the chops.
Recently got their album ‘All That Jazz’ and the follow-up (as well as a few 12” singles including ‘Hands To Heaven’) on vinyl for dirt cheap and they are ace! The albums are right-up there with their sophista-pop contemporaries such as Curiosity Killed The Cat, Johnny Hates Jazz and Living In A Box. Thanks for this episode on a heavily-underrated band Professor, long time fan. 👊
....Oh those BANDS, Man! ...me best Bud would light those Albums UP....amongst OTHER things, ha-HAA!! >puffpuff
Ace is right!
Great bands that vanished.
@@ProfessorofRock lol Paul Carrack (Don't Shed A Tear) was the lead singer for the 70s band Ace.
Are those just the most creative band names or what?
Oh good God I have waited so long for you to cover this song and album!
Prof. Hands to Heaven has genuinely haunted me since I first heard it that very year. I would’ve been almost 9yrs old.
Impossible to find for me so (sorry to admit) sometime around ‘02/‘03 found it on limewire.
A masterpiece in its own right.
An ex girlfriend emigrated to southern France in 1999. 2001 briefly returned for a month. We spent every possible minute together and then she had to return. Poetic really. This is the song that punctuated a bittersweet chapter for me and helped annotate another stage in the soundtrack of my life.
As Bruce Hornsby sagely put it, “That’s Just The Way It Is.”
I remember Breathe in sophomore year high school - late 1987 early 1988 - their two songs Hands To Heaven and How Can I Fall on the radio and on MTV
My Sophomore high school (1987-1988) was the academic school year of Breathe , Glass Tiger , The Hooters and The Cutting Crew - great memories of those bands (the 1 hit or 2 hit or 3 hit wonder bands I call them and then faded away )
DO you remember Don't Tell Me Lies?
To that Academic Year ‘87-‘88 I’d add Johnny Hates Jazz and The Outfield. I was a senior in college.
@@ProfessorofRock no - it wasn’t on the radio often at the time like the other two - I don’t remember that song on MTV showing up as often either
@@kcindc5539 oh yes ! The Outfield ! Thanks !
@@ProfessorofRock FM radio stations where I lived in 87-88 were Z100 and WPLJ both in NYC Manhattan- I lived in northern NJ at the time
Breathe always evokes a sense of peaceful melancholy in me.
Interesting, when a radio station does an 80s block or 80s weekend, I never hear their songs. I remember the band's music, but the stations seem to have forgotten it.
Hands to Heaven still gets played.
Soft rock doesn’t get a lot of AirPlay now
Lots of radio stations where I live just play the overrated classics.
In this case, that’s a plus.
Omgod I haven't thought of hands too heaven since junior high, I loved that song as well as piano in the dark as both songs were around the same time and so deeply melancholy
Hands to Heaven was an all-time great, one of the most incredible soft-rock ballads in a year in which the soft-rock ballad was king. David Glasper and Marcus Lillington may have disagreed about whether anything on the second album lived up to the level of "All that Jazz", but to be honest, nothing could have lived up to "Hands to Heaven".
Or How Can I Fall, or Don’t Tell Me Lies.
When i heard you say Breathe,i thought i recognized that name. It has been a many years! Im in my fifties now lol! Then you played Hands to Heaven and i instantly remembered! I can't believe i still remember the beautiful lyrics to that and How Can I Fall! I can't remember what i ate for dinner yesterday! 😅🎤🎵🎶🥰 Thanks for the reminder! I love your videos! Hey! I still have my Breathe cassette! ❤
I love this album so much!
Awesome. It's really great. Have a good weekend!
....I have THREE copies, THAT'S how much I love it! ...the "Couple" Edition, the "Trio" edition, & the "4 Man" edition.....
@@RBS_ I have the cassette and the CD. Wish I had it on vinyl.
So do I. Some real gems in there.
How can I Fall is one of my favorite 80’s songs. He had such a great voice
It always gets me when he sings "Goodbye" at the end of Hands to Heaven. It just feels genuine.
Breathe seemed to have come in about 3 years too late. All That Jazz feels like a last gasp of 80s pop, new enough to attract attention but too mired, stylistically, with all that had come before. The late 80s seems to littered with "should have beens."
I don't know who I thought this was but I'm glad for this show! I loved this song so much!
I also like "Say A Prayer" I'm surprised it didn't become bigger.
Great song.
Not to be confused with Duran Duran’s 1982 hit.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I wasn’t confused, because that one is called “Save a Prayer”
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Different title.
Another great video. Hands To Heaven is a very nice song. It is truly surprising that David Glasper hasn’t had an amazing solo career. Thanks for making it so personal, as you always do.