I bought them on my local petrol station 1975... Bought Lou Reed and David Bowie and got Sparks for free thought they were a Glamrock band but it wasn´t. With age they have matured real fine like good wines.
"...the people that I attract are a little more unusual, shall we say." As a hardcore Ron fangirl, I'm choosing to take that as a compliment. :-) Hooray for unusual!!
Love this. Have always loved their music & their stage presence. Now, I love how they are so close as brothers. They haven't bit the dust like other musicians from then or later -- they continue to look good, sound good, and rock on :)
I never thought I could learn so much about Sparks in 5 minutes! I never knew Russell had such an input in the creative process. Somehow I always thought he'd just sing what Ron wrote and Ron would mix it himself!
I have loved this band from the beginning. Saw them numerous times in Los Angeles and stick by them. Completely innovative, yet they can out 'hook' anyone. Russell's voice is still great and Ron...well, just gets better with time. One without the other? Sorry, unthinkable. Lyrically, one of the best. Still have my Propaganda T-shirt from Island Records...a prized possession. So many favorite, quotable moments in their songs.
A mate of mine in the seventies told me that he saw Ron Mael in a left wing bookshop in London. He looked exactly the same as on the videos, including facial expression lol.
First band I ever got into without outside influence at the age of 11 when they had their first hit with "This Town..." still an avid fan after all those years :-) I was totally transfixed by their unusualness.
The first time I saw Ron with that moustache was in the official video for "Beat The Clock" or "No. 1 song in Heaven", and with that hairstyle I immediately thought of Charlie Chaplin. That was so obvious to me. Well, maybe that's because I'm a Charlie Chaplin fan.
Back in the Day...the late 70's early 80's, LA had, Sparks, the Wall of Voodoo and a lot of The Tubes shows thrown in for good measure, it sure was fun.
I was just thinking the same thing. He could almost put someone sitting on the front rows eye out!! Did you ever see those very short tight shorts when he was on TOTP?? Wow....
I remember being in their dressing room in 1982, I believe, and while being interviewed Russell stated that they lived from album to album. What else were they to do?
Only after seeing them both with long hair, did I realize how much alike their faces actually look. I always thought they looked remarkably different from each other.
I remember seeing Sparks on TOTP's or the like way back, was it back in 73/74? I was 6 back then, loved "This Town" but Ron did freak me out watching him on the tele with that menacing stair and that Hitler tache back then. Great band, great tunes Sparks...
Never has a moustache been the subject of such scrutiny! Ron's features are nothing like Hitler and didn't even have the same hairstyle. He certainly looked more like Chaplin when he had the long curly fringe to one side.
Ron's admission of having no friends isn't sad to me like it would be for a normal person, it's actually fitting. Keep the genius focused on music, not frivolity!
They're actually triplets. The third one, Ruben is 3 years older than Ron and has been kept in a cellar since 1972 and is fed and watered on the condition that he writes the songs. No songs = no sustinanace.
we wil never know if their music or the weird appearance of ron made them famous, and i'm betting on the second one, because i can remember that everyone did want to see this weird dude with the hitler moustace back in the days.
Grateful Dead almost gets "mocked" here for their looks, yet Grateful Dead were financially on complete different tier than Sparks. Sparks should have toured with the Dead if they really wanted that kind of monetary success.
I love these brothers. I wanna hug them both.💥💥
They look so wonderful for their age!!
Nice to see Ian Hampton speaking in this and the footage with him/Dinky and Adrian is brilliant. Thanks for the upload!!
I’ve never heard of them until right now. I’ve been following music all my life
This is worth investigating with the use of a quantum computer
I bought them on my local petrol station 1975... Bought Lou Reed and
David Bowie and got Sparks for free thought they were a Glamrock band but
it wasn´t. With age they have matured real fine like good wines.
I always loved the contrast on stage between the two of them.
"...the people that I attract are a little more unusual, shall we say." As a hardcore Ron fangirl, I'm choosing to take that as a compliment. :-) Hooray for unusual!!
wildcherry604 I am unusual too 👍
Me too. Who the hell wants to be normal?!
Love this. Have always loved their music & their stage presence. Now, I love how they are so close as brothers. They haven't bit the dust like other musicians from then or later -- they continue to look good, sound good, and rock on :)
I just love sparks they r the greatest band in the world
Still going strong.Not many bands have the staying power.The proof is here Sparks are amazing
I never thought I could learn so much about Sparks in 5 minutes! I never knew Russell had such an input in the creative process. Somehow I always thought he'd just sing what Ron wrote and Ron would mix it himself!
Blimey I forgot all about the Sparks Brothers, brought back great memories, thanks for uploading.
Oh how I love you Ron!
Sparks are great fun and weird enough to be loveable and the music and lyrics full of irony and some wit
I have loved this band from the beginning. Saw them numerous times in Los Angeles and stick by them. Completely innovative, yet they can out 'hook' anyone. Russell's voice is still great and Ron...well, just gets better with time. One without the other? Sorry, unthinkable. Lyrically, one of the best. Still have my Propaganda T-shirt from Island Records...a prized possession. So many favorite, quotable moments in their songs.
They do look alike - we just rarely get a good angle. 1:55 same nose, same jaw. The hair and stare distract!
A mate of mine in the seventies told me that he saw Ron Mael in a left wing bookshop in London. He looked exactly the same as on the videos, including facial expression lol.
A girl in the checkout ran away screaming ”I can’t serve him” omg How I would love to serve this lovely gentleman I would say🥰
Ron and Russell are fabulous and I love ❤ all their albums great images of them united together ❤ celia house
❤️ Sparks!
Great band sparks one of a kind.
I adore so much this brothers! :)
Geniuses
wow,that was great...great insight...I've been a fan since the beginning!!
First band I ever got into without outside influence at the age of 11 when they had their first hit with "This Town..." still an avid fan after all those years :-) I was totally transfixed by their unusualness.
I AM transfixed by their unusualness! In my mind there's at least one Sparks song for every moment in life, no other band I can think of has that. 🤩💖
I love Ron x.
It's funny how everyone compares Ron to Hitler, when he just wanted to look like Charlie Chaplin.
Even more weird as they have jewish ancestry...
I always thought it was Charlie Chaplin.
The first time I saw Ron with that moustache was in the official video for "Beat The Clock" or "No. 1 song in Heaven", and with that hairstyle I immediately thought of Charlie Chaplin. That was so obvious to me. Well, maybe that's because I'm a Charlie Chaplin fan.
It was Charlie Chaplin playing Hitler..
Everybody knows that Hitler just wanted to look like Charlie Chaplin.
Ron is by far the weirdest person i have a crush on
Fantastic band my fav at school
Love the HMV dog in the background.
It was Ron that made me a fan!
Great brothers
nazi's in arms.
Back in the Day...the late 70's early 80's, LA had, Sparks, the Wall of Voodoo and a lot of The Tubes shows thrown in for good measure, it sure was fun.
Yes! I've seen them all live in the 80s!
ohh my Russells pants in the beginning. Wow :)))))Very tight!!!
I was just thinking the same thing. He could almost put someone sitting on the front rows eye out!! Did you ever see those very short tight shorts when he was on TOTP?? Wow....
Why is Ron's mustache always compared to a Hitler stache, and not Charlie Chaplin's?
One of the 20th Century's greatest acts. Talk about impact!"
I remember being in their dressing room in 1982, I believe, and while being interviewed Russell stated that they lived from album to album. What else were they to do?
Best band in the world!
At the forefront the ideas that came forth led the way as we can see looking back.....
kind regards all
An Uni they turned up for a concert where I was tempted in to follow what has become my wife. Loved them since, they are simply their own people
Breaver than real brother'sof arms.....! Real hero,s of peace,and preform...!
Ron mael Always had me Pmsl With laughter especially with The 1000 yd stare and his crazy Moustache.😀
Exactly! can't wait
Favourite brother duo
ron saying the ppl attracted to him are more unusual. why dont you come and say that to my face
Ron's right. I'm unusual and he attracted me
Me also.
I have such a crush on Tammy.
Now I feel bad for unerestimating Russell. After all, no Russell, no Sparks!
Only after seeing them both with long hair, did I realize how much alike their faces actually look. I always thought they looked remarkably different from each other.
I remember seeing Sparks on TOTP's or the like way back, was it back in 73/74? I was 6 back then, loved "This Town" but Ron did freak me out watching him on the tele with that menacing stair and that Hitler tache back then.
Great band, great tunes Sparks...
Ron & Russell basically had the same face, just different haircuts and a 'tache
I still hv Spark's poster age 14. Lol they're awesome
they took a cool and clever approach to a rough and chintzy business....good for them.
Super great band sparks
I'd say Russell was more pretty than handsome. Although that could just be his early 70's long hair influencing me xD
They could teach the Proclaimers a thing or two
...they´re really crazy!!!
Kids used to hide behind the sofa when the camera went to Ron 😊
My mum said he used to terrify her when she watched Top of the Pops as a kid.
She knew they didn't look androgynous; it was all just leading up to that arse-paralysingly bad pun.
That's what I was thinking lol
Laboured....painful.and not even punny...I mean funny..
What's the song at .06? I have listened to it many times but I can't think of the title so I can't look it up here.
Amateur Hour. (From 'Kimono my house' -74)
pioneers they are i say
You see Hitler, he saw Charlie Chaplin
He was drugged up.
Never has a moustache been the subject of such scrutiny! Ron's features are nothing like Hitler and didn't even have the same hairstyle. He certainly looked more like Chaplin when he had the long curly fringe to one side.
For most people it's probably the first they heard Ron SPEAK
1:47 Russell looks like Jim Morrison there
@1337Luci thanks
The moustache is actually more Charlie Chaplin. Too bad Adolf had to ruin it.
Their record covers were as brilliant as their music when I found out about them in the 1970s. Especially Propaganda.
Ron's admission of having no friends isn't sad to me like it would be for a normal person, it's actually fitting. Keep the genius focused on music, not frivolity!
Did they create alternative?
Well have to wait for the documentary to come out to know
never heard of them until now.
Why is Adolph Hilter In this Sparks clip?!
How can they be twins if Ron is three years older?
It was a very hard labour for Mrs mael
They're actually triplets. The third one, Ruben is 3 years older than Ron and has been kept in a cellar since 1972 and is fed and watered on the condition that he writes the songs. No songs = no sustinanace.
Holy shit I didn't know John Waters was in a band
we wil never know if their music or the weird appearance of ron made them famous, and i'm betting on the second one, because i can remember that everyone did want to see this weird dude with the hitler moustace back in the days.
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Good band sparks great songwriters
Ron..androgynous???? Really??? He's about the most masculine man ever!
The Band Pet Shop Boys truly HATES
Sprocketstyle
Grateful Dead almost gets "mocked" here for their looks, yet Grateful Dead were financially on complete different tier than Sparks. Sparks should have toured with the Dead if they really wanted that kind of monetary success.
forever666forever people people like that don't do music for money
Da fuck Ron?
What's with Hitler?
Charlie Chaplin.
Everything doesn't need to be negative.
Ron's voice sounds similar to Schwarzenegger's!
1:19, he looks one half Prince, one half Charlie Chaplin!
the 'males' line at the start was awful, wasn't even ..how does a guy with a receding hairline and hitler tash look androgynous?
If Ron Mael came to your door selling encyclopaedias you would hide yr children and say 'No', wouldn't you?
Hitler?
Uncle Adolfs seed.
Hmmm, yes Ron looks really androgynous,I think it's that moustache.Very feminine.
Who forced Hitler to play keyboard ?
Yaawwwnnnn!!! How tiresome isn't that...
Silent movie freak, Charlie Chaplin, Chaplinesque.
Jewish ancestry. Ok??
Adolf is hungry !!!
lol, Sparks Brothers. They look alike, tho.