One Night in Bangkok (CHESS) Murray Head

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  • @pfwilson23
    @pfwilson23 5 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    We arrived in Bangkok yesterday afternoon. I couldn't resist playing this song once we got to our hotel room. Finally here!

    • @pfwilson23
      @pfwilson23 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Mitchell A We definitely didn't play any chess.

  • @765ketyjo
    @765ketyjo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    This song rocks.Not heard it for a good few years now,but it's still as fresh and vibrant as ever.It hasn't dated one bit.Benny,Bjorn and Tim Rice's offering is a song for the ages.So vibrant.Never get tired of it. It's a superb arrangement and production

    • @heyitsdrew
      @heyitsdrew ปีที่แล้ว

      this song sucks, what are you talking about? anyone who "talks" in a song...isn't singing. so its not a song.

    • @katarinaronnqvist5825
      @katarinaronnqvist5825 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ❤❤❤

    • @alexpastor8582
      @alexpastor8582 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exactly

  • @ladyjean6129
    @ladyjean6129 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Takes me way back to the nights of so much fun dancing and out with my friends. Love this. Thank you.

  • @itskindofafunnystory...3237
    @itskindofafunnystory...3237 5 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    This was my dad's favorite song. He loved Thailand when he lived there. Out of the 60 countries he lived in as a CIA agent, it was his favorite along with Spain. My dad passed away 5 years ago November 7th. We played this at his funeral. RIP DAD. I know you lived your life to the fullest

    • @gux2023
      @gux2023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      tits... 🇺🇸 🤤

    • @kimberlygabaldon3260
      @kimberlygabaldon3260 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      My deepest condolences for your loss.

    • @salvatorecapone3835
      @salvatorecapone3835 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      God Bless your dad! Thankful for his service!

    • @christinacope562
      @christinacope562 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Snake Griffin I have a half brother somewhere in Asia(Japan or Korea) name was tattooed on my dad. After my dad's death, I read letters and was sad. Only because he had to grow up without my dad's love that I miss so much. He may never have had a "father" to provide and love him.

    • @Szgerle
      @Szgerle 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      May he suffer forever in hell.

  • @livinglegallyblind713
    @livinglegallyblind713 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I saw my local university perform this in 2022. How awesome it was for these college students to experience this.

  • @levis6945
    @levis6945 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    I miss the 80s

    • @kerimdinleten8982
      @kerimdinleten8982 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Nooooooo

    • @aleksandramiletic5653
      @aleksandramiletic5653 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I was just a kid back in the 80's, but I miss them so much.

    • @jason75
      @jason75 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      No shit, I was in. highschool in the 80s. Better era than today's generation. It was a different time, people spoke differently, different attitudes, different atmosphere. The way of living back was different

    • @louiseowen8495
      @louiseowen8495 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @levis6945 I'd go back in a heartbeat, but also, I wouldn't change much, just not take life so seriously and enjoy the ride a lot more, have more faith in myself and others.

  • @paulangeli9710
    @paulangeli9710 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    God I love the harmony of the background singers. Sets such a perfect feeling for this song.

  • @kareyannpearl260
    @kareyannpearl260 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    In 1979 I has a one of those black box cassette recorders, and I recorded this song off the radio, with the little microphone that came with it...I thought it was so cool, and I thought I was so cool that I loved this song so much. I was 11 years old. I just looked at the release date of this song, and it was on my birthday, August 21. I still love it so much, and my 16 year old daughter does too! 💛🧡❤

  • @SamuelGriffin-zt1ze
    @SamuelGriffin-zt1ze 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    How I missed the 1980s so much music movies and TV shows and sports events

  • @patriciahill8091
    @patriciahill8091 6 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    Some of the best music ever made was done in the 80's!!!!💚💜💛

    • @dieseltech386
      @dieseltech386 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      David Ellwood Because we were there!

    • @spiritualvibes2344
      @spiritualvibes2344 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Patricia Hill yes u right also before the 80s music was good as well.

    • @Cyberbabes
      @Cyberbabes 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The eighties, in my view, was about the worst time in music history. But tastes differ.

    • @donnagaffney6467
      @donnagaffney6467 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      absolutely!!

    • @christophermitchell4017
      @christophermitchell4017 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Most😁😁

  • @bobbyyounger7632
    @bobbyyounger7632 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    1/2 ABBA here ! first time I heard this tune on the radio in 1985 I instantly recognized Benny's synth and Bjorn's lyric style. I was thrilled .!

    • @rebirthaudio2023
      @rebirthaudio2023 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      There's definitely a similarity between the chorus of this and Gimme Gimme Gimme A Man After Midnight. Indeed the second half of the chorus is more or less the same notes and chord pattern. Both work though!

  • @adegrindy8346
    @adegrindy8346 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    2024 and I'm still loving this . Great play on words in these verses

  • @Mitzi73
    @Mitzi73 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    What makes this version great is that he is interpreting the lyrics in character and he is also keeping time with the music. This is flavorful. This is a hard song to sing/rap.

  • @rjwarde
    @rjwarde 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    So glad I was a kid in the 70's and 80's and had songs like this to listen to on the radio.

  • @flyingturtle3384
    @flyingturtle3384 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I’m 41 and just heard this song on the radio for the first time...I must have been under a Rock...this is epic

    • @iulianiculescu
      @iulianiculescu 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      there are many others..Much more good music from 7,8,90 years..

  • @DorelisGonzales-s8m
    @DorelisGonzales-s8m 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Excelente tema 👌💖🎧 me encanta y me recuerda mí juventud WOW los años 80❤.😅

  • @craigjackson2428
    @craigjackson2428 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    As young teenager in the 80s watching my beloved days of MTV, VH1, I enjoyed this song and video. I thought to myself, I am eventually going to go to Bangkok. I did as an adult. Phuket, Chang Mai, Chang Rai and Bangkok to be exact.

  • @dabear2438
    @dabear2438 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Ha! I had completely forgotten about this song/video. Brings back the fun of the 80's! Miss those days....

  • @timothyphillips5043
    @timothyphillips5043 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Having lived in Bangkok for four years this song sums the city up perfectly.

    • @timothyphillips5043
      @timothyphillips5043 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bruce Stephan Not that I remember, but they should do.

    • @earlygail
      @earlygail 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      “Not much between despair and ecstasy.” Amen.

  • @mustseevideos7777
    @mustseevideos7777 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I haven't heard this in many years and now I realize that it is a truly brilliant song!

  • @marcusfistarol8270
    @marcusfistarol8270 6 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    There was one night when i was in Bangkok....suddenley, some bar played this song....while i was listening in awe, a guy came by clapped me on my back saying:"man, this is Bangkok" , smiled an disapeared in the night...i will never forget this

    • @jonathan0berg
      @jonathan0berg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't this song banned there?

    • @marcusfistarol8270
      @marcusfistarol8270 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jonathan0berg , maybe now but it was in 2009 i heard it. If i remember it right

    • @jonathan0berg
      @jonathan0berg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@marcusfistarol8270 The song was made in the 80s, so maybe that ruling was changed since then?

    • @marcusfistarol8270
      @marcusfistarol8270 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@jonathan0berg ....might be but i really heard it ..... right now, i am in Bangkok again🤗

    • @semanticalman7802
      @semanticalman7802 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jonathan0berg Wait, wait, wait, why would this song be banned in Bangkok?

  • @trevorbyron8181
    @trevorbyron8181 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Specifically remember this song as a young man before I started my family....now its all gone and time moves on and so much has happened...and one day...this song plays again to bring back memories of days gone by...n...

    • @briantaylor9701
      @briantaylor9701 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sounds like you are thinking of P.M. Dawn and their hit "Set adrift on memory bliss"...

  • @lisalee84
    @lisalee84 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Lyrics
    Bangkok, Oriental setting
    And the city don't know that the city is getting
    The creme de la creme of the chess world
    In a show with everything but Yul Brynner
    Time flies doesn't seem a minute
    Since the Tirolean spa had the chess boys in it
    All change don't you know that when you
    Play at this level there's no ordinary venue
    It's Iceland or the Philippines or Hastings or
    Or this place!
    One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster
    The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free
    You'll find a god in every golden cloister
    And if you're lucky then the god's a she
    I can feel an angel sliding up to me
    One town's very like another
    When your head's down over your pieces, brother
    It's a drag, it's a bore, it's really such a pity
    To be looking at the board, not looking at the city
    Whaddya mean?
    Ya seen one crowded, polluted, stinking town
    Tea, girls, warm, sweet
    Some are set up in the Somerset Maugham suite
    Get thai'd, you're talking to a tourist
    Whose every move's among the purest
    I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine
    One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble
    Not much between despair and ecstasy
    One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble
    Can't be too careful with your company
    I can feel the devil walking next to me
    Siam's gonna be the witness
    To the ultimate test of cerebral fitness
    This grips me more than would a
    Muddy old river or reclining Buddha
    And thank God I'm only watching the game controlling it
    I don't see you guys rating
    The kind of mate I'm contemplating
    I'd let you watch, I would invite you
    But the queens we use would not excite you
    So you better go back to your bars, your temples
    Your massage parlours
    One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster
    The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free
    You'll find a god in every golden cloister
    A little flesh, a little history
    I can feel an angel sliding up to me
    One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble
    Not much between despair and ecstasy
    One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble
    Can't be too careful with your company
    I can feel the devil walking next to me
    Source: LyricFind
    Songwriters: Tim Rice / Benny Goran Bror Andersson / Bjoern K. Ulvaeus
    One Night in Bangkok lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

    • @xavdex514
      @xavdex514 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      👍😄

    • @cybercat29
      @cybercat29 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank you so much for posting the lyrics ❤️

    • @glensmillie5101
      @glensmillie5101 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm so proud of your efforts in giving me the opportunity to appreciate more fully the beauty of this song, thankyou 😅

    • @Teddy_PSG
      @Teddy_PSG หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Merci beaucoup pour les paroles !! 🤩❤️💙

  • @agathalandsburry
    @agathalandsburry 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Every time when I hear this song in the radio on a german station something changes in my live. I was so astonished when I realized this, but it is the reality. It remembers me the past! Thank you for your work and sharing this song with us!

  • @bardofoc
    @bardofoc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Another reason why I love TH-cam. It helps me find little childhood gems like this which I completely forgot about

    • @ronnieharsh1556
      @ronnieharsh1556 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Maybe gone but not forgotten.😀.

    • @dangibbons9954
      @dangibbons9954 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Three days grace

    • @benjiefields3499
      @benjiefields3499 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree

    • @howardfortyfive9676
      @howardfortyfive9676 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gotcha covered there boss. Shoot man when I was a youngin *Black and White TV was BRAND SPANKING NEW.* Before TV it was *just RADIO. Hot tubes WIRES metal that MIGHT CUT YOU!!!* Weren't no safety helmets when I WAS A BOY... And alla us ended up *tougher than ANY of y'all... Put that in your hooka & blaze it....*

  • @andrewj.c.
    @andrewj.c. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +340

    Holy smoke this was a killer song.... Thank God I was there as a teenager and was part of this history

    • @joannefalkinder8593
      @joannefalkinder8593 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As a teen I liv it

    • @leifberg6131
      @leifberg6131 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      still is...I'm only watching the game controlling it...

    • @SuctionMonsters
      @SuctionMonsters 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      thank god

    • @kevinbeck6785
      @kevinbeck6785 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      andrew it was and still is the best era of music

    • @RubidouxFalcon1988
      @RubidouxFalcon1988 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So was I in the spring of 1984 as an eight graders.

  • @lennomenno
    @lennomenno 5 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    Summer 1985. An awesome time to be alive and young.

    • @bigken5032
      @bigken5032 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I AGREE THIS WAS SOME GOOD MUSIC I WAS 18.

    • @carloko08
      @carloko08 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yeah absoluty agree with that, dude ;)

    • @kilgoretrout6136
      @kilgoretrout6136 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@bigken5032 I was 20. Loved the 80s. We were lucky....

    • @JuanDaMajikOne
      @JuanDaMajikOne 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was 14 and in 7th grade and I had a massive crush on this one girl.😁

    • @johnnau1429
      @johnnau1429 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The fading moments of American exceptionalism, political correctness wouldn't be born until the morning. Tonight we ran the city streets free and young. The last of the guilty free

  • @hadalamb
    @hadalamb 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I remember watching this back when MTV only did videos. Indeed a classic, and on my jam list!

  • @rbname7318
    @rbname7318 6 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    I was so fascinated by this song as a kid. Even back then it was unique.

    • @itsmylife842
      @itsmylife842 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same here, not a copy cat or sound alike for sure!

    • @Worldofourown2024
      @Worldofourown2024 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's so exotic. And Bangkok is a very exotic destination I found out years later for myself sometimes actually going for, 'one night in Bangkok,' listening to this song before heading out on a bus or flight. All the knowledge we had of anything was a world globe with place names on it which was for our geography classes. Times have completely changed.

    • @randymcd6774
      @randymcd6774 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Made me want to visit Bangkok just to see if I really would tremble. Or crumble. Haven't visited yet. Will post results later.

  • @moonwalkernoahnoah4524
    @moonwalkernoahnoah4524 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I love this song.
    Real 80s sound. 😎✌️👍

  • @Dermacrosis
    @Dermacrosis 8 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    1985 brought me here and I say welcome to all the new listeners. Enjoy.

    • @juliobasulto3288
      @juliobasulto3288 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      thank you! we will...!!!

    • @Dermacrosis
      @Dermacrosis 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      JULIO BASULTO
      Good.

    • @AtomicTractorWolf
      @AtomicTractorWolf 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I discovered this song by accident on limewire. I then decided to go to Bangkok mostly because of this song.

    • @Dermacrosis
      @Dermacrosis 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Steven Russell
      Serendipity is a wonderful thing.
      Do not tell me what you got upto as that could be a tad TMI for my poor old ticker 😜

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This is from 1984.

  • @angelagreen8221
    @angelagreen8221 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Love this, and I was lucky enough to see on stage in London when I was 26 gosh 30 years ago!!

  • @BarryBethal-yv2oz
    @BarryBethal-yv2oz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    The eighties were bangin!! And it was even easy working on cars too!

    • @josephdockemeyer4807
      @josephdockemeyer4807 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know several dudes that gave up working on cars in the early 2000's. The fun went out of it. Remember just changing the alternator? The whole car was like that. No bullshit.

  • @Satine_Moisant
    @Satine_Moisant 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    This song grabbed me in the 80's and still does! ❤️

    • @markcooney9478
      @markcooney9478 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      wish I cda got a grab of u in the 80s 2 xxxxx lol

    • @dogbounty6399
      @dogbounty6399 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      are you still a coward back stabber.

    • @markcooney9478
      @markcooney9478 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dogbounty6399 no coward here lets meet airhead

    • @markcooney9478
      @markcooney9478 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dogbounty6399ust u face dogboy

    • @markcooney9478
      @markcooney9478 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dogbounty6399 hey dog u aint barking anymore morejust a kind o whimper

  • @ericrogers6274
    @ericrogers6274 5 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    This song is soo special, it speaks for itself! I have loved , And. ( understood it), the song is about Chess. Wow! Soo smart. Thank you ,Mr Murray Head!

    • @wendellcarterjr.1222
      @wendellcarterjr.1222 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The American obviously that’s what you think because your name is the American, it’s about chess

    • @lucaspukas7757
      @lucaspukas7757 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Its alot more then chess and bangkok.

    • @areyouexp4
      @areyouexp4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      i was in bangkok a month ago - i was at the reclining buddha - and when he says the bars are temples but the pearls aint free hes refferring to the girls ( hookers)

    • @jasonlee7816
      @jasonlee7816 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i thought it is about playing chess in Bangkok Thailand

    • @cinjonsmythe6318
      @cinjonsmythe6318 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      there was world championship chess match in Bangkok between Gary Kasperov and genius american player whos name escapes me now in 1986 I believe.

  • @teresa8650
    @teresa8650 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Reminds me of my childhood. So glad I was a youngster in the 80s. We had too much fun even without the technology of today. I miss them days.

  • @mantequilla404
    @mantequilla404 7 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    Of all the songs about chess tournaments in Thailand that have flute solos, this is easily in the top 5

    • @kingwewuz7168
      @kingwewuz7168 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Mí General!

    • @mantequilla404
      @mantequilla404 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Your Majesty!

    • @mattdurkin9695
      @mattdurkin9695 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Brilliant!
      My kind of humour 👍

    • @jasonfalcon7703
      @jasonfalcon7703 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Augusto's discount helicopter rides awesome that I accidentally hit message! I fly r,c Helicopter's! Hard 3D!

    • @jckhammer
      @jckhammer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lol!!!!!!

  • @j.morrison73
    @j.morrison73 5 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Very catchy tempo. Always thought so from its release. Among many other songs melding 'odd' rock with disco during its time.

    • @misterteaification
      @misterteaification 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think it's the tempo of an excited heartbeat..

    • @j.morrison73
      @j.morrison73 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@misterteaification That or the blood pulsating in one's groin.

    • @randomlyplaying
      @randomlyplaying 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well said

  • @derekbelanger74
    @derekbelanger74 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    November 2024 anyone listening??? I am

    • @cybercat29
      @cybercat29 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      December 2024

    • @esteranaya6353
      @esteranaya6353 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​yes, Christmas Eve 2024!

    • @DavidTheHypnotist
      @DavidTheHypnotist วันที่ผ่านมา

      Dec 27th 2024

  • @mateuszkolarzyk1775
    @mateuszkolarzyk1775 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    That is what you call a real never-aging classic song!

  • @jetsygumos
    @jetsygumos 6 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    This song is simply fantastic I love it so much

  • @sistersforever4396
    @sistersforever4396 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    As a child of the 80's I love this song.

  • @BruceDeitrickPrice
    @BruceDeitrickPrice 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    A remarkable accomplishment. All the parts come together to create a magical hit. I liked it from the first hearing 30 years ago but I never knew who the voice was. He seemed to have no identity. Today I learned about Murray Head.

    • @paulangeli9710
      @paulangeli9710 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bruce Deitrick Price Murray Head was also the lead singer on the record edit of "Jesus Christ Superstar ".

  • @Fabi1701A
    @Fabi1701A 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    “One night in Vancouver “ listening to Murray Head , yeah! The best time of my life the 80’s, forever gone until today!

  • @raerostron44raerae68
    @raerostron44raerae68 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    all I know is it gets my day started I enjoy living back to the 80s it was my time primetime

  • @hordonez65
    @hordonez65 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    2018 and the music from the 80's still with us forever.

  • @roberttrepagnier9149
    @roberttrepagnier9149 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    After all these years this song is still fantastic.

  • @kingdomfreedom8323
    @kingdomfreedom8323 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    80's music burst on the scene like an explosion...intrigue so hot burning down the house, scratching hard an itch in places, jumping to dance, great time to peak in be alive....

  • @moflow99
    @moflow99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I remember laying in bed listening to this song on a sweet gold colored Sony Walkman. Brand new model at the time and not much bigger than the cassette tape that went inside. Man i sure do miss that Sony Walkman! Oh, the song...yea cool song. 10/10 for uniqueness

  • @louisehearne8088
    @louisehearne8088 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Listening to this while staying in the Avani Riverside in Bangkok. All I can say is WOW!!!

  • @lisajessick9993
    @lisajessick9993 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    They are like Solid Gold dancers on the chessboard, ❤it! Music back then had originality, passion and authenticity. I sure do miss that.

  • @michelpp01
    @michelpp01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The intro is apotheotic and mind blowing! 02:31 The oriental flute always gives me the chivers and takes me to another exotic dimension. One of my two favourite songs.

    • @andrewmatthews6861
      @andrewmatthews6861 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Michelpp written by geniuses Michel does help 😊

  • @ianboard544
    @ianboard544 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    One of my favorites from the 80's - makes me laugh every time I hear it.
    "I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine".

  • @deborahcookston9373
    @deborahcookston9373 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So glad I grew up in this time. Dancing, in clubs back then was the best fun times!!! Evreyone dressed to kill, and we all just were having fun together. God times have changed.

    • @ingridschier6711
      @ingridschier6711 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Deborah, im Ingrid from Germany, Frankfurt, love songs

    • @deborahcookston9373
      @deborahcookston9373 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ingridschier6711 Hi Ingrid, nice to meet you. I live in Texas, but my family is from Austria. Hope you still enjoy your music. My freind and I put up some lights on the deck, drank wine and danced, fun times.

  • @michellelopez5407
    @michellelopez5407 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Nostalgia 80s hits of our childhood growing up even had the record album & cassettes even Rock me Amadeus as well 💓

  • @johncarlow1371
    @johncarlow1371 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Never left listening to the fantastic music and artists of the 70s80s

  • @AlbertaRose94
    @AlbertaRose94 9 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    I can remember getting stoned and discussing the merits of this becoming a movie. It's been 21 years and I *still* think we were right, this song would make a cool movie.

    • @incontinentpensioner7865
      @incontinentpensioner7865 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      +Alberta Rose The Hangover Part 2, lol.

    • @Supersweetguy
      @Supersweetguy 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Alberta Rose You know the premise of this play can become a good script to a good movie with this song included.

    • @teganbigone2366
      @teganbigone2366 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +Resty Mervin Ponio +Alberta RoseActually this has already been made into a movie... well, as close to a movie as it will ever get. The soundtrack was recently updated and produced as a stage movie with Edina Menzel as Florence, Josh Grobin as Sergievski, and several other musical superstars. I have this on DVD and, with the exception of a few lyric changes that I deeply hate, the whole thing was pretty spectacular and worth every penny.

    • @v8powerr771
      @v8powerr771 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      +Alberta Rose This song is from a musical maybe they will make a movie out of it one day

    • @ksknightflyer1
      @ksknightflyer1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      lol... did u stop smoking pot at all since then?:)

  • @tiffanycrayon4708
    @tiffanycrayon4708 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Man I haven't heard this song in like 30 years. This was my jam.

    • @JimCampbell777
      @JimCampbell777 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice Tiffany, I can relate. It was a different time and era.

  • @AMcGrath82
    @AMcGrath82 8 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    This song was so ahead of its time.

    • @mainemystic6580
      @mainemystic6580 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed

    • @estelleagravante9698
      @estelleagravante9698 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Alexander McGrath an 80s song with religious and sexist undertones would’ve fit right in with our not at all sensitive generation.

    • @Sleepless4Life
      @Sleepless4Life 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's still is, even today. If it came out today it wouldn't sound like anything from the past, present and the future.

    • @kskess
      @kskess 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tim Rice Need I say more?

  • @laserbeam002
    @laserbeam002 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was in my late teens when my family got a satellite dish. It was one of those solid white 8ft wide things. After it was installed we were able to get a ton of stations. One of them was MTV and they were playing Bangkok. I've always enjoyed since then. soon after rock me amadeus which is another I remember

  • @bitterbold
    @bitterbold 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    After all these years, it's still kickin' ass

  • @neilhemingway362
    @neilhemingway362 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    2019..and still never loses its musical attraction ...

  • @willyjimmy8881
    @willyjimmy8881 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    2018 and Bangkok is still the same. God I love that city.

    • @camsterdam3896
      @camsterdam3896 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Got my ass kicked in Lempini more than once... Love that whole country...

    • @bewmdogg
      @bewmdogg 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      No one

    • @danielmacnair2368
      @danielmacnair2368 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      after 2018

  • @АНАЛІМАМОРЕНО
    @АНАЛІМАМОРЕНО 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Simplemente hermoso vídeo y canción y si actuación en este maravilloso escenario de musica.

  • @davequinn4701
    @davequinn4701 6 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    80s.. We didn't know how good we had it. "Angels sliding up to us and devil's walking beside us" 🕶

  • @actorben
    @actorben 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Awesome song from an equally awesome musical!

  • @justadragn55
    @justadragn55 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    "I get my kicks above the waistline, Sunshine." Best line in the whole song.

    • @davidbezer5011
      @davidbezer5011 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Definitely

    • @canuckteach4315
      @canuckteach4315 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      'One night in Bangkok & makes a hard man humble'.... is a very close second..

  • @elizabethgreene3047
    @elizabethgreene3047 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great 80's song and mentions Yul Brynner in it too my favourite actor.

  • @laurakenney225
    @laurakenney225 8 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    this song is STILL a lot of fun!

  • @moss_yt
    @moss_yt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +436

    This is the definitely the coolest song about chess ever made.

    • @fntime
      @fntime 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      What was the second coolest song about chess ever
      made. Would 100 Bottles Of Beer On The Wall
      qualify?

    • @josephsonoftheuniverseahur6976
      @josephsonoftheuniverseahur6976 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It's about the souls of man

    • @aaronmoralesjr1875
      @aaronmoralesjr1875 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      fntime Annihilator - knight jumps queen

    • @brownwallet942
      @brownwallet942 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Emily B my uncle sings good night papa it’s hard to die to the tune of seasons of the sun when he’s about to checkmate my father. I always think about chess when i hear that song lol

    • @MyloXyloto94
      @MyloXyloto94 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Out of the hundreds of songs written about chess, (and this is a very difficult decision to make, considering) this is the best song about chess.

  • @saltydogthepirate6473
    @saltydogthepirate6473 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +103

    Who's still here 🏴‍☠️🤘

  • @jrhetch
    @jrhetch 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was great music. Wish we had this again.

  • @jrpark05
    @jrpark05 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    "you're talking to a tourist, whose every motive is nothing but the purest..." LOL, perfect. Love this song.

    • @allypipine8839
      @allypipine8839 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ....you're talking to a tourist whose every move's among the purist.

    • @allypipine8839
      @allypipine8839 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      or amongst

  • @grytlappar
    @grytlappar 6 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    This is from the musical Chess that Björn and Benny from ABBA wrote, and - like everything they touch - it was a huge success. It would.

    • @dupplinmuir113
      @dupplinmuir113 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Plus Tim Rice, of course!

    • @andrewmatthews6861
      @andrewmatthews6861 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      grytlappar they were the best song writers ever 😊

  • @alexisgreen-hernandez8604
    @alexisgreen-hernandez8604 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The 80 songs 🎵 🎶 were great 👍.

  • @LarryRickenbacker
    @LarryRickenbacker 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "One town's very like another, with your head down over your pieces, brother!". Obviously Head has travelled and played in tournaments! Love it!

  • @verkaforever
    @verkaforever 11 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    The best version of the song. I've heard other people sing it but none compare with this, the original.

    • @lh7254
      @lh7254 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +verkaforever No one competes with Murray Head. He was also the best ever Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar (the original album).

    • @boatgames1393
      @boatgames1393 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      +verkaforever dido

    • @dennislogan6781
      @dennislogan6781 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mike Tyson's cover was pretty funny.

    • @homelesshannah50
      @homelesshannah50 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not even Robey from Friday the 13th show?

    • @Zizzyyzz
      @Zizzyyzz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He's singing?

  • @travelbird9359
    @travelbird9359 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Couldn't get this song out of my head when I was in Bangkok for the first time a couple of years ago!

    • @briantaylor9701
      @briantaylor9701 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Were you lookin' down at the board, not lookin' at the city?

  • @Kriegerkreise
    @Kriegerkreise 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I heard this song for the first time last year and I honestly thought it was a new release, I had no idea it was such an old song..which only tells me this is a timeless piece.

  • @MichaelKrahulec-f6o
    @MichaelKrahulec-f6o หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Ich bin hier! Es ist 30 Oktober 2024. Ich liebe dieses song und die video!💋💋

  • @douglasrodrigo8848
    @douglasrodrigo8848 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Setembro 2019! Os grandes clássicos nunca morrem!

  • @snowy12841
    @snowy12841 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Ah yes...loved growing up in the 80’s. Such cool music, big hair, neon, neon, & more neon.

  • @deirdrestewart4394
    @deirdrestewart4394 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Amazing 80s classic !👍

  • @williamdavis4315
    @williamdavis4315 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    They used to play this in all the discos in Germany early 80's,,,,

  • @hesssabine4364
    @hesssabine4364 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Oldy and Beautiful Song.Still Listen to March 2023🦋🏵️💙🥀♥️Thanks.Merci.Gracia*

  • @christophersmith8674
    @christophersmith8674 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Gosh bring back memory's from my younger days thanks for posting

  • @libbysanchez8251
    @libbysanchez8251 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love this song, great music and beat. Thank you Chess.

  • @ronburgundy4266
    @ronburgundy4266 5 ปีที่แล้ว +716

    Who remembers having blank cassette ready to record this off the radio...

    • @CapnJay214Supra
      @CapnJay214Supra 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      I was never quite quick enough, and every song was missing the first 2-3 seconds. :)

    • @brandonfarris8049
      @brandonfarris8049 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I do but was born in 1998 but i in the late 2000.

    • @ronburgundy4266
      @ronburgundy4266 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      J. Doe yea, and the DJ was talking into the first or last part....good times.

    • @mrjose3474
      @mrjose3474 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I..

    • @TralfazConstruction
      @TralfazConstruction 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@CapnJay214Supra The trick was to record continuously then edit!

  • @jaykaye7025
    @jaykaye7025 8 ปีที่แล้ว +485

    The 80s was great for music and tv

    • @joemartin1253
      @joemartin1253 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      1985 baby!!!

    • @mikekaraoke
      @mikekaraoke 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And Theatre for Musicals + Plays, Films, Computers PC's + Home Consoles, Cartoons, etc

    • @bicyclist2
      @bicyclist2 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The absolute Best decade ever, in the history of the world.

    • @jaykaye7025
      @jaykaye7025 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      christdragon I have to agree with you

    • @mikekaraoke
      @mikekaraoke 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Jean D I take it your replying to Christdragons comment
      But you say 80's were all synthesizer + Hairspray that isn't true is it examples you had bands + solo artists that were not all synthesizer like: Big Country, The Cure, Suzanne Vega, Billy Idol, U2, Dire Straits, The Police, Iron Maiden, Tracy Chapman, The Bangles, Prince, Bruce Springsteen, etc etc
      And as for Hairspray hell some people did and dome people didn't-I also grew up in the 80's and people also sometimes used Hair Gel, Or Mousse, Hair Wax,........or sometimes did nothing to it

  • @paulsharkey6576
    @paulsharkey6576 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The guy from ABBA that wrote this is a musical genius. Always has been.

    • @amypagekaviani5661
      @amypagekaviani5661 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow! I didn't know that! Thank you for the information! It was a great club song for dancing!

  • @Janine-x1j
    @Janine-x1j 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    One of a kind song by an extremely talented man. Its forever da' Chit

  • @STICK999991
    @STICK999991 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Damnnnnnnnnn!!! I haven't heard this Song in age's!!! This is Definitely a Cult Classic Song From the 80's!!! On tha real!!!👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

  • @tommiegirl2441
    @tommiegirl2441 7 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    "I get my kicks above the waistline, Sunshine" is on my list of Favorite Song Lyrics Ever Written. Figures Benny and Bjorn would have been behind that. And all about chess, no less.

    • @Tzeenj529
      @Tzeenj529 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That line and "I'd let you watch, I would invite you, But the queens we use would not excite you!"

    • @Quinefan
      @Quinefan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Siam's gonna be the witness
      To the ultimate test in cerebral fitness

  • @ladyvincenza
    @ladyvincenza 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love the wordplay in this song.

  • @raymondejeannemartinebidoc4150
    @raymondejeannemartinebidoc4150 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Cette chanson me rappelle ma jeunesse car j'aime bcp cette chanson 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

  • @bhrinc20
    @bhrinc20 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I get my kicks above the waist line Sunshine! great line!

  • @geoffreyjonathanwilson5826
    @geoffreyjonathanwilson5826 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This song was in the UK charts in Autumn '84.Remember it well! Good song

  • @martingrant9005
    @martingrant9005 6 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    How can you beat the 80s so funky so strange and weird need that in our time now , it created my life and I’ll never forget the 80s shame I can’t say that now .

    • @willyboy6126
      @willyboy6126 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *AMEN* , Bro : )

    • @theshadowxoxo
      @theshadowxoxo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I’m feel lucky being a teen during this time. The music was awesome with real musicians 💙

    • @amylxxiii3546
      @amylxxiii3546 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      andie monroe ~ we WERE lucky !!!!

    • @theshadowxoxo
      @theshadowxoxo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amy LXXIII I agree 🤟🏻🤩

    • @kenperk9854
      @kenperk9854 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Easy. The 70s.

  • @Lotusfan11
    @Lotusfan11 ปีที่แล้ว

    The fact that this song was put up 15 years ago should deserve more hits. 🎉🎉 Pure classic pure talent.

  • @jilbullitt1524
    @jilbullitt1524 6 ปีที่แล้ว +425

    Now I am in BKK. Who is listening in 2019 ?
    My hymn when I'm arriving at Suvarnabhumi. 😉