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What songs do you think changed music? Share below!
Blister in the Sun, Pride and Joy
Grace Jones 'Slave to the Rhythm' (Another amazing Horn production)
Paranoid Android, Radiohead
Maybe Sex Pistols, God Save The Queen? Odd you haven't done that one on the anniversary!
@@tonelab heck yes! Would love to see a breakdown of Slave to the rhythm 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I hope we're all aware how lucky we are to listen Relax/FGTH directly from a PT file, from the source, with one of the guys who made it for real.
40 years ago someone said me that I wouldn't have believe it, for sure
Thank you!
Agreed! Special thanks to Stephen for doing this!
@@Producelikeapro Hi Warren, I was surprised there was no mention of this track being used in Brian DePalma's film "Body Double" where Holly actually performs the track where they are in a club scene in the film. Really great movie- Relax fits the tone and energy of the film storyline. Love your channel and all of your outstanding analysis videos- The track breakdown with Stephen Lipson is one of the best I have seen so far! This one is another Home Run for you! Peace ~JP
I’ve been waiting for the day when record companies will release the actual tracks as masters so we can mix our own versions or fade out certain parts. I’m sure they’ll do it eventually since everything gets rereleased ad infinitum through the decades.
@@MLB9000 Agreed!
No we are all twits, but thanks for telling us
It’s CRAZY how many of these individual parts became such recognizably massive parts of the tune. It’s like an all-star team of licks n’riffs. To hear that a lot of it came from just fiddling around reminds me of how much time can be wasted in the studio overthinking and hashing over simple parts trying to make them “perfect”.
Basically any song, if you take it apart into individual tracks opens up a whole new universe.
It’s all about getting into the flow state.
This is G-E-N-I-U-S !!! So glad it's possible now to hear all those amazing isolated tracks four decades later. Truly a masterpiece!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Thanks ever so much M!
Often when you study a great pop song, it's "all about the guitar riff", or "all about the bassline", or "all about that drum break", or (very commonly) "just a brilliant vocal melody", with various other parts just acting in support of the main hook, but this production has no weak points. Every single element - drums, bass, guitar, vocals, synths - sounds superb in its own right. It must have been a joy for Trevor Horn and the mix engineers to be provided with so many exceptional parts for the final mixdown. That master tape has more great stuff on it in 4 minutes than some bands' entire careers!
I was too young to appreciate this song at the time, but I only just realise now how simple but very clever and multifaceted this is! I could listen to Stephen talk all day. So humble and bullshit-free. I bet he's a joy to work with.
I had never been aware of the amount of sound layers that this song has. Amazing!
I had no idea!
I know! It’s incredible!
Great production
Brings back memories ❤loved it
My mind is blown to learn this was *only* 23 tracks. I remember being kind of starstruck with the song/production and just assuming it was almost certainly some gigantic production with sequencers and endless tracks.
And here's the great reveal - all it took was a great song, great musicians and even greater creativity. I love it all the more - thanks to Warren and Steve - that was magnificent viewing!
Having 24 tape tracks must have been a bit of luxury back then. Certainly it must have been nice to be a keyboard player that had 3 or 4 tracks for synth sound effects alone. The guys at home with their portastudios only had 4 tracks for the entire song, so there wasn't much room for background effects or layering.
Most of The Beatles albums were created on a 4-track recorder. Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon was produced on a 16-track recorder. Having 24 tracks was a luxury.
At 15 I nearly wore the single out. I was a bit of a metal head at the time but that beat and Holly’s voice were irresistible.
Trevor Horn also produced the “Yes 90125” album which also has an immaculate production and technical musicianship quality.
And he was a Buggle, and Video Killed the Radio Star... ;)
Yes! Wonderful album
@@raygunsforronnie847 indeed!
Some of the most jaw-dropping production of all time. Gary Langan mixed it.
he also produced the excellent Yes album entitled 'Drama'.
There's that passion again! That's why I love these videos. I share the passion for this music and the era when I was a teenager. Great to hear how this song came to be.
Thanks ever so much!
Argh, my older sister had this on cassette back in the 80s. And a ton of Paul Hardcastle. Nice to hear about production.
Very cool! Thanks ever so much
I still have a 12" of "Nineteen".
@@taxus750 Thats so killer man !
Thank you Warren for bringing Stephen Lipson back again. That man is an open book about what can be done in a studio. Thank you very much for sharing this material. A big hug from Buenos Aires.
Thanks ever so much! Yes, Stephen is wonderful
There’s so many little things that make this song great but the “Boom… Boom… Boom” bassline is what ties everything together and makes it work.
Funny he says "that was the blockheads guy that came up with that"
Because when you listen to that part isolated, it sure sounds like the blockheads.
"Relax" was such a massive single that nobody paid attention to the words. After a while however you realized what he was talking about. But by then it was just a dope song. Sometimes it ain't the lyrics....
Sure they DID
Thank you so much for making this video possible. It's so vitally important that we get these thoughts, memories, and comments recorded before it's too late. Even the most trivial recollection to someone in the recording studio when these songs were being created, can be the inspiration for someone decades later. We are losing these memories each day when someone passes away. I'd love to see a video like this about some of the Talk Talk hits. "It's My Life", "Such a Shame", "Life's What You Make It" etc. would be amazing to have a break down of by anyone who was a part of the recording process. It's already been three years since we lost Mark Hollis and more pass each year :(
I feel like for how amazingly complex Talk Talk's songs were, there's been very little documentation like this video provides.
What an absolute BANGER!!.. If someone asks you "What did the 80's sound like?" direct them to this.
Thanks ever so much Scott
@@Producelikeapro Thank you!, I'm a huge 80s music fan and hearing these iconic tracks broken down gives me a whole new appreciation for these amazing song. People dismiss "pop" music like this as throw away but when you look at the layers of complexity in a song like this you cant help but be wowed. Again, thank you!!
the thing that defines the 80s was how different the bands were, the 80s was a gradual transition from the innocent fall out of punk all the way through to something far more manufactured and contrived that kick started the 90s.
One of the best songs of the 80's and one of the best produced-still sounds fantastic today.
The sound choices are perfect-the Jupiter 8 sounds amazing and I never knew that was a Roland guitar synth on there.
Every little part fits perfectly.
A joy to hear all the stems-Thanks Warren!!
Agreed 100%!
Frankie got me into record collecting when I bought Two Tribes Hibakusha (if you know you know)
The album version of Welcome To The Pleasuredome is probably the finest piece of music I’ve ever heard.
You need to get Steve back and do a video on that version I think it would be mind bowing!
right, please do another video with lippo about wttp album version.
Hearing Stephen talk through the multitrack, and share the other insights from his career, is absolute *gold*. I've been fascinated with this music since 1984 and it's amazing to experience it now in a whole new way.
That’s amazing to hear! Glad to be able to showcase such a wonderful song and production
Amazing!!! Thank you sooo much, Warren and Stephen for breaking down one of the most iconic songs of the '80s!!! Long time Trevor Horn productions fan, first time I hear the single parts from the multitrack sessions clearly.... Incredible that Andy Richards played those fast synth parts by hand - the timing is impeccable - without sequencing or gating. Awesome. The sequenced/gates parts are great too, and so are the Fairlight parts, of course. The Jupiter-8 has a fast action / light keyboard response (fast envelopes) so it sounds pretty snappy as it is, but it's definitely tricky to play perfect 16th parts like he did in real time. And I'll try to replicate those awesome patches on my Jupiter-8 for sure - fantastic video. I'm sure I'll have to watch this video several times to try to find the Jupiter-8 patches!... Thank you!
Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate your great comment!
Paolo - great insight on this song. The synth work and production was years ahead of everything else; I think it still sounds futuristic. Who knew about the synth guitar? Maybe you could do a synth demo & tutorial expanding on Stephen's comments and tracks.
Those Jupiter parts are incredible, aren't they? It's amazing to think that many of them were created and recorded in one night, put down on tape and then "lost" when Andy moved on to the next sound. No one could have known that each "random" 2-second wash of sweeping bleep effects would still sound iconic (and sound great when soloed) 40 years later.
I remember when the song was released, it was just an incredible sound - which has held up through the years. To peel back the onion of how it was made is amazing. This TH-cam video is simply one of the best explorations of musical history I've seen. 100 years from now I'm sure this video will be still be studied ... assuming TH-cam doesn't implode in the interim!
I'd love to hear this treatment for Welcome to the Pleasuredome which was my favourite track from that album.
This was fantastic to hear all the plethora of sounds they created on the fly and just mucking about. Great song, great production, and great longevity. Thanks for sharing this piece of musical history with us.
Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate it
Man,you made me so happy with this video.
This song made me play the bassguitar even if theres not much of real bass guitar on the whole Frankie stuff.
And still up to this day i‘m obsessed with the sounds…
Even this sampled bass sound on two tribes and war is so phenomenal.
Thanks for this video.
Absolutely amazing work.
Thanks ever so much! So glad you enjoyed the video
I second that, and to this day, the bassline of 'Welcome To The Pleasuredome' is one of my favourite and in my opinion one of the best basslines of all time!!It would be great to see a breakdown/multitrack of this with Steven Lipson!!
Great to hear the synths deconstructed. It's amazing how much is going on when you unpack it all.
Had one of the best summers of my teens with this song - my friends and I at the lake every day playing hacky-sack, while the extended single cassette played over and over on repeat through the boom box. This was in '84 I think...
"the power of love" is amazing
Agreed 100%!
Takes me back to the Camden Palace. Great song being pumped-out with the bass rearranging my innards! 👍
Haha I hear you!
I was 6 when the song hit the States. Been in love with it ever since! Beautiful piece of music
Thanks ever so much for sharing!
Thanks Warren. Stephen is a brilliant engineer / performer / producer and such an engaging guy, love the tracks you've done together. More please!
Thanks ever so much
@@Producelikeapro The "drugs made it" bit killed me, didn't expect that, great bloke
This interview is why I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!
Thanks ever so much
This is great stuff - it's nothing short of a masterclass.
Thanks ever so much!
Love the Jupiter 8 rezzy bass stabs, so happy to hear them isolated for the first time. They sound just like how direct prostatic stimulation feels!
Amazing content. Having the ability to talk about an iconic song like this track by track is a treasure.
Thanks ever so much
Very cool. I remember the sonic impact this had on me at school, it epitomizes the soundscape of the 1980s in my mind. Love hearing all those musical embellishments isolated. Thanks.
Great episode of an outstanding debut - though I still prefer Two Tribes, which is still enormously powerful and somewhat chilling.
Thanks ever so much for sharing
That guitar sound is fabulous.
Trevor Horn did a lot that was in a category by itself...his production techniques. Thinking his work with Seal. Delicious ear candy that always pops and draws you in.
He did great work with Pet Shop Boys also.
Such a kick-ass song. Thanks for making this breakdown and showing how all the layers combined to make this.
Another example of your high quality Video production! You deserve way more Subscribers!
Aw schucks! Thanks ever so much
Can't believe I get to see this. Thanks so much Warren!
Thanks ever so much
Great video, thanks Warren! This record was huge, I bought when it came out and played it over and over, couldn't get enough of it, the freshest, most modern sounding production of its time . . . I wore out my vinyl. Still sounds massive. Love Steve's guitar parts!
Marvelous. Truly marvelous. Stephen was a gent, met him briefly and was star struck. He happily signed my t shirt.
Good music composition can be so simple. Love it.
Great vid. LOVED the extended interview with Steve Lipson, he was great to listen to about his approach to a creative endeavor.
Thank you, Sir! ❤️
Thanks ever so much
Stephen is a guru. Love that he said, "if you can hear the part, it's good enough." And the fact that he spent 2min on Jeff Beck's guitar sound. There's a guy who can get stuff done.
One of my favorite songs of my teenage years. Thanx for showing us Warren!
I went to a Baptist boarding school up in Canada. The had an attached bible college with a huge cafeteria where we ate all of our meals. They played this lousy christian music on these cassette tapes. I snagged one of them and inserted a recording of Relax in the middle. I put the tape back and waited. GLORIOUS!!! I did get in trouble, worth it!
I'm glad you were as gobsmacked by every element of RELAX as I was (& still am). I'm saving this YT link for inspiration and fearless production.
Truly amazing to see and hear the original PT layout. I'm in awe at the cleanliness and organization of the comp... It all fits into a single view without miles of scrolling and zooming.
Wooow incredible! Love the fantastic production value of this song and their whole catalogue. Very underrated 80's band!! Love both studio albums and their 12" vinyl releases are insane. 😍😍👍👍
What a ledge!!!!! Amazing interview! While basically everything I’ve ever done is overproduced, i never realized how many synth tracks there are in the song!
Another really interesting episode; thanks Warren. I grew up listening to these records when they were new and always marvelled at how Horn, Lipson and co got such a clean, expansive sound. These records were in many ways responsible for me developing my life-long interest in music technology and mixing and I still view Two Tribes as a benchmark for arrangement and mixing.
Just to add to the collective knowledge base, the strings you hear played at 9:09 11:57 and 12:39 are from the Fairlight Series II library (LoStr2) and are the same as were used in the middle section of the title track from U2’s Unforgettable Fire.
It’s also interesting hearing the sounds Andy Richards programmed and used, especially the unison bass at 9:49 and the thunder sound at 10:20 and how he would go on to use these two sounds again on the Pet Shop Boys record It’s a Sin.
On that note, it would be great if you could do a similar episode with Andy Richards. His contribution to 80s synth-based music was immense and he, like Stephen Lipson, is very articulate and interesting to listen to.
Thanks ever so much for the great detail!
That is why love your channel!
Frankie Goes To Hollywood was in the 80ies like porn was to the film industry: Direct, dirty, no compromises, appaeling to your basic instincts. It was revolutionary ... but in no way cheap. And it played with gay sexuality, no wonder it was banned by the (no sex, please-)BBC.
And decades later we we get demonstrated what a great work that was technically and musically, and how precise and exact they had to work to make that happen.
BTW.: How many conversations have these files undergone to play in probably a actual ProTools session?!
Thanks ever so much for your wonderful comment!
That bass/synth toe tap riff will never be banned. It cooks.
Incredible clip. Highly appreciated the intense analysis. It's a beautiful puzzle, so easily put together. And simply, without samples, etc. It was just done.
Thanks ever so much! Really glad you enjoyed it
Any song slated by Mike Reid must be a classic 😊
Haha thanks for the great comment
This was one of the first epic tracks I loved as a teen. Thought it was so amazing that it had a distinct intro, middle and ending. Just an amazing song on every level. And to hear the individual tracks from the song was so crazy. This is one of my all time favorite TH-cam videos. ✊ #frankiegoestohollywood
This song literally changed my life. I remember the exact moment I first heard it, the 12 inch mix. that was it, lost in music forever after.
I pull out my 12inch vinyl of relax when I want to see where the party will go. The 80s LeRox good times.
As a kid my mum always had on ABBA, Jon & Vangelis, Bronski Beat etc
....but when I heard this song for the first time at 10, I new it was something so new and different, the size of the sound and beat stopped me completely.
Thank you, as I now know what was behind this record that helped me form my love for all synths since that day..
They lead the 80s with a new sound after 1 specular creative night, unbelievable.
The only other song that ever came close to it's sheer difference, was the mighty Firestarter in 1997.
This song was so huge- definitely one of the best records of the whole 80’s.
This channel is incredible. To see the behind the scenes. We are privelged. Warren Thank you.
Thanks ever so much
Brilliant, thanks Warren such a classic, love hearing how others write studio n life tales and what was used in recordings. The 80's so much great music, 👍
This is just gold.
Thanks ever so much!
That ‘quiet confidence’ story about the upright Royer microphone , is enough to drive me along for the rest of my years as a recording artist.
I'd still like to know how they got such a futuristic, expansive and clear sound. Not many songs have that.
this was the first interesting song i heard when i was a kid. i was mindblown and scare shitless when the erupting volcano breakdown kicked in. it's still my favorite sounding song till this day
Genius, genius, genius, genius!
Another fascinating breakdown of an iconic song from my fave decade. I went out more or less the day Relax was released and bought the 12" single with picture cover, just after that it was soon banned of course. That 12" still sounds fantastic today and has a cherished place in my record collection. Thanks for a superb video Warren!
That album and Liverpool were both brilliant! Great songs, incredible musicianship and top notch production
Marvellous
Great video! Love that Trevor Horn sound , actually discovered them via Art of noise
Thanks ever so much Jens!!
Do you know what this song is about, lyrically? Most people don't. It's pretty sleazy and disgusting. No offense, but I'm a little surprised you would praise a song like this.
@@Ken5244 😂 ok there Pastor Ken.
@@sub-jec-tiv I'm not a pastor nor a prude, nor does a person have to be to be disgusted by such degenerate lyrics. I love Trevor Horn's work with The Buggles and YES, but he should be ashamed of himself for having been part of such a trashy song.
@@Ken5244 Fair point. I was 9 or 10 when this song came out, and even if I did not discover it until a few years later, then it was the music and the sound that completely blew me away and I was not really paying attention to what the song was about.
That said, it is not a topic that is uncommon in music, just take songs like Crosscut Saw or Whole Lotta Love, or in fact, any Jazz Standard where the images become vague and about a distant bell, and stars that fell etc. That is not really the musical climax of the song that is about looking out the window at nature.
I don't think Sinatra was singing Fly Me To The Moon to Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos, and the question is maybe what that song is really about?
So glad you’ve made this video as I thought Relax was a masterpiece in the 80’s too. And Two Tribes of course. Trevor Horn has a golden touch. Propaganda another favourite.
Crikey! That was a huge load of information and detail. Fascinating.
Thanks ever so much
so many parts,so many different sounds,just remarkable
Agreed 100%!
Wow! Amazing to hear just how many actual sounds went into this song. Definitely going to experiment more just to see what happens. Thanks for this one! Cheers✌
One of the Quintessential tunes from the 80s that I grew up with and was one of my jams! I would take out my bass and just go into automatic slap mode to the metronomic beat of the song while jumping around my room. Yes, I had a metalhead Marshall bass stack back in the day so I was very loud, much to my parents' chagin, but MAN did this song (along with War, Two Tribes, and Born To Run) absolutely slay it! Of course, I honestly think that they did MUCH better versions of Bruce Springsteen's music than he did (I always thought Bruce just flat out sucked when it came to performing his music). FGTH and Manfred Mann Earth Band both did much much better versions of Bruce's songs. Props to them and thank you Warren for this interview! I LOVE these videos about songs that I grew up with! Outstanding!
I'd just moved to Essex - Can remember the great vibe everywhere this played!
That whole album is pretty damn good & very well recorded.
That was fun! I love Stephen Lipson and his philosophy. ❤️
Yes! I’m a huge fan of Stephen!
Thank you for sharing this masterpiece with us Warren and Stepen. Shameless plug! A version that I recorded (on the Unidisc label) was released back in the eighties before the Frankie version hit the shores of North America.
Great thing about this video is for anyone new to writing songs and production in general how to write a great arrangement with layering sounds and being inventive. You can do all this in the box today. This video is a gold mine of information. Thanks for putting it out Warren!
History with education. Thank you!!!
Thanks ever so much!
That last "pattern" reminded me of Herbie Hancock's Rockit.. Thanks for this. Loved it.
Marvellous
Lived in a dormitory when this came out.. on Friday evenings while getting ready to go out to party we would have “dorm wars”. This song with the best speakers won every single time.. the whole building would shake…. And no police were harmed….
Amazing! Thanks ever so much for sharing
OMG! This is amazing I was just a kid at the time but I remember when Relax hit! It was a phenomenal sounding record. Brings back so many memories. Thanks for sharing Warren. Lipsons approach is incredible. Having the confidence to just get on with it and make and record music. Especially with the paradox of choice we face with endless plugins and Virtual Instruments these days we can tend to procrastinate. Inspiring content Warren keep up the good work.❤️
That endless choice is directly reponsible for making a lot of people lose the human connection in music. I'm sick of people procrastinating over which plug-in to use. I think that record-making and production in the 80s were a meeting point for technology and humanity in equal measure. Neither having the edge over the other.
Loved this video! This song changed my life when I was 12, so it's amazing to hear all the different parts of the song along with the understated Steve Lipson recalling how they created it. The 12", the Sex Mix, with it's breaking down/building of the song enabled me to 'get inside' the track, and was the moment that turned me onto mixing! Really wish the Blockheads version was available to hear! Cheers Warren.
That whole Trevor Horn era is just magical. Big, big sound.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I loved watching this. This song was a game changer for me. The mix and production still amazes me to this day and to see and hear how it was constructed was pure gold. I was jumping up and down like a little kid when I heard those sounds in isolation :-D And, how much reverb?! Thank you again x
This music and use of the Fairlight was so unusual and sounded so new and different when it came out, and it was in a way that few other productions would recreate as successfully. A lot of the press at the time boosted the idea that the whole production was made on the Fairlight. Hearing the tracks isolated here, it's much more apparent how much of it was actually live electric guitars, analog synth performance, etc. It has a mechanized futuristic sensibility but still full of energy and life.
❤ wow. This is another one of THOSE Songs that changed a lot for me. Awesome 🤩
Thanks ever so much Thomas!
@@Producelikeapro 3 patterns on a linn drum is a great Name for a band me thinks 😂 just kidding though
Amazing episode! Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks ever so much Mika!
ohhhhh the opening - with the bass kicking in..... Brings back good memories !!!! Hard to believe it was released in '83 !
That`s a super contribution - and it reminds me of how I recorded 'My music house' in 1984 when I was a student. But instead of an 24-track I only had a 4-track (TEAC A-2340SX) with a HighCom noise reduction system and a separate tape machine for reverbs, bouncing countless rhythm tracks and bass from my Jupiter 4 and SH-2 (both Roland) plus Rhodes and guitar till deep into the night. Then took a little nap and listened to it as often as I could on the next day. :-)) - I should re-record my old song. :-)
This interview with Stephen online was very inspiring. :-) Sympathetic guy. :-)
Great song, for me best listened to within the context of the whole album ‘welcome to the pleasure dome’ which, when I first heard it years after I first heard Relax, was when I first properly understood the true genius of Trevor Horn. The album version is no doubt a different mix to the one we are taken through here. I still regard that record as four sides of some of the best vinyl ever printed. I do remember none of the sides were overloaded with material, meaning there was plenty of room to ensure it got really well pressed, which didn’t seem to hurt! I seem to remember thinking that at the time anyway. So many good songs. Glorious!
Trevor Horn changed so much of music - made dance music an artform. It's the only dance music where I prefer to sit and listen
Great one. A story of success. İt Tells a lot to me. Thanks.
Thanks ever so much
Im only 10 minutes in and I have to comment. Those Jupiter 8 sounds are INSANE. The stabs actually sound like it has velocity sensitivity but that synth definitely does not. So it would have been all envelope stuff and **expert** playing. That synth is just absolutely marvelous and these parts are really some of the best examples of why.
Also, really interesting thing that is missed in a lot of 80's retro stuff is that hyper-compressed clean guitar tone. These particular licks were played with such **authority**. There was no timidity here. Sometimes all you need is three notes and to play them like you mean it!
Warren knows all the guitar gear backwards and forwards but I feel like talking about amps and gettin good guitar tone is special interest. And, again, Stephan picks a guitar tone with *authority*
Andy was fresh from producing an album with tons of Jupiter 8 on it, called "Windows" by White Door (it's really good).
@@80ssynthfan48 ty i will definitely check that out!
@@80ssynthfan48 That was a great album btw! Thanks for sharing it!