I always liked this group because they were not like anyone else. Great soft yet powerful vocals, wore suites, clean cut. Although I liked them when they first started out as New Wave. Their first hit song was To Cut a Long Story Short. They are wearing kilts in the video. Very different before they changed to 80's pop contemporary music. Check it Jamal and see the difference in their style.
The lead singer, Tony Hadley, went "undercover" with a Spandau Ballet tribute band, you should watch it on your other channel. th-cam.com/video/Wzn7vwJJn3U/w-d-xo.html
After watching the "True" reaction I was thinking, "I wish Jamel would react to 'Gold'... but no one ever reacts to 'Gold'". To my pleasant surprise I saw this. Thank you!
I met Tony Hadley the lead singer when he came to entertain the Troops in the Falkland Islands, not just a great singer but a really nice genuine guy with it.
From Wikipedia: "Salad days" is a Shakespearean idiomatic expression meaning a youthful time, accompanied by the inexperience, enthusiasm, idealism, innocence, or indiscretion that one associates with a young person. A more modern use, especially in the United States, refers to a heyday, a period when somebody was at the peak of their abilities-not necessarily in that person's youth. The quote "salad days" is from the Shakespearean play Antony and Cleopatra and is spoken in Act 1, Scene 5, by Cleopatra.
@@louismastrangelo3781 Totally agree, not my favorite type of music, especially growing up in the 80's, but yeah, both of them were a pleasure to listen to live.
Fun Fact, the two male backing singers in this one, Gary Kemp and Martin Kemp starred in the 1990 film " The Krays " worth watching if you want to see a little into East London history.
Salad days = "the period when one is young and inexperienced" - coined by Shakespeare (surprise!). Play for Today = In the 70s and early 80s the BBC ran "Play for Today" which were contemporary one-off stories. Lots of people saying Roxy Music - yes, that would be good. Avalon is awesome (anything from that album, in fact).
Gary and Martin Kemp were child actors before forming the band (and went onto act again later) and were both in one of the Play for Today series. The line is just one of many of Gary's great play on words.
As you're reacting to Spandau at the moment - my favourite one of theirs, a great dance track! - Chant no. 1 (Don't Need this Pressure) with Beggar & Co. backing them with jazz - party time! fab!
Spandau Ballet had some outstanding hits in the 80. Now check out the English band Go West singing "King of Wishful Thinking" it's had over 51 million plays on Spotify.
Wow! I am completely stunned in disbelief that you chose to do this one!! Right smack dab in the middle of the genre of my youth. Thanks so much, Jamel!
Jamel great reaction, next recommendation is Wang Chung with "Dance Hall Days", real 80's nostalgia although a one hit wonder. Stay safe kid and cheerio from Glasgow.
Wang Chung wasn't a one-hit wonder, at least in the US. "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" was their biggest single here. Other hits were "Let's Go", "To Live and Die in LA", "Don't Let Go". But agree, Jamel should check out some Wang Chung!
I feel like to go to the source of SPANDAU, you should next look to ROXY MUSIC's "More Than This" (which if you've heard before, it's probably because you saw "Lost in Translation").
@@kevo23630 Yeah Roxy and Bryan Ferry were hugely influential on a lot of crooner groups and definitely on Spandau. Hell they even influenced Bill Murray ;)
A really good band from the "New Romantics" 80's dance sound. Try their tunes "Paint Me Down" and "Chant No 1" for a vibrant dance vibe (& even a little 80's rap).
Oh wow! I remember my older brother was into this song and told me ‘listen to those bongos, it sounds amazing. I was sold on ‘Gold’ after hearing that lol. ‘Lifeline’ & ‘I’ll Fly For You’ are other gems.
Didn’t Howard Jones write Like To Get To Know You Well for the 1984 Olympics? I remember the 12” version had him singing the line in different languages! I miss the 80s!
One of the best male voices in pop music. Through the Barricades is another great song. A Spandau Ballet was the dance a body did after being shot by the Spandau machine gun in Nazi Germany. Cool name, great group, horrific reference.
That is such an amazing song. Very underrated. Definitely my favorite from this group. You were right about James Bond, but not the suit and the suitcase, more like the golden girl from "Goldfinger".
A quick breakdown of Spandau Ballet: Tony Hadley - lead singer with that wonderful voice that he has had since he was 14. Gary Kemp - in the beige suit, lead/acoustic guitarist and the band's main songwriter. Martin Kemp - bass guitarist, Gary's younger brother, in the grey suit with Gary. Both Gary and Martin are also actors. Steve Norman - saxophone (and bongos!). John Keeble - drums. I would love to see you react to Through the Barricades about love through religious, political, racial and social divides. Bring a box of tissues! When you have recovered from that, Only When You Leave and Lifeline are fabulous uptempo numbers from them.
A real blast from the past. The bongos , the piano, Tony Hadley's soaring voice. That man could "sang". You didnt realize what great pop songs we had in the 80s. ( well i knew, but sometimes you forget)
Welcome to the 1980s! After listening to Spandau Ballet, you will be going down the rabbit hole because Great Britain, was one the epicenters of New Wave music. Here's a few artists from across the pond to consider reacting to: ABC, Level 42, Haircut 100, Ultravox, UB40, English Beat, The Specials, Shakatak, Alison Moyet, Yaz, Bronski Beat, Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark (OMD), Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Aztec Camera, Stiff Little Fingers, U2, Bananarama, etc.
So you got to Spandau part of it right the Ballet is pronounced baal-lay. This is going to be one of your new favorite bands that will probably go on to your playlist and it should 👊👍
Spandau Ballet is one of my favourite bands. I was lucky to see them live a number of years ago and they sounded FANTASTIC! They played SO much of their music.
The drums in the video are the Simmons SDSV electronic drums, created by a brilliant british inventor, Dave Simmons in St. Albans England, Yes! the Simmons drums are British like Spandau Ballet.
The suits and style make me think more of Bryan Ferry (More Than This), Roxy Music (Avalon) to be honest than James Bond. Dont think youve covered either. You definitely should given your comments on this and True.
Your pronunciation is now correct, sir :). Tony Hadley's voice is the definition of smooth. I LOVE my 80s music! Unless you watched MTV, this is one band that a lot of people don't know their music other than True. THAT was the single back in the day. You REALLY have to listen to all of that album and the previous one.
Jamel, Rush army soldier here...I’ve been married for 25 years. When we started dating, we exchanged mix tapes (remember those days? 😁). She sent me all these 80’s new wave songs...like Spandau Ballet. I sent her 120 minutes of Rush songs...and we’re still married! LOL! She has started watching your channel for the 80’s stuff. Need you to do Mother of Pearl by Roxy Music. That will be a joyous reaction for our home. PS...when are you gonna do more Rush? 😎
If you're gonna react to these guys, you really must react to Duran Duran. There was a, probably mostly fan based competition between the two bands. I don't think I've ever seen you react to DD, which is pretty mind blowing considering how well known they are. Also, not to be shady or anything, guess which band is still actively touring and recording after 40 years? 😉 Duran Duran just dropped their latest single a couple of weeks ago off their 15th album! What has SB done lately? 🤷♀️ Please react to "Invisible" by Duran Duran. Then you can take a reallyyy long deep dive into the past 40years for bangers and ballads galore. th-cam.com/video/SMCd5zrsFpE/w-d-xo.html
I liked SB but Duran Duran was my favourite and they were all about style too ! Jamel really should go down that rabbit hole of their 80s hits: Hungry Like the Wolf, Union of the Snake, New Moon on Monday, The Reflex, Rio, Say a Prayer, Girls on Film, Is there Something I Should Know
For some obscure reason, Duran Duran achieved greater success in the US (mind you, so did Depeche Mode and they were considered a "ridiculous" band by most of the UK media and audience and their peers). With the exception of three songs, Duran Duran is Spandau Ballet for four year-olds.
@@CandleLight1974 Spoken like someone who believed all the negativity being shoved down their throat about this band. Try expanding your horizons. SB is one dimensional and over.
@@dipsydoodle7988 Absolutely not. Spoken like someone old enough to know and remember their "music". What negativity about the band? There was hype if anything. Duran Duran are one of the most overrated bands of all time. Their lyrics were thrown together because they happened to rhyme, their melodies were plinky plonky puerile, their image was the ultimate cliche, Simon Le Bon looked like a baked potato and sounded like a fog horn (whenever I hear Do They Know It's Christmas, I roll about when he comes in sounding like he is waiting for surgery on his adenoids) and only John Taylor had the looks to compensate for the lack of talent. You suggest that I should expand my horizons and then comment that Duran Duran are the band still making music and touring. A lack of awareness that is as sad in its desperation for attention to a band whose "new" music has gone unnoticed as it is in its being so typical of middle-aged "I only listen to who I liked in my youth". You suggest that I should broaden my horizons and then seem (or pretend to be for your own convenience) unaware that Spandau Ballet reformed, toured and recorded again a few years ago until Tony left again. They then went onto make the mistake of a recruiting a young soundalike to replace him and, unlike other 70s and 80s bands who are now recording and performing with a new lead singer, it did not work for that sheer reason. Those other bands have recruited great singers who can sing the band's catalogue and have the stage presence to pull off a performance but do not sound like the original lead singer and, therefore, do not come across as their own tribute band. Duran Duran bang on so much about still making music (though it is barely heard outside of TH-cam) that their constant "We are not just an 80s band" line is spoofed in comedy sketches. Their new offerings are almost as embarrassing as the fact that two of them are still trying to get away in the 60s with the make-up that they wore in their 20s and 30s. You suggest that I should expand my horizons and then go on to end your comment with something as eloquent and erudite as "SB is one dimensional and over"? Dear me! I wonder if you even realise how embarrassing it is for someone old enough to have been a "Duranie" (what a ridiculous name) to be so immature. Thank you for proving what was constantly said back then that Spandau Ballet were the thinking fan's Duran Duran. You suggest that I should expand my horizons by listening to Duran Duran? Seriously? You are funny.
This is one of my favourite songs - I always remember when I was at University and someone sang it on karaoke and his voice was amazing, gave me goosebumps. Funny you mention James Bond as the video always makes me think of Goldfinger - also think it would have made a great Bond theme.
I saw Spandau Ballet in concert when this album came out and they were excellent. The fans stormed the stage at the encore cutting short the evening, grabbing and grasping at the band. It was nuts that reaction. There is a FANTASTIC documentary on the band, "Soul Boys of the Western World" which I saw in the theater but is on TH-cam in its entirety. The band documented everything and there is footage from their first gig onward and it is a "warts and all" look at the band. I hope you might get around to some of their other hits like "Lifeline", "Only When You Leave", "Highly Strung", "Communication", all great if you like "True" and "Gold".
yeah man, 80's video's were something special! I still love watching them....more so for the music than the actual vid 😂, but they bring back the memories! Speaking of James Bond, Check out Duran Duran "A View To A Kill". Classic 007 theme I loved as a kid.
Funny true story, Tony Hadley the lead singer of spandau ballet, lives locally to me, and by chance some years ago, me and my family gate crashed his birthday at our usual pub, and he couldn't have been nicer, he extended the invite to join in with party!
Awesome!!! I do not know if you took my advice to do this reaction!!! ?? Probably not. But. I am excited that you did this reaction. Great job !! Awesome reaction. Lee up the great work. You are the Best !!!
True and Gold are 2 of the greatest, finest songs I've ever heard...and they form part of the equation of the Two-Instantantly-Very-Recognisible-Songs type of bands from the 80s (not that their other songs ain't worth it thou), like Wham (Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go and Careless Whisper), A Flock Of Seagulls (I Ran and Space Age Love Song), ABC (Poison Arrow and When Smokey Sings), Level 42 (Lessons In Love and Something About You), Heaven 17 (Temptation and Come Live With Me), Alphaville (Big In Japan and Forever Young), New Order (Bizarre Love Triangle and Blue Monday), OMD (Electricity and Enola Gay), Frankie Goes To Hollywood (Relax and Two Tribes), Wang Chung (Dance Hall Days and Everybody Have Fun Tonight), Men Without Hats (The Safety Dance and Pop Goes The World), Thompson Twins (Hold Me Now and Doctor!Doctor!), Altered Images (I Could Be Happy and Don't Talk To Me About Love), The Motels (Only The Lonely and Suddenly Last Summer), Missing Persons (Words and Destination Unknown), Talk Talk (Today and It's My Life), Go West (We Close Our Eyes and King Of Wishful Thinking), Simple Minds (Don't You Forget About Me and Alive And Kicking), Naked Eyes (Always Something There To Remind Me and Promises Promises), Glass Tiger (Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone and Someday), The Cutting Crew (I Just Died In Your Arms and I've Been In Love Before), The Psychedelic Furs (Ghost In You and Pretty In Pink), Cock Robin (The Promise You Made and When Your Heart Is Weak), The Style Council (Shout To The Top and Walls Come Tumbling Down), Big Country (In A Big Country and Look Away), Icehouse (Crazy and Electric Blue), and Ultravox (Dancing With Tears In Your Eyes and Vienna), just to mention a few...
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You git Spandau right, but messed up Ballet, as in the dance (bal-lay).
I always liked this group because they were not like anyone else. Great soft yet powerful vocals, wore suites, clean cut. Although I liked them when they first started out as New Wave. Their first hit song was To Cut a Long Story Short. They are wearing kilts in the video. Very different before they changed to 80's pop contemporary music.
Check it Jamal and see the difference in their style.
The lead singer, Tony Hadley, went "undercover" with a Spandau Ballet tribute band, you should watch it on your other channel. th-cam.com/video/Wzn7vwJJn3U/w-d-xo.html
You should listen too power of gold by I forgot his name it's great
After watching the "True" reaction I was thinking, "I wish Jamel would react to 'Gold'... but no one ever reacts to 'Gold'". To my pleasant surprise I saw this. Thank you!
Haha! Yeah I always think of the songs no one ever reacts to because most are in the same loop. I was surprised when I saw this also.
I'm another fan of GOLD- Great song, and video! I remember watching this on MTV- in their heyday☺
Yeah! I always liked "True" but I always thought "Gold" was better song, in my not so humble opinion...
Agreed. I actually like this better than "True."
Same here, it's one of my favorites by them.
I met Tony Hadley the lead singer when he came to entertain the Troops in the Falkland Islands, not just a great singer but a really nice genuine guy with it.
That’s awesome!
Very cool
very cool
LUCKYYYYY
My Baby sister favorite band, she passed away last year, always remembering her dancing on this song. R.I.P My baby
Sending love and light to you Lorelei in remembrance of your sweet sister.
Peace be with you.
may she rest in peace!
“Through the barricades “ by them is one of my faves 👍
Second this one, a beautiful song that made me cry as a kid.
Mine too, I still get chills listening to it.
Definitely - such a beautiful song.
Oh yesss!!!
Brilliant song ❤
TO CUT A LONG STORY SHORT - it’s worth watching just for their outfits, you can’t beat a bit of tartan 😂
This is my favorite Spandau song. Gotta love the New Romantic movement.
OK Jamel, you got Spandau. Now the second word, “Ballet” is pronounced like the dance.
😂😂
Yes, bal-lay. 😉💖
@@ericsinger2692 Eric Singer... Are you still pretending to be Peter Criss?
@@byronmacdowell3732 hahahahaha
From Wikipedia: "Salad days" is a Shakespearean idiomatic expression meaning a youthful time, accompanied by the inexperience, enthusiasm, idealism, innocence, or indiscretion that one associates with a young person. A more modern use, especially in the United States, refers to a heyday, a period when somebody was at the peak of their abilities-not necessarily in that person's youth. The quote "salad days" is from the Shakespearean play Antony and Cleopatra and is spoken in Act 1, Scene 5, by Cleopatra.
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Oh that's why Mac demarco called his debut album like this.. til
Tony Hadley is an underappreciated singer from the second British Invasion.
Total agree, along with Martin Fry from ABC, these two gentlemen made me want to cut my hair and wear suits!!!!!
Louis Mastrangelo ABC are brilliant, not many well known songs but the bloke had a tremendous voice like Hadley.
@@louismastrangelo3781 Totally agree, not my favorite type of music, especially growing up in the 80's, but yeah, both of them were a pleasure to listen to live.
Keep going Jamel ! " lifeline " " Through the Barricades " " Only when you leave " all fantastic hits ❤️
Yes!!
@@louisavevers9709 I agree that Through the Barricades would be a great contrast to show the depth they had
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Lifeline!
Wow, I’ve never heard this song. It’s “GOLD”!
Damn this was quick, such a classic anthem in British culture, mostly pub/drinking culture lol
Tony Hadley was and still is a quite superb singer with a really golden voice. Keep going with Spandau please Jamel
i always thought "Through the barricades" was their best song.
is my favourite too.
Awesome, underrated song indeed.
Yes! Beautiful ballad. Round and Round and I'll fly for you are couple of other awesome songs
agree
This song sounds like it could be a Bond theme.
Tony Hadley should have played Bond
Fun Fact, the two male backing singers in this one, Gary Kemp and Martin Kemp starred in the 1990 film " The Krays " worth watching if you want to see a little into East London history.
Yep, they were really good in that movie. They're twins too, right? I figured they had to be if they were going to be portraying the Kray brothers/
@@Boojkill You are correct, glad you enjoyed the film.
Tony Hadley can sing all day long!
Tony Hadley, the lead singer's voice has matured brilliantly, so much so, that his voice is so much better these days....check him out.
But, most importantly, does he still hold his little finger out when he's holding the microphone!?
@@GedUK Got me there....can't say I ever noticed?!
@@Topgooner01 Wow really? I always remember at school, if we were doing Spandau impressions, we'd stick our little finger out!
@@Topgooner01 also, I've just found out it's Tony's birthday today!
I really got a shock, when I checked him out. Some people do not age good. Poor guy, he is one of them.
Salad days = "the period when one is young and inexperienced" - coined by Shakespeare (surprise!).
Play for Today = In the 70s and early 80s the BBC ran "Play for Today" which were contemporary one-off stories.
Lots of people saying Roxy Music - yes, that would be good. Avalon is awesome (anything from that album, in fact).
Roxy Music 👍
if it's Roxy Music then also Mother of Pearl, Virginia Plain & Do The Strand :)
Gary and Martin Kemp were child actors before forming the band (and went onto act again later) and were both in one of the Play for Today series. The line is just one of many of Gary's great play on words.
Yes! And ABC : All Of My Heart
@@vincentcarrot Tears are not enough was another great ABC song with a killing bassline!
As you're reacting to Spandau at the moment - my favourite one of theirs, a great dance track! - Chant no. 1 (Don't Need this Pressure) with Beggar & Co. backing them with jazz - party time! fab!
Uh huh………
Thats exactly the next track I would have suggested ....Chant No 1( I Don't Need This Pressure On) is an awesome Spandau Ballet track! 👍👏🎧
Spandau Ballet had some outstanding hits in the 80. Now check out the English band Go West singing "King of Wishful Thinking" it's had over 51 million plays on Spotify.
“We Close Our Eyes” and “Call Me” were great songs by Go West too.
A great song from this era and genre is "Shout To The Top." by Style Council. A must. I love the channel. You are charming AF and delightful.
I would love for you to do Sade "Smooth Operator"
I'm loving this song all over again...vicariously
Right on, Jamel. I call this song, "The James Bond Song That Wasn't".
Another song I know of theirs is “Communication”. Not sure I’ve seen its video but maybe you’ll be able to react to it, too.
Wow! I am completely stunned in disbelief that you chose to do this one!! Right smack dab in the middle of the genre of my youth. Thanks so much, Jamel!
Jamel great reaction, next recommendation is Wang Chung with "Dance Hall Days", real 80's nostalgia although a one hit wonder. Stay safe kid and cheerio from Glasgow.
Wang Chung wasn't a one-hit wonder, at least in the US. "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" was their biggest single here. Other hits were "Let's Go", "To Live and Die in LA", "Don't Let Go". But agree, Jamel should check out some Wang Chung!
Great song!
Love your work mate. All the best from the uk 🇬🇧
Lets have some ABC - The Look of love. ABC were around the same time, And Duran Duran also another good group around this time as well 😉😉😉
"Lifeline" and "Through the barricades" also great songs from Spandau Ballet... Thank u for keeping great music alive!!!
Finally someone on yt reacted to this masterpiece
I feel like to go to the source of SPANDAU, you should next look to ROXY MUSIC's "More Than This" (which if you've heard before, it's probably because you saw "Lost in Translation").
I thought that too when he reacted to true, He would dig Bryan Ferry.
@@kevo23630 Yeah Roxy and Bryan Ferry were hugely influential on a lot of crooner groups and definitely on Spandau. Hell they even influenced Bill Murray ;)
@@saintsataniko2116 Slave to Love by Roxy Music, oh yess
Espectacular canción...los clásicos de los 80,lo mejor!!!!!!!!SALUDOS desde Sudamérica-CHILE!!!!!!😁😁🎉🎉
“Only When You Leave” is in a similar style to Gold and True, Jamel. I think you’d love it. Has a sax solo too!
Still to come:
● I'll Fly For You
● Communication
● Through The Barricades
A really good band from the "New Romantics" 80's dance sound. Try their tunes "Paint Me Down" and "Chant No 1" for a vibrant dance vibe (& even a little 80's rap).
Oh wow! I remember my older brother was into this song and told me ‘listen to those bongos, it sounds amazing. I was sold on ‘Gold’ after hearing that lol. ‘Lifeline’ & ‘I’ll Fly For You’ are other gems.
This is my favourite Spandau song. It was played a lot at the time of the 1984 LA Olympics so it always reminds me of then.
Didn’t Howard Jones write Like To Get To Know You Well for the 1984 Olympics? I remember the 12” version had him singing the line in different languages! I miss the 80s!
For a great 70's track, Gold by John Stewart featuring Stevie Nicks.
One of the best male voices in pop music. Through the Barricades is another great song. A Spandau Ballet was the dance a body did after being shot by the Spandau machine gun in Nazi Germany. Cool name, great group, horrific reference.
Is it even a 80’s song without a saxophone 🎷. Love Spandau Ballet so much . This has been on rotation for 30 years 👏🏽👏🏽
This is their best song
SpanDOW Ballay like the dance "ballet"
Yessssss!!!!!! Finalllyyyyy.... i love this song! Tony's voice sounds kinda power house in this song. Thanks for reacting.
That is such an amazing song. Very underrated. Definitely my favorite from this group.
You were right about James Bond, but not the suit and the suitcase, more like the golden girl from "Goldfinger".
Man he was so handsome 🥰
"Only When You Leave" is another epic song by Spandau!! Gold is pure gold too!
This man can truly sing. I didn’t discover this one until the early 1990’s. But True they come no better than that
Went to Selena's grave this morning and wanted to say thank you for around the time of her death you continuously play her music gracias 👍
A quick breakdown of Spandau Ballet:
Tony Hadley - lead singer with that wonderful voice that he has had since he was 14.
Gary Kemp - in the beige suit, lead/acoustic guitarist and the band's main songwriter.
Martin Kemp - bass guitarist, Gary's younger brother, in the grey suit with Gary.
Both Gary and Martin are also actors.
Steve Norman - saxophone (and bongos!).
John Keeble - drums.
I would love to see you react to Through the Barricades about love through religious, political, racial and social divides. Bring a box of tissues!
When you have recovered from that, Only When You Leave and Lifeline are fabulous uptempo numbers from them.
A real blast from the past. The bongos , the piano, Tony Hadley's soaring voice. That man could "sang". You didnt realize what great pop songs we had in the 80s. ( well i knew, but sometimes you forget)
Welcome to the 1980s! After listening to Spandau Ballet, you will be going down the rabbit hole because Great Britain, was one the epicenters of New Wave music.
Here's a few artists from across the pond to consider reacting to:
ABC, Level 42, Haircut 100, Ultravox, UB40, English Beat, The Specials, Shakatak, Alison Moyet, Yaz, Bronski Beat, Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark (OMD), Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Aztec Camera, Stiff Little Fingers, U2, Bananarama, etc.
Jamel ! Great choice. You continue to impress me all the time ! Keep up the good work .
So you got to Spandau part of it right the Ballet is pronounced baal-lay.
This is going to be one of your new favorite bands that will probably go on to your playlist and it should 👊👍
The live version they did years later at IOW festival concert in England was really good, I think it was 2009.
Keep up the great reactions 🙏
Gary Kemp was in The Bodyguard with Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner,and with his brother, Martin. in The Kray.
Yes, they played The Krays, notorious brothers from the East End of London... Not very nice geezers really.
Spandau Ballet is one of my favourite bands. I was lucky to see them live a number of years ago and they sounded FANTASTIC! They played SO much of their music.
That song Gold came out in 1983 it was my second favorite song. Thank you Jamel I love your reaction to such a great song and singer stay safe.
So glad you did come back with Spandau
Have always loved Gold. Thank you.
The drums in the video are the Simmons SDSV electronic drums, created by a brilliant british inventor, Dave Simmons in St. Albans England, Yes! the Simmons drums are British like Spandau Ballet.
Through the barricades,about ireland
Very much enjoying revisiting these classics with you.
The suits and style make me think more of Bryan Ferry (More Than This), Roxy Music (Avalon) to be honest than James Bond. Dont think youve covered either. You definitely should given your comments on this and True.
So happy you covered this, my favorite Spandau Ballet song, the 80s were so fun.
Your pronunciation is now correct, sir :). Tony Hadley's voice is the definition of smooth. I LOVE my 80s music! Unless you watched MTV, this is one band that a lot of people don't know their music other than True. THAT was the single back in the day. You REALLY have to listen to all of that album and the previous one.
Jamel, Rush army soldier here...I’ve been married for 25 years. When we started dating, we exchanged mix tapes (remember those days? 😁). She sent me all these 80’s new wave songs...like Spandau Ballet. I sent her 120 minutes of Rush songs...and we’re still married! LOL! She has started watching your channel for the 80’s stuff. Need you to do Mother of Pearl by Roxy Music. That will be a joyous reaction for our home. PS...when are you gonna do more Rush? 😎
And you did 'Gold'! HELL YEAH!
Your responses don't disappoint! I was thinking... Wait for the sax. And sure enough.... 😁
Oh man Jamel, that look on your face at 4.37 says it all! Thanks agaain for keeping great music like this alive brother!
My dad had the Spandau ballet 12 inch mixes CD back in the day, I'd play it over and over, gold is amazing!
Had Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran posters in my room as a teenager.
Thank you for reacting to this song. It's one of my favorites and no one ever reacts to it.
Spandau Ballet "Lifeline" is another great song by them....
My man Jamel ... you are Amazing !! 😊
You have to watch Through the Barricades. One of their best!
Thank you for so many great songs.
Hi Jamel. Following you from Germany. Love your reactions. love your mind. keep on, bless
I always had a crush on the lead singer! 😍
I've always thought this would have been a perfect Bond song, actually.
That dude can still belt them out today. Check out his live stuff on TH-cam 👍🏻😁
If you're gonna react to these guys, you really must react to Duran Duran. There was a, probably mostly fan based competition between the two bands. I don't think I've ever seen you react to DD, which is pretty mind blowing considering how well known they are. Also, not to be shady or anything, guess which band is still actively touring and recording after 40 years? 😉 Duran Duran just dropped their latest single a couple of weeks ago off their 15th album! What has SB done lately? 🤷♀️ Please react to "Invisible" by Duran Duran. Then you can take a reallyyy long deep dive into the past 40years for bangers and ballads galore.
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I liked SB but Duran Duran was my favourite and they were all about style too ! Jamel really should go down that rabbit hole of their 80s hits: Hungry Like the Wolf, Union of the Snake, New Moon on Monday, The Reflex, Rio, Say a Prayer, Girls on Film, Is there Something I Should Know
For some obscure reason, Duran Duran achieved greater success in the US (mind you, so did Depeche Mode and they were considered a "ridiculous" band by most of the UK media and audience and their peers). With the exception of three songs, Duran Duran is Spandau Ballet for four year-olds.
@@CandleLight1974 Spoken like someone who believed all the negativity being shoved down their throat about this band. Try expanding your horizons. SB is one dimensional and over.
@@dipsydoodle7988 Absolutely not. Spoken like someone old enough to know and remember their "music". What negativity about the band? There was hype if anything. Duran Duran are one of the most overrated bands of all time. Their lyrics were thrown together because they happened to rhyme, their melodies were plinky plonky puerile, their image was the ultimate cliche, Simon Le Bon looked like a baked potato and sounded like a fog horn (whenever I hear Do They Know It's Christmas, I roll about when he comes in sounding like he is waiting for surgery on his adenoids) and only John Taylor had the looks to compensate for the lack of talent.
You suggest that I should expand my horizons and then comment that Duran Duran are the band still making music and touring. A lack of awareness that is as sad in its desperation for attention to a band whose "new" music has gone unnoticed as it is in its being so typical of middle-aged "I only listen to who I liked in my youth".
You suggest that I should broaden my horizons and then seem (or pretend to be for your own convenience) unaware that Spandau Ballet reformed, toured and recorded again a few years ago until Tony left again. They then went onto make the mistake of a recruiting a young soundalike to replace him and, unlike other 70s and 80s bands who are now recording and performing with a new lead singer, it did not work for that sheer reason. Those other bands have recruited great singers who can sing the band's catalogue and have the stage presence to pull off a performance but do not sound like the original lead singer and, therefore, do not come across as their own tribute band. Duran Duran bang on so much about still making music (though it is barely heard outside of TH-cam) that their constant "We are not just an 80s band" line is spoofed in comedy sketches. Their new offerings are almost as embarrassing as the fact that two of them are still trying to get away in the 60s with the make-up that they wore in their 20s and 30s.
You suggest that I should expand my horizons and then go on to end your comment with something as eloquent and erudite as "SB is one dimensional and over"? Dear me! I wonder if you even realise how embarrassing it is for someone old enough to have been a "Duranie" (what a ridiculous name) to be so immature. Thank you for proving what was constantly said back then that Spandau Ballet were the thinking fan's Duran Duran.
You suggest that I should expand my horizons by listening to Duran Duran? Seriously? You are funny.
@@annieholbis2430 Hungry Like the Wolf absolutely, as well as their first one Planet Earth. The rest all merges into one.
I love the 'Good Human' shirts...my order is most definitely placed for one
My favourite Spandau Ballet track. Love your reaction to this track. Tony Hadley, great voice.
Nice! Thanks for doing this follow up song.
Love this. It's one of my absolutely favourites
Odd fact. In their native UK, Gold is their most popular song.
But in the USA, True is their most popular song!
Suggested next song:
Highly Strung.
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This is one of my favourite songs - I always remember when I was at University and someone sang it on karaoke and his voice was amazing, gave me goosebumps.
Funny you mention James Bond as the video always makes me think of Goldfinger - also think it would have made a great Bond theme.
I saw Spandau Ballet in concert when this album came out and they were excellent. The fans stormed the stage at the encore cutting short the evening, grabbing and grasping at the band. It was nuts that reaction. There is a FANTASTIC documentary on the band, "Soul Boys of the Western World" which I saw in the theater but is on TH-cam in its entirety. The band documented everything and there is footage from their first gig onward and it is a "warts and all" look at the band. I hope you might get around to some of their other hits like "Lifeline", "Only When You Leave", "Highly Strung", "Communication", all great if you like "True" and "Gold".
Nothing compares to their song “True”, but this song was ok. You might like Echo and the Bunnymen, “Killing Moon”- another 80s classic!
Great choice ! Very underrated song .
Lips Like Sugar as well.
I don;t know anyone who's done any Echo and the Bunnymen reactions, so that would be fantastic!
"Bring on the dancing horses "by Echo and the Bunnymen, a master piece. Great song
yeah man, 80's video's were something special! I still love watching them....more so for the music than the actual vid 😂, but they bring back the memories! Speaking of James Bond, Check out Duran Duran "A View To A Kill". Classic 007 theme I loved as a kid.
Funny true story, Tony Hadley the lead singer of spandau ballet, lives locally to me, and by chance some years ago, me and my family gate crashed his birthday at our usual pub, and he couldn't have been nicer, he extended the invite to join in with party!
Great reaction! One of my favorite songs!
Love, love this song. So classy. ❤️😊
Awesome!!! I do not know if you took my advice to do this reaction!!! ?? Probably not. But. I am excited that you did this reaction. Great job !! Awesome reaction. Lee up the great work. You are the Best !!!
I always thought this song sounded like a James Bond movie theme song. Now I know why!
Another one from them! I remember Gold! Good stuff. 😎🎼🎶🎵🇨🇦
My favorite Spandau Ballet's song!!
Regards from Chile! 🙂
This was used during the Summer Olympics in the USA 1984!
True and Gold are 2 of the greatest, finest songs I've ever heard...and they form part of the equation of the Two-Instantantly-Very-Recognisible-Songs type of bands from the 80s (not that their other songs ain't worth it thou), like Wham (Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go and Careless Whisper), A Flock Of Seagulls (I Ran and Space Age Love Song), ABC (Poison Arrow and When Smokey Sings), Level 42 (Lessons In Love and Something About You), Heaven 17 (Temptation and Come Live With Me), Alphaville (Big In Japan and Forever Young), New Order (Bizarre Love Triangle and Blue Monday), OMD (Electricity and Enola Gay), Frankie Goes To Hollywood (Relax and Two Tribes), Wang Chung (Dance Hall Days and Everybody Have Fun Tonight), Men Without Hats (The Safety Dance and Pop Goes The World), Thompson Twins (Hold Me Now and Doctor!Doctor!), Altered Images (I Could Be Happy and Don't Talk To Me About Love), The Motels (Only The Lonely and Suddenly Last Summer), Missing Persons (Words and Destination Unknown), Talk Talk (Today and It's My Life), Go West (We Close Our Eyes and King Of Wishful Thinking), Simple Minds (Don't You Forget About Me and Alive And Kicking), Naked Eyes (Always Something There To Remind Me and Promises Promises), Glass Tiger (Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone and Someday), The Cutting Crew (I Just Died In Your Arms and I've Been In Love Before), The Psychedelic Furs (Ghost In You and Pretty In Pink), Cock Robin (The Promise You Made and When Your Heart Is Weak), The Style Council (Shout To The Top and Walls Come Tumbling Down), Big Country (In A Big Country and Look Away), Icehouse (Crazy and Electric Blue), and Ultravox (Dancing With Tears In Your Eyes and Vienna), just to mention a few...