Your explanation of that song by Lloyd is exactly why us Gen Xers complain about "modern music." It seems like songcraft now is just about finding a good sample from an old original song, and just building around it. It's one thing to cover a great song, but it's another thing just to rip it off.
Agreed. But also modern music is about as least diverse as it’s ever been. And yet we’re being told it’s all about diversity now. The 70s 80s and 90s was twice as diverse as the industry is now. All lies.
I totally agree. Im not against sampling when it’s done in a creative way, but way too many modern pop songs just take the melody and change NOTHING. I guess the one good thing is the original artist ideally gets to claim royalties for it (assuming they don’t have to go to court over it, in which case the original band would win anyway). I just hate the lack of creativity today.
It's tough when the industry tries not to promote actual talent when they can make money with drivel. Sure, there has always been low-calorie filler songs, but when musicians had to be masters of their instruments even the stinker songs were better than the overly-produced, hyper technically manipulated soul-less music we get now. For example, Dave Grohl made the first Foo Fighters album by playing all of the instrumental parts himself. That is an amazing/superhuman feat, but an example of something that needs to be valued by the industry so that it doesn't disappear.
The egregious sampling that started in the 90s bugs me. It is one thing to like a song and do a cover of it in your own style, but many were just lifting melodies and rhythms from songs as if it was their own. So many young people have gone through their lives thinking 'artists' they liked came up with these great sounds, when they were actually lifted from other songs. It is not until they stumble across the original that they realize what happened.
Yeah, hope there's a way to let younger folks express themselves, but there's no replacement for being the actual creator of something rather than just an inheritor. Dig deep within themselves and find something new that makes all of excited to hear it!
For all of us to be excited about. Beyond music this goes to design fields as well. We used to reference and transform...not copy and hope no one has the memory of the original. No hate...it's just such a missed opportunity for people to tap into themselves instead of collecting things other people created.
Ugh, shut up. All those oldschool musicians you worship, often lifted a shitload of riffs and interpolations from songs before them. And because of artists sampling older tracks, the new gen gets up on the old gems, so the flame of the classics gets passed on. Maybe get off your high horse and try being a bit less sour and give credit where credit is due 🙄
This came out in 1983 and it is still a beautiful song. Tony Hadley can sing anything. He still performs. Sade ( the english singer) designed their outfit
the reason your recognising so many of these songs is because artists over the last 20 to 30 years don't come up with original material especially R&B and RAP artists they just sample and as a younger lady that's the version you've heard. its great seeing your reaction when you recognised the original song
Spandau Ballet were huge in the UK and only crossed over to the USA with this #4 hit. They were a big part of the early-'80s "New Romantic" musical movement in England. Psychedelic rappers P.M. Dawn took this sample all the way to #1 Pop with their "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" back around 1991.
@@pamelariker5525 Sorry, I was giving American English pronunciation. The first syllable has more of an o sound to it, like how we say spawn. Span has an a sound the way we talk. And yes, I meant dow as in how the Dow Jones is pronounced. :)
I am 80 years younger, I don't listen to much new "music. I listen mainly classic and metal music. Much better musicians. Please find some 60 to 80's music from War. Just pick something, they always put out good songs. You already heard Ozzy, try Iron Maiden, Dio, and my favorite Kamelot.
A little history for you; Spandau {spand dow[ prison is in Germany where they housed the top nazi criminals after WW2. After each execution the top guard there used to dance, or ballet to show how happy he was.
Good fact to know but I don't really think the band named themselves after that . It just sounded like a cool name for a band in the 80's . Are you an English history buff interested in Nazi history like a lot of Brits are who f!ckin hate the Germans ? That's in the past learn to move on. Schade !
If this ain't proof of what truly works; many recent artists seem to fall back to the 70's 80's music to boost their careers. If you can't make good music yourself, just cover an oldie that is timeless. Most times, covers rarely stack up to the original .
This was called the romantic period and all the bands dressed well and produced exceptional work. Spandau Ballet were exceptional, this and Gold are considered their top songs but others are also fantastic. The singer is Tony Hadley and is still singing today and his voice is still brilliant.
A large percentage of popular music artists are simply sampling a prior musician’s creative work. The artist may add a beat or background sound effect, but the melody comes from the musician.
Worse than that..The term is thought to refer to the many prisoners who hanged at Spandau - and whose bodies 'twitched and jumped on the end of a rope' as if dancing.
It actually refers to the twitching movement of Nazi war criminals that were hanged at the Spandau prison, although there is also the possibility that it even goes back to WWI and those Allied soldiers shot by the Spandau MG42 machine while caught in barbed wire.
Wrong. The term “Spandau ballet” originated in World War 1, when the German biplane pilots fired the (rotary firing) Spandau machine gun. They said that the bullets danced around like a ballet, and Allied pilots adopted the term “Spandau ballet” for the spiralling pattern of bullets coming towards them. The WW2 term came 35-plus years later.
More reason to argue that so many of today's music is unoriginal and resorts to ripping off hooks from songs from past decades. And today's generation thinks these are original hooks. Without making it abundantly clear these songs are built around sampling from another artist's work is just creative theft, even if they pay royalties, allowing listeners to believe it is an original work is creative theft.
It's 80's SophistiPop and no one did it Better than Spandau Ballet.. Other 80's SophistiPop bands are Swing Out Sister, Blow Monkeys, ABC, Sade, Everything But the Girl, Style Coucil & Bryan Ferry.
I'd say most of the artists you mentioned did Sophisti-pop as well as Spandau Ballet, particularly Sade, Style Council, Everything but the girl. Also Simply Red, The Blue Nile, Level 42
This is the REAL version and so much better. Spandau Ballet were a big time original band in the 80'and far from cheesy and i wonder what they are going to say about most of today's crap in 40 years.
Running out of music? NEVER! You don't go back very far these days. Try 'The Man the with Child in his eyes' (Kate Bush), 'Without You' (Nillson), 'Yesterday' (Beatles), 'Soldier Blue' Buffy St Marie, 'It's over' (Roy Orbison), 'Angie' (Rolling Stones), 'Spirit in the Sky' (Norman Greenbaum), 'I won't let the show go on' (Leo Sayer), 'Giving it all away' (Roger Daltrey, vocals the Who), 'Jolene' (Ray LaMontagne - not the same as Dolly's!), and that's just the bangers off the top of my head..........
THAT is the song I was trying to remember as Britt was talking about Lloyd's song "You"! And, yes, she should react to "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" now that she has heard "True".
I think Tony Hadley was actually in their Music video towards the end of this song. Not sure he voiced the backup sample though, but the recording does sound cleaner than the original.
Just bc it's excepted, doesn't mean he didn't do anything wrong lol in fact lots of 90s hip-hop singers just stole so much from artists . Sad , i mean they could have at least gave them credit
@samjohnson7869 not exactly true, there's some people who do but theres alot that say they just sample it and it's ok. I mean dr. Dre never paid David McCallum anything for use of " the edge " when they used it in " The Next Episode " bc he talked crap about Dre until the day he passed lol
Accepted. Excepted would refer to an exception. Example would be: Everyone on the bus.. except you two! Accept(ed) - means to receive something (usually willingly). Examples include : I accept your proposal. The offer was accepted. He accepted a plea bargain. Your welcome. This is why in America we have to teach English to HS students who've spent years using the language (incorrectly). No child left behind.
You pronounced it correctly the first time: SPAN-DOW ballet Bill Murray on SNL used to do an act that mocked lounge singers which I think was the term you were looking for when you said they were like singers on a cruise. Absolutely wonderful song. I thought we were going to see a PDC award for it.
ooo that hair is ❤🔥. SB is iconic 80's but every time I hear those cords it reminds me of PM Dawn - Set A Drift On Memory Bliss at the same time. Another song that should blow your mind is Kate Bush - This Woman's Work.
In the day 15 of June 2024 my mother passed away at 92 yrs old and every time i see TRUE video from HUMAN LEAGUE i cry because life is full of happiness and sadness at the same time.
Spandau Ballet had a natural progression from New Romantic to sophisti-pop. Garry Kemp, the bands guitarist and songwriter (yet on piano in ithis clip) wrote the song for his friend and unrequited love interest, Scottish singer and actress Clare Grogan. Tony Hadley brings the foghorn vocals. Check out their songs "Gold" and "Only when you leave"
I was 17 when this came out. Clearly remember this time for the good and the bad. Spandau Ballet has a lot of really good songs. They were in many ways different from many of the other 80s songs.
Even though they were a kinda soft rock band their name has dark and eerie roots. Spandau was a prison that was located on the outskirts of Berlin. When World War 2 ended the allies took control of the prison and used it to house the Nazi war criminals that were sentenced from the various trials held in Nuremberg. Some of the executions, for those sentenced to death, were carried out at Spandau Prison and the method used was hanging. When a prisoner was hanged his legs would jerk and twitch. American GI's, who were the executioners, would call this the Spandau Ballet. Spandau Prison was demolished in 1987 when it's last inmate, Rudolph Hess, died in custody. He was the last Nazi of Hitler's inner circle who was still incarcerated. He was the sole occupant of Spandau Prison from 1966 until his death in 1987.
When you first showed that you recognized the song I thought you were going to refer to “the wedding singer” the Adam Sandler movie. This was one of many eighties songs . Always good to have you react to great music!!! Thank you always!!!!
This band and song was big in the UK, and you are quite right in that for the school prom, or disco, they would often play this song last. Tony Hadley is just a great vocalist within a great band. One song that would often get played when the prom / disco was in full swing is another of their songs called Gold. It is possible you could have heard this song somewhere, but is well worth a reaction.
Oh yeah- PM Dawn also sampled this song. That's another good, nostalgic song and also a 90's R&B hit. Anyway, Spandau is classic. One of the bands that ruled the 80's. Saturday morning, waking up in a clean flat- ready for the day/weekendand this song in the background. This is what I always think about when I hear this song.
It's not plagiarism, but it sure is lack of musical talent, creativity, and laziness. It's not about integrity as a so called "artist?, It's about quick 💵💵💵💵💵 with the least amount of effort for everyone involved! It's 🐂💩.
Steve Buscemi anyone..? lol Span-dau Ballet The "dau" has the same vowel sound as "cow". I'm also gonna throw out Spandau Ballet, through the barricades for a future reaction.
My special category of music that I love is romantic decadent music. It's so romantic that it is decadent to the point that it is about the obsession of being in love and the atmosphere around that condition. There's a whole list of music artists that have that obsession of love and most of these songs reside in the 1980s and 1990s.
Movies 🎥 16 Candles 🕯 starring Molly Ringwald in 1984. The Wedding 💒 Singer has an excerpt. Written by Gary Kemp. Classic 🙌 1980s pop ballad. In the video he is on piano 🎹. But, in concert and in the studio 🎙 he was on guitar 🎸. Jess Bailey was on piano 🎹 in the studio and on tour in early days of Spandau Ballet. Martin Kemp, younger brother of Gary, on bass guitar 🎸. He was married to Shirlie Hollliman, who was a backing singer for Wham! You can see them in the music video 📹 Last Christmas 🎄. Steve Norman on saxophone 🎷 John Keeble on drums 🥁. Tony Hadley on lead vocals. Samples. You are right ✅. Before that in 1991, PM Dawn used a sample for a song 🎵. Backstreet Boys had a sample: ain't nothing but a heartache 💔 matched the descending piano scale of True. Suggested video 📹: 1 PM Dawn performs Set Adrift on Memory Bliss 2 Spandau Ballet performs Highly Strung.
Can anyone say 'copyright infringement'? These newbies not only don't know the music of the original artists, THEY CAN'T EVEN PRONOUNCE THEIR NAME CORRECTLY - LOL. This was an eighties anthem, used in so many film soundtracks and on MTV for a long while. "Span-DOW" like the Dow Jones Industrial Average - from Spandau Prison, in Berlin Germany.
The term “Spandau ballet” originated in World War 1, when the German biplane pilots fired the (rotary firing) Spandau machine gun. They said that the bullets danced around like a ballet, and Allied pilots adopted the term “Spandau ballet” for the spiralling pattern of bullets coming towards them. The WW2 term came 35-plus years later.
This song is a classic by "Span-dow" Ballet and it was joy to watch your reaction and revelation of it being sampled. Seeing you surrender to the joy and happiness that it exudes was mesmerizing. I have a couple of songs for you to check out from a band headed up by one of be best rock era guitarists, the late great Jeff Beck. This album, "Jeff Beck Group" was released in 1972 and two cuts to check out are: "Sugar Cane" and "Ice Cream Cakes" you choose. I would love to see you be the first to react to either of these songs. No one has touched them yet. Thank you for your joy and happiness, Britt. Forever a fan.
Why I subscribed to your channel is not because I love your reactions as it brings me to a smile but because of your wide range of true quality music stored in your bright mind…keep smiling that beautiful smile and take care out there😉
The style of dress is "New Romantic" which was counter culture to Punk which was counter culture to rock n roll. Britain was and has long been a hot bed of cultural, fashion and musical innovation.
PM Dawn also samples this for Set Adrift on Memory Bliss, which is also worth a listen. The bands sound has evolved over time should check out the tracks: To Cut A Long Story Short, Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On), Gold, Through the Barricades
Tony Hadley got some serious pipes, now that guy can really sing. In the 80s it was known as the slow set at the end of the night. It gave you a chance to get up close and smoochy with your lady.......
Span DOW rhyming with COW. It was the name of a German Concentration Camp in World War 2. While you were performing it kept showing the identical twins on split screen at the end.
Spandau is a part of Berlin (City in Germany) - the britsh manager had to find another band name and saw a poster "Rudolf Hess (architect & Nazi villan) dances Spandau Ballet - alone" - kind of a cruelty, because Rudolf Hess was a single, isolated prisoner (in Spandau close to the Citadel) until he died decades after the war ended.
Your explanation of that song by Lloyd is exactly why us Gen Xers complain about "modern music." It seems like songcraft now is just about finding a good sample from an old original song, and just building around it. It's one thing to cover a great song, but it's another thing just to rip it off.
Agreed. But also modern music is about as least diverse as it’s ever been. And yet we’re being told it’s all about diversity now. The 70s 80s and 90s was twice as diverse as the industry is now. All lies.
I totally agree. Im not against sampling when it’s done in a creative way, but way too many modern pop songs just take the melody and change NOTHING. I guess the one good thing is the original artist ideally gets to claim royalties for it (assuming they don’t have to go to court over it, in which case the original band would win anyway). I just hate the lack of creativity today.
It's tough when the industry tries not to promote actual talent when they can make money with drivel. Sure, there has always been low-calorie filler songs, but when musicians had to be masters of their instruments even the stinker songs were better than the overly-produced, hyper technically manipulated soul-less music we get now.
For example, Dave Grohl made the first Foo Fighters album by playing all of the instrumental parts himself. That is an amazing/superhuman feat, but an example of something that needs to be valued by the industry so that it doesn't disappear.
We Boomers feel the same! The 60’s/70’s/80’s songs were lyrically, musically, productively superior.
Theres no originality nowadays😒
The egregious sampling that started in the 90s bugs me. It is one thing to like a song and do a cover of it in your own style, but many were just lifting melodies and rhythms from songs as if it was their own. So many young people have gone through their lives thinking 'artists' they liked came up with these great sounds, when they were actually lifted from other songs. It is not until they stumble across the original that they realize what happened.
Songs have always been sampled and covered for several decades. Even the 50’s music used samples from early songs from the 1920’s.
Yeah, hope there's a way to let younger folks express themselves, but there's no replacement for being the actual creator of something rather than just an inheritor. Dig deep within themselves and find something new that makes all of excited to hear it!
For all of us to be excited about. Beyond music this goes to design fields as well. We used to reference and transform...not copy and hope no one has the memory of the original. No hate...it's just such a missed opportunity for people to tap into themselves instead of collecting things other people created.
Ugh, shut up. All those oldschool musicians you worship, often lifted a shitload of riffs and interpolations from songs before them. And because of artists sampling older tracks, the new gen gets up on the old gems, so the flame of the classics gets passed on. Maybe get off your high horse and try being a bit less sour and give credit where credit is due 🙄
This came out in 1983 and it is still a beautiful song. Tony Hadley can sing anything. He still performs. Sade ( the english singer) designed their outfit
The Sade bit is new to me. I didn't know she was a designer. Thanks for the knowledge.
the reason your recognising so many of these songs is because artists over the last 20 to 30 years don't come up with original material especially R&B and RAP artists they just sample and as a younger lady that's the version you've heard. its great seeing your reaction when you recognised the original song
so true scavengers
No matter how many times I hear True I can’t help but sing along! Same with their song Gold.
Gold is an epic drunken pub sing along
Yeah, agreed. Love Gold too! "Communication" is also awesome.
Spandau Ballet were huge in the UK and only crossed over to the USA with this #4 hit. They were a big part of the early-'80s "New Romantic" musical movement in England. Psychedelic rappers P.M. Dawn took this sample all the way to #1 Pop with their "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" back around 1991.
And to English speakers, the correct pronunciation sounds like spawn-dow (or spon-dow, depending on how one speaks, emphasis on dow not on spawn).
@@xzonia1I'm from UK and always pronounced it Span dow (as in the Dow Jones).
@@pamelariker5525 Sorry, I was giving American English pronunciation. The first syllable has more of an o sound to it, like how we say spawn. Span has an a sound the way we talk. And yes, I meant dow as in how the Dow Jones is pronounced. :)
I am 80 years younger, I don't listen to much new "music. I listen mainly classic and metal music. Much better musicians. Please find some 60 to 80's music from War. Just pick something, they always put out good songs. You already heard Ozzy, try Iron Maiden, Dio, and my favorite Kamelot.
Big in Europe
This band was 80s royalty every time you hear it you think of movies too and dances
A little history for you; Spandau {spand dow[ prison is in Germany where they housed the top nazi criminals after WW2. After each execution the top guard there used to dance, or ballet to show how happy he was.
Good fact to know but I don't really think the band named themselves after that .
It just sounded like a cool name for a band in the 80's .
Are you an English history buff interested in Nazi history like a lot of Brits are who f!ckin hate the Germans ?
That's in the past learn to move on.
Schade !
this song is a part of Genx genetic code. It has a memory or feeling associated with it for virtually all of us.
Span-dow-ballet
If this ain't proof of what truly works; many recent artists seem to fall back to the 70's 80's music to boost their careers. If you can't make good music yourself, just cover an oldie that is timeless. Most times, covers rarely stack up to the original .
This was called the romantic period and all the bands dressed well and produced exceptional work. Spandau Ballet were exceptional, this and Gold are considered their top songs but others are also fantastic. The singer is Tony Hadley and is still singing today and his voice is still brilliant.
Don't forget sexy as hell!
George Michael - Praying For Time
George Michael - A Different Corner
George Michael - Kissin a Fool
A large percentage of popular music artists are simply sampling a prior musician’s creative work. The artist may add a beat or background sound effect, but the melody comes from the musician.
Yes because they don't have the talent to do something original.
This song came out when I was in middle school and it absolutely was one of the definitive slow dances!
The name Spandau Ballet is from the Spandau prison where Nazi war criminals were held. The changing of the guard became known as the Spandau Ballet
Where the prison was is now a shopping centre
Worse than that..The term is thought to refer to the many prisoners who hanged at Spandau - and whose bodies 'twitched and jumped on the end of a rope' as if dancing.
It actually refers to the twitching movement of Nazi war criminals that were hanged at the Spandau prison, although there is also the possibility that it even goes back to WWI and those Allied soldiers shot by the Spandau MG42 machine while caught in barbed wire.
Hmm, spandau is also a machine gun.
Wrong. The term “Spandau ballet” originated in World War 1, when the German biplane pilots fired the (rotary firing) Spandau machine gun. They said that the bullets danced around like a ballet, and Allied pilots adopted the term “Spandau ballet” for the spiralling pattern of bullets coming towards them. The WW2 term came 35-plus years later.
The guy who wrote the song Gary Kemp playing piano played Whitney Houston manager in bodyguard
Amazing song!!!☝🏽☝🏽🥰🥰😍😍❤️
I can confirm this was standard for the high school dances 👍😉
More reason to argue that so many of today's music is unoriginal and resorts to ripping off hooks from songs from past decades. And today's generation thinks these are original hooks. Without making it abundantly clear these songs are built around sampling from another artist's work is just creative theft, even if they pay royalties, allowing listeners to believe it is an original work is creative theft.
It's 80's SophistiPop and no one did it Better than Spandau Ballet.. Other 80's SophistiPop bands are Swing Out Sister, Blow Monkeys, ABC, Sade, Everything But the Girl, Style Coucil & Bryan Ferry.
I'd say most of the artists you mentioned did Sophisti-pop as well as Spandau Ballet, particularly Sade, Style Council, Everything but the girl.
Also Simply Red, The Blue Nile, Level 42
This is the REAL version and so much better. Spandau Ballet were a big time original band in the 80'and far from cheesy and i wonder what they are going to say about most of today's crap in 40 years.
my favourite track of theirs is THROUGH THE BARRICADES, 👍👍
I agree.
This the original from this London band from the 80s 😎
It was in at least two movies…16 Candles, and Sky High with Kurt Russell
Also HOT TUB TIME MACHINE and THE WEDDING SINGER
He is one of the only singers that can pull off the breathy vocals.
AND HE F ING NAILED IT!!!!
if you like breathy vocals try Miss Angelina Jordan
I always loved this song
Couple skate....couple skate only! If you know, you know.
😂 Wow! That took me back to high school.
That is so 1980s, oh to be a teenager again...
Let's do 'Old Days', Chicago.
I love a good sax solo.
The facial expression at 7:08 is insane, makes me wonder if that’s your „Oh face“ 😂
"Through the Barricades" is another great one from them.
My favourite.
THANK YOU! I heard this a long time ago (not really THAT long ago) and I LOVED IT! What a WONDERFUL song to dance to! THANKS AGAIN!
Glad you enjoyed it
I think My parents "Mated" with this song cos I was born in 1984. I love this song as a child.
Part of a wave of music called the New Romantics, alongside Roxy Music/Brian Ferry…one of the pillars of the 80’s Alt sound.
Seems Britt just found the perfect karaoke song for her great voice.
Running out of music? NEVER! You don't go back very far these days. Try 'The Man the with Child in his eyes' (Kate Bush), 'Without You' (Nillson), 'Yesterday' (Beatles), 'Soldier Blue' Buffy St Marie, 'It's over' (Roy Orbison), 'Angie' (Rolling Stones), 'Spirit in the Sky' (Norman Greenbaum), 'I won't let the show go on' (Leo Sayer), 'Giving it all away' (Roger Daltrey, vocals the Who), 'Jolene' (Ray LaMontagne - not the same as Dolly's!), and that's just the bangers off the top of my head..........
PM Dawn also sampled this for Set Adrift on Memory Bliss. Great band, you should check them out.
THAT is the song I was trying to remember as Britt was talking about Lloyd's song "You"!
And, yes, she should react to "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" now that she has heard "True".
Agreed great sample ✌️💗
@@KevinSchmitt77 😆😆You too ?
I think Tony Hadley was actually in their Music video towards the end of this song. Not sure he voiced the backup sample though, but the recording does sound cleaner than the original.
PM Dawn - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss, just took this song and added a bassline. Also the lead singer had a cameo in PM Dawn's music video.
Just bc it's excepted, doesn't mean he didn't do anything wrong lol in fact lots of 90s hip-hop singers just stole so much from artists . Sad , i mean they could have at least gave them credit
I mean, they can't just rip them off. They had to pay Spandau Ballet to use their music (and I'm sure get permission) otherwise, it's a lawsuit.
@samjohnson7869 not exactly true, there's some people who do but theres alot that say they just sample it and it's ok. I mean dr. Dre never paid David McCallum anything for use of " the edge " when they used it in " The Next Episode " bc he talked crap about Dre until the day he passed lol
Accepted. Excepted would refer to an exception. Example would be: Everyone on the bus.. except you two!
Accept(ed) - means to receive something (usually willingly).
Examples include : I accept your proposal. The offer was accepted. He accepted a plea bargain.
Your welcome. This is why in America we have to teach English to HS students who've spent years using the language (incorrectly). No child left behind.
@musicloverchiefsfan5410 wow , smart man 😆 🤣 u , r, a genius 👏 u feel good about yourself ball licker? This get u through the day ? I hope so
Friend of mine was in a Spandau Ballet tribute act and Tony Hadley came on stage with them to sing this. Apparently a superb, nice guy.
Everything old is new again
Britt the best way I can explain how the last of Spandau sounds is the au sounds like ou in ouch.
Great New Romantic band from the 80s who self destructed by the end of the decade. You should definitely react to "Gold" next.
Thank you for reacting to the original. Bought back wonderful memories of me at a dance with a special someone. 🥲
Possibly the catchiest song ever!
I'm an older guy and this is one of my favorite songs. Thanks for turning me on to Lloyd.
Watch these guys when they first started as new romantics, plenty of tartan clothing on show. The song is " To cut a long story short"
Love early Spandau Ballet. The drama was fabulous!
My favourite band from the New Romantics era/genre.
You pronounced it correctly the first time: SPAN-DOW ballet
Bill Murray on SNL used to do an act that mocked lounge singers which I think was the term you were looking for when you said they were like singers on a cruise.
Absolutely wonderful song. I thought we were going to see a PDC award for it.
Ty for enjoying my teen years
Spandau Ballet had a song for every stage of the school dance. Those guys knew what they were doing
ooo that hair is ❤🔥. SB is iconic 80's but every time I hear those cords it reminds me of PM Dawn - Set A Drift On Memory Bliss at the same time. Another song that should blow your mind is Kate Bush - This Woman's Work.
Love your reaction. So real and heart warming. 💕🥰
It was my teen years 53 in two days from now 25th ! Love 40s-90s music!
In the day 15 of June 2024 my mother passed away at 92 yrs old and every time i see TRUE video from HUMAN LEAGUE i cry because life is full of happiness and sadness at the same time.
But Human league didn't sing true,so how can you see the video ?
I agree , Human League never did this song , it was always Spandau Ballet lol
Sorry about your lovely Mum but this song has nothing to do with the Group ,The Human League.
She would probably love America, 'You Can Do Magic'
When they drop that first "Magic" ....... so good
I wore out two cassettes rewinding and playing this song over and over and over. 🤣🤣🤣
Spandau Ballet had a natural progression from New Romantic to sophisti-pop.
Garry Kemp, the bands guitarist and songwriter (yet on piano in ithis clip) wrote the song for his friend and unrequited love interest, Scottish singer and actress Clare Grogan.
Tony Hadley brings the foghorn vocals.
Check out their songs "Gold" and "Only when you leave"
I can give Gold a miss, but now I really want to hear Only When You Leave!
I was 17 when this came out. Clearly remember this time for the good and the bad. Spandau Ballet has a lot of really good songs. They were in many ways different from many of the other 80s songs.
If you like this 80s sound try some Erasure, Chains of Love or Give a Little Respect.
Fabulous song!! Have always loved it. His voice is great!!😊
Spandau ballet could sue him if Marvin Gaye's estate won against blurred lines
Gary Kemp will certainly be getting royalties from the R&B guy
@@PjRjHj yes, hopefully all who use true go through the proper channels
With a thrill in my head, and a pill on my tongue......
You're my FAVORITE YOU TUBER for song reaction!! No.#1💥👍♥🤩
The next song by Spandau Ballet should be GOLD. Awesome!!!
The Prom song of the 80’s.
My prom played strip club music from the 80's.
One of the Best songs of the 80's a masterpiece that oozes Class
Even though they were a kinda soft rock band their name has dark and eerie roots. Spandau was a prison that was located on the outskirts of Berlin. When World War 2 ended the allies took control of the prison and used it to house the Nazi war criminals that were sentenced from the various trials held in Nuremberg. Some of the executions, for those sentenced to death, were carried out at Spandau Prison and the method used was hanging. When a prisoner was hanged his legs would jerk and twitch. American GI's, who were the executioners, would call this the Spandau Ballet. Spandau Prison was demolished in 1987 when it's last inmate, Rudolph Hess, died in custody. He was the last Nazi of Hitler's inner circle who was still incarcerated. He was the sole occupant of Spandau Prison from 1966 until his death in 1987.
Had a crush on Tony Hadley back in the day.
When you first showed that you recognized the song I thought you were going to refer to “the wedding singer” the Adam Sandler movie. This was one of many eighties songs . Always good to have you react to great music!!! Thank you always!!!!
I remember that dance.. wasn't at prom. A small smokey, dimley lit tavern she worked at after closing.. just the two of us.. unforgettable
That description truly touched my heart ❤️
Dolly making another cameo appearance. True!
Was 20 when this came out in 83. Memories of cruising to the radio in my 73 Roadrunner. Great times.
I love when the music gets inside you (even corny music) and you really enjoy yourself. I do love this song. Great job Britt!
Spandau Ballet iconic classic 80s another song you could do is 'Gold' ❤
In the 80s the slow dance songs at the end of the night at the disco were called the election selection
This song got played a lot in the UK
tony hadley, quality vocals from the 8s
This band and song was big in the UK, and you are quite right in that for the school prom, or disco, they would often play this song last. Tony Hadley is just a great vocalist within a great band.
One song that would often get played when the prom / disco was in full swing is another of their songs called Gold. It is possible you could have heard this song somewhere, but is well worth a reaction.
PM Dawn also sampled this song for his hit "Set Adrift On Memories Bliss"
Oh yeah- PM Dawn also sampled this song. That's another good, nostalgic song and also a 90's R&B hit.
Anyway, Spandau is classic. One of the bands that ruled the 80's.
Saturday morning, waking up in a clean flat- ready for the day/weekendand this song in the background. This is what I always think about when I hear this song.
I still don't understand how sampling is not plagiarism?
I think as long as they give writing credit they can do it
It's not plagiarism, but it sure is lack of musical talent, creativity, and laziness. It's not about integrity as a so called "artist?, It's about quick 💵💵💵💵💵 with the least amount of effort for everyone involved! It's 🐂💩.
You were right about it being a pretty regular last dance back in the 80s. In fact it might have been responsible for a number of PDC issues later 😅
Steve Buscemi anyone..? lol
Span-dau Ballet
The "dau" has the same vowel sound as "cow".
I'm also gonna throw out Spandau Ballet, through the barricades for a future reaction.
That song was also sampled by a hip hop band back inntje day PM Dawn "set a drift". Beautiful rap song. No cursing, just poetry.
My special category of music that I love is romantic decadent music. It's so romantic that it is decadent to the point that it is about the obsession of being in love and the atmosphere around that condition. There's a whole list of music artists that have that obsession of love and most of these songs reside in the 1980s and 1990s.
All this beautiful melody, and a shout-out to Marvin Gaye into the bargain? I'm so here for it....🙂
Movies 🎥 16 Candles 🕯 starring Molly Ringwald in 1984. The Wedding 💒 Singer has an excerpt.
Written by Gary Kemp. Classic 🙌 1980s pop ballad.
In the video he is on piano 🎹. But, in concert and in the studio 🎙 he was on guitar 🎸. Jess Bailey was on piano 🎹 in the studio and on tour in early days of Spandau Ballet.
Martin Kemp, younger brother of Gary, on bass guitar 🎸. He was married to Shirlie Hollliman, who was a backing singer for Wham! You can see them in the music video 📹 Last Christmas 🎄.
Steve Norman on saxophone 🎷 John Keeble on drums 🥁. Tony Hadley on lead vocals.
Samples. You are right ✅. Before that in 1991, PM Dawn used a sample for a song 🎵.
Backstreet Boys had a sample: ain't nothing but a heartache 💔 matched the descending piano scale of True.
Suggested video 📹: 1 PM Dawn performs Set Adrift on Memory Bliss 2 Spandau Ballet performs Highly Strung.
Can anyone say 'copyright infringement'? These newbies not only don't know the music of the original artists, THEY CAN'T EVEN PRONOUNCE THEIR NAME CORRECTLY - LOL. This was an eighties anthem, used in so many film soundtracks and on MTV for a long while. "Span-DOW" like the Dow Jones Industrial Average - from Spandau Prison, in Berlin Germany.
The term “Spandau ballet” originated in World War 1, when the German biplane pilots fired the (rotary firing) Spandau machine gun. They said that the bullets danced around like a ballet, and Allied pilots adopted the term “Spandau ballet” for the spiralling pattern of bullets coming towards them. The WW2 term came 35-plus years later.
This song is a classic by "Span-dow" Ballet and it was joy to watch your reaction and revelation of it being sampled. Seeing you surrender to the joy and happiness that it exudes was mesmerizing. I have a couple of songs for you to check out from a band headed up by one of be best rock era guitarists, the late great Jeff Beck. This album, "Jeff Beck Group" was released in 1972 and two cuts to check out are: "Sugar Cane" and "Ice Cream Cakes" you choose. I would love to see you be the first to react to either of these songs. No one has touched them yet. Thank you for your joy and happiness, Britt. Forever a fan.
Why I subscribed to your channel is not because I love your reactions as it brings me to a smile but because of your wide range of true quality music stored in your bright mind…keep smiling that beautiful smile and take care out there😉
Welcome aboard!
Sounds like a backhanded compliment
Classic slow jam of this era
Listening to Marvin, all night long
The style of dress is "New Romantic" which was counter culture to Punk which was counter culture to rock n roll.
Britain was and has long been a hot bed of cultural, fashion and musical innovation.
PM Dawn also samples this for Set Adrift on Memory Bliss, which is also worth a listen.
The bands sound has evolved over time should check out the tracks: To Cut A Long Story Short, Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On), Gold, Through the Barricades
Tony Hadley got some serious pipes, now that guy can really sing.
In the 80s it was known as the slow set at the end of the night. It gave you a chance to get up close and smoochy with your lady.......
The line, "Listening to Marvin, all night long," was a nod to Marvin Gaye. Lead singer Gary Kemp was a huge Marvin Gaye fan.
Span DOW rhyming with COW. It was the name of a German Concentration Camp in World War 2.
While you were performing it kept showing the identical twins on split screen at the end.
PM Dawn also sampled this in the 90’s with their smash hit “Set Adrift On Memory Bliss”. Check it out.
Spandau is a part of Berlin (City in Germany) - the britsh manager had to find another band name and saw a poster "Rudolf Hess (architect & Nazi villan) dances Spandau Ballet - alone" - kind of a cruelty, because Rudolf Hess was a single, isolated prisoner (in Spandau close to the Citadel) until he died decades after the war ended.