Tony Hadley and Martin Kemp sit down and listen to their hit "True" and discuss the process in making the song as they go Behind The Vinyl. Follow boom online: boom973.com / boom973 boom973t... / boom973toronto
1983 was a very dark year in my life. I was in high school battling depression and drug abuse. It would be another 2 years to overcome my addictions, and nearly another 20 years to overcome the depression. This is an amazing song. Never got sick of it, still love it today. Today I have a wife and 2 kids, still clean and depression free. Last year on one of my trips, ( I drive a school bus) I had this playing on the bus radio, and I could hear 2 or 3 girls in the back singing along to this. Only goes to show, a great song will transcend time and generations.
@@gav240z I am not too entirely sure. It wasn't counseling or anything like that,over time I became less depressed, and one day I realized that I was no longer carrying that burden.
@@richardburdick9430 glad to hear it. I think a multitude of things can cause it. It seems in life when things are going well. They go well. When things go bad, they keep going bad. They say that as you get older you tend to become happier. They also say that 30s-40s can be a difficult time. Part of it may be explained through friendships drifting apart but being rekindled in 50s/60s. I guess when kids leave home and you have more free time?
@@gav240z I don't know about the empty nest thing, as I have a 30 year old autistic step daughter from my wife's 1st ,and one biological in middle school. I guess I feel like fatherhood has fulfilled me more.
Fucking spot on, how it was before CD’s, Streaming, etc. the whole deal of looking at the album artwork, lyrics, where it was recorded, etc. it was an experience, borrowing albums, etc.
I’m proud to be the age I am today for that very reason. To hear these songs on the radio or MTV, I couldn’t wait to get to the record store and spend my coins on a 7”. Fucking great time to be alive. He may not be the nostalgic type but I am.
And it's like that again now! It's full circle! LP's aren't going anywhere, vinyl is here to stay no matter how "advanced" or "so called advanced" technology gets! The redbook CD standard takes the "depth" and "soul" out of the music! And MP3 is even worse! Convenient as hell, but sonically uninteresting and dull! Thank god for the analog resurgence!
Back when I was 15, I cycled a 10 mile round trip to buy this masterpiece. On the last half mile, I turned a corner and a gust of wind blew the record bag, which was hanging on my handlebars, into the front wheel of my bike and broke my new purchase in half. I was obviously devastated. The following week, I found enough money to do the cycle trip again back to the shop, but this time I bought the 12" single, and was more careful getting it home! I still have that record today, with all my other records I bought in my youth and, believe me, they sound just as good today as they did back in the 80's. With a decent record deck they can actually sound alot better than the CD equivalent.
Tony Hadley is so right. Part of the magic as a kid was saving up to buy a record, get it home and put it on the turn table. And just sit there and look inside, all the details. Today's generation I don't think 'get it' and to be fair that's no fault of theirs, it is just the way the industry has changed into streaming. Plus music is so plastic nowadays. Also, although I'm into hard rock and the Pistols, I always loved Span. I never ever told my mates, I would have been mocked so badly, but I got the chance to see them in 2015 and it was just magical for me. That this band was so influential also, part of the New Romantic genre with DD. As a very young boy these are memories I'll forever cherish. Buying 'Dynasty' and 'Pyromania' are the first record I ever got. Still have them too. I just wish the band did not go through all the legal fights, cos they reformed but again have split. Shit happens to the really great bands too much.
I’m s nostalgia freak. When I hear this song I’m taken straight back to the summer of 1983, and my family was at a community picnic at a state park. My sister brought her mini-boom box and had this song recorded off the player, as people did back then (that was how we got our music then). And she played this song on the way home. Every time I hear this at the supermarket, on Sirius, whenever...I sing it. Loudly. What a beautiful song and memory
My mom had the 45 of this song. She would put it on and hit memory repeat on the record player and listen to it non-stop for 5-6 hours! It was a great song then, and its a great song now.
jayscoding2 They‘re not talking to Tony any longer since he left in 2017. They said on TV that he wasn‘t welcome anymore. Martin made some vile comments about his old friend. The had a new singer in 2018, but he was sacked by Gary. The boy himself heard the news from Martin on the tele. Steve was not pretty amused about all this. So relations are pretty much cooled down at this moment.
Me and my school friend Nigel were mad pop fans on a limited budget, so he'd listen to what I bought and I'd listen to what he bought. That's how I first heard 'True' the LP. Now I own three copies: one vinyl, two CDs. When Nigel moved to Australia a few years ago he gave me his Spandau 45s because he knew I'd love them and look after them. He was right.
This is one of the best songs of the 1980's and that decade was known for great music. It's a very honest song. There is no pretense. It's just a relaxing, beautiful, happy song.
This song saved my life then and is still saving it today and it's means a lot to me 4 my mental health and physical well being the SO THANK YOU SPANDAU BALLET😍😍😍😗😗😗😗😗😗😗😙😙😙😙😙😙
Tony hadley: "yeah mate we used to buy records and look at all the writing on the cover and yeah it was good chat I'm not too nostalgic bout it tho" Tony Hadley fans: "looking at the liners of a freshly pressed vinyl was like a right of passage for the youth and that sense of belonging and kinship with these pertinent albums of history shaped and molded these generations more so than anything else happening at the time. Sometimes I pull out my first vinyl and weep for three days straight as I remember the joy and exuberance of my youthful attention poring over these works. The youth of today have nothing like this to hold them steadfast against the weather's of life, society and modern day slavery. It is no suprise to me that we struggle deeply with mental illness in these following generations. Vinyl records and the ritualistic means of consuming them is the only tried and test form of antidepressant. We need to go back to our roots as the human race and embrace vinyl once again"
Yeah well you know, boomers be booming. Xers be x'ing. (i'm X but late, i only knew cassettes and cd's and then mp3s happened and well..i haven't bought a physical album in 20 years now) Older generations always want to think their generation and youth was best. It'll never change. Zoomers in 40 years will be like "look at this shit, not one single cellphone in the crowd, what a shame... people used to have to hold this physical thing in their hands to record their experiences of life, now it's all recorded straight from your retina in your memory bank and there's really something that's been lost when we lost that physical link to technology, younger generations will never know the thrill of going home and having to upload your shitty quality video on the internet to show everyone you'd been to that show., hell people dont even have to go to shows anymore, they can stream it directly from some android proxy as if they were physically there, the whole physical proximity, the thrill of experiencing something with others is lost, we really lived in the best time but now it's gone forever."
Tony sat in with our band at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas and sang an Elvis tune with our band, to this day he remains one of my favorite singers ever! What a great voice and nice guy! :)
You see, when you think about it, its the small pleasures that can make a moment in life.....I am so happy that I was part of that equation. Great times! Great song!
Nostalgic for the 80s and when life was simpler. This song takes me back. I still listen to it in my car and just drive. I was 8 in 83. 44 now, I miss the good ole days.
True and Especially " Code of Love " meant the world to me . Now at 55 , I still play Code of Love like I'm hearing it for the first time ! That is such a beautiful song ❤🙏🏾🔥🔥🔥 You guys " Thanks ! " ❤👍🏾✌🏾
Summer-Fall 1983 I was 16 with a '67 Mustang cruising around with the cutest girl in my neighborhood listening to this song , these are things you never forget
This song always takes me back to every high school dance in the 80s. Even though I never got to slow dance with the girl I fancied, I still remember those times. Those verses always hit me right in the heart, especially the second one.
The song is so timeless that it's been included in numerous movies ("Sixteen Candles" and "The Wedding Singer", to name a few), sampled by PM Dawn on "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss", and appeared on numerous 80's compilations. Indeed, a beautiful song!
Spandau Ballet, my all time favorite band, I became a drummer around that time (1983) and when I saw John Kebble using the Simmons SDSV electronic drums I said I got to have one of those and guess what! I got one in white too, still have it today, 35 years and counting.
It's the summer of 1983 and I am 15. I had joined a local gym and every day that summer, this would play on the gym radio. Hearing this brings me right back there. Awesome :)
In Grade 13 (Back when Ontario had Grade 13) This was the signal that the school dances were almost over, as this was either the last or second to last slow song...
Were you doing yoga or pilates? I cannot believe any human would pump iron to music like this. I like the song, but it just doesn't seem like a workout song.
Love spandau ballet in the eighties love them still now in2024. God i wished i went and saw them when they came to Melbourne. Never get that chance again because THEY'RE NOT SPEAKING!!😢
one more shinning example of a band that wandered outside their comfort zone and struck gold. i bought a ticket to the world, but now i’ve come back again... a lesson for all creatives. the thing is that this style of track gave certain membbers a lot of freedom to shine with their talents and they took full advantage of the opportunity (and recognized it as such)
See!! Now why can't they get along like this now (in 2021)?? Life's short and we're surrounded by something that makes it shorter; I wish they'd just get it together and find some common ground again!!
I remember the 80s video. I was around 20 when I came out. I remember liking it. They used to play them at the night clubs. Of all the songs, my most favourite Spandau Ballet song was “I’ll Fly For You”. It wasn’t even a great hit, but it was the song I gravitated towards.
I'm with Tony, I love the synth stuff. To cut a long story short, was fantastic because of the music genre when it came out. I loved all the riffs back then, and this was amazing yet so simple. i still love playing it. I know True was massive, but it was a bit middle of the road for me. good to see these two together.
I’m 31 and this song takes me back to MY childhood in the 90s because it was just as popular of a song then Hell, it’s popular now. I watched the music video for it just a week ago ;my first time watching.. those Kemp brothers were super hot then and still handsome now !!
So right Tony on radio now is a playlist same song same time everyday, back then it was the djs choice and the odd listener asking for something to be played .. happy times
Great format. Stumbled upon almost by accident. Perfekt Audio, the record player playing, opposite seats, these mics... and the guests. Awesome content. Should have much more subscribers and got another one from now on.
I love that they have no real idea how long their biggest hit by far really is! LOL but there are different versions. the video edit is 5:17, but the original creation was 6:30! I think the radio edit was right around 6.
Ahhh the new romantics movement. So much great music. I still love this song. It's like wrapping yourself up in a soft comfortable blanket and just sinking into it with reckless surrender.
One of the most beautiful songs ever written in history ..
Mikey' Michael agreed.
He went from a Cantina to a Jaguar. This much is true.
@@AquaCarb Fake news! It was a Cortina ;-)
Masterpiece.
1983 was a very dark year in my life. I was in high school battling depression and drug abuse. It would be another 2 years to overcome my addictions, and nearly another 20 years to overcome the depression. This is an amazing song. Never got sick of it, still love it today.
Today I have a wife and 2 kids, still clean and depression free. Last year on one of my trips, ( I drive a school bus) I had this playing on the bus radio, and I could hear 2 or 3 girls in the back singing along to this. Only goes to show, a great song will transcend time and generations.
How did you end up beating depression?
@@gav240z I am not too entirely sure. It wasn't counseling or anything like that,over time I became less depressed, and one day I realized that I was no longer carrying that burden.
@@richardburdick9430 glad to hear it. I think a multitude of things can cause it. It seems in life when things are going well. They go well. When things go bad, they keep going bad. They say that as you get older you tend to become happier. They also say that 30s-40s can be a difficult time. Part of it may be explained through friendships drifting apart but being rekindled in 50s/60s. I guess when kids leave home and you have more free time?
@@gav240z I don't know about the empty nest thing, as I have a 30 year old autistic step daughter from my wife's 1st ,and one biological in middle school. I guess I feel like fatherhood has fulfilled me more.
@@richardburdick9430 thanks for sharing. Good to know.
Fucking spot on, how it was before CD’s, Streaming, etc. the whole deal of looking at the album artwork, lyrics, where it was recorded, etc. it was an experience, borrowing albums, etc.
Exactly! Well said...
That’s why I love vinyl!
I’m proud to be the age I am today for that very reason. To hear these songs on the radio or MTV, I couldn’t wait to get to the record store and spend my coins on a 7”. Fucking great time to be alive. He may not be the nostalgic type but I am.
That's why I usually purchase Japanese (and sometimes Domestic) mini-LP papersleeve HD CDs. The best of both worlds. Works of aural and visual art.
And it's like that again now! It's full circle! LP's aren't going anywhere, vinyl is here to stay no matter how "advanced" or "so called advanced" technology gets! The redbook CD standard takes the "depth" and "soul" out of the music! And MP3 is even worse! Convenient as hell, but sonically uninteresting and dull! Thank god for the analog resurgence!
Back when I was 15, I cycled a 10 mile round trip to buy this masterpiece. On the last half mile, I turned a corner and a gust of wind blew the record bag, which was hanging on my handlebars, into the front wheel of my bike and broke my new purchase in half. I was obviously devastated. The following week, I found enough money to do the cycle trip again back to the shop, but this time I bought the 12" single, and was more careful getting it home! I still have that record today, with all my other records I bought in my youth and, believe me, they sound just as good today as they did back in the 80's. With a decent record deck they can actually sound alot better than the CD equivalent.
Wow!
That story is an inspiration for a short film. May I borrow it?
@@laurenduvall8547 I would love to see that!!
That’s fabulous!
Remember those days, our bikes took us to our dreams
Tony Hadley is so right. Part of the magic as a kid was saving up to buy a record, get it home and put it on the turn table. And just sit there and look inside, all the details. Today's generation I don't think 'get it' and to be fair that's no fault of theirs, it is just the way the industry has changed into streaming. Plus music is so plastic nowadays. Also, although I'm into hard rock and the Pistols, I always loved Span. I never ever told my mates, I would have been mocked so badly, but I got the chance to see them in 2015 and it was just magical for me. That this band was so influential also, part of the New Romantic genre with DD. As a very young boy these are memories I'll forever cherish. Buying 'Dynasty' and 'Pyromania' are the first record I ever got. Still have them too. I just wish the band did not go through all the legal fights, cos they reformed but again have split. Shit happens to the really great bands too much.
@@ULTIMATEPATCHES and it was so great to share with friends, it was an event or occasion in its own right.
Anyone still loving this tune in december 2019?
Absolutely!
case o beer and sing star
January 2020
Grew up listening to this band love them
also in January 2020
100% spot on. I would get a record and read it cover to cover while listening. I miss that.
Me too, I loved it. It was such a treat.
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Still do with cds
Same here
The glorious times of exploring albums, sleeves, lyrics, cover.... so good, a real treat
Spandau ballet is such a unique band, they really got their own sound.
True is one of the great ballads of the eighties and there were many.
This song came out at a good time in my LIFE as an emerging teen! Good memories.
One of the greatest songs ever written. Absolutely love the vibe between Tony and Martin, I could listen to the two of the nattering all night.
Martin Kemp is still a heartthrob! Love this session of them just remembering. 80s kids rule!
Nice to see Tony and Martin together again...great song!
Joe Candela This was recorded years before the break up in 2017.
This song has been my ringtone for at least 20 years. ♥️
FANTASTIC!
I’m s nostalgia freak. When I hear this song I’m taken straight back to the summer of 1983, and my family was at a community picnic at a state park. My sister brought her mini-boom box and had this song recorded off the player, as people did back then (that was how we got our music then). And she played this song on the way home. Every time I hear this at the supermarket, on Sirius, whenever...I sing it. Loudly.
What a beautiful song and memory
Great story
Love it!
My mom had the 45 of this song. She would put it on and hit memory repeat on the record player and listen to it non-stop for 5-6 hours! It was a great song then, and its a great song now.
Love how they have a good relationship with each other after all these years.
Things actually went pretty bad, I do not think everyone in the team gets on with each other famously.
I think they went to court about 15 years ago over the royalties/who wrote the songs. Looks like they’ve sorted it out now
Shit, I didn't know that...hope they got along now
jayscoding2 They‘re not talking to Tony any longer since he left in 2017. They said on TV that he wasn‘t welcome anymore. Martin made some vile comments about his old friend. The had a new singer in 2018, but he was sacked by Gary. The boy himself heard the news from Martin on the tele. Steve was not pretty amused about all this. So relations are pretty much cooled down at this moment.
I feel sorry for those who have never opened a vinyl record, smelled it, studied it from front to back while listening and hanging on to every note.
Me and my school friend Nigel were mad pop fans on a limited budget, so he'd listen to what I bought and I'd listen to what he bought. That's how I first heard 'True' the LP. Now I own three copies: one vinyl, two CDs. When Nigel moved to Australia a few years ago he gave me his Spandau 45s because he knew I'd love them and look after them. He was right.
This was song that was top of the charts the day I was born.
It's a great song that you never get tired of hearing it. It's a fuckin awesome song and vocals
Lovin it in 2020
Thanks spandau ballet for this we really enjoyed watching this
This is one of the best songs of the 1980's and that decade was known for great music. It's a very honest song. There is no pretense. It's just a relaxing, beautiful, happy song.
Actually, that decade is notorious as the worst of every decade from the sixties, haha!
This song saved my life then and is still saving it today and it's means a lot to me 4 my mental health and physical well being the SO THANK YOU SPANDAU BALLET😍😍😍😗😗😗😗😗😗😗😙😙😙😙😙😙
Keep strong my friend 👍💪🏆😘
Tony hadley: "yeah mate we used to buy records and look at all the writing on the cover and yeah it was good chat I'm not too nostalgic bout it tho"
Tony Hadley fans: "looking at the liners of a freshly pressed vinyl was like a right of passage for the youth and that sense of belonging and kinship with these pertinent albums of history shaped and molded these generations more so than anything else happening at the time. Sometimes I pull out my first vinyl and weep for three days straight as I remember the joy and exuberance of my youthful attention poring over these works. The youth of today have nothing like this to hold them steadfast against the weather's of life, society and modern day slavery. It is no suprise to me that we struggle deeply with mental illness in these following generations. Vinyl records and the ritualistic means of consuming them is the only tried and test form of antidepressant. We need to go back to our roots as the human race and embrace vinyl once again"
Yeah well you know, boomers be booming. Xers be x'ing. (i'm X but late, i only knew cassettes and cd's and then mp3s happened and well..i haven't bought a physical album in 20 years now)
Older generations always want to think their generation and youth was best. It'll never change. Zoomers in 40 years will be like "look at this shit, not one single cellphone in the crowd, what a shame... people used to have to hold this physical thing in their hands to record their experiences of life, now it's all recorded straight from your retina in your memory bank and there's really something that's been lost when we lost that physical link to technology, younger generations will never know the thrill of going home and having to upload your shitty quality video on the internet to show everyone you'd been to that show., hell people dont even have to go to shows anymore, they can stream it directly from some android proxy as if they were physically there, the whole physical proximity, the thrill of experiencing something with others is lost, we really lived in the best time but now it's gone forever."
Tony sat in with our band at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas and sang an Elvis tune with our band, to this day he remains one of my favorite singers ever! What a great voice and nice guy! :)
What Elvis tune was that? Curious!
Please upload that vid! He's amazing!
You see, when you think about it, its the small pleasures that can make a moment in life.....I am so happy that I was part of that equation. Great times! Great song!
Nostalgic for the 80s and when life was simpler. This song takes me back. I still listen to it in my car and just drive. I was 8 in 83. 44 now, I miss the good ole days.
Music is a time machine...You can listen to a song and it will instantly take You back in time..if only in Your memory. Good stuff!!
I agree 100%
Don’t be cruel guys to yourselves, love the video, it was so 80’s, you were gorgeous in those suits, perfection👌
Made it to your concert, Tony. Fun to look back and reminisce growing up in our 20's. Where has the time gone, lol?
Lovely song🎹🎼😎
I love this song - A timeless classic
That sax solo 🎷🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Awesome 35 years ago. Still awesome now
Spectacular tune. What a vocal performance.
Growing up as a little kid in the 80's, this is one of those songs that instantly brings Me back to those times when I hear it.
Spandau and True one of the 80s highlights and indeed the track that kept me stuck in the 80s.
True and Especially " Code of Love " meant the world to me .
Now at 55 , I still play Code of Love like I'm hearing it for the first time !
That is such a beautiful song ❤🙏🏾🔥🔥🔥 You guys " Thanks ! " ❤👍🏾✌🏾
I got the album when it came out. Tony, if your listening... I still love every song. Thank you, Spandau Ballet!
This is an interesting concept for a tv show
+david stanley agreed, so many bands/artists from that time could feature here
+PA28 Send them my way and we'll feature them. I'm the director/creator of the series.
wow, ok the list could be endless, Boy George, Chris and Neil PSB, Simon Le Bon, Bob Geldof, so many
This song meant something in million of people's hearts.
These gentlemen aged beautifully
Summer-Fall 1983 I was 16 with a '67 Mustang cruising around with the cutest girl in my neighborhood listening to this song , these are things you never forget
So many memories to this song. 🥰 Absolutely loved Spandu Ballet then & now.
This song always takes me back to every high school dance in the 80s. Even though I never got to slow dance with the girl I fancied, I still remember those times. Those verses always hit me right in the heart, especially the second one.
Well produced music never goes bad
I love them and this song Martin is such a silver fox. Can't believe he mentioned dm
I never thought I's see the day when a Spandau member would mention Depeche Mode
Actually was Tony who Brought DM up
The song is so timeless that it's been included in numerous movies ("Sixteen Candles" and "The Wedding Singer", to name a few), sampled by PM Dawn on "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss", and appeared on numerous 80's compilations. Indeed, a beautiful song!
I think it was featured in "Charlie's Angels" too.
@@57highland Yes, it was. "50 First Dates", the list goes on and on.
I have this on my classic ballad playlist. One of the greatest songs ever recorded.
YES! And Steve Norman on sax still makes me tingle!
Great song. Great time for music.
Iconic song. Brings me back.
Probably the first MTV video I had ever seen. These guys still look great 30+ years later!
Wow...what nice guys! Absolutely charming vibe to this story.
52 turning 53 sigh. Im not a sentimentalist but... this hit me in the heart when I was a kid. Every girl was beautiful to me with this song played
Spandau Ballet, my all time favorite band, I became a drummer around that time (1983) and when I saw John Kebble using the Simmons SDSV electronic drums I said I got to have one of those and guess what!
I got one in white too, still have it today, 35 years and counting.
It's the summer of 1983 and I am 15. I had joined a local gym and every day that summer, this would play on the gym radio. Hearing this brings me right back there. Awesome :)
I was 14... morning radio getting ready for school. It was the best.
In Grade 13 (Back when Ontario had Grade 13) This was the signal that the school dances were almost over, as this was either the last or second to last slow song...
Were you doing yoga or pilates? I cannot believe any human would pump iron to music like this. I like the song, but it just doesn't seem like a workout song.
@@darkstar6909 what was he supposed to do, shuffle his iPod? :)
Summer of 83 was good for music and memories! I was 9 and my sister and I listened to the radio all the time. Man, I miss those days
Love spandau ballet in the eighties love them still now in2024. God i wished i went and saw them when they came to Melbourne. Never get that chance again because THEY'RE NOT SPEAKING!!😢
Every song on this album was great! No filler at all. They really outdid themselves compared to their previous work!
Amazing song and great to see these 2 guys together again 🙂
Absolutely love this song. Timeless.
Martin Kemp is always beautiful
C C It‘s only the package, there‘s not much in it. No opinion of his own.
What a beautiful interview this is!!!! Oh my god. Incredible musicians and true artists. Thank you so much for your contribution.
one more shinning example of a band that wandered outside their comfort zone and struck gold. i bought a ticket to the world, but now i’ve come back again... a lesson for all creatives. the thing is that this style of track gave certain membbers a lot of freedom to shine with their talents and they took full advantage of the opportunity (and recognized it as such)
this is awesome!
*Here in 2020!*
🙋🏻♀️
This was my teenage years. Loved this and you two and Spandau Ballet.
See!! Now why can't they get along like this now (in 2021)?? Life's short and we're surrounded by something that makes it shorter; I wish they'd just get it together and find some common ground again!!
Tony Hadley has aged very well!
What, no love for Martin Kemp? 😉
Tony's gorgeous!
@@chiefscheider Nah! Maybe Martin joined the band because of his looks, but Tony has always been the pretty boy.
I love these stories.... Nothing like buying a vinyl records... I remember when some of them were like 7 US dollars!
Still love this song...Timeless!
I remember our 9th grade band played a version of this in spring concert.
True is so beautiful words and music. It’s my favorite song back in the eighties in high school to today 2020!
Una obra maestra se elegancia y clase, un clásico., y con la voz inigualable de Tony Hadley.
An Incredible and Extraordinary Master Piece of Art in the Industry of the Music.
Wow...just Awesome to see those 2 hanging Out:)
A legendary song; I used a portion of the ending as a ringtone for a while.
One of my favorite songs from the 80s
I absolutely love the video! It brings back a lot of memories and connects to critical points in my life.
80s memory music at its best. Shades of Roxy Music, so smooth, classy and cool. I wanted the suits they wore in the video!
My favorite 80s band..till now im still watching spandau ballet music videos,,
I remember the 80s video. I was around 20 when I came out. I remember liking it. They used to play them at the night clubs. Of all the songs, my most favourite Spandau Ballet song was “I’ll Fly For You”. It wasn’t even a great hit, but it was the song I gravitated towards.
I'm with Tony, I love the synth stuff. To cut a long story short, was fantastic because of the music genre when it came out. I loved all the riffs back then, and this was amazing yet so simple. i still love playing it.
I know True was massive, but it was a bit middle of the road for me.
good to see these two together.
Beautiful song I believe it was in the 80's when music was pretty sad.
Is very entertaining, to get the true meaning behind the tune, from the band!
I’m 31 and this song takes me back to MY childhood in the 90s because it was just as popular of a song then
Hell, it’s popular now.
I watched the music video for it just a week ago ;my first time watching.. those Kemp brothers were super hot then and still handsome now !!
So right Tony on radio now is a playlist same song same time everyday, back then it was the djs choice and the odd listener asking for something to be played .. happy times
Great format. Stumbled upon almost by accident. Perfekt Audio, the record player playing, opposite seats, these mics... and the guests. Awesome content. Should have much more subscribers and got another one from now on.
I LOVE the video!! 🥰
I love that they have no real idea how long their biggest hit by far really is! LOL but there are different versions. the video edit is 5:17, but the original creation was 6:30! I think the radio edit was right around 6.
One of my very favorite songs!
When a band make a song like that, they don't need to do anything else. We never get tired of it.
It’s wild that guys like this don’t listen to vinyl at home. It’s the best medium:) IMHO
Doug G They were a synth band, and CD was the freshest, coolest emerging music technology at the time when they made it big.
Nic Brown yeah I know ( I’m 50) but I’ve discovered vinyl is better:) I know these dudes ( British Invasion)
These guys have aged really well👍
Ahhh the new romantics movement. So much great music. I still love this song. It's like wrapping yourself up in a soft comfortable blanket and just sinking into it with reckless surrender.
Gorgeous production on this song...best of the 80s!!
Adoro essa música 🥰
This song makes me want to take a bubble bath.
I have this track on a 45, and I absolutely love it!
Oh that's AMAZING!
Lindos e talentosos