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SPARKS, un groupe fantastique!!!

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Did Ron & Russell ever meet Zappa? I’m pretty sure Zappa must have loved them.

I see Ron playing RMI Electra Pianos in the early videos. A very distinctive keyboard.

I love the new wave era Sparks and Mickey Mouse, Cool Places, Upstairs and Sextown USA often get stuck in my head. Great ear worms

When I was in high school I saw Sparks on Saturday Night Live and after hearing Ron describe Mickey Mouse, then hearing the song I went out and bought Angst in my Pants and I became the only kid in my high school who was into Sparks. I guess I was the only Kidd with good musical taste

It's 2023, 10 years after this was posted & Sparks are more relevant now than they have been in 30 plus years. Ten years from now they will be in their mid to late 80's, stay tuned!

12:03 Fue Giorgio⚡Moroder el padre del EDM que con su sonido NRG & Synthpop en 1979 cambia el sonido de los Rockeros Sparks... La electro de Moroder, Tangerine Dreams, Jean M. Jarre, Dan Lasckman, YMO, Schulze, Vangelis, Harold Faltermeyer, Martín Ware & Ian Craig, L.Tonet...y otros grandes productores de la época fueron los que evolucionaron la verdadera electro que sirvió de base para el desarrollo del EDM 80s: House, Techno, Synthpop, NRG, Freestyle, Italo, New Beat, Trance, Eurobeat...

Just be glad Sparks are on this planet. Great music makes life worth living. Thank you.

Now its been 50 years and 24 albums later.

Became a fan when I saw them in the 1975 movie “Roller Coster.”

Loved them in the 70s and 80s. Kinda lost track after that. So happy to see they are still alive and kicking. Must catch up on all the new doings

Fantastic! This is a nice pairing to complement the Edgar Wright doc I just saw on Netflix. This is excellent in its own right as well, ty

On September 7, 1973, I heard Moon Over Kentucky in a record store. Decided to buy Woofer right then. Took it home and nearly launched into space. It was beyond anything I had ever known. I simply couldn't believe it. And so was born one of the most intense Sparks lovers in Michigan.

I Still Remember the Unbelivibal Day when I Disco-vered THE SPARKS . In 1974, I was 5, I was watching the Famous French Music Pro-Glam sorry Program called MÉLODIE(melody in English) . I was with the 3 daughters of my Nurse( very Catholic Faùmily), All the Girls(the Younger One was 9 years old, the Older 12 or 13), They said "Oh shit, He looks like Hitler" and I answered "WWWOOOWWW, IT'S GREAT ! NNNNOOOO !!! LOOKED LIKE CHAPLIN !"(They were so New Wave, P,unk, New Romantic, a liitle bit Glam too, Rock'n'Roll, More English than English Themselves, No Style Defined but All the Style at the Same Time ..... and RON and RUSSEL MAËL still singing in Regular Concerts in 2021 !!!

Jimi Hendrix, Lena lovich, the muppets and so many others had to go to the UK to make it.

Fantastic work!

Absolutely AMAZING & intelligent, sassy & Ron's really funny. Bet they had loadsa Groupies!

I did a tfinal paper on the Velvet underground, & Lou Reed NY LP with a little Plastic Bertrand and Elvis Costello thrown in and my community college English professor thought I plagiarized it. Loved Sparks still have the half Nelson 45. Finally they just have been rewarded with a documentary and a career retrospective box set

This video led the way...

Merci pour ce merveilleux film qui me met en haleine avant de découvrir le film qu'Edgard Wright a fait sur les Sparks. Cela fait plus de 40 ans que je suis fascinée par ces deux gentlemans hors du commun et pourtant cela ne fait que récemment que je regarde les films sur eux sur youtube. KZbin m'a permis d'oublier que je ne pouvais plus aller au concert et les Sparks ont sû gérer cette pandémie avec beaucoup d'humour à la grande joie de leur fans. Vous avez raison de dire que ce groupe a été longtemps sous-estimé, mais ceux avec lesquels on les a injustement comparé T-Rex, Queens, ne sont plus là depuis longtemps, et ceux qui restent des années fin 60-70 se contentent de vivre de leur vieux succès.... Ron et Russell sont toujours là et au mieux de leur forme, délivré des stéréotypes qu'on leur attribué. Non les Sparks ce n'est pas"Marc Bolan, qui chante avec Hitler", comme l'aurait déclaré John Lennon, sans doute avec humour, mais pour d'autres, ce n'en était pas. Et ils ont tenu bon Cette année 2021 sera l'année de nos deux éternels jeunes gens, déjà grâce au film "Annette" dont ils ont fait la musique et créé le scénaro et le joli documentaire qu'a fait sur eux Edgar Wright, sans compter les concerts prévus depuis deux années qui auront enfin lieu. Puis le réalisateur Leos Carax vient d'être récompenser par le Prix du metteur en scène au festival de Cannes, et ce sont les Sparks qui sont allés chercher le prix car le réalisateur n'a pas pu êtrer présent... Et ce n'est pas fini. Quelle joie!!!

Life is divided in two parts: Before Sparks and After Sparks

This is the best video on the whole internet

Excellent! Some absolute classics. Very well done :)

What is the movie 0:21 - 0:27? tia

You have the best ideas. I'm doing my best over at MVE and learning new tricks all the time from channels like yours. :P

One of the greatest voice's with one of the greatest songwriter's brilliant

Brilliant, intelligent band. So enjoyable. Love them so much!

Ronald is the love child of hittler and inspector blake off on the buses , still going strong

Can someone tell me what that clip of Ron throwing the chair is from at the beginning?

Jacob de Nobe:l grazie! Grande band ( mai considerata da molti) e che guitarist!!!!!

A great band - thanks for the video, very entertaining! (any prize for posting the 1000th "Thumb up"?)

Check it out . They "stole" that song from-------- I don't even think so . Look up original in the dic- NO!! Look it up in the phone book .

very cool fun hilarious i would've played with these guys for FREE

Lovely knitted ensemble Russ is wearing!

I have 3000 different songs or so on my Spotify collection. 95% of the artists I have, have songs in mix 'tapes' (40 songs per) from 1 or 2 to about 6-7 songs (Rare) total. I also have a very few collections (40+ songs) just for the greats. The Beatles, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Depeche Mode, The Grateful Dead, Syd Barrett/Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, kd Lang, P. Funkadelic, Jefferson Airplane /Lene Lovich and *Sparks* This is the company they deserve to be put in. Even the Beatles had songs I don't like. However ONLY the good ones count! *Talent IS an asset!*

I am so happy I got to meet them in person in Portland Always brightened my day when I listened to their music especially from the "Propaganda" album

Qwerky!.

Great documentary. Thanks for putting it up

I saw Sparks live in Oxford UK in November 1974! That makes me feel old! They were great, amazing that that they’re still going strong, a very underrated band in my humble opinion.

Ron speaks!

Did you ever get the Moroder archive back online in FCP?

Ron Mael looks dangerous!

Bloody well made documentary for a school project

Larry. Sparks is the best singer in the world I love Larry

love this band kimino my house and big beat my fave albums

great artists never took themselves seriously ,every time someone is pompous -pseudo- intellectual like many overrated artists, it means it's a moron musically talking and hide himself behind a serious speech ,that's all !

I was a great fan of sparks when they first arrived on the scene in England in the mid 70's. I saw them in concert in Leeds university in 1975 and stared out Ron which, was for me, a highlight in my life. Unfortunately, since nowadays nobody remembers them, I wallow in the memory!!

Pure genius. Sparks are the best.