Kim Wilde - Kids In America - 80s Classical

Kim Wilde performs Kids In America with the Orchestra of Opera North at 80s Classical, Leeds 2022
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Arranged and conducted by Cliff Masterson
Produced and Mixed by Steve Anderson
Filmed and edited by Sonder Studios
© 80s Classical
www.80sclassical.co.uk

[@MichalCicheckiAqua]

This arrangement with an orchestra is a real energy bomb. Fantastic performances

[@josep4635]

I hope y'all put this on Spotify sometime 🙏

[@Abe-rz1nm]

I still remember watching this when I was 16. Who would have thought I'd be watching it on a computer 40 years later lol.

[@jiilaa_with_randomness]

You got a timemachine? Or did this happen in last 2 years?!

[@theunspokentruth5987]

When i see the state of things now, i was so lucky to have been part of 80's 👌

[@m1a1hm]

Same here bud!!!🤘

[@mick3765]

You mean Britain under Thatcher? Give me now thank you.

[@quazar912]

me too

[@RJ21T]

The era of the decent music which still to this day gets everyone up and cheering, singing and dancing along!

[@markgreet3543]

Still amazing looks, vocals and just a gem kim wilde❤

[@markpittman7361]

Watching this made me very happy. Takes me back to 1st year at school. I miss the eighties, so many good times. This performance was outstanding.

[@Ashs-mini-vlogs]

I wasn't alive in the 80s but love kim wilde

[@swampfuel20]

Kim can still sing. No over the top (old-ass) madonna moves. Well Done! The music is what counts! Cheers!

[@rideontimejapan]

and sing better than nowadays female singers

[@alexanderhanisch6364]

@@rideontimejapan We have nowadays great female Singers too. But Kim ist fantastic, no Question. I love the Music of the 80´s, it was a very broad and unique one with great Hits that never going "old".

[@sh010272]

What a fantastic arrangement, brilliant.

[@justadbeer]

She's still got it at 62!!

[@daveroutley5574]

She has NOT lost it. All the way from australia. 😀🙋👍❤

[@tjmunros]

I heard this on some Saturday morning show in ‘81 when it first came out. I was so wowed, but all I could remember was that she was some rocker’s daughter and the melody! So I desperately listened to Radio 1 all week (school holidays). This was before MTV, Google, and the internet- no chance of trying to find it. However my persistence when, from the garden I heard the tune and rushed into the house in time to bop along and hear it was the wonderful Kim Wilde. Been wowed by it ever since 🎉👏🏿

[@johnsmyth3281]

Kim Wilde is CLASS!!!

[@jaycarrUK]

She still has a great voice.

[@janinejanine7054]

Kim and Ricky created a song that became the anthem of pop music of the 80s ✌

[@nath_85]

The best music 80s

[@jacquelinelinfoot7501]

One of the best songs of the 80s!

[@alexanderhanisch6364]

We all should write an Email to Kim for a full concert of her again. I would pay and travel a lot for that.

[@ericgelders]

That song has definitely been to places ✌ Love how the orchestra carries the synth lines!

[@brucedanton3669]

Her first-and best? hit tune by far really. From early 1981, still as good today too! Thank you of course.

[@brucedanton3669]

And it reached number two in the charts, behind Shakin' Stevens' This Ole House of course at the time too, from what I remember so of course too. Thank you there too!

[@DavidVarkonyi]

This should be released on cd! I know Kim only sang a few songs , but these orchestra versions would be great for all the artists participated!

[@tallisinwonderland4724]

I so wish they would, so many people don’t realise this is an event and everyone I’ve ever shown the videos to, love them!

[@DavidVarkonyi]

@@tallisinwonderland4724 Plus these songs sound WONDERFUL with a full orchestra! They should release it on cd at least, or even dvd... all of the fans of these artists would love to have this!

[@deanj6969]

Wait, there is more ?

[@80sClassical]

Watch this space... 😀

[@CadanHartleyElliott]

Still rockin' it at 63! Kim Wilde is a legend!

[@btetschner]

Talk about an electrifying performance! WOW!

[@jbncnow]

Wow wow wow ! I wish i had half her energy!

[@rebeccaj.2606]

Yup, I was a kid in America! I miss the music of that time.

[@astronaut2005drummer]

Great live version! When the pop became classic... 5*****!!!!

[@dennispicone6801]

First time I've ever seen this classic done with opera. Extremely impressive. Our teenage idol. ❤😂😂😂

[@DavidVarkonyi]

Sounds fantastic with the orchestra!

[@garybagnall6332]

Simply awesome with the orchestra

[@jamnoise72]

I was 9 years old when this was released. WOW STILL Fresh Go On Kim !!!!

[@476429]

Wow! I was 11 years old when this song hit the U.S. in 1982, and I liked it okay. But I *LOVE* this version. Amazing. Could see this being used as an epic action finale in Stranger Things.

[@mariacristinahernandezrodr6355]

Mantiene intacta su voz!

[@LynnTrotter-v1v]

Fabulous Kim you rock hunny bunny need to see you doing more please 🙏 xxx

[@Aubreecentreequestre]

Very very very good from France !!!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@nijasty]

Please bring Concert to Glasgow ! I can't get over to Belfast for 7th Oct 🙁

[@SeymourWadeMcHailer]

Damn that arrangement gives me chills! Greetings from France

[@MrAlfo34]

Se conjugan en este video el arte sublime y maravilloso de Olga Smirnova con hermosa voz de de Claudia Breij, para narrar en una corta historia el drama de la bailarina al verse obligada a salir de Rusia por no estar de acuerdo con la guerra entre Rusia y Ucrania.Esta preciosa danza, aunada a la nostálgica voz de Claudia y la cadencia de la bella música me han conmovido profundamente. Gracias a ambas por transmitir en su arte sentimientos tan nobles.

[@40Willum]

So glad I experienced the 80s in person being 53 years old!!!!

[@marlor2044]

Wow absolutely fantstic, so much energy. Love the orchestral element, sounded like Kim Wilde meets Guardians of the Galaxy. Bloody brilliant. Was that Kims daughter singing with her?

[@marlor2044]

Scarlet Wilde her niece apparently

[@settyr]

Wow! Cliff Masterson and Kim Wilde!

[@jeframp3805]

She doesn't age she sounds almost the exact same she has live since 1981 if not more confident.

[@iggydip]

She is amazing live and so in key. Wow.

[@ARCSTREAMS]

imagine getting all the great bands from the 80's-90's and having them in a show where each band performs their best hit ,what an awesome show that would ever be

[@haircutmakeovers]

Rewatch live aid show they already did it!! ❤

[@ARCSTREAMS]

@@haircutmakeovers yeah i know but they obviously did not have all the bands of the 80's-90's, i was juts thinking hypothetically the impossible

[@hyena131]

@ARCSTREAMS They have this show for old dinosaurs like you!! It's called Cruel World and you missed the 2023 show in LA, but they will probably do it again in 2024.

[@garolstipock]

Triumphant! That's her brother playing the guitar, right? The actual writer of the song? I remember vividly when the vid of this song hit the airwaves.. Everyone's breath was taken away for a fist-full of glorious minutes. as a Brit-kid living in America, I couldn't be more proud.

[@SFXDreamer]

Yup, that's Ricky

[@ryanhsjsiks1126]

Thank you so much. Greetings

[@erolo2000]

For ever Young 💥. Kim Wilde & Sandra ( Queens of my Youth ;) )

[@marsouin77]

Amazing! Good job!

[@ulverstonerealestate1509]

Amazing production. You rock Kim!

[@philoshaughnessy906]

The horn section makes me think of "You know my name"

[@chriswilson8487]

All so amazing!!! Please come and tour Australia!!!!

[@photronic]

The sound of LIFE! Fantastic performance and arrangements! Such love.

[@michaeltanner6850]

well done 👍🏿👍🏿❤️❤️

[@sparkiification]

Wooooooooooooow This is amazing

[@craigbailey1815]

I love it good old days l wish l was kid again

[@btetschner]

Awesome! Sounds great, looks great. Now that's a classic. Thank you for the video.

[@nmssis]

She still sounds amazing!

[@Passionbloom52]

Fantastic

[@geraldojunior7467]

A voz continua impecável

[@tonyska]

Amazing performance ❤

[@theplanninglabsthlm]

Wow still got it, great voice!

[@k1200ltse]

This song was one that lifted my spirits as I lay in a spinal injuries unit in '81. 41 years later I still love it!

[@lindsaywallwork3082]

She still got it ❤

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

Belt it out, girl!

[@josephbergin5682]

Brilliant..just Brilliant..

[@Demianna86Queen]

Voice ❤❤❤❤❤go Kim go !!!

[@TheHerbsMCJay74]

Still sounds good ❤

[@flym0]

Time and time again having a rock band supported by an orchestra behind them works. All the way from deep Purple in the 70s and onwards.

[@crisabdel1989]

En philarmonique c'est grandiose ❤

[@szabolcsmiskolci6409]

Du bist eine Göttin!!!!!!😘😘😘😘😘💝💝💝💝💝💝💝

[@tashings1711]

Any chance of an album!!! One of my favourites . First time I heard this was a Saturday night at the roller disco with the family. I must have been 9 or 10. Nice one

[@patrik7756]

Damn!

[@highlander72b69]

Stupendous....love it!

[@mick3765]

Get in!!!!

[@keithhannah1234]

Still got it, legend

[@bga8606]

❤loved this 🎉

[@bakerstreet101]

Makes one want to be a kid in America!

[@petrhajek4050]

Kim Wilde ... bravo !!!

[@cameronsbusguide2924]

Looking out a dirty old window Down below the cars in the city go rushing by I sit here alone and I wonder why Friday night and everyone's moving I can feel the heat but it's soothing, heading down I search for the beat in this dirty town Downtown the young ones are going Downtown the young ones are growing We're the kids in America (Whoa) We're the kids in America (Whoa) Everybody live for the music-go-round Bright lights, the music gets faster Look, boy, don't check on your watch, not another glance I'm not leaving now, honey, not a chance Hot-shot, give me no problems Much later, baby, you'll be saying nevermind You know life is cruel, life is never kind Kind hearts don't make a new story Kind hearts don't grab any glory We're the kids in America (Whoa) We're the kids in America (Whoa) Everybody live for the music-go-round La la la la-la la-a La la la la-la la (Sing) La la la la-la la-a La la la la-la la Come closer, honey, that's better Got to get a brand new experience, feeling right Oh, don't try to stop, baby, hold me tight Outside a new day is dawning Outside suburbia's sprawling everywhere I don't want to go, baby New York to east California There's a new wave coming, I warn ya We're the kids in America (Whoa) We're the kids in America (Whoa) Everybody lives for the music-go-round La la la la-la la-a La la la la-la la (Sing) La la la la-la la-a La la la la-la la We're the kids We're the kids We're the kids in America We're the kids We're the kids We're the kids in America We're the kids We're the kids We're the kids in America

[@lawrence.porter]

I’d love to see her do Never Trust A Stranger now.

[@MAXI-KUN]

Sigue con la misma voz ❤️😘

[@gc7035]

Voice sounds the same and great with the orchestra behind her

[@eddierubio2796]

The 80's were the best. Todays world sucks

[@MistressValkress]

Most attractive woman on that stage! In more ways than one!

[@davidparsons2596]

wow

[@archfioravanti]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@jackskellington9570]

Damn she got a voice still

[@jonathancollard3710]

Check out her album “here come the aliens”…. Very retro pop tastic

[@wesleymccurry5427]

Is this version recorded on any album

[@80sClassical]

Not yet.... :)

[@eddierubio2796]

Yes. The 80's. The 2020's suck.

[@deanj6969]

I think I just “Came”

[@Heliseväkeiju]

80 luku oli maailman historian onnellisinta aikaa. Siis sen jälkeen kun ihminen laskeutui puusta.

[@rollittakeit]

Love the pit dolly. Hand held in orch looks good. Stage right cam op is way too tight. Two looks at the back of a violin' player's head with a yellow headband taking up the majority of the frame should not have made the edit. Next time to tell the cam op to "DFI" (aka Different Fookin' Idea") because the back of heads is a useless shot. The wide shots from the back of the orchestra are excellent. Good use of wide lenses.Espec with crowd reaction. The audio mix is superb. Does the artist and the orchestra justice.

[@mhero6865]

Better than the original

[@dahntalon]

Adam could get it multiple times

[@Wolfinator234]

3:10 one of the violin guys has a Borg implant

[@wenceslaopinto4655]

Estos eran canantes no los de ahora

[@chrisclarke7828]

She has her lungs pushed up there, like two naughty boys under a blanket. Pity Cozy cannot be there drumming for her.

[@hyena131]

@chrisclarke7828 Are you referring to Cozy Powell??

[@chrisclarke7828]

@@hyena131 yes

[@hyena131]

@@chrisclarke7828 Are you sure? I did some research and could find nothing about the Cozy one drumming for wilde. Only for dreadful old prog, hair and classic rock bands.

[@chrisclarke7828]

@@hyena131 He played with her not in live concerts but in the studio, one could have been kids in America but another too.

[@hyena131]

@@chrisclarke7828 Ok, thanks for the clarification.

[@skunk3265]

Should be the hymn played before every Trump supporter worship party

[@anonnon4737]

I am so old, I remember when Kim was slim and hot.

[@jamnoise72]

Nah nah nahhhhh