The Sound at Parkpop 1987 & interview Adrian Borland

The Sound live at Parkpop The Hague 1987. Adrian Borland was interviewed by Jan Douwe Kroeske.

[@COUVELOMBARDA]

simple, nice, honest, talented and ahead of his time. Adrian was a great guy.

[@MrDuda999]

the best band that ever walked this planet,we will always love the sound

[@KomackinoA]

Great songwriter with a wonderful voice, very passionate artist.

[@raven8576]

He seemed such a nice chap how sad his life ended in such tragic circumstances.

[@thesound-chameleonman3580]

What a gentleman Adrian Borland was.

[@bblue5227]

It's been 21 years without him. Miss him dearly. Wonderful artist and such a nice person, too.

[@Bends95]

RIP Adrian Borland cheers!

[@johannesabel8543]

I just read the book about him , life and times of adrian borland ) knew alot about the sound and him but was really suprised that he had a son

[@lakennnnnn]

wow, I need to read his book, I never heard of this until now either

[@leoijsvelt9243]

Saw them at Parkpop. Best british band in the 80's.Adrian was a great musician.

[@newwavepop]

THANK YOU! thank you everyone that uploads new sound content. it sickens me that adrian is not a household name. he was a genius.

[@robertsheph8858]

I listened to KROQ faithfully all through the 80s. How in the world did I miss these guys???

[@tonienet]

That’s because The Sound back then were only popular in The Netherlands, where this video is also from. They were (almost criminally) ignored by the UK press, that’s why they didn’t get any attention in the USA either…

[@Shikta-poobah67]

@@tonienetThey did get played on our local college radio station (KTRU - Rice Radio, Houston TX) a bit during the early 80’s. That was how I learned of them, but yes. Aside from a few daring college radio dj’s, they were all but ignored in America (back then).

[@Ukedc259]

Late to The Sound and Adrian’s talent yet he was clearly behind almost everything I WAS into during the 80s. Talented man.

[@5eurocups2005]

The guy who is interviewing Adrian is really good

[@gql]

My favourite band ever!

[@5eurocups2005]

Greatest Post/Punk band

[@jameshunter7303]

This is utterly brilliant. Thanks to Martin Popoff of Sea of Tranquility and the Contrarians for getting me here. RIP Adrian Boland

[@ROTFLBD]

Adrian seems like a cool guy

[@stampingaddict69]

Still LOVE. The Sound. Such a pitty Adrian is gone ... 😪

[@Secondskin_]

Seemed so down to earth and humbler. Very admirable along with his amazing music.

[@peterjansen9914]

I always found the sound better than U2

[@keesvandenbos758]

Peter Jansen A documentary is in the making: facebook.com/AdrianBorlandDocumentary?fref=ts

[@andymarantz]

Very correct. Adrian died too early..

[@thesameoldstory9858]

Peter Jansen that it's like saying: "In my very personal opinion chocolate tastes better than shit".

[@jessmanuel540]

The Sound is a million times better than U2

[@newwaver8685]

the more I listen to their body of work, the more I agree. Adrian never lost that ability to connect, so authentic and real.. why did he leave us :'(

[@janschlimbach4424]

Yes broadcasted twice by dutch radiostation Vara in the show vara's Poppodium on Dutch Radio 3. , First broadcast had three sound-songs, one week after parkpop, On july 14th 1987 in Vara's Poppodium 25 minutes of this show with the songs: sense of purpose, prove me wrong, total recall, iron years, hand of love, where the love is and I give you pain. (i still got the tape!!)

[@claudiadassen2131]

Wat een geweldige band! Echt voor mij nog steeds nummer 1 . Zo jammer dat hij er niet meer is 😒

[@totallandrovertube]

Without any doubt one of the most populair new wave bands in Holland in the 80"s Rellay under rated, still enjoying them today. Great to see that there is still a heritage of material!! Keep up th egood work, RIP Adrian

[@TCmastr]

Wow, I was at that concert and I think I saw myself in the crowd! :-) Saw The Sound 3 or 4 times. Great, great band. Groeten uit Amsterdam

[@johnduncan9253]

you lucky sod, wish they had come to NZ

[@hansonmick]

lucky you, I missed them and I lived in London

[@familieblenderman1832]

I was there too! Unforgettable. Adrian was unique. Great band, lyrics and sound. That time when music came straight out of the heart instead of a PC... R.i.p .Adrian Borland

[@StephenInfield]

Wonderful thrusting, driving song...drives right the way through...what a great rock song should be about. Still sounds as fresh and powerful 30 years later....

[@romanie93]

Wish i could've met him 💔💔💔💔

[@elenak643]

26/04/99 R.I.P.

[@paulorodrigues7918]

in my top 10

[@rorschach90000]

adrian borland e genio!!melhor banda na minha o pinião como the sound e como a carreira solo do adrian !!!obrigado por postar essa perola!!!

[@dustiking714]

Now 13 years ago that this very sad day took place, the day when we lost one of the greatest musicians that ever walked the earth.

[@DJKEOS1]

It appears that this is the final list played: 1.Acceleration Group 2.Sense of Purpose 3.Prove Me Wrong 4.Total Recall 5.Iron Years 6.Hand of Love 7.Where the Love Is 8.I Give You Pain 9.Kinetic 10.Golden Soldiers Encores: 11.Winning 12.Resistance Note: visible on setlist is Shut Up And Shut Down , but not played.

[@281sven]

i am in this clip ❤

[@adamturner1563]

Where are you at sven? ..😉

[@gwkiv1458]

@@adamturner1563 onstage, the bloke on bass

[@galas062]

thank you!

[@bastinomario]

adoration

[@equaltemper]

Thank you so much for posting this. Do you have any other interviews with Adrian? Its nice seeing him so happy. I only got into the Sound a few years back, but they are my favourite band. Amazing records.

[@tomchipman]

I like how he puts it at the end of the interview, that it takes a "cynical mind" to deliberately write a hit song. Look at the top 40 these days. Almost every "hit" resembles that comment.

[@Shikta-poobah67]

Adrian was far too selfless and real for the music industry. In reality there are more than a few Sound songs that have major hit potential, but the person who wrote those songs wasn’t ego-driven enough to do what was necessary to push them into the commercial consciousness.

[@thiefgarr]

I got Thunder up. Lion's mouth nowhere to be found except online and quite expensive. Adrian looks happy and jolly here. In the Philippines 1987, only total recall came out there. The rest I learned here in Canada just lately around 5 yrs. now. Nice upload thanks. R.I.P Adrian. In the 80's new wave was very big in the Philippines; If only they've released In the Lions mouth there, they would have been popular and made money. There were 75 million Filipinos then and now.

[@MarcoVenosta]

Love it

[@MarcoVenosta]

this is a great document! Thanx!

[@ButterflyRoseX]

*Thank You* for this :)

[@Takac1979]

I alwayskeep coming back to this video. Adrian´s disappointment and the sense of impending doom for his band is palpable here, and every struggling artist should see this video ... Things might never pick up for you!

[@edwinmoya8042]

Dude if you're gonna look at things that way, you're always gonna be a struggling one! It's true that Adrian was disappointed with the music industry but he's not the only one in that position, it's just too bad he committed suicide, he'd have had success if he could have kept on going, that's what you should look at

[@DJKEOS1]

12 songs on setlist. 1. Acceleration Group 2. ??? (Sense Of Purpose?) 3. Prove Me Wrong 4. Shot Up And Shut Down 5. Total Recall 6. Iron Years 7. ??? (Winning?) 8. Where The Love Is 9. I Give You Pain 10. Kinetic 11. Golden Soldiers 12. Resistance (encore) Anyone with additions? Can't find and remember if this show was ever broadcast on radio.

[@JaneoAjena]

The reason why great artists aren’t recognized is because society needs to get educated!!!!!!!

[@JaneoAjena]

Atleast he’s recognized by the real ones:)

[@Irek_Mustafin]

0:26 Joy Division's t-shirt

[@frankmaconnerie168]

Ирек Мустафин good catch

[@Takac1979]

New start ...

[@omenapp]

"We deserve it"

[@elliotwheeler4033]

Nice one!

[@davidbowieisheroes]

ものすごく優しい笑顔だ。

[@bexleydragon5294]

When bands were real huh

[@srlouart]

please up load all the foottage if you have it, specially the live foottage thanx, cheers

[@pierremartin9048]

Wow, missed them completely during their fire, ill catch up

[@namealreadyused12345]

i just liked this. I liked the shit outta it!

[@thiefgarr]

By the way I also got Brittle Heaven. But there's another solo album of his, not victoria.., I forgot w/c one, but I still want to get hold off it.

[@anibanerjee4202]

Alexandria...I have that on vinyl, a classic for sure!

[@eduardocastillo6048]

Anyone know the name song?

[@johannesabel8543]

The Song is called Golden Soldiers

[@eduardocastillo6048]

Thanks ​@@johannesabel8543

[@emmahystrix]

6:22 shit they were meters from Adrian

[@miritellogilberto895]

u 2 who ???????

[@fatherpaulstone896]

Upoo

[@miritellogilberto895]

@@fatherpaulstone896 u to !

[@ratsonrafts]

Bewijs dat parkpop niet altijd shit is geweest!

[@michielvanhedel9508]

that first song has kinda the same groove as "rockin in the free world"

[@charlespringus4816]

Adrian looks like Alex Jones lol

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

Who?

[@gabrielceballos8789]

💀

[@Man-From-Another-Place]

He reminds me of Christopher Hitchens in appearance.

[@Shikta-poobah67]

No. Just… *NO.*

[@rjskum688]

Wouldve ditched the keyboards. Took away from the rawness that was in the music.

[@fatherpaulstone896]

Why? Take away the atmospheric layers just be another bog standard indie alt rock band then tge synthetic added the depth

[@gabrielceballos8789]

I like the synth in almost all of their songs tbh

[@Shikta-poobah67]

Go start your own boring band then.