Blancmange - Live at The Ritz 1985 - Taped from MTV on Betamax

[@Noodleydoo]

Blind Vision is my jam

[@NeilMHickey1]

I was there at this concert. Growing up on Long Island, I listened to WLIR when they changed their format to "New Wave", "Dare to be Different", etc. Blancmange was one of those bands they played a lot and I couldn't get enough. When they played NYC, I had to go. I was not sorry! It was a great show! Great band.

[@jacquelineiona1996]

Freaking awesome!!! I was pining away for bands like this to hear and see not too far away in Philadelphia!

[@biorama]

I too grew up on LI with LIR. I saw Living on the Ceiling on MTV in '82 and was wondering where I could hear that type of music. I saw a bumper sticker for WLIR New Music. Tuned into 92.7 and Living on the Ceiling was the first full song I heard!

[@nickc3224]

WLIR….Dare to be different. Good times.

[@blrmdncr]

Cancun in Hicksville has WLIR nights. New Dance party! Spread the word!

[@ianmccarthy2733]

What a performance !! absolute genius on stage , amazing performer and singer, only if we could roll the years back when they were at their peak

[@dpiedra1520]

BY far one of the least mentioned bands when folks speak about synth greats. Such innovative sounds and always energetic. I wish I could see them even now in 2020.

[@robertmotyka133]

I've seen them last week in Edinburgh for the first time ever, and they were incredible.

[@seaofcronos675]

They're still gigging in 2023

[@MrRoastedSnow]

Saw Neil and band in Kildare Ireland a week ago literally. So many 80s bands so he couldn't do the full works as time limited. Said it was nice to be back in Europe. Sure was and he was fantastic!

[@JaniceLalla]

You lucky!

[@obtainiumgaming4472]

Underrated.

[@eleroambients5008]

Yeah ::::::: That´s it !!! "Blancmange" Best Band in the History of the good old 80´s !!!!

[@martymesser1]

Wrong! Best was Tears for Fears!!!

[@Caratacus1]

How were these guys not on Live Aid that year. They were still big at that time.

[@AndrewHillis_2024]

Tony Hart comment on Noel Edmond's Swap Shop programme on BBC-1 after seeing Blancmange Blind Vision video,"I like the graphics ! ! !" 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@adrienbickenbach4204]

This is awesome. I'didn't know, they were such a fantastic live band.

[@Microdisnee]

These guys were so awesome. They were always on my top 10 list. I would have paid top dollar to have seen this back in the day. Thanks so much for posting!!!

[@regplasma7906]

I was there and it was great ,but Blancmange now are even better .Neil is a true legend.

[@PKRSAI]

amazing!!! had this tour on cassette but never saw it - thanks for posting this

[@fryy81]

underrated.

[@jupiter-8405]

'What's Your Problem' is the pure and distilled Blancmange sound for me lol! :)

[@utopiabreakdown3292]

Bloody amazing. That's all I can say.

[@rewanji]

No list?.OK.Happy to oblige... 00.55 Don't Tell Me 05.04 What's Your Problem? 09.56 Don't You Love It All 13.42 Game Above My Head 17.31 That's Love That It Is 22.35 Lose Your Love 26.34 God's Kitchen 29.38 Living On The Ceiling 34.02 Kind 39.02 Blind Vision 45.46 Feel Me

[@xulete007]

you are great! 00:55 Don't Tell Me 05:04 What's Your Problem? 09:56 Don't You Love It All 13:42 Game Above My Head 17:31 That's Love That It Is 22:35 Lose Your Love 26:34 God's Kitchen 29:38 Living On The Ceiling 34:02 Kind 39:02 Blind Vision 45:46 Feel Me

[@cnfuzz]

it is also apparent especially in this version how close blind vision is to talking heads

[@mkoschara]

A synth band that's amazing live, who knew?

[@RippedfromVHS]

Absolutely tremendous.

[@geoffreyhawley503]

Wow! Thanks for this! When I was a teenager, new wave was my favorite music and Blancmange was one of my favorite bands. MTV played this concert late at night, but I stayed up and recorded it onto VHS. I had that tape and played it for several years. But it's been decades. I suddenly thought of it and, on a whim, searched KZbin, and voila! THANKS. It's so fun to re-experience these CHEESY 80s video effects. As each one came on the screen, I'd get that "OMG I had totally forgotten about this, but now it's all rushing back" feeling. I enjoy that feeling 😁

[@bacilo19]

Great show...good to see David Rhodes on guitar

[@elizabeth9134]

Hooray!!

[@russelld4986]

And it's a way harder sound than I thought--absolutely adore!

[@raserx63]

This was great! Ah..The Ritz ... I was there for the WLIR Non-Con Formal Ball 1986. Crazy shit went down that night. Damn I miss the 80’s 😫

[@HughKAyers]

I love Blancmange! Thanks so much for uploading this gem! MTV really was better 32 years ago!

[@artgophotographyrallyandav4994]

excellent effort and good sound, well done and Blancmange live seems rare, especially early days

[@brianhuss8611]

Holy crap, I was there.

[@davids736]

Seriously?! Awesome!! I'm well jealous!! 👍🙂💓

[@regplasma7906]

Me too !!!!

[@animalblack8482]

Fantastic band. Incredibly unique sound. Thxu so much for the upload!! Real gem ❤

[@StratsRUs]

Great voice

[@russelld4986]

O.M.G. THIS IS FUCKING BRILLIANT!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING.

[@gojump7]

I *wish* Blancmange would play *NYC* again at Webster Hall (formerly 'the Ritz') or anywhere else. Come back!

[@ohglubbits6649]

Well Neil has made 4 new albums in the last 5 years including not a priority that's just come this week, maybe they will one day

[@j.d.turvey4496]

Non Live Aid acts were cast out of fashion in 1985, no matter how good they were.

[@truleigh8522]

Blind vision - fantastic

[@cogleypeter6697]

so nice to see this after years

[@futurefreak8789]

Brilliant post..Brilliant Band.Betamax Bloody Brilliant

[@_fig.8]

game above my head at 13:40 really holds up nicely.

[@eduardorivera4343]

Lose your love is my new favorite..Always loved Blind Vision What's your problem & living on the ceiling.

[@eduardorivera4343]

AMAZING ALL their songs sound great here!

[@allthethingsshesaidshesaid3923]

Game Above My Head!

[@JaniceLalla]

Time Became the Tide

[@e-rokekenedi7834]

Betamax?! Fantastic.

[@oomgawie9175]

1 of all time ⏲️ favourite bands

[@pennyscottwarner]

Audio Quality Super Nice For Its Age

[@Theshipjumper]

Thanks for uploading - one of the little sung great bands.

[@nickturner4150]

Thank you so much for posting this. Feel me is a Hara kind of song.

[@cnfuzz]

great version of game above my head and blind vision

[@electricavenuemusic9282]

Thanks for uploading! I still have this on an old VHS somewhere but I think it's missing a song somewhere, maybe Kind? Such a great performance and David Rhodes on guitar...legend!

[@notavailable9794]

30+ years ago, and SO much more fun than a lot of current bands.

[@eleroambients5008]

@ peahix : many Thankx for upload !!! Greeeeat Stuff !!

[@jacquelineiona1996]

Wow, thank you for uploading this peahix

[@Sam9wilson9]

❤❤❤❤

[@sarafox5792]

seeing them live on Saturday!!

[@mlb1993CR]

Grupo muy interesante y sobre todo, bastante bueno en vivo..genial escuchar Living on the ceiling

[@83279061]

thank you for sharing.

[@davidbigair5206]

I remember buying the 7' of waves as a teenager ... thanks for posting this live performance. Awesome 😁

[@martinparker9249]

GREAT UPLOAD THX VM

[@yw1971]

Great animation. Wish there was today

[@wreckage-vs5jv]

you can tell the betamax was totally fine before those 'vintage' tape fx were applied!

[@Phrank66]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[@paulustarsus]

Super upload and tribute to one of the greatest bands of their time and generation. ☘💚🇮🇪

[@simonandrew8268]

Very good concert!

[@AndrewHillis_2024]

Where's Pandit Dinesh On The Tabla's ? ? ? 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@jjones6241]

Absolutely Fabulous! Thanks for the trip back.

[@nataliaarena1917]

El cantante me recuerda a Ian Curtis. Saludos desde Argentina!!!

[@mandead]

This is fucking great!

[@JacobRClark]

Wow, what a great show. I could have gone; damn, I missed it. Saw so many at The Ritz: Go-Gos, Tina Turner, Oingo Boingo, Lene Lovich to name a few. In fact, the first time I ever saw the Living on the Ceiling video was while sluicing around the dancefloor there one night, under that giant disco ball....

[@JacobRClark]

Not bad quality considering Betamax.

[@truleigh8522]

blind vision is fabulous

[@andrewstapleton1011]

thanks for uploading . very good!

[@SteveRes]

Great footage, cheers

[@Phrank66]

forgot to mention, that's not Vincent Clarke, its Stephen Luscombe.

[@umeng2002]

killer

[@jacobmode7479]

Awesome!!! to bad the video is damage!!!

[@999type]

Cool rare

[@bleflambeur]

mercy

[@JaniceLalla]

Why no live version of Time Became The Tide anywhere?

[@SiouXsySiouXvideo]

I remember this being on tv and wondering who's the blonde guy with the turkey neck? Love ya Stephen!

[@willpeony5534]

And that's why I thought I could become a pop star too, and I mean that in the best possible way.

[@AndrewHillis_2024]

Where's The T.A.R.D.I.S. ? ? ? 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@isawthatonvideo]

This is great! Can I get a DVD copy from you at all?

[@Alex_Kazi]

Thanks very much for this video! I love new wave and music 80s. One question. This video is really so noisy? Or used special filters? I have many tapes VHS format. Not one a tapes haven't so noises. Their age is over 25 years.

[@pennyscottwarner]

Brilliant

[@TeddyLeppard]

Is that Vince Clark on keyboards?

[@peahix]

No, Steve Luscombe

[@scottscott9488]

Vincent Clarke is a wonderment to music not only is he in sync with his rhythm but his voice is so sultry with beautiful lyrics.I love this band.

[@SteveRes]

Vince Clarke wasn't in Blancmange. It's Stephen Luscombe, they just happen to both be balding and play synths.

[@martymesser1]

What are the distractions in the video doing? This not the 30s

[@j.d.turvey4496]

The Ritz...but which one?

[@ronpilchowski9898]

someone fix the tracking LOL

[@natid.6619]

sexy

[@Ruediger_Hasenpusch]

Great Concert but why the change at that time the great Pandit Dinesh,and use a boring drummer!! 🤷

[@stephanstertz9823]

Blancmange would have gone further if the lead singer could have danced better like DAVE GAHAN !!!!!!!!!!! Scientific fact...