Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes - TOTP 1984

[@janiap5235]

ABSOLUTELY , FANTASTIC, NOT AGED HARDLY, THAT GREAT VOICE STILL MAKE A MASSIVE COME BACK HOLLY.

[@AdnamsDrinker]

Like it or not, 1984 was the year of Frankie and this song was EVERYWHERE ... I remember being on holiday in Cornwall that summer and it was on repeat in all the bars in town. The tragedy for me is that year I was 15 years old ... this year I'll be 46 ...

[@TheGodParticle]

Yes indeed, and I remember all the T shirts lol great times, time machine?

[@kirsty9084]

I'm 15 years old right now aha, wish I was 15 in the 80s. The fashion, music and just everything seems pretty cool about the 80s.

[@henchwang]

Mate, we all feel the same

[@utchpunk9611]

It was number one for 9 weeks so it would have been everywhere....

[@2unmedicated]

Good or bad there is no denying he has one of the most incredible voices in music, are you maybe a tad jealous?

[@angelaandersons7918]

love FGTH.... pioneers; fantastic songs, not afraid to push people's boundaries.... luurve this song xxxx

[@darrylemberton4331]

1984 what a year !! I was on holiday in Weston super mare and everybody was wearing Frankie T-shirts, this song was massive.

[@rhian3735]

BRILLIANT song,reminds me of great times in the discos !!!!!!

[@davemiller7676]

Fgth...was way ahead of they're time....the band & the whole production team. F***ing Amazing !

[@isabellaing3597]

Another Brilliant Song 😎All There Songs Just WoW 😜80's Were The Best 😍💋❤️👌👌👌

[@LAnonHubbard]

I feel lucky to have been growing up when this was released.

[@HeatherY2605]

Superb club track in the 80's - Not a space on the floor

[@bouncersue]

Go on frankie love him, xxxxx

[@chandycastle7522]

February 2019 and still a banging tune! 👍🏽

[@mikelong689]

The slap bassline is ridiculous in this tone 😊😊😊

[@davidmcclymont2368]

More please ffs

[@rosanabaez3049]

Another Brilliant Song 😎All There Songs Just WoW 😜80's Were The Best 😍💋❤️👌👌👌 ZTT and Trevor Horn make with FGTH revolution in music . YES THIS IS A PURE TRUE. Later come KLF.

[@davidgough3987]

Fgth were the best,80s music ♥️♥️

[@loobsy1]

They might have had good producers, but they could play brilliantly live. Just look at some of their live performances on here. This is a great version of the song, and Holly Johnson's voice is unique.

[@joseassuncao5598]

MAGNIFFICO

[@MrLeason7]

February 2019 and still a banging tune! 👍🏽 They don't make em like that anymore ! They don't make em like that anymore !

[@patricklee6066]

Holly Johnson was my first crush at age twelve.i must've been an early starter...

[@utchpunk9611]

Classic

[@mikegriggs7247]

still sounds ace like it did in 84

[@shannonkelsch4123]

The slap bassline is ridiculous in this tone 😊😊😊 still sounds ace like it did in 84

[@nascot10]

American Football highlights- results round up from the 80s. this song in the background.

[@airletter2]

Soundtrack to my A Levels. Saw Holly J at Bestival this July. Brill. As were Madness. Pissed down though but WTF!

[@miele939]

also s express! im 45 now! i left home at 16 and loved everything..

[@rodrigorandoli2944]

They don't make em like that anymore ! still sounds ace like it did in 84

[@MsKerryanne]

That was the time when a group was really a group and not a boy band... And wow no auto Que in sight..

[@peterc3785]

We got the funk 😎

[@niall653]

Nice to see Harry Enfields Scouser character moonlighting on the drums there

[@nguyenh361]

The slap bassline is ridiculous in this tone 😊😊😊 still sounds ace like it did in 84 also s express! im 45 now! i left home at 16 and loved everything.. The moustache guy looks abit like Freddy Mercury....

[@glasbarry]

YEAH!

[@ΠάουλαΕστάσιο]

.λαυρενο μαι love love love

[@ΠάουλαΕστάσιο]

Meus amores ineskesived

[@ashleywhite8721]

They don't make em like that anymore ! The moustache guy looks abit like Freddy Mercury.... also s express! im 45 now! i left home at 16 and loved everything..

[@PatGleeson123]

@srck The reason this different version exists is because the BBC Musicians Union insisted that any songs with orchestral elements had to represented on stage by real musicians playing or - as done here - removed from the version performed on screen. BTW Frankie were real musicians as represented by their superb live concert performances.

[@TheBeatles..]

Not true (initially at least) For what it's worth, it's been said that the only members of Frankie Goes To Hollywood who actually performed on Welcome To The Pleasure Dome (the entire album, I mean, not just the song itself) was Holly Johnson. They were actually an existing band before they got their record deal, but apparently Horn didn't feel any of the other guys were good enough to be on the album. The thing I always thought was interesting was the band itself didn't have a keyboardist, yet obviously the sound heard on their records is very synth/sampler heavy.

[@nedzadramovic5151]

ZTT and Trevor Horn make with FGTH revolution in music . YES THIS IS A PURE TRUE. Later come KLF.

[@philipsmovies]

Great. This song and it's video diected by Godley and Creme Stuck two fingers up at the establishment. Come back FGTH, i hope you guys are "working out another way".

[@JonoCraig]

no one really played live on TOTP's - no one cared either, great music, great times. if you don't like it go elsewhere.

[@ambrosetti]

Paul Morley had nothing to do with the production of the song; he was a PR man behind the "Frankie says" t-shirts. Frankie wrote this song 2 years before they were signed and played it live. Yes, session players were used on WTTPD, but Frankie showed they could hold their own as a live band.

[@billygas1969]

@bAzTNM ........he's still alive and kicking

[@glasbarry]

I don't think Holly Johnson is dead, but don't quote me on that.

[@jannuar2009]

Nine Bastards will War

[@ramdodger69]

Day dont do dat dere do dey

[@chris2002Rocklin]

@coppicer "but nothing has really changed. we still rely on popular culture to keep us informed and help us see the world as it really is" that is precious. Pop culture helps you see reality? One must learn to triangulate the news, just as any other important data. Don't rely on just 1 source, listen to all sides & then learn to discern. Or follow your pop-culture emotional feelings. That'll work for the corrupt politicians since you can't reply with real objections (just popular ones)

[@jasonadkins8475]

fucking bummers The slap bassline is ridiculous in this tone 😊😊😊 We got the funk 😎

[@MultiAmbivalent]

Is it true the band didn't actually play on the record? It's a bloody great song and is a meister wok of production. I've just occasionally heard tidbits about it all being Trevor Horn's genius more than anything. I could be wrong of course

[@TheBeatles..]

For what it's worth, it's been said that the only members of Frankie Goes To Hollywood who actually performed on Welcome To The Pleasure Dome (the entire album, I mean, not just the song itself) was Holly Johnson. They were actually an existing band before they got their record deal, but apparently Horn didn't feel any of the other guys were good enough to be on the album. The thing I always thought was interesting was the band itself didn't have a keyboardist, yet obviously the sound heard on their records is very synth/sampler heavy.

[@blagger56]

00:31 MAJOR hard on base line...

[@memorylane1980s]

Its blurred! hurts my eyes!!

[@MrMjrushton1970]

is this really what the air attack warning sounds like?

[@scatsp]

The moustache guy looks abit like Freddy Mercury....

[@Captain2Pig]

the band could have played it but the drums were done on a synclavier, the bass also (probably, definately not a fender precision for fks sakes) and the guitars were done by steve lipson or some other geezer that was involved in the background with the music company

[@williamfisher5749]

Brookside

[@WoodRatGirl]

coppicer, what are you talking about? Holly Johnson never lipsyncs!

[@jordeeeh]

Even in the old days they were lip-syncing.. unlucky :

[@brightspark54]

a dodgy character but good record

[@anduin1]

Love the lip synching

[@jezebel007]

uh..yeah he's lip syncing bigtime

[@zarrow50]

Paul Rutherford is like Martin Kemp, not a huge amount of talent

[@wallybazoom2541]

Clive Ellis bit like bez from HPpy MondYs.. No talent but still a vital element to the band...