Holly Johnson interview this morning (UK) 10/September/2024

[@leea2112]

I love everything About holly hes a really nice guy 80s my era he was a huge part of my teen years thanks holly your the best!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@christopherdavies3079]

Good to see him looking so well

[@fensterputzernuernberg]

Power of love is just a fantastic song ... Very very powerful song that one.

[@rickogden204]

Thank you Holly for your input into music. Your song "Riding the Love Train" was so special to me and it helped to get me out of the awful depression I was in.

[@jesterforhire]

I LOVE The Power of Love! Way to go Holly.

[@MGrayl-ib5fo]

He was singing flat all the way through.

[@jesterforhire]

@@MGrayl-ib5fo , on the album? I didn’t hear that.

[@sarkanysusu2050]

​@@MGrayl-ib5foReally? Because I think he's a good singer. I think he was the one who gave it his all despite the circumstances!

[@mjh5437]

@@sarkanysusu2050 All studio trickery,can`t sing a note.

[@sarkanysusu2050]

​@@mjh5437We could go on and on about how many singers have their voices upgraded in the studios. By the way, Holly not only sang in the studio but also live and he was good!

[@robertt4176]

Holly has been nothing but a sweetheart from when I lived in Fulham Total gent x

[@FulhamsEvo10]

Hi I'm from Fulham 50 years now in Grantham

[@markashby2622]

Holly Johnson is a wonderful human being.

[@Meepsmusic63]

@markashby2622 he is indeed mark

[@stevenclark1973]

What a performer and great bloke. The Power of Love is timeless.

[@richardjohnson1824]

What a real gent - years ago I arranged an event in London, and Holly came along and was so charming, he sent me a 'thank you' note the next day, which I still cherish.

[@Bob-r9i6x]

Growing up in the 80s, God we were so lucky, the music then was the best and still is.

[@rachelsirett8809]

My era my growing up 💖

[@grahamjohnpreston]

Great to watch. Loved the 80's and they were a part of that time for me. 🙂

[@alexanderwilliams6788]

Got my ticket! Can't wait!

[@wellypreston]

The 80s music that transitioned us into and through adulthood

[@ChorltonandtheWheelies]

I went to his mum's house when I was a teenager. Me and my friend Jane tracked them down. We went to Marks mum's house and Brian "Knasher" mum's too! Obsessed I was with FGTH. They were bloody good live too. Best days of my life by a country mile... It's so beautiful that he still loves, and is still with Wolfgang 😍 the power of love indeed 😎✌🕊

[@janemorgan154]

Holly is adorable as he was in the 80s

Top bloke.❤️👍

[@skyhawk747]

Love this guy to death, so humble and actively engages with his fans online. Lovely soul!

[@andrewmacdonald4833]

Love his voice...his singing voice that is...

[@RodneyBrook-xz6tc]

He's such a great inspirational person,I really like him , he's like a breath of fresh air , such a legend, long may he live 💓🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 such a wonderful person ❤️from my fav city of Liverpool 😁

[@michaelmarshall9132]

Only if you're as bent as a nine Bob note

[@David-sk9vv]

Holly's just a wonderful guy, a truly wonderful guy! Can we all put an order in with your Mum for her Bolognese Jacket Potatoes? For me, my favourite Holly Johnson track is from his solo work - Americano. Nothing not to love about that song... about any of his music! And 40 years with Wolfgang... congrats and bloody good on ya both. Thanks Holly ❤

[@Mtandy-vm2pt]

Blue jeans and chinos ❤ his solo work too! I remember buying americano and love train from Woolworths.

[@David-sk9vv]

@@Mtandy-vm2pt Another legend... Woolworths! 🤣

[@Meepsmusic63]

Hollys so cool, and camp lol, love him oxoxoxoxo

[@rachelsirett8809]

I. Was never offended, but i was a child 😂❤ love Holly Johnson

[@deepsouthNZ]

What a wonderful human being.

[@matthewperry848]

What a lovely lovely man! I want to go!

[@HarryYT22]

He's such a legend! I love his music, It was mainly my mum and dad introduced me to the eighties I never knew that so many good songs from that period! Relax being one of them! :)

[@creationinmotion4124]

The power of love always makes me cry because of a dear school friend I met in 1984 who has now passed away in 1995. Happy childhood memories ❤❤❤

[@rachelsirett8809]

I was 13 in1984 i am 52 now

[@naamashang5107]

The power of love still makes me cry as it did then. I was only a pre-teenager at the time that was out but I fell in love with Holly even then And fell in love with everything that he symbolised. In my young mind he was very misunderstood and I couldn't wait for the world to understand.

[@pawelec66]

I used to go to his house in Parsons Green to collect tapes and it was never ready. He always invited me to his lounge. Nice man, I didn't like his dog jumping on me.

[@hildapompa4236]

What!!!!!!! Not nice of you to say this about his dog jumping on you!!!!!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE DOGS!!!!! BE NICE TO DOGS NEXT TIME , EVERY DAY !!!!! DOGS DESERVE A LIFE TO LIVE!!!! KAPISH!!!!!

[@kimgrant3879]

So strange to see the pop stars of your day looking older .makes me realise how old I am !

[@Fiachraraven]

Yet another legendary Liverpool guy!

[@RenevolutionAccount]

Holly and FGTH is my Number 1 Alltime Favorite !! ❤🔥 Check all FGTH TV Gigs in the 80s !

[@paulf2898]

He looks good for 64

[@calboy2]

So proud of Holly! I’m nearly as old as her is and am an HIV survivor as well. And he was so handsome as a youth

[@MorbidManoeuvres]

incredible they did this exhibition !

[@WispDy]

What a sweet man❤

[@Man-From-Another-Place]

I really like him.

[@davidjazay9248]

Thank god I grew up in Germany and Relax wasn't banned for us.

[@stephenelliott7071]

What a legend. He should come to Wales too though.

[@DAVIDE-bk8by]

Trevor Horn was the key person who made these songs into epic pieces of music

[@sarkanysusu2050]

Really? Because I thought the demo version of Relax was good too! Why would you want to downplay Holly's role in the success of these songs and give it all the credit to Trevor Horn? Are any of you in love with that guy?

[@DAVIDE-bk8by]

@@sarkanysusu2050 Yes really. Trevor Horn turned so many bands tracks into something much bigger. Not just this band. Seal, Art of Noise, ABC, Pet Shop Boys, Grace Jones, Yes and on and on. He could transform a track. The demo Relax does not sound anything like the final version. No, I dont love any males. Such a weird question.

[@sarkanysusu2050]

@@DAVIDE-bk8byI'm sure he's, but there are many great producers outside of him! I didn't claim that he didn't completely rework the demo. I said the original was very good too! I really dislike that his hardcore fans just want to give him all the credit for the success. Without Holly he wouldn't have had the song to work on! 💯

[@JAW242]

Yeah. What you know as “relax” is actually all Horn and hired session musicians with Holly’s vocals.

[@sarkanysusu2050]

@@JAW242 And how many people know that Holly Johnson was stalked by Paul Rutherford and his lover Mark O'Toole and with the help of Trevor Horn they got their hands on everything he created and once FGTH became a vaulable name they got rid of him like garbage! Then they robbed him and put him in jail on all sorts of false charges he may still be there now and are using AI and manipulated images to cover this up. Who knows maybe he's not alive anymore.

[@raymondhayes7673]

National treasure 👏👏👏

[@MGrayl-ib5fo]

Hardly.

[@zachoneill6570]

Love his honesty on Oasis “bit of a divorce and want to replenish your resources!” 😂❤

[@Turbodave2000]

I protect you from the hooded claw.... I use to scare my children with this line and my claw of my hand hidden up my sleeve. They still recite the line today Those were the days, so lucky to be around in the 80s such a decade for great music and memories wish we could all go back there and Relax

[@iamyourfuture808]

Great hair

[@speakertreatz]

I always remember Holly's MySpace profile in the mid 2000s. Occupation: stayin' alive He's still at it.

[@jimdeadlock]

His solo stuff is just as good as Frankie, it's a shame it's not so well known

[@db4035]

Have to disagree. Was a big Frankie fan but his solo stuff was way too bland and poppy and the lyrics were Naff for the most part.

[@lindalindaw9861]

Imagine the BBC banning Relax after all of the disgusting things they have been involved in...

[@touraneindanke]

Getting banned could be the route to success. People don’t like to be told that is not for you!

[@xyz8655]

Wish he had re grouped with the originals. He had the opportunity years ago (see Bands Reunited) but passed for what ever reason. If only he really made Love his goal they could have been touring for years.

[@FulhamsEvo10]

NDA Non Disclosure Agreement 🤔

[@geoffreyparsons4353]

The BBC the police of morals 😃 😀😂😂😂

[@medinabello19]

He's the inspiration for Steve Coogan's Keanu Reeves

[@patrickmckay307]

THAT BASSLINE AND THAT PRODUCTION LED TO A LOT OF CRACKUNG MUSIC.

[@jockmazza]

Possibly the best synth band in early mid 80s b4 depeche mode and erasure made more albums

[@FulhamsEvo10]

Superb stuff about calling up for tickets but loves Internet shopping 😆 BRILLIANT

[@letmetellyousomething123]

That Liverpudlian humour😂

[@MZig-rw7su]

Look at the quality of the two presenters! The BBC has dumbed down deliberately in the mistaken belief that professional presenters with integrity and intelligence will scare off viewers. Welcome to the condescending world of the BBC. And they then pretend falling viewing figures are just down to trends...

[@Omegaman1969]

At his Mums, crikey she must be getting on a bit, fantastic.

[@christophercurtis2893]

So pleased I don't take music and musicians so serious today. Wished I would have known its all a load of nonsense years ago.

[@michaelbruno1330]

He and Allen Cummings could be brothers

[@krasteff]

"Banned: is relatively because John Peel played Relax on Radio 1 and BBC World Service when it was released.

[@KittyCatFurbabiesMaria1972]

Mike read got it banned

[@scottmcginn2169]

Still the Scousest person in music.

[@pablodelnorte9746]

Pete Wylie might take exception to that!

[@scottmcginn2169]

@@pablodelnorte9746 Pete Wylie should see a Cardiologist, if he has a heart that is swollen to the size of a city!!!

[@glasshalffull8471]

The Secret is a FGTH Tour in 2025 imo, its happening.

[@FulhamsEvo10]

An NDA 🤔 some contractual agreement ? FGTH ?

[@michaelmarshall9132]

How anyone can listen to that voice for more than 2 seconds deserves a medal

[@sarkanysusu2050]

What's wrong with his voice? Explain!

[@michaelmarshall9132]

@@sarkanysusu2050 if you don't know I'm not telling you lol 😆

[@sarkanysusu2050]

@@michaelmarshall9132 He speaks interestingly, I don't know if it's because he's Scouse or he had a mild stroke, but I don't find his voice unpleasant at all!

[@michaelmarshall9132]

@@sarkanysusu2050 he's talked like that all his life

[@paulf2898]

Not as bad as Australian accent where everything is a question? 😂

[@tyremango]

He is speaking strange. Has he had a stroke or something else? Or because of the plastic surgery? Don't mean any disrespect.

[@mrmillcake8525]

Well, he's been through a lot...

[@sarkanysusu2050]

I don't know if he had plastic surgery. I think he went through hell during the FGTH years and then I think because of the disease!

[@FactsBeFacts]

He's doing great for someone who was in the final stages of Aids in the mid 90s & came back from it.

[@sarkanysusu2050]

@@FactsBeFacts Where it was mentioned that he was in the final stages of AIDS? I don't remember that was stated in his book or interviews!

[@FactsBeFacts]

@@sarkanysusu2050 Even in his book he says he was diagnosed with the Aids related illness Kaposi’s Sarcoma in the summer of 1991 after he discovered strange lumps on his skin. He had never had a hiv test up until this point & he tested positive. It was only 1 week after his HIV diagnosis that he was told he had full blown Aids. You can look up the life expectancy for full blown Aids back then but we know it wasn't long, a couple of years & the combination therapy didn't arrive till 1996.

[@russellingham2069]

Holly sounds bad, has he had a stroke?

[@jimdeadlock]

No, it's just extreme scouse 🤣

[@sarkanysusu2050]

@@russellingham2069 I think so!

[@mjh5437]

Icky....That accent is unbearable.

[@sarkanysusu2050]

Nope! This is supposed to be the Scouse accent! It may be strange, but at least I understand what Holly is saying. I saw old interviews with FGTH and just couldn't figure out what Ped and Nasher were saying!

[@julianparrett9005]

My god the BBC scraping the barrel .. he looks and speaks awful!

[@sarkanysusu2050]

Did we watch the same interview? 🤔 Because I think for his age and his illnesses and what he's been through, he looks very good! He was very cool!

[@dlh0607]

Maybe you don't like the scouse accent

[@dlh0607]

You wish your hairless was as good as his when your his age

[@FrigginMossies]

I wouldn't bother. Johnson looks mindered along with his forefront Steve Strange. Shame though