Michael Sembello about his song Maniac, the hit song from the movie Flashdance. A short documentary by Top 2000 a gogo from 2012 (Dutch Public Television).
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@NAIVADA4 жыл бұрын
This song is still the bomb
@johnpeters36003 жыл бұрын
It will always be the bomb.
@franknada82352 жыл бұрын
Great to - after all tjis time - realize the überpop song was TOTALLY based on JAZZ!!! FFS, I play and sing but never payed attention. Too busy dancing and grooving to it, lol!!!
@Soul032 жыл бұрын
It's still the bomb brother🤘🏼
@bbangel6935 Жыл бұрын
Hell yeah 🤟🏾
@audibletapehiss37645 жыл бұрын
"I'm not gonna make hamburgers for you!" Bless this man. First for this song, then for that quote!
@lazycalm413 жыл бұрын
Michael Sembello, the finest songwriter and musician most people in the UK have never heard of sadly!
@TonyMontanaDS2 жыл бұрын
That's because he only had 1 hit.
@hazy33Ай бұрын
One decent song, re-arranged from a dirge into a superb pop tune. He got very lucky.
@lazycalm41Ай бұрын
@@hazy33 clearly you need to listen to his albums. I have all of them and all are amazing!
@JNo-sk5mz4 жыл бұрын
Michael Sembello is one of my favorite singer / songwriters of all time, Maniac is a great song, but he's got so many great songs on his albums. I still listen to Bossa Nova Hotel. Without Walls on a weekly basis. I listen to Caravan of Dreams on a daily basis. There's a song called Sahara that was released on a foreign version of Caravan of Dreams, I've been looking for that song for years. If you can get in contact with Michael, tell him to Please Release that song on KZbin!!!! Update on Sahara! A cool guy from Japan sent me the record on FaceBook 😭👍🏾
@devorahstree6713 жыл бұрын
His still sounds great.
@markeinstein56303 жыл бұрын
and looks great too
@christopherdieudonne4 жыл бұрын
Wow, he looks absolutely nothing like how I imagined based on his voice.
@PowerRedBullTypology2 жыл бұрын
how did you imagine him?
@christopherdieudonne2 жыл бұрын
@@PowerRedBullTypology Like a pretty boy, if Prince were white.
@oddities-whatnot2 жыл бұрын
@@PowerRedBullTypology Glen Medeiros. He looks how Michael sounds.
@bimrebeats Жыл бұрын
That was the beauty of the 70s and 80s era, people focused on the music first
@christopherdieudonne Жыл бұрын
@@bimrebeats Absolutely!!
@gustavefrankfurter64624 жыл бұрын
I want to hear the serial killer version!
@DarkSideofSynth4 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah! Me too!
@jasonwhite74524 жыл бұрын
Dark Side of Synth I’m with you! I was hoping to find that demo somewhere online!
@alecosound89025 жыл бұрын
Carousel, one of the outtakes from Thriller was also written by Sembello. He's featured in Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life documentary by Classic Albums and is absolutely hilarious. Respect to you sir.
@The.Last.Guitar.Hero.4 жыл бұрын
worth it just to see him do the solo
@luukwoudstra89034 жыл бұрын
This guy is just casually mentioning he played with stevie wonder when he was 17
@watchinboats3 жыл бұрын
And that he was only there to watch Miles play the pre-shows 😅
@stedebassett15233 жыл бұрын
He was very good to be playing professionally with Stevie at 17. He has a beautiful voice and really understands music.
@emboe0014 жыл бұрын
Heisenberg Sembello is the one who knocks!
@DJAUDIO14 жыл бұрын
Wow. I want to hear that version of "Maniac" that he is playing if he ever released it. Never knew he was a Jazz artist. Always related to Maniac as an 80s power pop record. 🤯🤯🤯
@MrLefty273 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHysp4ltoNKrj5o
@MrLefty273 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHysp4ltoNKrj5o closest version to the just the guitar version of it
@StellarAvenger2 жыл бұрын
What a youthful sounding voice he has. Wow
@AUGUSTALLEN2810 ай бұрын
That was the best Michael Sembello interview. Great player too.
@rorito32614 жыл бұрын
great guitar solo on this song
@jimmydroid78385 жыл бұрын
Holy shit it's Heisenberg! No wait it's the Maniac guy!
@robvaughan43364 жыл бұрын
Say my name!
@robertrowan98933 жыл бұрын
Before rock and metal came to the fore within my then teenage brain, a driving pop song ably emboldened with a fitting guitar solo really hit the spot. That's why BBC Radio2 has it on fairly regular rotation too. If the royalties let him live the life he wants to live, you can't argue with that. In fact, I sincerely welcome it
@GeorgyPorgyPuddingPie3 жыл бұрын
Sembello was a great session musician back in the day like Lukather or Jackson Jr, he played a lot of amazing guitar tracks
@lucyfrancis85252 жыл бұрын
One of the best songs ever
@alisterfolson5 жыл бұрын
I remember when he performed this song on American Bandstand... and the second verse are the deepest I've ever heard in the song in awhile
@xeropunt57495 жыл бұрын
CJ Meiko Agree!
@user-df4yl3cs6q Жыл бұрын
Lip synced you idiot lol
@DougUnfunny3 жыл бұрын
when he shreds during the interview. so good.
@BIZARBIES5 жыл бұрын
Best songs are always written in a jacuzzi!
@adamsasso15 жыл бұрын
Hopefully on an acoustic ⚡️
@Jabongify5 жыл бұрын
'jazz'cuzzi :)
@honeybuzzard28434 жыл бұрын
Best Fuckin aswell😛
@honeybuzzard28434 жыл бұрын
SAVAGE
@christopherdieudonne4 жыл бұрын
4:26 This version needs to be released !!
@MrLefty273 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHysp4ltoNKrj5o Closest to the the jazz version. Sounds like his voice.
@ricomajestic4 жыл бұрын
The only reason for watching FlashDance is for looking at that babe Jennifer Beals and the music!
@borgullet33764 жыл бұрын
A genius with the voice of an angel
@oddities-whatnot4 жыл бұрын
I parked in a truck stop years ago overnight, and some goon in the cab next to me played this at full volume repeatedly until the early hours. This song always reminds me of that night.
@lazycalm414 жыл бұрын
Ive been a Michael Sembello fan soy of my life and bought Bossa Nova Hotel back in the mid 80's . I still own it today as its one of the finest albums from that entire decade in my view. The production is second to none and Michael is a fabulous singer and player. I own Without Walls and his Lost Years CD both are just as good. its a shame he has not had more recognition here in the UK. Also I would love to get hold of Caravan Of Dreams here but try as I have its impossible. He recently released a single called The Weight of the World which is on amazon to buy and my review of it says it all. Michael again at his best!
@denadear4 жыл бұрын
Love his voice!
@romerjusu3804 Жыл бұрын
Michael also wrote and performed the theme to another movie called " Summer Lovers ".
@Hertfordshire2473 жыл бұрын
She's a maniac, she's a maniac that fooo sure and she's dancin' like she never danced befooo - Willie
@MrTiffy821 Жыл бұрын
Yes Micheal a spectacular wonderful voice wow singing and Speaking so humble and graceful Blessings Overly
@Sean-me4fv4 жыл бұрын
The chords are just beautiful. Love it.
@crickella5 жыл бұрын
That tasty guitar lick! Damn!
@MrBxbreezy2 жыл бұрын
Just a brilliant musician.
@madjidhamdini81143 жыл бұрын
oh man.....a 7yo child dancin on this one with dad ...it was me ! 43yo today and very happy to know what's the 80s ^^ LOVE FROM BELGIUM ^^
@alisterfolson Жыл бұрын
The song also has killer haunting life-lesson lyrics. Thanks for the memories
@TonyMontanaDS2 жыл бұрын
Still better than anything out in the last 20 years.
@voxxvoltair26623 жыл бұрын
Never realized how brilliant he was. Brilliant song. Amazing changes. ~V~
@darkkiss72475 жыл бұрын
I love the more jazzy version of the song.
@kickbiker79204 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHysp4ltoNKrj5o This is a slower version he did Quite listenable ...
@jonthomas8569 Жыл бұрын
This was fascinating to watch. Good for him for staying on his own path. I love that line about not making hamburgers.
@trufantom214 жыл бұрын
Brilliant song
@jonnuanez28435 жыл бұрын
*Still pictures Groundskeeper Willie singing the hook and throwing water on himself*
@RADIO19904 жыл бұрын
" you ungrateful Bas...!" LOL
@DragoshHits4 жыл бұрын
So iconic! This song has the a lot of FORCE today! I just love it!
@QuabmasM Жыл бұрын
When I 1st heard him sing, I swore up & down he was black lol. I call him Stevie Wonder Jr cuz he also often wrote & sung songs in his style. Many sing in Stevie's style but few write songs in his style & then have the ability to sing it let alone be close enough to get Stevie to be a feature. Its not super duper copying neither so you can truly appreciate it & call it genuinely inspired music.
@citizenoftheworld63635 жыл бұрын
I love the acoustic version of if
@rodders56254 жыл бұрын
My first knowledge of Michael Sembello is the song: "Love will come someday". I believe it was on "As We Speak" album of David Sanborn. He did a very good job.
@sevenwilliams34853 жыл бұрын
brilliant song .....just brilliant
@jayatissa60283 жыл бұрын
Brilliant combination!
@daveheel5 жыл бұрын
what a time capsule!
@jamesdavis50965 жыл бұрын
He sounds like a 14 year old boy when he sings like he can easily cover do any he can be like a one-man boy band
@bourgeoisbrats2 жыл бұрын
The last name says it all. Sembello. That's Italian, plus he's a jazz musician :-) Like Prince, he gave the WB suits a big old "No Pizza For You!"! Lol
@IstoletwotrilliondollarsCIA8 ай бұрын
I want to hear the original so much
@BRUTUSPLAC5 жыл бұрын
WOW..............That was great ...........
@ghislainedurand45944 жыл бұрын
J adord. Merci beaucoup de souvenir 🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵🤪🤪🤪🤪👍❤️
@COBYKOEHL24 жыл бұрын
THIS JAZZ VERSION IS GENIUS
@ghislainedurand45943 жыл бұрын
J adord toute ma jeunesse 👍🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷👍❤️
@rabokel4 жыл бұрын
The song aged much better than the movie.
@varovaro19674 жыл бұрын
All these guy that live off a song... lucky them
@bubbleballgirl4 жыл бұрын
It isn’t usually just luck.. it’s also hard work and passion for their craft
@ub40794 жыл бұрын
bubbleballgirl agree!!!! He studied in schools, he plays guitar, keyboard. He deserves it!!!!!! Unlike today’s celebs like kardashian who did nothing for the money
@ghislainedurand45944 жыл бұрын
J adord j avaie. 25 ans. Génial 🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵😂👍💕maikel
@garym.31134 жыл бұрын
Excellent song to listen cranked up !!
@craigh86025 жыл бұрын
Without that music Flashdance bombs. Sembello once said: "It was nominated for an academy award and was disqualified according to 'academy rules' because the song was changed from the original and was not originally written solely for the film, which pisses me off to this day."
@cnfuzz5 жыл бұрын
Apart from the great songwriting it is the moroder sound making it a hit , the drummachine and underpinning synthbass giving it drive and the 32 note clap going krrr krrr makes it
@JNo-sk5mz4 жыл бұрын
@@cnfuzz Phil Ramone did a great job producing that record, Moroder did other records with Sembello, like Its Over from Bossa Nova Hotel but it's the hook that made it hit IMO.
@mrpacdan4 жыл бұрын
@@JNo-sk5mz Although Moroder produced several songs on the soundtrack, "Maniac" was produced by Phil Ramone.
@jeffreyday24145 жыл бұрын
Nice voice
@onlinerecords4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic track! Always loved it
@ghislainedurand45943 жыл бұрын
La France aussi 🇫🇷👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️
@eelco42563 жыл бұрын
It's a great song, I guess I understand a bit better now why it appealed to me the way it did.
@iansalgado97095 жыл бұрын
So he is still alive!!!
@JNo-sk5mz4 жыл бұрын
Sadly his brother Danny sembello passed away
@jeeg7715 жыл бұрын
Michael i love you so much
@Tuilaione3 жыл бұрын
🤯🤯🤯🤯... That was Musicorgasm...
@roathripper5 жыл бұрын
great cinematography!
@jhonhall9285 жыл бұрын
He is a musicians, musician
@markwilliams31744 жыл бұрын
Great song. great video clip
@ghislainedurand45943 жыл бұрын
J adord je te suie depuis mes 16 ans 👍🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@ghislainedurand45944 жыл бұрын
J adord c étais 1 belle epoque. 👍💪💪💪🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷❤️
@MrBxbreezy2 жыл бұрын
Rock on
@ghislainedurand45943 жыл бұрын
J adord 👍🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷❤️
@flowergrowersmith4495 жыл бұрын
Wonderful guys!
@ShayLeonia4 жыл бұрын
Wow
@pascaljeanne80022 жыл бұрын
one of the greatest ! michael please come back ! lol ! where are f...you ?
@ap8eioul12 жыл бұрын
😂Just brilliant.
@michael690403 жыл бұрын
Was there a temp track the director used during the dance rehearsals and shooting and then Sembello had to bump up the tempo to match what was shot?
@borisbrosowski66302 жыл бұрын
The movie in question was William Lustig's "Maniac", which is a hilarious thought, that such a popsong would grace one of the most vile horror films.
@Kuanos_3 жыл бұрын
I hardly believe my ears he mentioned Giorgio Moroder pioneer of synthesizers use in music!
@AngrierGorilla2 жыл бұрын
"He's a maniac, that's for sure He'll kill your cat and nail it to the door" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@retrotalkingmix Жыл бұрын
How can i contact him? 😍😍😍😍
@KristineMaitland5 жыл бұрын
Record the jazz version of the song please. I knew, even in the 80s, that this track had "bones".
@rykovvladimir5 жыл бұрын
He always did it ,look for maniac(new version) from lost years 2003 album
@JNo-sk5mz4 жыл бұрын
There's a jazz version, you can probably find it on KZbin
@cbl198411 ай бұрын
"I'm not gonna make hamburgers for you!" Lol
@xilrion4 жыл бұрын
If you build a thousand bridges...
@elbarbonnhiphop Жыл бұрын
where is he now?
@Lapinoire3 жыл бұрын
Can someone cover Maniac with the chords he played at 4:20 please
@freedom_aint_free7 ай бұрын
Wait a minute there ! One doesn't simply string together 'I would like to write a song about a serial killer" and "we were in the jacuzzi" in the same paragraph !
@KLartrandM3 жыл бұрын
Wow he even makes the jazz version sound amazing 4:32.
@JOUA14004 жыл бұрын
CONTUSION!!!!!!!
@yw19714 жыл бұрын
This movie replaced 'The return of the Jedi' in Aug. 1983... & did better at the box office here
@marvinsilverman43943 жыл бұрын
is he italian??
@antonioluna4688 Жыл бұрын
His muscles?
@fartman1510 Жыл бұрын
You just can't listen to maniac on low volume period!!
@aldynuswhabiology2 жыл бұрын
Wow, i didn't know that walter white could play guitar
@ZaydDepaor4 жыл бұрын
So where the hell did Hall and Oates come into it?
@MarianMusic12 жыл бұрын
damn how the hell he has that singing voice so different than his speaking voice? He sounds like a babyface teenager and looks like a west farmer in the interview
@rickshearer5 жыл бұрын
rix SHEARER ism This kicks ass ! ! : 4:30 This sucks!! : 0:43