Information Society - What's On Your Mind “Pure Energy” Live on MTV 1988

Information Society perform their #1 hit What's On Your Mind “Pure Energy” on MTV in 1988
“What's on your mind” reached #1 on the billboard dance chart, #3 on the hot 100 billboard chart, #10 on the modern rock chart. The single was certified gold by the RIAA on January 18, 1989

[@74babyblue]

Not only one of the coolest songs of the 80s but one of the best hair style's too. You could totally rock that in 2024.

[@lionheartmerrill1069]

No doubt about it

[@bryan2523]

Great time for big hair bands.

[@hektorlinko]

damn...hell yeah.

[@ast-og-losta]

This type of music is difficult to pull off live. This band is tight. Very talented.

[@todd1606]

Yes 100% CORRECT

[@sarinvx]

true statement

[@RenigadeCineTrax]

Seen them do this live in 1988. I was 17!

[@joseorlandogomes1694]

Verdade

[@gmmccurdy]

Well, since most of it is fake...... yes I guess so. Some of it is live but they are playing to obvious stems. The drums is all stems and not live.

[@Monkofmagnesia]

RIP Sally Venue-Berg (Passed in 2015). An amazing percussionist. Just watch and listen to her here on the drums..

[@martinschweisthal5560]

She does a very good Job on the Drums, she was very talented. Very sad, she lost the World to soon. 😢 But now i believe (i'm not very religious) she is in Heaven and plays the Drums in Heaven. By the Way Information Society is cool and the Music too, i love all Kind of electronic, melodic Music, from yesterday and from today. Greetings from Germany.

[@TimeAxisMedia]

What happened to her?

[@michaelmarshall5438]

They were all great, but she was in the zone, couldn't take my eyes off of her. She had her own it factor!

[@florortiz6121]

​@@michaelmarshall5438cierto yo toco o me muevo jajaja y ella lo hace todo genial

[@GalenMarek1988]

The percussions in this particular song hit pretty frickin hard. Differently, but hard nonetheless

[@willia451]

Still stands to this very day.

[@Gator400]

OMG !! I'm 58 and would go dancing till 3am again having dance clubs to go to for our age group !! Music does keep you young !! Cheers to all you 80s music lovers ..

[@rw8733]

It was such an exciting time to be young. 😊 I'd go back in a heartbeat if I could.

[@713devereux]

@@rw8733 It was a epic decade, I miss the clubs, the fashion, the music and most of all I miss MTV. Me and my friends would hang out in our basement watching 120 Minutes on Saturday night.

[@lizbrown6943]

I'm 58 also. We were on the edge of becoming ...what we are. But that energy of the world waiting. No bell bottoms but shoulder pads. 80s was second British Invasion. 60s the first.

[@RowdyLowdy]

Awww my youth. I’m 52. A bit younger but we LOVED this time, I remember the night MTV came online like it was yesterday.

[@KrGsMrNKusinagi0]

there are.. but its rare

[@SoapinTrucker]

This is one of those 80s hits that got everybody up on the dance floor at the clubs!!!!! 😎👍

[@candydale8380]

Totally!! This song rocks!!!!!!!❤❤❤

[@cnfuzz]

Only in america

[@cnfuzz]

The sound of 1984 (aka Spk) ,by 1987 we we're in full new beat and Acid over here in Europe

[@negativeindustrial]

I was into metal at the time but even my music Nazi friends got excited when this came on the radio.

[@valseyer4486]

Bad asz lucky peeps who got to experience that night scene. I was too too lil to go clubing😅. But as a 4 year old my club was @ the crib with em hotty babysitters.

[@tetsushinishiyama1486]

beautiful voice!

[@immortalobelisk6302]

Hard to believe these dudes were from Minneapolis and not the UK

[@grantchang81976]

i met way back right before whats on your mind?

[@EcranIO]

Best decades《80's & 90's》never more in this World 🌐

[@coolwata105]

It was never easy bringing the Studio to the Stage. They worked their A$$es off for this performance. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@RealPeterGunn]

You bring up the real important issue. The essence of producing the music in that era was really trying to get over the problem of Studio to Stage. Every single instrument was electronic and that was the issue for so many groups. It seemed like every show produced a new problem. Very good point!!

[@candydale8380]

❤❤

[@fdauhajre]

they could've recorded the track to DAT and mime all the way, but they chose the hard, difficult route. God Bless them, hope many of todays artists took these risks also.

[@coolwata105]

@@fdauhajre I can't remember if this was before or after the Milli Vanilli scandal. They turned lip sync into a four letter word.

[@JohnSmith-iu8cj]

I need that midi drumset

[@Mystery69]

I made about 20 copies of this cassette tape in 1988, being the first kid in my class to get it. Those were the days man.

[@rafaelcristiano3080]

No brasil também foram de arrebentar

[@robertnussberger6449]

Why ? It was literally on the radio every 5 minutes

[@matrixgamesrodrigo]

This band was very successful in Brazil too. I have the two best vinyls of this band I was a poor teenager in Brazil, so in the 90s I only had cassette tapes recorded by richer friends, and a Chinese cassette player, which consumed batteries in less than an hour.

[@cmj3232]

Right on man

[@fatcrippledchick]

Heard this (complete with original video!) on a disc drive, an attachment made for the Sega Genesis in the late 80’s/early 90’s 😅

[@Ecorodri11]

Love this music alive. Love this song. Crazy, lazy and beautifuls moment. The 90 ths and today. Together.

[@travishendrix7026]

The heavy beat with the hammer. Pure 80s cool. GenX Forever!

[@kenlowe-ca]

Shivers watching this in 2023. Great live performance of an iconic song.

[@chipfla]

2024 watching it!

[@dystopianpresent1544]

This is the best live performance of any new wave song that I've ever seen

[@djm8341]

No doubt, this was a tight performance. Wish I was there dancing back then among that dead audience.

[@grantchang81976]

@@djm8341 i was there before when they were like composing and recorderd from bits and bytes of MIDI riffs.

[@hernandorivera7750]

Great talent live amazing and nowadays they call them artists this is real music they we're way ahead their time real music

[@pressplay7918]

OMG, the vocal intro and hovering synth that led into the music was everything, never heard this version before. The eccentric, electronic madman persona of the lead singer in a black suit, with appropriate hair and strong voice made this the best performance ever.

[@cazprescott9]

Right on!

[@Quagmire1771]

The hair and face...i always thought he was so cute!

[@mhmrules]

This was fun to watch, for these reasons!

[@joseaneclosfilmetudascanca1704]

Goodevegniyougoningkissabrzoscolegas

[@Cambodiagirl38]

Try to heard master piece

[@lorenagomez5032]

I was fortunate to see this band live last weekend. They were AMAZING 😍

[@lionheartmerrill1069]

FAR OUT wish I was there

[@valasuenos475]

It's crazy how they're remixing their own song LIVE.The industrial elements have always been there but I like they pushed them up for this performance.

[@rockowilson2320]

Yeah, this totally sounds like early industrial music. Brilliant performance.

[@lblerg]

Yes, real bands that make their own music do this very often.

[@valasuenos475]

@@lblerg Yeah,but electronic bands differ in that they mostly play leads,solos,and maybe bass parts but they rely on sampling,sequencing,programming.So to know your tools and your tones and be able to recall and program them on the fly is much different then a rock band jamming.

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Exactly; the amount of work they're doing in this live setup was nothing less than phenomenal. Obviously, a live performance isn't the same as a completed studio recording, edit, mix, mastering, etc. Also, using the Star Trek phaser blast in this version was epic as well. 💪😎✌️ I mean we all know about Nimoy's awesome vocal quote (and the "destructionnnnnn" thing). 😁

[@dougcrawford6967]

I remember when this hit the clubs in NYC in '88. Peeps went nuts. It was almost as addictive the all the coke we were inhaling. Gotta say I'm really impressed with how tight this performance is. It's even better than the studio version. And the lead singer's hair is bangin'.

[@Limited_Light]

Spock is disappointed. We Vulcans allow the music to get us high. Unfortunately, so many of you humans require additional stimulation. Even with my half human ancestry, I don't understand why you don't allow the "pure energy" of the song to speak for itself.

[@nickystellabotte6331]

Pure energy 🖖

[@Limited_Light]

"In the 1967 Season 1 episode "Errand of Mercy," Spock and Captain Kirk visit the planet Organia, where their citizens have advanced beyond the need for physical bodies. When two of them vanish in front of them, Spock says, 'Fascinating. Pure energy.'"@@nickystellabotte6331

[@anadraham2995]

Best hair and look in general💥👍 I'd rock that shit today 🎈

[@Benjorunner]

Amazing live performance!

[@Esrohlrig]

My favorite wild hair of all time!

[@1rivia]

I miss the 80's and 90's !!!!! Kurt was so handsome!!!!!

[@rubenlopezusa]

I still listen to this music, and my 18-yo daughter. Timeless.

[@jasonturner9599]

😢miss that so much bring it BACK NOW

[@karinaalejandracruz7088]

Hermosa voz! Un flaco divino, también ❤

[@captainkannabis3070]

Band ahead of its time.

[@gonavygreg5203]

What a voice

[@jmescobar2697]

This is music! no shit! millennial music got short with this one. Still one of the greatest hits ever. 2020

[@danielanascimento2100]

🥰👌❤👌👌👌👌👌

[@talisfiney984]

@Jesse Mitchell high waisted bikinis 😍 hell yeah and the girlz were hott🔥here's to ya🍻🍺🍺 😎🤙

[@JimD-f3l]

RIP Sally I miss you so much, sorry I was not there for you at the time you needed me

[@lionheartmerrill1069]

Can you give me more info

[@TheUpwardbound1]

80's kid here! We had the best music, movies, TV shows, cartoons! So emotional hearing this!!

[@Spaconace99-fd6ko]

Concordo que tivemos muita qualidade cultural nos anos 80.

[@gerarddevine8651]

Running…..great song by Info Society

[@user-gn777rêre]

Hoje, em pleno século 21, #2024/07 e pra mim foi como ontem ter participado do show. Um sonho realizado. Amo Information Society sempre sempre sempre amarei. #geraldolopesrooss cadê você meu amor??????💔💔💔💔💔💔😔😔😔

[@ericcook5416]

Stellar Technical Performance. Pre auto-tune!!! I remember crushing it to this jam at the club back in the day when this was fresh. Good times.

[@ericcook5416]

It was kinda a Hip-hop, Crip walk, Retro, Punk vibe back then. I feel "Raves" & "modern shuffle" is the evolution of this. Legwork always has a place. Always has.

[@ethicalcheeze1407]

Wildest thing for me is: how little the crowd is actually reacting to the performance. Not because they're bored, but because they're mesmerized. Enthralled. Pretty fuckin' cool what an effect music can have on people.

[@brocklee1996]

Dang I miss that decade. Class of '89. 80's will forever be baddest decade ever!!

[@kenlowe-ca]

I started highschool in 1979 and graduated university in 1989. "Last Class of The Eighties", so this genre is near and dear to my heart. New Wave / Alternative was as disruptive a musical style as rock and roll was in the 60s. Pushed the boundaries and forged new paths. I now understand how my parents felt when they as adults listed to the music that defined their youth.

[@rdzed3505]

Class of 90. We thought music would inherently get better, nope. Lol.

[@davidserlin8097]

When I moved to New York in 1991, my upstairs neighbor was the bass player for the IS. Nicest most chill guy, always quiet and respectful.

[@aujourd8]

Paul Robb (red shirt here) the songwriter and the mastermind of the Information Society awesome sound.

[@AdamMann3D]

Didn't care for the Insoc without Kurt. But I didn't like the Kurt only era either. They are both important. But for me Kurt is the X factor.

[@charbokh]

Wow! just Wow sir. That sound and the intro in this version of the song. Awesome. Thank you! Thank you! Always been a fan since 1990, when I was just a 5 year old.

[@djm8341]

This was an amazing live performance. Killed it!

[@williamsimpson5108]

I strongly agree ..., this is one my favorite songs from that era.

[@emillion4470]

No matter how much you employ the newest technology you cannot deny the musical chops, discipline and legit artistry that is in display here.

[@jumpinjojo]

*On display.

[@ashgonza92]

The guy with the keytar played a solo out of time and the guitarist is miming a synth bass line

[@emillion4470]

@@ashgonza92 That's what's so Rock n' Roll isn't it? The rough edges, the inventiveness, the chaos, the performance.. If it's perfect it's not in sync the neo post punk sensibilities of this band.

[@inglepropnoosegarm7801]

@@emillion4470 No, it's just fakery.

[@tubo777]

That guitar is a synth controller, he may have been actually playing a bass line (anyway im no sure if they are live or just playbacking)@@ashgonza92

[@steelstreet3765]

I am 44 and i do remember the 80s. Mostly 1985-1989

[@OCDRex11]

This song was a determining factor in how me and my friends built out car stereos in the early 90's. I was the first to cut up my front door cards and doors to fit 6x9 Pioneer 3-Ways. They were amp'd too! I can tell you that I blew those speakers like 3 times cause of this song. I could never get it loud enough and then pop goes the speakers lol. What a great time to be alive! Still jam this song often in my old age, lol. Yes, 45 is old now but I am still young.

[@davemoss9505]

55 here and I'm aging in reverse

[@EstudianteMS]

Hasta que encontré la rola. Años buscandola Gracias compas😅😅😅😅

[@Lucas_Marianoo]

Época de ouro, para sempre anos 80 é 90 jamais será esquecido, estará smepre guardado em nosso coração ❤

[@videogamemusicrenditionsby7625]

When electronic music was played LIVE and with INSTRUMENTS!!!

[@joaoseverino7794]

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[@joaoseverino7794]

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[@rickyrudd28texacohavolinef2]

It was nice for Spock to make a cameo appearance. Lol

[@peterp2153]

Back then groups played more in the clubs, worked their way up, and honed their craft. Though to be fair, Information Society was using sequencers to play some of the backing track. Which isn’t a knock, since groups like this made music based on a lot of sampling and collage like synths and sequencing on their albums. I.e, there wasn’t a person playing the track from scratch to begin with, so it’s not a ‘cheat’ to do it live.

[@katierowell8871]

My gosh look

[@harlowblackadder356]

Pure energy...🥰🥰🥰

[@dmd911disp]

OMG! Totally forgot about Information Society. Brings back such good memories. This is music, not like the crap on the radio now!

[@john5389]

"totally!" This tune sounds sooo good 33 years later! WOW!

[@jamesheggs6825]

No auto tune!!!! just talent and more talent!!! 80 s were great!!! I played this on my first ' Walkman ' endlessly!!!

[@lacuna17]

@@jamesheggs6825some cereal box had a free cassette you could send in for and Information Society's Think was one of the choices. My mother ordered that for me and I used to jam that.

[@somerandomyoutubechannel5816]

My first concert as a kid was Information Society. I loved them so much.

[@charlesbauer3615]

This tour in Denver he was wearing rollerskates on stage! Absolutely a blast ro see live!

[@ltldxy71]

Great song! 1989 I was a senior in HS - best time ever

[@paul42171]

I miss the 80's.....

[@joseaguilar4181]

My childhood soundtrack. 80 era was something different and wonderful. True freedom of expression and discovery.

[@MoeSlislack]

This just makes me miss the 80s. They were great live apparently. I was in the 8th grade when this happened.

[@WORLDNEWSARG247]

The sounds of the 80's pure with that drum kit set...and the girl playing it is amazing....you can see the passion and focus when the beats are changing.. encouraged me to buy an 80's drum kit!

[@michaelmarshall5438]

She was in the zone! Definitely had her own it factor!

[@scottabc72]

Sally Venue-Berg was her name and she was great, sadly she passed a few years ago

[@Maliceah]

What a voice! Great musicians all the way around .I didn't appreciate them as much then as I do now.

[@DvLnDsGyZ]

Music is the only time machine we have.

[@carlosflores-te2wz]

I like this band😎🤗😍😊

[@mr.snicker-doodles7081]

I was in my early 20's in the early 80's. even though I was a metal guy I liked this stuff. Looking back now, it's SOOO much better than any of today's CRAP by a million miles....And what great performance!!

[@cyrbuzz6615]

A fart sounds better than today’s crap!!! I wish hip hop would die out. That’s right up there with disco as the worst form of noise ever created.

[@mr.snicker-doodles7081]

@@cyrbuzz6615 Yeah you and me both. No chance on the H-hop. It's being pushed hard by the main stream. Aside from sounding awful, such a toxic message..

[@CookieMonsterFern]

One of my favorites!!!! Pure Energy

[@Raydio6]

Miss the 80s!

[@troymcdougall6170]

This live extended version sounds unreal!

[@firstnamelastname3558]

Real talent.

[@dtantsikian]

This has to be one of the best performances I've ever seen

[@snappy_0]

Very impressive live performance!

[@javaally1203]

seen them at grad night 89 they played a great show

[@fernandobueno832]

That guy 😎🕺🤙🇧🇷

[@jlloyd2004mcs]

You should get out more. Hahaha. It really IS good though.

[@davebayliss3142]

You need to get out more 🤣

[@jasonyoung1542]

God, What a time to be alive...I was born in '74 so I was 6 when the 80's roll up. What a music soundtrack to my childhood. I miss it big time!

[@SpringMtnHiker]

This is my first time watching a live performance of this song and it's pretty incredible to see. Bring this music back!

[@davemoss9505]

You can't. The youth have been thoroughly afrosized.

[@SRBrown-vn4sw]

I concur

[@alfredom.antonio8812]

No auto tune,simple raw talent. And it was done in the MTV studio too I can hear who's watching which mean Insoc is that GOOD

[@duart310]

Grew up on this stuff as a baby born in the mid-late 80s, in my DNA

[@robertosanchez7261]

Great drummer.

[@greatr.amanriquez7369]

One of the best new wave group artist of the 80s

[@turk242]

1989, Project Graduation, Orlando, FL: All high schools in the area went to Disney for an overnight lock-in. InSoc was on the bill (also Samantha Fox and NKOTB among others). Didn't know anything about InSoc but "Pure Energy" was everywhere and I know I loved that song. I'll never forget they played near the Tea-Cups ride, my buddies were on acid, the set was phenomenal, and I fell in love with the drummer. She was beautiful and the music was out of this world. InSoc fan for life from that day on!

[@DarrenMalone253]

Wow how Awesome!!! Great memories here

[@83n80y]

Such a great song! I've listened to the studio mix so many times! I still use it as a test track for testing a new speaker system. It's just so clean! As for this version, never heard it before. So cool!

[@MrNeo1966]

wowww joderrr eso era musica!! No la basura de masas que hay hoy en dia!! Alucino tal como lo hacia en esas decadas hermosas de los 80/90... Una pena que haya fallecido la baterista, era toda una perfomace aparte dentro de InSoc... Sonidos magicos!!

[@michaelmarshall5438]

She was in the zone. Definitely had her own it factor!

[@peterrogers7175]

Stationed in Japan in 88. This song in heavy club rotation. 3-4 times a night! Packed the floor every time.

[@letterstocleo9247]

I was 17 at the time. I'm listening to all of the oldies these days 😂

[@retrogamer82]

This song did very well in Japan #5

[@claudiomax9066]

Para los chicos ahora, musica tecno pop 80/90 sin autotune. ❤❤

[@Voltaire1966]

Love it pure Tech No. Miss the 80s

[@jhngh411]

He had the best hair ever

[@heverro12]

I saw them as part of the Grad Night 1989 @ Disneyland in California! Good memories!

[@Spiritof_76]

When new, and the first few years, MTV was simply awesome.

[@fozzir]

OMG, haven't heard this song in 30 years! Love it!

[@MikeM-uy6qp]

i always thought this was a brit synth pop knock off, but it slaps live. His voice is really good, the band is tight and the sound mix is excellent.

[@thestranger5575]

I’ve always loved this song as a kid

[@ivdubgti]

Information Society got me into electronic music and now EDM.

[@j.gvstavoortegaquiroz6964]

To the rhythm of this synthesizer any living human being begins to float on the track even if you had 2 left feet... the background chord really hypnotizes me, what a privilege to have lived this wonderful time of the 80's... greetings from Chiclayo-Peru

[@ZZ-topp]

Please someone take me back to the 1980's

[@Crystal-Sage]

Loved this and love this video, wow...lets jump in a time machine and go on back to the 80s!!! Who is with me? lol :) Peace.

[@JonBoltinghouse]

ah yes.... that industrial sound ! Love the 80 ' s

[@jdkerrmusic]

Information Society - there will never be another like it. In my opinion, for electronic infused music, this band has set the standard for Excellence.

[@at1970]

From an ancient time when music was played by musicians and you watched fun, entertaining programs on MTV. Obviously another century.

[@juliegorham]

An all time favorite! Drummer is badass!

[@Joomlahacks]

My childhood right here. I remember recording every version of this song on my cassette tape.

[@jessegarcia2060]

I seen them 7 years ago at a ranch barn in houston tx..with other 80 's one hit wonders...wow the band was still kicking ass..

[@cesargarduno7999]

These are the songs that keep going through generations.

[@lorinelson7523]

The 80s were the best! In music, we had it all! Plus the birth of and music hey day of MTV!

[@Chris-pq8oj]

Oh the days of the mall and radio shack and people trying to make this on those boards 😂 what a time to be alive . Makes me cry to see what's happened to this world

[@iluv691]

The laziness and thought processes have gone crazy.

[@israelamaro9591]

miss Radio Shack, my local store was run by weird eastern European dude that wore a white lab coat to work. He was cool though, he helped you fix your electronics on the spot or told you how to do it at home if he was busy. I don't think we'll ever witness that level of customer service ever again.

[@sergiovalente3036]

Pure Energy! 🖖

[@TheGodParticle]

Thanks mum and dad for having a good jump in 68 and bringing me into the world so I could witness this incredible music in my teens, Cheers people.

[@trueneutral3092]

i envy you. im only 39, so i was stuck going to green day concerts (not that there's anything wrong with green day), but i'd have rather been a teen in the 80s

[@hjibakkkihjibakkki6408]

@@trueneutral3092 well we are the 90´s generation i mean 80´s teens and 90´s generation

[@ryanjohnson3034]

I like the live version of this. His voice is much deeper in the final recording.

[@jamesheggs6825]

what a voice!!!!!

[@victorrodriguez5765]

My favorite Information Society song.. . greetings of Peru.