Prefab Sprout - Bonny (Live in Munich 1985)

[@theislandmonkee5677]

It never really got much better than Prefab Sprout. When music dared to be beautiful.

[@curly_wyn]

Bonny is Prefab Sprout’s crown jewel, their masterpiece. A sophisti-pop song with such burning emotion and thoughtful intelligence and haunting atmosphere in the playing. Amazing!

[@KateEleanor]

Haunting indeed

[@stevenillidge7394]

I 100% agree. And one of their very early tunes as well. Absolute perfection and brilliant live version.

[@MultiMrMiles]

i miss these times... If you lived the 80s life you know.

[@andreat.2809]

A little late... I agree

[@leonskum.5682]

We were so lucky.

[@bernardbaker6803]

Not the 80'sof this wet lot.......

[@martinotoole9959]

Yes .but tough when you were skint and no job to be had .I don't mean picky, You would shovel shit for a wage and the sad thing is you were grateful. But a few quid in your arse pocket and you had a night worth having. The past is a foreign country and they did things differently there. Sadly for the worse.

[@spookymulder8208]

yeah I miss them too, those were good times

[@fullgas1372]

I keep coming back here. This is my favourite song of all time. 😍

[@KateEleanor]

Am here with you. M L ❤❤❤❤

[@deryaozkalafat9529]

Me to

[@stephenbailey6709]

Bonny says it all really. A classic song. Prefab Sprout brilliant.

[@alextw13jf]

Goosebumps; this song gets straight to the heart; it's become part of me since day one. I'm so grateful to Paddy, Martin, Wendy and Neil for what they've done over the years; it meant much to me. Paddy is one of the most under-rated songwriters ever but that's a common feature among real geniuses!! Thanks for posting this video.

[@srl6018]

Underrated is an understatement - he's the best.

[@imagecarpenter]

Our life emotions desires intellect was lived to music unlike now

[@theartist124]

So true me too!!!

[@eamonnquigley2125]

its only when hes dead and gone will people realise just how good they where its always the way................ a master song writer indeed .. and to think he wrote most off these songs when he was a teenager.............. amazing

[@RobinPerryman-jp9ke]

Why were they not more popular or were they in Europe ? I just never heard of them here in the USA. I found them here on You Tube and just Love the bands music.

[@davewilson9738]

A track that made me love Prefab Sprout and it has remained my favourite track for over 35 years now.

[@lacerda70]

"All my insights from retrospect" Great song, possibly their best, great songwriter, great memories.

[@norsketilbakeblikk3717]

A guy that wrote “I never play basketball now”, “Horsechimes”, “Nightingales” and “Cue Fanfare” and somehow THIS is his best song? Decent pop track don’t get me wrong, but he has made much more impressive tracks than this.

[@jeffcobb2734]

"Steve McQueen" was my go to cassette back in college. I wore that sucker out.

[@makhines431]

bought mine 3 times because it got lost through the years.......

[@JCridford]

Paddy had such a rock voice for someone so delicate and poetic - it's easy to forget that till you hear him belt this out!

[@ramdoug]

"all my silence and my strange repect, missed chances and the same regrets"... sums up my teenage years!Beautiful song and my fav album from Prefab Spout.

[@rachelc1492]

Strained respect, not strange.

[@richardmanley2072]

What a fantastic underated band tge drummer plays with such passion comment from a drummer to a drummer

[@hansvanschijndel8020]

Wish i could lend the Back to the future car n drive back to this concert :)

[@christianmorris8065]

Me too

[@SrTetosalazar]

...I LOVE THAT SONG SINCE THAT TIME......INCREDIBLE THAT AN EUROPEAN GETS THE HEART OF A MEXICAN....IT´S FEELING....IT´S ART.......SALUDOS DESDE MEXICO.......

[@tendraftsdeep]

Summer 1980something. Heart broken went off to work at a girl's camp for the summer. Wore out Steve McQueen ( Two Wheels Good here in the USA). Most incredible stuff, it ages so nice

[@brentmcd]

words don't hold you... broken soldiers

[@Ayog06]

One of my favorite songs of all time. Man this brings back many fond memories.

[@joaorolo4458]

One of the most songwriters ! Prefab Sprout and is album "Steve McQueen" stays forever...

[@erwinsantos3283]

My love song !!

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

One of my favourite Prefab Sprout Tracks

[@xxfastfazxx]

a haunting song save your speeches flowers are for funerals brilliant lyrics

[@KateEleanor]

I didn't give you minutes not even moments ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@LostOwlet]

Can a love pop song get any better?

[@unknownrobot]

I love this song since now. Greetings from Brazil.

[@francoisedurand1947]

Quel groupe, quel chanteur et parolier. J Adore surtout l album Steve Mc Queen, c est un de mes albums préféré. A écouter toujours et encore...

[@ledemonnoir]

Timeless...25 Years have passed but it sounds fresh as if has just come out. These guys were well ahead of their time.

[@jbaij]

36 years now!!

[@Parishavook]

Hermosa época!! Que felices fuimos!!! Nunca regresarán esos días! 😢

[@danstone9039]

They definitely have a certain fierce energy that most pop bands don't.

[@patrickryan5570]

I look back at my memories in the 80s of seeing truly great bands and one band springs to mind that were always a cut above the rest - It was Prefab Sprout... Bonny is their masterpiece... Perfection is musical ART.

[@miss2tone]

Genius. Total genius. Paddy is ledge x

[@Bondy1986]

Outstanding

[@iainwish]

Steve McQueen - my favourite LP of all time....defined me!

[@franciscojaviersalazarjime1006]

This song, I like it very much

[@michelle-din]

A catchy, melodic and haunnting song with a sonic quality which is really expressed so so well in Paddy's soaring vocals encouraging me to sing along - absorbing and so enjoyable ❤️ I just recently re-discovered this band and OMG! It is a thousand times better the second time around almost as if I never even well and truly heard them before when I was younger.

[@vladimirgiles231]

One day, just when I woke up I start to hear this tune and it was so amazing, I Really felt a dream come true and I looked the sky like no other else, I love The Sprouts

[@anthonywallace3830]

Same here, I heard it in a cafe a week ago and it felt like an epiphany!

[@stevensimpson2625]

Toppa tune takes me back 👍

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

Brilliant song. He really gets into singing it. Apparently he hated touring and they hardly ever did.

[@simonarmstrong732]

been listening to a lot of these guys again recently...great music and voice. the SM album is a classic often overlooked. shame they didn't tour much

[@godard121]

Check out the Acoustic Steve McQueen if you haven’t already done so. Paddy has beautifully reimagined these songs.

[@PeterMayer]

I was in a band called "The Drumbones" here in Cincinnati in 1985 and we listened to these guys and said "they sort of sound like us"!

[@cuacharin]

Esta canción me hace pensar que existen algunas obras del ser humano que trascienden el tiempo y el espacio. La alineación era perfecta, Conti es un mostruo de la bateria, Wendy lo hace etereo, Martin un gran músico y Paddy un genio. No entendería mi vida sin estos chicos.

[@carloshenriquefigueiredo4891]

Oh my god!

[@seamonkey000001]

Absolutely beautiful

[@abramomosole7397]

I love Prefab Sprout's music. No one does pop-rock better then the Sprouts.

[@usergently]

Best group of the 80's. Love that band.

[@theloniouscoltrane3778]

Nah... not even close

[@fccccfrock5184]

Absolutely Incredible

[@renatowgomes1]

I knew this song have 2 months ago! Beautiful! Greetings from Brazil.

[@dt7449]

Fantastic that a great song and band has reached Brasil !!!!!!

[@veronicachic]

His voice is perfect

[@makhines431]

The first band I searched after learning of KZbin. That was 2007. First time seeing them in a concert when all I had was a cassette tape in 86. Amazing discovery.

[@RFreigeldorff]

absurd amount of talent

[@UNCIEAL]

I was in a loving relationship in 85 and with as i thought the love of of my life. We split up and she found someone else , i found my new love who was just 7 when this was out and we now have 4 kids together how lfe changes but this still means alot to me

[@rula42]

their first drummer (the one u see here) was a monster! awesome playin...i think he left the group for bein a session drummer...i really love his style!!

[@mattgreen5720]

This is Neil Conti who joined for Steve McQueen and was a full member of the band. Yes, he’s brilliant and a session player. You can see him at Live Aid backing David Bowie.

[@rusher34]

@@mattgreen5720 What a good reference!. With Bowie he uses this same kit: Gretsch and Zildjian .

[@bellatrice]

Oh Lord, I'm in heaven now...

[@harryblevins7853]

Thank you for this video. I am so glad to see it performed live. This is one of the most beautiful songs with haunting lyrics that has ever been written. It has the most captivating quality and touches on feelings of loss and regret that we will have sometime in our lives. The song is from"Two Wheels Good" in the US ("Steve McQueen " in the UK ). This album with its marvelous production by Thomas Dolby is one of the high points of the musical 1980s.

[@eamonnquigley2125]

thanks a million sproutnet for putting this up for all sprout fans out there it shows the band in there heyday...................... rare footage as they didnt tour much..brilliant

[@MB12121]

My favorite tune of Prefab Sprout. Thanx Paddy 💋

[@loddofranck5737]

Paddy est un immense compositeur c est un génie

[@GazalAlShaqab]

Parmi les choses que la Grande-Bretagne a donné au monde, il y a la musique "POP" portée à son niveau ultime grâce à des "petits joyaux" comme ci-dessus.

[@christianmorris8065]

Neil Conti is such a cool dude. He plays drums with such casual confidence

[@AlvaroRobledo]

cuando subieron este video yo era más joven que él en ese concierto

[@simonbowles867]

Music from the heart

[@KateEleanor]

Love in 2024 to all ❤❤❤❤

[@Andres21479]

Es que para mí esta música siempre será vigente, y Prefab debería ser un referente para los nuevos artistas.

[@bad-wig]

Such a masterpiece

[@Costa998]

Love this song too greeting from Switzerland

[@ricardoledesma1414]

Paddy absolutely genius... Bonny a perfect song!

[@helenasoares4408]

Adoro essa musica!

[@myblues528]

Absolutely delicious clip this , love it and didn't stop playing it when I heard it. A lot of prefab songs seem to hit your soul more than a lot of bands, a real gift.

[@Tompsk69]

Wish I was old enough to have seen them play Steve McQueen live, its my number 1 album of all time. Just bought the acoustic version which is simply sublime.

[@xldear23]

I thought I was the only one. The album never gets old. Cheers.

[@martahorcajadaespinosa666]

Ideales!!! No me canso de escucharlos...impresionantes sus canciones...

[@derbjornmachtdiemusik23]

discovered that song through spotify… what a gem! That sound!

[@sk33tman]

PURE GENIUS & MUSICAL TALENT , THAT WAS NEVER REALLY GIVEN THE RECOGNITION IT & THEY DESERVED

[@KateEleanor]

Anyone here Dec 2024?

[@jimmydent8360]

Oh yes

[@KateEleanor]

@jimmydent8360 Merry Christmas 🎄

[@fossegrimen13]

I couldn't have said it better myself. Utter heartbreaking genius.

[@TheGodParticle]

I'd forgotton all about this song, hearing this again is like wakeing up from a 26 year coma.

[@rkonjr64]

Great song.

[@nb1289]

Meravigliosa

[@olliespike2]

you are so wrong...this is Prefab Sprout at their very best...sit back and enjoy...Thomas Dolby was in the front row dancing his arse off...he fell in love with this band before he ever produced them....Paddy at this time was untouchable for about 12 months..

[@hejsanhejda1921]

Merci pour cette vidéo ! :-)

[@tomneff7030]

Steve McQueen.

[@ronaldjohnungson3248]

I love this song so much!:D

[@_arkadal8910]

"I count the minutes and the seconds too." - this just undone me. All time is still here ⚪

[@ronaldcardenas5731]

Tremenda presentación de Prefab Sprout, en la época dorada de la New Wave y en Munich deleitando al entendido y exigente publico alemán que bien valoran estos artista de alto calibre.

[@martymontano7493]

I was in 9th grade I started listening to Prefab. Thanks, Paddy. ♥ from the Philippines...

[@seanie002]

this man is the greatest songwriter of our generation... FACT!

[@wilkyx]

gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous!!! just buy the best of album and drift away to one of the best (and most underrated) pop/rock bands ever. the more irrelevent the modern chart cr#p gets,the more timeless these bands get!!!!!!

[@oceanj.6827]

if only i could time travel

[@arnulfosalinas557]

This song makes me cry!!

[@dav01kar]

This was Second of their albums, Remember buying swoon after watching the tube in 1984, the rest is history.

[@Gelsyviolet]

Un album capolavoro.

[@wilkyx]

totally right! gorgeous song!!!!!!!

[@megaEDWIN3]

one of the few good things to come out of the eighties.

[@Intermezzo55]

Yes, get me back to the 80's

[@crimpoleneman]

An awesome song from a simply awesome album. Check out the reissued Steve McQueen double CD, which includes a gorgeous acoustic versions of this song. McAloon really is a God.

[@montuckyvids9903]

This song is such a beauty

[@drumgold23]

This is indeed special - breathaking. I'll save my speeches....sigh....

[@ChainNonSmoker]

I need those synths

[@gilpinsteven]

I just discovered this band via a friend's recommendation. I LOVE THIS SONG!!!

[@ELEGANP]

Bonny! quelle merveille!

[@mabealarco]

Una maravillosa musica para grandes e inolvidables recuerdos.

[@fullgas1372]

No Prefab Sprout song takes me back to that time more than this. That keyboard has such a haunting quality on this track. Anyone know who the keyboard player is?

[@code.liplox]

Fuck, I cant find anywhere who the hell is this keyboad player

[@eidetecker]

Michael Graves. Here's an article with a short spot from Graves. www.muzines.co.uk/articles/practise-that-keyboard/4799