FIRST TIME HEARING Spandau Ballet - TRUE REACTION

[@beowulf1005]

13 year-old me didn't appreciate this song in 1983. 50 year-old me does.

[@jeanstrickland2445]

Right there with you but your younger I’m 58 age sure does make you appreciate more

[@giarogers]

So True !

[@noxtrom]

Same here...

[@debruno55]

13 year old me loved it at the time but he certainly didn't admit it.

[@cherylwaite3255]

lol I'm a bit older, I liked it until my Dad played it all the time lol

[@elotronic9131]

This is why 80s music is so special

[@6581punk]

I think the reason reason is the lack of auto-tune which makes everything flat and lifeless.

[@DreadWing7777]

A.G.R.E.E.D.

[@nikcurtis120]

At the age of 56 I'm privileged to have spent my teen years around this and all the great early 80's music.

[@mwfmtnman]

Plus, the previous two decades of killer music playing everywhere too.

[@mikesims853]

Me too!

[@garyford3533]

me too

[@mariomenezes5974]

Me three! LOL

[@monsun5034]

I'm 54 😢😢😢

[@shaunfinch1190]

If you want saxophone try Gerry Rafferty 'Baker Street' you won't regret it.

[@jimbass5825]

Agreed. For my money the best saxophone-driven song I've ever heard. Also Urgent by Foreigner.

[@stewartc1978]

I was just about to say that 😉

[@tjsherminator]

Hazel o Connor 'Will You' has a great sax solo

[@annpilgrim7685]

Yessssssssss 🙌🏼

[@GoEqBro]

Agreed. The sax makes the song for me.

[@msgypsyqueen]

SPANDAU BALLET.... Is another reason why the 80s were absolutely the best!

[@ChrisLagos77]

Massive hit world wide...it still sounds fresh today. This is talent.

[@rjjcms1]

Saturday 16th April 1983. We're staying away with relatives for the weekend. I'm in a good mood and have got the telly on down in the living room. On the Saturday morning TV on BBC1 they feature Spandau Ballet singing this,their brand new song at the time. I'd heard it on the radio once or twice and picked up on the same bit they recognised instantly at the start. I remember the same show also dropping in on the opening morning of that year's World Snooker Championship at the Crucible in Sheffield with the inimitable Hurricane Higgins starting the defence of the title he won the previous year,and the programme also featured the Human League's brand new single Keep Feeling Fascination,which I thus heard for the first time. The only thing that tempers my happy mood is my football team losing at home on the Saturday afternoon. I'm due back at college on the Monday as,a couple of weeks after Easter itself,the holidays end. Three days later,on the Tuesday,those two songs fly into the new singles chart as the highest two new entries,Spandau Ballet straight into the Top 10 and the Human League at number 16. A week later True goes straight to number 1,knocking David Bowie's Let's Dance off the top,and a week after that the Human League snuggle in behind Spandau Ballet for a week at number 2. True stays at number 1 for four weeks before relinquishing the top spot in mid-to-late May to New Edition's Candy Girl.

[@felixkmgalanti9064]

Now that is one of the Classiest Dressed Bands of the 80's.

[@iamiwasthenaiiamnow6846]

You're not going to believe who designed their outfits and suits... .... ..... SADE!!! Why they would name their group Spandau Ballet smacks at sheer DARKNESS. Spandau Ballet is what people in the Russian Gulags refered to as a Nazi being executed by Hanging in the prisons.

[@vassabatielos4740]

You’ve not seen their early vids yet then Frilly collars and cuffs

[@heathcliff1096]

I'm happy to see the younger generation enjoying "old" hits which have aged so well.Thank you.

[@nickfiorenza5930]

What a beautiful song. Remember it well. Very handsome young man. Looks so much like my beloved younger son. Brings so many tears to my heart. Thank you for the fond memories. Keep it up.

[@KarlaVS]

@@nickfiorenza5930 Your son is fine?

[@rammingspeed4941]

How come they've never heard these songs before?..these are classic songs..I dont get it

[@FFM0594]

Pyjamarama aged well, Virginia Plain not so much, unfortunately. Love Roxy Music.

[@chantalmassicotte3934]

I so miss the 80's. I loved how guys dressed...from preppy to banger....everyone looked great. The music was so varied and incredible. My heaven will be the 80's.

[@NickHeaze]

God I'm with you, so miss it.

[@r.p.9021]

Me too, I’ll still wear 501s and Doc Martens on casual Fridays at work. People our generation of 80s teen always make compliments.

[@peterhopqk]

"My heaven would be the 80s" I love that.

[@R-L-I]

If you’re a child of the 80’s no high school dance was complete without this song playing at least once.

[@sandromingione7380]

For Sax and Piano togheter try Al Stewart “ Year of the cat"

[@MarkMcLT]

Fantastic song.

[@Bucketheadgoat]

@@MarkMcLT - a favorite!

[@KyleS3m3noff]

One of the greatest stories ever put to music.

[@pgooddmd]

Ooo yes! Forgot about that one.

[@edwinvanbellen6790]

Mind blowing song

[@Brian-om2hh]

Spandau Ballet were absolutely huge in the 80's, and their music still sounds good today......

[@swilkins2524]

So this band was part of the "2nd British Invasion" the "New Romantic" wave that really started to peak in the early 80's. Some names of the bands that were in that "New Romantic" wave were: Duran Duran, Human League, Culture Club, Adam and the Ants, Roxy Music, Soft Cell, ABC, Fix,Talk Talk, Eurythmics, Simple Minds, A-ah, Wham and many more. It was a great time period! Knowing you all will enjoy listening to this type of music!👍😉

[@chris62tt]

To name Roxy Music in that list is a true crime 😉

[@swilkins2524]

@@chris62tt....Guilty has charged! But in my defense, has the band; Roxy Music with their song "Love Is A Drug" and their look, they sure fit in rhe wave. When Bryan went solo, not so. Oh, I named my first born daughter Roxy after their name!😊

[@xoxxobob61]

@@chris62tt Roxy Music pre-dated the New Romantic era but their sound was very influential to the New Wave sound. Many of the bands listed above will profess how much Roxy Music influenced them.

[@alphaomega7191]

@@chris62tt - Roxy Music was kind of proto New Romantic though as was David Bowie - and those last 3 studio albums released after a 4 year break Manifesto, Flesh and Blood & Avalon that were released from 79 through 82 are very much in the New romantic style and somewhat different from the early to mid 70's releases which were more prog/glam. In a lot of ways Spandau Ballet follow a similar trajectory - they came out of the Blitz Kids scene and The Freeze, To Cut a Long Story Short, Chant No 1 etc are still kind of edgy but by the time you reach this point they are embracing a lot of the same stylistic choices Bryan Ferry was. I'm pretty sure Roxy Music and Ferry would have been quite happy to have been seen as relevant at the time of the new romantic era because so many of their contemporaries had struggled so badly to adapt with the Punk boom in the mid 70's and had fallen from view. I think it's a testament to Roxy Music's abilities that they were able to ride out a period that essentially killed the careers of a lot of their peers and re-emerge after the Punk era having evolved with the times.

[@MrGL1973]

@S Wilkins, A-Ha are from Norway not England.

[@charlesburris6314]

They had a monster hit in the UK called "Gold". The lyrics are outstanding.

[@Shadow2The]

So under rated.

[@erickutas2619]

Gold!

[@ronniepineda6254]

The bongos on gold are gold!!!

[@LibraKing3121]

Steve Norman is an absolute BEAST on percussion AND saxophones!! 🎷

[@cindyv1401]

This song is so clean. The music is clean, the guys are clean, the lyrics are clean, the instruments are played clean. JUST BEAUTIFUL 🤗🤗🤗❣️ #TRUE

[@limolnar]

The 80s and early 90s were the last period of good music...when song after song was incredible. Don't have that anymore.

[@raygsbrelcik5578]

"Clean" is....Good!

[@melmajor90]

Yes the 80s and early 90s when music was still clean but late 90s there you go it all got dirty

[@dschonsie]

your thoughts are not clean

[@monkeysuncle2816]

It takes me right back to playing Joust on my Atari 5200 all night long.

[@cmsrick]

This is a real gem. Try the song Gold.

[@sueflynn9886]

Brilliant call x

[@charlottecunningham2141]

❤️

[@cathyb46]

They used it on our television coverage of the Olympics too which was very apt. You are Gold 🤗

[@Grimlock1975]

Tony Hadley, the lead singer is a DJ on one of my local radio stations on a Sunday morning, he's a really great bloke in real life as well :)

[@annother3350]

wheres that? essex?

[@terriacosta997]

BBC Three Counties Radio

[@jamieh8101]

His voice has great range!

[@robertstreight2750]

Listen to Glen Frey - You Belong to the City for great sax!

[@evangelina3541]

That's right! I totally forgot about that song. It was one of my favorites back in the day... Now I have to google it!

[@CodeBleu724]

Simply Red - Holding Back The Years. It doesn't have sax but Mick's voice is sensational. Spandau, Simply Red, ABC held it down in the 80s.

[@carlosalegre3139]

Agree

[@Redundant_underscore]

Heck yeah. ABC needs more props.

[@tootspogsforever5590]

hell yeaah!!!😀

[@RGRGRGRGRGRGRG]

ABC FTW! All Of My Heart is an utter masterpiece. 😃

[@treelimbtlc]

It was in the movie, "Sixteen Candles" at a High School Dance. LOVE this song.

[@jasonmorrow6297]

Hall and Oates “I Can’t Go For That”…..great keys and sax!

[@appletree6898]

YESSS

[@leav4g]

Any Hall and Oates😂😍

[@TheAbyss2099]

I totally agree great pick

[@N2Deep00]

Don't forget "One on One"

[@martincornish3179]

@jasonmorrow6297 true

[@Marcus-Oh-really-yes]

The duo P.M. Dawn sampled the instrumental melody from "True" in their pyschedelic soft hip-hop-dance song "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss." It made it to No. 1 on the U.S. singles pop chart in 1991. And Spandau Ballet's lead vocalist Tony Hadley makes a two-second cameo appearance near the end of the music video. :-)

[@MikeBajrami]

That was a well used sample. That PM Dawn track was great!

[@tbd407]

that was a good reworking of it actually

[@johsenong5853]

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[@ms.mystique4388]

Yeah that PM dawn track was fire 🔥. The original is just perfection 💛

[@amandabispo2949]

That song is 🔥🔥🔥

[@catangel70]

What genre is this ??? answer - Timeless 80's perfection!

[@peebeedee6757]

Yeah, Brit new romantics.

[@Dedcalm1]

You want 80s perfection. Vienna- Ultravox.

[@robmontoya8618]

There’s a band that came be before Spandau Ballet. They are called Roxy Music. Spandau Ballet was definitely inspired by Roxy Music. Roxy Music is definitely worth checking out. “The Strand”, “More Than This”, and many more. You guys are great.

[@philipbowry9341]

Love is the drug.

[@davidcopson5800]

Remake, Remodel

[@MrClassicmetal]

Chic were also inspired by Roxy Music. Nile Rodgers talks about it in the BBC documentary about his life.

[@petercourtien4581]

Don’t Stop The Dance

[@Themickman123]

roxy music avalon is the sound i think of in this sound

[@itiswhatitis1345]

This is one of the many awesome power ballads of the 80s. So powerful. What a great decade of music 💞💯

[@perrypoitras520]

"Harden My Heart", by Quarterflash has a female lead singer who also plays the saxophone.

[@markgriffin9617]

Very underrated band!

[@Sidhecat]

Oh hell the frak yes!

[@ddtuss2585]

They were good live too

[@rddav1]

Rinny Ross!

[@EJSmith-dk3yg]

@@rddav1 Rindy Ross & Marv

[@reality1958]

The perfect band follow up to this would be Human League for sure.

[@JenB.188]

Another great suggestion!

[@karenarcher10]

Or ABC

[@johndonson1603]

Japan

[@64mickh]

Level 42

[@shawnk7832]

Yes!!!! HUMAN!!!

[@jemlovestfm]

This song is definitely in The Wedding Singer. If you haven't seen it you should make that happen because you won't regret it.

[@usmadgirl3074]

OMG! I'd forgotten how BEAUTIFUL the entire group was! They all look like models AND they can sing! WOW!

[@topgazza]

Sax? Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty. Cool, smooth and a classic

[@karylkline6442]

LOVE Baker Street!

[@travesotom6890]

This is a classic song from 1983 , I was 21 when this song came out brings back memories of my youth and if you noticed look how well dressed performers were back then check out thoses suits that’s class right there 😊

[@bobblowhard8823]

This is just one of the beautiful, memorable songs that helped define the 80's, musically. I feel so blessed to have been a young man during those times!

[@toker6664]

I imagine city traders driving 911s drinking champagne with blondes and snorting copious cocaine while listening to this.

[@linomoro6974]

Me too what an era

[@darrellneale9743]

This song was written by Gary Kemp, who is playing the piano in the video. It was about his unrequited love for actress/singer Clare Grogan. It was used in a number of movies and a few notes were in the Backstreet Boys I Want It That Way.

[@JoyceGentry-op4lb]

I didn't get MTV until the Fall 1983. This was the very video that I recognized when I put MTV on for the first time.

[@skguy7]

20 year old me in 1983 was already into Spandau Ballet from their earlier stuff ! But I can still remember the Tuesday afternoon in work when I first heard this and had my mind blown instantly! It was such a great time to be young! 60 year old me still listens to it now regularly on KZbin and still love it !

[@GinaGeeILuvu]

I love Spandau Ballet! You pronounced it right! I love this song! They are a great eighties band and they had some great hits but this was the biggest by far! Another amazing British band!!❤️❤️

[@6666Imperator]

its interesting that they are from the UK. I thought they might be from Germany as Spandau is a part of the city of Berlin

[@janejohnstone5795]

Great,..memories of the 80's.

[@springfauna1465]

We used to call them Spandex Ballet! 😅💖

[@derekangus1354]

This band was the first of the "New Romantics" and part of the "New Wave" of British Pop/Rock. True is their biggest hit. They have more, check any SB Greatest hits list.

[@iandavis8755]

One of THE quintessential 80's songs. Period. 5 year old me in 1983 loved the vibes of this song...soon to be 45 year old me still loves it...

[@annewoodard6803]

16 Candles memorialized this song, it’s forever in our hearts because of it.

[@mamatay7]

Yes!!! When Jake is dancing with Caroline but looking at Sam, right before she turns and runs into Farmer Ted!

[@brentatchley4790]

Shaun Finch said it best! You have to listen to Gerry Rafferty “Baker Street”. Must!!!!!!

[@ollwynaspinall1991]

The pianist and the base guitarist are actually brothers Martin and Gary Kemp they also played twin brothers in the classic British film The Krays excellent film a must watch 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@RhondaKL]

They’re not twins. They’re about a year apart in age,Martin is the youngest. Gary was born in 1959,Martin in 1960.

[@tedlover7012]

I love that movie!

[@TimpossibleOne]

Let's normalize bands wearing well tailored suits again

[@CelticSpiritsCoven]

The spandex in the 80's were "well tailored". They fit like it was made for their bodies..... Just sayin'.

[@KyleS3m3noff]

@@CelticSpiritsCoven a certain portion of Kpop has you covered on that one.

[@blakewestwood8096]

The suits in this video are not spandex but they are worn by Spandau 😋

[@carolking1502]

I know a 30 yr old who makes fun of 80's fashion, but we *dressed* to go out clubbing! I drive through downtown on a weekend now, and the young people look like they're ready to do chores.

[@carolking1502]

@@ALCAN52 Bet he's still sexy as all get out!

[@paml5062]

Early70’s iconic slow dance song is “Color My World” by Chicago.

[@95KIPPIE]

Tony had a beautiful voice on this song, I like to clean, cut, suit wearing look

[@ChiTownGirl640]

This song was in Sixteen Candles. Yes, one of those 80s movies.

[@michlkwitz]

Yep, the dance scene.

[@williammack6083]

A movie with Spandau Ballet and Long Duk Dong has to be great.

[@cameranmanner4701]

The movie lit this song on fire.

[@peacefulpossum2438]

Shermer, Illinois, where all the honeys are top-shelf…

[@bigb6046]

ABC was a great English band that had the same vibe as Spandau Ballet but has more hits , I loved their song - "Look of Love"

[@elmoomle4565]

'Poison Arrow'...another great tune from ABC

[@bobblowhard8823]

"Be Near Me" and "When Smokey Sings" are also a couple of favorites of mine from them.

[@barbarachieppo8290]

👍♥️

[@ToniMcGinty]

In the UK, Spandau has more hits, I'd say. However, not a week ago, I was at an 80s-90s festival, and I saw ABC and Spandau's Tony Hadley perform on the same day! Hadley absolutely killed it, which I wasn't expecting. In my opinion, easily the best show of the entire Festival after Sheila E (also unexpected).

[@MissSylvia67]

Was a huge fan when I was 16 in 1983 and saw them live in Stockholm. Amazing concert! Tony killed it then and always has, still does!

[@carlosserrano3985]

On 6:38 he's asking what is that and the answer is the Simmons SDSV electronic drums in beautiful white pads, still got mine! You can see it and heart it in many videos and records in the 80'S, a good example of how it sounds is Duran Duran Hungry Like a Wolf.

[@djs3484]

A quintessential 80's tune, no auto tune, just what looks like brand new instruments, all are impeccably dressed, look at those suits, especially the lead singers suit is awesome IMO, and pure talent. I miss music like this from the 80's.

[@Kyrieeleison70x7]

Tony Hadley, the lead singer, has an AMAZING voice, even to this day. Another great song is “Gold”, “Only When You Leave” and “I’ll Fly For You”. But if you really like the sax, you have to listen to the early Bruce Springsteen songs with the E Street Band, which included “the Big Man” Clarence Clemons, may he RIP. That man is a legend. Listen to “Jungleland” and you’ll understand...his sax solo is truly, truly epic.

[@MauGino]

This genre was called New Wave or New Romanticism. New Wave was the general name for many songs in this vein back in the 80's. This song was HUGE in the early 80's. It was prominently featured in the movie Sixteen Candles by John Hughes. This song is forever linked to that movie and it's what made it part of pop culture for RomCom movies. If you want a song with sax try George Michael the song Careless Whisper.

[@annother3350]

I dont think this is really new wave. Its more part of that 80s soul boy movement.,

[@rebeccabaca2909]

@@annother3350 it’s solidly new romantic, often lumped in with new wave, but not really new wave at all..

[@jamesu1540]

@@annother3350 Spandau Ballet was good but i prefer Depeche Mode

[@annother3350]

@@rebeccabaca2909 My eldest cousin was a soulboy - dressed like them. New Romantics didnt wear suits

[@cognossance]

New Wave was a bit more like synth-heavy light punk or post-punk.

[@fensterputzernuernberg]

Some songs have a magical relaxing nature about them and this is one the greatest: Bunch of talented lads Spandau BAllet !

[@hekuboshi]

A good overlooked piano and saxophone combination is “Captain of her heart” by Double.

[@pgooddmd]

Another one I forgot about. Sigh... Yes, this one.

[@cherik6710]

I came to recommend this one too.

[@annother3350]

I was thinkng of that a few days ago

[@ian2889]

Bob Seger's "Turn the page" has both a piano and saxophone 🎷 in the song...and it's iconic 💯✌️

[@nigelsmith6077]

Grover Washington Jr. Winelight Album Sax. Jazz & Ronnie Laws Every Generation 2 of my favourite jazz greats. They are a must. For Valentines day, Larry Graham- One In a million you.

[@cassbumk3565]

Billy Joel's New York State of Mind has piano and sax

[@SC-gp7kt]

That is my favorite Billy Joel song!!!

[@cassbumk3565]

Mine too

[@etc7070]

Ooh yes! There's a live version (from Old Grey Whistle Test) that's pretty great, I hope they react to it. VERY jazzy and bluesey!

[@hacksaw5918]

@@etc7070 i will have to watch that. I dont think it is the one i saw but my home town band the Ozark Mountain Daredevils played there so i am aware of the venue.

[@pamyaccarino7838]

For the ultimate piano song you gotta do piano man by billy Joel. It will blow your mind!

[@chriso6719]

The band's name was suggested by a friend who saw it on a wall in Berlin. It actually has a pretty dark meaning. According to Wikipedia, Spandau is a borough of Berlin and one of the landmarks is the Spandau arsenal. That arsenals Spandau machine gun inspired the slang Spandau ballet to describe dying soldiers on barbed wire in WWI, and later was applied to the appearance of Nazi war criminals hanged at the Spandau prison.

[@willywonka7812]

I thought it was to do with the dance people do when you're unloading a machine gun around their feet

[@dougthompson5449]

Rudolf Hess was the lone prisoner kept in the Spandau prison.

[@raymondmiller5098]

​@dougthompson5449 There were several convicted Nazi War Criminals kept there. He was the last one. After his suicide the prison was completely dismantled (in 1987) to prevent it from becoming something of a shrine for Nazi sympathizers. In the 1920s, 21 separate towns surrounding Berlin were incorporated into metropolitan Berlin. Spandau (locataed in the far western edge of Berlin city limits) was one of these.

[@milkspan2604]

iconic song.... iconic riff.... Spandau is a locality from my hometown berlin (have no idea what the boys from london have in common with the place) sampled by PM Dawn for the big hit "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"

[@littlecatfeet9064]

That PM Dawn song is amazing too!

[@davidwalker683]

One of the best 80s songs ever!

[@waynecox3958]

Piano. Saxophone. SUPERTRAMP-The Logical Song. Peez.

[@JenB.188]

Yes!

[@munchnerkindl7280]

Yes yes yes👌

[@yourgirld3506]

Holy shyt I forgot about Supertramp!!! Yes The Logical Song is amazing!!

[@michaelrunnels9846]

I was 17 and a total rock fan. I just kind of pushed this song off to the back burner but of course now I appreciate the musicianship of all kinds of songs. Spandau Ballet was very intriguing

[@gixxerboy555]

Back in 1983..I was 16 when it stood for weeks @ #1 in the charts.. this song is iconic.. :)

[@paulmargett9360]

You want sax solo then look no further than "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty or "Will You" by Hazel O'connor. Much love from England 🇬🇧

[@abmqa]

Or Candy Dulfer and Dave Stewart with Lillie Was Here....

[@esclad]

This tune is also used in PM Dawn track - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss; so for first few seconds i'm unsure which one it is :)

[@kinjiru731]

This was also sampled for P.M. Dawn's Set A Drift On Memory Bliss.

[@ONITOPIA]

This is how people mostly know it from.

[@giarogers]

“The Wedding Singer” in 1998; “Charlie’s Angels” in 2000; “Pixels” in 2015; and “Not Another Teen Movie” . (copied from google) and a bit from Sixteen Candles. Played this a lot in the 80's but featured in so many movies. 80's pop ! Definitely a vibe - cool choice !

[@ms.dirtybird7779]

Lol I keep hearing "Robbie and JUUUL-ia" 🎵

[@jesse7603]

I Love the Wedding Singer.

[@moebartlet9659]

I was an 84 grad. This was the best make out song there was. Steaming up the windows on my Nova. 😇

[@efcruzado]

I’m a huge Spandau Ballet fan! You should react to “Gold”, “Only When You Leave”, “Lifeline”, “Round and Round”, “I’ll Fly For You”, “Through the Barricades”, “Steal”.

[@UTU49]

I had "Always in the Back of My Mind"... in my mind yesterday. It's partly why I'm here right now. "It's 2 AM, raining again... "

[@efcruzado]

@@UTU49 The entire Parade album is awesome. Wore out my cassette!

[@UTU49]

@@efcruzado I had the True album on vinyl and played it a lot. I discovered Parade years afterward. Lots of good songs. I think I discovered Parade in the late 90s.

[@liveanadventure429]

@@efcruzado I love parade it’s brilliant, nature of the beast, with the pride, highly strung, always in the back of my mind all fantastic

[@liveanadventure429]

@@UTU49 I had all the memories, the winter of 82, where down upon the ice you saw me melt, great song

[@Chalkster1]

This was my era so beautiful... glad you guys enjoyed it

[@stevecribbs9247]

Back in the day, we absolutely did slow dance to this

[@Kim-hc5si]

This song has been sampled in 54 other songs. 54! But the best one might be ‘Set Adrift on Memory Bliss’ by P.M. Dawn in 1991. ❤️🔥

[@lawrencechiu4058]

True was their first hit in North America, and it came out in 1983. I was in 10th grade. They were huge in Europe.

[@matthewbrown4575]

Great tune guys . This song is epic ..check out the song from Spandau ballet called "Gold" . Its my favorite from them.

[@armynurseboy]

There is a dark meaning behind the name of the band: the town of Spandau, Germany had a famous prison/concentration camp and the "Spandau Ballet" refers the the kicks and leg spasms of a person being hanged. The term was coined during WW2.....The band took it from some graffiti they saw in a Berlin nightclub. Not sure if they knew the meaning behind it, or simply thought is sounded cool.

[@fraslavko1]

ugh,you shrank my memory bank !

[@victormartinez5580]

This song is about a guy writing a suicide note.

[@daveyhouston]

@@victormartinez5580 it is!!!???

[@mystisage13]

😲

[@jamesrooney8418]

The Spandau was a fast shooting mounted automatic gun and the ballet was the dance done by the bodies hit by the bullets.

[@shonia9059]

Love this song! I remember it being played in the classic 80's teen movie Sixteen Candles starting Molly Ringwald. It was played at the high school dance. Fit perfect with the scene too. Truly one if the best love songs ever!

[@bbmc1887]

One you probably haven't heard of but was a gorgeous song performed by Northern Irish singer, Fergal Sharkey in September 1985 - "A Good Heart". It was a number-one hit in the United Kingdom, Australia, Belgium, Ireland, and the Netherlands. Fergal was the front man for the punk band "The Undertones" which were famous for "Teenage Kicks" ( absolutely brilliant song) in 1978 and "My Perfect Cousin". Defo would be great for you to check these gems out.

[@tonyallen4265]

You want something like True, with sax, with piano, another huge hit, that's also romantic, catchy and perfect? You have to react to "The Year of the Cat" by Al Stewart. An all time favorite.

[@kayew5492]

Anything by Al Stewart! My personal favourite is News From Spain off the Orange album, with Rick Wakefield on piano, or Roads to Berlin from Past , Present and Future. That Spanish guitar...

[@robjohnson5872]

Scrambling my brain cells to come up with one - thinking a lot of Supertramp would qualify - but your suggestion is tops. And though not as sax heavy, On the Border by Al Stewart crazy arrangement with lots of strings and piano.

[@0lliekelm328]

Try listening to lily was here, candy dulfer, dave stuart. Great sax playing

[@mcm0324]

We kids from the 80's had the best music, great clothes and fun hair! It was a great time to be in high school and college! We're grandparents now, but we still remember what we were doing and every word to songs like you are just discovering!! Please respond to the English version of 99 Luft Ballons - all about the Cold War we were living through. Welcome to the 80's!!!

[@fullcircle3357]

Which the idiots are trying to reignite history repeats but we in the 80’s had better music …

[@janejohnstone5795]

Yes, agree 👍.

[@lynnhettrick7588]

Class of ‘88 here. I remember every lyric, but don’t know why I walked into the kitchen. Not going to be a grandparent for quite a while.

[@Mwoods2272]

Best movies and TV shows too.

[@jessithanks8082]

Gotta do the German version, tho. Even better!

[@marinesnip]

Fast note..........The guy playing the piano (Gary Kemp) was in the movie Bodyguard with Whitney Houston.

[@unndunn1]

This song takes me right back to being a freshman in college and watching MTV in my dorm. Ahh, to be young and carefree again

[@picnic75]

If you like sax - try "Who Can it Be Now" by Men at Work. Another classic hit from the 80's.

[@mitchellbeston1033]

Awesome, as is their whole catalogue

[@UTU49]

Here, picnic, have a thumb.

[@bumbleandprincess]

Nice choice young lady ....................BUT without doubt......the best 2 saxophone tracks of all time are: 1. Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty 2. Food for thought by UB40 Much respect from New Zealand.

[@virginiacaldwell4001]

Amazing saxophone in the song "careless whisper" by George Michael from beginning to end

[@martinstubbs7974]

You will love their song "Through the barricades" . It showcases Tony Hadleys voice and is a brilliantly written song.

[@amccookwarewithneisha734]

I hope they do review this song next Its one of my all time favorites Oh, there's a scar through my heart but I'll bare it again Oh, I thought we were the human race But we were just another borderline case And the stars reach down and tell us There's always one escape

[@damianearl4929]

@@amccookwarewithneisha734 agreed Their best in my opinion One of my fave songs

[@jeffreydoyle9408]

Agree

[@WorldReserveCurrency]

I love seeing you guys enjoying the songs I grew up with in high school.... this is still on my love song playlist.... love this song.

[@lovelycats1937]

Every time I hear this song I think of the movie 16 Candles they played this song in the movie

[@vintageart13]

If you like the horns , try listening to “Phil Collins - Sussudio” . It’s great 👍.

[@pgooddmd]

Another great! I'll be excited for them to go down the Phil Collins rabbit hole.

[@illuminatedproductionsinc.6499]

The song was SAMPLED in Nelly's N DEY SAY from the SWEAT album

[@brendarobinson1656]

One of my absolute favorite songs of all time!

[@BNL1530]

I always Loved this song.. Got to love the 80’s music

[@latonyasoloman5700]

Yet the best next's the 70s oops.OG now lord no meaning not even hooks same dam thing nothing original the music industry sucks

[@Mr17051963]

Wow! A classic from the good old times of the slow dance parties!!!!! 😍

[@benntura]

This was the slow dance song that was played at my school dances in '80's.

[@SteveWeiland-h6h]

Slow dance?

[@spencergroup]

As good as this song is, there's nothing like having lived during the 80s and enjoying the times when this song helped to define the era.

[@happymethehappyone8300]

"Listening To Marvin All Night Loooonnng"...Been There,, Done That,, Even Have The Official Limited Edition Key Chain 😄

[@michaeltipton5500]

His voice is just amazing.

[@rogerlewis1361]

Growing up I always looked at Spandau and ABC as very similar sounding groups.

[@nicw5574]

This song was always played last at many a disco back in the '80's, when by that point of the night hopefully you'd met someone you could slow dance together with 😂 Wishing you both well and sending peace

[@rigelmoon9030]

If I had to select the one song that represents the '80s, this would be it. It's so smooth it hurts.

[@aridian7787]

It’s a tie with “EVERY BODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD”.

[@rigelmoon9030]

@@aridian7787 The melody is great in "Everyone....", but, the lyrics are sketchy.

[@dadsongamer2653]

one of the greatest songs ever

[@thegoodchicken1078]

Going to see lead singer Tony Hadley at a 1980s weekend festival starting today. Great voice

[@CandleLight1974]

The best band of the New Romantic era by a million miles and you pronounced their name perfectly. I would love to see you react to their Through the Barricades, Only When You Leave, Lifeline and Gold (the Bond theme that never was).

[@Michael.Talbot]

Through the Barricades is beautiful i think i think its about the troubles in Northern Ireland, i might be wrong but it is a powerful song 👍

[@beverlyhall5254]

I agree to listen through the barricades only when you leave, and I'll fly for you. But check out chant no.1. I think it was their first single and very different to True 👍

[@BelieveNoGod]

Thank you for your channel 😍 Not only, do you react, and comment in a nice, and good way, but you also give a good 'vibe', to older music.