Spandau Ballet - Through The Barricades | The story behind the song | Top 2000 a gogo

[@Jynxxxycat]

The older I get, the more I appreciate this group.

[@ManxAndy]

One of the most underrated songs ever, just a beautiful beautiful song.....so powerful, but so touching....in my 80s top ten.

[@ManxAndy]

Jon Commons so what , I stand by my thoughts, this record in the UK wasn’t given the accolade it deserved when originally released , it has been since though....

[@ManxAndy]

Jon Commons cheer up fella, we all have our own outlook on life.....it’s just an observation on a song.....

[@bricknut11]

Song always makes me cry, Sang this to my baby boy to get him to sleep. 6 years old now and still loves the song.

[@filmer25]

That's really great Tom.

[@dannymcmince]

You should now teach your son the history of pain that Ireland suffered under British rule...hope that will make him cry!

[@bricknut11]

@@dannymcmince sure will

[@dannymcmince]

@@bricknut11 Thanks..I wish you well.. stay safe 💚

[@zanegrey4720]

What a song what a gem what a master peice long live spandau ballet love them.

[@rumblefish9]

I got to see them live a few years ago and this song live is just sublime. I had goosebumps the whole time and the audience was silent as if we were all lost in the song, soaking all of its beauty.

[@alexmccrorie4195]

Great group love there songs and music ,buck i miss the 80s .

[@judyboukens8100]

Stil my favorite spandau ballet song.

[@tarwbull3208]

Working in N. Ireland when this track came out. Felt really close to home

[@martineleven8179]

My father was a farmers son, my mother a poachers daughter, they were from different sides, my father died in my arms in 2017. This song was played at his funeral.

[@redfordmichaelferrer3658]

Love this song from the very first time it aired on our airwaves in 87 or 88 and cant get enough of it since😍🤗

[@MeiZu0606]

i love you spandau ballet forever 😘😘😍😍😍❤❤❤❤❤ i love seen you together thanks for all those beautiful songs 🙏

[@suecondon1685]

My Dad always said a great song is discovered from thin air, and comes to a songwriter complete, as it were. And it sounds like that's how it came to Gary Kemp. Genius song, I will always love it.

[@wodenoftheangles3339]

Very true.

[@suzannetodaro5494]

I can be the same for authors too, J K Rowling said she lived with Harry Potter in her head for a while before she got the first book finished.

[@BLITZY261]

GHOSTED by THE CRUE..... ...keep your eye and ear out for this song Sue...your Dad was right. This song was written and demo'd as a co-write in 15 minutes total...your Dad was right. One fine day his point will be proved with GHOSTED. ACTUALLY written ten years ago. Pulled out last year because I was asked to record a song and release it, having never sang a single song.FACT....let alone recorded and released. One take. Done.

[@suecondon1685]

@@suzannetodaro5494 Yes I think that's true too. I write short stories, and when I've got a good one it comes to me complete. I once won £1000, so they must be ok!

[@suecondon1685]

@@BLITZY261 Yes, I will look out for this!

[@caspervanelli6502]

Please someone, invent a time machine and transport me back to the early 80's.

[@Ystadcop]

Can I come too?

[@candaceme]

Casper Vanelli me too

[@rollingtroll]

Make sure you are on the right side of the wall.

[@24nov67]

can you please drop me off in 1980 so I can live the decade all over again.

[@Heisenberg-to4bq]

it wasn't that great, I was there

[@boybumbatso1582]

This was such a big hit in the Philippines in the late 80s. It was so big it was all over the radio.

[@tigerlily6070]

Beautiful song 🎵 ❤

[@sssyyylllvvviiiiaaa]

they still sound great now thats a story behind the song. my favorit song from them

[@petermccartney9233]

My favourite song by SB, it has true feeling and passion .

[@GBPaddling]

Without a shadow, this is their best song.

[@richardherzog5405]

GBPaddling No way . * TRUE" is the masterpiece

[@jamesmccarthy7228]

Totally agree with you there. This is so powerfull and emotional and a true Spandau classic. Even more so than Gold or True. More of an anthem feel to it. It's definately the boy's best effort, both musically and vocally !!!

[@TheStobb50]

One of the most beautiful songs ever wrote

[@michaelrawson6261]

*WRITTEN*

[@ChrisWakeford]

I'm with you brothers....great tunes too.Fab team.

[@graceclews4537]

love this thanks a millions

[@leahyodico9818]

So meaningful. I'll gonna sing it for my cover.

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Next to gold their best song, love it!

[@BrianSmith-vl7xu]

This was a great song looking back.

[@ChilliCheezdog]

Get it back in the charts.

[@dannymcmince]

Great song...I hope Ireland shall one day be united!

[@justmadeit2]

Money divided them. Gary Kemp wrote the songs but without Tony Hadleys voice there was no Spandau Ballet. Good to see they are friends again

[@macs7641]

Tony left again. I think you're right tho' - they brought in another singer - but it's a 'no' from me.

[@justmadeit2]

@@macs7641 I didn't know that. It can't be the same without him. A drummer can be replaced, or a bass player, not so.much a singer. Just to add, there's a huge playlist of decent music on my channel, check it out if ya want. Over n out

[@j.schermer3523]

@@justmadeit2 New singer is already out. He stayed for only 8 months. Tried to kill himself after working with Gary. Tony didn‘t leave because of money, but because Gary couldn‘t accept the fact that Tony is a different person than he himself is. In the end Tony choose hapiness above the security of being in a famous band.

[@mr.balloffur]

Money did not divide them, the Kemps wanted to go and do acting in the '90s and left the other guys high and dry. Tony is doing fine on his own, he doesn't need them.

[@rollingtroll]

With the Berlin wall falling being one of my first memories, I always thought that was what this song was mostly about. Jesus christ people, I'm not even old. That wasn't even long ago. In the western world. And look where we are now.

[@Heisenberg-to4bq]

This song was written and performed many years before the wall came down

[@rollingtroll]

@@Heisenberg-to4bq I know that now :).

[@exusjwconfessionsus9901]

It’s funny, this song always reminded me of World War I. My grandfather had such a troubled relationship with his family. I think it really led my dad to make some very poor choices and join a cult in the 1950s. Anyway, my grandfather was a 16-year-old in trench warfare. Two close relatives killed on the same day. Somehow made it through the barricades. I often wonder what he really wanted to be doing with his time, and about love.

[@DanishGSM]

I still love Spandau

[@FundamentalsUK]

Great song

[@masculineguy37]

Great!

[@The.Last.Guitar.Hero.]

That reunion went well

[@InfinityX2]

😆

[@YllaStar95970]

Tony Hadley is Spandau Ballet.

[@stevechandler9949]

Wow. This song is way down on my list of their tunes.

[@Ndlanding]

I only ever liked Planet Earth.

[@stevieorovasius4628]

Tony Hadley is inmiddels alweer opgestapt en vervangen door een ander. Een vreemd gevoel krijg je dan bij dit verhaal. En echt vrienden worden ze ook niet meer, zo vernam ik ook.

[@pr9062]

The Kray twins seemed to have mellowed a bit with age.

[@michaelrawson6261]

😂😂😂

[@j.schermer3523]

Tony‘s replacement tried to kill himself last year after working with The Kemps. Wouldn‘t call that mellowed.

[@gilo7171]

What is the intro synth?

[@anjorispieker8577]

The intro for Through The Barricades itself

[@leonardpattison2816]

Back together....Again

[@bklarenbeek8570]

Best

[@ZoeSummers1701A]

2nd best male voice of the 80’s. (1st was George Michael).

[@elvisleeboy]

Brilliant singers both, but I think Freddie Mercury was number one.

[@rokapali69]

It was all about the money and the royalties, and that's the true story!!!

[@kooskansloos4834]

Do these guys even age?

[@JustLocal]

Living you're past life again.. But I always wonder where the band name came from: Spandau Prison in Europe housed many prisoners including World War II Nazi prisoners. When these prisoners were hanged the swinging of the dead body was called the Spandau Ballet. That SS officer did a nice Spandau Ballet at his hanging. Or Even earlier, it references the 1918 German pilots who flew with two Spandau machine guns in place on the aircraft cowling. The guns were said to make the enemy dance when fired at them from above, hence the term "ballet". Me not like..

[@GlassSuperstar]

Now they're older, There's a spinal tap element to this lol

[@mikealmere70]

Never knew about the political background, thought it was just a lovesong

[@aus80srockradio94]

I love this series on "Stories behind songs" - but for the German? language across the screen - it is really distracting.

[@1989NickyD]

It's Dutch. And at least NTR (A Dutch broadcaster) left the audio as it was and didn't decide to dub it into Dutch.

[@womenfrom0202]

Well see it as a way to learn a different culture. Basically these clips are from a TV program broadcasted in Xmas week every year, so enjoy these payed for from tax money😉

[@Johsebthur]

In the Netherlands they use subtitles, in other countries they dub everything. Imagine an 80 year old German who spent his whole life in the cinema and hasn't got a clue what the voices of say Woody Allen, Eddie Murphy, Meryl Streep sound like.

[@AntAdam1]

Tony buggered off again but by all accounts (Gary in a recent interview), things are still ok with them, he still wants to be solo and to follow his personal ventures. They'll be back again.

[@j.schermer3523]

Gary and Tony hate each other. They will never perform together again.

[@mr.balloffur]

For all intents and purposes, Tony was kicked out of the band dur to the Kemps inflexibility. They do not get along and will not tour again.

[@aus80srockradio94]

No denying Gary's talent, but Martin is a far more humble person. Gary's ego is way too big.

[@elle37gb31]

Tony Hadley is a twat, he won't even admit what the song was written about, he thought everything was about him, thank god he is just an idiot that belongs in the past, he never wrote the song

[@j.schermer3523]

What a stupid comment! Of course he knew what the song was about. Thank God he was the singer who made this band (and this song!) big. Twat Gary must have regrets now about the way he treated his frontman. Spandau is over because Gary was so stupid to drive Tony out. And Tony is having the time of his life with his own band. Happier than ever because he doesn‘t have to work with Gary anymore!

[@elle37gb31]

@@j.schermer3523 REALLY???? OK then whatever you say

[@j.schermer3523]

@@elle37gb31 Yep. Really. Gary is such a twat that even Steve doesn‘t speak to him anymore. Steve and Tony are the only bandmembers who are still friends today.

[@elle37gb31]

@@j.schermer3523 I think you have no idea who the band are and is a troll,so just wise up

[@68404]

It's obvious that Gary and Tony still hate each other. But they only make money when they tour and they need Tony's voice. But hey, it pays the bills

[@68404]

..and now Gary is gone again, replaced by a karaoke singer. Shame

[@p28-e7j]

Gary can't stand Tony. The body language says it all

[@richf6111]

Martin Kemp.....silent....hmmm....made to turn up by his agent ? Looks like time hasn’t broken barricades for everyone in the band.

[@jm252]

And then they split up again!

[@j.schermer3523]

And this time it‘s for good.

[@jm252]

@@j.schermer3523 I know... Its a shame! All over money!

[@j.schermer3523]

@@jm252 This time it was not about money. It was about a person who couldn‘t accept the fact that not everybody follows his thoughts and ideas.

[@michaelrawson6261]

I liked Spandau Ballet, but I could never take Tony seriously. He looked like Rimmer and sang like a slightly better than average pub singer. Definitely a cracking record though.

[@mr.balloffur]

Average pop singer? You need to go get your hearing checked, he's one of the best voices of this generation. Probably the best now after Freddie Mercury and George Michael died.

[@steveepsilon6639]

Not really what they are remembered for really