Spandau Ballet - True REACTION

[@peterpeter2699]

Ohhh man one of the most elegant Ballades of the 80s unforgettable Hit

[@soupdragonuk]

Indeed then couple it with Gold it was when Spandau Ballet ruled the charts. Simple fact is the Eighties easily has some of the greatest music ever produced in musical history.

[@deniscastellanos9895]

@Billy Jane don't forget Drive for The Cars and Take my Breath Away for Berlin.

[@deniscastellanos9895]

@Billy Jane She's Like the Wind by Patrick Swayze.

[@DukesMusic84]

Fantastic piece of songwriting. this was the best New Wave love song.

[@nancygerbutavich1305]

80’s forever✌️

[@MsLuvmusic81]

Best decade for everything

[@carriec9719]

Best decade ever. I was class of 84 ❤️❤️

[@EchoRider515]

@@carriec9719 yes! The 80s were awesome & the music so eclectic. 🤩 I was class of '82.

[@superstrigoi]

YES!

[@superstrigoi]

Class of '88

[@kimmagee9645]

loved this band met them twice lovely guys, amazing live too, Only when you leave is a great song, through the barricades, round and round, and i loved fight for ourselves and i'll fly for you

[@charlesburris6314]

Slow dancing at the prom, with my girl, this song playing in the background. Decades ago but like yesterday. Music takes us places.

[@kimberlinibambini1988]

Facts!

[@jesahnorrin]

That sounds like a great place for music to take you.

[@bethshadid2087]

True 💗

[@bldhnds52]

True (the song & the comments)

[@TheRedRaven_]

Wow man, no doubt you made love afterwords lol, this song is too intoxicating.

[@mikebetts2046]

Highly polished and so good sounding. Everything blends just right.

[@sharonkay8638]

J, this was THE ballad of the eighties, written by band member Gary Kemp and containing one of the best lines ‘Listening to Marvin (Gaye) all night long’. The band was made up of school friends from North London (UK) Gary Kemp and Steve Norman, Gary’s brother Martin, John Keeble on drums and Tony Hadley, with his smooth expressive voice. Part of the New Romantics movement of the early eighties, which was an answer to Punk music, they were as famous for their take on fashion as they were for their music. This was the band that everyone else was up against and their songs helped to define the decade here in the U.K. Listen to Heaven is a secret, Gold, Chant no.1, Round and round and my favourite, Through the barricades. Lots of great music and great memories!🥂

[@musicsansnotes]

Thank you for the information.

[@madeleinelyell3447]

One of my favorite albums of the 80s.

[@johndesalvo3969]

A somewhat accurate account of their history if just a bit overhyped as while they had a string of UK hits and one worldwide smash. They never could surpas their main rivals = Duran Duran = who had MANY worldwide smash hits .

[@crmusicproduction]

Another thing worth mentioning the two brothers Gary and Martin Kemp starred in British film called 'The Krays' about notorious twins Ronnie and Reggie Kray, very violent East London gangsters, brilliant film.

[@HuSanNiang]

@@crmusicproduction and Gary played in "Bodyguard"

[@markshane4119]

I just can not stop listening to this song. Played it a hundred times and still not tired of this.

[@GinaGeeILuvu]

Spandau Ballet were part of eighties New Wave / New Romantic era when so many British bands came over and took over the air waves! I like their songs “Gold” and “Only When You Leave” too! But So many artists have sampled this song! It’s a great song! It’s pronounced Span-dow!😂❤️❤️

[@lucijarabrenovic201]

Over a hundred bands are classified in the new wave genre. I was a young teenager at the time and although I lived in a communist country in the Balkans, I grew up with this music. Then new wave bands appeared in my country as well. Great bands and great songs have been created on our domestic music scene.

[@4evalocd660]

@@lucijarabrenovic201 me2💜💜✌🏾✌🏾

[@KyleS3m3noff]

Only When You Leave is so damn good.

[@MattSingh1]

The 'Second British Invasion', as it's known, began with The Human League and their massive hit 'Don't You Want Me', which was a US number one in 1981 in both the US and UK. From then until the end of the decade UK acts dominated the US music charts. Of all the UK acts though, Phil Collins was the biggest success, spending more time in the US top 40 than any other American *or* British act.

[@skguy7]

Lol ive just actually posted the same recommendations for people to listen to. Soundtrack to my early 20s

[@vlofvl]

Through the barricades - simply unbelievablesong and vocal performance by Tony Hadley

[@foreveryoung7180]

Hi from the UK, that man Tony Hadley what a voice , still as good today as it was then , one of the 80s best 😎😎😎😊😊🤩🤩 .it would be great if you would react to JENNIFER RUSH her power ballad,, the power of love thanks Jay .

[@jscottburnside1]

I smashed the like button before the video even started!

[@wencireone]

So 'true'👍me too

[@mezellenjohnson2753]

I always do that now because Jayvee always gives his all and it's his reactions I like very much indeed.

[@charlottecunningham2141]

Me too!😂

[@dulceandrade9469]

Likewise...

[@eng605]

They have a great song called "Only when you leave".

[@leslapins7617]

Oh yeah, I love True, but “Only when you leave” is still better! 🥰

[@holyspacemonkey]

Les Lapins - I agree!

[@4evalocd660]

GOLD 💜💜✌🏾✌🏾

[@midnified2227]

And I'll fly for you!!

[@cariaus3758]

@@midnified2227 My favourite from them

[@barron4755]

My All-time favourite 80's Classic - Brings back so many Memories and so many Tears.

[@sallycrane6317]

"gold" is the obvious next choice for Spandau but I used to love to dance to"chant number one"

[@eleveneleven572]

This song was the 80's for me. Spandau, Sade, Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music. Pure class and creativity.

[@fay-amieaspen6046]

I'm a child of the 80's and so glad of the British Pop songs we have in the UK. Great tunes that I still groove to !

[@davidmorgan1408]

I saw Tony Hadley perform in March 2020 (80s Cruise), and his voice is even better today. He put on a great show.

[@audibleadventures9004]

This song soothes the soul :)

[@cazolinesmith]

Tony Hadley sounds just like that in concert. Truly amazing.

[@amandacunningham1783]

Amazing song! I’m 50 and heard it in my 20’s. It is still my go to song ❤️

[@cheyanndoyle1688]

Such a great 80s song!

[@shanehenderson8756]

Another endless line of great British music and bands.

[@HondoTrailside]

Steve, who plays the sax "had just picked it up along with percussion", at the time. So they were able to bring that to the table on their first ballad. "Just picked it up..."

[@janettem7374]

This song was one of my Favorites and still is 💋

[@wilsonwray]

The lead singer (Tony Hadley) is a DJ at Absolute Radio here in the UK. He sang In the studio one day as a request of one of the other DJs, and it was awesome. Completely impromptu.

[@RuthyTCorrea]

Went to see them five yrs ago to the House of Blues in MA, VIP so I got to meet them and take pictures, autographs. Tonys voice is intact, they are so charming and where wonderful with the fans, better concert ever.

[@richardconnolly4835]

Hi, if you enjoyed this one, try ABC's The Look of Love, another 80's classic

[@vikkipowell9592]

I'm smiling so big just watching your reaction to all the smoothness of this song. Tony Hadley nailed the lyrics and vocals. It makes this 67 yr old music lover happy to see younger folks digging the music I grew up on....and still listen to today.

[@MomPita]

Brings me back to 8th grade dances ! Love that you are digging the 80's!

[@sarahjane8146]

Best Spandau Ballet dance track: Chant No. 1. Absolutely the best.

[@yasminm7157]

Yes! Their 1st single I believe?

[@cl4re4d4ms]

@@yasminm7157 I thought their first single was "To cut a long story short".

[@lindseymoore914]

@@cl4re4d4ms correct, Chant No1 was their 4th single. 😊

[@yasminm7157]

cl4re4d4ms Ah yes, you’re absolute right!

[@marniethedyslexic6445]

I love this song. Great reaction. The music and the lyrics are so very hunting. They stay with you in a good way. Such a lovely 80s Great love song.❤️😀👍✌️🌼Love and peace.

[@sargonsblackgrandfather2072]

Ah good old british blue eyed soul. Can’t beat it.

[@stevebrien1041]

This was the picture and the sound of the New Romance era along with bands like Roxy Music and OMD among others. This song is so smooth

[@mariposapapillon9261]

Major prom song, major makeout song -- overall fantastic ballad with a gorgeous swing-out section featuring sax solo. The lyrics are truly beautiful, too. Ah, the memories ...

[@tanyamonk1280]

Wow, I've heard this song at school dances over and over again but my first time hearing it with headphones. Wow

[@bobkennedy5585]

This song just was always on the radio and you could always relate to it. It was one of those decades.

[@cakebakerb1846]

Love this smooth song, and LOVE your reaction! If you haven't tried it, there's another 80s song kind of like this called "Captain of Her Heart" by Doublé.

[@edmod526]

Hell yeah it was one of the best songs to slow dance too !! I close my eyes and sway every time i hear it !! lust beautiful !! the 80's were amazing !!

[@mogznwaz]

I bought the single in 1983, it's a timeless classic. Try 'Save a Prayer' by Duran Duran too which is also gorgeous.

[@lizrobertson2704]

This takes me right back to the eighties, moving to London, sharing a flat and chilling out to this music. Magic times!

[@sirpakuparinen7309]

This song was one of the favorites as the last slow song in Finnish discos in the 80's. Thank you for the good memories.

[@marcturner9494]

Brilliant song reminds me of the time in the 80s and getting the ladies at the end of the night

[@soniasilvestrini7524]

Tony Hadley, so beautiful Voice!

[@pamelajohnson6199]

This song transcends all ages and genres. Always appropriate

[@erichogan2336]

You are so Funny, I Love how you have such an open ear to Music. These Guys are also Good Actors.

[@erichogan2336]

You remind me of the Guys in Keanu listening to George Michael lol,. The other Day I heard this Thug singing along to Hey Ho by the Libertines. Another time I heard this good rat singing to Green Day.. Nothing Wrong w Rock and Rap.

[@erichogan2336]

Hood*

[@davaris1224]

I like this young fella and his openess to older Pop hits!

[@wicsiow]

This song would often be played as a wind down at the end of the evening in discos & nightclubs back in late 80s & 90s & couples would get up & slow dance to it.

[@cariaus3758]

yay At Last!! Spandau Ballet was my very first concert back in 1985!! Love them!!

[@apoch003]

"Span-Dahw" Like Dow Chemical Company. Or "Cow", and "Now", but not "mow", or "blow".

[@jarls5890]

Trivia (if I am not mistaken) - "Spandau" is a type of German machine gun (MG08) widely employed during WW1. When allied soldiers rushed the German positions, being peppered by the guns - they would have to do the "Spandau ballet".

[@dionnegoss6897]

@@jarls5890 I was under the impression it came from Spandau prison where Rudolph Hess was held

[@boombaby1769]

@@jarls5890 Correct, Spandau is the name of a district in Berlin, the machine guns were produced there, therefore the name. But the name of the band had no political intention, it was just a friend of the band who saw these words as a graffiti on a toilet in a Berlin nightclub and they just thought it sounded cool.

[@andydkid]

This was the last dance at my senior prom in 1983. That was the year it debuted. I remembered my of us crying as we did not want to leave high school. It was such a great time to be young and there was so much good music coming out during that time that it defined how we would grow up. 40 years later i still listen to the song and reminisce of days gone by.

[@L3n1n99]

You have to do Gold 🙏🙏

[@kimberlinibambini1988]

Yes please!

[@patsmith9192]

I know every word of this song-so many memories and a huge crush on Tony Hadley, the singer. Try Through The Barricades.

[@Reneb1978]

LOL! Yes we're Still "ready for this," becaused we HEARD IT and grooved to this many times when we were young!!! LOL

[@ariaflame-au]

I saw them in concert a few years ago, they still have it

[@flyngalan]

Tony Hadley - great voice and always creating a great vibe! This is what I call a golden oldie!

[@loisalanoa6342]

Funny how when I think back, we did a lot of loving to great music. Check Wicked Game by Chris Isaak, smooth as butter...for real.

[@bunnymad5049]

This was a fave of mine in ... was 83. Wow. I was 15. His voice is awesome. The 80s had some of the BEST music ... and worst hair and shoulder pads. lol.

[@Chalkster1]

Takes me right back pure class these guys they were part of the new romantic movement in the early 80s .... great review

[@csilt]

I totally knew that you would love this. Pure genius heavenly tune

[@ggenie7489]

Through the barricades is my favourite song of their's

[@henedinebelir5583]

❤️❤️❤️ the music of the 80’s and i love love it! It puts in trance❤️

[@sascara9981]

This song means alot to me. I was about 10/11 so year 2000. We where on a good old British Heaven holiday. Me and my sister (8/9) didn't like sleeping in or lazy mornings. So we'd go down for breakfast at the clubs diner every morning. And this song would always come on, we where there for 2 weeks. It's our little carefree time of life/ moment we shared and appreciated together. Always makes us smile x

[@TheClonemenot]

You're such a kind person. When I want to watch reaction videos I go to yours first.

[@abmqa]

Yes! This is yet another UK 80s classic! Love it! Another group called PM Dawn sampled this for one of their hits.

[@ralphvillanueva8724]

I like the songs you present, especially from the 80's great memories.

[@marinastone4747]

I'm hooked on you! Love how musical you are appreciating all genres, just like me. Metal, pop, country, Rap, Rock, Classical I'm all over the place😆❤

[@holyspacemonkey]

Love it! Tony Hadley’s got that voice, but those KEMP BROTHERS tho! (Gary Kemp = back up vocals + plays synth & guitar; Marin Kemp plays bass.) Check out “Only When You Leave.” It’s more upbeat & is my favorite Spandau Ballet song! Btw you pronounced it perfectly on your final attempt! Span-Dow (like Dow Jones), or at least that’s how they always pronounced it on MTV!

[@mr.balloffur]

Actually Martin Kemp didn't play on this song. They used an electronic synthesizer for the bass, so he wasn't even on the recording, just the video

[@holyspacemonkey]

@@mr.balloffur I didn’t know that! (But I remember a few other videos by other bands where band members appear who don’t actually play.)

[@jamesclifford189]

Songwriter Gary Kemp (the guy on piano and backing vocals in this video) wrote this song. He said it was written about Claire Grogan (lead singer of Scottish pop band Altered Images). He says in his autobiography that he used to fly up to Glasgow from London to see her

[@roset3887]

Love your reaction, this is one of my all time favorite songs. Thank you

[@traceys5592]

This was the song every teen in the UK in the early 80s had their first slow dance too. Those teens probably had this as the first dance at their weddings too 👰💒 Check out their song Through the Barricade, its a tear jerker.

[@LukeKhaing]

The original lineup reunited for a few years. They some touring Tony Hadley (The lead singer) dropped out of the band after they stopped touring. They made their money with this song alone in the 80s.

[@trh6805]

Great song, this reminds me of being a kid. Music, the ultimate "time machine".

[@magaliedeconto1682]

Please " Through the barricades" 1986. The most BEAUTIFUL gorgeous song of the group. No words to describe

[@timberwolf5211]

A very tellented band. The guy on the piano is Gary Kemp, the guy who wrote this. His brother Martin, is the blonde, playing the white guitar. They are also both actors, Martin in a Highlander episode, was also in Eastenders, UK soap, and lots more. Gary was in Whitney Houston's film the Bodyguard, playing her manager Sy. And they both starred in the movie The Krays, as Ronnie (Gary) and Reggie (Martin) Kray, infamous 1960s London gangsters.

[@89801wink]

You hit the nail on the head. We did a lot of slow dancing to this.

[@mj95b]

My friend and I were in a nightclub (in Hawaii) when a college basketball team came in. We were asked to dance to this song and the guy literally lifted me off the ground so our faces were near each other's. When I saw my friend she was also off the ground - this was obviously one of their moves. It was a fun night and for once our feet didn't hurt at the end of the night. Lovely memory.

[@trinaortiz9195]

Martin Kemp & his brother are two of the groups' members of Spandau Ballet!. Martin Kemp played in my favorite british soap opera "Eastenders" and his wife Shirley was one of the members of "Wham"! Also, Martin became great friends with George Michael, which he met through Shirley! Just a tidbit of info. for ya!

[@aldenadkins3006]

You should check out ooh child by The Five Stairsteps great vocals

[@jodavey7709]

Yes, at the end of the evening, dimmed lights slow dancing. There were many gentle fabulous British band songs around at that time. (Span-dow)

[@nickbenke3306]

Spandau was a prison in Berlin that was used during the Nazi holocaust, and ironically after the Nuremberg trials it housed the leading Nazi dictators before execution! The song is an absolute Masterpiece! The ultimate 'Slow dance with your girl' song even to this day! Great reaction clip, you cover so many great songs that bring me such great memories. Thank you!

[@Funkinheck]

This was the last song at my last school disco, got a kiss at the end of it, happy days lol

[@penname5766]

Another one that brings back all the childhood memories!

[@14gilbertst]

'Listen to Marvin all night long......'. They have another catchy tune called 'Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) which is dramatically different from 'True'.

[@calebclunie4001]

This song will straight kick you in the magesticals!!!

[@aussiepie4865]

You know it’s an 80’s song if it has a sax solo in the middle of it, it was a must have.

[@56music64]

This song and Modern English's I Melt With You are the two songs that made me think of love back then

[@markchawner1586]

PM Dawn sampled "True" on the "Set adrift on Memory Bliss" track ... Of which the lead singer of Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, appeared himself in the video at the end .......

[@ayseclark-carter8744]

Very nice. If you listen to PM dawn they used this soundtrack in there song as well give that a go it's called memory bliss. Great reaction Jay. I'm a teen again lol 😀😀💖💕💖

[@pennymcneela7095]

Through the Barricades is my favourite tune by them..

[@Mcfaddenclan000]

Hey! Through the barricades with Spandau B - beautiful!

[@JoJoGigglessss]

Even though I’ve heard this song many times I needed to repeat your video right away! I love this song! For some reason it brings me right back to my youth playing in my room listening to this song. I love the 80s! I miss being young.

[@schorsch7527]

Yes! Gold is a fantastic Song!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@GeddyLeeBell]

Martin Kemp was a villain in an episode of Highlander. His character was a veteran who had a violent childhood with an abusive over religious father named Alfred Cahill who was killed by a pimp while trying to murder a prostitute. He then woke up as a new immortal where series hero Duncan MacLeod found him and attempted to teach him about his immortality but he was so insane he believed that he was an angel chosen by God to kill whores and thought Duncan was the arch angel Gabriel until he started to believe him an agent of the devil. It was a good episode. Season 1. You can find the whole series on Tubi. It featured quite a few musicians/singers mostly as immortals. Including Roland Gift (Fine Young Cannibals), Roger Daltrey, Vanity, Joan Jett, Sheena Easton and others I can't think of off the top of my head

[@michaeleshleman9144]

Did I hear this song from the movie in "16 Candles"? It is also one of my favorite classic song back in the '80s! ;) I many good memories back in the '80s!

[@thedocofrock1890]

these guys just oozed class

[@lizmagu3189]

Yet another great 80s tune that reminds me of Adam Sandlers The Wedding Singer. You should watch it. Has a great 80s soundtrack! 💯

[@robertkenneth6517]

So smooth. One of my favorites from the 1980s.

[@afreakaboucher1316]

Love this song👌👌❤❤❤ .

[@debrasimmons2682]

Air Play everywhere this song was a hit for a long time