The Call - The Walls Came Down

[@paddy7812]

How many people realize that’s The Band’s Garth Hudson on keyboards!! This song is still so relevant!!! Maybe now more than ever!!

[@jondenzin4473]

No kidding....we're not laughing anymore

[@johnmalone3431]

A few years ago, I was thinking of this song. And I couldn't remember who did it? And when I saw this video, Wow! Garth Hudson!!!

[@thomasfowler4431]

I knew when the song came out, but most people don't or most don't even know who the band is

[@GoofyRobo]

Garth Hudson is my favorite part of this.

[@fredburnsiv1230]

Iv got it on blue tooth now in my house

[@sparc0man]

I can only listen to this at level 10 on my stereo... my neighbors complain at 4 normally... but it's the law .. 10

[@azcrim]

That guy sang with EVERY fiber of his being. Saw them open for Simple Minds in 86.

[@thirdyearff]

Saw that same tour...Grand Rapids Michigan...Welsh Auditorium

[@mljmck3409]

Igot his autograph on a Rinks shirt , it hat 45 records on Blue background, then a few yrs later, i had a TRAMATIC brain injury..I'd Never be able to forget that show at OBADIAH'S IN centerville, Ohio !

[@somerandomeconomist1382]

Great concert... Columbus, Ohio.

[@laurenashworth7975]

My dad saw them open for simple minds as well! He sent me here!

[@dougmain7256]

Simple Minds covering this track on their forthcoming album "Direction of the Heart".

[@beneasterling3846]

"I don't think there are any Russians and there ain't no yanks, just corporate criminals playing with tanks" IMO, two of the best lines ever written

[@riacheriefailla]

I completely agree 👍 👏 💯 🙌 👌

[@MultiPetercool]

I don’t think there are any Republicans. There’s no Democrats. Just spoiled children. Acting like brats.

[@itorqueutorque5137]

😎

[@walterbyrd8380]

More relevant today than ever.

[@blessedheavyelements8544]

No. There are.

[@trexncome3768]

This song still got a lot to say about our modern world

[@Kwanglebeh]

24 Feb 2022 - Damn right you are

[@robertrondholz9430]

More than ever.

[@thecoolestdad]

This is one of the greatest songs to ever come out of the 80's. It is a timeless piece of perfection that represents the 80's in perfect harmony. I'll never forget the first time I heard this song on Mtv and saw the video. I was blown away by the sound and the rock style of the 80's. Long live the 80's! if you weren't there and lived it, you'll never understand.

[@RAF71chingachgook]

I was there. I was in LA when they first performed it. I'm a NY'er and hate socal but wow this killed it. Yes best song of the 80's but IMHO it has no connection to the music of that era. It's better. A lot better. Someone said it's similar to a Talking Heads song. Eh, I'm not buyin that. It is however a happy anomaly. Freakin amazing.

[@brianbushnell5375]

I live in Australia and this song was huge here I think it was in the top 10 of 1983

[@brianbushnell5375]

I absolutely agree I'm 53 years old now and this song I heard on the radio the other day and I cranked it up ,it's got feel and passion ,I live in Australia and I remember hearing this song for the first time late 1983,and it wasn't killed on the radio because there were so many great bands in the 80s

[@phillipmcgaughey411]

You are so right. I try to explain it to young people today, and they just don't get it.

[@jeffjones2021]

We used to roll up on each other at parties and say-“ They’re not laughing anymore.” And walk away…. 😂🤣

[@ZnenTitan]

Amazing. This was written and preformed over thirty years ago and is still as socially relevant and up to date as the news you will (may?) watch this very day.

[@ashleysmith2509]

RIP Michael. I wonder if you realised in 2021 we would be sitting here living this in living color. Thank you for the sanity. Never forgotten

[@brianbushnell5375]

I was born in 1968 , and so glad I grew up with brilliant music like this ,that song was a huge hit here in Australia believe bit or not ,so many fantastic bands in the 80s

[@bornflippy1]

Me too Brian. We were feral and so was the music. The 80's Best time to be a kid ever

[@michaelratcliff8634]

The bassline still goes thru my head all these years later ...

[@dangraesser5341]

Talk about standing the test of time. The Call sounds even better today after all the years!

[@sidDkid87]

*"I don't think there are any Russians* / *and there ain't no Yanks* / *just corporate criminals* / *playin' with tanks"* 🎶

[@ElnaCopper]

corporate criminals& false religions playing w/tanks

[@milanmaxwellvoykovic]

Yeaaaa, true then, true now... and a great song then, and now.

[@Zzyyxxyyxx]

+sidDkid87 Ahh yahh yahh yahhh ya yahh yah.

[@edwardlphifer]

Now its Donald Chump 'PLAYING WITH TANKS!' We're fucked

[@sidDkid87]

edward phifer corporate criminal personified 😈👿👹👺😨😨😨😨

[@RainPoetry]

Man do I miss the intelligence of the 80s music.

[@amandaconti1007]

RainPoetry you and me both. No better time for music existed as far as I am concerned.

[@scottbaker6371]

Haha... I hear ya!!

[@scottleipski1015]

YES,YES RainPoetry.......I totally agree with your post man!!!!! A GREAT SONG, FROM A GREAT SCOTISH BAND, THE CALL BABY!!!! PEACE!

[@hardmarciacrush3338]

Today is base. Uhn... Uhn ... in da club....

[@maxelldenomie6131]

I know 🧐

[@MarkJackson-wc2xh]

This was 1983. This man knew something about 2017.

[@mozzycat00]

Mark Jackson ... So true. This song should be played every hour on the hour on every radio station until we all wake up to the bullshit that's happening today.

[@ducksinarowpatience]

2001 September 11th

[@bpmrox]

LOl, that's why I'm here... Trump's Wall...check this one out too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqqQlJaur696q8k

[@michaelcusumano880]

tremendous song.....nailed it

[@Bacopa68]

Uuhm; What about 1989? That was the year the walls came down.

[@jamesmusselman1464]

Way under rated band. Shame they didn't get more exposure. They did a lot of great songs so it was with the 80's great bands I'll never forget.

[@buddylove346]

The Walls Came Down was a great song along with "I Still Believe" and "Everywhere I GO" all had a great message with a Christian theme from The Call. Garth Hudson on the keyboards is awesome. If you got to grow up in the 50's through the 80's with all the classic movies & music, YOU were blessed!

[@KonaMark1]

“That dude” is Garth Hudson, formerly of The Band 👍

[@williamshawver1427]

Well said ❤❤

[@SuyashDaily]

2024 and still a banger.❤

[@bezzarguy]

RIP Michael Been. This song has stood the test of time. Loved it when it came out, and love it still.

[@pizza1953]

They're NOT LAUGHING ANYMORE! What a line! We need that NOW!

[@sueznann8927]

And even more now that those billionaires are building bunkers

[@327JohnnySS]

Such a great band that always had great talent from all members, When Michael Been left us it was a very sad day for the music world.I love the inside smirks they give each other when they sing" I dont think there are any Russian and there ain't no Yanks Just corporate criminals playin with tanks. One of my top five video/songs eva ,faa shore .Keep on Rocking in the Free World !

[@bradfrink5313]

Yes I think I first listened to them because of Gath Hudson's haunting organ music on "The walls came down". Still one of favorite bands of all time. Michael Been was a genius ! RIP

[@gayle8153]

Half the fun of watching this is Michael Been's facial expressions and mannerisms. He was so unique!

[@Bacopa68]

Michael Been was a time traveller. He was was telling us that the Berlin Wall would fall within seven years. We laughed, and now we live in the corporate criminal age.

[@jamiemartinez8674]

so true....Pray for the future..

[@jamiemartinez8674]

so true....Pray for the future..

[@kennethestes4741]

Nah he is talking about the walls of Jericho in the old testament

[@ducksinarowpatience]

WTC! Wwg1

[@Bacopa68]

@@kennethestes4741 Yeah, I know. But in 1982-83 we would have laughed at the idea the Cold War would meet so strange a demise. I am sure that anywhere the walls fell they would have laughed even louder. It really seemed as silly as the idea that marching in circles and blowing horns could break walls.

[@michaelbryan3900]

I love it the 80's and I'm 20 again ready to party like hell!

[@fartknocker8363]

no...no you're not.

[@scottbaker6371]

Hey you just slow down this is 2020.

[@Bacopa68]

@@scottbaker6371 Last plot twist of 2020 is that there are time machines such that anyone who reached their twenties in the 1980s can travel back into their past selves while sacrificing their lives in this timeline. I'm absolutely doing it. Getting my parents to buy MSFT and WalMart so I'll be super rich when they die again as they recently have. Gonna get a full ride scholarship in an Ivy as I'll be a teen with an old cunning man inside. Might get rich myself. Less booze, less drugs, more sex.

[@phayzyre1052]

Ah yes, 1983. This was back in the day when MTV was cool. Nowadays MTV sucks!

[@fartknocker8363]

mtv was never cool....this song should you that.

[@fartknocker8363]

Houston....video?....yeah, that is a "problem".

[@phayzyre1052]

I actually liked the early years of MTV. I liked the simpleness of these early videos because its not a load of silly theatrics and superfluous staged melodrama. MTV went to hell fast with all that reality garbage that started in the early 90's and has fallen to a level lower than whale shit and I don't think it will ever recover! Oh well, they did it to themselves.

[@RickWilliamsAustin]

Then: MTV = Music TV Now: MTV = Moron TV

[@robertleeluben]

No way dude, when it was kinda low fi and any kind of crazy stuff could get on there it was fun as hell.

[@craigkosters716]

Cool how it’s all laid out, instruments and all. One bad ass jam for sure!

[@712dal]

The Call is one of the most underrated bands from that era.....at least "I Still Believe" gets some airplay but they were much more than that

[@sundevilmusic]

I love the line, "Their not laughing anymore!"

[@lawrencebader9399]

3:16 THE best part! I always waited for this part when I'd hear this tune, oh so long ago.

[@patrickseanlee1]

Michael 3:16 :) Yeah, Lawrence, when I share this amazing song, I ALWAYS reference that second in it. Been was certainly wound up:)

[@analogman1909]

Same here. Still do, right with him. I joke that was first lyric I memorized....

[@janicehudson63]

I have loved them from the 80' s , so underated and so missed

[@flojogrande]

Got to see these guys live at the San Diego Street Scene circa 1986. I remember them being just as great live as their songs came over the air waves. They got a lot of air play back in them days on 91X which was the local Alternative or Progressive Rock Station. I didn't realize they were actually a Christian Rock band till a friend enlightened me that many of their songs had biblical references. Just great music!!

[@magwright5268]

Oh my God, I was there at that time! 91X!!! We saw them at a club at the beach.

[@88Flashback]

RIP Michael Been....Thanks sooo much for all you did for the finest revolution of the 80's! The presence behind the mic will live on forever...Since 1983, this tune has been in my top 10 all-time for it's rhythmic,lyrical and vocal impact & message....

[@robertwinters7144]

My eyes flew out my head when I noticed Garth. My first thought was "Is that Philip K. Dick?"

[@willie1227]

This song just grooves. Great vocals and musicianship. God bless the 80’s.

[@vetb882]

I was still fast asleep on the Matrix of lies until 5 years ago but this song resonated even in my sleep when it first came out. Looking back it is amazingly prophetic. God has always been with us sending warriors of TRUTH into this age of deception.

[@vickylynn1424]

So true!

[@FI575land]

What a great opportunity to be able to hear/see this again. It has been years since I last heard this song. My God, how timely the lyrics are today, some two decades later! Just goes to show that the more things change, the more they stay the same.

[@thekman1964]

For those born after 1990, this is called music.

[@lorenanders702]

Lol! Love that dripping sarcasm! 👍 when you're right, you're right!

[@luisrosado97]

Nice

[@johnnacalverase2871]

2022: "I don't think there are any Russians and there ain't no yanks, just corporate criminals playing with tanks"

[@DuneAquaViva]

With Garth Hudson of The Band on Keys..who I've also recorded with..I always loved this track and not just because of Garth being on it, a great tight riff..super lyrics..

[@onisgagan2481]

I first heard this in college back in the 80’s. All these years later I feel like I’m still there👍🏻

[@Avaloctus]

Did anyone notice who´s on keyboards ?.... It´s Garth Hudson from THE BAND !!!

[@billbrowne5655]

+Avaloctus I was gonna say. I think it's cool they got some old dude on the keys. Pretty cool. You don't see that often.

[@searayus1]

Some old dude.....gimme a fuckin break!

[@Avaloctus]

Sure, everyone's getting old ; )..... it may not be his best performance but check out what this ' old dude' has done during his time in The Band. Great stuff.....so give him a chance : ) .

[@billbrowne5655]

I just said he was an old dude. I never questioned his obvious talent.

[@Avaloctus]

yep, right. Everything's cool. no harm intended from my side.

[@gnelson1959]

Brilliant song, beat & lyrics - thank you lads !

[@Joanne-gt1bo]

I can not believe I found this song, love this song ❤

[@VinnyT73]

RIP Michael. You were an incredibly gifted artist. God Bless!

[@richpalma7701]

The amazing thing is the song is relating to the walls of Jericho falling - Joshua 6:1-27 I don't know how many people realize when it got airplay...

[@stacypollock6429]

You nailed it. It's an amazing Biblical story where the science (we know today) of audio engineering and sound waves being used scientifically. Not bad for over 2,000 years ago

[@karenkay8293]

Heard this in the eighties as a little kid, still cant get it out of my head and Im glad. What a song, this track could rock the bible!

[@bobdobalina838]

I'm so proud of what my generation accomplished, the last great generation before the enslavement of technology.

[@axtaylor]

One of my all time favorite songs and videos RIP Michael thanks for the music.

[@overundersidewaysdown7010]

This guys NEVER got the appreciation they deserved. Their not laughing anymore...or playing their great music, sadly. Rest in peace, Michael Benn!

[@frauleinmona]

I've always loved Michael Been and The Call. From the very first time I saw this video air on MTV in 1983 or 84. I can't remember. But, I fell in love with them right then and there. Especially Michael.

[@johnbaker511]

+frauleinmona ~ do you follow The Call on FB? It's not just a fan page. Hope you check it out.

[@frauleinmona]

+john baker Oh wow! Thank you so much for telling me. I used to be on FB. Not anymore though. Maybe I'll jump back on it just for The Call! :D Thank you VERY much for letting me know. I really appreciate your kindness. COOL! :o)

[@keithcurtis166]

frauleinmon

[@keithcurtis166]

frauleinmona qqqqqqq

[@jefflatham3247]

frauleinmona I froze at the counter in my kitchen while home on my lunch break watching the whole video !

[@BobHicks137]

Thank You Michael Been! ....I'll love this song 'til the day I die!

[@JimmyMaya]

Michael starts off the song, playing a Fender Telecaster. Ends the song, playing a Fender Stratocaster!! Neat0!! Always loved this song and this band!

[@patrickkelcey2435]

...corporate criminals playing with tanks.. ..I've seen the light

[@Koz07]

I feel bad that the man is gone, but I also feel good, listening and knowing he was here and made the most of his time, making great music and bringing joy to so many .We would all do well to follow his example .One Life, one Love one Day, one Man, use your fire wisely in this dry Land. Peace.

[@puckdropper27]

still just as great today if not better!!!

[@nicoleortiz]

Can you belive it... I still have cassettes of 80's band.... They are great... I am never going to get rid of them...

[@jenger031]

R.I.P. Michael Been your music will all ways be in my heart.

[@KarenHlly]

I saw these guys in 1987 and they LITERALLY knocked the lights out in the venue! R.I.P. Michael.

[@djlloyd1361]

RIP Michael Been! Nostalgic and beautiful... Listening flat out in 2018!

[@MANDOLOZANO85]

How true the lyrics still ring today. Great song; one of my favorites.

[@hoderharris]

most underrated song from the 1980's

[@jamesmonday6912]

+Hoder Harris agreed!

[@Mike_Davidson]

+Hoder Harris Easily the most underrated song of the 1980's. It was practically the damn anthem for the 80's.

[@sueznann8927]

So relevant today

[@kathdimmick]

...27 years and i still think of this song on a regular basis, raw genius ...

[@vikingmomo]

Just my opinion, but I think that they deserved much more attention. Great vocalist, great instrumentals all around. They will always be one of my favorite bands of the 80's. Burned up their first three albums while in college and still do not tire of listening to them. I would put them in the same class as REM and the Replacements. In my book, that is a huge compliment. Was saddened when I found that Mike had passed away, while promoting his son's band while on tour.

[@richardsmith2719]

+mike mostad I found this CD yesterday & listened to it on my way home from OKC. Sad that Mike is gone, great music.

[@Gloveberg1]

+mike mostad One of the saddest tragedies is that The Call never got bigger than they did. They should have been huge IMHO.

[@blackdiamondrider]

@Glovenberg Because the CIA was told to got to MTV and stop them from playing rock and switch to mind numbing rap. Bands like The Call were seen as threats to the new world order.

[@Synthetrix]

An 80s classic that I had completely forgotten about!

[@jeffreykicia6534]

Another hit song unlike the garbage that is represented to be music in today's rock n-roll industry.

[@drudger6666]

Dude every generation says the same thing! I am a Yes, Who, Floyd generation and I like some of the new stuff as well as this. Give it a break brother.

[@twasbrillig33]

exactly drudger, try to expand your horizons jeffrey, you're a bonehead to say that, lots of fantastic new music has come out from the Killers to Muse, Frans Ferdinand, NIN, and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on

[@annabellebeckwith9283]

True, true and true again.

[@davidwylie7986]

twas brillig I saw Todd Rundgren cover this song twice and man oh man did he rock it

[@fartknocker8363]

okay jeff....you're not listening...are you?

[@rajnimsg7816]

Turn it up 2022!!!!!! May God help us all!

[@shamanjon]

Great musician and songwriter. He will be missed.

[@stevengerson6161]

The 80s what a simpler time with such great music anybody got a time machine

[@wittylibrarian]

Tis a pity this band didn't make more of splash on the hit charts. All those one-hit wonders and not a one of them with the lasting power of this band. Everywhere I Go, I Still Believe, Let the Day Begin... good songs across the board.

[@venturepad3158]

This should have 100 million views, not just 1 million.

[@verd3]

Best song David Byrne never wrote.

[@DanielDiCenso]

I know, right? It sounds exactly like a Talking Heads tune!

[@boblob2003]

If David Byrne had written it, it would have been about doing dishes or something similar!

[@spatzman11]

Best song David Byrne couldn't write.

[@HDDynamicFilms]

Love that little dance Michael Been does at 1:00 with the guitar plucks.

[@SaveOurChildren100]

Awesome band, amazing song. Paradigm 80's sound. 91X in San Diego rocked this tune for us at age 16. It was our time. We were in our prime - or at least we thought so. Best line: "I don't think there are any Russians ... and there ain't no yanks ... just corporate criminals ... playin' with tanks! Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya!"

[@paulpiekacz9459]

That song is so awesome it's timeless even today it's still awesome

[@dharsachet]

Welcome to Liberty High.

[@griimick]

*crying*

[@carsonforward4542]

Doobie Doo YESSS

[@intenseowl1255]

Doobie Doo Liberty high sucks

[@marcm9080]

Doobie Doo new game😈

[@zoechannel9494]

YES

[@skatehouse]

The freaKing 80's were so amazing!!!! Thanks for posting this!!

[@RainPoetry]

"We got terrorist thinking / playing on fears."

[@seanr1013q]

as I HEAR HE LINE...........

[@pouredoutministrieswithmic5135]

Awesome band!!!! Great job Dan Russell!!!! 🙌❤️😊

[@deep6483]

Man all those years ago, that guy was so right about our modern day society

[@stevengatewood2725]

Great stuff. I met Michael and the guys the day after they opened for Psych Furs. Great bunch of talented guys. RIP Michael.

[@UNUSUALUSERNAME220]

What a fuckin hook! You know when you hear the phrase "corporate criminals" shits about to get real!

[@Swordsquire]

I remember when this song first came out, the lines that snagged ears were "It's the song of assassins, ringing in your ears. We got terrorists thinking, playing on fears." "Corporate criminals, playing with tanks was BRILLIANT!"

[@makeamericagreatagain3792]

One of the most underrated bands of the 80’s. I loved this band and still do!

[@Goldwing23]

Rockin little tune! good lyrics, signs of the times!

[@screwyootube1]

Damn... It'll be 1 year this Friday since we lost Michael (8/19/10)... RIP, Michael Been Thanks for helping bring walls down

[@nancyobrien7741]

"I don't think there are any Russians And there ain't no Yanks Just corporate criminals playin' with tanks" Michael Been was the real deal...saw these guys waayyy back and they were great. The lines above ring so true today don't they??

[@GVike]

Sub Russians with Muslims. Still relevant.

[@trademarc66]

GVike Agree 100%. Has been and always will be a boogieman for the puppet-masters to point toward. Russians, Terrorists, Asteroids, and Aliens...at least that's what Wernher von Braun said.

[@monzadh]

so ahead of their time , love The Call since college days in the late '80's....check out Springsteen's new song Ghosts....total rip off of When Walls Came Down....scary...

[@markharrison5321]

This song is so 2023.

[@sladwig4094]

“There ain’t no Russians and there ain’t no Yanks. Just corporate criminals. Playing with tanks.” Prescient.

[@jazzliscious13]

The great Garth Hudson playing his Yamaha CS-80 and Fender Rhodes. Nobody noticed?

[@jenniferfelan694]

jazzliscious13 He is an amazing musician. I love his stuff with The Band.

[@blackdiamondrider]

Looks to be a CS-60

[@todddenenR5]

all time favorites...

[@jamesbelljr]

Viva la 80s RIP Michael Been

[@GVike]

That bassline... THAT BASSLINE!!! Wow!

[@debbielippitt9359]

Just corporate criminals playing with tanks....

[@sdmain]

This song has never been more relevant. 7/5/2024

[@amandaconti1007]

Forgotten how powerful this was.

[@DUIMAZE]

Your music touched me as a teenager and continued through college and into adult-hood. God bless, Mike. I'm still here on youtube searching for your music after all these years. -- William Maze

[@BaarBear]

Gotta love the verse..."I don't think there aren't any Russians..Ain't no Yanks...Just corporate criminals...Playing with tanks!" ;-D

[@free322001]

+Baar Bear Silly stupid verse. Ask Poland if there were any Russians when this was written. Ask Ukraine if there are any, now.

[@blackdiamondrider]

@frere jacques. The Russians are in Ukraine for different reasons. Not the same reasons Hillary and her jackals are lying about Russians being in America. Bill Clinton sent U.S. government operatives to Russia to help reinstall Yeltsin. After the Soviet Union collapsed, Russia became what America was in the 1950's. Now it is AMERICA ACTING LIKE SOVIETS and is due for a fall! The American involvement in Ukraine through Soros are the old Russians now.

[@dq50]

Another great one gone. Fantastic music and lyrics. RIP Michael.

[@clydehoops6069]

The Walls came down from Modern Romans, was the one of the best albums that went totally unnoticed and seriously under appreciated. F*&^ing Awesome album.

[@blackdiamondrider]

No, the same people that saw The Call being on the scene back in the 80's are the same people who are waking up now.

[@stephenweiss6001]

As Gen X, I grew up listening to The Call. Similar to early U2, I loved "The Call" for being Christians but not exactly being a Christian Band, at least not in an "in your face", "look at us, we're Christians" kind of way, and also not simply doing euphoric "praise" music (which so many CoWo bands do that it becomes nauseating--I can't listen to Christian radio for long because it's just one shallow, euphoric, "Jesus you are my boyfriend" praise ditty after another.), but doing all the different modes of expression that are sanctified by God, including lamentations, complaints against God, anger, frustration, etc. Just like prayer, not all lyrics/music have to be nothing but "jubilant praise" to be well-pleasing to God. Just be real. The Call kept it real. What Martin Luther called a "Theology of the Cross" rather than a fake "Theology of Glory".

[@1974dormouse]

Just fyi, Bono sings backing vocals on the song “What’s Happened to You”

[@RandallFlaggNY]

R.I.P. Michael.