THE TUBES - DON'T WANT TO WAIT ANYMORE

[@johnangelaguernier8904]

One of the greatest rock ballards of all time sends an arrow thru your heart an if it dont u r already dead

[@Deanrite]

I know a lot of people might think this song is really pretty and romantic, but the title and the fact that the joke in this song is made really apparent when you realize the 'rain' at the end is really supposed to be a cold shower. The Tubes made a carreer out of poking fun at everybody.

[@jefflofgren5304]

@@Deanrite wow. You just blew my mind. Had no idea til now......

[@strivingx67]

Its a great song, no matter the intent!

[@jasondudash5501]

This video was filmed at Shepperton Studios in London, England in April, 1981. This song first entered the Billboard Charts on June 20, 1981.

[@briancrowley6413]

one of the greatest love power ballads.... incredible song for me, I last heard it in 1981... found it again in 2020, Still a great love song in 2021

[@strongangelification]

I so agree

[@jorgesantos8509]

I love the Tubes. best band ever

[@ww2remembered983]

YTF are they not in the RRHOF is east coast bias. mudderrfunckers!!

[@kathleenbanko7988]

The best Tubes song ever!

[@georgeleonard202]

Yes

[@kalvinatori1467]

I’m still in love with him as I hear my 80’s music again….it wasn’t Fee

[@ClaireBradley-xb6uv]

I don’t want to wait anymore this song rocks a great awesome song❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤it so much

[@OrisLover]

Great vocals and a great song.

[@DavyoInVegas]

Amazing song !!! Bill Spooner is so talented along with everyone else in The Tubes.

[@christiangazzetta2639]

Bill Spooner, you are The Man!

[@dmainfla]

David Foster on fire in 1981! Wore this cassette out in 1983/84 driving to school. I had the biggest crush on this girl I drove to school everyday that I had known most of my life. Unfortunately, we turned out to be a classic high school "friends" situation. This song always reminds me of her. Oh well, not everything turned out to be Romeo and Juliet..... :)

[@RickLaForce]

The Tubes were the heavyweight champs of satire. They were so masterful at it, you really had to be pay close attention to catch it all. This excellent song is no different. It's not a "love" song, it's an "I Want to Get in Your Pants" song, deftly presented as a love song. That Spooner could sing these lyrics with such apparent sincerity . . . and a straight face . . . . is testimony that he was a Tube through-and-through.

[@thelastperfectman4139]

Yeah it’s very subtle and sung with such sincerity, combined with such classic ballad production, that you don’t catch on at first, but it’s definitely got a satirical edge hidden in there. Spooner’s material (and the Tubes overall) always contained satire. This number was so sophisticated musically that it’s easy to see how it might well be viewed as a pure love song. Albeit, let’s be honest, aren’t most rock love songs really just “trying to get some” songs?

[@beach_babe95]

Wow, good song. Very underrated.

[@DCronk-qc6sn]

Superb song. Had the privilege of seeing the group live. Foster screwed them sideways - The Tubes should have been giant.

[@sarahope4952]

Just brilliant...been looking for this for ages....first heard it in the eightes I think. Was looking up the wrong band 🙄 Just love it.

[@walterjosepantolfi605]

Eu também

[@ryangoluskin4106]

What a group the tubes were way before my time since I'm 30 years old but when I heard them for the time I was intently hooked on them and there bridge between rock and pop and new wave and disco and early foray on to theatrical rock to show men ship to .

[@MrTRN80]

Beautiful ballad by The Tubes.

[@johnpatterson4272]

When I first bought this album in 1982 I believed Fee Waybill sang this song, once I saw the band live in June 1983, I realized it was Bill Spooner's tune. Phenomenal song, criminally overlooked by FM radio and later this video by MTV. A tune that was gifted a righteous (and lengthy) guitar solo by Roger Steen at sometime in the early 00s.

[@rayhalfeld7451]

Beautiful melody year 80

[@bizav8r]

Outstanding video quality and great stereo sound track. Thanks my friend. This was my first "SIMULCAST" recording of a Music Video in the early eighties. TV showed the video and an FM radio station provided the stereo sound track. I thought I was in heaven back then. Of course this is all routine now. Unfortunately we now have the technology, but the talent is nowhere to be found.

[@singersa]

Just had to reconnect with this song - then found this video! I just love it and Bill Spooner so much. Swooning for Spooner! 💋💋💋

[@antoniolima4771]

Goose bumps for good ❤️

[@chipdrusano]

Awesome,kick-ass love ballad!

[@scotabot7826]

David Foster Magic!!!!!!

[@georgeleonard202]

Perfection.

[@wearitlikeadiva]

Love this song!

[@philsterthephilster]

To any wannabe rock stars: This is how you do a power ballad. Here endeth the lesson.

[@papalazerus22]

nice quality version my friend !! great song xxx

[@jeffreysteer5985]

Best quality Thank You.❤️👍

[@DavyoInVegas]

What an amazing song then and still now,,, epic perfect song writing !!! In the early days of the Tubes they were looked at as a no talent punk band, they definitely proved everyone wrong. And Spooner is definitely great !!!!

[@petmommax4270]

Davyo Thompson just rediscovered this song...so glad I did. I was 8 in 1981...reminds me of those great days listening to Casey Kasems top 40...this song should have done way better on the charts....this is a masterpiece....

[@thelastperfectman4139]

Don’t know if they were ever really considered punk? They definitely were a band that defied classification; they had the antics and theatricality of glam but did not take it seriously-it was a joke-and their material was the height of satire. And punk and new wave was an obvious satirical target. In many ways they could be seen as progressive but they were too raw and theatrical to be considered as such. Really a one if a kind confection.

[@perpetual61]

LYRICS: We, could be the last two on earth To start a new world Just you and me, girl Try, and you can almost see How it could be, just you and me Lost, trapped in the freezing cold Barely alive, have to make love to survive I'll show you how it's done We'll take it as it comes A rocket to the sun I don't want to wait anymore I just don't think I have the strength The strength to carry on Oh, I don't want to wait anymore I waited so long Forgot what I'm waiting for Stranded on a desert isle With no one around For thousand of miles Imagine any place This is what it takes But don't tell me to wait I don't want to wait anymore I just don't think I have the strength The strength to carry on Oh, I don't want to wait anymore I waited so long Forgot what I'm waiting for I don't want to wait anymore I just don't think I have the strength The strength to carry on Oh, I don't want to wait anymore I waited so long Forgot what I'm waiting for Forgot what I'm waiting for, whoa I don't want to wait anymore I just don't think I have the strength The strength to carry on Oh, I don't want to wait anymore I waited so long Forgot what I'm waiting for

[@JackCumming1]

Great song. David Foster doesn’t have 16 Grammies for nothing. Awesome performance from Bill Spooner.

[@strongangelification]

I loved the tubes... still do

[@diskinetic]

The singer is essentially trying to get a girl to share a series of fantasies that would give license to otherwise refused physical intimacy. "Last two on Earth to start a new world," "Lost, trapped in the freezing cold," "Stranded on a desert isle." It might sound romantic, but it also lends itself to a sort of comedic desperation.

[@KevinR1138]

Well, that’s very poetic, another way you could say it is: It’s about a guy trying to talk a girl into sleeping with him. Trying to get laid. Pretty simple really.

[@Rudewomantt]

Onwijs bedankt voor deze upload. Super gaaf nummer in betere kwaliteit als wat ik al had.

[@brianshutt9983]

Never will forget seeing them in SF at the kabuki.

[@88pynogrl]

I’m JEALOUS!!!

[@cwbrooks5329]

Rob Spareboom You did a great job with this. The original was in rough shape. Thanks.

[@paulsurbitonryan9632]

Great song. The style of production reminds me of Chicago. I don’t know if anyone can enlighten me on this. The 80s was a lot better than we give it credit for. Sure we had sequencers and drum machines and back then I hated those things but the skill was in the songwriting and these guys definitely had it. Kudos...

[@paulsurbitonryan9632]

PS - NEVER, ever play an electric guitar 🎸 whilst standing in a pool of water. These guys are professional idiots who know what they’re doing.

[@derrellthomas239]

They were also pretty impressive instrumentalists.

[@JackCumming1]

It was co written by David Foster, who worked with Chicago. That might explain it.

[@menchitty11]

P.S. - What I meant to say was "Don't Want To Wait Anymore" was Tubes' first Top 40 hit in a technical sense.

[@LowTarBKK]

@bizav8r Absolutely right! I know how you feel, though my first SIMULCAST was some time later, the 1985 LIVE AID CONCERT ;) but what you said about the talent: all thumbs up!!!

[@menchitty11]

This must be the 1st song to not feature Fee Waybill as lead singer. And quite a departure musically from other Tubes songs. Bill Spooner does an exceptionally wonderful job as lead singer for this one. It's sad that it should have gone higher than it's peak of #35 in 1981. This is the Tubes Top 40 song, although "She's A Beauty" became their biggest and most recognized hit single.

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

Wikipedia makes a point of saying that Fee had nothing to do with the song, which I believe had a lot of David Foster involvement.

[@ddherenow]

Actually, Bill Spooner sang lead on a number of their earlier songs. I Believe he was the lead singer on Up From the Deep, Pimp, Young and Rich, Strung Out on Strings, Only The Strong Survive, and possibly others. Fantastic songwriter and a great, soulful vocalist - I hope he's thriving!

[@petmommax4270]

It’s unfortunate. I think this is their best song. Love She’s A Beauty...but this is gold.

[@twominutepianoman9868]

Bill Spooner was the primary singer on their first three albums. He sang the vast majority of the songs on Young and Rich, and Now. Then Remote Control comes along and Fee is now the main singer. Would be a good interview question.

[@FrankDeCoster-FrakkeZeroOne]

It's got a bit of a Chicago sound to it... which is meant as a compliment, by the way.

[@UniversalBlackRocker]

Because David Foster produced this

[@richardsummers7821]

Ppl here keep pushing the Chicago comparisons. But this song was 1st, 1981. David Foster began working with Chicago the following yr, 1982, w/ Hard to Say I'm sry...Love me Tmrw, n onward in the 80's. Tubes were bf, so my thinking is Chicago were influenced by the Tubes n their sound courtesy of DF. Even after Peter Cetera left in 85, Chicago carried on with a sound similiar. Will you still love me, Chicago song from 1986, sounds a lil like this. IMHO.

[@jiverdude2775]

@My Escape Didn't know about David Foster being in the Tubes in 81. Thanks!

[@jasondudash5501]

The Tubes "Don't Want To Wait Anymore" The Completion Backward Principle Capitol Records, 1981

[@prezakid9]

GOD LIKE!

[@UniversalBlackRocker]

Much love to Russell Mulcahy who directed this project with The Tubes

[@robsparreboom]

True!

[@lornacharles8645]

Rob Sparreboom THANKYOU FOR THIS AWESOME UPLOAD😃😃😃

[@LouiePlaysDrums]

Ever notice that none of the other Tubes appear in this video? It's just the one guy and no one else.

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

Their suits and ties period, Bill looks a bit like late Mafia hitman Roy DeMeo here. :-o

[@lisaroy551]

I am a human jukebox and this one I have never heard. not once. What kind of alternative radio featured it?

[@ww2remembered983]

Fucking A, B an C. Just beautiful, ya huckins. I'd love to hear the looonnnnggg version, you wonderful WPOD's!

[@wearitlikeadiva]

Love love love!

[@brettrosenberg]

Back when they really knew how to music

[@bigdog38au]

you said it BR

[@kenstephens7747]

If this is a love song, it's about finding love within yourself. We spend our lives waiting to be happy instead of just choosing it, which is where you end up when you get tired of endless waiting, an endless quest trying to live in the future which equates to a life of lack and wanting, Classic Zen Rock n' Roll.

[@KevinR1138]

Please tell me you’re kidding. The tubes were masters of dead pan satire, the song is about all the way guys try to convince girls to sleep with them. It’s sang with such sincerity and panache that you forget to listen to the actual lyrics. It’s about trying to get laid.

[@dextyler5113]

Fuckin awesome.🤘🤘👍👍

[@dnasty4638]

Still waiting......

[@dougsaroma]

Love the song. It's weird the the video is just one guy, though. They were such a big production. Budget, I guess.

[@backtracks3314]

Sounds like chicago

[@prezakid9]

THEY WISH

[@richardsummers7821]

Yes; David Foster's production n keyboard playing. To me, this reminds me of Chicago's "Will you still love me"? from 1986.

[@Chudley716]

Sputnik Spooner

[@Rudepenaltyoffside]

1981

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

Finest year of the decade, so much great stuff released in all popular music genres...

[@robsparreboom]

Not really the first song he sang! What about Pimp, Up From The Deep, Haloes, Space baby, Slipped my Disco, Young And Rich, Strung Out On Strings and a lot more.

[@skstoneman]

Amnesia too!

[@robsparreboom]

Waybill sang Amnesia

[@snootzie78]

Swear to God this sounds so much like Chicago or Toto.

[@bigdog38au]

Produced by David Foster in the early 80s who then went on to do Chicago 🙂

[@gemaelvarra8914]

I can hear Chicago and Bill Champlin with steroids

[@helenl2343]

2.2022 😏`

[@David-osobrevivente]

Now, i listen with my Future wife 😅

[@gelsol]

Haha, is Spooner making fun of this 80s schlock? He wrote most of their early stuff, great writer and singer. The 80s were not good to most bands.

[@88pynogrl]

I thought David Foster wrote this song? Love the tubes so much!!!♥️

[@twominutepianoman9868]

I love Bill but this haircut of his is perplexing.

[@deb310red]

Hope that poor guy ain't still waiting.

[@deb310red]

I just have one question: How long did she make him wait?