The Teardrop Explodes - When I Dream

A very RARE video for The Teardrop Explodes with my FAVOURITE track of theirs "When I Dream" along with "Treason" my 2nd FAV from this BRILLIANT band!
BRILLIANT video which TOTALLY captures the excitement of the Early 80s New Wave British movement!

[@breadpitt970]

I heard this track on the radio only once, when I was a very young lad being sick at home. It has since never left my head (I go pahpahpah...) but could not find the song again as the only thing I knew was that the band was from Liverpool. No bandname, no title, no lyrics. And now today, 42 years later I have found it! MAGIC.

[@binniemod]

Glad you found this magical track.

[@TheAnalPunisher]

Great metrics, Julian rules!!!

[@gilbosavannah]

59yrs old now....summer in ibiza, good times

[@kevinhart3555]

I actually have the Original single on 45rpm vinyl.

[@jeffknetzer856]

53 year old Pennsylvanian here, Pittsburgh to be exact, and we loved your British alternative music scene of the 80’s .

[@struthadragon8656]

I've introduced my son to Teardrop Explodes... he now loves them too... what a good mother I am...

[@brightstar1212]

You're an excellent Mother! Teaching your child very important musical taste. I've done the same with mine, and we deserve to be congratulated!! 😃

[@martincowley6500]

Incredible mum ,at that !!🙏🙏🙏

[@tenrgn]

Teardrop Explodes, A Flock of Seagulls, Echo & the Bunnymen, Liverpool was a fabulous place to be musically in the early to mid 80’s

[@davidambrose8935]

Absolutely spot on ..I grew up.then too ,add afraid of mice ,the wild swans ,dead or alive ❤

[@janerichards2951]

I was there. Saw them all. Knew them all. Erics. Michelle Claires. The Dada clubs. Probe records. What a time to be alive in Liverpool.

[@replicas11]

I have met Julian Cope, he didn’t let me down, it was in Manchester in Waterstones, so pleased I was there.

[@dessiemckenzie5857]

The most underrated track ever released by the teardrops

[@thetriumphofthethrill2457]

Not bad. The late '70s - early '80s Post-Punk era is among the greatest in musical history.

[@bobscaricatures8581]

Growing up in the eighties these guys summed up being a kid in the UK back then.

[@roytbone5791]

Used to frequent a local nightclub back in the day. The 3 songs that stand out from that club were Love Song by Simple Minds, Charlotte Sometimes by The Cure, and When I Dream.

[@bandfromtheband9445]

This entire album is crazy good!!!!!! I miss A Teardrop Explodes! I miss these days!

[@187Dethklok]

Kilimanjaro...superb album

[@nullvoid244]

Best pop album of 1980

[@cambumbo77]

Excellent music .. Talented and so original - Lyrics and music .. Flowing new wave - dare to be different WLIR

[@soepil]

All the exitement and joy of falling in love and thinking about that other person. Teardrop Explodes nailed it! Great song.

[@DDayglo]

Spot on !

[@blackmetalhead5883]

I wish I was alive when this came out. This is good music! 80s was fantastic

[@tonyrusso2989]

Friggin way ahead of their time. love this song

[@ChasBeauregarde]

Very trippy! Julian Cope rules! Remember when it was OK for music to be unpredictable and exciting?

[@ianholmes3761]

Saw Julian twice in Manchester puts a great gig on👍👍

[@brightstar1212]

Just about

[@snafuproxy8064]

Great stuff. Saw them live on the Kilimanjaro tour. Brilliant. Not many mention it but the drumming on that album is special.

[@danielmcsorley2510]

glorious tripped out pop madness.......one of my favorite 80s bands.......they were blisteringly good live too.

[@AnAdorableWombat]

This song is so catchy it's almost addicting 🤣🤣

[@danthefan5378]

Loop, Repeat1 like me Now. Best dtf

[@waynesilverman3048]

Good melodies

[@binniemod]

What a brilliant song from a fantastic Album, still sound fresh in 2020.

[@johnmacleod4481]

the chorus and refrain of this song are excellent from start to finish and perfect vocals too by Julian cope.

[@markblamey4950]

Saw them live in Bristol in the early 1980s, one of the very best gigs ever.

[@moorovitch]

Julian Cope - a supreme pop technician at heart. Check out his superb 1984 solo album 'Fried'.

[@nicolaenicolas6088]

great postpunk psychedelist, thank you Mr. Cope !

[@Qwerty543-q3d]

Yay. Found it finally. I knew this song existed and now I be happy .

[@dianamaloney9460]

This really takes me back. ❤

[@fiery1962]

I went a baababbaabbaaa again after 35 years years. I used to listen to this over and over back in that day. Great times.

[@Mosux2007]

I played "Kilimanjaro" to DEATH when it came out. Thanks for posting this! What a great song.

[@rodhmu]

The best album of 1980

[@godfishgod]

Absolutely bloody brilliant..! I go uh bubh bubh bubh bubh bubh bubh bubh bubh bubh bubhuuh duh bubh ah uh bubh bubh bubh bubhdubha ohohoho

[@sadakichihartmann1827]

thank you for typin this

[@rurimino]

Oh Julian, avant-garde boy soprano, wannabe actor and expressionist, drama teacher reaching for the heady heights in the 1980s, mixing it with the best the decade had to offer. Like so many many of the great Liverpool bands on the scene at the time so near the cusp. Incredible lyricist and distinctive voice. It is great to listen too and it still resonates. Thanks for the rare video.

[@garyrichards2251]

Saw them in Leeds in 1980. Always loved this song. Thanks always Dean.

[@KaplyaNikotina]

They were the most unusual post-punk band - on acid!

[@karnubawax]

I remember. This blew my mind. I was 17, had just got a driver's license, and I was driving around a lot doing errands, and listening to the late great KTIM in Marin County, CA. This song was in regular rotation and I could't wait to hear it on the shitty AM radio in my shitty 1975 Ford Maverick.

[@jeraldoverby7611]

i had a shitty 1975 Ford Maverick also. But i loved that car! and the 80's were the best decade for me! Musically speaking.

[@allangarwood9931]

For me hearing this as a demo on the John peel show signified the start of the electronic new romantic movement at the beginning of the 80s. The long album version is the best.

[@BostonFastJack]

Very cool. Sometimes less is more. JC and these gents ROCK!

[@RachelPlayfair]

I cannot get enough of this song.

[@stevefox2295]

First time I heard Teardrop Exolodes was on the Phil Ross show, Radio Merseyside. He played Camera Camera. When I Dream should’ve been a huge hit but it didn’t get the airplay it deserved. Radio One were probably too busy playing Captain Beaky or similar shabite.

[@the_zohn]

The first song I heard from these guys was ‘Sleeping Gas’, and I knew virtually right away that I’d discovered another gem of the 80s Pop/New Wave scene. Just a great, great group with such a uniquely catchy sound.

[@nottavictim5]

God this was terrific! I so miss these days

[@PaulV513]

This IMMEDIATELY takes me back the dancefloor at SPIT in Boston, where this was a huge hit when it came out!

[@geoffreyjonathanwilson5826]

Julian I salute you! Great frontman!

[@peterreynolds7270]

thanks for the funky trip to the past!!!

[@seanhalloran6414]

It was this week when I learned this song existed. HOW is that even possible? Because I AM THE 1980s. I was there when MTV was launched. I was dropping quarters at arcades back in 1981. I had leather ties. And starter jackets. And feathered hair. And I was beat up by bullies driving Camaros. And I saw Ferris when it first came out in theaters. And my first girlfriend wore banana clips in her hair and we listened to the Femmes and Bowie and early REM before we had our braces off. I had AFoS LP's on my bookshelf and U2's "War" poster on my wall. Yet .... it took me until 2022 to hear this specific song for the first time? How? What? Who? Where?

[@adrianrutter02]

Saint Julian staring lovingly at his own reflected image...

[@jazp1120]

Adrian Rutter hee hee ! Loving his recent Afflecks Palace new steal

[@adysaxman77]

One of the best of the Scouse bands.

[@DenisPopov888]

Love that excellent song!

[@stellaviolens]

Loving this song - it came about as my friend D wanted it for a birthday present. Fantastic taste and timing as it became the backing track to one special relationship.

[@Crazyfeline]

Someone on Twitter just referenced this. Hadn't heard it in ages. Really takes me back when new wave/alternative music started to take over my senses.

[@scottallison2296]

Heard this on Rage. Aware of band and Julian Cope but never listened to music. Love this single. Very poppy but psychedelic. Gold

[@leeperkins9730]

You have to listen to the album Kilimanjaro, Scott and Kieran. I have an original in vinyl with the beautiful cover of the Mt Kilimanjaro and African plains in the forefront.

[@MultiSweener]

Love this tune. Thanks. Memories

[@TheMerseyBoy]

Brilliant pop song - A trippy dippy thing of beauty

[@dickygriffiths3297]

Great stuff Jules. Timeless.

[@zacharypage6164]

These guys were pure genius

[@laing1100]

I discover Teardrop Explodes through a cheap cassette bought in a flea market!! Since then, I love this group and Cope´s career...

[@annuvynarawn392]

I first heard them on John Peel, he played Poppies in the field. Got a ticket to see them a few weeks later. Great stuff, love the Kilimanjaro songs.

[@TheKewzoo]

This was my first ever favourie song.

[@MachineThatCreates]

We got this in Australia around 1980 , a beautiful example of the new wave (post punk). Just feel good/sound good music. I wish these guys did more stuff.

[@finylvinyl66]

If you haven't already, check out Julian's solo records - great for the most part.

[@alynpickett7682]

Such a catchy song its timeless!!!

[@vaderfett3229]

This is the sort of song that would've played perfectly in an episode of THE YOUNG ONES!

[@asakogumama]

thx for posting! i can imagine JC dislike this along with sunshine playroom... but this is rare!! we can see this classic lineup! dave balfe in his salor shirt & andy gill!!

[@sparkeezy]

Great to see this, pretty rare like you say. Thanks!

[@arnoldlayne6743]

Hard to beat that as a song. His book is worth checking out as well.

[@localboychopswoodlocalboym6028]

Great read.

[@sirjellybeans6653]

@@localboychopswoodlocalboym6028 one hilarious and brilliant read. One of the best music books I've ever read.

[@joecveteticccvetetic4068]

This might be my favorite song by TE

[@joesnert]

Amazing song, the extended version is hypnotic in a very good way. Try it!!

[@KitCurranRadioShow]

I was just thinking that, very sophisticated for 1980.

[@sebastianflash64]

this was a love song for me by the teardrops . still is now kilimanjaro was so good ,.when i dream is like a heart beat in me . so so dreamy. and relaxing.10/10.

[@rlross]

THANK YOU for posting this... I've waited so long to see this - also my favorite song by the Teardrop... wish I'd shot a video for my version of "Books" (off the Cope tribute CD).

[@bandfromtheband9445]

I f'ing love it! We used to listen to this album so many times! One of the BEST Liverpool bands, EVER!!!

[@gillian9223]

❤😊, Hi, Val and Family! Xxx

[@rudy6884]

This was created in such an enlightened time for music.

[@Debpboxers]

Liverpool club scene the 80s❤❤❤❤

[@marybeechie4760]

God I love this underrated band!

[@cicadagodking]

Used to play the crap out of this album - loved it!

[@ROCKYBLUEDOGS]

Love this song.

[@johnmacleod4481]

Ive woken myself up screaming from a dream and now as i think to myself the years still left for me will be the most frightening

[@paulmasters7621]

This reminds me when I was at college 1980, Christ I’m getting old…,😢😢😢😎👍👍👍

[@geoffreyjonathanwilson5826]

Brilliant band !

[@Barbarian857]

Oh fuck me!! I finally found this song. Geez, damn. Thank you.

[@waynesilverman3048]

Love that drummers smile

[@eduardorivera4343]

Where has THIS been hiding ALL this time..

[@OMega3n6]

The best Teardrops track just loose yourself in it, saw them 1980 at the Manchester Apollo, he was mad.

[@MacCentrisSimpleSencilla]

I SO ffing love this song!!

[@espeeareen1410]

Fantastic album 1980 was the peek of 80’s musik

[@joaomarques329]

Teardrop Explodes...what a big band

[@gregrichardson2070]

Yes, this was one of the good ones. (so many awesome life memories. wow....)... but all the tracks off Kilimanjaro did it for my Ears.....

[@bendycard]

Yes !! Finally I found a music video on KZbin without a “ one of the most underrated …” comment 🥳

[@bendycard]

@@mattgrant6910 … most underrated reply 😌

[@stumeister5507]

Great name for a band.

[@PeterWesleyBastone]

a great track.....shared to the Netshows Radio "Program 186" Playlist on youtube

[@stellaviolens]

It was a single released September 1980. Was my fav TX song but that lies between Passionate Friend and Great Dominions now. It looks like Zoo must have spent literally pennies on the videos.

[@marksolomon5000]

...pure euphoria...

[@kieranm4758]

Brilliant song 🥊🥊💪😎💕

[@bandfromtheband9445]

I f**king LOVE IT! They were so excellent....

[@TINGVELL]

amazing

[@dbg32]

I just heard this great song for the first ever time in two separate bars in Columbus, Ohio within an hour. What’s that all about?

[@aileenr.692]

Oh my goodness, this takes me back to Bristol 1980 with the highly dangerous but irresistable Mr W. Everything about that time has a musical background from this to Adam Ant, Siouxsie, Elvis Costello, U2, Visage, Joy Division, XTC. Squeeze, Bruce, Steve Forbert....... so much good music and we were so young.................... down at The Dugout after late shift at Crockers.

[@blackmetalhead5883]

Now young people make horrible music. What has happened?

[@dickygriffiths3297]

Sometimes dreams do come true...

[@patriciac8488]

Seen them in concert in Manfred hall Liverpool back in the day♥️

[@ezandycle]

A great song and video which missed MTV heavy rotation by THAT MUCH(old GET SMART reference).

[@leecort4705]

MAGICAL

[@yoyo3man]

Where is the album version?

[@anthonym8431]

Psychedelic vibes ~~

[@pabloimireia]

Para fliparlo..qué temón.