Thomas Dolby - One Of Our Submarines (Live)

Music video by Thomas Dolby performing One Of Our Submarines (Live) (2009 Digital Remaster)
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[@MundoPaiva]

Anyone listening to this classic in 2024?

[@kenm2709]

yes, it feels like 2009 all over again, (That's when this was uploaded) I swear I listen to so much 80s in the late 2000s, now I'm back at it.

[@guerreroseventyfour1819]

At least one or twice a month and I wasn’t even alive during the 80s, haha

[@bvdatech1]

always, just got the cd

[@Lanceawright]

I am. Trying to work out a trip to England to see him and Martin McAloon in August.

[@patrickmccarthy5462]

Yes. We are still here. Not missing

[@user-hp2px4de8n]

Still love this song and I'm 55 years old. I miss the 80's.

[@detectiveh7399]

We all do

[@deathmetaldouglas69]

I'm 55 also. In late 1982 I remember hearing this before he blew up with "Blinded by Science". It will always be captivating.

[@DeadMikeConcertVideos]

July 10, after decades, I finally get to witness the brilliance of Thomas Dolby live in houston! Counting down the days to 7/10/2024 and finally hearing this. I pray he still plays this, my fave song.

[@richardlindquist5936]

Dude, I’m jelly! Have fun for those of us who can’t be there. And say hi to Europa.

[@JSquidy]

Saw him perform last night, and yes he played this :^)

[@JJones-h2t]

He played it last night in Irving. It was brilliant.

[@timepoet77]

Thomas Dolby embodied the best of the 80s: a blend of electronic synth pop with organic, real instruments and intelligent lyrics reflecting his personal outlook on the world, as seen through the eyes of a young man both at home in and yet not of this earth.

[@kevinmcgiffin10]

So many people used to respond " who is thomas dolby " when i told them i listened to him. Boy were they clueless.

[@ecomarinebd]

a hyper hyperbole!

[@Caracajou]

One of my all time favorite musicians. This song is my favorite of his.

[@grinja73]

Not to mention a much needed dose of humour!

[@sum12see]

He was a keyboard ,sampler, techno genius...New Wave master.......Bravo sir...

[@mrq127]

I’m surprised this song isn’t getting more streams right now

[@TheVideogamemaster9]

I've found that people generally don't appreciate or enjoy true talent and skill, especially when it comes to music. If it doesn't sound awful and generic, there's no public interest.

[@TurtleShellProductions]

Most people have smooth brains@@TheVideogamemaster9

[@plechaim]

High quality music withstands the test of time. I heard this for the first time in 2024 and I love it.

[@mindscapeaudio9731]

This feels very relevant today

[@TheresaTV1]

THIS was the first Thomas Dolby song I heard on the radio. On a rock station in between the Led Zeppelin and whatever else was played on AOR back in the early 80’s. It blew my little mind and changed my life. Thank you, Mr. Dolby.

[@deathmetaldouglas69]

Same here. And to think you might have heard it right after Led Zeppelin but before Foreigner's "Waiting for a Girl Like You" which was dominated by Thomas Dolby's keyboards.

[@ethanoreilly2002]

Hugely underrated artist of the 80s, really meaningful lyrics and amazing tunes!

[@elizabethf8078]

The 80's culture was largely too shallow and materialistic to appreciate meaningful lyrics.

[@wendywilkins2575]

Totally agree very underrated

[@ethanoreilly2002]

@@elizabethf8078 Sadly that is true!

[@ethanoreilly2002]

@@wendywilkins2575 Very

[@gogoyubari366]

What makes you believe he's underrated?

[@marilynjones7843]

73 years young still love it ❤️

[@retrosound72]

What a wonderful sound! Thomas Dolbys music is so inspirative.

[@surfsup5757]

Dolby is to keyboards like Hendrix is to guitar.

[@enzoaveroldi]

Spot on

[@keithsamsky7796]

Damn Straight

[@ethanoreilly2002]

Couldn't agree more with this statement!!

[@stevengregory1671]

Agree

[@PatrickRosenbalm]

@ReaktorLeak Or Keith Emerson.

[@anthonytimmons9328]

I remember when this song came out, I worked the graveyard shift in a waterbed factory in Moundhouse NV, every night like clock work on the way to work, the radio station that we listened to would play this at the same time every friggin night, listening to Thomas Dolby while driving through the Nevada desert after midnight was a very surreal experience, surreal and haunting. Beautiful, well crafted piece of music, pure genius.

[@AlvaSudden]

Good story. 80's music was such an improvement over 70's music.

[@alisonleaman333]

Ah - so that's why Lake Mead is running dry. It's all those water beds 🙂

[@mikeg6606]

A monumental song, and a personal piece of art. "Bye bye Empire, Empire, bye bye. Shallow water, channel tide..." You can feel the grief of those sailors and those left behind.

[@rhondacotla6820]

I have listened to this song for over 40 years. And will always love the respect and remembrance and hommage this man gives to the fallen. Even at 16 years old. I always loved this song. Thank you Mr. Dolby for your remembrance and countless days of tribute. I also bought your albums when vinal was a thing in the early 80s. Thanks Mr Dolby!

[@tuesdaynext7370]

So... anyone else listening to this song on or after June 22, 2023?

[@davidklein4680]

Listening now 2024🤓

[@1200sbandits]

Listened to it your years Still listening Mar 2024.

[@bartomiejbudnik4047]

Always on the deck...

[@auntiegravity7713]

Here for it on June 4, 2024

[@1CoastProductionComp]

Happy 62th birthday Mr. Dolby! You inspired me so much to buy the many synthesizers I still own today. Thank you!!!

[@xiphocostal]

This song popped into my head today. RIP all. Tragedy seems inevitable at this stage.

[@j.jester7821]

one of my favorite Dolby songs.

[@paza65]

Especially this song but the whole album "The Golden Age of Wireless" is absolutely meant to be listened to on good headphones. The 3D stereo sound of it all is just magnificent.

[@laurenell1112]

I'm back. I commented three years ago. Love this song ❤️ Beautiful composition.

[@lambanlaa]

So romantic and nostalgic

[@colonelangus3157]

No one can touch Dolby!! He to me is pure frigging genius.Listen to the lyrics....DAM. true story.!!

[@chipfire]

His autobiography is excellent - The Speed of Sound

[@jimpanzer07]

My favorite Dolby song!

[@riproar11]

Mine too! :)

[@stevengregory1671]

Today (well like five minutes ago) I heard this song for the first time that song was awesome now it’s my favorite by him actually one of my favorite songs ever now

[@stevengregory1671]

Oh yeah and you are awesome for liking this and you have great taste in music😊

[@stevengregory1671]

This one and if you haven’t heard it valley of the minds eye is a beautiful amazing song

[@colonelangus3157]

Same here!!! It gives me chills...since 1981!!!!

[@connie736]

One, if not the best synth pop example to this day.

[@eyeeye00]

WindPower

[@FrankNFurter1000]

Airwaves

[@stevengregory1671]

It’s not one. it is the best I love this song I still think his coolest song is valley of the minds eye

[@cut--]

Depeche were good but they became very commercial

[@jensjakobsson7177]

One of our fruit machines is missing! It took me 35 years to dig up why Nik Kershaw named his song so. Thomas Dolby is a genius. Especially the Obsidian soundtrack.

[@overwatch1828]

If the hair on your arms go up you know the sound your hear is gold...... I am grateful to have been alive when you were doing what you do back then.... Back when music had melody and talent. A canvas of sound filled by many in those two decades 80 -90. So good and powerful it was its rare to hear now on radio stations today. Banished for brilliance replaced with less than mediocre...

[@theeltea]

You're too old and ignorant to appreciate modern talents... Says more about your own mediocrity...

[@take942]

Agreed.

[@terrymcgee3504]

Bye bye Empire. Time's illusions drown in the tide. I never understood this song. But I still love it.

[@betsybrains]

I'm born in 1966, and in the U.S. It took me decades to understand that, besides some minor Cold War nervousness, WWII didn't impact (scar) us over here. They placated us here statesside with TV dinners and any products containing space-age polymers. Scars make good art. How do you thank a fella like Mr. Dolby for his work? Folks, don't ask him about the Nokia ringtone synthesizer situation. It'd probably make him blush. Oops gotta hang up, there's gonna be a cloudburst here.

[@Gerard-yt3dz]

Thomas Dolby...... GENIUS!!!!!!

[@marycooney]

I feel like l'm floating and falling slowly ḍown to the deep end of the ocean...

[@marcosalves4824]

Thomas Dolby, he's the man 👊👊

[@WeLuv9x5]

Us Gen X’ers got to experience some of the best music EVER produced!

[@damnyankeefl]

and younger boomers🙂

[@michaelc9776]

That is truest statement ever. Gen x here and so glad we got to live it.

[@Andapanda4321]

I grew up in the 80's and somehow missed this song. Amazing...as is all his music.

[@randomhumanoidblob4506]

Originally it was only a b-side to "She blinded me with silence," on that EP or the album. So it's not at all surprising you missed it - I remember buying SBMWS and being blown away by this as a tiny, couldn't work out why it wasn't a single. Would have been the perfect follow-up to " Windpower" and they're probably still my fave two songs today 🤗

[@annsteingarnes]

This song still sounds crispy, still....in 2024

[@kieranhendry9539]

Absolutely love this song getting goosebumps watching this

[@tripzville7569]

Yes same here.

[@ImpulseGenerator]

His voice always gives me the chills. Pretty much any song.

[@walmorcarvalho2512]

The break and the first notes always get me

[@lalalalalala8147]

Much love from Germany. After all, we invented this genre. :)

[@integraledificio]

Impressive, massive, wonderful song and so talented genius Thomas..!! One of our submarines is missing!!

[@f1racecontrol737]

This and "I love you goodbuy" are 2 of the greatest song ever written... The man is a legend

[@OnDasherOnDancer]

Add “Oceania”. Another truly lovely song.

[@peejaytaylor5897]

I’d like to add “Airwaves”

[@TennisOnion]

Flat Earth also

[@rrix2125]

My favourite Thomas Dolby song - so unusual, original and interesting. This live show inspired me to provide video backdrops for bands, loosely or closely related to the music being played, many years later!

[@ishmaelreyes8659]

Anyone revisiting after the Titan tragedy?

[@michaelsaxonson251]

This song deserves to be a hit.

[@harrisonbrownmusic]

As I recall, it was.

[@4237650]

I remember first hearing him in high school in the early 80's! Awesome! Love that move he makes at 3:15 mark! Good ole Jupiter-8!

[@albertobrito8025]

His arrangements and compositions are brilliantly creative

[@brianvaracalle1217]

Awesome! Poor uncle...........

[@gt1982mustang]

Close to the greatest song EVER.....no joke

[@MicheleLiveAndInColor]

Still one of my favorite songs! Love it. Thomas Dolby is an incredible talent! Underrated.

[@jamescarruthers7760]

One of those songs that takes you to the place and time ...music is awesome

[@AbsurdToastling]

Thank you for convincing me to look into more of his music, Todd in the Shadows

[@luanoire]

I love how science and electronic music are ensambled with his music. I am female who wants to be a bacteriologist i feel happy to hear his music.

[@marioherr3479]

Thomas was so ahead of his time...

[@cdncitizen4700]

Love all the genuine energy, added nuances and evocative sounds of this live version... beautifully different to the recorded album version.

[@kevinwestphal380]

The whole album, The Golden Age of Wireless, is a classic! One of my fav’s in the 1980’s that I still listen to today.

[@chrisnemec5644]

I remember reading about this song when it first came out. Thomas stated it was about his uncle that died during World War II. He was in the royal navy when their submarine ran around after striking a mine. He said it was very personal to him, and always tried to do his best on this one.

[@EricGentile]

thanks never knew that.......beautiful song to this day.

[@falcosparverius100]

Great story behind this. I was married to a "bleep man" sonar tech in the Navy. Even in the late 80s we were always so happy and relieved when our sailors came home

[@paladinsix9285]

@@falcosparverius100 I am glad he always came back from the Sea, to You!

[@deadbydayinblack]

The odd thing is....that is what he thought at the time. Time passed and the truth came out about P48. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_of_Our_Submarines I wonder if they ever found her?

[@cheeseheadfiddle]

Roots of Steam Punk.

[@brianwood2450]

Damn, this still sounds like it was just released. Thomas Rocks the epitome of 80's cool...

[@davidsimpson105dB]

Just brilliant musical poetry. Have got all his albums. Absolute best of the 80s. Thank you,Thomas.

[@skintrader100]

Well said that man. Thank you Thomas.

[@jacknjill3000]

This song still sounds as incredible as the first time I had the album and ep and forget which it was on. The lyrics were very different from all the other music that came before and the synth took you to a different world that ended up being the future. Very few followed these banks coming out of the UK when it was new. We who followed it from the beginning were called freaks until they mainstream America was exposed much later in the 80’s. Yeah, now many swear by the 80’s music and fashions, but many were also the haters before they were exposed to it and didn’t just wake up and started loving this music. Many were doing what everyone else was doing and didn’t want to be associated with this music bc they didn’t think it was cool and would wreck their image of cool. So it was just me and my friend Tina in our whole district and neighborhood that was into this music in 82. One reason was bc she had cable tv and always had MTV on like a radio in the living room. So we fell in love with this music and fashion and tried to find more music like this coming out of the UK. Back then when you went to a record store, they were mostly rock and soul and had bits of these newer UK groups, but had little knowledge on those groups. I remember seeing this interesting album cover and it was Spandal Ballet (sp) and since it was like $25. I ask how it was and the store clerk had no idea. Can you imagine these groups were so new, even the store clerks had no idea and just ordered one copy to see if anyone knew them and would buy. That album turned out to had 2 major hits that are now iconic songs from the 80’s. So back then you could have the only album of a particular artist in your while city or state, But I didn’t care and was on this mission to catch it from the beginning bc I knew this music was special.

[@jacknjill3000]

Didn’t realize how dapper Thomas Dolby was back when this video was made.

[@bpreece1]

Another Favorite Tune of mine you did.

[@vitaminfian]

Just brilliant

[@hubbifrubbins3719]

A lot of people are hearing this song in their head today.

[@joejettagli]

Headlines for the past 3 days have been about a missing tourist submarine with 5 souls on board. I am surprised I'm the first person to equate that incident with this song. As of the time of this comment, they have not yet found the sub and hope of saving the passengers is almost completely gone.

[@xiphocostal]

You aren't the first.

[@jCd1058]

Golden Age of Wireless is one of the albums that got me through my last years of university. Listened to this with my weight lifting partner every time we lifted. Dolby is gold.

[@TheFokker03]

not on the original,so you must have a remaster.

[@govetter]

Back in tha Day! Okay, lots of days. The under-aquatic audio helped me get those U-Boats! PING!

[@govetter]

Back in the Day? Is that a half Decade? a Full-Decade? Or Multi-Decades? I ask, because I care!

[@MerryMoss]

His music is beautiful and captivating... I almost feel like I'm in trance when I listen to it 💚

[@vitaminfian]

Totally fired up for London!

[@renaudlagache2020]

It's absolutely a master piece

[@BrianTylerComposer]

❤

[@Jasen-M74]

Enjoyed this. This could even be a pub song. 👍

[@barrygaynor1025]

Great song. Amazing and innovative.

[@jonv2911]

Brilliant mate... always loved your art and music!

[@staciecarverd8136]

Only a quarter of a million views? There should be millions! Such an awesome song and the sounds he creates puts you under the waves in the submarine.....

[@youngchool]

Indeed. Roland Jupiter8! Thanks to someone who shared the background story behind this song - Thomas'uncle who died in a WW2 submaine.

[@geoffreylogsdon162]

I believe Mr. Dolby was the first steampunk.

[@deathmetaldouglas69]

Interesting. That and a little bit of the "Brazil" movie which is proto steam punk also?

[@jeroenfigee]

Oh man,... this sounds so good ! and I don't even like live music ??!? lol and all those instruments and how good they merge. And the m a g i c: 2:20 > the guitar parts, the keys and then the modulation at the end > That's just fantastic. :-) A great joy to watch.

[@pasiramo3103]

Dolby always in my heart!

[@betterdaysareatoenailaway]

Dear god, that falsetto he hits @3:50 is GOLDEN. and he looks SO DAMN YOUNG! i can't imagine fronting a badass synth pop group at the age of 25 or whatever the hell he is here. what a weird and singular artist this guy is/was. he sounds like nobody else.

[@jeffcappelletti1986]

Thomas Dolby is playing a Roland Jupiter-8. The jupiter-8 can have two sounds split on the keyboard. The drums are being played live. Drum pads are connected to a Fairlight C.M.I. IIx off stage. The Fairlight is also doing the sond effects. The echoed missing is also done live. Thomas says the word missing into the Fairlight and has it repeat.. This is taken from the Live Wireless recording.

[@sidneyny8608]

Stellar 80s classic

[@davidfarrell7373]

He’s an absolute beast. An actual genius.

[@08prema]

Got to Love the 80's

[@sonofelohim9857]

Really takes me back to the early 80's I remember me and my first real girlfriend jamming this and those times when just me and my sister and cousin frank were around we would play this among funky groove songs because this song while it has serious lyrics has a groove about it that is smooth and draws you into the song......

[@LUCKY4EVER69]

This song has alway been one of my favs!! Godspeed to you my friends !!

[@karforeman1556]

Remember playing this almost non-stop 20 yrs ago when the Kursk was lost. Even called up the radio station to dedicate this to those poor souls.

[@urbanfryk2878]

Thomas Dolby! Cheers from Sweden - and a million thank's for upload!

[@joejoebinks200j5]

I used to rock this song my first time stationed in Germany in the 80s

[@laurenell1112]

Only 126k views of this video since 2009, when Thomas Dolby in this video is one of the the most attractive men on KZbin?? So handsome!!

[@openreels]

Nice to see TD performing with a band--adds a lot of energy! But it's hard to dance to such a haunting, sad song.

[@patrickmccarthy5462]

Just nod along, and sway a bit

[@mccypr]

Thanks! 🎻✌️🙂😎

[@winstontk]

This is positively AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

[@freitag314]

Superb! In my opinion, this is one of Thomas Dolby's best efforts and certainly a personal favorite.

[@lauradwyer4256]

Thank you so much! I spent much time partying with submariners in Connecticut at barracks on the Subbase USA. Listening in 2022

[@PINTO911]

the Golden Age Of Wireless is a masterpiece.

[@djm8341]

Rest well guys. Rest well.

[@NObucketLIST]

Houston, TX...July 10th!!! 2024!!! Hope he does this one!!

[@steveclarke4542]

Song has always reminded me of the Frank Herbert short story "Dragon Under the Sea", also titled "Under Pressure".

[@johnhalek9664]

I grew up listening to you your one of my favorite odd balls !

[@eduardoivan860]

Great great song

[@michaellynch6482]

What a bad ass tune

[@neaituppi7306]

I remember I saw this on a TV show in the eighties, and even though I was into progressive rock mainly at the time, and played in a couple bands that didn't do pop songs. I instantly liked this song, and this live version is what I saw.