Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang

[@JessicaPurvis-o4d]

So brilliant and relevant in 2024. Should be released.

[@richardcoreno]

Could be the theme of 2023.

[@georgejanour2577]

or November 24

[@carlnewell3682]

This song should make a comeback in 2025.

[@gezblair]

This synthesizer kills fascists

[@christophersamuelson451]

Incredibly relevant in 2024❤

[@bluedot21]

I was thinking the same.

[@kenswe]

If anybody ever says to you that 80s bands were rubbish, just show them this. Brilliant.

[@ajs41]

80s bands were amazing of course, not least Japan with their Tin Drum album from 1981, which is my favourite album of all time.

[@harrymay2528]

People who think the 80s are rubbish are the same fools who think today is better than the past - laughable. Long live the 80s.

[@sarahpalmer2342]

Fabulous

[@carolholmes4078]

Amazing band 💃🏻…& saw them in in Aberdeen & they didn’t disappoint 😍

[@jimmytwot1mes]

!!!

[@soulminer]

Another perfect example of why British music was so fantastic in the early 1980s.

[@berndjenter4005]

Not only in Great Britain ! We don't need no fascist groove thang !!!

[@Paulco67]

It was fucking brilliant!! So many bands

[@rachelar]

Sadly they all wannabe Americans these days, hard to detect any stylistic difference

[@redscouse7056]

I was in America in 81 on a school trip. We had the specials , Kim wilde, the jam. First night in the states we had a gathering and they were playing led Zeppelin, journey. The Brits could not believe the kids wanted their parents music

[@reuireuiop0]

Yo, many of the bands that later got a bit over commercial had some brilliant first minor hits. Not only H17, Boomtown Rats had Banana Republic, Spandau Ballet Chant No 1 (Thinking of that title, would it have inspired Blur for Song #2?) Simple Minds even, now mostly remembered for Don't you forget, Waterfront and belfast child, but their early albums are killer, and why play come in/out rain if you have nuggets like Promised you a Miracle or New Gold Dream. The latter chorus says it all _81 82 83 84_

[@dannyboy6015]

A great song so relevant in today's world ,well done Heaven 17

[@michaellewellyn9080]

🤡💩👹 is now a demigod

[@presleyslave]

I feel like screaming this is so good. Loved dancing to it when I was a teenager and still loving it 41 years later. Bands nowadays are just dross compared to the likes of Heaven 17.

[@RubyTwilite]

I just saw The Sound of Sheffield documentary, a must see for fans of Heaven 17, ABC, Human League et al. So great to see this clip!

[@rogerbillings5081]

Meaningful song for dreadful times! Stay strong people !!!!

[@edmundau-yeung9598]

What a powerhouse performance. Heaven 17 still got it.

[@ehav]

That drummer is killing it!

[@333jzee]

I can't believe it's been 30 years, but they still sound excellent!

[@tonybletas431]

After so many years, they've still got that groooove thaaaaaang!

[@BioDieselEstate]

Strut it, Glen. Heaven 17. Heroes.

[@gilwood7530]

God, I remember listening to this on college radio when it first came out ...I'M OLD !

[@svenlindenberg1271]

Now more true than everything! Great lively beat!

[@elizabethrosenblum4330]

I remember dancing myself dizzy on a loop of this. Add Bowie's "Fashion" and Consolidated's "Friendly Fascism". Music to dance and rage by.

[@אשרטומפסון]

Gang of four.....

[@Goonergroover]

Banned by BBC Radio 1 in the 80s, now being recorded by BBC Radio 6.

[@endless2804]

3 decades behind the groove...

[@izpozpeeps]

And never more pertinent today

[@GrahamsGO]

Please don't deny the BBC their hypocrisy. Always remember that they know better than you, and tax you for knowing it.

[@haroldofcardboard]

WOW!

[@suilvenmountain2395]

@@kristinshelor155 Reagan sorted out Russia. He was America's Maggie and one of the best Presidents ever.

[@EmilyPresents]

Can't believe how good they still are!

[@expertfootballcoaches6536]

Yes its, symbolizes unity, acceprance and patience 2024. Every single person is unique and nobody lives the same moment, experience or sees through others eyes. All over the world people are all inter bred so be the love generation, find your soul matexand go forth and multiply xx

[@dannyboy6015]

Great to watch this band really enjoying what they do and the song actually is quite a political one , the drummer is great ,very tight and great backing from the girls ... Keyboards great and of course vocals amazing .well done everyone,a great production .

[@alfan0079]

the only middle aged guys that never got irrelevant, 80s bands. cuz everything is 80s nostalgia now, Since 2013 and still going strong.

[@milesanddizzy]

This is absolutely brilliant and I've still got the 45, as good as the day they recorded it!

[@Theoriginalbigbrillo]

First time I heard Martins Heavy keyboard notes on that song back in 1981 (Penthouse and Pavement) I was hooked................................. And have been ever since, never tire listening to that song (A snapshot of my youth)

[@jeffnettleton3858]

Still sadly relevant to our times.

[@johnsmith-fx2sm]

A timeless tune that just gets better with age. Superb mix guys!

[@rogergriffiths207]

Just discovered this !!! 14 years late We do need this groove thang !!!!!!! Loved them in the day amnd still do

[@fa0676]

What a song. Stands tall in any timeframe

[@droberts753]

Glen and martyn still sounding great.ladies are amazing too.

[@blindfaith.edfromsales]

2022....... Perfecto for now!

[@stephanieroberts1157]

Wow.. GG still has a great voice.. absolutely loved this track.

[@waterkingdavid]

This should be declared the International Anthem of all time!

[@olev01]

David Watermeyer Agreed. So many lines are SO applicable today, starting with "History will repeat itself..."

[@tunedIN101]

Wow, what a great Performance...astonishing.

[@aliaslisabeth1031]

I'm amazed by how fast that drummer hit the drums. You would think that rhythm came from a drum machine, but that was a regular techno-speed beat. Way to Go!

[@morningstarghuleh1087]

Watch the live version of Transmission by Joy Division. Stephen absolutely kills it on the drums.

[@fstop77]

Blimey! This is great mate!!! Heaven 17 still kicks ass!

[@joeconnor8607]

It's 2020 and still sounds good

[@hubertvale5132]

More relevant than ever!

[@MartinTurnerBassist]

This is just GREAT.... I have so many great memories... of copying this keyboard stab....

[@bobharper1262]

Love this song and this version, Penthouse and Pavement. Also the band name came from the movie Clock Work Orange as quoted by Alex the Droog ..Heaven 17 was a big part of my musical influance

[@ISHIJAH]

Right right right

[@rodwill17]

the classic track to dance and get off your face in the 80's. thanks for the memories

[@Theoriginalbigbrillo]

Some of us just danced and didn't need to get off our faces in the 80,s as you say ;)

[@MegaJJ1968]

Total Awesomeness! Totally behind it! Best greets from Cologne, Germany. I know why I always loved them. So good to see they are still around. Would love to see them live. At the best in the UK. Stay strong, brothers and sisters. 👊

[@RoteE19]

That’s why we’re going to Holmfirth (Picturedrome) in May, even though we’ve seen her here in Berlin a month beforehand. The atmosphere there is just gigantic and Glenn is just still great

[@stephanierae2103]

I have listened to your music since 1988 I have been listening… So I'm not coming out of nowhere I hear you and it is so worthwhile.

[@ericbossart3425]

we need so much more of this great music!!!

[@debz4722]

Best version of this song 😍

[@psiconauta21]

What an excellent version of the classic! Thank for uploading it It's a pleasure to watch them again

[@roymillsjnr5172]

Brilliant bring back the 80s i aintbstopped 😂

[@dsabedra]

Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! I remember buying this album.

[@dwalkmusick]

had this all on vinyl so long ago . . . still really good stuff, doncha know . . .

[@xtstevie]

Sublime & just about note perfect 30+ years on........

[@craftymumma]

Nice one, Gregory's voice is still strong

[@milbury55]

Saw the original line up of Gregory, Ware and Marsh doing a PA, singing to backing tracks in Maestros in Glasgow in the early 80's.Great then, brilliant now!

[@AB67]

GREAT!!!!!!!!!!! I played the shit out of this song back then.

[@mjrwhite]

Hmm..best Studio-live version I have ever seen---xxxx

[@djmoonmanpunkjoshua4508]

The drummer is fit ;) I told that to Glen ...he lives with his wife and dog down the road from me near camden

[@Bluelilly40]

He looks great, sounds amazing. One of my faves.

[@kiteman357]

Why is no one dancing? I dance with my wife to this song all the time!

[@peterderidder2655]

Heaven 17 Belgium loves you !

[@lostinmusik]

Still powerful after all these years

[@lynnbraben76]

Love this song; love the sentiment!

[@EJulieWilliams]

Reagan's president-elect - tells you how old this is! But still worth listening to, music-wise and lyric-wise.

[@FirstLast-ve6jg]

This is so top!

[@coonagh1]

Saw them in San Diego recently and they were amazing. GG and MW, super stuff!

[@HanzChristianNL]

The song hasn't gotten older.

[@cliffcox7643]

Excellent, glad he's still around. Best times of life in the 80's. Democrats are now in power and we have Senile Biden.

[@kmduarte2005]

This should be the Harris-Walz campaign theme song. Very fitting.

[@TheMysteryMachine]

what a great version....

[@MrAirRobot]

The first few bars and I though this is not sounding too good but then it kicked in and Heaven 17 were back!

[@AtollK1950]

Just wonderful.

[@Mathes48149]

Alive and singing ... Thump up !!!

[@KISHIN-RIKI]

New Wave Revival bands would be great. I hope I see stuff like it when shows come back

[@barrygreenstein8383]

One of my all time favorite songs!

[@Macrogue65]

This. Ground breaking. "Penthouse and Pavement" should be your next move.

[@mickyday2008]

Stunning

[@peterfedun-sk3jt]

One of my favourite songs of all time.

[@nutster9000]

Let's spread the message and get this back in the charts.

[@FromTheMarshess]

Its really quite good ........still!!

[@aprilparker3762]

History will repeat itself...

[@izpozpeeps]

@This Machine Kills Fascists yes

[@SD_UK]

@This Machine Kills Fascists History? - Oh .. doesn't it ? ... 2020

[@shaunspadah5790]

@@izpozpeeps the only fascists are the democrats mass election fraud persecuting people they don't like

[@domoreilly3887]

@@shaunspadah5790 Got any facts for that?

[@shaunspadah5790]

@@domoreilly3887 81 million votes for a man who doesn't even know what day it is 18 million more than Hilary manipulating all the media covering up Hunter Biden etc rather have Reagan than the Marxist left

[@FromTheMarshess]

It's still really good!!!!!!!

[@stevebirks2186]

Fantastic !

[@welshcaesar]

Excellent.

[@peterschaub9175]

du warst mein hero in den 80ern

[@jamesfraser2162]

Groovy + hard hitting in equal measure . Sheer class .

[@billymcpike]

Top Tune from a top band long live the eighties

[@bryangillies6698]

Awesome 😊perfection I am back

[@borisarturovideosrenderos2676]

My band favorite

[@barhamd1]

Time for a 2019 re-release

[@childless-catlady8255]

Time for a July 2020 release

[@aniketpatil793]

Lcd Soundsystem got you covered

[@soulminer]

How about a 2020 re-relese?

[@dannydarkside99]

Great mix of a great song!

[@tessa9094]

His voice!

[@charliequipp2578]

80's at its best

[@joolspirog]

I can't help but wonder how the human league would have been if Ware and co stayed. This should be rerelease now as it's very pertinent

[@Danimal1577]

Brilliant.

[@Dillinger86]

Heaven 17... rules

[@soulminer]

Still hits a nerve in 2018.

[@jonathansanchez1661]

Feels like it was written yesterday .

[@illuminatinixon]

I remember dancing my ass off to this in the warehouse in Leeds in the early 80's, I was so coked up that night. good times!

[@kazlawlor1936]

was 17 when i first heard this song. In Australia.seems we were ahead of Pommyland.

[@juliedonnachie9714]

This is the tune!

[@lindaw8483]

I love this song,plus the drummer is pretty hot!!