Watching SPANDAU BALLET Music Videos For The FIRST TIME!
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
- Watching SPANDAU BALLET Music Videos For The FIRST TIME! [Gold, Only When You Leave, To Cut A Long Story Short, Through the Barricades]
Intro: 00:00
Gold: 00:22
Only When You Leave: 04:48
To Cut A Long Story Short: 10:17
Through the Barricades: 14:15
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Tony Hadley was such a beautiful, elegant man. Still is actually. One of my biggest 80s crushes.
Little bit of 80s pop trivia for you - the two guitar players are brothers and the cuter one who plays Bass (Martin) is married to the blonde backing singer from Wham (Shirley). George Michael was instrumental in getting them together. Shirley was scared to use the phone number Martin gave her so George called it and handed her the phone. They are still together.
Tony's vocals are second to none, in the 80's and now 👍
Absolutely true. It's hard to think of another male pop vocalist on par with him.
Absolutely! I have always loved Tony's voice- smooth like buttah!
Barricades will always be my favourite by SB!!
Spandau Ballet is great! Glad you like their music as well.
I’ll second that. I’m about to celebrate my 40th year as a fan this year and if I live for another 40 years, I’ll still be a fan.
Dear lord Tony Hadley’s voice and just so strikingly handsome ❤
Through The Barricades is my personal fave of theirs just, it's simply gorgeous
So glad you included 'Cut A Long Story Short', it's maybe my favourite, it was very early days Spandau. They were a little darker and edgier in the beginning, but that's not to say they weren't amazing later, they were, and is Tony Hadley's voice not ridiculous, I mean, how gifted does one man need to be? ❤
So happy I am the first,.. I really love Spandau Ballet. Please watch the docu on youtube on this band. Tony Hadley has such an amazing voice.. The docu is called Soul boys of the western world.
"True", "Gold", "Only When You Leave" and the yet unreacted to "Highly Strung" and "I'll Fly For You" are all produced by Jolley & Swain who guided Alison Moyet into her solo career after being in Yaz(oo) and also produced the GORGEOUS first Imagination tracks (did you do them already)? What talented guys! "Through The Barricades" will forever have a special place in my heart because I first heard it in December 1986 when I just had moved into my very first own flat, having just turned 22 ❤️
My favourite band in the early Eighties, Reformation, Musclebound, The Freeze, Instinction, She Loved Like Diamomd, Lifeline, Chant No. 1, Paint Me Down, the hits were just fantastic
"Through The Barricades" is about love across the religious & political divide in Northern Ireland.
My favourite Spandau track is "Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)" - filthy funk for a hot 'n sweaty dancefloor.
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i love alot of spandau ballets songs but to cut a long story short is a straight banger
I saw these live at the Liverpool Empire in 1982. The boys from OMD where there also watching Spandau.
Love Gold. Sometimes even more than True.
Nothing makes me happier this week than knowing that you now know the brilliance of Gold and Only When You Leave! I'll Fly For You is amazingly beautiful too!!
So glad you have done Spandau Ballet. To cut a long story was their early days and their New Romantic stage, Gold and True were their ballad/pop sound and then Only when you leave and Barricades were after that. Such great songs. I think you need to do more. Would love to suggest more great tracks for you to check out??!!
They were my ultimate fave group from the 80s. Tony Hadley has such a distinctive and iconic voice. To me he was the voice of the 80s and he’s still going strong!
And they were all gorgeous so that certainly doesn’t hurt! ❤️ my fave was bass player Martin Kemp but Tony was just so striking and so distinguished.
Through the Barricades is such a moving song if you know the background of what the song is about. So glad you did it last as well because it's different from their other big songs, but is simply beautiful.
I just looked it up, thank you for helping me to dig a little deeper!
They wrote it after they lost one of their friends in the troubles.
For me, "Only When You Leave" is my favorite Spandau Ballet song. I can listen to it over and over again, especially when I'm in a situation where I can (poorly) belt out the song with him. (Like in my car)
So pleased your watching spandau ballet .. love it .. one of my fav bands when I was a kid and still is now
Tonys voice just gets better. Hes 1 of the best of the 80s & even better today! Great reaction 🥰
They are great . You are looking good, smiling still. Take care in 2023. Hope you get to the UK.
Such a great band!! Loved them already back in the 80's! How come we see so little of band like this nowadays? It's real music and so soul-touching.... Thanks for doing Spandau Ballet.... Love, LJ
(Since you love the sax so much, check Candy Dulfer. She's a Dutch sax player who played and toured with Prince. )
Spandau were masters at the grandiose, which ever mood of song they made. Of course Tony's vocals soar every time. I remember when I first heard these songs, Spandau had polish, - a kind of sparkling shine and quality of production to their work that no other band achieved at the time. I adore all the songs you have covered here, but right now Through the Barricades pulls the heartstrings for me. I hope you are doing okay PMD ? Take care. ❤
"Gold" is one of my favorite songs by Spandau Ballet. Which song I can also highly recommend: "Fight for Ourselves".
Yay! Thanks a lot for coming back to Spandau Ballet. I enjoyed this compilation reaction.. I hope you check out "I'll Fly For You" and "Chant No.1" in the near future.
Through the barricades one of my favs
I was somewhat thrilled to see Tony Hadley in my local fish and chip shop a few years ago - perfectly groomed of course. Chant No1 is a good one to watch because it's filmed in a London club and shows the atmosphere just like it was then.
Gold is an absolute anthem, no matter the decade. The lyrics are amazing.
To Cut A Long Story Short was their first single after they had emerged from the "Post-Punk" New Romantic scene and were a guitar/synthesiser group. Also before Steve Norman discovered he could play saxophone 😉
Loved Tonys voice
To Cut A Long Story transcends me back to a pottery class in school in the 80s. We always had music in the art classes. I was the spitting image of Tony Hadley back in the day and used to get mistaken for him, sadly my hair is now thinning. Through the barricades is an all-time favorite.
Hey there Pancake! I'm happy to see you're exploring a little more Spandau Ballet. I'd like to recommend 4 more songs from them that I believe you may like as well. "She loves like Diamond", "Round and Round", "I'll Fly for You" and "Steal". Always great to see your reactions to a variety of artists! Enjoy!🎵🎶
very good choice. i want to see more spandau songs. thanks
As a fairly new Bryan Adams listener, I really enjoyed watching you hearing Bryan for the 1st time. Most of these are early Bryan 1980-2000, Last album, "So Happy it Hurts", gets us out of the doldrums of covid. Kick Ass to "These are the Moments of my Life" are wonderful. Little heard duet with Diana Krall, Feels Like Home to Me, is wonderful. Healing song. Deserves som play. A friend just told me she put it on repeat and listened for a long, long time. I listened to it a long time every time I listened to music. Looking forward to your next offering.
I really like "True" but "Gold" is my favorite Spandau Ballet song. Gorgeous song! From what I remember they started at the same time as Duran Duran as New Wave bands on the late 70s, early 80s. I recently discovered another great 80s English band, 'Prefab Sprout', that I think only had one hit in the USA and I love them and recommend them. Some of my favorite Prefab Sprout songs: "When Love Breaks Down", "Cars and Girls", "Appetite", Goodbye Lucille", "A Prisoner of the Past"
Yay, great choices, Bryson. If you're looking for live performances, there's a whole gig from the Barricades tour (Spandau Ballet - Live At the NEC 1986).
Both my late dad and my much older brother were big Spandau fans so I heard their music around the house all the time and loved them. So much so that I managed to get my brother to take me along to one of their gigs. I don't even remember how old I was, but pretty young. What I still remember is that I had a helluva good time. 😀
Thanks for the recommendation, and for sharing that awesome memory! ❤️😊
These were one of my favourite bands of the 80s (what a fabulous decade for music!) Through the Barricades is my absolute favourite, i havent seen your reaction to it yet but im very much looking forward to your facial expressions!
A lot of great music from those times dont know if they still perform they like me are pretty old now by the way when you posted this it was about 10 pm in Europe.
My nominees for the next 4 Spandau Ballet songs are, Instinction, Communication, Chant Number 1, and Paint Me Down.
For the 4 after that I recommend Musclebound, I'll Fly For You, She Loved Like Diamond and, Lifeline.
Another fantastic reaction video! I'm so glad you are enjoying Spandau Ballet.Thank you Bryson
Finally "Gold", my personal favourite
Love Spandau Ballet! ❤❤❤
Pls also watch I’ll fly for you, round and round and highly strung. They are super great songs!!!! Spandau Ballet
1000% Agree!
Tony Hadley was a trained opera singer, I *think* (a proper fan can confirm or deny this!)
No, he was trained BY an opera singer, not to sing opera
Thanks for reacting to this song. You are gold, Sir. 💚
Glad you liked SB! Check out ‘Instinction’ and ‘Lifeline’.
Beautiful Beautiful beautiful 😍
love spandau ballet always thought they should’ve been bigger on par with duran duran. you have to watch their doc in your spare time. soul boys of the western world
wish you would’ve included chant no. 1 from their early period
lastly also check out the movie the krays starring the kemp brothers.
BYSON I LOVE YOU! THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE BANDS! EVER!
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@@PancakeMarshmallowDude you just know either that or me and you just have the same great taste you didnt listen to my favorite song though its also there best music video its called highly strung my favorite member of the band martin shows off his acting skills (hes a really sucsessfull actor here in england)
Tony has one of the best voices of all pop performers. His nickname was ‘the foghorn’ because his voice was so powerful. It’s a beautiful sound. He’s like me and doesn’t actually need a mic! Good technique is everything in singing.
They were proper musicians - the bass lines are v good, like Duran Duran’s were too (v complex and much harder than people realised).
And frankly, most of us had a crush on Tony Hadley. The fact he had that voice was just an added bonus for me as a singer myself..;-)
These songs were the backdrop to my early 20’s ❤🎶
Thank you for playing Only When You Leave" I bought the single (on vinyl of course in 1984) and have worn out the grooves. The song rocks and Tony's vocals are amazing. For some reason the single was not a giant hit in the US by 1984 standards but very popular in the nightclub scene.
Through the barricades opens the floodgates for me 🥰
goodness, the monumental crush i've had on tony hadley.
Gold is my favorite of theirs. You should, for your own pleasure, check out a recent video of him singing this. Still sounds amazing! 💯
Loving this! I loved Spandau! Many more good ones to come!
They were one of my first concerts attended in the 80's .... I remember Tony's voice sounded identical to album recordings, just stunning! Love the last song of this collection, particularly. Great reaction, thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Seeing how much you like Spandau Ballet and the 80s sounds,i think i got a new suggestion and recommendation to you: Modern Talking. Its a German duo consisting of arranger, songwriter and producer Dieter Bohlen and singer Thomas Anders. And to make sure you get hooked right away,lets go with theyr song: Cheri Cheri Lady.
I did a security checkup on them in regards to if they get blocked or not. There are full reactions up on youtube with some of theyr other songs,but Cheri Cheri Lady might have a chance of trying to get blocked. However,i see reactors having the full reactions up by "blurring out" parts of the video. Also a heads up: You might get an instant crush here,especially on Thomas lol.
Theese guys had instant number 1 spots all over Europe in the 80s,a very underrated duo worldwide though,not all seems to be aware of them even existing. But i totally fell in love with theyr sound as a kid,and here is a funfact on how i discovered them. My grandpa and my mom were shopping together and they decided to give me a walkman and mom picked several album cassettes for me to play in the walkman. One of them was of course A-ha-Hunting High And Low,another one was Roxette- Look Sharp! (Successful Swedish duo,amazing lineup of songs) Kiss -Crazy Nights and Modern Talking -Lets Talk About Love. I had no idea who Modern Talking was at the time,but thanks to moms random pick,it became one of my favourite alltime albums. We both knew the record store owner (he is still a friend of mine,he has gone over to producing concert shows now,and i have been to several already) Im sure he might have helped out with suggestions on what i might like,but im also sure mom had the final calls on what they wanted to give me.
What i can say about Spandau Ballet though is that despite theyr many hits,i consider them one of the hidden gems of the 80s. Ask anyone that was a kid,a teenager or an adult during the 80s,and only a limited amount of them will even remember Spandau Ballet. (unless they were a massive fan of course) Common for the 80s is that so many vocalists had such a unique sound,this band no exception. I feel like nowadays everyone tries to copy eachother,and it reflects in theese talent shows such as American Idol etc,young talents try to do all the fancy stuff with theyr vocals. Even if they have the trained vocals chords for it,they simply end up overdoing it on the auditions. Back in the 80s i feel like the music and doing your own thing was in the front seat.
Besides the common 80s vibed style/sound,the actual vocals and songs sounded different.
Saxophone is your kryptonite! hahaha
Through the Barricade is their best song
Thank you thank you thank you. I think they are better than Durarn Duran. Amazing Vocalist.
"I will never not smile during a sax solo." - I mean, I get it, but some songs _are_ so sad that it might be more of a smirk than a smile, no?
You should watch their live show in the O2 Arena. It was their first show after 20 years of absence
They were awesome in concert!
And again, my suggestion is Slade
Need to see them live
Spandau Ballet were unfortunately caught behind Duran Duran for the international audience. Yet Tony Hadley was/is a vastly better singer than Simon LeBon, and Gary Kemp maturing faster as a songwriter than his Duran" counterparts.
Spandau Ballet were also very good live. Great musicianship, stage presence, and Tony's live vocals hold up beautifully.
If you like the somewhat "darker" stuff, I highly recommend giving a listen to the band Japan. They were something of "proto" new romantics. Idiosyncratic, art rock/pop, introspective. Very influential on both Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet (the former initially copied Japan's image). I'd argue Japan had the highest level of musicianship out of the new romantic (and adjacent) bands. They were led by the brooding David Sylvian who also has an amazing voice (though reached its maturity after the band split up) and a beautiful solo career, along with one of the best and most unique bassists to grace popular music, Mick Karn.
If Japan takes your interest. I'd recommend any of Quiet Life, Fall I love with me, Swing, Gentlemen take Polaroids, My New Career, Methods of Dance, Art of Parties, Still Life in mobile homes, Cantonese Boy, Night porter.
Great band! Classic
Through The Barricades ❤
Thank you for including "To Cut a Long Story Short!" I always new Spandau started off more New Wave but never heard this song before and didn't know oaf any albums before "True."
Fascinating commentary and observations on the four songs / music videos. 👍👍👍
Would love you to react to "Do I Have To Say The Words" by Bryan Adams. Great song, awesome video. Shot in Turkey and Iceland. Really beautiful visuals.
If I've asked you this before, sorry lol
There is a lot of live sets on youtube,there is live from the 80's and live stuff from 2009 when they got back together,then there is the 2015 stuff when they went on their last tour before Tony left the band,then of course there is Tony with his own band,they are still touring to this day,they have been on tour right up to now,sure they will be out again in the new year.the thing the rest of the band soon go to know was they needed Tony but he did not need them,maybe they should have thought about that before they did what they did to him.
Check out a guy called Tom Ball. He was on BGT & then AGT. Hes amazing 👏
You should check out "Chant no.1" easily one of their best songs.
Through the barricades is about my town that when on with sectarian warfare in Belfast when I was growing up
Thanks bro.
Please, react to No Angels and Atomic Kitten.
"Chant No. 1" is a must listen- another edgy early number
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Thanks for doing this reaction! Personally, I'd rather you pause than talk over the song.
Have you done any Huey Lewis songs? Pure 80s sound with Sax on some songs. I think you'd like them.
Noted!
Where is BE FREE WITH YOUR LOVE ?
Have you ever done the BEE GEE's?
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4 (songs) is the magic number... ..great mix of reactions old and newish. 👌⏯️▶️
Thank you!