Romeo Void - Never Say Never

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  • @-sunstar9778
    @-sunstar9778 10 місяців тому +400

    We used to play this song at our college dorm dances in 1982. It was also a staple on KROQ, a Southern California alternative radio station. The 80's were prolific for some of the most innovative and unique music. I miss those days.....

    • @vikkiorlando54
      @vikkiorlando54 10 місяців тому +4

      ❤yes!!!

    • @Flashman57
      @Flashman57 9 місяців тому +1

      I born 1982 !! 😛😅

    • @Jeff-fc3tw
      @Jeff-fc3tw 9 місяців тому +24

      I had KROQ, KLOS and KMET stickers on my Bumper cruising down Beach Blvd on Friday/Saturday nights in the 80s blasting this and everything else coming outta those radio stations.. Even Pirate Radio that came out of Catalina Island

    • @tjblackstone
      @tjblackstone 9 місяців тому +6

      KTYD radio station in the 80’s, UCSB

    • @OtherMike5000
      @OtherMike5000 9 місяців тому +4

      Samezies

  • @Rael64
    @Rael64 Рік тому +589

    Highly underrated band (and singer). Just fucking amazing, to be blunt. I loved them decades ago, and today at 60, I make my neighbors nervous as I crank up the old Bose speakers and play some Romeo Void and a handful of other 70s-80s bands. 'It makes my garden happy,' I tell them, as my wife rolls her eyes.

    • @mrc302
      @mrc302 Рік тому +8

      😂😂👍

    • @RalphBuren
      @RalphBuren 10 місяців тому +2

      😂😂❤️❤️

    • @MailaDR
      @MailaDR 9 місяців тому +4

      Awesome comment! We all want happy gardens 🎉

    • @GymMomof3
      @GymMomof3 9 місяців тому +2

      I love it! 👏👏👏💋

    • @sarahloffler
      @sarahloffler 9 місяців тому

      Someone take wifey by the hand and get her dancing!!!

  • @Tographic4u
    @Tographic4u 10 місяців тому +49

    Wow I haven't heard this in years!!

    • @beckymartin12
      @beckymartin12 4 дні тому

      well i have,, cause i play it, played it since it came out,i Never 4get the songs i grew up toooo,, i just have a slip of memory of them,,, but not 4gotten

  • @riptheripper9060
    @riptheripper9060 9 місяців тому +245

    This is one of those songs, "Once you hear it, you never forget it".

    • @bayoubabe6698
      @bayoubabe6698 3 місяці тому

      @@riptheripper9060”… Never say never…” 🤣. I’m 64 but I still love this song!!!☮️

    • @FactoryReset-h5l
      @FactoryReset-h5l 2 місяці тому

      Turns out years later...the girl just wanted to get Laid. Song passed the test😂 she didn't. No... creativity 😮

    • @simodalcais
      @simodalcais 29 днів тому +1

      This was in a movie soundtrack , cant remember the movie but never forgot the song

    • @bayoubabe6698
      @bayoubabe6698 29 днів тому

      @ 1984, was in the film Reckless…used during dance footage. Love it!!!

  • @josejones7025
    @josejones7025 5 місяців тому +211

    I’m 62 and still listening to this great Romeo Void tune

    • @albatross8
      @albatross8 4 місяці тому +7

      Same!! Cheers 🍻🥯🍻🥯🍻🌊🏄‍♂️🇺🇸🌞🤙🏻

    • @bradbanghart3039
      @bradbanghart3039 4 місяці тому +6

      61 here.

    • @djbille4283
      @djbille4283 4 місяці тому +7

      65 here listening in August 2024!!!

    • @knietiefimdispo2458
      @knietiefimdispo2458 4 місяці тому +7

      63 here. A great fan from day one on :- )

    • @JRoweBoat
      @JRoweBoat 4 місяці тому +7

      I’m 60 and right with you!

  • @twigagawizard
    @twigagawizard 4 роки тому +860

    God... the intro, the bass line, and her voice. This song is just amazing.

    • @williamhassig
      @williamhassig 3 роки тому +10

      Back in the 1980's I listened to WNUR 89.3 from Northwestern University and they would play this song without bleeping the F word. Excellent tune. BTW, I'm 75, I was born Feb 1946.

    • @davidgeorge1294
      @davidgeorge1294 3 роки тому +15

      Romeo Void was playing a show in Boston. They ran out of songs so they just jammed. They started with that intro then the rest of the song. Rick Ocasek from the cars heard that intro and recorded this song in his studio. The rest is history.

    • @BobBurnsOB
      @BobBurnsOB 3 роки тому +9

      And the sax too!

    • @Azabaxe80
      @Azabaxe80 3 роки тому +7

      And an absolutely killer line: "I might like you better...."

    • @twigagawizard
      @twigagawizard 3 роки тому +1

      @@BobBurnsOB Oh duh. Yes, Iconic! it sucks though, I saw a little documentary about a reunion they did idk how many years back and the original guy who played sax on this has tinnitus, so he can't play anymore. ;(

  • @DrTomoculus
    @DrTomoculus 2 роки тому +969

    I am absolutely confounded as to why this song is not up in the mega millions of views. It's one of the coolest songs the 80's ever produced. And it was cool without trying to be cool. Really shocked this hasn't been rediscovered by a new generation.

    • @lennyjohnson9331
      @lennyjohnson9331 2 роки тому +26

      When I ask people in my click ever heard of Romeo void, nobody even knows who they are ? I'm like what ? I play the song then most remember the song , at 1st I play a woman in trouble is a temporary thing, no male recognize it, woman tho all of them remember that song

    • @johannesswarts1440
      @johannesswarts1440 2 роки тому +31

      Hey - been listening to this for decades. Some of us don't forget... 🙂

    • @danniflood812
      @danniflood812 2 роки тому +9

      I love the song always have. We're they one hit? Boston locals? That venue looks like the rat

    • @lennyjohnson9331
      @lennyjohnson9331 2 роки тому +12

      @@danniflood812 had another hit , a girl in trouble (is a temporary thing) .

    • @marcusraidien1543
      @marcusraidien1543 2 роки тому +15

      Play it more driving down the freeway, with the windows down ;)

  • @surfshack2
    @surfshack2 11 місяців тому +143

    Dude this song is a trip. I remember when it came out. Totally original. Love it.

    • @kelf114
      @kelf114 9 місяців тому +1

      I always preferred Mexican Radio.. 😄

    • @surfshack2
      @surfshack2 9 місяців тому +1

      @@kelf114 I’m on a Mexican whoa-o radio

  • @ChristopherVelasquezOfficial
    @ChristopherVelasquezOfficial 2 роки тому +2533

    The singer was my art teacher freshman year of high school! Best art teacher I had! ✨💜

    • @Toodle.Pipp001
      @Toodle.Pipp001 2 роки тому +157

      They say that's what went wrong in politics, all the punks went into arts education instead.

    • @SpiritGirlSF
      @SpiritGirlSF 2 роки тому +49

      @@Toodle.Pipp001 I watched it happen here in San Francisco. Then the students get radicalized. But not all of them some of the best sidewalk graffiti is way cool for the good guys.

    • @Spectacularhuman
      @Spectacularhuman 2 роки тому +40

      @@Toodle.Pipp001 it's true. Lol. Look how all the hippies turned out from the 60s and 70s... Politically. They really changed

    • @fluffy1931
      @fluffy1931 2 роки тому +23

      @@SpiritGirlSF keep sniffing wood glue.

    • @Mutakaliim
      @Mutakaliim 2 роки тому +5

      Sick.

  • @solano8725
    @solano8725 5 років тому +3483

    I don't listen to Romeo Void often, but when I do,....SO DO THE NEIGHBORS!

    • @alyst0000
      @alyst0000 5 років тому +65

      Right on. 🤣 This one's a fuckin' banger!

    • @robcerasuolo9207
      @robcerasuolo9207 5 років тому +30

      For the win!

    • @Rhiannon011
      @Rhiannon011 5 років тому +32

      Oh yes me too. You have to crank this song up or it's no good to listen to and dance and sing too...party!

    • @vicpecora3892
      @vicpecora3892 5 років тому +26

      That's absolutely brilliant.

    • @VJ1tv
      @VJ1tv 5 років тому +16

      LOL, great comment, I just shared it.

  • @simonealexander7313
    @simonealexander7313 9 місяців тому +89

    The energy from this song could power a small town. Incredible.

    • @VAHZGEN
      @VAHZGEN 2 місяці тому

      It actually powered the whole country thru the 80’s 😎

    • @shushu313
      @shushu313 Місяць тому

      You got that right!!!!!!

  • @victorjohnson7512
    @victorjohnson7512 Рік тому +179

    The 80's were a very innovative period.

    • @finebetty7446
      @finebetty7446 10 місяців тому +2

      Sadly we are now living with the devastating repercussions of the 80s, the worst decade politically and in terms of mainstream music but the lesser known and alternative bands are a gift that keeps on giving.

    • @MattPurvis-gt3ww
      @MattPurvis-gt3ww 3 місяці тому +3

      ​@finebetty7446 - 80s music kicked ass....I don't know what you're talkin about. Reagan sucked tho.

    • @ceasarsaran8573
      @ceasarsaran8573 Місяць тому

      @@finebetty7446 We are now living with the repercussions of the 60's I think.

    • @ceasarsaran8573
      @ceasarsaran8573 Місяць тому

      @@MattPurvis-gt3ww He sucked a lot less then Carter. You weren't there. Carter tried to price control gas companies( just like Kamala wanted to do to everything). And caused a shortage.

    • @misterme135
      @misterme135 16 днів тому

      50's - 90's will go down as the best time for music next to Mozart & Beethoven era,

  • @RJS1974
    @RJS1974 Рік тому +354

    Never understood why Romeo Void wasn’t a bigger band in the 80s. They should have been huge.

    • @vincesmith2499
      @vincesmith2499 Рік тому +6

      It's because their vocalist was obese.

    • @RJS1974
      @RJS1974 Рік тому +36

      @@vincesmith2499 You’re partly right. I think it was a mistake for the record label to not promote the lead singer and embrace her largess. There have been a few fat big women rock stars including mama Cass who was loved by the public. I think her fatness coupled with her tough East LA personality should have been more emphasized. Kinda like the anti Madonna.

    • @Robertlynschultz
      @Robertlynschultz Рік тому +18

      They were in the rotation on 106.7 (The World Famous) KROQ all the time... Rodney Bingenheimer (one of The Roq's DJs) interviewed the band on his show.

    • @srujan00
      @srujan00 Рік тому +39

      the public might've liked them better if they slept together with their fans.

    • @vincesmith2499
      @vincesmith2499 Рік тому +1

      @@srujan00 Who would have slept with her?

  • @delby66
    @delby66 2 роки тому +311

    I was 25 when this song came out and it was always played at the clubs. Everybody got up to dance including my wife (my girlfriend at the time). We are both 66 now and to hear this, brings back those great days of clubbing at NUTS AND BOLTS in Toronto.

    • @kerrylondon8631
      @kerrylondon8631 2 роки тому +3

      💃 66yrs young 💃 ☠ 🎼

    • @johnjarnac6507
      @johnjarnac6507 2 роки тому +4

      I first heard this song in that badass 🎬 movie I think it was called Reckless I'm guessing with the Adrian Quinn and Daryl Hannah and then it came out in that other movie that's a great movie too with DiCaprio The Wolf of Wall Street good stuff !!

    • @md8465
      @md8465 Рік тому +8

      My husband and I are also in our sixties, dancing like teenagers to this song.

    • @lyndraski4152
      @lyndraski4152 Рік тому

      Poseurs in Georgetown in D.C.

    • @zorkwork3841
      @zorkwork3841 Рік тому +3

      My future husband and I very much did the same in Providence RI...We're the same age as you two,

  • @mijo86
    @mijo86 4 місяці тому +54

    This song is so underrated, it should be freaking ICONIC

    • @snap403
      @snap403 4 місяці тому +1

      Takes me right back to the 80’s great f-ing song!

    • @NoviceIndustries
      @NoviceIndustries 4 місяці тому +5

      it is

    • @kittenkorleone2918
      @kittenkorleone2918 3 місяці тому

      It is to those who know better.

    • @djbrownsville
      @djbrownsville 3 місяці тому +1

      Underrated yes. iconic yes.

    • @fernviking7909
      @fernviking7909 2 місяці тому +1

      It’s freaking ICONIC to me! Debra Iyall is da bomb, so is the whole band!!

  • @lauraellsworth1813
    @lauraellsworth1813 9 місяців тому +34

    This song is and always will be epic

  • @keithsmith8331
    @keithsmith8331 5 років тому +1048

    This is what made the 80's great.
    People with talent being talented and not being media product's.

    • @josephperkins4080
      @josephperkins4080 5 років тому +11

      You got it

    • @ToddtheExploder
      @ToddtheExploder 5 років тому +7

      Keith Smith Well-stated, sir.

    • @InsidiousOne
      @InsidiousOne 5 років тому +50

      Nah. There were a lot of media products, but the bad ones were just erased by the flow of time, and now we only remember the good ones. The same thing with every decade.

    • @ToddtheExploder
      @ToddtheExploder 5 років тому +9

      Insidious One Good point, and not even remotely insidious.

    • @WarewolfOne
      @WarewolfOne 5 років тому +5

      Keith Smith what about milli vanilla and black box

  • @BigBadWolf1st
    @BigBadWolf1st 4 роки тому +284

    The opening guitar riff... the drummer going off... that sick bass line... this HAS to be one of the best lead-ins to a song ever.

    • @jamestolson2526
      @jamestolson2526 3 роки тому +6

      Absolutely im a 80s metal guy who grew up in the 80s on the lower east side cbgbs mud club maxes And this song is the epitome of 80s bad ass shit ..Just great memories my 68 Dodge Charger my German Shepherd and My Beautiful hot 5ft9 Irish gf you know who you are the sex the youth Romeo Void and this record just brings me back..I hope everyone in this band understands the great feelings listening to NEVER say NEVER, God bless just amazing music til its to late, mucho respect!

    • @BigBadWolf1st
      @BigBadWolf1st 3 роки тому +2

      @@jamestolson2526 Listening to it I discover more and more I like. The guitar in the background has an edge of hurried intensity to it. Back when this was hot I was hitting the new wave clubs listening to the likes of Flock of Seagulls, etc. with my now ex-wife. Sadly those good times didn't lead to a good marriage. :-/

    • @scottsargent3614
      @scottsargent3614 2 роки тому +3

      Good wild song, it will last forever

    • @teresagermano3967
      @teresagermano3967 2 роки тому +1

      Oh yeah

    • @teresagermano3967
      @teresagermano3967 2 роки тому +1

      I know, right. I was thinking the same 3xact thing

  • @davidg.9932
    @davidg.9932 7 місяців тому +73

    Happy 70th Birthday Debora Kay Iyall 29 April 1954
    Romeo Void "Never say never" Love that song..
    Yes, that girl with the baby face is now 70.
    Many, many more Debora

    • @glennsepelak5113
      @glennsepelak5113 5 місяців тому +3

      I love that song. I remember when it came out.

    • @LurdesRamos-vq7lx
      @LurdesRamos-vq7lx 2 місяці тому +1

      Hay all I have t👀Say is they Rock 🎶. 👈. 😉

  • @jeanlucdrion1152
    @jeanlucdrion1152 Рік тому +65

    I did all I could to support them. I purchased multiple copies of their albums. Made my own Romeo Void t shirts at Kinkos and other t shirt making shops when others wore Van Halen , Queen , Dio etc. I didn't care .I liked Romeo Void and that's who i promoted all the time for years and still doing so right now.

  • @josephjucutan2554
    @josephjucutan2554 7 років тому +52

    WE TEENAGERS FROM THE 80s DIDNT KNOW HOW GOOD WE HAD IT WITH MTV AND ALL THE GREAT BANDS LIKE ROMEO VOID

    • @JudgeHill
      @JudgeHill 5 років тому +6

      Joseph Jucutan We knew we had it good - we just didn’t realize it was all soon to go to shit.

    • @NuOrder11
      @NuOrder11 5 років тому

      #truth

    • @Dani92670
      @Dani92670 4 роки тому +1

      @@JudgeHill I could not agree with you more!!! We absolutely DID know we had it good, but couldn't have imagined the drastic changes ahead. Personally speaking, I feel as though 9/11 was "the paradigm shifter". I was 30 going on 31 when it happened and it almost feels like 2 time lines now.

    • @JudgeHill
      @JudgeHill 4 роки тому +1

      Danielle Marin It’s true - the 90s ended in 2001 and it’s been socially and culturally “challenging” ever since.

    • @mariaquiet6211
      @mariaquiet6211 4 роки тому

      Does anyone know how good they have it? When they'd rather complain than find what's good in the world? Did older people beat the "your generations music sucks" line over your heads til you couldn't tell anymore? Maybe don't do that to the next generation...too fucking late.

  • @berlinupnorth982
    @berlinupnorth982 4 роки тому +299

    In my memory this chick will always have one of the coolest voices in rock. The first time I heard "A Girl in Trouble" I was like, WOW.

    • @kat2385
      @kat2385 4 роки тому +7

      Checkout Concrete Blonde - Johnette Napolitano

    • @coreycox2345
      @coreycox2345 2 роки тому +1

      I can't think of anything like this, which is a huge compliment, Berlin Up North. It's everything, but what a fantastic singer.

    • @vampoftrance
      @vampoftrance 2 роки тому +1

      Girl in Trouble was my theme song. 1982

    • @rjnolesRU
      @rjnolesRU 2 роки тому +2

      Deborah and I were early Internet penpals... She's awesome.

  • @Stiglr
    @Stiglr 6 років тому +321

    I was lucky to actually meet Deborah one night in a club in San Francisco. It was my pleasure to tell her that this song was one of the songs that inspired me to pick up an instrument and start playing in bands!!

    • @mimlo7534
      @mimlo7534 5 років тому +7

      Weren't they an S.F. band?? The 80's were awesome for music !

    • @jeffchastain6202
      @jeffchastain6202 4 роки тому +6

      I danced with her in a gay club in Seattle. We danced to this song!!

  • @Ed_Okin
    @Ed_Okin 2 місяці тому +11

    Debora Iyall is a multi-talented artist who has set a fine example for other Native American artists. A unique and original talent! 😊

  • @dorklyasmr6017
    @dorklyasmr6017 6 років тому +540

    I loved this band. A punk/new wave band fronted by a Native American woman with great songs. Aweseome.

    • @budgies
      @budgies 5 років тому +12

      Koolbeans❗ What tribe is she from??? ❤😀

    • @budgies
      @budgies 5 років тому +4

      @allen iverson kool thanks...

    • @jasonquinn2228
      @jasonquinn2228 5 років тому +6

      @Mr. Derp I think that went over everyone's heads good one!

    • @mariepatterson2203
      @mariepatterson2203 5 років тому +22

      She just received a " Life Time Achievement Award" by the Native American Music Awards this month! How awesome is that!!!!

    • @maremagnus
      @maremagnus 5 років тому +5

      Thanks for the quick fact info, I never knew that one!

  • @ronnieriot
    @ronnieriot 2 роки тому +414

    This song was the embodiment of L.A. New Wave. Criminally underrated band.

    • @rknout69
      @rknout69 Рік тому +25

      San Francisco Bay area band.

    • @suzi8277
      @suzi8277 Рік тому +1

      Fuck yeah

    • @anthonymcculloch156
      @anthonymcculloch156 Рік тому

      Vice city embodiment hahaha

    • @thomashyde9529
      @thomashyde9529 Рік тому +2

      Absolutely right. I can only imagine what great songs this magnificent band would have created, so talented and special. and it seems they were also victims of marketing, taking away support for their image, ignoring their artistic potential. as you say it is a crime. well I thank their members for their work that they left us.

    • @midnightdeluxegaming6582
      @midnightdeluxegaming6582 Рік тому +1

      nah…this not underrated

  • @randalhayslett9977
    @randalhayslett9977 2 роки тому +168

    I can't believe that it's been 40 years since songs like this were the rave. Where has the time gone?

    • @williamdixon8961
      @williamdixon8961 2 роки тому

      Oi, vey! Probably jumpin in to quell the other, bettr stuff!

    • @gregb4461
      @gregb4461 Рік тому +3

      To the hips, thighs and belly for me

    • @thomasfunk-j3o
      @thomasfunk-j3o 11 місяців тому +1

      "Things were good when we were young!!" The Von Bondies!!

  • @BjorgenEatinger
    @BjorgenEatinger 9 місяців тому +13

    Awesome song! The best.

  • @jamesbelljr7987
    @jamesbelljr7987 5 років тому +327

    When you hear that opening guitar riff..you know this song is going to rock,and don't get me started on that bass...

    • @kevgamble
      @kevgamble 5 років тому +4

      *Really* well said!

    • @paulturnet4572
      @paulturnet4572 5 років тому +12

      I personally think that the bass-work makes this song, but then I'm a bass fanatic, Soooo!!! 😉

    • @slapittywapitty8173
      @slapittywapitty8173 4 роки тому

      @Mike Gee: "Reckless" - love that scene.

  • @Jackknuckleson
    @Jackknuckleson 8 років тому +360

    This song is so influential and ahead of it's time. A shame it's not given the credit it deserves.

    • @abcdefh1992
      @abcdefh1992 8 років тому +8

      Ahead of its time? Sounds like it came out in 1978, not 1981. Good song, but definitly not ahead of its time. I mean punk had moved on. To put this song in perspective, Remain in Light came out in 1980.

    • @Jackknuckleson
      @Jackknuckleson 8 років тому +11

      Yeah but does Once In A Lifetime have a saxophone solo!? I don't think so! Who looks dumb now!? Still me probably for being petty! But whatever, I totally feel better now!

    • @Johnnywhamo
      @Johnnywhamo 7 років тому +3

      abcdefh1992............... The two most over used words on your youtube are "Ahead of it's time" and "underrated" when almost always the song was exactly OF it's time and most of the time the band or song was greatly acknowledged.

    • @UneedaMedicalSupply
      @UneedaMedicalSupply 7 років тому +5

      I never noticed it before, but Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth must have been influenced by this singer. Very similar vocal style.

    • @Johnnywhamo
      @Johnnywhamo 7 років тому +1

      Matthew Wilson..............So a saxophone solo puts the song "ahead of it's time? Lot's of songs have sax solos in them, Who Could It Be Now by Men At Work comes to mind and that song came out around the same time. Were they ahead of their time too?

  • @eddienunez8076
    @eddienunez8076 7 років тому +182

    why y'all hating the singer. I love her! that voice is mesmerising!

    • @sinan32121
      @sinan32121 6 років тому +12

      Strong women tend to scare weak men, who seem to be the only ones hating on her :)

    • @plasticweapon
      @plasticweapon 6 років тому +1

      i'm sure the shitty obnoxious song doesn't have anything to do with it.

    • @spongebobcancerpants2351
      @spongebobcancerpants2351 6 років тому +3

      Oh FUK off no is hating in the comments you ducking liberal

    • @houngandave
      @houngandave 5 років тому +9

      @@plasticweapon The song is neither. You, on the other hand, ...

    • @houngandave
      @houngandave 5 років тому +2

      @Hippy Gumbo You clearly have neither heard or seen Orson Welles from back in the day. Since your attack reference is about Deborah not being a stick-figure, interchangeable parts Barbie doll, it is entirely unsurprising that you are unaware that Orson Welles was actually pretty fit in his earlier roles.

  • @yurokasportboys9166
    @yurokasportboys9166 2 місяці тому +10

    Masterpiece! No doubt. Underrated song and band.

  • @PatrickCSheehy
    @PatrickCSheehy 4 роки тому +2094

    in a hundred years... this will still be a killer song.

  • @sleightofmind2016
    @sleightofmind2016 Рік тому +14

    The only thing I don't like about this song, is every time I play it my volume mysteriously goes way up!

  • @Kaonashi0
    @Kaonashi0 4 роки тому +214

    Back in the day all it took was to hear the opening chords of this and people would literally be fighting to get on the dance floor. 40 years later this still slaps.

    • @2469dragonsfire
      @2469dragonsfire 2 роки тому +5

      You should have seen it in the punk and psychobilly clubs in Germany! It was fuckin mayhem LMFA

  • @roystollings1446
    @roystollings1446 5 місяців тому +25

    The singer is a show stopping force you won’t see again. And you don’t deserve her she’s from a higher place. Baby bet your ass!

  • @ms042364
    @ms042364 3 роки тому +135

    Mannnn, that opening guitar riff is brutal! Fell in love with this video and the lead singer way back in 80s. The raw energy of both are incredible!

    • @eeriddley
      @eeriddley Рік тому +1

      that opening guitar riff is bangin

  • @brianpack5479
    @brianpack5479 8 місяців тому +13

    The sound of 80s college radio. Long live U92 the Moose!

  • @davesnodgrass2074
    @davesnodgrass2074 11 місяців тому +57

    She definitely had the right voice for that time.

  • @stevenpatricknorton458
    @stevenpatricknorton458 Місяць тому +4

    The bassist and sax player are incredible on this slept on masterpiece. A new wave band with a sax player is unique. Good job ocasek

    • @omfug7148
      @omfug7148 Місяць тому +1

      It is so sad that he can no longer play the sax he literally blew his ear drums out.

    • @stevenpatricknorton458
      @stevenpatricknorton458 Місяць тому

      Who gives an eff what the musicians look like, it's the songs that matters not how much makeup they are wearing. Whoever dissed this band have obvious low I q.'s

  • @johnnymfan5065
    @johnnymfan5065 5 років тому +151

    One of the many great female lead new wave rock bands that came in the wake of Blondie, and never got to be big like they should have.

    • @LordsofMedia
      @LordsofMedia 4 роки тому +2

      She got plenty big

    • @jdfleo8140
      @jdfleo8140 4 роки тому +2

      She was huge!

    • @jdfleo8140
      @jdfleo8140 4 роки тому

      She never said never to seconds!

    • @jabbene1
      @jabbene1 4 роки тому +2

      I think she wasn’t as big-maybe on the West Coast but not on the East Coast. Underrated! Her voice was better than Debbie’s ... & you are talking to someone who is picky and old school!

  • @kurtmarkham5593
    @kurtmarkham5593 2 місяці тому +13

    A real original band. We need them NOW!!!!!!!

  • @miketr732
    @miketr732 9 місяців тому +19

    This song kicks azz

  • @davemckay2584
    @davemckay2584 9 місяців тому +2

    All of the musical parts and vocals just work in a tight arrangement that serves the song well. I can see why this was a hit.

  • @bjscorpio4041
    @bjscorpio4041 10 місяців тому +7

    That bass playing is rock solid.

  • @scottinsd1
    @scottinsd1 9 місяців тому +39

    New Wave was my JAM in the 80's

  • @woodeye01
    @woodeye01 4 роки тому +133

    Saw them open for U2 in 1981 in the Student Union Ballroom at San Jose State, during U2's first tour of the US. Place was so packed, the building was actually shaking. Oh yeah, the show was free.

    • @tandm86
      @tandm86 3 роки тому +4

      Now that's a cool story.

    • @larsedik
      @larsedik 2 роки тому +2

      I saw them open for U2 in 1981 at the Warfield Theater in San Francisco, and it was NOT free!

    • @thewkovacs316
      @thewkovacs316 2 роки тому

      i was at sj state in 81...how did i miss this concert?

    • @johngarcia1340
      @johngarcia1340 2 роки тому

      Thats just incredible! Wow what a great college memory!!!

  • @wildrover9650
    @wildrover9650 10 місяців тому +60

    The 80s were America's roaring 20s. What a blast that decade was.

    • @barbarab3853
      @barbarab3853 8 місяців тому +2

      Especially in San Francisco

    • @leeleffingwell3997
      @leeleffingwell3997 7 місяців тому +3

      FACTS

    • @alongalostaway
      @alongalostaway 7 місяців тому +1

      "Roaring 20s" localized entirely within Thessaloniki (??)

    • @ROOKTABULA
      @ROOKTABULA 4 місяці тому +1

      The Roaring 20s were the Roaring 20s.
      Way more cocaine in the 80s.

    • @bayoubabe6698
      @bayoubabe6698 2 місяці тому

      @@ROOKTABULA …maybe there was even “more legal” cocaine in the 20’s. If I remember correctly, cocaine was in all types of remedies, snake oils and prescription tonics! Maybe that’s why it was socially acceptable!!??!!?? However, the 80’s brought us great music and oodles of coke for almost everyone!!
      I’m glad I stopped 20 years later. It’s not safe for anyone these days…unless you’ve got really serious ties with someone-but the Fentanyl is everywhere now & my son just lost a childhood friend from an overdose. Three years ago my neighbor died from an overdose.
      Yep, the 80’s were great☮️

  • @maxxjax6101
    @maxxjax6101 8 років тому +907

    The lead singer in Question name is Deborah Iyall and she is 62 now and she is Native American. very sharp and intelligent woman for some of you that only see size. Romeo void had Been together for for a couple of years in late 70s. she is also an activist with her native people.

    • @ericroberts1452
      @ericroberts1452 8 років тому +40

      Maxx JAX she is my Dad's 2nd cousin

    • @fiveorsixgirls
      @fiveorsixgirls 7 років тому +16

      and pronounced "DebORah isle".

    • @fiveorsixgirls
      @fiveorsixgirls 7 років тому +6

      Maxx JAX she is 64.

    • @AhNee
      @AhNee 7 років тому +11

      Deb, you got the last name wrong. It's Eye-ALL...and lemme tell ya, her family will let you know it! I know a lot of her family, and her Uncle Ray. Her cousin Mike was a friend of mine, killed by a drunk driver after dropping off Uncle Ray after a Dawgs game at UW.

    • @fiveorsixgirls
      @fiveorsixgirls 7 років тому +9

      Aniyunwiya Ageya she's a friend of mine, and this is how she says to say it.

  • @dougsmith7083
    @dougsmith7083 5 років тому +183

    Another amazing band (and song) produced by the late Ric Ocasek (RIP 9/15/19)

    • @Panthercholo
      @Panthercholo 5 років тому +1

      @Tyler Ducharme Good Bad Brains trivia knowledge dude! They all thought they were selling out... Rock For Light!

    • @Dani92670
      @Dani92670 4 роки тому

      I was surprised and instantly saddened to come across this comment. I can't believe this is the first I've heard of Ric's passing away - that was almost 6 months ago. Another amazing icon of the 80s who was a huge part of my 'coming of age' with music as a child. I also wasn't aware of his producing career - not surprising at all.

    • @BBYGREG210
      @BBYGREG210 4 роки тому

      Awe man I didn’t know :(

  • @denisemadigan1038
    @denisemadigan1038 9 місяців тому +20

    I LOVE ROMEO VOID, with the REAL SINGER!

  • @mrben6573
    @mrben6573 Рік тому +55

    Such a tragic band. Love them. Lead singer was an alcoholic for a long time. Bassist is still extremely embittered by how the record company handled the band. Sax player went deaf, can't even hear his own music anymore. It's frocked. This was such a good band. And not just this song. Go listen to both their albums. They're both really good from start to finish. I try to crank on Never Say Never at every juke box I come across.

    • @velocirshtr3756
      @velocirshtr3756 Рік тому +6

      Damn. Sounds like they need to make a biopic of this band.

    • @srimaddukuri
      @srimaddukuri Рік тому +2

      Thanks. I’ll check them out.

    • @lyndraski4152
      @lyndraski4152 Рік тому +1

      How horrible. I heard she passed from breast cancer a few years ago.

    • @i_am_talin
      @i_am_talin Рік тому +17

      ​@@lyndraski4152 Debora is alive and well and living in New Mexico with her husband.

    • @lyndraski4152
      @lyndraski4152 Рік тому

      I am very glad to hear that!@@i_am_talin

  • @harrisonwintergreen1147
    @harrisonwintergreen1147 5 років тому +14

    Man I miss saxophone in rock music. Not every band needs a sax player but once in a while it hits the spot

  • @XVIAntoinette
    @XVIAntoinette Рік тому +42

    My mother got me into Romeo Void and I've been forcing my partner, my friends, anyone who will listen to me to listen, this band is so incredible, it has a sound that I've never heard replicated before. It's just brilliant. The very sound itself is so expressive, top it off with such thought-provoking lyrics... just incredible.

    • @BazRey59
      @BazRey59 Рік тому +2

      X-Ray Spex maybe?

  • @ToddKeener
    @ToddKeener 10 років тому +59

    A band that was way ahead of their time.

    • @beckym565
      @beckym565 10 років тому

      yes,,sadly why they didnt get any futher w/ the music they made....

    • @theartfuldodger935
      @theartfuldodger935 9 років тому +3

      becky m Because Debora Iyall couldn't push away from the table.

    • @handyman8739
      @handyman8739 9 років тому +4

      Artful Dodger
      More like the effing suits didn't find her attractive enough to front a band and recommended getting a sexier singer to take her place. The music was more important than making money for the greedy bastards upstairs so a deal was never struck. That's what I heard, anyway.

    • @omfug7148
      @omfug7148 9 років тому +4

      Handy Man hear, hear--they and Iyall were great, anyway they say that living well is the best revenge, I'm faceback friends with Debora and she has had a good life as a teacher and artist, and she is happily married.r

  • @gc4847
    @gc4847 9 місяців тому +11

    I loved this group and Debora’s amazing poetry.

  • @nadiavaldovinos9449
    @nadiavaldovinos9449 5 років тому +597

    Deborah became an Art Teacher in my high school (Desert Hot Springs High School) around 2013/2014, I'm not sure if she's till there. Around the same time Wolf of Wall street was released and featured her song. Pretty dope fact.

    • @f.demascio1857
      @f.demascio1857 5 років тому +17

      That's awesome.

    • @ToddtheExploder
      @ToddtheExploder 5 років тому +28

      Nadia Valdovinos Way dope fact, Nadia ! I’ve wondered whatever happened to her for years. Gotta be around somewhere. She was nutso talented, and very charming and intelligent when I met her. Glad to know that she gathered herself after the band. Thank you for the update!

    • @michaelthebike8246
      @michaelthebike8246 5 років тому +4

      Desert Springs as in Las Vegas?

    • @samcoyote2340
      @samcoyote2340 5 років тому +8

      @@michaelthebike8246 10 miles north of Palm Springs.

    • @samcoyote2340
      @samcoyote2340 5 років тому +5

      @@michaelthebike8246 Desert Hot Springs.

  • @Robotron5673
    @Robotron5673 4 роки тому +62

    Sick bass line and that sax is just icing on the cake!

  • @jonpaul3866
    @jonpaul3866 11 місяців тому +1325

    NEVER SAY NEVER...IT'S 2024 WHO OUT THERE IS STILL LISTENING TO THIS GREAT MUSIC?

    • @mattreneau-fs1hm
      @mattreneau-fs1hm 11 місяців тому +28

      I will never forget this song😊

    • @microminiskirt
      @microminiskirt 11 місяців тому

      1981 vintage great year for music much better than today than the noise they call music now.@@mattreneau-fs1hm

    • @teecutie3471
      @teecutie3471 11 місяців тому +8

      Indeed

    • @microminiskirt
      @microminiskirt 11 місяців тому

      @@teecutie3471

    • @valiumboys4344
      @valiumboys4344 10 місяців тому +8

      Me of course.

  • @tammystoa3946
    @tammystoa3946 Рік тому +53

    And she clearly has the killer voice❤

  • @kenbray5682
    @kenbray5682 5 років тому +980

    Who fuckin loved this song back in the 80's and still does ? 😜

    • @CarynDPrescott
      @CarynDPrescott 5 років тому +4

      🙋🏿‍♀️

    • @kenbray5682
      @kenbray5682 5 років тому +10

      Caryn D Prescott I'm gonna assume that's a yes Caryn ! The 80's had the best music! I'm so Greatful to have been there for it all ! Duran Duran, The Fixx, Talk Talk, Psycadelic Furs, New Order, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Berlin, Simple Minds, Tears For Fears, were just some of the bands I listened too ! I worked in a Club in Cocnut Grove Miami, I listened too great music made great money, forgive me for saying this but I went home with a different girl every night all you needed was an eight ball of Coke and the ladies were there lol....

    • @CarynDPrescott
      @CarynDPrescott 5 років тому +8

      @@kenbray5682 I remember all of those bands. I taped their songs off of the radio, (WLIR in Long Island, NY) and me and my friends bought the records and made mixtapes for each other. No sex or drugs though. Just rock 'n' roll 🤣😁

    • @kenbray5682
      @kenbray5682 5 років тому +3

      Caryn D Prescott Those were the good ole days ! But I do have the memories....

    • @eddiehousemusic
      @eddiehousemusic 5 років тому

      Your sister!

  • @trudiscottay6487
    @trudiscottay6487 3 роки тому +10

    Why did I just hear this song yesterday for the first time?? I’m 55 years old and thought I knew all the 80’s songs. Guess not, I freaking love this!!

  • @geoffaldwinckle1096
    @geoffaldwinckle1096 8 років тому +517

    I have always thought her voice is stunning

  • @S7EVE_P
    @S7EVE_P Рік тому +22

    Very cool. I'm at an age - sadly - where I cannot drink and smoke and stay up late like I used to, but this song makes me want to.
    Everything about it rocks!

    • @gordocarbo
      @gordocarbo 8 місяців тому

      Got that right! What the hell happened? haha
      80s were the age of moderation....hell no. lol

  • @jonsantos9816
    @jonsantos9816 5 років тому +73

    NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER!!! THE SONG FU*KIN ROCKS...NUFF SAID !

  • @TawdryTempest
    @TawdryTempest 4 роки тому +1135

    Yes this is an all-around excellent song. Beyond that, as a young girl, I was fascinated by this band-especially the singer. That a bigger girl could be so confident, so brazen, and sexual in a sea of beautiful female singers blew me away. She was the original body positivity poster child. Bringing it!

    • @sonjaberry4967
      @sonjaberry4967 4 роки тому +19

      Yes. Agreed

    • @fhb3
      @fhb3 4 роки тому +116

      "Original Body Positivity Poster Child"?
      No disrespect, but I have an earlier candidate:
      "Mama" Cass Elliott.

    • @69radiogirl
      @69radiogirl 4 роки тому +15

      agreed! Moms took me to see her in 1985 and moms loved her vibe. She was so amazing! Love her

    • @alisonfisher1877
      @alisonfisher1877 4 роки тому +12

      Check out The Gossip. They also rock 😁

    • @marianneosullivan7971
      @marianneosullivan7971 4 роки тому +7

      Awesome fun tune!

  • @speeknoevil1803
    @speeknoevil1803 5 років тому +56

    This is 1 of the best tune's ever released in the 80's.
    It didn't get the recognition it should have got. Glad to see that its back.👍

    • @snail2734
      @snail2734 4 роки тому +1

      Speek No Evil I have it etched in memory watching this on MTV and Martha Quinn expressing disgust at gun in video lol

    • @catherinemullen3189
      @catherinemullen3189 4 роки тому

      Didn't know it went away

    • @MarcosElMalo2
      @MarcosElMalo2 4 роки тому

      So good that I’m not bothered by the saxophone.

    • @alanstrom2221
      @alanstrom2221 4 роки тому

      I'm fairly certain this made the Australian charts.
      Which proves that if good music product receives exposure then Australians will and do buy it.
      i bought the 12" vinyl.
      " O Superman " by Laurie Anderson made the top 10 in OZ,
      I bought " Big Science " the album.
      In the late 70's and early 80's I didn't have enough money to keep up with buying all the quality music.

  • @RichardCristiani-n4v
    @RichardCristiani-n4v 11 місяців тому +20

    Forget looks, she brings it along with the rest of the band. Completely real, with heart

  • @ulbert123
    @ulbert123 7 років тому +53

    After all these years..... this song sounds fresh as when it first came out. It's one of my fav!

  • @salvailmichele
    @salvailmichele Рік тому +21

    At the San Francisco Punk Reunion she watched my piece Purging the O in Other and she commented,
    "She's Naked". Proud moment hearing my idol praise my work

  • @CJshazz
    @CJshazz 7 років тому +27

    Amazing song and voice!! It's such a shame Debora Iyall never got the recognition she deserved.

  • @AbbySmithVSVEVG
    @AbbySmithVSVEVG 9 місяців тому +3

    Wow. This song had a huge impact on me. And I can’t believe how great it still is.

  • @robertlane1197
    @robertlane1197 5 років тому +116

    Can not deny the electricity in this killer song

  • @Flo-jq1gq
    @Flo-jq1gq 7 місяців тому +39

    This band deserves a Rock n Roll hall of Fame

    • @Coasterdude02149
      @Coasterdude02149 5 місяців тому +1

      It would have been nice to see where they would have gone if Columbia hadn't been fucking tools and pulled support. They were unique and had a great sound, Romeo Void deserved so much better

  • @jpj028
    @jpj028 4 роки тому +27

    Great guitar riff intro, Debora Iyall has an amazing voice. I first heard this song in 1984 in the movie Reckless starring Aidan Quinn and Daryl Hannah. This song opened the door for me for post-punk.

    • @savvyvenus
      @savvyvenus 2 роки тому +1

      Exactly the first time I ever heard it watching that movie

  • @zeromt3577
    @zeromt3577 Рік тому +19

    This is how you create a song that lasts decades! So much passion! So much effort! Best to you all!!!

  • @hfxmusicman
    @hfxmusicman 8 років тому +33

    I freaking love this song. And it still has one of the best lyrics ever..."I might like you better if we slept together"..come on..amazing...

    • @robertconnick5014
      @robertconnick5014 5 років тому

      hfxmusicman --- yuupp

    • @kellyd3626
      @kellyd3626 5 років тому +1

      ​@Dr. killpatient Hey, don't beat yourself up! No matter what, I'm sure someone, somewhere will overlook your camera shyness and complete cluelessness. She may be inflatable but she will never judge you, and she will provide you with years of servile companionship as long as you remember to keep her away from open flames, your potentially jealous, ball licking, peanut butter addicted canine friend and safety pins. Bless your heart.

    • @2112res
      @2112res 4 роки тому

      @@kellyd3626 Nice Ms D

    • @mariaquiet6211
      @mariaquiet6211 4 роки тому

      @Dr. killpatient
      In other words you have none of her courage.
      Great. Stay hidden forever.

  • @carolynholody9281
    @carolynholody9281 9 місяців тому +11

    I always liked this song- still do!

  • @watchth1ngs
    @watchth1ngs 4 роки тому +57

    she was amazing then and she's amazing as a teacher now, still doing good and giving it all for the betterment of people. Respect.

  • @LaurieValdez-zk3dy
    @LaurieValdez-zk3dy 2 місяці тому +4

    ICONS FOREVER
    Thank you very much. Philadelphia USA 🇺🇸 Nostrovia

  • @jorgep1
    @jorgep1 4 роки тому +26

    the intro to this song is killer. The guitar, the way the bass kicks in and that sick ass crash cymbal hit that seems to linger for a few more bars. Awesome stuff.

  • @michelebrotman5345
    @michelebrotman5345 11 місяців тому +21

    I had forgotten this song. It's great!

  • @jscott2831
    @jscott2831 2 роки тому +62

    sorry kids but the 80's will always be the greatest decade in the history of music.

  • @jmm8229
    @jmm8229 10 місяців тому +2

    This song/band never came to light where I grew up (ireland) . Discovered it in 2013 thank christ. Her voice is just so universally good & unique. Damn it, gonna play this now when I give my kids their breakfast... gonna dance round the kitchen like the actor from the scene in Reckless. Kids are gonna say later- "christ our dad's mental...but that song🤔... that song is good, what is it?"

  • @tobyharris9233
    @tobyharris9233 4 роки тому +17

    I never knew what these guys looked liked when KROQ would play this im just glad i lived in the era KROQ ruled music. Thanks to all KROQ djs and support staff, youve made life fun.

    • @dcchavez97
      @dcchavez97 4 роки тому +1

      KROQ is no longer the same , all the original DJ's including Kevin and Bean are gone. I'm so glad I was a 90's teen.

    • @themisfitmama4397
      @themisfitmama4397 4 роки тому

      Booker!!

    • @ueno1
      @ueno1 3 роки тому

      April

  • @rdolson1015
    @rdolson1015 8 років тому +10

    I have LOVED this song since it's premier. STILL play it at my retail stores closings some nights, to get the pace going, while we clean up! My friends are like, "DAMN, thats songs a TRIP!" LOL

    • @rdolson1015
      @rdolson1015 8 років тому +3

      I wish this were the extended version.

  • @ChristopherDucra
    @ChristopherDucra 5 років тому +34

    37 years on and this song is 1) amazing and 2) oddly still subversive

  • @Derandcam
    @Derandcam 5 місяців тому +2

    This is an amazing song and a band that never got the recognition they deserved.

  • @amandakristyleeralls
    @amandakristyleeralls 9 років тому +23

    this song kicks ass! her voice and inflections, the harmonies, I love it

  • @cinnamongirl5410
    @cinnamongirl5410 3 роки тому +328

    she has THE BEST punk voice- ever

    • @ElLay
      @ElLay 3 роки тому +8

      You've never heard of Poly Styrene and The X-Ray Spex then

    • @michaelbruns449
      @michaelbruns449 3 роки тому +6

      Wow, your right.

    • @erickennedy7412
      @erickennedy7412 2 роки тому +1

      Nope.

    • @JoeOvercoat
      @JoeOvercoat 2 роки тому

      @@ElLay she must be an English thing so fair enough in context but otherwise just…no.

    • @EclecticoIconoclasta
      @EclecticoIconoclasta 2 роки тому +1

      she is more post-punk. Punk is usually screaming

  • @melaniestewart18
    @melaniestewart18 5 років тому +82

    Love love love this band. She’s badass with a rich lusty voice. ❤️

  • @dunrite5225
    @dunrite5225 3 місяці тому +1

    It amazes me how you can produce an awesome song like this and never make it big. Her voice was awesome, great sound.

  • @gogoyubari366
    @gogoyubari366 3 роки тому +56

    I have much respect for Deborah. Love her voice. The band is great as well.

  • @davevogelar9965
    @davevogelar9965 10 місяців тому +7

    This was a good group.

  • @mousiespanks2379
    @mousiespanks2379 4 роки тому +36

    One of the most underrated jams of the 80s. Cool band name too!!!!

  • @cherylalikhani5957
    @cherylalikhani5957 9 місяців тому +3

    This was one of my fav songs when it was quite frequently shown on MTV,.

  • @garytackett7580
    @garytackett7580 3 роки тому +43

    This has been my jam for 35+ years!
    Intense sax solo!

  • @ottomatic3123
    @ottomatic3123 Рік тому +11

    Such a unique song, lyrically and the overall sound. It still sounds fantastic to this day.

  • @e.r.559am7
    @e.r.559am7 Місяць тому +1

    I am so glad I gave this a re-listen, because it is spectacular!

  • @carolinebrooks199
    @carolinebrooks199 4 роки тому +103

    This song is iconic, and so is their singer. 😍