It seems you that you hear ENIGMA by listening SANDRA ? It's normal. The producer of SANDRA and ENIGMA is the same person : The husband of SANDRA, 'Michael Cretu'.
Thanks for the reaction , it's good to see young people still enjoying Sandra's music I used to be a huge fan, Hiroshima is one of the best songs of the early 90s. I was 15 when this was released :).
Sandra is one of the very emotional artists! Her intonations in her voice are always different, unlike Madonna or Samantha Fox, who flaunted their sexuality. Sandra did not have to do this. Her sexuality comes from within. and yes ... she is very sensual!
Omg …it was un match 1990… this video is one of her best video ..also her look ..she looks so beautiful … and the the long ply remix of this song is amazing ! With this album she taken a new direction for her career …more clever …with more interesting music …since this album Sandra taken risks and came to the another vibe …this is the beginning of her most better part ! And the title which close the album is just a revolutionary …( the journey )… it was a first step to the futur Enigma project …you can guess the genese of Enigma in the journey
A few weeks ago I asked for this video with your reaction and it happened. Got from the start to the Sandra's enthusiasm seen in you! Sandra songs and music videos are just great.
I have a lot of respect for you. Many people have been told about Sandra, and just blew her off but you took the time not only to listen for yourself but to allow others all over the world to see it and I really appreciate you and everything you do
Hey Handsome, a pleasure to see more of Sandra on your channel. There's SO MUCH more to discover from her! 80's & 90's she was like a sweet Hit-Machine. Take a listen (and a look) to more of her please!! I strongly reccomend the Hits/ singles: Around My Heart, Don't Be Agressive, Stop For A Minute (also the music for a german crime-thriller...), (Life May Be) A Big Insanity, Loreen... And there are a lot more!!
After her debut & European success starting in 1985, her music company wanted to break into English speaking markets in 1986. Her debut single barely made the UK Top 100, however Sandra managed to become very popular and successful in both South Africa and neighbouring Namibia. Apart from numerous radio hits, Sandra had a total of 5 Top 10 hits on the official South African singles charts based on sales. Her music videos was on hot rotation on local TV & her posters was hanging on many admiring teenagers walls (including mine!!!). A truelly sentious & charming performer with harmonious melodies & a voice that lifts the spirit. Please consider reacting to the video singles: Hi! Hi! Hi! (1986), Johnny Wanna Live (1992), One More Night (1990) & Don't be Aggressive (1992). Your channel rocks!
Still waiting for your reaction to "hi hi hi " and "don't be aggressive" :) ..you will be shocked. And then .. try her songs "stop for a minute" and "Johny wanna live"
YESS!! Exciting that you react to her 90s stuff as well, which is more serious. You should really check her single ''Johnny Wanna Live'' from the same album. Self penned single about animal rights and abuse. Sandra at the time refused to let people wearing fur into her concerts. As usual her songs are super catchy, well produced and shine with her unique voice. Hiroschima is special because she actually belts it out rough at the time. The extended album version has more belting. Sandra is amazing! Hiroschima was a huge hit in Germany, peaking at #4 for several weeks and making the year end Top 30 of 1990. The album also peaked at #3 which is the highest peak of any Sandra album in Germany.
Dear Dereck Respect! you make Sandra fans proud, with your fresh and clear eye , how you feel and understand her music ! On my fan page page dedicated to her (We.LoVe.YoU.SANDRA) , fans express a lot times their appreciation for your videos! I hope you will dive more in her music: her best songs are not only her biggest hits, she never stopped experimenting the human emotion and the deeper structure of the Sound of Pop. i believe you will agree her sound influenced so many artists of electronica and dance music in the last 3 decades. It is worth to pay attention to her albums fully, each one is a standalone concept , the journey keeps on until today. And you have also to listen Cretu's solo works and his productions for Hubert Kah-band and Andru Donalds.The best is yet to come:-)
Thanks very much Dereck for taking the time to appreciate the meaning of the artistic vision behind this masterpiece. Yes, your post analysis are always definitely worth it and we have to say it :-) This song showed how much Sandra's unique voice and personnality could take such an anti-war anthem. Michael Cretu's production is so solid and brilliant. You have indeed many songs again to be convinced of Sandra's legacy :-) (Johnny wanna live, Don't be aggressive...) Greetings from France !
Honestly, when it comes to cover, Sandra is litterally unbeatable. Every song is has covered is a real gem, even after her divorce with michael cretu in 2006 (which forced her to change her artistic direction). "All Your Zombies" (from "The Art of Love", 2006) is a perfect exemple, "Nights In White Satin" (from "Fading Shades", 1995) too and all the 2002's cover album "The Wheel Of Time". She's a misunderstood artist. Despite the fact that she's less popular than in the 80s, she's still rock it with power. Her voice didn't change. If I can recommand you, Dereck, some tracks for Sandra, here is a little list : - the whole album "Stay in Touch" (yep, such a so underrated album) - the "Reflections" album (the work behind the music is sick !!!! ) - "R U Feeling Me"/"What If"/Who I Am"/Once In A Lifetime (from 2009 "Back To Life") - "The Way I Am"/"Casino Royale" (this one is fire, I swear)/"All Your Zombies"/"Dear God... If You Exist" (ABSOLUTE GEM ! Approval garanteed)/"Shadow Of Power" (from "The Art of Love") And if you are curious about the young Sandra before 84, you can take a look at the 70s disco girl's band Arabesque. Here are some suggestions for Arabesque : "In For A Penny, In For A Pound", "Midnight Dancer", "Marigot Bay", "Take Me, Don't Break Me", "City Cats", "Friday Night" and "Ecstasy" (which Sandra performed live alone many... many years later)
So glad you crossed into the '90s with Sandra. This is where she really caught my attention with this song Hiroshima which was taken from her 1990 album Paintings In Yellow. It was the same year her hubby released their first Enigma album too and her vocals can be heard on their first release Sadness which shot to Number One in the UK charts in that year. From the same album check out 'Johnny Wanna Live' the Official video.
Wow Dereck , another excellent reaction. I will continue to knock on your door and humbly request for Micheal Cretu - Samurai. Please accept my request. Much love :) BTW check Sandra Hi Hi Hi you will go banana too .
It was right around the same time as Enigma. She made it in the French charts with this one for several weeks in a row. M. Cretu engineered both projects. Sadly, music transitioned to House, rap, American hip hop, European techno. 1991-1992 is really her last glorious years into the music industry. I think Michael and her separated I might be wrong. "Johnny wanna live" is probably her last hit because it was a new decade, music genres diversified, a new audience. I didn't know this was a cover thanks. React more to her down below. 👇 - Hi Hi Hi - Around my heart. - One more night. (Ballad) - Loreen (Ballad)
The 1992 album is probably her best ever, peaked at #7 in Germany. She had a German #8 album in 2002 but i kind of agree that 1992/3 was her last year as a major superstar and Germany's #1 Poplady. Then she took a break and never quite reached the heights of commercial success again that she achieved from 1985-1993.
@@mikekaraoke it's really 1986 that she made it mainstream. She was part of Arabesque then transitioned to "Sandra" as a solo artist. She has had a soft debut but it's really 1986 that she's got noticed on the radio as far as I can remember. I started skateboarding at the time and used to hang out with my friends at a local abandoned drive-in. First time I've heard of "Maria madgalena, hi hi hi, jolene" was that year, it sounded very moderm for the time. That's how I remember was the year of her breakthrough through the radio airways and forward. At least at my location cos we all know albums (CDs) don't get buzzed out after a year or so especially if the studios try to hit international markets. I was from France at the time she's from Germany.
@@h.c4898 All depends what country you are from, Yea I know all about Arabesque been on many documentaries etc A soft debut?? Maria Magdalena was a a very big hit in many countries in 1985 including France so she was on tons of French radio in 1985 as a solo artist! Yea exactly certain singles/albums don't always come put the same year in other countries! YeaI know she is from Germany obviously, I'm in the UK in England!
She started as Arabesque in the 1970's, then became so as her real name Sandra in the 80's, and in the 90's of course she was the voice of Enigma.. Long career, very inspirational for many new artists at the time.. Bigger than Madonna who were only marketed in the US and Europe. Sandra was marketed in the USSR, Asia, Middle East, Africa, South America so the reach of popularity was bigger, even tho wasn't marketed in the US. Obviously with an anti-American songs like this it wouldn't work in the US...
You forgot to mention it was also a hit single in France/Belgium as well! + off the hit album-Paintings in Yellow, I call this song an 80's + 90's song as was recorded in 1989!
Interesting fact Emperor Hirohito of WW2 did not die until 1989. Not many Axis leaders can boast that record. If anyone is interesting in the Pacific war and likes very long and detailed books i can recommend "Ian W. Toll " and his pacific war trilogy.
I think that was one of the weakest songs ,Not to mention she is copying. Paula Abdul with it. " The. Skin. I'm In" would've been a better choice for a single.
@@karoly8738 I love "The Skin I'm In" and I agree that it should have been a single, I was very upset to see it become a mere b-side since the sound of it, is so 90's and I think that with a good music video it would have become a sure hit. I like Paula Abdul too but I don't see the ressemblance. Vocally, around that time (starting with Hiroshima) Sandra was sounding a little bit more like Vanessa Paradis (whom she loves very much) but Paula Abdul I don't see it (nor vocally or musically).
I have a lot of respect for Michael Cretu and I like Sandra and even though it was a hit for her, I think this cover version didn't need to be. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate this version, I just think her voice doesn't really fit such a serious topic. The production also doesn't really reflect what the song is about, in my opinion. Cretu should have made a piano/synth driven ballad instead of arranging the song with a beat and scratching sounds. It's not like you hear this and say "Yeah, atomic bombing of Hiroshima, groovy" 😁.
I was a teenager at the time when the song came out. We already knew what the theme of the song was about. It was a nice tribute to Hiroshima although Japan was part of "the axis of evil" in 1945 but the regime at the time didn't pay for it but innocent population did. It was still is a touchy subject to talk about. Sandra was an household name, the lyrics weren't about politic but more of a tribute to the tragic event. If the internet and social medias (twitter etc..) were around at the time I'm sure some online social justice movement would have issued a controversy out of it and ban the song lol. 🙂 Glad it came out in the right era. Once again the young generation knew what the song was about.
Sorry, a sad and poor copy of a serious song about a terrible war crime. No fun in this and definitively not sexy. That's dancing on the graves of 100 of thousands of victims. Cretu should be ashamed of doing this to that song, so should be Sandra, since she's from a country well known for it's war crimes.
So Sandra born in the 1960s should not singing ANTI-War songs because she's German and Germans should not be anti war, since decades before she was born, WW2 happened?
Hi Dereck! Once again you made my day! This is my favorite song of Sandra in the early 90's released in February 1990, ranked No. 16 in the TOP 50 (France) from her fourth album "Paintings In Yellow" as the first single. As you said, it's true, all of Sandra's songs are great, never disappoint, it's quite difficult to choose even if you have such or such a preference for one or more songs, whether it's the 80's for me even the 90's like this. I had bought his compilation "18 Greatest Hits" (1992) on CD 2 years later (which I still listen to), I almost love them all, no matter the decade and also the DVD of the 2003 videoclips. As you mentioned, you feel Enigma influences in the song, it's normal, it's the same year 90, a few months before this band arrives (around September-October) so there are some sounds similar. On the other hand, I did not know and I had not paid attention that it was a cover of a British group, Whisful Thiniking, written by David Morgan and produced by Lou Reizner dating from 1971, taken from their eponymous album and re-released. in 1978. As much as I knew Everlasting Love (1987) was a cover but this one no, I hadn't paid attention to it. I remember that song when it came out, I kept singing it over and over (chorus) when I was in college, it's one of Sandra's best in the early of 90's. Of course there are others for this album, (Life May Be) A Big Insanity. For your next react, for 80's, I recommend you: Hi! Hi! Hi! (1986), Loreen (1986), Midnight Man (1987) my fav, We'Ll Be Together (89' Remix), Around My heart (1989) and for 90's: (Life May Be) A Big Insanity (1990) very dancy, Johnny Wanna Live (1992), Don'T Be Aggressive (1992). Thanks for your great work our American dude. 👍🇫🇷 PS: FYI, I always watch your videos until the end! Those that interest me of course! And twice: in English and in French!🙂😉 Sometimes I re-watch videos that I liked but on my TV.
Quote: "...from her fourth album "The Long Play"..." >> 1.) "The Long Play" was the name of her FIRST album from November 1985. 2.) Hiroshima was from the album "Paintings In Yellow" ;-)))
I can't say how many times I've listened this song when I was young... Sandra is one of my 80's-90's idols.
Sandra is my fav singer. She is the voice of Enigma. Such an unique voice.
It seems you that you hear ENIGMA by listening SANDRA ?
It's normal.
The producer of SANDRA and ENIGMA is the same person :
The husband of SANDRA, 'Michael Cretu'.
One from very best songs ever i love Sandra
Thanks for the reaction , it's good to see young people still enjoying Sandra's music I used to be a huge fan, Hiroshima is one of the best songs of the early 90s. I was 15 when this was released :).
I had the priviledge to see her back in the 90's in Houston at Club Excess ...She was amazing
Remember listening her very best of, on a tape, in the schoolbus, as a kid
Michael Cretu was her husband and she is THE female voice in Enigma's songs... 😍😍😍
I had completely forgotten that this version even existed. The second that beat kicked in, it screamed "I'm a Cretu song!!!".
Sandra is one of the very emotional artists! Her intonations in her voice are always different, unlike Madonna or Samantha Fox, who flaunted their sexuality. Sandra did not have to do this. Her sexuality comes from within.
and yes ... she is very sensual!
Omg …it was un match 1990… this video is one of her best video ..also her look ..she looks so beautiful … and the the long ply remix of this song is amazing ! With this album she taken a new direction for her career …more clever …with more interesting music …since this album Sandra taken risks and came to the another vibe …this is the beginning of her most better part ! And the title which close the album is just a revolutionary …( the journey )… it was a first step to the futur Enigma project …you can guess the genese of Enigma in the journey
Yes , Dereck , « this woman is wonderful ! » . I agree with you .
Thanks for this video :) You must see her song "hi hi hi" please :)
It becomes even more ENIGMA-ish in the sound with her followup album CLOSE TO SEVEN, Michael Cretu back then was so in that sound :)...
Love her so much 🇫🇷 ❤️ 🇩🇪 . Thank you Dereck 🇺🇸
A few weeks ago I asked for this video with your reaction and it happened. Got from the start
to the
Sandra's enthusiasm seen in you! Sandra songs and music videos are just great.
❤️😉👑🤩😘👍🏻👏🏻💕Sandra💕👏🏻👍🏻🤩🤩👑😉❤️🇧🇷
I have a lot of respect for you. Many people have been told about Sandra, and just blew her off but you took the time not only to listen for yourself but to allow others all over the world to see it and I really appreciate you and everything you do
Of Paintings in Yellow i love "Lovelight in your Eyes", but wasn't a single.
Sandra was so beautiful and lovely at that time. Sorry for my english
HIROSHIMA would always remain a Sandra masterpiece . Good everytime you listen Sandra you like it more..... Go for Dont he agressive for 1992
Hey Handsome, a pleasure to see more of Sandra on your channel. There's SO MUCH more to discover from her! 80's & 90's she was like a sweet Hit-Machine. Take a listen (and a look) to more of her please!! I strongly reccomend the Hits/ singles: Around My Heart, Don't Be Agressive, Stop For A Minute (also the music for a german crime-thriller...), (Life May Be) A Big Insanity, Loreen... And there are a lot more!!
After her debut & European success starting in 1985, her music company wanted to break into English speaking markets in 1986. Her debut single barely made the UK Top 100, however Sandra managed to become very popular and successful in both South Africa and neighbouring Namibia. Apart from numerous radio hits, Sandra had a total of 5 Top 10 hits on the official South African singles charts based on sales. Her music videos was on hot rotation on local TV & her posters was hanging on many admiring teenagers walls (including mine!!!). A truelly sentious & charming performer with harmonious melodies & a voice that lifts the spirit.
Please consider reacting to the video singles: Hi! Hi! Hi! (1986), Johnny Wanna Live (1992), One More Night (1990) & Don't be Aggressive (1992).
Your channel rocks!
Still waiting for your reaction to "hi hi hi " and "don't be aggressive" :) ..you will be shocked. And then .. try her songs "stop for a minute" and "Johny wanna live"
yess, plus Around My Heart and We'll Be Together.
YESS!! Exciting that you react to her 90s stuff as well, which is more serious. You should really check her single ''Johnny Wanna Live'' from the same album. Self penned single about animal rights and abuse. Sandra at the time refused to let people wearing fur into her concerts.
As usual her songs are super catchy, well produced and shine with her unique voice.
Hiroschima is special because she actually belts it out rough at the time. The extended album version has more belting.
Sandra is amazing!
Hiroschima was a huge hit in Germany, peaking at #4 for several weeks and making the year end Top 30 of 1990.
The album also peaked at #3 which is the highest peak of any Sandra album in Germany.
The original Song is from Wishfull Thinking in the seventies
Dear Dereck Respect! you make Sandra fans proud, with your fresh and clear eye , how you feel and understand her music ! On my fan page page dedicated to her (We.LoVe.YoU.SANDRA) , fans express a lot times their appreciation for your videos! I hope you will dive more in her music: her best songs are not only her biggest hits, she never stopped experimenting the human emotion and the deeper structure of the Sound of Pop. i believe you will agree her sound influenced so many artists of electronica and dance music in the last 3 decades. It is worth to pay attention to her albums fully, each one is a standalone concept , the journey keeps on until today. And you have also to listen Cretu's solo works and his productions for Hubert Kah-band and Andru Donalds.The best is yet to come:-)
Thank you for having reacted to this song which is one of my favourite of her, so deep but so good! enjoy you like it too.
My favorite so far from Sandra's career before Enigma's era.
Funny, Enigma, aka Michael cretu is behind sandra before enigma, and during enigma 😊😅
Puesto número 4 en Alemania 😀
I Love SANDRA 💖
Next Sandra reaction; "We'll Be Together", please.....!
Please react Sandra Around my Heart
Yes please!!! Big hit and a real fan favorite!
Please, you need to react to "around of my heart".
Seconded!!! My favorite Sandra single, probably!
Sandra and Michael is Enigma in nintees
Thanks very much Dereck for taking the time to appreciate the meaning of the artistic vision behind this masterpiece. Yes, your post analysis are always definitely worth it and we have to say it :-) This song showed how much Sandra's unique voice and personnality could take such an anti-war anthem. Michael Cretu's production is so solid and brilliant. You have indeed many songs again to be convinced of Sandra's legacy :-) (Johnny wanna live, Don't be aggressive...) Greetings from France !
Honestly, when it comes to cover, Sandra is litterally unbeatable. Every song is has covered is a real gem, even after her divorce with michael cretu in 2006 (which forced her to change her artistic direction). "All Your Zombies" (from "The Art of Love", 2006) is a perfect exemple, "Nights In White Satin" (from "Fading Shades", 1995) too and all the 2002's cover album "The Wheel Of Time".
She's a misunderstood artist. Despite the fact that she's less popular than in the 80s, she's still rock it with power. Her voice didn't change.
If I can recommand you, Dereck, some tracks for Sandra, here is a little list :
- the whole album "Stay in Touch" (yep, such a so underrated album)
- the "Reflections" album (the work behind the music is sick !!!! )
- "R U Feeling Me"/"What If"/Who I Am"/Once In A Lifetime (from 2009 "Back To Life")
- "The Way I Am"/"Casino Royale" (this one is fire, I swear)/"All Your Zombies"/"Dear God... If You Exist" (ABSOLUTE GEM ! Approval garanteed)/"Shadow Of Power" (from "The Art of Love")
And if you are curious about the young Sandra before 84, you can take a look at the 70s disco girl's band Arabesque. Here are some suggestions for Arabesque :
"In For A Penny, In For A Pound", "Midnight Dancer", "Marigot Bay", "Take Me, Don't Break Me", "City Cats", "Friday Night" and "Ecstasy" (which Sandra performed live alone many... many years later)
So glad you crossed into the '90s with Sandra. This is where she really caught my attention with this song Hiroshima which was taken from her 1990 album Paintings In Yellow. It was the same year her hubby released their first Enigma album too and her vocals can be heard on their first release Sadness which shot to Number One in the UK charts in that year. From the same album check out 'Johnny Wanna Live' the Official video.
You should try to go back on her! Try her 70's hits! [HQ] Arabesque - Make Love Whenever You Can
Dereck you will like Sandra - hi hi hi. We need your reaction on that :)
Sandra: Seal it forever. Please. ⭐️
Dont know if there is a video for that song, But its one of her best. I think.
U know Michael cretu, aka enigma is behind sandra on 80s and 90s ye? Maybe even into 00s, but that I'm not sure of
89's darling
...and We'll Be Together...:-) Listen On!
Emotionaly extreme for cry
This is nasty! Yeah, you never putted it better here. 🤪🙀🎼👏🏻🕊
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiii.....roshima😮😢😮😢😮😢
Wow Dereck , another excellent reaction. I will continue to knock on your door and humbly request for Micheal Cretu - Samurai. Please accept my request. Much love :)
BTW check Sandra Hi Hi Hi you will go banana too .
Amazing 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
It was right around the same time as Enigma. She made it in the French charts with this one for several weeks in a row. M. Cretu engineered both projects. Sadly, music transitioned to House, rap, American hip hop, European techno. 1991-1992 is really her last glorious years into the music industry. I think Michael and her separated I might be wrong. "Johnny wanna live" is probably her last hit because it was a new decade, music genres diversified, a new audience. I didn't know this was a cover thanks. React more to her down below. 👇
- Hi Hi Hi
- Around my heart.
- One more night. (Ballad)
- Loreen (Ballad)
The 1992 album is probably her best ever, peaked at #7 in Germany. She had a German #8 album in 2002 but i kind of agree that 1992/3 was her last year as a major superstar and Germany's #1 Poplady. Then she took a break and never quite reached the heights of commercial success again that she achieved from 1985-1993.
@@Marc-zi5cq 1986-1991 is probably her best years in my opnion. The rest I didn't care about.
@@h.c4898 Why you missing out 1985?
@@mikekaraoke it's really 1986 that she made it mainstream. She was part of Arabesque then transitioned to "Sandra" as a solo artist. She has had a soft debut but it's really 1986 that she's got noticed on the radio as far as I can remember.
I started skateboarding at the time and used to hang out with my friends at a local abandoned drive-in. First time I've heard of "Maria madgalena, hi hi hi, jolene" was that year, it sounded very moderm for the time. That's how I remember was the year of her breakthrough through the radio airways and forward. At least at my location cos we all know albums (CDs) don't get buzzed out after a year or so especially if the studios try to hit international markets. I was from France at the time she's from Germany.
@@h.c4898 All depends what country you are from, Yea I know all about Arabesque been on many documentaries etc
A soft debut??
Maria Magdalena was a a very big hit in many countries in 1985 including France so she was on tons of French radio in 1985 as a solo artist!
Yea exactly certain singles/albums don't always come put the same year in other countries!
YeaI know she is from Germany obviously, I'm in the UK in England!
She started as Arabesque in the 1970's, then became so as her real name Sandra in the 80's, and in the 90's of course she was the voice of Enigma.. Long career, very inspirational for many new artists at the time.. Bigger than Madonna who were only marketed in the US and Europe. Sandra was marketed in the USSR, Asia, Middle East, Africa, South America so the reach of popularity was bigger, even tho wasn't marketed in the US. Obviously with an anti-American songs like this it wouldn't work in the US...
It's more Anti war than Anti US though.
Lovely song. You should react to her song "Forever", one of my favorites.
i love your reactions when you describe Sandra videos , also Depeche Mode and Eurythmics
Awesome
Superbe version extended également.
And it´s from the 80´ties from Sandra.
Ya aussi den Harrow à écouter dans les chanteurs allemands de l'époque
You forgot to mention it was also a hit single in France/Belgium as well!
+ off the hit album-Paintings in Yellow, I call this song an 80's + 90's song as was recorded in 1989!
Young, I was fan of her and this song is my preferred one :)
You should react to "Don 't Be Aggressive" next
And please react to ENIGMA again
Very happy you finally did this one 😁👍😍
Then 1990 still go for the beautiful ballad One More night
Hello Dereck ! Je peux vous suggérer Enigma : Return to innocence. Mélodie et clip merveilleux ! Baisers de France.
Interesting fact Emperor Hirohito of WW2 did not die until 1989.
Not many Axis leaders can boast that record.
If anyone is interesting in the Pacific war and likes very long and detailed books i can recommend "Ian W. Toll " and his pacific war trilogy.
I think it’s time to hear her ex, Michael Cretu, and I suggest Samurai
Oh, i forgot Johnny Wanna Live!
please react army of lovers "baby's got a neutron bomb" or "when the night is cold"
More good stuff to come :
HI hi hi
We'll be together
Around my heart
Still 100% approved? 🤔
YES! to all of them!
Please react to Sandra - Nights in White Satin
Yahoo another Sandra song, you need to react to Johnny Wanna Live, Nights In White Satin, Forever & another of my faves Stop For A Minute.
This song is good, but in my humble opinion her next single after that one "(Life May Be) A Big Insanity" is 10 times better than this one. :)
I think that was one of the weakest songs ,Not to mention she is copying. Paula Abdul with it. " The. Skin. I'm In" would've been a better choice for a single.
I love Life may be a big Insanity too. She came to Spain to promote it and met her
@@o.l9806 WOW, you're lucky
@@karoly8738 I love "The Skin I'm In" and I agree that it should have been a single, I was very upset to see it become a mere b-side since the sound of it, is so 90's and I think that with a good music video it would have become a sure hit.
I like Paula Abdul too but I don't see the ressemblance. Vocally, around that time (starting with Hiroshima) Sandra was sounding a little bit more like Vanessa Paradis (whom she loves very much) but Paula Abdul I don't see it (nor vocally or musically).
@@dana.1546 you're right, Vanessa Paradis s Voice is very similar to Sandra's.
Lovelight In Your Eyes is another great song from Paintings
At least someone pays tribute to a victim of American nuclear aggression!
deuz !
I have a lot of respect for Michael Cretu and I like Sandra and even though it was a hit for her, I think this cover version didn't need to be. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate this version, I just think her voice doesn't really fit such a serious topic. The production also doesn't really reflect what the song is about, in my opinion. Cretu should have made a piano/synth driven ballad instead of arranging the song with a beat and scratching sounds. It's not like you hear this and say "Yeah, atomic bombing of Hiroshima, groovy" 😁.
I was a teenager at the time when the song came out. We already knew what the theme of the song was about. It was a nice tribute to Hiroshima although Japan was part of "the axis of evil" in 1945 but the regime at the time didn't pay for it but innocent population did. It was still is a touchy subject to talk about. Sandra was an household name, the lyrics weren't about politic but more of a tribute to the tragic event. If the internet and social medias (twitter etc..) were around at the time I'm sure some online social justice movement would have issued a controversy out of it and ban the song lol. 🙂 Glad it came out in the right era. Once again the young generation knew what the song was about.
I think all the contrary
Sorry, a sad and poor copy of a serious song about a terrible war crime.
No fun in this and definitively not sexy. That's dancing on the graves of 100 of thousands of victims.
Cretu should be ashamed of doing this to that song, so should be Sandra, since she's from a country well known for it's war crimes.
So Sandra born in the 1960s should not singing ANTI-War songs because she's German and Germans should not be anti war, since decades before she was born, WW2 happened?
Hi Dereck! Once again you made my day! This is my favorite song of Sandra in the early 90's released in February 1990, ranked No. 16 in the TOP 50 (France) from her fourth album "Paintings In Yellow" as the first single.
As you said, it's true, all of Sandra's songs are great, never disappoint, it's quite difficult to choose even if you have such or such a preference for one or more songs, whether it's the 80's for me even the 90's like this.
I had bought his compilation "18 Greatest Hits" (1992) on CD 2 years later (which I still listen to), I almost love them all, no matter the decade and also the DVD of the 2003 videoclips.
As you mentioned, you feel Enigma influences in the song, it's normal, it's the same year 90, a few months before this band arrives (around September-October) so there are some sounds similar.
On the other hand, I did not know and I had not paid attention that it was a cover of a British group, Whisful Thiniking, written by David Morgan and produced by Lou Reizner dating from 1971, taken from their eponymous album and re-released. in 1978.
As much as I knew Everlasting Love (1987) was a cover but this one no, I hadn't paid attention to it. I remember that song when it came out, I kept singing it over and over (chorus) when I was in college, it's one of Sandra's best in the early of 90's. Of course there are others for this album, (Life May Be) A Big Insanity.
For your next react, for 80's, I recommend you: Hi! Hi! Hi! (1986), Loreen (1986), Midnight Man (1987) my fav, We'Ll Be Together (89' Remix), Around My heart (1989) and for 90's: (Life May Be) A Big Insanity (1990) very dancy, Johnny Wanna Live (1992), Don'T Be Aggressive (1992).
Thanks for your great work our American dude. 👍🇫🇷
PS: FYI, I always watch your videos until the end! Those that interest me of course! And twice: in English and in French!🙂😉 Sometimes I re-watch videos that I liked but on my TV.
Quote: "...from her fourth album "The Long Play"..." >> 1.) "The Long Play" was the name of her FIRST album from November 1985. 2.) Hiroshima was from the album "Paintings In Yellow" ;-)))
@@sauermusicDE Yes you're right. I corrected. I must have written too fast. Danke schön! ;-)