Concrete and Clay - Martin Plaza

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  • Опубліковано 16 лис 2024
  • Australian band Mental As Anything co-lead vocalist Martin Plaza's hit solo single from his 1986 solo album 'Plaza Suite'. A cover version of the UK's Unit Four Plus Two 1965 #1 original.

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  • @glennjelich3174
    @glennjelich3174 3 роки тому +11

    So glad I found this gold nugget again......loved it back then, 35 years later it sounds even better

  • @no095
    @no095 17 років тому +20

    I'm sitting here dumbfounded... This song has been a 21 year mystery to me. I remember hearing it when I was a kid but hadn't heard it or seen the clip snice then (I was 10!). For some reason it popped in my head to Google it and here it is. Great song. Great memory. I can die knowing there's one more thing I got done :) Unbelieveable.

  • @carolined2432
    @carolined2432 3 роки тому +8

    Love this song! It’s one of those songs that never fails to make you snile

  • @carlcordova2332
    @carlcordova2332 Рік тому +8

    Finally found it, The Song without a name. IT HAS NAME AFTER 36 YEARS!

    • @GeneralG1810
      @GeneralG1810 3 місяці тому

      LOL I knew the name but couldn't remember the artist

  • @maxbrown8665
    @maxbrown8665 3 роки тому +1

    Love the Music Video ~ My second viewing going on 35-years from the first New Wave catcher!

  • @irenecalligeros3093
    @irenecalligeros3093 2 роки тому +5

    This is just a brilliant song from the 80s go mental as anything always the best from a great band always sounding good lol xx

  • @moorlock2003
    @moorlock2003 17 років тому +4

    Unit Four Plus Two made a classic, and is by far the best of the three versions.

  • @byron20
    @byron20 25 днів тому

    this is a bloody good song,it doesnt sound dated,its timeless,Plaza is talented

  • @scorpiocand
    @scorpiocand 14 років тому +9

    I love the smoothness of this version and 80's hair! Classic Mullett! I'd do anything to bring back (these) the good times. Best era ever. An Aussie Beach, Freedom and Zinc Cream ... Fluro of course!! :))

  • @Tracimoon2222
    @Tracimoon2222 Рік тому +1

    Love it 🙌 love Martin 🍀🍀🍀he's still battling the big C 😞🙏 I saw the Mentals 2 weeks before Greedy passed I was shattered! He talked about Martin, a tribute, and that he would never be playing with them again.. then Greedy went suddenly 😭🙌 🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜🫂🫂🫂❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥♾️♾️♾️

  • @glennphillips843
    @glennphillips843 5 років тому +2

    A gem

  • @chickadee.1232
    @chickadee.1232 3 роки тому +1

    I love this song. My parents always played this song when I was a kid. 💃🕺👌💕

  • @darrendobson2442
    @darrendobson2442 4 роки тому +1

    Oh hell yeah...I can still hear this version from when I was a kid in the ‘80s.

  • @vbbdsp
    @vbbdsp 10 місяців тому

    For some reason this song has been in my head for a few weeks - took me awhile to find the right version I remember. Don' think I've ever seen this video, but love this song!

  • @grahamyates2490
    @grahamyates2490 5 років тому +8

    A good pop song (like this) survives decades .

  • @Cynwidion
    @Cynwidion Рік тому

    I was surfing stuff, got onto Mental as Anything, saw that Martin Plaza had this solo hit that I didn't immediately recognise, and decided to listen to it --- and then I realised: YES!!!! I know this song! I've always known it. But I had forgotten about it.

  • @artadrians
    @artadrians Рік тому

    Great memories. Great version...well done..!!

  • @andromedagrey
    @andromedagrey 2 роки тому +4

    bloody love marty plaza

  • @nooneylove6497
    @nooneylove6497 5 років тому +15

    Loved this song 💙🎼. And here also because Greedy Andrew Smith has left the building...if you leave me can I come too?💙🙏🇦🇺🎼

    • @observationisadyingart6413
      @observationisadyingart6413 5 років тому

      You just broke this news to me five minutes ago when I read your comment. I rarely watch or read the news nowadays so am really shocked and saddened to hear about Greedy. This and Live It Up are on high rotation in my car. Such vibrant, happy songs. This song was always played on Channel 7 at 7.57am weekdays in 1986 as a filler/promo just before I left the house to catch the school bus.

    • @andrewthornhill7042
      @andrewthornhill7042 4 роки тому

      And so one by one they leave the building....

  • @kyleturner3878
    @kyleturner3878 7 років тому +1

    Fantastic song from his solo album. What a poetic line " the purple shades of evening " Bless you Roy !

  • @GoodMrDawes
    @GoodMrDawes 3 роки тому +1

    Beautiful

  • @rob-jz9eo
    @rob-jz9eo 7 років тому +3

    got such a great voice for this song

  • @pooh121
    @pooh121 15 років тому +22

    hehe. As a kid I thought it was "the cyborgs in the street." Wow what an image that painted!..lol

    • @labibbidabibbadum
      @labibbidabibbadum 4 роки тому +1

      When I was about 10 I thought the lyrics to Brass in Pocket went:
      Gonna use my arms
      Gonna use my legs
      Gonna use my style
      Gonna use my sausage
      Listen again - you can see why. But imagine the image THAT painted!!

    • @magnathomps8311
      @magnathomps8311 4 роки тому

      Classic, I hear it.

    • @michaelstephen1057
      @michaelstephen1057 3 роки тому +2

      Sounds like an episode of Dr Who.

    • @michaelbarry1651
      @michaelbarry1651 3 роки тому +1

      Should have been cyborgs. That's the way...it's meant to be.

    • @gordonwaye4186
      @gordonwaye4186 Рік тому

      It does sound like that

  • @saturncancer
    @saturncancer 17 років тому +3

    Very cool version - I remember it years ago because I was trying to videotape Cliff Richard & the young ones on an old Australian TV show called "Trax" (or "tracks?"). This was on the show and I grew to like it - but lost it when the tape stuffed up. Thanks heaps!

    • @carlcordova2332
      @carlcordova2332 Рік тому

      Time Tracks? Sci-Fi TV series about time traveller trapped in the cool 80's or 90s?

  • @bradcoulter1316
    @bradcoulter1316 Місяць тому

    Oh yeah martin plaza nailed that one brilliant

  • @j0wled
    @j0wled 17 років тому +2

    I didn't even know I knew this, but it's all coming flooding back after 20 years. I figured I only knew the original. Very nice.

  • @EdWartGames
    @EdWartGames 9 років тому +3

    I saw this man play live, absolutely brilliant

    • @ryanmr1683
      @ryanmr1683 8 років тому +1

      +EdWart Same. Late in December 2015

  • @AwesomeDudes
    @AwesomeDudes 7 років тому +9

    This song just came into my head.. Dont know why!?!?

  • @ganz48
    @ganz48 15 років тому +4

    Great cover version-typical 80's pop-good job by Martin

  • @anitashelby
    @anitashelby 15 років тому +1

    Very, Very Coool Song!!! 5*s Love This One Alot!!! Thank You....Anita..

  • @operalove7221
    @operalove7221 5 років тому +2

    Song is eternally good...…………………..I'll leave it there xx

  • @ronaldherrera3479
    @ronaldherrera3479 8 років тому +6

    You to me ....
    Are sweet as roses in the morning ....
    And you to me ....
    Are soft as summer rain at dawn, in love we share
    That something rare
    The sidewalks in the street
    The concrete and the clay beneath my feet
    Begins to crumble
    But love will never die !!
    Because we'll see the mountains tumble
    Before we say goodbye
    My love and I ... will be
    In love eternally ....
    That's the way
    Mmm, that's the way it's meant to be ..
    All around
    I see the purple shades of evening
    And on the ground
    The shadows fall and once again you're in my arms
    So tenderly
    The sidewalks in the street
    The concrete and the clay beneath my feet
    Begins to crumble
    But love will never die
    Because we'll see the mountains tumble
    Before we say goodbye ...
    My love and I will be
    In love eternally ---
    That's the way
    Mmm, that's… rhe way It´s meant to be ....
    The sidewalks in the street
    The concrete and the clay beneath my feet
    Begins to crumble
    But love will never die
    Because we'll see the mountains tumble
    Before we say goodbye ...
    My love and I will be
    In love eternally ---
    That's the way
    Mmm, that's… rhe way It´s meant to be ....

  • @deankdx
    @deankdx 5 років тому +1

    hadn't heard this for 10yrs at least! was just on RAGE music TV

  • @Cyndimansfield
    @Cyndimansfield 4 роки тому

    I never really knew it that well but it was kinda in my blinds and I always remembered that and I like it now tho. ! There's a couple of songs in my blinds. !

  • @Joe77man
    @Joe77man 17 років тому +2

    well done, Rareclipz...was lookin 4 this b4 u uploaded...then i checked again today and voila!...good job, mate...this 1 brings back the memories

  • @rimian
    @rimian 16 років тому +4

    I know the Tommy Moeller (who wrote this song) quite well. It's always good to hear the Mentals do it. Cliff Richard did it too. And Tom told me it's been covered over 100 times.

  • @cacworth271ful
    @cacworth271ful 13 років тому +2

    thats the best cover album there from martin plaza i like it

  • @andrewthornhill7042
    @andrewthornhill7042 4 роки тому +1

    Just like it was yesterday....

  • @michaelstewart9967
    @michaelstewart9967 10 років тому +2

    I'll pay the daggy moves! chukkuas to you for doing them!

  • @DavePerth
    @DavePerth 8 років тому +1

    I'm watching this because I saw him with The Mental's last night at a wedding.
    They did this - doesn't really have the voice anymore, but great to see him perform.
    Had a nice chat to him after the set.

    • @ryanmr1683
      @ryanmr1683 8 років тому

      +Dave Porter They still sound like they did all those years ago. Even though they're all getting old!

  • @ezekielamaterasu3462
    @ezekielamaterasu3462 9 років тому +9

    HA! Mum was like 'Totally' in love with him!

    • @coraliedesalvo2861
      @coraliedesalvo2861 5 років тому

      Ezekiel Amaterasu I was in love with him too. Completely obsessed. 😍

  • @scorpiocand
    @scorpiocand 11 років тому +3

    Great Song! Aussie Music in the 80's Rocked! He looks a lot like a young Iva Davies here! Isn't it interesting how you can always tell the era it is by the jeans!!!

    • @_Only_Zuul
      @_Only_Zuul 5 років тому +2

      lol! umm 🤔🤔🤔yeah.. that shirt and hair gave nothing away!😂🤣😂

    • @glenphillips9068
      @glenphillips9068 5 років тому +1

      Rocky balboa

    • @scorpiocand
      @scorpiocand 3 роки тому

      😂😂😂😂

  • @Aqene1000
    @Aqene1000 10 років тому +1

    Superb clip

  • @davidbloxham9213
    @davidbloxham9213 7 років тому +2

    Classic Hit!

  • @rodhmu
    @rodhmu 8 місяців тому

    1986, a time when it seemed anything was possible.

  • @rogerhgrew
    @rogerhgrew 15 років тому +1

    good version of a great song

  • @elizabethr4496
    @elizabethr4496 4 роки тому

    😍 Martin P

  • @moorlock2003
    @moorlock2003 17 років тому +2

    Never heard this before. "Concrete and Clay" hit No. 1 in the UK, #28 US. A competing version by Eddie Rambeau also charted.

  • @pomeranian82
    @pomeranian82 Рік тому +1

    Classic

  • @musicomano6973
    @musicomano6973 14 років тому

    Este artista es un desconocido para Bolivia, no sé si en Sudamérica habrá gustado. Martin Plaza, rarísimo. saludos desde La Paz

  • @Astra64
    @Astra64 16 років тому +2

    By Far the best version is that of the original by Unit 4+2. It has been my favourite song since I was 8 years old.

  • @2HB2HB
    @2HB2HB 10 років тому +12

    Nothing wrong with his mullet, or his vocals for that matter.

  • @azureinfinity2212
    @azureinfinity2212 8 років тому

    Endearing ~♡

  • @JENNIFERJHABERSATTTaintedfury

    I prefer this version 😊

  • @platypusboy
    @platypusboy 14 років тому

    this song always shat me

  • @stephenmyers4873
    @stephenmyers4873 9 років тому

    Come and see the Mentals at the Gundaroo Music Festival this Saturday October 10. fundraiser for Motor neurone Disease, a great day/ night out!

  • @lyndelsconce8475
    @lyndelsconce8475 5 місяців тому

    Oh yeah😊

  • @cameroni1
    @cameroni1 6 місяців тому

    Its a YES yes yes... Good catchy tune with dwinks lol

  • @glenphillips9068
    @glenphillips9068 5 років тому

    Aaaaiiiiddreiaannne!!!!

  • @denisestott4155
    @denisestott4155 10 місяців тому

    The dancers are also fantastic. Wonder who they were?

  • @michaelwatkins2432
    @michaelwatkins2432 6 років тому +1

    60s-80s versions of Concrete and Clay are all good

  • @GavinJ37
    @GavinJ37 11 років тому

    Ironically this song now appears on Mentals greatest hits album. Which I guess now means its a Mentals song...and not a Martin plaza solo effort.

  • @MsTROYHARRIS
    @MsTROYHARRIS 13 років тому

    My Twin Sis too me roses of my morning
    From dis-summering, dis-dawn, know love to all, We now sharing
    Just concrete & clay, known now as the way it's meant to be ( I as two, only.. )
    Non-purple shades this dis-ceivince, deceiving
    All dis-shadow now in arms, so dis-tender, and with my sidewalks you has crumbled payed,
    As you see the man who tumble you; (still Pa's son living dis-cuts)
    We will not deny, as my Love she internally that the way it's meant to be
    dis-MG now dis-MJ child...

  • @gregmixing
    @gregmixing 5 років тому

    My apologies for the snare.

  • @MsFitt
    @MsFitt 15 років тому

    What a flashback....whatever happened 2 him?

  • @thesteveus
    @thesteveus 15 років тому

    Hello Lloyd.........

  • @lisalyons4492
    @lisalyons4492 Рік тому

    😊

  • @Robroscob
    @Robroscob Рік тому +1

    better than the 1965 original by Unit 4 + 2

  • @d777j777l777
    @d777j777l777 11 років тому

    Mid-80s muscle-man

  • @pwatts8846
    @pwatts8846 10 років тому

    I prefer the 1999 Kevin Rowland reading of this. This is a bit lightweight for mine.

  • @Lulugirard94
    @Lulugirard94 17 років тому

    Mullet city - did he do the original with unit 4+2?

  • @woodspirit7701
    @woodspirit7701 6 років тому +1

    Works the covewr and makes it his -way to do it.

  • @ChrimboB
    @ChrimboB 6 років тому

    Chris Flemming?

  • @johnm2631
    @johnm2631 5 років тому

    130,592 XO

  • @ianfleet2376
    @ianfleet2376 3 місяці тому

    Oh dear me

  • @TkCole81
    @TkCole81 12 років тому

    Chicks love Mullets

  • @2HB2HB
    @2HB2HB 10 років тому

    Like Unit 4 and Martin Plaza's versions (and Martin's mullet) , thought Randy was a bit boring.

  • @MsTROYHARRIS
    @MsTROYHARRIS 10 років тому +1

    I'm sorry this is your "crash" that me in this such of high
    Boub,

  • @robertchinnock8017
    @robertchinnock8017 5 років тому

    I thought this was a mental as anything song

  • @yeahnoumm
    @yeahnoumm 9 років тому

    Is he packing a cut lunch?

    • @matthays716
      @matthays716 9 років тому +1

      What do you mean?

    • @yeahnoumm
      @yeahnoumm 9 років тому +1

      +Matt Hays I mean are his jeans so tight that they are bisecting his scrotum?

  • @tigerboy1966
    @tigerboy1966 16 років тому

    The drum sounds like someone thrashing a wet cardboard box with a ping-pong bat. The best version is Kevin Rowland 1999.

  • @tonyjeff9436
    @tonyjeff9436 2 роки тому

    THIS IS NOT THE ORIGINAL EITHER

  • @rpscot
    @rpscot 14 років тому

    Great song and this is an OKAY re-make of it but, sadly, it DOES NOT improve on the original and that's what a remake should do....pay tribute to the song and improve on it. The premise of the video and the set, etc...are all pretty cheesy...but, otherwise. Like the way Martin did it...just wish it would have been better.

    • @michaels3815
      @michaels3815 2 роки тому

      Oh please.. it's a brilliant version. The best there is.

  • @Miluielle
    @Miluielle 16 років тому

    Randy Edelman....sounds like an american..

  • @michaelstewart9967
    @michaelstewart9967 10 років тому

    i bet you're involve met in "Slice of Heaven " was better~!@!

  • @Vool2go
    @Vool2go 8 років тому

    NO BASS in this! hahahaa!!!!

  • @baysidelad1
    @baysidelad1 15 років тому

    Ummmm.....more like Adelaide!!!

  • @lalevizos1981
    @lalevizos1981 11 років тому +1

    After hearing the Unit 4 Plus 2 version I'm not a fan of this version..

  • @milquetoasted
    @milquetoasted 3 роки тому

    this version is cursed

  • @carlygullefer
    @carlygullefer 16 років тому

    great song, horrid version. randy is best :)