Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short (HD Remastered)
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- Опубліковано 11 лис 2010
- Official HD video of Spandau Ballet performing 'To Cut A Long Story Short', their first ever single, released in 1980.
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Spandau Ballet are one of Britain’s great iconic bands having sold over 25 million records, scored numerous multi-platinum albums and amassed 23 hit singles across the globe since their humble beginnings as a group of friends with dreams of stardom in the late 1970s. It wasn’t long before they became fully-fledged members of the iconic Blitz Club scene and established themselves as one of the super-groups of the 80s.
The band's classic line-up features brothers Gary and Martin Kemp on guitars, vocalist Tony Hadley, saxophonist Steve Norman and drummer John Keeble.
Spandau Ballet’s hits include Gold, True, To Cut A Long Story Short, Through The Barricades and many more.
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Lyrics:
Soldier is turning
See him through white light
Running from strangers
See you in the valley
War upon war
Heat upon heat
To cut a long story short
I lost my mind
Sitting on a park bench
Years away from fighting
To cut a long story short
I lost my mind
Standing in the dark
Oh I was waiting for man to come
I am beautiful and clean
And so very very young
To be standing in the street
To be taken by someone
Questions questions
Give me no answers
That's all they ever give me
Questions questions
Oh look at the strange boy
He finds it hard existing
To cut a long story short
I lost my mind
#SB40 #SpandauBallet #80s
(P) 1980 The copyright in this audiovisual recording is owned by Chrysalis Records Ltd
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Hard to believe it's 44 years ago this year, this was released.
truly incredible, different era
Bought the 7-inch single lol 😂 😂 with my pocket money, I was 14 lol 😂 😂
My heart aches with sadness when I listen to 80s music, there is nothing like them these days. Time is flying by and I feel lucky I was an 80's girl.
Aye, favourite era tbf.✌
Respect to you Annie
Our 80's was the last decade where music was REALLY so Alive
100%
Felicidades Annie, eres afortunada como yo, como tantas chicas y chicos que vivimos aquellos años como jóvenes incipientes abriéndose camino en la vida.
Saludos😊
Tony Hadley definitely has a great voice. Someone I know knows him and said he's a really nice friendly down to earth guy.
What a voice Tony Hadley has ..... Easily one of the best vocalists in the 80's and beyond
Totally.
Absolutely 😍
Dave Vanian from The Damned was good too
Yah
It was his voice that always put me off Spandau. He has the flattest vocal style I’ve ever heard!
Best song they ever did . 19 then 60 now. Jesus time sure does fly. Make it count people.
Yes a time machine would be good to go back
Chant no. 1 memories
Well said Liam , I fully agree 👍👏 make every day of being young count...
I'm about to turn 50. Kids listen to this man!!! Great song but where did the time go. It was the late 90's a couple of years ago 🙂Feels like that sometimes. Have a great 2022 and beyond.
I am 64 and still liking this in 2022
People used to mock the 80’s now you look back and realise they were bloody geniuses compared to today
Yup, even some of the songs we didn't care for back then have turned out to be examples of skilled songwriting, singing, and instrumental performance.
@@michaelalderete9622 exactly.
well said
he is crap now🤮
If I had a time machine I’d go straight there.
The 80s were Brilliant 👍🏴
This is why the 1980s were different from the decades before.
So many songs I listen to now that were made before I was born. Was playing this on the computer at my parents house and I turned around to see mum and dad dancing - Mum holding a glass of wine in the air and dad dancing not worrying about the arthritis 😂
Tony Hadley is such a classic epic vocalist. Less is more. Guy could demolish brick walls with his voice, but his voice was part of the songs, and he knew what was needed. We love you Tony, very much so
Tony voice really crushes it here. Almost like the power of Steve Jones power chords in The Sex Pistols. In retrospect, many of Gary Kemp's songs were pretty average and without Tony's voice, they would be forgetful. Duran's Planet Earth and Ordinary World (lots of credit to Warren) were crackers of songs.
Spandau's songs were okay by comparison. It is like a fairly crappy movie but you throw Gary Oldman or Tom Hardy in it and it is good. Tony did that for Spandau. Steve's sax playing also helped.
One of their reunion new songs, Once More, that Steve wrote with I think Gary was one of their better songs. And again, Tony makes it great a great song. Hat tip here to John Keeble's drumming on this song and Martin's bass line.
The clothes, the hair, the sound, a time capsule of early 80s music in one awesome song.
uh...and the dancing!!!
I loved it so much and fancied all of them teenaged life in the 80's💞💞💞💞
@ Tom - What dancing?
The girls at the end?
Yeah, I liked that part too
They kind of brought to mind the Blitz Kids in Duran Duran's 'Planet Earth's video.
agree
So perfectly put, This was an awesome record at the time
Tony Hadley, surely one of the finest male singers of his generation.
This track was their best, hands down.
One of them. I really liked instinction, and for some reason Highly Strung. Im a keys player, and we play this in my 80s band.... right before Planet Earth and after Tainted Love..
great song 👍
I loved it back then and it still stands out, but it's not Blue Monday material to be honest.
Personally, I have Lifeline (or maybe Chant #1) as my favorite(s).
@@mortisxx5712 Stanglers golden brown, the Smith's how soon is now, bruce Springsteen dancing in the dark are my favs
Nope.
Is it just me or has this song/video aged really well? I had not clue it was made in 1980! Love the music, the hair, the outfits. Great stuff.
It's you
@@mattiemclean9882 rhetorical question. 😆
The video, yeah, the fashion, not so much.
They look amazing..
And they fully transcend time...
This aged terribly lmao it’s the most 80s thing ever
The Synth riff for this song is addictive and energetic.
It's the synth and bass playing together and entwined, not just the synth.
yup
👍🏻it is very good
@@wbertie2604 Totally agree, it's the combination of the 2 then add the drum break and it's clearly their most creative track.
So true
Came across this song on one of my dad’s 80s cd’s and played it on repeat all day. Absolute gem of a tune!!
An absolute gem to be discovered by future generations, long after we're all gone.
Forget future generations. I grew up in the 80s and hadn't heard this song until today. Of course, I was also still too young in 1980 and this song wasn't a hit in the US.
It was a Hit for me
Definitely should have got more radio play
An eternal Anthem of the early 80's New Romantic wave : Spandau Ballet with other bands like Duran Duran, Japan, Visage, Ultravox, Landscape, the Human League, all inspired by Kraftwerk, David Bowie and Roxy Music, a short but a great and glittering musical period !
A stunning list Stiofan.... its so easy to win the best decade for music debate if on the 80s team
You're absolutely right Stiofan. I think exactly the same.
Maybe a time machine will do the trick what do you reckon? Such a different world then to dance to music like this. Wishful thinking. Aug 2020 ❤eighties forever ❤😎😎👋👋👍👍
@@paulcrisp9861 yes.fantastic 80s.from italy.i was born in 80
@Star of Europa living in east coast uk nice to know you appreciate good music as it was then. 😎😎👍👍😎😎👋👋
We need the bars and clubs and vibe of 80s all back !
……be stacked out I’m sure
🇬🇧🆘🇬🇧
Imagine being in a nightclub when this first came out
I don't have to, I was there😊 xx
Ouf, look at Martin Kemp! And Tony was just beautiful back in the day - I once saw him close-up in London and he was SO tall and gorgeous.
I'm SO jealous.
This song is so edgy and the epitome of New Romantic style. Doesn't get any better.
2020.
To cut a long story short Spandau Ballet will never be the same without Tony Hadley.
Absolutely true!
@@raimundperz9828 Pure GOLD
Hi Tony :) :)
Any of their Songs, Tony Hadley is Spandau Ballet....)
Watch it they'll send the Kray brothers around
I love the Scottish garb in the video
I was born in '85, and thanks to my somewhat older husband, I'm a little bit more familiar with this genre than most my age, but not much from Spandau Ballet. We have a gas station by our house that consistently plays good music and I heard this while getting gas recently, recognized the voice but couldn't place the artist, so had to look it up, and have had it on repeat all week. Great song.
So I was 7 .
Popular music needs more tartan shawls and binocular accessories, and it needs them now.
Wow!! What a huge difference to the song “True.” I never heard this till now and I’m impressed! The song really captures the new wave era!! Love this! I’m in America and I found out it couldn’t make the charts here which is unfortunate but I’m glad I got hear it now, on repeat for awhile!!❤
Check out Chant No 1 and Musclebound, they were my top three faves when I was a little girl, and I still play it when driving long distances or cleaning
I just stumbled upon this forgotten gem, I actually had this riff stuck in my brain for decades, never knowing who it was, it could have been Heaven 17 or Blancmange, or any of those early 80's bands.... saw "Spandau Ballet" and my jaw hit the ground.
@@mushumushushoe - "Chant No. 1" for sure but just about anything before "True".
Through the Barricades is their most epic song.
Always love the way this group dressed, fashionable and a tartan touch to make it stylish.
I was a Duran Duran fan, so in the 'enemy camp' so to speak, but I salute this, the Span's finest moment.
What a brilliant voice.
he sounds like he's trying too hard to sound like Ian Curtis.
Hony Tadley
Lonnie Booth ah yes Mr Hadley, great voice still I believe
emma duncan can’t hear that at all 🤷🏻♀️
That last note he hits... _damn,_ Tony. 💕
They were ALL soo handsome! 💖
I don't care!! Tony Hadley is HOT 🔥🔥🔥 AF! He's a classic Debonair. Such class & taste! And his strong Baritone voice. What a Man 💋💋💋
Remember when I first heard this tune & could feel change was coming in the 1980s!
Yes
@patsypatti990 Much thanks Patsy
I passed the site of the Blitz club today in Great Queen Street, there is a plaque on the wall that says Spandau played their first on 5th Dec 1979.
The best Spandau Ballet song ever!!!! The 80's rule!!!!
one of them..... Instinction was good, and for some reason I really like Highly Strung.
TRUE
@@Dunlaoghairepunkers which “True”? The song “True” or the other true? Either way, True was their biggest hit for a reason but this one is good too
Tony get back in the band !!!! You are the voice of Spandau !!!
To cut a long story short, I love this band. 😁👍🇭🇲🇬🇧
EASILY their best song!
+Steven A fuck NO
+Steven A NO ! it's "Chant No.1" ;-)
+Steven A good but it is chant no1
+Martynn 1969 - agreed!
+Arch Stanton Chant #1 was just the best thing they ever did, this comes a close second.
Underrated
Yes,I didn't even know they did this,and I also forgot the song, perhaps the 80s wasn't so bad?
This is definitely a candidate for a playlist of "Their debut single was their best single".
I met Tony Hadley at a dinner party in Spain and had a barbecue. One of the best memories I have!
In Spain..?? What City?
Sounds great
For all their shortcomings, Spand knew how to have fun, and how to be beautiful. Gratuitous wielding of binoculars earns maximum glamour points.
My best friend and I use to dance to this like the 2 girls in the clip. The music of the 80's was awesome and the different genres that came from all the main bands was just great. I love the 80's and those were the best years of my life. I was a New Romantic, bordering on a Goth and a little Culture Club but Spandau Ballet were pure smoothness with a touch of classiness...
Sad to think Tony was a victim of bullying.Spandau we’re nobody without him,and they know it!😎
Every beat of the song is testament to the 80s, synth drum beats and perculated guitar. This is the epitome of what that era was all about. I love this song as it was the soundtrack to my age group.
perculated guitar, perculated hair style, perculated film score.
Tony has the most amazing strong voice
I'm always fascinated that he sounds quite posh when he sings! U can't hear his accent at all, not that it's not sexy in it's own way.......
Baritone
baritone range, but his highest notes sound so powerful
Brilliant loved it 💗
Brilliant tune 🤠
I know, I'm 50 now and I miss these times. Brilliant music.
My God...I thought I would never find this song ever again! I heard it back in the good old days in Southern California, "Rodney On The ROQ", KROQ 106.7 F.M. but never knew who it was! Now I finally know. I can rest and enjoy!!
No group had a sound quite like this. ABC, Pet Shop etc. had similarities and I like them too, but Spandau Ballet paid extra attention to the instrumentation and transitions.
Duran Duran were quite similar. Both had a similar sound, with the New Romantic look. They were hugely influenced by 70s/early 80s Roxy music as well.
They're great too, although a bit more on the rebel side, and less focus on classical format.
Songs like "True" and "Gold" were both decent in my opinion, But this, My favorite song from them, most definitely.
I like this, but I discovered them with " Freestylers ", " In love with you " is one of my favourite :)
Calate
BetterSkatez / DepecheModeFan1999 [III] sorry , got to disagree. Through the the barricades is gut renching
I absolutely love the synth riff on this one.
This punk rock synth 2021
if this shit ain't cool I don't know what is
agree-fantastic music from a great band
To cut long story short...
Kid you would have been there.
Quality !! Just heard it on Absolute 80s and had to play it again on my phone.
Solid stuff.
What a baseline! What a band! What a voice. LEGENDS.
New Romantics era of music. What a voice Tony Hadley
These dudes are just outright COOL
All the guys look so fresh, innocent, gorgeous, in those outfits, it’s sad they’re not together at their 40th anniversary 😶❣️
I remember this, one of my Spandau Ballet faves!
I thought they were a Scottish band wearing all that tartan and kilts 😂
I was 15 when this was released , and I thoroughly lived and enjoyed the 80’s.
Me Too!
Many years ago I bought a sort of best-off synthpop album. This song was also in the list. The Cure, Animation, John Foxx, Soft Cell any many others. Then I rediscovered Spandau ballet. What a special music. The music of the 80's... brilliant.
The UK had their brilliant syntpop-bands. Italy had their Italo Disco bands and Germany had europop/German-pop.
Greetings from Belgium
I still dig into Spotify for music from this time. The songs really take me to a comfort zone.
Born 1981 😅 But had a sister 8 years older 😅 I know every song BEST YEARS EVER
I miss the times when genius was on display in the pop charts nearly every other week. Such talent existed then.
Saw them in concert at Universal Amphitheater back in the early 80’s 🩵
Saw Tony Hadley on his last tour. Brilliant. He can put a band together and still sound like Spandau Ballet. Without Hadley’s voice however, Gary Kemp can never again sound like Spandau Ballet.
To cut a long story short, I am 48 and listen back with such excited enthusiasm 😀👍🏻😀👍🏻😀👍🏻 Tony Hadley forever
Scrivete..by..hio..sss..primo..Milano.. italy..ciaoo
Early 80's hits is what reconnects me the most with the decade. This song is like a time portal. Priceless.
Time portal , yes ! Well said .
This is the music of me, Colin and Andy hanging out and taking it easy at school. We’re all 53 now and still distant friends. Loved the eighties 😀👍🏻
Magnificent new romantic epic. 1980,punk and post punk was dead, then along came the spandaus, the world was saved.
So this went to #5 on the British charts. American radio withheld a lot from us, we didn't get to hear this. Reminds me of Human League, which we did get.
For me one of their very best songs it blew my mind when I first heard it way back in 1980
I was surprised to see Steve Norman To Play Guitar 😂
The synthesizer is everything in this song🔊
To cut a long story short I lost my... MiiiiinnnD🔥🔥🔥
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I fancy these guys , I wish guys still looked like this 😂 born in the year 2000
Note - I realise guys in the 80s didn’t go round dresses as Scotsman on the regular 😂
@Claudia Romero its not fair haha 🤣
The 80's are still the best decade in my opion, such great bands!!!, all had their individual looks and sounds
Is anyone still listening to this in 2021?
I'm in 2024 you still in 2021 ?
The clothes, the hair, the sound, a time capsule of early 80s music in one awesome song.
What a brilliant voice.
And how handsome was Tony Hadley then.
We all were lol
Oh yeah! What a gorgeous man.
Always will be in my top-10 80s songs. Had it all - music, hair and fashion!!!! My 15 yo self loved it!
Steve Norman is very talented, he started off playing guitar, then percussion, then saxophone and occasionally plays keyboards and sings backing vocals. ✌️😙
Tony’s voice made this song interesting.
one of the best things about 50 years old,is the fact that i lived my teenage years in the 80's that is priceless and i am grateful !!!
Another 80s masterpiece
To cut a long story short I love this track.
Same .
When spandau were edgy not cheesy.....top track
I still love this track!!!!!
I know you posted this a very long time ago now, But have you heard all their albums then to make that judgement-Also it depends what kind of cheese it is-nothing wrong with cheesy if Edam or Red Leicester but if it is really cheesy like Blue Cheese or Stilton then that is a problem
YES YES YES
Great tune...still a bit cheesey though lol
@@rossbeake5779 Yea like Edam-Glad it isn't Stilton though lol
NEW ROMANTIC ERA GREAT BANDS,SPANDAU BALLET, DURAN DURAN, CLASSIX NOUVEAUX, GREAT TIME!
Journeys to Glory was Spandau Ballet 🙌🙌
when this song came out I was not a human being. After 42 years from it's first release, I've discovered this masterpiece and listening it endlessly.. This is how you become immortal! Salut to the people who will discover this song 42 years from today!
Met Tony Hadley at Gatwick a couple of months ago. What a complete gent,posed for a selfie. Really nice bloke
brilliant song deserves more views recognition, it's got that kind of dark element to it, before everything went shiney and bright and shallow
And this was their first ever single' To Cut a Long Story Short' it's my favourite. I always preferred the music of Spandau Ballet over Duran Duran. Yes, the music of the 80's was special. A great decade to be a teenage to be blessed with all that great music.
FORTY YEARS ago. It boggles the mind.
The clothes on display are simply incredible. The Spandau take on new Romanticism. A brilliant track which has lost none of its energy.
@Brendon McMorrow - not sure about the kilt though.
Shame on you . Them kilts is FINE ! Who else in the world wears them so regally?
They were all fantastically dressed, young, beautiful and properly showing off because they had great songs and music too. Original
Stylist was clearly on drugs.
But dressed by another....
Yeah but tartan best left for Scottish weddings and sexy Punk girls.
IMO Spandau Ballet's greatest song. FIGHT ME!! 😂
Man, Tony had a powerful voice, could loosen fillngs
To this day this is one of my favorites! I can hear this over and over all day long! Takes me back to the early 80s East L.A. underground club scene. So Romantic!
I remember there was Marilyn’s backstreet in Pasadena…all ages, played lots of this music !
@@alexvillegas8971 me too brother the best of times. Mr J’s too
Blitz era Spandau Ballet was my favourite.
Popular music passed away quietly in its sleep in the mid 90's.
I fell in love with this song long,long time ago.
80's just had that something.
Too bad all the positivity didn't last, but definitely my favirite era.
Nothing ages and dates like technology, and nothing dates a song more than synth keyboards. Yet conversely our love of these sounds from then is countrywide still for an entire generation. But, just a nostalgic comfort? More, that the sound is still fresh, the high end production and the fact that many of these sounds have not been heard since, means that the songs remain sharp, fresh and satisfying in a way that most 50's pop does not.
^^this
the music is layered, the synth elements feel organic, the lyrics are interesting, and there's more structure than 50s pop. Or 00s or 10s for that matter...
I wasn't born when this song came out and only found out about it a few months ago and in my opinion it's aged well. At least better than stuff like Gold.
Yes indeed that Promars lead is timeless in my opinion.
rhythman69uk-I know you posted this a very long time ago now, But it makes no sense
There are plenty of songs with synths now
Also many songs with synths in them that don't sound dated like: Red Wine-UB40, Save a Prayer-Duran Duran, Promised you a Miracle-Simple Minds, Money for Nothing/Brothers in Arms,-Dire Straits, Sledge Hammer-Peter Gabriel, Time after Time-Cyndi Lauper, Sun Always Shines on TV-A-ha, Good Life-Inner City,
West End Girls, Left to My Own Devices,-PSB
Running Up that Hill-Kate Bush
Pump Up the Volume-M.A.R.R.S
Driving in My Car/Grey Day, -Madness
Smooth Operator, Sweetest Taboo,-Sade
Stripped, Personal Jesus-Depeche Mode
I could go on and on-As you know some of these also do have guitar in and the synths do not detract or dates them in any way-The Synths in these are hi-tech sounding after all these years
Do people really actually realize how much of a music genius Gary Kemp is ?
Paul Keller He sure is. But what a difficult man to work with. Losing two lead singers in two years is quite an achievement. And not one to be proud of.
@@j.schermer3523 two ? Ah that Ross guy right ? Didn't they sack him because they want Tony back ?
@@midnightwitch606 Yes. Gary found out there wasn’t any money to make with Ross as the lead singer, so he wanted Tony back. He used his little brother to bring the news into the world on national television.
@@midnightwitch606 Tony is happy being a lounge singer and doing retro tours. He and the other band members tgried to get Gary to honour an agreement they had to split the royalties as all the writing credits were solely in Gary's name. He was the major contributor, true, but like most group acts everyone had some input and given that success was a group thing (and depended very heavily on Tony's image and voice) it might have been fair to do that. But Gary wasn't having a bar of it and fought to avoid paying any of them a cent (and he won in the end after a court battle - there was nothing in writing). So Tony decided if he was only getting paid to perform he would do better off performing what he wanted to sing and doing it to his own schedule (he has small children with his current wife) and he found he made a lot more money that way (and he makes a pretty legendary lounge singer). Gary no doubt pulls in a pretty respectable royalty cheque every year from his Spandau writing credits but he managed to alienate just about everyone in the process (the other band members turn up for gigs with Gary because unlike Tony they don't have his profile and skills to market a sell out one man show).
I'm still standing in the dark waiting for the man to come.. 43 years later!
Was dancing at work today 😄