"We Close Our Eyes" showcases Danny's amazing range. No one ever mentions him when they're talking about great rock singers, but I think he had one of the best voices out there. And such talent! Losing his contributions to the music world still hurts.
Hey he still sings sometimes on Instagram! And he posts videos of his dog and chickens! He just recorded an acoustic version of Running On A Treadmill while in quarantine.
@@leavingitblank9363 Losing his contributions? The man is still alive and one of the foremost film composers in Hollywood! We're lucky to have him, one of my main influences!
@@leavingitblank9363 Well I'm saying he's still active in rock music, a lot of the time he'll release a single coinciding with a film he's doing. Running On A Treadmill is the quarantine one, but there is this other song he wrote for a film that came out, hmm, maybe around 2010-11? I can't recall, was an action flick. I'll look it up and get back to you.
Danny Elfman is one of the most expressive, dynamic singers of his generation. He is compelling and playful, fully engaged and committed. He is so charismatic, (sigh)
Agreed - there will never be another Oingo Boingo. But - - check out Lemon Demon. He's heavily influenced by Boingo, Talking Heads, etc. It's pretty good.
Very true. However, I, myself am an 80’s girl through & through & my babes were raised on this music😝😝 I will never stop listening to it! They are now 20&21 & when they were younger, I used to drag them to concerts of all the 80’s bands…. lol. Here’s a funny story… when my son got old enough to go to shows on his own (12 or 13) he said to me “how come when I go to shows with you, we always get to hang out with the bands…. We always get into the backstage or we go out with the bands & they all come back to our home?”😝😝🤷♀️ I was a bit confused so I asked him to elaborate. He said he tried to hang out with the bands he went to see & he was denied. I said idk, I’ve been friends with all these 80’s bands for years🤷♀️ Apparently he thought it was totally normal to go hangout with the bands after the shows & go eat or have everyone come back to our place😝😝🤷♀️🤦♀️ bc he was raised with various bands coming to our home to do their laundry & playing video games, eating , drinking or whatever when the shows ended….. I reminded him that no in fact that is not exactly “normal” 😝😝 . So then of course he asked if I can get him back stage to meet the artists he goes & sees (usually rappers) I said no… I have zero connections to the rap world 🤣🤣🤷♀️
@@DentArthurDent68 thank you! I sure did my fair share of fucking up, but I have definitely tried to be a good parent. I always wanted my babes to have experiences they would carry in their hearts forever. Hanging with various musicians has for sure left imprints on their hearts. They maybe older now, but they still love going to shows with me bc they know that after the show will be such a blast for them so I am grateful. I always tell my babes that when they have kids I hope they will take them to shows & give them experiences that’ll touch their hearts…. No matter the day of the week. Shows are not just a weekend activity.
“Good morning, this is Kevin, and Bean. You’re listening to the world famous KROQ F.M. Let’s start off a good day with one of our favorite songs. OIngo Boing, We Close Our Eyes”. How I miss those days!
I love Steve spreading his feet and bending his neck so that he can get to the mic. Apparently, the stage team didn't know what they were dealing with.
Not my slave has to be one of the healthiest love songs ever written. Honoring the independence of the other person. "Don't want you in a cage. I only want your heart to find that special place.:
I was so fortunate to see them in concert 4 times. I love them now and forever. I wish they were still together. At least he’s still writing music for movies.
Saw them first in Denver this same year - 1987 - then again in Orange County...or Santa Barbara!! Was invited to a party and Danny was there with people I knew and I cannot even b begin to tell anyone what a treat it was!! WE SANG TOGETHER!! A year later I ran in to his brother, Richard, at another party!!! OMG!!! hahaaaa!! Best years of my life. Oingo Boingo forever!
You're lucky. I remember my sister and her then boyfriend inviting me to see them on Halloween at the Universal Amphitheatre (I was 16), I said no. Ugh, big mistake!
My life was totally F--ked growing up,but bands like (Especially) Oingo Boingo kept me going. Alot of songs inspired me to put up with the bullshit I was dealt. I wonder if some bands realize the affect they have on people? I say them in Irvine (On Thursday) at their last shows. It was beyond words.
Danny, please, please play with your band again! There is a new generation of fans that would love to see you reunite at the Hollywood Bowl or the Forum after this stupid pandemic is over! And based on the comments, you’d probably pack houses in Brasil, too.
im pretty sure danny has stated he doesnt wish to do any sort of reunion with the band. the only one of them he still plays with occasionally is steve bartek. if you want to see their music still played, check out oingo boingo former members. it includes some of the members from the original boingo (johnny vatos, john avila, steve bartek, sluggo phipps, and carl graves) with some newer ones to fill in the spaces. their new vocalist doesnt really have the same feel as danny but its probably the closest thing we'll get to ever having the band back together.
@@Tlpopescu he is! its supposed to be streamed i believe, so hopefully we get to see it that way. hes supposed to go on tomorrow if i remember correctly. still not a reunion though sadly, although i know steve will likely be there with him. not sure if hes going to be playing with danny though. edit as of 20 minutes after posting this, apparently danny posted that steve will be conducting the orchestra, so thats fun!
I'm transported back to my teenage years getting smashed on the front row of a boingo concert and mosh pitting and diving and crowd surfing with the crew. Those were great days that will live forever in my memories. Boingo is without a doubt one of the best live bands, and Danny Elfman is the model of an accomplished, talented musician. That bassline is killer in Not my slave.
I'm right there with you. I got to see them at Seattle's Bumbershoot (free concerts back then!). Right up front on the rail! Still remember it today 45 years later!
A genius, Danny Elfman and Oingo Boingo were so underrated. They were way ahead of their dimension. He sang using his voice like any virtuoso used their instrument and took his voice where all the rest couldn’t.
I still have their original album, I noticed some kinda talent going on, so much I thought they had to be British! Then I found out American, but he got his start in Europe, his story is amazing how he just fell into music and oh by the way could really sing!
We Close Our Eyes...Greatest. Song. EVER!! Going to Oingo Boingo concerts since 83' in San Diego (actually in 91Xfest in TJ!), and Danny's sold out concert last year 2023 in San Diego! He's still as amazing as he every was, but We Close Our Eyes (and Out of Control #2), just hits my soul!!🥹❤️🎤❤
John had just joined the band 3 years earlier and I went to every LA performance for the next 10 years. Boingo is incredible. There are two of my top 5 songs.
Incredible.. I'm so glad there last concert row 5 drove 3 days to get to Universal ampa theater. In California for no word's for how we all went & absolutely incredible they were in concert.
@@un743_01 I think part of it is how busy he is with film scoring, the other part is they don't want to completely lose their hearing. I don't blame them, it just makes me sad I will never see them live.
@@matiasmartinez7208 They played last weekend,a live event on the internet. They're going to do that until the 'Rona is gone. The lead singer kinda looks like Danny. Most of the original band members
I used to be almost devoted to Oingo Boingo back then, just couldn't get enough of their music. I never even realized how many videos and concerts are here on UA-cam and I get to teleport back into that 16 year old boy's mind and see these things brand new. And I just discovered that Danny Elfman actually has more solo work than the entire Oingo Boingo music library and I somehow missed the majority of those songs. Add all the movies he collaborated with and there's an embarrassment of riches. I know what I'll be doing for the next while 🥰
I remember discovering Oingo Boingi 1986 when my Frat Bro from Orange County, CA Matt Hendison loaned me his “Dead Man’s Party” cassette tape to jam in my “Sony Sports Walkman” as I walked the UCONN Campus to class-Thanks Bro!
......first heard Dead Man's Party in Rodney Dangerfield's movie Back to School and heard We Close Our Eyes a months later on the radio......got hooked on OB forever....... :)
i'm from Orange County too--Fullerton! I worked at Stray Cat and Black Hole Records and they sold some Oingo Boingo albums there, my parents were fans as well. I first heard "Little Girls" as a child and immediately became obsessed and I still am today.
@@_exitcrypt I grew up in Irvine. I discovered them sometime in 1979 after hearing "Ain't This the Life", and then "Violent Love" -- surely on KROQ, which was still new then and before Richard Blade started working there (in '81?). As soon as their ten-inch EP came out I immediately ran over to Licorice Pizza on Newport Blvd (I really miss the way record stores used to smell with all that vinyl!), went home, copied the record to cassettes so I could listen to it in the car, and then played the bloody hell out of them -- over, and over, and over, and over, again and again. At least until Only a Lad came out in '81, and then Nothing to Fear in '82, then Good for Your Soul, then So-Lo, etc., etc., putting each of those on cassette too and only using the LPs to make recordings to cassette. I still have all my LPs too. I've listened to OB's songs literally several thousands of times over. One never gets old of them. It's impossible to. I just wish they'd get back together again.
God it sure is! On one hand there is the past, living in the moment you never think "I'm making some great memories here! Or, let me make some great memories!" You just live in the moment and enjoy it. In the present, you never think, "Thank God I made all those great memories!" Because the moments we lived, they just became, incidentally, memories. It feels wonderful and sad to reminisce! Brings a huge smile to my face, and a great somber sadness inside because I know those times will never come back and the day will come when the music just ends. Live life to the fullest everyone!!!
I'm from OC and I'll will always regret not seeming them at Irvine Meadows during their annual Halloween show. OB is so under rated but I'll love them forever.
"We close our eyes and dreams with another best world without WAR....." Can you hear me my friends? It's coming a New Year 2024🎉🎉🎉 Who's listening today 30/12/23?
Not My Slave, tem a mensagem clara:" não perca o preciso tempo da nossa vida com coisas inúteis" GÊNIO Danny Halfman. Poucos sabem, mas o criador da trilha dos Simpsons, Batman etc...
Fato curioso no video acima, é que OB fez playback normal na primeira musica, porém, na seguinte foi uma espécie de karaokê: playback no som dos instrumentos mas com o vocal ao vivaço de Danny Elfman .
I started listening to oingo boingo because Danny elfman showed up in a dream i had where he chased me, ripped up my mail into tiny pieces that flew through a screen door into my throat while he screamed Oingo Boingo at me. Upon awaking from that crazy dream I immediately looked up Oingo Boingo and have been hooked ever since. Im sure my subconscious knew about Oingo Boingo, but dang, that was the most intense way i got into a band.
I only found out about this song recently because of an Instagram post. I think this is the only song by this band that I like from what I can tell, but I can't get it out of my head
I love this song and the next one. Was privileged to see them perform at a free concert in the campus of UCLA and 81 or two. English beat was there too
Saw them fist time @ SDSU Aztec Bowl 1983 Labor Day aweekend with Madness & The Police... Best concert ever.. Oingo opened first. First time seeing The Police never knew it would be their last tour together. Synchronicity
I'm riding a Danny Elfman/Oingo retrospective because I never saw a majority of these videos back then and I'm finding out about Danny Elfman's rather large solo library that I just never clued into. It's like getting to build a whole new fandom to add to that awkward teenager's and I'm loving every bit of it.
![Oingo Boingo Live At The Ritz 1985, NOT 1987 (Reupload) [Best Quality]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/zAo1Ur3YBw8/mqdefault.jpg)
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"We Close Our Eyes" showcases Danny's amazing range. No one ever mentions him when they're talking about great rock singers, but I think he had one of the best voices out there. And such talent! Losing his contributions to the music world still hurts.
Hey he still sings sometimes on Instagram! And he posts videos of his dog and chickens! He just recorded an acoustic version of Running On A Treadmill while in quarantine.
@@cecilyerker thanks for the tip!
@@leavingitblank9363 Losing his contributions? The man is still alive and one of the foremost film composers in Hollywood! We're lucky to have him, one of my main influences!
@@berniewalasavage That's not what I'm talking about and you know it.
@@leavingitblank9363 Well I'm saying he's still active in rock music, a lot of the time he'll release a single coinciding with a film he's doing. Running On A Treadmill is the quarantine one, but there is this other song he wrote for a film that came out, hmm, maybe around 2010-11? I can't recall, was an action flick. I'll look it up and get back to you.
Danny Elfman is one of the most expressive, dynamic singers of his generation. He is compelling and playful, fully engaged and committed. He is so charismatic, (sigh)
Yes!👆🏻🖖🏻🌺
he was gorjus
And such huge cinematic contributions!
What a life .
I love his eyes and that impish smile he has…hell EVERYTHING about him
Curti muito esta banda maravilhosa ❤
The most unique and intricate band of all time. We will never hear another band that sounds like Oingo Boingo
yes
Agreed - there will never be another Oingo Boingo. But - - check out Lemon Demon. He's heavily influenced by Boingo, Talking Heads, etc. It's pretty good.
Conheci Oingo Boingo lendo o livro "jogador n°1". Incrível como a banda não tem uma música ruim
@@derekhale7847 estão vindo pro Brasil aí fazer show!
@@suzybearheart530I love lemon demon
It's 2024 and here I am leaving this insane world if for only 8 minutes. Thank you Danny and Oingo Boingo.
Sad for today’s generation, missing out on music like this
Very true. However, I, myself am an 80’s girl through & through & my babes were raised on this music😝😝 I will never stop listening to it! They are now 20&21 & when they were younger, I used to drag them to concerts of all the 80’s bands…. lol.
Here’s a funny story… when my son got old enough to go to shows on his own (12 or 13) he said to me “how come when I go to shows with you, we always get to hang out with the bands…. We always get into the backstage or we go out with the bands & they all come back to our home?”😝😝🤷♀️ I was a bit confused so I asked him to elaborate. He said he tried to hang out with the bands he went to see & he was denied. I said idk, I’ve been friends with all these 80’s bands for years🤷♀️
Apparently he thought it was totally normal to go hangout with the bands after the shows & go eat or have everyone come back to our place😝😝🤷♀️🤦♀️ bc he was raised with various bands coming to our home to do their laundry & playing video games, eating , drinking or whatever when the shows ended….. I reminded him that no in fact that is not exactly “normal” 😝😝 . So then of course he asked if I can get him back stage to meet the artists he goes & sees (usually rappers) I said no… I have zero connections to the rap world 🤣🤣🤷♀️
Share it with them and brighten their lives. I'll bet a lot of them would be gobsmacked that that wacky redheaded guy is actually Jack Skellington!
@@lesleygercke9895 You sound like an absolutely kick-ass parent and you're doing a great job raising those kids with this great music.
@@DentArthurDent68 thank you! I sure did my fair share of fucking up, but I have definitely tried to be a good parent. I always wanted my babes to have experiences they would carry in their hearts forever. Hanging with various musicians has for sure left imprints on their hearts. They maybe older now, but they still love going to shows with me bc they know that after the show will be such a blast for them so I am grateful. I always tell my babes that when they have kids I hope they will take them to shows & give them experiences that’ll touch their hearts…. No matter the day of the week. Shows are not just a weekend activity.
“Good morning, this is Kevin, and Bean. You’re listening to the world famous KROQ F.M. Let’s start off a good day with one of our favorite songs. OIngo Boing, We Close Our Eyes”. How I miss those days!
Kevin & Bean, it was Jed the Fish who first kickstarted their careers.
That brings back memories
❤😂🎉@@beachkidboy
That was before Kevin and Bean. That was Jed the Fish, Raymondo, Dusty Street, Richard Blade...Rodney on Sundays, lol.
I love Steve spreading his feet and bending his neck so that he can get to the mic. Apparently, the stage team didn't know what they were dealing with.
His voice is controlled velvet, and he has the sexiest teeth and neck. Wow!
😳
Neck? Ummm, okay ......😂
@@donnamariedavidson5065 Necks sure can be sexy.
said like a true serial killer
2024 now look at those teeth😮
Not my slave has to be one of the healthiest love songs ever written. Honoring the independence of the other person. "Don't want you in a cage. I only want your heart to find that special place.:
Danny... What a Voice!
Agreed
Unlike any other & as UNIQUE as they get!!
still amazing now!
still amazing now!
Simplemente buenísimo
I just realized that Danny could play the Joker PERFECTLY...... without the makeup 🥰👍
This is such an amazing song, every time I hear it I cry. Idk why it's just so amazing
I still come back every night🤧
Still come back
Back🤓🦫
Back again, still love this song
come back………
My husband understands that Danny Elfman is my one true love 💓💓💓💓💓
Could be worse....i have to share my OL with John Bon Jovi...f**k me
Mine too! ❤️
@@duanedahljr1669
oh my god im so sorry for you.
my stepfather ran over my cats head when i was a child. I feel ya.
What are you smoking? Crazy lady 😅
Same.
That menacing side-eye.... such a pretty smile... damn. Bet that’s what Bridget sees when she closes her eyes.❤️
Yes, lucky girl for sure. ❤
I was so fortunate to see them in concert 4 times. I love them now and forever. I wish they were still together. At least he’s still writing music for movies.
Saw them 3 times, once in a hotel banquet room. Absolutely amazing! Oingo Boingo 4eva!!!
Saw them twice. So good live. Radio didn't do them justice
Saw them in Santa Barbara with Flock of Seagulls 80s were the best!!!!
Saw them first in Denver this same year - 1987 - then again in Orange County...or Santa Barbara!! Was invited to a party and Danny was there with people I knew and I cannot even b begin to tell anyone what a treat it was!! WE SANG TOGETHER!! A year later I ran in to his brother, Richard, at another party!!! OMG!!! hahaaaa!! Best years of my life. Oingo Boingo forever!
You're lucky. I remember my sister and her then boyfriend inviting me to see them on Halloween at the Universal Amphitheatre (I was 16), I said no. Ugh, big mistake!
My life was totally F--ked growing up,but bands like (Especially) Oingo Boingo kept me going. Alot of songs inspired me to put up with the bullshit I was dealt. I wonder if some bands realize the affect they have on people? I say them in Irvine (On Thursday) at their last shows. It was beyond words.
Danny, please, please play with your band again! There is a new generation of fans that would love to see you reunite at the Hollywood Bowl or the Forum after this stupid pandemic is over! And based on the comments, you’d probably pack houses in Brasil, too.
he only stopped because he was losing his hearing
im pretty sure danny has stated he doesnt wish to do any sort of reunion with the band. the only one of them he still plays with occasionally is steve bartek. if you want to see their music still played, check out oingo boingo former members. it includes some of the members from the original boingo (johnny vatos, john avila, steve bartek, sluggo phipps, and carl graves) with some newer ones to fill in the spaces. their new vocalist doesnt really have the same feel as danny but its probably the closest thing we'll get to ever having the band back together.
@@Tlpopescu he is! its supposed to be streamed i believe, so hopefully we get to see it that way. hes supposed to go on tomorrow if i remember correctly. still not a reunion though sadly, although i know steve will likely be there with him. not sure if hes going to be playing with danny though.
edit as of 20 minutes after posting this, apparently danny posted that steve will be conducting the orchestra, so thats fun!
Brandon does a pretty good job as front man. I was a little worried b4 I saw them last Dec. I was pleasantly surprised..He really kicked serious ass!
Agreed. I would also pay big$ to see them again
I'm transported back to my teenage years getting smashed on the front row of a boingo concert and mosh pitting and diving and crowd surfing with the crew. Those were great days that will live forever in my memories. Boingo is without a doubt one of the best live bands, and Danny Elfman is the model of an accomplished, talented musician. That bassline is killer in Not my slave.
I'm right there with you. I got to see them at Seattle's Bumbershoot (free concerts back then!). Right up front on the rail! Still remember it today 45 years later!
That's awesome! I'm so envious.
Bongo annually at Irvine Meadows Amphitheater...'nuff said!
Danny's left leg is tryna run away. 🤣
As much as I love Danny Eflman, I just can't stop watching Johnny Avila. He's so happy and adorable.
As a guy with muscular dystrophy i wish people still knew about how important this telethon was
Split twig.. Bless you... Praying for your now and future... 🙏
"not my slave" is such a bop. will forever love this band.
A genius, Danny Elfman and Oingo Boingo were so underrated.
They were way ahead of their dimension. He sang using his voice like any virtuoso used their instrument and took his voice where all the rest couldn’t.
I miss the 80s.
Talking Heads is another dynamic visual and musical experience
Probably my two favorite Oingo Boingo songs.
I still have their original album, I noticed some kinda talent going on, so much I thought they had to be British! Then I found out American, but he got his start in Europe, his story is amazing how he just fell into music and oh by the way could really sing!
This is just one of iconic 80s amazing songs!
I swear they were doing playback until the second song started. What an amazing band.
the first song is lipsyncened if I´m not mistaken
@@petrcarny2992you are correct 💯❤
Still madly in love with them especially Danny Elfman
Its no wonder he's So successful he has talent and drive to match THen he meets hollywood. another successful endover
I love Steve...
I'm that one guy :3
Same I love Danny 🥰 he is wickedly handsome and still is and insanely talented
@@noneofyourbusiness2889 Cool then!! ~>We can SHARE!! Shows you have WICKED AWESOME taste!!
@@noneofyourbusiness2889 Cool then ~> WE can SHARE ~> LOL!!
It is just like I closed my eyes and this glorious era was gone. 😢🖖🌺🇺🇸Thank you UA-cam for being a virtual time machine.
One of the most brilliant musical talents in the history of music.
Happy New Year!
Brilliance!!!
The goat. ❤
We Close Our Eyes...Greatest. Song. EVER!! Going to Oingo Boingo concerts since 83' in San Diego (actually in 91Xfest in TJ!),
and Danny's sold out concert last year 2023 in San Diego! He's still as amazing as he every was, but We Close Our Eyes (and Out of Control #2), just hits my soul!!🥹❤️🎤❤
I loved 91X!
Thank you, Oingo Boingo !
John had just joined the band 3 years earlier and I went to every LA performance for the next 10 years. Boingo is incredible. There are two of my top 5 songs.
What great songs, what a great vocalist (and composer). And what an amazing band!
yesssss amazing , im like a crazy dancing here uhuu
Ditto!!!!!
Incredible.. I'm so glad there last concert row 5 drove 3 days to get to Universal ampa theater. In California for no word's for how we all went & absolutely incredible they were in concert.
QUE ÉPOCA LEGAL!!! OINGO BOINGO É UMA BANDA QUE CRESCI OUVINDO! ELE CANTA COM A ALMA
Bom demais, aquela banda que não tem música ruim!!!
hoje....o que escutamos a contra gosto é caneta azul....
@@UlissesPereiramarketer Infelizmente!! 🤦
Oh! Nós brazukas aqui! Show esse caras marcaram
Somos dois !!!!
He's so dreamy *sighs*
He is kinda cute.
I'm a straight guy.
@@feellucky271 no you're not
Thank you Dr.Fraud.
Your opinion is worth exactly what I paid you for it.
I always thought he was so handsome too
Yes he is 😍
Que banda foda. A anos 80...que orgulho de ter vivido e curtido isso😊
2019? Boingo come back!
The date of recording is 1987 ... :(
Danny recently said that he was not going to reunite the group!...
@@un743_01 I think part of it is how busy he is with film scoring, the other part is they don't want to completely lose their hearing. I don't blame them, it just makes me sad I will never see them live.
@@tiffanygray3577 the other guys are still playing, I think it was oingo boingo former members or vatos dance party
Yes Yes Yes! Please reunite even if it's part time. Anything. One of the all time great bands in my opinion. :-)
@@matiasmartinez7208 They played last weekend,a live event on the internet. They're going to do that until the 'Rona is gone. The lead singer kinda looks like Danny. Most of the original band members
One of the greatest bands I've ever seen 🙌
My favorite song, and my crush from my childhood. I'm 45 and still love him 😍💜
I could watch this man sing forever. He's so beautiful and has such an amazing voice
He looks so cute! :'( and that voice is fantastic!
I remember listening to this album over and over when it came out in 1986.
I used to be almost devoted to Oingo Boingo back then, just couldn't get enough of their music. I never even realized how many videos and concerts are here on UA-cam and I get to teleport back into that 16 year old boy's mind and see these things brand new. And I just discovered that Danny Elfman actually has more solo work than the entire Oingo Boingo music library and I somehow missed the majority of those songs.
Add all the movies he collaborated with and there's an embarrassment of riches. I know what I'll be doing for the next while 🥰
2021, full quarantine and me here missing this band
Not My Slave is one of the best songs of the eighties 💯💯💯💪💪💪💝💝💝
I remember discovering Oingo Boingi 1986 when my Frat Bro from Orange County, CA Matt Hendison loaned me his “Dead Man’s Party” cassette tape to jam in my “Sony Sports Walkman” as I walked the UCONN Campus to class-Thanks Bro!
......first heard Dead Man's Party in Rodney Dangerfield's movie Back to School and heard We Close Our Eyes a months later on the radio......got hooked on OB forever....... :)
i'm from Orange County too--Fullerton! I worked at Stray Cat and Black Hole Records and they sold some Oingo Boingo albums there, my parents were fans as well. I first heard "Little Girls" as a child and immediately became obsessed and I still am today.
@@_exitcrypt I grew up in Irvine. I discovered them sometime in 1979 after hearing "Ain't This the Life", and then "Violent Love" -- surely on KROQ, which was still new then and before Richard Blade started working there (in '81?). As soon as their ten-inch EP came out I immediately ran over to Licorice Pizza on Newport Blvd (I really miss the way record stores used to smell with all that vinyl!), went home, copied the record to cassettes so I could listen to it in the car, and then played the bloody hell out of them -- over, and over, and over, and over, again and again. At least until Only a Lad came out in '81, and then Nothing to Fear in '82, then Good for Your Soul, then So-Lo, etc., etc., putting each of those on cassette too and only using the LPs to make recordings to cassette. I still have all my LPs too. I've listened to OB's songs literally several thousands of times over. One never gets old of them. It's impossible to. I just wish they'd get back together again.
@@rexcruciatus2036
Your description of where/when reminds me of SNL “The Californians.” Awesome Dude!
@@jehugo66 I didn't think my So Cal Beach Boy or Valley Girl accents still came though just via text - LOL.
This makes me so happy! Great song! Great memories... man life is going by too fast.. 😔❤️
God it sure is! On one hand there is the past, living in the moment you never think "I'm making some great memories here! Or, let me make some great memories!" You just live in the moment and enjoy it. In the present, you never think, "Thank God I made all those great memories!" Because the moments we lived, they just became, incidentally, memories. It feels wonderful and sad to reminisce! Brings a huge smile to my face, and a great somber sadness inside because I know those times will never come back and the day will come when the music just ends. Live life to the fullest everyone!!!
@@flamitaz there is no time..someday SOURCE will let you relive any moment in your life...
Akashik records
Nothing is lost
Yes.
I'll slow it down for you. 😉
This song makes me feel so Happy I kinda wanna cry at the same time!! ♥️💔
Kaleb Chavez Same
Me too!! ♥️🎶🎵🎶
me too uhuu
2023....lessaning🎵ouvindo🎤 love forever.
This guy has talent.
Edward scissor Hands and Other notable scores
Love you Daniel!!!!
Don't forget the best one: The Simpsons!
Amo essa banda, essas 2 músicas já vi incontáveis vezes, adoro, é muita alegria uma energia maravilhosa
Both Oingo Boingo and, The Tubes, two of the most underrated rock bands of our era.
Great songs.
I love this song!
I'm from OC and I'll will always regret not seeming them at Irvine Meadows during their annual Halloween show. OB is so under rated but I'll love them forever.
Yeeoww!! You're mine now!!
Danny Elfman é simplesmente um genio musical ❣❣❣❣❣
Amazing band, singer sings very well!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
What a perfect clip! 2 of my favs! I was living on the beach in San Diego in 1980’s. Good times! Wish I could go back in time ✨🌊✨
Danny Elfman maravilhoso em todos os sentidos ❤🥰
That voice makes me crazy
Danny had such projection and Range... Amazing energy!
❤ AMO DEMAIS DANNY ELFMAN!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Dany y el chatito son bravos 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
2020 and still loving this!
¿this comment in "Oingo Boingo - "We Close Our Eyes" & "Not My Slave" (1987) - MDA Telethon"? ¿It's a UA-cam bug?
@@TastyAvenger what do you mean?
And the backup harmony NEVER disappoints! Kudos, lads, all!
São tão bons que a gente não sabe se é ao vivo ou estúdio!
Danny at this time looks like Sebastian Vettel twenty years ahead.
Anyway i love this song.
Thanks for sharing.
"We close our eyes and dreams with another best world without WAR....."
Can you hear me my friends?
It's coming a New Year 2024🎉🎉🎉
Who's listening today 30/12/23?
Omg! My two favorite songs. Ugh, Danny Elfman's voice! Melting!🤪💓
May this song live as I do
Boingo🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Quarentena em casa só curtindo Oingo Boingo
Not My Slave, tem a mensagem clara:" não perca o preciso tempo da nossa vida com coisas inúteis" GÊNIO Danny Halfman. Poucos sabem, mas o criador da trilha dos Simpsons, Batman etc...
Fato curioso no video acima, é que OB fez playback normal na primeira musica, porém, na seguinte foi uma espécie de karaokê: playback no som dos instrumentos mas com o vocal ao vivaço de Danny Elfman
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Eu sou carioca, hoje moro no ES,eu frequentei a Playhouse
I started listening to oingo boingo because Danny elfman showed up in a dream i had where he chased me, ripped up my mail into tiny pieces that flew through a screen door into my throat while he screamed Oingo Boingo at me.
Upon awaking from that crazy dream I immediately looked up Oingo Boingo and have been hooked ever since. Im sure my subconscious knew about Oingo Boingo, but dang, that was the most intense way i got into a band.
I've dreamed about Danny a few times but nothing as crazy as yours
I only found out about this song recently because of an Instagram post. I think this is the only song by this band that I like from what I can tell, but I can't get it out of my head
I love this song and the next one. Was privileged to see them perform at a free concert in the campus of UCLA and 81 or two. English beat was there too
This band it's so great !❤
Moody Blues “wildest dreams” (1996) sounds quite similar.
And another year has come and gone
I love how the mics aren't even plugged in!
I love his voice 😍
Amazing lyric and melody😊
Great flash back when I was in grade school. My ancient friends/relatives like them too
Saw them fist time @ SDSU Aztec Bowl 1983 Labor Day aweekend with Madness & The Police... Best concert ever.. Oingo opened first. First time seeing The Police never knew it would be their last tour together. Synchronicity
Great vocal range!
Que saudade dos anos 80....
Oingo Boingo é magnífico.....
Junho/2020
Sonzeira mesmo.. ahh os anos 80
Hey Danny & guys... Love you all Soo!! This song goes straight to my 💜🥰heart!!
7:50
He's having so much fun.. it's adorable.
I'm riding a Danny Elfman/Oingo retrospective because I never saw a majority of these videos back then and I'm finding out about Danny Elfman's rather large solo library that I just never clued into. It's like getting to build a whole new fandom to add to that awkward teenager's and I'm loving every bit of it.
He’a Musical Genius!
Na quarentena ouvindo essas duas no Brazil - abril2020
Também - Janeiro de 2022
Linda demais
Ainda em quarentena ouvindo no Brasil - junho 2021
@@silviahabe6822 ouvindo em outubro de 2021
Ouvindo e trabalhando maio 2022
Cuando el new Wave era la mejor generación en los ochenta 🎉🎉🎉
I'd love to see their music played at today's dance bars and watch the new generation rock out!
I love you ❤️