Comsat Angels - Independence Day (1983 video)
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2007
- The original version appeared in the debut album Waiting for a Miracle in 1980. This version is taken from the lp Land, 1983. Reached a 'staggering' 71# in the UK charts, their biggest 'hit'.La versión original apareció en su lp de debut en 1980, Waiting for a Miracle. Esta versión es de su lp Land de 1983. Su mayor 'hit' en Reino Unido, llegando apenas al puesto 71 de las listas de singles.
The greatest underrated band of all time. Astonishing that they made all those albums and never had one hit single.
I met a girl who'd lived all her life in Sheffield - unbelievably, she'd never heard of them...........thank the stars we still have 20-odd years' worth of brilliant music to enjoy. When I see the rubbish that regularly appears on the 'Later' show (Tift Merritt excepted) and that BBC Freeview 601 TV channel, it drives me straight back to my Comsats record collection.......I wish the guys well in their post-Comsats endeavours..........
Hit singles don't equal good bands like this.
This single is brilliant. Been stuck in my head for days. How the hell was this not a hit?
It was a niche hit in the early 80s in Montreal, Canada, where there’s always been a taste for music out of Europe. This song stayed on top of the local alternative/New Wave charts for months, possibly a year IIRC. Probably 1982-83ish. Then again, “alternative radio” back then was limited to one AM station that played this music one night per week (CBMT-AM).
The song is magnificent and I wish some film maker would bring it back on a soundtrack.
One of the great 'lost' singles of all time. Years ahead of its time.
The most 80s sounding sounds with the most 80s looking band in the most 80s music video ever. And I love it!
Here I am again, still loving this song decades later...
So good ❤
"I can't relax cos I haven't done a thing, and I can't do a thing cos I can't relax."
perfectly explains my anxiety
About as profound a statement about the modern world I've ever heard.
Can't get enough of this band. They never have got the stardom they deserve. Even their later stuff kicks ass.
They still gig occasionally in Sheffield, their home town.
I saw them with my kids a few years back. Amazing!
They did that reunion tour - I wanted to see that but I'm not in the UK :(
Worth a trip back when they're on again, David, though nothing since I saw them in Dec 2010.
Still have all my vinyl records of the Angels. They had their own sound and feel - long live the Comsat Angels!
Re-release this timeless tune , it still kicks ass today. The lifting chorus still makes my hair stand on end. Great band kept out of the limelight by unknown twists of fate.
You can hear the desperation and rage a bit more in the ‘83 recording. My god, what a great band
Come on : waht a brilliant band they wer eback then, not just in this song. Scaringly close brings back the heartbeat of the 80's . . . Still impressive ! Marc, Amsterdam
One of the most criminally underrated, unknown and ignored bands ever. They deserved a better fate.
One of the GREATEST bands EVER!
There are good lyrics.
There are great lyrics.
Then there are lyrics you'd wish you'd written yourself.
"I can't stand up and I can't sit down
'Cause the great big problems stop me in my tracks.
I can't relax 'cause I haven't done a thing
And I can't do a thing 'cause I can't relax"
Man ... I wish I'd written that ...
😂 As a person who writes lyrics for fun this comment really relates to me.
I bought this album in 1980 and the lyrics to this song have never left me.
@@maria-melek Write lyrics for fun?
@@sergiotec Haha yes😂well it more of a hobby. Is that a problem? I’ve been writing lyrics since I was in late elementary school, and I discovered this song once I entered 7th grade, so that was like 7 years ago.
@@maria-melek Nice hobby. I love poems and good lyrics. Peace!
28 years have passed???? And I still feel the same??!!
Congrats, now it's 38.
AWESOME BAND!...They are one of my all time favorite bands. Their album "Sleep no more" from 1981 is a masterpiece.
They were a lost and underrated band from the after punk era, alongside THE SOUND, THE OPPOSITION, THE NAMES, THE WILD SWANS and SAD LOVERS AND GIANTS.
Thank you! I grew up in Brazil listening to them. So sad, terribly underrated... revolutionary!!!
Ah memories .........Cool tune this
Saw them live a few times and they were great!
My GF had this on one of her VHS compilations. So it reminds me of summer of '88!
Steven Fellows is a very underrated Guitarist.
just stumbled across this. Right down my strasse
A Forever Tune 😎
one of the best and often over looked songs and bands of the fucking 80s!!!!!!!!!!
+Orieus When an unusual haircut and a couple of tarts wins over true talent.
It’s possibly an unpopular opinion amongst Comsats fans, but I prefer this re-recording to the original. I also really like “Will You Stay Tonight”.
Love this band, and that album was stunning.
Timeless.
Saw them at the University of Kent at Canterbury way back in 1983. They were such a fantastic band.
Listen to the entire album Sleep No More, it is a true gem, just listen to everything you can by the group really, their sound is diverse with lots of great songs
several live concerts
best memory
With U2 on same night at Brighton in 1980.
I saw them on the same tour, 1980 with U2, at Cardiff Top Rank. Wonderful gig.
same tour Liverpool.....awesome
I really used to love this song and this band....also the fall, magazine
i went to see them specifically at the UEA in early 80s (as a 16 yo) when they were a support group........................to U2! for £3.50 !!!! both were superb and performed brilliantly. I had never heard of U2 then and it was only then (just released the October album) that i got into U2.............shame they went on to pop shite later ! (imho) Comsat angels still great and played their (vinyl) album i still have from the 80s the other day !
My God, (as a 16yo)in the early 80s.......................that must make us contemporaries, approximately. And, with shite-striking-coincidental-path-crossing-voodoo........I took my then girlfriend, (current attachment excused), to see "U2" at the "Top Rank Suite" Brighton England. And, unbeknownst, at time of ticket purchase, the "Comsats" were the supporting act. And, fucking splendid they were too, sir. My recollection is that Mik Glaisher came on wearing a camouflaged headband, waving his drumsticks like a warrior. Stephen Fellows had some banter with a member of the crowd over some issue.....he said, .."I'm trying to play a gig or show here.." I don't know what or why they said what they did. My gig recollection is shit. I was there for "U2" with my girl.........this was 1980.....drinks and noise...bed and sex later.......work in the morning. Trust ? thanks.
OMG I was 19 and AT UEA from 1983 and over three years saw 200+ amazing gigs with local bands and also pretty much everything I could - from early Smiths supported by the Red Guitars who were BETTER than the Smiths, and so everyone screamed for Red Guitars to come back on stage and Morrissey had a strop and a hissy fit and threw gladioli at the audience in a fury, saw Judie Tzuke, Level 42, Tanita Tikaram, Siouxsie & the Banshees - she'd broken her leg the week before and did her amazing set hobbling on a stick and sitting down and still was amazing - Wish I'd kept all my tickets and a diary of all the wonderful bands ... now 40 years later most of it is a blurry memory hole ...
WOOOOOOOW!
Fantastica, magnifica banda del after punk britanico. Desafortunadamente una banda perdida y poco valorada de esa epoca, pero asombrosos de verdad. Su album de 1981 "Sleep no more" es una joya del genero y mereceria ser considerada una obra maestra.
Entre algunas otras bandas igualmente perdidas pero geniales de aquella epoca estan: THE SOUND, THE WILD SWANS, SAD LOVERS AND GIANTS, THE NAMES, THE OPPOSITION.
GRACIAS POR COMPARTIR ESTE VIDEO!
The The, Figures on a Beach, The Records, The Bats y un monton más. Una lastima que bandas tan buenas no resalten tanto por ser parte de una movida
A batida de "Soldados" da Legião Urbana... Show...
Regis Tadeu conhece muito d3 música.
@@valmircamilo4748 acabei de ver o vídeo lá kkkk
@@valmircamilo4748 Isso já era visivel na década 80s. O comentário do 'Falcon' acima, foi há 8 anos atrás, acho que Régis ainda não tinha canal no youtube.
Mas bastava ligar em rádios pop/rock pra escutar as musicas post-punk do 'Joy Division', 'The Smiths', etc, que logo se lembrava da Legião Urbana.
Porém, Raul Seixas, por exemplo, pegou muita influência dos primórdios do Rock da década 50s de Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry; 60s dos Beatles.
O Renato Russo também bebeu da fonte dos Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Velvet Underground, Stooges, Led Zeppelin, e outros. Afinal, ele nasceu no ano de 1960. Foi um moleque que cresceu escutando discos dessa galera toda, nas décadas 60s/70s.
Que bela homenagem fez Renato Russo! Kkkkkkkkkkk
está aí uma ótima versão da música Soldados, de autoria da Legião Urbana... se esses meninos do vídeo continuarem assim, talvez um dia sejam imortalizados pela maravilhosa legião de fãs que aqui se formou 😝🤘
In the shit music times of 2019 this sounds so incredibly fresh and relevant. They could have been the successors of Joy Division.
"the band that Joy Division should have been". Mark Kermode (a film critic for BBC Radio 5 Live and The Observer).
I think the problem with Comsat Angels was always their production, they were sounding like Joy Division, when The members of Joy Division were moving on to the more modern (at the time) sound of New Order.
I’ve always enjoyed this song and video
"I can't relax because I haven't done a thing, and I can't do a thing 'cause I can't relax."
The single greatest line in music history. Shakespeare himself could only dream of a line that paradoxical and brilliant.
“ wot a piece ay ..........etc etc
Shakespeare is greatest human writer all time with about a thousand lines better than that in just one play, take Hamlet for instance.
another great song by the comsat angels! i like how they did a more updated version of it and threw in those powerful 80's drums.
Bought this album when it came out. Not heard it being played to this hoppers at the Glasgow Fort shopping centre yet but I'd like to!
The band U2 wish they were.......
when I first heard this song I was blown away it wasn't on tubeyou for a while
Chameleons, The Sound y estos.
such a perfect sound, such great memories...ah, my misspent youth.
EXCELLENT SONG !
Two versions of this song. I like the other one best. Still great memories from this video. Thanks for uploading.
Still a great Song, I share it every July 4th!
I see your point:-), actually Chameleons, The Sound, Comsat,... have probably sold more records (or at least have had most exposure) this decade than in the 80s. It´s true that Trisomie 21 should be more popular, btw.
A fantastic song that reminds me of being in 6th Form.
Awesomeness!!!
How many memories...
2:33 love the repeat chorus in this version.
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I absolutely love this tune, got into these guys after hearing Martin Gore’s (Depeche Mode) cover of Gone, another really strong track.
Haven't seen this in 25 years. Thanks!
God I saw the Comsat Angels way way back in Liverpool. The support band was U2
I saw them in The Melkweg (Milky Way) in Amsterdam, 1983. The roaring bass made the building tremble.
I think there is two versions, the original from 1980 included in the lp Waiting for a Miracle, and this one included in Land (1983). The 1980 version is rougher and this version is more polished, but I Iove both versions. I can upload the audio for the 1980 version.
STILL HAVE THE MAXI-SINGLE !!!!
Love this song, loved the Comsat Angels, loved their name. Thanks for the memories :o)
buena cancion gran banda de new wave !!!!!
es una de las mejores
Inca babies, the Sound , Ian McCullough, Billy McKenzie- great time
Number Ones are not everything! This has a nice feel ....
you are right!!!!!
Fantastic!
saw this band support u2 in brighton at the start of the 80s,loved them.
Such an underrated lost song, if released today it would be very popular as you can easily apply the lyrics to British politics of the last three years and a bit.
Thanks! I have just watched the video, a pleasant surprise to see here a video from the 'Land' album, we need more Comsat Angels videos in youtube:)
A really great band, full of pathos and melody. Loved them, must fish out their LP from back in the 80s.
BRILLIANT-THANKS FOR POSTING.I used to be in a band from chesterfield called spasms-we loved the Comsats they should have been much bigger than they were - thanks again.xx
Thanks Brooklynite! I found that website and it was priceless to be able to watch that videos, it is odd how difficult is to find Comsat Angels videos.
for me one of those rare songs where it seems like the lyrics were stolen right out of your head.
wow i dont know how this one got by me. listened to it NINE TIMES. WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL BACK IN THE RUNNING DAZE
That means that ur American now! I say that if u hear this 9 + times u become a American!!! 😨😨😨😨😨
I like this version much better, it has more of that 80's sound.
wow amazing
A great big problem stopped me in my tracks. Its called getting married lol.
A Comsat Angels music video?? From VH1 classic? I tune into that channel regularly and never see this band. Very sweet, though!
Absolutely!
I have just uploaded the 1980 version, you can see it as the 'video answer' to this video. The 1983 is faster and a bit shorter, the 1980 version has louder drums and is more 'menacing' and 'edgy' but I love both.
Heard so much about Comsat Angels being racist... They were not about racism. I LOVE THEM and im Pakistani and loved them and theu ARE about peace x
But I can't stand up, and I can't sit down
Cause a great big problem stopped me in my tracks
I can't relax cause I haven't done a thing
And I can't do a thing cause I can't relax
perfectly summarizes my anxiety and depression
This 1983 version, though still admittedly pretty good, is rather gutless when directly compared to the original "Waiting For a Miracle" version.
Great band. Somehow overlooked.
He's so hot. And this song just fucking ROCKS!
Well, this was their biggest hit ever, and charted at 71# in the UK charts, OMD had several top 10 worldwide hits, Architecture and Morality was a 5 million seller, and Enola Gay, Maid of Orleans, Souvenir, (Forever) Live and Die still are played in every 'golden oldies' radio station. Comsat Angels don´t exist for mainstream radio/tv (at least in Spain).
brilliant
@jack63kids I'm 20 years old and going, so you won't be. They are amazing!
Years day.
i love this version, the chorus sounds so much bigger
Ainda é Cedo - Legião Urbana
Classic!
Those bands are compared b/c someone thinks they both fall in the genre of post-punk. They are actually quite different. They both are quite unique and timeless. The Chameleons are also on par with these bands.
waiting a miracle is first album!!! i just to say ...great band in 1980 and great album.
Rapaz, nunca ia saber que essa música que "inspirou" a Soldados
Eu sou fanático por Legião mas devo confessar que nesse caso específico essa original é melhor que Soldados...
@@sergiotec engraçado que até atemática da letra é parecida, mas eu não sei gosto das duas
Nunca que lembra Soldados da Legião Urbana...
Renato russo bebeu nessa fonte
You can listen to the original (only audio) in the 'Video Answer':)
I don´t know if there is a video for the 1980 version, unfortunately is very difficult to find Comsat Angels videos:(
Somos soldados pedindo esmola 🎵🎶
wow
I have it on vinyl, the album 'Land' from 1983, it was reissued and digitally remastered on CD with 4 bonus tracks in 2001 by Connoisseur Collection, I hope it won´t be out of print.
"abstract pop songs with spare instrumentation, ... bleak and filled with some form of heartache"
nice ;)