Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down (Official Video)

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  • Опубліковано 31 бер 2010
  • Prefab Sprout's official music video for 'When Love Breaks Down'. Click to listen to Prefab Sprout on Spotify: smarturl.it/PrefabSSpotify?IQi...
    As featured on Prefab Sprout: The Collection. Click to buy the track or album via iTunes: smarturl.it/PrefabSproutiTunes...
    Google Play: smarturl.it/PrefabWLBDGPlay?IQ...
    Amazon: smarturl.it/PrefabSproutAmazon...
    Stream more music from Prefab Sprout here: smarturl.it/PrefabSproutStream...
    More from Prefab Sprout
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    More great 80's videos here: smarturl.it/Ultimate80?IQid=Pr...
    Subscribe to Prefab Sprout on UA-cam: smarturl.it/PrefabSproutSub?IQ...
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    Lyrics:
    My love and I, we work well together
    But often we're apart
    Absence makes the heart lose weight, yeah,
    Till love breaks down, love breaks down
    Oh my, oh my, have you seen the weather
    The sweet september rain
    Rain on me like no other
    Until I drown, until I drown
    When love breaks down
    The things you do
    To stop the truth from hurting you
    When love breaks down
    The lies we tell,
    They only serve to fool ourselves,
    When love breaks down
    The things you do
    To stop the truth from hurting you
    When love breaks down
    The things you do
    To stop the truth from hurting you
    When love breaks down,
    Love breaks down
    #PrefabSprout #WhenLoveBreaksDown #Vevo

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  • @colinfoster5875
    @colinfoster5875 22 дні тому +29

    We were the luckiest generation ever no one will ever forget the 80s

  • @melissa3099
    @melissa3099 2 роки тому +2435

    Those who weren’t around in the 80’s shall never know how happy we were, how everything was so colourful, so blissful… the feeling of waiting for the phone to call, the post to arrive, meeting friends at a local joint with no need to pencil a day or time, etc etc life was sooooo joyful. If only we could go back…

    • @jonathangriffiths4635
      @jonathangriffiths4635 2 роки тому +137

      perfectly summed up, shall we go back ? x

    • @glennhoddle10
      @glennhoddle10 2 роки тому +113

      Melissa, if you find or invent a time machine, please buzz me.
      *I wanna a seat on that amazing trip back to the awesome 80s ...*

    • @johnmcdonagh1193
      @johnmcdonagh1193 2 роки тому +112

      No worries about Internet access, or flicking through hundreds of TV channels for hours. You rarely hear about depression suicide. I'm missing the 80s.

    • @mgc6813
      @mgc6813 2 роки тому +45

      Ain’t that the truth

    • @culpoeric8876
      @culpoeric8876 2 роки тому +23

      Oui c vrai qu'elle vérité une musique qui nous est particuliere

  • @aversivespider
    @aversivespider 19 днів тому +14

    40 years on, and still gives me goosebumps

  • @polthomaskeeley7860
    @polthomaskeeley7860 2 роки тому +673

    In all honesty, to this day I think they are still a totally underrated band.

    • @jamescarr4662
      @jamescarr4662 2 роки тому +11

      ah there we go. This band was always going to be a comically outstanding candidate for triggering the youtube comments section 'underrated' fetish. I wonder what drives this bizarre psychosis psychologically.

    • @Battlady57
      @Battlady57 2 роки тому +6

      Very underrated band.i agree.iloved them.

    • @BlueHopi144
      @BlueHopi144 2 роки тому +6

      totally . Bought the album on which this song is on - Fabulous album & totally underrated talent

    • @scottsargent3614
      @scottsargent3614 2 роки тому +1

      you got it !

    • @davidflinton4574
      @davidflinton4574 2 роки тому +3

      Same just a beautiful band

  • @TheSuzukinutt
    @TheSuzukinutt 6 місяців тому +148

    Still can not believe how lucky we were in the 80s …. The music , the freedom , so many friends …the best time ever ! I will take all those memories in to my grave 😍

    • @maurogandvalmxborgh5971
      @maurogandvalmxborgh5971 6 місяців тому +3

      Infatti... .una MAGIA che non tornerà più ma rimarrà INDELEBILMENTE impressa come MEMORIA ad ETERNO frattale della coscienza individuata.... ✋✋✋👑

    • @steveking2337
      @steveking2337 5 місяців тому +9

      The 80s music was most probably the era of life for everyone.
      There will never be a better musical era in my old eyes.
      So many great bands,so many great songs and I was younger then

    • @JTKAMI
      @JTKAMI Місяць тому +2

      @@steveking2337 Bro I am a black dude from Detroit. I used to walk around with my ghetto blaster rocking this song. I was totally into Alt.music. Picture a black dude with a mohawk blasting The Cramps and Billy Idol in the hood. Oh yeah, I was a really good fighter. lol. Great days.

    • @nevadatan7323
      @nevadatan7323 Місяць тому

      Probably the only decent comment ive seen ​here @@JTKAMInice stuff

    • @gianlucadonvito3716
      @gianlucadonvito3716 7 днів тому

      ...NO BIRTH, NO DEATH, ONLY LIGHT

  • @Skin-ve2tt
    @Skin-ve2tt 15 днів тому +11

    I count myself very fortunate to've been around in the 1980s, enjoying music like this, & even more fortunate to still have the same circle of friends from those days. Priceless.

  • @enki9006
    @enki9006 Місяць тому +35

    May 2024……what a tune! Better than all the shite in the charts today!

  • @josecarlosfreitas7270
    @josecarlosfreitas7270 16 днів тому +7

    Paddy and Prefab Sprout, was a great inspiration for me , one of my best bands. Amazing 1984

  • @brandon2912t
    @brandon2912t 2 роки тому +380

    Still gives me goosebumps over 40 years later! So underrated but Paddy's lyrics are pure poetry and they will always be relevant!

    • @joy-wc1xg
      @joy-wc1xg Рік тому +10

      Me too and i am 54 year now

    • @rubisistra
      @rubisistra Рік тому +10

      ... and I have turned 78 and still they "rock" in my heart🤗👍🎶

    • @Gabi-cp9mn
      @Gabi-cp9mn 8 місяців тому +2

      Die Poesie wird Niemals aussterben ❤❤❤

    • @colinobrien4480
      @colinobrien4480 7 місяців тому +3

      38 years later

    • @thefairyqueen369
      @thefairyqueen369 7 місяців тому

      @@colinobrien4480 It was a rough on the spot guess, and any way, who's counting when we get to our age lol......I tend to remember the times when I first heard it but in anycase, this is one of the groups that I have on Vinyl and I won't be giving them away just yet! Have a great day

  • @marcharrison1970
    @marcharrison1970 4 роки тому +315

    Nostalgia is exquisitely painful.

    • @Drexxaal
      @Drexxaal 3 роки тому +6

      Wow! Beautifully said!

    • @chloedevereaux1801
      @chloedevereaux1801 3 роки тому +4

      you mean painfully exquisite.... yes it is :(

    • @julienewbold7974
      @julienewbold7974 3 роки тому +6

      @Ildiko Nagyova I think it means you enjoy the feeling it evokes… but that in itself feels painful because it’s of a different time that is no more. But you still enjoy being there back in that moment

    • @girlfriendofnone
      @girlfriendofnone 2 роки тому +3

      And yet so beautiful ...

    • @mooseyman74
      @mooseyman74 8 місяців тому +2

      Bitter sweet

  • @ruthdixon7807
    @ruthdixon7807 3 місяці тому +48

    it took four re-releases, but this track eventually became the band's first hit - and deservedly so.

    • @andrewjones7218
      @andrewjones7218 2 місяці тому +2

      Wow I never knew it took 4 re release’s I would of thought this would of smashed it up on its 1st release

    • @StephenRiley-sz2vc
      @StephenRiley-sz2vc 5 днів тому +1

      ​@@andrewjones7218yep, absolutely scandalous. Belter of a love song.

    • @andrewjones7218
      @andrewjones7218 5 днів тому

      @@StephenRiley-sz2vc I can’t believe it took 4 releases before it was a hit … unbelievable

  • @chinito1752
    @chinito1752 Рік тому +211

    How this group does not have multiple grammy awards astounds me! One of the greatest bands of all time!

    • @littlenige
      @littlenige Рік тому +8

      I would have to say that it's because the 80's was filled with talent! So many awesome bands like Tears for Fears etc.....we were spoiled for sure!!!

    • @bigbananadealer846
      @bigbananadealer846 Рік тому +1

      ​@@littlenige purple rain by prince and ocean rain by echo and the bunnyman both came out in 84 and this album steve mcqueen was a year later. 3 of my favorite albums ever along with the tears for fears record songs from the big chair and heaven 17 penthouse and pavement

    • @seanswinton6242
      @seanswinton6242 3 місяці тому +5

      I agree with the previous commments. Since I worked in music retail for 30 years since the mid-80's and learned how the entire machine worked, I came to a conclusion. The corporate ear and the listeners ears are different. Some artists, frankly, were just too good for radio. Their sound was atmospheric and sophisticated when programmers wanted simplicity. Image also played It's part. Some bands didn't get airplay or consideration because of how they looked. Prefab Sprout, I believe, to some looked ordinary and was marketed well. I could name several others as you likely can as well. This was unfortunate because that's how many artists were missed. Imagine how many more we would have missed had it not been for MTV and VH-1? Also for magazines like "Star Hits" which showed us the bands, pictures of say Great Britain, and interviews with them. A shout also goes to university radio who gave exposure to lesser known bands both US and abroad. Lastly the independent record stores for they were place to find the obscure and new MTV bands. The 90's had a nice surge of indie and international artists. I believe in response to Grunge. We from the 80's weren't all about doom, gloom, angst, and fear of tomorrow.

    • @seanswinton6242
      @seanswinton6242 3 місяці тому +3

      ​@@littlenigeI agree. Spoiled and overwhelmed. Because with the thousands of CDs and cassettes I collected, I'm always finding something I had a bit of and now am fully appreciating thru an in-depth listen or rediscovery. Even totally missed some, because of an uneventful single or album at that time. Now decades later realizing they never disbanded and just weren't played or seen here kn the US much anymore. Nick Heyward of Haircut 100 is my latest. Prefab Sprout has been a constant.

  • @moriyoshisato5872
    @moriyoshisato5872 10 років тому +2101

    this song reminds me of my younger ages when i have health (now I'm in Disease of Parkinson's ) this makes me remember about my bright days. the lyrics' beautiful...

    • @moriyoshisato5872
      @moriyoshisato5872 10 років тому +50

      Thank You for your consideration.

    • @roamer1234
      @roamer1234 10 років тому +79

      God bless you.

    • @pzbooth1
      @pzbooth1 10 років тому +29

      Take good care of yourself. Saw Wendy Smith tonight radiant as ever at Bridie Jackson and the Arbor gig in my village

    • @kevinogorman1642
      @kevinogorman1642 10 років тому +59

      sorry to hear your health isn't good but thank god for music is something that can make us feel better and bring back good memories, it doesn't ease the pain but it sure as hell makes life more bearable.

    • @moriyoshisato5872
      @moriyoshisato5872 10 років тому +53

      Kevin O Gorman as you say, some kind of the music can make me feel better and sometimes It gives immediate relief for my pain. and as you say, We need endurance to maintain faith... like Job in the Bible. I always thank God because that I believe a music is the Gift from God to the Mankind. so I enjoyed it everyday.

  • @carriersignal
    @carriersignal 2 роки тому +333

    Those of us who lived in the 80's are both blessed and cursed to have experienced the magic of such a emotionally charged musical era during our formative years. The bar was set so high we thought we'd have it forever only to realize years later what we had and never to go back. The era to me represents the quintessential meaning of saudade. Having lived in the 80s and what it was makes the current scene appear quite dismal and hopeless.

    • @antoniogestosa6366
      @antoniogestosa6366 2 роки тому +14

      I have the same thought, those times will never come back. Precious times.

    • @brandon2912t
      @brandon2912t 2 роки тому +7

      Yep, sad but true! An era that was magical in many ways!

    • @heraliogomez2463
      @heraliogomez2463 2 роки тому +5

      The past is a different country. We are explorers.

    • @bonnacon1610
      @bonnacon1610 Рік тому +9

      You really do speak for so many of us, both about this song, the music of the time, and the culture then, when there was still time enough, and love.

    • @chrissyhammond9089
      @chrissyhammond9089 Рік тому +5

      Little did we know that then eh? I agree my friend ..time machine would be amazing!!

  • @TimJackson-eq6iy
    @TimJackson-eq6iy Місяць тому +14

    The British music scene of the 80s was such a rich tapestry musical styles, that was built on the solid bedrock of the past.

  • @robertborich4524
    @robertborich4524 3 роки тому +465

    It's almost heartbreaking to realise this was a wonderful time we will never get back.

    • @hjtwells4865
      @hjtwells4865 3 роки тому +21

      And we didn’t appreciate it at the time

    • @johnbarthram2761
      @johnbarthram2761 2 роки тому +4

      True.

    • @deantyler7479
      @deantyler7479 2 роки тому +1

      @franz 4ever This had me in stitches.

    • @gavdoy8018
      @gavdoy8018 2 роки тому +2

      UA-cam brings you back every time to things you wanna get nostalgic about. Make a playlist and play it often, it WILL bring you back. Better still get your partner to sit down and listen to it with you. :)

    • @yvesdorsi4458
      @yvesdorsi4458 2 роки тому +1

      Distain earthly pleasure, seek glory through Christ in the original Orthodox Church.

  • @TJATJA1982
    @TJATJA1982 9 місяців тому +78

    When love breaks down
    The lies we tell,
    They only serve to fool ourselves,
    When love breaks down
    The things you do
    To stop the truth from hurting you
    I'm no lyrics guy, but Paddy was a real wordsmith. Prefab are a criminally underrated band! Timeless songs.

    • @Marktewk
      @Marktewk 6 місяців тому

      And he gets better with age... ua-cam.com/video/R9982wYPPm0/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared

    • @George2647g
      @George2647g 4 місяці тому +1

      I just discovered this song and I consider myself quite knowledgeable about 80s song. But this song is immediately at the top of my list. I wonder if there's any others that sound similar!

    • @RichardSmith-cj2hj
      @RichardSmith-cj2hj 3 місяці тому +3

      ​@George2647g ... Hi fella, "giv this song a shot" .... I forgot ths song years ago, heard it again abt a month ago, & I ain't stopped playing it... Billy Idol (eyes without a face).. let me kno wht you think 🤔

    • @bipcuds
      @bipcuds 3 місяці тому

      @@George2647gThis is really the only song they’re known for in the US, but thanks to the Interwebs I got to hear more of them! The Go-Betweens sound similar to my ear (had seen their name on a album sleeve back in the day, but only listened to them in the last few years)

    • @garybridle9257
      @garybridle9257 2 місяці тому +1

      Gary/,SA Waterfall also one of the best songs / well done

  • @jambec144
    @jambec144 Місяць тому +10

    For twenty years, she was my wife and best friend. I gave my best years to her. My darling Om, I miss you with every atom of my being.

  • @veloman59
    @veloman59 Рік тому +115

    What a fantastic song. It's not until you look back in time to realise how good these tunes are 😍😍

  • @KarinFlower
    @KarinFlower 3 роки тому +518

    Listening Nov 2020 - To try to escape to a BETTER time...... I would give everything to go back to the 80's.

    • @nealmceneaney3771
      @nealmceneaney3771 3 роки тому +17

      The 80s were awful. Nostalgia is healing. That’s all.

    • @yyyyy39
      @yyyyy39 3 роки тому +18

      beautiful days and memories....magic youth simple and genuine

    • @eamonnglover100
      @eamonnglover100 3 роки тому +12

      this is a beautiful song.

    • @AdrianoOliveira-jr1hw
      @AdrianoOliveira-jr1hw 3 роки тому +3

      👍👍👍🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

    • @paulbrynes7768
      @paulbrynes7768 3 роки тому +31

      The 80's, when the world was a better place ❤

  • @gary9426
    @gary9426 2 роки тому +285

    One of the most underrated groups of the '80s.

    • @davidevans4089
      @davidevans4089 2 роки тому +8

      Underrated by who?. They were excellent.

    • @meinclua
      @meinclua 2 роки тому +5

      One of the best groups of Theo 80's

    • @clvrswine
      @clvrswine 2 роки тому +3

      @@davidevans4089 These "underrated" commenters are the worst. They don't seem to grasp the definition.

    • @rubywine9487
      @rubywine9487 2 роки тому +3

      @@clvrswine Yes but it's not really their fault. Their generation has been encouraged to post every single thing they think on the internet for likes.

    • @k2k273
      @k2k273 Рік тому +7

      I think it’s you who don’t know what underrated means: they were clearly one of the very best bands of the 80s, but never got the success they deserved. That’s what underrated means, underestimated, by radios, and audiences: they should have sold 3 or 4 times more records than they did. Do you get it now?

  • @Carmenetta
    @Carmenetta 15 днів тому +6

    When love breaks down the things you do to stop the truth from hurting you. We try everything to hold ourselves together.
    Bless the 80’s , bless Paddy and bless you all❤

  • @paulcrisp9861
    @paulcrisp9861 3 роки тому +231

    A beautiful song with so much emotion, haunting and poignant at the same time. It goes straight to the heart everytime. The magic of the eighties is right here. Feb 2021🙏❤🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧❤🙏

    • @tobyvillacastin9320
      @tobyvillacastin9320 3 роки тому +3

      ur so right buddy, 80's lives from the Phillippines!

    • @relaxbro7671
      @relaxbro7671 3 роки тому

      Wtf happened bro

    • @MD-kg1kq
      @MD-kg1kq 3 роки тому

      @@relaxbro7671 well well well if its for you wtf and it is for you!

    • @debbieginger1407
      @debbieginger1407 3 роки тому +5

      You are so right, in my mid fifties now and this song can still bring me to tears of joy and Goosebumps

    • @paulcrisp9861
      @paulcrisp9861 3 роки тому +3

      @@debbieginger1407 this love ballad is up there with ABBA,these dreams by heart and all the greatest from the eighties era. Hope you agree . 👍👍👍

  • @roderickwho1983
    @roderickwho1983 9 місяців тому +20

    " My love and I, we are boxing clever..." What a line. Sums up everything about a relationship that's drifting. Thanks Paddy

  • @dashriprock3468
    @dashriprock3468 9 років тому +308

    These songs are so bittersweet...I love to listen to them, but they also make me sad to realize how quickly time goes by and also how much time has passed since my 20s.

  • @coachtomas
    @coachtomas Місяць тому +9

    Don’t let this masterpiece disappear !

  • @reacohn751
    @reacohn751 3 роки тому +203

    One of the greatest songs, ever.

    • @andrewjones7218
      @andrewjones7218 3 роки тому +1

      Agreed 🤟

    • @notdn
      @notdn 2 роки тому

      @Sean Gavin Mediocde. He haz bedded zongz

    • @Eleventhearlofmars
      @Eleventhearlofmars 2 роки тому

      🙄🤦?????! Wtf

    • @notdn
      @notdn 2 роки тому

      @@Eleventhearlofmars its better to look stupid than do something and prove it

    • @George2647g
      @George2647g 4 місяці тому

      I agree - I feel this song matches japanese artist Tatsuro Yamashita in many of his songs vibes - i recommend..

  • @takchika7332
    @takchika7332 Рік тому +13

    This voice, this melody, Paddy is a genius.

  • @chrissantos9529
    @chrissantos9529 6 років тому +104

    "When Love Breaks Down"
    My love and I, we work well together
    But often we're apart
    Absence makes the heart lose weight, yeah
    Till love breaks down, love breaks down
    Oh my, oh my, have you seen the weather
    The sweet September rain
    Rain on me like no other
    Until I drown, until I drown
    When love breaks down
    The things you do
    To stop the truth from hurting you
    When love breaks down
    The lies we tell
    They only serve to fool ourselves
    When love breaks down
    The things you do
    To stop the truth from hurting you
    When love breaks down, when love breaks down
    My love and I, we are boxing clever
    She'll never crowd me out
    Fall be free as old confetti
    And paint the town, paint the town
    When love breaks down
    The things you do
    To stop the truth from hurtin' you
    When love breaks down
    The lies we tell
    They only serve to fool ourselves
    When love breaks down
    The things you do
    To stop the truth from hurtin' you
    When love breaks down
    The lies we tell
    They only serve to fool ourselves
    When love breaks down
    The things you do
    To stop the truth from hurting you
    When love breaks down
    You join the wrecks
    Who leave their hearts for easy sex
    When love breaks down
    When love breaks down

  • @andystreet4022
    @andystreet4022 5 років тому +10

    1985, I was 23 and the world was a much nicer place. Thank heaven for Prefab Sprout and Paddy's fantastic voice.

  • @QueenAmethyst55
    @QueenAmethyst55 2 роки тому +60

    My son was raised from toddler hood on Prefab Sprout & he's 35 now and still plays and loves these songs. I think Wendy's backing vocals are just perfect to accompany Paddy. They really were a fantastic band and so many of their songs move me to tears & bring back bittersweet memories of a time now past.

  • @digbycrankshaft7572
    @digbycrankshaft7572 3 місяці тому +9

    A great and very underrated band. Enjoying the wave of nostalgia.

  • @francisjones42
    @francisjones42 4 роки тому +122

    Takes me back 35 yrs in an instant to my first love. Beautiful song with real lyrics with true meaning. Seen her a while back at her brothers funeral. It was like a year had passed since i last saw her. Im already in a relationship and probably wont ever see her again. Music is so powerful, especially when a song like this comes along. I need to check out more Paddy Mcaloon. What a song writer. Thanks for the memories Paddy. God bless. 🙏

    • @alxx1378
      @alxx1378 2 роки тому +5

      Me to 😢

    • @Joe-rh1li
      @Joe-rh1li 2 роки тому +3

      @@alxx1378 Music is the love of Life.

    • @templarseries
      @templarseries Рік тому +5

      Check out aztec camera, working in a goldmine.

    • @writerinprogress
      @writerinprogress Рік тому +4

      Definitely check out more of his work - he's one of the greats when it comes to lyrics. 'We Let The Stars Go' will also break your heart with its lyrics, and there's also 'Cars And Girls,' 'Hey, Manhattan!' 'The Sound of Crying,' to name just a few.

    • @kwakkers68
      @kwakkers68 Рік тому +3

      ''Takes me back 35 yrs in an instant to my first love''. I relate to this only too well.
      I can't always stand to listen to music like this - it triggers so much... What was, what might have been, the terrible mistakes I made. It's a strange thing, nostalgia ... in part, one of life's greatest joys, but at the same time, so painful.

  • @MrGordonGartrelle
    @MrGordonGartrelle 4 роки тому +332

    Sounds like it was recorded tomorrow. Still spectacular.

    • @NSYresearch
      @NSYresearch 4 роки тому +7

      Timeless genius.

    • @MaceWinduDuHuen
      @MaceWinduDuHuen 3 роки тому +5

      except foe this super british voice. thats not coming again. thats 80s

    • @jimmythebold589
      @jimmythebold589 3 роки тому +13

      Thomas dolby's production on this whole album is surprisingly elegant, lean, pared down. devoid of MOST 80s trappings. no gated snares or cheap DX patches. lots of real guitar and bass and drum sounds. Yes, 80s stentorian voice is the giveaway. but i LOVE his voice here. and the britishness is toned down in comparison to the likes of Bowie...

    • @leeellis4501
      @leeellis4501 3 роки тому +1

      The sentiment is timeless, good tune

    • @mrhaltonok
      @mrhaltonok 3 роки тому +3

      @@jimmythebold589 one of the greatest comments I’ve ever read on UA-cam man

  • @gonorr1
    @gonorr1 Рік тому +22

    Hands up who’s still blasting this out in 2022. So underrated.

  • @rudeangelcri5245
    @rudeangelcri5245 3 роки тому +82

    Who is listening in 2021 from Italy.... Memories... Dreams... Emotions... Life better in love

    • @MD-kg1kq
      @MD-kg1kq 3 роки тому

      @RudeangelCri; Can you be any more corny please?

    • @rudeangelcri5245
      @rudeangelcri5245 3 роки тому

      @@MD-kg1kq I don't understand, what do you mean?

    • @marcusaurelius7461
      @marcusaurelius7461 3 роки тому

      Yes still listening an loving it ...One Love....xx

  • @erickramirez8539
    @erickramirez8539 7 років тому +302

    Prefab Sprout is so underrated, the melody suits perfectly this wonderful lyrics

    • @dominiquehochain2380
      @dominiquehochain2380 5 років тому +3

      Bravo
      Bravo

    • @serkering8712
      @serkering8712 5 років тому +3

      Magic

    • @chiccaspinna
      @chiccaspinna 4 роки тому +3

      It’s fantastic

    • @drabb5133
      @drabb5133 4 роки тому

      Yes underrated, but NEXT flix bringing them back king of rock and roll

    • @darkmantis69
      @darkmantis69 4 роки тому +6

      Reminds me of Dream Academy - their melodies that is.. kind of groovy.. I heard this when I was a kid but no idea who they were and heard it again listening to KROQ of the 80s on radio dot com app and instantly added it to my playlist.

  • @FabioGhidoniRedFabiuz
    @FabioGhidoniRedFabiuz 4 роки тому +175

    "Steve McQueen" was one of the greatest album of the 80s

    • @gjg8766
      @gjg8766 4 роки тому +5

      Absolutely! ABC's Lexicon of Love is up there too.

    • @starskyhutch3286
      @starskyhutch3286 4 роки тому +2

      It was actually called “Two Wheels Good”, don’t know why they changed the name....

    • @patrickhickey2128
      @patrickhickey2128 4 роки тому +2

      starsky hutch . They had to change the title or face a possible law suit from the estate of the actor Steve McQueen. So if you have an original album with that name it’s a rare piece of vinyl.

    • @johndixon8744
      @johndixon8744 3 роки тому +2

      Remember buying the album on the Saturday went to see Bruce Springsteen at Leeds on the Sunday what a weekend that was

    • @gerrycarter
      @gerrycarter 3 роки тому

      yes it was

  • @andrewb293
    @andrewb293 3 роки тому +59

    Makes me cry every time hear it. It takes me back to a time I wish I could, back to. But only with the knowledge I have now. “Paint the town”

  • @nadeemkhan5687
    @nadeemkhan5687 3 роки тому +48

    Listening it in 2021.......it look still amazing as it it was in 80's

  • @gelfling258
    @gelfling258 10 років тому +135

    Possibly one of the greatest songs ever

  • @thisandthat1265
    @thisandthat1265 4 роки тому +160

    I feel privileged to have lived through this great decade of music. The world has change now. Feels sad that it's just memories 😪

    • @jihedbouteraa5002
      @jihedbouteraa5002 3 роки тому +3

      Absolutely true !

    • @tcc300892
      @tcc300892 3 роки тому +3

      *have

    • @dixonpinfold2582
      @dixonpinfold2582 2 роки тому +2

      Blame semi-literacy. It's the rain that washes culture and civilization down into the sea.

    • @mrelba9176
      @mrelba9176 2 роки тому +1

      @@dixonpinfold2582 People are more literate now than ever before?

    • @josiecamilo7098
      @josiecamilo7098 2 роки тому +1

      To remember is to relive those days. Thank God for memories 💞

  • @theniceguy4932
    @theniceguy4932 2 місяці тому +6

    UA-cam is a wonderful time machine what ever age you are.

  • @NX2C1
    @NX2C1 3 роки тому +91

    Absolutely brilliant lyrics with terrific music I think this band were well ahead of their time

  • @1967davidfitness
    @1967davidfitness 8 років тому +798

    I wish i was 18 again in 1985! My life stopped after that year. I never grew up and now I am a hermit and lonely.. now I am 48, but do not feel alive until I listen this magic!

    • @paulinemahon884
      @paulinemahon884 8 років тому +24

      +David J know how u feel

    • @1967davidfitness
      @1967davidfitness 8 років тому +1

      +pauline mahon Hi.thanks,but how?

    • @TheGodsrighthandman
      @TheGodsrighthandman 8 років тому +59

      +David J
      Because you're not the only person that lives alone and is almost, but not quite, dead inside . . . We can all break and sometimes there's no putting it back together . . .

    • @1967davidfitness
      @1967davidfitness 8 років тому +12

      +The Gods Right-Hand Man Thanks, that's a relief :)

    • @sebastiancharles5582
      @sebastiancharles5582 8 років тому +6

      +19bootsy68 get a grip!

  • @jeremyjensen7144
    @jeremyjensen7144 5 років тому +19

    The part with Wendy shedding a tear is magic. The look on her face is so beautiful but so sad. I miss her in this wonderful band.

  • @isabelinhagomes9076
    @isabelinhagomes9076 Місяць тому +3

    If I could, I would go back to the 80's and I would stay there foreveeeeer

  • @ianelse3964
    @ianelse3964 Рік тому +14

    What a timeless classic.

  • @dav01kar
    @dav01kar 8 років тому +169

    This guy this group, one of the most underrated songwriter/ performer of the 20th century.!! CRUEL

    • @rimetime6423
      @rimetime6423 8 років тому +1

      why cruel ? he may be doing quite fine

    • @MothraBlues
      @MothraBlues 8 років тому +2

      Coz he should be embarrassing HIMSELF now on the world's stage instead of Yoko Bono or Stung, and any other lesser contemporary artist of his you care to mention (imho!). :-)

    • @markthorning6358
      @markthorning6358 7 років тому +1

      Clever complete product the whole works from top to tail

    • @bradharri
      @bradharri 7 років тому +5

      totally agree, masterful lyrics, such an amazing singer/ song writer, Bonny is my fave

    • @nicolasmrn
      @nicolasmrn 7 років тому +3

      dav01kar It's crueler than cruel!

  • @Felix9lives
    @Felix9lives 7 років тому +82

    The genius of Paddy McAloon:))

  • @paolomassimoredaelli
    @paolomassimoredaelli 3 роки тому +18

    One of the best album of the 80s.
    I Bought It in the autumn of '85.
    It still in my collection.❤️🎼

  • @duanedurkan3565
    @duanedurkan3565 2 роки тому +26

    I listen to the radio several hours a day and I've never heard a better song than this. Paddy McAloone is an absolute genius and his age is similar to Neil Finn, another genius. What a wonderful world we live in when we can enjoy such incredible song writing.

  • @MrTrecchina
    @MrTrecchina 7 років тому +415

    I suggest a time machine to take us all back there............. the unforgettable 80's................

    • @PC-841
      @PC-841 6 років тому +11

      Domenico Siano .The time machine is your mind and memories , go back when you want : )

    • @michellebishop9973
      @michellebishop9973 5 років тому +2

      Domenico Siano yes please 👍👍👍👍👍

    • @MrGravito
      @MrGravito 5 років тому +2

      the unforgettable 80's !!!!!!

    • @MrGravito
      @MrGravito 5 років тому +4

      sometimes it seems the future is in the past especcially in the 80GHTIES!!!

    • @gerardwhite2689
      @gerardwhite2689 5 років тому +1

      I.m with you

  • @iCreateaFeeling
    @iCreateaFeeling 9 років тому +47

    An excellent track from one of the most underrated pop albums of the last 50 years. Great production, incredible lyrics, beautiful melodies. Quite nearly a classic and yet shamefully overlooked by the wider public. Pop music this sweet and smart just doesn't ship units.

    • @iandainton1661
      @iandainton1661 6 років тому

      iCreateaFeeling not for long. It will get there. Believe me

  • @sparklejo81
    @sparklejo81 4 місяці тому +3

    Nothing beats the 80s ❤

  • @user-uh4cg8mr2h
    @user-uh4cg8mr2h 6 місяців тому +5

    I'm weeping now for a beautiful time which will only return in memories. This song, for many (myself included) symbolises the end of the eighties, when life was the best it could ever be. And if only our tears could form a river from now to that treasured time, we would all catch the boat to be there - and never return, always in a utopia of permanent love and great music.

    • @kevinmarriott5583
      @kevinmarriott5583 Місяць тому

      What a beautiful thing to say. I couldn't have put it better myself xx

  • @claremail1303
    @claremail1303 4 роки тому +28

    I want to cry when I listen to this. In my mind there’s a black and white film replaying a certain moment in time with someone I thought loved me 💔💔

    • @skycrystal3573
      @skycrystal3573 3 роки тому +3

      He Did .

    • @flipflop8604
      @flipflop8604 3 роки тому +1

      I think a lot of us have been there

    • @mikewood9514
      @mikewood9514 3 роки тому +2

      Hope you have found somebody good who does love you and that you can replay a new movie over and over.

    • @nicolahart6030
      @nicolahart6030 2 роки тому

      Me too...it's the chord structure ( which is beautiful)

  • @stubailey9433
    @stubailey9433 4 роки тому +94

    You can tell this is an old song, it's just so good.

  • @Unplugged70
    @Unplugged70 Рік тому +16

    How amazing is this song? INSANE that it didn't even get into the TOP 20 when it was released!!

    • @youhou2000youhou
      @youhou2000youhou Рік тому +1

      Surprising indeed, but in view of the weekly avalanche of great novelties from so much great groups we had it is more understandable

    • @nicolenougaret3346
      @nicolenougaret3346 Рік тому

      Une chanson magique qui réveille des émotions à toutes les éoques.When love breaks down......

    • @George2647g
      @George2647g 4 місяці тому

      I only just heard it for the first time today and it is immediately probably my favorite 80s song! So good!

  • @bluesilkdesigns
    @bluesilkdesigns Рік тому +5

    I'm a 31 year old... the first Prefab Sprout song I heard was "Trawl The Megahertz". The lyrics blew me away. So now I'm getting into Prefab and Paddy's older stuff. Wow! He's an amazing lyricist

  • @ArjanVanS
    @ArjanVanS 8 років тому +123

    Prefab Sprout is more than music, there are no words to describe it, it just is...

  • @tomselleck7313
    @tomselleck7313 8 років тому +109

    This song puts a huge fucking smile on my face.

    • @christopherbueno1580
      @christopherbueno1580 7 років тому +3

      fuck me..... really

    • @notlob444
      @notlob444 7 років тому +3

      Mine to...

    • @barock69
      @barock69 7 років тому +9

      ...and goosebumps everywhere else !

    • @catmel1954
      @catmel1954 7 років тому +6

      Tom Selleck ... no, don't swear. it spoils it.. x

    • @hpoonis2010
      @hpoonis2010 7 років тому +2

      @Tom Selleck - a bigger smile than stealing water to grow avocados? :D

  • @MegaTightMike
    @MegaTightMike Рік тому +9

    ‘When love breaks down, the things you do to stop the truth from hurting you’
    Never a truer word said.

  • @robertbert2662
    @robertbert2662 Місяць тому +2

    Closest thing to a time machine takes me back to a time of my life

  • @alanmike6883
    @alanmike6883 5 років тому +82

    Never again will something like the eighties will come back again. A perfect time capsule of a better time in life

    • @sanjaynirmal3785
      @sanjaynirmal3785 5 років тому +2

      Aaaaah! yes! yes! yes! if only I knew then what I would miss today!!!

    • @alanmike6883
      @alanmike6883 5 років тому +2

      @@sanjaynirmal3785
      Different time. In some ways a better simpler time

    • @Goodbyeeveryonehere
      @Goodbyeeveryonehere 4 роки тому +1

      @@alanmike6883 in ALL ways a simpler better life. I'd swap this life for that one any day

    • @changethisonceamonth7516
      @changethisonceamonth7516 4 роки тому +1

      80s music the best.
      However I must be the only person who looks back on the 80s (my entire teenage years) with utter distain. It was an absolutely horrible time. A boring, apathetic, lost, confusing, lonely time.
      I think many people mistake a "simpler" time to a "better" time.
      My 40s (2010s) have been the best time of my life and that includes going through a divorce and cancer! I fell 10 time more alive today than I did as a teen in the 80s. Must be a mental thing. I much prefer being grown up than being a child. Everything and everyone is clearer.

    • @kwakkers68
      @kwakkers68 4 роки тому +2

      @Random Scottish Bloke The start of Thatcher's shitty rot ... Art often peaks at times of decay

  • @ericgeorge5483
    @ericgeorge5483 8 років тому +149

    Absence makes the heart lose weight......FANTASTIC LYRIC!

    • @paulallen3647
      @paulallen3647 6 років тому +1

      Eric George ain't that the truth

    • @NorthernFella
      @NorthernFella 6 років тому +4

      Oh yes he wrote so many great lyrics! Love this one. “When love breaks down the things the do to stop the truth from hurting you”

  • @craigspillett4763
    @craigspillett4763 4 місяці тому +1

    Absence makes the heart lose weight, yeah.. when love breaks down, love breaks down.. the way he sings that in a downbeat tone and then those aching echoey guitars that follow.. never fails to bring a sad tear to these eyes. Wonderful song but brings bittersweet feelings.

  • @zaboomafoo25
    @zaboomafoo25 Рік тому +4

    ridding my motorcycle to school, on a cold winter morning, on the french riviera, looking at the sea, in Cannes, with my walkman playing Prefab Sprouts and meeting up with my friends...this is where this song brings me back to...love it!

  • @davidbuckley3786
    @davidbuckley3786 9 років тому +78

    amazing song sounds so fresh.. Such an underrated group .Never got the recognition from the great british public.However from musicians they were so respected and held in the highest esteem!! enough said!!!!

    • @blackmore4
      @blackmore4 5 років тому

      I disagree. I think he's a good songwriter (and a thoroughly nice bloke) but I hated his music then and now. While I think his lyrics were almost always brilliant, for me his music was too smooth, too produced and I dislike his musical brain (his chord choices and Americanisms). Different strokes etc.

  • @BioDieselEstate
    @BioDieselEstate 4 роки тому +12

    Oh my, the sweet Ms. Wendy Smith. Criminally under-rated & overlooked co-singer. Never any need for a vocoder with Ms.Smith present in the studio and then, on the stage. Beautiful, talented and eternal. Bravo.

    • @PixelProfessor
      @PixelProfessor 4 роки тому

      The same as Briana from the original Beautiful South lineup, and Lorraine from Deacon Blue

    • @strictlynorton
      @strictlynorton 3 роки тому

      Perfectly stated

  • @arnaudarno8492
    @arnaudarno8492 2 роки тому +7

    Marvelous Paddy McAloon. One of the most remarkable songwriter ever. His songs are a river of delicate pearls. No nostalgia, just the happiness that allows us to buy their records when they were released.

    • @ianowen6310
      @ianowen6310 7 місяців тому

      Over the past few decades, learning of a new Sprout album was like the run up to Christmas.

  • @peternicholls6532
    @peternicholls6532 Рік тому +9

    Reminds me of a time in the 80's when life was great !.. My relationship at the time with someone I fell in love with.. was both exciting.. and at the same time sad!. This song reminds me of when love breaks down. You love the girl with all your heart.. but no matter what you try to do, things don't work out, and it was hard listening to this song at the time , knowing full well you are with your girlfriend, and knowing this relationship is going nowhere!...Beautiful Classic Song! .One of my all time favourites.

  • @jrbs
    @jrbs 5 років тому +134

    This still sounds excellent in 2019!!

    • @davidbarber4709
      @davidbarber4709 4 роки тому +1

      This will sound good in 2050 music good music lives on just think about mozart strauss the beatles abba queen

  • @aussiefan354
    @aussiefan354 5 років тому +157

    Boy I miss the 80's, that decade had the best music. I feel so lost sometimes............. BTW Anyone listening in 2019??

  • @caolruadh1
    @caolruadh1 9 місяців тому +5

    'My love and I, we are boxing clever'...........Wonderful lyric. I don,t know why it is, but it just is.

  • @AP-nw8my
    @AP-nw8my Рік тому +3

    Maybe I'm old at 53 but the videos of the 80's songs are so iconic no need to be half naked full of plastic looking miserable
    The ladies in 80's videos have natural beauty and amazing musical talent
    Again i may just be old but glad to be

  • @akiretto
    @akiretto 4 роки тому +23

    From The Breakfast Club: "when you grown up your heart dies!". I just think that a heart of a teenager is strong passions, dreams, happyness, sadness and an aged heart will never forget those days.

    • @MD-kg1kq
      @MD-kg1kq 3 роки тому +2

      That film is truly fantastical; But when years go by, time wears down memories/standards and above all principles. and one also becomes grayer and wiser. I understand you, I just hope you understand me too.I can assure you that a heart does not die but becomes wiser, more mature, and more patient.

    • @Drexxaal
      @Drexxaal 3 роки тому

      @@MD-kg1kq Wow! Great observation n expansion on a sad theme! Life can definitely wear us done! That's why we need music like this so we don't completely drown! N yes, I very much understand u! Thank u!

  • @tinmachine693
    @tinmachine693 8 років тому +33

    this track sends a chill down my spine. absolutely gorgeous.

  • @belleooo
    @belleooo 2 роки тому +5

    Reminds me of when we got our first home together. We were so happy and full of plans. Now he is gone. I can listen to this song and it transports me to a happy time. RIP my love x

  • @brewster84067
    @brewster84067 2 роки тому +7

    This song was SO.GOOD. Very underrated band of the 80's.

    • @kennystyles1052
      @kennystyles1052 Рік тому +1

      You mean IS so good...

    • @brewster84067
      @brewster84067 Рік тому

      @@kennystyles1052 absolutely. I stand corrected. 😁

    • @louise_rose
      @louise_rose 3 місяці тому

      Yep, it was written and released when music was really a central part of the lives of young people, and when the notion that "discovering a new band, or being part of a band, can change your entire life" was felt to be perfectly true by many people. Today music doesn't have that kind of importance to most young people anymore.

  • @andreatouhig1091
    @andreatouhig1091 8 років тому +53

    too gorgeous for words..and that tear at the beginning!!..(poetry in motion)

    • @dizzyrico
      @dizzyrico 7 років тому +2

      Andrea Touhig i love ❤️ start too and the middle with just the music 🎶

    • @Lakbir
      @Lakbir 7 років тому +14

      I'm 46 and a brute of a man. That tear makes me cry me every time. I'm sorry.

    • @jontyfrench1099
      @jontyfrench1099 7 років тому +4

      stew pid aaaaah ya big gallooo, it's ok

    • @claytonfox4107
      @claytonfox4107 6 років тому

      Im with you i love this song always have always will 😘

  • @davidowen2859
    @davidowen2859 4 роки тому +16

    This song brings back so many happy memories. I was fortunate to be in my teens and twenties. Thursday Friday and Saturday either out at clubs or working behind the bar. What an amazing bunch of people listening and commenting, no negatives, no nastiness only enjoyment and support. Thank you all of you. Stay safe.

  • @CalLatMan
    @CalLatMan Рік тому +10

    One of the best songs of the 1980s . These guys were genius creatives .

  • @mrgreatbritain
    @mrgreatbritain 3 місяці тому +1

    This song speaks to me, very lyrically complex yet still obvious, and a catchy build up and chorus. Prefab Sprout have got to be one of the most underrated bands of recent times. I think that plays heavily into why I love the song. It's not been played to death, still sounds fresh nearly 40 years on!

  • @SIDNEYDEJESUSCRUZ
    @SIDNEYDEJESUSCRUZ 5 років тому +25

    Um clássico dos anos 80. Saudades!!!

  • @mattie372
    @mattie372 4 роки тому +30

    One of the best songs of the 80's. Pure class.

  • @adamatherton8562
    @adamatherton8562 Рік тому +3

    I was 18 and managed to get a date with a girl I had a huge crush on. We arranged to meet at a pub called 'The Golden Calf' and I was convinced she would not turn up because I believed she was way out of my league. When I saw her enter the pub my heart missed a beat. When she sat down at the table this song came on on the background. By the time the song finished I was in love with the song, the band. and the girl. The 80s will go down in history as the greatest decade in history. We were so free we didn't know how good we had it and I will be forever grateful I experienced it in the prime of my life.

  • @laidbouttefah5556
    @laidbouttefah5556 Рік тому +4

    When you're listen this song, try to listen it with your Heart AND your Soul... AND remember the good moments of your life... 🙏

  • @makhines431
    @makhines431 8 років тому +68

    this is so sad. not fair that time passed by so fast we hardly noticed it..

  • @Andrew-gs8yi
    @Andrew-gs8yi 5 років тому +8

    The magic of 1980's music, so many brilliant performers. A decade that will never be repeated. I didn't realise how good it actually was until years and years later.

  • @mrmoto66
    @mrmoto66 3 місяці тому +1

    Such swelling emotions…I remember this album and driving around Long Island in the fall with the windows open, hound to college, dreaming of the future…the last great music as art…before it all because to real.

  • @johnrayner7356
    @johnrayner7356 2 місяці тому +1

    A sublime masterpiece, a song I never tire hearing, Prefab Sprout were a fabulous band. The 1980s produced some stunning music, "When love breaks Down" drips with heart and emotion, I love it!

  • @MyWordsReignSupreme
    @MyWordsReignSupreme 5 років тому +5

    3 mins and 44 seconds of pop perfection

  • @blendaf.3253
    @blendaf.3253 6 років тому +42

    Caracaaa, que arrepio que dá só de ouvir essa música. Simplesmente maravilhosa

    • @hebertcarvalho122
      @hebertcarvalho122 6 місяців тому +1

      @blendaf.3253 concordo plenamente com vc linda canção

  • @trcsonic
    @trcsonic 2 роки тому +11

    I miss this time when the music has this quality and lyrics. This is beautiful.

  • @adagiovivaldi2293
    @adagiovivaldi2293 2 роки тому +7

    C'est, je crois, la seule chanson superbe que j'écoute de ce groupe. Super moment avec ce rythme. Chanson réussie. MERCI

  • @carlosandradeealves2530
    @carlosandradeealves2530 5 років тому +37

    A parte mais emocionante é quando uma lágrima percorre o rosto da bela guitarrista. Um olhar triste e melancólico invade o mundo dos poetas anônimos...

  • @UGPVlogsLA
    @UGPVlogsLA 3 роки тому +8

    Love Prefab Sprout 💖

  • @williambunce241
    @williambunce241 5 місяців тому +4

    Cant stop playing this record reminds me of my lost love i still think of 25 years ago

  • @stevethompson9571
    @stevethompson9571 4 роки тому +529

    85 dislikes. That's 85 people I never ever want to meet

    • @colinwells5057
      @colinwells5057 4 роки тому +11

      85 wankers

    • @leemcbride968
      @leemcbride968 4 роки тому +1

      Ahahahahaa good man

    • @denzil4
      @denzil4 4 роки тому +17

      How can anyone dislike this song !!! It's musical perfection !!!

    • @stuartgoodall4674
      @stuartgoodall4674 4 роки тому +5

      I dont want to meet them too

    • @pauldd7033
      @pauldd7033 4 роки тому +4

      I posted something similar to that several years back about this song. There’s no accounting for taste I guess. I deem it one of the best songs ever