The Human League - The Lebanon (Remastered 2003)

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  • @TweedSuit
    @TweedSuit Рік тому +148

    Born 1969 in Lebanon.
    This is my JAM!

  • @F.mel.05
    @F.mel.05 8 місяців тому +301

    As a Lebanese person, this song touches me immensely. Thank you, Human League, for your sensitivity and commitment.

  • @JoaoSilva-oy8bi
    @JoaoSilva-oy8bi 10 місяців тому +64

    2024 and the story repeats but now we see the end of the Lebanon. :(

    • @SpartacusSPQ
      @SpartacusSPQ 22 дні тому +5

      No country, no people who refuse to give up can be defeated. Greetings from Finland. Internet says we don’t exist and looking at our history it’s a miracle we do. But we do.

    • @suilvenmountain2395
      @suilvenmountain2395 12 днів тому

      No real loss

  • @stevesrover
    @stevesrover 9 місяців тому +51

    A timeless song for many good and, tragically, sad reasons.

    • @catacomber8
      @catacomber8 5 місяців тому +2

      Even more relevant as of today, Aug 3, 2024 --as US and UK are advising everyone to leave, and catch any flight out.
      Sad that after a lifetime, things still have not changed.

    • @Doriskr
      @Doriskr 4 місяці тому

      Blame Hizballa teror organization & Iran ​@@catacomber8

  • @carlosalbertosilvadelima
    @carlosalbertosilvadelima 10 місяців тому +197

    2024. This song remains a masterpiece.

    • @mammuchan8923
      @mammuchan8923 10 місяців тому +9

      Sadly the Lebanese people are still suffering💔.

    • @ColinJarrett
      @ColinJarrett 4 місяці тому +4

      @@mammuchan8923 They should hear the 12"

    • @thomasriley8164
      @thomasriley8164 9 днів тому

      Just like the bandmates facial proportions. Still fantasias surprise. Continuous without too much continuing.

  • @jimmyjames6267
    @jimmyjames6267 Рік тому +35

    "Seconds" is another under rated song...

    • @annagabrys1583
      @annagabrys1583 5 місяців тому +1

      Oh yes! I love that song too. ❤❤

    • @Eschew_Obfuscation
      @Eschew_Obfuscation 4 місяці тому +2

      100% Seconds is my favorite Human League song

    • @billkeithchannel
      @billkeithchannel Місяць тому +1

      The entire *Dare* album is a masterpiece. _Seconds_ made its way on to one of my mix-tapes back in the day. _The Law _was another deep cut I loved.

  • @ArchieDuke.
    @ArchieDuke. Рік тому +60

    How beautiful was Phil Oakey in this clip.

    • @ProphetAndLoss
      @ProphetAndLoss 5 місяців тому +7

      Seriously so. I'm a straight middle aged man and in this vid he's even more attractive than Susan! 😂

    • @yes_JD
      @yes_JD 4 місяці тому +2

      Stubble tastic

    • @audiodead7302
      @audiodead7302 2 місяці тому +3

      He looks a bit like John Cusack. It is a good look.

    • @MatthewDeanCrabb
      @MatthewDeanCrabb 2 місяці тому +1

      No, no man should EVER call another man beautiful. But granted, given he's not wearing makeup like in the early 80s and has a stubble, he looked far better here. Different story now... not a hair on his head!

    • @danacarter9147
      @danacarter9147 Місяць тому +1

      @@audiodead7302Or Nicholas Cage

  • @joeypuig4715
    @joeypuig4715 9 місяців тому +31

    nostalgic i can feel goosebumps and memories of my high school days the best years of my life, so simple then'

  • @flowerbee1626
    @flowerbee1626 3 місяці тому +121

    I loved this tune as a kid, and still love it today. I never understood the lyrics back then, but I do now. Sadly still relevant today. 😢

    • @laxeystu8096
      @laxeystu8096 3 місяці тому +3

      They are fairly cliche anti-war lyrics, but probably well meant, and the song sounds amazing

    • @Doriskr
      @Doriskr 3 місяці тому

      You started it. STOP SHOOTING ROCKETS ON ISRAEL. STOP HIZBALLA TERROR ORGANISATION!!

    • @softshallow7435
      @softshallow7435 3 місяці тому +3

      @@flowerbee1626 same. In early 80’z (April 1984 to be precise) I was only 11 I Rebecca’s song, I thought of it as a kind of regimental song when they said in “the Lebanon” now I know what it’s about, it’s just as irrelevant today because of the bombing that’s started to escalated in the Middle East in Lebanon.

    • @satori3000
      @satori3000 3 місяці тому +1

      I knew exactly what it was as a kid, I'm sad we're back at the start of this though, I really thought this garbage was over.

    • @danieldurand9440
      @danieldurand9440 2 місяці тому +1

      I was in the mid east when it was popular

  • @chriscarrol9373
    @chriscarrol9373 Рік тому +195

    Funny how this song never loses the ability to be up to date thru the ages. Even today it's still up to date and relevant.

    • @matthewvasquez9278
      @matthewvasquez9278 Рік тому +8

      I recently saw Human League at Darker Waves, this song was very edgy back then and it's still is

    • @joelg34
      @joelg34 Рік тому +13

      Probably more relevant today than ever. Tremendous band.

    • @martinsepulveda59
      @martinsepulveda59 Рік тому +4

      ¡Una canción valiente será nueva siempre!

    • @paulosmeek6286
      @paulosmeek6286 9 місяців тому +7

      Sad that it is still relevant :)

    • @JamesHartnell
      @JamesHartnell 3 місяці тому

      It's always relevant because it's always kicking off in the Middle East.

  • @hadisidaoui5784
    @hadisidaoui5784 2 місяці тому +163

    Listening in 2024, from Lebanon, Beirut 🇱🇧👌

  • @keith-leecastle6700
    @keith-leecastle6700 4 роки тому +221

    Never thought I’d say this about The Human League but the guitars are astounding on this tune.

    • @Stevelives13
      @Stevelives13 Рік тому +14

      Reminds me more of U2 or simple minds.

    • @achidejpitipongsoontorn2156
      @achidejpitipongsoontorn2156 Рік тому +4

      @@Stevelives13cannot agree more

    • @stevesrover
      @stevesrover 9 місяців тому +4

      Fantastic band. I love how they evolved over the years.

    • @scottfraser7118
      @scottfraser7118 8 місяців тому +2

      It’s Joe Callis ? ex Rezzilos Saved that Band a think x

    • @blinski1
      @blinski1 3 місяці тому +4

      @@Stevelives13 Yes, I always thought THL took quite an inspiration for this song from Simple Minds' New Gold Dream, especially guitars and hooks.

  • @ANDY-sk1kw
    @ANDY-sk1kw 2 місяці тому +22

    Solidarity with the people of Lebanon 🇱🇧 🕊

  • @RaymondAlleyne-vy9mt
    @RaymondAlleyne-vy9mt 7 днів тому +1

    Nevermind how great the music sounds , im amaized at how everyone in the band looks so f__king gorgeous

  • @ChescoYT
    @ChescoYT 10 місяців тому +88

    For 1984 the camera quality is phenomenal!

    • @baldboob
      @baldboob 9 місяців тому +4

      My guess would be that it might be because it's on film, rather than videotape

    • @johnmorris910
      @johnmorris910 9 місяців тому +8

      (Remastered 2003) the title

    • @RichardFraser-y9t
      @RichardFraser-y9t 8 місяців тому +8

      @@johnmorris910 That was just for the audio, the video was digitized as HD from a clean print in 2018

    • @nikolaradosavljevic6839
      @nikolaradosavljevic6839 8 місяців тому +9

      The 1984 cameras were great, you are just used to shitty TV rips from the time.

    • @supersixx1
      @supersixx1 6 місяців тому +3

      you kow why looks awsome , beacuse video clips were filmed in actual FILM like a movie , not a video cassette , and film has a superior quiality than everything ,, also thats why you can watch any old movie in HD now

  • @benedettobruno1669
    @benedettobruno1669 6 років тому +628

    Always and forever, thank you to Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the World hundreds of unique bands such as the Human League and music of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere. What would our lives have been without British bands? Thank you from Sicily.

    • @brightstar1212
      @brightstar1212 6 років тому +74

      What a lovely sentiment Benedetto, thank you from England!

    • @Ozymandias1
      @Ozymandias1 6 років тому +15

      Now it's only American rappers and singers who are popularized. Has there been any world-famous British artist in the past 10 years?

    • @brightstar1212
      @brightstar1212 6 років тому +17

      @@Ozymandias1 Well, there is Radiohead, one of the best alternative bands to get well-known, Primal Scream are still making great records, Massive Attack, David Bowie within the last 10 years, although they did begin their careers earlier. But I agree, the 'charts' are absolute rubbish. I am astounded at what passes for music today

    • @jesseslee3617
      @jesseslee3617 6 років тому +2

      @@brightstar1212 Architects...

    • @curiositypiqued6573
      @curiositypiqued6573 6 років тому +7

      AvariceUntied ed sheeran.... But he's whack.... Sam Smith... Meh.. George ezra... Maybe.. Tom odell OK and the rest are one hit wonders sadly... As for the women... Jessie J don't even go there... That girl is just... Whatever, rita or a - seen it all before (rihanna clone:(....), Adele is kinda EXTREMELY OVERRATED.... I think that's about it for the last few years... Quite sad really

  • @stanfordck
    @stanfordck Рік тому +13

    I am a boomer, born in 1964: „The Lebanon“ has been one of the greatest songs of the 80‘ies, with a content for tears for this sad country after almost 40 years!

    • @Johnnywhamo
      @Johnnywhamo 29 днів тому

      It's funny I was just talking to someone about this last night. I too was born in 64. 46-64 is a huge generation gap and I always felt we were more linked with Generation X than Boomers. We're lumped in with sock-hop crowd for pete's sake. We have little in common with boomers and so much more with Gen X

    • @pamelaearl7191
      @pamelaearl7191 13 днів тому

      1964 - the first of the X'ers. Read Douglas Copelands' Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. 🙂

  • @barrysmith4588
    @barrysmith4588 3 роки тому +502

    who is watching this in 2021 and thinking "i wish i was back there then" .. i was! great times.....and it was at this moment that you realized how great this band was.....!

  • @nanettefine8320
    @nanettefine8320 Рік тому +70

    I have heard of this great band for years. This is the first time I read the lyrics to this song.. I am half Lebanese and never got to go there because of the terrible wars etc. Thank you so much for recognizing the Lebanese.😢😊

    • @andylambrini5460
      @andylambrini5460 Рік тому +5

      Phil is part Lebanese I think. It impacted their career in the US as didnt fit the narrative. Peace 🕊

    • @darrenwilliams4811
      @darrenwilliams4811 Рік тому +3

      Be well friend

    • @mattjames4358
      @mattjames4358 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@andylambrini5460not quite: English, Malaysian and Indian heritage

    • @habazlambazazathe6th989
      @habazlambazazathe6th989 4 місяці тому +1

      im full lebanese..how do you like my stache

    • @ibbydread6092
      @ibbydread6092 2 місяці тому

      There have been years in which there was peace

  • @minisake2091
    @minisake2091 Рік тому +12

    One of Phil's best looks with the longer hair and ever so present guyliner.

  • @pascalvandewoestyne7792
    @pascalvandewoestyne7792 Рік тому +43

    the bass intro... One of the most epic if you asking me...

    • @billkeithchannel
      @billkeithchannel Місяць тому

      And when Phil formed the band he swore he he would never have guitars on a song but this subject matter was so intense he really felt that gritty sound would be a benefit and had a guest guitarist come in to play it. The result is a lasting epic tribute.

    • @cloudwolf6770
      @cloudwolf6770 Місяць тому

      It is😊!

  • @morriselliott7004
    @morriselliott7004 2 роки тому +236

    This is one of the most under rated songs of the eighties.

    • @CapnChapster
      @CapnChapster 2 роки тому +6

      Agree 100%

    • @teacherchil
      @teacherchil 2 роки тому +8

      totally, I just happened to listen to it properly for the first time.

    • @samsundquist
      @samsundquist Рік тому +3

      Possibly of all time.

    • @Dreamcatcher9000
      @Dreamcatcher9000 Рік тому +2

      @@samsundquist Okaaaaay, don't exaggerate too much!

    • @MaureenSullivan-kt7bu
      @MaureenSullivan-kt7bu Рік тому +3

      YES!! so apropos even for today! Just substitute any nation in conflict for Lebanon. Ukraine comes to mind.

  • @madge2114
    @madge2114 4 місяці тому +13

    Can never get enough of that 80's serious shoulder dancing!

  • @CapnChapster
    @CapnChapster 3 роки тому +200

    They don’t just sound great they look great too. Hugely underrated song IMHO. Incredible to see a synth band showing how to use guitars to amazing effect

    • @herbertrichard614
      @herbertrichard614 2 роки тому +3

      Yes, it is. Great song for modern lovers. Nice work if a person can get it.

    • @DraganCheGagi
      @DraganCheGagi 2 роки тому +4

      They should have used guitars more 🤗

    • @LesterAmbientAndroid
      @LesterAmbientAndroid 2 роки тому +4

      So true. The guitar makes it. What a band !! 4 kids from Sheffield creating legends.

    • @maddog167
      @maddog167 2 роки тому +11

      I don't think Phil, Susanne and Joanne ever looked any better than in this video.

    • @serenan920
      @serenan920 Рік тому +2

      Guitars are out there..Beautiful band

  • @charlesswitzer8378
    @charlesswitzer8378 2 роки тому +202

    This is such a beautiful song. Personifies the mood and atmosphere of the 80s perfectly.

    • @johnosgraveyardjaunts2235
      @johnosgraveyardjaunts2235 2 роки тому +3

      Yeah it does...Great Sheffield band..I believe Phil Oakwy still loves there

    • @steven-napoleonwilliams1422
      @steven-napoleonwilliams1422 2 роки тому +4

      This song echoes to the current theater of conflict in europe as this delt with the statehood of israel and inconvenient truth's.

    • @Citadin
      @Citadin 2 роки тому +6

      @@steven-napoleonwilliams1422 Israel is still bombing its neighbors 40 years later, they just bombed the Damascus International Airport this week.

    • @lindahoeymakers8898
      @lindahoeymakers8898 2 роки тому

      Thanks....I would like to visit...........LEBON..........

    • @MojoPin1983
      @MojoPin1983 2 роки тому +1

      @@johnosgraveyardjaunts2235 Yes, The Human League has remained in their hometown, all of these years.

  • @kat6280
    @kat6280 6 років тому +945

    I am Lebanese and so proud! I was young when my dad made me listen to that song and told me about the war ... this song still applies for the whole world! Peace!

    • @noursarhan8695
      @noursarhan8695 6 років тому +14

      catherine Otrakji Hello, fellow countryman!

    • @kat6280
      @kat6280 6 років тому +6

      hello!!

    • @metalglory22
      @metalglory22 6 років тому +11

      heyy fellow lebanese !! sobhan ala wen man rouh fi lebnenie deyman hahah

    • @noursarhan8695
      @noursarhan8695 6 років тому +7

      will hanna Ah 3anjad? Ana ma ble2e ktir 3al net haha

    • @kat6280
      @kat6280 6 років тому +7

      hahhahaha we really are everywhere ! w mbala fi ktirr!!

  • @sarahmallinder3412
    @sarahmallinder3412 2 роки тому +59

    This transcends time .I was 14 at a school disco now I'm 50 and it evokes the same response .

  • @GeorgeKarakoutas
    @GeorgeKarakoutas 10 місяців тому +25

    Personally, best song ever from Human League!

    • @blebhan8213
      @blebhan8213 3 місяці тому

      Very unusual bass and guitar driven track from a synth-pop band.

  • @steveglenister4939
    @steveglenister4939 3 місяці тому +16

    Sadly, this song never gets old...

  • @despinagounari7312
    @despinagounari7312 7 місяців тому +48

    2024. This song remains a masterpiece!!!!

  • @garysmith5256
    @garysmith5256 Рік тому +19

    Strangely appropriate now.

  • @MadsHutters
    @MadsHutters 9 місяців тому +8

    Good Music

  • @Unlimitedbreadstick
    @Unlimitedbreadstick 3 місяці тому +25

    Oh man sadly this song is once again very relevant

  • @HaleG9
    @HaleG9 3 місяці тому +24

    This kicks in 2024

  • @TheEssexSpurs
    @TheEssexSpurs 4 роки тому +63

    one of the best records of the 80's The lyrics say so much.

  • @shivathedestroyer2816
    @shivathedestroyer2816 Місяць тому +6

    A grim reminder. Great song.

  • @sociallynoncompliant9491
    @sociallynoncompliant9491 6 років тому +34

    How did such a harrowing song manage to sound so appealing and still be so powerful in meaning. Absolute genius

    • @weyoun6535
      @weyoun6535 Рік тому +1

      Same with ‘seconds’ which is also very powerful.

    • @billkeithchannel
      @billkeithchannel Місяць тому

      No internet. 99% of the listeners had no clue of the context of the song. It was only a few years ago I found out it was about a massacre that took place in the 80's

  • @Laynestian
    @Laynestian 3 місяці тому +10

    Stills resonates, as much as ever...

  • @cw0420
    @cw0420 6 місяців тому +11

    My favorite song from Human League and probably the most under rated of their hits IMO.

  • @panoslitsas4427
    @panoslitsas4427 3 роки тому +151

    One of the best songs from the 80s, the best decade in music

  • @markbravo4577
    @markbravo4577 3 роки тому +260

    Still listening to this in 2021!
    Great songs never die

    • @marianolanzillotta3913
      @marianolanzillotta3913 3 роки тому +2

      Me too,from1981,Grest band!

    • @rva1945
      @rva1945 3 роки тому

      Same here!

    • @dannymiles6503
      @dannymiles6503 3 роки тому +2

      Yes sure one of their best songs. Hard to beat that early 80s feel, its huge.

    • @Cristiano-YouTube
      @Cristiano-YouTube 3 роки тому +2

      Bravo. Mark! 😉

    • @mija3625
      @mija3625 3 роки тому +1

      yesterday, today, tomorrow, all time the best the human league

  • @Impulse-One
    @Impulse-One 8 місяців тому +9

    I STILL GET CHILLS.. I WAS BORN IN 81 AS WELL ❤❤ The lasses look hot incredible charisma in this video as with all of their hits x Superb record one of my Favs by you guys❤

  • @valterscotto
    @valterscotto 10 місяців тому +5

    Canzone fantastica ,bellissima ,sempre attuale e ascoltabile,canzone senza tempo😍😍😍👍

  • @SMSJ223
    @SMSJ223 2 місяці тому +3

    40 yr old song & Still making Sense! Human Life Are Still Top of the League.

  • @eloisedevine6151
    @eloisedevine6151 3 місяці тому +8

    My mum knew Adrian Wright's (keyboards) mum. They were nurses together at a hospital in Wakefield.

  • @chrishowland6062
    @chrishowland6062 Рік тому +13

    It’s now2023 and I’m listening to this fucking amazing song
    And listening to the words not just singing them.
    This should have been a much much bigger hit than it was.
    Simple straight to the point lyrics

    • @tetsuan25
      @tetsuan25 10 місяців тому

      They were picked on by the so called music critics for using the line ' used to be some shops' but what they were expressing is how simple life was and then the girls come in, quite hard I have to say " is where the snipers sometimes hide" that sends shivers, can you imagine living in that kind of fear. Phil had a friend in Lebanon who would send him art work and communicate to him of the atrocities and that's when he made this song

  • @ebeyslough
    @ebeyslough 7 місяців тому +17

    This was such an odd single at the time from Human League. But man what a great song this is in retrospect. Way ahead of its time.

  • @victorygah
    @victorygah 3 роки тому +56

    Simple and fantastic! The Human League is one of the best 80's sounds!

  • @sabritebourski9486
    @sabritebourski9486 11 місяців тому +4

    I love the bass solo in the beginning of the song.

  • @The.Last.Guitar.Hero.
    @The.Last.Guitar.Hero. 3 місяці тому +11

    I hear this song literally every time the Lebanon is mentioned on TV

  • @joanjordan9543
    @joanjordan9543 2 роки тому +5

    Phhil takes has such intense eyes,very expressive eyes,😍

  • @Paris__
    @Paris__ 3 роки тому +6

    You know what, one of the best things about being in my 50's now is that I lived my teenage years in the 80's..........Priceless and I wouldn't change them for the world!🇬🇧

  • @malgorzataczerska8340
    @malgorzataczerska8340 24 дні тому +2

    Super 👌 song and band Human Leaque ❤

  • @ramonzarate6684
    @ramonzarate6684 4 місяці тому +12

    1969 - 2024 : toujours la même tragédie au Liban. Laissez ce pays vivre en paix !

    • @thomas120152
      @thomas120152 3 місяці тому +1

      Without the power of muslims...

  • @adamjg4
    @adamjg4 6 місяців тому +11

    That camerawork is shockingly crisp for the 1980s.

  • @margaretzoheir4468
    @margaretzoheir4468 Рік тому +9

    I bought this as a vinyl single when it was released first. That was many years ago and the soldiers are still in the Lebanon and elsewhere in the Middle East. Pray for peace 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @futurefreak8789
    @futurefreak8789 3 роки тому +28

    That bass kills..great song

  • @jingleheimerschmidt326
    @jingleheimerschmidt326 Місяць тому +1

    40 years later and STILL relevant. Holy shit

    • @Iridescence94
      @Iridescence94 Місяць тому

      To be flippant...Israel liked this song so much they did a 2024 Remix

  • @user-gu3we4cy8n
    @user-gu3we4cy8n 3 місяці тому +63

    LEBANON WILL SURVIVE

  • @SGH-rt6ci
    @SGH-rt6ci 2 роки тому +8

    I want to be 20 years old again ❤

  • @4wdfarm
    @4wdfarm Рік тому +14

    They are all so unspeakably gorgeous at that time 😍🤩
    Relaxed and at the top of their game.

  • @yiannisal2526
    @yiannisal2526 3 місяці тому +5

    a brilliant song...a top hit here in Greece in the 80's .. but i hardly could find it in any 80's song collection ..and i was wondering why....Now i understand why

  • @garybridge-ku7bf
    @garybridge-ku7bf 2 місяці тому +2

    What an intro, What a song, My favourite Human league song. ❤

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 2 місяці тому

      Nice to see they finally got the HD cameras out for the Human League with this video.

  • @forever2315
    @forever2315 Рік тому +200

    Praying for peace in the Middle East 🙏🏼

    • @user-eg9ww9ye4j
      @user-eg9ww9ye4j Рік тому +10

      There is no any god or Allah.

    • @colinmaddocks9352
      @colinmaddocks9352 Рік тому

      ​@@user-eg9ww9ye4j
      You have no Idea of what's coming on this earth.
      Study the KJV end times prophecy passages.
      Take care.

    • @Project-Masculinity
      @Project-Masculinity Рік тому +8

      Arnt we all , God bless to all reading this

    • @martyhartman4565
      @martyhartman4565 Рік тому

      There's been holy wars since the beginning of time...

    • @christopherwest4580
      @christopherwest4580 Рік тому +4

      Me too,not gonna hold my breath though.

  • @AmosAmerica
    @AmosAmerica 3 роки тому +30

    I remember when this song came out. I don't know if I bought it right away or a friend came over and put it on my turn table. All I know is that the sound of this production was AWESOME - so powerful, and remains so to this day. Never saw this video before. Its pretty much amazing.

  • @TihetrisWeathersby
    @TihetrisWeathersby 2 роки тому +24

    Human League really puts you in a good mood, They don't get enough praise

  • @fredmila
    @fredmila 2 роки тому +9

    Super song. There was such an explosion of British music, in the 80's just like in the 60's

  • @danie4dunes
    @danie4dunes 3 місяці тому +7

    Rerelease The Lebanon!! It's time ...

  • @BobbyCrushed
    @BobbyCrushed 3 роки тому +3

    I was at the video shoot, in the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Peter Powell had done a shout out for people to turn up the day before, on his Radio 1 show.

    • @JimHanner
      @JimHanner 10 місяців тому

      Haha me too! I remember queuing for a long time, then being inside for a long time. Them doing bits of playback and laughing when the music stopped as they were cut short in their performance, as were we with our 80s dance moves. My mate and I went because a friend begged us to go, yet she didn't turn up. Was fun though!

    • @BobbyCrushed
      @BobbyCrushed 10 місяців тому +1

      And there was a 'competition' to win Human League prizes, but it was obviously rigged, and was 'won' by the League super fan who wore Human League badges head to foot, and Human League scarves and so on. Which was fair enough. No one semed to mind.@@JimHanner

    • @JimHanner
      @JimHanner 10 місяців тому

      @@BobbyCrushed Ha! I didn't know that!

  • @mcalnd
    @mcalnd 3 місяці тому +9

    How is this not Number 1 right now?

  • @jonnuanez2843
    @jonnuanez2843 4 роки тому +94

    Oh good Lord Joanne looks perfect here.

    • @superash31
      @superash31 3 роки тому +6

      Iv always thought that about Phillip in this particular video, though he has always been perfect to me

    • @indyjones1135
      @indyjones1135 3 роки тому +7

      Is Joanne the brunette?

    • @jonnuanez2843
      @jonnuanez2843 3 роки тому +3

      @@indyjones1135 Yes

    • @hardloper070884
      @hardloper070884 3 роки тому +7

      They all look perfect

  • @davidrider2264
    @davidrider2264 Рік тому +6

    Saw them live last summer at Linfield racecourse where they did all the BANGERS including this one. Utterly blown away, one of the best things I've ever seen. They absolutely ROCK

  • @francospecchia9283
    @francospecchia9283 2 роки тому +3

    THE MAGIC OF THE Eighties, OUR YOUTH, NOW AWAY, THE SCHOOL, THE HOLIDAYS, AND THIS SONGS IS DURING THE DAY, AND YOU SAY A LITTLE? ...GREETINGS FROM ITALY ✋🇮🇹✋ ... HOW MANY MEMORIES

  • @yiannisal2526
    @yiannisal2526 11 місяців тому +1

    A top hit of 80's that vanished !! i couldnt find it nowhere ..i don't wonder why in fact

    • @RocStarr913
      @RocStarr913 11 місяців тому

      It didn’t do that well, even in Britain.

  • @KEVWARD63
    @KEVWARD63 7 років тому +50

    Thanks for posting this 80 's classic , the first track they used guitar in , the bass intro is just hypnotic. Pure brilliance , electric guitar blends in perfectly with their own synth style sound.

    • @rubenscandido7331
      @rubenscandido7331 7 років тому +1

      voce e um J U M E N T OOO

    • @rubenscandido7331
      @rubenscandido7331 7 років тому +1

      vc nao sabe nem a hora que esta com fome QUANTO MAIS ENTENDER DE MUSICA I DII OO TTAAAAA

    • @Viajantedotemporeal
      @Viajantedotemporeal 7 років тому

      Postamos e gostamos de vários estilos musicais!
      O rock roll tem vários ícones que assumiram serem gays: David Lee Roth ( Van Halen), Rob Halford ( Judas Priest) e Freddie Mercury ( Queen).
      Essas bandas fazem um som de primeira!!!! verdadeiros hinos.
      A calça sem a parte de traz, que o David e o Rob usavam na carreira solo era bem convidativa.....
      O som New Wave da Human League agrada garotas e rapazes. independente da opção sexual.
      Obs: todos os seis membros da formação clássica do Human league são Heteros.......e que diferença faz isso na musica?

    • @veggie42
      @veggie42 7 років тому +1

      Kraftwerk I got a U2, Duran Duran and Siouxsie vibe

    • @ronaldvanderkleij
      @ronaldvanderkleij 7 років тому

      swip U2

  • @bradikdeluxe2855
    @bradikdeluxe2855 8 місяців тому +6

    That bridge is sublime

  • @benedettobruno1669
    @benedettobruno1669 7 років тому +283

    Ah! That sharp guitar sound, those magic keyboards with the pounding drums , those 2 girls' voices, the bass intro...what an unforgettable song!

    • @6581punk
      @6581punk 7 років тому +10

      Even better live, as I found out tonight :)

    • @davidlewis1787
      @davidlewis1787 7 років тому +1

      What song?

    • @leopold7562
      @leopold7562 6 років тому +2

      6581 punk I completely agree. I've seen them a few times and even their most recent live performances are still very much on point.

    • @sabrinaneuma14
      @sabrinaneuma14 5 років тому +3

      @@davidlewis1787 THE LEBANON

    • @davidlewis1787
      @davidlewis1787 5 років тому +1

      Sabrina Gameplays Br lol, was joking, THL are great

  • @alwaysme9575
    @alwaysme9575 3 місяці тому +8

    .. and we're still sadly talking about the Lebanon...

  • @djronniebruno
    @djronniebruno 9 місяців тому +2

    I always loved this record.

  • @malcolmpayne8211
    @malcolmpayne8211 7 років тому +46

    Remember the shock when I first heard this back in 1984. Those screechy guitars were so unexpected from a previously all electronic band. After shock had subsided loved the song!

    • @rjjcms1
      @rjjcms1 5 років тому +1

      Yes,caught people by surprise all right. The only other Western pop song I'd heard (unless there are any that have slipped my mind) before then dealing with the subject was the one Mr Sarstedt did in summer 1978 called Beirut - Crumbling Stone By Stone. Bit of different vibe to this one!

    • @smguy7
      @smguy7 4 роки тому +1

      Phil later admits that they were brow-beaten into using electric guitars and it was a betrayal of everything the Human League stood for.

    • @ColtraneTaylor
      @ColtraneTaylor 4 роки тому +3

      @@smguy7 Well then Phil was an arsehole. Playing guitar doesn't necessarily make you sound like bluesy or some Zeppelin fartsy stuff.

  • @AbdulKuddus-rm4pd
    @AbdulKuddus-rm4pd 3 місяці тому +3

    This song has no truer meaning than it does now. Very underrated band.

  • @laxeystu8096
    @laxeystu8096 3 місяці тому +3

    The guitarists pink decorative shirt and bolo tie are nice

  • @Chef_Kevin
    @Chef_Kevin 4 дні тому

    This song. The sound of my childhood.

  • @camacaja1
    @camacaja1 7 місяців тому +2

    One of leagues finest loved the rockier sound saw them only a few weeks ago here in Melbourne and they were still outstanding.

  • @GIANNHS8702
    @GIANNHS8702 7 років тому +84

    Amazing ladies... Amazing group...We danced it at the discos of Greece when we were young...

  • @Dreamcastle100
    @Dreamcastle100 5 років тому +12

    Oh gods, Philip is so handsome here, I can't stop having my eyes glued on him! The perfect look!

  • @eschweilerbergwerksverein
    @eschweilerbergwerksverein 7 років тому +217

    The eighties the best Look the best music of all times

    • @scousemouse9715
      @scousemouse9715 5 років тому +3

      Its a fact Dear one.

    • @sratus
      @sratus 5 років тому +1

      no

    • @emywwg1wga-uk609
      @emywwg1wga-uk609 4 роки тому +4

      Do you know why? NO F.........NG PC only good times!
      Now looking at the hypocrites from that era like Bono, Madonna...wanting socialism in America of all places when they have become rich and famous thanks to Western freedom and Capitalism.

    • @marcoribeiro8911
      @marcoribeiro8911 4 роки тому

      Verdade. E sem preguiça !!

    • @estelavillapaz3346
      @estelavillapaz3346 4 роки тому +2

      I agree. I love 80's music.

  • @susandaunt9245
    @susandaunt9245 3 роки тому

    The simplicity of the video is what makes it stand out.

  • @membear
    @membear 4 місяці тому +3

    Such a great song, a great new wave rock song with great guitars.

  • @softshallow7435
    @softshallow7435 3 місяці тому +15

    I’ve only come to listen to all this after nearly 40 years because of hearing the bombing in Lebanon and thought I’m sure The Human League had a song called Lebanon.

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 3 місяці тому +5

      And what a marvellous song it is. Still sounds great.

    • @softshallow7435
      @softshallow7435 3 місяці тому +2

      @@ajs41 I’m 51,now listening to it again is now shows how an instant classic it is.

    • @billkeithchannel
      @billkeithchannel Місяць тому +1

      @@softshallow7435 58 and it never left my consciousness. It was their hardest song musically with the guitars and deepest in meaning.

  • @oscarbelza9456
    @oscarbelza9456 7 років тому +101

    The golden age of the new romantic style!!! One of the best song ever!! Beers from Uruguay!!

    • @Mrsharky
      @Mrsharky 6 років тому +2

      Oscar Belza u do know the song is about the lebanese civilwar hahahahahaha

    • @marioh.3633
      @marioh.3633 5 років тому +1

      🇺🇾 nomá

    • @helmethead72
      @helmethead72 5 років тому +2

      Oscar Belza Agree with you Oscar. Raising a can of ice cold Bulgarian beer to your good health. Cheers!

    •  4 роки тому

      Estamos de acuerdo, una de ls mejores canciones, human league una de mis bandas preferidas

  • @massagetom249
    @massagetom249 Рік тому +14

    Still resonating in 2023

  • @antidoteify
    @antidoteify Рік тому +1

    Wow Human League have the best melody and throbbing rhytms. (0s music makes you feel like everythong is possible in life.

  • @thejoker-ie1mm
    @thejoker-ie1mm Рік тому +5

    80's the best decade in music 💯

  • @halojames7778
    @halojames7778 6 років тому +35

    This is the best of Human League's songs.

  • @gerardoimbriani9698
    @gerardoimbriani9698 2 роки тому +12

    I love Suzanne and Jane!! ❤🤩😍🤩😍

    • @mojorhythms858
      @mojorhythms858 Рік тому +3

      It's Susan Sulley & Joanne Catherall! And yes, still crushing on them big time 😍

  • @elainearmstrong444
    @elainearmstrong444 3 місяці тому +4

    Watching news made me search for this..❤

  • @ALEJANDRO-b9e
    @ALEJANDRO-b9e 4 місяці тому +1

    It comes difficult to choose the best song of The Human League because they are so great. This one for me might be the best. I miss so much having fun the way people has in the video

  • @mauriziocorvi157
    @mauriziocorvi157 Рік тому +1

    quanti ricordi di allora .....

  • @bs1consilioetprudentia505
    @bs1consilioetprudentia505 3 роки тому +3

    Memories of youth are the best. Great sound even today.