Sure nobody will read this as most comments are much older. The 80's were my decade. The music, the freedom the absolute joy. Even though I cannot walk anymore due to poor health I remember dancing at the disco to this song, unfettered & joyous. Those were the days and I lived them. Thankyou Prefab, your music made my life wonderful
some of us still reading the comments and I'm right there with you..the 80's were also my decade the best times of my life by far inspite of a less than ideal childhood. Looking back it's kinda bittersweet but I would still go back to it in a heartbeat.
I'm with you on that (from France). Same decade, same feelings... if I could go back there, I'd do it. But as Epicure/Lucrece say, you can't live in the past or the future, we live the instant. Spent part of the afternoon with Steve Mc Queen though, and I was back in time... cheers from Brittany coast !
I'm with you too. I'm now 62 and undoubtedly 1980-2000 were the fun times. The 80's made you feel invincible and that time would never end. But it does and it's nice to reminisce now and then.
Some of us read, but sometimes, UA-cams algorithms are not working :) This is a wonderful song, and Prefab Sprout has made quite a few classic songs, of which this is one of them. Next time, try "Who is still listening to this in 2023" 🤣🤣
Just read an interview with Rod Stewart who stated that this is his favourite song. That just made my heart soar. Happy Valentine's Day to all the Prefab Sprout lovers of the world! 💘
Oui une belle décennie et en effet quel groupe ! J'ai tous leurs albums. Malheureusement le leader du groupe n'est pas en bonne santé. Et je pense qu'il ne produira plus rien.
Possibly one of the most underrated bands ever? Maybe, but certainly Paddy McAloon is a master lyricist with insightful commentary on childhood, growing old and reflection. Just brilliant!
Steve McQueen/Two Wheels Good had the most fantastic gem of all with "When Love Breaks Down". As to David Smith, yep, another underrated band in Aztec Cam.. "Birds" has always continued to impress me on Dreamland.
This song makes me cry , of happiness and sadness at the same time . For a world that is gone , and for the memories that are slowly fading away . Slowly cancelling from my memory the young kid I was back then 😢😢 These songs give me the chance to grab him for a little more time .
Know the feeling buddy hang in there and enjoy the music lot of people I once listen to theses type of songs from that era gone now from one thing or another rip but still plenty of us AROUND dublin ireland 👍👍
I'm from South America, and here music like Prefab Sprout never came or came a long time later. However, those of us who lived in the 80's, have in our souls a kind of detector of the spirit of this type of songs, which have something special that cannot be defined with words and although, like me, you listen to them decades later, your mind, when Instantly, he assimilates them, identifies them and miraculously they return you there, to the wonderful 80's, that time that will stay in our minds, until the last day we have to be here.
In my 62 years on earth, these guys are in my top three bands of all time and I love a lot of different music!🤔😎 some things hurt more, MUCH MORE than cars and girls!😓
@@srl6018 it's hard to say which two others bands are top. I'll have to say Genesis (early Genesis I mean with Gabriel) and Steely Dan probably🤔😎😏 Everything But The Girl is in there too!
I too was born in '61 (very late December, so still 62), discovering PS around the time of release of Langley Park to Memphis (then quickly picked up previous release Two Wheels Good/Steve McQueen, Swoon impossible to find). Instantly became my 2nd favorite band of the 80s. My top three (with no apologies due to coming late to the party, after 1980) are Squeeze, Prefab Sprout and Siouxsie and The Banshees (The Clash just edged out, even though London Calling arguably the best album of the decade, and Joy Division not really an 80s band as Ian Curtis offed himself early in that year). Lots to choose from, I know, though these represent a range of styles that just could not be duplicated by others. The brilliant, evocative songwriting, unparalleled musicianship and innovative walls of sound that drilled deep into my psyche and really made me feel something. Not the mindless, cookie cutter drivel that most Midwesterners nodded their heads to. It was a great time to discover that rock, pop, punk, new wave, blues, reggae, etc., had important, worthwhile things to say - after teenage years spent mostly avoiding same (generally hated stuff others were listening to, especially in the late 70s).
I was born at the beginning of 1966 so the 1980’s spanned the years I was 13 to 23, what a brilliant LUCKY time to have been young. It’s worth being older today to have lived through the sheer joy of being younger then.
I was born in 64 mate......similar vintage! What an era.......never to be repeated! It makes me misty eyed when I think about it......we were so bloody fortunate! You're right in what you say!! Hope you're well!
@@theatticrooms7623 Jeeez...........watching this and reading these comments has made me quite melancholic......and life turned out well for me! I'm still waiting for a phone call from the '80's telling me I can go back!! Anyone else wanna come with me?
Was 17 in ‘85. Amazing decade. Privileged to have lived through the ‘80’s in that time of life...freedom, clubbing with friends, grandparents, endless holidays. We need the ‘80’s back to detoxify us of this covid nonsense. Can someone invent a time machine... I want to go back to ‘85!
@@miguelgaldonmoragues Hi... we had 2 super holiday’s in Calella de Palafrugel, Costa Brava in the 80’s. wonderful place. Love to go back soon. Lets go back to the 80’s!
I played the video of this song to my 15 year old son who is as big on music as i am amd told him that this was a hit when i was 15. He listened intently then looked up the lyrics and said, This is a great song dad! When a songs meaning reaches across generations, then it is truly Timeless! Greetings from Durban, South Africa.
Good point! It's like: lets be happy and carefree - because it wont last forever, sooner or later bad things will happen. Thats life, of course, after bad comes good, thats how it will always be💖
I absolutely love Prefab Sprout and think Paddy McAloon is a writing genius. I've been having a Prefab renaissance for some months now. Can't stop listening to their many great songs. Someone tell Paddy how great he is and how much pleasure his songs bring us.
This song constantly plays in one of the biggest radios of classics from Argentina, Blue FM. I wouldn't have listened to it otherwise. It's so underrated.
I was born in 1967 and I grew up with 70-80's music. This song automatically takes me back to those years. At the same time It is joyful but also a little nostalgic. I listen to it with happiness but with tears in my eyes. Thanks to Prefab Sprouts and Paddy McAloon.
I had this on cassette and would “rewind” this song over and over! My girlfriend thought I was crazy. I didn’t care. This song is too good to listen to just once!
The breathless style of Deacon Blue's "When will you" is priceless. Blessed to have been a kid in the 80s and a young adult in the 90s. Two great eras of music.
Have never been able to listen to this song without crying. He was so good wasn't he. We were spoilt in the 80s with the quality of musicianship and actually record companies still agreeing to that level of artistry and time and money taken for the production.
Every time I listen its like the first time i have ever listened, yesterday (35 years ago) was on the dance floor of some club dancing to it without a care in the world, and that gives a extra meaning to the lyrics (just look at me now). Thank you Prefab Sprout.
Indeed, this one among some others like "Interstellar" from Amplifier is very addictive. That jazzy tune backing vocals scat is so well balanced, somewhere between rhythm 'n blues and poppier 80's songs.
The 80's are definitely my decade, I was 10 nearly 11 when they began and was 20 going on 21 when the 90's started. The decade that saw me leave school, get my first full time job, fall head over heels in love then experience having my heart broken a couple of years later. All of this happened with the greatest musical decade providing a soundtrack to my teenage years. Some great times and a few sad times, songs like this bring the memories tumbling back...
Totally brilliant. Superb chords, bass line, great singing, great lyrics. One of the best songs to come out of the 80s. Long live Paddy McAloon and Prefab Sprout.
I found Prefab Sprout after watching the 'Whats in my bag' episode with Walk the Moon. Can't tell you how glad I am. If I die, I want to wake up back in the 80s.
I'm 52 years old, and I remember "downloading" this song saturday by night from my radio to a 90 min chrome cassette. I waited by weeks until I captured it
That's soo TRUE! ..we did this captures with a lot of patience 😅... amazing how music works more hard in those times ..Great detail ! ..God bless you ✨
I’m 49 now. I just heard this song for the first time today- November 2nd, 2022. I don’t know how that happened that I went all this time without ever hearing this fantastic song before. I know if I’d have ever heard it before, it would have caught my ear like it does now. While the music I like now has dramatically expanded, I know this song has so many elements and features of music I’ve always liked. In addition, I don’t think I’ve ever heard a song from this band before. And I lived through all of the 1980s and have memories of every calendar year in that decade, many of them music-centric. There’s nothing about this song that is particularly alternative or edgy or outside of the musical mainstream at the time that would suggest this song wouldn’t have been all over the radio. And yet I’ve never heard it until today. Some things cannot be easily squared or understood.
@@patjungle9826 ...yes, i've stopped listening to almost all new music over last 20 years......still some good music but mostly junk over the last 20 years.....for Camouflage - only listen to their 1st album (that smiling face, pompeiji, music for ballerinas, i once had a dream)
I discovered this song as it was my aerobics teacher choice for the final part of coming down and stretching. That gym was great, full of really cool people and I felt very sad when it closed and their owners moved to Spain. Never felt as happy on any other gym I went after that one and this song reminds me of all the good times spent there.
@David Hargreaves I'm Not Ok With This, very good series on Netflix. King of Rock and Roll is used to great effect. The whole soundtrack to this programme is phenomenal. There's even a made-up band called Bloodwitch created for the programme by Graham Coxon of Blur and Tatyana Richaud. The Music is so good you don't ever want to skip the ever changing outros.
I'm so sorry to hear of your accident. Life throws such tests at us. Music holds and lifts us throughout our lives. It's an incredible gift. I couldn't live without music. I send you my very best wishes and good luck for the future.
I once was in love with the world. That was about when this song came out! Time has passed, but Prefab Sprout still holds up! What a genius Paddy Mcaloon is (and mind you, he has made a lot of great songs after this one. Still does as a matter of fact!)
Like so many great 'older' songs, listen to this in my sixties, and I'm young again. Best thing is, I appreciate them more now..what a time to be alive!
Heard this song on Radio 2 the other day and now I can't stop playing it. My neighbours must think I'm mad!!! Hard to believe this song didn't make the UK Top 40, brilliant song by an underrated 80's band. Paddy McAloon is a genius.
Its criminal that songs of this ilk are overlooked because they are forever linked to Hot Dog, Jumping Frog, Albuquerque. He wrote so many songs that deserved much wider acclaim. I have followed this band for 40 years now! I'm getting old xD
Steve McQueen is still in my top ten after all these years , the prefab sprout years were brilliant . Every album was waited on with great anticipation and Paddy never disappointed. Wonderful music and songwriting guaranteed
I was born in 1979 and was so lucky to catch all the 1980s and it was such a great time to be a kid..i look at my little 5 year old nephew growing up in this world today and i really fear for what is coming.
"Langley Park to Memphis", such an awesome album that I listened to through some of the biggest changes in my life, golden times, testing times with good friends, family and loves. Thank you Paddy and co, Why Aye Man!!!
2:48 - it's really cool how varied his vocal delivery is on different phrases of the next thirty seconds of the song. Practically whispering "feeling carsick" compared to the emphatically boastful "pretty streamers" in the next line is a pretty wide range of emotion.
Can't believe I am as old as I am and just discovered them last year. Sheer artistic genius at work here, they've joined my top three artists ever. Have had the 38 Carat Collection on loop pretty much for the past six months. What amazing melodies Paddy created!
I was 12 in 1980. So much happened during the next ten years that it would be impossible to list them. This song was one of those things though so enough said!
You can’t get away from great songs with great lyrics. They’re timeless ! Especially when they haven’t been re - created !!!!!!!!!! Leave them alone 👍🏼
This song has so many 80ies vibes in it... I was 14 or 15 when it came out. Long live our youth, when we had less and were happier. My friends have gone, separate liferoads, some are gone forever. As long I live I shall carry all those memories of good and bad.
I'm deeply concerned why this genius has never hit the top spot. When love breaks down is not the best song of its generation. It's the best song of all time. Thanks the Sprouts
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Sure nobody will read this as most comments are much older. The 80's were my decade. The music, the freedom the absolute joy. Even though I cannot walk anymore due to poor health I remember dancing at the disco to this song, unfettered & joyous. Those were the days and I lived them. Thankyou Prefab, your music made my life wonderful
some of us still reading the comments and I'm right there with you..the 80's were also my decade the best times of my life by far inspite of a less than ideal childhood. Looking back it's kinda bittersweet but I would still go back to it in a heartbeat.
I'm with you on that (from France). Same decade, same feelings... if I could go back there, I'd do it. But as Epicure/Lucrece say, you can't live in the past or the future, we live the instant. Spent part of the afternoon with Steve Mc Queen though, and I was back in time... cheers from Brittany coast !
I'm with you too. I'm now 62 and undoubtedly 1980-2000 were the fun times. The 80's made you feel invincible and that time would never end. But it does and it's nice to reminisce now and then.
Some of us read, but sometimes, UA-cams algorithms are not working :) This is a wonderful song, and Prefab Sprout has made quite a few classic songs, of which this is one of them. Next time, try "Who is still listening to this in 2023" 🤣🤣
Yo si te he leído. En su día, me compré este LP.
One of the classiest songs of the 80s. Pure silk.
Merci j t'aime déjà ❤
Perfect Explanation
Just read an interview with Rod Stewart who stated that this is his favourite song. That just made my heart soar. Happy Valentine's Day to all the Prefab Sprout lovers of the world! 💘
Quit driving, Start counting...
Wow, that's a serious endorsement... ❤😊
Mine too... From Italy.
Love this song so much play it to my granddaughter she loves it ❤️💯
Link pls
Happy 65th Birthday Paddy! Never got the recognition he deserved outside the UK
Such famous in France i remember to dance on it
You got that right. I found their album by accident. Loved it. No one knew what I was talking about then. Still don't
In Italy we played this song for months, absolute masterpiece
He did in Italy, never forgotten ❤
Extremely underrated, the songwriting , melodies and execution are on another level . Their songs hold up well even after all these years .
Very true, Paddy's a genius, there was so much fantastic music in the 80s..🎶🎸🥁📻😊👀👏
So true
Well said and great comment.
This track is a one-of-a-kind crafted song. I will be remembered. ♥️🎵🇩🇰🌞
He's quoted as one of the best British songwriters of all times. 🙏🏻👍🏻❤
2024 and the 80's ❤ is still the best and will be forever ❤ A magic decade
After so many years, this song is still the best you can hear in 2023, wonderful.❤
By far better than the music of now
@@garethhelliwell9736 Yeah
How right you are
2024 still my favourite play list.
Merci bis ❤
Ma jeunesse… et ce groupe, et cette chanson sur laquelle j’ai dansé encore et encore… 🙏🌿💙🩵💛
Oui une belle décennie et en effet quel groupe ! J'ai tous leurs albums.
Malheureusement le leader du groupe n'est pas en bonne santé. Et je pense qu'il ne produira plus rien.
One of my favorites songs
I can't remember any other song in which the crash cymbal played such an important role. This guys are so musical....
Time flies but the talent remains…
Thank you Paddy for all your work.
Oh my god , I love this song ! I yearn for the “80’s “ again.
😎👍
Possibly one of the most underrated bands ever? Maybe, but certainly Paddy McAloon is a master lyricist with insightful commentary on childhood, growing old and reflection. Just brilliant!
Totally true, they're criminally underrated.
he is making reference to bruce springsteen songs.
@@RafaLaRocka Yeah... I think the irony is lost on many.
@@RafaLaRocka BTW... The Meatloaf album Bat Out Of Hell... produced by Todd Rundgren is also a parody of the clown Bruce Spring sting records.
Along with The Blue Nile.
This is definitely a fine candidate for the best song of all time. Personally it’s a top3 for me
It has taken me DECADES to realise the brilliance of this songwriting.
Vastly under-rated band ,pure class.
Born in '64, I was a youngster I n the 80s, marvelous youth, marvelous music: Prince, Style Council, you name it, the 80s were a special decade !
One of the most underrated bands of the 80’s.
I'm from london they were never underrated
Where as Aztec camera well that's a different story.
Steve McQueen/Two Wheels Good had the most fantastic gem of all with "When Love Breaks Down". As to David Smith, yep, another underrated band in Aztec Cam.. "Birds" has always continued to impress me on Dreamland.
yeah the king of rock n roll
Definitely!
Why does someone ALWAYS write the same thing? Doesn't matter what band; they're always 'unederrated.'
Sigh...
This song makes me cry , of happiness and sadness at the same time . For a world that is gone , and for the memories that are slowly fading away . Slowly cancelling from my memory the young kid I was back then 😢😢 These songs give me the chance to grab him for a little more time .
Know the feeling buddy hang in there and enjoy the music lot of people I once listen to theses type of songs from that era gone now from one thing or another rip but still plenty of us AROUND dublin ireland 👍👍
One of the greatest songs i ever heard.
I AGREE WITH YOU. GREETINGS FROM SPAIN.
Very well said !!
Natsukashii... can feel sad sometimes, but music lovers will always love wonderful tunes like this :-)
Paddy and Prefab Sprout at their absolute best.
I'm from South America, and here music like Prefab Sprout never came or came a long time later. However, those of us who lived in the 80's, have in our souls a kind of detector of the spirit of this type of songs, which have something special that cannot be defined with words and although, like me, you listen to them decades later, your mind, when Instantly, he assimilates them, identifies them and miraculously they return you there, to the wonderful 80's, that time that will stay in our minds, until the last day we have to be here.
Beauty
80s music and the way it reaches into your soul. This is the first time I've heard this tune, and your words just brought me to tears.
Bravo Carlos, you just wrote a poetry! Where in South America?
Bravo pas de fro
Noires ça pouvoir musique t enbrasse ❤
57 years old and still listening to PreFab Sprout. I was hooked at Golden Calf.
I’m 70 and still listening.
19 years and just started listening x
We love.
Me too!! Golden Calf makes me fly..❤❤❤
Duran Duran? Spandau Ballet? No... PREFAB SPROUT!!! Yesss
c'est toute ma jeunesse !
The cure.
In my 62 years on earth, these guys are in my top three bands of all time and I love a lot of different music!🤔😎 some things hurt more, MUCH MORE than cars and girls!😓
I'd love to know which are the other bans in your top three.
I meant to type "bands"!
@@srl6018 it's hard to say which two others bands are top. I'll have to say Genesis (early Genesis I mean with Gabriel) and Steely Dan probably🤔😎😏 Everything But The Girl is in there too!
I too was born in '61 (very late December, so still 62), discovering PS around the time of release of Langley Park to Memphis (then quickly picked up previous release Two Wheels Good/Steve McQueen, Swoon impossible to find). Instantly became my 2nd favorite band of the 80s. My top three (with no apologies due to coming late to the party, after 1980) are Squeeze, Prefab Sprout and Siouxsie and The Banshees (The Clash just edged out, even though London Calling arguably the best album of the decade, and Joy Division not really an 80s band as Ian Curtis offed himself early in that year). Lots to choose from, I know, though these represent a range of styles that just could not be duplicated by others. The brilliant, evocative songwriting, unparalleled musicianship and innovative walls of sound that drilled deep into my psyche and really made me feel something. Not the mindless, cookie cutter drivel that most Midwesterners nodded their heads to. It was a great time to discover that rock, pop, punk, new wave, blues, reggae, etc., had important, worthwhile things to say - after teenage years spent mostly avoiding same (generally hated stuff others were listening to, especially in the late 70s).
I was born at the beginning of 1966 so the 1980’s spanned the years I was 13 to 23, what a brilliant LUCKY time to have been young. It’s worth being older today to have lived through the sheer joy of being younger then.
I was born in 64 mate......similar vintage! What an era.......never to be repeated! It makes me misty eyed when I think about it......we were so bloody fortunate! You're right in what you say!! Hope you're well!
Absolutely agree! I was born mid '65 so was soooooo lucky that I grew up with THE best music!
@@theatticrooms7623 Jeeez...........watching this and reading these comments has made me quite melancholic......and life turned out well for me! I'm still waiting for a phone call from the '80's telling me I can go back!! Anyone else wanna come with me?
@@daveh1081 Yep... I'd be back there in a heartbeat!
@@theatticrooms7623 Where's my time machine when I need it!!!
Was 17 in ‘85. Amazing decade. Privileged to have lived through the ‘80’s in that time of life...freedom, clubbing with friends, grandparents, endless holidays. We need the ‘80’s back to detoxify us of this covid nonsense. Can someone invent a time machine... I want to go back to ‘85!
Nostalgia. ...magia.......😭
ME TOO MY FRIEND. GREETINGS FROM SPAIN.
@@miguelgaldonmoragues Hi... we had 2 super holiday’s in Calella de Palafrugel, Costa Brava in the 80’s. wonderful place. Love to go back soon. Lets go back to the 80’s!
WAY BETTER THAN ALL THE SHIT PLAYED NOWADAYS!!😌😌
Anch'io!!!
I played the video of this song to my 15 year old son who is as big on music as i am amd told him that this was a hit when i was 15. He listened intently then looked up the lyrics and said, This is a great song dad! When a songs meaning reaches across generations, then it is truly Timeless! Greetings from Durban, South Africa.
Same with my daughter
Thankfully some of today's youth still like quality proper music pal 👏
As an ex soldier the 80's meant the world to us, a total and utter pleasure, love the memories.XX
80s classic takes me back to the summer of 1988 while working my first job in a butchers shop in my local town in Scotland .
Prefab Sprout is an often overlooked band...They were very talented...Love this song...
+Brad Hill totally what i thought early on this month - when this song appeared on the radio . Soft song full of beautiful melody genius .
Brad Hill
Could listen all day long mate
Sublime! first time i listen to them, even though 80's are my favourite
In my 10 favorite bands and it lasts...since 30 years
The band still exist. Paddy McAloon just stated few years ago that Prefab Sprout would stick to studio albums only. No more live or tv appearances
Bought the cd when it was released just fantastic im 65 now and still listen to it and it takes me right back there, love it 😂
Same here ❤
I think this beautiful song captures the essence of the late 1980's: carefree but with a touch of sadness. Hard to pinpoint but definitely there.
Good point! It's like: lets be happy and carefree - because it wont last forever, sooner or later bad things will happen. Thats life, of course, after bad comes good, thats how it will always be💖
Prefab Sprout and Simple Minds are my favourites from the 80s.
Vero ❤️
I wish the 80's never ended!
I played this fantastic album every night that I worked at a bar in Melbourne thank you for all your wonderful amazing songs ❤❤❤❤❤❤
My first Prefab Sprout Album from 1988. Some others followed. First time I saw a video. I love it.
I absolutely love Prefab Sprout and think Paddy McAloon is a writing genius. I've been having a Prefab renaissance for some months now. Can't stop listening to their many great songs. Someone tell Paddy how great he is and how much pleasure his songs bring us.
All right, I will. PADDY, YOU ARE THE GREATEST, AND YOUR SONGS BRING US GREAT AND ENDURING PLEASURE.
Prefab sprout about as close to perfection as you can get.
How i wish we were still in the 1980s. Where all this started.
I'm 57 years old and I LOOOOVE this music ! In the 80's, I was 26 lets go !
This song constantly plays in one of the biggest radios of classics from Argentina, Blue FM. I wouldn't have listened to it otherwise. It's so underrated.
Miss these happy days.. :-))))
I was born in 1967 and I grew up with 70-80's music. This song automatically takes me back to those years. At the same time It is joyful but also a little nostalgic. I listen to it with happiness but with tears in my eyes. Thanks to Prefab Sprouts and Paddy McAloon.
Sono anch'io del 67 condivido il tuo pensiero quanta nostalgia una band di gran classe
❤❤❤
Love this song ❤❤❤❤❤🎉
What a great band , song and time to be alive , the 80's as a kid was awesome
i was there woo hoo x
not wrong 'great bands great music
what other cool bands were there like prefab sprout?
+Mon Oct 24 talk talk ,another good band
maybe The Bolshoi imo
I had this on cassette and would “rewind” this song over and over! My girlfriend thought I was crazy. I didn’t care. This song is too good to listen to just once!
Blasting it on your Walkman I bet. 😂
And having to use a pen to reel in the the cassette 😂
@@tommybaker6287 I used to hate having to do that, battery power was crap back in the day lol.
@@Eleventhearlofmars ...but it was so much fun!!!
Yes! She's know about nothing..
Just such a dreamy, soft and shimmering band. I could listen to them forever.
A hot 🔥 80ts summer night listening to pre fab sprout o man o man they were great days miss you 80ts soooo much 💯💚🤍🧡
J'ai 63 ans et je regrette ces 80 s ou la vie était si douce avec ces musiques 🎶🎵❤️🎶❤️🎵
я только сегодня узнал эту группу!!! спасибо ютуб!!! 💥💣💯
❤❤❤excellente découverte
“Life’s no cruise with a cool chick, too many folks feelin’ car sick” love it
loved them along with Deacon Blue, Big Country and so many other mythical bands of the 80s
Big Country GREAAAAATTTTTT
The breathless style of Deacon Blue's "When will you" is priceless. Blessed to have been a kid in the 80s and a young adult in the 90s. Two great eras of music.
Agree. This fantastic song reminds me of Deacon Blue.
Have never been able to listen to this song without crying. He was so good wasn't he. We were spoilt in the 80s with the quality of musicianship and actually record companies still agreeing to that level of artistry and time and money taken for the production.
Every time I listen its like the first time i have ever listened, yesterday (35 years ago) was on the dance floor of some club dancing to it without a care in the world, and that gives a extra meaning to the lyrics (just look at me now). Thank you Prefab Sprout.
Real people, real writing, real musicianship.
1,000,000 times!!!
Where did it all go so wrong lol.
Real shit.
+ no autotune
Real singing! Real talent!
Fun fact.. I played this on repeat 46 times today.... Never gets old... Love to all dreamers out there.... All right
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It never ever fails ❤ love sent back 🙏
Thought I was the only one who did such things,such joy,butterfly kisses to the 80's.
Wow you must like the song just a little! I thought I played it a lot in the late eighties when I would spend at least half an hour listening to it!
Love from a dreamer ❤
Indeed, this one among some others like "Interstellar" from Amplifier is very addictive.
That jazzy tune backing vocals scat is so well balanced, somewhere between rhythm 'n blues and poppier 80's songs.
The 80's are definitely my decade, I was 10 nearly 11 when they began and was 20 going on 21 when the 90's started. The decade that saw me leave school, get my first full time job, fall head over heels in love then experience having my heart broken a couple of years later. All of this happened with the greatest musical decade providing a soundtrack to my teenage years. Some great times and a few sad times, songs like this bring the memories tumbling back...
Totally brilliant. Superb chords, bass line, great singing, great lyrics. One of the best songs to come out of the 80s. Long live Paddy McAloon and Prefab Sprout.
I found Prefab Sprout after watching the 'Whats in my bag' episode with Walk the Moon. Can't tell you how glad I am. If I die, I want to wake up back in the 80s.
A fantastic band... this is what songwriting and real musical craftsmanship is all about. And Dirk Kuyt on bass!
I got it Arjen!
MegaWeebles with yah!
Arjen Janssen bolo zenden lead vocalist
It’s not Martin McAloon? He’s in the video.
pretty sure dirk kuyt played for liverpool
I'm 52 years old, and I remember "downloading" this song saturday by night from my radio to a 90 min chrome cassette. I waited by weeks until I captured it
That's soo TRUE! ..we did this captures with a lot of patience 😅... amazing how music works more hard in those times ..Great detail ! ..God bless you ✨
@@abbantucobergazo8381 God bless you too! 🤗
what sharp songwriters... amazing lyrics, rhythms and melodies. wow
As a Brother for you to say that; it MUST be GOOD...can l get a witness????
I’m 49 now. I just heard this song for the first time today- November 2nd, 2022. I don’t know how that happened that I went all this time without ever hearing this fantastic song before.
I know if I’d have ever heard it before, it would have caught my ear like it does now. While the music I like now has dramatically expanded, I know this song has so many elements and features of music I’ve always liked.
In addition, I don’t think I’ve ever heard a song from this band before. And I lived through all of the 1980s and have memories of every calendar year in that decade, many of them music-centric.
There’s nothing about this song that is particularly alternative or edgy or outside of the musical mainstream at the time that would suggest this song wouldn’t have been all over the radio. And yet I’ve never heard it until today.
Some things cannot be easily squared or understood.
somethings hurt more much more than cars and girls, and i think its time............. Time that hurts the most.
they have another song ''king of rock and roll''
@@patjungle9826 ....their songs do sound too similar though.......i'm more into Depeche Mode, Camouflage, Alphaville, The Cure..........
@@patjungle9826 ...yes, i've stopped listening to almost all new music over last 20 years......still some good music but mostly junk over the last 20 years.....for Camouflage - only listen to their 1st album (that smiling face, pompeiji, music for ballerinas, i once had a dream)
Listen to "When love breaks down" It's one of their best!!
Il n'y a pas d'âge pour écouter ce groupe excellent,et musicalement au top
I discovered this song as it was my aerobics teacher choice for the final part of coming down and stretching. That gym was great, full of really cool people and I felt very sad when it closed and their owners moved to Spain. Never felt as happy on any other gym I went after that one and this song reminds me of all the good times spent there.
THAT’S SO APT
I work in music , festivals, big gigs, Prefab sprout will always be the best band i have ever listened to
Talk Talk and Prefab Sprout I so remember listening to in my youth on a cassette Walkman
2020 and prefab is refreshingly and stubbornly relevant.
Thanks Netflix
@David Hargreaves I'm Not Ok With This, very good series on Netflix. King of Rock and Roll is used to great effect. The whole soundtrack to this programme is phenomenal. There's even a made-up band called Bloodwitch created for the programme by Graham Coxon of Blur and Tatyana Richaud. The Music is so good you don't ever want to skip the ever changing outros.
Quarantine Lockdown and some Prefab to get through the day
I haven't connected with a band this hard in a decade at least.
@David Hargreaves And "Wild Horses" is highly revered by the vaporwave crowd.
i am physically disabled by a car accident 18 years ago since then, music is my support, thanks:-))
I'm sorry to hear of your accident, and yes music does help, and this is such a great song. u take care.
@@brooksideradio thanks friend
I'm so sorry to hear of your accident. Life throws such tests at us. Music holds and lifts us throughout our lives. It's an incredible gift. I couldn't live without music. I send you my very best wishes and good luck for the future.
God bless you Miquel, sending you a hug from London.
@@soundmind6477 thans
C'est parmi un des meilleurs son de pop music des années 80 😍❤💘💛👏👏💙🤩
I once was in love with the world. That was about when this song came out! Time has passed, but Prefab Sprout still holds up! What a genius Paddy Mcaloon is (and mind you, he has made a lot of great songs after this one. Still does as a matter of fact!)
Oooffff!!! Once in love with the world… that has happened to me quit a few times and has always included some fantastic music!… like this 👍
A very catchy tune, brings me right back👍
I work with paddy's nephew. Cracking bloke!
@@jez6208 They're a brilliant, very gifted family.
Music from a better time in a better world.
Pensamos igual
👍🙋♀️
Ain't that the truth.
Cold war era, Thatcher, Chernobyl... And me singing »Hot dog, jumping frog, ..«. Better times? They are blurry...
Era un tiempo mejor sobre todo porque éramos más jóvenes 😸
What a track! Can't believe it stands upright so fiercely after so much time!
Like so many great 'older' songs, listen to this in my sixties, and I'm young again. Best thing is, I appreciate them more now..what a time to be alive!
So many memories. Good times, thanks Paddy❤
Heard this song on Radio 2 the other day and now I can't stop playing it. My neighbours must think I'm mad!!! Hard to believe this song didn't make the UK Top 40, brilliant song by an underrated 80's band. Paddy McAloon is a genius.
It was a big hit for them in 1988.
Paddy McAloon. Master songwriter
Underrated song writer
So underrated. He is an absolute genius songwriter.
💯
Its criminal that songs of this ilk are overlooked because they are forever linked to Hot Dog, Jumping Frog, Albuquerque. He wrote so many songs that deserved much wider acclaim. I have followed this band for 40 years now! I'm getting old xD
Steve McQueen is still in my top ten after all these years , the prefab sprout years were brilliant . Every album was waited on with great anticipation and Paddy never disappointed. Wonderful music and songwriting guaranteed
I remember playing this in the car driving through France. beautiful times with beautiful music. thanks Paddy you are a legend
I love Prefab Sprout when they're in up-tempo mode....this one "ticks all the boxes" , wonderful song !
I was born in 1979 and was so lucky to catch all the 1980s and it was such a great time to be a kid..i look at my little 5 year old nephew growing up in this world today and i really fear for what is coming.
I'm still listening spring 2019. 😁
Start counting.....
Watched the cure Glasto 19 then searched for what I loved but makes me so nostalgic n emotional, stop me feeling lost someone please xx
Me too sweet memories.
2020!
Neil is such a funky, talented drummer
Macaloon is a fantastic songwriter, the poignancy, hey manhattan, & many many more, so many gr8 songs, these songs are timeless.
The 80s, what a glorious time for music
Love this tune so much. So much memories. 80's was the best decade. 90's was also pretty good. Glad i was to see them. ❤️❤️💪🏽👊🏽👍🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
"Langley Park to Memphis", such an awesome album that I listened to through some of the biggest changes in my life, golden times, testing times with good friends, family and loves. Thank you Paddy and co, Why Aye Man!!!
2:48 - it's really cool how varied his vocal delivery is on different phrases of the next thirty seconds of the song. Practically whispering "feeling carsick" compared to the emphatically boastful "pretty streamers" in the next line is a pretty wide range of emotion.
A strong vocal performance!
Yeeeessss, he conveys different emotions in every line!
How did this not become their first No. 1 hit. It is one of their best! Paddy McAloon, a great writer!
Can't believe I am as old as I am and just discovered them last year. Sheer artistic genius at work here, they've joined my top three artists ever. Have had the 38 Carat Collection on loop pretty much for the past six months. What amazing melodies Paddy created!
Fantastic and magical music. Fergie aged 62
I was 12 in 1980. So much happened during the next ten years that it would be impossible to list them. This song was one of those things though so enough said!
Great to read these comments. The kids I taught in the 80s loved this band, hope they remember the great music and the great times.
You can’t get away from great songs with great lyrics. They’re timeless ! Especially when they haven’t been re - created !!!!!!!!!! Leave them alone 👍🏼
Profound songwriting by a brillant 80s band.
Merveilleux souvenir de mon adolescence...61 balais ❤😂😂😂
Love it ! Just fantastic!!🎶🎵
This song has so many 80ies vibes in it... I was 14 or 15 when it came out. Long live our youth, when we had less and were happier. My friends have gone, separate liferoads, some are gone forever. As long I live I shall carry all those memories of good and bad.
Brilliant voice, brilliant song writer, great music. Pass Paddy out and about and we have a few words, lovey man, keep it going Paddy
Prefab are 'still' one of my fave bands...ever...this is such a a brilliant 'sing along song'...
Totally
I'm deeply concerned why this genius has never hit the top spot. When love breaks down is not the best song of its generation. It's the best song of all time. Thanks the Sprouts
Fabulous song,pure magic vocally and musically. They don't make 'em like this anymore.
La colonna sonora della mia gioventù, della mia spensieratezza, delle mie "fughe" notturne, di tante serate con le mie amiche...quanti ricordi!
like a breath of fresh air. Very underrated as a group, such a shame.
Whenever a Prefab Sprout tune pops up on the car radio, I always suprised how fresh it still sounds against contemporary play lists today 😮