As a black teen during the 80’s I was pulled to these white British groups clearly inspired by soulful R&B, yet would bring this cool, laid back, elegant swag to the game. The Blow Monkeys, Swing Out Sister, ABC, and even David Bowie during that decade. Shit was just exceptional. Thanks for this post.
Dont believe dude! If you go a music festival of 80s music you ll see a lot of younger people who have been born in the 2000s enjoying this kind of music. Obviously the didnt live this music that time!
Don't feel bad for them. They love their "music" and would find the 1980s to be--to use their newspeak--"cringe ay-eff". Instead, feel bad for those of us who lived and loved the 1980s--as well as decades before in the case of those older--and are stuck in this dystopic rathole.
Thank GOD the 80's are gone. Been there and once is enough. It's called the PAST. Now if you want a time machine go buy a regular watch and go back into time. And that's the bottom line cause Stone Cold said so (from 976-CREOLEMAN)!
@maltaconvoy Μe too bro . I have been in such a bad period of my life the last 4 years that my only wish is to be at the 80's again going to school.etc.. I was 15 years old at 1988 and was living a dream life .. School , girlfriends, and mates having the best time of my life
@@janethill1668 They brought back a lukewarm version of it. Relying on Phils drums & the synth, etc. Theres one person, who will remain nameless, that appears to have overdosed on 80s music & pop culture. Even the name is str8 out of the 80s. Some of them are good, tho. The ones that sound like they were plucked out of the 80s & brought to this current time. The familiarity can be so strong that I feel like I **am** listening to a song from back in the 80s. Christine & The Queens 'Girlfriend' is one that does a great job of capturing that sound/vibe. I automatically, musically time travel with that one whether I want to or not. 😁✌
One of the most sophisticated 80's songs with peerless production (sweeping strings, cool backing vocals and that seductively masculine sax! )Disarmingly sung with soul, style with a contemporary edge and message.
@@blackmore4 Maybe for you the worst, but I agree with Eric George. Here on the right side I saw link to a George Michael's "Fastlove" video - much worse than this - crappy bluish green colours, annoying dancers, and so so typical of that late nineties era, with unnatural drum beats, etc...
Do people understand the context of these great lyrics? The song was released in 1986 during the AIDS epidemic and we were all scared. "Everyday I walk alone and hope that God won't see me." Great song.
My favorite Blow Monkeys song !!!! Isn’t that a great song or what ????? I have heard it countless times and each time looks more beautiful and glamorous !!!!! A true masterpiece !!!!
The video is a masterpiece! So funny n elegant n executed w masterful precision! Lead singer sexy gorgeous n funny! The little dance w the 2 wait staff hilarious n wonderful! Then the song! The music! The words! This is my get my arse in gear pick up! N it does! Thank u Robert n all involved! U r loved!
Ohhh, boy do I miss the 80's music, vibe, and energy. There were so many talented bands like this in that decade. Glad we can at least still listen here. Thank you.
Same here -we were in our early 20s when this came out and this song somehow made life feel exciting and glamorous - ABC, Sade, Kid Creole pulled off the same trick. I wish I’d appreciated it more TBH!
Wow... I was 17 in ‘84, what a decade. Compared to the state of the world 2020/21, if feel so lucky to have experienced the 80’s at that time in my life. The music, the freedom, the friends, the clubs. The 80’s had that, ‘life is happy’ vibe. I feel so sorry for youngsters today. It’s almost as though they’re being robbed of their youth! It’s a tragedy!
I graduated in 82', it was indeed the best time to be a kid. Late 70's early 80's, nothing like it. My heart goes out to the kids of today, they have no idea. We do.
@@jononolan946 Oh god no, the music of today is crap. Overproduced, oversung bland pop music.We had the tail end of punk, the new romantics, electronica, the beginning of the Goth scene and Steampunk, R&B greats still performing and inspiring people, nothing today compares to the magic of the 80s.
It's about the AIDS crisis. "I'm like a boy amongst men/I'd like a permanent friend" could be taken as someone dealing with their homosexual feelings and wanting to be in love; Could also be about being a gay man watching your friends die. "It'll get you in the end/it's God's revenge." The video itself has a bunch of visual metaphors as well
+Andrea Scott But do you remember in the 80's, we were told : "today's music is rubbish". People were comparing it to the 60's and the 70's. It wasn't as good as the 60's, as that was probably the golden age of pop music, and maybe it wasn't as good as the 70's, but it was so much better than most of the 90's and 2000-2015. 80's music has stood the test of time, a lot better than many thought it would.
I lived in all those decades, and the 60's was the best, although a bit too young to appreciate it all, and it will never be repeated as times have completely changed. Each generation seems to look down on the previous, and it will always be the case. However, I have never heard so many moaning about the state of today's music from the '00's onwards. There are some good artists around, indeed music, but nothing like anything I and so many others enjoyed in previous decades.
+matthew bailey save for me 20 years old, biginning my life, i would give everything to comme back in those years, best time of my life, the eighties were so fantastic !!!!!!
Gotta be One of the Best Tunes of the 80s. Is it just me, or does this music stir emotions with others who lived in the greatest era of all time.!! Yesterday 80s.
it's not just you paul, i was 13 when this came out and i remember it like yesterday! what a tune! just been blasting Roachford's 'Cuddly toy'! remember that anyone? very underrated!
Time machine - take me back to the 80's! Sophmore year of college - best time in human history and being young to boot. Seriously, so thankful to have lived at such a glorious time and place.
Amazing performance. A little Elvis a whole lotta Bowie/ Brian Ferry vibe, a ton of camp and a highly sophisticated, well-played, meaningful, catchy, pop song. 10/10
Still sounds great to this day. An all-time favourite. Long life to Dr. Robert and The Blow Monkeys and thanks for the good times spent listening and dancing to you.
This was too much ahead of its time in the still wonderful 80's. Great, great song. It took me a while to appreciate it, but I still do 35 years later.
One of the my favorite 80’s grooves! My friend was a DJ at the college radio station and knew I loved this song so she played it on air dedicated to me. Great times. Miss those days.
This is why British pop videos were so excellent in the 80s. With a shoestring budget this video is more glamorous than the multi-million pound monstrosities of today. The light is so warm and inviting, everyone involved is having fun and not taking themselves too seriously. And of course the song is dazzling. It makes me miss a London I've never known and the London I do as well.
This was a great song. The British artists were first rate. This song is very relaxing. I have fond memories of this song from summer of 1987 before I went away to college. ABC, Prefab Sprout Swing out Sister Human League were great
I was born in 1981 so missed this really the first time round. Had the absolute privilege and pleasure of watching the band in Liverpool last week. Wow. What a show. I’m hooked! Dr Robert is raw talent. Love this!
I was checking the comments to see if anyone else thought the same as I did and saw your comment. He must have loved Elvis. His looks, hair, clothing and moves are similar to Elvis. Even his video is similar to the Elvis video....Return To Sender.
I remember me and my mate who was 11yrs younger than me having many great times in Southport, dancing he was a bril dancer, should have kept hold of him
Oh me too!! Me too! IT Is- it Was-and Always will be the era that dawned the age of first E-mails, AOL for me) learning to text and send them at the speed of light. It changed the way we did things, how we communicated and of course-- the "oh special " Social. Media. You had to Live in order to know it. Thanks for Sharing . OH, NOW I GET IT!! Haha, hoho and a coue of tra-la la's......
With You there Mate. Music and Video actual top notch. I don't think Dr. Robert was a specialist in The Yellow Swine Flu but He certainly was ahead of his time in Covid Relief with this little number.
I am now stuck in the middle of Coronavirus lockdown, yet still this song can make me happy. I was born in '75, so saw every minute of the 80's as a kid. They were the best years ❤
was born in the 60s,now 63 years old ,80s were the best decade ever,my son who is 24 wished he had been born in the 80s,loves listening to this decade.
catmel1954 Good call. I would also look up Maceo Parker. He’s still around but super old but still super funky. He was James Brown’s saxophone player and he also player along side Prince for a tour or two. I love him and I love the Saxophone 🎷
Epic. I remember listening to this om.a radio on holiday in a yellow greasy Cafe iin skegness lincolnshire in 69 age 8.and full of bikers always takes me back. Beautiful track
I so remember this song as it was a big hit the year 1986 before I got married which was 1987. When I first heard this song back then I fell in love with it and the video as well as I played it over and over all that day as I just love the beat of this tune. I wish they had music like this now. Nothing better than music from the 1980's. I am almost 64 years old and I still love this music and still groove to this great song and music of that era!!!
Good one hit wonder song, at least in the US. I can remember learning to drive a car at age 15 that summer and this song was popular. I also remember as soon as that song peaked at #14, it dropped down the charts faster than August 1986 was long.
This is real music!! How can you not start bopping around to this!! Would turn any sad person to happy with its uplifting vibe!! BRING BACK THE 80SSSSSS!!!!
The radio airwaves were FILLED with this great music, we had this cool 2nd wave of British music that was so diverse and fun. I seriously feel sorry for our counterparts today. It all sounds the same and it all sounds awful.
Marvellous tune from my teens/twenty-somethings. The Brit pub/club scene was super special in the '80s... so many favourite bands & songs to choose from. What fantastic memories we have of our youth 🤩😎
I really miss the Avant-garde sound and look of the 80's British bands like the Blow Monkeys. When this song rotates in when I am driving along a big grin comes on quickly, fun music to listen to. Miss these times so much.
Me too! Feb '80 -- I feel I'm one of the chosen ones... what an honour to be on the Brit pub/club scene from start to finish of the best music decade in history! 💣💥💥💥
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I'm so glad I grew up in the 80's
And so I am!!!
Grow up
Yes- thank God!!!!
Aaaah yes, the 80’s ❤ when men wore make up better than most women 😂
Dr Robert was the $hit!
It was awesome
I HAVE BEEN SINGING THIS SONG HAPPILY SINCE TEENS.... FEB 2024 STILL!
even "I know its gods revenge. I prefer to receive". It flew above 6 bill heads.
I just read your message baby❤
Sheer class
How old are you now?
Me tooo🎉
After 4 decades this is still a beautiful, timeless song.
True!!!!!!!!!!
Signature sound of a magnificent decade of many people now in their 50’s
I was about 19 when this song was aired (Summer 1986). Tiday I'm 56.
@@3912JamesI was 15.
or 60’s
I was 13
Tengo menos de 50 y me encantó.
As a black teen during the 80’s I was pulled to these white British groups clearly inspired by soulful R&B, yet would bring this cool, laid back, elegant swag to the game. The Blow Monkeys, Swing Out Sister, ABC, and even David Bowie during that decade. Shit was just exceptional. Thanks for this post.
Agreed......cool, elegant and laid back.
@David Hargreaves Yes the MSM in particular it seems.
ptoyman the English scene is and was immense
Yes I could really hear that in the band ABC, just an amazing time in music 🎶 🙌 ❤
Love love the 80` I honestly can say the colour of the skin that you are wrapped in (Errol Brown HOT CHOCOLATE. LEGEND)
You will never repeat the 80s vibe again
Feel so sorry for the kids today you missed so much
Dont believe dude! If you go a music festival of 80s music you ll see a lot of younger people who have been born in the 2000s enjoying this kind of music. Obviously the didnt live this music that time!
So true!!!!
living between is about 29 years! Us and his! You and me! bother me? I´m an Aspergian Person and will forever love those people who live like you!
Don't feel bad for them. They love their "music" and would find the 1980s to be--to use their newspeak--"cringe ay-eff". Instead, feel bad for those of us who lived and loved the 1980s--as well as decades before in the case of those older--and are stuck in this dystopic rathole.
Thank GOD the 80's are gone. Been there and once is enough. It's called the PAST. Now if you want a time machine go buy a regular watch and go back into time. And that's the bottom line cause Stone Cold said so (from 976-CREOLEMAN)!
80s the best decade ever
For me it certainly was the best decade , music was awesome , life was a blast back then . Happy times indeed.
80s ruled!!!💪😂
We knew it at the time too!
It really was. Wish I could go back ... 😢
@maltaconvoy
Μe too bro .
I have been in such a bad period of my life the last 4 years that my only wish is to be at the 80's again going to school.etc..
I was 15 years old at 1988 and was living a dream life ..
School , girlfriends, and mates having the best time of my life
One of the few songs that really take me back and make me feel sad for getting old!
Same but so happy we were there to enjoy it ❤
My sentiments exactly
Tell me about it. We eighties kids had the best music.
I wish someone would build a simulator so that we could all go back to the 80's and relive it over and over.
Same!
Blow Monkeys, Style Council, Prefab Sprout, Tears for Fears, Spandau Ballet and the list goes on... what a decade
It's true
This music has to come back.
So so true....
@@janethill1668
They brought back a lukewarm version of it. Relying on Phils drums & the synth, etc. Theres one person, who will remain nameless, that appears to have overdosed on 80s music & pop culture. Even the name is str8 out of the 80s.
Some of them are good, tho. The ones that sound like they were plucked out of the 80s & brought to this current time. The familiarity can be so strong that I feel like I **am** listening to a song from back in the 80s. Christine & The Queens 'Girlfriend' is one that does a great job of capturing that sound/vibe. I automatically, musically time travel with that one whether I want to or not. 😁✌
Love all those bands. Aztec Camera, Dream Academy, and so many more can be added to that list.
When your 25 year old son tells you this is the coolest song ever you know you have done something right,
Good job Dad !!!!
Good job😁
👍well done!
Either that or you're a liar!
Yes it was July 1987 if remember.
One of the most sophisticated 80's songs with peerless production (sweeping strings, cool backing vocals and that seductively masculine sax! )Disarmingly sung with soul, style with a contemporary edge and message.
Absolutely
👍
👌
Yeah, this is such a iconic video, one of the best of the 80s!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊
Bravo your words are Spot on .
The 80's were the Best of Times!!💋
One reason why the 80's is the best decade for music.
One of the best examples of why it's the worst. For me, you understand.
@@blackmore4 Maybe for you the worst, but I agree with Eric George. Here on the right side I saw link to a George Michael's "Fastlove" video - much worse than this - crappy bluish green colours, annoying dancers, and so so typical of that late nineties era, with unnatural drum beats, etc...
@David Hargreaves I like 60's music but just happen to think that 80's music is much better. It is my decade for music.
Because i was young and stupid?! Old now and still thinking the same ...
@@dejavue546 What do you mean?
Do people understand the context of these great lyrics? The song was released in 1986 during the AIDS epidemic and we were all scared. "Everyday I walk alone and hope that God won't see me." Great song.
Yep like the pet shop boys said its a sinn
SO TRUE!
Yes - was written at the height of the widespread AIDS.
@@dawnlane1514 What's a "True Sin"!? Is Whoever Hasn't heard this 🎶🎵🎶 This Song in Particular 🎤🎙️✨🏆👌🏿🎹
Unfortunately, the music video doesn't match the song.
My favorite Blow Monkeys song !!!! Isn’t that a great song or what ????? I have heard it countless times and each time looks more beautiful and glamorous !!!!! A true masterpiece !!!!
Absolute smash!
About on unglamorous taboo subject in 1987
A dying friend with hiv/aids
The video is a masterpiece! So funny n elegant n executed w masterful precision! Lead singer sexy gorgeous n funny! The little dance w the 2 wait staff hilarious n wonderful! Then the song! The music! The words! This is my get my arse in gear pick up! N it does! Thank u Robert n all involved! U r loved!
Wait's my favourite
It is a great song. I just discovered it.
BRITISH SOUL AT ITS VERY BEST!.
Glad to have lived during that fabulous era.
The Brit's can put out some great groups and music! England is where my Ancestors came from.
51 now and so lucky to have the 80s songs in my playlist. Epic times.
The 80's can never be replicated ! The music was incredible and mesmerizing!
Bravo to all of the artists and people still listening !
And some artists still perform and release great new stuff (Duran Duran, Howard Jones, OMD, Billy Idol, to name just a few). Quality endures.
Ohhh, boy do I miss the 80's music, vibe, and energy. There were so many talented bands like this in that decade. Glad we can at least still listen here. Thank you.
Blow Monkeys were great ! This song is so full of energy. Nice sax. 80's was fun indeed.
This song sounds as fresh today as it did back in the day..the 80,s were brilliant.
Heard this track for the first time in YEARS today. What. A. Song !!! Just brilliant. How have I forgotten this ???
same, brilliant and I can't believe I don't remember it at ALL....was it on the top 40 and played on radio?
I never hear this song until 2023! However, I can't stop listening to it, such a great arrangement, hook, brass section, and melody.
Me too .. the music arrangement sounds fresh & catchy!! I do like this kind of vibe with talented musician's and the singer was so truly great!!!
I couldn’t agree more with both of you😊
I found the video on UA-cam in summer '23.
Ain`t it the truth
Welcome then and now
Listening to this September 2024
Still as good as it was released
A masterpiece, music like this could not be replaced glad I was able to experience this music I'm 62 n still listen to the 80's❤
Yes 62 here as well n enjoy listening to music from past.❤
I’m 62 too . Love this song
Here's an interesting coincidence for all those turning 62 this year-you were also born in '62!🍺🫲👀🥳
Same here -we were in our early 20s when this came out and this song somehow made life feel exciting and glamorous - ABC, Sade, Kid Creole pulled off the same trick. I wish I’d appreciated it more TBH!
66 right here with you
PLEASE TIME MACHINE TAKE ME BACK TO MY 20´s in the 80´s
For real! I'm 63 and still jamming to 60s 70s 80s some 90s!!!!!😊😊😊😊
Yes can I go with you he is sex on legs xxx
tell me about it!
I'm with you
Wow... I was 17 in ‘84, what a decade. Compared to the state of the world 2020/21, if feel so lucky to have experienced the 80’s at that time in my life. The music, the freedom, the friends, the clubs. The 80’s had that, ‘life is happy’ vibe. I feel so sorry for youngsters today. It’s almost as though they’re being robbed of their youth! It’s a tragedy!
I graduated in 82', it was indeed the best time to be a kid. Late 70's early 80's, nothing like it. My heart goes out to the kids of today, they have no idea. We do.
Eighties best time for music, fun, freedom, innocence, was 13 when this came out
It's all been done by design by the You know who..😢
I love 80s music but the music of today is much better than that of 20 years ago.
@@jononolan946 Oh god no, the music of today is crap. Overproduced, oversung bland pop music.We had the tail end of punk, the new romantics, electronica, the beginning of the Goth scene and Steampunk, R&B greats still performing and inspiring people, nothing today compares to the magic of the 80s.
Absolute gem of a song no mobile phones social media just good music and having a great time so thankful to have grown up in the eighties!💗
Try the mighty wha band, story of the blues, or Frankie Beverly and Maze, joy and pain classics enjoy
You know when this came out there will people listening to music from the 60s and noting there was no synth drums, eyeliner on guys and slick videos.
06/04/23
Church lessons
Paragraph 16
Blue saint cornelio screwdriver and the dozen eggs.
Yeah we actually socialised.
Yet here you are commenting on UA-cam…
Damn do i miss the 80's 😢,i wanna go back ,whos with me 😁🤗
I am!!
😞😓😥😢😪😭😭😭😭😭
I am.
Me too,.....nobody makes music like this nowadays.
I'm with you homie.
This song is so, so, deceptively dark. Genius, really.
Right?? Does it seem like it’s about a young man confused about his sexuality?
It's about the AIDS crisis. "I'm like a boy amongst men/I'd like a permanent friend" could be taken as someone dealing with their homosexual feelings and wanting to be in love; Could also be about being a gay man watching your friends die. "It'll get you in the end/it's God's revenge." The video itself has a bunch of visual metaphors as well
@@DZrache True!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@DZrachewhat metaphors. Explain
Yes...most songs if you think about it are filled with metaphors..
You never know how good something is until you lose it
Right now my car keys are really good...
Living the 80’s at the time not realising it would end!
@@jonathandarwin841 Aint that the truth
You never lose something good until you know you've lost it. C'mon you know.
Virginity nothwithstanding
This is such a good song. One of my favorites from the 80s.
Mine to loved it 😊
Saw them open for Psychedelic Furs in 1986. They were phenomenal and Dr Robert nailed every note with absolute authority. So underrated.
Not underrated....for those who know
Oh wow! We saw the Psychedelic Furs but I forgot the Blow Monkeys opened up for them!
I simply cannot believe this fantastic song is now 30 years old. My god, one minute I was in the 80's, the next 2015! I wanna go back, NOW!
+Andrea Scott i was 20 when the 80s started had the time of my life :)
Yeah good times my friend. I loved the '80's, so much happened for me back then, not to mention some superb music!
+Andrea Scott But do you remember in the 80's, we were told : "today's music is rubbish". People were comparing it to the 60's and the 70's. It wasn't as good as the 60's, as that was probably the golden age of pop music, and maybe it wasn't as good as the 70's, but it was so much better than most of the 90's and 2000-2015. 80's music has stood the test of time, a lot better than many thought it would.
I lived in all those decades, and the 60's was the best, although a bit too young to appreciate it all, and it will never be repeated as times have completely changed. Each generation seems to look down on the previous, and it will always be the case. However, I have never heard so many moaning about the state of today's music from the '00's onwards. There are some good artists around, indeed music, but nothing like anything I and so many others enjoyed in previous decades.
+matthew bailey save for me 20 years old, biginning my life, i would give everything to comme back in those years, best time of my life, the eighties were so fantastic !!!!!!
Gotta be One of the Best Tunes of the 80s. Is it just me, or does this music stir emotions with others who lived in the greatest era of all time.!! Yesterday 80s.
it's not just you paul, i was 13 when this came out and i remember it like yesterday! what a tune! just been blasting Roachford's 'Cuddly toy'! remember that anyone? very underrated!
Roachford is like a fine wine.. just recently seen his live studio stuff in Germany, very good indeed :)
I get chills! I was 15!
Cool ass song!!
PAUL MCKENNA they also collaborated with the Great Curtis Mayfield..
Time machine - take me back to the 80's! Sophmore year of college - best time in human history and being young to boot. Seriously, so thankful to have lived at such a glorious time and place.
Amazing performance. A little Elvis a whole lotta Bowie/ Brian Ferry vibe, a ton of camp and a highly sophisticated, well-played, meaningful, catchy, pop song. 10/10
I would say Marvin Gaye and Smokey Robinson vibe.
and Prince.
Perfectly described.
And of course a fantastic voice ❤
And a bit of Sylvian as well.
Still one of my favourite '80s songs EVER.
Stephen Graham King mine too !! I keep playing it over and over again !!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Me too loved it then and live it still!!!!
I was nineteen when this came out, brings back so many great memories, such a lovely song. I'm 48 now and i wish i could go back to those days.
i wish i could go back too.
I wasn't even born, but i still love it!! 😅😅
You've got great taste Arvind!
John Richmond Gotta thank my parents for that!! I mean they were from India, but had a lot of exposure to a lot of great music!! 😊
Nina I was 14 when this was out and extremely unhappy at school defiantly WORST DAYS for me but I bought this record music was my escape
What a tune this is. Been in my top 10 songs for almost 40 years now!
I love this 80's song.........................thank you my good Sir " The Blow Monkeys" !
So glad i grew up with great tunes & great artists so.miss 80s best years of my fxxking life hate living in these boring depressing times
Yep.
80sの音楽に文化が懐かしいです。ブロウモンキーズも輝いてましたね✨I love their music❤. Just gorgeous!
was living london when this came out, still have the cassette
This song must be a masterpiece ❤❤❤ I can’t imagine how many times I watched this video !!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
You're not the only one!😊
@@AJM01 True!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Must be dont.. its a masterpiece! You notice we are talking of a song about 40 years old!!
Same!
I wonder what the response would be if they played this on today's radio stations. I bet good money that it would be a hit
Plus songs like Long Hot Summer. Sheer class.
Who's with me listening to this in 2024.
Raises hand! When music was good!
... It was playing when we entered tesco today. It made me smile
I am! Again and again and again... great song!
yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
With lipstick on and wearing oversized shoulder pads. 😂
This is such a feel good 80's song.
Yes…about aids.
best years of my life.so proud to be a part of the eighties
Chris me too. Was the best 👍
Still sounds great to this day. An all-time favourite. Long life to Dr. Robert and The Blow Monkeys and thanks for the good times spent listening and dancing to you.
This was so my 1986! My little brother loved this song.
Music in the 80s was phenomenol !!
This was too much ahead of its time in the still wonderful 80's. Great, great song. It took me a while to appreciate it, but I still do 35 years later.
Absolutely. 👍
How can it be ahead of its time? Sounds like a proper 80s tune to me.
Those early MTV years were really something special. Great memories.
THE most underappreciated band in my lifetime.
U r right
Memories of my time serving in the RAF in the 80’s!
Music doesn't evoke pure happiness like this anymore. This is just happy in a song.
It's about getting aids..
The irony being that this song is about a friend who is dying of AIDS.
Pure Nostalgic.
Real Music.
Classic Forever.
THIS IS MUSIC.
I never get tired of this fantastic hit
happyness!!!
Amen.. always loved this song! Bring back the 80s!
Me too 😁
I remember watching this on MTV ... Awesome!!!
Simple and elegant tune. We can’t go back in time but where is this type of music today?
I love this song so much and im 45 now loved Dr Robert!😊
Fell in love with this song and Dr Robert back in 1986 at 13. Still one of the best songs ever..........
me too
Same!
One of the my favorite 80’s grooves! My friend was a DJ at the college radio station and knew I loved this song so she played it on air dedicated to me. Great times. Miss those days.
This is why British pop videos were so excellent in the 80s. With a shoestring budget this video is more glamorous than the multi-million pound monstrosities of today. The light is so warm and inviting, everyone involved is having fun and not taking themselves too seriously. And of course the song is dazzling. It makes me miss a London I've never known and the London I do as well.
Yes well said!
1986 best year of my life,wish i could go back!!!
OMG me too ! Even for a day !
(one of the) best year(s) of my life too!
i was 26 then, Music never ages,it just sounds even better 30 years later on.
Damn right!I had a routine in dance class
to this track, Police Academy was my life, I was 8 and life was idyllic.
Just nineteen. My bike, lot of girls, lot of dreams and nothing to worry about. Remembers me when I was alive.
I love 80’s British Artists.
some of the best music ever. and most of it still sounds fantastic today!
So you should dear. Because we make the best music ever.
This was a great song. The British artists were first rate. This song is very relaxing. I have fond memories of this song from summer of 1987 before I went away to college. ABC, Prefab Sprout Swing out Sister Human League were great
@@sfgnyy - Dr Robert! ♡ Swing Out Sister ☆
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I was born in 1981 so missed this really the first time round. Had the absolute privilege and pleasure of watching the band in Liverpool last week. Wow. What a show. I’m hooked! Dr Robert is raw talent. Love this!
Same.. but they had so many bangers - dig into the back catalogue you won’t be disappointed!
Did your parents play this? If so you have some cool parents. ❤
I graduated high school in 1981. I guess do the math. 😊
Growing up with this music was amazing !
He's got that Elvis look! I've loved this song for years now I'm 63!!! He can sing and the SAX is awesome ❤❤awesome!😊
I was checking the comments to see if anyone else thought the same as I did and saw your comment. He must have loved Elvis. His looks, hair, clothing and moves are similar to Elvis. Even his video is similar to the Elvis video....Return To Sender.
Great song. Loved this era!!!!! Yes i'm now 51 - but many happy memories.
I remember me and my mate who was 11yrs younger than me having many great times in Southport, dancing he was a bril dancer, should have kept hold of him
Oh me too!! Me too!
IT Is- it Was-and Always will be the era that dawned the age of first E-mails, AOL for me) learning to text and send them at the speed of light. It changed the way we did things, how we communicated and of course-- the "oh special " Social. Media. You had to Live in order to know it.
Thanks for Sharing .
OH, NOW I GET IT!!
Haha, hoho and a coue of tra-la la's......
Listening this today , as good as the first time .
Another band that should have been bigger than what they were.
There was a lot more competition in the 80s.
A perfect antidote for this Covid Nightmare, this is a stunning song.
Maybe not an antidote jeff but your right it makes you feel good
@@Bertrum123 It's as close to an antidote as there is, certainly for me anyway.
With You there Mate. Music and Video actual top notch.
I don't think Dr. Robert was a specialist in The Yellow Swine Flu but He certainly was ahead of his time in Covid Relief with this little number.
@@davecoalwood9487 Ha ha, great post!!
@@substrate2009 Is it? I never knew that.
I am now stuck in the middle of Coronavirus lockdown, yet still this song can make me happy. I was born in '75, so saw every minute of the 80's as a kid. They were the best years ❤
80's music style is timeless todays music is garbage
was born in the 60s,now 63 years old ,80s were the best decade ever,my son who is 24 wished he had been born in the 80s,loves listening to this decade.
Born in 69. Was a teen in the most fun and free time ever.
I feel like society and music peaked in the 80s
80s magic from Dr Roberts and the lads.................................................................
Sadly those days are gone,but look what they left us with,priceless memories and banging timeless tunes!.
The decade of the saxophone - such a sultry sound and awesome song
You never hear those anymore.
Try Junior Walker and the all Stars from the 60/70s. What does it take (to win your love for me). Sexiest sax ever.
catmel1954 Good call. I would also look up Maceo Parker. He’s still around but super old but still super funky.
He was James Brown’s saxophone player and he also player along side Prince for a tour or two. I love him and I love the Saxophone 🎷
I was thinking the same, the decade of the saxophone...
Yes, those saxophones popped up everywhere in the eighties. A song didn’t feel complete until you heard the horns blow.
Digging there scene since 1984 .I love his voice one of the best music vocals of the 80's .
He has a great voice.
Epic. I remember listening to this om.a radio on holiday in a yellow greasy Cafe iin skegness lincolnshire in 69 age 8.and full of bikers always takes me back. Beautiful track
I so remember this song as it was a big hit the year 1986 before I got married which was 1987. When I first heard this song back then I fell in love with it and the video as well as I played it over and over all that day as I just love the beat of this tune. I wish they had music like this now. Nothing better than music from the 1980's. I am almost 64 years old and I still love this music and still groove to this great song and music of that era!!!
I'm here because this song been in my head for 20yrs.And just found out the name of the song on my xm radio station.
38 years , was like a wonderful earworm when Serious XM announced for me. Play it on repeat
80’s was such an incredible time
He walked in, swagged out and killed it!
Good one hit wonder song, at least in the US. I can remember learning to drive a car at age 15 that summer and this song was popular. I also remember as soon as that song peaked at #14, it dropped down the charts faster than August 1986 was long.
Abbiamo vissuto un'epoca musicale unica e non ce ne rendevamo conto.....
Digging this scene for 35 years....
Brilliant song from the blow monkeys. Bring back the 80s, great music and great times ♥️.
I was 23 when this amazing song was first released it gripped me then and it still does to this day.
Thank you Blow Monkeys 🎶❤️🎶
Yup, we had to have the single immediately!
Real music! The arrangement, the rhythm, the singing, you just don't get this quality anymore, love this song 😎😎😎
This is real music!! How can you not start bopping around to this!! Would turn any sad person to happy with its uplifting vibe!! BRING BACK THE 80SSSSSS!!!!
I was 14 when this song came out. Omg to think I would do my homework listening to this on the radio is mind blowing. Music was so great back then
I was 16
The radio airwaves were FILLED with this great music, we had this cool 2nd wave of British music that was so diverse and fun. I seriously feel sorry for our counterparts today. It all sounds the same and it all sounds awful.
I was 13 or 14 how time flies unfortunately if give 20 yrs of the END Of My Life just so I could go back AGAIN in a heartbeat
Love the Sound of unforgettable Great Artists. Am 51 yrs younger dancing and jamming with the Ultimate Joy.
Thankyou for wonderful Jams.😇🙏🕊️💖😘🌟
I am digging this scene in June 2020 !!!! Love it 😍
Love it
Still Digging That Scene in 2020 😍😍😍😍
2021 x
I'm Digging YOU in 2021😝
Marvellous tune from my teens/twenty-somethings. The Brit pub/club scene was super special in the '80s... so many favourite bands & songs to choose from. What fantastic memories we have of our youth 🤩😎
I really miss the Avant-garde sound and look of the 80's British bands like the Blow Monkeys. When this song rotates in when I am driving along a big grin comes on quickly, fun music to listen to. Miss these times so much.
I Love reading the wonderful comments to wonderful 80s music
My God that lead singer is so absolutely smooth, suave and what GORGEOUS vocals!
R R i was crushing on that voice and that he seemed to be digging that sister.
Behold Dr Robert.
You should find a picture of him without the makeup...he’s a handsome man.
@@juliebedford454 Definitely without the makeup. I just find him scary in this video.
Very underrated song
Saw them last year. Closed my eyes and I was 17 again ❤😂❤
I turned 17 in 1980. I loved every minute of them 10 years. What a decade
Me too! Feb '80 -- I feel I'm one of the chosen ones... what an honour to be on the Brit pub/club scene from start to finish of the best music decade in history! 💣💥💥💥