A very talented and beautiful young lady taken far far too early, Mel we still miss you, God bless you. Mel and Kim always had me up and dancing like a madman on the dance floor when I was a teenager
what a polished act! a pair of lovely sisters singing and dancing together. "I love money.. I love money.. boyfriends are boring🤣 " the puppets were brilliant too
Looks like you don't know the context of this videoclip. At that moment, Mel was unable to move due to its cancer treatment. The producers had to do "something" for the release of the track without having the duet available...
Ja sie lebt immer weiter alle liebten madonna oder weiß der Geier ich liebte Melanie she always look great guten dancing moves sexy body I loved in Videos the bouncingof her titts but never liked the atomic boobs from Sam fox Or Sabrina Mel was perfect
No one lives forever but some are taken way too soon - at only 23, Mel Appleby was one. But like a shooting star, she burned gorgeously bright for the short time she was here. God bless her, so very sad for her family and of course her sister Kim in particular, they were obviously very close.
@hayabusabart i am glad you liked the puppets. i am sorry that others don't, but we worked very hard with a specialist puppet-maker to make them as charming as we could. i was keenly aware that the circumstances were very sad. @Hugo Malice the puppet-makers, who were also the operators, took the puppets back after we had finished filming them. i have no idea where they are now. i would have liked to have to kept them.
this was the song of Mel&Kim got me the most...that effect "ma ma mmm mamama " made me crazy intrigued...in the end there s a male /female key transition ,which is wickled.... Stock Aitken Waterman Genius
F.L.M actually stands for 'fucking lovely mate' the sisters would say that after each vocal take in the studio, plus me and Mel are July 11th buddies too. #samebirthday
Always will love mel &Kim joined their fan club, when mel was ill they phoned me as I sent her a gift , gutted my mum answered the phone as I was out missed their call , still in 2022 I listen to them , brilliant duo great dancer and pure voices miss them xx
Wow, that's so sweet that they rang you - and incredibly rare for a successful pop star to reach out to a fan in person and thank them like that. Mel and Kim were the real deal. Mel's death from a rare form of cancerous tumor at 23, was an horrific, against-all-odds tragedy.
Wow, that's so sweet that they rang you - and incredibly rare for a successful pop star to reach out to a fan in person and thank them like that. Mel and Kim were the real deal. Mel's death from a rare form of cancerous tumor at 23, was an horrific, against-all-odds tragedy.
For Love Money great song so catchy following the magnitude of Respectable tough to follow just as good mean puppets great video inventive u can only get with the greatest decade of all time never to forget miss it so much oh hail the 80s and magical creation that was the time and era the guy must of been spellbound by the Girls cause he is part of a good song Mel and Kim did
👍🙂 Hello from ex-USSR ! In the 1988 year we are dancing with this song on the DISCO pol's in sport holl Cheboxarsky medical college. 🔝 📀 🚥 🚥 🚥 🚥 🚥 🚥 🚥 🚥 🚥 🚥 🚥 🔉 🔉 🎶 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 🔊 🔊 🎵 🎶 💃🏼🕺 🕺💃🏼 💃🏼🕺 🕺💃🏼 💃🏼🕺 Thanks for your jobs and publication. 😊👋🙂
Saw a video of the sisters Sparked my interest. They didn't like this video but it would've worked without the puppets. They could've been bigger. Gone to soon❤ Mel❤
Sir FLM..sana po mbigyn nio din po aq ng tulong at sinor n po aq Hindi n mkka pg trabho khit ano pong ipg kloob nio sken ang biyayang gling sau sir salamat po and god bless you sir..sna po mrami o kaung mtutulyngan n tuld qpi mhirap.kylabgab k nmin sir..
I like your beautiful dans songs Mel and Kim LOVE ANGEL MEL HAPPY BRITHRDAY MAY ANGEL MEL ÉRA MEL AND KIM BEAUTIFUL. Than you very much and etapa 80-90 Super STARS MEL AND KIM - FANS JAREK
One thing's for sure, Kim won't have the puppets - both she and Mel hated them, and were angry their record company decided to make a video replacing them with a pair of marionettes! I don't blame them, I think it looked cheap. They should just have shown the full live performance we see in the video from Monreaux - they looked sharp and danced beautifully. All that crap with the private eye makes no sense, and the puppets only draw attention to the fact the real thing aren't in the video!
The private detective always reminds me of a young Kevin Costner! I wonder who he is and what became of him? I don't recall seeing him in anything else - maybe he wasn't an actor?
Check out Mel & Kim remixes at: www.mixcloud.com/mozmix/mel-kim-the-remix/ Tracks: 1. Respectable (DJ Danceman Edit) 2. Showing Out (Housed Up Mix) 3. That's The Way It Is (House Remix) 4. F.L.M. (Two Grooves Under One Nation Mix) 5. I'm The One Who Really Loves You (U.S. Remix) 6. System (Original 12'' Mix) 7. You Changed My Life (KJ's Respectable Extended Mix) 8. More Than Words Can Say (Extended Version) 9. Feel A Whole Lot Better (AJ's Dance Mix) 10. Showing Out (Get Fresh) (Trons DJ Edit) 11. Respectable (Ronando's Extended Respect Mix)
It's an upbeat song, but the 1987 video always makes me feel sad. Mel was very sick with the return of the cancer that would take her life in January 1990 aged just 23. So this video was put together using an actor to play a private eye, with footage from a Mel and Kim live performance in Montreux, plus those creepy puppets to depict the sisters. The biggest problem with this video was that Mel and Kim weren't consulted or told about it, and both hated it. Kim said she felt "devastated" when she switched on the TV one day and saw it out of the blue. Mel commented from her sick bed that she would rather no video had been made at all. The sisters must have been feeling pretty low in '87, fearing Mel's prognosis was poor and that the end of her life - and 'Mel & Kim' - was looming. To switch on the TV and see that their record company had replaced them with a couple of marionettes, must have felt like a kick in the teeth. I think it was surprisingly tactless of their record company/management not to seek their approval for the puppets or even keep them in the loop. IMO the 'Private Eye & Puppets' theme looks cheap, and only succeeds in drawing attention to the fact the real Mel and Kim aren't in it! Their absence is a chilling omen of the tragedy to come. It would surely have been much better to have just used the footage of their Montreux performance, in which they both look healthy, happy and chic, and dance like a dream. 'FLM' was Mel and Kim's penultimate single, and reached no 7 in the UK charts.
Tbf even though the marionettes was a fail, those sort of things in video clips was in vogue at the time. Consider Genesis “land of confusion” which was released the previous years. But yeah, whatever the producers were going for clearly wasn’t done well. And obv in conjunction with the cancer and lack of consultation, it was still in poor taste.
@@nocomment4848 Apart from the fact that I think the marionettes are quite cute: The biggest difference between this video and Land Of Confusion is Genesis themselves had the idea to collaborate with Spitting Image.
@@TheLongdarktunnel Wow it's a year since I wrote that - I can't remember tbh. But I don't make things up - I'm a journalist by profession. Google it and I'm sure you'll find confirmation. I don't know the name of the male model - again Google may help you.
Mel was very sick at this point hence why they're only in the video via live footage someone dug up. This was 80's - way before they could do stuff like digital fairies to hide the fact Ginger Spice had jumped ship from the Spice Girls in "Viva Forever" :-)
The footage they show in this video was from the Montreaux (I've probably misspelled it) festival from 1987. That festival is huge. Just thought, I'd throw that info in there. I appreciate that you wrote this 6yrs ago, so this comment might be a surprise to you.
@@jeffreywiesemann5856 acknowledged, in Sweden More Than Words Can Say was released as a single, that one should have been released as a single in the UK/US, great ballad
This video scared me to death as a kid, seem ridiculous now. Something about those puppets (although I seem to remember them having milk bottle top eyes, which they obviously don't!) and the rumours at the time as to why they were used. Oh and the eyes on the poster following the guy haunted me further, I really found it scary as hell.
@@peterschofield1553 I agree, I read Mel and Kim weren't consulted about the whole marionettes & detective themed video, and they both hated it. Kim saw it out of the blue on telly one day, and said she was "Devastated", and when Mel found out she said she would rather no video was shown at all! Seems to me the obvious thing to do was to use the Montreaux live performance, which was excellent with the sisters looking great and dancing beautifully. In 1987 Mel's cancer had returned and they were facing the terrible possibility that 'Mel and Kim' was on the way out, as tragedy loomed. I imagine switching on the TV and seeing your record company has replaced you with a couple of puppets, must have felt pretty hurtful!
![F.L.M. [12" Version]](/img/n.gif)
A very talented and beautiful young lady taken far far too early, Mel we still miss you, God bless you.
Mel and Kim always had me up and dancing like a madman on the dance floor when I was a teenager
Still absolutely love this song
So talented. And still fresh
R.i p beautiful Mel.x
💚 Mel and Kim. I mourn the loss of the long career they could have had together. Rest in peace Mel and I hope Kim is doing well.
what a polished act! a pair of lovely sisters singing and dancing together. "I love money.. I love money.. boyfriends are boring🤣 " the puppets were brilliant too
Looks like you don't know the context of this videoclip. At that moment, Mel was unable to move due to its cancer treatment. The producers had to do "something" for the release of the track without having the duet available...
Axtually says "fun love money", not "I love money"
SAW got a lot of stick but they came up with some brilliantly catchy songs and this is one of their best. Still love it
Mel lives forever
Ja sie lebt immer weiter alle liebten madonna oder weiß der Geier ich liebte Melanie she always look great guten dancing moves sexy body
I loved in Videos the bouncingof her titts but never liked the atomic boobs from Sam fox Or Sabrina Mel was perfect
Yes,forever!
No one lives forever but some are taken way too soon - at only 23, Mel Appleby was one. But like a shooting star, she burned gorgeously bright for the short time she was here. God bless her, so very sad for her family and of course her sister Kim in particular, they were obviously very close.
With a stadium packed Heavenly Choir gathered of Artists over the years it's only going to get bigger and bigger she's part of that
No she doesn’t
My favourite tune of there's great singing ❤❤❤❤❤
Mel passed away on this day 30 years ago. RiP angel xoxo
Rest in Peace Mel ❤ angel 🎉😢
This my favourite mel and kim song ....LOVE IT
I bought this single, really sad what happened to Mel, they were great.
LOVE THE PUPPETS R.I.P Mel.. much much to young to die x
Cried for weeks when I found that out... :(((
I wonder if the puppets are still around ?
@hayabusabart i am glad you liked the puppets. i am sorry that others don't, but we worked very hard with a specialist puppet-maker to make them as charming as we could. i was keenly aware that the circumstances were very sad.
@Hugo Malice the puppet-makers, who were also the operators, took the puppets back after we had finished filming them. i have no idea where they are now. i would have liked to have to kept them.
@@juliandarley I love the puppets .. x
@@sharonjohns3012 thank you!
I'm 43 but man what an 80s dance
BNCA70 you’ll be 50 now 😂
You’re a maths whizz, Terrie
RIP MEL..taken way too young❤❤❤
My favorite Mel & Kim tune. 2021!!!
Their best in my opinion.
R.I.P Mel
Mel, we will always think of you
I like this Music to Mel&Kim!
I played this to death
It was a brilliant happy song
Perfect pop ...
They were classy and sassy,talented and funny.
this was the song of Mel&Kim got me the most...that effect "ma ma mmm mamama " made me crazy intrigued...in the end there s a male /female key transition ,which is wickled.... Stock Aitken Waterman Genius
My favourite Mel and Kim song.
the right choice for their album signature song
F.L.M actually stands for 'fucking lovely mate' the sisters would say that after each vocal take in the studio, plus me and Mel are July 11th buddies too. #samebirthday
Thank you Jimmy Broadbent for letting me to discover this song with your "F" soundbite
one of my fav mel n kim tunes
I like the flat-screen TV, 20 years before its time!
loved it. still do.
When I first heard this in the 80s, I thought FLM was a reference to radio, FM, MW, LW! Ha ha!
It would have been Mel's 50th birthday today!
Wow how time goes
She was the one who died with câncer?
@@granto6738 iiiikkkm. Dxxa see b I m m lol l lol I’m l
@@t.f.6332IT REALLY WAS PNEUMONIA THAT KILLED HER DUE TO HER HAVING SUCH WEAK IMMUNE SYSTEM FROM CANCER
Always will love mel &Kim joined their fan club, when mel was ill they phoned me as I sent her a gift , gutted my mum answered the phone as I was out missed their call , still in 2022 I listen to them , brilliant duo great dancer and pure voices miss them xx
What a bittersweet memory. Thank you for sharing it, Sharon.
Wow, that's so sweet that they rang you - and incredibly rare for a successful pop star to reach out to a fan in person and thank them like that. Mel and Kim were the real deal. Mel's death from a rare form of cancerous tumor at 23, was an horrific, against-all-odds tragedy.
Wow, that's so sweet that they rang you - and incredibly rare for a successful pop star to reach out to a fan in person and thank them like that. Mel and Kim were the real deal. Mel's death from a rare form of cancerous tumor at 23, was an horrific, against-all-odds tragedy.
For Love Money great song so catchy following the magnitude of Respectable tough to follow just as good mean puppets great video inventive u can only get with the greatest decade of all time never to forget miss it so much oh hail the 80s and magical creation that was the time and era the guy must of been spellbound by the Girls cause he is part of a good song Mel and Kim did
Mel Appleby passed away Jan 18 and i overlooked it but so did the media she was so young in her prime to be taken to heaven. mel appleby R.i.P
+ray carroll Or, waiting for a resurrection (like Jesus promised)...
"No one has ever ascended to heaven." - Jesus (John 3:13)
Flm news update
No one is “taken to heaven” when they die. That’s not what is says in the bible😉
Flm F..kin. Lovely Mate. True Cockney Proud My Accent FLM
To my ears this song sounds final. Afterwards just silence. And it's almost right.
👍🙂 Hello from ex-USSR ! In the 1988 year we are dancing with this song on the DISCO pol's in sport holl Cheboxarsky medical college.
🔝 📀 🚥 🚥 🚥 🚥 🚥 🚥 🚥 🚥 🚥 🚥 🚥
🔉 🔉 🎶 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕
🔊 🔊 🎵 🎶 💃🏼🕺 🕺💃🏼 💃🏼🕺 🕺💃🏼 💃🏼🕺
Thanks for your jobs and publication. 😊👋🙂
RIP Mel
Very sad.
The carreer of these 2 girls its like spaceship explode when it flight up.
i like this song by mel and kim klm from 1986
Saw a video of the sisters Sparked my interest. They didn't like this video but it would've worked without the puppets. They could've been bigger. Gone to soon❤ Mel❤
Luv the girls other sad loss we'll missed do u agree ❤
RIP Mel.
Thanks Ladies
Mel’s 28 years passed away today
You keep coming back here every year, don't you - is this like a shrine to you? #NotKnockingIt
Almost 30 years now
@@jakemorris8903 How old was she???
January 18th 1990, now more than 30 years ago (today’s date August 6th 2020) @23, that was much too young to go 😔
RADE DANILOVIC - Kouč, Savetnik, Konsultant just 5 months short of her 24th birthday
These classy British ladies encouraged destinys child and spice girls and the like.
And they were only recording for about two years, if that.
FLM actually means "fucking lovely mate," a phrase they often said.
1980s🤗
Fucking Lovely Mate F.L.M. ♥️
Kim Country singer
In couple weeks that its going to be 26 years that Mel passed away!
Sir FLM..sana po mbigyn nio din po aq ng tulong at sinor n po aq Hindi n mkka pg trabho khit ano pong ipg kloob nio sken ang biyayang gling sau sir salamat po and god bless you sir..sna po mrami o kaung mtutulyngan n tuld qpi mhirap.kylabgab k nmin sir..
29 years ago today that Mel died!
@@MissTia777 give the guy a break he's obviously a dedicated fan you mop.
@@dazauto1400 There was another comment that got deleted you dumbass
mel kim zo good joop van buerink
Hope Kim sees these.
Cute x
Clement Mill
Sip
26 years ago that Mel died!
Mel is 25 years long gone!
Patrick Stocks rip mel!
country
I like your beautiful dans songs Mel and Kim LOVE ANGEL MEL HAPPY BRITHRDAY MAY ANGEL MEL ÉRA MEL AND KIM BEAUTIFUL. Than you very much and etapa 80-90 Super STARS MEL AND KIM - FANS JAREK
Bonita Points
What was that song about you're going to be OK, so he left you, etc?
“Don’t Worry” by Kim Appleby.
Stiedemann Parkway
Good krenn🙏🙏
I wonder who got the little puppets and if they are still around ??
@@lordtj63 I hope that's true Terry! Where did you find that out?
One thing's for sure, Kim won't have the puppets - both she and Mel hated them, and were angry their record company decided to make a video replacing them with a pair of marionettes!
I don't blame them, I think it looked cheap. They should just have shown the full live performance we see in the video from Monreaux - they looked sharp and danced beautifully.
All that crap with the private eye makes no sense, and the puppets only draw attention to the fact the real thing aren't in the video!
MEL & KIM
"F.L.M."
*F.L.M. (c)1987
Anyone know who the guy is? He looks familiar.
He reminds me of a young Kevin Costner. Don't think his career took off after this though, I've never seen him in anything else!
Flmforno
2 weeks in 12 days is the 26 years of death of Mel!
Gerlach Walks
These three words describes Caliente sisters from The Sims 2
this top chart was a short one at the end 1980s!
Maybe this song is a bit on the cheesy side, (like almost songs created by SAW), but who cares? It is gorgeously catchy. And those synths are killer.
The private detective always reminds me of a young Kevin Costner! I wonder who he is and what became of him? I don't recall seeing him in anything else - maybe he wasn't an actor?
Isn't that Rik Mayall as the detective?
That's 26 years ago today of Mel's death!
Neither of them were happy with this video.
i never realised how spunky the detective was lol
Check out Mel & Kim remixes at:
www.mixcloud.com/mozmix/mel-kim-the-remix/
Tracks:
1. Respectable (DJ Danceman Edit)
2. Showing Out (Housed Up Mix)
3. That's The Way It Is (House Remix)
4. F.L.M. (Two Grooves Under One Nation Mix)
5. I'm The One Who Really Loves You (U.S. Remix)
6. System (Original 12'' Mix)
7. You Changed My Life (KJ's Respectable Extended Mix)
8. More Than Words Can Say (Extended Version)
9. Feel A Whole Lot Better (AJ's Dance Mix)
10. Showing Out (Get Fresh) (Trons DJ Edit)
11. Respectable (Ronando's Extended Respect Mix)
Fun! Love! And monotony-y-y...
Not a bad video considering they weren’t in it other than the Montreux clips of course.
A little ridiculous song, but it is fun
What the fuck were the puppets trying to achieve apart from painting one second of the wall? A great song but the cute puppets were wasted.
wtf did i just watch
I liked Mel and Kim. But this song sucks.
Exterol for the pair of you, I think...
'Respectable' was a great song but this is Thatcherite crap.
Very average and simple song...🙉
Mel and kimm19i7
Once you know the story behind why the only footage of the girls is live, it's so sad :(
Why is that?
@@Timturpinfleck17642 Mel was dying, so couldn't make a video.
@@medievalist of course, thanks for that.
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Still made a mean video u still see glimpses of them on stage even the puppets is pure class good idea to do
27 years ago today that Mel died today!
It's an upbeat song, but the 1987 video always makes me feel sad. Mel was very sick with the return of the cancer that would take her life in January 1990 aged just 23. So this video was put together using an actor to play a private eye, with footage from a Mel and Kim live performance in Montreux, plus those creepy puppets to depict the sisters.
The biggest problem with this video was that Mel and Kim weren't consulted or told about it, and both hated it. Kim said she felt "devastated" when she switched on the TV one day and saw it out of the blue. Mel commented from her sick bed that she would rather no video had been made at all.
The sisters must have been feeling pretty low in '87, fearing Mel's prognosis was poor and that the end of her life - and 'Mel & Kim' - was looming. To switch on the TV and see that their record company had replaced them with a couple of marionettes, must have felt like a kick in the teeth. I think it was surprisingly tactless of their record company/management not to seek their approval for the puppets or even keep them in the loop.
IMO the 'Private Eye & Puppets' theme looks cheap, and only succeeds in drawing attention to the fact the real Mel and Kim aren't in it! Their absence is a chilling omen of the tragedy to come. It would surely have been much better to have just used the footage of their Montreux performance, in which they both look healthy, happy and chic, and dance like a dream.
'FLM' was Mel and Kim's penultimate single, and reached no 7 in the UK charts.
Tbf even though the marionettes was a fail, those sort of things in video clips was in vogue at the time. Consider Genesis “land of confusion” which was released the previous years. But yeah, whatever the producers were going for clearly wasn’t done well.
And obv in conjunction with the cancer and lack of consultation, it was still in poor taste.
@@nocomment4848 Apart from the fact that I think the marionettes are quite cute: The biggest difference between this video and Land Of Confusion is Genesis themselves had the idea to collaborate with Spitting Image.
I have never heard the story about them not being consulted or hating the vid! Where did you get that from?
Who is the boy in a video,what his name?
@@TheLongdarktunnel Wow it's a year since I wrote that - I can't remember tbh. But I don't make things up - I'm a journalist by profession. Google it and I'm sure you'll find confirmation.
I don't know the name of the male model - again Google may help you.
Mel was very sick at this point hence why they're only in the video via live footage someone dug up. This was 80's - way before they could do stuff like digital fairies to hide the fact Ginger Spice had jumped ship from the Spice Girls in "Viva Forever" :-)
The footage they show in this video was from the Montreaux (I've probably misspelled it) festival from 1987. That festival is huge. Just thought, I'd throw that info in there. I appreciate that you wrote this 6yrs ago, so this comment might be a surprise to you.
the girls only had four hits BUT each was a gem
But tragedy
What georgeous talented girls and RIP Mel. My friend and I danced to them RIP Ann also. Fabulous music.
Here in the USA they had 5. I'm The One Who Really Loves You was released as a 12 inch single and went to #11 on the Billboard Club Chart
@@jeffreywiesemann5856 acknowledged, in Sweden More Than Words Can Say was released as a single, that one should have been released as a single in the UK/US, great ballad
This video scared me to death as a kid, seem ridiculous now. Something about those puppets (although I seem to remember them having milk bottle top eyes, which they obviously don't!) and the rumours at the time as to why they were used. Oh and the eyes on the poster following the guy haunted me further, I really found it scary as hell.
Sadly Mel was too ill to appear in this video at the time it was released. She does appear but only in old clips.
@@peterschofield1553 I agree, I read Mel and Kim weren't consulted about the whole marionettes & detective themed video, and they both hated it.
Kim saw it out of the blue on telly one day, and said she was "Devastated", and when Mel found out she said she would rather no video was shown at all!
Seems to me the obvious thing to do was to use the Montreaux live performance, which was excellent with the sisters looking great and dancing beautifully. In 1987 Mel's cancer had returned and they were facing the terrible possibility that 'Mel and Kim' was on the way out, as tragedy loomed.
I imagine switching on the TV and seeing your record company has replaced you with a couple of puppets, must have felt pretty hurtful!
So cheesed off at the time waiting in to see Top of the Pops and all we got was puppets, of course the real story wasn't out there yet
Another brilliant SAW production....that the other have sensed the potential of House Music that was expanding in those years