Man!!? This is the coolest video I've seen in a very long time!!! Catchy song too!! These guys are BRO QUICKLY GROWING ON ME!!! HOW IN THE WORLD DID I MISS THEM GROWING UP!!? BEING BORN IN 1979 HOW DID I NOT CATCH THEM AT ANY POINT DURING THE 80'S OR 90'S FOR THAT MATTER!? AND DURING THE 80'S AND EARLY 90'S MTV WAS ALL I EVER WATCHED ASIDE FROM CARTOONS!!! WELL, BETTER LATE THAN NEVER!? I'LL BE CHECKING OUT ALL THEIR MATERIAL!!! SPARKS IS MY NEW CLASSIC NEWLY DISCOVERED BAND!!!
Love the vintage looking animation and the song is beautiful. Wonderful lyrics, they always have some gems even within the greatness, like "the muscle cars are driving way too slow, and everybody's walking on tiptoe". Brilliant. I love Sparks.
💖LYRICS (this version) by Ron Mael It's the calm before the storm Something big is coming soon Something that will change your tune The dogs are letting postmen come and go The muscle cars are driving way too slow And everybody's walking on tip-toe For every yes, a hundred no's The kind of day when nothing hits the fan The kind of day when nothing's in demand The kind of day when music means Chopin And love is shown by holding hands It's the calm before the storm Something big is coming soon Something that will change your tune And everybody's talk is monotone And everybody's look is monochrome And everybody's flight has been postponed The laudest sound's a dial tone. It's the calm before the storm Something big is coming soon Something that will change your tune It's the calm before the storm False sense of security Shown to be a forgery Something's about to break, but it isn't clear (Not enough was going on, oh no) Is it something we should cheer (Not enough was going on, oh, yeah) Is it something we should fear (Not enough was going on, oh, yeah) The ocean doesn't feel like making waves There's no one left the lifeguard needs to save And no one's in the mood for feeling brave We're well behaved, so well behaved It's the calm before the storm Something big is coming soon Something that will change your tune It's the calm before the storm A false sense of security Shown to be a forgery It's the calm before the storm The calm before the storm It's the calm before the storm It's the calm before the storm, storm.. 💖💖💖💖💖
Love the song, and the video is a little masterpiece! I wonder how many thousands of times one has to watch it to have discovered all cute and funny details😘
'Past Tense'? A perfect gift to someone who just admitted two or three Sparks songs are pretty good! And the first track (at least on the triple CD edition) is 'Computor Girl'! With the words ("Yes, it does have crackles on it. Thank you.") 😂 My guess is they didn't make a digital copy 1967😉.
Why a re-release? The problem is, and will most likely be🙄, the tone deaf, slow minded people who the Rhythm Thief robbed long ago, that decide what will be played on radio/TV, no difference if the channel is a commercial or state/governmental. Where's my antidepressants😭? 😠 (Actually there's one NOT Sparks song, never been a hit, what I know of, that could work instead of both meds and murder; Arthur Brown/Give him a flower. It wouldn't surprise me if the Mael brothers listened to that one. 😁, but 'Pineapple' is just fine💖)
@@mikehayes5889, The same couple who made this video, Kuntzel and Deygas, also made one cartoon to an instrumental version of 'This Town...'. Perhaps that was what you meant?
Собаки позволяют почтальонам приходить и уходить. Мускульные автомобили движутся слишком медленно И все идут по кончику Для каждого да, сто нет Вид дня, когда ничто не попадает в вентилятор День, когда ничто не востребовано Вид дня, когда музыка означает Шопена И любовь проявляется, держась за руки Это спокойствие перед бурей Скоро произойдет что-то большое, что изменит вашу мелодию Это спокойствие перед бурей Ложное чувство безопасности, показанное подделкой И все говорят монотонно И каждый выглядит монохромным И весь рейс отложен Самый громкий звук - это гудок. Это спокойствие перед бурей Скоро произойдет что-то большое, что изменит вашу мелодию Это спокойствие перед бурей Ложное чувство безопасности, показанное подделкой Что-то вот-вот сломается, но не ясно (недостаточно было, о нет) Это то, что мы должны подбодрить (недостаточно было, о да) Есть ли что-то, чего мы должны бояться (недостаточно было, о да) Океан не хочет делать волны Никто не должен спасать спасателя | И на своем настроении чувствовать себя храбрым Мы хорошо себя ведем, так хорошо себя ведем Это спокойствие перед бурей Скоро произойдет что-то большое, что изменит вашу мелодию Это спокойствие перед бурей Ложное чувство безопасности, показанное подделкой
Saw this video for the first time right before the first COVID wave in January 2020. Now I'm here again in November 2022)) What storm will be next, the God Almighty of youtube Algorithm?
This morning I turned on the radio for the first time in a year or so. At least so long ago I tried to listen. 🙄 This is the honest truth: I thought to myself "Can this endless song stop now, it got to be something else?". When the music, hrm, finally ended the radio host went "This block were bla bla..." It was four songs... Four different women. All wailing, all yearning for 'Mr. Right', the same rhythm, the same sound... For about 12 minutes I thought it was ONE song 🤣😭🤣! Can anyone tell me how it can be interesting to listen to that??? I kept listening to that channel for a few more minutes, tried another two. Gave up. 🙄 'Balls' was definitely a better alternative 🥰 Thank you SPARKS! Ron and Russell, you are MY knights in shiny armor! Don't worry, no marriage, I'm happily married to myself 😁😁 All I wish for is your music 😍🥰💖💖💖
Yeah it looks like a pocket watch. I see a hammer behind the beetle baby's back, but what's the big one holding behind its back? Whatever it means it's probably something way too deep for me. The Maels are smart guys.
@@lynnroverud2067, yes, you're right. I didn't see the hammer, was so focused on the clock. That thing behind the big ones back, could it be some sort of bat?? 🤔
The band Sparks is still going strong, released their 24th album in May 2020, 'A Steady Drip Drip Drip'. The first link is to a song by Sparks with video by Cyriak. THAT is the right place to ask how you got there 😂😂! ua-cam.com/video/dLxPIOxgkM0/v-deo.html The second to a serious love declaration to a partner in a long time relationship, old friend etc. Summing up their time together, the fear of loosing that person. 'All That'. ua-cam.com/video/YPCs9SL7ZIk/v-deo.html Or (Live in Isolation): ua-cam.com/video/PKbAErmGntU/v-deo.html
there's something off about this animation and I can't put my finger on it. I don't mean the character designs or the aftereffects, I mean the movement. It looks like it's trying to be in the style of an early 20th century cartoon, but that it was done with a flash animation application. It also looks like some parts were animated with tweens and others were not. I'm not sure, it's bugging me and I want someone to break down how this thing was made.
You have to love that the animators included Ron's "dance".
Steve Naghavi’s post on X brought me here ❤✌️and I loved this
Same here.
this is just one of the Sparks songs that is immovably stuck in my head of late, and I can't be happier.
Man!!? This is the coolest video I've seen in a very long time!!! Catchy song too!! These guys are BRO QUICKLY GROWING ON ME!!! HOW IN THE WORLD DID I MISS THEM GROWING UP!!? BEING BORN IN 1979 HOW DID I NOT CATCH THEM AT ANY POINT DURING THE 80'S OR 90'S FOR THAT MATTER!? AND DURING THE 80'S AND EARLY 90'S MTV WAS ALL I EVER WATCHED ASIDE FROM CARTOONS!!! WELL, BETTER LATE THAN NEVER!? I'LL BE CHECKING OUT ALL THEIR MATERIAL!!! SPARKS IS MY NEW CLASSIC NEWLY DISCOVERED BAND!!!
this was made in 2000
Amazing
@@phjeeteri But the band has been around since 1971. They have lots of albums
@@MarzLabs yes i know im talking about the song
from what i know the song eas made in 2000
@@phjeeteri Ah yeah, you're right. Always great to see folks appreciating the group though!
Sparks are criminally underappreciated! How was this song not all over the radio?
eyeh8nbc They're too intelligent and original for a lot of the dross that's in the Top 40.
Dario Western so agree with you
Radio is so bad in England and Scotland
And Sweden. For a few minutes the Swedish Radio recognized them (The seduction of Ingmar Bergman), that was it.
MAYBE, B/C IT'S ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW...GET MY DRIFT?...;)
This song should have been a big dance hit.
Like most of their stuff, especially from 1979 onwards.
the ocean doesn't feel like making waves ..just brilliant I love these guys
Hell yes.
Superb song and the video is just astonishing. Sparks are in a league of their own.
One of the best videos ever made! 💖 Together with 'Dick Around'. If you don't get it, look in the comments, it's genius! 😁 💖
Totally agree
These two are absolutely brilliant ! Please keep making your wonderful music !
Great track from the superb "Balls" album. Sublime video. (including Ron's signature dance and keyboard stance 1:41-1:51)
Yes! Very cute! xDDD
Love the vintage looking animation and the song is beautiful. Wonderful lyrics, they always have some gems even within the greatness, like "the muscle cars are driving way too slow, and everybody's walking on tiptoe". Brilliant. I love Sparks.
This is possibly the best music video ever!!
A truly wonderful video, not to mention a fantastic song.
The Mael Bros. are GENIUS!
Brilliant song and animation and I love the Ron dance 💙
They have that Techno operatic big band sound !! I love this group. lol.
Красота! Это настоящий шедевр. Приятно смотреть.
💖LYRICS (this version) by Ron Mael
It's the calm before the storm
Something big is coming soon
Something that will change your tune
The dogs are letting postmen come and go
The muscle cars are driving way too slow
And everybody's walking on tip-toe
For every yes, a hundred no's
The kind of day when nothing hits the fan
The kind of day when nothing's in demand
The kind of day when music means Chopin
And love is shown by holding hands
It's the calm before the storm
Something big is coming soon
Something that will change your tune
And everybody's talk is monotone
And everybody's look is monochrome
And everybody's flight has been postponed
The laudest sound's a dial tone.
It's the calm before the storm
Something big is coming soon
Something that will change your tune
It's the calm before the storm
False sense of security
Shown to be a forgery
Something's about to break, but it isn't clear
(Not enough was going on, oh no)
Is it something we should cheer
(Not enough was going on, oh, yeah)
Is it something we should fear
(Not enough was going on, oh, yeah)
The ocean doesn't feel like making waves
There's no one left the lifeguard needs to save
And no one's in the mood for feeling brave
We're well behaved, so well behaved
It's the calm before the storm
Something big is coming soon
Something that will change your tune
It's the calm before the storm
A false sense of security
Shown to be a forgery
It's the calm before the storm
The calm before the storm
It's the calm before the storm
It's the calm before the storm, storm..
💖💖💖💖💖
Anna Backman Thank you🌞
Calm befreien the Strom? Now we have Corona ...
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@@jannetteernst6517 Before. Previous to. Not freeing.
Or, was that only an incomprehensible joke?
This should be released right now!
Great video, it reminds me of "Silly Symphonies" cartoons from the 40's
Thr rhythm of the animation is superb 😊
The most talented musicians i ever seen on UA-cam.
AMAZING.....BEAUTIFUL.....FANTASTIC!!! Thanks, Maels!!!
Best video I've seen this week
в этой песне очень чётко и внятно и неспеша произносятся все слова и звуки...следить за лириксом одно удовольствие...
What an incredible video ,all those involved just amazing artists ,Sparks combined ..must play again and again !
Absolutely! It is so well done. Humour and quality. Melody and voice. Well, it's Sparks
Love the song, and the video is a little masterpiece! I wonder how many thousands of times one has to watch it to have discovered all cute and funny details😘
Sparks! my idols
Cute video and awesome song with lovely chords and tunes! I love how they look as a bee and a cricket 🐝🦗💚💚💚
Can't stop watching this.
Great song and brilliant video.
Musically and lyrically superb
IT IS THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM!
The best Sparks' video I have ever seen!
and there have been some great ones.
Masterpiece
I've been dying to see this video for years! I just found out you have an official UA-cam channel! Seeking this video was the 1st thing I did!
Fantastic! This does the song justice - and that's saying something. :-)
This is so... perfect !!
🥰Love this song! 👏👏👏I have Never heard It before so I was really suprised of this great melody.👍
It's a cool song! God bless😇
My favourite Sparks song since I got their compilation album. The dogs are letting postmen come and go......FAB lyric.
'Past Tense'? A perfect gift to someone who just admitted two or three Sparks songs are pretty good!
And the first track (at least on the triple CD edition) is 'Computor Girl'! With the words ("Yes, it does have crackles on it. Thank you.") 😂
My guess is they didn't make a digital copy 1967😉.
I love this
A brilliant song and video, both underrated and under appreciated. Love 💕 ❤
It is The calm before The storm!
Very 90's!!
this is utterly sublime. Well done to all involved. xx
Love this!
SPARKS is so full with awesome tracks. Perfect for lazy listeners.
Pure brilliance enough said
How have I never heard of this band??? I’m 42, have I failed horribly?
Better late than never!
Welcome to the wonderful world of Sparks! 💖
Looks a lot like a classic cartoon! Great songs here
love sparks so much fun
They should re-release this- song should be a hit
Why a re-release? The problem is, and will most likely be🙄, the tone deaf, slow minded people who the Rhythm Thief robbed long ago, that decide what will be played on radio/TV, no difference if the channel is a commercial or state/governmental.
Where's my antidepressants😭? 😠
(Actually there's one NOT Sparks song, never been a hit, what I know of, that could work instead of both meds and murder; Arthur Brown/Give him a flower. It wouldn't surprise me if the Mael brothers listened to that one. 😁, but 'Pineapple' is just fine💖)
This Town number 2
@@mikehayes5889, The same couple who made this video, Kuntzel and Deygas, also made one cartoon to an instrumental version of 'This Town...'.
Perhaps that was what you meant?
GREAT!!!!
I absolutely love this song
Brilliant, Love Sparks
very pretty designs!
I take it as you mean 'animation'. One of the best videos I've seen! In my opinion, of course. 💖
I absolutely love this song💜 Also great video
wow amazing vid so love sparks and what great animation
Very clever video and I love the track. I bought this CD the other day...I think it's going to be a cracking listen judging by this number!.
Gorgeous
Fantastic cartoon (and song) They even look good as insects.
First time I’ve heard this song. It’s very good. Great video.
Greetings from Russia. ✊
The video is fantastic and compliments the song although the song is great and can stand alone very well, which you cannot say for all songs.
I love 💓 this video
Your Prediction is coming true. ;-)
"The Storm".
Silent running ...
😉👈 WOW.
Great Song
and
amazing the Cartoon, too.
Thank you.
Best Greetings
Beate
❤
Love it
I love it💓
Great fun!
Absolutely mind-shredding just to think this is from 2000, you know, the year prior to 2001.
Yes, it is absolutely mind-boggling that one year comes after another. A complete enigma.
Song of the Great Awakening, love it
Even as a bee, Ron is sporting a Chaplin mustache.
and has the same ol unnerving stare
Ron looks more like a grasshopper 😆
Is Ron also a bee? I always saw him as a cricket.
So Cute!!!! I want all those animals in my house
Not all of them...
But the Bee, the Cricket and that little flying drummer! 😁
Love this song. Original as always are Ron and Russ.
Tammy Glover is special too!
excellent
I remember it well.....
Any ideas on what keyboard was used on this album? More specifically the horns
Ze polita!!
Well, 9/11 sure changed our tune one year after this video.
Proof that Sparks are time travelers
Cool👍🏼🤖
The instrumentals from the melodic keyboard and drum beat reminds me of Pet Shop Boys.
Annette Cividanes "sent" me😉
Собаки позволяют почтальонам приходить и уходить. Мускульные автомобили движутся слишком медленно И все идут по кончику Для каждого да, сто нет Вид дня, когда ничто не попадает в вентилятор День, когда ничто не востребовано Вид дня, когда музыка означает Шопена И любовь проявляется, держась за руки Это спокойствие перед бурей Скоро произойдет что-то большое, что изменит вашу мелодию Это спокойствие перед бурей Ложное чувство безопасности, показанное подделкой И все говорят монотонно И каждый выглядит монохромным И весь рейс отложен Самый громкий звук - это гудок. Это спокойствие перед бурей Скоро произойдет что-то большое, что изменит вашу мелодию Это спокойствие перед бурей Ложное чувство безопасности, показанное подделкой Что-то вот-вот сломается, но не ясно (недостаточно было, о нет) Это то, что мы должны подбодрить (недостаточно было, о да) Есть ли что-то, чего мы должны бояться (недостаточно было, о да) Океан не хочет делать волны Никто не должен спасать спасателя | И на своем настроении чувствовать себя храбрым Мы хорошо себя ведем, так хорошо себя ведем Это спокойствие перед бурей Скоро произойдет что-то большое, что изменит вашу мелодию Это спокойствие перед бурей Ложное чувство безопасности, показанное подделкой
Спасибо класс!
Saw this video for the first time right before the first COVID wave in January 2020. Now I'm here again in November 2022)) What storm will be next, the God Almighty of youtube Algorithm?
They are very talented and intelligent. Much too good and original for this mainstream manufactured shite
This morning I turned on the radio for the first time in a year or so. At least so long ago I tried to listen. 🙄
This is the honest truth:
I thought to myself "Can this endless song stop now, it got to be something else?". When the music, hrm, finally ended the radio host went "This block were bla bla..." It was four songs... Four different women. All wailing, all yearning for 'Mr. Right', the same rhythm, the same sound...
For about 12 minutes I thought it was ONE song 🤣😭🤣!
Can anyone tell me how it can be interesting to listen to that???
I kept listening to that channel for a few more minutes, tried another two. Gave up. 🙄
'Balls' was definitely a better alternative 🥰
Thank you SPARKS! Ron and Russell, you are MY knights in shiny armor! Don't worry, no marriage, I'm happily married to myself 😁😁
All I wish for is your music 😍🥰💖💖💖
Could not agree with you more!!! And I'm an American and I know our mainstream music SUCKS!! BUT THIS???
FUCKING AWESOME!!!
And then, approximately one year later, the storm came...
You'll know about it when it happens.
😎👍
oparks
1:27 what did the little beetle babies break? A clock? 🤔 🤔
Yeah it looks like a pocket watch. I see a hammer behind the beetle baby's back, but what's the big one holding behind its back? Whatever it means it's probably something way too deep for me. The Maels are smart guys.
@@lynnroverud2067, yes, you're right. I didn't see the hammer, was so focused on the clock.
That thing behind the big ones back, could it be some sort of bat?? 🤔
0:16
Christi Haydon? :D
Tammy Glover? :D
хороший мультик...с хэппи эндом...радугой на небе
Is Ron as a bug a humbug? No! Does Russell bumble as a bee? Nay! Is Tammy on drums humdrum? Never! Humdingers all of them!
Sparks predicting 2020 in 2012 perhaps?
2021
intelligently cute. Thanks
2020 the storm is here.
I TOLD THEM!! I TOLD THEM ! EVEN IN THIS FORUM. NOW PEOPLE WILL DIE. MAKE PEACE WITH GOD.
covid19 and a no deal brexit - this song is so apt
Brilliant horn arrangement. I have yet to hear a Sparks tune that isn't well constructed and catchy. Between them and The Stones age is irrelevant.
How did I end up here.
The band Sparks is still going strong, released their 24th album in May 2020, 'A Steady Drip Drip Drip'.
The first link is to a song by Sparks with video by Cyriak. THAT is the right place to ask how you got there 😂😂!
ua-cam.com/video/dLxPIOxgkM0/v-deo.html
The second to a serious love declaration to a partner in a long time relationship, old friend etc. Summing up their time together, the fear of loosing that person. 'All That'.
ua-cam.com/video/YPCs9SL7ZIk/v-deo.html
Or (Live in Isolation):
ua-cam.com/video/PKbAErmGntU/v-deo.html
Released in a pre 9/11 world
The price of sin is death. What good is goodness against all Satans might?
there's something off about this animation and I can't put my finger on it. I don't mean the character designs or the aftereffects, I mean the movement. It looks like it's trying to be in the style of an early 20th century cartoon, but that it was done with a flash animation application. It also looks like some parts were animated with tweens and others were not. I'm not sure, it's bugging me and I want someone to break down how this thing was made.