This song is labeled as Synth-pop, but back in the day it was also called New Wave. Anyway, this is yet another example of the unique music of the 80s! To me, the 80s had the most diverse music with a lot of innovation, and the songs were so catchy!
True but it was synthy new wave, to me almost New Romantic. Not all New Wave has synths. You're right though about the 80's, it was as you say, such a diverse and innovative period for music. Really exciting times.
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And please react to the fantastic Love Action, The Human League’s first top ten hit, 1981 I think, the offical video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FBEIkZ8egfY.htmlsi=Bmyq_ZuzZuUzBqyO Incredible time capsule, top shelf production.
Very happy y'all react to just about every decade, every genre. With the 80's, this is one of the better groups from the decade. I was a kid when this dropped. Both of y'all are awesome. Keep doing what you do. It helps a lot of folks smile and just have an overall good day.
I remember painting a house with my Dad the summer this came out and having a small radio and hearing this song 3-4 times a day were the highlights of my day...oh the great songs of the 80s
It's so fun to go back and hear these songs with adult (57) ears. I appreciate this even more now. That guys voice makes the whole song, when he goes deep. And the ladies sound great and add so much fun.
It was all called new wave back then. I know because I was a child in the 80s. We never called it synth pop. That word synth pop just popped up a few years ago by younger people.
Omg, my bff went to see DM Mday and called me from the show so I could here Policy of Truth! I love Depeche Mode SOOOOO much!!! Don't know if they reacted to Personal Jesus, but that's a MUST, plus The World in My Eyes, It's No Good, Somebody, Enjoy the Silence, Strangelove, Stripped (Live,) Walking in My Shoes, I Feel You, and so many others
You have to hear “Together in Electric Dreams”! Phillip Oakley (From Human League) collaborated with Giorgio Moroder on an album around the same time as Fascination came out or a little later, and it’s definitely worth a listen! ❤
1000%!!! I was about to leave the same comment but thought I better read the other comments to see if someone already suggested it. It is my all time favorite Human League song....the extended version (6:23 in length) is the ultimate vibe! That song transports you. I learned something new - that they collaborated with Giorgio on this song. No wonder I LOVE it. lol
Definitely want to add that to your movie react channel too, if you can get hold of a copy. "Electric Dreams". It's an obscure little movie but so, so good. Early 80s but in many ways so far ahead of its time in the ideas it played with.
Mirror Man is another one to check out. If you haven't reacted to the group Ultravox, please do. Their songs, Vienna and Dancing With Tears In My Eyes are two of their best in my opinion.
The absolute best decade was the 80's! The new wave sound and hundreds of new and old acts on MTV was fantastic! Music, new fashion, new technology, styles!!
Heaven 17 left just before Dare was released. Interesting fact : Do or Die 【from Dare] lyrics first sentence... Those cocky little fires you started in the night. Heaven 17 retort?? on Who'll Stop The Rain with "I heard a rumour that fires were started, flame in the street and tension uncharted"?? Saw both in concert over the years.. the voices are still perfect. AMAZING performances!!!
The Human League was a great addition to the 2nd British Invasion in the early 80s... "Mirror Man" was a hit that should have went a bit higher on the charts, great vibe, highly recommend.
Both actually got to number 2 in the charts. Keep Feeling Facination was kept off the top by Spandau Ballet's True in April/May 1983,while Mirror Man was denied by first Eddy Grant's I Don't Want to Dance and then the Jam's farewell single Beat Surrender in the run-up to Christmas 1982.
The music was fun back in the day but what nobody mentioned is the amazing opening. They made a "You are Here" red dot from a map by painting the corner of a city block and a house all red! That's what I always remembered about this video.
It's so wonderful seeing and hearing how much Y'all love this one as much as we did back in the early 80's. What a bunch of great memories this song conjures up. Thanx Y'all from your DFW Texas Fan 🤠
The dynamics of the group reminds me of The Commitments, a movie (about an Irish group) that you definitely should watch because it's got a lot of great music.
The video for that is good because the band looked so cool performing live. That video looks like it could be a modern-day band just from how they were all styled. Doesn't seem dated to me at all.
The guy with the deeper voice is Phil Oakley. Phil is the dominant voice of Human League and did some pretty cool projects outside of the League. Very distinctive voice. Next HL tune definitely needs to be Love Action. You'll probably recognize the chorus..it's been sampled a bunch.
This one is my favorite song by them. I also like "The Lebanon" and an old one from before they broke up and Phil Oakey added the two girls, "Being Boiled" - very synth! Another great synth classic is "Looking from a Hilltop" by Section 25, and you really need to do more Thompson Twins: "Doctor Doctor" "Lies" and "Into the Gap."
My second favorite Human League song behind “Don’t You Want Me”. Check out another side of them with a different sonic profile with their song “The Lebanon”. Others to consider “Mirror Man”, “Love Action (I Believe In Love)”, “Things That Dreams Are Made Of”, “Open Your Heart”
Check out their song *"THE THINGS THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF'* for Incredible 80's synth sound, and also *"Love Is All That Matters'* for a beautiful upbeat heartfelt song
Phil Oakey, the male lead singer did a collaboration with Giorgio Moroder for a movie called "Electric Dreams" , the theme track for the movie is a song called "Together in Electric Dreams" and is one of the best synthpop songs of the 80s imo.
New wave. Synth pop. When i was a kid in the 80s we just called it new wave. Synth pop is a more modern term i think. New wave is experimental music uususlly good bass guitars and different instrumentals. Punk influences in some of it. Makes you dance. 🤗
Hey guys! Love the classic New Wave music from the 80s! Really most music can be considered POPular music. What you are hearing from artists like this & for example Yazoo, Depeche Mode, Thompson Twins, Bronski Beat... are in the genre of New Wave. This genre & Disco definitely birthed Techno-Synth & Industrial music. Great stuff so keep it coming!❤
Together In Electric Dreams is an iconic dance track that actually bring me to tears! No decade like the 80s: beat, rhythm, melody, strong and clear voices, great variety…unlike nowadays.
This was my FAVORITE song summer of 1983, but one thing you young'uns will never be able to understand - trying to tape songs off the radio! I so badly wanted this one, but even if you could anticipate when the song would be starting, then the DJ would talk over the whole lead-in of the song. Hah! The struggle was real!
@@armoredtoo1156 oh oh.... and even better was holding your tape player up to the radio, barely breathing so you get a good copy, then your mom hollers for you to come to dinner or something in the background. 😆
The Human League are a band who changed over the years with different line ups, tracks I suggest are: "Being Boiled (Fast Version)", "Gordon's Gin", "The Black Hit of Space", "Almost Medieval", "Empire State Human", "Love Action (I Believe In Love)", "Hard Times", "I Am The Law", "The Sound of The Crowd", "Seconds", "Do or Die", "Life On Your Own", "Mirror Man", "The Lebanon", there are other tracks but these are probably the best in my opinion.
I have the Human League's first 2 albums from 1979 and 1980. 'Reproduction' and 'Travelogue' 2 of the best electronic albums ever made. I also own the best funk/electronic album made called "Penthouse & Pavement' by Heaven 17. "We don't need this Fascist Groove Thing"
@@alanstrom2221 I always loved both, 'Reproduction' and 'Travelogue', 'Penthouse and Pavement' is an excellent album too. Have you heard 'Groove Thang', this is the version without vocals before it was released as '(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang' which had vocals?
I have the Human League's first 2 albums from 1979 and 1980. 'Reproduction' and 'Travelogue' 2 of the best electronic albums ever made. I also own the best funk/electronic album made called "Penthouse & Pavement' by Heaven 17. "We don't need this Fascist Groove Thing"
Give their song 'Louise' a listen. It was the standout track of their 'difficult' album after this release, when grandiose artistry & record-label meddling proved too encumbering. The darker subtext of the lyrics is largely forgotten (see the Wikipedia entry), nowadays most people take at face value the story it mellifluously tells (a pair of ex-lovers hesitating to reconcile after a chance encounter), poignantly sung deadpan by Oakley. A lot of '80s synthpop bands had art rock influences: Human League, Tears for Fears, Talk Talk, Depeche Mode, etc.
I always liked this one. Got the 45rpm single when it came out and used to play it a lot. Love those harmonies. And the upbeat sound. Their voices all sound amazing on this. One of their best tracks.
Thanks for reacting to this excellent band! Next song could be either "Together In Electric Dreams" or "Tell Me When". Or even "Heart Like A Wheel". The guy with the bass voice is Philip Oakey, the blonde lady is Susan Ann Sulley and the brunette is Joanne Catherall and they're still perfoming to these days.
All these great bands coming out of England in the 80’s gave America a strong base to build upon for the fantastic sounds of the 80’s we all love so much.
THE CULTURE CLUB -" Love Is Love " 1984 soft rock & a touch a synth pop in the mix , a beautiful warm hearted song with alot of soul. Gives you a warm fuzzy feeling , especially with those incredible guitar sounds it's truly one of the 80s decade's Best
I've always loved how they EQ'd and mixed the bass to sound like a synth in the verses and chorus' on this song. Most people would say, or think it's a synth bass but, It is a real bass guitar with 1 khz through the roof and played right between the bridge pickup and the bridge itself. 👍
I’ve always considered this as the British grandfather to Madonna’s Into The Groove! I know I’m weird. Just the beautiful synth and the rhythmic throbbing melody they both showcase.
I was crazy-cray for the Human League as a teen! Glad you like them. From a music history perspective, the earlier work by The Human Leage and OMD are credited as being the very first bands that were able to translate (the very new) electronic musc and almost total synth into successful pop hits. Another great Human League song I think you would like "Mirror Man." And as for the 2 women in the band: Susan and Joana, they were like 16 when the lead singer, Philip Oakey saw them at a club or something, thught they looked cool, invted them to tour with the band (underage) for their gigs in Germany in the 70s. They had no musical history, got permission from their parents, took off, winged-it, and became world famous for being trend setters of a new music genre! Can that happen today?
As I recall, this was The Human League's first hit in the U.S. and it has always been my favorite of their songs. So glad you two got to this one and enjoyed it!
@@garibaldi54 Right, it wasn't until this comment that I realized how young they all were! When this song came out I was in my first year of high school, so they would've just barely graduated.
Another great 80s choice Jay and Amber. A couple of artists you should react to again that were popular during this time are New Order and Depeche Mode. From New Order listen to the version of "Bizarre Love Triangle" from the Substance album and Depeche Mode's live version of "I Just Can't Get Enough" from DM 101. I know you reacted to the studio version, but you haven't really heard that song until you hear the live DM 101 version.
It kills me that no one who reacts to this video ever seems to notice its coolest moment-- at 5:12, you see the two kids kicking a white ball around just outside the big red 'You Are Here' dot. One of the boys kicks the ball inside the dot, and the ball turns red, as do the clothes of the boy who goes running after it. He then kicks the red ball back, and in the same shot, the ball comes back down outside of the dot, changed back to white again. It's a simple idea, but executed really well and without the use of the special effects that would have made it super-easy to do today.
The previous album Dare which had Don't you want me on is fantastic.The things that dreams are made of is brilliant and wasn't even a single and superior to said above.
Another band that was part of the New Romantics was Adam and the Ants (lead singer was Adam Ant). A couple of their songs that I think you would like from the early 80s: “Prince Charming“ and “And Music“. On a different note and sound but still very much the 80s: Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush singing “Don’t Give Up“ (the official music video is stunning, as emotionally charged as Sinead O’Conner’s “Nothing Compares 2 U“ video) about a man who cannot find work that gets support from his friends during his travails. A very important song from the mid 80s during a time in the UK where the working class was being economically hammered and many many people suffered due to political and economic choices made by the government of the day. This song is reminiscent of similar subject matter that Bruce Springsteen sings about the working-class of America.
Great song. Love the combination of sounds. Really catchy. THL are still going strong today, they've recently announced a European tour for next winter. I'm going to see them in the local arena in Glasgow🏴 They're great live👏👏👏
This has always been my favorite The Human League song, so I was very excited to see you listen to it today! Phil Oakey's vocals on this are fantastic, and I LOVE the bass! So glad you enjoyed it!
The 80's is the height of Dance Music! The Clubs in London were "Fire" ( to use a new Word for me ) I'm 72 and Lived the Crazy 80's Overseas! I'm so lucky to also have been a 12 when the Beatles Hit! So got to experience Both British Invasions!
I loved 'The Human League', my fave track by them was most definitely 'Don't You Want Me' as it was an absolute classic and still relevant now when you listen to the lyrics as they are still pertinent to the present day, don't you agree? I agree that the groups dynamic between Phil Oakley and the two girls, Susan Sulley and Joanne Catherall was incredible and stood out so well as all their voices were always so very clear and easily understood, unlike many other groups singers, not only of the time, but both preceding them and after them too! What do you think to that last point? Duran Duran was another group from the same time period who had easy to understand and hear voices, not only from Simon Le Bon, but all the lads too! My favourite track by them was Planet Earth, however I also loved one of their stranger titles, 'The Chauffeur' which was absolutely brilliant and an absolutely wonderful track too, well worth a listen if you ever get the opportunity to review it as I would love to hear what you both think to it now compared to how it was perceived at the time! Loving the show, keep up the amazing shows and excellent reviews too! ❤️ You are both Amazing and your ❤️'s are on ❤️🔥
I loved 'The Chauffeur' too - not sure the Rob Squad would approve of the video though 😮 Would definitely suggest they go for the audio version on that one, for fear of ruining their wholesome image 😂
@@brendaedwards6741 Must admit I am from that era first time round as was born in the mid-late 60's, however I have never seen the video for it. So if it is close to, @the knuckle then I agree, maybe the audio version is the one for them, but it is still an incredible tune and 1 I am certain they will most definitely enjoy listening to as you so kindly pointed out. Must admit though, you have got me intrigued now so think I will have to take a look now to see what all the fuss is about 😉😂🤣
@markdermody9698 It's in a similar vein to 'Girls in Film', but artier! I remember all my male friends enjoying it on video juke boxes back in the 80s (I was born I '67 and was a huge Duran Duran fan!) Enjoy 😊
Human League was formed in Sheffield, England in 1977 by school friends Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh. They originally wanted singer Glenn Gregory but he was unavailable at the time so they asked this cool looking dude the knew from school if he wanted to join. It was Philip Oakey. They got one of Oakey's friends Philip Adrian Wright to join as their Director of Visuals. They released two albums Reproduction (1979) and Travelogue (1980). Didn't sell that much. Ware and Marsh left to do Heaven 17 with vocalist Glenn Gregory. They had a big hit with Temptation. Oakey got the rights to Human League. Wright started playing keyboards, Ian Burden bass/keys and Jo Callis guitar joined. Oakey knew these two young girls from a club. He asked them to join. Susan Ann Sulley and Joanne Catherall entered the band and their next album Dare from 1981 was a great success. I still enjoy some of the early songs from the original group. Check out Being Boiled, Empire State Human and The Path of Least Resistance
The 80s was a music experimenters dream decade. Very creative things were going on musically then. Another suggestion for great 80s synth music would be, "Number 1" by Chaz Jankel, and "I'm Falling" by the Comsat Angels.
We used to change all the lyrics to songs when I was in HS in the 80s. I sang this one as "Deep-seated fascist nation" and said "marching on" but I forgot the rest because I'm old lol.
