I was fortunate to grow up in the 80's when all this wonderful music from ZTT was being released. Art of Noise, Frankie, Grace Jones, The Buggles, Trevor Horn, Anne Dudley, 808 State; all were in the ZTT stable. When this song was released there was a very real threat of nuclear war and this captures the angst, the defiance, the fear and the loathing of nuclear conflict in the 80s.
Hooray for Trevor Horn ZTT Gang ruled Gr8 Britains in the 80's No one beat them Today september 16 2020 and no one's gonna beat them in 2084 tooo !!!!! Thanx God for this 80's decade
Wonderful music. I remember, that these atom war - connected lyrics were on the vinyl album "Pleasure Dome", which was released around 1984. But for a long time I had only a tape copy of that album, and when I bought it as CD about 10 years later, these lyrics where gone, and substituted by some words about sex. I was really really disappointed. These words, like "Mine is the last voice that you will ever hear" make me still shiver, remembering, how close we were to a final war in those days.
That's what we want though. Unless you mean his freaky Star Wars policy. Just turn keys and push buttons. BTW Chris Barrie of Red Dwarf as Reagan. When i found that out, it was a revelation.
" You may pronounce us guilty a thousand times over, but the Goddess of the Eternal Court of History will smile and tear to tatters the brief of the State prosecutor and the sentence of this court, for She acquits us."
One of the most powrful songs against the establishment. A political thriller of two leaders to fight it out in a ring to settle the score of who is the most powerful on earth. Banned in nearly twenty countries Holly Johnson kept his resolve at bashing his way into history to give the public what they wanted. And this song was no exception to show what it means to let yourself be heard no matter the cost. Brilliant song, and a powerful message to those in so called unreachable places.
This song is a lot cleverer than people give it credit for "You may pronounce us guilty a thousand times over, but the Goddess of the Eternal Court of History will smile and tear to tatters the brief of the State Prosecutor and the sentence of this court, for She acquits us." is taken from the infamous part of Adolf Hitler's speech in court in 1923 following his arrest after the failed coup d'etat of Beer Hall Putsch by the NAZI Party, "History will absolve" is taken from Fidel Castro's "History will absolve me" speech in his own defense in court against the charges brought against him after he led an attack on the Moncada Barracks. The put the body outside is taken from the British "protect and survive" public information film on how to survive a nuclear attack and placing the bodies outside making sure tagging for identification purposes... it is interesting that the first Hitler speech was done by Chris Barry in the voice of Ronald Regan the US president at the time as if he was saying the same thing, the part "On the air America/I modelled shirts by Van Heusen", a clear reference to then US President Ronald Reagan, who had advertised for Phillips Van Heusen in 1953, is an American clothing company which owns brands such as Van Heusen, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, were suspected of buying from forced child labour manufacturers and whose first film had been titled Love Is On The Air, a film in which Ronald Regan starred in!!, other versions of this song had Richard Nixon quotes taken from an ad from his 1960 US Presidential campaign ("No.. firm diplomacy... No.. peace for America and the world"), Working for the Black Gas is a reference that under Ronald Regan and Margaret Thatcher and the uncertainty of the cold war Oil prices had become dearer than gold and we may all as well be paid in petrol (gas to our american cousins)
These ZTT recordings are enduring works of art. So ambitious, so rewarding, so understandable that a lot of people making records were in awe of them too. I remember collecting all of these as they came out and hunting in some cases for years for certain mixes. That first 12 inch of "Dr. Mabuse" is such an amazing record too. What that whole group was doing-Lipson, Langan, Jeczalik, Dudley-was doing was just incredible.
Now available on cd for the first time. It's on the double cd - The Art of the 12" Volume Two. From all good record shops, if they still exist that is!
Ladies and gentlemen, let me present Frankie goes to Hollywood Possibly the most important thing This side of the world. "It's enough to make you wonder sometimes if you're on the right planet." (If any member the family should die whilst in the shelter, put them outside, But remember to tag them first for identification purposes). ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pnh7x8aU26g.html
I bought the original EP at HMV in Oxford, UK back in the 80s and it came with a t-shirt with Lenin on it. The were both collector's items and wish I had kept them. I brought them back to canada but never saw the EP or t-shirt there.
After hearing this in the 80's 1/2 asleep in my room, I ended up having a nightmare that I ? was on a spacecraft hurling out away from earth and as I ran through the halls of this huge ship, "MINE IS THE LAST VOICE YOU WILL EVER HEAR" kept playing over the intercom. I.woke up thinking it was the coolest bad dream I ever had. Found the song that week by telling the clerk at wax records in Chicago the lyric I remembered.
Thankyou you Trvor Horn! Thankyou ZTT, thankyou Holly - Never forgot the Magic of your Music - 15 Minuten are Not enough - love this Song Most of FGTH - we were CLOSE To the scenery of World war 3 - but the Sound is still unique and alive. The Bass ist Even like Paul Kalkbrenner in 2013 ;-) - Paul - love you like Holly !
I had this cassette, it was stolen, but thanks to amazon, found another just last year. Thanks for the post, had to visit the youtube to mp3 website :-) This is really THE best FGTH track
@lastschicker I'll try my best to dig out the Relax cassette for you and Welcome to the pleasuredome cassette. I also have Power of love. Two tribes was my fave, great days and 9 weeks at no1. I was listening to Killing Joke back then, still do!!!!
Seems to be: instrumental first half of the carnage mix (instrumental run through) first half of the annihilation mix (instrumental run through) 7" vocal version
tomstickland that's how that made this mix... and many others in the FGTH vaults.. took other remixes and blended them together to make another remix..
@@michaelwendt6691 No! The USA has caused this... then accusing other countries of causing trouble like they always have done. Most of the world's sheeple think the USA is a force of good when quite the contrary is true. Wake up, you're being played.
Damn, totally forgot that there are a few subtle differences between this and pretty much all of the CD single versions (of which I own a healthy stack). Thanks for sharing this (and the other parts too!)
In the 80's I heard this version of Two Rock 101 tribes in one sitting ... listen and never faded from my mind, the cartoon voice of Federico Lira, mentioned something like this: "... Frankie Goes to Hollywood with Two Tribes - Two tribes, describes the history of the struggle between two powers with fatal consequences for all ... "he emphasized was the one occasion that listen achieved with his bullet. After nearly 30 years of searching for lost times, able to find this version; in Mexico City just came to light in Rock 101, (concept Maestro Luis Gerardo Salas - r101ck.mx ) After that time is that thanks to the magic of the internet and youtube, you might hear in great detail all the Trevor Horn influence in the masterful interpretation of Frankie goes to Hollywood. Thank you very much to TheUTubeTeamSucks
These guys may have gone further had they stuck to the 12"/ 7" as central formula as opposed to the age old pain of album obligation. There was a lot of pressure on them by spring '85. Those first 3 singles hit Number 1 three in a row in '84.
I'd like to know what names they are saying around 5:20. Its sounds like "My name's Mark.. My name's Kurt... My name's not... * Mine is the last voice that you will ever hear. Don't be alarmed."
TheUTubeTeamSucks thanks so much.... I love that part of the song. But I wish Nash was saying "My name's not" like agreeing his name isn't Mark or Ked.
B Michaels The dialogue is actually from an interview called "One February Friday" which was a B side to one of the first four singles (cant remember which), but its on RU-vid if u search for it; you can hear the full dialogue between Ped, Mark & Nash and the interviewer Paul Morely.
Wasn't that interview on the B side of the Two Tribes 12" mixes? I'm sure it was one of the tracks on the B side of my Carnage mix, along with (maybe) War. Might be making that up though; it was a long time ago...
my name is mark my name is ped my name is kurt my name is nash MINE IS THE LAST VOICE YOU WILL EVER HEAR! DONT BE ALARMED same guy that did the Protect and Survive infomation films... Patrick Allen chilling at the time....
