Exactly my thoughts and u can see on stage how many people it took to make that sound, a million miles away from the specials my first love but just as good, would love to know where that was recorded
Missing your physical presence on this earth already dear Terry . Life is unfair, I don’t understand it . Your music and recordings will be with us for all time and you’re in our hearts. ❤
Mrs H ...RIP Terry ... You give this world The Specials, Fun Boy Three & a lot more... You give us teen's back then an era to remember even though you struggled with Manic Depression...Not an easy thing to achieve when having struggles BUT you did it bring classic tunes. Thank you ...Goodnight God Bless...Your a LEGEND ... Condolences and prayers to the family..❤
Camille : Me to ,it was the best decade.A lot of new ,wonderful music,we were a lot of people that looked "different"(i was/is half goth and half punk)it is a big part of my personality (and i am not talking about the outfit -that is just a small part of it,but now people look more and more the same,almost like they "were made in a factory",if you know what i mean .In the eighties there were also a lot of very good clubs,and it was not a meat market like now-people were going out to have fun,to dance all night long ,together with there friends,and just forget ,for a short while,their problems,or just forget the grey everyday life-but all in all,it was a wonderful time,and i miss it so much-nearly every day .
Just look at the way he gazes back, smiles, then comes back to the microphone. It's one of the most loving things in the world. So Beautiful! I love Terry Hall!
Hell to the muthah fuggin yeah son! Love youtube for this. And information. ANY subject is covered completely I think. I feel like I walked away with a free $45,000K education on oil painting wathing retired people just blabbing away with full instructions down to the T. Amazing times we live in.
Terry you are too Special to pass away , you are much too young xx What a Bloke ,, ive adored you since your beginning , thats a very long time .,,,, RIP,,,,,I GREW UP LISTENING TO YOUR GENIUS WORKS OF ART XX Jane x
True that singing harmonies is cool for a drummer, but June makes it easy by playing *exactly* the same in every bar the whole way this track. I remember that so well from when this was first broadcast........
RIP Mr Hall this performance blew me away as an impressionable teen, a song that gets more powerful every time you hear it. Had no idea you co-wrote it till today…..
This tune is so true to any generation! great lyrics! Sadly a lot of todays kids want to listen to stuff about people’s private parts with no imagination:) whoops! Did I dig at Cardi B :) I miss the days when there was more decent bands who could perform live and do it great!
@@Gibson1976uk Stay in your lane, old man. Were I more cynical I'd point out your rank racism at celebrating a white woman singing about sex and relationships while railing on a Latina for singing about "people's private parts with no imagination". Lemme guess you're not really racist because Rita Moreno was great as that Puerto Rican spitfire in West Side Story, right? Sometimes you really get on my nerves… as that probably went over your head that song was pretty much the peak of Jane's lyrical profundity.
u cant beat the mod , punk, alternative sounds . We used to all go 2 an alternative night every Friday and we all got on , not nowadays . Its a shame , from an old punk/rocker .
There’s another song round about the same time by Spandau Ballet called true. There is a line in that that I swear is ‘Take your seaside arms and write the next line’
This performane is SO much better than the album version! And SO beautiful compared to the Go-Go's version......I listened to this every day for over a year when I found this ♡
There's a weapon That we must use In our defense Silence Well just look at them Look right through them That's when they disappear That's when we lose the fear
Mary i adore your comment ,,Terry was much too young to pass x im wondering now you will always be Special x lol Jane ,,,,,, RIP,, our lips are sealed with love xx 🕸🕸🕸🕸
Been a hard couple of days. . Still get butterflies every single time I hear the intro to this beautiful track - instantly reminds me of the start of the All Saints runway show in New York Fashion Week A/W 1998. That drum beat, the bass, the cello….. . Backstage, at the curtain, the entrance to the catwalk, peeking out checking if anyone had turned up lol 😆 . Final check on every outfit, last second changes, crumpling collars, tucking in jumpers, rolling up trouser hems, smudging make up, tousling hair, trying hard not to panic and timing each model out to the beat of the drums and the baseline. . Instantly reminded me of my youth, how much I wanted to be in a band, sounding like this, looking like this - looking like I didn’t know how cool I looked, or cared if anyone gave a shit! . Terry Hall seemed to have this nonchalant look about him that no one else on the planet had. We learned years later why that was. . That bomber jacket with the diagonal exposed sleeve zip was first out! Classic 80s number that! . I’d woken up that morning with a terrible hangover, panicking, realised I needed some accessories for the show, hair gel and hair pins, jumped in a cab, headed up to Harlem. Had a panic attack in the back of the cab, first and last time ever! Ended up on the floor of the cab thinking I was having a fuckin heart attack! Managed to control my breathing, got up off the floor, stopped the cab, jumped out, grabbed a bottle of water - obviously totally dehydrated, for some reason! Found an Afro Caribbean hairdressing shop that had the hair gel and some kilt pins. Running around, realised I didn’t have a belt on, had forgotten to pack one, trousers were falling down! Headed back downtown, panicking about being late for the show, for some reason stopped off at Gucci and bought an elasticated belt. Must’ve been near Bryant Park or something as I definitely couldn’t afford it but knew I’d run out of time. Tried about 3 other shops, couldn’t find anything, thought at least I could use that on one of the models, last minute worries! Realised I’d been procrastinating, obviously petrified about doing this show - what if it was a complete disaster? . Dressed the models, lined them up, this came on, I was like ….. WOW! . Unbelievable! . Never heard such an incredible opening track on any runway show, everyone used to play disco shit, nobody played indie, ever - it really was something beautiful. . I wish I still had a copy of the video - played it for years after that, on a little TV that had a video cassette slot underneath the screen! “Can you hear them? They talk about us Telling lies Well, that's no surprise Can you see them? See right through them They have no shield No secrets to reveal Doesn't matter what they say In the jealous games people play Hey, hey, hey Our lips are sealed There's a weapon That we must use In our defense Silence When you look at them Look right through them That's when they'll disappear That's when we'll be feared” The words seemed very poignant to me at that time. RIP Terry Hall you were a fine human being XXXXXXX
Hoping wishes for the next or afterlife to do that i would go to the 80s have endless reruns of my childhood or see how i did it and everything that was happening in the world the greatest decade of all time history
I took Graphic Arts in High School JUST so I could make a silk-screen T of Fun Boy 3. They never toured around here and none of my friends had ever heard of them. RIP Terry.
Aaarrrrrr, 1983, thin as a rake, just got my first job after school, honda cb125s, going out with a girl called Lisa Hinton, riding around with my mates, the crown pub on a Friday, wish I could go back for a day or two
"Our Lips Are Sealed" is a song written by The Go-Go's guitarist Jane Wiedlin and The Specials and Fun Boy Three singer Terry Hall. It was first recorded by The Go-Go's as the opening track on their 1981 album Beauty and the Beat (see 1981 in music) and served as their debut American single in June 1981. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lips_Are_Sealed
I Worked with a guy called Gerald. We became friends. He had epic hair like that. He was always changing the colour, but never the style. He recently passed away, his Daughter, Granddaughter and myself remember a kind man who left us at the far too young age of 60. When this came on the radio, we used to do the "Dum de dums" together!
I've always said that the eighties were the best years EVER. our kids today don't know the half of it. I wish I could take them there to show them, bring them back here and say, I fuckin well told you!!!
I keep coming back to play this video I dont know what it is but there is something I cannot say but it just comes out as brilliance its addictive viewing There is a sort of innocence that makes it totally brilliant Sorry for use of the same word twice But nowadays the stars seem to be so rehearsed I know it's what they have to do for the masses but I just love to see that vulnerability that seems so perfect And we have lost that now I do miss it
This is certainly a history lesson for me, always thought it was strictly a Go-Go's song. Now I can't decide which version I like better (not that one actually has to prevail). I just know this clip is over way too soon. And it's remarkable the restraint June is showing, no fills, just laying down the same insistent pattern.
Terry Hall is one of the most honest and truthful song writers we've ever been gifted with. He's never pulled his punches with the often controversial subjects of his songs, and most of the lyrics are still as applicable (if not more so) as when he wrote them.
I saw the lead singer on a train once when it pulled up in Coventry. I was staring at him, he was staring at me and neither of us would look away. A wilful young man then, Lawd knows what he's like now. Very attractive though.
Terry has issues. But many of us do. I love him to bits. If he only knew how powerful an influence on the people he could yet have, he might stop feeling sorry for himself.... Just for awhile.
