Fun fact: Robert produced this song, and played the bass, percussion, and the really cool xylophone solo in the middle. This is one of his most interesting songs imo, and no doubt he had some hidden talents that he occasionally let it show, as he did on this song
My best friend of 57 years and I still sing this all the time! We were baptized together and we finish each other’s sentences. But all I have to do is text her one word or a lyric to a song and she gets it right off the bat!
I love this early 80’s MTV “dry sound” that only existed then. Not a lot of over processed studio effects. Just sounds like it was recorded in a living room somewhere. I know that sounds weird but this type of music has it’s own unique charm. In fact, unique and unusual music is what made MTV so insanely popular when it first came out.
@@WeizHerGigBuddy - The stripped-back sound was one of the defining aspects of New Wave. A reaction to the pomposity of Seventies rock, especially prog.
The effect reminds me of listening to all of the great 60's mono top 40 hits on my car's tinny AM radio back in high school or the little RCA transistor radio I had as a kid just starting to listen to music. It was the music, not the delivery system, that mattered then...and today.
The music has a clean sound to it....digital recording I think was coming in, as well as synths etc....Loads of great bands had that clean space feel...the Blue Nile spring to mind.
40 bars before he changes the chord, but never loses your interest - then he subverts the whole verse chorus structure - an absolute masterclass in doing it your own way. Salut Robert
If I’m not mistaken, this video was cut short. In the original and full version of the song he already changed chords. Still an unbelievably good song though.
I'm 31 on Monday and never heard this song in my life until driving home in my car after night shift yesterday morning. Big Robert Palmer fan and now I'm really going to delve into his catalogue.
I love that his shoes look like ladies' figure skates, or old school baby shoes. This video holds a special place for me, because it was a regular feature on HBO's Video Jukebox... RIP, Mr. Palmer.
I heard this song and tripped out. Back in the day. Later I called the local new wave station and requested it - the lady DJ said he wasn’t new wave but she had noticed his style was changing. I thought it was new wave, and for a couple weeks in 1979 it was my favorite song
If this song was by Talking Heads, people would pay more attention by it. The groove, the abstract jagged guitar bit and the double track vocals are very reminiscent of David Byrne. Great stuff. Underrated.
I am almost 33 years old, I have been trying to play/practice/study music for 18 years. I didn't really know anything about Robert Palmer or this song up until a few months ago. I heard this song at work but was not sure what it was. When I got home from work I looked up the song and watched this music video, to my surprise these memories started to surface in my mind, maybe the earliest memory I can conjure up today. I was almost too young to remember, I was maybe about 2 years old. I remember this music video was on the TV and my mom was holding me but I was being upset and scared of the image of Robert Palmer holding the magnifying glass up to his mouth. I think that this song had to be one of my moms favorite songs because I remember her dancing and unconcerned with my crying, and I'm not sure but I think she might have kept turning the volume of the music up louder and louder. I know that my mom really wanted me to hear this song because the next thing I remembered was around the time of the xylophone solo I became very mesmerized with everything that I was hearing. I wish that I could explain all of this better but I can't put into words how powerful it was to discover this song again as an adult after my mom passed away in 2020, I guess I like to think that she wanted me to hear this song and remember.
This song is a masterpiece. As soon as I heard it I knew I was in love. It’s avant-pop, odd even for new wave. Perfect hook, perfect synths, accessible but weird, almost a frightened nervous timbre, a singularity. Robert Palmer is an artist’s artist, his legacy as the front man for his girls undersells his enigmatic and diverse career.
its the worst day ever, youre fcked up by all and depressed, but: youre hips keep swinging when u listen to the first note of this masterpiece and u just feel good with the rhythym🙏💓 keep on movi n✌️🧚 tyvm for this
Meeeee tooo!!! I was also fortunate enough to grow up with early MTV, great memories. I used to get a real kick out of ZZ Top “TV Dinners” with the little monster, hahaha! 😄 Sooooo many good vids with neat effects and props.
Bruno Goncalves In summer of 1988 I saw him from the front row in concert at Pine Knob outdoor Amphitheater in Auburn Hills, MI. It was during a heatwave and it was easily 98 degrees and miserably humid. He was phenomenal. Despite wearing a suit and tie the entire show, I barely saw him sweat, though he did change his suit mid concert.
This song is a weird one. I love it. It's not just an empty minded pop song: its repetitive structure seems "kraftwerkesque". And above all, the "break" at 1:43 always amazed me... it's the primary reason the song stuck with me in the first place. It's so "out of nowhere", the tempo behind the single strokes slows down by an arbitrary ammount, and then it goes on like nothing happened.... I love that
I must not have been watching MTV as much as I thought I did. Better late than never...glad I saw this today! Always loved this song. Dead at 54 from a heart attack...tragic. ❤☮🌎
A full 7 years before Tom Hanks filmed the movie "Big" and danced on a toy keyboard on the department store floor, Robert Palmer was doing basically the same thing in this video! He was truly an innovator.
Heard this song at my work the other night............Could'nt remember who it was then I heard "Addicted To Love" and remembered, hey this guys song sounds like Robert Palmer! I was right! Palmer rules, RIP 😞!"
Hey days if MTV when this, the Buggaloos and 1970s Rock and Roll Live shows videos played on a loop..untill we filled the nights with fresh videos from hundreds of new bands that the 80s would never see again.
only heard this song yesterday for the first time driving home, the only bloody song the radio plays from robert palmer is addicted to love....this song fuckin rocks, ultimately catchy
That song is really catchy and I can't get it out of my head. It's brilliant and the music video fits very well; I like the moment when Robert Palmer smiles while playing guitar; it's so funny.
Lyrics It's crazy but I'm frightened by the sound of the telephone, oh yeah I'm worried that the caller might have awful news, oh my Who knows these days where on earth the money goes, oh yeah No doubt we could put it to a better use, oh my You keep insisting that nobody showed you how to keep relationships, oh yeah Your daddy made a real good try, oh my You said you knew all along we could work it out, oh yeah Do you have to make a fuss everytime we fly Ooh I'm looking for clues I'll have to make an effort now just to be serious, oh yeah Nobody's gonna give you the benefit of the doubt, oh my Everytime I pick a paper up it's harder to believe the news, oh yeah I'm gonna have to shake it up and twist and shout, oh my You can't do nothing that you don't put your mind to, oh yeah I suspected all along you were a dream come true, oh my I'm never in the dark 'cause my heart keeps me well informed, oh yeah I'm convinced that there's a way of getting through to you Ooh I'm looking for clues It's crazy but I'm frightened by the sound of relationships, oh yeah I swear we could put it to a better use, oh my Do hurry baby you've forgotten how to catch a night groove, oh yeah You told all the callers you were not amused Ooh I'm looking for clues You keep insisting that nobody showed you how to use a telephone, oh yeah Nobody's gonna give you a second chance, oh my I don't have to make an effort now to find out where the money goes, oh yeah Do you have to make a fuss everytime we dance Ooh I'm looking for clues Do ya do ya do ya do ya Ooh I'm looking for clues Ooh I'm looking for clues Ooh I'm looking for clues
"I'm never in the dark. My heart keeps me well-informed...." The MOST VALUABLE INTELLIGENCE...EVER!!!! Plus, THE, if not one of the COOLEST SONGS TO HEAR THE XYLOPHONE PLAYED IN...EVER!!😁
This is the video I most relate to the beginning of MTV. They played it all the time. Song was catchy and video was entertaining to watch. It was a song that you almost never heard on the radio too, which also made it cool.
What a versatile performer luv everything he did to make a fun 😂video his imagination great voice dances well miss u RIP to a gifted person sing a song in heaven lucky angels😢❤❤❤❤
