Scritti Politti 'Absolute' TOTP (1984)

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First broadcast on 28th June 1984
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@BeggarsArchive 3 года назад

Check out the Top of the Pops playlist here ➤ bit.ly/2F8np11 Top Of The Pops - 80s Performances ➤ bit.ly/2GouWZR Top Of The Pops - 90s Performances ➤ bit.ly/3lHFtPB

@dawnsabin-simpson8938 11 месяцев назад

This has gotta be one of the nicest songs written and performed. This quality is a fashion that never went out of style.Nice one. first class.

@scientifico 2 года назад

Is it normal to still feel this song as much at 60 years old? So much youth and brightness... I can't let go!

@rachelar Год назад

Never let go

@danepaulstewart8464 Год назад

I’m right here with you! The day we let go… it’s all over. So hold on!!

@peterlind1966 9 месяцев назад

"Absolutely" normal !

@malcolmbeckett9802 9 месяцев назад

This man Green Gartside, is a very special man, an equal to Bowie, just not wanting adoration so much, maybe....

@malcolmbeckett9802 8 месяцев назад

I'm 62.5 and I will always appreciate quality

@helenbosworth5950 3 месяца назад

Great song still listening in 2024

@frannieo6128 5 месяцев назад

How can this be 40 years ago?

@stevanwarburton5501 3 месяца назад

one word... PERFECTION !

@MrCatalysis101 3 года назад

This is pop writing genius at its most extreme.

@tervatori 3 года назад

After after 36 years this song is still pure magic, purest Pop I have ever heard. I worship Scritti Politti.

@farmyardflavours 7 месяцев назад

Me too. I am obsessed 💚

@rachelar 6 месяцев назад

This is better than pop

@robcurle243 2 года назад

Absolutely fantastic track. The 80,s were the best. Wish I could go back. And stay there forever.

@ladyrcursed666 2 года назад

Me 2 x

@MashmanMusic Год назад

Black Mirror (S03E04)

@debbiewithers3713 5 месяцев назад

And me, today’s life is so depressing 😢

@KellyeR1970 3 года назад

I had this cassette tape when I was 14 loved Scritti Politti ! Can we just go back to 1984 ?

@jadeowenhamblyn4405 3 года назад

Yeah... pretty blessed to have lived through that time. I was only 9!

@yank196101 3 года назад

Life is about progression and moving forward but we can still listen to the music.

@enzodisciullo2557 3 года назад

I was 11, listening to this is just like pressing the rewind button!

@michaelfrazia4569 3 года назад

@@jadeowenhamblyn4405 me too...84 was one of the best years in my life..

@davidnottet726 3 года назад

Time 's machine. Go ahead to the past right off bat in 1984 without any hesitation

@edreid7872 3 года назад

Absolutely magical....remember exactly where I was when I first heard them..jukebox in a small East Village bar in NYC....I asked the bartender for a pen and paper to write down their name....1984 was a great year....

@Scotty-P 3 года назад

YES!!!!

@michaelfrazia4569 3 года назад

84 was one of the greatest years in pop music history

@rb7007 2 года назад

Great story! 😀

@KimPhilby203 2 года назад

Same vibe ... Rotterdam 1984...

@dutchbird100 2 дня назад

Fantastic... Bought the original album online last week, will pick it up at the post office tomorrow and play it for the rest of the week in the mancave!

@freethinker79 2 года назад

Love the deep philosophy Green always sprinkled into his lyrics.

@chops6416 2 года назад

'Cupid and Psyche 85' Played it to death.

@FreddieFreethinking 2 года назад

One Of The Greatest Popsongs Ever Recorded.

@blondewych 2 года назад

Sweet baby Jesus, what an Absolute choon and total dishbag 💖❤️💕

@antonchristian873 8 месяцев назад

Brilliant stuff ! The girl drummer is absolutely gorgeous.

@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq 8 месяцев назад

Today's Anglo-American Pop is shameful compared to this.

@rachelar 2 месяца назад

Cant find out her name in the credits. Any idea?

@antonchristian873 2 месяца назад

@@rachelar Unfortunately no, She's the spitting image of my first love, who absolutely broke my heart. !

@Michelle-ki3lj 3 года назад

I adored Green. So beautiful. Still looks lovely.

@geekpie100 Год назад

Cupid and Psyche, Penthouse and Pavement and Lexicon of Love - my top 3 LPs of the 80s. Never knew until now that Scritti had a woman drummer.

@mitchvete5808 3 года назад

I love his outfit

@kdp8133 3 года назад

Green at his gorgeous best. That Princess Di look!

@jonathonsingleton837 2 года назад

Indeed, and Modern Talking were on the same style boat around this time as well. Diana with a tan, but butch like a man.

@carmelcream7662 2 года назад

@@jonathonsingleton837 your my heart your my soul

@misst.e.a.187 2 года назад

I used to really fancy him

@missprincegirl 2 года назад

Princess Di/Prince mashup

@kdp8133 2 года назад

@@missprincegirl Absolutely!

@scandinavianheinz5725 2 года назад

Ooooh, and I love you, even if YOU ARE LIP SYNCING!!!😘😘😘 GORGEOUS MAN!!!💖💕💓💗

@tinkler4 3 года назад

When I first heard this on the radio, I was like, whoa this sounds amazing!! Still one of my fav albums Cupid & Psyche 85, masterpiece of music in the 80’s

@Anglio113 3 года назад

Drummer she is stunning what a song I was 4 in 1984 but this just reminds me of happier simpler times I would do anything go back one day

@mickeyjohnson5247 3 года назад

What is her name??

@chops6416 2 года назад

I was 20 in 84 😊 - right place, right time.

@xfactorcritic 2 года назад

@@mickeyjohnson5247 Jody Linscott is her name

@jamesgallagher1992 10 месяцев назад

@@xfactorcriticnope...shes definately not jody linscott..this gal also played on tv with fergal sharkey in 85 86 and is in his video for "you little thief"👍

@mooseyman74 5 месяцев назад

She could hit me with her rhythm sticks

@SeaBassTian 3 года назад

Gorgeous melody, flawless production and Green is looking sharp!

@ehaworth9 3 года назад

Green and Scritti Politti always were and always will be inimitable

@debcash4907 2 года назад

Love love love ❤️ 😍 oh the 80s fab music I loved Scritti Politti

@HarryYT22 Год назад

Great performance! Love seeing the people dancing in the background. Brilliant feel good song too!

@geekpie100 Год назад

The production is great - Arif Mardin.

@DJdext 3 года назад

I love this band!!! And that hair!!!! My sister loved him and she tried to fix my hair like that. LOL!!!

@claddaghclare22 2 месяца назад

Beautiful in all ways. Otherworldly. Too good for mere pop. Defies labels. I was 8 when this came out. Too young to fully appreciate him. Love Green x

@lafreewaylafreeway 7 месяцев назад

Always loved that section of music at 2:36 …..PLUS….did not realise he is 6 foot 6inches…..beautiful 🥰

@L0rdOfThePies 8 месяцев назад

Im here from a LMW thread, this is a really lovely piece nonetheless, might add it to a playlist

@funni5202 8 месяцев назад

I contacted the main drummer to see if he knows something about it.

@pascaldesmedt Год назад

Absolutely my number one favourite track of the 80s: baroque synths, haunting melody, androgynous male singer with female voice and star dust all over to make you dream of those great times that once were...the eighties!

@rachelar 6 месяцев назад

I think he based his vocals on Michael Jackson's

@farmyardflavours 7 месяцев назад

He's beautiful

@TheSpaniellover Год назад

This song is absolutely brilliant!

@rachelar 6 месяцев назад

His best

@michaelfrazia4569 3 года назад

green is one of the true geniuses of pop song construction

@hallson2917 3 месяца назад

LOve It The drums and everything!

@Barbara-mf9mn 3 года назад

such a vastly underrated singer

@howard4510 Год назад

Absolutely perfect pop

@tracylane8098 2 месяца назад

green gartside i think his name is,im 55 so 4give me if i 4get, loved this calm sound yet was so different

@mehhhhist 2 года назад

Green looks like the living embodiment of the 80s. it's really bizarre to think only a year or two prior he was emaciated and in hospital due to recurring panic attacks

@LonelyMonarchist1998 2 года назад

He looks like both members of Modern Talking fused into one

@misst.e.a.187 2 года назад

He was gorgeous and is still an attractive man

@SmartRobot-wc2fb Год назад

@@LonelyMonarchist1998 Though with totally different music credentials to match...

@carlospires7411 3 года назад

Great! Bring me all the 80's music! Love it

@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 3 года назад

I have a nice playlist of such you might want to check out; it's a good time. 😊

@maccarlton472 5 месяцев назад

love this band have the word girl on12" great music

@strictlynorton Год назад

Check out the the list of musicians who worked on Cupid and Psyche, its a who's, who of 1980's badassery... Arif Mardin, Steve Ferrone, Tawatha Agee and David Frank to name just four. Best album of the 80's tying with ABC's Trevor Horn produced Lexicon of Love.

@paulmason329 8 месяцев назад

Reminds me of Phil Collins Sussudio both were mid 1980s tunes

@ALPQZM654 2 месяца назад

Timeless

@polarwhiteavenger 11 месяцев назад

who is the beautiful drummer? My girlfriend (now wife) looked like her with permed hair...

@hawajane3532 2 дня назад

❤❤❤

@OneHope4Heaven 4 месяца назад

1985 was a magical year ~ Cupid & Psyche was a masterpiece! #LoveScrittiPolitti

@jacquelinemorris7959 3 года назад

Great hair! 👌 I'd totally forgot about this song! thanks for the flashback!

@beccarichardson2819 11 месяцев назад

Adore ❤

@angelamartin5003 3 года назад

I think this song fabulous.

@Elwrt455 Год назад

Still listening to this Masterpiece May 27

@cpcnw Год назад

Still have Cupid on CD - remember those :)

@jackjude Год назад

They had a very American sound (black urban) in a sophisti-pop package.

@TheAcousticRabbitHole 5 месяцев назад

I discovered Scritti Politi as a child when I bought the Madonna "Who's That Girl" record in the mid 80's. What struck me about this sound is that not only was it very similar to what Patrick Leonard was doing with his production with this song for Madonna, but I feel that Patrick Leonard's sound MUST have been directly influenced by Script Polittti. (Replacing the heaviness of a bass guitar with syncopated synthesizer bass-lines; or, the using dry, unprocessed, electric guitar as an almost percussive, textural effect.) Very un-Rock-&-Roll. VERY pop. TOTAL genius.

@esarempee 7 месяцев назад

Green really did embrace the Princess Diana look back then.

@marisaranieri2745 3 года назад

Where the words are Vodka clear...what a lyric

@andyjamison-legere2862 3 года назад

One of my all time favorite albums. It is so odd that this is one classic album that has never been remastered.

@h.m.7218 3 года назад

Great song, great album.

@christopherhowe5180 Год назад

hypnotic

@hejsanhejda1921 Год назад

One of my favorite song 😍 / Une de mes chansons favorites 🤩

@rw7269 3 года назад

I remember paul McCartney saying this was his kids favourite group.

@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 3 года назад

"The Beatles? They're over dad."

@L0rdOfThePies 8 месяцев назад

Oh very interesting fact!

@alanlucas501 3 года назад

Great stuff.

@kevinprior3549 6 месяцев назад

This is sooooooo 1984!

@peterderidder9922 Год назад

Found the maxi today and my month was good, I like them verry much, even from my youth ! they had 2 big singles if i remember correctly ?

@asifvirk953 Год назад

DAME THIS GUY LOOK LIKE A MALE SUPERMODEL TOTALLY AWESOME. LOVE THIS BAND AND A KILLER VOICE TOO.

@jamesscott5509 Год назад

Good 😊😁😊😁👍

@philtaylor3098 Месяц назад

Sept 2024 and I still love it.

@carmelcream7662 2 года назад

All he is missing is a rose and a bolero!Olay!!!

@R.Kinney1492 11 месяцев назад

A very clever man. 💚 He got the Green. 💸

@laurar4318 8 дней назад

I forgot how handsome he was:)

@carmelcream7662 2 года назад

Green is a refined version of Simon Lebon.Lady Di version?

@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq 9 месяцев назад

Our nice in our Ariana Grande-Taylor Swift era to hear good pop music as here.

@AlcoVoz 5 месяцев назад

There's a compilation album called 'Early' by Scritti that consists of things they recorded before they went more commercial and it's some of the most incredible surreal sounding avant-garde post-punk I've ever heard. It doesn't even sound like the same band. That's the Scritti Politti that I like.

@Victoria-gq8gt 12 дней назад

I always thought they were American! Thanks to Google I stand corrected, most 😊 😊 happily.

@GregGNP 3 года назад

Nobody could ever tell me the name of the drummer. I have seen her drum for Rod Stewart too. Anyway this is pure candy pop at its best. All the tracks from the album Cupid & Psyche 85 (including this) were magical.

@welshlad6427 3 года назад

Alyssa McDonald 😍

@GregGNP 3 года назад

@@welshlad6427 thank you very much. I don't know how you know this but you have answered a very long standing question for me 👍

@karljennings5910 3 года назад

I believe that the band is miming to the album recording, and that the drummer on this track & Wood Beez is Steve Ferrone. I think Fred Maher played drums on two 'Cupid..." tracks.

@lazer5582 2 года назад

@@GregGNP I also was told Alyssa McDonald,the name appears on Wiki as a former band member,but i,ve been unable to find any further info anywhere,not shown under a list of uk female drummers,no other pics to verify its her.Nothing seems to be mentioned anywhere.

@SJ-ci7vm 2 года назад

Name of the drummer is Sasha

@rugbydazz2264 2 года назад

As the camera was zooming in I thought it was Glen Close, i expected to see rabbits start popping out of saucepans.

@shanef8728 Год назад

what was the name of the hot drummer?

@ritchyfox 2 месяца назад

watching Scritti makes me want to grow my hair again. Green has 10/10 hair.

@missprincegirl 2 года назад

I like his little Prince outfit

@karithatthought2304 2 года назад

😎❤️

@carolinepayne8329 23 дня назад

Where are the microphones .obviously miming

@spankysmp 3 года назад

Great stuff. Won't bore you but I had just left school when this came out and whiled away the days listening to a pirate station in Manchester who played this quite a bit. Another 12" purchase from HMV. I must dig it out :-)

@Anglio113 3 года назад

Brilliant sad what happened to hmv tbh this just reminds me of being young and hearing my brothers playing this

@popnfresh2928 Год назад

This video is a major reason why Green left the music business in 1988/89, he hated doing fluff videos like this & oh yeah….THESE MUSICIANS BEHIND HIM ARE NOT SCRITTI POLITTI BAND MEMBERS AT ALL, Green Gartside was not happy that his label Warner Bros. Records, didn’t include David Gamson (Keyboards) & Fred Mayer (Drums) in there videos…..There’s only 3 member’s in Scritti Politti….this crap drove him away from the spotlight, any true SP fan let you this…..

@allistrata 3 года назад

Green's so obviously not actually strumming his guitar in the close-ups. Gotta love TOTP lol

@elp1437 3 года назад

You don’t say 😶

@bojanarezina2352 2 года назад

@@James_Hayes well not all - new order played live at least

@lewisner 6 месяцев назад

What was the drummers name ?

@SJ-ci7vm 6 месяцев назад

Sasha

@mojopin1997 Год назад

The dude looks better now

@Mingus8 22 дня назад

After watching interviews and documentaries about Green Gartside, I now understand that this was probably a contemporary, but pasted-on version of him that he was not at all comfortable with, at all? On the inside, he seems to have been a completely different guy and not this cool.

@shadylady4829 3 года назад

very dishy

@misst.e.a.187 2 года назад

Ooooh, yes

@nudisco300 3 года назад

Green is amazing not just because his musical ability is fantastic and still in top form but because he doesn't live in the past. Today you'll find him with dark hair and a beard looking like he belongs to current times which is much more respectable than 80s stars who still bleach their hair and wear mullets.

@M2Mil7er 2 года назад

mullets are having a bit of a renaissance at the moment. Mullets in some form seem to come round once every decade since the 60s.

@carmelcream7662 2 года назад

I can't believe he is 6 foot 6 I'm 5 foot 2.

@misst.e.a.187 2 года назад

He's 6'6"? Wowee! 😁

@carmelcream7662 2 года назад

I think Green was his public front unless he was hiding an inner Eddie Izzard?? ;)

@misterr279 Год назад

Looks like Ellen Dgenres

@realityboost4405 11 месяцев назад

To create/program (what did that even MEAN in 84?) this performance even entail?!…Attempt it today in 2023 is all I can say…Do THIS…CAN YOU?……I suspect the answer is 'No' and WTF!……

@jhav 3 года назад

GENIAL video te dejo mi likee pasate x mi canal tengo video nuevo saludos

@londonerwalks Месяц назад

The 1980's... when men had "Lady Di" haircuts. Always loved the track, but come on... nobody is even attempting to look like they are playing those guitars!