Sparks - This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us | Reaction! 

One of morrissey’s influences! They lived next door to him for years lol yes friends

Sparks 'Lighten up Morrissey' is right up your alley, I think :-)

When I look back, the 70s kids were spoilt musically, so much choice , not like now , I loved it ❤️

And of course one of Morrissey favourite bands of all time 😂😂 incidentally there is a really good documentary on Morrissey from 2004 called ‘The Importance of Being Morrissey’ would love a reaction video to that - it’s quite good to be fair 😅

One of the best songs of all time when they did the movie and tv show and video games great music playing more of music

Watch the importance of being morrissey- it’s a great documentary

Loved Sparks since I saw them as a kid on Top of The Pops in 1974 singing this song. My Dad (and famously, John Lennon) said 'Hitler's playing keyboards'. Or words to that effect. 😄

I remember seeing Sparks on Top Of The Pops in the 70s - Ron Mael staring at the camera from behind his keyboards!

Still making music and performing today please check out the girl is crying in her latte and also nothing is as good as they say it is

Always glad to hear this unique group. Ron was listening to Bach at the time, and wrote those twists and turns, and Russel had the talent to handle it. They've been making music for over 50 years, on many labels. Right now they are having a bit of a resurgence in popularity for 'The Girl is Crying in her Latte'. In my opinion, they tackle subject matter no one else would ever touch. There's a Hippopotamus in my pool!

Great to see you reacting to this one. Brilliant dynamic between them wasn't it - wonder how many subsequent synth duos were influenced by it. Sparks is one of those bands who manage to sneak in some of the most unusual chord progressions and intricate vocal lines while looking/sounding effortless - and being pure infectious fun. Their track 'amateur hour' comes to mind as another example.

Always liked listening to Sparks. Have not seen this video before. Only seen the BBC Top of The Pops clip where Ron just does lots of sinisters stares and eye raising directly to camera. Used to scare me back in the 70s when I was little. Well worth a look. Enjoy how you react to the less obvious songs.

Remember this is 1974. It sounded like nothing else at the time. It was completely nuts.

I've been a fan since 1974. 🙂

I remember a duet between Sparks and the French group Rita Mitsouko (Marcia Baila) called "Singing in the shower" at the end of 1980’s. It was awesome.

Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth, Let's Go Surfing, Something for the Girl with Everything, Thank God it's not Christmas, et al

You started with what remains thier finest moment.

The first time I heard this I was about 10 years old when my gym teacher played it in a gym lesson. Can you imagine 😮 the only time I loved my gym class

Russell still manages to hit the notes to this day, Ron still managed to not move very much…..a very underrated band, to this day…..👍🇮🇲👌😉

I've been a huge fan of Sparks at the age of 14 back in 2020!

I'm so happy you are onto Sparks. All the albums and songs. You're in for one great musical journey. The next song by them you should check out is "Amateur Hour."

When I was a little kid I used to strut round my bedroom singing along to my 7" single of this (and being so young was able to hit all the high notes). The only thing I could hear over the top of all the resultant din, was my mother shouting at me to "SHUT UP!". Happy days! :0)

Sparks released TWO brilliant albums in 1974! All songs are amazing - Kimono in My House and Propaganda. Recommend listening to the full albums 🎉

Always enjoy your videos - you are just very honest Sparks I only started enjoying in recent years

"Amateur Hour" is one which you should check out by Sparks, definitely way ahead of their time, keep up the good work!

There are so much songs from sparks that You can react. Plus the whole album kimono My house is great

Siouxsie and the banshees did a great cover of this song.

If I remember correctly, they recently performed a different album live each night for a month - they've released 25 studio albums.

Their Angst In My Pants album is on my top 10 list of greatest albums.. You MUST RU-vid their concert clips..

Great reaction. Ive been a fan of sparks since 1979. If you think Russell is singing high here, check out the song Equator, also from their kimono my house album. This song is low by comparison. Also Edgar Wright made a documentary about them a couple of years ago, and a film they wrote called Annette starring Adam driver opened the cannes film festival in the same year.

nice breakdown! Sparks are one of the all-time best.

quite the rabbit hole to fall down. so many albums in different styles. i’d suggest “when i’m with you” & “i predict”

Another great review. I remember buying this record as a kid. It wasn't easy to dance to😂😂

It ain't me who's gonna leave! This song plays in my head whenever I dislike someone I am forced to interact with - I never clocked the asking out business, I just thought it was about a fight - heartbeat increasing with anger, fear and adrenaline. I feel like an element of 'nonsense poem' is also present here. On further inspection of the lyrics, I think he is fighting someone else over a woman. I don't know, I prefer my interpretation anyway. Of course Morrissey mentions Sparks and especially this track in his autobiography. Another artist he praises is Patti Smith. I believe I have recommended her album 'horses' before, but it screams to be heard, as soon as I clicked with one of her tracks I could never go back. She has this wonderful strength in repetition-. Anyway, thanks for reading.

I love watching your reactions to these great tunes. Thanks for the great content, and happy new year to you!

He can still sing this live now!

Great tack - don't think I've heard anything else from them!

What a wonderful reaction to Sparks .. adore them , always gave 😂

My favourite band of all time. Kimono My House album that this song is on is an absolute classic album still revered to this day.

Originally the song was written with the verses describing scenes from well known movies and were supposed to end with a famous line from each movie but they just couldn't get it to work so just went with the "this town ain't big enough for the both of us" line throughout. I'm sure I read/heard that it was originally titled Some Like It Hot before changing it. I've probably butchered the story but it was something like that! Edit - 'this town ain't big enough for the both of us ' is from the 1932 movie The Western Code.

I love Sparks. Siouxsie and the Banshees does a great cover of this song

My favourite of theirs is Number 1 Song in Heaven.

Give the FFS collaboration a listen.

Nicky Nick(Dinky!)…glad you reacted. Russell’s voice isn’t always in a locked falsetto. Their style of sound changes through the musical landscapes of the eras(even to today). As far as a sparks goes…I love their Moroder era sound(Number One Song in Heaven) and their 80s Valley Girl Soundtrack era(where I first heard them) with “Eaten by the Monster of Love” and the awesome “Angst in my Pants”. Nobody writes puberty pop quite like Ron.

this song was always played at travelling fairgrounds across england in the late 70s so the greasy guys working on the rides could get the girls. this and Bang Bang by PJ Robinson

Kimono my house was one of my prized vinyl albums back in the day.I always thought they were a big influence on the Killers especially the Hot Fuss sound.

I can't imagine how good it must be for you to hear this for the first time. I was only around 6 years old when I first heard it and it was one of the first songs that made me think music was going to be important to me. I was blown away. That said, I've never thought about the meaning of the lyrics so thank you for the interpretation. ;o) Keep on exploring the music of my youth Nick, you're doing us both a favour. You might want to try my current earworm, "Back of my Hand" by The Jags. They never really did much else of note but that one tune is magnificent. If you don't think there's a video in a 'one hit wonder' then have a listen on your own time. You t won't regret it!

Just seen Justin Hawkins (from band The Darkness) and his version of this song online. Bizarre video with Ron and Russell featuring as referees in a darts match. Have you heard anything by The Darkness? I Believe in a Thing Called Love is great and you can hear some Sparks influence.

THERE IS SIMILAR PRODUCTION TO QUEENS BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY AND I THAT IS QUEEN WERE SUPPORT BAND FOR SPAŔKS BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS

They have so many great songs in different styles and mostly written with a sense of humor. Angst in my pants next, maybe or the title track from this years album The Girl is Crying in her Latte.

49 years (and more than 300 songs on 26 albums) later, here's Sparks doing the same song in the same key at Glastonbury this year: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_hfrGq9Ngdk.htmlsi=M1sS5vgppiDIgO_F

Great choice glad you enjoyed it sparks are maybe my favourite band lol. Would recommend dick around if you do another sparks song that one is pretty crazy.

I guess it's all subjective, but the references (and sound effects) of bullets could refer to the guy getting metaphorically 'shot down' by the girls he approaches. And if he 'aint gonna leave', maybe that's because it's the girl who always leaves? Anyway, great eccentric band with a huge catalogue!

I always loved sparks. There was nobody else like them and most people thought they were just weird. suppose I always like what's weird.

could you give a reaction to cockney Rebel they are much over looked these days considering, cant think of the word, ok the hits they had. back around the time of Sparks. similar sound to them has well at times.

Can't believe you've not done this one already. Incredible song. Queen were obviously heavily influenced by Sparks and their operatic and theatrical style. Bohemian Rhapsody might not have sounded the same or even been written were it not for Spark.

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Number 1 song in heaven is a better song