I have no words. ❤️ This track transports me back to happier simpler times in my life when me and all my friends were proper friends. We all knew each other so well and knew exactly what each other was doing. We're all still friends to this day, but not like back in the 80s and 90s. It makes me a little sad and I want to go back. Thanks for the memories.
I totally agree with you Broady, we should all think for a minute, stop for a minute, reflect on happier times and try to attain what we once had (inner harmony)
Imagine this: It's the 80s and I'm a kid from Buenos Aires, Argentina ... there is no internet ... there are no cell phones .... and these boys appear on a tv channel !!! They are one of the most unjustly forgotten groups ... or at least they had less success ... Today I am 45 and there is always a place in the radios of my country for Bow down ... Build or Happy hour Forever love for Housemartins
Yo conocí a esta banda gracias a que Petti en la cortina final de Duro de Domar cerraba con Bow Down.. shazamee la canción, y de ahí empecé a investigar quienes fueron Housemartins.. temazos
You had all that right in 1986, Except there were mobile phones My dad had the Motorola 8000 X, And my uncle had this-ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-k6b4NtJdCH8.html I mean mobiles are in pop culture in the 80's sooo very confused here
Jose, tengo 52. En esa epoca vivia en Parque Chas. Me acuerdo de haber ido a comprar 2 cassettes a Churba (Juramento y Cabildo) recien salian los CDs, y valian carisimo. En una de esas cuevas vendian las copias en cassette (TDK) . que lindos tiempos esos. abrazo -- 262 / 5000 Jose, I'm 52. At that time I lived in Parque Chas. I remember having gone to buy 2 cassettes in Churba (Juramento and Cabildo), the CDs just came out, and they were very expensive. In one of those caves they sold the copies on cassette (TDK). what beautiful times those. hug
I died for the Housemartins in the 80ties. Finally a band that was as "ugly" as me, but witty and intelligent. Their first album is a must and I still regularly play it. Married now with 3 adult kids and no worries about looks anymore.
Song for my 47th birthday. Too young to appreciate them at the time, but it was the background music to being young. You can see what they were doing so clearly now, very pure.
They only seemed beautiful cos we were kids. Think about it though, the cold War, aids was rampant, racism was rife, there were fights everywhere, Northern Ireland etc. if we went abroad it would cost a fortune to keep in touch with lived ones and family back home. The 80s were not all that great really
People in the 1980s were looking back to the 1960s and saying EXACTLY the same thing about the 1980s - and so it goes on. Always be careful that you are not simply becoming generically anti-change - some things are better, some things are worse. Change always creates wins and losses.
reminds me of my first car , me and the love of my life on the back seat in lovers lane,castlemain xxxx cooling in the footwell,never realising life would never get any better than that,life all mapped out, funny how a few chords of a song transport you back to 1988 as if it was yesterday , will treasure them for ever-thanks samantha jane owen from wednesbury for everthing you gave me - I STILL LOVE YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I remember when this came out, I always thought it was a really catchy great song, but it wasn't until someone posted the lyrics in the verses that it really hit me, it's one of those songs that its difficult to work out what he's singing about apart from the chorus (obviously) really clever appropriate lyrics when you think it came out 30 odd years ago, still relevant now, that's what a great song is all about, timeless.
for some strange reason I didn't really take a lot of notice of the lyrics, just the melody and the chorus, ( and I'm a guitarist) it's always the melody that hooks you, there was a a band from Liverpool that were really good at that, unfortunately I can't remember what they were called.
I used to always have a cassette of The Housemartins in my pocket to take to house parties as a teenager. I hope one day they get the kudos they deserve.
I never understood the English until I had the opportunity to read the lyrics online today. And this is very impressive! The visual performance and the presentation of the song that bring it all across: We have style, we have human value and we are singing beautifully about human and social dispair brought on by social economical change, we have anticipated. This song we can sing all over Europe, it is strong and at the same time peaceful. Only people in England it seems can have such style.
this is one band i really wish i had seen live, they were just my teen years and all i have to do is listen and im back there ty paul etc you still make me smile xxxxxx
These lyrics ❤️ this song. I was 12 years old when I first heard it. I'm sorry to admit of forgotten all about it. It's could do with being re- released, it's very relevant at the moment.
I remember being about 5/6 years old and this playing in the back ground on the way to Blackpool in the car with my Dad who was an avid fan. He even drove us down to the Pub in Hull where the band used to drink. Good memories.
There really were some amazing male vocals in the 80's, not like now. Guys back then grew up on a steady diet of Motown and it really showed in the 80's, glad I experienced it!
From this cauldron came some great bands and acts, from Fatboy Slim to The Beautiful South, and this song is a timeless classic. What vocals! And those who used to say hello, Now simply pass you by…. Have a nice final day 😵
Housemartins WOW Utterly POWERFUL and INCREDIBLE ! These guys shaped the lives of many movers and shakers! We need this power back now. All we have now is alas APATHY ! What has happened to our youth ? I love the new stuff, but it lacks the true desire to change anything for the best! Love :)
Fantastic this like. they are first band i ever loved and that made me listen to lyrics " i was 11 " and used to steal my sisters record player to play this. i still hold all there songs in the highest regard shame that only 2 albums got made. Paul Heaton is easy in my top ten of male vocalist with blue eyed soul. they were a mighty band
What a band, even though Hugh got sent down for assault and Stan opened a veggie cafe that went bust, I still love them with all my heart. Hull 4 London Nil was rarely off the playlist in my mum's pub, one of the last bands I remember where they were universally loved by old and young.
Something's going on, a change is taking place Children smiling in the street have gone without a trace This street used to be full, it used to make me smile And now it seems that everyone is walking single file And many hand their heads in shame That used to hold them high And those that used to say hello Simply pass you by Think for a minute, stop for a minute Think for a minute, stop for a minute I always said it could, they never though it would The people look so pitiful, I'm thinking that it should And now it's almost here, now its on its way I can't help saying told you so and have a nice final day And nothing I could say Could ever make them see the light Now apathy is happy that It won without a fight Think for a minute, Stop for a minute Think for a minute, Stop for a minute And many hang their heads in shame that used to hold them high {Think for a minute} And those that used to say hello simply pass you by {Stop for a minute} Think for a minute, stop for a minute Think for a minute, stop for a minute
From a time of turbulent change,the public split between those always hurry-scurrying along to the beat of Thatcherism and those languishing on the scrapheap,both sides resigned to their kind of apathy. As in another single out at about that time (start of autumn 1986),Heartland by The The,the cranes moved on the skyline,knocking down the familiar,once cherished but since neglected old and starting to erect the market forces-driven new.
Genuinely one of my favourite songs of all time. If I ever get the chance to make a band and do a cover I’ll definitely try and cover this. Fucking love the housemartins!
in the 80s .... my apartment in Buenos Aires Listening to Horizon radio.... (94.3 FM) Housemartins, Think For a minute and the night I wrote the name of the song in a paper. I m 54 and i still have this one.....
Their better than REM. Can you imagine the music if they had stayed together. Would they have gone on to Sgt Pepper greatness? . I bet they would have.
Great stuff from the boys... plenty of young pretenders to their throne but none will ever cut the mustard. Saw 'em at Tower but had to go back next day for my shoes.... Oh those wonderful memories of sticky threadbare carpet! What a shithole but always good for a laugh and an hour! Might write a song called Tower for an hour...; gotta be a winner!
@@christophebonhoefferofbelg9846 The 80's wasnt the same for everyone, from the North west, and most the music was shite, the song is political, mind you the woke dont seem to be able to carry a tune?!
@@christophebonhoefferofbelg9846 Like I said Britain certainly wasnt in a great place, maybe Belgravia was different?!, some great tunes at the time, some great comedy and satire, and some of it was political, wish it was like that now, but its all woke Wet arsed pussy?! but that was a political song that mirrored some of the social issues of the time.
