The Making of THE SPARKS BROTHERS Documentary | Edgar Wright, Ron Mael, & Russell Mael Interview 

So is the M. LoL!

Haha! That and spelling program... I know.

Today we spell redemption: R, O, N.

T.O.D.

@@AndrewWyld Well done sir.

In an interview (around the 'Balls' era, made in a rainy park in London) Russell was asked to describe Ron with one word, and he came up with "sweet" immediately. Ron had objections about that, but what I've seen in interviews I think that word could work well on both of them.

Aww. That's so wonderful. Despite the fact that I only discovered them a few days ago, I 'm not surprised you got an actual, real response.

@@happyviewer4872 Welcome to the Wonderful World of Sparks ✨ 💖 💖 💖

@@annabackman3028 Thank you, Anna. 🙂🎶

Seen Around Boston, It is not often that I read of such a marvellously heartwarming story. Thank You. I hope you still have that postcard.

I remember seeing them on American Bandstand in the 80s w/Jane weidlen of the go-go’s performing cool places(it’s hard to believe that they actually had a top-40 single in the states)?! I knew that they were around in the 70s,but not in the 60s,they came out the year that I was born,well da’am?! LONG LIVE SPARKS ⚡️

If you think you're frustrated, imagine being someone like me who's loved this band since the '70s and spent all those years trying to get people to listen. I'm thrilled that this movie is out, but also absolutely stunned.

@@creeder44 I rediscovered them just in time for 'Hippopotamus' release. Loved 'Kimono My House' and 'Propaganda' since mid seventies, but hated 'Big Beat' (now I love it, all I can blame is 1. Not knowing English good enough to understand, 2. I wasn't ready for so "heavy" 😂 music). Totally lost track of them, but played those two records all the years. I quickly became what Edgar so fittingly calls; an evangelist! Still can't understand that I didn't look for them on Internet, googled or YT!? I sort of assumed they were dead or, I don't know. Not active as a band anyway. But I must say, it has been a true treat, this journey to discover everything they have done! My only regret is that I missed the "21x21"! I could probably sell my soul to the devil himself, if I had the offer to go back in time, having a 21 nights ticket 🤣🤣🤣!

@@annabackman3028 I get a lot of what you say. You can get an album wrong and then think years later-"God that's good!" Listen I'm embarrassed myself for not remembering to look them up enough and to bother looking through their discographies. Some of that does go with the fact both of them remain so uniquely under the radar when not recording and performing, which they like, mind you it doesn't change them being entirely approachable. But I don't think we should be as embarrassed, shamefaced, appalled and horrified as the UK (for instance), who after welcoming them relatively early, then turned their back on them for an entire decade (the 80s) when they, unlike most already established band, went through it perfectly, adapting easily to the sound of the times while keeping their very own distinctive and evocative sound and way of writing, performing and singing to it all, and their videos are a scream! Why the stupid public, DJs and the rest should tune out from the majority of Sparks' best material (not least the killer 1983 "In Outer Space" & "Pulling Rabbits Out Of A Hat" album is testament to the fact that the majority of people will always get things wrong. Other decent acts were also treated awfully in the 80s and even ABBA were treated with middling indifference when they were bashing out their best stuff! (In fact 2 actual ABBA albums are really not called ABBA albums at all but "Gemini" and "Geminism"-full of ABBA songs but sung by a spin-off in ABBA absence. Likewise the "unfinished" part of their 1982 album "Opus 10" are actually all on the "CHESS" album, just put the 2 together! Sparks have had the last laugh by crashing back into the UK Top 10 2x since 2017! Better late than almost never. Trouble is, people bang on about all the ones that don't matter, and I don't see how Pet Shop Boys could have even existed without Sparks. They're certainly inferior, good as some of their older stuff may be.

@@gypsyjhoni Well even stupid America HAD to chart one of their songs somewhere, but I know what you mean, I mean, Sparks music too good for the moronic States, that's why they hit the big time first over here, but I SOO not proud of our relationship with them in the 80s when much of their excellent stuff was done (and for a short time) US took a bit more of an interest.

That's not hard. Movie ain't all that. Says it all a song over 30 years old should utterly ram it out of the way.

How the heck did I miss that! Must have been a lot of fun. Good club to see them. Very intimate.

They are.

​@@kyachdistent1301 😂😂how would we not know that❤

@@rokit430 Hell yeah!🤩🤩🥰🥰

Not really. They put you into Hall Of Fame when they don't expect anything new from you. SPARKS are still on the rise ^_^.

Not sure why it's necessary to denigrate the work of a very successful woman in pop music who carved out a career for herself on her own terms in order to elevate another very deserving artist in Sparks. Maybe check that casual misogyny at the door and recognize that both artists are deserving.

Madonna taught all women that it's OK to like sex and be sexy and dance sexy. I owe my life to Madonna. Just joking. Sparks are geniuses and Madonna had some good songwriters and a fantastically large business machine behind her, but she's mainly an image.

The RRHOF is focused on commercially successful artists. Sparks are more a cult band.

@@mollyj6286 Only in your mind

Jordan’s?

Watch his every Sunday series 'Lyrically Speaking', and you can watch his Jordans on every video 😎

One of the few major bands who have been there for a long time who have successfully been able to keep their privates lives pretty much private which is rare. I am sure they appreciate that a lot!

And you still don't know much more about their private lives after watching the film! 👍

It's amazing also there's been no "kiss and tell" stories. I mean, they'd have chased girls too, right? Gagging orders? Or just bad memories?

@@kyachdistent1301 , there's been only some minor and rather gentlemanly kiss-and-tell from Russ... he talks a little bit in the film about his relationships with Miss Christine and Jane Wiedlin. And Jane talks about having a crush on Russ and Ron both, and wondering now if she picked the wrong brother, lol.

@@FumbleAIBO Thank you for telling me this, it's good to know. They're just really nice guys, so am not too surprised. Many people in then public eye don't even NEED to, do they, they just social media to do it for them! Ha, picked the wrong brother/sister stuff. Heard that before over the years about many people!

What about THE KINKS..?

@@markmcnamara9502 I'm not talking about good bands, i've never listened to them talking, most performers are full of themselves

Yello class band

PSB would be nothing without Sparks, and have been drivel for ages. Too full of their so-called cleverness, but their limitations are clear, and utterly overrated. Kim Wilde, Alphaville, Sandra, OMD, Duran Duran, Crowded House, Kirsty MacColl, Big Country, China Crisis, 'Til Tuesday & Cock Robin & Bangles, and obviously ABBA are the ones that deserve total respect, though I agree that pre1994 Kate Bush and Erasure are fine.

@SoftCell

Underrated to you maybe,highly rated by untold others!

@@HarryFlowerrs Yes.

Ron

Pure misprint, should read obviously "Rigoberto"

Rob Mael the missing Spark for 50 years. Who knew?

Robald

"B" is next to "N". Too big fingers. Happens to all of us! 😂😂

Fun fact... you are right and the girl in the Bruce Springsteen video was in fact a hired actress they used as a plant. And she would later become very famous.. it was Courtney Cox, in one of her very first appearances on film.

Director? Did you mean Edgar Wright on the documentary, or Leos Carax on their musical movie ANNETTE? Carax won the 'Best Director' prize, and Sparks 'Best Soundtrack' at the Cannes Film Festival, which their film opened, a great honor! 😁

You well end up buying some after you see movie. Lots to check out. Have fun.

@@shepmathe Ha! I have Drip & Hippopotamus arriving today from Amazon.

@@btm380 Drip is amazing. I've been a fan since the early 80s and Sparks just keep getting better and better as they age.

Angst in my Pants is top shelf.

thank YOU for watching

@@denofgeek 🖤

I daily shave down my antennas, but they just keep popping up🙄👾

wer is it available?

@Emily Von Spears thrice now.

Went twice.....

Va' inte så hård! 😂

The version of the song 'Pulling Rabbits Out Of A Hat' on the 'Plagiarism' album is better, I think. A matter of taste. 😍

@@annabackman3028 Nah,prefer the new wave version.

That starts at 12 seconds? No idea. Before is 'This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us'.

Yeah, Martin Gore's version in the 80's was the one that made me want to know more about these guys.

it was on premiered at Sundance last weekend - U.S. only, now waiting for distribution I suppose.

Partly Ron, partly a slipped finger. Look at your keyboard ⬇!

Stopped reading at "music is shit". It's such an obviously, lazily incorrect observation that I kind of don't care where you were going with it. There's more great music being made this year alone than any one human being could listen to in a lifetime. You're simply either too oblivious or too lazy to engage with it.

I saw Cheap Trick there in the 80s.

I know this feeling, you know? (sorry)

I know! Really annoying, and very surprising from a duo who are so articulate and clever with their lyrics.

you need you brain fixed

That comment makes me wonder if some humans possess intelligence.

Aside from "Angst in My Pants"?

Hahahaha Nooo

Sparks 80s era >>>> Your Favorite Album

Every Sparks album contains wonders...

You need to get a grip on what actually matters in this world.

🤔🧐You have people come to you for advice?🤭🤣🫣