The Most Brilliantly Awkward Music Video Ever. 

Hi Justin Ryan Paris here from Rome , may 2022 A friend/collaborator of mine, who likes the darkness and who saw you in Antwerpen as lady gaga's gig opening group a few years ago, pointed out this video of yours that i watched with great pleasure, i found it very nice, respectful and attentive and i appreciated especially the part of " tears and fears " , and I want to let you know that at the time of recording Fiona Chapelle , english girl helped me with the pronunciation and the original text was " Tears " but I could not pronounce good ahahahahahah . She from the other side of the glass dividing Regie and singing place was trying to help me saying T T T T T Tears but I could not say good sowe changed in fears ahahahahahahah . I also wanted to tell you that I appreciate the darkness even though I make a different kind of music, but a rock'n'roll heart beats in my chest! I grew up with the beatles, with the stones with bowie with led zeppelin pink floid Gentle giant etc. so I conclude by telling you that I greatly appreciated your attention and I was honored to have it from a great singer like you , so thank you again and hope to meet you one day !!!😀😀😀

Hey Justin. I don't know if you ever saw Bono's letter that he wrote to Prince? In it, he calls Prince 'the master of the establishing shot' and it's always struck me as a brilliant observation. Prince really had some fantastic opening lines. Nothing Compares to You - 'It's been 7 hours and 13 days, since you took your love away' 1999 - 'I was dreaming when I wrote this, forgive me if it goes astray' Little Red Corvette - 'I guess I should have known by the way you parked your car sideways that it wouldn't last' Raspberry Beret - 'I was working part time in a five and dime, my boss was mister McGee' Manic Monday - 'It's 6 o'clock already, I was just in the middle of a dream' Kiss - 'You don't have to be beautiful to turn me on' If I Was Your Girlfriend - 'If i was your girlfriend, would you remember to tell me all the things you forgot when I was your man' When Doves Cry - 'Dig if you will the picture, of you and I engaged in a kiss'

"He's got one hand in his pocket, and the other one is....also in his pocket..." HAHA.....oh man, I'm so grateful I found this channel a few weeks ago. Justin is hilarious, and comes across as a very genuine smart good guy. I didn't even realize he was "that guy from The Darkness" until I was like 5 videos in. I just love this content, this is the sort of stuff RU-vid was made for.

"This fucking berret! How do French people put headphones on?" Laughing so hard. You made my day.

We are all currently awaiting the darkness cover version of Dolce Vita now :) Make sure it gets done Justin!

Goddammit, that Tears for Fears part was great. Justin could teach a masterclass on perfecting tangential stream-of-conscious reasoning. He makes me crack up every time. The dry comedy combined with backhanded compliments disguised as earnestness is absolutely brilliant.

I'm enjoying the inclusion of the live action skits you have been adding into recent videos Justin, it hasn't gone unnoticed nor unappreciated!

You really went down the rabbit hole with this one, hilarious!!!!! I love the Parisian Dad moves!!

I literally laughed out loud with this one, and I'm a mere smirker. Thank you,

Laughed so hard I almost lost my food! Never stop being you Justin....

Justin, I just wanted to let you know what an inspiration you have been to me! Finding your channel has been like meeting a new best friend! I’m sure my neighbors love hearing me laughing my head off watching your show! Could I possibly end another sentence without an explanation point?! No, no I can’t! Huzzah! 🥳

Ryan is 69 years old and still records today. He had a comeback hit in 2010. Italian artist. He redid this song as a duet in 2014. So for a cheese artist he has done okay and had a career.

Frankie is a legend and should be in charge of all music video and fashion decisions for the Darkness

This channel is my new favorite. Justin is so entertaining.

I am not old enough to have been alive when this song came out, but it has become one of my friend group's favorites over the years. We listen to it often whether we're at a party or casually hanging out. It reminds us of simpler times, even though we didn't live in those simpler times. My favorite memory I have of this personally, was when we took a trip to Paris and finally were able to listen to this in front of the Eiffel Tower. It really was a special moment that I will always carry with me.

One thing I've noticed about your music analysis videos, is that even with stuff you don't like, you're not a dick about it. You always find something worthwhile in the songs. Justin for Pope!

Excellent observations here Justin! Frankie is right on this. Next Darkness video must feature you on roller skates in a quilted shirt. Merci 🛼🎸❤️

One of my favourite songs of the 80s, I went on family holidays in Santa Ponsa as a kid in the 80s with this blasting out of the hotel (Deya Apartments) sound system by the pool, instantly transported back there every time it randomly shuffles on iTunes, ahhhhh the memories :) you grow to love the video, trust me :) love the channel Justin

Smith came up with the band name when he read about using "tears as a replacement for fears" in Janov's 1980 book, Prisoners Of Pain.

This is maybe your best video. I just love everything about it. I remember this song from my childhood but didn’t ever know that what I needed was your thorough analysis of this masterpiece. 🙂

How do French People put their headphones on? Maybe they take their berets off. 6:24 PMSL-OL!

Haha love it, Justin, your dancing brought to mind Bryan Ferry, but I shan’t say any more than this. 😎

How did I miss this video?? It was brilliant!! I recently happened across this song and loved it. Imagine my joy at discovering you had reviewed it! Your impeccable French, your eloquence, your dazzling dance moves, your meanness and gentleness all at once, your hawk's eye spotting of Frankie in the video,.. Chef's kiss!

Love the vids Justin, keep em' coming!

I think The Darkness could make it even more epic if it used the Blackpool Tower instead

Justin, I love your work! The beret looks smashing for you! Be well man!

Someone put this on at an 80's themed New Years party I went to a few years ago, loved it ever since!

Your falsetto is 100% Freddie Mercury. You do the man proud. Love it!!

The peak 'so bad it's good' is Donny Benet. Self aware, hilarious, and also a genuinely talented musician.

Now I remember the 1980s with great fondness, but somehow I missed this song and video when it was a hit. Is this some sort of mental protection from my subconscious, or was I just lucky? Brilliant, Justin!

Sorry off topic, but would love to see you discuss the band UFO one day.

I was 21 and from inner city manchester in 1983. Anyone taking the piss out of RP DV will surely face a horrendous demise. This song kept me alive..

This is the best song of all time. The lyrics, the singing, the programming, the selection of synth and electronic drum sounds, the selection of reverbs and mix moves, the mastering, the undeniable dancability, the cool posh vibe, the great clothes, amazing sunglasses, fantastic women, his futuristic haircut, the 2-tone vest, his anti-establishment stance, his political views, the snare snap, the overbite, the fade-out, the originality of the arrangement, the fluidity and transmorphic stabilization of universal concepts, the depth of investigation of a Parisian lifestyle, the balance of light and shade against a color backdrop, the fire that lies between the granular separation between ionic stratospheres, the global justification of demoralized attitudes, and levitation of sonic majesty dripping out of the speakers, into you eardrums, intoxicating your brain into Machiavellian type state of ignorant bliss. Yup.

So grateful I missed this in the 80's!! Love your videos Justin-keep them coming!

I could watch Justin Hawkins try and speak French and fight with his beret and headphones all day, every day.

That onion looks like that famous super slo-mo photo of a bullet going through an apple....lol

I always wondered how Tears For Fears got their name...you totally solved it perfectly!

Justin, I can't recall when it was specifically that you changed the format of your videos to have spoken intro, THEN the theme; but I absolutely love it. You're saving the ears of millions of people everywhere, by allowing them to adjust their volume before the big bright theme comes in. You're a class act, Mr. Hawkins. Cheers.

Frankie just wants to play that bassline

oh lala, this dancin reminds me of the thyme I was waz jus a little boi in parie ,enjoying an espresso and shmoke,pointing at the laydies outside my local bakery and the baker would hit us with the banquettes outside his shoppe. ah oiu oiu dolche vita

You are a breath of sunshine Justin!

If you listen to Beautiful life by Swedish pop band Ace of Base you’ll hear a small tribute in the bass line to la dolce vita right in the beginning………masterfully executed 😍😎

Mon dieu, c'est merveilleux... I was wainting for the Pantomime part, but it didn't appear...🤣🤣🤣

Shopping in Lowestoft high street? That gets harder every year i’m afraid.

Wonderful hearing you mention Richard Thompson who has long been my favourite musician. In fact when I first glimpsed your beret I was put in mind of the ‘How Will I Ever Be Simple Again’ hitmaker. And then you went on to give him a name check. I would love to hear you talk about some of his songs - ‘Shoot Out the Lights’, ‘1952 Vincent Black Lightning’ and ‘Dimming of the Day’?

Absolutely loving these videos mate ✌️😎🥁

I'm an artist, and I love to listen to your videos as I work. This particular video was a reminder to me to not work on fine details while listening though. I am laughing and enjoying myself so much that I just can't keep the brush on the piece I am working on. Thank you for the great content.

Love your openness and honesty to everything you review and I normally get persuaded to listening to the artist after. This will not be such an occasion.

He looks like the sort of bloke who’d say “ hmm… well, its your drive shaft in’it. Its not going to be cheap”.

Going to see Tears For Fears next Friday here in Phoenix AZ. Loved them very much in 1985.

I really appreciate what you do! You're so knowledgeable and talented and can critically discuss music in a way that is not always accessible to music fans

Never heard this one, doubt it made it to the States. It's got that classic Euro synth vibe though. Hey, if you're gonna do 1980s French videos, you should do 1980s German videos! I'd love to see your take on some old Falco stuff. :-)

Hey Justin, I'm a big fan of not only classic hard rock/ heavy metal (of course including the Darkness), but also Italo disco. So it's great to see you analyze one of the most iconic Italo disco song and its video, with your trademark humor. And that "tears for fears" part is just hilarious. 😂 Thanks for this video!

Is this also a Be Nice episode?? 😆 This song is going on and on and on... 16 minutes and 5 seconds!! I don't think it actually deserves that much credit and effort on your part. But well done for all the details. 👏🏻 And your dancing part was the best! :)

Very nostalgic for me seeing the bateaux mouches on the Seine. Back in 1986 some friends and I got drunk on disgusting wine bought from a cheap supermarket and mooned the tourists gazing wistfully at scenic Paree from their craft. Good times.

Bonjour Justin Hawkins !! très bonne imitation du français !! 😆 ps: Love your music, you're such a great singer and guitar player and your youtube channel is amazing. Very addictive. By the way, i'm not sure we still have Johnys crossing the channel to go and sell their onions from Roscoff to england x) A bientôt !

I think it is a wonderful idea, I'd love to see that recreation. Also, this song kind of reminds me of some other song... can't remember what, but probably another 80s hit.

Please keep doing these kind of videos. It'll persist (who's your competition right now?). That beat is infectious.

Wow you are covering Italo DIsco!!! amazing. this is the music of my parents. It was huge in Eastern EUrope!!!

I love this tune, always have. The chorusy bit is lovely

Enjoying the heat in Paris right now 🥵 and in two weeks have not seen a Beret .

14:32 funny at that exact point his timber reminded me of Tom Ellis

This is a rewatcher! Nearly laughed my spleen out 😂❤

I love Justin's eclecticism. He hears good and bad from many sources. I'd be interested in his continued listening of King Gizz, a band who my opinion of kind of depends on my mood on any given day. Sometimes it's the blues boogie I love, other times like last week I went back to Nonagon (after a few years) and had a huge smile on my face the entire running time. I was in the right mood, and it was glorious.

You should definitely do more of these reaction vids, you make me laugh.

Justin’s theme song has a chance of being a number one single. It’s brilliant . When you listen to the music in the charts today it has a real chance in my opinion. Your videos are fab Justin.

I've loved this song semi-ironically for years. I love it far more than i should do!

I've always loved this tune. Watching you discuss subjects lifts my day, as you have the joy and an innocents of a child who's discovering something for the first time. Love it 👍🏽

The beret makes him look not so much French as like Frank Spencer as a cat burglar. I like it.

DON'T LET FRANKIE OUT OF THE SPACESHIP! :P

You always give me such a good laugh Justin!!! You gave me the giggles with this one. I thoroughly enjoyed this video. ♥️🤘🏻

"It's Exactly like that"😀 I look foward to your videos everyday!

Chouette! That was entertaining.. Having lived in la belle France for many a year I’m quite familiar with this banger. I can’t believe Richard Thompson got a mention too 😂

Your wit is so strong , can it last !! Justin you make a bunch of us surfers in Huntington Beach , CA . laugh every day…. Stay strong and keep the Darkness 🤙🏽

I like that the production value begins and ends with "be in Paris."

Best MTV veejay ever.... "Tis I Justin Hawkins"

I had no idea who the singer was to this tune, as well as the name, but the song came to me in those first 3 seconds you played.. I remember this while on holiday on the South Coast in the early 80s.. I was 10 in 83.. Quite a catchy chorus..

Did you have a hard time finding that Eiffil tower back drop sheet? Thats a lot of effort..👏

Future Justin brought me here!

I had this song going round and round in my head a while ago now, and for the life of me I couldn't remember the name of the song or the artist 🤦🏻‍♀️ Now I know, thanks to this video. Much love to you Justin and the Darkness boys ❤️

Justin, you look like a cross between Hi-Fi and Claude from The Raggy Dolls with the headphones on!! A little 80’s reference there!!

Well, looks like I won the Vinetian boatman lottery this vacation.

The shopping street is the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. Just behind the Arc De Triomphe. For history buffs part of the Latin Quarter where the student uprisings of 1968 took place. The video is actually shot in a small section of central Paris like they have just walked from one place to the next. Keep up the good work.

I will say that I had never heard this song before and I can also say I did not miss anything, but it was fun hearing you analyze it as always.

awesome, you do some robert palmer simply irresistible. This remake is waiting to happen!

Oh my god, you're brilliant Justin, I didn't know you were so funny! I love your reactions so much.

Justin - I saw some glaring reasons why we shouldn’t recreate this video shot for shot… 15 mins later, also Justin - “an iconic video that does bear a remake” 😂😂😂 Have always loved this song and if 6:25 is anything to go by, The Darkness should definitely be the ones to recreate the video! Also, Justin, I love your random tangents, because my mind goes to exactly the same things as yours does. I too got hung up on the “tears for fears” thing and regularly have red onions growing like triffids in my cupboard 😅😂 There aren’t many people on my wave-length, it makes me so happy that you’re one of them! 🥰🥰🥰

This song in Italy is so loved as part of the ost of one of the most famous italian comedy movies, Vacanze di Natale... Yes guys, go for it! This is my childhood together with I like Chopin by Gazebo! What a nice surprise this video! Well said Frankie! :) ))

I was 14 when this came out and I disliked it intensely. Alas, I was of too tender an age to fully appreciates its nuances and profundities. Now enlightened, expect to find me hanging out on Lowestoft high street most afternoons on the off-chance of a cameo. Excellent analysis , despite what my overuse of emojis might imply I hadnt really cried laughing for one hell of a long time. Thanks Justin, keep ridin', your videos are youtube masterpieces and shall one day rank among such other wonders of our age as the very Ryan Paris video you analyse here'!!!!! Dolce Vita to you!

1983 was indeed a cracking year for music!

i didn’t realize how much i missed this dude till i found this channel today. justin you just made this 90’s kids day. hope ur still being awesome and living life to its fullest. :)

0:32 Ta prononciation est très bonne, bravo, "Oignon" is one of the most debated word here, the "i" isn't prononce so some want to change the way we write it to "Ognon". 16:02 "Je te tuerai avec ma pensée" it may be possible to kill someone with a flower (pansy). Dolce Vita's awesome by the way, big hit in France, aired a lot on radio Nostalgie.

My tip for your video is to wear that same out fit (the green screen one) and to film it all in black and white. Wishing you a great new video. Not sure what the rest of the band should wear though - they could all be dressed as passers-by or is that passer-bys? Well anyway have a great time on Lowestoft high street. 😅😅😅

I live very close to Lowestoft, I don’t think the locals are music video material.

Your impression of the name and number guy sounded uncannily like Cliff Richard

Hold on, I'm confused. Is this a "be nice" video? Looking forward to the remake.

I’m so glad that I haven’t ever heard this track before. And I hope I don’t ever hear it again.

I swear I have never thought of Frank Stallone in my life, until seeing Ryan Paris's fashion choices.

Gotta love Italo Disco! The best synth hooks and the greatest electro beats! 💜🇮🇹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🇮🇹💜

Thanks Justin, you gave me a good laugh after a long day at work