The Sparks Brothers (2021) | Official Clip 

It’s got to be.

I still have the Tickets from that tour, I saw them in Montreal in Nov. 75 for the first time ( I recorded them on super-8 unfortunately no sound & poor quality)

i felt that in 2004 when I found them by an accident. But still 18 good years ago

And somehow, over 50 years, they've managed to retain their signature sound! Simply one of the best electro bands ever!

The Smiths

@@sexobscura Lighten Up Morrissey

​@@sexobscura stuff the smiffs, no match whatsoever to the fantastic SPARKS!

'they come from outer space', they really do, I really think that too ;)

I've been a fan since the late 70s. Great music but MTV wasn't really ready for them. I still have some cassettes of their early music.

There's no such thing as aliens.

They're not English, even not British, but Americans.

Because Americans!!

It is everywhere check on RU-vid the album from the Dutch band Water - The Second Day. Or the song from Germany Frumpy - Indian Rope Man

Depeche mode and Talk Talk were more popular in Europe than UK

The Everly Brothers continued to have hits in Britain long after their popularity had waned in the US. The irony that Americans would buy anything from a British group in the mid 60s--when the British were listening to American acts.

Same with Scott Walker, an US artist that was more respected as an artist in the UK than in his native country.

Century!

Not with Johnathan Ross in it.

@@securityrobot Hey! He did a really good documentary on Steve Ditko.

I agree! The art chemistry between Edgar Wright and The Sparks are cooperating so well! I love it!

I have no doubt about it !

Yeah, since 1975 for me (when I heard Indiscreet at a friends house, and soon discovered Propaganda).

I have met this man and can verify that his name is Ron Russell and his restaurant is amazing (hi from Joel’s duet partner, Adam!)

Lil' Beethoven is an unexpected masterpiece. My favorites are No. 1 in Heaven, Big Beat, Introducing Sparks, and Interior Design.

Exotic Creatures Of The Deep.

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds. They and Sparks have the most consistent (and vast) discographies.

Those are my favourites too. I like their new stuff a lot.

.....Where was you for the first 10 years lol....I will only accept " i wasn't even born " 😁

Not in the UK, we’ve always treasured them!

@@mildredsparks6684 Absolutely.

@@mildredsparks6684 Yes didn't they do a 500 night residency (or thereabouts) in London a decade ago?

@@bencolemanart 500 heh heh, I wouldn’t put it past them. It was 21 nights. Each night they played an album in full.

..and Trainers, and Hand Soap !

You are in for a great time catching up!

24 studio albums under their name 'Sparks' 1 collaborate album, 'FFS', with Franz Ferdinand 1 live album, cuts from the 'Two Hands One Mouth' tour 2012, no band, only Ron + synthesizer and Russell + vocal cords 😉 The latest released album is 'A Steady Drip Drip Drip', which is absolutely awesome!! Stylistically, as usual with Sparks, wide from the reflective and romantic 'All That' via the mood lifting 'Onomato Pia' and 'Lawnmower', the sad 'One For The Ages', to the crazy 'Existential Threat', the latter with a FANTASTIC video by Cyriak 👍🤩. They are recording the 25th album right now. The brothers Ron and Russell Mael: From Los Angeles, started as a band, Russell played the bass guitar (!), around 1969-1970, got a "complete" band; the brothers Earl and James (Jim) Mankey on guitars and bass guitar, Harley Feinstein on drums, tried to get a contract, the one and only person who believed in them was TODD RUNDGREN. At that time they called themselves 'Halfnelson', and the first edition of the first album was self named 'Halfnelson' and Rundgren produced it. It didn't sell much, the manager wanted them to change the name to 'The Sparks Brothers' which they refused. It ended with the compromise "Sparks". That album was re-issued as 'Sparks', still didn't sell. -72 came the second 'A Woofer in a Tweeter's Clothing', but they suddenly had got connection with England. Ron and Russell moved to England, put together a new band, spent 1973 playing on smaller venues but also on TV shows, also on the Continent of Europe, AND writing new material, lots of it obviously. 1974 the break through came with the album 'Kimono My House' and the hit 'This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us', in November the same year came 'Propaganda'. Anyway, their first recordings ever were made in January 1967, not as Halfnelson or Sparks, though. Together with a couple of friends the rented a studio per hour and made a couple of songs, whereof one made it's way out on YT, 'Computor Girl'. I want to know HOW that idea came up, a computor girl? That year computors were in a size as a house, the first message from one computor to another were sent and it was many years before even a thought of global dating and porn sites! The lyrics talks about that his Computor Girl 'has no limbs' etc, that tells it's not a robot, it's a COMPUTOR! Surrealistic with phycadelic music and that lyrics! It's a shame the sound isn't better, it's a cool song actually! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-S4BoBKbFi1U.html The rest is to be seen in the documentary! 😁 Later 'Computor Girl' had its "official release" on the 'The Best of Sparks, Paste Tense' album November 2019. As an introduktion to Sparks, that's a superb collection! A couple of different editions, vinyls or CDs. I recommend the 3 CDs issue, it's worth the money between it and the shorter 2 CDs. Enjoy! 😁 💖 💖 💖

I think "Eaten by the Monster of Love" was autobiographical. Neither of them married, and I'm pretty sure they're both straight.

You can always rely on Paul Morley for a good line. Written of course.

Hmmm, name one British band as knowing as Sparks. Pet shop boys? Not even close. Morley will say anything for a payday.

You needed smarter friends.

Same here, Propaganda then Kimono My House, both in 1974 but nobody wanted anything to do with them, they were just a little to different AND they never came to Winnipeg to play live.

Haha, your neighbor sounds amazing 😅