You beat me to the punch. It was also featured in 16 Candles starring Molly Ringwald. Another fun fact is that Martin Kemp would later reinvent himself as an Actor on The UK Soap Opera Eastenders where he played Steve Owen and his Wife Shirley Kemp was the Blond Lady in Wham and George Michael introduced them to each other. Their Son Ronan was on The UK Show I'm A Celebrity Get ME OUt Of Here that also had Nadine Coyle of Girls Aloud (2002-2013) and Caitlyn Jenner.
This is iconic 80's. This song was everywhere and it does bring back happy memories for an entire generation ( mine lol) They were a British band and "True" was their biggest hit in the states.
Brilliant! Alot of Folks paid homage to Marvin Gaye who died shortly after this Video was released. Other Songs who paid homage to Marvin were Bobby Brown (Rock Wit' Cha), The Commodores (Night Shift after Lionel Richie left), Diana Ross (Missing You) that Lionel Richie Wrote, and then The Club At The End Of The Street. Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly also mentioned Marvin Gaye. For A Long Time folks in The UK thought Martin & Gary Kemp were related to Ross Kemp who played Grant Mitchell on The UK Soap Opera Eastenders whose trademark is "Duff Duff" when Grant discovered his Wife Sharon cheated on him with his own Brother Phil.
It’s pronounced Span- dow(like cow) Ballet(like ballerinas). Tony Hadley has an awesome voice. PM dawn sampled this song and made it a great song also. “Listening to Marvin(Gaye) all night long!” - Classic! Kudos to Gary Kemp, the guy on the piano who wrote this masterpiece.
@@tparmenter When i was a kid i used to watch an American music show here in the UK called 'America's top 10 with Casey Casum'. That was the only insight into American music we had back then in the very early 80's.
This type of music was called "New Romantic". The best-known representatives of this style were Visage (Fade to Grey), Ultravox (Vienna), Culture Club (Do you really want to hurt me?), Duran Duran (Rio), A Flock of Seagulls (Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)), Adam & The Ants, and The Human League (Don't You Want Me). I took the liberty of putting the - in my opinion - best songs of the groups in brackets. The style, the music and above all the original videos were sensational back then, it would be nice if you could have a look. Besides> von Spandau Ballett "Gold" wouldn't be a mistake to have a look there
Yes, ABC definitely belong there. Martin Fry has a marvelous voice. I saw them in an 80s concert 10 years ago. ABC, Hazel O'Connor, Go West (which surprised me), and Marc Almond were all amazing! Some of the other acts were okay, while some were awful. But those four were possibly even better than they had been in the '80s.
This was Number 1 in 1983 here in the UK when i was 15. In 1991, the song was prominently sampled on the P.M. Dawn track "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" In 1998, Queen Pen sampled it on "It's True" (UK Number 24)
This song was probably the most successful of theirs. The guy on the piano, Gary Kemp wrote the songs for the band. Another you should listen to is Gold, which is probably their most recognised song and with a more upbeat tempo.
The name "Spandau Ballet" sounds very lovely but, it was the term used in WW2 when someone was shot multiple times by a "Spandau MG42" machine gun, (German weapon). They did the "Spandau Ballet" before dying
I randomly start singing this song at least once a week, it’s just such a banger and the lead singer Tony is just so dreamy in that suit with that voice and those eyes 😍
"LISTENING TO MARVIN ALL NIGHT LONG THIS IS THE SOUN OF MY SOUL THIS IS THE SOUND..." He's talking About MARVIN GAYE guy's. This Song is TIMELESS, One of The Most ICONIC SONG of The 80's Such a Joy Listening to this Craft Everytime I hear it.👍😎💯🎶❤ #RealMusic
These british... have really some effing taste and talent for making great music :) Small group of country, yet they have produced SO MUCH. Having english as primary language does help indeed. Classy stuff right there
Your reaction was so great! Absolutely fantastic. Yes, as noted below, PM Dawn used this music in one of their songs, Set Adrift on Memory Bliss, which, in my opinion, deserves it's own reaction. Thanks for doing this!
This was their pop giant 'break-through' song, I had heard of them a couple years prior, with their upbeat horn-laden tune "Chant Number 1", worth a listen!
This was hilarious for me but also mindblowing. You see in the 80's we had those who loved Duran Duran OR those who loved Spandau Ballet, lol. Never both. Lmao. I was a Durannie. But NOW I can appreciate SP so much more, they were friggin talented 🤗
Now looking back I realise that was the media and music press that orchestrated that idea. They were/are both great bands and I loved both bands music about equally but was probably more into SB after their amazing first album, very cool and very different.
the story behind is so sweet: he wanted to write a lovesong, but didn't really know what to say: "why did i find it hard to write the next line"... sometimes emotions are hard to express or/and you are too shy!
Mel reaaaally loved it. You could tell. That was sweet how it she said it reminded her of the best time in her life. Wow. What an impact. That’s definitely a song she’ll listen to again and again. It’s an 80’s masterpiece!!! Great reaction!
It was also a German machine gun. Highly effective as it was so inaccurate! It literally sprayed bullets out, which terrified the allies when attacking a Spandau machine gun nest. You could never tell where the bullets were heading.
Drove past about 18 months before the Berlin Wall came down, (and when Hess was still there), and waved at a British soldier on guard duty at the main gate. I think the UK, France, the US and possibly others took it in turns to guard the prison.
Pronounced "spandow" with a German sort of sound at the end rather than the French sound of "spandowe". Spandau is the famous name given to a German prison in Western Berlin where Rudolph Hess was imprisoned after his WWII crimes.
The twin brothers, Gary und Martin Kemp who are the pianist and lead guitarist in Spandau Ballet starred in a 1990 gangster film, called"The Krays". A true story of a pair of twin brothers who terrorised the London underworld.
Damn great 80's song with Motown soul Like the line says listening to Marvin(Gaye) all night long And that saxophone solo is a beast baby Dear God please bring this style of music back Today's sound lacks favor
Of course you've heard it before! Much modern chart music is just samples of old tracks. Entire songs, parts of songs, basslines, drum beats, guitar riffs, even vocal lines all lifted. A producer ttwiddles a few knobs and pushes a button or two and there you go, a finished product, all ready for delivery to the "artist".
This was the slow dance song when I was at secondary school (11-16yrs) at the piano is Gary Kemp he wrote the songs.the guy on the guitar was the eye candy Martin Kemp Gary's younger brother after the band broke up they starred as Ronnie and Reggie kray in the movie the krays(real 60's London gangsters) Gary played Whitney Houston manager in the bodyguard.martin was in soap EastEnders and has been married to Shirley a backing singer with George Michael group wham since the 80's.george help set them up.they were new romantics checkout their earlier stuff before they started wearing suits.tey chant No1, pressure on.
The greatest compliment for any musician is someone sampling your music. This is the original. I absolutely fell in love with it when it came out. PM Dawn and others have used its melody, and it's been in movies as well. Smooth doesn't cover it. Glad you discovered the original. Canadian Grandma. Lori.C.
at that time I was a super fan of Duran Duran but I also listened to Spandau Ballet, I saw them twice in cencerto in my city (Genoa) in 1983 and 1985 and then in 2015 in Milan. over the years they have improved a lot live, already from the Parade album to the barricades tour there was a lot of difference. Tony Hadley's voice always fantastic.
If you want to hear this band with a very different sound, listen to a couple of their earlier songs -Muscle-bound and Chant No. 1. The latter contains an early version of rap. Both brilliant! This was one of my favourite bands when I was a teenager. Along with Duran Duran and other New Romantics. Btw, you were close; it's pronounced Spand-ow. Like, "Ow! You hurt me!" 😄
