Pete Shelley "Homosapien" (1981)

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  • @PsyVen
    @PsyVen11 жыл бұрын

    Creating this took BALLS back in '81 -- both as a coming-out statement, and as a piece of electro-rock hybrid music. Shelley is definitely one of the most interesting figures of the late-70s UK punk scene.

  • @luckyluciana3462

    @luckyluciana3462

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not really, lots of overtly, camp and gay stuff in music before that , not terribly brave .it was kinda pedestrian tbh

  • @canadianroot

    @canadianroot

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@luckyluciana3462 And now it’s de rigueur for maladjusted attention whores.

  • @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music

    @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music

    2 жыл бұрын

    I don't know how this went right over my head at the time.

  • @MsZoedog66

    @MsZoedog66

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@luckyluciana3462 If you listen to the lyrics there's no ambiguity there, though. That took a certain amount of backbone and fearlessness.

  • @MsZoedog66

    @MsZoedog66

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music I was only 8 and wondered why my grandparents went strangely hush hush after it was on Countdown (Australia's version of MTV or Top of the Pops at the time). My aunt, uncle and father did their best to discuss the merits of the song and I just pretended to be the singer and danced around the lounge room 😜

  • @TM-em9ij
    @TM-em9ij5 жыл бұрын

    I'm 56 years old. Becoming an old man. Yet, I still haven't been able to move on from this time period of music. Whats wrong with me???

  • @petermurphreak

    @petermurphreak

    5 жыл бұрын

    Believe me I'm with you 💯% bro!!!... I first heard this ICONIC tune back in '83 as a "13 year old kid" who had very recently gotten HOOKED on the PHENOMENAL "college 📻 station" in my area that kept 🎶 like this on rotation all the time!!!... 90% of the music I still HEAVILY enjoy TODAY in "2019" came from that "period of the early 80's"... I wish I could fucking DIMENSION JUMP⏳⏳⏳ back to 🌟1982🌟 the year the world ⚰ and doesn't even fucking know it yet...😢😢😢

  • @TM-em9ij

    @TM-em9ij

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@petermurphreak Same here my man. Lucky you. At 13 I was still stuck in late 70s rock disco hell. No escape. lol I first heard this song on Rodney Bingenheimers midnight show, while in high school. Thank God for KROQ. Saved my youth. lol

  • @jeffshultz6243

    @jeffshultz6243

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nothing

  • @courtenaymariejones

    @courtenaymariejones

    4 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely nothing this period of music was iconic.

  • @philliplindsey9610

    @philliplindsey9610

    4 жыл бұрын

    60 years and haven't let go! nor do I plan to

  • @AgentXPQ
    @AgentXPQ5 жыл бұрын

    Melodically, this is just a stunningly well written song.

  • @cathyt502

    @cathyt502

    5 жыл бұрын

    And soooooo much fun to dance to, as all their other great songs.

  • @myradioon

    @myradioon

    5 жыл бұрын

    Melodic genius.

  • @JamesSpeiser

    @JamesSpeiser

    5 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @cavendishlung-sukki1082

    @cavendishlung-sukki1082

    5 жыл бұрын

    AgentXPQ good point. and surprisingly no crotches in this. no snickerdoodles either.

  • @BoudicaJ

    @BoudicaJ

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@cathyt502 Their? His xx

  • @rayburke5242
    @rayburke52425 жыл бұрын

    Wearing a green carnation is a very Oscar Wilde touch

  • @petermartin2924
    @petermartin29245 жыл бұрын

    RIP Pete Shelley 17.4.55-6.12.18 ♥️

  • @jalmarirantala6059

    @jalmarirantala6059

    5 жыл бұрын

    So sad

  • @jkf9167

    @jkf9167

    5 жыл бұрын

    I love that guy! He'll be missed.

  • @abergaz

    @abergaz

    5 жыл бұрын

  • @gijoel

    @gijoel

    5 жыл бұрын

    Way too young. :(

  • @dominikasiewarga8406

    @dominikasiewarga8406

    5 жыл бұрын

    Dobry

  • @singmetosleepidontwanttowa7492
    @singmetosleepidontwanttowa74924 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: Pete is wearing a green carnation and that is a reference to back in the victorian era when Oscar wilde started the trend of gay lovers giving each other carnations to symbolize their love Also lesbian women gave each other violets 🌈🌈🌈

  • @j.s.connolly8579

    @j.s.connolly8579

    4 жыл бұрын

    WOW! YES! And that ALSO has a connection to an old VERY Exclusive Gay/Bi Club called "The Ye Old Macaroni Club" where wealthy "Fops" went to "Play".

  • @ladyi7609

    @ladyi7609

    4 жыл бұрын

    @This Is My Life! dude, this song was literally about Pete Shelley's sexual orientation, which at the time was classed as "homosexual". This has everything to do with the song. Also, only uncultured swine don't know who Oscar Wilde was, are you kidding me?!

  • @frink32

    @frink32

    4 жыл бұрын

    Pete was Bi Sexual most of his life. He he fathered a son in 1993. His second wife Greta was with him living in Estonia when he sadly passed on 2018. RIP

  • @ladyi7609

    @ladyi7609

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@frink32 yes, but he classified himself as bisexual and people can be monogamous and bisexual; in the case of Shelley he was and his settling down with women does not negate his bisexuality, something he was always upfront and honest about, to his great credit (and something that goes to show how fantastic he was as a human being). He didn't lay out the bullshit comedian Robert Webb did about how marrying a woman meant his bisexuality was a "phase", he was always true to himself and I admired the hell out of Pete Shelley for that. He was the perfect bi icon.

  • @AGrrrlsTwoSoundCents

    @AGrrrlsTwoSoundCents

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@frink32 He was ALWAYS bisexual. Being in a committed relationship doesn't mean people stop being bisexual. His marriage doesn't invalidate or negate that part of his identity, and to insinuate that it does is insulting and uneducated

  • @drinkingsolvents4301
    @drinkingsolvents430110 жыл бұрын

    This song reminds me of back when I told my parents I was homosapien.

  • @jondohnson5538

    @jondohnson5538

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hahahaha

  • @RJWayne28

    @RJWayne28

    6 жыл бұрын

    That's brave, man.

  • @johnlucas2317

    @johnlucas2317

    5 жыл бұрын

    Are your parents Neanderthals?

  • @drdead2006

    @drdead2006

    5 жыл бұрын

    RIP Pete

  • @tkdcoach

    @tkdcoach

    5 жыл бұрын

    honey, they knew already

  • @rsmith7912
    @rsmith79124 жыл бұрын

    If this was ever to be re-released, blind, to a new audience today they would absolutely love it. It still sounds fresh, still pertinent, edgy & it's energetic 80's electronica pop at it's very best. RIP Pete Shelley

  • @jnc121978

    @jnc121978

    Жыл бұрын

    Very true, I just heard this song for the first time recently and thought it was a 90s Alt song, only to find out it was from 1981. Unfortunately, It may not be re-released because of the title and lyrics it wont be played on commercial radio in these days, despite all of the other crap that is on the radio. But never say never, some old hits have been re-released and I'm sure if it ever makes it on a hit show or movie it may resurface.

  • @gabrielmagana8838

    @gabrielmagana8838

    Жыл бұрын

    I totally agree with R. Smith!!🤗💪❤💪🤗

  • @Banana_Split_Cream_Buns

    @Banana_Split_Cream_Buns

    Жыл бұрын

    Nah... have you heard the new music today? It's terrible. I am a 90s kid though and I actually thought it was a mid 90s song, so you're not entirely wrong.

  • @lesleystocks5318

    @lesleystocks5318

    Жыл бұрын

    Heard a cover of it for the first time live Sat & I loved it

  • @bansheesioux5569
    @bansheesioux5569 Жыл бұрын

    He brought just enough Buzzcocks with him for this one

  • @akie64
    @akie6411 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant song, I met Pete Shelley a few days ago at Auckland Airport on his way home after a brilliant four date tour with the Buzzcocks. He is a genuine lovely man with a ton of humility, was an honour meeting him.

  • @heathcornbeef

    @heathcornbeef

    2 жыл бұрын

    Kia ora Mark I've seen THE BUZZCOCKS THREE TIMES HERE IN AOTEAROA BETWEEN THE LATE EIGHTIES AND THE LAST CONCERT HERE AND WENT TO THE THIRSTY DOG PUB AFTER FOR A WIND down with the MIGHTY MIGHTY STICKY FILTH FUCKING AWESOME NIGHT

  • @gabrielmagana8838

    @gabrielmagana8838

    Жыл бұрын

    How AWESOME! AND HOW CRAZY THAT YOUR POST HERE IS 9 YEARS OLD!! Blessings and health upon YOU!! California Gabriel 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️

  • @doctypepublic
    @doctypepublic5 жыл бұрын

    RIP Pete Shelley. I think this is easily the most important song he ever released. It was just SO edgy for its time. I absolutely adore the entire Homosapien LP, as well as his work with The Buzzcocks.

  • @MrChristian

    @MrChristian

    5 жыл бұрын

    Great album, I agree! All the songs were good!

  • @stephenborland4749

    @stephenborland4749

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes , but his biggest hit was as edgy a song as I have ever heard. Ever fallen in love with someone you shouldn't have fallen in love with. That is transgressional. That can apply to any living being on the planet. God bless his passing.

  • @Fractalite

    @Fractalite

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@stevepafford5501 Nice piece of work mate !

  • @rockinkitten

    @rockinkitten

    5 жыл бұрын

    💖💔💖

  • @MrKGHunter

    @MrKGHunter

    7 ай бұрын

    Don’t know about that. Cool song, definitely important in its subject matter....I feel like he wrote tons of way better and more important tunes...like Everybody’s Happy Nowadays, I Believe, What Do I Get? etc

  • @stephenmatthews161
    @stephenmatthews1612 жыл бұрын

    Bought the 12" disc version,as a straight 18 yr old punk,the lyrics ripe with double meanings completely passed me by.ah innocence.

  • @dianemcquiston8331
    @dianemcquiston83313 жыл бұрын

    When I meet people my age (50’s) and they say that the 80’s sucked, I always think no, you sucked in the 80’s lol love Pete Shelley and the buzzcocks so much

  • @kevingreene62kg

    @kevingreene62kg

    2 жыл бұрын

    If someone is in their 50's and they say that the 80's sucked, that can only mean one thing... They weren't getting any ass. Therefore... They suck to this day.

  • @andrewdouglass1427
    @andrewdouglass14274 жыл бұрын

    After all these years, it's just now I actually saw how much attitude he was throwing in this song, and that just makes it even better.

  • @myradioon
    @myradioon5 жыл бұрын

    I love the way he motions to his posh surroundings and "Interior" Decorating when he says "Homo Superior in my Interior". You were a master Wordsmith Pete!

  • @iadorenewyork1

    @iadorenewyork1

    Жыл бұрын

    I always thought that meant buggery ("my interior").

  • @herbertvonzinderneuf8547

    @herbertvonzinderneuf8547

    Жыл бұрын

    @@iadorenewyork1 I did too, Sally. Perhaps just wishful thinking on our part? 😊😊

  • @peteford2434

    @peteford2434

    2 ай бұрын

    @@herbertvonzinderneuf8547 hahaha.

  • @californioxochipilli
    @californioxochipilli3 жыл бұрын

    All of the sudden, this song has a revival in my playlist. 1981? Holy cow - with simple computers and analogue mixing: what a fantastic composition. And those lyrics: totally in your face, unabashed same-sex attraction love song - with strength. I swear; this song unwittingly compelled me to become an Anthropology major. Pete Shelly: your spirit will live strong and your radiance will touch many generations to come... ✌🌈

  • @davidellis5141
    @davidellis51415 жыл бұрын

    The loss of Mark E Smith and Pete Shelley in the same year is an eye opener. Mortality awaits us all. Thanks for the memories ! Enjoy life.

  • @dariowestern

    @dariowestern

    5 жыл бұрын

    So true! I will be covering this song today as part of a 30 Day Song Challenge. I am a Manchester guy now living in Brisbane. In 1999 a Brisbane band I was a big fan of called Lavish did a faster rock'n'roll version of this song, which reached No.60 in the Aussie charts. It's on my channel if you care to check it out. :)

  • @phayzyre1052
    @phayzyre10525 жыл бұрын

    The early years of MTV (from 1981 to about 1984) will forever be the best years!

  • @patdisaster8543

    @patdisaster8543

    3 жыл бұрын

    I remember this video....on HBO jukebox between movies....early 80s

  • @richardcollier1912

    @richardcollier1912

    3 жыл бұрын

    I remember 1992 as being their last good year. But memories deceive.

  • @jonmullen5286

    @jonmullen5286

    2 жыл бұрын

    Australia had Countdown...and Molly Meldrum.

  • @JohnSmith-bn7bl

    @JohnSmith-bn7bl

    Жыл бұрын

    agree.

  • @bmac63
    @bmac634 жыл бұрын

    Isnt it funny when you hear these 80s songs you immediately think of where you were,who you were dating & all the fun as teens you had...great times

  • @glendooer6211

    @glendooer6211

    3 жыл бұрын

    And want to go back

  • @JL-ij7je
    @JL-ij7je Жыл бұрын

    Still incredibly modern. Pure genius.

  • @philliplindsey9610

    @philliplindsey9610

    Ай бұрын

    Once again! & again!

  • @vegandad
    @vegandad5 жыл бұрын

    RIP Peter, condolences to Greta Shelley and the entire McNeish family, I was born in 1955 like Pete and have followed him since the early days with Devoto..

  • @amelie2292
    @amelie22929 жыл бұрын

    Truly one of the best "new wave" songs...like many 80's songs it comes across as totally original and non derivative.

  • @arwaldc9056

    @arwaldc9056

    8 жыл бұрын

    I love Amelie, and the soundtrack too!

  • @davidrichardson9146

    @davidrichardson9146

    7 жыл бұрын

    iF YOU like "ahead of time" artists, then look no further than MISEX with Computer Games ,and forgot the bands full name but Television, The Drug Of A Nation and Jethro Tull with Bungle In The Jungle , are 3 songs that are more relevant now as when they were made

  • @wavelengthrecords-1

    @wavelengthrecords-1

    6 жыл бұрын

    David Richardson Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy-Television. Great song.

  • @KevinHallSurfing

    @KevinHallSurfing

    3 жыл бұрын

    Released in 1981 is amazing but knowing it was written in 1974 for a Buzzcocks demo to be released in 1976 is astonishing. Genius 👍🇭🇲

  • @raymondmorlett8395

    @raymondmorlett8395

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@davidrichardson9146 ]oop

  • @psychlyst
    @psychlyst5 жыл бұрын

    Rest in Peace...thanks for the music

  • @jefezedzedone1317
    @jefezedzedone13175 жыл бұрын

    It crushes me thinking about how much we've lost with today's news. Much of what we love when we listen, and when we dance, can trace its roots to The Buzzcocks and to Pete Shelley. Rest in peace.

  • @cassius2708
    @cassius27085 жыл бұрын

    Original and ahead of it's time , still sounds fresh today , we've lost one of the best song writers , RIP Pete x

  • @pauljurgen-romrig9616
    @pauljurgen-romrig96165 жыл бұрын

    I had no idea he’d passed. Absolutely gutted. A great front man, and artist. A true unique product of England. My sympathies to his family and friends.

  • @maestro48239
    @maestro482392 жыл бұрын

    Can still sing along almost flawlessly.... And it's been years since I've heard this.. 🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @deadlift99
    @deadlift9911 жыл бұрын

    Saw him last saturday touring with the Buzzcocks in Brisbane. Fantastic gig!!!! 90 mins of adrenaline soaked power pop. Puts most acts half their age to shame. if you get a chance to see them....GO!!!!!

  • @bardo0007
    @bardo00073 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: The producer is Rushent,a few months later he produced the chart topping album Dare with Human League.

  • @billkeithchannel

    @billkeithchannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Dare is an epic album where every song is fantastic.

  • @mindrolling24
    @mindrolling243 жыл бұрын

    This is such an underrated song. I remember hearing it in 1981 when I was 13 when I was getting into ‘alternative’ music. So good x

  • @petehoskins1267

    @petehoskins1267

    2 жыл бұрын

    Was 18, loved this song, not any of my friends did.

  • @daviddennis808
    @daviddennis8083 жыл бұрын

    I remember loving this song back in the early 80s. Had no idea nor did I care about the song’s context. It’s just such a great song. Period. Pete, you brought so much to everyone. I will miss you.

  • @filthbarrel
    @filthbarrel5 жыл бұрын

    Pete Shelley you gave a lot of people a lot of joy. And as people discover your tunes in the future, you will continue to do so. A great legacy. RIP.

  • @a.richardson2287
    @a.richardson22873 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant and unbelievable how song and theme stand up to time...feel so old. RIP Pete - hope it's nothing but peaceful and good where you are now

  • @coolburnvisible
    @coolburnvisible5 жыл бұрын

    Code for "I was gay too"? RIP. Adored the man.

  • @jamestaylor8650
    @jamestaylor86502 жыл бұрын

    Cracking tune - I was 16 when this was released - if I’m ever overseas and a bar allows the punters to put requests in I always choose this - seeing the facial expressions of others as this plays is quite amusing… RIP Pete 🙏🏻

  • @briansummersbriansummers2052

    @briansummersbriansummers2052

    7 ай бұрын

    Gee I was a big 5 loved the 80s

  • @sgilchrist

    @sgilchrist

    4 ай бұрын

    Preach!! 🙏🙏🙏

  • @DJAC63
    @DJAC6310 жыл бұрын

    I can't believe I had never even HEARD of this son until now (2014). Absolutely brilliant!

  • @joshfourteen8474
    @joshfourteen84745 жыл бұрын

    Bought this when it first came out on 12 inch vinyl and still have it and play every new years eve. Not gay but loved it from the first beat. Was also a big Buzzcocks fan. RIP Pete. Excellent Homosapien.

  • @onigigi
    @onigigi5 жыл бұрын

    RIP thanks for the music and memories 😭

  • @Legolas2112
    @Legolas211210 жыл бұрын

    I remember when this was currant on MTV, back when MTV was cool. Love the computer, you were cutting edge with a machine like that then... Now your phone is light years beyond it.

  • @martinfiay8908
    @martinfiay89083 жыл бұрын

    fuck i remember this , i was 11 in 1981 , now im 50 , wtf have all them years have gone !! great song , wonderful memories

  • @bryanpope6573
    @bryanpope65734 жыл бұрын

    Love the Commodore PET computer in the back.

  • @rdubb77

    @rdubb77

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's what's up right there.

  • @richardcollier1912

    @richardcollier1912

    3 жыл бұрын

    With, what, maybe 36 Kilobytes of storage capability?

  • @andregonsalvez9244

    @andregonsalvez9244

    3 жыл бұрын

    We had these computers in school back in the day !

  • @thefeelcompany
    @thefeelcompany5 жыл бұрын

    Such a belting song. Really this should become a huge download if it’s available. Rest in power as they say, Pete.

  • @RyanJohnsonD
    @RyanJohnsonD7 жыл бұрын

    Still got the energy. Still a rockin' song. It's stood the test.

  • @jamesyates1432
    @jamesyates1432 Жыл бұрын

    I just turned 61 and absolutely loved this song the 1st time I heard it on KUSF in San Francisco. They played everything from Mae West sing "Rock around the Clock" to Nelson Riddle's theme from "Route 66" to the Dead Kennedys and some crazy crazy punk and new wave. All before 6pm because that was the time for the "Vietnamese News". I still have hours of the programming on cassette 40 years later.

  • @albertdowning2142

    @albertdowning2142

    9 ай бұрын

    Heard that station too and still in San Francisco

  • @Vinyl_Maven
    @Vinyl_Maven5 жыл бұрын

    I remember when this song was released. I was only 12. This was my introduction to Pete Shelley. My older brother and I used to watch the local video music program hoping to see the video each day as it was on regular rotation. What a pioneer he was. Gone far too soon. RIP Pete. ✴🖤✴

  • @davieleerio
    @davieleerio5 жыл бұрын

    rip pete shelley brilliant man i loved your music since a kid in the 70s

  • @SoddingaboutSi
    @SoddingaboutSi5 жыл бұрын

    From a straight man,this is one if not my favourite 80's dance tunes. Sad loss of Pete. Highly talented musician.Music has died just a little bit today.

  • @denisehann9713
    @denisehann97134 жыл бұрын

    Omg! My jam! You youngins missed dancing to this in the clubs, back in the day 😍💃🏼

  • @MsZoedog66
    @MsZoedog662 жыл бұрын

    LOVE this song. Always have. I was 8 when it came out in '81 and had absolutely no idea what it was about. Catchy tune, and he has a kickass attitude. I just figured it was about the next step in the evolutionary chain, you know... Neanderthal, Cromagnon, Homo Erectus....I was very naive. A lot of us kids were then. I still am! LoL😜🌵💗

  • @Jasonfallen71
    @Jasonfallen713 жыл бұрын

    Exceptional and just great sounds. It could be a hit in 2021. Great lyrics. Superb melody. Profoundly cool vibe. Awesome awesome song, with world thumping bass. Can't appreciate fully on headphones much less earbuds or the like but that's better than not checking it out.

  • @GayOdyssey
    @GayOdyssey5 жыл бұрын

    Rest in peace - thanks for being part of my 80's soundtrack and will live on.

  • @ccarta192
    @ccarta1923 жыл бұрын

    This was such a big hit in the clubs and on the radio

  • @GeorgeHVail
    @GeorgeHVail10 жыл бұрын

    I'm a shy boy ,you're the coy boy And you know we're homosapien too Hey you're epidermis is showing! This song & the Gang of four record ,you couldn't get away from them in the NYC clubs in 1981! It just takes me back to Bonds,Danceateria , The Peppermint lounge ,Trax ,Hurras,The Mudd Club & Max's

  • @philiphalpenny9761
    @philiphalpenny97615 жыл бұрын

    ...his gentle vocals remind me of Mick Jones of The Clash, refreshingly free of macho posturing...hope he achieves peace...

  • @androidemulator6952
    @androidemulator69522 ай бұрын

    such an inventive music video , with the early computer/video graphics! A winner after all these years! ;)

  • @tomshaw6373
    @tomshaw63735 жыл бұрын

    Goodnight, Pete. You surely were an original.

  • @MrChristian
    @MrChristian5 жыл бұрын

    RIP Pete Shelley! Thank you for the music!!

  • @joycampi7233
    @joycampi72335 жыл бұрын

    One of my all time fav dance tunes of the 80's!

  • @KieranMckean
    @KieranMckean5 жыл бұрын

    I was at a concert in the mid 90's. Near the end of the show he announced it was his b-day and finished "ever fallen in love" buck ass naked ! .....good times will 😁 not soon be forgotten. We will surely miss you pete.

  • @johnmurphy5064
    @johnmurphy50643 жыл бұрын

    Seeing a young Pete Shelley tells us that youth and beauty are fleeting. Hearing this great song instantly brings me back to my college dorm days because a guy down the hall always was playing Pete Shelley.

  • @gomezaddams4347
    @gomezaddams43475 жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite songs of that year, and it helped just a little bit on my personal journey as a homosapien. RIP Mr. Shelly.

  • @bunnyfish714
    @bunnyfish7145 жыл бұрын

    R.I.P. Peter Shelley 12/06/18

  • @scottmclennan6114
    @scottmclennan61145 жыл бұрын

    I remember this song from that time. It was a great song, a great clip, at a great time to shape a positive message.

  • @kevinmyler4921
    @kevinmyler49215 жыл бұрын

    RIP Pete Shelley. Superb singer and writer,very much missed.

  • @Darrencardinal
    @Darrencardinal10 жыл бұрын

    This song kicks ass. Pete Shelley is a musical genius.

  • @MegaPaulCooper

    @MegaPaulCooper

    2 жыл бұрын

    Totally

  • @trancazia
    @trancazia5 жыл бұрын

    Another sad loss RIP Peter Shelly :/

  • @LaughingStock_
    @LaughingStock_8 жыл бұрын

    As the bishop said to the choirboy: "The whole f*cking package is perfect". Song, video, performance - faultless. A landmark moment.

  • @roundhead114

    @roundhead114

    5 жыл бұрын

    Landmark comment

  • @MikeyYaYa
    @MikeyYaYa Жыл бұрын

    This Song 🎵 has been playing in my Head on & off (ever since it came out 40+ years ago!!). 😘👌

  • @merboyontiveros5297
    @merboyontiveros52977 жыл бұрын

    Amazing song never stopped listening since I first heard this on 80's LA radio station KRoq when they used too play real music .

  • @4Mr.Crowley2

    @4Mr.Crowley2

    7 жыл бұрын

    1980s KROQ is how I learned about all the cool new wave bands from England (and early MTV since few US bands had videos yet). I loved Gary Numan's awesome sh!t (and to think how young he was), The Cure, early Depeche, Joy Division, Siouxsie, etc etc etc

  • @valhalla7408

    @valhalla7408

    7 жыл бұрын

    aleister crowley 93, holy Prophet, nice to read that you too enjoyed KROQ from "Pa-SAW De-NAW" - You might enjoy reading about "Pasadenites" in the parody of Liber AL vel Legis, "The Book of the In-Laws." PS I crap on your spitulous creeds. 93, 93/93

  • @aphex14

    @aphex14

    6 жыл бұрын

    'Rock of the 80s'!!....

  • @The_momur

    @The_momur

    5 жыл бұрын

    I heard King Crimson (Discipline) on KROQ for the first time. I was hooked.

  • @walwilliams5534

    @walwilliams5534

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ah, Jedd-The-Fish: "Pah-Sa-De-Nah!" =.. before Jimmy Kimmel was an intern; and when you could call Dr. Drew Pinsky and discuss real issues (if Jim "Poorman" would shut his coke-hole long-enough_).

  • @danielhouseworth5714
    @danielhouseworth57144 жыл бұрын

    Banned from the BBC? Laughing Out Loud!!! This song is right UP their alley!!! Love Pete and the Buzzcocks 🌜🌎

  • @davidcheater4239

    @davidcheater4239

    Ай бұрын

    I wonder how they would have reacted to, "Homo superior/In my posterior"

  • @johncruikshank2882
    @johncruikshank28828 жыл бұрын

    the climax/coda of this song is pop brilliance

  • @violetgc6049

    @violetgc6049

    8 жыл бұрын

    +John Cruikshank Totally agree, John. Stunning, satisfying, amazing outro

  • @esesenordenegro2064
    @esesenordenegro20645 жыл бұрын

    Your music will be always in my mind. Great loss. Great songwriter. "You say you don't love me" my favorite. R. I. P.

  • @melloshreader
    @melloshreader2 жыл бұрын

    Great song, I was 6 when this came out, my mum played it a lot on her aussie comp album “1982 with a bullet! Funny it doesn’t feel all that long ago but…..40 year’s sure goes quick!

  • @mikeace5831
    @mikeace5831 Жыл бұрын

    I just love the style at that time great song

  • @melissaforcet2746
    @melissaforcet27465 жыл бұрын

    RIP Pete. This was the soundtrack to my life. Thanks Mate.

  • @jenniferby
    @jenniferby5 жыл бұрын

    rip pete😔

  • @frankmireles9115

    @frankmireles9115

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks again! Thanks for the update and for letting me know that you received this email and I will be there at it and hers and I will be there at it and see how I can help I will be at work until you a very very I have been in a lot of you are in town so I'm going to be at work until it gets to be there by I get back home I will get the info for you a check tomorrow when I'm at it until I get my computer to do that but you can call or text me if you are doing great and that I would have not heard a checking account I get to work and then to be a checking you a call in to be there by to get home so I can go back and that I would it and see call me st2104302614 to me if that mone I have to

  • @valhalla7408
    @valhalla74085 жыл бұрын

    Love it where he flips the Aleister Crowley Thoth Tarot fool card ... in all his homosexual glory 1:28 - Rest In Peace Pete and thank you for the fabulous songs 🙏🏻

  • @benthebenevolent1001

    @benthebenevolent1001

    5 жыл бұрын

    "Freedom Is A Two-Edged Sword" (book title from one of Crowley's acolytes). Seeing that card was the point in which I thought "oh I get it- this decor is all symbolism!"

  • @richardcollier1912

    @richardcollier1912

    3 жыл бұрын

    Aleister Crowley Thoth Tarot Fool Card? Jesus H. Christ in a chicken basket.

  • @derekkelley7490

    @derekkelley7490

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@richardcollier1912 well said

  • @tomcross3000

    @tomcross3000

    Жыл бұрын

    reckon he was bisexual but all g

  • @deanosaur808

    @deanosaur808

    Ай бұрын

    @tomcross3000 yes, bisexual back then. later he married and had child. then married again when he moved to Estonia

  • @marieadams3720
    @marieadams37203 жыл бұрын

    Love it, and Pete's voice is really strong here.

  • @richalderson6069
    @richalderson60697 жыл бұрын

    Pete Shelley is such a great songwriter.

  • @Desibeatnik
    @Desibeatnik5 жыл бұрын

    OMG I just heard. I can't believe he's gone.

  • @roundhead114
    @roundhead1145 жыл бұрын

    RIP pete shelley from Australia

  • @TheRealForrestGeorge
    @TheRealForrestGeorge Жыл бұрын

    I'm the shy boy You're the coy boy And you know we're Homosapien too I'm the cruiser You're the loser Me and you sir Homosapien too Homosuperior In my interior But from the skin out I'm homosapien too And you're homosapien too And I'm homosapien like you And we're homosapien too And I think of your eyes in the dark and I see the star And I look to the light and I might wonder right where you are All the gods in the sky way up high see the world spinning 'round But the sun and the moon and the stars are so far from the ground I'm the shy boy You're the coy boy And you know we're Homosapien too I'm the cruiser You're the loser Me and you, sir Homosapien too Homosuperior In my interior But from the skin out I'm homosapien too And you're homosapien too And I'm homosapien like you And we're homosapien too And the worlds built of age are a stage where we act out our lives And the words in the script seem to fit 'cept we have some surprise I just want this to last or my future is past and all gone And if this is the case then I'll lose in life's race from now on Homosuperior In my interior But from the skin out I'm homosapien too And you're homosapien too And I'm homosapien like you And we're homosapien too And I just hope and pray that the day of our love is at hand You and I, me and you, we will be one from two, understand? And the world is so wrong that I hope that we'll be strong enough For we are on our own and the only thing known is our love I don't wanna classify you like an animal in the zoo But it seems good to me to know that you're homosapien too I'm the shy boy You're the coy boy I don't wanna classify you like an animal in the zoo But it seems good to me to know that you're homosapien too I don't wanna classify you like an animal in the zoo But it seems good to me to know that you're homosapien too I don't wanna classify you like an animal in the zoo But it seems good to me to know that you're homosapien too

  • @joeledwardgunscristinoponc983
    @joeledwardgunscristinoponc9833 жыл бұрын

    A underrated god of rock

  • @Timmybear
    @Timmybear6 жыл бұрын

    the green carnation. a great touch. :)

  • @Engelbird

    @Engelbird

    5 жыл бұрын

    hitchens!

  • @MsZoedog66
    @MsZoedog663 жыл бұрын

    LOVE this song! I remember this from TV in the early 80's, round the same time as J Geils.

  • @edithledy3663
    @edithledy36635 жыл бұрын

    Holy shit i was 21!! Dancin in the gay bar lmao wow did i have a wicked ass time . 59 now. Holy fuck!

  • @TheNouveauxdecadence
    @TheNouveauxdecadence13 жыл бұрын

    RIP Martin Rushent. THE greatest producer of the 70s and 80s

  • @danthefan5378
    @danthefan53785 жыл бұрын

    R.I.P. Pete, ThankYou for Your Great Music & Sharing of Emotion!

  • @micktherogue2279
    @micktherogue22797 жыл бұрын

    So fxckin good. A delight to listen to for the first time or the thousandth!

  • @Fractalite
    @Fractalite5 жыл бұрын

    Forgot what a strange , dramatic and perfect video to this great track - hadn't seen it for 37 years . I think at the time I was too overwhelmed to see a track by one of my punk heroes playing on Countdown ( Australia ) on a Sunday night for many weeks to notice the film clip :) RIP Pete Thx for the lifetime soundtrack.

  • @erica6488
    @erica64886 ай бұрын

    Needs this at my wake

  • @batgurrl
    @batgurrl5 жыл бұрын

    RIP and thanks for all the great music and memories. You were gone too soon!!

  • @mattsmith9024
    @mattsmith90248 жыл бұрын

    Pete Shelley went into the studio with Martin Rushent to record demos that would become the next Buzzcocks album. The results became a solo album. Funny thing, the music business.

  • @ChasD

    @ChasD

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Matt Smith And what Martin Rushent learnt about synth based music from producing Pete's album, he then used to good effect to produce The Human League's Dare album!

  • @butterbean3676
    @butterbean3676 Жыл бұрын

    Always new and beats what's coming out these days!

  • @bobfarley127
    @bobfarley127 Жыл бұрын

    Had all kinds of fun teaching 8th grade science back when people didn't get offended by the slightest thing. I'd confess to my students that I was Homosapien, and the looks were precious. After stringing them along for a bit, I'd finally tell them what it meant. Some classes were mature enough that I could show them this video "on the binomial classification system." They loved it. After that, a few students would see me in the hallway and sing a verse to me as we passed, and I'd follow with the next verse. Fun times. Great tune, clever lyrics. RIP, Pete.

  • @neilphillips162
    @neilphillips1625 жыл бұрын

    Just watched this video as i have 2 dance remixes of this track on vinyl and im in total shock to hear of the passing of pete one of my punk rock heroes along with joe Strummer , the music business will never be the same, . God bless you pete .

  • @lauriegiemza4570
    @lauriegiemza45702 жыл бұрын

    I love the Buzzcocks but his solo career was really fantastic too. And Pete was bisexual, the lyrics can stretch a million different brilliant ways. I miss him.

  • @foxbasealpha
    @foxbasealpha5 жыл бұрын

    Rest in peace, Pete.

  • @gk10002000

    @gk10002000

    5 жыл бұрын

    echoed. Very talented man. I loved this song. dec 6 2018 passed

  • @gregstahl4666
    @gregstahl4666 Жыл бұрын

    I met Pete years ago in Vegas after a show and he was so cool , genuine, and a really fuking cool person to hang with

  • @mayort6548
    @mayort654810 ай бұрын

    This got a lot of air play in Australia back in the day. Loved it then and still do.