Power Station was something of a surprise back in 1985. When I saw their only live performance with the original line up(Palmer. Taylor, Taylor and Thompson) on Saturday Night Live, I was impressed not only by their sound(It simply rocked) but how musically diverse their musical stylistic backgrounds were(Palmer had British blue eyed soul, the Taylors were 80's New Wave/Alternative) and Tony Thompson a former member of a disco group, Chic). But it all worked. I guess you could call it Eclectic Chemistry.

@kristinesmart24

4 жыл бұрын

Perfectly said.

@MCTominator

4 жыл бұрын

Does that video exist of the SNL appearance?

@sneakersonfeet9045

4 жыл бұрын

Very introspective!

@VerdureVision

4 жыл бұрын

The Blackfires omg, thank u so much for this.

@VerdureVision

4 жыл бұрын

The Blackfires thank u 3000.

Awesome stuff! This was when MTV actually played music. Where have these days gone to? Tony Thompson and Robert Palmer were awesome. Can't believe that they are both gone now. There needs to be a new cable TV station that plays nothing but music and stuff like this. There is a market for rock like this!

@terinasargeant138

3 жыл бұрын

I worry as I get older,JT gets older and one day that I just can't comprehend 😭😭😭😭😭i just can't even think about it as it makes me cry being a lifelong DD fan. That's why I want to meet my 40 year crush before he goes😭i can't go there sorry

@miked3168

3 жыл бұрын

And actually had musicians, not manufactured stuff

@lpeters2213

Ай бұрын

MTV was fantastic when it originally came out.

John 3 words for you: WHAT A BABE!

@RRForever833

Ай бұрын

Ele foi 1 rapaz lindo...💖😍

I heard "Simply Iressistable" in a store today. Made me a little sad. I sooo miss Robert Palmer.

@terinasargeant138

3 жыл бұрын

Yeh can you believe he died in 2003! Hiw long ago that seems now. Such a great talent too. His music from the 70s is good too. Every kinda people is a lovely track.

@miked3168

3 жыл бұрын

He isn't gone. His music is still alive

@witchflowers6942

2 жыл бұрын

@@terinasargeant138 2003 was the I was born.

Who knew Palmer would be taken in his prime. A crying shame not least for his family. Fortunately he leaves behind a legacy of outstanding music. Got to see his Dominion gig on Tottenham Court Roas in 1980 which was really memorable. Good post.

@jillsmcfarland2001

5 жыл бұрын

Those who know knew ,

JOHN TAYLOR😘😘😘😘 LOVE of life❤🍀🙏😘😘😘😘

@terinasargeant138

3 жыл бұрын

My 40 year crush Johnny Taylor! I need to meet him just like I met Martin Kemp in my profile pic

I love when he mentioned her "little shoes".

Robert Palmer has so many great songs, and he made Power Station a success. I liked it much better than the Arcadia album.

Robert Palmer did not waste any time once Power Station hit. He hadn't committed to a PS tour as he says here he nibbed Tony Thompson and Bernard Edwards (and also Andy Taylor on "Addicted to Love") and made his most successful solo album 'Riptide.' Robert had his first #1 Billboard Hot 100 single and won a Grammy for "Addicted to Love." Smart move by Robert who was amazingly talented.

This band should have stayed together. Best stylish posh hard rock band ever.

@bear9748

7 ай бұрын

I Definitely Agree 👍

Robert Palmer was a legend and left us too soon. What an incredible voice.

Robert Palmer belongs in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame

@shannonhondo260

3 жыл бұрын

Duran Duran belongs in the R&R HOF

@aba1791

2 жыл бұрын

@@shannonhondo260 And they WILL be inducted later this year, for sure. I'm voting everyday 😁

@tarp11z

2 жыл бұрын

He's too good for it.

Those eight songs are great . Great Lp , one of the best ever made

I miss this times !

John is so handsome and talented.

i miss that MTV

It was a time of excellence in music. Good producers, musicians, etc...And these guys are so laid back and cool. Like "oh I just recorded a song for a Bond movie" like it was nothing lol (btw I love how the Bond villain in Quantum of Solace reminded me of Robert Palmer lol)

About touring, Robert explained in another interview that he thought the idea of a full on tour of major venues was totally out of proportion with the fact that they only had 8 songs.

Robert smoked all the time. It took him too early. He was such a talent

@randiewasserman8831

2 жыл бұрын

He just couldn’t put it down. I wonder if he would have stopped knowing smoking would take twenty years off of his life.

@coffeebot3000

2 жыл бұрын

@@randiewasserman8831 He said he'd never stop, because that's what gave him that raspy quality in his singing. Sad.

2:46 AH! How cute was that 💔

When MTV was great🤘

I believe without JT Powerstation wouldn't have existed. Those guys owed their careers to him. JT was and is a genius in my humble opinion!

@aba1791

2 жыл бұрын

TPS was John's baby, as Robert Palmer described it.

RIP Mr. Palmer.

My next haircut should be a John Taylor Rock Special

@suzeeq.4700

6 жыл бұрын

He was Fine

@kristinesmart24

4 жыл бұрын

It's easy! Just get really drunk, don't use mirror, and go crazy with scissors while running.

@houndmother740

4 жыл бұрын

The mullet.

@resa.walters

3 жыл бұрын

@@houndmother740 not a mullet, a bi-level.

When musicians were awesome Gods of music.

I love how people could smoke mid interview and not give a shit! The good old days 👍😀

And then Palmer suddenly was gone......bit of a shock that was in 2003.....

@zoso73

4 жыл бұрын

And Tony Thompson. And Bernard Edwards. RIP all.

Thanks for posting.

Wow so cool and gorgeous

Esses gatos foram os caras no POWER STATION:Como o Nick e Simon foram no DURAN DURAN e no ARCADIA...💖👏👏👏👏

John, I could ravish you! ❤️

Cosita bella Jhon😘😘😘

I remember being REALLY disappointed when Palmer backed out of the Power Station tour that year. Michael Friggin' Des Barres?!? Was like replacing Joe Montana with Ryan Leaf. Glad I at least saw Palmer solo a few times before he passed... :(

@laurakenney225

8 жыл бұрын

that's how I would feel too.. there's only ONE Robert Palmer. I feel sorry for anyone who tried to fill his shoes

@juneysummers5342

6 жыл бұрын

Yes it was disappointing that Robert didn't tour with the Power Station. I saw the Power Station that year 1985. It was a good show because of John and Andy and Tony. Miss Robert though.

@judyb1539

4 жыл бұрын

To this day John says that tour was a mistake. An exercise in vanity.

Interesting interview .

Can you imagine how pissed John was when Robert pulled out of the tour to do his own thing???😒

@VeganRebelLove

4 жыл бұрын

@Judy B were you able to see Power Station when they toured? I remember I got tickets for my birthday and remember when Robert Palmer backed out of the tour. I was so upset because I thought he was so awesome as their singer. But when I got to the concert it took all of 2 seconds to see Michael Des Barres and fall in love with him. FKING AMAZING! Before the concert started I faked passing out hoping I would be taken to an area where I might get to meet the band. It was an outside concert so I didn't realize I would be taken under the stage and put on top of wooden crates that said Power Station which I assumed carried thier equipment or something. I was hoping to be right in front of where John was. I ended up in front of where Andy was for most the entire concert watching him absorbed into his jamming. God it was awesome!!!!! There was just so much for my teenage mind to see and go crazy over! What a very very cool experience 😎.

@JC-yz1sf

3 жыл бұрын

@@VeganRebelLove I saw them in 85 live with Michael DesBarres as well! I thought he was perfect!! I don’t think Robert would’ve been able to handle the crazed Duranie response they got. It was mayhem! Just like the Duran tour in 84. Good times!!

The mighty Quinn!

Charming rapport they have, including Martha.

@witchflowers6942

2 жыл бұрын

Never known a girl called Martha who wasn’t lovely

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

What is John fiddling with in his pocket? hahahaha!

@emilymathews7073

3 жыл бұрын

Cigs

It's gonna be called Arcadia, and it's awesome.

@witchflowers6942

2 жыл бұрын

Should have been called ‘Duran Du’ tho 👀

They both seems so childish. Or they had some sniffery snoo before. Who knows? Good old Eighties, Robert Palmer smoking on TV, what a gem.

John is so out of it. Good stuff.

@dublingirl6945

3 жыл бұрын

He kept sniffling and messing with his nose 😂😂 he's beautiful soo 🔥🔥

@resa.walters

3 жыл бұрын

@@dublingirl6945 He's adorable.

@dublingirl6945

3 жыл бұрын

@@resa.walters John ye definitely 🔥🔥

Why all the cocaine comments? Robert said many times that this wasn't his style. He was too professional ever to not be in control in an interview.

@andybweber

7 жыл бұрын

He was on it, fingers to nostrils often just like JT

@twosie7661

7 жыл бұрын

I've since read accounts of his cocaine habit....Watch his 1980 concert at Westfallenhalle, Germany (available on KZread) and it's evident that he's on something. Sad but it went with the territory and lifestyle I guess.

@jillsmcfarland2001

5 жыл бұрын

Dah.Addicts and musicians know it's obvious to them.

@dublingirl6945

3 жыл бұрын

He was definitely on it, not just John in this interview both wer taken it during interview 😂😂

@zenmarqzenway

3 жыл бұрын

His song Spanish Moon talks about that BAD cocaine. Put on your Sailing Shoes, everyone!

❤️❤️🙏💎🇪🇦💝

🥰😍🤩😘💕

Robert was always dressed to kill

@resa.walters

3 жыл бұрын

Robert has a nice speaking voice as well as singing voice.

rob smoking a cig on Mtv???? will someone think of the children please???

@twosie7661

8 жыл бұрын

+Dan W Robert was rarely seen without a cigarette, unfortunately, which is probably why we lost him at the too young age of 54.

@jbbolton7283

8 жыл бұрын

just quoting The Simpsons my friend.

@laurakenney225

8 жыл бұрын

+Twosie76 yeah, a lot of artists are/were chain smokers...so was David Bowie. I'm embarrassed to admit they look hot doing it, too!! and I def know better...

@jbbolton7283

8 жыл бұрын

oh yeah everyone was hotter with a cig i used to do it too. i look so lame vaping now :(

@witchflowers6942

2 жыл бұрын

@@laurakenney225 cigarettes are objectively cool lol. luckily for me, the first time I tried one behind a cinema at age 14, I ended up vomiting all over the inside of my sisters car… and that was not very cool. Never again.

I miss Martha

Cocaine is a hell of a drug!

DURAN DURAN

Classy coke.

Robert Palmer starts singing and that silly cow talks over him.

co

Robert is coked out

@cathycra182

4 жыл бұрын

He’s cute as hell. Flirting with the lady interviewer.

Saw them a Live Aid. Michael Desbarres sucked. Always wanted to hear this band do Sneaking Sally through the Alley or Bad case of loving you. These dudes were a f..... monster band. Before their time.