I was born in the Soviet Union In a country that was closed from rock music and quite by chance I got the record Sparks Kimono my House, it completely turned my idea of music upside down. Now I have all the Sparks albums in my collection, I specially flew to London for their Concerts in 2008. Sparks is the golden fund of world rock music. God grant them health and strength to create their own works of art Thank you for being Ron and Russell

@pijonydotru

Жыл бұрын

Propaganda rules, though

@gandalfshakur8235

11 ай бұрын

@@pijonydotru Yeah but Big Beat blew my head. So pertinent to now. Play it front to end.

@drTadux

6 ай бұрын

All 3 albums from The Trilogy (74-75) are Total Masterpiece and The Treasure from God :)

@igormasarsky5356

6 ай бұрын

@@gandalfshakur8235 A wonderful album! If you really like him, then I advise you to watch his live concert on KZread! It is recorded in black and white, but it was shot very well and with excellent sound! I really wanted to buy a DVD, but unfortunately it is not on sale

@trevorgardner1932

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your dedication.

Saw this show while sitting on the floor at my grandparents' house in 1974. Warped my little mind. My grandmother thought it was pretty okay too. Sparks was way ahead of their time. Years later you could hear the Sparks influence on pop, especially New Wave and the hiccupy vocals affected by some singers like Dale Bozzio.

@Themanwhocameback2

2 жыл бұрын

Your grandmother watched too? In the NYC area where I saw it, Don Kirshner's show was broadcast at 1 AM. Grandma was up that late? My parents were fast asleep when my brother and I saw this. Next week we went to Ticketron and bought tickets to see them live.

@theparalexview785

2 жыл бұрын

@@Themanwhocameback2 , yup, my grandma was a night owl too. And loved whatever pop culture was current. She enjoyed Leo Sayers during his 1973 Pierrot clown concert phase. Our local PBS station was the first in the US to air Monty Python's Flying Circus, and grandmother chuckled along with my little brother and me. But my grandad didn't get any of it. He was old school. His pop culture ended at Jimmie Rodgers train songs and books by Zane Grey, Larry McMurtry and James Michener.

@daviedovey

2 жыл бұрын

@@theparalexview785 Jimmie Rodgers was deeply subversive - gave up his life for it

@bohemianblackcat9467

Жыл бұрын

@@Themanwhocameback2 I saw this on WNEW too, I was 13 and babysitting. :)

When I was 4 yrs old, my teen-aged sister recorded this concert off the tv (like we used to do regularly) onto a cassette tape with her cheap, plastic yellow Panasonic tape recorder with a Goofy (Disney character) sticker on it. We had that tape for years and wore it out listening to it! This concert is permanently emblazoned on my brain...and it's a great one! Our tape actually had all of the NY Metropolitan-area commercials on it as well...incl a great ad for "Kimono My House" (which could be purchased at King Carroll, thank you very much.) There was a grumpy guy on the commercial who said, indignantly, "SPARKS!? Kimono MY HOUSE!? They gotta be KIDDIN' ME!" I remember my sister Suzy sitting Indian-style on the bed with blue jeans on and playing out all the keyboard parts animatedly on her leg...seems like 15 minutes ago. Anyway, I guess this is where I get my weird musical taste!

@danhermon4922

5 жыл бұрын

Xanaroo216 I was hoping this had that commercial. He turned off the set after a verse of This Town and it had the old TV effect of the screen going black except for a fading white dot in the middle and you hear him stomping away and yelling "GAR-BAHJE! SPARKS? KIMONO MY HOUSE?! TH-THEY GOTTA BE KIDDIN' ME!!!!!" Then a door slams and the screen reads Sparks. Kimono My House. On Island Records and Tapes.

@stingylizard

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@brianhall5377

3 жыл бұрын

Best story ever

@alev4287

3 жыл бұрын

@@danhermon4922 let’s see it @Islandrecords

@martins.7060

3 жыл бұрын

Stay weird

The perfect balance of genius and lunacy. There will never be another band like Sparks. Absolutely joyous. To whoever is in charge of such things, please take care of them, as the world will be a lesser place when they are gone.

@tedparkinson6892

2 жыл бұрын

Just saw them live in Toronto 2 nights ago. THey are *still rocking*!!!

@evazen4665

11 ай бұрын

Very well said. Sparks songs and performance are remarkable for their stark contrast in songs (like B.C. - cheerful performance of the song with sad lyrics) and the brothers stage performance. (one rather still pulling faces and the other hyperactive and a little crazy)The variability of melodies and harmonies and often profound lyrics are exeptionally catchy. Simply brilliant.

Super awesome video and performance. Ron was the Billy Zoom of keyboards. Saw them at the Whiskey in the 80's, where they gave out fake Ron mustaches. Which I still have.

@robertsilverman7032

3 жыл бұрын

Whoa......!!!!!

@asuperstraightpureblood

3 жыл бұрын

Billys coolness yes. But billys perma smile? Those were magical days, L.A. in the 70s early 80s

I was 15 in 1974. I did not get it, but this never left my mind. I finally got it when I was 55. 40 years later, damn. The evolution of the Mael Brothers is nothing short of miraculous. RIP Dinky.

@purplezoid1

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah Dinky was a monster drummer. So powerful and original. Sad ending for him unfortunately. RIP also to Adrian. Martin Gordon's bass playing and tone was huge too. Kimono blew my mind at 10yrs old in 1974.

@AlmostReady504

Жыл бұрын

We were all young once.😢 Where did it all go

Is Ron Mael the coolest guy in rock 'n roll? Most likely, yes.

@strawhousepig

3 жыл бұрын

Cooler than Ringo? I think not.

@nsjs932

2 жыл бұрын

Coolest?.... idk hes definitely one of weirder ones

@crackedactress6881

2 жыл бұрын

After Bowie. Yes!

@Be.Be.Aggressive

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@natalieschuetz5700

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! ✨

Like many here, I'm a recent convert after watching the doc. Now I can't stop listening to them and am stunned at the quantity and quality of their enormous catalog. I also really love reading about people's own come-to-jesus moments when they discovered Sparks. Keep those stories coming, please and thanks!

@tedparkinson6892

2 жыл бұрын

So glad you have joined the small but dedicated 'Sparks' club! My "come to jesus" moment was actually watching them on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert around 1975. We had no internet then, so "Rock Concert" and "Midnight Special" were the only way to see live music for many of us. It was a difference performance I saw because they did "Get in the Swing" (still one of my faves!) and I loved the song, the lyrics, the weird dynamics between the bouncy happy singer and the keyboard player rolling his eyes! I bought Indiscreet and have never looked back. They have had a few 'dud' albums, but man, what a collection of amazing music. And they are still writing great stuff. Saw them live in Toronto 2 nights ago, and they rock better than ever!!!!

@garysofko

Жыл бұрын

Ditto here!!

I saw this when it was first aired on KABC Channel 7 in LA in 1973. I was very high on pot. Man, these guys were so ahead of their time! They totally blew my mind. So many catchy in and out melodies.

Russell was a very pretty young man, shining like a star, with a very high pitched voice ... And a very strict taciturn young gentleman was watching over him ... That's what I had understood from Sparks' staging at the time and it had really amused me. I had no idea that they were brothers. At that time I was eleven years old ... They are extremely talented musicians, fortunately still present in the world of music ... Always so charming and captivating, maybe more as far as Russel is concerned. Moreover Ron doesn't have to watch over anymore his younger brother anymore, does he. This video is really great, thanks you very much.

The fact that this was taped almost 50 years ago and people here in the comments remember it just blows my mind.

@MrDave5259

3 жыл бұрын

I remember watching this. Watched The Rock Show every weekend. Right after Saturday night live.

@kimberleyedwards833

3 жыл бұрын

We were staying up late to watch this stuff.

@norton750commando

3 жыл бұрын

Was already a fan, and saw that they were playing his show and stayed up to watch it. 16 years old then and still a big fan to this day, now 63. Saw them on this tour, and the last time I saw them was the "Two Hands, One Mouth" tour about 5 years ago. The album from last year, A Steady Drip Drip Drip is killer.

@williamwilson6499

3 жыл бұрын

I remember it...was 15 at the time. The keyboard player created the most buzz.

@strawhousepig

3 жыл бұрын

I love this comment. This is such a great time. People who remember it can revisit it anytime, and people who weren't born yet or were too young can discover it anew. It bothers me to no end that some people pull the "Back when [I wasn't old and boring]" schtick.

Just got my ticket to see Sparks Brothers documentary this Saturday. I can't wait. I just love them so much!!

@paulahunt5621

3 жыл бұрын

I just saw it several days ago, non-stop laughs, it was great and I’m ready to see it again.

Sparks was and still is a favorite band of mine. Been listening for over 46 years. Kimono My House is a great record as it captures Sparks at their best. Sparks found the sound that would define the band in the 1970's on Kimmno My House. The Mael brothers song writing and musical talent was on full display. Sparks wry wit and humor imbued the solid song writing. Sparks is good enough to tackle different musical styles and do them well. Long live the Mael brothers and Sparks!!!

I'd never heard of Sparks until I saw this broadcast when I was 14. I went and bought Kimono My House the next day. How could you not?

@jeffdowler9130

5 жыл бұрын

In 77 my friend turn me on to Sparks. They blow my shit away. At times I thought he was speaking French and I never seen them live an bought three or four of there albums an couldn't get enough of them an there pictures on the albums and what a sound. Live is weird, but there albums are priceless.

@dalethelander3781

3 жыл бұрын

Somebody says Kimono My House and I think of a long-gone Japanese pop culture store in San Francisco.

@andywilley3041

3 жыл бұрын

You wanna try some of the other albums..... I've got the lot!

@mikeferguson6644

3 жыл бұрын

Same! I had never seen or heard anything like it!😍🤯

@giannie13

3 жыл бұрын

Ya gotta see their new movie!

Great band. I bumped into this band with Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. I was amazed at how creative and eclectic they were back then, and still are today. Crazy how we miss out on talent and only recognize it many years later.

Dinky Diamond crushing the drums. My favorite era of Sparks.

@fdasaro1

6 жыл бұрын

he was excellent

@goingroguenow

5 жыл бұрын

yes indeed. the only listenable era of theirs, for me. I still listen to Kimono regularly. when they lost the rock edge, they lost the irony and contrast which made them interesting.

@SuperMururoa

5 жыл бұрын

Here and there, he looks like a blonde (and fatter) Steve Jones, of Sex Pistols' fame... ;-D Quite an original drummer, and energic, by the way. I like his style. I love those drum rolls.

@dreamlifeds4412

4 жыл бұрын

For my part, Kimono, Propaganda and Indiscreet were the top of their repertoire. Three huge albums.

@norton750commando

3 жыл бұрын

@@goingroguenow Check out their stuff with Franz Ferdinand, as FFS, and their recent albums Hippopotamus and Steady Drip Drip Drip, definitely got back to the rock edge, if you could ever call it rock, lol.

At the time I thought Russell the most beautiful man on the planet. Looking back on this in 2020, I was right.

@Daniela_Germany

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting, I feel the same for Brian May. :-) I think they looked a bit similar back then. Also, both are still looking great today!

@annabackman3028

3 жыл бұрын

Back then I couldn't stand his huge eyes! They looked abnormal, I thought 😂😂 NOW I think they were absolutely beautiful!! 💖

@thetragicyouth

3 жыл бұрын

@@Daniela_Germany You know Ron and Russ tried to poach Brian May for Sparks (after Queen had been supporting them)?

@Daniela_Germany

3 жыл бұрын

@@thetragicyouth Yeah, I do, but as a massive Queen-fan I'm obviously very glad that he didn't accept. ;-)

God bless the Mael Brothers!

I saw this while babysitting at 12 years old. I asked my dad to pick me up a copy of Kimono My House because he worked in NYC and couldn't find it where I lived. I've been listening to it ever since and now my son loves it too. They're still one of my favorite bands.

@bohemianblackcat9467

Жыл бұрын

I was babysitting too when I saw this episode. On WNEW New York via Cable Vision. :)

Always so ahead of their time and so unbelievably underrated. What a performance! My daughter and I watched this last night, and she was literally breathless. I've told her about these guys through the years, but she admitted that now she knows what I meant. All she could say was "Oh my God!" and "Wow!"

@ballhawk387

2 жыл бұрын

Now *that* is good parenting!

Going to see them TOMORROW! 47 or so years later! . I can't WAIT!!!

Seen this concert as a kids, at 62 still get excited. 😁

Such a class act. They've always been true to the music and thank God for that. One of the most original, talented bands to emerge out of the 70's.

@michaelkerins897

3 жыл бұрын

There has been some revisionist history as of late. Artists coming out of the woodwork claiming to have been influenced.

@syddavies2530

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelkerins897 Mgmt and Oracular Spectacular has Sparks all over it. Have you heard Lighten Up, Morrissey by Sparks. Apparently he's a fan and that's a great song.

@scienz

2 жыл бұрын

Pizzicato Five

@annabackman3028

2 жыл бұрын

Since Edgar Wright's documentary about them, 'The Sparks Brothers', there have been many comments among reviewers like: "Why didn't I know about this?", "The best band I never knew of", "Where have they been in my life?", "How come I never heard of them before?", "Where have I been, never heard of them before?" etc etc. The tour in the US says it all, thousands of new fans, extended tour in Europe, additional days in England and also additional countries. It's amazing, AND THEY DESERVE IT! Finally they are getting at least half of what they should have had a long time ago. The word about them is still spread, a lot of fans are, to quote Edgar Wright, "missionaries", and compulsory talking about Sparks 😂! After, with mild force, I managed to pull my grown up son to both the documentary (he left the theater with the word "Now I understand why you are so obsessed with them. Some songs were actually really good." That from someone who has been an "anti Sparks person"!) and, after thoroughly explained things that a person having not so much knowledge of neither Sparks nor Leos Carax should know, not to be totally confused, 'Annette'. My son was impressed, also a little bit shaken by the subjects the movie approaches of human nature, how things can trigger the worst in a person, how that affects people around and the effects that causes. I can understand why many people reacted negatively to the movie. They expected a comedy, or at least much more humor, and they had a psychological drama. The first hour is also a little slow, and it's easy to drift in mind, which causes you to miss details you had needed to understand what's coming later. The remaining hour and twenty minutes is fast, and when it ends your brain is like "what happened?". It takes time to analyze, and you should watch it at least twice to sort it out. Adam Driver is phenomenal! The little girl who plays 'Annette', only one scene in the end, Devyn McDowell was only five years old. She pulls up with a scene, more than five minutes, all in one take, singing a duet with Driver, and acting. She slays that scene. They are amazing together, and Devyn is at the same incredible level as Driver. You can find the song on KZread, in two different cuts, choose the 'Annette, unlimited edition'. 'The Cannes edition' is shorted down, the song is cut down. Anyway, I highly recommend both movies, but do a little homework before you see 'Annette', you'll gain a lot.

The Mael brothers are not weird. They are just themselves in a unique way.

Oh man. I'd forgotten how good "Talent Is An Asset" is. Why aren't these guys more famous?

@Baribrotzer

3 жыл бұрын

"Why aren't these guys more famous?" Because they've always been at an angle to whatever the conventional pop music of the era was. Just listen to this - it isn't quite pop, it isn't quite prog, it isn't quite glam, it isn't straight rock at all, it isn't R&B. It might almost be Broadway, but that's not what makes the charts.

@AManOfFocusCommitmentSheerWill

3 жыл бұрын

If I were to guess, they never sold out.

@richbiles230872

3 жыл бұрын

Point taken, but they're hardly unknowns.

@Bagmanovich

3 жыл бұрын

Cuz keyboard guy looks like Hitler?

@KurtI2525

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bagmanovich yeah really. Ron just looked insane, like Hitler Manson. Creepy cool, but not in a mass appeal way.

I was eleven in 1974, a recovering beatlemaniac, and heard ”Something for the girl...” on the radio. Just loved it. I told my parents this is it it, the only thing I needed under the Christmas tree. I didn´t get my wish and was furious. It totally messed up my christmas. And when the Record shop opened up after the holiday I was there and bought ”Propaganda” for my own saved up lawnmower money. Still love that time period of Sparks.

@rhiannondoole3991

4 жыл бұрын

Lawnmower money-how prophetic!

@Bachconcertos

3 жыл бұрын

I was 14 & lived the sparks!

@WahldoK

3 жыл бұрын

I too was eleven, I was fascinated by Russel and his female voice and liked the keyboard player's sense of humour, with his strange moustache and his way at watching the singers' way of moving... Something strange and uncommon. My parents also did not accept to offer me records of my favourite musicians... Fortunately my grand-mother did it.

@Themanwhocameback2

2 жыл бұрын

I was 15, and my mother bought me "Kimono" for Christmas 1974. When mom showed the record store clerk the albums on my Christmas list, the clerk told her "Your son has good taste!". Sweet memory.

The saturday night lineup for us was Austin City Limits, SNL, and Don Kirschner's Rock Concert. God, I'm old... lol

@michaelthomas366

3 жыл бұрын

I saw these guys in concert !

@freedapeeple4049

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelthomas366 You old fart.

I'm a new fan and I've watched this performance almost every other day. Absolutely stellar

@annabackman3028

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the wonderful world of Sparks ✨ 💖!

@StonefolkNetwork

3 жыл бұрын

Nice avatar - I’m sure Rik Mayall was a fan too!

@brucering1190

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you are a Sparks fan, nothing like them and their fabulous catalogue of music…..

No way a song like “Thank God It’s Not Christmas” would get on national TV today.

I saw Sparks at Birmingham Town Hall UK in 1974 and I've been a lifelong fan. Love the new collaboration with Todd Rundgren 💜

this is ridiculously awesome

Truly original outfit - like nothing before or since. Amazing. And they manage to pull this stuff off LIVE???? come on man!

@brianhall5377

3 жыл бұрын

So tight. I saw the Angst tour

@alexanderofhollywood

3 жыл бұрын

This early band was indeed great live. I saw Propaganda and Indiscreet tours in 1975/76.

Ron is just hilarious

Number1 in Heaven. A masterpiece that everyone ive ever played it for was amazed.

There’s no way Queen weren’t fans

@coreyzimmerman9782

3 жыл бұрын

Was just thinking that

@guymontag9577

3 жыл бұрын

Or the Sweet

@jacksper

3 жыл бұрын

Queen was a support act for Sparks

@malibustacy3606

3 жыл бұрын

Duran Duran liked them

@thetragicyouth

3 жыл бұрын

@@jacksper And Ron & Russ tried to persuade Brian May to join Sparks.

Incredible. I hardly ever listen to olden days music, but I never hurd of these men! love them!

I can't believe that was live. I just can't believe it

@DeeshBassChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Russell has lungs of steel! This was a great band,too.

Ron Mael.....The coolest ever.

Kimono my house. One of most intelligent albums ever.

I remember watching this on ABC TV(?) Channel 7 in LA during my first year of college while living at home. Instantly become a Sparks fan for life. I never understood why they never really broke through. Nice to see photos of them in the Calendar Section of the LA Times this week. Hope to watch Annette this weekend.

Angst in my pants got me hooked. jusy watched the doc on netflix and I am fallng for them again. SUCH humble guys.

@DEVOn.A.Skertic

Жыл бұрын

I will go to Cool Places with you!!

No way, no where today could such unique talent be cultivated, never again

Saw the original broadcast,it was so dang cool. As were the '70's.

@danalong1237

6 жыл бұрын

This airing came from WDRB, which carried Rock Concert from 1973-76 before moving to rival WAVE 3 for its final 5 years.

@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG

3 жыл бұрын

@@danalong1237 Why the Spanish language announcer then...?

@danalong1237

3 жыл бұрын

Let me put it this way: “Every weekday afternoon at 3:30pm, join the Mouseketeers for music, fun, serials and cartoons on the Mickey Mouse Club, and every weeknight at 8:00pm, join Jack Clark for Kentuckiana’s favorite casino game show Dealer’s Choice. Right now, though, stay tuned as Elizabeth Taylor and Angela Lansbury star in the family classic National Velvet, coming up next HERE on The Entertainer: TV-41!”-Ray Foushee.

@TheOriginalFILIBUSTA

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG "Musique Plus", the French language equivalent of Much Music, the Canadian version of MTV (phew!), re-aired this with commercial breaks. The announcer you briefly heard is Claude Rajotte. How's that for info on demand?

Great show. Classic group. And the documentary was incredible!

Such a tight tight band here. Russell singing and dancing(?) like a whirling dervish. I am gob smacked at how good they were and just enjoy the hell out of their recent stuff (2021). Long may they play!

Amazing band! I have followed them since the beginning and really appreciate them now. Every song is like a mini operetta period not even Queen can do that! Incredible!

Haffenreffer Beer plus Sparks on the turntable = one amazing night. Rinse and Repeat.

His voice!! Those moves!!

This is a great performance by Sparks at their most successful period in the mid 70's. Absolutely huge in the UK but not so in homeland USA. We're treated to some fantastic longer versions than were on the albums. Here in Heaven is especially brilliant with it's different intro, extended guitar & longer ending. BC also has an extra added false ending & Ron's piano solos were lengthened in a couple of tracks. Although we had Sparks on Top Of The Pops here in the UK more or less every two weeks for a couple of years obviously we were unaware of this show so praise be to KZread for finally making these clips available for all to see years later. Thanks for uploading!!

Loved Sparks' mix of twee keyboards & vocals with rocking guitars & drums.

Listening to "Talent is an Asset" for the first time and I think, so this is where Robert Smith from The Cure got the idea for all those crazy high falsetto notes that are impossible to copy.

Saw this in 74 in Blackburn on sparks first tour still a fan

Stunning. Nobody can touch these boys. Genius’s.

Love Ron's RMI Electra-Piano!

This performance happened over 45 years ago and the music world still hasn't caught up. I can't even imagine where they fit in the 1970s. Queen/Bowie/Roxy fans? Zappa fans? Those who love rock musicals?

@geraldfriend256

3 жыл бұрын

Very Queen to me.

@bossfan49

3 жыл бұрын

@@geraldfriend256 Queen with a bit of T.Rex and Kevin Rowland on vox.

@geoffreydicesare436

Жыл бұрын

Sparks ,Roxy music and Bowie were all far head of anybody back in the 70s Thank got I grew up in that fantastic era for music

Saw them on Kirshner as a kid was a fan ever since!Great band they had and Dinky Diamond great drums!

THANKS for posting this precious document! Such a "one of a kind band" of such huge original talent. They are mind boggling. These guys were so underrated and ignored to the point of it being criminal. Talk about proto-punk riffing and sarcastic tongue in cheek lyrics via operatic quality falsetto (I hear some things that became the Ramones in there) and to think at the same time the garbage of Lou Reed was being pushed by corporate media with things like the stinking 45 "City lights" and the rancid albums "Rock and Roll Fart" and "The Bells". (No one.... NO ONE.... remembers "City Lights" stinkeroo 45 cuz NO ONE bought it!) THE SPARKS ARE A MUSICAL TREASURE!!!!

Depending on when in 1974 this was I was 2 years old. I wouldn’t discover Sparks until my big sister left for uni when I was about 8. Ive gone on many a musical journey since then and they’re still one of my favourite bands!

5:05 Doing everything he can to hold back smiling.

Ron Mael makes me laugh! He is so fucking cool! I remember watching this on Don Kirschner’s Rock Concert and had to go pay $2.99 for Kimono My House! Great times!

@tedparkinson6892

2 жыл бұрын

That is my story as well. Bought Indiscreet after watching them on Rock Concert!

One of the most brilliant bands ever. God love the Mael Brothers.

Amazing performance. Love all the dubbed on screaming and cheering - while the camera shows a quiet, sedate audience.

@YouKnowWhereYouWentWrong

2 жыл бұрын

The irony here of course being that acts were forced to play live on Don Kirshner's show (although a very few got away with singing live over a recorded instrumental track) and while the band blew the lid off this place, an "audience track" was added simply because they just don't get the brilliance that is Sparks.

@chasbodaniels1744

2 жыл бұрын

Most rock fans didn’t know what to make of Sparks. I wonder if they’d have been more widely accepted had they arrived say, 5 years later? Sparks fits in better with New Wave and Power Pop bands than Bad Company or Foghat, right?

Superb.... Dinky on drums awesome

I can feel the opera‐like melody. Recent music don't have such sounds. So attractive.

This is gold

I love Sparks!

@lucasrm7

5 жыл бұрын

eu também essa música é a melhor parece japonesa haha

At the time, I was the only one in my group of friends who ever even heard of Sparks, Yet I wore out their albums. Until the Disco phase, then they lost me, but I still love this era of Sparks and always will.

I was a devotee of DKRC back in the day. I remember when I first saw this broadcast - my thought was 'what the heck did I just watch?!?! I ran out and grabbed the two Sparks albums that were available - 'Kimono My House' and 'Propaganda', the latter being my favorite of the two ("BC", "Achoo", and "Who Don't Like Kids") Still have both albums!

Sparks are two Uber Brilliant Individual Talents! The session musicians in their bands were/are extraordinary!!!

Was mad about Sparks as a teen love em still!

1074 .... WAS THE FIRST TIME I HEARD SPARKS!!!!! WATCHED IT WITH MY FRIEND SCOTT FROM SF. I went out and bought PROPAGANDA .... my favorite Sparks album! Thanks, Scott

I attended this performance , staged in the now defunct small rear theater at the Long Beach Auditorium, in Long Beach, CA.

1974...omg...they had a bit of glam going on. Love them.

Sparks are the best thing ever so versatile xx.

It’s perfection. Close your eyes your listening to kimono my house. Live !!!!

I actually remember watching this performance! I had never heard of this group at the time but remember that they reminded me of Sweet. I forgot how zany they looked.

In a class all by themselves!

New Wave before New Wave. Their new album is amazing, btw.

@dikbozo

3 жыл бұрын

go watch the 'iphone' video from Dec 2020. killer.

@halstrong8976

3 жыл бұрын

More like, Glam rock. When glam rock was glam rock.

@halstrong8976

3 жыл бұрын

@@dikbozo this video was recorded on an android phone. As usual, quality is crap. Looks like video from 1974.

@CoolFellaProductions

3 жыл бұрын

@@halstrong8976 it isn’t supposed to be some high quality video. I think you missed the point

Sparks were the first band I ever went to see (well I suppose it was Pilot, really, the support band in Edinburgh). That was 1974. Blew me away and went out to buy Kimono to my house, and still listen to it after all these years. Went through Prog Rock, Punk and Grunge but Sparks staid with me. Brilliant!

Amazing original band, I love Sparks.

People! Go out and see their new movie! SPARKS BROTHERS OUT in theatres today. You’ll LOVE it!

I remember watching this show on TV when I was about 15 years old. I kept looking at that keyboard player and saying, "That dude is creepy!"

@paulahunt5621

3 жыл бұрын

A creepy genius and WE love him just the way he is.

My dad played piano in a band named “The Sparks” here in New Orleans during the 50’s, 60’s & 70’s. They won the Battle of the Bands here and also recorded on Decca Records and there biggest hit was Merry Merry Lou. They really rocked the joint.🎭

Has not dated, and never will. The zany, crazy and totally unique character of Sparks endures - largely because of the musical genius, performance precision and an iconic persona.

@skyemacallister1306

2 жыл бұрын

Because talent is an asset

Loved this band since the 70's!

Love them so much. Love the songs, the glorious bonkers Russell delivery, and the genius Ron. Long love the wonderful Mael brothers. ❤

They were HUGE in UK in late 74.

Like most other Americans, I didn't "get" Sparks in the 70's and 80's. Many years later, and with a (hopefully) more mature ear, I'm still not sure that I "get" Sparks. But dang, some of their songs are as catchy and energetic as anything.

@danscott3880

3 жыл бұрын

Pure pop perfection. That gets heavy when Needed...

brilliant... such well crafted and smart songs... and yes... Dinky Diamond fucking PULVERIZES!!!!

Rest in peace Dinky. Absolutely love Sparks!

Been a fan since Kimono My House - here I am many, oh so many years later and still loving this unique group. Their new music is still better than most of the other stuff around. They've obviously down a deal with the devil!

So original!!!

So they did this LIVE. Quite impressing ----

Sparks for ever! This was my Time.

Imagine how cool background singers would be here. Russell’s got to carry the whole vocal burden playing live.

Don Kirschner introduced me to this group. I don't think I have ever heard a Sparks song heard on the airwaves in my 61 years on this earth. I viewed them as kind of an oddity. Just recently saw a cool film about their entire career. Still somewhat indifferent about their music, but I admire their commitment to their art and being ahead of music trends.

I too had my microphone up to the television set in 1974, always looking for something new and different. Very different and way ahead of their time, Sparks were 2 Americans that sparked the precursor of punk and new wave and were the impetus and the true beginning of the genres in England. Precisely why I never like punk and new wave, because it already had been done by Sparks brilliantly!

This is Ultimate Sparks.

they were in a movie called Rollercoaster performed at a theme park

Impeccable!