I know Ron is known for being Stoic but him smiling is just awesome to see. Love the dude

"It's that break in the song when I should say something special..." I love how self-aware Ron Mael is with his lyrics.

@hans-jurgenmuller9148

3 жыл бұрын

did you mean Russel?

@rommix0

3 жыл бұрын

@@hans-jurgenmuller9148 No. Ron is the one who wrote the lyrics.

@hans-jurgenmuller9148

3 жыл бұрын

@@rommix0 Ahh ok, thx. :)

@davidmacgregor5193

3 жыл бұрын

@@hans-jurgenmuller9148 Ron writes most of Sparks material, Russell only makes a small contribution to the writing of their songs.

@sandorx4

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidmacgregor5193 He wrote Pineapple, the classic. :)

Nothing says I love you more than 'I never feel like garbage when I'm with you!'😍

I've just watch Edgar Wright's doco The Sparks Brothers, and what really came across was not just how talented they both are but how funny and genuinely likeable they appear to be. Very surprising, particularly considering Ron's aloof stage persona.

...this song is an epitome of 80'....so simple but so cute...

I can't believe I found out about these guys literally weeks ago. I'm so grateful for the internet... bands can live on to new audiences so many years later. I love this song. I love Sparks! My world is a better place having heard this!

@mateoindiego

6 жыл бұрын

luketube I knew a couple of their songs in the 80’s but unfortunately didn’t pick up any of their music then. I somehow heard one of their tracks about 5 years ago and it was truly like finding priceless treasure out of a sunken ship. My life is unquestionably more complete with Sparks!!!

@Duffloop

6 жыл бұрын

Literally 5 years have passed since you found out - Too bad there ain't ten of you , u gotta beat the clock, beat the clock.

@PNEKarl

4 жыл бұрын

@@Duffloop Thank you, my next youtube track is Beat The Clock! I hade all Sparks albums back in the day. Thanks to KZread I can relive them days! I'm happy :-)

@kenbohl2176

4 жыл бұрын

I remember the sparks back when they had their first hit song. This town ain’t big enough for the both of us. Followed them thru the eighties and caught back up in the 2000

@gary9432

4 жыл бұрын

You are a very sad person.LOL

So witty, creative one of a kind geniuses.

I am 61 and I was introduced to Sparks by my best friend in 7th grade!

@TheChadTI

Жыл бұрын

Wish I was, God bless you🙏

I think this video perfectly demonstrates their dynamic. Ron is speaking through Russel.

I love the Sparks and Yello. So funny that they both have been active for 7 decades to date and a ton of folk haven't even heard of them.

@user-mf5tw5jy5h

4 ай бұрын

Oh yeah.

@Temu69recordsdotcom

Ай бұрын

​@@user-mf5tw5jy5hooooooooh cchikachika

@CyberBeep_kenshi

5 күн бұрын

heh, i had the exact same thought, Yello.

I always thought they were Brits, until today, and this song, omg, takes me back to my younger days.

Genius

This was a big hit in Paris, Autumn 1980. i heard it in all the nightclubs. I came home to New York at Christmas time and nobody had ever heard it. I had to put in a special order for the 45 at a hip Greenwich Village record shop. What is the appropriate Biblical line: "A hero is without honor in his own country"?

@mireyasandoval220

2 ай бұрын

En español diríamos: nadie es profeta en su tierra.

Потрясающе .❤

How gorgeous and talented are this group??

Been over a year since I saw the documentary and absolutely fell in love with Sparks, shine on you crazy bastards.

What an incredible group

A LITTLE JEWEL in our Great Musical Memories ...

@stanislav182000

2 ай бұрын

good song and nice video

From memory, this song peaked at No.14 on the Australian Charts. A simple 'plodding' Drum beat with clever, quirky keyboards and a Bass line that pumps in time with your heart. Super intelligent music. I saw them LIVE at The Metro Theatre in Sydney on 12/01/2001. Mind blowing.

@haydenwalton2766

9 ай бұрын

great song - haven't heard it in 40 years. would have seen it on countdown for sure ! ahh, they were the days

@user-tg9gg3fy2f

3 ай бұрын

The girl is seen in the showreel on the Videodisc (1980) intro, so quoted five days a week on your ABC. kzread.info/dash/bejne/goaJs6Sflcaonto.html

I love how Ron's lips move a little as he exercises his Venrtiloquistisim. Brilliant!

back in the days when music videos were like short films with a quick little story 😻😎

Wow, Ron's singing is amazing!

@sexymuthafunka8240

10 ай бұрын

Never even saw his lips move!! 😁

I love their quirky sense of humor.

so beautifull

Lovely Perri Lister too....❤️

One of the best bands ever appeared on earth. Unique!!!!

Performance art at it’s best

Rick Beato should review Sparks sometime.

Ron cracks me up in this video. His faces and when he's moving his lips hahah.

A Masterpiece !!

@jean-erictateia3273

2 ай бұрын

Completely !

Marqué à jamais par cette chanson.

The Majestic Sparks. ❤✌

Saw SPARKS in the 70s and Still Love Listening to Them today 🎶

The first time I ever saw Sparks was on TV's American Bandstand in the 70's. They performed "Get in the Swing," and I was mesmerized and instantly hooked.

Brilliant lyrics. Turning the Great American Songbook on it's head...but still respectful of it. 🥰💕

Que c'est bon de réécouter ça, c'était bon à l'époque. Indémodable

Love this way so much. Sparks rule! x

what a song :3

Classic 80s never get sick of this, Ron is so cool. Oh & that Redhead 😉

supers souvenirs ,on ne se prenait pas la tête, un look d'enfer; ces années là ;on vite passées.

Such a brilliant duo can't believe I overlooked them in the 80's. Just watched their documentary and absolutely loved it. They stood their ground from everyone and kept their creativity

@paulhendricks7967

2 жыл бұрын

showboat is one of the greatest ballads ever written, right behind yesterday

@mikekaraoke

2 жыл бұрын

Why did you overlook them in the 80's!

@kyachdistent1301

Жыл бұрын

I can't (or rather CAN) believe the 80s overlooked them themselves. While it was the best decade for music, it was always the shitty dahlings of the music press and puerile shit that got the attention (even over the best 80s people), so naturally this happened with the Sparkies.

@cornstar1253

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like every other pop band in the 80s Nothing original.

@andylane3739

Жыл бұрын

​@@cornstar1253 hey, yer dumb

A radio station in my area which plays a lot of independent music plays this song a lot. I did not know this song was from the early 80's I had thought it was just a couple years old.

@alanstrom2221

2 жыл бұрын

Yes MIkey, this is from 1980. Topped the Australian Music Charts.

@defenestrator214

2 жыл бұрын

What station? I'd love to see if I could stream it

Morceau " spécial " très typé !!!! Début des années 80 !!!!

Great song. The extended version is even better.

I think sparks have done it all... From (glam rock, west cost pop, pop rock, synth pop, techno, classical opera,) what a unique band... Sure they're the best band in the history of music

@annabackman3028

4 жыл бұрын

Swing. "Looks, looks, looks" and I think "Get in the swing" partly is swing, it's a sort of hybrid. Jazzy anyway. Then we have the songs "Gone with the wind", "Here comes Bob" and "It ain't 1918". I'm not sure if Profile can be in that group of "silent movie music", though the others are ragtime (I think..., but played around 1915- -30, I'm not young, but not that old 😂). Yes, they varie their music! 😁 🤩💖

@CH0MSKYH0NK

4 жыл бұрын

them and the band Ween

@gabryaelharrisson9852

4 жыл бұрын

But unfortunately they're underrated...

@snapdragonfly6652

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@kyachdistent1301

Жыл бұрын

@@gabryaelharrisson9852 Predictably too. Best acts always are or we wouldn't have to keep calling them that. Be basic and generally shit like slagdonna, Tina Turner, Bee Gees, Madness, Phil Collins, S/A/W and all the crap of the past 40 years in the music scene (virtually all of it then) and the world will and must love you.

Ron could have definitely been an actor. He's good at keeping still, too.

Liked this when it came out.... and 40 !!!! Years on. I am still listening...

Ce Clip est une Oeuvre d' Art !

@Mrtophe66

Жыл бұрын

Du tres grand spark avec les freres ron russel mael

I love the synth trumpet lead and the "with you, with you, with you".

@sophiepooks2174

Жыл бұрын

Some trivial geek synth head trivia is very likely an Obeheim OBXA agree it's a great riff.

@jean-erictateia3273

2 ай бұрын

we ,too ...

Que de bon souvenir d'Angleterre des Année 1980🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

Incredibile Is how I like this song that I'm coming everyday to listening it....oh the 80's... although this song is 1979 it's the 80's melos...

Un grand tube des années 80's ❤️

This song lives rent free in my head!

Beautiful, melancholy lyrics hidden inside a cool candy-coated synth-pop song.

kisses from Switzerland glad for those who knew this period ( Gstaad)

First live band I ever saw back in 1974! Awesome band ... still to this day!

@garrystubbs4891

Жыл бұрын

Me too ! At the Liverpool Empire as a 14 year old....Still here, and still going to all the live shows nearly 50 years later !

Oh.... thank heaven for Todd Rundgren![Always the visionary] Discovered and produced the Mael Bros in 69-70. [then known as HALFNELS0N] Since then, a half a century of fantastically fun, cerebrally silly, preciously pure pop-rock music!! Ahead of their time....50 years later !!

A band so well known, that almost no one in the US has ever heard of them.

@tylerhughlett5659

3 жыл бұрын

I'm here because of weird al. Now I've dug myself in this weird sparks hole

@LordsofMedia

3 жыл бұрын

too gay for USA

@horaciohernandez598

3 жыл бұрын

With the new documentary, that’s about to change.

@rexsexson5349

2 жыл бұрын

Here as a happy accident. TVT Records ➡️ Oglio Records ➡️ Sparks. Name just stuck out so I checked them out. This video popped up and bam! Love it!

@miguelhrd

2 жыл бұрын

Take a wild guess we're they're from?

Sparks atemporal... timeless!

The greatest.

Russell is so handsome in black tie!

How could I have forgotten this song existed????? I loved it when it came out!

This is where u *start* on SPARKS 💙💙💙

@j.maxell3030

Жыл бұрын

Sparks bajo el sonido del padre, pionero y fundador de la EDM y sus 2 primeros generos el NRG & Synthpop Giorgio⚡Moroder. Un grupo más de la masa de Rockeros & Punk Convertidos de finales de los 70s que tomaron la EDM.

Was listening to Coming Up by Paul McCartney. Saw the Ron Mael comments.Did some research. Found Sparks.And eventually worked my way to this good catchy song that I enjoy.

@jean-erictateia3273

2 ай бұрын

i like so much too "Coming Up" and Paul McCARTNEY is one of my favourite great Singer ,too with THE WINGS and since i was young with "The BEATLES"...

dam i like this song = )

Quels sons merveilleux ....quelle magnifique époque musicalement ....quel bonheur d écouter à nouveau ce titre

It’s the break in the song when I should say something special. But the pressure is on and I can’t think of something special. I love the simple honesty of that.

The most british of american bands !

@mpatrickthomas

4 жыл бұрын

Didnt they originally come from Germany???What just fun music.

@devchabek8728

3 жыл бұрын

@@mpatrickthomas italy disco May be ?

@ar_xiv

3 жыл бұрын

@@devchabek8728 los angeles baby

@user-lw8dr6xx8i

3 жыл бұрын

@@mpatrickthomas They are Americans from California, their German-Italian disco producer Giorgio Moroder lived in Los Angeles and still lives there now

@jrmetmoi

3 жыл бұрын

Michael Thomas they're American

I love Ron's smile, and think that this video may be very deep.

Que de souvenirs 😊

J'adore

Top 20 hit in Australia 1980. "Special".

@hostmasta

6 жыл бұрын

Yep loved it........Countdown!!!

@davidcopson5800

4 жыл бұрын

Did you say something special?

@PardoItalo

4 жыл бұрын

Number one in France!

You seldom hear this on the radio. Thanks

Fantastic

Great fun 💚

They’re legends. 👍🇬🇧

Love those cheap 80's videos. What they lacked in budget, they made up for in creativity.

@morbidmanmusic

3 жыл бұрын

It is old.

@angiedawn4579

3 жыл бұрын

They weren’t cheap then. The equipment was less sophisticated. Lots of live filming. From an extremely old person who lived through the eighties…😀

@MXB2001

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I always say too.

@jean-erictateia3273

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely !

@danielescobar7618

2 ай бұрын

When you're this creative you don't have to spend to make up for a lack of

I’m really well adjusted when I’m with you, what a great line

@annabackman3028

4 жыл бұрын

"I never feel like garbage when I'm with you I almost feel normal when I'm with you" A pre 'All That' line! Or rather, the whole song is🥰. (From the new album 'A Steady Drip Drip Drip'

@pbattis1

4 жыл бұрын

So you're a Dead Kennedy's fan and a Sparks fan? That's awesome.

@ForARide

3 жыл бұрын

@@pbattis1 that's how it should be. Too many people are so narrow minded, they'll listen to one or two different genres only. Almost any music genre has their gems, they just have to be found. Apart from loving The Sparks and DK, I also enjoy listening to John Coltrane, The Dubliners, Edith Piaf, Beethoven, John Cale, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Johnny Cash, Caberet Voltaire, Public Enemy, The Kinks, Astor Piazzolla etc. If more people would open up to different ideas, cultures and aspects of life, maybe this planet would be a less violent place.

found this through the idkhow pre/post show playlist on spotify, it’s a total vibe!

I love how there still making music 🎶 😍👏🏻😄

@mateoindiego

6 жыл бұрын

Eskiez 900 .....and killing it!

So glad to have found this. So many blurry memories Hahahaha

I remember this video. Saw it a lot on MTV back then. I think the song is great. Russell is scary and cute at the same time as a dummy and Ron is so charming and handsome. His smile is awesome🌞🌞❤️❤️

@annabackman3028

4 жыл бұрын

NO-ONE has such a contagious smile as Ron!

@velmad3091

4 жыл бұрын

Anna Backman Yes, that is right! 🙂👍

Blast from the past 🤘

it was the 80's... good old times :)

Now this song has won me over. Time to listen to all their albums.

This is exactly how we feel about the Endlessly Delightful Music of Sparks. Forever Thanks to You Both, along with your many bandmates and collaborators over the years. Cheers! Always Be Listening...

La première et meilleure version! Minimaliste ! C’était un son très nouveau à l’époque ❤❤❤

Très belle musique de la jeunesse

Sheer genius... Loved watching them on Top of the Pops back in the day....

Even talking heads think these 2 are too new wave........nice to see Ron smile.....

I love this song. Holy cheese balls!

I am a great fan from the beginning....great, kisses from FRANCE

Sparks j ❤❤❤❤

47 années de créations géniales.

@Mrtophe66

Жыл бұрын

Les sparks groupe tres mal connus 40 de carriere avec les frere russel et ron meal qui est toujours egal a lui meme dans son extravangance qui ont pourtant influencer plelns de groupes musicaux

Ron is as demonic in this video as ever :)

I only time I ever saw Sparks on TV was as part of the LA Olympics ceremony in 1984. Never paid much attention then and only started appreciating them a couple of years ago. Great we have KZread for all these great bands to discover!.

Estuve buscando este tema por años y años, y lo encontré en el 2022 , tengo 53años y lo escuche última vez en 1979, en mi vieja casa.

Sparks music just light up life. Don't know how or why.

Wow I'm so glad I just discovered these guys! It reminds me of when I first discovered Oingo Boingo or Thomas Dolby. Their musical versatility is pretty amazing. Love it!

@kyachdistent1301

Жыл бұрын

Oingo who?

Amo esta canción. 🖤