Imagine this: It's the 80s and I'm a kid from Buenos Aires, Argentina ... there is no internet ... there are no cell phones .... and these boys appear on a tv channel !!! They are one of the most unjustly forgotten groups ... or at least they had less success ... Today I am 45 and there is always a place in the radios of my country for Bow down ... Build or Happy hour Forever love for Housemartins

@AlejandroGilardenghi

4 жыл бұрын

Yo conocí a esta banda gracias a que Petti en la cortina final de Duro de Domar cerraba con Bow Down.. shazamee la canción, y de ahí empecé a investigar quienes fueron Housemartins.. temazos

@bipedalame

4 жыл бұрын

I'm from Glasgow. Maradona Ireland and Las Malvinas were more important

@Jay_Kay_Redpill

3 жыл бұрын

Well said brother ... I lived through those great years with you!

@mikekaraoke

3 жыл бұрын

You had all that right in 1986, Except there were mobile phones My dad had the Motorola 8000 X, And my uncle had this-kzread.info/dash/bejne/nWqWlrCtesepeJs.html I mean mobiles are in pop culture in the 80's sooo very confused here

@RP-nr8kq

3 жыл бұрын

Jose, tengo 52. En esa epoca vivia en Parque Chas. Me acuerdo de haber ido a comprar 2 cassettes a Churba (Juramento y Cabildo) recien salian los CDs, y valian carisimo. En una de esas cuevas vendian las copias en cassette (TDK) . que lindos tiempos esos. abrazo -- 262 / 5000 Jose, I'm 52. At that time I lived in Parque Chas. I remember having gone to buy 2 cassettes in Churba (Juramento and Cabildo), the CDs just came out, and they were very expensive. In one of those caves they sold the copies on cassette (TDK). what beautiful times those. hug

17 year old from India here, never thought I'd discover a song like this, but here I am! Loving it ❤

An absolute classic from a very underrated band. Lyrics to die for. "Now apathy is happy that it won without a fight"

@battlepopebeers9492

8 ай бұрын

sorry......the house martins underrated? where and when?

Always preferred the housemartins to the beautiful south. A great song.

I have no words. ❤️ This track transports me back to happier simpler times in my life when me and all my friends were proper friends. We all knew each other so well and knew exactly what each other was doing. We're all still friends to this day, but not like back in the 80s and 90s. It makes me a little sad and I want to go back. Thanks for the memories.

@Roscoe.P.Coldchain

Жыл бұрын

Women get in the way unfortunately

@Broady2212

Жыл бұрын

​@@Roscoe.P.Coldchain ain't that the truth pal.

@andynicoll5593

5 ай бұрын

Ahh.. the good ole days living in the fear of nuclear war.. no wait 🤪😉😉

@AdventureIreland

3 ай бұрын

I totally agree with you Broady, we should all think for a minute, stop for a minute, reflect on happier times and try to attain what we once had (inner harmony)

@nevango0690

19 сағат бұрын

Times a bitch eh, nothing you can do unforr

One of my favorite songs of all time. One of the most underrated talents, ever. Reminds me of my youth.

@josea.5295

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@ElPrat-kd6vm

3 жыл бұрын

👏👏

@replicas11

3 жыл бұрын

Never underrated, I Don’t think anyone has a bad word for The Housemartins. This is a masterpiece of a song.

@roguebuddha

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, yes and absolutely YES!!!

I died for the Housemartins in the 80ties. Finally a band that was as "ugly" as me, but witty and intelligent. Their first album is a must and I still regularly play it. Married now with 3 adult kids and no worries about looks anymore.

One of the best songs of all time ❤

Song for my 47th birthday. Too young to appreciate them at the time, but it was the background music to being young. You can see what they were doing so clearly now, very pure.

Such a beautiful song. Paul Heaton has an amazing voice.

@rjjcms1

Жыл бұрын

Certainly a most recognisable one.

I'm back listening to this classic what a talented group they where.

What a fucked up time we live in today. I wish I could be transported back to my 80's youth ... Those were the most beautiful days.

@peteandurnot

5 ай бұрын

They only seemed beautiful cos we were kids. Think about it though, the cold War, aids was rampant, racism was rife, there were fights everywhere, Northern Ireland etc. if we went abroad it would cost a fortune to keep in touch with lived ones and family back home. The 80s were not all that great really

@alanmusicman3385

2 ай бұрын

People in the 1980s were looking back to the 1960s and saying EXACTLY the same thing about the 1980s - and so it goes on. Always be careful that you are not simply becoming generically anti-change - some things are better, some things are worse. Change always creates wins and losses.

@matthewlewis2072

Ай бұрын

Trust me, the '80s were f**ked up, too

Paul Heaton - one of the best songwriters of the last 30 years!

@johnpower812

8 жыл бұрын

+Trevor Buckley Don't forget Dave Rotheray. Instrumental in the success of the Beautiful South

@stevebb2915

7 жыл бұрын

no doubt

@miyukishijisha8540

5 жыл бұрын

Good musician, BUT lousy politician.

@geoffreyjonathanwilson5826

5 жыл бұрын

He is

@dazauto1400

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Stan Cullimore too. A genius.

a brilliant song, when I first heard it I thought, this must be a cover of a classic song.amazng.

this is one band i really wish i had seen live, they were just my teen years and all i have to do is listen and im back there ty paul etc you still make me smile xxxxxx

reminds me of my first car , me and the love of my life on the back seat in lovers lane,castlemain xxxx cooling in the footwell,never realising life would never get any better than that,life all mapped out, funny how a few chords of a song transport you back to 1988 as if it was yesterday , will treasure them for ever-thanks samantha jane owen from wednesbury for everthing you gave me - I STILL LOVE YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Voice of an angel, great wit and some songwriter.

From September 1986, when music was music!!Now, nearly 30 years later, this is better than all the bullshit of today!!

@henningpetzschke9524

6 жыл бұрын

if u seriously think that u should think for a minute. the fact that u thinkk that actually juts means ure too lazy to really delve into modern music

@leehaberfield736

6 жыл бұрын

Agree I'm 28 wish I was born before 89 for the music

@watervanestragedy7336

5 жыл бұрын

Jesus bloody Christ.

@nickburton100

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed: this group came from a great city: Hull-my second home.

@lemagnifiq1

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

I loved the group in '86-'87 when I was 13-14.Still love the band now!

All my life looking for this song. Thought was Smiths. Now I'm happy

I never understood the English until I had the opportunity to read the lyrics online today. And this is very impressive! The visual performance and the presentation of the song that bring it all across: We have style, we have human value and we are singing beautifully about human and social dispair brought on by social economical change, we have anticipated. This song we can sing all over Europe, it is strong and at the same time peaceful. Only people in England it seems can have such style.

@replicas11

3 жыл бұрын

Top comment 👍

@Adneybushdoctor

Жыл бұрын

and made in 1986 , foreshadowing today

@rjjcms1

10 ай бұрын

Very different in mood to the midsummer Top 3 hit Happy Hour it followed as their next single,it was deservedly a Top 20 hit in the autumn of 1986.

Handsome Devil movie brought me here!

@whyamievenhere9274

7 жыл бұрын

pretty312 same, and it made me cry 👍

@MustachePandaVlogs

7 жыл бұрын

pretty312 yes me too :,,))

@danieljrawcliffe

7 жыл бұрын

same! Soundtrack of this film is brilliant.

@darcypiche

6 жыл бұрын

Yepppp

@user-eu8pq1qz9t

6 жыл бұрын

me too

Stuck in my head today What a great time for music.. I'm proud to have grown up weaned on these kind of tunes .. god bless the 80s!!

Paul and Norman went on to do so much……different fields of music but just as brilliant

That trumpet solo is always so good.

@Rufusdos

11 ай бұрын

…something this song has in common with “Johnny Come Home” by Fine Young Cannibals!

One of the best pop videos of the 80s

Favourite Housemartins song ever.

Paul Heaton is a top bloke, top footballer........and born to entertain...pure class.

@trixie8009

Жыл бұрын

He's a footballer too?

I Forgot how good a song this is , the memories are flooding back to me , 😃

I had this video on a Betamax tape back in the 80's. Fantastic song, fantastic video, fantastic upload! Thanks a mill. :)

I remember being about 5/6 years old and this playing in the back ground on the way to Blackpool in the car with my Dad who was an avid fan. He even drove us down to the Pub in Hull where the band used to drink. Good memories.

Played this at my brothers funeral god how i miss him. Hold your siblings close

I remember when this came out, I always thought it was a really catchy great song, but it wasn't until someone posted the lyrics in the verses that it really hit me, it's one of those songs that its difficult to work out what he's singing about apart from the chorus (obviously) really clever appropriate lyrics when you think it came out 30 odd years ago, still relevant now, that's what a great song is all about, timeless.

@pauldickinson6943

2 жыл бұрын

for some strange reason I didn't really take a lot of notice of the lyrics, just the melody and the chorus, ( and I'm a guitarist) it's always the melody that hooks you, there was a a band from Liverpool that were really good at that, unfortunately I can't remember what they were called.

@pauldickinson6943

2 жыл бұрын

who's the bloke in shadow with the enormous ears at the end?

Don’t focus on what’s ‘cool’ focus on what’s beautiful.

I had never heard this song until a couple of weeks ago When Fatboy Slim played it on a radio programme for the BBC. A beautiful track

I used to always have a cassette of The Housemartins in my pocket to take to house parties as a teenager. I hope one day they get the kudos they deserve.

@grahamcheesman2252

3 жыл бұрын

Oh those were the best days, sadly so long ago now

There really were some amazing male vocals in the 80's, not like now. Guys back then grew up on a steady diet of Motown and it really showed in the 80's, glad I experienced it!

Gotta love Hugh! Saw him in some fusion outfit a year or so ago, really great sound!

One of the greatest songs of the 80’s or ever

These lyrics ❤️ this song. I was 12 years old when I first heard it. I'm sorry to admit of forgotten all about it. It's could do with being re- released, it's very relevant at the moment.

My favourite Housemartins song. Sublime all the way through.

Relatable in 2020 COVID-19 world!

30 years later this song is my home town, close all industries and make the people fight among themselves

From this cauldron came some great bands and acts, from Fatboy Slim to The Beautiful South, and this song is a timeless classic. What vocals! And those who used to say hello, Now simply pass you by…. Have a nice final day 😵

Housemartins was so important for the rise of the brit pop man.

Just heard this song today...I’ve not heard it in years.....what a great track April 2020

amazing band beautiful music great lyrics now lost in time....... thanks for the memories............

The old good times indeed, the 80's what else ! :-) ,thanks for posting

This is the first time I’ve heard this song and it normally takes a few plays before a song grows on me, but boom, it’s going straight on my playlist.

Wow, this could be written for today.

Beautiful. .....

Housemartins WOW Utterly POWERFUL and INCREDIBLE ! These guys shaped the lives of many movers and shakers! We need this power back now. All we have now is alas APATHY ! What has happened to our youth ? I love the new stuff, but it lacks the true desire to change anything for the best! Love :)

Something's going on, a change is taking place Children smiling in the street have gone without a trace This street used to be full, it used to make me smile And now it seems that everyone is walking single file And many hand their heads in shame That used to hold them high And those that used to say hello Simply pass you by Think for a minute, stop for a minute Think for a minute, stop for a minute I always said it could, they never though it would The people look so pitiful, I'm thinking that it should And now it's almost here, now its on its way I can't help saying told you so and have a nice final day And nothing I could say Could ever make them see the light Now apathy is happy that It won without a fight Think for a minute, Stop for a minute Think for a minute, Stop for a minute And many hang their heads in shame that used to hold them high {Think for a minute} And those that used to say hello simply pass you by {Stop for a minute} Think for a minute, stop for a minute Think for a minute, stop for a minute

@olliewilson9616

5 жыл бұрын

rollership great lyrics

@izpozpeeps

4 жыл бұрын

Lyrics all the more relevant in 2020 🙏

@beckylingwood4405

3 жыл бұрын

Just thinking that x

@doyouneedalittlebag

2 жыл бұрын

It could be the song of Don't Look Up

@rjjcms1

Жыл бұрын

From a time of turbulent change,the public split between those always hurry-scurrying along to the beat of Thatcherism and those languishing on the scrapheap,both sides resigned to their kind of apathy. As in another single out at about that time (start of autumn 1986),Heartland by The The,the cranes moved on the skyline,knocking down the familiar,once cherished but since neglected old and starting to erect the market forces-driven new.

I love The Housemartins and this is my favourite track!

Great to see this song make a reappearance in the Irish film Handsome Devil.

What a great song. This band were amazing in their more poetic moments.

Fantastic this like. they are first band i ever loved and that made me listen to lyrics " i was 11 " and used to steal my sisters record player to play this. i still hold all there songs in the highest regard shame that only 2 albums got made. Paul Heaton is easy in my top ten of male vocalist with blue eyed soul. they were a mighty band

Canções que nos emocionam!!!

pure, really pure it's an encapsulated bubble of pure perfection thanks Housemartin people

Here after a watching handsome devil...loved the movie loved the song ❤️..I'm glad they chose this song and I got introduced.

What a magnificent tune

LONDON 0 HULL 4! I love the simple lefty politics in the album, Paul Heaton has a good heart.

@empyrealcultist1992

3 жыл бұрын

In general they may be but this song is starkly reactionary. As it reminisces of the England of old slipping away for the worse.

Social sadness, lyrically neat pop classic 👍🏽

Handsome Devil💙💙💙💙

Paul Heaton you lift my soul

Loved this back then love it to bits right now will love this til I’m toast ❤️

The first bars take me right back to the 80’s

What a band, even though Hugh got sent down for assault and Stan opened a veggie cafe that went bust, I still love them with all my heart. Hull 4 London Nil was rarely off the playlist in my mum's pub, one of the last bands I remember where they were universally loved by old and young.

Re-liked years later, still flippin ace in 2021 👌

Still a great song... 30 plus years later.

@rjjcms1

Жыл бұрын

Love it. Think I might have the 7" of it somewhere.

So powerful,yet so calm.

When music was music, the shit out today!!!

great songs great band great pubs the grafton and piper club great days and nights in Hull back in the 80s

Genuinely one of my favourite songs of all time. If I ever get the chance to make a band and do a cover I’ll definitely try and cover this. Fucking love the housemartins!

Wonderful, we must think only for a minute!!!!

Now in 2021 how relivent are the words Paul wrote along with build and flag day probually greatest housemartinis song.

Handsome Devil . Brazil ❤️

Handsome Devil !!!

@erinbosque3119

7 жыл бұрын

conor and ned

@katerinapilnikova8038

6 жыл бұрын

More like - thanks, Mr. Sherry.

@miyukishijisha8540

5 жыл бұрын

Really??

@flancite

4 жыл бұрын

X2

Love this tune!!

Great song, timeless.

I'm glad I found this song after watching handsome devil bc I really enjoyed the song

Describes 2020 to a tee

Wow, this head register is something to behold! Astonishing!

Cheers Jason. For my money, this is the best version hands down.

Voci uniche…. Nessun altro come loro ❤️🥰🌹

Love these guys!

Great Lyrics,Great Music, Great Band.

wonderful video, pleased to see it again and no one taking themselves too seriously.

What a great song!

Que lindo tema, por favorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

A BIBLE OF MUSICAL BRILLIANCE .,,PERIOD,,,!!

Una genialidad de banda k maravillosa época los 80 ❤🌷🙏🇦🇷👍👏👏😇

@pauldickinson6943

2 жыл бұрын

I wasn't a big fan of the house Martians but this song is outstanding.

Great Song, I forgot how great this song was.

Love the Eric Morecambe bit from Hugh 😆

in the 80s .... my apartment in Buenos Aires Listening to Horizon radio.... (94.3 FM) Housemartins, Think For a minute and the night I wrote the name of the song in a paper. I m 54 and i still have this one.....

this is an outstanding band!

Great stuff from the boys... plenty of young pretenders to their throne but none will ever cut the mustard. Saw 'em at Tower but had to go back next day for my shoes.... Oh those wonderful memories of sticky threadbare carpet! What a shithole but always good for a laugh and an hour! Might write a song called Tower for an hour...; gotta be a winner!

Poor Hugh 😅😅😅😅 80's teen here....best times ❤❤❤❤

This aged so well...brilliant.Thanks Mi NaNi.

What a voice! Eighties to me. What great time I grew up in just for minute.