Заканчивались 70е, начинались 80е! Золотой век!!! )))))

Such an iconic song. The first 2 albums are so brilliant ❤️🎶

They were great live. The early line up is by far superior. They were super arty but with a pop flavour. Like a british kraftwerk really.

@incumbentvinyl9291

25 күн бұрын

I agree. While the more mainstream line up did have its moments, this is more artistic with ease.

"with concentration, my size increased, and now I'm thirteen stories high"... no one, nothing? alright moving along. haha great reaction by the lead singer

New Order, Human League, Soft Cell, Cabaret Volataire... you'd see any of them play live and there'd always be "accidents"... machines crashed... synths went funny (they were analogue and temperamental...) and there'd be half hour breaks where fans got pissed off and the band were frantically trying to restart everything again with the backliners. But... it was part of the atmosphere... we were looking at "the Furute", so these things were bound to happen.

@alfal-phabits8533

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah_Sure "the Furute"? Don't you mean "the Future"?

@chinocracy

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah_Sure when you're doing a powerpoint presentation, then your computer crashes

@UKAlanR

4 жыл бұрын

I saw the League (original line-up), and the Cabs, and neither time did anything like that happen.

@morkygorky

2 жыл бұрын

And when you go to an Alison Moyet concert today she flunks s couple of words, and insists on starting the song over :-D

@icemanbuchanon7728

Жыл бұрын

..don't forget Steve Strange

I´m speechless. The early Human League was by far the best new wave/new romantic act that ever happened.I think their concept of sound and lyrics was mind blowing for this period.Hehe, what did the presenter say? "Inspiration for Gary Numan"? You better guess so :-) Great great clip, thank you very much for this gem!

@shiningbluenebula

3 жыл бұрын

This proves that when Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware left to form Heaven 17 it was a blessing to everyone because we ended up getting two bands which is great.

@humanchannel7825

2 жыл бұрын

@@shiningbluenebula omd is better

@marguskiis7711

Жыл бұрын

they were so unpleasant to listen. They could not play any instrument.

@StrawPerson-xq9ko

6 ай бұрын

Thats when i love them best!

Ah, just love the Human League. Great upload. I can't even begin to talk about how much vinyl I have of this band. Reproduction is one of the most underrated albums out there.

If you are of a certain age and went to 'alternative' club nights back in the early 80s, there's a good chance you danced to this, followed by Bowie's Queen Bitch and topping off with Iggy Pop's The Passenger. Those were indeed the days my friends.

I actually had all the early Human League albums on vinyl and stopped following them when the two bints were taken on board. I now realise that I had litttle in the way of discernment back then but I was only 18 at the time. For me, the true pioneer of British synth music was John Foxx.

Love this song, I remember it playing very loud as a floor-filling crowd favourite in a nightclub in Sunderland in 1980. Great.

Numan really stepped in and took over, these guys and others Ultravox, OMD were carving the path though.Hats off to Numan he saw an opportunity and took, respect to the forerunners!

@davidtomlins1917

7 жыл бұрын

Chris Hack numan started in 77 2years before human leagues first record. The presenter hasn't got a fucking clue what he's talking about

@bigjoescientist

6 жыл бұрын

Gary Numan: "... I get such a lot of credit for being a pioneer and I’m really uncomfortable with that because I’m very aware of how many people that were doing it before I was. Certainly in the UK there was Ultravox and Human League." At that time, many musicians were developing synthpop (or whatever you want to call it) in parallel... each, no doubt, influenced by the output of the others.

@Garylpool1

5 жыл бұрын

Numan started off with his band Tubeway Army in the mid 70's as 3 piece punk band so they would get a record deal (Numan has said this from the beginning). He discovered a synth in the recording studio and from then on with his music writing everything changed. He was a great influence and changed peoples perceptions of electrical music from what most people considered was a novelty way of making music (Also people thought it was a cheating way as you didnt have to learn how to play guitar), to an important part of our musical history. His popularity brought The Human League, OMD, Ultravox the acceptance and audience that without him they would never have had. There is also a strong argument that he led the way to the emergence of what was called 'The New Romantics'.

@jasonritchie8475

3 жыл бұрын

@@votive3946 indeed, Foxx was his influence. He's said that in quite a few interviews over the years....

@adampickford6405

Жыл бұрын

Human League bigger than Numan imo

Phil's look at 1:56 when somone (Martyn?) was supposed to say "at least" is hilarious

Since I was very young I realized I never wanted to be human size So I avoid the crowds and traffic jams They just remind me of how small I am Because of this longing in my heart I'm going to start the growing up I'm going to grow now and never stop Think like a mountain, grow to the top Tall, tall, tall, I want to be tall, tall, tall As big as a wall, wall, wall, as big as a wall, wall, wall And if I'm not tall, tall, tall, then I will grow, grow, grow Because I'm not tall, tall, tall, tall, tall, tall, tall, tall Tall, tall, tall, I want to be tall, tall, tall As big as a wall, wall, wall, as big as a wall, wall, wall And if I'm not tall, tall, tall, then I will grow, grow, grow Because I'm not tall, tall, tall, tall, tall, tall, tall, tall With concentration My size increased And now I'm fourteen stories high At least!! Empire state human Just a bored kid I'll go to Egypt to be A pyramid Tall, tall, tall, I want to be tall, tall, tall As big as a wall, wall, wall, as big as a wall, wall, wall And if I'm not tall, tall, tall, then I will grow, grow, grow Because I'm not tall, tall, tall, tall, tall, tall, tall, tall Tall, tall, tall, I want to be tall, tall, tall As big as a wall, wall, wall, as big as a wall, wall, wall And if I'm not tall, tall, tall, then I will grow, grow, grow Because I'm not tall, tall, tall, tall, tall, tall, tall, tall Brick by brick Stone by stone Growing till he's fully grown Brick by brick Stone by stone Growing till he's fully grown Fetch more water Fetch more sand Biggest person in the land Fetch more water Fetch more sand Biggest person in the land

@ericrhodes5174

Жыл бұрын

Insecurity

@eugene-leveque

14 күн бұрын

🙏🏼 Merci pour les paroles. 🕺🏻🎼

My sisters era (7 years older than me) but I used to sneak into her room when she was out and dance about to her Human League and Duran Duran albums :-)

Absolutely! A milestone and a masterpiece!

@tompom89 YAY! Someone else in the world besides ME who LOVES watching the reel-to-reel tape machine! Isn't it just DIVINE!

I just watched this 3x in a row. Brilliant.

as a 14 yr old running riot in St Helens this type of music was the future of electronic, but what when wrong with the Human League was commercialism, first two albums great , then the group split in half, and the rest is history.

@Krimewave186

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. The first two albums were far superior to Dare.

They were visually interesting at a time when most bands had to jump around and get sweaty in order to appear so. Adrians slides were pivotal to their image. They were one of the most influential electronic outfits ever to come out of britain really. It was such a shame Ware and co split cos this was when the league were sonically and visually at their most interesting.

Thanks for uploading the presenters intro too.

And people say skrillex is doing something new..

Support to Siouxsie & Banshees, 1978. Brill.

Это один из ОСНОВАТЕЛЕЙ Новой Волны и электронной музыки. Человек чувствовал электронику. Умопотрясающе, это же 19*9 год !!!!! Супер композиция.

Amazing band - amazing song...a true classic Xxxx

Great upload of this classic! Love the clanky old Roland at 2:48 ...

Wow, truly a GEM. Thank you! :)

If I remember the band history correctly, *this song* was written before the two founding members left (!) - leaving the lead singer, and associated musicians. Many were apprehensive of the Human League's future... but the lead singer (______, and featured here) pressed on, and immediately hired two female singers, to complete a scheduled tour. The tour was successfully accomplished, and soon, the hit's "Don't You Want Me", and "Fascination" came out, and the rest was history....

Cheers for the post. Excellent.

I've wanted to to see this video three years after it aired. Thank you so much for posting it. A friend of mine posted it on FaceBook for me today and I've been playing it all day!

Love it, i've lost count how many times i've seen the league now, they still do this one now.

Thank you for my youth...

awsome retro stuff many thx : )

@interjet thank you for uploading this. really.

fetch more water, fetch more sand, biggest person in the land

I dont think the League were a bad live band. There is a full one hour live cassette recording here on yt:"The Human League - Live, "Markthalle", Hamburg, 25.11.1980" Only some weeks after the split with Ware/Marsh. But with all the old songs of the first original League. And it is fantastic live.

Amazing track, Amazing video .. all fu&#ing incredible!

Just how character Andy Dwyer on Parks and Recreation discovered his favourite food was butter, I have discovered my favourite music genre is any tune containing stupid noises. It takes a lot to break away from mainsteam and hammer down your own interest for interesting and novel new sounds. Love the guy just hammering the keyboard, all of the sustains, all of the time, looked like they had fun putting that live version together.

Thought to put it up as people only seem to think they only did Path Of Least Resistance from this show....Ive had this for about 15 odd years now.

the presenter looks like Chris Evans with a curly wig. Never seen this before. Thanks for uploading

Just love it!

Great song!

This is great live.

Another thumbs up here 👍

Brilliant xx

What a complete GEM

@senorverde09 Adrian Wright doing the Slides.

Rare great upload

the voice of youth,the presenter was still wearing flared jeans

*Merci beaucoup* ♥

Hey this is ace! I'd only ever seen "Path of Least Resistance" before from this show. Phil's on the brink of losing it the whole time :0) The best bit is at the end when Martyn starts singing too (did he forget midway!? Sounds like someone was supposed to go "At least!" but forgot)

SO DAMN GOOD NEW WAVE FOR LIFE

Amazing, seen them on the Dare tour. I would have loved to see the original line up live.

A huge influence for so many. I wonder if they see themselves as such. A real pity if they dont. I heard a book about Martyn Ware is forthcoming. Hope so. A vastly underated artist.

class song

@spikexmtz My guess is that Martin's Jupiter 4 was playing the main squarewave riff, while Ian's System 100 was doing drums. The tape player was probably used for the chunk-chunk-chunk bassline.

Classic Human League. Should had been a Hit.

Amazing! He lost a storey somewhere!;-)

Live, there is a punky edge to their music which takes it beyond Kraftwerk cloning - it sometimes sounds like it’s all going to fall apart, the timing is imperfect, human (!) The song is almost certainly more influenced by the Doctor Who theme than Kraftwerk anyway. These guys are looking to scare us, not soothe. It’s fascinating that the BBC Radiophonic Orchestra would seed electronic music in the UK in a very different way to the rest of the world.

@ussrwrestling

3 ай бұрын

>Live, there is a punky edge to their music which takes it beyond Kraftwerk cloning Minimalism! )))

@MrMusicbyMartin

3 ай бұрын

@@ussrwrestling Yeah but not like a polite and perfectly-played Steve Reich minimalism, more like the Scratch Orchestra!

I have been a fan of The Human League 1995-1998 and 2012-present.Philip Oakey looked very young and very hot in this video.He was so brave when he had a lopsided haircut.

@QuadMochaMatti

3 жыл бұрын

It's even braver to have a ginger/blonde 'fro, like the presenter.

Heard this for the first time in 1979 at the only gay club in Hull at the time. I was back from Uni to meet some of my old 6 form mates. I still remember that moment - Truly blown away by this new sound

@spikexmtz - not 100% sure about Human League, but when I saw Depeche Mode from Jenkinsons bar in Brighton, they used the tape machine as a backing track, with live keyboards played over the top. No drummer on stage meant you needed to have some kind of backing. Only problem was when it came to doing an encore they had to rewind the tape!!! Wouldn't happen today. ;o) Would imagine the Human League were using the same principle, drums and additional synts on the reel to reel.

this video is fucking awesome. thanks

Cool aye.

Trying to get to grips with the Akai MPK2 61 in Logic X.... Damn... if only Martyn Ware was here.... I could use his help right now.

06 November 1979

Check out Body Electric from Wellington NZ . Kiwi equivalent of Human League. Big Gaz' on vocals a full on size front rower' AB!!

WUNDERBAR!

Die magnetscheibe band Maschine

quality!

great year the league..o.m.d...numan etc

rare as fuck,thanks for posting

early hml ,you cant beat them.

@madcapoperator He's Andy Batten-Foster & now an empire state sized executive for the BBC. Probably earns a fortune !!

@spikexmtz: The chunk-chunk-bassline sounds very much like it's coming from the MiniKorg 700S-synthesizer, and that's not on stage, so it must be on tape. The drum sounds are probably on there too - too dangerous to do that "live" on unstable equipment - how they synced drums and bass, I don't know ...

@feline1973

3 ай бұрын

Most of their live sound was on the reel to reel tape machine. I've read interviews from Phil saying 'I had a microphone, and Ian & Martin would sometime play lines that were already on the tape anyway'

In a word: Fuckingawesome!!!

I loved the beginning especially the guys face right before Human League was introduced and started performing.. Phil's hair looks soft.

@James-hd6ez

10 ай бұрын

That's because he used Silverkrin ....now he just uses Mr Sheen.

Whoa, is that a ginger 'fro? I wish I had that much hair now. It would certainly help cut down on the heating bills. I'd likely have more of a strawberry blonde pompadour though, because my hair has been wavy, but never that curly.

Fetch more water fetch more sand biggest person in the land

I AM 26/8/1979

00:33 oh, yeah baby

This song always reminds me of a huge friend who f’d himself up on steroids.

Was this a music programme from the Open University? :)

@Davmicon

4 жыл бұрын

Yup I remember this module being introduced by ginge on a sandwich course between Quantume theory of matter and the string theory and gravity.

AT LEAST!!!

lol why doesn't Martin sing the backing vocals until the end? It's ahine!

The Human League were great in the beginning. Listen to Future Tapes, Reproduction, Travelogue

man, is Phil Oakey not the coolest singer of that era in looks alone?!?

Lollipop Chainsaw brought me here :D

@nutster9000 Probably he expected it to be recorded..

This song could be about the psychological danger of inflation, the seductive confusion of the transpersonal bigness of contents of the collective unconscious with the individual, personal ego.

@electrozaps

2 жыл бұрын

Naa.. it’s just a pop song about a little guy who wants to be taller 😂

@anonymoushuman8344

2 жыл бұрын

From some of the lyrics it sounds like he's building sandcastles and pretending to be a giant. "Fetch more water. Fetch more sand . . ." It could just be about that. Or just wanting to be huge in other ways. But I still want it to be a metaphor about the dangers of inflation. 🙂

Beezer.

If only Phil had been considered for Dr Who.

The REAL Human League. Phil Oakey never could sing, but that's the point. This live version is bloody ace.

@iggydip

3 жыл бұрын

Phil Oakley could never sing. He sang pretty well the last time I saw him. It’s an early tv performance and nerves probably played a part in it. It’s not that bad. So your point is that if you play in a synthesiser band it’s better that you can’t sing.

Got a Electropop Remix of Raquel Josephs, "My Body." I done it using FL Studios 7. Hope yous listen to it soon. Thanks.

barnet on that dude

hes been practising in front of the mirror!

big muff

@tompom89 Real computers have wheels that spin.

Let's see, we have Martyn on the left with his Jupiter 4, Ian in the middle cranking out the beats on the System 100, but who's all the way on the right?

@feline1973

3 ай бұрын

Adrian Wright on slides

lollipop chainsaw....... cool song though

@nutster9000 I'think phil looked that way because martyn ware forgot to sing it ;) he has a micro but never used it through the whole song?