Glenn & Chris - Diamond Lights (TOTP 1987)

[TheLkvoice]

my god the 80's were so shit but they were also fantastic to live through.

[RedBryn]

Cheese-us fucking wept!

No doubt it was Glenn's intention to punish us for our sins in a previous lifetime. Crippling stuff!

[PeaveyPV20]

Waddle luks bored as fook. Typical 80s: mullets, dodgy suits n way ova produced records

[thegruffnut]

Glen's fucking loving it. Chris doesnt want to be there

[russ7510]

If a proper band recorded this i reckon this would have been massive because i think this is a really good song

[MulletMcNasty]

nice hair

[davwuh]

Hoddle 'n' Waddle would have been a better name

[MadAndyBeckman]

@davwuh How about Hobble 'n' Wobble.

[VirgLondon2]

Hahaha 2:39 he misses his cue!

[dazcouz]

@VirgLondon2 haha Glenn Hoddle

[Yellowswift3]

I like it.

[HitMeQuick]

You had to be there.

[Adamwarnewoop]

@HitMeQuick No way! This is a timeless classic!

[unseenocean]

Hoddle forgets to mime at 2:40 Hilarious! You can tell Hoddle is loving this and he forced his poor mate Waddle into it! I've heard a lot worse songs by so called musicians though.

[ajarman123]

Its like Match of the Day directed by Michael Mann.

[bobkippuz]

They would be really good if they weren't so fucking shit

[kady7869]

I had a root canal, without anesthetic, while having my eyes drilled out with a blunt low speed drill. Still didn't hurt as much as this shite.

[Angusismyhero]

I'm so jealous that my Dad met Glenn Hoddle, not just because I'm a Spurs fan, but because this is genuinely one of my favourite songs of all time!

[100jonnywoods]

ask ray parlour if he can get a short back and sides???

[luornu]

everyone slags this off and thinks it's hilarious, but I actually really like this song! I love that synth sound! If this had been done by John Foxx era Ultravox or someone like that everyone would say it's a classic! lol

[StoppersREME]

@luornu

I agree mate, it's not a bad tune really. John Foxx would have kicked it up a gear or two, and then it would have been quite awesome. Unfortunately, because of these two, it's paridied as a bit of a joke.

[oriordans]

Hoddle and Waddle. Absolute top quality.

[RahulVelineni]

This should be England's song for euro 2012

[Daveisgoingtokillyou]

Just had the dirtiest wank

[MadAndyBeckman]

@Daveisgoingtokillyou So how long before that were you thinking of the second dirtiest as the dirtiest?

[MystiqueBliss]

i don't get it... is this supposed to be bad? cause i'm loving it!!!!!

[DidloDurante]

Glenn Hoddle will come back in another life disabled because of this.

[EnglishChannel1]

The hair, the outfits, the jewellry, the serious expressions. I have three words to say: ESSEX, ESSEX, ESSEX...

[MrKingofthe80s]

I think Chris had a bit of a pop career in France after this...Glen is taking it so seriously, he even misses his que at times....the best footballers pop song...could have been done by Aha...

[MrKingofthe80s]

Brilliant...love this

[ianhitman]

wha did Hoddle do in a previous lifetime to deserve this? Anyone cracked that gag yet?

[DidloDurante]

@ianhitman yes & I made the same mistake of cracking it again thinking I was the first.

[ianhitman]

@DidloDurante yeah, its such an obvious joke, but its still funny how ever many times you hear it.

[simc18]

Swanny and Jimmy did it better



[DeejayDREAM]

Lmao..

[trashcanalive]

There's a problem with the end of this song - it's much too far away from the beginning.

[hankeyj84]

you can hear the arsenal chanting diamond lights at the lane when they win! :)

[Herzog1012]

What a voice Hoddle. The Caruso of the terraces.

[chandlerbingbong]

proper footballers back then. not like todays overpaid bum-boys

[beeswaxlike]

What the FUCK were they thinking? I mean, WHY? Joke songs from footballers is one thing, but THIS?

[mrbiffolives]

I never knew Chris Waddle's left forearm is disabled...

[Christian28Star]

@mrbiffolives He must have done something bad in a previous life....

[glenp23]

@mrbiffolives  i think aaron lenon suffers from the same problem

[MrKenny1878]

Do the Spurs fans sing this on the terraces?

[hoddlewaddle]

nice one !

[TheDictianary]

Ashes victory song indeed! Love the miming fail at 2:40.

[Sham3214]

@TheDictianary Only if I can play the electric drum kit

[david35648]

HELL OF A TUNE

[eo227]

Swanny and Jimmy Anderson, Ashes 10/11 official victory song anyone?

[CharlieEdwards15]

I don't think this is actually that bad haha

[adds3566]

what a year for music!

[nytix]

see at 2:42 when he forgets to mime

[modkcar]

what what? no HD? facking tat

[Gracchi]

chris waddle, basil boli, tune is way better lol.

[Duty281Returns]

Worringly, I think Glenn is taking this seriously....

[CleanLineFilms]

the drummer's really rocking that jean jacket with the sleeves rolled up

[jackmyers12]

thumbs up if u think this is not qct q bqd song!

[DAJAZDJ1]

if ronaldo's worh x amount of millions what would these 2 be worth now

[lexsoft]

@DAJAZDJ1 Totally 210 million pounds : 200 for their football capability and 10 for their singing one.... ha.ha

[DAJAZDJ1]

@lexsoft £10 million for there singing are u pissed after the new year.Top quality singers would struggle to earn 10m now never mind back in 87

[Kelveron]

Did Chris Waddle suffer a stroke just before this performance? He seems to have have lost the use of his left arm!

[gaza26]

A ok tune mimed by 2 plebs

Like I when Glen forgets to mime when the camera is on close-up

[BORROVAN26]

anyone who can't see they did this for teh lulz shouldn't be allowed access to the internet

[comfibold]

Sounds like Ultravox to me

[rockandroll63]

How uncomfortable does Chris Waddle look?

Brilliantly crap!

[ginrun]

jesus christ, waddle looks like he's about to fall asleep. hoddle is giving it everything, ha ha...

[GrandAlbo]

the more i think about this the more incredible it becomes. this would never ever happen nowadays. its so bad and so good at the same time. THIS is england

[panicbeach69]

Hoddle is as welcome as Aids in Wolverhampton !

[gammergq]

Shame Hoddle never played for liverpool in the 80's ....well of course then we could of had footballs own Hall and Oats.

[varnish76]

Chris Waddle must be the worst dancer in the history of planet earth, he makes Hoddle look like a mover

[chandlerbingbong]

pepe jeans..hahahhaha

[19fugazi71]

love the song, always have done. They are a pair of knobs though

[KarmaE]

Oh this brings back memories! TYSM for posting this!

[rottweilerfromhell]

what the fuck they thought they were doing i dont know..? did they realy think they was gonna be the new heavan 17 or joy division or somthing..? what a fucking laughing stock these 2 made of themselves..pair of total baloon heads these 2 cunts were...

[BadEggCymru]

pair of fairys who couldnt tackle for toffee

[ohmyspacecadet666]

@BadEggCymru Bags of technique and skill though...not musically gifted obviously

[deval1988]

A couple of real cunts, cunts

You two are the type of cunts that other cunts can only aspire to be like

I just dont know who's the biggest cunt waddle for missing that penalty or hoddle for telling the disabled they were being punished for sins in another life!

true cunts!!

[BORROVAN26]

@deval1988 the cunt is you. this is law. you are crime.

[stronglish]

Why are spackers in wheelchairs again Glenn?

[trick4242]

Brilliant!! Can't stop laughing.... how wooden does Chris Waddle look!!

[mapajomito]

Glenn Hoddle, you're the man! How did they ever keep from breaking out laughing when they did this one?!?

[hayman901]

f u k i n ....shhhhhhiiiiitttteeeee

[withnail555]

Two black belts in cuntishness showing how a true mater of cunt goes about his work.

[Westerdd]

Waddle doing an amazing job on the backing vocal and that guitar solo is so in context.

[rogerthehat]

pure cheese oh yes

[vovando2005]

Depeche Mode fake

[unhygenix32]

I think the Spurs team should be made grow mullets in tribute.

[mandemafresh]

I understand that Sol Campbell has recorded a song with The Pet Shop Boys. Would anyone know what its called?

[unhygenix32]

It's a cover song recorded by the Verve called 'Judas'

They couldn't find a song called 'Judas B*****D'

[unhygenix32]

It's a cover song recorded by the Verve called 'Judas'

They couldn't find a song called 'Judas B*****D'

[christhetramp]

Wank

[motherflange]

Hoddle is fuckin lovin' it! And look at his well kept mullet.

But Waddle can't wait for the half-time oranges ...

[GrievyMassacre]

lol @ 2:40

Quality bit of lip syncing by Hoddle

[dacrlit]

@GrievyMassacre I think he was singing live.

[GrievyMassacre]

@dacrlit No offence mate but watch the video at 2:40. Hoddle's mouth is facing away from the mic and not even moving. They are both clearly lip syncing as 90% of artists did on TOTP.

[driffter1976]

The guitar solo is fucking hot!

[ColumRogers]

The only let down is Steve Wright's snide comment at the very end.

Anyway it's a CLASSIC!!!!

[whitejmw]

Great to see this again. Yes, Waddle looks like he'd rather be elsewhere, but Hoddle is basking in his moment of pop glory - bloody classic stuff.

[UKRThracian]

@retrobloke78 Haha!

[Vasyukov]

Should've billed themselves as "Hoddle & Waddle" - would've been catchier! Note the pulled up sleaves a la Don Johnson - very 80's!

[kisbie]

@Vasyukov I think they turned down the offer of being called 'Hoddle & Waddle' on the sleeve. Because then it would have sounded ridiculous!

[Jay1898]

nice track, i remember it well. glenn hoddle looks very polished and is the star here. waddle looks like a zombie......

[kingstonlj]

A really good song. Waddle looked embarassed, but Hoddle didn't.

Lampard & Gerrard need to do an England remix. lol

[DirtySanchez1955]

They have to re-release this... they just have to!!! I would pay good money to see this performed live on tv again.

[HitMeQuick]

Two sublime movers on the football pitch, it doens't quite carry over to pop but at least they got their balls out and had a go. I saw these two play on the same team and that will stay with me forever. They were class all over kids. The best.

[solo26sky]

yeh, unlike hoddle who thinks he`s in his element. lol.

[plentyofcalcium]

I thought that was David Seaman on the drums for a minute there. If only.

[sausagedogheaven]

naaaaa, waddle always looked uncomfortable, even on the pitch, still a great player though

[patsyd80]

this song gets better with age. it grows on you after 25 years.

[davide453]

It's a shame nobody's covered this yet on X-Factor.

Jedward would've done a good job of it I think.

[YouCantKillMrGOATSE]

Hod-Roll'd?

[fisichella78]

LOL, watta trash :D

[TerryNutkins80]

A work of misunderstood genius. The subtle similarities with Alphaville and Einstürzende Neubauten have never been fully appreciated.

[davekm43]

Great track I remember it back from then, many memories, hard to believe it's 2 Footie players, much better than Gazza's & Kev Keegan's attempts.

[col06]

was there 2 versions of this the version i heard was different

[davide453]

I was just waiting for Gazza to storm the stage and kick over Hoddle's microphone in anger at not being picked for France 98.

After inventing a time machine of course.

[leestockton24]

this was in 1987 soo unless gazza was able to see future lol

[davide453]

Hence my 'after inventing a time machine' comment.

[sergelapelle]

Hoddle will probably pay for this in the next life

[davide453]

That is an excellent comment!

[mukarung]

Wham!

[F00tballM0nkey]

Waiting for Peter Crouch and Jermaine Defoe's cover version! Awesome!

[madeup1977]

That would be so awesome! Keano and Woody on backing vocals!!! lol!!!!!!!!!!

[seanreillyireland]

Steve Winwood?

[jaseywasey49]

I love the fact that Hoddle's really going for it an Waddle has the look of a scared rabbit caught in the headlights.

[CiTyLiGhTsDoNtShInE]

jaseywasey49

You've quoted that from someone off one of those shite count-down shows.

[jaseywasey49]

Honestly i haven't

[CiTyLiGhTsDoNtShInE]

Ah well. Must be coincidence

Peace

[akeel456]

This song's so sick.

ready?

DARLING I LOVE YOU

[j0wled]

Hoddle and Waddle. They were brilliant! Well, no worse than Cutting Crew, at any rate.

[slimon007]

Waddle = Rick Astley without the voice

[daystilljersey]

Industrial pop!

[Wislor]

Pair of wankers, shouldnt really expect anything else from Tottenham pricks

[HurricaneGameTHFC]

Villa are shit mate. So fuck off, and watch some shit 'bout you're own club.

[MrSaberjackson]

yes 87 a bad year , lost semi to arsenal in lc thanks to a prick called perry groves, lost fa cup to sky blues thanks to garys knee, came 3rd in the league which would have put us in europe but english teams were banned and glen hoddle left us to go to frog land. i still think what might of happened if we had won lc & fa cup....maybe we could have been what man utd did over the years..yeh right

[wakeupbomb1234]

Grossberger is completely right. Obviously this is pretty terrible, but pop music was abysmal in the 80s. Virtually no decent music got any radio play or mainstream attention. It was a terrible decadein every respect, in England at least.

[19rude87]

Daarling I love you!!

[slicknik99]

david seaman on electric drums ,bringing yp the rear !

[theglitterband]

I love this song. I remember it so well. The both of them could have passed for pop stars. Strangely enough Glen Hoddle always put me in mind of Sting, he looks like him.

[daerfnm]

plop!!!!!

[stewux]

You'd think they'd have allowed Peter Beardsley in on it. I can picture it now... Hoddle: Oooww take it to the bridge, and take it away Peter!

Peter: Well darling to be fair i love you, with all due respect, especially as I say " to be fair with all due respect " in every sentence I speak....

[nobbymoules]

I love them more today than 22 years ago come back lads

[GrossbergerXXX]

I loved this as a kid. Looking back it's no different to any of the other shite that was floating around the charts at the time.

[chandlerbingbong]

I thank the Lord for this video.

Every time i look at it i realise my life isn't so bad after all.

[djwedgewood]

Glenn Hoddle is a wanker

[meatflowers]

surprisingly (and maybe i should be shot) but i didn't dislike it that much at all. not exactly good, but not horrendously bad by any means!

ok, grab the shotgun, i know, i deserve it.

[singingtwit]

I think Steve Wright said it all for us "not a bad song, not a good song either."

I'm with you on this one, I don't hate this song, it's not brilliant, but it's not that terrible either... ok yeah where's the shotgun

[burdlow]

Hoddle was and probably still is a bigoted twat - he made a comment that disabled people were paying for their sins in a previous life - altogether now - CUNT!

[rugbyboyle]

are these two injured at the moment? spurs could really do with them back to fitness to do well in the league

[Highlander01]

It's actually a really good song. Its catchy.

[fez41]

Yes, 'catchy' like something very obstructive catches in the back of your throat.

[Highlander01]

Well. if you consider any other songs performed by ex-footballers, its quite good. If you ignore the fact that its sang by two ex-England players, it sounds just like any other typical 80s tune.

[SHAYDJ08]

anyone got this on mp3 please

[JT26JT]

Waddle the true star of this!

[CivilServiceScribe]

Anthem!

[jimihendrix2006]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA­

[ian21stfox]

utter crap ,

[rarsy80]

I like this song, however I can't forgive Hoddle for not picking Le Tiss for world cup 98!

[ian21stfox]

What a great bloke Hod is... not

[ivangrozny27]

lol @ 2.40 Hodd fucks up his 'darling' line.

[PeteGas1984]

Its because he's too busy posing to a girl in the audience!

Posing Tart!

[fez41]

He also fucked up his "Dion Dublin & Matt Le Tissier, you are in my world cup '98 squad" line.

[MyDestinyIsHero]

2:52 lol

[dom6692]

chris waddle, wot a LEGEND

[staybeautiful33]

AS Monaco vx Olympique de Marseille

[threat20]

Okayish song at that momment in time, but the reason people have often laughed at this is because they took them selves so seriously, as if they were real pop stars.

[fez41]

There's nothing wrong with acting like 'pop stars' on TOTP regardless of your true pedigree. If you can't act it here where can you? The real problem occurred a month later when they were still acting like 'pop stars', only this time in the FA cup final. their 'no show' was a big factor in my Coventry going on to win the game. HOOORAAAY!

[Scottmachin]

Lloyd McGrath shackled Hoddle, that's why we won the game. Nowt to do with being a popstar.

[fez41]

Yes, ok very good. By describing them as 'popstars' on the big day I was trying to use an analogy to describe their underpar/prima donna performance. That could apply to most of the spurs side that day. We were the better side no question, no spurs fan I've ever met has argued against that. Ultimately you could say it was G.M's knee that won it for us that day.

[Scottmachin]

Analogies within youtube comments? Are you quite mad, sir? I hear what you are saying, but I don't think Spurs played that badly really...it was just our year, one good one as opposed to the other 125 miserable ones. Best cup final I can remember.

[HoddleWaddleArdiles]

That cup final ruined my youth. I still haven't got over it. It was the beginning of the end for Tottenham being a top class force in the game. That season was awful, especially after losing to arsenal in the lge cup semi too.

[secretivesomebody]

my dad is Bob Puzey and i would like to apologise to the nation, also i would to apologize for 'i'm in the mood for dancing' by the nolans and Billy Ocean too hee hee

[ryanfrombrum]

Respect - he has made a living out of doing what a lot of us would love to do.

I am sure when penning a song for two footballers his tongue was firmly in his cheek anyway ! :-) :-)