Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (Live)

[Batenrouge]

I wore down this double album, and that's before I saw them live. They were one of a handful of bands that earned their money onstage by working their arses off.

[Vortex0081]

Тема супер, но качество оставляет желать лучшего, увы...

[MarkNobes]

Mark O'Toole was a great bass player. Frankie can play, contrary to popular belief.

[dammar666]

Great music, Thanks to Norman Watt-Roy And the boys. Blockheads Live Sound

Same as Frankie. FGTH cant play was great stuff to hear. Steve Howe,Watt-Roy

and lots more were the music player.

[neemynoo]

Not my fav band by any stretch of the imagination, but I've gotta say this is a great live version of a song I never thought they would be able to play!

[dl1egt]

One of the best LIVE ACTS i KNOW!!! until now!!!

MADMAX

[mgfaxlad]

Rutherford had some moves. Fuck, I miss those days.

[simplyeightiesdotcom]

This has great drama and energy, something missing from so many of todays pop songs.

[billstar01]

paul rutherford wasnt just a dancer unlike bez in the mondays he did vocals i saw them live and i was at the front also saw them in 2004-5 with rayn molloy doing the holly bit and now hes in jersey boys its a bit brill but god i miss holly ,hey holly mate get down off your high horse and reforme your bigger than that and also the band frankie was well before there time by at least 4 years easy

[TyroneJJ7]

Totally stripped down version, no orchestration but proved they could play live. A song mainly Holly wrote as a reaction to the Falklands, '82

[swootters]

god so so many good memories! one of the most defining bands of the 80's..

[kanwulfNL]

@swootters thats a fact mate (:

[TheRegulator81]

What's the role of the guy with the stache? He just jumps around and dances... and pretty good I might add!

[MrTuffgong11]

this guy is Paul Rutherford and you can see him dancing 20 years later on you tube FGTH 2004.

[TheGodParticle]

The thing i like most of all about Frankie is that thier songs were very complex and very studio worked. but when playing live it shows you here that they were damn good and could keep to that standard. pure class.

[RadioGta]

When two tribes go to war a point is all that you can score

[Holygasoline]

Ive just realised he looks like Lee Evans on this lol

[noelydovetail]

the song of the 80 s awesome

[MarkNobes]

A version of Two Tribes was originally recorded for a BBC John Peel session in October 1982. It is clear that the basic structure of the song, including its signature bass-line, percussion arrangement and idiosyncratic introductory and middle eight sections, were already intact prior to any involvement from ZTT or eventual producer Trevor Horn.

[noelydovetail]

you need to go and have a good shit for yourself

[totes32]

i have the peel sessions of fgth back in 1982 and you are so very right.........so why is your comments getting minus ratings,maybe they know nothing about the frankie early days.

[MarkNobes]

totes32 - I can't understand the negative ratings either - I'm a big Frankie fan and like you, can only assume that they know little about their earlier work.

[Utcheeow]

Maybe the best tune for a chase movie scene ever, anytime I out it in my car stereo I need to go faster, sorry! :D

And yes, they were great even on stage.

[TTLTOY1]

I missed the hell out of bands like these guys.! Everyone is on the same level and very theatrical. Just saw Morrisey in concert and the same passion and connection seem to come out of his band. I hope Frankie and the guys come back ....We need YOU!!!!

[rgreu]

come back FRANKIE! tour the USA

[ncl19941]

I'm lookin' through these vids with my mum looking to see where she is, sign of a good decade not being able to remember any of the darn thing. All she can remember is that she and a bunch of girls were pulled out of the audience to run onto the stage. We'll probably spend ages trying to find that paticular song. Hmm

[JNblok61]

Good song

[TyroneJJ1]

Great performance and they said they couldn't play live, they were puppets! Had the priviledge to see them live in Dublin in '87, saw Holly in London in '94 and saw them when they reformed with Ryan Molloy on vocals around '06. He made a good fist of it. The Carnage Mix of Two Tribes is my favourite track of all time

[Yorkshiregirl1967]

carnage mix mine too, use to scare my neighbours with the air attack warning full blast. i saw em live in manchester 85 showing my age now.

[budgethemusicsponge]

i was there in the RDS in Dublin in 85 and 87 and i thought they put on an amazing show. I remember the 87 set was like Tron or something with a green neon grid and Ped's drumsticks lit up. The stuff Holly did after was terrible though.

[randomglen]

Holly Johnson howls like a wolf one refrain while channeling a lost kitten the next. A multi-faceted & dimensional front man the likes we may never see or hear again~respect

[TonyPastello]

iNIMITABLE SOUND...GREAT FRANKIE!!!

[petshopboy100]

dont listen to this twat under me talented idiot fgth were superb know your music dickhead

[smudger909loop]

poofs man just a bunch of poofs

[Fastolm]

simlpy eighties you are so right. They were so slayted for being just a studio band but this was very tight on a musician level. The makjor fact people forget is that they wrote their songs unlike today's manufactured bands...and boy they good songs!!

[simplyeighties]

This proves Frankie could play live and Trevor Horn over-produced them. The 2nd Liverpool album let more of the band's sound shine through, as Horn took a backseat.

[strexus]

Dance rock.Never been done better.

[wayne39]

Great song. Still have the recording of this when first aired on "mid summer nights tube".

[mgfaxlad]

Paul Rutherford dancing at 1:48. Dude could stomp back in the day. I never learned that little dance. He makes it look easy.

[totes32]

wow..........remember watching this late night tube on channel 4 1984,classic television.

[laurion69]

Great Holly Johnson.

Charismatic singer of this incredible band!

[SteveGad]

I have demo tapes of Frankie, before they were produced to death. If you love Frankie, you'd freak over the versions I have. Mind you, they are probably all over the net these days, but my point is, the originals of Two tribes (which had a different name originally) and Relax, really kick ass in a big way!

[funkmachine123]

I think i heared them somewhere, i hav'nt heard them in so many years. As far as i remember, they sound so diferent from the original, don't they?

[SteveGad]

Totally different. So hard and so much soul. I must be the only person around who actually think Trevor Horn ruined FGTH's sound. If he'd just captured that rawness, I'd have been happier.

[sugarpuddin88]

Incredible Sound!

Dance Music with lightening guitar riffs!

I would love to see this kind of innovation & energy today!

[Fakename70]

@sugarpuddin88

Interesting comment, that. Makes me think that perhaps U2 were unknowingly chanelling FGTH with the very unappreciated POP.

[mailenz]

troppo bello

[xfdny]

that guy has a strong voice. even live he sounds great.

[arthurmex]

Holly is the King

[tinysally]

tevor horns  puppetts

[prodyparrot]

Trevor was also Frankie's puppet.

[rainbowsalads]

@tinysally There ain't no one puppeteering that voice.

[tamtamtam]

I miss 80s music.

[kazzielm]

Greatest Group EVERRRRR!!!!!! (maybe apart from the Beatles)

[billylow]

great !!!

[joba606]

But what is that crazy feedback noise at about 2:30? An alarm clock? Other than that, they sounded fantastic.

[dancepump]

moi sa mennui jtrouve sa nul

[erixoff]

merci pour thon commentère trait utile...

[erixoff]

Love Frankie !

They made me dream.

[arthurmex]

He´s the King, forever.

[WoodRatGirl]

I still can't believe that I found FGTH's record at a garage sale once and it's still in good nick.

What luck I had huh?

;)

[sylouss]

Enorme souvenir ! Trop excellent ...

[Polysixchick]

Frankie are soooooo awesome! Check out the guy in the Hawian Shirt and the white shorts, he is none other then JJ Jeczalik, the Art of Noises sampling genius. He did the programming for Frankies "Pleasuredome" album. He was playing the Fairlight in the backround, you can see him at point 00:18 in the video. lol!

[noelydovetail]

the song of the eighties by a mile

[fusionfreq]

i tell you what, son. The engineer ,(besides the evil feedback) had a damn find mix on the go there.

And holly shone bright once again.

[Keldkj]

It's Frankie - and Frankie only!

[leeroynaggins]

What does the guy with the mustache do?

[sounds132]

everything.

[jerryhobbs]

that guy is Paul Rutherford and he described himself on the album cover quote like this...

"I don't play an instrument, I don't have a great voice, but I have some nice clothes maybe...but I'm the favorite Frankie cuz I don't deal out the bullshit, I just tell it like it is!" (He is also a backup singer in the band and dances and has some solo stuff here on youtube)

[carlsberg10]

i had the privilidge of seeing them live twice..fantastic.

[Hyperbolic765]

I'd go as far as to say this is the best song in the charts between 1980-1990 out of everything!

[violator9696]

The most underated band that came out of the 80's. FACT.

[zangtumb]

I bought all the 12 inches of Two Tribes back in the days. I didn't know they sounded that great live.

[preciouspaussum]

This is by no means an easy tune to perform live, Frankie's voice is out of this world, and the band is simply hot!!!

[Dutz69]

1984 was Frankies year!

Outrageous and brilliant.

[ixiruxa]

hadn't they split up, they could have become one of the greatest bands of all time

:-((

[kishonadish]

Skoda War????

[srange5]

Frankie say War - Hide Yourself!

It's a pity they split up.