The first species to achieve self-consciousness,and, with that, comes the fact that we are accountable to Nature, for co-creating the best possible world for this and future generations!
Had this song going around in my head for a while, and, being someone who embraces the wonderful gift of evolution, this is so relevant to me! Also remember it really well from '81, one of my countless favourites from that year!!
This song kicks so much ass. When it came out, the whole dance/Factory/electro thing was just starting off... it was like a joke, we didn't know to take it seriously or not. It fit in nicely with Heaven 17/New Order, Pauline Murray, all that stuff. His voice is freakin great, dry wit, goofy song but a total F-you in a thousand ways. Love it.
@MjXllcommando He is gay, was back then. Said it was part of him trying to express himself ect. I agree tho, Buzzcocks were/are brilliant, this is just pathetic lol
@tatethompson1234 now that i think about "ever fallen in love" kind of falls under that. The sad thing is, if the fake drums were replaced with real ones, the synth with a fender jazz bass, and the light acoustic guitar with a Les Paul jr. through a marshall and the tempo sped up three fold, it would be a fucking brilliant song. but it was the 80s and british punk bands felt the need to castrate themselves.
@MjXllcommando So you're saying they "castrated themselves" by using synths and drum machines? I don't think so. It's not simply that they used electronic equipment, it's how they used it. Depeche Mode, Visage, and Fad Gadget certainly didn't have a castrated sound, and they used primarily electronics. But I agree that some artists abused synths.
If I had to show an alien race the visual epitome of gay. It would be this. Snarky and minimalist with lots of sublimation. The ultimate gay "come at me, bro" song.
it - this song has a groove like, "wonder what shes doing tonight". a joke would be "wonder who shes doing tonight". but the the break thru lyric is, "me and you's a..."
wow Martin Rushent dead..forget Phil Spector or other hippy producers.. Martin Rushent was a genius.. Members 'Radio" Altered Images "See Those Eyes" Human League "Darkness" and of course this what a huge loss RIP Martin Rushent
Damm i was 13 at the time and had no idea thats what he was singing about, but i loved the song so much coz i imagined that is what he was trying to say, i had crushes on girls back then and still do now lol
first track i ever danced to this, back in the day at the local youth club disco. had no idea what he was on about at the time. funny coming back to it years later and realising. early dance music
Very sad to learn of the untimely passing of Martin Rushent. He was a talented, innovative producer, who brought out the best of the Human League. RIP
Absolutely, I just found out today and I am SHOCKED to say the kleast. He is one of my favourite producers. Everything eh touched was true POP perfection. DARE is my favourite album PERIOD and thanks to Martin he saved The Human League from dying a lonely death. Also Pete Shelley, Altered Images, The Members, The Stranglers, Associates and the lst goes on ... BLESS YOU MARTIN RIP, thank you for a life time of amazing music. From a kid your productions just moved me like mountains *
Timeless, brilliance from Pete Shelley. I loved this when it came out in 1981 - and still do. The dub version, which is very long, is superb. This was Pete's 'Coming Out' song, and why not?
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i know im probably the millionth person to say this.....................pete shelley, your a homosexual too (i truly in an unapologetic and non joking manner would bet money (seriously) that he is gay).........................even his name is gay Pete Shelley...... his parents doomed him from the beginning
@rwk1983 his real name is Peter McNeish, but he changed it to Pete Shelley when he formed the legendary Buzzcocks in 1975. He felt it was a better stage name.
MTV didn't play it? I dunno 'bout that, I seem to remember seeing it one afternoon in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty one. Would we suppose that meant it must have been on MTV? I could be wrong. Damn fine song however, and such a great video, it's got incredible mystique, which totally vaporized somehow from the music today, sorry kids, and what fun Pete's having, and you know he's gonna get that guy, only we can't go back and warn them both to wear a condom!
@paulyvi It could have been worse,Back in the beginning of the 80's It was Hysterically funny when we used to compare homosapien with homosexual at school.Mel Brooks used to use it in History of the World part 1 in the stone age segment.The "old school"Tomorrow People,they used to compare Homosuperiors with Homosapiens on the 1st ep.Of course if they would had to bring up Homosexuals along with it, the old Thames television wouldn't appreciate it.
I am sure Sir Aleister Crowley would be most pleased with the Product Placement. What might worry him however remains a Mystery only Magick Without Tiers might reveal.
Reminds me of Jim Parsons from Big Bang Theory.
raymesquite 4 days ago
homosuperior in my interior.
francespdx 3 weeks ago
The first species to achieve self-consciousness,and, with that, comes the fact that we are accountable to Nature, for co-creating the best possible world for this and future generations!
Phillip98183 3 weeks ago 2
Had this song going around in my head for a while, and, being someone who embraces the wonderful gift of evolution, this is so relevant to me! Also remember it really well from '81, one of my countless favourites from that year!!
Phillip98183 3 weeks ago
Cont. (I was only 11 w
eileenh28 3 weeks ago
Does anybody remember MTV playing this a lot way back when? I also remember being a bit confused by this song(
eileenh28 3 weeks ago
another incredible and not terribly subtle 80s song - paulyvi: great line, man!
gorillajock 1 month ago
From 2:30 to 2:32 scared me
zektes 1 month ago
This song kicks so much ass. When it came out, the whole dance/Factory/electro thing was just starting off... it was like a joke, we didn't know to take it seriously or not. It fit in nicely with Heaven 17/New Order, Pauline Murray, all that stuff. His voice is freakin great, dry wit, goofy song but a total F-you in a thousand ways. Love it.
thedesiresymposium 1 month ago 2
never would have known. The Buzzcocks always felt so....hetero i guess. How the fuck was this banned?
MjXllcommando 1 month ago
how the hell did he go from the buzzcocks to.......this?
MjXllcommando 1 month ago
@MjXllcommando He is gay, was back then. Said it was part of him trying to express himself ect. I agree tho, Buzzcocks were/are brilliant, this is just pathetic lol
tatethompson1234 1 month ago
@tatethompson1234 now that i think about "ever fallen in love" kind of falls under that. The sad thing is, if the fake drums were replaced with real ones, the synth with a fender jazz bass, and the light acoustic guitar with a Les Paul jr. through a marshall and the tempo sped up three fold, it would be a fucking brilliant song. but it was the 80s and british punk bands felt the need to castrate themselves.
MjXllcommando 1 month ago
@MjXllcommando So you're saying they "castrated themselves" by using synths and drum machines? I don't think so. It's not simply that they used electronic equipment, it's how they used it. Depeche Mode, Visage, and Fad Gadget certainly didn't have a castrated sound, and they used primarily electronics. But I agree that some artists abused synths.
HighRiseChateau 3 weeks ago
If I had to show an alien race the visual epitome of gay. It would be this. Snarky and minimalist with lots of sublimation. The ultimate gay "come at me, bro" song.
MyLittleDiscolite 1 month ago
Wow him solo was very gay. Talented guy though
A2Z83 1 month ago
thumbs up if your listening in 2012 and under 18 just to see how is listening to old awesome music
MrHeyboy123456 1 month ago
Why wa the sone banned from BBC broadcasts? Because of it "homosexual" content?
ussrwrestling 2 months ago
I would love to hear a version of this performed by Current 93.
RobertClaudius 2 months ago
New Wave needs to make a comeback.
MalchikBlue 2 months ago
wow Zoot Woman totally nicked that look. Great song !
star17city 2 months ago
one word'CLASSIC'
Carlgilmayo 2 months ago
Cool clip and tune, really different!
Kookykun 2 months ago
Yeah, I remember seeing this on MTV almost 30 years ago. MTV actually used to play good videos with great music. What on earth happened?
fantom58 3 months ago
excellent use of an acoustic guitar in an electronic atmosphere. opens up that hook when it hits the "homosapien too" line
MrG0p0p 3 months ago 3
@MrG0p0p I agree. Similar to 'Europe After The Rain' (John Foxx).
domovik6232 2 months ago
it - this song has a groove like, "wonder what shes doing tonight". a joke would be "wonder who shes doing tonight". but the the break thru lyric is, "me and you's a..."
cshargeit 3 months ago
i friking love this song
mantittyful 3 months ago
Lovely song.
funnylittlelion 4 months ago
This is absolutely the shiz. Kids, if you don't know who Pete Shelley is, do a little digging.
tangerinespeed0 4 months ago 7
@tangerinespeed0 digging used in what context?
EatLibertyCaps 4 months ago
Where is Frankie goes to Hollywood, oh i know inside Pete Shelly's brain
ShaneABassett 4 months ago
Talk about a great way to come out... Pity Radio 1 banned it.
DefinitiveGaze1981 4 months ago
wow Martin Rushent dead..forget Phil Spector or other hippy producers.. Martin Rushent was a genius.. Members 'Radio" Altered Images "See Those Eyes" Human League "Darkness" and of course this what a huge loss RIP Martin Rushent
newellgirl 5 months ago 2
what did I just watch?
rhettbutler96 5 months ago
@rhettbutler96 you just watched the most intense video ever
jacoba480 4 months ago
thought this was the buzzcocks forever, lol <3
Glowb0t 5 months ago
I want to kiss john peel and set fire to mike reed
madcapoperator 5 months ago
I had forgotten what a unique musician/singer
Pete Shelley is great song brings back
Youth to memory
cancer769 6 months ago
homo superior in my interior.... .. this was one of my favs as a freshman in college...good times. Thought I was a punk rocker...YEAH RIGHT
TheFemmgurl 6 months ago
I first saw this on MTV in 1982, and I still think that Pete looks like Maxwell Smart.
Pbirv 6 months ago 4
KROQ Classic!
lasquid 6 months ago 2
i really didint get it back then. i mean i think it didnt. its so clear now. haha. love it
bfmsgv 6 months ago
RIP Martin Rushent. THE greatest producer of the 70s and 80s
TheNouveauxdecadence 7 months ago
MORE LIKE HOMOSEXUAL
17SPIKE17 7 months ago
@17SPIKE17 It's almost like you get the point.
MmeDesgranges 7 months ago
@17SPIKE17 call me a christian if you want to offend?
bfmsgv 6 months ago
i do get misty when re-living my youth!
texaho 7 months ago
Damm i was 13 at the time and had no idea thats what he was singing about, but i loved the song so much coz i imagined that is what he was trying to say, i had crushes on girls back then and still do now lol
annisha68 7 months ago
To be homo is human...
:)
AlburyAustralia 7 months ago
first track i ever danced to this, back in the day at the local youth club disco. had no idea what he was on about at the time. funny coming back to it years later and realising. early dance music
thecrystalkid 7 months ago
"And the world is so wrong that I hope this will be strong enough..."
Just as true today as 30 years ago. Not just for LGBT's, for all of us.
smithrs 8 months ago
Happy Pride Weekend!
mikal9000 8 months ago
Very sad to learn of the untimely passing of Martin Rushent. He was a talented, innovative producer, who brought out the best of the Human League. RIP
RolandJP4 8 months ago
@RolandJP4
Absolutely, I just found out today and I am SHOCKED to say the kleast. He is one of my favourite producers. Everything eh touched was true POP perfection. DARE is my favourite album PERIOD and thanks to Martin he saved The Human League from dying a lonely death. Also Pete Shelley, Altered Images, The Members, The Stranglers, Associates and the lst goes on ... BLESS YOU MARTIN RIP, thank you for a life time of amazing music. From a kid your productions just moved me like mountains *
TheNouveauxdecadence 7 months ago
RIP Rushnet, this song was some of his best work imho
ninthwaver 8 months ago
so fuckin' good. so fuckin' gay.
nankerism 8 months ago
RIP producer Martin Rushent. :-(
SirHatchporch 8 months ago 27
I was well over 30 before I figured out the lyrics. God, I'm dumb. Btw, I'd seen the Buzzcocks several times live back in the day, so yeah, dumb.
mialittamez 9 months ago 3
I was well over 30 before I figured out the lyrics. God, I'm dumb.
mialittamez 9 months ago 2
I loved this song back in the 80s and I still do.
Though now I see him and all I can think of is this video with Mr. Bean in it...
rook543 9 months ago
Timeless, brilliance from Pete Shelley. I loved this when it came out in 1981 - and still do. The dub version, which is very long, is superb. This was Pete's 'Coming Out' song, and why not?
brianartillery 9 months ago
I don't want to classify him like an animal in the zoo....but I really have no choice.
WizardGlik 9 months ago 2
Had this new on cassette, ( XL 1 album ? ), bloody thing snapped from over-playing !
adrenachrome05 9 months ago
They don't make them like this anymore
salbutomal 10 months ago
MTV launched on August 1, 1981, LOOK IT UP!
hummlyhummly 10 months ago
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MTV launched on August 1, 1981.
hummlyhummly 10 months ago
magic surrounds us.
zeezeegloo 10 months ago
happy birthday Pete Shelley!
johnozed 10 months ago
Homosapien groove!
WizardGlik 10 months ago
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i know im probably the millionth person to say this.....................pete shelley, your a homosexual too (i truly in an unapologetic and non joking manner would bet money (seriously) that he is gay).........................even his name is gay Pete Shelley...... his parents doomed him from the beginning
rwk1983 11 months ago
@rwk1983 his real name is Peter McNeish, but he changed it to Pete Shelley when he formed the legendary Buzzcocks in 1975. He felt it was a better stage name.
Blissbomb2 11 months ago
@rwk1983 better than being doomed by ignorance.
nhojunkel 10 months ago
better than being doomed by ignorance.
nhojunkel 10 months ago
better than being doomed by ignorance.
nhojunkel 10 months ago
the legend
COMMUNISTPHILOSOPHY 11 months ago
MTV didn't play it? I dunno 'bout that, I seem to remember seeing it one afternoon in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty one. Would we suppose that meant it must have been on MTV? I could be wrong. Damn fine song however, and such a great video, it's got incredible mystique, which totally vaporized somehow from the music today, sorry kids, and what fun Pete's having, and you know he's gonna get that guy, only we can't go back and warn them both to wear a condom!
hummlyhummly 11 months ago
@hummlyhummly This was before MTV. I had the album when I was in High School--no MTV until like 82.
metallicatt316 10 months ago
homosapiens r much more fun than heterosapiens...))
paulyvi 1 year ago 55
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@paulyvi Only if you are a homo tho.
MOSTechnology 8 months ago
@paulyvi It could have been worse,Back in the beginning of the 80's It was Hysterically funny when we used to compare homosapien with homosexual at school.Mel Brooks used to use it in History of the World part 1 in the stone age segment.The "old school"Tomorrow People,they used to compare Homosuperiors with Homosapiens on the 1st ep.Of course if they would had to bring up Homosexuals along with it, the old Thames television wouldn't appreciate it.
19madmod6960 5 months ago
Pete Shelley......brilliant artist
nikbunnymen 1 year ago 2
I remember when this came out...MTV did'nt play it.... 'tries to imagine Walk On The Wild Side getting radio play today'
katoklzmk 1 year ago
@katoklzmk They played it. Trust me.
etwilli2 7 months ago
Actually MTV did play this, but it was not in regular rotation. You would have been more likely to catch it after midnight than during the day.
MindbenderMilo 6 months ago 2
its so NOW
DisappointerSisters 1 year ago
This video is absolutely hysterical. Pete Shelley is freaking awesome.
ericbdepraved 1 year ago 2
Amazingly ahead of it's time as a video !
- What a wonderful consideration of design. This in a time that would not have appreciated it !
Marksouthyarra 1 year ago
I am sure Sir Aleister Crowley would be most pleased with the Product Placement. What might worry him however remains a Mystery only Magick Without Tiers might reveal.
Lieu3C4 1 year ago
god i love this song
marinlaw 1 year ago
yay!
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RowanSoares623 1 year ago