The Human League - The Sound Of The Crowd

[tinkerbellys]

I love watching the girl's dance. I have attempted to copy them in front of the mirror but I look like a scrawny little freak!

[tinkerbellys]

Phil's voice!! 2:37 - 2:40 I love everything about this band!

[Anastasiya13J19]

Phil Oakey is dressed in SUCH an 80's style, it's not funny. but he so good looking here!

[portzman40]

I remember i had hair one time just like phils, bold now though

[Derwena]

You never guess what my favorite band is?

[MrMitchell97]

i really dnt belong to this era we are in now make me a 80`s guru or wot

[MrMitchell97]

electric keyboard is th ebollocks have that u cunt justin bieber

[artman479]

this is the bollocks....

[wildboy789789]

i wish i was the keyboardist for this band... A 4 YEAR OLD COULD PLAY THIS SONG, but its still so musically awesome

[placebohead68]

DARE ... 30 years old 30/10/2011... still an absolute CLASSIC album

[queenmagic1982]

@placebohead68 agree absolutely agree

[wavydavy1234]

i used to go to the same school as Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley frecheville comp in sheffield

[DeathInJune83]

Oh get over yourself guys, I'm sick and tired of these f'ing comments about how the 80's was amazing and todays music is dumb. You guys do realize that your parents and/or grandparents probably regarded the 80's with the same snobby disdain (I put the "and/or" in there as your grandparents might have died from boredom during the 80s)? Every decade produces shit and sometimes there are gold flakes lodged in that shit, you just have to know where to look.

PS-The 80s was the best time for music.

[doctorwhonico]

@DeathInJune83 Still .... Eighties were great !!!

[TheFederalDrugs]

I just want to grab 20 year olds and say "GET YOUR OWN FUCKING DECADE!" this was ours, are you so bereft of ideas you have to have this one? Sheesh...

[wildboy789789]

i might go see them live

[autodafeh242]

He is cute ..Philip Oakley...I had the.same hairdo at that time with the accesories that comes with it..hehehehe..... i was the laughing talk of the town .....Great track ......saw them several times in Holland and i must admit...they where outstanding...dark wave and a very good sound ........

[Pr1ckles]

I always thought the 1980's would come back :-).

[damourdamourdamour]

Piercings ???

[1962Angelillo]

Pero qué buenos son! XD

[Fallen80sChild]

Philip Oakey has to be one of the hottest men that has ever existed. lol

[kmne11528]

Still love this tune. Cheers mate. ;)

[AngelaLianeua934]

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[Derwena]

My all time favourite of all The Human League tunes! I've been fan of the League since 1982 or so :)

[TCMO99]

This was certainly one of the most innovative synth-based bands to have ever existed, and they had arguably the greatest singer of all the groups of this genre.

[onedream187]

Evidence of Synth, it still rules.

[naotopmodel]

I would lick him from head to toe .

[totandbean]

I'm fifteen and Human League have been my favourite band ever since I can remember :)

[mgparis]

@totandbean

Nice to see a teenager with such cool musical tastes :)

[RydiaMerchan]

All hail the mighty Phil Oakey!

[Eljaxxxx]

Да, классика новой волны.

[euphoria1963]

love it love it love it. the atmosphere these tunes presented, the clubs the light shows these were great times and not a bloody boy band in sight

[Eljaxxxx]

Супер

[floppybollox3]

Doesn't Phil Oakley look like Catherine Zeta-Jones in this clip? seriously though, fantastic tune, great memories.

[PleaseGoAway1000]

As good as this is, camp as fuck

[Animateme3D]

Join the party wave, and pass around the news! Human League new song NIGHT PEOPLE will be available at the end of November.

Their website is

thehumanleague.co.uk

[shinysynthcity]

@UKSazzy67 You bet we do, it's awful. Hence why i only listen to 80s synthpop/new wave at 17 years old. The Human League will always be 100x better than whatever rubbish comes along nowadays :D

[Koeningsplein15]

the lead synth is really wicked!!!! (The) Human League had a knack for this. Wish they did more wicked lead synth lead sounds. So easy to do.

[Innersymbiance]

Bowie said they were the sound of the Future and he wasn't far wrong

When he said it. They're still doing their thing with ABC and Heaven 17 at

The Moment.

Irony, all these years later, the HL and music from the Early half of the Eighties always makes me smile and sad at the same time, sad I am old, happy I was around for this, and the 80's.

J and S... Love you girls .. stuff of many sleepless nights ..

[interplanetkitty]

Oakley, sexy forever!!! Love this songggg and the band!!

[andr6sal]

please somebody shows Lady gaga to pay respect!!

[TheCisnne]

@andr6sal Why will U think Of Lady gaga?? this was the 80's ! lady gaga belongs to this present time U might don't like her but she is BIG now these are her times. and kids love her...

[puacino2]

I love this song!

[marct424]

love this 14 on my bmx zits and horny as hell

how things have changed lol

[FrederickHamilton]

Phil Oakley = BEST HAIRCUT EVAR!!!

30 years on and I still love this band.

[gregingram1970]

Would the human league have existed without Kraftwerk? I think no.

[Jiveturkey68]

@gregingram1970 hell no werk is the real deal.

[TRaddcliff]

SO GREAT

human league are such a good band.

this was music. what happened. pop is so void of emotion now.

useless lyrics. repeating the same word 20 times does not constitute lyrics.

human league....you are TALL!

[iamcosmichands]

@TRaddcliff repeating the same word 20 times......Oh the irony : P

[TRaddcliff]

@iamcosmichands

there's a difference to repetition in the chorus....to repeating the same couple words through the entire track.

some recent pop releases literally have 3 words in the whole track. brainless.

you will note that the chorus repeated in this tune is varied over 16 bars compared to today where the same few words used are repeated ever fucking bar with no progression of thought or interest.

[iamcosmichands]

@TRaddcliff I totally agree - but empire state human (great song) does repeate a few words over and over.......... Thats all i was saying

[TRaddcliff]

@iamcosmichands

sure, i hear you...but that even still has some vibe. listen to usher - omg.

that song makes me want to smash my radio.

[iamcosmichands]

@TRaddcliff I know! I nearly ran screaming out of HMV yesterday becuase they were playing that song : (

[labor2]

M A G N I F I C E N T

[abhard6]

Try and beat that Simon Cowell and your 'Pop star wannabes'!!

This is proper music and a true raw performance ahead of it's time and will never date - a classic

[RockyBalboa7777]

The world needs bands like The Human League, Ultravox, Spandau Ballet, etc no more than ever. Nowadays, music in general lacks substance, heart and soul.

[TheNouveauxdecadence]

@RockyBalboa7777

A B S O L U T E L Y !

[yoenace]

I love the new romantics. The music is different now but I reckon the glam new romantic fashion looks are coming back in many ways.

[mobbdeepim3click]

This is Bad A@#

[tinysstupidstunts25]

phil oakley discovered the girls in a nightclub and watched them dance and asked them to join the band

[luisonlinemarch]

@tinysstupidstunts25 Really? I think he made a hit joining them into the band. They have a great voice and glamour needed as Phil wished it.

[stellaviolens]

excellent-

About another League song I looked for Boys and Girls but that seems to be ignored, like an unwanted unwelcome relative.

[aldit1966]

Great story to this. The Human League girls were still at school in class when one of their mothers came and took them out of class. The girls were shocked when told they had to appear that evening in TOTP. The mother whisked them off to catch an Intercity for London at Sheffield Station - the rest is history!!

[1985OMD]

@aldit1966 Cool, where did you find out about that?

[simonsbuddy]

Boy does this bring back memories...a great song and great performance...that was the cutting edge back then.

[SteelcityAndy]

..............."arse around!!"

[Animateme3D]

The Human League just signed to UK's recording label Wall of Sound! New material (songs, videos, album, etc.) expected sometime in 2010!!!

[paulmoity]

I bet the coke was plentiful..This group still rocks

[warminator]

Phil & Ian wrote the song before Jo joined the band.

I admire the driving force they had after the split with Marsh & Ware.

[heraldojesus21]

super cool !!

go the 80's dance moves !

[mwells219]

i think its funny that just 10 years ago kids my age had no idea about the human league and now I go out to clubs and everyone is dressed just like these guys.

[brightphoebus]

Cool!

[1986uno45s]

Not only that but there's all these 'new' artists trying to sound like the League and other electro pop bands of the early 80's!

[TheNouveauxdecadence]

@mwells219

So TRUE!

[doctorwhonico]

@UKSazzy67 I totally agree with you !

[MidnightNSavannah]

I agree,today's music is so bland.

[Johno1863]

The sound of the crowd is best at The PANTHERS Lair , shame The Human League are from the Dark Side...

[YuuichirouR]

This song is so DEVOed. I like it. Awesome.

[HypnoToad72]

I was 9 when this video was made.

I recall the early 1980s. The only things that scared me were "The A-Team" and Reagan...

[doctorwhonico]

I was also 9 and the thing that scared me was Lou Ferrigno as The Hulk !!!

[fossillicker]

don't fret it........ C+ at best in the bedroom dept.

[wmrxb15]

oh boy, happy days, exciting but still thought of as the 'norm' - always thought music would stay this good but of course nearly Everything now has to be the consumerist force-fed unimaginative mcmusic. Jst pleased that i lived thru the whole 'new-romantic' period.

the decadence of it all lol

ahhh well..

[pieswps]

Saw them in concert - amazing =)

One of the best songs!

[u2pitnol]

One of the best 80's videos I have seen! The band at their best fashion. Ahead of the times

[RockyBalboa7777]

One of the greatest bands of that era. Ultravox is my absolute favorite, but Human League comes very close. I would just give anything to be able to go back in time and experience that time period. I was born in '84 so unfortunately my memories only extend back to 1988 and those are sort of picture-esque (just brief fragments of different situations). Oh well. Thank God for technology, so at least this phenomenal music is preserved for eternity for everyone to enjoy any time.

[gayham]

Phil Oakey is so sexy!!!

[EdZimmerman]

Î was 16 when this came out. Yearh that was a great time ...the 80s..good music, crazy clothes and hair styles.

[toltec19]

i miss the eighties and carrol jones

and leanna

but not guido!

[martmako]

to nuge, even if they do sing that, its still a good track right, those times were nuts, i'd just left school and wondering what the hell this was..love it

[sLoAnKeTeRlEn]

i wish i fuckin lived moar than 1 year in the 80's

[mignonhenne]

i won't buy the video without this.

[jangoico]

awesome!

[shooterwall]

look me up is this planet X.

[marielbas]

Yeahh what an amazing song!!!!

[lineswine]

Hernhillrebel - Jo Callis was going through a phase when writing this song of including references to hairdressing...I've NO idea why!

Spizzardo -Not 8 track tape decks (they are bloody heavy to move & require too much setting up), the are 2-track Revox B77s...as beloved by the likes of OMD...that called theirs "Winston"

[nuged568]

This song was spoiled for me forevermore when someone said Jo & Suzanne sing "ARSE AROUND".........see what you think - (I've probably sopiled it for you now!)

[nimos1]

The line is clearly "pass around"! They're also obviously miming, so there was no chance of "arsing" around with the lyrics.

[antster1983]

@nuged568 Have you been watching old episodes of Never Mind the Buzzcocks too? ;o)

[spizzardo]

I actually remember watching this clip on TOTP all those years ago,reason I remember is my friend Danny(formerly of the French Letters,now along with lead singer Bryan,dead) pointing out and commenting on the bank of,the then cutting edge,now antique,eight tracks in the background.

[spizzardo]

This one has better sound quality than the other TOTP clip.

[beatlebijou]

Human League, oh, they are marvelous. <3 I simply love them.

[depechemodedude1991]

''Add your voice to the sound of the crowd!!!!!!''

I LOVE IT!!

[espinaca79]

i LOOOOVE his androginous look.

[wolverine37x]

Now i agree that Sheffield has a good musical track record: but better than Manchester (Smiths, Joy Division etc.), or London (The Who, the Stones etc.). Something's out of balace here. It wasn't a Mugabe style election was it?

[HarryUpHarry]

Liverpool as #1 suggests it was. The scallys would have voted 20 times each, torched the booths and stolen the voting boxes.

I'll second Manchester over "London" though, 'cos a lot of bands based there are not from there.

[269502AB]

*****80S MIX*****

I have an 80s mix.

Please visit MY CHANNEL.

[retrosound72]

One of best early 80`s electronic groups.

awesome sound!

[shum65]

The perfect electronic super group,of the early 80z,the human league.

[JUD97]

"add your voice to the sound of the crowd'

[discocaine]

felix da housecat - harlot

[discocaine]

sampled in Felix da Housecat - Harlot

[cmdeane]

old human rocked

[NEILZULU1]

Wicked tune. They should release some of this material, its better than the rubbish available now !!

[death2hiphopnRnB]

Amen to that, man!

[SSTK1982]

@NEILZULU1 Exactly!