PLASTICS - COPY

[ezwat]

プラスティックスは80年代一世を風靡したけど今はウィキにもで­ていないし動画も殆ど無い。それも素敵♡この動画見つけられて嬉­しい。

[sheronda251]

how did i get here...

[ky3129]

リズムが素晴らしい！振付も最高！！

[M0RESWEET]

イケメン

[83myaccount]

i couldn't watch the whole thing it was weird and funny.

but i am sure just like we have our classic music they would be sing classics in their heads too

COPy C0py!

[ZILOGz80VIDEOS]

I liked the part when they said copy.

[ieatvocals1234]

chick has inch gauges \m/

[galen510]

@SexyAngel79 - New Wave, Google it and learn something. (According to music journalist Simon Reynolds, the music had a twitchy, agitated feel to it. New Wave musicians often played choppy rhythm guitars with fast tempos. Keyboards were common as were stop-and-start song structures and melodies. Reynolds noted that New Wave vocalists sounded high-pitched, geeky and suburban.)

Also, learn to spell. It's "sense" not "sence."

P.S. People who look like they are from outer space are cool.

[wickedcoolsafenice]

love it!

[SexyAngel79]

That was the worst song EVER.I gave it a thumbs down.I heard better 80's music then this crap.Who ever hired them to sing must of been on heavy drugs or must of been really really drunk.This song made no sence at all.All I understood was COPY COPY COPY.That's it.God knows what they were saying after that.Thank God they are no longer singing.And that girls outfit she looks like she came from space.LOL!

[WaxHeadroom]

@SexyAngel79 You are a filthy mindless swine. I'm sure you are a very uninteresting person.

Stay in your cave.

[SexyAngel79]

@WaxHeadroom Excuse me person who dose not know what music is.Madonna back then was great.Michale Jackson Was AMAZING Back in the 80's up till the time of his death.This is so not music.If you think it is by all means you need to check your hearing.

[WaxHeadroom]

@SexyAngel79 Learn to spell you Cow.

[SexyAngel79]

@WaxHeadroom Yeah like your soerfect at spelling you low life peice of shit.I can think of a million things to call you but I'm not going to sink to your level who is nothing but an imature good for nothing moron.I have better things to do then to waste my time who is TRASH.

[calogeroaiello]

@SexyAngel79

Go back and listen justin bieber, you jerk.

[SexyAngel79]

@calogeroaiello FUCK YOU YOU LOW LIFE PIECE OF SHIT.FOR YOUR INFORMATION JUSTIN BIEBER WHO I ALSO HATE BUT I DO THINK HE IS HELL OF A LOT BETTER THEN THESE JAPANESE GEEK FREAKS. ALL THEIR SINGING IS COPY,COPY,COPY.IT FUCKING RETARDED.MAKES NO FUCKING SENSE WHAT SO EVER.WHO EVER HIRED THEM TO SING AND MAKE AN ALBUM MUST BEEN DRUNK AT THE TIME AND NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE FUCKING DOING.I GUESS THEY HIRED ANYONE TO BECOME A FAMOUS SINGER IN THE 80'S.YOU HAVE NO TASTE WHAT SO EVER.YOUR A GEEK TOO.

[calogeroaiello]

@SexyAngel79

This comment proves that we are all right calling a "troll" a "jerk" or "mindless". Stop disturbing people who want to listen good music

[mirai679]

@SexyAngel79 Well, I dunno....they were singing in JAPANESE, duhhhh. Copy, "Copy this, and copy that", and some others were the only English words in the song. "Originality nananana, copy people, c-o-p-y"...what's so hard about using your ears?

The bands Talking Heads, The B-52's and Devo were all big fans of the Plastics. So...not the worst song ever. You've never listened to Friday have you?

Also, if that's your definition of a space costume, then what the hell would you consider Gaga?

[lightningtodd]

@SexyAngel79 idiot, troll, or both

[Sh1ntoe]

@SexyAngel79

I understand your reaction. It's because the song is making fun of you, but you don't get the joke. By the way, watch Madonna's cameo in the film "Vision Quest", then see if you can still say Madonna was "great" in the 80s (because she was awful, and that wasn't even a real live performance).

[Sh1ntoe]

@SexyAngel79

I understand your reaction. It's because the song is making fun of you, but you don't get the joke. By the way, watch Madonna's cameo in the film "Vision Quest", then see if you can still say Madonna was "great" in the 80s (because she was awful, and that wasn't even a real live performance).

[zeushighscore]

@SexyAngel79 You are a poor misguided fool... I pity the fool.

[888harlow]

FABULOUS!!!!!!

[mashirorize]

プラステックスの結成は７６年である。ＹＭＯは７８年の結成。Ｙ­ＭＯをマネしたわけではない。音楽というよりファッションの方か­ら来たおしゃれを前面に出したグループと理解している。デザイナ­ーズブランドが認識されだした頃だった。音楽的にはＢ５２’なん­かの影響が強いと思う。

[85881Hannah]

copy copy

[hamaszg]

can anyone tell me where can i find the new version that was on piratebay home page the other day?

[carbarf]

@hamaszg search it

[doublepointed]

当時も今も、ＹＭＯ以降、雨後の竹の子のようにあふれ出たこの手­のバンドを、”テクノ”と称するのは、とっても違和感があります­。

でもプラスティックス好きです。　あとヒカシューもｗ

[briang6120]

懐かしい

COPY COPY ！！

ﾋｶｼｭｰとかも

[555luckyclover]

新鮮！

[mrdiamondheadTV]

CLEVER!

[RogerMurdock]

ever heard them do the Monkees "Last Train To Clarksville"? I have it on a plastic single. Hilarious

[TONY0765]

@RogerMurdock ive got that. it came free with their album.

[mariaonlyliveonce]

AUSHHUASA this reminds me of the strokes somehow

[goatopera]

so far ahead of it's time

they are still

ahead of the curve

of the earth

[teruta0320]

今見てもオシャレ

[joyouslife4all]

NNNNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE!!!!!­

[klamofanu]

wow i thought the polynics were the worst band of all time, i was wrong, these people are unbelievably worse much worse lol lol lol lol

[mrdiamondheadTV]

I LOVE THIS! Chica is so Beautiful and Modern,and the Gentlemen Carry On in the Most Modern of Ways,Never Turning into the Robot Machines that They Long to Be...

[ecstasys]

Polysics? hahaha

[antonpower00]

People were so crazy in the 80s!

[LyonLac]

☻

[koundslise]

What does it mean ching chong ding dong?

I wonder why a lot of people say that to Japanese people?

I know theyre trying to mock Japanese pronunciation.

That makes sense, if they say something like desu masu dayo dane.

But they actually say ching chang (chang cheng) ding dong.

Nani sore? What's that?

Mattaku nite nai yo nihongo ni! That's quite different from Japanese!

I think they've Japanese confused with other Asian languages.

[dolunaydainsanolan]

@koundslise

yeah you're totally right!

[Artsee]

@koundslise Pure ignorance at its finest. That's all it is.

[runnysmokey0304]

I don't know what everyone is saying but.....Ching chong ding dong?

[mrdiamondheadTV]

KY420;You are sweet!

[nblumer]

LOL

[idontknough]

So who influenced who between

B-52's and Plastics?

Devo and P-Model?

[parkiecharler]

plastics formed in 1976 and they built up their "techno pop" style under the influence of kraftwerk and devo around 1978. they made their record debut with this song in late 1979 and i think b-52s were introduced to Japan at around the same time.

p-model were originally formed as a progressive rock band called mandrake in 1973 and then years later they changed their name and style. i suppose they were inspired by xtc or devo.

[leocursed94]

SUUUUUUCK!

[THESonicMMM]

I still have the album too. If you weren't into DEVO at the time you probably never heard of them. And then I realized everything could be put into th refrigerator forever... PLASTICS forever!!!

[Sheepsong234]

なんだこのクソ曲は

[mayu0729]

ちょうどこの曲が歌われていた29年前に生まれた友人に聞かせま­した。

「先取りし過ぎだろう。そんな昔にこんな曲が歌われていたなんて­」

と驚いてました。29年前の曲には思えなかったそうです^^

[tatusi1959]

先取りじゃないよ。それから後が後退し過ぎだよ。

君ら世代に期待です

[chippy92688]

I have their Vinyl Album!!

I love "Top Secret Man"

Can't believe there's a video

[KY42O]

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOIN ON

[UwutangU]

Does she have gauges???

[traecy43]

Alex Sadkin produced the Plastics,the B-52's & Grace Jones.

[oldgibsonlover]

I saw this band in Lawrence, KS around 1981 or so. It was a memorable experience. The Goofy LSD and gratuitous psylocybin punch made it even more so.......I still get the giggles thinking about it.

[akio8649]

懐かしいです。あるんですね。

大学生のときの曲です。

[CouchingMaster]

I love first and last 15 seconds :D

[FrnBitchney]

kexxmo rocks !

[kexxmo]

:S ridiculous but funny

[britneystakes]

Copy this copy that

You fucking Chineman.

[shokikoji]

じゃぱん

[frustratedatusername]

I heard a techno/electronica cover of this song on Dish Network's Frequency Channel. Does anyone happen to know who did this?

[theorb747]

Plastics recorded with Grace Jones producer for American audience.You are hearing the Plastics.

[supahsuph]

copy!! copy! copycopycopycopyyyyyyy

[AZthehedgehog]

This is what I use to sing in math class when sitting next to the cleverest kid...

[BADTR1P]

ROFL

[lisafrigginchristine]

sweet moves

[codyschuyler]

they have a song on a dell commercial now, i believe its called "I love you, oh no".

[bonk2k]

The Dell commercial actually has a cover version of the song called "I Love You, Ono" by Stereo Total.

[HolocaustoNuclear]

hugest shit ever!

[Legendofzoom]

My friend has this shit on vinyl way back in 86. Then I transferred it to cassette. I later lost or gave it away to a friend. I wish i still had that tape

[kingcremson45]

I have this on vinyl and cd, I was 15 when I learned of this band, great stuff.

[dmarcusmilez]

you gootta b like .. 90 years old !! man dang

[phaota]

If I walked into a room and saw this group playing, I would have to quote the great Ghost Hunter's episode and yell "DUDE! RUN!". Hahahaha

[Legendofzoom]

This is a classic dood ....RESPECT THE OLD SCHOOL......youngster

[mrbuster123]

I have this on vynil

[citrizz]

dude whats up with the japanese putting the strobe effect on their shows.. this video has a nauseating strobe effect at the end... sure to cause seizures in some

[Zui4]

so sweet))

[whorebag000]

last ten seconds are genius.

[MegaJbomb]

I think that song "Leavin" from Jesse McCartney got his beat from this song.... or maybe just a bit of the beat.

[pauladaly]

can you u tube it please steibtraveller ?

cheers

[unknownsouljah]

does anyone happen to know the song they performed on the old comedy show sctv? i think it was around '81?

[satomiwa]

That episode and the one with the Plasmatics were my favourite SCTV's. I think the Plasmatics ep is lost to history as I've never een seen it in rerun. I still see the Plastics one often, and I think it's included on the DVD. Anyway, the song was Top Secret Man and it's here on youtube.

[Falsafalarala]

Highly samplable...!!!

[erilaz7]

So amazingly awesome! I've adored the Plastics ever since I first heard them around 1989. (And I'm so envious of those of you who actually got to see them play live back in the day!) When I did karaoke at Shidax in Shibuya on my trip to Japan last year, I was very pleased to find this song on the machine, and I had a blast singing it! LOL

[weareglass81]

What a show- Plastics followed by B-52's in 1980. Look at the level of detail they put into their moves. Actually they topped the b-52's that night.

[water1678]

the woman

i mean the whole band

is one of my favourite characters in music industry EVER

[Hairyarmpit]

Japanese Devo?

[K3NJehXD]

P-MODEL (In its 1980s form) or Polysics is the Japanese Devo.

[view500]

まさかプラスティックスがあるなんて！

さぶいぼ。。。

[plum2008]

かっこいい！

[been4gotten]

copy copy..ya ..CCCOpY..hahaa

[pauladaly]

somebody must have a copy of peace which came out in uk on floppy vinyl around 81 championed by tony wilson (rip)of factory records

[rocwatch]

I do!

[thenewrapstyle]

the other version is better

[Alexisgood]

thats just amazing!

[tippyray]

On of my favorite bands in the 80s! They rocked live too. Saw them at 688 in Atlanta.

[baadpuddytat]

saw them at 688, too (best club in atlanta EVER; some of the greatest bands/shows of my life). the version i memember from the album and show was different from this, though.

[pushpurix]

時代を生け捕りしてた人たちだから今見ても聞いてもとても刺激に­なります。本物！！

[mejesus2]

Noooooobs!!!!!

haha but cool!!!!!

[daevaexorganum]

Haha. J'adore la new-wave japonaise. xD

[watachiwawachi]

For the win.

[danoninonino]

used to have a song of these guys on mp3.. anybody who knows where i can get any? please pm me (:

[beebeeb95]

.....im not even gonna say anything accept the its RANDOM CRAP its genuis!!!!!!!rofl....

[eximod]

Heard this on KRCL, Salt Lake City, late '70s, on the show "I'm So Bored." The DJ Norma Normal played it. I still have the cassette tape of the show! Now I have this on vinyl. This song is greatness.

[e1mer0]

my favorite song in "downtown 81" (with desire by tuxedomoon), i discovered the plastics thanks to this movie...

this version is slightly different but still brillant!

[kan0911]

すごく懐かしいです。なんだか嬉しくなっちゃいました。ありがと­う。

[jmf33712]

One of my fraternity bro's at Purdue turned me on to these guys in fall of '81 - marijuana and hallucinogens intensified the listening experience!

[ibrowguy]

"Copy" is not one of my fave tracks. I'd like to see them do "Delicious" and "Mr. Diamond Head." Great band who were heavily influenced by "The B-52's."

In fact, I attended a B-52's concert at the Greek Theatre in the summer of 1980 at which "The Plastics"

opened the show. Great band...great show. Also caught them at the Roxy back then...too bad I was too high,

Quualudes dontcha know, to remember most of the gig.

[johnny7878787878]

The only thing that got me through my sophomore year at LSU was the PLastics. They are gifted brilliant new wave gods

[BILFBELF]

Brilliant!

[LookAtMeIAmStoopid]

what strikes me is that, when I was 14 I thought this was really cool. I'm hearing it for the first time since then and, unlike devo, this ain't holdin' up! :) terribly dated and goofy...

[deanace777]

this holds up wonderfully, maybe you just lost your childlike innocense.

[LookAtMeIAmStoopid]

it doesn't hold up at all. it's really dated and just screams "1981 cheesy new wave"! sorry- I still like a lot of other things from the same time period, so I doubt it's me losing my "childhood innocence", but this is just plain dorky now. we'll have to agree to disagree.

[deanace777]

Your'e totally entitled to your opinion. I agree to disagree with you. But if you scroll thru these comments you will see that a lot of people seem to agree with me. When I was 14 I loved candy. Amazingly I still love candy.

[LookAtMeIAmStoopid]

yeah- I see a lot of the comments are positive. I noticed that before I posted my own comment. obviously, it didn't deter me. you win the popular opinion contest. long may you reign. enjoy the candy.

[virginiabeaver]

where have you been he past five tears with the major resurgence of electro and new wave. there are about a thousand new bands that ae doing a hybrid of the same thing and I am glad for the youth that they wanns re create this 80's period cause precisely - "It was cheesey " but you left out the most imporant part. It was FUN!!! Like Rap is fun... anfry mayb.

[jimmcgonigal]

I saw them in Raleigh NC in 1980 or 81. They were just the most fantastic band with really early drum machine and programmed electronic bass. Way ahead of their time. Apart from a few of us they went way over the heads of most in the audience but peope still danced.

[niboj81]

I love this. Great!

[mikakokat]

Yeah this is good?

[brennation]

Ever since I saw this thing on SCTV I liked it. I wish I could get it on my Ipod!

[psychopompo]

i can't believe there are others people in this plante knowing this!!!!

mega cool

i have some single from them from the 80's

but i can't find the album....or is too expansive

[MoMi2Cat]

Coooool!

[VladtheEmailer]

Great! But this is the old version of the song. The newer version was much better. I saw them live in a little downstairs bar in Pittsburgh, PA in the early eighties....quite by accident. They were incredible!!

[Gr3mpy123]

Wow. Great find. I love the Plastics.  I can't believe someone found footage of them. Its hard enough just to find one of their albums.

[GoddessVidaLA]

I loved PLASTICS! First saw their album at a Tower Records Store in the 80's!

Does anyone have "EVERYBODY KNOWS" ?

[DAVE1R1111]

that song seems to be titled"top secret",,+ someone did put it on utube. it is from that hilariousgreat tv show= SCTV. :)

[censorshiplives]

The Plastics are easily one of the best new-wave bands most folks have never heard of. They took Devo and Talking Heads as a jumping off point, then distilled it thru an Asian lens - their Alex Sadkin produced disc on Island records is a collector's item, and rightfully so. And talk about quirky...........these guys make David Byrne look like Eric Carmen

[AlfredHorsecock]

Oooooo-ooo everybody knows - oooo-ooo top top top top top secret!

[enghirtame]

nice song....thank you!

[doogle1001]

I've loved the Plastics since they toured with the B-52's in the early 80's. Their cover of the Monkee's "Last Train To Clarksville" is better than the original. Pizzicato Five did a cover of "Good". It's right on the money!

[weareglass81]

these guys were tops in early 80's -not well known. I saw them back up the B-52's in Boston what a show!!!-how 'bout that for a pair! I've cherished the Plastics debut album only I and a few others still have. My favotite is Credit Card. " you've got to get your credit card and.." well I'll stop here. One of David Bryne's favorites I heard.

[Jakten]

I've been looking for plastics videos for along time. I first saw them on SCTV like probably quite a few people. I love them. I hope I can find the Top Secret Man video.

[hunnytrap]

Great video, brings back memories of my yester years.

I saw them in Houston decades ago. Does anybody out there have video of The Surburban Lawns.

[CanadaAstro]

What an amazing Group! And a cool song, they also did another one called Digital Watch, which was just as good.

Copy you on that! Thanks for posting this...

[boyspider7]

I love youtube for things like this!! The womans moves are pure new wave-I also have Plastics on vinyl, even a gold flexi disk too. I still love them.

[vernhalen]

What about EVERYBODY KNOWS from SCTV or do I have the song title wrong

[realshocks]

That one's called "Top Secret Man"

[origamichan]

I remember that one, too!! Let's keep hoping someone posts SOMETHING about that one!

[genkiyo]

Saw them at the old Peppermint Lounge back in the early

80's- the bass player had a synth bass and was amazing

[loudawg007]

Kinkos needs a theme song.

[juliano66]

Haha! right on!

[learo05]

very cool! Does anyone have the video for Top Secret Man?

[cryptid1970]

The video for "Top Secret Man" is on one of the SCTV DVD sets out now. It was on the "Midnight Video Special" with the Talking Heads' "Once In A Lifetime" video.

[puppetjerk]

Thanks for posting this! Count me as another American with Plastics on vinyl that I still listen to often. Love. Them.

[cdominey]

Count me in as a Plastics fan - I wore out the old self titled cassette I had. Stereo Total did a great cover of one of their songs. This is the first time I've actually seen one of their videos. Where can we find more?

[insaneyes]

this band is just PERFECT

[elmer0]

you can hear a diferent (better?) version in the ost of "downtown 81"

http://www.downtown81.com/

[dailyflash]

I still have MY plastics records. My friends and I loved them. I saw them open for the B-52's at the Greek in L.A. in 1980 and headline later that year at the Roxy. Awesome band!

[dallow]

So many views, so few comments.

I'm glad I discovered this group, and have since bought all their vinyl, looking for the Japanese reissues....... pricey!

Amazing band!

[mrslovebucket]

Aaaaaaaaaaah thank you!!

[xthirtyonex]

nadador64...i am the other American that has their LP from back then! lol

[nadador64]

I think I may be the only American who still has their vinyl release from the 80s...

[EekyCat]

Oh no,your not! I've been looking for anything from the Plastics!!!!! There are music videos that were aired on SCTV that I'm dying to see. Thanx for posting this gem!!!

[KellyRenee]

Cute, I like it! =)

[robotsluvme]

DANG 8-0