Sparks - "Perfume"

[spalf73]

could be a band of 20 somethings

[brandon420z1]

the lady who smells brought me here lol

[ThePonziano1]

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[LadyxAmalthea]

When I first heard this song it freaked me out so much :,) it came up in suggested videos so I randomly clicked it. The first words are Genevieve wears Dior. My name's Genevieve and I wear Dior perfume haha :,) i was like .________." freaky...

[thoserubyslippers]

Ever seen the movie Perfume?

[MrBaebel]

@thoserubyslippers : ...and they did it for pure love. (The End)

[MrBaebel]

"YOU SMELL" is the most powerful slogan ever created.

Chemical Industry earns tousands of billions worlwide with this two simple words. They are burnt deep into our brains.

"YOU SMELL!!"

[RaybRay89]

I really like the version the guys trying out to be the new town troubadours play on Gilmore Girls. I love this song, though. Woohoo!

[ronackostolomac]

I never heard this ¨thing¨. Not bad, but that is not really Sparks.

[FoolOfGods]

@ronackostolomac According to you what really is Sparks? Are they Urban Renewal Project (67), Halfnelson (71), The Sparks Brothers, perhaps they are the band members Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Earle Mankey, Jim Mankey & Harley Feinstein or Thaddeus James Lowe ... see the problem

[dariowestern]

@ronackostolomac Sparks has ALWAYS been the brainchild of Ron & Russell Mael. 

[Coopsterish]

Brilliant! I've been listening to this band since I was 14 - I am now 51 and I am still loving it! Great video.

[wossy17]

You Can't Say Sparks Are Not Different and Imaginative Superb

[bonniebardowski]

fantastic

[Tyneman51]

Great love Sparks...

You can earn a bit cash by selling perfumes at sellfmparfum

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[FaintlyPsychotic]

the advertisement in the top right corner was one for perfume when i was watching this.

[rude1987]

I was asked the question who is the greatest band of all time, I said Sparks instantly. people looked at me as if I fell off a tree, instead of explaining why I just smiled.. no point explaining it to people who never heard them

[AstralPossibilities]

Thumbs up if you came from a Dax Riggs interview too...

These guys are pretty cool! ^.^

[sugiyamatami]

あ、これ　perfumeの何かの曲のPVだと思って間違ってみたことがあ­る笑

[vonkreigen]

This is the scariest music-video ever.

In a good way.

[vintagyst]

what a cool song! found it because of Katie Puckrik :)

[Lesley1000]

@vintagyst snap!

[92RedRevolver]

I like the introduction they do to this song when they do a bit spot on an episode of Gilmore Girls.

[gackt5000]

great band,great song....that´s why I wanna spend my life with them

[1starryeyedkid]

love on ya bedroom bowie x

[bonniebardowski]

Always Sparks

[spittinonbugs]

a self proclaimed genius in one of my psychology wears perfume. and she also studies mate selection and evolutionary familial adaptivity. how does that makes since? .... see, chewbacca is a wookie, who lives on endor. that does not make since!! (yes i'm using the johnny cochran defense as the devil's advocate).

[reevesc1986]

I like this track. Interesting use of the all seeing eye in this video, though.

[terror0earth]

ohmigod...this is way familiar...Its from SOMETHING, but WHAT!?

D: Gahhh

[gibokubrick]

@terror0earth I guess you're talking about the part from the piano! Me too, where does it come from?

[terror0earth]

@gibokubrick the whole part really, the lyrics and all is so familiar... Like from some movie but i cant place it.

the art style is so Courage the Cowardly Dog though. haha,

[Flameeee2]

The song and Video are both amazing. Sparks Are amazing and I'm only 17 haha. Gotta Thank My Dad For getting me into Sparks :D

[PogoFogo]

Hay that guy has a nose like mine

[speyrod8]

Cool. I didn't know these guys were still alive!

[1441ish]

sounds gay french

[LadyNataliii]

veri nice^-)

[spudlington]

thank budda for Sparks!

[Yellowtron]

Catchy shit.

[maney2001]

Brilliant video!!!

[MurphyVideoProd]

class

[customcartoons]

what music videos were MEANT to be!

[Kiernan007]

yes i loved this song long before the stupid ad

[AMBASSODOR]

Sick of people saying i seen on the ad "big deal" its SPARKS its class . ad or no ad

[phill55ify]

So cooooool

[EaseAssassin]

can anyone find the instrumental of this for me?, thanks.

[Nineta17]

cool <3

[coolnes07]

I love This Song After Hearing It On Dolce And Gabbana Advert. I Love D&G And I Love This Song, It' Seriously Cool.

D&G Adverts I Think Are Weird But They Make You Remember Them Which Is A Way Of Advertising.

[scottbaioisdead]

disgusting

[coolnes07]

Why's It Disgusting?

[QueenShebaVIII]

I LOVE the music in the advert, and I love this one just as much. xD

[lsmpbc]

cant stand all these people who say they expected better from the D&G ad, this song is classic Sparks and rocks off the earth!!!

[stadtaffe2]

Cool video. Love the beat. Anyone who calls this garbage must Kowtow to a picture of Jay-Z or Britney Spears every morning.

[lightinglanterns007]

@stadtaffe2 Pshh you can like Jay-Z and Sparks at the same time. Don't need to knock other artists to say that this is a great song and video :)

[jerseyspunk]

Don't just listen to this on YouTube..get it on the hi-fi and play LOUD......then try not tapping you extremities to it....

[pianissimo00000]

Definitely a waste of a cool piano riff. I was expecting a really cool song based on that bit shown in the commercial.

[jeffro1265]

same here =(

[cattiguen]

katie puckrick's theme song!

[lawelsh84]

seriously. huge waste. someone needs to sample it and make it worth listening to.

[Bellman1803]

I did the same but I was hoping for a better song. What a waste of a great piano riff.

[tisevergnini]

I heard this in D&G commercial and i went looking for it and found it =D

[xxodus7]

0:43 look its mr. bean!

[imapaddywagon]

@xxodus7 LOL yea well spotted

[D3ST3R0Nii3nCH33S3]

I heard this song in the Dolce and Gabbana commercial xD

[shawtyloh]

gay

[MaMzElleKAwaii]

D&G (: 3:16

[cdr80hardcoreshit]

d&g TIME ^^ i love this song ^^

[veahoo]

i thought it was a perfume--> japanese girl band

[lovesGenet]

So true .If u like SPARKs you love them .Great American band the rock stuff they did n da 70's will last as long as rock is heard. This perfume I never heard before but its got all da traces of their style

[BIGEND88]

うん、間違えた・・・でも、なかなかいい曲。

[amanosonoda2]

絶対釣りだろー？

て言うか誰やねーん？

[Mariekesone]

How Odd..:-)

[thexbunnyxhop]

Creepy. Really, creepy.

[jonnykamome]

釣りｗ

[sugiyamatami]

間違ってはいったけど、

これはこれで良いや

[UNMO999]

まちがえたー！

[SARA12280]

sara12280

If there are any 'die-hard& devoted sparks fans that log into youtube who want to leave me a message, I'd love to hear from you, or likewise if you love Russell Mael as much as me

[ripporter]

Is there any other kind of Sparks fan?

And to the Nihon-jin - sumimsasen, demo  kore wa パフューム ja arimasen.. Sparks ga desu - Nihon de yumei!

[gillfrancois]

I'm a fan of those two dysfunctional blokes.

[sparksfan]

@SARA12280 What are your 3 all-time favorite Sparks songs? (Too hard to pick just one, ya?) :)

Mark

[hkmamacmd428]

i remember hearing this song on an old real world promo

[vatten1]

great music

[mm23ish]

うげー！まちがえた

[isanagi0501]

はい違えました；

[Teplohead]

It's SPARKS!!! It's not PERFUME :)

'Perfume' is the name of the track

and I love "Sparks" :)

[snakesrule101]

this is a terrible song i luv perfume and all but seriously this is a terrible song im srry but it is

[13coka]

これ絶対間違えて入った人が20万人やろ

[maochom]

オイラも間違って入ってきた・・・・、

だがスグに離脱！！

[momofbandb]

awesome

[gintonic4341]

日本のＰｅｒｆｕｍeと間違えてきたけど、見入ってしまった・・­・

[KLaPism]

good stuff

[Regrl4eva]

no ur not awesome

[pigeonkid4]

Genius!

[MozzerRocks]

Effing awesome song and a great video!

[delfia406]

B R I L L A N T ! !

[xlilxvampirex]

One word : GENIUS :D

[opfakindchn]

unbelievable

[Butterscotch20]

i herd this in the real world preview lol n i loved it!!!!! awesum trying to download it now!

[WallaWallaIsForLove]

I love this song so much! I love his voice!

[pualbradshaw1]

Sparks are the best band in the world! Enjoy!!!! xxx

[andiamo1805]

I love this song, I first heard it on BBC 6 radio four years ago, and I had completely forgotten about it!

[sibipihkur]

Sparks is your favourite band.

You just don't know it yet.

[fupabox]

@sibipihkur Ha..I knew it in 1981 and I still know it :)...other than old Oingo Boingo..no one comes close to Sparks

[fovea29]

Radiohead who? :)

[SiKedek]

That comment is pure WIN!

[eileenh28]

I hear so little music that interests me these days. Then I heard this.

I cannot get enough of these guys. I feel silly for not discovering them sooner.

[SplodgeFilms]

I felt the same first time i heard (and realized i'd heard) The Pixies.

I heard Where is my mind in fight club, but never paid much attention to it, then i heard it in a clip on here by chance, and loved it :D when i paid attention to it.

[MirraSyren]

The video is alot like the Residents videos.

[ZolotayaPulya]

Wonderful! Sparks are de best!

[beatlebijou]

:) Russell's voice is so beautiful.

[SnowSunbather]

Wow, that was weird... in a good way.

[Hollandia777]

the smells and the colours are the POWER of the FUTURE

[KatherineM242]

I first heard this song on Gilmore Girls--the troubadour episode--and I had no idea this was a real song!

[JackyVSO]

Screw the past! :-D

[beatleandy1]

a really good song

[grefemogul]

After hearing this and paying attention to Sparks (having been a huge fan of their 80s hits) - I am now a believer in the whole catalog, and this is a genius classic - can only wish to see them in concert somewhere near Shreveport, LA

[dogbix]

FAB FAB FAB

[monkeyme132]

Sounds even better wehn played really loud.

[grimeygrimzor]

That's why I wanna spend my life with you~

[Juicyjesus909]

you all make me cry this is one that only few from los angeles ca even relize they are from loa angeles check out the short preformance in the late 70s film rollercoaster with tim bottoms also kimono my house,hello young lovers,angst in my pants, exotic creatures they had to find success in other countries where they are gods catch up america

[Picuj]

Just perfect.

[Apololover]

This is the sheet <3

[TokioHotelxx483]

Sparks don't need reassurance, they are well aware no-one comes closer to perfection than them.

[CodyT3212]

really trippy band. sucks how i just now discovered them after they have been around over 30 year.s

[lamplava]

sparks should have been as big as Bowie or Roxy, just wrong time wrong place i guess.

[michigancherry]

The Mael Bros. ahead of their time...as always.

[CircusOfHeaven]

this so reminds me of The Residents :) amazing band, saw them live yesterday.. awesome!!! 100%%

[michigancherry]

who are "The Residents"? It is hard to hear these things in America...Help!

[CircusOfHeaven]

The Residents are a mysterious experimental band who have refused to show their faces throughout the years thus they hide behind eye-ball masks, they wear tuxedos too. the music is close to anything to do with Spark's stuff, but the visuals.. i'd say they're very similar to this video!

[michigancherry]

Sounds pretty cool, I'll have to try and find them.

[michigancherry]

I have looked them up on youtube...you are soo right...totally reminiscent.

[zerobeat18]

I'd say Sparks are similar in the sense that their weirdest stuff is akin to The Residents' least weird stuff. Not that their is any copying going on, but just that there's an affinity towards similar sensibilities.

I love both bands.

[philbee1956]

Idiot dj Mark Radcliffe called "Lil' Beethoven" LITTLE Beethoven on his Sparks radio doc. I mailed him to say he was a cretin literalist who by saying "little",completely missed Ron Mael's subtle joke...he just responded with sarcasm.Philistine tosser!

[fatpizzaman]

Oh well, it's still publicity. Better than none at all.

[michigancherry]

I think...I am qualifying this...That the early stuff (the 70's) was better! Am I the only one? please respond.

[Tikilizzy]

Well, that's a matter of taste of course. Personally I love the earlier and later work. I think it's fair to say that Sparks have remained an innovative musical force for over 30 years. What's particularly admirable is that they have not been afraid to try different musical styles (and invent a few I may add). I, for one, am amazed at their musical diversity and continuing commitment to making unique music. Ok, that's my hero worship over. All hail Sparks!! :)

[michigancherry]

Most of the reason that I think this is because of it being difficult to find anything new. This song is really great!

Perhaps I just need to hear more? Anyway, that's what I am thinking. No matter how you look at it there is nothing like them out there, totally brilliant and original.

[coldfyre]

I can't believe their early music was so bad. their new albums are divine!

[lewys93]

All their music is excellent, not just the new stuff

[teelanes2u]

Although they have slipped since the eighties, there are very few bands in history who have put out 6 or 7 stone cold classic albums- and Ron and Russell are the funniest and wittiest and most satirical of them all.

[cravenpark]

Their last two albums, "Lil' Beethoven," and "Hello Young Lovers" have been brilliant!!! Look out for "Exotic Creatures of the Deep."

[domski26]

one of the most versatile bands around, got to be my favourite.

[PAULLONDEN]

Perfumø

tø gøgø

[klo21976]

Ah !!! les Sparks , une musique albioniste anglaise made in L.A , très bon son, le meilleur album est terminal jive , sublime.....when i'm with you :D

[forzaepice]

bein alors les français où êtes vous!!?? lachez des comm' mince jsuis pas la seule à aimer les sparks dans ce pays!!!!

[peggymount]

Adore this song. And the boys play a great live gig. Fab!

[iposters]

Awesome as always!

[jobaecker]

I've been a fan of Spark since the early 70's (They were called Halfneslon) and they've gone through huge musical changes every few years -- you owe it to yourself to get the tunes from "Propaganda" and "Kimono my House" -- you'll know why they were revered by members of Queen, the Who, and lots of other huge bands.

[supasap]

what would you consider to be the best 5 songs written by Sparks as a matter of interest?

[4Dsign]

Sparks=Geniuses!

[foggytown80]

Sadly just discovered Sparks this year. This is brilliant and so unlike anything being done in pop music today, it's scary!

[SpikeMatthews]

If you like this, try 'When Do I Get To Sing My Way' (talk about biting the hand that feeds you) and 'The Rhythm Thief' (scary AND biting the hand again!)

[Delphi333]

"...well screw the past.." - GREAT!!! LOL! These guys are awesome - love them - new and BIG FAN here. :)

[hommocksorchestra]

I remember this song was on the promo for the real world denver last year. I've been trying to find this song for a year now! I just randomly found it. This is amazing.

[j4wn]

This is probably the best song I've heard in ages. These guys will still be coming up with great songs if they live to be 80.

[Yorkmackem]

Absolutely brilliant, stands up to anything they've done before.

[54spiritedwill54]

I highly underrated band, Awesome Song

[BlaargZ]

This REALLY should've been a massive hit!! Why not??

[macaroon666]

i think they were a big hit, but just a style of music that not everybody admitted to liking, since they were signed to atlanic records, warner brothers records, and even roadrunner records for some of their albums, they're respected throughout the music community, regardless of what genre people claim to like, most people know of and love this band

[Johnnywr]

Six words:

why I love what the fuck!

[snakebite863]

three words:

what the fuck....

[Asellusx]

Now you have a new fan!

[01remoremo]

dear sparks can you tour please...birmingham? 2008? thanks

[marokokisetter]

intellectually sexy.. provcative.. subversive.. smart.. the best amazing pop independent weird abstract amazing music created by two 50 something californian brothers. Three cheers for amazing unique music!!!!!!!!!

[Sparksaty]

Finally it sounds like Sparks again!Damned that Giorgio Moroder