FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - Two Tribes(1983)

[ImperialGlory1920]

This is how the EU should be done.

[Mountainseatme]

My dad's brilliant music taste sent me here

[PleaseGoAway1000]

Holly has a dirty bum

[amparitoparito]

Busqué por años esta canción, pero como no sabia su nombre era imposible encontrarla"!!!!!!

[Kuyenko]

@amparitoparito te faltó el shazam, jejeje

[youuareebeautifull]

wave 103.....vice city(;

[CookStetco]

Awesome !



[dbmiami]

To finish my last post, we could've wiped them both out then all the dominoes would've come down and the US & USSR would have decimated the earth. Nobody else has stepped up for others over the past couple hundred years like the US has, so snakey2012 - go fuck yourself. Don't hate, congratulate.

[garybecca]

@dbmiami your an idiot

[dbmiami]

Snakey2012 is an idiot. The US is the most savage country? How about the countries that have wiped out 100,000's or even millions of their own people and repressed even more? Sorry numbnuts, but countries like China, N Korea, and formerly, Iraq, the Soviet Union and Germany take the cake for savagery. The United States has saved (and whooped) pretty much everyone's ass at one time or another. And yeah, instead of a loss and a stalemate we could've wiped North Vietnam & North Korea off the

[BabyCheeses2015]

My dad sang this to me when i was young

[houseofjrk]

dont you wish world leaders settle thier beef like this

[FunkyPieMaster]

I noticed that Godley & Creme directed this video. They also used a wrestling scene in one of their previous efforts, Duran Duran's Girls On Film. As good as Two Tribes is, something tells me that their earlier video will have more hits, particularly the extended version.

[imajeepster]

boy I sure remember this!

[theonlymoo5e]

Hit #1 on the UK pop chart for 9 weeks on June 16, 1984

[roadend78]

liverpool v man utd fa cup .

[PetersTigerLily]

My cousin dated one of these guys

[raverdeath100]

can't really imagine anyone listening to a biebercorp record in the future and thinking " wow, they were pretty powerful lyrics "

[LeahJane1995]

If there were a nuclear war or anything relating to nuclear power the world could all come to an end and never rise once again

[LeahJane1995]

Are we actually living in a land where sex and horror are the new gods

[LeahJane1995]

Lol funny how the sirens went on after "You and your family must take cover"

[MrNeversaynever]

It has all been a lie.

[Snakey2012]

i love the way , america pukes about peace and freedom , when they are the most savage and most ruthless nation on earth , thousands of innocent men women and children mercilicly killed and lots of resourses.

[vikrsen]

@Snakey2012 What have your forefathers done with the resources?Oh sorry.America accomplished maybe what ,Space,technology,media and so much more.You did what.Oh yeah,72 virgins(if thats what you like).My bad.

[Thatcheriteme]

@Snakey2012......mercilicly? resourses? Education is a resource. Which it appears you did not receive, not only because of your opinion, but your spelling. If i suffered from penis envy, i would indeed envy you, because you just made yourself look a massive prick. Even your computer thinks your a prick, as it didn't even attempt to correct your spelling.

[IPSupport]

@Thatcheriteme EPIC FAIL when taking the piss over poor spelling make sure you don't do it yourself. "Even your computer thinks your a prick", that would be "you're a prick"

[Thatcheriteme]

@IPSupport The single quotation mark should be used when making a quotation within a quotation. EPIC FAIL? No, its failure. Oh, and overuse of capitals. Thanks for wasting 4 minutes of my life......Prick.

[tardisyoas]

Ronald Reagan in the video is also Rimmer in red dwarf.

[27281brfc]

@tardisyoas no its not him

[Rimedore]

" Are we living in a land where sex and horror are the new Gods? " So true, especially for the times we live now.. Truly 80's was the last good time.

[shoptothecaf]

@Rimedore Hmmm, 90% correct, the early 90's had a lot going for them... Today?? Pfffftt ... what ever the feck that means.

[smtp4me]

Great song and video. Powerful message!

[garrycollett]

this song is fukin shit and your all queer

[TheShAdOwDeMoNzZ]

@garrycollett so's your nan.

[NoRussianMakarov]

@garrycollett You're just musically challenged.

[shoptothecaf]

@garrycollett Write to Justin Bieber,  ask him nicely and he might cover it for you.

[bubby2000000]

Better than Relax? i think so.

[backbeyond]

@bubby2000000

Nah... theyre both as good :)

[NoRussianMakarov]

I think this is still one of the greatest songs I've ever heard.

[shoptothecaf]

@NoRussianMakarov Trevor Horn and a vid by Godley and Creme. It don't come much better.

[pakitovillanueva]

two tribes,short version,do you remember ronald reagan?

[andrewthebestes]

If only politics were this interesting...

[CannibalCBuzzcock]

politics at its finest

[Snakey2012]

kill the illuminati

[93MrFerre]

@Snakey2012 KILL THEM ALL

[sigma440]

This is a great video for an absolutely brilliant song.

[2009qpr]

Stop moaning all you peps.. (the ones that are moaning) its pathetic...

[l0dgey]

reagan looks like charlie sheen

[nfsGirlZ]

reminds me Vice city... Nostalgy 

[MrBadintentionss]

anyone who dislikes thisa video doesnt realise what is at stake in this world...seriously

[TheNaomiengland]

@MrBadintentionss You're wonderful and so carring about the world. To bad you wern't wooried about what white people were doing in your country.

[Standuble]

@TheNaomiengland Us people aren't very nice are we? I would compare us to pieces of frozen chicken you can buy from the supermarket. I hope you know the type I refer to.

Humanity is probably fucked due to war if not due to sheer overpopulation. It's a shame I would have wished it to dominate space instead, shame it may never get the chance to now.

[MrBadintentionss]

@TheNaomiengland if you want to come online and unload you own baggage through cynicism and negative comments you wouldn't say to my face, at least have the character not to say it here.

what a pity i don't have aboriginal blood in me so i could stick that last comment up you royally.

[angelchez]

Cameron and Sarkosy in a sand box! That would sort the Euro Zone right out!!

[mzmadmike]

Thumbs up if you like the idea of fighting wars by having the heads of state duke it out in sandboxes while we take bets.

[MattInRC]

Really incredible message FGH presented here. Seeing how the violence spilled out into the crowd as they took each other apart as the leaders watched was really powerful. As a kid, I remember that I had never seen anyone biting someone's ear off - today, sadly this type of violence occurs all the time on TV.

[okkietroy]

Amazing video at the time.

[bossendenwoodconvict]

Just an awful band with an odd looking singer. They just appealed the lowest of the low in society.

[YTPEXPERT]

love it, "no peace for America in this world" *kiss* *kiss* *kiss* lol

[MrHEC381991]

Relax is amazing but this track is a little bit better.

[black25330]

ahh 240p, we meet again

[volcanboy]

thumbs up if you're here because of super league!!!!!!

[takharov1]

Channel 4 UK American Football presented by Mick Luckhurst. They used it for the scores and reports.

[dubian99]

More Power in this song than all the songs in the charts put together

[bradleybooth95]

this is how wars should be settled the leaders shout go in a ring and fight, unfortunately britain would be fucked.

[GameFreak7744]

@bradleybooth95 We'd have stood more chance with Gorden... XD

[Darkton80]

Which time period would you rather live in, COLD WAR or NEW WORLD ORDER?

I myself would choose COLD WAR because it's better to have TWO BULLIES fighting each other than to have ONE BULLY with no competitor having all the time to itself thinking of every possible way to choke you. When there is a fight between TWO BULLIES that gives the people some breathing time because the BOSSES ARE DISTRACTED. If Michael Myers is about to slash you, wouldn't you want Jason attacking Michael so you can run!!!

[jjsassenach1]

bRILLIANT

[fdim1953]

Parts of this song used in a skating program here in Canada recently (Battle of the Blades). Ashamed to say, had completely forgotten about this song. Very, very powerful lyrics, music, and this video says it all. Bring back FGH. Would love to see this song re-released. Musical fluff step aside and let Frankie take his rightful place on the charts, and maybe, just maybe, people will be inspired by his powerful message to DO SOMETHING about this mess the world continues perpetrate upon itself.

[InnerCityGirl1]

just watched this video having not seen it for years........fuckin A!

great toon

xx

[skiddyyy]

always the threat of nuclear war hanging over you..i nearly pissed my pants when my school tested the warning sirens

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[cc92103]

Great song...great video...Ronald Reagan goes "Mike Tyson" on Yeltsin, ha! Reagan wins!!

[HeadlightMorningGlow]

@cc92103 Long before Yeltsin - it's Reagan vs Chernenko. :)

[Falkenberg6]

Das war noch Musik!!!

[MHorton1000]

Like if you came here because of Graeme Dott.

[Communist4Edward]

Reagan VS Gorbarchev? LOL

[macktheknife888]

Still well'ard even after all these years.

[missjacko1]

Nixon was a real American Despot, and tosspot. A dispicable little greedy warped little Man. The worst that Capitalism offers.

[wakeyphotter]

Funny how the world has changed. China is the next country to fear - and they actually have vast amounts of money unlike the USSR!

[vigo894]

@wakeyphotter= Fear what? Their country is fucked up. Polluted, corrupted, and running out of women. The nihilist in me says, nothing lasts forever. China's no exception. Eventually, they will break up like a wet taco. And even though I'll probably be dead by then, I will be laughing at them somewhere in the Great Beyond.

[GreenAndPleasantLand]

Thumbs up if you're a Cold War Kid.

[junysaerus]

i have always liked this video, thats what they should do, face each other the warmungers!and sort the problem out before it escalates.instead of sending these soilders out for what nothing.but getting killed for nothing. it saddens me.you think these leaders would of known by now.senseless. love the video!junysaerus

[Yyyyzyyy]

Richard Nixon is my hero.

[hinomura2001]

this is war the way it should be.....between the leaders.....too bad we'll never see Gaddafi fight Obama to the death....

[ChingWhonPow]

who heard this from sky sports rugby league??

[HLecterPHD]

when two tribes go to war

dammit beavis we're never gonna - score

[StevenLJohnson]

Great stuff! This really did capture a moment.

[kielek1996]

Gta Vice City !

[chairmanmeow1973]

This sums up how ridiculously stupid the arms race was.

[bull864]

@chairmanmeow1973 At least we didn't actually go to war. Compared to now, I miss the arms race.

[ferryman1960]

remember 1st nite we watced this we partied all w/e on this tune ,,,,,me an the ex went to see this band at the hammersmith we weremid20's then an top of the game but remember felt old i seen a lot of bands them days but frankie was siht hot that nite

[ferryman1960]

remember 1st nite we watced this we partied all w/e on this tune

[ownthelaws]

Best intro to a song EVER.

[jjsassenach1]

@ownthelaws Was used for American Football in 86 Great

[Standuble]

Nothing like the good old days when we used to fight wars by boycotting each other's Olympics!

[skiddyyy]

@Standuble best song ever...really scary times the eighties!!!

[Standuble]

@skiddyyy I was born in the late eighties, very scary time.

[tsilll]

@Standuble i have to semi-agree, because there was the Korean war, the Vietnam war and the Soviet war in Afghanistan. And other conflicts. But you did make a good point about the olympics

[Standuble]

@tsilll lol I know. I was joking a little when I made that. Though to be fair the three above were all proxy wars more than anything.

[redman8903]

Regan fights like Tyson, bite the ear.

[LAnonHubbard]

What a brilliant song on so many levels.

[liverush1]

I think that this version is probably my favourite. They are all pretty similar, however.

[Stroija]

Frankie Goes to Hollywood had their all first three singles #1. I believe that only one other band has managed to do that, which kinda makes FGTH one heck of a band ;)

[rohanmarkjay]

Nothing's changed America and Isreal still threaten to blow up the world with their warmongering military establishments. I hope Palestine gets its freedom soon from Isreali/American tyranny.

[pst702]

@rohanmarkjay ..hmmm,it's funny how people(liberals) only see one side. I don't believe in warmongering as well and i hope Palestine do get their country ONLY if they remain peaceful and not start a war with Isreal. Lets face facts here 99% of the arab countries are either dictatorship or monarchy bent on destroying the only democratic country in the Middle east, and where individual rights are surpressed and children and women are property. So what leg do YOU stand on in defending this! be real

[nazgulero]

@pst702 Very good. Most people have no idea what they are supporting - welcome to the world of the Sharia, where gays and lesbians get the death penalty, where women have no rights, where there is no freedom of religion. Their main negotiator, Abu Mazen aka Mahmud Abbas, is one of the two masterminds of the 1972 Munich hostage crisis. Nice people indeed !

[MKIICJC]

go to hell Sharia law - this is a Christian land

[NihilistSlacker]

@MKIICJC Go to Hell Sharia Law AND Christian law, the west should remain secular. Why the Hell would you want religious law running your life? Don't you enjoy free speech and the freedom to enjoy the art and entertainment you want to enjoy? Do you want the monstrous censorship (along with progressively worse things as the decades drone on) that religious law would bring?

If it were up to the religious FGTH would be banned because they 'promote homosexuality' (Relax).

[DevinDCEG]

I wanna like this song, but if you look at the lyrics it is a terribly-written song. The instrumentals save it.

[aztec89100]

welcome to the new world Americans, it's two tribes....Dems Vs Reps....we have no choice....the world has been reduced to choose this or that....check out "Freedom of Choice" by Devo....they predicted this crap 30 yrs ago....

[cymrutroll]

3 hit wonders

[Standuble]

I love the determined (and perhaps borderline fanatical) expression of the glasses dude at 3:30. I wonder whether its supposed to be symbolic for a "we must win" attitude of a devoted ally of one of the combatants, or its merely a parody of a gambler hell bent on winning? :)

[Standuble]

I love this video, when I watch it always creates a sort of allegorical symbolism with the fight becoming an analogy for a Cold War which went hot. I find myself trying to work out what is happening on the world war stage as the fight continues with the USA and USSR gradually beating each other into the dust. You can tell that 3:50 is where the world says "ah screw it" and non-combatant nations just join in too!

[GayFoxxx]

holly johnson - i love you !

[orourkeda]

Still the best video ever.

[stoptherot1]

OPEN YOUR FUCK1NG EYES ffs

[ludocrat]

With the benefit of unashamed hingsight, I reckon the moment Frankie parodied MAD with this work of genius was the moment people stopped taking it seriously, having been increasingly scared shitless about it for years.

Fairly soon after this, remember, it just went away. So by 1989 I was just confused: "Did that really happen?" I usd to ask myself (and often still do).

You won't understand if you're not of my particular generation. Lucky you.

[redhed6971]

I'm totally convinced Ronald Reagan sent a copy of this vid to Gorbachov with a note that said the following, "Ya know these kids are totally convinced we are going to blow the Whole Damn thing up, maybe we can do something to convince them otherwise." If I remember correctly, the "Tear this wall Down," speech happened four or five years later. Just a conjecture on my part.

[weepee1967]

TUNE!!!!!!

[dropthecrap]

lol

[4615larkc]

hey ty tcraigh still good stuff

[mamahoney08]

Freddy Mercury @ 2:54 the cameraman

[IMxYOURxDADDY]

USA won the Cold War.....no more USSR no more communisn or Berlin wall or Warsaw pact as of 1991. USA, NATO, capitalism and democracy still around.

[CharlieboyK]

@IMxYOURxDADDY Yawn... no one won anything out of the Cold War..... Capitalism is certianly working well for America LOL.... gready fuckers

[Darkton80]

@IMxYOURxDADDY " D E M O C R A C Y ? " ARE YOU COMPLETELY OUT OF YOUR MARBLES!!!!! HOW MUCH DOPE HAVE YOU BEEN SMOKING? LET ME HELP YOU OUT HERE. YOU MEAN TO SAY NATO, TOTALITARIAN CORPORATISM, AND N.W.O. STILL AROUND. Capitalism was destroyed by corporatism, and democracy was destroyed some 2,100 years ago. Democracy is a system invented by the ancient Greeks in which the masses have the power to decide. Ever since then the whole world has been runned by the ELITE.

[Joker1841]

where is "Lets get ready to rumble" ???

[4615larkc]

is this yeltsin? stil; love this song oh yeah

[tcraigh1]

@4615larkc no chenyenko he was the soviet leader before gorbachov

[whquick]

Hit him Chernenko!

[celebtrvl]

I love dancing to this song.

[zzzzthefirstzzzz]

The only good capitalist is a dead capitalist,,, jeeze they actually belive one human should be more powerful than the usa

[Slushyyy639]

@zzzzthefirstzzzz your complaining about capitalism?

[escdelesp]

One of my favorite cowbell lines...

[Redscum1]

1984

[p3tcu]

me, in its days..



[BrockAlexander]

Definitely a song ahead of its time. Amazing sound, absolute classic from a great band. Wish they had done more stuff

[gal80s]

@BrockAlexander Not a song "ahead of its time" -- it is a song of ITS TIME. The 80s were absolutely progressive and that is why songs from that incredible decade still sound fresh and current. Cheers.

[Mataca45]

SUPER LEAGUE=AMAZING

[future21st]

i cannot beleive that this is 1983 i remember the bbc banning relax b4 and it made big news

[FerranJM]

així acabarem d'aquí poc !!!

[allegro2us]

Two party politics - shake it out on the floor.

[8corporal]

A song with a bass line nearly as memorable as `Hit me with your rythm stick!`

[msmiztressnblack]

i first went to london in1983 and it seemed like everyone was wearing a frankie tee shirt

[BlackSkyThunder]

Thanks Internet for spreading the music culture of the 80's through youtube! Times for creation, introspection, paranoia while we were still living with two tribes, we are very lucky for remembering all these times online

[san6vasq]

I heard this song in the movie Doomsday.

[zufarrath]

This is 80s creativity

[peniosasdasd]

I am typing this from an iPad. Hi world, let's got o war.

[jon1mills1]

1984 not 83..

[suskistube]

FGTH where my favorite band at the time and I swear "Welcome to The Pleasuredome" is a fantastic double album. It's almost flawless.

[LIBREPUB]

This whole album is fucking nails

[ufewl]

It was the longest running number-one single in the UK between 1978 and 1991.

Now that is saying something!! There were a hell  of a lot good songs in those 14 years!!

[ufewl]

fantastic song, i am surprise it was not a hit in the USA - it was everywhere else - but them i doubt it got much air-play

[eden1963]

Who was the Russian president at that time?

[1michelemichele1]

@eden1963 Konstantin Chernenko (rep'd in the video)

[4615larkc]

@eden1963 gorby?

[tsilll]

@4615larkc Gorbatšov didn't come until 85

[Hardyman1966]

The perennial nuclear 80's video!  Two men enter, one man leaves! :)

[Hardyman1966]

The perennial nuclear 80's video! TWO MEN ENTER, ONE MAN LEAVES! :)

[MyPatoxxx]

que pasa en el mundo

[chubbylilloser85]

Im looking around for some older bands to listen too (As lets face it todays is pretty crap -_-) What really hits me with watching these vids/songs..is how fresh they sound and undated. Listen to 80's songs and it oozes 80's. Their songs however sound like they could have been released last year. Amazing

[bartronZ]

@chubbylilloser85 you are so right, I bet most young people would think its a recent song, not 30 years old...

[Aiel2805]

@bartronZ what the heck are you talking about... im 20 years old and i know this isnt recent -.- but thats cause i grew up to songs like this and madonna and eagles and such lol

[Hollenvaen]

@chubbylilloser85 Pretty crap? You're just not looking in the right places ;)

[chubbylilloser85]

@Hollenvaen well 90% is pretty crap. All auto tuned and nothing original -_- :(

[MegaPapa1968]

@chubbylilloser85

Totally agreed. This band was so far ahead of its time...just imagine what they could do with the effects and technology available to them now, nearly 30 years on!

[ginocasio]

@chubbylilloser85 ...They were manufactured to a high standard by Trevor Horn ...Other than Hollies vocals TH takes all the credit....credit with a capital C..........

[sard37]

@chubbylilloser85 just search 80s music mate, theres alot of good stuff but beware the cringworthy lol

[coltsuperocean10]

@chubbylilloser85 ..completely agree!! Chris Moyles played this song today in the golden hour. I turned it up to 11 and it sounded so fuckin good!! Top tune!!

[PurplePentagon]

That tingle starting at 3:20 is the part I like the most :).

[orourkeda]

Still the best video ever

[nelsonjonkane]

My favorite video of all time on MTV!

[cheef1962]

The Frankies were a vastly underated band. This is 28 years old and its still sound fresh and new. awesome.

[cheef1962]

The Frankies should re-release this poignant song and video to wake up the world.

When two tribes go to war money's all that you can score.

Peace in Iraq?? peace in Afghanistan??? peace in Libya???? Where next USA?????