Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Warriors Of The Wasteland (Live)

[burdlow]

How much of a twat did Paul Rutherford look? He tried to upstage Holly in every performance but lacked the looks and talent to do so!

[NielsOhlsen]

Sorry, do not agree. while I'm more 'in it for the music' I do think Paul was a very important ingredient to the dynamics of FGTH.. just look at the expressions of Peter Gill in this great vid...

[guyphawkes]

All I can say is Holly was great, Paul was a worthless git. but then again so are most of the bands out today. Agreed, these guys quit when they were ready to take the world, if they had stayed on, they would be as big as U2 or Depeche mode. Maybe , I mean, without Paul, all he did was dance, uh, ok, ....

[NielsOhlsen]

shockingly good.. so where are the 'established' on this.. what do greats like Sir Paul, Eric Clapton etc. place this.. would be interesting to know...

[jensaushamburg]

where is that? its a cool location...

frankie's top like always

[sjbeverley]

Dont mind it like !!

[simeonemusic]

Fantastic frontman and songwriter.

[burdlow]

I used to fancy Holly Johnson like mad! Great voice too!

[MarkNobes]

So did I, and I'm straight!

[randomglen]

Frankie Goes To Hollywood really stood out from a very 'original' era. The history of FGTH was brief but...... oh so profound

[ohmixmaster]

Thanks for the "original era" comment. The 1980's were just that, original. Electronic music was brand new, and so many people used it in different ways...from Trevor Horn to Alphaville to Depeche Mode, and so on and so forth. The younger generation rarely gets it, they actually think people like "P-Didy" or Jay Z are great "artists"...sad. Just out of curiosity how old are you?

[randomglen]

you forgot to mention; Human League, Thompson Twins, Heaven 17, Ultravox, New Order, A-Ha, Real Life, Blancmange, Soft Cell, Dead or Alive, Gang of Four, Love & Rockets, Yaz, Xymox, ABC, Duran Duran and lastly THE CURE. not to mention the endless one hit wonder acts. Its not so much that rap has ruined music today, the bigger concern is where has all the singers gone? original singers! new wave was a gem of a genre with so much talent its a shame I wrongly thought it would only get better

[ohmixmaster]

I hear you on that one. "New Wave" really evolved into the club music of the 90's and today. Production teams and individuals like Way Out West, Paul Van Dyk, Rich Dekkard, Sasha, DJ Tiesto, and The Crystal Method all were inspired from that era. I do miss the vocalists of the 80's, but I do like how people have pushed the envelope in terms of technology. The hard trance (or epic trance, take your pick...hehe) stuff is quite cool.

[zeetrance]

I really love this live version! It has that raw energy about it. Frankie really had the stage presence about them, then again I think Holly really made Frankie what they were originally together with Trevor Horn's Magic! and Paul Morley's marketing. I'm sure the Lads gave their input BUT I don't know what Paul Rutherford did apart from dancing like a baboon on stage! Then again you had the likes of East 17 who actually had two live baboons in the group.

[zeetrance]

Where can I get this footage?

[pixiesprimecut]

i have it on good quality vhs.

[NielsOhlsen]

@pixiesprimecut

well upload, then farheavenssake!

[ErikRP]

Geez I miss the mid '80s!

[arthurmex]

Nice