Hey guys and gals, I've got an idea. Instead of wailing away on YouTube, write very angry letters to your local representative and consider going into politics. Only then will SOPA & PIPA face the army of us.
Who's WMG and why are the asses.....Dear WMG IT IS BECAUSE OF YOUTUBE PERFORMANCES OF SPARKS songs past that made me go out and buy 18 of the albums I didn't have of them 18 albums WMG!!! I did not down load them or swipe them. I purchased them.This album included!!! So what ever GENIUS executive came up with your decision to take these songs off....you are doing SPARKS and yourself a huge disservice.
The sad thing is that people born in the late 80's and 90's may not have heard this and lots more and increasingly censored stuff on YT. This is probably the best way to introduce youngsters to old time hits which they may purchase legitimately. A silly and rather short sighted decision!
Discográficas del mundo: menuda manera de promocionar la música...quitando el audio. Así no va a comprar un disco nadie, PROMOCIÓN, dejar promocionar los discos y grupos que estais acortando el conocimiento.
Or perhaps it's just that the band is pantomiming its recording instead of actually playing the song. Not much to get excited over, one would think. -f
Hehehehe! You can't help but smile when they have Ron's face covering the whole screen! (2:21) Ron and Russel were, and ARE too hip for the room! SO cool!!! I ♥ those Mael Bros!!
Anyone see Shooting Stars when they re-did the video for this song. Made me laugh so much but I can't find it anywhere. Whoever it was that was the Hitler-esque piano player did such a good impression
Never heard these guys before but considering this was in 1974 they were ahead of their time. They sound like one part Bay city rollers and one part Styx (mr. roboto)
Well, I've got about a decade on you, and when I was 13 and shopping for my Bar Mitzvah suit- a little brown velvet number- the scary man and his brother were standing there in Barney's clothing shop in Manhattan. I recognized them from TV but didn't have the guts to say hello.
What is with all the comotose people on the stage with them, don't they have security there?!If I was on stage I woudn't be able to stop myself from trying to grab Russells ass but that's just me, good thing I wasn't born yet or else...I would grab Ron's ass too but he's sitting ya know.
ha, the lame presence of the 60s/70s-ish milton-bradley board-game playin' family run the risk of possibly de-Cooling SPARKS. they look traumatized, and rightfully so!!
A woofer in tweeter's clothing (1972) was produced by David Lynch but it's not writtin in the cover.
Queen and Mercury can go to sleep.
Sparks was my childhoods greatest music. My older brothers had the lp's. I ended up with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. But I still love Sparks.
Totally right Aladan57 - I still listen to Kimono My House, which I bought from a junk shop in Watford as I wasn't old enough to go out and buy it at the time. Every time I listen to this track I get an increasing heartbeat.............you know what I mean tacky tiger?
Dinky Diamond AND Adrian Fisher dead - you could have broken it to me gently - that is really sad news to me; Sparks were such an important part of my growing up.
My favourite ever Group: I loved Russell Male all through my teenage years and got to touch him once outside The Rainbow; didn't wash my hand for a week.
Please thank your Dad for all the pleasure he and the rest of the band gave me in the 70s. Know they've gone their separate ways now but I still listen to, and love, Kimono My House, Propaganda and Indiscreet
Back in 1974 I wrote a letter to the SPARKS fan club in the U.K. asking when were they coming to Australia for a tour?....I got a postcard back with a pic of all the band members including your dad..I never did see them live but playing on a classic album like 'Kimono My House'...well done to your Dad!
I dont think my dad played on the actual record. I think the guy my dad replaced did. I am sure this is live so he would have definitely been playing it.
It was Adrian Fisher (now sadly deceased) who played the terrific lead guitar on the studio version of This Town. The song writing came from Ron Mael but they had a great rock band backing them up in 1974 that was a huge part of their success.
Perhaps he was singing to Freddie Mercury when he said "This town ain't big enough for the both of us" ? He was certainly proved right in the long run - after all, Freddie had to leave prematurely. What a prophetic song.
This is great. I think that the audience is stunned, because this is a German show which I remember from my childhood. And I think that they were just flabberghasted at seeing Hitler not only being alive, but playing the keyboards as well!
Sparks formed in 1970 in Los Angeles. They were popular in the U.S and the U.K. and had a string of good albums. Ronald today still has a Roland with the letters rearranged to spell Roland.
Get a clue!The Queen line up as we know it formed in 1971, I doubt anyone in the U.K had heard of Sparks(or Halfnelson as they were known then). Both great bands, but your comment is unfounded crap.
so that makes them better does it? - nothing to do with the genius mael lyrics or the fact that every album they release now sounds so fresh and way ahead of its time. I doubt if Queen would have the same affect - aren't they resorting to Ben Elton writing their West End musicals for them nowadays. How original!
Nowadays = without Freddie Mercury; if Ron or Russell died, I'm pretty sure the other would have a pretty tough time creating music.
Overall, Queen is better because they had much more memorable songs. When I consider which band is better, I look at how good their songs are. Sparks was creative and original, but they didn't produce good song after good song like Queen did.
Sparks was my very first concert, I saw them at the Roxy Theater in Allentown Pa.. Forgot just how much I loved this band, so glad I can't get them out of my head right now. Great music to help pass the day by by putting a smile on youe face.
I saw them in Philly in 1976 and this was their opening #- They gave a high energy glam performance that was right up there with Bowie, Roxy Music and T-Rex.
This year they are going to release their 21st album, and leading up to it they are going to perform their previous 20 albums in chronological order during May and June in London. Their last teo albums, "Lil' Beethoven", and "Hello Young Lovers " are brilliant. You have a lot of wonderful catching up to do!
They could just make a loop of the chorus "This town ain't big enough for both of us and it ain't me who's gonna leave" as the whole song for 3-5 minutes and I'll pretty content.
It's not that the audience were bored, it's just that we had'nt got a clue what the fuck it was all about, nothing like this had been done before, we did'nt know wether they were taking the piss out of us or what.
I think Queen learned more than a little especially from the arrangements that Sparks used. As far as arrangements go, Sparks were certainly very difficult to match, if not positively unbeatable.
Indeed. Ron and Russell take great pride in making their styles contrast and mesh at the same time...one reason Sparks is still aorund after 37 years!
You saw these guys before they left L.A. for England??? OH DO ELABORATE! I just got the debut and "Woofer.." a few days ago. Absolutely love their take on "Do Re Mi." How were they recieved here in L.A. back then? What were the Mankey brothers like onstage?
Oh I just love this song.STILL! You can see by looking at the audience that they didn't have any fucking idea WHAT to think of it. Left field completely. Well done lads.
The recording is from 3Sat - a German channel. If the performance itself was in Germany it may explain why the audience is so bemused. A freaky guy with a Hitler Schnurbart would have freaked them out in 74 - probably still would today!
This is the only clip where I have seen the audience look even more conservative and more bored looking than Ron Mael! Oddly enough this is the one shooting which appears to encompas the whole band rather than fixing on Ron and Russell, it doesn't work.
from all my posts concerning russell's hair and dancing i sound like the dullest kind of gossip-- but one more cosmetic concern and then i'll rest. Maybe one of y'all know (because when i asked on allsparks forum, fans of superior maturity, apparently, derided me for being so nosy), when did russell get his tooth capped? or is the gap still there and he just doesnt curl his lip enough to see it while singing these days?
i love this song
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whotookmyusername 2 months ago
I feel deaf thanks to WMG ..oh well there are always torrents..
zincink 2 years ago 3
Who's WMG and why are the asses.....Dear WMG IT IS BECAUSE OF YOUTUBE PERFORMANCES OF SPARKS songs past that made me go out and buy 18 of the albums I didn't have of them 18 albums WMG!!! I did not down load them or swipe them. I purchased them.This album included!!! So what ever GENIUS executive came up with your decision to take these songs off....you are doing SPARKS and yourself a huge disservice.
louloupicklepuss 2 years ago 5
I only got 17 albums because of YouTube.
Otherwise, agree.
TwinYawgmoth 2 years ago
come on now this was the best version of the song on youtube
evev13 2 years ago 3
WMG is going down
krubinyi 2 years ago
I heartily agree.
What douchebags.
Trash24713 2 years ago
The sad thing is that people born in the late 80's and 90's may not have heard this and lots more and increasingly censored stuff on YT. This is probably the best way to introduce youngsters to old time hits which they may purchase legitimately. A silly and rather short sighted decision!
thefrecklepuny 2 years ago 5
If people can't listen to the song via this means they'll just download it illegally, not buy it. Taking the sound is just pointless and mean
AyeHeartMuse 3 years ago 10
WMG - We know where you live...
Mrrf 3 years ago 11
Fuc off WMG. I will NEVER ever again purchase a Warner crap record !
roxpace 3 years ago 14
Discográficas del mundo: menuda manera de promocionar la música...quitando el audio. Así no va a comprar un disco nadie, PROMOCIÓN, dejar promocionar los discos y grupos que estais acortando el conocimiento.
danielamen 3 years ago
WMG you cant stop technology - greedy wankers
brunster64 3 years ago 13
Sad for WMG, I'll be obliged to find this song "peer to peer...."
kemric 3 years ago 8
wtf??, THEY REMOVED THE SOUNDS? YOutube going down
Robfoxman 3 years ago 5
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FAGS
perulondan 3 years ago
I only heard this today.
I was amazed at this brillance.
Its now being repeated all the time XD
missuninformed 3 years ago 3
this song rocks. good jesus god. music today sucks.
ackamack101 3 years ago
What a song. Totally unique and a great stomper!!
jonnywotsit 3 years ago 3
How can those people in the audience not go insane. This song is so fucking fantastic. Btw I want Ron's Chaplin moustached babies.
glassdragonfly 3 years ago 4
FANTASTIC. very rarely ever bought singles in my youth .but bought this.
emmamirriam 3 years ago 2
Best riff ever!!!!!!
JAYROX1969 3 years ago 2
genius
jezza10181 3 years ago 4
I LOVE this song! Siouxsie version is good, but not as good as the original!
SexVampireBite 3 years ago
I presume this was filmed in Germany judging by the "stiff as boards" audience
I'm sure Ron's physical features went down well. lol. Great song!
wehavejoy 3 years ago 5
Or perhaps it's just that the band is pantomiming its recording instead of actually playing the song. Not much to get excited over, one would think. -f
FrankenBosey 3 years ago
Lay off, Frank.
wehavejoy 3 years ago
Sorry, it wasn't intended offensively. -f
FrankenBosey 3 years ago
Frank, no need to apologize, I'd just had a very bad day. All the best, pal.
wehavejoy 3 years ago
Ace observation! Yeah, it looks continental--or perhaps in Norway? Either way, brilliant tune, from the genius Mael brothers. Love it!
bartonim 3 years ago 2
3SAT is a german tv channel
perromanchado 3 years ago
The first offical ironic mustache.
Laestadius 3 years ago
why has someone marked my last comment as bad when im just respecting sparks late great drummer.
hardtoesxplain 3 years ago 2
the keyboardist reminds me of a young Anne Diamond.
stude 3 years ago
rip norman "dinky" diamond.
hardtoesxplain 3 years ago 4
Hehehehe! You can't help but smile when they have Ron's face covering the whole screen! (2:21) Ron and Russel were, and ARE too hip for the room! SO cool!!! I ♥ those Mael Bros!!
TIWICI 3 years ago
this was the very first single i bought when it came out
dimmube 3 years ago
Always a great band. Always too hip for the room.
drvinnievegas 3 years ago
What a fucking great song this is. Also the piano player is fucking cool. I am blown away by this great song.
MLTheunissen 3 years ago 2
I fucking agree. I just discovered it today. Cheers.
gonzaljevic 3 years ago
or hitler
samcharlton 3 years ago
the singer looks like a young stan boardman
loaxin 3 years ago
i <3 it! :)
CFTBerlin 3 years ago
Anyone see Shooting Stars when they re-did the video for this song. Made me laugh so much but I can't find it anywhere. Whoever it was that was the Hitler-esque piano player did such a good impression
kubran 3 years ago
Merci pour cette vidéo ! Spark était vraiment un groupe original et génial ! J'adore cette chanson !
0marylene 3 years ago
legend this song is
replicas79 3 years ago 3
This whole album is brilliant, one of their best.
schlockhausen 3 years ago 3
Never heard these guys before but considering this was in 1974 they were ahead of their time. They sound like one part Bay city rollers and one part Styx (mr. roboto)
crazy keyboardist
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why does the keyboard player want to look like Hitler ?
spiritofstone 3 years ago
Adolf could haul out some mean chops on the keyboard apparently
Yorkmackem 3 years ago
or charlie chaplin
Robfoxman 3 years ago 3
Thanks for letting us know there's a Justin Hawkins version of this. I can imagine him getting his falsetto around this quite nicely.
By the way, there are Yanks(Sparks included) who don't cotton to gangsta crap, myself included.
written12 3 years ago
Well, I've got about a decade on you, and when I was 13 and shopping for my Bar Mitzvah suit- a little brown velvet number- the scary man and his brother were standing there in Barney's clothing shop in Manhattan. I recognized them from TV but didn't have the guts to say hello.
written12 3 years ago
PURE ROCK GOLD!!
040469ian 3 years ago 2
you know what I like this song and it's the first time I'm listening to it and the band also... Never heard i before..
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sieg heil......^^
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HILE HITLER
1247888 3 years ago
What is with all the comotose people on the stage with them, don't they have security there?!If I was on stage I woudn't be able to stop myself from trying to grab Russells ass but that's just me, good thing I wasn't born yet or else...I would grab Ron's ass too but he's sitting ya know.
louloupicklepuss 3 years ago
awesome, how can anyone not love sparks.
hardtoesxplain 3 years ago 8
proper good alright wanker caller!!!!
happyfree35 3 years ago
ha, the lame presence of the 60s/70s-ish milton-bradley board-game playin' family run the risk of possibly de-Cooling SPARKS. they look traumatized, and rightfully so!!
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if you think this piece of crap is better than Elton you are on Morphine. They never went anywhere because ... THEY SUCK!!!
Godlovesallpeople 3 years ago
LOL! ELTON JOHN!?!?!
REALLY?!
MoonBarrett 3 years ago
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this song SUCKS NUTS !!!
I only watched 47 seconds and then tossed my cookies.
Godlovesallpeople 3 years ago
Makes a change from tossing yourself I suppose - Wanker!
EssexBoy696969 3 years ago
Elevator John, hmmm, sounds cool. Better give him a lift.
zurapDOR 3 years ago 2
ha la belle époque!!!! super le Flashback!
pupucedemer 3 years ago
A woofer in tweeter's clothing (1972) was produced by David Lynch but it's not writtin in the cover.
Queen and Mercury can go to sleep.
Sparks was my childhoods greatest music. My older brothers had the lp's. I ended up with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. But I still love Sparks.
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you like this crap better than the EXCELLENCE that is QUEEN??
you are a nut bag, that keyboard player is a freak.
Godlovesallpeople 3 years ago
yea, ron is a freak! rofl My god he's a god blesses freak! lol
exentr 3 years ago 3
Don't.....it would look geometrically wrong on your triangular shaped head.
EssexBoy696969 3 years ago
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that was funny
Godlovesallpeople 3 years ago
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this version is crap listen to jsutin hawkins he did an amazing verison
yabbas123 3 years ago
Justin Hawkins made The Darkness as a Tribute to Sparks. Sparks also are a major influence on many bands :
Depeche Mode
New Order
to name two.
lone3wolf 3 years ago 2
ahead of their time
Aladan57 3 years ago 2
Totally right Aladan57 - I still listen to Kimono My House, which I bought from a junk shop in Watford as I wasn't old enough to go out and buy it at the time. Every time I listen to this track I get an increasing heartbeat.............you know what I mean tacky tiger?
lottietotty 3 years ago
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yeah, ahead of their time to be the crappiest band in the universe
Godlovesallpeople 3 years ago
OMG! Heard it on the radio and thought that it was a woman who was singing - but i was wrong...
alternativefandotcom 3 years ago
I love it :)
It aint me who's gonna leave!!!!!
JannesHuizing 3 years ago
This was the song that caused Elton John to eat crow. Captain Fantastic claimed Sparks would never have a hit in the UK, and the rest is history!
jsc1215 3 years ago
"This town ain't big enough for the both of us" - so does that mean he went to LA and Sparks moved to London? Seems like a good swap to me!
MassimoConnolli 3 years ago
Used to rock to this in the NAAFI at Falingbostel back in `74. Fucking brilliant. They`re back with a new single and are just as good as ever.
listymisty 3 years ago
scary hitler keyboardist
hes creepy
VintageJordan 3 years ago
Vintagejordan...I think that you may have missed something. I'm sorry...
michigancherry 3 years ago
Is the lead singer a male or female?
Looks male, sings female.
Creepy.
Awesome song though.
starbucksmunky 3 years ago
He is Russel Mael, and that is just a look for that time period. He has a powerful falsetto voice.
jsc1215 3 years ago 3
You never heard Imnogen Heap .... she would scare you even more!!! Let alone the artist known as Divine .... ;)
JannesHuizing 3 years ago
best song that's ever been written!!!!
santilife 3 years ago
Brilliant classic,ahead of their time.
shum65 3 years ago 2
This is BRILLIANT! Although I must be honest and say I was raised on the Siouxsie and the Banshees version. ;)
adamcharney 3 years ago
obviously the singer is risking his life
itnow 3 years ago
Dinky Diamond AND Adrian Fisher dead - you could have broken it to me gently - that is really sad news to me; Sparks were such an important part of my growing up.
juno2307 3 years ago 3
"you hear the thunder of stampeding rhinos,elephants and TACKY TIGERS"
when I was a kid I always thought he was singing "TAXI DRIVERS"!!!!,
the band were well spooky but ace song
niCEnSleAzY99 3 years ago
the guy on the keyboard looks dangerous
megacoolboy1 4 years ago 5
a classic thank you for uploading
megacoolboy1 4 years ago 5
My favourite ever Group: I loved Russell Male all through my teenage years and got to touch him once outside The Rainbow; didn't wash my hand for a week.
juno2307 4 years ago
mY DAD IS PLAYING THE LEAD GUITAR ON THIS. HE IS THE ONE IN THE BLACK T SHIRT WITH THE WHITE GUITAR.
niknix1234 4 years ago 4
How fantastic. Is your Dad Trevor White or Adrian Fisher?
juno2307 4 years ago
Trevor White
niknix1234 4 years ago
Please thank your Dad for all the pleasure he and the rest of the band gave me in the 70s. Know they've gone their separate ways now but I still listen to, and love, Kimono My House, Propaganda and Indiscreet
juno2307 4 years ago 5
ah Cheers I will pass it on! x
niknix1234 4 years ago
Back in 1974 I wrote a letter to the SPARKS fan club in the U.K. asking when were they coming to Australia for a tour?....I got a postcard back with a pic of all the band members including your dad..I never did see them live but playing on a classic album like 'Kimono My House'...well done to your Dad!
terrythekittie 4 years ago 4
Always wanted to know who played lead guitar on this for over 30 years, really great guitar work ;sounds like a R Blackmore style
ken2corfu 3 years ago
I dont think my dad played on the actual record. I think the guy my dad replaced did. I am sure this is live so he would have definitely been playing it.
niknix1234 3 years ago
It was Adrian Fisher (now sadly deceased) who played the terrific lead guitar on the studio version of This Town. The song writing came from Ron Mael but they had a great rock band backing them up in 1974 that was a huge part of their success.
leemcuk1 3 years ago
Ill assume yor Dad is Trevor White? If so regards to him - I still have a copy of 'Crazy Kids' on vinyl I play now and again.
netuser247 3 years ago
The keyboard guy is a superstar!!!
mikeyj2025 4 years ago 6
Nice to see Hitler making a comeback after World War 2...
burkezillar 4 years ago
lol!! i liked that one
yer the similarities are astonishing
MKownage 4 years ago 3
he was meant to look like charlie chaplin in fact, see the interview of a dutch program called "Top 2000 a go go" from dec. 2006 i believe it was.
jediess 4 years ago
Perhaps he was singing to Freddie Mercury when he said "This town ain't big enough for the both of us" ? He was certainly proved right in the long run - after all, Freddie had to leave prematurely. What a prophetic song.
kingscat3 4 years ago
I love Queen & Sparks.
I think it's a like treasure hunt to discover some of their obscure stuff.
SeriouslyMcMIllan 4 years ago 2
genial!
theboybanshees 4 years ago 2
This is great. I think that the audience is stunned, because this is a German show which I remember from my childhood. And I think that they were just flabberghasted at seeing Hitler not only being alive, but playing the keyboards as well!
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Otwaga 4 years ago
Sparks formed in 1970 in Los Angeles. They were popular in the U.S and the U.K. and had a string of good albums. Ronald today still has a Roland with the letters rearranged to spell Roland.
elpyesrockman 4 years ago
Apparently, Queen was inspired by this band, but the sparks are way better then Queen, so they did a shit job
LynguriZ 4 years ago
Get a clue!The Queen line up as we know it formed in 1971, I doubt anyone in the U.K had heard of Sparks(or Halfnelson as they were known then). Both great bands, but your comment is unfounded crap.
j4wn 4 years ago 2
Sorry dude, but Queen is better. Sparks had a couple of good songs while you could make a complete box set of good Queen music.
kk218 4 years ago 2
so that makes them better does it? - nothing to do with the genius mael lyrics or the fact that every album they release now sounds so fresh and way ahead of its time. I doubt if Queen would have the same affect - aren't they resorting to Ben Elton writing their West End musicals for them nowadays. How original!
howlsfish 4 years ago
Nowadays = without Freddie Mercury; if Ron or Russell died, I'm pretty sure the other would have a pretty tough time creating music.
Overall, Queen is better because they had much more memorable songs. When I consider which band is better, I look at how good their songs are. Sparks was creative and original, but they didn't produce good song after good song like Queen did.
kk218 4 years ago
In FACT Sparks were by FAR more influential than Queen. But, I see no point in comparing the two groups. Two different Arenas!
popfanny 4 years ago 3
Sparks was my very first concert, I saw them at the Roxy Theater in Allentown Pa.. Forgot just how much I loved this band, so glad I can't get them out of my head right now. Great music to help pass the day by by putting a smile on youe face.
H2madness 4 years ago
I saw them in Philly in 1976 and this was their opening #- They gave a high energy glam performance that was right up there with Bowie, Roxy Music and T-Rex.
sking55 4 years ago
fantastic !!
heyrodders 4 years ago
This year they are going to release their 21st album, and leading up to it they are going to perform their previous 20 albums in chronological order during May and June in London. Their last teo albums, "Lil' Beethoven", and "Hello Young Lovers " are brilliant. You have a lot of wonderful catching up to do!
cravenpark 4 years ago 2
toppie m8 great song thank you
johnbking 4 years ago
They could just make a loop of the chorus "This town ain't big enough for both of us and it ain't me who's gonna leave" as the whole song for 3-5 minutes and I'll pretty content.
kk218 4 years ago
The audience needs to tone it down a bit before a nap breaks out.
MoralBankruptcy 4 years ago
It's not that the audience were bored, it's just that we had'nt got a clue what the fuck it was all about, nothing like this had been done before, we did'nt know wether they were taking the piss out of us or what.
Years ahead of their time.
poolfarm2 4 years ago 3
I think Queen learned more than a little especially from the arrangements that Sparks used. As far as arrangements go, Sparks were certainly very difficult to match, if not positively unbeatable.
peacepalestine 4 years ago
Fantastic !!!!!!!!!!1
hantsman13 4 years ago
bah, tá parecendo o Gross!!!
uburei 4 years ago
For the Dutch. Leuk hoor en heel jammer dat hij later zijn snorretje er af moest halen.
twentsros 4 years ago
The Keyboadist is totally unsettling. I wish they wouldnt close up on his face. But the song is sweet.
shueln 4 years ago
He's the singer's brother. Artistic contrast, I guess.
RamessesIX 4 years ago
Indeed. Ron and Russell take great pride in making their styles contrast and mesh at the same time...one reason Sparks is still aorund after 37 years!
jsc1215 4 years ago
RamessesIX is right, they studied drama school or something,... Maybe a little bit obscure or somewhat, simple yet genius
kutstudent 4 years ago
i know hahaha he luks like hitler hahahaha omfg hillairious
nissanskyline16 4 years ago
charlie chaplin !
bonno666 4 years ago
gr8 vid, especially at the end : )
beanieclockwise 4 years ago
klasse song einfach spitze
gitte1958 4 years ago
You are a khaki-colored bombardier,
it's Hiroshima that you're nearing. like a bomber in a plane.
LostMuffin03 4 years ago
Happy 60th Ron!
Perranporth 4 years ago
you, sir, are the luckiest man alive.
TomVanDeusen 4 years ago
You saw these guys before they left L.A. for England??? OH DO ELABORATE! I just got the debut and "Woofer.." a few days ago. Absolutely love their take on "Do Re Mi." How were they recieved here in L.A. back then? What were the Mankey brothers like onstage?
MattHatter 4 years ago
The crowd is miserable for such an energic song
doctorwhonico 4 years ago
what do you expect, it was the 70's, people were like cardboard then.
saral0u 4 years ago
Wow, the BIG one that started it all for a life-long fan like me;-) - thanks!
jmedia1 4 years ago
Oh I just love this song.STILL! You can see by looking at the audience that they didn't have any fucking idea WHAT to think of it. Left field completely. Well done lads.
Trex100 4 years ago
One of the greatest pop records ever made, I still remember hearing it for the first time in 1974 and thinking "What the fuck's that?!"
Mor1at1 4 years ago
hes really rocking that hitler tasche look isnt he lol sparks rock
tonymontana1974 4 years ago
Dinky Diamond on guitar looks cool in his seventies football hooligan haircut. And Sparks...? Simply the best.
norrabantorget 4 years ago
bring back 70's music!!!
asdreww 4 years ago
I totally agree-kin marvelous!
theboogiebabe 4 years ago
The recording is from 3Sat - a German channel. If the performance itself was in Germany it may explain why the audience is so bemused. A freaky guy with a Hitler Schnurbart would have freaked them out in 74 - probably still would today!
GeorgeBuchner 4 years ago
awesome!!!
they're so great
shears1974 4 years ago
this song just drips awesomeness...audience doesn't look too impressed though
sonicpans 4 years ago
I like this better than the original.
Nog64 4 years ago
Uh, this IS the original version of the song! They've re-recorded different versions of it since then in various styles.
fatpizzaman 4 years ago
This is the only clip where I have seen the audience look even more conservative and more bored looking than Ron Mael! Oddly enough this is the one shooting which appears to encompas the whole band rather than fixing on Ron and Russell, it doesn't work.
KRISPYKWENT29 5 years ago
does anybody know where i can get their ACOUSTIC version from this tune ?
it's a GRRREAT STUNING MELANCHOLIC one
(i know it s been published, but i'm afraid it was a limited edition)
thanx to post or contact me if you ve any idea...
occisMORT 5 years ago
What about YELLO? Surely they have been influences more so than any of those, check em out!
allsopman 5 years ago
Sparks is the best band on the planet. Ever.
dread66mon 5 years ago
Thanx for posting this original !!! I personally prefer the Sparks & Mike Patton version (that one rockz asssss), but this is very nice as well!
sarjenka 5 years ago
Wow, who knew MacGuyver played guitat ina band with Hitler's Grandson?
tablebeast 5 years ago
ANYONE who does not believe this is the most amazing group in the history of the universe should not be allowed to use you tube EVER!
jms6959 5 years ago
They used to freak me out as a kid, but I *love* 'em now! This song rules!
sundaeg1rl 5 years ago
The keyboard player gives me the jitters. Great song though!!
loopylou007 5 years ago
from all my posts concerning russell's hair and dancing i sound like the dullest kind of gossip-- but one more cosmetic concern and then i'll rest. Maybe one of y'all know (because when i asked on allsparks forum, fans of superior maturity, apparently, derided me for being so nosy), when did russell get his tooth capped? or is the gap still there and he just doesnt curl his lip enough to see it while singing these days?
fauxtweeterboa 5 years ago