Sparks - Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth

[therapywizard42]

way ahead

[vivienmerchant]

Yes, Karen Carpenter springs to mind somehow. (I am sure that the hectic stress of the Maels' success in 1974 contributed to weight loss. They were both alarmingly thin in those days.) I Karen would have done wonders with this beautiful song. I think it's about the only one from Sparks which can work well with another interpreter, along with the much later I Married Myself. It's an often overlooked aspect of Sparks that they are capable of gentle and melancholy lyricism.

[Gusdocs1]

what a beautiful song its so heavenly

[leftFRENZY187]

morrissey played this video right before his show and ever since i have had this song stuck in my head, amazing genius!

[GabeFreedom1]

@leftFRENZY187 Did you go to the pomona show? I went too how amazing was that.

[oneandonlyrico]

Sparks is Cult - and Muse are their children. Just wonderful.

Last but not least - Youtube is our grateful "novelprice" site.

[Byggavdelningen]

brilliant

[finnishbath]

excellent

[wandeclayt]

Martin Gore covered this song in his solo album Counterfeit. His cover version made me aware of The Sparks.

[eastlake93]

one of my all time favorite choruses.

[MrKittytoenails]

So, So skinny.  Someone give that boy a California fish taco!

[helpsol]

It's a shame that they didn't make the backing band cut their hair - it's like watching Klaus Nomi - aeons ahead in musical style - ruined by pub rock quim-balls.

[beamerZ]

@helpsol Cut their hair? For 1974 it was pretty short already xD

[sweetgyy]

r.i.p. dinky

[98abroad]

Wau, this young finnish lad (1974...) loves this band and this song. As a teenager I wanted to listen to this personal sound time after time. It´great how music combine us around the world.

[98abroad]

Wau, this young finnish lad (1974...) loves this band and this song. As a teenager I wanted to listen to this personal sound time after time. It´great how music combine us around the world.

[diagreen]

GREAT VOICE.i no its been said but they should have been bigger.

[keefer1207]

Graet song. Sparks remind me of starting college in 1974. Always good for a laugh.

[kjallesoft]

Really surprised these utter cool and damn pertinent and brilliant idiocy is not british but born in L.A....Absolute winner!

Hasta manana monsieur...

[EricIrl]

Environmentalism took off big time in the 1970s. 1970 was International Conservation Year and the motto for 1973 was "Plant a Tree in '73"..

[makemeateeshirt]

totally luvvin the beige suit midst the prophetic wordz of a 2011 crisis

[bonitajordan]

His hairs bigger than his body!

[PAULLONDEN]

Classic lineup...These dudes turn a simple playback routine ,into high performance art.

[makemeateeshirt]

Oh mein jungmadel!

[sophisticatedmay]

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!  I always loved this song. You guys look so dreamily amazing......

[darkviolator]

great song Sparks and M L Gore , great voice

[scoob2007]

I am kind of freaked out by the fact the first time I saw these guys was on Midnight Special in the mid 70s and only now did I discover that they are brothers. The stage personas are starkly different but the faces are almost identical. The Marx brothers were kind of like that. They could switch costumes and nobody would ever know the difference.

[middaymoses]

An environmental Issues video in the 70's ,sparks well ahead of the times.

[DanGoguen]

@middaymoses

Ahead of their times in so many ways.

[ladyislingering]

Little, little Russell ... :D

[TheNinjican]

This is nuber one in HEVEN

[TheJester1962]

I remember an interview in the Dutch music mag Muziekkrant Oor in which the band tell they were barred from a restaurant becaue of Russell' shoulder-length hair. The reporter also remarked on the latter's absolutely flawless vocal performance in concert. One of the very few rock stars who has remained his shy and winsome self, listen to his recent interview on wfmu.org/playlists/shows/35582

[shaftsbury94]

not a crease in russels suit,

[gahctep]

In memory of Norman "Dinky" Diamond

Rest in Peace.

[sheepdean]

They always were terrible at miming :P

[txfantastic]

unbelievable skinny . and he did not seem to suffer from anorexia neurosa

[stevent60]

@txfantastic food for him was making music

[tatz93]

brilliant

[guitarina]

how many times i've listened to this song???... i can't remember.... :-)

[Buttcrack2012]

the guy on the keyboard looks so happy to be there. bitchin' song though!

[shelepiharodom]

ПРИВЕТ ИЗ РОССИИ!МУЗЫКА МОЕГО ДЕТСТВА!СПАСИБО

[stefindo7580]

j'adore

[wilhub]

the whole lp is fab one of their best

[StevieWonder501]

They should have made more songs like this. I mean, I love what they've already done, but still...Slow Boat, I Married Myself...they reigned supreme in ballads.

[samsandbox]

Top Pop from Dutch TV

[ladyislingering]

Oh my god, Russ is so tiny! Awn, it's so beautiful. <3

[mrblack4026]

i remember listen to propaganda in a friends house in 74....i was in awe.... never heard anything so brilliant...this track in particular stood out and to this day when i hear it , its as if i am right back there in my friends room listening to it that first time.... music is great for going back in time....

[vertxxgg]

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[psykoosi]

Oh no, a playback! This is great regardless. Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth makes me shiver every time I hear it.

[wonderfool1234]

my god! Russ is REALLY skinny in this video!!

but I'm in love with this suit.

[TinaTwice]

I'm always a little shocked by how skinny Russell is in these old videos. In profile, it looks like he was keeping his internal organs in a suitcase backstage somewhere for later use.