ABC - One Better World

[thelurker25]

this video makes me sick... they are trying to look hip! :-P

[calisun2009]

ABC is currently touring in the USA as part of the Regeneration Tour with Berlin and 2 other bands. I saw them in LA 2 weeks ago and ABC was GREAT!!! Berlin was also in good form, but ABC is my true 80's love! It was amazing to see and hear Martin live. His voice is strong and seemingly unchanged. He still looks very handsome too! Thanks for a fun night and years of amazing music!

[steviejayvie]

who knew Martin Fry would compose words to live by

[Ballaeballa]

But the drums are composed by Stock Aitken Waterman...

[sarafin07]

looks like the 90s were coming in cuz there clothes aren't as fancy as in the 80s

[soxmonki]

Soooo .... (bitchy queeny voice) ... what other country finally matched the USA in meeting this dream ... that perhaps we are equal like this election did in 2008? I think as f'ud up as the US is ... we eventually make our way forward to what is eventually right!

[soxmonki]

USA did it ... and nobody else did. :) Blah - so there.

[soxmonki]

All I can say is that I grew up with this in the 80's ... thinking as a person of color (red in America) that this would come true ... and in 2008 ... I think it finally did. :)

[majorpunk]

is this just me or this is the cheesies video abc has? and the song don't help either...

[tora1999]

This video totally encapsulates the late 80's! This particular track was remixed by DJ's Graeme Park & Mike Pickering during the explosion of the Hacienda nightclub in Manchester! chk out the remixes! Luvd-up late 80's!! ABC were regular Friday night punters at the Hac'!!

[roddi733]

a real low point in the ABC archive, but just spotted my mate John swinging in the lorry tyre, the old schoomer..

[kanezona]

It's sad to think that the world hasn't really changed much for the better since this song/video first came out, AGES ago! It's even rather timely these days! Class of '85!!!

[shazam99]

I love the UP album - I also really miss the loved-up late 80's, can't see this vibe ever beig recreated...this track is TWENTY YEARS OLD!!! Omg...lol x

[alnhouston]

i still love ABC and this song is so appropriate, even today. one better world...

[dwwphnx]

There is a house mix of this that is off the chain!

I heard at the "END UP" in SF in 89!

[shazam99]

The Pickering Park Mix I believe (when they were on fire!)

[GypsyRoads]

ABC is a very artsy/visual group. I fell in love with them when I was attending The Art Institute of Pittsburgh in 1985. One of my favorite songs is Ocean Blue. I also like the group Heartland and their song Send Me An Angel.

[dallastexjr]

Just for the record 'Send Me An Angel' was by Australian group Real Life. The album the song appeared on was called Heartland.

[kemiox08]

Wow, I have never seen this! Thank you for sharing it. The smart writing and orchestration of ABC holds up well through the years. I doubt Frye makes it across the pond but it would be great to see him perform this, and the rest.

I see fans are weighing in on favorite albums. I've got Lex of Love, Beauty Stab, Zillionaire, and whatever it is that contains Smokey Sings...love 'em all. Is there some sort of compilation (CD) that's available in USA? What about studio-quality vids?

[wibeseeker]

summer of 89. those were the days...

[martin3801]

abc defined a decade. although this only reached no.32 it succeeds as a great pop tune with the house sound of the late 80s

[VanityKillsABC]

Beauty stab was ABC's best album, after The Lexicon of Love, though all their albums, including UP, which One Better World is on, are quality. Their weakest album is Abracadabra, which even Mr Fry said suffered.

[lljackso1]

UP was a great record, but alas record company promotion was nada. Shame on the record company!

I think Alphabet City was the best -- better than Lexicon of Love

[martin3801]

don't agree, like most people would, but if the new album provisionally title "traffic" is as good as alphabet city i would be surprised

[DreamingOfBaba]

Martin and Mark at their most playful-Ya gotta luv this!!