ABC - Tower of London Live 1984

[craigbeasley1]

The progressives have their minions. Likewise, the conservatives have their trolls. Eat what you like and leave all of the rest of us out of it!

[ThiloS08]

The ugliest background-singers I´ve ever seen :D

[petshopjim]

i like ABC very much but the How To Be A...Zillionaire! album was bye far the worst thing they ever put out be near me was a fab single but the rest was 100%shit

[NewWave80er]

@petshopjim

No Way!!! Zillionaire was cool and the future!

[suedejones]

@petshopjim I couldn't disagree with you more.

[CartoonsAndGameShows]

Not a bad performance. This is for sure one of the best songs on the album.

[steveinnnva]

this album and the band was a trip...especially the short guy and the blond! good stuff!

[newellgirl]

great 80's drum machine sound...

[34airflow]

Wow, actually live music on a live music show!

[txussoldier]

WELL AT LEAST DAVID GARRETY IS GETTING DOWN, EDEN LOOKS BORED!!!

[txussoldier]

Hey its a miniture Elton John!!!! lol

[chrisandgavin]

Yes, yes, yes - I had no idea they ever performed this on TV, what a FAB sound! I want to go back to 1984.

[TheNouveauxdecadence]

@chrisandgavin

WHo doesn't want to go back to 1984 :-( TAKE ME NOW!

[rtmnmk]

Was this song released as a single?

Sounds very femiliar.

[littlelambcordero]

I miss music like this!

[grizzwoldian]

eden....yep would kiss her sn***h

[AK2927]

@grizzwoldian

Mmmmmm....maybe you should Google Image her (Fiona Russell-Powell) and see what she looks like now.

[VanityKillsABC]

ABC will always be my band. They did not sell as many records as some of their contemporaries, but I respect ABC's courage and imagination for taking many risks in term of the music that they made and also their image. In fact, I recall Martin Fry saying (during the Zillionaire period) that he was not interested in chasing the dollar. Thank you for existing ABC. I don't know where I would be now without your music.

[UrbanLikwid]

got enough synths for this set ?

[TrainmasterCurt]

I love ABC, but WOW this is soooo funkay!!

[eddie23a]

Ace! never seen this before, don't recall them being on the Tube, bonkers album, bloody loved it, insane drum programming by Keith LeBlanc

[zillionairemark]

Martin Fry & Mark White were so innovative..would love to see Martin & co make another electronic album.

[Holygasoline]

Best incarnation of ABC - saw them in '97loudest band i've ever seen , my ears rang for 2 days !- This is such a great album isnt it !

[AK2927]

I saw them on that tour too, in Hull - I remember how loud it was. Someone in the crowd said they were trying out a new kind of sound system with ultra-slim speakers. Funny how it sticks in both our minds for how loud it was.

[maxkarie]

absolutly, i've waited AGES for this too! Yay! Fantastic version, and live too. ABC were totally genius at this point. I went up to Mark White in Limelight London banging on about the album, about how it sounded like Shannon, and he said that's what they were after! Thanks for posting!

[everready59]

god--even cold-assed LIVE. these guys were NUTZ.

[nouveauxdecadence]

THIS is purely FANTASTIQUE!

SO innovative and totally funky!

I adore ABC period!... The 1984 period was ABC back to their raw yet polished and energetic funky upbeat soul, just like "LExicon Of Love". This footage is PRICELESS, THANKS*****

[ColourOfSpring]

Rarissime performance d'ABC avec Eden et David Yarritu !!! L'album "HOW TO BE A ZILLIONAIRE" est dans mon Top 10 personnel.

Thank you 1000x, for France !

[AlexanderZaeh]

oui, oui aussi 1000x pour l' Allemagne !

[AK2927]

At last! I too have been waiting for this - they did indeed do Millionaire that day (I still have an audio recording). Pity that's not here and it ends prematurely too, but I don't want to be ungrateful. Vinny, this is the same as the Zillionaire version, isn't it?

[lfgj]

I've been waiting to see this performance again for years - I remember the joy of seeing it live on Channel 4 (UK) as ABC hadn't performed live for sometime. The only live performance of Zillionaire material they did, I believe (they also performed Millionaire in this set on 'The Tube' - where's that?!). What a voice. What a sound. Seriously under rated.

[dreamtargets]

Check out the little freak-out at 2 min 20 seconds ;-)

[vinnyvero]

Spectacular! Thanks for posting this. I wonder if they recorded a version of this for "...Zillionaire!" with that wicked middle break and the extra lyrics at the end.

[ukKidA]

Ive waited 25 years for this so thank you soooooooooooo much!

It was worth the wait just to see Eden's dildo belt.