Cabaret Voltaire - I Want You

[mostroXXI]

PARA MI, EL MEJOR GRUPO DE LOS 80'S, INCONFUNDIBLES POR LA RCDSM !!!!!!! THE 12" IS BETTER, AUDIO NEEDS AN UPGRADE, DANKE !!!!!!!!!!

[Ehceped101]

wow! the first time I listen to Cabaret Voltaire and I'm freaking out

[TheElectroHoneys]

superb !

[MrFreakboy77]

Awesome!! Masturbation never sounded so good!!!

[HOBMACHINE]

This stuff still sounds incredible ! One of the best bands ever- still ground poundin'.........wonderful.

[botzimektet]

dummy dont he know yer suposed to close yer eyes when uzin tha dreamin maschine. du!? lolz

[badreligionbomb]

Richard Kirk is my hero

[luv2bud]

Gysin's dream machine

[missionpants]

Unfortunately not the original version, but I like this one also...

[AprilRocksLA]

@missionpants how is this one different from the original version?

[KingElectric]

cmon - fuckn past! nasty



[Chrome0509]

miketb42 - maybe so, but you dont get the slightest feeling of the music.

[Chrome0509]

Another very good stuff from Cabaret Voltaire.Thanks.Appreciated.

[MrMarkHand]

The Cabs... A huge influence to me when I was growing up! Great tune to 'shake' up to.

[SimeonmaSamba]

One of the best 'Wake up and get out of bed' songs ever!

[lil80schick]

@SimeonmaSamba LoL!! Totally!

[goffog1]

One of the most influential songs of my youth. Tack on Puppy's "Dig it" and Front 242 "Quite Unusual"

[MsMiguel70]

Probably my favorite Caberet song. At the time I found it I had no idea it had all the undertones everyone's suggesting. I just thought it rocked and held mystery of people and places I'd not yet seen. Thanks for posting.

[Sensoria1]

Good Song!

Mallinder & Kirk are Genius!!

[markyboythewolf]

0:55 I almost shit myself with the fear!!

[suavemode101]

Freek Yo Self

[Misoshiru]

UH.

[goffog1]

Brilliant song! Would love to hear it remastered and cleaned up. There ain't a band out their that sounds like Cab. They are genius!

[lamfrocks]

I STILL HAVE ALL MY CABARET VOLTAIRE VINYLS I WILL NEVER LET THEM GO

[AdobeGillis]

@Tymex-the reason these guys went more mainstream with this era of recording is due to Watson's departure and pressure by Virgin records to release hit records.

[Multimixvideos]

I used to have import 12" of this ^.^

[AdamCoffin13]

the Cabs were another amazing Sheffield band. Overshadowed by cities such as London, Manchester and Leeds, Sheffield was nonetheless as important, if not moreso in giving rise to artists who would take music in completely new directions.

[goffog1]

Yes! New fags.... enjoy!

[TymexPyres]

This isn't bad, but I really don't understand at what point they morphed in this 'yello' sounding group. Perhaps they got tired of sounding abstract.

[discoverydavid]

Listen to listen to Red Mecca, 2x45, Crackdown etc then listen to "sword and covenant.."..IMHO this is not a patch on any of their prior releases...I really wonder what happened to them when they released this...some kind of a conscious shift to commercialism? A phunk in the works? Whatever, it was just a glitch...check out Kirks later 90s releases; Xon, Clonk CCEP, Sweet Exorcist...brilliant!

[dequino67]

TERRIBLE sound on this vid!

[Synthetrix]

I played the hell out of this CD 85-86. Love them Cabs.

[lunarmantra]

yeah dream machine!!!

[souk766]

super pezzo!!

[cinnarizina]

What they have in common with Cabaret Volteire?

[fstop77]

There's a great book about the cabs called "Industrial Evolution" through the eighties with cabaret voltaire - written by Mick Fish.

This is one of my favorite songs by the cabs. I wish I could have seen them on this tour. Don't know if they even played the US in 1985. I saw the at the Ritz in NYC in '91 with FrontLine Assembly and Einsturzende Neubauten, by that time they were well into their house phase doing stuff from "smooth laidback and nasty".

[trampzillahughes]

This is my most favorite song of all time.

[henryhetzerII]

Why are you here?

[yetonGhul]

@Waver80

yeah the word is aliasing, a cd is 16 bit 44.1khz.

the audio in this is below 44.1khz(which is not good)

[xxhadez187xx]

Pure awesome

[xxxIzekeIxxx]

i like 2:12-2:20

[xxxIzekeIxxx]

shake it, shake it

[Mod60s]

The epitome of 80's innovation in music video genre. Doesn't get any better than this. We shall always worship!

[melbinites]

wow this makes me feel old

[abagail4me]

I remember slamming around to this song at the clubs back in the day (late 80's).I think they'd reached their artistic peak with the "Covenant" album.

[hellchild65]

@abagail4me idk, i thought Code had some decent tracks on it too

[IvyMike777]

@hellchild65 yeah, I think code was a high point too

[boardup2002]

I found it! I was trying to remember which of their songs I used to love. I was probably only about 4 when they made this. Older siblings...

[Theyersinia]

I'm a prick and I decide to categorize music in a vain attempt to show that I know more than anybody else.

[xxxIzekeIxxx]

im having trouble finding the lyrics to this song, and apparantly the cd is quite rare. : (

but i just bought micro phonies on amazon and its fucking awesome.

[mostroXXI]

This is techno at its best!!!!, MOTHER QUAKERS !!!!!

[Mixtil22]

CV were industrial, then Chris Watson left. Listen to 2X45 and you'll see difference.

[xxxIzekeIxxx]

well whatever, i fucking love this song, and the video is brilliant. i like the screaming princess in the beginning and i love all of the shots of mallinder, ESPECIALLY the feather scene @ 3:19. this is the best song ive heard of theirs so far. i also like 'keep on' which obviously isnt industrial at all. and 'just fascination'. i like the more industrial stuff too, but so far i prefer the songs with lyrics when it comes to cab volt. btw why isnt there a complete discog on wikipedia????

[Sarkasmusfreund]

@xxxIzekeIxxx: It's somewhere in between. It's still pretty harsh.

[xxxIzekeIxxx]

SORRY, but this isnt industrial. its dance.

[dtireli]

electronica, as simple as it should be...

[cornwallstone]

One of my favorite CV tracks!

[VIMaggotVIBrainzVI]

is that one of brion gysin's dreammachines in the video? i've always wanted to own of those...

[badreligionbomb]

I have Richard Kirk's debut solo album... Disposable Half Truths.... its amazing

[cousiwa09]

FUCK I LOVE EM!!! SUCH A TREAT!!!!

[IZED11]

first thought - rape

next thougth - sad

[trubies]

AWESOME!

[mrrotweiler2]

Electrofunk aggression! :D Can YOU spell avantgarde?

[TheMercyBeat]

I just could and it sounded awesome! :-D :P

[mrrotweiler2]

haha lol :p

[TheMercyBeat]

:-) ;-)

[DrinkCottonGin]

Love this band and love this song and love this video!

Cabs kick so much ass. It's great how most of the instruments are synths and then there's that slap bass holding the whole thing down . . .

[MunichRedsox]

give them 6 Stars!!!

[MagnitudePerson]

TRUELY INDUSTIRAL NOISE ELEMENTS, YOU CNA HEAR IT IN IT!!

TG-ish!! Industrial FTW!!! !!!

[miketb42]

truthfully, the song is about masterbation. the band admitted so a long time ago...

why do you think the line "shake it, shake it.." is in the background

also the lines "dim the lights, hands are moving thru the night and "fingers free, keep your hands on your chemistry" plus "freak yourself, close the door, once you do, just hit the floor"

the video portrays many versions of sexual arousal (the woman in the cradle portrays tennesse williams character in the film "baby doll")

[TheMercyBeat]

Holy Christ! Yes, it IS. Thank you for reminding me of that a lot, miketb42 matey! Now I remembered it! I think they said that in one of the NME issues around the time if my memory serves me well. But unlike them I see the song as a celebration of something very big I just don't know what exactly at all. It is very grandiose. And thanks for decoding the lyrics as well! Thumbs up!

[ghostalk71]

Well done, miketb42!

And again: God bless CV.

Nothing else to add ;-)

[henryhetzerII]

Back then is was great on the dance floor and I had no clue what it was about. I agree with you though.

[Stagnant197]

@miketb42

It could be about visiting a urinal or playing the maracas too btw. There`s no need to jump to conclusions.

[BootyFister]

@miketb42 LOL. AWESOME!!!!!

[mrpeepants]

the limit sheffield

[desperatepics]

I worship this video!

[galetski]

One of the coolest bands ever. Ever!

[zgbanana]

long,long time ago....

[lemonkooler]

HOT song

[hecatesmagickchild]

that tall man in black is in several of there video's. does anyone know hos background story and his name.

[danny9312]

Nosferatu...

[felixcock]

thats ma dad

[desperatepics]

freaking awesome! cv rule!!

[ghostalk71]

"what they told you is not to be...

but what you want comes naturally...."

Jesus Christ, nights spent played again, and again, and again just trying to understand something!

true love for the Cabs!

The fact is that when you're so in to somethig, you simply want to know everything more about (at least that's the way it works for me)

[TheMercyBeat]

I'm so ever glad you've touched upon that matter, gt71 matey! ...Yes, being so into something I naturally want to know everything about it as well. But looking from the other side, I don't want to know everything as it would've killed my curiosity about it. And curiosity is a perfect polygon for the imagination development. Investigation as well. Just having something that will keep me going on and on. As soon as I'd get everything I wanted all the investigation would stop, you know. :-)

[Mistermikeb]

it sounds to me like he's saying "Freak Yourself-Close the door-Once you did-Just hit the floor But lyrics online in different places say something completely different.

[TheMercyBeat]

I've found the "Freak yourself-Close the door-What you do-Just hit the floor" and "Freak yourself-Close the door-What you want-Just hit the floor" ones too.

As I said on here months ago, knowing the lyrics by half makes me listen to the song even more and therefore being more curious about them. ;-)

[Mistermikeb]

I've seen lyrics from "Live at the Hacienda 2002"

that seem like a pop song. But a rather Lascivious one. Or maybe whoever wrote down those lyrics didn't know what they were talking about.

[TheMercyBeat]

If you take it from the other side, not knowing what their lyrics were talking about was/is one of the great things about the Cabs too, 'cause you could/can define them for yourself as well as relate them to your own life situations.

If you really want to know what they were all about, you have to ask Mal about them. But I don't think he can give you the right answer either 'cause he thinks life is one big mixture which is why there's no answers as well as messages in it either. :-)

[Maz75]

wish i could have the lyrics!!!! :(((

[jackhartcup]

when was this?

[TheMercyBeat]

This song/single was released in September 1985. Now you know! :-)

[comicb00kguy]

Words can't describe the greatness of this song and video.

[anaf505]

fucking good!

[marumaru54]

So. Fucking. Cool.

[noelephantitis]

Best CV video, better than Sensoria, Peter Care's pretty f-ing genius

[DrinkCottonGin]

Absolutely badass.

I'm totally hooked on CV. I can't believe this band isn't more popular . . . wish they would come back - I'd kill to see them live.

[FahtimaHatima]

they moved on to 90s "pop" and kind of lost their appeal afterwards.

[TheMercyBeat]

Not really. Just listen to the albums like "Plasticity", "International Language" and "The Conversation". All gained critical praise.

The "Body And Soul" one (which came before them) was somewhat a transitional album between the "pop" oriented "Groovy, Laidback And Nasty" and the edgy "Plasticity".

Some of the stuff off the "Percussion Force" and "Colours" EPs was just as great.

I don't have any problem with their '90s phase at all. The older I get the more I listen to it.

[tonganyam]

Was my first video of CV too, just got to love the splattering paint. Great band

[questartodd]

This was the first video I saw of them , the first time I heard them over 30 years ago!!!! .... hooked Still the best band ever!!!!!! ground breaing ....still

[skatetolive34]

thank god a solid library of music WAS created to get us through these musically "lean times"....

[emellemc]

monster, monster, lucky lad the 3.20 at plumpton put a monkey on it.

[metakaos]

This video must have been a blast to make.

[JHMcSlainte]

Warm is a great track as well as Big Funk & Kickback. Covenant... was a difficult album to find, they should re-release their albums and digitally remaster them.

[TheMercyBeat]

Tell that to bloody EMI! If there is one thing in music I'm angry the most at, it is bloody EMI's business policy. Keeping such great piece of the art locked in the archives is pure sacrilege! Especially during this time of mass audio-visual reissuing and remastering.

[rudyprotrudy08]

Oh I used to have the 12" of this.  Does anyone remember Warm by Cab Vol?

[TheMercyBeat]

"Warm" was an absolute stunner, stoner, cracker...call it what you want! Those lyrics "I work hard" (another great Mal's vocal performance) have been echoing in my head ever since I heard them for the very first time more than 20 years ago now. And, oh, go on, the female sighs in it were/are sooo...hmmm!!! Shame there wasn't extended version of it, though. Love it!

[rudyprotrudy08]

Yes, that's what I remember most about that track. The female sighs. I heard it on John Peels festive 50 about 100 years ago!

[TheMercyBeat]

It was oh so sleazy that kills! ;-)

[onthemarginofgrace]

this song is awesome. cabaret voltaire always seemed like some kind of experimental group. still sounds edgy after two decades. I always wondered why the group didn't explode in the late eighties. thanks for posting the video.

[longshot1703]

well they were always underground it seems even for that time. They had essence of that time of pop/goth/industrial but was individual not to be boxed. so never suited everyone. lol

But the sound echoes in many things now as does the sentiment...We dont have to relive this music it is now in what we hear. cheers to the pioneers

[tabbigrrl]

Oh boy I use to dance my bootie off to this song lol. Ahhh the 80's, those were the days. My friends and I at the local club with all types:punks, goths, new romantics, androgynous gals & guys. What I would do to go back in time...*sigh*.

[cooljunkie7]

great song

[hm4steve]

Last time I saw this was the late great UHF U68.

Thanks for the post.

[eddie23a]

there are rumours of new material and live shows in 2009, RHK has resurected the name, not sure if Mal is involved

[Lateralus281]

3:38 - 3:40

Sounds like belching

[ThePoisonDoor]

This still is so fucking amazing!

[chimpstop]

Thanks!

Haven't seen this puppy in 23 years!

[brandonut]

hate to say it but he is better than al jougensen or buzz

[inredress]

I built a dream machine and it did nothing.

CV the best of 80's "industrial".

[synthpopclassics]

dude you use tesla's idea? =)

[synthpopclassics]

dude = did, that's how 80s i am

[inredress]

Brion Gysin

[synthpopclassics]

interesting, never used one.

i used to torture my eyes with java strobes though.

[juankenon]

they are pretty easy to make, just need an old turntable, some cardboard a knife and patience. Though I have to admit that it did nothing for me. Looks cool though.

[1jediwitch]

This is still a great song/vid!

[blackmetallicgirl]

mhm, it is. i never get tired of watching/listening to this one. i luvvv them :)

[adambak23]

Over 20 years and still a cracking proto track.

[TheMercyBeat]

Featured on:

"The Covenant, The Sword And The Arm Of The Lord" album (1985)

and

"The Original Sound Of Sheffield '83/'87 - The Best Of The Virgin/EMI Years" compilation (2001)

[lizzyannjo]

anyone remember seeing this band in Leeds around l981?

[TheMercyBeat]

B-sides trivia:

"Drink Your Poison (Edit)"

"C.O.M.A." - a 12'' release track only

[TheMercyBeat]

These B-sides are featured on:

"Conform To Deform '82/'90.Archive" box set (2001)

[TheMercyBeat]

Video directors trivia:

This video is made by Peter Care.

[blackmetallicgirl]

cool. I have always thought they had the coolest videos... really different, when videos meant something to go along with the music. :)

[TheMercyBeat]

They were walking journalists in them too!

The initial idea of a music video as a short promo movie with a message to say has lost today completely which is very sad, actually. That's the main reason why I stopped watching MTV that surely can't be called a music television today anymore at all.

Alongside Tim Pope and Anton Corbijn, Peter Care is my favourite music video director ever.

[blackmetallicgirl]

thanks! you are awesome. :)

[TheMercyBeat]

You're welcome! Likewise! :-)

[1jediwitch]

Did he do all of their vids?

[TheMercyBeat]

Nope. Alongside "I Want You" he did "Yashar", "Crackdown", "Just Fascination", "Sensoria", "Kino", "Big Funk", "Don't Argue" and "Hypnotised" as well. That's what I know about him. Wouldn't have known for "No Escape", "Sluggin' Fer Jesus", "Trust In The Lord" and "Colours", though. Most of others were made by the Cabs themselves except "Nag Nag Nag", "Here To Go", "Keep On" and a few other ones.

[calfskinhit]

hey there is me old mate nosferatu!!!

[TheMercyBeat]

Chart trivia:

Chart entry date: 28/09/1985

Highest chart position: UK#91

Weeks on chart: 3

Run: 91-99-94

Album: The Covenant, The Sword And The Arm Of The Lord

Label: Some Bizzare/Virgin Records

...if anyone cares.

[synthpopclassics]

in the clubs it was big.

[TheMercyBeat]

It was one of the favourite John Peel's singles of 1985 as well! (I miss the fella so much. Rest In Peace, gorgeous.)

[synthpopclassics]

yeah I know it was a big track because I remember hearing it on my brother's best of club hits for that time.

[TheMercyBeat]

Word! x

[synthpopclassics]

"word"?

is that synth lingo?

[TheMercyBeat]

Heh heh... if you take it from the funny side it can mean that as well.

But in my case it usually means that I either agree with you on the matter or you have said something right. :-)

[synthpopclassics]

oh okay, well I don't normally use ghetto trash lingo. but to each otheir own.

[TheMercyBeat]

Neither do I. I use it very rarely in a couple of occasions. Ghetto trash lingo is not my kind of conversation either.

[synthpopclassics]

why use it at all? it strikes me as when mtv turned to shit lingo.

[TheMercyBeat]

OK. You're absolutely right so I'll rest my case and won't use it anymore at all. We can all do better than that, can't we?

[synthpopclassics]

I just know that there is a huge backlash against afro-mtv/bet stuff right now and it's from the built up shit that mtv has been trying to push down everyone's throats for the past 18 years.

[TheMercyBeat]

That's correct as well. But what I wanted to say is that MTV now should be renamed into RTV (Reality TV) considering the amount of reality shows on it over the last several years. I honestly can't remember the last time I saw a long run of music videos on it at all. But when they do play music videos it are constantly the same ones by a few same artists or better said acts.

I could talk to you about the current state of MTV for days and I will stop here not going off the topic too much.

[synthpopclassics]

I don't waste my time with it anymore. One only needs to glance over it while channel surfing to see what is played. I think it started to go downhill when murray rothstein/sumner redstone bought it. 88'?

At that time they started to play headbangers ball hair metal and yo mtv craps.

Then as an alternative to mtv's lameness, night tracks on tbs and night flight on usa network started to play better videos.

[TheMercyBeat]

True and correct again! The same is with me as well.

There are better music video channels than MTV indeed.

I'm hopping for a YouTube music channel we can choose the videos we like in whatever time we want ourselves from. It would be fun watching them all on the telly as well. It's not impossible to happen.

[synthpopclassics]

it's already being done

[TheMercyBeat]

Thank you for refreshing my memory.

See, that just shows how '80s I am as well!

[amsyco]

Cabaret Voltaire for Coachella 2009!

[lapiveauthentic]

Super Dada...

[solboard]

This is a hell of a lot better than Throbbing Gristle.

[Kennet1000]

I hear a little bit Depeche Mode riiiinng!

[SIHELL]

fat bass

[ronckr1]

Cabaret Voltaire are great and buggerlugs was a cracking bass player.

[jbriandavies]

So I'm watching the movie "Control" and I see a poster for Cabaret Voltaire. Damn I listened to them so long ago I would never have expected to see an old video on Youtube.

[TheMercyBeat]

Cabaret Voltaire and Joy Division did several gigs together in UK towards the end of the '70s which is why you saw a poster for them in the movie! ;-)

[landibabe]

and there we have two of the best bands ever together on one gig!!! oh how i wish i d'see that!

[TheMercyBeat]

In the "Red Bull Music Academy" interview from 2006 Mal said:

"(...)Ian (Curtis) was a great guy and they were all great people. We were friends with New Order for a long time. Again it's just a music community.(...)" ;-)

[shum65]

Fantastic band!! great pioneers for the music

industry,long before so many others!!!

ground breaking stuff!!!.

[Derteufell666]

Still sounds good

[industrialvideos]

Video added to playlist.

[54spiritedwill54]

great video !!! One of my all time 3am at Confetti tunes