Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin - Its My Party [totp]

[dannyboyspain1]

All I can say is THANK GOD IT KEPT THAT STUPID BIRDIE SONG OFF NUMBER 1.

[TheSSMusicChannel]

this is brilliant.

[aeronuk1]

Better than the original.

[Numaness]

I still have this in my record collection! Love it!

[Alphahumphrey2011]

That cheesy keyboard.

[benelliman]

@Alphahumphrey2011 it was the "bee's knees" back in the day.

[KillerBN1]

LOVIN' it - Simon Bates saying 'Dep-e-ch-e Mode'... !!

[schustercirce]

I love it :-)))))))))))))))))))))

[dannydannydaanny]

Nobody knows where my johnny has gone.........i must have used it lastnight....

[ThePatsyken]

Omg Ive just searched Barbara Gaskin on wikipedia to see what shes up to now,and just discovered she was 31 when she sung this,I thought she looks about 21 here

[fargenbass]

Outstanding !!!!!!!

[sexybacklemon]

haha god this really isn't good at all

[fitzpatrickgf]

GOD! GIVE ME CANCER! PLEEEEEEEASE!

[LittleSweety]

This song was 30 years ago no.8 in the world charts #dave #stewart #barbara #gaskin

[charlesfrogg1]

Worst version I have ever heard!!!!

[gwsmith666]

shite



[eagled96]

can't believe this is 30 years old! Barbara was very attractive!!

[MrBirchmoor33]

Sometimes the cover version is better than the original.This is such a time.Sensational instrumentation and dramatics.

[haroldschris]

@MrBirchmoor33 You're absolutely right. In fact it's not just better, it's far better. It's almost as if the original version completely misses the point of the song! The original is upbeat all the way through, whereas this version understands that it's a very dark story. Check out the way they really slow it down for the last verse, then go manic for the last chorus (as if the girl has lost her mind). It's the early 80s at their gloomy best!

[Geoffreybubbles]

It's Dave Stewart on keys and Pip Pyle on drums from Hatfield & The North/National Health!!

[H71BCD]

Sorry, was mistaken - the backup synth / vocals girl is not Maggie Philbin or my primary school teacher but Amanda Parsons. Looks like she's behind an Oberheim OBX or OBXa synthesizer, but probably have got that wrong also.

[dazloveskylie]

When music WAS good :0)

[halfmetal74]

Love the top ten countdown - The Tweets holding their own against all those legendary 80s bands

[H71BCD]

The back up synth player is a dead ringer for my primary school teacher circa 1981 - however I've read that it's actually the girl who presented BBC's Tomorrows World, Maggie ......... ?

[cudak888]

Forward to 3:24 for traditional mix.

[jez698]

who's the pretty girl playing the synthasizer behind Barabara Gaskin in the song "its my party" and also she appears in Colin Blunstone's and Dave Stewart's production of "What becomes of the broken hearted"

[promosounds]

@jez698

Amanda Parsons

[jez698]

Saw Barabara singing and playing with Dave Stewart and Colin Blunstone in the record "What becomes of the Broken Hearted" and fell in love with her. I wish we had met in the 60's - but still like to meet her today. What a fantastic voice she has.

[MarkJSau]

This 1981 cover (which I really enjoyed when it was a hit) lead me back to Lesley Gore's original of 1965.  Both have their merits, but what is still amazing for me is the very difficult meoldy in the verses that they confronted.... a lot of sharps and flats outside the key (accidentals to the geeks)... and they both carry it off so well. True musicians both

[stevemichaels2020]

@MarkJSau Quincy Jones produced Lesley Gore's IT'S MY PARTY, recorded by Lesley on March 30, 1963. The song was a number one in June 1963. From Lesley's debut album, I'LL CRY IF I WANT TO. Lesley's second single followed the story of IT'S MY PARTY.....Johnny went back to Lesley in JUDY'S TURN TO CRY.

[MarkJSau]

@stevemichaels2020 Sorry, I got the year wrong... 1963 it was indeed

[MarkJSau]

@stevemichaels2020 My praise to both singers for their skill in dealing with what is a very difficult melody stands :-)

[sweetkwaku123]

o.O Dayyyyyyyyyuuuuum wat da hell is the LESELY's "Oringnal" IS BETTER im soo lucky i wasnt born at this time !

[voon100]

This is the version I grew up with.

[dantefontana66]

Your party is a disaster. Go back to Spirogyra good old days.

[tehaidscanon]

so did barbara gaskin hit her head or what...from spirogyra to this?? Well allright if she enjoys this.. whatever..:(

[kissingcandy1]

the count down rocks! soooo many childhood memories!!!!!

[InElginRobert]

Monster! :O)

[POBOLYCWM11]

CRACKING!!!!!!!

[ffm20zaheri]

is this a coversong ? this song was used in an other version in a movie with john ritter and michael richards

[pedtrot]

Dave Stewart from Bill Bruford's Band, Brilliant! I remember this and I thought if you're going to do a cover at least make it original...... He must have Laughed so much when they not only released the record but it got to No.1 [For 4 weeks] Check the Bruford stuff, He;s a Killer keyboard player.

[Springamatul]

no its not Dave Stewart from Eurythmics sweet dreams are made of this he he aha ahahahakjjhd

i feel like crying toooooooooooo me so upset im upset talk to meeeeeee

[Springamatul]

no its not Dave Stewart from Eurythmics sweet dreams are made of this he he aha ahahahakjjhd

[Maluqui]

@Springamatul What! I've always thought it was the one from Eurythmics

[leShakeify]

Cheesy but fun!

They're still together, as you know!

[lonelysymphony]

Unbelievable this was #1 for 4 weeks in the UK.

[stusixtyone]

3:23. mini orgasm

[H71BCD]

I can't believe this is 30 years old. 1981 seemed to be the year of the synth hits. Brings back lots of memories but can't believe where the time has gone.

[DA90027]

Sorry but she has no stage presence. Her dancing doesn't help much. No wonder they didn't have any more hits.

I bought this record here in Los Angeles in 1981 but had no idea what they looked like until now.

[LAnonHubbard]

6 people are crying at someone else's party.

[LAnonHubbard]

That looks a bit like Maggie Philbin on keyboards.

[TheGodParticle]

@LAnonHubbard Yeah, thats what i thought.

[ALANT4T]

have a look at ian hunter once bitten twice shy the live 1979 1980 and the promo with mick johnson ///from mott the hoople and spiders from mars fame great guitar keep in toouch love music

[ALANT4T]

awesome. Pop10/10

[braybeatles]

@ALANT4T. Yes, it is quite awesome.

[ALANT4T]

What can u say just awesome pop at it's very best. 10///10

[leoboyle]

A blast from my past. I may have been 6 years old, but remember it VERY clearly! If I remember Kate Bush from 1978 vividly, then this is a doddle! :-)

[Feisty1967]

Reminds me of around the time of my 14th birthday, and as a treat, my mum and dad used to take me and my friend Julie on at trip to Skegness to see the lights. Happy days!!

[ColumRogers]

Barabara is a fox! :)

[rayflute]

Is she wearing a Russian doll round her neck?? :S

[jimascia]

The flip side of this single was one of the best songs I've ever heard. I wish someone would load the song "Stand By You" on You Tube which is the B-side of "It's My Party".

[alphavilleusa]

Kid Jensen. dear god...

[gorsjack]

This takes me back.......love it!!!!!!

[Annetjie]

the 80's make me feel sick

[GeminiSpaceship]

Well produced song if over elaborate by today's standards.

[leShakeify]

Cheesy, but I love it!

[darganx]

Anything that knocks 'The Birdie Song' of top spot is good enough for me ;0

The 'Kid' must be about 70 now but looks and sounds the same (he's Canadian but has been a DJ in the UK since the 60's)

[yelkasPURPLEsky]

I like this song... I think she looks a bit like Katy Perry :D No, Katy Perry looks like her :D

[pflqr]

Dave Stewart?? from the brilliance of National Health and Bruford? I guess you have to earn money somehow.

[peaceman1234567]

Allways wanted to shag Barbara Gaskin

[drpoxy]

@peaceman1234567 Looking at the picture on their website she is still very attractive. At my age I'd be perfectly happy if she would just talk dirty to me !

[eddietheturdburglar]

@drpoxy Go Seek Some Professional HELP

[sonnythetwit]

Depesher Mode , lol, sounds like he's ordering a dessert.

[vulpecula999]

stop putting those irritating uninteresting captions on you tit - we all know who they are

[aussiness74]

The announcer is Kid Jensen - Canadian

[haikousei]

Announcer is American? His accent doesnt sound English

[COVENTRYSUCKS]

@haikousei He is Canadian, his names David 'kid' Jensen

[iwasanangryyoungman]

@COVENTRYSUCKS Used to listen to his programme "UK Chart Attack" sometime back

[vogelmandrie]

What happened to Barbara ? Please listen to the Spirogyra albums....

[Feisty1967]

This is just brilliant! you don't get good songs like this today in the charts, more's the pity. The early '80s were such an exciting time to be a teenager and the singer is very slim and attractive looking. What could be better?

[feverzon]

Sooo funny to see Pip Pyle here on this old Simmons drum, the drummer in National Health and Stewart's long time friend and bandmate in the band.....What a document !

[Stratoszero]

Anyone else get the serious hots for the singer?

[heartpeter]

@Stratoszero a cross between sandie shaw and freddie mercury - amazing!

[TheGodParticle]

I'm on my second pack of quavers, this 80's music makes me mmmmm want it..

[maverick16cuthberts]

CLASSIC

[cryingonion2]

I bought it!

[greenisland75]

Great no.1 from 1981. Pure pop.

[sheriwhispers]

This chick scares me ta death seriously thank god the 80's are gone the clothes omfg!

[Eeklair]

Funny, I always knew of THIS Dave Stewart, then when the Eurythmics guy came out from behind the 'brand name' I was only momentarily confused... Just remember this Dave Stewart started with a band called EGG, then Hatfield and the North, then National Health, then the Bill Bruford Band (Circa 1977-1980). This song came out in the Spring of 1980. The B side appealed to me even more than the A side!! This Duo (+1) toured the USA and Japan in the Early 1990s.

[sukomsanru]

@naiheyful: This song was on the UK Chart on 16th Oct 1981. So the date of VDO was around that date.

[naiheyful]

does anyone know whats the year or date on this video?

[pyschoaussie]

1981

[worlds99]

OMG i have this on 45rpm LOL!

[OrchestrationOnline]

This is the musical equivalent of a cordon bleu chef cooking a cheeseburger. But you have to admit, it's a pretty innovative arrangement - not what would make it to the top of the pops today! If it's a cheeseburger, then it's masterfully prepared...

[harfarhs]

What sort of beats me about this is: who was buying the record? As a record you might hear on the radio at breakfast, it sounds (to me now) much too arty and with not enough hooks to be a big hit (compare Kate Bush, Lene Lovich). And I can't believe fans of the song's original version would like it. Maybe people then actually liked the Birdie Song more, but just felt too ashamed to go to Woolies and buy it?

[Zzozze]

Must have been a mistake?

[ImprobusVisio]

Dave Stewart , Egg, Hatfield and the North's Dave Stewart ? Jesus, what a mess.

[OrangeSFO]

trainwreck

[englishman1960]

this must be a good song because it prevented The Birdie Song from reaching no.1

[623058]

@englishman1960 but yet the birdie song sold more singles, I think 1.6million. strange that!

[drpoxy]

Personally I used to rather fancy Barbara Gaskin - in fact watching this I still do ! However I suspect that she has aged rather better than I and I think she is (still) an item with Dave Stewart so I will simply watch her from afar and ponder what might have been.

By the way QED Lupus I agree with you about the hair !

[QEDlupus]

Never mind the tits. I like the hair... ;-)) lol

[Rudeawakening333]

Dave looks completly different than now! whaha

[corneliusbabycakes]

Not sure where your Johnny's gone, Barbara, but I'm guessing Judy's got a bigger pair of tits than you.

Just a guess mind

[IqbalHamid]

Wow, that chart run down brought back a few memories.

Hey have BBC4 been repeating old TOTP's?

[Mish1701]

haha Kid Jensen: "Depeche-ay Mode"

[yindyamarra]

i heard that to,,though god say it right will you

[billahml]

The Canterbury folks have always had a weird relationship to pop music. Look at Robert Wyatt's "I'm a Believer." Could Pip Pyle be the drummer here? Not their best song, or even their best cover, but amazing that two proggers could make number 1 anywhere.

[TheGodParticle]

Apart from the tweets i liked every song in that top ten. Great times!!!

[Glamking1]

IIRC October 15th 1981. This is Dave Stewart, out of Hatfield and the North. Not the Dave Stewart out of the Eurythmics and it had Barbara Gaskin used to be a backing singer in Hatfield & The North.

Also amusing to find this song was originally by Lesley Gore in 1963 and i wish Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin could have done the follow-up "Judy's Turn to Cry".

[qpr60]

In 1986 they gave The Locomotion the same 'electro-80s' treatment before Kylie did it the traditional way two years it later. There were, inevitably, rumours that Dave and Barbara were dating but she fiercely denied it.

[horacewayne]

thx!...had no idea this existed....

[mrdee11091]

i like this version the best thank you for the post

[supercarXXX]

She's a nob. Will probably make a BBc newsreader...

[funkybassman2020]

Poor Barbara... No boobs... Still shag her though bless her... Sympathy poke.. ;-)

[mcan4287]

I remember this song like it was kidneys last wednesday. Dave Stewart is a talented little gland! The change of tempo is enough to want a mars bar all over yourself, and forget the ganglian damage - go Dave & that singer woman!

[nirsul]

their music is awesome - I kove dave's arrangements - fantastic music.

[bybar08]

Dave and Barbara have played in one of the most best prog rock band in the 70': Hatfield & the North. Forget this pictures!

[hdshk]

It is nostalgic...(T_T)

[frankkumon]

"Depesh-ay Mode" at number eight...

[poppylights]

I remember when it was pronounced that way - it changed some time in the mid 80s!

[gdb11572]

what was at number 10?

[garymixer]

walkin in the sunshine-bad manners

[leaningoak]

She was in 70s UK folk band Spirogyra, not the same as US 80s band Spyrogyra.

[ollie633]

Hmm i like the synth in this song its amazing haha, what are the keyboards that are used? i dont recognize them

[englishman1960]

absolutely brilliant. go barbara go!

[iandeeightiesman]

Gee, I don't know much about this Spyrogyra business, but it must have been pretty radical stuff to have been better than that. I think it's a bit of a work of genius. I particularly like the change in tempo towards the end. F++kin A!

[davebarrow0]

I agree - she was brilliant in Spyrogyra - out of Canterbury in the 70s. This was fun but not her greatest moment

[vidgamer77]

This is very sad to watch, very depressing to see Barbara like this.  Boggles the mind that this ever happened to the most amazing female vocalist of prog :(

[martley1]

Dont know why you would say such a thing. It was great that this different version of 'It's My Party' should go to number one back in October 1981. It just shows how verstaile the charts were back then.

[vidgamer77]

You may not have heard of "Spirogyra", but the reason for my comment is just that. Barabara must have gone crazy to head downward into this complete garbage state of musical expression. Indeed, it is a matter of opinion, I'm not arguing that really...for me, this is terrible and a complete disgrace to her musical career with Spirogyra!