Danse Society - Hold On [To What You've Got]

Believe it or not,TV broadcasters used to run channel ID's between programs! Here you will see the ABC-TV's mid 1980's logo followed by the opening titles of ROCK ARENA and of course Danse Society. Aaah,ROCK ARENA! Hosted by Suzanne Dowling. Back in the good old,bad old days when music programs considered their viewers to have intelligence! Recorded on VHS in 1986.
If my memory serves me correctly the 7" and 12" singles were only available on IMPORT in Australia.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• danse
• society
• goth
• hold
• on
• rock
• arena
• postpunk
• 1986
• gothic

[DanseSocietyOfficial]

this track had nothing to do with SAW .it was done in New York with producer Steve Thompson..

[neonnebula]

@DanseSocietyOfficial Thank you for clearing that up! The connection with SAW was raised over three years ago by an ill informed comment left here...

[Fushia1992]

i must say that this guy is pretty hot...:)

[neilprivate]

Do you realise this a Stock Aitken and Waterman production? I agree - their best song and I like everything from the first to the last - but this is something else. They knew how to get the best out of him and his voice.

[LatentCharm]

Rawlings sounds like a cross between Dave Vanian and Ian Astbury here.

[isaactaylor08]

True goth! So unlike today's music, ie that Marilyn Monster crap! I know they did this for crossover appeal, but still. This is quite a song, I'll have to nick bits of it for my next composition. So this is a SAW production? I never knew that and I have the single! Good on them, then!

[euronick61]

You can tell this is a S,A,W video,they went through a phase of their videos having fast moving colours or pictures whizzing past in the background....Donna Summer's 'This Time I KInow It's For real' or Sonia's 'You'll Never Stop Me From Loving You' are 2 prime examples

just as a footnote Steve Rawlings is my cousin !!

[TheNouveauxdecadence]

So faaaabulous and from the amazing Rock Arena

[communycat13]

I only like the old Danse Society with Steve Rawlings.

[DanseSocietyOfficial]

check out our new video revelation from our album change of skin.just to put the record straight hold on was a steve Thompson production not saw that was say it again

[evelyneverettgreen]

this sounds so like new gold dream-era simple minds

[UKImhotep]

@whitbyjet65 lol check out on Facebook The Danse Society Reformation Plot. the band has now reformed with new singer and new album is due mid July. Jessica x