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At 2:47, Paul Rutherford pulls a gun out. A few questions - was this the only time he did this on Top of the Pops? Was it a real gun? Was it loaded?

hiiii can you upload Blancmange's "Waves" from this same episode??? plssss

Very solid and energetic live performance 👌✌️

2024 !!!!!!!!!!!!! New Edition, BBD, Johnny Gill, Bobby Brown is still putting butts in seats at sold out concerts whenever the Men get together for tours in USA or around the world, after 40 plus years they still make us sweat enjoying their performances !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fond memory remember being there helping out when they filmed this. Location as I remember was off the A1 somewhere very loosly (I wasn't the driver) around the Mill Hill...ish area. A very impressive location to film this. Was pleased hearing it on the Radio, also when it managed to get into the 20's in the charts and was so willing for it to climb higher.

This was going to be the first single off the True album, but Trevor Horn was the producer and he didn't like John's drums. He suggested they get a new drummer, but of course, the boys said no way. They changed to Jolley and Swain as producers, everything went great and Lifeline and Communication were released instead.

It's frankie......and frankie only 2024 !!

Paul Rutherford # 1 dance master of all time !!! ❤

These texturizers are legit

Boss La

Temazooo😊

The 12" version of Native Boy is still one of the best records ever made!

Young and free without a care in the world .

Belter of a tune this Nasher

Bobby singing like kermit the frog in candy girl 😂

Is this Trevor Horn on the keyboards?

A sardonic dismantlement of the original. I dunno ... I guess I've seen (and heard) this sort of schtick too many times. I know, lots of people are alienated within their local scenes. I was myself as a teenager and young man. It's very easy to take somebody else's words and music and smirk at them. It's much harder to create your own original work in the same musical vein and convey a different message. The original (by Gerry and the Pacemakers) is far better simply because it is what it says it is: a hopeful song about the kinship the singer feels in his home community (of Liverpool, England). if you don't feel that kinship, then write a song about that. That would be quite legitimate and, if done well, very interesting.

I swear that's Trevor Horn on 🎹

Fan since the early 80s this was a nice treat. Thank you for sharing.

Watching this in 2024. Superb musicianship, amazing vocals and you can feel the fun everyone is having. They're not trying to sound like the record, they are playing live and putting on a performance. Is there anyone now doing this sort of performance with this calibre of musicianship?

Ralph and Bobby should’ve split the vocal when they got older Bob can hold the higher tenor note better

1983 the show was switch, a channel 4 music show.

Amazing

Wheres micks bowler?

Originals, vote for very good, KI changes everything.

ralph’s falsetto on candy girl kinda sounds like michael on don’t stop til you get enough lol. they killed this performance tho, i woulda been out 4 minutes in.

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Fantastic tune in 2024

My twin sister thinks ralphs voice crack is cute 😅

Waiting for Grace Jones to Cover this GEM

Can't lie, he sounds awful on this recording

Fantastic singer

2024 , you couldn't be waving a gun around these days...this is when life wasn't turned into being shackled by not being allowed to just take things as fantasy or just a dress up gimmick , take me back there !!

Wow! Where did they find this at.

For their age they were insane performers.

Amazing people who didn't realise what they added to the universe. Because of the. Man. Again

Truth

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What a stunning version!

WHO HERE IN 2024 WITH ME ?? ❤ 😎 !.

That New Edition bounce🔥🔥...I miss stepping in choreography..

いつも聞いても良いねぇ！

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They were working their butts off. Doing all that choreography and singing live is challenging for even the most experienced pros. They were kids, and they still delivered.

The ultimate 8o's song

This is amazing. Thank you for posting.

Always will be war somewhere

Wow!