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Komentáře • 173

  • @stevieh9860
    @stevieh9860 Před 5 lety +80

    How the hell was this not massive? Terrific intro, great guitar break, absolutely brilliant lyrics, a beginning, middle and end. It’s a fantastic 3 minutes. I despair at the fact that this one got away. It’s a magnificent piece.

    • @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music
      @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music Před 3 lety

      It has a beginning, a middle, AND an end? I have to listen to this.

    • @stevieh9860
      @stevieh9860 Před 3 lety +4

      @@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music I recommend you do.
      Not all great music does have a beginning, middle, and end. This, The Jean Genie, God Save the Queen, Blitzkrieg Bop all do.

    • @NSYresearch
      @NSYresearch Před 4 měsíci

      I saw these guys last night and they played this...
      Even in a stripped down version it was a better...had goosebumps all the way through it.

    • @robertpeyton9535
      @robertpeyton9535 Před měsícem

      @@NSYresearch Glad to hear they're still out there playing. Loved this record and always felt bad that their shot at the big time, with such an ironic record title, didn't work out. There were three or four songs on this record that could have been their break if the radio at the time would play them.

  • @majudaem
    @majudaem Před 4 lety +23

    What an era...Big country simple minds, the alarm, the mission the icicle works, u2 depeche mode loved the alternative 80,s

  • @graemelister5926
    @graemelister5926 Před 9 lety +131

    The best f'ing track NEVER to crack the UK Top 40. Some people have no taste. Haha. Total. Belter!!

    • @hairyhunkcy
      @hairyhunkcy Před 7 lety +4

      I'm with you!

    • @ianpride1631
      @ianpride1631 Před 5 lety +4

      Bang on

    • @thiscorrosion900
      @thiscorrosion900 Před 4 lety +3

      It's bloomin criminal.

    • @charlieyi588
      @charlieyi588 Před 4 lety +1

      Yeah top 5 for sure. Still holds up well.

    • @helenwaldron5858
      @helenwaldron5858 Před 3 lety +1

      I've missed hearing this and agree. Very fond memories of this track but sadly never cracked the top 40 as you pointed out. XX😂🎤🎤👏👏👏👏👏👏🎼🎼🎼🎵🔝

  • @mikecross1474
    @mikecross1474 Před 5 lety +13

    I have this on 7” and play it this day every year in memory of my Mum. I used to bop along to this as a kid all the time! RIP Mum xXx

  • @olivergreenday7639
    @olivergreenday7639 Před 4 lety +24

    im 15 and i would rather listen to this than any of the stuff in the current charts, absolutely under appreciated and amazing band who deserved everything

  • @tonybelanagy
    @tonybelanagy Před 2 lety +16

    One of the sounds of the definitive soundtrack of my teenage years. Timeless tune, still fresh today.

    • @michaelsummers6014
      @michaelsummers6014 Před rokem

      Same here mate seen these numerous times back in the day great band great sound

  • @MrHagrid64
    @MrHagrid64 Před 5 lety +18

    i was a heavy rocker and id walked into HMV and heard this..i walked out with only this that day and loved them since 30 years

  • @Bustergonad9649
    @Bustergonad9649 Před 2 lety +9

    Just seen Ian live at Hebden bridge, oh my god fookin amazing, what a guitar player and what a singer and what a gent, met him after the gig.

  • @paddyeejit1954
    @paddyeejit1954 Před 4 lety +11

    2020. Still a belter!

  • @TBK1966.
    @TBK1966. Před 5 lety +12

    As a kid, the Icicle Works really spoke to me. Saw them twice in Concert in Cardiff, amazing, and very happy memories.

  • @Titirangione
    @Titirangione Před 11 lety +7

    I saw these boys live all over Yorkshire. That would be 29 years ago. Still play them to this very day.

  • @Kort_Baker
    @Kort_Baker Před 4 lety +12

    Listening in 2020 (the worst year since 1918.). Can we go back to the 80's please?

  • @benjammin2859
    @benjammin2859 Před 6 lety +27

    Still have the cassette version of this album I bought when I was 17 for, what was it, maybe $15, when I was earning minimum wage ($3.35) in Syracuse, NY. It moved with me to Pittsburgh, PA, then to Gainesville, FL, then spent six weeks crossing the Atlantic when I moved to the Netherlands and made the cut yet again when I moved to Sweden. One of the few reasons I’m glad I have a crappy old car that still has a (factory original) cassette player.

    • @jamesonhorton240
      @jamesonhorton240 Před 4 lety +2

      A cassette was $15 in 1987? That's kind of expensive.

    • @iristakenoko3939
      @iristakenoko3939 Před 4 lety +1

      jameson horton maybe then consider import or hard to find?

    • @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music
      @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music Před 3 lety +1

      Forget the cassette price, how did it take you six weeks to cross the Atlantic? Were you in a row boat?

  • @juanhenry0
    @juanhenry0 Před 11 lety +12

    one of the best unknown of the 80's

  • @CharlyBown77
    @CharlyBown77 Před rokem +7

    *Incredible song!!! great vocals and music; I don't know why I hadn't heard it before*

  • @andys5325
    @andys5325 Před 7 lety +18

    the greatest song never to chart???? and 30 yrs since me n the little lady said hello........ jeeeeessssuuuussss

  • @noahsledgebottom5508
    @noahsledgebottom5508 Před 7 lety +23

    Absolutely class piece of R'n'R in my opinion,Chris Sharrock is fabulous drummer.

    • @cliffclavin3865
      @cliffclavin3865 Před 5 lety +2

      He's the best there is!!

    • @charlieyi588
      @charlieyi588 Před 4 lety +1

      Chris Sharrock rocks this song with his drumming. Its magic

    • @NSYresearch
      @NSYresearch Před 4 měsíci

      Apparently he's with High Flying Birds at the moment

  • @timfurtado1151
    @timfurtado1151 Před 8 lety +24

    these guys were a refreshing change in the 80s from U2, depeche mode, the cure etc. His voice has such depth and emotion...they rock in slow songs and fast songs! Awesome band!

  • @sallybob1968
    @sallybob1968 Před 10 lety +44

    this one needs to be turned up as high as your volume goes!!! what a jam!

    • @helenwaldron8461
      @helenwaldron8461 Před 2 lety +1

      It really does and I think essential. How this was not a number one is ridiculous.XX

    • @rjjcms1
      @rjjcms1 Před 2 lety +1

      I just turned it up loud and I think it was too much for the neighbours 😄. One of a few singles of theirs that deserved a better placing in the hit parade than they got.

    • @charlesblum5256
      @charlesblum5256 Před rokem

      It's got a good beat, it's easy to dance to, I'll give it an 89. Some of you old folks know what I'm referring to. 😂 This tune kicks serious tail as does Evangeline.

  • @DM-tj8ii
    @DM-tj8ii Před 4 lety +6

    What a song!!! reminds me of my late cousin who imitated McNabb to a *T* back in the day. This cassette would be playing in my car (VW) and he would sing it with such passion...who else see's Lennon and McCartney in McNabb... in this video. Amazing musicians! Tied with a few other bands for best band ever...saw them 4 times in LA...1 time in LBC

  • @eagle16v
    @eagle16v Před 4 lety +4

    I just heard this song for the first time ever two days ago. I’ve been missing it for thirty years. Cool tune.

  • @davidthompson9216
    @davidthompson9216 Před rokem +4

    Incredible song got a platinum trophy with this song

  • @kennethmarks886
    @kennethmarks886 Před 2 lety +5

    Man I love this song. Heard this when I was a kid from the movie date with an angel.

  • @trexncome3768
    @trexncome3768 Před 4 lety +9

    This song is painful unknown to folks of the 80s. So damn good

  • @stephenmccarthy102
    @stephenmccarthy102 Před 4 lety +6

    They don't make them like this anymore, excellent

  • @helenhicks7542
    @helenhicks7542 Před 6 lety +5

    People all ways mention their lack of chart success, and how underrated they were, well how many people still want to hear and see them in 2018 loads and loads x

  • @TerryMaggert
    @TerryMaggert Před 2 lety +4

    Driving guitar and killer lyrics. Perfect.

  • @brucemadden1626
    @brucemadden1626 Před 2 lety +4

    Great tribute to Chuck Berry in the solo middle section--thanks guys!

  • @infoscholar5221
    @infoscholar5221 Před 3 lety +3

    Icicle Works 2.0, loved these guys. Summer had too short a term.

  • @kathleenmclaughlin3990
    @kathleenmclaughlin3990 Před rokem +4

    The only reason I knew this song existed was the movie “Date with an Angel” (part of the soundtrack). Really underrated song.

  • @ghosthunter858
    @ghosthunter858 Před 2 lety +2

    Defunctland sent me here.
    Thanks Kev!

  • @ianpope6133
    @ianpope6133 Před 17 dny

    I remember the first time I heard this - driving somewhere, listening to round table on Radio 1. It made all the hairs on the back of my neck stand up! Lemmy was on the panel, and he loved it! - I think he said that it "had it's own legs!" Still love that song, and the album it came from is still one of my favourites.

  • @Titirangione
    @Titirangione Před 11 lety +4

    Irish club Leeds 1984 best gig ever. 2 hrs set and they still played on.

    • @mikematson9381
      @mikematson9381 Před 8 lety +4

      in southern California in the 80's.....we listened to them....i still do. Great band!

  • @garygrimmett7945
    @garygrimmett7945 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Lemmy loved it...said it was punk rock with a great voice 👌 gazzz

  • @Cam-hs6xq
    @Cam-hs6xq Před rokem +2

    Movies like True Romance and this song getting missed originally.
    Superior pieces.

  • @pauldirusso7504
    @pauldirusso7504 Před 3 lety +2

    One of the best group ever
    Even south France listen
    Long live To UK songs

  • @sharonphillips5084
    @sharonphillips5084 Před 2 lety +1

    Can’t believe how I forgot about this band absolutely loved them in the 80s only for the amazing Chris Martin forgotten hits absolute 80s ❤️

  • @sallyannefoster2560
    @sallyannefoster2560 Před rokem +1

    It was massive at RAF Benson in 1985/86 wahhhhh, just found this again 💚👌🏼🎸💪🏽

  • @jonathangreen8249
    @jonathangreen8249 Před 11 lety +2

    saw them at Shellies in Stone 1989, great underated band , love this song

  • @AlyTennyson
    @AlyTennyson Před 4 lety +1

    One of the best songs EVER!

  • @jonmorr777
    @jonmorr777 Před 9 lety +4

    Awesome song a very underrated band

  • @michaelanderson2881
    @michaelanderson2881 Před 6 lety +2

    Covered this in my 80's "Rock Wave" band, Central New Jersey. And there was a super cute bartender named Jane at one of the bars we used to play at, the Green Parrot. Fun song, great times!!

    • @helenhicks7542
      @helenhicks7542 Před 6 lety

      Michael Anderson you sound like fun ,if I wasn't so far I'd pop over from UK x

  • @TheJimboe11
    @TheJimboe11 Před 10 lety +5

    Different class !!!

  • @alfiekelly5914
    @alfiekelly5914 Před rokem +1

    Simply awesome

  • @stuartborthwick4807
    @stuartborthwick4807 Před 9 lety +7

    Cracking tune

  • @jamespobog3420
    @jamespobog3420 Před 6 měsíci

    This is one of those songs that made me perk up and say "What the hell is that?". I never heard this before about 2015. Fantastic pop song, and a problem that I'd bet 95% of all guys have at least once in their lives...

  • @edwardmulholland7912
    @edwardmulholland7912 Před 5 lety +1

    I still have this single - great band

  • @melchordelmoral8075
    @melchordelmoral8075 Před 3 lety +2

    Their best,my favorite 👍

  • @Discoballe
    @Discoballe Před rokem +1

    Thanks @thewildhearts for introducing me to this song and to discovering this awesome band!

  • @seadog92023
    @seadog92023 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Thank you ❤

  • @freyml
    @freyml Před 3 lety +1

    OMG! This one goes out to the one that got away, Mary Batchelor, this is for you!!

  • @peterkrug4124
    @peterkrug4124 Před 5 lety +2

    I first discovered this song when I saw the film DATE WITH AN ANGEL

  • @ew6483
    @ew6483 Před 7 lety +1

    Like if you saw their reunion tour in 2016! I went there with my dad because sadly I wasn't born in the 70s/80s to go to their other gigs. Great band!

  • @christwinam2103
    @christwinam2103 Před 4 lety +3

    Proper rock'n'roll, firing on all cylinders - play it loud and just to wipe that big grin off your face! My favourite McNabb guitar break. Whammy-licious!

  • @hunterscott7592
    @hunterscott7592 Před rokem +1

    Such a great song

  • @awaresafety2855
    @awaresafety2855 Před 4 lety +1

    First band i ever saw... Brum Powerhouse in 1987. Chris Sharrock is still the best drummer i have ever seen

  • @davidkeeble7730
    @davidkeeble7730 Před 5 lety

    watched the band in my youger days.simply amazing

  • @margotishrn
    @margotishrn Před 3 lety +3

    The greatest hard rock band in uk history "the Wildhearts" did a cover of this..

  • @robertballot3869
    @robertballot3869 Před 4 lety +4

    Yeah, it was a real head-scratcher for me how this song wasn't given a chance on the airwaves in New York, which had a radio station dedicated to what was then called "new music." "Birds Fly" had already made a decent splash and this seemed poised to be the quintessential smash second single. But it never got off the ground. I recall the lead singer being disparaged a little in the rock music press at the time, though that could very easily have been over something personal and petty, like the journo's girlfriend sat on his lap backstage. Lord knows that the rock press all about fake news before the term came into vogue.

    • @rjjcms1
      @rjjcms1 Před rokem

      At the end of 1983/start of 1984 they fleetingly had a Top 20 hit in the UK with Love is a Wonderful Colour,which is great as well. They should have had a lot more success than they did,with this song and others.

  • @neekerbreeker
    @neekerbreeker Před rokem

    Damn! This song is AWESOME! Should have been huge in the 80s!

  • @Houl23
    @Houl23 Před 2 lety +1

    Masterpiece !

  • @lifeistooshortful
    @lifeistooshortful Před 10 lety +1

    one word.....superb!

  • @michaelmurphy2330
    @michaelmurphy2330 Před rokem +1

    Ian looking so much better without that beard! anyway the music was always good and their 1987 album was really terrific 👍.

  • @sanmigfoxy
    @sanmigfoxy Před 11 lety +2

    i love this

  • @TravisTarrant
    @TravisTarrant Před 4 lety +1

    WOW!!! I can't even remember how long it has been since I last saw this video

  • @halenbud
    @halenbud Před rokem +2

    One by one my marbles left me
    Jane would smile but never hold me
    One night at the pool hall
    Asked her if she'd hold my cue
    Can't impress her with no fancy car
    Resigned to lean here at the bar
    I'll lose my mind
    Shiver in responsibility

  • @emilyrosesparkes8123
    @emilyrosesparkes8123 Před 7 lety +14

    how this never cracked the charts I don't know .... amend this is coming from a 13 yr old

    • @ew6483
      @ew6483 Před 7 lety +3

      Emily Sparkes 14 yr old here. Love The Icicle Works! So did my dad: so much in fact that I was named after another song of theirs.

    • @peterkrug4124
      @peterkrug4124 Před 5 lety +1

      @@ew6483Great to know at least some younger people can appreciate the classics.

    • @ew6483
      @ew6483 Před 5 lety +2

      Peter Krug Thanks, I like a lot of stuff from the 80s over modern stuff.

    • @paddyeejit1954
      @paddyeejit1954 Před 4 lety

      E W it sounds cliched but the 80s were the best!

  • @orliesencio2417
    @orliesencio2417 Před 7 lety +9

    GRRREIGHTIES MOVIE SOUNDTRACK "DATE WITH THE ANGEL"

    • @peterkrug4124
      @peterkrug4124 Před 5 lety +2

      Like this song, I consider the movie "Date With An Angel" to be very underrated and a hidden gem.

    • @rickg8015
      @rickg8015 Před 4 lety

      Emmanuelle Beart and Phoebe Cates...

  • @xoabby7772
    @xoabby7772 Před 3 lety +2

    ❤️

  • @came6939
    @came6939 Před 5 lety

    Fortunately and unfortunately a hidden gem

  • @NotAFanAnymore
    @NotAFanAnymore Před 6 lety +1

    Brilliant

  • @mrjasondylan
    @mrjasondylan Před 5 lety

    Brilliant song, very much ahead of there time.

  • @gavinhughes5399
    @gavinhughes5399 Před rokem

    Filmed in the open air market where Portobello Road runs under the Westway. Not sure which pub they used though. Oh, and a total tune too!!

  • @anthonyheeney668
    @anthonyheeney668 Před rokem +1

    You could compile a top ten of underrated songs of all time
    Scattered by the kinks
    Mr spaceman by the birds
    Understanding Jane by the icicle works wot a guitar hero

  • @peterkrug4124
    @peterkrug4124 Před 5 lety +1

    Shame this song isn't better known, it's great!

  • @imjustablenderseller
    @imjustablenderseller Před 5 lety

    Nostalgia total

  • @noahsledgebottom5508
    @noahsledgebottom5508 Před 7 lety

    THis song has everything i like!!

  • @konradoman
    @konradoman Před 10 lety +12

    Underrated... and that's a pity! The Icycle Works can compete with U2 and other superbands!

    • @busterhymen6000
      @busterhymen6000 Před 8 lety +1

      lets not push it, okay pal? we understand your bromance, but lets not cum all over the floor over it.

    • @konradoman
      @konradoman Před 8 lety +2

      Maybe this is for you (K.W.) a better comment: I agree with the comment of Tim Furtado? ;-)

    • @paddyeejit1954
      @paddyeejit1954 Před 5 lety +1

      Buster Hymen no need...

    • @AlyTennyson
      @AlyTennyson Před 4 lety +1

      @@busterhymen6000 pretty dumb comment, and pissy attitude, that's for sure. ICICLE WORKS are indeed brilliant.

  • @wijtweeun
    @wijtweeun Před rokem

    Great band, i have some albums and The Best Of .

  • @jasonbirch7944
    @jasonbirch7944 Před 6 lety +1

    Love the passionate scream 1min 54 seconds

  • @cesarquinones6060
    @cesarquinones6060 Před rokem

    Perú 80s, sólo basta esta canción y cervezas a raudales

  • @LITTLETHINGS31
    @LITTLETHINGS31 Před 2 lety +1

    Date with an angle 💙

  • @markanthony5793
    @markanthony5793 Před 4 lety

    great!!!

  • @lumpy0100
    @lumpy0100 Před 7 lety

    Thanks less enough TheArkive.:)

  • @colinrgage
    @colinrgage Před 5 lety +2

    Reading '87 I was there

  • @teresitadeleon3179
    @teresitadeleon3179 Před 2 lety +1

    Chris is now partner with Steve Roberts of 16Tambourines!!!!

  • @wadefarrell6221
    @wadefarrell6221 Před 5 lety +1

    Only 76k really. For such great band. It's a shame.

  • @MatthewOfLondon
    @MatthewOfLondon Před 5 lety +1

    absolutely blinding and fantastic track. tis pity sounded too Pistols for an era when punk was still sneered at and hated, and everyone was into the fucking corporate pop.

  • @SnakePlissken999
    @SnakePlissken999 Před měsícem

    I have a fever and the only prescription is more whammy bar!

  • @luiscesarplataserranoplata7181

    Pensé que era norteaméricana la rola suena como tipo norteaméricana. Muy buena rola y está para. Bailar con este gpo chingón

  • @colinrgage
    @colinrgage Před 11 lety +1

    Wow

  • @cambones1969
    @cambones1969 Před 5 lety

    It has a driving force!

  • @martinquarton184
    @martinquarton184 Před rokem +1

    Wildhearts do a faithful cover.

  • @stevewingate3023
    @stevewingate3023 Před 4 lety +1

    I prefer the Wildhearts' version, but this is still good after all these years.

  • @JesusMyKing31
    @JesusMyKing31 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Date with an angel ❤

  • @bunnyman0463
    @bunnyman0463 Před 4 lety

    When Icicle Works meet Green Day. Awesome band!

  • @davidallen346
    @davidallen346 Před 9 lety +10

    English bands are the best.

  • @stoneroses13
    @stoneroses13 Před rokem +1

    Tarzan theme song for Jane.

  • @alvinluzon
    @alvinluzon Před 6 měsíci +1

    Just must be an Aquarius. 🤣

  • @songshed2709
    @songshed2709 Před 6 lety +3

    Great single from a band who were better than a lot of the shite bands that were around at the time but the big-time just never came for them.