I thought to share this with you all. Awesome message in THIS recording. Thank you for your Time and your Mind. Peace & Love Sincerely; Anthony ''Seven'' Muhammad
I remember I was in Iraq during the Gulf War and I was so sick of being there. I was suicidal, homesick, broke. I saw this video on Video Music Box, yes they had that in Iraq, Lol, and it changed my life. 27 years, a beautiful wife and 3 fantastic children later and all I can say is thank you Loose Ends for this song. It saved my life.
This song push me through the streets of Nyc in the 90'$ . Crack and homicides was everywhere. When I heard this song it changed my life and my out look on my new life . Don't be a fool !! 👍😂👍
"Don't waste your life away" Even when blasting this in 1990 did I not understand and heed these words. So much time has gone by with seemingly missed opportunities. I realize they're lessons learned and the good news is I still have time!
Things that I've been through a life I think that our opportune and things to be opportunistic is being in that same place when you supposed to be at that place always leave your big head forward let your feet catch up before she will fall God has your program just like these phones let it Ride every day
Honey I had a dream about this last night and you're right , now that I'm 42 I recall the 90s when life was young and innocent, I took so much for granted , I would love to know where they are now? Love this song
We need to give Loose Ends their flowers! Carl was and is a wildly talented producer and Jane Eugene from the original line up had the sweetest voice. The quiet keyboard player was hot. Dial 999 is my all time fav. Love them from their first album and forever.
Dial 999 is the number 1 song from Loose Ends and that's saying something because they have soooooooo many dope cuts. Let's rock New horizon Choose me Stay a while child Slow down Hanging on a string Mr bachelor
Never stop dreaming. Never think that your current circumstances are forever. I'm a witness that positive change can happen. This song will always speak power. Always!!!
Today makes it 16 years since I lost my dad, my pillar of support. This classic comes up on the radio on my way to my moms house and it makes a whole lot of sense.
How can this be 33 years old!! For 3:45 minutes I've been transported back to 18 years old, Fond memories of Travelling to London to dance the weekend away in the Hammersmith Palais 😊
I remember seeing Loose Ends do this song on Soul Train. Loose Ends were the 1st British Soul band to have huge chart success in America. "Hanging on a String" went to #1 on the US R&B charts.
2/Alpha Theta/86. In my opinion the entire world Slept on this band!!! Carl, Steve and Jane were a force!, they should be Paid to reunite!, excellent production on this joint!!!👌🏿
Fabulous, Yes, the message is realizing the truth, the greatness in oneself, imagination & being creative within one's life. Wake up & change your circumstance now. Superb vocals. Congrats. Freedom & Peace, always !
Nick Scott that's so inspirational in so many your right you get that message when she says "dreams are dreams and they do come true i believe in dreams don't you" never quit
The album that this song came from is a classic overall! This song in particular not only can you move too, it actually has a message! Back when R & B/Hip-Hop had both! It held up back then and it hold up today!
Late 80's Wow! You got me Hangin on Strings Now I'm not your Play Thing! Lol man Loose Ends! Man what can you say. Definitely before it's time. The Original group was off the chain. I use to be in Virginia Beach in my Corvette with the T-tops off cruising to some Loose Ends. I still listen to both the first albums when I drink my Gin and Juice. Thanks Loose Ends for the Great Music!
Carl McIntosh switched the line up with the same results. This album was classic!!!! This joint got me through Desert Storm. Doesnt Carl Mac resemble Jerry Rice?
*Look How Long* was the absolute BEST that *Loose Ends* has ever put out. I mean, they had memorable ones on previous albums but *Look How Long* is one of the only albums I can listen to every song over and over and over again without ever getting tired of them! Absolutely a timeless, classic work of art!!!
Willie D. Washington Look how long was good, but I would give that praise to The Real Chuckaboo .... i loved every one of those songs. Maybe it just felt different to me because of where i was in life ... either way ANY LOOSE ENDS IS A GOOD LOOSE ENDS ... peace and blessings
Clint Shaw - That's exactly what it is, Clint. I believe where we were in life at that particular time sets up a very powerful aura of nostalgia that is difficult to shake. But "Look How Long" was the favorite of a close friend that year who later died very brutally to gun violence after my favorite cousin was murdered a month prior. So yes, these do factor in, however, the subject matter of the songs of that album truly resonate with my vibration and thoughts about relationships and life in general as well. The perfect infusion of hard hip hop beats, hooks and samples with funk and R&B provided for a smooth as well as energetic mix of the timeless kind for me. Definitely, peace and blessings!
I just amazes me how many awesome R&B groups that have come out of the UK. Loose Ends, Truce, Damage, Troi and others to name a few. It is a shame that they didn't get the exposure in the USA. Thank heavens for youtube so they can start too!
So true! I was very lucky to live in Germany where I heard a lot of great British R&B being played in the clubs there back in the late 80's early 90's.
not all R&B or bands but Cool Notes, Princess, Steve Dante, Imagination, Shakatak, 52nd St, Jaki Graham, Freeez, Total Contrast, Lynx, Junior, Omar, Incognito, Paul Hardcastle
Impossible not to reminisce when I hear this. Great to be in a UK club in this era. 30+ years later I would get some funny looks if I went in one now!😄
Here in 2021! I remember waiting for them to drop their next album… and after two years, this is the one they dropped. Takes me back to fall of 1990, the start of my military journey.
On top of the positive message in this song, the song itself is dope! Brings back so many memories the 90's was a great era in life, wish I could do it all again 😎
Music used to mean something. Even though a lot was synthesized the music was very enjoyable. I love to reminese when listening to music from the 70s, 80s, and 90s
puff the magic dragon's got u....🎶🎵🔥🔥💯😆my upbringing on music was Fuckin superb, being a 70s baby & all. I had the wonderful opportunity to have experienced sum excellent groups bands solo artists etc. makes me over stand / appreciate greatness and knowing its roots etc. black music from the 70s- mid 90s was exclusively impeccable 👐👇. nothing today or tmrw will EVER compare ....EVER! folks were themselves & weren't afraid to be. lots of originality creativity exploration and down rite talent. groovy smooth shit was being put out by a plethora of people all over the world, yup even Britain (the u.k)
That's the beauty of music it can take you through the portals of time to that time in your life when things were good. Let go and let God. Peace. Tony B
I was a kid when this song was out but its popped in my head at the most interesting times, throughout my life. Kind of as a small voice of reason. That's the impact of great music
I played this and Optimistic by The Sounds of Blackness and Slave to the Vibe on repeat to get over a bad break-up. Which was totally my fault. Still makes me smile. Brilliant.
This takes me all the way back to my high school days in 1990 when this video was first shown on TV. I was impressed with its photography and numerous filming angles!!!
Samples: "Shaft in Africa (Addis)" by Johhny Pate (1973) "Same Beat" by fred Wesley and The J.B.'s (1974) "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss (1973) (Drums)
THem then Soul 2 Soul were amazing UK soul crusaders of the late 80s into the 90s.I would add Omar, Mica Paris, Paul Johnson , Desree to the list among others.
I remember I was in Iraq during the Gulf War and I was so sick of being there. I was suicidal, homesick, broke. I saw this video on Video Music Box, yes they had that in Iraq, Lol, and it changed my life. 27 years, a beautiful wife and 3 fantastic children later and all I can say is thank you Loose Ends for this song. It saved my life.
Bighamza22
Well done that man.
I salute you.
Bighamza22 god bless
God Bless you sir
Lovely comment! Good for you!
Beautiful testimony! I’m SO glad you didn’t give up!
Who's here in 2024? If you are you know what's up ✌️😎🤘.
This song push me through the streets of Nyc in the 90'$ . Crack and homicides was everywhere. When I heard this song it changed my life and my out look on my new life . Don't be a fool !! 👍😂👍
I didn't realise they were known in the US.
We need this kind of music in this day and age! Watching from Zimbabwe!
@@Muswell you must have lived under a rock....loose ends early hits like hangin on a string were smash hits in US
@Muswell Then you're idiot.
Facts !!!
"Don't waste your life away" Even when blasting this in 1990 did I not understand and heed these words. So much time has gone by with seemingly missed opportunities. I realize they're lessons learned and the good news is I still have time!
I didn't understand then either. And I was touring Europe then. Now I know what it means...lol
Things that I've been through a life I think that our opportune and things to be opportunistic is being in that same place when you supposed to be at that place always leave your big head forward let your feet catch up before she will fall God has your program just like these phones let it Ride every day
Honey I had a dream about this last night and you're right , now that I'm 42 I recall the 90s when life was young and innocent, I took so much for granted , I would love to know where they are now? Love this song
Deep! Watching from Zimbabwe! Holla at me if you are still kicking it! God bless!
@@bksmith3714 hope you had a great time! God bless ! Watching from Zimbabwe!
They need an Unsung episode for real!
I just posted that on their "Mr Bachelor" video lol
Derrick Robbins I agree
I think they already did and unsung
the promise man no they haven’t
@@yeahisaidit5633 oh I could of sworn they did
If you're here in 2023 you are Legendary
I'm here in 2024 and beyond....
#RESPECT
Hands down . . .
The music of "Loose Ends" can go toe to toe with any group today!!!
FACTS !!!!
That part....
We need to give Loose Ends their flowers! Carl was and is a wildly talented producer and Jane Eugene from the original line up had the sweetest voice. The quiet keyboard player was hot. Dial 999 is my all time fav. Love them from their first album and forever.
Facts,!!!!!
Indeed
Dial 999 is the number 1 song from Loose Ends and that's saying something because they have soooooooo many dope cuts.
Let's rock
New horizon
Choose me
Stay a while child
Slow down
Hanging on a string
Mr bachelor
But this isn't Jane Eugene
@@aldo6192 ok
No Jane no Steve on this album but Carl still came through with the Bangers
life was soooo great back then it brings tears to my eyes reminiscencing
I agree with you so much,my people
I can taste it. But it's really gone.
ILL SUBZ totally agree with ya 👊🏻
Yea look at how we living now smh...
I feel you
Jane Eugene would've , rocked this song
One of the best songs in the 80s
90s
This song first came out in 1990
Never stop dreaming. Never think that your current circumstances are forever. I'm a witness that positive change can happen. This song will always speak power. Always!!!
Gruppo formidabile anni 90/ 🔝👌
This is the jam!!! And it has a message!!!
I most certainly agree family
Thank you for your visit
Peace and Love
+speakup44 Powerful message too.
The group is no more but the message remains :)
Show yo right
Should have heeded the message 25 years ago!!!!!
yes it does no do good music time less
hands down one of the baddest groups back then if you grew up back then
Loose ends was the Sh*t!!!!
Yes they were I got all there albums
Naturally E they really was and that’s a known fact 💯👍
Yes they were this was my jawn back in the day
Still is!!
Bring back uplifting, positive message-music like this.. AND the beat and imagery is dope too💯
Who still listen to this song in 2019
2020
Still listening 2020 👌🏾👌🏾
@@zoeharris7362 Me too love this band. So nostalgic. Brings back wonderful time in my life. The lyrics of many of this song are great.
Still listening often.
2020!!!!
I miss this group man ! Their music was so damn good !!! The 80's was so dope !!!
Today makes it 16 years since I lost my dad, my pillar of support. This classic comes up on the radio on my way to my moms house and it makes a whole lot of sense.
Yep when they are gone you realise how precious they are.
How can this be 33 years old!! For 3:45 minutes I've been transported back to 18 years old, Fond memories of Travelling to London to dance the weekend away in the Hammersmith Palais 😊
Brings back so many memories! I was young innocent and so happy! I miss the days when this song was released! This song gives me so much inspiration!
This was way ahead of its time.... A true classic ripsnorter, perfection :)
it was in its time lol
What the heck is a "RIPSNORTER"? Never in my life have I heard that before.
like decades ahead. just so tight and powerfully produced
My senior year 1990 classic
That beat for its time sensational
I remember seeing Loose Ends do this song on Soul Train. Loose Ends were the 1st British Soul band to have huge chart success in America. "Hanging on a String" went to #1 on the US R&B charts.
I heard this song,an it took me back to when everybody was minding their own business. Dec2019
Still rocking Loose Ends in 2019!
Also still rocking w/ them in 2022.
Still life in 2023 🙌🏼
Def on this one . What a banger 👌👌
The 90"s was the Absolute Best!!!
2/Alpha Theta/86. In my opinion the entire world Slept on this band!!! Carl, Steve and Jane were a force!, they should be Paid to reunite!, excellent production on this joint!!!👌🏿
Don't be a fool in these last days! 2 Timothy 3:1-4
You r right my brother
Unless you are a queen ant 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🥳🥳🍭
Fabulous, Yes, the message is realizing the truth, the greatness in oneself, imagination & being creative within one's life. Wake up & change your circumstance now. Superb vocals. Congrats. Freedom & Peace, always !
Nick Scott that's so inspirational in so many your right you get that message when she says "dreams are dreams and they do come true i believe in dreams don't you" never quit
@@michaelbull4639 facts
I was stationed in England when this was the jam...
The album that this song came from is a classic overall! This song in particular not only can you move too, it actually has a message! Back when R & B/Hip-Hop had both! It held up back then and it hold up today!
I have the privilege of having this on vinyl from my bro ,such a big tune with a positive message :-)
Loose ends never get old. Whenever I start watching their videos online, I end up spending hours on my tablet. Great song and an even better message.
I can still rock out to this!
Don't be a fool in 2020!!!
The group is gone but their music lives on!
Ervin Griffin, Jr. aka Mr. Griffin
Not totally. They still tour.
Redd Blitz good! We need groups like that still around! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿😃😃😃
I just saw them perform tonight, they sound great and put on a good show!
JoAnn Rojas where did you see them perform please, I have to watch them live too
JoAnn Rojas where did you see them please
These lyrics are powerful
This track just speaks volumes. absloute classic by the legendary Loose Ends......
Love this song
I can't explain it, but the instruments and their sound reaches my soul when I listen to their music.
Late 80's Wow! You got me Hangin on Strings Now I'm not your Play Thing! Lol man Loose Ends! Man what can you say. Definitely before it's time. The Original group was off the chain. I use to be in Virginia Beach in my Corvette with the T-tops off cruising to some Loose Ends. I still listen to both the first albums when I drink my Gin and Juice. Thanks Loose Ends for the Great Music!
One of their many top tunes.Stunning.
Old school remains the best. No competition!
This sounds as good today as it did back them. Fantastic track and group
Timeless
Carl McIntosh switched the line up with the same results. This album was classic!!!! This joint got me through Desert Storm. Doesnt Carl Mac resemble Jerry Rice?
i was wondering who he reminded me of, damn near fell off my seat from laughing.
+Bootney Farnsworth -glad you made it back in one piece for sure.
Yes, I rocked this jam while deployed as well in the desert.
Yep,kept you on your toes and your mental alive.
Yessir!!!!!
Amongst my favourite songs by Loose Ends, been a fan since there first album great memories & music.
Loose ends!! this band was the biggest best soul band in the uk 100% now we got road man doing music in 2023.Did not appreciate them at the time.
I LOVE EVERYONE ON THIS TREAD BECAUSE THEY LOVE THIS SONG AND LOVE THIS MUSIC!!!
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Still love this song!!!
*Look How Long* was the absolute BEST that *Loose Ends* has ever put out. I mean, they had memorable ones on previous albums but *Look How Long* is one of the only albums I can listen to every song over and over and over again without ever getting tired of them! Absolutely a timeless, classic work of art!!!
Willie D. Washington Look how long was good, but I would give that praise to The Real Chuckaboo .... i loved every one of those songs. Maybe it just felt different to me because of where i was in life ... either way ANY LOOSE ENDS IS A GOOD LOOSE ENDS ... peace and blessings
Clint Shaw - That's exactly what it is, Clint. I believe where we were in life at that particular time sets up a very powerful aura of nostalgia that is difficult to shake. But "Look How Long" was the favorite of a close friend that year who later died very brutally to gun violence after my favorite cousin was murdered a month prior. So yes, these do factor in, however, the subject matter of the songs of that album truly resonate with my vibration and thoughts about relationships and life in general as well. The perfect infusion of hard hip hop beats, hooks and samples with funk and R&B provided for a smooth as well as energetic mix of the timeless kind for me.
Definitely, peace and blessings!
+Willie D. Washington Agreed! One of the few albums I can listen to every song and never skip!
They were all classic, that's why we're here listening. Great group,great music.
My favorite is Zagora
Love the soundtrack. Amazing soul song of that era. In still a fan. 👍👍🔥🔥
I just amazes me how many awesome R&B groups that have come out of the UK. Loose Ends, Truce, Damage, Troi and others to name a few. It is a shame that they didn't get the exposure in the USA. Thank heavens for youtube so they can start too!
Also Five Star- They had some R&B, And some pop on all their albums from 85-90
So true! I was very lucky to live in Germany where I heard a lot of great British R&B being played in the clubs there back in the late 80's early 90's.
ro joy don't forget brand new heavies.
not all R&B or bands but Cool Notes, Princess, Steve Dante, Imagination, Shakatak, 52nd St, Jaki Graham, Freeez, Total Contrast, Lynx, Junior, Omar, Incognito, Paul Hardcastle
Loose Ends get a lot of love here in America. Timeless Soul...
THEIR MUSIC WAS ORIGINAL AND TIMELESS I STILL PLAY ALL THEIR ALBUMS AND WE ROCK OUT.. I MISS DANCING ALL MY PEOPLE SAY WHEN THEY VISITING
. I PLAY..
I love 💘 the British sound it's so timeless
Who's still listening in 2019 Tuuuune.
Lost my mind first time I heard this.. and the hook be something special! 🔥🔥🔥
r&b with real knowledge n wisdom ….what time period is this take us out loose ends
Look How Long one of the great funk and soul albums of the last 25 years.
How time flies. When I could go about listening to music like this without wearing masks . 2020 please why?
this still rocks in 2018!
2019..
2022
My favorite jam.
[ Don't be a fool ]
It's a good reminder for when you start loseing focus.
Impossible not to reminisce when I hear this. Great to be in a UK club in this era. 30+ years later I would get some funny looks if I went in one now!😄
Ahhhhh! 80's & 90's music rocks. Loose Ends this is great music. UK rocks!.
ahh 1990 to be 15 again, such a timeless classic
Here in 2021! I remember waiting for them to drop their next album… and after two years, this is the one they dropped. Takes me back to fall of 1990, the start of my military journey.
On top of the positive message in this song, the song itself is dope! Brings back so many memories the 90's was a great era in life, wish I could do it all again 😎
Music used to mean something. Even though a lot was synthesized the music was very enjoyable.
I love to reminese when listening to music from the 70s, 80s, and 90s
puff the magic dragon's got u....🎶🎵🔥🔥💯😆my upbringing on music was Fuckin superb, being a 70s baby & all. I had the wonderful opportunity to have experienced sum excellent groups bands solo artists etc. makes me over stand / appreciate greatness and knowing its roots etc. black music from the 70s- mid 90s was exclusively impeccable 👐👇. nothing today or tmrw will EVER compare ....EVER! folks were themselves & weren't afraid to be. lots of originality creativity exploration and down rite talent. groovy smooth shit was being put out by a plethora of people all over the world, yup even Britain (the u.k)
How I miss good music with a message😕😊
That's the beauty of music it can take you through the portals of time to that time in your life when things were good. Let go and let God. Peace. Tony B
Loose ends was one of the best UK groups ever
Best 90s group hands down they were on fire and set the bar for that 90s sound in my opinion...1 of the greatest groups ever really
I was a military child listening to this, traveling, discovering, and learning
I was a kid when this song was out but its popped in my head at the most interesting times, throughout my life. Kind of as a small voice of reason. That's the impact of great music
Now this was that hit back in 90’ is still hits with today’s generation.
I played this and Optimistic by The Sounds of Blackness and Slave to the Vibe on repeat to get over a bad break-up. Which was totally my fault. Still makes me smile. Brilliant.
Underrated group❗️
Wow this is how you know this is great music, when it still sounds good 20 plus years later.
Playing song in June, 2024. Lost my brother 2022, December. We used to jam to this song in the early 1990😢😢😢
I’m sitting here thinking about so many things and literally this song came to mind. Had to come and listen. Still effective in 2020 and beyond.
Even with a different lineup they were putting out classics.
I had a sudden rush of blood flow to my head
Completely underrated group, great sound at the right time and timeless message
This takes me all the way back to my high school days in 1990 when this video was first shown on TV. I was impressed with its photography and numerous filming angles!!!
Wow. I didn’t know they made this??? Beautiful Classic👊🏿✌🏿
With positive messages such as this in music, one wonders what they used to dream about; as life.
Wowwwwwww ...bring back memories 💪🏽💪🏽 just was listening to this on the radio
One of my absolute faves from back in the day...when you knew better times were achievable, even in hard times.
I 💜 them all of there song's!! Still listening 2018 September 1,.
The golden erabiy do I miss it...I was only 13 when this came out in 1990 and it was definitely the soundtrack in my day as a kid growing up
Luv, luv, luuuuuvvv Loose Ends... the era of genuinely good music! Don't Be "Fooled" by the madness in this life. Keep your eyes open.
In love with this video.
Carl tore up Toronto last night thank you my brother …..and Big Up the local musicians that backed him up!!!!!!!!!
Hard not to be but the message still stands ! What a band 🤙
Samples:
"Shaft in Africa (Addis)" by Johhny Pate (1973)
"Same Beat" by fred Wesley and The J.B.'s (1974)
"Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss (1973) (Drums)
THem then Soul 2 Soul were amazing UK soul crusaders of the late 80s into the 90s.I would add Omar, Mica Paris, Paul Johnson , Desree to the list among others.
ALL OF THEIR SONGS HAVE NICE BEATS, THEY ARE STILL ONE OF MY FAVORITE GROUPS.