I'm 42 now. In 1987, I was in high school in a suburb near Philadelphia. There were very few people who listened to this type of music. We hung out, did drugs, and listened to music. This was before "Alternative". This brings me back to a very specific time an place.
What a fantastic song! One of my all-time favourites ... "No new tale to tell. No new tale to tell. No new tale to tell. ...Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."
Saw then in 89' for the first time live when i was 13 yrs. Now 34 yrs later for a second time and get to see my son experience them for the first time! Can't wait☺️
I remember in college videotaping this off of MTV and watching over and over. The original CZcams experience. :) Loved them in Bauhaus with Peter Murphy, too.
My discovery of this song was that I was listening to one of my favorite songs "Gold Lion" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and I saw a lot of comments on their music video saying they took that riff from this song. Love both songs now!
You cannot go against nature Because when you do Go against nature It's part of nature too Our little lives get complicated It's a simple thing Simple as a flower And that's a complicated thing No new tale to tell No new tale to tell No new tale to tell AHHHH My world is your world People like to hear their names I'm no exception Please call my name Call my name No new tale to tell No new tale to tell No new tale to tell AHHHH When you're down It's a long way up When you're up It's a long way down It's all the same thing No new tale to tell No new tale to tell
Danny's playing the guitar from the Bubblemen thing; David's strap comes off and messes up his miming, so he rolls with it; and the white clothes reference Tones on Tail's switch from the black clothes of Bauhaus. I'm pretty sure they loved their fans.
my mom and I love this band so when I discovered that another band we liked (blaqk audio a.k.a AFI) covered this I flipped out and it's one of the best covers I've ever heard
This song is great, brilliant in fact!! Haven't heard this since the early 90's. Was looking up "So Alive", then this popped up in the side box - and wow there it is. Had completely forgotten it existed! Hopefully it is available on itunes.
All superlatives for this band, from me. Simple (as a flower), straightforward, and really excellent. Lived to their "soundtracks", back in the day, and still remember all the words by which I can still live. Bands today don't release albums, cohesive albums, that tell a story. Tracks don't go beyond 3:30mins (unless it's a random DJ mix on a Friday night). Bands don't come around organically, via love, blood, hate, and all the bodily fluids and nutrients that (used to) make a sound. 99% smoke and mirrors now. L&R were just one of the bands back then and before then who crafted entire albums, comprised of entire songs, that carried a greater narrative, a point, a story, nuggets (if not entire veins) of truth, poetry, philosophy, real introspection, depth. But capitalism eats itself and, eventually, Return On Investment comes into play. Now, like many facets of Life, it's just an Industry and it's all about the Benjamins, as they say. Yes, even Lady Gaga. And, to +Kevin Sissons point, agreed that you can find good stuff out there today with some effort. It's like a box of assorted chocolates. Most are gross. You have to read the "liner notes" in the box or be good at guessing to find the ones you like. The silver lining is we can pick the few good ones from today, way off the beaten path, and still feast off all these timeless older ones, from all genres, of which there's an unlimited supply (EMI). Other good news is we don't have to OWN 'em ALL to listen to 'em ( ;
Every time I listen to this song I think it would be an awesome song for Game of Thrones (maybe in a teaser trailer or something like that) -- the lines about "when you're down it's a long way up/when you're up it's a long way down..." fit the storylines so well.
Cool song. It brings back wonderful memories of singing this song all over the house as a little kid only I thought the lyrics were "No New Tattletale" instead of "No New Tale to Tell". XD
Always beings me back! H.S. was a few years back but I was really into music (not a career, like most in their mid-20's). The flute thing always reminds me of my fave 70's band Jethro Tull - who had a resurgence around the same time this came out :D What's up with the "bee people"? Speaking of Tull, they remind me of some silliness they would do in their concerts. Must be a British thing???
I remember what you're referring to. When Tull toured for their album A Passion Play, they had a section in the middle called The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles, and there def was at least one bee person in the short film they made for that!
I think the bee people represent the song’s motif of nature, flowers and the complexity of life, how all is inter-connected, especially in the sense that bees pollinate flowers!
The problem is that, today, you have to dig a little harder for the good music. The 60's through the 90's, a lot of good music made it to the top 40. The 21st century has brought us a populace, at least in the USA, that has shitty tastes in music. Very little good stuff makes to the top 40 today but the good music is being created today.
+RUIVOX That only means that tastes in music went from bad to worst. Led Zepplin wasn't a top 40 group. REM did have at least one tune in the top 40. But still, the music in the top 40 from the 60's thru the 90's was generally better than the stuff that you hear on the top 40 stations today.
+Kevin Sissons i think you are right for mainstream, the radio, clubs, stuff like that, however the technology is so good right now, better than it has ever been in all recorded history... I find it really easy to find good music all the time. I think i've spent $200 in the last year on music I could have had for free but loved so much I wanted to support the artists. All of it I found online, or someone else I know did. I don't listen to the radio, mtv or any of that kind of thing, I choose what I hear, not a radiostation that a company is paying money to play a song until it gets stuck in my head and I get so used to it I think I like it.
I'm 42 now. In 1987, I was in high school in a suburb near Philadelphia. There were very few people who listened to this type of music. We hung out, did drugs, and listened to music. This was before "Alternative". This brings me back to a very specific time an place.
Same!
I like it all, bar the drug use.
About an hour west of Philly, out gang of friends we're the only kids at out school that knew who Bauhaus was.
You're 50 now 😂 great album, these videos stand up too. First time revisiting in ages
@@killsinthenight Yes I am, this still holds up. Check back with me in another 8 years.
In 1987, in high school and these men were (to me) the coolest people on the planet. So so so far ahead of their time.
They were playing this song in Trader Joe's today. I haven't heard it in 30 years!
Their dancing bee videos are the greatest!
When you're down, it's a long way up. When you're up, it's a long way down. I love those words.
"You cannot go against nature, because when you do go against nature, it's part of nature too." No truer words were ever sung.
The dialectics of Love and Rockets
I always wonder about the 2nd verse. Is it about ego? Need for connection? It's a heavy song!!
What a fantastic song! One of my all-time favourites ...
"No new tale to tell. No new tale to tell. No new tale to tell. ...Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."
Saw then in 89' for the first time live when i was 13 yrs. Now 34 yrs later for a second time and get to see my son experience them for the first time! Can't wait☺️
Never tire of this song. Such a classic. One of the best songs of the 80's!
I used to hear this on now defunct alternative rock stations in Pittsburgh back in the 1980's.
totally shredded this cassette tape in high school alongside the cure's hot hot hot album, in my Benetton and Generra gear. god i'm old.
Benetton? Grey Flanel also I'm sure.
generra
starskie96yt
and Guess?
Guess, Genera and vision street wear. I’d go back in a NY minute.
starskie96yt Maybe wearing a pair of Tretorns.?
I remember in college videotaping this off of MTV and watching over and over. The original CZcams experience. :) Loved them in Bauhaus with Peter Murphy, too.
Allan Ostermann I found this song in college as well.....Morgantown WV...1987...listening to it over and over again...
Allan Ostermann me too! Not college though, i was a little younger 😂
How about Tones on Tails!?!?. 🤷🏻♀️🤗😉
120 Minutes on MTV. I remember too.
Davids smile is a thing of pure joy
I'm from near Pittsburgh, I dig this song, it's odd sounding, alternative rock!
As far as as alternative music,the 80's had some of the best music.
Bought this on vinyl today as a mystery record to see if i liked them or not, it was £3.00 and boy is it worth so much more!! Amazing!!
Hayley Jenkins-Davies
Jack pot!
Still excellent all these years later!
Hell yeah. I love this song. Another classic from the 80s!
Just found this song, great , but there greatest is No Big Deal.
My discovery of this song was that I was listening to one of my favorite songs "Gold Lion" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and I saw a lot of comments on their music video saying they took that riff from this song.
Love both songs now!
Oh my!! I forgot how much I loved this album!!! I played this album soo loud with my windows down. Ah, sweet memories....
I so loved Daniel Ash...Still do!!
This band, I believe rose from the ashes of Bauhaus..
Yes, you are correct!
Saw them on this tour in 1988 in Denver with the Mighty Lemon Drops. So important then. A lovely memory. Thank you!
You cannot go against nature
Because when you do
Go against nature
It's part of nature too
Our little lives get complicated
It's a simple thing
Simple as a flower
And that's a complicated thing
No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell
AHHHH
My world is your world
People like to hear their names
I'm no exception
Please call my name
Call my name
No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell
AHHHH
When you're down
It's a long way up
When you're up
It's a long way down
It's all the same thing
No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell
still holds up...I am a doctor and i approve this message
hi, dutchsinse, didn't expect to see you here :)
Yah, it's about the homosexual experience and how that's just the way they are.
That opening line is probably the most brilliant philosophical lesson I ever learned.
Bartholomew Price
I think it’s a life lesson. It’s a spiritual lesson. It’s bigger than one’s sexual orientation. It’s about our source.
Love And Rockets was and is beyond cool! Great, seamless blend of styles n very cavalier.
heyyyyy! did you hear that flute??? wow! reminds me of jethro tull.
Exactly! ❤
Danny's playing the guitar from the Bubblemen thing; David's strap comes off and messes up his miming, so he rolls with it; and the white clothes reference Tones on Tail's switch from the black clothes of Bauhaus. I'm pretty sure they loved their fans.
Love And Rockets outstanding representing the new-wave music of the 80's. Just so many hits by them very good.
People like to hear their names, I'm no exception, please call my name, call my name!!
I saw Love and Rockets the summer of 1989 in New Orleans, LA
Omg they still rock this song.....man this takes me back..
Cool tune from a very cool band. Always loved L&R.
I absolutely love this song; always reminds me of my childhood! I was born in 82, this is still something I go back to, regularly!
Omg i have not heard this song at least 25 years ago. I still love it!
..just adore it
no more words.
Everything bout this video is so uber cool! Love And Rockets never fail
This song made part of my childhood. Learning surfing and skateboarding.... Good times...
This is my fave L & R song! Fun fact: they named the band after the comic book of the same name by the Hernandez Bros.
♥️♥️♥️
my mom and I love this band so when I discovered that another band we liked (blaqk audio a.k.a AFI) covered this I flipped out and it's one of the best covers I've ever heard
Loved this the first time I heard it ... still do! Brilliant
Beavis: ew he stepped in it.
Butthead: somebody's outta clean that up.
Listening to First Wave on my Sirius/Xm .. Saturday night Safety Dance segment.. Greatest songs that i remember from HS and College in 1990..
It's the 1st pre set on my radio!
Memories and they are such good musicians ⭐️😀👌💕💕🤩🤩🤩🤩
ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER WRITTEN AND RECORDED HANDS F#CKING DOWN I ♥️DANIEL ASH!!!
Their lyrics shaped my life and are what guide me to this day...
This song is great, brilliant in fact!! Haven't heard this since the early 90's. Was looking up "So Alive", then this popped up in the side box - and wow there it is. Had completely forgotten it existed! Hopefully it is available on itunes.
Millennials can't even afford glue these days... Sad...
Thanks for posting. One of the best albums ever.
When you're down, it's a long way up,
When you're up, it's a long way down,
It's all the same thing,
No new tale to tell
+Electric_Eye How sweet it is. Bittersweet.
Damn straight
Getting nostalgic for MTV that played music.
I have ALWAYS loved this song!!!!
no other band sounds like these badasses
Best riff ever
Congratulations to a brilliant band from the 80's
This is such a good song.. I keep turning the volume louder more and more towards the end lol.
Still listen to this all the time. I remember when it first came out. Have all their albums. Big fan! And it's still relevant today.
SUCH an overlooked band. i think they should have been HUGE
Encompassed at least 30 yrs of my life....love these men.
I think I need to go smoke some cloves.
chris loughner Proud to say that I’m one of the people who know what you mean by that :)
chris loughner Hahah omg this took me right to 9th grade
Currently smoking one now. Fuck yes!
I’m guessing cloves is all you have going for you.
Daniel Ash is so badass here. And oh my god I love David's voice so much.
still playing the CD's after all these years... wore the Cassettes out years ago!
Many thanx for uploading this vid.........this is one song that in my all time fave 5 .......cheers mate
david in this video is actually my favourite thing.
this band makes my life so much better
That flute scrambled my DNA.
Real music to my ears!
I saw this band in Chicago in 1988. Great show and wish I'd been able to see them again
Gossip Girl brought me here!
Lauren Cooper fuck you lame ass
this song helped me make it outta elementary school circa 86ish
I'm a little late with my comment. I was in high school and it was a good time. Miss those days...
Geez. How long has it been, and I still come back to this song? I'm 36; been loving this since my mom listened to it! So catchy, and creative!
This was my first concert in 1989 with The Cure and The Pixies. I was in 8th grade.
Very artistical, very creativous, quite originational and totally awesouminus
I agree very unique
Amazing....still great to this day....even better!!!
All superlatives for this band, from me. Simple (as a flower), straightforward, and really excellent. Lived to their "soundtracks", back in the day, and still remember all the words by which I can still live. Bands today don't release albums, cohesive albums, that tell a story. Tracks don't go beyond 3:30mins (unless it's a random DJ mix on a Friday night). Bands don't come around organically, via love, blood, hate, and all the bodily fluids and nutrients that (used to) make a sound. 99% smoke and mirrors now. L&R were just one of the bands back then and before then who crafted entire albums, comprised of entire songs, that carried a greater narrative, a point, a story, nuggets (if not entire veins) of truth, poetry, philosophy, real introspection, depth. But capitalism eats itself and, eventually, Return On Investment comes into play. Now, like many facets of Life, it's just an Industry and it's all about the Benjamins, as they say. Yes, even Lady Gaga. And, to +Kevin Sissons point, agreed that you can find good stuff out there today with some effort. It's like a box of assorted chocolates. Most are gross. You have to read the "liner notes" in the box or be good at guessing to find the ones you like. The silver lining is we can pick the few good ones from today, way off the beaten path, and still feast off all these timeless older ones, from all genres, of which there's an unlimited supply (EMI). Other good news is we don't have to OWN 'em ALL to listen to 'em ( ;
BLOODY GREAT ISN ´T IT?
THE aul brill bands are gone.......I so miss them!
LOVE&ROCKETS 4 U!
This is such a mind blowing song then and now for me.
Daniel Ash y Peter M son tremendos. Los escucho desde: "TONES ON TAIL" Soy de Colombia y amo a Uruguay 👌👌👌
It's so hard to dislike any song with that strumming pattern.
Loved L&R, and the bee people predecessors to Blind Melonn Bee Girl.
Every time I listen to this song I think it would be an awesome song for Game of Thrones (maybe in a teaser trailer or something like that) -- the lines about "when you're down it's a long way up/when you're up it's a long way down..." fit the storylines so well.
One of the Top bands ever. every album was a new style and genius
Underrated classic
love this song!
CLASSIC TUNE from a CLASSIC BAND!!
Cool song. It brings back wonderful memories of singing this song all over the house as a little kid only I thought the lyrics were "No New Tattletale" instead of "No New Tale to Tell". XD
You tattletaled yourself !
So fantastic...
Awesome song and British band 👍👍👍!!!!
The music of my youth, mid - late teen years.
Always beings me back! H.S. was a few years back but I was really into music (not a career, like most in their mid-20's). The flute thing always reminds me of my fave 70's band Jethro Tull - who had a resurgence around the same time this came out :D
What's up with the "bee people"? Speaking of Tull, they remind me of some silliness they would do in their concerts. Must be a British thing???
I remember what you're referring to. When Tull toured for their album A Passion Play, they had a section in the middle called The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles, and there def was at least one bee person in the short film they made for that!
I think the bee people represent the song’s motif of nature, flowers and the complexity of life, how all is inter-connected, especially in the sense that bees pollinate flowers!
great lyrics!! great sound
Oh, how I love this!
The ghost of Ian Anderson's flute brought me here
Hmm.
Coolness to the TOP ?!!!!
great song,cool video,many bands wish they were them...
Great song 😊
love this song, love this video
The problem is that, today, you have to dig a little harder for the good music. The 60's through the 90's, a lot of good music made it to the top 40. The 21st century has brought us a populace, at least in the USA, that has shitty tastes in music. Very little good stuff makes to the top 40 today but the good music is being created today.
+Kevin Sissons Led Zepplin or REM (just to mention a few) never had a number 1 single. Rihanna has 13.
+RUIVOX That only means that tastes in music went from bad to worst. Led Zepplin wasn't a top 40 group. REM did have at least one tune in the top 40. But still, the music in the top 40 from the 60's thru the 90's was generally better than the stuff that you hear on the top 40 stations today.
+Kevin Sissons
REM had four ten ten hits
Led Zeppelin had twelve top 40 singles....
well said
+Kevin Sissons
i think you are right for mainstream, the radio, clubs, stuff like that, however the technology is so good right now, better than it has ever been in all recorded history... I find it really easy to find good music all the time.
I think i've spent $200 in the last year on music I could have had for free but loved so much I wanted to support the artists. All of it I found online, or someone else I know did.
I don't listen to the radio, mtv or any of that kind of thing, I choose what I hear, not a radiostation that a company is paying money to play a song until it gets stuck in my head and I get so used to it I think I like it.
2018...still valid. A beautiful song, a beautiful band..
From the days when MTV actually played music videos ! Yes kids there was a time when the "M" in MTV meant music.
Saw them in 1999 on their last tour. Great band.
beautiful..........rich
I just listened to this song and I could tell that was ian anderson playing the flute. Love this song, and ian anderson.
Debate if you must. I just like their music.