Sparks - Beat The Clock (Official Video)
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- čas přidán 24. 06. 2012
- The official video for the single "Beat The Clock" from the 1979 album No.1 In Heaven.
Directed by Millaney/Grant
No. 1 In Heaven • 40th Anniversary Edition is released March 2019 on double LP/CD. Available for pre-order → store.allsparks.com
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This song IS STILL relevant, popular , cool. It will bever age.
Its timeless: True genius.
Sparks are Kings of modern music. Up there with Kraftwerk!
Hahaha...all this sound is part of the EDM matrix of Giorgio Moroder and the 2 main and primary electronic genres of this electronic scene, HI-NRG and Synthpop that Moroder himself forged since 1977.
This album is another production by the genius Moroder, the German Progressive Rock & Krautrock Düsseldorf of the Conny Plank boys (Kraftwerk) does not sound here 😄.
My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everyone calls me...the father, founder and pioneer of EDM and Modern Electronics / The Sound of the Future 😎
Kraftwerkboy cries...
Sparks was the 80s before the 80s. Way ahead of time.
wow.... you are spot on!
And what a real pity the UK seemed utterly unable to grasp it, especially seeing as the things they let go through the 80s from the 70s like Banshees, Sting, Weller, Phil Collins, Madness, to say nothing of the utter rubbish they obsessed over that arrived in like slagdonna and Spandau Ballet and S/A/W stuff and Starship.
Had the great honour of interviewing Ron and Russell when working for a charity that produced audio magazines for the blind....a more charming and approachable pair of musicians I have never met before or since - absolute gents!!
I totally agree with you! I'm a huge fan of THEM TOO! ! I feel a very deep KINSHIP in different ways! ! They haved CHANGED my LIFE in so many POSITIVE WAYS! Thanks Russell and Ron for ALL THAT AND MORE! !
That's funny because I interviewed them on behalf of Music Videos for the Deaf Int'l and they couldn't have been more rude! Weird...
Just kidding of course, hopefully not in bad taste :oD
@@scottmartin7717 you scared the shit out of me
@@MrScoopoo10 honestly if i heard that sparks had been super rude to someone, i would assume it was a joke they were pulling lol
@@scottmartin7717 silly! 😄😆😂💋
There's no other band like Sparks. Totally unique.
De hecho todo esto tiene una explicación...Giorgio⚡Moroder
true
@@joezava8257 Then why does no one say THIS-without Nile Rodgers and MTV, that talentless, exhibitionistic, gold-digging c*nt from hell madonna WOULD NOT EXIST! If bloody only!
1979 is one of the great years of music! Such an abundance of groundbreaking new wave, punk and dance records that are so timeless.
True that about '79. I also love 1981.
This song was released before 1979.
@@folon23Hocine According to Wiki this song was released in 1979 along with the album it belongs to.
Drums & Wires by XTC is from 1979 I think
So many great bands in the 70s now forgotten
This band should be more appreciated ,amazing music for nearly 50 years
I was born in 1978, I am not nearly 50 years old, thank you very much.
Alxs End
Paddy didn't write "this song". He wrote "this Band".
Cutting edge. Great band. I still love them. ☺
@@rw8733 Always! 💖
@@alxsend8045 Hiya m8. I'm 50 now. And I have never ever ever had a headache. Strange but it's true. And I have been lucky enough 2 have met my all time heroes ie the Human League girls ie Queens Joanne Catherall ❤️ (my hero 4 ever) and 4 the best night ever of my life. Sparks r a great band from the 1970s.
Shaped my whole taste in music, Gary Numan, Kraftwerk, Vangelis, Depeche mode, Human League. I salute you.........SPARKS.
Well said and written. Cheers!
Yeah they probably would have been for me too if I didn't just discover them in my mid-40s
Don’t forget Bowie, Roxy, Eno, Devo, Costello
Elo
Tangerine dream?
This was my favourite song when I was 7. What extraordinarily good taste I had 40 years ago!
Sparks are class and do not get enough airplay..50yrs been churning out great stuff...ahead of their time...big Sparks fan!-gazzz
All this sound is part of the EDM matrix of Giorgio Moroder and the 2 main and primary genres of this electronic scene: HI-NRG and Synthpop that Moroder himself forged since 1977. This album is another production by the genius Moroder.
My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everyone calls me...the father, founder and pioneer of EDM and Modern Electronics / The Sound of the Future.
The best European group to come out of America. Love Sparks.
As opposed to the other European Americans who have come out of America!
pop avant garde at its finest.
rubbish. Euro Trash techno at that time couldn't rock a dance floor like that
@@HarryFlowerrs Like Winston Churchill?
Actually there's talk these days that some Iceland DNA comes from the Markland . . .
They are American..second home U.K😂
Just caught the Sparks documentary a couple days ago...if you haven't you should! It's great!
I concur, I saw it last night and loved it.
I saw it too. Its brilliant. What a great sense of humour they have!
@@frankboyle2643 pretty much obsessed now
I saw it earlier this week. It's brilliant!
Just finished my second viewing :)
As of last saturday afternoon, I am a fan! Didn't know these guys existed. Great show! "Unbelievable, 73 and 70 years old!
Looking back, this is a revolutionary video for 1979! Great memories (age 13 at the time).
A picture of Peter Sellers would be more appropriate 😂😂😂!🐦
Agreed. I was 14
They were so ahead of their time, they look so 80s here already!
Russell's dance moves are everything!
I thought Ron’s were!
Superb dad-dancing. I agree.
They help
The National Anthem for Yuppie’s worldwide! 🥸
There are no awards that you could bestow on these guy's that would come any where near their genius.
Performing and making fantastic music for 50 years - who else could lay claim to that?
If there is such a thing as an afterlife I really want to spend some time in their company.
The NRG & Synhtpop Sound of Giorgio⚡Moroder father of EDM since 1977
I love Mael brothers so much I can't say enough.. I heard Sparks only a few years ago for the first time and the music and stage image are crazy amazing and charming. There are no limits for Sparks, they're always pushing boundaries with absolutely fresh and genius sound, lyrics and sense of humor. Thank you for everything, Ron and Russell. Your art saves me when I feel dead inside, you're an obvious geniuses. I wish I was born many years ago to see your way from the very start, so it was great to see The Sparks Brothers documentary. Thank you!
As an 80's guy, I'm embarrassed to say I just heard this song yesterday, Feb. 16th. 2021....But I loved it
Same! Just discovering their incredible back catalogue now - what a find! They are AMAZING
First Sparks album I bought with pocket money. Introduced me to electronic music.
Now I have a house full of synths and rare Tag Watches.
Funny old world.
Better late than never
But _this_ is the crazy thing, the single came out the year before the '80s even started..... 1979! How do I know? The 7" was the first record I ever bought :)
There might be songs you heard by them but you didn’t know it was Sparks, like Monster of Love (I didn’t know it was by Sparks at the time myself.), it was in the Valley Girl soundtrack. Music That You Can Dance To? I remember that one on local college radio. They used to play Cool Places (with Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Gos) on MTV. Maybe I just spent too much time listening to music in my room or watching MTV back then, now that I think about it.
Saw them twice in Dublin,last June was the last and about 4 years before that. They still have the energy and Ron's dance moment is class.
Still never got to see them since 40 years of listening. Hopefully soon💕👌
Tienen la energía de Giorgio⚡Moroder, el padre fundador y pionero del EDM y los géneros electrónicos matrices y primarios de esta escena electrónica el HI-NRG y Synthpop.
They are totally unique and you'll never hear anything bad about them, they give themselves and their music to the fans. Thank you guys.
Gracias a Giorgio⚡Moroder, el padre, fundador y pionero del EDM...el fue quien forjó a Sparks y les dio el sonido Synthpop & HI-NRG matriz del EDM Concreto.
true
@@gaskellr44 Giorgio Moroder producción...
I vaguely remember them in passing. I was too young to glom on.. it's only now through the magic of CZcams I'm coming to appreciate how influential they have been. They hold up. . A great band, a band for musicians and artists
Far to advanced, clever, witty and musically gifted for the time & place, to cool for school these guys, outstanding body of work 👍😎
Just watched the documentary. Utterly superb.
This beauty reached No.10 in The UK back in August 1979.
A timeless classic: sorry for the bad joke.
I'll second that(groan).
Este sonido en 1979 solo tiene una explicación, la mano del padre, fundador y pionero del EDM Concreto...Giorgio⚡Moroder
Sparks was always "there" on the periphery back in the 80's.
Just saw them in concert in SF! They rocked the house!
The fact that Sparks is so under-appreciated is a basic failure of civilization
Who’s listening March 2020 just fantastic
December 2020!
I just discovered them TODAY and I'm blown away
October 2023!
The documentary film is utterly amazing! I thought I knew a lot about Sparks but this proved me wrong. Hadn’t realised how many groups and genres they have influenced and pioneered! ❤️
Is a great documentary I loved sparks since 74 and still love the band as much ❤ now got all vynals just can't choose amazing I love you all celia
♡♡♡
Still have the vinyl.... going to buy a turntable just to play this gem, magic.
I'm having a Sparks-fest right now. So ahead of its time. Loved this then, and it is still totally fab. Thank you lads.
State of art video. Classic. The forerunners for so many synth bands.
I used to rollerskate to this...LOL!!! Loved this song and requested it every Saturday at Skateway in Ottawa. This brings back so many memories!!
I mean, well it's Sparks, but the lyrics on this are astounding. Funny, existential and much more philosophical than is presented on the surface - combine that with a Moroder production, absolute gold - I love this so much.
I agree, for all the songs on the Number One In Heaven album, which starts with a song about sperm and ends with a song about heaven. Along the way is this manic, frenzied run through some strange man's life. Is the man in the song one of the Maels? Well, not on one level, it seems to be from the viewpoint of some disco goer, possibly gay - two flat feet, meeting Liz (Taylor, or the Queen), no time for relationships - or at least not a conventional family man let's say. Quite possibly on drugs like speed or amyl nitrate, certainly not someone gently saving away for their retirement. Hence the frantic urgency of the song, expressing that fast-living lifestyle. But more than that, could it be a metaphor for the Maels' own musical career? How by this point as band they'd seen everything, tried everything, and were now racing to beat their competitors in the field of electronic pop music? Or is it about society as a whole, the increased pace of life due to technology and social changes? No time to be a child and stroll gently through life, rather societal expectations to do more, quicker? I love how the song could mean any of these things, or it could mean none! All the songs on N1IH have the same multiple interpretations.
@@rebirthaudio2023 Well, indeed, you could have one interpretation one day, and another the next - all part of the joy! Enjoyed your comment, thanks! :)
I DISCOVERED SPARKS THE ALBUM INDISCREET RELEASED OCTOBER 1975 I KNEW THEY WEREN'T THE USUAL HARD ROCK BAND BUT BEING A UPCOMING MUSICIAN I OPEN I KNEW
SOMETHING WAS UNUSUAL ABOUT THE TWO BROTHERS WITH SOME UNUSUAL MUSIC BUT I WAS OPEN FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT THE MAEL BROTHERS ARE SO UNDERRATED. BUT YEARS LATER IM IN A CLUB IN NYC AND I HEARD BEAT THE CLOCK
I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THEM THEY WROTE A DANCE CLUB SONG MY SISTER TOLD ME HAVING TURNED HER ON TO SPARKS SHE WAS LIKE THIS SPARKS I DANCED MY ASS OFF THAT NIGHT. 🎶 IT SHOWED THEY COULD BE COMMERCIAL AND BE A UNDERGROUND BAND. THANK YOU
RON AND RUSSELL
GOD i love this song and the Group Too! 1982 was amazing because of this song.
Eternal stuff...! The SPARKS RULE!!!
Irony/Art/Subversion all wrapped up in pure electro pop. The Mael brothers are the greatest.
Wait until cancel culture discovers the beard :-)
@@Macrotodon Wot is you?
ANOTHER EXCELLENT TRACK FROM SPARK'S . ROB.
Esta excelente pista Synthpop en 1979 solo puede tener una explicación... Giorgio⚡Moroder
Brings me back to my days growing up in San Diego. Ah, what a time!
My fav Sparks era with Georgio! Luv it!
Mine too. Good call.
It's brilliant. ☺
I built an extension for a guy who was absolutely mad about sparks, I never saw the appeal around 11 years ago until I heard Norman Cook talking about his favourite songs. Not this one but number one song in heaven.but since that day, I loved building!
And sparks
I'm an electrician!....and needless to say, i love sparks!
Супер.. отличные парни еще в 70 - х слушал ваш винил.. очень нравитесь.. здоровья вам, удачи во всем и творческих успехов.. Sparks - SUPER..forever..
Откуда у вас в 70-х винил Спарксов ?Я их впервые услышал в середине 90-х, черно белый клип на эту песню есть в ретро стиле.Несколько лет назад на мусорке несколько выброшенных катушек с музыкой подобрал, в основном битлы, Маккартни, че-то еще и в том числе Спарксы.Пришлось купить Ноту 201, т.к. не на чем слушать было.Какой то их альбом конца 70-х, жаль только моно дорожка.
As a 16 year old at the time saw you guys live it were absolutely amazing i came with my mum and stepdad for my first ever concert ill never forget that night you were fantastic ill definitely remember that night and ill be getting kids of my own into you guys too thank you so much for making it the best 😌☺️😍❤️
the early 80's rocked!!!
One simply can't be more good looking than them
aaaaaaaah! here we go! this song i remember playing in family parties... so i'm glad I knew you guys from my childhood! my dad was Dj... thank you dad!
Sparks euro electro beat remember first hearing them '79 have seen them a few time in concert since ... 'Beat the clock" classic from 1980 😎👍.
Beat The Clock (1979) esta bajo las bases de los géneros electrónicos matrices y primarios HI-NRG y Synthpop del EDM Concreto, forjado e iniciado por el padre, fundador y pionero del EDM Concreto Giorgio⚡Moroder.
Trust me to find this song (never heard it before), when the clocks go back in the U.K. tonight! CZcams recommended it to me without me even searching 😂
"The Lord works in mysterious ways" 😂 😂 as they say.
Heard this under the stars in a club on Ibiza about '89. Sent me over the edge. Brilliant at high volume ♥️♥️
New Order were on Ibiza 88/89 as well! Love your profile photo - Minder is my all time fave series.
That is magnificent stuff from yesteryear . “ Sent me over the edge” Flol!!!’ 😎😆👌🏻👏🏻🎼🎼
wow, that sounds like fun!
SPARKS don't exist in our time... they live in an alternative universe... that's why they are so great!
Haven't heard this in years. I had the album, it was other worldly at the time of release. Way ahead of their time.
Thanks a lot for uploading this video! I still remember the song from the 80's, but I didn't remember about the video, until now.
Surely the Anthem for Everyone trying to get to Work on Time!.
sparks are reborn with a production partnership that no one saw coming.
Renacen? Sparks nace en 1979 gracias a las producciones del padre, fundador y pionero del EDM Concreto y la Electrónica Moderna... Giorgio⚡Moroder.
Just saw them in NYC. They were as great as ever. First time in the US in years.
They really were ahead of their time.
I love how home made it looks.
Best factory ever! I want 1 of those huge clocks w the handsome Sparks lying down the middle, who could beat that!!!
There's something about this group I can't ( and don't want to ) describe 🔥
James Murphy/ LCD Soundsystem definitely picked up a few tips from these guys.
James Murphy is the Quentin Tarantino of music. He basically cherry picks what other artists have done in the past and morphs em into his own thing. Like how Drunk Girls is basically a remix of Velvet Undergrounds White Light/White Heat
Whole generations of musicians picked up from them. They shaped electronic pop music but didn’t receive proper recognition. If you listen to their production in the 80s, you will tell a band for each song they made
such good times brought to mind as i dance to it again ;-)
Great lyrics. I remember the video when I was at school, they have always been fresh.
I was just 7 yrs old when this came out and loved it..I wanted the single and went to wheelers on the sat but I couldn't afford it, my brother bought it and after hogging it the whole sat finally let me take to my bedroom on strict order if I scratched it I was done for..I never scratched it but near wore it out for a time. These guys did loads of great songs and most of the time I didn't even realise the dogs were being sung by the same guys..until I was older..no.1 song all over heaven will always be my favourite. Rave music before there was rave...lol
Very modern, creative and still in fashion. I realized how Sparks were very avant gardist and how many singers copy them. I love their sens of humour.
I love this band.
yes it really holds up well decades later
They were deeply unfashionable between 1986-1994
@@dream-67 Which is pathetic, cos I still the rate the 80s as their best overall decade and their most underrated.
So ahead of their time. :) (First record I ever bought).
Loved Sparks, great song for the school disco, great times 😀
#sparks
Sparks at Glasgow Apollo 1975. Magic.
De acá de Chile unos de los grupos de la música DISCO que ellos mezclaron rock electrónica pop y disco NEW vawe excelente grupo de los 70 SPARCK beat on clock que se incluyo esta canción en varios MIXER de los 70 "
2020 and still sounds great
I always loved the keyboard player as a kid!!! His strange manner always made me laugh! Of course I love the music too! Sparks for 2020!!!
Fantastic and so original and fun to watch
This sounded more 80s synth pop than 70s Synth pop the first time I heard it.
Love Ron but in this video Russell is very cute too. ❤️❤️
Sounds great ... timeless.
What an awesome band/group. I do remember with 'This Town Aint Big Enough' that Ron scared the cr@p out of us. It was that stare lol. Bless him :)
Great song love it
Excellent pop music.
" The Brothers Mael " Always " The Brightest Of " Musical Sparks " !!! From Adrian Browne 1965
TIMELESS.....😊
De hecho este tema tiene una explicación, Giorgio⚡Moroder
It's the mother of Hot Chip!
Probably the best band in the world
Those 2 real brothers really well and truly brought time forward and really Best the clock as this was so ahead of its time and a opener for so.many electro produced and enhanced hits for the 80s bands OMD Yazoo erasure OMD Heaven 17 etc
Glad I found the time to listen to this!
Está canción es oro puro, me encanta!!!
I didn't know there was a video for this... I've listened to every Sparks album, and I think this one is my favorite. It's so profound and ahead of it's time.
+cboncklis Yeah like The Beatles in the mid-60s.
@cbonklisse, so did Sparks. 'This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us' 1974. You can find it here on YT.
Swear i can hear Franz Ferdinand in this. Their influence when far and wide... Really deserved more recognition
You might want to check out "FFS" (Franz Ferdinand & Sparks).
@@rickwagner- brilliant. Always considered myself well versed in music, but have to admit I didn't know really anything about Sparks.. making up for that now.
@@andrewkd79 I was introduced to their music in 1976-77, but I haven't really kept up to date. They've been popping up a lot lately with the soon to be released movie, 'THE SPARKS BROTHERS'.
Only cos FF try to hijack their sound! Who doesn't steal from the 70s and 80s to try and get a 'career' in the 90s and beyond. Still don't stop most who do it beign crap and then some!
When a boy was a Sparks fanatic and as a teen they still remain innovative 💡!
Thank God this wasn't wiped away in a late 70's clear-out. This was far ahead - about 10 years into House - even Kraftwerk weren't as up on the groove at this time. It's not in any way as great as "I Feel Love", but it ain't that far off.
Great video. Russel looks pretty cute here.
And he reminds me a little Jim Morrison.
I love Sparks xx. ❤
This song just popped into my head. I forgot about that video...lol.
Y esta canción la recordarás más cuando sepas que es del padre, fundador y pionero del EDM Concreto...Giorgio⚡Moroder.
Strange that this seems to be the song that they are most remembered for. They were a very progressive rock band who were a huge influence on Queen among others.
"This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us" is their biggest hit, actually. Though this was also a big hit for them in the UK.
About 8 years ago I found out they're not European. I was amazed.
Johnny Coolinyeah... california... lol:)
+Johnny Coolin Why? they"re from Los Angeles and tried their Luck in the UK in the early 70"s because their Music was"nt appreciated in the US
Johnny Colin, about 8 seconds ago I read your comment and now I'm amazed as well.
Same, felt like they were too clever to be an American band,
Daffy Duck britian sucks
This was in heavy rotation Chicago clubs especially on WBMX Hotmix 5 mixes along with DJ’s like Frankie Knuckles and Ron Hardy playing at their resident spots
This might be the most 80s thing I've ever seen...and it came out in 1979...wild
Adelantado a su tiempo y solo tiene una explicación...el sonido HI-NRG & Synthpop del EDM matriz de Giorgio⚡Moroder
This brings back such great memories of when I was first discovering listening to current music at an awkward time in my childhood - you guys were fabulous and still love this record !
When I see (and hear) Jake Shears I find a lot of Russell Mael in him, both physically and vocally. Is it just me?
Such a clever tune. Thanks for posting.
Saw them live last year, brilliant gig