SONG REACTION: The Human League - Human
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DARE is an authentic Cold, melancholy Album in style and tone. Very new wave synth. Right as it becomes mainstream imo.
I forgot to mention this (from John Wicki Pedia): “Robert Smith of The Cure cited the song as an influence for their 1992 album, Wish. “For every album we do, I assemble a bunch of songs that have something that I'm trying to capture. For Wish, I would listen to 'Mesmerise' by Chapterhouse for its feeling of abandon and 'Human' by The Human League…”
Dare is well worth a full listen through. I often put on 'These Are The Things That Dreams Are Made Of' to cheer myself up - banger!
Actually this is not new wave! This is pure eighties pop song!
I miss this 80's songs
“The tears I cry aren’t tears of pain,
They’re only to hide my gluten shame.”
The spoken word verse by the female vocalist, Joanne Catherall, was actually a compromise on the part of the producers (Jam & Lewis) and The Human League. The group wanted to have the two female members sing the background vocals, throughout the song, however, Jam & Lewis were adamant about using their preferred session singers; which they did. As a result, to make everyone happy, the producers decided to allow Joanne to sing that ad hoc part on the track, which otherwise wouldn’t even have been included.
Little known fact: Most people have completely missed the premise of the song, due to Phil Oakey’s British accent and misheard lyrics, in the chorus. This track is actually about a Jamaican gambler named Hugh.
“I’m only Hugh, mon, of war and crazy eights,
Hugh, mon, born to raise the stakes.”
In recent years, this has been downplayed by the group in fear of being accused of cultural appropriation with regard to Oakey’s blatant and insensitive West Indies pronunciation of ‘man.’
Phil Oakey’s makeup, in this video, is the personification of toxic masculinity.
This song and album were a departure from The Human League’s usual dance pop, due to their collaboration with renowned American producers, Jam & Lewis, who were behind many of the top hits from ‘80s and ‘90s acts including Prince, Janet Jackson (her song, ‘Come Back to Me,’ uses the same chord structure as Human), George Michael, Mariah Carey, and Boyz II Men. This is also one of the few songs where Phil Oakey sings with emotion and flexes his surprisingly strong vocal range, which is juxtaposed from his usual flat, somber, monotone style, as heard on their previous albums.
This is one of the first songs I remember hearing on the car radio, as a wee, little tot in 1986. Through the years, I’ve always loved the fire, wind, air, ice, and crystal atmosphere of the arpeggiated chords. This song is quintessential ‘80s pop at its finest.
Now, if you excuse me, I’m going to flick a dingle; ‘cuz I heard you have a dingle for the dangle.
For me The Human League can only be summed up by their first single "Being Boiled"/"Circus of Death" (1978) as well as their first two albums Reproduction (1979) and Travelogue (1980). What comes next doesn't interest me anymore, it's too generic. You should listen to both sides of their debut single mentioned above. It's a whole different band !!!
Those are good albums, no question, but Dare raises the bar to the next level. In England, that album was part of the musical landscape and rightly so.
@@SmartCookie2022 I never liked Dare with those awful Casio/Korg Delta sounds and rookie female backing vocalists who can't sing in tune and it turns out that I don't like this musical landscape ! I prefer the cold and minimalist one from The Human League Mark I.
I'm not a fan with synth based music from the 70s and Human League, Exept when it comes to Kraftwerk. This doesn't sound to me that generic If you compare it to many of the other big synthesized pop hits of the 80s, like "Tell it to my heart" from Taylor Dayne with that plastic synth sounds.
I love the structure, melody, lyrics and i don't find these sounds to be awful but they are not the best I've heard.
Being from Yorkshire myself, it would have been so much better if the girl did the spoken word bit in her actual accent, though it may not really go over in America that well!
@Paul Hawker She is singing with her British accent.