This is brilliant. It was all hi-tech in those days; now it looks like a spoof. Having said that, Horn and Lipson did amazing things with Frankie Goes to Hollywood and ABC.
@Danimal1577
3 жыл бұрын
"Come back in a fortnight" so British 🎹🎶🇬🇧
@littlenige
16 жыл бұрын
It's all about the 'sound' - any Lipson Trevor Horn production is distinguishable by it's attention to the sound - almost more so than the song itself. Just listen to the early Dollar stuff, ABC's Lexicon of Love, Yes' 90125, Frankie, Grace Jones' Slave to the Rhythm etc. They all SOUND fantastic.
@morkygorky
3 жыл бұрын
You are right about the Sound, but all the acts you mention have great songs as well.....
@oldsynth
10 жыл бұрын
I've got this on VHS somewhere. You legend for posting this up.
@Andy-kd1kb
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing 🙂
@bluntcunt
6 жыл бұрын
I haven’t seen this since the original broadcast. Nice reminiscing.
@Pacalo
17 жыл бұрын
Excellent video! Snobbery & Decay is one of the best songs of all time, this video is highly interesting!!
@Pacalo
3 жыл бұрын
what an amazing stuff...and document of it´s time!!
@totaltwit
5 жыл бұрын
Act balance sheets: Recording/Production costs = £22,000, video production cost = £21,000, record sales and income = £45.60
@urmo345
3 жыл бұрын
but result was priceless
@eiffe
2 ай бұрын
thanks for doing the math
@808timelord4
3 жыл бұрын
Propaganda, Frankie goes to Hollywood, Grace Jones, Act, Annie Lennox... he produced many of my all Time favourite Artists.
@tonirizo1314
6 жыл бұрын
This is actually a clip from BBC's Tomorrow's World. I bought Act music on the back of it...
@macintosser
10 жыл бұрын
... back in the days when Brücken could just swan into Sarm West and have Lipson, Mendelsohn, Hague, Horn, the Kickhorns et al., and have unlimited studio-time and expensive videos...
@morkygorky
3 жыл бұрын
Unlimited studio-time.... which is all being charged back to the artist (this is always the case)! I don't think much money was spent on the Act videos compared to other bands...
@thehistoryofchingfordwater8933
Жыл бұрын
I've been looking for this for years
@GrahamMercer
16 жыл бұрын
I have the CD Single of Snobbery & Decay and in fact this video clip from when it originally aired. For me, this is one of the most catchiest songs of the 80's, sincere thanks for uploading this clip Michthoo!
@Nocatsmusic
3 жыл бұрын
I just saw this guy on YT live interview that ended 5 mins ago and they brought up this interview
@EnijsMaiks
15 жыл бұрын
Stephen is Genius!
@completelyriveting
12 жыл бұрын
This is incredible! Act are so brilliant yet obscure, I never imagined anything like this was out there. Can't thank you enough.
@ichigatsujohn
13 жыл бұрын
heh heh... this is awesome - I love the voice samples.
@PhilAndersonOutside
17 жыл бұрын
"more power in a decent soundcard". This comment shows just how little you know about the Synclavier, and why composers such as Mark Snow, Gary Chang, and Eddie Jobson still use it to this day.
@jackTHEEtab
14 жыл бұрын
They both have a distinct sound. I prefer the NED myself (even though I will never be able to afford one-even used these days) it was the quintessential digital synth IMHO. So many great soundtracks were scored on these.
@Rhythmattica
5 жыл бұрын
I was ready for Stephen to say "Time to Die" Is it just me that he looks like Leon? Oh, and what a legend producer.....
@omarfrancis
12 жыл бұрын
I've seen a few of these clips about Sarm in the 80s and everyone seems to love smoking around the desk. Almost makes me want to start smoking Benson's again!
@BirdsAtDaybreak
9 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Thank you for uploading! :-)))
@4evernate28
15 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I can tell he doesn't like to blink that much.
@Cl4rendon
5 жыл бұрын
Oh Happy days - I remember that time very well , when it was hip to drink black coffee late at night in the clubs, Karl Lagerfeld had a new fragrance and a new drug called " Cadillac" hit the scene ( MDMA)
@EphemeralProductions
14 жыл бұрын
I've wondered what Stephen looked like since I saw his name on Annie Lennox's solo albums. :)
@backindauk
15 жыл бұрын
Mac is just a terminal for Synclavier. It has nothing to do with the creation of sound.
@Klangraum
10 ай бұрын
When Steven demonstrated how to delay the snare drum, I laughed a little. He demonstrated the opposite of what you can do to speed up the drive, namely by bringing the snare/clap forward.
@tomstickland
16 жыл бұрын
One other thing - Steve Lipson seems to have a demonic stare in this interview.
@hemlock68
16 жыл бұрын
The sound that trevor and steve made 20 yrs ago does still holds up today in quality but new tech' like Ableton and Apples Logic make it easy to produce high quality multi-trax in one package,even at home.The power is always in the producers hands,even today,look at timbaland,xeomania,dallas austin etc these producers do all the work/creativity and the "stars" reap the fame.ZTT shafted alot of bands like claudias with poor contracts that made no money for them.
@oholm09
Жыл бұрын
Its a shady music business without no proper management
@sandersrob1
10 жыл бұрын
Yes - what's the synth in the background that Lipson refers to? i.e. not the Synclavier? It's footprint is really quite impressive... Anyone?!
@pauldavison6599
10 жыл бұрын
Oberheim Matrix-12
@NeilVanceNeilVance
6 жыл бұрын
Sorry being 3 years later ... It is an Oberheim Matrix 12
@RockmannMusic
2 жыл бұрын
@@NeilVanceNeilVance Awesome, now eight years later I finally know and can sleep again : )
@Polysixchick
14 жыл бұрын
I prefer the FAIRLIGHT CMI to the NED Synclavier and the FAIRLIGHT looks nicer!
@iSirTaki
3 жыл бұрын
The Synclavier had the cleaner sound and more possabilities, which was wanted in thoses days, if you could afford one and also a tech who could kept it running. Today 8-bit the hottest s***
@simonmartin4599
6 жыл бұрын
Howard Stableford LOL!
@geekyoyd
9 жыл бұрын
Anyone know what Buffalo Stance by Neneh Cherry was programmed on?
@jaycee1980
6 жыл бұрын
Quite likely using an Atari ST with a sampler
@JohnH108
2 жыл бұрын
@@jaycee1980 Akai samplers I seem to recall.
@gkeaoyrge
3 жыл бұрын
I was gonna give this a 9/10 but the ponytail gets a 1 - 10/10.
@dillikins
16 жыл бұрын
Wrong. 250,000 dollar piece of equipment and this song sounds brilliant.
@TheSlowBallBoy
3 жыл бұрын
OMG Claudia on video singing what sounds to me not far off the take used on THAT record
@pauleyh
15 жыл бұрын
absolutely true but you have to run a mac OS. my synclkavier is totally original
@oldsynth
10 жыл бұрын
Anybody know what Synth that is?
@scoobyben
8 жыл бұрын
+Darron Edwards Oberheim Matrix 12 - a beauty! :)
@oldsynth
8 жыл бұрын
+scoobyben cheers man 👍
@calyx93
16 жыл бұрын
Sure, a new PC might be able to DO more, but not with the same detail and quality of sound or with the same build specs. Go back to smoking your hash, man. Show me an application, for a PC, (and I'm saying application NOT the something like the Kyma system) that can perform the additive resynthesis and timbre window functions - you can't.
@adamthomas1246
4 жыл бұрын
He was irritated in this interview.
@canvoodoo
17 жыл бұрын
my god so thats were the decline of good music started. pmsl i got more power in a decent soundcard these days than that syclavier.
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