God, I love KZitem... 40 years on, I get to know all of this....
@jonbettson7435
Ай бұрын
I love that comment!
@silaslizzie43
Ай бұрын
Oh, yes, the censorship is amazing. Best their is.
@luispiros
Ай бұрын
Here in Texas nobody knew except their community. Amazing open secret!
@kerph1324
Ай бұрын
There was actually one more version of the video which came from Brian De Palma‘s movie version in “Body Double”
@SirBuzz
Ай бұрын
Anal
@gregstevens2917
Ай бұрын
Welcome to the Pleasuredome is an epic journey...absolutely incredible work.
@juliandavies1974
15 күн бұрын
Probably the best album ever.
@bigdog6598
Жыл бұрын
2023 and still song still rocks! Best club song in the 80's!
@kwimms
23 күн бұрын
Garbage song by garbage actors playing musicians. Clubs are for luzers...
@julesfalcone
23 күн бұрын
Relax is probably the Best song ever.
@diverdave4056
Ай бұрын
i was at a disco when the DJ cranked this song up ! the dance floor was packed
@conradbo1
Ай бұрын
What a song. What an experience. What a time. Thanks a lot to all that contributed.
@blaster-zy7xx
23 күн бұрын
Those who said they only heard it from a movie must be pretty young. This song was played all the time on the radio back in the 80’s. You couldn’t miss it!
@ScottieWallace
9 күн бұрын
And 90's
@NelsonStJames
8 күн бұрын
It might have played a lot back then, but wasn’t that memorable for me until I saw it in the context of Depalma’s film. Also the movie came out in 1984. I don’t know about these other comments, but I saw Body Double when it was released in theaters and I was in college in film school. I might have even heard the song first in the film; I certainly don’t remember seeing a video for it on MTV until after the movie came out.
@blaster-zy7xx
8 күн бұрын
@@NelsonStJames There were also other acts at the time that got alot of radio play and MTV play too in case you missed them such as Madonna, the Police or Michael Jackson in the 80's.
@philc8703
2 ай бұрын
Take me back to the 80s
@kylesanders3502
Ай бұрын
It was the best time to be a teenager EVER! We were lucky.
@lilybond6485
27 күн бұрын
@philc8703: I would like to stop there on my way back to the 60s. : )
@davelordy
Ай бұрын
Gotta' say, listening back to this after all these years . . . the one thing that hits me about the song is that it sounds so fucking massive, everything is just monstrous !
@leopoldbluesky
Ай бұрын
I "found" a copy of the multitracks online a while ago and the interesting thing is none of the individual tracks sound massive themselves, and some of the tracks - like the "dunka dunka" bassline - have no low end and are very '"dry" with no reverb or echo. But put them all together and it adds up to a massive glorious noise! Trevor Horn knew exactly what he was doing.
@Dr-Curious
28 күн бұрын
Yes. It's the space in between the notes that allows a sense of cavernous size. Trev was a total master at this. He made the bass the centrepiece and then threw away the distracting embellishments. then when the synths and effects hit, it's like a release. Genius.
@lilybond6485
27 күн бұрын
@davelordy: Kind of like “One Night in Bangkok”.
@Jasonkenny-
Жыл бұрын
I was 14 when it came out, just the right year for this song. Saw them live at the Manchester Apollo...was quite a concert. Kids... go see bands, one day you'll look back and be amazed you were there at a moment in history.
@EllaJay
Жыл бұрын
Music's hardly the same now though, keep it real..
@edlines1742
Жыл бұрын
the 78@@EllaJay 6
@mathieutyler8745
8 ай бұрын
No one cares about your lil story. This isn't about you.
@Cormac-jd2kx
Ай бұрын
Live 😂
@stonedsasquatch
Ай бұрын
Not only has the music gone down in quality but ticketmaster puts concerts out of range for most teens
@StrawberrySunday212
17 күн бұрын
This has to be the most iconic song of the 80's
@Gimenez528Hz
2 ай бұрын
home grown in Liverpool .. one of the best tunes of the 80's
@PopularMonsterUSA
6 ай бұрын
In '84 I had no idea what the song was saying but I LOVED it!!!! Still do.
@Queenofthegoofballs74
15 күн бұрын
Same here!
@Mirror1973
Ай бұрын
1984 was a revolutionary year for music
@wangson
Ай бұрын
Purple Rain came out that year, no?
@crnkmnky
15 күн бұрын
@@wangson Revolution-ary, indeed 😸
@timothyhilton3408
Ай бұрын
3 tracks were essential in the evolution of electronic dance music at the time: Relax by Frankie goes to Hollywood, Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat and Blue Monday by New Order..........all coming out of the tale wind of Donna Summer's monster electronic dance influence culminating in 1979 through the early 80's.
@dondo6787
Ай бұрын
Right
@FrankButterfield
Ай бұрын
And by Donna Summer, you mean Giorgio Moroder.
@timothyhilton3408
Ай бұрын
@@FrankButterfield For sure!!!
@endlessnameless6494
25 күн бұрын
Drunk driving kills. Distracted driving kills. Please... be safe out there, guys.
@katkrauze4250
15 күн бұрын
gary newman
@carolewalker2039
Ай бұрын
I first heard the song Relax on the soundtrack of Brian DePalmas movie Body Double with Melanie Griffith. I was so blown away I immediately sat through another showing to hear it again. Then I saw it a 3rd time. For many years after my favorite nightclub played it. Viva Frankie!
@user-pw9lw4uc2g
Ай бұрын
You neglected to mention how hitchkockian the movie was.
@brokl26
Ай бұрын
Great flick, or at least I still love the movie. Frankie only made it better.
@rahsaanthomas7030
13 күн бұрын
It was also featured in Police Academy..
@NelsonStJames
Ай бұрын
I discovered the song from the movie 'Body Double'. That song and those visuals sold it for me.
@williamhuey3205
29 күн бұрын
I just put the same comment but I was 14 when I saw that movie 🤯 I had a crush on Melanie Griffith for a while American actress
@NelsonStJames
8 күн бұрын
@@williamhuey3205 Melanie Griffith was gorgeous back then, and that character was great, she was another plus for that film that makes it memorable to this day.
@andregonsalvez9244
Жыл бұрын
I am getting goosebumps , takes me back to my teenage years Ahh the memories .
@masterfactchecker5541
4 ай бұрын
Driving your first car, with your first installed car stereo, and cranking this tune !!
@thomastom888
9 ай бұрын
Can imagine 80s without frankie Just amazing music and so powerful ❤
@cherylb5680
2 ай бұрын
HUGE club song in 1984, I so miss all the great bands of that era. Relax was, and is still a kick ass song ❤
@stargazer3284
Ай бұрын
The whole album was a masterpiece!
@Melchersson
25 күн бұрын
Comparable with the Beatles
@MGrayl-ib5fo
24 күн бұрын
@@Melchersson nope.
@kwimms
23 күн бұрын
Garbage song by garbage actors playing musicians. Who cares about these losers?
@sistasoler77
23 күн бұрын
Welcome to the Pleasuredome still bangs!
@ArthurShedsJackson
3 күн бұрын
"Relax" is still revolutionary/evolutionary/timeless 40 years later.
@PaulOfCreation
27 күн бұрын
I'm so happy I lived through this time.
@don.richard8823
Ай бұрын
Relax song was playing everywere in the 80s non stop 😎 Great times the 80s And so were alot of other music that ruled in the 80s !🎙️🎸
@UnderPresser
Ай бұрын
Nonstop throughout the 80s?. It was big for it's time, then it faded away like all pop music does. I doubt it was on the U.S. charts for 2 months tops. Damn good album, tho!
@babymammoth34
2 жыл бұрын
"I remember thinking to myself, 'I have no idea what they're talking about...It Seems Like It Could Be filth...I Hope So...'" LOL!
@BrianRPaterson
4 ай бұрын
Same with "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen. I believe the FBI spent colossal amounts of money investigating whether it was, in fact, filth. But they never found anything!
@Invisableme39
Ай бұрын
I still love Frankie to this day! Great times….and what a musical revolution…..so fun
@singlecatt
Ай бұрын
I love frankie goes to Hollywood and this song. First time I heard it, I thought Wow! Someone did what I had in my head. Thanks!
@romy4858
2 жыл бұрын
I was a fifteen yo Aussie country girl busting every limb to the beat at my high school gym disco night. It felt so vibrant and alive. It's only now I am hearing the meaning of the words. I'm half drunk and laughing my arse off!
@curlymyhero
Ай бұрын
All of the '80's are incredible. Music & movies. Sheer genius on everyone's part.
@emillion4470
Ай бұрын
I was a sweet young innocent thing back in Catholic University in '84 when my friend had to patiently explain "Relax" to me.
@stephenrafter1980
Ай бұрын
We used to sing it in primary school. Had no idea what it ment lol😅 great song to this day. It's played everywhere now.
@ajs41
Ай бұрын
Same with Male Stripper by Man 2 Man Meets Man Parrish.
@stevedallas4942
Ай бұрын
It's funny to look back and laugh at the stuff that went over your head when you were a kid. Remember Melanie Safka's "Brand New Key?" I'd never really thought about it until about 15/16 years ago when my oldies station did a whole set of "songs you didn't know were inuendo." But your comment reminded me of a fun conversation at a school reunion... Small town, we grew up with the same classmates from grade school through highschool. Two black girls I'd known since fourth grade were seated at my table and music like this was the conversation... Shirrelle (and yes, named for her Mom's favorite 1960s girl group) was laughing about "Lady Marmalade"... "We sang that thinking 'yeah, we can speak French! ' Then when that Nicole Kidman movie came out we heard it again and went " Oh hell no! " I won't even go there about the 50s song " Rammalammadingdong" or just the name of the British girl group, " Banana Ramma"
@erikj.gonzalez4101
8 ай бұрын
Trevor horn it's a genius, no doubt about it
@KimberlyLetsGo
Ай бұрын
Highlight of the night at the dance clubs when this song played. I had a Relax: Frankie Goes To Hollywood shirt and loved it!!!
@CrystalBrown-xt8xs
Ай бұрын
So did I. My sister and I also had Wham’s,Wake me up before you go go t-shirts!
@MikeyYaYa
Жыл бұрын
I played the shit out of this song 🎵 so much (I had to rebuy the cassette 5 times over!!). 😘👌😎👍
@50gary
Ай бұрын
We covered this in the '80s and it would blow the roof off the building. lt rocked hard, major energy song, primal. Then there's XTC, and Joy Division/New Order, Depeche Mode.Tears for Fears, and so many other great bands and songs . '80s> the second sixties, way too much fun.
@shinobirising8196
Ай бұрын
I first heard this in Brian De Palmas Body Double, that scene where the main character enters a club looking for a stripper/dancer played by Melanie Griffith. Epic track.
@tangogrrl
28 күн бұрын
Holly Body! she was grand
@Jas17025
20 күн бұрын
I always think of Body Double when I hear this song. Love it!
@0liverfarfan65
9 күн бұрын
In Guatemala, it was played on the radio every weekend night. We learn English words, too.
@dougjastremski9087
Күн бұрын
I was 13 when the song came out. I had just bought a boom box with a dual cassette player. I would wait for the song to play on the local radio station. When it did, I would record it. I did this multiple times until I had filled both sides of a 90 min tape. I listened to this tape with “Relax” playing over and over again. I guess I really liked the song! Haha!
@londonroulette
Ай бұрын
What a great insight into An amazing record, that intro. Trevor Horn was spot on in everything he did. Got to be one of the UKs best producers
@goudagirl6095
Ай бұрын
Dance club 1984 in Milwaukee: they showed the naughty "R Rated" video version in the club, and it's one of those things that I still recall to this day!
@uncooldispatch5438
26 күн бұрын
Dahmer might have been there ?
@EricaMeeee
8 күн бұрын
@@uncooldispatch5438 you're right! Yikes!
@Rest65432
7 күн бұрын
I saw the r rated version once. Liked it!
@Jojo247rightnow
Ай бұрын
I was 13 when I won FGTH concert tickets in the radio. My first concert.
@ermannogallo9774
8 ай бұрын
È incredibile se penso che all' epoca, quando uscì questo brano musicalmente rivoluzionario, frequentavo il ginnasio.Oggi, ho 57 anni e ancora mi emoziono quando ascolto la musica di Fgth.Simply Number One!👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️💪💪💪🙏🙏🙏
@evinchester7820
Жыл бұрын
I remember when the played the original video on Nightflight here in the USA. it was WOW! And then it got banned. After a few years, it was out again. Still think it is a great video. And song.
@ghost84429
26 күн бұрын
I still love this song.
@PJL7095
2 жыл бұрын
I love shit like this. The making of a band…. Just good interesting stuff
@dianelipson5420
Ай бұрын
I had two sort of Frankie shirts? One said “Neil says who the hell is Frankie?” And the other said, “Vyvyan says piss off!” 😂
@jasonsmith1158
Ай бұрын
ORGASMIC !!!! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@DaveDFX
2 ай бұрын
Had all the records and 12" singles ! Their songs hits hard in the clubs. Trevor Horn is a genius producer. I loved Art of Noise too!
@pamelatoal6890
Ай бұрын
Art of Noise another brilliant group
@final_mile_music9713
Ай бұрын
He didn’t just produce. He replaced ALL of the original band members instrumentation with his own for this and the album. All that was left were Holly’s vocals. The other lads didn’t play at all.
@YummyBaer
13 күн бұрын
Good GOD!!! My Grams, my aunties and uncles were singing this song with us when we were kids. OMFGFML 😂😅
@ihaveinsomnia1
13 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂 I was 17 when this song came out. It was pretty funny back then too.
@CathyKitson
Ай бұрын
That ban was the best thing that could ever have happened to that song. We were sniggering at school, whispering, "They said _'come!'_" That was how innocent we were.
@UnderPresser
Ай бұрын
They smarted off to some MTV bigwig on camera as soon as they arrived in the U.S. The guy immediately kicked them out of the building and off MTV forever just like that. I doubt it mattered one bit to Frankie
@CathyKitson
Ай бұрын
@@UnderPresser I bet it didn't. If it hadn't been for all that infamy and banning they probably wouldn't have got to number 1. At my seventeenth birthday party at a club this was the very first song we had on.
@billde4825
2 жыл бұрын
Easily the most graphic, yet disguised lyric of sexual innuendo of all time... "Hit me, hit me, hit me, hit me, hit me with your laser beams!". What a great song.
@PJL7095
2 жыл бұрын
Yeaaa…. I think we all knew what the lyrics meant. And now watching this video pretty much nails it that we were correct
@billde4825
2 жыл бұрын
@@PJL7095 Try this version. kzitem.info/news/bejne/2aiOqHd7h5aDdHo
@cricketexplained8526
2 жыл бұрын
If only you knew what "Krisco Kisses" was about....
@BigBadJerryRogers
7 күн бұрын
Good times
@nickwyatt9498
3 күн бұрын
@@cricketexplained8526 Fists of fun?
@aegrotattoo9018
Ай бұрын
Their live show was amazing, the energy never let up. Def one of my fondest live performances.
@LorelLa22
20 күн бұрын
Have probably heard this song in my entire life several hundred times at least - but somehow missed out on ever seeing the music video, even as a 1980's teenager - was too young to get the lyrics - or just too clueless - love that funk version!!!
@erikguidi8230
2 жыл бұрын
I am italian. I loved Frankie... I ❤️ Frankie goes to Hollywood ❤️
@SeaOfMadness
3 күн бұрын
I'd never seen the live video - That's brilliant. Remember this coming out - I was only 12 but there were so many versions of the record that we were all sharing them with each other at school. Still listen to the album too as it's got some outstanding songs on there (along with the odd turkey).
@carlacourtois5905
2 жыл бұрын
Love it savage and saucy I cant get enough still today!!!!
@stephenbarrette610
27 күн бұрын
Simply one of the best songs ever made. The production and songwriting was brilliant.
@kwimms
23 күн бұрын
Crap Garbage song by garbage actors playing musicians. Who cares about these losers?
@alexjohan204
10 күн бұрын
Great group, with a lot of great songs
@yogi9631
Жыл бұрын
Love these docos
@FemFantastic2.0
19 күн бұрын
I was 22 when that song came out and it was a banger! It was so much fun to be gay in those days.
@BionicRusty
Ай бұрын
I was 15 and on the school bus when Mike Reid had his little outburst. When we got to school, it was hot news and before we knew it, it was the top song in all the clubs. Of course, at that age, we only drank soft drinks. 🙄 😉 Great video bringing back many happy memories. 👏🫶👏🫶👏🫶👏🫶👏🫶👏🫶
@Genehunt7
Ай бұрын
It wasn’t banned by Mike read, he didn’t even play the record, he decided not to play it due to strict timmings, it was Radio One and the BBC who banned it….Paul Morley capitalised on it and told everyone it was banned, Mike read and his then Radio One producer have actually stated what had happened, even holly Johnson has admitted it had nothing to do with Mike Read. Having said that it’s a gr8 record and all credit must go to Trevor horn of the buggles fame!
@albertocabezas282
Жыл бұрын
Yesterday I digitized my WTTPD cassette. I purchased it almost a decade ago at a flea market and it sounds fantastic. This song is really powerful.
@luispiros
Ай бұрын
I remember being a naive young 23 yr old man in 1998 and a cashier at Best Buy. Back when they sold CD’s, cassettes and vinyl and other tangible media. Older men would buy this CD and only men and back then it was sort of Taboo to be openly gay. Many of these men were married and some even brought their kids. After a while I put two and two together but I never told anyone and now my suspicions are validated. Just took almost 30 yrs.
@Juan800PimpBot
Ай бұрын
What are you yammering about
@Cassidy127
Жыл бұрын
Trevor Horn is a bit of a genius really
@greatdaneacdc
Ай бұрын
I remember when it came out Great for loud Parties !
@ronaldnock9666
11 күн бұрын
Love him!
@DorthyPorter-kg2tu
Ай бұрын
Bought the disc in a brown wrapper at local record shop
@jerseyforhawks
Ай бұрын
So, exactly as it sounds....
@lordswindon104
Ай бұрын
Forty years on I've only just been made aware that Crusher from Porridge is in the video
@owenmcghee1666
8 күн бұрын
FGTH changed my life. ZTT were an absolute game changer.
@ironeagle6447
8 ай бұрын
I was 21 when tis come out butt now still got itt 2023
@Stormpriest
14 күн бұрын
I love how about halfway through the video, you can hear in the background, The art of noise. Love it!
@sepo3451
Ай бұрын
This one and Blue Monday. Music never heard before.
@carinawills5157
Жыл бұрын
Good on you Janice long I'm glad you played it god rest her soul
@markleon411
Ай бұрын
Welcome To The Pleasuredome was a brilliant concept album.
@luigiperrone8169
Ай бұрын
I remember being in High School in suburban Chicago and this song being played in our gymnasium as we ran. I don't think the teachers realized what they were playing for us on those mixes...lol
@margaretlumley1648
25 күн бұрын
Thank you for this delightful video ❤
@abrahamjackson6019
15 күн бұрын
The crazy 80's
@Marginal391
13 күн бұрын
Great hit. Thank you 👍🙃
@squarewoodworking7992
28 күн бұрын
Great memories ❤
@davidevans3227
Ай бұрын
there was some wicked techno in the eighties 🙂 x
@govinda102000
Ай бұрын
It did come a great year in music1983.
@geneawisea2708
2 ай бұрын
In America I only saw the first video once at 6 am then they immediately switched to the safe “laser” version
@j.w.r3730
Ай бұрын
Remember that year,they shook it big,what a time it was!
@paulatreanor5566
Жыл бұрын
Love 💕 frankie forever.
@thenewstuff3377
2 жыл бұрын
It was 1985. I was 10. I saw the video on Friday Night Videos and heard it on my Walkman a million times. My dad was carrying me and my chickens to a 4H judging event in the afternoon. This song came on and he shook his head and talked about how horrible it was. I didn't get the reference. Daddy did. I said "Frankie Says Relax." He did the same thing when he caught me watching Dead Or Alive's 'You Spin Me (Rise Round)' video. He rook one look at that and he said "The stuff they are playing now is horrible." Music was much better when I was 10 than it is now. He probably thought that about CCR and Three Dog Night.
@ronnie73072
2 жыл бұрын
I loved watching Friday night videos
@bullyakker
Жыл бұрын
@@ronnie73072 I'm 51 and like it all! Frankie was fun to have parties to. CCR was great to drink beers while your buddies smoked a doob on the porch contemplating your lack of fun in life.... I Live but I'm a wild one of my age. Strictly chickly but hey... we weren't exactly prudent.... Just hoped our kids wouldn't do the shit we did! lol
@robinw8047
Жыл бұрын
@@bullyakker - and they did more... and then some. We must deal with the way we raised them. It’s fully on us. I did tell my kids about the music and indoctrination,,, so they were prepared. I hope the same for others. ❤
@robotmad
5 күн бұрын
I was a massive fan of FGTH they had three consecutive number ones from the Pleasuredome album and that's not forget the legendry Trevor Horn who made that all possible.
@brendan1522
Жыл бұрын
Just frigging awesome band who have never been equalled
@seanart1508
2 жыл бұрын
My all time number ONE song!
@PJL7095
2 жыл бұрын
Not a bad choice. Hope you put a good pair of headphones on & push that volume dial up several notches …
@erwinstada1811
Жыл бұрын
Correction:" number 1 Toto=Africa, number 2 The blue nile=Tinseltown in the rain,finally number 3 Pearl Jam=black. 💥💣💥
@ppgedez
Ай бұрын
Great song great band great album
@user-gu7kk5zk2b
24 күн бұрын
In my 30's when this came out. They even played it at the public indoor pool (fantastic acoustics!!) I was always wonderingif the people playing it realized what it was about but never asked in case they stopped!
@Max_Sinister_26
Жыл бұрын
There was another video version of this song. There were scenes of Brian de Palma's movie Body Double interspersed with the band playing.
@user-tv3nu8zs3s
Ай бұрын
Iconic song ever!
@mikebarton
5 күн бұрын
1982. The Warehouse, Fleet Street in Liverpool. Supporting Ruts DC. Remember? 😉
@davebellamy4867
Жыл бұрын
0:17 "It seems like it could be filth."🤣😅😂
@richthetrashpicker-upper5244
Ай бұрын
Awesome music to rip down a mountain on your skis
@adrianfuentes4623
6 ай бұрын
GREAT SONG 80'S GREAT. DECADE. !!! G R E A T. B A N D !!!
@markeddowes1467
Ай бұрын
Echo and the bunny-men ….anyone remember ?!!
@jenniferdunn2837
Ай бұрын
"Lips like sugar...."😊
@hellboundTX333
3 күн бұрын
Closeted christian bunnymen
@AuroraMeansDawn27
Ай бұрын
I was 19 and had a Relax shirt. Lol i thought it was about the tension between Russia and the US
@captainrogers1793
Жыл бұрын
welcome to the pleasure dome is one of the most underrated albums of all time .
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