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Frankie Goes To Hollywood — Two Tribes
Album: Welcome To The Pleasuredome
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Released: 1984
Length: 3:20
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When two tribes go to war
A point is all you can score
When two tribes go to war
A point is all you can score

Cowboy No. 1
A born-again poor man's son
On the air America
I modelled shirts by Van Heusen-yeah

You know

When two tribes go to war
A point is all you can score
When two tribes go to war
A point is all you can score

Working on the black gas

Switch off your shield
Switch off and feel
I'm working on loving-yeah
Giving you back the good times
Ship it out-out
I'm working for the black gas

When two tribes go to war
A point is all you can score
When two tribes go to war
A point is all you can score

We got two tribes
We got the bomb
We got the bomb-yeah
Sock it to me biscuits-now

Are we living in a land
Where sex and horror are the new Gods?
Yeah

When two tribes go to war
A point is all you can score
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Love this one! Also loved "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" which I think is an underrated and under-appreciated track.
Posted 10 hours ago by allisonrmanley    [ Reply ]
I like the extended mix of this song in which some BBC-like guy with a deep-toned voice "assures" listeners: "Mine is the last voice that you will ever hear—don't be alarmed."
Posted 10 hours ago by egadrp63    [ Reply ]
On the LP you can here the statement of a BBC Radiomoderator, who pointed out the blasphemic site of the song, and he isn't willing of playing it. "Over and out"! 
Very funny!
Posted 3 weeks ago by Pitjes    [ Reply ]
This is 40 years old and still sounds fresh and vibrant as it did when it was first released. At least for us Gen X'rs.
Posted 3 weeks ago by IndyDoug    [ Reply ]
good times
Posted 1 month ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
lol. cool
Posted 2 months ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
 dtufts wrote:

How the hell did I ever dance to this back in the day?



I was 40 years younger then, so enthusiastically - these days only if there is a wall to hold onto, or some pain relief afterwards
Posted 7 months ago by hellsgardener    [ Reply ]
 dtufts wrote:

How the hell did I ever dance to this back in the day?


Frenetically?
Posted 9 months ago by TLynneHenry    [ Reply ]
I always admire singers who hold nothing back, whose personality and verve leap right out of my cranking speakers...the music is JAM, too! What a rocking pulse!
Posted 1 year ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 Dazzerb wrote:
I like to think I am not a music snob but how did this make it on a RP playlist? 

Because it's astonishingly good; fantastic musicianship and freakishly brilliant production.
Posted 1 year ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
How the hell did I ever dance to this back in the day?
Posted 1 year ago by dtufts    [ Reply ]
 Dazzerb wrote:
I like to think I am not a music snob but how did this make it on a RP playlist? {#Stupid}



Do you actually listen to RP? Songs like this and others make it the eclectic gem that it is!
Posted 1 year ago by ImaOldman    [ Reply ]
In our days is 3 tribes : 2 strong, 1...... will see soon. All the best everyone.
Posted 1 year ago by flozer68    [ Reply ]
Great in the headphones or blasting on the PA.  In the office, not so much.  Still a 9.  FGTH
Posted 1 year ago by SeannRooney    [ Reply ]
Straight in at Number One in the UK if I recall. Great video as well.
Posted 1 year ago by siqbal    [ Reply ]
Are we living in a land
Where sex and horror are the new Gods?

9
Posted 1 year ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
and we who lived, to just get old,
in the shadow of the mushroom cloud.
.
The danger never really went away, did it?
I keep thinking about the four minute warning, 
we all learnt about as kids, 
and now it's nigh on 40 years,
Not bad, considering....

Posted 1 year ago by springof63    [ Reply ]
 mgkiwi wrote:

Love it! 12" version is a classic!!  
With that insane C*** Putin on the war path, this could become a reality!!!




Who is insane? Both Tribes.
Posted 2 years ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
Love it! 12" version is a classic!!  
With that insane C*** Putin on the war path, this could become a reality!!!
Posted 2 years ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
sucko
Posted 2 years ago by Tylersmyler    [ Reply ]
right up there with Beautiful World by Devo.
Posted 2 years ago by xrdstv    [ Reply ]
8 outta the g8! Thanks, Bill, for reeling this one back in. You cast your line far back there.

Posted 2 years ago by danmc    [ Reply ]
Very poignant track considering Putin’s special military operation ,evil monster!
Posted 2 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
Posted 2 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Interesting. It sounds a lot faster than I remember.

edit: I went and looked up a couple of videos and I guess it's not faster. Still seems more frenetic than it used to. Get me my walker.



Ha!
Posted 2 years ago by bimmerfan739    [ Reply ]
It’s a great all round album, power of love being the magnus opus
Posted 2 years ago by Pioneer_Sing    [ Reply ]
Very relevant today,  due to Putin!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 chefjackbutler wrote:

Everyone always talks about "Relax" but I always preferred this one. Don't know why.




Because musically it's better, just less shock factor than Relax.
Posted 2 years ago by planet_lizard    [ Reply ]
Brought me right back to Chico State in Spring 1986, dancing at the Graduate. Absolutely a work of art pop song.
Posted 2 years ago by Rafter101    [ Reply ]
Great track. Unfortunately still quite relevant.
Posted 2 years ago by mvdzign    [ Reply ]
Timely
Posted 2 years ago by soneill4920941    [ Reply ]
Love the 12 inch mix. 80s excess.
Posted 2 years ago by Ydesign    [ Reply ]
 Oxen1morale wrote:

Wow, haven’t heard this song since the 80’s




Same here! Thank You RP!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Interesting. It sounds a lot faster than I remember.

edit: I went and looked up a couple of videos and I guess it's not faster. Still seems more frenetic than it used to. Get me my walker.



Your walker is on order.  I also ordered you a chair elevator. 
Posted 2 years ago by folkes.tom    [ Reply ]
This is even better than I remember.
Posted 3 years ago by soneill4920941    [ Reply ]
Here's an 80s footnote for ya
Posted 3 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Trevor Horn made these chaps. Fab tune
Posted 3 years ago by john24    [ Reply ]
 PinkSo wrote:

The entire album is excellent. One of the most original productions from the '80s, IMO



The quirky part on side 4 is a guilty pleasure. The disembodied voice of Barry Grant off Brookside. "I'm sorry I left me card at home"
Posted 3 years ago by Kelvinclifford    [ Reply ]
reminds me of  'simple minds'.
Posted 3 years ago by wcourville    [ Reply ]
Another notch on Trevor Horn's pop bedpost.
Posted 3 years ago by MattRudely    [ Reply ]
Wow, haven’t heard this song since the 80’s
Posted 3 years ago by Oxen1morale    [ Reply ]
A-bi-o-scouse-80`s
Posted 3 years ago by Kelvinclifford    [ Reply ]
RP does it again.  Just when I think I've heard all that can be possible, they pull something even MORE eclectic out of their hat!
Posted 3 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
Remember those tropical bird noises on the Bose 901's?
Posted 3 years ago by whatsupdude    [ Reply ]
Skoda war!
Posted 3 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
Yes, exactly! It's one of those tunes that I'd rate high in review, but low for re-listen. I'm glad to be reminded of it today, but it would never end up on a personal playlist.
Posted 3 years ago by SwampYankee    [ Reply ]
YYYEESSSSSS!!!! 
Posted 3 years ago by costoonces    [ Reply ]
 FourFortyEight wrote:

If you took the time to make this comment, you're a music snob.

Own it. 
 

Posted 3 years ago by BRWAC    [ Reply ]
Don't fight it - enjoy the best white water ride of 80s dance music!
Posted 3 years ago by planet_lizard    [ Reply ]
Everyone always talks about "Relax" but I always preferred this one. Don't know why.
Posted 3 years ago by chefjackbutler    [ Reply ]
Personal opinion - never liked this song from day 1 
Posted 3 years ago by blackjellybean    [ Reply ]
Oddly, I appreciate listening to this today, more than when I was living through its hey-day in the 80s.   I'm  taking a moment to reflect on  how the BBC banned their debut hit, how they turn cold war lyrics into an iconic 80s dancehall hook... 

It's one of those tunes that I'd rate high in review, but low for re-listen.
I'm glad to be reminded of it today, but it would never end up on a personal playlist.
Posted 3 years ago by mekinfomail-rp    [ Reply ]
The entire album is excellent. One of the most original productions from the '80s, IMO
Posted 3 years ago by PinkSo    [ Reply ]
Absolute pop genius.
Posted 3 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
 kbs wrote:
I'm getting a vision of Trump & Biden in a modified video...
 
Who's manufacturing the votes for Frankie?
Posted 4 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
I'm getting a vision of Trump & Biden in a modified video...
Posted 4 years ago by kbs    [ Reply ]
This takes me back to the 1980's, and my lovely Italian girlfriend.  Frankie says RELAX.  This is great stuff, thanks Bill!
Posted 4 years ago by stretcher    [ Reply ]
Overrated and overplayed. Controversial doesn't necessarily confer merit on the song.  OK at the time, but in my opinion hasn't stood the test.
Posted 4 years ago by PeteCreech    [ Reply ]
It still sounds incredible. Trevor Horn was genius on this production.
Posted 4 years ago by garydgould    [ Reply ]
 Stephen_Phillips wrote:
Fantastic production and orchestration by Trevor Horne layered on to a catchy song and a beat that could go on for ever.

Some of the many remixes seemed to do just did that!

"Are we living in a world where Sex and Horror are the new Gods?"

They were so right.
 
Ah-yup. America sure as shit no longer runs on Dunkin'. Fear & Hate seems the fuel mix of choice these days.
Posted 4 years ago by maxvonevil    [ Reply ]
The style was called "High Energy Music".

Tony Jory
London and Somerset, England.
Posted 4 years ago by tonyjory    [ Reply ]
I'll take the Datsun in the pic of them on Wikipedia

(as an aside: WTF? Datsun nor Wiki/Wikipedia show up as words in spell-check?)
Posted 4 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
 njswede wrote:
For a very large number of years, I though the refrain ended with "Working for a black ass" and always wondered what the hell that was about.
 
Well... you weren't too far off and "Working for the black gas" ain't much clearer!
Posted 4 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
Bumped this up from a 6 to an 8. I will be singing this the rest of the day.

This one is way better than Relax.
Posted 4 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
For a very large number of years, I though the refrain ended with "Working for a black ass" and always wondered what the hell that was about. Thanks for posting the lyrics, RP! It solved one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in my life. :)
Posted 4 years ago by njswede    [ Reply ]
Yeeeeeeeeees!
Posted 4 years ago by be4con    [ Reply ]
This song resonated perfectly during the Cold War years. It was like a little bombshell, so succinct and angry, and sexy in its way. And you could dance to it. And with Pleasure Dome Frankie brought out gay culture in a way that not even Freddie of Queen ever did (did you know he was gay?). Hope no one's offended, but they sold a lot of records. Someone liked them, and it still sounds good.
Posted 4 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
 Lyndont wrote:
my thoughts exactly {#No}
 

Posted 5 years ago by cloudyfive    [ Reply ]
Is there anything less than a 1 rating!
Posted 5 years ago by Lyndont    [ Reply ]
Just went to 10
Posted 5 years ago by FourFortyEight    [ Reply ]
 PeteCreech wrote:
Lively and pretentious bubble-gum pop. Of its time and should probably have stayed there.
 
I think you and I have very different definitions of “Bubblegum Pop”.
Posted 5 years ago by easmann    [ Reply ]
Absolutely the mutt's nuts! 

Takes me back to my time on the record counter at our local Woolworth's and playing the album in its entirety (much to the disgust of the little old ladies in the shop), then going out with my workmates at the weekend to a local nightclub and going bonkersmadcrazy to this and 'Relax'. YEAHHHHHH!!!!
Posted 5 years ago by SpinyNorma    [ Reply ]
 ExploitingChaos wrote:
What a freaking classic

Like it or not it's a freaking classic

FREAKING CLASSIC
 
This is a evergreen with still a rate of *10
Posted 5 years ago by darkblue    [ Reply ]
Always loved this song. But: "my" version on CD is more than 9 minutes long. Can you please try that one? 
Posted 5 years ago by nicolas65    [ Reply ]
Nope Frankie. The new God is money.
Posted 5 years ago by kazoo    [ Reply ]
I bloody love this!!!!!!!  
Posted 5 years ago by planet_lizard    [ Reply ]
Lively and pretentious bubble-gum pop. Of its time and should probably have stayed there.
Posted 5 years ago by PeteCreech    [ Reply ]
Makes me want to go and find the vinyl 12" single I have of this and annoy the neighbours with the subwoofer. 
Posted 5 years ago by Ben_D_Wire    [ Reply ]
Well, sadly this track is more topical today than I wish it were. US out of the treaty that reduced risk of two tribes going to war? Russia vs USA? This isn't the way I want my 80s flashbacks.
Posted 5 years ago by bluejay08003    [ Reply ]

LOL. Well said!

ExploitingChaos wrote:
What a freaking classic

Like it or not it's a freaking classic

FREAKING CLASSIC
 

Posted 5 years ago by clwguy    [ Reply ]
What a freaking classic

Like it or not it's a freaking classic

FREAKING CLASSIC
Posted 5 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
 Lyndont wrote:
Utter rubbish!
 

And getting overplayed 
Posted 5 years ago by veloman    [ Reply ]
80's FLASHBACK {#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 5 years ago by photolew    [ Reply ]
"Sock it to me biscuits-now." 
Posted 5 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
 Lyndont wrote:
Utter rubbish!
 
Utterly exciting and fun rubbish!
Posted 5 years ago by easmann    [ Reply ]
Triggers my PTSD but in a good way because the song came out before some pretty disturbing times, for me ...helps blow off healthy steam.

Great production; full blast - no holding back - and now to the video: Smash!! What memories; what horrors (in a  Marlon Brando - Apocalypse Now kind of way)
Full Stop
Posted 6 years ago by LameBuffalo    [ Reply ]
MINE IS THE LAST VOICE YOU WILL EVER HEAR

DON'T BE ALARMED
Posted 6 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
 Yeeeeeeeah baby! 
Posted 6 years ago by cavemanleong    [ Reply ]
PSD time! {#Frustrated}
Posted 6 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
I love this! Seems to me more thematically relevant music from the 80s. Thank you!
Posted 6 years ago by the_prof    [ Reply ]
It's ALL about the production. Trevor Horn was the sound of 80s music for me. I love this!
Posted 6 years ago by planet_lizard    [ Reply ]
 Dazzerb wrote:
I like to think I am not a music snob but how did this make it on a RP playlist? {#Stupid}
 
If you took the time to make this comment, you're a music snob.

Own it. 
Posted 6 years ago by FourFortyEight    [ Reply ]
I like to think I am not a music snob but how did this make it on a RP playlist? {#Stupid}
Posted 6 years ago by Dazzerb    [ Reply ]
Surprisingly lo-fi ...
Posted 6 years ago by NeilBlanchard    [ Reply ]
Ahead of the times lyrics. Everyone likes it in my realm.
Posted 6 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
Awful. And it goes on for waaaaay too long!
Posted 6 years ago by dewhead    [ Reply ]
Given the current political situation between former "East" and "West" a most current song...{#Fight}
Posted 6 years ago by Dinges,_the_Dude    [ Reply ]
Utter rubbish!
Posted 6 years ago by Lyndont    [ Reply ]
Interesting. It sounds a lot faster than I remember.

edit: I went and looked up a couple of videos and I guess it's not faster. Still seems more frenetic than it used to. Get me my walker.
Posted 6 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]

For me this song was the soundtrack for the violence and hatred that surrounded the British miners strike of 1984/5. Just hearing it takes me back to these ghastly and divisive times. Shudder!


Posted 6 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
Ha.  These boys certainly shook up the establishment in their day, particularly the hypocrites at the Beeb.  Banning Frankie whilst sanctioning institutional child abuse.  Quality.  10 from me this time.
Posted 6 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Fantastic production and orchestration by Trevor Horne layered on to a catchy song and a beat that could go on for ever.

Some of the many remixes seemed to do just did that!

"Are we living in a world where Sex and Horror are the new Gods?"

They were so right.
Posted 6 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
This pop claptrap, on RP, are you serious? {#Stop}
Posted 6 years ago by adib    [ Reply ]
I think this guy needs to "relax".  Happy Valentine's Day to all!  {#Dance}
Posted 6 years ago by skooba    [ Reply ]
Ooooooolllldddd school

this CD sounded so awesome  back in the day
Posted 6 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]