I have always thought that as well. I liked them as a dup but loved them with Siobhan. Now I can't watch them as a duo after seeing them reunite in 2018. She really makes the difference.

Me2 luv ( Sara Dallin )my favorite!

Are you serious Clark. It’s the darn record they are singing to.

@@ohioproud LMAO

@@ohioproud but the main vocal is live....they sound great...

@@ohioproud Its called singing with the backing track. did you actually grow up in the 80s? groups and artists started doing it in the early 80s.

@@callumcc8897 I was living in the 80's when you were still shitting green. It may have been live, but they were lip syncing to the record. That's all I'm saying.

Great lip synching, but this wasn't really live. On the other hand, they DID do their own recordings - not like Milli Vanilli.

@@bricefleckenstein9666The voices here are LIVE.

@@emiliorodriguez9166 Then why are some of the claps not heard at all? Why is the sound IDENTICAL to the recorded version? You will NOT convince me this was not lip-synced, especially given how COMMON that was at the time for non-concert performances.

@@bricefleckenstein9666 You can think what you want. Look for other performances from other bands (Alison Moyet, The B-52's, The Style Council, etc.) on Channel 4's Switch in 1983. All of them have pre-recorded instrumentals, backing vocals, instrumentals, but LIVE vocals. This show ALWAYS had live vocals (unlike Top of the Pops and others). The main vocals here in "Cruel Summer" are flawed and not multilayered, unlike the recorded version. Hear it again.

Yes it was live sound is totally different to if they were lip syncing it just had backing vocals that is all it was definitely live if you can't tell that then you never really listen to it properly

So karaoke then.

Me2 love Sara Dallin!

Your right, with (siobhan fahey) not same still love them😎

I was nine years old.

I was 13

Nothing like it fuck this bullshit now music so shit

I remember my stupid teacher saying nothing good came out of the 80s...She was a ass

That would be too old for me.

best song by them

By how much? And what does that even mean?

@@AtticTapes14 it‘s your opinion

@@AtticTapes14 less so in Ireland. Maybe to you.

Your actually wrong this was all them . This i know i was there. I did the stage work.

The only music thrown in is the background instruments they are that dam good singing . I set many stages for them.

And if you dont believe me watch them today they are still amazing for being older. They where dead spot on back then.

I agree..they're about as flat as anything live but they had something special that helped shaped my childhood in the 80's.

Alexys Becerra i was inlove with Keren probably still am lol

@@AlexysB flat? I've seen them live four times...never flat...

@@teutguy1 Only 4 times....pfft, amateur! 🤣

Keren is almost ugly, I have never understood why everyone finds her pretty. She has a big nose and she looks like a boy, nothing feminine about her, even back then

@@triadafillos1 get your fucking eyes tested dickhead

@@triadafillos1 she's cute and pretty

@@utchpunk9611 get your dirty mouth cleaned, idiot!

@@triadafillos1 are you blind?!

A very English School Girl feel. It set them apart….that and their ‘And What?’ attitudes. They were known in the UK music industry as ‘Pirhanarama’ and ‘Bananadrama’ for their take no prisoners attitude. Quite simply they didn’t take any shit from the men who pretty much ran the music industry in the 80s. They had their own opinions and always got their own way and the male music execs were terrified of them.

They're on key... they're just singing it a bit lower live ..still sounds awesome!

@@teutguy1 no, one or two of them is off key and they sound awesome. That’s their vibe that I love so much

These girls all on vocals, no bull, my favorite live here😎

But what if it were sunny?

Your kiddy, sara dallin, middle is hottt?

+RevFury FoxFive I mean, those shades look awesome on the two, and those red lips. Gahh. Good show.

RevFury FoxFive Ace from Doctor Who never sung and wrote this song!

And I'm sure she says the same about you.

+Steven Hulbert Yes, background vocals are present, but only in the chorus, the 'what did they say' in verse 1, and the 'aahhh' leading into and out of the chorus. The remaining vocals are live.

Keren Woodward is the one the brown hair.

donkeycheeks It's definitely her.

That's Siobhan. She left Bananarama in early 1988 to form Shakespear's Sister, who had hits with 'You're History' and 'Stay' (Siobhan was the deep-voiced one on both of those songs). She was still recording music until a few years ago.

She is back now tho ❤

Respectfully I disagree. When Jacquie joined, the sound did change a little. She was clearly the superior vocalist of the three but even though they attempted to make it a three-way blend you could always hear Jacquies voice in the mix. Style wise she was awesome! She had that cool 1950s jazz-club-chick Vibe about her. Almost a ‘don’t give a fuck’ attitude (which actually turned out to be quite accurate during their world tour in ‘89 - But that’s another story. That attitude manifested itself after she realised she would never be accepted as a contributor to the artistic direction or the management of the band. She was simply a paid employee, hired to be tacked onto the end to retain the illusion of a three-piece band.) in my opinion there are three very distinctive timelines to the Bananas: Put quite simply it is the Siobhan period, the Jacquie period and the Duo period which endures to this day. Each incarnation has its own valid points and merits, and everyone is entitled to their own favourite timeline for Bananarama. For me, it was the Jacquie years. Absolutely loved the music they made during this period as well…..post SAW.

+Mikey Mumbles Do you have ears? Listen to this in comparison to the (full) studio version. The vocals are different. By your reasoning, they wouldn't have been able to pre-record the 'live' vocal to lip sync this performance to either, if they couldn't produce an instrumental track to actually sing live to. Sure, they didn't often sing live on TV performances, but there are a few other live vocal performances from this era, e.g. the 'Robert De Niro's Waiting' performance on The Tube where they experience bad mic feedback - watch it here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hMuHn7t03rXKf3U.html . Also, I've uploaded 2 live vocal performances of 'It Ain't What You Do' on this channel.

I understand that they can travel with an unfinished tape and possibly use it...perhaps it's the disbelief that a staff could arrange to play it and hook up the three mics to feature them live. Still, thanks for your input and it's a fantastic song. I concede to your point, kind gentleman.

+Mikey Mumbles Live vocals and they can sing,,,they were great in SF world tour...brought down the house!!!

+Mikey Mumbles They are singing live vocals over a backing track...sounds great to me...

+Mikey Mumbles Classy response.

+GIlbert Alvarez She quit the group in early 1988 and formed Shakespear(')s Sister, who had a big worldwide hit in 1992 with 'Stay'.

+Starsurfer1988 Well they did co-write this, and many other, of their songs. Sure, they weren't hugely talented vocally.

You sell 40 million records ,,, oh and write most of the songs and pick the producers...they weren't manufactured and that's what makes them awesome!!!

Keren Woodward is the greatest pop star to have ever lived !.

Most TV shows you had to lip sync back in the 80's

It was the norm and more often than not mandated by the broadcasters because of costs, plus licensing and music union rules too add. When an artist mimed to their track or backing track, studio personnel involved in that recording, musicians, backing vocalists etc., many of whom were music union members, got paid a fee for their work being performed/broadcast.

TOTALY AGREE VIC I WISH SHE HAD OF STOPPED IN THE GROUP, I WOULD BUT HER MUSIC FLOPPED SHE WAS WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH OUT TE LIME LIGHT WHILE THE OTHER (NARNA'S) WHERE BLASTING HITS IN AMERICA IN EVERY THING I BET THE DOZEY COW KICKED HER SELF FOR LEAVE IN XXXXXX POOOR LASSY

Johnny Walker I doubt it. Shakespears Sister gave Siobhan her biggest hit in the UK (#1), plus 2 top 10 albums, and some credibility. Bananarama's hits in America only happened when Siobhan was in the group, so that part of your comment does not make sense.

its was a double lost, for her and Bananarama

Johnny Von Your Caps-lock key appears to be broken. Either that or your brain.

'Hello (Turn Your Radio On)', for example, is better than the whole of Bananaramas' output.

I hate to say it but I don't think it's that simple :)

+TOMMY GUNN Except that they co-wrote this.

Thankfully for us, the writers of the song DIDN'T get any 3 girls to sing it. The writers THEMSELVES are doing the singing and using not only their songwriting abilities but also their charisma to make it a hit.

Um ...no...bananarama is one of the most original vocal groups out there...

Fair point - reproducing this in an English karaoke would not be a massive stretch. I really like this song and this group from Deep Sea Skiving onward, but I get what you mean.