I am 20 and too cant understand why are people not dancing that cool anymore... 80s era was just awesome

I'm sitting here, my era also, feel compelled to start dancing, love from the UK. Introduce him to The Cure.

This is one of my absolute favorites. Thank goodness you didn’t show him the video. 😂

I remember watching this as a kid, would have been 10 at the time and everyone at school the next day was talking about them. It really was like nothing you'd ever heard before. Pretty sure this one went out live as it was a birthday show.

I remember at the time, I was only 11 years old.... wow. This was SUPER controversial at the time. Music video was banned. Everyone was wearing "RELAX" t shirts (white with black RELAX in big capital letters the middle). They were a whole marketing push gone wild ! Lol. I think no-one knew what to think of them, even back then. Essentially they took the sounds heard in typical Gay Bars and discos and made it successful in the charts. What I mean by that is ... there was a genre called "Hi-NRG" which first debuted with Donna Summer "I Feel Love" - very high-temp disco and that went on to later evolve into modern techno and House music.

So true, it’s an electronic banger. I loved Frankie.

Super funny party song! The power of love is also a nice one even gives you different vibes.

I Remember the single was banned from Bbc radio at the time as well as the video.That reaction made people shoot it to the top of UK charts.Video was banned too for being eerm..."inappropriate".After that overwhelming success a new censored clip was released to "fix" things.Song was so instantly catchy you just couldn't escape it's impact but stick it in your mind and keep "chewing it" on and on and on.An iconic, great groovy '80s classic hi-NRG gem that made "disco-ish" flavoured songs fashionable again to the record buying public of newer gens.Frontman Holy Jhonson had a really strong,vibrant voice.Another good one is their rock ballad "The power of love".

Great show ! Oh man I remember listening to Frankie goes to Hollywood in my teens back in 84 . I went to their concert as well Great times and memories .

That whole Album was a game changer

Omg I felt so old when he said dancing was so refreshing 😱

How sad not to dance. So much fun. My Hubble was the best dancer

Guys luvin seeing videos played!!! Top of the pops was brilliant watched it every Thursday evening at 7pm lol!!!! Duran Duran culture club wham Depeche mode Spandau ballet soft cell pet shop boys erasure wow wow wow wow them were the good times

Good call! Don’t show him the video. 🤣

Oh man, the memories!!!!

This song & video were banned by the BBC . Radio 1 was how young people kept up with the pop charts so could not hear it . A Pirate Radio station called Lazer 558 played this song all the time so people dropped Radio 1 until they had Relax back on

Sad that he feels people don’t dance anymore. I never heard a good beat I didn’t dance to

Dont kids go to dance clubs anymore? Just bars? 😪 The Relax song always reminds me of the MTV new years party where they performed this and the Duran Duran guys came on dancing with them and everyone looked drunk and funny...😅

I think you need to watch the producer Trevor Horn's (Buggles Video Killed The Radio Star) documentary on how this song came together. None of the original track was played by FGTHW it was all played by Trevor and session musicians.

Did someone have a cold? Great song. And they dance at concerts in the UK. Sometimes under the influence. 🤣

I love "Relax." It's just a little bit shocking even today. Then there's "15 Minutes" by Circle Jerks and "Too Drunk to Fuck" by Dead Kennedys. Well, they're the closest thing to a hardcore punk love song that I can think of. Okay, there's no such thing as a hardcore punk love song, and "Relax" isn't really a love song either, I guess. Or maybe it is. ;) I always enjoy seeing how people respond to "Relax." If they get nervous and are afraid to let their hair down, I feel a little naughty, in a good way. But I always associate "Relax" with a time of plague, which makes the song a little more complicated, at least for me. It's a great song. It really is.

do Frankie 'Two Tribes' at no.1 for 9 weeks on TOTP - it's class mate! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iqqCqLt_scyZon0.html

Lipsynching was enforced after the punks said whatever they wanted live and the BBC didn't really like that.

Welcome to the pleasuredome ....

When one guy is half asleep it doesn't make for a good video

I think the non dancing bands started in the 90s 😂 There’s one band at the time and I remember thinking, they don’t move. 😂 Why don’t they move? This is weird. 😂 U2 move. 😂 I won’t say who the band is because I think they are great and I love a lot of their stuff and I don’t want to get any flack. Think back to British bands of the 90s.

Great song but this is a mimed-lip-synch performance. The bass is actually a Fairlight C.M.I.IIx The drums are from a Linn Drum drum machine on the original recording. Most acts on TOPT mimed and lip-synched performances. New Order did play live and Nirvana's vocals were live but all the instruments were all playback. J.J. Jeczalik programed and played the Fairlight. Check out Beat Box or Close To The Edit from J.J. Jeczalik's band he was in called The Art Of Noise

Are we not gonna talk about the lyrics?

I remember this song when I was 18 years old and I always thought it was a sexual song and about sex. It sounds like the lead singer is imitating an ejaculation at the end of the song.

No discussion of the lyrics then 😅

Is there a reason why most of the replies aren't available to read?

Does your son understand what the song is about?

You do know what the song is about don't you?

Glad you didn't show the official video. It would be cringy with your son seeing the overtly gay sexual imagery. I prefer this performance.