As a nothern kid who went down to London I always saw Darcus on and off on TV and he was genuinely lovely man who stood up against injustices practiced on minorities. I always remember Darcus attending a Bernard Manning stand up comedy show and Darcus first came in with cynicism not wanting to listen to 'nasty little racist jokes' but he came out admitting that the jokes made him laugh and he seemed to understand where Bernard Manning was coming from. Now that's a true open minded person. RIP fine fellow.

Love the Killing Joke 80s bit where a few punks start to try a bit of slam dancing and the mainly goth crowd join in but in a totally unique goth way. What I`d give to be amongst these people back in the day. Psychobillies, punks, goths, outsiders-ah yes Im at home.

I'm 21, I go to goth parties, and we still dance like this, yes.

Jason Watkins is uncannily like him in the film, I can hardly tell which I’m looking at 😂

Takes me back to when I was 18ish. Wasn’t my scene, but I did like some of the music and there was a small group of ‘alternatives’ in every town and village. You always had to be something or other back then.

FUN goth, LOL. Didn't realize there was such a thing. This was obviously before doom & gloom goth took over, eh?

No wonder there is a hole in the ozone layer with the amount of hair spray used that night!!!

I remember when goth came to America in the late 70s, early 80s. It was never quite as big here as the UK. But I had a number of friends who were goths back in my school days. For some, goth was a genuine form of self-expression. For other, it was a way to fit in with a crowd for whom goth was a genuine form of self-expression. Everyone wanted their crowd so as to feel a part of something. To each their own. I always got along with everyone.

Gave numerous animals to the Hawaiian Kingdom

Looks like a mega night 😊 I used to go to spiders in hull and people there used to say about nights in batley coz they would swap between the two sometimes. I was too young to travel lol naughty me I was underage so I never went but I remember being gutted coz occasionally spiders would be half full on certain nights lol

In 1984 we were hardcore Street punks in San Francisco there was none of this silliness

This takes me back to the the mid 80's when i started going to the alt clubs. Happy days ! I'll never forget the smell of Shock Waves Hair Spray !

nah ja it looks pretty horrible

Remember Nancy she was so cool had great time with my best mate Lisa 🖤🖤

look at these rich people thriving through people's loss.

Imagine the reaction if the DJ had played something like Air Supply at 1:07:50 after that Punk song! 😂

.ucking brilliant!!!

Interviewers just a stooge with someone In her ear going shut him up he's speaking the truth

When getting ready was as important as the Night out.... Hairspray companies loved us😂😂😂😂😂

Das war die Zeit als es bei mir anfing ´84-85 in Deutschland/Wolfenbüttel-Braunschweig,ich war erst ´89 das erstemal in England/London aber super-schöne Zeit.Hat zwar nichts mit dem Video zutun aber trozdem einfach nur schön beste Grüsse

148 of you think this is GOOD ????? WTF

This is great! 🖤

Captions would be grand

starts doing her hair in the morning :D bless those years when we didn't have anything else to worry about :D

Well the swing dancing at 32:28 was unexpected

If Tories & Reform were honest.

DUNE

This is my Roman Empire.

Bowie's bonny babies⚡⭐⚡⭐⚡⭐⚡

I ran Goth nights in Brisbane, Australia during the 90s because i am a massive Bowie fan and no other clubs would play his music so i was like, sod it, i'll start my own called Dark Entries. Watching this video reminded me of some truly magical times. This club looked utterly fantastic. Especially the Bowie fan in the crop top dancing to Life On Mars? at the end. She is by far and away, the standout of this entire video. Good to see some Huddersfield folk as well. 😀

I wish I could go back in time to this place! Does anyone know when or why it closed down?

I’m such a lover of this video. My mum is actually in this and to be able to see actual footage of my mum when she was around my age is such a privilege. Honestly, I think she looks so cool… I could only wish for this vibe and subculture now. I will keep returning to this video for years to come 🫶🏻

Look at that song list, I don't care what anyone says it's not up for debate, our music WAS better back then lol! So many of those bands and tunes are hugely relevant in our historic pop culture. Put that list up against today's One named cookie cutter acts on billboard ( (apparently bands don't exist on the charts anymore ) In 40 years our bands will STILL have their historic place where as much of todays music and artists will be forgotten. I'm not suggesting there isn't great music out there now because there most certainly is but what I am saying is our mainstream radio played music back then blows away todays charting tunes. Mainstream music right now IMHO is at it's absolute creative worse.

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What it the song playing at 1hour 26 minutes ?

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There were a lot a problems in the 80s but the music wasn't one of them. Great music.

Fraggle Rock. 😎🤪🥸

Fantastic! I'm from Canada, the best music on earth was coming out of the UK in the 80's. Great to see footage of people making their own scene, & I love the open-mindedness of the 'adults' making the film (including our tour guide/narrator).

Hate to tell you 84 was Not the Height t of Goth at All especially as it started in London 1981 originators were Bauhaus and UK Decay maybe it was the height in the North & stupid clubs(never about that) instead of live gigs( everything it was about)

In 1984 I was an innocent little goth in the making at 15yrs old and missed out on this fine time. Now I'm 54, still doing music...last live gig at Club Infinite Sadness as "Electropath". My friends now work until their fingers bleed or worship $$$. Stay young, burn the candle at both ends and live forever as an outcast and dark visionary. And if your dream goes unsung, the more the rest will die before you hung.

Where was this? What town, please?

Drug dealer say no more sc

This reminds me of a club we used to go to back in the late 80s called Club Me in Sacramento, CA. We dressed and danced just like the kids in this video. Brings back very good memories. Thank you for sharing this video!

Interesting

No.... Labour isn't simply oppositional..... just like people opposed his rejection of a pardon for the founder of AI.

Found this as a new goth and its so cool to see people like me just enjoying being themselves T - T

wouldn’t want it to spring a leak

all the deathrockers look so hot omg

A cool generation. These are all the middle-aged adults now!