Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Before And After Trevor Horn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVJMMT9nXRI

Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Welcome To The Pleasuredome has received the full deluxe remastered bonus edition reissue.

While few would argue that the album is a classic – it was nevertheless hugely influential when it was released in 1984 and has been since.

Their controversial subject matter and images were a large part of their success, but it would be hard to overestimate the role that producer Trevor Horn played in their success. Compare these two versions of Relax to get an idea of how much Horn shaped their sound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPLrXFw76Qg

What do you think? If it weren’t for Trevor Horn’s magic, would we have ever heard of Frankie Goes To Hollywood?

22 thoughts on “Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Before And After Trevor Horn

  1. just because they got on tv doesn't mean anything…..lots of bands get on tv and we never hear of them again….
    i got less than 3 minutes into the pre-horn version before deciding that it was boring to me…nothing was happening apart from a time change that i don't really think fit in the song….

    trevor made this song and this band what they are today

  2. just because they got on tv doesn't mean anything…..lots of bands get on tv and we never hear of them again….
    i got less than 3 minutes into the pre-horn version before deciding that it was boring to me…nothing was happening apart from a time change that i don't really think fit in the song….

    trevor made this song and this band what they are today

  3. The post-Horn version had much more commercial appeal for its day. But there's a raw funkiness to the original that got lost in the newer version. Where did the bass line go?!?! They're almost two different songs. One sounds like post-70s, the other like mid-80s. Because of that, maybe we never would've heard of them if it weren't for Trevor Horn… or maybe they would've evolved into something completely different instead of blending in with the soundscape of the time.

  4. The post-Horn version had much more commercial appeal for its day. But there's a raw funkiness to the original that got lost in the newer version. Where did the bass line go?!?! They're almost two different songs. One sounds like post-70s, the other like mid-80s. Because of that, maybe we never would've heard of them if it weren't for Trevor Horn… or maybe they would've evolved into something completely different instead of blending in with the soundscape of the time.

  5. One version sounds like it was played by humans.
    The other sounds like someone programed it into a Fairlight with a LOT of reverb.

  6. I've heard of lots of crappy bands that didn't have the benefit of Trevor's production talents…and some crappy bands that did.

  7. I've heard of lots of crappy bands that didn't have the benefit of Trevor's production talents…and some crappy bands that did.

  8. I've heard of lots of crappy bands that didn't have the benefit of Trevor's production talents…and some crappy bands that did.

  9. look, trevor is a genius….but the band wrote the music folks!! it was the combination of those two factors that made the band immortal….. i saw them live twice at the time, and believe me, they were truly excellent – two of the best live shows i've seen ever…they could most certainly play and had things not gone sour between the band and the singer and the record company, i have no doubt they would have gone on to even greater hights…shame how it all ended for them.

  10. look, trevor is a genius….but the band wrote the music folks!! it was the combination of those two factors that made the band immortal….. i saw them live twice at the time, and believe me, they were truly excellent – two of the best live shows i've seen ever…they could most certainly play and had things not gone sour between the band and the singer and the record company, i have no doubt they would have gone on to even greater hights…shame how it all ended for them.

  11. look, trevor is a genius….but the band wrote the music folks!! it was the combination of those two factors that made the band immortal….. i saw them live twice at the time, and believe me, they were truly excellent – two of the best live shows i've seen ever…they could most certainly play and had things not gone sour between the band and the singer and the record company, i have no doubt they would have gone on to even greater hights…shame how it all ended for them.

  12. look, trevor is a genius….but the band wrote the music folks!! it was the combination of those two factors that made the band immortal….. i saw them live twice at the time, and believe me, they were truly excellent – two of the best live shows i've seen ever…they could most certainly play and had things not gone sour between the band and the singer and the record company, i have no doubt they would have gone on to even greater hights…shame how it all ended for them.

  13. Trevor Horn uses some basic rules in his productions. Like: you have to put at least 4 or 5 idea’s in one song to make it interesting. Wish more composers and producers just used that one simple rule.

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