Spandau Ballet - Through The Barricades (Lyrics) video free download
This song is a Romeo & Juliet-style love story set in a troubled Northern Ireland. A boy and a girl, one a Catholic and one a Protestant, betray their families and their upbringing to meet on the bomb sites and the no-man's land between divided communities. The setting is given away by the drum and pipe marching music, so reminiscent of the parades mentioned in the second chorus. Like Shakespeare's play, there is a tragic ending. The "Hearts go to their graves," but it is not clear whether this refers metaphorically to the end of the affair or a suicide pact.
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5 years ago
Lollo4you Company
Great song, great job...very good to use for karaoke :-)6 years ago
Stephen Livesey
Saw Mr Hadley nail this at Silverstone classic ,apparently his favourite Spandau tune and mine too , another reason why the 80s were great .6 years ago
Marvin Marmolejo
"The Fridays child is full of soul, with nothing left to loose, there's everything to go."6 years ago
Marvin Marmolejo
I like being beyond, kinda weird but the song surpassed the limit, love has no boundaries. It cannot be defined well because it is always abstract up to infinity.6 years ago
Jane Louhenapessy
when i woke up in the morning, and someone i love play this song... that's so touching me!!!!love you6 years ago
Joanne Gray
Just heard that Spandau Ballet have gone their separate ways once and for all. Crying shame :'(6 years ago
Stephen Livesey
In my opinion the best song they made , Mr Hadley on top form .7 years ago
david whiehouse
.....Miss you dad forever xxx7 years ago
the faceman
A genuine tear to the eye, top top quality, shame there's nothing like it anymore7 years ago
Jane Cummins
A truly beautiful voice and the words and the song are captivating.7 years ago
maji1959
This is one of the best songs of pop history7 years ago
vins p8lite
dalle mie parti si dice " è un pezzaccio"!! stupenda7 years ago
strafrag1
♥♥♥7 years ago
KyriakosGR
Respect!7 years ago
Ria verga
to the man i L7 years ago
Simon Worrall
Believe it or not, I wrote a short story in my english class at school, based on the exact same premise, lovers from different sides of the sectarian devide.I never knew that this song was about that subject til now, kind of a weird coincidence, my story also ended tragically, but with them being killed accidentally by the I.R.A.8 years ago
Joe Scott
this what my parents said to me8 years ago
Louise Hodges
love this & always willRelated Videos
