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stephw
(From The Great White North)
Posted: May 21, 2013 - 12:11
 
{#Dancingbanana}{#Bananasplit}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananapiano}{#Bananapiano}

scrubbrush
(All lost in the supermarket)
Posted: May 17, 2013 - 10:06
 
God almighty, I LOVE this song.

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: May 17, 2013 - 10:06
 

Oh, the joys of delayed gratification...

love this song...  we be dancing...
 

oppositelock
(On the road)
Posted: May 02, 2013 - 08:42
 
I saw these guys in person as the English Beat, General Public and later a reincarnation of the Specials.  Always fun.  The first time I saw them the smaller of the two opening acts was some band called REM.  All I remember of REM was that the lead singer had a lot of hair....

kcar
Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 01:33
 
 xkolibuul wrote:
English Beat = one of the best things about the '80s, a decade when musical superlatives were few and far between.  

 
They were great, but it sure didn't last long for them. The first album apparently was huge in the UK in '80, but according to iTunes "Special Beat Service" was too polished in '82. And then they broke up. Two of the guys went on to head General Public but it wasn't the same. 

There was a lot of crap music in the '80s, maybe more than other decades. But the lowpoints of the 70s were just freakin' awful.  The nice thing about time is that often the new songs you loathed become bittersweet memory trips after ten years...or at least somehow not as wretched. 

Proclivities
(Paris of the Piedmont)
Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 08:42
 

 zurcronium wrote:

Then you were born in the 80s. 

 
Your theory is unsound, Professor; I was born in 1962 — less than four years after you were.
DaidyBoy
(Bristol, UK)
Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 08:32
 
 helloitsme wrote:
Saw them live a few months ago fronting Squeeze.  They stole the show.

 
Saw Squeeze a few years back.  Never seen a band so bored with life.  Just coining in the cash for a rainy day.
MilesW
(Earth (Currently Germany))
Posted: Apr 01, 2013 - 05:16
 
I liked this song when it came out, but after hearing it thousands of times (several times in the last week on RP), I have to politely request:  Enough is enough, Bill! 

Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: Mar 25, 2013 - 09:30
 
 Rotterdam wrote:
I don't understand people that can only post unpleasant messages. A kind of emotional sickness, maybe? 

Is that any different from people who only post pleasant messages? A tad easier to bear but still wrong in my opinion.

Elroweho
(Cheesehead in Paradise)
Posted: Mar 25, 2013 - 09:26
 
Can you say "Catchy?"{#Dance}

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Mar 19, 2013 - 17:49
 

marvelous...
 

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Mar 09, 2013 - 20:46
 

Everybody in my church be dancing...  love this song...
 

helloitsme
Posted: Feb 28, 2013 - 18:20
 
Saw them live a few months ago fronting Squeeze.  They stole the show.

ottovonb
Posted: Jan 28, 2013 - 11:22
 
Has it really been 30 years? Crikey! It's a lotta' fun.

jktravl
(Virginia)
Posted: Dec 15, 2012 - 16:11
 
What an AWESOME group!!!!!{#Bananajam}

wersfan
Posted: Dec 05, 2012 - 19:56
 
{#Dancingbanana}{#Bananapiano}

meinthecorner
(Toronto, gridlock capital of the western world)
Posted: Nov 19, 2012 - 22:12
 
 karljonasson wrote:
Reminds me of XTC - basically, the highest compliment I can give any band.
 
Doesn't remind me of XTC, but both bands were faves of mine during the 80's. The Pretenders, as well! Thank goodness!
 

zurcronium
(Not in Texas)
Posted: Nov 19, 2012 - 22:07
 
 Proclivities wrote:

Perhaps it's a matter of what one chooses to remember, but I've never found musical superlatives to be any more scarce in the 1980s than they were during any other decade.
 
Then you were born in the 80s. 

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Oct 26, 2012 - 09:25
 
 xkolibuul wrote:
English Beat = one of the best things about the '80s, a decade when musical superlatives were few and far between.  
 
Perhaps it's a matter of what one chooses to remember, but I've never found musical superlatives to be any more scarce in the 1980s than they were during any other decade.

linz_bobinz
(the city of the newly wed & the nearly dead)
Posted: Oct 26, 2012 - 09:23
 
I'm with you on the dance floor!
RabbitEars wrote:
{#Dancingbanana}
 



karljonasson
(Edmonton, AB, Canada)
Posted: Oct 26, 2012 - 09:21
 
Reminds me of XTC - basically, the highest compliment I can give any band.

S-curvy
(Lovely Alameda, the Isle of Style)
Posted: Oct 19, 2012 - 13:57
 
 tulfan wrote:
IMO, a retro song that has really held up well
 
Yes indeed.  Several years ago, I saw the Beat live at the Mezzanine here in SF, and they were short a couple of the original members, but wow, they were just fantastic.  It made me very happy to see these musicians, who were 20+ years older, still doing great work and having not gotten lost in the drug vortices of the 80's & 90's.  Clearly, they were quite professional and managed to still invoke that energy and excitement that is so quintessential to their music.

S-curvy
(Lovely Alameda, the Isle of Style)
Posted: Oct 19, 2012 - 13:46
 
 romeotuma wrote:

This song is soooo good it makes us tear our clothes off and dance...
 
 
So many great, happy nights and days spent dancing my brains out to the Beat!  I get excited every time I hear their music, thanks Bill.

RabbitEars
Posted: Oct 19, 2012 - 13:46
 
{#Dancingbanana}

xkolibuul
(Chuckanut sandstone)
Posted: Oct 13, 2012 - 22:51
 
English Beat = one of the best things about the '80s, a decade when musical superlatives were few and far between.  

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 13, 2012 - 22:48
 

This song is soooo good it makes us tear our clothes off and dance...
 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Sep 24, 2012 - 21:24
 
 Rotterdam wrote:

I agree with you, Romeotuma. I don't understand people that can only post unpleasant messages. A kind of emotional sickness, maybe?

I liked hearing what you especially like about this song, too. 
 
Thank you!  Hope you are having a great time right this minute...  love this song...

 

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 09:35
 
 Bobert_ParkCity wrote:
Some music just evokes the time and place of days gone by. This is one of those songs. West Village, NYC, with a flat-mate named Evan. Loved it then, love it now.
 
"Flat-mate"?  Are you sure that was NYC?  They're generally called "room-mates" there - living in "apartments".

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Aug 24, 2012 - 09:46
 
 shakitten wrote:
We love you, Romeo!
 
Thank you!  Love you, too!

 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Aug 24, 2012 - 09:46
 
 Rotterdam wrote:

I agree with you, Romeotuma. I don't understand people that can only post unpleasant messages. A kind of emotional sickness, maybe?

I liked hearing what you especially like about this song, too. 
 
Love this song...  we be dancing...

 

siandbeth
(Santa Cruz California)
Posted: Aug 24, 2012 - 09:39
 
San Francisco "flat" aka remodeled garage on Ashbury, walking down to Cha Cha Chas for dinner with my best friend Jimmy when we could scrape the money together . Great memory  

Bobert_ParkCity wrote:
Some music just evokes the time and place of days gone by. This is one of those songs. West Village, NYC, with a flat-mate named Evan. Loved it then, love it now.
 



WayUpNorth
Posted: Aug 24, 2012 - 09:37
 
Snoopy DanceOh yeah!

shakitten
(Trying to get back into a good dream)
Posted: Aug 11, 2012 - 21:52
 
We love you, Romeo!

Rotterdam
Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 02:34
 
 romeotuma wrote:



There is just no pleasure in life for you other than meanness...

love this song about delayed gratification...

 
 
I agree with you, Romeotuma. I don't understand people that can only post unpleasant messages. A kind of emotional sickness, maybe?

I liked hearing what you especially like about this song, too. 

oilydwarf
Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 02:32
 
fan-bloody-tastic!

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 11, 2012 - 11:16
 
 Stingray wrote:

Tell us what you do NOT like, Romeo. 

You're a positive killer!

 


There is just no pleasure in life for you other than meanness...

love this song about delayed gratification...

 

Stingray
Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 07:58
 
 romeotuma wrote:


marvelous...  love it...
 
 

Tell us what you do NOT like, Romeo. 

You're a positive killer!



Stingray
Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 07:56
 
 romeotuma wrote:


This song puts a spring in my step this summer day...

 
 
Isn't there always (this terrible) summer in the desert...?

Stingray
Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 07:54
 

KILLER SUCKO COVER

Music as bad!!!


"BIG HITS" - aha!

Black English humor...?



Far
Posted: Jul 01, 2012 - 16:11
 
fantastic. Their best number, I still crank the volume.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 12:36
 


This song puts a spring in my step this summer day...

 

Dinges,_the_Dude
(below sea-level, N52°37', E4°88')
Posted: Jun 15, 2012 - 12:21
 
 hbs47 wrote:

Men At Work also
 
Indeed! But it also sounds like many songs and bands did those days...

ddog
(Midwest USA)
Posted: Jun 05, 2012 - 13:55
 
I thought for sure this would be followed up with a song from General Public and Fine Young Cannibals!

Bobert_ParkCity
(Park City Utah)
Posted: May 04, 2012 - 19:56
 
Some music just evokes the time and place of days gone by. This is one of those songs. West Village, NYC, with a flat-mate named Evan. Loved it then, love it now.

lindergr
(Albuquerque, NM)
Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 08:02
 
This song never fails to bring unabated joy.

hbs47
(SE England)
Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 08:01
 
 Elroweho wrote:
Has kind of a Talking Heads feel to it.
 
Men At Work also

icemang
(Boston & DC, mostly)
Posted: Apr 07, 2012 - 06:13
 
One of the best from "The Perfect Album".

tulfan
(Still in SE MI)
Posted: Mar 28, 2012 - 07:24
 
IMO, a retro song that has really held up well

PDXDude
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Mar 24, 2012 - 14:49
 
 d-don wrote:

Everybody in my classroom is dancing too!

 


If I was in a classroom, I'd be dancing.

ubuntourist
(Brain-Washington)
Posted: Mar 12, 2012 - 08:58
 
I always think of "The Who" when I hear this...