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English Beat — Mirror In The Bathroom
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Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Apr 28, 2013 - 14:24
 
 ckcotton wrote:
Hey! Way to mix it up.....!
 

Thank you!  We be dancing...  hope you are having a marvelous time right this moment...
 

ThePoose
(Ottawa, capital of Canada)
Posted: Apr 23, 2013 - 09:52
 
EVERYBODY IN MY BATHROOM LOVES THIS!

xkolibuul
(Chuckanut sandstone)
Posted: Mar 29, 2013 - 22:58
 
 Proclivities wrote:

No worse than any other musical decade - despite popular delusions.
 
Oh no.  The 80's were worse, much worse.  Despite the admirable efforts of the English Beat.  Honestly—I wish I was deluded, but I lived it.     

unclehud
(now 50 feet above the planet in Boston)
Posted: Jan 24, 2013 - 18:44
 
Manic percussion and bass with throaty sax ... how could you NOT like this?

gypsyman
(just passing through....)
Posted: Jan 19, 2013 - 04:25
 
I think this song is about coke and narcissism. So there.

ckcotton
(Adding snarky comments since 2007)
Posted: Jan 09, 2013 - 09:18
 
 Lazarus wrote:


Everybody in my church loves this song...

 
 
Hey! Way to mix it up.....!

 

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Jan 09, 2013 - 09:14
 


Everybody in my church loves this song...

 

apd
(Toronto, On)
Posted: Nov 24, 2012 - 12:01
 
 Art_Carnage wrote:
I always assumed this song was about cocaine abuse. But I finally read the lyrics, and it's actually about narcissism.
 
"I" "I"... it's all about you, isn't it? So narcissistic...

Art_Carnage
(DeepintheheartofTexas)
Posted: Nov 17, 2012 - 11:11
 
I always assumed this song was about cocaine abuse. But I finally read the lyrics, and it's actually about narcissism.

Barman
(Milan, Italy)
Posted: Aug 22, 2012 - 03:17
 
{#Dancingbanana}{#Drummer}{#Dancingbanana}

JaySea
Posted: Jul 21, 2012 - 17:21
 
Dave is still out touring with the English Beat.

If you have a chance go see him.

Great Live show in small venues by a legend.

KurtfromLaQuinta
(Deep in the heart of South California)
Posted: Jul 14, 2012 - 15:44
 
 Proclivities wrote:

No worse than any other musical decade - despite popular delusions.
 
Exactly.



Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jun 20, 2012 - 05:35
 
 beelzebubba wrote:
Meh — maybe the 80's weren't so bad after all.....

{#Music}
 
No worse than any other musical decade - despite popular delusions.

drife
(Golden, CO)
Posted: Jun 18, 2012 - 18:31
 
 frankrmineo wrote:
Grosse Point Blank...great scene
 
Fantastic scene, and this song provide the perfect backdrop music.

daedalus
(Over your hill)
Posted: Jun 02, 2012 - 23:25
 
This song is a classic!
Quirky lyrics, unforgettable hook, original beat, and great musicianship.

djaychicago
(In a far, far better place)
Posted: Jun 02, 2012 - 23:23
 
Had to raise my previous 7 to 8. The sax is magical! 1983 memories.

ziakut
(Albeit In The Meantime)
Posted: May 19, 2012 - 10:33
 
Brilliant energy from the 80s.

frankrmineo
Posted: May 19, 2012 - 10:27
 
Grosse Point Blank...great scene

Markcaudill
Posted: May 17, 2012 - 23:26
 
Brings back memories of the 80s. At least I THINK it was the 80s.

video360
(san mateo, ca)
Posted: Mar 09, 2012 - 19:58
 
Going to see The Beat once again at the Belly Up in Solana Beach on both Friday night, and Saturday-St. Patty's Day! Always an awesome show, and the Belly Up gets us San Diegans right up close to the stage.

shemp
(orange, california)
Posted: Feb 12, 2012 - 20:00
 
I. R. S. 

lidia88
(Santiago de Chile)
Posted: Jan 13, 2012 - 11:48
 
like it a lot! 
 

bev
(Reno, NV)
Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 08:05
 
{#Dancingbanana} ...chair dancing here in the office...{#Dance} ...super fun tune...!


Lrobby99
(Wisconsin, USA)
Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 08:03
 
Business, you say? Interesting. I haven't seen a pay toilet outside Europe in decades. 

 aaronm wrote:
Meet her in the bathroom?  No thanks; the bathroom is strictly a place of business for me.
 



aaronm
(Eugene, Oregon)
Posted: Dec 12, 2011 - 17:30
 
Meet her in the bathroom?  No thanks; the bathroom is strictly a place of business for me.

drewd
Posted: Dec 05, 2011 - 12:54
 
Litter in the bathroom !!!   Someone call housekeeping.

scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: Dec 05, 2011 - 12:53
 


beelzebubba
(Where the hell is Walldrug, South Dakota?)
Posted: Oct 10, 2011 - 11:02
 
Meh — maybe the 80's weren't so bad after all.....

{#Music}

ce
(the Netherlands)
Posted: Oct 03, 2011 - 08:15
 
 sbegf wrote:

Fight in the school hallway right?  Great movie!

 
Good point.
And thanks for the pen.


LifeIsMusic
Posted: Oct 03, 2011 - 08:15
 
 hencini wrote:
Always reminds me of Grosse Pointe Blank.  Great movie, great soundtrack and this song really nails the frantic mood of the scene in which it appears. 
 
Yep, always makes me think of Cusack! Great movie & you are so right about that scene!


kcar
Posted: Sep 09, 2011 - 00:43
 
 scraig wrote:

I heard that the guy playing the sax on this song went on to become the frontman for Fine Young Cannibals...anyone?
 
The singer for FYC was Roland Gift. Like the other poster said, two guys from The English Beat asked Gift to be the singer in FYC in '85. 

The saxophonist on this song is Saxa. I don't think he ever blew or sang for FYC. 

haresfur
(Bendigo Australia)
Posted: Sep 01, 2011 - 22:46
 
Hey any Torontonians remember the Domino Club (where I first heard this)?

It wasn't always a good time but it was always an interesting time.

ajlept
(Athens, GA)
Posted: Sep 01, 2011 - 22:46
 
 hencini wrote:
Always reminds me of Grosse Pointe Blank.  Great movie, great soundtrack and this song really nails the frantic mood of the scene in which it appears. 
 
Excellent film. Ditto this reference!



kcar
Posted: Aug 23, 2011 - 00:35
 
 Hannio wrote:
Never look in the mirror while dropping acid.  Just trust me on that one.
  

 passsion8 wrote:

Or this might happen to you:

Click Here


Oh, it can get worse. Much worse.

http://hoffcakes.ytmnd.com/ 

Kinder, nur nein sagen!  


AvoidingWork
(Home of Big Boy #4004)
Posted: Aug 08, 2011 - 16:02
 
 macadavy wrote:
Apropos of nothing:
Did anyone else listening celebrate 4:20 today?
I was @ the Vancouver Art Gallery with 15,000+ brothers & sisters turning the air blue (but not with curses!) in the downtown heart of Canada's third largest city.  Others around the world similarly lit up to protest pot prohibition.
I am a person who uses marijuana medically and I say:
END PROHIBITION - LEGALIZE IT!
Treat it like alcohol: legalize it (via licensing) tax the hell out of it with sin taxes if you must, but make provision for people like me to grow my own legally and make it exempt from excise tax if for my own consumption and for gifting friends; exactly the way I can now make my own beer & wine for personal consumption & for gifting friends (but not for sale, sorry). {#Wink}

Read more:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/04/20/bc-4-20-smoke-ins.html

  {#Sunny}  {#Good-vibes}

 
When a police officer can do a test to see how stoned you are, sort of like a blood alcohol test, and determine if you are too stoned to drive, (1 toke, 2 tokes?) legalizing marijuana will gain more traction.  But until then there is no way to allow it.

I sure don't want my bus driver drinking, or toking up while on duty.  Sure it happens now, but there are severe consequences.  How do you tell if the airline pilot that just crashed was stoned or had smoked three days ago while off duty?

Legalize it and tax it and get government revenue.  Legalize it and kill a large portion of the illegal drug trade. But the first time a stoned driver runs over a kid and is not sent to jail for being stoned and it was just a mistake because they were allowed to be stoned and drive it will be prohibited again.

And how about second hand smoke?  I had to really be careful when I was in the service and I visited Amsterdam.  Sure enough, when I got back from my vacation I was piss tested.  

If I sit in a bar now I can have my drink and nobody else's.  I get to breath the smoke from the cigarette smokers and they get to enjoy my cigar smoke (It's funny how cigar smoke will piss off cigarette smokers).  But when I leave, I know exactly how many drinks I had and make the choice of how I am getting home.  If marijuana is legalized, the designated driver will have to wear a gas mask while partying with friends.

And yes, I would like a toke or two every now and then to help wash away the day.



MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Jul 08, 2011 - 06:44
 
 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic in an alternate universe...


hencini
Posted: Jul 06, 2011 - 20:26
 
Always reminds me of Grosse Pointe Blank.  Great movie, great soundtrack and this song really nails the frantic mood of the scene in which it appears. 



sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: May 20, 2011 - 08:39
 
 Businessgypsy wrote:
I've often wondered the same about your screen name!   (Which I applaud)

 

Yes{#Lol}

passsion8
(over the hills and far away)
Posted: Apr 18, 2011 - 19:36
 
 Hannio wrote:
Never look in the mirror while dropping acid.  Just trust me on that one.
 
Or this might happen to you:

Click Here

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Apr 04, 2011 - 09:43
 
 scraig wrote:

I heard that the guy playing the sax on this song went on to become the frontman for Fine Young Cannibals...anyone?

 

The English Beat's rythym section became the same for the FYCs.

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Apr 04, 2011 - 09:41
 
 Hannio wrote:
Never look in the mirror while dropping acid.  Just trust me on that one.
 
Or you'll drift gently into mental illness.


Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Mar 28, 2011 - 08:21
 
Never look in the mirror while dropping acid.  Just trust me on that one.

sbegf
(Manchester, Maryland)
Posted: Mar 28, 2011 - 08:15
 
 maxgruv wrote:
Always think of Grosse Point Blank when I hear this song. Great movie, great soundtrack.
 
Fight in the school hallway right?  Great movie!


Dave_Mack
(Saratoga,CA)
Posted: Mar 28, 2011 - 08:15
 
Very college, this one.

maxgruv
(Vancouver, Canada)
Posted: Mar 03, 2011 - 22:31
 
Always think of Grosse Point Blank when I hear this song. Great movie, great soundtrack.

sbegf
(Manchester, Maryland)
Posted: Mar 02, 2011 - 12:15
 
Bill, if you keep playing songs, I really enjoy, I will never get any work done!  :)

kcar
Posted: Jan 31, 2011 - 14:52
 
My brother brought this home from college, just after it came out. I remember being amazed at how catchy, loud and fast much of the album was...

p2h2d2
(On the Lake)
Posted: Jan 24, 2011 - 15:05
 
Let the chair dancing commence...Saw them headline in Cola SC in 81-82, with REM as the opening act. Fun ska...like a lyrical Blow-Pop...

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Nov 28, 2010 - 04:42
 
sirdroseph wrote:

Love this song, always wondered whether it was a straight forward song about narcisism or a thinly veiled drug song or maybe both??{#Stupid}

I've often wondered the same about your screen name!   (Which I applaud)


ubuntourist
(Washington, DC)
Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 11:37
 
Wow. Haven't heard that in a while...  I always want it followed by "Future so bright, I gotta wear shades" (not sure if that's the title).  Maybe I'm just thinking of mirror shades.{#Stupid}