bout time somebody put this on youtube.. iuse to have this on 45 untill my mum threw it up in the air for being a nauty boy i never heard it since due to a piece missing...god that was nearly 30 years ago.. anyway thanks
They had to change the Granada Ghia line to 'old minicab' when he appeared on TOTP as the BBC classed it as advertising which they were pretty strict on back then (Top Cat/Boss Cat).
Thanks - liked all the stuf I've nheard from BA. Somehow this one passed me by. Might try and buy the cd. I love the 1982 Scottish World Cup Song and the swap shop song too. I bought Kool in the kaftan, and to be or not to be, but back then I couldn't affor dalbums so never heard much more. Ha dthe Maggie bell version of Hold Me on Ssome K-Tel compliation.
@roaringopenfire oops! I think I gave you a thumbs down by mistake, I'm so sorry! I meant to click on thumbs up. I used to do exactly the same thing. And hated the way the Top 40 presenter would ALWAYS talk over the first few or last few bars, just so I couldn't get a clean recording! LOL!
any of the famous footballers at the time like kevin keegan or trevor francis or trevor brooking etc - certainly the chorus anyway - the verses are about general celebrity culture.
hadn't heard this for 25 years until today :-) ....... wore out the needle on the record player as a kid with it
Awesome stuff 👍
Took me right back to the Eighties, and that's a lovely place to be.
Fantastic song-writing, melody and lyric.
1979
Ain't heard this IN YEARS!!!
Thanks.
Always thought this song was about Trevor Francis. RIP xxx
Wow this is a right blast from the past
Great lyrics. Vermillion. That's orangey red to you sunshine.
Fab! My favourite BA track. What a talented songwriter.
I’m was only a kid when this was out!
Unusual rhythm.
bout time somebody put this on youtube.. iuse to have this on 45 untill my mum threw it up in the air for being a nauty boy i never heard it since due to a piece missing...god that was nearly 30 years ago.. anyway thanks
Takes me back somewhat! and i'm 42!Thanks for posting!!!
Thanx for posting. I love this track. Tell em they can stuff it Im not about to rough it in some Granada Ghia!!! Love that line.
They had to change the Granada Ghia line to 'old minicab' when he appeared on TOTP as the BBC classed it as advertising which they were pretty strict on back then (Top Cat/Boss Cat).
classic track
I'd completely forgotten about doing that, thanks for bring back a lost memory.
:)
Thanks - liked all the stuf I've nheard from BA. Somehow this one passed me by. Might try and buy the cd. I love the 1982 Scottish World Cup Song and the swap shop song too. I bought Kool in the kaftan, and to be or not to be, but back then I couldn't affor dalbums so never heard much more. Ha dthe Maggie bell version of Hold Me on Ssome K-Tel compliation.
omg... just found this. Wasn't sure if I'd imagined it .. lol
1981 my friend, it is a spoof song about playing the field
1979
2:06
needs a disco re edit
Yes, its the 80's part of RUclips.......the best bits obviously.
Thirty years old this year (2009) - the song, not me (I was 12 at the time!).
How old is it now?
I´ve found a K-Tel record called "Various - Video Stars.
I can not post the link to this site here but if you like to have the link send
me a mail.
Where is Mr B A now?
Oh...ok...thanks...sometimes we overlook the simplist notions
What a wasted youth I had!
Does anyone know what he's doing now? I'd love to know. (love to work with him, too)
@wisenatts me wonder too
It's like a charity song or a parody, but it isn't either of those things, which is probably the point.
bloody hell, remember this! takes ya back, but was even crap at the time lol
@martley1 sound just like 2010
@roaringopenfire oops! I think I gave you a thumbs down by mistake, I'm so sorry! I meant to click on thumbs up. I used to do exactly the same thing. And hated the way the Top 40 presenter would ALWAYS talk over the first few or last few bars, just so I couldn't get a clean recording! LOL!
Ian Dury & the Blockheads should have sued!
What on earth was this about? Great song though
any of the famous footballers at the time like kevin keegan or trevor francis or trevor brooking etc - certainly the chorus anyway - the verses are about general celebrity culture.
lol he knocked it off alreet lol
Much prefer this song than the awful Bang Bang. It has a nice beat to it. I wonder what happem to this artist? He must be in his mid sixties now!
This is my favourite shite song.
This is poo in soundwave format