I'm also 55yo, Lives in japan. I clearly remembered that They are very strongly influenced to japanese culture, especially for girls pop and culture scene. After they sang Since Yesterday, Japanese tv show gonna pick up lots of girls band and groups. Strawberry Switchblade is an epoc artist. Sadly, not so much people remembered them though, But Strawberry Switchblade's spirit , Wear any dress deserves, Sing any type songs , So many things Strawberry Switchblade Had done . Thanks and God bless UK.
One of the most tragically short-lived bands ever. :( I saw Rose MacDowall live in London about twelve years ago, and she was amazing. As for this video, yeeeow....that dress and those boots! I think I need to lie down for a bit now.
Anna Elizabeth Wade Well.....that is the appeal...the stretchiness and the skin tight look/sensation. I am sure you would still be a vision. I blame bands like these, who I witnessed whence barely 11 for the resultant kink! 😈🤣
Another act from that era that deserved to do better was Scarlet Party with 101 Damnations. Have both songs in my 80s record collection and I'm 53 now.
I JUST [[ LOVE ]] THIS SONG EVERY LAST BIT OF IT , YOU CAN'T BEAT IT AT ALL , EVEN TO THIS DAY HAVING BOUGHT IT BACK IN 1985 I CAN'T STOP PLAYING IT , [[ JUST GREAT ]] . ROB.
This song has always been so amazing, in 1985 i would have been so diehard into Arcadia's So Red the Rose album that I didn't appreciate all the other incredible talent in British music, sadly those days are all long gone now.
They were my 15 year old crush. I thought they were completely exotic and untouchable and the song cemented their allure in my hormone raging mind. I wore this single out. Scotland produced a lot of amazing music in the 1980's.
@@1414yorks true, the Bluebells., Big Country rip Stuart,, the Mighty Wah, the Associates rip Billy, Altered Images and Clare Grogan. Happy days they were
I was 14 on this day and I have been inspired by so many people since...including DJ Steve Wright as well as the talent of many of the artists of the 80s. As a listener and music creator 30 years later, I feel there is no (or little) input on this track when guitarist comes in and starts to play. ** I love this track, esp at the end with the reverb/delay part...
What a song always makes me smile and feel good when I'm down , timeless those girls were fashionly sexy ,forever young voice 80s were awesome times I miss them 🌟🍻👌🌹💗😘👍🇬🇧🌈👏😍 xxx
Jake, Jill is playing a red Hofner 175 guitar which she used on their last tour, though her favourite guitar around this period was a Guild semi-acoustic
24th Jan 1985.I was only 19 years old Got sacked after only 1 month as a labourer,back on the dole.Thank god i never saw this on totps,i was suicidal at that time
I wouldn't say this was underrated. everyone i know says they love it. #5 was a good position to reach in a time when nearly every release was as fantastic as this.
They played at Plymouth Academy back in the 80s i met Rosie after at the bar bought her a drink,let's say we were getting on ,till someone had a word then she left I was gutted loved her Glasgwigen accent though
Melissa the horns at the beginning aren't sampled from the 1974 hit 'Beach Baby' by the UK band the First Class, but do, as is the same in the case of 'Beach Baby', incorporate a phrase from the last movement of Sibelius' Fifth Symphony....
The horns at the beginning are sampled from Beach Baby, which is a 60s song, so perhaps that is why it sounds 60s to you, Andrew Dexter. Also, Rose's voice has a little 60s pop sound to it, at times. I love them so much. Ever since they became known in the US in '85.
Mixed memories of this song stuck in bed for three weeks with a hideous infection. Then dragged off to hospital and I missed the girls big show on Top of the plops. Darn it !
I was 11 when this came out. I was clearly very impressionable as I developed an immediate and long lasting love of pretty girls with huge hair and killer makeup 🤘🏻😍🤘🏻
Is it me or does this song sound like something from the 1960's? i'm not saying its a cover but ever since i first heard it in 1985 i always thought there was a 60's feel to it!
There was a Sixties psychedelic revival in the early to mid ‘80’s. As always, there’s a 20 year turn over in fashion. I loved this stuff at the time I was 15.
I agree! I went to Glasgow last year and had an amazing time exploring the city. So much great musical heritage too. Strawberry Switchblade were such a great band!
there's something really sad about Jill miming the guitar when there's no actual guitar on the track. I loved the early Strawberry Switchblade stuff with its dreamy guitars, I wish they hadn't gone all electro-pop, kinda ruined it for me, but I'll always love them
why is Rose(??) playing guitar on this lipsynch. There is no guitar, or bass or drums for that matter, in the mix. Still good poprock from these synthpoppers.
@@offbeat65 Cos it's impossible to look cool stood behind a keyboard, it looks like you're doing the ironing. The only keyboard player in the history of music to look cool is Ron Mael of Sparks. Jill gyrating about with a guitar gives it a more punky aesthetic somehow.
this is my kind of music too and now Stephen Clarke from Loughborough got garry whiting from Leicester has real proper gay partner forever together and we both like very same music together and proper stuff together too true
Im 61 and still enjoy listening to this
Somewhere i still have the 12 inch single
I'm 55 now and I still luv strawberry switchblade as much as when they first played on totp. So upbeat and sweet,I still sing a long to their songs :)
I'm also 55yo,
Lives in japan.
I clearly remembered that
They are very strongly influenced to japanese culture, especially for girls pop and culture scene.
After they sang Since Yesterday,
Japanese tv show gonna pick up lots of girls band and groups.
Strawberry Switchblade
is an epoc artist.
Sadly, not so much people remembered them though,
But Strawberry Switchblade's spirit ,
Wear any dress deserves,
Sing any type songs ,
So many things
Strawberry Switchblade
Had done .
Thanks and God bless UK.
One of my all time top 10 Sarahkins x
Me2😂
I still have this on a 12 inch single
The synth hooks, harmonies, and sensual mystique was a winning formula for these girls. I just wish there was more material.
has a great lightness and fun element, missing from pop music and world today
I adored Rosie back then. She was one gorgeous babe!
Agreed👍
３０年以上探してたこの曲､やっと探せた。
嬉しい。
Another hugely underrated track that should have been a number one.
At 15 I was so in love with rose . Couldn't wait for top of the pops .
And Blondie - Rapture. Heaven..
Agreed 👍
A stand out song so sweet and catchy should have been number one a classic !
Sweet memories of being a young teenager in the 80s listening to Strawberry Switchblade. This remains one of my all-time favorite songs!
80'S and it still sounds good.
Almost 40 years ago now still sounds good
One of the most tragically short-lived bands ever. :( I saw Rose MacDowall live in London about twelve years ago, and she was amazing.
As for this video, yeeeow....that dress and those boots! I think I need to lie down for a bit now.
My 80s style icons! Back then I would have been in the black pvc but these days I'm probably more polka dot. Either way just wonderful... ❤❤❤💋💋💋
me too!
I’m sure you could still rock the PVC/rubber!
Sonia Williams
And I am sure you could still rock those materials, too!
@@zacetto Haha! It would have to be pretty stretchy these days... 😊
Anna Elizabeth Wade
Well.....that is the appeal...the stretchiness and the skin tight look/sensation. I am sure you would still be a vision. I blame bands like these, who I witnessed whence barely 11 for the resultant kink!
😈🤣
One of the classic pop songs of the 80s. I loved it and Rose too.
Great times. Take this 55 old bloke back there and away from 2020
50s isn't old
I feel like this was years ahead of its time and I bought a polka dot dress because of the video.
some great guitar skills
lolz
An inspiration to so many future guitarists.
@@christopherb9888 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Stellar.
It takes a huge amount of skill to get a guitar to sound like a synthesizer like that!
wha! yep 30yrs on it seems my crush on Rose is still raging :D
Maximillian Fischer it's not the only thing that's raging 😘😛😘😛😘
Maximillian Fischer
Max it’s now Nov 2019 an she’s still gorgeous. Christ it’s like she never ages a day no matter when you watch this video
fabulous song, fabulous ladies!
Not heard this for years its still good
Rose....so gorgeous...
I love the way these girls dress especially the one with the longer dress on - so cute!
A forgotten classic, it didn't do as well as it should have.
It went top 5 in the UK and brought them success in Japan , just a shame none of the follow ups did as well
Takes me straight back to my youth!!!!
Another act from that era that deserved to do better was Scarlet Party with 101 Damnations. Have both songs in my 80s record collection and I'm 53 now.
Lovely Scottish lasses.... from Scotland.
I JUST [[ LOVE ]] THIS SONG EVERY LAST BIT OF IT , YOU CAN'T BEAT IT AT ALL , EVEN TO THIS DAY HAVING BOUGHT IT BACK IN 1985 I CAN'T STOP PLAYING IT , [[ JUST GREAT ]] . ROB.
Great song. I fancied like mad . She was gorgeous!
This is a beautiful classic from childhood.
Rose & Jill marvellous and that shiny outfit !!!
It's a Hofner Galaxie.
Brilliant to see people playing music and loving it.
This song has always been so amazing, in 1985 i would have been so diehard into Arcadia's So Red the Rose album that I didn't appreciate all the other incredible talent in British music, sadly those days are all long gone now.
Ah Jaaaasus
I love this song. Brilliant pop from this duo. I and use to fancy Rosie so much!
LOVE ROSE FOREVER-and listen to C.93 version live with Rose. I LOVE THIS SONG !!!!
I was 12 on that day! Loved this song since 1984 and has been remained at the top tier of my most favourite songs of all time! Thanks for the upload!
They were my 15 year old crush. I thought they were completely exotic and untouchable and the song cemented their allure in my hormone raging mind. I wore this single out. Scotland produced a lot of amazing music in the 1980's.
Just as long as the single was the only thing you wore out!!
@@1414yorks true, the Bluebells., Big Country rip Stuart,, the Mighty Wah, the Associates rip Billy, Altered Images and Clare Grogan. Happy days they were
Fantastic song, deserved to be number one.
My absolute favourite 80s song!
22 at the time rose just had me mesmerised
Rose was a beauty out of this world
always pure bliss to watch them
I fancied these two along with Clare Grogan of AI back in the day.
yeh, i will throw in Voice of the Beehivers too for good measure!!
nothing wrong with that pal
@Robbie So you only fancied Scottish girls!!
@@1414yorksYep.
I had such a crush on jill when i was a teenager still do now lol
The song a work of art 🎨
I WAS THIS THEME SINCE SEVERAL YEAR AGO. I DIDN T KNOW HOW IT WAS CALLED, NOW I M VERY HAPPY , KISS HUGS
Still love them since yesterday ❤
Brilliant upload. Thank you so much.
Wow, videoed and uploaded in stereo. Well done!
Shredding that guitar!
I was 14 on this day and I have been inspired by so many people since...including DJ Steve Wright as well as the talent of many of the artists of the 80s. As a listener and music creator 30 years later, I feel there is no (or little) input on this track when guitarist comes in and starts to play. ** I love this track, esp at the end with the reverb/delay part...
80's classic. The Macc Lads even nicked the intro for 'Feed Your Face'
It's a sample of Sibelius.
What a song always makes me smile and feel good when I'm down , timeless those girls were fashionly sexy ,forever young voice 80s were awesome times I miss them 🌟🍻👌🌹💗😘👍🇬🇧🌈👏😍 xxx
Rose MacDowall looking gorgeous in a figure-hugging PVC top & microskirt and FMBs. What's not to like?
Lovely song bless👍💕🌹💅
Steve Wright fashion icon. Those were the days!
Jake, Jill is playing a red Hofner 175 guitar which she used on their last tour, though her favourite guitar around this period was a Guild semi-acoustic
BestCanKeanRob2 Of course she is not playing it live on TOTP, but that was one of Jill's own guitars around that time.
BestCanKeanRob2 Actually she could and still does. Check out her latest material here theshapists.bandcamp.com/
is it a synth-guitar ? I love SS but what the hell is going on here ?
24th Jan 1985.I was only 19 years old Got sacked after only 1 month as a labourer,back on the dole.Thank god i never saw this on totps,i was suicidal at that time
I hope you're doing better now.
I wouldn't say this was underrated. everyone i know says they love it. #5 was a good position to reach in a time when nearly every release was as fantastic as this.
Yep, bone fide hit record - reaching number 5 in 1985 meant shifting a seriously large number of singles.
They played at Plymouth Academy back in the 80s i met Rosie after at the bar bought her a drink,let's say we were getting on ,till someone had a word then she left I was gutted loved her Glasgwigen accent though
Still class in October 2019
I'm nearly 50 yrs old ... I love this Tune .. I would of been 12 in 1985
they're so adorable
Melissa the horns at the beginning aren't sampled from the 1974 hit 'Beach Baby' by the UK band the First Class, but do, as is the same in the case of 'Beach Baby', incorporate a phrase from the last movement of Sibelius' Fifth Symphony....
First Class, not First Time :-) .
one brilliant song where are they today
alex wood On Facebook 😊
Jill quit the music industry, but Rose did quite a lot of work with various bands, and some solo stuff. Not sure if she still is.
Annette Firman from Grange Hill. I miss the 80's. Top Song.
Bless em, they made many a record executive happy getting the record deal!
A corking little ditty from the eighties
I wish i could go back to the 80s
10 James Orr Street is a great song by them.
The horns at the beginning are sampled from Beach Baby, which is a 60s song, so perhaps that is why it sounds 60s to you, Andrew Dexter. Also, Rose's voice has a little 60s pop sound to it, at times. I love them so much. Ever since they became known in the US in '85.
Mixed memories of this song stuck in bed for three weeks with a hideous infection. Then dragged off to hospital and I missed the girls big show on Top of the plops. Darn it !
I was 11 when this came out. I was clearly very impressionable as I developed an immediate and long lasting love of pretty girls with huge hair and killer makeup 🤘🏻😍🤘🏻
Legends🖤🤌🏼💅🏼✨ they are timeless
Jill looked like she hadn’t a clue what was going on! Lol
Subbed. Kx
What a world
Is it me or does this song sound like something from the 1960's? i'm not saying its a cover but ever since i first heard it in 1985 i always thought there was a 60's feel to it!
Maybe it's because the tune in part uses horns used in the 1974 hit Beach Baby which sounds like a 60s Beachboys hit.
There was a Sixties psychedelic revival in the early to mid ‘80’s. As always, there’s a 20 year turn over in fashion. I loved this stuff at the time I was 15.
Jill definitely snorting the laughing gas! Love em
I knew jill well
Wish to be 19 again.
this is England brought me back to a class tune⌐╦╦═─
Don't think this get the credit it deserves
Cute girls, great song and still wondering about the guitar.... :-)
As an American stationed in England during this time, I remember this and remember getting laid with this music in the background
What happened to you girls? So sweet.
Jill
How many American girls could've been into Strawberry Switchblade in 1985? Not many, I'm sure!
Fuckin goosebumps
Polka dots 😘😘😘😘
I'm sure this was a few years before 1985 surely?
Scotland no glasgow has so much much to be proud of great toon hot chics i was 13 n its still like yesterday still in love wae rose
I agree! I went to Glasgow last year and had an amazing time exploring the city. So much great musical heritage too. Strawberry Switchblade were such a great band!
there's something really sad about Jill miming the guitar when there's no actual guitar on the track. I loved the early Strawberry Switchblade stuff with its dreamy guitars, I wish they hadn't gone all electro-pop, kinda ruined it for me, but I'll always love them
Did they ever do a live show without lipsync ?
i was 14 when this was in chart they shouldnt have been a one hit wonder there follow up to this let her go should have been top 10 hit too
why is Rose(??) playing guitar on this lipsynch. There is no guitar, or bass or drums for that matter, in the mix. Still good poprock from these synthpoppers.
Sharply observed. Somebody should have told her.
@@offbeat65 Cos it's impossible to look cool stood behind a keyboard, it looks like you're doing the ironing. The only keyboard player in the history of music to look cool is Ron Mael of Sparks. Jill gyrating about with a guitar gives it a more punky aesthetic somehow.
..the horn section at the starting think is a copy of the song beach baby from 1974
ゴスロリの走り!!
this is my kind of music too and now Stephen Clarke from Loughborough got garry whiting from Leicester has real proper gay partner forever together and we both like very same music together and proper stuff together too true
wow! check out steve wright?
minted
The girls had a fabulous image, todays girl singers have to rely on skimpy outfits which hardly cover anything!
+Moira Sinclair ....and autotune
her skirt don't cover that much
@@shaungilmartin1505 Lol.
you could’ve complemented them without being misogynistic... rose’s outfits were pretty skimpy. but this was 5 years ago so i’ll give you a pass.
Now you know were Amy Winehouse nicked her back to black look from.
God I laughed