I saw this once on Top Of The Pops about forty years ago as a small child and thought they were singing "lobotomy". So I had been looking for a song called "lobotomy" since then! It's only because I was listening to Absolute 80's on the radio at 4am this morning I finally found out what's it called.
These guys were great live and extremely kind when I met them as a teen. Their tour manager gave me the shirt off his back, what a guy. The 80's were a great time to see bands and it was easy to meet them and every single one I met was very kind and friendly. Hope it's the same for kids today.
Reminds me of the Globetrotters S.C ,in the early 80s 😅😅😅😅 the style and a few of them had army green trousers with beer mats stitched on them,ahhhh memories!!!!!
I feel I can own up now and say I have this on 7" record. There doesn't seem to be much you can't find on youtube. What a great way to while a way your time! 80's nostalgia rules. Beat, the boxer beat, the boxer beat, do the boxer beat!!
This song reminds me of the olden Olympic Games when combat was first introduced like before our time boxing is the first ancient sport that began during the ancient tines when people would fight on the streets, It’s one of the oldest sports. As time went on other combat sports were introduced. Like kickboxing, wrestling, judo, karate and other sports.
i still love this song,..i remeber doing the stomping dace at all the parties and weddings!!! it takes me back to the worrieless eighties as a teen xxx
Loved these guys and I never knew the lead singer was American till a few minutes ago when I looked up the band on Wikipedia. I thought of them as being as thoroughly English as you can get.
Saw these guys supporting Madness in Glasgow Apollo the same week this single entered the charts. Watched them on John Craven’s Newsround just as I was leaving for the concert, no idea that I’d be seeing them a few hours later.
Me too.i saw them in sailsbury support for madness..and the video is the pie and mash shop in Chapel Street Market London been there with my dad a few times.my dad used to go there lots when he was growing up
I loved the 80's the best time of my life... Not like now when I listen to the music now it is painful it is so manufactured. When I was in radio I played alot of 80's music and some that never made it onto the radio back then. I am glad to havae experienced all that the 80's had to offer... I think part of me is still in that time....
@@7777LORENZO I hear you brother but hey, we had the best music, especially from the mid-70s through the 80s. What they have now I wouldn't insult the word music by calling it that!
I am not sure I ever heard the end of this song!!!! I think it got to number 3 in the UK charts. But the challenge in the teenage discos was to get the record to jump by stamping on the floor when the lyrics went do the boxer beat....stamp..stamp.. The record never got to the end... I just remember it sounding eehhheiri ...pop,,, ehr and then it the DJ would probable scramble around for a Thompson Twins or Howard Jones record. 80s were a magic time for being a teenager in the 80s,
@SuperSimonuk The Boxer boys used to run a second hand clothes stall to make ends meet while performing on the side and hail Dexys as a major influence on their music and image. My Grandad used to wear working boots, tank tops, braces and a flat cap. His street urchin look was inspired by the mines, Vivienne Westwood couldn't take much credit. Sometimes designers take a look out of the window just like everyone else and create something more flamboyant.
watched these guys in a rugby/football club in cronulla ,australia in 83 , i had just moved out there ! the best years of music ever !! i got wrecked and slept in back of my dads van , threw up ! how ace! still do now at 51 x
jo bloody boxers,i have had this tune in and out of my head since it was made, you know,i will be doing something and the jo boxers will pop up in my bloody brain.......thankyou jo boxers for a total barmy song...love it.....
I too proudly sported my white laces..... and stood proudly with the Bredren in Mcr in the 80s. Reno in Moss Side, once they knew they knew,,,,, and Thanks.
Got a detention in school for inciting half the class to re-enact the cafe scene during R.E. with a substitute teacher. No school uniform, us lads had our Harrington jackets and Doc Marten's boots. Perfect for stomping this beat!
@@dennisbella7983 There was Top Of The Pops once a week, various other shows showed music videos, like saturday morning shows. We didn't get MTV until 1987, prior to that there was 'Music Box' on ITV that was very similar showed music videos through the night. I wish I still had some of the VHS tapes I recorded of it
I first remember seeing this on Saturday morning superstore & remember going down to Woolworths in Southampton city centre & buying a copy of how times have changed still a cool song though even after all these years the 80s were amazing & I consider myself lucky to have been a teenager then
I'd never heard it until 10 minutes ago was flicking through the sky 80s music channels and it come on. Onto my playlist it goes now what a Great upbeat song. Enjoy!!
I parked that brand new Red G-wagen (Godfrey Davies hire car) outside the eel bar on Chapel Market and the 3 little kids holding the piano scarf are my brothers!! Bless
No mate it is the Cookes Pie and Mash shop that used to be in Dalston on Kingsland High Street, it closed down years ago. I remember when they filmed the video as they caused quite a lot of intrest from the shoppers in the sainsburys that was lust along from the pie and mash shop,two of which was me and me mum back then 25 years ago.
The Jo Boxers initially at least packed the most "Powerful of musical punches" but sadly the band's initial success proved to relatively short lived and subsequently the "towel was then thrown in""!!!
when i was about 7 this seemed like the coolest thing ever - i was convinced they would become one of the biggest groups ever - and then they were 1 hit wonders
Wow, I was 5 when this came out, I think it was on a compilation album of some sort or something and I can remember dancing maniacally to it in the living room all the time! Also good ole Shakin' Stevens lol.
@terrortorn There were a lot of designers at that started out that way, westwood if you look at what she did it was a template for a lot of other designers, and the market thing was popular, especially in the eighties in camden, people like wayne hemmingway started red or dead on a market stall
c6green. I had the single on square 7" picture disc and the sleeve matched the record. I sold mine at a record fare and got £750:00 for it. I've still got a copy of the black round 7" version though.
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I saw this once on Top Of The Pops about forty years ago as a small child and thought they were singing "lobotomy". So I had been looking for a song called "lobotomy" since then! It's only because I was listening to Absolute 80's on the radio at 4am this morning I finally found out what's it called.
That is worthy of being published in Viz magazine! Brilliant!
Classic
If you say so mate
best mondegreen ever!!! 😂
I thought they were singing butter bean 😬🤣
These guys were great live and extremely kind when I met them as a teen. Their tour manager gave me the shirt off his back, what a guy. The 80's were a great time to see bands and it was easy to meet them and every single one I met was very kind and friendly. Hope it's the same for kids today.
They're doing a tour soon. Original line up too
Allen's a terrorist? 😂
Really? Because some people say the band was unapproachable? What do you remember about meeting Joboxers?
Reminds me of the Globetrotters S.C ,in the early 80s 😅😅😅😅 the style and a few of them had army green trousers with beer mats stitched on them,ahhhh memories!!!!!
I've just seen this band for the second time - in 39 years ! Smart pop music with a punch, plus touches of jazz and rockabilly. A lot of fun.
Was bouncing round the kitchen to this today.......and I'm 40!!! Takes me right back, proud to be an 80s teen!!!!
Blooming heck you’ll be 52 now 😮
@@Rubyrue03 its funny i didnt see when she posted - first i thought she wasnt even born but now i see shes 53 like me
@@adZHARRISON lol yes 53 😂😉
I feel I can own up now and say I have this on 7" record.
There doesn't seem to be much you can't find on youtube. What a great way to while a way your time! 80's nostalgia rules.
Beat, the boxer beat, the boxer beat, do the boxer beat!!
Reminds me of youth clubs,snogging and generally having a ball.
Brilliant song!!! Where does the time go.
Good old days
Sleeping and going to work sadly..
X
Well said
This song reminds me of the olden Olympic Games when combat was first introduced like before our time boxing is the first ancient sport that began during the ancient tines when people would fight on the streets, It’s one of the oldest sports. As time went on other combat sports were introduced. Like kickboxing, wrestling, judo, karate and other sports.
What a great get-up and go song with strong Northern Soul hints. never a still foot when they played this in the 80's. Big thanks to CarloRolan
Good tune but always remind me of a poor mans Dexys.
I think this is why I always liked this, it reminded me of Northern Soul
Sean McLuskey was a big fan of Northern Soul.
i still love this song,..i remeber doing the stomping dace at all the parties and weddings!!!
it takes me back to the worrieless eighties as a teen xxx
I Kno I really wish I could go back in time I miss the eighties
great band the jo boxers i love this song richard
Loved these guys and I never knew the lead singer was American till a few minutes ago when I looked up the band on Wikipedia. I thought of them as being as thoroughly English as you can get.
Reminds me of school disco back in the day ,when we used to stamp our feet and the needle would jump ,Happy days
Saw these guys supporting Madness in Glasgow Apollo the same week this single entered the charts. Watched them on John Craven’s Newsround just as I was leaving for the concert, no idea that I’d be seeing them a few hours later.
Me too.i saw them in sailsbury support for madness..and the video is the pie and mash shop in Chapel Street Market London been there with my dad a few times.my dad used to go there lots when he was growing up
My first ever single i purchased and still love it
I loved the 80's the best time of my life... Not like now when I listen to the music now it is painful it is so manufactured. When I was in radio I played alot of 80's music and some that never made it onto the radio back then. I am glad to havae experienced all that the 80's had to offer... I think part of me is still in that time....
Bring back the 80,s music........absolutely belting !!!
One of my favourite bands. In my 60s now and I'm still listening to their music 40 years later. Damm but I hate old age.
Me too I’m 68 so feel the same . Hate old age it comes way to fast
@@7777LORENZO I hear you brother but hey, we had the best music, especially from the mid-70s through the 80s. What they have now I wouldn't insult the word music by calling it that!
I read some of them were from the band Subway Sect, is that right?
I am not sure I ever heard the end of this song!!!! I think it got to number 3 in the UK charts. But the challenge in the teenage discos was to get the record to jump by stamping on the floor when the lyrics went do the boxer beat....stamp..stamp.. The record never got to the end... I just remember it sounding eehhheiri ...pop,,, ehr and then it the DJ would probable scramble around for a Thompson Twins or Howard Jones record. 80s were a magic time for being a teenager in the 80s,
I say it often but this time I mean it: "Blimey. I haven't heard this in over 40 years."
YEEE....HARRR...back in the day when everything felt ace :)
I love the way you described those times long ago. Brilliant.
True
@SuperSimonuk The Boxer boys used to run a second hand clothes stall to make ends meet while performing on the side and hail Dexys as a major influence on their music and image. My Grandad used to wear working boots, tank tops, braces and a flat cap. His street urchin look was inspired by the mines, Vivienne Westwood couldn't take much credit. Sometimes designers take a look out of the window just like everyone else and create something more flamboyant.
watched these guys in a rugby/football club in cronulla ,australia in 83 , i had just moved out there ! the best years of music ever !! i got wrecked and slept in back of my dads van , threw up ! how ace! still do now at 51 x
saw these guys supporting Madness at Edinburgh playhouse in 1981.. awesome memories. i was 11
Saw them support Joe Jackson in 82 in Sunderland great turn .
Nottingham for me - great gig them and Madness. Happy days.
Loved the JoBoxers at the time. They were brilliant live and amazingly kind. they
They're on tour soon. Original line up too
@terrortorn they were completely styled, probably wearing westwood, it was the eighties...the "designer" decade.
Takes me back to my student years! Wheres time go! Still gets me wanting to dance even now lol
jo bloody boxers,i have had this tune in and out of my head since it was made, you know,i will be doing something and the jo boxers will pop up in my bloody brain.......thankyou jo boxers for a total barmy song...love it.....
Blimey, what a flash back. Ive got this amongst my 7'' singles. Dead catchy. Thanks for posting.
Brilliant!! I was still in primary school when this came out & I still love it!!
I remember buying this in Woolworth in Merthyr Tydfil. I'm showing my age now!!!
God, I enjoyed that part of my life. Proper music.👍
The 80s best for music and nights out 😊
My son has just enrolled at our local boxing club and this song came to mind! 💥🥊🥊
I too proudly sported my white laces..... and stood proudly with the Bredren in Mcr in the 80s. Reno in Moss Side, once they knew they knew,,,,, and Thanks.
Got a detention in school for inciting half the class to re-enact the cafe scene during R.E. with a substitute teacher. No school uniform, us lads had our Harrington jackets and Doc Marten's boots. Perfect for stomping this beat!
One of the coolest reasons for getting a detention ever!
Thanks for making me laugh!
Completely worth it,I'd say.....
Really? Was this a huge hit at the time - also where did they play this video? Did the UK have MTV or what was the music channel they had?
@@dennisbella7983 There was Top Of The Pops once a week, various other shows showed music videos, like saturday morning shows. We didn't get MTV until 1987, prior to that there was 'Music Box' on ITV that was very similar showed music videos through the night. I wish I still had some of the VHS tapes I recorded of it
@@blue_ranger Oh! Did you also dress up like the band when you got detention that day?
Superb song that I remember well from 83. Where are the fun songs like these?
Saw these live at blazers windsor....brilliant
Love this it's such a simple song but very catchy.. oh to be back in the 80's . Wot fun we had..
Reminds me of Bananas music pub, Magaluf 1983..............where the hell did the years go?
WOW!!! LOVE IT!!! FOUND THIS TIMELESS CLASSIC!!! I REMEMBER DANCING TO THIS AT A BIRTHDAY PARTY BACK THEN💖😍😘😋⭐
Me too.
Brilliant song from the 1980's.
I first remember seeing this on Saturday morning superstore & remember going down to Woolworths in Southampton city centre & buying a copy of how times have changed still a cool song though even after all these years the 80s were amazing & I consider myself lucky to have been a teenager then
JoBoxers are so cool and I like the drum solo in this song.
Take me back to 1983, and let's all stay there.
first live band I ever saw at Rock City Nottingham. with my mates. good night.
great band only saw these live once at a Free GLC gig in Brockwel Park,London.with Orange Juice / Strawberry Switchblade + more I can't remember
Classic 80s at its best still sounds fresh to this day.
i first saw this band back in i think 1983 supporting madness, totally awesome gig
I remember boxer beat I was 9 years and my brother played it to me on record I miss being young, and good look joe.
Got this full blast tonight love it
I'd never heard it until 10 minutes ago was flicking through the sky 80s music channels and it come on. Onto my playlist it goes now what a Great upbeat song. Enjoy!!
@@Deano1985100 grew up with it as a teenager always played it at school discos lads would go nuts on dancefloor haha
@@debbieclough4322 haha brilliant I love the 80s I was born too late.
10 high black doc's with white laces, i used to wear them in 83... great times!
The best British band that represented pure energy.
Pissed up miles from home, dressed in army greens and sleeping in fields unwelcome by local community. Loved the times
loved this in the 80's,in the 90's I got an 80's compilation CD with this on-still love it
classic song back then why groups of today will never live up to them
play this regulaly on my radio show.
I eas in love with their other single "just got lucky"... 40 years later I discover this one... Such a shame
I’m going to see them tomorrow night. Gonna do the “Boxer Beat” 😜
I parked that brand new Red G-wagen (Godfrey Davies hire car) outside the eel bar on Chapel Market and the 3 little kids holding the piano scarf are my brothers!! Bless
Wow! Were you in the video? What do you or your brothers remember about meeting the band?
Can remember this song early 80s loved it... All the best were in the 80s... Great stuff x
@LadyMacalla you're soo right! nothing compares to the 80's
upset my neighbours singing and dancing this bare in mind steel toe cap boots wood floor didn't help
A good old stomping song bouncing up and down in my doc martin boots😃
Absolutely epic song!
....... miss you mum.
remember these when they were buzz and the flyers on nervous records. still got the album by buzz n the flyers
I went straight out and bought a pair of lace up boxer boots the very next day. Oh the joy of naïveté
Great days the 80,s as were the 70,s. bring them all back. boxers were cool.
No mate it is the Cookes Pie and Mash shop that used to be in Dalston on Kingsland High Street, it closed down years ago. I remember when they filmed the video as they caused quite a lot of intrest from the shoppers in the sainsburys that was lust along from the pie and mash shop,two of which was me and me mum back then 25 years ago.
Lol I love this song. Only heard it 3 months ago but thought it was one of the most unique songs I've ever heard.
These were very under-rated and had a couple of really catchy singles. They ought to get much more air-play.
Don't come too hard?
Eric George I agree! Great energy!
Shame we haven't got stuff like this these days.
Eric George They play constantly on the music service where I work.
Why do you care? Jealous of people who actually have a penis?
1983 listen to Madness Badmanners The specials The Beat all skinhead ska music JoBoxers was a breath of fresh air for us Skinheads’ class
I’m so excited, we’re going to see them soon in June 😜 🥊
ah the memories!
The Jo Boxers initially at least packed the most "Powerful of musical punches" but sadly the band's initial success proved to relatively short lived and subsequently the "towel was then thrown in""!!!
Brilliant little tune
Always reminds me of school,love that song.
Fck happy song let enjoy
1983 best days of my life. I need a time Machine 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪😎
when i was about 7 this seemed like the coolest thing ever - i was convinced they would become one of the biggest groups ever - and then they were 1 hit wonders
Wow, I was 5 when this came out, I think it was on a compilation album of some sort or something and I can remember dancing maniacally to it in the living room all the time! Also good ole Shakin' Stevens lol.
What a brilliant song from the 70s
that brings back some happy memories, still have the 12" somewhere.
thanks for uploading
A guilty pleasure for me.
Proper music!!!
great memories from my late teens, still love it now
grandi-grandi- grandi- finito le mode beat , entrano in scena i joe boxer london 1982...........................
They and Dexy `s Midnight Runners were really cool
How cool, I remember stamping my feet to this song at the local disco
Great song. Reminds me of my college days back in 83/84 (which weren't so great, unfortunately)
i remember going to see madness in the early eighties and jo boxers were the support group. thought they were great too.
@terrortorn There were a lot of designers at that started out that way, westwood if you look at what she did it was a template for a lot of other designers, and the market thing was popular, especially in the eighties in camden, people like wayne hemmingway started red or dead on a market stall
Can remember bopping to this... Must of been 15 maybe classic eighties can't beat it
Filmed in Manze's Pie & Mash shop in Chapel Market.
c6green. I had the single on square 7" picture disc and the sleeve matched the record. I sold mine at a record fare and got £750:00 for it. I've still got a copy of the black round 7" version though.
got this on a 7inch square picture disk cool!
always loved this song .
Loved joboxers
One of the first songs I ever heard when I got into music.
The 80's had the best music ever (apart from the 70's).
@KinnieMagic You just summed up my childhood throught he 80's