To those that didn't live through the 80's...a song of this stature came out every week for the entire decade....THATS HOW MUCH MUSIC WE CREATED...... that's why it's still being listened to nearly a half-century later.
I'm 58 and every once in a while I'll tell a young person of in their 20's that I envy you age but not your music. I was living in Orange County and 30 minutes from KROQ in Pasadena before they got eaten up by "the corporations." What great music. Only the mid 60s surpasses the diversity and creativeness of the early & mid 80s.
The late-1970s is when it started here in the Los Angeles area. Small venues with punk, ska, reggae, metal, hard rock & roll; diversity was the key. You could call it a "rebellion" against the prog rock & vocalists that had taken over the radio airwaves.
The 80's where a tough time but we decided to have fun despite it all. Much of it looks absurd, but to us, that was our defense. I think we need a little more of that spirit today.
The 80s and Gen X fricken rocked! I feel sorry for today's Zoomers. They seem totally addicted to their phones and incapable of focusing long enough to create anything even remotely interesting.
This video shows up in my YT feed every year and I hold my breath, force back some tears, and watch it. I'm in my early 60s and have seen music cycle during different periods. I was a little kid when the Beatles changed everything, endured some horrible music in the early 70s, then things got interesting again when "punk" started to appear mainstream. There is a great drought in popular music that has lasted (with many exceptions) over the last 30 years. You have to go off the beaten path to hear innovative music today, it's out there though. God bless all who were lucky to be of a certain age in the late 70's and 1980's - we didn't know how good we had it.
Got to play a show with Dave wakeling in the early 2000s at a Bakersfield reggae fest. True honor for a next generation mod kid that worshipped this hand
someone once said 'music is the closest thing we'll ever have to a time machine' Special Beat Service was a moment in time that we were all lucky to have been a part of , an absolute gift to history
This song will always put a smile on my face. Pure positive energy. I'm 32 btw, born in 1991. Yes, there are younger generations that still appreciate high quality auditory art.
I just watched a video which mentioned statistics that something like only 5% of music being streamed is "new" (less than 1.5 years?) and that this share has been declining.
I'm 33: first time listener. I started digging into the 60s, 70s and 80s to better understand what influenced our childhoods in the '90s + aughts. Gotta say, they had some true fun times, hahaha
Same! I’m 33 born 90, I listen to all this music because of my mom. These are the songs of her high school years and we love listening to these songs together ❤️🥹
I love reading such posts from “the younger generation.” I came of age when the English Beat, Madness, and the Specials were just starting. Was blessed to have seen the English Beat and the Clash together, as well as Madness back in Halloween night, 1980. Cheers to great music that unites people of good taste and all Ages.
My precious brother and I loved particular songs together and danced to them when they were hits when we were teenagers. I weep and I love. Oh, god. Loss is so painful. This song is my beloved brother, my heart, my dearest defender. I will take kind advice.
So sorry, i completely understand the pain, it’s the worst pain we experience. The price we pay for love . I find listening to music and commenting gives comfort. Your brother is always with you, you’ll be reunited when it’s your time. Sending love and comfort
I stumbled upon Eddie Vedder's cover, and I wondered if he really had felt it necessary to cover a song that was done better than he could ever dream of achieving. Sadly, he did. There is no bad reason for listening to the English Beat, but this came close.
Two dozen other dirty lovers Must be a sucker for it Cry, cry but I don't need my mother Just hold my hand while I come to a decision on it Sooner or later Your legs give way, you hit the ground Save it for later Don't run away and let me down Sooner or later You'll hit the deck, you'll get found out Save it for later Don't run away and let me down, you let me down Black air and seven seas all rotten through But what can you do? I don't know how I'm meant to act with all of you lot Sometimes I don't try I just now now now now now now now now now now now Now now now now now now now now now now now Sooner or later Your legs give way, you hit the ground Save it for later Don't run away and let me down Sooner or later You'll hit the deck, you'll get found out Save it for later Don't run away and let me down, you let me down You runaway, runaway and let me down Two dozen other stupid reasons Why we should suffer for this Don't bother trying to explain them Just hold my hand while I come to a decision on it Sooner or later Your legs give way, you hit the ground Save it for later Don't run away and let me down Sooner or later You'll hit the deck you'll get found out Save it for later Don't runaway and let me down, you let me down You run away, run away, run away, run away, run away, run away And let me down
There's easily 50 other criminally underated bands from the 80's. There was just so much good music (in every genre) that it was easy for some bands to get passed up.
I saw Dave on my birthday in this little bar next to John Wayne airport. It was a really great intimate show. 2/3 of the way through he stops the show and says some of my fans haven't been here the whole time, so I'm gonna play some of my hits over so they can hear them too. You have to respect a musician that understands his fans and doesn't have a disdain for them when they want to hear the same songs over and over.
These guys were hands down the best band to come out of that late 70's early 80's Ska revival because they were able to transcend the form. Their first three albums deserve to be in heavy rotation somewhere in the world, like your home system. Don't waste a moment.
@@peterhogenson5807Elliot Easton of The Cars is probably the most underrated southpaw guitarist out there. Interestingly enough, Pete Townshend and David Gilmour were so intrigued about the opening of Save It For Later that Pete called David Wakeling and asked him how he did it.
One of the best songs they did, as well as ine of the best songs of 1982. Dave Wakeling has talked in interviews about the time Pete Townshend called him out of the blue saying he and David Gilmour were trying to work out the riff but couldn't. Dave told Pete he used a different tuning, similar to what the Velvet Underground used on many of their songs, that allowed him to come up with the droning effect. Years later he was still impressed that two guitar giants liked his song well enough to ask him how it went.
We followed the Beat across the Midwest in the mid 80s. Pressed against the stage I literally untied one of Ranking Rogers shoes midsong for no real reason. Dave noticed it and burst out laughing mid song.
I'm thankful I was young and in England during this period. The best times of my life. If it were today, these people would be looking at computer screens instead of books.
@@vasilypugh696It was used to illustrate a point. Using one video as emblematic of the 80s is dumb. MTV had just launched at SFL was a single less than a year later. And, like most mediums, you don’t know its potential so you do what you’ve always done, lots of bands playing/performing: Buggles Video or Duran Planet Earth or just straight live. Beat it was released the same year. As was Rio. Inexpensive? By 85 you have AHA’s Take on Me and Money for Nothing and Godley and Creme’s Cry. Not inexpensive.
@@paladro Here's something to cry about: longitudinal studies show that malignant narcissism has increased concurrent with the rise of social media. You'll never know it.
Winter of 1982 in the Stock Pavilion at UW-Madison. 10 below outside and 110 inside. The cloud that rose from the sawdust on the floor was eerie. One of the best shows ever!!
In the eighties when I was in high school, the kids I rolled with all aspired to dress like the people in this video. The English Beat, The Jam, The Specials - they were the best! Great music, great style.
class of 85 here, and yep, the crew I rolled with tended to favor The Beat, The Jam, The Specials, The Police, Madness, UB40, Psychedelic Furs, Bowie, the occasional Bob Marley, etc...
Jed the fish, Racheal Donahue, Dusty Street, Freddy Snakeskin, Swedish Eagle, Raymondo and Evans and of course Rodney Bingenheiner. Richard Blade was the beginning of the end for KROQ.
@@johnstjohn6658 Yes, Rodney on the ROQ - & Lets not forget the Poor Man & Love Line. Yuppers, those were the glory days - such good music & so much of it, not to mention all the out-takes & snide remarks. The fish usually had quite afew classic comments to throw out there, especially about Poodles. Heh - Later
My family was visiting Europe and we ended up in London before we went back home, my brother and I went to see the English Beat it was 1984, funny we stood out like a soar thumb, we could not blend in at all, funny thing was everyone there thought we were in the music industry and looking for talent.
Just SO wonderful. Remember first seeing this in 10th grade and waiting...and WAITING for it to play on MTV. No RUclips back then. Just so many interesting characters in this video: the French painter and his recalcitrant model (who dances with those cool hand gestures), the two women (one with a pipe) looking at the LP, the snooty intellectual putting tissue in his ears to block out the music and read his paperback, the beautiful blonde model in black dress and gloves with that wonderful bobbed haircut. That hair style was just coming back with the girls at school, then. The whole LP "Just Can't Stop" is amazing, and check out the band in the movie "Dance Craze," incredibly tight and original. Wonder where all the folks in this video are today, 40 years later? RIP Ranking Roger.
Very very underrated. From Middleton Manchester. They were at the brink of stardom but front runner Mark Burgess, would not allow commercial companies dictate their output. That’s why they are very very special… not only their musical talent but their stance. Nice 1 guys. You’re special and always, always will be !!
I just heard this song today. After 30 + years! It brought this joy back into my heart. Great song! I had to find it an listen to it again an again. The 80s songs had a memorable sound. I love it!!
Ahhhh...the song full of bare emotion, the band all excellent musicians, Dave and his lyrical genius, the voice, the wavy hair, the brilliant choreography and cinematics....
One of the GREAT English songs of all time: right up there with "Waterloo Sunset", "Itchycoo Park", "Penny Lane"...(list goes on) Wonderful band, wonderful vibe.
Music that is timeless can always be heard and it is good. Loved the 80s era in entertainment, the music was memorable and great. Brings back a lot of amazing memories and enjoyed being part of that decade, having fun and enjoying life.
Yo, 68 years of age here, and while familiar with the music this is the first time seeing the video. And goddamn if it isn't as close to perfect as could be had. Came across it yesterday and today it was the backdrop for the solar eclipse. IT WAS FUCKING GLORIOUS!!!
Met them in 1980. Top blokes. The minute I heard the opening chords to this on release, it was automatically my favourite Beat single & still is, though it's got tough competition... Every track on I Just Can't Stop It is a contender. One of the best & most resonant bands of the 80's for me & they've still got it as I saw last summer. Did not "let me down", not one bit - Love. Peace. Unity.
Wheels, a stereo, some speakers and maybe a graphic equaliser, some money and somewhere to go or something to do, part of the soundtrack of my eighties around so.cal. actually saw them twice, at the US Festival in 82, and later at a small club.
This is such a great album, and of course this is Dave Wakeling's most famous song, perhaps other than his General Public track "Tenderness". I've heard Dave talk about getting a call from none other than Pete Townsend who called him up to inquire what tuning he used. Dave is a big bar chord guy if you've ever seen him live. The last time I saw him play, some years ago now, I was amazed at how many young people seem to have re-discovered the new wave ska bands, and the English Beat in particular. Fun fact, they really were called "The Beat" but due to the existence of an american band of the same name (fronted by Paul Collins who was formerly in the influential 70's alt rock band "The Nerves"), Americans were marketed "The English Beat" to help avoid confusion between the two groups.
I still to this day think that some of the alternative style of music or at least that's what we called it back then of the 80s is some of the best music. But the English Beat was always one of my favorite bands. I still go back to them every once in awhile. Because it was such a defining moment or type of music in my life back then. RLTW 3/75
One of the (many, many) lovely things about this video is that it always yields something new. For example, it was easy to see on the first viewing that one of the intellectuals is reading Marx's "Capital" and that the chess player is reading Orwell's "1984". (Sadly the band broke up in 1983.) But I just noticed that the guy with the ear plugs is reading "Aimez-vous Brahms" by Francoise Sagan. In any case, it's all done so playfully and with so much fun and.... and perhaps this is due to the passage of time... there is also a real poignancy to this and an awareness of the passing of time. My favorite moment is when the intellectuals put down their books and join in the dancing.
@@herrent Makes me think the writer/director of the video was an ex-Philosophy and/or World Literature major in school! But who knows really? Still a lot of fun to pick them out while listening to this great song!
I used to always say that to my enthusiastic young girlfriend back in the 80s when we started dating… 30-odd years later we’re grandparents and the spark is still there
The most 80s film clip ever - the clothes, the dancing - pure nostalgia as all my friends and I dressed and danced like that and went to the same type of dingy nightclubs
what ? no way! I used to go to that beach all the time in 82-83 while at Camp Pendleton. my fav beach of all time. and at the time, this was (and still) was my fav song. I played the tape at least 10K times. that is so insane that they were there playing.
Yeah Moonlight is right down the street from the Belly Up where they still play a bit. Dave has lived in the North County for some time. 82/83 good times. Was working in plastic surgery at Balboa hosp. All the corpsmen and two docs went to the Civic theater to see the Go Go's - open seating and the pit was crazy. Seeing the Beat that day in Solana was really incredible.
To this day, I still love this video. the whole beatnik cellar club and the cast of poets, beats, writers and artists are all very reminiscent of Colin MacInnes ' Absolute Beginners and the early days of Mod in the late 50s when it was still a coffee bar culture.. And as always a great song that has stood the test of time. Great to see that you guys have gotten around to having your own RUclips channel.
pity they flattened it. What is advertised as the cavern club these days is not the original, not even in the same place but millions pay their money believing they are in the original club. In 1980 most of that street was flattened, I remember it well.
@@naturesoundsnz This looks like a scene from "Riot On Sunset Strip". Same arched band stand and all the nonsense going on while Chocolate Watchband played. And there was a 60s underground revival at the time these chaps were rockin. Just sayin
What an adorable video! Not a scrap of angst or pretentious twaddle to be seen-just a bunch of “beatniks” taking the piss out of 50’s Beat Movement stereotypes, and having so much *FUN*!!!
Although i was a teen in the early 80's, this wasn't my kinda music back then. But boy, looking back at some of the tunes of that time, it hits hard just how good some of those bands were. This is an amazing song, it's nothing short of brilliant!
To those that didn't live through the 80's...a song of this stature came out every week for the entire decade....THATS HOW MUCH MUSIC WE CREATED...... that's why it's still being listened to nearly a half-century later.
Well said brother! What a time to have lived.
Seemed like it.
Back when the record labels gave the artist the freedom and creativity to create and sound how ever they wanted. Not like today.
Oh my GOD do I miss those days. Young, and free... And the _MUSIC..._ Oh, man... the music.
Lol, so true so true, you can probably add the 70s to that statement maybe even the mid to late 60s too, was a great time to be!
I'm 58 and every once in a while I'll tell a young person of in their 20's that I envy you age but not your music. I was living in Orange County and 30 minutes from KROQ in Pasadena before they got eaten up by "the corporations." What great music. Only the mid 60s surpasses the diversity and creativeness of the early & mid 80s.
The late-1970s is when it started here in the Los Angeles area. Small venues with punk, ska, reggae, metal, hard rock & roll; diversity was the key. You could call it a "rebellion" against the prog rock & vocalists that had taken over the radio airwaves.
Me two. We were so lucky.
KROQ was my go to station! What a great time for music. Solid talent looking forward to
I am in my 50’s and I like stuff from ‘65-present
I'm 65, this was my jam.
Dude, I was SO freaking stoked to see this song appear not only once, but 3 whole times in The Bear season 3! So cool, what a great song and show!
Agree!!!
@@vacated3188 loved how they used the song animal as well. Amazing show!
I was surprised too. If anyone asks me for a favorite song, it's this.
I saw an article that said it was written by Eddie Vedder :(
I really dug Eddie Vedder's version!
The 80's where a tough time but we decided to have fun despite it all. Much of it looks absurd, but to us, that was our defense. I think we need a little more of that spirit today.
yep, all those unemployed boys like The Beat and UB40; Maggie Thatcher should have got an award for services to music!
you can say that again
Listen to the music NOW. Stop driveling about your prehistoric past.
@@briseboy Why are you wasting your time lecturing me when you don't like me lecturing you?
@@briseboy one day you'll be drivelling about YOUR prehistoric past...
I freaking love this. So glad I grew up in the 80s!!
No freakin' kidding.
I love that song times were swell.
me too
Amen to that sister!
The 80s and Gen X fricken rocked!
I feel sorry for today's Zoomers.
They seem totally addicted to their phones and incapable of focusing long enough to create anything even remotely interesting.
I am 60..and this guy makes me remember what it was like to be 20..
What an amazing song..and performance..
Thank you for posting!
Holy shit you’re old
Me too, man, I'm 60. This is giving me such happy memories.
mee too I'm 58. this song makes me feel young again!
Broskis, 70yo here. Rankin Roger and Dave Waklin.
I remember RR! I might even have a cassette tape by him somewhere.@@WilliamJohnson-qh8kv
This video shows up in my YT feed every year and I hold my breath, force back some tears, and watch it. I'm in my early 60s and have seen music cycle during different periods. I was a little kid when the Beatles changed everything, endured some horrible music in the early 70s, then things got interesting again when "punk" started to appear mainstream. There is a great drought in popular music that has lasted (with many exceptions) over the last 30 years. You have to go off the beaten path to hear innovative music today, it's out there though. God bless all who were lucky to be of a certain age in the late 70's and 1980's - we didn't know how good we had it.
My daughter asked me to choose one song that most perfectly represents the sound and vibe of the 80's. This was it.
And it was such a great song to dance to as well!
Great memories of a great time
another one is I Will Melt With You.
Good choice! Or, anything from Simple Minds.
I totally agree with you 😂
My brother who played guitar liked these guys, he died in 2014 - I miss him.
Sorry for your loss.
I’m sorry for your loss
@@reiver569 life is for the living, let the dead bury the dead
@@TheVinnyt63 well said my friend. I’m sure your brother would agree 👍🏼
😿
Just heard a friend of mine passed this evening. Please say a prayer. Time flies.
Condolences 🙏 😢
I pray for your friend and for you. Your find was lucky to have a friend who would tell the world, it matters.
🙏🙏🙏
Done.🙏
It’s good to have friends
My Dad passed away unexpectedly three years ago & this was the last song he sent me via email…we saw this band together on Maui like 14 ago.
Amazing how much music can vividly bring back beautiful moments. Wish you and your family my best and sorry for your loss. May he rest in peace.
I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope the song lingers on the sweet side of bittersweet for you.
@@mikegarippo7815 Get a grip.
you're dad had great taste sweetheart x
@@mikegarippo7815 D is capitalized when I say you’re a D BAG.
I'm 65. I grew up in an Irish household. My music is fromthe30's till now. Open your mind and always look for greatness
Just a year behind you Tom. Irish too. what a song of joy ! Have to get a new hip in a few weeks, but I'm still dancing !! Still above ground.
As long as your not pushing up daisies 👊
Black 47 was a great Irish rock band
There isn't much greatness in music nowadays
@@johnsteiner2960black 47 is from NYC
This never fails to remind me of the best times of my youth.
Same here 🎶
R.I.P. Ranking Roger. He passed away from a brain tumor today (3/26/2019), at 56.
No.... RIP :(
RIP. sad news
❤
Fuck yeah🎉
41 years and still a brilliant tune
Still just as good 43 years later. 😊
@@valmarsiglia It was released in 1982. You were both wrong. :p
@@Dreamcatcher9000 D'oh! So it was. Then again, that statement will be true in 2025. 😆
Got to play a show with Dave wakeling in the early 2000s at a Bakersfield reggae fest. True honor for a next generation mod kid that worshipped this hand
someone once said 'music is the closest thing we'll ever have to a time machine'
Special Beat Service was a moment in time that we were all lucky to have been a part of , an absolute gift to history
Fact.❤
Indeed - listening to this pulls me right back to 82' and it's as if no time has passed at all . . .
This song will always put a smile on my face. Pure positive energy. I'm 32 btw, born in 1991. Yes, there are younger generations that still appreciate high quality auditory art.
I just watched a video which mentioned statistics that something like only 5% of music being streamed is "new" (less than 1.5 years?) and that this share has been declining.
I'm 33: first time listener.
I started digging into the 60s, 70s and 80s to better understand what influenced our childhoods in the '90s + aughts. Gotta say, they had some true fun times, hahaha
@@calivaughn6913 You are correct. I liked the 90's too, but this century has been sparse for me. You might enjoy my playlists.
Same! I’m 33 born 90, I listen to all this music because of my mom. These are the songs of her high school years and we love listening to these songs together ❤️🥹
I love reading such posts from “the younger generation.” I came of age when the English Beat, Madness, and the Specials were just starting. Was blessed to have seen the English Beat and the Clash together, as well as Madness back in Halloween night, 1980. Cheers to great music that unites people of good taste and all
Ages.
I miss the 80’s,…Now I’m 69yrs old,.,,Man, I Hate to Get Old 🥸👍🎧🖥️💚🇺🇸☮️
yeah, still better than not having the opportunity to get old......
stop getting old then
Would you really want to be young in this culture? We had the best music back then.
Don’t feel old!!! Experienced I say… You lived through the greatest era of wonderful music!!! ❤
Older but wiser.
Anyone miss the 80s too? 😊😊😊
Absolutely
The last decade of great Western music
God, no
I had twelve friends die in bizarre food-related accidents during the 80s
To this day, I can't even look at a lima bean
Am 71 and miss all that shit
@@user-so1mv9po2f He's 71.
And he misses all that shit.
Brilliant
Rest in peace Rankin ' Roger , YOU were the BEST.......
40 years later and this song still kicks ass
My precious brother and I loved particular songs together and danced to them when they were hits when we were teenagers. I weep and I love. Oh, god. Loss is so painful.
This song is my beloved brother, my heart, my dearest defender.
I will take kind advice.
I wish I had advice. I also lost a brother, he was my best friend - and music made up so much of our lives. 💔
I lost my precision sister in 2020. I feel and hear the pain in your comment. Sorry for your loss. Live and love in the memories.
So sorry, i completely understand the pain, it’s the worst pain we experience. The price we pay for love . I find listening to music and commenting gives comfort. Your brother is always with you, you’ll be reunited when it’s your time. Sending love and comfort
❤🙏❤
Who's listening in 2024? Here for it.
here
Here. But enjoying Eddie V’s cover
I stumbled upon Eddie Vedder's cover, and I wondered if he really had felt it necessary to cover a song that was done better than he could ever dream of achieving. Sadly, he did. There is no bad reason for listening to the English Beat, but this came close.
Don't be a dork.
@@CJinSD1Derp
Two dozen other dirty lovers
Must be a sucker for it
Cry, cry but I don't need my mother
Just hold my hand while I come to a decision on it
Sooner or later
Your legs give way, you hit the ground
Save it for later
Don't run away and let me down
Sooner or later
You'll hit the deck, you'll get found out
Save it for later
Don't run away and let me down, you let me down
Black air and seven seas all rotten through
But what can you do?
I don't know how I'm meant to act with all of you lot
Sometimes I don't try
I just now now now now now now now now now now now
Now now now now now now now now now now now
Sooner or later
Your legs give way, you hit the ground
Save it for later
Don't run away and let me down
Sooner or later
You'll hit the deck, you'll get found out
Save it for later
Don't run away and let me down, you let me down
You runaway, runaway and let me down
Two dozen other stupid reasons
Why we should suffer for this
Don't bother trying to explain them
Just hold my hand while I come to a decision on it
Sooner or later
Your legs give way, you hit the ground
Save it for later
Don't run away and let me down
Sooner or later
You'll hit the deck you'll get found out
Save it for later
Don't runaway and let me down, you let me down
You run away, run away, run away, run away, run away, run away
And let me down
In the lyrics printed on the album sleeve, one of the verses spelled it, "save it fellater" ... giving it a whole different meaning
@@larrym2434 😂
Yep hold my hand while I cum 😉
Thank you
Just hold my hand while I come (cum)
To a decision on it.
That's what Pete says it is to be sung.
Criminally underrated band.
There's easily 50 other criminally underated bands from the 80's. There was just so much good music (in every genre) that it was easy for some bands to get passed up.
Not by us, Ryan - that's for sure 🙂
Look at the other comments...in what world are they underrated? Pete Townsend covered this song three times.
@@dewimatthews Apparently in the criminal underworld.
@@jerrydifiore6623 bwahahahaha 😂
I saw Dave on my birthday in this little bar next to John Wayne airport. It was a really great intimate show. 2/3 of the way through he stops the show and says some of my fans haven't been here the whole time, so I'm gonna play some of my hits over so they can hear them too. You have to respect a musician that understands his fans and doesn't have a disdain for them when they want to hear the same songs over and over.
Solid music choice for The Bear. I love it when songs like this are put in an awesome show right where it needs to be 😎
It’s in The Bear? Love the song, love the show.
@@littlecatfeet9064 feat by Eddie Vedder ❤️
I love this song!! Glad I was able to see them in concert. R.I.P. Ranking Rogers--- 2023 still listening
These guys were hands down the best band to come out of that late 70's early 80's Ska revival because they were able to transcend the form. Their first three albums deserve to be in heavy rotation somewhere in the world, like your home system. Don't waste a moment.
He is a great lefty guitar player. Fairly rare
I bought the boxed set called The Complete Beat.
@@peterhogenson5807Elliot Easton of The Cars is probably the most underrated southpaw guitarist out there. Interestingly enough, Pete Townshend and David Gilmour were so intrigued about the opening of Save It For Later that Pete called David Wakeling and asked him how he did it.
@@johnearle1 Agreed!
sorry to bust on yoiu, but, and i love The Beat, but they donot hold a candle to the only band that ever mattered,The Clash.
This song is timeless. Seriously. It will always be contemporary... The 'beat girl' hints are fabulous...
One of the best songs they did, as well as ine of the best songs of 1982. Dave Wakeling has talked in interviews about the time Pete Townshend called him out of the blue saying he and David Gilmour were trying to work out the riff but couldn't. Dave told Pete he used a different tuning, similar to what the Velvet Underground used on many of their songs, that allowed him to come up with the droning effect. Years later he was still impressed that two guitar giants liked his song well enough to ask him how it went.
Townshend talks about that before he plays it at this show. Cheers ruclips.net/video/pQ0zMDJKkbg/видео.html
And I was there when Pete played it at the Brixton Academy
good trivia , thanks
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We followed the Beat across the Midwest in the mid 80s. Pressed against the stage I literally untied one of Ranking Rogers shoes midsong for no real reason. Dave noticed it and burst out laughing mid song.
I'm thankful I was young and in England during this period. The best times of my life. If it were today, these people would be looking at computer screens instead of books.
Worse -- ignoring everything and "conversing" on their mobile phones.
Same but it was NYC for me. Great music interesting times
80s videos were not made with much cash but they are full of spirit and fun. Adore them.
yeah. Thriller was made on a shoestring budget.
@@jamespohl-md2eq yes, every video had Thrillers budget. Wow, quite like this sarcasm thing you've introduced me to!
@@vasilypugh696It was used to illustrate a point.
Using one video as emblematic of the 80s is dumb.
MTV had just launched at SFL was a single less than a year later. And, like most mediums, you don’t know its potential so you do what you’ve always done, lots of bands playing/performing: Buggles Video or Duran Planet Earth or just straight live.
Beat it was released the same year. As was Rio. Inexpensive?
By 85 you have AHA’s Take on Me and Money for Nothing and Godley and Creme’s Cry. Not inexpensive.
@@jamespohl-md2eq thank you for the additional information.
one of my all time favorite songs. pure genius
Me too! 🎉
Not a cell phone in sight! Just pure magic living the moment
grandpa can't stop crying
@@paladro Here's something to cry about: longitudinal studies show that malignant narcissism has increased concurrent with the rise of social media. You'll never know it.
Word❤
@@Alsatiagent-zu1rx , what the fuck? your words sound like genius. i like it though!!!!
@@paladro It's actually young people, with their epidemic of mental illness, who can't stop crying.
Winter of 1982 in the Stock Pavilion at UW-Madison. 10 below outside and 110 inside. The cloud that rose from the sawdust on the floor was eerie. One of the best shows ever!!
In the eighties when I was in high school, the kids I rolled with all aspired to dress like the people in this video.
The English Beat, The Jam, The Specials - they were the best!
Great music, great style.
class of 85 here, and yep, the crew I rolled with tended to favor The Beat, The Jam, The Specials, The Police, Madness, UB40, Psychedelic Furs, Bowie, the occasional Bob Marley, etc...
85 too! Cheers!
We were lucky to have such great bands to love when we were in high school.
Warms my heart that this song is popular right now. ❤
This song rocks. Memories of KROQ . . . the ROQ of the '80s
Jed the fish, Racheal Donahue, Dusty Street, Freddy Snakeskin, Swedish Eagle, Raymondo and Evans and of course Rodney Bingenheiner.
Richard Blade was the beginning of the end for KROQ.
@@johnstjohn6658 Yes, Rodney on the ROQ - & Lets not forget the Poor Man & Love Line. Yuppers, those were the glory days - such good music & so much of it, not to mention all the out-takes & snide remarks. The fish usually had quite afew classic comments to throw out there, especially about Poodles. Heh - Later
Richard Blade
Katie Manor
Jed the Fish
Poor man...ect..
Los Angeles,80's..
Awesome 😎
Dave could sing like no one else, totally one of a kind.
This wonderful song wouldn't exist without Dave's unique tuning. Bravo!
I heard an interview where I think it was Clapton and Townshend were trying to figure it out but couldn't! They actually called him to ask. LOL!
It is a similar tuning used by The Velvet Underground..
@@robertgauvin6577 it was definitely Townshend but I think the other guitarist may have been David Gilmour.
@@MDK2_Radio That's right! I knew it was two heavyweights. :)
@@MDK2_Radio Townshend does a cover of this, it doesn't match the original, nothing could.
They were The Beat, full stop, a brilliant band.
Couldn't agree more.
This is my favorite song of all times
You didn't come to a full stop though.
Us old folks will all agree that nothing will ever come close to how great the '80s were!
no generation will hear better music than we did back then..........how lucky we were to live through such a fun era.
My family was visiting Europe and we ended up in London before we went back home, my brother and I went to see the English Beat it was 1984, funny we stood out like a soar thumb, we could not blend in at all, funny thing was everyone there thought we were in the music industry and looking for talent.
Just SO wonderful. Remember first seeing this in 10th grade and waiting...and WAITING for it to play on MTV. No RUclips back then. Just so many interesting characters in this video: the French painter and his recalcitrant model (who dances with those cool hand gestures), the two women (one with a pipe) looking at the LP, the snooty intellectual putting tissue in his ears to block out the music and read his paperback, the beautiful blonde model in black dress and gloves with that wonderful bobbed haircut. That hair style was just coming back with the girls at school, then. The whole LP "Just Can't Stop" is amazing, and check out the band in the movie "Dance Craze," incredibly tight and original. Wonder where all the folks in this video are today, 40 years later? RIP Ranking Roger.
Dance-able, fun, hooks galore, just a good tune. Makes you happy.
you do know its a play on words dont you ??
I'll never tire of this song. I've been listening to it for 40 years and it still gets me moving!!
Very very underrated. From Middleton Manchester. They were at the brink of stardom but front runner Mark Burgess, would not allow commercial companies dictate their output. That’s why they are very very special… not only their musical talent but their stance. Nice 1 guys. You’re special and always, always will be !!
You are correct sir. Just bought the CD (Special Beat Service) on amazon.
I just heard this song today. After 30 + years! It brought this joy back into my heart. Great song! I had to find it an listen to it again an again. The 80s songs had a memorable sound. I love it!!
Ahhhh...the song full of bare emotion, the band all excellent musicians, Dave and his lyrical genius, the voice, the wavy hair, the brilliant choreography and cinematics....
Words cannot describe how much I love this song
The 80's of every century are always the best ❤
Still love The beat 🎶🎷🎸🥁🎺🎸🎹
One of the GREAT English songs of all time: right up there with "Waterloo Sunset", "Itchycoo Park", "Penny Lane"...(list goes on) Wonderful band, wonderful vibe.
My Uncle was the mime in this video but he doesn’t like to talk about it…
Thats hilarious!
The word "uncle" is an ordinary noun; don't capitalize it
@@mikegarippo7815 You're an ordinary know -it-all! stfu. Should I capitalize that?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I would say that it’s not something to be ashamed about.
I'm here because of Ed. Can't believe I haven't enjoyed this song before now. Class
Music that is timeless can always be heard and it is good. Loved the 80s era in entertainment, the music was memorable and great. Brings back a lot of amazing memories and enjoyed being part of that decade, having fun and enjoying life.
Such a beautiful time to be young. I miss the 80s
Joyful times amid the poverty of the eighties. I'm richer for the music I still love today 54 going on 14..
Yo, 68 years of age here, and while familiar with the music this is the first time seeing the video. And goddamn if it isn't as close to perfect as could be had.
Came across it yesterday and today it was the backdrop for the solar eclipse. IT WAS FUCKING GLORIOUS!!!
Doesn't it just make you feel good?
It really does 🎉
Met them in 1980. Top blokes.
The minute I heard the opening chords to this on release, it was automatically my favourite Beat single & still is, though it's got tough competition... Every track on I Just Can't Stop It is a contender.
One of the best & most resonant bands of the 80's for me & they've still got it as I saw last summer.
Did not "let me down", not one bit - Love. Peace. Unity.
I just thank God 🙏 that I grew up during these amazing musical awesomeness 🤩
This song, makes me dance, makes me feel...
We miss you, Roger. The world isn't the same without you.
Wheels, a stereo, some speakers and maybe a graphic equaliser, some money and somewhere to go or something to do, part of the soundtrack of my eighties around so.cal. actually saw them twice, at the US Festival in 82, and later at a small club.
My favourite Beat tune .... brilliant 🕶🎸🎷🎤🎼
The people in this video look like they had an absolute blast and could look back on it and say it was one of the most fun, happy things they ever did
This will forever be in my CD rotation. Brilliant and priceless
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I'm not one to repeat myself,there will never be a band like this again.take a well deserved bow .a one off band!!!
@@michaelcandon2971 So true Bud. I was completely obsessed with EB since the first time I heard I Confess.
This is such a great album, and of course this is Dave Wakeling's most famous song, perhaps other than his General Public track "Tenderness". I've heard Dave talk about getting a call from none other than Pete Townsend who called him up to inquire what tuning he used. Dave is a big bar chord guy if you've ever seen him live. The last time I saw him play, some years ago now, I was amazed at how many young people seem to have re-discovered the new wave ska bands, and the English Beat in particular. Fun fact, they really were called "The Beat" but due to the existence of an american band of the same name (fronted by Paul Collins who was formerly in the influential 70's alt rock band "The Nerves"), Americans were marketed "The English Beat" to help avoid confusion between the two groups.
Finally got to see English Beat (opening for Adam Ant), missed Roger :( but was so glad they played General Public songs also.
Another great 80's band from England 🇬🇧.
I imagine it is known in America
I still to this day think that some of the alternative style of music or at least that's what we called it back then of the 80s is some of the best music. But the English Beat was always one of my favorite bands. I still go back to them every once in awhile. Because it was such a defining moment or type of music in my life back then. RLTW 3/75
One of the (many, many) lovely things about this video is that it always yields something new. For example, it was easy to see on the first viewing that one of the intellectuals is reading Marx's "Capital" and that the chess player is reading Orwell's "1984". (Sadly the band broke up in 1983.) But I just noticed that the guy with the ear plugs is reading "Aimez-vous Brahms" by Francoise Sagan. In any case, it's all done so playfully and with so much fun and.... and perhaps this is due to the passage of time... there is also a real poignancy to this and an awareness of the passing of time. My favorite moment is when the intellectuals put down their books and join in the dancing.
Makes me wonder were these ideas to include in the video came from
@@herrent Makes me think the writer/director of the video was an ex-Philosophy and/or World Literature major in school! But who knows really? Still a lot of fun to pick them out while listening to this great song!
Born in 66. The 80's had the best bands and the best music. Nothing artificial about them.
I used to always say that to my enthusiastic young girlfriend back in the 80s when we started dating… 30-odd years later we’re grandparents and the spark is still there
I have great memories from these days. Congratulations to you and yours.
The most 80s film clip ever - the clothes, the dancing - pure nostalgia as all my friends and I dressed and danced like that and went to the same type of dingy nightclubs
I was at Moonlight Beach in San Diego and these guys showed up and just started playing out of nowhere. A phenomenal performance.
I too was there. Just incredible.
what ? no way! I used to go to that beach all the time in 82-83 while at Camp Pendleton. my fav beach of all time. and at the time, this was (and still) was my fav song. I played the tape at least 10K times. that is so insane that they were there playing.
Yeah Moonlight is right down the street from the Belly Up where they still play a bit. Dave has lived in the North County for some time. 82/83 good times. Was working in plastic surgery at Balboa hosp. All the corpsmen and two docs went to the Civic theater to see the Go Go's - open seating and the pit was crazy. Seeing the Beat that day in Solana was really incredible.
The best 80s music just seems to get better with time.
To this day, I still love this video. the whole beatnik cellar club and the cast of poets, beats, writers and artists are all very reminiscent of Colin MacInnes ' Absolute Beginners and the early days of Mod in the late 50s when it was still a coffee bar culture..
And as always a great song that has stood the test of time. Great to see that you guys have gotten around to having your own RUclips channel.
Love it too and love the band. Interesting that the chess board is the wrong way around though!!
Beautiful Nerds ❤
Beautiful old orange Penguin paperbacks.
pity they flattened it. What is advertised as the cavern club these days is not the original, not even in the same place but millions pay their money believing they are in the original club.
In 1980 most of that street was flattened, I remember it well.
@@naturesoundsnz
This looks like a scene from "Riot On Sunset Strip". Same arched band stand and all the nonsense going on while Chocolate Watchband played. And there was a 60s underground revival at the time these chaps were rockin. Just sayin
What an adorable video! Not a scrap of angst or pretentious twaddle to be seen-just a bunch of “beatniks” taking the piss out of 50’s Beat Movement stereotypes, and having so much *FUN*!!!
Met Dave after a concert in Truckee California, great guy!
One of my absolutely favorite songs of all time.
Without a doubt one the most under rated songs ever.this tune had magic
Stupid comment. Without a doubt.
The beat, the lyrics, and the fashion are absolutely hip, *hip of the highest order.*
Yeaaah!! Greetings from Tijuana México 🇲🇽
There's just not music today that grabs anyone. Good music never dies.
I defy anyone with a human soul to not smile while watching/listening to this gem.
A serious contender for the best song of the 80's, imo.
80s Greatness
Got to be one of the best video songs done
Although i was a teen in the early 80's, this wasn't my kinda music back then. But boy, looking back at some of the tunes of that time, it hits hard just how good some of those bands were.
This is an amazing song, it's nothing short of brilliant!
Came here because of The Bear, there was a really good cover of it s3 ep 2. Still love the original.
God I miss this time and the amazing music.
I was only born in 81 so have no real say, but this , king, talking heads etc….just blow everything away
Such an underrated amazing band !!!!!
Takes me back, love this song and once in a while i have a 2 tone mash up in the car. Oh too be young again!
Saw the Beat at Bogart's in Cincinnati during their 1980 US tour. Very intimate setting. One of the greatest experiences of my life.
Saw them in a very small venue in Northern California in the 80's. I love these guys!