@@lemsip207 In the early '80s there was a retro '60s thing going on for a short time. Remember this song well, these were high school days for me. It got a lot of airplay here in Canada, great song
It reminds me of being laid up poorly as a child- I had simultaneous tonsillitis and chickenpox..then they gave me penicillin and discovered I was severely allergic to it. Grim times laid up listening to the radio.
They were obviously ad libing in all the live videos. I read about Cathy Evans some years ago. too bad they did not sing Iive (r did they at some point,). It was quite common in the eighties.
The single had been recorded with session backing singers, but to promote the single, they recruited models Denise Ward and Elaine Williams, who did not sing on the record.
Released in early December 1982, crept up to #7 in early January, stayed at #7 another week and then quietly slipped away. Very underrated piece of pop pefection. Bob Dylan on bass, too!
@@BrianMaiden-o9c having lived in Yorkshire my whole life since the early 1970s I was terrified hearing about this evil scum and wouldn’t go anywhere because of it so this is quite a tasteless comment. The vile crimes of that sick individual is what turned the actor who was Les Battersby in Corrie into the depressed, suicidal and alcoholic person he became as he found one of the bodies, and was never the same after that. Please think before writing as what might be funny in the moment could be long term trauma for others.
On 31 July 2019, Laurence "Lol" Edward Mason died at the age of 69 in his home in Harborne from a heart attack, after complications following a kidney transplant, RIP
I can't believe this only reached No.7. It was one of two avenues in the UK Top 10 in January 1983. The other was Eddy Grant's 'Electric Avenue' which climbed to No.2.
A neglected classic. The measure of a great song is its capacity to occupy your mind and cause you to return to it. This has that quality in spade loads.
Gosh I love this song and had forgotten it until I saw the word maisonette in a book I was reading and thought that it rang a bell and looked it up on RUclips and here it is, how could I have forgotten it, I bought the single and everything back in the day, now I have to hear it at least once a day. Just adore it. Was startled when I saw Lol he was just never how I pictured the singer but love the look of him and the band. Now I have to hear it again...
I love RUclips for clips like this as you spend all your life listening to great music but never seen the people that sang it. Don’t know what I expected them to look like but it wasn’t this! I love the 1960s vibe of the ladies outfits, the drummer showing off twiddling his sticks and the sheer class of this timeless song.
I was 18 when this came out. The week after I bought the single, I went to C&A. Not only did they have a white jacket like this, but also a black polo neck jumper. It was like the sartorial gods had pointed straight at me and said "You shall go to the pub looking effing fantastic". I still wear the jacket in summer, but now look like a granddad on a coach trip to Bridlington in it.
Very sad to hear . I remember buying this 45 in Woolworths way back ! I bought the 12 inch vinyl on Ebay . Just brill. More instrumental. Just a great song !
The backing vocals sound so obvious, you think, someone else must have done them first, but they hadn't. They were a pearl waiting to be discovered in 1982.
This song has been with me since it came out. I also bought the single, still got it tucked away, and it’s obviously been down loaded onto my iTunes, it’s played regularly. For some reason I’m regressing back to this great era of music…
Heard this on radio this morning and thought "gosh, not heard this in decades !!! " So many songs lose their beauty because they become so overplayed and tired, but not this is one of those that hasn't ; it's hardly ever been played and it's lovely !!! :)
A quintessential 1980s song from one of the ultimate one hit wonders. Brings back so many memories, I was so besotted with those two backing singers who must have been around the same age as me. Wonder where they are now?
HAHAAA Thank you!!! Least someone has real ears. All the cunts into kisstory and they dunno where a sample of a song comes from. They think it's all original.
@@andrewmatthews6861 it was so organic bro eh. La roux done well trying to bring the 80s back. Thing is now. It will never be the right sound how it was cos you can just hear how technology moved on. It's a big shame. But that's what makes every decade stand out. Shame now it gets more shit day by day. Hahaaa
@@natureclips5849 haha where did you get the idea that Belinda who was still in the go go's would do backing vocals on a song by a group from Birmingham? Neither one of then remotely looks like her
Got the single when it was in the charts; this is one of those instances when a song is so good, that the artist couldn't possibly better it - top class music and vocals - should have stopped in the charts for a year!
Love everything about this. The faux sixties groove, the grainy low-fi video production, the bass player wearing shades in the dark, the uplifting melody. Not cool, not trendy, just great.
Yep ! What wouldn't we all give to have just ONE hit as good as this ?! It's only a 3 min pop song - how hard can it be ??? ( I've been trying for years . Still nothing ! ) 😢
It would be a disaster! Think about it. Good, genuine, honest-to-goodness, REAL music, like this...? In the festering horseshit pile that is todays chart...? It'd never make it! The charts? ... THAT'S no place for music any more!!!
Lol Mason is no longer with us. Sadly, it’s a beautiful song.😢
RIP Lol , terrific singer/songwriter from my Manor, Birmingham!🌹🙏🏼🏴❤️
Doesn't matter whether you are a rocker or a punk---you gotta appreciate this!
Well said.
I'm EMO
Yupp...true...
Ben....my man!!!!👊😎
yep superb
Maisonettes might have been a one hit wonder , but what a song love it.
Absolute Classic!!! 💯👏👏👏
@@AnthonyMcCaul-c9g Yes a total classic. Great song. RIP Lol.
Cracking tune!!!🎉
this sounds like it could have come straight out of the sixties, fantastic track and a timeless classic
It was released in 1982 and was a throwback to the 60's.
@@lemsip207 In the early '80s there was a retro '60s thing going on for a short time. Remember this song well, these were high school days for me. It got a lot of airplay here in Canada, great song
@@frankbray9416 I thought this was a song from the 70's just before punk came along and then found it was from the early 80's.
Even the name of the band is typically 1960s!
Well, listen to ´Baby I need your loving´ by The Four Tops (1964). You have to admit there´s a strong resemblance in the intro.
A great pleasure to see this tonight on Top of The Pops 2 on BBC4. 20 December 2024. 8.30pm.
would loved to have seen it
I’m 48, heard this randomly the other day! Unlocked so many childhood memories ❤❤❤
From 1982😊
😂😂😂Same here...... Just woke up and had it in my head ....knew every word......was 8 when it was out, not heard it for about 30 years ...😎👍
Your looking gorgeous for 48 wow ❤
It reminds me of being laid up poorly as a child- I had simultaneous tonsillitis and chickenpox..then they gave me penicillin and discovered I was severely allergic to it. Grim times laid up listening to the radio.
Probably one of the greatest one hit wonders of all time
Agreed! An absolute corker.
Classic
Love the 1960s feel to the song
But Lol also had fame with his band City Boy 5705.
I wish it hit #1. It is that good. Has a 60's feeling.
This is an absolutely brilliant pop song. Just too good. This is off the scale!
Gotta be one of the most underrated songs of the 80’s . Give me this track over anything now! Just brilliant
I saw this last night on Top of The Pops, have had it on repeat since then. Great tune...
So sad to hear of the passing of Lol Mason... you will never be forgotten.. I always play your music R.I.P xx
RIP
Respect👊😣
lol
😞✝️😢😢😢😢🖤🖤😢🤘🏻
Love the way the girls strike the pose. This song is a classic. Definitely.
Lana Del Rey
But Derby Girl, Cathy Evans was the real backing singer...not these girls!
They were obviously ad libing in all the live videos. I read about Cathy Evans some years ago. too bad they did not sing Iive (r did they at some point,). It was quite common in the eighties.
Same was saying the very same thing - from 0.57 to 1.03.
I was absolutely devastated when Lol passed away....he was my first crush as a 16 year old,I worshipped him!!
the vocals from the girls just make this , amazing song
True
Lana Del Rey
I doht think lana was born
@@grahamdore7219 just the style
The single had been recorded with session backing singers, but to promote the single, they recruited models Denise Ward and Elaine Williams, who did not sing on the record.
One of THE BEST songs of the 80's! 💯👍🏽🎯
Fell for the smaller girl and yes LOL Mason was a great singer, may he R.I.P
Available in a quality picture on BBC Catch up along with lots of others
Fantastic pop song - doesn't age because it is so good.
Released in early December 1982, crept up to #7 in early January, stayed at #7 another week and then quietly slipped away. Very underrated piece of pop pefection. Bob Dylan on bass, too!
And The Yorkshire Ripper on vocals.....
@@BrianMaiden-o9c having lived in Yorkshire my whole life since the early 1970s I was terrified hearing about this evil scum and wouldn’t go anywhere because of it so this is quite a tasteless comment. The vile crimes of that sick individual is what turned the actor who was Les Battersby in Corrie into the depressed, suicidal and alcoholic person he became as he found one of the bodies, and was never the same after that. Please think before writing as what might be funny in the moment could be long term trauma for others.
Dylan? Nah, that's Phil Spector.
I was 8! Heard it randomly the other day and flooded me with great memories Xxx
@@simonacuthbert1 nah it's way more Dylan looking, original poster was right.
Another superb classic from back in the day a record that should’ve done better than it did in the charts in its time the superb Maisonettes.
On 31 July 2019, Laurence "Lol" Edward Mason died at the age of 69 in his home in Harborne from a heart attack, after complications following a kidney transplant, RIP
God bless him, hope you’re having a great time in paradise lol ❤
La magie de RUclips et de cette vidéo, nous faire revivre cet excellent clip, qui n'a pas pris
une ride.
The backing Singers were 😳🔥 🔥🤎🤎 RIP Laurence Edward “Lol” Mason…
Thanks Lol for this awesome song. RIP
RIP❤❤❤❤
Awesome best music everrrrrrr
Since 1983 I have always loved this fab record.
Same 💯 💔
I never tire of hearing this. Great song
I've been listening to it for 42 years, I can't believe it. I see how old I've become. Still, it's nice to listen to this music.
Brilliant- has a Spector vibe, with a relaxed beat.
And the Lead Singer sounds a hell of a lot like Roy Wood
One of the most underrated songs in the 80' . Thx for that video.
I can't believe this only reached No.7. It was one of two avenues in the UK Top 10 in January 1983. The other was Eddy Grant's 'Electric Avenue' which climbed to No.2.
Absolute class, Sounds amazing after 37 years!!
It's been produced fantastically well.
@@LardGorth Yes; it still sounds fresh.
Make that 42 years....👍
So very sad to hear of the passing of Lol. They should have had far more success The Maisonettes. R.I.P Lol. Bless you.
Absolutely Chris...RIP Laurence
God bless Lol and thank you for leaving this fantastic legacy. Hope you’re singing in paradise ❤
A mixture of the 60's and the 80's best stuff and you got this masterpiece, never gets old, and refresh your heart everytime, priceless!!
I’m a heavy metal fan but I can’t explain why I love this song 🤔!
The Bryan Ferry finger click...! Not seen often enough...and the stick twirling drummer
and the girls ..? Doesn't get any better !!
A neglected classic. The measure of a great song is its capacity to occupy your mind and cause you to return to it. This has that quality in spade loads.
It's a great 80s classic. Another is Nick Straker Band. A Walk in the Park.
1982, what an amazing year for music.
Timeless😃
I was reminded of it during the closing ceremony of the Commonweatlh Games in Birmingham this summer.
One of the best songs ever❤Vibes of Motown/Northern Soul
Gosh I love this song and had forgotten it until I saw the word maisonette in a book I was reading and thought that it rang a bell and looked it up on RUclips and here it is, how could I have forgotten it, I bought the single and everything back in the day, now I have to hear it at least once a day. Just adore it. Was startled when I saw Lol he was just never how I pictured the singer but love the look of him and the band. Now I have to hear it again...
Don't know his name but the drummer is one cool dude !! In fact : the whole thing
is as close to perfection as you can get !!
Fantastic lead vocal from Lol, and the middle 8 melody is pure genius.
I agree with you 💯
I love RUclips for clips like this as you spend all your life listening to great music but never seen the people that sang it. Don’t know what I expected them to look like but it wasn’t this! I love the 1960s vibe of the ladies outfits, the drummer showing off twiddling his sticks and the sheer class of this timeless song.
TOTPS BBC 4 Friday Nights 7.00 - 900 soon reaching Christmas 1995
Two gorgeous girls, Bob Dylan, and the Yorkshire Ripper, what a band,
Villy Vassell 😂😂👌🏼👌🏼
I read up on this because it was a classic 1 hit wonder. The girls in the video were not the actual singers!
This really, REALLY made me laugh!
funny as hell, very good.
Classic💯
RIP Lol Mason, terrific singer/songwriter - from my Manor, Birmingham!🌹🏴❤️🙏🏼
the way the drummer spins his stick without missing a chord is genius
Drums don't do 'chords' lol
The song is a longtime favourite of mine, and so is the tiny backing singer, Denise Ward, I think!
I was 18 when this came out. The week after I bought the single, I went to C&A. Not only did they have a white jacket like this, but also a black polo neck jumper. It was like the sartorial gods had pointed straight at me and said "You shall go to the pub looking effing fantastic".
I still wear the jacket in summer, but now look like a granddad on a coach trip to Bridlington in it.
be you looked fantastic just the year for all taht clothes
@angelatulloch-of4ql Thank you. I certainly thought so.
The lead singer passed away in 2019 of a heart attack following a kidney transplant. He wrote this song.
😞 RIP
What a Legend too LOl Mason was also in City Boy too there big hit was 5705 I live not far from Birmingham to in The Midlands in UK.
Very sad to hear .
I remember buying this 45 in Woolworths way back !
I bought the 12 inch vinyl on Ebay .
Just brill.
More instrumental.
Just a great song !
Anyone who loves this 45 track should purchase the more longer 12 inch version .
It's just brill !
@@philhulse5355RIP Lol Mason, a fellow Brummie !❤🙏🏼🏴🌹
Erinnerungen an wunderschöne, alte Zeiten! Tolles Lied 🥰👌
The backing vocals sound so obvious, you think, someone else must have done them first, but they hadn't. They were a pearl waiting to be discovered in 1982.
My Grandad is the Drummer :)
ahh does the finger drumstick twizzle really well (like every good drummer should! lol :-)
Remi Robinson thats brilliant, hope he is still playing and twirling those sticks
Remi Robinson Wow!! He is SUCH a cool drummer! Say hi to him and thanks for the wonderful entertainment 🤗🤗🤗
The drummer is legend. The reason I watch the video more than listen to the track!!!
Tell your grandad he's a savage on the drums . Big tune
I like the shorter lady backup singer😍
Drummer loving his moment.. good lad...
Who is the drummer?
Yes true good old drumming you saw in the 1970s and 80s . X ❤️
@@oldlady12345 His name is Nick Parry, my cousin in Birmingham told me he's a good mate of his.
A very catchy song. I like the song!
A superb classic from the 80s . I bought and still have the single . Worthy off being a chart topper . Thanks guys for this ❤❤❤
This song has been with me since it came out. I also bought the single, still got it tucked away, and it’s obviously been down loaded onto my iTunes, it’s played regularly.
For some reason I’m regressing back to this great era of music…
Ahh.. the memories 😊 Being in my early teens and prematuring seeing those women 🤪 Thanks for the upload 👍
I remember watching The Maisonettes Live on Top Of The Pops in the BBC STUDIO In 1982 Singing Heartache Avenue Very Sad About Lol Mason RIP
Let's get this where it belongs - over a million views.
Yes, got there. 13 December 2023, 1 million views.
Great song like no other, RIP Lol
A trip back to 1982 and afterwards diving into the souly 60's - oooh what a time!
Heard this on radio this morning and thought "gosh, not heard this in decades !!! " So many songs lose their beauty because they become so overplayed and tired, but not this is one of those that hasn't ; it's hardly ever been played and it's lovely !!! :)
This song had that perfect Phil Spector style 'wall of sound' to it, everything sounds big and spacious
60's Tamla Motown reimagined. The best music of the 80's owed everything to the 1960's.
Reminds me of getting ready to go out with me mates to town O just to be 18 again❤️
R.I.P Lol Mason - singer of The Maisonettes & City Boy (5705)
Bless him. Lol was a good friend and a lovely man.
I never knew that until now
did not know either of these things, thanks
Did not know he died. I remember he was in Crossroads on TV at the time this came out. :-(
No, that was his brother Jeremy...…..though they did look alike!
A quintessential 1980s song from one of the ultimate one hit wonders. Brings back so many memories, I was so besotted with those two backing singers who must have been around the same age as me. Wonder where they are now?
one of them is not miss crawshaw in coronation street
Sadly, they were Boney M-ing it and miming: the vocals were studio session singers.
Doesn't matter now though😉
Yeah these girls were models
The two Dollie birds have certainly the '60's move's and mannerism's well and truly nailed !!
Top tune, and the smaller lady/backing singer/model...is bloody gorgeous ❤
omg i was looking for this song for 15 years..I heard it as a kid and it stick with me till down! This is great!
Fantastic song , timeless happy memories.
God bless
Peter Sutcliffe’s only hit without a claw hammer, the wee backing singer is a cuties.
Peter Sutcliffe on lead vocals
Bob Dylan on bass
2 fit ladies on backing vocals
What a band!
I always thought of Peter Sutcliffe when I saw him too.
absolute classic, they don't make em like this anymore, today's music is the pits🤮
Claire J those were great days and the music meant something Claire wish we could go back 😧
Me too, miss those days so much.
HAHAAA Thank you!!! Least someone has real ears. All the cunts into kisstory and they dunno where a sample of a song comes from. They think it's all original.
@@andrewmatthews6861 it was so organic bro eh. La roux done well trying to bring the 80s back. Thing is now. It will never be the right sound how it was cos you can just hear how technology moved on. It's a big shame. But that's what makes every decade stand out. Shame now it gets more shit day by day. Hahaaa
Today's music is just computorised noise and sound bites.
Superb 60s retro track.
80's song, 60's vibe, just lovely!
Bit Phil Spector sounding.
yes, another great song that doesn't get played much
Beautiful to the ears!!!
@@zxz1 got a bit of rotation on CKFM Toronto!
UberDurable I was just going to say that.
Song sums up my life at times but love it and bizarrely cheers me up!! Timeless tune 👌
😅
Ah les années '80, ce sont les meilleures en tout point !
God only knows what success this band could have had if they made more music this sixties style song is hauntingly beautiful
This song when hearing it at 12 just blew me away loved that 60s feel. Started me of being a mod at 12 😂😂😂
I am 72 , i stil like it !
If this was by a Motown band, it would be acclaimed as a masterpiece.
This songs soothes my soul. It's a real forgotten 80's Classic.
Sorry he passed away I who are the two girls they sing excellent
Love the backing vocals. Beautiful.
FocusReborn yeah, LOVE this song. How I miss decent pop songs !!
Berlinda Carlisle
@@natureclips5849 haha where did you get the idea that Belinda who was still in the go go's would do backing vocals on a song by a group from Birmingham? Neither one of then remotely looks like her
The girls in the vid are models not backing singers
Got the single when it was in the charts; this is one of those instances when a song is so good, that the artist couldn't possibly better it - top class music and vocals - should have stopped in the charts for a year!
Was looking for this song for decades
Un titre plein de classe qui a fortement marqué l'année 1982.
Great song. Terrific singer
This sound is just so emphatically 1960s and takes me right back there.
I think I like it more now than I did back then.
Love everything about this. The faux sixties groove, the grainy low-fi video production, the bass player wearing shades in the dark, the uplifting melody. Not cool, not trendy, just great.
Birminghams finest. Great song.
Just found out about Lol's passing in the Record Collector Magazine. May he rest in peace
From my hometown, haven't heard it for years but it still sounds terrific!
One hit wonder but what a one hit to have!
Yep ! What wouldn't we all give to have just ONE hit as good as this ?! It's only a 3 min pop song - how hard can it be ??? ( I've been trying for years . Still nothing ! ) 😢
Great song !! Love the bass and the backing vocals, actually I love the whole frigging song !
Love this song....you should never have disbanded!!!!! GREAT BAND 👌 make a comeback..we are sick of what's sold to us as music !!!
This is a very good song.
I had a massive crush on Denise back in '82 - and still have!
Awesome. Thanks.
this is a very underrated hit and i would love to see it re released.
It would be a disaster! Think about it. Good, genuine, honest-to-goodness, REAL music, like this...? In the festering horseshit pile that is todays chart...? It'd never make it! The charts? ... THAT'S no place for music any more!!!
It kind of did if you like Roll Deeps stuff?
@@TheDotty82 That's why I'm here. Remember roll deeps cover as a kid
god bless and look after this lead singer
RIP Lol Mason. Brummie legend.
My cousin was one of the backing singers. Elaine Williams not seen her for years
What a song! What a great classic!!
It gets straight into my heart each time I listen to it! It’s really shameful how music has become
Surprised this was not released in the USA. Just discovered this song.
The Girls! Wow...😳😜😜😜👍👍👍❣
My favourite song
Lol Mason also wrote a few songs for Samantha Fox including her song True Devotion. He was a talented songwriter too. R.I.P Lol.
Love this song !