The Beat - Too Nice To Talk To (The Complete Beat) | jt1674

Saturday you say? Well here’s The ‘English’ Beat . . . The Beat to us Brits (obvs!? DUH!) but was there a US Beat? . . . . . . . . never heard ‘em! This is the heart of BritSka! Put your dancin’ shoes on!

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Classic pop songs revisited! | THE BEAT’s ‘SAVE IT FOR LATER’ PETE TOWNSHEND

Pete Townshend and The Deep End - Save It For Later

I love this song and have it as a single by The Beat [The USA knew them as The English Beat as there was already band there with the simplified name]

 But this by Pete shows his interest in their songs and as he says Dave Wakeling sent him the lyrics!

This video is recorded from a Laserdisc which should be the highest quality source currently available. Unfortunately, there is no DVD

The English Beat LIVE in Boston MA 1982 - FLOPPY BOOT STOMP

 THE BEAT

Nice set from The Beat over at FLOPPY BOOT STOMP

In tribute to the much missed Rankin' Roger!

Roger Charlery, 1963- 2019

THE BEAT Live in Boston - FLOPPY BOOT STOMP

WBCN-FM Broadcast 

It was broadcast so its that good 

Boston Opera House

Boston MA

1982-11-19

WBCN-FM Broadcast @320

01. Carter Allen Intro---Hands Off, She's Mine

02. Big Shot

03. I Confess

04. Doors Of My Heart

05. Save It For Later

06. Too Nice To Talk To

07. Spar Wid Me

08. Jeanette

09. Get A Job---Stand Down Margaret

10. Sole Salvation

11. Two Swords

12. Ackee 1-2-3

13. Drowning

14. Tears Of A Clown

15. Ranking Full Stop

16. Mirror In The Bathroom

17. Encore Break

18. Twist And Crawl

19. End Of The Party

20. Click Click

21. Encore Break

22. Best Friend

23. Jackpot

24. Outro

Ranking Roger - Vocals

Andy Cox - Guitar

Dave Wakeling - Guitar, Vocals

Dave 'Blockhead' Wright - Keyboards

David Steele - Bass

Everett Morton - Drums

Saxa - Saxophone

Wesley Magoogan - Saxophone

Thanks as always Enoch!

BRITISH REGGAE! - The BEAT and Musical Youth - Voodoo Wagon

BRITISH REGGAE! 

Photo the legendary Chester Simpson

THE BEAT

and 

Musical Youth

THE SOURCE

Tracklisting excluding advert breaks:

01.  The Beat - I Confess

02. The Beat - Jeanette

03. The Beat - Tears Of A Clown

04. The Beat - Save It For Later

10. The Beat - The End Of The Party 

15. The Beat - Twist and Crawl

16. The Beat - Ranking Full Stop

17  The Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom

01. Musical Youth - Instrumental

02. Musical Youth - Children of Zion

03. Musical Youth - Mirror Mirror

04. Musical Youth - Young Generation

05. Musical Youth - Youth Of Today

06. Musical Youth - Love Me

07. Musical Youth - School Girl

08. Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie

09. Musical Youth - Never Gonna Give You  Up

The 'English' Beat known solely as The Beat in the UK here play a seven track gig

Musical Youth were a one hit wonder really though accomplished in their own right eventually 'Pass The Dutch' was their only real chart showing. Give them a go you might be surprised

draftervoi over at Voodoo Wagon says:

English Beat recorded at the Boston Opera House, Boston, MA on November 19, 1982.
Musical Youth recorded at the Ritz, New York City, New York, on April 10, 1983.

Live shows by Musical Youth are rare; there's nothing up at Guitars 101.  There are two songs on this that may be unreleased: tracks 23 "Instrumental" and 33 "Love Me."  I was unable to match them up with any released songs.  If one of our Beloved Audience knows more, please leave a comment.

I tracked down the date of the Musical Youth show by using Newspapers.com. and I've included a .jpg of the article  I also found a "Getty Image" of David Johansen with Musical Youth backstage at the Ritz on April 10, 1983, which provides a second source for the date.  

A longer version of the English Beat show is available for download (for a small fee) at Wolfgang's Concert Vault.

Two of the Budweiser commercials are by Joe Jackson and A Flock of Seagulls..  The first Bud commercial (Track 2) sounds like....someone.  I can't place it, but I think it's some early 80s pop rock group....does anyone recognize it?

This is the first time Frank Cody shows up as an announcer.  His WIKI says he's ""Smooth Jazz's Leading Alchemist" and "The Father of Smooth Jazz.

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The BEAT! - Musical Youth - The Source NBC 83-18 Boston '83 and NYC '84 - Voodoo Wagon

Check out the links to The Beat and Rankin Roger who we have mentioned before . . . . . . 

RANKING ROGER

'The Beat'

From the Beat webpage:

RIP ROGER 

March 26, 2019 

“He fought & fought & fought, Roger was a fighter.” 
Sadly Roger past away a few hours ago peacefully at his home surrounded by family. 
Roger’s family would like to thank everyone for their constant support during this tough time. More to follow in the coming days. RIP ROGER! 

In Autumn 2018, just before he was about to embark on his first US tour in over 12 years, with a further worldwide tour following in 2019, Roger was diagnosed with cancer. At the time he was riding high and very happy having just released a superb live DVD at a sold-out London Roundhouse, finished a new album and had over the preceding year, enjoyed enormous worldwide success touring with The Selecter. As 2019 began he continued to bravely fight and whilst undergoing various treatments he managed to finish his biography ‘I Just Can’t Stop It’ with co-writer Daniel Rachel. It tells of his teen years growing up in Birmingham, and then the superb good fortune of meeting The Beat. The new studio album Public Confidential, which he was so rightly proud of, was released in January.Our hearts and commiserations go out to his family, his friends, his loved ones, his band mates (past and present) and of course to all his fans

Live at the BBC in Glasgow. For more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/quaysessions

Roger makes the cover of The Face with picture by the legendary Sheila Rock

The Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom (1980)
Roger Charlery / Andrew Cox / Everett Morton / David Steele / David Wakeling
from: “Just Can’t Stop It” LP

Personnel:
Dave Wakeling: Lead Vocals / Rhythm Guitar
Ranking Roger: Toasting / Vocals
Andy Cox: Lead Guitar
Saxa: Saxophone
David Steele: Bass
Everett Morton: Drums

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR YESTERDAY

FELLOW AQUARIAN

DAVE WAKELING

of 

THE BEAT

Born on this day: February 19, 1956 - Singer, songwriter and musician Dave Wakeling of The Beat and General Public (born David Wakeling in Birmingham, UK.

Happy 62nd Birthday, Dave!!

just because . . . . . . . . . [I rarely post songs twice . . . . . . . . here's an exception and if you have to ask why . . . . . . . .there is something wrong with your eardrobes*]

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*Professor Sir Stanley Unwin

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The BEAT - Save it For Later
 N.B. not the English Beat . . . they are THE BEAT
A feel good song . . . . . but angry too

 Two dozen other stupid reasons why we should suffer for this 
Don't bother trying to explain them, 
just hold my hand while we come  . . .  
to a decision on it

run away runaway run away let me down let me down