paris angels - perfume

[ellenbieberlove]

RIP simon I loved you, you was the funnist guy I knew! Miss you loads, and loads! you where like a big brother too me :'( love you RIP!

[Mronesummer]

turner, sort it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[spennycamclient]

R.I.P

[gertcha]

RIP

[partridgezombie71]

RIP Simon.....

[GriefTourist]

RIP Simon.

A weird thing happened during Italia 90. I used to listen to John Peel while watching the games on TV and at least twice while this was on England scored, I kid you not!

[ultrakitty]

Si , You big hairy Lovely Bastard , will miss you , hope everythink is grand , and the Real Angels are lookin after yer. All my Hugs, James, Manchester

[bakerdave76]

R.I.P. big si you will be missed always has a smile and laughing top lad.

[tylertheboard]

R.I.P big si (drummer) died two days ago ! funny person good guy :) R.I.P MATEY

[Toblat18]

Just erd stone roses reforming better not cross the boundary line.boundary

[yabawbagz]

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant track! Saw them a few times, once at the Mayfair in Glasgow. Loved them.

[MyGroovemaster]

not a family member looking at comments...but I fooking love this song...love listening to this song...just reminds me of the early 90s

Cheers guys for bringing this song in to my lifexxxxx Sladey

[poppybea11]

@MyGroovemaster cant argue with that im having a nostalgia trip .new fads .neds .poppies.kitchens of dist.cud i wish i was 20 yrs younger again

[cavernbirch]

How the fuck do you go home?

[sycamoreluca]

should have been huge..still play this in my set 2o yrs later...amazing



[patmuck]

feck what nostalgia! oh to be young again! crackin tune

[joannefoy100]

this is my cousin jayne on the tambourine and backing vocals x

[PModByrd]

The drummer is my brother's friend's ex-room mate!

[jasonpfinch]

Saw them at the Subterania in Ladbroke Grove, London, in about April 1990, before this was released. They brought a huge travelling support with them from the North and took the place apart! Gave the crowd of poseurs in there a shake.

[BeccaMars02]

Never mind saw them at the duchess...she IS the DUCHESS. Nice use of headband. wish I could go back in time. properly.

[darkgardenia]

Good song. Definitely hear the Joy Division and New Order influence.

[FAfan06]

I miss Rikki my Godfather i haven't seen him in years... :(

[joannefoy100]

this is my cousin n i think its great

[kiuhy8]

great days

[kqpm392]

wonder how many of the oiks in this video have been on Jeremy kyle.

[FilmStar26]

Gotta say this is sorta brilliant, good lyrics and everything. I'm not familiar with Madchester and all that, but will look into a bit after that one.

[sharknett1]

Such an under-rated band. I saw them at the Norwich Waterfront back in 1992 (I think), got backstage and the band signed my T-shirt! Happy days!

[Mrsrocketbunny]

GO JOHNATHAN on the drums!!!

[SonicSurf3r]

Northern Soul from Paris Angels ...

[cavernbirch]

You are a star!

[cavernbirch]

Well done rikki

[kqpm392]

I think that this song alone is better than anything else to come out of the "madchester" era.

[TheLexyboy]

@kqpm392 oh come on! Its very good, but its only a Joy Division rip off (like a lot of Manc bands at the time), you do the Manc scene a bit of a disservice..........

[TheAlfie66]

a super classic  of the 90's

[bibmo28]

Still one of my fav tunes to this day !!

[fov8]

heard this once or a few times in the 90s and then a scot bloke at work just played it ... raced to see what it was, and damn, replaying it on end

[cavernbirch]

Happy days.before the drugs

[vanmaeleweiler]

I think such a group would not be possible nowadays: in a sense they had this talent

[Lucienlachance1974]

1st time to hear this - a hidden gem excellent tune.

[benjchuckle1]

tune tune tune

[medicat3dthree]

Classic. Great memories dancing to this in my green PA t-shirt.

[Jimmeho]

my uncle on gutair there :')

[weekevman]

your ma was 1 hot lady back in the day. loved her voice too especially in the loved up version. amazing band i wished i could find the album again!!

[kyboyz72]

dropped many a pill to this long live the 90's....

[jurazni]

strangetown no way is that your mam we used to fancy the arse off her when we went there gigs top fuckin band by the way let her know haha

nice one geez...

[SeanMR72]

First time heard this in about 18 years, surprisingly it still sounds good

[brianomalley71]

never heard of this band before but i fuckin love this

[strangetown22]

@zombiekicker or Lightning Seeds. I fucking hate that twat.

[strangetown22]

@zombiekicker or The Real People

[strangetown22]

@zombiekicker ,bit tough son. At least you aint a scouser.

[KingHotdog]

Paris Angles, Flowered Up and Northside were all just a bit too much back then they just seemed to be forced on us during the baggy era when the people they were copying like the Mondays and Inspirals were just too good.

[strangetown22]

@zombiekicker no worries zombie,i smashed your sister's back doors in whilst your old girl was fingering herself watching me mush. 

[tomicken74]

My fave song from that "baggy" era. This should've been massive, still sounds amazing. Btw i lost my virginity to a girl claiming to be in the background of this vid, i've never spotted her but we only got talking because of this song, good memories.

[beef1690]

R.I.P. Fages and Bob D. Guide Bridge Boys we are here.....

[TheRealPeople1]

this tracks been a big part of my life for almost 20 years

just a fucking amazing amazing track!!!

should of been massive!!

[bluemoon9uk]

top banana

[ThePhatty73]

maaaaan these were so fucking under-rated, along with NewFADs.........TRAVESTY of musical justice that the mondays took the shine!

[BarandClubbing]

Simon from 'Paris Angels' lives on my street, only just been told about his past, sounds great !!

[royalnash]

arctic who? exactly they must be real indie

[AustinMcsherry]

aye, I love this song.takes me way back. Can't really remember when to though.and etc......love it.

[andrewt008]

this is proper indie music. Fuck the arctic muppets!

[foreverashcroft]

oh memories.. quality.. loved this song..

[RobR386]

I have the CD Single, iirc i heard this on the radio back in 1990

[drumgold23]

Hang on, S/town's 43yrs old apparently. Bummer. I'd love to know what Jane Gill is up to now.

And I'm going stupid once again...

[MsGilly121]

@drumgold23 hi im jayne gill's daughter lol =], she gt married lol to ricki the lead singer n had me haha... bt nw thre divorced ;/.. erm she gt a gd job nw wrking for manchester arndale n shes still in touch with her music routes =]. bt her hair aint like tht anymre, no afro lol. wb x btw im charlotte

[drumgold23]

To those below - tell yer uncle that his basslines were ace and he played in a really cool band. Strangetown 22 if that is yer ma tell her she's gorgeous and she still has fans all over the world. I still play that 12" extended version regularly. What happened to the other singer though?

[noonoo37]

Saw these at Duchess in Leeds around 1990. Great gig except the bit when the singer threw his mouth keyboard thingy into the crowd & it hit me between my fucking eyes. I was tripping like fuck at the time the bastard. I kept it for years in case they went massive..They didn't. Top band though & thanks for posting.

[strangetown22]

That's my ma on tambourine and BV's. She looks well slim there.Must have been those E's she was always going on about. Go Ma!!

[WizLaudan73]

Your maa was a bit of a raver!!!...Go on Coral!!!..lol

[electreclectico]

@strangetown22 you have a really cool ma then! Paris Angels is one of my favorite bands!!!

[partridgezombie71]

@strangetown22

Bless yer ! Saw them once at The International, a blur of dope n Stella - still the best Madchester Anthem.

[kerrzo1971]

@strangetown22

we still play this loads. It was kinda a celebratory anthem for getting back from the rigs without getting our balls blown off. Thanks to your Mum x.

[WizLaudan73]

aaaahhhhhh man..i forgot about this tune. A lot of those old tunes sound a bit shit now but this dont. Rave on!!

[TrimmTrab1970]

This is one of the best tunes from the whole Madchester era & this lot really should have been much bigger.

Saw them at the Duchess & The Warehouse in Leeds back in 1990, two great gigs.

[carlos7217]

@TrimmTrab1970 nice name,..and i agree,..top tune and group,.scott careys group ,who was kicked out of the inspiral carpets b4 P.A.

[robertodowneso]

they look like a buch of fucking spastics.

but, didnt we all back in 1990. tune like no other, well done mongo.

[AngiieeOx]

my uncle is the bass guitarist :D x

go on uncle scott :) <3

[cvantoor]

I remember I heard a song by Paris Angels on the radio once. I believe it was produced by Dave Ball. It was much more house-y. Anyone know of it? DJ Luc Janssens played it on his show at that time on Studio Brussels.

[JordanRuby88]

My Dad. Hahaha.

[AngiieeOx]

which one is your dad?

Scott (the bass guitarist) is my uncle lol

[AngiieeOx]

@JordanRuby88

yeah but which oneee :|

[SouthCoastNetter]

I love this tune...just can't stop playing it...I am so happy that I have found it again :)

[diane6166]

i still have the 12" of this!! Hi to Rikki, Jane and Scott....hope you are well!! RIP the Birch Cellar Bar...many a drunken night spent listening to great music with a top bunch of peolpe! Happy days!

[AngiieeOx]

Scott Carey is well.

he is my Uncle ,

he is going to teach me to play the bass guitar :)

[williamagar]

@diane6166

Fantastic tune and fantastic days at the Birch Cellar Bar how time flies away....

Love t Jane and kids and the GBF!!!

Remember taping the Angels and making compilations for em before they got signed!! Wonder how you all are ????

[GTR240z]

Oh my god - the last time I heard this I had long hair - now I have almost no hair!!! This brings back memories of seeing them live at Leicester around 1990 - they were fab and deserved more recognition...

[maccac7a]

Thanks for posting online this track could equally get lost in time, the remix is awesome. Hello to everyone from the Birch Cellar Bar - good days.

[inspiralroses]

I live in the area where acid was first produced out of sheer earth as a by-product of wheat. Who would then have thought that it withholded such beauty? Thanks Madchester!!! Forever!!!

[mickb1968]

God i remember this, have two good friends in this band, Waggs on guitar and Big Simon on the drums. Those where the Days Good times. Thanks for posting.....

[phrayzar]

I've been playin this in sydney for the last 5 years on and of and it's got a bit of a cult following. as it should do. sounds great on a big system. I play the start of the 7" and then mix into the 12 version, ooooooooooohhhhhh!!!!!

[AdzLadzMan]

But it's not on i tunes! What a disaster. My last copy of this disappeared with a '92 compilation tape...

[happyhardcore94]

It's on bez's Madchester Anthem's hope that help's : -) .

[GAZZA251170]

Fucking Yess!!! Madchester classic!!!

[moonuk]

Love this track..................Its a anthem, love the roses and all that but this just does IT!!!!!

[dibble1973]

a great time for musc and this song just stood out at the time and still does, the guita riff at the beginning is magical.

[cheechforprez]

I loved paris angels, ah the old days

I saw them live a couple of times and they were amazing...

music is stale nowadays compared to then

[utrapzab]

i know time 4 it to return

[incubusrec]

I remember a song called ''oh yes'' which was beatiful, it's a shame that England doesn't launch any decent band for many years GREETINGS FROM PERU

[jaseywasey49]

This is probabaly the only song i remember by them, but god what a classic.

[Astoroth666]

iv got a remix of this sum where on cd,must dig it out - classic tune!

[Njai74]

Had this oan 7", gave it tae an ex and never saw it again... which ah still regret tae this day, as it's rare as rockin horse jobbies! Loved up, indeed!

[RVSAID]

I've got it, signed and sealed as it came enthused with perfume. No idea where but its around somewhere. Thanks for posting the tune

[thefonz43]

Mint tune like.

The lass looks like a drugged up cast member from Rita, Sue and Bob Too.

[su79nioj]

lol. She's having a ball!

[KaitainCPS]

"Oasis have a lot to answer for"

Oh, come on, Oasis made a great album.

Shame they repeated it eight times afterwards, though.

[wildenfree]

Oasis could NEVER be The Beatles, not even on a good day

[wildenfree]

HILARIOUS..LMFAO

[salparadise1971]

Oh I remember seeing them in Glasgow early 1990 just before the summer.We saw them at the QMU university when we had to get the students to sign us in and being a gang of young football hooligans they were'nt keen ! Also saw the at King Tuts too.I remember the girl singing with the black hair singing and playing tambourine,she was lovely.1990 was great was'nt it ? We were all fighting at the football every Saturday afternoon and partying with the same lads at night time.

[cavernbirch]

SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAD A GREAT TIME.

[winnie2494]

do  you know wags he's my uncle i'm called luke price-wagstaff

[carlos7217]

COOL TUNE,COOL TIMES.

[fred166]

weird, i've never heard this original as i've only got the remix Perfume (Loved Up) but this is well nice

[mooonjelly]

kool

[otherpeoplespants]

This song helped my brother and me to educate the french in terms of music and snogging birds on the beach in the south of france.

[robertodowneso]

does a better example of the ecstacy fuled dance crossover exist?

[nprintheshit]

where these on factory records?

[BillyBolloxChops]

Sheer Joy Records I believe, later signed to Virgin who dropped before a second Album could be released. The band then sadly called it a day :-(

[pinacoladanz]

Amazing and very influential track!!!

[silvertaff]

They made SUCH great music . I'd love it if their records were made available again . A really special band .

[aneworderfan]

I can't believe I discovered them only today... they're fantastic!

[MightyRooks]

Saw the Angels at the Zap Club in Brighton one cold Sunday night only played for a 45 minutes but was well worth it. Could have only been 40 people there.

[kippax73]

had 12" vinyl.

got big bucks for it at vinyl exchange in early 90s-regret it now!

in my top 10 tunes of all time

[GriefTourist]

where's rikki now? i've got a video of them playing the Hacienda.

[brcampbe]

Post it then!!

[eckmacdonald]

Love this, Happy daze! Them and the new fads best thing in britain at that time! Thanks for sharing!

[IANMPMCD]

This song popped into my head after years, and went on a mad search to find it, aah the joys of hunting down classics!

[Oz1275]

If any one has contact info for any of the Angels please pass it on to me I am an old friend that spent a lot of time with these guy and need to know how they are all doing!

Oz of the GBY (guild bridge force)lol

[lmscatty]

Hello Oz stil alive

Very happy now with my flower H

Glad to hear youre still kicking

Take care

Yours Rikki

[beef1690]

Guide Bridge Force! There's a new one.

[mods75]

madchester na na na.amazin.the best scene ever

[nicklakeshore]

this really is something very special, nothing else fits this type of madchester sound

[frillonandu]

what album is this version on

[matrags]

where can I get this version?

[cyberjohn70]

I've got this on cd single - e-mail me if you want it

[scottjohnturner00]

hello mate been trying to get this song on cd for ages have you still got it or a copy

cheers

[wildenfree]

Great song, brings back the shoe gazing years,

taken me about 18 years to see the video though - cheers

[nicklakeshore]

really that long , unbelievable, i could tell this was something special

[wildenfree]

yeah man..oldies but goldies!!!!!!

Blimey, now I sound like Smashey and Nicey!!

lol.

[steponyouagain]

Is this the album version? Please tell me it is as I have just ordered it from amazon.

[gillypoya]

fucking awesome...been trying to find this for years...lost the 12" years ago..great how you remember all the words..cheers :)

[salparadise1971]

Saw them at the QMU in Glasgow 1990.All us young football hooligans took over the the students bar and they were all there with there Wonder Stuff t-shirts on,they were scared to move.

Hahahahaha happy days.Summer 1990 is my favourite ever time.

[ThomCat69]

Summer 1990 was so special, fuck the stuffies

[beef1690]

spot on mate.....i know u were there from what you have said. It was the same in Edinburgh...Hearts and Hibs decided to use Paris Angels visit as a night to kick off. Meanwhile we took a backstep and let the local wars carry on.

[beef1690]

How are ya Rikki?

[lifeonloop]

Anyone know where you can find this now? I tried i tunes and torrents..I have it on 12inch but its scratched to hell, i also had the loved up version on CDS but I left it my girlfriends..we split up a few days later and I never got it back!, that was back in 91! you can keep all this nu rave shit, kids today never had the music and times of 88-91!

[cyberjohn70]

I have this on cd single - 4 songs: Perfume, All On You (Perfume), Muffin 2 and Techno Live. E-mail me...

[indyandsam]

How much better is this than the sell-out version? Fucking cockandball-loads

[nmagee72]

in fact - this song more than any other is THE song that is 'Madchester'

[saxonsportstar]

I've been searching for this for years, cheers Vin

[nmagee72]

joy division vs the mondays

wish they had more like this.

[jaseyrichy]

wat a track, bought 12inch single in 1990, hearing this song kills me, reminds me of my last year at school. no kids no mortgage no pressure not a care, madchester is never coming back

[aureol40012]

Know what you mean mate, had the same realisation last week. Its all in the past; but what a past.

[ianbrownshairdo]

fucking hell, i forgot how much i love this!!! thanks x

[spiper1974]

17 years since I first heard this, loved it then and still fuckin love it now. Ageless! Happy Daze people, if you don't own it, buy it, will bring the brilliance of the early nineties to life! Man I miss it.

[brcampbe]

This is what happens when corporate BS DOESNT get involved with the music... you get a 7 piece band that is amazing

[theendoffame]

I wish it could be somewhat like this today. where did it go ?

[90sindierulz]

encapsulates all that was GOOD about Madchester, cos there was plenty of dross! Gr8...

[icarokar]

One of the best Indie Band of 90's!

[Armsieee]

You so wanted the female singer to be better looking!!

[dave1stbarton]

know where ur coming from, but jane was a realy sound girl. she seemed so humble and never let the hype infect her personality. Qualty girl, and i would say possesed what all of us blokes realy need in a girl ?

[Armsieee]

Fucking ace! choon this was when i was 15 - 16 drinkin in fields Madchester quality, was it wags that ended up in Black Grape? Great fuckin tune reminds me of one dove, interstela and others xxx

[dave1stbarton]

you were f-in young when they were on the scene arm...... u make me feel like a dinasour. Good on ya tho, and yes wags did join black grape. He was and prob still is a sound lad.... funny as fuck, he didnt give a shit. Nice post friend. ta taaaaaaaa

[vegascasual]

fantasic song wagstaff is the finest bass player in the world acorrding to your karl !!!!!

[BaseTurnComplete]

I'm so glad that this is on You Tube. Because this is the defining Indie/Dance crossover song. Forget everything else. The Angels were doing it in 1990. Just kneel and weep you dance maniacs. Because it all flows out of this song.

[villasotc82]

couldnt agree more always described this tune myself as indie/dance at its best.

just wish i had have bought the cd single instead of the vinyl 12" at the time.

the cd is rare as fuck oh well will track it down one day.

great pills great memories - wipes a tear from his eye lol

[Mondrin]

beautiful, my favourite single ever

[beef1690]

Dave Barton, i know the people you do mate, if you wanna know more p.m. me mate. davey399if you drove the van then you know me too. my name is a clue

[davey399]

i know you beefs......ya blue nose _ _ _ _

lol

[beef1690]

G.B.F.

jock, Fagan, Jeff, azzor, akky, bob d, bruxi, giz, wilba, john b, ribby, joycey, d allen, gino, beef, ditchy. week in week out takin it to em on the road. consi, whiteside, wrighty,stonie ,winnie,ju, mazi,benni, rob k, will, probert, adshead,bowker,aimer,jav,si lewis,gareth,nutty,etch,boris,­2 bacons, rikki,scroggy x2, wiggy, clarkey.

sorry if i missed anyone!

G.B.F.

[lmscatty]

Hi Rikki says hello

[beef1690]

Tell Rikki hello back!

[muzabz]

amazig!!!!