Seaside Woman - Suzy & The Red Stripes

[anamanza]

In this sad winter, when I think that all I want is a little of sunny I listen this song xD

[venusace1]

Still have this on video somewhere. Such a catchy song, gets in your head all day!

[TheGreytights]

See my seaside video

[DaveWollenberg]

Linda had a great singin' voice, in her own right. RIP, the Lovely Linda!

[mrsgrubbysoles]

I'm SO happy to find this on youtube! Like everyone else I had the Frog Song VHS and used to love watching this. I now have young children of my own who love to watch the Frog Song on here, so I thought I'd see if anyone had uploaded Seaside Woman because I wanted my children to see it, and here it is. And they love it too!

I love the song, the vibe, and especially the animation. The song swims around my head every time I cook sweet potatoes :-)

[ramoneschick1]

My mum brought me and my brother a video of rupert and the frog song and this was on it!, was awesomely funny..ive been looking for this for so long..all those lovely memories coming back =D

[RSBrodie]

@ramoneschick1 omg same, and oriental nightfish D: tbh, i loved this more thatn rupert and the frog song :)

[7anya]

When I was little this was on my Frog Song VHS and it was always so catchy and relaxing to watch. I can't believe we finally found this again with vague memories. Thanks for uploading.

[FuongFaith]

Grande, Oscar Grillo!

[JakaQuan]

Apparently this was recorded in Lee Perry's Black Ark studio!!! Check out the Wikipedia article on Black Ark....

[Mabruku]

@JakaQuan This one was actually done by Wings..

The two tracks she did at Black Ark were Sugar time and Mr. Sandman..

According to Paul McCartney Seaside Woman was the first song Linda ever wrote..

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

where did you get this video from?

[RoadKill1313]

I mysteriously have this on a Rupert the Bear VHS tape I got from my grandmother awhile ago.. loved it the first time I saw it.

[MarcusBowen]

@RoadKill1313 Yeah!!, same here!!! "Rupert and The Frog song" is the main feature but this was one of the bonuses, this was the best of the lot and wasn't even the main feature on the video!!!. There was that "Nightfish" one, don't recall the rest of the title though. There was like three different cartoons on it.

[RoadKill1313]

@MarcusBowen Oh yeah, the Oriental Nightfish was quite trippy, but Seaside was definitely my personal favorite!

[pokcow01]

Rock on, Oscar Grillo. Fight the machine!

"Black cartoon characters are racist, and should be destroyed!"

Compared to blue and yellow white people? :3

[Tekena1200]

That's weird, I accidentally brought this videos up twice and they were in perfect sync. I cut one off and my sound dropped completely!

[mmmmmmmmmm9999]

Just caught this on John Kricfalusi's blog site. Brilliantly animated! ^_^

[Aquillyne]

Holy crap this was freaky too! Who else thinks it's racist to depict black people as actually literally zero-light-emitting purest charcoal BLACK!? Not to mention freaky.

[Groth1175]

It is a refreshing lack of political correctness

[celticgirl08]

@Aquillyne: I don't think it is racist, at all. On the contrary, it makes the video look more fun. Their 'black' color matches with the rest of the colors used in the video. Besides, their eyes are more noticeable that way. I love the gilr's eyes :) they are so cute.

I used to see this video (along with Ruppert's song and that creepy fish thingy) when I was like 3 years old :) *

[Aquillyne]

@celticgirl08 I watched Rupert, Fish and Seaside when I was 3 as well. The first I loved. It was so charming and magical. The second was weird and slightly scary. Seaside Woman freaked me out completely with it's jagged, posterised depiction of reality.

[MarcusBowen]

@celticgirl08 Yeah, it was something like "The Enchanted Nightfish" come to think of it, really odd gothic-like song so I recall.

[Tekena1200]

@Aquillyne Not really, I don't even think it's bad to depict s with giant red lips.

[Aquillyne]

@Tekena1200 What, like blackface gollywogs?! C'mon. It's like depicting Chinese people as bright yellow Simpsons. It's a depiction understood only via racist stereotypes.

[Tekena1200]

@Aquillyne True but my opinion is that it's not really a problem unless it's done in malice. Japanese teenagers love to get these dark tans that some mistake for blackface but it actually some mountain witch thing, so it's only a problem because the accuser thinks it's a problem.

I would be mad as hell if he made us act like idiots and killers, but he actually shows a type of compassion in this video. Plus if you've seen African or Aboriginal artwork you just think it was cute.

[ztoical]

@Aquillyne it's not racists - Oscar Grillo the director of the piece was inspired by the artwork of Gauguin and wanted to use as many solid blocks of colour for this short as he could, the characters skin colour [pure black] works within the context of the style the director was going for.

[kinkyfreaks562]

I LOve This SHort But Sweet CArtoon Video !

[nworbillek]

wonderful acid nights as well

[kva1978]

I can hear Paul in the background,he's on backing vocals

[RandomRobAtMyspace]

MEMORIES!!

[BonelessSausage]

She wrote the middle bit to Live And Let Die Paul just said in an interview. The reggae flavored part. "What does is matter to you when you got a job to do you got to do it well.." She could write but her singing was limited. So kindly srew yourself g6lb. Ed

[BonelessSausage]

Typo that was screw, as in fuck yourself.

[hangreen99]

this brings back so many memories, me and my cousins watching this over and over again for hourss round our nan's housee.

oh the childhood memories!

[dora8smit]

Brillant didn't think i wood find this thank you brought back some lovely memories

[Faithinmeiseasy]

aww the song's so cute

I love linda

[MarcusBowen]

@Faithinmeiseasy Her singing is actually really good on it :), fits the music perfectly :).

[gieterrr]

can you give me a free download?

[gieterrr]

they don't make these great music and cartoons nowdays. only the people around 2:50 ruin the cartoon, just as the people on the end of the video

[billydeeuk]

Why do you think they ruin it?

[Kerri75]

This song is great to listen to. Great Cartoon too: )

[TheWinkler]

Love and miss Linda - this is AWESOME!

[PolyBrow]

I have always loved this short; brings back so many memories. Great animation with a gorgeous soundtrack perfectly married to one another.

[GiIIigan]

First time I've heard this song in 30 years.

[XGShotX]

Damn that has really brought some childhood memories flooding back!! Great find!

[crazyidiot007]

haha, i remember watching this on betamax when i was little and getting sketched out with the oriental nightfish video

[lozlauangel16]

thiz such a weird video

[7beers]

You can hear that octave interval motif throughout the entire song.

[moongirlply]

I have always loved this.

[moominpie123]

i hear no red stripes :(

[FREEASTHESTARS]

omg I've been looking for this for years, thanks for posting this just made my day!! =)

[pinkundaztood]

1967girl. Linda had more live performance experience than most you could mention. The rate those guys toured the world through the 70s, 80s & 90s. It's unfair to say that about her, she was great at harmonising & became a fully professional performer with over 20 years live & studio experience. That's not even to mention her world class photography, animal rights politics & personal bravery.

[bumgrapes]

yes ! aaka-chika, aaka-chika, aaka-chika, aaaah. brilliant. thank you ! x

[spoonido]

Cute song - beautiful animation. Thanks for posting!

[allinbadtaste]

This was actually the first song Linda ever wrote. This song plus "Oriental Nightfish" is on a cd called "Wild Prairie". Great fun stuff if you love Linda McCartney as much as I do.

[lurch1066]

this was on the rupert the bear tape along with oriental night fish i love lostening to them on my ipod so if you want the mp3 or video message me

[GOTHMIDNIGHTMERMAID]

I like your name Dazzlecool & thanks again for uploading the Oriental Nightfish & this video. I've been wanting to see both cartoons!

[ciaranlucas]

Oh sweet yes! Thanks for posting this!

[ClaireEre2K6]

Ahh i remember this being on the end of the old Rupert video along with the scary song Oriental Nightfish. lol. Great songs.

[kringles4]

thanks for keeping Linda's memory alive...

Joe in NH.

[1967girl]

Linda couldn't carry a tune in a bucket~

[promosounds]

It was actually written solely by Linda. Check out the 1986 remix video on Youtube.

[poldoenjoy]

Excelente trabajo de Oscar Grillo

[leodresselli]

OMG!!! What a trip! I got this song on 45 in 1977. At first, I thought it was McCartney and Wings because of Paul's bass and reggae sound like "C Moon." Then I was shocked that it was written by Suzy and The Red Stripes!! Thanks for clearing this up because for 30 years...I have been trying to prove everybody that this was originally written by Paul and Linda. I was RIGHT!!! Yahoo!!

[promosounds]

It was actually written solely by Linda. Check out the 1986 remix video on Youtube.

[sxylou123]

I still got this on the end of my frog song video, nightfish kinda scared me as a kid

[hectichayz]

i got the same tape and its still goin my 3 yr old watches it, i think the nitefish is bit pervy, put it away love lol

[LyricalLoki]

OMG, I thought that was just a random tape my parents made, but it's ACTUALLY at the end of rupert?? I had that as a kid too!! And there's a nekkid woman in it!!

Cat -x-

[Aquillyne]

@LyricalLoki Likewise! I thought my mum had just been irresponsible and accidentally strung some 4am broadcast of x-rated acid trip horror shows on the end of my adored Rupert!

[MarcusBowen]

@Aquillyne Yeah, wasn't there quite a lot of tape on that VHS that was unused meaning you could easily record other stuff on the tape after the cartoons end?.

[youtoonpoop]

The Animation's almost like the classic Kia-Ora ads

[Martinknox303]

the animation of the Kia Ora ads was done by the same people that did this animation

[moongirlply]

This was wonderful.

[marylk775]

Brilliant. I can't find Oriental Nightfish though. I thought that was wierd when I was about 8!!

[dirtyoldsod]

I saw it on youtube not too long ago.

Love this song though.

[KatCassidy]

I love this clip! I haven't seen it in 20 years (literally!) and it's still as good now as it was then