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  • Robert Palmer this I think is his first major hit

    Looking for Clues its one of many great songs he

    recorded this one had no fancy ladies in it which

    most of his others do .....great posting

  • this is for olivermcummins. Sadly man, this song never broke the top 40! And it's one of his best songs! His first major hits were Every Kinda People in 1978 (#16) and Bad Case of Loving You in 1979 (#14). This song however was his first top 40 hit in the UK.

  • Thanks for info still we both agree this song is

    one of his best ..and what a great artist and sadly

    missed

  • It's much more interesting than the "Addicted to ... " crap videos.

  • This song is fucking HOT! Its exciting! It has a groove that fucks you in the musical ass

  • Palmer should always wear Armani! He's too good for other outfits.

  • What a blast from the past!! Loved dancing around to this song, and also loved "Johnny and Mary". Neither song are musical masterpieces, but they sure are fun and bring back great memories!!

  • Always liked this song. Co-workers and I used to clean up a store at the end of the night to this song every night. It made cleaning up (mopping and such) much more fun...dancing around to this. People would look through the window at us, probably thinking we were nuts, but we had a blast! It was pretty funny.

  • If you think today's music is good, your smoking crack! This is one of his BEST!

  • My four year old granddaughter thinks this is a very cool Wiggles video!

  • hahahahahaha! awesome. Wake up Rob!

  • The Guitar, I think is a Carver.

    Now, more importantly Ive not heard a smoother white male vocalist anywhere that I can recall. He could sing standards, funk and he could rock with the best of them, and he exuded class in every way. To the other point brought up about being a drinker....all of the coolest famous Brits were/are drinkers.the notorious group of Richard Burton, Richard Harris and the still surviving (likely pickled) Peter O'Toole (best man's name ever)

  • Robert Palmer-one the smoothest vocalists in all of music. You are dearly missed.

  • I miss Robert Palmer....

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  • i hear this song at work everyday, grocery stores play some good tunes! :)

  • That is so funny, last time I was shopping they were playing Thin Lizzy's Jailbreak and loud enough for me to sing until I got to the self scan. The problem is some have the system set up so every 30 seconds or so they have reminders about specials with 10 seconds of silence before and after. Also heard Powerstation more than once.

  • Trader Joes?

  • no, florida doesnt have trader joes, i work for publix down in orlando, fl

  • Does anyone know what kind of guitar that is?

  • this is one of his best songs. An early one. Another great early tune of his is "Sneaking through the Alley with Sally." If you like this song.

  • Man, this song gets me moving and twitching everytime I hear it. Its when he started incorporating MIDI and synths and his Blue Eyed Soul. Its also extremely FUNKY! I love his line about hating phone rings! I can relate! Eff iPhones.

  • great man, great songs ,greatly missed god bless Robert Palmer

  • WOW HE DIE?

  • RIP Robert "Get Down" Palmer.

    One of the most underrated talents in the music industry. Astiiig!

  • Love that song, first heard it 81 still magic, where is he now ?

  • Worm food.

  • Yes old spud just looked it up, Was he on Ahhhhh drugs ? Great sounds then so was the Doors.

  • He died in 2003, so I guess the answer is heaven...

  • Was it drugs ? you seem to know all about that sort of thing.

  • Heart attack - no drugs...

  • Where you there ? Kiss me Harvey.

  • Think he was a bit of a drinker.

  • Oh well we would have got on very well, bought this bar etc 1992 been pissed every night since, Did you meet him ?

  • Are you serious? He died about 6-7 years ago. RIP you smooth dude.

  • yes heard he died 2003, I live just of Africa we only got bits of world news then. great sounds.

  • Anyone notice how much "The Golden Path" by The Chemical Brothers & The Flaming Lips sounds like this?

  • You're right, it does.

  • "YOU TOLD ALL THE COLOURS YOU WERE LEARNING THE BLUES' and 'YOU CANT DO NOTHIN THAT YOU DONT PUT YOUR MIND TO' fuck i love those 2 lyric lines!

  • He played guitar with Vinegar Joe/Elkie Brooks. Some good vids of them on Youtube!

  • I didn't Know he played guitar.

  • This is the one song I remember from Robert more than addicted to love this is even way before MTV even started a Video Pioneer classic just like toni basil's Hey Mickey around the same time late 70's

  • Definitely a Talking Heads vibe going in this number... they were very influential in those days. Always loved Mr. Palmer's voice.

  • 1.39 best whatever you call that ever,this song rocks!!!

  • Todos hicimos ridiculeces en algún momento de nuestras vidas ¿por qué Robert Palmer iba a ser la excepción?

  • Hey, isnt this a rip-off from Haus am See?

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  • No, Robert Palmer made this song before Fox graduated Grammar school. There is a hint of Robert Palmer's Looking for Clues in Haus am See, but its very subtle. It's extremely common for todays artists to rip off others, because pop/rock in general has been pretty much covered. Still Robert Palmer was a musical genius and I think its insulting to compare today's music to this rare gem.

  • If you are not shaking or nodding your head to this song, then there is something wrong with you!!!

    Thanks Robert, for the music; R.I.P.

  • 1:45 Rob looks quite scary but in a funny way.

  • OMG!!! GREAT TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE!!!

  • One word for this little jammy: infectious!

  • Awesome song..Reminds me of the good ol' days..... RIP Robert......

  • oh my I am really loving you tube. I had totally forgotten about this song and video!!! Only Robert Palmer could do such a stretch from his normal singing voice and still sound sexy and strong and seductive....what a singer! Love the song too, always did. As far as the video, yeah, it's wierd. It was late 70's or early 80's pre- Duran/MTV. Nothing sophisticated was being made then. I love it anyway!

  • Weird video, but not nearly as weird as his "Some guys have all the luck" vid. But he was so awesome he could do whatever the hell he wanted.

  • Roberts music and video's kick the s!@# out of anything Michael Jackson ever did. But Robert is a natural white man so there wasn't any big production after his death. Or would that have been racist?

  • ......what? ROB not wearing a SUIT & TIE?

    well...he still kick ass...MISS you brother.

  • What a loss....he was one talented dude. Saw him live in Detroit a lifetime ago.

  • My god I remember this as an odd song. Sounds like it would be New Wave, cause it sure as hell isn't rock.

  • RIP.....I remember dudes would actually pop and lock to this when the song was new.....

  • Love this song, and this video was played a lot in the early days of MTV. I think I may have seen it daily in 1982.

  • this song comes on all the time at my job. needless to say i might be a little annoyed by it by now.

    but i miss robert palmer.

  • ........HA HA ROB playing the XYLOPHONE

    with his feet......i love you man!!...miss you..

  • reminds me of that scene in the movie Big with Tom Hanks doesn't it?

  • I remember listening to this on the radio when I was 5. I hadn't heard it in over 20 years until I found it here on youtube.

  • same here but i was 8 years old back then. guess im 3 years older than you. this an excellent song and i still think its rock

  • Great song. I remember staying up late to see this on MTV when it first came out. MTV still played videos then.

  • They still play videos, they are just all bad. Or mostly, anyway.

  • Thanks for posting this. Love this song. RIP Robert.

  • Another great tune by the greatest decade for music. Hail, hail to the great ones.

  • mr. palmer in a Tshirt ?

    that's pretty rare.

  • Just looks like a t-shirt. It's a real shirt. I thought what you did at first glance too.

  • this video by Mr. Palmer is very funny!

  • i want to see trick bag....

  • This was the first video I saw on MTV

  • THIS VIDEO ALWAYS MAKES ME SMILE!

  • Jerry Harrison, the drummer from TALKING HEADS plays the bass drum on this song,recorded at COMPASS PIONT STUDIO in bahamas!

  • Love those 80s high top boots!!!

  • R .I .P . mate .

  • ya. if Robert Palmer didn't die, he'd still be alive.

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  • @ tardsonwheels - You are an idiot. God help ya.

  • great song,junior high days

  • Great track, great guy....

  • Best one-note solo ever

  • great

  • jajajaja i love this song

  • Yay, I FINALLY found this song!!!!!!!!!!!

    RIP Robert Palmer - You are truly missed!!

  • Massively 80's. Love it.

  • Classic song... try dancing to this one at your mates wedding!!

  • whenever i see this video, i wanna jump him.... puuuurrr!

  • Yeah you're right, I'm simple minded... Meanwhile I attend a university ;)

  • I wasn't too familiar with this song, hate to say. But the more I hear it the more I like and the video is definitely starting to grow on me, corniness and all. I also hate that he passed away, he had so much more to offer the world. But his music and videos live on thru youtube and the wonderful people who post them.

  • My jammmm  I played basketball to this....check out my video cc

  • Does anyone else here suspect that a certain early Tom Hanks flick ripped off one of its memorable scenes from this video? (BIG, with Robert Loggia and Tom dancing on the big piano keyboard.) Or am I just slow, and this is something EVERYBODY knew?

  • lol

  • Nice song, but horrible video, I thought the mines where bad, but this is just sad. At least he saved a lot of money making it, since they have to pay for their own videos.

  • tmpfan2, check out when the video was made - 1980. That time only very few music video clips were made and the quality is quite ok. Y'know, it wasnt about quality, it was more about fun and music. Ah the good old times omg i sound like my father.. :)

  • he's hot! yum! haha

  • "you can't do nothing that you don't put your mind to" ..well said!

  • Fun track.

    Forza 2020

  • I bet he had fun making that video.

  • I HATE that Robert Palmer passed away. His music and voice are terribly missed.

  • Me too. His version of 'Sneaking Sally through The Alley' was the most bombastic reworking of the song that I've ever heard. He will be missed.

  • Great song. It´s a shame that he died so young, he might have given us even more good music.

  • Are those wrestling shoes he is wearing?

  • They are probably made by Otomix

  • i never knew r palmer was this small, i wonder how he got people to make instruments that small

  • I heard he used toy instruments to make this video. Problems did arise, however, when Robert Palmer had to go on tour. Apparently every audience member behind the first row felt ripped off as they only saw the backing band perform.

  • wow he has an action for every sentence sooooo cheesy but loving the song! Different!

  • This shit rocks.

  • So fantastically quirky it's untrue.

  • Love this song, 7 years before I was born, but hey, :)

  • 1987 songs were good too, hehe

  • A rotary phone in the video shows how much technology has changed since 1980. Today's youth couldn't survive without cell phones and text messaging. And yes, I always loved that song, going back to my college days at SUNY Binghamton.

  • I LOVE this song and I LOVE this video! It's so different than what I am used to from Robert Palmer. I sure do miss him.

  • good sounds of the 80"s

  • This is the interworldnetweb @ its best.All you great geezers & geezettes digging the Palm-meister & keeping the memories alive!! I love you like family.

  • when mtv was real

  • this was even before mtv. i remember seein this on a show called "video jukebox" on hbo

  • ya now what? 80's music is better then today's junk like britney spears or miley cyrus or... anything! 80's music owns.. and no one else in my school agrees

  • You're absolutely right young sir! PS - Your school sucks!

  • God....LOVE Robert Palmer....so awesome.

  • Can't believe he's gone 5 yrs. now!  Great musician, singer, pioneer.....with a fantastic musical sense of humor. RIP.

  • loved this electronic period of his career, he always pushed boundaries and tried something new. Its a shame most people think of him as the guy who did addicted to love and know little of his more interesting stuff.

  • rip my soul brother...

  • no one can resist this head-bopping beat, it gets me every time i hear this song!

  • Lol. Dammit.

  • Anybody know if Rob Palmer has any more tunes like this one?

  • No...that are not many songs in the Robert Palmer collection that require the use of white wrestling shoes. Sorry.

  • ahahahahahahaha good one but i still love this song

  • This is Robert Palmer's best video. It's a lot quirkier than his usual fare.

  • I agree! Such an infectious beat too! A great musican and music video artist also! :)

  • He was in that stinkburger of a movie SGT PEPPER THE MOVIE Look for him at the very end... This song rocks... Good to see on You Tube again....

  • SSWEEEETT!!!!

  • Man I didn't know Palmer sang this song! Haven't heard it since I was a little kid! It's weird, I can actually remember seeing this video when I was very little (around 5 years old) This man was so versatile, that's what I love most about him!

  • I love the extremely literal and and narrative nature of early music videos. This and 10cc's "Dreadlock Holiday" video are the best examples. Great song from my favorite RP album.

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  • Great song by one of the best

    singers ever. RIP in Robert Palmer.

    Thanks for posting. 5*****

  • Robert Palmer was a truly talented guy. It would have been interesting to hear the kind of music he'd be making today. R.I.P.

  • i did not know he was dead , how and when did he die ???

  • He passed away in 2003 in Paris from a heart attack, September 26, 2003. His dearest fans just mourned the 5th anniversary of his tragic death. Robert will be missed.

  • Most definitely early '80s...where on earth can you still find a 'rotary' telephone?? LOL!

    great video...'Fun' side of Robert...miss 'em so....... :(

  • i always loved this song, never seeen the video, what a great bunch of 80's nonsense well put together!

  • I really miss him. R.I.P., Mr Palmer, thank you for all the smiles.

  • He was great, nut it seems funny seeing him in jeans & a T-shirt after watching him as Mr. Suave on MTV, lol

  • Robert Palmer rules!

  • Is this the Song From Nancy Drew??

  • this video was a rare chance for the public to see Robert NOT dressed in a shirt and tie. I don't recall seeing many others dress up on stage after the 60's, other than Robert.

  • I remember this video on show called "Popclips", one of those half hour music video shows that aired just before the dawn of MTV. There was also a show called "Video Concert Hall" on some old cable channel I can't recall, and "Video Jukebox" on HBO....

  • I remember this video in the early eighties.

    This song has a great groove! Yeah!

  • So is your breath

  • awesome comeback, this song is awesome

  • Thanx man!!  :)

  • underrated song

  • Early MTV!!!

  • R.I.P. Robert Palmer

  • Ohh man I remember this, its funny but its kinda cool too.

  • Still regret passing up the chance to see Robert in Ann Arbor, MI. many years back...oh well just one of many I guess!

  • So, was this before the troupe of identically-dressed women in bad makeup?

  • yes...a few years before. RIP Robert Palmer

  • Robert Palmer was gettin'off on this song! One of MTVs absolute 1st videos. I always like this song.

  • So this is the Robert Palmer singing in an all white background video that I have not seen in over 20 years. That's one mystery solved. I have nearly a hundred other ancient videos haunting my memory.

  • i hum this song every time i get bored

  • This was one of the original music videos that mtv played when they first started. When they actually aired music videos. I always loved Palmer's music and regret never getting to see him live.

  • How 0riginal

  • so what if he is?

  • Sound like your a jealous homophobe...

    Or maybe you're gay & trying to hide something???

  • thats just rude if u were gay would u like to get made fun of? think of other people and hiw they would feel.

  • I'm not bashing Gays here. I have no problem with gays. I'm just bashing an idiot who has no clue, calling Robert Palmer gay.

    Not to mention calling someone gay went out with The Fonz.

  • As Classic as it gets! Great song from one of the best. Thanks for giving us many years of your great, soulful music! RIP

  • Yea I never really listen to 80's let alone any pop but Robert is an acception...