Lloyd Cole, 'Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?' live, 1985

[ninilarose]

que de souvenirs!!!!

[futsal1958]

Pumped up full of vittamins...

[mildomcduff]

Nearly 30 years on and still loving it. Can't imagine any current rock/popstars singing a line like"read Norman Mailer or get a new tailor" -Yes ga ga I mean you and the rest of the present day pop fuckwits. A master class from Lloyd and the rest of the Commotions.

[Broomehall]

The whole album is just perfect, another anthem to my time in North London circa 1985 until i was on the move again in 1989 to who knows where........................

[bbolste]

wat a fukin genius

[IntegerColumnCount]

This is the voice and sound I remember most from my youth. fantastic

[rastafarievers]

rattlesnakes is one of the most complete albums made and sounds like it was made yesterday. perfect for sundays after a big night out. try it.

[anotherwelshboy]

saw them first time Glastonbury 1986,fell over during "Forest Fire".TOP BAND.

[ajp55a]

A sheer talent that should have been raised above the ordinary. I put it down to pop apathy were the powers that be promoted sure bets at the expense of sure talent. Threrefore you could blame the middle of the road people who have been taught not to investigate beyond what they have been taught to listen too by the asholes in suits

[williamedner]

ha, you anti semite assholes... i happen to know a few bands whose members were nearly all jews, (at least by birth)...that were signed, touted as the "next big thing", great songs, gigs, etc etc. and they sold far less than ol' lloyd. and were treated like dogshit by the "jewish owned labels" (like sony and emi--check who owns those... surely not jews). anyone who reverts back to the "jew" thing is just an ignorant loser. stop blaming others for your own failures and inadequacies. fucktards.

[MrFranciscopmata]

So pure

[spencerkeegan]

foodage

[TheBudor]

Lloyd Cole & The Commotions... not a lot came to know about them, from where I am but I always believed, that I was one of the chosen few, to have been given the opportunity to enjoy their music in their own decade.

[hissykittie68]

"lean over on the bookcase, if you really want to get straight

read Norman Mailer, or get a new tailor"

are you f'ing kidding me with that line? Greatness doesn't nearly sum it up....

Buy the album "Rattlesnakes" and save your soul!

[mmyyppaarrttyy]

one of the best songs ever written.

are lloyd and jimmy carr actually friends? that would be pretty cool....

[floppyd0g]

Jimmy and Lloyd are friends- so there!

[purplecoyle]

Most under-rated artist in the last 25 years, never understood it

[myhandle2]

@purplecoyle he is not Jewish.. thats why. You have to be a Jew or sponsored by one to be a success. Not racist - telling it as it really is!

[68and99]

@myhandle2 are you telling me the music biz is run by Jews?

kin' hell the press, the media.........anything they don't have a slice of?

ok maybe bacon.....

I work for a company owned by a Jewish family,

I recently, had a conversation with one of the owners about the ''recent situation''

he said we in the UK only hear one side of the story, I asked which side was that? the one the press report, or the one the TV stations report, both are owned or run mainly by Jews....he didin't get it btw

[sljf555]

@purplecoyle He was great but he was at his peak in a generation of great songwriters/musicians.

[Denture99]

Blimey I didn't know Jimmy Carr wrote songs too!

[blairiot]

Please say something nice about a quality song before making a funny as f**k remark

[walterschaerl]

Wally is??

[Useless2112]

I wrote this song.

[lkmrn325]

Hey! me too!

[CornelisDonovan]

Lloyd, I'm ready to be heartbroken.

Seriously, thank you for your great music.

[EliAlEim]

I think this song is the truth, and almost anything else in the world is so

[TheRickynow]

Agreed!!!

[EliAlEim]

I can't really believe this song only has 4 comments...

[himes75]

love LLoyd Cole!

[estereofonico]

Hey, Lloyd !

[yisongeun]

I didn't know him, though I knew Camera Obscura's song. Thanks to my friend who showed me this. I love it! =)

[rookiecard]

Thanks for posting! Have never seen a really great performance of this on Youtube until now.