Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias - Heads Down

[garethnjane]

WOW! i used to love this,i was still at school i was 14 years old,brings back fond memories for me,sad to hear of the demise of the singer,he was very young.

Thanks for posting.

[slut432]

they came from manchester singer died in 1980 from leukeimia.. shame they were fun

[chainrelease]

4 Guitars? Are they crazy?

[Pierre61]

They were Italian looking... with fishtanks on their heads.

[simonmel]

Thats what TOTP was like back then. I still have their first two albums. I like gurls was quality!

[ellycat]

Fantastic. Happy happy days :)

[peterlinie3]

The miming might have looked more authentic if they'd had someone appearing to play the keyboard we can hear!

[richardwest]

skite? was that the album ? Old trust? was that the dog? Juan lopez? was that the lonely goatherd?  who was on that bus?

Happy days.

[practicaleq]

@Gyphia Alan Davies

[74stigma]

punked up status quo

[shrewstyke]

Shame on you Albertos!

[enolapayback]

Status Quo eat your heart out.

[ChornyKlegg]

the court jesters of punk. Why have they been forgotten?

[nemotheband]

does anyone haVEANY Fun anymore??????neATNEatneAT XX

[ZLUGGO]

Absolutely brilliant!

[DundeeStreetPoet]

Mate had the E.P was so jealous - Punk as fuck!!!!

[HiltonBenchley]

Indeed, and I can recall an radio interview they did at the time where they insisted it wasn't a send-up but a tribute. We were not convinced.

[sayitagainsorry]

i love this band came across them in 75 and felt had to purchace loads of there l.ps

[bromisovalum]

bang your head on the wall... :-P

[ThePaintermanful]

Amazing haven't heard this for more than 30 years (on Radio-Luxembourg)... it's a parody mix of 'Holidays In the Sun' and 'In the City'

[montaguebatesmilne]

top band top tune in 1974 I discovered this bandwith the great les prior, i booked them for a tuesdy night in a tent at the last festival with bath arts workshop. there were thirteen in the band and I paid them £30, they stayed the week and headlined the saturday night in the walcot field, Tommy Trinder compered !

[Gazontheraz]

@montaguebatesmilne

NICE!!!

[ukeleleman34]

Amazing stuff!



[ellycat]

Fucking brilliant!!

[ZLUGGO]

Top tune. Great band.

[jazzacotta]

I was 7 years old when my brother returned one day with 7" double pack single with 75p sticker on front....32 years later still love this track!!!! Even managed to get "Fuck You" single played at school disco.....well first 30 seconds anyway !!!

[chardlb]

Brilliant! memories of student days.

[Spaceshiptechnician]

What a buzz. I must get out their cds and give 'em a play. A truly amazing band.

[NekoBazu]

Song was released well before my time (born in '85) but I came across this on a metal compilation album, of all things... Absolutely amazing song! ^^

[3xtob]

This band is simply superb. The album "Alberto y los trios Paranoias - Crazy Italians from outer space" is the best of their albums - a milestone in Rock - a true masterpiece. To bad one can't get it on CD - only as LP.

[Andyhinds]

@3xtob I've got the CD Mandrax Sunset Variations which has this on and Italians from Outer Space. Get it from Amazon.

[3xtob]

Andy: Hello, and thanks for answering.

I know, but the best cut's from "Italians from outer space" wasn't included, as I noticed. But now I found a place where I can order a package (both CD & LP Special order) from USA, but it was expensive (as I have no LP player) - cheapest was 35.8807 GBP + shipping.

[puer1950]

Excellent. Full of life.

[TheLostinasda]

One of my favourite punk songs ever

[jockandcarol]

Class ! cheers for posting this video.

[ronalda3132]

This is awesome!!!

[pkinnit]

Superb.

Been looking for this for ages.

[NBM3]

Where's " Thank you" ?

[a9loose]

At last the full set, have been looking for this track for the last 25 years, many thanks Polefighter memories are flooding back.

[samgub]

I saw this band around 1978 and they were hilarious and believe it or not The Police were the support band.

[windsorss]

Ditto. Saw them on the tour (with The Police as support, plugging Outlandos d'amour album) at St. Andrews University. It was my birthday - Dec 10, 1978. The year before they were supported by Blondie. On the '78 tour, they were pushing the Snuff Rock EP. Classic stuff.

[samgub]

Hi Windross, i remember looking at The Police and thinking that they weren't excatly teenagers nad wondered how long you keep kidding yourself that you'll make it in the business, then a few months later they re-released Roxanne and Can't Stand Losing you and went massive.

[Hermosian]

I saw that at Sheffield Top Rank and tipped The Police for bigger things.Good gig.

[MCFCTrick]

Saw these every week for about a year in early 80's at The Band On The Wall, Monday or Tues usually....absolute classic band....great great fun. Hugely underrated in the scheme of Manc bands...check out CP Lees 'Berts biography, 'When We Were Thin'....

[steelyman08]

Right on! Nice to see another fan on the planet.

Almost looks like Top Of The Pops.

[bexappeal]

Genius!!