I MCed for this band a number of times in the 1970s - A1 Club Wittering, and assorted venues around Peterborough - great band and great live act.... I dont know if I dare mention 'Great balls of Fire - but the band would know the joke!
I remember this being released and thinking it was quality. If you listen with good headphones you can hear a full brass section and a string section in the background which makes this a "classic" 70's hit.
Ahh ... the carefree days before the health PC brigade banned smoking and closed down all our cherished pubs and sports & social clubs. It brings a nostalgic lump to my throat.
Song is wonderful, the video is lousy. But then again who knew ahead of time this somg would go "sky high" worldwide on the charts. Plus MTV was six years away. Shame this was their only big hit.
LOL, I woke up this morning with this song in my head (for whatever reason)... I too thought it was a black gal who sang it !! Love YouTube. Even at 47, I learn something new every day.
The wasn't really half bad, if you could get over the fact that it was pretty much a disco version of "Toast and Marmalade for Tea", which was already a better song.
The song does still have movement after these decades. But the video...it looks like a homemade paste-together. Look again... it is five or six do-loops taped together, done on the cheap by the band.
Yes, this is a very happy song. I remeber instantly liking it, when I first heard it back in the 70's. It would be good if they could still tour or teach talented Singers and Musicians to play and sing turnes like this, now. People would be happier.
the Aussie movie referred to in gnowangerups70s intro. is Australia/Hong Kong 1975 co-production "The Man from Hong Kong" (known as "The Dragon Flies" in US) starring George Lazenby. This one off ozploitation meets kung fu action flick was not based on "Sky High" but the song was the film's main title theme & became closely associated with it... in Australia (& maybe Hong Kong?) at least! This unique collaboration was restored by the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra a few years ago.
@GypsyFairy85 Not really. I can name a couple more and they all stated in the 70s. Roger Taylor, Phil Collins, Don Henley, The Romantics, and another which escapes me at the moment.
@GypsyFairy85 Here's a few more for ya! Phil Collins, Levon Helm, Don Brewer, Peter Criss ?, Arron Gillespie, Jimmy Sullivan, Brandon Saller & Me until cigarettes took its toll on me. Just wanted to point that out to ya!. Have an awesome Rocking day!
I hurtled out and bought this single when it first came out. It was a fantastic number then and has certainly stood the test of time. Had a huge crush on Des Dyer at the time, but he never leapt out of the poster hanging over my bed and ravished me (sigh!!)....
man i love the background orchestra arrangement,horns, violins almost like sound effects for the lyrics you have to listen with a good pair of headphones to pick it up awesome !
much respect for anyone who sings and plays drums pretty hard to do,phil collins and kelly keagy from night ranger are also some of my favorite artist because they play drums and also sing.
a great example of a song being far superior to the movie this song still makes the hairs stand up on my neck pure magic from a simpler time long live the 70s
I was 9 years old when this was very popular. We would travel from St Charles, Illinois to the vacation home in Wisconsin; and all the while listening to the Big 89 WLS with John "Records" Landecker out of Chicago. Excitement! It still sounded good out of one speaker AM radio in the 1974 Oldsmobile Omega.
One of the first 45 RPM records I bought as a 14 year-old in early 1976. An absolutely awesome song. Thanks for posting it,brought back a lot of memories!
Furthermore Des, we are probably about the same age - perhaps I may be a little senior to you!What the heck - those Hedonistic days - and strangely enough - in a truly innocent manner - unlike today! No stimulants to dance to this - not needed! If only we could turn back time for the youth of today!
One of the best radio hits of the decade. Such fun, great rhythms, voices and it's just terribly infectious...LOVE it and always have. Thanks for Jigsaw for this fantastic slice of music history. Cheers! :)
I recall when this was released. Great song. Seeing the vid, it looked like they were either in Hawaii, or Florida, hard telling. The drummer singing there looks like that '70s teen idol Shaun Cassidy LOL
I have loved this song since 1977. I still do. Try listening to the long version . The Man from hong kong theme, here on you tube. It's much longer, about almost 5 minutes.
I was only 4 when this came out ... but I remember it as the theme song from "The Man From Hong Kong". At the end, the hero hangglides away, leaving the bad guy trapped in a sky scraper with a grenade taped into his mouth ... " you've blowing it all sky high...." Awesome 70's Movie & Music combination.
Answer to RobG765 's question. We toured Australia in the winter of 1975 and were surprised to find that there was another band in Australia called JIGSAW. Our Australian record company, EMI, decided to brand us BRITISH JIGSAW to avoid confusion. We were only in Aussie for about three weeks but we had a great time! Cheers....Thanks to every one else for such great comments about our song. Des Dyer (Lead singer)
@DesDyer saw you in hanley...baileys nightclub circa 75/76...totally brill..bought all albums i could....seen the film,brokenhearted,pieces of magic,aurora borealis...great songs..e'n got three early singles on music factory and mgm..and loads of singles..i also remember the aussie jigsaw...no way as good...fantastic ..respects Des..i feel your low point was eurovision..small blip...what you doin now..love to know as the band were a huge part of my teen yrs..regards John
@DesDyer Hi Des, I always associated this song with Australia - back in 1987, ten years after release, I was studying in China. There was a school mate from Australia who played it alot. Sort of stuck in my head that way - also "Man From Hong Kong" gave it another interesting twist to my travels.
wonder if DES DYER could answer these questions of mine :
- why did such a wonderful group as yours in the 70s get to split ? after such a good work done together.
- How was it possible for an English group not to get the recognition you should have had ( and had have elsewhere in the world) in Britain or Europe ????
- quite astonished the bass player on the videos in utube hardly ever has the same suit as the others. any particular reason ?why did he leave the group in 78 ?
@DesDyer Wow, this song really stands out in my memory from that era. I was only 7 years old at the time (in 1975) but after all these years the musical arrangements, lyrics & vocal melodies of this song still play out in my head as if I just heard it yesterday. It's still a great song, a classic!
@DesDyer Hey Des, I see you not only were the lead vocalist but also the drummer eh? That's really cool. I'm almost hard-pressed to recall many other bands (past or present) that had the drummer as the main frontman & singing lead vocals. But no doubt, singing lead & playing the drums simultaneously is a lot harder than, for example, singing while playing guitar or bass. I like the way you did the highhat on this song. Are these 32nd notes?
@notnever90210 Phil Collins played just about every instrument on most of his studio solo albums. And even though he was primarily a drummer/pianist, most of his videos just show him singing vocals. I didn't realize Karen Carpenter played drums with the Carpenters, seriously?
@DesDyer I used to hang with a bunch of Boston area punks. It was an ornery lot, prone to sneering at the past. The consensus was that 1975 was the worst year of the rock era, as bombast became the order of the day. At the same time, we agreed that, paradoxically, it was also a real golden age for singles. This was one of those singles that made it so. Your song Who Do You Think You are? (Bo Donaldson version stateside) was another good contribution. Cheers.
A funny memory...I am 43 now and when I was 5 or maybe 6 my dad got me a K-tel record that was a top 40 type of Album and one of the big songs on the radio at that time was this one....and I remember absolutly Loving this song and singing and dancing to it while mean while saying I hated Disco and everything to do with Disco and yet this song was one of my favorite songs of the time period...I guess JigSaw managed to some how surpass the disco genera with this very well performed tune.smiles.
Great song. I remember it from school. We all wanted to know; Who is the girl at .21 and 1.47? I wonder where she is now. Happy days, and wonderful music.
Geez some people get overemotionasl don't they? It's just a song. Tony Montana, can't seem to reply directly to your last comment to me. I KNOW it was from The Man From Hong Kong. I said that in my posting. I asked the question that Jigsaw who performed it "might have been" Australian, based on the fact that the movie was a co-production. A get called a muppet for doing so. Quite honestly I don't give a shit either way.
@madphilgreenballs I don't know if you got an earlier reply, but in Oz the band were known as "British Jigsaw" to differentiate with the aussie band of the same name
@RobG765 Thanks for clearing it up. I did have a inconclusive reply earlier. Ok, so the song came from a British band who must have moved to Australia and called themselves British Jigsaw to avoid confusion about and "actual" Aussie band called Jigsaw. But my Uncle, who visited us in NZ at the time brought over promo material which didn't differentiate between the 2 bands. The merchandise simply said Jigsaw and definitely referred to the band who performed the song. Confusing to say the least.
@gmaccruyff55 ...as per asd36f's comment a month ago (which I didn't see previously), there was an Australian band called Jigsaw and not knowing much about them it wasn't that foolish to think they were the ones who provided the song for an Australian movie YOU MUPPET
these guys were an aussie band weren't they? didn't really know about them except this track was used as the most important song in the aus/HK movie The Man From Hong Kong. Think it was a 70's co-production.
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In case anyone was wondering, the Aussie movie was 'The man from Hong Kong' starring George Lazenby, Sammo Leung, Jimmy Wang Yu, Ros Speirs and the delectable Rebecca Gilling who flashed her yummy boobs!
I remember watching Countdown in 1975 and seeing the filmclip that had Grant Page the Australian stuntman hang gliding over Hong Kong ...brilliant...can't seem to find the same filmclip
I remember watching Countdown in 1975 and seeing the filmclip that had Grant Page the Australian stuntman hang gliding over Hong Kong ...brilliant...can't seem to find the same filmclip
Muy buena canción, no conocia nada de este grupo, y esta cancion la he escuchado otras veces, es antigua. Muy buena música, armonia y voces, original grupo.
leif garrett covered this cool song.
SIGNALSTAT 6 days ago
As there was already a band called Jigsaw in Australia, this song was released here under the artist name "British Jigsaw".
JBofBrisbane 1 week ago
I MCed for this band a number of times in the 1970s - A1 Club Wittering, and assorted venues around Peterborough - great band and great live act.... I dont know if I dare mention 'Great balls of Fire - but the band would know the joke!
GrahamSimons 1 week ago
Great one hit wonder. Makes me want to watch an Evil Knieval Jump next, followed by a Six Million Dollar Man episode. The seventies were awesome!!
BrianF1965 2 weeks ago 2
Phil Collins drummed and sang too
hasibanwar 2 weeks ago
Michael waldren from nevada played drums and sang tooo
megamitch200 2 weeks ago
Great song!
herne831 3 weeks ago
How come the Bass/guitarist are right handed then in the next scene left handed...........LOL, great song though
villain1963 3 weeks ago
i love these song.
justkrub 3 weeks ago
It was the theme song from The Man From Hong Kong. The Asians who have fled to the West love this song, especially those from Hong Kong.
creativeengineer 3 weeks ago
love it!!!!!
buckingteddy 4 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
Great Song by a Great Band. the 6 losers can go die for all i care. Don't know great music when you hear it.
JourneyRocks81 4 weeks ago 4
ilike the cheese plant
shnir 4 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
I remember this being released and thinking it was quality. If you listen with good headphones you can hear a full brass section and a string section in the background which makes this a "classic" 70's hit.
crazydavedisco 1 month ago
Ahh ... the carefree days before the health PC brigade banned smoking and closed down all our cherished pubs and sports & social clubs. It brings a nostalgic lump to my throat.
jenwill11 1 month ago
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jenwill11 1 month ago
great song for '75,sounds good today as it did back then.Rare that drummers sing lead but Karen Carpenter,Phil Collins are 2 i know of.
adriancunliffe 1 month ago
Didn't they play Top of the Pops back then? Would like to see it...
montecarloman75 1 month ago
I would hear it all the time when Ilived in Germany. Radio Luxembourg use to play it nonstop. The song sounded great then and still does today.
Glendale41 1 month ago
I love how so many Japanese variety shows use this song...
WongGeGe48 1 month ago
Great horn section... Especially at the end.
sixstring1965 2 months ago
brings back takeing my then girlfriend to the movie... over 30 years ago... and we are still great mates... love the song
SuperBigizz 2 months ago
GREAT VIDEO! I love the plants in the background :D
rg2027x 2 months ago
Great "70's" song........Thanx for the Post..
eric555z 2 months ago
I knew this son for Alberto del rio (Dos caras jr in this song)
gonzataker 2 months ago
Isto é bom demaisssss !
officialaline1 2 months ago
I always thought a dark skinned lady sang this song ! lol ..
CleesieWeesie 2 months ago
One of the One Hit Wonders that was iconic frrom The 70's. I can see why people liked it back in 1975; IT DOESNT SUCK!
kja427 2 months ago
Song is wonderful, the video is lousy. But then again who knew ahead of time this somg would go "sky high" worldwide on the charts. Plus MTV was six years away. Shame this was their only big hit.
sillybearwagon 2 months ago
I wish i could find more of this kind of great music. Very nice.
Glotam1 2 months ago
DAMN I HOPE NONE OF MY R'B FRIEND DONT SEE THIS COMMENT, BUT I ALWAY LOVED THIS TUNE.
crouchhill 2 months ago
LOL, I woke up this morning with this song in my head (for whatever reason)... I too thought it was a black gal who sang it !! Love YouTube. Even at 47, I learn something new every day.
andytherealtor 2 months ago
They all look they are having a great time back in '75. Cheers.
CleesieWeesie 2 months ago
I never would have guessed that was a dude singing that song! I always pictured a black woman.
IamtheBurceDickenson 2 months ago
I love this song!!!!
witchywoman1311 2 months ago
theme song of an action back from 1971
cntower1249 2 months ago
The wasn't really half bad, if you could get over the fact that it was pretty much a disco version of "Toast and Marmalade for Tea", which was already a better song.
lrd9999 3 months ago
Love this song, but I have to say that before I ever knew the name Jigsaw, I swore it was Paul McCartney song. Sounds like him a bit.
stardeau28 3 months ago
Great song!
kezzer2 3 months ago
The song does still have movement after these decades. But the video...it looks like a homemade paste-together. Look again... it is five or six do-loops taped together, done on the cheap by the band.
helios1912 3 months ago
Back when flying -- and music -- were fun.
F9775AB 3 months ago
kollegah der boss
schwerbert50 3 months ago
The ONLY song to have on your Ipod in Honkers Airport.....thanks guys!
MrFlatbagger 3 months ago
Yes, this is a very happy song. I remeber instantly liking it, when I first heard it back in the 70's. It would be good if they could still tour or teach talented Singers and Musicians to play and sing turnes like this, now. People would be happier.
brotherskeeper7 3 months ago
I used to see Jigsaw quite often they were a brilliant band great musos and very entertaining just have been much bigger than they were
williehackitt 3 months ago
epoca de ensueño!
handrade79 3 months ago
This was such a happy song in happy time.
briva 3 months ago
Happy days with great music...I remember bying this 45 in Margate.
ianblanthorn 3 months ago
the Aussie movie referred to in gnowangerups70s intro. is Australia/Hong Kong 1975 co-production "The Man from Hong Kong" (known as "The Dragon Flies" in US) starring George Lazenby. This one off ozploitation meets kung fu action flick was not based on "Sky High" but the song was the film's main title theme & became closely associated with it... in Australia (& maybe Hong Kong?) at least! This unique collaboration was restored by the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra a few years ago.
notnever90210 4 months ago
Great music! This is the kind of music we need today.
kanglon 4 months ago
Not much out of the disco era turns me on but this is an exception.
groovsh8ker 4 months ago
Rare to see a drummer singing lead vocals.
GypsyFairy85 4 months ago 8
@GypsyFairy85 Night Ranger is one also
LooseByte 3 months ago
@LooseByte
Yes! Sister Christian. Also The Romantics and The Eagles on some songs.
GypsyFairy85 3 months ago
@GypsyFairy85 Phil Collins ... Genisus .. ;)
CleesieWeesie 3 months ago
@GypsyFairy85 Not really. I can name a couple more and they all stated in the 70s. Roger Taylor, Phil Collins, Don Henley, The Romantics, and another which escapes me at the moment.
TheLeahcim1974 3 months ago
@GypsyFairy85 Here's a few more for ya! Phil Collins, Levon Helm, Don Brewer, Peter Criss ?, Arron Gillespie, Jimmy Sullivan, Brandon Saller & Me until cigarettes took its toll on me. Just wanted to point that out to ya!. Have an awesome Rocking day!
THEATREofPAIN270 2 months ago in playlist THEATREofPAIN270's favorites
@GypsyFairy85 Don Henley, Levon Helm, Roger Taylor, Phil Collins, Dave Grohl, Jim Capaldi, Buddy Rich...
enterprise1954 2 months ago
@GypsyFairy85 Don Henley did in Hotel California but it is always good to see because drummers are not always known as singers.
caxfingers 2 months ago
@GypsyFairy85 your right only a few don henley phil collins karen carpenter .and a couple more.
SIGNALSTAT 6 days ago
back in the day, my mum dated the bassist's brother ;)
jsabbath01 4 months ago
I hurtled out and bought this single when it first came out. It was a fantastic number then and has certainly stood the test of time. Had a huge crush on Des Dyer at the time, but he never leapt out of the poster hanging over my bed and ravished me (sigh!!)....
ladydigger 4 months ago
had this song in my head the other day at work!!
sns0805 4 months ago
Nice comment Des, I've alway's loved your vocal's. I alway's thought you sounded like John Miles back in the day. Great record mate....
kevcar08 4 months ago in playlist kevcar08's Favourited Videos
Des, cool for poping up! Great song, cheers!
KennysRadLife 4 months ago
que gran cancion y que buen video son buenos
leopili100 4 months ago
Great song! One of my all time favorites from the 1970s. Wish this song was played on the oldies stations. Nice threads Jigsaw guys!! ;-)
carouselgal 4 months ago in playlist Liked
Mil Mascaras' AJPW Theme Song! CLASSIC!
Finito2k 4 months ago
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goozledcom 4 months ago
One of the very,very best of all times..terrific!!
jimmyjumper 4 months ago
one of my all-time favorite songs.I love lead singers voice.5 years old when this song came out!!! LOL
Joethemithra 4 months ago
I know the Bass player, Barrie, and I am His Daughter's BEST Friend <3
MagicGem12 5 months ago 11
@MagicGem12
if that is so, could you get me the answers to the questions I asked Des Dyer ,just below,
thanks
Thecloook 5 months ago
@MagicGem12
This song is such a classic.
RapIsDeadly 3 months ago
@MagicGem12 thats cool
321ssteeeeeve 3 weeks ago
Dosent it seem that this song explains almost all relationships???????
lostin1982 5 months ago
Mark David Chapman on guitar
ramabima 5 months ago 2
Mark David Chapman on guitar LOL
ramabima 5 months ago
@ramabima Actually, his name is Tony Campbell, and he is a monster player.
rayjr62 4 months ago
I always thought a girl sang this song, then again, every song sounded like a girl singing on 93 KHJ AM radio, thanks to Machine Gun Kelly.
FartFilledBalloons 5 months ago
I remember listening to this song with my mom on the old record player with headphones!
shawnb038 5 months ago
Great songs never die - thank you for posting :)
gr8sc0tt 5 months ago
This was my favorite song when I was a little girl- ironic! My fiancee' left me last night and this song came to mind. Thanks for posting it.
samdunaway0496 5 months ago
Such a fun song. Love it. The singer does sound like Lamahl from Kajagoogoo and a little McCartney-esque.
spitzec 5 months ago
man i love the background orchestra arrangement,horns, violins almost like sound effects for the lyrics you have to listen with a good pair of headphones to pick it up awesome !
stangfever04 5 months ago
@stangfever04 richard hewson did the arrangement..he had a hit himself...as the rah band...the crunch..great stuff
john111257 5 months ago
much respect for anyone who sings and plays drums pretty hard to do,phil collins and kelly keagy from night ranger are also some of my favorite artist because they play drums and also sing.
stangfever04 5 months ago
Great song! Thanks for posting!
hopiegarza 6 months ago
Great song! Thanks for posting video!!!
hopiegarza 6 months ago
CLASSIC SONG,THEY DONT MAKE EM LIKE THIS ANYMORE.
salocin671 6 months ago
Another timeless classic :-)
jaime58ify 6 months ago
Im a punk music guy and I like this a lot !!!
TheNoxManing 6 months ago
Is that Corky from "Life Goes On" on the guitar? The downs syndrome kid?Jokes aside a very cool song from 1975 and I remember it well.
buythebucketload 6 months ago
Mil Mascaras' theme and this song rocks!
Seanatonin 6 months ago
a great example of a song being far superior to the movie this song still makes the hairs stand up on my neck pure magic from a simpler time long live the 70s
inspectorprice 6 months ago
Did anybody else notice the guitar players were ambidextrous? :)
vccstudents 6 months ago
I was 9 years old when this was very popular. We would travel from St Charles, Illinois to the vacation home in Wisconsin; and all the while listening to the Big 89 WLS with John "Records" Landecker out of Chicago. Excitement! It still sounded good out of one speaker AM radio in the 1974 Oldsmobile Omega.
flyingfortress44 6 months ago
One of the first 45 RPM records I bought as a 14 year-old in early 1976. An absolutely awesome song. Thanks for posting it,brought back a lot of memories!
Classicrocker6119 7 months ago
A timeless British Classic!
TheRealTerry1970 7 months ago 2
Muito bom !
Aqui no Brasil poucos conhecem essa musica.
tubeshow1000 7 months ago
Furthermore Des, we are probably about the same age - perhaps I may be a little senior to you!What the heck - those Hedonistic days - and strangely enough - in a truly innocent manner - unlike today! No stimulants to dance to this - not needed! If only we could turn back time for the youth of today!
truefactsth 7 months ago
A tune so underated in its day! - but I still have it on vinyl and video - will never part with it!
truefactsth 7 months ago
I Never get tired of listening to this song. :)
Glotam1 7 months ago 2
loved this music in the man from hong kong with george lazenby
eaglesnest1940 8 months ago
Jigsaw hit #3 in Bilboard, 12-6-75. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx!
DaveWollenberg 8 months ago
One of the best radio hits of the decade. Such fun, great rhythms, voices and it's just terribly infectious...LOVE it and always have. Thanks for Jigsaw for this fantastic slice of music history. Cheers! :)
totallyhotonj 8 months ago
The Montauk Project!
SFXVFX 8 months ago
Great song i love hearing this song in my basement in my dads room on the pioneer DX speakers it sounds amazing.
sk8rking1234 8 months ago
Vocalist sounds like Limahl from Kajagoogoo.
flaxonx3 8 months ago
I recall when this was released. Great song. Seeing the vid, it looked like they were either in Hawaii, or Florida, hard telling. The drummer singing there looks like that '70s teen idol Shaun Cassidy LOL
KillerB62 8 months ago
Blown round by the wind thrown down in a spin.
I gave you love I thought that we had made it to the top
I gave you all I had to give why did it have to stop.
You've blown it all sky high by telling me a lie.
Without a reason why you've blown it all sky high
..............................you...............................
You've blown it all sky high our love had wings to fly.
We could have touched the sky
you've blown it all sky high.
Up round I've flown then down down like a stone.
ShutUpH00ker 8 months ago
I have loved this song since 1977. I still do. Try listening to the long version . The Man from hong kong theme, here on you tube. It's much longer, about almost 5 minutes.
Sarasdad91 9 months ago
@Sarasdad91 are you sure that teh song is from 1977? disco was big in that year
I've always thought that the song is from 1975
Freyja1133 8 months ago
@Freyja1133 It may be from 1975, it's just that 1977 was the 1st time I heard it.
Sarasdad91 8 months ago
@Sarasdad91 I understand
Freyja1133 8 months ago
@Freyja1133 I blew you sky high in 1975 but I am still waiting for you to shoot your load!
KarenEngSwallows 8 months ago
@KarenEngSwallows Cute Karen
Freyja1133 8 months ago
@Freyja1133 : this song WAS released in 1975. I was in my last year of junior high - it was quite memorable.
RitzyTrailer 8 months ago
@RitzyTrailer I still was in jr hgih was the song was released
Great memories
Freyja1133 8 months ago
disco is not nor does it suck
87Multi 9 months ago
Needs more plants...
TheCWPFilms 9 months ago
I was only 4 when this came out ... but I remember it as the theme song from "The Man From Hong Kong". At the end, the hero hangglides away, leaving the bad guy trapped in a sky scraper with a grenade taped into his mouth ... " you've blowing it all sky high...." Awesome 70's Movie & Music combination.
CAbbott71 9 months ago
thanks for this song des this song sounds as good as the day you released it fantastic
max29july 9 months ago
I swear to god people were a different species in the 70s.
Bromley68 9 months ago
I still have my 45rpm of this fantastic song. I think the flip side is Love Fire, luv that one too.
joepro1964 9 months ago
Answer to RobG765 's question. We toured Australia in the winter of 1975 and were surprised to find that there was another band in Australia called JIGSAW. Our Australian record company, EMI, decided to brand us BRITISH JIGSAW to avoid confusion. We were only in Aussie for about three weeks but we had a great time! Cheers....Thanks to every one else for such great comments about our song. Des Dyer (Lead singer)
DesDyer 9 months ago 44
@DesDyer Thanks for the great music! 'Sky High' is one of my favorite songs.
kaldemvor 8 months ago
@DesDyer saw you in hanley...baileys nightclub circa 75/76...totally brill..bought all albums i could....seen the film,brokenhearted,pieces of magic,aurora borealis...great songs..e'n got three early singles on music factory and mgm..and loads of singles..i also remember the aussie jigsaw...no way as good...fantastic ..respects Des..i feel your low point was eurovision..small blip...what you doin now..love to know as the band were a huge part of my teen yrs..regards John
john111257 8 months ago
@DesDyer Hi Des, I always associated this song with Australia - back in 1987, ten years after release, I was studying in China. There was a school mate from Australia who played it alot. Sort of stuck in my head that way - also "Man From Hong Kong" gave it another interesting twist to my travels.
Chester2929 7 months ago
@DesDyer I love this song soooo much.
ilovety65 5 months ago in playlist 4 Disco Music Stars 70's & 80'
@DesDyer
wonder if DES DYER could answer these questions of mine :
- why did such a wonderful group as yours in the 70s get to split ? after such a good work done together.
- How was it possible for an English group not to get the recognition you should have had ( and had have elsewhere in the world) in Britain or Europe ????
- quite astonished the bass player on the videos in utube hardly ever has the same suit as the others. any particular reason ?why did he leave the group in 78 ?
Thecloook 5 months ago
@DesDyer Wow, this song really stands out in my memory from that era. I was only 7 years old at the time (in 1975) but after all these years the musical arrangements, lyrics & vocal melodies of this song still play out in my head as if I just heard it yesterday. It's still a great song, a classic!
lucretius68 4 months ago
@DesDyer Hey Des, I see you not only were the lead vocalist but also the drummer eh? That's really cool. I'm almost hard-pressed to recall many other bands (past or present) that had the drummer as the main frontman & singing lead vocals. But no doubt, singing lead & playing the drums simultaneously is a lot harder than, for example, singing while playing guitar or bass. I like the way you did the highhat on this song. Are these 32nd notes?
lucretius68 4 months ago
@lucretius68 Karen Carpenter and Phil Collins were both drummer and lead singer of their respective bands.
notnever90210 4 months ago
@notnever90210 Phil Collins played just about every instrument on most of his studio solo albums. And even though he was primarily a drummer/pianist, most of his videos just show him singing vocals. I didn't realize Karen Carpenter played drums with the Carpenters, seriously?
lucretius68 3 months ago
@DesDyer I used to hang with a bunch of Boston area punks. It was an ornery lot, prone to sneering at the past. The consensus was that 1975 was the worst year of the rock era, as bombast became the order of the day. At the same time, we agreed that, paradoxically, it was also a real golden age for singles. This was one of those singles that made it so. Your song Who Do You Think You are? (Bo Donaldson version stateside) was another good contribution. Cheers.
diddlytube 3 months ago
@DesDyer Thanks for the great song!
bigsbz 3 months ago
A funny memory...I am 43 now and when I was 5 or maybe 6 my dad got me a K-tel record that was a top 40 type of Album and one of the big songs on the radio at that time was this one....and I remember absolutly Loving this song and singing and dancing to it while mean while saying I hated Disco and everything to do with Disco and yet this song was one of my favorite songs of the time period...I guess JigSaw managed to some how surpass the disco genera with this very well performed tune.smiles.
fendermcmarshall 9 months ago
Great song. I remember it from school. We all wanted to know; Who is the girl at .21 and 1.47? I wonder where she is now. Happy days, and wonderful music.
tonystower 10 months ago
Great song. I remember it from when I was at school. All of us wanted to know; who is the girl at 1.50? I wonder where she is now...
tonystower 10 months ago
Didn't we all want to meet the girl at 2.46 when we were at school? Where is she now? Great song. Thanks for posting.
tonystower 10 months ago
who is the singer? i mean what is his name?
johnxlennonsxlegend 10 months ago
Love this song.. Great songs will always be great songs..
maria3845 10 months ago
Something about Sky High that has me coming back for more.
MAinsworth0375 10 months ago
This is great stuff!!!!!
TheZeke1974 10 months ago
Geez some people get overemotionasl don't they? It's just a song. Tony Montana, can't seem to reply directly to your last comment to me. I KNOW it was from The Man From Hong Kong. I said that in my posting. I asked the question that Jigsaw who performed it "might have been" Australian, based on the fact that the movie was a co-production. A get called a muppet for doing so. Quite honestly I don't give a shit either way.
madphilgreenballs 10 months ago
@madphilgreenballs I don't know if you got an earlier reply, but in Oz the band were known as "British Jigsaw" to differentiate with the aussie band of the same name
RobG765 9 months ago
@RobG765 Thanks for clearing it up. I did have a inconclusive reply earlier. Ok, so the song came from a British band who must have moved to Australia and called themselves British Jigsaw to avoid confusion about and "actual" Aussie band called Jigsaw. But my Uncle, who visited us in NZ at the time brought over promo material which didn't differentiate between the 2 bands. The merchandise simply said Jigsaw and definitely referred to the band who performed the song. Confusing to say the least.
madphilgreenballs 9 months ago
FMW!
PhilM662 10 months ago
i thought they'd all look like preppie college boys for decades but the singer looks like a druggie who is not even taking his work seriously.
why didn't classic vh1 ever air this video over the last 15 years when music has been total s**t . it's a great song.
The096757 10 months ago
Their English,not Aussie you muppet.
gmaccruyff55 11 months ago
@gmaccruyff55 ...as per asd36f's comment a month ago (which I didn't see previously), there was an Australian band called Jigsaw and not knowing much about them it wasn't that foolish to think they were the ones who provided the song for an Australian movie YOU MUPPET
madphilgreenballs 10 months ago
these guys were an aussie band weren't they? didn't really know about them except this track was used as the most important song in the aus/HK movie The Man From Hong Kong. Think it was a 70's co-production.
madphilgreenballs 11 months ago
Wow, gay disco
motorcityquig 11 months ago
Como toda banda Jigsaw, marcou também a era de ouro.
Saudades sempre!
ferrabraz06 11 months ago
Wow I stumbled on this song and does this bring back memories, I think I wore at least two 45's of this song out in the day.
Anlushac11 11 months ago
Wow I stumbled on this song and does this bring back memories, I think In wore at least two 45's of this song out in the day.
Anlushac11 11 months ago
I like this song!!!!!!!! EXCELENT!!!!!! GREETINGS FROM MONTERREY, MEXICO.
overtherainbow71 11 months ago
reminds me of an old school Texas Halloween
clarkbell 11 months ago
@clarkbell so, what is an old school texas halloween?
Mattytha01 11 months ago
@Mattytha01 Well, trippy, spent at a bar... maybe even old school grocery store
clarkbell 11 months ago
@clarkbell well halloween nowadays can be spent at a bar dont know about a grocers... but i do imagine tha 70's as awesome. =)
Mattytha01 11 months ago
This song brings back so many memories good and bad.. I still love the song today as much as I did in the 70's
Iciidaho 11 months ago
must be the most over produced record ive heard
MrRich9665 11 months ago
its amazing that this song was sampled and used by many people including Bone Thugs,
YoungLurkkMusic 1 year ago
Isn't that Les McQueen of Creme Brulee, playing the guitar at 1:21 - It's a shit business! :-)
minimotogpracer 1 year ago
Great song! Great band! Great memories!! Don't make them like that anymore....!!!!
ursa41 1 year ago 14
In Australia Jigsaw were known as "British Jigsaw" because there was an Australian group already using the name "Jigsaw"
asd36f 1 year ago
@asd36f - British Jigsaw and Australian Pink Floyd. That would be an interesting show.
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ChristinaWolfle 1 year ago
jigsaw rocks!
sadie1310 1 year ago
One of my favoirtes from High School Days!
MrMikeb1958 1 year ago
In case anyone was wondering, the Aussie movie was 'The man from Hong Kong' starring George Lazenby, Sammo Leung, Jimmy Wang Yu, Ros Speirs and the delectable Rebecca Gilling who flashed her yummy boobs!
jimincairns 1 year ago
and of they go,it has to be on b.a in the vid.
lympia3 1 year ago
I like the way they have only about 30 seconds of video that they use over and over.
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I remember watching Countdown in 1975 and seeing the filmclip that had Grant Page the Australian stuntman hang gliding over Hong Kong ...brilliant...can't seem to find the same filmclip
ormistonstrahan 1 year ago
I remember watching Countdown in 1975 and seeing the filmclip that had Grant Page the Australian stuntman hang gliding over Hong Kong ...brilliant...can't seem to find the same filmclip
ormistonstrahan 1 year ago
Itz Young Khalifa man!! haha
TGOD
Roll14Me412 1 year ago
Muy buena canción, no conocia nada de este grupo, y esta cancion la he escuchado otras veces, es antigua. Muy buena música, armonia y voces, original grupo.
TheHernanPatricio 1 year ago
Que musica linda,
Divina.
tubeshow1000 1 year ago