A superb live performance - Shakatak have always been a great live band - try and catch one of their 2012 shows if you can, you won't be disappointed! Also good to see Nigel Wright on the electronic keyboards.
Yeah, I was there in those original days. saw them live several times - loved them - my heart and my soul. With you always Shakatak. Always fresh, always real, always me, always with you xxxxx. White boy age 54, never grown up. You will never understand how much this song meant and still means to be. Its an anthem in the purest form
From the way the musicians keep their faces pointed at the camera, I think they knew it was probably their first and last appearance on Top of the Pops.
@trashcanalive Well what does that matter? TOTP is no more yet Shakatak continue to play to sold-out venues all over the world where their live show is superb.
Remember seeing Shatatak at the Hammersmith Palais back in the early 80's and this record just send me back there - Caught up with them recently at the Pizza Express jazz club in Maidstone and they were still brill. Happy days
Nigel Wright is the other keyboard player with Bill Sharpe ( the one with the full beard ). If my memory is correct, prior to this, played with a band fronted by Mike Palmer at a local Tiffany`s. Did a lovely rendition of ` Jungle Boogie ` by Kool & the Gnang. Went on to produce, write, conduct and orchestrate many good songs.Been an avid fan, and still am, to this day, from the beginning!
This or similar was played at discotec short before they had to close. We were tired, pushed and this one led us to go swimming in warm summer nights, this led us to go down to the riverside for talking.
Yes, I agree, those were the days...... the days, the time and the spirit when everything was possible.
BTW, does anybody rememter Gill Scott Heron''s great "The Bottle",or Tribute's "New Views"?
I love this video and song. this is how real parties use to be. eveyone laughing, having fun and jamming to the beautiful sounds of real music. awesome
@finenfabulouscious Absolutely right! Smooth parties back in the 80's, with a smattering of disco. A time when snogging, hand-holding and second base was allowed with no one complaining! :)
Hello Nigel - remember Mike Palmer et seq, Tiffs Days - you know where!Loved your rendition of ` Jungle Boggie` too ! As always - speak to Roger, he knows who I am!
So Evocative of its time and place- the sound, the atmosphere, the costumes (love the Courtesan/Showboat girl front right) andf the entire ambience of the Early 80's. Remember whem TOTP was actually fun?
I remember when my eldest brother came from serving in Germany back in the 80's with a left hand drive ford cortina with Jazz Funk across his windscreen and indroduced me to Shakatak. Thanks bro love ya.x
I loved this band when I was growing up in the UK! I must have been about 8 years old at the time! "Top of the Pops" was always something to look forward to each week. Those were the days... :-)
its nice to see girls being girls and not gezzer birds. with there fat guts hanging out and ear rings you could put a parrot on...80 to 83 had some top british funk bands back then....
Music is not as original today as it used to be like this. its now all about covering & stealing the original ideas from yesteryear & modernising. This era of music was the best & more inspirational.
Great music for listening to when you was driving in the rain, on the way down to smokey town for a night up west. Great memories, great times, just give me a time machine someone...
I agree with you. I am Black American and most of us thought they were too. If the fact that they were for the U.K. was made known we would have embrassed them as much as we did David Bowie and Human League.
Brilliant shakatak were 1 of the best bands of the 80 s . With there cool original sound grerat vocals fantastic musicians what can i say . World Class
what a catchy song this should have got to number one the eighties music was simply the best .I wish it was the eighties today as Justin Lee Collins would say good times
Great memories, reminds me very much of those cool jazz funk nights at Rafters, and Legends in Manchester in the early 80's. Although Legends was a little more hardcore and for the underground purists.
wow takes me back was it really 1981 I had a red mk1 escort 1300 sport with a sharp radio cassette player and the world at my feet or so it seemed! I loved that whole brit funk scene where have the years gone !!
You never learn your lesson, I am twice as old as you and still making mistakes, and not fulfilling my potential, but would not have it any other way, just enjoy the time, doesn't matter if you get it right or wrong, just try not to hurt anyone along the way. Aim to climb the mountain, but if you only get halfway up, at least you have tried.
From those unforgettable albums: Drivin Hard, Night Birds, Invitations, Out Of This world, Down On The Street, and spear but the recent ones like Under Your Spell, Blue Savannah, and Emotionally Blue, Shakatak is the group of all my life! 26 years of being your fan I number one! I LOVE SHAKATAK! Thank you!
wonderful! wonderful! wonderful! I have downloaded this song from Radio, it's more wonderful again. Shakatak.. you are wonderfuls! fantastics! Federico from Italy. bye ;)
Well I think Shakatak is music for musicians, similar in style to what Al Jarreau and the GRP "gang" did back in the 80s and 90s. Those wonderful jazzy harmonies and the impeccably tight and inventive rhythm section are so different from the usually loud, stiff and much simpler, often almost amateurish, 80s sound. I remember how angry I was when I heard radio back in the 90s and stuff like this was background music for voiceovers. The "featured" music was loud, primitive and pretencious...
The brother on the bass is still with 'em. I saw them 3 weeks ago in London and they were brilliant. And yes the brother is still monumentally good....top bassist. Top band.See them if you can, they are better than ever. Regards. Paul
It was a brotha that switched on the lighting and a brotha behind camera 2. Without them it would be dark and crappy filming. Thank goodness for brothas, I wished I was one.
Behave yourself soul product, he's good but only a part of the band. Are your comments reverse racist ?
I don't know what you're talking about, buddy, but there was no hidden meaning behind what I said. I only meant exactly what I said. I'm sure you would agree that George Anderson lays down the funky grooves which provide the foundation of the funky sound. I mean, yes, all the musicians in Shakatak are incredibly talented. But if you subtract brother George from the mix, it just wouldn't be as funky. Dig?
Going back to a comment made 7 months ago: this George Anderson 'lays down the funky grooves' take on this song appears to be a touch racist. As if to say the black chap is the only one responsible for the success of this song. Of course, this is a multi-cultural success story.
Good sir, I will have you know that here were no racist implications behind that statement, subliminal or otherwise. I was merely complimenting the wonderful and funky bass grooves of George Anderson and that his great knowledge & soulful and funky abilities on his 4-string serve as a major asset to the sound of Shakatak. And since the bass serves as the foundation of the music, his brilliant contribution can be deemed very vital to the their sound.
This doesn't mean I am discrediting the great talent of the rest of the band, for each party involved has an equally great contribution to the music. However, George stands out to me since I can see that he's a real student of the FUNK and his application of that funky knowledge to the sound of Shakatak is quite ostensible. Whether he's black, white, orange or cyan is hardly the matter. He's just undeniably funky and that flavor shines through the music.
I was lucky enough to see Shakatak live last Saturday in London. They were completely awesome...absolutely fantastic live. I got the chance to talk to the band after. All really top guys. Jill was wonderful. A really talented and lovely lady.
I too answered over the other vocal who sings in this video, who looks other kind of beauty , more latin,black hair, warm , where is she now? Do you have an idea? Thks 4 Ur answer ( Jill has another kind of beauty, is angellical )
According to my original record cover for Nightbirds, the other singers were Jackie Rawe and Lorna Bannon - it says they sing lead vocal on a track each. Hope this helps.
I like your comment Dekard, this group were so underrated. I think the Nightbirds album was where they peaked, it had some great songs including this one. Back in the 80's, , this was the music i liked listening to while cruising through Central London after work going on to a club. Can anyone post one of their earlier tunes-it was mainly instrumental titled In the UK, it had a great city sound, and makes me feel proud to be British.
Glad to have discovered this channel - some quality tunes here. I remember dancing to this and Nightbirds at Harrow Leisure Centre in the early 8o's, plus some of the other tunes you have posted. Currently, I am in the process od uploading some Shakatak tunes myself, after recently getting permission from the group. Hope to see you on my channel as well....
use to work out of town back in the 80s catchn the bus into town would play these guys as well as Benson, Earl klugh always got ex comments also they had an instrumental with a latin feel,mainly lead guitar with a bass solo,if any 1 knows wot the song is Ild luv to know th name .
There is no easy love, the one I'm thinking of.
Taishaku 1 week ago
Gillan was good too!
Gunnercv 1 week ago
Not my favs in 80s but top 10 now
planetrockford 1 month ago
A superb live performance - Shakatak have always been a great live band - try and catch one of their 2012 shows if you can, you won't be disappointed! Also good to see Nigel Wright on the electronic keyboards.
77notout 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Shakatak
A lot of memories.. Thanks Muchas gracias
fcantgua 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Shakatak
i love it so beatiful
bluepegasus55 1 month ago
Yeah, I was there in those original days. saw them live several times - loved them - my heart and my soul. With you always Shakatak. Always fresh, always real, always me, always with you xxxxx. White boy age 54, never grown up. You will never understand how much this song meant and still means to be. Its an anthem in the purest form
MrNooneseesme 2 months ago
The background dancers always make me laugh on Top of the Pops!
wandawizard1 2 months ago
Tight cold bass licks!!!!
stonegroovz 2 months ago
From the way the musicians keep their faces pointed at the camera, I think they knew it was probably their first and last appearance on Top of the Pops.
trashcanalive 3 months ago
@trashcanalive Well what does that matter? TOTP is no more yet Shakatak continue to play to sold-out venues all over the world where their live show is superb.
77notout 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Shakatak
@Nesta13Gerrad8 shit on mtv and from the clubs have nothing to do with hip hop. Maybe it's rap(stinky ole gay ass rap) but thats about it
StrictlyBG 5 months ago
A really under-rated band that created great music that I still enjoy listening to today .
TheHumbuckerboy 5 months ago 3
This is so slinky it could set a world record in slinking if slinking was an olympic event
trashcanalive 5 months ago 2
@trashcanalive haha love it !!
thfcberba 4 months ago
that what i call music i love this style the best of best
romaplay1 8 months ago
0:50 lol
ilipsoussan 8 months ago
@ilipsoussan Yeah he was lovin it.
planetrockford 8 months ago
Remember seeing Shatatak at the Hammersmith Palais back in the early 80's and this record just send me back there - Caught up with them recently at the Pizza Express jazz club in Maidstone and they were still brill. Happy days
BluebirdFrank 9 months ago
СМАЧНО!!!!!
bugera1962 9 months ago
Norwegian?
I' don't think about ..perhaps they are canadians...
But great of sure!!!
misterdesig 9 months ago
@misterdesig , he is finish dude
dmtharpua 9 months ago
Nigel Wright is the other keyboard player with Bill Sharpe ( the one with the full beard ). If my memory is correct, prior to this, played with a band fronted by Mike Palmer at a local Tiffany`s. Did a lovely rendition of ` Jungle Boogie ` by Kool & the Gnang. Went on to produce, write, conduct and orchestrate many good songs.Been an avid fan, and still am, to this day, from the beginning!
truefactsth 9 months ago
its when that keyboard kicks in you really get this one.....cool stuff
fatwalletboy2 10 months ago
Slap dat bass mutha f*cka!
pigyob 10 months ago
Great times....
This or similar was played at discotec short before they had to close. We were tired, pushed and this one led us to go swimming in warm summer nights, this led us to go down to the riverside for talking.
Yes, I agree, those were the days...... the days, the time and the spirit when everything was possible.
BTW, does anybody rememter Gill Scott Heron''s great "The Bottle",or Tribute's "New Views"?
Same time, same ages, same feeling.
marshaauerotan 11 months ago
groovey
Gunnercv 1 year ago
Summer nights in the 80's listening to this tune....... pure bliss back then.
traymufc 1 year ago
Great song!!.... Great group!!....Great times!!
gmgaiger 1 year ago
Norwegian Pop Singer Annie samples this track in her 2004 song "No Easy Love" and she does a damn good job of it!
paulinaskitchen 1 year ago
wht amazing keyboard type????
nowaday keyboards suckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
wonderful bill player
has amazing touch on keyboard
MrKennyg007 1 year ago
Where has time gone?
svitax187 1 year ago
I love this video and song. this is how real parties use to be. eveyone laughing, having fun and jamming to the beautiful sounds of real music. awesome
finenfabulouscious 1 year ago
@finenfabulouscious Absolutely right! Smooth parties back in the 80's, with a smattering of disco. A time when snogging, hand-holding and second base was allowed with no one complaining! :)
HardWarUK 1 year ago
is so sad this song... why every body is laughting??
crazymetallian 1 year ago
love it
pinkandjefflynne 1 year ago
Slap that bass lad
pigyob 1 year ago
Great to see JOHN PEEL on that video. I wonder if he had played this song ever on his own show......
TheBalnat 1 year ago
you can drink this smoothie juice all the long with no hangover.. such a gentle and romantic
TomZajic 1 year ago
What's the name of that song with al jarreau?
umpire504 1 year ago
great video enjoy it.
michaux6000 1 year ago
God Bless yer John Peel
pigyob 1 year ago
Slap that bass lad
pigyob 1 year ago
Thanks Jill for singing on our hit jazz funk song (the Midnite Band)
abbamagic1 1 year ago
Hello Nigel - remember Mike Palmer et seq, Tiffs Days - you know where!Loved your rendition of ` Jungle Boggie` too ! As always - speak to Roger, he knows who I am!
truefactsth 1 year ago
Funk music of the 80's. Shaktak were brilliant. Superb guys.
hibbypaul1875 1 year ago
One of the best groups from the eighties....MORE FANTASTIC ´80´s music at my channel!!!!!
dot4design 1 year ago
Great Memories, I love this genre. I remember chilling to this in the 80's when TOTP was worth watching. Great Keyboards.
shivalinger 1 year ago
what great memories i have w/ their music...i miss my family.....
zackyko 1 year ago
Bought this back in 1981, pure class
eppingperson 1 year ago
So Evocative of its time and place- the sound, the atmosphere, the costumes (love the Courtesan/Showboat girl front right) andf the entire ambience of the Early 80's. Remember whem TOTP was actually fun?
Well, it was if you were 10-14 I suppose..
BML8384 1 year ago
brings back good high school memories back in 1983 :) ......thanks for posting.
quickturtle 1 year ago
Yes, like this one, nice song (even thought they're obviously faking)
mistofoles 1 year ago
Classic of 80s! * * * * *
SmoothMusicMexico 1 year ago
wow. havent heard this since the 80s, i think
heiwa2007 2 years ago 2
smooth !!!!
ckeos 2 years ago 2
Saw them live at Stage 3 in Leysdown, propper group!
harscobb 2 years ago
Music is truly the soundtrack of our lives...
musicds 2 years ago
Utterly amazing and i love the 12" mix too.
ColumRogers 2 years ago
great song
higrademan101 2 years ago
I remember when my eldest brother came from serving in Germany back in the 80's with a left hand drive ford cortina with Jazz Funk across his windscreen and indroduced me to Shakatak. Thanks bro love ya.x
traymufc 2 years ago 14
@traymufc
I knew that car saw it at the Rheindahle 72 hour weekender we were the gutersloh jazzsluts oh the memories
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Muttly0206 1 year ago
@traymufc I also got into shakatak while serving in the army in Germany as the same time as your brother (1980-1985)
Muttly0206 1 year ago
wow...thanks for posting this..never saw this TOTP and it's one of my favourite tracks.
Fioneenacockeen 2 years ago
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02:38 I'd like to have bent that bird in white over and fu**ed her doggie style in the back of my Ford Capri Ghia (Auto).
supershinystoat 2 years ago
Being Shakatak's lyricist must have been a cushy job! Great sound though.
GOSMGR1 2 years ago 2
I loved this band when I was growing up in the UK! I must have been about 8 years old at the time! "Top of the Pops" was always something to look forward to each week. Those were the days... :-)
fitzslipper 2 years ago 6
This was the first LP that I got, back in 1981. I still have it, play it, love it to this day.
Appoldro 2 years ago
Smoooooooth
b6rky 2 years ago
people where so skinny back then, lol
kassop 2 years ago
its nice to see girls being girls and not gezzer birds. with there fat guts hanging out and ear rings you could put a parrot on...80 to 83 had some top british funk bands back then....
lukeydoeslikey 2 years ago 3
One of their better tunes! Love it!
wittytee 2 years ago 3
Music is not as original today as it used to be like this. its now all about covering & stealing the original ideas from yesteryear & modernising. This era of music was the best & more inspirational.
SupaSix1 2 years ago 2
Great music for listening to when you was driving in the rain, on the way down to smokey town for a night up west. Great memories, great times, just give me a time machine someone...
blagger56 2 years ago 3
bring this style back yea? Easy jazz, nothing better
amatSkux 2 years ago
Haven't heard this one until now (shame) but I'm an instant fan! 10+ stars!
jsbach15 2 years ago
underrated music. if they were American and preferably black, they'd have more recognition.
leondenis00 2 years ago
I agree with you. I am Black American and most of us thought they were too. If the fact that they were for the U.K. was made known we would have embrassed them as much as we did David Bowie and Human League.
Suckerman12 2 years ago
it works both ways indeed :)
leondenis00 2 years ago
that brought back great memories,i've gone and ordered a dvd
onion3509 2 years ago
YEA!!!!!! Great GroovE!
Vaksel 2 years ago 2
De poca madre!
Saludos desde México!
UHLP68MXDF 2 years ago
I simply love this song
deepgroove7 2 years ago
Great sound! I love Shakatak since the eighties, so nice to find it here on YT!
adnauseam7 2 years ago
magic sound,lovely girls,sweet melody, it's sounds like 80's romantic and gentle attitude.
morjan2003 2 years ago
unique sound from a unique band - who needs George Benson
hunsworthbantam 2 years ago
absolutely one of the classics of the eighties
MegaDave1973 2 years ago
......srdcová záležitosť!!!!!.......
Thejamar5 2 years ago
Hair apart...
Shakatak were the most sublime and memorable of the so called '80s pop bands.
Wonderful stuff.
MaxRenn 2 years ago
That wonderfully splayed bonde hair...
bring back the '80s...
ASAP.
MaxRenn 2 years ago
Went to watch Shakatak at a gig in London earlier this year & they sound just as good as they ever did. Truly talented musicians.
rattcatcher 2 years ago
Tune.........!
a1ttb 2 years ago 2
Tuuuune!!
MrAverage888Wins 2 years ago
O:o
Michiton100 2 years ago
Brilliant shakatak were 1 of the best bands of the 80 s . With there cool original sound grerat vocals fantastic musicians what can i say . World Class
shieldsguy 2 years ago
class tune from the best years of music..
farmereddy11 2 years ago 2
what a catchy song this should have got to number one the eighties music was simply the best .I wish it was the eighties today as Justin Lee Collins would say good times
MegaDave1973 2 years ago
Great memories, reminds me very much of those cool jazz funk nights at Rafters, and Legends in Manchester in the early 80's. Although Legends was a little more hardcore and for the underground purists.
Threeload 2 years ago 2
I'm just going to collapse into the luxury of that sound.
MaxRenn 2 years ago
SHAKATAK was one of the first SMOOTH JAZZ groups
guitarwarriorJAPAN 2 years ago 2
wow takes me back was it really 1981 I had a red mk1 escort 1300 sport with a sharp radio cassette player and the world at my feet or so it seemed! I loved that whole brit funk scene where have the years gone !!
seargpepa 2 years ago
genius, same here, except i had a green Mk1 1300GT, sharp cassette player, pioneer speakers natch. good times
vussey 2 years ago
fantastic had a mk 1 escort gt too sharp cassette player pioneer speakers but with apss still with the same babe from these days love it.
manwithfastvan 2 years ago
c'etais une époque béni :p
shinmagniok 2 years ago
Cela sonne toujours aussi funky malgré les années ! Cela me rappelle que j'ai adoré les années 80.
hulky41 2 years ago
I love this!
rlaurencin01 2 years ago
Still love this music.. It sounds timeless...
@ mrcanessa: Yes, I would love that, a Ferero Roche... LOL
Quanyin69 3 years ago
God where did we all go wrong from the 80,s to now ????????????
warriorvet 3 years ago
Excellent early eighties jazz funk, seen them twice in Sunderland in the eighties
dazbullo 3 years ago
a great band great music and thats what u call music
dan1919breen 3 years ago
love the out fits. they're fab!!! what time's dynasty on? ferero roche anyone?
mrcanessa 3 years ago
Ferero roche.... LOL
Quanyin69 3 years ago
i was 22 when they played this at my local night club what great memories realy miss those days .
80musiclover 3 years ago
Wish I was 17 again. Funny, I did not make the most of my life then and probably still don't. Lessons till to be learnt. Wink.
pix042 3 years ago
I wish I could go back too !
warriorvet 3 years ago
You never learn your lesson, I am twice as old as you and still making mistakes, and not fulfilling my potential, but would not have it any other way, just enjoy the time, doesn't matter if you get it right or wrong, just try not to hurt anyone along the way. Aim to climb the mountain, but if you only get halfway up, at least you have tried.
blagger56 2 years ago
You cannot appreciate the view from the highest mountain until you have been at the bottom of the deepest valley.
pix042 2 years ago
This sounded great on 12" in a nightclub in 1982. They are underrated. This still sounds great!
AussieDefenceForce 3 years ago
Awesome! Memories! Memories! Memories!
za875 3 years ago 4
From those unforgettable albums: Drivin Hard, Night Birds, Invitations, Out Of This world, Down On The Street, and spear but the recent ones like Under Your Spell, Blue Savannah, and Emotionally Blue, Shakatak is the group of all my life! 26 years of being your fan I number one! I LOVE SHAKATAK! Thank you!
shakataksmothjazz 3 years ago 7
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shakataksmothjazz 3 years ago
wonderful! wonderful! wonderful! I have downloaded this song from Radio, it's more wonderful again. Shakatak.. you are wonderfuls! fantastics! Federico from Italy. bye ;)
gilles2777 3 years ago 4
The Godess , proving Talent is eternal .
This woman/band never got the massive acclaim they deserve .
stewarthird 3 years ago
Well I think Shakatak is music for musicians, similar in style to what Al Jarreau and the GRP "gang" did back in the 80s and 90s. Those wonderful jazzy harmonies and the impeccably tight and inventive rhythm section are so different from the usually loud, stiff and much simpler, often almost amateurish, 80s sound. I remember how angry I was when I heard radio back in the 90s and stuff like this was background music for voiceovers. The "featured" music was loud, primitive and pretencious...
aihoschema 3 years ago 2
incredible live so talented shakatak forever!
oldskoolfreakbc 3 years ago 2
Back on TV soon - see Daily Mail report regarding Jill's facelift!!
milkimop 3 years ago
Inolvidable... Keith Winter!!!
shakataksmothjazz 3 years ago
Shakatak RULE.
flametop93 3 years ago
Incredibly cool!
ericpat37 3 years ago
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hola fuckers
oscarlauren 3 years ago
agradable la canción
oscarlauren 3 years ago
Beautiful song!!
dergola 3 years ago
The brotha on the bass was the secret weapon! He had the groove!
therealsoulproduct 3 years ago
The brother on the bass is still with 'em. I saw them 3 weeks ago in London and they were brilliant. And yes the brother is still monumentally good....top bassist. Top band.See them if you can, they are better than ever. Regards. Paul
p6ulo 3 years ago
It was a brotha that switched on the lighting and a brotha behind camera 2. Without them it would be dark and crappy filming. Thank goodness for brothas, I wished I was one.
Behave yourself soul product, he's good but only a part of the band. Are your comments reverse racist ?
JohnLMcCoy 3 years ago
I don't know what you're talking about, buddy, but there was no hidden meaning behind what I said. I only meant exactly what I said. I'm sure you would agree that George Anderson lays down the funky grooves which provide the foundation of the funky sound. I mean, yes, all the musicians in Shakatak are incredibly talented. But if you subtract brother George from the mix, it just wouldn't be as funky. Dig?
therealsoulproduct 3 years ago
Sure, but what about Keith though?? Surely THE most under-rated rhythm guitarist and lead player of ALL TIME???!!!
flametop93 3 years ago
Sure, he does his thang too.
therealsoulproduct 3 years ago
Going back to a comment made 7 months ago: this George Anderson 'lays down the funky grooves' take on this song appears to be a touch racist. As if to say the black chap is the only one responsible for the success of this song. Of course, this is a multi-cultural success story.
pix042 2 years ago
Good point.....
jazzfunkshizzle 2 years ago
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Good sir, I will have you know that here were no racist implications behind that statement, subliminal or otherwise. I was merely complimenting the wonderful and funky bass grooves of George Anderson and that his great knowledge & soulful and funky abilities on his 4-string serve as a major asset to the sound of Shakatak. And since the bass serves as the foundation of the music, his brilliant contribution can be deemed very vital to the their sound.
therealsoulproduct 2 years ago
This doesn't mean I am discrediting the great talent of the rest of the band, for each party involved has an equally great contribution to the music. However, George stands out to me since I can see that he's a real student of the FUNK and his application of that funky knowledge to the sound of Shakatak is quite ostensible. Whether he's black, white, orange or cyan is hardly the matter. He's just undeniably funky and that flavor shines through the music.
therealsoulproduct 2 years ago 2
Agreed, good point.....
jazzfunkshizzle 2 years ago
Hardly a racist comment, the music itself that this group got famous off is black music
MCJustiz 2 years ago
jazzfunkshizzle ma nizzle & nizzlets ;D
RapaTerntSanga 3 years ago
love the crazy 80's hair doo's and fashions
wrcfreak2121 3 years ago
Where is now Jill Saward pal? I miss her cause she looks warm ,glad & nice in this video and anothers
ismaelleguia 3 years ago
I was lucky enough to see Shakatak live last Saturday in London. They were completely awesome...absolutely fantastic live. I got the chance to talk to the band after. All really top guys. Jill was wonderful. A really talented and lovely lady.
p6ulo 3 years ago
Really? , You a lucky guy, congratulations.!!
I too answered over the other vocal who sings in this video, who looks other kind of beauty , more latin,black hair, warm , where is she now? Do you have an idea? Thks 4 Ur answer ( Jill has another kind of beauty, is angellical )
ismaelleguia 3 years ago
According to my original record cover for Nightbirds, the other singers were Jackie Rawe and Lorna Bannon - it says they sing lead vocal on a track each. Hope this helps.
flametop93 3 years ago
Back on TV soon. You heard it hear first. Oh yeah baby
nofritzy 3 years ago
jazz de alta qualidade atualissimo
tnvcgdc 3 years ago
Gosh they were white!
ernestlmt 3 years ago
haha SO!! duh
RapaTerntSanga 3 years ago
I like your comment Dekard, this group were so underrated. I think the Nightbirds album was where they peaked, it had some great songs including this one. Back in the 80's, , this was the music i liked listening to while cruising through Central London after work going on to a club. Can anyone post one of their earlier tunes-it was mainly instrumental titled In the UK, it had a great city sound, and makes me feel proud to be British.
isleyrundgren 3 years ago
Glad to have discovered this channel - some quality tunes here. I remember dancing to this and Nightbirds at Harrow Leisure Centre in the early 8o's, plus some of the other tunes you have posted. Currently, I am in the process od uploading some Shakatak tunes myself, after recently getting permission from the group. Hope to see you on my channel as well....
president152 3 years ago
Look forward to seeing your posts. If you have shakataks 'If You CoulD see Me Now' it would be great if you could post it. Thx.
tottneil 3 years ago
God how time fly,s god bless John Peel and great music from the 80,s. Shame we cant go back !!!!
warriorvet 3 years ago 2
Totally agree with your sentiments .
If I only knew Dr Who !!!!!!
John Peel was a real character .
Great Band and still going .
stewarthird 3 years ago
Easy, graceful music
FOXYKIDS7789852 3 years ago
wow, amazing. I thought I knew jazz fusion well enough, but heard Shakatak's Marie-Louise the other day and liked it so much. Fusion at its best.
Goldenweiser 3 years ago
down memory lane.. thank you for the clip.
One of British's best.
adie939 3 years ago
More than good looking Birds !!
Talent with a capital T
stewarthird 3 years ago
Brings back memories to when I was 12 years old!
rislah69 3 years ago
great group and the late great John Peel ...RIP
jonnyloppy 3 years ago 3
This song just made my day , shakatak was the best back in the day :)
JozsefVarga 3 years ago 2
Shakatak played loads in our local nightclub 'cos they were from the town so this it takes me back YEARS!
Ofnabun 4 years ago 2
love jill and jackie, love the music, love shakatak
vikingdecendents 4 years ago 2
I work shifts so drive around the city a lot at night.
This is a great soundtrack to it.
Light, unchallenging pop-jazz. Not to be over-analyzed.
49ersphil 4 years ago
use to work out of town back in the 80s catchn the bus into town would play these guys as well as Benson, Earl klugh always got ex comments also they had an instrumental with a latin feel,mainly lead guitar with a bass solo,if any 1 knows wot the song is Ild luv to know th name .
radzba 4 years ago
Dinner party music.
mancunian1234 4 years ago
happy classy music.I can see these guys opening up at a George Benson concert.I love those days.Those Earl Klugh,Patrice Ruschin Shakatak days.
goldtuner38 4 years ago