City Boy - 5.7.0.5

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[Super1bigKahuna]

Damn, love the guitar player, he gets those licks in!!!!

[matrixsenior]

@Super1bigKahuna I agree, lovin the 70's Yamaha SG2000 too!

[DINKENSPIEL]

Lovely, aah the 70 s

[lbertrand1]

Driving home from a hard day's work yesterday (in my white van), heard this song on the radio, been years since I heard it, great track, very catchy, quite made my day, now how sad is that?!!

[hopplacowboy]

@lbertrand1 aint sad? unless you expected something amazing to happen, always appreciate the little things :P

[capebee]

There's the Maisonettes front man.

[krulzy1]

awesome!!!!!

[garryscott651]

YEP THAT IS GOLD.

[tonysdzepp]

Fucking terrible

[fabizcom]

Great Great !!! 1978 good year ....

[jtomanthony]

Never heard of it

[TheMosserE]

and the lyrics just pop up in my head, as if I listened to the song last week :) ... nice :)

[frisse59]

Ha ha  najz The guitarplayer is now 60 and better than ever

[deansusky]

I remember this so well 70s such fun times and cool gorls

[robin1340]

just enjoy the fukin song

[grover5793]

boo!! i live way in the country on a horse ranch i am a country boy from Alabama

[laneatlileden]

the real spinal tap

[BfromPA]

The lead singer, Roy Ward, is playing drums beacuse he was the drummer and the lead singer on this song along with many others.

[IMOGAJAD]

ELO, Sweet, Queen...all come to mind. This was a very slick production and a great song.

[Smithfieldis]

why is the lead singer playing drums?

[BfromPA]

@Smithfieldis The lead singer, Roy Ward, is playing drums because he is the drummer and lead singer on this song and many others from this point on with City Boy. Very good drummer singer and also writer.

[Smithfieldis]

@BfromPA

ok, Ward is the original drummer!? Well he´s a pretty good drummer as you say. But in the end a proper band always have to a have front man..

[BfromPA]

@Smithfieldis Tell the Beatles that.

[1photoguy]

The singer looks like Zach Galifianakis.

[TheAshman18]

great song :D

[SweetDude295]

love this song:D ! thanks for putting it out:D

[PJAvenger]

great post - never even knew City Boy had videos. Glad I have the 5 Renaissance CD's!

[homerfanxD]

I wish I lived through this ! Just Brilliant

[Surlejma]

Cityboy was my first LP,,,, I love them, I came on like Bogart in grey garbadine

[Rez3rwista]

gites nutka, przypomina mi stare dobre czasy :)

[ShaunImmortal]

where can i download the mp3 of this song?

[TheStreetcrocodiles]

I remember seeing City Boy live in Birmingham I think it was at The Powerhouse.

[Bentaboo]

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[universalself]

magic guitar solo

[Libidoll]

very good song!

they played with two vocals?

or just this song?

[BabaOsw]

@Libidoll they actually had 3 lead vocalists! (Roy (the drummer) singing here joined the band round 77). - Unfortunatly the band splintered 82ish - with what was their best arrangement (Lol Mason, Mike Slammer, Max Thomas and the ageless Roy Ward), real shame...

gr8 harmonies (on par with Queen) by this MASSIVLY underated and talented band........

....time for a reunion guys!

[RockMusicFreak1]

ugh, u have no idea how long i've been looking for this song... finally i've found it !

[zaniac100]

Is that a telephone handset stuffed down the front of the frontman's trousers?

[delvis1977]

i once found the tape with this song on it at a yard sale and then in college in was my phone number so i had it as my voicemail, what a trip!!

[patch5005]

Great song! Don't you think though that the drummer/singer looks like Matthew Corbett of Sooty fame without the beard!

[ray3mondo]

Great song. Thanks for posting.

[izzysats]

The keyboarder is a substitute teacher in England- he taught me for science all week- lol

[Tarrant1976]

Wow in 1978 those types of touch digit phones must have been considered very modern!

[zicoaka]

eh wers other geezer ?

[aandddesign]

they were; usta skate vertical crankin their 1st album w/ this

[GoodbyeLaurelei]

City Boy's last and pretty much unknown album, It's Personal, has just been released for the first time on CD by Renaissance Records. It has 9 great songs you might not know, but should!  That means all 7 of their albums are available on CD now.

[sgillman16]

BEST SONG

[touchofcloth]

Excellent song. Remember it being in the charts in the U.K. way back when.

[FOX9746]

sounds like that other UK group of the time - Sweet. very similar.

[zjgameru]

kickass!

[jnoble761]

This group was GREAt especially live. Guitarist Mike Slamer is still active and was in "Streets" with Steve Walsh of Kansas. The have a great cd anthology on the Renaissance label. Check it out!!!

[suthrnbass]

They were truly an excellent band that did not get the recognition they deserve. "The Day The Earth Caught Fire" is still one of my top picks for song and album from the early 80's era of music

[tomaeder1]

@suthrnbass If you like City Boy you also should check out "Grand Prix" or " Broken Home" from the same era.

[suthrnbass]

@tomaeder1 Thanks! I will!

[newromantic888]

I am just happy with this man.

[Afghanen]

did they change the singer?

[colemann76]

Sounds like ELO

[GhostOfRockyHorror]

hey your right lol i never noticed it

[colemann76]

Oh i did

[Creepybabies]

These guys like tacos for shore?

[0zzyfan44]

So damm good song !!!

[dchris24]

Just terrible...

[EpicF4ilure]

singer looks a bit like Jack Black

[makik25]

what a fuck?

[Crownkocher]

sounds like a "Mutt Lange" Production....

[moonrock]

It is.

[PAZIGGY1]

Are these the same City Boys who had a member called Pinky Champbliss or something like that?

[gufterica]

very nice song!!!but not famous.....

[fordatude]

what about that song 5000 years ?

[hondatyper0169]

I know the drummer/singer roy ward. Lives in the same village as me. His son and daughter live about 200 yards from me!

[GoodbyeLaurelei]

Hey hondatyper0169,

Can you ask Roy to stop in at the City Boy forum when you see him? We would love to have him visit again.

Thnx

[rianonfire]

WOO there's my music teacher Mr thomas. i go monkspark school by the way in bristol. i didnt believe him when he told me he played in a band called city boy o.o

[MazterGuitarz]

Thats cool, 'cause I've had them as a GOOD music since the 70:s (as many others, ok you bade for it : Thin Lizzy, Rolf Wikström, Tyla Gang, Motvind,Robin Trower,E.Costello,I.Dury,Natio­nalteatern,Jourey,Stevie Vai, Jennifer Batten,Joe Satriani, and the most of all the new, personal gooooooooood musicians there are nowadays............

[GoodbyeLaurelei]

Hi rianonfire,

Can you ask your teacher to come back and visit the City Boy fourm. We haven't heard from him in ages.

Thanks much.

[rianonfire]

sure, wats the website

il tell him to go on it after a music lesson

[Vaffanura]

The website's at cityboy . org

[ravensmead]

the bass player looks gay...

[billiardball001]

my dad's the bassist(chris dunn)

[KremlinCutie]

Hey, billiardball001, could you ask your dad to stop in at the City Boy site. We would love to hear from him! Haven't heard from him in years.

[billiardball001]

sure

[nyghtshadowe]

Hey billiardball. There's a CB-forum and you're both welcome. Max has been there but haven't been heard from in about a year or so. Before that Mike's son was occasionally active too. We're all old fans from the 70's now slightly middle-aged but we still love the CB music.

[billiardball001]

nice to hear from some fans...ill pass on what you said :)

[mitzichickboo]

i hate this song

[0XsailormoonX0]

why u watching? freak.

[Afghanen]

thats lol mason on the drums right??

[hondatyper0169]

no, thats roy ward mate.

[postynopat]

I'm friends with Roy the drummer/singer

I've played on his drum kit a few weeks ago :)

[ajs41]

That phone's very modern for 1978.

[foghatconcertseries]

yeah!!!

[dobrotnik]

FIVE SEVEN OH FIVE!!!!!

[bonzo874]

5 7 0 5 , oh yes the telephone number of the house at the marina city boy used to practice / rehearse in

[Holdgar1]

city boy is the best band in the world,i love this song

[Silverforeskin]

I like this song a lot

[avenueofpines]

I think I was the only City Boy fan I knew back in the late 70's. Good to see this. Thanks.

[loudmusic67]

Thank you whomever posted this video! (If Disco wasn't so HUGE This song would have climbed the charts better (in the U.S.A.) I think it was Sept of 1978?

[tyhghgfewr]

wat a great track just love this !!!!!

[greekmelodygr]

Max Thomas was my English teacher at Prior Park College, Bath.Hello sir, if you watch this!

[hart91]

Yeah, I know Roy, he still gigs with his daughter, and yes his voice is still one of the best you'll ever hear, his drumming is also incredible, I've had lessons of him, and OMG can he play!!

[ljdawson02031970]

That's amazing I was best mates with his daughter at school and would love to get in touch with her

[domringde]

Anybody knows what Roy Ward is up to these days or if he sings on other recordings after City Boy? I need to know because he is one of the greatest singers of all time!!

[BARNAPE]

Great singer for sure. As far as i am aware the last thing he did commercially was the vocals on TIGHT FIT's version of 'The lion sleeps tonight'. He asked me about forming another band years ago but it didn't come to anything. Hope he's ok, he was OCD when it came to drums and programming.

[talos124]

These Guys never got the credit they deserve! very ELO like which is the best compliment any band could have.

[adedarrxx]

max thomas used to be my maths teacher at broadlands comp in keynsham. if you see this hiya sir

[lifeslittleoutcast]

strange isnt it how your teachers dont seem to be as gimpy when you look back as an adult, apart from my maths teacher who happened to be a morris dancer, the twat.

[thecrystalkid]

ahh yeah, giv that man a cigar!

[quazar68]

Slamer and Ward are so great!!!

[BfromPA]

I agree. A great band and when Roy Ward joined it went up another level. Great voice and very underated as a drummer.

[dnels8]

Wow, I didn't think there would be a video for this song. I, like all of you really love the song, and hey the video ain't bad either!!!

[newromantic888]

just love it as it was.....

[bathtubgeorge]

I recently downloaded this track after many years of looking for it, wasn't sure who the band were. I remember many sunny days as a kid in 1978 with this blasting out of a radio, great memories indeed and a great song

[Myidolswere10cc]

I loved this when I was 13, but I never saw the video before and I didn´t know that City Boy was compared with 10cc. Interesting

[newromantic888]

This song is amazing........I loved when I was 13 I love it more now. Its a brilliant song.

[therealdonm]

Really, the early City Boy albums were where Robert Mutt Lange cut his producing teeth going on to work with AC/DC, Def Lep, Bryan Adams and more. Great sound on all these City Boys discs!

[danishgirles]

wow, it's amasing that this song is here, this brings back memories - great

[dubanddub]

1978

[Tibbenham]

Buffing good band. A few 10CC similarities too. Their guitarist was a real hard rock guy. Still is!

[drumsanthings]

used to jam with these guys in their house in napton after gallons of beer in the pub great gigs at barberellas in birmingham great band much underrated

[annebaughan]

brings back great memories

[ziggeman]

this was a great band...really underestimated...just like a mix of ELO and Queen..bought the LP albums 5705 and The Day The Earth Caught Fire..really great mix of voices and instruments:)

[Khazzrak]

i think this sounds like queen...

[42069187666]

it does sound a lil like queen

[irishcelt1916]

WOW! What a memory. You know when you hear a song for the first time and you re-live it when you hear it again? City Bor...off the album Book Early, I believe. Damn! I was in the Strategic Air Command at Sawyer Ar Force Base in Upper Michigan when I heard that. 1979 or 1980 I believe. Now I hear "Glory Days" in my head...

[Surlejma]

Super band. My first record was City boy.. I was 13 years and a girl..haha.

Great old music, the best time..simply

[treechris007]

great song the drummer is my father inlaws dad roy

[gailtill]

Wot eva happened to them?

[treechris007]

the drummer is my father in laws dad

he is set up on his own still going strong

[ljdawson02031970]

I was best friends with Anita Ward at school. How is she - it would be great to get in touch with her

[LighteningHector]

This song will ever remain a classic.How great it is to hear it again!

[peacekeeper26]

A great sounding chart hit from the summer of '78 - those were the days eh.

[wichozzz]

5.7.05 & 867530/Jenny.....coolest songs..thanks f post

[stupidcunts]

call me soon...5705

[styxfankc15]

Thank you...One of my Fav bands of all time!!! One of my Absolute Fav songs of all time. Have NEVER seen them play...only imagined...A HUGE bouquet to you. Cheers! You made my day!

[debswhyte]

takes me back to a great time in my life....teenagers ruled ok

[sol3canada]

One of the best bands EVER!

day the earth caught fire is a classic.

thanks for posting

[balo11]

This is the most underrated band from the 70s , I have all their albums and its so good that I just cant believe people have forgotten them , remember The DAy the Earth Caught Fire? Now wheres all the video clips from this great UK band?

[Peekingduck]

I'd love if someone could post the music from "The day the earth caught fire" by City Boy.

Don't even know if it is out there still.

Loved the clip

THANKS

[GoodbyeLaurelei]

The Day The Earth Caught Fire is on Youtube under the wrong name, Run For Your Live. Enjoy.

[1zduffman7]

Remember listing to this or at least hearing it with my dad back in the late 70's I was only 7, but a good song is a good song. I also seem to remember "in your letter" REO Speedwagon,Steve Forbett,Buffy St marie (is that right ?) but best of all, my dad gave me DYLAN.

[hannie63]

great song, but the original single was called: turn on to Jesus. But it was forbidden. After all these years I managed to get the original single. Btw gr8 video.

[rockinchimp]

Love that song!!!

[Cat7Ken]

Good video - who's the American idiot at the beginning of it though? What's he got to do with anything?

[nazareth4372]

good question brother .

he tries to take all the fucking limelight while actually doing fuck all.

in the totps vid he is where he should be.

right at the back and well out of the way.

if my language offends you brother please accept my appologies.

[oldie1001]

wonderful groub, i´ve seen this great band 1979 in germany berlin...thanks for posting...please more

[darkstar9008]

Good Sound just wierd lyrics

[svaran]

one of my fave songs compares well to Boston's "more than a feeling"n imho.

[yessica2]

The Book early record was my first album, that I ever bought for my own money...in -79, it was on sale =), and I was nine and I still have it and still sliten to it, but my favourite album is the day the earth caught fire!!

[paparocketzi]

yeah, 5000 years / don't know / can't tell sounds a lot like rush

[TradingFate]

a lot like rush? in my ass no!

[testtestsmith]

Their Dinner at the Ritz album is superb. The musicianship and compositions on that are far beyond what most bands can do. Hard to find now, I don't think it was ever released on CD and the masters may be lost. The record I have I bought for a couple of bucks from a delete bin in '80.

[Arithon4w5]

It was released on CD. City Boy's first 4 albums were released in 2 CD sets (one set: City Boy and Dinner at The Ritz, other set: Young Men GOne West and Book Early) in the late 90s by Rhino Records. I don't know if they are still available through Rhino but I have all 4 CDs.

[Cat7Ken]

I saw Roy just a couple of weeks ago in Shrewsbury where he came to see a local rock covers band as he does quite regularly. He's well and still enjoying making music in various ways and drumming in a local band - and what a drummer! You couldn't want to meet a nicer bloke either.

[edavidathome]

The most underated band ever! Some of their albumn tracks are stunning, their lack of record success is a crime. Lucky for me I have all of their records!!!

[shadow20061986]

my uncle was in this band but left before they did this video, he used to be drummer/vocalist but he dies last year before i got to ask him about it. (i only found out he was in the band a few months before he died) im well gutted. a couple of the band members turned up at his funeral, i really wish i had spoken to them.if i find out anything i will post it.

[nazareth4372]

this was an ace song. who was the vocalist on the drums and why did they replace him on the totpops vid.

also can anyone tell me what he did later.

sorry for my ignorance.

[petesguitar]

Drummer Vocalist is Roy Ward now living in north wales not sure what he is doing now not seen him for many years.

he also did the vocals for Tight Fit but never appeared with them they were only a face for the music.Hope this helps.

[nazareth4372]

thanks for that bro. he had a great voice.

[stowa28]

Still my favourite Band.

Mick Slamer is the best guitar player ever!!

[zenthra]

one of the best songs from the seventies!

[johnnygorgeous]

I recall steve broughton was very sexy.

[eloypath]

City Boy been one of the best Bands in the 70's and 80's for shure!!

[swedishhumanbeing]

yeh! love this song!!! Take care all out there! :D

[Vaffanura]

The first title for this song was "Turn On To Jesus" and a few copies were released. Would it have been a hit with that title as well?

[fatpizzaman]

It might have been a hit with the Christian market.

[collinsjamesl]

oh yeah,  Roy Ward rocks on 5705 too.

[collinsjamesl]

I have 5 of their albums. Lol Mason (Heartache Avenue) and Steve Broughton Lundt (She Bob) were (are) brilliant. Robert Mutt Lange produced these guys too.

[collinsjamesl]

Ok, I did a typo above...She Bop not She Bob...LOL

Steve Broughton (Lunt) is responsible for for co-writing She Bop by Cyndi Lauper. I heard he now works for BMG USA. Does anyone know if he still records? The man is brilliant!!!

[fatpizzaman]

Not many people know this, but Steve Broughton was the drummer for Mike Oldfield's original Tubular Bells album - mostly heard on the rock bit on side 2 where Mike does that crazy caveman growling and snarling.

[Vaffanura]

City Boy's "Steve Broughton" (actually Steve Lunt) is not the same guy as MO's drummer.

[drprogensteinphp]

@Vaffanura

Correct. Also, City Boy's Steve Broughton was a guitarist/vocalist, not a drummer.

The former Edgar Broughton Band/Mike Oldfield drummer named Steve Broughton is no relation whatsoever.

[collinsjamesl]

City Boy rocks! This band should have been much bigger. I have 5 of their albums. Songwriting is brilliant. Steve Broughton (Lundt) is just amazing as a writer too (Cyndi Lauper's She Bob).

[caml06]

The Day The Earth Caught Fire...one of my all time favorites!

[scaryleary]

If your gonna have a one hit wonder, make sure its a good one..City Boy lead the way for one hitter's.

[zaniac100]

No one remembers the bad one hit wonders