I've just recently listened to this song for the first time on an 80s station and what a kick ass beat. It's so weird that I can't find it anywhere on internet except here. Even lyrics are not available let alone the track itself.
@karmah65 Earl seymour is my uncle :) man its crazy to see him with his 80s hair lol....he was a super great guy. I still have an old LP of theirs signed by the whole band somewhere...
I saw them in '85 at he Diamond Club (Now the Phoenix) during this era!!! AWESOME SHOW!!!! OH! I remember the HOT BLONDE in the HOT DRESS in front of me! HA!! I don't know why it says 1986, it should have been 1985.
Earl Seymore was the rippinest fkn sax player ever lived man .he could smoke a pack of camels ,drinka bottle of vodka then rip the reeds outta that sax like no one on this friken planet! and i beg anyone do disagree ,never got the real recognition or money he deserved but his notes will scream out for ever on these recordings ..right on Earl ! you live dude
I'm proud to say I co-wrote Heart of the City with Dean McTaggart, and the refrain goes:
In the heart of the city
In the heat of the night
Things get electric
They build up inside
Those are the actual lyrics, folks. They were written by Dean, after he and I roughed out the tune at the Arrows' Toronto rehearsal space, back in '85.
That was a fun year. I also co- wrote a bunch of singles with Zappacosta, including Turn It On, I Think About You and When I Fall In Love Again.
@mozzola cool man ! I lived with Earl for a while on spruce hill road in the beach ! remember the" blue note" and some good partys after hours, ooyaaa Dean was a great singer and writer .Those were the days wow
@mozzola that's good to know, man. I actually first heard this song in a Japanese TV show called "SALOMON SKI NOW '86" which used lots of English language rock and pop song. By the way, I was born in 1985. Thanks alot man. Great song.
Have a great day, a great night, a great week, a great month, a great duration of the summer, a great September and a great fall. Puerto Rican Love from New York City!
P.S.: You can find episodes of Salomon Ski Now here on Youtube.
hey nudesman,,,hope to help ya, i have this on casette but the lyrics werent on the insert.....what i can tell you is "in the heart ot the city..in the heat of the night..things get electric...--but i cant get the rest either...maybe it will make sense to someone else!
OMG did earl die ..i heard he was sick some years ago..he was a room mate for a few months back in the 80s, lived with Ted and I in the beach on spruce hill.Are you his daughter ...how old ru ..he was the best dam sax player ever stepped foot on a canadian stage or maybe any stage for that matter
@goboats long time to respond back 2 u but im 21 now lol and yes he was !! im very proud to call him my father, most amazing dad i just lost my mother to cancer also last christmas :(
@sw33t714 wow thats tragic sw,hope your doing ok .Earl was very well liked and had tons of friends,Someone should put a video together or a site dedicated to him,love to see more of his stuff as im sure others would ..he really deserves it .
i use to hear this sing come on during the night also on 92.5Joe fm....luv this song...too bad i cant find this song anywhere in any store...thanks for posting..
I miss these days, getting "dressed up" to go out.....the suits, the hair, the music, the women.....lol.....
ryan2u 1 month ago
I still hold this opinion all these years later. This is still the finest studio band to come out of the eighties in Canada.
broot4u 1 month ago
My daddy!! Earl Seymour!! MISS you & mom everyday.... wish u guys never left me </3 :(
sw33t714 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
Things are definitely electric in this song. Minus the guy with a moustache and we've got a perfect electrifying video haha
TalDarkLeanMean 2 months ago
25 years later and it still puts chills down my spine.
J4B7 2 months ago
I've just recently listened to this song for the first time on an 80s station and what a kick ass beat. It's so weird that I can't find it anywhere on internet except here. Even lyrics are not available let alone the track itself.
TalDarkLeanMean 3 months ago
The Arrows - still one of my favourite bands of all time and ALWAYS WILL BE!!
somewhereforsure 4 months ago
Earl Seymour's signature sax sound ... miss him.
karmah65 7 months ago 5
@karmah65 Earl seymour is my uncle :) man its crazy to see him with his 80s hair lol....he was a super great guy. I still have an old LP of theirs signed by the whole band somewhere...
shayice1 2 months ago
@shayice1 hes your uncle?????? lol hes my dad!
sw33t714 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
@sw33t714 lol yes hes my uncle, his eldest sister is my mom.
shayice1 2 months ago
@sw33t714 i guess that makes you my cousin lol.... we should chat sometime tho, toss me an email Shayice24@hotmail.com
shayice1 2 months ago
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sw33t714 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
I love his voice!!!!!!
budy2yup 10 months ago
You know, you can't help but get up and dance no matter how goofy you may look.
Canadiana71 11 months ago 2
I saw them in '85 at he Diamond Club (Now the Phoenix) during this era!!! AWESOME SHOW!!!! OH! I remember the HOT BLONDE in the HOT DRESS in front of me! HA!! I don't know why it says 1986, it should have been 1985.
mrbuster1964 1 year ago
Damn this song is soo contagious i cant help but to MOVE!!
So VIBRANT, BOLD, and FANTASTIC!!
CrabKing05 1 year ago
Dave Tyson was in this band too I remember... great keyboardist / producer
ahvaimusicom 1 year ago
Love this song. Bad reputation is good too.
johnsheane 1 year ago
Great song! I can't say that enough! 80's Music rules!
Thrax21 1 year ago
great song
garryicebergson1 1 year ago
Very cool Mozz.....great tune good times, I miss the 80's....SO MUCH!!!
ryan2u 1 year ago
wow. I saw this band in Winnipeg in 1986. Awesome band. Fallen Angel is also a good track.
MBHAhockey 1 year ago
This is without a doubt one of finest studio bands I've ever heard. I love the lead singer's chops! Not sure why they just vanished.
broot4u 1 year ago
hey
nathanielto 1 year ago
Damn these guys were a Fucking AWESOME band from the 80's!!!!! LONG LIVE 80's Music!!! Always and forever!
ppl00125 1 year ago 15
Earl Seymore was the rippinest fkn sax player ever lived man .he could smoke a pack of camels ,drinka bottle of vodka then rip the reeds outta that sax like no one on this friken planet! and i beg anyone do disagree ,never got the real recognition or money he deserved but his notes will scream out for ever on these recordings ..right on Earl ! you live dude
goboats 2 years ago
Do you do drugs?
80srockrulz 2 years ago
I'm proud to say I co-wrote Heart of the City with Dean McTaggart, and the refrain goes:
In the heart of the city
In the heat of the night
Things get electric
They build up inside
Those are the actual lyrics, folks. They were written by Dean, after he and I roughed out the tune at the Arrows' Toronto rehearsal space, back in '85.
That was a fun year. I also co- wrote a bunch of singles with Zappacosta, including Turn It On, I Think About You and When I Fall In Love Again.
Good, good times.
mozzola 2 years ago 26
@mozzola cool man ! I lived with Earl for a while on spruce hill road in the beach ! remember the" blue note" and some good partys after hours, ooyaaa Dean was a great singer and writer .Those were the days wow
goboats 2 years ago
@mozzola
That's awesome. What a great song and what a great time that as back in T.O. Congrats...
TheWheelman1970 1 year ago
@mozzola
That is so awesome! I loved the Arrows and Zappacosta. You are very talented.
RakhiH 1 year ago
@mozzola that's good to know, man. I actually first heard this song in a Japanese TV show called "SALOMON SKI NOW '86" which used lots of English language rock and pop song. By the way, I was born in 1985. Thanks alot man. Great song.
Have a great day, a great night, a great week, a great month, a great duration of the summer, a great September and a great fall. Puerto Rican Love from New York City!
P.S.: You can find episodes of Salomon Ski Now here on Youtube.
prlad85 1 year ago
@mozzola love this song!!!
Ritzy87 9 months ago in playlist 80's music
@mozzola That is soo cool man, what did you guys use to hammer out the melody? Cheers and great song!
Dave H.
Calgary
Ironeasterndragon 9 months ago
@mozzola Can you send me the lyrics of the Zappacosta's Turn It On, please? :))
WarriorDynamite16 2 weeks ago
This was our anthem way back in the '80s.
Also this:
God save our gracious queen, long live our noble queen
God save our queen
Send her victorious, happy and glorious
Long to reign o'er us
God save our queen.
What may seem strange and incongruous to you is a very happy memory to me.
doireallyneed1 2 years ago
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TuneblendR 2 years ago
I had forgotten most of the 80's . Thanks for bringing back old memories.
Thx for posting.
TroyB1966 2 years ago
You have the heart of this city Deaner
NamwithJam 2 years ago
You're welcome. Good to see so many of us who appreciate creativity. (Oh yeah, IMHO, this and "Meet Me In The Middle" go hand in hand.)
bluecollarcanuck 2 years ago
Loooove this song.
TFP
redmusty 2 years ago
Nice threads!!!! Good tune! My Uncle is on the keyboards!
hawkista 2 years ago 2
That's It!! Thanks Blue
dashedm 2 years ago
hey nudesman,,,hope to help ya, i have this on casette but the lyrics werent on the insert.....what i can tell you is "in the heart ot the city..in the heat of the night..things get electric...--but i cant get the rest either...maybe it will make sense to someone else!
dashedm 2 years ago
"In the heart of the city,
in the heat of the night
things get electric, baby, love's in sight"..
bluecollarcanuck 2 years ago
I hear:
"in the heart ot the city..in the heat of the night..things get electric, love can be the sign."
smegweevil 2 years ago
One of my Fav songs. Being from Ottawa, I would hear them a lot back in the 80's. Awesome band!
ride80 2 years ago
i miss you so much
sara800 3 years ago
OMG did earl die ..i heard he was sick some years ago..he was a room mate for a few months back in the 80s, lived with Ted and I in the beach on spruce hill.Are you his daughter ...how old ru ..he was the best dam sax player ever stepped foot on a canadian stage or maybe any stage for that matter
goboats 2 years ago
@goboats yah man he did pass away....he's my uncle... and yah he was a great guy....will be missed.
shayice1 2 months ago
@goboats long time to respond back 2 u but im 21 now lol and yes he was !! im very proud to call him my father, most amazing dad i just lost my mother to cancer also last christmas :(
sw33t714 2 months ago
@sw33t714 wow thats tragic sw,hope your doing ok .Earl was very well liked and had tons of friends,Someone should put a video together or a site dedicated to him,love to see more of his stuff as im sure others would ..he really deserves it .
goboats 2 months ago
@goboats dude, there is a tribute page for Earl. The Earl Seymour Page on Facebook. Go check it out!
shayice1 2 months ago
@shayice1 thats great thanks very much ..have to go check it out
goboats 2 months ago
R.I.P DADDY!! EARL SEYMOUR!! ♥
sara800 3 years ago
Great band...
Andrewkeh 3 years ago
Good night! I haven't seen this video since 1986 when I was at Laurentian University.
34airflow 3 years ago 2
Awesome SOng!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReStartMusic 3 years ago
does anyone know where i can purchase a c.d of their best songs. i have searched everywhere with no luck.
88davey 3 years ago 2
Love this song. RIP Earl Seymour (Sax player Supreme)
tpep55 3 years ago 3
Lotsa memories this brings back.
man..I miss those days
tubatits 3 years ago 3
i use to hear this sing come on during the night also on 92.5Joe fm....luv this song...too bad i cant find this song anywhere in any store...thanks for posting..
rollerguy31 3 years ago 3
i loved this band they rocked the late 80s!
railwaycop 3 years ago 4
Fuckin' rights. Good Canadian tunes!!!!
riverrats00 3 years ago 3