Prefab Sprout - Cruel (The Tube 1984)

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Where are the girls like wendy? The soft of skin, the delicate ways and a voice of an angel. Gentle girls you'd fight for and dance waltzes in the rain. The kind of girl that holds your drunken, spinning head and soothes you quietly in her warm dark room. Where are those girls?

[HugePantsProductions]

This song is so amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love u Pefab Sprout xxxxx

[ItCouldBeKate]

I wanna hear Bacharach sing it with his jumper tied loosely round his shoulders ..slowly, at the piano ...

[cowombat1]

I think he had a crush on Wendy (Paris Smith)

[krayzone1]

They were pretty big and had a lot of success.

[hoodsxl]

Prefab were a one hit wonder because Paddy wouldn't tour (he is shy). His brother took his songs to a record company. Anyway their albums were big hits.

[peneau]

@hoodsxl

Wrong,

When Loves Breaks Down made No. 25 in the UK, Cars and Girls made No.44, The Sound of Crying made No. 23, Life of Surprises made No. 24, A Prisoner of the Past made No. 30

[hoodsxl]

@peneau Thank you for that I love Prefab Sprout and I glad they had more hits in the singles charts than I thought! formely hoods

[nix4pool]

could cry this is so fucking great.

[NolaMckenzie]

prefab where a one hit wonder THE KING OF ROCK AND ROLL is there only hit

[elstroshitnonstop]

@NolaMckenzie unlike most one hit wonders they wrote so many great songs. who cares about hits? have you heard the album "from langley park to memphis"? its fucking genius.

[zebre9741]

@Lionelguerin6 : Nous avons passé nos 15-25 ans sous la même étoile...Dans ma vie,j'aié couté du rock, du reggae, de la variété, du blues,de l'électro, des Doors à Radiohead, en passant par Brel et Gainsbourg. Mais, PREAB SPROUT, c'est autre chose, je les écoute preque religieusement,avec les mêmes sensations qu'il y a 20 ans.Je suis incapable de me l'expliquer.Il y a quelquechose de mystique.

[lonegroover]

Oh to be 24, utterly defeated and living in a guest house in Northampton with nothing but alcohol, Radio One and music like this between you and oblivion.

[pazzensutra]

"I's a jealous boy root."

[Lionelguerin6]

Paddy tu nous manques. Et Wendy aussi.

Swoon m'a accompagné, tout comme Steve Mc Queen. Quelles mélodies ! Aux chiottes celle et ceux qui pensent que Prefab Sprout est un groupe cheap, peu d'entre eux leur arrive à la cheville en termes de compos. Merci pour mes 15/20 ans sous cette étoile.

[dav01kar]

i remember this on the tube,went out an bought swoon,great album their 1st, wendy smith got a voice like an angel

[shackbhoy]

I remember seeing this at the time (i'm old !) Loved it then , love it more now .

[candi27100]

Merci pour ces jolies mélodies.

J'espère que tout va bien pour toi maintenant Paddy.

I love you so much

[simasgar]

@candi27100 Je crois pas que tout aille bien mais il fait aller

[ALotofWind]

Swoon, a brilliant songwriters album and one of my top 20 of all time. Saw them once and equally good live

[IGiveYouPermission]

Strange art

[yaze6972]

Hello,magnificent and wonderful song and unforgettable band,thanks,bye.

[ghancox]

It took me a while to get into Prefab, but this was the song that hooked me in. Within a few months i loved the whole Swoon album, and got every album after. Paddy is the Fred Astaire of words indeed. Very sorry to read in the Guardian interview with him a couple of weeks ago that he has had terrible tinitus over the last few years - probably the worst thing a musician can suffer from. Still, he seems positive and has a bunch of material up his sleeve.

[bobman64]

Paddy has made a huge contribution to urban blues, definitely the Fred Astaire of words....

[domsonofwilliam]

Its cruel to end so abruptly when after a minute I was just getting into it. What happened to the rest?

[nigetheonion]

I remember watching this at the time and the next day I went out and bought Swoon. What an amazing album, an amazing band and this is one of their best, if not their best ever song.

[xtcxtc123]

yes- i came to swoon after sm it took a long time to assimilate but it's probaly the best early stuff. xxx

[denpunk666mitsos]

Could someone please put the whole "Swoon" album on youtube please.

A work of art.

[wmrxb15]

Indeed one of the most underated albums of all time, my copy absolutely played to death. Musically and lyrically unique...

[Alepotter1987]

Great idea!!

[sproutyDP]

Someone has now

[crimsonrush]

I have been obsessed with this song for years.

Still don't know what 'tuppentup' is though. :)

[pazzensutra]

@crimsonrush I believe the lyrics read "terpentup".

[swarms08]

Shit the lady singer is so f**king sexy. mmmm

[pazzensutra]

@swarms08 That's Wendy. She quit the business a few years back. Such a beautiful voice.

[swarms08]

I was a kid at the time this released(31yrs young now).

Great song.

Looking back i think the lead singer is bisexual.

[professorweegie]

you were 6,and all these years later you think paddy was a bi! he is my cousin! and no he was not and is not!

[freeeeeeedy]

Er...?

[Snowwyoyo]

omg fav song!!!!!

[lecturerob]

I was near the blind beggar and had a few friends down from the north when this was released.

No I wasn't, I was 3 years off being sent down - a legacy still to be lived down to this day just like all their songs....

[SilentLD]

A brillian song although video obviously produced on a very tight budget.

[sennensan]

Wonderful... brings back memories of sitting in a little pub near the Elephant when this album first came out and hearing it on the jukebox. "Couldn't Bear to be Special" is a masterpiece.

[denpunk666mitsos]

This was by far their best album. When asked about it Paddy seems a little embarrased. True the production wasn't great, the songs were maybe naive and the band were all young. It's all the right ingredients for a perfect album. Fantastic.

[nigetheonion]

I remember seeing this on the Tube too and thinking what a unique and special song. I went out the next day and bought Swoon. They made fantastic music, but for some reason they never had the success that they deserved.

[ND7652]

I agree heard Appetite and been a fan since then had to try and find their music again.

[xtcxtc123]

swoon - raw prefab

thanks for putting it up

[Renegade4love]

What a collector's item, indeed!

Great, thanks for posting!

[Perronegro7]

excellent, i like it!!

[glencruitt]

I remember watching this, I was 18 and it stirred something in me...kinda evoked memories of childhood or something. Anyway, what a great voice and song. well done paddy- when love breaks down was another fantastic song.

[sixfeetjenna]

Sweet