I hate this track. Musicians writing their own songs, playing their own instruments, laughing while performing etc. The only good thing about this is that they know how to mime properly.
@t0mme1981 Didn't most groups on TOTP mime though?! I'm sure they recorded their instruments genuinely in the studio in the first place. But yeah, too many people relyed on miming on TOTP though didn't they!
Aside from Thatcher, strikes, greed, yuppies and some truly horrific fashion trends, the 80s produced some real classic Jazz/Funk/Soul music... Good times : )
Excellent interview on Solar Radio earlier. And absolutely blinding album coming out. Can' t wait to get a copy and so looking forward to Brit Funk. ;)
Great to see this again, one of the best 'Brit/Funnk bands ever. Never got the recognition they deserved. I think they were still under the shadow of their former band, 'Light-Of-The-World'. This was my favourite of theirs, although everyone still bangs on about 'Chant No.1, only cos' Spandau Ballet' muscled in on it.
That guy in the cap, on the sax, is real hot. Where is he now I wonder?
Remember other Brit jazz/funk bands of that time? .... Lynx .... Light of the World ... Inversions .... Central Line .... Freeez ..... Second Image .... UK Players .... Hi Tension
@FunkURadio Ahh, i must of missed you by 3 years. Old Kent Road A!! I was from THE MANOR, but enough people came there, even my old man who was from Wimbledon went OLD KENT ROAD. what a carsie now
wonder how many current songs will be played in 30 years time.....they are just not enough fun and do not carry lyrics you can re produce or remember, no snobbery involve i'm 48 and really enjoy lady gaga s stuff atm
This is such a fab tune takes me back to a time when we just danced together day and night, bitter sweet really as it was not meant to be, our crime? why your skin was darker than mine and where we lived it ws a tough call Still I bet you are out there still loving this stuff
OMG This is brilliant i am totally in love the Brit funk scene and this was released 10 years before i was born. I first saw it on TOTP 2 that is what made me watch it.
I remember this well when it came on Tops of the Pops. I waited all day for this to appear on the show, after seeing in the Newspapers TV Guide that Beggar and Co were going to be shown in the show. I was so proud of a Brit Funk act being shown on our National TV Pop show.
Brit Funk was huge then, and yet still underground. But so was Lover Rock Reggae at the time. You were either a Brit funk/Soul Head fan or a Lovers Rock Reggae fan at the time if you were a black british youth of this period.
was a young lad in London in the early 80's and this was the stuff that stays with me, it shaped "my London", my love and appreciation of music.
THANK GOD FOR JFM and Horizon, they saved London from POP banality. Pirate radio saved the face of UK youth and music culture in the 80's, the occasional group making it to top-of-the-pops was just icing on the cake.
What a time we were witness to..JazzFunk Music, Roots and culture Reggae, and the birth of Dancehall.
gurney85: couldn't agree more. We had a fantastic music scene in those days, a wide range of musical styles which were popular so there was something for everyone to appreciate. This was a very positive time musically, even though the landscape in the uk was relatively grim the music more than made up for it.
I remember those days well. No surprise Maggies mob are back in power we've got riots again.
Dub Vendor opened up around that time and I was sad to see it almost go up in flames in the Clapham riot the other night on the telly .Oh yeah I was a Soulhead btw !
@Soulhead1981 Good/Great time for music as so musch was going on or just about to happen - Just 6 x months the craze for electro was about to happen.. Just within 6 x months.......
@redjam40 Even though I was a rock/metal fan growing up in the 70s/80s, I loved the Brit Funk thing: such as positive soulfull sound for economically depressing times. (Hang on! That's 2012 isn't it?)
What other bands are classed as Brit Funk? I remember listening to Linx, Parliament, Hi Tension etc
Maybe I'm an oddity, there can't be many metal/soul fans out there. If only Anthrax and Chic could get together.
@LordWhittingtonBadge Well try this - Level 42 when they first came out were into the Brit/Funk and Jazz Funk thing, Uk players, 2nd Image, Innversions, Direct Drive, Central Line, Light of the World, Freeze and Yes I was a SOULHEAD.....
The Beggar & Co were also LOTW, but the brass section appeared on many recordings outside of all of this. They were also featured on Chant No 1 by Spandau Ballet which was a great record.
Just saw the Beggar & Co horns with Spandau Ballet on the Jonathan Ross Show doing Chant No 1 as I surfed youtube. It sounded and looked great. Nice to see they have kept the connection.
absolutely amazing track! - there must be 10 albums worth of Funk in that - why cant they make stuff like this anymore? the louder you play it the better it sounds!
The vIbes player and percussionist in the band is the Jazz musician Orphy Robinson who was in the Brit funk band "Savanna". They also had a couple of hits in the eighties as well..On Saturday night at the Jazz Cafe they had Junior Giscombe,Noel Mckoy and Ingird Mansfield the vocalist on the track "Southern Freeze" by the group Freeze. They were absolutely brilliant live. got to be the best Brit funk band by a mile..
There were so many of those groups around at that time, Incognito, Central Line, early Shakatak and Freeez to name just four. Can you confirm it's Beggar and Co doing the horn section on Spandau Ballet's Chant No. 1?
This band came out of Light of the world in fact most of this band line up is from light of the world except for the bass player who was from another london funk outfit called Centraline they also had a hit with Nature Boy back in the 80,s uk.
These were one of several bands that disbanded too soon as were Imagination,Talk Talk and many more. Beggar and Co I never heard of them before until i found them here but i know they were from England and had a shortlived career.
Never heard this untill it was used on the line-up round, on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, repeated on Dave a few weeks back. Awesome song, worthy of a re-release in these days of retro? I think so.
@logom0 agree but remember radio 1 Mafia hated music like this so left to club and club dj's this ws one reason i started uploading remind people of great tune before 000's
@logom0 true. i just got their album "MONUMENT" and its a really solid album w/ this tune, 'mule (chant no 2)' and 'you need love' being the stand outs for me
British Funk was great. Hi Tension , Light Of The Wald aka Beggar & Co, Freeeze, Linx. Great club nights and great bands to dance to alongside the Stateside bands. In fact the era of Punk was really the era of the Soulboy.
I loved Light of the World and saw them in concert as LOTW and Beggar and Co at the venue in Victoria. Kenny was my idol!...Tubbs..U really ruled the bass...Wish the light was still ruling North and South London :-)
WOW, I thank you for this post, I've been a fan without knowing of this group. I remeber hearing it in the late 70's on radio here in america, and never knew the name of the group..
Man, Digwalls was great. Big up Kenny Wellington, Breeze, Baps, Everton, Peter Hinds and Bluey. I remember seeing you all when you were the first band in the UK with the brass and stuff.Tubbs was awesome. You guys sound better than ever. Look forward to the next London shows.
This is great.I found some more of this stuff.If you search musicfido they've got Beggar & Co, Leee John, Junior' LOTW/Incognito and the whole audience singing London Town.
Hey shizzle, I can't beleive how many people have watched this. I've posted some clips from our recent Beggar & Co + Special guests Jazz Cafe show you might want to check listed under Beggar & Co and there's one somebody put under the name Jazz Funk Collective from the same show.
Oh man. After seeing Freeez in spring 1981, it was Level 42 next, and then Light of the World(with Sketch from Linx as a guest) Oh how I wish I could turn back time and see those concerts again. Thanks for helping me relive those happy memories
for UK Players I'm not quite sure on that, if they even had any totp performance. I highly guess that it may have been 'Girl','Everybody Get Up' or 'No Way Out'.who knows=)
I am guessing probably No Way Out, it was kinda a poppy funk/soul song. But I could be wrong. If they exist, someone please put them up. I don't think they were on Top of the Pops.
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I use to think they were saying 'somebody yell meaw meaw'! :D
morrismagic08 2 days ago
I use to think they were saying 'somebody yell meaw meaw'! :D
morrismagic08 2 days ago
what a brilliant track. I never heard of this or the group before, so glad I found it!
marcdrawspictures 3 days ago in playlist Favorite videos
excellent track i was only 21 when this came out and its never aged like me!!!
jackiemaree1 2 months ago
Chertsey lock early 80s anyone ?
ChelseaAllTheWay13 3 months ago
thats me with the long hair front right watching the band!
DutchDeadboy 6 months ago
tht dude is some kinda guitarist i mean fuck look hes playin it evan tho its under his coat XD
mekillhacksaw 7 months ago
I hate this track. Musicians writing their own songs, playing their own instruments, laughing while performing etc. The only good thing about this is that they know how to mime properly.
t0mme1981 7 months ago
@t0mme1981 Didn't most groups on TOTP mime though?! I'm sure they recorded their instruments genuinely in the studio in the first place. But yeah, too many people relyed on miming on TOTP though didn't they!
Rich7714 7 months ago
Aside from Thatcher, strikes, greed, yuppies and some truly horrific fashion trends, the 80s produced some real classic Jazz/Funk/Soul music... Good times : )
DUGMAC1973 7 months ago
saw them at Indig02 15 04 11 30 years funk night ....amazing band ..... if not even better now !!!!!
tpmbe 10 months ago
@tpmbe I was there too - great night and great sounds!
MrGondolier 7 months ago
u cant fake the funk!! funkaliscious!
docksey 10 months ago
Excellent interview on Solar Radio earlier. And absolutely blinding album coming out. Can' t wait to get a copy and so looking forward to Brit Funk. ;)
missstarmag 10 months ago
Funky bassline even today sounding as good as it did years ago.
ebantiass11 11 months ago
Still like this song after all this years....MORE FANTASTIC ´80´s music at my channel!!! Take a look....
dot4design 11 months ago
A classic hit, played on the Hurst Selection in Atlanta. If you missed it, you are surely lost!!! :-D
calsonic1 1 year ago
Great to see this again, one of the best 'Brit/Funnk bands ever. Never got the recognition they deserved. I think they were still under the shadow of their former band, 'Light-Of-The-World'. This was my favourite of theirs, although everyone still bangs on about 'Chant No.1, only cos' Spandau Ballet' muscled in on it.
lollypasam 1 year ago
Big up the crew going O2! Can't wait. xx
missstarmag 1 year ago
Hahaha I love how they're not really playing their instruments but just jumping around having fun! GOOD TIMES!
TeaPips 1 year ago
@TeaPips Yep, here, here. That was pure fun on stage there, great to see.
lollypasam 1 year ago
excellent... so many memories
Pete1471 1 year ago
@Pete1471 one of the last 45s i bought
before movin out to usa
uk/usaboy.
jocksmen 1 year ago
i remember seeing them live in the early 80`s
richjames1964 1 year ago
What a great set of lads!Bless 'em.
kramyelir 1 year ago
Minder,Dangermouse,Skinheads and this reminds me of the late 70's/early 80's.
1988acid 1 year ago
i
went to school with these guys.i played and jammed in the music room in the 70's.
david baptiste, kenny cant remember the other names.ahh memories.
mreokeydokey 1 year ago
omg the guy in the hat with the trumpet was my old teacher back in school! never knew he was this cool
masgicaldave 1 year ago
The Old Kent Road was the gaff to be late 70s & 80s.....S.O.U.L
Sound of Underground London...a lot of DJs cut their teeth there....Dun Cow,Green Man, The Welllington...so many places.
SE1soul 1 year ago
@SE1soul hi mate old kent rd defo the place i was brought up on the old kent road
dun cow doctors now green man a chinese buffet
byfordd 1 year ago
That guy in the cap, on the sax, is real hot. Where is he now I wonder?
Remember other Brit jazz/funk bands of that time? .... Lynx .... Light of the World ... Inversions .... Central Line .... Freeez ..... Second Image .... UK Players .... Hi Tension
bootsamou 1 year ago
Spectrum .... Olympic Runners .... Cool Notes
bootsamou 1 year ago
@bootsamou the guy on the sax is on the line up on never mind the buzzcocks!
series 20 episode 7 i think?
kedrick333 1 year ago
@bootsamou I saw him last week in the post office, drawing his pension. Wasted talent, these guys were da shit.
JosRidesAgain 1 year ago
LAST ONE BEFORE I
MOVED TO THE USA 1981.
jocksmen 1 year ago
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LAST ONE BEFORE I
MOVED TO THE USA 1981.
jocksmen 1 year ago
LAST ONE BEFORE I
MOVED TO THE USA 1981.
jocksmen 1 year ago
LAST ONE BEFORE I
MOVED TO THE USA 1981.
jocksmen 1 year ago
......GREAT DANCE TUNE.!!
jocksmen 1 year ago
what a great trip down memory lane, sneaking into clubs down 'Old Kent Road' when i was under-age
steveffc 2 years ago
What about The Henry Cooper Pub/Disco around 86-87-88 ? I was resident there :-)
FunkURadio 1 year ago
@FunkURadio Ahh, i must of missed you by 3 years. Old Kent Road A!! I was from THE MANOR, but enough people came there, even my old man who was from Wimbledon went OLD KENT ROAD. what a carsie now
steveffc 1 year ago
I didn't know they were British!!! That's news to me. Anyway, it's cool to know that this song came out the year I was born.
SpankRamen2 2 years ago
@SpankRamen2: Check out Hi Tension and the British Hustle. Another great early British-Funk band.
eduardoisland 1 year ago
Happy days with great music, don't make em like this any more!! England would be a better place if they did!!
ianblanthorn 2 years ago
Amazing track - still so fresh!
jinters1 2 years ago
good enough to be re released today...better than all that rap crap
eggy1962 2 years ago
@eggy1962 Thats music snobbery
diamondstudd 1 year ago
wonder how many current songs will be played in 30 years time.....they are just not enough fun and do not carry lyrics you can re produce or remember, no snobbery involve i'm 48 and really enjoy lady gaga s stuff atm
eggy1962 1 year ago
Does it get any better than this? British Funk at its height. Excellent. I remember this live on TOTPs too.
SciFiFunk 2 years ago
For all you young bloods under 30 this was when we had top tunes, Listern and learn !
DAZA1965 2 years ago 2
depends of what you are listening...Every period had his gems actually we got some pretty goods .
It's all about curiosity
videodrug 2 years ago
What a groove. Britain produced some fantastic funk! Central Line, Incognito, Lynx, Freeze, Level 42 and tons more.
agilefalcon 2 years ago
Yep..lol..Mark King was the reason I loved and learned to play the bass..."once upon a time".
Level 42 holds a special place in my memories.."the early tapes" LP was fundamental to everything musically to me in those days.
gurney85 2 years ago
one of the best ever totp's clips. fantastic song - brilliant performance.
davemothersole23 2 years ago 3
Indeed, brilliant song, pure magic!
JulesE17 2 years ago
One of the BEST Brit Funk tunes of ALL-TIME
mastercox1912 2 years ago 2
I couldn't agree more, wicked tune!
JulesE17 2 years ago
This is such a fab tune takes me back to a time when we just danced together day and night, bitter sweet really as it was not meant to be, our crime? why your skin was darker than mine and where we lived it ws a tough call Still I bet you are out there still loving this stuff
missruaqt 2 years ago
Great tune!! Remember the performance well on TOTP (Was it really that long ago - in 1981? Unbelievable) - Somebody help me-ow, me-ow, me-ow!
cheekyhamsta 2 years ago
Meow meow ;)
RabbitWonderful 2 years ago
Out soon a great Greg Wilson remix and and a mega cool Elitechnique remix!
....So, check Clone Records Rotterdam! ;)
okkiejam 2 years ago
Fabuloser and Fantastic! Can remember this when it was out!
eclipsepatent 2 years ago
Good lord this brings back memories!! Fantastic!!
Shaydee70 2 years ago 2
OMG This is brilliant i am totally in love the Brit funk scene and this was released 10 years before i was born. I first saw it on TOTP 2 that is what made me watch it.
Utter brilliance.
ColumRogers 2 years ago
love this song
jacobgulless 2 years ago
6 stars.
illwafer 2 years ago 7
Check out Rufus Live In Me.
Coincidence or what.
eamcas67 2 years ago
I remember this well when it came on Tops of the Pops. I waited all day for this to appear on the show, after seeing in the Newspapers TV Guide that Beggar and Co were going to be shown in the show. I was so proud of a Brit Funk act being shown on our National TV Pop show.
Brit Funk was huge then, and yet still underground. But so was Lover Rock Reggae at the time. You were either a Brit funk/Soul Head fan or a Lovers Rock Reggae fan at the time if you were a black british youth of this period.
redjam40 2 years ago 6
was a young lad in London in the early 80's and this was the stuff that stays with me, it shaped "my London", my love and appreciation of music.
THANK GOD FOR JFM and Horizon, they saved London from POP banality. Pirate radio saved the face of UK youth and music culture in the 80's, the occasional group making it to top-of-the-pops was just icing on the cake.
What a time we were witness to..JazzFunk Music, Roots and culture Reggae, and the birth of Dancehall.
Damn, I miss those times...
gurney85 2 years ago
gurney85: couldn't agree more. We had a fantastic music scene in those days, a wide range of musical styles which were popular so there was something for everyone to appreciate. This was a very positive time musically, even though the landscape in the uk was relatively grim the music more than made up for it.
maccagrabme 2 years ago
Well said gurney,,,I was am a great funk dance fan. memories that live forever
JAZZZZZ8 2 years ago
@redjam40
I remember those days well. No surprise Maggies mob are back in power we've got riots again.
Dub Vendor opened up around that time and I was sad to see it almost go up in flames in the Clapham riot the other night on the telly .Oh yeah I was a Soulhead btw !
Soulhead1981 6 months ago
@Soulhead1981 Good/Great time for music as so musch was going on or just about to happen - Just 6 x months the craze for electro was about to happen.. Just within 6 x months.......
redjam40 2 weeks ago
@redjam40 Even though I was a rock/metal fan growing up in the 70s/80s, I loved the Brit Funk thing: such as positive soulfull sound for economically depressing times. (Hang on! That's 2012 isn't it?)
What other bands are classed as Brit Funk? I remember listening to Linx, Parliament, Hi Tension etc
Maybe I'm an oddity, there can't be many metal/soul fans out there. If only Anthrax and Chic could get together.
LordWhittingtonBadge 2 weeks ago
@LordWhittingtonBadge Well try this - Level 42 when they first came out were into the Brit/Funk and Jazz Funk thing, Uk players, 2nd Image, Innversions, Direct Drive, Central Line, Light of the World, Freeze and Yes I was a SOULHEAD.....
redjam40 2 weeks ago
Beggar & Co came out first. Weekes & Co heard it and released a similar song in the US.
funkysoulsinger 2 years ago
Begger & Co. anda Weeks & Co. hmmmm? the songs even sound a little similar.
FunkMasterRio 2 years ago
The Beggar & Co were also LOTW, but the brass section appeared on many recordings outside of all of this. They were also featured on Chant No 1 by Spandau Ballet which was a great record.
funkysoulsinger 2 years ago
Tubs RIP
neofunkyman1 2 years ago
That takes me back........happy days!
r9o9s9i9e 2 years ago
Just saw the Beggar & Co horns with Spandau Ballet on the Jonathan Ross Show doing Chant No 1 as I surfed youtube. It sounded and looked great. Nice to see they have kept the connection.
funkysoulsinger 2 years ago
Black Madness
madnessmather 2 years ago
absolutely amazing track! - there must be 10 albums worth of Funk in that - why cant they make stuff like this anymore? the louder you play it the better it sounds!
mikeypvfc 2 years ago
Got it on 12", exactly as it should be. What a great example of early 80's new wave of britfunk. Has anyone got level 42 doing Love games??
MANCDOG1 2 years ago
oooooohhhhhh fuuunkay! I have always loved this song. It has a strange (but great) touch to it...
anettehallstrom 2 years ago
herd the song on never mind the buzzcocks, a can't get enough of it now. :)
iainsmfc183544 2 years ago
brit funk early 80's unbeatable imho even better that the yank stuff
rwestonb 2 years ago
ha what a performance! the guy with the guitar was going all out lol
Princeotaku 3 years ago
dig it
lbcfunkaholic 3 years ago
Fourth Commandment: ..You shall love your neighbour as yourself...
amgervinus 3 years ago
Love the dude playing the guitar INSIDE his raincoat!!!
msbritchick 3 years ago
haha love the jumping
chocosparx 3 years ago
Man... thisis great British funk. Remember it SO well
bootsamou 3 years ago
old skl!
chocosparx 3 years ago
Yes it was definitely the Beggar & Co Horns on Spandau Ballets Chant No 1!
caravanele 3 years ago
The vIbes player and percussionist in the band is the Jazz musician Orphy Robinson who was in the Brit funk band "Savanna". They also had a couple of hits in the eighties as well..On Saturday night at the Jazz Cafe they had Junior Giscombe,Noel Mckoy and Ingird Mansfield the vocalist on the track "Southern Freeze" by the group Freeze. They were absolutely brilliant live. got to be the best Brit funk band by a mile..
jazzwarriors1 3 years ago
There were so many of those groups around at that time, Incognito, Central Line, early Shakatak and Freeez to name just four. Can you confirm it's Beggar and Co doing the horn section on Spandau Ballet's Chant No. 1?
qpr60 3 years ago
This band came out of Light of the world in fact most of this band line up is from light of the world except for the bass player who was from another london funk outfit called Centraline they also had a hit with Nature Boy back in the 80,s uk.
markee2006 3 years ago
did you get beggar and co?
huggybear271 3 years ago
naa can u send it me ?
ash2k7209 3 years ago
yeah sure give us your email address got loads of stuff from that era,put all my 12" vinyl on my pc
huggybear271 3 years ago
These were one of several bands that disbanded too soon as were Imagination,Talk Talk and many more. Beggar and Co I never heard of them before until i found them here but i know they were from England and had a shortlived career.
quintadaria 3 years ago
Beggar & Co still perform...small venues... but they still perform
diamondstudd 3 years ago
This sing is actually about young beggars in the streets, being ignored by pedestrians.
jazzfunkshizzle 3 years ago 7
i remember seeing this at the time. fucking brilliant peformance, excellent song. uk jazz funk was boss.
davemothersole23 3 years ago
Love this I was there in the corner
hippyhelen65 3 years ago
I can remember this from my ealry days and it still sounds as good as when it first come out.
eclipsepatent 3 years ago
Can anyone send me this song? PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP ME OUT ! lol
ash2k7209 3 years ago
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huggybear271 3 years ago
Never heard this untill it was used on the line-up round, on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, repeated on Dave a few weeks back. Awesome song, worthy of a re-release in these days of retro? I think so.
zombiesonacid 3 years ago 16
Same ,Never Mind The Buzzcocks lol :P
ash2k7209 3 years ago
@zombiesonacid Same as me; saw it on the Buzzcocks (which I also saw on YouTube) then searched for the song here!
Rich7714 1 year ago
the chorous and the tune are so addictive its a cool song
JackReeve 3 years ago 2
Great vibe. Saw them at The Jazz Cafe last year it was awesome. Those guys are Arsenal supporters though not Spurs :)
funkysoulsinger 3 years ago
great tune great memories ..but check da vocals..they sound like they are on da terraces at White HART LAne..lol
effyiong 3 years ago
i think they're miming
casdavies 3 years ago
everyone mimes on totp
d0m93 3 years ago
they should have been much bigger
logom0 3 years ago 17
@logom0 agree but remember radio 1 Mafia hated music like this so left to club and club dj's this ws one reason i started uploading remind people of great tune before 000's
SOULCRACKERS1979 1 year ago
@logom0 true. i just got their album "MONUMENT" and its a really solid album w/ this tune, 'mule (chant no 2)' and 'you need love' being the stand outs for me
Schwadling 1 year ago
1 of em is now a teacher at my m8s school haha
herbzie85 3 years ago
I remember this. The Beggar & Co track came out first and was then ripped off by a band called Weeks & Co in the States.
funkysoulsinger 3 years ago
Compare this to Live In Me by Rufus & Chaka Khan which came first?
eamcas67 3 years ago
top boys still have my copy of round trip the classic lotw album and dont forget i level what tunes they had the brits really did rule at this time
ewf06 3 years ago
TUNE !!!!!!! :-)
gazza270965 3 years ago
this music will be back SOON!!!I PROMISEEEEEEEE
duart310 3 years ago
This reminds me of jumping up and down at the royalty in southgate in my purple pixie boots...was any one else there???????
nicksagey 3 years ago
British Funk was great. Hi Tension , Light Of The Wald aka Beggar & Co, Freeeze, Linx. Great club nights and great bands to dance to alongside the Stateside bands. In fact the era of Punk was really the era of the Soulboy.
funkysoulsinger 3 years ago 4
i do take back my comment. it was said jokingly which doesn't translate at all online. i happen to love this song.
Eearn 3 years ago
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british funk was shit!
Eearn 3 years ago
One band proves you wrong, Level 42. Best Brit funk bank two years running and even US bands couldn't match them at the time.
mgzt190plus 3 years ago
british funk was the shit.
PeterSmeter 4 years ago
wooosh that part in the break, somebody help me out me out,,,,, sooooo deep
Roelandvinken 4 years ago
I loved Light of the World and saw them in concert as LOTW and Beggar and Co at the venue in Victoria. Kenny was my idol!...Tubbs..U really ruled the bass...Wish the light was still ruling North and South London :-)
selamistanbul 4 years ago
whens this kinda music gonna come back, must be time for it to go full circle again. love it
cyaninternetdog 4 years ago
...certainly they palyed with Spandau on Chant No1 and followed that up with Chant No2
easternron 4 years ago
Can someone let me know what bands they went on to form/Join....
I heard some of them did (horn section) 4 Spandau ballet... is this correct?
insut07 4 years ago
if you want a night and musiclike this get down to the horseshoe bar in huddersfield with d j ozzy its top bollox
almac67 4 years ago
phat choon!!!
herbzie85 4 years ago
i love this song but blaightantly obviously not a live performance lol
eKko0 4 years ago
Nice video good memories of UK & Sly and Robbie,Linx,Bucks Fizz and the Euro-world Dance Contest that Down Town Julie Brown won!!!
Mr. Chip's GRATIA DIVERSA UNA VIVA Hail to RAF LAKENHEATH American HS "1980"
bostonchip2006 4 years ago
WOW, I thank you for this post, I've been a fan without knowing of this group. I remeber hearing it in the late 70's on radio here in america, and never knew the name of the group..
aatkins74 4 years ago
any one got light of the world, london town , to post
jagman523 4 years ago
Banging Brit Funk tune!
sauldelino 4 years ago
You are so Right, and I hear the link to heatwave and incognito, but begger & CO are the Real Thang....
aatkins74 4 years ago 2
boom tune...
sweeetly 4 years ago
Hi
I'm glad I found this clip as I am in the video when I was 15 years old
hippyhelen65 4 years ago
1 of the beggars is my teacher i swear no lies
his name is wellington and he has a new album outin america im not lying
arsenalmendes12 4 years ago
It reminds of my Zero 6 Days....Remember guys?
Coppers45 4 years ago
Il ove this one... great
discomadame 4 years ago
Fantastic performance, praise the almighty for Top of the Pops !!! Anyone find a copy of a performance of the other B & Co classic - "Time"
SteveCaftdunt 4 years ago
Jaflex--------Breeze was, and is the man!--------top guitarist!
miger1 4 years ago
I know he plays to me on most on sunday's. If your from London you should see them at the Jazz Cafe.
JAflex 4 years ago
his song brings back memories of the good days when i was stationed at RAF UPPER HEYFORD in the early '80s
karsea8 4 years ago
huh?
JAflex 4 years ago
Luv this song. My uncle is breeze. its good to see him up there. lol
JAflex 4 years ago
Pics or didn't happen
mrsh0rtstuff 4 years ago
this so cooooool i even rember the time it was on!!! thanks.
madboom 4 years ago
Man, Digwalls was great. Big up Kenny Wellington, Breeze, Baps, Everton, Peter Hinds and Bluey. I remember seeing you all when you were the first band in the UK with the brass and stuff.Tubbs was awesome. You guys sound better than ever. Look forward to the next London shows.
funksoulbrother1000 4 years ago
just love this groove1 a lot1...summer 1981 great mems, and i like the other one they did later too...great lets all funk disco citezens wh-oo-hh.
therezabizarre 4 years ago
"Someboday help mee-ow , mee-ow , mee-ow-ta ... WHOAHO!"
groovetronic 4 years ago
This is great.I found some more of this stuff.If you search musicfido they've got Beggar & Co, Leee John, Junior' LOTW/Incognito and the whole audience singing London Town.
funksoulbrother1000 4 years ago
fantastic band along with light of the world... very funky, great horns and bass..
kuti319 5 years ago
Fantastic song! Love it
KevCityboy 5 years ago
respect i can't fuckin' beleive this happy daze
milanofire 5 years ago
Hey shizzle, I can't beleive how many people have watched this. I've posted some clips from our recent Beggar & Co + Special guests Jazz Cafe show you might want to check listed under Beggar & Co and there's one somebody put under the name Jazz Funk Collective from the same show.
Kenny Wellington
kennywellington 5 years ago
Oh man. After seeing Freeez in spring 1981, it was Level 42 next, and then Light of the World(with Sketch from Linx as a guest) Oh how I wish I could turn back time and see those concerts again. Thanks for helping me relive those happy memories
funkyenglishman 5 years ago
Hey man, not a problem at all.
jazzfunkshizzle 5 years ago
These guys were on Old Grey Whistle Test, around 1982. Would anyone out there have that clip? If so, post it!!!!
jazzfunkshizzle 5 years ago
listen to Chaka khans tune "Live in me" check out the similarity to this great tune , two good tunes to use in a mix.
laur51 5 years ago
oh thanks for info.
for UK Players I'm not quite sure on that, if they even had any totp performance. I highly guess that it may have been 'Girl','Everybody Get Up' or 'No Way Out'.who knows=)
waxwarrior03 5 years ago
I am guessing probably No Way Out, it was kinda a poppy funk/soul song. But I could be wrong. If they exist, someone please put them up. I don't think they were on Top of the Pops.
jazzfunkshizzle 5 years ago
funky fresh beats from 1981. were they all from liverpool? anybody see my trial is a nice tune too, mighty brit-funksters=)
Also looking for any UK Players video, if those exist.?
waxwarrior03 5 years ago