This is a copy of the original master of the TV performance, which got damaged in storage - the apology for the quality was shown on screen when the clip was shown on a superb retrospective about 20 years ago. Cracking song, should have been a big hit. What was the British (non-) record buying public thinking?
How great does it get? This is the shit, thanks for uploading...I used to play this non-stop...*SIGH* I'm drowning in a flood of memories (sniff)...Halcion daze X
I remember this, I saw Eric way way back with the new rockettes, fantastic ! " Pure pop for now People" as Nick Lowe would say I also remember the What's on section of Granada Reports, presented by the late great ( well in his mind anyway) Tony Wilson of Hacienda and factory records fame, some fantastic acts on that. I remember the first time I saw Elvis Costello was on this show, playing Alison solo, went out the next day and bought his first album, regional TV was better then !
I remember this, I saw Eric way way back with the new rockettes, fantastic ! " Pure pop for now People" as Nick Lowe would say I also remember the What's on section of Granada Reports, presented by the late great ( well in his mind anyway) Tony Wilson of Hacienda and factory records fame, some fantastic acts on that. I remember the first time I saw Elvis Costello was on this show, playing Alison solo, went out the next day and bought his first album, regional TV was better then !
I remember this, I saw Eric way way back with the new rockettes, fantastic ! " Pure pop for now People" as Nick Lowe would say I also remember the What's on section of Granada Reports, presented by the late great ( well in his mind anyway) Tony Wilson of Hacienda and factory records fame, some fantastic acts on that. I remember the first time I saw Elvis Costello was on this show, playing Alison solo, went out the next day and bought his first album, regional TV was better then !
No, NOFX and Bad Religion aren't punk..we're talking about 2 different types of music and 2 different parts of the world at 2 different times. Yes, I DO have a degree-it's called HISTORY and EXPERIENCE..music knoweledge is a good thing to have, especially when trying to argue with me about GOOD music..i.e. NOT Bad Religion or NOFX..grow some ears, dst0ller. By your name it's obvious u don't have them or they don't work ;-)
@RawPowerDude Ha! Dude... this WAS punk. Punk had absolutely NOTHING to do with harmonies or hooks. All it had to do with was outlook. Not being afraid to express what you wanted to, however you wanted to. Bands like The Stooges, Death, MC5, etc... were all writing songs with "vocal melodies", and those were the creators of punk. You can talk about your "crust" or "street" punk all day, but in the end it's all "punk". It's just different evolutions of it.
@haroldturkeypants actually there is....like when my mrs goes to the pub, gets off with someone, and then has to go put her makeup/clothes etc back on, she becomes retarted. Went out as a tart, got off with someone and is now retarted
Nixontankgirl-this ain't punk, it's pop at it's POWER I guess u could say..punk is crap. I was a "boner punk" for years and years and unfortunately, most unknoweledgeful people have had the tendency to refer to anything cockney and/or British as "punk"..u people gotta start understanding that ANYTHING with a vocal melody cancels out a "punk" label. It sounds severe but think about it..I'll argue what is punk and what's not ALL DAY, people..Sorry, clarifying...
I don't follow your 'ANYTHING with a vocal melody cancels out a "punk" label'. Does that mean the Sex Pistols, Ramones, Clash, Black Flag, Gen X, Patti Smith, Damned, Shots etc are not punk?
@RawPowerDude do you have a degree of some sort? A "punk" degree I mean...you argue all day long? I used to masturbate first and argue later...I've given up on both ahaa ahaha aha
@RawPowerDude I would call it punk out of habit, but you have actually raised a valid point here. Though not what we would typically consider "punk", calling Wreckless Eric `power pop`at the time invokes images of The carpenters. I think at some point it would be suffice to call this particular track "post punk" though Joy Division this is not ;)
@MissJenRec Era always plays a major part in the classification of music and art generally - once a new term is identified the media tend to associate new acts with it. Punk, New Wave, Britpop - all contain fairly disparate artists
I'd just thought i'd throw this out there that the quality might be better if A: that text wasn't on there and B: you moved the mouse to the side or something. Just saying. Other than that this song and video is great :)
FaBrilliant, I was just thinking of the song, and idea! Check YouTube and there it is, still not sure who that is on Sax, looks a bit like Rat Scabies with short hair, or a Madness geezer.
Man I was so young, like Eric in this one. He had a good voice though and could play gittar, anyway that was then, this is the future.
My guess is this is from the Bunch of Stiffs tour early 1978. It was a stunning line up, Dec, Ian, Wreckless, Larry Wallis, Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds as I recall it. I saw it at the UEA in Norwich and I think Ian was using plastic fish instead of drumsticks. Great times! Thanks for posting this.
What`s the bet that there`s a pristine copy of this clip in the vaults of the bbc or thames television or where ever this clip originated that can`t be released or replayed because of 'copywrite' difficulties! Thanks for the upload but where`s the original recording? Recorded over perhaps?
Wreckless Eric is still out there performing so if you get the opportunity, go and see him.
this song is so romantic, for a single man like me, but maybe it has something to do with the movie "stranger than fiction" this song is on the soundtrack and the movie was very very romantic you woudn't expect it from a will ferrel movie. :-)
Crazy indeed. I've heard that when Stif gave him an advance to record his first single he recorded the a side and then disappeared on a two week bender without bothering to record the b side. I think he came back when he had turned all the money into booze.
Saw the old man (Eric) perform yesterday in Amsterdam, supporting Yo La Tengo. He's performing with his wife nowadays, they are nice. But I think I'd liked it more with a band though. It does not have this energy as it has played with a band
no need to apologise for the quality when the contents show such a brilliant live performance, Elvis Costello on sax, Ian Drury on drums, thanks yo much for uploading!
They were friends after touring together on the Stiff records tours and as is obvious from my last sentence, they were on the same record label (Stiff). Dury was, despite his polio, a drummer as well, he could play a range of instruments.
OOOH, thanks for posting this!!!! For all of us old gals who loved it back in the 70's! I saw Eric with Elvis Costello back in the day, and Eric did this song. Awesome times!
Except for "Take the Cash"(wrong title, right?), I didn't hear much Wreckless Eric until I bought a double album of his-I forget the title-around 1989. Man, what a discovery! I played that LP down to the bone. He was such a tuneful bastard, and just a half-inch on the right side of the dirty young man line. Lyric-wise, that is.
I maybe wrong but thought the tinny sounding 'acoustic' solo version was recorded in '76 but the one with the full band was made in '77. there are two versions of the song, both released around the same time (trainspotter or what!).
Mouse pointer on left side lol
skatevans99 3 weeks ago
"I'd go the whole wide world just to find where they hide her" :) Invaluable indeed, respect for posting it!
rootindogg 4 weeks ago
Davey Payne on sax?
uraldneprvw 3 months ago
Awesome song!
planetrossities 4 months ago
I love finding lost things in my life...
Caligula138 4 months ago
one of my favourite songs and one of the first I could play on the gee-tar
desoi 5 months ago
thats singing from the heart
archangul 5 months ago
stranger than fiction lol
Abuzwebstar 5 months ago
I love you NIRDA, this one is just for you
the one , the only one.
yousoyluis 6 months ago
I'm very pleased with this.
touchandgod 7 months ago
id go the whole wide world to find another song as good as this.
Rigsbymortis 7 months ago 6
@Rigsbymortis
Gabry20002010 6 months ago
I think i watch this once a week!!!
JED1138 7 months ago
This is such an awesome sweet song, i love his passion and energy, great performance :-)
wesleywedds 7 months ago
He sounds drunk and near passing out in the street but yeah I like this anyway.
jrmetmoi 7 months ago
i can't get tired of this song
PIERRECLARY 8 months ago 3
This must be one of my all time favourites xx
TheSandraMorgan 8 months ago
This is a copy of the original master of the TV performance, which got damaged in storage - the apology for the quality was shown on screen when the clip was shown on a superb retrospective about 20 years ago. Cracking song, should have been a big hit. What was the British (non-) record buying public thinking?
ArthurNibble 8 months ago
the low quality actually adds a bit of oldschool nostalgia tbh
koverm 9 months ago
Wasn't it Eric who actually gave Ian Dury the immortal line: 'Takes much longer to get up north... The slow way.'
fodsaks 9 months ago
love this effin' song!!!! <3 <3 <3
geminiz23 9 months ago
nice dude!!!!!!!!!
utubesux691 9 months ago
who needsmore than 2 chords anyway
666rocko 9 months ago
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LoveayTheolaaa386 10 months ago
Pure Gold. Great clip. Thanks for posting.
Weren't his Mum and Dad called Wreckless Frank and Wreckless Doreen ?
TOBERT001 10 months ago
Thumbs up this if you came to this video after watching Stranger than Fiction with Will Ferrell
muchohumpty 10 months ago
what a great presentation. i'm diggin it
I'd go the whole wide world
blackbear91 10 months ago
How great does it get? This is the shit, thanks for uploading...I used to play this non-stop...*SIGH* I'm drowning in a flood of memories (sniff)...Halcion daze X
PennyTraition 10 months ago
Davey Payne on sax methinks? Live Stiffs on tour if I am not mistaken.
charliepippin 10 months ago 2
@charliepippin one of the best gigs I ever went to, Nick Lowe,Larry Wallis, ian Dury Elvis Costello. Talk about value for money, Happy days.
ShillakerJoy 10 months ago
Who's on sax?
92662PJ 1 year ago
I remember this, I saw Eric way way back with the new rockettes, fantastic ! " Pure pop for now People" as Nick Lowe would say I also remember the What's on section of Granada Reports, presented by the late great ( well in his mind anyway) Tony Wilson of Hacienda and factory records fame, some fantastic acts on that. I remember the first time I saw Elvis Costello was on this show, playing Alison solo, went out the next day and bought his first album, regional TV was better then !
Fireperv 1 year ago
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I remember this, I saw Eric way way back with the new rockettes, fantastic ! " Pure pop for now People" as Nick Lowe would say I also remember the What's on section of Granada Reports, presented by the late great ( well in his mind anyway) Tony Wilson of Hacienda and factory records fame, some fantastic acts on that. I remember the first time I saw Elvis Costello was on this show, playing Alison solo, went out the next day and bought his first album, regional TV was better then !
Fireperv 1 year ago
I remember this, I saw Eric way way back with the new rockettes, fantastic ! " Pure pop for now People" as Nick Lowe would say I also remember the What's on section of Granada Reports, presented by the late great ( well in his mind anyway) Tony Wilson of Hacienda and factory records fame, some fantastic acts on that. I remember the first time I saw Elvis Costello was on this show, playing Alison solo, went out the next day and bought his first album, regional TV was better then !
Fireperv 1 year ago
I love the cursor!
dofrogsddischo 1 year ago
How can you not like this song?
AcidCakes 1 year ago
No, NOFX and Bad Religion aren't punk..we're talking about 2 different types of music and 2 different parts of the world at 2 different times. Yes, I DO have a degree-it's called HISTORY and EXPERIENCE..music knoweledge is a good thing to have, especially when trying to argue with me about GOOD music..i.e. NOT Bad Religion or NOFX..grow some ears, dst0ller. By your name it's obvious u don't have them or they don't work ;-)
RawPowerDude 1 year ago
@RawPowerDude Ha! Dude... this WAS punk. Punk had absolutely NOTHING to do with harmonies or hooks. All it had to do with was outlook. Not being afraid to express what you wanted to, however you wanted to. Bands like The Stooges, Death, MC5, etc... were all writing songs with "vocal melodies", and those were the creators of punk. You can talk about your "crust" or "street" punk all day, but in the end it's all "punk". It's just different evolutions of it.
You should study up a bit more. ;)
xydoitryx 1 year ago 2
is it DURY on drums? do we get a prize?...and is there an Elvis Costello lookalike in the background?
PoireauMan68 1 year ago
@PoireauMan68 yes Dury is on there and more than likely it is the real Elvis Costello as they were labelmates.
musicfiendaddict 1 year ago
aw cmon people....this is wreckless eric...absolultely one of the finest songs of the seventies...please keep up
chrisdavid4026 1 year ago 2
aw cmon people....this is wreckless eric...absolutlety one of the finest songs of the seventies...please keep up
chrisdavid4026 1 year ago
Ya like you didnt understand what I meant cuz 1 letter is wrong. I didnt realize I was in a fucking spelling B here
zeronova77 1 year ago
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zeronova77 1 year ago
Dont think there,s such a word as retarted!
haroldturkeypants 1 year ago 10
@haroldturkeypants
She tarted herself up, and then retarted herself up.
How's that?
geoff2204 1 year ago
@haroldturkeypants actually there is....like when my mrs goes to the pub, gets off with someone, and then has to go put her makeup/clothes etc back on, she becomes retarted. Went out as a tart, got off with someone and is now retarted
fatboytim2 11 months ago
@haroldturkeypants sure there is, its drop your pastry on the ground, and someone replaces it with another pastry, usually of equal or lesser value.
dirtmerchant1980 3 months ago
@zeronova77 No, he's British.
ademeyer 1 year ago
@ademeyer he's married to amy rigby now,i think.
dobbsiancant 3 months ago
@zeronova77 no he was just wreckless!!!!
cubsbaseball08 1 year ago
@zeronova77 if by "retarded" you mean passionate and raw, then yes
samuelk343 1 year ago
@zeronova77 No, he is not "retarded" He's a punk legend. That's what they look like. Making faces when rocking out is part of the image.
MissJenRec 1 year ago
@zeronova77 Now who's retarded? Dee dee dee, I want to insult someone, but I myself am not perfect. Have a good one "retart"
z28931 1 year ago
Nixontankgirl-this ain't punk, it's pop at it's POWER I guess u could say..punk is crap. I was a "boner punk" for years and years and unfortunately, most unknoweledgeful people have had the tendency to refer to anything cockney and/or British as "punk"..u people gotta start understanding that ANYTHING with a vocal melody cancels out a "punk" label. It sounds severe but think about it..I'll argue what is punk and what's not ALL DAY, people..Sorry, clarifying...
RawPowerDude 1 year ago
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@RawPowerDude
I don't follow your 'ANYTHING with a vocal melody cancels out a "punk" label'. Does that mean the Sex Pistols, Ramones, Clash, Black Flag, Gen X, Patti Smith, Damned, Shots etc are not punk?
hottr6 1 year ago
@RawPowerDude That's right, because Bad Religion and NOFX aren't punk either. Neither were the Ramones. You're an idiot.
dst0ller 1 year ago
@RawPowerDude That said, you're right this song isn't.
dst0ller 1 year ago
@RawPowerDude do you have a degree of some sort? A "punk" degree I mean...you argue all day long? I used to masturbate first and argue later...I've given up on both ahaa ahaha aha
PoireauMan68 1 year ago
@RawPowerDude I would call it punk out of habit, but you have actually raised a valid point here. Though not what we would typically consider "punk", calling Wreckless Eric `power pop`at the time invokes images of The carpenters. I think at some point it would be suffice to call this particular track "post punk" though Joy Division this is not ;)
MissJenRec 1 year ago
@MissJenRec Era always plays a major part in the classification of music and art generally - once a new term is identified the media tend to associate new acts with it. Punk, New Wave, Britpop - all contain fairly disparate artists
yt090584 1 year ago
thanks for posting
robbo100000 1 year ago
Maybe she's in the bahamas!!!!!!!
gfsr77 1 year ago
Surely one of the greatest love songs of all time. I love the passion and sentiment of punk. So simple and pure.
nixontankgirl 1 year ago
Would I be right to think that's Poly Styrene on bass too?
MagickTemple 1 year ago 2
@MagickTemple
No man,thats Denise Roudette,Ian Durys then girlfriend on bass.
haroldturkeypants 1 year ago
@haroldturkeypants AHA! Thanks for the info
MagickTemple 1 year ago
What A perfect Rock 'N Roll song.Two chords maybe.Love it!
snare222 1 year ago
This is also in the 1980 road film "Radio On" to great effect. Brilliant vid by the way... I remember "What's On" and not many people had VCRs then.
boo66 1 year ago
What a great version of this two-chord wonder. Like how he builds tension with his voice.
Surprised he left out the 3rd verse:
"Why am I standing around in the rain
Trying to pick up this girl?
Why are my eyes filling up with lonely tears,
when there're girls all over the world?"
wildshovel 1 year ago
I'd just thought i'd throw this out there that the quality might be better if A: that text wasn't on there and B: you moved the mouse to the side or something. Just saying. Other than that this song and video is great :)
Ikryn 1 year ago
Fantastic stuff. Should be as famous as Beautiful Day, or Ever Fallen in Love...
pdu4691 1 year ago
There is no need to apologize
007haywood 1 year ago
they say this is the best love song in the world sung by the worst singer in the world lol awesome tune
EMT22637 1 year ago
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing!!
rockinkitten 1 year ago
The Wreckless One rules!!!! Davey Payne on sax, cool!!!!!!!
JAYROX1969 1 year ago
is there anything better....a rare video for sure....good stuff.
laytota 1 year ago
such a rare video....is there anything better of a performance of this song?!?!?!
laytota 1 year ago
FaBrilliant, I was just thinking of the song, and idea! Check YouTube and there it is, still not sure who that is on Sax, looks a bit like Rat Scabies with short hair, or a Madness geezer.
Man I was so young, like Eric in this one. He had a good voice though and could play gittar, anyway that was then, this is the future.
B0rnles13 1 year ago
This is awesome.
rickyfalcon 1 year ago
Its the Stiff All Stars Band
Wehategod 1 year ago
Brilliant. They don't write 'em like this anymore... :-(
johnny991965 1 year ago
Excellent!
Bill
Pirate88179 1 year ago
My guess is this is from the Bunch of Stiffs tour early 1978. It was a stunning line up, Dec, Ian, Wreckless, Larry Wallis, Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds as I recall it. I saw it at the UEA in Norwich and I think Ian was using plastic fish instead of drumsticks. Great times! Thanks for posting this.
Percy1916 1 year ago
COMPLETELY invaluable!
I literally have chills right now from it
THANK YOU!!!!!!
ShadowWanderer1 1 year ago
brilliant song !!!
nadasafari 1 year ago
watch me cover this song
justanotherower 1 year ago
watch me cover this song
justanotherower 1 year ago
@justanotherower watch me waTCH me me me me it's all about you you
PoireauMan68 1 year ago
Great song by a great singer. Specially the sax.
deadheadstolla 1 year ago
Lovely!
FataVerde055 1 year ago
radiohead, pre-creep
manGdeluxe 1 year ago
I've listened to this song hundreds of times but this is the first time I've seen Wreckless sing it. Such a treat. Thank you for posting this.
Steerpike07 1 year ago
Oddly I prefer the Adrian Edmonson version.
=-)
JPBStory 1 year ago
What`s the bet that there`s a pristine copy of this clip in the vaults of the bbc or thames television or where ever this clip originated that can`t be released or replayed because of 'copywrite' difficulties! Thanks for the upload but where`s the original recording? Recorded over perhaps?
Wreckless Eric is still out there performing so if you get the opportunity, go and see him.
Mouldytone 1 year ago
amazing song
aantulis 1 year ago
Not only is it Ian Dury on drums and his sax player, Davey Payne, but also Dury's girlfriend on bass.
harvey1954 1 year ago
this song is so romantic, for a single man like me, but maybe it has something to do with the movie "stranger than fiction" this song is on the soundtrack and the movie was very very romantic you woudn't expect it from a will ferrel movie. :-)
dirtypaper 1 year ago
Saw this guy at the Whisky a Go Go many years ago...crazy little bastard, I tell ya! Still have the "I'm a Mess" button he gave me......
opalasattic 2 years ago
@opalasattic
Crazy indeed. I've heard that when Stif gave him an advance to record his first single he recorded the a side and then disappeared on a two week bender without bothering to record the b side. I think he came back when he had turned all the money into booze.
GustavMeyrink 1 year ago
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uh why does the kid sound like he's retarded lol?like he seriously sounds like he has like autism or something
spongebobsmokes 2 years ago
This WRECKLESS ERIC you dick, it's how he sings!
Sizombie73 2 years ago 12
loved ian in the thunderbirds hat....another whats on classic !
Leggsy 2 years ago
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he's a real cunt in real life
montymonty25 2 years ago
Quality is no problem. Its so awesome. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
heialeks 2 years ago 2
Eric at his rustic whizz kid urchin best. I wish the whole thing survived. It's fantastic.
johnscache 2 years ago 2
ian dury on drums, one perfect group. great
wolf1percenter 2 years ago 2
Yeah....but, Ian Dury ,for you wolf.....;]
and Davey Payne on sax,
when all was still well in Blockhead City.
PAULLONDEN 2 years ago
Its a Stiff Records supergroup!! ^__^
billydai 2 years ago 2
Ian Dury...hit me with your rhythm sticks?!
peparazzo 2 years ago
Yep.
haroldturkeypants 2 years ago
@peparazzo your own!!!
Labermann11 1 year ago
Saw the old man (Eric) perform yesterday in Amsterdam, supporting Yo La Tengo. He's performing with his wife nowadays, they are nice. But I think I'd liked it more with a band though. It does not have this energy as it has played with a band
rubenzep 2 years ago
no need to apologise for the quality when the contents show such a brilliant live performance, Elvis Costello on sax, Ian Drury on drums, thanks yo much for uploading!
morrieD 2 years ago 3
It,s Davey Payne of Blockheads fame on sax actually :-)
haroldturkeypants 2 years ago
So Uncle Ian's not on drums?
SheledUmlal 2 years ago
No you was right first time me ole son,thats Ian.
haroldturkeypants 2 years ago
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SheledUmlal 2 years ago
Uncle Ian's a legend on drums!!
SheledUmlal 2 years ago
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elasticmachinery 2 years ago
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love this song i have the song on my mp3
salston12 2 years ago
Saw Eric play in Auckland about 30 years ago. Great live show.
I love the Reid brothers in general, but although I enjoyed their version, Eric's is the primo one for me.
madphilgreenballs 2 years ago 2
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The proclaimers Sing this song too and they are so much better in my opinion!! :D
paytontamez93 2 years ago
No one cares about your opinion. It is fact that the original is way better than any shitty cover.
mrdougfunny 2 years ago 2
Loser!
JonMcGarvey 2 years ago
Who you calling loser? :P
paytontamez93 2 years ago
nice. i love that you can count on ppl to put good music on youtube. Thanks for taking care of me
anybodyelse420 2 years ago 2
wow
atitou1 2 years ago 2
no me podré sacar esta cancion de la mente desde ahora
triful3s 2 years ago
excelente cancion gracias :D
candiaherrera 2 years ago
is a great song, sang the same as Harold Crick in "Stranger Than Fiction'....... it was great that way of captivating the girl.
elzorropirata 2 years ago
I bought this his album with this song on it back in 1979/80. It has some good tunes on it.
bj616 2 years ago
saw eric in hartlepool about 5 years ago..great gig about 20 people there
mckian 2 years ago
class
spannerbit 2 years ago
Davey Payne on sax? Ian Dury on drums?
vancleaveterry 2 years ago
They were friends after touring together on the Stiff records tours and as is obvious from my last sentence, they were on the same record label (Stiff). Dury was, despite his polio, a drummer as well, he could play a range of instruments.
dortyhoor 2 years ago
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Such a great song!
Megara 2 years ago
love his voice!!!
kristee965 2 years ago
Played this vid 100x - love him so much - i,m 46yrs old - am i so sad?
whyayeman 2 years ago
no, its allright
buerplaysguitar 2 years ago
Your grammar is kind of sad.
Sooung 2 years ago 3
mi grammar is really sad - were u from - i'm gorgeous
bigbacon1st 2 years ago
Not at all mate, I'm in me 40's and I still love this song and play it regularly, boring old farts maybe.
dortyhoor 2 years ago
im 16 and i love this song man
getpissedanarchist 2 years ago 3
Good on ya, but then how could you not like this song? Age is no barrier to good music.
dortyhoor 2 years ago 12
easy...Ian Dury on drums...hahahahaha
lesleyblood1 2 years ago
kocham.
te piosenke i Pana Zygmunta:D
laudacja.
paulajestgupia 2 years ago 2
Oh eric he's so wreckless right now <3
fucshiagirl 2 years ago 4
Tylko E-dur @ A-dur a takie emocje.
Bravo Zgierz Polska Proboszczewice wieś
Bazylia. Jak kiedyś Beatles proste i cudne.
Gramy to sobie z chlopakami na gitarach.
Zygmunt102 2 years ago
he came to nz in 79?
westersprings 2 years ago
OOOH, thanks for posting this!!!! For all of us old gals who loved it back in the 70's! I saw Eric with Elvis Costello back in the day, and Eric did this song. Awesome times!
chifour66 2 years ago
Thankyou Mr Turkeypants,you made an old girl,very happy.I loved this song first time I heard it 76 or 77 and it still makes me smile all over.
vickwhitt 2 years ago
I loved how the film Stranger Than Fiction used it in the seduction scene between Will Ferrell and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Classy!!!
jkoff76 2 years ago 11
Except for "Take the Cash"(wrong title, right?), I didn't hear much Wreckless Eric until I bought a double album of his-I forget the title-around 1989. Man, what a discovery! I played that LP down to the bone. He was such a tuneful bastard, and just a half-inch on the right side of the dirty young man line. Lyric-wise, that is.
written12 2 years ago 3
Yeah Ian Dury on drums, classic old tune!!! Thanx for the post!
twelub 2 years ago
mto bom mesmo!
AustinRJ 2 years ago
SENSACIONAL!!!!!! \o/
fabioziglerz 2 years ago
who cares about the quality-- this is wonderful. :)
CaitrosebudMusic 2 years ago 3
Ian Dury on drums??????
theverge69 2 years ago
Christ, what a blast from the past! Bought this when it was released! Anyone got "Semaphore Signals"?
DrFelonious 3 years ago
YES BOUGHT IT WHEN IT CAME OUT
ostrogoths3000 2 years ago
i saw this on Stranger than fiction and had to look it up ^.^
Somethingicanremeber 3 years ago 8
me also and I've eventually found it.
jutu1410 3 years ago 2
me too XD
wcee2 2 years ago
same here
LGgansta 2 years ago
im feeling happy right now!
chambaal 3 years ago 3
The green coloured album. I still like it. Can sombody post "Take the cash"? Please?
stollav7 3 years ago
frikin kickass band.
Aztecasrule 3 years ago
what yeAR WAS this recorded?....brilliant song
ElBraineater666 3 years ago
1977
minutegongcoughs 3 years ago
1976 according to Stiff Records as "Go the Whole Wide World". I bought the "Bunch of Stiffs" album in 1977
flvnow 3 years ago 2
I maybe wrong but thought the tinny sounding 'acoustic' solo version was recorded in '76 but the one with the full band was made in '77. there are two versions of the song, both released around the same time (trainspotter or what!).
dortyhoor 3 years ago
and Denise Roudette on Bass. 5*
minutegongcoughs 3 years ago
I would love to tour with these guys....
yaaaaa~
Stephy
stephwinss 3 years ago
I bought this album when it first came out back in 1979
bj616 3 years ago 2
i love you julia
x
monello198 3 years ago
Does anyone know what make of guitar Eric is using in this video?.
I have one the same but the badge is missing from the headstock.
Thanks for any info.
wurmstretcher 3 years ago
it looks like a fender jaguar or jazzmaster. But from the headstock, it looks like a japanese or chinese knock off. Try Ibanez.
Bolabolai 3 years ago
I reckon it's an Audition guitar sold at Woolworths in the 70's. No longer available!
Strummersuncle 3 years ago
is that ian dury on drums?
hankwales 3 years ago
Tis indeed, they were Stiff labelmates at the time.
Yorkmackem 3 years ago