Sailor - A Glass Of Champagne 1976

[MyAxolotl]

Another Load of Shite,,, Im goin back on the Hawkwind site,,

[a217andy]

wow what a song..

[ludo281160]

Surely Dutch Sailor can give a boost on the new travel towards 2012 :-)

[superakt12]

Scooter - Jumping all over the world

[MrRocknRoII]

mindyou Sailor weren't the only group to rip off Roxy.........remember Icehouse?

[MrRocknRoII]

whats its name? virginia plain!! ...........a very catchy rip off!! you've got to admit its very catchy.......for a rip off!!

[AngelaParkerMusic]

@MrRocknRoII Glad someone else thought this too...

[xxMacheteButcherxx]

A fuckin` fun group and a top group .Love this song .Love this band .Not like the miserable shit we have today . :)

[glutusmaximus]

Fuckin excellent track



[bennyjohno]

This song always remind me of going on holiday but I've no idea why :s lol

[01clifford]

oh god do i remember this

[lilynick1]

one of those songs that I bought a whole album to hear :)

[MsCinnamon2010]

Ah - this brings back so many memories - my first job and a crush on a colleague!

[sorova]

Too Bryan Ferry

[gavsky23]

Amazing, for YEARS I thought this was a Roxy Music song! D'oh!

[PlaceSoFarAway]

@gavsky23 Holy crap, it does sound alot like "Virginia Plain." But no where near as good as Roxy in my opinion. And that keyboard break sounds like Mott the Hoople's "All the Way from Memphis"! Not enough to be sued or anything... just enough to noticeable...

[gazmanc1]

Thanks for posting this.. I bought this on its release and its a real joy to hear it again... many thanks.. :))

[figbat1]

I LOVE THIS SONG!................want some bad a s s gossip from their '75 darwin stop-over that never got reported............go to "jenny morris she has to be loved nzoz1989" and press "see all" to find my 3 hidden comments.

[Lasher500]

Loved the music.......less happy with the uniforms and the schtick.

[zuki70]

This is awesome! :D

[annod6]

They look like a fun group :)

[FSTOMKAT]

Scooter!



[metonator]

@FSTOMKAT FAIL!!!! Scooter Stoled this Vocal -.-

[cakemania321]

see the dislike guys on songs what the fuck are you doing listening to the song if you dont like it tossers

[Max140165]

GENIAL! i loved it

[THABIGGESTWORM]

21 peope need a glass of Champagne

[fortheloveoftunes]

The singer is from Norway (his father was a russian prince) .-)

[jarirusi]

@fortheloveoftunes = and: ( quote) is the great-grandson of Robert Kajanus: composer, conductor, confidant of Sibelius and founder of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.

[xMDawg19x]

so amazing they inspired a great song by Scooter. "Jumping All Over the World"

[TheWhinknowe]

a great tune

[KingGeorgesHares79]

I want to be a window cleaner

[the13er]

Sounds like Roxy Music "Virginia Plain". 

[GAREMPOTS]

@the13er it does sound so much like that

[nwlman]

Phil Pickett, he was involved with Culture Club, when they were really happening and megga.

[Nealo81]

Great stuff - production, arrangement and some of the vox remind me of Roxy Music

[leicestergirl63]

God, I heard this song today on the radio and I hadn't heard it for years. It's such a great song and really catchy! I couldn't remember the name of the band but at first I thought it was Sparks because it has a very similar sound to them. If this came out in 1976 then for me it was one of the only good things about that year because that's the year my dad died, when I was 13. I think Abba also won the Eurovision Song Contest in that year too though so there were some nice things.

[mulv66]

Yeah not as bad as I remember either. Can hear some future XTC in there as well.

[Yorkmackem]

@mulv66 yeah its the West Country burr and Andrews-ish keyboards. Good call.

[Yorkmackem]

Very Roxy / Sparks, not as bad as I remember it !

[CinnAlla]

High Camp. End of. :-)

[spangleJ]

yes, very Roxy Music

[differenthumour]

@ldaleking My chemistry tutor is in sailor :P

[Dustibun]

Idaleking - your musical future is in safe hands. Best wishes.

[pontello3]

this was great

really roxy music-ish

[sexagrogg]

Still love this

[Dustibun]

saw Sailor a few years back touring with Sweet. They've still got it! Brilliant!

[PaulBerthier]

Brilliant song!

[nickhirst999]

An absolute classic this as was their follow up: Girls, girls, girls.

Beautifully crafted pop songs with a great sense of humour! shame there's nothing like this now. It's great fun!!

[dariowestern]

@nickhirst999 Well we've still got Morrissey, Mika and the Scissor Sisters. :)

[slave2live]

Agreed. Brilliant.



[feelingslinky]

tune!

[feelingslinky]

brilliant! :)

[usedfuzzbox]

Loved these guys and their tunes, so very 70's, but still sounds good today.

[TheHairybaz]

still fantastic

[domc1239]

great song and realy like the video simple but funny

[abbafan1972]

Love this song!

[harrisonaard1]

I thought for years that this was Roxy Music and therefore sang it in the stylie! Now I know better and still sing it in a Roxy Stylie. Cock on, babe.

[antimanc9]

@harrisonaard1 Me too - just watched a TOTP re-run on BBC4 and found out it was Sailor. Great song !

[Phaedra1759]

@antimanc9 You, me and loads of other people. I.d forgotten how good this was. They suffered in the 70s because of the great singles/album divide when writing clever, literate 3 minute pop songs didn't get the credit it deserved.

[Kilchattan7]

...and a celebratory glass of bubbles on the foredeck as we round the heeadland ;-))

[daveymojo]

what a great song and tune.....

[maramaku]

Could have been good music but for the vanity

[myDogIsCalledBert]

The drummer, "Mr Serpell" (sp?) was my Chemistry teacher at skool ! Altwood Comp, class of '85 ! !!!!

[roddersfortysix]

@myDogIsCalledBert

And I do think Mrs Serpell was my English teacher at Furze Platt Comp, circa 1976.

[UncleSlim64]

@myDogIsCalledBert Was that Altwood School in Maidenhead? I have two nieces who currently attend that school.

[moggs69]

sound like roxy music

[JoeWPratt]

This reminds me of the New York Bar In Wakefield, when Paul Kelly used to play the records, it was the best bar ever, 1977-1990. Good days, good ways. The Amsterdam Bar, Huddersfield was like an episode of Hi de Hi compared to it.

[owainglyndwr16]

Easily mistaken for a Roxy Music number .. Thats no insult !! I wonder looking foreward and back and beyond if they were too hasty when picking a name for the band ... For such a talented band their name didn't do them justice !! Thats just my opinion !!

[XxpauldadudexX]

@owainglyndwr16 WOW your right..I like Roxy music since last year and I thought this was really like them...so similar...anyway this songs flippin GREAT....I doubt any of my m8s agree but f*** them hahaha...and the bands name Sailor is really gay I gotta say also but I spose it was 70s/80s so it was different then ...glad you mentioned roxy music...I forgot about them and now am gonna watch some of their vids ;D

[Wolfington]

@owainglyndwr16

True enough. I hadn't really heard Roxy in 1976 - I was only 7, and never noticed any similarity. Still a great song even if it is wearing it's influences a little too obviously.

Also reminds me a bit of XTC although it predates their first stuff by a couple of years.

[nwjh1957]

@topkkat, there was the Camp Rock fashion of the day, but there was still a lot of talent beneath the fancy duds, in many bands.

As others have pointed out, this is a brilliantly crafted pop song. Catchy, happy, hopeful, fun. Remember that the essence of a show is entertainment, and the Sailor stage show was about performance (of course), as well as musicianship. That's why they are still performing and attracting crowds. You need to be larger than life on stage, and the clothing & actions help.

[MrSoulFriendly]

1:00 Wow, I'm scared!

[cosmodunbar]

afraid this was the very first record i ever bought.

[Yetinski]

Geez, I found myself remembering all of the lyrics and I haven't heard this since the 70's.

[Merca230e]

@badlieutenant322; so, they look like you!

[Koeningsplein15]

Maybe Trevor Horn/Buggles used this as a blueprint?

[badlieutenant322]

They look like professional child molesters.

[ludo281160]

It was really the end by then in 1976 for the Huge English Glamrock....after Mud, Rubettes, Sweet, Smokie, Slade....1977 was suddenly a total different year with punk and later on also Disco!! Great memories in the 70*ies how everything changed so fast (much more than the 60ies)

[ludo281160]

Happy New Year!!! Toasting with a Glass of Campagne!

[toke2003]

Dieses Lied ist Kult, das waren noch Zeiten. Ich höre das sehr gerne.

[Hollandia777]

First half of the 70's was the best time for this kind of music - Sparks, Roxy Music, Alvin Stardust...

[ONERIFFPONY]

Quite simply the best pop song ever written. If Ringo could could have pulled off a more camp look than Sailor's drummer does at around 2.01..... The Beatles could have been huge. Awesome track.

[10ianpanda]

who nicked the boat......

[chimetrooper]

They were a bunch of clog-wogs, right?

[prescient8]

@chimetrooper - wrong...

[cosmicrider287]

i say it again,topper.

[cosmicrider287]

top class pop tune.

[gouvyrock]

my youth!!!!!!!!!

[tony7oaks]

Grant Serpell used to be my chemistry teacher

[TheNickPiggott]

He must have been busy; he was my wife's maths teacher at Altwood!!

[PompeyDane]

The singer sounds like a cross between Bryan Ferry and XTC's Andy Partridge.

[kiftd5]

Conan Obrien 2:17

[slaxwell55]

I think the Kaiser Chiefs sound a bit like this band on some tracks...Maybe its the voice..Great song...

[iain2761]

@slaxwell55 I would love to hear the Kaiser Chiefs do a cover of this

[hoops1524]

Brilliant catchy number which reminds me of carefree summers as a child

[railhobby]

Veryyyyy nice those days.....'nd still goin' strong.......

Funny they were.........funny they stay.......thanx

[AlanJ119]

I've just played Scooter's Jumping All Over The World and then I played this.

My 9-y-o granddaughter said "Is this the country version?" LOL

[1963deecee]

Omg.... primary school!!!

[dougiefife]

modern day version of this band has to be Arcade Fire,,,,,,,,,,,check them out & agree or otherwise!

[dfusion2000]

Scooter makes much better use of this song in Jumping All Over the World

[SnakeOnAPlane]

How many Scooter fans realise this is where they got their lyrics from?

[nik1969100]

Pro: brilliant track.

Con: awful stage clothes.

[bejaypurrs]

Happy music! Excellent!

I also thought it was Bryan Ferry!

[bejaypurrs]

Happy music!



[whouster]

What a perfectly crafted pop song - legendary!!

[gymskirt]

Still going, but mainly based in Germany!

[oldtrojanskin]

Synth Gods and the fathers of The Mighty Boosh (Future Sailor anyone).

[shuchr]

thanx to simon cowell you have killed music

[poptopia1]

sounds like brian ferry

[ogdroadsong]

@poptopia1 always thought this was a Roxy Music song.

[doverstraits]

Classic

[garlo66]

where are these legends now? great tune

[Sailormarinero]

@garlo66 : They are still around, actually! ;-) sailor - music . com

[ukshelf]

happy birthday Gary,,,,

[bobgreen623]

right, ok, I am a serious music fan. You know, Henry cow, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, all that experimental stuff. But this? This? I bloody love it and have done ever since it came out about 35 years ago. Pure pop and all the better for it

[DeanFirefly]

Same year as Anarchy In The UK by the Sex Pistols !!! What Happened to music????

[chanctonbury63]

Compared with all the other crap around at this time this lot actually had a few grammes of talent.

[pamjhood]

he he Guernsey 1976 woop woop

[BigMrFirebird]

Were this lot a decade too early? It's a great catchy tune and one of the first singles I bought.

[mensamoo]

bliss. This band brings back great memories

[ChuckHippy]

Complete rip-off of Roxy music, it may have been said before but it bears repeating!

[jabos113]

one of my all time fav's ........:)

[samspadexxx]

Wow, great song, great band, but were any of those outfits ever in style?

[barrybwfc]

@samspadexxx YES I STILL GOT MINE !!!!

[1960unclemort]

they were scandanavian and came across on a (bryan) Ferry-geddit..

[guitarad]

I love this ! I must cover this soon- along with smokie !

[DRUELLIS]

see scooter "jumping all over the world"

[BONGOMAN3003]

sounds a bit roxy music

[AngieBaah]

Best pop song ever

[cqsteve1]

Bloody brilliant, I'd forgotten how much fun the song was. Thanks for the post.

[uclrichard]

awesome

[stephenwood54]

its still a strong song //good fun group .thanks for the memoys .

[mickyb8419]

The intro is very Bryan Ferry....great piece of 70's

[llandudnoboy]

Certain songs stick in ones mind many years after they have been written.

I remember when this superb song was released.

Like all great tunes it has a very catchy melody and great lyrics.

Blimey it is now over thirty years old and still bringing enjoyment to those who can remember it back in the seventies.

[TheHendonKissArmy]

Bought the single and great track. Sailormarinero thanks, alway sgood to see your comments on HSH re Mr Lincoln

[saanzacs]

Actual promo video?

[UncleSlim64]

Too many people claimed Sailor sounded too much like Roxy Music. There is no such comparison. Sailor and Roxy' are as different as chalk and cheese. There was never anything to compare with the sound of Sailor's "Giant Nickelodeon" (their keyboard 'set-up'). Each band was unique in their own way.

[heyrodders]

great stuff and great quality video and sound.... cheers ;-)

[rockchick80s]

OMG - Thanks for sharing - Leisure centre disco - pale blue flairs, cheesecloth shirt, denim waistcoat, afro perm - Sad or what LOL.

[mambosun17]

great sound it takes me back

[topkkat]

No doubt if they were around today I'd denouce them as too poncey but back in the day they were gods. I loved this song! Right I'll just creep away quietly now and hide my face.

[Sailormarinero]

They are still around, actually! ;-) sailor - music . com

[susisti]

but not with Georg..

[FoolOfGods]

@topkkat You know given the quality of song writing 'today' I'm proud to admit to liking and supporting Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Pilot, Smile, Pussycat, Mud, Clifford T. Ward, Duncan Browne, Marc Bolan, and other MOR bands. The songs they wrote that made us smile and for we were happier than we had been (even if that was just 2 mins 30 sec). As Toyah Wilcox sang, "be loud be proud, be heard" ... lol

[raeka4eva]

@topkkat i remember this song too and liked it back then and still do....shame todays musicians arent musiciams putting songs together as good as this

[johnny991965]

@topkkat Me too TopKKat! Ah well, it'll be our secret!

[TommySwede]

@topkkat I just can´t stand people hidin´something they once loved!

I´m proud being here or the Spot listening to only old music.

Cant be beaten by todays shit!!!!

[hnk1969]

@topkkat This was and always be a great tune, just make sure you turn it up if you are in a car or a at home.. :-)

[djstu2007]

also ripped off by scooter - jumping all over the world!

[celticraider1]

Sailor always reminded me of Roxey Music

[kayrosx1]

loved this then, still do now...am i sad?

[danchapers]

@kayrosx1 no im 27 and love it so were sad together

[heyrodders]

sad ? certainly not this is a great tune ;-)

[kehkehbia]

Blimey and I always thought this was Roxy Music....

I got it WRONG and now Im corrected BOOM BOOM!

[rabsmiff]

great sound quality on this vid!

[ray3mondo]

I can see what you mean, ppauly. But I suppose musicians have been 'ripping off'/copying/developing the ideas of other musicians since the dawn of time. I think this song is a 70s classic, but yes it does owe a lot to the other songs you mentioned.

[ppauly]

rip off of virginia plain along with "come up and see me, make me smile"

[TJDG1]

why are you listening then buckley?

crap ma butt piece!!

[TheLasher500]

Loved this band but hated that 'sailor on leave' crap. Music was fantastic however.

[buckley54]

crap

[tech9803]

Decades later, still catchy as hell.

[beamerZ]

brilliant song

[markee91]

saw sailor 1977 newcastle city hall place was half full but what a concert brilliant so underated.thankx

[a217andy]

THIS SONG WAS MADE WELL.

[re6ter]

I cant belive scooter ripped this off

check it out

Jumping all over the world - scooter

[yellowlucky70]

Wonderful uplifting 70's song.

[azueenscharte]

Great song !!!

[bktherock22]

scooter did a dance version of this called jumping all over the world

[bktherock22]

scooter did a version of this song called jumping all ovwer the world

[MrTobbe74]

Nice to hear a classic on the morning

[MrAeden]

What a great blast from the past......

[MrOmgoodness]

I could dance all day to this tune...

[TheRunner75]

I remember this song... Awful and absolute garbage.

[classie60]

Why even look at it then you wanker! Idiots like you should keep your insignificant opinions to themselves. Imbecile!

[llandudnoboy]

@TheRunner75

That's strange if its garbage then it's a very catchy piece of garbage for you to remember it from 34 yers ago