The Riffs - Blind Date

[canon6]

OMG FIRST 30 seconds and is now in favourites :D

[RJB33RPM]

f****ing brilliant, on the ska wars comp...

[SeniorMojo]

oh my god...this takes me back

[RickstaRIIx]

Aiden thanx for the responce,fantastic to here from ya

heres another remembering the festival at the charing cross astoria,issues with mark foggo

remembering the George Robey. had meny a laugh with you and watford John

Aiden hope all is well in your world

Had many a good smoke with you way way back when

[livmusicman37]

Crystal thinks im two diff people! so just to prove who iam here it is

[MrAcsio]

que buen ska

[colimason09]

shi shit time whats the time is it really half past nine sorry darling im gonna have to go

[chelseafcsw6]

RIP Brian McEneaney

[colimason09]

one a me bros favourites

I'm going on a blind date, I'm doing my friend a favour, I hope she's not a horror, I'll have to wait and see

[euroyankee2003]

Ahhh the memories!

[hated1010]

awesome jam

[bosssuedehead]

this song defines all what was the best in british ska

[aidanunited]

rick you are more than welcome thanx for the support.

lanman thank you as well,i have loads of riffs and ejits pics on my face book aidan sterling ,have a look.

[aidanunited]

rick you are more than welcome,fuck me while i was swinging punchs at the front at south parade,buster blood vessel was getting a bj at the back.

i never did get my priortys right. :)

[lanman31337]

Aiden and Alexander - thank you both for all of this information!

[RickstaRIIx]

Aiden is back in the land of blighty

shame he does not front the and anymore

if you read this Aiden thanx for the times at the blind begger pub,which is sadly no more.

fantastic times

south parade pier was a a kick off lol

[RickstaRIIx]

@RickstaRIIx that should of read thomas a beckett,rodney you are a plonker

thanks for uploading

[alexandermorison]

Sorry Aiden, Aiden did have chorde to most of the song.

[alexandermorison]

If my memory serves me correctly... Long time ago.

[alexandermorison]

Aidan is right about this tune. He had the lyrics and melody ready in rehearsal but no chords. I and the rest of the band helped with the arrangement to finish it. It was then an Ejits song during our last days. Main credit goes to Aidan though. I wrote the picket song and that sort of stuff. Just to clear things up.

[aidanunited]

just a heads up,blind ddate was not written by alex but by me and the surgey brothers ,al of cousrse helped as did all the ejits.

sadly i dont have any recording of the tide is high but our version was more like the original than blondies version.

[stralight321]

I'm 99% sure that I saw this band support Bad Manners around the years 2000-2004..

They played a great cover of 'The tide is high' by Blondie..

Are there any versions of The Tide Is High on any of their CDs?..

Also what CDs of theirs do you recommend checking out?

Please post details!

Cheers!

[nickynoodles33]

OMG - Cant believe how long its been since I have seen the riffs and the hotknives!!!

[DannyMc71]

Was a studio version of this ever recorded? I've only ever heard this live version!

[leeevstube]

Last I heard he married an Australian girl and went out there

[bansheehowl]

have to agree with some of the comments here... when adian left he left a bit of a hole that was never filled .....a great front man yep

[BigChrisButler]

Top choon, the Riffs were never the same after Aidan left.

[katoness]

Too true. What has happened to Aidan Sterling? Love the who wants it album

[BigChrisButler]

No idea, I'll ask around.

[katoness]

Your name rings a bell in my head. Did you have a part in the zoot mags in the late eighties with George Marshall,?Did you do live reviews or something like that?

[BigChrisButler]

I most certainly did!! I did a few reviews, had a laugh and am going to see Symarip on the 20th next month in that London!!

[katoness]

Brillant! I use to buy the zoots when I was a teenager. I'm going to try and make that Symarip gig myself. All the best.

[BigChrisButler]

Look lively, loads of tickets gone.

[BigChrisButler]

By the way, spoke to my mate and he ain't seen him for over 10 years. last time I saw him was at Brixton in '97.

[katoness]

Cheers its such a pity that hes not doing a bit. As I thought in 89/90 The Riffs of that time were a top band live and in the studio and that Adian was a great frontman.

[jimmystagger]

CLASSIC! Thank you so much for putting this one up...