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  • I always play this when I'm getting ready for a night out.

  • Joe Jackson looks like a white Erkle.

  • I still remember the first time I heard this in 1982. I was in my high school weight room working out and this song came on the radio and someone said "what is this, Muzak (i.e. elevator music...lol)?" It took a little while for this to grow on people (some people anyway...lol). Although I was a rocker (Dio, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, etc) and hung out mostly with rockers, I did end up liking this song after listening to it a few times. Joe Jackson is a great musician. :)

  • Check out Kurt Elling's version . . .

  • this is the studio version, did someone just put this live version to the recording or something??

  • Love that song!

  • 1980S best for music !

  • Joe Jackson opened for The Who. 'Nuff said.

  • Tenia tiempo de no escuchar esta cancion

  • Joe Jackson - compares to whom? I wouldn't know. He's playing his own league.

  • lip sync ?

  • @heheDawgz...Yep, backing tracks too. Most 80's music shows did this. It didn't bother me personally. IMHO, there's nothing worse than an artist that's good on tape, but bad live. *Cough* Def Leppard *Cough* :)

  • this song is so magical joe jackson a genious love, william "the joker"

  • That's got to be the easiest pocket ever for a drummer to stay in!!

  • One of the last guys to put out real music,just prior to the dawning of the age of canned garbage.

  • One of the great singer/songwriters who always worked with great musicians. Check out Graham Maby on bass, a great bass player. Listen to him on the track Friday from I'm The Man album....awesome!!!! 

  • ...another fantastic song by Joe Jackson...

  • God, if he didn't look like Wallace Shawn's younger brother he would have been major star.

  • Worst piano hook ever

  • @inuliger not a musician then i take it!!!

  • esta é a verdadeira musica dos anos 80' , quem viveu esta decada maravilhosa sabe muito bem o que estou falando, this is the music, great song, tks BetaClassics, tks......

  • some bad lip syncing

    

  • great song when the music was really good

  • @AXEL77ism  I can remember when people's comment on music were really good.

  • what a beat...totally superb mr Jackson...

  • This drummer has theeeeee EASIEST job on the planet

  • @IAMTONY1991 Considering he's not playing only miming and its a Korg drum machine, then yes obviously.

  • @IAMTONY1991...Had. :(

  • I loved this song...good for you....

  • great song, has alot of meaning

  • scotch and a nice rail.....to this one

  • love those steve urkel paints,Yikes

  • great track and what a guy.brilliant posting.

  • Who could really say this sound dates back to almost 30 years ago? This sound is forever

  • Hell yeah, reminds me of when I was a little kid watching threes company on the balcony of my neighbors apartment!

  • That drummer's not even trying to pretend to play.

  • Saw him perform this (and many others) in a piano bar at the South Center Inn in Edmonton, Alberta in 1983 - clasic. 28 years later, JJ is still one of the best.

  • Probably the first British artist since the 1950s to make the Jazz sound commercial again in pop music as he comes from Jazz background himself. Then Sade and Spandau Ballet followed, then the late Amy Winehouse popularised the Jazz sound again in pop music recently. All creative artists who loved Jazz and wanted to incorporate it in Pop and show young people Jazz sound is cool.

  • at this time joe jackson was the SHIT

  • A Favorite back in the good 'ol days :D and STILL a favorite of mine now at 44.5 years old :D

  • TIMELESS!!!!!!

  • 8 people will stay at home tonight....in a boring evening!

  • I simply LOVE this song... this and Donald Fagen's "New Frontier" so much I don't have the words to express it... ♥

  • @justblu03

    Aye - Donald Fagen's "The Nightfly" is a piece of genius. Shame so few know of it.

  • @justblu03 you have excellent taste

  • @justblu03 Just saw your post about New Frontier. Not sure if you've listened specifically to Larry Carlton's guitar work on that, but do yourself a favor and REALLY listen to the entire thing. It's one of the finest examples of brilliant "underplaying" ever. His fills are pure genius, never repeat and get cooler all the time. I have a Steely Dan tribute band and we play New Frontier a lot. It's fantastic.

  • I've heard this song many times over the years but never knew who sang it and it never hit a chord with me like it did when seeing Joe and The Roots perform it on Jimmy Fallon's show. That lead me here and to learn more about Joe Jackson. It was very much live on LNWJF warts and all and it sounds so damned cool.

  • Saw Joe open for the Who when I was 9 yrs old.

  • Blimey. I should've known better than to watch something he was forced to do against his will...or one would hope! A spot on "Solid Gold" where they weren't allowed to play live? With that lineup??? Travesty.

  • Much love for JJ...but he was a naughty, naughty purist musician here. I won't even utter or type the two words that come to mind when witnessing a staged "live" act. Gotta do whatcha gotta do, I s'pose.

  • wow,i think i remember this was my first mtv video thaat i seen back in the 80`s still just love this song

  • awesome song , how time flies by , I wasn't sure when this song came out until now .

    I was at the bookstore and then it came on the radio , I was thinking what year did this song come out ........ I have to say ....Songs in the 70, 80, 90s are pretty cool , so far my favorites are in the mid 70's ( 77 / 78 ) . 2000's songs some you can't understand what they're playing / singing , to radical .

  • I remember hearing this as a kid (8 yrs old) because my mom was blaring this on the stereo. haha...great memories!

  • love this song.

  • This song was such a ubiquitous part of the soundtrack of my life in the early 1980s. When Solid Gold came on WFLX 29 at 6PM on Saturday nights in West Palm Beach, Florida, you had a decision to make: stay home and watch the show, or go to the mall and spend some time flipping through vinyl 33s or cassettes at the record stores before the mall closed at 9PM.

  • @bigbrojack Ahh..the good old days when going to the record store to look at album covers was a form of entertainment...we used to do that at least once a week and loved it...

  • Saw it in Utrecht The Netherlands

    Best concert EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Come Joe and play the piano

  • Some of that old school pimpin'...

  • VICE CITY

  • thank u. i watched this very performance on solid gold and never forgot it. i was a preteen then . thank u

  • i want to step out right now with full dress and dance the night away like they did in the 20s and 30s! Smile :)

  • @5pugmom amen to that one, from the Charleston to Speak easy's and old Packard Limo's :-) lets go and paint the town red like our grandparents used to do when they were young :-) get your dress on. lets go

  • Very cool song

  • Great song! I was in the navy (1981-1983) when this song came out. I was assigned to the guided missile destroyer USS LUCE DDG-38 that was undergoing an overhaul in the Phil.,PA naval shipyard on broad street. Great memories of steppin out on the town with fellow shipmates & hearing great songs like this. Anyone on the USS LUCE DDG-38 from 1982 to 1983 give me a shout on my youtube channel.

    Thanks for the post.

  • target commercial just played a bit of this song....wow this is my childhood....

  • @ddderrick Lol ! I just heard this song on TV too. It must have been the same Target commercial. I wasn't paying that much attention. I was on the computer.

  • I think Joe is ashamed of lip synching because he can't seem to make eye contact with the audience... or is there really an audience there?

  • why the lip synch

  • @telefalls Yep, I am asking the same thing right now. lol

  • @telefalls Yep, I am asking the same thing right now. lol

    "YES" did the same thing with a few of there songs from the 70's. I think the lip synch ruins the show. I don't like "pre-recorded stuff " at a concert also. It's nice when you see the band playing live & the "Real" stuff as they are doing it :-)

  • super song!!!

  • his only and TRUE hit

  • Thanks for the post.

    What an uplifting song! ...into the light...so tired of all the darkness in our lives...steppin' out...leave it behind.

  • thumbs up if your sick of thumbs up

  • wow i was eleven when i first heard this song, classic 80's great music great time.

  • Great singer great song....love 80's but was he singing or miming?? Non of the keyboards were plugged in....So have they found a New way of playing Live???

  • @pogsboo I know right, lol. I love the 80's music. I always wondered as a kid how this type of performance sounded exactly the same as on the radio or cassette tape.

  • Excellent artist...in a league of his own. Nice 1

  • okay, so for one, the main bass-line kick, or "beat", of this song is really the perfect FAP rhythm; a little odd and unnerving huh? Secondly, this song, albeit with some new words inserted, reminds of business men in fancy cars on their way to work in the 80s. it goes a little something like this, "get into my bens and drive.... to the financial work hive!" .... "we are young but getting old before our time. we'll leave the suit and tie behind... don't you wonder what changed our minds?"

  • @fatalexcerpts your new lyrics are a very clever spin on the life we all lead in the "80's..very insightful.Great interpretation.

  • Sweet!!!!!

  • Classic f****** eighties. I am so glad to have experienced that era which had so much originality.

  • This is for all you guys that don't appreciate 80's music; you need to study music or at least feel it. Me and my band were during the Beach Boys and Beatles, but we appreciate all good music. And the 80's were great. And as usual the UK lead the way. BP-USA

  • What a great artist Joe Jackson is! This song still sounds classy.

  • jmmm.. indeed... he looks a lot like Julian Assange, LOL!

  • This song was the soundtrack to my first days on my own out of the folks house. No other song gives me the lonely, yet free feeling this song does

  • this is identical with the recorded studio version, with a slight difference in the vocals...hmm love it anyway

  • it's a song that will pump you up before a night out, great track.

  • 7 haters didnt like this song

  • @dimebuckerpickups 7 people have no taste

  • @codern - Make that 8 fooking numpties that have no taste whatsoever!

  • @dimebuckerpickups

    Uhm, That is why they made a thumb up and thumb down. you hate it you thumb down ;) and when you are a hater it is kinda normal you won't like this ;p

    Unneaded comment you just made pal xD

  • @trevortjes i love this song i remember when it came out,yes i am that old...peace

  • I know he told us in the description but it's so obvious that he's lip syncing, but either way, this is an all time masterpiece. Seriously.

  • 2:12 i always thought he said "a yellow taxi turns to me & smiles"...serious acid trip steppin out tonight!

  • Good old New Wave.

  • Oh My! I REMEMBER solid Gold. Marilyn Macoo.. :)

  • I remember so vividly taking a girl who I loved to his concert a the Horden Pavilion in Sydney back in 1983.She was so blown away by him I was in like Flynn.It was the masterstroke of my life.

  • @Tony63208 nice goin, mate! Great to hear ol' Joe helped out!

  • @Tony63208

    hand job FTW!

  • @Tony63208 What ever happend to this girl you loved?

  • just found out the artist for this, liked it for a couple of years but never caught the artist

  • That's awesome. I saw him yesterday live in Annemasse he's still a great man

  • amazing talent. damn this guy is so original. this is what american music should be all about.

  • @swamimans He's British...:O

  • @badmartialarts oh well im stupid . his scenery and auro is american in my iopinion

  • @badmartialarts thats why he's so good

  • @Sj0bs But Santa's still real, right?

  • I don't mind lip synch if they really commit too it and act like they're really playing...hey they prolly played the notes n the studio...sometimes lip synch is just to get a better sound for broadcast

  • @Sj0bs LOL you mean Joe Jackson the father of MJ....whaha

  • classic 

  • the instrument playing in this video is fake. The bass player for example is playing a bass guitar. Everyone knows well the bass came from a sequenced Mini-Moog. The Prophet 5 could not make a convincing piano sound to save it's life. As you can see none of the instruments are hooked up.

  • Ben Folds must have been influenced by JJ. Their style is uncannily similar.

  • good song but his singing isn't the greatest.

  • GTA rules!!!

  • Some of the sweetest piano chords ever laid to wax are on this song.

  • My Joe Jackson favorite at the moment: Steppin' out

    "With no more angry words to say

    Can come alive"

    Looking forward to his concert! (3-oct-'10)

  • LUV IT one of my top 5 of all time !!!!

  • Here's a genius...

  • this would come one when i worked at a grocery store, this and mr. roboto would make me work harder, didn't know this songs name until rite now

  • :44 - 1:04 I don't know why... but his arm is REALLY creeping me out.

  • why does this make me think of Radiohead?

  • why do i think this is lip synced?

  • @tooclose2detroit It most likely is, but having seen Joe Jackson live, he's 1 of the rare performers sounds as good as studio track in person.

  • just listen and enjoy the energy

  • mmm playback : /

  • Adoro questa canzone ...intramontabile.

  • lol reminds me of vice city

  • @kryst1985 me 2

  • Joe Jackson looks like an accountant in a karaoke bar in this clip. Have loved this song since 1982

  • My mom played this on vinyl when I was 5 or 6. Yes, I am old and I don't care.

  • thumbs up if your under 20 or over and love the 80s

  • @drpepper5001

    i be 17. loved the 80's all my life lmk.

  • @th3cov3nant 80s were awsome but im more of a 90s kid

  • @drpepper5001 I was born in the 90s. It sucks. The music is terrible. Aside from grunge, nothing of worth came out in the 90s music-wise. That's when boy bands and rap took over and ruined music. The movies are okay though, some really good ones came out in my lifetime. But I much prefer 80s music to what's going on now.

  • @MordaciousFilms It does suck, I feel for ya.

  • @MordaciousFilms

    Opeth.

    Hold your tongue, fool.

  • @kornflayx Excuse me? What is that supposed to mean? I am entitled to my own opinion.

  • @drpepper5001 so basically anybody either side of 20?

  • @drpepper5001 1980s A.D. rule over all decades in history! :)

  • @drpepper5001 Im 12 and this is my most favorite song!

  • @atomixbomb1 you have excellent taste. i wish more kids like you had such great taste. im 39 and was lucky enough to live thru this and have many many happy memories.

  • @atomixbomb1

    God how refreshing. Somebody is raising this kid right.

    I'm 5 and this is my favorite song by the way.

  • @DoctorMcRad 5?

  • @atomixbomb1 Wow! Me too...and I'm just a fetus! (- :

  • Cette chanson est tellement belle.....

  • My one of favourite songs

  • Per me la più bella di tutte.

  • wow\

  • I think we should all get together and kick the persons ass who gave this the thumbs down! Classic Joe jackson!!!

  • @johnsongs2000 i agree

  • la più bella di tutti i tempi.

  • Grand Theft Auto : Vice City

    There was a good times :)

  • Ashley Simpson would be sooooo proud of the way he TOTALLY lip-synched that...

  • This song is the life blood of the 80's and sound be the mantra for the future - Joe Jackson remains on the horizon as a classic ICON with one of the world's most memorable songs - this song worked everywhere you where from New York to London to Japan to Warsaw - L.A.- Paris -Chile - Argentina -Africa - wherever - it stills spans the sands of time. Joe Jackson is the greatest and this song proves it - and does he not look so cute here!!!!!!!!!!

  • Pure Classic Joe Jackson! One of his best tunes!!!!

  • Giving this song a thumbs down is like spitting on the Mona Lisa or dropping your pants in front of the Queen of England. You just don't do it! Go watch some AutoTune artist on YouTube and give THEM a thumbs down!!!

  • Okay, who the hell gave this song a thumbs down?! When I find out who you are, I'm going to put you in a North Korean labor camp!

  • the mist across the window hides the lines?well it was the early 80s white lines?

  • this song makes me feel sad..especially when he says " we're so tired of all the darkness in our lives" 0:46

  • @thamo2000 What a coincidence ! I just wanted to write that this song makes me feel good , then i read your comment ... Well , I hope there ' s no darkness in your life... Wish you all the best !

  • Fabulous! It still sounds great after all these years...

  • this song is the 1980's flag

  • wow his pants are pulled up a tad high! but this is and always will be my fav Joe Jackson song! cool Vid

  • I hear this at my work all the time and couldn't figure out the name of this song until one of my co-workers told me. I'm glad he did, this song is a guilty pleasure.

  • lip synching always looked so funny

  • one or the best nerds ever,love it

  • Love it! Classic track full of positive energy....!

  • Epocale.

  • Long live Graham Maby!!!!

  • Brings me back to WWL New Orleans at night, before television, when I could sneak a listen to 10:00 late night music. In what way? The theme of that show was Rhapsody in Blue. Think steppin out into a dawk MidCity nawlins nite as a little girl, magnolia tree on the lawn in bloom, in Faubourg St. Jean on Bayou St. John.... maybe 12. Humidity 100%, mosquitos buzzin and swimming in magnolia and gardenia. Steppin out yawl dawlins............

  • This song is hella good. I have to stop whatever it is I'm doing just to listen.

  • a masterpiece! so positive, bright music, :)

  • I remember CBS sports playing this Sound track after John Riggens drove the football

    into the end zone to eliminate the dallas cowboys in the play offs God I miss my beloved America

    What happened to US ?????

  • I'm also J.Jackson but no relation sadly! What a great track, by far Joe's best in my opinion.

  • bella canzone

  • I loved this song and still do.. Joe Jackson was so cool and nerdy.