The English Beat "Twist and Crawl" SXSW '08; Synthesis.net

[Donald2654]

THE BEAT !!!

[ThirdWaveSkaPunk]

im 13 and love this.

[missionpants]

@krusty36m I've never seen Avatar and can't name a Lady Gaga song... I don't regret getting old AT ALL....

[Oldshirt]

That bass-line... Among the most epic ever put down....

[crackyemo]

i cant believe im playing with them this saturday!!

[dclaghorn]

Well, Dave's put on a few pounds since the 80s (but then, who hasn't?)

[jahfish42]

aye I bet he steers clear of the mirror in the bathroom now too!

[hocebob]

Seeing then tonight 2/27/10 at Ervin plaza N.Y.C Can't wait

[rosemarybaker]

I can't wait to see them on march 1st in KY at the Mad Hatter. i haven't seen them since the 80's. !!

[rosemarybaker]

I can't wait! i get to see them at the Mad Hatter in Covington Ky on March 1st, it's been, damn i don't know how many years since i last saw them. i must have been a baby then right!?

[dayjo325]

I just saw them last night. They were amazing!!! Dave was drinking the same coconut water and wearing the same exact shirt!!!!!

[kingughidora]

@dayjo325

Ah, that's great. Coming back mid-west next week!

[janeaustenfan100]

please come to Adelaide in Australia, this brings back so many memories of my youth, now my daughter is into Ska and we would have an awesome time skanking to some serious ska together!!!!

[taylorthefirst1]

anthony the one that is talking is my dad so proud of him if wont an autogragh hit me up i can get you all of the members autogragh hit me up taylorthefirstone

[1etesan]

That's some massive sound right there, this music makes me so glad. Autograph would be very cool. Do they ever play in Europe? Dublin, Stockholm, Berlin???

[ernestryles]

saw them with supervillians and reel big fish in san francisco it was a great show

[fsquared64]

Saw these guys in Truckee outdoors at the ampitheater last weekend. Incredible energy! Almost the entire crowd danced the entire time. I'm jonesing to see them again.  If you get the chance to see them live GO!

[bassnet1969]

So epic- Dave Wakeling was living in SoCal for awhile, saw him a couple times in DP, EPIC! I love this band

[garypknight]

hands  of me daughter

[1factory33]

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaa

[Skalife33]

You guys have to come up to pennsylvania. I was down in allentown to see them and reel big fish. every single person was going crazy. everybody was dancing for both the english beat and reel big fish.

[sojirokaidoh2]

fuck yeah

that show was insane

[ElementalCoco]

just saw these guys play live in cleveland ohio with reel big fish. Those young punks didn't appreciate the true beauty of this band. They hardly danced!! How terrible is that?? lol. English Beat puts on an absolutely amazing show.

[ltjimdangle16]

i saw them with rbf and the crowd danced almost more to them than rbf

[theforsakenpiggies]

Wher'd you see them?

[ltjimdangle16]

the national richmond va

[treefrog63119]

I'm 20 and i just saw them at that tour in st. louis, and these dumb kids my age were moshing, it was like they didn't know what they were listening to. i was disappointed with the crowd, i felt like the only one my age that really appreciated them, the English Beat is one of my favorite ska bands

[iamlovedbysomeone]

Hahaha! I thought I was the only one dancing! I was in the front just skanking away with my sister. I screamed the whole time and David made fun of me. I talked to one kid and he said he didn't know who the English Beat was! I told him he obviously didn't know ska... I am your age and I danced! :) And then I met David and got taken backstage by Antonee First Class. What a night!

[vid4aday]

Felt the same when i once went to a show, i think it was streetlight manifesto.

Everyone just started moshing like it was black flag.

[cacadow]

who cares ?? the enlish beat or THE BEAT .just go and see the guys its all ska. THANK GOD

[samw11]

this is The English Beat, because Dave started it up again in the US with different members. The Beat reside in the UK and is led by Rankin' Roger and Rankin Junior.

[tetragrammaton11]

Won't forget the first time I heard this song on John Peel's program on the BBC World Service. Was the extended version, and highlighted to me why they were much worth listening to... and still are, going by this clip.

[iheartkensusi]

They disgust me. Turn their back on their roots.

[mlevar1717]

I first these guys in 1983 at the University of Rochester. (NY). The opening band...................R.E.M!!­!!!

[dragonskankin]

they are called the beat, not the english beat

[mickybradaz]

They are called The Beat in the UK and The English Beat in the US.

[lesbcd]

Yeah thay are playing in Los Angeles the 19th, Friday at the hollywood racetrack.

[wotmeworry333123456]

SKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, I'm a bit older........NAHHHHHHHH!!!!!

YYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY­YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYWOOOOOOOOHOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

[KieronJConroy]

Micky Billingham (the keyboardist) is my teacher lol :)

[ladytezt]

Where does Micky teach, may I ask?!

[krusty36m]

holy crap,

we're all getting older!

Say it ain't so

[killabeeeeee]

krusty we are all dying mate lol

[krusty36m]

I have no hair, my pants no longer fit.

I have grey in my beard and hate Britney Spears.

Damn I am getting old.

[albythunder]

If hating Britney Spears makes you old I must be ancient

[fosterch]

Saw them Sunday. Great.

[sputnick2008]

all you seen was dave the rest of the beat are still in britain nd doing fine

[aoaknine]

just saw them in Toronto recently, and they put on an awesome show!!

[madmacska]

abs loved the beat in the 80s,watched ranking rodgers beat live 3mths ago and they were shit...there is no combo like wakeling and rodger...c,mon guys do the biz and make it right

[ninelivecat]

Skank

[musicgirl070408]

They were awesome at the Sellersville Theatre in Pennsylvania!

[chinesefoodskrip]

I saw these guys @ Sunshine Theater in Albuquerque in March

[jms6959]

I saw the beat in Feb. Always a great show!

[GWBsux]

I just saw these guys two nights ago...they were fantastic!! Dave sounded great and he is so funny!! I like the comment, "The English Beat will always smoke the newcomers." Truer words were never spoken.