Im 40..I listen to The Jam...Best band ever by the way....and I also listen Paul with the Style Council....hes a fantastic song writer and musician....even as a solo artist....my favourite song though has to be The Jam Thats Entertainment or Thick as Thieves xx
That is amazing that you are 16 and you like the Style Council. You are ahead of your time. Continue to listen to great music regardless of era. I was listening to my father's records when I was 16. I love Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder to this day as well as the Style Council.
Whenever I try to think of a perfectly wrtten and executed song, this one comes up on my short list every time. Paul Weller is a genius, period, end of story.
I sooooooo love YouTube because it re erects videos like this. The 80's was such a GREAT (and weird) time for music. This song reminds me of highschool and everything associated with highschool. That first kiss... etc. etc. Thanks for the post.
I'm 15. My school class is full of people who listen to the likes of Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj. I, however prefer The Style Council, Nirvana, RHCP, Razorlight, Kaiser Chiefs, The Eagles, and generally all the REAL music out there. Thank GOD I have parents with good music taste.
I'm 15/16 and my class mates (left now but still) listen to Lady GaGa and other artists of the same. I perfer to listen to older things, i.e. Style Council. I get called wierd and freaky, I perfer to call it 'being different and individual'...
@MrYoungMod No sake of listening to it to be different, I'd call it just enjoying the music, this is before my time also and I'm big on 80s music, I'd just say I'm a music lover.
@MrYoungMod so do i mate, im 24 but have been listening to a lot of stuff my mum an dad bummed over the years mate... this is a shocking video to be fair though bet it cost bout 100£ by those days standards with money too... the rest of the budget probly went up wellers nose haha ;) still love it thou
Ah, the Bipolar Disorder anthem. But seriously, this is a fantastic song. I remember when I was in college, 1986, when a friend made me a cassette of the album & I still have the tape after all these years. Listening to this song made me so happy, driving over old railroad trestle bridges on a stunning fall day in Ohio with buddies in the car, drinking Strohs Bohemian beer, which was revolting but all we could afford. Wouldn't trade those memories for anything. Many thanks for posting it
Often wondered how comes The Style Council made such great songs, but crap videos, when I was a kid I used to think they were gay, I guess it was because of their dodgy videos, anyway another great song which brings back lovely memories of the 80's
I like the look of these old rough videos with the blocky graphics and jerky motions, it gives them an impressionistic quality like a painting in the same style.
@KEPY08 Same here. A lot of these young punks and chumps nowadays don't know anything about real music like folks who made music in the early 90s, the 80s, and on back.
I loved the 80's too, especially when they sounded like this. (Compare the Go-Betweens and the Hollies, there's just no Nash of the 80's apart from Nash, that's all.)
hunterbcampbell, thanks for your reply. I agree, those 80's were musical days that I think people of our generation really miss. Today's young music scene just doesn't cut it on so many fronts. So many cool bands from the 80's. P.S. SPRINGSTEEN ROCKS!!!!!
Come on people this video is awesome. Sort of similar to The Jams Absolute Beginners video. Though why did they get all Keystone Cop style when they encountered those muses.
@gordlightfootfan I'm 44 and saw this video in the fall of '84 when I was a Junior. Still have the '45 single.....played it everyday after school for a year!
they were taken the piss out of the goverment that well know tory Tebbitt told all the jobless to get on their bikes to find work and the SC did, well thats my theory!!
Its the Style Council not taking its self seriously - the video must have cost £50 to make back then. Or is there some symbolic reference to racing towards their unknown destiny???
Why weren't Paul and Mick ever in a Tour de France?
Parkinish 2 weeks ago
Im 40..I listen to The Jam...Best band ever by the way....and I also listen Paul with the Style Council....hes a fantastic song writer and musician....even as a solo artist....my favourite song though has to be The Jam Thats Entertainment or Thick as Thieves xx
hibeegirl17 1 month ago
@hibeegirl17 my fave is tube station ,or monday
1sttony7 2 weeks ago
Great song...but it sounds suspiciously similar to "Know Her When I See Her" by the Cooper Brothers from 5 years earlier. Check it out on You Tube.
Leyland1964 1 month ago
@Leyland1964 Hey... weren't the Cooper Bros out of Alberta, Canada? I have an old vinyl LP of theirs! LOL...........!!!!!
Hotladysmokerz 1 month ago
Paul Weller is too cool to wear a helmet.
DrPurpleShirt 1 month ago
Love the song, what a horrible video though.
zebipbamboom 1 month ago
paul weller must be a gemini
tapdansa 2 months ago
middle of the road elevator music, and just as forgettable.
055697 2 months ago
That is amazing that you are 16 and you like the Style Council. You are ahead of your time. Continue to listen to great music regardless of era. I was listening to my father's records when I was 16. I love Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder to this day as well as the Style Council.
CaptainCrunch88 3 months ago
definitely got style - "form is temporary but class permanent"
donnasimone 3 months ago
Amazing how listening to this again after 20+ years has flashed so memories back so clearly
walbassmike 3 months ago
This looks like Me and Bettsy only older ! But which one is Bettsy you ask !!!
ian8354 4 months ago
This is such a cool sound. Loved it in HS, it just so fit the times so well.
libbygurl1 6 months ago
Oh yea! I am a Paul Weller lover!
sana1999 6 months ago
I'm 26 and have vague memories of hearing my dad play this when I was younger. Heard it in a supermarket the other day; absolutely brilliant.
The 80's are incredible, I wish I had been born 10 years earlier!
garethbeal 6 months ago
Shit mate I'm 50, and I love it. White northern soul at its best. We Aussies can only dream of this stuff. Go the Wire!
Banastre61 6 months ago 3
Best song about manic depression ever -- including "Manic Depression."
pigeon67 7 months ago
stunning but also listen to the piano/acoustic version of this song..very moving.
we r the mods !!
Bradstott 7 months ago
i'm 42 also and this song will stay with me forever ... uncomplicated teenage memories come flooding back Love it !!!
40mavis 7 months ago
Whenever I try to think of a perfectly wrtten and executed song, this one comes up on my short list every time. Paul Weller is a genius, period, end of story.
LaughingMan0960 8 months ago
I sooooooo love YouTube because it re erects videos like this. The 80's was such a GREAT (and weird) time for music. This song reminds me of highschool and everything associated with highschool. That first kiss... etc. etc. Thanks for the post.
robtuohy1 8 months ago
I'm 15. My school class is full of people who listen to the likes of Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj. I, however prefer The Style Council, Nirvana, RHCP, Razorlight, Kaiser Chiefs, The Eagles, and generally all the REAL music out there. Thank GOD I have parents with good music taste.
Zeroxidy 9 months ago 10
@Zeroxidy Yes, you are very lucky. Look into Dinosaur Jr and The Replacements as well. A couple of my all time favorites
77bogart 9 months ago
@Zeroxidy
I'm 15/16 and my class mates (left now but still) listen to Lady GaGa and other artists of the same. I perfer to listen to older things, i.e. Style Council. I get called wierd and freaky, I perfer to call it 'being different and individual'...
MrYoungMod 9 months ago 18
@MrYoungMod No sake of listening to it to be different, I'd call it just enjoying the music, this is before my time also and I'm big on 80s music, I'd just say I'm a music lover.
Seany06 3 months ago
@MrYoungMod so do i mate, im 24 but have been listening to a lot of stuff my mum an dad bummed over the years mate... this is a shocking video to be fair though bet it cost bout 100£ by those days standards with money too... the rest of the budget probly went up wellers nose haha ;) still love it thou
edy216 3 months ago
@MrYoungMod Or just "timeless and tasteful"!
misrule64 2 months ago
@Zeroxidy You might also like Roxy Music, and NRBQ. You sound like a great kid!
halcyonsgs 9 months ago
@Zeroxidy
You my friend have good taste in music.
thisiswho2 8 months ago
Ah, the Bipolar Disorder anthem. But seriously, this is a fantastic song. I remember when I was in college, 1986, when a friend made me a cassette of the album & I still have the tape after all these years. Listening to this song made me so happy, driving over old railroad trestle bridges on a stunning fall day in Ohio with buddies in the car, drinking Strohs Bohemian beer, which was revolting but all we could afford. Wouldn't trade those memories for anything. Many thanks for posting it
halcyonsgs 9 months ago
@halcyonsgs That's an awfully wonderful memory.
Zeroxidy 9 months ago
Often wondered how comes The Style Council made such great songs, but crap videos, when I was a kid I used to think they were gay, I guess it was because of their dodgy videos, anyway another great song which brings back lovely memories of the 80's
kramnesnay 10 months ago
thanks man - happy days for me
psau14 10 months ago
i simply like it..! brings back memories..!
arcangelchin 11 months ago
this song is for ever one of the best
JOSEMALAGALUIS 1 year ago
LOVE this song. Loved The Jam and loved Style Council.
huskerspew 1 year ago
I like the look of these old rough videos with the blocky graphics and jerky motions, it gives them an impressionistic quality like a painting in the same style.
monkeyboy4746 1 year ago 2
A true masterpiece of the 80s. Still love it so much!
kraaksem 1 year ago
just found this-havent heard it since its release
where have the last 25+ years gone!
if only music was still this good
walbassmike 1 year ago
fuckin tune,ream sounds.
philemin1 1 year ago
comedy masterpiece.
CraigG1960 1 year ago
LOL... great tune that takes me back, however, nobody that had anything to do with the production of this clip has ever ridden or raced a road bike!
MeatCloud 1 year ago
This song brings back such lovely memories of the 80's. Listening to 80's Music makes me feel happy for some reason.
KEPY08 1 year ago
@KEPY08 Same here. A lot of these young punks and chumps nowadays don't know anything about real music like folks who made music in the early 90s, the 80s, and on back.
TheAkatsuki10 1 year ago
@TheAkatsuki10
They wouldn't know good music it it slapped them upside their heads!
n8tureboy 1 year ago
MOOI..krijg wel zin in lente zo.
Theodoorjte 1 year ago
damn, withou even knowing this song back then..now it instantly gives me back feelings of the eighties.
charlyblues 1 year ago
Haven't heard this song in centuries, and I have missed it.
tonywrestles2 1 year ago
I loved the 80's too, especially when they sounded like this. (Compare the Go-Betweens and the Hollies, there's just no Nash of the 80's apart from Nash, that's all.)
NewHopeNashFan 1 year ago
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how many memories!!!! i'am 44
TheClasse3a 1 year ago
how many memories !!!!
TheClasse3a 1 year ago
im 49 beat that:)
fostertop 1 year ago
hunterbcampbell, thanks for your reply. I agree, those 80's were musical days that I think people of our generation really miss. Today's young music scene just doesn't cut it on so many fronts. So many cool bands from the 80's. P.S. SPRINGSTEEN ROCKS!!!!!
gordlightfootfan 1 year ago
Paul Weller is so great. Thankyou for you reply TheShortBlondMod. Great song eh?
gordlightfootfan 1 year ago
To gordlightfootfan I'm 45 and will forever miss those days. The Style Councel / P. Weller were fantastic. So under rated.
hunterbcampbell 1 year ago
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Great song....dIsagree Great video as its of its time! PW taking the piss.
feefers3 1 year ago
Great song....dIsagree Great video as its of its time!
feefers3 1 year ago
great song. Bad video.
dashboardhula 1 year ago
this group and this song has change my life! Great group.
kerkyraisland 1 year ago
Goood!!!!!!
papab3015 1 year ago
it was their image, ambiguous sexuality, we were more intelligent in those days
LisaHurley 1 year ago
grew up with this music! my parents still play it almost every day X'D guess it's contagious haha
gianna1989 1 year ago
懐かしい・・・☆
Ryoocoo 1 year ago
Terrible sound quality on this upload.
Paulph04 1 year ago
good song but Weller and ginger look like a couple of homs
n136ha 1 year ago
yeahhhhhhhhhhh
esiotrot17 1 year ago
so great music! so great age!!!
TheCancio68 1 year ago
my dada likes this song
gabriella3030 1 year ago
I get in the mood with this song.....MORE FANTASTIC ´80´s music at my channel!!!!!
dot4design 1 year ago
Whats the best way to find mp3iffy to download this mp3? Someone told me to google mp3iffy.
alumnigavinhsakb 1 year ago
My favourite video--ever!!!
lesta67 1 year ago
Sounds like Isley brothers...Nice!!!
Efrasnel 1 year ago
Come on people this video is awesome. Sort of similar to The Jams Absolute Beginners video. Though why did they get all Keystone Cop style when they encountered those muses.
Annamandabella 1 year ago
This song moved me in that amazing atmosphere of 80`s....Where the f...k those days have gone?!...))))
slava2026 1 year ago
@slava2026 I feel the same..feels like yesterday sometimes, those halcyon days.....
Goddess70 1 year ago
@slava2026
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Thanks....
dot4design 1 year ago
I remember this song!!! I am 42 now and love it when i was in highschool!!!
gordlightfootfan 1 year ago 34
@gordlightfootfan: Same here!!!
rtp1968 1 year ago
@gordlightfootfan good on ya pops!
usernamealredytaken 10 months ago
@gordlightfootfan The same thing happened to me today and I am 43
jmurer 7 months ago
@gordlightfootfan Great song, bloody hideous video though isn't it hahaha
scotthart2 3 months ago
@gordlightfootfan I'm 44 and saw this video in the fall of '84 when I was a Junior. Still have the '45 single.....played it everyday after school for a year!
CHHSE1986 2 months ago
ahhh, i was young when i first heard it that i didnt understand the impact of the lyrics...now...wow, what an amazing song!
video is hilarious! i was a cyclist in my younger days as well, so i do love this video that totally doesnt match the song! :D
jasonkrick 1 year ago
Arguably the worst video matched to the best song combination ever. Ah, the 80s.
A10thunderbolt 1 year ago
just love it!
colli192 1 year ago
So underrated.....but so important. I always find myself gravitating to this song when I need a reason to push forward....
Thanks, Style Council....no matter what life did to you.
swalk813 1 year ago
I love the guitar.....the song just sounds pretty to me.
swalk813 1 year ago
Always in the mood for Style Council!!! Another very underrated band (in North America)
MikeDiamond69 1 year ago
Great song from a great era (the greatest ?). And I have just bought Cafe Bleu. Again.
essertpitay 1 year ago
Is it me or does the song sound like it's from the 70's?
Capcoor 1 year ago
il tell ya the mood this puts me in..a fooookin great mood!
dickpox9 2 years ago
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TheBoomdocker 2 years ago
This was not an era of crap. i loved new wave music, i have fond memories of the early 80's.
KOSMICKEN09 2 years ago 3
One of my all time favourites, this song was totally underrated when released as a single. A gem of a song in an era of crap.
sloanscreen45 2 years ago 2
Esse vídeo é clássico. Assisti na TV há muitos anos atrás...
Fauno88 2 years ago
they're just ridin' bikes
hyoncake 2 years ago
@hyoncake didn,t cost millions to make, that,s for sure ;-) the beginning of video clip era
Choefoe 1 year ago
True that this song isn't available on an LP, released as a single only? I love this song!
SuperFishman22 2 years ago
@SuperFishman22 There's a version on the debut LP Café Bleu, but it's a stripped down loungey sort of thing.
Applemask 2 years ago
Cafe Bleu is the UK album name or My Ever Changing Moods in the Us.
rocker4577 2 years ago
@SuperFishman22
SetOfAllReals 2 years ago
@SuperFishman22 I have it on ..The Singular Adventures of The Style Council
SetOfAllReals 2 years ago
@SuperFishman22 those where the vidoe day,s haha;-) the start of MTV
Choefoe 1 year ago
@SuperFishman22 This was the poster above you;-)new system slips to soon ahead for older people haha;-)
Choefoe 1 year ago
Wonderful song. Have loved it since I first heard it years ago.
mrpwesterberg 2 years ago 16
Nice song and video!
puacino 2 years ago 4
such high cross bars! old-school frame building at its best, and a lovely song to go with it! Alan
Wilfslad 2 years ago
Cheesy video and guitar solo but god damn this tune swings
brentloans 2 years ago 4
cheryl i LOVE this song
20Babigirl 2 years ago
they were taken the piss out of the goverment that well know tory Tebbitt told all the jobless to get on their bikes to find work and the SC did, well thats my theory!!
p1ckf0rd 2 years ago
Its the Style Council not taking its self seriously - the video must have cost £50 to make back then. Or is there some symbolic reference to racing towards their unknown destiny???
dapwhu66 3 years ago
They were using irony. Think about it. They are/were socialists afterall.
m1s1green 3 years ago
Good video. I like bike riding, (and women in white dresses), so it works for me.
--Van
van1976 3 years ago
bit of an odd clip but a great song
70s80sPopRockGuru 3 years ago