The Barracudas - Summer Fun (1981)

[AveRajala]

Have a Summah

[TheItchycoopark]

See you next December-2011 in León(Spain) at the Purple weekend 60´s & Mod festival.

[stewielad]

The bass player used to be my boss at sunday school studios

[TheNightRomer]

The lead singer lives in Swansea, Wales UK now.

[rockHollie]

Babarolacucudada - What a great song. Still have the album.

[horsenation100]

i remember this as a 14 year old kid and whenever it was played in the local

dance halls the place erupted in to mayhem .. What a great song with great memories .. long live the spirit of punk rock ..

[TheAndypu]

Very BEST !!!!!!!

[Taters153]

They aren't lip syncing or anything >.>

[MusicLoverGirlie]

This was released in the UK in August 1980.

[ULTIMOPASAJERO]

Una de mis canciones favoritas de toda la vida. Es una lastima que este grupo perdiera un poco el norte después de su primer L.P.

[Noacuervo]

THE BEST!!

[milbury55]

Jeremy Gluck, the lead singer is one of the nicest people i have ever met. What a song!

[bdalem]

@milbury55 His son sam is one of my best friends! Havent met jeremy yet though

[thereminwar]

This was 1980. It actually says 1980 on the intro...

[oldtornos]

great stuff

[Sabatinitennis]

Hmmm - sound like The Ramones

[flaxonx3]

1980

[unclemort1960]

did`nt the singer used to be a writer in the NME?

[Forestamtul]

He said 1980 not 1981 i remember it waws 1980 I have a good memory.

[whixley]

Classic song from my youth

[grantg60]

Should have been a bigger hit

[BigGingerOaf]

i was listening to a birthday party mix and this was the 6th of 40 songs .. bargin !!

[TheWacoKid1963]

@TheSuedeEd Whattttttt....an american understanding the word IRONY....thats impossible LOL

[ZinovievFuzz]

Barracuas for ever

[diggerdieh]

BA BA RA RA CU CU DA DA!!

[simonbloomfield1]

Groovy

[darrowby1972]

Your Plymouth dealer is a dealin man!

[Dronemful]

I saw them last night at the local bar.They were great.

[Bessie1906]

I saw them at the Hope and Anchor. The lead singer laid on the floor and looked up my skirt. I ignored him.

[diggerdieh]

great!

[thetormentos]

anyone have the lyrics for this one???

[Hollandia777]

Copy the name and Google for it. then yopu get some options; I couldn't copy the lyrics from there, I don't know why. But these exist, you may see them.

[PoireauMan68]

YEAH my grandmother...ahahhaha

[J1mmyCadillac]

Power to the pop!

[prinzvonsternberk]

One of my faves. F.BRILLIANT!!!

[psychodamned]

Nicky Turner was a fantastic drummer really underated. Listen to some of his work for The Lords Of the New Church, really clever stuff : )

[bossbeat]

Terry Smith, the drummer on their second album, lives in Australia, and plays in my band, The Elephant Gods.

[PoireauMan68]

I liked his drumming but his hair was haw-fule...Is he the one who drummed on the third and fourth too?? I might be a little confused, the second LP has this beautifully mystical black n white cover and Chris THE wilson plays on it...is Terry the guy who learned the drooms with the Madness chap in a house off the Holloway road N7 ? If he is, I think he did a runner with my mates girlfriend basturt !

[bossbeat]

I think I may have got it wrong. He plays drums on Mean Times.

[PoireauMan68]

so his name's MARK? It's the same geezer who played with them until the end...before the new beginning...

[bossbeat]

His name is Terry.

[PoireauMan68]

ok, Terry...whatever...MEAN TIME one of the best album in my record collection...tho' the front cover was incredibly moody and somewhat dark...Terry...Terry who ?

[elementz1986]

What a great but largely forgotten band.

[PoireauMan68]

yo...this is news to you (and to me too) Chris WILSON about to release an album with possibly Mike wlihelm + That chap Farrel from the GROOVIES fame and also the chap who plays keyboards in PROCOL HARUM...no not the famous one the other chap. Cld be released on a French label if not mystaken if want more info just mail back thru SEND MESSAGE ta

[steve77london]

Just for clarity, this is 1980, not 1981.

[LuziferDiabolus]

AWESOME song!

But too worse that they played playback lol

[bartlebybartleby]

it's totp, waddya expect

[tigerboy1966]

The new Plymouth Ba-ba-ra-ra-cu-cu-da-da

[KroovyMonsoon]

Fun song ! That narrator is so irritating though ! I've heard him on quite a few of the TOTP videos on You Tube and all he ever does is insult the artists . I hate him !

[chrismetal1963]

Wht Steve Wright....wht world u from div

[BoycottStabb]

@KroovyMonsoon Well said, this guy is Steve Wright, basically a professional wanker, UK radio is the home too so many of them. None of them are genuinely funny, just sarcastic and smug. They supposedly make radio 'fun' with their forced hilarity.

[bigzebb]

His name is Steve Wright, and he is the presenter of the tv show TOTP2 ( top of the pops) its an affectionate look back to some bands and singers that have graced the TOTP studios since it started in the 60`s, he is a little irritating, but its all done with good humour.

see also ...Steve wright in the afternoon BBC radio2

[gazz12345a]

@KroovyMonsoon He is Steve Wright.

[eelpieballox]

most of the TOTP heads were cunts apart from John Peel and Jimmy Saville,, all the rest were cock suckers !!

[OneTruFu]

babacukaruda!

[sexualigglepiggle]

its ashame they don`t play it from the very begining,theirs asmall bit of talk between the lead singer and another guy, good song though.

[lewisner]

It was a spoken advert for the car the "Plymouth Barracuda".

[sexualigglepiggle]

ok thx mate for that

[loscyclones]

Emjays music ha suploaded the full version

[omarsleeze]

drummer left this band for the new lords?

[vanvimon]

THE LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH

[nospam004]

best band ever

period

[williamkanegateshead]

Good record but don't be silly now.

[stevejm65]

Good but not as good as their other stuff - try and get copy of the Mean Time LP.

Jeremy Gluck also wrote undeer the name Ralph Traitor for Sounds, and I can thank him my devotion to Radio Birdman, Celibate Rifles, Lime Spiders, etc.etc..

[scottishdanish]

entendu sur R campus ya 10-12 ans

[drinkfightandphuck]

MAN I LOVE THIS BAND

[TheNightRomer]

The Singer Jeremy Gluck plays alot in Swansea Wales now in bars e.g Mozarts.

[iamprov]

These guys were brilliant. I love watching the singer go nuts.

[TheNightRomer]

He Still does now. He Was In Mozarts The Other Night In Swansea Wales. He's Around Swansea Playing Alot Now..

[novapup2001]

I wish it could be 1981 again ;-) or '65 - take your pick.

[lewisner]

The original version had a sampled spoken intro for the Plymouth Barracuda.

[wildenfree]

I cant pronounce Baccarauda - ok man well try this, say Ba.(Ba) Ra (Ra) Cu (cu)Da (Da)....now put em all together..( BABARARACUCUDADA!) ..Err well t aint Baracuda man, but Ithink we got a hit record.

Yeah I remember.

[lewisner]

Halcyon days mate 8-)

[wildenfree]

Hee Hee - and don't forget.......The Plymouth Dealer is a Wheeling Man ..Yeah Yeah...lol.

[thebigcheese1122]

@wildenfree I found my dads 'Teenage Kicks' CD (I'm 16).. Best album ever, I must say, this song's brilliant.

[wildenfree]

@thebigcheese1122 Respect to you, you gotta keep an open mind with music..new and old, theirs good and bad in each decade...I,ve got the Teenage Kicks album too..Punk stuff..excellent. ;-)

[wildenfree]

@thebigcheese1122 You got taste, you got to keep an open mind with music new and old..that album is raw punk..superb..

[thebigcheese1122]

@wildenfree Best album ever! :D And this song is brilliant, listened to it in Science class when it was 30 degrees and I wanted to get outside XD

[wildenfree]

@thebigcheese1122 Check out the Ramones..Rockaway Beach and others..good Summer stuff..they don't write them like that anymore ;-)

[thebigcheese1122]

@wildenfree I love the Ramones :D

[benylol]

@wildenfree epic starting =D

[shmuli9]

@wildenfree Hah! I used to have this and would often do the Pontiac commercial for people. I'm glad I found this on YouTube...

[LEDUSKO]

I know the song for about 27 years.Í still have a buzz when I hear it. Fantastic song!

Fantastic band! I miss lyrics for their songs. Can anybody help?

[greatbarrier]

Hey guys,

I really like this song and I am interested to discover more music that sounds like this does.

Can anybody tell me what genre this band would be categorised into?

Thank you very much

[TimmyTheDude]

Ramones??????????

[TweeRex]

Check out "Surfin' into your heart" by the Groove Farm.

[antiquax]

check out the dickies

[lewisner]

They'd be either "New Wave" or "Punk/Pop"

[fag0tron]

the exploding heats

[PKPurvis]

I want my Woodie back!

[xz4q18]

Great band. I'm sure Jeremy Gluck the singer ran Vinyl Solution Records down Westbourne Grove somewhere. I've bought many great records don there. Class act. Do agreat version of the Hawaii five-O them!!

[ditzybrunette85]

This song is brilliant! I love it! I've had a pretty rough week, and hearing this song tonight has changed my mood completely! I've been dancing to it all day lol! Its so much fun! Music was great back then, wish I grew up in that era!

[longboardssurf]

From Spain ..........

Barracvudas was a Great influence in my life

I only love the surf music...

Barracudas was one of the GUILTYS

[superfurry92]

I know the son of the lead singer. Nice guy.

[lewisner]

The record has a spoken into for the Plymouth Barracuda (car) which is cool and funny

[specialse]

pass the keys for the Capri!!! :-)

[1212daze69]

Tremendous!!

[ratfink43]

BA BA RA RA CU CU DADA!!!!

[51455]

Well it's not Barracuda, but I think we have a hit record.

[lewisner]

Possibly my fave record from 1980 - BTW if you like this check out "Rich Kids" by the Rich Kids

[irresistablejewel]

Baa Baa Rah Rah Coo Coo Da Da (well I think we got a hit record)

[TURBOTAXIREG62]

Saw a lot of gigs in Edinburgh around this time. One of the best saw this lot supporting The Stray Cats....a great night back in 1981. Still have the ticket. Tiffanys 9 March. £3.00!!!!!

[richie649]

this is right before the drummer nicky turner joined the lords of the new church, both great bands.

[richardxs]

Great Great old school band...!!! I listen this band when I am going to any beach here in Costa Rica. They make my ride happy.

[elementz1986]

is it weird that i like them more than the ramones.

[luchopixies]

Excelente!!!

[minidv7]

barracudas are cool

[slobomotion]

I got my copy of this record for free! I loved it. I was a freelance music reviewer at the time. I tried to meet them on a trip to England in 1980 but it didn't work out for some reason. Thanks for posting! I still have my record in the box with their nice letter.

[stylusquo]

Wow! I've never seen any Barracudas videos. I live in the States so it was impossible to find Barracudas stuff back when. But they have always been one of my top bands and I've got everything on vinyl and cd. Any message boards, websites or current activity?

[scraperTSB]

I still can't pronounce the Baccarudas.

[zuccaz]

were are you??? we need rock & roll!!!!

SURFERS COME BACK

BARRACUDAS FANS ROMA

[sunra67]

gluck is awesome! this rivals the beach boys at their best!

[ebenezergoode]

Not great technically, but you've got to love the enthusiasm. Jeremy Gluck certainly "gives it loads" doesn't he? I remember seeing one of their shows around 1982 where he's rolling around the stage with the mic in his mouth laughing, "not much like our records are we?"

[kronos66]

Bar bar ra ra cu cu da da!

[venture1q]

A Plymouth dealer is a dealer man!

[a123age]

The name of the Plymouth fast back is the Back-a-ruda!

[DrMasayoshi]

Thank you.I've been searching for a recording of this song for years. This is great song.

[ALEXELA666]

im not knocking the music tho

its pretty awesome

[ALEXELA666]

my mum dated the lead singer

what a wank!

[madnesspaco]

me encanta! 10/10

[jerrygarciaa]

puffff,de puta madre. thank youuuuu!

[bushmustdie2]

This performance is among the handful of TOTP appearances, including Bowie's "Boys Keep Swinging", that resulted in the record actually going DOWN in the charts afterwards. It's true! Ask Jeremy Gluck, he'll tell ya! :-)

Great tune and even better trousers...

[ScottishSnareBear]

Loved it when it was out & still love it!