The Belle Stars - Sign Of The Times [totp]

[atomus]

Dyke-o-rama!



[25ghr]

The Girl that talks at the start looks a a bit like Annie Lennox , I have allways thought 

[sockington1]

who is the prick that ruins the videos with his stupid annoying unnecessary inane vapid uninteresting captions ?

[uarsman]

@sockington1 That I guess would be the BBC seeing that it's taken from the TV Programme 'Top of the Pops 2'

[catalanfan67]

Can anyone tell me the name of the gorgeous blondie that appears in 1:20 ? Is a bass, the kind of electric guitar she plays ? All the girls are beautiful but, for me, she is the one !!! Thanks for posting.

[crossgerau]

Yeah. Miranda the brunette sax player and sarah jane the guitarist were the only ones who wre in the Bodysnatchers , the seven piece Bellestars and the three piece Bellestars. And coincidentally they were the two lookers.. lol

[edobriensgrin]

aww memories. I saw Madness at Birmingham's Bingley hall in the early 80s (it burnt down shortly afterwards) and these were the support act. After the gig we were waiting for a taxi and Chrissy Boy walked past holding hands with the lead singer (don't know her name). I was heartbroken - I thought he was mine! Well, I was 14 ;)

[ipt09]

WAS THEY ORIGINALLY THE BODYSNATCHERS ?

[MaceMn]

TOTP rules. UK rocks.

[megaforcemedia]

This singer also imitates Suggy's (the Madness singer's) funny facial twitches.

[hobartzoo]

Rolling Stone magazine referred to the Belle Stars as the U.K. Go-Go's...uite a compliment...love the Go-Go's AND the Belle Stars.

[ScrittiSparkle]

fatnastic stuff of my teen years,still moves me,and yeah im dancinig

[ipt09]

great song . funny how there is 7 of them who dressed a bit like madness who also have 7 members. was these the girly madness ???

[Hirsute63]

Wiggy, how come whenever I search for the coolest music I find it's been posted by you! keep em coming mate!

[vulpecula999]

i wish that prat would stop ruining videos with his inane crap captions

[cableguy786]

are they singing live?

[jonblazeinc]

wicked!!! i always thought they was part of the same crew as banarama!

[1968jumanji]

Pure magic, my fave 80,s tune.

[notanfningain]

f**k your a star, thought i was the only one who saw the girls tit, i was 14, wow the things that blew my mind when i was 14, anyway it aint the video, she had a short white top on and the camera man was low down and low down an dirty, great mammories sorry memories.

[Nickthetoast]

Is that a young Margaret Beckett at the beginning?

[GriefTourist]

@Nickthetoast

she's nowhere that near ugly

[bigcherry99]

@Nickthetoast - hahahahaaa

[Duke1966]

this is sign of.. the 80's !

[TheMajestic1971]

This is one off those bands that suddenly comes to mind and you don't remember their name, making me looking for hours to satisfy my nostalgic curiousity, nice song..

[MrFALKO7]

once upon a time....

thank you for the music.

best wishes from KREFELD / GERMANY.

[redhotsuperskunk]

i remeber this lol cool song great times great corus

[bryemycaz]

When I first herd this I thought it was Amazulu

[Greatest1980]

The Belle Stars = Girl Madness

[BozTheBass]

@Greatest1980 Jenny definately has some Suggs-isms in her facial expression/movements....she sang on The Bitterest Pill as well ,one of my fave songs of that era

[nauort23]

@Greatest1980 More like Girl Spandau Ballet or Haircut 100. They can't touch Madness.

[leedswiggy]

is this the video when we see the blondes tit..??

[andplumb]

i think it is very crass to describe youre sex lifes with this wonderfull band.ya lucky bastards|

[jparker71]

Skool Disco's!!

[jurgensboot]

I shagged SJ on the Madness tour

[vastariner]

You are Neville Staple and I claim my £5.

[lewstone1934]

why dont you say something interesting - like prince wrote it....

[desertyellowvanman]

my mate shagged the lead singers sister in my house when i went on holiday. bastard!

[pathwalkerx]

Should have charged him for the cleaning then

[Isthisthelongestname]

Grace jones.... ;)

[FlorrieDugger]

more like a bananaramma type of band i think

[lakonislate]

I think the most likely explanation is that they ARE Madness, in wigs.

[mimi8sasa]

i fucken hate you.

[TheGodParticle]

Useless love affair?.. Christ, i wouldn't kick her out of bed...

[petsounds]

Did they split up because the lead singer was annoying and also insisted on bringing her bees with her everywhere ?

[elspeff]

Superb song.

[Glamking1]

i've got the date right and there are the female madness.

[Glamking1]

IIRC February 10th 1983. Stiff signed these girls and there are the female Madness - they performed this on TOTP twice and on the Christmas special in 1983.

[qpr60]

The female Madness sounds about right, even if they didn't have a career as long as the Nutty Boys. But this was a Top 3 hit.

[coolcelt]

Who cares man, its one hell of a tune. ANd what straight guy doesnt like lesbians if they are!!

[stuartrossy1]

Lesbians!

[AndyMann1966]

Says the man who has to be a bum bandit cos of the dogs you like!!!!! Get a life and enjoy the music

[olemuckspreader]

Really? Which part of Lesbia do they come from?

[mbd009]

HAHAHA!!! nice one

[LerafoLuap]

Moron!

[genericgeorge]

Great song.

[picturesofpictures]

Why is that woman lying in her bed thinking of me? I've absolutely no recollection of ever meeting her.

[garyifny]

LOL

[2801xc]

wow! I've forgotten about them but sure: that's so great to listen again.

A big THANKS!!!

[Patonight]

Souvenirs!

Merci pour ce titre.