THE RAINCOATS Fairytale in the Supermarket

[TroiaHerr]

Ana da Silva! Portuguese heart!

[BohemianConspiracy]

no sugar here...just fuckin' lemon juice for mosquitos he he ... no one's little girl is much better and confortable and experimental to listen to...

[BohemianConspiracy]

Is this noise or is this music ? i can do better than this ...without bein' a guitar expert... this music just give me the envy to let down rock n roll and start listening to classical music... later the Raincoats were better...at least it's my opinion ... sometimes i regret that punk landed so brutally in the UK musical landscape... most of those punk bands were untalented... it was just disorderly teenage pulsions...

[AVIARYCOURT]

Bought the original single! A superb song.

[blikeredaxis]

Raincoats were ace. They did the femininst thing without being PC and precious about it. The music was just mad, post-punk and cool.

[cheekypressures]

FEEDBACK!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Stuie1973]

riot grrrlll is L7, Bikini Kill, Huggy Bear, etc . all early 90s .... what are people talking about.... this post punk but hey i'll be listening to television while you all duke it out

[deathmetaldouglas69]

@Stuie1973 L7 had absolutely NOTHING to do with the riot girl scene. Like 7 Year Bitch they were nice people, very guy-friendly and distanced themselves from that horrible pretentious fad.

[Stuie1973]

@deathmetaldouglas69 i care a lot

[BootyFister]

CRAZY VIDEO IS CRAZY.

[morganfitzp]

The music's from 1979, but when was the footage produced? (Love the stand-in for Palmolive in the stripey shirt wearing a mask!)

[mikelad777]

I dont really like any of the bands listed, but Korn is hardly marketing.

Evolution is a very good song.

[TheFlavoristic]

My ears are discomforted 

[moreex2]

shut up

[blakey19591]

lOVE IT- AND THIS IS A pROG FAN WRITING!

[PhreakPhantom]

Lester Bangs brought me here...and I'm staying.

[lapetitesorte]

Kids, kids, kids... this is The Raincoats. This is proto-proto-proto Riot Grrrl. This is the mama of Riot Grrrl. Like comparing the Stooges to Nirvana, I suppose... eh, although they may owe their resurgence to a Kurt Cobain liner note.

[joyeahyeahyeah]

avant art punk band.

[goducks20101]

Lars3939: Post-punk is a spin-off or 2nd generation. blues gave birth to rock n' roll who gave birth to punk to post punk to no wave (sonic youth, etc.) to grunge to speed metal. There are sub-catagories like Goth and its spin-offs. Best i can do in 350 words or less. The films- 24 hour Party People and Punk Attitude are good places to start the joy of discovery.

[goducks20101]

post-punk is a spin-off or 2nd generation. blues gave birth to rock n' roll who gave birth to punk to post punk to no wave (sonic youth, etc.) to grunge to speed metal. there are sub-catagories like Goth and its spin-offs. Best i can do in 350 words or less. The films- 24 hour Party People and Punk Attitude are good places to start the joy of discovery.

[Preliminimal]

this digital recording ruins it- reupload it with a cd or vinyl

[trefychan]

nice film.

[napoleonbonerpart]

I love the Raincoats. Haven't listened to this for some time, not since the last needle on my turntable wore out and I couldn't replace it. thanks for posting.

The first LP was an absolute classic, I have owned it twice when I foolishly traded-in my first copy at a record fair and regretted loosing it. The 2nd copy has a defect in the vinyl but I won't be selling it this time.

'Your a million' always really moves me.

Riot Grrl was years down the line to this. You really had something here.

[poisonspider89]

Im obcessed with this song

[snoogans9]

so gooooooood.i swear i remember the last time i listened to this.it was an equealy turbulent time in my life as now is to.i was in the 9th grade then.im now in the 12th grade.and i still love this music as much if not more than i did then.ill ALWAYS be a child!

[peakhouse]

an absolutely proper band who understood what the actual point of BEING in a band was all about . you ruled my world in the late 70's and still do...xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[KVID1000]

Thankyou. Thankyou. Thankyou... : )

[naichichi]

ちょっといいじゃ～ん！＾＾

[master10734]

Its been 3 years since I listen to these guys

[LividImp]

Such a great tune from a great band. Too bad the sound quality on this is so bad.

[TheHolidrawl]

I'm so glad they reissued their albums!

[Holt98]

Got record single myself - almost 20 years realistic!

Never seen the video before. Still fantastic music !!!!!

[Sveekido]

This is good stuff.

I wish Mtv still had that show called 120 Minutes..this seems like something they probably played on there, no?

You see all the stuff that's being put out now, and sometimes you forget how much better the entertainment value was back in the day...and people wonder why so many think todays music has no soul.

[jrobertwood]

Dig the violin.

[thestevo46]

music for the mentally insane?!?!

[Howsoonisnow2009]

the time changes-yes! More Raincoats please

[15h0tmy531f]

those three kids are mega qute

[dank2791]

these chicks rock broh!!!!

[Ragdollwasteland333]

I like em... A RIOTGRRRL based band I suppose. :-)

[theraincoats]

no a post punk band...

[Ragdollwasteland333]

When did they come out? They sound kinda like RIOTGRRRL meets Clash/Sex pistols... :-) And where were they based out of?

[margems]

London 1979

[edkollin]

You are Close.The are Post-Punk Pioneers. 2 years after sex piystols 12 years before Bikini Kills

[PamK36]

Allmusic is a good site for musical questions.

[BlackHaz391]

They were some of the first representative acts in the punk/ feminist march, and yes, they are Riot Grrrl. The Riot Grrrl-ed of them all, without taking into account Bikini Kill.

[shit311]

@theraincoats the origin of the riot girls began from here, i believe. altho how they and cortney love sound quite different, there must be a similar kind of spirit

[lars3939]

@shit311 ahahaha Courtney Love...sorry almost took you seriously

[shit311]

@lars3939 hmm... i dont understand your cynical attitutude...... D:

[21ricky666]

@theraincoats omg lets fucking label shit into subgenres. faggot.

[shit311]

@21ricky666 whats wrong with labeling? it doesnt mean being disrespectful. just to recognize

[lars3939]

@theraincoats "post" punk?

[Kendalloo]

this is way before riotgrrrl. like 1980 ish.

[kmacmuzikmafia27]

@Ragdollwasteland333

ah don't let them label music for you, if you take them as a riot grrrl band then that's what they are.

[GLOatYT]

@Ragdollwasteland333 When The Raincoats rioted there was no such thing as Riot Grrl yet...

[shoekstra1419]

@Ragdollwasteland333

noise pop?

[Ragdollwasteland333]

@shoekstra1419 Maybe. They sound very RIOTGRRRL to me but I could be wrong. I just know that they have punk influence and I like em!

[danodono]

@Ragdollwasteland333 not at all - this slice of brilliance predates the riot grrrl bowel movement by a dozen years

[davepx]

Voted by me best single of all time a few years ago, and time's done nothing to change that. A masterpiece.

[kostasxrysogelos]

It reminds me "Seventeen" by the Sex Pistols (1977). I think this one was released in 1979. Just a thought... Oh, and does anybody have "No one's little girl" by the Raincoats? Truly fantastic. Please, someone, upload it!

[joeyrider]

Brilliant video thanks to Gina Birch... they were jewels indeed: joyful unexpected and free.. music like a rizoma, a knitwear instead of a uselesss monument... fully enjoyable now like 30 years ago ....

[Raymantico]

rather smelly...

[punkrockbella101]

they still fucken rock!!!!!!!!

[NinetiesYouth]

I guess they weren't influenced by anybody.

[jadotx]

Very refreshing. Lovers of musical cliches should avoid.

[ginolight]

some times when people are bad "like This!" it might turn up that they are really good. It happens too rarely.

[susanosman]

hmmmm not great is it - i played with them once but dont remember them being this bad

[ginoricca]

Fantastic sound , unique voices and presene on show. Young and misguided I don't know: I saw them in Berlin in 1982!

[oledapra]

i saw them in ghent in belgium, probably 1982 also! they gave me some booklets afterwards... they didn't seem to be used to a lot of male fans...but they were (are?) great.

[mahhootenanny]

This reminds me of what bad new zealand music would sound like if heard by johnny rotten lol.

[evilmoussaka]

trés rejouissant !! feu-kurt cobain avait raison : ces filles ont vraiment du style . je prefere quand meme leurs compos lentes.

[xxsamzmexx]

How can you like this??? There music is pure an utter pish.

[breakfastmachine]

go favorite more ashley tisdale videos, you toss.

[xxsamzmexx]

Wow you've been doing your research on me how dodgy that is. Ashley Tisdale beats there shit anyday.

[xxsamzmexx]

Erm... rite i'm actually quite a good person i just don't lyk this band the only reason i looked them up is bcoz i heard about them in 10 things i hate about you it's not my fault that there pish is it?

[khachatour]

Ashley Tisdale has no talent. Just a fake voice. and if you dont like them, dont watch the videos you disney music artist lover.

[xxsamzmexx]

Ashley Tisdale has more of a voice than this pish and was that disney music artist lover meant to be an insult? Please that was pathetic i'm proud to be a fan of people like Ashley, Zac Efron and Miley Cyrus etc. It's better than listening to bands that don't know how to play their instruments.

[Timmybear]

The joy of music fandom is its subjectivity. For example, to me, Metallica doesn't know how to play its instruments, as it does not produce any sound that moves my heart or mind. This, on the other hand, is the sound of music that moves ME. I have no idea who Ashley or Zac Efron are, in any case, so have no view on those names... ;)

[vilbobaggins666]

"i'm proud to be a fan of people like Ashley, Zac Efron and Miley Cyrus etc. It's better than listening to bands that don't know how to play their instruments."

i dont get what you're trying to say; you make no sense whatsoever.

The Raincoats were praised by the likes of Kurt Cobain (Nirvana, you know the band that revolutionized rock for the early 90s?) and Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth, you know that band thats been playing technically ridiculous alternate guitar tunings since the 80s?)

no contest

[Ikaguah34]

None of those disney stars even play instruments. If any one of them picked up a guitar they wouldn't even be able to get half the sound out of it the Raincoats could.

[sidanger]

ohh <3

[laarana]

I think the music overlaps this very well. It gives it a purely awesome raw feel. I admit, it did take a few listens to become totally enchanted by their stuff, but I am very happy that I did. *****!

You guys should not be too harsh on xxxsamzmexx. She is young and misguided - spoon fed her generic pop artists, sadly. She will never snap out of the vicious cycle.

[xxsamzmexx]

Rite.... I'm not sure if that last part was a compliment or not.I'm not into the whole pop artist thing i am into deeper and more meaningful music, stuff like lostprophets, trivium, korn etc. Pop music is cheesy and it's not something i would listen to i would rather have my ears bleed.

[Powerfacemaster]

hahahahhahahahahahahahahhahaha­ahahahaahahahaahaa

(protip, korn is not deep)

[xxsamzmexx]

If u don't class Korn as deep u cant say that this stuff is. This stuff is cheap crap that no proper human being would class as real music. U guys have been brainwashed into listening to stuff like this.

[semcgregor]

samz, I have to say, I think you're a bit mixed up. This track may not make a direct and abstract statement about existence, but it is the direct result of a moment which happened in a place: it's close to the source. This is a big part of the reason why people will keep listening to this song.

[sidanger]

EXACTLY. beautifully put.

[nickelbarse]

lostprophets?korn?trivium?oh please....there about a deep as a plate.all marketing.

[sidanger]

LOL you wouldn't know real music if it hit you in the face. music is energy and feeling, that's all and this song is complete intense energy. don't judge art if you don't understand it.

you say you listen to DEEP music?? how old are you? 12? how can you be anything close to deep?

man this made my night. hilarious.

heh kids.

[tagomago91]

yaa guyz like korn is like so totally deep u can totallt(giggle) tell ther deep they are like(stifled laughter) goth and stuff...hahaha okay i cant do it, thats just too low for me

[youthinasia1979]

No one said this was deep.Heart felt and raw is more like it. Over produced bands like Korn may have once had that but I am not sure...what I have heard is a glossy portrayal of music. You want depth and real emotion you will have to search a bit to find it.  There are bands and there are musicians and then there are the ones who break ground and do it full tilt.

[youthinasia1979]

Check out Iggy Pop, Velvet Underground, Bauhaus, Joy Division, CAN, Gun Club, Suicide, the Fall....I dunno. Just look around, research.You will find there is such a difference between what is considered good now and what people with a true appreciation for music (most of us musicians ourselves) consider to be music.We are in definite need of some more passionate and intelligent music.

[OpheliaImmortal]

That's not really fair, there's a lot of great music around now. Most of the bands you listed weren't really that popular at the creative peaks of their careers, just like most great music today is still somewhat underground. The ones you listed were great bands though, of course.

[youthinasia1979]

I get what ur saying and there r some good bands now, but when I listen to them they r missing a certain quality. It just seems that it lacks raw, unbridled, passion....the bands I mentioned had that. A quality that can not be faked, produced or reproduced.

If you know of a band that has these qualities now, please let me in on it! I would love to hear it. Trust me I do everyone once in awhile find a band I really enjoy but nothing I would compare to back then.

[OpheliaImmortal]

I'll see what I can think up, but Animal Collective immediately comes to the top of my mind.

[youthinasia1979]

meh!

[ianc123]

oh i love this song so much...

and how i treasure memories of truanting & hitching to london in april 79, aged 14, from newcastle to see them.

they were brilliant in july 94 withj steve Shelley on drums too.

anyone ever know what happened to the South Bank show Rough Trade special?

[nubient]

I like Odyshape even better

[wshockwave]

"We like noise, its your choice, its what we gonna do...". Great!

[openyourmind25]

HELP!! Anyone know where I can find the first Raincoats album?? I NEED it!!

[kpulsinelli]

Its available through Rough Trade. Import only, so you must have a credit card.

[felipeiga]

legal pa caralho

[lawppill]

Only saw them once, had to hitch to London from Newport never to be forgotten

[acetremendous]

I had no idea that there was an actual video for this, one of my very favorite songs...THANK YOU for posting it here!

This is one of those magic songs that never, ever gets old, no matter how many times you play it. If anything it keeps getting better. Bravo!

[hacienda1]

Now I know why people sometimes say the Raincoats are a bit 'weird'. I never thought their music was anything but original but this video is a bit off the wall, in a good way. It's brilliant and erratic.

[TeenRider1]

This is better than "Don't be mean" IMO.

[Tucknrollgrampa]

This sounds horrible...

I like "Don't be mean" though.

[cozarcade]

the raincoats on Video. Holy Cr*p!!! good find!

[theefishlippedone]

One of my fave english records,great lyrics and fits well back to back with the ants punk in the suprermarket;places i spend far too much of my time:)

[drlovepants]

can only agree with the previous comments. surprised and delighted to find this

[maria8399]

This is absolutely wonderful! Thank you ever so for putting this on. I didn't realise there was footage for this song.

[Timmybear]

Sadly, it's not contemporary to the recording footage, but footage nevertheless. :)

[cruciotheworld]

I ADORE this song and the Raincoats.

[hulabeep]

It doesn't get better than this. Thank you for posting this brilliant piece of alt rock history. Anyone who has not heard their debut album, for which this is taken, should try to find it. That, and "Looking in the Shadows". Classics both.