at the risk of sounding brash , i was banging betty's left & right to this song & many others like it in the wonderfull 80's !!!!!!!! thank you sincerly to all those loose women who made it all possible !!!!! it was my pleasure servicing you !!!!!!! respectfully erm "the flying italian "
Oh for the days when a music video both contained music AND had scenes that lasted more than 3 seconds. This is one i haven't heard in 25 years. Thanks for posting it!
The Red Rockers were the best new wave band from New Orleans, period.. great band... I put them with Zebra in regards that they were ahead of their time... WAY AHEAD.. As a metal head, I can spot talent... though not my listening type as a whole, I do like them.. One of a few bands that breaks the barrier..
at the risk of sounding brash , i was banging betty's left & right to this song & many others like it in the wonderfull 80's !!!!!!!! thank you sincerly to all those loose women who made it all possible !!!!! it was my pleasure servicing you !!!!!!! respectfully erm "the flying italian "
16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[f] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son"
@crisisangel001 Who gives a shit how it scored on Billboard,.. or even if it did at all?!! THAT doesn't influence MY opinion a bit!! Go listen to Micheal Jakson or Huey Lewis music if you want THAT kind of thing!
@crisisangel001 yeah like who gives a shit if this song peaked at #53? Is that going to stop me from listening to this song? HELL NO!!! You're just a MAINSTREAM PUPPET that chases after anything that's popular!!!! YOU'RE PRETTY STUPID!!!
Sorry guys you were better as the Rat Finks and punk. It's weird seeing this after all these years since I knew these guys LOL. Song still stands up but not so much the Video, besides, where on Earth do you find all those Asian People in New Orleans???
i bought this vinyl album from a record store 15 years ago for 75 cent, today that same record store has another copy for $8.00. you got to love how the world goes around. no wonder i-pod are popular, its cheaper to buy the down load
@ermthewerm no thanks. I listen to new music all the time. 95% of new music is balls and if you like indy rock that shit is either some God awful frumpy chick on the ukele or rips off the Cure or some Shoegazer band anyway. What am i supposed to listen to Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Animal Collective? Eff that!
That wasn't very nice. You should be ashamed of yourself. Honestly, who tells someone to go die? Only barbaraians who have no logical comeback rely on personal attacks. You've got nothing else you can use.
@Boudosaved I quote ferris bueller" one shoudnt believe in an ism, they should believe in themself. I am the Walrus." he he. You've been brainwahed by the peta heads and other assorted gays.
@stuckinwhopast...the fact that you're quoting ferris bueller to give your belief validity says it all...the least you could have done was quote from John Hughes' real masterpiece..."Planes, Trains and Automobiles"..."those aren't two pillows!!!!"
I saw them back in 83 / 84? They opened for Men at Work. I dare say they broke up very close to after that show, but I'm not positive. Great song. Thanks for posting
This was the toughest 80s tune to track down because I forgot the Red Rockers did it. I finally googled 'China calling back to your history' and hit the Red Rockers. Moral of the story: When all else fails, Type in a lyric. Thanks to whomever posted this. Any idea when it released and how far up the charts it reached?
Yes I also remember MTV when it first came out sometime around 1981 or 1982 and they didn't have any commercials they just played music videos. Not like today's garbage. VH-1 also used to be good but went downhill too.
Yep, and the first MTV video? The Buggles-Video killed the radio star. MTV allowed us to see what the band looked like and at my age of 13 then, it was like seeing these great celebrity people like "wow, that's them. What happened to our era?
They parted and went their separate ways. The drummer went back to Ireland I believe, the bassist is Darren Hill, an old friend. We played in a few garage bands together. He went to 'Nawlins and I to Dallas. We both seem to come home to Mexico, Mo. to visit at the same time.
I saw them open for the Stray Cats at Jones Beach Ampitheater on Long Island on a summer night 1983.....this song always defines that early 80s sound....a moment in time....
Summer night....Jones Beach....1983....Red Rockers and Stray Cats...dude, I can close my eyes and almost be there, but I was too young....so I will l live it vicariously through you....awesome story.
I remember the first time I heard this song I was on vacation with my parents in Germany. I was like 12 or something. Everyone wanted to go to dinner and I was like chill, I have to hear this song first. I never heard it again until I looked it up on youTube this year, I had thought it was Red Rider who are also not so bad.
i'm 20 year olds and when I introduced my college room mate to this song, he instantly was hooked on to this song lol it's funny how young people never know the good music that they're missing out on lol
an awesome song from 1983--new wave rocker that was as good as anything of its kind--miss this stuff! This modern era hasn't a new wave as best I can tell!
Red Rockers are really underrated and forgotten dude. They have some great music, and to think they're an unsigned band.. More people should listen to this! :D
Wow! I had no idea that this band was from Louisiana-Just like I thought that Green Day was from the UK. In the song 'Longview' Billie Joe sounds British. Oh well, live + learn.
No one person 'invented' "Rock & Roll"- The term itself was an expression among black culture meaning something you do together in bed. Tell me 'Love Me Tender' by Elvis is an imitation of someone else, pleeze! Oh, and I suppose that Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Billy Haley and a whole crapload of pioneers in this music genre YOU never even heard of, were imitating someone. Dude, the field was open in 1956... If ya had a good 'gimmick' & manager you were on your way. Grow Up!
oh sry I didnt know that! Yes Im a freaking kid who has to grow up bcause I didnt know "Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Billy Haley and a whole crapload of pioneers in this music genre" I REALLY have to grow up, youre so right! Bcause when I would have grown up I knew all of them yes!
But Im pretty sure there are many imitators like elvis. I didnt say they did or did not invent rock & roll man -_-
so to this song: how would id be for u as (for example) a japanese guy, and Im a american guy.
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and then I make a song about YOUR land but I know like nothing compared with you.
Just a happy melody and some paid poor japanese guys and kids jumping around for the music vid.. And they get famous by doing this shit..
I mean its not as bad as I was thinking over it at the beginning bcause they dont insult chinese ppl or something like this... but they shouldnt make a song of a land if they know like nothing about it..
boy you really are some twisted dumb ass aren't you? I suggest you stand in front of the mirror and jaw with yourself since locating anyone as stupid as you are, in Switzerland, Europe or otherwise would no doubt be a challenge... since even basic spelling is a problem for you..
If not then youre just a kid, telling me I cant speak english when I had 2 yrs english and my teacher was a fucking idiot, my (even your) english is better than his, lol
look "I suggest you stand in front of the mirror and do bllah..." man youre always telling me the same shit, I could also tell you " your penis is as big as a fly " hah. funny, isnt it. and you didnt answer to my question fucktard. and dont vote my comments just bcause youre a poor child and cant argue
ok now answer to my last question: where are the arguments in your comments?
Youre such a freaking kid man u cant qrgue and youre telling me I cant. And whats if Im from Switzerland u fucking racist?
get a life nerd, u just insult me there are no arguments in your comments.. comeone just little kids are doing that.. give it up bitch and dont fucking forget: ANSWER TO MY FUCKING QUESTION BITCH
The Red Rockers are hardly famous. They do have a cult like following though. This vid did get a lot of M-TV airplay when it came out, but the group is no more. This is not an insulting video at all, in fact the song is an honor to the Chinese. Some of who have been living in America for hundreds of years. Maybe YOU could elaborate on China for us. Entertain us with a bit of diatribe on the various dynasty's, some of it's leaders, what exactly is Taiwan. Who was Fu Man Chu?
The Red Rockers were a New Wave band from New Orleans, Louisiana. They formed in 1979 and disbanded in 1985. They are best known for their 1983 hit single "China".[1][2] They toured the United States opening for The Cars, Men at Work, U2, Joan Jett, The Go-Go's.
Lead singer John Thomas Griffith now plays guitar and sings in the band Cowboy Mouth, which he co-founded in 1990. They had their moments in the 80s and individually seem to be doing well.
Saying "it's typical for Americans to do these things," is as stupid as saying all 16 year-old swiss boys are fools and idiots with less than enough life experience to make a monolithically blanketed comment such as ..."its' typical..."
but you are a rl "boy" since you seem to be just another example of a boy whose mommy and daddy never listened to him so he comes here to spout is vapid, petty horseshit... when i say you're a true-blue idiot can't argue eh
La tocaban en SUPER FM 93.1 y en RADIO 99 FM, era el primer semestre de 1983..... years like that will never come back again !!!!!!!! La versión extensa es de PTM !!!!!!!!
Man, I forgot what a good song this was. I haven't seen this video in decades. The way the lead singer dances is kinda funny. Thank you deckard0 for posting this! Great trip down memory lane!
Makes me think of Oahu and its cotton candy pink skies, trade winds breezing through your hair and beautiful Asian and native Hawaiin people everywhere you turn.
the red rockers are the most underated bands of there time..good as gold and schizo circus are brilliant and there punk condition red is the crown jewel,but they were special,i got too see them open for U@ in 84 twice and they were incredible
A good, early example of jangle pop - music from the 1980s that recalled the chiming guitars and layered harmonies of bands from the 1960s like the Zombies and the Byrds. In my opinion, the music of the 1960s and 1980s produced far more influential artists and genres than those of the 1970s or 1990s - or of the current decade.
One of those countless brilliant 80's tracks which completely failed to make any impact here in the UK. And I'm at a total loss to understand why. This is a fabulous piece of New Wave. It really is.
I don't care what anyone else says, I love this song! Yes, the 80s were kinda gay, and a lot of white people learned some hard lessons as far as fashion and dancing is concerned. But, out of all the dated crap from that period, this song still moves me!... dated production and all. There's a youthful longing in that chorus melody that will forever resound in my soul. And that quintessential 8th-note guitar line coming out of the chorus... yeah! Love it. Makes me feel like a kid again. Thanks.
This was actually one of the best Post Punk New wave great songs...Great times in the early 80's. These guys opened for U2 at Red Rock Colorado in one of their first major Gigs. Also Check Out Wire Train. the top 40 flashback stuff is crap... this was the new wave .
Thank you very much to upload this great video of this awesome song. I am very glad remembering my school days going to study, to ride with my bike, going to the beach. VIVA THE EIGHTEES!!!!
the dance at 1:19 lol
bigdsears 1 year ago
Is it just me or are some of those Chinese kids played by Mexican kids? Watch closely. :-)
Nigelxman 1 year ago
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at the risk of sounding brash , i was banging betty's left & right to this song & many others like it in the wonderfull 80's !!!!!!!! thank you sincerly to all those loose women who made it all possible !!!!! it was my pleasure servicing you !!!!!!! respectfully erm "the flying italian "
ermthewerm 1 year ago
the memories flood my brain. being a teenager in the 80's was so much fun it's hard to imagine life without it.
ecoseed1 1 year ago
Oh for the days when a music video both contained music AND had scenes that lasted more than 3 seconds. This is one i haven't heard in 25 years. Thanks for posting it!
plaetoe 1 year ago
Cool song and video. It makes sense that a band called RED Rockers would write a song called China. (Red China.... anyone ? Oh skip it . )
gwxk 1 year ago
The Red Rockers were the best new wave band from New Orleans, period.. great band... I put them with Zebra in regards that they were ahead of their time... WAY AHEAD.. As a metal head, I can spot talent... though not my listening type as a whole, I do like them.. One of a few bands that breaks the barrier..
themetalchef 1 year ago
I LOVE CHINA! KICK JAPAN'S ASS!
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at the risk of sounding brash , i was banging betty's left & right to this song & many others like it in the wonderfull 80's !!!!!!!! thank you sincerly to all those loose women who made it all possible !!!!! it was my pleasure servicing you !!!!!!! respectfully erm "the flying italian "
ermthewerm 1 year ago
reminds me of Wire Train. Any connections?
bayernfan1960 1 year ago
@bayernfan1960 I remember Wire Train. Maybe you are referring to their Chamber of Hellos song, are you?
Supersweetguy 1 year ago
@Supersweetguy yeah a lot of their songs sound like this. The ringing guitars and pounding drums. Ahh memories.
bayernfan1960 1 year ago
@bayernfan1960 How about Icicle Works' Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream) song?
Supersweetguy 1 year ago
I'd like to see anybody in the biz today come up with shit this good...
loonmaniac 1 year ago
16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[f] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son"
1ricky77333 1 year ago
@1ricky77333 AMEN! =)
itsfun2youtoob 1 year ago
Un clásico de los 80's
An 80's classic
Max1baL 1 year ago
They were an exciting live band...videos and cds could never do them justice.
chrisinireland1 1 year ago
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ermthewerm 1 year ago
Drummer Jim Reily was in Stiff Little Fingers from Belfast before joining this American band
jahhorkle 1 year ago
Red Rockers are band from New Orleans with a "one hit wonder" that only made it to #53 on the Billboard Top 100. This song is kind of drab.
crisisangel001 1 year ago
@crisisangel001 Who gives a shit how it scored on Billboard,.. or even if it did at all?!! THAT doesn't influence MY opinion a bit!! Go listen to Micheal Jakson or Huey Lewis music if you want THAT kind of thing!
Skulldini 1 year ago
@crisisangel001 yeah like who gives a shit if this song peaked at #53? Is that going to stop me from listening to this song? HELL NO!!! You're just a MAINSTREAM PUPPET that chases after anything that's popular!!!! YOU'RE PRETTY STUPID!!!
PopCulture20 1 year ago 2
@crisisangel001 " China" was great'. get your head out of your ass or get a friend to help pull it out. Rock is not for you, try folk songs NERD.!
jeffsor47 1 year ago
i'd like to dedicate this song for my big brother's birthday!
pamelabishop 1 year ago
from my home state of CT
phlyinphillybirds 1 year ago
Sorry guys you were better as the Rat Finks and punk. It's weird seeing this after all these years since I knew these guys LOL. Song still stands up but not so much the Video, besides, where on Earth do you find all those Asian People in New Orleans???
newtonnola 1 year ago
The updated version of this song goes like "...China, China, calling out to your factories..."
DazzaZulu 1 year ago
nice Youtube pull if I do say so mehself..((pats self on back))
AdamCoffin13 1 year ago
Love this jangly '80s power pop from the excellent 415 label!
RecordWarped 1 year ago
i've been trying to find out wat this song was foreverr!! and now i did :)
jackineedo 1 year ago
i bought this vinyl album from a record store 15 years ago for 75 cent, today that same record store has another copy for $8.00. you got to love how the world goes around. no wonder i-pod are popular, its cheaper to buy the down load
jjiiiivii 1 year ago 2
One of the best from the 80's
TrojanNationCO 1 year ago
Thanks for this post..... fond memories of the 80's!!!!!!!
NewGoldDream09 1 year ago
Why did such a rebellious band make a 100% pop video like this?
AptivaXL 1 year ago
This was their only radio hit but that doesn't mean anything-I thought they were fabu!!
killerbacteria1 1 year ago
damn this song made me miss hong kong! :(
leonel1982 1 year ago
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u people are living in the past ! get over it ! its played out allready ! ive moved on , let me show u the way !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ermthewerm 1 year ago
@ermthewerm no thanks. I listen to new music all the time. 95% of new music is balls and if you like indy rock that shit is either some God awful frumpy chick on the ukele or rips off the Cure or some Shoegazer band anyway. What am i supposed to listen to Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Animal Collective? Eff that!
kemicon 1 year ago 3
@kemicon Damn....you hit the nail on head.
riverplate0101 1 year ago
@kemicon I WAS JUST KIDDING BUT UR RESPONCE WAS SPOT ON !!! GOOD FOR U !!!
ermthewerm 1 year ago
@ermthewerm haha, good for you. Makes me feel special needs.
kemicon 1 year ago
from here, go to "I'll Do You" by Wire Train
grovegreener 1 year ago
This song gets me in the mood for some General Tzo's!
kemicon 1 year ago
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this video reaks of racism, sexism, and suckism
Boudosaved 1 year ago
you're a tard.
lundehund44 1 year ago 2
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@lundehund44 you're a scrotum breath
Boudosaved 1 year ago
@Boudosaved No but he was right. You really are a stupid fucking tard. Go die.
xreddragonx 1 year ago
That wasn't very nice. You should be ashamed of yourself. Honestly, who tells someone to go die? Only barbaraians who have no logical comeback rely on personal attacks. You've got nothing else you can use.
Boudosaved 1 year ago
@Boudosaved I quote ferris bueller" one shoudnt believe in an ism, they should believe in themself. I am the Walrus." he he. You've been brainwahed by the peta heads and other assorted gays.
stuckinwhopast 1 year ago
@stuckinwhopast...the fact that you're quoting ferris bueller to give your belief validity says it all...the least you could have done was quote from John Hughes' real masterpiece..."Planes, Trains and Automobiles"..."those aren't two pillows!!!!"
Boudosaved 1 year ago
This song peaked at #53 on June 4th, 1983. This was also the same day that David Bowie peaked at #10 with CHINA GIRL. Pretty ironic, huh?
pointblank39 1 year ago
Best part - the girls. Liked these guys when this came out, but this is pretty gay now. No offense fans
ratricide 1 year ago
Gay? WTF?!? Compared to the earring-wearing, made-up, tattood emo "dudes" today? THIS is gay? Wrong.
cochranexyz 1 year ago 2
@ratricide How weird. It seems you've actually gotten LESS mature with age. I mean, what adult who's got to be well over 30 thinks like this?
xreddragonx 1 year ago
i still got the album
CollectorOfMusic 1 year ago
Growing up in the eighties rules!!!
AJtheory 1 year ago
Seemed like every video in the early eighties featured a chinese girl running with a red flag........
chuckiejay 1 year ago
Is that a Fender Lead the guitarist is playing? You don't see very many players using those!
Kohntarkosz 1 year ago
I saw them back in 83 / 84? They opened for Men at Work. I dare say they broke up very close to after that show, but I'm not positive. Great song. Thanks for posting
ThaFezz 1 year ago
That must have been an amazing concert. Men at Work are great.
superfly299 1 year ago
This was the toughest 80s tune to track down because I forgot the Red Rockers did it. I finally googled 'China calling back to your history' and hit the Red Rockers. Moral of the story: When all else fails, Type in a lyric. Thanks to whomever posted this. Any idea when it released and how far up the charts it reached?
wfalcon76 1 year ago
The Good as Gold album came out in 1983. Can't say how well it did, but there was tons more buzz for this than the previous album, Condition Red.
100peachtree 1 year ago
@wfalcon76
Peaked at #53 on June 4th, 1983, which ironically was the same day that David Bowie peaked at #10 with CHINA GIRL.
pointblank39 1 year ago
my buds from Bocage. Go Saints.
tominal1 2 years ago
awesome im back to my teen years
tpshaddock 2 years ago
I love this song!
jaimiejinx 2 years ago 2
the drummer used to be in Stiff Little Fingers...great punk from Eire!
earinsound 2 years ago
Yes I also remember MTV when it first came out sometime around 1981 or 1982 and they didn't have any commercials they just played music videos. Not like today's garbage. VH-1 also used to be good but went downhill too.
microminiskirt 2 years ago 2
Yep, and the first MTV video? The Buggles-Video killed the radio star. MTV allowed us to see what the band looked like and at my age of 13 then, it was like seeing these great celebrity people like "wow, that's them. What happened to our era?
1skunkus 1 year ago
@1skunkus Don't know what happened because today's MTV I do not watch because of all the commericials and I don't like the programming.
VH-1 was also even better at the same time but now I think they have changed and gone downhill.
microminiskirt 1 year ago
This is just an outstanding tune with alot of heart
CTasara 2 years ago 4
@CTasara Yes it is.
TheNuwaver 1 year ago
GODZIRRA !
bigdsears 2 years ago
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correct lyrics:
chinese can´t speak english well. the don`t stop to shit the tibet, mao tse tung was a son of bitch
AbrahamValdelomar 2 years ago
come to fuck my nuclear dick !
brutalviolent 2 years ago
This is a savage tune! Cheers for postin'! Kudos!
jamesyireland 2 years ago 4
The 80's were great. Never to be forgotten for the great music and music videos of all time.
microminiskirt 2 years ago 18
This great song was definitely underrated. It should have at least cracked the top twenty on the pop chart.
dwn1lal3 1 year ago
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Video i agree sucked but the song was good in the day.
huskernation9 2 years ago
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man song is really bad. not even catchy
dhelfers 2 years ago
Classic 80's - just takes you back to a great era. Thanks for posting!
johnnyarca 2 years ago 3
A fucking great song! I'm so glad this is posted!
bluesboy68 2 years ago 4
The first album and 7" is shit hot awesome Punk Rock! Everything else kinda really sucks. They should have changed their name for this crap....
externalmenace 2 years ago
Nice classic MTV video. Thanks for posting!
pewmanfustudios 2 years ago 2
They parted and went their separate ways. The drummer went back to Ireland I believe, the bassist is Darren Hill, an old friend. We played in a few garage bands together. He went to 'Nawlins and I to Dallas. We both seem to come home to Mexico, Mo. to visit at the same time.
JMVT62 2 years ago
I saw them open for the Stray Cats at Jones Beach Ampitheater on Long Island on a summer night 1983.....this song always defines that early 80s sound....a moment in time....
zen52blues 2 years ago 5
Summer night....Jones Beach....1983....Red Rockers and Stray Cats...dude, I can close my eyes and almost be there, but I was too young....so I will l live it vicariously through you....awesome story.
CTasara 2 years ago 3
什么狗屁玩意儿？你来过中国吗？
rocker8005 2 years ago
Loved this song since I bought the 45 when it first came out!!!! Whatever happend to these guys?????
kafka33 2 years ago
I saw them open for the Go-Go's in 1984 and they were awesome! A perfect billing.
JASONaGoGo 2 years ago 4
That IS a perfect billing, God I wish I had been old enough to see that show.
CTasara 2 years ago 2
An MTV 80s Classic.
CapitolStepsDC 2 years ago 3
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tears for fears is still the best 80's band for me
shinkuragami 2 years ago
remember ORCHESTRAL MANEOUVERS IN THE DARK? also a great band in the 80's!
MRDIRTYLUV 2 years ago 2
I remember the first time I heard this song I was on vacation with my parents in Germany. I was like 12 or something. Everyone wanted to go to dinner and I was like chill, I have to hear this song first. I never heard it again until I looked it up on youTube this year, I had thought it was Red Rider who are also not so bad.
kemicon 2 years ago 3
This song is Fantastic . A True Eighties Gem. It will be Played and enjoyed Forever.
1muzikfanatic 2 years ago 17
80's were so cool great fun!!!!!!!!!!!!
gobearcubies 2 years ago 2
Red Rockers rock with this song . Nice song the China song.
greenfields47 2 years ago 3
i'm 20 year olds and when I introduced my college room mate to this song, he instantly was hooked on to this song lol it's funny how young people never know the good music that they're missing out on lol
PopCulture20 2 years ago 5
Such a pure 80's gem! Aw!
AJAXKID123 2 years ago 6
Oh Yeah, Red Rockers, Good as Gold, LIVES UP TO IT"S NAME, Excellent album. This song is just a sample.
80's at it's best. The dj
JeffTheNebraskaDJ 2 years ago 3
Plus the chick is RED hot haaaaa!! : ) take care friends!!!
gobearcubies 2 years ago
Thank you awsome!!Great times and wonderful memories!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gobearcubies 2 years ago
Bad Ass. Love this tune.
LAPDshane 2 years ago
Cowboy Mouth USA
NewOrleansTours 2 years ago 2
Director Oley Sassone's first music video....the first of a great body of work.
suke56 2 years ago 2
an awesome song from 1983--new wave rocker that was as good as anything of its kind--miss this stuff! This modern era hasn't a new wave as best I can tell!
castertunes1967 2 years ago
awesome song from the 80's.This one and Haircut 100 with Love Plus One.
musicfreaksue 2 years ago 2
Cheesy 80's dancing at it's best! Great song tho.
bigjdawg1 2 years ago 2
Red Rockers are really underrated and forgotten dude. They have some great music, and to think they're an unsigned band.. More people should listen to this! :D
JacksonC81 2 years ago 2
Wow! I had no idea that this band was from Louisiana-Just like I thought that Green Day was from the UK. In the song 'Longview' Billie Joe sounds British. Oh well, live + learn.
FashionedUp 2 years ago
No one person 'invented' "Rock & Roll"- The term itself was an expression among black culture meaning something you do together in bed. Tell me 'Love Me Tender' by Elvis is an imitation of someone else, pleeze! Oh, and I suppose that Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Billy Haley and a whole crapload of pioneers in this music genre YOU never even heard of, were imitating someone. Dude, the field was open in 1956... If ya had a good 'gimmick' & manager you were on your way. Grow Up!
mikelj3 2 years ago
oh sry I didnt know that! Yes Im a freaking kid who has to grow up bcause I didnt know "Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Billy Haley and a whole crapload of pioneers in this music genre" I REALLY have to grow up, youre so right! Bcause when I would have grown up I knew all of them yes!
But Im pretty sure there are many imitators like elvis. I didnt say they did or did not invent rock & roll man -_-
so to this song: how would id be for u as (for example) a japanese guy, and Im a american guy.
Trycestyles 2 years ago
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and then I make a song about YOUR land but I know like nothing compared with you.
Just a happy melody and some paid poor japanese guys and kids jumping around for the music vid.. And they get famous by doing this shit..
I mean its not as bad as I was thinking over it at the beginning bcause they dont insult chinese ppl or something like this... but they shouldnt make a song of a land if they know like nothing about it..
Trycestyles 2 years ago
boy you really are some twisted dumb ass aren't you? I suggest you stand in front of the mirror and jaw with yourself since locating anyone as stupid as you are, in Switzerland, Europe or otherwise would no doubt be a challenge... since even basic spelling is a problem for you..
meverlo 2 years ago
why? can u speak german?
If not then youre just a kid, telling me I cant speak english when I had 2 yrs english and my teacher was a fucking idiot, my (even your) english is better than his, lol
look "I suggest you stand in front of the mirror and do bllah..." man youre always telling me the same shit, I could also tell you " your penis is as big as a fly " hah. funny, isnt it. and you didnt answer to my question fucktard. and dont vote my comments just bcause youre a poor child and cant argue
Trycestyles 2 years ago
ok now answer to my last question: where are the arguments in your comments?
Youre such a freaking kid man u cant qrgue and youre telling me I cant. And whats if Im from Switzerland u fucking racist?
get a life nerd, u just insult me there are no arguments in your comments.. comeone just little kids are doing that.. give it up bitch and dont fucking forget: ANSWER TO MY FUCKING QUESTION BITCH
Trycestyles 2 years ago
and why the hell am I dumb? look at you and your age, there are 5 Opportunities:
1. You are in rl too young for youtube bcause youre a kid
2. You are just too stupid to enter your real age
3. Youre scared of ppl on youtube when you insult them, u want to be anonym bcause they would beat the shit out of you
4. Youre just a sick nerd fapping with help of the youtube vids
5. You are really 50 yrs old and you want to own 16 yr olds with just insulting them like a 10 yr old kid.
Trycestyles 2 years ago
so which one will u chose?
Trycestyles 2 years ago
The Red Rockers are hardly famous. They do have a cult like following though. This vid did get a lot of M-TV airplay when it came out, but the group is no more. This is not an insulting video at all, in fact the song is an honor to the Chinese. Some of who have been living in America for hundreds of years. Maybe YOU could elaborate on China for us. Entertain us with a bit of diatribe on the various dynasty's, some of it's leaders, what exactly is Taiwan. Who was Fu Man Chu?
IGood Luck!
mikelj3 2 years ago
yeah ok entertaining is a nice argument, I apologize this time ( not to your meverlo if u think Im apologizing to you stupid idiot ) xD
I think meverlo doesnt get it, this is the way to talk and to own -_-'' this freaking kid makes me crazy with his childish comments
Trycestyles 2 years ago
Hey,
Interested to connect with you. do you know what happened with Red Rockers?
richknown 2 years ago
Here is the Wiki on the Red Rockers:
The Red Rockers were a New Wave band from New Orleans, Louisiana. They formed in 1979 and disbanded in 1985. They are best known for their 1983 hit single "China".[1][2] They toured the United States opening for The Cars, Men at Work, U2, Joan Jett, The Go-Go's.
Lead singer John Thomas Griffith now plays guitar and sings in the band Cowboy Mouth, which he co-founded in 1990. They had their moments in the 80s and individually seem to be doing well.
mikelj3 2 years ago 3
Great band from New Orleans, Louisiana.
jameslowell5 2 years ago 3
NICE!!!
tonybirch 2 years ago 3
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idiots
just bcause they've clothes like chinese, they havent to think they know everything about them and put it into a song fuckers
Trycestyles 2 years ago
fuck you shit bag you can't even piss on the ground hard yet,, so what does your opinion mean fuck you
jakeprid 2 years ago
wow grow up kid
its the same like when I say "youre gay"
cant argue eh,,
its typical for americans to do these things.(well it was, this vid is actually rly old I guess)
Like elvis wasnt the one who invented the kind of music he played, it was someone else and he used it for himself and became famous.
Trycestyles 2 years ago
You've got a point -- my apologies
jakeprid 2 years ago
Saying "it's typical for Americans to do these things," is as stupid as saying all 16 year-old swiss boys are fools and idiots with less than enough life experience to make a monolithically blanketed comment such as ..."its' typical..."
meverlo 2 years ago
So you want to tell me it isnt?
Its a fact idiot.
and Im not a rl "swiss boy", I just live there.
Trycestyles 2 years ago
but you are a rl "boy" since you seem to be just another example of a boy whose mommy and daddy never listened to him so he comes here to spout is vapid, petty horseshit... when i say you're a true-blue idiot can't argue eh
meverlo 2 years ago
lol who cant argue?
jokes about mommy and daddy?
sry kid try again faggot
just bcause u cant say anything u have to make a wannabe-diss comment.
have u got a problem when Im a boy?
lol youre comments are like " every meverlo is an idiot, his mom is crap, his daddy too " man grow up if u think this the way to argue..
I mean u dont know anything about me, why are u telling me this shit when I know it isnt true :|
give me a fact why your comment is "arguing"
Trycestyles 2 years ago
La tocaban en SUPER FM 93.1 y en RADIO 99 FM, era el primer semestre de 1983..... years like that will never come back again !!!!!!!! La versión extensa es de PTM !!!!!!!!
mostroXXI 2 years ago 3
Man, I forgot what a good song this was. I haven't seen this video in decades. The way the lead singer dances is kinda funny. Thank you deckard0 for posting this! Great trip down memory lane!
outsider497 2 years ago 2
Music aside, this is a pretty terrible video
jololli 2 years ago
LOL, I agree, love the son. The chineese babes are pretty hot though
TNMAN555 2 years ago 3
great pop song.
JoeAverage86 2 years ago 3
Makes me think of Oahu and its cotton candy pink skies, trade winds breezing through your hair and beautiful Asian and native Hawaiin people everywhere you turn.
EmpressOfWyoming58 2 years ago 2
dude can cut a rug.
purpletauro 2 years ago 3
Friend, you call that dancing?
chewybunz 2 years ago
diggin it.
i was convinced another 80's English band. they're out of New Orleans.
purpletauro 2 years ago 2
dammm...nice music......
rico672 2 years ago 2
the red rockers are the most underated bands of there time..good as gold and schizo circus are brilliant and there punk condition red is the crown jewel,but they were special,i got too see them open for U@ in 84 twice and they were incredible
mobstar1967 2 years ago 2
Great song!
takealisten9 2 years ago 2
what the hell is this... : (
mrdx21 2 years ago
jim reilly from stiff little fingers on drums
plasticloud 2 years ago
A good, early example of jangle pop - music from the 1980s that recalled the chiming guitars and layered harmonies of bands from the 1960s like the Zombies and the Byrds. In my opinion, the music of the 1960s and 1980s produced far more influential artists and genres than those of the 1970s or 1990s - or of the current decade.
pellebravesskylar 2 years ago 4
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gobearcubies 2 years ago
This is the guitar player from cowboy mouth
onetrishtwotrish 2 years ago
One of those countless brilliant 80's tracks which completely failed to make any impact here in the UK. And I'm at a total loss to understand why. This is a fabulous piece of New Wave. It really is.
If only they made music like this nowadays...
Lee71England 2 years ago 8
The gutair play is awsome, reminds me of alot of 60's stuff I grew up with enjoy!!!!
gobearcubies 2 years ago
I don't care what anyone else says, I love this song! Yes, the 80s were kinda gay, and a lot of white people learned some hard lessons as far as fashion and dancing is concerned. But, out of all the dated crap from that period, this song still moves me!... dated production and all. There's a youthful longing in that chorus melody that will forever resound in my soul. And that quintessential 8th-note guitar line coming out of the chorus... yeah! Love it. Makes me feel like a kid again. Thanks.
ingraham777 2 years ago 7
trying very hard to be 80's "rockers" then , crash and burn.
unclerico54 2 years ago
plus the chick is hot in the video hahah!!!
gobearcubies 2 years ago
check out dead heroes by the red rockers
new way of doing things
new wave
010001001000
tenatiousone 2 years ago
Wow, Hahah They really copied the clash.
PartyBoy64 2 years ago
This was actually one of the best Post Punk New wave great songs...Great times in the early 80's. These guys opened for U2 at Red Rock Colorado in one of their first major Gigs. Also Check Out Wire Train. the top 40 flashback stuff is crap... this was the new wave .
edominguez541 2 years ago 5
One of my favorite early MTV (real MTV) new wave songs
Nope, not gay, but very very New Wave
AJtheory 2 years ago
wonderful song !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: )!!!!
gobearcubies 2 years ago
I tunes doesn't even have this tune to download.. great 80's tune.
stones80123 2 years ago
i just downloaded it on itunes a few days ago.
Will87 2 years ago
this song IS on Itunes. i just bought it.
411comm 2 years ago 2
Thank you very much to upload this great video of this awesome song. I am very glad remembering my school days going to study, to ride with my bike, going to the beach. VIVA THE EIGHTEES!!!!
luisonlinemarch 2 years ago
Wow, this makes me miss the 80s
wheateater 2 years ago 4
one of the best tunes of the 80s.
the video is hilarious, however. especially the part when the chinese kids are trying to mimic his bad dancing...
madmaxine88 2 years ago
wave which is new
or some say
newwave
BOYCOTTLETTERMAN 2 years ago
very STRAIGHT
21stCenturyLIVING 2 years ago
great memories!
chrisinireland1 2 years ago 3
very gay
dos123123 2 years ago
non gay
21stCenturyLIVING 2 years ago
ghey
davey766 2 years ago
KEEP OFF THE spratley islands, China men
21stCenturyLIVING 2 years ago
Oh, my gosh! I live for this moment in time!
luvsuncat 2 years ago
NO, it is 拍的是120年前的中国.
huayunbaidu 2 years ago
Live forever !!!!!!!!!!!!
mostroXXI 2 years ago