Freeez - Southern Freeez

[zanderfish]

classic loved this tune full blast in my 3l capri

[TYISCLOSER]

this is a classic post.. thank you !!

[BethhhaaanySarah]

best dance year Simon c

[Yokandyman]

Wow!! I still remember going crazy when this tune dropped in the early 80's, saving all my pocket mone ywhen I was 14 to get the 7inch Single. HAPPY DAYS!

[BritishDiva]

I saw a band called TLC play this in 1978-79 at battersea town hall london, the band got together from school at battersea county......how did freeex get this song????

[daniel59104]

What an amazing tune. Nothing like this about anymore. Incidentally the woman that sings this is one lovely class top lady!! x

[Jazzchisel]

Bassist's got moves, yo.

[malarki5]

God, I use to fancy that Black woman so hard, I can tell ya!

[kieran196]

Claaaaaaaaaaaaaasic tune.

[sortofsorted]

memories eh???..me is truly old....music is the "perfect" diary thats fo sho!!...

[TheJarvo41]

glad i found this classic again superb song.can't stop playing it .

[mattah111]

Phat bass



[susya1958]

love this the good old days xxxxxxxxxxxx

[youngmumma]

the singer looks soooo happy!

[ImaniHekima]

@youngmumma She's probably trying not to laugh at how poor the standard of dancing was in the audience.

[xbox360siy]

80s best music kids today missed some good stuff

[NIKIMBO]

Brilliant track!!!!!!!!!! doing southern freeez !!!

[zickzakk]

absolutely totally slammin' ! Thanks for sharing!

[Warren111able]

poor 'old Ingrid must'a felt like boot'n the guitarist

[tallgirld]

LOL!!! Love the count down at the start. 

[lewisner]

Does anyone make music of this quality now?

[agfagaevart]

@lewisner

Yes! Haggis Horns. Floor Doppa. etc...They're out there.

[chelseafergy]

Anyone ever get to Scarlets in Purley had to have this as their no 1 entrance theme. What an era . . . girls girls girls

[321Teespice]

wow

[dolmanf]

d o p e

[49blackboab]

this is mainly to johnny mcghee and anne mcghee but anyone who was a teen in the 80s...when we were young teenagers...we used to record our own radio show...it was called 'radio cardboard' and these are selections of john and anne's 7 inch records we used to record onto tapes....ahhh..the good old days....

[bratattack5]

This is such a great song.

[maxree10]

YEH this is what i call timeless music from back in the day.

me and my mates at work were talking about this track only last week.

can you get this on itunes ?

[jayarlewis]

Why do I like this song?

[skydome29]

The bass-guitar player is really "slappin da bayass" a bit too much. Somebody should have informed him its not the House of Pain.

[bobbitt187]

@skydome29 ultra stupid comment. round of applause

[DrBean10]

Great band, great music, great energy...but there was something missing. I always wanted the pretty lady to smile...even just for once...I use to call the band: "The Band with the Lady That Never Smiles!"...Yeah I was kinda young back then... ;)

[richwicz]

Cooooooool

[RitmoNo1]

When I first heard this I thought....this can't be right.. it's a British Band - and they sound awesome! Still got the vinyl album.

[flaxonx3]

Didn't like Soulboys back in the day, never liked their arrogance, air of superiority or boundless enthusiasm but liked this track as it had a kind of melancholic feel.

[Yickbob]

I've never seen a bassist jump around so much - that's tough to do, especially when playing that fast!

[jeaniebthe1]

Yeah! So proud of my chums Ingrid Mansfield-Allman (singing) and Paul Morgan (drums) they still play jazz on the North London scene as do I :)

[80s4ever63]

mmmm.......Love this. This is real music folks. The Brit Jazz/ Funk scene in the late 70's and early 80's was magnificent. A lot of the Funk Brit groups got their inspiration from AA Jazz/Funk Groups in the U.S. Ya'll remember T.S. Monk (of Bon Bon Vie fame) and his father Felonious Monk? Classic examples of the Jazz/Funk in America. Long live the 80's.

[howden123456]

fab song!

[ChelseaAllTheWay13]

slough fulcrum back in the eighties. Great nite. memories memories.

[discomadame]

Great song. Just so beautiful

[Feisty1967]

1981 best year for music ever!!! I was 13 and these songs are forever in my heart and soul.

[1968concorde]

@Feisty1967 i was 13 too great times

[thfcberba]

@Feisty1967 agreed-i was the same age in this year,loved the fashion,the music,everything about it..memories eh :)

[Procharmo]

John Rocca and bassist Peter Maas. I heard one of these guys was working at BT or the GPO as it was in 1981 and left when this got to No1 in the charts. Is it true?

[agfagaevart]

@Procharmo

Don't think it was #1 on national chart which TOTP used. I know it was on Captial Radio's though.

[lewisner]

@agfagaevart Number 8 in the UK Top 40.

[agfagaevart]

@lewisner

Thought so...Good times they were...

[bodthetim]

I love this song, in the early 80's it introduced me to jazz funk and it still sounds amazing.

[MrSoulweekender]

Yep timeless classic groove , I have it on 12" vinyl, many jazz/funk nights out dancin to this.

[nwlarry]

I was never a fan of Top Of The Pops, But once in a while there some good dance tunes bands hit the show?

[k9picasso1]

Brilliant !! Brings back memories and would still have a jig to this even though Im now in me 40's and embaress my kids !!!  Fantastic bass guitarist !!!!

[dallman2000bc]

THATS MY AUNTY RIGHT THERE XXXX

[hullamajascot1]

@dallman2000bc You got a great aunty ,this was a brill song.

[TYISCLOSER]

@dallman2000bc whats your aunties name? ive always liked the tune never knew her name?

[JoNN1E71]

@TYISCLOSER her name is Ingrid Allman

[valeymac]

loved it xx

[stardustdave85]

THAT MUSIC IS WHAT I CALL FUCKIN TALENT!!!! AWESOME!!!

[deathbret]

wow I used wear fan earings back then too

[shatminer]

man there was some gold in the top 40 back then

[happymcroli]

the track too

[happymcroli]

she`s so hot

[koopy112]

Verry good song.

Verry funny video, the base guy jumping everywhere and the singer looks boared to death.

But good song anyway!!

[koopy112]

Verry good song.

Verry funny video, the base guy jumping everywhere and the singer looks boared to death.

But good song anyway!!

[ysiddiqui]

Remember watching it then. Thanks

[tismassimo]

Absulutely the best ever - I would like to dance to this at a club NOW!

[malcolmnash]

thanks for posting man - this was years ahead of its time - before Hardcastle even I think Britfunk - jazz funk call it what you will those were heady days for 'our kind' Love it

[hollyhillboy]

Can someone please tell me the name of the lady singing please

[persilbran]

thanks for posting and also for including the part of the countdown at the beginning

[ColumRogers]

Southern Freeez is just the perfect chill out/relaxing song. Thank you Freeez for the wonderful music from a young fan :)

[dot4design]

Fresh music from freeez for fans....MORE FANTASTIC ´80´s music at my channel!!!!

[urbyne]

wow glad i found this song

[delbert567]

Aint joking this wa one a me all time fav tunes from back in the day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Brilliant n defo ahead of its day!

Great post!

[dolmanf]

top tune!

[efsq]

fuck, look at that list, lennon: talking heads, lennon, the jam. those were the days

[repo136]

@efsq - we're not just old farts, are we? That really was a great time for music and the calibre of artists back then was like gold in comparison to the present day.

[blagger56]

@repo136 Not gold, platinum. There is no real talent coming through any more, thanks to monkeys like Simon Cowell and a gullible, reality TV obsessed nation. But while we have YT, we can indulge ourselves on items such as this...

[maccagrabme]

Probably the first jazz funk tune I heard, loved it then and still sounding amazing today. Top of the pops was actually worth watching back then. Just look at the effort every member of the band are putting in there, plus they are having fun, you just don't get that today.

[PCS290208]

Hearing this again if I close my eyes I am back at the Royalty in Southgate.

Magic memory

Thanks for the posting

[J11E51]

she works at my college :)

[blacknickelson]

Who's the chick singing??? Good song

[J11E51]

@blacknickelson  Ingrid

[blacknickelson]

@J11E51 Ingrid, sounds like she should have tig ol bitties, blonde hair and from Sweden. Thnx anyway for info

[rytyi]

love this song so much...........thank good for youtube or it may have been just a memory

[stjames073]

The soundtrack to my life fell in Love although didnt marry her I kinda always wondered love it takes me right back thanks

[RTC2429]

we had some great music in the 80s funk on......

[rodeobadoeyenhausen]

Simply Wonderful. Lucky enough to see Ingrid and Beggar and Co wth Noel McCoy at the 100 Club Nov '09 - Organized by Perry Louis ( of Jazzcotech fame) and the night was stellar !!! See my clip on here of Perry marching the troops to"Movin on" beautifully done by Beggar and Co - Watch the Jazzcotech site for marvellous nights coming up. I'm off to "Boogie nights" in Hendon this Friday (30/04/2010) for the best Jazz dancing in the UK and cosmic jamming....

[BrentfordGary]

makes me feel very old what a tune

[mattah111]

Peter Maas great bass player

[roodymich]

John Rocca moved to milton keynes in the 80s -

[Iansfavmusic]

Ahhhh - Listening to Robbie Vincent on BBC Radio London on a saturday lunch time - Golden days!

[crushedz]

Always loved the cool vibe and intimate lyrics of this song.Thanks for posting it!

[RADCOMJ1]

this was a rocking tune, thought it was before 1981 but Invicta Radio played it long before the BBC :P

[kdw712]

crackin tune - thanks for sharing

[wonderstuff1961]

Hey i have this Album on good old Vynal

[nialldcrowley]

Cut my teeth on British jazz/funk as a young teen before graduating to the real deal a few years later. A lot of of that British stuff sounds quite simplistic now, and unfortunately elbowed out the superior American stuff over here in the UK. I still really really like this though - one of my favourite records to come out of the UK in the last couple of decades. I'll take this over the overrated 'Soul2Soul' stuff any day.

[traderlondon]

Jazz funk at its best

[iberia77]

So Fresh.....

[bolinoid]

the bass player is playing a Westone Thunder III, these guitars are highly collectable today! Nick Rhodes from Duran Duran had one - and so do I!!!

[MisAnnThorpe]

@bolinoid Yeah, I HAD one of these in a light coloured wood finish, which was unfortunately nicked. I got mine cheap, secondhand. I don't think they were expensive to buy new but they had a very nice deep tone as I recall. I suspect that if it hadn't been "taken" I would probably have removed the frets although I believe they actually made a fretless version. Btw, I think you mean John Taylor not Nick Rhodes!

[TheKatiekiss]

I love this cool song,so catchy.Even bought the songsheet to learn to play on the keyboard.Y do so many people dislike the 1980's-I miss them bigtime.Some great music memories

[Nutti78]

So cool!

[ColumRogers]

The lead singer is soooooooooo hot a natural beauty. Ah this song makes me pine for the summer, lovely tune.

[ianblanthorn]

Love this, what a classic!!

[julianvu]

Amazing video!

[pierstheoneandonly]

Timeless style. Singer is sexy AND demure.

[shaftsbury94]

is this the same band who had a hit with AEIOU

[jofu]

this is the same band. the band had a hit with "aeiou" and "pop goes my love" john Rocca went solo and had a hit with "I Want It To Be Real"

[Gare80]

The same one.

[loubedoo]

What a brill track - used to do this in a band I was in at the time. Ace!

Who's the bass player? Excellent!

[slickcrew]

Wow!, i was looking throu the top 40 of the 80`s, id forgot about this track. good memories for me. Great sound for its time :)

[DjJohnnyM68]

This band had two other great songs i remember "IOU" and "Pop Goes My Love" ..both were all over a lot of american breakdance compilation LPs and Cassettes back in the day...Great stuff...Never heard this particular track..jazzier feel than the two singles i knew.

[joeguitar70]

ahahahah Paul Morgan the drummer and I play in the same band. it's just funny for me to see him so young. we were talking about this song and his early drumming skills.

thanks for posting this mate.

[himangol]

Classic British jazz funk;-)

[ismael19993]

bigg tunnnee

[martinjp1958]

Reminiscent of 'Breakout' as I hear it now [6 years earler?]. Very pleasant chord sequence and a teenage/youthful vocal tone. An atmospheric piece.

[jlmarc01]

never heard of them but really nice.

[thepowerofshaolin]

what is the keyboard player doing when his hands go crazy? I cant really make out any sounds that are in time with his movements. AH the old miming days of totp

[milesmax]

Awesome!!!!! this track has great time value, unlike a lot of music of the modern era

[kipper309]

this takes me back big time , great posting .thanks

[urbyne]

@kipper309 wow this is what im talking about real music mmm hey if u love this u will love moonlight ora and urbyne.

[bolabus]

GREAT TUNE, remember it well

[rwestonb]

1980's jazz funk...unbeatable! Knocks spots off anything today!!!

[ajs41]

It's weird how their 2 biggest hits were so different to each other. I love both of them.

[downjones72]

All praise to bandleader John Rocca and bassist Peter Maas. The core of Freeez. JR is the one who plays the percussion in this clip. Awesome band.

[jazzfunkshizzle]

Great point, downjones!!!

[cheekyhamsta]

Tune!!! Ahh...remember this performance on TOTP...however seeing it again 28 years later the performance seems much more frenetic (especially the band) than I remember it being...however as I was a spotty teenager then, perhaps I was simply engrossed at the time with the languid and pretty singer ;-)

[dazzanumber3]

German filmstar, once in a lifetime, that's entertainment, and the southern freeze.......what a chart, those were the days.

[curszondax]

yes it was the same band

[pontello3]

not bad!

almost some soort of pre house-acid jazz

i love this obscure 80's dance tracks !

:)

thanks to have posted this

[hairycub69]

As a kid I was the youngest of 4 siblings growing up in the late 70s/early 80's.

One brother listened to Punk/New wave, the other listened to Disco/jazz funk/dance

my sister loved pop...me I loved it all...I remember my brother playing this song a lot and we all use to boogie in the bedroom to this tune (o;

[LANESRA04]

Love this tune where can I download it??

[ColumRogers]

You are absolutely right the song is simply called IOU and is very, very different from this. It's still amazing though.

[DISCOmadro]

i love 80'S S ss S S s!

[cisco9x]

no way, I saw that video and the singer was jogging like a twat on TOTP, and I'm sure that was 1982, however this song still sounds ahead of its time

[utterbeastage]

for anyone in glasow , this is the perfect song for blaring down in Ayr on a sunny day :D

[electrodetuned]

woe love this song!!!!!!!!

[jazzfunkshizzle]

John Rocca is the guy in the white shirt playing the percussion in the background.

[franklinfuentes]

@jazzfunkshizzle, you wanted other videos by freeeze from this period?.. freeeze's original studio video for 'southern freeeze' & 'flying high' are on youtube right now.. ;)

[dash246biz]

Isn't that John Rocca playing the drums in the back?

[fweenerson]

K never mind i looked it up...lol

Ingrid Mansfield Allman vocalist...but she actually sounds like john rocca....which is amazing.....

[fweenerson]

Freeez...John Rocca ....I'm actually confused.....

this woman actually sounds like John Rocca believe it or not.....

in other words she sound like the guy that sang" i want it to be real"....whats the the connection or story if there is one?

[doctord2]

"I want it to be real" is singed by John Rocca...

[skollittie]

give more!!!!!

[soulsofsociety]

iooooooooooooooooooooooooi i love this fucking songs

[aculmer]

wow i was in scotland uk when this came out and the whole record was off the chain

[rokusho63]

love it! like the way she looks so laid back.. "i'm on top of the pops, so what?". this track used to blast out of my austin maestro, back in the good old days. thanks jazzfunkshizzle

[babyella07]

Play this on a summers day. Big smiles

[worksupermodel]

She definitely looks nervous. Love this music.. SO BADAZZZ!!!

[ssab420]

funky ass bass!

[aNEMESYS]

Le bassiste me fait délirer!

[amberllhp]

Superb, Brit funk at its best.

[jayarlewis]

why do i like this so much. More p l e a s e!!!

[aNEMESYS]

Ingrid Mansfield-Allman

[HOUSEISHOUSE09]

Tune!!!

[alicatlincs]

Fantastic takes me back to good good times young free!!

[dojj1968]

Greatest britfunk single of all time.

Everybody who performed on this track should be proud of themselves

[razor7135]

a definite masterpiece

[razor7135]

classic ...simple

[wonderstuff1961]

Great stuff i have this album and this track on 12" Inch single

[dojj1968]

Happy Birthday - in the UK charts 28 years ago this week, Jesus brings a lump to my throat.

[heyroz27]

This is awesome! Why do we in the States only know them for I.O.U? They had other tracks that were way better. I feel radio cheated me this time.

[TheMusicalMind2]

I'm in the U.S. and I agree with you. :)

[Threeload]

Myself and friends were heavily into the jazz-funk scene at the time and thought everything they made after this masterpiece was ok, but certainly nothing special just popcorn for the masses! I only wished they had kept hold of Ingrid and explored the jazz-funk genre a little longer before getting commercially sidetracked as de rigueur

[whywho99]

it's a shame she did little else after.

[heyroz27]

Did Ingrid leave the group? Who does the female vocals on their "Loves Going Get You" album?

[aNEMESYS]

Ingrid Mansfield-Allman

[aNEMESYS]

Super ce morceau! excellent,je ne connaissais pas! ils sont de Londres?

[bostonchip2006]

Mr. Chip's back again..just good fun times in the 1980's

[arcere25]

i like it so much!!!!

[stepwil31]

I love the way the guitarist is jumping around!!! wicked tune ahead of its time !!

[Threeload]

The vocalist always sang with this horrible sullen facial expression. She has a beautiful voice, and would have electrified audiences if only she allowed her stage persona to amplify all her beauty. For me Freeez never again struck me like lightening the same way without her cool crystal clear vocals, and the tight classic Jazz-funk backing instrumentals. What a waste! Wonder where she is now?

[up4itgal]

I think she was feeling shy and just wanted to get through it. lol Some people are just not comfortable being on stage.

[Threeload]

I saw this in 1981 and could not for the life of me understand how Freeez never produced any thing as sweet as this ever again, it is a masterpiece! Still as potent now as it was then.