Story of the Blues

[SpudWil]

Who was playing the kitchen sink?

[jonescathy051]

wow



[wicksyplym]

this was a balearic classic.....loved it before e too.

[Redsparxxx]

Top song, i had the great pleasure of mixing sound for Pete Wylie for a one off gig in Manchester

in 2002, great guy great performer.

[SuperTomo1965]

This song as never really received the plaudits it should, it is a brilliant song and encapsulates a time in my life when I was young free and happy.

[mivvy37]

loved this song.my wife says i live in the past i say so be it.

[gazzairee]

Whicked song,was 13. Stayed in my head all this time. 100% 80's :-)

[RicTic66]

I was really good friends with one of the backing singers Violet Mason. .(Croydon)

Fab tune loved the early 80's Wylie was a talent....

Brilliant production, excellent post ...

Hairs on the back of the neck stuff... Ta : )

[miller77ize]

this song is AWESOME and i think it is just as good if not better than " Heart as big as Liverpool" (just).

[66gez]

Excellent song.Reminds me of Pips nightclub in Wakefield.

[lilchonny]

If you only have one hit in life, this was a 10/10.

[aerobaticdog]

thank you thank you

[MrPhilroo123]

brilliant song, hey wylie la, ta, la, for the songs, YNWA96

[Fab4Mitchum]

I love this.

[Andy22210]

great song damned.... but what an awesome video. great memories

[whitewingserpent]

Tune ;)

[MrPhilroo123]

ya beaut, ya confused us all, red or blue, rumours ran like shit of a shovel, then we all decided ya was fuckin ace, merseyside in the 80's. football n music, we ruled it.God love pete wylie. YNWA96

[nick40nick40]

Crucial Three!! This is the one!

[divaishbehaviour]

How can noone hear that he's singing flat all the way through!

[KeeganBrooks]

Wylie .... A legend in his own dole Queue!!!!

[mandiemc42]

FANTASTIC SONG, Thanks, brought a big smile to my face! A friend found it and posted it on Facebook.

[etierik]

Such a great song. Remember hearing it on the radio quite a lot at the time. So strange that it never was a hit.

[upthepole]

Top stuff, thanks for posting..... forgot how good this song is.

[Felixc241]

I think I just took YOUR pride!

[Felixc241]

Mike harbour you are a noob the grammar is right - look it up you gimp

[vambo61]

dlb ya like sum class tunes n luv the vids

[lenniesam]

5 dislikes?.....are you all deaf?

[mikeharbour]

At least get the grammar right. "take you're pride"

[fanzig0]

@mikeharbour Take you are ( you're ) pride. Are you sure mate?

[WillCrazie]

Wylie is a godamm genius...just need to get him to play Glasgow soon ;) :)

[RHP9898]

Used to play this on jukebox non stop whilst playing pinball when it first came out. Day after day... drove everyone up the wall but what a song! Cracker!

[joecheshire1]

A classic song

[billy270564]

WOW

[JayFal68]

Love this song. A classic :)

[rileyrmfc1]

awesome

[MegaCapulet]

love this song great sound and video thanks.

[steve5323]

1 word,,,tuuune!!!!!!!

[keighleyrob]

wow brilliant thx

[centuriontelstar]

Hey Lynn you owe me a letter! hope snowdrop is well and your Wolf !! great time of year for the wolf....................but then so is the Mid Winter when his breath hits the floor and disperses across the ground as he looks around........................­..taking it all in !! after of course saying good morning with social skils that are Nulli Secondas i will write you again tonight.hoping alls well.Davy.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX­XXXXXXX

[sheba0207]

brilliant song I remember the CB rdio I met my husband on that lol...been together ever since .........I love this song and great pics as well...

[sv650me]

what great stuff brings back me early years when time was fun and care free.

[mairuz1]

A great video......~~~

[sirtinycreep]

A great song like this never dies. Excellent.

[jodiebanks]

Frickin brilliant. the cool 80's. Thanks for the upload.

[SpliffPete]

feeling browbeaten? minute by minute........are the words...shame

[palinlfc]

Wylie is a genius.

[thelegendofcarsley]

Awesome work!

[Dannybhoy1969]

Great Tune, i love 80's, x maybe cause im 40

[lee69tatterton]

makes me cry thinking of chelsea , drogba

[shaymultimedia]

Great vocals Pete!

[chicoflaco]

they weren't making music vids back in 1982

[Kokoots]

Yes they was.

[Dreddloxx]

Whatever happened to Pete Wylie?! Reckon he was pretty good in his day...

[helmetsgirl1]

Amazing tune. I could tell you a personal story or two about Pete! lol

[feemay1966]

go on then...

[jaygee046]

great post, great vid, awesome tune never die

[HereIsTheSexPistolsX]

Great classic! And I also love the video! Great job=D

[JayFal68]

I love this song. I'm a scouser myself and this was a favourite song of mine. I've saw him recently in Liverpool, he's very funny and he also sang the old classics including this one.

[NaturalCiderVinegar]

Eh Eh Eh Carm down carm down la

[eddy7elly7]

Found the dreaming 22 version of this again.Posted 8/11/08. Thanks for the reply whoever sent it.

[14051983]

Absolutely superb and one of my favourite songs from the '80s.

I must dig out the 12 inch single I've got somewhere in the loft.

Thanks so much for this.

[rayymann]

Absolute CLASSIC...........XXXXXXX

[anstonian]

What an incredable song, and video, pete is, without doubt, a song writing genius. and, perhaps, one, of the biggest talents, this country, has ever produced. He should have, been a massiv4e star, he didn't get the recognition he deserved. The 1980s were the best. The Sheffield Leadmill, The Limit club, The Dragon Dinnington. and, fantastic music.Thanks for posting. Well done with the video, perfect. LOL .

[steelbanktrucker]

Am I right in thinking that this is about being on the dole in the early 80's (i was!)

The opening line 'Here in my pocket I've got the story of the blues' refers to a dole card. (Benefit form no. UB40)

A geniune classic this one

[Kokoots]

Me too, good times tho.

[redhairkid]

Fantastic! One of my alltime favorites.

[leadtheway678]

wow i was hoping i would find this song again....

Guess like so many others out there ....you love too ...was reminded of one other thing in days of old rig (lol CB radio to some) remember chatting to fellow cber she likewise did too....used to play over and over..good song.... thanks for posting D like beauty! remember part 2?

[damnedlikebeauty]

Part 2 is posted on here as well....couldn't do one without doing the full track with part 2 included xxx

[eddy7elly7]

Did you do the 'Dreaming 22' version on 8/11/08 as that was as good if not better and for some reason it fell off the radar as I could not find it again for a little while.

Great postings in any case.

[Kokoots]

@leadtheway678

10-4

[mcallister799]

classic

[lsd998]

just got back from the pub. Clutching my guitar plonked down in front of the PC to find something I can play along with and this just fits the bill. Thank you.

[davidmarrable]

Just had a life saving operation at 44 and this song means so much to me. Great posting

[filabj]

dave hope everything went well,and then youll realise you got nothing left to prove,good luck pal

[davidmarrable]

Cheers, all is cool now mate.

[adycools007]

Top track, always played this full blast when things wer'nt going right!

[dalorestar]

Wow, cool song and video.

[captainhumungus]

Love this song. Thanks for posting.

[rossobantam]

girl from 11-28 secs....wow

oh top song by the way ;)

[rallymunkey]

story of the blues? story of my life more like! great tune,brings back some bittersweet memories.

[mygodthatsabigone]

them strings so haunting

[travelogue200]

I love the whole song (parts 1 & 2 together)

[SnorkMaiden85]

this reminds me of my very early childhood, i like the gothic pics i have a poster just like them on my door lol

[eddy7elly7]

There was a similar one done for this class record without the words on but most of the pictures were the same.

Anyone help with info to tell if its still on you tube.

[blogthisone]

Great tune! will never forget this one..

[sue4mick]

My favourite ever song. I've nearly worn out the 7" single

[pigyob]

This song just sums up everything about my hometown,that crazy town that is Liverpool

[54spiritedwill54]

i love this song.

[hair65]

great song,nice one

[mygodthatsabigone]

go on pete one word for him legand

[drlemoncobra]

one of the greatest songs ever written...

[Badlam]

Well that's my story and I'm sticking to that, lets sit down and talk about the blues, the blues is about dignity, it's about self respect.....

[jemthenutta]

its real music not people from Xfactor singing music and words from a kareoki machine

[Idol2Idol]

Indeed bro. I fucking hate all that xfactor, fame academy britains got talent piss!

[tyhghgfewr]

me too, loved this tune by whah takes me back to me teenage years!!!!!

[mcallister799]

What a classic tune !!!!! absolutely brilliant x

[captinbigoneoohlala]

great great song

[rubyjadesapphire]

Yeah. Most of the music these days is crappy covers of great songs. Or worse. Long live Metal, Rock and New Wave.

[topchick43]

Can 'Weekend' be posted?

[johnnypoker46]

Excellent song!

[colincky]

a true classic, music nowadays just dont produce songs like this.

[garyandh]

love the pics love the song xxxx

[Ginatheroma]

Cool!

[someblokecalledchris]

just love this ...nice sound thats been added..happy days..great band..

[marksocial]

Nice one !

[rob451111]

Well done for posting this. A great song.

[louise2203]

brilliant song!!!! couldn't agree more with ya rob451111!!! takes me back

[captinbigoneoohlala]

cool song

[pixieswan]

Great song and fab pics x

[mimo637]

love it love it love it x

[tiffany30897]

this is a right good video :) you are my fave video maker :]

[mcdaida]

luv this song im 12 but me mum luvs it its great !!!!

[benmungovin]

I first heard this song living in Worcester, working in a chemist's called Archibald Cowe. It moved me so much I went straight to Viking Records to buy it. It was there I met a guy called Ben who is still a friend. He's so witty and wise that my life has improved by up to 58% since that chance meeting in Viking. Thanks Pete Wiley...Jonathan Smith...the Wah truly were Mighty...

[calvinbowler]

im 24 .i love this song.all my mates takre the piss lol....anyway what a great song

[thetragedyofbirth]

great, not sure about the pics though

[acblues1]

Thankyou

[kevinblenk]

this song puts the heckles up on my neck some great memories love it

[xXlonemilkmanXx]

try to belive it coz it could be front page news

[optimumvalue9]

Greta video!! and yes i sang along ..many thanks JD.

[SNEDILLIO]

This song is so beautiful. I was about 7 when it came out but i had older sisters who listened to it all the time. I didn't get the lyrics till a few years later. Still sounds brilliant. Thanks for posting.

[beerjocko]

Fantastic song, that will never age

[WillCrazie]

Wylie is a god!! :) And A big fan of Billy MacKenzie too,2 great things from one man! :)(well as a third,he stands his round if you buy him a pint!!)

[verteuil]

Great choice of song & great choice of pic's Victoria Frances is a brilliant artist..

[zzzsjp]

Wow! One of my favourite songs of the 80's, got the full version on 12" vinyl at my bro's place! Played it a while back and I was 16 again! Now, at 42, it sounds just as good if not better! Well done on the vid too, nice one! :)

[thesherringtons]

OMG this brings back some great memories... thanks!

[znevetsch]

Thanks for putting this on - had forgotten about this song - it's wonderful! I have also spotted a couple of stray apostrophes in your lyrics - would you like to know where they are?

[damnedlikebeauty]

I know exactly where they are thank you for your kind offer of assisting me....the lyrics were just copied and pasted from another website! I will correct them all when I post Part 1 & 2 of this song together in the near future!

[rileyrmfc1]

@damnedlikebeauty wow.carnt top this xxx

[burgher21]

Good images accompanying a great song. Loved the video and lyrics. Hope you do another from the 80's (preferably with incomprehensible lyrics.) I've been singing that opening line for ever but never got any further than that. Thanks for filling the gaps!

[damnedlikebeauty]

I had the same problem for years with Party Fears 2 by the Associates so I did the video in the end just so I had an excuse to look up the real lyrics not the ones I made up in 1982

[burgher21]

Weird? I was going to suggest 18 carat love affair by The Associates as your next one!

[blackshuckdog]

Brilliant, can't stop playing it again.

My first ever 45 bought.

[boyfat6161]

good song back in the day.kissy kissy ;

[billy270564]

first they take your pride. gotta be about a woman. bitches. still you gotta love em.

[solodaddy]

Try substituting 'Felling browbeaten' for "Minute by minute" ..... then you've got perfection ............

[damnedlikebeauty]

sorry I've checked numerous lyric sites including Pete Wylies official site with his take on the lyrics and the songs and they all state feeling browbeaten as the correct words!

[solodaddy]

really ? bin singing along wrong all these years then and it did seem logical to precede 'day by day' by minute by minute(absence of 'hour by hour' accepted).

Think there may be typo 'felling' rather than 'feeling' ...... Used to have 'Come Back' on 12" vinyl too ... is that version on here anywhere?? ........ Fantastic Post btw brings back a whole heap of memories re: the then Liverpool Poly SU Bar in late '82 !!!

[zzzzzzyyyy]

Brilliant tune. The punctuation is awful though.

[damnedlikebeauty]

Hey I only copied and pasted the lyrics from another site so don't blame me....

[samchuckabutty]

Makes me cry.

[misterbridger2]

That is so moving. I always like the song...and with those pictures and the words showing like that, it made me cry.

[softlystroll]

Great Song - and a #3 hit. Interestingly, Julian Cope, Wylie's 'Crucial 3' cohort panned this song in his book 'Head On'.

[ricardopresto]

probably because he's never written anything even half as good.

[Torquayqueen]

brings back so many memories! Fantastic! Love it, Thank you!

[AKAKArnott]

Wicked Song!

Does anybody remember a version of this where Pete Wylie does spoken word parts over some of the song. I think it might be called Story of the Booze but I could be wrong.

[jdb47games]

That was on the B side of this single, if I remember rightly. I think it was called Story Of The Blues Part 2 (Talking Blues)

[damnedlikebeauty]

No it was called story of the blues part 2 and was on the b side of the 7" single....I have part 1 and 2 as one song and might one day add part 2 to this video

[bohsblur]

pure class, i love this song. the lyrics say it all.

[angeleyes71]

agree with so many.. this is the kinda song that says 80s to me, not all the bullshit they pile onto the compilation albums they ever bring out, total classic many thanks for posting it!! xx

[survived007]

totally agree with you on that,i remember loads of groups that should be on so called 80s compilations

[lottiebelottie]

Happy memories of 1983!!!

[Dreaming32]

Bring it all back instead of all the bollocks that,s out 2day.

[bownessplace]

no argument here mate!!!!

[FlooredByMusic]

janeyeyre, I get those same bubbles and smile............

[janeyeyre]

this was the 80's, the song leaves bubbles in my stomach and a smile on my face, the days that were ;-)

[Kokoots]

Yea, great times, great music. Proper cars and sexy women.

[midge1964]

bubbles in your stomach....you may need some Windeze

[brocknbracken]

this song still gives me a hard on after all these years,magic x

[dannyno77]

one of thee best songs of the eighties by a mile!

[sammithecheese]

i love this song,great to hear it again & again !!

[demetris1969]

lova it and thanks!!!!!!!!!

[iancleggy]

pete wiley is an absolute rock god , I,m not a scouser I,m a jock, but this guy is the b o lloks, why is he not as big as fukin take that? Marketing fkd up music in the 80/90´s

[angryrecycler67]

exel my friend..... brings back fond memories,, some bad too,, but wat the hell this is the 80's thank you

[Ichaboid]

The most underrated pop tune of the 80's possibly any era for me. Classic

[cypriotblue]

pete wiley unsung (obviously singing) god

[snowdrop30497]

mum still love it lol xxxx congratz on viwes my good enough is on 94 vies i think love you

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[mirekmaj]

At last we've got a decent version of this on YouTube. This is what the 80s was like kids.

[samsblue]

awesome tune.. goosebumps on my arms.. cheers

[spizzardo]

Me too!

[twold4this]

A 'Story of the Blues' that I can singalong to? You are a saint! Great song, and a great upload.

[pigildy]

Thank you so much for posting one of the best songs ever!! I´ve been looking for this since an UK-Holiday in the 80`s-in my younger years.

Love it!!!

[all80suk]

Superb job there, well done. An excellent song from a forgotten talent.

[sophie23456789]

Great post

I love this song

[siobhank2310]

quality been lookin for his for years