The Associates - Take Me To The Girl

[TheJaking87]

Strangely enough, this great tune wasn't a U.K hit ......I prefer it to "Party Fears Two" and "Club Country" put together!!

[rhedin]

Schöne Jugenderinnerung

[calboy64]

as much as i luv billy this is no very good,,,,,but still better than duran duran

[helga0618]

Awesome

[AllyKnox1]

wonderful song, hello to martin lynch

[MinnieMouse1975]

What a hightly talented (and handsome) man. RIP.

[SuperHuitzil]

what does "ich liebe was ist das" mean

[MisAnnThorpe]

@SuperHuitzil I think it means; "I love.... what is that?"

[KillingJoke696]

One of my favorites on my Retro Night Compilation CD

[theclashmaster1991]

remember the date Jan. 22, 1997, when MacKenzie passed away,..............

[claudia39c]

WONDERFUL.

[bishop42962]

Wish I could find 'Much Better This Way'.

[floobertydoo]

I love Billy and his music! Isn't it so crazy how much he resembles Seth MacFarlane?! They both have deep, velvety amazing voices too! haha

[cercolo1]

I'LL ALWAYS LOVE HIM ....

[tonissive]

excelent song produced by peter henderson,billy always in my heart!

[AndrewAnthonyHyde]

Geneva is the city of our love all these voices calling from above now no-one can ever take her place no-one in the whole wide human race society's to blame it's pictured in a frame Picasso told me so I guess he ought to really know my flesh was always weak my tango less than chic such grandeur took its toll and left me here, a wretched soul

[robertjc1966]

RIP Billy - Thank you for one of my favourite songs.

[MrBazzabee]

At 2.49.--I guess that's one of Billie's whippet's

[bullheadcopyshop]

Gorgeous song. RIP Billy Mackenzie.

[golfsoc]

I was at a concert at the glasgow pavilion and we just sat and listened, really wierd Billy said "this is so unlike Dundee" but it was a respect thing...true talent and respect....was anyone else ther????

[edinburghmarc]

Do you have the vid of "Those first impressions"  ?

[marcotsx]

Love!

[muertefacil90]

does anyone have the lyrics for this song?

[ThePaintermanful]

Well, I've tried, probably some words are not correct. She drove me far too far And then I drove her car Streets were long as life I thought that I had no place to hide My courage is lost Ich liebe...was ist das? Are you my only friend Temptation drives me wild wild So take me to the girl that I once knew Does she know what I've been going through I've been searching for her everywhere I've been my darling though I didn't care

[ThePaintermanful]

Geneva is the city of our love All these voices calling from above No one can ever take her place No one in whole wide human race So sad day's to blame Is picture in the frame Picasso told me so I guess he ought to live live long My place was always weak My tango less than cheek Look's grandeur two foot tall And left me here a wretchless soul

[mubbbu]

a genius

[wonderfulhuman161]

Geneva is the city of our love...

[mring111]

RIP billy

[ferrers88]

his voice was unique,

[patbirder]

Been hoping to hear this since 1990. Thank you so much for posting this. A beautiful song. May Billy rest in peace- he had incredible talent.

[NedsMissingTeeth]

This is poor.

[ItsnotBeyond]

And who was the girl with the curly hair who lit so many candles for you?

[todnyc]

is that the first line of a poem? lol

[littlenem]

Preciosa cancion! RIP. Billy Mckenzie.

[SeaBassTian]

Why is it a simple video of Billy on a staircase is more compelling than our current culture of expensive videos? Another reason the 80's were brilliant. And this is another top notch tune!

[Sullane]

Damn fine. I seem to remember there was a slow version of this on the 'B' side of the 10" version of the single.

[sgtrayelwood]

You're probably thinking of "The Girl That Took Me" - lovely version; I almost prefer it.

[deppy6]

love this song billys voice was something else loved the man and always will miss you billy ..

[ROBOCOPOUT]

Alison, were are u.

lol......

[patbirder]

For years I thought that Alison Moyet sang this!

[todnyc]

you must be half deaf (at least)

[MisAnnThorpe]

@patbirder That could have been a very interesting duet. I have never heard this song before. My 1st thought is that this is quite a strong melody but the production is very much of its time and doesn't do the song justice at all. Billy would never find another musician to interpret his ideas, like A. Rankine did. Billy was never gonna find another like Alan and vice versa. Post Rankine, I think Billy's best work was when he was accompanied only by piano, like on Kites & Beyond the sun.

[sgtrayelwood]

@MisAnnThorpe

To quote,

"Billy would never find another musician to interpret his ideas, like A. Rankine did"

Oh, but he did. Steve Aungle was that man.

[MisAnnThorpe]

@sgtrayelwood No No No Know! I'm afraid we're going to have to agree to disagree. Yes Billy and Aungle did produce some good work together; I like both Auchtermatic and Beyond the sun but MacKenzie and Rankine was a match made in heaven and was just absolutely meant to be. I don't believe Billy or Alan, (to the best of my admittedly limited knowledge of his post Associates output) were ever able to reproduce music as utterly strange, beguiling and on occasion euphoric, ever again.

[sgtrayelwood]

@MisAnnThorpe

Oh don't get me wrong - I completely agree with you regarding the strange and beguiling nature of early Associates music. What I meant was that I believe that Steve is a faithful interpreter of Billy's ideas at the time that he and Billy were working together. And that was surely, one could argue, a very different Billy from the man he was back in the late 70s/early 80s, when he collaborated with Alan. I do think it's maybe unfair to compare the work of either Alan or Steve....

[sgtrayelwood]

@sgtrayelwood

... in terms of one being better than the other, because they really can't be compared. They are both so utterly different.

Again I stand by my statement that Steve did indeed have a musical chemistry with Billy that was entirely right for the time (as it was with Alan back then). And that includes Steve fighting Billy's corner when he could no longer speak for himself.

Maybe I'm a bit biased as I am a huge admirer of Steve and the music he made with Billy.

[sgtrayelwood]

@sgtrayelwood

But that's just me.

Also, for the record, I believe the '93 reunion with Alan produced, for the most part, a pile of pish. The magic was lost and there was no way of ever recapturing it again. Pointless to have tried, really, in my opinion.

[aejhpp9]

I have the 12" single to this, it is one of my all time favorites...

[dateoflove]

Billy has a great voice but owes a lot to Sparks singer Russell Mael that was in time ahead of Billy with a similiar singing style and voice.Both are great as singer but I think Russell beats Billy.I have heard Billy was a fan of Sparks.

[metamatica]

One of my guilty pleasures for sooo many years.

Always adored it but it still DOES attain a certain corny feel to it :-)

[klingklang1968]

close your eyes and feel the lyrics awesome an incredible song from an incredible voice

[ingeborg66]

Thanks for saying that i like this song the first time i heard it in the 80-s till now and my kids also. what a babe xxxxxxx

[hanselkksc]

people who really feel and love this song: you are special human beings!

[mediapuzzle]

geez hes a good lookin guy. whoaaa.

[Lgomez11]

Very obscure song indeed. Takes me back to The Saint... Ethyl anyone.

[luornu]

I'm hearing this song for the first time since 1985! Janice Long played it on Radio 1 a few times and I loved it. However no-one else ever played it again and because it was fairly obscure I couldn't buy it anywhere. Thank god for the internet!

[jjvmadden]

Great great song.

[matadorelov]

I'm in ectasy.........