Fun Boy Three - It Ain't What You Do

[mrwells111]

OMG - he was snoring out of his arse!

[Kaldhore]

Teens rebel against the last era but idolize the era before that. I was an 80s teen didnt think much of the 70s (do now) but loves motown and the beatles. But I loved this song

[SuperSimonuk]

@Kaldhore thats cos its never really cool to listen to your parents music. kids will always want to forge their own identity

[mrsmudd2009]

I remember having one of those grey-marl sweat dresses - i loved it!!!

[weeweeeewee]

Who remembers the condom advert with this song?

[kitgourmet]

now you know where LOS DEL RIO took their Macarena from

[Mallice88]

yeah - fuck this back to the macarena.lol

[jazwozere]

I like this song. It makes me think of B&Q as well! lol

[Renbournwuzere]

Every time i listen to this- i think of B&Q

[gabyhelffhrittz]

another fact gogo's version was recorded first in 1981 and the FBT version was recorded in 1983

[harryandsimba]

I don't know how Los Del Rios got away with it.The chorus of Macarena has exactly

the same tune as this .

[noodles41]

fuck you vevo!

[lokalllize]

people back then use to be so white like rice

[helgavo]

Has anyone done the Shim-sham to this version of the song?

[mollysangelique]

zeg ik weet genoeg ik verwacht niets van jou volgende week werk ik ben ik very busy 

[allenparsons31]

i sat in a room in Coventry with all 6 i couldent believe my luck..well done all..

[rtok07]

This actually launched bananrama's.....erm.........ca­reer lol

[daypeshmodd]

@rtok07 Being a major Terry fan,of course I bought the FB3's when they came out, but I have to draw the line somewhere,and I draw it here. I still have the albums of course, but let's just say I might skip a song when Bananarama jumps in. I have to admit I saved this vid tho, cos I'd never seen it & couldn't stop laughing. If you want to hear smth really funny, go watch the Premiere interview with Terry & listen to what he has to say about all this! Hilarious! If u can't find it, ask me.

[daypeshmodd]

@rtok07 Can you believe FB3 ''discovered'' them???!!!! And the worst part was that they had never released anything, FB3 had simply seen them on the cover of a mag. Turned out they we're even more talentless than they appeared. I hope they are forever greateful to Terry, Lyn & Nev.....Cos, let's face it, after hearing them, who else in their right mind would've hired them?

[sykeen]

@daypeshmodd are you mental .Bananarama are the most successful all female british band ever .. get your facts right before you start slagging of things you clearly know nothing about ....

[daypeshmodd]

@sykeen My facts ARE right! And I can even tell you they're the most popular all female band worldwide (doesn't make them good). But I watch & read interviews & articles, tons of them! YOU check facts!

Terry said he was glad having met them but he also explained how & what FB3 thought of them,which was also what they thought of themselves. Do you even know of their mutual agreement? NO you don't!

Mr. music expert, are you also going to tell me that Our Lips Are Sealed belongs to the Go-Go's?

[gabyhelffhrittz]

@daypeshmodd Our lips Are Sealed was writen by Jane wiedlin by the Go go's and Terry Hall; first recorded by the gogo´s and then by FBT...it's a fact it's there in the cover sleeve from the album

[daypeshmodd]

@gabyhelffhrittz I've known that since it was1st released by GGs. Also know it was written by correspondance + that it was about Terry & Jane's affair.

My other comment: I was laughing at the tons of ''music experts'' who NEVER check facts and who can't help shouting out in outrage 'this one belongs to the Go-Go's!' everytime we see FB3 playing Our Lips Are Sealed, meaning FB3 had no business playing it.

Same ppl who think The Killers wrote Shadowplay or The Cure, Love Will Tear Us Apart...

[SuperSimonuk]

@sykeen Well the first breakthrough single was this one on here followed up by really saying something, and at the time, banarama were not an establised act, this was their second single

[SuperSimonuk]

@daypeshmodd they had released a record and it wasnt just a "mag" it was the Face. ID and the Face were like the bible back in those days

[daypeshmodd]

@SuperSimonuk I know those magazines, I used to buy them, But if they had already released an album, I didn't know that (my apologies) I was just quoting Terry who said they hired them after seeing their photo on a magazine, which you say is The Face & I believe you.The rest is a question of taste. No one will ever convince me they ever had any talent, but their cover of Venus wasn't bad, yet I prefer the original by Shocking Blue.To each their own.You're entitled to your preferences,me too.

[SuperSimonuk]

@daypeshmodd they hadnt released an album but they had released a single called Aie A Mwana which is how he found about them, my comments were not meant to be arguementative, so i hope you dont feel that, i was a huge specials/fb3/colourfield and still am. so it wasnt an attempt to devalue your views, but i kinda liked bananrama as a kid, so im neutral

[daypeshmodd]

@SuperSimonuk That's ok. I didn't think you were trying to devalue my views. I'm happy to see we have similar tastes, as a matter of fact.

[daypeshmodd]

@SuperSimonuk I wish I could get find you the links for Terry's exact quotes, cos he says more than what I mentionned, but that would be real hard, since I have tons of Terry-related material on my channel & that includes all the bands he's been in, starting with The Specials. But I can tell you he once said that one of the great things about his work was the ppl he met & friends he made,& then he cited Bananarama.

[SuperSimonuk]

@daypeshmodd looking back banarama were seen as novelty act, i dont think anyone ever anticipated the success they would have. regardless of how people think about bananarama, 50million record sales is impressive by any standards!!

[daypeshmodd]

@SuperSimonuk Absolutely true! I'm neither British or American, but 90% of my fave music is british, yet I always thought that The Bangles had real talent and should have made those big record sales (if you can forget for a minute about Suzannah's annoying voice). They could sing, play instruments and write (good) songs. Think of Going Down to Liverpool, In Your Room, Everything I Wanted and their cover of Hazy Shade of Winter with the excellent guitars, etc... This is just my opinion though.

[SuperSimonuk]

@daypeshmodd I always preferred the belle stars over the bangles,

[rtok07]

This actually launched bannarama's,,,,,,,,,erm,,,,,,,­,career lol

[simplyeightiesdotcom]

Also like "Really Saying Something" also with Bananarama but featured on Bananarama's album "Deep Sea Skiving".

[etierik]

Back in 1982 even silly pop songs were incredibly good.

When I first heard this song, I didn't speak a word of English yet, so I happily sang 'Doowotchie doowotchie doowotchie doowee'...

[doctorwhonico]

@etierik : HAHAHAHA That's really funny !! I had that same problem those days when I was a kid.

[seekingnewhorizons]

Bananarama`s at their best moment..these girls really rocked..astonishing perfomance and fantastic song..heeey macarena aeeee hahah

[goodtolove4000]

Time to stop crying try Naughty women mworld5.info

[siamesepussy]

featuring the original BANANARAMA mark I

[villafan365]

Who Needs Barry When You've Got Barry Bannan

[lewislane]

i love the bananarama fun boy three special

[TheFartGallery]

Yeah ol' Terry had a bit of a career swerve in this lot and what the hell was Bananarama roped in for .. a right trio of blaggers they were .. they had more originality in their little fingers .. than the rest of their whole bodies .. fit .. or not ... lets remember 'em for The Specials eh?. Rant over ... (in case you hadnt noticed readers ... Im no Bananarama fan .. even tho' I have to admire they way they couldnt sing, dance or act but did so well in the charts ... oooer!

[juntadeluxe]

@TheFartGallery

Bananarama at this stage were terrific. The fact that they couldn't sing or dance was a definite plus. They were post punk princesses who did the "60s girl trios" their own way complete with spikey hair. They wrote their own songs, which differed from the 60s groups who sung songs that were written for them. Their first couple of albums are really good. I never got into the Stock Aitken Waterman era of the group.

[motoxxx174]

took me about 30 years to realise that the lyrics to this song are absolutely correct about life

[biezo57]

YOUTH IN REVOLT!!

[nifcloverfergie]

reminds me of the bnq add!!!:)

[TheSazstar]

THIS SONG MAKES ME LAUGH

[parachuteclubbed]

Bizarrely, this and The Stairs' "Weed Bus" in 1991 mixed together flawlessly. It was always fun to blend the two together with the mixer. :)

[PabloCast]

Really lovely song, many great memories! I love it

[mysweetsmile23]

love this song! dancing for for a drama piece haha :)

[fep70]

0:59 that's Siobhan.

[sam077088]

how cool is this! thats what gets results! havnt heard this since i was 16!!!

[MOONST0MP]

Fuckin hell, what were they thinkin leavin The Specials to form this nonsense?? Which girl out of Banannarama is Siobhan anyway? She was the fittest bird ever on the History video from 1989 (Shakspere Sister) But I cant work out which girl it was on this earlier footage but never mind eh?

[44orr]

Horrible...Glad Terry reformed "The Specials" in 2009.

[sotelli]

Heeeeeey  Macarena, aaaaah!!

[theultimatekoopa2]

@sotelli Someone should do a mash-up :P

[WebkinzTVchannel]

i love this song

it was in youth in revolt and i fell inlove with it

[67stefanone67]

wow

[specials10]

neville staples looks really hard in this video

[MrMLD72MLD]

♥

[Cornerstone16]

ahha

[frigate100]

cool

[keirintoronto]

wtf? the specials to this, sort of amazing...