Reach the Beach by The Fixx

[casienwhey]

The Fixx was like a generation or two ahead of their time. Great, deep, rich, interesting music. Innovative. I loved them in the 80s and still do today. They were like Orson Wells, too sophisticated for the general public. Only the really innovative and talented though stand the test of time. They will endure long after mediocre groups from the 80s are long forgotten.

[attentionwhoreusa]

Passing time has no suprise when pleasure found is my resource

Should I lose my lover's eyes? Then secrecy will hide my course.

[Isotec1]

The songs by many of the new artists on the radio and TV aren't worth listening to.The Fixx,Doobie Brothers.the Motown and Stax sound and many great classic songs from the 1990s and earlier are the best.I tried listening to Lady Gaga and my response is ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ­ZZZZZZZ.

[FleshandBlood8]

Reach the Beach bitches!!!!



[97nachotv]

I just listened to this record this afternoon, and I am hooked.

[dwilmer7]

Fixx didnt hit it really big simply because of bonehead labels constantly not getting what they were all about. Happens less today because bands market themselves but the Fixx were completely dependent on the almighty label back then. Its a travesty that phantoms and walkabout are out of print. can u believe that?? its b.s.

[zw3311]

even though I really got into metal this was one of my favorite tapes that I listened to all the time...I still remmeber all these lyrics 28 yrs later

[sharkb8er]

I think they were too good and lyrically over achieving for the 80's.

Somewhat reminiscent of Devo as their music still sounds fresh today.

[fridrixfanclub]

I don't know what my favorite part of this song is, guitar, keyz, bass, drums, vox, it all sounds so good.

[towenstark1]

I couldn't agree more about this band. I saw them open for 'Flock of Seagulls' and 'Moody Blues' back in the day. Could not for the life of me understand why they didn't blow the roof off the music industry...they were so damn good. One of the great mysteries. That may explain why the industry is so pathetic today.

[ultraroadmap]

One of the great bands of the 80's.....I keep posting this comment every year since YouTube has been in existence!!

[n8tureboy]

@ultraroadmap

That's okay, because it just needs to be said over and over and over, again and again and again.

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

just a shame they didn't receive more acclaim than they did. Incredibly tight band with an excellent vocalist!!! Truly one of the best alternative bands to ever come along

[MsJayceebird]

I remember seeing them live and they played this better than the the recording

[smojo55106]

Such a great song to chill to.....

[rrbrown813]

Sexy, sexy, sexy. One of my top favorite 80's bands!

[fuel396]

Wow!! I Listened to the fixx for 20+ yrs

never heard this song till now

I cannot get this out of my head must

get this album God I miss the 80,s

When music had meaning

[xavianhelley]

lov lov lov this freakin band... remember back when this album came out and everybody was into ozzy and motley crue and all that crap fuckin quiet riot,,, thank god for bands like the fixx, inxs, the cure, joy division ect...

[xavianhelley]

lov lov lov this freakin band

[porkinator177]

I agree that music in the 80's was better. Everything is just conveyer belt music (as was said before) these days, and country is the only thing that hasn't gone down the crapper. And I mean *real* country like Garth Brooks, Johny Cash, Reba McEntire, Willie Nelson, etc. Granted half those people are either dead or haven't made an album in a long time, but still.

[grandmacaesar]

i had it on wax and cassette. for some reason i haven't purchased the cd. gotta fix that.

[THEFLESHMANN1]

It should say " no description needed"

[vinto34]

Most music today is mass produced garbage compared to 80s music...more craft and skill went into the 80s...Today's so called music is conveyor belt music...the same crap coming through day after day..

[piliage]

@vinto34 Well...don't know about that. There is always plenty of mass produced crap. For every "The Fixx", there are literally hundreds of Johhny Hates Jazz and Swing Out Sister. Today, Elbow are quite superb, but does that make Lady Ga Ga any less shite? Nope...

[vinto34]

@piliage lady ga ga is horse shite don't compare that to the fixx.

[piliage]

@vinto34 If you read it again, you might find this is exactly what I said.

[vinto34]

@piliage So you did.. i apologise.

[WaxHeadroom]

Good times.

[RoeserFan2]

How many songs are beautiful and kick rearend at the same time? This one is, and does.

[l0v3s1ckf0ol]

Didn't realize in the 80's how great this music was. Has staying power, still sounding new and fresh. Never get tired of pure musical genius. This music moves me. it stirs my soul.

[GaryGrzybek]

An incredible song by an incredible band. If the 80's brought us some intellegent and well written music, here it is. Most music today is brain dead crap compared to this.

[artbyvince]

This was one of my first albums and I immediately loved every song. Truly a great piece of work by the Fixx. Phantoms was also very good, but this one felt more solid. I still have the original LP. I felt that after Rupert Hine stopped producing them their sound change to a style that I didn't find to be them. Although, someof their latest stuff is sounding somewhat like they did back then. They're still a terrific group nonetheless.

[Aetius76]

The album Reach the Beach was an under-rated, under-noticed brilliant piece of musical art. There is nothing else out there like it, '80's or not.. This album is a snapshot of brilliance. But it if you can still find it.

[WildersSteve]

I've had this as an album , 8 track and cassette. This song is my favorite though.

[WildersSteve]

I've had this as an album, 8 track and cassette. Tell me when I'm reaching...

[D1Gr8hansGraf]

@WildersSteve I thought 8 tracks were long gone by the time these guys came on to the scene.

[jackiecprice]

brings me back to the day of ditching school and hittin the beach with my friends!

[22ndWave]

The reason the Fixx didn't have more success than they did was because their music was way too cerebral and intelligent for the general public which is why their most dancable and commercial sounding track (though i love it)) One thing Leads To Another was their biggest. There just aren't many people willing to listen to great lyrics. Never have been. I'm lucky enough to know awesome from crap though and this my friends....

Is awesome!

[voodoodoldrums]

@22ndWave lol comment reminds me of one of my friends who told me " you are smarter than your friends" just because I listened to different music?

[r1skate]

Thanks!

[naturaltoby]

This song is a masterpiece.

[MrObviousToo]

Just love the Fixx

They had a fabulous sound.

Red Skies, Lost Planes, Reach the Beach

Man that was music...............

[DrBojayHookah]

Back in the 80s playing a song like this for a typical radio fan, was like trying to sell a Chicken Soup for the Soul reader on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. When I bought my copy of RTB and saw how great it was, I felt like I'd found treasure from a library instead of a vinyl LP from the local Walmart.

[Tjs964]

I'll kill anyone that says that they don't like this. Just kidding. This is one of the my all-time favorite songs. I listen to it almost every day during my workouts on my mp3 player. What brilliance!!!

[SilentGunman]

This is the first album I got totally hooked on as a kid. I can't remember if my Mom or Dad had it, but I was always asking them to play it.

[JohnnyLichtergud]

This was a fantastic album from start to finish...and it was way better than "The Unforgetable Fire". Now if I can just get one of yuse guys...to upload "Running"...off of this same album...my life would then be complete. I need to get my Fixx. Thanks

[Koshka42]

@JohnnyLichtergud I wanted to show someone how awesome 'Running' is, I ended up having to find it on Grooveshark and sending them the link that way..



[kevhar12]

I`ll always include this album as one of those albums that gave me a passion for great music.

[dwilmer7]

check this out .. i met the whole band on calm animals tour, back like 200 years ago i guess.. cy was surrounded my people telling him how cool his lyrics were.. jamie was really cool but he seemed kinda burned out or something.... too many shows in a row maybe... i never got to meet rupert, who imo is the most creative keyboard player ever. he doenst shred but NO ONE plays like him.

[funkster007]

The Fixx really stood out from the rest of the 80's pack. Like one commenter mentioned, they might have been TOO good to get the chart success of some of their peers. Perhaps the music or lyrics were too complex for the mainstream. Bands like Rush, Saga, King Crimson are in the same camp.

[chucke1963]

Awesome music, awesome lyrics, awesome band!!!!

[beowulven]

Great fucking album. As good as "The Unforgettable Fire".

[ShareTheSphere]

They were/are great. Suggestive. Honest. True

The world was asleep , hope it wakes up and redescover this.

[kevhar12]

One of my favorite songs ever. I have to make a download. I still have the cassette from the 80`s. It`s probably on of my oldest posessions. It` so worn it`s now labeled in sharpie. The Fixx is one of my favorite bands of all-time.

[Sarcasticscum]

Damn... I'm just now getting a craving for some Fixx CD's and I can't find them ANYWHERE!! It's nearly driving me crazy...

[jtminutisme1]

definately a shore that I would like to reach...

[vol108um]

PsycoAnnalist - so true, a band way beyond for the music and lyrics

[hirotoXxXkirari1]

this song brings bak the times wen my dad plaed this song for me in my car seat wen i was like 2 lol i love this song

[Str8IndianHair]

2:16

[Guenter077]

'' outside '' best song on it

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

great album by the Fixx, Sy Cernan/s vocals absolutely awesome, band had a very tight sound, very underrated band, one of the first alternative bands.........

[aligaetor1]

Does anyone know that Liner is about thr conflict between Britain and Argentina over the Falklands? I found that out from Cy. I met him many years ago and still have a signed pix of him. Been a Fixture for many years.

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@aligaetor1 cool, never knew that about Liner, i was lucky enough to meet Geddy Lee about 10 years ago, got signed pic from him, a great guy and great talent

[jtminutisme1]

@aligaetor1 Always good to know about real events, thanks for sharing

[WildersSteve]

I've owned this in album form, eight track and cassette. It's the best song, in my opinion.

[sportsmediaguy]

A good song that has a unique sound to it.

[trann39]

Never heard this one...wow love it!

[mignonhenne]

this album is better than most ' best of's,. lol.

[setmenue]

there are twits like the rolling stones not half as good.best paid worse musicans ever....great fixx

[vol108um]

me too

i first heard 'reach the beach' packing for a camping trip with my best friends, loud and strong!

This was my first contact!

Wow, bowl my hair back, wow what lyrics, each song presented another realm!

thanks, THE FIXX,

the combination of lyrics and music is Awesome!

my fav. is Reach the Beach as all songs on that album touch my soul at some point.

thanks for writing that album!

[thruid3]

I was into The Fix in the 80s, it brings back memories of class parties, rooms full of nursing and dental hygeine students (the hottest of all). My buddy and I have just knocked a six pack of St. Pauli Girl Dark out while driving around talking about chicks, the latest technology etc etc...........The Fixx plays in the background as I enter the room transfixed by the rhythmic sway of nubile babes. Whew, if only to go back for a little while.

[aajoeyjo]

Beautiful music!

[PsychoAnnalist]

So elegant and true. The Fixx weren't bigger in the 80s because they were TOO good. Believe it, hear their albums.

[shilack2]

I agree this album was probably my all time most played growing up. These guys were awesome. I love the Cure also but these guys were so underated. this album was pure genius.

[Restfulduchess]

@PsychoAnnalist you got that right.

[planokidd]

The Fixx...

Wow...a group that stuck to there musical style regardless of the era. Love these guys. I'll have to do a guitar music tribute to 'em. Simple, but great writing musically and musically.

Cheers!

[wendycb69]

OMG! I was 14 when I purchased this on vinyl. Thx for posting...this is/was an amazing album!!!

[78hiwatts]

what an incredible album.

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@78hiwatts YOU SAID IT, THE FIRST TRULY ALTERNATIVE BAND OF THE 80'S, MANY A GREAT TUNE AND MANY GOOD VIDEOS, TAKE ME BACK THERE PLEASE, AWAY FROM TODAY'S SHALLOW AND HOLLOW CRAP WHICH IS BEING PASSED OFF AS MUSIC

[90125ify]

@78hiwatts THIS IS THE SHIT.BUT TRULEY CAN YOU DIG IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BlueEliminator1]

Good song

[LexiecutieM70]

Love this song soooo much <3 thanks for making a video thats not live

[loremipsum42]

It's the right title. I love this song

[AnGeLgOrE1]

it`s the right, can`t you hear???? ;-)

I`ve seen them In Hamburg . Great

[frozen8864]

wrong title for the song

[chucke1963]

@frozen8864

NOT!