Westworld Sonic Boom Boy

[Nicknodule]

Think one of the gutarists in this one was ex-Generation X. Tony James? (Remember folks with Billy Idol)

[MYBIGKINDHEART]

what version is with woody woodpecker and bugs

[mrpeepants]

bring back totp!

[Danoli95]

Great post, thank-you!

[MrBomber467]

Pretty great song - saw them live Sure Mrco (ex-of Adam and Ants) was on gutiar but may have been wrong

[thetartqhill]

wat ever happen to her

[sacgrinner]

Heard them on Radio 1 interview which said they were the future of pop music. Didn't quite work out that way but a great tune nevertheless. Elizabeth is such a sexy madonna clone!

[MyNameIsBiff]

I would love to have one moment of fame in my life by starring in some long-ago video clip. Would be so cool to say you were the bloke who turns into a rocket or the popcorn girl.

[robmacgillivray]

@MyNameIsBiff Wonderful comment! The popcorn girl is Rebecca Lacey, she is rather wonderful UK actress and still working (in much better stuff, she did this as a favour). She is the godmother of my children. The 'sonic boom boy' himself, who turns into a rocket, is my brother-in-law, Pete. He hated the whole experience and we would never have used him, but the lead singer of the band insisted we use him after she saw him doing the cel painting of the animation in the office.

[MyNameIsBiff]

@robmacgillivray - Thanks for the info Rob, it's always nice to find out what happened behind the scenes. I was the 'right' age when I saw this clip and it's always been lodged in my childhood memory, just how colourful and unusual it was. It's amazing to have this stuff so available on the internet these days, and the ability of the people involved to comment on it!

[shmuli9]

I bought this 45 - it was QUITE a big hit in Seattle...

[cy8rm4n]

More trying to sound like 21st century Eddie Cochrane from a former Generation X member. Top stuff at the time, shame they didn't last.

[babydollrox]

oh dear! But LOL at Rebecca Lacey!

[lineswine]

I wonder if the Gorrilaz have seen/been influenced by this?

[therocketroy]

im flying high my name is rocketroy lol.happy days

[Ashtree1976]

Wow, I haven't seen or heard this track since I bought this as a single!!

[AntGirl71]

Cos I'm flying high on a rocket in the sky...

[MrEddiehall]

im flyin high im a rocket in the skyyyyyyyyyyyy

[Blardoni2]

Yeaaaah !!!

[sgtpoe]

because it was good 80s was kak

[ChristiBirchfield]

Tammy Muncey!

[TheBoyCub]

Ha, I bought this. ;-) Still sounds good.

[jsbx5]

WHOA! Had no idea they did a video for this...LOVE IT! Thanks for the post...good times back in the day

[wingbitchwoo]

sonic boom a boom boi

[warfare73]

do they have any relationship with sigue sigue sputnik?

the sound is familiar...

[Lennie690]

@warfare73

Derwood (The guy on the left) was in Generation X (Billy Idol's band) with Tony James of Sigue Sigue Sputnik!! There's the connection!!

[warfare73]

@Lennie690 thank you :)

[Giners66]

Ah! That's what I thought too ha ha

[cataze01]

This was also used as a link in the BBC Formula 1 programme (during the Murray Walker years) as a lead into the pit lane walkabout

[Dalmaik]

@cataze01 Bloody hell I'd forgotten about that.

[sharona1981]

Damn I adore this song!!

[TheSham75]

go and drown in one

[Geraldo123]

This is on the new Sony Advertisement! Great Song!

[krooga1001]

Elizabeth is hot !!!

[cazkenton2003]

still have my vinyl copy too! loved em. long live the rockabilly x

[ButtercupTwinkle]

GREAT SONG! and their look too!

[SpuriousEmission]

I'd suggest NOT eating the popcorn!

[cazkenton2003]

fecking amazing band. i still remember queung outside our price shop to get my first copy....still have it now....FAB BAND AND FAB ALBUM

[memoir4you]

the video is like the movie who framed roger rabbit..

[MZP102]

Holy shit it's taken 2 years to find this song. Memories!! Yes!! A true forgotten GEM. The whole album rocked. BRING IT BCK!!

[xRedRockerx]

I have tights like that but they're BLUE! Lol

[MarcianoMMA]

Your showing your age now! lol

[MaskedMan66]

What are they made of? I've wondered ever since I first saw this back when. PVC?

[tali4569]

Love it -one of the best songs from the 80s

Awesome guitar solo

[frantasium]

start of chorus gives dat sort of thrill

[diesonneuk]

Tune!!!

Love it!

[centuriontaxi]

love it aint had this in my ears 4 along time.take me back to when i had a scooter.long live vespasxxxxxxxxxx

[ventilla]

the singer looks prettier on cartoon than in real life

[mortimerlove]

I BLOODY LOVE THIS GROUP! I lost the album years ago! Never knew there was a video! Wow!

[atomicboomboy]

woop i found it

[frammit]

Gosh! this brings back memories!

[Pamultimate]

Haven't heard this for yonks, it sank without trace. Good little tune though.

[xRedRockerx]

Yeah! I love this song. It's on an advert at the moment. And those tights are AWESOME!

[piplup2009]

seen this on sony advert thought it would be a 2000 sumthing song

[djvambo]

Got the "12 of this somewhere. Will have to dig it out.

[roadrunnergeoff]

She looks like a female Elvis ?

What a fuckin rocky track ? a Classic.

Got the 12in single , got bugs bunny sampled on it.Long Live Westwood bring them back.

[darrenforster99]

Just remembered what a top song this is after seeing it on the Sony Centre adverts in the UK this week (they use the chorus)

[parlemon]

once I heard this on the advert had to find it on here........love it thou its stuck in my head

[chrisflegg]

what is she wearin on her legs?! they must have killed her!

[lordhendry]

a great blast from the past,

good work fella.........

[ztr666]

Same as ,just heard it on the tv on an advert for sony,what a classic !

[redfan1971]

Had forgotten how great this song was. Then heard it on an advert, now its stuck in my head.

[wutangstan]

Crikey oh mikey, back in the day she was my dream lady, still is really :) sigh.

[blue2468me]

this bird is fit, tell me she is single

[DarkAngel182]

Westworld, they were popular for all of 3 hits back in the day!

Pity really, I kinda liked them!

[rededucator]

Hard to believe that this is 21 years old, remember to strutting to this the year Ileft school. Now it's been used in the new Sony ad

[gustercc]

your related to these cats? Tell them this was the theme to someone's summer here in the states.

[flippingflop1234]

Great,Catchy & it's got the hooks all over.She's got more range than a nuke.

[jamielicious]

Very good, a bit Sigue Sigue Sputnik minus the outfits.

[fatpizzaman]

Not surprising because Derwood Andrews and Tony James from SSS first worked together in the punk band Generation X with Billy Idol in the late 70's.

[ONESMARTCOOKIE1]

like this song from my early teens going to the local roller disco (roller blades so don't get them).

[XLOOKXATXMEXNDXSMILE]

She Came To My Dw Partyy

Hey Elizebeth

:)

[Gulftastic]

Why do you never see this on 80's nostalgia shows?

Great stuff.

[TheBeardedMadonna]

She was gorgeous....sassy as sassy can be!

[barriobajaj]

I still have my 12" single of this song. Too bad they never took off in the states.

[jibbajon]

Elizabeth and derwood went on to form a band called moondog, I believe theres an album available on amazon.

[R2D2Antics]

Love this band,still got all the singles. crazy anne is a great track.

[Squalitube]

Crazy annes the best track we did

[ecc84]

still have the album on vinyl

great stuff

[kristian131071]

Thank you Thank you Thank you oh my god you made my fukin day with this

[u11113901]

ah yes, old memories! good song

[Dr435]

Ahhhhhhh, memories!.... Excellent- thanx for sharing.

[chopper270]

Yeah, I loved this, and still do. I remember it when it first came out, and it stands up well. Does any one know how to get the video for BaNaNaBamBoom?

[maskrado]

They were INCREDIBLE! What a great sound: rockabilly + hip hop + ? Whatever happened to them? I've got a greatest hits CD (plus everything on vinyl that I could get my hands on), and almost all of it ranges from very good to great.

[gygg]

think the gossip ripped of that guitar riff

[MaskedMan66]

Elizabeth Westwood-- what a voice!!!!!!!!!

[tradings]

love this video thanks for putting it up shame theres no more videos buy westworld i remember silver mac and banannabamboo and where the action is has enyone got these videos?

[26061967]

thanks ! I always have the vynil records.... but not the vynil recorder