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  • die tanz art wahr einfach nur funny

  • Un Grand merci Grande découverte pour moi!!!

    <3<3<3

  • En ce temps là Van Halen et Michael Jackson jouaient ensemble.

  • shell suit and moon boots...and he was still the coolest! :-)

  • LOVE this song, Scritti Politti are fantastic

  • ... Nike shell suits, part of the 80's that still brings near fatal flashbacks, but this is still an incredible song from a great band

  • @TheCynicalbitch LOOOL!!!

  • "where the words are vodca clear forgetfulness has brought us near.... to love"

  • @TheBlister4u Thanks- my favorite track off Cupid & Psyche '85, but couldn't figure out the lyrics!

  • @gemini16th You are welcome, my dear!

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  • Who is the female-drummer?

    She is HOT!!!!!

  • Not the strangest costuming of Midsummer I've ever seen; that would be the one with Puck in red leather and a mohawk. But it's up there. Incidentally Green's getup here would have fit right in with the Rustics from that production

  • hipster @ 2:53

  • This is a great song! Please take me back...!

  • All I was doing was typing in Scritti Politti in Itunes and sampled this and I love it! :)

  • I think scritti politti lead singer was a serious contender for most androgynous new wave musician ever.

  • cant believe this only has 73k hits,they are legends

  • wicked stylie shellsuit

    

  • lol @ 1:12, ClearEyes...?

  • I love this, it's so... weird? The set, the fashions... and the song is wonderful. Love it.

  • Magnifique morceau, quelle époque ces années 80

  • love it brill

  • He seems a bit feminine, I do love their music though, I've not seen him before or heard this. Nice :)

  • My "Absolute" favorite song of all time. Reminds me of my freshman year (1985). It's taken me 26 years to see this video. What a great treat.

  • To anyone lucky enough to make it to the tiny Scritti shows in London this week... it was so wonderful to hear these Cupid & Psyche era tracks played again absolutely brilliantly. Green's genius is unique: it was a privilege to shake his hand after 25+ years loving this record.

  • @midlander4 I was there Friday eve...spectacular!

  • Green Gartside and Mike Edwards could be twins. Sexy dudes.

  • Beautiful song, but jesus green what the hell are you wearing, a shell suit tucked in boots, the only thing you've ever done wrong. love the voice though, sounds like a draft under the door, but works lovely.

  • whoa sweet video! what's with the eyedrops? :)

  • Why the hell don't I get this on my andriod?

    These guys should be proud of themselves, I mean really really

  • Great song, i was forgotten it :-[

  • Nah,it was'nt filmed at the Scala....thats wrong Kitty,it was in Mile End....Sarah Gregory did the make-up (Glenn Gregory's Mrs,Heaven 17 etc),took 2 days to make this cack video but we got paid for it as we all worked @ The Fridge in Brixton,then were taken on as "extras" for loads of films afterwards when we got signed up with UglyAgency.....

  • @wendywoooo112 Gosh! My mishtake! Can't remember trekking all the way to Mile End on my bike...but it WAS a long time ago... haha!!

  • This was actually filmed at the New Half Moon in Mile End. Check the fake poster on the intro.

    A great day with a fine dj, the door whores from London's coolest clubs, and a bunch of the best street dancers in town. Shout to Jai and the Kryptic Crew for all the networking and ligging that came out of this.

    Aldabra were a smart production company who got it bang on with this one.

    I'm in the vid, but modesty forbids.

  • Very magical song i thought, when i was a little kid, i remember.

  • superb

  • Thumbs up if you had one of those Nike liteweight jackets as a teen !

  • Green is so cute in this vid - reminds me back to when I first loved Green & Scritti in the early eighties..... "where the words are Vodka clear".....

  • Love love love this vid - it's the best one on the net!!!! Thanks xxx

  • Great memories!! Great Dancin' KV!!

  • Hey, is that John Cusack dancing on the right side of the band?

  • @reptiliankitteneater That's hillarious! = D

  • @reptiliankitteneater Yeah...either that or it's Allan Cummings or Pee Wee Herman!!! = )

  • Ahahaha Dean and Daniel!

  • This album brings back memories. I love this music and I loved the 80's.

  • It's so good to see there are other fans of this band out there. And yes, a moose head does go well with a jogging suit. (wtf?)

  • Whose the drummer?

  • This guy is so freaking hot!!!! gotta love the 80's!! wish he was now my age (23)

  • Green played with Heaven 17, Midge Ure, Sandy Shaw, Boy George and others last night at a BEF music night. He hardly looks any older.

    This song is way ahead of its time and doesn't seem to age.

  • Nice to see all those club freak faces again, and door whores galore!.

    It's kinda weird seeing us dancing to electropop, when most of us were into deeper US dance music.. That said, they were a very cool band, and Green was no stranger to the world of weird..

    And yeah, I'm in it, but modesty forbids. This shoot saved everyone a lot of queueing and paying for a long time after..

  • This has been my favorite band for years!

  • Can you upload Wood Beez as well?

  • This was filmed at The Scala in Kings Cross in 1984. We were all invited to a 'party' which turned out to be this video shoot...that's me twirling around at 1:33. Good times!

  • @KittyVortex you're hot !

  • @KittyVortex Love this...nice one at 1:33 Kitty Vortex!! :)

  • @KittyVortex Very lucky. This turned out to be one of my favorite albums of all time, and you have been immortalized with it. That's great. :)

  • @KittyVortex wow..how cool!!!!

  • @KittyVortex lucky you & looking truly fab! :) love this song x

  • Classic time capsule of mid-80's fashion! Check out the guy in the rest room wearing the Body Map vest! I used to wear that stuff! Omgosh! Thank you for posting this video! I loved this song then & still do now! :-)

  • Ohhh....where have the times gone.. I remember vividly turning the volume WAY up while I was working in the supermarket's storage room in late 1984, taking an illegal break just to enjoy listening to this song. It was orgasmic, I loved it. One of those precious memories.....

  • @clarity4clarity its rainman..!!!

  • absolutely like it....!!!

  • @linorf  it's Green - der!!

  • In my top 3 80's records, fabulous, thanks for uploading this!  PLAY IT LOUD!!!!!!

  • Absolutely fabulous!!!!

  • Viva Cwmbran

  • Do I see MOON BOOTS??!!!

  • I really miss the 1980s. Unemployment and that pig named Thatcher BUT the music was incredible.

  • WHEREFORE ART THOU, THE EIGHTIES??

  • Yep, thanks .

  • kind a raw video but the song is fantastic.

  • Ooooh never say this before , it's great, thank you!!

  • Brings back great memories of June 1984, it was a glorious summer, and I was studying for my A Levels back then.

    I remember using 1980's styled nylon shell-suits as pyjamas, and they were sooo very nice when worn in bed - the soft nylon lining next to the skin made me sleep very well!!!

  • was that guy putting LSD in his eyeballs? what was going on at 1:10?

  • @seven11dmd

    ...and at 2:20 ??

  • @seven11dmd ...Vodka drops (Absolute) get it? Supposed to get you drunk faster.

  • I doubt Green made any money from his pop career

  • i love this song soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much

  • "C&P" I mean...

  • "C&S" still sounds fresh today. Pure joy!

  • So Fag...yet just the best beats from this time...

  • rewind the 80's concert on sky bestival soon.

  • shell suits and EVERYTHING!

  • I miss the 80's. :-(

  • lol my dad said he was in a dance group like those guy.

    

  • OMG!! Love Scritti Politti, Awesome, Awesome, Awesome!!!

  • this video is so creepy.

  • @insomb ... it is, in a way, isn't it? That's one reason I like it. That "Absolute" that they're dropping into their eyes... kinda sinister on one hand, and symbolic, of course, on the other, as per the lyrics.  I love it! Great imagery!

  • I just love his voice and the beat wasn't bad either. 

  • Best dance ever at 0:59!! :D

  • loving the tracksuit :)

  • what was the name of the girl who played drums? she's so cool

  • @newellgirl ... don't know her name, but she was one of Green's art-college friends. She was in the first Wood Beez video as well.

  • @Tre404 cheers yeah she's cool in the wood beez clip..tah..

  • man transport me to 1985 PLEASE!!!

  • NIKE FULL SHELL SUIT AT THIS TIME IN HISTORY WAS THE HEIGHT OF FASHION AS ALWAYS ONE STEP AHEAD GG. 

  • You just don't know - I LOVE THIS SONG! When I brought the 12" for Wood Beez, this was on the other side. I freaked! Ever since then, I've been hooked on Green and the fellas. I cut my chops as a DJ playing these records. Thanks! :-)

  • I love this, wish I was one of the cool set in the eighties, looks like a blast

  • thank you so much for this, love it

  • Scritti Politti's "Cupid And Psyche 85"- one of two of my favorite albums from 1985 (the other being Kate Bush's "House Of Love").

  • @MyJunior1975 My exact 2 favorite albums of 1985 as well!

  • @Scottoftl I just looked at my comment, and I just realized that I called Kate Bush's album "House Of Love", and not the actual title "Hounds Of Love", LMAO!!!

    Also, I should have included two other favorites of mine from 1985- Phil Collins' "No Jacket Required" and Paul Young's "The Secret Of Association". That's what old age does to you...makes you real forgetful, LOL!!!

  • @MyJunior1975 Feeling old doesn't begin to describe it. God, this album I played the cassette tape until it broke, then played the CD until it cracked. They just don't make music like this anymore!

  • @Scottoftl Actually, they do still make music like this. The problem is that it gets no support from the people- the very same people that demand it, ironically. More than likely, you'll find people that make music like this in the world of indie rock.

  • @MyJunior1975 Phil Collins...Paul Young...Noooooo!

  • @TheVascoPaiva Don't hate dude...don't hate, LOL!!

  • re. mogger11 - try Arif Mardin!

  • Green... what is WITH that outfit?

  • @kcaj789 Feel the same about the jogging outftit!!! BUT...LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT! Especially that original SP vids are rare. Most of the Scritti songs we have here have a still image of an album cover for a ''video''.

    A funny part: Maher & Gamson's typical white men dance moves.

    Yeah, they have instruments that pretend keep them busy (which is a relief for our poor eyes), cos it'd be worst if they didn't and dance throughout the whole song. hahaha

  • @daypeshmodd ... Gamson is in the video, but he's not dancing. He's at the keyboard stage left. The guy in the blue cap (dancing) is not Gamson. And Maher isn't in the video at all.

  • @Tre404Never noticed guy in blue cap.

    When I say dancing,I mean little dance moves while playing to really dancing. U have no close-up of the band, except drummer & guitarist & there r a lot of look-alikes.Maher was drummer in the band,should be him at the drums, but the guitarist is his spitting image,so I thought''why not?''

    Gamson is w black t-shirt sitting behind keyboard: 100% sure. Here I made mistake cos I recognized him but later in the vid confused him with mixer wearing jean coat.

  • @daypeshmodd ... Yeah, David Gamson definitely made distinctive moves behind the keyboards! lol.... He does this in "Perfect Way" and "The Word Girl" as well.  He really feels the music, you can tell.

  • @Tre404 Had to cut out things I wanted to say. Have the vinyls from the time & lots magazines too.Know what Maher & Gamson looked like. The guy at the guitar looks so much like Maher, it's uncanny. Maybe he did play guitar:would have to look it up & even if I find nothing about it,I think it's still him in vid , besides everyone pretends to play. Agreed doesn't make much sense he's not at the drums.Gamson was never tall & skinny like other keyboard player. Which left do you mean? Ours? theirs?

  • @daypeshmodd: Stage left" is a theatrical term, and it's "our" right. It's left, to them, as they face the audience.

    No, Maher didn't mime guitar in any Scritti productions. This is definitely not him (I don't even think the resemblance is close, myself; just my opinion)

    I've most of the vinyl as well, from "Skank Bloc" on up. They're my favourite 'white' band, and what a vast palette of musical sounds throughout the years! I think "Perfect Way" is among the top 5 best pop songs of all time.

  • @Tre404 Sorry to reply for the 3rd time. But just did a search on Maher (don't just go on wiki, check the links & the links to the links). Maher does lots of things aside from being drummer, namely guitarist, programmer (what I called mixer earlier), producer, etc...

  • @daypeshmodd ... No sorries necessary! :) Sharing info is always cool. I do know about Maher's other activities (among my favourites is his production work for Kevin Paige!!) .... ANYONE involved in Scritti's works is awesome!

  • @Tre404 All is cool! Didn't follow their respective work after SP. Also have SBBologna(song only),but after that, have everything from SP except that despite all the many 12 '' I have, surely don't have them all.

    Perfect Way IS a gem! Gamson: already told u I made a mistake,he doesn't move at all. Maher: we have to agree to disagree,can't help but think it's him on guitar. Is the comment fave ''white band'' litteral? If it's an expression don't know it.

    Always a pleasure to meet a real SP fan!

  • Absolute drops = ClearEyes.

  • I love this song <3

  • Green in a shell suit ....fantastic !!!

  • Perfect pop song. Perfect vid. How did Green manage to mix it with the black Americans armed only with a shell suit that a scouser would baulk at? But mix it he did!

  • @mogger11 .... these were black Britons. Not Americans.

  • When did you upload this? I uploaded it a couple of years ago and tried since and Iw as denied. Maybe the clip is now officially allowed on You Tube. i HOPE it stays up this time around!!!!!

  • a complete god

  • what kind of drogs in the eyes??

  • This version cuts out a great instrumental right before the final bridge. Booooo.

  • Thanks for the post! Great song!!

    I am curious, however, as to what Green is wearing here. It says on the door at the beginning "A Midsummer Nights Dream". Is it going to happen in space, Green? Did David Bowie lend you unused costumes from "A Space Odyssey"?

  • @brianab31 ... it's a reference to a Shakespeare play, as is the donkey get-up at the end. And Green is wearing a Nike track suit, all the rage that year among black folks in the burgeoning international hip-hop community.

  • right on. keeping funky 80's alive. many memories

  • Hearing this song is always a breath of fresh air. Thanks for sharing it with us!!

  • Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay finally someones uploaded it brill!

  • They're music is great!

    But the lead singer sounds like he is on helium

    My opinion.

  • Tremendous track - still sounds fresh and is FAR FAR better than some cack out there today - thanks for uploading it! :-D

  • Green Gartside, such a handsome man, great singer, great songs, but a SHELLSUIT??? I don't remember that! Still love him though.

  • Wow that's a Man at the start. Before you seen him and just heard the voice, I thought it was a woman.

  • This is absolutely a classic! When I listen this song first time, I was so surprised the variety of the synth sounds and different echoes he puts into one short sequence.

  • I owned the album this is on originally on vinyl and bought a cd recently. It's aged really well - I love it.

  • @Joeinlosangeles

    me too have all his records on vinyl then just bought his cd with the hits on this is one of my faves he had such a distinctive voice, does anyone recommend his recent stuff?

  • OMG! A Million Thank You's for posting this! <3 it!

  • OMG! A Million Thank You's for posting this! <3 it!

  • Thanks for uploading love it.

  • tune any lyrics love to no what hes on about/

  • Thanks.

  • Well done!!...there's finally a decent version!!!

    I loved his music in the 80's and this was one of my faves....and Wood Beez!!!

    Thanx!!!!...x

  • @funkysexy69

    You're welcome!

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