BA Robertson - Knocked It Off

[sallyos06460]

OMG I remember how fucking awful this song was. LMAO

[dachudsta]

This was my 1st ever 7 inch record... i was 11

[monkeysmollock]

What the fuck...

[SeventiesMania]

0:24 Can't believe his 'nose' mime when he says he's available for barmitzvahs, he'd be banned off the telly for that today!

[geoffdoor]

remember when that girl from BOW WOW WOW was very rude and rather rather nasty to him he should have told her to just fuck off

[LauraLondonN1]

Did you know that B.A. stands for Branderson Anderson, which is why he just abbreviated it to B.A.?

[Springamatul]

II thought BA robertson was Scottish but he sounds like he from London.

[chezzeeX]

There's a shop down by me called,"Knocked Offs". lol i find this funny. Its a good song though.

[sandi43able]

had this on vinyl but got rid of it.

[estorilbluem]

I thought it was a granada ghia! Not sone old mini cab?

[Starzone88]

my mum was 9 when this song was out, now... shes 41 im 12 lol!

[rouens]

is this rap maybe his scotiish does come through on his rap here

[SeventiesMania]

@rouens right from 'talk to me pop' to 'think am gonna rough it' is pure Glasgow! But otherwise, he covers it superbly. Reminds me of the tv series on at the time, Flambards... costume drama, the lead actress was talking all RP, but was Glaswegian as well!

[rtok07]

Fuck Me it's Rob Brydon lol

[JohnnyFavorite1970]

I love BA, even more because he looks like Sid The Sexist from Viz.

> gumph! <

[planetrockford]

Totally original, no place for this type of inspired effort in todays charts.

[rebirth3X]

Takes me back but, what the hell is he going on about!!!!

[smck001]

@rebirth3X

About Bang Bang getting to no 1 I'd imagine?

[MrNutter69]

well thks for this bring,s back so many memour,s and the gezzer who, says a load a tripe you a wanker mate lol.

[SlushPile]

What a load of tripe!

[sussexmews]

The69goddess , I was joking you div!.....can't you see the similarity?

[sussexmews]

The69goddess , I was joking you div!.....can't you see the similary?

[Jaqshit]

this song grows on me like facial hair. I like it.

[HughieDixon]

Jesus, some forgotten memories are best left undisturbed

[pa20002000]

the guy on keyboards must be a relation - I mean what are the odds of getting two so ugly in a band unless they were family...

[sussexmews]

Has also knocked one out (B side). Preferred hios later work as Weird Al Jankovic

[The69goddess]

@sussexmews fyi this is not the guy that became Weird Al that was an American, Alfred Matthew.

[87SaL87]

I thought he was a young Rob Brydon at first hahaha ;)

[tonybolonixx]

Great song ! and an early example of the rap genre ?,amazing how those (c)rappers make so much fuss about talking over a rhythm track,and think they're so original.....M.C B.A in the house.ha ha .Nice one,geezer.

[96rottie]

@tonybolonixx Actually mate, I hadn't thought of that, good point, 50 cent, get back into school and learn some facts. word.

[chezzeeX]

Good song!

[CLPache]

Vintage stuff! The man's a Scot, you'd never believe it though. You can almost hear it when he says "ah think ah'm gonna rough it"... otherwise this is pure Mockney.

What a pity Kid Jensen's outro was cut off after "I don't know about you - ". My guess for the end of the sentence is " - but I thought that was crap".

[stphilippe4]

The other hits of BA Robertson in England, are To be or not to be, kool in the caftan and Bang bang, all 4 titles from the LP Initial success(1979).

[northymanda]

brilliant song :)

[kulika73]

Poor old Kid Jensen, having to introduce this smug talent vaccuum on TOTP more than once.

[nikedinburgh]

I took photographs of B.A. in The Usher Hall a zillion years' ago.  I especially liked the fact that he was sweating like a trouper in "Cool in a Kaftan"!

[Aidankiwi]

@nikedinburgh Shit I was at the Usher Hall that night! BA was far better as a songwriter though in all honesty.

[rogerhoward555]

Listen to how BA USES HIS VOCAL .

ALL SHADES OF VOCAL EXPRESSION.

JUST UNIQUE.

[rtok07]

At the exact same time this track came out, you'll see the resemblance to Kevin Keegan LMAO,, nice one B.A,,, gotta love the mullet

[mattstrange]

did anyone else notice the hand gesture he made after he said Bat Mitzvahs?

[beatle608]

@mattstrange ha!  I actually LOL'd to that

[walbru1]

Ah, the days when music was music and talent shone thru...............far better than anything Jay Z could muster. This man should have been bigger than the Stones with rhyming couplets like his.

[Jetstarboy]

sounds like a cross between tommy cooper and norman wisdom LOL !!

[kimonui]

the weirdest junk i have ever seen. and I have seen it all.

[0ua8]

@kimonui Aye...This guy needed career advice,like..don't try to be a Ian Dury copycat,don't go near a microphone and...get a job that doesn't involve singing.The worst load of joyless crap i've ever heard.Up there with Minders christmas song.I would imao describe this as offensive,not even funny

[patc161]

The first hip hop rap star in Britain? I thinks so;-)

[northymanda]

@patc161 ha ha, :)

[iblinkforblink182]

Hahhaa i love this guy ! (:

[Possum97]

Blimey! I've just heard this again for the first time since dancing to it at the school Christmas disco in 1979 aged 10,and can recall making many naughty thoughts about what had been "knocked off" as I twisted about opposite a girl classmate laughing herself silly to this tune.

[stuieeeeee1234]

Nice Muff Cut!!!!!

[harfarhs]

The single had "Gucci parking place" not "BBC parking place". Like the Granada reference, clearly a hurried replacement forced on them by TOTP management.

[Darwinion]

Yeah... why does he say Minicab instead of Granada Ghia? Did the BBC think it was advertising?! FFS!!!!

[kenfig]

B A Robertson ; underrated songwriter ; wrote Carrie by Cliff Richard

[Possum97]

How ironic,as his biggest UK hit,Bang Bang reached No2 in September 1979,kept off the top spot by Cliff himself with We Don't Talk Anymore.

[kenfig]

yeah good point and Bang Bang is a great one - i think he wrote Cliffs follow up 'Hot Shot' autumn 79 hit too

[Cliffsings1]

@Possum97

He also co wrote Wired For Sound for Cliff.

[aviaviam]

nice song

[grahamzx9r]

Mini cab instead of Granada Ghia at 1.17,

I had a Granada Ghia when this came out!

[1103nina]

Wonderful!!!!!!!

[vonpork]

More than a passing nod at Ian Dury's Reasons to be Cheerful

[GeminiSpaceship]

errr.. he knocked it off!

[bundleHastings]

You can see at 1:17 he clearly lip-synchs "Pop folk are fickle". Also on the lyric sites they have "Even talk to me pork" (1:07) which is ridiculous because people dont talk to pork lol and anyway it has to rhyme with "shops". The line should be "Even talk to me Pop" meaning his father - ie. even though he's a celebrity he still talks to his father.

[bundleHastings]

Hilarious lyrics, a wonderful piss take of so-called celebrities who basically just got lucky, then think they are superior beings to the rest of us. Shame that on all lyrics sites they have a line wrong: They say "Talk like a vicar" when it ought to be "Pop folk are fickle".

[NyeTunes]

I dunno why this was in their "Worst Songs Ever" montage... you never see our shitty American pop singers giving such an animated performance.

[Jetstarboy]

ha i remember this....sounds a bit like Brucey (nice to see you....nice!)

[Perranporth]

Awesome song from my childhood. But I wonder if the big nose gesture to indicate Bar Mitzvahs would humour the BBC of today as it did back then?

[herringthorpe]

lovely chin !!

[mrdee11091]

long time no hearing with this upbeat track from ba ,,, thanks