The (English) Beat - Save It For Later

[gregstar28]

Is the rhythm guitar player tripping off ketamine?

[gregstar28]

The most animatronic crowd in history.

[h2so4bandsvideos]

Matured

[h2so4bandsvideos]

Matured

[esl190]

I want to go back in time. I had a bi-level hair cut and slip on checker board vans.

[adammacer]

lol at the flumps front row..

[kevo4369]

Why didn't the crowd get up and SKANK their butts off???!!! They are watching LIVE English BEAT!!!

[BigBrauner]

Where's Saxa? 

[xensor]

Lol@ the look he gave after that strategically placed pause in the line "just hold my hand while I come ... to a decision on it". I was lucky enough to see these guys in concert. I was up in the front and I got so crushed by the surging crowd that I was sore for about a week. So worth it though. I also had a trenchcoat, a scooter, vinyls of The Style Council, EBTG's Love Not Money, and of course a cassette with this song from The Beat, who had just turned into General Public.

[hacker54189]

joyous and happy

[dillinger9999]

to all young people! listen to this music! it's real music, the end.

[PaulMunro83]

2 dislikes?????

[houstonveer]

Easily one of the undisputed masterpieces of the entire pop canon. Can you name a song that FEELS better? Okay, Tubthumping and Take On Me are both pretty good.

[iWILLluvHIM4ever100]

Greg Proops' Podcast brought me here

[7855waldo]

GREAT, but what is that HISS?!?!?!

[5eurocups2005]

@7855waldo it's just bad audio i think

[rarteaga]

@7855waldo it's called VHS.

[7855waldo]

@rarteaga - Thanks! By coincidence, someone tonight came up with the solution to a mountain of those little fuckers that I've saved - onto DVD / hard drive they go. Some herd cats, I'm herding VHSs.

[christoJihad2]

Are they playing in a mental hospital? Because the 'crowd' looks just this side of comatose. This band was so good! I miss those days when I was young and stupid. Well, I'm still stupid, but I was young, anyway.

[funch357]

I've loved this band since early '80s but never really saw what they looked like til I saw this video today. Never realized Dave Wakeling was so hot!

[funch357]

So colorful!



[Dwaynerade]

It's John Locke on violin! Awesome band; they sound great live.

[forestgumpaed]

class act .

[JRCrowley]

British music..... NUMBER ONE

[billicks]

I take it this isn't a Beat gig...The crowd look like they'd be more comfortable licking windows.

[twistedsistaqteu]

@billicks it was from an 80`s late night itv programme called OTT. totally manic & hosted by chris tarrant if my memory is correct lol

[forestgumpaed]

they hit the big time at the right time , considering they were on go feet records , were distribution and everything thats in selling the banwas no match for the bigger labels .class act ..

[myoozikluvver]

Monsignor David.........I relish the thought of still watching your your tube vids in 10, 20 years hence.....the best musical timing on here, and still so listenable....

[localiser1]

the layers to this song are mad mad cool. quite beautiful sax, dreamy violin and skankin' beat (pun intended)

[farmer1967]

That's the 80, s for you !! Fucking brilliant !

[bennevisplace]

Long live skaaa

[modfather1965]

Freekin' great band, they were... Love the Vox Teardrop Wakeling plays, also Cox and Steele's movements on stage. Roger is also fab. One of the best bands out of the late 70's/early 80's...

[ih8tbush]

"just hold my hand while I come" incendiary wit !

[Debbie01yates]

Great song:-)

[heatherflof]

oohhh dave wakeling - fantastic!!

[ThePieIsLie]

They remind me a lot of Madness.

[itsthelolocaust]

@ThePieIsLie i agree also me too...

[localiser1]

is that dammers tickling the ivories? certainly looks like him ...

[SoulstylistJukebox]

@localiser1 No mate, that's The Beat's keyboard player Dave "Blockhead" . He joined the band in '81.

[rovinvideo]

Good call jagdzpanzer ,I totally missed it, LOL. RV.

[jagdzpanzer]

don't look now...but mr. blue shirt stumbles a bit at 1:25 lol..the look on his face is pretty funny when it happens. anyway, good tune. have liked it since the first day i heard it.

[lovesexpistols134]

The white guys in the group are hot:)

[skysweeper65]

uhhhmmm, they must've been somkin Pott or on acid. Is it the happy pill...

[rockinkitten]

They should have handed some out to the audience... geez what a lame lot that is!

[francys9]

this song is coooool.....

[rush622112]

I,ve had the pleasure of seeing the Beat on several occasions.Starting in the 80's and as recently as 2007. Dave Wakeling has stood the test of time. Pete townshend loves to cover this song.NOW that says something.Whenever he performs this song, he has no problem letting the crowd know that it originates from the Beat.And,yes,long live the Pistols!

[pbl1]

@rush622112 - Townshend butchers this song, unfortunately.

[PiratesStoleMyToast]

@rush622112 So you'd say The Beat still rock live? 'Cause come May I get the pleasure of seeing them. I'm pretty excited, second Ska concert I've got the pleasure of going to.

[rush622112]

@PiratesStoleMyToast

[rush622112]

@PiratesStoleMyToast Yes my friend, I saw Dave and the gang recently and they were absolutely great. Dave was on a role that night and really worked the audience with a great sense of humor ! GO see them, you won't be disappointed !

[stefaniegeroianni]

@rush622112 you suck! lol! haha, im jealous :P haha. I saw Dave and Roger once, in San Diego mid nineties. They opened for Gene Loves Jezebel. After Dave and Roger left the stage, so did the audience! haha, I'll never forget how BAD I felt for poor Gene's. haha!

[lovesexpistols134]

The english beat one of the best groups in the 80s beside the sex pistols .

[humboldt777]

A blond and a black. How english!

[iheartthe80s]

The original, the best. Love you Dave Wakeling!!

[thebestpathetic]

Nowhere near as good as the harvey danger version

[isitrealgood]

You're right. You're pathetic.

Harvey Danger sucked.

[thebestpathetic]

Fuck you harvey danger kicked this piece of shit ot death,

and if names mean what we are you shoud be the stinking cunt

[Darkdesertmoon1]

Oh, teenage years, so care free.

[lovesexpistols134]

I love this song i like this version it was good back then and still good this day.

[CharlotteVa]

Great song then, great song NOW.

[makitfunkee]

Toh' ally Agree!

[ninelivecat]

Andy Rubber Legs Cox and Dave Shuffle Steel went on to the Fine Young Canibals

and came up with cool tracks like Johnny and Good Thing

[ohio1968javelin]

ha ha that crowd SUCKS!Classic great tune,

[spiffyblackcat]

One of the best bands of all time! Thanks for the tune.

[deanhamilton]

That guy in the front row sitting on his ass should be taken outside and pummeled. Glad he was too stupid to understand he was listening to one of the greatest songs ever.

[hampden12]

that,ma man,was a feckin great post!

in there

[bassrawk]

Playback? Their instruments aren't wired and the sax isn't mic'ed?

[dougaldog2002]

Vocals are live, music is playback. This is quite a common practise, or at least used to be, to give a live "feel"

[ninelivecat]

Cello is Live must be

[ninelivecat]

This version is nice

[mezzofondo]

One of the all-time great songs, though I have seen more excited crowds in a morgue.

[ShadeMcVay]

I know, right? hahahaha... I loved these guys so much. I actually got in trouble one night at the restaurant I worked at, because I wanted THIS SONG playing while we cleaned up. Right? Energetic? Happy-ish? Sing-a-long-able? but no, the owner of the resto came out screaming "TURN THAT DOWN! IT'S TOO HYPER!"...

uh, what? it's just... good. soul lifting. screw UB40, english beat was the original feel good version of "new wave".

[blackrustedvan]

One of the best versions of an already awesome song. I love the violin and cello especially.

[SLEEPYTOESLALA]

Original Verson, and still the Best Version!

[scodug]

I saw th eEnglish Beat in the early 90's in oakland at the greek theatre. some rapper opened that sucked and i let him know it...lucky i didn;t get killed...great show after that though. MAGIK....

[rodchristopher]

nice one adding this. good times indeed. naff audience tho!

[Harpooner1830]

absolutely awesome performance ... thanks for posting ... just love the cello and violin ... this song is being played at my funeral and I don't care that no one will undertand what its about ... its for me not them!!

[houstonveer]

Perfect choice Harpooner1830. This song is a brilliant miracle and nothing less. Absolutely killer performance. Fresh!

[vinvango123]

Great song  of all time . the crowd sucks tho

[Andrewkeh]

The English beat is one of the best bands of all time.....

[chikito0107]

Those in the crowd clapping hands are unbelievable...

[sfmichale]

amazing mix for a live tv performance! awesome.

[tank1229]

what a bunch of wankers in the crowd its the english beat for gods sake

[KikiTikiVanRankin]

yeah!!

[TheSanityInspector]

They were prolly told to stay out of the way.

[bethedolphin]

Pete Townshend's song !!!! Great song......

[pyenapple]

Yeeeeeaaaaah...you mean The English Beat's song that Pete later covered. Petey didn't write it, you see. Dave Wakeling and co. did. :)

[kerriedub]

actually...that guitar is in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. The one he was playing is a copy. :)

Kerrie

PS...I saw them last week too :)

[jowades]

i saw the beat yesterday in boston, dave was playing the same guitar

[ruamonkeybum]

dave wakeling is a god -- lyrics, voice, soul -- but my favorite part of this vid are the knobs clapping their hands :D

[houstonveer]

Absolutely! Wakeling is just amazing

[davet366]

this is a really great live version, strings and whole lot. the piano even rings out. these guys were from a different mold. I fell in love with them as early teen.

[Talldrumr]

The kid playing sax is Saxa's son.

[stu1002510025]

Where's Saxa????

[pyenapple]

Saxa stopped touring after awhile, he was years and years older than the other band members, he got tired easily. I think he was on the studio version of the song, though.

[ninelivecat]

The Cello sounds amazing here Harmonises wonderfully with the guitars

[ninelivecat]

The double bass sounds lovely here and harmonises wonderfully with the guitars and vocals in the verses.

[ninelivecat]

Andy Cox and David Steele have the cool guitar moves

[houstonveer]

W/out question the coolest song ever recorded.  Skank!

[smitman556678]

Great song, what an audience of idiots though!

[Nigelxman]

Disturbingly horrible footage with those idiots sitting down clapping like robots but what a great song and a great band! Where was this filmed?

[starstorm55522]

It was a performance on the late-night Tiswas spin-off show, 'OTT' at the old ATV/Central studio on Broad st, Birmingham in Jan, 1982. It's now a car park.

Thanx for uploading this, remember it well.

[ninelivecat]

Birmingham ? Was this filmed at Pebble Mill ?

[starstorm55522]

No. Pebble Mill was the BBC studios at Edgebaston, off the A38. They have since moved to the Mailbox, only a stones throw from where ATV/Central studios at Broad St. stood(being demolished as we speak)

[ninelivecat]

Oh right a coincidence of sorts

[jordaoxman]

I remember this it was 1982. They also did stand down margaret at the end of the show.