TS Monk - Candidate for Love

[krackaddicts]

Thanks craig84ta for the info. That is is incredible. Both gone one year apart. I hope they know

[soulboyathotmail]

Excellent tune,

[TheEternauta666]

grear group great album..greta vid thanks

[edpinner]

MAGIC

[glynisdaw]

fantastic tune loved it when i first heard it still sets the old heart fluttering

[craig84ta]

RIP Yvonne Fletcher,my childhood friend from Hancock Street ,Brooklyn,NY.

[2tonsolid]

@craig84ta

which singer is miss fletcher?

[craig84ta]

@2tonsolid Yvonne Fletcher in the pink dress ,Boo Boo Monk in the black dress, both died of breast cancer in 1983 with a year apart ...

[cimism610]

no pun intended but is it me or does everybody look COKED up in this vid. back then it was like salt on your fries (the norm)

[fff3k]

@cimism610 they weren't, really (i should know, i was there). just a lot of natural exuberance, remember, music video was pretty new then (in fact, these videos were made for european tv: mtv, then an infant, did not play any 'black music' yet).

no coke (but lots of pepsi....)

[2tonsolid]

@fff3k

thank you! some people are just so ignorant. i´m so happy these people were never ever part of this beautiful and adventurous time!

[ladyR1969]

@cimism610 That's soo funny...lol~! And you are right, they all look like they were sliding the glass plate in the back before shooting this video! But I love this song though.....

[2tonsolid]

@ladyR1969

even if they were as you put it sliding...who are you? nancy reagan? margret thatcher? the police? a nun?

so glad you were never there and part of this scene.

you sound like one of those peoples who ruined disco.

love this track. drugs or not this track is slamming.

say yo to drugs if music is made this good.

i guess, the r in your name is for ridiculous. lady ridiculous 1969. my favorite position...i mean year.

[fritshits77]

REAL soul show tune ... dutch radio ... ( pfff ; 30 years ago man !!) ...thursdaynight from 8 `till 10 pm ... Ferry Maat ... headphones on ... finger on the `record` knob on the tape-deck .....AAAAAHHHH ; G R E A T timez !! THNX a million for thiz FAB POST!!!

[u2funnyman]

love this record

[sakeena12]

wow this great i used to skate to this at rollerdisco love it thanks

[OLATUNJI05]

wow saw them sing this at Bond international in NYC around 1982 or 1983!!!wow!!have not heard it in Years.

[cellarfullasoul]

brilliant tune, imagine if these ladies had been singing with Chic? hmmmm

[BazzerObama]

Oooh those memories come flooding back........1980, jeez those 30 years just flew by. This was a serious floor filler at my local clubs,what a great sound, thanks for posting !!

[discooriginal]

Exciting...positive..funky..na­ughty..Im 25 and this just shits on the crap they call "r and b " music these days,Disco forever

[1988matey]

man, your a young guy and have CLASS, there will never be music made like this again,late 70's,early 80'ssoul/disco , enjoy the old skool, my friend,

[bartendertodd]

I agree with you horus1971, this really sounds wa ahead of it's time. I just discovered this song on internet radio. I bet this band never had an idea that decades later they would be rediscovered and rocked out to by thousands on a daily basis as if it is a brand new song just released. Youtube is amazing.

[micljnes]

Among one of my 3 favourite T.S Monk tracks, just pure gold and may their contribution to music live forever.

[port2344chester]

Man they are jammmin!!!! this was/is the shitt!!!! Reminds me of my days as a youth growing up in n.y. Great memories... wish we could go back to a time when life was so simple... no stress... no gang bangin... the club scene... life in general had more substance... peace... that no longer exist. Young generation needs to be schooled on how it needs to be done. We are in need of new tunes... the music of 2day is so cancerous!!!!

[RickyMoss]

the guy yawnin' in the beginning like he was just wakin' up... EPIC..

[horus1971]

They were ahead of their time with this one. It still rocks!

[kingsizestar]

SOOO GREAT THEME...

[ret23867]

R.I.P. ladies of T.S. Monk

[oliver949oc]

THEY DIED

[RINLEW]

How can someone write something so beautiful? This is one of my favourite disco tracks. I could never imagine there was a video for it. Thanks for posting.

[OLDSCHOOLNEVERDIES]

R.I.P. Barbara "Boo Boo" Monk

b. 1953

d. 1984

[nurvrax]

Superb!!

Monk's Son did good!!

[loosestudios]

1980s, he had formed his eponymous band, which featured him on lead vocals and drums. The group's début album, 1980's House of Music featured several hits that placed on the Billboard R&B chart, including "Bon Bon Vie (Gimme the Good Life)" and "Candidate for Love." The band went on to release two more albums throughout the early 1980s, though singles released from these albums did not fare as well as those on the début.

[jarbon5]

I bet they used to set the dance floor on fire to this song. I can just see the guys and gals getting their boogie on to this song:)

[brublank]

I heard this song once in 1981 as a child and never knew who the artist was. Was absolutely in love with the track. Never heard it again. I just stumbled across it. Thank God for You Tube

[bellomarcello]

rare great 1981 clip

[pookeyblow]

INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!

[colliourebee]

Great song, filled many a floor with this, always a favorite that like On the Beat BB&Q Band everybody danced to but nobody bought!!! Love the drummer in this, has he heard the track he's miming to before? LOL.

[cornishdeb]

i bought both of them. brilliant memories

[warehouse909]

serious jam

[croza1]

BEAUTIFULL!!! thx!

[jawdroppingcool]

.. Q for QUALITY ... this is a PROPER BOOGIE CHOON ... Thanks for your excellent post

[CarloCoutinho]

They are having a blast on the video, the dude in the keyboards is having a great time.

Aewsome music!

[nhXCdboy]

cosmic sounds like something jamiroquai would do

[plhokko]

proper! boogie toooooon!

[jawdroppingcool]

.. yeah you got that right ... heard this played last Saturday Nite at a wicked club in Banbury town.. Dancefloor was rammed within sec's ...

[robdan22]

Awesome !

[northernsoul1]

I remember dancing to this at Man Fridays in Blackpool. Still have the 12 inch.

[freelsthrills]

Wow the video!!!! I never seen it, it was a little before my time. Thanx for still having the video amazing!!!!

[2bsure]

Hot Damn!!! I did not know there was a video, top choooooon, thanks man

[yogihaughton]

Yeah, this track was actually played at the Stafford all nighters and the guy that posted this is correct, this is the family of jazz legend Thelonious Monk.

[DaPrinceCharmin]

Shoooooo... Give me the good life... this was the jam in Zims!

[knucklehead66]

sooooooooooooooooo DOPE!

[DrWonderEyes]

good schitt. been lookin for this.

[3811iberis]

Excellent dance track from years gone by, great to hear it again.

[cornishdeb]

my favourite song of the early eighties

[funkg]

bloody hell!

[postmark666]

wow what a tune got the lp when realesed never seen video great lookin tart in black mark in harwich

[Bluexhox]

As I Stated On The "Bon Bon Vie" Vid Post If you Find this Record Please Go Get It. Club DJs, Hip-Hop Producers (And I Mean The REAL Hip-Hop) And Just Anybody Who Appreciates Good Music. This Is Early 80's Funk At It's Finest From An Underappreciated Artist/Band.

[cornishdeb]

i agree with you 100 per cent

[stjohnfifteen]

love you guys always. Like The Five Heartbeats hearing their hit for the first time on the radio. We were all there,Boo Boo, Yvonne,Vance,Vernon, Nicca, Lump, Toot & Everybody's biggest fan, Nellie!!!

[jahindia]

OMG I havnt heard this tune in sooo many years. It takes me straight back to memory lane. I loved this tune when it was out.

[tommythebubble]

outstanding track great 2hear & see

[60jord]

My my takes me back. Classic tune, thank you.

[sastal]

Friggin' awesome!

[buckaroobanzai84]

Wow!!!

I never knew there was a video for this. It was quite popular in the UK soul scene during 1981.

Thank god for YOu tube.