WASTED YOUTH 'Jealousy' video promo 1979

Wasted Youth were a London post-punk band, 1979-82. This was their debut single, kick-starting them into becoming a bohemian, psychedelic live circuit favourite.

Dressed all in black, some in shades and/or make-up, they pre-dated the goth scene. Guitarist Rocco went on to form Flesh For Lulu.

A compilation 'Memorialize' of all their singles '79-82 & more is being released on Jungle, cat. no FREUDCD089.

This video, never before seen, is from a DVD 'Survivors', which is EXCLUSIVELY available from the Bridge House website shop:
http://www.thebridgehousee16.com
More info; shop for CDs & vinyl at:
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• Wasted
• Youth
• Jealousy
• Bridge
• House
• punk
• post-punk
• goth
• gothic
• bohemian
• psychedelic
• Flesh
• For
• Lulu
• Tickets
• Lou
• Reed

[stellaviolens]

Jealousy isn't that representative of WY really , sounds so much like the velvets , how i didn't notice back in 1980.:) Wish there was more on the net, all my vinyl, now unplayable !!

Love to hear Survivors or Rebecca's Room again.

A great band and inspiration to me.

[JungleRecords]

There's two versions of Rebecca's Room on the Complete Singles CD on Jungle btw. And Cherry Red I think have released Wild & Wandering.

[psychoandy689]

I also saw Wasted Youth many times & "Paris, France" is still my favourite. I found a tiny antique WY badge recently - A very 'Precious' badge. Am I right in saying I saw WY Support The Birthday Party @ The Venue in Victoria? Ironically, I now live in Australia. I think Drugs & Prison were the only reasons WY were not more successful. Please discuss.

[yankeessuck1138]

Is this the same wasted youth I'm thinking of? The fuck authority wasted youth? Please say it's not!

[blackvinylrecords]

Great track by a great band. Saw them many times in the early 80's (Kingston Poly!) and always thought they could and should have been huge. True that this tune is not representative of their 'live' sound it shows how versatile they were. The ''Wild & Wandering' album had some great songs and is indeed under-rated but IMO the production is pretty lame. It never really works if both band and producer are on that shit. Great memories though! Thanx for posting.

[MordaciousFilms]

@karrazaki89 Alright maybe that was not a good description of them. I just don't see why someone can't like punk and also enjoy new wave or whatever this is considered at the same time. I like both.

[karrazaki89]

@MordaciousFilms Ok I get your point, but Wasted Youth wasný generic for it´s time, and still I don´t believe they´re "bland", their song have a lot of power and rawness, and of course you don´t need to like them but calling them bland is a whole other deal.

[MordaciousFilms]

@karrazaki89 I expect nothing more than something unique. And I've heard 'em and they sound like most of the other hardcore bands at the time. So what? Do I need to like them? I like plenty of other hardcore bands...

[karrazaki89]

@MordaciousFilms Wasted youth may be a lot of things but "bland" isn´t one of them, they dont need to be perfect or "imaginative" to kick ass. They are a HxC punk band, so what did ya expect, complex sonical passages?.

[dearogaudomyomyo]

I remember making a video of them, we were perched up in a box with a Sony reel to reel at th Music Machine.

[dearogaudomyomyo]

I remember making a video of them, we were perched up in a box with a Sony reel to reel at th Music Machine.

[tenebrae70]

great tune, im a big fan, this song is way ahead of it's time...