Uploaded by rhoda0103 on Mar 12, 2007
The band was formed in 1983 by Paul Heaton (vocals), Stan Cullimore (guitar), Ted Key (bass) and Chris Lang (drums). The band's membership changed quite a lot over the years. Ted Key was replaced by Norman Cook — the future Fatboy Slim — and drummer Chris Lang was replaced by Hugh Whitaker, former drummer with The Gargoyles, who in turn was replaced with Dave Hemingway.
In 1986, having recorded two John Peel sessions, the band broke through with the single "Happy Hour", which reached No.3 in the UK charts. The single's success was helped by a claymation animated pop promo of a type that was in vogue at the time, featuring a cameo by TV comedian Phill Jupitus, who toured with the band under the stage name "Porky the Poet". At the end of the same year, they narrowly missed out on the Christmas No.1 single with a cover version of Isley Jasper Isley's "Caravan of Love", when it was knocked off the top spot by Jackie Wilson's "Reet Petite" on 23 December.
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PAUL HEATON'S A LEGEND! UP THE BLADES!
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Fantastic. The 80s left us a great music legacy! Thanks YoUTube
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I love David Tennant.
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@SeekAStrak lol gotta love the tenth doctor :)
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Yikkitee-doo, yikkitee-dah, lippy tuppy too-tah!
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@GrigOrigTK Sick low life, how can you wish that on anybody! Karma will get you for sure.
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"Why should I tell a brain damaged boner, like you, anything? Looks like you wasted all that time in therapy after your total humiliation and derision." You've slipped up with this. Your choice of words mean you and I trodden similar paths.
Oh, and nothing has been handed to me. Of all places, you choose the YouTube comments section to criticise spelling and grammar. That tells me you targetted me. Well, do not expect me to go away. Ever.
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Seriously, Paul Heaton knows how to move!
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