Prefab Sprout - Appetite

Music video by Prefab Sprout performing Appetite. © 1985 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) Limited

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[lacerda70]

If you steal, be Robin Hood

[jeopardy60611]

I discovered this song in 1988 on WNUA 95.5 FM in Chicago, IL. I got the CD "Two Wheels Good" in 1990.

[Bakla NYC]

"Wishing she could call him Heartache but it's not a boy's name."

That's the line that sold me on the Sprouts for life. Hard to believe this song is nearly 30 years old now...

[nate connor]

It's basically a song about a woman(or man?) who has found that their lust for living, and other things, has produced a child. They're basically saying they should name the child Appetite after their appetite for living.

I can appreciate Paddy's clever lyrics, but it's really the production that makes this song so great for me.

[nate connor]

I agree. The production definitely elevates this song.

[Michael Frost]

Neil Conti is the Ringo of this band. So crucial to their greatness, though it can be hard to remember.

[gotham61]

Well these days he has a giant full beard and moustache!

[TheInformation]

Paddy needs to stop staring into the camera/my soul

[adiksadiatabs]

I'm glad Paddy lost the moustache.

[Derrick Yee]

Usually this song used to be on WNUA 95.5 FM in Chicago, IL in 1988. Maybe you discovered this song on WDRV 97.1 FM in Chicago, IL very soon during the Deep Track WDRV-HD-2.

[MegaWelshie1]

What a song! Just listening to it again takes me back to my younger days, before a marriage, three kids and a very nasty and messy divorce. If I knew then what I know now...............Jeez