Jesse Rae - Over the sea

I remember seeing this on the Channel 4 music show the Tube (presented by Jools Holland and Paula Yates) in the mid 80's and thinking WTF? I loved it!
Jesse is now a lot older of course but I am told he still wears his medieval warrior gear when performing.
He also wrote Odyssey's 1982 single "Inside Out" which was a huge disco hit and is a fantastic example of the viewpoint of a female written by a male. The mans a genius!!

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[Cannnop]

scotsmaninusa - cheers for that! It's great to see Jesse still doing his stuff - interestingly there was a comment on here about 7 months ago asking Jesse to get in touch with Adam as he wanted to do some work with him. I wonder if the London Scala gig was the result?

[oanyego]

Any video wi a black dude in a kilt break-dancing has to be respected. :)

Great tune, I love how he blends traditional scottish with synthy pop of the time and then goes full boar new york 80's funk at the end. The first bridge is pretty powerful stuff. :)

[farnishk]

@feebeejeebees Jesse's a lovely guy, always wears his outfit when out of the house, and has no problem at all with English people (I'm one). It's been a pleasure working with him over the last few weeks :-)

[TheJameslehr]

Hold on to your seat (Shudder!). Or whatever you got.

[jojolothian]

Think the hot twirly drummer is his wife! SWORD CAM action is ace, high budget! I can confirm he does still wear this outfit all year round!

[reasonfan1]

I can't help chuckling at how he's gone to all the trouble of dressing as a Highland warrior and then finishes it off with white socks and Clarks shoes. Anyway, he's clearly a hell of a character and you gotta respect him for that. In fact, I think he should audition for The X Factor - I'd pay good money to see Simon Cowell get attacked with a claymore....

[thebadyin]

I watched this in the 80s, liked it then, lovin it now, not seen it since the 80s but I think it should be revamped slightly and used for our national anthem, quality.

[ClubberLogan]

So awful it's great

[999999kyle]

and he does still wear a kilt

[biggtaj]

good work jesse

[TheNmg21]

@999999kyle I think he wrote "Inside out" for Odessy, massive disco hit 80's

[gilliopable]

considering this was the eighties, has anyone noticed the flying sward then the twin towers..... just a thought.

[craigfoley]

Been obsessed with this song since I saw him in Glasgow. Would love to do a cover version buy can't quite get the lyrics