The Sports - How Come (1981)

Music from Australia and New Zealand in the year 1981:

The Sports' promo-video for the hit single 'How Come' (April, 1981), taken from the 1981 album 'Sondra'.

Note: This was the Sports last hit single before dispanding.

Band Location: Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Track: How Come
Album: Sondra
Composed By:
Produced By:
Label: Mushroom
Chart Position: # 21 (Australia)
Release Date: April, 1981
Links:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sports
- www.lovetown.net

Line-up:

Stephen Cummings - Vocals
[ The Pelaco Brothers (1974-1976) -- The Sports (1977-1982) -- solo (1982-present) ]

Martin Armiger -- Guitar
[ High Rise Bombers -- The Bleeding Hearts -- The Sports (1978-1981) -- Stephen Cummings Band ]

Andrew Pendlebury -- Guitar
[ The Sports (1977-1982) -- solo (1983-present) ]

Robert Glover -- Bass

Imants "Freddie" Strauks (aka "Freddie Kaboodleschnitzer) -- Drums
[ Spare Parts (1966-1968) -- Claptrap (1971) -- Frame (Claptrap with name change 1971-1973) -- Skyhooks (1973-1980) -- The Sports (1980-1982) -- Skyhooks reunions ]

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NZOZ NZOZ1981 1981 Australia Early Eighties 1980's 1980s 80's 80s

Extended Tags: Stephen Cummings, Andrew Pendlebury, Martin Armiger

Musical Terms: New Wave, Singer/Songwriter, Rock, Pop, Powerpop, Aussie, Old Australian Band

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Previous Comments:

needfunintokyo:
mmm the audio is a little out of sync but always liked this song!

Rareclipz:
I dunno what it is with You Tube, but for some reason loads of videos end up being out of sync. I just uploaded some Aussie clips and they're a bit out of sync too. Go figure! By the way...is that Freddie Kaboodleschnitzer from Skyhooks making a guest appearance on drums?????

nzoz1981:
Yes it is, but it was not a guest appearance... he was a member for about a few months.

mullalou:
My 14 yo daughter has been listening to my Ipod to day and she tells me she has a new favourite song ....this one !.......I like her taste !
I then showed her a photo of Stephen Cummings...Her dad, my husband looks almost identical.

nzoz1981:
lol... i got into the Sports when I was 13. In fact, this video was recorded off Rage way back in Jan. 1991. I was 13 then and have treasured this ever since.

AustralianGuyyy:
That makes you, NZOZ, a year older than me but we have the same taste in music. Cool, at least I'm not the only one!

freakyllama123:
PLEASE CAN ANYONE HELP ME??????
i can't download the song on limewire and i LOVE this song can anyone tell me where i can get it ???? =(

jakeschrock:
soulseex

micki405129:
i honestly had no idea that Fred Strauks joined The Sports after Skyhooks finished

AustralianGuyyy:
I can see how they smoothly adopted to the new sound of the '80's. Do I detect a slight similarity in sound to early Mondo Rock here? Maybe just my imagination but I love it nonetheless.

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[magpiesx5]

Isn't that Skyhooks' drummer?

[nzoz1981]

@magpiesx5 yep

[thatsmehaha]

LOL  That's me in the yellow shirt!!!!

[nzoz1981]

There's two kids wearing yellow shirts.  I assume you're the one in the shorts?

It's great to hear from one of the kids in the video. If possible, are you able to recall the day this was shot?

[nzoz1981]

I'd love to see Shaun Micallef do a Stephen Cummings impersonation!

[dvscorp]

Shaun Micallef and Stephen Cummings were seperated at birth.

[nzoz1981]

lol, that's hilarious!!!!

[gigglegirl40able]

@sirgarence LOL Agree umm so was that a C in auslan i just seen ha ha ha LMAO gd one :)

[sirgarence]

You never see music videos featuring kids with schmeissers anymore :-(

[sirgarence]

Any ideas what the guitarist does with his hands at 1:35 ? Almost looks like Auslan...

[seaeagles64]

NzoZ Gem.... Lots of Skyhooks dudes there..

[splintamike]

Badly dressed, but boy they were having a good time!

[GlennErringtonAUS]

always liked dis song "how come?" you may ask.. cos i listen to da radio!

[GlennErringtonAUS]

always like this song ...an u say 'how come?" i say "yeah"

[habibiyaeini3]

Ace song- I remember this! They played it on the radio today and I just had to look up the music clip