Really excellent performance and still with a whole ton of energy and attitude - I went to check out this song after so many years of not hearing it - so it was great to see a few live performances as well.
This is a startlingly brilliant version of a great song - having 'Joyless' on bass drives it along even better (and quicker and harder) than the original.
Mike is in the white denim . Yeah he left at some point as did the other original members . The current line up is all new but they are out there keeping the S thing going and producing some cracking new stuff
After all those years,... I still like them and this song!!!
Forgot all about this song, it's brilliant.
paul duggan, moved house last year had a box of records and found 7inch of department s `is vic there` back to when I was 18!heaven.
Great live version
Really excellent performance and still with a whole ton of energy and attitude - I went to check out this song after so many years of not hearing it - so it was great to see a few live performances as well.
what great quality - would love to have a whole Department S gig of this quality on DVD
Saw these guys at Rebellion 2014, definitely one the best bands of many highlights.
Excellent Performance of a Great Track
RIP Vaughn. This dude on vocals does a respectable job. A classic post-punk tune.
I held my transitor radio close to my ear for this great track
So looking forward to seeing you guys play this again - at Undercover Festival in Sept.....
Outstanding
I saw dept S supporting THE JAM once - along with Bananarama. R I P Vaughn .
This is a startlingly brilliant version of a great song - having 'Joyless' on bass drives it along even better (and quicker and harder) than the original.
love it !
I think they got better. Coming straight from the Peel Session of 1980.
Original members Mike herbage on lead guitar here along with original drummer stuart Mizon and possibly original bass player but not sure
Is Mike the one with the LP and hat? Didn't he leave the year after?
Mike is in the white denim . Yeah he left at some point as did the other original members . The current line up is all new but they are out there keeping the S thing going and producing some cracking new stuff
nice
But we never find out whether Vic is there or not. That always pissed me off about this song. Otherwise Brilliant.
Just needs the howl, and the lady on the line :)
Not a bad rendition from Tom Cruise on Vocals. But is Vic there ?
Tom Cruise started a band
Good. But resist any urge to embroider it, guys. Doesn’t need it.
The guitar parts done very lazily. No where near as good as the original. It was based around an riff using echo.