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KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS - Live At Rockpalast
In the beginning there was a vision - the vision of a multicultural carnival without stylistic limitations, the vision of a colourful theatre with different characters, exuberant joy of life, irony, a sense of humour and sophistication.
Kid Creole & The Coconuts were founded in the early 80’s by August Darnell who had already been successful with setups like Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band or Machine. With his alter ego Kid Creole however, he unfolded his creativity in full.
Together with Andy Hernandez alias Coati Mundi and the Coconuts, three ladies including Darnell’s former wife Adriana Kaegi, he orchestrated a breath-taking mixture of Latin pop, funk and an exaggerated theatrical performance settled somewhere between art, candy-cane coloured kitsch and a great self-ironic gesture - perfectly choreographed and timed.
Had their first two albums “Off the Coast of Me” (1980) und “Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places” (1981) been widely appraised already, the big breakthrough came in 1982 with the album “Tropical Gangsters” containing hits like “Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy”, “Stool Pigeon” or “I’m A Wonderful Thing Baby”. Both Rockpalast recordings capture exactly this creative peak.
Aside from the band’s exhausting club show June 3, 1982 at the Satory-Säle in Cologne it was especially the magnificent performance during the night of October 16 to 17 as part of the eleventh Rockpalast at Grugahalle, Essen that brought their major breakthrough in Europe. In fact the show was such a huge success that the dates following tour had to be transferred into venues four times the size: Overnight, Kid Creole & The Coconuts had transformed from an acclaimed club band into one of Europe’s most wanted live acts. Darnell’s idea had become reality. Although Kid Creole & The Coconuts were primarily convincing on stage and their shows were stage-managed to perfection there had never been an official live album to this day. More than thirty years later we are finally catching up on that!
It is all a perfect union between music and show those girls are very good especially for a 64 years old person like me well!
A warm greeting people ❤️🌹🤓🇮🇹
saw it 1982 on Rockpalast tv and dance the night alone - 16 years old and full of coconut girl dreams!
Saw them about this time in the uK, probably the best live show I've ever seen
Esas chicas me han elevado la moral!!
This is feel good music,makes me want to get out of my wheelchair and dance the night away
Ritz NYC 1982 what are you going to do "get back" finished the show with me and my friends on stage with the Kid. Great times.
They never got the fame they truly deserved.
@Java Monsoon I was the only one in my circle of friends/acquaintances that new about them. This was Toronto mid to late 80's.
5:13 seems there is so much smoke in that hall that the audience cannot see the girls on the stage
Almost 3m views for just this video
@@archstanton6102 Now 5.2 mill !
Now 5.4 three months later.
Amazing groove, amazing feeling, amazing show!
The Kid and his fellows/ coconuts could really bring the public to heights of extasy. Never forgot the night I enjoyed them💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾
Kid was successful but he deserved much more. No one like him has been able to blend Latin, Soul and Funky in an explosive mixture. Unique artist with overwhelming movements. I love you Kid
except Cab Calloway....:)
Couldn't agree more!
Steely Dan are a good shout. If you like this I'm sure you'll love it. Peace.
Greg Stewart ummm Steely Dan are more jazz influenced.
It's junk.
Hair was big, music was phenomenal; kids I give you 80's music!
Until about 85 music was superb, so much quality and talent.
Real Music. When you wrote your own. When you knew you were different. When you didn't have to conform to statistics & marketing BS.
Thank the gods for music prior to the year 2000.....!
I remember my parents (in their 70’s at the time)telling me they had watched a show by kid Creole and coconuts back in the 90’s and they thought the whole performance was superb.
When the central riff begins, you are spectacularly trappped--it's a masterpiece. I had friends tell me about them during the 80s and I didn't pay attention. This piece alone deserves the Grammy, everything. What a mesmerzing, complex, beautiful piece of music....
Yes sir
Kid Creole is without a doubt one of the best bands to ever hit the planet Earth. Like the one person said : " The furst band to blend funk latin soul blues rock etc. Great band. Love them to this very day. 🎷🎸🥁
All I can say is that they were brilliant, amusing and unbelievably talented.
Word Bro, Squared :-) Maybe even Higher? The Band. The Vibe. The Music? But Whattabout 'That Groove'? We Be Feelin' IT.
I heard this song in my local supermarket on their in store radio last week. A real stop and savour moment
Going on 40yrs, folks, and still a better live show than probably 80% of what you’d pay inflated prices to see today - and pre auto tune. One helluva band - especially love the brass section - hot cha cha cha !
Bongo Eddie!
who don't give a damn about no trumpet playin band .......
Agreed 1000 percent
Wow! Thanks for sharing your cynicism. You’re that guy aren’t you, bringing bad vibes wherever.
@@rcpmac If that’s for me, yup just being honest; but let’s face it, there are far more serious issues about which to worry than whether someone wants to click like or not on any frivolous social media comment.
Kid Creole & the Coconuts owned the eighties, everywhere except the USA. They were the hardest working live music act in show business. Only now can Americans see what they missed being dumbed down by MTV and its mindless programming.
I met him at a recording studio years ago, real showman, real nice fella. Loads of fun.
Kind of reminds me of a cross between Morris Day and Cab Callaway
Let me guess, you're not a Yankee
@@kennethrussell1158 Didn't Morris Day give him his start?
Agreed
Watching Kid Creole live was one of the best gigs I have ever seen, and I have seen all the greats.
Ive felt the same. I saw them in Hollywood (The Palace) early 80's. They could swing
Bullshit
Saw KC and the Coconuts a couple of times around this period and they were definitely one of the most enjoyable bands I ever saw, more like a party than a gig!
Kind of reminds of a cross between Morris Day and Cab Callaway
@@kennethrussell1158 I was just wondering the same. Some of his performance is very reminiscent of the great Cab Calloway
Just discovered it. Oh boy, this is awesome. I love it. The girls, of course. But you also have to appreciate the brass.
Politically incorrect : that's why it's so good, the real music.
So you mean to say: only politically incorrect music (whatever that is) is good, real music? 🤔
@@dvdp4513 Yes I do. 1963 John Lennon at Queen's annual Royal Variety Performance said : " The people in the cheaper seats clap yours hands and the rest of you if you'd just rattle your jewelry" At that time speech was free. Hi from France.
Mein Mann hat als tato no pc
@@ritasindern6686 danke Rita
Art can't be institutional
With astonishing musicianship, an energetic performance by all concerned and an enthusiasm that is utterly infectious how can you not love this???
What a fucking brilliant production. And the women are amazing. Love it.
Cab Calloway comes back to life.
C curieux à mon âge 73ans de découvrir encore des merveilleux groupes dont j ignorais l existence!Merci a l internet!X.
Y a pas d'age mon ami pour découvrir le Nirvana !
Longue vie à vous!
I will die happy watching this. God Bless Kid Creole & The Coconuts...
you can see more of the Coconuts here
Believe it Or Not, Many of Us are holding Our Collective Breath's for the Future of Music, Before We Check Out? Ne c'est pas?
Now, THAT's a ZOOT! lol and the backup singers are in a league of their own!
J'ai toujours adoré cet artiste avec ses belles danseuses et ses musiciens Bravo à Tous Bravo 💐💐💐👍💐👏👍👏👍💐
Ha, I remember seeing these cats play around this time and being blown away by their stage presence. 😃 Also a young Bass player I remember being extremely impressed with how funky the female Bassist (Carol Coleman?) was. They had 4 fiber optic palm trees custom made for their full stage setup and in the late eighties I walked into a dance club that was located in the square of the little city of Sonoma California and was surprised to learn from owner after I asked him if he had his palm trees made to look like the ones I had seen years earlier on stage with Kid Creole? He was surprised that I recognized them and said they were actually the same ones and explained how he knew them and he bought them from the band to untilize for his vision as a permanent installation in his club on both sides of inside entrance walkway leading to dance floor. Cool huh 😎
Yep, Carol Coleman... she was exactly what this music called for.. Fun fact: Kid C. played bass in a band that was precursor to KC+Coconuts - the Savannah Band, see here: th-cam.com/video/BdtENUX3nNk/w-d-xo.html
So he knew damn well - Carol was THE ONE for the job 😍
One of best fantastic performance thatI see in my life
I saw them at Pinkpop Holland in 1982. The whole crowd was dancing. And I could not stop staring at the Coconuts.
A great live band. No question they would be in demand in europe. The energy they are putting out is incredible.
I am back for another listen.. Brilliant. These girl singers add so much to the show.. Brilliant.
The were te greatest in this years thank you Kid ,
August Darnell once sent over a bottle of champagne to my table in the MIllionaire Club in Manchester in the '80s. A gent PLUS a fantastic band. Happy Memories
bumped into him we were between tube lines in London...one cool guy..a gentleman...
and what was the occasion?
Wonder why they had almost no success back home? August and his crew put on a great show. Absolutely fresh and original. Glad we can view this act on the internet.
Went to an outdoor KC & Coco show in South Beach FL some time ago. The beach was PACKED and the crowd went absolutely nuts. The energy this band generated was unbelievable.
Absolute quality music and entertainment from everyone on that stage. Coconuts were just class with all those moves. Outstanding performance.
Agree
@@coobay4786 Word !!!
Wow, video with hands high in the air - without smartphone!!! Just patying!!!
One of the most under rated band of the 80's perhaps history of music...
Rarely I agree with this "most underrated" shlt - but here, you are absolutely right !
@@tomasvanecek8626 Absolutely! Criminally under-appreciated. Great time for music in NYC...Talking Heads, Blondie, Laurie Anderson, The Roches, and so many more.
Those was the days were great music
Like this ruled the world
Wow...love Kid Creole and the coconuts this was one of my favorites..I see he influenced Rick James.. Prince..Bruno Mars..and so many more. Is he in the Rock n roll hall of fame...wish I could have seen him live...love the coconuts..incredible choreography...💛💛💛
Kind of reminds me of a cross between Morris Day and Cab Callaway
What I love today is being around certain people where you mention the name Kid Creole and the Coconuts, and they look at ya and grin with a look that says, oh yeah. That's when you know you're in the right place..
🚬👓...
I saw Kid Creole in the early 80s at the Brighton Top Rank...
What a show, what a night
The definition of Unforgettable
In the early 90s, a co-worker/friend invited me to a show in a relatively small venue in Chicago, standing room only. I didn't know who Kid Creole was, but MAN!... I was awakened. Agreed... The Definition of Unforgettable!
❤️Fonda Rae
wow - i wish i could have seen them live - once - but no way - great music great musicians great show -
@@vadimislearningguitar4977 Fret not! Coming advances in AI and VR will analyze old performances videos in REAL-TIME, re-compute and recreate the entire venue, sound, audience and performers in extremely hi-res surround 3D, allowing you to continually move yourself within the audience or onstage with the performers, and experience the performance in VR as if you were there. Just give us another 10 to 20 years to make it happen.
@@BigMTBrain it is fine - or maybe not fine - i may not have the opportunity to see that -
Great band, great women and a great song, the kid's got it all!!!
This band is Funk,& Jazz& Big band all in one. Love these guys.☮👍🌟
Loved this album back in 82 - first time I've seen live show! Total class 👍👍
Live better than in the studio . With the prettiest background singers ever. Leave it to Kid to find the beauty Queen that can sing . Everything is Hot about this video . Perfect dance music . You have your house dj's , I'll try to dance on this. Brilliant.
What an injustice to forget Kid Creole, the best pop fusion that started the 80s!
So much better than any Rock Band in Jeans and T-Shirts
That brass section is what your mother used to call SOLID! Could very well play along the Basie Band
Je suis absolument d'accord avec vous ! :-O
;-)
Wall of sound ..
Pure class, this song just brings happiness and dancing.
magnificent after all those years ... still electrifying ...
I saw the Band live in 1987, on a spot on Costa Brava in Spain. The spot was so small, but the band was so great, will never forget this.
What a high quality performance full of magic and creativity.
Thats what we need urgently in the present age.
I couldn't agree with you more!!
Those days are lost, never to return, and we won’t have anything like it today.
@@distomos8118 You ain't seen nothing yet!
Maria Lopes Bachmann-Turner Overdrive...
I must say that Rockpalast was one of the best life TV programs on German network but thanks to TV distribution we were able to see our idols in real life concerts and this one was just fabulous and Kid & coconuts always been part of permanent music collection for several decades
Still brilliant remember this from 82
une époque formidable. Merci au coconuts girls et au kid...
I saw them once in 1986 in seattle at a festival called bumpershoot in a 20000 seat hall and to this day remember being quite entertained- the band was funny and listening to how funky they are no wonder I liked them.
Gosh, what a performance, great musicians!!
I'm 71 I got old but music and performances like that never do!!!
Wow, blast from the past!! Absolutely loved this guys sound!!
1982 ,going to the disco in my car ,this number on the cd volume up ,my friends in the back ,looked like wayne,s world hahaha !!! Kid creole thanks for that happy time !!!
Love this Group soooo much Action n Originality!
I saw it live on German TV and loved it.Grooving til now..
Saw. them '83 in Edinburgh. One of the best live acts I've ever seen. And that dame bass-player!!
Her bass playing reminds me of Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Weymouth
💕 💞 💓 💗 💖
Was also there...totally agree gadge. Brilliant 👍
Is that Sara Lee on bass?
@@j-ps.3275 She's good. There weren't a lot of competent female bass players back then. There are more now.
Great music and performance. Rockpalast was a legendary tv event. Never forgotten..
I just love this live version, its a great tune, well constructed sonically and the lyrics are superb...The Coconuts are an added bonus... reminds me of Cab Calloway and the influence of George Clinton and the Parliment / Funkadelic crew seems apparent..:-)
Agree, just great! I used to think it was Darnell as one of the two lead singers in Was Not Was "Walk the Dinosaur" a few years later - check out the video for that one! It's not him, but the two guys look really alike, WTD had a quartet of lightly-dressed girls just like the Coconuts, and the song is in much the same vein musically... :)
bloody great band xxx ❤❤❤
What a band !
I unfortunately never got to see them perform live 😿
Great act and boy, those coconuts!!
As a kid this was in the charts in THe Netherlands and i loved it.
Today this is stil awesome hatchachacha!!
Una ves que estoy suscrito que normas hay que seguir y que tengo que hacer gracias.
I’m a rock ,rockin blues guy but this blows me away !!!! Cha cha cha !!!!!!!🖖
Same here
OK, Shall we assume you finally Open'd Yur Ears? Bravo. We Need More Good Ears.
You want to know why this band never made it huge? Because they had to split the gate 15 ways. They were starving. Love the Zoot Suit. I gotta git me one.
❤the most underated band
It was a previlige to assist in one of their concerts in London at the time . Unique is the only word to describe this exceptionally innovative (on all aspects) setup , great talent and showmanship all round .
you can see more of the Coconuts here
@@TheCocontusOfficial Love you all thanks a lot , greetings from Tunisia .
Fabulous sound..One of favorite TUNES of all time.
SO CLASSY! My ex girlfriend, 30 years ago hated them because of jealousy abaginst the coconuts! Broke all their records coz of this. Still, loved them and still do. GREAT band. GREAT STYLE! Even though I was always into punk rock, loved them!
José Trepat (Disc jockey)
Una de mis bandas favoritas. Un "show' espectacular.
Como Disc jockey, debo reconocer que me llenaban la pista, aunque nunca se valoró como se debía a este grupo.
in the charts they were just 'different' pop records, but live they were a real SHOW!
The culture fever of his musical vibe is so palpable. Early MTV hero, lifetime Boss-level 10. Respect-
i was at that gig. Really great. They all apparently had so much much fun, and we, the public, too.
There are elements of parliament funkadelic as well as sly and the family Stone in this clip. This here is some wuality music with that extra flair to make ya swing 😃🎶
Also known as Hat Fest! Brilliant in every way! Bring them back !
Always loved Kid Creole one way and the Coconuts another.
So great what a funky sound
Fantastuch!!!! SupppeR! Best!
Love the on stage theatrics. Great song from the 80's
Great, pure theater
Such a wonderful thing!
What a great song.. Some entertainer.. Cool... Just so cool.
This is outrageously kicking piece of music!!!
Fortissimo!!! And The coconuts ladies are wonderful!!!
that's all we expect from pop music, a funny guy, nice chorists, great singer and most of all soooooo catchy music ah tcha tcha tcha
simply cooool.
especially now in time of lockdowns, this looks so alive so full of good energy !
Each person on the stage, legend for himself.
Love it !!!!
Let's go back to 1982! Brilliant music, fantastic beat, and wow what a show. Better times! Still wanna be a coconut though!!!! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Kid Creole, what a cool guy in those great suits. As for the Coconuts....gorgeous!
Unique........soul & jazz mix at it's best.....
fantastic song all those instruments just love the trumpets and sax together!
@Poppy Field
They were absolutely smoking up the joint! 😁
I saw them in 1980 at the Capitol in Jersey. I lived in Manhattan. They opened for the B-52's
Disco soul and funk at its best. Love the horns and the beautiful Coconutsand ofcourse August , Coatiand the rest of the band.
I wouldn't say it's disco at all. It's borrowing from Big Band jazz mainly. Yes, the rythm guitar is funk, but I guess it's a mix of Caribbean and South American, funk and jazz.
So So Tight! Full of Panache, Pastische and Pazzaz
Good heavens. Mesmeric theatre and a voodoo brass section. Forty years on they can't be beat.
Great funky and precise bass playing!
I keep coming back to this clip! Love that funk! Should have been better known, IMO.
The coconuts are just pure class...
What a great performance really tight band and brilliant vocals.
That's what you call a show loved it. shake them coconuts
you can see more of the Coconuts here
@@TheCocontusOfficial brilliant beyond True Understanding as well as OvercUnderstanding....example could be.
' Misunderstanding....'....