If I was asked for one song that takes me back to being a apprentice mechanic in a garage with 14 HGV bays it's this one and everyone singing and joining in every time it came on Radio 1. Top song, top band, thank you for the memory
I was only nine or ten when this came out. Loved it then and still do. So glad to have found it here, thankyou for the nostalgia and taking me back to a time when we felt free 🙏🏻
Lucky enough to have known Jez. I was a mod and he taught me how to play guitar and really encouraged me to write and, helped me record ( embarrassingly I didn't know who he was when I met him ) . He had a real passion and talent with music, he had genuine soul. Just a naturally nice guy. Appreciated you :) x
Julian Franklin that is amazing, i know nobody well apart from Pete Bud (my godfather ) look him up!!!! I love this song yes i know its a cover-but im still amazed that how people dont know what its about. I'll bet nowone in that totp group of guests had a clue. Great song performed brilliantly. Nice one.
The Guy In The Purple Suit (Doug) He Is My Uncle! I Sing With His New Band 'Zen House' Sometimes! "..We Are The Mods, We Are The Mods, We Are, We Are, We Are The Mods!"
LoveIt. Got this on a vinyl 45 & still DJ with it. I am 60 soon & love the music I grew up through. The Title made me think, with recent EEC ruling SOON won't be able to claim this herb (or any other) can affect humans beneficially ...... think on it!
Jez Bird appeared in the Identity Parade on _Never Mind the Buzzcocks_ in 2005. Even after being reminded by Mark Lamarr that they met Jez through a mutual friend, Rich Hall still refused to pick him!
Why listen to the music, watch the vid if you are intent on leaving crap comments? This was an awesome song when it was in the charts and forms part of my apprentiship days as a mechanic! Awesome, hank you Jez
Can anyone back me up here? this group did a version of Jefferson Airplanes,"Dont you want sombody to love" round about 80-81, you tube dont have it , i know im not dreaming it!!
They reformed and are supporting secret affair at concorde2 in brighton nov 23rd 2012. Think Jez Bird passed away a couple of years ago but im gonna go and support them
had daaaance on union jack picture disk, brighton pier on the other. lent it to a girl and never got it back... prob worth money now.. wish i still had it..
I lost a bet when I was 13 that this was done by the Piranhas. Ten rand, which was a frikkin fortune to me in 1983, and shows how convinced I was that I was right!
When we were mods.
Can still be.
Jeez,the memories this brings back,life was good back then. At 61 years of age now,I wonder where the years have gone. Anyway, great f****** song💪.
Time flies when you're having fun, I think I was about 14 when this was released, great music, unlike the majority of music nowadays
Love it, then and now, even though I rode a motorbike then (and still do) and classed myself as a "greaser".
If I was asked for one song that takes me back to being a apprentice mechanic in a garage with 14 HGV bays it's this one and everyone singing and joining in every time it came on Radio 1. Top song, top band, thank you for the memory
This song is just as enjoyable, as the original version, which I am old enough to remember, which was done by the Paramounts.
Best version of this song by a mile; absolutely love it. Brings back great memories.
No, you're crazy. I like you but you're crazy man.
I was only nine or ten when this came out. Loved it then and still do. So glad to have found it here, thankyou for the nostalgia and taking me back to a time when we felt free 🙏🏻
I was 10 when this came out, as you say good times sadly gone.
Had this single when I was 11.i think it has a ska beat to it
What a brilliant version of this song the sad thing l can’t remember the band ,but they really put on a here.👏👏👏👏👏👏
i knew jez and he is a legend, and will be truely missed around lewes.
Jez Bird died Wednesday 27th August 2008 after a long battle against cancer. Rest in Peace, Jez.
Lucky enough to know jez for his last few years, rip mate, les and nathan
Lucky enough to have known Jez. I was a mod and he taught me how to play guitar and really encouraged me to write and, helped me record ( embarrassingly I didn't know who he was when I met him ) . He had a real passion and talent with music, he had genuine soul. Just a naturally nice guy. Appreciated you :) x
Brill Brit Pop
Julian Franklin that is amazing, i know nobody well apart from Pete Bud (my godfather ) look him up!!!! I love this song yes i know its a cover-but im still amazed that how people dont know what its about. I'll bet nowone in that totp group of guests had a clue. Great song performed brilliantly. Nice one.
I've got it too, a 1980 Rocket Record Company pressing, XPRES 25. Still in perfect condition.
i was fortunate enough to see them gig last friday at a pub in sussex...and got to sing with them totally awesome
The Guy In The Purple Suit (Doug) He Is My Uncle! I Sing With His New Band 'Zen House' Sometimes!
"..We Are The Mods, We Are The Mods, We Are, We Are, We Are The Mods!"
SKINHEADS RULE SKA'D FOR LIFE 😎👍
Tell him from me please,this song,along with the mod revival of this time,made me what i am today.
LOVE IT.
Great entertainer and is sorely missed god bless Jez Bird
On Top of the Pops 1980 tonight on BBC4. Very cool indeed. Slightly prefer the appearance where they put the drummer at the front.
een them at the old top rank in cardiff many many years ago one of my first groups i ever seen .
Thanks lads for making this record the mod scene doesn’t get many songs for them
Absolutely superb little classic,lol, great memories.
Brought this on 12 inch, A side Whip it, B side Snowball , Gates of Steel, still got it 40 years on👍
Dave Lee Travis on Saxophone at 1:36-7 Brilliant!
I still play it at the RVT every now and again. I love it!
Loved this to bits when it came it out. Written by Leiber & Stoller who wrote a lot of Elvis Presley's hits. Classic track!
First single I ever bought. Classic!
beat boys in the jet age, one of the best albums i ever bought, love poison ivy, ...
I saw them perform this at the Crystal Palace Hotel (CPH) in January 1980. Great times!
2024 . Was in junior school when this was realeased. So many feel good memories.
Banger, memories of Bopping around to this in my teens,now its 2025 and it still makes you bop around
Love this song. The version I heard was by 'The Lambrettas' back in 1980. A wonderful ska infused cover version.
awww.. Jez bless him.. great cover of this song
Sunday mights in little old Eastbourne watching Jez do his stuff and performed at a friends wedding. RIP
LoveIt. Got this on a vinyl 45 & still DJ with it. I am 60 soon & love the music I grew up through.
The Title made me think, with recent EEC ruling SOON won't be able to claim this herb (or any other) can affect humans beneficially ...... think on it!
How can You not move to this!, So Catchy!.
Great sounds luv it
Jez Bird appeared in the Identity Parade on _Never Mind the Buzzcocks_ in 2005. Even after being reminded by Mark Lamarr that they met Jez through a mutual friend, Rich Hall still refused to pick him!
Savage . Had them all over my Parker and pilots jacket. And the secret affair key hole. Great times.
the best times hope they come back
Loveeeeeee❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I love this song
omg! have they invented time travel yet? this brings back serious memories thanks guys! xx
Fkn love this song,brings back so many great memories.....thanks.
Why listen to the music, watch the vid if you are intent on leaving crap comments? This was an awesome song when it was in the charts and forms part of my apprentiship days as a mechanic! Awesome, hank you Jez
Ah memory's works do, fatty towers, a barrel of caffrys, sitting in the fire place good times x
This brings back memories
I remember play in Padova Italy 1980 on tour with the Madness!
Love it Love it Love it ❤❤❤
Good memories
I remember it well, top tune!!!!!!!!
Fabulous pop ska combination
Sounds great, I've really found myself getting into mod revival lately :D
Kayothic SKA🕶🏁🎷🎺🎹🥁🎤🎸
Amazing song !
they are playing ,sound bar ,birmingham ,2nd january 2010 see you there!!
Really fuckin itchess 2:10 😂❤
Another 60s song revived. 🤩😊😎🤗
@ISLWYN2007 Thank you, i knew they did there version of the Jefferson Airplane song, pity no one has uploaded it! best wishes.
Can anyone back me up here? this group did a version of Jefferson Airplanes,"Dont you want sombody to love" round about 80-81, you tube dont have it , i know im not dreaming it!!
The last single the band put out, in 1982. You weren't dreaming!
They reformed and are supporting secret affair at concorde2 in brighton nov 23rd 2012. Think Jez Bird passed away a couple of years ago but im gonna go and support them
first heard this excellent song on k tels hot wax lp.loved it.own the single and managed to replace the hot wax lp as well.
RIP Jez. You were a top geezer
yeeeah!
beat boys! the greatest!
i love this song!
I'm still itching now !!!!
The Lambrettas are playing the 12 Bar in Swindon - March 6th 2010
Poison ivy classic song from the seventies good stuff
Brilliant
Lambrettas + The Amnesiacs (my band!) in Runcorn, 4th Sept.
Reached #7 in the UK charts in March 1980:
Fantastic pop music
Great memories Jez. RIP
Mmm ..Thankyou for this wonderful insight, your'e the boy.
As fresh as still today...X :)
seen em live (meadow club) nottingham......graet
one of the first singles I bought
@seanski1970 Deeeeenighed! I didn't know. Bassett to Swindon, 10 minutes? an unfortunate thing and sadly missed.
had daaaance on union jack picture disk, brighton pier on the other. lent it to a girl and never got it back... prob worth money now.. wish i still had it..
fantastic horns, I remember this on... TOTP must go and get my parker out of the loft and brush my Jam shoes.
i asume everyone knows what this song is about!!!
im amazed the bbc didnt ban it--great band saw em twice.
Richard Taylor what is it
@@daveanddodger3378 A song about stds
Mods ffs… these guys look like a bag of skittles has just erupted
Someone should set up a free VD advice line and when connected it just plays this song over and over again.
August 2008 -- R.I.P Jez, my old mate from the Lambs.....
superb !!!
Bring back the Mods!!! Luvin it!
Has this record...❤️❤️❤️it
fck!! i got this on 45 vinyl ca 1980 but never saw them in any shape or form! yep it's Kid Jensen btw
I had one of the singles in the 70s it was a picture disc it probably cost more than to produce
@modwolf63 another great track from the lambrettas
i love to think , i was this to men,, for i am intelligent,, and know i loved it
so so true, yet i ran
i am in love with Heathcliffe total,
Ken i am with the warriors
+Meg Moses You will be all that you need to be to the man that appreciates all that you are :)
+Meg Moses Wasn't it about an STD?
first song i ever bought..rocket records.....how time flys.
Like The Jam and Black Lace had a love child
rofl
Its not a vid as in a promo but a British Tv show called top of the pops.
Love this
Luv this
and i can say its on corporation street in city centre near general hospital!!
Just heard the news about Jez this week-what a shame....top bloke too.
reminds me of my teens we were the mods happy days life was so easy
you can look, hahahah i love this song
I lost a bet when I was 13 that this was done by the Piranhas. Ten rand, which was a frikkin fortune to me in 1983, and shows how convinced I was that I was right!
An amazing version of a great 60's song. But i cannot remember who sang the original?
Colum Rogers it was the coasters I think
The Coasters and it's class
Brilliant song brilliant group just a shame it was at the wrong time different fashions were coming along
Modtastic!
Still love the look!