Hi and me to. I am now 60 however I feel so privileged to have heared this music first time. And to hear it now still exists me as the first time I heard it.
A Scottish band from Dundee in Scotland what a belter of a tune from the 1980’s, we Scots are not all about Hills, Kilts, and Haggis we make great music as well hello from us all here in Dunfermline Fife.
100% agree wish I could have been 18 or so (& stay that age) in 1960 so I could get a solid 4 decades of absolutely amazing music,dunno about you guys but things started to go wrong in the late 90s as the charts just became dominated by manufactured crap sure there were a few great bands after that but nowhere near the volume of yesteryear,kids nowadays are more interested in k-pop than in bands with actual music talent. My Daughter wanted some special light for xmas (branded to her fav band) that they all hold up above there heads at k-pop concerts lol what happened to just bouncing around in the mosh pit having the time of your life huh lol.
Just read somewhere they are the fifteenth most sampled act of all time, so not really underrated in music producers eyes, especially hip hop producers.
true ! up until i saw this vid i always thought they weren't white ! 😀 The name of the band should have been a clue.. but didn't know that either ! duh 😀
@@odettelongo 😂😂You were not alone part of a very large group of people, I think the penny dropped when I heard Play that funky music white boy. You know your listening to a masterpiece when you have to pause the recording to comment, the lyrics were wasted on the boy back then,,,, now I truly appreciate this fantastic song ❤
God, Scotland's funkiest national treasures. They had me when "Pick Up The Pieces" was released when I was in high school. I have been a fan ever since.
This was one of the best disco songs that got everyone on the floor. The energy and vibe just made one get up and shake to the marvellous rhythm. Classic.
It certainly did , I was running a mobile disco in the 70s 80s & if I was ever struggling to get people up this would always do it & filled the floor .. thanks guys ..
Although this band was classified as a "disco" act, there was nothing pre-packaged or overly commercial about them. They were true masters of R&B, soul, and funk. The term "Blue-Eyed Soul" was made for these guys, though acts as far back as The Young Rascals also worked the territory.
I remember the first time i heard this track on the radio 📻 as a kid, I just assumed that they were an American band like Kool and the gang, The brothers Johnson, Chic or the Isley brothers. Awesome band.............Awesome track!!! 👍 🎼🎵🎶🎹🎷🔊🎤🎸
What a 100% killer track!! Takes me back to when I was 16, a glorious part of my life when I & my whole family, parents 5 kids plus my girlfriend, various boyfriends, cousins, uncle/aunt, their kids and friends (18 of us in total) drove through France in various cars, Volkswagen Camper Vans and went camping to Calella Spain for 2 & half weeks......what a blast, music was brilliant, scene was brilliant, weather was brilliant, everything was brilliant.....never to be repeated, just never!!!
My favourite disco song EVER so many times I danced around my handbag to this fabulous song! Incredible soul sound from this band and just a great, great masterpiece with the vocals and sax it gets better with age - timeless!
Wow, they knew the style and people who inspired them. 1970's African American. Brilliant. What great musicans and a brill tune.x Thanks for the history and memories of the band.❤
Wonderful memories I was 15! My big sister used to beg my father to let me go to the disco with her no drink just dancing brilliant music 💚 from Ireland
This has got 2 b on my five favourite tracks of all time !!! The lyrics just add 2 the brilliance and the funny thing is i thought 4 over 20yrs i thought this was a black group. Did i get a shock when i saw the video !! What an idiot i am !!! 😂😆
Their self-effacing name to the contrary, 'AWB' were anything but. They crossed the colour line and achieved success and credibility playing funk, with their tight, fiery sound belying their working-class Scottish heritage.
I had the pleasure of meeting these guys in 1981. first I was staying at the same hotel in Cornwall when they played the Cornwall Coliseum, seen them twice in Las Vegas and BB Kings club in New York. Simply the best.
maybe one of my favorite songs ever!!!...of course is in my running playlist...wow I still remember living in usa in summer time long long ago...cheers me up, feeds my soul this song!!
Fabulously tight drumming - the drummer went on to do massive amounts of work with a wide variety of bands, including Duran Duran and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
Great song I remember this when it first come out.even now hearing still has a great feel to it great in the night clubs in the 80s brings back great memories
Lying in bed listening and can't help dancing! I am a huge AWB fan since the Soul Searching album. That's a long time ago. Saw them in concert years ago, an amazing show!
The Beauty of music. That transports you back instantly to a time a place, people, a Job a car.. With the added bonus years later of nostalgia.. What a fantastic tune this was /is Even better listening now with the nostalgia flooding back 🎶🎶😁👍. I was 19 in 1980 Now 59 😬
Went to Buxton Opera house last night to see these guys and just if you are wondering yes they did turn back the hands of time they were just amazing so tight and the SAX players well they just blew me away the whole thing was KIN AWESOME. IF you get chance people go see them you will not be disappointed.
We can go back to being free and consume only songs of this kind, we, the old as they call us, we can revolutionize once again, support our generation! Buy vinyl buy, cds, produce our own music, ignore the millenials!!! ❤️
@@daviddouglas6610 ha ha the posers dance floor I was on there all the time, 😄 me and my brother used to go to the all dayers great times, also Tiffany's,
2024 anyone?
Great track great scottish singer
Yes I'm here
#Gingersoul Aye
im 60 and still loving this fine track, any one else loving this
How many of us given the chance of past mistakes would love to go around again 🤘🏴🌹
This is what you call great music, my generation listened to the best music.
Blue eyed Scottish soul nothing like it ❤
This came on the radio today... 2021. I'm over sixty but felt 16. Good Times. X
You're as old as you feel .
But I bet you can still jig and jive too this one 😎👍
@@johncuddy2669 Listening to HEART 80'S now, absolutely fab and yep I'm in my 60's as well.
I just watched this on a party music count down it was number 3 dancing at 10 in the morning, so awesome I had to TH-cam it and watch again 😁😁😁
Snap !! xx
Anything but Average👏👏👏 🔥Now there's a tune I can feel some SERIOUS dad dancing comin on might even video it ant torture my kids with it 😂😂
Oh my my.... I was 20 when this came out I'm now 60 this was without question a masterclass in the discos. TIME MACHINE ANYONE. 🙏💜
These songs bring back great memories Paul!
I'll accept a lift thanks, some fantastic music around then. 👍
Hi and me to. I am now 60 however I feel so privileged to have heared this music first time. And to hear it now still exists me as the first time I heard it.
Yes and I don't need a return ticket. Thanks.
I'm 65 I loved this and still do
Absolutely nothing average about this song, 43 years old & STILL makes anyone’s foot tap, fabulous song
just tapping my foot asi was reading
Listening 🎧 now
A favourite band of my wonderful son who passed away prematurely in August 2021. Missing him desperately.
Peace to you and bless him for having brilliant music taste.
I am sorry 😢
So sorry for Ur loss
May he rest in peace Hazel, keep playing the music he loved and he'll always be close to you ♥
With you in heart. It's amazing what memories music can trigger.
What a band, soul from top to toe, 66 still dancing to this peice of great music.
A Scottish band from Dundee in Scotland what a belter of a tune from the 1980’s, we Scots are not all about Hills, Kilts, and Haggis we make great music as well hello from us all here in Dunfermline Fife.
Chris Montignani superb
The 70s, too
Hi there
Greetings from the east coast of the U.S.👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽
Montignani is a scottish surname? Lol
Still gives me chills after all these years..So looking forward to seeing them at the Royal Albert Hall next May...❤
I'm from Scotland, this song fills me with pride and soul.
What! A track. Memories flooding back, 72 years old and dancing around my living room
Awesome....Keep Going...Chic...Everybody Dance...keepondancing...🏋️
Who is listening in 2020 wishing for the good times back?
Me !!! wish we could go back 😂 I'm with you there x
I wasn’t even alive in the good times but I really wish I was there
Aah they were wonderful ❣️ .... If only 😊 we could go round again? I certainly would 🎤🎼👍😊🎶💯💞💕
100% agree wish I could have been 18 or so (& stay that age) in 1960 so I could get a solid 4 decades of absolutely amazing music,dunno about you guys but things started to go wrong in the late 90s as the charts just became dominated by manufactured crap sure there were a few great bands after that but nowhere near the volume of yesteryear,kids nowadays are more interested in k-pop than in bands with actual music talent. My Daughter wanted some special light for xmas (branded to her fav band) that they all hold up above there heads at k-pop concerts lol what happened to just bouncing around in the mosh pit having the time of your life huh lol.
Ye I want times to go back the memorys
41 years ago and still sounding amazing in 2021. Absolutely timeless 👌
Still in 2023
One of the most underated bands ever !
Not really Back in the day. They were on EVERY SHOW. EVERY SONG WAS A HOT HIT
Just read somewhere they are the fifteenth most sampled act of all time, so not really underrated in music producers eyes, especially hip hop producers.
I grew up absolute loving this song and the voice of Hamish Stuart … never to know that one day he would be a friend
Proof that SOUL has no color! These brothers are legends,and their music is timeless!
Nice comment mate.
You nailed it bud, these guys came from Dundee in Scotland one of many great singers to from Scotland 👌
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true ! up until i saw this vid i always thought they weren't white ! 😀 The name of the band should have been a clue.. but didn't know that either ! duh 😀
@@odettelongo 😂😂You were not alone part of a very large group of people, I think the penny dropped when I heard Play that funky music white boy. You know your listening to a masterpiece when you have to pause the recording to comment, the lyrics were wasted on the boy back then,,,, now I truly appreciate this fantastic song ❤
God, Scotland's funkiest national treasures. They had me when "Pick Up The Pieces" was released when I was in high school. I have been a fan ever since.
Maitre Savard the extended version of this is brilliant a part 1 and a part 2 classic AwB
It just doesn't get any better than this.
Pikey Fish u know that bro !!! 😉
Pikey Fish No it doesn’t, it’s fabulous ❤️
Crying happy tears and this was about ten years before I was born
Hi hope you are enjoying the music DJ Johnny Brooks
Utter genius.
I was mesmerised by the singers voice when I first heard this....😲
Definitely the best jazz-funk band Scotland has ever produced.
I didn't know they were Scottish!
I loved them in my teens and never knew they were a Scottish bands
Nah mate ….the best FUNK band Scotland produced that had James Brown paying homage to those brothers for “Pick up the Pieces”
I thought Cado Belle were just as good,
Gaz tin tin, it was the same band.
Takes you back to 1980 every time!
Brilliant song. I love how the lead singer's voice takes on a roughness or raspiness in the higher notes.
this is life. on record it izz smoothed out
@@rondeneef Oh? 🤔 It always sounds this way when played on radio or by dj's.
@@myapinion7532 stil have the 45. A lilly bit of dffrencz. . .
3 versions was made at that time. x
@@myapinion7532 maybe...... xx AAFES/nato/bsd radio
This was one of the best disco songs that got everyone on the floor. The energy and vibe just made one get up and shake to the marvellous rhythm. Classic.
It certainly did , I was running a mobile disco in the 70s 80s & if I was ever struggling to get people up this would always do it & filled the floor .. thanks guys ..
lets go around again and again and again and again, oh pure magic , god i fuckin love this
CLASSIC WHAT A STOMPER.... NEVER GETS OLD........
Sheer brilliance one of the best intros and dance tracks of all time. Cheers guys for your magic.
Oh YES! That intro just grabs you INSTANTLY.
It is SUCH a joy to dance to. It's transportive, transcendent . . . therapeutic, even. I bloody LOVE it.
Been a big fan since their first album..."Pick up the Pieces" was the best song of 1974.
I LOVED this song back in the days and I STILL can't get enough of its Funky Scotish Flavor!!! Bad Ass Song equipped with Violins!!!
Just love this tune, and I keep coming back to it just one more time.
Just fantastic.......wow this really perks me up. I was 21 in 1979
What a beautiful and timeless band, thank you eternally for the music. Bless you all 🙏🏼❤
Although this band was classified as a "disco" act, there was nothing pre-packaged or overly commercial about them. They were true masters of R&B, soul, and funk. The term "Blue-Eyed Soul" was made for these guys, though acts as far back as The Young Rascals also worked the territory.
Just an amazing tune, absolutely brilliant.
This is before my time I’m only 31 but this is an absolute jam! Way better than any Modern music
A brilliant song, and they're a Scottish band, never knew that until now. Always thought AWB were American....
Pure funk music and r&b from Scotland like a Simply Red and Rick Astley..fantastic! Great and best music from Highlands!
I remember the first time i heard this track on the radio 📻 as a kid, I just assumed that they were an American band like Kool and the gang, The brothers Johnson, Chic or the Isley brothers. Awesome band.............Awesome track!!! 👍 🎼🎵🎶🎹🎷🔊🎤🎸
How did I miss this song........started listening to them in the 70’s and don’t remember ever hearing this great song 👍👍
It was toward the end of their run, several years - and albums - after "Cut the Cake" and "Pick Up the Pieces."
Never get tired of listening to this song. Just a stunning piece of music.
Remember the day I bought it back in 1980 and never stopped loving it ever since!
What a 100% killer track!! Takes me back to when I was 16, a glorious part of my life when I & my whole family, parents 5 kids plus my girlfriend, various boyfriends, cousins, uncle/aunt, their kids and friends (18 of us in total) drove through France in various cars, Volkswagen Camper Vans and went camping to Calella Spain for 2 & half weeks......what a blast, music was brilliant, scene was brilliant, weather was brilliant, everything was brilliant.....never to be repeated, just never!!!
You're right..!!..#Suddenly the years are gone.....!!!!!
My favourite disco song EVER so many times I danced around my handbag to this fabulous song! Incredible soul sound from this band and just a great, great masterpiece with the vocals and sax it gets better with age - timeless!
All you can say is brilliant
what a classic brings back so many memories
Richard Purchas,
Ran Discos in the 70s/80s/90s and this particular track ALWAYS used to literally electrify the crowd and lift the night with such a feel good vibe😎👍
Never knew was a Scottish band but hey what a top tune bostin💯👍
A great band that sounds like they are straight out of Detroit rather than Dundee!
Allways though they were black.. Good song.. 1970s
No Detroit, is Motown sound, this is a Philladelphia Disco sound!
@@sirpaulconwaysirpaulconway6944 Same here I thought the name was a pun, and apparently from Dundee wow.
.......and Perth!!
Wow, they knew the style and people who inspired them. 1970's African American. Brilliant. What great musicans and a brill tune.x Thanks for the history and memories of the band.❤
Wonderful memories I was 15! My big sister used to beg my father to let me go to the disco with her no drink just dancing brilliant music 💚 from Ireland
An absolute tune, as good today as when it was first released, always makes me reach out to increase the volume and a great floor filler
I totally agree
This song, always makes me want to go around again, what precious times life brings..
This song/music is indicative of what's missing on the current radio airwaves-talent, emotion and exceptional vocals!!!
Could listen to this song all day long... A great piece of music. Get's better every time I hear it.
Thomas Deenihan
Ray O' Connor......charming guy!! Not, you should get a life!
Thomas, Agree! This is my favourite all time song, I want it played at my funeral. From Scotland's finest soul band from Dundee.....brilliant!
This has got 2 b on my five favourite tracks of all time !!! The lyrics just add 2 the brilliance and the funny thing is i thought 4 over 20yrs i thought this was a black group. Did i get a shock when i saw the video !! What an idiot i am !!! 😂😆
Me too, I never tire of it, if I'm feeling down I listen to it.......aaahhhhh!
Absolutely fantastic song, never get tired of listening to it, pure class xx
Will never stop listening to this fab band!! First saw them on the "Old Grey Whistle Test" music programme back in the 80's.... Where are they now???
one of the funkiest tunes ever and from a band of scots
Bleedin any one mate
Funky and cooool
Its uplifting with the best
Period👏
Brilliant too🏴🇶🇦
My blue eyes and Scottish freckles are still grooving to this. Timeless. Yeehaa!
Their self-effacing name to the contrary, 'AWB' were anything but.
They crossed the colour line and achieved success and credibility playing funk, with their tight, fiery sound belying their working-class Scottish heritage.
I had the pleasure of meeting these guys in 1981. first I was staying at the same hotel in Cornwall when they played the Cornwall Coliseum, seen them twice in Las Vegas and BB Kings club in New York. Simply the best.
A masterpiece from a fantastic band - fond memories
Never get tired of this fantastic tune !!!
Brilliant
Wow so this is what proper music sounds like 👍
maybe one of my favorite songs ever!!!...of course is in my running playlist...wow I still remember living in usa in summer time long long ago...cheers me up, feeds my soul this song!!
Still makes me want to dance, every time!! 🥰
Sublime musicianship and song writing...A song that a lot of people wish they could have written..
Fabulously tight drumming - the drummer went on to do massive amounts of work with a wide variety of bands, including Duran Duran and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
Steve Ferrone.
@@tyrebursterpretty sure Roger Taylor was the drummer of Duran Duran.
@stevencowdell5201 He was most of the time but Steve Ferrone filled in during RT's absences.
What a tune, brilliant band.
Great song I remember this when it first come out.even now hearing still has a great feel to it great in the night clubs in the 80s brings back great memories
I love this group and this song forever..
All these years later they are still cutting the cake 😜
i thought this was a black band, really, 48 yrs old and found this out 12 months ago lmao
I always thought the same
I am over 60 but such good memories when I hear this song.x
A wonderful timeless classic, thank you.
Brilliant band…I grew up in this era…..the absolute best 🥰
Loving it
Wonderful 1980 offering which i adored at the time clubbing and football matches over loud speakers and all that also 1975 pick up the pieces
Lying in bed listening and can't help dancing! I am a huge AWB fan since the Soul Searching album. That's a long time ago. Saw them in concert years ago, an amazing show!
I want to go round, not one more time, all the time
Let's listen to this, 50 more times
Oscar Ward your true
The Beauty of music.
That transports you back instantly to a time a place, people, a Job a car.. With the added bonus years later of nostalgia.. What a fantastic tune this was /is
Even better listening now with the nostalgia flooding back 🎶🎶😁👍.
I was 19 in 1980
Now 59 😬
Goes to show. A group of Scottish exceptional that love soul and made this track an fantastic hit. God is good to provide us this talent 🙏🏽❤️👊🏽
Why these guys aren’t widely acknowledged I’ll never know 😳 funk jazz and sooouullll👍superbly talented artists 😎😎
Love this tune, I'm dancing 🕺 😍
Deep love for this tune from a Londoner, absolute class this tune, never ages for me.
Went to Buxton Opera house last night to see these guys and just if you are wondering yes they did turn back the hands of time they were just amazing so tight and the SAX players well they just blew me away the whole thing was KIN AWESOME. IF you get chance people go see them you will not be disappointed.
I grew up on all these tunes it's got me thru the most happy and sad times nothing touches you like music
Average White Band is far far from average!! Probably in my top 5 favourite songs ever & they’re British like me. Great stuff, love 💗 it so much!!
Has to be 1 of the most musically gifted bands ever, Wonderful music. Love AWB.
Beautifully produced and arranged
A truly classic song one of my top 64 songs of all time!
This should be re released 😁 try listening to this without moving 😆
As I was reading comment realised my feet were jiggling around to the music. Great song great band great times. 💙
Definitely a ding for my funeral - brilliant song !
I'm a very bad dancer but i can't stop moving!
so true lol
@@davidrobertson8921 me too David. Just love it. It's on my list with life policies 😅
Wow! What a voice/tune!!!? Thought they were the above-average-black-band!!!? 🤔😂Legends!! Xxx
Fantastic musicans, tune, tune, it was, it is a popular track. A humble name for the band. It's a yes from me.☺❤🎶🎼
ABSOLUTE CLASSIC ! Takes me back to the long hot summers . And the classy girls , you know who you are !
We can go back to being free and consume only songs of this kind, we, the old as they call us, we can revolutionize once again, support our generation! Buy vinyl buy, cds, produce our own music, ignore the millenials!!! ❤️
Classic from the 80s!.
Takes me back to good times.
Brilliant tune!! One of my faves! They are obviously miming for this performance.
Hello Auntie Eye! Hello Auntie Titch !! X
It's like being back in Annabelles in Liverpool on Friday night 1976
Wow I remember that and the Beachcomber in Seel street
Oh yea dancing on the dance floor with lights on
@@davidbell2025 not forgetting the Hollywood, those where the days,,,
@@daviddouglas6610 ha ha the posers dance floor I was on there all the time, 😄 me and my brother used to go to the all dayers great times, also Tiffany's,
Até hoje escuto essa música, coisa linda demais. Dancei muito na minha epoca de balada.
Classic, beautiful timeless
Love this tune, can't help but dance to this whenever it comes on! 😀😀