"A couple of days before I wrote 'This Charming Man' I'd heard 'Walk Out To Winter' (by Aztec Camera) on Radio 1, and I felt a little jealous. My competitive urges kicked in. I felt that we needed something up-beat and in a major key for Rough Trade to get behind." quote from johnny
@@Marcel_Audubon cool your tatz mang, both writers are cool in their own way. (even tho frame is a master on the guitar) the only thing music snobbery we need is that the 80s was the best
Johnny Marr of the Smiths said that the early Aztec Camera songs were a major influence on his songwriting. In fact Walk Out to Winter inspired This Charming Man. Love you Roddy!
a fabulously simple tune but so affecting in the minor key, feels like it should be a sad song but i'm always uplifted when i hear it. It was one Terry Wogan who got me hooked on this about 3 years back. Thanks Terry ...and Roddy of course
High Land, Hard Rain remains on my list of all time favorite albums. When you can remember every track lyric for lyric - you know it's the truth. Aztec Camera is the truth!
one of THE BEST EIGHTY songs.... this band was so jazz/pop/new wave they were cool....listened to this all through high school too bad my school was full of rockers...lol thanks whoever posted this... if only we had u tube when we were in high school....
Johnny Marr has been quoted as saying this song inspired the guitar part he wrote for this charming man. However the guitar progression I’m hearing in walk out to winter sounds like it has much more in common with Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now to my ears. Anyone else feel this way?
Whoah...my mind is blown! have loved this song for a couple decades now running but never seen this video. Talk about longing for nostalgia without a proper reference point. Man, this is sparking all kinds of crazy surreals.
I heard this on "Old Grey Whistle Test" back in 1983; I was captivated by it, and couldn't believe when I found out that this amazingly talented guy was just a teenager like me! Wonderful lyrics and guitar work - still sounds just as great :)
Hoy estaba trabajando, soy repartidor, he entrado en una portería y sonaba esta canción; la portera Mena podido decir el título y grupo ya que sonaba en la radio a través de su móvil. Le he comentado que hacía más de 30 años que no la oía, lo que ya es sorprendente. Más sorprendente es la memoria, ya que, aunque no he pensado jamás en ella en todos estos años, la he reconocido al instante, eso sí, desconociendo su título. Para colmo, me encuentro conque es una de las canciones pop más bellas y melancólicas ( desconozco la letra, me refiero a la melodía ) que he escuchado jamás, y no es exageración. Esto lo escribe un melómano aficionado a la música clásica, preferentemente.
A veces un melomano pasa por alto joyas como esta a primera escucha, yo me habia bajado un disco de ellos (the best of) sólo por el tema JUMP, en ese entonces apenas y conocia al grupo y sólo por esa cancion y luego de un tiempo (par de años) le dije a mi hermano mientras me bañaba a que pongas canciones aleatorias de la biblioteca de mi pc a todo volumen y esta fue una de ellas, y no sabía que la tenía ni quien era el interprete le tuve que preguntar a mi hermano y me dio con tremenda sopresa.
Es curioso, a mí me paso algo parecido, la oí en la radio tras muchísimos años y me puse a buscarla como loco pensando que eran The Smiths. Al final, la tarareé en directo en M80 ,la identificaron y la pusieron. Es maravillosa!!!
Walk Out To Winter es uno de los temas más geniales de las últimas décadas. Escuché por primera vez la versión larga en la radio con una gran parte instrumental, no pude olvidarme de ella, esa música tan cálida a pesar de hablar de invierno, compré el 12'', el vinilo, luego los CDs, tengo toda la discografía de Roddy Frame, fui a Londres y lo conocí en persona. Tengo un blog de música y lo llamé "Walk out to music" En fin, una obra maestra. Esta con Shout To The Top (Style Council), Whole Of The Moon (Waterboys) y Killing Moon (Echo & The Bunnymen) son las mejores piezas musicales del siglo XX. miguelpopmusic.blogspot.com/2012/12/aztec-camera-high-land-hard-rain-1983.html
Lo mismo me pasó con oblivious, la tonada familiar, hasta que la escuche de grande y es infaltable en mis listas, Roddy Frame es un genio infravalorado.
I am happy that a quirky and cool musician named Roddy Frame exists in this world. I am just saddened by the fact he did not get the recognition he deserved..My favorite song from the 80s !!
This song brings back so many memories. Going out on a Friday night after "The Tube" with Jools Holland and the late great Paula Yates. Blimey, where has the time gone............
That is so scary as I type this I'm sitting in Dymchurch (Spitting distance to Hythe) I've been up the lighthouse @ 3:05 & tonight I've sat within 200 yards of where that phone box was. It's a very small world.
Agree with Mercurybeam below...has a very emotional impact...found my old single of it the other day and reminded me why it was one of the very few records i recall buying at that time....emotive, evocative...heart rendering....
Aztec Camera to me are like a glass half-full type of person's Smiths! (though I love both bands myself). Interesting how Johnny Marr was in some way influenced by this song.
I saw them open for someone back in 83 or 84. Liked them so much I bought their album (vinyl, still have it). What ever happened to them? This was a great band.
Met in the summer and walked 'til the fall And breathless we talked, it was tongues Despite what they'll say, wasn't youth, we hit the truth Faces of strummer that fell from the wall But nothing is left where they hung Sweet and bitter, they're what we found So drink them down and Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there Chill will wake you, high and dry, you'll wonder why Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there Chance is buried just below the blinding snow You burn in the breadline and ribbons and all So walk to winter, you won't be late, you always wait This generation, the walk to the wall But I'm not angry, get your gear, get out of here and Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there Chill will wake you, high and dry, you'll wonder why Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there Chance is buried just below the blinding snow Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there Chill will wake you, high and dry, you'll wonder why Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there You blind, snow blind, this is why, this is why
Yeah, Scotland does not have nice beaches or good weather, but we sure have some talented musicians :) Love it! Would also be interested to know where they filmed it.
I heard this song for the first time last week. It is the most beautiful melody I have heard in a long time. What do the lyrics mean, though? Does anyone know what he's talking about?
Have you watched/listened to the live version of this on TH-cam when they were on Old Grey Whistle Test? It's this same arrangement--much better than on any album I can find!
Highland Hard Rain - get it and discover genius of Roddy Frame. Blagged our way into Shepherds Bush in 1989, claiming we were Scottish, despite my East london accent. Roddy - the man
Fab. I think the more frantic, less-produced album version is better (no keyboards, guitars sooo fast! - and female backing singers). I have this track on album (High Land, Hard Rain), 7-inch, 12" (actually bought in the 1980s!) and I've even used CD decks to fuse the album track with the 12" extended version which I may post here..... Roddy is a star!!!!
Video filmed in Hythe, but this is a little love letter to East Kilbride which is Roddy's home town and remains bloody baltic every winter to this day. Good for the snow.
@roddyframe123456 My dad hated pop music, with very few exceptions, The Specials and some Propaganda, come to mind. I could tell how surprised and impressed he was by this, from the 1st time of hearing. Nothing would give me greater pleasure, if he was around now, than to play this for him! Also remember him remarking on how Killermont Street, was highly unusual amongst my record collection, as you could actually hear every word he sang!
@earlscourtsw10 Most of this was filmed in Hythe, Kent. The telephone box at 00:30 is at the end of Albert Road. I lived there at the time the video was shot (can't remember when, but must've been between '82 and '84) Some of the shots near the end are out towards Dungeness.
This version isn't on Spotify... sadly or at least not in Austria. The one on Spotify is either the Album Version or the Extended, but not this one with the insanely cool intro
Great stuff. Pity is is out of synch at points. I had to flog all my postcards years back. I had both of AC's postcards Just Like Gold and Mattress of Wire. Luckily I taped them before I sold them. The tape got eaten in my carcassette a few years ago. I'd love to hear Just Like Gold again. And the version of "letters" on the flipside was very cool.
"A couple of days before I wrote 'This Charming Man' I'd heard 'Walk Out To Winter' (by Aztec Camera) on Radio 1, and I felt a little jealous. My competitive urges kicked in. I felt that we needed something up-beat and in a major key for Rough Trade to get behind." quote from johnny
so he wrote a pale imitation... who cares?
Liar
@@Marcel_Audubon cool your tatz mang, both writers are cool in their own way. (even tho frame is a master on the guitar) the only thing music snobbery we need is that the 80s was the best
@@bubblegumgun3292 there's a reason j'en ai marre is pronounced 'johnny marr'
wow I never knew that!
I've always loved this song from the moment i heard it back in 83 love it as much now as i did the it hold special memories to me
I wish i was around then. I love 80s music
あんなに洋楽聴いてた学生時代、この歌聴き逃してたわー💦
ラジオで聴いて探しました〜
マクドナルドで聴いてハマりました！
This song hasn't aged a bit in 26 years, just as vital and fresh as it was in 1983.
Still fresh in 2022. Walk out to Winter...
Johnny Marr of the Smiths said that the early Aztec Camera songs were a major influence on his songwriting. In fact Walk Out to Winter inspired This Charming Man.
Love you Roddy!
Aztec Camera and The Smiths classic staple of the early 80's. This audio file sounds awful bye the way.
who cares?
Rocking Roddy. Been loving this man since I was 16. I am 56 now. Love has not died.
@@Marcel_Audubonyou again, sad man. For one, I do. Can't you let people enjoy both? Some people will find this tune because of that quote.
@@galetinm you've spent the better part of your morning breathlessly responding to comments left over 2 years ago and I'm the sad man?
High Land Hard Rain one of the greatest pop albums of all time.
Keep on rocking Rod!
One of my all time favorite bands, along with Orange Juice and Prefab Sprout. Love you guys!
Just discovered Prefab sprout....Thanks to you!
cross fmで今、流れたこの曲。急にネオアコ(80年代、イギリスやグラスゴーなど語りだしたパーソナリティー)歌詞の和訳まで読まれた、この曲、解散してたけどフリッパーズが推してたから知ったんだった懐かしい
a fabulously simple tune but so affecting in the minor key, feels like it should be a sad song but i'm always uplifted when i hear it. It was one Terry Wogan who got me hooked on this about 3 years back. Thanks Terry ...and Roddy of course
Easily one of the most gifted singer/songwriters. I've been a fan since the first Aztec Camera album.
High Land, Hard Rain remains on my list of all time favorite albums. When you can remember every track lyric for lyric - you know it's the truth. Aztec Camera is the truth!
one of THE BEST EIGHTY songs.... this band was so jazz/pop/new wave they were cool....listened to this all through high school too bad my school was full of rockers...lol thanks whoever posted this... if only we had u tube when we were in high school....
Johnny Marr has been quoted as saying this song inspired the guitar part he wrote for this charming man. However the guitar progression I’m hearing in walk out to winter sounds like it has much more in common with Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now to my ears. Anyone else feel this way?
Whoah...my mind is blown! have loved this song for a couple decades now running but never seen this video. Talk about longing for nostalgia without a proper reference point. Man, this is sparking all kinds of crazy surreals.
this is the best song the 80`s had done.i will never get tired listening to it even a hundred times.
He's so young! and yet so talented. Beautiful video.
I heard this on "Old Grey Whistle Test" back in 1983; I was captivated by it, and couldn't believe when I found out that this amazingly talented guy was just a teenager like me! Wonderful lyrics and guitar work - still sounds just as great :)
Hoy estaba trabajando, soy repartidor, he entrado en una portería y sonaba esta canción; la portera Mena podido decir el título y grupo ya que sonaba en la radio a través de su móvil. Le he comentado que hacía más de 30 años que no la oía, lo que ya es sorprendente. Más sorprendente es la memoria, ya que, aunque no he pensado jamás en ella en todos estos años, la he reconocido al instante, eso sí, desconociendo su título. Para colmo, me encuentro conque es una de las canciones pop más bellas y melancólicas ( desconozco la letra, me refiero a la melodía ) que he escuchado jamás, y no es exageración. Esto lo escribe un melómano aficionado a la música clásica, preferentemente.
A veces un melomano pasa por alto joyas como esta a primera escucha, yo me habia bajado un disco de ellos (the best of) sólo por el tema JUMP, en ese entonces apenas y conocia al grupo y sólo por esa cancion y luego de un tiempo (par de años) le dije a mi hermano mientras me bañaba a que pongas canciones aleatorias de la biblioteca de mi pc a todo volumen y esta fue una de ellas, y no sabía que la tenía ni quien era el interprete le tuve que preguntar a mi hermano y me dio con tremenda sopresa.
Es curioso, a mí me paso algo parecido, la oí en la radio tras muchísimos años y me puse a buscarla como loco pensando que eran The Smiths. Al final, la tarareé en directo en M80 ,la identificaron y la pusieron. Es maravillosa!!!
Walk Out To Winter es uno de los temas más geniales de las últimas décadas. Escuché por primera vez la versión larga en la radio con una gran parte instrumental, no pude olvidarme de ella, esa música tan cálida a pesar de hablar de invierno, compré el 12'', el vinilo, luego los CDs, tengo toda la discografía de Roddy Frame, fui a Londres y lo conocí en persona. Tengo un blog de música y lo llamé "Walk out to music" En fin, una obra maestra. Esta con Shout To The Top (Style Council), Whole Of The Moon (Waterboys) y Killing Moon (Echo & The Bunnymen) son las mejores piezas musicales del siglo XX. miguelpopmusic.blogspot.com/2012/12/aztec-camera-high-land-hard-rain-1983.html
@@pepelanstrum6923 Que pasada, entonces ocurrían cosas así, muy memorable ese momento imagino
Lo mismo me pasó con oblivious, la tonada familiar, hasta que la escuche de grande y es infaltable en mis listas, Roddy Frame es un genio infravalorado.
OMG I loved this song. I loved this album! This really takes me back.... Thanks for posting!
I am happy that a quirky and cool musician named Roddy Frame exists in this world. I am just saddened by the fact he did not get the recognition he deserved..My favorite song from the 80s !!
He also wrote all of Morrissey’s best songs 😆
This song brings back so many memories. Going out on a Friday night after "The Tube" with Jools Holland and the late great Paula Yates. Blimey, where has the time gone............
I'm only just discovering this now...dancing the shit out of it ;0
That is so scary as I type this I'm sitting in Dymchurch (Spitting distance to Hythe) I've been up the lighthouse @ 3:05 & tonight I've sat within 200 yards of where that phone box was. It's a very small world.
Me recuerda mucho a un amor que no pudo ser, pero aquel tiempo...y aquellas sensaciones...y esta gran música, IMPOSIBLE OLVIDAR
GRACIAS PAUL!!!
Is it just me, or does the young Roddy Frame resemble River Pheonix? One of my favorite songs ever--love this entire album!
River & Johny Depp
Probably my favourite guitar solo ever at the end.
このロケ地はどこだろう
この街はどんな匂いがするんだろう
This is in my top ten of 80's hits absolutely superb...Roddy man where are you know!?x
God. This brings me back to a much simpler time ! I was only 14 when it came out so that might explain it 😂
Roddy never sold his soul, so he will ALWAYS be ours.....
So Sweet to say! So true. Xoxo
Temazooo, una joya musical, una obra maestra
whoever posted this THANX! this was my favourite high shcool song...such a feel good song
I love the atmosphere- classic video!!!
THE BEST OF THE BEST of CAMERA AZTECA!!!
Agree with Mercurybeam below...has a very emotional impact...found my old single of it the other day and reminded me why it was one of the very few records i recall buying at that time....emotive, evocative...heart rendering....
Roddy Frame should be a Megastar.
But I am kinda glad he's not
Because he's still ours................
Amazing and spectacular song, 80s were so good.
Una de las canciones más bonitas, escritas de la historia de la música
Después de tanto tiempo la escuchas y la melodía la tatarareas...😘
I had this tape in rural japan 9/1984..everytime september rolls around I want to listen from pillar to post or walk out to winter
lov this song,,back in the ole good days
fantastic, i love the single version of this song!
Me recuerda especialmente un amor que no llegó a ser y hoy después de más de 30 años la recuerdo con nostalgia de lo que nunca ocurrió.
People bang on about jonny Marr and the smiths. Roddy frame was light years ahead. I'm a guitar player and this bloke from aztec camera was brilliant.
Aztec Camera to me are like a glass half-full type of person's Smiths! (though I love both bands myself).
Interesting how Johnny Marr was in some way influenced by this song.
A 'goosebump' track! in the best possible way ;)
This song is so awesome!
Como olvidarla. Grandes recuerdos de juventud
Excellent Guitar playing . Me Love It!!!
Best guitar-vocalist.
I was born in 1992 but even i think that alot of the music of the 80s was great and that it puts alot of modern music to shame.
Love it. Takes me back 💔
Gracias por compartir este tema es mi adolescencia en estado puro Mjose ❤️
not really an Xmas songs but to me its CHRISTMAS wen I hear it lovely song
F-ing incredible in retrospect.
Inch perfect pop.
“Modern Love” brought me here. Go Get her Michael!
I saw them open for someone back in 83 or 84. Liked them so much I bought their album (vinyl, still have it). What ever happened to them? This was a great band.
his voice makes me happy
Gran canción!!!
👵👩🦯 👍
Met in the summer and walked 'til the fall
And breathless we talked, it was tongues
Despite what they'll say, wasn't youth, we hit the truth
Faces of strummer that fell from the wall
But nothing is left where they hung
Sweet and bitter, they're what we found
So drink them down and
Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there
Chill will wake you, high and dry, you'll wonder why
Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there
Chance is buried just below the blinding snow
You burn in the breadline and ribbons and all
So walk to winter, you won't be late, you always wait
This generation, the walk to the wall
But I'm not angry, get your gear, get out of here and
Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there
Chill will wake you, high and dry, you'll wonder why
Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there
Chance is buried just below the blinding snow
Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there
Chill will wake you, high and dry, you'll wonder why
Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there
You blind, snow blind, this is why, this is why
geee ! make me cry sooo pure
Love it!
Roddy Frame still around as a solo artist these days with three solo CDs and new material coming out in 2014.
Nice to meet you 240p in 2012.
This crazy sound....
Yeah, Scotland does not have nice beaches or good weather, but we sure have some talented musicians :)
Love it! Would also be interested to know where they filmed it.
Filmed in Hythe, Kent.
Was gonna say, vegetated shingle beach always gotta be Kent or Suffolk!
Love it love it love it! What a gift!
thanks for posting luv da song heard it today on direct tv alternative music channel 839
one of the great talented british to came out of the fabulous 80s
Brilliant guitar.
Temazo. Pero imprescindible la versión entera. De lo mejor que se ha escrito.
Magica band e tutte le loro canzoni roddy frame vera icona
Oh how I love this song!!
I heard this song for the first time last week. It is the most beautiful melody I have heard in a long time. What do the lyrics mean, though? Does anyone know what he's talking about?
I've always taken it to be about the ideals of the punk scene...the youth wanting to change everything
Hope that helps🌻
This song is so real
I was 7 when I saw this on Max Headroom on channel 13 way back in '85!
Have you watched/listened to the live version of this on TH-cam when they were on Old Grey Whistle Test? It's this same arrangement--much better than on any album I can find!
fuck man this is an awesome song.. i love playing the 12inch version..
Highland Hard Rain - get it and discover genius of Roddy Frame. Blagged our way into Shepherds Bush in 1989, claiming we were Scottish, despite my East london accent. Roddy - the man
sheer coolness! the wee boy from east kilbride
Jacqui from Leamington Spa, Benidorm 1983.......what a great girl....
Where was the video shop and does that old lady have a stocking over her to obscure her face. Great song. Big hooks
Can someone upload a better sound quality version of this video? Thanks
technically proficient with unbound creativity
Roddy Frame -Genius!!
Isn’t the album version different than this one?
Fab. I think the more frantic, less-produced album version is better (no keyboards, guitars sooo fast! - and female backing singers). I have this track on album (High Land, Hard Rain), 7-inch, 12" (actually bought in the 1980s!) and I've even used CD decks to fuse the album track with the 12" extended version which I may post here..... Roddy is a star!!!!
Luv the vid and song what was the story with the old lady appearing thru the vid i wonder?
the synth at the start, really moving
Video filmed in Hythe, but this is a little love letter to East Kilbride which is Roddy's home town and remains bloody baltic every winter to this day. Good for the snow.
When it snows in EK, get you scarf oot!!!😂
Which beach resort ? 🤔
brilliant !!!! oh to be back to the 80s and away from the shite of today :(
@roddyframe123456 My dad hated pop music, with very few exceptions, The Specials and some Propaganda, come to mind. I could tell how surprised and impressed he was by this, from the 1st time of hearing. Nothing would give me greater pleasure, if he was around now, than to play this for him! Also remember him remarking on how Killermont Street, was highly unusual amongst my record collection, as you could actually hear every word he sang!
Makes me remember listening to this album for hours in my bedroom at my parents house....sigh. How life changes....
My Canadian Christmas anthem :)
Johnny Marr wrote Charming Man after listening to this, and 2 other songs on the same night
@earlscourtsw10 Most of this was filmed in Hythe, Kent. The telephone box at 00:30 is at the end of Albert Road. I lived there at the time the video was shot (can't remember when, but must've been between '82 and '84) Some of the shots near the end are out towards Dungeness.
me to
This version isn't on Spotify... sadly or at least not in Austria. The one on Spotify is either the Album Version or the Extended, but not this one with the insanely cool intro
I can't find it either. But there's an extended 7 min 47 sec version with those synths in the beginning.
Great stuff. Pity is is out of synch at points.
I had to flog all my postcards years back. I had both of AC's postcards Just Like Gold and Mattress of Wire. Luckily I taped them before I sold them.
The tape got eaten in my carcassette a few years ago.
I'd love to hear Just Like Gold again. And the version of "letters" on the flipside was very cool.
Was that in 1983? That was probably the show on which I discovered them :)
Classic and unforgettable
@Catch22ish Indie bands back then were actually Indie as well!