I'm an Edinburgh girl born and bred, and the shop assistants are one of the best things to come out of my beautiful home city. I was just a kiddo when they were at their height. I wish I was older so I could have seen them play live at a venue in Edinburgh. What a great band this was. Thank you, Shop Assistants!
I was lucky enough to play ▶️ n the same bill as them in Edinburgh. Primal Scream were also on the bill. The Shoppies were by far the highlight of the night
I'm currently reading a book called Mayflies, about a group of Scots lads who come to Manchester for the "Festival of the 10th Summer" gig (which I attended). Whilst in Manchester they also take in the Shop Assistants at the International...and that's why I'm here. Very of its time, let's put it that way. Dreamy vocals over a too-frantic backing - very 1986. RIP the singer, Alex, though. (Oh, and the book's not great by the way).
you know what, nothing will ever sound as good as this, i know thats a really general comment, but seriously i love these, saw them support my bloody valentine when i still had long hair :)
I love this band -got an album somewhere - did a search for them on here expecting it to laugh at me and say "are you having al augh" but no someone's uploaded a shoppies clip Yay thanks so much - top stuff
My wife left me for the best man four months after I got married and she said she hoped we would still be friends after. This song sums up why we can't be and I love it.
Cracking gig at the Dovecot Arts Centre in Stockton on Tees in 1985/6- a party atmosphere. Am sure the band will remember it well. It was fun whilst it lasted!
they were one of my favourite all time bands! I still have all their singles and 12" s although I remember being a bit disappointed with the album.Safety Net was their finest hour for me,or maybe All That Ever Mattered
FAN-TAS-TIC!!! This was my favourite band at college and I snuck into their final gig in Camden pretending to be a reporter from the NME. Oh those heady 80's days! Wonder where Alex Taylor is now?
I was in deal with the young guitarist of Shop assistants last year. I owned his 1976 black Gibson S-1, 3 blade single pickups, you see in that track. For the story, the Gibson S-1 was initially endorsed by Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, as well as Carlos Santana.
I don't know who you were watching but this was filmed at Napier college (as it was then) in Edinburgh. Look at the hills in the background and look at the architecture. Nothing like the German hospital or London. I should know, I was at Napier the same time as them. Finished the year this came out. At the end of the video you can even see Edinburgh castle. Maybe you should have a wee rethink of where you were...if you were there.
I recently posted a Motorcyle Boy 'video' (Alex Taylor from The Shop Assistants singing lead). It's their cover of The Velvet Underground's Run Run Run. Thanks for uploading this video! crashsite000
The Canadian band Fuc*ed Up do an interesting cover of this (and of Looking Back) on their new comp COUPLE TRACKS. This is not meant to be an ad 0 just info. :)
Do you know what is funny? People and the press (NME) were raving a year ago about the Long Blondes who are a complete copy of The Shop Assistants, Tallulah, heavenly etc Big love from Greece
Alright...enough's a fucking enough....life is too short not to have one last flirtation with the tremendous Shop Assistants. What's it gonna take to get these guys to reform? Someone crowdfund it for fucks sake....
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How are shop assistants not more known!? their debut is so amazing! Heavily underrated band.
"You leave me and I'll scratch your eyes out".... Love that line. Aways stayed win me.
Me too!
I'm an Edinburgh girl born and bred, and the shop assistants are one of the best things to come out of my beautiful home city. I was just a kiddo when they were at their height. I wish I was older so I could have seen them play live at a venue in Edinburgh. What a great band this was. Thank you, Shop Assistants!
Have you seen any of the shows from potterrow? Videos are on here somewhere.
I also missed out by being born too late!
I think Dave might be playing some shows with Swell Maps soon, so you're not totally out of luck!
I was lucky enough to play ▶️ n the same bill as them in Edinburgh. Primal Scream were also on the bill. The Shoppies were by far the highlight of the night
@@ellspacer 😮👏🎵
Saw them at ULU
RIP Alex 😢 Shop Assistants and Motorcycle Boy soundtracked my adolescence
Still love this song and I’m 50..... x
I'm currently reading a book called Mayflies, about a group of Scots lads who come to Manchester for the "Festival of the 10th Summer" gig (which I attended). Whilst in Manchester they also take in the Shop Assistants at the International...and that's why I'm here. Very of its time, let's put it that way. Dreamy vocals over a too-frantic backing - very 1986. RIP the singer, Alex, though. (Oh, and the book's not great by the way).
Let's get this straight. The Shop Assistants were fucking magnificent. That's it.
Oh man, this is going to be stuck in my head all day, and for the rest of my life!
This still sounds bloody FANTASTIC...!
I must take every opportunity to tell the world about the shop assistants
They are fucking fab😎
filmed overlooking Edinburgh...one of my favorite places in the world! thanks yet once again. lovely.
The beginning of indie pop is amazing!
you know what, nothing will ever sound as good as this, i know thats a really general comment, but seriously i love these, saw them support my bloody valentine when i still had long hair :)
This is freakin' awesome. I'd never heard this before until tonight! Tis a very fun song.
Thanks I taped them doing a Peel session, loved their Ace of Spades cover
I love this band -got an album somewhere - did a search for them on here expecting it to laugh at me and say "are you having al augh" but no someone's uploaded a shoppies clip Yay
thanks so much - top stuff
RIP Alex Taylor, died 2005. So sad the news only surfaced in 2020
Their title "it's up to you" on C86 vinyl is also fantastic
Their song on the C86 LP called "it's up to you" is awsome
I love this band i love proper relationship lyrics .
My wife left me for the best man four months after I got married and she said she hoped we would still be friends after. This song sums up why we can't be and I love it.
Seems to me that getting 2 back-stabbing, traitorous, deluded, wretched, useless fucks out of your life in one go was actually an unexpected bonus.
Lol! I used to drive the van.
Hope things worked out for you, Oliver.
Heartbreaking. You must really miss that guy.
Wtf
i have shop assistants records too..... can get them still in avalanche in Edinburgh
Cracking gig at the Dovecot Arts Centre in Stockton on Tees in 1985/6- a party atmosphere. Am sure the band will remember it well. It was fun whilst it lasted!
Another group I should be much more familiar with.
Those deceptively perky harmonies are great!
great song. Takes ma back. Thanks for posting
Thrilled to find some Shop Assistants on here, thanks for the upload :-)
Records are making a huge comeback now. Everything from the small record shop to the big retail outfit.
love this one, this was always my go-to shop assistants mixtape star! :) :)
2:17 of pop-rock perfection... Love this band! Where are these guys today?
I imagine they're old like the rest of us.
I believe the singer died in 2005.
I got the 12 inch single of "Somewhere in China" I bought in 1991. What a great song.
saw Dum Dum Girls earlier tonight and they really reminded me of this. used to really be into this back then.
i saw this band as support jamc + inca babies 1985 electric ballroom, london ! great
It is so cool to find that song on TH-cam. They should bloody reform, even if it was only for a short while.
Great track!
Just awesome.
they were one of my favourite all time bands! I still have all their singles and 12" s although I remember being a bit disappointed with the album.Safety Net was their finest hour for me,or maybe All That Ever Mattered
easily one of my favourite bands of all time/any know what sarah kneale and laura mcphail are up to now?//
Its nice to be eighteen again. Thanks.
( crawls back under the rock he came from )
they are too cool. what an attitude she has :)
Pure perfect trashpop minimalism - the ideal antidote for half a decade or more of Thatcherism. Shop Assistants rock!
been keeping my eye open for their stuff for ages. many, many thanks for posting.
got any flatmates?
gotta luv watchin the drummer
Every good song 😊
Thanks for posting this.
FAN-TAS-TIC!!! This was my favourite band at college and I snuck into their final gig in Camden pretending to be a reporter from the NME. Oh those heady 80's days! Wonder where Alex Taylor is now?
Sadly she passed away in 2006
WHY DID THEY GET RID OF THIS VERSION ON SPOTIFY :(
Mid 80s class - John Peel was playing loads of this kind of stuff, ran out of C90s on a regular basis.....
I was in deal with the young guitarist of Shop assistants last year. I owned his 1976 black Gibson S-1, 3 blade single pickups, you see in that track.
For the story, the Gibson S-1 was initially endorsed by Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, as well as Carlos Santana.
Very cool.
Missing those days, so long ago.
the video was filmed top of the old german hospital in dalston can still remember being up there watching it
David Caplin damn thats awesome
jealous maaan
It's on the roof of Edinburgh Napier University where they were students
Help is available David😱!
I don't know who you were watching but this was filmed at Napier college (as it was then) in Edinburgh. Look at the hills in the background and look at the architecture. Nothing like the German hospital or London.
I should know, I was at Napier the same time as them. Finished the year this came out. At the end of the video you can even see Edinburgh castle.
Maybe you should have a wee rethink of where you were...if you were there.
The Janitors' Wall Star is missing from this compilation video. :'(
excellent video
is that done on st james centre roof?
some of the scenes of the video down at leith docks now totally unrecgonisble as well
this is pretty nice
Awesome
muy buena musica....
All hyperbole aside this is quite good.
Beau music!
been looking for "Fixed Grin" for yonks, anyone come accross a vid or footage of it anywhere?
A great Canadian punk band called Fucked Up recently recorded a cover of this song. It's really good, search it out.
Love forever❤
me encanta 🍥🌹
Wasn't "It's all up to you" by The Darling Buds?
Motorcycle Boy rules!
The song I listened to when my first girl friend left me in 1987!
I recently posted a Motorcyle Boy 'video' (Alex Taylor from The Shop Assistants singing lead). It's their cover of The Velvet Underground's Run Run Run. Thanks for uploading this video!
crashsite000
The Canadian band Fuc*ed Up do an interesting cover of this (and of Looking Back) on their new comp COUPLE TRACKS.
This is not meant to be an ad 0 just info. :)
RIP Alex
Ah, I remember this. . . it was called GOOD MUSIC. What happened? . . .. and WHERE IS MY TIME MACHINE, so-call BRILLIANT SCIENTISTS?!?
Alex forever and ever! ❤
What are they all doing now? Are they aware how loved they are?
Guitarist (Dave Keegan) runs a bike shop in Aviemore.....brilliant dude....!!
@@Bazza1968 Say hello to dave ask him about the Whec and E mission
Do you know what is funny?
People and the press (NME) were raving a year ago about the Long Blondes who are a complete copy of The Shop Assistants, Tallulah, heavenly etc
Big love from Greece
Great 80s 7"
Alright...enough's a fucking enough....life is too short not to have one last flirtation with the tremendous Shop Assistants. What's it gonna take to get these guys to reform? Someone crowdfund it for fucks sake....
your aunt is the best
Where is she now? Is she still singing?
pure pop
@PAULWALLER70 according to the sleevenotes on the reissue of psychocandy he runs a hairdressers with his wife
The guitarist looks like Nick Valensi
Perf!!
i put this on my girlfriend's wall on facebook, and she blocked me.
YES!!!!! YES YES YES
Adiós Alex 😔
please post motor cycle boy
this is so totally fucking great
bless 'em
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haha
what are the chords/ tab to this song?
Grandi
produced by Mayo Thompson
@wilson2810 Thank you
118000+ views - fucking get in !!!
fucking fantastic
@librarian289 top quote :)
So said she died
the fucked up cover destroys
when indie was indie,
The drummer is unbearably cute.
Tories out NOW.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!