i`m from South London , we had so much love for the Beat , Birmingham and Coventry all their influence ......... respect is due .......... were not all up our own arse
😢 Reagan and Thatcher!!! History WILL describe them as the worst even though we are still living through WIMPY politicians who still haven't fixed what they broke. I cannot believe what's happening in 2024. At least we had some good music and bands like this and SOME people learned from it. In 2024, I'm sick that old racists were able to make new little racists. As GenX I was looking forward to just outliving the racists. 😂 And don't even get me started about other politics and cruel agendas!!! oh well. See you during the revolutions! We'll have a dance party while everything burns. 😂 ❤ and 🍻
Rankin roger could be seen rollerblading around my neighborhood every other day up until fairly recently. Was a real shock that he passed. He seemed so healthy !
39 years later and The Beat has been shown to be right. The legacy of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan has been no joy and only sorrow...no bright new tomorrow
All these tunes came out at the literal apogee of my young life. We didn’t get a lot of “Ska” here on this side of the Pond, 🇺🇸, but when I first heard it in 1979 at 18, it was love at first listen! ❤️
...first time I heard them was on a "boom box", on Clearwater Beach, Fla. I'll never forget that day. I hope heaven is as good as that day! (if there's such a place.)
I managed to find it back then. They didn't play on top 40, but I spent hours going through racks at record stores. Plus I got hooked after seeing the two tone ska concert film Dance Craze
I didn't discover the English Beat until 82/83. What is Beat? Didn't leave my cassette deck for months once it went in for the first time. I still bump this regularly today and it never gets old. RIP Ranking Roger
That was a crazy night! I was in the audience. It went out live and all hell was let loose as it was the last in the series and as it turned out, the last live show. (There was a "best of" the week after and all the inserts for that show were recorded just after this one finished).
This was defiently a crazy night, Algernon Winston Razamatazz (Lenny Henry) ended up joining in with the song along with Chris Tarrant and Helen Atkinson-Wood flying around with champagnes, floating balloons, confetti, and some party horns to the audience is one way to end OTT, Tiswas on the other hand just sang "Auld Flang's Syne" with flans and trumpets.
For me, The Beat were the best of all the SKA-2-tone scene, I saw them in Edinburgh 1982 just before they split. Many years later I would support Dave Wakeling's English Beat with my own SKA band Pork Pie in Kirkcaldy Scotland, he is a proper gentleman who took the time to chat with me outside his tour bus about the old days
I loved the bEAT back then, but fuckin ell man.. the Specials, even the Selecter were head and shoulders above.. plus CND chanted this one at Greenham common.. CNfk'nD ..!! "The Right to choose, we want the cruise..!!"
Happy 65th Birthday Dave Wakeling. 19 February 1956 Birmingham, England. I always loved that Two Tone / Reggae playing style you have. ie.. The Specials / The Skatalites
I loved The Beat and still do. Saw them so many times in the early 80s I lost count. On stage with them a couple of times, one at Digbeth Civic Hall I remember well, but can't recall where the other one was! Good, good times. Great musicians, great energy, and in this song a great message. Thanks, guys.
The music scene was miles better back then, when bands were mainly working class & willing to write songs about things that actually mattered to people, and affected the majority. Nowadays it's all just mindless, generic pish!
and don't forget it was fun! music was fun!! you can notice how they have fun doing music. Nowdays lyrics/videos are just about pretense, show jewels, money and "artists" doing stupid things
Such an effortlessly cool person and such a good looking guy. Roger, you were one of a kind, and thanks for making my youth just that little bit more fun.
Used perfectly at the end of the Crown episode about Thatcher. I happen to have like the Prime minister, but this fits the feelings of so many at the time.
I misunderstood what this song was about at age 19 in 1982. I was an ignorant American. After seeing the Crown episode of Margaret Thatcher and the Falkland episode did I suddenly put the words and history together. It was and ya such a vibrant dance song that I thought it was surely about trying to get a girl named Margaret interested in his love. I guess it is.
We used to bump fighting dance each other off the floor on these grande chansons in south Africa. If you could not take it anymore you just flopped to the floor drenched in a pool of sweat. Selector songs were the best
Presumably a new backing track, live vocals. There are no amps, no instruments plugged in, but it's not the album track. But given the ad libs of the vocals, those appear to be live.
This is top drawer stuff indeed 😎 ..... The BEAT at their best "I just can't stop it " LP one of the post punk/new wave LP out there just pure class 😎👍.
Such a wonderful timeless toon. I still blame the likes of her for the way things are now. Selling everything off for a profit? Society did and does not exist to the likes of her. Society will always exist for the likes of me and feels so wonderful to be a part of!
Blue Whovian- OTT = Over The Top meaning over emphasised or exaggerated- Cheers from UK. (will be in Oz in a few weeks- sentimental journey reliving 1960!)
I wonder what David Steele was like recording in the studio - could he play bass without moving? His movements are the most riveting to me when I watch The Beat play live.
The Crown brought me here. Can't believe I missed this song growing up?!
One of the best ska bands early 80ties. The guitar and bass player later formed Fine Young Canibals.
@@frankbeyens8316 Yeah, heard about FYC but not about The Beat. In fact I want to check all they did in TH-cam.
Me too! Catchy tune.
or me lol
i did not miss it.....I was 19...80s best and worst time of my life
Shout out to Michael Fagan
Met Michael Fagan once in a pub, he's definitely interesting.
*I met him once, when I worked at a certain palace*
Michael Fagan and his son are the local smackheads.....sad
Bloody brilliant! The sound and voices of a generation. Viva the midlands....
i`m from South London , we had so much love for the Beat , Birmingham and Coventry all their influence ......... respect is due .......... were not all up our own arse
"I said I see no joy
I see only sorrow
I see no chance of your bright new tomorrow" We are still saying it now!!Great Britain.WTF(40 years on)
😢 Reagan and Thatcher!!! History WILL describe them as the worst even though we are still living through WIMPY politicians who still haven't fixed what they broke. I cannot believe what's happening in 2024.
At least we had some good music and bands like this and SOME people learned from it.
In 2024, I'm sick that old racists were able to make new little racists. As GenX I was looking forward to just outliving the racists. 😂
And don't even get me started about other politics and cruel agendas!!!
oh well. See you during the revolutions! We'll have a dance party while everything burns. 😂
❤ and 🍻
Stand down Kier please.
Thatcherism/neoliberalism is alive and still the prevailing political and economic doctrine, so little wonder we're still saying it now.
RIP Roger, you left some musical history and made my youth a happier place, Thanks man.
OMG … I had no idea this great man passed 😔 💜🌟✨✨✨
I STILLLLLLLL MISS HIM :(
Oh no!! The beautiful, dapper black man is /was Roger !??😢
hear hear...
Ranking Roger, you stepped off this mortal coil way before your time. RIP
God always takes the good ones early..😢
too young.......
❤
All two tone music was the best but the beat stood out...always got the dance floor moving..the best music...ever..
Rankin roger could be seen rollerblading around my neighborhood every other day up until fairly recently. Was a real shock that he passed. He seemed so healthy !
Great tune, just featured on Season 4 The Crown.
What ep?
@@matthewperriss4051 Episode 5
Watching the crown reminded me of the great music of the day...
39 years later and The Beat has been shown to be right. The legacy of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan has been no joy and only sorrow...no bright new tomorrow
The Beat kicked it in the clubs back then so if u liked the Beat u were automatically as cool as can B 😎
I Can remember me a 11 year old copying Rankin Roger's dance moves I loved the way he moved RIP Roger you left us way too soon.
The Crown Season 4 got me here ... a shame SKA died 20 years ago ...
Many bands still play Ska ( thank you TH-cam)
Radio won't play them 😓
Me too! This is a great song, and I don’t recall ever hearing it before.
nazi that symbol is a neo nazi symbol mr $elf Destruct
it’s called a sonrad
@@legowarrior2461 Nahhh it's Black Sun ... I can't help it if others stole it ... have any kind of day you like sir.
I hear no joy, I hear only sorrow, I see no chance in your ‘bright new tomorrow’
Thankfully Tony Blair came along and saved us.
Stand down Sunak, stand down pleeeeeaaaase
🤣😅🤣🤣🤣
I see no joy, I see only sorrow, I see no chance of your bright new tomorrow, so stand down Ronnie...we used to sing that in the 80's
change Ronny to Biden,,, song still applies,
From England to the world The Beat R A BIG PART in the music that's popular today so give all the love and respect to THE BEAT
'The Crown' season 4, episode 5 brought me here
This song is as relevant today as 30+years ago..Tories still crushing working people under their heels. RIP Rankin Roger
ROFL, whatever bro.
Absolutely true
Tories and labour are both crushing the working class don't have it twisted their all scum
@@afc89 yup labour dont give two fucks about the white working class anymore
Mate if you seriously think Maggie oppressed the working class you need to do some research
These guys are the best band ever to grace the dance floor , they were utter magic lol xx
All these tunes came out at the literal apogee of my young life. We didn’t get a lot of “Ska” here on this side of the Pond, 🇺🇸, but when I first heard it in 1979 at 18, it was love at first listen! ❤️
I first heard them in the early 80's. I hadn't heard ska before. I was hooked! It's still one of my two favorite genre's . Ska, and hard funk.
...first time I heard them was on a "boom box", on Clearwater Beach, Fla. I'll never forget that day. I hope heaven is as good as that day! (if there's such a place.)
It is actually QUITE singularly SPECIAL,✨ magical ✨and POWERFUL! 💥
I managed to find it back then. They didn't play on top 40, but I spent hours going through racks at record stores. Plus I got hooked after seeing the two tone ska concert film Dance Craze
First heard them Summer 82 at a beach bar in Bethany Beach, De. Forty two years later, I am still hooked.
I didn't discover the English Beat until 82/83. What is Beat? Didn't leave my cassette deck for months once it went in for the first time. I still bump this regularly today and it never gets old.
RIP Ranking Roger
Still listening 45 odd years later 🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍
That was a crazy night! I was in the audience. It went out live and all hell was let loose as it was the last in the series and as it turned out, the last live show. (There was a "best of" the week after and all the inserts for that show were recorded just after this one finished).
I hope you clapped in time....most of the people there don't appear to be doing so.
That’s lip synched. The guitars aren’t plugged in. The piano player isn’t playing.
This was defiently a crazy night, Algernon Winston Razamatazz (Lenny Henry) ended up joining in with the song along with Chris Tarrant and Helen Atkinson-Wood flying around with champagnes, floating balloons, confetti, and some party horns to the audience is one way to end OTT, Tiswas on the other hand just sang "Auld Flang's Syne" with flans and trumpets.
@@KonaMark1 The mics were live, over a backing track.
@@KonaMark1 the piano player is not even a member of The Beat
Well ahead of there time. Something about Birminghams music scene at that time that just stood out for peace love and unity.
For me, The Beat were the best of all the SKA-2-tone scene, I saw them in Edinburgh 1982 just before they split. Many years later I would support Dave Wakeling's English Beat with my own SKA band Pork Pie in Kirkcaldy Scotland, he is a proper gentleman who took the time to chat with me outside his tour bus about the old days
I loved the bEAT back then, but fuckin ell man.. the Specials, even the Selecter were head and shoulders above.. plus CND chanted this one at Greenham common..
CNfk'nD ..!! "The Right to choose, we want the cruise..!!"
Was at that too - my favourite band at the time. They're playing in Edinburgh in June, should be great
Just WOW! These lads were ahead of their time…super group…real messages in their music and always cool…..R.I.P. Roger……Saxa….. and Everett…just WOW!
RIP Rankin Roger your happy positive sound helped me survive the 80s .
Dave Wakeling still rocking Southern California every year! Ska forever 🏁
Happy 65th Birthday Dave Wakeling. 19 February 1956 Birmingham, England.
I always loved that Two Tone / Reggae playing style you have. ie.. The Specials / The Skatalites
The 👑 brought me here✨
Ranking Roger way too young to depart this world. RIP, the memories will live in perpetuity. Thank you.
Season 4 of The Crown brought me here. I love the British deadpan "...and they're all bloody mad." at the end of it haha
It was golden, so happy I watched to the end!!! 🤣
A big thanks to the heavens for my music
The audience had no idea they were in the presence of greatness.
I think quite a few did...
We did, and talking of greatness, the show was opened with Roy Wood singing O.T.T.
All art was once contemporary
Such an important song! We must fight for unity, it’s the only way. Thanks for sharing.
It is.
I've not listened to it in years, and came to this video in a strange way, but it still resonates.
love love love the English Beat-takes me back to the early 80s, a time i LOVED
RIP Roger :( Thank you
RIP Ranking Roger. Thank you for the music
Ah RIP Roger at his utmost brilliance here a lovely man and a brilliant musician
I never heard of this show. So cool seeing a multi-racial group at a time when it was rare here in the states.
It was part of the whole 2 tone movement
John Gregory it wasn't that rare mate
They were AMAZING The English Beat from Britain
@@nickjaramillo9688 rogers just passed away
@@gabbycattell9030 I guess he died today that sucks? He was he had to cancerous brain tumors is what it said I didn't even know he was sick that's sad
What a great song! Rest easy, Ranking Roger.
How can you not tap your feet ,nod your head to The beat.
Great memories of growing up I was 11 when this came out .
❤️ The Beat.
I grew up in nz , this album got played a fair bit in our circle of friends, I was about 17 when it came out . Good times
Goodnight & god bless Roger, another good guy leaves us😢
Love the beat ...oh and ott.1982 great time in my life👍🔥🔥🔥🇬🇧
Wow never realized these guys were so good! Thanks for the post
Listen to The Beat today as good now as always RIP Roger love from Kevin and Michelle.XX
Like they say...if the oppressed cannot speak...SING!
Love to Ranking Roger 🤎🤎🤎
RIP Rankin Roger...The Beat goes on!
“The Crown” brought me here.Great Song !!Much Respect to Fagan.
Love this, The Beat at their best.RIP Ranking Rodger.
So much GOOD UK music never made it across the Atlantic. RIP man, glad I can appreciate you now!
Big part of my youth, and he was only a year older than me. RIP
RIP Roger! Such a great part of my youth
I loved The Beat and still do. Saw them so many times in the early 80s I lost count. On stage with them a couple of times, one at Digbeth Civic Hall I remember well, but can't recall where the other one was! Good, good times. Great musicians, great energy, and in this song a great message. Thanks, guys.
The music scene was miles better back then, when bands were mainly working class & willing to write songs about things that actually mattered to people, and affected the majority. Nowadays it's all just mindless, generic pish!
Spot on
is there even a top 40 anymore, sundays with a tape recorder, goin...pish...pish pish...ok ...pish...good`un..like it
and don't forget it was fun! music was fun!! you can notice how they have fun doing music. Nowdays lyrics/videos are just about pretense, show jewels, money and "artists" doing stupid things
@@Danny1905 "show jews"?
The scene might have been better but I don't like the way they nailed the audience to their seats. What's up with that?
Such an effortlessly cool person and such a good looking guy. Roger, you were one of a kind, and thanks for making my youth just that little bit more fun.
My God these guys are sooo
good !😎
Cool as! The Beat are lovely people RIP Roger
I remembervit coming out,great song
Possibly the best Thatcher song. And there were plenty.
Amazing band the Beat. 👍🇬🇧🎼🎤🎸 every time a see them live it’s a class show.👍
The crown brought me here too!
Used perfectly at the end of the Crown episode about Thatcher. I happen to have like the Prime minister, but this fits the feelings of so many at the time.
Thank you so much for the music. RIP beautiful RR 😭
I misunderstood what this song was about at age 19 in 1982. I was an ignorant American. After seeing the Crown episode of Margaret Thatcher and the Falkland episode did I suddenly put the words and history together. It was and ya such a vibrant dance song that I thought it was surely about trying to get a girl named Margaret interested in his love. I guess it is.
Heard this in The Crown. Its catchy
I miss the UK of the 80s when it was still basically a civilised country.
This town ⏩ sent me on a mission to find this top tune 🙂
I send this to my sis periodically. Not many songs have the name Margaret in the title. 😂🤷♀️
What a fantastic song and a protest song that is good as a song on it's own.Great reggae.
Awesome post, guys. Thanks for sharing all these classics.
Love The Beat! RIP Rankin' Roger. A great entertainer.
Priceless times priceless my school mate Chris Artkin was on this show everyweek South Wigston High School Leicestershire
SKA!My first love before PUNK changed my LIFE around!Still love their realest ska!Only SELECTER&the BEAT played REAL SKA
Real ska was from the 60s.The Beat played punky pop ska , and moved away from it after the first album .
the crown 👑 love that show!
We used to bump fighting dance each other off the floor on these grande chansons in south Africa. If you could not take it anymore you just flopped to the floor drenched in a pool of sweat. Selector songs were the best
Can you imagine any of today's music stars doing anything remotely political?We desperately need a Beat,a Specials,a Clash or a Crass.
The interrupters 😎
@@lulaz77 You make me want to jam a fork, in my eye socket.
The Kunts have had two political Top 5 hits and one Top 20 😅
Kendrick Lamar? Rage Against the Machine?
@@TorraineWalkerTV RATM last put out new music in 2000
Mint best days of me life 😊 Derby was rocking brilliant proud to of bin in that times ❤😊
Ranking Roger so very sad to hear the news of his passiing R.I.P
the beat were class.
Great song. I remember it well
Love and unity ! R I P Ranking Roger. Will not "get used to losing you"
Presumably a new backing track, live vocals. There are no amps, no instruments plugged in, but it's not the album track. But given the ad libs of the vocals, those appear to be live.
correct
also Jerry Dammers miming piano!
@@Adam-pu6jg That's Blockhead not Dammers
RIP Roger😔 gone too soon bro...one love❤
Episode 4, The Crown too :)
This is top drawer stuff indeed 😎 ..... The BEAT at their best "I just can't stop it " LP one of the post punk/new wave LP out there just pure class 😎👍.
Love the Beat...brilliant ska/reggae band. Not sure how the audience remain rooted to their seats, though?
Love them. ❤
Such a wonderful timeless toon. I still blame the likes of her for the way things are now. Selling everything off for a profit? Society did and does not exist to the likes of her. Society will always exist for the likes of me and feels so wonderful to be a part of!
Tony Blair was wonderful, wasn't he?
@@jayrox40 I haven't been a member of The Labour Party since his second term. With the war and our NHS??? .....Please correct me if I am wrong.
The Crown Season 4 ep. 5 got me here .
This is the best video ever.
Blue Whovian- OTT = Over The Top meaning over emphasised or exaggerated- Cheers from UK. (will be in Oz in a few weeks- sentimental journey reliving 1960!)
...Rest In LOVE, Ranking Roger!!...
So sorry to hear of Ranking Roger's untimely passing.
I already spent my 10,000 days here man.
I wonder what David Steele was like recording in the studio - could he play bass without moving? His movements are the most riveting to me when I watch The Beat play live.