Prefab Sprout - The King of Rock 'N' Roll

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  • čas přidán 31. 03. 2010
  • Prefab Sprout's official music video for 'The King of Rock 'n' Roll'. Click to listen to Prefab Sprout on Spotify: smarturl.it/PrefabSSpotify?IQi...
    As featured on Prefab Sprout: The Collection. Click to buy the track or album via iTunes: smarturl.it/PrefabSproutiTunes...
    Google Play: smarturl.it/PrefabSKingGplay?I...
    Amazon: smarturl.it/PrefabSproutAmazon...
    Stream more music from Prefab Sprout here: smarturl.it/PrefabSproutStream...
    More from Prefab Sprout
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    More great 80's videos here: smarturl.it/Ultimate80?IQid=Pr...
    Subscribe to Prefab Sprout on CZcams: smarturl.it/PrefabSproutSub?IQ...
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    Lyrics:
    All my lazy teenage boasts are now high precision ghosts
    And they're coming round the track to haunt me.
    When she looks at me and laughs I remind her of the facts
    I'm the king of rock 'n' roll completely
    Up from suede shoes to my baby blues
    Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
    Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
    The dream helps you forget you ain't never danced a step
    You were never fleet of foot, hippy.
    All the pathos you can keep for the children in the street
    For the vision I have had is sweeping
    New broom, this room, sweep it clean
    Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
    Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
    High kickin' dandy, fine figure fine cut a fine figure fine oh yeah ;
    Long legged candy, fine figure fine cut a fine figure fine oh yeah ;
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Komentáře • 5K

  • @sharononeil3354
    @sharononeil3354 Před 3 měsíci +254

    Who in 2024 is listening to this classic ?😉😉

  • @GreasyFilms-qc1xo
    @GreasyFilms-qc1xo Před 4 lety +3627

    Can you imagine that I never heard this song until 2020? My life is changed for the better.

    • @tonyguerlais4256
      @tonyguerlais4256 Před 4 lety +31

      So fun 🥴

    • @mathewparell4650
      @mathewparell4650 Před 4 lety +21

      Same here

    • @Sunshine-rz4gp
      @Sunshine-rz4gp Před 4 lety +57

      GreasyFilms2016 WHAT ?! you are just now hearing this song, wow :) I should send you my playlist I grew up with these songs

    • @lalydelgado3904
      @lalydelgado3904 Před 4 lety +39

      Im just listening to it thanks to Im not okay with this... 😭😂

    • @elvicent
      @elvicent Před 4 lety +24

      Soundtrack of i am not okay with this and the end of f***ing world are the best!!

  • @thomasbaillie-carrigan3100
    @thomasbaillie-carrigan3100 Před 3 měsíci +17

    Prefab Sprout. Still a great and talented band in 2024.

    • @Gabi-cp9mn
      @Gabi-cp9mn Před 18 dny

      Und wer traut sich das als Mann 😂. Ja der Text ist bekannt . Mfg aus Helvetia GS

  • @lillies3481
    @lillies3481 Před 3 měsíci +23

    I lived in London and met a guy from Albuquerque. Imagine my joy when he invited me to his motherland and I finally got to sing "hot dog, jumping frog , Albuquerque" to some bewildered New Mexicans on a Saturday night in the city centre.

    • @user-wo6bx1ln1f
      @user-wo6bx1ln1f Před 3 měsíci

      On Karaoke?

    • @lillies3481
      @lillies3481 Před 3 měsíci

      No, it was outside a gay bar called Sidewinders, I think. Nobody had a clue about the song. The good people of Albuquerque hadn't a clue! ​@@user-wo6bx1ln1f

    • @peterpowis4145
      @peterpowis4145 Před 28 dny

      😂

  • @iseeolly9959
    @iseeolly9959 Před 4 lety +1121

    Best pop song ever made...when I was 20 I worked in a petrol station in Suffolk, UK.....I had a Prefab Sprout album playing in the back-office......in walks Martin.....I asked him for his autograph and he said "Nobody's ever asked me for that before..."...we both laughed....lovely man....I've kept it in my bedside draw , tucked in the CD case, all my life...right by me now.

    • @Eduardo-pc6gq
      @Eduardo-pc6gq Před 3 lety +46

      That’s so cool. He seems a down to earth fella. I’ve loved this song since it came out in 88 I was a kid and loved singing Hot dog jumping frog Albuquerque again and again.
      Still do tbh

    • @pdizzle8646
      @pdizzle8646 Před 3 lety +7

      What petrol station dude ?

    • @thetommonator2991
      @thetommonator2991 Před 3 lety +1

      Thetford lad here, well I live in Bangkok. Hi t the enemy.

    • @geraldcummiskey6721
      @geraldcummiskey6721 Před 2 lety +4

      I moved from Glasgow to Cheshire back then 88 great times the Moose

    • @rooflessmofo
      @rooflessmofo Před 2 lety +4

      Lovely story to know. Thanks dude.

  • @santinojann873
    @santinojann873 Před 4 lety +1388

    (*Stan dancing happily*)

  • @libraryman
    @libraryman Před 9 měsíci +57

    The more I hear it, the more I am convinced this is one of the great pop masterpieces of the 80's. It just gets better.

  • @jeavo75
    @jeavo75 Před měsícem +2

    Funny how after 35 years and doing 1000s of different things in 1000s of different locations in my life this 1 song can take me to that exact moment in time back in 1988 when this song was playing on the car radio! The roof was fully open and the sun was beaming down, which has left me with a wonderful memory ....The rest of that day I have no idea what went on

    • @grahamcheesman2252
      @grahamcheesman2252 Před měsícem

      CZcams is closest thing we get to a time machine, brings back memories i had forgotten

  • @RKO2D3STINY2
    @RKO2D3STINY2 Před 4 lety +790

    Here From "I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS" First Time I've Heard This Song! Searched It On CZcams As Soon As It Played. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @GinjaNinja77
      @GinjaNinja77 Před 4 lety +5

      I was watching the show, Shazamed the song, now I'm here!

    • @Dark_Autumn
      @Dark_Autumn Před 4 lety +7

      I am NOT ok with this! Having to wait (probably) a year for the next season. That's one bad thing about streaming services if it's a brand new show, and they release one season every year. Or the show doesn't get renewed. Oh, I'm not here from the show, I'm here from the late 80s (I think) when the song was released. Sounds as good now as it did then. Great music on the programme as well.

    • @tomatecerizz
      @tomatecerizz Před 4 lety +2

      I looooooove this song 😂😂🥰

    • @Oolon_Colluphid
      @Oolon_Colluphid Před 4 lety +2

      Watched it and remembered, I bought this when it came out....

    • @miacolwell7768
      @miacolwell7768 Před 4 lety +3

      I'm so happy that I found I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS. It's such a good show and I was not expecting the ending. And I found my new favourite song.

  • @philstrange6789
    @philstrange6789 Před 4 lety +2480

    My uncle was one of the dancing hot dogs

    • @MitchelGant
      @MitchelGant Před 4 lety +259

      comment of the week. laughed out loud. and if that's true, it's still funny as fuck.

    • @pipleo6313
      @pipleo6313 Před 4 lety +109

      @@MitchelGant hahaha his comment is epic..I want to believe it. Can't stop laughing when i see them dancing. He must be so proud

    • @syllabear3871
      @syllabear3871 Před 4 lety +83

      A hero.

    • @yanieabkarim
      @yanieabkarim Před 4 lety +68

      My uncle was the frog...😬

    • @ViRRization
      @ViRRization Před 4 lety +27

      For real?

  • @carlydanielson7477
    @carlydanielson7477 Před 7 dny +1

    Just recently discovered Prefab Sprout and I think they are awesome! I missed them the first time around and wondered just what was I listening to back then?! I’m 71.

  • @frazzleface753
    @frazzleface753 Před 2 lety +363

    Paddy McAloon is such a great wordsmith:
    'All my lazy teenage boasts are now high precision ghosts, and they're coming round the track, to haunt me.'
    I mean, c'mon, that's genius!

    • @fparnaby8366
      @fparnaby8366 Před 2 lety +7

      💯 Hits hard!

    • @MadDannyWest
      @MadDannyWest Před 2 lety +8

      It must be torture to be a one hit wonder and to have had it at a young age lol

    • @alexhiggins4life
      @alexhiggins4life Před 2 lety +11

      @@MadDannyWest they had a few hits, including cars and girls

    • @MadDannyWest
      @MadDannyWest Před 2 lety +19

      @@alexhiggins4life I was talking about the character they're singing as in the king of rock n roll

    • @luckyjim37
      @luckyjim37 Před rokem +3

      then it follows with a food, a species of anphibian and a town new mexico

  • @gingerbread1759
    @gingerbread1759 Před 4 lety +286

    "hey syd, i know homecoming can be lame but i was thinking that we could be lame together."

    • @anxonx
      @anxonx Před 4 lety +32

      'go to homecoming with m- uoh that was forcefull' *giggle*

    • @ainasyahiera
      @ainasyahiera Před 3 lety +7

      I can hear this

    • @agriffiths
      @agriffiths Před 3 lety +4

      syd, go to homecomin- ee that was *forceful*

    • @petiteass
      @petiteass Před 2 lety +2

      *its not a fuckin clearance sale* lol i really laugh at that lmao

    • @Darkwolfnoah
      @Darkwolfnoah Před 2 lety

      No that’s f ing stupid

  • @benedettobruno1669
    @benedettobruno1669 Před 6 lety +596

    Always and forever, thank you to Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the World hundreds of unique bands such as the Prefab Sprout and music of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere. What would our lives have been without British bands? Thank you from Sicily.

    • @eleanorwalmsley635
      @eleanorwalmsley635 Před 5 lety +37

      Aw, thanks from the UK...
      You are most welcome.. Xx

    • @scottsoencer-rowell8090
      @scottsoencer-rowell8090 Před 5 lety +7

      that means alot we have some good music even though dean martin was american thats amore was a classic

    • @wedp112
      @wedp112 Před 5 lety +55

      Here, here!! As an American you all knock the socks off us musically, not just in creativity, and fun catchy pieces like this, but British song writers have unparalleled depth in their music. British songs have so much variety, they can invoke feelings to the point of tears, or make you want to tear up the dance floor.... I love you guys, I live in the UK now and I'm just discovering more brilliant music we never got in the States....

    • @andyr226
      @andyr226 Před 5 lety +25

      @Castlegrad Off the Wall and Thriller were both written by a British bloke, Rob Temperton. He died last year actually. Massive loss to music everywhere.

    • @andyr226
      @andyr226 Před 5 lety +6

      @Castlegrad Yes my friend, I agree. The UK could never have produced a James Brown and thanks for the heads up regarding Fela Kuti. All the best.

  • @alanscott6836
    @alanscott6836 Před měsícem +9

    Possibly the finest pop song yet.
    One of a number....

  • @leejt101
    @leejt101 Před 2 lety +293

    Driving in the car in the 80's..
    Listening in 2022.. Still totally
    "Hot dog 🌭 Jumping frog 🐸 Albuquerque"
    Awesome!! ❤🎶

    • @kellymaree9286
      @kellymaree9286 Před 2 lety +6

      Agreed!

    • @brandon2912t
      @brandon2912t Před rokem +3

      I adored this band and loved all their tracks, clever/quirky lyrics great melody and cool voices! We were truly blessed to enjoy these bands as they emerged, I loved my youth!

    • @Groovieglitter
      @Groovieglitter Před rokem +7

      We were young ( 8 or 9) and always thought he was singing " I love cookies" :D

    • @brandon2912t
      @brandon2912t Před rokem +4

      @@Groovieglitter That is so sweet! There are many songs that I really laugh at now when I hear them, as I still sing the words that I thought I was hearing , it is so funny how we just accepted it without worrying about what the lyrics really were! Thanks for sharing it was a lovely comment:)

    • @barnpicks8884
      @barnpicks8884 Před rokem +3

      Legend lyrics

  • @josephmccarthy453
    @josephmccarthy453 Před 4 lety +1899

    Who’s here after watching Stanley dance to this in I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS!💛

  • @TrapperMilan
    @TrapperMilan Před 6 lety +608

    Surreal hearing this. Immediately invokes strong memories of waking up with this track playing in the background on a warm summers day years ago as a teenager, an endless day ahead going out to the beach with mates. Mum and dad were still alive, they were downstairs, watching a bit of telly, everything ok, nothing to worry about. Great memories.

    • @GnarMarv2
      @GnarMarv2 Před 5 lety +57

      Such a beautifully painted memory. Can honestly picture it. Thanks for sharing!

    • @aifodasse
      @aifodasse Před 5 lety +20

      Great coment, cheers from Portugal.
      And great music.

    • @bradh6062
      @bradh6062 Před 5 lety +18

      Those were the days mate !!!

    • @marnie620
      @marnie620 Před 5 lety +14

      You've just summed up everything!

    • @jackietreehorn6544
      @jackietreehorn6544 Před 5 lety +18

      Unfortunately that's life, but you will see mum and dad again x

  • @user-gt8it6jz4l
    @user-gt8it6jz4l Před 9 dny +2

    que suerte haber tenido 25 años en 1988 y bailar este tema que ahora en 2024 es leyenda ❤

  • @ThePlayerToBeNamedLater
    @ThePlayerToBeNamedLater Před 3 lety +6

    Old enough to remember when this was originally released. Who's with me?

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 Před 2 lety

      I was 9 when this was released. When Loves Breaks Down is even better in my opinion.

    • @heididegg8478
      @heididegg8478 Před 14 dny

      I was 10 when this came out

  • @bigguys45s29
    @bigguys45s29 Před 4 lety +2437

    “I Am Not Okay With This” brought me here.

  • @enigmabean7953
    @enigmabean7953 Před 4 lety +1009

    I'm not here for "I am not okay with this". I'm proud my dad showed me this type of music but I admit Wyatt's lipsync was awesome!

    • @ted5012
      @ted5012 Před 4 lety +16

      it was such a vibe!

    • @aliciaf1875
      @aliciaf1875 Před 4 lety +3

      same :))

    • @steven-lw4th
      @steven-lw4th Před 4 lety +3

      cool

    • @FahlosueeWoWStream
      @FahlosueeWoWStream Před 4 lety +16

      My dad played this for me when I was a kid and I thought it was the coolest song ever. Needless to say it made no sense to me as a kid and listening to it again as an adult has not cleared anything up

    • @midapita
      @midapita Před 4 lety +12

      "fortunately" lmao why is being introduced to good music by ashow a bad thing?? let people live.

  • @ajaybhalla-jl7el
    @ajaybhalla-jl7el Před 3 měsíci +3

    I’m a metal head and this is an absolutely sensational song

  • @manxmark
    @manxmark Před rokem +203

    As a Black Metal fan, I would have to say that this is the greatest song ever written.....love it

    • @mack3er
      @mack3er Před rokem +17

      As an extreme lover of heavy metal and black rock this song is a shot of pure adrenaline happiness into the veins hah!

    • @mercian9425
      @mercian9425 Před rokem +15

      Metal heads are like the vegans of music.

    • @tinas6710
      @tinas6710 Před rokem +1

      I love this tune and I really Do love Heavy Metal since 1990🤘🤘🤘🤘

    • @LaMorenitaDivina
      @LaMorenitaDivina Před rokem +1

      I love this endorsement.

    • @pov_music
      @pov_music Před 9 měsíci

      @@mercian9425 How do you know someone is a metal fan/vegan? They never fucking shut up about it.

  • @aposteriori1594
    @aposteriori1594 Před 4 lety +171

    I'm second hand from I'm Not Okay... love all these cool soundtracks in shows these days

    • @monicamarie3464
      @monicamarie3464 Před 4 lety +4

      we can thank vinyl coming back and vintage style into trend for all the awesome music we're being introduced to

    • @buglemonade
      @buglemonade Před 4 lety +2

      i can relate

  • @okdonnyalright
    @okdonnyalright Před 4 lety +2251

    Singing this in the shower before asking a girl to homecoming really hits different.

    • @abigaelbrooks2558
      @abigaelbrooks2558 Před 4 lety +139

      ShurikenHavoc too bad she’s a lesbian

    • @larabelle3
      @larabelle3 Před 4 lety +118

      Lillie The Lynx Gachas and she’s in love with her best friend

    • @mars31313
      @mars31313 Před 4 lety +93

      and she can blow off people's heads if her emotions get too out of hand

    • @lethal1084
      @lethal1084 Před 4 lety +9

      hmm shame

    • @jehanbartolay7247
      @jehanbartolay7247 Před 4 lety +15

      Best comment

  • @jonblazeinc
    @jonblazeinc Před rokem +59

    I was 10 years old back in 1988, this is 1 of the songs that stick out more from that year, so many great hits....those of our generation we were blessed to live out our childhood back in the 80s

  • @nope5445
    @nope5445 Před 2 lety +11

    Paddy, Morrissey, Paul Buchanan & Lloyd Cole. All the great stories have been written... not in short stories but pop songs. So thankful that I lived in that era.

  • @Camrographer
    @Camrographer Před 4 lety +128

    I'm a huge 80's fan and I can't believe I've never run into this gem before!

    • @philipfox2810
      @philipfox2810 Před 2 lety +3

      Good for you

    • @eclat4641
      @eclat4641 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Same!!

    • @johnjones7977
      @johnjones7977 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Virgin book of British hit singles.
      Was 111 likes at time of this cement,now 127 ....

  • @sierra310
    @sierra310 Před 3 lety +73

    i’m gonna miss ‘i’m not okay with this’ :(

  • @g--stef4756
    @g--stef4756 Před rokem +25

    I'm 26. I have to say, you guys who grew up with this had it damned good. Excellent sound. Keep on keeping on you glorious bastards.

  • @hanymgamal
    @hanymgamal Před 8 měsíci +37

    Okay i just got in to this band and i can't believe I've missed out on them all these years. This is top tier songwriting and musicianship

    • @louise_rose
      @louise_rose Před měsícem +1

      Yes, though this isn't really their best song , just their biggest hit.... :) (very ironic, seeing that the character in the lyrics *is* a one-hit wonder guy from the 1950s)

    • @xebio6
      @xebio6 Před 29 dny

      Correct. Paddy is possibly one of the best writers of his generation. The Thomas Dolby-produced trilogy of Steve McQueen/From Langley Park to Memphis/Jordan the Comeback is unsurpassed in pop rock imho. What a band

  • @andiegerman4760
    @andiegerman4760 Před 5 lety +109

    Everytime i listen to this, 10 years are added to my life span

  • @187kvn
    @187kvn Před 4 lety +65

    here from I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS, i heard this song 1st time and its so goooood

  • @Degjoy
    @Degjoy Před 9 měsíci +42

    This is a masterpiece of pop music. I remember hopping around the garden to this in 1989! It’s an incredible song even today. Timeless and sound funky

  • @jakethekipper
    @jakethekipper Před 2 lety +67

    One of the finest songs ever made.

  • @KenM_1987
    @KenM_1987 Před rokem +5

    I cannot believe the CZcams algorithm blessed me like this, this song is off the chain

  • @arbicuswoo
    @arbicuswoo Před rokem +63

    Prefab Sprout is one of my favorite bands and one of the most underrated in history.

    • @user-nm8rv1nu2r
      @user-nm8rv1nu2r Před 8 měsíci +2

      When I was school one of the teachers was the main singers wife

  • @sueelliott4793
    @sueelliott4793 Před rokem +21

    Our teenage music was so pure and innocent compared to today's pop music. Love it !!

    • @seaandbells
      @seaandbells Před 10 měsíci +7

      ‘Relax’ -Frankie Goes Goes To Hollywood 1984 ……just saying 😂

    • @themouflon2936
      @themouflon2936 Před 2 měsíci

      Went to school with my old man did Holly Johnson, but yeah if it comes on one of the classic music channels while the kids are around have to dive for the remote.

  • @jenanib
    @jenanib Před 3 měsíci +4

    It took me 36 years to get he says “Albuquerque” 😂

    • @squareeyes4574
      @squareeyes4574 Před 2 měsíci +2

      I want cookie. Right? 😂

    • @louise_rose
      @louise_rose Před měsícem +1

      I still think he's singing something about "fun kinda funky funkified, oh yeah!" in that middle-eight before the third verse 😃

  • @billdunord9533
    @billdunord9533 Před 4 lety +63

    I was 18 when it was on the radio for the 1st time. One of the best 80s summer memories. True songs never die !

  • @ionescubogdan6899
    @ionescubogdan6899 Před 4 lety +238

    Lyrics:
    All my lazy teenage boasts are now high precision ghosts
    And they're coming round the track to haunt me.
    When she looks at me and laughs I remind her of the facts
    I'm the king of rock 'n' roll completely
    Up from suede shoes to my baby blues
    Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
    Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
    The dream helps you forget you ain't never danced a step
    You were never fleet of foot, hippy.
    All the pathos you can keep for the children in the street
    For the vision I have had is sweeping
    New broom, this room, sweep it clean
    Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
    Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
    High kickin' dandy, fine figure fine cut a fine figure fine oh yeah ;
    Long legged candy, fine figure fine cut a fine figure fine oh yeah ;
    Now my rhythm ain't so hot, but it's the only friend I've got
    I'm the king of rock 'n' roll completely
    All the pretty birds have flown now I'm dancing on my own
    I'm the king of rock 'n' roll completely
    Up from, suede shoes to my baby blues
    Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
    Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
    High kickin' dandy, fine figure fine cut a fine figure fine oh yeah ;
    Long legged candy, fine figure fine cut a fine figure fine oh yeah ;
    Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
    Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
    You welcome ....

  • @butternutcrunch
    @butternutcrunch Před 2 lety +27

    Some observations after coming across this for my first time moments ago:
    1. Where has this been my whole life?
    2. This is just the right amount of kooky.
    3. I want to live inside this music video.
    4. I think this song just saved my life.
    5. There is the exact right amount of Albuquerque in this video.
    6. I freaking LOVE everything about all of this.
    7. I seriously thought I was hallucinating when I first watched it.
    8. I am so glad these wonderful people had the audacity to make this fine art.
    9. This song/video is sheer genius.
    10. A novelty song about a fictional novelty song performer that doesn't sound like a novelty song. Brilliant.
    11. This seems like someones fever dream that magically got caught on camera.
    12. I really wish I'd seen this back in the day so I could have gone years without knowing anything further and just enjoyed the mystery because I'm about to go down the rabbit hole deep on this.

    • @jeffredd9965
      @jeffredd9965 Před 2 lety +2

      i loved to hate this when i was 13 when this came out but now, as an adult , it is a guilty pleasure... the song was definitly a worm that burrowed deep!

    • @marcot5386
      @marcot5386 Před rokem

      Friday night 87, packed pub, on she comes, lived it live, epic time

    • @Toshackeegan1nil
      @Toshackeegan1nil Před rokem +3

      Love your observations. I've been in love with Prefab songs for 30 years

    • @butternutcrunch
      @butternutcrunch Před rokem

      @@Toshackeegan1nil Thank you!

    • @xebio6
      @xebio6 Před 29 dny +2

      Enjoy the rabbit hole! The Thomas Dolby-produced trilogy of Steve McQueen/From Langley Park to Memphis/Jordan: the Comeback ranks among the best all-time pop rock imho. The right combination of great musicianship, complex, often jazz-inflected arrangements, catchy choruses and brilliant lyrics that few bands manage to achieve (Steely Dan come to mind as another example).

  • @peteryyz43
    @peteryyz43 Před 2 měsíci +2

    1:34: Whenever I listen to this classic, I'm always in anticipation of that tasty offbeat snare Neil Conti plays in this section.

    • @louise_rose
      @louise_rose Před měsícem

      Yeah, the drums seem to be setting up a different beat/pulse than the main tune through most of the song - Paddy's vocals follow the pulse of the keyboards and guitar, not really the drums - and I think that's an essential part of what makes the song special. The drums are like they wandered in from a different version of the song, and this creates a fluid tension between two different rhythmic layers in the track (most easily heard in the second verse I think).

  • @tgg213
    @tgg213 Před 4 lety +385

    I am not okay with this squad

  • @peliche77
    @peliche77 Před 2 lety +90

    "Hot dog 🌭 jumping frog 🐸 Albuquerque".... without a doubt one of the best and catchiest choruses in the history of pop music.
    Paddy McAloon.... What a great talent!

    • @squeakers27
      @squeakers27 Před rokem +6

      Can't believe this entire time I thought it was hot dog, jumping frog, I want cookie

    • @thedeadd.c.207
      @thedeadd.c.207 Před rokem +2

      I used to think it was Alba Cookie when I was a little kid. 😂

    • @curly_wyn
      @curly_wyn Před 10 měsíci +1

      It’s so weird because that chorus shouldn’t even work in theory at all….and yet it’s just lodged in your brain forever! 😊

    • @neon7888
      @neon7888 Před 7 měsíci

      Oh wow, I thought it was have a cookie

    • @jeanettedevereux7664
      @jeanettedevereux7664 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Incomparable . .. genius

  • @stephenbynum4077
    @stephenbynum4077 Před 3 lety +2

    It's Old Skool Time

  • @Gamerevans337
    @Gamerevans337 Před 9 měsíci +5

    The godfathers of Blur, Pulp and Suede.

  • @kayshadejesus7762
    @kayshadejesus7762 Před 4 lety +228

    nobody:
    Prefab Sprout: hOtDoG jUmPiNg FrOg

  • @Gibboni
    @Gibboni Před 4 lety +14

    I travelled in the U.S. last week and visited Albuquerque. This song started to play in my head. Finally came hear to listen to it and watch video. Possibly first time in 30 years to hear it. Fond memories from 1988 like MTV, first car, first girlfriend.

  • @jacobcorpus4915
    @jacobcorpus4915 Před 2 lety +2

    2022. still loving this song

  • @shaun5944
    @shaun5944 Před 3 lety +24

    Great hit. I remember this when it came out. 1987 ? It was from the album From Langley park to Memphis, I remember buying it. 👍❤️🇬🇧 Good old Paddy McAloon

  • @fey__3919
    @fey__3919 Před 4 lety +154

    I was so surprised and just filled with joy when I heard this playing in that new Netflix show haha, such a fun song

  • @lindsayroberts6484
    @lindsayroberts6484 Před 4 lety +13

    my great grandmother use to play this in the car all the time when i was little and it would always make me happy

  • @Troub1e
    @Troub1e Před 3 lety +127

    Brits just owning all the best tunes as always.

  • @johannesvandermarliere8544

    Happy memories to my Eighties careless childhood

  • @willfieldsend
    @willfieldsend Před 9 lety +28

    The new Boots ad brought me here. I haven't heard this song in about 10 years. Classic.

    • @Disney65Fan
      @Disney65Fan Před 9 lety +2

      I agree and I had NO fucking idea what the name of the song was only i thought it was Hot Dog. Thanks Boots

    • @katesteventon5296
      @katesteventon5296 Před 9 lety +1

      me tooooo :)

  • @pato6612
    @pato6612 Před 7 lety +147

    Such an under-rated group. Pure magic, damn this makes me 16 again. Reminds me of my dear friend Stef who passed away this year. She loved this song too. She was crazy in high school, had already booted from two others, we were always there for each other. Rest in peace my dear misfit partner in friendship.

    • @peterrothe6913
      @peterrothe6913 Před 6 lety

      Pat O not underrated record exec wimps gutless

    • @dw89music73
      @dw89music73 Před 6 lety +5

      Yeah, Prefab Sprout were easily one of the best British pop groups of the 1980s, that didn't get a lot of recognition.

    • @Stormeysmummy
      @Stormeysmummy Před 4 lety +1

      @@dw89music73 That's because there were Sooo many bands in 80s who were so good... too many to name... that's why thank fuck for youtube coz we can revisit! Thank You YOUTUBe (much as I hate you too).

    • @radfordsquire6837
      @radfordsquire6837 Před 4 lety +1

      RIP x

    • @Goodbyeeveryonehere
      @Goodbyeeveryonehere Před 4 lety +1

      so sorry for your loss xxx

  • @stefina1973
    @stefina1973 Před rokem +4

    Listened today from a radio station that play only music of the 80's and the childhood memories just came back! I missed this song!!!!!

  • @Bookish_Lattes
    @Bookish_Lattes Před 2 lety +8

    I remember them on Top of The Pops dancing around in costumes. I will always be grateful I got to grow up in the 80's and 90's. 🥰

  • @ercoguitars
    @ercoguitars Před 3 lety +31

    I remember as a kid watching this video on tv. All this years having the tune in my head but didn't know the name of it or the band. Until a few months ago it was being play on the radio. I started laughing and crying at the same time. It was so surreal. I couldn't believe it. It's been 32 years since i last heard it. Now we sing it with my 3 years old son. Albuquerque!!!

  • @uwuvision3211
    @uwuvision3211 Před 4 lety +171

    Flashbacks to 8 year old me singing
    "hot dog
    jumping frog
    have a cookie"

    • @scarlettjane3642
      @scarlettjane3642 Před 4 lety +9

      That's exactly what my dad said when I showed him this

    • @summerbunbury3391
      @summerbunbury3391 Před 4 lety +6

      I hear that as well 🍪

    • @jackaddict28
      @jackaddict28 Před 4 lety +1

      Same. Makes me feel old. 😂

    • @babysluss68
      @babysluss68 Před 3 lety

      i thought it was im for cookin lmao and i still sing that

    • @TDMAC77
      @TDMAC77 Před 3 lety

      lol, I thought me said he loved turkey 😁.

  • @alexsdb9712
    @alexsdb9712 Před 9 měsíci +2

    80s pop-rock new wave mystique the fantasy, humour, creativity, romance done all at once as it was done back then!

  • @timvoridis7931
    @timvoridis7931 Před 9 lety +12

    one of the best alternative and smartest bands ever - vitriolic lyrics and a symbolistic hillarious video - the album is also brilliant . the '80s - indeed, a creative if not eccentric decade.

  • @miguels3583
    @miguels3583 Před 4 lety +6

    It remains me those days where we had a safe cities with beautiful people. No haters, no gunners, no bad 5v shows and movies...

  • @MonicaSagar
    @MonicaSagar Před 3 lety +27

    This song was in uk tv show called Spaced too! I knew I recognised it when Stanley was singing it - it’s taken me 24 hours to remember what other show it was in! Jessica Hynes sings along to it in the ‘party’ episode.

    • @moonmonkey71
      @moonmonkey71 Před 2 lety +3

      Spaced was brilliant! Simon peggs masterpiece 👌

    • @richardwellend3806
      @richardwellend3806 Před 2 lety +2

      I have a crush on daisy from that show 🤣

    • @mariewright1724
      @mariewright1724 Před 2 lety

      We have the box set of Spaced and I decided to look this song up. Every time I've watched it I thought she was singing an ad song. I didn't know it was a real pop song. Lol

    • @zaxus211
      @zaxus211 Před 2 lety +1

      @@richardwellend3806 i think daisy sang "almond cookie" instead of albquerque..funny thing is is was in abq at the time i looked it up.

    • @richardwellend3806
      @richardwellend3806 Před 2 lety

      @@zaxus211 yes I think she did, she was sooooo cute!! I'm gonna hafta watch my spaced boxset and drool haha

  • @BarkosBricks
    @BarkosBricks Před 3 měsíci +1

    THE BEST songs

  • @glyph2011
    @glyph2011 Před 4 lety +29

    Good god this song is still amazing all these years later.

  • @KaedeSmithOfTheKiller7
    @KaedeSmithOfTheKiller7 Před 3 lety +13

    The chorus of this track is an ear worm. It will never leave my head.

  • @jemmajames6719
    @jemmajames6719 Před 3 lety +10

    Brings back memories of the first summer dating my husband, he would borrow his Dads car every night that summer and we would drive for miles, it was a boiling hot summer and we would have tapes blaring out driving in the English country side,this was one of our favourites.

  • @147stewart
    @147stewart Před 2 lety +11

    Paddy is one of the nicest guys you could meet as well as a great song writer

  • @robertmeikle2636
    @robertmeikle2636 Před 5 lety +22

    This song still holds it's own in the music world. Great band!!

  • @stephenoneill2844
    @stephenoneill2844 Před 4 lety +18

    Holy shit , I just looked it up , it has been 31 years since this tune was released, OMG I am getting old. But it go's without saying , I love love love love love love love this song!

  • @kevsslimmingjourney7703
    @kevsslimmingjourney7703 Před rokem +2

    This is the 80s for me. I have so many memories of the 1980s with this song play ing in the background. Can tell in the video the bloke doesn't want to jump in the water. Looking at the trees in the background it's the middle of winter 😂

  • @w.r.carman3328
    @w.r.carman3328 Před rokem +8

    I was 22 when this song came out and I don't remember ever hearing it. Just discovered it on "I'm Not Ok With This". Keeping it on loop. How did I miss this? It's AWESOME!!!!

  • @davidalt92
    @davidalt92 Před 4 lety +12

    I've been singing "I love Cookie" for so long...

  • @gianluca7817
    @gianluca7817 Před 3 lety +5

    I'm 50 now... And I remember when in my bedroom I watched on MTV this great song! Time goes by fast😔

  • @ryancopping3345
    @ryancopping3345 Před měsícem +1

    I'm the King of Rock'n'Roll! Magnificent song of the 80's

  • @paulbootland9691
    @paulbootland9691 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I remember this song when it was in the charts. I remember the video, dancing hot dogs and that frog. Classic and a brilliant song.

  • @DoctorDoom69
    @DoctorDoom69 Před 10 měsíci +5

    My entire life I thought this song said “hotdog, jumping frog …have a cookie” 🍪😂

  • @leadraeger5037
    @leadraeger5037 Před 4 lety +730

    Who also searched “hotdog jumping Frog”????

    • @ruth8112
      @ruth8112 Před 4 lety +16

      Me after watching the best Netflix series ever 😂

    • @bpiya1322
      @bpiya1322 Před 4 lety +1

      me lmaooo hahahahha

    • @karosraro
      @karosraro Před 4 lety +3

      "...I am the king od rock'n'roll completely..." 🤣

    • @gogolito
      @gogolito Před 4 lety +19

      I googled "Hot Dog, jumping frog, Half a cookie"... i'm french and that's what i hear in the song.. albuquerque WTF?

    • @joytabram6116
      @joytabram6116 Před 4 lety

      Me 😂

  • @edwardmajanap1358
    @edwardmajanap1358 Před 4 měsíci +1

    the King of Rock ’n’ Roll.❤

  • @Slivertrust
    @Slivertrust Před 3 lety +5

    "Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque" always hits me right there, y'know?

  • @ellen6831
    @ellen6831 Před 4 lety +90

    i thought my mum made up this song, she would always sing it to me when i was younger. turns out i’m just a fool 😂

  • @ashleykelly4009
    @ashleykelly4009 Před rokem +3

    Who’s here listening to this banger in 2023 !

  • @ripleysephiroth4850
    @ripleysephiroth4850 Před 2 lety +39

    It's a rainy Winter's day in Cape Town, South Africa and I am grinning ear to ear, listening to this ... Loved it since school days and my 9-year-old is loving it too. Such a great band!

  • @danieljupiter7223
    @danieljupiter7223 Před 3 lety +17

    Astonishing
    The like twenty absolutely perfect songs these guys have

  • @aaronbattin9516
    @aaronbattin9516 Před 4 lety +61

    I remember this song on the radio as a kid, haven't heard for 15 years, nostalgia overload 🎶

    • @louise_rose
      @louise_rose Před měsícem

      The song and video feel like a jolly teenage anthem, much like the Happy Days tv series (which the band must have seen while growing up), but there's an undercurrent of sadness to the lyrics: "All the pretty birds have flown / Now I'm dancing on my own". The rift between glam illusion and sad realities, or between hope and betrayal, is a recurrrent theme in their songs.

  • @steffanhoffmann1906
    @steffanhoffmann1906 Před 4 lety +6

    This band must be one of the most underrated of all time

  • @waynemarshall272
    @waynemarshall272 Před rokem +47

    This song just has a summertime feel about it. Best enjoyed while enjoying life in the sunshine. When you hear this it’s impossible not to feel good.

    • @vandovalentim16
      @vandovalentim16 Před rokem

      Incrível essa banda

    • @filevans
      @filevans Před 4 měsíci

      filmed in winter as you can see all the leaves off the trees

    • @louise_rose
      @louise_rose Před 2 měsíci

      Yeah, you can tell this is a digital recording, there's no way they would have got it to sound like this the analog way (practically no natural reverb, all notes are basically start-stop and even Paddy's voice sounds a bit like a ghost, there are no low frequencies to it). I figure this too helps to create the feeling of a big, sunny landscape with no edges in space and time...

  • @JonathanReynolds1
    @JonathanReynolds1 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I miss the 80s. Music was so fun back then.

  • @susanaroig6352
    @susanaroig6352 Před 4 lety +78

    My friends listening this song:
    Me: JuMPinG FrOoog aaaALBuuuUrQUeque

  • @dishantshetty6551
    @dishantshetty6551 Před 4 lety +4100

    Who is here after watching I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS😁

  • @sulandelemere
    @sulandelemere Před 2 měsíci +1

    Amazing that this song only made it to number 7 in the British charts and didn’t have any significant commercial success outside the UK. And yet here it stands as one of the all time greats of the 80s ❤

    • @bazscott4633
      @bazscott4633 Před 2 měsíci +1

      It was huge in Republic of Ireland.

    • @sulandelemere
      @sulandelemere Před 2 měsíci

      @@bazscott4633 i do know that but that’s why I said significant - Ireland’s population is pretty small.

    • @louise_rose
      @louise_rose Před měsícem +1

      And it was still their biggest hit in the UK! Oh my...But they were never really a singles band, definitely an album band. Paul McCartney knowingly later told Paddy McAloon, "That song is your "My Ding-a-Ling"" (referring to Chuck Berry's early 1970s cover hit) and that's kinda true. :)

  • @jvmacias
    @jvmacias Před 2 lety +7

    Most underrated band ever.

  • @vitthalsharale5833
    @vitthalsharale5833 Před 3 lety +3

    My Childhood of '80s Bought me here. I'm quite Lucky and fortunate that I'm Kid of '80s 🙏

  • @herineroyalguetse95
    @herineroyalguetse95 Před 4 lety +220

    I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS

  • @craigbeale8540
    @craigbeale8540 Před 3 lety +1

    You know the 80s were amazing you will never get videos like this ever again, so retro yet so timeless. Abc etc you know looking back is so much better than looking forward.

  • @laetitialogan2017
    @laetitialogan2017 Před rokem

    The Irish nightclubs in North London..we had such fun dancing to this..very happy times

  • @mxstxcwxsdxm
    @mxstxcwxsdxm Před 4 lety +156

    it's been like, four days and the IANOWT people have already claimed this song.

    • @lynneprewitt5310
      @lynneprewitt5310 Před 3 lety

      Yep

    • @rewriter3981
      @rewriter3981 Před 3 lety +2

      That's what happens when a song suits a certain character or show too much :/ like the toh fandom and little miss perfect