Seeing the clip of the police at the start and listening to the lyrics, the brass backing music has the same feel to my ears as some of those 70's detective programmes, especially Barnaby Jones, Mannix, Cannon, etc. It sounds even better now that I hear it again, almost 40 years after I heard it the first time. I'm almost expecting a voiceover to say; "A Quinn Martin production".
Great song ! In style I think that's a Zoot suit late 1930s/ early 40s? The girls' outfits reflect Busby Barkeley musicals of the 1930. Kid Creole (August Darnell) was a stylish act.
According to the Official Charts website this hit #7 in mid-August of 1982. The top 6 songs the week it peaked were "Come On Eileen" by Dexys Midnight Runners, "Fame" by Irene Cara, "Don't Go" by Yazoo, "Driving In My Car" by Madness, "It Started WIth A Kiss" by Hot Chocolate and "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor
Not what my neighbors think when I play my real music outside they get mad and close the window door and they make sure I hear the door close while I put the volume a little more up. Young people these days
This amazing act would be banned in these stupid days of 'women power' garbage' Whats wrong if women want to show how beautiful they are and how talented they are at dancing. Its their choice. And I for one love watching this type of act.
He was in Doctor Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band but not this August Darnell project as far as I know? Coati Mundi has his own CZcams page which is fairly active and has some great videos on it
@@colinyoung3685 I’ll have to check him out. Checking out his Wikipedia he’s the one who came up with the great line “the revolution will not be televised”. Seems like he was way ahead of any early rappers, probably more of an influence a little later. A lot of the early rappers were more hype men to get the crowd into the party and music from the dj. From what I understand Jamaican toasting was a big influence on that. Then it evolved with real poetry.
This was a great act, back in the early 80’s
Class act all day long. Love this band.
Great sound and those Coconuts were lovely movers ❤❤❤
Cool song ,cool lyrics and a classic loved this group ,something different back in the eighties
Love Kid Creole and the Coconuts
SUPERPHATBADASS SONG EVER! NEVER GET ENOUGH ! MAS COCONUTS PLEASE.
THAT CHOREOGRAPHY.....BEYOND ...OUT OF WORDS
Ohhh Now I am so happy .. amazing band, incredible lyrics and um great backing band .. my favourite band of all time :)
Loved this take me back there
Brilliant!
FANTASTICO ❤❤🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
I just love this!
K August .
It’s in my playlist (:
Seeing the clip of the police at the start and listening to the lyrics, the brass backing music has the same feel to my ears as some of those 70's detective programmes, especially Barnaby Jones, Mannix, Cannon, etc. It sounds even better now that I hear it again, almost 40 years after I heard it the first time. I'm almost expecting a voiceover to say; "A Quinn Martin production".
Oh Lord.....those Coconuts !!!
They're cracking!
Cheryl was the hottest
@@Mikeyp1054 Absolutely. She oozed sex !
@@Mikeyp1054 Abssolutely. She just oozed sex
Great song very Cab Calloway.
NEXT LIFE... I KNOWS I WILL COME BACK AS A COCONUT IN 1982.HELLS YA!
Great song ! In style I think that's a Zoot suit late 1930s/ early 40s? The girls' outfits reflect Busby Barkeley musicals of the 1930. Kid Creole (August Darnell) was a stylish act.
Absolute Legend my man😎🖒 smooth as silk , absolute class act.....love this tune, youth club back in the day went wild when this came on....🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@steverowlands338 Agreed. Check out the " Endicott" video - perfectly sums up the stage persona. Plus its great!
I'd rock that suit today in my 85 Sentra with this song and other 80s songs as well as me smoking a joint Mary jannne
Wow, dem coconuts 🥥🥥🥥💖💖💖
I wonder what kept this off the No1 spot? This reached #2 in the UK charts. I remember watching this at the time.
According to the Official Charts website this hit #7 in mid-August of 1982. The top 6 songs the week it peaked were "Come On Eileen" by Dexys Midnight Runners, "Fame" by Irene Cara, "Don't Go" by Yazoo, "Driving In My Car" by Madness, "It Started WIth A Kiss" by Hot Chocolate and "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor
Absolutely fabulous ! thank you
Brilliant lyrics
Music was so much better then
Not what my neighbors think when I play my real music outside they get mad and close the window door and they make sure I hear the door close while I put the volume a little more up. Young people these days
Loved the zoot suit man
love it - what chest size are those trousers
I'd say probably 38. Hehe
Endicott was a fun song too
Great
Kid Creole's got a nice bunch of coconuts.
Eh, stop being dirty!!
Definitely one coconut as he married her
Early 80 biggggggggg song
I dated one of the coconuts... the shy one.
Brm-tsh!
Good sound, you can hear Carol Colman's great bass work clearly.
Genialessssss
1982 the best moments with kid
Private vip nitgclubPalace Paris
C aroline ITS ME
ITS MY SONG
Kid wrote is for me
My name is CAROLINE ...
Free kid creole!!!!
Great song performance and girls!
@@Star-tw2iz who is it then???
@@Star-tw2iz August darnell... I just researched it
Still FAN TAS TIK song always loved it!
So where was kid creole hiding?
Ha cha cha cha!
👍👍👍👍💟💟💟💋💋💋
Absolutely love this song, but there are some live versions out there that capture it better. It needs a slightly faster tempo.
And the Girls........................................................?
Don't get me started
"AAAH"
Have you seen their musical film on CZcams.
This amazing act would be banned in these stupid days of 'women power' garbage'
Whats wrong if women want to show how beautiful they are and how talented they are at dancing. Its their choice. And I for one love watching this type of act.
"My body my choice" when it suits them, "your body my choice" otherwise.
What are you talking about? Female artists are now showing even more flesh and are more provocative. Today, this would look tame.
I wished they would had recorded this at a faster speed.
Why? It's got a perfect groove to it.
I liked the House version .
Where's Mundi??
He's back on Wednesday.
He was in Doctor Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band but not this August Darnell project as far as I know? Coati Mundi has his own CZcams page which is fairly active and has some great videos on it
Sounds like rap to me in between the chorus! Before it's time I'd say!
Kurtis Blow, Kool Moe Dee and the Sugarhill Gang were well before this
@@simonhowles3646 yes I know mate. But this is one of those early songs that had those little added elements that were before the time .
@@simonhowles3646 I count Gil Scott Heron as proto-rap, don't know anything mainstream that predates him but could well be my ignorance.
@@colinyoung3685 I’ll have to check him out. Checking out his Wikipedia he’s the one who came up with the great line “the revolution will not be televised”. Seems like he was way ahead of any early rappers, probably more of an influence a little later. A lot of the early rappers were more hype men to get the crowd into the party and music from the dj. From what I understand Jamaican toasting was a big influence on that. Then it evolved with real poetry.
It’s at least a very early example of it being used in a pop song that isn’t cringey
So ein Auftritt mit den HALBNACKTEN Mädels , nicht mehtr denkbar.... !!!
Avalanches sampled this
Lack lustre. Needs a full stage and theatrics, as the German promoter did, to bring it to life.
Top of the pops was lackluster. That was the charm ✨️
Had a few zoot suits …..me little legs weren’t suited to them but hey they were cool.😅
Is he singing about a mafia guy ??????????