Along with 'Geno' , by Dexys Midnight Runners , this has got The best horn-led rock/pop single written all over it. Both are very much of their time , but absolutely magical single '45s !!! Excellent. Thanks JP 😍
This track came out at the end of January 1981 and peaked at no.4 in the UK Top 40. The Top 10 this week was: 1 - John Lennon - Imagine 2 - John Lennon - Woman 3 - Adam & The Ants - Antmusic 4 - Phil Collins - In the air tonight 5 - The Look - I am the beat 6 - Specials - Do nothing 7 - Yarborough & Peoples - Don't stop the music 8 - Blondie - Rapture 9 - Ultravox - Vienna 10 - The Beat - Too nice to talk to Also in this weeks Top 40... and a few from the next couple of weeks... Adam & The Ants - Young Parisians Stevie Wonder - I ain't gonna stand for Queen - Flash Visage - Fade to grey Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet David Bowie - Scary monsters (and super creeps) Bad Manners - Lorraine Madness - The return of the Los Palmas Seven Spandau Ballet - The freeze Madness - Embarrassment Gary Numan - This wreckage Diana Ross - It's my turn Teardrop Explodes - Reward Passions - I'm in love with a German film star The Jam - That's entertainment XTC - Sgt Rock (Is going to help me) Rainbow - I surrender Talking Heads - Once in a lifetime Kim Wilde - Kids in America Toyah - It's a mystery The early months of what i consider to be one of the greatest years in popular music. I'd be hard pushed to pick a top 100 favourite tracks from this year let alone a top 10, but one track i would totally have in my top 10 would be OMD's Souvenir, which in my opinion is one of the most gorgeous synth tracks of all time. Hope you enjoy this chart.😊
I was just bouncing around the kitchen to this song yesterday so I was delighted to see it appear on your channel today, JP. Awesome track and yes, those horns are really in your face in the best way.
Like many others, I'd like to recommend the solo works of Julian Cope. It seems like everyone has their own favourites from his discography. Mine are Fried, Peggy Suicide and Jehovahkill.
It is a brilliant track. Always loved Reward. Cope in his brown bomber jacket. And the brass!!!!! Wonderful stuff, along with that walking bass line. Great stuff. Thanks JP
This was part of the British "new wave" movement, whereby there was lots and lots of experimentation in musical styles. The nearest sound styles were Dexy's Midnight Runners and Echo and the Bunnymen. Awesome stuff. Thank you for this.
@@chrisbarlow2131 I never thought I'd say so either; but listening to JustJP made me realise how musically close early Dexy's and the Bunnymen were. Now I'm going to hide in a corner and jibber.
I am not too familiar with much of their material but I have always loved this single. I would highly recommend taking a view of their 1980 live performance of, "Reward" on, "The Old Grey Whistle Test" where Julian introduces the song in French and the horn section appear to be sporting safari jackets, for reasons which escape me! Great stuff!
Super, super record... from the days when even the weirdest, most alternative, most drugged out bands had absolute TUNES like this! As many others will tell you, bandleader Julian Cope had previously been in Arthur Hostile & The Crucial Three with Wah!'s Pete Wylie and Echo & The Bunnymen's Ian McCulloch (and drummer Steve Spence), and his solo career is also worth checking out, especially the early years, though he's always worth a listen... And as the joke used to go (which Julian Cope used to tell himself!), what's the difference between The Teardrop Explodes and a cow? The cow has horns at the front and an arse at the back... 🤣
Bless my cotton socks I have always loved this track and the band originate from about twenty miles from my home. Can I ask a question when are you continuing with Gary numan? 😊
Great tune and we play this one live the energy is relentless to the end. I guess it’s about acceptance of the fame game t you win so much if you accept the terms which is sacrifice of your artistic freedom
@@boq780_2.0 Yes, and even more minimalistic than The Teardrop Explodes, but in my opinion, no other version comes close to the greatness of the original.
Sorta like a poppier version of something The Birthday Party would have put out around that time. Post-punk was such a varied and interesting genre, please keep hitting that era. :)
The best chart singles came out between 1977 & 1983. Punk, Post punk, New Wave, Electronic… we were spoilt rotten with music back then and chart music has never been the same since.
This song was written by Alan Gill, who was only in the band for a short time. In Julian's autobiography Head-On, a photo of Alan is captioned: 'Joined. Wrote us a classic. ****ed off'. 😁
They came up with the mighty wah , China crisis and echo the bunnymen and a bit later . The lightening seeds. Nearly all were formed after hooking up in a liverpool music venue called ERICS
Went to see Queen at the Milton Keynes Bowl. Highlight of the day was the intro to Reward. The Teardrops were generally booed by the "rock" crowd but I loved them
There's a great version of this from the OGWT, with the scariest looking horn section ever! Who would have thought Copey would go on to become an authority on stone circles eh?
I highly recommend Julian Cope's solo album 'Saint Julien'. Played it to death in the eighties and went to see the tour. Great artist who unfortunately took too much acid and nearly lost it!
Julian Cope the lead singers solo stuff is even better really recommend the peggy suicide trilogy of albums peggy suicide, Jehovahkill and autogeddon are all absolute classics Jehovahkill being my favourite stunning piece of work
Iconic stuff! As much as I love Teardrop Explodes, I’m an even bigger fan of Julian’s solo material. Fried, World Shut Your Mouth, St. Julian, Peggy Suicide etc.
Is it me or you showing their age? Wikipedia: Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 - April 5, 1976) was an American business magnate, record-setting pilot, engineer, film producer, and philanthropist, known during his lifetime as one of the most influential and richest people in the world. He first became prominent as a film producer, and then as an important figure in the aviation industry. Later in life, he became known for his eccentric behavior and reclusive lifestyle-oddities that were caused in part by his worsening obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), chronic pain from a near-fatal plane crash, and increasing deafness. He had English, Welsh and some French Huguenot ancestry, and was a descendant of John Gano (1727-1804), the minister who allegedly baptized George Washington. Aviation career Famous flights Hughes H-1 Racer, Transcontinental airspeed record from Los Angeles to Newark NJ (1937), round the world airspeed record (1938). Hughes dated many famous women, including Joan Crawford, Debra Paget, Billie Dove, Faith Domergue, Bette Davis, Yvonne De Carlo, Ava Gardner, Olivia de Havilland, Katharine Hepburn, Hedy Lamarr, Ginger Rogers, Janet Leigh, Pat Sheehan, Gloria Vanderbilt, Mamie Van Doren and Gene Tierney.
just stumbled on your channel - if you dig this vibe, checkout Pigbag- Papa's got a Brand New Pigbag. Lot's of horns, kind of a mix between post-punk dance/punk with a bit of 2 Tone horn stompiness (also The Damned) - cheers mate
@@pentagrammaton6793 Aye, there's a few 🙂 Hmmm, I wonder it we'll ever get to hear Half Man Half Biscuit on the channel... top tunes like: The Trumpton Riots, All I Want for Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit, or the Excellent Dickie Davies Eyes.
@@CAdams6398 I think it was the more gentile 'I hate Nerys Hughes' 🙂 Yeah, they've a lot of good stuff, but a lot of the cultural references may be lost on non Brits. That or they'd have to do a lot of googling re each track, haha.
Bless my cotton socks I’m in the news, fantastic opening lyrics, the single “Treason (It’s Just a Story)” is one of my favourite songs by them.
Apart from 'Passionate Friend', that's the only ones I know (all singles). Had Reward on 7" vinyl.
This track was on permanent play on the jukebox in my college coffee bar. Heard it hundreds of times and never got tired of it.
Along with 'Geno' , by Dexys Midnight Runners , this has got The best horn-led rock/pop single written all over it. Both are very much of their time , but absolutely magical single '45s !!! Excellent. Thanks JP 😍
Agreed
Exactly. Next stop: Geno
Yes, Geno please
You forgot to mention early Chicago, Blood, Sweat and Tears and Vehicle by Ides of March.
I was going to recommend this band. Their lead singer, Julian Cope, went solo and is worth listening to
This track came out at the end of January 1981 and peaked at no.4 in the UK Top 40.
The Top 10 this week was:
1 - John Lennon - Imagine
2 - John Lennon - Woman
3 - Adam & The Ants - Antmusic
4 - Phil Collins - In the air tonight
5 - The Look - I am the beat
6 - Specials - Do nothing
7 - Yarborough & Peoples - Don't stop the music
8 - Blondie - Rapture
9 - Ultravox - Vienna
10 - The Beat - Too nice to talk to
Also in this weeks Top 40... and a few from the next couple of weeks...
Adam & The Ants - Young Parisians
Stevie Wonder - I ain't gonna stand for
Queen - Flash
Visage - Fade to grey
Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet
David Bowie - Scary monsters (and super creeps)
Bad Manners - Lorraine
Madness - The return of the Los Palmas Seven
Spandau Ballet - The freeze
Madness - Embarrassment
Gary Numan - This wreckage
Diana Ross - It's my turn
Teardrop Explodes - Reward
Passions - I'm in love with a German film star
The Jam - That's entertainment
XTC - Sgt Rock (Is going to help me)
Rainbow - I surrender
Talking Heads - Once in a lifetime
Kim Wilde - Kids in America
Toyah - It's a mystery
The early months of what i consider to be one of the greatest years in popular music. I'd be hard pushed to pick a top 100 favourite tracks from this year let alone a top 10, but one track i would totally have in my top 10 would be OMD's Souvenir, which in my opinion is one of the most gorgeous synth tracks of all time. Hope you enjoy this chart.😊
I agree 1981 was great , Echo and the Bunnymen ,” Heaven Up Here”.
I was just bouncing around the kitchen to this song yesterday so I was delighted to see it appear on your channel today, JP. Awesome track and yes, those horns are really in your face in the best way.
Perfect timing!
TUNE!!!!!!! Superb JP!.....yup, 'Treason ' by The Teardrops is another banger :)
Like many others, I'd like to recommend the solo works of Julian Cope. It seems like everyone has their own favourites from his discography. Mine are Fried, Peggy Suicide and Jehovahkill.
It is a brilliant track. Always loved Reward. Cope in his brown bomber jacket. And the brass!!!!! Wonderful stuff, along with that walking bass line. Great stuff. Thanks JP
Glad you enjoyed Chris!
'World Shut Your Mouth' by lead singer Julian Cope is one of his best...
This was part of the British "new wave" movement, whereby there was lots and lots of experimentation in musical styles. The nearest sound styles were Dexy's Midnight Runners and Echo and the Bunnymen. Awesome stuff. Thank you for this.
Never heard The Bunnymen mentioned in the safe breath as Dexys!
@@chrisbarlow2131 I never thought I'd say so either; but listening to JustJP made me realise how musically close early Dexy's and the Bunnymen were. Now I'm going to hide in a corner and jibber.
Another classic Liverpool band. Excellent.
awlright derr larrrrrr
Utter classic. Nice.
Can't argue with that 👍🏼
The housemartins and song writer Paul Heaton, who went on to form the beautiful south. Lyrically and musically excellent
I am not too familiar with much of their material but I have always loved this single. I would highly recommend taking a view of their 1980 live performance of, "Reward" on, "The Old Grey Whistle Test" where Julian introduces the song in French and the horn section appear to be sporting safari jackets, for reasons which escape me! Great stuff!
got all their stuff on vinyl when first came out - brill
The band "Love" are referrenced as an inspiration, Their album "Forever Changes" is incredible.
Super, super record... from the days when even the weirdest, most alternative, most drugged out bands had absolute TUNES like this! As many others will tell you, bandleader Julian Cope had previously been in Arthur Hostile & The Crucial Three with Wah!'s Pete Wylie and Echo & The Bunnymen's Ian McCulloch (and drummer Steve Spence), and his solo career is also worth checking out, especially the early years, though he's always worth a listen...
And as the joke used to go (which Julian Cope used to tell himself!), what's the difference between The Teardrop Explodes and a cow? The cow has horns at the front and an arse at the back... 🤣
Bless my cotton socks I have always loved this track and the band originate from about twenty miles from my home. Can I ask a question when are you continuing with Gary numan? 😊
Great tune and we play this one live the energy is relentless to the end. I guess it’s about acceptance of the fame game t you win so much if you accept the terms which is sacrifice of your artistic freedom
Hope you will continue with The Teardrop Explodes and cover the excellent 'Wilder', their second and final album.
Yes, to me Wilder is their best album. More diverse.
Especially The Great Dominions!! ..
@@tonydoran5147👍 I agree !!!
@@a.k.1740 For sure. He still plays it in concert these days very effectively.
@@boq780_2.0 Yes, and even more minimalistic than The Teardrop Explodes, but in my opinion, no other version comes close to the greatness of the original.
Fantastic.
Sorta like a poppier version of something The Birthday Party would have put out around that time. Post-punk was such a varied and interesting genre, please keep hitting that era. :)
The Birthday Party
The one band I would love to go back in time and experience a concert
You'd like the album Kilimanjaro I think. Lots of slightly differing versions though, so choosing one might be a bit tricky.
Great live band and music great
Fantastic. This song is everything pop music should be.
Really good song. Some Julian Cope solo albums are better yet
Yup.
...is the RIGHT reaction! Love it.
I always thought this was perhaps the perfect single.
An absolute classic
The Beatles' engineer and early producer of Pink Floyd, Norman Hurricane Smith, played trumpet on 'Reward'.
Nice. I could listen to more of these folks.
Glad you enjoyed it Mar🙃
The best chart singles came out between 1977 & 1983. Punk, Post punk, New Wave, Electronic… we were spoilt rotten with music back then and chart music has never been the same since.
The guitarist Alan Gill from The Teardrop Explodes later wrote the soundtrack for the film "Letter To Brezhnev."
Yeah spot on this was early 80's post punk
This song was written by Alan Gill, who was only in the band for a short time.
In Julian's autobiography Head-On, a photo of Alan is captioned: 'Joined. Wrote us a classic. ****ed off'. 😁
Loved the video at the time.
A real tour de force. Try The Ouch Monkeys so many angles to this band 0:29
They came up with the mighty wah , China crisis and echo the bunnymen and a bit later . The lightening seeds. Nearly all were formed after hooking up in a liverpool music venue called ERICS
You just struck it rich!
Went to see Queen at the Milton Keynes Bowl. Highlight of the day was the intro to Reward. The Teardrops were generally booed by the "rock" crowd but I loved them
There's a great version of this from the OGWT, with the scariest looking horn section ever!
Who would have thought Copey would go on to become an authority on stone circles eh?
I highly recommend Julian Cope's solo album 'Saint Julien'.
Played it to death in the eighties and went to see the tour. Great artist who unfortunately took too much acid and nearly lost it!
Along with Hawaii Five -O and the second Waterboys LP with Roddy Lorimer, top brass indeed.
They rule
Julian Cope the lead singers solo stuff is even better really recommend the peggy suicide trilogy of albums peggy suicide, Jehovahkill and autogeddon are all absolute classics Jehovahkill being my favourite stunning piece of work
You would actually love a band from around the same period called the beautiful south
Iconic stuff! As much as I love Teardrop Explodes, I’m an even bigger fan of Julian’s solo material. Fried, World Shut Your Mouth, St. Julian, Peggy Suicide etc.
Is it me or you showing their age?
Wikipedia:
Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 - April 5, 1976) was an American business magnate, record-setting pilot, engineer, film producer, and philanthropist, known during his lifetime as one of the most influential and richest people in the world. He first became prominent as a film producer, and then as an important figure in the aviation industry. Later in life, he became known for his eccentric behavior and reclusive lifestyle-oddities that were caused in part by his worsening obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), chronic pain from a near-fatal plane crash, and increasing deafness.
He had English, Welsh and some French Huguenot ancestry, and was a descendant of John Gano (1727-1804), the minister who allegedly baptized George Washington.
Aviation career
Famous flights Hughes H-1 Racer, Transcontinental airspeed record from Los Angeles to Newark NJ (1937), round the world airspeed record (1938).
Hughes dated many famous women, including Joan Crawford, Debra Paget, Billie Dove, Faith Domergue, Bette Davis, Yvonne De Carlo, Ava Gardner, Olivia de Havilland, Katharine Hepburn, Hedy Lamarr, Ginger Rogers, Janet Leigh, Pat Sheehan, Gloria Vanderbilt, Mamie Van Doren and Gene Tierney.
Great stuff, you should listen to some of Julian Cope's solo stuff too!
Trumpet is played by Terry Bailey
Total banger. I very much doubt the words add up to much - I suspect drink had been taken, or more likely, shedloads of drugs...
They were on hard drugs.
just stumbled on your channel - if you dig this vibe, checkout Pigbag- Papa's got a Brand New Pigbag. Lot's of horns, kind of a mix between post-punk dance/punk with a bit of 2 Tone horn stompiness (also The Damned) - cheers mate
Finish pretenders only one song to go! It’s a goodie love you
Good tune. And probably the one 99% of fans would say if asked to name a TTE song :)
A scouse band you can stand 😉
@@pentagrammaton6793 Aye, there's a few 🙂 Hmmm, I wonder it we'll ever get to hear Half Man Half Biscuit on the channel... top tunes like: The Trumpton Riots, All I Want for Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit, or the Excellent Dickie Davies Eyes.
@@jfergs.3302 Half Man Half Biscuit? Yes please. It would be worth it just to see Justin interpreting the lyrics.
@@aderyncoch3346 Haha, indeed.
@@CAdams6398 I think it was the more gentile 'I hate Nerys Hughes' 🙂 Yeah, they've a lot of good stuff, but a lot of the cultural references may be lost on non Brits. That or they'd have to do a lot of googling re each track, haha.
Swweeet! The video's good too
Alan Gill played the trumpet
Mmm nah…