Au Pairs - Come Again
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- čas přidán 24. 05. 2013
- The Au Pairs were (Jane Munro, Lesley Woods, Paul Foad, Pete Hammond) a British post-punk band that formed in Birmingham in 1978 Music historian Gillian G. Gaar noted in her history of women in rock that the band mingled male and female musicians in a revolutionary collaborative way, as part of its outspoken explorations of sexual politics.
Their first album Playing with a Different Sex is considered a post-punk classic with strong, sarcastic songs like "It's Obvious" and "We're So Cool" taking a dry look at gender relations. Other songs, such as "Armagh" with its refrain, "we don't torture" took a pro-republican look at the then ongoing Troubles in Northern Ireland, which caused some controversy at the time.[citation needed] The band performed in 1980 for the concert film Urgh! A Music War.
The band's second album, Sense and Sensuality (1982), showed an even greater influence of jazz, soul, funk and disco on the band's sound, but was less well received.[citation needed]
Following the departure of Jane Munro in 1983, she was replaced by Nick O'Connor (who also played piano / synthesizers in the group). At this time the group were further augmented by Jayne Morris (percussion and backing vocals) and Graeme Hamilton (trumpet). The band broke up in 1983, just before they were about to go into the studio to record an album with producer Steve Lillywhite.
Woods formed an all woman band called the Darlings in the late 1980s, but then left the music industry. She now works as a lawyer in London. Guitarist Paul Foad remains an active musician, playing with Andy Hamilton and the Blue Notes, a Jamaican jazz band, and teaching guitar in and around Birmingham. He has also published a guitar technique book, co-written with Stuart Ritchie, titled The Caged Guitarist (2000). Bass player Jane Munro works as an alternative therapist (aromatherapy, reflexology and Indian head massage) in Birmingham. Pete Hammond also remains an active musician and teaches percussion in Birmingham. (info courtesy of wikipedia) - Hudba
As an 80s youth, I have no idea how the hell I missed out on this band. I,m 62 now, but better late than never. This video is amazing, the energy is electric.
I fucking love this band and always will. I met the singer and told her I loved her, back in the late 80's. Still do.
You don't get that kind of raw authenticity nowadays (well, it was 43 years ago!)
First saw them in week 1 of a 4-week Thursday night residency at Brum's Golden Eagle. They were so good I went to all 4 gigs, and was afterwards a confirmed fan.
They could be as good as this one clip for almost an hour on stage - a phenomenal live band, very clever and entertaining, as well as delivering a strong and thought-provoking message.
what a great experience Alan, so envious, thanks for sharing with us
I remember the Golden Eagle as I am a Brummie. Its with great regret that I never saw the Au Pairs live.
Got to love the energy and b line on this.
Great song and band. The baseline is hypnotising.
quelle ambiance sensationnelle ! on sent la musique (et quelle musique ! spectaculaire !), en résonance, avec l'énergie de cette performance exceptionnelle, de ce groupe merveilleux, que j'adore beaucoup !... je t'aime, mademoiselle woods, mon amour ! bravo! hehe.
p.s.: merci beaucoup, pour l'envoi rare et précieux (un prix, un cadeau !), de ce "trésor enfoui", mon amie. : )
Massive crush on Lesley back in the day but that was frowned upon then :(
So did I :) I was having a Facebook chat with Pete recently. Great band.
saw them many times around the turn of the decade . Tremendous live !
and even in an era when there were many great bands around eg Joy Division , Wall of Voodoo, Siouxsie , U2 (they were good once !) , the only ones , simple minds, the passions etc etc , the Au Pairs were right up there
mi mate paul foad gret guitarist
Just brilliant
Cool punk band
I saw them in the south of London, short time after the riots in 1982. Great !
Love it!
Excellent !!!!!
So cool.
Are you feeling it? Damn right!
Smashing voice
That incredulous look on her face when she sings "I don't know if you want to"....funny and powerful...
Masterpiece!
I have to admit that I'm quite pissed off that I. Me, of all people have never heard of this band. I just listened to the whole Lush, Gala album on Pandora. I have the CD's but it's was like 3 a.m., NYC, hanging with my of my cats and after Gala my Siouxsie channel came back on and I heard this song called "You" ! I had to stop playing video games (yeah a new thing for me after me & the live in gf went splitsville during pandemic :) and I had to pick up my phone and see who this was. Au Paris, what's this ? I'm someone who had Joy Division so long ago, like two decades and I've never heard of Au Paris. I read about them right quick and see photos that look somewhat old; b&w pics. I see one with this "new" band signed on AmazonUK and I knew I was going to buy these albums, but my bad luck comes two fold and of course it's sold out. I the bright side there's nothing like finding a new band you like, who aren't new at all. This performance was just like, omfg 😲 they are great htf I missed out ?????
Fuckin brilliant.
FUCKING BRILLIANT!
It looks a lot like Lesley's guitar is splattered with blood between the pickups.
takes Aunt Barbara back.
they were NOT a post-punk band. they were a punk band.
Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedy's, Exploited, etc are great examples of Punk... but Au Pairs have always been classified as, Post-Punk and even, New Wave: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Au_Pairs ...plus: www.discogs.com/artist/73203-Au-Pairs
we get compared to the Au Pairs a lot
Just checked out your music, it's official... "you must be f**kin dreamin'" .. keep practising though !
Ignore the dickheads. Like what you're doing. Hope you're still going?
@@manmaas Thank you - yeah we are! New single coming out later this year 😊
(To everyone else: we still get compared to the Au Pairs a lot, sorry pals 😅 I'm sure they don't mind)