Thanks for your post - brilliant

Forget love wars. Really great cover mind,hope they all wore seat belts.

Such beautiful nerds. I kind of remember that time of life.

The Womack and Womack original is unsurpassable and as such any cover needed to have had an original take on it. This just feels like pastiche imo.

drummer Chris Lang ? what happened in the band?

I love the video that APARKY put together for this - 15 years is a long time ago on KZbin.

These guys are playing the Old Woollen in Leeds tonight and I have a ticket. :)

8:00 Grafton Pub hasn't really changed except they decorated with Beautiful South lyrics and do a cracking Karaoke night on a Saturday.

7:13 That bakery is an Amusement Arcade now which nearly always has about 15 Romanians just hanging outside of. The other shop on the other side of Grafton Street is a Sainsburys Express.

Brought here by Shaun Keaveney's Community Garden Radio - Superb Song

Sex-ay with capital S. The funky beat has already done heaps before Paul's voice came on. An effing masterpiece which was rightly made this long. What a satisfying experience. An extended ear-gasm!

This ia relevant music still today - just brilliant!! Still crazy about "Confessions"

A lost Weller classic ..A scathing indictment of how things were and sadly still are ...

❗❗❗

This group swam in a sea of ​​plastic pop tunes and was completely independent of this crap💚

Timeless song & video combo!

I have the vinyl sleeve of this signed by all 5 members.

Some voice briana got top draw!

♥️🍒👍👌🗽

This is better than the original

First time ive heard this its absolutely fan fucking tastic !!!

And more form Robert Holmes : kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnnFlXZpr5WEmc0

the brilliant dee c lee on vocals

Here's the acoustic version from the 12 inch single kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5DHqYljm6-LpJY

23.1.2019

Search 'Red Guitar, Black Piano' for 2022 versions of Robert Holmes' 1980s Red Guitars' classics 'Marianne' and 'America and Me'

Post northern soul remains peerless.

For some reason I missed this tune in my youth...love the baseline, love the lyrics. By the way with a couple of changes to the lyrics, this song can be the anthem for the current Russian invasion of Ukraine invasion. I took the liberty to make these changes. I stand with Ukraine. Russians stuck in Putin’s land Told when to sit don't know where you stand Too busy recreating the past To live in the future. Poor relations with Uncle Sam - bears no relation to the country man Too busy being someone else to be who you really are. Shifty manic rehab man Mind where you walk when the sun goes down Too busy hating others to even love your own. Little green men on the beat again - beating Ukrainians blue again. It's one way to get involved in the community. Love me, love my jeans I must buy shares in Putin’s dreams Too busy buying up, selling out, selling off. 3, 2,1, in other terms - win a life sentence and a jail term The individuals that state, in a state of siege. Do pop and press and mix, do tits and news stew The next one in the poor house could be you To busy saying "thank you" to say what for? No time to spare - "spare me a dime"? The Russian Empire is organized crime Their confessions are written in your blood. Kiss your ass and dreams goodbye Come back when you've learnt to cry To busy trying to be strong to see how weak you are. Wave your flags and waive your fate The freedom you claim is the one you hate The victory you seek will never come. Brutal views through brutal eyes See no future, hear no lies Speak no truth to me or the people I love. When I grow up I want to be All the things you've never been And your opinion will count for none. Headed for a breakdown Headed for a breakdown Headed for a breakdown Headed for a breakdown

Masterpiece. How come they weren't more popular?

Such a lovely 😍 voice!

Released to coincide with COP26, Robert Holmes sings with Algar, Nicholas, Holmes 'Something Perfect' kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3zFYaadhracms0

Released today for COP26 Red Guitars' singer/writer Robert Holmes sings with Algar Nicholas Holmes "Something Perfect". Released 1st November 2021 on Spotify, Apple Music and KZbin. open.spotify.com/album/76s5OBJMU738NZ6gJJNxoI?si=2LeLeKoaQnWyvMRBMyF4Vg kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3zFYaadhracms0

Massively underrated song

A really good LP but it was the begining of the end for The Style Council with a shite line up:-(

Love it

Try the 12 inch acoustic version of this brilliant song

As i listen to this today, a 50 yr old man with more than his fair share of singular adventures behind me, I can't help but think....fuck me too late to the XTC party. The following years were a roller coaster ride of MDMA and house music and never once did i twig. Before i die i will neck one and bang this on. :)

Try 'Robert Holmes Channel Two' for loads more songs by the writer of 'America and Me'.

Gets more appropriate every year

Try 'Robert Holmes Channel Two' for more recent songs.

The "We've got machines that sound like orchestra" line, with the synth part coming up in the background. That was always the best part of the whole song for me.

Confession of a Pop Group is a F**king MASTERPIECE..GET IT. A Beautiful addition to BRILLIANCE in music.

The house they're in, where Paul says it all started, is 52 Grafton Street. But the contact details on "The Housemartins From Outer Space" demo tape say 'The Housemartins live at 70 Grafton Street'. Was the house in this documentary not the real house? Or did Paul move? Or did two of them live on Grafton St in different houses? What's the story?

What year was this?

What an opening ! ! !

More relevant than ever in the UK with the brexit omnishambles.

As a kid I watched the scooter crash scene being filmed in W12.

Really groovy song! I love this! her bass line ! <3

Whatever speed, it sounds ace! Those Red Guitars went out on a high!

That guitar, OMG, that guitar !! What a sound !