I loved that song as a kid (and now) then loved it even more after I found out the story behind it. The video was great and spot on. ❤

People say Calling All Stations was a return to old Genesis, I just don't see it. Apart from a couple of half decent moments it was mainly the sound of 2 middle aged men (with a younger singer) trying to recreate what they'd done 2 albums prev with but less success. It wasn't relevant anymore and just sounded like a bunch of rock cliche's. We Can't Dance was the last decent album. I'm a life long fan up to that point but the song I Can't Dance makes me yawn these days...

He did not. George actually didn’t care much for John’s later songs around 1980, neither Now & Then which he described as ”dreary” or too mellow basically. Also they really should’ve used the whole song - not dismantling John’s song, which in demo-form is just fantastic IMHO.

Whatever the explanation, it's just another brilliant song by the Beatles....

Know your rights 😂😂😂😂

I've read the record company wanted a happy song, so they made it out of spite. A tongue-in-cheek song, if you will. The song and video are peak epicness at any rate.

The `tap dancing` might refer to song The Hammer

Pretty much every Dead Kennedys song, especially from Plastic Surgery Disasters; Government Flu, Forest Fire and Moon Over Marin

I remember Phil saying in an interview at the time the song was released that he was a horrible dancer.

The problem is that it isn't a well-written song, and I like the trio pop version of the band. We don't care about the message of the song. We care about the music and it's missing on this tune.

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Clive didnt want come dancing released, however, he was a champion of the kinks. Clive revived the Kinks career and gave them the American success they previously missed out on.

There was no feud.

This song was phenomenally popular when MTV first started. I loved the video! It was the early 80's and I was just starting high school. At least half the bands on the radio and on MTV were british, by the way. This was not at all unusual, and they were all great bands! By the way Happy Birthday to Dave Davies Feb 3rd, he just turned 78 years old. I have all the Kinks albums and all of Dave's solo albums. 🥰🎶🕉

And the Great AC/DC lives on AND ON AND ON AND ON

Here's a video about I can't dance, but first, here's the entire history of Genesis. Seriously?

*Er, punk was a flash in the pan expression that hindsight has coloured very rosy. It was never a major thing at all. No progressive bands were destroyed because of it and disco was absolutely everywhere. ABBA were bigger than The Beatles while The Pistols flickered out to minimal caring. Pink Floyd would have a major album in 1980 as ELO had a string of hits in the late 70s. Led Zeppelin bestrode the 70s like a behemoth with Black Sabbath and Deep Purple at their side. I really like the Pistols, but hindsight is the true opiate of the masses, and The Clash were the worst kind of drug imaginable. Thank goodness for B.A.D, though*

Eric Clapton just said what a great blues player Jimi Hendrix was but according to Albert King jimi couldn’t play the blues a touch of jealousy do you think

SUBBED. Digging your channel, sir! "Across the pond stories, Barney-Style for the masses."

I love ya baby but I can't fall when I see those ducks on the wall.

The Young Bros weren't at all concerned with anyone else's wellbeing except their own, certainty not Bon Scott's . The only thing that concerned them was being back in the black,in monetary terms. The way they treated Bon was truly horrific.he saved their career. No High voltage,no Powerage, no Let there be Rock and no Highway to Hell= no modern day caricatured , sanitized version of the original band and the Back in black album. There is nobody on this earth is going to convince me otherwise that Brian Johnson did not write the lyrics to "You shook me all night long". The lyrics are totally Bon Scott's through and through..

Ah yes, the levi's adverts reviving in the songs in the UK charts way before Stranger Things...

Not different bands. The same band on different drugs (acid v coke)

No evidence here that 'Should I Stay or Should I Go' precipitated the end of the Clash. A proper explanation would have to at least reference the return of manager Bernie Rhodes, who more or less engineered Jones' sacking......

A 9th chord is an extension of a 7th chord. They used added 9th chords on their songs which are a little different.

Bagpipes in “In A Big Country” by Big Country.

Ironically, it is one of maybe 3 clash songs still played on the radio, while the really great clash songs are forgotten.

Mike Love's the most improbable Rock'n'Roll singer ever & an imbecile. Brian Wilson instead is a genius. I met him once & told him The Warmth Of The Sun makes me cry every time I hear it. A bear of a man, he looked me in the eye, gave me a big hug & told me "God bless you" 🙂

'Envisaged' not 'envisioned'.

It was quite clear what it meant in the midst of mtv

While Brian and Mike have had their rifts, the biggest fued was between Dennis and Mike. It would probably help to do some more research. Furthermore the phrase bubblegum pop didn't come into use until the late 1969's and was applied to groups like the 1910 Fruitgum Company, Tommy Roe, and Don Kirschners made up band, the Archies. All of that aside, without Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys do not exist.

Might be an outlier but I enjoy both versions plenty. Hypnotized is among my favorite FM songs but like several of the later songs. Chicago was much different with Terry Kath and a rocking Peter Cetera - see "I'm a man" if you don't believe. Some of the later stuff is good too but not the sappy stuff. Styx changed big too but preferred them w/o Dennis, Lawrence is very talented and a showman, we don't need to hear Babe....times change with most bands, acceptance is hard

Now that you told the backstory, there's one more reason to watch that fab chick in the vid.

Let’s see Paul _Allen’s_ interpretation.

As a 77 punk, every album became more and more removed from the visceral anger and excitement of the early days. London Calling was their last good album. Listening to Sandinista was fast forwarding to anything that wasn't reggae dub. "Should I stay" is over played and tiresome.

I've met Brian several times at racing events here in the southeast US. Awesome guy.

Phil lives in Gland, Switzerland...not far from the territory of the sparrow in my thumbnail...And he's right to be happy there, it's amazing. Now I unfortunately live next door to David Gilmour....which to itself is great (do wish he'd turn up the amps so I can hear him!) but it's Hove in England....no sparrows, just seagulls, pigeons, and the over-powering stench of misery that comes from being in the U.K.

Hair metal riff? Really?

I freely admit I did not really understand it lol. I understood the comical side to the song. Seemed obvious. Had no idea it had such concrete links to ads for Levis, and advertising more generally. Hehehe cool.

We didn’t “get it” because we kept skipping it. Enh.

Really couldn't care less. Nothing after Trick of the Tail worth listening to.

I hated what Joe Strummer did with that song. It was like he was pissing all over Mick Jones' great rock n roll song- with his screaming in Latin background vocal. How to wreck a band by Joe Strummer.

The most overrated band of all time

Complete Bull shite they play it allways down under what a fuck wit cop out

The excitement listening to the opening of Hells Bells, not knowing what Brian Johnson sounded like is something I'll never forget. I've never been a big fan of the song Back In Black, but there's a great live version on the b side of Lets Get It Up.

This is ghoulish. Lennon would have hated this.

Its a long way to the shop if you want a Chiko Roll,,, everyone knows that!! The Long way to the Shop TV series then concert series was very well known. But no Acca Dacca

The Live versions of this song with Kenny Jones from 1979-1980 have amazing live renditions of the song. Especially the International Amphitheater / Chicago 1979 version

Read the Memoirs of Billy Shears. Billy (or replacement Paul) lays it out quite clearly. It wasn't during rehearsal for Sgt. Peppers but actually two months before (British writing of the day 11/09). One of Billy's conditions for taking the part was becoming the band leader, hence completely shifting the Beatles artistic directions (although they had obviously been inching in a more alternative direction with Revolve even before Paul's death). And for the people saying "how did they get someone who looks the same, and plays the same instruments" ... they don't play the same instruments (horns, piano, classical composition, and a range of experience as a session musician), and Billy has always struggled playing bass left-handed - that's obvious watching videos of him performing, as well as the multitude of times he's been caught playing the instrument in a right-handed position. In terms of appearance, there are enough differences between the two. Billy has used fillers, and a significant number of surgeries, but that's not going to help him lose 3 inches, change the color of his eyes or the shape of his jaw and face. This stuff is weird to anybody, but the cognitive dissonance refusing to actually open your minds to the reality of this situation is super clear. Finally, Paul is just one example of this happening. This one is for the believers too - recognize the other notable individuals who've remarkably changed without public attention (Bill and Melinda Gates, Putin, and Biden all come to mind). Photographs alone tell a basic enough story.

Probably their worst single.