Cousin got the cassette with the NME. So this was where I found Green. This version was always subtly the best one. Just so dreamy

Único, eterno

Never less than stunning.

This is how I discovered Scritti in 1981. Sublime.

Sadly this band would be labeled as groomers for making this song today. Meanwhile Steve Tyler and the dude from Red Hot Chili Peppers can get away with having a 19 year old girlfriend and no one says shit.

Yeah? I think 🤔 n.zealand ..got wrong side of ( the black ferns ?!? Lol c

Love a Hammond organ, me.

Luv this damn song

Let the Medicos warble on with so called breakthroughs on TV. I don't know how we tolerate them. Science is where it's at.

It’s just magnificent. Both versions. All that D minor and incomplete chords, aping the Good/The Bad/The Ugly theme and finally with the immortal Isaac Asimov single line to finish.

Played my C81 to death .

I never knew who was singing here Larry or bass player

I bought this in 1975,you absolutely cannot pin a genre to this,it's absolutely brilliant

The amount of money spent on producing this song almost bankrupt Rough Trade, on top of it the song flopped and even though it was the beginning of Scritti Politti's venture into a more commercial direction, it also played as the catalyst for the label abandoning their laissez-faire approach in regards to putting out bands no one else wanted to record (the Raincoats, the Fall, Pere Ubu, Red Krayola... etc.) and start looking for some hits to stay afloat. No surprise that not long after this they signed the Smiths.

Pavement must have been listening to this

The best rock song EVER!

I like Buster Poindexter, but this is commie nonsense.

Richard Hell posted this song a few days after Verlaine died. The two of them never patched things up, but Hell still loved him. Once upon a time they were true friends.

this performance kicks ass. much better than the studio version they tracked years later. I'd probably trade a year of my life to go back in time and be at this backyard party - I'm so glad that it was videotaped with a couple of cameras for posterity. the sound quality is actually quite good

We need the full gig recording!

I remember that cassette, with this one as well as The Beat 'Twist and Crawl' and 'Raquel' by The Specials, it was a fine compilation. Good days.

Farm Party! Yay!

Now they're up past the z-rings. And I love both versions of this absolutely. But I haven't heard this in a while it sounds so good.

Listen up, you kids. This is how Big Dogs do rock’n’roll. If it hurts, it’s supposed to. Don’t go whining to your mommies. Yes, listen and learn.

Fascinating stuff to this day. I had a copy of "C81" back in the day, and even now I find it to be a fascinating document of a complex period of flux in pop music. Interesting organ on this, btw...I always wondered if Green Gartside had been lurking around, as it sounds a lot like what one hears on Scritti Politti's "Sweetest Girl". Or was Robert lurking around the Scrits? Doesn't matter...this is still ultracool.

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Love the Buzzcocks!!! I had this casssette

I've still got the 12" single of this!

Takes me back to the greatest times in my life!

Love it!!! I had this cassette back in the day! Memories>>>

Beautiful song...😢❤

Emboluv!

I danced like crazy to this song in 1981. My friends' bands covered it. My boyfriend's bands covered it. I saw Iggy do it. I covered "Not Right" instead. But I never saw the Embarrassment cover it, until tonight. Fun is fun, no matter how delayed it be. All aboard!

Precious footage! I had just turned 18 & was fixin' to graduate. I wouldn't be coming back, either. But I'll always love The Embarrassment!

Not sure where their persons ended up, but know for fact their music enhanced blood of America's youth coast-to-coast, cuz I was all over the place w/my own bands, awa w/the old man's, & took it w/me everywhere I went! Initially discovered The Embarrassment E.P. at record con in Pittsburgh, PA 1981-82. Toted home to Crazy House, Morgantown, WV, indoctinating all who mattered & then some, incl. hangers-on (no wild dentists, but did have mad scientist in crew for similar effect). 1984, Embos tunes accompanied me to L.A. 1992, onward to NorCal, where I re-upped their CD collection. Today, offspring & I proudly showcase them in our digital libraries, awa taking CD's along for road trips. Still dancin' too, & not one wrong song in the bunch!

If there was ever a year I'd like to have back, it would be 1981. Forever Embo'd.

Played this version during cocktail hour at my wedding a year and a half ago.

The first time I've ever heard this version and already this is my favourite.

tom Verlaine ele era pra ta vivo ate hoje muito bom ele um cara🙏👍😎

Here because of Richard Hell’s Blog on his Site

I never stopped loving them

hi there, it was not free, you had to pay for it via mail order - you filled in a form, and send a check or postal order. i bought many of them back then.

I swear the man had a beer in his hand for 40 straight fkn years... @.@

"Please give a warm welcome to....The Fall!" [ dead silence ] - The perfect start to a Fall gig! .................irritate the man: you'll get a better show from it, lol 🤣

It's about time we had a retrospective collection from this stylish pop combo. Where are the master tapes ?

One of the most overlooked songs in the rock catalogue, even in the New York Dolls songbook. David's the only one of the Dolls left alive. They should have been major stars.

Como fazer uma versão foda num churrasco de domingo!

How I love this song!

brilliant!!

Tom excellent musician & poet, you ll be greatly missed. One of the greatest in my book