Charlie Sexton, Beats So Lonely

Charlie Sexton performs live on the British TV programme The Tube, singing his 1985 hit, Beats So Lonely

[@mikesodders3670]

i will never understand how this guy ended up not famous

[@paulotonedef]

He’s famous at my house…

[@niece7959]

@@paulotonedef mine as well

[@paulotonedef]

@@niece7959 I love it all. Bob Dylan, his work with Doyle Bramhall jr. I remember when this song came out and them saying he was doing sessions with Keith Richards at 15yo, plus all that other great stuff when he was still a kid. I believe he’s 17 here.

[@niece7959]

@@paulotonedef I went and saw him in concert when he was touring on this album. Something really cool, while we were all in line waiting to get in, he comes walking out and walking by us to say hi. Such a great memory!

[@paulotonedef]

@@niece7959 that is cool. And totally rings true with everything I’ve heard about him and his treatment of fans.

[@n5yiz]

Charlie is way underrated as a guitarist.

[@lisaann9748]

His music, his style, his appeal is timeless, Charlie Sexton never gets old 🎸

[@lastofthe4horsemen279]

He has had an almost 40 year career in music that is still going strong not many people can say that.

[@joeszczechowski8333]

Charlie always had his own look and style. Pretty good resume ' of people he's jammed with over the years. Keep Rockin Charlie !!!!

[@colleenfrank1678]

I miss these days so much! Talented people and beautiful

[@australien6611]

U rock for listening to this in 2021 🤟

[@allthings80swithgarrett42]

Great song and performance! There were a couple of times that his eyes were saying, "What's wrong with this crowd?". They look like the kids from 1955 who were listening to Marty McFly jam 😂. Huge Charlie Sexton fan!!

[@gplunk]

Mebbe they came to see someone else?

[@allthings80swithgarrett42]

@@gplunk always possible!

[@ipw7251]

Nah he's just embarrassed about his hair they made him wear

[@betsyvincent5693]

Voice of Billy Idol, pop look of Rick Springfield, and edginess of The Stones... why is he not a SUPERSTAR??????????

[@MrMotorNerd]

The solo guitar is white Hot , the Stones would be jealous

[@corkysoaker5779]

Great artist!

[@heatherreeddykes7231]

Happy playing with Bob Dylan's band all these years. Agree - he could have had a very successful solo career had he wanted it. Lots of sacrifices though. And I think in his heart he is more of a guitarist than a lead guy.

[@georgebarry3153]

@@heatherreeddykes7231 Yeah, I'm a Charlie Fan..and bad timing, crappy marketing...his focus on substance over gimmicks...it made alot of wonder what to do with him...thats my guess. But in the end i think he's happy..plays quite alot and has made so many outstanding contributions.

[@pointuout2020]

Cause he like living to much to a sell out!

[@Mallratthrift]

Still here from the 80's, 2021 and this still kicks a&&.

[@lastofthe4horsemen279]

Me too 😂 love it

[@gilbertmhernandez6308]

Charlie Sexton so much more accomplished than he will ever get credit for...But, Bob Dylan loves Charlie and that's a great compliment...☮️

[@lovetodance]

Saw him in 85/86 on his TX tour. Been a fan ever since. So talented and easy on the eyes. 😁

[@laurawindsor7903]

I knew Charlie and Will and their mom. He always blew me awsy. He deserves to be recognized as so much more. Love him and Will.

[@chrissyhammond9089]

I had this album I loved Charlie, he had a really great vocal style and was just beautiful!!! Great underrated tune, I would have been incapable of standing still however!!🎵🎶🌠👍☺️

[@davidcavada9550]

UNDERRATED VOCALIST

[@urszulazak547]

Amazing . . . Wish I'd discovered Charlie much earlier . . . I've been a fan for just a couple of days. Better late than never! :-)

[@mtsilvagt]

Urszula Zak +Ursz, you must be very young !

[@ARichardP]

Saw him a few night ago in NYC, playing lead guitar for Bob Dylan. He was superb.

[@thedude-jb7wx]

mustve got better at solos lol i always thought his guitar playing sounded like a good looking guy playing guitar lol

[@dirtymuleracing5321]

that crowd did not deserve him

[@longstrandna1]

One of the best guitar solos of all time. 3:45

[@MistaF]

I remember seeing him on late night video shows (mid 80's) and thinking.. this guy is going to be huge..

[@user-zr2hg4kj5p]

中学生の時、大好きでした☺❤ 何十年たっても、チャーリーが好き😍

[@LeifW67712]

Amazing 1980s rocker. What a tune!

[@jasonskywalker3940]

One of my favourite songs of all time!

[@hamburg99hamburg42]

当時は高校と聞いてびっくり‼️カッコイイです♪いつまで経っても❤

[@meanbeats]

charlie sounds amazing live..... i think the audience was in awe of this capabilities ...

[@dragonflyflutterby2952]

I love Charlie Sexton and this music mix is great, Judas Priest-Cheap Trick and Thin Lizzy 🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵

[@jeffallan3761]

Love this tune!

[@yumikolightworker]

I went to his concert in Tokyo in 1986! That was so magical!!!’

[@tneary8319]

Not only an incredible musician, and super cool guy! 🥰

[@amylarrabee3611]

And he was such as young kid here--mind boggling.

[@dianequinn2607]

saw charlie live when he first did this & he tlked me up & kissed me . great show in rhode island somewhere

[@melaniedecull5596]

Awesome !!! 30 plus years ago now - still resinates !!! This was obviously Charlies early and awesome days !!! What a frickin dead audience tho - I would have been dancing and singing along at the same time !!

[@tinamarie8010]

Wow I Know Charlie Sexton From Travis High School , In Austin Tx, I Have'd This Song In My Head Since High School And Now Going Through KZbin Wow He Had Told Me In The Hall Way Listen To This Song And I Told I Liked It And He Knew He Was Gonna Make It ! AMAZING

[@urszulazak547]

Write more, please! How lucky you are to have met Charlie in person!

[@tinamarie8010]

Yes In High School

[@urszulazak547]

Write MUCH more then!;-D If I were you, I'd have written a book on Charlie long ago!

[@tinamarie8010]

Well Like I Said We Met In Tha Hallway One Day And I Guess We Were Waiting On Our V.Principal !! So Didn't Really Get To Talk To Him After That 😀

[@urszulazak547]

I'm a high school teacher and I often wonder if one day any of my students will become stars like Charlie . . . Some can sing and play instruments really well!;-)

[@hunteur]

Saw him with a friend at some place in Jersey. Stole his guitar pic and always loved him.

[@margarethardinge1624]

jump to 4 minutes if you aren't convinced that Charlie is one of the great guitarists that Bowie loved and who loved / adored Bowie

[@kirbyjakescarborough4515]

dude was 17. Good for 30. LOL Still play this... Classic and awesome.

[@shaztownson6314]

This song was killer ..still is.

[@1251wire]

oh man!! Sexton had , All the 80's icons accessories, and he had the guitar chops too!!, I love this song!! Surrounded by great musicians, they sure had his back! This look was short-lived, I bet he feels lucky getting out just in time, Arc Angels!!!! Whoo!! Doyle!!!

[@1stSaintsFan]

Texas Young American mind melded into a New Age Bowie....Grits to Ritz...

[@buckfutter1]

Underrated af 💯

[@Knowsmanuals]

This song was not only featured in the John Hughes film “Some Kind of Wonderful“, but written into the plot’s climactic party scene. That being said; how is it excluded from the soundtrack? Not only that, but the bonus features for the movie include a music feature with no mention of Charlie Sexton.

[@warrinhumphrey4156]

Dude had mega talent!

[@lastofthe4horsemen279]

Has

[@mtsilvagt]

Very upbeat tune of my youth damn I'm old !

[@snowdog03]

Leopoldo Chatz Mata Turned 50 in March..

[@dees769]

What the hell is wrong with that audience?? I remember seeing him live with my sister the whole audience was dancing and jumping all over the place enjoying his music ❤

[@demmefrazier6629]

Now I know where Jonny Depo got his Edward Scissorhands Inspiration from, rock on 🎸

[@scottfree471]

Check out the band he was in after this. The Arc Angels (Shape I'm In)

[@cruelshoes30]

Those Brits we're stunned and stupefied!

[@johnyrevenge6356]

Great song. Great guitarist. Very “New Wave” guitar. Reminds me of the Talking Heads album Remain In Light. Light one up, kick back and give that a listen. Maybe choose a Sunday afternoon when you’ve got nowhere to be and you can just cruise.

[@SequentialGeek]

How is nobody moving!! I'd be the only person there jumping around dancing!! I need my hot tub time machine, please...

[@thespringishere1540]

Had my eye on this guy since day one. Glad he shed the early hair jeebies look & sound and became great by letting his natural tendencies come forward.

[@pointuout2020]

I remember these days when music was played with real instruments and live!

[@kristinhernandez8946]

When you end up touring with David Bowie and Bob Dylan, you are pretty AMAZING!! 🙌🏼❤️ I was obsessed with him in the 80s and it’s been reignited!

[@MrAndrewHarley]

Also playing in Elvis Costello’s band, the Imposters, on their tour in Fall, 2022.

[@kristinhernandez8946]

@@MrAndrewHarley - I missed that! Cool!

[@mavfan1]

saw him and Peter Frampton cutting heads to White Light White Heat at Bowie's Glass Spider show in Dallas in '87. The clips I've seen online from that tour don't show them really going back and forth like they did at that show. It was really cool.

[@Hades1980s]

This song is great but damn that solo @ 3:52 is genius

[@MrMotorNerd]

The harmonics are outstanding I agree

[@jamesmcdaniel5094]

I only learned of this song from Some Kind of Wonderful and that solo is pivotal to the film.

[@gemmabaxter4137]

He was 16 years old when he did the song I love this song found it on a film called some kind of wonderful

[@drumdad54sdl47]

His matured sound on Cruel & Gentle Things is wonderful.

[@LindaGamboa]

Caught him at The Roxy in West Hollywood. Early 80's.

[@aliali-ce3yf]

Some Kind of Wonderful - best 80s movie , best coming of age movie!

[@jonpickering3026]

What can I say Charlie is a Legend

[@efilnikufesin2069]

Charlie was up for the role of Eric Draven in The Crow. He turned it down and the studio went with the late Brandon Lee

[@colinpaxton4294]

just imagine if he did...would he have been shot in Lees place? Or was that in fact an assassination of Brandon Lee? We will probably never know.

[@thelastperfectman4139]

Wow, I didn’t know he acted too. Considering what happened with Brandon Lee, might have been good thing Charlie didn’t get the part.

[@cornflakegirl1718]

This guy is just GORGEOUS.

[@moonbatt]

Lovin' every minute of it!!

[@wrixvictoryii5778]

Charlie took over for Jesse Taylor at 12 years of age, after Jesse lost a fight with a brick wall. SRV was his babysitter, Joe Ely took him on tour. David Grissom as well. Double Trouble (Whipper & Tommy) played with Malford, Grissom & David Holt and with Charlie & Doyle 2 as Arc Angels. Arc Angels is on tour now.

[@joshdance9959]

Edward scissor hands rocking out!🎸🎸

[@PinkGlamGirl]

Was the crowd sedated?? I would have been going crazy lol!

[@michelehernandez4217]

I hope I see Charlie playing live..😍

[@user-mp5hs8dj3n]

Some kind of wonderfull

[@helaniesaad508]

Gorgeous, prodigy and a very nice person.

[@dharmabeachbum6330]

Ah, the eighties. Big hair. Wonder what Charlie thinks now when he looks back at this. I never realized how talented this guy is. I got to know him (musically) through watching him perform with Dylan off-and-on. Good tune. Thanks for the post.

[@biekgiek]

A jam to be discovered

[@laylanixon8064]

Crazy good. Especially at 17 years old. The only thing that bugs is the back up players a.k.a. keyboard and other guitar are a bit too enthusiastic. It's The Charlie show but, nonetheless, great. Saw Arc Angels 2012. Kicked ass. True musician.

[@georgebarry3153]

Arc angels.....man...wow what a great band!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Erice1967]

True professional. Audience no audience he and the band are playing. Besides, I love the red Yamaha rgx he's playing.

[@toddbillington647]

Charlie is Unreal!

[@timleelim9930]

Charlie handles his axe the way cousin Edward handles his scissorhands 😂. Each like an extension of themselves.

[@AlexGarcia-wo4rr]

no one would ever believe me but im at his house rn!

[@NightMoves1969]

You're right, I dont believe you

[@onesri]

Nope, not me

[@paulotonedef]

I do. What reason do you have to make that up? Unless you are severely messed up, psychologically.

[@AlexGarcia-wo4rr]

Paul D Clifford lol I’m not psychologically messed up, my mom cleans his house every now and again, I was there to help my mom, I didn’t get to meet him though, his house has a bunch of guitars

[@pennsyltuckyden9823]

@@AlexGarcia-wo4rr Huh, I guess I would be inclined to believe you.

[@arnulfob3454]

I dont know how much hairspray he used but between him and me we had to take a big chunk of the ozone with us in the 80s .

[@melaniedecull5596]

This looks like Countdown (Australia version back in the 80s) - people didn't know what to do and life told them to blend in - ah crikey !! What a tough gig for a talented artist !!

[@charvel1apm]

I don't understand why this guy was not bigger in the 80s

[@toystrickler763]

Love this song!!

[@coolnegative]

The Caucasian Prince!!!!! Charlie is such a talented musician, but i can't help but laugh at this part of his career. He was such a teen heartthrob flavor of the week back then but has stood the test of time.

[@MrMotorNerd]

coolnegative But they had the sound !!!

[@balata13]

Epic hair! Great song..

[@MisterGuitarItalia]

Smokin’ guitar playing!

[@dianequinn2607]

& he found me after he played but i still had to leave! what an idiot i was!! lol

[@crash8563]

The era where managers wanted to make a kid from Texas look like a heart throb. Text book "how to kill natural talent"

[@MellyMed]

Seems impossible looking at this but he’s hotter now.

[@colleenfrank1678]

Are you kidding???? I had the worst celebrity crush on him

[@sarajohns5347]

Swoon worthy both then and now. A crush for the ages. Charlie rocks.

[@patrykradziak477]

Mega❤

[@ipw7251]

No.

[@sauquoit13456]

On this day in 1986 {April 19th} a music video of Charlie Sexton's "Beat's So Lonely" was aired on the Dick Clark's ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program, 'American Bandstand'... At the time the song was at position #54 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart, four weeks earlier it had peaked at #17 {for three weeks} and it spent twenty weeks on the Top 100... Charles Wayne Sexton will celebrate his 51st birthday this coming August 11th, 2019...

[@That1Guy]

Great performance! In the 80’s it was very edgy to show that much shoulder. Bravo mr drummer sir

[@krstena69]

I love it but my goodness the crowd is "Dead" to say the least !! Were they sippin ambien milkshakes or what ?? Charlie Sexton is one of my all time favorites and here in the states we would have been a "more energetic crowd"

[@OarsmanPower]

Your comment is spot on. I scrolled here to post the same thing. Saw this cat in Michigan in ‘85 or ‘86. Really good live show, and we were NOT drinking ambien shakes haha. 😉 This crowd is asleep at the wheel.

[@theo3000]

Charlie's like "I got all dressed up for this?"

[@CuirPhotodotNet]

...love him....if the supermodel Verushka...and the vampire Lestat...had a son....it would be Charlie Sexton....he is the vampire rockstar ....

[@joekernjr3594]

nasty, raw, a sonic attack, hits you right in the face

[@JL-wj9vr]

Such cool hair! :)

[@sandraspruill4831]

❤

[@infiniteinspiration1628]

#love this song ! #Melbourne #victoria #Australia don't stop the #beat and keep going! I acknowledge and pay my respects to the First Nations People of this sacred land and waterways and acknowledge that I am living on stolen land and sovereignty was never ceded in this country #restoringtomorrow #1000rippleeffects #climateemergency #hope 🎼🎼🎼🎵🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🗝🗝🗝🗝🗝🗝🗝🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@infiniteinspiration1628]

@Liberty AboveAllElse thank you🙏🙏🙏🙏 I was lost so that's great . I was obviously in the wrong room. Why would anyone say something like that ? 😞😞😞😞🙏🙏

[@infiniteinspiration1628]

@Liberty AboveAllElse wow ...I'm truly curious why someone would say that? Whatever has happened to you in your life hey? 🙏😞

[@infiniteinspiration1628]

@Liberty AboveAllElse omg I love that🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kyjoli27]

Pretty awesome for anyone let alone a 17yo

[@LoquaciousByNature]

OMG was this video shot in a morgue, or what??? Jeez not too lively crowd, or maybe it was the first time they ever heard Charlie Sexton. I don't recall him playing any dates close enough for me to see him in person, but I'll tell ya what I would've shown a lot more enthusiam than these people. I think anyone who ever had a chance to see him live had something special going for them :)

[@MrMotorNerd]

Its up there with as good as rock n roll gets

[@1stSaintsFan]

He should have been more than a flash in the pan...Charlie had some Chops besides the Texas to Bowie Transfer.

[@MrMotorNerd]

His Solo is awesome

[@1stSaintsFan]

MrMotorNerd I agree and the guy is a true musician and has talent.

[@MrMotorNerd]

1stSaintsFan I get blown away every time, The band own it, Impossible to cover better

[@doubled18588]

hairdo looks awesome!!

[@swiss300173]

Class hair 👌🏼👌🏼

[@davemorgan4143]

a mixture of billy idol and rick springfield the music press mentioned back in '85/86, for once they get it right.

[@leslieh48307]

dave morgan and looks just like Matt Dillon with The Cure hair!