Fashion - Streetplayer (Mechanik) 1982

[@ChrisW-q1h]

The most underrated 80's band ever, fantastic album, every song is great!

[@11sophiemarie]

I'll never understand why this band, and album, never really caught on. I bought this on cassette, Fabrique, the minute I heard this song. And promptly wore it out. They were all talented and their music was a mix of jazz and aural satisfaction. 15 years ahead of their time. Still one of my top 10 favorite groups.

[@1963johnbhoy]

I have this on vinyl.

[@michaelmac1798]

Could be to do with management/promotion - I find it hard to believe but they were never on Top of the Pops. But back then an appearance on the show would mean massive boost in sales!

[@michaelmac1798]

One isn't enough, take Level 42. Fashion split up, well Dee Harris left in 1982 and they weren't same from then on!

[@michaelmac1798]

I just realized Dee Harris played guitar on Limahl "Never ending Story" though he wasn't credited he's in the video.

[@francishughes2016]

JEEZ, I will never understand why the did not become a really big band, they had so many gr8 songs, as soon as i heard them i loved them, they were just so good.

[@carolfoster8414]

Fashion were a band from Birmingham in the 80's. Mulligan, Dee Harris, Marlon Recchi and Dik Davis were the band members. Best album from the 80's

[@JyotiMishra]

I saw them live in '82 at Derby Assembly Rooms - absolutely amazing gig I still remember nearly 40 years later!

[@CHRISTIANS1977]

Great song !

[@REICH111]

Any one know what they are doing or where they are ?.

[@SarahTheMiddleEarthling]

Found the vinyl one year at a vinyl sale. Best purchase ever!

[@MiceOnParole]

This song should have been a huge hit.

[@predatorx1147]

simply incredible sound....just a tragedy they all not made it big! although maybe the fame would of taken their charm away.. who knows.. just glad I was part of it all....

[@lucbesson]

What a great band, should have been much bigger than they were!

[@rose-yo1eo]

jesus havent heard this for over 30 years. god bless you tube.

[@youngchool]

Well, I came across this amazing band only a couple weeks ago and this is late 2019. I have been a fan of Duran Duran since 1984 yet didn't know them :(

[@SarahTheMiddleEarthling]

​@@youngchool It's never too late to discover them.

[@starshiptrooper833]

Bought this in 82 on twelve inch. I was 17 or 18. Still got it now. Great times...

[@Prestonboy]

same here I was 15

[@wigfalld]

absolutly right awsome song, very undertaed, always listen to this track from time to time, great vocels love it

[@victormusic01x]

..amazing that i’m not the only one who bought this back in the day and were blown away..Street Player is good example of a group sound which had great keyboards and synths but were not subservient to them!..in a arena that was very crowded at the time, i thought this album really stood out..it’s raw, it’s funky..and early tech sounding all at once..i’m gonna have to say it “this sh*t is too advanced for some folks”..from the days of modular..the Yamaha CS-80 and early Sequential Circuits stuff, etc..nuff said!..stay safe and stay strong..New York May 22, 2022..

[@devo235]

would love to see this in H.D. 🔥🔥🔥

[@francocamporesi1905]

In my top 100 of 1982! Great year for new wave that went deeply into electronic.

[@iceonaboy]

I still love this, this is way better than the pish we get from X factor. This is when bands could play their own instruments, and fuck, could Fashion play!

[@Miss0070]

Thanks for posting I just love this album.

[@jeffwilliams-ei9cd]

Fabriqe fantastic album jeff swanses

[@madade27]

Full blast in the College of Food Student bar....! God what a memory!

[@alilexa310]

Thanks for posting! I really liked their albums 'Product Perfect' and 'Replique'. What a great sound and arrangements. One of the coolest bands that the masses missed out on in the 80's.

[@JellyrollmortonIII]

Always remember them on "TisWas"!! Brilliant album, never understood why the never became big.

[@AriesViking]

Amazing, they should have been more known as a cool band from the wild New Wave Period. My sister introduced me to them, I still have the album!

[@predatorx1147]

best music ever.. went to most of there gigs.....i n the 80s... just awesome memories

[@SuperHoggar]

probably my favourite tune on the album, and there were several really good ones. automatic soulfulness :)

[@pauladams1915]

Fabrique is such a good album. I think I saw them at the Holy City Zoo in Birmingham, but it was such a long long time ago. Great days

[@williamdavoll1729]

I was so fortunate to see them live at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry. The first band to play there ever if I recall. They were backed by local band 'I', rather than Kajagoogoo. First gig I ever went to. Great band.

[@SarahTheMiddleEarthling]

Love the ladies and the lizard strutting down the street!

[@SeattleCat64]

HOLY CAT TURDS! I have never seen any of these vids except Love Shadow. Thanks for posting! Have had the LP since 82 and the CD fpr a while now. SO COOL and the memories...wow.

[@Guy-Incognito]

Anyone else remember seeing this video on HBO's "Video Jukebox" in the early 80's? Good times.

[@phillipphillippson8456]

This song appear on The 80’s mix and I had this on cassette.

[@kevinpriest2668]

I have this on cassette. Think they suffered because there was another famous band from Brum called Duran Duran!

[@MakinMovies7]

Great album, great song.

[@WednesfieldGirlsFC]

Dave (Dee) is alive & well! New 2CD 'Remastered' version of 'Fabrique' out Summer 2017. All re-production work done by Dave (Dee) Harris. Also released around the same time will be the newly 'Remastered' 2CD version Dave's album he made with Richard Wright of Pink Floyd as 'ZEE' called 'Identity', again all re-production done by Dave. More information can be found on the 'Fashion-Fabrique' facebook page and the 'ZEE' facebook page.

[@macjam9090]

Great tunel. I bought a few of their singles should have been bigger but who cares they did some terrific music that I enjoyed.

[@philipgolding3672]

Heard this in Wellington 83'They were the Vice of electronic funk before Miami's Crockett and Tubbs hit the screens in the mid 80's

[@n0manland]

The memories this used to be my most played album. Had in on cassette. Thx 4 posting.

[@kevthekeys]

My favourite Fashion track, excellent!

[@nicknameSGB]

In early 80's they used to have massive video screens with juke boxes fitted to them - I remember this track was played a lot in a pub down Totenham Court Road next to the Dominion - looked super cool at the time.

[@metaspectivate]

I used to go to that pub - the Horseshoe

[@JeromekJerome1972]

Totally remember the video jukebox! Wah! 'Come back' had just come out and sat there blown away by it. I hate TV in pubs now but back then was mind blowing.

[@ruthforbes1574]

I can remember I was at a friend's house when I first saw this video and was instantly struck with them. Saw them live twice in Sheffield and Bradford both with different lead singers (remember Troy Tate?) . King and Kajagoogoo were the support acts and somehow they managed to get in the charts. Have this on cassette along with several 12" singles.

[@crankie99]

Thanks live80tube. What a fantastic album. Someone should teach the kids of today how it is done. If you want some quality today, look to Little Boots. As a Canadian, we still have to look to the Brits for creativity rather than conformity. Thanks Again and please post more early 80's groundbreakers.

[@leestockton9367]

Miami Vice: The Prodigal Son

[@rob4b]

saw you guys at the runner always thought you guys where going to be massive duran duran ending up becoming big instead. how life turns out mad.

[@drylaundry]

+Daniel Stans How was the runner back then ?????? :)

[@rob4b]

hariod it was just a club that had a mix of people some where punks, straight well dress people and normal plus quite a few people who where gender benders. It was a bit pretentious but in a fun way It was just a club at the time down the ally by lee longs. Lot of the time I didn't get in cause I used to be in the crown and barbarellas and showed up drunk. I think skinny boy Al the lead singer of fashion who left I think at start of the 80's was a character spoke to him a few times . Andy and roger Taylor too and Andy wicket he lived down in Balsall Heath I think, he was the lead of Duran. Never met Simon le bon but saw them in the final line up on once up in a wine bar down in John bright street. Regularly saw Nigel Taylor and bates on 50 nite bus going back to Kings Heath. Great times but never thought all these people kicking around would be successful pop stars but fashion definitely, that's why it's ironic that fashion never became massive. By 1982 went into town and that golden time for me was over you could feel it, maybe I'd changed and got a job, I was lucky that for only a few years from 77 to 81 so much happened and witness so much including UB40.and remember I think most of us where 15 ,16 and 17 years old blagging our way into pubs and clubs just getting in to any club was a buzz.

[@panismith1544]

Daniel Stans Yer...but you can't knock..DURAN DURAN.

[@TheAddman83]

My Favourite Fashion Tune. First heard this on a rare 80`s C.D i`ve got indoors with other Artists on it to. And when i`d heard this the first time, i fort wowww a amazing track and sooo catchy bassline and lyrics. Still sounds Excellent even today. And it`s a shame this never made the top 10. As this would be good. Even if it got re issue today, someone like Wil i am or Black eye peas. Could pull this off easy i recon. But the original is the best still :) Great work Fashion :)

[@bruceleefan7594]

Great band

[@KittyVortex]

I was in the creative department at Arista in the 80's, when we shot this video. I seem to remember Russell Malcahy being the director, or at least one of the MGMM directors as we used them a lot at the time (for Thompson Twins, Haircut 100 etc).

[@carolfoster8414]

Fabrique excellent album

[@cranewoodrob2423]

i have this on 12inch vinyl

[@DanHunterSportsWriter]

I was a skinny little whippersnapper just starting to go clubbing with my girlfriend when Fashion had their five minutes of fame with Move On then Street Player. I thought Mulligan was Uber cool at the time, although I couldn't work out if he was white or black, young or old! He certainly looked like a star, wonder what became of him...

[@stevehegan3609]

Mulligan is a high end tailor , working in London .

[@SarahTheMiddleEarthling]

​@@stevehegan3609 That's good news.

[@mark1967ization]

Love this track.

[@geofflee6038]

I wish I still had all the 12 inch singles I bought back then...........

[@austin_harrouff]

I remember having this record and disliking it. Then, I heard it being played on Kroq and it immediately became my favorite song, not even realizing that I already owned the record. Sometimes it takes someone else playing the music, at the right place and time for you to like certain songs. What changed for me was the context. The song was playing on the beach, in a crowd, in the sun. In that context the song took on a whole new meaning and vibe.

[@WoodRatGirl]

Need this album

[@WednesfieldGirlsFC]

Dave (Dee) is alive & well! New 2CD 'Remastered' version of 'Fabrique' out Summer 2017. All re-production work done by Dave (Dee) Harris. Also released around the same time will be the newly 'Remastered' 2CD version Dave's album he made with Richard Wright of Pink Floyd as 'ZEE' called 'Identity', again all re-production done by Dave. More information can be found on the 'Fashion-Fabrique' facebook page and the 'ZEE' facebook page.

[@WoodRatGirl]

Very clever shot of the lizard with the women.

[@WednesfieldGirlsFC]

(2020 EDIT)...Dave (Dee) is alive & well! A New 4CD 'Rremastered' version of 'Fabrique' came out in Winter 2020. All re-production work done by Dave (Dee) Harris. Also released previously was the newly 'Remastered' 2CD version Dave's album he made with Richard Wright of Pink Floyd as 'ZEE' called 'Identity', again all re-production done by Dave. More information can be found of the Fashion-Fabrique Facebook page...facebook.com/groups/532071137263342

[@davidgilleran2006]

Hi. I visited the FB Fashion page, and I see pre orders being taken for a four cd deluxe edition. But I couldn’t find evidence of a 2CD edition from 2017 or later....do you happen to have another link? Or maybe the four disc version is what it evolved into before being issued? Anyway thank you for the FB direction!

[@WednesfieldGirlsFC]

@@davidgilleran2006 Hello David. That post was actually from 2017 & at the time Dave Harris was planning on doing the rerelease as a 2CD set back then. Over time he was faced with no end of red tape trying to get clearance on the recordings but the bonus was he was able to issue even more material hence the 4CD box set. I'll have to edit the previous post now...

[@davidgilleran2006]

@@WednesfieldGirlsFC Thank you!

[@lsdc1]

Jon D’Art - let me know if you pass this way… The Stick

[@RichardPriceElliott]

The very first thing, that caught My Eye about this band and this track, was the duplicity of the label on the vinyl disc. It was minimal. 2 words in different places in the same font; Fashion and Fabrique. Who was the band and what was the album? I showed it to many who were equally dumbfounded. They liked the album though. So do I.

[@nicknameSGB]

@palbearer The front man, Dee Harris left in summer 82 didn't he, this track Streetplayer is easily as good as early Spandau Ballet tracks which got much higher in the charts - perhaps Spandau had better manager or more backing from the record company?

[@BigTimeBoozer]

Dee went to New York and stayed until the year 2000. After that, he returned to the UK, where he now works (under the name David Harris) in Lincoln.

[@davidellis5141]

Fucking fantastic.

[@ajs41]

Sounds a bit like one of the tracks on Genesis's Abacab album.

[@blackmore4]

That was the problem with all of their stuff for me.

[@ajs41]

@@blackmore4 Really? Love Shadow is totally different in my opinion. Sounds like it was influenced by Prince.

[@michaelmac1798]

Also sounds a bit like Gary's Gang a disco band from the late 70s

[@MENSFORTHHILL99]

Cool cats from Birmingham. Anybody knows what ever happened to Mike Horseman? DJ at Holy City Zoo many moons ago.

[@robcooper4442]

Sadly he died a couple of years ago from cancer, he still has a Facebook page run by his wife under the name Shoop Shoop Golden Eagle facebook.com/shoopshoop.goldeneagle?fref=ts

[@WoodRatGirl]

#Fashion #Streetplayer #MechanikAlbum

[@McRonson]

What a f***ing great video. And song. And band.

[@Ronno4691]

Where have you been, Woodso!

[@1949ster]

live80tube, what happened to dave harris, i used to live next door to him in walsall then i moved away and lost touch. mick.

[@BigTimeBoozer]

He now works under the name David Harris, in Lincoln, according to his Linked In profile. Personally I have trouble finding enough melody or catchiness in Fashion songs these days. Good image, though, with Dee (guitar, vocals) and Mulligan (keyboards) almost having a 'Red Indian' look.

[@martinleary5695]

Remaster soon.

[@globalboy88able]

Hey guys, I was in the Forces at the time these were released. Please can you tell me if this great band are still together? Awesome band in my opinion?!!

[@nicknameSGB]

@live80tube How did they persuade that dancer to come up out of the drains? Was it all filmed at the same location?

[@jezzyby47]

Well rare and a great post live80tube. Why were you there? Were you working on the video? I've just added the stereo audio to Love Shadow and posted it if your'e interested. I've also got 2 other Fashion Videos up also.

[@WoodRatGirl]

Shots I should say.

[@RichardPriceElliott]

O, bandies... you could have been a good Ministry.

Doesn't the singer sound like Phil Collins?

[@TheLastOilMan]

amazing ! Skinit Brum!

[@JeffreySheumaker]

snicker. . .

[@adebrown1355]

Typical 80's style over content music.

[@TheMagmagoblin]

He looks like a guy that would play a drug dealer on Miami Vice.

[@BigTimeBoozer]

The music of Fashion *was* used on the 1980s TV show _'Miami Vice'_ (starring Don Johnson), as can be confirmed on the Fashion Wikipedia page.

[@blackmore4]

Different strokes. I thought they were sub-mediocre songwriters, too funky and too old. And the lead singer's fake American accent was insufferable.