"Ghosts" by Comateens

[@agterle]

I saw these guys live back in '79 or '80 at the old 9:30 club in Wash DC. Their groove (as good as it is in the studio) was even better live. Everybody was dancing their butt off at that show.

[@Bucketsbrigade]

this is a staple in my new wave sets at the lotus night club in honolulu..

[@Tazz77]

Brings back memories. They made an appearance on a kids show on the Nickelodeon network and were one of the first bands I ever saw that didn't have a drummer.

[@80sbwoy]

please keep this video. not all comateens fans knew this clip! :)

[@Theaterkunst]

Comateens:: such a great music-group!

[@specialross77]

I wish I had been old enough to get into this when it came out but I was only 4 in 1981

[@Gentlem1]

Ha Ha , I'm afraid I have it , too...The North Brothers (nee Dembling.) , Nick and Ollie (Who was using the name before the other one was well known.) are /were my Sister - in - Law's Brothers (Sadly , Ollie is now deceased.). They were popular in New York , and probably a good part of The East Coast , but , it's true , they were most popular in France.

[@JaimeAlfaro1989]

alucinante...Los Comateens!!!

[@fontaineannemarie4189]

french boy in L.U.V with the 'Teens!!!

[@80zforever]

RIP Ollie....

[@iamthejake2000]

wow, no one knew back then how BIG they were gonna get.

[@TheBirdBrothers]

they were pretty popular in france

[@bigsweaty8088]

I bet they were

[@soepil]

I haven' t got the album, but I have that same synthesizer, MiniKorg :-)

[@enthalpiaentropia7804]

RIP Oliver North

[@TheMathmatic]

Oh yes! The Comateens debut LP is such a killer record. Found my copy of it in a used record shop for about a buck (!). Too bad that this is the only song on youtube from that record though...and too bad that they didn't stay this good for the rest of their career.

[@infernicide666]

Were they ever that popular? I haven't heard much about them and have seen one of their videos on beavis and butthead but they seem pretty damn obscure.Did they ever acheive platinum success?

[@fontaineannemarie4189]

they never get platinum. but they are sort of cult band in France. and in the US too, i guess

[@YanisJanis]

Sounds so much like Hot Chip. Must be a huge influence.

[@mat12345100]

non, les seconds savent jouer sans inspiration et les premiers ne savent pas jouer tout simplement mais c'est génial

[@TheLegendaryTim]

Oliver North was a member of this band.

[@79dharv]

By the time of their 2nd album (which I liked a lot), weren't there just two of them?

[@pianoman74]

I take your point ... Lyn Byrd is great (I'm a synth player myself, so ...)

[@feliperaurich]

I have it , but I'm not in U.S.A.....

[@bobothehobo420]

Beavis and Butthead brought me to this band, new wave is still the bad homosex

[@raforbes853]

I think I might be the only person in the US to own this album.

[@johnknight3987]

Roy Forbes Nope! ;]

[@Destroylestien]

Nope! Also, Clinton St. Records in Portland Or. has had multiple copies. A couple friends in SF have it. There also was a 10'' re release of just "Ghost" back in 2000 thanks to French DJ/Producer Ivan Smagghe of Black Strobe. It is uncommon and for sure a killer tune....the mini korg at it's finest!!!

[@synthvault]

I accept that challenge Good Sir. Discogs here I come!

[@markbarnes6806]

Nope! :-)

[@ramblinevilmushroom]

the start sounds like undertale o.o

[@gmercado]

@YanisJanis Disagree. Hot chip is the kind of thing you hear at some lame GAP store.

[@CLUBMRX]

SORRY I DON'T AGREE AT ALL! HOT CHIP HAS A RETRO SOUND BUT NOTHING COMPARED TO THIS GEM!

[@arricammarques1955]

Odd name for a teen group, LOL