Prefab Sprout - The King of Rock 'N' Roll (Top Of The Pops 1988)

[@desperatefortuneproduction3296]

I was 31 and working as a nurse in an HIV ward in London at the height of the AIDS crisis. A weird, tragic, incredible, confusing time in my life. I love this song and it tears my heart out.

[@stephenpowell5912]

Wow a Classic from 1988,Was only 14 going on 15 when I first heard this ,36 years later ,Ace ,Now at 50 remincing my high school days in the 1980s .

[@OuahifaAhmedmalek-vu2ci]

Moi pareille❤

[@raysood]

Me too !

[@jaynesheehy5237]

Me too

[@perrynnlynch1883]

And me. Where have all those years gone?? Great stuff. They just don't make them like this anymore.

[@TheGeoffers08]

Spot on! Me too, I had this and Aztec Camera "Summer In the City" on my walkman, as I walked to me GCSE's that summer.

[@kevinjohnson-xt6kn]

One of the best songs of the 80s . What a song

[@djewins792]

2021 and it's still a banger 👍

[@theelement6255]

Fucking right❤️

[@malbrown1868]

2022 and it's still a banger 👍

[@Worldsgonebonkers]

2023 now and still fab. 👌😁

[@Robholyoake3778]

2023 and still 🥇🥈

[@charlesbull6188]

Wendy oh wendy so beautiful ❤

[@Thomas-cp6qe]

Brilliant record!! Thankfully, music does not grow old like those who appreciate Prefab Sprout's music which is timeless.//thank God!!

[@jamesnicholson2503]

80s was outstanding take me back.

[@josoapification]

I remember this like it was yesterday. Scary to think it was 36 years ago. Still a great song and the music video 👍

[@lunes-1]

When Prefab Sprout ruled the world 🌍 🎵😊 I got their greatest hits and is a Gem 💎

[@michaelhyde9070]

Make the most of the last 2 years of the 80s people 😢 I was 15 in 88. 😅

[@jamesnicholson2503]

Brilliant song,I'm The King Of Rock And roll.

[@UrbanmusicClub]

Great music era, brill song, takes me back. One of the best bands to come out of County Durham.

[@bernardbaker6803]

The bloke was thrown out as a laughing stock when fans suggested he receive 'the keys to the city' for Durham.......

[@whatayear]

@@bernardbaker6803 Well the idiots who done that must be f'kin tone deaf.

[@nightmqrionne]

Stanley barber would love this

[@katiemorris1249]

I will harvest your bones lol ikr

[@ecoterrorism_liker7251]

he's an amazing live performer

[@beel4498]

ecoterrorism_liker depends if it’s live- it is totp haha

[@uv77mc85]

He was always great but the band was so uncool. The 80s was all about image and cool and they didn't have any. Also they were too polished pop without being a soul band. They were in that strange hinterland of aztec camera and other dross bands. This was 1988 when people were into led zepellin and acid house and a mixture of the two IE Stone Roses. They didn't stand a chance

[@luckyjim37]

yeah no, this a lip sync lol, was performed during the time when they couldn't perform live on top of the pops

[@eamonnquigley2125]

BUT never liiked performing live heard him saying it many atime would rather be at home writing down notes for songs.................... brilliant songwriter.

[@derrenwebb4550]

wow i was serving my apprenticeship at 18 love it...

[@amandaa5104]

Great tune i still love listening to this.

[@commodore7587]

Wow, and how beautiful Wendy Smith looks😍

[@Jsmrtist]

Love the 80s best Era!

[@Jsmrtist]

Back to the 80s 🎉❤

[@spottydog9999]

Im the king of rock and roll........

[@Vertigo121]

Elvis is the King of Rock and Roll as well as the greatest male vocalist in music history.

[@TBrl8]

I doubt that, spotty.

[@vezmalik5042]

Just bloody great..love it

[@KathleenDavey-c2s]

Brilliant song!!!

[@Ratsinthereticles]

Absolute classic from the 80s

[@nigelbrown2933]

This brings back great memories of the fair being on the speedway and waltzer as a teenager, brilliant track

[@TheMICKLEE777]

Love Prefab Sprout......

[@МаратХусаинов-т1й]

Да шедевр британской музыки 80 годов. Это было время интересных групп.

[@jeremyhaines4481]

This is good song 🎵 from the 80s

[@maxrodarte4431]

Thanks for this wonderfull song 👏👏👏👏😃

[@amandeyorke36]

one of te greatest songwriters of his generation paddy i luv you x

[@manugrandest1683]

Bonjour de la France. Oui entièrement d'accord, une merveille les albums, de la pop rock de haut niveau et plein d'émotions. J'espère toujours un nouvel album en 2025 ,

[@themushieman]

Top of the Pops! Didn't know this occured!

[@scottiedog4236]

Watching in 2022 … We need more music 🎼 🎵 🎶

[@MrZeljko88]

Good song i just added to my yt play list he sounds just like they do in the music video goofd voice singer

[@s.3712]

Simply awesome ♡♡

[@londoncheddar]

This is awesome! I didn't know that they were on Top of The Pops

[@vallancesmillie5734]

Great song

[@kenpudsey6435]

First time I've seen this...good performance😊

[@michaelkemp6857]

Rock on!!

[@martinwebb4377]

Brilliant just brill

[@lotharglaer8300]

🌞👍,Top of the Pops, Great Musicladen

[@bondjames417]

最高です

[@fionaadams3393]

Best band name ever. I always knew it was albuquerque though, it doesn’t sound like cookie at all?! Drummer at 00:52 😃

[@elizabethjezek4267]

I heard this song for the first time on the show Spaces😂

[@carolilseanne2175]

Earworm!

[@Caroline-jm1hw]

I love it :)

[@labibleduguitariste]

"Albuquerque" ! For those like me which raised the question :p

[@terryah2136]

I always thought it was "I'm your cookie"

[@garypeacock5919]

Had a friend who used to sing " I'll have a cookie"

[@zacetto]

@@terryah2136 I remember when I first caught this broadcast. I think the gorgeous Wendy Smith, whose legs seemed to span separate time zones, confused me. I could have sworn it was, “I love cookie.”

[@zacetto]

@@garypeacock5919 I was convince Wendy Smith sung, “I love cookie” but she could have easily said, “Lose some weight and ease up on the Parmo’s, yer sweaty Southern shite.” - I would have still been enthralled.

[@tonymack66]

Wendy Smith from Middlesbrough. "Sing it boy."

[@annamayslowie9316]

family friends with here lol

[@poppycrust6871]

Wow he was gorgeous my 13 year old self never noticed.

[@LuckyFecker]

24,591 views and 234 likes.... this deserves so many more likes

[@thisall4real]

Keirs fav song about his fav type of sausage.

[@ProGamer-ph6tr]

My uncle was one of the dancing hot dogs

[@iiCamaxtli]

Stealing the comment from the music video. FAIL

[@EnnioRome]

Aahhh....in the end they didn't eat it, unfortunately😅😅😅😅

[@ArchStanton-u2x]

Lol, Hmmm...I invented that

[@F_Doc]

Probably the greatest comment ever 🙏

[@ArchStanton-u2x]

@@F_Doc That's my comment....grrrrrr, it's under philstrange, I now don't own the comment

[@robertofraser101]

Good too see a studio version of this brilliant song what a unique brilliant voice song next up PS if u don't love me love that song it was a first date day song 4 me 😀😀

[@johnbarry2192]

I was ther

[@RaikenXion]

this song is fuckin sick

[@bumberClart1000]

Wicked 💚🎵

[@jaregoguzoref4821]

One of the bands i'd happily see reform ☺️ But sadly will never happen

[@carolineinglasgow]

❤

[@TBrl8]

Paddy has changed his look just a wee bit since these days 😂

[@waynepinnock5874]

Great music for doing stuff too. Intelligent, literate, modern and life affirming

[@MsBAustralia]

Miming is bad. Love this song so much though ❤️

[@sophieheritage478]

MsB inSYDNEY all performances are mimed on TOTP.

[@WESSERPARAQUAT]

Wendy was THE BOMB

[@adrianabustamante2860]

El vocalista ❤❤

[@kemet261]

I'm here after I am not okay with this episode 4

[@ttx1656]

Same i searched up "hot dog cookie" and found this lol

[@kemet261]

@@ttx1656 Lol

[@yifay3991]

@@ttx1656 omgggggggg that are the lyrics lol

[@TehImmzor]

Didn’t know what this song was called so I typed “I want cookie song” and it worked!

[@eduardoosnaya3708]

🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽❤️❤️

[@brickbat44]

Kants du alles knicken jetzt

[@jaynesheehy5237]

The female singer. Did she sing on the early hits of The Beautiful South like A Little Time?

[@SoulStylistJukeBox]

No, the female singer in The Beautiful South was Brianna Corrigan.

[@brookepratt6617]

When I was little I used to sing hot dog jumping frog Albert cookie 😔

[@christophertaylor2784]

Spaced 🤣👍🏻

[@kevinclark9151]

Same I would sing to this to

[@iosephantonivs4262]

We love women and waves...

[@aaroncabral]

Director: Hmm it’s good. But add someone shouting WOO forty-eight times.

[@joaosilver7378]

Wooow! Who is the girl in green?

[@Creativetoursflorida]

What Great Song from late 80's about washed up 50 star with one hit wonder! Let's hear it on US Radio! Breaking bad sound track!

[@TheRick517]

Love the 'very convincing performance' of the 'bass player'.

[@jamie2051]

are you suggesting TOTP was, what? lipsynced? how dare you

[@TheRick517]

@@jamie2051 "This is a bass guitar, you put it round your shoulder like this, now strum the strings up and down with your right hand and let your left hand slide along the neck randomly while we 're recording the video!"

[@cyclingartist6827]

I know some bands who wanted to play live but weren't allowed to did a purposely bad mime, The Jam being a good example. May or May not have been the case here. Agreed though, bass player really hamming it up!

[@DustyCustard]

He's doing it on every TV appearance I've seen of this song. Could he not actually play, perhaps?

[@rejanesaraiva-z7c]

🇧🇷🇧🇷 🇧🇷🇧🇷 ♥️♥️ 29/06/2022 😉

[@Rickstartattooman]

Awesome and she's hot too 👍

[@AnyKeyLady]

Hot dog, Jumping frog, albeit cookie! Fine fig, a fig a fine figure.

[@Hammern28]

" Hot Dog, jumping fuck... I want cookie. " Of course, this is not what they sing, but that is what I sometimes hear. ;)

[@vilentman111]

trevor moore?

[@victorymansions]

Up the Boro!!!

[@JohnFisherChoir]

Great song looks mimed though!

[@iosephantonivs4262]

We keep a low profile but we are pure poison...

[@NateGaming-ep2ww]

Not alpha cookie?!?!

[@arthurssconeangel4211]

Only watching this now as I always thought the lyrics were Hot dog, Jumping frog, I want cookie. Until my mum corrected me today 😂😂

[@patablett6741]

I'm 43 and have been singing the same for years 🤣

[@debowiec3]

Anyone out there in u-tube cuckoo-land know what comes after "jumping frog".....it's a major city in USA (that's just a clue)!!!

[@BossySwan]

I love cookies

[@philipdalton1000s]

I would've liked to have dated the female member of this particular band.

[@rocketqueen7355]

Well ... then you should see how eastern European women look like

[@simonpowell884]

Looks a bit like Win Butler

[@TheLuminousOne]

Great uplifting track. When music was actually music. Today's age is full of similar sounding commercial rubbish.

[@romo2674]

Isn't this commercial too?

[@8778yeh]

and today too :) The 80's was just so Happy music wise.

[@OuahifaAhmedmalek-vu2ci]

Suis OK avec toi mdr te bis❤

[@davidbeattie7746]

Does anyone realise there miming ?

[@Jasonm25870]

from 1986, everyone had to sing LIVE or they didn't appear

[@jaynesheehy5237]

This was from May 1988. Most artist's mimed on TOTP. It was very rare that anyone actually sang live. Most famous TOTP episode was from August 1988 when the group All About Eve appeared singing Martha's Harbour. The singer couldn't hear the backing tape and so was just sat there on the stage for a good 2mins not doing anything.

[@Jasonm25870]

I remember that All About Eve "Martha's Harbour" one. It's still shown on blooper compilations on specials these days and it's now 30 years old in a few months.

[@Thomas-cp6qe]

You're having a laugh..??

[@Munrobagger1976]

Anyone know who is the backing singer in the green dress?

[@OWlsfordshire]

Why is he faking playing the guitar 😊

[@stephenkissane4268]

I wish they wouldn't clap

[@robd2184]

You don’t hear “ fleet of foot “ in many of the crap songs my kids listen to from 2020.....everything’s got more dense and simple

[@jamescarter6468]

What in the hell did I stumble onto? It's not bad, but wtf lol

[@michelebolero9065]

Hot Dog, jump and fart...

[@romo2674]

You have to get out more.

[@ryanhood1648]

Hot dog, jump and fart..cookie

[@ralfi1221]

I have always understood: "Hot Dog, jumpin' frog"... ;-))

[@ivanfavarin6044]

Hot Dog, Jump and Fart, Amber Cookie. It’s official.

[@jamie2051]

cheers for ruining my life. i loved this song

[@dominica4799]

Walter White would approve of this song

[@iosephantonivs4262]

Occupation...

[@ChuckFickens1972]

hot dog jumping frog Albuquerque

[@marguskiis7711]

weird lead vocal. sounds like live although visually not

[@bumbozambumbazebulon6738]

few bands* were ever so brazen in slipping such blatant MK ULTRA MONARCH manchurian-activation triggers on a pop chorus: /numbers stations hissy voice: HOT DOG. JUMPING FROG. KILL.THE.MAYOR. *then name their album 'From LANGLEY Park to Memphis" NO ONE SHOULD BE OKAY WITH THIS.

[@redmoon9650]

umm what?

[@aricfroze8971]

ya what?

[@RK-ch3fs]

Fake singing

[@alexlaasch6013]

Too bad it’s lip synced deluxe

[@TheRick517]

Please guys, next time hire someone who can at least preténd he knows how to play a bass guitar!

[@mattgreen5720]

He's just messing cos they're miming. Lots of bands did it on Top of the Pops.

[@jamesjross]

this wasn't totp