SLOW CHILDREN -- Spring in Fialta

80's new wave hit

[@pumasgoya]

This song should have millions of views/listens. It's one of the greatest New Wave tunes.

[@latkagravas986]

Still is.

[@discojohny]

No Way! I can't believe I'm able to listen to this song over and over again. This song is awesome. I remember it when K-ROQ was worth listening to. This was also played during the last days when MARS-FM was going off the air. That's the last time I heard it. A million thanks for the post.

[@latkagravas986]

👍, and use to get down (waacking) big time to this song back in the mid-late 80s disco scene clubs and house parties East L.A. Baddass jam!❤

[@ryansanders9273]

Just heard this on kroq for the first time today :0

[@latkagravas986]

@@ryansanders9273 in the mid 80s they cranked it (awesome speaker system) at Florentine Gardens - it was the place to be for disco/new wave dance music. All the lights on top everywhere, the fashion - glad I walked in buzzed from 16 -18

[@michaelostrofsky6289]

Heard this song on KROQ in 1982. Could never get artist or name. Looked for years. Found it tonight. Only took 38 years. I'm tired.

[@groovedigger00]

What persistence!

[@michaelostrofsky6289]

@@groovedigger00 Looked on and off for years. Got into a list of KROQ's most popular songs of 1982 and, bingo, found it in maybe 15 minutes. Thanks for posting this song up.

[@latkagravas986]

😆 - ❤, worth it I bet. If I were on Gilligans Island and had only 10 songs to replay all day - this would be one of them.

[@nuwver]

OMG!!!!!!!!!! just heard this song on one of my old cassette tapes recorded off the radio back in the days!! i could not remember who it was!! soooo glad i finally found it. music is not what it used to be, i will forever miss those new wave days!

[@Odyssey169]

I've had this album since then.......... when KROQ 'was' worth listening to!!!!!! RICHARD BLADE AND THE POOR MAN FOREVER!!!!!!!!

[@Ransomhandsome]

Bernardo Hernandez Bought this album at Vinyl Fetish on Melrose back around '82.

[@garycabrera9606]

Right on Papa!!!!

[@Govtflu]

Jed the fish on kaaay rrrrrr ooooqqqqqq!

[@walwilliams5534]

@@Ransomhandsome F*CK. Same here. Drove my 1959 European V.W. (6-volt; always got me pulled-over - that, and my appearance) there for the task; it was raining that day.

[@EfOneAddict]

Heard Rodney Bingenheimer's debut of this song.

[@seltzer40]

I've had this beat (acoustics) tune stuck in my head for a decade. Unclear of the words. By luck, came across this online sight. Have a head injury, which leaves me with a terrible memory. Grew up in the early 1980's in L.A. Listening to KROQ.. . LOVED IT! Thanks! I can enjoy this music in full! :)

[@walwilliams5534]

I, too, have had my cognition "reconfigured" for the same reason. My prior abilities at quoting, chapter-and-verse (in perfect-pitch, apparently) every lyric/song I'd ever heard has been damaged. Aphasia is a Thing. At least I don't stutter like Mel Tillis anymore - although who didn't LOVE Mel Tills? Such a nice bloke. Am still recovering and reworking whatever I can. As recommended by Neurologists: daily 'Essential Fatty Acid' supplementation is a great aid for everyone's brain. My recovery is going well... for what it is. Wish you well.

[@kalandin]

An absolutely fantastic song. I remember when I heard this the first time on KROQ in the early 80s. It wasn't played often but when it was, the volume was cranked way up.

[@garycabrera853]

kalandin I remember doing that too. AWESOME!!!

[@garycabrera853]

kalandin I remember doing that too. AWESOME!!!

[@tetedepoulet8651]

Yessss. Saw them somewhere in Hollywood

[@garycabrera3887]

All the way UP.

[@robram2025]

they used to play this at the Oddssey club in LA! haha The good ole days in the teenie club scene!

[@ccarta192]

GOD I USED TO LOVE GOING TO THE ODYSSEY. IT WAS A GREAT DISCO STAYING OPEN TILL 5 AM. YUPE THOSE WERE THE DAYS

[@spazdimillo4383]

Wow bring back the 80s you had to have been there it wasn't a decade hell of a way of life so much music so much original music dot-dot-do just popped KZbin on and this is the first song that came to my mind then it started flowing...

[@IvanHernandez-wm4jj]

I haven`t heard this song since 1982. A cousin of mine borrowed an extended version of it and recorded on a tape, Unfortunately, the tape broke up, so I never had the chance to listen to it again. 31 years later, I find myself rediscovering it. Cool song all the way!

[@vspady]

another "yay" to the internet for giving us all a place to share the music and memories that the corporations who own the music rights don't feel like they need to support any longer. THANK YOU FOR POSTING THESE!

[@BetterSkatez2]

The sound of new wave in 1981. Perfectly Defines it!

[@StrokedGT]

KROQ2 still plays stuff like this, its an HD radio station, get the AOL radio app for iphone/itouch or just go to AOLs website and go to the AOL HD radio and find the KROQ2 station, streams all the stuff they used to play in the 80s

[@maricelamandujano109]

Wow! Cool 😎 Thanks!

[@HappySunshineDay]

I haven't heard this since the 80's! I probably heard it on KROQ or my local college station KXLU (Loyola Marymount). Huge Thanks!!

[@88Flashback]

I'm gonna go ahead and call this fine tune a top fiver all-time for the sound that molded KROQ into the revolution it became known for, thus world famous!

[@robhernandez3593]

Ben Barocio although Slow Children never hit big. Damn they along with many others during that period paved the way for so many other artists. That era still works s influential today.

[@ervinasturias1857]

KROQ. 106.7 the Rock of the 80 s & 90s ....

[@robertstephens156]

Absolute Great Song! I saw them at Perkins Palace, Pasadena in June 1982 opening for Flock of Seagulls.

[@Ransomhandsome]

Wow!

[@beachkidboy]

I was there too man, in the pit!

[@robertstephens156]

@@beachkidboy Were you there for Slow Children or did you have a bichen Betty- by- level haircut ala Flock of Seagulls? All the best to you. That was a kick-ass show. I was 22 years old. Damn! I miss the eighties! Peace!

[@foxx733]

Not sure why I like this song more now then I did in 1981, but this is great up and fun. I have the vinyl will dust it off and have a new stylus on the way!

[@latkagravas986]

👍Indeed. Use to get down (waacking) big time to this song back in the mid-late 80s disco scene clubs and house parties. Baddass jam!❤

[@TheFranksantana]

Very few stations played this song in the U.S. In L.A. only KROQ played it (to the best of my knowldge). In fact most pleople who heard it don't even remember the name or artist.

[@robertjohnston4280]

This is 100% cutting edgecBritish synetheiser pop in 1981. And these two Californians are absolutely the best examples of it. Unbelievable but true!!!!

[@latkagravas986]

Use to get down (waacking) big time to this song back in the mid-late 80s disco scene clubs and house parties. Baddass jam!❤

[@chefraiderron]

Wow, Spring in Fialta! I haven't heard that song for forever. Thanks for the memory.

[@Klaus666]

I have this song on vinyl, love it!!!!!!!!!!

[@thomasfranco5997]

I also like the remix 12" of Vanessa Vacillating. AWESOME!

[@sickaffair]

Obsessed with this album it’s just so good

[@HappySunshineDay]

I've been looking for this song for years! Thanks!

[@latkagravas986]

Use to get down (waacking) big time to this song back in the mid-late 80s disco scene clubs and house parties. Baddass jam!❤

[@thomasfranco5997]

I have this 12" locked up in my storage. KROQ was the best station in L.A. and Tower Records in Hollywood had all these records where I would shop. Prime Cuts had all the import Disco records in North Hollywood. Those were the day's back in the 80's. BEST DECADE.

[@EroticRhythm]

Wow! Great song, thanks for posting.

[@frankgervais5295]

Pal Shazar, you are so awesome! I had a crush on you in the 80s! Jules Shear is a lucky man! I wish you both the best! Thanks for the memories! A fellow Angelino here!

[@recroomproductions]

thank you so much Groovedigger 00. i was doubtful i'd find it when i searched but lo and behold, it's here - thanks to you!

[@in2vinyl]

Great 80's song. They also had that other awesome song, "President Am I"

[@Ransomhandsome]

"Ice in a vodka - a touch of lime; I'm not running for president am I?"

[@kixxxter]

I remember finding a cassette tape that had a portion of this song recorded off the radio but I never knew the title nor the artist. I called KROQ and played back the recording over the phone to see if they could recognize it. I was surprised and disappointed when the person told me "It's on the tip of my tongue but I just can't place the song or the artist, sorry." Luckily I came across it. Other great KROQ classics are "Janitor" by the Suburban Lawns and "X-Ray Eyes" by 3D!

[@raycannon3876]

THIS TIME HAD BIG ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US ??????????

[@Theire1]

I have this on vinyl I was and still am so cool like my beard

[@bluemanta5001]

i loved this song for years and looked for the album for years and the song on itunes, rapsody ect. thank's for the good times.

[@Vercingetorix2006]

The Ensign label put out a 12" with "Too Weak to Eat" on the B-side and an extended version of "Spring in Fialta" (over 4 minutes). I originally heard this song on the (I think) classic compilation album "Blitz" put out by RCA Records.

[@DJTonyOKay]

HAUNTING + QUIRKY + MAKES ME WANNA DANCE = NEW WAVE

[@PDH-AngelsLebensraum]

That was the song that played on my radio a few years ago. I'm so fucking happy that I have found it.

[@beachkidboy]

June 1982, Perkin's Palace in Pasadena, opening for A Flock of Seagulls NorthAmerican debut, in the pit! Timeless.

[@arthuralmarez2529]

i remember dancing with my friends Bobby Mora and Bernice Hinojos at the community center dances the use to have on Wednesdays in the fab town of LaPuente California

[@hemibrown]

Slow Children rules. Post more!!!!!!

[@larrymcneely1283]

one of the best from the 80's

[@SoCalSiren319]

This is awesome! Please post more Slow Children.. How about "Missing Missiles" or "Brazilian Magazines"? :)

[@tetedepoulet8651]

Wow, so cool. Haven't heard this in Dec Ades

[@godsgiftmaggot898]

This + many others, the great Freddy Snakeskin brought to the world

[@ParliamentaryParlor]

@discojohny I loved MARS FM!!! Total quality. too short lived!

[@tatianasamoylin9017]

Just found this song after reading the Nabokov's novel "Spring in Fialta"...

[@vspady]

@MishuTaste it felt like everything in LA in the late 70s and early 80s that played on KROQ was independent. no one had anything to lose, so they did what they felt like doing. can you imagine a band like the B-52s coming out now? greed kills creativity.

[@mariodominguez1724]

Good old memories

[@robjay9524]

I wanna go back to 1980 so bad. There is no music today. Help me help you help me.

[@cherevkodesh5148]

Back in my Florentine Garden days.

[@maatsplume]

Sure wish I could find a digital copy of this song!

[@skatepunkvideos]

I've never seen the lyrics to this great song, but I wonder how much they apply to the book by Nabokov. This was on this weird 'new wave" comp LP called Scraps on RCA in the early 1980's... great stuff!

[@RRAYZORR6]

GREAT POSTING. EPIC

[@mcsmiley514]

UNCLE ANDYYY!!!

[@spazdimillo4383]

... Republica... Translator... Voice of the beehive... Siouxsie Sioux... Sugar cubes... Dramarama

[@jeffreylynn1965]

this song so kicks ass!

[@Ease54]

It has a good dance and I can beat to it.

[@mmmmatchstick]

You just made me spit out my coffee!! Thank you 🤣

[@onfoenemgrave]

Good new-wave song

[@jordan10526]

This song is the bomb. Andrew Chinich kicks ass!

[@stephenwiederhold1372]

splendid

[@voodoobyker]

thanks, ben meaning to pull the vinyl out, but this is much easier...

[@robhernandez3593]

I first heard of Slow Children on a compilation called BLITZ. does anyone remember that?

[@josecortez5213]

New wave was powerful

[@Mosux2007]

@drnrg31 I'm glad I taped the top 106.7 from 1982 to 2000. After that it went rapidly downhill. I absolutely HATE corporate radio!

[@halenbud]

The broken shutters off the shores of Portugal Spring in Fialta staircase in swollen mist The Crimea's breaking in my crowded mind I'm compiling a team to pull me out I feel the self-destruction planting the seed It's crawling and I can't bear the anxiety

[@2749rnefjkbkfsgn]

I found this song on an obscure 12" compilation album called Blitz. Blitz was released before the Slow Children released their first album. But the version on that album is different, I havent been able to find it anywhere.

[@halilauren9548]

From the Blits compilation record

[@ChillyWilly509]

Both albums have been remastered with bonus tracks and are available finally.

[@groovedigger00]

I have it ... I will try to post that version shortly ...

[@23Skeetoo]

The opening beat reminds me of the opening beat on The Bongos' "Barbarella."

[@23Skeetoo]

Looks like Slow Children did it first!

[@beachkidboy]

The Golden Days of KROQ. Currently in 2022, does the station even exist anymore? If so it's a ghost joke of what they had in the 80's.

[@latkagravas986]

Fn Indeed.

[@tetedepoulet8651]

How is Fialta these days?

[@Govtflu]

I had fun in the 1900's, fuck I'm old

[@LowBid86]

Crazy stuff, but Unplugging the Vacuum was the best song of 1982.

[@groovedigger00]

I agree! As a kid, I wrote a letter to KROQ about that song and Dusty Street played it every day for about a week. It never made it into rotation.

[@walwilliams5534]

Cover photo by Robert Mapplethorpe, y'all. (Yeah: These two children were SURE 'slow' [per their "Educators'" estimations.)

[@ccarta192]

Great song so hard to dance to though.. but hey when u are 23 and drunk off your ass it really don't matter until they 86 you out of the club for plowing over the other dancers ooopps my bad!!

[@mcsmiley514]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@VIISeb]

🫀🍷🕯️

[@wkseamans]

Best song on their album. The rest of the album, unfortunately, sucked!

[@gogoyubari366]

No such thing as new wave.