The Beat - Drowning (Top Of The Pops 1981)

The Beat - Drowning (Top Of The Pops 1981)
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[@corkandi]

I loved this song so much, I bought the 45 & the 12"...listen to the lyrics, very powerful. The Beat were a brilliant & cool band.

[@stevepettit2064]

God i just loved these guys and ranking roger he was one cool fella top notch band from a time when music really was music great intro from peter powell he was my fave TOTP presenter along with kid jensen.

[@stephenroche5107]

It was always mimed.

[@maccagrabme]

These guys took Reggae and made it their own sound, amazing and still sounds better than anything nowadays.

[@jayrox40]

British ska.

[@garyhosty]

RIP Rankin Roger

[@garyhosty]

@@lmj9517 yes exactly and Indiana Jones too.

[@stevepettit2064]

i loved ranking roger stood out like mega cool the beat were like just awesome.

[@alanfox7312]

Some of the beat tunes utterly forgettable like this one in the USA known as the English beat.suede in the USA known as suede uk

[@DebbieEvans-q5x]

I am surprised this song only got to number 22 in the charts April 1981. It was a good song.😊

[@awwmann8821]

When bands where bands sax tremendooooooooooooooooooo

[@therightrabbit]

I listened to this in real time as a teenager. Still love the Beat, brilliant stuff

[@stephenroche5107]

When bands were made up of individuals.

[@stephenroche5107]

4 members of this bostin band now dead R.I.P dudes.

[@rhessex]

Funny how the right-handed guitarist is playing a left-handed guitar.

[@mattalberti2002]

I think you got that backwards

[@SoulStylistJukeBox]

Best double A-side. Ever!

[@tonelemoan]

Ladies and gents, The Beat presents: Death Ska.

[@paulmajor8865]

Both the Beat and Bad Manners appeared on the same edition of top of the pops

[@spellcrafter23]

That's some pretty good audio technology they had back then. No microphones and I never saw the drummer hit the cymbals.

[@christopherbloom2207]

It was well known that Top of the Pops required artists to lip synch on the show. You can see a lot of bands having fun with it: playing their instruments upside down, mouthing the wrong words (or no words), switching instruments.

[@paulwhite2787]

Nuff Respect!

[@Euadam]

B-side. Crap.

[@garymay799]

Wanker euadam

[@SoulStylistJukeBox]

It was a double A-side