The Bongos - Numbers With Wings (Official Video)

[@VALTERJONBURGESSIII]

Shout out to Janeane Garofalo love ya babe!!! RockNRoll!!! 🤟❤️

[@whoresalad]

She brought me here. 🖤

[@TheBongosHoboken]

We love Janeane Garofalo!

[@jon-kl9mk]

I remember back in the days i was waiting for this song to play on KROQ so i could record it. These kids these days have no clue what we had to go through lol..

[@manfredmann2766]

I liked it better back then. These days most people do not even know what good music is.

[@prr665]

KROQ and LIVE 105FM; once the 2 best radio stations in California!

[@TheEmptytube]

Of course....just enjoy it now in the few years we have left

[@TheEmptytube]

@@prr665 of course....and 91x. That was the glory days

[@mdbrumbach1]

​@@prr665And 91X!

[@rodoza66]

One of the best pop songs from the 80's. The Bongos ruled my world back then!

[@estevennurkin5183]

I love this band very much.The 80's we're one of the best decades, ever

[@phammond8155]

It was a very happy decade overall.

[@markbuchner7783]

Still excellent!

[@steveglazer4966]

Love this song they don’t make music like this anymore the best years of my life!

[@Ann_Dromeda]

Brings back memories of my 1980's teenage years, in California, when I lived in the foothills of the San Bernardino mountains. At 3500 ft elevation, I got a reasonably clear signal from 91X out of San Diego, and would twirl around my room whenever this was played.

[@jaygonzales5126]

91x resurrection weekends were the shit in the 90s

[@skunkd4life]

Continue to twirl love❤😊

[@BillLatham-pr9cy]

Early 80’s, 91X, USMC @ Camp Pendleton.

[@billcobaugh4234]

Me too!

[@PeterStawicki]

Thanks Janeane Garofalo for introducing me to this song!

[@kenphillippi2822]

This was a college radio staple. RIP KUSF, 90.3 FM

[@rodoza66]

Saw every tour The Bongos played in California. My favorite. The Theoretical Club in Silverlake! The club lasted about six months...

[@harmontarps4095]

i think thats the singers mom in the video, great song even now......

[@RichardBaroneOfficial]

Nope... it's not my mom. It's an actress. When we made the video she was on a TV commercial as the "Ty-D-Bol" lady.

[@rayclanet9927]

THIS ONE IS A MASTERPIECE, YOU HEAR IT AND YOU KNOW YOU GO AROUND FOREVER WITH THIS SONG IN YOUR HEART, UNFORGETTABLE!!!

[@marcprocida5479]

This was another hit or miss video seen on MTV since it received only light rotation. I have done a lot of research on light rotation entries from the Billboard archives and this was one of them.

[@merin797]

Still have this LP somewhere. 2024!

[@phammond8155]

I no longer have my cassette tape, but I played this to death in the 80s in my '65 bug.

[@kenphillippi2822]

I only have the EP

[@rodoza66]

i have 'em all...

[@jacksaintjack2844]

One of the finest voices ever. Why couldn't I have that voice?

[@HuntersMoon73]

Glad to find such a pristine video from 1983. What a legit guitar solo from Richard Barone! He’s a brilliant singer and songwriter but I didn’t think of him as a lead guitarist. Too talented, clearly.

[@RichardBaroneOfficial]

Wow! Thank you!

[@Fan_Made_Videos]

This music video was pretty daring and groundbreaking in its portrayal of taboos and the hectic process of puberty. It doesn't shy from the visuals either. This would NEVER be made today and it's no wonder it was shunned by the media companies, even MTV relegated to play this video after 11pm

[@steveglazer4966]

💯% Agree!

[@wildswan66]

Brilliant tune! Number one song in my heart.

[@mattpyre6791]

Fun Facts: This video features Master Bates from 'The Toy' and the lady's hair catches fire at the end

[@davidellis5141]

😆 Master Bates !

[@robertstoner8244]

Hi James this is rob stoner from Roxbury HS. Love this music video. Are you still touring? I was in touring choir with Mr Beavers. I believe you went to Canada with us.

[@RichardBaroneOfficial]

James is currently on tour with Alejandro Escovedo.

[@BrandonRichardson-f7u]

love this song!!

[@chriscarpenter6889]

was wondering why this got taken off yt... glad 2 see a bongos vevo

[@shimmeringfairydust3275]

Incredible song

[@glennhalila8279]

I love this song and I've been streamlining it a lot lately. Usually it's while I'm driving. I'm watching the video and there's a story. I wish there was an interview with these guys about this very video. The Music is Very Beautiful. The Video Creative

[@joseschmoe2800]

I remember seeing this group for the first time here in Chicago. It was early 80s. Biddy Milligans I think which is no longer there. Anyone remember that joint? I saw it with a good college buddy of mine who was originally from NYC which is where this band is from. Lo and behold a few years later I was in NYC with this same bud and we saw the Bongos again in their native hometown. Will always bring back those memories. To be young again!

[@eEdselEdsel]

I lived right across the street from Biddy's right around 1989.

[@eEdselEdsel]

I lived across the street from Biddy Mulligan's for a couple of years.

[@eric1012wi]

@@eEdselEdsel Where was it located? I saw a few band's there as well! Back when Chicago was cool!

[@bluestemilprairie4298]

Yep yep, wish I could have seen them live. Still have the LP.

[@wendyadeleEv]

Hey I’m gonna hear Richard play at my friends bkyard concert in LA this weekend!!🎶🎸🎸🎼

[@rodoza66]

are you shittin' us?!!! i would fry my hand on a BBQ grill to have seen that! how do you know Richard?

[@vampiriny]

This song brings me back my school days in Peru, love it!!!

[@TheLMC323]

First and only time I think I ever heard this, was on KPOP, in Roseville, California. KPOP was New Wave. They were awesome. Became 93 Rock.

[@miguelinglesserrano1777]

🎸🎸🎸😎✌️

[@bfernandezster]

Remember seeing these guys on cmc in the earlier 80's

[@jacksaintjack2844]

I have the album.

[@danielmarquis5258]

I love Modern Rock!!

[@rodoza66]

Did you ever catch them live?

[@danielmarquis5258]

@rodoza66 I have not. I was too young.

[@TighelanderII]

HAH! I say, HAH! I thought that the lyrics were, "I got a number when it rains"! Not only that, but I also thought that, "Barbarella" might have been a Siouxsie song.

[@RichardBaroneOfficial]

Interesting! :)

[@tonicemeno5850]

Great Song

[@TheEmptytube]

Classique

[@vivianaramos3445]

Este tema , de the bongos, sonaba duro en las fiesta de la new wave, y hasta el dia de hoy suena en la radio.

[@tamy4386]

I spy I see through everything But I know I don't know anything And on cold nights My soul is like anyone's And on slow nights I'd forgive anyone I've got a number with wings I've got a number with wings Time flies Hands of the hourglass Getting born Watching the seasons pass And on cold nights My soul is like anyone's And on slow nights I'd forgive anyone I've got a number with wings I've got a number with wings I know I'll live through everything But I cry I'll cry about anything And on cold nights My soul is like anyone's And on slow nights Well, I'd forgive anyone I've got a number with wings I've got a number with wings I've got a number...

[@violetbrown2372]

very early ,MTV, babysitting Adam. broke up all the monotony

[@rodoza66]

Ricard, please tell us what the song refers to? It's boggled me from the beginning.

[@champ1061]

Great song. Silly video.

[@violetbrown2372]

what is a number with with wings?

[@RichardBaroneOfficial]

Good question!

[@markpelton9884]

Think of the number as the number most closely related to you, for example your age. Then think of what might give your age wings, like ascension or metamorphosis.

[@baschur09]

A joint with Coke in it.

[@Pcrimson1]

@@RichardBaroneOfficial I still don't know why you guys didn't blow up. I think you were just as good as U2, Simple Minds and most of the big 80s bands.However, when I run into someone I know whose heard of The Bongos, I know they're cool!

[@RichardBaroneOfficial]

@@Pcrimson1 Thanks so much!

[@bandsreunited]

There's Flick! Before the flag pole stunt.

[@HitMan1515]

Good song, not sure why you would use scott schwartz in a video though...lol

[@joevolpini137]

The girl looking in the key hole was acting weird.

[@sjn2029]

Imitating various british bands

[@TheBongosHoboken]

No, we were not.