The English Beat - Tears Of A Clown (Live at US Festival 5/28/1983)

The English Beat (a.k.a. The Beat) perform "Tears Of A Clown" live at the US Music Festival in San Bernardino in 1983. "Tears Of A Clown" is featured as the fifth track on the CD reissue of the 1980 album "I Just Can't Stop". The English Beat was one of two bands that played the US Festival both years (1982 &1983) the other band being Oingo Boingo.
The English Beat are a 2 Tone ska revival band founded in Birmingham, England in 1978. Their songs fuse ska, pop, soul, reggae and punk rock, and their lyrics deal with themes of love, unity and sociopolitical topics.
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Lyrics:
Say oh yeah baby baby
Now if there's a smile on my face
It's only there tryin' to fool the public
But when it comes down to foolin' you
Now honey that's quite a different subject
So don't let my glad expression
Give you the wrong impression
Cos really I'm sad (so sad sad)
Oh I'm sadder than sad (so sad sad)
Well I'm hurt and I want you so bad (so sad sad)
Like a clown I appear to be glad
Ooh yeah
There's some sad things known to man
But ain't too much sadder than
The tears of a clown
When there's no one around
Say oh yeah baby baby baby
Oh yeah baby baby baby
Now if I appear to be carefree
It's only to camouflage my sadness
And honey to shield my pride I try
To cover this hurt with a show of gladness
So don't let my show convince you
That I've been happy since you decided to go
Oh I need you so
Look I'm hurt and I want you to know
Just for others I put on a show
Ooh yeah
There's some sad things known to man
But ain't too much sadder than
The tears of a clown
Just like Pagliacci did
I'm gonna keep my surface hid
Hiding in my room I try
But in this lonely room I cry
The tears of a clown
When there's no one around
Now if there's a smile on my face
Don't let my glad expression
Give you the wrong impression
Don't let this smile I wear
Make you feel that I don't care
The tears of a clown
Tears of a clown
The tears of a clown
I'm going down de town
I'm going downtown
Tears of a clown

[@jenniferlangley3302]

RIP Rankin Roger... we all love and miss you ❤️ thank you for all of the amazing music ❤️❤️❤️

[@1kshoundog]

I attended this show and the English Beat was a highlight. Their set was SO MUCH FUN!

[@davidg.9932]

Happy 65th Birthday Dave Wakeling. 19 February 1956 Birmingham, England. I always loved that Two Tone / Reggae playing style you have. Smokey Robinson born on the same day. 1940. Happy 81st Smokey..

[@johncalvo5388]

Great version of this song. It was so damn hot at this concert. It was a case of survival. That’s how festivals were back then.

[@danpetty3162]

SCORCHING

[@kerryh921]

Wow, they're playing faster than they did at the first US Fest

[@mbrew3244]

RIP Rankin Roger

[@kevindrew8347]

A tip : you can watch movies on flixzone. Been using it for watching lots of of movies during the lockdown.

[@jacksoncayson9242]

@Kevin Drew yup, have been watching on flixzone} for since november myself :D

[@stevemccart9109]

god...any one who remembers those huge outdoor shows back then remembers how hot ,crowded and miserable they were. thank goodness I was always ripped

[@stephenlisson1994]

What a band!!!!! They get you up and dance. SKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!! YESSSSSSSS

[@LeonTrotsky6782]

The midlands finest👌🙌🙌🙌❤️❤️❤️

[@RastaSaiyaman]

Note Andy Cox the guitarist and David Steele, the bass player both in green shirts, they would later hook up with singer Roland Gift and emerge as the Fine Young Cannibals. Steele's wobbly way of dancing for which he became known with the FYC as already there.

[@racketman2u]

Yes, and Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger moved on to form General Public, and being their two lead singers still with a recognizable Beat sound.

[@Nickpaflas]

So fast.

[@dizmop]

Why are live versions so much faster?

[@myriaddsystems]

Respect to Mr Hall...

[@racketman2u]

a band more suited for a crowded British nightclub!

[@basketburger]

Very good 👍

[@piddles11]

Saxa fuckin rocks