The Manhattan Transfer - The Offbeat of Avenues

Music video by The Manhattan Transfer performing The Offbeat Of Avenues. (C) 1991 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

[@anagram8]

These groovy cats can blow with style, sass and sophistication!

[@Wolfsky9]

This is the kind of music only The Transfer themselves--primarily Cheryl on this one--could write & sing. Not only do they sing in harmony, but OMG, this is so complex! Awesome, simply awesome. I saw them do this on this tour, '93, & in person it's more amazing. RIP, Tim Hauser. We Miss you. Wolfsky9

[@LMmccallL57]

+Wolfsky9 I absolutely agree. The skills they provide for this are amazing. When the CD was first released, I purchased it and played this song over and over. I was mesmerized. I love the video, too. :) Very creative in having them play different characters. It must have been great for you to see them perform this live. I wish I would have had the chance to hear the entire group, though I hope to someday hear the remaining three. I just learned this morning that Tim Hauser had passed away. I was in the mood for TMT and decided to watch the video for "So, You Say" and look up some information and tour dates, and saw that he'd passed away in 2014. He will be greatly missed by many.

[@swimmingboulder]

I remember the first time I heard this song. I put it on repeat for two solid weeks until I could sing every part. Amazing song still.

[@memmori1]

I was searching for that song fir more than 20 years! Once heard on the radio, and DJ did not say the song's name, just informed it was Manhattan Transfer. Finally I am here. Thank God and KZbin.

[@Ololo1887]

Good thing I learned immediately 25 years ago when I heard this on the radio that the name is "Beat of Avenues" (that's how I memorized it, even though it is "The Offbeat of Avenues". Otherwise it would drive me crazy not knowing what's this jewel is.

[@rudisetyatmaja6650]

Master piece. The song. The vocals The video ❤❤❤❤

[@Layerboyz]

There are so many sub-plots in this video that every time I watch it, I discover something new. I love this song. One of my favorites.

[@lindastar7914]

I used to listen them when ı was 12 around ... they on tv in TURKEY ❤😘👏👍 Very happy to see them again now ı am 42 🤗 very emotional 😥love from istanbul TURKEY

[@Николай-в4ж4ц]

My the BEST REGARDS FROM SANKT BETERGUGK (RUSSIA)

[@ayngemac]

One of my fave songs ever, and I've never seen this video! HOW? OMG love....

[@jean-erictateia3273]

What Harmony of sweet and great voices...Surprising and Astonishing MANHATTAN TRANSFER.In their musical field, they remain the best for me.As the saying goes "if they did not exist, they would have to invent them." Without them, it would miss to JAZZ, this little something of genius and madness that propels us a little further, beyond the notes of a beautiful composition.

[@augustotan1919]

I miss Tim Hauser,incomparable talent.

[@toddburton6570]

Brilliant song, brilliant performance (as usual), and magnificent video.

[@gilrobinson9646]

I love Manhattan transfer. My favorite group

[@hlm7483]

шикарная вещь! потрясающие голоса и саунд! великолепно!

[@bankir]

I love this song since I was a teenager and it's awesome to listen to this song again. So classic

[@YolandaAnneBrown95726]

BUMMER BUMMER BUMMER! R.I.P. Tim Hauser. You'll be missed.

[@denisbikbulatov6463]

Masterpiece of modern music

[@donnabillen2407]

This is CRAZY❤❤❤❤❤

[@donnabillen2407]

Now you SEE ME.

[@zarmanazannn]

Absolute masterpiece

[@solo2r]

Such a weird [lyrically] song but cool as heck!

[@pragmaticfromprague2537]

Çok sevdiğim Manhattan transfer türkülerinden

[@aguskarta8563]

I love Janis Siegel.

[@StubbyCub]

I have been trying to remember the name of this song for years, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!

[@ykantoni]

Among the best songs I've ever heard. If not THE best:))) Обалденно!:)))

[@сергейшакиров-х4з]

Блестяще безукоризненно и да действительно шикарно это слово лучше всего им подходит

[@SFKelvin]

Listening to this for the first time in 20 years, it is SO much tighter than I remember it. Bravo.

[@jayt-mac2074]

1991, I used to blast this jam from my car.

[@kentbrooks3227]

THIS WAS MY JAM!!!!

[@美佐江太田]

最高です😊 ありがとうございます😊

[@brucedillinger9448]

Great song and great video. Love the various roles the gang plays.

[@takenawa77]

I've been looking for this song, I finally found it! Now I know the song and can buy it. Thanks!

[@petruhadc]

Красота!!!

[@MarthaKite]

One of my favorites. RIP Tim Hauser. A true Master.

[@TheWORstFan]

I had no idea he passed.

[@rosieweinstein209]

@@TheWORstFan same here my dear friend

[@billporter1277]

daaaaamn!, good stuff, gimmie more!

[@PeterWesleyBastone]

great song, shared to Netshows Radio "Program 310" Playlist on youtube

[@Madelow56]

They are just so great! Fantastic number.

[@inthecracks]

They will be a tough act to follow!!!!!!!!!

[@chrilyn_manson]

カノンの美しさよ

[@koboco]

Still a great song

[@edwardbarr1533]

magnificent

[@DinHamburg]

The video is marvelous

[@medeaj5413]

❤

[@ConstantXplorer]

Dig it.

[@edwardkawka]

Amazing

[@JadeA12]

Out to Lunch!

[@FelicMore24]

👏👏👏👏👏👍

[@shamelesshussy]

Asked for and received for my 11th birthday. Still love it.

[@darkthenight6]

HardwarePlus 👌👌☺️

[@elizavetapostoeva]

Big blues in the city, Trailin' the main stroll (a kitty) Cup o' joe, get witty. At Deuce's Cafe, it's the mostest hideaway (Mez muggles "Flip Zooty Flim Plant you now solid, dig you later Slim") First you crawl then you walk, (scat then you talk Hear the cool, feel ) the heat of the Rhythm of the offbeat of avenues Help me, he blew his wig He plays gutbucket doghouse dig For the hide-beater on the stand Hear that Gabriel's growl Break it up, beat it out This canary has got a frame And some high-jiver knows her name Cats all friskin' their whiskers...Ow Ow I collar all jive, give me five So I know you're alive In the dim you've arrived Lay it on He plays gutbucket Chick is hot For the hide-beater Really gone Hear that Ga Gro Up Out

[@NoNo-mp8vy]

!молодец, лизка!))

[@vadim_kk_mlru]

Слушал эту песню 100 или 200 раз. Каждый раз как вновь - абсолютное мастерство, браво!

[@boybblue]

boy at begining is hot!!!

[@islandbee]

Manhattan Transfer > Pentatonix

[@iwannaseeit1979]

LISTEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@J.P.Lindsay]

Manhattan Transfer is SOOO much better! LISTEN!

[@iwannaseeit1979]

Update/Edit: Pentatonix are the children of Manhattan Transfer.

[@arardurur]

Hwp

[@galan1612]

Much credit goes to the sound engineer. Otherwise, there would be no thrill from listening to music.

[@marioreoyan3405]

whisky sour

[@QstLloco]

ayhan sicimoğlu brought me here :D

[@patpowers9210]

Damn, that's Richard Elliot on sax! He's great, check out his version of "Stiletto Heels" -- kzbin.info/www/bejne/hImzd4t_j9FgY9U

[@rjkjrjkmwtd]

Одна из самых охуенных вещеЙ!

[@sherriewood4317]

Death really sucks ...just lost a great talent

[@ЮрійБорисов-п6н]

НЕПРЕВЗОЙДЁННЫЕ!!!

[@ernytar4628]

Жаль, что новая версия. Раньше покруче было.

[@Ololo1887]

А есть ссылка на старую версию?

[@dennisgor3539]

Absolutely awesome. I’ve had this song since 1991 and it still hits me. Now that I’ve seen the video for the first time I’m even more amazed. Then again if I had seen the video earlier I would have dropped out of school to take up my full time job as a stalker of all things Manhattan Transfer! Thank you for the video.

[@wb6cbj]

Know the feeling, I have taken occasional "sojourns" away from "life" to stalk all things T.M.T. It's like an occasional binge on a very good drug.

[@Jawilly1]

Each voice unique as individuals and together the most perfect harmony.

[@illwilldeezy]

I heard this song 32 years ago and never again since then. It’s always stuck with me and I finally put in the right google clues to find it. Yay!

[@Sandra.Franco]

Oh my gosh, me too! Heard it once many years ago, and never forgot it. Finally i found it today. Yay Part 2!

[@calteacher2809]

Anche io stessa cosa!!!❤

[@Alisha1686]

YAY!!

[@chrishomberg7659]

Chorus blows me away every time. The layers sync perfectly. I saw them in the middle of promoting Offbeat and their upcoming Christmas Album (the 1st one). Fun concert. They harmonize like the rest of us breathe.

[@Cathomatic1]

fantastic arrangement, singing, and video! wow.

[@Dmitrii_Zionov]

Шикарный клип, шикарная композиция!!! Если бы вы сделали только это и все, вы забронировали себе место в истории!!! Некоторые уверяют чудес не бывает... Они не слышали вас, даже если слушали, все равно не слышали!

[@aprilsir]

+Дмитрий Зионов, )) Не видя этого поста, и ещё не досмотрев/недослушав, я уже написал "Шикарные"! ) Так что, всё верно. А видеоряд напомнил мне бесподобную работу Marcus Nispel в клипе XXL Милены Фармер )

[@mcseem8466]

это не песня, а вынос мозга! уникальное, ни на что не похожее творение!

[@DanKonev]

Дмитрий Зионов Когда в начале 90-х Россия захлёбывалась от крови всяких чеченских войн, разборок братков и ГОВНА с эстрады, в моей семье появился отчим. Он был музыкантом. И в нашем доме стали звучать и Эл Джероу, и Пат Мэттэни и Дикси Дрегс. Ну а с этой песни я узнал о манхэтенниках😆

[@OreadNYC]

@monicavpires -- The lyrics include a ton of vintage "jive" slang spoken by (mostly African-American) jazz and swing musicians of the 1930's and 1940's such as Cab Calloway. As an example, "help me, he blew his wig...he plays gutbucket doghouse, dig" means "the guy is almost crazy with excitement...he plays some low-down music on that upright base, understand!"

[@savethezombies]

And what are they really singing when I think I hear some part about Peter Gabriel's canary's frame? Can hardly understand a word of it but when I hear this song I can't get it out of my head. It gets a 10+ on my earworm-o-meter.

[@altairbax5775]

Это несомненно ШЕДЕВР !!!

[@marciekitchen]

I just love this group! Their voices are always perfection.

[@SweetSoundOfStrings]

Who are the 19 clowns that disliked this video?

[@Ostannij-Zuc]

Just seven more already. )

[@rolom3]

Some tasteless plebs 😄

[@jpdemer5]

12-year-old KZbin trolls.

[@norm2923]

Kids who only know today's electronically generated noise and have never heard real music.

[@rosieweinstein209]

@@norm2923 this is a great song it’s brings back to my teenage years I was 13 and a half I’m dating myself here

[@amircammok2268]

This HAD to be composed in a dream.

[@Николай-в4ж4ц]

So right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MyArleigh]

There music ages like a fine wine. They are always at the top of there game.

[@gmfd007]

This song brings back some memories. I heard it on vh1 or some music video channel and rushed out to buy the cd. I played the hell out of it. MT is one of if not the best jazz harmony groups out there. Gold standard for the up and comers. This song is definitely a showcase song. It shows off each individual’s range and how they blend together. S-tier arrangement and vocals. Tim’s laugh I’m the middle is priceless.

[@Mahlercougar]

As a HUGE Take 6 fan I have to acknowledge them. I cant w/o all due respect say that Before the "6" There was the "4" (doing this kind of Vocal innovation in the 70's) - And that 4 Is the Manhattan Transfer. You can imagine my ELATION when I researched that one of the Tracks on the Offbeat of Avenues was written and arranged by ... Mervyn Warren (formally of Take 6) called "Confide in me" As a die hard T6 fan I could tell when MT did some of their scat parts, that it was MW ;)

[@GyeyangMountain]

As a Korean, I love this group so much

[@Николай-в4ж4ц]

But, Korean, you against of Russia? Americans?

[@elizavetapostoeva]

Big blues in the city, Trailin' the main stroll (a kitty) Cup o' joe, get witty. At Deuce's Cafe, it's the mostest hideaway (Mez muggles "Flip Zooty Flim Plant you now solid, dig you later Slim") First you crawl then you walk, scat then you talk Hear the cool, feel the heat of the Rhythm of the offbeat of avenues

[@raydodd1858]

Cheryl Blew me a kiss (yes, it was to me!) at Irvine Meadows, Damn I love this Group! RIP Tim.

[@thuytrangtrinhthi5829]

The one shared me this song, I may have no chance to see him again. Everytime I hear The Offbeat of Avenues it's hurt me much!

[@MissingPleiad]

This one has haunted me since the first time I heard it. One of my favorite songs ever and my very favorite music video ever. 💞💞💞

[@alexisthreats3372]

At my school's choir performance one group sang this and I've been obsessed with the song ever since

[@rolom3]

That's so cool!

[@fromthevue]

Remember seeing this video on MTV in 10th grade. This song is unforgettable (in a good way)!

[@jameshicks8454]

This and Vocalese are my favorite recordings. Can't get enough!

[@tonyf734atl]

Love this song...this was probably their "Best" album!!!

[@rancyland]

Hard to believe this is 20 years ago (as of this writing). Cheryl is fanTAStic in this. Singing harmony is one of the most intimate of human connections.

[@NoNo-mp8vy]

minimum -- 30 years ago (look live in munich 1991) =))

[@m4mammoth]

I'll cut to the chase... This whole album is outstanding!!!

[@joshuasmith1680]

Yes it is outstanding and for many years AllMusic gave it a pathetic two-star rating! I don't know if they still have it rated so low.

[@maracourier6718]

This song is perfect in every way!

[@yurykulbachynski669]

Они лучшие,это фантастика!!!

[@hariwi39]

great unique music and song

[@minnupillai1529]

I've heard a part of this at 1:16 and on in a malayalam song. But forgot which movie.

[@chrishansen9357]

one of my Transfer favorites!

[@paull.rogers4562]

Devastated! Tim, you will be missed! R.I.P.

[@MsDeeRanged]

One of the greatest songs of the 90s

[@ophionnox1582]

I never heard of this group until recently re-watching the series home improvement, (They're a bit before my time, I'm 31) they were on a christmas episode doing santa clause is coming to town. Now I'm NOT a fan of christmas music nor did I particularly like their version of that song but something made me really want to look up more of this group and I'm glad I did. I did not expect to find something as unique and intricate as this.

[@josejurado9644]

Great lightning and photography. Had not heard this song b4 but I really like it. Janis and Cheryl are beautiful here.

[@amachanti-tube]

I was in high school when I heard this song. It was so shocking that I listened to it every day. I listened to this song so much that I wore out the tape. But I was glad I did. I can search for this song again in this 2024 year and listen to it many times on youtube. And this time it won't wear out. I really like this song. Manhattan Transfer is a great group.

[@polkadothound]

These guys are amazing- been light years ahead of their genre for decades. I could just blow away the whole day listening....

[@Николай-в4ж4ц]

Да, поросто - насллойждайдесь

[@germanchebotarev]

Одна из самых любимых песен!

[@soundmorozov]

❤❤❤

[@stang8160]

I have been a big fan of the Transfers since the late 70's when I first started seeing them on TV variety shows. Their unique vocal harmonies and the sheer range of their timeless jazz/pop hits are phenomenal. This is yet another of the countless songs by them that I love, and the music video is one of their best. It was terribly sad when they lost Tim Hauser, but being the outstanding professionals they are, The Manhattan Transfer lives on.

[@aksitatar9184]

Cheryl's like a dream....