Voice of the Beehive - I Say Nothing (Version 2)

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Of all the popular bands from the 1980s, the Voice of the Beehive will always hold a special place in my heart.When l was living and working in London in the summer of 1988,l was hearing their music and loving it.

[@fedlad]

Voice Of The Beehive were one of a group of bands around 1988 - along with The Primitives, The Wonder Stuff, Crazyhead and Jesus & Mary Chain - who were a refreshing alternative to the manufactured Stock Aitken and Waterman music which dominated the charts at that time. Let It Bee is a really good album

[@patricksmith4424]

Don't forget the wonderful Welsh band the darling buds. Their pop said album was wall to wall filled with catchy pop songs, marvelous! I never got why SAW were so despised by the alternative music people. Most of their songs were top notch and boys was their production good. It was Just a great time for music and if only their was some more of that stuff now.

[@waynerothrock1623]

💯

[@globalpilot76]

Nailed it. Yes

[@BillPeschel]

A great band with sharp writing and beautiful voices. They should have had a lot more success than they got. I'm still listening to their songs in 2021.

[@stewartcramer9682]

Same. Lots of interesting pinkish, pop-y writing. Found their CD in a bargain bin in the 90s, been listening to them ever since!

[@padraigsisk4057]

@1.55, I could listen to that guitar day and night, and I'm a punk stroke hard Rocker

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Very true-they should have been as big as the Go-Gos.

[@DavidDavis-pj4oh]

Fantastic, absolutely!!! My God people!!!!!

[@lifeiswonderful2023]

All my teenage years and dreams in a song! Forever grateful

[@Tony-xn7sd]

I saw them in the very early 90's at Maine Road, Manchester, supporting Simple Minds, The Stranglers and OMD, they were fabulous, such a breath of fresh air, I still listen to them every now and then 30+ years later :) x

[@dianerobison617]

That sounds right up my street. Wish I’d gone to that.

[@Tony-xn7sd]

@@dianerobison617 You missed a great gig Diane :/ x

[@sarahaspinallaspinall2072]

wish I could have been to that gig too oh well to late now R.I.P Lord Zion the voclalist wonder if there will ever be a tribute act

[@scarlettphoenix7024]

I used to be comforted because “He’ll leave you black & blue” wasn’t just me. Thank you for the understanding. It really helped me.

[@patricksmith4424]

Brilliant band. I loved this song and the whole Let it Bee album is great. The guitar work is stunning as well. The two girls were American and the drummer was from Madness. They should have been bigger and are so much better than anything around nowadays.

[@nigelskipping7941]

Yes they needed another two songs at this standard and they would have. Still amazing though!

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Very true.

[@damirpozgaj2296]

Yes, Let it bee is brilliant album

[@nosub8969]

How good is the guitar in this ...amazing...the delay solo is one of my all time favourite guitar hero moments ever ...brief but so hard to replicate

[@williamwalton583]

Yes . Like Honeyman Scott from The Pretenders. Precision

[@michaelshurtleff6364]

This song takes me back to the summer between my junior and senior years in high school. Good times...

[@15081972able]

1988

[@tadge72]

Same here . Good days

[@tomcat630]

KROQ FM in LA played it on "Rodney on the ROQ" show in summer .89. On mix tape of mine from trip there.

[@dougkelly8956]

Wow - time travel. instantly familiar and I'm right back in college where I listened the hell out of Let it Bee. Great album and I agree with the sentiment that they really should have been bigger. And, Jod bless 80's videos: "just go out and dance around and we'll piece it together"

[@SteveMusicMan1999]

THE GREATEST SONG OF ALL TIME!

[@frostyhighway9011]

These guys sound great, They always have for me.

[@DaveAisbitt]

Brilliant track off a fabulous album .

[@jeffmorse645]

Deserved way more success than they had. Some of the best pop from 1988.

[@sunnyaura6271]

Totally agree.👍

[@juliesmyth2872]

The whole song is so energetic and fun. Love the clothes and the cancan 'esq look.

[@mlh4711]

they were dreadful, c'mon.

[@jeffmorse645]

@@mlh4711 Opinions are like assholes. Everybody has one.

[@suzannejane1035]

@@jeffmorse645 Spot on!

[@DaveAisbitt]

Fabulous track. Brilliant album.

[@FedeLopezPunic]

I just love the Band! I got Let it bee which is an amazing album.

[@Bick-ll6po]

The 80s were a magical time musically. This song represents that perfectly to me. Lived in San Diego for several years in the 80s, 91X opened my ears to so much of that ethereal jangly atmospheric "new alternative" music that seemed to come out of that whole period. Between them and MTV's 120 Minutes I was exposed to artists and songs that I still love to this day, like this song! I still love this song!

[@ceegh5386]

You're right - a lot of 80s music was just about loving the sound and the videos about wearing colourful clothes - lots of fun

[@ZeldaFitz]

I can’t believe this wasn’t big hit back in 1988

[@fractuss]

Their voices blended so well.

[@edwardedwards6785]

I love this band so much!

[@Paulie80]

Reminds me of live 105 in San Fran 1988

[@allanhouston6980]

KQAK!

[@GenericEmotions]

The one with the dark brown hair is an excellent dancer !

[@bratseth2]

I like how they start to grin, when they mix up the choreography at 3:01 .

[@brickwallpaper]

2021 still listening,, 🎶🎙🎶🎉🎊

[@MichaelBurland-c1j]

Good Hearts in these two ladies. St Michael..

[@traceydaizy]

Love this. Wasn't the drummer in Madness?

[@BTS-rd8wm]

Woody...yes he was/is 😊

[@dervxerox]

Saw them live, so many years ago.

[@jasonpowderly7474]

Me too. Fall 1987 at Queens College, University of London. ....I wake up in the morning and say "Who the hell are you?" Loved that line!

[@fig1115]

what a great song .

[@cprince10]

fantastic

[@suzannejane1035]

I adored this band, they had hits but should have been HUGE-ER!!! XX

[@CuriousCat128]

I like this band to Suzanne, monsters and angels were one of my favorite songs and man on the moon. I love their dresses, my partner has dresses like that Suzanne xx

[@kellyjamescannon]

Tallahassee 1989 best times ever

[@21ccFilms]

I have this on 45 from back in '88. I remember them being on Number 73 and showing "Dawn" how to make dresses out of bin liners. Ah, the random stuff you remember eh!

[@squiddlesmcdiddles3850]

Woody & Bedders from Madness are in this band too. Not a lot of people remember or know that! Your VERY welcome!

[@dougmedina4619]

Bedders left the band before the release of Let it Bee.

[@kathykeeley352]

Great song and video. Dress up and have fun. Totally understand the lyrics.

[@navymiguelito]

When there's still enough money in the budget to rent a wind machine.

[@aversivespider]

and lose a drumstick or two!

[@nick1065]

What a time machine this song is.

[@coeruleo]

i bought the album based on the cover. was not a mistake. still one of my favorites.

[@LuLuNYCtheShihTzu]

Entertaining and thanks for sharing. 👏😊

[@jamesdugas571]

Great neo 80s music here

[@xtraspecialmango]

My sisters fave song at one point....Which kinda made it my fave song at one point too :)

[@briancarr4607]

Just superp (perfect pop )

[@alanburge4798]

Another great pop song yeah.

[@michaelburland7932]

Good Hearts in these ladies . St Michael ❤️❤ xx You know that they could keep a secret. ( Could you ? )

[@williambyron564]

Superb.

[@jameslafferty551]

J’adore

[@jonasvandemoortele4527]

SOUNDS LIKE THE GO GO'S

[@nosaj1939]

Is it me or does it seem people used to actually enjoy making music?

[@eddiecaplan1908]

Jason Ottewell no, you are absolutley right!

[@merge8868]

This brings me Joy every time I listen/watch

[@Caustictherapy]

Totally with you, moderm music is so god damn depressing .. be it the likes of David Lee Roth and Tigertails, to VOTBH, Westworld, Madness heck eve Souixie is a manically happy person comepared to the likes of the people call pop stars these days

[@Fakeaorta]

There is still amazing music. Just harder to find. KEXP.org or KCRW.com and great source to start!

[@VanielDeeform]

Most mainstream chart stuff, sadly yes these days, but like someone said, you just have to dig deep. This group deserved more at the time too.

[@damirpozgaj2296]

Extra class....

[@GoodMrDawes]

Awesome

[@paully1969]

over and over

[@dougmedina4619]

I had a thing for Melissa back in the day. Who wouldn't?

[@beckyjones3254]

This has been my mantra, for most of my adult life. Except, in my head, it always goes 'and I am nothing, and I am no one' Suits me when I'm in my truest form

[@LucianCorrvinus]

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[@15081972able]

Mine too, but probably more about you than most people know

[@morrisey1970]

Very 'Curish'/Cocteau guitar sounds which is a good thing - maybe why I bought the single 🙂

[@thermo32100]

cute song

[@BlueRoom275]

Great shoegazer song!

[@MrSeezero]

They are like the Pretenders since both groups consist of at least one American woman while all the men are from the UK. At least that is how it was when the two groups first got started.

[@chrisdavie8163]

@London Recordings What's the difference between the versions? I'm trying to work it out.

[@paularnoldus1877]

I am pondering the same question....

[@robertjohngunabe3901]

Sounds like Belinda Carlisle and Jane wiedlin of the go go's

[@bradhorton166]

Clean your ears sounds nothing like them

[@boredweegie553]

that's fair . I thought they sounded more like Cindy and Kate from B52s

[@dougmedina4619]

@@bradhorton166 lol!!!

[@davidbates1896]

Woody looks like he's come straight from a Madness around 60 seconds in

[@michaelburland5175]

Good hearted girls here. ♥️.👍.🥰.

[@jamesscott5509]

Good 👍

[@Oliviacaptain]

I heard a girl one day - she had these Long tight legs She said "i get it every night, he calls Me everyday" He'll leave you back and blue - he'll rip You right in two Then wake up in the morning and say "who The hell are you?" And then she turned to me and said "we Know you, tell us some secrets honey we Won't say a word" But i say nothing, i talk to no-one I know what i believe, don't need to wear It on my sleeve I talk to no-one, i will say nothing If we come and go alone why do they need To know ? The boy who's always mad just alone And sad He holds my hand so tightly he says "go away i'm bad I'll lave you black and blue I'll rip you right in two But it is just because i do not know How to be true That's why i sometimes stand alone at Parties That's why i drink so i'll be who they think i am" But don't say nothing, don't talk to no-one I'm not what they believe and if they find Out they will leave Don't talk to no-one just don't say nothing If we come and go alone why to they need To know Arcades - all those endless days of all Those sci-fi slaves The noise was just a drag until you Said "close your eyes and listen 'cause it's singing for you It's swinging just for you It's screaming just for you There is a place somewhere Sometimes you'll find me there If i am alone i will be sitting on the Stairs I'll be good as new, of one of the Lonely few Who's laughing at the joke and as i Leave i laugh for you And i will say nothing...

[@Andrew-yb1uv]

Woody from Madness on the drums :-)

[@15081972able]

If there was a ❤ button I’d press it

[@tkshots]

tres go-betweens to start that off...

[@jasonking1284]

Hmmm.. looks like they were trying to emulate Strawberry Switchblade.....

[@MichaelBURLAND-el3ek]

Good hearts in these girls. ( well I guess their slightly naughty ladies now. Ha ha.) St Michael.❤. One of these videos of this song had RAGE. written at the beginning.

[@nickjh1968]

That guitar sound is so Johnny Marr...

[@bombus2660]

Woody looks so cool

[@melaniewebb3652]

I wonder why they changed the lyric in "I say nothing " from " I get it every night and he calls me every day" to" I see him every night and he calls me every day " 🤔🤔 Just curious.

[@tommyteeth5874]

I noticed that straight away.

[@VideoArchiveGuy]

@@tommyteeth5874 Why do you think? Radio/video airplay. Only alternative stations would play the original lyrics.

[@samoyo7054]

i like voice of beehive i say nothing from 1988

[@sammiianne5295]

How tall is the blonde one man ?

[@MrEdrazo]

Strawberry Switchblade with more colours and smiles... Or... B-52's as Corn Fair Queens...

[@isitric]

Roam or walk the earth

[@ediann]

Cyndi Lauper must have enjoyed this song, band and video!

[@ellaward7489]

These two remind me of frida and agnetha from ABBA

[@ExtinctionLevelEvent71]

British B-52s?

[@sunnyaura6271]

I just ❤️these ausie lassies. ❤️👍👏🎶🎤😎

[@twokee5593]

Sunny Aura the belland sisters are from Southern California.

[@sunnyaura6271]

@@twokee5593 love them all the same. 😁Thanx for putting me right. 👍

[@susanparker767]

🌈🌟 … ✨🙏🏼✨

[@susanparker767]

✨😂✨

[@susanparker767]

✨💃🏼🕺🏼✨

[@IridescentEye]

I bought their album in '88 and love it ... but I always thought of them as a bit of a tongue in cheek band ... a bit of a piss take against the likes of the B52s etc, who always seemed forced eccentricity to me .... this is re-enforced by Dan Woodgate's appearance on Drums.

[@johncoles-pw4qx]

Slightly nerdy but apparently the drummer was Daniel Woodgate.

[@Venetia-h6b]

Kittens

[@jackoneout]

perfect pop???

[@michavandam]

Voice of the Bee-52's

[@doricdave]

And Madness! 😊

[@sunsunnydayz]

Why don't they make music like this anymore. Shitty music nowadays.

[@scribe6982]

The brunette is doing the Kathleen Hanna dance . . .

[@paully1969]

Where's Cla8udia

[@paully1969]

LAZINESS

[@paully1969]

Missng something The chef

[@calumryan6328]

could have used another verse maybe

[@houndoftindalos9580]

Why is C21 pop music so bleeding miserable ?

[@R4lee444]

B-52's

[@MiniOilSlyk]

All done on a mixing desk by record label then marketed as an indie band. b52s rip off.

[@FrazerAston]

This song still Sounds fresh. Kinda Bangles... Gogos. B52s

[@tonypaddler]

Spot on with the three bands that you liken them to! 👌