I heard this segment on NPR nine years ago and ever since I can't hear Save It For Later without thinking of Adam Duritz boogying it up on acid at the last English Beat show.
August 3, 2009 - For Adam Duritz, lead singer of the band Counting Crows, the perfect summer song is "Save It for Later" by The English Beat."There's just something about the joy of the song," Duritz says. "It just seems so Technicolor to me."Duritz recently spoke to NPR's Melissa Block about camping out in the summer of 1982 at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, Calif., to see The English Beat perform."The sun had gone down, so the lights and the colors from the stage were lighting up as they came to play," Duritz says. "It's funny, because I'm picturing it in the sunlight, and I'm sure that they played it at night. It just seems like this crystalline, perfect summer day, and I'm just euphoric, and this song is just shimmering."The song functions as a piece of nostalgia for Duritz. That performance he attended was the last show The English Beat ever played. Duritz says that, as a result, it represents for him "those feelings that you don't get to hold on to."
"There's just something about the joy of the song," Duritz says. "It just seems so Technicolor to me."
Duritz recently spoke to NPR's Melissa Block about camping out in the summer of 1982 at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, Calif., to see The English Beat perform.
"The sun had gone down, so the lights and the colors from the stage were lighting up as they came to play," Duritz says. "It's funny, because I'm picturing it in the sunlight, and I'm sure that they played it at night. It just seems like this crystalline, perfect summer day, and I'm just euphoric, and this song is just shimmering."
The song functions as a piece of nostalgia for Duritz. That performance he attended was the last show The English Beat ever played. Duritz says that, as a result, it represents for him "those feelings that you don't get to hold on to."
I realize it doesn't explicitly say he was on acid there, but
― how's life, Friday, 23 March 2018 17:46 (six years ago) link
HOW have I never seen the Cool Places video?!?!
Ron got out from behind his keyboards and did that dance when I saw Sparks/ Franz Ferdinand.
― No energy, only great chaos (Dan Peterson), Friday, 23 March 2018 17:48 (six years ago) link
Poison Arrow narrowly over Save It For Later
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 23 March 2018 20:14 (six years ago) link
lol I totally remember that npr segment, how's life, and it affected me in a similar way
― brimstead, Friday, 23 March 2018 21:13 (six years ago) link
Favorites (I have and love [some of] the source albums):I Melt with You - Modern EnglishLove My Way - The Psychedelic FursSave It for Later - English BeatBlister in the Sun - Violent Femmes― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, March 23, 2018 10:09 AM (four hours ago)
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, March 23, 2018 10:09 AM (four hours ago)
^ What Gerald said. Toss-up between "I Melt With You" and "Save It for Later". Went with the former for nostalgia's sake.
― will work for cultural capital (contenderizer), Friday, 23 March 2018 22:05 (six years ago) link
Contenderizer, between this and the Trevor Horn thread we're so sympatico you can DJ my next party!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 23 March 2018 22:54 (six years ago) link
This is Poison Arrow innit. Not my favourite Beat song or it'd probably be them
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 23 March 2018 23:39 (six years ago) link
the first five songs on this are all-time classics, voting "I Melt with You." would have been "Mirror in the Bathroom" if that was the song instead.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 24 March 2018 00:28 (six years ago) link
Throw your next party in central Maine, and you got yourself a deal, Gerald ;)
― not quite as cool as seeing damo's wang but (contenderizer), Saturday, 24 March 2018 00:30 (six years ago) link
Coming down on the side of voting for the most 'new wave' song favorite here allows me to bypass the agony of picking against one of my favorite Marshall Crenshaw songs.Save It For Later. I like the Pete Townshend version too.
― campreverb, Saturday, 24 March 2018 01:30 (six years ago) link
a lot of decent songs that I never need to hear again on this list
― had (crüt), Saturday, 24 March 2018 01:38 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 23:01 (six years ago) link
The Beat song wasn't a hit in the UK, I only vaguely know it, it's very indie sounding. Never liked "The Cutter" much or "Poison Arrow". Voted "Love My Way".
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 23:17 (six years ago) link
https://giphy.com/gifs/dance-dancing-armie-hammer-26Ff68gV7hXgOtVni
― Dangleballs and the Ballerina (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 23:58 (six years ago) link
https://media.giphy.com/media/26Ff68gV7hXgOtVni/giphy.gif
"Blister in the Sun"
― the future is now, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 23:59 (six years ago) link
― System, Wednesday, 28 March 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
Dancing in heaven was my favorite song during the brief span when it was on the radio (8th grade?) Anything with busy synths out front I’d go crazy for
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 28 March 2018 00:38 (six years ago) link
can Armie Hammer dance to "Let It Go" instead thnkx
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 March 2018 02:26 (six years ago) link
Whenever You're On My Mind best song here but I wouldn't call it new wave
― Lee626, Wednesday, 28 March 2018 03:24 (six years ago) link
Rio is an all-time jam. The whole sax solo segment into the final verse & chorus is sick.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 28 March 2018 03:47 (six years ago) link
The Beat
― Hunt3r, Wednesday, 28 March 2018 03:51 (six years ago) link
Love My Way. the best movie sync in recent memory
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 28 March 2018 04:01 (six years ago) link
Each volume seems to have one or two songs I've never heard of, let alone heard. This one has "Teenage Enema Nurse," which I am now listening to for the first time ever. Wacky!
― No energy, only great chaos (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 28 March 2018 14:45 (six years ago) link
Let Me Goooo
― nashwan, Wednesday, 28 March 2018 14:48 (six years ago) link
Ohh i do love that too tho... Too late, alredy voted.
― Hunt3r, Wednesday, 28 March 2018 14:51 (six years ago) link
Teenage Enema Nurses in Bondage was a KROQ staple, such a fun song.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 28 March 2018 16:26 (six years ago) link
'Rio'
― Full of bile and Blue Nile denial (Turrican), Wednesday, 28 March 2018 16:56 (six years ago) link
https://youtu.be/DRoAWuqnCp4?t=18
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 28 March 2018 17:30 (six years ago) link
I'm surprised Save It For Later didn't make the UK top 40. It seems more familiar than that and they had biggish hits either side.
Who are these embarrasing TV fuxxors mocking the dancing in the US video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_Ti1VYUNIs
― If I Could Only Rename My Member (Noel Emits), Wednesday, 28 March 2018 18:04 (six years ago) link
People talk about The Smiths being one of those bands that'll never re-form, but it's painfully true of The Beat... VH-1 had a good go at trying to get them back together, but according to Wakeling they fucked it up so royally that it pretty much ensured the band would never reform.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Wednesday, 28 March 2018 18:19 (six years ago) link
lot of really good songs here but Save It For Later is just a miracle. One of those songs that, when I remember hearing it as a brand new song from the band all the theater kids loved, I feel like -- wow, lucky me, I got to be there for that moment. I consider "I Confess" even better but as it's not on this poll that's neither here nor there
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 28 March 2018 18:30 (six years ago) link
yeah ‘i confess’ is probably my favourite song by the beat, but talk about going out on a high - that whole album is glorious. such a shame that the uk had given up giving a shit about them by that stage
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 28 March 2018 19:40 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 29 March 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
Save It is like a happy Sister Ray.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 29 March 2018 00:53 (six years ago) link
The lack of love for "Sign of the Times" is tearing me apart.
― dorsalstop, Thursday, 29 March 2018 21:22 (six years ago) link
"Sign of the Times" is a good song - I maybe like rather than love it - but it had a lot of tough competition.
― No energy, only great chaos (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 29 March 2018 21:35 (six years ago) link
Volume 10
― Dangleballs and the Ballerina (cryptosicko), Friday, 30 March 2018 04:07 (six years ago) link