Hot Chocolate - Classic Or Dud?

Mindless boogie 'til we drop, don't stop :(

Probably listen to "Put Your Love In Me" the most these days, but I cherish the memory of caning the Revenge Rework of "Cadillac" at a house party before going out to see the touring Horse Meat Disco - who promptly played the same at the peak of their set, much to the delight of our crew.

RIP.

RIP. Such an underrated group and singer.

RIP

I had completely forgotten "Heaven's In The Back Seat of my Cadillac" until this minute, and I'm not sure how I knew it; it wasn't a hit in the US. Probably a promo single I picked up. I had no idea they had so many UK hits!

oh man, that stinks. this band has never gotten its critical due -- and by that i guess i mean any critical due.

i remember sitting in a coffee shop a few years ago, a bit glum over a shitty situation that had come up at work. this song--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQsg6XXGxXQ

--came on, happily very loud, and suddenly nothing else mattered anymore. what a jam.

Ah didn't see this. Saw them a couple of years ago, apparently he died without ageing

Xp they are the only group to have a hit in every year of the 70s & iirc that continued quite a bit into the 80s!

...and as i discovered a few years ago, their LPs are surprisingly solid. some of 'em, anyway.

xpost.

also, shout out to the scene in 'alice in the cities' when the main character is listening to 'brother louie' on the radio and starts cursing when the DJ fades it out early.

RIP the hitmeister, no doubt about it.

:(

Yeah, I need to delve into these guys more. I don't know them outside their biggest hits, but every one I know I love.

Hot Chocolate were amazing. Thanks Errol.

Saw them a couple of years ago, apparently he died without ageing

he left the band in 1986.

a bbc4 clips doc was just on. I'd just left it on as nothingy background to solitary reading but it was great - I'd never realised how consistently good they were, or even what they were, really - the 60s hippie-ish stuff jarred me into attention.

Yeah, I hadn't heard "A Childs Prayer" since it was a hit. Funny how they used to have alternating lead singers until.

I was about to say that "Mindless Boogie" is the only (surely!) hit single to mention Jonestown until I discovered it wasn't a hit!

It was a bit of a hit. 46.

can we talk about "mindless boogie"? is it the creepiest disco song ever?

One of my favourite Hot Chocolate songs to DJ; always thought it was a great bridge between 50s atom bomb songs and "Drop The Bomb"/Green Velvet ("like clones and robots that we are" makes me think of Alice Cooper's Numan/Devo move). Love the stern/cheek-puffing "very strange, very strange".

it reminds me of talking heads

12 inch of this is perfect and timeless

/Saw them a couple of years ago, apparently he died without ageing/

he left the band in 1986.

lol omg

lol seconded

I liked this = she's right, adults don't drink enough of it.

https://theoutline.com/post/7029/hot-chocolate-is-for-grown-ups-now?zd=1&zi=dc662vvf

i've got some Swiss Miss and I think I'll make a cup. it ain't high falutin' but it's really good when made with milk

haha the group AND the drink are classic. God I am tired!

In my new job there are two women in the small team I'm in. Their names are Emma and Emily. I'm dreading December.

"Every 1's A Winner" is in my top 10 fave songs.

i knew someone who worked at a primary (grade for you north american types) school as a teacher. the staff had an end of year bbq party with all the staff invited, not just the teachers.

the school receptionist, a quiet older woman, got in her cups and for all the assembled told a detailed, rapturous story about making love to Errol Brown after a Hot Chocolate concert in the 1970s

Blimey.

can we talk about "mindless boogie"? is it the creepiest disco song ever?

― the late great, Friday, October 9, 2015 10:01 PM (five years ago) bookmarkflaglink

had literally never noticed the lyrics to this but im giving it a listen and damn, very dark

Fantastic story, Jim

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