I was there aged 19. Mind blown completely.All these years later and you can still see what an incredible ensemble that 1981 incarnataion of Dexys were. Stunning.
The original and the best, pure energy, the brass section really got you moving and the brilliant drumming right on it, every other was just watered down and too commercial
Yeah m8..im jam fan...saw them from brighton to southend...weller my hero...but allways had a soft spot for early dexys...loads of good music late 70s early 80s....x
When the Jam came to my little seaside town we helped the roadies lug all the gear onto the stage, we were paid a fiver each and they would not let us inside towatch the concert Paul mate.
First year at comp, what an era for music. Bands like Specials, Jam, Beat, Selector, Dexys and these groups shaped my musical life. 54 now, and still love them all. Timeless classic, thanks lads. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Awesome - how a bloke who can't sing to save his life managed to deliver something like this is, well, simply incredible. Big Jimmy steals the show for me...
I used to uave this on VHS as it was on the telly. Watched it loads when I was about 17 and that was well after come on Eileen was a hit. Collected every bit of vinyl for years.
Dexys first band I ever saw Summer '80 @ City hall Cork aged 14 older brother snuck me in classic gig remember playing Soul rebels LP to death 😎 seeing Dexys later this year @ Olympia theatre Dublin can't wait 😎👍 ......
Attended the second night of the Old Vic gigs and up there with the very best performances of any band I've seen in my seventy years on earth. The intensity was incredible and I half expected Kevin Rowland to leap into the crowd and start scrapping at any moment. Saw them again a year later at the Shaftsbury Theatre and, although still a brilliant gig, Kevin was a lot more chilled and polite and the previous year's intensity was missing. ❤
Show me is a favourite.. I cannot fault it.. My regret is never seeing them play.. This band were always being played.. Awesome sound.. Perfect voice... Should I say more?
Thank you,Strong Devoted for a top upload. I felt the intense passion and welcomed The New Soul Vision. (Like the brass to the fore when DMR's live rather than the fiddles.)
😂😂😂 I’ve listened to this album a squillion times. I can probably understand about 40%. Especially when he’s listing Irish writers and I think Michael Rennie gets a look in too. Hopefully a reference to the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still starring Rennie, knowing Rowland. I keep persisting.
I'll never get over the hottness of this brass lineup....even though there's something flat going on here? Can't quite put my finger on it. Or is something too sharp? Spunky bastards with such stamina. Such hard work it would have been and to play with such liveliness a whole concert is amazing!
Experience of a lifetime Birmingham hippodrome tucked away in my soul forever thanks for posting SD 60 THIS YEAR AHHH, Reminisce with dexys to overcome this lol
You can see why..?? People who listen to SKA, via....2 TONE love this music also...as the brass section is tight as F#@K. ...!! Just awesome I love this band ,as well as I love ❤️ my PUNK, SKA, SOUL, NORTHERN SOUL, REGGAE, BLUBEAT, BLUES , and I still have a vinyl copy of "" SEARCHING FOR THE SOUL REBELS "" 🎷😎🍺☮️❤️☯️🌍🏴☠️🎷🎸🎺🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁
You just had to be around at that time .. fantastic .. still dance to this at the kasbah club in Perth on a sat night .. dam this lockdown im missing being a teenager again on a sat night
Theres a self titled live album of this lineup ( Dexies v1.5 ) from a tour, called The Projected Passion Review . Dexys at their absolute peak. Its my favorite Dexys record, never get tired of it.
