I always remember my mother liking this track. She's no longer here. But music has a way of transporting you back to a particular time. She never said why she liked the track so much.
The music feels like the times. Of course ones age always has a big influence. I am 54 and whenever I listen to Prefab Sprout, it takes back to that exact time.
It's great how music does that It's the same for me. Getting old really brings home how short life is. Worrying about trivial stuff when we're young when we should just enjoy
WHO KNOWS 🤔.. WHY DID I WRITE THE SAME THING.? MAYBE BECAUSE I AM FROM "67 !!!!AH 😜 AHAH 😊 HAHHAH .. LISTENING TO THIS SONG TAKES ME TO THAT SUMMER .OUR YOUTH ..MANY MEMORIES..!!!. SO FAR NOW ... GREETINGS FROM ITALY ✋🇮🇹✋ .. HOWEVER YOUR COMMENTS ARE BEAUTIFUL AND NOSTALGIC ...
The six songs on “Steve McQueen” from “Bonny” through to “Moving the River” are relentlessly brilliant; I feel mugged by genius when I listen to them. One of the best runs in the history of popular music.
I agree, the best 6 song run in pop rock ever. If they'd chosen Moving the River to open the album instead of Faron Young, that would be the best whole side ever! Not that I dislike FY or the other tunes on side 2, but those 6 consecutive songs are chef's kiss and set the bar soooo high.
Paddy McAloon one of the uk's most underrated song writers, absolute genius in my humble opinion without doubt one of the best singer/songwriters to ever come out of the U K
I agree, even if you don't like the music, his writing is simply genius. Oh and I love them, born in the eighties but I have almost all there records on vinyl :-)
Whatever country you are, you should have listened to this band back in circa 1985/1986. I heard it over the radio here in the Philippines during those years moving onwards.
I 30' than never heard about them too until months ago, heard a beach cover of Car and girls, is very good too. Groove Da Praia - Cars and Girls, very nice too
Prefab Sprout - One of UK's finest bands - The sound of cool pop sophistication - I grew up on this music - At times I thought I was in on the world's greatest secret that this band was the greatest on the planet but nobody else knew - In 92 when they brought out their greatest hits then many more started listening however they should have been huge - I was blessed to see them play live.
I thought I was an expert in the best of late 20th century music… how am I just discovering Prefab Sprout now?? Better late than never - I’m mindblown. I’m still digging into their discography and I can already confidently describe them as one of the best bands of the ‘80s.
I'm 48 yrs/o , huge 80s music fan and I never heard of Prefab Sprout until last week. Unbelievable! This is soooo good. I haven't heard a bad song yet. When Love Breaks Down, Cars and Girls, The King of RnR, Johnny Johnny....ahead of their time.
I remember their song "When Love Breaks Down" from this album "Steve McQueen" back then on MTV, but unfortunately it was the only song I ever heard at that time by them. This was during my junior year of HS. I remember thinking their style was akin to Dream Academy ("Life in a Northern Town"). Only recently did I look up that song on RU-vid and sampled other tunes like this one. I remember nearly buying this album back then. Wish I had! I remember it came out around the time of Rush's "Power Windows" album (big fan here).
Kelly Paris I found a used 2007 remastered copy for $5.00, with an additional disc of acoustic versions of SM songs. Absolutely phenomenal! Highly recommended.
It's a very sophisticated band with great songs. They may have been a little too clever for mainstream success however. You are lucky to have found them. Enjoy!
Listened to this song after many broken-hearted moments in the 80's. PS was a hidden gem that only a select group of music lovers appreciate. Such a great band.
I love reading the comments cause in a high school of Van Halen listeners I truly thought this was my private band in the mid 1980's. Relieved and happy to find so many others felt the same.
I was also a sick rocker, lol, but I enjoyed some pop ballads too, but from this band I only knew the song "Bonny" and I didn't even know who "Prefab Sprout" was, I could have enjoyed this beautiful band more in my youth...
Is that an Andy Dog 'sweet bird of truth' icon i see before me? man after my own heart...i saw some guy in sainsburys last week in a leather jacket sporting that very artwork on the back of it...The the are a top band/person...
Their absolute masterpiece. A perfect pop-song, of course. Remember the joy of finding 'Steve McQueen' after loving 'From Langley Park' in to pieces. It's a bit like realizing the world doesn't end, or at least to find your flower at home doesn't wither, but recovers after a spur of water.
A lot of good music in the 80's early 90's. Best way to go is go with a song on RU-vid and see where it take's you..Doesn't always work but when it does well worth it.
This song/ and entire album is one of the most underrated and greatest of the 80s...played it for so many years, an emotional piece it was......a long trip to Paris....long hot summers....Paddy is pure genius.. so is Thomas Dolby......80s decade was true living....its weazeltime nowadays....never forget!!
funny enough, I've started seeing it pop up on "best albums of all time" lists; one of the first albums I bought as a teen and still sounds just as gorgeously perfect now as it did then
It's basically a song about a woman(or man?) who has found that their lust for living, and other things, has produced a child. They're basically saying they should name the child Appetite after their appetite for living. I can appreciate Paddy's clever lyrics, but it's really the production that makes this song so great for me.
I got on the Prefab Sprout train late, although I loved Echo and the Bunnymen, The Cure, Smiths, Elvis Costello, Style Council in the 80s, I did not hear Prefab til the early 90s, and am bummed about it, as I truly love all of their music, and Paddy's stratospheric skills...
"Wishing she could call him Heartache but it's not a boy's name." That's the line that sold me on the Sprouts for life. Hard to believe this song is nearly 30 years old now...
This is the first time I saw the music video and... I find it amazing that when I close my eyes every time I hear this song playing on the radio, leisurely driving along the countryside with the wind blowing on your face is EXACTLY what I imagine in my head.
i was probably 20 when i listened to cars and girls, was smitten right then n there! stumbled onto this while simply browsing and Dear Lord! the memories that are flooding me right now!, those wonderful 80s!!! what a brilliant time that was! just glad I passed through those golden years, quite blessed indeed!
60+ years of listening to music and this is one of the half-dozen or so songs where I remember EXACTLY where I was when I first heard it. Soon bought the album and it never has gotten old.
Hard to believe this was only a minor chart hit in the UK and Australia. What an excellent song. I highly recommend listening to the whole album this track comes from, called "Steve McQueen" - very underrated and underappreciated album from that period.
Those little production flourishes Thomas Dolby added add just a touch more magic to an already magical song. Ugh, this song makes my eyes well it’s so damn good
Paddy McAloon is easily one of the most talented yet overlooked songwriters of all time IMHO, right up there with Neil Finn of Crowded House and Colin and Andy from XTC.
For me, this group is just one of the best in the world. Paddy McAlloon is an extraterrestrial in the music world, a true genius. I met them a long time ago near my home in Montpellier, where Neil Conti, the drummer, has returned to live.
I remember Steve McQueen when it was released and had it on cassette! Every single song is strong, musically and lyrically sophisticated and unique. I have just today started listening to it again, on CD this time, and it sounds just as striking and brilliant as it was back in 1985 when it was released. Love it! Superb songs!
Best lines in this great song by far are : "if you take, then put back good If you steal, be Robin hood" Paddy and his lyrics are very deep and spiritual this is why along with the musical element I always loved the songs. If I went out to dance in the early 90s it would be a rave but when I was chillin, it would be soul answer prefab sprout to ground me again 😇😇😘
I ruddy love Prefab Sprout. Heard Steve McQueen coming from the sixth form art room when I was 12 and it absolutely blew my mind. Appetite and Bonny are in my top 20 songs of all time on any given day.
