Oh this song makes me so emotional. Not just for the 80s, I was 16 when this was out and I have to say it wasn't a good time for me literally running away from my abusive father but the whole lyrics just makes me so sad. I still listen to it though 😢
Isn't it weird how a song can take us 2 a bad place yet we still listen. So sorry you had to suffer especially from a father who should be there to keep you safe ❤
A time when two young girls could make a band, go shopping on a Saturday afternoon in Glasgow centre and then listen to themselves on the chart update on the radio at there grandma’s on a Sunday afternoon.... Life was simple and good.... Just like the music.
used to see them both walking about Glasgow in the early 80s up near the art college,,,they just looked like they are in this video,,,two very good looking girls that stood out from tbe crowd.
@@Vyxia not even joking, rose mcdowall (the short one) went on to be a pretty important figure in the uk underground neofolk/avant-garde scene. she worked with groups like current 93, coil, death in june, nurse with wound, and psychic tv. she also sung lead vocals on this album right here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pHbkwgOnQpc.html I hope this was helpful to you.
Just close your eyes and then remember The thoughts you've locked away When tomorrow comes you'll wish You had today And as we sit here alone Looking for a reason to go on It's so clear that all we have now Are our thoughts of yesterday If you're still there when it's all over I'm scared I'll have to say That a part of you has gone Since yesterday And as we sit here alone Looking for a reason to go on It's so clear that all we have now Are our thoughts of yesterday Well, maybe this could be the ending With nothing left of you A hundred wishes couldn't say I don't want to It's so clear that all we have now Are thoughts of yesterday
"And as we sit here alone looking for a reason to go on, it's so clear that all we have now are our thoughts of yesterday" I don't think a lyric has ever captured my life as perfectly as this one this one does.
This was on a mixtape I got from a shy, awkward friend. Programmed computers on his spare time. Clumsy. He got mocked sometimes. Highly intelligent, became highly educated. He started working at an IT firm directly after a top engineering university. After some years, he suddenly took one year off. Traveled. Bought a motorcycle (he was not the motorcycle type). As if he had enough of his tidy life and wanted to break free. After some time, not long after he bought the motorcycle, I heard he died in a traffic accident. Somehow I wasn't surprised; this tall, skinny, clumsy man trying to control one of these beasts in a highly trafficked city. He was the first same-age person I knew that died. Felt sorry for him. He didn't enjoy his free life very long.
I'm sure he felt he lived life to the fullest. He did his best in things he had a passion about, then went to pursue freedom - he is at where freedom is at the highest pedigree now, I believe that!
Du de Normaundie one of my freinds died in a motorbike smash hit a wall at high speed he was only 20 he used to get bullied a bit for being scruffy and was a bit of a loner, he always said I made him laugh when we walked home together from school
Why does this sound like the type of song you'd play at a funeral or memorial and people would burst out crying because the lyrics mirror how they're feeling but in a cheery tone
@@richardbriggs8509 This is the original. Strawberry Switchblade released their self-titled EP with this song in 1984 (and it was recorded in '83), while the Current 93 version wasn't released until 1988.
@@listen_to_the_snail Yeah current 93's is great too, but these gals wrote the thing. David Tibet respected them highly apparently. And to mocha barbie, it's a perfect contrast of melancholic lyrics with an upbeat tune. It's bittersweet and pulls on the heartstrings in a very powerful way, brilliant stuff, bravo girls!
Saw someone wearing a strawberry switchblade t shirt the other day and checked them out. Interesting band from the 80s had not heard of glad I found them
What a trip. Today I saw a 30 yr old kid, well he's a kid to me since I'm 44 yrs old, wearing a shirt of this band. I struck up a conversation with him, and we chatted about music for a solid 45 minutes. We like a lot of the same music. It was surreal talking to someone 14 years younger than me who knows a lot of bands I grew up with, let alone same bands I like. Good to see the younger generation(s) carry the torch of great bands. For a fleeting moment, it restored my faith in humanity.
The scots never get enough credit for anything, but that's okay. We know who we are! Scotland has contributed so damn much in all regards to humanity in spite of their small size, GO SCOTLAND!
This is one of the finest pop songs ever, a genuine classic! Rose and Jill looked so beautiful as well, absolutely gorgeous! This song more than other takes me back to being a teenager. Thanks for the memory Ladies!
I was 13 when this came out and absolutely loved them to bits. How they looked and dressed was just wonderful; I so wanted to be them and look that attractive. Unfortunately I was born male, but now almost 40 years later I’ve started transitioning and I still find I want to look like Jill and Rose. 🙂
Boy does this warp me back to my childhood, one of my absolute all time favourites, shear nostalgia. Apparently they were huge in Japan, I wonder where they are now?
They were Big in Japan,which sadly they were not here in Great Britain. The very clever band Japan had even higher notoriety in Japan,as the times and the culture were very visual oriented along with the unique position they held at that time. Nothing comes close by today's dismissal offerings.
Yep, I'm getting an 80s fringe, once the hairdresser's are open again. I did actually suit in it. Being a goth and SE Asian, I don't need to dye my hair black, but I might get colourful clip in's
I'm glad my friend John Smith from high school in the 80's turned me onto this band. They are still one of my all time favorite bands in the world. I spin their records in the clubs like a religious belief, I love them so. Their music always makes me feel alive again unlike today's mainstream. You wont replace these girls ever. D.J. -Willie-
When I was 14 I lived in London (1985) and I bought a compilation cassette tape with this song on it, I think it was from Smash Hits magazine. It also had Tracy Ullman's "They Don't Know", another classic song that never got the fame it deserved. I wish I could go back to the 80s with you. We didn't appreciate how good we had it back then - those were the days of true creativity and experimentation in music, film, art and fashion.
One of 1984's finest! I can't believe I was 6 when this came out. My mum had the radio on more than the TV, and this was always playing. I'm instantly transported back whenever I hear it :)
I knew both Rose and Jill back in the day and Jill is still writing and tours and Rose still writes as well. Would love to see them get together and tour again.
Sadly Jill is a bitter and vindictive person who has spent the last few decades trying to destroy Rose' career through rumour and subterfuge, but Rose will be performing until she dies, with much more capable and lovable people. Catch Jo the Cellist while you can, she is an incredible instrumentalist.
@@jhowardsupporter OK. I'll take up the challenge. All in good fun. Aside from numerous vinyl records, including Trees and Flowers and two of Jolene, I have a Japanese pressing of their CD. And also something called The Platinum Collection which was released rather more recently (2005) with the same track listing as the album CD plus Jolene and a few others.
Oh yes! I recall the Polk-a-dot skirts and hairbands when I was a teeny 12-13!. I loved these two female role model alternatives and they have definitely made history here!
Our thoughts of yesterday indeed with this beautiful song when music was this good. July 2020 and we are still listening to this, you all know good music then. 😎👍👍😎♥️🎵👋👋
Most gorgeous couple of girls so far ahead of their time, they practically invented the scene fashion style 20 years early. Plus, the music is phenomenal, perfect intelligent melancholy pop music, or whatever you want to call it.
BeardedHoplite Goth music is basically 80’s alternative. Goth was invented in the 80’s and got it’s edge in the 90’s. So it will always have that 80’s flavor to it. Also scene ripped off goth. “Scene” looks existed in goth waaaaay back in the day.
David Arriaga got its edge in the 90s? It was over as a cool scene by 91, what was left became either sub metal dirge or goth lite. It’s peak years we’re 84-88 when the Sisters ruled supreme and The Cult (never really a goth band) became stadium rock. It was on offshoot of punk that became its own thing.
Duncan Garvey I’m aware, but it had more of a draw in the 90’s, granted it was heavily industrial influenced and even slightly metally, you should watch som goth RU-vid’s from the 90’s and heat their experiences, the scene simply evolved as it does. I know about Goth music and the many genres that make it, I am goth, lol, one of the coolest things about goth is it’s a subculture that sure maybe in purity died out, but it planted to seeds for many things, and it evolves with each new generation.
David Arriaga Every generation shits on the previous one. Talk to anyone from any youth scene, and it definitely “died” after they grew up, coincidentally.
They were like chalk and cheese, hence the acrimonious break up a few years later. I saw them on Goth on the BBC on BBC 4 on Halloween night, and it was mentioned in a subtitle. I looked on their official website and read in the interviews they gave over the years that they although they were both brought up in Glasgow but they came from completely different backgrounds and when they met though being in the same circle of friends it took a few years to get the courage to speak to each other out of 'shyness'. They only connected as both wanted to form an all girl punk band. Jill's parents were middle class, and she had suffered from agoraphobia so bad she couldn't go to school for a year. Rose was brought up in a very rough area of Glasgow and had seen people get murdered including her younger brother, and also her cat was killed in front of her.
lemsip I remember seein them as the first guests of the year on good morning Briton not sure what year it was but I thought they were gonna be massive. Fancied the black haired one right off. Bit of trivia did u know how they got their name? They knew a bunch of lads in another band an one of the lads told them they were gonna call themselves strawberry switchblade but the others in the group thought it was to girlie so they never used it so the two girls decided to pick it as their name. Cool hey. The shit you remember as you get older haha
I'd wondered if it'd stemmed somehow from a book called The Cross and the Switchblade about New York Gangs. One of my teachers read extracts from it to us in class around the end of the 70s/start of the 80s.
i wonder if maybe there was only so much they could do with the the theme of dark, sad lyrics buried under saccharine. i think the name was an illustration of how they wanted you to be drawn in by the sound and then gutted by what they were singing.
The punk movement expanded rapidly in the United Kingdom in 1976. At the time, Rose McDowall and Jill Bryson were part of the bohemian art scene who adored the New York Dolls and who followed Scottish punk band Nu-Sonics (later Orange Juice) during their career, with McDowall playing and recording with Paisley punk band The Poems. Bryson studied for four years at the Glasgow School of Art where she achieved a BA honours degree in mixed media. As friends, McDowall and Bryson socialised in Glasgow pubs, catching many local bands at the time. One of these bands was Orange Juice, fronted by Edwyn Collins. Members of New Pop and Orange Juice had recorded a live version of "Felicity" as a flexi-disc and intended to release it. A fanzine, to be titled Strawberry Switchblade after a James Kirk song, was planned to promote the flexi-disc but never materialised. The "Felicity" flexi-disc was eventually released in conjunction with the debut Orange Juice single, "Falling and Laughing". McDowall was later given the name by James Kirk. The band's very first incarnation, an all-female 4 piece, recorded one demo at Glasgow's Hellfire Club and played a handful of gigs. Friends Janice Goodlett and Carole McGowan completed the line up on bass and drums respectively. Strawberry Switchblade played at a John Peel gig in Scotland, and he invited them to record a session for his BBC Radio 1 show in October 1982. They also recorded a session for David Jensen's Radio 1 show three days later. On both sessions the band were augmented by James Kirk from Orange Juice on bass and Shahid Sarwar from The Recognitions on drums. Early days making records. The sessions were heard by Bill Drummond (a Scottish musician who went on to form The KLF) and David Balfe, respectively manager and keyboard player with the recently defunct The Teardrop Explodes, who became the group's managers. The band's first single, "Trees and Flowers", was released in July 1983 through 92 Happy Customers, an independent record label run by Will Sergeant from Echo & The Bunnymen, and sold over 10,000 copies. It was featured at number 47 in John Peel's 1983 Festive 50. "Trees and Flowers" was written by Bryson about her anxiety disorder, agoraphobia. Drummond signed the band to Warner Music Group subsidiary Korova in 1983. They got a full backing band with whom they toured and began recording an album with producer Robin Millar. However, at the record company's behest, they reverted to the duo of Bryson and McDowall and for production duties they hired David Motion, who would soon go on to produce hits for Red Box. "Since Yesterday" In late 1984 their second single, "Since Yesterday", was released. Having been given a large marketing push over the festive period, it became a UK top ten hit in early 1985, peaking at number 5, and also met with success in Europe and Japan. Their cover version of "Sunday Morning" (originally by Velvet Underground) was released as an extra track on the 12" of "Since Yesterday". It was not included on any of the Strawberry Switchblade albums. The track's opening fanfare came from the third movement of Sibelius's Symphony No. 5.
Lyrics: just close your eyes and then remember The thoughts you've locked away When tomorrow comes you'll wish You had today [Chorus] And as we sit here alone Looking for a reason to go on It's so clear that all we have now Are our thoughts of yesterday If you're still there when it's all over I'm scared I'll have to say That a part of you has gone Since yesterday [Chorus] Well, maybe this could be the ending With nothing left of you A hundred wishes couldn't say I don't want to [Chorus] It's so clear that all we have now Are thoughts of yesterday.
This song popped into my head about a month ago, and I couldn't think what it was or who sung it. It was driving me nuts. So today I did the Google listen and whistled the tune, thinking no way would it recognise it....and it did!!! This song brings me back to days when music was clean, fun and fresh.
This song reminds me back in 84 around this time early December I was 16 and working for Royal nail as a cadet we had a union meeting in our canteen because there was going to be a walk out ,strike one of our drivers put the TV on while we waited for our union rep to come up and the late but sadly missed Steve coke said great strawberry switch blade he turned up the TV and it lifted the atmosphere ,all was well great memory ,it was on a mid morning chart show on ITV ,freedom by wham followed great times
This song does something to me EVERY TIME I hear it! Too bad Strawberry Switchblade never really got the credit they so richly desevred here in the United States. They were AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rose mcdowell has an amazing voice!! anyone thinking this is just pop nonsense, remember, she has a great reputation in the underground! she's done great work with COIL, current93, psychic tv, nurse with wound etc etc!! her other work, SPELL and SORROw are great!! she hasn't changed much...... still amazing!
@@scherryvalentine9673 😂no.... that’s Cosey fanni tutti.... Chris Carter was her band mate in throbbing gristle and is also her husband! Rose McDowell is the ex wife of ex COIL member Drew Mcdowell..... en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosey_Fanni_Tutti en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_McDowall
@@schreineinAV Ah! Thank you! I am old now and get them all confused. I listened to a little Psychic TV long ago. So it was Rose who sang with Current 93 then? Current 93 and Jarboe defined my summer of ‘96. Strange and precious memories.
Ruple Thaker It was hell. Ads on tv every 15 minutes, the same ones all day and evening, five BORING minutes at a time,programmes sponsored by blah blah, ads too loud, always banging on about the internet I didn't have, repeats, repeats, repeats of adverts and programmes,and generally crap programmes.
***** All a telly's good for now is DVD, console gaming, digibox ( whatever they're called, my Mum keeps promising me a hand me down) and internet thru the console. Pig sick of good movies and programmes destroyed by constant advertising.
I remember this song from back in the day. Interesting part is that they were both art students at the Glasgow school of Art. Same for the Rezillos who went to the Edinburgh School of Art. So that reflects in their comic book 0:03 outfits and in their videos. A bit on creative, artsy, and outlandish side. 0:03
I totally forgot this great song - haven't heard it for thirty odd years at least! Memories! You don't realise how quick time goes nowadays when you are older 😭
One of the most underrated musical artists of the 1980s! I feel lucky to have recently discovered their music, but its a shame they aren't more widely known. They are amazing! The fashion style is also way ahead of its time. It's definitely 80s goth inspired but is VERY similar to Scene fashion that became super popular in the mid 2000s. It even reminds me of Otaku fashion and clothing that is currently very popular in the 2020s. I hope they get more recognition, they deserve it!
this song was stuck in my head for years (since the 80's actually) and i didn't know who it was until tonight when i heard the song 'beach baby' by 'the first class'. i recognized the horn part. it was very similar. i did some clever googling and found out it is from 'symphony no. 5" from "sibelius". well, wouldn't you know, the wikipedia had a listing of popular songs that used that horn section and one of them said "strawberry switchblade, since yesterday, 1984" and i said "thats gottabeit!!!"
I grew up in the 1980s and am familiar with a lot of songs in the era. But I have only heard of Strawberry Switchblade and this song a few days ago. I thought this could be a fairly new group and the song must have been released fairly recently. Until I did a Google search. Wow, what did I miss!? It hurts knowing that I have not known of them earlier.
1980s memory of an American kid visiting the UK; friends of mine there were bragging that their music was better than American music, and they asked me, "Have you heard of Strawberry Switchblade? They're BRILLIANT!" Well, the group had never crossed over to our side of the pond, so no, I had not heard of them. But years later I agree; "Since Yesterday" is a terrific pop tune, and today I enthusiastically champion Strawberry Switchblade just as those friends of mine did so many decades ago. :-D
Never heard this since just now on tik Tok...and has someone borne in the 80s and grew up in the 90s how come I never hear this till today.ITS BRILLIANT..and is screaming for a decent remix
Jesus, I miss the 80s and miss being a teenager to be honest with you, for all the adults who have grown up in the 80s I salute you all to experiencing a great time to be around great music and life Without a care in the world 🌹x
I remember was a teen around 1991 seeing girls dress like this. ... I , from afar found them rather beautiful. And this song though mid 80s has always been in my heart ❤
Came out before I was born but my pops raised me listening to the CD living in oblivion 80s greatest hits and just found this gem again. Too bad music will never be this good again
I'm 43 too, love this track so much - Could have sworn it was out earlier than 1984, I think I first seen in played on BBC's "The Saturday Picture Show" in 1984 with Mark Curry/Maggie Philbin - The track's opening fanfare came from Sibelius's Symphony No. 5 - I never realised that until i heard it play on ClassicFM
Really one of my all time favourites. The other guys in the studio called me a pervert but I love these cheesy sounding records so much that a bought a cassette player just for this stuff. Thanks for sharing.
Came here from the video by Pseudiom about them but have fallen in love with this track. So wonderfully melancholic yet beautifully cheerful, and I think this song understands me as much as I understand it.
Sibelius's Fifth Symphony is playing from the Albert Hall right at this moment 9pm 21/8/2014. Odd having that coming in one ear and the Blade in the other.
That also gets used in the coda of Beach Baby, by The First Class. I'd love to hear someone do a mix or crossfade from Beach Baby into Since Yesterday - every time i listen to one of them, I hear the other.
Wow! How has this been out since 1985 and I'm only discovering it now. Incredible track! Ohhh the discovery of music... 1. Friend sends me a link to check out the latest release from a group called "Lust For Life" 2. Interested enough in the song that I read up on the band and learn about their current record label called "Sacred Bones Records" 3. Go to labels website to check out their artist roster and happen across the artist Rose McDowall and listen to the album Cut With the Cake Knife. 4. At first I'm under the impression she's current so I look her up on youtube and this song keeps popping up. 5. I take a listen, instantly fall in love with the track and than realize the song is from 1985, sounds current to me. 6. Now I have something new and exciting to share back to my friend!
We did have some decent stuff in the eighties, you had some of the poncy boy bands with the bad hair then fantastic girl bands, Heart, Bananarama, go go's, Bangles, Mel and Kim,. Bands with female , you've got to listen to Divinyls and T'pau
I got 80s personal revival of late. Girls look so cute, innocent and so beautiful in their original fashion. This video of the girls made by Tim Pope (He did for The Cure as well) and was big in Japan when I started to get into British - Glaswegian music!
It's so clear that all we have now are our thoughts of yesterday? Ahem, perhaps that is all we have. But what thoughts they are! All the best, Jill and Rose. You rock.
Can you get anymore 80's than this song? The hair, the make-up, the earrings, the bangles, the clothes, the colourful and slightly tacky video, the amazing synth pop sound - I love this song! I love these girls!
My first real connection in secondary school, we ignored english lessons and drew pictures of Strawberry Switchblade and Tik and Tok; I loved you Nina xx
+George Mortimer Not BRADFORD Maestros? I think I might have went in once, but probably not, I'll have been drunk. But I'll have been over 18 at the time so they wouldn't have wanted me. More a Rio's boy. And they may as well have been an alcoholic nursery.
