the trombonist is superlative

That trombone was fire

When I'm depressed I turn to Kid Creole. I love this.

Kid Creole....incredible band leader, arranger, composer......musicianship, showmanship.....DAMN!!!!!

This hypnotising rhythm, trombone solos, epic stage moves of Kid and Mundi are making me watch this video every day. True show, wish I was there.

This is arguably one of the greatest things i've ever seen on youtube. To this... i say yes.

@MrHW54

4 жыл бұрын

Without a doubt

@helen1499

4 жыл бұрын

love it soo much - my neighbours must be soo sick of it- me playing it

@benjihome

4 жыл бұрын

I was there!! Hammersmith Odeon in London. In 4th row!!!

This is getting me through 2020. I watch it every day.

This should be mandatory viewing for all music fans. One of the greatest live performances ever right here.

@terrywalter5620

4 жыл бұрын

yes yes indeed

Anyone that disputes the fact that this is one of the best performing acts of all time then they must go check their ears :D epic performance all round with Lee Robertson out of this world .

@vaughnsigal4560

6 жыл бұрын

Yacine Zaier do you know the date/location of this performance?

@Trismesjistus

4 жыл бұрын

He says something about thank you London a little after four minutes

@devinrobertson5251

4 жыл бұрын

Damien Rice still better.

@benjihome

4 жыл бұрын

@@vaughnsigal4560 I was there!! In London Hammersmith Odeon early 80'S kzread.info/dash/bejne/npN5tqucos_Iepc.html

@user-gp5kh5tu4k

3 жыл бұрын

@@benjihome Me too.

The trombone player is amazing as is this whole performance!

My favourite Coconut song 😊👍❤️🇦🇺

That trombone player HOLY SHIT. THIS WHOLE THING, HOLY SHIT!

@Naflemac

5 жыл бұрын

He's the star of the tune!

@Headwind-1

5 жыл бұрын

Yea I know it is innit

Great entrance bopping out during that great trombone solo, I was fortunate enough to see them a few times opening for Fishbone, English Beat and the Toasters.

i say to my self : lets listen just 1 minute to remember the nice beat. but i end allways watching and enjoying every single second of it!

Augst Darnell...the man...the band, they were ahead of their time. So Friggin' Cool.

The bass player is so cool and the trombonist is so hot. Kid Creole does not hog the stage and that's why he is so great.

how have i missed this for almost twenty years?

Kid is fantastic, to be sure, but let me say to the folks who are commenting that they've never seen such superb stagecraft and production, that actually, years ago, such a grand approach was more common: setting a spell with a long deadly groove, really getting down with it, and building on it until it's just too much, then doing it to you all the more. To do with in such style like Kid Creole does takes a lot of care in planning and staging, and as touring got rockier and rockier financially, more and more got cut from the bands that had a similar approach -- horn sections went, percussion sections went, staging, back-up singers, and so on all got cut,. but back when band leaders could play out big ideas and had good ideas worth playing out, it was a more common approach. If you want to go 'WAY back, you can see the venerable Cab Calloway, who Kid probably considered a god (just a guess on my part, but it's a guess I'd bet on), show a little bit about how 'grand' was done with the Nicholas Bros back in the days when grand was the calling card to have, buckle in and check out kzread.info/dash/bejne/kWytqamthq7YdJs.html . And check out the live peformance of Kid singing Stool Pigeons -- the lovely Coconuts are in it. I don't know why they're not in this song.

The "Kid" sure knows how to wear those clothes, cool as they come!

It's the horns....who does shows like this anymore? Outstanding!

@RonaldMichaelDavis

8 жыл бұрын

+busstopbilly no one

@sheilayoung6590

6 жыл бұрын

busstopbilly MARCH FOURTH !!! Check em out if u like this

@terrywalter5620

4 жыл бұрын

the trombone player is non stop wat a performer wow wow wow

@AffiliateAchievers

4 жыл бұрын

PMJ try to but fail miserably!

@datapolo

4 жыл бұрын

Kassav. Check them out. Ou Lê in particular.

At the top of their game! Spectacular!

Started in 1980, and is still performing. Impressiv is a mild word for it.

there's rhythm, melody, harmony, good vocals, groove, timing, improvisation...ahhh Music!!!!

Listening in Oct 2020. Great showman, great band, great music.

that trombone player is having a fieldday :D this is so awesome :D

This is how a party is meant to be :)

Love to see everyone up and dancing, such a rarity with today's shows! Bring back the old days!

I had forgotten how cool Kid Creole is. This video reminded me in no uncertain terms. I am having a KZread Kid Creole binge. It's truly brilliant, best 'tube time ever!!!!

@terrywalter5620

4 жыл бұрын

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

Now that's how you do a performance. Live and in your face. Do it BIG . He reminds me of Cab Calloway

Un concert de Kid Créole est toujours assuré d un ambiance de folie !

Many bands absolutely do not sound this good live today!!

I have now been totally and completely entertained! Outstanding!

That bass player has some serious groove.

Amazing! The people at this concert got their money's worth.

@benjihome

4 жыл бұрын

yes we did! was in the 4th row and totally well in love with den Coconuts!

What a show. The days when music was real and live. Amazing mix of James Brown and Sphongle, with colorful jazz & rhythm. Wish I had seen it in those days, but had other musical tastes back then. Great to see it on youtube now. Thanks!

Love his classic face features... loving his Cab Calloway style, very classy man 👏👏👏👏

Funk at its best, I had forgotten how dam good Kid Creole is , and well his coconuts ! Yummy

Outstanding trombone player.

Only one chord, but this song is ingenious!!! And the Kid Creole and his band are genius!!!!

The man (Kid Creole is a genius!

@rodneyelkins583

7 жыл бұрын

He's got great moves.

@coolmesser

5 жыл бұрын

Ive always admired august darnell (kid creole). He's an excellent entertainer and he was never a sell-out. Love his blend of music as did Prince. You get funk, caribbean, big band, swing - very impressive arrangements.

@djwsam575

4 жыл бұрын

oh yeah !!!!

Kid Creole was ahead of his time. As a matter of fact the rest of us still haven't caught up.

@ralfhaggstrom9862

3 жыл бұрын

Depends on ..............

Trombone rocks!

BRILLIANT!!!!

Un grand concert, joyeux, beaucoup de talent pour tous les musiciens , gaieté, bonheur et danse, le pied total !!!!

They have to put this video in the wikipedia entry for the word "Show"

@connororeilley4696

6 жыл бұрын

I went to see Kid and the Coconuts in the 80's. I have seen all the greatest bands including Led Zeppelin, etc... This is the BEST SHOW !!! I been to. Except for the Siegfried and Roy Show in Las Vegas maybe.

@ralfhaggstrom9862

5 жыл бұрын

The words, QUALITY SHOW ..................

@angieibiza8141

5 жыл бұрын

yessssss indeed

@terrywalter5620

4 жыл бұрын

halove the vowel sounds hooo ahhh hooooahhh sake

@allenkennedy6748

4 жыл бұрын

Siegfried was a sorely underrated bass player, and in their day was a highly valued session player. The thumb popping technique he invented went on to become associated its the Seinfeld theme. Although he did not actually play on that, he did watch the show frequently. Roy, on the other hand, was a fine guitarist. He never got credit for his musical talent, instead devoting himself to the big cats and fashion design. Their legacy must include their time spent on stage as musical titans. (In the interest of transparency, Connor O’ Reilly is a well-known grammaticist and music critic. His treatise on the impact of disco on Latin music, while hard to read, is nevertheless considered by many as far more than just a poof-piece).

See, I kept singing this song to my friends and I got the same answer from all of them during different occasions. They asked me what island I was from. Guess they just didn't believe that this song actually existed.

flipping brilliant- early 80's (and 70's) was in a REALLY abusive relationship-the coconuts were so free and gorgeous- made me question my life- saw this on tele- this is my funeral song- aint nothin but a party time xx

I saw them several times live. Great band.

saw this tour live in malmö/sweden back in 1985 (or 1986?) as a 'little boy'. it blew me away, as you all can imagine. i'm very thankful for the vhs vid of the london show i got later for christmas. i remember buying my first kid creole vinyl in late 1986 and how disappointing it was to realize how short this track is as the album version.

Ironically, it appears they HAVE taken his coconuts !!

@rjjcms1

4 жыл бұрын

He wouldn't be quite the same without them.

Masterpiece Lee R blowing !!!

Considering the crap that was around at the time - this music is pure genius!

Kid Creole is the only person I've ever wanted to be.....

@pjay9518

7 жыл бұрын

i wanted to be jessica alba

@Cerph

5 жыл бұрын

I wanted to be with Jessica Alba ;o) @@pjay9518

Blessed be DBOSB and all incarnations hereafter. Love foreverer., Sonny Browder, August Darnell (Kid Creole) Coati Mundi (Andy Hernandez), Tommy Sevilla, and, of course, diva songstrees, Cory Daye My love for you overflows ...eternally.

Best video on youtube.

8 minutes de bonheur tout simplement

Dr B uzzard and the Savannah Band has morphed into something much cooler!

Kid muss man im Leben gesehen und gespürt haben einfach eine tolle geniale Band von Kleidung und der Bühnen Dekoration und der Musik war und bin ich immer noch begeistert.....tolle Zeit

SUPERRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HI.....I suddenly had a flash.....from older nice times...dancing in clubs...!THANK YOU

Every time I see this band I think Prince, Blockheads, Osibisa, and Fun, Fun, Fun....and of course COCONUTS!

i love this- dunno why it is not no 1 forever

Sheer brilliance all round and without doubt the best song ever about a divorce.

Shame on me for forgetting the greatness of Kid Creole.

Kid Creole and The Big Band...Light & Love...

Bloody awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanx for posting!

What a great bass player!!

A Kid Creole concert is always a good time!!!

Excellent clip. The Kid was so cool and it still shows here.

The band is superb.

Who forgot how good this is. So tight it’s loose.

now this is a live concert!!

The year is 2019 and this is still head shoulders above all else.

@terrywalter5620

4 жыл бұрын

yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

This is like the best performance I've ever seen. Like maybe number 1 if I was making a top 5. Thank you so much for posting this.

just one of the best versions

great jam the trombone player nails it non stop wat a performer

What a performance! Lee Robertson absolutely nailed it. Love the Kid and the show he puts on

Love this group and there music. Play more , I can't get enough.

Goes out immaculately and completely attired in black, comes back on immaculately and completely attired in white! Superb showmanship and an excellent band. I miss that approach.

Incredible! Under rated talent.

Fiestaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! Enorme Kid Creole, genial Coati Mundi, maravillosas coconuts, cuántos recuerdos de un inmenso concierto al aire libre en La Baule, 82 ó 83?

Still so cool after all this time.

i was there it was the hammersmith odeon early 80's..still have my ticket somewhere...was a great show..xx

@gerrywatson261

3 жыл бұрын

Ray! Your one lucky dude! I can remember listening to Stool Pidgeon on Radio 1 in Summer of 82 and then a mate bought Tropical Gangsters and I was sold! Given anything to seen this show!

Wow forgot about this....... how could I......... 😍😍😍

Regrettably, the music of Kid Creole wasn‘t very successful in the U.S. In Europe it was different; their Rockpalast concert in Germany 1979 was amazing for the audience.

@darkdreamsdontdie6885

4 жыл бұрын

Regrettable sure, but we can be glad that he did find success even if it was over seas. On the plus side, there are pockets here even to this day that appreciate his music.

@hwt-ka-pth

3 жыл бұрын

@@darkdreamsdontdie6885 If by pockets you mean people, here's one build in '93, Netherlands, that discovered them only last year :) why by the way, does everything have to be successful in the U.S.?

@MorenaCro

3 жыл бұрын

BOOOOOOO

Greatest song ever invented thank you Kid Creole I salute

saw them life `82 at an open air in Augsburg/GER with black uhuru, Roger ChAPMAN;; Trio Ideal and others. I was there as a security, but I let some people jump the fence to get in.

I have really enjoyed this !

I seen Kid Creole at the Glasgow Apollo twice in 1983 and 84, they nearly took the roof off the whole place

love this song and the band!

Listening Sept 2020. Great music, great show and great big band sound. Will there ever be another ?

Who ever wrote the movie the mask must have been seen kid creole in this performance

@jeangirard1732

5 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed !

@brimleyhillmassive

5 жыл бұрын

I was going to say the same thing. That creole style is so beautifully flamboyant.

Awesome; Trombone player steals the show!

5:26 LOL

Brilliant showmanship all around!! August and Coati are geniuses!!

Accidently happened upon this video. SO MUCH FUN! had forgotten this group even existed. Thanx muchdeepspacer for posting!

Absolutely brilliant!

I will tell you what makes the so wonderful. Aside from the awesome performance, The director did not cut away every millisecond so you really get the true sense of the performance. Tom M.

I saw his 1982 Tour at Portsmouth Guildhall, UK . It was only the 2nd live gig I’d ever seen. Stool Pidgeon was in the charts at the time. blew my 15 year old mind in terms of the theatricality of the performance. and so many people on stage! Quite exotic in the days of four hairy blokes with guitars! Or four equally hairy blokes but with awful makeup and a synthesizer!

This is world musical culture wrapped in a burrito. Muy bueno.

Que pedazo de TROMBONISTA. BUENISIMO