No one could ever compare to the Chameleons.

53 years old and still able to heave my creaky knees around the front room and bounce like a loon. What a track.

@brhelodrvr

3 жыл бұрын

56-yo here. Same for me. I just downloaded the whole thing from iTunes. Can't wait for live shows to start again and see them come through Seattle at some point (as ChameleonsVox of course).

@nikblanshard8709

3 жыл бұрын

Bet everyone can remember where they were in this era.Saw them at Middleton Civic,awesome would be an understatement! God bless John Lever sadly missed..

@andymcquade

3 жыл бұрын

@@nikblanshard8709 Lucky man. Never saw them on proper home turf, but lucky enough to catch a few other Manc shows. No words really.... RIP John, a true legend.

@AlanUniacke-kt1jh

5 ай бұрын

Borstal Boy I,m 64 and my head keeps hitting the CEILING..

@StevenAddison-akasteaddy

5 ай бұрын

We are all Chameleons ❤

Love The Chameleons. Got to know them all from working in The Dusty Miller in Middleton. I went there as Assistant Manager around 1993. Can you imagine my face when I saw them all stood at the bar 😮 Great set of lads. Still watch them every December in Manchester

I read somewhere that when John Peel first got and listened to a demo from the Chameleons, he assumed it was a practical joke from a signed, established band - he couldn't believe they were an unsigned band.

@AlanUniacke-kt1jh

5 ай бұрын

Poor Boy's never had Computer's then WWW.What.

The most underrated band of all time. My absolute favorite after Joy Division.

@vv247

3 жыл бұрын

Agree for sure... Joy Division are also my favourite ...being 16 in 1980 ! So lucky ,the music was fantastic.

@ivorbiggun710

3 жыл бұрын

This was at the height of my interest in popular music and I listened to John Peel almost every night and yet the Chameleons completely passed me by for some reason. Now I have 'discovered' them I think they have to be one of the most underrated bands ever. I can't help thinking that they were a big influence on Kasabian (although much better).

@nittosantapaola.8350

Жыл бұрын

I find the Cameleons not special, yes there are a good post punk group but Joy Division.. have lightyears distances to all other, apsolut the best

@shane7092

Жыл бұрын

I've been infatuated immediately by the chameleons when I found out about them. This channel didn't introduce me the the chameleons but I found "the sound" recently due to vibracobra23. Been listening to bands like soft kill, the chameleons and the sound lately. Such good music.

@fatheremmet2003

Жыл бұрын

My favourite then Joy Division.

This has to be the best john peel session ever!

First heard The Chameleons in some girls bedroom, sometime in the '80s - thanks Mandy.

Still sounds wonderful. Imagine hearing it in 1981. No wonder Peel fell in love with them straight away.

Forgotten heroes. Middleton’s finest. 👊🏻

@fhs8807

4 жыл бұрын

please dont make any fucking hereos any more , make friends , ty . x

@thesound-chameleonman3580

3 жыл бұрын

not forgotten....

The 80's is the greatest decade ever. How much proof do we need? Dam.

The Cure, the Smiths, Joy Division/New Order rightfully deserved the attention received in the eighties, however so did these guys. Also the Sound.

@MCNOISE666

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. And the Bunnymen.

@yefartz108

Жыл бұрын

Comsat Angels too!

Absolutely brilliant raw music, never to be bettered! Chameleons at their best! Awesome! Can’t say anymore really 😊

Those guitar sounds on Here Today are that Haunting style that takes you to that special place.

@cathsalazar9930

4 жыл бұрын

Sure damn well does man!!!!!!!❤️👍

@theointhebeanie7008

3 жыл бұрын

Vibe is stronger on this version than the studio one imo

@thesound-chameleonman3580

3 жыл бұрын

he sounds like bowie on here today parts lol I wonder why.. nowhere near as good as original.

I have listened to them since 1983 or 1984. I never get tired on their special sound - just love it 🙂🙃🙂

The Fan and the Bellows is an awesome song...The Chameleons are an awesome band

@thesound-chameleonman3580

3 жыл бұрын

I have it signed by...

This whole peel session is so good 🤘

Looking Inwardly sounds so victorious that it comes over as Looking Outwardly!

Why these weren’t massive will always be a mystery to me. Way ahead of their time and better than many who made it bigger at the time

@garypearn5886

4 жыл бұрын

Much like The Sound (Jeopardy a masterpiece), Modern Eon etc... but yeah, awesome stuff... So many variables, marketability, appetite/connxn's of their record label, band unity & luck.

@cathsalazar9930

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely right agreed 100% bro!!!! ❤️👍😻

@vv247

3 жыл бұрын

The label F'd them.

@thesound-chameleonman3580

3 жыл бұрын

@@garypearn5886 Dudley didn't like it lol

@thesound-chameleonman3580

3 жыл бұрын

@@garypearn5886 from the lion's mouth is a masterpiece.

Love this awesome great band!!! Thanks for sharing!!! One of best ever!! Killer indeed!!....... ......👍❤️😻

Music much much better then... miss bands like this..

@cathsalazar9930

4 жыл бұрын

Me too music was so much better then never will be this great ever again!!!! 👍❤️😻

The best twin guitar interplay along with Wishbone Ash...true genius! Saw them in Long Beach around 1985 I guess...never again...they hate each other...too bad....

The Fan and the Bellows has blown me away.

@preving

5 жыл бұрын

great song!

@thesound-chameleonman3580

5 жыл бұрын

Nathan's phase..

@thesound-chameleonman3580

4 жыл бұрын

Mark signed my copy

They 're awesome

Why have I not heard of them before. What a fat sound. Melodic as well

@softlightsymphonyband

6 жыл бұрын

Gregory Swift They are largely unknown by many. Their loss. One of the greatest bands ever.

@clintdavies491

5 жыл бұрын

Softlightsymphony [test vid] The best band ever

@thesound-chameleonman3580

5 жыл бұрын

Interpol STOLE their musical identity.. Killers Editors and Bloc Party too! chameleons got there first!!

@ericjensen9091

4 жыл бұрын

I was a teen in the early eighties. I wasn't aware of them. My loss.

@karencopsey2625

3 жыл бұрын

Same here... Only recently discovered them on Spotify...Been listening to The Cure & every other band for the last 30 odd years... May be its because I'm a Southerner...

Brings Back memories..Rock on..

@cathsalazar9930

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely does dude!!!! ❤️👍😻

Wow, better than than the records! I'd not heard the first and last song before. The opening track is phenomenal. Thank you for posting the works of an amazing band.

@preving

5 жыл бұрын

agreed Martyn Jones. First track is amazing!

@Albrecht777

5 жыл бұрын

I can't agree that the version of "The Fan and the Bellows" here is better than the record. The bass and drums are underdeveloped in comparison, although the ending is nice.

They never fail to put me in a mood to listen to the cure

ugh, the best

@pabloimireia

4 жыл бұрын

The Chameleons & The Sound..

Fuckin fantastic.......

The "people" who've selected the downward facing thumb icon, are forever condemned to traveling up the downwards escalators.

@MarvinSumpter

3 жыл бұрын

They're forever condemned to be Ed Sheeran's marketing people

@markbradley6602

2 жыл бұрын

'You couldn't have phrased it better; well said 👏; marko!'

AWESOME

Yes!

Gah! Thanks for posting!!

Welsh girlfriend got me into these guys 85 whilst at St Athens.

A great performance indeed.

So Kasabian, Bloc Party and Hard-Fi have been doing similar stuff to the Chameleons only 20-odd years later.

This is great actually.

Classic!

God I wish I had seen the lads live. They rock so hard!

Grande voz de mark

dident even know they were recording in '81

Súper bandota!!

woah, Here Today is so tight and hard! makes the album version sound soft! (but perfect nonetheless)

😎

Amazing drummer - this must be their first one, Brian Schofield?

@w4ldron

2 жыл бұрын

I just started a new job where Brian works top bloke

@mikaelsjoberg1894

2 жыл бұрын

@@w4ldron WOW! You do?? Please ask him if he in deed was the drummer on that first Chameleons Peel Session from 1981. If so - please tell him that one of the main reasons to listen to that session is the fenomenal drumming he did on that. I love it.

@w4ldron

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikaelsjoberg1894 yeah it's Brian, he drums on his desk at work haha

@mikaelsjoberg1894

2 жыл бұрын

@@w4ldron Wow to that!!...:) Give him my regards and tell him he sure did an outstanding job , if you would be so kind. I love this kind of drumming style. And thanks to you for letting me know this. 👍

Krakssss +++++ kracsssss

Huge in Manchester but nowhere else.

@whk759

Жыл бұрын

Faux, je suis en France et connais les Chameleons depuis 1983... 😁

(sarcasm intended!) 😉😂

Sounds like The Jam on quaaludes.

@thesound-chameleonman3580

3 жыл бұрын

the melody? disagree.

Interpol ripoffs

@p51mustang18

5 жыл бұрын

The Chameleons formed in 1981. A full 16 years prior to Interpol.

@garypearn5886

5 жыл бұрын

As the title is Peel Session 1981 let's hope you are merely being naughty... Either way, listen to Script of the Bridge, fantastic album.

@thesound-chameleonman3580

5 жыл бұрын

i think i must have been taking the.. lol i know should be other way around haha.. oh only mark burgess of the chameleons messaged me the other day!! going to sign my albums for free!

@tbwatch88

4 жыл бұрын

you're funny fun

@thesound-chameleonman3580

4 жыл бұрын

I obviously was being comical.. oh yes he signed my album.. postcard off him too.. on Facebook