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Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Hands Off She’s Mine” by The English Beat

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Records don’t get any more downright joyous, infectious and danceable than this classic ska track by The English Beat. Not to be confused with a now-unknown American band that also called themselves The Beat that had this Beat changing their name to The English Beat in America, The Beat were a 2-Tone ska collective that consisted of Dave Wakeling, Ranking Roger, Andy Cox, Saxa, David Steele and Everett Morton. They released three essential albums in the early 1980s: “I Just Can’t Stop It” (1980) where this song was culled, “Wha’ppen” (1981) and “Special Beat Service” (1982), and now they’ve finally gotten the recognition they always deserved with a terrific 5-CD box set released last week by Shout Factory records. The box includes their three studio albums, plus one disc of 12-single mixes and a disc of live recordings from the BBC. They were mostly known on these shores by a clutch of indelible club hits and MTV videos including “Mirror In the Bathroom,” “The Tears Of A Clown,” “Doors Of Your Heart,” “I Confess,” and “Save it For Later,” which was later covered by Pete Townshend. I can remember seeing them in action three nights in a row at a tiny New Jersey club called The Fountain Casino in 1980 with a then-unknown REM as an opening act each night and can attest to how potent their mix of reggae, ska and soul was on stage. After they split in 1982, Dave Wakeling went on to form General Public while Andy Cox and David Steele formed Fine Young Cannibals. They now continue to tour in two different versions of the band…

“Hands Off She’s Mine” by The English Beat

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Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “Hands Off She’s Mine” by The English Beat

Records don’t get any more downright joyous, infectious and danceable than this classic ska track by The English Beat. They were not to be confused with a now-unknown American band that also went under the name” The Beat” resulting in this band renaming themselves The English Beat in America.

The Beat was a 2-Tone ska collective that consisted of Dave Wakeling, Ranking Roger, Andy Cox, Saxa, David Steele and Everett Morton. They released three essential albums in the early 1980s: I Just Can’t Stop It (1980) where today’s Song of the Day was culled, Wha’ppen (1981) and Special Beat Service (1982) which have now been compiled into a terrific 5-CD box set released by Shout Factory records a few years ago.

The box includes their three studio albums, plus one disc of 12-single mixes and a disc of live recordings from the BBC. They were mostly known on these shores by a clutch of indelible club hits and MTV videos including “Mirror In the Bathroom,” “The Tears Of A Clown,” “Doors Of Your Heart,” “I Confess,” and “Save it For Later,” which was later covered by Pete Townshend. I can remember seeing them in action three nights in a row at a tiny New Jersey club called The Fountain Casino in 1980 with a then-unknown REM as an opening act each night, and can attest to how potent their mix of reggae, ska and soul was on stage.

After they split in 1982, Dave Wakeling went on to form General Public while Andy Cox and David Steele formed Fine Young Cannibals. They now continue to occasionally tour in two different versions of the band…

Imaginary Music in 3D

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Two weeks ago on The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity we featured a musical journey into fantasy, so on this episode we are playing songs about imagination: the ability of forming new images and sensations when they are indirectly perceived through sight, hearing, or other senses.  Imagination helps provide meaning to experience and understanding to knowledge; it is a fundamental faculty through which people make sense of the world.  A basic training is listening to narrative storytelling, in which the exactness of the chosen words is the fundamental factor to “evoke worlds”.

Imaginary Music Show

Psychology Today Magazine states that even for those of us who are more visual in our imaginings, music remains one of the most powerful daydream launchers.  In fact, it’s so strong,  sometimes people avoid listening to it at certain times because it has the power to send thoughts in a very particular direction. Music not only affects your creative musings but also your energy levels.  Think about it.  When you hear a driving, rebellious, in-your-face rock song, don’t you immediately vault to either a scene or an emotion that corresponds to the mood of the music when you let it run away?