Curiosity Killed the Cat
Curiosity Killed the Cat was a British band who found success in the United Kingdom pop charts in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
They played soulful, funky pop jazz and were initially signed to Phonogram Records' Mercury imprint. The first came to notice of the UK music and style press when they hooked up with photographer Andy Warhol for the video of the 1986 single Misfit. This featured the band in New York and at one point featured Ben Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot Read Full BioCuriosity Killed the Cat was a British band who found success in the United Kingdom pop charts in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
They played soulful, funky pop jazz and were initially signed to Phonogram Records' Mercury imprint. The first came to notice of the UK music and style press when they hooked up with photographer Andy Warhol for the video of the 1986 single Misfit. This featured the band in New York and at one point featured Ben Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot dancing down a side street whilst Andy Warhol referenced Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" by dropping pieces of white card in time to the music (an efect that would also be copied by INXS in the Mediate of 1988).
Their debut album Keep Your Distance entered the British charts at number one in May 1987, and stayed in the Top Ten for 13 weeks, however the release of that album's "Free" lost some of the momentum by limping to only Number 56 in the UK charts.
The bands second album Getahead was lead by an upbeat funky track called "Name and Number". Even though this record only reached Number 14 in 1989, the "Hey How You Doin'" refrain would find itself in the Top Ten two years later as part of the De La Soul song "Ring Ring Ring (Hey Hey Hey)".
After the lack-leisure performance of Getahead and second single First Place, Curiosity (as they were now billed) found themselves dropped from Mercury Records. However three years after the release of that single they returned to the UK Top Ten as a three piece on RCA Records, with a cover of Johnny Bristol's Hang on in There Baby. However the band's follow ups (covers of I Need Your Lovin' and Gimme the Sunshine) flopped in the UK, which resulted in the album Back to Front only being released in Japan and selected overseas markets.
In the 2000s the band reformed for an appearance on a National Lottery midweek show on BBC 1 and since then Ben Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot has toured under the name Curiosity Killed the Cat on a number of 1980s revival packages.
Since Curiosity disbanded, Ben has, by request, continued to perform both live and in the studio and has recently teamed up with dance supremos "Element" (AKA Bimbo Jones) who have already produced remixes for the likes of Deep Dish, Usher and The Bodyrockers. They are also the co production duo responsible for "Meck's" "Thunder In My Heart Again".
September 4th 2006 saw the release of Name and Number (Megafan Records - www.megafan.org), which was originally a hit for Curiosity Killed The Cat. With Elements magic touch its sure to see the song chart high once again . Ben has just turned 40 years old and says: they say that life begins at forty, dont cha know? But we know not how many cat lives hes used up already!
Keep up to date with Ben and his new solo album at www.benvp.com
Band members
Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot (vocals; * 19 May 1965)
Julian Brookhouse (guitar; * 15 May 1963)
Nick Thorp (bass; * 25 October 1964)
Miguel Drummond (drums; * 27 January 1964)
They played soulful, funky pop jazz and were initially signed to Phonogram Records' Mercury imprint. The first came to notice of the UK music and style press when they hooked up with photographer Andy Warhol for the video of the 1986 single Misfit. This featured the band in New York and at one point featured Ben Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot Read Full BioCuriosity Killed the Cat was a British band who found success in the United Kingdom pop charts in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
They played soulful, funky pop jazz and were initially signed to Phonogram Records' Mercury imprint. The first came to notice of the UK music and style press when they hooked up with photographer Andy Warhol for the video of the 1986 single Misfit. This featured the band in New York and at one point featured Ben Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot dancing down a side street whilst Andy Warhol referenced Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" by dropping pieces of white card in time to the music (an efect that would also be copied by INXS in the Mediate of 1988).
Their debut album Keep Your Distance entered the British charts at number one in May 1987, and stayed in the Top Ten for 13 weeks, however the release of that album's "Free" lost some of the momentum by limping to only Number 56 in the UK charts.
The bands second album Getahead was lead by an upbeat funky track called "Name and Number". Even though this record only reached Number 14 in 1989, the "Hey How You Doin'" refrain would find itself in the Top Ten two years later as part of the De La Soul song "Ring Ring Ring (Hey Hey Hey)".
After the lack-leisure performance of Getahead and second single First Place, Curiosity (as they were now billed) found themselves dropped from Mercury Records. However three years after the release of that single they returned to the UK Top Ten as a three piece on RCA Records, with a cover of Johnny Bristol's Hang on in There Baby. However the band's follow ups (covers of I Need Your Lovin' and Gimme the Sunshine) flopped in the UK, which resulted in the album Back to Front only being released in Japan and selected overseas markets.
In the 2000s the band reformed for an appearance on a National Lottery midweek show on BBC 1 and since then Ben Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot has toured under the name Curiosity Killed the Cat on a number of 1980s revival packages.
Since Curiosity disbanded, Ben has, by request, continued to perform both live and in the studio and has recently teamed up with dance supremos "Element" (AKA Bimbo Jones) who have already produced remixes for the likes of Deep Dish, Usher and The Bodyrockers. They are also the co production duo responsible for "Meck's" "Thunder In My Heart Again".
September 4th 2006 saw the release of Name and Number (Megafan Records - www.megafan.org), which was originally a hit for Curiosity Killed The Cat. With Elements magic touch its sure to see the song chart high once again . Ben has just turned 40 years old and says: they say that life begins at forty, dont cha know? But we know not how many cat lives hes used up already!
Keep up to date with Ben and his new solo album at www.benvp.com
Band members
Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot (vocals; * 19 May 1965)
Julian Brookhouse (guitar; * 15 May 1963)
Nick Thorp (bass; * 25 October 1964)
Miguel Drummond (drums; * 27 January 1964)
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Down To Earth
Curiosity Killed the Cat Lyrics
Shooting stars in midnight pastures
And hanging out on clouds beneath the moon
Hitching rides on magic carpets
It's a fairy tale to me but you're in tune
You're shattered by the final frame of the movie scene
That generates your every aim
You ain't no bird and so far what's it's worth
Gonna bring you straight back down down
Straight back down (come down)
Come back down (come down)
Straight back down y'all
Straight back down to Earth
In times when you're in need of assistance
You're looking for a lead and in the distance
You hear them calling come back down again
But you don't know how
You don't know where and don't know when
You're shattered by the final frame of the movie scene
That generates your every aim
You ain't no bird so for what it's worth
Gonna bring you straight back down to earth
Straight back down (come down)
Come back down (come down)
Straight back down y'all
Straight back down to Earth
Don't want to want to be misled (come down)
Don't want to fall on a razor's edge and
You feel at ease you're begging please
Don't make (take) me down for nothing
Don't want to want to be misled (come down)
Don't want to fall on a razor's edge and
You feel at ease you're begging please
Don't make (take) me down for nothing
You're shattered by the vital pain that is needed now
To tell you not to go insane
You're tempted by I say the cooling breeze
That will bring you down oh come back please
Straight back down (come down)
Come back down (come down)
Straight back down y'all
Straight back down to Earth
Don't want to want to be misled (come down)
Don't want to fall on a razor's edge and
You feel at ease you're begging please
Don't take me down for nothing
Don't want to want to be misled (come down)
Don't want to fall on a razor's edge and
You feel at ease you're begging please
Don't take me down for nothing
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: BEN VOLPELIERE-PIERROT, JULIAN GODFREY BROOKHOUSE, MIGUEL DRUMMOND, NICHOLAS BERNARD THORP, TOBY ANDERSEN
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Lara Ruiz
I might be a little late, but anyways...
First Place Lyrics:
All the wrong things that you've done
Are then redeemed
When you spend your time with me
All I want to know is you'll be around
Even though
We're not together much of the while
And I used to call you the one for me
But if we ain´t got two to tango
Then it's fantasy.
So I'm gonna try to ignore
What I want for myself
It's selfish to force love on somebody else
You fill me with joy
That I'm meant not to waste
I'm just grateful that I met you
In the first place.
In the first place (repeat)
Ever, yeah.
I'm grateful now I realise that
Against the odds I end up spending time with you
Saving tension for those tougher ties
And when they come along I'm gonna be
Headed for maximum highs
If I'd have scored when you defended your goal
Then I'd lack that education arming my soul
So I'm gonna try to ignore
What I want for myself 'cause
It's selfish to force love on somebody else
And you fill me with joy
That I'm meant not to waste
I'm just grateful that I met you
In the first place.
In the first place (repeat)
What is meant to be, will be
You gotta feel that time is on your side
Gotta feel that time is on your side
Forever, yeah
Y'see I look at it like this
To get the best out of this life
You gotta feel that time is on your side
On your side (repeat)
I can't let rejection hurt my pride
Oh no, oh no no no
We gotta thank what adds the most.
That's why I'm gonna try to ignore
What I want for myself 'cause
It's selfish to force love on somebody else
And you fill me with joy
That I'm meant not to waste
I'm forever grateful that I met you
In the first place.
In the first place. (repeat)
Mr Bedford
This is why the 80s should be brought back. A sound business case in this video. Love it!
Pasqualina Lelli
.....some people want to de-populate the planet: they might want to bring the 80s back after they have depopulated it!
OJ13
Mr Bedford, they are an 80s indulgence,. Awesome!
Molly Doherty
WHAT A TALENTED GOOD LOOKING BAND THEY WERE. LOVED THEM
simoncossie
Classic band still listen to them today
jamesdavidkmoss
simoncossie yes yes yes ..
Tony
This band was pure class
Wonder what happened
Pasqualina Lelli
They did not sell their soul to satan. Nowadays only the satanists are kept for longer, sadly. Look what happened to Michael Jackson....
jo smith
Drugz
lucky ducky
Acid House