1) The English two-tone ska band The Beat known as The English Beat in North America and The British Beat in Australia.
2) The American power-pop band became known as Paul Collins' Beat in Europe.
1. The Beat are a band founded in Birmingham, England, in 1978. Their music fuses ska, pop, soul, reggae and punk rock.
The Beat, consisting of Dave Wakeling (vocals, guitar), Ranking Roger (vocals), Andy Cox (guitar), David Steele (bass), Everett Morton (drums), and Saxa a.k.a. Lionel Augustus Martin (1930 – 2017) (saxophone), released three studio albums in the early 1980s: I Just Can't Stop It (1980), Wha'ppen? (1981) and Special Beat Service (1982), and a string of singles, including "Mirror in the Bathroom", "Too Nice to Talk To", "Can't Get Used to Losing You", "Hands Off, She's Mine" and "All Out to Get You".[3]
Although the group’s main fan-base was in the UK, they were also popular in Australia thanks to regular exposure on the government-owned rock radio station Triple J and the nationally-broadcast TV pop show Countdown. They had a sizeable following in the U.S., and a strong presence on that country’s college radio.
After the break-up of The Beat, Dave Wakeling (guitar, lead vocals) and Ranking Roger (vocals) went on to form General Public, while Andy Cox (guitar) and David Steele (bass guitar) formed Fine Young Cannibals with vocalist Roland Gift.
Members of the band often collaborated on stage with The Specials and performed together on tracks such as “Free Nelson Mandela”. In the early 1990s, Roger joined members of The Specials to form the new band The Special Beat, which released two live albums.
Ranking Roger’s son, Ranking Junior, has followed in his father’s footsteps. In 2005, he appeared on The Ordinary Boys’ single “Boys Will Be Boys”. In 2003, The Beat’s original line-up, minus Cox and Steele but with the addition of Junior, played a sold-out one-off gig at the Royal Festival Hall. As of 2005, The Beat has reformed, counting Roger, Blockhead and Morton of the original line-up, with Ranking Junior also on vocals. The band is said to have the blessing of Cox, Steele and Saxa (of Desmond Dekker fame).
The Beat’s lead singer Dave Wakeling also continues to tour as The English Beat, as he has done for the last three decades, with an amazing all-star ska backing band playing the hits of The English Beat, General Public, and his new songs.
Saxa died on 3 May 2017, Ranking Roger died on 26 March 2019.
2. The Beat (known in Europe as The Paul Collins Beat or Paul Collins' Beat), were an American rock and power pop group from Los Angeles, California that formed in the late 1970s. The Beat resurfaced in the 1990s and continues to tour and record new material as Paul Collins' Beat. Frontman Paul Collins has released several projects with his alternative country group The Paul Collins Band, who play Americana music inspired by country rock and folk rock.
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The Beat Lyrics
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He told me that he liked you too
But then I saw him kissing you
I could've died when he said
Hands off, she's mine
Hands off, she's mine
Hands off, she's mine
Hands off, she's mine
I wanted no
Hands off, she's mine
Hands off, she's mine
I knew that this was real although
It usually comes mixed up with fear
I knew that I could wait although
It just might take a thousand years
Said, hands off, she's mine
Hands off, she's mine
Hands off, she's mine
Until the end of time
Hands off, she's mine
Hands off, she's mine
La la la la, la la la la
La la la la, la la la la
Now we're going steady been together several weeks
I check out all the other guys
Who we see on the streets
When I say, hands off, she's mine
Hands off, she's mine
Hands off, she's mine
It takes up all my time
Hands off, she's mine
Hands off, she's mine
Hands off me daughter
I tell ya get your hands off me daughter
C'mon mek me said don't mess around on ya
C'mek mek me tell ya don't want ta get ya
La la la la, la la la la
La la la la, la la la la
Funny how the best things
Never last for every day
I thought she was my girlfriend
Till I heard that someone else was saying
Hands off, she's mine
Hands off, she's mine
Hands off, she's mine
Hands off, she's mine
Hands off, she's mine
Hands off, she's mine
Hands off, she's mine
Hands off, she's mine
Hands off, she's mine
Hands off, she's mine
Hands off, she's mine
The lyrics to The Beat's song "She's Going" portray a woman who is in a difficult and complex situation with a man. She doesn't want him, but she can't bring herself to tell him. She doesn't love him, but she's unable to leave him. She's stuck in a cycle of unhappy emotions and unfulfilled desires. The lyrics imply that she's succumbing to depression and isolation, illustrated by how she hardly ever makes a sound or has the energy to hit the ground. The woman is consumed by her situation, and the only time she'll be free from it is in death.
The song highlights how love can be challenging and it can require sacrifices that are uncompromising. The woman is in a situation where she's unable to compromise with the man she's with. The lyrics also reflect how people can be oblivious to the people they love's emotions and feelings until it's too late. The woman has tried many times to tell her partner how unhappy she is, but he's not interested in what she has to say, and that makes her feel helpless and unhappy.
Overall, "She's Going" is a poignant song that highlights the complexities of love, relationships, and how people can be trapped in unsatisfying situations.
Line by Line Meaning
Don't want him
She is not interested in him
But she can't bear to tell him
She does not have the courage to reject him
Don't love him
Her feelings for him are not strong enough to call it love
Love is uncompromising
She believes love is either all or nothing
Can't leave him
She feels trapped and cannot end the relationship
No never never,
She firmly believes that leaving him is not an option
So next time she meet him they'll both be in heaven.
She hopes that their next meeting will be in a better place, emotionally or spiritually
In a de corner,
She is isolated and feeling down
But she hardly makes a sound
She is keeping her feelings and thoughts to herself
She never get the energy to hit the ground.
She is emotionally drained and feels like she can't cope anymore
Like her prescription
She is addicted to a harmful substance
The drink tastes bitter
The substance has negative side effects
As she turns round
She begins to realize the potential harm in her addiction
Found out that something hit her
She realizes the harmful effects of her addiction on herself and others
Would he notice?
She wonders if he would notice if she was gone
No never never never
She doesn't think he cares about her enough to miss her
Would he miss her?
She wonders if he would miss her presence in his life
She doesn't really care
She is indifferent to the idea of being missed
I guess you thought it was an ordinary row.
She believes that he underestimated the severity of their issues
Well you were wrong.
She wants him to realize how wrong he has been
Just take a look at her now.
She wants him to see how badly their relationship has affected her
She's leaving,
She has decided to end the relationship
Too late to take her home.
It's too late to save the relationship
Too late to tell her you love her.
It's too late to change her mind
She's freezing,
She feels cold and lonely without him
Rather be dead than alone.
She would rather die than be alone
I think you're too late she's gone.
Their relationship is over; it's too late to save it
Worry worry
She is anxious about the state of their relationship
Over the way things are
She is concerned about the current state of their relationship
She tried to tell him
She attempted to communicate her feelings to him
About the way they might have been happy!,
She believes that they could have been happy together
But now it's gone too far
Their issues have escalated to a point that cannot be resolved
She'd rather die than live to behave so badly,
She is ashamed of her behavior and would rather not live with that shame
She found out that you don't give a damn
She discovered that he doesn't care about her or their relationship
Just watch the spirit slipping out of her hand.
She is losing hope and faith in their relationship
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: ROGER CHARLERY, ANDREW COX, ANDY COX, EVERETT MORTON, DAVID STEELE, DAVID WAKELING
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@DW11111
@@MM-gf5vm why specify gender?
Bonham
Peart
Rich
Mangini
and many others
She doesn't hold a candle to them on their worst days. Sorry but its true.
You sound like the butthurt feminists when John McEnroe said Serena was the best female player of all time. Why not just tennis player of all time? Because a male player ranked 206 decimated her playing like a 600 ranked player "just to keep it interesting". Same principle here. The drums in this song sound busy but its technically simple.
@wadekemmsies7180
Whoever came up with that bassline deserves a massive raise.
@richardroberson2564
The lead guitarist.
@Jestak
Charlotte Caffey wrote the song, so presumably she did.
@xPrincessPandora
Actually it was Margo Olavarria the original bassist of the go go’s and founding member with Elissa Bello the original drummer. The song was written by Caffey, Olavarria and Bello but as Olavarria and Bello we’re kicked out of the band all the credit went to Caffey
@hilaruisdancer255
Finally I found another fellow with that picture
@Jestak
@@xPrincessPandora What is your source for saying that Margot Olavarria and/or Elissa Bello were cowriters with Charlotte Caffey on "We Got the Beat?" I have seen multiple interviews with Margot about her days with the band--she never makes a claim to have written or co-written this song (she does claim to have contributed to "How Much More," though). I have never seen any claim that Elissa Bello did any songwriting at all. The 1980 single version of the song released by Stiff Records, which was made when Margot was still with the band, lists Charlotte as the sole songwriter.
@chrisshugart6189
How Belinda manages to dance in those heels is a talent unto itself.
@stuartomahony5364
Thanks for answering my question I loved her solo career but they were a good band too
@user-ty4tl8cn1q
Me too
@katherinewilson1853
Those heels were IN fashion. All the girls in fashion, everyone wore them.