the beat: crap / not crap?

[mtbskalover]

Welcome!!

The Beat : Very definitely not crap. Looking forward to seeing them in Dorset in a few weeks' time.

See ya down the front, Dub and Mr Steev and Lubi and others ... !!

are they touring? or just playing darn sarf?

 

[*Miss Daisy*]

are they touring? or just playing darn sarf?

Think they're at the Endorse-it-in-Dorset festie,,,

 

[mr steev]

Think they're at the Endorse-it-in-Dorset festie,,,

They are

are they touring? or just playing darn sarf?

Dunno about touring as such, but they've played a few gigs in the Midlands recently

 

[STFC]

They played at Camden Underworld recently. I managed to get on stage at one point and was sharing the mic with Rankin Roger until a bouncer chucked me off stage. Great fun.

 

[Dougal]

I saw them at the 100 club last year and they were good. Not the same but good.

 

[foo]

haven't seen them this time around but i used to love them.

thanks for reminding me bird - i'll have a listen when i get home.

 

[loud 1]

check it

http://www.pistolwimp.com/media/48953/

 

[Brixton Hatter]

nice one rollem - definitely not crap!

i fucken love the beat...i grew up listening to their stuff cos me parents were well into two-tone and reggae. i've seen them at glasto a few times in recent years and they even played at Jamm in Brixton last year...it's only rankin roger left from the original line up but they put on a wicked show and play all the classics, as well as a few new tunes. these days they change the lyrics in the chorus of 'stand down margaret' to 'stand down tony' and 'stand down george'

in a way, i think the beat had a little more depth than many of the other two tone bands - they were musically more varied. e.g. tunes like 'rankin full stop' were full-on uk ska / two-tone, whereas tunes like 'click click' were basically punk...and their cover of 'cant get used to losing you' is a hoot. my fave tune has got to be the original of 'stand down margaret' which was put together with 'whine and grine', a remake of an old prince buster track IIRC.

didn't rankin roger and andy cox (?) form general public after the beat split up?

they've got a website at http://www.twistandcrawl.com/ and you can listen to a few of their new tunes there.

 

[trashpony]

No crap - massively under-rated

 

[saucisson]

didn't rankin roger and andy cox (?) form general public after the beat split up?


Dave wakelin and roger were general public, andy cox formed fine young canibals

 

[Skim]

Not crap, for sentimental reasons.

I played Rankin' Full Stop at Offline on Thursday, funnily enough.