Friday 21 March 2008

Ken you dig it?


Ahh, The Rock Steady Crew. What a zany bunch they were, spinning around on their posteriors and so forth. A choice collection of monikers, too: first there was girl singer Baby Love, then you had male members Bucky, Kuriaki, Crazy Legs, Doze and, erm, Ken Swift. That's right - Ken Swift.

I must say it was nice of Ken to take time out from his regular duties as treasurer of the Batley & District Working Men's Club in order to spin a few platters for the Rocksteady ones. But sadly - as happens with all the best bands - things came to a sour end when the rest of the Crew objected to Swift's continued insistence on playing Roy "Chubby" Brown records at their thrice-weekly youth club gatherings. Crazy Legs was positively apoplectic, hurling a volley of abuse at Swift and a can of Top Deck at his precious box of 45s, and what came next can only be described as carnage. Never mind, the music still lives on - which is more than can be said for Ken's Chubby Brown collection.

The Rock Steady Crew - (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew mp3 (available for 7 days)

9 comments:

Dennis said...

I bloody loved the Rocksteady Crew. Admittedly, I was only 5 years old in 1983, when this song was a big #1 in The Netherlands. Still, was there anything cooler, ever?

Kippers said...

I wouldn't have thought so! I loved them too. This is one of those songs that never seems to be played anywhere nowadays (certainly not in the UK anyway) whenever TV or radio have an eighties-themed selection of music. We always end up with the same old predictable rubbish like Duran Duran or Culture Club's Karma Chameleon. I'd rather hear a bit of the Rock Steady Crew or Doug E. Fresh any day of the week!

Colin said...

a good song is a good song and this was a fecking class song!

thanks for the memories.

now off to do some hip to the hop 80s breakdancing stuff in the front room...

Kippers said...

Sounds like a plan, Colin! Just make sure you move that coffee table out of the way first, young man. ;)

ally. said...

hey lay off ken - he's the man
x

Kippers said...

Did I not make that clear in my oroiginal post? Anyone who messes with the Swiftmeister will have me to answer to.

Kippers said...

That's right, I said oroiginal.

*scuttles off*

I Am Not The Beatles said...

You do realise they're still, sort of, going...

http://www.rocksteadycrew.com/crazylegs/crazylegs.html

Incredible.
x

Kippers said...

Amazing. 40-year-old breakdancers! Whatever next?

(an old-school hip-op, presumably)