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1) The English two-tone ska band The Beat were 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 was a popular Two Tone ska and pop music group. Formed in the English city of Birmingham in 1978, The Beat disbanded in 1983, but has reformed in the early 2000s with some of the original line-up.
One of the more popular and enduring groups of a short-lived trend, The Beat released three albums: “I Just Can’t Stop It” (1980), “Wha’ppen” (1981) and “Special Beat Service” (1982), and a string of excellent singles including “Mirror in the Bathroom”, the politically-charged “Stand Down Margaret” (which refers to controversial British PM Margaret Thatcher), “Save It For Later” and “I Confess”.
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.
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I Just Can't Stop It
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I Just Can't Stop It [Deluxe Edition]
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Special Beat Service
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Greatest
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wallernotweller
I wrote this about The Beat http://wallernotweller.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/the-beat-i-just-cant-stop-it-go-feet-sire/
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HimitsuUK
Beat > Specials + others [2]
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amigal
they r the beat cause of the beat of their music fecking fantastic sound!!!!!!!!!!
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TCDB
Beat > Specials + others
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pinkpressthreat
best and most original of the Two Tone bands imho ;)
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xKornflakesx
The English Beat!
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tim_ledger
Ska fans! Just dropping by to tell you about our interview and highlight's of The Beat's set from BT London Live, in Hyde Park - streaming on our site right now. If you weren't lucky enough to be there (or just want to listen again!) then follow the links below. http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/player/The-Beat/9929/Live-music.html http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/player/The-Beat/9915/Interview.html Enjoy! Tim.
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RussellChap
I love the 'high life' guitar on Wha'ppen? The music & production is so subtle & light. By then they're were no longer Ska...just The Beat with their own sound.
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exprof
Leuven-Belgium http://concerts-review.over-blog.com/article-the-beat-au-depot-leuven-le-29-janvier-2012-98291216.html
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Irlandese64
SKA!!!!
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alltheyear
These guys are playing in winchester on 11 Feb
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sheldonlt
I will never call them The English Beat.
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minuszeroLastFM
where's the power pop band?
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fastlane01
The Beat, what else? For me the most underrated of the ska bands.
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RussellChap
The Beat like the Specials & Madness Quickly outgrew Two-Tone that's why they're great unlike The Selector & Body Snatchers. The Beat still sound fresh.
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pinkpressthreat
@BWoolmore With you there, mate - The specials first L.P. I give 9.5 out of ten, Madness never really did it for me, The Selecter had their moments, but The Beat..they just had that something extra to propel the music into C21. I wish I'd've seen them recently. it sounded great.
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soad_dude
Check out my stuff http://jordandelap.blogspot.com It's acousticky ska punk sorta stuff.
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PaulBox
Saw these guys at the Bloomsbury Ballroom on Saturday, absolutely fantastic!
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sakurabunny
Personally I think The Beat is somewhat better than the Specials, but both are really great bands.
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