The Style Council - Speak Like A Child/Interview (Dutch TV, 1983) video free download


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In one of their earliest appearances, TSC perform "Speak LikeA Child" with Tracie in The Netherlands on the show Suburbia Hotel, recorded in Amsterdam in April 1983. George has also provided a snippet of an interview which he found on a vhs tape, apologies for its brevity & quality but we've not seen it before.

Quite a bizarre performance featuring Paul, Mick & Tracie in bed before dancing on the bed... bass player Claudia Konijin hiding inside a wardrobe... Paul's mother, Anne Weller bringing in a tray of tea during the performance!

The vocals were sung live over a backing tape and Paul is laughing all the way through the performance.

Thanks to George Scobell for the interview footage which although poor quality is of historical importance.

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Comments

10 years ago

TheSmithDorian

Wow. Brilliant - never seen this before. This shows a side of the band that you rarely got to see. You're right - it does have a certain historical value.

12 years ago

asafan

I LOVE Paul Weller so Ernest so True! ps i LOVE how PW´s mum is serving the TEA!!!!!!!! Kerim Mod4Ever El Presedente Paul Weller Appreciation Society New York London Berlin Istanbul Mecca

13 years ago

Jantine Swagerman

The band was called Dance Stance, and they originated from the town Hoorn in The Netherlands (40 km north of Amsterdam). Claudia lived in Edam at the time. The other members were Eric de Vries on guitar en Stephan van der Meijden on drums. Claudia lives in the USA and is not professionally active in the music industry anymore, as far as I know. Eric de Vries an Stephen are professional artists.

13 years ago

MisterCoolsDream

@Jantineswagerman Thanks for the information. Do you know any more... eg, the name of her band at the time? What she is doing now?

13 years ago

Jantine Swagerman

Thanks for posting this. This clip had grown to mythical proportions in our memory. I used to know Claudia at the time, (she was the sister of our own band's drummer) and the fact she performed in a clip with Paul Weller was enough to give her an absolute star-status in our eyes. They also played as opening act in Paradiso before the the Style Council. She was 17 at the time, I believe, and ever so cool . Funnily enough, I live rather close to Hotel Slotania, where is was recorded.

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