This song was on the radio all the time when I was a baby and apparently ( according to my parents ) was the reason for my first word being Toast. Years later I had guitar lessons and it turned out my guitar teacher was Streetbands lead guitarist, Roger Kelly. Genius guitar player , not that you'd realise if you'd only heard this song
There were pop groups called Bread, (The) Jam, (The) Marmalade and Hot Butter (Popcorn) - if that’s not a good breakfast mix, along with this track, tell me what is?
Saw them at university when this was in the charts and they threw hundreds of slices of toast into the audience. Being poor, starving students we ate them 😁
I just heard this on my local Radio station on the drive home from work and had a massive grin on my face all the way back lol! Just had to come straight in and search for it. Never heard it before but it's just awesome! "...A little piece of toast!"...
The Guy playing the brown gibson SG was my guitar teacher in the late 80s,his name is Roger Kelly and is an unbelivable player, roger was a ground breaking guitarist at the time and was very well respected on the music circuit.He still teachers guitar and lives in Worthing,west sussex,england
What a coincidence - I just wrote that when I shared it on my Facebook. CFNY had such a weak signal back then, because the station was in Brampton, and I lived in Scarborough. I only got decentvreception late at night. For those who don't know, we're talking about Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
I’d never heard this song before until last night when I put the episode of top of the pops on that was on bbc4. I once came out with ‘I like toast!’ Years ago randomly and find this song absolutely brilliant! I was born 9 years after it was released but love60s, 70s and 80s music
But the thing that always sticks in my mind about this song is them performing live on TOTP when the bread strike was on and they changed the lyrics to mention it
I quite liked this song back in my teenage days when I loved everything from Punk thru Glam rock to Ska, Reggae, Country, Rock and roll,Heavy Metal, Prog Rock to Classics and Opera. So how the F**K did I not know this was Paul Young on vocals one of the best voices I have ever heard second only to Freddie Mercury.
Great intro -Evening all... Nice little jazz rhythm keeping the vibe going by the drummer - disco chords on the strat well balanced - bass fades in pulling them all together - harmonies very 60's musical - some scat singing thrown in - whole thing has a surreal sketch going on with jazz piano in the back - jokes at the end!! Lyrics so original ,tells a story and who else could make a song about "toast" - GENIUS
Ah ha ha ~~ I used to hear this catchy little jig on radio often, when I was in the military stationed 2 years in the UK, while lived a year in the town of Ipswich, Suffolk County. I always remembered it. : ))
Thank you for your service, but you must have stayed on base a lot. Nobody but an American has ever said Suffolk County, or Devon County, or Hampshire County; it's just Suffolk, Devon and Hampshire; same for all the others. Were you Navy or USAF?
Yes...Pete & Geets show...I was attending U of T Scarborough campus. I so remember this tune and you could always find me in the kitchen at parties while awaiting for my boomerang to come back
That`s Paul Young - the most mysterious voice I have heard since 1993 :] I say that every time and I won`t stop because I`m proud to be his sort-of-fan for about 15 years now 8) Unfortunately, Paul has been having problems with his voice lately :( I suggest checking out other his videos avaiable on youtube :] A really nice piece of fantastic music :] Best.
Ha ha ha ha ha ;D))) I absalutly LOOOVE this song and often sing it , haven't heard it for years . Thank yooooO for puting it up . Lol I had like many other girlies the maddest crush on Mr Young ha ha ; ) x
Paul Young reminds me of Johnny Depp in this video. I actually had no idea that Paul Young was the singer on this song. I used to hear it all the time on CFNY radio.
I like this, i heard it for the very first time today when i woke up to put the bedside radio on and really liked it in my half sleep state. It was so gentle to listen to.
nope!..sorry didnt get that!.."just a little bit aaa toast!!"...I grew up on that, and it never did me any harm!. Drippin in the fridge, appreciated what I got..gave thanks for life!..what more is there to ask for??...(just a little bit of toast!)..
I worked for John Gifford for a time. He was the Program Director and Engineer for a family of radio stations here for a long while. A co-worker and I caught wind that he had been in a band, and we needled him relentlessly until he broke down and showed us this video. He lamented the fact that this song ever got radio play, as it was intended as a B-Side. The success of the song painted them as a novelty band, and thus were never taken seriously.
Holy crap, I heard this song once before, when I was in highschool back in the 90s, and I went around singing the one word chorus at people for weeks after and it drove everyone nuts (I was doing a lot of LSD.) So glad I found this song again!
Loved this and anyone who remembers it when I sing it to them. Walkout at a breakfast bar singing toast and a 65yrold lady jumped right in, we laughed our heads off. Seen Paul 3X's never played Toast...😉
I remember this song! Some people think you can make a meal if you put ANYTHING on toast, like "beans on toast", "chipped beef on toast", "Welsh rabbit", and so forth.
I just found a royalty cheque for this song in my loft! One of this band lived in my house!! This is now my claim to fame...
Cool! How much was it for?
A sonblest cheque!❤
Obviously not much
Honey on toast?
I've read that the song was finally credited to the band manager and Streetband "never saw a penny" so that makes you think
they should do an 'unplugged version called bread.
And really go back to basics with 'Dough'.
It took this comment 7 years to get 100 likes? People suck. (Mine was upvote #100)
PMSL!
Greatest group on earth BREAD!
That's gold!
My friend said she wanted this song's chorus played as her body is being cremated 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think she's a genius 😁😁😁😁
I want Through the Fire and Flames.
Utterly brilliant......Proper LOL moment...
I love this idea!
This song was on the radio all the time when I was a baby and apparently ( according to my parents ) was the reason for my first word being Toast.
Years later I had guitar lessons and it turned out my guitar teacher was Streetbands lead guitarist, Roger Kelly. Genius guitar player , not that you'd realise if you'd only heard this song
I love the way Paul says "or chocolate if you're strange". The inventor of Nutella must have been listening to this record.
+Throatwobbler Mangrove Nice thumbnail :) GILF!!!!
Ena sharples..... sex symbol. Corrrr 😂
Nutella was launched 15 years prior to this song's release.
Looks like sh*t scraped on toast
@@nkt1 based
I heard this only once about 40 years ago, and it has remained with me for all of that time. Finally looked for it today and here it is!! ❤❤❤
The only song in the history of popular music to feature a toast-scraping solo.
Haha, now there's a quote.
I’m surprised no one has come up with another one?! 😂
My fav comment😂
There were pop groups called Bread, (The) Jam, (The) Marmalade and Hot Butter (Popcorn) - if that’s not a good breakfast mix, along with this track, tell me what is?
Underrated comment!! 😂
Toast was originally a B side number but after the late Kenny Everett heard it and mass played it, it soon became an A side hit for Paul & Streetband.
Good old Kenny
"Every time you go away...you take a slice of toast with you..."
Every toast must change. 😁
no its a piece of meat with you :D
Sure do 😂🤣
Come back and toast for good this time
😂
My mum and me are always singing this song. "A little bit of toast" in the kitchen, and we always smile. Love it!
poppy bright lol
That's so sweet, poppy bright.
My dad introduced me to this song and we always sing it, it's great. Never fails to bring a smile
Same!!
Saw them at university when this was in the charts and they threw hundreds of slices of toast into the audience. Being poor, starving students we ate them 😁
I just heard this on my local Radio station on the drive home from work and had a massive grin on my face all the way back lol! Just had to come straight in and search for it. Never heard it before but it's just awesome! "...A little piece of toast!"...
Did you have some toast when you got home ?
Still sticks in the mind 40+ years later
The Guy playing the brown gibson SG was my guitar teacher in the late 80s,his name is Roger Kelly and is an unbelivable player, roger was a ground breaking guitarist at the time and was very well respected on the music circuit.He still teachers guitar and lives in Worthing,west sussex,england
I also had some lessons with Roger Kelly, c.1987 in Worthing
Legendary.
"Scrape that toast, boys!" -- Paul Young
Haven't heard this song in years, and can still sing along to every word 😂
sandra g so can the girlfriend 😂
I am 42 and spend half of my life thinking my mum made this song up 😂
So glad my mother introduced me to this song as a kid. Going to send this to my American boyfriend he'll love it.
Wherever I lay my toast...
rl1712 That's my loaf...
eldospinks come back and stay for toast this time
There's a toast in my house... R Dean Taylor.
Everytime you go away...you take a piece of toast with you
Hahahaha, I hadn't realised he sang this song until I saw the vid today.
This is the best song I have ever heard in my entire life
Heard this again after a gap of about 30 years. Still made me chuckle. It was in the charts the day my beautiful daughter was born.
love love love this
great memories of CFNY playing this in the morning in the late 1970's
What a coincidence - I just wrote that when I shared it on my Facebook. CFNY had such a weak signal back then, because the station was in Brampton, and I lived in Scarborough. I only got decentvreception late at night.
For those who don't know, we're talking about Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
They were still playing it when I started listening in the early nineties
CFNY "The Spirit of Radio" indeed at that time. With gems like "Toast"
Cool to hear that this got Canadian airplay.
Ahhh good ole CFNY. Radio station of my youth in the 80's and 90's. I also remember them playing this. Stuck in my head ever since.
Never knew Paul Young sang this, his early days, love it ..!!
I’d never heard this song before until last night when I put the episode of top of the pops on that was on bbc4. I once came out with ‘I like toast!’ Years ago randomly and find this song absolutely brilliant! I was born 9 years after it was released but love60s, 70s and 80s music
White guys rapping about toast way back in 1979
They even scratch, but its toast not a record
Hilarious
How the hell did I end up here
Did you hear the song on the "Crap from the Past" podcast?
He is talking not rapping, idiot.
Incredible
Tit
facebook.com/midnightpulp/videos/1862637963748954/ that’s what made me think of this song
Pure genius who knew what Mr Young would go on to achieve love it
I don't know about genius 🤔
And a side note, I love seeing his hair like this. It's so different from his spike 'do. And he's basically almost rapping. Love it!
Just had a cup of tea, toast and marmite.....LOVE IT!!!!
I wish my toaster had a hard drive. I'd have this tune play when I make toast in the morning!
Just introduced my 2 kids to this song. June 2024. Hello world 🌎
Paul Young haha..wherever he lays his toast is his home
How about a toast to Paul Young’s future success?! 😂
Toast
😀 Senza Una Toasta with Zucchero
Simple classic, I’ll never forget to this day! 🎶🎸😃
Still hilarious after all these years. Too many love songs. This is ORIGINAL! ❤
What are you talking about - this IS a love song!
But the thing that always sticks in my mind about this song is them performing live on TOTP when the bread strike was on and they changed the lyrics to mention it
this is amazing. simple, understated, subtle complexity. lovely.
I've just had some toast, as it happens.
+onenarrowdoor
And I've just decided to make some. Got some Frank Cooper's Oxford marmalade to go with it. Lovely.
+onenarrowdoor i'm about to have some
+onenarrowdoor Boss munchies... oh baby! On me 6th slice :)
I'm just about to have a slice. Buttered white, since you asked.
+onenarrowdoor What did you have on it?
One of my first and favourite singles as a kid!
Mine too, we had the single. My parents thought this was the most hilarious song.
2019 and im still watching this 😂
Louise Jaworski Me too!
A classic.
I quite liked this song back in my teenage days when I loved everything from Punk thru Glam rock to Ska, Reggae, Country, Rock and roll,Heavy Metal, Prog Rock to Classics and Opera. So how the F**K did I not know this was Paul Young on vocals one of the best voices I have ever heard second only to Freddie Mercury.
So cool to see Paul in his youth here..he is .so fine there and still is ..he's just lovely....love this song!! :)
Great intro -Evening all... Nice little jazz rhythm keeping the vibe going by the drummer - disco chords on the strat well balanced - bass fades in pulling them all together - harmonies very 60's musical - some scat singing thrown in - whole thing has a surreal sketch going on with jazz piano in the back - jokes at the end!! Lyrics so original ,tells a story and who else could make a song about "toast" - GENIUS
+rodsreel It's a lovely little ditty that we all sang along to. Good times.
It's not a strat, it's a tele.
Couldn't hear any guitars at all...
That's my dad playing that! He still has that Telecaster. He's got some funny stories about the song.
@@AlexGifford5150 Love to hear them! Do you have a blog..?
So much love for this song. Just munched my way through 4 pieces of toast
Ah ha ha ~~ I used to hear this catchy little jig on radio often, when I was in the military stationed 2 years in the UK, while lived a year in the town of Ipswich, Suffolk County. I always remembered it. : ))
Thank you for your service, but you must have stayed on base a lot. Nobody but an American has ever said Suffolk County, or Devon County, or Hampshire County; it's just Suffolk, Devon and Hampshire; same for all the others. Were you Navy or USAF?
Me too but in Bulford
@@glynwelshkarelian3489 'Air Force...
Good lord I haven't heard this in decades - always LOVED this song!
Best thing Paul Young ever did, not saying the rest of his stuff was brown bread.
Everything Must Change is bloody good.
abc ezas123 Not true! He’s done a lot of great stuff.
"Brown bread" is cockney for "dead".
just made loadsa jam on toast and thought of this, not heard it for years. Toast!
I was in the UK when this first hit the airwaves. And just like then - I am insane now.
Love it! Used to hear this on CFNY in Toronto back in the day.
So did I!
Moi, aussi!
Yes...Pete & Geets show...I was attending U of T Scarborough campus. I so remember this tune and you could always find me in the kitchen at parties while awaiting for my boomerang to come back
Love the London accent coming thru & the ‘way ahead of time mini rap & that scratching’ of the TOAST
Kudos to the bassist and drummer. Everything about this track is just gold!
Brilliant ! Haven`t heard this in years ! Love it .
😂 😂
Who is watching this in August 2020?
If you aren't playing this song while gleefully eating your toast at the dining table, wearing a napkin, you're not doing it right.
We went NUTS over this song back in high school
That will be the song stuck in my head for the next 20 years!
sure will been in mine for forty
this one had a similar effect
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When I first heard it. Me and my sis "where like what the hell!?" Now it's just catchy XD
StarGirl0952 i think it was halloween day when i first heard this song with my brother 😂😂😂 lmaaaoo
Dat grammar doe
still have their album on white vinyl. great album.
Whenever me & my gorgeous partner make toast we have to sing it its one crazy song😍
Glad I found this one, heard it years ago just after starting at boarding school.
me and my daughter are gonna have toast now for our breakfast! :-) :-) :-)
I can’t make toast anymore without thinking of this song thanks dad 😂😂😂
Ah! Remembering this song from the late 70s and early 80s when it was played on Toronto's CFNY 102.1 "The Spirit of Radio!"
the people who Thumbs Down this video don't like toast
Maybe they don't like Paul Young?
+Dave Weaving umm yah I can't be doing with him myself but I didn't thumb down
Like toast but not his future hits and I cannot believe Genesis used him as an opening act in the 80s
Maybe they prefure crumpets
Marcdoubleu22LFC You’re nuts. Paul Young is a great singer and songwriter.
Haven't heard this in ages, thanks so much for sharing! And thanks to Tracy for telling me about it!!! :D You rock girl.
How can anyone not like this?
Whelp it's official, humanity hit it's peak creativity in 1978 with this song... A toast solo!? Brilliant...
That`s Paul Young - the most mysterious voice I have heard since 1993 :] I say that every time and I won`t stop because I`m proud to be his sort-of-fan for about 15 years now 8)
Unfortunately, Paul has been having problems with his voice lately :(
I suggest checking out other his videos avaiable on youtube :] A really nice piece of fantastic music :]
Best.
Ha ha ha ha ha ;D))) I absalutly LOOOVE this song and often sing it , haven't heard it for years . Thank yooooO for puting it up . Lol I had like many other girlies the maddest crush on Mr Young ha ha ; ) x
This is going to stick in my head basically forever
Another CFNY listener here.
Great to hear it again. Even better to see the fabulous, high budget video. LOL
id be the person you would avoid passing the aux cord to because id play this on full volume.
For the 5th time this week our fire alarms have goe off and the brigade have arrived. Toast has a lot to answer for!
Toast Proof Fire Alarm....
www.amazon.co.uk/Thermoptek-Toast-Proof-Smoke-Alarm/dp/B013T9W2AE
Love this how on earth do you get from Toast to Wherever I lay my hat !
Paul Young reminds me of Johnny Depp in this video.
I actually had no idea that Paul Young was the singer on this song. I used to hear it all the time on CFNY radio.
I preferred the follow up single about a joint of beef - 'Roast'
Probably the best thing Paul Young has ever done....except maybe "Every time you go away" but that has no toast in it.
It's 12.30 at night, I fancy toast to eat which is what led me to this song that I heard in 1979 when I was a kid. Funny how the mind works.
I like this, i heard it for the very first time today when i woke up to put the bedside radio on and really liked it in my half sleep state. It was so gentle to listen to.
Amazing song. Great bass jam.
This is weird.
Alex Gifford Lets dance!
what? someone mention me?
This just Slays me.. I do not know why? I had to save it to my favorites and watch it everytime I need a pick me up!!!
I remember this song when I living in UK.
I've always loved this hahaha
nope!..sorry didnt get that!.."just a little bit aaa toast!!"...I grew up on that, and it never did me any harm!. Drippin in the fridge, appreciated what I got..gave thanks for life!..what more is there to ask for??...(just a little bit of toast!)..
awesome tune, loved watching it on top of the pops as a wee lad. sandwiched in between sham69 and david bowie and bee gees vidz. 70s rocked.
I worked for John Gifford for a time. He was the Program Director and Engineer for a family of radio stations here for a long while. A co-worker and I caught wind that he had been in a band, and we needled him relentlessly until he broke down and showed us this video. He lamented the fact that this song ever got radio play, as it was intended as a B-Side. The success of the song painted them as a novelty band, and thus were never taken seriously.
Crazy to think that this is Paul Young.
Holy crap, I heard this song once before, when I was in highschool back in the 90s, and I went around singing the one word chorus at people for weeks after and it drove everyone nuts (I was doing a lot of LSD.) So glad I found this song again!
This song is the only song before the 21 century that can get stuck in my head
Link The Fox You must not know many songs then.
Toast, you can't go wrong with it,lovely!!!
love the guys playing guitar when there isn't any in the song
I'm hearing rhythm guitar - it's really faint in the mix.
There is guitar in the song.
open your ears!
A young Paul Young featuring lots of burned...'TOAST!'
I'm in Japan and now I am craving a little piece o' TOAST!
My dad showed me this when I was younger and it was stuck in my head.
105 people wear chef hats and eat their toast cross eyed.
apparently burnt toast is a delicacy in britain
No it's not I'm from England and it's not burnt toast is horrible!
Not really, but a lot of people make toast in their grills in the oven and don't buy toasters.
Toast is a nice flavour...if burnt nicely. Not carcogenic but naked flame makes the best grill : D
Stiffd1 Indeed. My aunt always "burned" the toast, and I liked hers quite a bit. (But then it was more like "really well-done", rather than burned.)
Urgh no. Why would it be a delicacy here?
so many memories, even now almost 40 years later, I sing this every day, when I make toast, cant help myself. love Paul Young
+Su Eriksson (witchysu) you must need help professional help lol
Loved this and anyone who remembers it when I sing it to them. Walkout at a breakfast bar singing toast and a 65yrold lady jumped right in, we laughed our heads off. Seen Paul 3X's never played Toast...😉
summertimeloveful No. You do hater.
I remember this song! Some people think you can make a meal if you put ANYTHING on toast, like "beans on toast", "chipped beef on toast", "Welsh rabbit", and so forth.
Paul Young
I remember this as a kid! Me and my next door neighboor would shoud TOAST at one another! A wonderfully daft song!
I remember this. Takes me back years!!
still the best Toast song. Delightful preservatives and nice rhythm.