Brings back the endless summer night parties with barbecues, flowing beer and long careless days on Agamy beach Alexandria, beach racket and bikinis...my early 20's. A care free part of my life and a whole society that's gone now. God bless!
I was 18. What was it about the 80's that was so special? Everyone was just out to have a good time. No fighting, no stabbing... everyone just enjoying the vibe. Classic.
The thing that changed it was the people. Look around you in the UK there is filth everywhere. In the 3 years since you posted it has got worse.................a whole lot worse
same age as me KDP yes they were great times to be young and free great music and a few bob in the pocket for some light fun , the guy on the piano is just super i could listen to his tunes and playing all night long
Ah the brilliant Shakatak... Bill Sharpe, Jill Seward & Co belting out the summer anthem of 1984 as far as the clubs and beaches were concerned. This track was heard thumping out of our "Ghetto Blasters" and car radios. Shakatak were even better live - absolute privilege to see them live in concert. I bet Bill and Jill chuckled at Steve Wright's opening remarks here...
Totp on a Thursday night, payday Friday, straight down to a great record stall in Rochdale indoor market, great times. The kids of today do not know what they have missed out on. The charts meant something. What a great era!!
The best era of TOTP. Early-mid 80s so much great music. And TOTP at its most pomp. 1984 is the peak musical year for me. This song takes me to my Summer holiday. Great underrated band. Used to love all their early 80s smooth jazz. Also if you listen carefully there is a background chorus that goes Down on the street (shoutin' ..talkin'.. laughin' ...down on the street) Down Down on the street (snappin' fingers dancin' ...down on the street) Down. Down on the street (shoutin'.. talkin'.. laughin' ...down on the street) Down Down on the street Down. i havent heard it live though...
J adore la voix l orchestration le tempo la beauté de la chanteuse la chanson le groupe c est magnifique de bon souvenir C est la chanson qui me rend de bonne humeur
Saw them live in Manchester in the 80s. They were a very slick and talented bunch, the bass player played a killer jazz-funk solo that wowed the crowd. It was all about the club scene and they really captured the feel of the time.
Back in the day, Shakatak were all you ever used to hear on the radio back in the early eighties. They were that good! Their music is typical of the period. Jazz funk, slappy bass with some lead guitar and keyboards from Bill Sharpe. They had few changes in their line up, but it didn’t dampen their amazing ability to churn out the hits. Loved em and as so many still keep saying, there ain’t nuffink like it out there today more’s the pity!
UN-believable. I spent so many years trying to figure out this song. I probably heard it in Early 85 while still in the second year of secondary school (would have been 13 going on 14 at the time). Absolutely loved it back then and it has been popping up in my head over the decades. Then I was trying to search 'Scout In The Street' a few times over the last decade or so, and just couldn't find it. And now, I'm laughing because it is Shakatak. Must have been my brother playing this on the record player back then because he had some Shakatak. I've waited years for this moment. I was honestly starting to think I might not ever hear it again. Managed to knock two tunes off that list in one evening. The other one was 'Julia And Company' with the song 'Breakin Down'. I love the internet.
@@podlou9939 Thanks, I didn't know the actual song name. I only remembered the words 'Breakin it down' from the song (and remembered the other words incorrectly). Those are the words that mainly popped up in my head over the years. I happened to search that when the song popped into my head yet again after I found this Shakatak song. So glad I found it.
the 80s were one big party im so pleased and feel so blessed i was there to enjoy it thankyou god thank buddah thank everybody thankyou happy times and thankyou shakatak
I have to go there now.... down on the street... walking the dog. Take the music with me though. What a sound.... wow still doesn’t ware off after all those years. Who’s counting, I’m not. 😳
Takes me back to beautiful sounds of the 80s and what a band seen them 3 times now still going strong got a picture with Jill at the stables Milton Keynes x
A guy I was sharing a ward in Milton Keynes Hospital with a while back told me I've got to go for a night out at the Stables,but I haven't done it yet. There are two other music venues in the locality he's recommended,got them written down somewhere.
sam murphy Yes, they're a great band, good fun fir socialising, Bill Sharpe has been especially kind to me, sometines putting me on their guest lists. The Stables is close to my heart, it was indeed literally just a stable when I went to music camp there in the 70s, I'm from Stony Stratford and would regularly be shipped off to see the Dankworths sometimes at at their homes. Shakatak are terribly underrated.
Great track from back then love all jazz funk tracks. This was during my RAF days takes me right back to great discos on the base. Always lots of locals come there too there were no discos around, so the base was the place to be.
Bringing back great memories. I was 15 and longing for the day when I could leave school and start earning money so that I could go out with my friends.
Down Down Down Down. - Down Down Down Down. Down on the street Down Down on the street Down. Down on the street Down Down on the street Down. Down on the street Down Down on the street Down. . .. Tonight's the night we've waited for The time to sing and dance like never before. The street's alive with such a carnival air An all night dancing party everywhere. You and I We're happy to be just a part of this crazy scene. Down on the street Down Down on the street Down. . .. Down on the street Down Down on the street Down. . .. Tonight's the night you'll never forget The best time in your life that you'll ever get. New lovers meet as they dance through the night The moonlight falls on this magical sight. You and I We're happy to be just a part of this crazy scene. Down on the street Down Down on the street Down. . . . You and I We're happy to be just a part of this crazy scene. Down on the street Down Down on the street Down. . . . Down on the street Down Down on the street Down. . . . Down on the street Down Down on the street Down. . . . 34 YEARS!!!
DOWN ON THE STREET druhý TOP 10 hit skupiny SHAKATA, ktorý bol v UK rebríčku 11 týždňov od 7. júla 1984 a obsadil 9.m. titulná pieseň albumu, ktorý skončil na 17.m.
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THIS IS REAL MUSIC!!
Still as classy as ever! Shakatak fans are a special group of people.
Do you both get together on a regular basis? 😂😂😂
@@jacktheladfrostp⁰0000
Thanks mate 😄
Thank you
Yeah we are ,loved shakatak
Down on the street
Brings back the endless summer night parties with barbecues, flowing beer and long careless days on Agamy beach Alexandria, beach racket and bikinis...my early 20's. A care free part of my life and a whole society that's gone now. God bless!
The hair! The shoulder pads! The pancake makeup! I loved the excess and extraness of the 80s. This is nostalgic.
I’m 65 feels like only yesterday!!!
R.I.P Steve Wright dj introducing this song, always had his humours way with introducing songs.will be missed.
He was rude, not funny.
@@nigelwilliams9307Smart arse wise cracks😂🤡
I was 18. What was it about the 80's that was so special? Everyone was just out to have a good time. No fighting, no stabbing... everyone just enjoying the vibe. Classic.
Except at the football...
The thing that changed it was the people. Look around you in the UK there is filth everywhere. In the 3 years since you posted it has got worse.................a whole lot worse
@@chrisclarke7828but why did the people change?
All nighters. Highlights, tukka boots, happy days.
Great times then. Tory rule now just about locking us in our own homes. So sad now.
This holds up incredibly well here in 2023
That woman is superb,this song is brilliant....
A 12-year old boy in '84 playing with his Meccanos in the living room when this song came on the radio. Loved it instantly.
Her voice is crisp and clear, just love it!
I have met some of the members of shakatak they were lovely very nice people they kindly signed a 💿 CD for me
Great memories. I was 24, had a job I loved, great friends and out literally every night. Such happy, carefree days!
same here .year I got married.. after wigan casino nights ..happy mad days
same age as me KDP yes they were great times to be young and free great music and a few bob in the pocket for some light fun , the guy on the piano is just super i could listen to his tunes and playing all night long
I was 20. happy happy days
Just the best days, oh what fun we had!
Superb music ❤❤❤🎉🎉
Loved Shakatak, and the lead singer is delicious!!!
Ah the brilliant Shakatak... Bill Sharpe, Jill Seward & Co belting out the summer anthem of 1984 as far as the clubs and beaches were concerned. This track was heard thumping out of our "Ghetto Blasters" and car radios. Shakatak were even better live - absolute privilege to see them live in concert. I bet Bill and Jill chuckled at Steve Wright's opening remarks here...
Totp on a Thursday night, payday Friday, straight down to a great record stall in Rochdale indoor market, great times. The kids of today do not know what they have missed out on. The charts meant something. What a great era!!
Great Song. Makes me Happy.
I seen Shakatak at The Jam House Birmingham last week. We all had a great night.
One of the greatest dance records ever, love Shakatak.
Beautiful ❤❤
Shakatak still going 40 plus years, they're coming to sunny Hunny in March. Brilliant sounds from a magical era.
I missed that I live down the road in kings lynn
Love the group and she looks incredible.
The hair, the clothes such special times
who's watching for this in 2019 ?
Qui regarde ça en 2019 ? Les nostalgiques de la belle époque sans doute...
Yep!
Every day
oui ça c était de la musique
Shakatak et un grand groupe va te débouché les oreilles c est quand même mieux que ce qu il ya maintenant
Moi j'ai 12 ans et j'écoute ça a longueur de journée J'ADORE CA !!!
me, on a daily basis
Très belle chanson des années 70 80 qu est on a bien danser dessus en discothèque
Bah ouais , c'est vrai!
I would've been 14 in September 1984. I was a too young for pubbing and clubbing. Shakatak were brilliant back in the day.
Greatest artists those days ...wonderful composition by..shakatak ❤❤❤band
Ich möchte zurück in die Zeit.Ich liebe diesen Song.❤
good old times !
The best era of TOTP. Early-mid 80s so much great music. And TOTP at its most pomp. 1984 is the peak musical year for me. This song takes me to my Summer holiday. Great underrated band. Used to love all their early 80s smooth jazz.
Also if you listen carefully there is a background chorus that goes
Down on the street
(shoutin' ..talkin'.. laughin' ...down on the street)
Down
Down on the street
(snappin' fingers dancin' ...down on the street)
Down.
Down on the street
(shoutin'.. talkin'.. laughin' ...down on the street)
Down
Down on the street
Down.
i havent heard it live though...
Absolutely 💯 This was the halcyon days of TOTP. The fun, the colour, no drugs, no drunkards. From late 1992 it became a pile of shit!
@@michealkelliher8428 definitely right, great times for me from 78 - 89 great era never see the likes again
@@Rightturnclyde78 Sadly. No wonder mainstream music is a pile of shite nowadays.
Unbelievable music of this quality was once a mainstream
Classic - Shakatak one of the 80' greatest...2020 and still loving it
J adore la voix l orchestration le tempo la beauté de la chanteuse la chanson le groupe c est magnifique de bon souvenir
C est la chanson qui me rend de bonne humeur
Saw them live in Manchester in the 80s. They were a very slick and talented bunch, the bass player played a killer jazz-funk solo that wowed the crowd. It was all about the club scene and they really captured the feel of the time.
god blessed people in 80's with such music
Back in the day, Shakatak were all you ever used to hear on the radio back in the early eighties. They were that good! Their music is typical of the period. Jazz funk, slappy bass with some lead guitar and keyboards from Bill Sharpe. They had few changes in their line up, but it didn’t dampen their amazing ability to churn out the hits. Loved em and as so many still keep saying, there ain’t nuffink like it out there today more’s the pity!
Yet only got to number 9 in the UK charts
Very underrated 80s soul funk jazz gem from 1984 by the brilliant underrated Shakatak Down on the Street a forgotten UK band .
Not by me..Love them..Always playing on a night shift.
But NOT forgotten by our radiostation WWW.SOLARRADIO.FM so tunein and enjoy Shakatak once again !
Not so forgotten.
80,s was best ever ,miss those days so bad,where are London Pubs playing this Music but without the necessary gangster/bulldogs on the door.
It was a big hit in France actually
UN-believable. I spent so many years trying to figure out this song. I probably heard it in Early 85 while still in the second year of secondary school (would have been 13 going on 14 at the time). Absolutely loved it back then and it has been popping up in my head over the decades. Then I was trying to search 'Scout In The Street' a few times over the last decade or so, and just couldn't find it.
And now, I'm laughing because it is Shakatak. Must have been my brother playing this on the record player back then because he had some Shakatak. I've waited years for this moment. I was honestly starting to think I might not ever hear it again. Managed to knock two tunes off that list in one evening. The other one was 'Julia And Company' with the song 'Breakin Down'. I love the internet.
Sugar Samba
@@podlou9939 Thanks, I didn't know the actual song name. I only remembered the words 'Breakin it down' from the song (and remembered the other words incorrectly). Those are the words that mainly popped up in my head over the years. I happened to search that when the song popped into my head yet again after I found this Shakatak song. So glad I found it.
Jill Saward, gave me morning wood back in the 80`s.
One of the all-time-best dance tracks of the 80s! I love how the intro builds up.. Real music, Ladies and Gentlemen!!
Spot on mate ❤❤
Such a great song. Still sounds fresh.
What absolutely magical days they were...❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉
just briliant,shakatak,together with level 42 ,best brit jazz funk band ever
Going next Saturday to see them 🎉❤
Tenerife '84....fun fun fun and free ✌🎶🍸😎🌞 nice memories and still smiling 😍
Great song. The times when we had quality music.
Where did you hang out? In a lift?
@@jacktheladfrostI’m sure you’re a huge fan of mumble rap.
the 80s were one big party im so pleased and feel so blessed i was there to enjoy it thankyou god thank buddah thank everybody thankyou happy times and thankyou shakatak
Still sounds great! Loved the 80s🤩👑🌹
Never gets old! 🎶
Listen up people, pop music was fun fun fun in the good old days
Tune classic dancing to that👍🏼
I have to go there now.... down on the street... walking the dog. Take the music with me though. What a sound.... wow still doesn’t ware off after all those years. Who’s counting, I’m not. 😳
Counting? I'd be more worried about spelling
Yesssss back in 1984 good memory,s and this group is in my 1984 list
Takes me back to beautiful sounds of the 80s and what a band seen them 3 times now still going strong got a picture with Jill at the stables Milton Keynes x
A guy I was sharing a ward in Milton Keynes Hospital with a while back told me I've got to go for a night out at the Stables,but I haven't done it yet. There are two other music venues in the locality he's recommended,got them written down somewhere.
sam murphy Yes, they're a great band, good fun fir socialising, Bill Sharpe has been especially kind to me, sometines putting me on their guest lists. The Stables is close to my heart, it was indeed literally just a stable when I went to music camp there in the 70s, I'm from Stony Stratford and would regularly be shipped off to see the Dankworths sometimes at at their homes. Shakatak are terribly underrated.
In1984 I still loved jazz tinted disco music, a genre that was officially dead & buried in july 1979.
Great track from back then love all jazz funk tracks. This was during my RAF days takes me right back to great discos on the base. Always lots of locals come there too there were no discos around, so the base was the place to be.
One of the best dance songs and outstanding singer. I LOVE IT
Awesome band. Eternally great
Кайф!!!!Одна из моих любимых групп!Как все профессионально!!!Обожаю!!!Солистка -высший класс!Голос Богини!Жаль,что у нас мало кто знает эту группу
Bringing back great memories. I was 15 and longing for the day when I could leave school and start earning money so that I could go out with my friends.
belle chanson rythmée, bonne époque
Love shak a tak ! Great music for your car stereo!
Ahi épocas qur por lo bellas por su musica costumbres nunca debieron ser tocadas por el tiempo yo ame esa época amigos
Hey, I was 16 years .And love this song today, too. And this Band live on tour now-🎉yeah!Great 😊.
que de bon souvenir qui nous ont fais danser souvent a l'epoque .
Shakatak since 1983... only the Best ..
An amazing song. I think it was an underated band. By the way, the dancers in white and yellow are very beautiful.
I was 13... and I remember when this beautiful plays everywhere... ❤️
Uno dei migliori pezzi anni 80....
Tra le canzoni più allegre mai scritte
When music was fun guys!!!!
Super groupe des années 80 et chanson aussi la meilleure musique et époque.
Such a good time i won't forget
샤카탁♡
Jill Saward qué guapa y qué voz tan preciosa.
wonderful song SHAKATAK +++++ THE BEST FUNKY 80 ++++++++
Schöne Erinnerungen an das Deutsch Amerikanische Volksfest in Berlin-Zehlendorf .Partys ohne Ende.
La rubia me gusta como canta y como luce...genial
un symbole de l'insouciance des années 80, j'adore !
Ah oui alors !
First time I heard this I was on a high school exchange trip to Geneva Switzerland. Immediately bought the cassette so I could listen on the way home.
Really love Jill singing voice akot
I remember this Skegness butlins. 84....😊 so cool still..
One of the best disco songs ever made!!!
Wonderful 80'
12 Yr old when this was out... love it still now
J'adore!
GRAN CANCION!!DE UNA GRAN EPOCA MUSICAL!!! FANTASTICO SHAKATAK!!!Y A SALIR A LA SALA DE BAILE Y A BAILARR!!!!
Down
Down
Down
Down. - Down
Down
Down
Down.
Down on the street
Down
Down on the street
Down.
Down on the street
Down
Down on the street
Down.
Down on the street
Down
Down on the street
Down. . ..
Tonight's the night we've waited for
The time to sing and dance like never before.
The street's alive with such a carnival air
An all night dancing party everywhere.
You and I
We're happy to be just a part of this crazy scene.
Down on the street
Down
Down on the street
Down. . ..
Down on the street
Down
Down on the street
Down. . ..
Tonight's the night you'll never forget
The best time in your life that you'll ever get.
New lovers meet as they dance through the night
The moonlight falls on this magical sight.
You and I
We're happy to be just a part of this crazy scene.
Down on the street
Down
Down on the street
Down. . . .
You and I
We're happy to be just a part of this crazy scene.
Down on the street
Down
Down on the street
Down. . . .
Down on the street
Down
Down on the street
Down. . . .
Down on the street
Down
Down on the street
Down. . . . 34 YEARS!!!
I love the way the dancers try to upstage Jill Saward... and fail miserably!
She is beautiful in this.
Big fan since I was 12 years old back in 1982
Seriously Cool 80s
Imagine if today's music was like this
The world has enough problems
@@jacktheladfrost that's true
I thought D'Sound is the original... thanks youtube... this is cool....❤❤❤
Big hair style was the thing and showed a powerful display
superb sound and mood ...
A shame the official video isn't on UA-cam, it's all done in one continuous shot, very clever.
What a bursting tune, luv it
I am. This is is what was called music !
Really loving these guys right now
thank you very much good songs and music😍
DOWN ON THE STREET druhý TOP 10 hit skupiny SHAKATA, ktorý bol v UK rebríčku 11 týždňov od 7. júla 1984 a obsadil 9.m. titulná pieseň albumu, ktorý skončil na 17.m.