Toyah - It's A Mystery (1981)
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- Опубліковано 3 вер 2016
- #Toyah 1981 performance for the single It's A Mystery from the album "Anthem"
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This was my Aunt Sheryl's favorite song. When I was young, she would dance around our kitchen singing it into her broom and, when my embarrassed Uncle would tell her to stop, she would say "You only live once". She died in 2018 and I think about her every single day.
Me and my nanna watched Toyah Christmas Eve concert in 1981 Drury lane, my nanna became a fan instantly Great stuff and a memory I'll never forget, Thankyou Toyah.
Music and memories... where would we be without them.
My mum bought me up listing to all Toyah’s songs I was actually meant to be called Toyah but they said I didn’t look like one. Anyone this song is written into my soul and I’m 30.
Your aunt sounded like a real character, the world needs more of them, sorry for your loss, but the memories will last forever, she had good taste in music too, love this song, the first time I've heard it in years, still got the vinyl at my mum's gaff somewhere.
Your Aunt Sheryl was extremely cool. ❤
She's still singing 2023🎉 worth a UA-cam search!!
Growing up black and gay in 80’s I felt like a freak. Then I saw Toyah on TOTP and it was like wow!! She literally saved my life it was like it’s ok to look different and be out there and be loud. I even bleached my 15 year old Afro in honour and proudly showed my mum which didn’t go well. She cut it all off but weirdly kept in a glass in her China cabinet until she died I think she was secretly impressed!
Be Loud be Proud be Heard. Thank you TOYAH 🤘🤘
The world would be a very boring place if god made us all the same. Be proud of who you are today and don't let anyone tell you differently, skin colour and if your gay whatever should not matter, we are all human and still have feelings. stay safe my friend and keep going forward don't look back, you can't change the past.
Aw bless your little black and gay cotton socks,hugs and kisses ❤️🕴️
I can see where your mum was coming from - she wanted to keep you out of trouble and black people (never mind gay ones) cannot afford to draw to much attention to themselves, then as now alas. At the same time it broke her heart so she kept it.
I remember the 80's growing up with fondness in the UK the music and looks were all over the place rock, hip hop, pop, dark wave (later goth) new romantics, mods etc and there was more make up being worn than any time.
Best comment. 👌
💚💛🧡
I was 16 in January 1981. It was a great time to be young and to grow up. I'd go back in a heartbeat if I could.
And this was the songbI requested to be payed from Borwick Hall summer 81 on radio interview.
I was too and recall watching her on Top of the Pops. A wonderful times to be 16 in London!
@@r.p.110 all the best bandsthen played at The Rainbow.I was well jealous checking Sounds every week to see who was playing
I was 14y old when this song came out,im like you would go back on a heartbeat to
It is a mystery ,,she hasn't changed one bit ,still rocks ☺️
Ça fait 40 ans que je l’avais pas entendue. En France entre copains on l’appelait LA Toyah . Supers souvenirs 🤗👍🙏
Great emotional for me in 1981.Thank you,Toyah!
just so happy to find all of the positive comments on here - there is goodness in the world and strength in our diversity
My favourite female artist from the 80s. I'm so glad nobody has ever tried doing copies of your song's.
Still stands up as a great song. 👍
Just listened to this driving home, reminded me of those fab years growing up. Toyah, you are just brilliant xx
OMG!! This was in the charts the year I left school. It was the one that I loved. I was never really into punk rocker theme or fashion but I did love a few songs and this one is one of them. I loved the pink hair too back then but was never allowed to dye my hair so once I grew up and left home and got my own place, boy did I rebel and dyed my hair 🤣😂 wore my make up heavy and bright and wore crazy fashions but it was the mid 80s and I enjoyed living my life back then.
Absolutely loved Toyah
Takes me back! I was 13 when this came out , loved this song , was a big Adam and the ants fan aswell at the time , great memories.
Venustus. Stand and deliver.🤪
Growing up in the 80s Kate bush and Toyah were what got me through it imagine them two together xxxxxxxx
Whoooooooooooooooo???
Yes. Kate Bush and Toyah. Also Debbie Harry and Belinda Carlisle.
I was only 1 at the most when mystery came out but I remember Toyah from when I was young. Her, Siouxsie Su, Hazel O'Connor, oh, and Clannad too with that ROS song-when I hear their songs it transports me back to being a little kid again instantly. A sure sign of old age, (though I don't feel it!) is thinking that a lot of them back in the day seemed to be more 'real' and to have a lot more energy than young 'uns today! : )
My favorite Toyah song. Fantastic, minimal performance is perfect.
Love toyah this song is awesome
Sang this with all my mates in a ford capri back in the day at weekends great memories Toyah your a legend :)x
I second that Jeff fantastic track......
Same, we had a 2.8 Capri with 6x9’s in the back blasting out all the 80’s classic’s. Seem’s a life time ago. X
I have a 1978 ford capri.. I imagine her songs where played at one point in my car
Was the car a 2.8 I
Yellow one ?
Fabulous days. Rubik's Cube, the Royal Wedding - not to mention the Riots. 1981 was thunderbolts and lightning, and was packed with good times and good friends for me. This is one of its theme tunes. Thank you, Toyah!
I was 11 when this came out reminds me of top of the pops on Thursday night when the BBC was THE best great school days no worries I’m 51 this year 😵
Supported Toyah with my band ONTICK in November 94, she is a lovely person and consummate professional, great memories
I named my first daughter after you, she will be 30 in March.
She still has the signed picture you sent down to me for her.
" To Toyah love Toyah Willcox "
love it
Where have all those year gone!😥
Barry Lewinton I hear you Barry.
Lol, very much in the past Barry, but listening to great music from that era make those years seem just like yesterday, 😃
They haven't.. 😊
Tell me about it. You blink and you're old.
It's a mystery.
A SHOT, in the dark....
Gets me everytime 😲👏
Sweet memories, this takes me back to my formative years.
I named my gorgeous Siamese cat Toyah in 1981 and i currently have a cat named Beck who is 17 - i love this woman!! To marry Robert Fripp is kind of just the icing
Absolute belter of a song and Phil Spaldings Bass is brilliant.
what an amazing song I was 11 when this came out as I was listening I remembered copying the 'toyah' logo onto my school books toyah youre sublime ♥
Hi toyah,I was a little rebellious girl when I started listening to your music,nothings changed,love ya,kc./p.s.,I first saw you in the 80s in a greasy spoon in London,when my nan took me to London when I was an. Ankle biter,thanx for the music.✌
Beautiful and talented singer. Her voice is so unique and distinct. It's a shame they don't make songs like this any more.
There's lots of synth driven female vocalist songs around
My goodness I never heard this before , but wow I love it so much❤❤❤ love ya Toyah
saw her last night at st.albans shes still rocking at 61 !
"she"... lol
That's My girlfriend 🤣😂
She don#t look anywhere near 61 and if I had a pound for every time was told I only look forty I would be a millionaire.
@@forestdenizen6497 that makes no sense, you weirdo
On Christmas Eve December 24, 1981 (a month after the Royal Variety Show was held at the same Theatre Royal in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on November 23, 1981), Toyah played the final date of her Good Morning Universe European tour which was, famously, broadcast live on BBC2.
The Theatre Royal, also known as "Drury Lane" (facing Catherine St. and backing onto Drury Lane), the oldest theatre site in London still in use, first opened 2 years before the Great Plaque of 1665, survived the Great Fire of London unscathed, in its present form opened in 1812.
Toyah, you are the love of my adolescent years my Brummie lass! Seeing this now in 2018 I guess that I still have a spark in my heart for you! Saw you at Cardiff Top Rank in the early 80's and was impressed by your energetic performance as you bounced all over the stage for the full-set!
She is literally a vampire. I’ve never seen someone age so gracefully. She has such a spellbinding quality to her that only few can meet.
You do know she has had plastic surgery and fillers don't you?
@@DenWkd Don't break the spell! 😆
@New Rose which one? Past? Now?
She isn't literally a vampire, no.
She has been quite open about having a facelift also.
what a powerful debut. look at the performance chops on this kid.. amazing. you can still feel the Sheer Energy and she builds it like a pro... !a SHOT in the Dark!
Thanks Toyah. Always loved this single. Best wishes.
Still a Punk after 40 years and still gorgeous!
I still haver her posta in my old room at my mum and dad's, when I visit dad I always go into my old bedroom and on the wall she is looking down at me ,I'm 53 now 🤣
Share the same surname......had to say hi Mr keen 😀
@@coralbay00 LOL - you never know we may be related.
Love this song!
Magical and iconic
First time i saw Toyah as a kid was monumental...she was so unique, bold, wild, innovative. 1st gig i ever attended...Changeling tour, Colston Hall. Its burned on my brain...she looked like a goddess...i wanted to be her) Danced and Ieya are my fave tracks. She has inspired me all of my life. ❤❤🎉
This is when I fell head over heels in love with Toyah ...... Her Hair was beautiful
... Was this meant as a response to another video, featuring some other hairstyle (than what's on show here)?
Yup i thought she was the beez kneez.Good to see her on you tube.
We all did
And good Lord she has aged beautifully
And she is still fit as f...k xxx
@@anthonybryan9620 plastic surgery.
Great talent ,like Garry numan, , fantastic personality, toyah your a British legend 😍👌👍🇬🇧🌈😘😘
Toyah, I don't care if people say you had surgery over the years. To me that don't matter ,you was and still are a great singer. God bless you and Robert
This is making me cry
Definitely IN the soundtrack to my life.
jmedia1 always 🥂❤️♊️♓️👍🙏
Probably one of, if not the most influential record on my musical taste direction, and my bedroom wall poster collection
My 6year old sister used to sing this & she dressed as toyah when she won fancy dress..
Well done to her.
Very good
Love you toyah! I was at the Birmingham show that you were opening for Billy idol and you were simply so fantastic I could’ve sworn you were the main act!
This is such a thrilling song. Toyah is really unmatched still.
I was in primary school when i use to sing this and have her albums very fan of her back then n stil are amazing 😍👍
Funny old BBC obsessed with close ups, I remember this first time around and I just wanted to see Toyah dancing..still do.
I loved watching you on top of the pops. We would wait with bated breath to see what colour your hair would be!
Legend!! Toyah really did it first brought individuality to the mainstream. 💜✌️☮️
agreed, something sadly lacking these days
What about Bowie
@@trevorbond7977 yes also true.
I love it, always liked Toyah.
so good, its lovely to hear real music thanks for this xxx
When my friend committed suicide this song got me through. I played it a lot sometimes over and over again
Whoa! I have never heard of Toyah Wilcox, her music, or her relationship to Fripp-but oh, do I love her!
Authentic. Striking. Talented. Memorable so strange and mysterious. Glad to have known this era even though I was very young. It demands attention.
This song should have been a hit in America. Should have.
I honestly can't understand how anyone could enjoy this but I like the woman.
@@KeldorDAntrell I don't see a shred of talent. Then or now. I can't bring myself to listen to her at all.
I saw Toyah live in Milton Keynes on Sat 29th.
She has still got it.
Just beautiful...
Thank you Karl for sharing this song with me I love it!!
So happy to have been a 12 year old in this magical year.
Loved this song since i was 14yold
Fantastic hair and still fantastic today... A one off... 🎉❤😊
This reminded my mum of me.
Her and Rob are so awesome together ❤
I heard this on a 1980's music app
I had never heard it before
and my teen years were the 80's
She is the Queen of Punk and she is fantastic ❤ I love TOYA
I remember meeting her in Dublin in the 80's. Still going strong 💪
Used to be at school with a lovely girl named Mistry...don't think she appreciated us singing this at her but we were kids
love it
Love it
I went to see Crass in Liverpool. Must have been 1982. Singer in a support band had a mass of orange hair. Crowd were chanting Toyah Toyah. Singer kept shouting back 'I'm not, I'm not'. I asked someone 'what's the gag? Who's Toyah '. I had no clue...
LOVE THIS!
Love Toyah amazing! :)
It's a mystery - I knew the track but it wasn't until I heard it as the bed track on Mark and Lard's show on Radio1 way back in the late 90's / early 2000's I really fell in love with the track.
The vicar wedged a mark, in history.
take me back to 1981 . 2020 jus ain't working out
Pop royalty right here.
I’m 46 and thought I knew just about everything about pop culture. I completely overlooked Toyah and now feel I’ve unearthed a treasure trove of content and material. She’s incredible. The true definition of an artist. Incredible.
Oh my - first year in Carshalton College when this came out...such memories.
I was 19 when this came out in 81.....one of the very few records I loved in the uk charts at the time......was so much more into the US 🇺🇸 charts with artist like journey , Jackson browne , Bob segar and many more similar that played alot of feelgood beautiful harmonic songs.........I'm afraid didn't see much of that in the u.k charts........oh well just my individual taste I guess.......anyway god bless ❤ 💙 💜 b kind to each other ❤ love animals ❤ and yourself ❤
Ricky lock. God bless you man.🙏
Still fit at 62.
Toyah got me though the 80's
If your watching now n remember those happy days we thought
Look at it now the mystery unravel
I was 14y old whe this came out😮
Thank you UA-cam for making me feel 8 years old again. X
Had the 45 was at school at the time and she is a queen
Fantastic!
Dedicated to my unique amazing handsome brother Miss you love you forever 💔❤️❤️❤️
This was the first record I bought and played it till it was scratched to death. Happy days
Forever!
Way to go Toyah we love you from the bukeneer eastbourn
Rock on toyah 😊
This was cutting edge in 81
Forgotten how good this is.👍
17 when I first saw Toyah. I kinda think that all my life I’ve been looking for a woman like her.
It amazes me now, when I look in the mirror, how many times I was asked fo my autograph by people who thought I was Toyah, because I certainly don't look anything like her now! Oh! My lost youth! 😢