KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS - Stool Pigeon - Live At Rockpalast (live video)
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
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KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS - Live At Rockpalast
In the beginning there was a vision - the vision of a multicultural carnival without stylistic limitations, the vision of a colourful theatre with different characters, exuberant joy of life, irony, a sense of humour and sophistication.
Kid Creole & The Coconuts were founded in the early 80’s by August Darnell who had already been successful with setups like Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band or Machine. With his alter ego Kid Creole however, he unfolded his creativity in full.
Together with Andy Hernandez alias Coati Mundi and the Coconuts, three ladies including Darnell’s former wife Adriana Kaegi, he orchestrated a breath-taking mixture of Latin pop, funk and an exaggerated theatrical performance settled somewhere between art, candy-cane coloured kitsch and a great self-ironic gesture - perfectly choreographed and timed.
Had their first two albums “Off the Coast of Me” (1980) und “Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places” (1981) been widely appraised already, the big breakthrough came in 1982 with the album “Tropical Gangsters” containing hits like “Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy”, “Stool Pigeon” or “I’m A Wonderful Thing Baby”. Both Rockpalast recordings capture exactly this creative peak.
Aside from the band’s exhausting club show June 3, 1982 at the Satory-Säle in Cologne it was especially the magnificent performance during the night of October 16 to 17 as part of the eleventh Rockpalast at Grugahalle, Essen that brought their major breakthrough in Europe. In fact the show was such a huge success that the dates following tour had to be transferred into venues four times the size: Overnight, Kid Creole & The Coconuts had transformed from an acclaimed club band into one of Europe’s most wanted live acts. Darnell’s idea had become reality. Although Kid Creole & The Coconuts were primarily convincing on stage and their shows were stage-managed to perfection there had never been an official live album to this day. More than thirty years later we are finally catching up on that!
It is all a perfect union between music and show those girls are very good especially for a 64 years old person like me well!
A warm greeting people ❤️🌹🤓🇮🇹
saw it 1982 on Rockpalast tv and dance the night alone - 16 years old and full of coconut girl dreams!
Saw them about this time in the uK, probably the best live show I've ever seen
Esas chicas me han elevado la moral!!
This is feel good music,makes me want to get out of my wheelchair and dance the night away
Ritz NYC 1982 what are you going to do "get back" finished the show with me and my friends on stage with the Kid. Great times.
Of all the versions of "Stool Pigeon" that I have seen or heard, I think this is the best. Kid creole and the band were rockin', and the Coconuts were burnin' down the house! Oh, to go back to the Eighties for just a few nights!
Hair was big, music was phenomenal; kids I give you 80's music!
Until about 85 music was superb, so much quality and talent.
What a showman......fantastic bunch of musicians......one of my favourite bands,when I was a teenager in the 80s uk
Hell Yeah!!!!!!! Great Music 🎶!!!!!!!! Im 70 still Rock n Roll!!!!!!!!! 🎉
You better believe it the 80s was soom of the best music ever made I am 81 and I still love it today’s music can’t come close 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Was the 80s better than the 60s old boy?, I'm 60 now had some great times in the 80s 🍻
Too Much Luv comes Off/Out as perhaps 'Counterfeit', aka Fake_Luv? Who Do YOU Luv? Show ME yur Money, Baby. But Do It Before You Check Out. OK?
They never got the fame they truly deserved.
@Java Monsoon I was the only one in my circle of friends/acquaintances that new about them. This was Toronto mid to late 80's.
5:13 seems there is so much smoke in that hall that the audience cannot see the girls on the stage
Almost 3m views for just this video
@@archstanton6102 Now 5.2 mill !
Now 5.4 three months later.
I heard this song in my local supermarket on their in store radio last week. A real stop and savour moment
I miss the 80s, and suspect I am not the only one.
I miss the 60's!
@@johnportwood5711 And the 70's!
I miss everything but these stupid times we're in now.
Just found out I couldn't remember the lyrics.
If missing is your thing. IMHO.it CONCERNS John Peel on Big London 266 continued on RADIO 648. After BBC WORLD SERVICE Scooped up the real Pirate talent
One of THE BEST live bands I've EVER SEEN!
The Kid and his fellows/ coconuts could really bring the public to heights of extasy. Never forgot the night I enjoyed them💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾
this was a way underrated band, i saw them three times, I was in love with one of the Coconuts, how could you not be?
Kid was successful but he deserved much more. No one like him has been able to blend Latin, Soul and Funky in an explosive mixture. Unique artist with overwhelming movements. I love you Kid
except Cab Calloway....:)
Couldn't agree more!
Steely Dan are a good shout. If you like this I'm sure you'll love it. Peace.
Greg Stewart ummm Steely Dan are more jazz influenced.
It's junk.
Real Music. When you wrote your own. When you knew you were different. When you didn't have to conform to statistics & marketing BS.
Thank the gods for music prior to the year 2000.....!
One of the best things about UA-cam. You stumble on something like this you listen to when you where young 40 years ago. Still like it !
I so agree as I found no end of stuff from way back that is just great,thank you You Tube
Yes..was just saying this the other day..luv it..so many different sounds & I am loving all the varieties
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Were not where.
@@gogoyubari366 English not my native language. Do you speak Swedish?
WOW! Just stumbled on to this. Knew about Kid but guess I missed out on some really, really good music. Luv ' dem coconut gals!
Everything spot on. Stage, lighting, wardrobe, the hats even! The energy, sound, tone. Just pure raw talent doing a live show and sounding like a studio recording. The 70's 80's early 90's man we were so lucky to have grown up with the best music ever!
40+/- years ago and we still have the best music. It will never happen again. Sad but we have all these videos to watch.
Miss those days
We Be like In the Groove? But IT actually has nothing to do with what years they 'Did If', Do Yu Understand? Music is IN Time, but Not Of Time.
War 1982 dabei in Essen beim Rockpalast, funktastisch und nach all den Jahren immer noch nicht angestaubt. Toller 😀
Habe 82 ZZTop in der Gruga gesehen. Total müde, vorher kamen Joan Armatrading, The Blues Band und noch ne Band. Das waren gute Zeiten. Und der WDR war noch nicht auf links getrimmt 🎸🎸🎸🎸
When the central riff begins, you are spectacularly trappped--it's a masterpiece. I had friends tell me about them during the 80s and I didn't pay attention. This piece alone deserves the Grammy, everything. What a mesmerzing, complex, beautiful piece of music....
Yes sir
Kid Creole is without a doubt one of the best bands to ever hit the planet Earth. Like the one person said : " The furst band to blend funk latin soul blues rock etc. Great band. Love them to this very day. 🎷🎸🥁
All I can say is that they were brilliant, amusing and unbelievably talented.
Word Bro, Squared :-) Maybe even Higher? The Band. The Vibe. The Music? But Whattabout 'That Groove'? We Be Feelin' IT.
Going on 40yrs, folks, and still a better live show than probably 80% of what you’d pay inflated prices to see today - and pre auto tune. One helluva band - especially love the brass section - hot cha cha cha !
Bongo Eddie!
who don't give a damn about no trumpet playin band .......
Agreed 1000 percent
Wow! Thanks for sharing your cynicism. You’re that guy aren’t you, bringing bad vibes wherever.
@@rcpmac If that’s for me, yup just being honest; but let’s face it, there are far more serious issues about which to worry than whether someone wants to click like or not on any frivolous social media comment.
全てが計算された演奏、それを演じ切る皆様に心からの拍手をさせて頂きます、チームワークですね
Now those are some outstanding brass players. They sound live as good as in the studio.
Michael i like your comment ,,ive seen these guys a few times they were stunning xxlol Jane x🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀
Yep pure class
I admire the Bass as well!
World-class musician and woodwind player Charlie Lagond has worked professionally for over 35 years, performing around the world with his own bands as well as alongside renowned artists Chet Baker, Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Bernard Purdie, Chuck Mangione, The Jackson Five, the Temptations, Natalie Cole, and Kid Creole & the Coconuts with whom he has performed at several presidential inaugural balls and a Command Performance by request of Princess Diana. He has performed on Broadway, in film and television, and has an extensive background in studio session recording.
Is my great uncle, kid definitely had some talent with him all around
@@schuega9000 Carol Coleman 😍 she was so amazing
Saw KC and the Coconuts a couple of times around this period and they were definitely one of the most enjoyable bands I ever saw, more like a party than a gig!
Kind of reminds of a cross between Morris Day and Cab Callaway
@@kennethrussell1158 I was just wondering the same. Some of his performance is very reminiscent of the great Cab Calloway
Kid Creole & the Coconuts owned the eighties, everywhere except the USA. They were the hardest working live music act in show business. Only now can Americans see what they missed being dumbed down by MTV and its mindless programming.
I met him at a recording studio years ago, real showman, real nice fella. Loads of fun.
Kind of reminds me of a cross between Morris Day and Cab Callaway
Let me guess, you're not a Yankee
@@kennethrussell1158 Didn't Morris Day give him his start?
Agreed
Watching Kid Creole live was one of the best gigs I have ever seen, and I have seen all the greats.
Ive felt the same. I saw them in Hollywood (The Palace) early 80's. They could swing
Bullshit
Purfection . . . one of the greatest live performance songs, and performances of said song . . unsurpassed.
J'ai vu ce spectacle à Fréjus et à la même époque . C'était encore plus grandiose avec des décors années 30 . Un souvenir inoubliable !
Fabuleux !
J'ai toujours adoré cet artiste avec ses belles danseuses et ses musiciens Bravo à Tous Bravo 💐💐💐👍💐👏👍👏👍💐
Just discovered it. Oh boy, this is awesome. I love it. The girls, of course. But you also have to appreciate the brass.
With astonishing musicianship, an energetic performance by all concerned and an enthusiasm that is utterly infectious how can you not love this???
C curieux à mon âge 73ans de découvrir encore des merveilleux groupes dont j ignorais l existence!Merci a l internet!X.
Y a pas d'age mon ami pour découvrir le Nirvana !
Longue vie à vous!
The were te greatest in this years thank you Kid ,
Definitely a cut above many. Their sound is lively and fun to listen to. They bring real entertainment and good music which makes them a class act.
Kind of reminds me of a cross between Morris Day and Cab Callaway
Fabulous. I wish young people would start listening to music again.
I will die happy watching this. God Bless Kid Creole & The Coconuts...
you can see more of the Coconuts here
Believe it Or Not, Many of Us are holding Our Collective Breath's for the Future of Music, Before We Check Out? Ne c'est pas?
The rhythm guitarist is tight, loose and funky. The drummer is subtle with the bass drum. The Bass player locks in and still flourishes.
One of the most under rated band of the 80's perhaps history of music...
Rarely I agree with this "most underrated" shlt - but here, you are absolutely right !
@@tomasvanecek8626 Absolutely! Criminally under-appreciated. Great time for music in NYC...Talking Heads, Blondie, Laurie Anderson, The Roches, and so many more.
One of best fantastic performance thatI see in my life
It's been 40 years, but this video still carries a positive charge. I was 17 then and now I'm 57, it seems impossible to me. I would like to meet the three girls, the coconuts, who will now be happy ladies in their sixties.
not exactly what you had in mind, but pretty similar : The Kid Creole and the coconuts reunite for a day (promoting their documentary) ua-cam.com/video/ww8sxzYuJmc/v-deo.html
I am back for another listen.. Brilliant. These girl singers add so much to the show.. Brilliant.
Those was the days were great music
Like this ruled the world
Musical performance at its absolute finest.
Just 2 days ago, after many years, I put on the platter their Tropical Gangsters album... I know them through and through, I even watched THIS Rockpalast show LIVE on TV back then. And I tell you - I was amazed, how tight the band was.. I mean, like nothing I´ve ever heard .. they were fkn incredible, and thats why I loved them ever since
@@tomasvanecek8626 Every element is just pure professionalism!
@@ian_b Amen to that.. so right you are !
Pure Genius and 50 tons of talent awesomeness at its finest
Saw them mid eighties NYC west side pier. If this was a cemetery the dead would have gotten up and starting to dance. Best show ever.
Chanson de mon adolescence, quelle énergie ce Kid Creole ! Love it 💗
quelle adolescence !!
Oui et ces meufs, sexy et peu habillées, ne sont pas vulgaires.
Ouais c'était top, Kid Créole and The Cooconuts !
Now this is one fantastic live band..saw them in approximately 1986. This is a band that should still be touring in 2023...extremely extremely underrated...I absolutely positively can't dance to save my life...but this band automatically made me dance...and that's how good they really were...
Not a single smartphone blocking anyone's view. Good times.
Be sure that someone was taping the show ;)
Sí pero eran profesionales, no tontos por el camino!
Politically incorrect : that's why it's so good, the real music.
So you mean to say: only politically incorrect music (whatever that is) is good, real music? 🤔
@@dvdp4513 Yes I do. 1963 John Lennon at Queen's annual Royal Variety Performance said : " The people in the cheaper seats clap yours hands and the rest of you if you'd just rattle your jewelry" At that time speech was free. Hi from France.
Mein Mann hat als tato no pc
@@ritasindern6686 danke Rita
Art can't be institutional
Now, THAT's a ZOOT! lol and the backup singers are in a league of their own!
I remember watching this on live German TV waaaay back in 1982. It was great then - it’s still great now!
I saw them at Pinkpop Holland in 1982. The whole crowd was dancing. And I could not stop staring at the Coconuts.
Absolute quality music and entertainment from everyone on that stage. Coconuts were just class with all those moves. Outstanding performance.
Agree
@@coobay4786 Word !!!
Allegria e spensieratezza al ritmo del funky.Questa e ' la musica dei Kid Creole and Coconuts.
The musical score in this film ticks my boxes
Wow, video with hands high in the air - without smartphone!!! Just patying!!!
A great live band. No question they would be in demand in europe. The energy they are putting out is incredible.
What a fucking brilliant production. And the women are amazing. Love it.
Ha, I remember seeing these cats play around this time and being blown away by their stage presence. 😃 Also a young Bass player I remember being extremely impressed with how funky the female Bassist (Carol Coleman?) was. They had 4 fiber optic palm trees custom made for their full stage setup and in the late eighties I walked into a dance club that was located in the square of the little city of Sonoma California and was surprised to learn from owner after I asked him if he had his palm trees made to look like the ones I had seen years earlier on stage with Kid Creole? He was surprised that I recognized them and said they were actually the same ones and explained how he knew them and he bought them from the band to untilize for his vision as a permanent installation in his club on both sides of inside entrance walkway leading to dance floor. Cool huh 😎
Yep, Carol Coleman... she was exactly what this music called for.. Fun fact: Kid C. played bass in a band that was precursor to KC+Coconuts - the Savannah Band, see here: ua-cam.com/video/BdtENUX3nNk/v-deo.html
So he knew damn well - Carol was THE ONE for the job 😍
The Most Underated Band On Earth Ah Cha Cha Cha ❤❤❤
Absolutely
Such a show! Man what style! The man is incredible! The band is incredible! The Coconuts are divine! His clothes in this number are largely based on the old "zoot suit" look, as in "a zoot suit, with a reet pleat and a drape shape" or as Cab Calloway sang about it in other words. A brilliant artist like Kid Creole is a Knowledge Keeper of the traditions, he and his band are rock'n'rolls treasures. Hats off to you, Kid -- you really bring it, bring it all, and you polish it, add yourself to it, and extend it to new heights! Salute, Sir!
Did you ever seem them live ? For me Bristol Uk early eighties incredible. Guess your Canadian how are things there ?
@@benjaminbolter7192 No, I never caught his act live. And here in Vancouver, things are pretty shut down, making a bad situation for live jazz and blues only worse, sad to say. Like others, I can only guess what the live music scene will be once, or if ever, the covid shutdown and fears lift. If you like Kid's style, you might want to check out some old Cab Calloway. Try ua-cam.com/video/IoMbeDhG9fU/v-deo.html for a megadose of yesteryear class.
Pure class, this song just brings happiness and dancing.
So much better than any Rock Band in Jeans and T-Shirts
Wow...love Kid Creole and the coconuts this was one of my favorites..I see he influenced Rick James.. Prince..Bruno Mars..and so many more. Is he in the Rock n roll hall of fame...wish I could have seen him live...love the coconuts..incredible choreography...💛💛💛
Kind of reminds me of a cross between Morris Day and Cab Callaway
❤❤❤ saw them in 1982 in Sheffield while at University- brilliant live performance… great memory
Great band, great women and a great song, the kid's got it all!!!
This band is Funk,& Jazz& Big band all in one. Love these guys.☮👍🌟
Fantastic. I enjoyed their concert in Stuttgart in the 80s. It was wunderbar. Great musicians great show. 3 hours they played without a stop, from one song direct in the next. And the coconuts were so pretty and elegant
Yes, saw them in Berlin early 80s, pure fun and elegance!!!!!!👍👍
Excellent. A classic from back in the day.
I love hearing the end of this segment, the crowd yelling , coconuts, coconuts, coconuts... Definitely angels who brought so much joy to our hearts! God bless the Coconuts.
Haha, actually they shout "Zugabe" which is "Encore" in german.
you can see more of the Coconuts here
I was fortunate to see them perform live in 1982 at The Palladium in Hollywood and their performance/show remains in the top 5 acts that I have ever witnessed. True 'gift from God' entertainers.
They were such an amazing, and surprising ‘80s act - just out of nowhere...
I saw them once in Århus, Denmark back then.
Fantastic - in a small indoor sports arena with only 4.500 they gave it all away.
And that was at their peak.
Gee i loved it...
Check Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band...
I caught 3 nights of this tour. 2 in Edinburgh. 1 in Glasgow. As a 16 year old boy I was as obsessed by the coconuts as I was by August and Coatimundi. (He's small, he's bald, but most of all he's adorable) I was word perfect with Off the Coast of Me, Fresh Fruit, and Topical Gangsters, standing in the front row in my zoot suit, two tone brouges and 8 panel cap. In a world of 80s electronica, that band was a tight as two coats of paint live, and the coconuts' dance routines were equally as tight. Without a shadow of doubt, KC&tC were the musical and visual highlight of the 80s.
Loved this album back in 82 - first time I've seen live show! Total class 👍👍
The greatest fade out of any concert at all times.
love the 80's and full bands
Cab Calloway comes back to life.
August Darnell once sent over a bottle of champagne to my table in the MIllionaire Club in Manchester in the '80s. A gent PLUS a fantastic band. Happy Memories
bumped into him we were between tube lines in London...one cool guy..a gentleman...
and what was the occasion?
I’m a rock ,rockin blues guy but this blows me away !!!! Cha cha cha !!!!!!!🖖
Same here
OK, Shall we assume you finally Open'd Yur Ears? Bravo. We Need More Good Ears.
magnificent after all those years ... still electrifying ...
Arguable the band that created punk swing. And that bass riff, OMG!
...any other bands you could name that would fall into to "punk swing" catagory?
...btw, I love these guys too!
Live better than in the studio . With the prettiest background singers ever. Leave it to Kid to find the beauty Queen that can sing . Everything is Hot about this video . Perfect dance music . You have your house dj's , I'll try to dance on this. Brilliant.
What an injustice to forget Kid Creole, the best pop fusion that started the 80s!
Absolutely wonderful. Wonderful song, wonderful performance.
Still brilliant remember this from 82
Talented people , good clothes beautiful woman all goofing about having fun , god I miss it , really miss it , makes life worth while
That was the '80s. The best decade ever.
you can see more of the Coconuts here
I saw Kid Creole in the early 80s at the Brighton Top Rank...
What a show, what a night
The definition of Unforgettable
In the early 90s, a co-worker/friend invited me to a show in a relatively small venue in Chicago, standing room only. I didn't know who Kid Creole was, but MAN!... I was awakened. Agreed... The Definition of Unforgettable!
❤️Fonda Rae
wow - i wish i could have seen them live - once - but no way - great music great musicians great show -
@@vadimislearningguitar4977 Fret not! Coming advances in AI and VR will analyze old performances videos in REAL-TIME, re-compute and recreate the entire venue, sound, audience and performers in extremely hi-res surround 3D, allowing you to continually move yourself within the audience or onstage with the performers, and experience the performance in VR as if you were there. Just give us another 10 to 20 years to make it happen.
@@BigMTBrain it is fine - or maybe not fine - i may not have the opportunity to see that -
I must say that Rockpalast was one of the best life TV programs on German network but thanks to TV distribution we were able to see our idols in real life concerts and this one was just fabulous and Kid & coconuts always been part of permanent music collection for several decades
WoW! I remember having seen this on television! Glorious days… So sad they're gone forever...
The Kid was on UK radio this morning. Said he woke up one dayu and his zoot suit no longer fitted so he hung it up!
No shit. And here I was thinking this song is brilliant.
I saw the Band live in 1987, on a spot on Costa Brava in Spain. The spot was so small, but the band was so great, will never forget this.
What a high quality performance full of magic and creativity.
Thats what we need urgently in the present age.
I couldn't agree with you more!!
Those days are lost, never to return, and we won’t have anything like it today.
@@distomos8118 You ain't seen nothing yet!
Maria Lopes Bachmann-Turner Overdrive...
Great act and boy, those coconuts!!
Wonder why they had almost no success back home? August and his crew put on a great show. Absolutely fresh and original. Glad we can view this act on the internet.
Went to an outdoor KC & Coco show in South Beach FL some time ago. The beach was PACKED and the crowd went absolutely nuts. The energy this band generated was unbelievable.
What an entertaining and talented group. They don't make 'em like that anymore! August Darnell looking like he just step out of L.A.'s zoot suit riots of the forties.
What a great sound, and the dancing girls are a huge plus also....
I saw it live on German TV and loved it.Grooving til now..
Love this Group soooo much Action n Originality!
1982 ,going to the disco in my car ,this number on the cd volume up ,my friends in the back ,looked like wayne,s world hahaha !!! Kid creole thanks for that happy time !!!
What I love today is being around certain people where you mention the name Kid Creole and the Coconuts, and they look at ya and grin with a look that says, oh yeah. That's when you know you're in the right place..
🚬👓...
I didn't know he was this SMOOVE...If the Coconuts don't blow your mind, you're a SQUARE under a rock.
Wow, blast from the past!! Absolutely loved this guys sound!!
I'm 71 I got old but music and performances like that never do!!!
This is what fun music is all about.. great show people.. great musicians.. what more do you need at a live gig?..