Bow Wow Wow C/D

There’s a Bow Wow Wow appearance on “American Bandstand” from May 1983 up on YouTube. They do “Do You Wanna Hold Me” and “Aphrodisiac.” The group seem in such good spirits it’s hard to believe they would play the final show of their classic run the very next month.

Dick Clark asks them about the time they’re spending touring the US, which got me curious, so I looked it up and it’s kind of amazing how much they worked in the US. They were gigging in America for practically the entire first six months of 1983, this on top of extensive US tours in ‘81 and ‘82.

I just have to add, I have never understood the break-up of Bow Wow Wow. It seems like a major case of self-sabotage. They were all still so young, but only Leroy Gorman, the most talented one, accomplished much post-BWW. No one really remembers The Chiefs of Relief, I assume.

the bass sound on this live version of I Want Candy is immense:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjtvrYZyBEA

I dunno why people bag on this song so much. it's fucking great. the purity of it... all the elements just fused into this unstoppable beat. it honestly almost brings me to tears