The Beat (known in the United States and Canada as the English Beat and in Australia as the British Beat) are a British band formed in Birmingham, England, in 1978. Their music fuses Latin, ska, pop, soul, reggae and punk rock.
The Beat, consisting of Dave Wakeling (vocals, guitar), Ranking Roger (vocals), Andy Cox (guitar), David Steele (bass), Everett Morton (drums), and Saxa a.k.a. Lionel Augustus Martin (saxophone), released three studio albums in the early 1980s: I Just Can't Stop It (1980), Wha'ppen? (1981) and Special Beat Service (1982), and a string of singles, including "Mirror in the Bathroom", "Save It for Later", "I Confess", "Too Nice to Talk To", "Can't Get Used to Losing You", "Hands Off...She's Mine", and "All Out to Get You".
If the Byrds spent years in the Caribbean learning ska.
Great band, not sure why they renamed themselves - used just to be The Beat - maybe some legal issue?
No renaming, and only applicable in the USA.
Your guess is correct: The different name was strictly related to the existence of a band in the U.S. with rights to the name The Beat at the time; which is no longer the case. In recent (-ish) years there have been U.S. releases using the original name; but those releases usually also include the altered name for better recognition here in the states.
What he said. Good to know it's not just me!
Lyrics:
Guess there's no use in hangin' 'round
Guess I'll get dressed and do the town
I'll find a crowded avenue
Though it will be empty without you
I can't get used to losing you
No matter what I try to do
Gonna spend my whole life through
Loving you
Called up some girl I used to know
After I heard her say, "Hello."
Couldn't think of anything to say
Since you're gone it happens every day
I can't get used to losing you
No matter what I try to do
Gonna spend my whole life through
Loving you
Can't get used to losing you
No matter what I try to do
Gonna spend my whole life through
Loving you
I'll find somebody wait and see
Who am I kidding, only me
'Cause no one else could take your place
Guess that I am just a hopeless case
I can't get used to losing you
No matter what I try to do
Gonna spend my whole life through
Loving you
Can't get used to losing you
No matter what I try to do
Gonna spend my whole life through
Loving you
Thank You for the lyrics!
Another belter from these guys
Guess there's no use in hangin' 'round
Guess I'll get dressed and do the town
I'll find a crowded avenue
Though it will be empty without you
I can't get used to losing you
No matter what I try to do
Gonna spend my whole life through
Loving you
Called up some girl I used to know
After I heard her say, "Hello."
Couldn't think of anything to say
Since you're gone it happens every day
I can't get used to losing you
No matter what I try to do
Gonna spend my whole life through
Loving you
Can't get used to losing you
No matter what I try to do
Gonna spend my whole life through
Loving you
I'll find somebody wait and see
Who am I kidding, only me
'Cause no one else could take your place
Guess that I am just a hopeless case
I can't get used to losing you
No matter what I try to do
Gonna spend my whole life through
Loving you
Can't get used to losing you
No matter what I try to do
Gonna spend my whole life through
Loving you
Byrds on meth, maybe
LOL! Too funny!
Came home and my roommate was trying to teach himself how to break dance and a foot flew around and Chuck Norris'd the record right in half. Being a decent guy, he immediately went out and bought a replacement copy. But I was still tired of it so I just put it unopened on the shelf (this time) and never listened to it. Years later I sold it back to the store for about a break-even price.
Break dancing. No shit.
Break dancing? Tired of this? Maybe you should have tried just dancing up to the massive speakers and hugging them like the spandex and chain-clad beauty in the ex-Disco club I heard this at at the time, or danced with yourself in the mirrored wall like the equally spandex-clad and beautiful black women in the same club, to develop an appreciation. So put this on, do the MAMIL* and try again.
*Middle Aged Man In Lycra