Better Than The Original: Flying Lizards

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Title	:	Better Than The Original: Flying Lizards
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I love this song, it made me love money and the honey😘
Comment from : craig wyss

Aubrey Plaza would be perfect covering this!
Comment from : Rodney Davis

weeds bees legals now
Comment from : mike odonnell

Rich people singing the praises of money !! No other interpretation Harry Enfield 'Loadsamoney' anti proletarian rap
Comment from : koksuklik

I loved this album It’s always been my favorite rendition Still have the album framed and hanging on my wall
Comment from : Stephen Phillips

Wow, #5 in the UK I remember taping Summertime Blues off of the local (San Francisco) underground music show Knowing I'd never find it at Tower records, I had to walk past the 6th Street winos to get to the closest Rough Trade
Comment from : Rosso Nero

I have watched other interviews with the group and all these years later you can tell there is still some hard feelings amoung the former members for a few reasons A Good version of the song thow I think it relays the coldness and materialism of the subject of the song The beatles vershion and lennon allmost make it to warm and rosy with there singing style masking the very ichy and materialistic/gold digging subject matter of the song itself The flying lizzards style for this song as they said drained it of its warmth and gave a straightforward approch that is both catchy and uncomfortable all at once
Comment from : E jenima

Still a great groovy version of Money
Comment from : Stephen Mac Connoran

Can remember Deborah wearing a pithe helmet at walthamstow college
Comment from : Dina Stanford

Fascinating to listen to from release Barrett Strong's will always be the best, of course
Comment from : S

Freebird!
Comment from : Music Stewart

Why isn't there any this kind of music today?
Comment from : aris95

Drained of it's warmth? Are you kidding? I fell in love the first time I heard it Finally, an honest woman Well, it was a passing thought I eventually married a devout Christian woman and was very happy
Comment from : Edward Baker

I prefer this version to the Beatles version There, I said it Do love the original by Barrett Strong
Comment from : Mairi Millar

Great!
Comment from : Rachel Smith

I had no idea the song came out a few months before Thatcher's election
Comment from : Troy Gaspard

I still listen to this song a lot! 👍👍👍
Comment from : Lazio

Evans-Stickland employed the Andy Warhol philosophy of doing things the easy way
Comment from : Corey Chambers

great cover but better than Barrett Strong's original? You can't be serious And the Beatles' Decca version is also killer
Comment from : Tralfaz666

4:00 👏
Comment from : kubura

Such a unique act, I loved every single thing they did It wasn't ever enough!
Comment from : Bluey Gs Obscure Music Obsession

A good cover,remembered it well that year along with Blondie, The Jam,Boomtown Rats, Dave Edmunds,Neil Diamond,Ian Dury and the Blockheads, The Knack
Comment from : Brian Morecombe

A song about just wanting money Seemingly being done without much effort, with no real instuments andnot actually being sing While having a good beat just makes it much better than the original brAt least for me, who lived with people who struggled to pay for things, this cover just hits harder
Comment from : **

Flying lizards are the best versionsince
Comment from : Maria Russell

Kinda like the Johnny Cash talking blues tunes First time I heard this song was back in maybe 1984, we had a few radio stations that played off the wall stuff Long live stations where you get The Flying Lizards, followed by QUEEN,David Bowie, Black Sabbath, and Steven Miller Band📻🐿🙂
Comment from : crazy burkey

Yes, but what was Deborah doing swinging around in mid air for?!
Comment from : Phantom Raspberry Blower

Loadsa money 💰 really took the piss out of this song,yeahh wop it out Shut your mouf Oct twenty two 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 😅🤣😂🤪
Comment from : Paul Crisp

A couple of people who made a shit load from by their own admission, very little talent, refreshingly, don't take themselves too seriously They're still raking in the royalties, and I still got my original 7inch single in it's Warhole-esque sleeve
Comment from : caribstu

Quite a unique rendition After she says "that's what I want" I often thought the next sound was like that of an elephant
Comment from : Red Jones

I liked that the vid was Sweeney'd up ;O)
Comment from : squeeth

I assumed they were German Now I think she sounds the way the queen would if the queen had recorded this That's a compliment
Comment from : O S

I remember her vocal being described in The Telegraph as sounding like "a snarling Montmartre hooker" :)
Comment from : Stephen Goodman

Her eyes and speaking mannerism remind me of George Orwell
Comment from : Steve

Stop interrupting we don't care about your introspective ego boost oh he's dead carry on
Comment from : Lynnn Leistinger

This band was absolutely brilliant
Comment from : Max Mason

The only unique song from the bandbrNot a worst song, but something we can explore out of common and with originality
Comment from : Leandro Rafael Bayonito

SANG FROID
Comment from : Jack Ellsworth Savage

How honest , how humble ; not much of a musician ,a singer that can’t sing but they made something compelling
Comment from : David Russell

They "got away with it", but did they get "money"?
Comment from : EvilUmpire

Family Guy brought me here! Never seen the video before Classic song
Comment from : S East

As much a novelty song as Joe Dolce Is funny watching them try and tart it up as being something more
Comment from : Martin Ersatz

This kind of snuck in with new wave pop? I f don't know if '79 was too early for new wave but I feel that music was changing fast enough in the late 70s that this version of Money had a vapid mechanical feel to it as bands with mechanised synths were kicking off
Comment from : Greig Clement

I have always liked the Flying Lizards version of money It also brings back memories of when I was 18 years old when this hit came out Originally written by Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford
Comment from : ByGraceIGo

that last thing I want in life br is poverty brI WANT MONEY!!!!!!
Comment from : Huw Zebediah Thomas

classics!!!! x
Comment from : Huw Zebediah Thomas

Age six and I loved this tune The oddness to the sound was what I liked about it when I heard it on the radio Only later in life was I to appreciate the irony of this version and what it came to represent
Comment from : megamarkd

Brilliance saved in perpetuity
Comment from : Team Clermont Music PR

New wave Barrett Strong 1959 I was 5 years old
Comment from : john plaid

Best version Amazing band Throw more money at this group, throw less money at Devo, and--voila--they switch places
Comment from : TAR ICO

"deliberately drained it of its warmth" Well, if you think about it, isn't that what the lyrics call for?
Comment from : r b

Don’t be normal, be magnificent
Comment from : mradriankool

Deborah perfectly represents the gorgeous woman who has ZERO interest in you, but you are impossibly infatuated with her She's a Goddess & you're a worm - life is cruel Her disinterest & coolness makes her even more desirable!
Comment from : Gavin H

Debra your brilliant, I love your music see your single to, wink wink x keep it up brilliant artist x
Comment from : M1cyk whoop! whoop! whoop!

I Dedicated this song to my wife We loved it ❤️❤️😂😂
Comment from : Jaime Alvarez

I love the way they put it together and especially how she sang it❤️❤️
Comment from : Jaime Alvarez

Just really annoying
Comment from : Highland Fleet Lute

👍👍💖💖🙏🙏😎😎
Comment from : Bill Carson

SPEAKING the WORDS INSTEAD of SINGING is WHAT MADE it WORK SINGER ADMITTED SHE COULDN'T SING HER OWN WORDS, "EASIER to SPEAK than SING"
Comment from : Bill Carson

Yes I agree 2:36 Zeitgeist is the right word as music is when it is, not what it is
Comment from : Deepinder Cheema

Long Story short, I got a notification about the Flying Lizards earlier, and I had forgotten about the band for years Nice to rediscover them But something I want to mention about the piano manipulation, if you like that check out an album by Anne Dudley of the Art of Noise doing the best of Art of Noise She does the majority of the album with different types of pianos and piano manipulation It Is A Masterpiece!!!
Comment from : Mark Mower

still have my copy!
Comment from : B squared

She should read audio-books Especially Virginia Woolf
Comment from : David James

Vocals are perfect you can't sing to itloved them the second I'm surprised Eno didn't try horning in on it ,
Comment from : Lynnn Leistinger

The girl reminds me of my ex-wife in her attitude to money
Comment from : rob Jones

Love this version
Comment from : Sofia Platini

A middle-aged Deborah Evans-Stickland should have proclaimed; "I was young, hot, and slim!" Which would be 100 accurate!
Comment from : Dan B Cooper

" Er Deborah the Singer I assumed she'd probably sing like Tina Turner erThis turned out to not be the case" - Love it !
Comment from : Stock Tricks

Tbh their version is shit compared to the original, Beatles AND Zeppelin’s version sorry Theirs is unique yeah and I like her voice with it but the music is meh
Comment from : TheTroll Mastah

"people may wonder why i speak the songs instead of singing them the answer, singing is more difficult" wow, she would have been an international success by todays standards a least she's honest
Comment from : C lightning

TWO THUMBS DOWN!! Failed to mention the creators of the song, written by Tamla founder Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford and sung by Barrett Strong They did mention the Beatles
Comment from : D M

She was and is a total goofball
Comment from : FFM0594

The Many Saints of Newark
Comment from : Jingleberries

This is incredile on so many levels
Comment from : Tassellhoff

This is trash All the covers are trash, these people are trash All copying off a black man
Comment from : immigrant503

The first time my mom played this song I was HOOKED! I also believed that it was bYoko Ono/b who sang it brThis version of the song is by far THE BEST one out there!
Comment from : Leena Stark

their version of move on up is really good
Comment from : Patrick Hicks

sounds like they're copying Andy Warhol re attitude Half their luck
Comment from : Alan BStard M P

Flying Lizards are the greatest for the next couple of ages 🖤💰
Comment from : Eve Stabile

Money was offensive to some people who hated Punk Rock ! They thought it was punk rock !
Comment from : Lars Larsen

I want a woman like her Thats what I want
Comment from : Tim Johnson

Deborah got great moves!
Comment from : Drew M

sound like the queen singing
Comment from : Alfonzo Davids

Cunningham's full of the brown stuff; Tina Turner, yeah, sure She made the song with her voice
Comment from : Stephen B

It's a clipped stripped back version that is entirely in keeping with the lyrics - it just WORKS
Comment from : P E

Why does she look like she is in pain while being interviewed?
Comment from : E jenima

I prefer the Flying Lizard vershion
Comment from : E jenima

🐉 hi 🐉br🤸‍♀️🤸‍♂️br♥️🐉♥️ bayby, lizard 🎈🐉🎈
Comment from : ugnius stackunas

Their debut album is a classic by all means
Comment from : R Shing-Lai Ho

The best version
Comment from : Janaale

The flying lizards money song Is garbage
Comment from : billybobjr

Been one of my favorites since 1980 or so
Comment from : J C Gardner

I thought they were Swedish !
Comment from : Jane Macintyre

I came here because I heard the song for the first time on the NETFLIX special about Frans Lebowitz I instantly adored the song so representative of the society we are living in now in the midst of this pandemic
Comment from : Miguel-Angel Salazar

If I had heard her sing this song in 1970I would have lost my virginity to a woman, 10 years later Laughing Aircraft were more loving Love this song! It's a perfect insult to the music industry
Comment from : Pilot 301

She’s gorgeous
Comment from : Anya

"I just assumed she'd sing like Tina Turner This turned out to not be the case"
Comment from : FreshenUpArts

She was doing rap before the African Americans figured it out
Comment from : American Citizen

Ms Evans-Stickland's deadpan delivery of the lyrics made this an instant classic for me It was as if she was irritated having to explain why you should give her all your money XD
Comment from : TarotMage