I'm just getting into this band. I saw the video for "Endicott" and I thought it was pretty cool. I head some other tracks of theirs over the years. But I wonder if there's anyone out there that can suggest an album for me to get of theirs. They've got a nice Caribbean/New Wave/Disco sound that I dig.

"Take a look at me,you see I couldn't look better...girl,I'm at my peak and that's a fact,that's a fact...Take a part of me,you know it couldn't feel no better...take it all with ease,before you break your back or get a heart attack...I'm a Wonderful thing baby".



Those lyrics are from their 1982 hit "I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby",which is my favorite song by them.

DavidEye said:

what about Stoole Pidgeon?

rdhull said:

"Stool Pigeon" is a great song too!

I have a cool greatest hits CD from Kid Creole and the Coconuts,which was released in 1992.It is called 'Kid Creole Redux' and contains the following tracks...

"I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby"
"Endicott"
"There's Something Wrong In Paradise"
"If You Wanna Be Happy"
"Stool Pigeon"
"Annie,I'm Not Your Daddy"
"Yolanda"
"It's A Wonderful Life"
"Dancin At The Bains Douches"
"In The Jungle"
"Animal Crackers"
"Part Of My Design"
'Call It A Day"
"The Lifeboat Party"


Unfortunately,it doesn't contain their 1987 song "The Sex Of It",which was written by Prince.

Endicotts super funky! I love that song!

The way the lead singer screams is sooo cool! "AAOOOwwwWWW!"


They have a website!

http://www.kidcreole.com/

Oh and there is a long 12" version of Endicott that's pretty cool too.

Endicott dont like decency

rdhull said:

Yeah, that's a pretty cool track.

why cant you be like En-di-cawt?

he's an old ___ thats been away, now he's back, no ones safe--stoole pidgeon..ha cha cha cha

I thought Kid Creole was Lou Bega, he just changed his name ,,, I could've sworn that was Kid Creole singing Mambo #5, plus they look a hell of alot alike

A weird fact about Kid Creole is that he lives in Sheffield, England. Not the most glamarous of places I can tell ya!

Stool Pidgeon cha cha cha cha

DavidEye said:

That song is my jam! Didn't they use to be a part of Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band? Cherchez Le Femme was the bomb.

stymie said:

Yep,I think they evolved from that band,in some form or another.But yes,"I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby" is da jam!! Very underrated track.I've always felt that it would have been perfect for Morris Day to sing.

stymie said:

Former Sony Boss Tommy Mottola was there Manager at the time of that Song&they Name Drop Him in the Song as well.Very Underrated Act."Sex of It" Dropped in 90 for Kid Creole&The Coconuts.it SOunded Really dated by the time they got it.would have worked had they got it in 86-88 IMHO though.

One of my favorite Kid Creole cuts is "Que Pasa/Me No Pop I". My fav line...

I thought our love was finished,
When I came from the VD clinic..."

I liked to fall out laughing on the dance floor when I first heard this. Man I miss that playful, fun nature of artists like Kid Creole. Far too often, music nowdays is waaay too heavy. It's almost like you can feel the pressure for sales & charts in contemporary artists' music.
[This message was edited Tue Mar 25 22:02:14 PST 2003 by codshort]