Hey You - The Start , 1980
That kid quit school today, ya know Hey you, crawl out of your hole Hey you, you think you’re so sweet You You You Hey you (and you and you and you), you think you’re so sweet Hey you (hey you) Ya you (crawl out of your hole) |
In 1979, Andrew St. George, Richard Rudolph, Tony Blaise and Mark Valdez formed a band in St. George's Toronto basement. Through an ad in the Toronto Star, they added Simon Slinger as the lead vocalist, and The Start was in business. After a few shows at Lee's Palace, The Horseshoe, The Edge and Larry's Hideaway, they were noticed by Capital Records and offered an album deal. In 1980, Hey You was released as an album and a single. The recording was engineered by Daniel Lanois.
The Start received airplay on CFNY, and shared the stage with the likes of The Pretenders, The B52s, Teenage Head and Elvis Costello at Toronto's outdoor festival, Heatwave. But as all loyal fans all remember, The Start's claim to fame was having their single Hey You being adopted as the theme song for the All Night Show on CFMT-TV. Chuck the Security Guard (Chas Lawther), used to dance and sing along throughout the summer of 1980.
Unfortunately, the song, the band and the show were relatively short-lived, and are now but pleasant memories of a long-gone era.
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