Airport: Motors Greatest Hits

I am enjoying this cd

Great collection of their output. I just wish they put out more. Anyway, the song Airport makes any collection worth having.

Beats NICK LOWE and ROCKPILE ! FAB! Just as promised. The original pop !

it took a while to find a cd version of this band, but it was worth the wait. buy it and enjoy.

'Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.'I remember the ticket-ripper saying this to me a few years ago as myself and six other troopers sat for a midnight showing of 'Quadrophenia' at a local pit.It's true of course, but the beauty of this Amazon thing (even though there's been great consternation and dissatisfaction in recent weeks) is you can relive stuff from yonks back and still have fresh perspective - especially if it's a work you haven't heard since vinyl.If I brought up the subject of the Motors at my local I would be derided as a jackass and shunned. That or be greeted with guffaws and rueful shakes of the head - so if only five people EVER read this review, that IS five people who would never have given them house-room or even had them cross their minds.I was initially excited to finally get my hands on the 12" version of the magnificent 'Dancing the Night Away'. A superb but evasive recording which topped BBC Radio's - John Peel's Festive Fifty list in 1977, beating the likes of 'God Save the Queen', 'Do Anything You Wanna Do' and 'Complete Control' in it's effortless stroll to the top spot of, what was at the time, a VERY prestigious poll.I've been looking for it for years having only a very old and shaky cassette version for succour, and to have it in my grasp had me panting with joyous satisfaction.So what's the rest of 'Airport' like? Well, it's pretty good. The Virgin blurb states; 'A new wave, heavy metal pop band' and it's hard to quibble. Again, our old friends good tunes and words crash alarmingly back into view. 'You Beat the Hell Outta Me' is a caveman anthem while 'Airport' and 'Tenement Steps' are massive string-synth soul. 'Forget About You' and 'That's What John Said' are trad-guitar power-pop and there's a couple of lively ballads; 'Soul Redeemer' probably being the best.It's a millenium away from being classic but it's crisply effective, well-produced, and juicy. Maybe I'm still suffering from shell-shock after recent Lurkers and Eddie and the Hot Rods exertions but this sounds great to me at the moment.And believe me when I tell you, 'Dancing the Night Away' winning the JPFF poll above a whole ream of brilliant records was no fluke.

The Motors are a hard band to define. Are they punk? Are they dance? Are they pop? Well I suppose the answer to all of those questions is "yes." The Motors were uinique in many respects and they enjoyed experimenting with different styles of music. When I hear some of the Motors music, I feel I'm in the audience of some huge broadway production. They liked production and music of gigantic proportions as well. Fans will know what I mean. This has some great songs "Airport," "That's What John Said," and "Tenement Steps" to name a few. Get it.

Motors were a mid/late '70s almost there band. They were considered NEW WAVE, mostly because they were English and a tail wind back from Elvis Costello and less popular better looking fake torn t-shirt so-called punks.Motors had a terrific, yet NOW traditional sound, but at the time was like a grin and a YEAH! Never a pop hit in the US, but those who collected records, collected Motors.I have colored vinyl LPs of Motors and their 45s. They were fun and of a time.Motors run!

These guys released two albums.Couldn't they - or their label - have dropped some of their'hits' so there would be room for the complete version of theirtrue masterwork?I am referring to DANCIN' THE NIGHT AWAY.If that was on this CD, a copy would most likely be winging its way to me. Instead, I keep searching............EDIT: Wow...here it is 6 years later and I find that this CD now does include the full length version of DANCIN' THE NIGHT AWAY.I stand corrected & in the immortal words of Emily Litella, "Never Mind...."

This band was formed by a couple of ex-members of ‘Ducks Deluxe’, the band that had the foresight to turn down the opportunity to record ‘Airport’! That track plus ‘Dancing the Night Away’ are probably the only two songs that anybody remembers about ‘The Motors’. However, on this collection there are some other quite good tracks, though the order seems to be one strong followed by one weak; almost like ‘A’ & ‘B’ sides. If you only want the two previously mentioned songs, then you are probably better off with one of the many 70’s compilations- all in all this CD is worth about 3 ½ stars, though you get plenty of music at just under 72 ½ mins. ‘Greatest Hits’ seems to be over-egging it a bit.

This band evolved from Ducks Deluxe another underrated group from the pub rock scene. Transforming themselves into The Motors , Garvey and McMaster found themselves aligned to punk rock, though their age and ear for a good melody placed them more in the power pop area. They released the classic 'Dancing the night away' - as good today as the first time I heard it. This was followed by the brilliant 'Forget about you', and 'Airport' probably the song the band is best remembered for. They lasted three short years. On this compilation you get a first class round up of a wonderful set of musicians, and if you want perfection : my favourite track - 'Tenement steps', glorious stuff. Enjoy.

''Nostalgia ain't what it used to be''.I remember the ticket-ripper saying this to me a few years ago, as myself and six other troopers sat for a midnight showing of 'Quadrophenia' at a local pit.It's true, of course, but the beauty of this Amazon thing (even though there has been great consternation and dissatisfaction in recent weeks) is you can relive stuff from yonks back and still have fresh perspective -especially if it's a work you haven't heard since post-puberty.If I brought the subject of the Motors up at my local, I would be derided as a jackass and shunned. That, or be greeted with guffaws and rueful shakes of the head; so if only five people EVER read this review, that IS five people who would never have given them house-room or even had them cross their minds.I was initially excited to finally get my hands on the 12" version of the magnificent 'Dancing the Night Away.' A superb but evasive recording which topped BBC Radio John Peel's Festive Fifty list in 1977, beating the likes of 'God Save the Queen,' 'Do Anything You Wanna Do' and 'Complete Control' in it's effortless stroll to the top spot of, what was at the time, a VERY prestigious poll. I've been looking for it for years, having only a very old shaky cassette version for succour, and to have it in my grasp at last had me panting with joyous satisfaction.So what's the rest of 'Airport' like? Well, it's pretty good. The Virgin blurb states: 'A new wave, heavy metal pop band' and it's hard to quibble. Again, our old friends good tunes and words strut alarmingly back into view. 'You Beat the Hell Outta Me' is a caveman anthem, while 'Airport' and 'Tenement Steps' are massive string-synth soul. 'Forget About You' and 'That's What John Said' are trad-guitar power-pop, and there's a couple of lively ballads: 'Soul Redeemer' probably being the best.It's a millenium away from being classic, but it's crisply effective, well-produced and juicy. Maybe I'm still suffering from shell-shock after recent Lurkers and Eddie and the Hot Rods exertions, but this sounds great to me at the moment.And believe me when I tell you, 'Dancing the Night Away' winning the JPFF poll above a whole ream of brilliant records was no fluke.

The Motors a metamorphosis of some very good bands from tbe pub scene .Dancing the Night Away is a monster track just sit and take it all in. Some of the tracks are a bit strange at first but stick with it and you will enjoy it . Great band . BrianO

Fantastic compilation from a very underrated band.