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Best ever Old Grey Whistle Test performance?
For me it has to be the Sensational Alex Harvey Band playing "Delihah" from 1975. For those of you who have never seen it take a look here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzUT9...elated&search= Wonderful stuff. |
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John Otway & 'Wild' Willy Barrett.
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John Otway & 'Wild' Willy Barrett.
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John Otway & 'Wild' Willy Barrett.
I concur 110%. I remember watching that at the time (I'm VERY old) and thinking WTF?? Fantastic.
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I concur 110%. I remember watching that at the time (I'm VERY old) and thinking WTF?? Fantastic.
![]() http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPqwBCsP07s&NR Willy plays a mean guitar. |
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I managed to find the clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPqwBCsP07s&NR Willy plays a mean guitar. I remember it like it was last week! Mind you I'm sure the clip differs slightly. I remember John Otway jumping on a Barretts amp, it fell over, and went dead! Or was that another performance they did? Last edited by StereRowe : 07-12-2006 at 22:03. |
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Thanks for finding that clip - but there's some mistake: 29 YEARS AGO
I remember it like it was last week! Mind you I'm sure the clip differs slightly. I remember John Otway jumping on a Barretts amp, it fell over, and went dead! Or was that another performance they did? 'Twas certainly the way I remembered it. Otway ran at what I thought was a stack of speakers and ended up slumped on top of them, then the programme ended abruptly? Mind you, it IS 29 years ago...
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David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars. Think they did Ziggy/Hunky Dory material. Golden days indeed
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For me it has to be the Sensational Alex Harvey Band playing "Delihah" from 1975. For those of you who have never seen it take a look here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzUT9...elated&search= Wonderful stuff. John Otway, David Bowie, Keith Richards, Bob Marley, Roxy Music, Daryl Hall & John Oates, etc, etc, etc My personal favourites, though, are any John Martyn appearance - I never met a musician more gifted
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Talking Heads & Thin Lizzy
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A totally out of it Eric Clapton
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PiL with Wobble playing bass sitting in an armchair
Jesus and Mary Chain falling to pieces New York Dolls The Sound Aztec Camera |
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INXS - Kiss The Dirt
Michael moved like a god during that performance and the band were tight. Love ya Mike xx |
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Focus. I became a fan on first hearing and have been ever since.
And Meatloaf's 'Bat Out Of Hell' - I thought I'd died and gone to Heaven. Last edited by Radiomaniac : 08-12-2006 at 22:38. |
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Cocteau Twins performing The Spanglemaker in 1984. It's a pretty slow start but the finale is jaw droppingly beautiful...the finest female singer Scotland and perhaps Britain has ever produced.
Found it on You Tube but the finale is cut off
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I'm Just A Singer In A Rock & Roll Band - The Moody Blues
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits Statue of Liberty - XTC |
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Cocteau Twins performing The Spanglemaker in 1984. It's a pretty slow start but the finale is jaw droppingly beautiful...the finest female singer Scotland and perhaps Britain has ever produced.
Found it on You Tube but the finale is cut off ![]() - the Cocteaus were one of the most underrated bands ever - their Tube performances just stunned me
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What about Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd?
That for me was the defining moment of the OGWT. |
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What about Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd?
That for me was the defining moment of the OGWT. |
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Gil Scott Heron singing Johannesburg is pretty good on OGWT, too
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Reeling in the years ...Steely Dan.. and Bill Nelson`s new band? what happened to him ? liked his stuff...
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I remember it like it was last week!
- the Cocteaus were one of the most underrated bands ever - their Tube performances just stunned me