reggae. doubt the "tall cool one" wailers were on OGWT.
― briania, Monday, 29 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
It seems the cook tainted Mr Sinker's Double Meat Palace today and made him all testy as a result.
― Andy K, Monday, 29 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Christine "Green Leafy Dragon" Indigo, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Jeff W, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― RickyT, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
OGWT had a BIG influence on the young Dr. C. Pre-punk, it was the only way you could see any non-chart stuff on the telly apart from short-lived regional programs like 'The Geordie Scene' (anyone remember that?). It featured a pretty catholic selection of stuff too - I remember seeing (IIRC) the Average White Band, National Health and Bill Withers on the same show. Post 76 it lost something of it's wierdness for me, but the punk/new wave acts were well represented.
― Dr. C, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Amarga, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
If you seek copies of Sounds from early 1977 (no, I don't know why), you'd find one has a lead letter from me in it. Readers had been moaning that TOTP was ignoring punk. My letter was saying that it was pointless expecting TOTP to do anything other than its job, to play what was in the charts, and punk hadn't been, then. I moaned about OGWT, which was supposed to be the alternative, and this was ignoring punk.
― Martin Skidmore, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Surprised there isn't a YouTube thread for these.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_duNqDMSQDU
― From the guys who brought you Fay Weldon (Eazy), Thursday, 20 January 2011 06:19 (thirteen years ago) link
there is nowhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh5DuR5FBQA
― hey boys, suppers on me, our video just went bacterial (Hurting 2), Thursday, 20 January 2011 06:26 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPJHQmJAiKA
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 20 January 2011 06:39 (thirteen years ago) link
lol Sting (but damn the Police were good early on)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEJH6clqfUI
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 20 January 2011 06:44 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkTQUtx818w
― From the guys who brought you Fay Weldon (Eazy), Thursday, 20 January 2011 06:48 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-PKWeAMQBI&feature=related
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 20 January 2011 06:53 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbd-BcuPvLA&feature=fvw
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 20 January 2011 06:59 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm going all classic-rock canon tonight.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsrI_mIT6PQ&feature=related
― From the guys who brought you Fay Weldon (Eazy), Thursday, 20 January 2011 07:03 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcCPNHIwRK8&feature=related
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 20 January 2011 07:05 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz9JNDlcTgA&feature=related
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 20 January 2011 07:09 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS33yAqMeCc
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 20 January 2011 07:12 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJOf6ZJ8uR0
I'll stop now.
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 20 January 2011 07:17 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXBnAhMDFdI
Just awesome...
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 08:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I have the double dvd and its utterly marvellous - lots of beautifully shot great performances, also I just love Bob Harris' conspiratorial whisper.
― Marco Damiani, Thursday, 20 January 2011 09:47 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vSLZs3kq2M
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 20 January 2011 09:49 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq6fCOGyVJg
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 20 January 2011 09:50 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKgyjw478B8
― seminal fuiud (NickB), Thursday, 20 January 2011 09:54 (thirteen years ago) link
^ that was the first time I ever heard Television btw, totally thrilling.
― seminal fuiud (NickB), Thursday, 20 January 2011 09:55 (thirteen years ago) link
This is a little silly, but it gives a good idea of the vaguely spooky, very 70's British tv atmosphere in the studio: the bits from 6.33 look straight out of a sci-fi movie!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz6sGIzeoJc
― Marco Damiani, Thursday, 20 January 2011 09:57 (thirteen years ago) link
xpostThere are no words to describe how great was Alex Harvey
― Marco Damiani, Thursday, 20 January 2011 09:58 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chaP4MCXp4w
― From the guys who brought you Fay Weldon (Eazy), Thursday, 20 January 2011 15:23 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZmqbcBsTAw
― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Thursday, 20 January 2011 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Found the first two volumes of this in a 2/$10 bin today. I've been skipping around a bit, and recognize Bob Harris and Richard Williams from that old Paul Gambaccini Top 200 book.
― clemenza, Saturday, 18 February 2012 03:20 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdwUY7TknS4
― ‘Neuroscience’ and ‘near death’ pepper (Eazy), Saturday, 18 February 2012 06:17 (twelve years ago) link
That Beefheart clip is always on Whistle Test comps. Kind of sticks out like a sore thumb in a sea of badfinger boogie and prog in shiny lapels.
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Sunday, 19 February 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
Happened on this today: Loads of Full Eps, individual clips/sets, and other treats from the Beeb: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMKkw87LSSoyKjVadIVRRSg/videos
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 03:44 (five years ago) link