Highly Likely - Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads (Theme)

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  • Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
  • Written by Mike Hugg and Ian La Frenais. Sung by Tony Rivers. Released in 1973.
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  • @yacinekadri9110
    @yacinekadri9110 2 роки тому +249

    The older you get the more you understand this song

    • @Talisman09
      @Talisman09 2 роки тому

      What age did you learn English?

    • @HaPpY_Me
      @HaPpY_Me Рік тому +12

      I was just saying this, I was only a kid when occasionally I was allowed to watch the likely lads, not even in double digits. I'm now in my 50's and it resonates so much

    • @Mascro1977
      @Mascro1977 Рік тому +4

      ​@@Talisman09when did you?

    • @clivestuarteardley6049
      @clivestuarteardley6049 Рік тому +3

      Absolutely true.

    • @TheRedDevil-1968
      @TheRedDevil-1968 11 місяців тому +2

      Correct.

  • @MrKumbah
    @MrKumbah 3 роки тому +246

    This song reminds me of when I was growing up in the seventies, knocking about with my mates, buying fruit salads and blackjacks from the corner shop and my mum washing my hair in Vosene shampoo over the sink whilst this tune played on the telly in the background , lovely memories .

    • @abbiezercoppe
      @abbiezercoppe 3 роки тому +29

      There's a Dr. Who fanzine called Vworp Vworp. Issue 4 had a cover picture of John Pertwee riding a Chopper bicycle being chased by aliens on Space Hoppers. It was the most 70's thing I'd ever seen until I read this comment.

    • @danw5525
      @danw5525 3 роки тому +6

      And look what we are now.
      A degenerate cesspit within a police state.

    • @carlscarlet
      @carlscarlet 3 роки тому +11

      @@abbiezercoppe The best reply to a great comment that I've read

    • @axelseaton8420
      @axelseaton8420 3 роки тому +15

      4 for a penny!

    • @eddieg66
      @eddieg66 3 роки тому +33

      Vosene over the sink with burning eyes. I would go back in a heart beat to they years. Iam 55 now and everything is crap

  • @bald.metalhead.biker67
    @bald.metalhead.biker67 Місяць тому +9

    It truly does make sense as you get older. It takes me back to a happier time when your whole life was in front of me. Now 70 years old the words "tomorrow's nearly over, the days went bye so fast, the only thing to look forward to, is the past" rings so true it brings a tear to my eye. Thanks for putting this out there.

  • @annegurney5166
    @annegurney5166 Рік тому +65

    This song always gives me a lump in my throat, I loved Terry and Bob and remember Bob saying " I used to think we had forever, now I'm not so sure"....so true!!

    • @paulwilliams8389
      @paulwilliams8389 Місяць тому +1

      That was a great song as well - used for the movie.

  • @LittlePinkPiggy1
    @LittlePinkPiggy1 6 років тому +168

    When I was a kid in the 70s this song used to make me cry. Still makes me feel sad but I really don't know why exactly.....

    • @Ashworth6
      @Ashworth6 5 років тому +36

      Probably because its full of truth. The lyrics seem to resonate more and more with me as I get older.

    • @doctordolittle1684
      @doctordolittle1684 5 років тому +24

      Carolyn, it's what one calls nostalgia and i'm a grown man and it makes myself sad also. Somewhat better times within our lives. Have a nice day.

    • @johnbarry1965
      @johnbarry1965 5 років тому +22

      I remember watching this when i was about seven and not realising how perfect my life was then, the line "Its the only thing to look forward to - the past" really does resonate now !!!

    • @Brownalebelly
      @Brownalebelly 4 роки тому +14

      @Mark L What a nasty comment to make. You really need to take a good long look at yourself.

    • @martinda7446
      @martinda7446 4 роки тому +7

      Me too. The wonder of music. Direct emotional connection.

  • @grettasteinmetz9309
    @grettasteinmetz9309 2 роки тому +46

    Great show. I wish we cud do it all again. 70's and 80's were great

  • @garypeacock5919
    @garypeacock5919 Рік тому +21

    Best TV theme tune ever. RIP Brigit.

  • @deanchapman9200
    @deanchapman9200 8 днів тому +2

    Watch the programme most days on that's TV I was born in 1974 takes me back so much. Wish we could turn back time

  • @nigelcartwright5986
    @nigelcartwright5986 2 місяці тому +7

    Reruns now on That's TV. Just as good (if not better as the world has moved on), than before. Brilliant comedy.

  • @alanwyatt
    @alanwyatt 11 місяців тому +8

    Good to see I'm not the only one affected by this song. I remember my dad watching it. He would have been the same age as the characters (though not the actors).
    If only we could go back in time to visit.

  • @neilsailing
    @neilsailing 4 роки тому +34

    It brings a tear to the eye.........the only thing to look forward to is the past......that's so true..sob.

    • @bald.metalhead.biker67
      @bald.metalhead.biker67 10 місяців тому +3

      Me too, 50+ years later it seems even then it brought tears to my eyes. My late friend and I used to sing this and wonder if we would ever look back when we were older and reflect on our friendship...we did.
      RIP Nigel my mate

    • @bruceli9094
      @bruceli9094 6 місяців тому

      "The BEST way to predict the future, is the created it"
      - Abe Lincoln

  • @irene-jb7jc
    @irene-jb7jc Рік тому +16

    People were so different in them days .

  • @neilwalsh4058
    @neilwalsh4058 4 роки тому +31

    As I've got older, I've become more like Terry. Happy to hang on to the life I've grown up with and not flitting from one thing to another in a vain attempt to impress people who are as shallow as a puddle.

  • @terryroberts505
    @terryroberts505 Рік тому +18

    How true this song is. Has the years pass and you get older

  • @jacksugden8190
    @jacksugden8190 2 роки тому +11

    Grew up in the 1950’s school was all over by 1972, showing my age.

  • @Zx-ln1lk
    @Zx-ln1lk 4 роки тому +34

    This words in this song are bloody brilliant the only thing is to look forward is the past---a brilliant program to

  • @donnafairburn6691
    @donnafairburn6691 4 роки тому +46

    I absolutely adore this song as it makes me think of my younger days

  • @dompicksley3900
    @dompicksley3900 Рік тому +9

    Sung by the great Tony Rivers, of Tony Rivers & The Castaways fame and Harmony Grass. One of many belting theme tunes from 70s TV shows.

  • @nicedog1
    @nicedog1 8 років тому +61

    Great song. Unfortunatley, along with the theme tunes from 'World in Action' and 'Panorama', it reminds me of time for bed with school in the morning.

    • @riboid
      @riboid 7 років тому +1

      nicedog1 haha. Me too. In fact everyone tune that was on at night reminds me of bedtime when my friends were still out playing.

    • @MonkeyHunch1
      @MonkeyHunch1 6 років тому +2

      I like a nice dog but time for bed fella :) JK!

    • @philgraham5341
      @philgraham5341 5 років тому +1

      Aki Saki no that was the theme for Weekend World. World in Action theme used to scare the hell out of me

    • @tonykemp3432
      @tonykemp3432 4 роки тому

      Weekend world was on Sunday lunchtime with Bryan Walden.... If my memory serves me right

    • @nicedog1
      @nicedog1 4 роки тому

      Tony Kemp Yes it was.

  • @bs3739
    @bs3739 Рік тому +11

    A true classic,still brilliant today & the theme tune is perfection too.

  • @aidanamson8568
    @aidanamson8568 4 роки тому +27

    This is such a true sad song, love it though. Reminds me of all the changes in the world. " what became of the people we used to be". I wonder what did happen? Some cruel and nasty people in the world.

    • @humblebum59
      @humblebum59 2 роки тому +5

      They were always there, we just didn’t know it. Bloody internet spoiled the innocence.

  • @stevehelm8767
    @stevehelm8767 Рік тому +10

    From a time when Britain really was great. When people looked out for each other and no one was ever offended.
    Our world had now changed for the worse.
    Oh for the 1970s, if only we knew then how or world would unravel.

    • @davidpoetry1491
      @davidpoetry1491 10 місяців тому +4

      yes. hard to forget about the illegality of homosexuality though, or the political and economic unrest evidenced by the fact that there were more emigrants leaving Britain than there were immigrants coming into Britain, or the rising number of domestic violence cases leading to the inception of women's refuge centres, or just the general enmity towards anyone who wasn't white. apart from that though, a great decade for a great nation.
      oops, my mistake, homosexuality was legal by the time the 70s rolled around. my bad. I take it all back.

    • @thewomble1509
      @thewomble1509 10 місяців тому

      @@davidpoetry1491 And your point is, your'e gay? Why should anyone care?

    • @jaredmaloney
      @jaredmaloney 9 місяців тому +1

      @@davidpoetry1491 "The general enmity towards anyone who wasn't white". You obviously didn't live in the 1970s and are just trying to make yourself look superior by your supposedly refined sensitivity. The 1970s were a time when friendships often crossed racial lines and people were coming together across racial divides. You can see this in many bands that grew out of the era, like Culture Club and the Specials.

    • @davidpoetry1491
      @davidpoetry1491 9 місяців тому +3

      @@jaredmaloney I 100% agree with you. Anyone who is bold and brave enough that they're willing to look past skin colour in favour of bonhomie should be awarded the Nobel Prize for doing something that 5 year olds do without even having to think about it.

  • @bobbydazzler1780
    @bobbydazzler1780 2 роки тому +21

    Thanks for posting I’ve never heard the song fully and it’s very interesting. We all look back to happier innocent times as younger people but it’s really our youth that we miss. Seemingly endless horizons with full energy and enthusiasm and zero baggage. As Alan Whicker once said “It’s funny when you get older, even nostalgia isn’t what it used to be”. The past is always bitter sweet but nice to revisit from time to time and this song brings back so many happy memories.

    • @ianbanks-jones2250
      @ianbanks-jones2250 2 роки тому +3

      So true. I wish I could shout this at so many people.

    • @alangiles2763
      @alangiles2763 2 роки тому +2

      When you are young there is always tomorrow and it might be better than today. Years later you know that isn't true and how many more tomorrows will there be anyway?

  • @railfreightdrivergallagherGBRf
    @railfreightdrivergallagherGBRf 4 місяці тому +3

    What an anthem of youth. Remembering this as a kid watching Bob, Terry & Thelma. Fantastic. JG.

  • @lordsmithy364
    @lordsmithy364 Рік тому +5

    Loved this programme and the theme tune.

  • @oxonlad1
    @oxonlad1 5 місяців тому +2

    One of the great TV show theme tunes. Mike Hugg must have had a thing about nostalgia, his 1972 song 'Blue Suede Shoes Again' was very similar. It's worth a listen and is available on youtube.

  • @narinderdhanjal221
    @narinderdhanjal221 4 роки тому +18

    I have this fab song in my vinyl collection and it always makes smile and shed a tear at the same time whenever I play it. A beautiful song and one that is timeless.🎸👍⭐️💜

  • @andrewdock7288
    @andrewdock7288 2 роки тому +11

    So incredibly sad 😔 it's about many peoples lives and how it turned out to be so awful. When it was such a joy as a child so many find this out when they grow older.

  • @RFED2O
    @RFED2O 3 роки тому +14

    THERE WAS A TIME ⏲️ WHEN TIME NEVER MATTERED !!! but now every golden second matters

  • @stevenstorer921
    @stevenstorer921 14 днів тому +1

    I don't look like Bob but my brother Dave who died a couple of years ago was the the spit of Terry,(James Bolam.) As a couple of northern lads our attitudes were like these two, we were both different but right in our own ways. As the post earlier said, this song gives me a lump in my throat but to be honest it's not particularly since our Dave went on on his carefree way., When I was a kid in the 70's with no worries other the rain water coming through the holes in my shoes, we watched this tv show with 'me Dad and though young I felt the poignancy of this tune...unfortunately even more so now.

  • @shearershearer
    @shearershearer Рік тому +4

    Heard Tony Rivers sing this live at the weekend..........could have cried!

  • @Dawkins_YT
    @Dawkins_YT 7 років тому +55

    Good people sadly come to an end..
    R.I.P Rodney Bewes

  • @smithpm81
    @smithpm81 3 роки тому +8

    takes me back to the early 70s, fantastic times

  • @debrascott1927
    @debrascott1927 2 роки тому +7

    Mike Hugg from the Manfred’s still performs this song in the Manfred’s tour, along with all the big hits from Manfred Mann, make it a must if the Manfred’s tour near you, they do all their hits have both singers Paul Jones and his replacement Mike D,Abo, Tom Mcguiness, Mike Hugg and Mike Vickers still in the band performing, vocals on this track was Tony Rivers.

  • @SandraNicholls-h1m
    @SandraNicholls-h1m День тому

    Still watching the TV sitcom in the UK on Freeview. '...The only thing to look forward to... the past...' ❤

  • @mikey76710
    @mikey76710 4 роки тому +4

    Memories of a bloody fantastic programme brought me here

  • @neilchuckbarnard857
    @neilchuckbarnard857 19 днів тому

    I was born in 1977, I turn 48 this year. I wasn't born when this was first shown. And yet, I'm starting to yearn for a time that wasn't mine. 😢

    • @vintageniftys7791
      @vintageniftys7791 19 днів тому +1

      We're like 2 peas in a pod! I'm the same age and I too have developed this feeling. I take it you watched it on That's TV last night and you looked up the theme tune to hear that melanchonic chorus! Tugs at the heart strings...

    • @neilchuckbarnard857
      @neilchuckbarnard857 19 днів тому

      @vintageniftys7791 Peas we be! 🤣 Yes, listened to the tune as well and felt that melancholy. Its must be something in the water.

  • @darkangelw8472
    @darkangelw8472 3 роки тому +4

    My first English bf introduced me to the British sitcoms, reminds me about how much I love this country and its culture & it keeps me grounded

  • @RFED2O
    @RFED2O 3 роки тому +9

    The kids of today have got absolutely no chance and no clue as to how we grew up....WE HAD THE GREATEST DAYS,i wouldn't change one hour of it...fxxk the money i blew !! We never got tired yet we never needed sleep...and still !! We worked hard sorry grafted and sweated for our money and we played hard

  • @Fulham1968
    @Fulham1968 3 роки тому +7

    Timeless classic. 70 s song at its best.

  • @ellee3727
    @ellee3727 2 місяці тому +1

    What lovely lyrics, love this show and Terry ❤

  • @itsoundzok
    @itsoundzok 10 років тому +20

    I love this tune and it brings back great memories. Thanks for posting.

  • @Seasider70
    @Seasider70 8 років тому +11

    Most evocative tv theme of the seventies

  • @mick6370
    @mick6370 Рік тому +4

    My favourite TV comedy show best tune full of nostalgia, sadness but happy memories.

  • @quietman2672
    @quietman2672 3 роки тому +7

    The best one liner in history. Terry in the dock in “ Conduct Unbecoming.
    “ and as me mother said at the time , you can’t by powdered egg with a George Medal!!!”
    😂😂😂brilliant!!

  • @Joetheawesome60
    @Joetheawesome60 9 років тому +70

    I'm only 17 and I love this show better then any show on the BBC at the moment love watching the episodes on GOLD

    • @tcaudiobooks737
      @tcaudiobooks737 9 років тому +12

      +Joetheawesome60 I can totally relate, I'm only fucking 63 and I LOVE this show!

    • @flatleythebard
      @flatleythebard 9 років тому +5

      +Hank Ward I'm SO much younger than you at 51 but I totally, like, like this. Thumbs, like, up.

    • @Joetheawesome60
      @Joetheawesome60 9 років тому +2

      +Hank Ward I'm happy someone agrees with me

    • @mikehunt2366
      @mikehunt2366 7 років тому

      I think you're gay you said tell your dad

    • @Joetheawesome60
      @Joetheawesome60 7 років тому +2

      Mike Hunt what are you even on about

  • @martinlanders1623
    @martinlanders1623 7 років тому +18

    Love these comments. This song reminds me of a close friend who has now left us. We were sit in the Grey Horse pub in Darlington supping broon ale and I said to him hey we're just like the likely lads sat here putting the world to rights... He said you're fucking Rodney Bews then I'm the funny one...

  • @greymorris9006
    @greymorris9006 Рік тому +2

    My good friend John Hurley used to sing this song when we were very young in the Air Force.
    Such great memories.

  • @billybonce1
    @billybonce1 9 років тому +12

    Great show, still watch it. I grew up in the 70s not far from Newcastle. Loads of memories. But none of the lads were from Newcastle. The song is CLASS.

    • @allenomalley4014
      @allenomalley4014 2 роки тому

      Neither was you from Newcastle! Actors play roles that’s why it is called acting Me I weren’t either East London but the tune and the changes had the same feel 👍

    • @billybonce1
      @billybonce1 2 роки тому +1

      @@allenomalley4014 I live 14 miles from Newcastle. I have been to Newcastle more times in my 57 years than I care to remember.i was at Malcolm Macdonald's debut when I was 6. James bolam was born in Sunderland. Rodney bewes was born in Yorkshire. However the auf wiedersehen Pet lads from Newcastle have a different accent. Ps Kevin Whately is from hexam in Northumberland. Still love the likely lads though.

  • @roryatkins3326
    @roryatkins3326 3 місяці тому +1

    how i love this song i was a 70s kid. reminds me of all my mates back then

  • @KingoRichie1990
    @KingoRichie1990 7 років тому +28

    Makes me all teary.

    • @fivetoes
      @fivetoes 7 років тому +6

      Danny Richardson , and me brother

  • @davehales2249
    @davehales2249 2 роки тому +2

    my god so many memories with this tune at one point when you were a kid in Ireland,,you weren't allowed to watch it at one point when you were a kid ,but when you got a bit older you were,, I still find the program funny, probably a generation thing , The likely lads I'm reminiscing over but this tune needs to be covered

  • @francisbernard3593
    @francisbernard3593 4 роки тому +5

    Carolyn, same here. The end credits got to me with the knocked down houses. Great song/program

  • @spangles365
    @spangles365 3 роки тому +13

    Reminds me of a great era with bands like Lindisfarne, Stealers Wheel, McGuiness Flint, Fairweather, and Gallagher and Lyle great days and great music.

    • @Mark-mw1pf
      @Mark-mw1pf 2 роки тому +1

      Fantastic

    • @GUFGUY
      @GUFGUY 2 роки тому +1

      Yuo missed out Manfred Mann , who Mike Hugg played with.

    • @RobertHull-en1fe
      @RobertHull-en1fe Рік тому

      Whatever happened too all the lazzies

    • @garypeacock5919
      @garypeacock5919 Рік тому +2

      Totally agree, when you listen to all the manufactured shite produced now. How lucky were we to grow up and listen to amazing music in that era.

  • @garypaul9143
    @garypaul9143 27 днів тому

    It always gets me the words r superb so touching ah the 70.s the best decade ever

  • @bluesmachine1006
    @bluesmachine1006 7 років тому +23

    RIP Rodney. I'll miss you immensely :(

  • @1061andy
    @1061andy Рік тому +3

    The only thing to look forward to, the past...

    • @nigelheath7048
      @nigelheath7048 11 місяців тому +1

      I'm nearly 65, always liked the song but never really paid attention to the lyrics, but that particular one is so poignant

  • @marklennon3066
    @marklennon3066 8 років тому +14

    love this song

  • @ianpoole1861
    @ianpoole1861 2 роки тому +4

    Great memories , and happy times ,if we could only travel back in time and escape the misery. of the world today

  • @alistairmeen6440
    @alistairmeen6440 3 роки тому +2

    I love this programme back in the day

  • @kwisnothere
    @kwisnothere 11 років тому +10

    Great song from a great classic show... dunno why it wasn't a much bigger hit in the 70s, it only got to about no.35 or something like that.

    • @dilzappa
      @dilzappa 7 років тому +1

      IT REACHED 35 APRIL 1973 AND SPENT 4 WEEKS IN THE TOP 50.IT WOULD HAVE PEAKED HIGHER,BUT FOR THE 34 SINGLES OUT-SELLING IT!

  • @valeriesmith9255
    @valeriesmith9255 Рік тому +3

    I go to an open mic night every Thursday night at my local. There's an old guy there who sings and tells stories about singing on TV theme tunes and writing tunes for cliff Richards biggest tunes etc.... and you think - yeah, of course you did mate....
    Tony Rivers!!!! He's my old dude mate at my local and all the stories are true

  • @boilerroombob
    @boilerroombob 2 роки тому +3

    This song speaks to and for the many of a bygone age......x

  • @clivestuarteardley6049
    @clivestuarteardley6049 Рік тому +5

    A legendary tune from the 70s popular television series ❤

  • @gusmartin2927
    @gusmartin2927 2 роки тому +8

    Greed. Religion. Power. Has ruined a beautiful world. So very sad .

  • @LisaSargent03
    @LisaSargent03 5 років тому +3

    I still have this album. Wrote all over it because I was a kid back then, lol.

    • @brianwoods2395
      @brianwoods2395 3 роки тому

      Its such a beautiful song. ..what was the album ?

    • @LisaSargent03
      @LisaSargent03 3 роки тому +1

      @@brianwoods2395 BBC comedy theme tunes

    • @brianwoods2395
      @brianwoods2395 3 роки тому +1

      @@LisaSargent03 Thankyou....That has got to be the speedeast reply ever....thanks again..

    • @LisaSargent03
      @LisaSargent03 3 роки тому

      @@brianwoods2395 I hope you manage to find it.

  • @TinajaneOxnam-w3l
    @TinajaneOxnam-w3l Рік тому +1

    I just watched the Likely lads on Dvd. Love the theme.

  • @3667woof
    @3667woof Рік тому +1

    Brilliant theme to a brilliant series

  • @tfSmudge
    @tfSmudge 3 роки тому +6

    Whatever happened to you, whatever happened to the BBC... Classic theme!

  • @robertlong2288
    @robertlong2288 Рік тому +3

    Best years iv my life 70s

    • @stephenhunt1087
      @stephenhunt1087 11 місяців тому

      Yes, hanging out with your mates, staying out all day, good times!!!!

  • @andyjohnson7566
    @andyjohnson7566 4 роки тому +4

    i'm the same makes me feel sad, watched this in the 70s

  • @thefunniestvalentine9654
    @thefunniestvalentine9654 3 роки тому +4

    As an American I don’t know anything about the show but what I can say is I love the cover by snuff

  • @bazza-e9t
    @bazza-e9t 2 дні тому

    This song breaks my heart.

  • @Simonmaude-xk2uh
    @Simonmaude-xk2uh 8 років тому +62

    i loved the program and the song seem so much more poignant since i got older

    • @deneberry9406
      @deneberry9406 8 років тому +11

      Yeah, I think I know exactly what you mean: "Tomorrow's almost over, the day went by so fast, the only thing to look forward to..... the past!" Very melancholy.

    • @johnwolf3096
      @johnwolf3096 6 років тому +2

      It's when you suddenly start understanding the meaning behind the lyrics that it gets frightening

    • @flyinglizard3079
      @flyinglizard3079 5 років тому +1

      There's a great line in the feature length movie: "...in the chocolate box of life, the top layer's already gone, and someone's pinched the Orange Cream from the bottom"...... exactly how I feel about life.

  • @StephenAllcroft
    @StephenAllcroft 9 років тому +12

    Ian La Frenais always seemed to make sure that the sig tune matched the programme. In this case it was a perfect match. You tube is telling me to listen to Joe Fagan next..

  • @brianphilipps5917
    @brianphilipps5917 11 років тому +1

    Gold put the series every couple of months

  • @krytonsbeast
    @krytonsbeast 9 років тому +8

    Always loved The Likely Lads. north east at its best

  • @nicklive66
    @nicklive66 11 років тому +6

    BTW, Thanks for taking the time and trouble to post this.

  • @annabellesinger3717
    @annabellesinger3717 10 років тому +4

    The only thing to look forward to the past, good song!

  • @gerrysmith1782
    @gerrysmith1782 4 роки тому +2

    A Fantastic song some emotional beautiful

  • @bobsherunkle1
    @bobsherunkle1 8 років тому +10

    Many thanks for this. I've never heard the complete version before, and good to find out who the actual singer was - Tony Rivers, it all makes sense now.

    • @antrivers46
      @antrivers46 3 роки тому +5

      My Dad 😊

    • @bobsherunkle1
      @bobsherunkle1 3 роки тому +5

      @@antrivers46 Anthony, thanks for this. I confess I knew of your Dad only by name as lead singer of the Castaways, but the history on craftweb has given me an idea of all the other stuff he's done. BTW 30 years ago I worked for a while with Pete Swettenham, who of course was in the Castaways before the formation of Grapefruit. Another thing I didn't know until looking at craftweb was that Grapefruit's use of C'mon Marianne can be traced back to the Castaways. All goes to show how important people like your Dad were in the evolution of UK 60s rock.

  • @RCassinello
    @RCassinello 2 роки тому +1

    When we all got nostalgic listening to the theme tune to a nostalgia TV show.

  • @mehmetkemal501
    @mehmetkemal501 6 років тому +2

    Fantastic television series of the 70s

  • @standingstone777
    @standingstone777 4 роки тому +8

    They don't make sitcoms like that anymore. Class act.

  • @RFED2O
    @RFED2O 3 роки тому +5

    THE GREATEST DAYS !!

  • @arthurthistlewood1225
    @arthurthistlewood1225 Рік тому +2

    Just recently re-watched the show on BBC4. A brilliant exploration of 'lads' getting older together with the clash of Bob being dragged (by Thelma) into the emerging consumer capitalism set against Terry's more traditional ways.

    • @thewomble1509
      @thewomble1509 8 місяців тому

      Both characters re created in Auf Wiedersehen Pet. Terry was the proto Oz, Barry was Bob..............

  • @No_Mask
    @No_Mask Місяць тому

    Gotta have a bit of reminiscence and this song at this time of year..2025 here we come..good luck folks 😊

  • @stevelamport7862
    @stevelamport7862 4 роки тому +4

    loved these s times

  • @Sameoldfitup
    @Sameoldfitup 7 років тому +8

    "It is not those who can inflict the most, but those that can suffer the most who will conquer."

  • @youngathon
    @youngathon 10 років тому +27

    Allright kidder. I'd offer you a beer but I've only got 8 cans ! - ha

  • @gt197
    @gt197 2 роки тому +1

    Soundtrack of my youth..

  • @Seasider70
    @Seasider70 9 років тому +18

    Best seventies British theme.

    • @alastairbrand5821
      @alastairbrand5821 5 років тому +1

      I agree. And whenever I hear it I can still see the scenes from the opening credits.
      Hear it, and I go back nearly 50 years.

    • @Eltonlaleham
      @Eltonlaleham 4 роки тому

      I agree and this wa stop television not like the shit we get today

  • @1kozmicfrog
    @1kozmicfrog 2 роки тому +1

    Just love it!

  • @alanm1894
    @alanm1894 3 роки тому +5

    What a brilliant series. I believe the two guys never got on, which is a real shame.

    • @cassiesmith6468
      @cassiesmith6468 2 роки тому +3

      They did until they fell out over a joke. Sad because Bewes wanted to make amends.

    • @andrewjohnston2850
      @andrewjohnston2850 Рік тому

      @@cassiesmith6468 was it not because Bewes gave an interview to the press about Bolams family

    • @garypeacock5919
      @garypeacock5919 Рік тому

      My wife worked in the Theatre Royal in Glasgow in the early / mid 90's, and James Bolam appeared there, she said he was an obnoxious, self centred prick, maybe that explains some of the animosity between himself and Rodney Bewes.

  • @wilfrednewland8238
    @wilfrednewland8238 2 роки тому +2

    The theme is on a cd called Magpie, which has 70's tunes, including the Magpie theme.

  • @markwakely1498
    @markwakely1498 11 років тому +3

    The BBC, is doing a re-run of the Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads, on BBC4 on a Wednesday and Thursday evening.

  • @lynzwakeling9269
    @lynzwakeling9269 7 років тому +5

    R.I.P Rodney Bewes! xx

  • @ambhaz8599
    @ambhaz8599 Рік тому +2

    RIP Brigit Forsyth 🙏

  • @craigcorns7627
    @craigcorns7627 9 років тому +1

    special memories. .love it

  • @garethbramley1
    @garethbramley1 4 роки тому +2

    Great theme tune and programme. Only reached No.35 in the charts so never got onto Top Of The Pops.

    • @ScottyBugler2005
      @ScottyBugler2005 2 роки тому

      Definitely should’ve made it to the top. This was a very great theme. Very Beatlesesque to me

    • @ScottyBugler2005
      @ScottyBugler2005 2 роки тому

      Also sounds like it could’ve been performed by The Monkees too. Either Beatles or Monkees.