That 's Dick Witts introducing the band. His band 'The Passage' (or just 'Passage') did some interesting stuff - particularly for me the first two eps 'New Love Songs' and 'About Time' which included Tony Friel original bassist with The Fall.
LOVE this. It's a bummer that post-punk morphed so fast back then into more pop sounds. I guess bands were trying to keep up to pay the bills. Would love to have had more of this approach stick around longer from more bands.
Agreed. Wilder was a great album. And even the varied ‘everybody wants shag’ and especially Cope’s first 2 albums WSYM and Fried which are outstanding. But maybe brave Teardrops record is Wilder
I always watched 'What's on' saw some great bands on there! Dick Witts, used to wear a T shirt with 'But Is It ART' on the front! Who are the other two guests on the sofa? dx
J D Copey 4W...... Wilnecote High School, he always said that no matter what age he was he would always be J D Copey 4W. He really brightened up the 6th form lunchtimes.
The lyrics are like absurd and random and yet it works. I like cute details like the green car always moves around, the red one's always stationary... when I take photos of the green car, they almost always come up blurred ahaha (the kids might not know back in the day this happened) Julian changing lyrics too: "and they b***h about my white house" was not on the original...
Oh shit, missed a Wire gig with TE supporting. I once saw the Banshees supported by the Cure, but couldn't get to the Joy Division/Buzzcocks gig the net week. Guess what, Joy Division were no more, and Buzzcocks split up, soon after. The other bands went on for fucking YEARS! Anyway, great gig.
¡Wau, recién salidos del local de ensayo y ya tenían esa actitud killer! Impresionantes. ¡Qué gran idea colocar delante al batería! ¡Cómo visten! ¡Qué maravilla! Aquí toman el relevo de Joy Division con un tema catatónico de ritmo feroz. Y eso que Julian todavía no había probado el LSD.
That's fantastic. And great quality too. I remember Magazine doing Feed The Enemy on it (or Celebration) one followed the other but I forget the order. There must be some sensational stuff in the Granada TV archive when you take into account the bands on Granada Reports, So It Goes, Celebration and What's On. And that's before you get to specially made shows in the 80s or work back to stuff in the 60s (their early Beatles material is unparalleled).
Three years later........ there's a programme on Sky Arts on Fridays at 9pm called "Guy Garvey from the Vault" and it's dipping into the archive of Granada, Tyne Tees TV etc from the 70s and 80s. I think that clip was on it amongst many other previously unseen footage.
@@dumfriesspearhead7398 Ooh. Frustrating. We've not had a working aerial for several years, so I'm not able to get Sky Arts. Which also meant missing The Distractions on Runaround, which was repeated on Yesterday. :( Should both turn up here eventually. :)
Interesting to see a drummer up front for a change. Not that I know anything about drumming but especially at 2:11 it sounds like he has to put so much effort on understanding what’s going on behind him that he can’t even afford a look at the camera and risk messing everything up. Though it could be only shyness. I don’t know. Presenter looks like Jason Bateman.
Fascinatingly, I can hear a lot of a Talking Heads influence in this, which is interesting (to me) because Cope hardly mentions them in his autobiographies. ;-)
and Wire. I think the neurotic, angular funk they both played was very much in the air at the time, and it’s likely that the Teardrops and Talking Heads just had similar influences.
Sleeping Gas was the B-side to this single/ EP on Zoo Records, along with ' Kirkby Workers Dreamfade'' - about some people in Liverpool being sacked; dockers maybe, I can't remember. I still have it on vinyl from when it came out, I'll try and see if can post the other track on here; I can't do it from an I-phone as it doesn't have a turntable; I have a turntable but do not and will never own a 'Me-Phone' Must be some way to do it, have a LOAD OF OTHER STUFF ON VINYL FROM THOSE DAYS THAT'S NOT ON HERE, sorry caps lock, not ranting.
@@richardroyle9123 Sleeping Gas was the a-side.The presenter even introduces this as 'the b-side of their single'. 'Kirby Workers Dream Fades' was an instrumental.
Well, Robert Mitchum deserves a song about him. You know that part in RYAN'S DAUGHTER where he loses his wife? Man, I've never seen a more dignified man in my life. Mitchum deserves entire albums written about. @kali mali
That is exactly what I thought - I assume you mean in the look Julian Cope has here? When I saw the still before playing the clip I thought someone had used the wrong shot - I really wouldn't have recognised him as Julian Cope.
He doesn't get a mention in the intro, but pretty sure that's Paul Simpson on keys. Went on to form The Wild Swans.
Correct! :)
Am reading his autobiography book now
Supporting Wire at Eric's... now that's a gig I would have loved to gone to.
And then onto ‘Upstairs at Eric’s’.
That 's Dick Witts introducing the band. His band 'The Passage' (or just 'Passage') did some interesting stuff - particularly for me the first two eps 'New Love Songs' and 'About Time' which included Tony Friel original bassist with The Fall.
Gary Dwyer looked really good with hair - strange not seeing him with a shaved head!
Never heard this one before, but doesn't it sound like it could be the blueprint for every blur album track for their first four albums?
Totally.
I can hear that. Good point.
Also, this has a bit of Gang Of Four in it...
Teardrop Explodes and Wire? Yes please, thank you.
Can you imagine? What great times......
Indeed! Wire footage, please!
Hypnotic. And Julian as gorgeous as ever
Wow, 1979! Had this ep in the same piano sleeve and i probably looked a similar, puppy faced youth to Copey!
I’m appreciating how the drummer is up front and ultra quirky. 🤷🏻♂️😅🥁
fascinating to watch
LOVE this. It's a bummer that post-punk morphed so fast back then into more pop sounds. I guess bands were trying to keep up to pay the bills. Would love to have had more of this approach stick around longer from more bands.
agreed what comes around as intelligence lasts as long as it takes for slower moving ignorance to catch up
Sounds like a lot of you band coming out of Chicago and NYC right now :)
They matured so quickly. I like this, but I like what they became even more.
Agreed. Wilder was a great album. And even the varied ‘everybody wants shag’ and especially Cope’s first 2 albums WSYM and Fried which are outstanding. But maybe brave Teardrops record is Wilder
WOW! WOW! WOW! SO EARLY! How I LOVE The Teardrop Explodes, this is STUNNING! Thank you xoxoxo
Wow, from 1979 but this doesn’t seem dated at all.
Incredible to see such an old performance.
Absolutely fantastic
Yes... being a 30 + year fan... I was amazing to get this groove.
The drummer in the foreground…cool. But he looks quite preoccupied
Young Paul Simpson on Keyboards!
The Wild Swans. I saw them in Leicester supporting Echo and the Bunnymen, i think.
Great song. Awesome post!
Ta!
Sounds like what blur were ripping off
They guys, the Bunnymen, and Joy Division, best bands ever.
And The Sound, The Chameleons!
This is the best footage I’ve seen of The Teardrop Explodes and live on TV as well! Please post more from the Granada archives.
What an amazing find. Thankyou for sharing.
*Good Lord but this has a good beat.*
The Drood and Harry Enfield on drums too....woo
I always watched 'What's on' saw some great bands on there! Dick Witts, used to wear a T shirt with 'But Is It ART' on the front!
Who are the other two guests on the sofa? dx
Wow... love the history and the Cope ! cool
Incredibly cool. Can’t believe the quality on the footage!
From the original master VT no doubt. Should be more around hopefully.
@@philipcurnow7990 Yes, check out "Guy Garvey from the Vault" on Sky Arts at 9pm on Friday.
Brilliant footage!!! Finding this has made my day! Thank you!
how young and fresh faced Copey looks
J D Copey 4W...... Wilnecote High School, he always said that no matter what age he was he would always be J D Copey 4W. He really brightened up the 6th form lunchtimes.
Before the drugs, apparently
Great stuff!
The lyrics are like absurd and random and yet it works.
I like cute details like the green car always moves around, the red one's always stationary... when I take photos of the green car, they almost always come up blurred ahaha (the kids might not know back in the day this happened)
Julian changing lyrics too: "and they b***h about my white house" was not on the original...
Never heard this....so good. Controlled punk.
Man, that drummer's got some lively hair.
Dick Witts is a genius. Love The Passage.
Copey looking about 12 years old. Damn I miss those days.
great band
Great line up. That guitarist looks like he could've been in some Nuggets documented 60s US punk group.
Oh shit, missed a Wire gig with TE supporting. I once saw the Banshees supported by the Cure, but couldn't get to the Joy Division/Buzzcocks gig the net week. Guess what, Joy Division were no more, and Buzzcocks split up, soon after. The other bands went on for fucking YEARS! Anyway, great gig.
¡Wau, recién salidos del local de ensayo y ya tenían esa actitud killer! Impresionantes. ¡Qué gran idea colocar delante al batería! ¡Cómo visten! ¡Qué maravilla! Aquí toman el relevo de Joy Division con un tema catatónico de ritmo feroz. Y eso que Julian todavía no había probado el LSD.
That's fantastic. And great quality too. I remember Magazine doing Feed The Enemy on it (or Celebration) one followed the other but I forget the order. There must be some sensational stuff in the Granada TV archive when you take into account the bands on Granada Reports, So It Goes, Celebration and What's On. And that's before you get to specially made shows in the 80s or work back to stuff in the 60s (their early Beatles material is unparalleled).
Three years later........ there's a programme on Sky Arts on Fridays at 9pm called "Guy Garvey from the Vault" and it's dipping into the archive of Granada, Tyne Tees TV etc from the 70s and 80s. I think that clip was on it amongst many other previously unseen footage.
@@dumfriesspearhead7398 Ooh. Frustrating. We've not had a working aerial for several years, so I'm not able to get Sky Arts. Which also meant missing The Distractions on Runaround, which was repeated on Yesterday. :( Should both turn up here eventually. :)
@@dumfriesspearhead7398 that must have been amazing. I've just missed it by 2 months.
I love it
Amazing thanks
Interesting to see a drummer up front for a change. Not that I know anything about drumming but especially at 2:11 it sounds like he has to put so much effort on understanding what’s going on behind him that he can’t even afford a look at the camera and risk messing everything up. Though it could be only shyness. I don’t know. Presenter looks like Jason Bateman.
That's Dick Witts from The Passage (check out 'XOYO' by them)
According to Head On Gary Dwyer had only been playing the drums since September the year before!
Cope always wanted The Teardrops to be a full on psych/acid rock band....Balfe didn't.....
This is so f....in' great!
Thanks for posting this.
At LONG last !!!! Thanks..............
Love it, Love it!
Wonderful
This must b early their hair is a lot different as well as keyboard player and bass being played by jules
Fantastic!
28/6/79
Thank you.
Fascinatingly, I can hear a lot of a Talking Heads influence in this, which is interesting (to me) because Cope hardly mentions them in his autobiographies.
;-)
and Wire. I think the neurotic, angular funk they both played was very much in the air at the time, and it’s likely that the Teardrops and Talking Heads just had similar influences.
@@markofsaltburn - Yes. Cope does mention Wire in his book/s.
@@NOWtheband did he mention Gang of Four? That band came to mind for me.
@@GVike - I think he does.
Same as freshies music just a different band
Excellent find , did they do Sleeping Gas earlier too ? Amazing find..
Sleeping Gas was the B-side to this single/ EP on Zoo Records, along with ' Kirkby Workers Dreamfade'' - about some people in Liverpool being sacked; dockers maybe, I can't remember. I still have it on vinyl from when it came out, I'll try and see if can post the other track on here; I can't do it from an I-phone as it doesn't have a turntable; I have a turntable but do not and will never own a 'Me-Phone' Must be some way to do it, have a LOAD OF OTHER STUFF ON VINYL FROM THOSE DAYS THAT'S NOT ON HERE, sorry caps lock, not ranting.
@@richardroyle9123 Sleeping Gas was the a-side.The presenter even introduces this as 'the b-side of their single'.
'Kirby Workers Dream Fades' was an instrumental.
The teardrop really does explode!
Do you know which TV channel/slot this was???
By accident or design, Dwyer looked very much like Robert Mitchum!
Well, Robert Mitchum deserves a song about him. You know that part in RYAN'S DAUGHTER where he loses his wife? Man, I've never seen a more dignified man in my life. Mitchum deserves entire albums written about. @kali mali
It was design. He deliberately played it up, apparently.
amazing!! x
wow very early stuff
Julians looking like an account years LOLS
Franz Ferdinand!
Got nothing on these guys , and I'm Scottish as well .
That is exactly what I thought - I assume you mean in the look Julian Cope has here? When I saw the still before playing the clip I thought someone had used the wrong shot - I really wouldn't have recognised him as Julian Cope.
Bono on drums as especial guest
He looks to me like Pete Wylie.
Great post! What year is this from?
Cool
Who are the presenters ? Margi Clarke possibly?
It is indeed.
Dick Witts I think
This so brilliant - thank you. Where did you find it?
i have the whole show on dvd
Would love to see more of Margox
@@x9zeros did you ever post the whole show.
Let's give UA-cam a run for there money you agree 6 years down the line
Bloody hell! Yes
well that was never going to work ... but they ( someone ) figured it out later ...
Downloading soon 😍
I like this song but very similar to Wire
What date is this? Anyone know?
isn't that pete best on drums?
Very ,Dr feel goodish?? But great , otherwise 😊
The presenter seems special. Did he think he was talking to five-year-olds?
Is that Dick Witts presenting ?
Yes it is. I thought it was him but wasn't sure until the credits confirmed at the end.
What’s the date this aired ?
Feb '79
@@richardroyle9123 Looked 80s...
Blur me thinks
trying too hard. i dig it
is it pete wylie on drums?
No,it’s Pete Wylie on bums
No that is the regular guy....Gary?
Gary Dwyer
Kinda like Gang of Four or Wire but not as good. The drummers hair moving up an down now that's dope.