Andy Fairweather Low - Wide Eyed And Legless (Supersonic, 03.01.1976)
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- Опубліковано 14 лют 2018
- Andy performing with band on the cult British ITV show Supersonic on the 3rd January 1976.
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As a teenager in 76 when this was a hit I HATED it and the sound of his voice grated on me. FFW nearly 50 years and 60 yr old me came across the track on a compilation CD. I was about to skip the track but for some reason I decided to give it a listen and WOW I was blown away. First the musicianship and then the terrific vocal performance blew me away. The icing on the cake was just how superb it SOUNDED- The recording and mastering was amazing. I'm constantly amazed at discovering time and again how stupid I was when I was younger!
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Me too. Met the man and he's absolutely lovely. :)
Loved Andy from the start as Amen Corner in the '60s
I kinda liked it in a curious way as a 12year old , I didn't really understand what it was all about but now at 59 I absolutely love it. I saw Andy on stage playing with Roger Waters a few years ago, hes an absolute machine and kinda jokes around with Roger, something none of the floyd could ever dare !
At the time I too used to find AFL annoying but this music now has strong nostalgia value
What a brilliant song! Still love it after all these years!😙
Its true great music can always stand the test of time❤❤❤
Coolest man on the planet then , and still watch it 3 or 4 times a week, not many pop stars look as though they're enjoying it as much as him ,he's a natural and still going strong
Never seen anyone so relaxed when performing... lovely track..
It’s hard to think of a better song written about drinking. Deserves to be far, far better known
The best ,I totally agree,you have taste.
jon this fab song and bloke have always been the top of my pops , then now and always until eternity ,, this classic is a beauty lol Jane x🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🌹🌹🌹🌹
I may be off court, but Andy must be sending a message.
Booze wrecks many family setups and causes severe loneliness, I messed up but beat its bug.
Music like Andy's and others keep the ball rolling. No person is immune, but great riffs ease the stress.
Georgie fame on keyboards.. love this laid back tune.
Kenneth i love your comment lol Jane x
'alf a sixpence ! Oh no that's Tommy Steel isn't it
If I am not mistaken wasn't Georgie's group the Blue Flames?.
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Yup.
@@YorkyOne Nice one Telboy!.
The pain, sorrow, and beauty of this song is beyond words.
Certainly brings back many lovely memories around this time.
I am 75 years old I remember him working in the music shop in Cardiff spoke to him so many times the music industry recognised his outstanding talent
Andy Fairweather Low must be one of the most underrated muscians ever. He's been going for decades backing Clapton, Harrison, a brilliant guitar player as well as a writer, in addition to Amen Corner in the 70s.
Still going strong. Saw him live in Newport not so long ago.
underrated by who, everyone i know love his stuff
Absolutely!
I read in Phil Palmer's book he was originally offered the EC 'Unplugged' gig (having been with the band for quite a few years prior) but turned this particular project down. AFL took it and the rest is history...
Absolutely. But he has a solid career behind him and he's well thought of as a lovely man and a great professional.
Try Amen Corner in the '60s???
A trip down memory lane in more ways than one.
This is brilliant - Georgie Fame on keyboards - Andy, a well known pro in the music circuit. Fabulous x
I never realised it was Georgie Fame.
Utterly gorgeous !! Andy on vocals, Georgie on keyboard - Just fabulous memories
Brilliant song - takes me right back to college days in the 70's - my favourite decade!
Loved this guys voice and what a fantastic song !!!!!!
Yrs ago I worked as a cleaner for nearly 15ys or more at a pub the chap who ran it was peed up every night when I got there each day the keys were thrown out the window to me by t dick or Harry as the saying goes I'd knock on his bedroom door say time to get up are u wide eyed and legless again he'd get up and run the pub to perfection I loved that man sadly he died best yrs of my life working there 😂
What a song this was when true artists created beautiful songs
The happiest wide eyed and legless man I have ever seen. When music was created not manufactured.
It still is created, you just need to go and find it.
@@HenriHerbert88 True, but the general rule would be, go and find it not turn your radio on. I'm sure you would agree.
@@paul-ok7uw Yes. Now finding quality music is easier than ever thanks to the internet. When you turn on the radio, you may hear whatever the programmer has decided to broadcast at that particular time. Back in the old days, if you turned on the radio and it wasn't good, you had to seek out good stuff by waiting for the song to change, changing the station, turning off the radio and waiting a bit before turning it back on, looking in the newspaper for gig listings, going to the pub to see if there was a good band on, browsing record stores, asking your friends what was good or what they liked. Much of this still goes on today.
When men were men and musicians lipsynced!
@@tomrochester7381 Because even back then they controlled you.
One of the greatest of his generation.
Stephen i love your message , ive adored this divine romantic song since its very early days , this guys voice is second to none xx lol Jane x🌹🌹🌹🌹
My dad loved him. And this song was his funeral song! It's been a month xx listening thinking of my Dad xxxx
Great song with a lot of memories
Omigod what a great funeral song, good on your Dad, leave them smiling!!
Alison your dad had class ,, this guy is the best ever his voice is second to none ,,,,so sorry your dad passed x
At a New Year Party and my mates Aunt started singing My Diamond Neckless instead of Wide Eyed and Legless😂
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such a unique song, 9 yrs old at the time and it still stands the test of time
One of my first ever crushes. I just love Andy
Haha I remember my sister Jacqueline loved him too 🤣
Jaquie t love him xx jane x
Me too x
I'm not sure what made me think of this song after so many years, but I love it, and it now is on my G.O.A.T play list, with some real 70s classics.
Loved Loved this song in the 70s early teens . Very floaty vibe & calming 😌
I love this song. Been listening to it since it came on Top of the Pops
I used to love him and his music, and what a great guitarist, he turned out to be.
This wasn't what I was into at that time, but it was SO much what I liked too. Love how he's kind of aware of being (mildly) inappropriate singing about being kettled to an audience of 14 year olds. Superb band, brilliant sound.
I always loved this song and the musicians who played it! Last night, at my local acoustic club, on of the chaps played it on his guitar and sung it and asked if i'd like to fill in the interlude on my treble recorder. I couldn't remember exactly how it went but made it up as I went along and then played along with the outro, bluesy- jazz style. IT went down a storm!
Awwww, this is so wonderful. So glad to hear it again. Always did like Andy - I like his kind of 'garage-y ' style, that also sounds dulcet and fun. And I've always been a sucjker for that smile! 🤩
I love his voice. Always have done
Sounds a lot like Paul McCartney
This lovely guys voice is some thing else ,,,,i reckon hes the very best in creation xx lol
Great voice 👌
This was my favourite song of Andy's I loved to watch him sing so gorgeous love him still
Jane , we share the same thoughts,,,,i too adore this very lovely talented guy xxxxxxx lol Jane x ps we share the same name as well xx
I thought Be Bop n Holla was better?
Beautiful Song a favourite of mine. Would love to be transported back to the 1970s.
Happiest time of my life.
Agree
1961-1974 especially for me
One of Wales 🏴 finest we love you Andy boy 🏴🏴🏴
He’s my uncle no lie
Is he speaking Welsh, because I hardly understand ought what he says! But I does like the song.
@@samlewis8986 excellent
@@stevenbatten357 nah he’s Cardiff boy don’t think he Siala Cymreig speaks Welsh 🤣
I didnt know that Cardiff is just about the least Welsh part of Wales. Your comment sent me to wikipedia for an explanation. I think Wales should have chosen a capital with an impossible name just to annoy the English. Machynlleth, for example. I can hear the newsreaders spluttering and coughing that one out. Except your man Huw Edwards.
What a great artist and musician Andy Fairweather Low is. And this song, wonderful piece of writing, and recording, everything about it is so good and it’s one of my all time favourites. I never stop coming back to it. A timeless classics. 🎵
Gerald i love your comment , i feel the same way as you , This guys voice is second to none ,,,This beautiful classic will still be around until eternity lol Jane xx
@@oughtonoughton2634 Spot on Jane :)
Gerard kind regards from South Yorks England xxJane xx
Gerard i love your comment i too adore this fantastic guy , what an adorable song xx This blokes voice is second to none ,, it gives me an instant lift in my memories of many days gone by xx kind regards Jane xx 🌹🌹🌹
🌹🌹🌹Janex
So true many a time I've bin this way, but always managed to get home in one peace
A laid back groove that addresses some serious issues. A brilliant song.
Indeed a serous issue, so this double feeling: nice groove, in contradiction with that.
And yes, the effect of the music wins. Strange.
It is the harmony too, the relaxed feeling you get from a band that plays in unity.
@@joannariemvis3984 indeed! Yes!
So young. Seems personable and Eric must have seen something special to have him on rock-solid rhythm guitar for so many years. Perhaps the humor was up Clapton’s alley, yes I would say that is a necessary ingredient.
This lovely song still gives me cold shivers may be its because its such a divine classic xx 💞💗💞❤❤❤❤❤
and me.. it is a beautiful song.. Andy's voice is so distinctively and beautiful.
@@joeconte1470 Ilove your comment , i could have left home for this fab bloke xx kind regards Jane xx
I was 14 back then. Still a great record.
I don't know what it is about this song, I just love it.
It’s about getting pissed. “Wide eyed” and “Legless” are both terms for being very drunk. British slang has a seemingly endless supply of terms for being KO-litic.
@@jontalbot1 yes I know what it means Jon 🙏. Please re-read my comment 😊
@@hereforthemusic Sorry yes l misread. Getting on a bit. You might be like it one day
@@jontalbot1 😅😅...no worries Jon 😉
🥰 coming back on this as this is so relaxed, pleasure to look and listen
It is a nice song...lovely chord changes...Georgie Fame on keyboards !
Great song 🤟thanks - brings back memories of the 70s - my late mum's favourite track.
Roberto i love this guy his voice is second to none xx lol Jane x
one of the few happy songs
Not if you watch the BBC movie named after the song that's here on youtube. It's a true story and will have you bawling your eyes out while you listen to the song.
Thomas Garbe its about being an alcoholic!
There's loads and loads of happy songs. What the hell are you even talking about??! I'm genuinely baffled by your comment
@@shokk40 just name a few happy songs. They are extremely rare.
agree, pure class that never gonna be imitated.........
Lucky enough to see Andy in Witham a while back and he's still doing it well. He kept us waiting for this until well into the second half but it was worth the wait.
1:40 such a beautiful song i love it ❤
*Lovely song*
Strange no one has mentioned BJ Cole probably the UKs greatest ever peddle steel guitarist.
Mr cool and so talented
Fantastic song i want this played at my funeral along with all things bright and beautifull and we'll meet again
Derek i like your comment i guess this lovely guy could sing all three of YOUR FUNERAL CHOICES ??? this classic romantic song is so lovely ive always adored this guys voice its second to none xxlol Jane x
I do hope you are still alive, I also loved Andy BEAUTIFUL VOICE, do let us know you are still with us,CHEERS Eileen 🏴🏴🏴🏴
Yes he seems to enjoy what he does, always relaxed and smiling.
Such beautiful teenage memories, thank yufor this!
Very talented he has some great solo albums and I love the track "watch out for the booga rooga" very early funk (1975), just brilliant and I loved the album Be bop 'N' Holla (I have the blue vinyl limited edition). Met him once when he had Fairweather in the early 70's a real nice guy.
I too have his Elliott Mazer-produced "Spider Jiving" and all his Glyn Johns-produced albums and Glyn always said AFL was his favourite artiste to produce - for his honesty and likeabilty.
excellent old track from way back
As a 10 year old back then,it was tunes like this,10cc,ELO and similar id wake up to on Radio 1,Capital Radio easy on the ears and we often went weekends to Twickenham,Look In magazine, DC and Marvel Comics, play Frisbee,tennis was fun watching Bjorg, Nougat bars,calypso lollies,id set up my wig wam tent play my Hitatchi transistor radio and day dream,we played with kites those plastic ones with a parachutist design also Frankenstein,Dracula lengthen the string with fishing cable and yes lost many a kite and frisbee,we often looked up saw Concorde fly over and plane spot we watched out for the 747 planes and the 747 SP was a rarity,this music takes me down memory lane,its only now i understand what the lyrics are about, Thanks for a great song,best wishes to the uploader,friends,family and fellow fans.
I'm having this at the final roundup
My wife Loved A Men Corner and this song especially. 1960's/1970's a great time for Music
David your wife had class i too love the 60s music its my all time best then now and always ,, this classic romantic song is great xx lol Jane x
Just realised I was at this recording. I was probably there to see the Bay City Rollers but mesmerised by this fantastic song and voice
Lucky you to be there x
I know. Still remember it like it was yesterday. Every now and again I watch this video and remember how lucky I was to experience it. He was amazing. Still love a bit of Bay City Rollers though even now. 🫣
Love it , great song ❤
Know Harry Hunter
Brilliant it takes me back tar better times
Love this wide legged and eyeless 🤣🤣🤣🤣🏴🏴🏴
Always have loved this....my memories no friend......X
My mum played it at my dad’s funeral apparently the song they were decorating to and yes this song cud be my dad I miss him
Love this song!
That’s Georgie Fame on keys too 😊🎹🎵🎼
great voice andy
kit ,, hes the best , his voice is second to none WOW X
Awesome group live happy times
Me in the 70s , wide eyed and legless.
Me too.
Just dug out some blue gold - 76s Be Bop N Holla Album....Da Doo Rendezvous with the other-worldy strings and your unique voice is as sublime as the first day I heard it in 76 at 13 yrs age 🙏 * And Be Bop and Holla at the end side 2 with the percussion, keyboard and growling bass superbly mixed by Glyn is the highlight of the album on this barnstormer of a song!
Big Thank You Andy.
As a 58 yr old lady my hair's still the same as that he has. Tried other fashions but that suits me.
Always think of Deric Longden's wife Diana when I hear this.
Just reread Diana's story for the umpteenth time and still bawled like a baby at the end.
Always was an Amen Corner fan, loved Andys vocals, wasn't really keen on this track. Just hearing it again today, I've definitely warned to it now I'm the grand old age of 73. 😊
Brilliant! Loved it then, love it now !
This means so much to me .
SJ me too ive always adored this guy i love him xx His voice is magic lol x
Great 70's Classic.
One of my favourite songs fom the era. Don't know what that says about me .....!
Alan it says you have class x this guys voice is second to none , the romantic classic is priceless to say the least lol Jane x
I'd forgotten this and there it was popping up on my You Tube stream. Wow what a beautiful song. Am hoping I can find on a local karaoke and give it a go.
I saw him and his band down the Torch Theatre and they were brilliant
Fookin lush.
Never heard of him until now, and I really enjoyed this song.
A n effortless singer brilliant song
Just watched a film with this in it. It was an inspiring story of Diana Longden. UA-cam
Oh to be back there, who is coming ❤
And I,m phisst now listening to it ..👍
Brilliant.
One of Wales finest 👌
Loved it I was 18 then
It just seems effortless and so laidback
Or wide legged and eyeless as we used to sing when we were pissed all those years ago.
Wow the memories 😏😏
Oh Shireen Singh I miss you and still am in love with you . Shaheen 2024
With Georgie Fame on organ!
It's a Fender Rhodes electric piano.
I missed it was Georgie Fame. Thanks!
Deffo a fender rhodes though he's also a Hammond chap!
@@jwsuicides8095 True, Georgie is a real master on the Hammond.
@@paullandry5594 I saw him at Ronnie Scott's back in the 80s playing Hammond. Great gig. Relevant to that whole 'music family' I've loved Alan Price's Hammond playing.
Great song by the great AFL
Fab! TY. Xx
I'd say Georgie and Andy got a bit Irish Mist when they stopped at the Elephant and Castle before arriving at the studio. Wide Eyed and Legless and how appropriate.
Memories
Funny when I think I was 15 working as a butcher and gorgeous, now I think how many people have passed when this was a hit! Sad how we all leave and no signs of us ever being here !
What a talent AFL was/is
Legend
Lons , this guy is a complete genius his voice is second to none ,, ive adored him since his beginning ,, long live the 60s era xx
Lons this guy will still ahve this classic played in eternity thats for sure , hes still so talented i willa lways adore hil , until eternity i think xx lol Jane x 🎻🪕🎹🎸🪗🎤🌹🌹🌹
He was my hero in the sixties
Fiona mine too ,, all these decades on he still remains my firm favourite lol x