Not forgetting the legendary farnborough tech students union gig, Elkie wasnt impressed that we were just sitting on the floor, get up and dance you fekkers.....or words to that effect
I forgot how great this was. I remember seeing it on TOGWT back in the 1980's as part of some retrospective night. Couldn't compute that it was Elkie Brooks and Robert Palmer I was watching. Fantastic song, easily as good as anything else that came out in '72. Very Little feat and just as funky. Palmer was a serious contender for cutest boy of the year here, and Elkie is as stunning as ever. Thanks
I went to see Vinegar Joe in Watford back in the seventies. I never gave Robert Palmer a thought back then as I thought Elkie Brookes was the star attraction.
OH MY GOD, Robert is soooo cute with long hair,oooooooooo! Er, ahem! The band was marvelous singing a wonderful tune at The Old Grey Whistle Test. Marvelous, bravo, wonderful. Yes, Yes,yes.
I never in a million years would have recognized Robert Palmer if not for his name being posted on here! Amazing I never saw him out of a suit and tie but I LIKE IT!!!!! A LOT!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
WOW!! Listened to these for a couple years & loved it. This the first time ive SEEN them. Very weird to see Bob Palmer trying so hard to be Jagger. God love him for going on to find his own (very special) way.❤
Yes I always thought the Whistle Test was live, mind you I was watching on a black and white TV set and yet all my memories of it are in colour - so I suppose my mind was filling in the blanks.
Hey!! I’m 53, always thought Ellie brooks was boring ballads. Totally converted to an amazing performer! RP was a class act Wish I had gone to a live gig with Prince, RP and Elkie B THANKS!!
Saw them in Birmingham (UK) A really excellent band. Should have been bigger. But there again they were not a 'pop' group, so were largely ignored. Tragic. I am so chuffed I saw them live.
Vinegar Joe were such an interesting band, sounding vibrant and hypnotic. Sure they were a blues band and had a touch of the Stones to their songs but they had so much energy in their music. The proof of the pudding was that although Palmer and Brooks had great voices, I always felt that in their solo careers their music sounded too clinical and polished (and sometimes dull). Compare that with the organic sound they have here, where you can really feel the raw talent in the band.
Great band, missed them at the time (too young) but have since groan to love them, pity they near reformed, a bite to lait now, with parsing of Robert (RIP)
My face explode? Well it was the frustration of being made to mime to the LP back tracks by the BBC (notice the congas in Bar 1 kiddies?) and I had nothing else to do but pull faces thinking to myself God when they see this in 40 yrs time despite all this effort we'll have never actually have broken the big time. Maybe we should all split up and go solo. So we did. cheers Pete Gage
N Sydney Soundies Lol, great stuff. I just saw this for the first time and was thinking that you didn’t look too comfortable trying to fake it. I can’t blame you - there were a lot of different guitar parts!
I never would have guessed in a million years this was Robert Palmer! I like it a lot,but he is unrecognizable without his suit and tie! LOL Thanks for sending this my way rocker53zero! ♥
A young Mister P looking uncannily like a young Michael Jagger 8) Cool band and brilliant song. Quite superb. Never seen this before. Thanks very much for sharing. :-)
Palmer and Brooks kinda remind me of Marty Balin and Grace Slick during the heyday of Jefferson Airplane. Two great voices working as one. Too bad they never made it here in the US.
Never saw this before and I loved it 🌹! Long hair , thin body way before the iconic handsome suits the persona like a cross between a young Mr. Mick Jagger and the Doors , Mr. Jim Morrison going on here. Wow?! Thanks for this totally unexpected upload on Jun 29th 2022 Wednesday night👍☕🍎 Be well and thanks again.
I found an album in a creek and I brought it home, I tried restoring it, but I just couldn’t get all the rust off of it. 😢 however, I put in my record player and it brought me to this song. Rusty red record for a rusty red armor
Rock and roll in its purest form, probably just how GOD intended it. One of the most amazing bands to see live. When you were there with them it almost felt like you were inside the music-Wow.
In Ellie’s autobiography she says RP never spike to her after VJ. She claims not to know why, and she stayed friends with his mother, it certain,y made me wonder about him. He never seemed to want to acknowledge her (on stage) even in VJ days. I think she was always shockingly ignored as an artist by the British music (make) press of the day. About time the Brits reached out, or Glastonbury legend slot.
what a good group. I never knew of this Robert Palmer band. As for the lip synching..Im sure they all had to do it for the show at this time. Dont blame the band.
Lyrics: Don’t sing me no more of your obscure tunes I bet your Ma don’t think you’re so glamorous You’ve shown me your cards and the stars and the runes How come you don’t act more amorous? Well, I’ve heard all your tales about where you have been And the royalty you’ve met as well It’s not that I can’t believe all that Honey, but really, come on, what the hell? With your bizarre repertoire Which you perform on your Japanese guitar How’s a body supposed to treat you like The sweet little lady you really are? I don’t really mean to embarrass you And my friends that are all around us It’s just that you’re trying to prove you know where it’s at With their handful of uptight scoundrels So just look pretty, and keep out of the light Don’t try to be an attraction We don’t need to know you can be so young Makes our years seem like distraction Stay away from your home if you need the applause Your friends know you just too well Keep your surprises tucked under your mysterious belt Baby, that you don’t have to sell Silly girl.
It is a pity the early Whistle Test performances were marred by the Beeb's insistence on backing tracks. You should not feel bad: (1) they even made the Who do it, (2) at least the BBC later repented and let the bands play live and (3) we, who saw your gigs, know what you could do. It was a travesty of the highest order that VJ were left off not one but four DVDs of the OGWT! And then to rub salt into the wound, thay found space for that arch wastrel John Cooper Clarke.
Agreed - definitely a Stones-influenced feel to Bobbies vocals here - none the worse for that . . . probably both influenced by the soul and the blues apparent in the emerging Southern Rock genre.
Still sound good in 2024
Robert Palmer. Snake hips. Gorgeous.
If there was any justice in the world, Vinegar Joe would have as famous as the Stones, and never out of the charts.
Saw them live in 1973 at the Lanchester Polytechnic in Coventry, fantastic
Tragically underrated band.
Wow, never seen Robert Palmer like this...he's pulling the Mick Jagger vibe.
RIP to the legend, you are missed.
Funky Stones bro
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@@rexgeorg7324 💯
Gosh, it's Mick's brother Robert Jagger!!!
In those leather trousers more like Jim Morrison from the doors.
RIP Robert, thank you for all of the great music you created and performed. What an amazing talent.
Elkie Brooks voice is amazing. !!!
Robert Palmer was taking it to eleven on the hipness scale
YOU NAILED IT..😇👍
the legend that is Elkie Brooks
Omg.. I stumbled on this.. amazing young Robert and Elkie.. they sound so great.!! . lush live music... cant beat it xx
There's so much talent on that stage it actually frightens me...
Oh my! I miss him! He was ace. And everyone was a real musician. ❤
I loved this band. Like the Faces, they really loved playing live.
Saw them 4 times live in 1972. Amazing band . Still in my system
Don't lie, liar.
@@robertcarli1969 l m 70 y.o. seen them at Reading Festival 1972, London Lyceum August 1972, Marquee club april and October 1972. I have the pics.
@Robert Carli I'm glad I'm not as cynical as you, not believing that people have done nice and cool things. Seek help
Not forgetting the legendary farnborough tech students union gig, Elkie wasnt impressed that we were just sitting on the floor, get up and dance you fekkers.....or words to that effect
Robert Palmer at about 23(?). This is so funny, he was really hamming it up. Miss him!
Elkie still at it last month in Leeds,she was fantastic. Love her.
So Cool To See RP Way Back In The Day So Handsome He Is Truly Missed❤
What a lovely voice Elkie has obviously loves what she does !
How cool this is..I never saw this before...and I love Robert so much...it's nice to know more about his early career. How cute he was!
I forgot how great this was. I remember seeing it on TOGWT back in the 1980's as part of some retrospective night. Couldn't compute that it was Elkie Brooks and Robert Palmer I was watching. Fantastic song, easily as good as anything else that came out in '72. Very Little feat and just as funky. Palmer was a serious contender for cutest boy of the year here, and Elkie is as stunning as ever. Thanks
RIP:Robert Palmer
Elkie Brooks what an amazing singer, then and now.
Simon Mac い
...and one of the sexiest women alive.
The way Robert Palmer attacks that first note !
I went to see Vinegar Joe in Watford back in the seventies. I never gave Robert Palmer a thought back then as I thought Elkie Brookes was the star attraction.
Exactly the same here, except I saw them at the old St Albans Civic.
The Greyhound in Fulham Palace Road was the nearest to me that they played!
@@1946nimrod I saw them there too, a couple of times.
Gran babda..exelente robert...
Both fits perfectly together. Reminds me a bit of Allmans Brothers Band and early Stones stuff.
liking the leather pants Robert ;-)
Saw these guys at Bristol Art School back in '71, liked it them ...love it now
Dang I can’t get over how great these guys were. They shoulda been big! Thanks for making this available. Very cool!
Elkie brooks so nice looking looked up power station came upon this. Greetings from new jersey
OH MY GOD, Robert is soooo cute with long hair,oooooooooo! Er, ahem! The band
was marvelous singing a wonderful tune at The Old Grey Whistle Test. Marvelous, bravo, wonderful. Yes, Yes,yes.
I never in a million years would have recognized Robert Palmer if not for his name being posted on here! Amazing I never saw him out of a suit and tie but I LIKE IT!!!!! A LOT!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Being a huge early Robert Palmer fan, i don't know how I missed this !
"Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley.......Oh my !!!!!!!!!
WOW!! Listened to these for a couple years & loved it.
This the first time ive SEEN them. Very weird to see Bob Palmer trying so hard to be Jagger. God love him for going on to find his own (very special) way.❤
The legends never die
Yes I always thought the Whistle Test was live, mind you I was watching on a black and white TV set and yet all my memories of it are in colour - so I suppose my mind was filling in the blanks.
Hey!! I’m 53, always thought Ellie brooks was boring ballads. Totally converted to an amazing performer! RP was a class act
Wish I had gone to a live gig with Prince, RP and Elkie B
THANKS!!
No lip synching on Old Gray Whistle Test, all live performance! Not to be confused with Top of the Pops!
This was not live.
@@michaelschmidt9708 - Please go back to sleep!
Live vocals, recorded instruments.
Lots of the OGW was syncted
So wrong…
Saw them in Birmingham (UK) A really excellent band. Should have been bigger. But there again they were not a 'pop' group, so were largely ignored. Tragic. I am so chuffed I saw them live.
Saw these at the California Ballroom Dunstable,,what a privilege
Vinegar Joe were such an interesting band, sounding vibrant and hypnotic. Sure they were a blues band and had a touch of the Stones to their songs but they had so much energy in their music. The proof of the pudding was that although Palmer and Brooks had great voices, I always felt that in their solo careers their music sounded too clinical and polished (and sometimes dull). Compare that with the organic sound they have here, where you can really feel the raw talent in the band.
Two singers like that the band was never going to last. Great sound.
What do you mean?
@@Solutions3000 I think he meant they were too good. Most bands only have one great singer.
@@Poecilia1963 Thank you.
Simply irresistible :)
First thing that came to mind beside Robert doing his Jagger thing: They were like a British Delaney and Bonnie...
Great band, missed them at the time (too young) but have since groan to love them, pity they near reformed, a bite to lait now, with parsing of Robert (RIP)
brill, loved them both
My face explode? Well it was the frustration of being made to mime to the LP back tracks by the BBC (notice the congas in Bar 1 kiddies?) and I had nothing else to do but pull faces thinking to myself God when they see this in 40 yrs time despite all this effort we'll have never actually have broken the big time. Maybe we should all split up and go solo. So we did. cheers Pete Gage
N Sydney Soundies Lol, great stuff. I just saw this for the first time and was thinking that you didn’t look too comfortable trying to fake it. I can’t blame you - there were a lot of different guitar parts!
wow what a gem!
Smokin Band !!!!
I never would have guessed in a million years this was Robert Palmer! I like it a lot,but he is unrecognizable without his suit and tie! LOL Thanks for sending this my way rocker53zero! ♥
A young Mister P looking uncannily like a young Michael Jagger 8) Cool band and brilliant song. Quite superb. Never seen this before. Thanks very much for sharing. :-)
Bought this record for 60 cents about 1976....nice deal if you can find it...love it
SongmanC I'll give you a dollar for it right now
Palmer and Brooks kinda remind me of Marty Balin and Grace Slick during the heyday of Jefferson Airplane. Two great voices working as one. Too bad they never made it here in the US.
Never saw this before and I loved it 🌹!
Long hair , thin body way before the iconic handsome suits the persona like a cross between a young Mr. Mick Jagger and the Doors , Mr. Jim Morrison going on here.
Wow?!
Thanks for this totally unexpected upload on Jun 29th 2022 Wednesday night👍☕🍎
Be well and thanks again.
Elkie Brooks was the star in this band.
LOve the tune and the band!!!
Remember seeing this clip on VH1's Before They Were Rock Stars
So glad I stumbled onto this.
The intro(up to the vocals) is like a funky version of the snooker music on BBC.
I found an album in a creek and I brought it home, I tried restoring it, but I just couldn’t get all the rust off of it. 😢 however, I put in my record player and it brought me to this song. Rusty red record for a rusty red armor
What a band .. 2 great singers & Pete Gage on guitar ... f me
Thanks Phil. I was wondering who was playing such tasty guitar.
Love it.
Thats the kinda blues I like
Great piece of seventies music.....
damn this is good
Wow LOVE this.
Elkie the bollocks seriously great
Great band & song!
Bass line almost sounded like Sneakin' Sally in the beginning
Look at them aahhh m8t it sends a tingle up my spine.let’s go around again.Holsey67 🇬🇧
Of Course The Bassist,Steve York, Is the driving wheel make the song strong !!
Rock and roll in its purest form, probably just how GOD intended it. One of the most amazing bands to see live. When you were there with them it almost felt like you were inside the music-Wow.
In Ellie’s autobiography she says RP never spike to her after VJ. She claims not to know why, and she stayed friends with his mother, it certain,y made me wonder about him. He never seemed to want to acknowledge her (on stage) even in VJ days. I think she was always shockingly ignored as an artist by the British music (make) press of the day. About time the Brits reached out, or Glastonbury legend slot.
Amazing 😘😘💗
what a good group. I never knew of this Robert Palmer band. As for the lip synching..Im sure they all had to do it for the show at this time. Dont blame the band.
robert was so cool, even back then!
Wow Screaming Bob Harris... brilliant
@bandbase2 You are so right! I have since found that not to be true, but thanks for setting me straight.
This is Good! Reminds me of the Black crowes (long before they ever existed!)hey, is that Chris Elliott on guitar in disguise? Lol
Lyrics:
Don’t sing me no more of your obscure tunes
I bet your Ma don’t think you’re so glamorous
You’ve shown me your cards and the stars and the runes
How come you don’t act more amorous?
Well, I’ve heard all your tales about where you have been
And the royalty you’ve met as well
It’s not that I can’t believe all that
Honey, but really, come on, what the hell?
With your bizarre repertoire
Which you perform on your Japanese guitar
How’s a body supposed to treat you like
The sweet little lady you really are?
I don’t really mean to embarrass you
And my friends that are all around us
It’s just that you’re trying to prove you know where it’s at
With their handful of uptight scoundrels
So just look pretty, and keep out of the light
Don’t try to be an attraction
We don’t need to know you can be so young
Makes our years seem like distraction
Stay away from your home if you need the applause
Your friends know you just too well
Keep your surprises tucked under your mysterious belt
Baby, that you don’t have to sell
Silly girl.
Not one of their best, but back in the day there was nobody anywhere in the same league as Elkie,or since come to think of it
Rob Zombie on guitar! :) And Robert Palmer channeling Jagger...
great`palmer`.....
Amazing Brooks
It is a pity the early Whistle Test performances were marred by the Beeb's insistence on backing tracks. You should not feel bad: (1) they even made the Who do it, (2) at least the BBC later repented and let the bands play live and (3) we, who saw your gigs, know what you could do. It was a travesty of the highest order that VJ were left off not one but four DVDs of the OGWT! And then to rub salt into the wound, thay found space for that arch wastrel John Cooper Clarke.
1 they have a great fun.
the best song of their ffirst (and best) album>
holy hell robert. You were a honey pot always, you sexy flirty thing!!
I hope I run into you in Heaven.
Super fun song, full of sass.
Elkie Brooks was the main attraction. Great singer.
@Polly6761 Elkie was the powerful voice and stage persona in this band.
My god they were good.😎
Do you understand why Lowell worked with him on his first 3 solo projects.
Awesome
now that s what I m taking . about ??
Agreed - definitely a Stones-influenced feel to Bobbies vocals here - none the worse for that . . . probably both influenced by the soul and the blues apparent in the emerging Southern Rock genre.
Wow Mark Wahlberg really pulled off the Robert Palmer look for the film Rockstar
Oh my! Robert grooving big time. Love this early work.
Elkie Brooks was the band.
Went to see Wishbone Ash in Chicago ‘73…then there was Barnstormer (Joe Walsh post James Gang) there was this…phenomenal…
WoW !!!!
Good stuff
You wouldn't be sayin' that if you'd ever seen this lot play live. 'Nuff said.