God, my life's been wonderful. To have known this when it was first out ... how fantastic that was. Like stepping back in time to hear it now. Good memories! Cheers.
Agree with that! I watched them perform this on an after school kids show in 78' & like you was blow away not just by the song but but Tom's attitude & antics as a front man. RIP Danny K.
😂I saw TRB with Danny Kustow on guitar in Chicago in late 70s (maybe even 1980). It was one of the best concerts I've ever been to. Tom's happy enthusiasm spread throughout the concert hall. Great memories! ❤
I remember going on a coach trip to margate with my friends in late 1989 and listening to this song. There was a train strike on that weekend and we had to leave early. All was going well until one us got arrested for kicking a football at a policeman. And then when we got into town our coach exploded. Wasn't much fun trying to get a hotel that night in town.
@ChrisSheperd. Nice one. Was he nice? I think I'd fangirl if I was in the same situation, if somebody famous that I like, bought something in the charity shop that I volunteer in, in my local town.
@@michaelacoulthard He was honestly the nicest man. Was very happy to talk about his music with me too. He was in cardiff for a radio 6 music festival and arranged tickets for me to come along and watch his acoustic set. He really is a fantastic guy and his performance was outstanding.
This song reminds me of Saturday afternoons as a child with my Dad …Saturday was “our day” and we would do some activity we enjoyed together like golf or swimming or just shopping and lunch. As we drove home from our day out he would always get the CD case out and let me pick some tunes. We both had this as one of our favourite songs ☺️ ahhh take me back
If you like this video, it'd be great if you could subscribe to this UA-cam channel - I've got load of other clips on here, featuring my own music and also vids I've made for other people. Apparently Google let you do all kinds of extra stuff on your channel once it gets over 1,000 subscribers :-) Cheers, me dears... Tom x
2013 is the 35th Anniversary of TRB's debut album Power In The Darkness. EMI are releasing The Anthology 1977-79: everything released by TRB plus a large amount of previously unreleased bonus material. It consists of 3CDs+1DVD and is released on Monday July 1st 2013.
An absolute belter of a song from 1977 and the first record I ever purchased which I then went on to collect over 5000 singles over the next 25 years. F****ing SUPERB! When your a young lad of 17 full of energy and testosterone this tune just gets your attention with that guitar riff.
This tune was released 18 days after I was nearly killed in a road accident. It instantly reminds me of Ward 14, St Georges Ward, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol. Still remember my nurses names. And their faces. This tune was played a lot on the radio.
Back in the day I could never quite catch all the lyrics after ♪2468♪ so I used to just make it up when I sang it Lol, great song though, thanks for the upload :)
I first heard this for my first and only time on an FM radio Rock station, on a specific program they were doing on '70s British Rock and this came up and I never heard it again. Then on another video I was watching recently this song came up. I've finally gotten to hear this for the second time in 38 years, and it's even better than what I had remembered. ❤️
I go back to November 1977 & this ditty was on the charts & reached no.5 . Tom Robinson was on fine form , I always remember returning from W H Smith in Poole, Dorset & getting home to find my Aunty Sue had visited my mum all the way from the land down under!. I was 18 at the time and this record was all the rage!!!!!.....
Heard this song back in the early 80's in Lloret in bars, but didn't know the singer and I couldn't find the song for 30-odd years. This never was a hit in Holland. It stayed in the back of my mind though for all those years. Talked about it last christmas with friends (in England), but they thought I meant the Proclaimers... Then lo and behold: yesterday they played it on the radio! Found it again, still a powerfull song!
Came out back when I was 18, my first job building my record collection including there album, and drinking at pubs on weekends hearing pub rock. Those were the days.
What a great song. I remember coming home on a lunch break and playing this song on my speakers and cooking a nice scrambled egg & cheese toast sandwich. Just a blissful moment.
The wonderful app that is Shazam, I heard this on Absolute Rock 80’s today. The last time I heard this song was on BFBS being played as we were travelling from Kuwait to Basra. I remember my dad having it on the radio in his Ford Granada 2.8! Since then and in the gulf I have never heard it being played and and it has almost been like the holy grail, as I could only remember the line “little white line” I couldn’t find it until now, its been downloaded and put on all of my devices and even as a ring tone! Thanks for the upload. 👍🍺
Magnificent memories, Tom, and may these vibes go endlessly into space and touch the souls of these aliens out there and give a message that us Earthlings are just OK.
October 77 coincided with me starting to learn to drive. Six months later I had my licence and was borrowing my dad's car and driving all my mates around. This song and your first album were played to death on the cassette player so it brings back some great memories. Incidentally I was at a wedding the other week with one of those mates and we were reminiscing about your songs. So, thanks from us both for the songs you gave us.
The very first ever record I bought in 1977 along with “No More Heroes” by the Stranglers I went on to collect over 10,000 7” singles over 30 years after that and these two still remain very precious in my collection.
Just noticed the little detail - TOTP was pretty much always mimed (note the Wurlitzer piano magically sounding like a distorted Hammond)- but the guitars have the iconic UK Musicians Union "Keep Music Live" sticker on them..
Love this song my uncle Tony Deagle sung this with his guitar like nothing I've ever heard, he was better looking version of Colin Hay and sounded identical, the women loved him especially the old dears over the laundrette, when we were kids growing up in Sparrow Hall Liverpool, he jumped a lift with three pals an old Austin Cambridge and it mysteriously hit a 30 foot prewar concrete lamppost, all three were lost on that November night in 1981 he lived for those he loved and those he loved remember
I am a 31 year old Black woman and I love this I actually remember riding around in my foster mom’s car when she was running her errands in Dudley West Midlands I would’ve probably been about 4/5 she would leave me in the car to pick up her groceries and I remember this playing on the radio on a summers day I remember thinking this isn’t the right way to count...but hey it was catchy.
Im a 23 year old half Chinese Jamaican eskimo and my mum would open the windows of our igloo and play this at full volume when we were kids. My mum sadly passed away 2 years ago after a long battle with the neighbours who were native American red Indians, they ambushed her she was hanging out the washing and after being struck down by 50 arrows they scalped her. I know she still watches over me, this songs for you mum.
Vic Maile producer of many bands and most notably to me Motorhead who were my first live band on the "short sharp pain in the neck" tour.He produced the Ace Of Spades and No Sleep Till Hammersmith albums amongst others..
Gotta give TRB props for promoting gay rights waaaaaay before it was acceptable. As a straight white kid in rural America the TRB was a glimpse into another world. I was down with his radicalism, but bringing gender, race, and sexuality into the mix really challenged me, they deserve a lot more credit than they ever received in the States. Maybe it is different in the UK but he was the first gay rights advocate that ever to touch this straight guy. He made me an ally before it even existed.
@@ceneg actually some of us like President Trump and agree with the original comment thinking it's fantastic. The assumption is somehow everyone supports president Trump and hmis pro-Usa is an idiot it's something perpetrated by the left. Do your research versus chastising people for their political choices. The dude deserves the comment you would rest him with. Let's not bring politics into it or make assumptions about the intelligence level of people who support president Trump. Well over half the country
I love it. Besides i´ve always been supporting Tom for his being straight forward being gay ;-) Anyway 2 4 6 8 probably is one of the best pieces of music ever performed. I hate myself for looking forward riding through france in my lil (grey cortina?) fiat convertible top off...motorway sun coming up at the morning light. TY so much Tom!
As well as all the great memories of punk and new wave theres something more. For all you musicians. Listen to the individual tone of each instrument. If playback or not it still is absolutely brilliant. And the tone of Toms voice. I 'm surprised they didnt make it bigger though I'm aware of Toms troubles.
Drive my truck midway to the motorway station Fairlane cruiser coming up on the left hand side Headlight shining, driving rain on the window frame Little young Lady Stardust hitching a ride And it's 2-4-6-8, ain't never too late Me and my radio truckin' on through the night 3-5-7-9 on a double white line Motorway sun coming up with the morning light Whiz kid sitting pretty on your two-wheel stallion This ol' ten-ton lorry got a bead on you Ain't no use setting up with a bad companion Ain't nobody get the better of you-know-who 2-4-6-8, ain't never too late Me and my radio truckin' on through the night 3-5-7-9 on a double white line That same old motorway sun coming up with the morning light Well, there ain't no route you could choose to lose the two of us Ain't nobody know when you're acting right or wrong No one knows if a roadway's leading nowhere Gonna keep on driving home on the road I'm on And it's 2-4-6-8, ain't never too late Just me and my radio truckin' on through the night 3-5-7-9 on a double white line Motorway sun coming up with the morning light 2-4-6-8, ain't never too late Me and my radio truckin' on through the night 3-5-7-9 on a double white line Motorway sun coming up with the morning light Motorway sun coming up with the morning light That same old motorway sun coming up with the morning light Yeah, yeah, yeah I said it's 2-4-6-8, ain't never too late Just me and my radio truckin' on through the night 3-5-7-9 on a double white line Motorway sun coming up with the morning light And it's 2-4-6-8, ain't never too late Me and my radio truckin' on through the night 3-5-7...
"Whizzkid sitting pretty on your two-wheeled stallion"! I just love this line. I have been on a two-wheeled stallion for 40 years and I still hum this to myself out on the road.
Imagine my poor dads shock when I told him that the singer of this song also sang "Glad to be Gay". Though to be fair the general attitude when I told him, early 90s, gay people couldn't be into cars or motor bikes, and that was also reflected on the gay side of things too.
@@sillysod33 In Nazi concentration camps prisoners were made to display downward-pointing equilateral triangular cloth badges on their lapels, the colour of which denoted the reason for their imprisonment. In the 1980s, the pink triangle was subverted and having been inverted - pointing upwards, was increasingly used as a symbol of gay identity. This was indeed a bold move on national TV and the BBC in 1977 - although the producers of TOTP were likely oblivious to its meaning. This was after all the show that erected a backdrop of Jocky Wilson the darts player for Dexy's Midnight Runners 'Jackie Wilson Said' - (although I am now thinking this may have been a joke on behalf of the band). The BBC went on to ban 'Sing If Your Glad To Be Gay' from its airwaves.
''All right lads it's only another 10 minutes then we'll be at the half way house. That's when the serious stuff begins!''
Jolly Boys’ Outing!
" Ruud Gullit, no where! "
That's why it's called the half way house along the a127 to Southend haha cheers
Make those lagers long and cool
God, my life's been wonderful. To have known this when it was first out ... how fantastic that was. Like stepping back in time to hear it now. Good memories! Cheers.
Hi, just wondering, is your profile picture of Mike Teevee, from the first Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory film?
@@michaelacoulthard
Yes.
@@particleboy3584 Thank you.
Mate, every time I hear this, I'm back in the local Youth Centre in 1977 again.
Agree with that!
I watched them perform this on an after school kids show in 78' & like you was blow away not just by the song but but Tom's attitude & antics as a front man. RIP Danny K.
still remembering this song in 2024. 👍
Wow this is great !!!!! Make it a hit in 2024 please!!!
😂I saw TRB with Danny Kustow on guitar in Chicago in late 70s (maybe even 1980). It was one of the best concerts I've ever been to. Tom's happy enthusiasm spread throughout the concert hall. Great memories! ❤
I remember going on a coach trip to margate with my friends in late 1989 and listening to this song. There was a train strike on that weekend and we had to leave early. All was going well until one us got arrested for kicking a football at a policeman. And then when we got into town our coach exploded. Wasn't much fun trying to get a hotel that night in town.
oh you're talking about the night you got bummed by 'the great raymondo'
@channel55andaboxoftissues16 who's raymondo? A special friend of yours?
At least no one threw a stone through your window or a suitcase on your head
And did you kick a football and ot hit a copper
@@JackieGibson-x8zYeah he said he did if you read the whole post
"Lock up all your daughters" "Alright Alan" like if you know the show 😎
Hands down, the best sitcom ever made. Period.
brian henry only fools and horses way hay
LOOK OUT MARGATE AND LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS.....!.....Alright Alan?! Lol!
here del the halfway house
Make those lagers long and cool!
As a long distance courier this track is one of the best to blast out on those overnight treks to keep you going. Timeless!!
Had the absolute pleasure of meeting Tom at work today. He was so humble while i was fan boying like a child. Thanks Tom you made my day 👍
that's so nice!
Yer
What was you when this,song released
@ChrisSheperd. Nice one. Was he nice? I think I'd fangirl if I was in the same situation, if somebody famous that I like, bought something in the charity shop that I volunteer in, in my local town.
@@michaelacoulthard He was honestly the nicest man. Was very happy to talk about his music with me too. He was in cardiff for a radio 6 music festival and arranged tickets for me to come along and watch his acoustic set. He really is a fantastic guy and his performance was outstanding.
I might be only 26 but I love this song lol all the 70's 80's rock music is the best ya can't beat it
It's because it's almost always upbeat... Music that makes you feel happy instead of the crap we get today.
Great song
@@Rikard_Nilsson please dont use good music to bash other music thanks
@@soup7917 How about you mind your own business?
@@Rikard_Nilsson could say the same for you
Legendary song! Still listening to this in 2024 ❤❤❤
For whatever reason I never heard it till today and I'm in love.
This song reminds me of Saturday afternoons as a child with my Dad …Saturday was “our day” and we would do some activity we enjoyed together like golf or swimming or just shopping and lunch. As we drove home from our day out he would always get the CD case out and let me pick some tunes. We both had this as one of our favourite songs ☺️ ahhh take me back
Lovely story
Hope Dad is still with us
This is one me an my girl like x
Made me smile this did ☺️ hope your well x
Hitchhiking on Saturday evenings , when I not had a car for still a long time , age 16 . '79 was the greatest year of my life .
Great story!! My dad & me were pals 2, we would do lots of stuff 2gether as well, ahhh the good ol days!! Bring um back!! 😁👍
Nostalgia night with headphones, just had to hear this again. I was 14 when itit was released, LOVE IT
This reminds me of been a child in London1977..it's how London felt then ..happy, simple..
Londoners allowed the capital to be infested by the cultural enrichers. Disgusting place now.
70s & 80s ETERNAL 😢🙏⭐💫
@@AICabal What are cultural enrichers?
@@domoreilly5147 Foreigners most probably.
@@BlueSkiesAbove39 I just want to hear it from AlCabal
I was 11years old when this song came out in 1977 and remember it well.
If you like this video, it'd be great if you could subscribe to this UA-cam channel - I've got load of other clips on here, featuring my own music and also vids I've made for other people. Apparently Google let you do all kinds of extra stuff on your channel once it gets over 1,000 subscribers :-) Cheers, me dears... Tom x
so sorry to hear about danny I loved him
2013 is the 35th Anniversary of TRB's debut album Power In The Darkness. EMI are releasing The Anthology 1977-79: everything released by TRB plus a large amount of previously unreleased bonus material. It consists of 3CDs+1DVD and is released on Monday July 1st 2013.
Only fools and horses :-) Classic Episode.
Danny Seager just watched that episode ahha
Jolly boys outing
Jolly boys outing
Jolly boys outing
Yeah, and Everybody's talking at you. Jolly Boys Outing
An absolute belter of a song from 1977 and the first record I ever purchased which I then went on to collect over 5000 singles over the next 25 years. F****ing SUPERB! When your a young lad of 17 full of energy and testosterone this tune just gets your attention with that guitar riff.
got to love the 80s lol where real music came
Can't get this fucking shit song out of my head.
Simple riffs for simple people. Repetitive, annoying and child like melody.
Never too late
MrPowerclown I'm annoyed by music with too many notes in it. Y'know, the kind of wanky, progressive music listened to by wanky progressive types?
That’s awesome, Chris
Great Song, 2468 motor way, Tom Robinson band
Takes me back to my childhood, sitting in dad's truck listening to this on the radio.
Can remember my dad blasting this great song out.💪
Now you blast it to him!
Tom’s a great guy. I saw this on TOTP last night. Wearing his pink triangle with pride.
Always listened and remembered this one, but now I've stopped in 2024. Never too late to quit
This tune was released 18 days after I was nearly killed in a road accident. It instantly reminds me of Ward 14, St Georges Ward, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol. Still remember my nurses names. And their faces. This tune was played a lot on the radio.
Back in the day I could never quite catch all the lyrics after ♪2468♪ so I used to just make it up when I sang it Lol, great song though, thanks for the upload :)
+John Cashin aint never too late - me and my radio truckin on through the night :-)
getting a reply from tom robinson = win! :)
We all made it up Man
Thanks tom for the music some lovely memories of my late brother we both loved TRB happy days playing old Albums
Still sounds so fresh. Vintage rock.
Ya
Definitely aged very well.
I first heard this for my first and only time on an FM radio Rock station, on a specific program they were doing on '70s British Rock and this came up and I never heard it again. Then on another video I was watching recently this song came up. I've finally gotten to hear this for the second time in 38 years, and it's even better than what I had remembered. ❤️
What a great song. Part of my childhood soundtrack.
I go back to November 1977 & this ditty was on the charts & reached no.5 . Tom Robinson was on fine form , I always remember returning from W H Smith in Poole, Dorset & getting home to find my Aunty Sue had visited my mum all the way from the land down under!. I was 18 at the time and this record was all the rage!!!!!.....
TRB ,,,timeless , great band
Heard this song back in the early 80's in Lloret in bars, but didn't know the singer and I couldn't find the song for 30-odd years. This never was a hit in Holland. It stayed in the back of my mind though for all those years. Talked about it last christmas with friends (in England), but they thought I meant the Proclaimers... Then lo and behold: yesterday they played it on the radio! Found it again, still a powerfull song!
Plork X It was known as a power pop song or new wave music, it followed punk rock, some good bands about in the late 70's and memorable songs.
with two brilliant guitar solos!
I had same problem but i always knew he did that tune "glad to be gay" so i looked that up......
Never get sick of this
I could never keep still when this came on the radio, great record 👍
Came out back when I was 18, my first job building my record collection including there album, and drinking at pubs on weekends hearing pub rock. Those were the days.
I'm curious- where are you now? What are you doing/ (See my comment, above)
I love a good ole guitar band. Great song. I remember it was on Only fools and horses when they went on the Jolly boys outing and the bus blew up. 😂
love this song!!
Found a random kitten alive on the motorway and this song came on the radio afterwards such a coincidence that we named the kitten lady stardust .
First introduced to this one by dad in the 80s.
I can remember exactly where I was when this song came out in 78. I still like it great one Tom
Best soundtrack for a trip down memory lane.
I had those 'Musician's Union - Keep Music Live' stickers on every instrument case and piece of equipment I owned . . .
What a great song. I remember coming home on a lunch break and playing this song on my speakers and cooking a nice scrambled egg & cheese toast sandwich. Just a blissful moment.
❤️Tom
So good seeing you in Thame
Thank you for visiting ✔️
Amazing changing times despite your preference in partner. This was quite challenging at teh time but really needed to be there !
The wonderful app that is Shazam, I heard this on Absolute Rock 80’s today. The last time I heard this song was on BFBS being played as we were travelling from Kuwait to Basra. I remember my dad having it on the radio in his Ford Granada 2.8! Since then and in the gulf I have never heard it being played and and it has almost been like the holy grail, as I could only remember the line “little white line” I couldn’t find it until now, its been downloaded and put on all of my devices and even as a ring tone! Thanks for the upload. 👍🍺
I was 17 at the time, just the right age. Great memories
I might be just 7 but I love this song 😂 lol
God - remember seeing these guys live at Bournemouth Winter Gardens and got autographs back stage too 😁
Danny had the chops and the sneer. Driving them forward like a steam engine. RIP.
His was a pin-up as a youth to me from the back of my elders album cover 🍎❤️💀🇬🇧
Oldie but a goodie.
Great song ! Stands the test of time ! Seen them back in the day in Dublin 1979 support band was Stiff Little Fiingers ! What a show !
Magnificent memories, Tom, and may these vibes go endlessly into space and touch the souls of these aliens out there and give a message that us Earthlings are just OK.
Brilliant sing it 👌
Back when mathematics was fun ......
October 77 coincided with me starting to learn to drive. Six months later I had my licence and was borrowing my dad's car and driving all my mates around. This song and your first album were played to death on the cassette player so it brings back some great memories.
Incidentally I was at a wedding the other week with one of those mates and we were reminiscing about your songs. So, thanks from us both for the songs you gave us.
Jolly boys outing 89' 🇬🇧💪
The very first ever record I bought in 1977 along with “No More Heroes” by the Stranglers I went on to collect over 10,000 7” singles over 30 years after that and these two still remain very precious in my collection.
Fantastic song - heard it in The States on WNEW FM in New York late 1977. Have both TRB albums.
Sing along people, one of the best all time !
The Jolly Boys Outing, gotta love Only Fools and Horses!
Just noticed the little detail - TOTP was pretty much always mimed (note the Wurlitzer piano magically sounding like a distorted Hammond)- but the guitars have the iconic UK Musicians Union "Keep Music Live" sticker on them..
It reminds me of only fools and horses jolly boys outing from 1989
RIP Danny Kustow - what a guitarist!
and some...
classic tune great band great solo by danny kustow
This tune always reminds me of being driven by my Dad down(or up) the M1 from Chesterfield to the Bedford junction. Crazy days.
Exactly how it reminds me too! Although it was more east lancs road to Liverpool 🤣
Love this song my uncle Tony Deagle sung this with his guitar like nothing I've ever heard, he was better looking version of Colin Hay and sounded identical, the women loved him especially the old dears over the laundrette, when we were kids growing up in Sparrow Hall Liverpool, he jumped a lift with three pals an old Austin Cambridge and it mysteriously hit a 30 foot prewar concrete lamppost, all three were lost on that November night in 1981 he lived for those he loved and those he loved remember
HAD LEAVE U.K DUE TO BREXIT//////CAME TO ROI///GOT A FIESTA 05 REDG///ALSO A NEW//////COLLEEN////LADY\\\\GETTING MARRIED 3 /MONTHS TIME//GREAT SONG///
Great stuff. Great memories.
Great Song. I used to hear it on the radio in NYC back in the late 70's early 80's, but no more. Rock radio only plays 30 songs. That's why they suck
Such a good song to work to, (trainee joiner). This came on the radio recently while working, it certainly helps.
Crazy good song
This song should be renamed 'Vintage British Rock'...at its finest of course.
As Tom said later “I always fought for the right of people to love whoever they choose”
I am a 31 year old Black woman and I love this I actually remember riding around in my foster mom’s car when she was running her errands in Dudley West Midlands I would’ve probably been about 4/5 she would leave me in the car to pick up her groceries and I remember this playing on the radio on a summers day I remember thinking this isn’t the right way to count...but hey it was catchy.
Im a 23 year old half Chinese Jamaican eskimo and my mum would open the windows of our igloo and play this at full volume when we were kids. My mum sadly passed away 2 years ago after a long battle with the neighbours who were native American red Indians, they ambushed her she was hanging out the washing and after being struck down by 50 arrows they scalped her. I know she still watches over me, this songs for you mum.
@@bigc7326 HAHAHAHAHAHAH 😂
@@bigc7326🤘 🤘Every little child knows that the Japanese don't guzzle cats and dogs, but dolphins.🔥🐬🍴🔥
Why do you feel the need to mention your race ? I'm a bald, white roman Catholic from Glasgow but I don't go on about it . 😂
@@scott0239 not a lot of people of colour generally listen to this sort of music and I wrote this a long time ago.
yep, its on LOVE OVER RAGE album - available at [tomrobinson dot bandcamp dot com]
Vic Maile producer of many bands and most notably to me Motorhead who were my first live band on the "short sharp pain in the neck" tour.He produced the Ace Of Spades and No Sleep Till Hammersmith albums amongst others..
Gotta give TRB props for promoting gay rights waaaaaay before it was acceptable. As a straight white kid in rural America the TRB was a glimpse into another world. I was down with his radicalism, but bringing gender, race, and sexuality into the mix really challenged me, they deserve a lot more credit than they ever received in the States. Maybe it is different in the UK but he was the first gay rights advocate that ever to touch this straight guy. He made me an ally before it even existed.
Thankyou for your kind words Christopher. Means a lot all these years later...
Sounds like you want to sniff your mates sweaty jock strap..
@@danarmando537 You sound like you got a brain the size of a pea. A Trump fan boy?
@@ceneg you got me. I give up.
@@ceneg actually some of us like President Trump and agree with the original comment thinking it's fantastic. The assumption is somehow everyone supports president Trump and hmis pro-Usa is an idiot it's something perpetrated by the left. Do your research versus chastising people for their political choices. The dude deserves the comment you would rest him with. Let's not bring politics into it or make assumptions about the intelligence level of people who support president Trump. Well over half the country
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loued this 😍👍🙏😷
Kick ass song!
This is it for me.
❤️
All players, team managers, roadies, fans , lovers.
I don’t care. This does the business ✔️
This, and “Do Anything You Wanna Do” were the best 2 power pop records of 1977.
U2 covered this song in 1978 on their first professional demo
I love it. Besides i´ve always been supporting Tom for his being straight forward being gay ;-) Anyway 2 4 6 8 probably is one of the best pieces of music ever performed. I hate myself for looking forward riding through france in my lil (grey cortina?) fiat convertible top off...motorway sun coming up at the morning light. TY so much Tom!
ahh the good times....hell yeah...
As well as all the great memories of punk and new wave theres something more. For all you musicians. Listen to the individual tone of each instrument. If playback or not it still is absolutely brilliant. And the tone of Toms voice. I 'm surprised they didnt make it bigger though I'm aware of Toms troubles.
Pjesma moje mladosti!!!
I was at the BBC dress rehearsal for this performace. They introduced their new DJ Peter Powell at the end of the show. Those were the days
Great song
Still the best driving song for british people of all time :)
Drive my truck midway to the motorway station
Fairlane cruiser coming up on the left hand side
Headlight shining, driving rain on the window frame
Little young Lady Stardust hitching a ride
And it's 2-4-6-8, ain't never too late
Me and my radio truckin' on through the night
3-5-7-9 on a double white line
Motorway sun coming up with the morning light
Whiz kid sitting pretty on your two-wheel stallion
This ol' ten-ton lorry got a bead on you
Ain't no use setting up with a bad companion
Ain't nobody get the better of you-know-who
2-4-6-8, ain't never too late
Me and my radio truckin' on through the night
3-5-7-9 on a double white line
That same old motorway sun coming up with the morning light
Well, there ain't no route you could choose to lose the two of us
Ain't nobody know when you're acting right or wrong
No one knows if a roadway's leading nowhere
Gonna keep on driving home on the road I'm on
And it's 2-4-6-8, ain't never too late
Just me and my radio truckin' on through the night
3-5-7-9 on a double white line
Motorway sun coming up with the morning light
2-4-6-8, ain't never too late
Me and my radio truckin' on through the night
3-5-7-9 on a double white line
Motorway sun coming up with the morning light
Motorway sun coming up with the morning light
That same old motorway sun coming up with the morning light
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I said it's 2-4-6-8, ain't never too late
Just me and my radio truckin' on through the night
3-5-7-9 on a double white line
Motorway sun coming up with the morning light
And it's 2-4-6-8, ain't never too late
Me and my radio truckin' on through the night
3-5-7...
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Why do people feel the need to do that? We have ears
@@billybigballs196 be quiet
@@ForeverEngland76 u be quiet silly boy
@Forever🏴 I'm guessing your one of the sad demented fkboys who needs lyrics written down for him 🤣 u fukin special needs lowlife rat
Love that you wore a pink triangle. Just noticed the Power In The Darkness button on the announcer, too. :)
"Whizzkid sitting pretty on your two-wheeled stallion"! I just love this line. I have been on a two-wheeled stallion for 40 years and I still hum this to myself out on the road.
One of the best tunes of all time.
Even better than that, perhaps. It's inestimable.
@@thesleepstate Had to google it, but I totally agree. Completely inestimaitable.
@@moochcassidy202 o46ko5llil32uelik
Absolutely.
Love this song, it rocks!
Mate im 12 and watching only fools and horses
Imagine my poor dads shock when I told him that the singer of this song also sang "Glad to be Gay". Though to be fair the general attitude when I told him, early 90s, gay people couldn't be into cars or motor bikes, and that was also reflected on the gay side of things too.
Wearing the Triangle on the Beeb back then took serious guts. Respect due to Tom for this.
What does that triangle mean? Asking in all earnestness
Yeah
@@sillysod33
In Nazi concentration camps prisoners were made to display downward-pointing equilateral triangular cloth badges on their lapels, the colour of which denoted the reason for their imprisonment. In the 1980s, the pink triangle was subverted and having been inverted - pointing upwards, was increasingly used as a symbol of gay identity. This was indeed a bold move on national TV and the BBC in 1977 - although the producers of TOTP were likely oblivious to its meaning. This was after all the show that erected a backdrop of Jocky Wilson the darts player for Dexy's Midnight Runners 'Jackie Wilson Said' - (although I am now thinking this may have been a joke on behalf of the band).
The BBC went on to ban 'Sing If Your Glad To Be Gay' from its airwaves.
@@yassassin6425 I remember this one band that was banned from the Roxy.
@@wolvemaster1013
You'll find they "never much liked playing there anyway".