I was ten years old attending Junior 3! Our 29 year old classroom teacher Mr Flannery, played this to us with the school's record player in class! He wrote all the lyrics on the blackboard, and we were told to copy it onto our literature exercise books! We were very grateful! HAPPY DAYS!
Brilliant! It is impossible to get hold of the Captain Beaky CDs now, and this is the only live version there ever was anyway.Such a lovely memory! Thank you very much for sharing it!
I have had this tune in my head for 40 years. I used to make up álternative lyrics' and take the piss out of my brother with it. "The kiddiest kid boys in the land are Steven Nesbit and his band...."
Yeah this is just the sort of pop music we need, a middled aged toff in a satin jacket reading from a childrens book. Chosen to be a single on the BBC playlist at the time, by a bunch of people in their fifties who had absolutely no business being gatekeepers of what people should be listening to. If you think this is less manufactured than the crap that's out there now, you're deluded.
Rapping in the 70s🤣🤣 I was brought up on this, on tv. I knew the chorus in my head…. My second name is the same as one of the characters first name, so i used to march round singing it as a child i was born 1970…… Utterly fantastic-love it….. The world has gone so fast and technically unreal…. TIME MACHINE’’’’’’’’’’THE 70s 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Totally underrated for its time💎
Missing from today's music scene: Pop Rock New Wave/ Punk Heavy Rock Synth Pop Rock N Roll Revivalists Indie Gothic Rock High Energy Reggae Novelty Records Charity Records Plus talent and originality. It's over guys. Music is over!
Superb, much better than the pure rubbish on X factor copying songs who have no character, identity, or any originality what so ever due to lazy engineers and all things done on a pc.
"I didn't get where I am today without getting where I am today" Classic comedy from Leonard Rossiter. Saw him recently in a couple of re-run episodes of Steptoe & Son.
Based on your comment I assume you were 16 when you were watching it... think your life went wrong way before this... 16 and watching Top Of the Pops... were you waiting for yor best mate Jimmy to be on the screen?
What a load of bollocks. Thank heavens noone does anything like this, anymore. It is a load of complete horse dung. If anyone thinks this is worthwhile, or involves any form of talent, I recommend some kind of self-help therapy. ✌️
I had this on vinyl single back in 1980…….nearly 50 now. Memories.
I had this on a cassette with other children's songs - called Junior show time
I was ten years old attending Junior 3! Our 29 year old classroom teacher Mr Flannery, played this to us with the school's record player in class! He wrote all the lyrics on the blackboard, and we were told to copy it onto our literature exercise books! We were very grateful! HAPPY DAYS!
Core memory unlocked
Brilliant! It is impossible to get hold of the Captain Beaky CDs now, and this is the only live version there ever was anyway.Such a lovely memory! Thank you very much for sharing it!
If you keep looking the records and books do come up on amazon or ebay
Keith Michell was brilliant as Henry The Eight in the TV series and film version. RIP
He was also the retired thief Dennis Stanton in Murder She Wrote.
Hissing sid is innocent
I have had this tune in my head for 40 years. I used to make up álternative lyrics' and take the piss out of my brother with it. "The kiddiest kid boys in the land are Steven Nesbit and his band...."
I loved this ,brings back good memories
Makes me think of Wind in the Willows !!!
Why isn't Captain Beaky on Spotify, takes me back when I was 7 and hearing this at school.
Just heard this on Boom radio UK ,it's been a good 40 years since I last heard it ,oh the memories.
Classic, this kind of thing wouldn't sell nowadays, not with the "competition" of all that mass produced teeny bopper shite and X Factor nonsense.
rich allen so true. What the he'll has happened to music and talent
beaufighter245 music has become artificial and digital, talent has become non existent and manufactured.
Agreed. I was 14. Takes me back. It's still class. I remember Wogan doing The Floral Dance too. ☺
Yeah this is just the sort of pop music we need, a middled aged toff in a satin jacket reading from a childrens book. Chosen to be a single on the BBC playlist at the time, by a bunch of people in their fifties who had absolutely no business being gatekeepers of what people should be listening to. If you think this is less manufactured than the crap that's out there now, you're deluded.
@@rw8733 Oh yeah, and rember Clare and Friends, "Orrible being in love"? Apparently the BBC banned it!
Keith Michell - brilliant as ever - he'll always be Henry the eighth to me - still the same amazing voice. What a loss.
Rip mum her favourite song
Console yourselves with the fact that the Specials were top of the charts on this given week.
Still loved this.
Overrated crap the specials
Ghost Town?
Classic, thanks for sharing and bring back lots of childhood memory's
Rapping in the 70s🤣🤣
I was brought up on this, on tv. I knew the chorus in my head…. My second name is the same as one of the characters first name, so i used to march round singing it as a child i was born 1970……
Utterly fantastic-love it…..
The world has gone so fast and technically unreal….
TIME MACHINE’’’’’’’’’’THE 70s
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Totally underrated for its time💎
This is awesome by Keith Mitchell
Keith Michell
My sister had the vinyl album & we lent it to our geography teacher - Mr Craig. I don't think she ever got it back !!!
I really like how he delivers it. Slightly different to the record but just as good.
Class, this is fantastic.
Think this was Noel Edmonds favourite record in 1980, seem to recall he played it and played it when he was on Radio One..
Reminds me of my Grandad who I miss dearly x
The novelty record has gone the way of the Dodo, we are poorer for it.
Brilliant brings them old days back lol.
Talking of music today,especially R'n'B which btw stands for Rank and Bollox...
This took some doing. He's brilliant. 👍
Wonderful memories of junior choice with edd stewart!
Utterly charming!
Absolute brilliance 👍
Too true. Beautifully done.
Loved his performances as the "Dennis Stanton" character in "Murder She Wrote" TV series.
quite charming....
Love Keith Michell!
Pure talent. R.I.P.
I looove this 🎉
Good luck and God rest Dear Uncle Keith
Hardly a dance floor filling song , but very jovial for the kids , same goes for ‘whispering grass ‘
Bloody brilliant.
Missing from today's music scene:
Pop
Rock
New Wave/ Punk
Heavy Rock
Synth Pop
Rock N Roll Revivalists
Indie
Gothic Rock
High Energy
Reggae
Novelty Records
Charity Records
Plus talent and originality. It's over guys. Music is over!
Paul McCartney and the Frog chorus should be next! I have that on vinyl.
A wonderful memory (I still know all the words!) but look at the audience they look catatonic!
Novelty records made the charts fun, unlike the mass produced pap these days.
Have you not heard of Ladbaby?
@@Tobycek he and his fat wife are dreadful....
Crap Tory voters
My god. You really have hit an utter low if you're claiming novelty records somehow made the past better
Ah, the 80s. The era of the novelty record.
'Monks, monks, monks!'
The last words of Henry viii.
Henry the 8th 👑 on top of the pops📀🎵
My youth
Superb, much better than the pure rubbish on X factor copying songs who have no character, identity, or any originality what so ever due to lazy engineers and all things done on a pc.
Dec 23
Is the date right for this episode of TOTP as 15/02/1980 was a Friday?
Yes it was due to the Winter Olympics on the Thursday
He played Henry VIII for God's sake!
Great actor.
So much Cowell crap nowerdays these things wouldnt stand a chance today which is a pity
Sid, it's your mom!
Snakes do not eat toads , Toads are poisonous and Snakes know it
This one did. What are you going to do about it?
@@commandingjudgedredd1841 🤣 brilliant reply
I'm waiting for the metal version
if only i knew then what i know now
He sounds a lot like CJ from Reggie Perrin 🙂 “I didn’t get where I am today by appearing on shit records” 😆
"I didn't get where I am today without getting where I am today" Classic comedy from Leonard Rossiter. Saw him recently in a couple of re-run episodes of Steptoe & Son.
This just shows how strange life was in the 1970’s. People say British tv was great then! Lolz
It was a song not a tv show.
Who came here because of the Paul
O’Grady show on BBC radio 2?
Sure did
Sure did lol
1:30
Liam Gallagher should cover this
O my, who was the DJ?
Simon Bates.
Ena Rabone the brilliant Simon Bates look at the crap on radio 1&2
It's like punk never happened.
Simon Bates
wait, what.. Recless Rat was those Ruddy Romany and tge others were you know whoooo
Stoney took bat as guide
I remember it well
and planted an Eagle in my wig
You've got some blood or something on your face.
Right..
there.
sully has started blowing his water because a new Seagull was doing it yesterday and I was dying laughing
Three of swords came up with the seagulls
Ooh a dead letter drop. How spooky 👻
tied to the woods tho,
Turn On A,Diamond
Service Internal Division
I was ear marked for hard labour quiet young 😏
Middle Liberal Ness.
Hmm, dented mah flow.
0:20
🙃👈
Wow it’s Dennis from a murder She Wrote
Yew tree
Thought it was Jeremy Corbyn!
Roland Pratt lol comrade Corbyn is certainly batty bat
@@beaufighter245 When Labour win the election they will march through the woodlands singing songs that tell how they have righted (tory) wrongs 💪
@@Formula1Madx couldn't be a song as wouldn't have lyrics🤔. Just the tune then😏
@@beaufighter245 touche 😁
@@Formula1Madx How did that go?
wdum it's not real?
I lived through this the fist time
Captain beaky 3 bags for 100 quid
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The audience look bored as feck. lol ,I remember as a16year old how awful this was.
What the fuck is feck?
@@TheMICKLEE777 Sorry, fellah. I don't feckin well know the feckin' answer to the feckin' question. For fecks sake!!
@@TheMICKLEE777 It's Father Jack's substitute for 'fuck'.
Based on your comment I assume you were 16 when you were watching it... think your life went wrong way before this... 16 and watching Top Of the Pops... were you waiting for yor best mate Jimmy to be on the screen?
@@martinrowe2 Sorry you dont like my comment Keith, but you know sweet FA about me lol
What a load of bollocks. Thank heavens noone does anything like this, anymore. It is a load of complete horse dung. If anyone thinks this is worthwhile, or involves any form of talent, I recommend some kind of self-help therapy. ✌️
Brilliant post! Can't really argue with that, except to say I guess it made a few people smile at the time and he probably got a few quid out of it.
It's shit but fun shit unlike todays music which is in your words is a load of bollox.
Its a bit of fun thats all.Lighten up fella
He had talent, you have manure in your brain.
Aww..
Did the harmless piece of charm upset poor hardman postmodern cynic? Aww diddums..
Diddums didn't get his bludgeon..
Awww..