NO! Not rubbish just DIFFERENT. You think there's not young people getting excited about music today? Have you seen people lately? They walk around with headphones on, immersed in music they choose. I watched this performance and started to think the same thoughts as you - imagine this being played on TV today, on Top of the Pops? No way! An odd song, featuring mother and son, dressed in outlandish clothes enjoying performing what is quite an unusual song.... but then there's some really weird shit going on in the world still - a buffoon with daft hair and little or no idea what he's doing is the UK's leader! You couldn't make that up (well, you could, but you don't have to). Back then life could be dull and horrid, but you don't really video and watch too many of those bits, you want to see the good times. Still, I look back and think it was fun to be born back then - but everyone always thinks that, don't they? It's what people do.
@@VanderlyndenJengold I was think more about new woke, global yawning and vid hysteria...we diddnt have that shoveled down our throats back then did we.
@@bodrod8150I don't understand what you mean by "woke". Woke is a term referring to people becoming more aware of racism and it's ill effects. In the UK in 1968 the Race Relations Act was passed. So yes, their was an awareness of racism and it a lot of racist thigs were made illegal and punishable under law. Later 'Woke' included sexism and social justice etc. It's just a new name for people's rights and fairness: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke Global warming is a scientific fact supported by the overwhelming majority of scientists. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change I don't know what you mean by vid hysteria. Hope this helps.
I think it would be great if they had widespread recognition. That would make it much easier for the authorities to apprehend them for crimes against music.
My grandmother was a very talented musician and she used to play this all the time.e and we'd love it. The flute is hauntingly beautiful to me for some reason.
Better Than The Crap In The Charts Today! Hilda Woodward Was The Oldest Performer On Top Of The Pops In 1972 ! Sadly Steve Johnson The Bass Guitarist Passed Away In 2021, And Hilda Woodward Passed Away In 1999! So How Can You Say A Group From Coventry Is Utter Garbage? I’ve Got The Single As Well ! Brings Back Memories As A 12 Year Old Kid! 50 Years Old In October2022! They Don’t Make Them Like That Anymore!
Even as an 12 yr old kid I knew there was something very special about this tune. We laughed at the funny vocals and loved the rockin' bouncy boogie of the piano and drums. It's a bloody ripper!!!!! The guy hosting the show needs to get his thumb out of his ass.
Tony Blackburn is a national treasure, and one of the few presenters of the show from back then who is allowed to be shown today, because if anything, he only had his thumb in his own arse and not one of the young girls in the audience.
its due to the weird union rules at the time. you couldn't mime to your record on top of the pops, you had to rerecord it with musicians union staff earlier in the day and then mime to that or sing live to that. it led to some really dreadful musical accompaniments that ruined the original record - watch althea and donna do up town top ranking on top of the pops for a perfect example.
@@mr.y.mysterious.video1 I'm surprised appearing on Top of the Pops with the terrible TotP Orchestra didn't affect the sales of records in a negative way. Some of the performances with that "orchestra" were fucking shocking.
@@amosungar5248 on documentaries some artists claimed to have bribed the musicians, re-recorded the track and then swapped the tapes for the studio version. Perhaps these guys bought a pint for someone
Always reminds me of the power cuts around that time. I remember coming home from school and eating our meal by camping gaz light and no telly. Luckily we had a gas cooker and gas central heating...
Love banger racing Have subbed all the uk banger chanels I can find ? Straight after watching latest YT bangers ? I watch Lieutenant Pigeon Mouldy old dough !!!
I can’t remember ‘dirty old man’ being part of the lyrics. They performed this live.....I’m pretty sure this was a stab at Jimmy Saville and Tony Blackburn.
This got stuck in my head after hearing it on a 70s spotify playlist. I think it's quite a horrendous sounding song overall but I can't seem to escape it's lure, it's just so strange.
“Mum?” “Yes dear?” “Guess what Mum! We’re at number 1 and we have to go on Top of the Pops this week!” “Oh that’s wonderful dear! I’ll have to get my hair done!” “Actually Mum can you dress up as a witch? *click* Hello Mum? Mum are you there???
I,and I'm old enough to remember,actually thought the '70s were quite yobish and dark compared to the early/ mid sixties.Of course it's never all black and white.But there were some nasty undercurrents.Still I supose you could find them in any era as well as a bright side to...Well that entry didn't actually say much did it 🤪
@@woodhouse122 You're wrong. The follow up was "Desperate Dan" not dirty old man. It's obvious to anybody that they were having a dig at the filthy antics of Jimmy Dave and Tony.
@@Cosford869 No it's not obvious. That's well over hyped, in order to pander to the feminists in charge now. Girls loved getting touched up at Top of the Pops and came back time after time and bragged about it! They only complain now to get compensation
Thanks very much for posting this. Very enjoyable, especially as I would have been the same sort of age then as those teenagers dancing away there. But what a pile of bollocks was that song.
The pile of bollocks sold more than T-Rex, Donny Osmond, Jimmy Osmond, David Cassidy, Don McLean, Alice Cooper and even the New Seekers managed that year.. hit no.1 in four countries and paid Bob Woodward’s mortgage. What you might call a bit of a result.
Might be bollocks to you but a lot of us like it. Chart wise it spent 4 weeks at #1 and 19 weeks on the chart. Now that's quite an achievement in the charts of 1972.
They weren't "great times". You're kidding yourself, or have enormous rose tinted glasses, or were relatively rich in the 70s. Yes, this tune is a classic though.
One of the worst records ever made. However, it's so bad that it's funny. Their follow up record 'Desperate Dan' had a shocker and really funny b-side called Opus 300. I remember it being played on Kenny Everett's world's worst record show in 1977.
Just reminds me how rubbish modern life is really...man alive, I wish my children were around to enjoy the 70s, what a different world we lived in....
Exactly my thoughts 👏👏
Yep exactly
NO! Not rubbish just DIFFERENT. You think there's not young people getting excited about music today? Have you seen people lately? They walk around with headphones on, immersed in music they choose.
I watched this performance and started to think the same thoughts as you - imagine this being played on TV today, on Top of the Pops? No way! An odd song, featuring mother and son, dressed in outlandish clothes enjoying performing what is quite an unusual song.... but then there's some really weird shit going on in the world still - a buffoon with daft hair and little or no idea what he's doing is the UK's leader! You couldn't make that up (well, you could, but you don't have to).
Back then life could be dull and horrid, but you don't really video and watch too many of those bits, you want to see the good times. Still, I look back and think it was fun to be born back then - but everyone always thinks that, don't they? It's what people do.
@@VanderlyndenJengold I was think more about new woke, global yawning and vid hysteria...we diddnt have that shoveled down our throats back then did we.
@@bodrod8150I don't understand what you mean by "woke". Woke is a term referring to people becoming more aware of racism and it's ill effects. In the UK in 1968 the Race Relations Act was passed. So yes, their was an awareness of racism and it a lot of racist thigs were made illegal and punishable under law.
Later 'Woke' included sexism and social justice etc. It's just a new name for people's rights and fairness:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke
Global warming is a scientific fact supported by the overwhelming majority of scientists.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change
I don't know what you mean by vid hysteria.
Hope this helps.
I feel that Hilda , on piano needs more recognition.
🤣🤣🤣…true that!
I think it would be great if they had widespread recognition. That would make it much easier for the authorities to apprehend them for crimes against music.
Sounds like the piano is over strung to sound like it does.
The sixties and the seventys were the best music ever
My grandmother was a very talented musician and she used to play this all the time.e and we'd love it. The flute is hauntingly beautiful to me for some reason.
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This was number 1 on the day my wife was born and it’s always been one of her favourites. It’s so unique and very catchy.
Fantastic melody. Makes me so happy to hear.
My mum , my Auntie Nellie and me used to dance round the kitchen to this on a Sunday afternoon. Old record player with a scratchy stylus. Classic.
“Mouldy old dough, dirty old man” - class
when music was fun. thank you
Yeah, fun has been illegal in this country since 1997. Thanks to Tony Bliar and Nu Liebour.
Better Than The Crap In The Charts Today! Hilda Woodward Was The Oldest Performer On Top Of The Pops In 1972 ! Sadly Steve Johnson The Bass Guitarist Passed Away In 2021, And Hilda Woodward Passed Away In 1999! So How Can You Say A Group From Coventry Is Utter Garbage? I’ve Got The Single As Well ! Brings Back Memories As A 12 Year Old Kid! 50 Years Old In October2022! They Don’t Make Them Like That Anymore!
You would be ten years older than me, then, as I was just two and in the pushchair!
Uhm, if you were 12 in 1972 then you'll be 62 in 2022.
Is your shift key stuck? Time for a new keyboard.
@@alanstrom2221 He meant the record, not his age, I think!
Absolutely right !
Even as an 12 yr old kid I knew there was something very special about this tune.
We laughed at the funny vocals and loved the rockin' bouncy boogie of the piano and drums.
It's a bloody ripper!!!!!
The guy hosting the show needs to get his thumb out of his ass.
Tony Blackburn is a national treasure, and one of the few presenters of the show from back then who is allowed to be shown today, because if anything, he only had his thumb in his own arse and not one of the young girls in the audience.
Oi Tony Blackburn is a legend 😂
This will stick in your head all day now !!!!!!!!
Huge fun and bucket loads of nostalgia.
How damned good it still is.
And Don’t Forget This Was Number 1 In America And Britain At The Same Time! Never Been Done Before!
It actually didn't chart in the US at all.
This type of unusual novelty act added massively to our enjoyment of Pop music. It's a loss to modern music that seems only to fit a fashion or image.
Шикарно! Никогда раньше не слышал это произведение... Прикольная музыка!!! Слушаю третий день подряд!!! Великолепно!!!
If you watch the TOTP 2 version this you'll notice that the line 'dirty old man' has been overdubbed with 'mouldy old dough'. I wonder why.
Jimmy Saville has entered the conversation
@@paulchallenor8675 🤣🤣🤣
I remember this on top of the pops. I was 9 years old😁
I would have been just two then and in the pushchair, so seven years younger than you!
@@angelacooper2661 same age as my sister🫶🏻
Love the piano xxxx
Great record love it so much bring back records like this so entertaining
I was only 12 years old at the time I love it even now
Go Gran. Wonderful.
Banger racing
Christmas TOTP Part 2 Thursday 28th December 1972 had got to no 1 for four weeks in October and November 1972
Unfortunately, I wouldn't remember that as I was just two and in the pushchair at the time. Too young to understand!
We live in a mad world 😢 crazy
They were the days,no mobile phone, young people had respect, what happened to the world.
First time i saw a TOTP music not mimed. It was so cool we all talked about it in school
its due to the weird union rules at the time. you couldn't mime to your record on top of the pops, you had to rerecord it with musicians union staff earlier in the day and then mime to that or sing live to that. it led to some really dreadful musical accompaniments that ruined the original record - watch althea and donna do up town top ranking on top of the pops for a perfect example.
@@mr.y.mysterious.video1 I'm surprised appearing on Top of the Pops with the terrible TotP Orchestra didn't affect the sales of records in a negative way. Some of the performances with that "orchestra" were fucking shocking.
@@mr.y.mysterious.video1 I wonder how did they (Lieutenant Pigeon) circumvent this. Maybe because it was "an instrumental"?
@@amosungar5248 on documentaries some artists claimed to have bribed the musicians, re-recorded the track and then swapped the tapes for the studio version. Perhaps these guys bought a pint for someone
@@amosungar5248 I think they circumvented it by changing the lyrics (“dirty old man” is not in the proper release, it was changed for TOTP).
One of Jarvis Cocker's Desert Island Discs.
Absolutely fantastic
J en ai encore la chair de poule magnifique
Bravo😊😅😮😢🎉😊😊❤
Everyone enjoying themselves, unlike today
What a glorious nation.
A great record. I remember it well.
Meine Jugend mega 😍💯👍
brilliant
Unbelievable ❤❤❤
"Dirty Old Man"
Am at the banger racing 80s
Brilliant banger racing music
They don’t write songs like this anymore. All together now………”Mouldy old dough……
Special
Always reminds me of the power cuts around that time. I remember coming home from school and eating our meal by camping gaz light and no telly. Luckily we had a gas cooker and gas central heating...
The best song Eric Clapton never wrote and wish he'd written...
I just got through listening to a doz of there songs WOW!!! The PIGEON RULES check it out!!!👍👍👍👏👏👏😁😁😁
Just the best 👌
Great tune
Autumn 1972
Cool
FAB.
Played before any banger race in the country uk style
You can't beat tradition x
Love banger racing
Have subbed all the uk banger chanels I can find ?
Straight after watching latest YT bangers ?
I watch Lieutenant Pigeon
Mouldy old dough !!!
Awesome love it.
I,ll confess I like this song and I own it...............I,ll get my coat.
carl kane i have the single too.
I think they must be one or two who like this single.anyhow ce le vie I also like desperate dan.
Watch this 10 times, you will be different
Nice one!
1st bit of vinal i ever owned @ 4 years and i still have the record
Lol I got a septic foot mouldy old toe 😂😂😂
The days when England was a great place to live
What was the best bit, Jimmy Savile round the back fingering little girls?
I can’t remember ‘dirty old man’ being part of the lyrics. They performed this live.....I’m pretty sure this was a stab at Jimmy Saville and Tony Blackburn.
Why Tony ?!
For sure mate. It's definitely not part of the lyric on the original single.
@@andrewwilliams7501 Tony Blackburn had been fucking a 15 year old and got her pregnant then she was pressured to abort.
Not Tony.
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Always thought that the last pipe bit should have been the pianos going up yet another key rather than that end.
70s chick's are todays grannies. Life is short. Enjoy it while you are young. Old age soon comes round.
Yes indeed.I watched a video of the main pianist and the drummer marking 50 years.Its scary what age does to you!
I was a 70s baby - in the pushchair at the time of this footage. Turning 53 next week!
Mine
from stoke aldermoor in coventry..a slum...same city the produced the specials
Also where they filmed Onslow and Daisy’s house from Keeping Up Appearances.
Might be a s***hole but its our s***hole!!!!!!
This got stuck in my head after hearing it on a 70s spotify playlist. I think it's quite a horrendous sounding song overall but I can't seem to escape it's lure, it's just so strange.
Came here because of Terry Miles.
The 70s seemed like a really grey miserable period where everyone was happy lol. Communal, suffering together in semi poverty
days of the big muff
Aye, don't see it much these days, they're all bald.
@@Cosford869 they taste better that way
Only 240p.
“Mum?”
“Yes dear?”
“Guess what Mum! We’re at number 1 and we have to go on Top of the Pops this week!”
“Oh that’s wonderful dear! I’ll have to get my hair done!”
“Actually Mum can you dress up as a witch?
*click*
Hello Mum? Mum are you there???
Totp audiences ?was it a struggle to smile lol!
Jazz fusion, prog rock, classical music has nothing on this masterpiece !
I,and I'm old enough to remember,actually thought the '70s were quite yobish and dark compared to the early/ mid sixties.Of course it's never all black and white.But there were some nasty undercurrents.Still I supose you could find them in any era as well as a bright side to...Well that entry didn't actually say much did it 🤪
This record is 50 years old.
Just unveiled a blue plaque on the house in Coventry where it was recorded
Hilda would be 108 now.
I was just a toddler in the pushchair at the time (now nearly fifty two!)
Better than prozac. Hi mom
Rod Stewart dancing with the girls 2.40
It isn’t, it’s a lookalike
Now im lol
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Rod Stewart looks like he is not entirely enamoured with the song but is game fully doing his bit in the audience :)
He’s just there to pick up the skirt 😂
Thats not rod steawrt dude a look a like
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You know exactly who they mean when they say dirty old man lol
don't think it was anything to do with Savile - Dirty old man was their follow-up single, and they were just trying to give it a plug !!!
Who's to say that that song isn't a reference to Saville, or the general culture of the times that allowed him to flourish.
@@woodhouse122 You're wrong. The follow up was "Desperate Dan" not dirty old man. It's obvious to anybody that they were having a dig at the filthy antics of Jimmy Dave and Tony.
@@Cosford869 No it's not obvious. That's well over hyped, in order to pander to the feminists in charge now. Girls loved getting touched up at Top of the Pops and came back time after time and bragged about it! They only complain now to get compensation
@@johnsomerset1510 Maybe not obvious to you then old boy.
Thanks very much for posting this. Very enjoyable, especially as I would have been the same sort of age then as those teenagers dancing away there. But what a pile of bollocks was that song.
What I loved it.
The pile of bollocks sold more than T-Rex, Donny Osmond, Jimmy Osmond, David Cassidy, Don McLean, Alice Cooper and even the New Seekers managed that year.. hit no.1 in four countries and paid Bob Woodward’s mortgage. What you might call a bit of a result.
Might be bollocks to you but a lot of us like it. Chart wise it spent 4 weeks at #1 and 19 weeks on the chart. Now that's quite an achievement in the charts of 1972.
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Is that rod Stewart having a dance?
No
Everything about TOTPs was mouldy ... particularly the presenters
What's next mouldy old chips after 8 pints of beer all food tastes good .
"Dirty Old Man", eh?
I wonder if that was a dig at ol' Jimmy Saville...🤔
no
70S Yea churning out shit like this!!! Lol
It's great shit as it goes ❤
Kids.
This is why you should not do psychotropic drugs
Great times and a classic -and just white people!
They weren't "great times". You're kidding yourself, or have enormous rose tinted glasses, or were relatively rich in the 70s. Yes, this tune is a classic though.
One of the worst records ever made. However, it's so bad that it's funny. Their follow up record 'Desperate Dan' had a shocker and really funny b-side called Opus 300. I remember it being played on Kenny Everett's world's worst record show in 1977.
I mean…what is this song? 🤣…can’t place the genre at all. One of a kind.
What utter garbage !
Philistine.
@@3milyy_mth sweetheart !
Sorry. hated the 70s so brab boring most homophobic and racist era prefer the 80s
Sorry to disappoint, but there was still plenty of homophobia and racism going on in the 80s too.
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