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Oct 7, 2011 · The Best of the Old Grey Whistle Test. Civil Disobedient. 14 videos 12,956 views Last updated on Oct 7, 2011. A collection of some of the best performances on the BBC2 television program...
- David Bowie - Five Years (Old Grey Whistle Test, 1972)
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- David Bowie - Five Years (Old Grey Whistle Test, 1972)
- ‘Queen Bitch’ – David Bowie
- ‘Stand by Me’ – John Lennon
- ‘Tiny Dancer’ – Elton John
- ‘Horses’ – Patti Smith
- ‘Ladytron’ – Roxy Music
- ‘A Message to You Rudi’ – The Specials
- ‘Rhiannon’ / ‘Go Your Own Way’ – Fleetwood Mac
- ‘Concrete Jungle’ – Bob Marley & The Wailers
- ‘Careering’ – Public Image Ltd.
- ‘In Between Days’ – The Cure
Bowie took to the programme to perform some Hunky Dorystaples, ‘Five Years’, ‘Queen Bitch’ and ‘Oh You Pretty Things’. It marks a moment of transcendence for the singer as the performance, big red boots and all, was taped just two days before the start of the very first Ziggy Stardust UK tour. During the evening transmission, only the first two tra...
First airing in 1971 and running for 17 years, The Old Grey Whistle Testnever really caught the wave for The Beatles—but the show would welcome John Lennon to the stage for a canny performance in 1975. With Lennon already a bonafide superstar, he refused to accept his fee for appearing on the show. Due to BBC regulations, the corporation insisted h...
Much of The Old Grey Whistle Testwas devoted to the cutting edge of music but sometimes they let in the odd pop star too. Back in 1971, the show welcomed Elton John… but not as we knew him. The clip reveals a decidedly different image of Elton, a man tense and subdued, and it plays more like an audition than a performance from a legend. It’s a perf...
The iconic Patti Smith takes to the legendary OGWT studios to perform not only the title track from her then-current and now-influential album Horsesbut also a TV outing for her 1974 song ‘Hey Joe’. It has to go down as oneof the greatest performances ever transmitted by the show and is a testament to Smith’s inability to back down as she delivers ...
This may not be high on many people’s lists as one of the greatest TV moments but, for us, when Roxy Music made show host Whisperin’ Bob Harris eat his words it is a legendary moment indeed. Shortly before the band’s performance, Harris accused the Bryan Ferry-led group of being “style over substance.” Harris, delivering his intro, then motions to ...
When The Specials arrived on the scene shortly after the punk explosion there was something truly, well, special about them. The band were at theepicentre of the much-renowned 2-Tone movementand alongside their compatriots, Madness and Selecter, they championed racial unity and understanding. In 1979, they took their message to national TV as they ...
Performing a track from their self-titled 1975 record Fleetwood Mac’s appearance on OGWT could have been left at their rendition of ‘Rhiannon’. The song is given an extra tone of quality with Nicks’ ever-impressive vocal, as well as a short anecdote on how she wrote it. The footage below is actually of a rehearsal the group conducted, something som...
Before he became the icon of weed smokers everywhere and the subject of terrible college dorm room posters across the globe, Bob Marley was a brand new type of musician. Providing feel-good rhythms with his band the Wailers, he gained a reputation in London very quickly. That reputation was given its first shot on TV by TOGWTand the legendary singe...
Public Image Ltd. are an entirely underrated band. While John Lydon’s project following the Sex Pistols was always going to be a difficult transition, PiL made an undeniable impact on music. Much of their influence can be traced back to this performance on the legendary British music show The Old Grey Whistle Test, a stage where Lydon and his band ...
‘In Between Days’ would be the match needed to light The Cure’s relationship with America that has been more than kind to the band over the last 35 years. The iconic British group received the ultimate accolade for any band in 2019 when Trent Reznor inducted them into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — which is the pinnacle for any band in the States. ...
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BBC Four (One-off special, 2018) Release. 21 September 1971. ( 1971-09-21) –. 1 January 1988. ( 1988-01-01) The Old Grey Whistle Test (sometimes abbreviated to Whistle Test or OGWT) is a British television music show. The show was devised by BBC producer Rowan Ayers, commissioned by David Attenborough [1] and aired on BBC2 from 1971 to 1988.
By genre: Music > Classic Pop & Rock. By format: Performances & Events. Watch live. Chasing the Moon. Influential music show of the 1970s and 80s presented by Bob Harris and others.
