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Post by Not_Nick_H on Sept 7, 2023 12:08:51 GMT
I think by the time I got into music, OGWT was on earlier - maybe 8pm, Tuesdays?
Anyone remember the "Rock Around The Clock" specials they did over weekends in the mid-80's?
I always remember seeing ZZ Top (well *those* videos) on there for the first time - as did quite a few people, and it catapulted them from semi-obscure Texas blues rockers to Global icons overnight.
..as well as switching me onto older stuff...
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Sept 7, 2023 14:39:53 GMT
I think by the time I got into music, OGWT was on earlier - maybe 8pm, Tuesdays? Anyone remember the "Rock Around The Clock" specials they did over weekends in the mid-80's? I always remember seeing ZZ Top (well *those* videos) on there for the first time - as did quite a few people, and it catapulted them from semi-obscure Texas blues rockers to Global icons overnight. ..as well as switching me onto older stuff... I remember Rudi on it and they were at the Harp Bar in Belfast. Was it an all night thing?
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Post by Not_Nick_H on Sept 7, 2023 16:26:33 GMT
I think by the time I got into music, OGWT was on earlier - maybe 8pm, Tuesdays? Anyone remember the "Rock Around The Clock" specials they did over weekends in the mid-80's? I always remember seeing ZZ Top (well *those* videos) on there for the first time - as did quite a few people, and it catapulted them from semi-obscure Texas blues rockers to Global icons overnight. ..as well as switching me onto older stuff... I remember Rudi on it and they were at the Harp Bar in Belfast. Was it an all night thing? Yeah - kind of. They'd start in the afternoon of a Saturday and run for about 15-16 hours I think. There'd be a mix of live stuff and mini-docs on artists if I remember rightly.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Sept 7, 2023 16:34:02 GMT
I remember Rudi on it and they were at the Harp Bar in Belfast. Was it an all night thing? Yeah - kind of. They'd start in the afternoon of a Saturday and run for about 15-16 hours I think. There'd be a mix of live stuff and mini-docs on artists if I remember rightly. Was a segment called Alternative Ulster with Terri Hooley and a few others. Maybe a couple of films as well
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Post by spitthedog on Sept 7, 2023 19:45:24 GMT
I really liked this period where there was a crossover between the old and the new. John Peel encapsulated it, I remember John Peel shows where he would be playing Pink Floyd, Wreckless Eric, Althea and Donna, Duane Eddy, Richard and Linda Thompson, The Four Brothers (Zimbabwe), The Desperate Bicycles, King Tubby, Ivor Cutler, The Ruts, Medicine Head, Captain Beefheart, The Ramones, all alongside each other. Bizarre combinations but it really worked. It was truly inspirational for a teenager growing up and certainly opened my mind to the world of music. OGWT was a bit slower to it but got it eventually. Absolutely. I remember John Peel's Festive 50 had Stairway Heaven at number 1 one year and then the following year, out of nowhere, it was Anarchy in the UK! Great times ... peel.fandom.com/wiki/1976_Festive_Fiftypeel.fandom.com/wiki/1977_Festive_Fiftypeel.fandom.com/wiki/1978_Festive_FiftyYep, amazing. There was actually a year in between these 2 year where The Motors (a pub rock band) got top spot where you have both Neil Young and The Rezillos in the Top 10 Technically you are spot on though, because it seems the '77 Festive 50 was picked only by John Peel himself and not through listeners' votes! The 77 was incredibly eclectic though with folk singer June Tabor, Pink Floyd and The Lurkers appearing in there! Even in 78 when Punk really took over Stairway to Heaven is still No.14 and a Van Morrison song from 1968 Astral Weeks is No.21 and of course FreeBird is always somewhere about in these Top 50s The 1977 Festive 50 No.1 (chosen by Peel)
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Post by spitthedog on Sept 7, 2023 20:48:58 GMT
I was only 16 once, it was 1978. What a wonderful song.
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