JOHN OTWAY and WILD WILLY BARRETT OGWT 18/10/77 Full Version

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  • Опубликовано: 27 ноя 2024
  • All the RUclips uploads of this legendary performance are cut at the end (to eliminate the original end credits, I'm guessing), so here it is for mine and your amusement. I love the way Otway comes up to Willy as if to embrace him triumphantly, only for Willy to shoot him a look which says "I am never working with you again" and walks off in the opposite direction.
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  • @justinneill5003
    @justinneill5003 Год назад +45

    I remember this when it originally aired. Whispering Bob’s serious, thoughtful intro was almost Pythonesque considering what followed, and Wild Willy’s classic line between songs was the icing on the cake: “If you’ve just made a coffee, you’ve got time to make cheese on toast to this one.”

  • @bowerfilms
    @bowerfilms 6 лет назад +138

    Sheer genius. Saw him playing outside a pub on May Morning in Oxford a couple of days ago. An old age pensioner, still behaving like an effing nutcase and long may he do so.

  • @jimbilsborough6756
    @jimbilsborough6756 2 года назад +32

    I can vividly remember watching this OGWT performance in '77 and going out to buy the album the next day. The performance, Otway's manic behavior, WWB's overblown but brilliant guitar work: they all blew my mind. But the raw pain in Otway's lyric forever haunts me. A little off topic, but I lost my provincial girlfriend to the bright lights of London on Easter weekend 1977 and I was heartbroken. Then when I bought the album, I heard JO and WWB's Geneve. Every fucking word of it was my story; just a different city. I still can't hear it without tearing up :( John Otway, you sure knew how to put into words the most painful feelings a boy can have.

    • @Fexobs
      @Fexobs  2 года назад +5

      Hi Jim. Yes I totally agree that `Geneve' is an absolutely beautiful and heart-rending song. It was never given the kudos it deserved probably because of the rather disastrous decision to put it out as a follow up to `Really Free', which was a bit of a leap of faith for most people who wanted more of the same. The fact that they'd already wasted `Beware Of The Flowers' on a B-Side only confounds the stupidity ! By the way `Cheryl' is actually a cover version, but hell they made it their own and then some. Look up Bob Lind for the somewhat lame original.

    • @jimbilsborough6756
      @jimbilsborough6756 2 года назад +6

      @Jeanette Howlett 2022 finds me much older and maybe a little wiser than 1977! Though this year I lost the other love of my life to cancer :( Thank god for music, huh? 🙂

    • @jimbilsborough6756
      @jimbilsborough6756 2 года назад +1

      @Jeanette Howlett ❤

    • @fredzep01
      @fredzep01 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@jimbilsborough6756 that's a long, long time to get to spend with the person you loved, and a lot of great memories to cherish...

  • @michaelgould9825
    @michaelgould9825 6 лет назад +58

    This is what makes RUclips worthwhile.

  • @marilynlinwood
    @marilynlinwood 3 месяца назад +3

    The REAL PUNK experience. Well I wake up in the morning …..🙏🏼🌺👍

  • @mickbradley9487
    @mickbradley9487 Год назад +6

    I remember watching this when it aired all those years ago. Impressed me so much that I spent my next paper round money on the very first single I ever bought. Really Free from Pink Panther Records in Carlisle. Fantastic stuff!! 🤘

  • @martinbailey3259
    @martinbailey3259 2 года назад +28

    For me, the most memorable performance on TOGWT.
    It looks like WWB make his guitar in woodwork 😄

  • @seancastledine8983
    @seancastledine8983 5 лет назад +65

    Quite possibly the greatest moments captured by BBC cameras. Thank you JO and WWB.

    • @Fexobs
      @Fexobs  4 года назад +10

      I agree. I had to upload the full version. It wouldn't have been fair not to

    • @ronaldcarfoot4429
      @ronaldcarfoot4429 4 года назад +3

      You ain't gonna forget that are you.

  • @bettebleu6065
    @bettebleu6065 2 дня назад

    I saw this at the time, had no idea watching now, how BRILLIANT this is.

  • @namor357
    @namor357 7 лет назад +75

    Otway, demented, Barrett, musical genius, this is something to treasure!

    • @ronaldcarfoot4429
      @ronaldcarfoot4429 4 года назад +5

      Ottaway wrote the lyrics. Willy wouldn't be there without the song

    • @Babeiloveyouso
      @Babeiloveyouso 3 года назад +4

      Love to know wat he sed in his ear but I can imagine lol

    • @carladams8691
      @carladams8691 Год назад

      ​​@@Babeiloveyouso Apparently he said "Thankyou, you fuckin nutter"

  • @georgealty9009
    @georgealty9009 2 года назад +13

    Sensational.
    Seriously, the kids these days continue what they're missing.

  • @MikeMike-hx3gm
    @MikeMike-hx3gm Год назад +7

    Now in my 66th year. I bought Really Free in '77 pronto. Are we all still beware of the flowers!

    • @strayling1
      @strayling1 8 месяцев назад +1

      I'm sure they're going to get you, yeah!

  • @martinfitzgerald1605
    @martinfitzgerald1605 5 лет назад +33

    Otway and Barrett absolute legendary performance. Loved it in the 70's and still do.

    • @chrisfk63
      @chrisfk63 4 года назад +4

      Had the privilege of seeing JO play last night here in Birmingham. A true original, and a legend.

  • @deedeesplectrum9924
    @deedeesplectrum9924 Год назад +7

    I saw him in Chester Le Street. Never forgotten it. Halfway through it someone came on stage and said Otway will soon be back, but at the minute he is working on a song about chemistry. He was sat just behind us on his own with a notepad and pen scribbling furiously. It was Bunsen Burner!

  • @michaelburland6446
    @michaelburland6446 7 лет назад +97

    Forget leatherette and spiky hair, this is the true spirit of punk

    • @larrycreature7292
      @larrycreature7292 6 лет назад +7

      I couldn't agree more!!

    • @florida4life
      @florida4life 4 года назад +6

      I'd die to see Otway play on the same bill as John Cooper Clark, Patrick Fitzgerald and The Mekons.

    • @bradbb8013
      @bradbb8013 4 года назад

      @@florida4life this is best selling British punk anthem
      ruclips.net/video/n8BV-BBhV1Q/видео.html

    • @TheMrswestbrom
      @TheMrswestbrom 3 года назад +4

      @@peterholdsworth4193 leatherette and spiky hair had a lot to do with punk. People are used to seeing it now but at the time it was a powerful statement that you were anti-establishment and belonged to an alternative culture. People who are not punks are constantly telling me what real punk is all about.
      Otway and Barrett were great though :-)

  • @Ethan-xr9wb
    @Ethan-xr9wb 3 года назад +9

    I'm actually Freinds with willy we met when I was about 8 and im 11 now. Him and my grandad are good freinds

  • @JJFS37
    @JJFS37 5 месяцев назад +2

    "You're more likely to be John Otway than The Beatles, but Otway's still on tour, hats off to show people." - FTHC

  • @alasdairvincent6248
    @alasdairvincent6248 2 года назад +11

    Wild Willy is an awesome guitarist and John has his own style of vocals. Fantastic

  • @chrissmurray255
    @chrissmurray255 3 месяца назад +1

    I still have Really Free on 45, and I met Otway a few times at various festivals - he's a really nice bloke. I never met Wild Willy, but I did walk past him on Foregate Street in Stafford one time in 1977/8 - the afternoon of a JO+WWB concert in town. But I didn't talk to him. After all, part of his name is "Wild", and you don't just rush up to folk like that.
    I joined Otway and his band on stage in Portsmouth once (totally uninvited), when he was doing Crazy Horses, and I started acting 'horselike'. I was 'a bit' drunk. He didn't stop, but kept changing the lyric to various different animals that I would try to portray. Then he paused, smiled at me, and sang "Cra-zy Lemm-ings". Well, I had no choice but to hurl myself off the stage, which I did, and he just carried on like this happened all the time. Which is probably true.

  • @mickcooper8605
    @mickcooper8605 3 месяца назад +2

    Unforfetable, remrmber seeing this 47 years ago. Still amasing.

  • @VelvetRazor
    @VelvetRazor 2 года назад +8

    The wonderful genius of John Otway and some nice guitar licks from Wild Willy Barrett. Seen these guys live several times

  • @bob_the_bomb4508
    @bob_the_bomb4508 2 года назад +7

    This is what Billy Bragg would sound like if he had a sense of humour :)

  • @royandergoogle3012
    @royandergoogle3012 3 года назад +15

    We are never going to see any thing like this on x-factor!

    • @mrtim6
      @mrtim6 Год назад

      Thank God

    • @KARINFALL
      @KARINFALL 8 месяцев назад +1

      the loss is ours

  • @modernidiot9124
    @modernidiot9124 3 года назад +12

    There is no one who can follow that performance, utter genius.

  • @halcyon289
    @halcyon289 2 года назад +4

    I saw this aged 14...............it was good to see ; rules were broken there in front of me . Thank you guys .

  • @lindabrown8421
    @lindabrown8421 2 года назад +5

    Saw John Otway at Reading Festival in 1978. Loved the performance.

  • @anotherpubsinger7669
    @anotherpubsinger7669 7 лет назад +27

    Watching it 40 years later to the day and near the time to connect with good music , absent from todays soundscape.
    Thanks for keeping the past alive and living on.

    • @ronaldcarfoot4429
      @ronaldcarfoot4429 4 года назад +2

      Yer too right friend 👍

    • @ronaldcarfoot4429
      @ronaldcarfoot4429 4 года назад +2

      Let's face it this ain't bland compared to the kids on the block today. He earned his fee too right love the man

  • @paddas1612
    @paddas1612 Год назад +7

    Superb , once seen never forgotten 😂 Absolute masters 👍

  • @doctorcastille
    @doctorcastille 4 года назад +7

    On a whim I saw Otway's Big Band at Tut's in Chicago in 1980. A year later Otway came back with Willy. They're the best.

  • @midnightmosesuk
    @midnightmosesuk 3 года назад +10

    I remember this so well, first song I had the kettle on and had a nice cup of coffee by the time they'd finished. Second song I whipped up three slices of cheese on toast in time to see the credits. Absolutely cracking.

  • @robinvandenbergh7076
    @robinvandenbergh7076 11 месяцев назад +4

    Amazing guitar sound.

  • @grahamlake9728
    @grahamlake9728 6 месяцев назад +1

    O and B tried to sell me a pre order of their first album at Tring Folk Club (1973 I think) but I didn't have any money (I told them). I bought it later (plain sleeve with a stuck on label). Been a fan ever since!

  • @deborahrobertson8606
    @deborahrobertson8606 Год назад +3

    I went out and bought the single...16 years old and life was a gas! On the flip side was "Beware of the Flowers coz they're gonna get you, yeh"

  • @Babeiloveyouso
    @Babeiloveyouso 3 года назад +6

    I remember this like yesterday. Loved it then and love it even more now cos I was there when it first aired

  • @markharrison5307
    @markharrison5307 9 месяцев назад +4

    TOGWT, Was the best music programme ever.

  • @BanjoLuke1
    @BanjoLuke1 3 года назад +5

    Many, many fun evenings spent in pubs in various parts of the South East in the 80s (and 90s) listening to this man. Usually playing with one or another guitarist..... Never saw him with Barratt.
    Such a good entertainer. He had about six jokes and everyone in the audience knew them.... and still it was funny.
    All the daft covers..... I still smile when I think of those gigs.

  • @aires69uk
    @aires69uk 2 года назад +3

    I saw him at the Royal Northern College of Music last night and he's a really funny guy... really enjoyed it.

  • @stewartnicol3028
    @stewartnicol3028 5 лет назад +5

    I actually met and worked with John Otway and Wild Willy. I had the pleasure of introducing them at a music festival a few years ago. They lived up to the promise that I saw on OGWT years earlier! #OGWTneverbettered

  • @DavidAlvarez-pj7cu
    @DavidAlvarez-pj7cu Год назад +1

    Saw this live fail in a Stevie T video of live fails, had me dying the first time!! 🤣🤣 Love this clip! Thanks Steve!! Shred!!! 🤘🤘

  • @acrodave9287
    @acrodave9287 Год назад +4

    I don't care what anyone else says, this is pure Punk Rock, hapless, shambolic, fun and without any pretense. Well, not much.

  • @brianharris7243
    @brianharris7243 Год назад +4

    Otway crazy as only a genius can be...

  • @nockerparry256
    @nockerparry256 5 лет назад +10

    Saw mad Mr O on saturday at "Silly Moo's" campsite on the Isle of Man. He was there for the owner Brian's birthday, the man's totally batshit and a genius!

  • @garyyoung9085
    @garyyoung9085 4 года назад +16

    How much is Otway like Alex Harvey!! Even the movement and expression.

    • @ianyoung7077
      @ianyoung7077 2 месяца назад

      I never saw Alex Harvey execute a perfect forward roll.

  • @tonywestwood7792
    @tonywestwood7792 Год назад +1

    They are playing in my town in September. Can't fucking wait.

  • @andreweaton3928
    @andreweaton3928 3 года назад +6

    Pure brilliance saw this first time round cheers Bob.

  • @annabawden2656
    @annabawden2656 7 лет назад +23

    Bob Harris... so calm and relaxing. John Otway.... so very funny!

  • @michaelgould3433
    @michaelgould3433 Год назад +3

    Not only John Otway and Wild Willy but also an intro by Whispering Bob.😀😀

  • @charliebrown5524
    @charliebrown5524 3 года назад +11

    Fucking crazy,but BRILLIANT never be another like them 2🎸😂😍

  • @4n0r15
    @4n0r15 3 месяца назад +2

    Tracklist:
    00:00 - Introduction
    00:35 - Really Free
    03:38 - Cheryl's Going Home
    05:48 - Otway puts his guitar down
    06:46 - Otway shows off his epic acrobatic skills
    06:50 - Otway accidentally steps on the pedal for the first time
    06:55 - Otway shows off that he is faster than the crewmember
    07:01 - Otway accidentally steps on the pedal for the second time
    07:03 - Otway realizes that he had accidentally stepped on the pedal for the second time
    07:08 - Barrett flips the pedal back
    07:14 - It's so damn sad.
    07:18 - The most iconic moment from this concert
    07:34 - Otway shows off his masculinity
    07:38 - The THUNDA
    07:41 - Otway showing the facial expression of a man who is rethinking his entire life
    07:47 - Otway lying down
    07:55 - Otway standing up
    07:58 - Otway showing off his rope skipping skills with his imaginary skipping rope
    08:00 - Otway showing off more of his masculinity while the credits start to roll
    08:14 - Otway and Barrett pretending to be fighting on stage

  • @kimtodd1202
    @kimtodd1202 5 лет назад +5

    I remember buying the single 'Really Feel' when it came out, i was n still am a punk. I didn't think anything of the long hair, only what brilliant stuff it was. Still is one of my many favourite tunes, Otway......punk as fuck!! This is Sowf London Calling.... ☠️🏴

  • @irisdainter6507
    @irisdainter6507 Год назад +2

    77 what a blast. Never forget this. Class.

  • @modernidiot9124
    @modernidiot9124 4 года назад +8

    The stuff of legends.
    Totally mad but brilliant.

  • @chrisbradley1192
    @chrisbradley1192 2 года назад +3

    Saw this when it went out live. I remember hearing the studio crew laughing at the very end.

  • @warvandal3443
    @warvandal3443 8 лет назад +11

    PS.
    At 7.10, Willy plays a riff that reminds me of "Circumstances" on Beefheart's Clearspot album. Now there's a thing- Wild Willy in the Magic Band (that would be brill!)

  • @notthebody
    @notthebody 3 года назад +6

    When music was real.. Watched first broadcast on TV aged 13.. Inspirational.

  • @moyajanko6642
    @moyajanko6642 5 лет назад +4

    Thanks Steve, this is how I remember it. Ran home fast from the Oranges & Lemons in Oxford, to see that!

  • @Flashmobrock
    @Flashmobrock 3 года назад +3

    I played with John at a party in Norfolk in 2012 or so it was brilliant what a talent still then

  • @rogerlegends166
    @rogerlegends166 2 года назад +5

    " teetering triumph " was a fairly prescient phrase as it turned out ...

  • @trevorsmith9261
    @trevorsmith9261 5 лет назад +8

    Happy birthday John Otway, true English musical eccentric

  • @takerufrancis7537
    @takerufrancis7537 6 лет назад +21

    7:19 Stevie T. reference!

  • @ultimateguitarmachine8638
    @ultimateguitarmachine8638 7 месяцев назад +2

    Unforgettable

  • @martinashton5792
    @martinashton5792 Год назад +4

    Classic performance

  • @weltonreds
    @weltonreds 2 года назад +3

    First time I saw them on TOTP's I never forgot them.

  • @louislygo6914
    @louislygo6914 3 года назад +6

    The perfect performance. Inspiring

  • @royandjacqueline1294
    @royandjacqueline1294 2 года назад +3

    John is on BBC radio 2 now
    💛💙💛💙💛💙
    🥰🇯🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🕊️🔥✝️

  • @andreweaton3928
    @andreweaton3928 3 года назад +5

    Reminded me of seeing Wilko Johnson in a pub on white heart lane. Fucking magic.

  • @weeman3571
    @weeman3571 5 лет назад +8

    Wild Willy Barret is the Man.

  • @raycope2086
    @raycope2086 2 года назад +1

    Young Benny Hill and his sister's first time on OGWT. : - )
    Sublime.
    Happy memories and stoned nights in front of the telly awaiting the first sound of harmonica announcing that " Whispering Bob" was about to hold court.
    There was nothing like it then, and there is nothing like it now.
    I wish you rainbows gentlemen.
    ( pre-politicised rainbows, that is )

  • @TheOverlordOfProcrastination
    @TheOverlordOfProcrastination 3 года назад +10

    It’s Barrett saying something along the lines of ‘you’ve ruined the night’ while threatening to strangle Otway that still cracks me up all these decades later.
    He actually MADE the night, mate.

    • @Fexobs
      @Fexobs  2 года назад +2

      I think it's "the thunder cracks against the night" which is the next line Willy is imploring him to get on with singing, but he can't because he's just squashed his testicles on the amplifiers !!!

    • @davidhamm7909
      @davidhamm7909 2 года назад +1

      They’ve never really got along on a personal level. I’ve seen the two of them a couple of times, in 1980 and in the 2000s when they got back together. Seen them both in the bar before the show and they never even acknowledged one another.

    • @zararity
      @zararity 2 года назад +1

      He's saying the lyrics 'The thunder cracks against the night' because Otway couldn't work out where to come back in after attempting to jump on Barrett's amplifier 🤣

  • @DavidB.Rockin
    @DavidB.Rockin 3 года назад +2

    What did I just watch ?
    This is as wild as Frank Zappa! XD

  • @frannieo1707
    @frannieo1707 3 года назад +2

    Saw this the first time round as a young 'un and fell off my chair laughing. Still laughing now. Bloody marvellous!

  • @fatbelly27
    @fatbelly27 6 лет назад +6

    Bob Harris nails it in the introduction - they're crazy. Then as now.

  • @Ukuleleal
    @Ukuleleal 5 лет назад +4

    John Otway in the moment. Pure genius. :)

  • @public.public
    @public.public 4 года назад +5

    Just brilliant.

  • @lwalker8785
    @lwalker8785 2 года назад +3

    Madness, certainly, but there is method to it!

  • @alanrichardson1105
    @alanrichardson1105 4 года назад +5

    Anyone remember the b-side, beware of the flowers coz I know they're gonna get you, yeah.

  • @jeffmein3640
    @jeffmein3640 3 года назад +4

    Bloody excellent!

  • @lorrainebennett7528
    @lorrainebennett7528 2 года назад +4

    Those were the days!

  • @matthewjdouglas6471
    @matthewjdouglas6471 3 года назад +5

    7:41 A MAN DEFEATED. HE KNOWS WILLY IS GONNA GIVE HIM HEADBUTTS

  • @janmikolajczyk5587
    @janmikolajczyk5587 4 года назад +6

    Ottway was and is still brilliant

  • @stewartnicol3028
    @stewartnicol3028 4 года назад +3

    I had the great pleasure of introducing Otway and Wild Willy at a music festival in Sussex. Favourites of mine since I saw this performance. I was compèring as Billy Connolly at the time. John said "That is a bit spooky, BILLY CONNOLLY was in the audience at OGWT that night."
    ❤️🙏🎵🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟💡

  • @duncan-rmi
    @duncan-rmi 5 лет назад +2

    am I allowed to swear on here? that was fucking brilliant.

  • @seasiderover10
    @seasiderover10 10 месяцев назад

    I love the ending😂

  • @arniedainter3997
    @arniedainter3997 3 месяца назад +1

    Sublime.

  • @atoz3570
    @atoz3570 2 года назад +3

    Brilliance

  • @brentjackson7589
    @brentjackson7589 2 года назад +3

    Simon Hansen runs on to stand the combo up.

  • @ianbrown9108
    @ianbrown9108 4 года назад +1

    Saw this on the night-a bunch of sixth formers having a sleepover at school to ensure we stuck to the rules of a sponsored fast.Classic stuff.

  • @MetalMalc
    @MetalMalc 2 года назад

    Someone asked me the other day 'What was the last concert you went to?'...... Answer "JOHN OTWAY!!!" and I immediately came here AGAIN!!!!

  • @brianlarkin9160
    @brianlarkin9160 2 года назад

    I saw John a couple of times but to see Syd Barrett is just amazing

  • @AnthonyMonaghan
    @AnthonyMonaghan 2 года назад +1

    The speed was definitely of a finer quality back in 1977.

  • @punkuk1979
    @punkuk1979 Год назад

    The volume on my computer will not go high enough to hear what Bob is saying

  • @raymondfrancis2983
    @raymondfrancis2983 7 лет назад +9

    Poor Bastard, he landed on his testes and crushed one of them, however "Go On Baby, That's Really Free" was a hit and was signed to Polydor Records and got paid an advance which is the equivalent of £1m pounds today, but spent it all and his next 40 hits were bombs.
    He was asked though by a fan to start a label called "Crushed Pistachio Records", I kid you not pmsl lmao 😂

    • @tynebar
      @tynebar 7 лет назад +1

      Except it's called "Cor Baby, that's Really Free"

    • @beerwolfzx9r
      @beerwolfzx9r 6 лет назад

      haha so true

    • @guddergo7116
      @guddergo7116 3 года назад

      Hopefully he had a bicycle tire pump handy

  • @martinmargerrison2300
    @martinmargerrison2300 2 года назад +2

    Bob Harris was actually Bungle in the ITV children's series Rainbow. Ritchie Blackmore sued him for preventing him taking the lead role. He got 50p in damages and a weekend in Matlock.

  • @charliechod
    @charliechod 3 года назад +4

    really free says it all

  • @franklangella5098
    @franklangella5098 6 лет назад +1

    I figured I could start my day off with this. Why the fuck not? >LOL

  • @krisscanlon4051
    @krisscanlon4051 Год назад

    Cheese and Rice,Whispering Bob speak up alright then??? Love you baby and ole John

  • @memorylane9557
    @memorylane9557 Месяц назад

    Greatest music program ever!

  • @WilfForrow
    @WilfForrow Год назад

    Saw them last night, and they were hilarious and musically brilliant. The wheelie bin amp has to be seen to be believed. They don't do requests on the night - they practice and do them the next night, so they played one for Dan from Aldershot. We were in Fareham, and Dan wasn't. Grab them while they're still going.

  • @davepx1
    @davepx1 3 года назад +3

    Thanks for uploading the original broadcast! The snipped version is indeed annoying: it hadn't occurred to me that the Beeb' didn't have it without the old end titles - at least this time the wiping didn't cost us everything.
    The greatest OGWT and possibly the greatest broadcast performance of all time: Otway at a stroke just made everything else look dull. Gigs are still best when things go wrong: what would be the point otherwise?

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    @MrGlewYouTubeChangedMyHandle 6 лет назад +5

    John Otway!