I had the privilege of seeing Bob the other night with Colin Hall talking about the songs the Beatles gave away. It was a wonderful evening , full of fascinating stories, I could have listened to them speak forever. If anyone gets the chance of seeing them do go. We don’t get many tours on the Isle of Man, but this made up for it. This video shows what a true national treasure he is. It was an honour to meet them both. Thank you Bob. Mick
Word In Your Ear is fast becoming RUclips’s best kept secret, much as Whistle Test was back in the day. To be quite honest, I don’t know what I would do if this superb podcast series ended. This episode is particularly special because of Bob. Both he and John Peel were like the equivalent of my imaginary friends growing up. Between the two of them, I was introduced to some of most fantastic music. I’m so grateful to Dave and Mark for all these superb shows. And to Alex who, being the youngster, rarely gets any deserved praise off us old codgers. Great episode and thank you, chaps. I mean that most sincerely. (Christ, I almost went full Hughie Green, there!) And one more thing, get Annie Nightingale on. I remember watching her on BBC2 the night John Lennon was murdered. I could barely watch it simply because of how hard she was struggling to hold herself together. When she closed the show, she introduced Imagine and it almost became all too much. I’ll never forget that.
I suspect they might be Roxy Music or New York Dolls fans with elephant's memory syndrome, Neil...he was less than enamoured with their appearance on ...Whistle Test way back when!!
Lad's, Bob Harris took us all back to a distant time. 1960/61 "Trad Jazz" was the hot music of the day Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball,Chris Barber were everywhere. On the radio, records, T.V. shows like " The Billy Cotten" show. Remember David Jacob's alway's played Ferrante & Teicher "Theme from Exodus." On his "Lunch Time radio programme in 1961. Late 50's our next door neighbours payed Cash ( not H.P.) for a large radio gram with drinks cabinet. By paying cash they got 10 of the latest 45's. Here I heard Paul Anker's "Diana" for the first time. magic stuff. Cheers, Chris Perry.
I remember all three men here (as I'm sure you do too)....when they were cool, groovy on late at night, introducing things that were cutting edge to us youths. Here they are now, all bespectacled and silver haired, with the relevance of television as a medium practically gone, sat in their respective sheds and offices with their record collections going right back to their beginnings. As Mark Ellen would say 'extraorrrrrdinary'. God I feel old watching this. :(
I read Bob Harris' autobiography a couple of years ago and to say it was full of surprises was an understatement. His calm (and calming) demeanour as a broadcaster gives no clue to the sometimes surprisingly extreme ups and downs of his professional and private life.
A bit like John Peel. His early years are quite well documented these days but when he first told the tale of his first marriage and time in America, it was quite surprising. Being John, it was all very understated but it must have been a wild time.
I lived/squatted in a crazee 'music' flat in West End Lane 1975-76 during the period all the pre-punk (and some actual punk) people were living up and down the street up into Fortis Green and down into West Hampstead/Abbey Road etc. There were about 15 of us in the flat. During the day I worked at the A&N Dept Store in Victoria 9-5, (the Queen used to come in...) and I cleaned fashion boutiques during the night 6pm-3am. We had a lot of very noisy 'music parties'. Bob lived opposite, in the corner flat, must have heard it all. Crazee amount of noise - but never once complained. Always beamed at us on the stairs. What a Bloke!!
When I saw Bob a few years back he looked a bit thin and ill. (Don't know if he was.) So it's good to see him looking so dapper, with a healthy colour. And of course that voice is still as warm and fruity as ever!
I know what you mean, Hugh. Mind you, he was never what one could describe as overweight back in the 70’s. I still can see him, hunched over in a skin tight tank top and shirt, grinning directly into the camera as he introduces Roxy Music. Then you see Brian Eno fiddling about with knobs looking like a malevolent Dave Hill on acid.
Sir Bob is a national treasure,but he is ALSO a Manchester United fan and knows personally the God that is Sir Alex Ferguson,so i love the fella. My favourite OGWT moment was after Kiss played a couple,camera came back to Bob,he was silent for a split second,then simply said " mock rock" 😂
This show is going from strength to strength isn"t it?I Came across the OGWT,you guys and Bob Harris s through a BBC2 comps broadcast in the early 2000"s a full 6 years before i got into the internet.Let"s say i was getting way further and curious about 60ies,70ies and 80ies "album" artists at that point and these compilation programmes i followed from week to week while i was commiting it to video tape.Still have them.I Was looking for a way to gather diverse quality control artists in one bundle fast and effective and i couldn"t ask for more.Let me tell you that Bob Harris turned me on to a lot of artists and unmeasurable listening enjoyment that this musical adventures Dutch boy couldn"t find out on his local airwaves.So i might as well take this opportunity to give my gratitude to Mr whispering Bob.Love the man.Again,he became an important music lifeline and is proven very influentual for my taste in music and arts through the years.Means a lot to me to this day.
The repair shop had someone bring their dad's record player in which was a boxy affair, domed mesh, speaker in the lid and a dead ringer for the first record player we had in our house as kids. My uncle gave it to my dad when him and his family emigrated to Australia. He also left us his few records including eps of the ride of the Valkyries, Mario Lanza, the Student prince and Anthony Newley, Idol on parade plus Chris Barber, Ottilie Paterson doing Just a Closer Walk with thee. For ages that was all we had to listen to. Still very found of all of them, gx
Brilliant. Still have (and still play) the full set of Bob Harris Presents cd's incl the Americana one. Fabulous music mostly comprised from artists featured on Bob's Saturday Night Show which I used to record using 2 x C90 cassettes and then edit and play in the car during the week.
Chicken soup, a cough sweet, a fisherman’s friend and a warm pint of beer all put together. This is simply good for the soul. Long live David and Mark.
Bob Harris introduced so many artists to so many people. Conducted the best OGWT interviews with not only well known musicians but relatively obscure and magical people such as Judee Sill. However, a highlight must be the Keith Moon 1975 interview. Bob doing his very best to stay straight faced, calm and whispering with Keith being, well, Keith. It’s on RUclips.
@Francis Barnett I wish I could give you 10 thumbs up, sir. The way Okiver said “You made me look like the Gazza, make me look like a Rock and Roller, you French pr*ck” was beautiful. That barber had some bottle, the bloody fool.
The John Prine story is slightly different. Kristofferson was going to see Steve Goodman and sign him. Goodman, after his show says, "If you think I'm good, you should see my friend John Prine." They go immediately to where Prine is playing and sign them both. Prine said a week later they were in NYC recording.
Esteemed film critic Roger Ebert wrote Prine's first public review after seeing him, by chance, at a folk club in Chicago in 1970...he was startled at how the gentle folk-poet could write such wry & empathetic songs about human frailties at such a young age...
Juke Box Jury - On the first show Pete Murray said to the host "I can't understand why you're being so beastly to me. You've got a very big future. They need men like you in the gent's toilet in Leicester Square." To which Jacobs replied "Mention my name and you'll get a good seat." The producer spoke to the two after the show.
Oh wow, how did I get to 53 years old without knowing Bob was from Northampton ... I bought loads of my first records & tapes from the John Lever bargain bin.
@Francis Barnett he's an excellent writer. His semi autobiography Cider With Roadies is a classic for anyone who grew up in the 70s. Mark Radcliffe's books are recommended too.
Still laugh about the early 1978 OGWT when Bob famously opined something like ‘1977 was quite a quiet year, but Led Zeppelin released a new album’ . Finger always on the pulse😁
Well the time elapsed on the screen says 52.49 minutes, but that can't be correct.... it felt no more than 15 tops! I could have listened to Bob ' whispering ' with the lads for hours. Of course that also means that I've been sitting with a stupid grin on my face for almost an hour 😊 ( good job I'm on my own ).
Bobs tastes are exactly what you’d expect. Perfectly in keeping with his dulcet tones. Definitely not a fan fan of The New York Dolls “mock rock”. Paul Anka!!!!
I always notice Mark Ellen appears to jot certain things down upon occasion during these sessions. Certain titles, information, etc. I wonder why. For a book maybe? By the way, he appears to scratch his bum a lot during this one. 51:15 for instance. Has he got worms?
This would explain his absence. He’s probably been on a course of the old worming tablets! Of course, not to be too vulgar, it could be the old Nobby Stiles. I am a martyr to the “grapes of wrath” and the relief you get from a good old scratch is then quickly replaced with regret and a hunt for the inflatable rubber ring.
Rubbish. Albums and acetates for that matter could have been recovered using specialist techniques. I think he must have been glad to see the back of them...
I had the privilege of seeing Bob the other night with Colin Hall talking about the songs the Beatles gave away. It was a wonderful evening , full of fascinating stories, I could have listened to them speak forever. If anyone gets the chance of seeing them do go. We don’t get many tours on the Isle of Man, but this made up for it. This video shows what a true national treasure he is. It was an honour to meet them both. Thank you Bob. Mick
Word In Your Ear is fast becoming RUclips’s best kept secret, much as Whistle Test was back in the day. To be quite honest, I don’t know what I would do if this superb podcast series ended. This episode is particularly special because of Bob. Both he and John Peel were like the equivalent of my imaginary friends growing up. Between the two of them, I was introduced to some of most fantastic music. I’m so grateful to Dave and Mark for all these superb shows. And to Alex who, being the youngster, rarely gets any deserved praise off us old codgers. Great episode and thank you, chaps. I mean that most sincerely.
(Christ, I almost went full Hughie Green, there!)
And one more thing, get Annie Nightingale on. I remember watching her on BBC2 the night John Lennon was murdered. I could barely watch it simply because of how hard she was struggling to hold herself together. When she closed the show, she introduced Imagine and it almost became all too much. I’ll never forget that.
Such a lovely man. The two people who gave this a thumbs down need to get a mirror, stand in front of it and take a long look at themselves.
I suspect they might be Roxy Music or New York Dolls fans with elephant's memory syndrome, Neil...he was less than enamoured with their appearance on ...Whistle Test way back when!!
Lad's, Bob Harris took us all back to a distant time. 1960/61 "Trad Jazz" was the hot music of the day Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball,Chris Barber were everywhere. On the radio, records, T.V. shows like " The Billy Cotten" show. Remember David Jacob's alway's played Ferrante & Teicher "Theme from Exodus." On his "Lunch Time radio programme in 1961. Late 50's our next door neighbours payed Cash ( not H.P.) for a large radio gram with drinks cabinet. By paying cash they got 10 of the latest 45's. Here I heard Paul Anker's "Diana" for the first time. magic stuff. Cheers, Chris Perry.
I remember all three men here (as I'm sure you do too)....when they were cool, groovy on late at night, introducing things that were cutting edge to us youths. Here they are now, all bespectacled and silver haired, with the relevance of television as a medium practically gone, sat in their respective sheds and offices with their record collections going right back to their beginnings. As Mark Ellen would say 'extraorrrrrdinary'.
God I feel old watching this. :(
Wonderful. Love Bob Harris. Maybe you could have him on again?
I read Bob Harris' autobiography a couple of years ago and to say it was full of surprises was an understatement. His calm (and calming) demeanour as a broadcaster gives no clue to the sometimes surprisingly extreme ups and downs of his professional and private life.
A bit like John Peel. His early years are quite well documented these days but when he first told the tale of his first marriage and time in America, it was quite surprising. Being John, it was all very understated but it must have been a wild time.
Well that was one of the best, if not THE best. Just priceless. Thanks, you lot.
That was great
Oh he sounds and looks much more like his old self...wonderful!
What a delight that was. Thank you David Ellen, Mark Hepworth and the other bloke.
Excellent - Bob!!
I remember buying my mono Disraeli gears from John Levers, Gold St. Northampton. Oh happy days. What a great shop it was
Stand by me and up on the roof 2 of the greatest pop songs ever written
I lived/squatted in a crazee 'music' flat in West End Lane 1975-76 during the period all the pre-punk (and some actual punk) people were living up and down the street up into Fortis Green and down into West Hampstead/Abbey Road etc. There were about 15 of us in the flat. During the day I worked at the A&N Dept Store in Victoria 9-5, (the Queen used to come in...) and I cleaned fashion boutiques during the night 6pm-3am. We had a lot of very noisy 'music parties'. Bob lived opposite, in the corner flat, must have heard it all. Crazee amount of noise - but never once complained. Always beamed at us on the stairs. What a Bloke!!
That was a great episode. Bob Harris is a legend. A genuinely lovely bloke! Please do another one with him at some point if you can.
Is it possible to imagine three nicer more interesting blokes? I think not! Thanks to all
I agree. Good company in the lockdown.
Yes too true but will Danny Baker give Bob any space to talk in their shows?
It always amazed me that the loudest show on tv (ogwt) had the softest spoken man in broadcasting history.A true living legend.
When I saw Bob a few years back he looked a bit thin and ill. (Don't know if he was.) So it's good to see him looking so dapper, with a healthy colour. And of course that voice is still as warm and fruity as ever!
I know what you mean, Hugh. Mind you, he was never what one could describe as overweight back in the 70’s. I still can see him, hunched over in a skin tight tank top and shirt, grinning directly into the camera as he introduces Roxy Music. Then you see Brian Eno fiddling about with knobs looking like a malevolent Dave Hill on acid.
@@davidrobinson2776 Dunno about that. But he looks fine now, which is good.
@@HughTerry69 I could have just replied “yes” but I never use one word when a dozen will do.
Brilliant! My best friends that I've never met! It just needed Jonnie Walker there as well! 😊
Brilliant episode lads. Bob's a national treasure.
Well this is a treat
Good vibes aplenty on this one.
Sir Bob is a national treasure,but he is ALSO a Manchester United fan and knows personally the God that is Sir Alex Ferguson,so i love the fella.
My favourite OGWT moment was after Kiss played a couple,camera came back to Bob,he was silent for a split second,then simply said " mock rock"
😂
Totally enjoyable. I remember watching them all on OGWT. And Whispering Bob is the icing on the cake. Smashing.
This show is going from strength to strength isn"t it?I Came across the OGWT,you guys and Bob Harris s through a BBC2 comps broadcast in the early 2000"s a full 6 years before i got into the internet.Let"s say i was getting way further and curious about 60ies,70ies and 80ies "album" artists at that point and these compilation programmes i followed from week to week while i was commiting it to video tape.Still have them.I Was looking for a way to gather diverse quality control artists in one bundle fast and effective and i couldn"t ask for more.Let me tell you that Bob Harris turned me on to a lot of artists and unmeasurable listening enjoyment that this musical adventures Dutch boy couldn"t find out on his local airwaves.So i might as well take this opportunity to give my gratitude to Mr whispering Bob.Love the man.Again,he became an important music lifeline and is proven very influentual for my taste in music and arts through the years.Means a lot to me to this day.
Very entertaining thanks.
The repair shop had someone bring their dad's record player in which was a boxy affair, domed mesh, speaker in the lid and a dead ringer for the first record player we had in our house as kids. My uncle gave it to my dad when him and his family emigrated to Australia. He also left us his few records including eps of the ride of the Valkyries, Mario Lanza, the Student prince and Anthony Newley, Idol on parade plus Chris Barber, Ottilie Paterson doing Just a Closer Walk with thee. For ages that was all we had to listen to. Still very found of all of them, gx
Lovely stuff. Bob's a legend. What with the often obscure name drops of late 60's-early 70's bands, I was half expecting a Wally reference!.
Spontaneous Combustion ? (the band I mean...)
Brilliant. Still have (and still play) the full set of Bob Harris Presents cd's incl the Americana one. Fabulous music mostly comprised from artists featured on Bob's Saturday Night Show which I used to record using 2 x C90 cassettes and then edit and play in the car during the week.
The BEST 👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👌👌👌👌
That was lovely
Fantastic thank you All x
FAAAANTASTIC,Brilliant
Thanks again gents for another cracking vlog....bloody brilliant :-)
Chicken soup, a cough sweet, a fisherman’s friend and a warm pint of beer all put together. This is simply good for the soul. Long live David and Mark.
Well that was a wee delight 😊
Bob Harris introduced so many artists to so many people. Conducted the best OGWT interviews with not only well known musicians but relatively obscure and magical people such as Judee Sill. However, a highlight must be the Keith Moon 1975 interview. Bob doing his very best to stay straight faced, calm and whispering with Keith being, well, Keith. It’s on RUclips.
@Francis Barnett And those Groucho Marx eyebrows!
The shocking thing was, Keith was only in his late 20’s at the time.
@Francis Barnett I wish I could give you 10 thumbs up, sir. The way Okiver said “You made me look like the Gazza, make me look like a Rock and Roller, you French pr*ck” was beautiful. That barber had some bottle, the bloody fool.
@@davidrobinson2776 and dead three years later.
@@maxfinucane5138 sadly true. From an overdose of the very tablets to stop him drinking.
The John Prine story is slightly different. Kristofferson was going to see Steve Goodman and sign him. Goodman, after his show says, "If you think I'm good, you should see my friend John Prine." They go immediately to where Prine is playing and sign them both. Prine said a week later they were in NYC recording.
Esteemed film critic Roger Ebert wrote Prine's first public review after seeing him, by chance, at a folk club in Chicago in 1970...he was startled at how the gentle folk-poet could write such wry & empathetic songs about human frailties at such a young age...
Juke Box Jury - On the first show Pete Murray said to the host "I can't understand why you're being so beastly to me. You've got a very big future. They need men like you in the gent's toilet in Leicester Square." To which Jacobs replied "Mention my name and you'll get a good seat." The producer spoke to the two after the show.
Oh wow, how did I get to 53 years old without knowing Bob was from Northampton ... I bought loads of my first records & tapes from the John Lever bargain bin.
There's a photo of Bob standing outside his house in Ardington Road, Northampton in his autobiography. A fascinating read.
@@carlskelton5230 good shout, I’ll have to have a read of that, thanks.
It was always worth the walk down from the town centre to the bottom of Gold Street to visit JL ..fond memories
Great show as always! Any chance of getting Stuart Maconie or Mark Radcliffe on? I'm sure they would be entertaining company!
@Francis Barnett he's an excellent writer. His semi autobiography Cider With Roadies is a classic for anyone who grew up in the 70s. Mark Radcliffe's books are recommended too.
Ah, that was a joy. Do another one with Bob. And also, get Richard Hawley on.
Guys - have you thought about releasing a book of favourite articles from Word magazine - I'd buy it!
Gold!
Remember eagerly awaiting a new release of you favourite band, it’s the same waiting for the next ‘word in your ear’.
I would love hearing Ian McNabb doing one of these.
Mm, that was really nice..
Still laugh about the early 1978 OGWT when Bob famously opined something like ‘1977 was quite a quiet year, but Led Zeppelin released a new album’ . Finger always on the pulse😁
Well the time elapsed on the screen says 52.49 minutes, but that can't be correct.... it felt no more than 15 tops! I could have listened to Bob ' whispering ' with the lads for hours.
Of course that also means that I've been sitting with a stupid grin on my face for almost an hour 😊 ( good job I'm on my own ).
Bob looks better and has more bounce than back in those sedate, "whispering" days of the 1970's.
Bob looks to be in rude health. Long may he reign!
I couldn’t hear Bob!
Another episode of 'show us your 'tut 'n' junk'
:-)
Bobs tastes are exactly what you’d expect. Perfectly in keeping with his dulcet tones. Definitely not a fan fan of The New York Dolls “mock rock”. Paul Anka!!!!
I always notice Mark Ellen appears to jot certain things down upon occasion during these sessions. Certain titles, information, etc. I wonder why. For a book maybe? By the way, he appears to scratch his bum a lot during this one. 51:15 for instance. Has he got worms?
This would explain his absence. He’s probably been on a course of the old worming tablets!
Of course, not to be too vulgar, it could be the old Nobby Stiles. I am a martyr to the “grapes of wrath” and the relief you get from a good old scratch is then quickly replaced with regret and a hunt for the inflatable rubber ring.
Rubbish. Albums and acetates for that matter could have been recovered using specialist techniques. I think he must have been glad to see the back of them...
I like these guys but increasingly these Word In Your Attic podcasts have become Well Off People Showing Off Their Houses podcasts.
Haha brilliant call. It could be called ‘through the (in the middle of a record, spindle?) hole