As a 14yr old listening to the radio in bed and hitting record when I heard a song I liked this was the first time I heard cardiacs and it began an obsession and a life time of love and formed my musical taste ever since. RIP Tim and thank you to the ends of the earrth
Saw a mention of Cardiacs in a Sparks fan group on Facebook. Went to check them out. Came across this recording. Fell in love. Sometimes I'm glad the internet exists.
I agree. I was a teenager in the early 70s and wish RUclips had been around then. As it happened it was all bloody Bay City Rollers and disco back then.
@@LudgerBW Same, but even in the 80's -90's when I was heavily into all kinds of weird shit I never (knowingly) heard of Cardiacs. I literally had Tarred and Feathered come up on my RUclips feed a few months ago and I was absolutely blown away. What a journey I have had since then!
I always come back to this video and it makes me happy to see new people commenting at how amazed they are by this band. I implore all newcomers to absorb as much Cardiacs as tolerable, just make sure you have the time to indulge in a new obsession.
I watched mares nest for the first time about a week ago (1/5/21), that exact same feeling of fear, joy and total disbelief as to what I was witnessing, in fifty years of music appreciation, this tops the lot....
This is the only live version I can find of Dog-Like Sparky where the soundman doesn't sound like he's been poisoned before setting the mix on the board. Thank you for posting this!
Listening to them today is as mind blowing as the first time I heard is this the life. I rushed to the shops to buy the single, play it every week now. They sound like nothing else, Tim’s mind was like a circus, with every moving parts, colours flying, Catherine wheels, ever moving, explosions, words that somehow combined to make a sentence that barely made sense, but in the context of the song sounded like perfect poetry. Uniquely wonderful.
I had a dog called Sparky. Wire haired terrier. Ran around my old caravan using the same path until it created a permanent walkway in the grass. I see this as a Cardiacs tribute....
Wow I remember when this was broadcast and being blown away by this. Now I’m sharing this amazing work of art with my son, who is a drummer and also a music nerd. The cycle continues
I find it all spectacular that they are able to perform these songs flawlessly live. The musicianship and songwriting is otherworldly. RIP Tim you mad genius.
Thank you for uploading this! The sound quality is fantastic and performances are mind-blowing...as is to be expected from the greatest band of all time. Listened to these songs hundreds of times and still cannot wrap my mind around how it is possible to write such masterpieces, let alone perform them. Words cannot describe the love I have for this music.
absolutely wonderful immortal pockets of proof that humans were ok for a short fleet amongst the vastness of the multiverse and infinite. p`retty cool!!
John Peel didn't hate them! John Walters, his producer, hated them. John Peel had the sneak The Sea Nymphs in for a session...and he got away with it. Heh heh.
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0:32 Dog-Like Sparky
5:20 Firey Gun Hand
10:36 Random Banter
12:38 Buds and Spawn
19:30 Nurses Whispering Verses
Thank you
Doing God's work.
is Jim the most underrated bass player of all time or what!?
Incredibly good bassist, such great tone, the bass boost on this recording is perfect.
I discovered these guys on Friday May 6th 2022. And I'm ashamed of myself. Delicious.
As a 14yr old listening to the radio in bed and hitting record when I heard a song I liked this was the first time I heard cardiacs and it began an obsession and a life time of love and formed my musical taste ever since. RIP Tim and thank you to the ends of the earrth
Good lad
Adam my friend, I had the same experience but when much older. Count yourself blessed you found Cardiacs with many years ahead to enjoy them. RIP Tim.
Thank you Tim for a super musical education, R.I.P.
I was the same age. Only band from my youth I still listen to.
Saw a mention of Cardiacs in a Sparks fan group on Facebook. Went to check them out. Came across this recording. Fell in love. Sometimes I'm glad the internet exists.
I agree. I was a teenager in the early 70s and wish RUclips had been around then. As it happened it was all bloody Bay City Rollers and disco back then.
@@LudgerBW Same, but even in the 80's -90's when I was heavily into all kinds of weird shit I never (knowingly) heard of Cardiacs. I literally had Tarred and Feathered come up on my RUclips feed a few months ago and I was absolutely blown away. What a journey I have had since then!
@SilverfoxJB It's the same here as your journey. It was coming across Tarred and Feathered on RUclips that got me into them as well. What a group.
my ears just came.
Floored by the quality of the audio and the preciseness of the band... Unreal performance...
I always come back to this video and it makes me happy to see new people commenting at how amazed they are by this band. I implore all newcomers to absorb as much Cardiacs as tolerable, just make sure you have the time to indulge in a new obsession.
Just gone down the Cardiacs rabbit hole. I haven't felt like this about a band since I was a teenager - hell, I didn't think it was possible anymore.
The only band to ever make me cry tears of absolute Joy...God Bless Tim and Cardiacs!!!!
I watched mares nest for the first time about a week ago (1/5/21), that exact same feeling of fear, joy and total disbelief as to what I was witnessing, in fifty years of music appreciation, this tops the lot....
This is the only live version I can find of Dog-Like Sparky where the soundman doesn't sound like he's been poisoned before setting the mix on the board. Thank you for posting this!
Tim's practically screaming into the mic, giving us pure distortion. It works really well!
"Forceps babies were you?"
"No, we're individual."
"Looks like it."
prime brit humor
Listening to them today is as mind blowing as the first time I heard is this the life. I rushed to the shops to buy the single, play it every week now. They sound like nothing else, Tim’s mind was like a circus, with every moving parts, colours flying, Catherine wheels, ever moving, explosions, words that somehow combined to make a sentence that barely made sense, but in the context of the song sounded like perfect poetry. Uniquely wonderful.
I had a dog called Sparky. Wire haired terrier. Ran around my old caravan using the same path until it created a permanent walkway in the grass. I see this as a Cardiacs tribute....
One hell of a band. It this was a live session then it beggers belief cos damn, they're just incredible.
Wow I remember when this was broadcast and being blown away by this. Now I’m sharing this amazing work of art with my son, who is a drummer and also a music nerd. The cycle continues
This is the holy grail of radio sessions. Magnificent. Awesome of you to post this homosafari. Hoping against hope for Tim to get well.
OMG, that Buds and spawn version...
Incredible.
Even WITH Jim forgetting a chunk of the bass part 😂❤
Incredibly skilled musicians. Just to perform these songs live. God bless ya' Tim! x
I swear I can’t stop this music. It has to flow in any circumstance. Sacred to hearing existence.
I find it all spectacular that they are able to perform these songs flawlessly live. The musicianship and songwriting is otherworldly. RIP Tim you mad genius.
Astonishing. Breath-taking. THE best band.
Makes you speechless indeed. Complex academic compositions packed as raw rock music. An impossible combination except for Tim Smith.
Tim was always so, so funny.
What a fucking legend.
Maybe the best version of Nurses I’ve heard outside of the live shows of the early nineties.
You lovely Timeless Genius Tim! X 23:35
Greatest "album" ever!!!
Thank you for uploading this! The sound quality is fantastic and performances are mind-blowing...as is to be expected from the greatest band of all time. Listened to these songs hundreds of times and still cannot wrap my mind around how it is possible to write such masterpieces, let alone perform them. Words cannot describe the love I have for this music.
Some one cruel broke my tape of this, now I am happy, thank you.
That must have really hurt.
Beautiful. RIP Tim. :(
If I had only heard of them.
Small town college area then,
Hipster sanctuary now.
Just one incredible audio trip.
One of the best ever. EVER!
RIP Tim.... thank you... for it all!!
Buds and Spawn. Wheooooooo!
Cardiacs and Mark & Lard how the hell did I ever miss this when it aired?
- Forceps babies?
- No, all individual.
Bless you, Timmy
Thanks for posting, RIP Tim, what a genius.
absolutely wonderful immortal pockets of proof that humans were ok for a short fleet amongst the vastness of the multiverse and infinite. p`retty cool!!
Glorious!
brilliant, marvellous.
I agree. Unreal performance. :)
Tim was a legend
Wow,,
Just... WOW!
gotta come listen to this wondrous radio load every few months b/c fuggit's grand--> sing to god for Tim's health.
Possibly the best band ever
2:31 nice kazoo
The voice at the beginning sounds a bit like voice actor for 2D from Gorillaz )
Amazing live ❤
"Forceps babies, were you?"
"No, all individual."
Brilliant
check out Jon peekin from the back
I am not a dog.
But do you believe in big strong daddy legs?
12:05 lol
these are humans right...?
so funny
How in god's name does someone think up music like this?...I thought for the longest time it started and ended with Zappa, plainly I was mistaken....
I'm a FZ fanatic too and Tim has become my "English" Zappa...although I listen to way more Cardiacs these days though :)
call me Sparky and give me a kiss
Shocked me that john peel hated them .... mmmmm
John Peel didn't hate them! John Walters, his producer, hated them. John Peel had the sneak The Sea Nymphs in for a session...and he got away with it. Heh heh.
This is incredible