Painfully brilliant. They actually dropped _down_ the charts after this appearance, oh dear. Devoto didn't care for theatrics, leave that to The Boomtown Rats or somebody. Thing was, when they did play live he was absolutely mesmerising but I guess he just didn't feel like miming. Ironic, seeing as he got compared with Marcel bloody Marceau after this in the press (by Paul Morley anyhow) thanks to the white face-paint he requested from BBC makeup. So yeah, down a mine shaft went this maginificent debut which pisses all over New Rose, White Riot, In The City et al if you ask me.
Typical BBC approach to chart music. Even now they talk all over intros and cut songs up if they have instrumental parts. It's like they think people will be terrified if a song isn't just wall-to-wall singing.
also... check out the way the host sits down to watch the performance! Bit odd...
4 года назад+4
Simom Reynolds says that this TOTP presentation was the reason of their decline: the refusal of Devoto to act like what was expected from the punks of the era
I am here because last week I saw Radio Birdman (very infamous and influential Australian band) do one of their farewell (?) 50th anniversary shows. They did this song as cover in their encore - super surprised as they are more Detroit 60/70s style band. It rocked !! And the original still sounds awesome today
Magazines finest moment. If I am not mistaking this was co written by Pete Shelley from Buzzcocks. I always thought the Losing myself in the crowd vocal sounds like Steve Diggle???
Great song bludgeoned in its midriff, but sadly the segment we do get to see doesn't do the song justice anyway. Devoto unfortunately bottles it somewhat and the song becomes a rare example of a TOTP performance sending the song tumbling back DOWN the charts. There's a good description of Magazine's career in Simon Reynolds' 'Rip it Up and Start Again' and in the meantime I'd recommend tracking down the original 7" with the black and white 'imp' cover. The card sleeve pressing is rarer.
I like the riff doubled by the bass in Lipstick better; that and the key change from Shelley's higher register verse makes Buzzcocks heavier & more dramatic, even with Devoto laying it on thick.
a classic of pure quality - see what we had to endure - 'Kid' Jensen (or 'Neil' as Peel used to call him) replete with cowboy boots - no wonder Howard Devoto looks disgusted
If i remember well, i've read somewhere that in this exibition Devoto stops to sing to show to audience they were playing not live but in playback. It could be the reason why we don't see to rest of the song anymore....????
Nowadays, not many use that term any more. One might suggest that ...that term lost all meaning. Ask a Finn, they seem to be most about all of it! I would only gander to think.
He was on before John Peel at one time and they had some great banter during the change-over at times. Was it Jenson that gave airplay to Flux of Pink Indians? I know somebody did at R1
This is the era when totp still had audience members not making any real reactions to the performances and watch out of the way, loved the music but the audience is so dead inside, makes it hard to watch 😴😴😴
magazine - shot by both sides (totp) 2203pm 12.9.23 the most amusing thing ever was that the drummer for this band ended up in swingout sister. ahahahaha.. thought i...and along come that band from glossop...
In fairness, I think he probably comes somewhere behind Jimmy Savile, Tony Blackburn, Dave Lee Travis, Mike Read, Paul Burnett, Simon Bates, Steve Wright and any number of others from that era.......
This is one of the greatest songs ever but I howl at the video every time, I know it's unfair but if you want to be a rock star you don't want to look like Mr Bald Smug Potato Head "ooh get YOU dear!"
I know what you mean but I loved the fact you didn't need to 'look' like anybody else. Take the Undertones, they had snorkels like me in the late 70's. Except my badges were better..
Devoto asked the BBC makeup girl to put him in whiteface and she screwed it up pretty spectacularly. Incidentally he also stood around doing almost nothing because he hated the idea of lip syncing to his own music as TOTP made all singers at this time agree to do, and further hated having to oblige them by pretending he was enjoying it-- hence why he's not exactly giving off rockstar level charisma here (and why his lip syncing is off). It backfired on him as the song bombed down the charts after this performance.
I know I am gonna get haters with this..I do love them but omg he looks..freaky...a cross between Data from star trek and David Bowie...very, plastic? I do love Magazine though hehe
Painfully brilliant. They actually dropped _down_ the charts after this appearance, oh dear. Devoto didn't care for theatrics, leave that to The Boomtown Rats or somebody. Thing was, when they did play live he was absolutely mesmerising but I guess he just didn't feel like miming. Ironic, seeing as he got compared with Marcel bloody Marceau after this in the press (by Paul Morley anyhow) thanks to the white face-paint he requested from BBC makeup. So yeah, down a mine shaft went this maginificent debut which pisses all over New Rose, White Riot, In The City et al if you ask me.
Chorus has EXACT same melody as Buzzcocks' Lipstick -_-
I cannot believe they faded out possibly the greatest guitar solo ever...
Typical BBC approach to chart music. Even now they talk all over intros and cut songs up if they have instrumental parts. It's like they think people will be terrified if a song isn't just wall-to-wall singing.
Youre right dude! Thats one of my fave since .. this time (lol im old!)
also... check out the way the host sits down to watch the performance! Bit odd...
Simom Reynolds says that this TOTP presentation was the reason of their decline: the refusal of Devoto to act like what was expected from the punks of the era
Yeah that sucks that it's been edited.
Ladies and Gentleman the great John McGeoch on guitar!
one of the greatest british bands
I am here because last week I saw Radio Birdman (very infamous and influential Australian band) do one of their farewell (?) 50th anniversary shows. They did this song as cover in their encore - super surprised as they are more Detroit 60/70s style band.
It rocked !! And the original still sounds awesome today
It was a Thursday, it was summer, I had half expected them to be on, I wasn't wrong. A life -changing evening.
one of the best songs ever written!
Definitly! Good thing we have the record... I saw Magazine i was ten, asthonished by Devoto, sort of in love. Great music that will never be obsolete.
Barry Adamson fantastic bassist xx
Howard Devoto -
coolest living human?
Lol, c'mon! Howard is deffo an acquired taste!
Always a moment for this band...🙏
Brilliant band some belting songs a supergroup of their day still as good today
The Offspring "Kids Aren't Alright" has a lot to thank this for
And Radiohead’s Just…
Que increíble canción, todo el álbum Real life es genial
A great band! Thanks for posting!
I love Magazine so much. Underrated
Absolutely criminal that they cut away from McGeogh's solo!
kniphofia if he was miming it as badly as the singer I can see why
Magazines finest moment. If I am not mistaking this was co written by Pete Shelley from Buzzcocks. I always thought the Losing myself in the crowd vocal sounds like Steve Diggle???
Wow, man. They looked so cool in those pink & purple lights.
The band look as if they were told to make an effort since they were on TOTP, but Howard Devoto ignored it.
To the best of my knowledge Shelley shares a songwriting credit on this song.
did their version of the riff as lipstick
Yes, he wrote the original riff!
Yep. Its a Shelley/Devoto collaboration, so each one agreed to record versions of the song on each album.
@@FilthyDorn666 I must check out for a Pete Shelley version.
@@robertcaffrey6097 its Lipstick from the Buzzcocks like ppl said here. Guess the lyrics where written with Pete's point of view about Devoto.
0.03. what a lead-in! that guy should have his own show today where he just sits on things in cuban heels and directs people's attention to stuff.
Great song bludgeoned in its midriff, but sadly the segment we do get to see doesn't do the song justice anyway. Devoto unfortunately bottles it somewhat and the song becomes a rare example of a TOTP performance sending the song tumbling back DOWN the charts. There's a good description of Magazine's career in Simon Reynolds' 'Rip it Up and Start Again' and in the meantime I'd recommend tracking down the original 7" with the black and white 'imp' cover. The card sleeve pressing is rarer.
Agree , although its hard to criticise Howard ,he should've hammed it up a little.
This looked disappointing under these bright studio lights.
Brian Eno as lead singer
Great tune, Still got this on 7inch, gonna have to give it a blast
Incredible tune!
Whhhhhhhhat a band! New, different, intelligent.
@Buzzcocks64 It wasn't a rip off... Devoto and Shelley agreed to split the song.
The BBC obviously allowing all types of fans in to the studio
really putting the effort onto actually singing it...sync supreme
Strange having two bands from the same stock Shelley and Devoto , two great bands sounding almost the same.
Got given this by a girl I briefly went out with from Formby, England
"When you kiss me, does the Lipstick on your lips stick on my face!" I'm not sure which one I like best. Magazine, though, truly a great band!!!
I like the riff doubled by the bass in Lipstick better; that and the key change from Shelley's higher register verse makes Buzzcocks heavier & more dramatic, even with Devoto laying it on thick.
Both great but only one is magical....Lipstick
I prefer Lipstick
Is that John McGeoch on guitar?
Sure is !
I've been shot by both sides for at least the last 40 years.
a classic of pure quality - see what we had to endure - 'Kid' Jensen (or 'Neil' as Peel used to call him) replete with cowboy boots - no wonder Howard Devoto looks disgusted
Still love this song
Sometimes red trousers are a good thing. Who knew?
See also Lipstick by Buzzcocks.
brilliant Noir music, particularly in that tasty chorus and guitar solo shamefully cut off
can’t believe ill never get to see them live 👁💧👄💧👁
If i remember well, i've read somewhere that in this exibition Devoto stops to sing to show to audience they were playing not live but in playback. It could be the reason why we don't see to rest of the song anymore....????
Yes ❤
Lipstick.....
Devoto yeah! One must wonder what he's thinking!
Nowadays, not many use that term any more. One might suggest that ...that term lost all meaning. Ask a Finn, they seem to be most about all of it! I would only gander to think.
I can't believe I never hear these guys on satellite radio.
i can't help but think of cecilia ann when listening to this song
amazing how much scott weiland ended up looking like Howard Devoto towards the end of his life.
Kid Jensen introducing the band never got the credit he deserved.
Played some great music on his radio one show.
Played a fair bit of Ruts and Skids.
He was on before John Peel at one time and they had some great banter during the change-over at times. Was it Jenson that gave airplay to Flux of Pink Indians? I know somebody did at R1
Is this the slot that was followed by the song going down in the charts? If so, I can't see what's wrong with it apart from JMG's solo being chopped.
such a top song
NME loved magazine I bought the single without listening ……brilliant he leaves the buzzcocks doesn’t give a f like Brian James leaving the damned
Espectacular....
Can't believe I've slept on these outfit,.......great stuff'
This is the era when totp still had audience members not making any real reactions to the performances and watch out of the way, loved the music but the audience is so dead inside, makes it hard to watch 😴😴😴
oh john…
Ahimsa. (Compassion. Hurt no living thing)
"Kid" Jensen is 72 now.
lead singer looks like a really really ill version of my hairdresser
Oh I don’t know…I don’t think your hairdresser looks that healthy tbh.
How rude
Great band
LIpstick
Pete Shelley wrote this for Devoto. Buzzcocks were punk pioneers, Magazine were post punk pioneers. Shelley had a foot in both camps
Lipstick is way better.
I wish he would have spent more time in Buzzcocks with Pete....
This is great! You can try finish punk/new wave band Kollaa kestää version: Syksy (Fall/ Autumn), 1979 !
class
Really fustrating that this cost magazine a big career, just because he didn't jump about like an idiot smh
they had a brilliant career.shut up
It's the only time that the chart posision actually fell after a "top of the pops" appearence..... Legend
magazine - shot by both sides (totp) 2203pm 12.9.23 the most amusing thing ever was that the drummer for this band ended up in swingout sister. ahahahaha.. thought i...and along come that band from glossop...
"the kid" - after a stint as an elvis impersonator shin-dig - welcomes the band... maybe these weren't the days....???????????????????
Hahahaha recerding hairline by both sides
Kid Jensen epitomises everything that was/is wrong with the BBC - if he was chocolate, he'd eat himself.
In fairness, I think he probably comes somewhere behind Jimmy Savile, Tony Blackburn, Dave Lee Travis, Mike Read, Paul Burnett, Simon Bates, Steve Wright and any number of others from that era.......
It reminds me of i predict a riot from kaiser chiefs...or just imagine?
only the true believers will understand.
Tuuuuune!
This is one of the greatest songs ever but I howl at the video every time, I know it's unfair but if you want to be a rock star you don't want to look like Mr Bald Smug Potato Head "ooh get YOU dear!"
I know what you mean but I loved the fact you didn't need to 'look' like anybody else. Take the Undertones, they had snorkels like me in the late 70's. Except my badges were better..
It worked for Brian Eno-its musicianship that matters, right?
Devoto asked the BBC makeup girl to put him in whiteface and she screwed it up pretty spectacularly. Incidentally he also stood around doing almost nothing because he hated the idea of lip syncing to his own music as TOTP made all singers at this time agree to do, and further hated having to oblige them by pretending he was enjoying it-- hence why he's not exactly giving off rockstar level charisma here (and why his lip syncing is off). It backfired on him as the song bombed down the charts after this performance.
◾ *G e n i u s* ❗
nice fiberglass drums...
Is this so g about Howard being g spit roasted
This is Buzzcocks at it best! (It would have been.)
It was. Check out the Buzzcocks 'Lipstick'.
C'est très ressemblant à "lipstick" des BUZZCOCKS.
Oui
real punky
God!!!!
I know I am gonna get haters with this..I do love them but omg he looks..freaky...a cross between Data from star trek and David Bowie...very, plastic? I do love Magazine though hehe
That's Howard for ya, odd bloke, but great songwriter.
Sounds a bit like a Bond song !
What year?
This is actually about being spitroasted
Hi I'm Murdoc Nichoals.
kid Jensen killing that guitar solo, kill him,
@kniphofia Yeah.
It’s kinda where I am politically now
@kniphofia
That's fucking ToTP for ya though!
i gave this to my girlfriend Gina
lets remember he borrowed the riff from buzzcocks lipstick
well the lyrics , but he did ask the buzzcocks if he could use the riff they agreed
this came out before lipstick. Pete Shelley came up with the riff, and gave it to thi song, and then used it himself
Howard and Pete wrote Lipstick together when Howard was still in the Buzzcocks, when Howard left, they both used it.
the song is based on the buzzcock"s " lipstick "
greg bruce this came out before that was written
Shelley wrote the song with Devoto when he left Buzzcocks
@skelper99 No.
@pw342
LOL he reminds me of some cocky pilot.
Good effort, Howard, but Buzzcocks' Lipstick is still much better IMO.
Ditto here x x
It’s the same song....
Pete Shelley wrote this for Devoto
Kid Jensen with his leg up 🙄
Karen from finance on vocals!
Thee Hawkwind fans....
Commander Data before joining Star Fleet ?
🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏👏😎👍🏆🏅