Matchstalk Men & Matchstalk Cats & Dogs ~ Top of The Pops 1978
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Brian & Michael .......
Their second Top of The Pops appearance broadcast on March 9th 1978
when their song tribute to the painter LS Lowry was number eighteen in the charts, and on its way to number one. 
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Left Salford for Canada in 1974 and here I am in 2020 watching You tube videos of Salford and just heard this song for the first time. What a beautiful song about a brilliant artist. My Canadian wife tells me you can take the boy out of Salford but you can't take Salford out of the boy - how true. A proud Salford lad forever.
Very true. I'm a Londoner living in Lincolnshire but whilst you can take the girl out of London you can't take London out of the girl
You still a salford lad mate always will be..god bless you mate.
I`m so jealous,i was born a scouser but live in Manc for 32 years and still here.If you love where your born,perfect but if you don`t theres not much you can do about it.
From Algeria (63 years old), I love it ! this is one of the sweetest songs I have ever heard. I never tire of listening to it. The singers are so nice and the kids are so adorable
Whereabouts in London?
It's like they are shining with a pure joy
...HELLO ALGERIA!.. HOPE YOU ARE WELL!.. JOLLY GOOD SONG.. HAPPY DAYS!. HAVE AN APPLE 🍎..🤩...
@@thislife3655this is not London but up north salford Manchester 4 hours from London
@@StarzzyJJASD I think TOTP was usually shot in Television Centre, which is in London. But yes, the song was _about_ L. S. Lowry the painter, who painted mostly scenes of Salford.
The guy who wrote this lived on the next street to us in Manchester. Its such a lovely song and takes me back to a time when life so much simpler and so much happier.. I miss those days. Listening in 2024.
@@mark-x8w8r Aye...all the best. 🙂
played this song at my stepdads funeral recently he loved this song so much, great song !
Sorry for your loss, I kniw its been a few years, but I hope your doing ok 💕 I love that you played this for him 😊
My late fathers favourite song, he grew up in Salford,, and knew Lowly,
Did he know Lowry as well ?
Bullshit
I just remember being taught this at school back in the 90’s and I loved it.
The fever came and the good Lord mopped his brow 🎼🎵
Great record love it so much bring back memories of growing up
AAAAAHHHH!!! Just played the vid and now I can't get the song out of my head. I loved it back when It came out and I still do very contagious lyrics.
A great Lancashire based song, lovely, wonderful people of Lancashire.
We are holding a LS Lowry exhibition in Whitehaven now for 2 months. It focusses on his art and his links to his visits to Cumberland
If you are in the area please call in to see us at The Beacon
This song 😊 taught me about the great artist , my imagination was opened 😊
Im an artist ..i have that print called fever van in my living room...he once painted a dog with five legs and was criticised his reply was i must of had five legs as i only paint what i see..class. this song is still one my faves..
I still have the reel to reel tape I recorded of this song off the radio in Australia in 1978 (it was very hard to buy the single here). I treasure this song and eventually got proper copy which I sang along with as I played it to my kids in the car as they were growing up. One thing though - I have always thought the lyric was "no room old lad, the walls are full" but the lyrics I see on the internet are written as "no room all round the walls are full". Was I wrong all along?
It's a beautiful song!! Never noticed in 1978 but am wondering now where the matchstalk women were and are?? Perhaps that's why the great man himself turned down so many honours?
Love this ❤❤
I am sure that L.S would be proud .
I was 8 😊
Alan brought me here
having explored salford, and visited the Lowry, I love this. Thanks for posting
mozz58 Thank you. We are a looking a little more mature these days.
LS Lowry refused a Royal honour saying the working classes deserved it more than he did, he only painted them.
Alan Partridge sent me here.
bet the kids are watching this now and cringing
The kids would have sung whatever they were told. They may have actually been into half decent music on the quiet. I was cringing when it first came out, and I was 13 - and today? Yea, cringing again LOL
somebody clearly has no idea how old this video is
they were a local choir brought in by the programme to do the backing vocals as the kids on the original recording were not RADA trained
@@stevek6432 They were all from the Barbara Speake Stage School, in East Acton, if you look at the 3 versions on RUclips, (different weeks of TOTP), you can see 4 of the Actresses (who were my fellow class mates. and School friends) that appeared in Grange Hill, like Sara Sugarman, who played Jessica Samuels , and Lindy Brill (Cathy Hargreaves) being just two of them, and as you said the original singers were not members of British Actors Equity Association, so that is why Stage School children appeared.
@@Cortinaman63 sally lindsay from corrie was in the original line up, they went onto do grsndma we love you
would love to see footage of these singing this with the Baron Knights lyrics. True story apparently they used to do it at gigs
Barron Knights ruclips.net/video/I9SDEKlCCqE/видео.htmlm30s
Hours after 'The Mill, Pendlebury' sells at Christie's for over £2.6M, I just had to come here for another listen to this warm, emotional and beautiful song, that is just the perfect tribute to this wonderful man.
A hymn to working class pride and industry.
I wish to God I could go back to 1978 and be watching this with my mum and dad again. cherish your loved ones now because before you know if they'll be gone. tell your children every day that you love them, and leave them in no doubt no one is loved more than they are. because you will be next.
Carpe Diem.
fishyc15five penny plece
five penny piece
I was nearly 8 years old when top of the pops was broadcast in 1964 so yes I do remember the 60s and 70s
very true, just listening to this song reminds me of me mum and dad!
fishyc150 no way. That's not true we go on for ever, fact. In fact always matchstick men and matchstick cats and dogs to me..
Wise words my friend.
I remember very clearly watching this on top of the pops back in 1978 (45 years ago now) ... but what's really amazing was in that very same week, 9th of March 1978, we also had in the top ten =
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
ELO - Mr. Blue Sky,
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
The Bee Gees - Staying Alive
Blondie - Denis
ABBA - Take A Chance On Me
We were lucky growing up with such good music in the 70's
We were lucky that we were born in 1970, we got the 70’s, 80’s and then it pretty much went south then…lol😂
Then all we got was crap it was the best time for music plus growing up in the 70s it was fun and easy no restrictions we had some great music then we were lucky very lucky to experience those days ? James
My Great Grandad and I sang this together when I was little, many memories, wonderful song.
Many many thanks Jennifer, means a lot to us to hear you say this.
I used to sing 'Matchstick' with my parents.
@@MatchstalkMenBand this is 3rd on the list of most played songs on a pub jukebox, 2nd place was Diana Ross, in 1st place was Procul Harum whiter shade of pale(at the time which was a few years back)
grandads were the best
Absolutely love this, takes me back to when i was a kid.
A time when songs were poems and stories put to music. You learned something and you remember it for life
countrys gone to shit
I don't think I could of put it better myself, total classic. ❤.
same as the day we went to bangor, those were days my friends
This song is a proper working class song I absolutely love this it reminds me of my childhood days it brings a tear to my eye.Tell is about your ways and all about your Salford ways is it true your just an ordinary chap great lyrics
Hahaha
You wouldn't know 'working class' if it smacked you in the face.
R S and you would i suppose?
@@bp6329 Yeah.I do actually.
no you would not, you wouldn't have a clue
Im Salford born and bred. Im 54 and this just takes me back to my childhood. We are very proud of Lowry.
Bred*. Unless you genuinely are bread, in which case I apologise.
Dirty old town.
So you should be ,Jim from South Africa, born Glasgow 1961,what a song❤.
Do you know that the Irish song Dirty old town by the Pogues is about Salford?
Born and bred in Dublin Ireland I just love this song I’m 54 now and remember it well as a kid and loved it then. Thanks lads such a wonderful song and a brilliant artist, would love 1 of his paintings.👍👍👍👍
as a photographer who was told her work wasn't any good when she did her degree at 35, this song from my childhood still gives me inspiration to not give a damn and carry on what I am doing
go girl live your dream..best wishes
I'm that same photographer as you,don't give up,just do what we love doing 😉
Who told you that? They're shitesters! Don't waste your time with them.
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down” Norman Stanley Fletcher.
Doing what exactly?
Oh wow, i was 13 years old when this record came out and it was my favorite record. This brought back so many happy memories of a time when all i had to worry about was which sweets you were going to get a quarter of weighed out(Yorkshire mixtures please). Whatever happened to music like this that was so powerful and still to this day has the ability to stir up emotions from the past. Within seconds of playing this video i was in floods of tears and was instantly transported back to happier times. For that and for giving the world such a wonderful piece of music i would like to say thank you Brian and Michael. The world is a better place for the gift of your music. Peace.
Many many thanks, for your kind and moving words.
I was ten when this track came out and we sang 'matchstick men and dogs' all the time.
What kind of sweets did you buy.Was it 'gumstopers',or 'gobstoppers'?
@@andypandy6830 Sherbert Dip and crisps with a blue bag of salt in them !! i'm 63 now !!
I agree with everything you said ❤️😎 ,I was 12 😃
The thing I love about L.S. Lowry is he kept on doing what he loved. He certainly didn't let Southerners dictate terms. Lowry's success gave countless Northern Artists of all kinds 'permission' to take no notice of the posh Art World, and go for it anyway.
@stellap7624 You're over thinking it, Southerners couldn't give 2 fucks
You will never know just how much I "LOVE" this song and this video, so many happy memory's come flooding back, seeing the girls (my friends) as I remember them at stage school, is wonderful, Thank you so much for posting this on RUclips, "and for everything else", best wishes from Keith M.
Makes me proud to be a Northerner.
Me too
likewise! 😀
Why,because you say 'Matchstalck' instead of 'Matchstick'.
@@richardscott4821 no its just plural
Me too
I so remember this as I’m 71 and still good to listen to in 2024 rest well Lonnie
I have lived in New Zealand since 1956 and I have only just recently found this video. I went to school in Manchester and worked there for ten years I now play this song on my ukulele and mouth organ. Derek Finegan
Love this and wish I could go back to 1978! Happy times.
One of the greatest songs ever Denise.
I've been to the Hermitage in St. Petersburg and to the Picasso in Barcelona but the only artist who ever spoke directly to me - northerner that I am - through his work was Lowry. A lovely tribute to a legend.
My kids learned this song in primary school, alongside their topic about Lowery. Awesome that 30 years later, it is still relevant. And nice for them to learn, and hear, something northern!
medic2310 Matchstick men and matchstick cats and dogs we learnt?
medic2310 I’m in Year 7 and we are learning this song in choir!
Same but apparently it never existed lol
was this a school in buckinghamshire? because when I was in year 6 (9 years ago) we learnt this song while also covering his work in art lessons
@@JBG-AjaxzeMedia no, North East. But it's a sensible topic/song that ties art and music together, so a lot of primaries cover it
I'm now 73 and have loved lowry from an early age and I have 2 of his prints in my walls I went to see his video when I was in Salford many years ago x ❤❤❤
Beautiful song about a beautiful artist! Thank you Brian and Michael!
Who is listening in 2019 ?
Carole Bonsall me! But only because Mick is my dad and I was uploading this video to my website ☺️
R S not a manc then!?
2020. Getting me through Lockdown 😂
Who is listening 2020?
This song inspired my interest in L.S Lowry.
Thank you guys!
Many thanks for letting us know, great.
54 years old built like s brick shit house n this song brings tears to my eyes,
Happy days as a child,🤗
I think they was better times then now we have 2024. What a world we have fear on the streets and high street shops closing down .
He painted Salford's smokey tops
On cardboard boxes from the shops
And parts of ancoats where I used to play
I'm sure he once walked down our street
'Cause he painted kids who had nowt on their feet
The clothes we wore had all seen better days
Now they said his works of art were dull
No room all round, the walls are full
But Lowry didn't care much anyway
They said he just paints cats and dogs
And matchstalk men in boots and clogs
And Lowry said that's just the way they'll stay
And he painted matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
He painted kids on the corner of the street that were sparking clogs
Now he takes his brush and he waits
Outside them factory gates
To paint his matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
Now canvas and brushes were wearing thin
When London started calling him
To come on down and wear the old flat cap
They said tell us all about your ways
And all about them Salford days
Is it true you're just an ordinary chap?
And he painted matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
He painted kids on the corner of the street that were sparking clogs
Now he takes his brush and he waits
Outside them factory gates
To paint his matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
Now Lowry's hang upon the wall
Beside the greatest of them all
And even the Mona Lisa takes a bow
This tired old man with hair like snow
Told northern folk it's time to go
The fever came and the good lord mopped his brow
And he left us matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
He left us kids on the corner of the street that were sparking clogs
Now he takes his brush and he waits
Outside them pearly gates
To paint his matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
And he left us matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
He left us kids on the corner of the street that were sparking clogs
Now he takes his brush and he waits
Outside them pearly gates
To paint his matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
And he left us matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
He left us kids on the corner of the street that were sparking clogs
Now he takes his brush and he waits
Outside them pearly gates
To paint his matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
And he left us matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
He left us kids on the corner of the street that were sparking clogs
Now he takes his brush and he waits
Outside them pearly gates
To paint his matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
This reminds me of my Granny and Granda .I miss them every day .
Me dad liked this song :-)I think of this song whenever ive been near The Lowry in Salford. I'm Northern English too, so I get it :-)
Having a load of school kids sing a verse/ chorus is the 70s equivalent of having a trendy hip hop artist rap a verse on your latest track today.
An extremely touching song, am not from Manchester or the North myself but it still brings a year to my face.
Hopefully, many years! Sorry, I'm only messing! The guys that wrote this lived in my local area Woodley, Stockport and I'm told that they used to drink at my local!
I worked in a pub in Spain when this was currently played. I used to play it regularly in the bar!
Greetings from Ireland.
One of those songs you can hear once and remember for the rest of your life.
Great song and probably one of the catchiest songs in British song history.
Kids to this day love it if you play it to them.
Great performance there on TOTP too
Many thanks Rocky, your comment is greatly appreciated.
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I have loved this song and the voice's singing it since I was a kid (59 now) , i still sing it when i am walking around.
A song that paints words as Lowry would use a brush n canvas.( even cardboard boxes from the shops 😊) nostalgic brilliance ... Cheers for posting
United the UK in empathy towards the poor of Salford. We sang in school assembly when this amazing song came out.
The only Manchester song you’ll need
that and how soon is now by the Smiths. And Blue Monday by new order. Oh and Wonderwall by Oasis... nevermind.
@@michendo1 And the Buzzcocks, Joy Division, New Order, The Fall and the Stone Roses!
The only northern u need
10cc
@@michendo1 Nevermind is by Nirvana.
My dad was a Manchester lad born.in 1920..I asked him what he did in the war? He said..I put my boots on in 39 and took them off in 45.
Great line pal , god love your dad ❤
This breaks my heart... and i don't even know why.
Nostalgia.
@Rhys Higgon Got a problem, arsehole?
@Rhys Higgon are u ok
brings back loads of memories this
I always remember this song as 'Matchstick men and matchstick cats and dogs'.So do all the people I know.
I am in agreement, Mandela Effect?
Same!
And that’s what it’s called.
Same here, lol
That’s what they taught us at school too.
i totally loved this when it came out when i was about 11yrs old,i was fortunate enough to meet them then when they played at a music venue at our local hotel in Warwickshire.Although i was too young to go to such venues at the time,my friends mum worked there and got me in. They were great guys and, as i was learning guitar at the time (still play today at 54) , they gave me a small set of guitar tuning pan pipes. they told me they would shortly be appearing on 'Magpie'. remember that?
Which hotel was that, if you don’t mind me asking?
Weston Hall, Bulkington
@@squeegee123 I went to someone’s wedding there. Thought I might be familiar with the hotel you were talking about, as I’m a Warwickshireman myself.
I know it's really sentimental and clichéd, but there is something about this lovely song that I cherish.
It paints a picture of a world that has vanished.
Nothing wrong with sentimental because it reflects true feelings
Childhood memories with something that will never be repeated! Innocence.
Matchstalkmen band. I remember watching this on Top of the Pops as an eight year old, not having a clue what the song was about but loving the tune and melody and then it became popular with our school in Plymouth Devon and so our teachers then educated us on the Artist L.S.Lowry and his significance. Such a beautiful song captured perfectly for me the relevance of Lowry.
There's another audio version of this ... The video should be much higher rated ! Excellent :)
Didn't have a clue who Lowry was then after this came out the only thing I wanted for my 18th was a print of his pictures they've been put up in every house I've lived in for the last 40 years
Wonderful song. I've been in awe of it ever since I heard it on the BBC. You may not know, but in Russia there is such a genre - the author's song. Music is not so important, poetry means more. It is usually sung with a guitar.
This is a real Russian author's song. In English. Okudzhava is higher, but here the level is absolutely incredible.
You should check out an artist called Ren, his story telling and guitar are phenomenal but he switches genre so he also has rap songs but for an amazing story told while doing amazing things with a classical guitar I recommend you start with The tale of Jenny & Screech. It's about 10 minutes long but is so good.
Also most of the stuff he does he plays live
Maybe Lermontov is Russia's Lowry...
My favourite song at the time. I was 13 and New Wave had not yet seduced me, but it soon would!
Who's listing 2024
Me
and me!!
Sounds as good as it did in 78 .. eek I was 12.. lol.
Me too, our headmaster used to play this a lot at the end of assembly so brings back happy memories!!
No
Greatest song about Salford ahead of Dirty Old Town.
Makes you proud to be northern, me & my granddaughter always singing it.
Aww and me. Especially now 😂
this is music to my ears one of my all time faveourite songs bryan and michael a great wonderful memory here for me here i was 8 when this was in the charts and on holiday at barry island butlins in cardiff my home town both me and my mum and dad allways used to all sing to this and still do a great big thx to the uploader here is is something special here.
Thanks for the memories Paul, the uploader is us, B&M.
my pleasure there b&m
B&M
"KING OF ANGLIA"
been singing this great song all day......had to hear it again....
Anyone remember a different version of this with the line "he painted a couple on the corner of the street who were avin a snog" & another about painting grandma 🤣😂🤣
It wasn't a 'different version', just a few lines included in a parody of other hits with amended lyrics by the Baron Knights.
Still singing it after all these years!
I remember singing along to this song with my uncle George who came from Yorkshire....A great song.
hi
Sorry lad, wrong side o' Pennines.
Just played this to my 16 y/o daughter… it made me cry! I was eight when this was released and I watched it on TOTP and sang it in the streets with my friends… I moved from Salford when I was 18, now they may say you can take the girl out of Salford, but you can’t take Salford out of the girl! A 1,001 memories came back from my childhood and playing on ‘bomb sites’ and ‘crofts’! Making Sloopy-do-dah from mud and wrapping it up in discarded plastic trays from the chippy, then wrapping it up in yesterday day’s newspaper! Going to find wood for the ‘bonnie’; making the best guy (using our mams American tan tights 🙈 for his head) and getting to all the best puds first at just the right time and asking ‘hey mister, got a penny for our guy’?… We’d go off and buy sweets and chocolate with the money we’d made … Best time of our lives our childhood’s and we don’t even know it, nor believed it when anyone said so… now approaching mid 50’s, I’d definitely say… stay young no matter your age! 🥰
I wish I have friends
I wish COVID go
This is the type of stuff Morrissey was nourished on in his youth.
One of the greatest song of all time
great song. don't make them like this these days
This is one of those truly great songs that just pops into your head every now & again. I visited Southampton Art Museum a few days ago & they have two brilliant Lowry’s on display… since then I’ve not been able to stop this wonderful song from playing in my head!
Love the Scouse ally ally hoo ally ally hoo in the back ground.
sang this with my dad and brothers many moons ago, gonna introduce it to MY grandchildren now! I know they too will love it!
Thanks Jacquie, we're very honoured xx
good Good videos great song do you some more songs like that will be lovely lovely I fucking love it your song
The fever came and the good lord moped his brow... When do u hear this in modern songs? A humble tip of the hat for God
Iam from gorton manchester this song just says everything about growing up in manchester 😮
This brings back such good memories.
I'm sure he must have walked down our streets and the brass band gives me Holy ghost goosebumps
Down to earth good old fun
So like this,,! Was a 10 year old back then, born May 23rd 1968, ! God Bless from northern Ireland UK 🤝🇬🇧
God Bless man
Salford born and bred. Joined the army in 1979. Love my Salford heritage. STID
A great song by great performers.
I love that song matchsticks and cats and dogs brings back memories for me brings to tears because my nan used like that song
i just thouned out mr tumble died nooooooooooooo i loved him and mister maker oof
We used to sing this in morning assembly in the 70s, love this song 🎵