The definition of eclecticism: Roy Wood strumming on bass, Bill Hunt punctuating on electric bassoon and flute, and Jeff Lynne on electric piano and lead vocals. A terrific Move tune, deftly delivered!
"Message from the Country" is an outstanding record! They did it as a contractual obligation as ELO was their prospect, but this has some awesome songs by Lynne and Wood!
I wish this was the first ELO album. Add a couple of tracks from No Answer and history might have been different. The final excellent Move singles effectively closed the book anyway.
Roy dejó ELO tras los dos primeros álbums, Roy le deseó buena suerte a Lynne, Roy decidió que Jeff mandara en la Electric Light Orchestra, Roy fundó después una banda llamada Wizzard
It's actually a bass recorder, so should sound more flute-like. As RW owned and played a bassoon (qv his solo album Boulders) I suspect some backing track trickery here.
@@TheStobb50ELO was a side project initially in 1970. They never really made a dent stateside. I saw the Split Ends compilation and they were already disbanding the Move band. Incredibly interesting band. Wholly original and hard to pin down, genre wise, by this point. Cool to see this.
El álbum Message on the Country me encanta, lo considero como una obra maestra muy infravalorada, lanzada por el sello discografico Harvest, esta interpretación en el Old Grey Whistle Test fue días antes de que se lanzara el primer álbum de los Electric Light Orchestra, Roy Wood y Jeff Lynne, los genios tanto en The Move como en Electric Light Orchestra
It’s easy to to see where fellow brummies Duran Duran possibly got their inspiration for “The Chauffeur”. In all, this track sounds way beyond its time of creation. A rare OGWT one that I’ve can’t recall, the quality, as seen, is overwhelming in many respects. Roy and Jeff both prodigious talents, it’s not surprising they parted and blossomed all the more.
I remember walking up the high street in Stourbridge on a Sunday and somebody came out of the bank. So, I trod on Roy Wood's toe. Nice of them to open just for him.
@@22pcirish It looks to me like a version of the "military" grip, in which the stick is held between middle and ring fingers. Several rock drummers have used it. Here, though, it's held between fore finger and middle finger. I've theorised that it was only by holding it that way he could get left and right hands to "mesh" satisfactorily when playing rolls, etc.
I have followed Rock since I was a wee kid in the late 50s, (Jerry Lee Lewis, Lonnie Mack, Gene Vincent, Bo Dudley, and the Beach Boys when they came along in the early 60s, and more). The only thing I can get on the radio up until I was about 18 was a.m. radio. I had never heard of Move until the 80s and that was from RS magazine book, "History of R&R". This song, though it is good, I've never heard until now.
Don't know how I missed The Move in the 60's, just never connected with them, late appreciation has changed my opinion of them, same thing with the Kinks, so many great performers back then, it was probably that there were so many that you were spoiled for choice, so you made your choice(s) and concentrated your energies on the few fave's you preferred!
Bev has a very original grip it’s like traditional grip, but backwards. When you look at his left hand. The man is a legend I’ve had a life time drumming and its down to listen to Bev, Ringo, Keith Moon, Bonham, and Ginger, but Beven was always my favourite
Question for drummers: Have you ever seen a grip like this? It's a traditional grip, but played in an overhand wrist position, with the stick between his index finger and middle finger (rather than between the middle and ring). I also notice, he holds his forearm high over the snare and plays it with a sharp downward angle.
I suspect there’s a backing track here? I can hear more instruments than there are players! But nice to see the basis of what developed into something brilliant.
I didnt know Jeff could play keyboards then. He said in interviews he could only play guitar and he had to learn from Richard Tandy how to play keyboards. Id be curious what effects were used on the bassoon to give it that sound.
My Move/ELO historical knowledge is a bit thin; I never knew that Jeff Lynn was such a good keyboard player. I always think of him as a decently good guitarist with Richard Tandy on keys. But then I came late to the show, after they became ELO, and then worked my way back to The Move.
jeff n bev frm elo b4 elo, n rons still in v move, i thought jeff replced ron?. nice 2 c jeff plahing keys, i know he often wrote at v keys. jeffs had such a long n prosperous music career, hes dne so well. never heard vis, quite like it.
That is Wurlitzer, but they are just miming to play so this is playback. Just look what Bev Bevan is doing, fills don't match what we are hearing. That chimey sound is most likely tack piano.
It's a shame Bill Hunt never rejoined ELO for touring somewhere down the line. He could always add something that you don't get in the classic lineup. Too light an 'orchestra'? Wonder if it was ever considered or if he would have done it.
This is lip synced? Most, if not all of the program's visits were played live. I hear a vocal exclamation in a break that I don't recall, but there's lots of things I don't remember anymore.
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The definition of eclecticism: Roy Wood strumming on bass, Bill Hunt punctuating on electric bassoon and flute, and Jeff Lynne on electric piano and lead vocals.
A terrific Move tune, deftly delivered!
and bev bevon on drums.
@@mycatsdead Bev has a unique left stick grip
@@rosskstar used to live up the road
@@rosskstar I noticed that too. I've never seen another drummer hold a stick that way.
@@wadeharten6600 Maybe they double as chop-sticks and he also eats with them
😆 🥢😆
Any band Roy Wood was in made amazing music!
"Message from the Country" is an outstanding record! They did it as a contractual obligation as ELO was their prospect, but this has some awesome songs by Lynne and Wood!
I wish this was the first ELO album. Add a couple of tracks from No Answer and history might have been different. The final excellent Move singles effectively closed the book anyway.
Never understood why Roy left
Roy dejó ELO tras los dos primeros álbums, Roy le deseó buena suerte a Lynne, Roy decidió que Jeff mandara en la Electric Light Orchestra, Roy fundó después una banda llamada Wizzard
The finest rock bassoon I've seen
ha ! ...........made me laugh. thx.
It's actually a bass recorder, so should sound more flute-like. As RW owned and played a bassoon (qv his solo album Boulders) I suspect some backing track trickery here.
@@zaxzaxx4561 He doesn't switch to bass recorder until 3:35
I just wish William Shatner was playing it
@@jaygee5693correct at the beginning he is playing bassoon
The Move were such an interesting band.
So true. Their songs were both melodic and odd in an always interesting way.
And an amplified bassoon!
The Move y los inicios de Electric Light Orchestra
Fabulous song, Roy Wood what a fucking cool dude..camera work epic..absolutely love it.. rock on..
Roy Woods voice is enchanting
I’m a California Man! Great Move song!
California Man se lanzó como sencillo, y lo tocaron en Top of the Pops cuando el primer álbum de los Electric Light Orchestra ya se había lanzado
Loved The Move as a kid. I was more into soul and reggae, but they just done something for me.
i had no idea about this hand. Best thing I've come across in a long while.
Yeah hands are cool.
Precursor to ELO
Responsibnle for Cheap Trick!
People are so lucky nowadays compared to back then to have such easy access to so much interesting music.
@@roberthenahan7885 yeah but when we paid hard-earned money for recordings you feel obligated to really listen to them them
The move made some fantastic music even the first ever record played at the launch of radio one
BlackBerry way wasn't it, (thank you Auto correct!)
@@glen1555 No, it was Flowers in the Rain.
Why am I only now seeing this? .. love it!
Does anyone know if this version is available on vinyl or CD?
@@Peter-Burbankmost likely not. Thank God for RUclips. Not even sure I have my Move greatest hits album anymore.
80% of the first ELO lineup here, Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne, Bev Bevan and Bill Hunt, there is only ELO's violinist Steve Woolam missing here.
@@jamesfogg3258Bev used a jazz style grip in the move days. It’s unusual to see but not uncommon.
Of course this is the beginning of the ELO they used the Move name the to get revenue to help finance the project ELO
@@TheStobb50ELO was a side project initially in 1970. They never really made a dent stateside. I saw the Split Ends compilation and they were already disbanding the Move band. Incredibly interesting band. Wholly original and hard to pin down, genre wise, by this point. Cool to see this.
What about Carl Wayne?
@ It was Carl’s leaving that finally persuaded Jeff to join the band.
This is by far the best rendition of this song - more drive and energy than the studio version
El álbum Message on the Country me encanta, lo considero como una obra maestra muy infravalorada, lanzada por el sello discografico Harvest, esta interpretación en el Old Grey Whistle Test fue días antes de que se lanzara el primer álbum de los Electric Light Orchestra, Roy Wood y Jeff Lynne, los genios tanto en The Move como en Electric Light Orchestra
So much talent on one TV studio floor.
Good song, well-mimed.
I thought the Old Grey featured live performances.
seems live to me.
At least some of the keyboard parts are doubled up
Also more than two vocal parts at some points
It varied over the years. I’ve got a compilation DVD and I’d say over half are mimed. Lack of drum mics is a giveaway.
Genesis of ELO !😊
I overcooked my kitchen duties because of that. Definitely it’s worth the awe.
Superb underrated band
Thanks for putting this up.
I'm so happy this exists
This is sooooo good!!!
Never heard the move sing this great track Great band
Wow, I did not know this setup and only recognised the drummer. Marvellous tune. Yes, this was lots of talents in a small place. 😊
I really loved that flute 😊
Love it.I wish ELO would have carried on more in the Move style.They needed Wood.
...mam naleśnika ( taki winyl "The best of The Move") z tą Perłą, ale zobaczyć video na 100 to ...zupełnie inne emocje. Wielkie emocje.
Dzięki.
The Move go prog. Great stuff.
Why have I not seen this before?❤
Thanks!!!!
It’s easy to to see where fellow brummies Duran Duran possibly got their inspiration for “The Chauffeur”. In all, this track sounds way beyond its time of creation. A rare OGWT one that I’ve can’t recall, the quality, as seen, is overwhelming in many respects.
Roy and Jeff both prodigious talents, it’s not surprising they parted and blossomed all the more.
Thank you so much !
Thank you very much!!!...
Fantastic band, great song...
Bassoon! Sounds so cool!
Have it but thank you Tony !!! Is good remember this gems
The outfits!! Jeff looks like Ian Anderson trying to fit in on a beach holiday 😅 And Roy’s like a cross between John Lennon and Big Bird…
Roy Wood was/is truly one of a kind
Roy had this look before Lennon
@@nickbaldwin1668 OK
brilliant
Marvellous
Замечательно, особенно поразило звучание нетрадиционных инструментов!
3:21 Roy yells Oi! and smiles at the band.
He also yells Oi! in The Words of Aaron alternate version.
I remember walking up the high street in Stourbridge on a Sunday and somebody came out of the bank. So, I trod on Roy Wood's toe. Nice of them to open just for him.
GENIAL, AQUÍ EMPEZO TODO ...¡¡¡
I’m 59 and my older brother played this song in our Garage when I was a kid and the strange oder 🌳😮💨
What a difference with modern pop!
Bevan always had such an unusual left hand.
As a drummer myself (and a fan of Bev) it really is an unusual grip, though he transitioned to a matched grip later on.
@@22pcirish It looks to me like a version of the "military" grip, in which the stick is held between middle and ring fingers. Several rock drummers have used it.
Here, though, it's held between fore finger and middle finger. I've theorised that it was only by holding it that way he could get left and right hands to "mesh" satisfactorily when playing rolls, etc.
@ I play drums myself and it looks positively painful! Later he switched to a standard grip.
I have followed Rock since I was a wee kid in the late 50s, (Jerry Lee Lewis, Lonnie Mack, Gene Vincent, Bo Dudley, and the Beach Boys when they came along in the early 60s, and more). The only thing I can get on the radio up until I was about 18 was a.m. radio. I had never heard of Move until the 80s and that was from RS magazine book, "History of R&R". This song, though it is good, I've never heard until now.
Yeah, that’s true, I overcooked my meal because of this but definitely worth the awe.🙏🏻
@Bonnie-TheHealingChicken-jy8gp
It's really good ... that's the reason I don't understand why I've never heard it.
Don't know how I missed The Move in the 60's, just never connected with them, late appreciation has changed my opinion of them, same thing with the Kinks, so many great performers back then, it was probably that there were so many that you were spoiled for choice, so you made your choice(s) and concentrated your energies on the few fave's you preferred!
Always loved the Move. Roy Wood became the Wizard. Jeff Lynne became ELO.
Qué bien utilizado está el Fagot en está canción, brillantes.
Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan made these groups real winners!
Great vocal pairing.
Nice denim CAP Jeff.. similar to one I had. Top Hat Club. The Right Attitudes.
Roy Legend Nuff said
Now that's an interesting bass
Yes, l've never seen pickups at that angle before.
Not often we see Jeff Lynn without his dark glasses. Great band
Bev has a very original grip it’s like traditional grip, but backwards. When you look at his left hand. The man is a legend I’ve had a life time drumming and its down to listen to Bev, Ringo, Keith Moon, Bonham, and Ginger, but Beven was always my favourite
Bev is completely mad on "Fire On High" , one of the great drumming tracks ever
@@jonhowe2960 You should check out the live version of I Can Hear The Grass Grow, recorded stateside. Incorporates an awesome Bev solo.
now in HD --- HEAVY DUTY!
Nobody mimed on OGWT
Love all this old stuff compared to the mass produced sterile 'fake' music around now
wizard ! 😉👍
everything related to Jeff Line is interesting😊
I don't really know why, but I can't help thinking that a banjo would've slotted right in here.
Boss dress there, Roy...
Criminal, some of the stuff the BBC threw away.
Прилично !
I've never seen a drummer hold his left stick like that.
Olde timey rockers used to play that way, more common with jazz drums
Bev Bevan always reminds me of Dennis Payton from the Dave Clark Five.
OMG, awesome!
Клёво!!
You know the band is going to be good when it has TWO Jeff Lynnes
Roy Wood !
This is the best comment I've ever read on RUclips.
Roy Wood is excellent on bass
Especially good on The Minister!
Way ahead of their time Roy Wood Geoff Lynne need I say more.
The words of Aaron Rogers.
Question for drummers: Have you ever seen a grip like this? It's a traditional grip, but played in an overhand wrist position, with the stick between his index finger and middle finger (rather than between the middle and ring). I also notice, he holds his forearm high over the snare and plays it with a sharp downward angle.
Absolutely. Was looking at his unusual grip myself as a drummer
I suspect there’s a backing track here? I can hear more instruments than there are players! But nice to see the basis of what developed into something brilliant.
They’re miming to the actual album track. You think that Bill Hunt is really playing those two instruments?
Not heard this for ages tony it's brought good memories back for me 😊 been a roy wood/elo fan
When did kelly grochet join elo ? I can't remember when
@stevenpincock9717 Kelly joined the band for the Eldorado tour, sometime toward the end of 1974.
Thanks tony and sharing the whistling bob Harris old grey whistle test such a good program and lots of artists to boot don't make like that anymore 😭
Doc..get the delorean started i Wanna go back.
Wizard sleeves need to make a comeback
I didnt know Jeff could play keyboards then. He said in interviews he could only play guitar and he had to learn from Richard Tandy how to play keyboards. Id be curious what effects were used on the bassoon to give it that sound.
My Move/ELO historical knowledge is a bit thin; I never knew that Jeff Lynn was such a good keyboard player. I always think of him as a decently good guitarist with Richard Tandy on keys. But then I came late to the show, after they became ELO, and then worked my way back to The Move.
For Jeff catching fire while on keys, you can't beat Open Up Said The World At The Door, off their "Looking On" album.
If I had the bass player’s outfit I would be a god! 😂
How many bands rock a bassoon today?
The geezer in the banana outfit looks like the villain in Men In Black 3, lol.
jeff n bev frm elo b4 elo, n rons still in v move, i thought jeff replced ron?. nice 2 c jeff plahing keys, i know he often wrote at v keys. jeffs had such a long n prosperous music career, hes dne so well. never heard vis, quite like it.
Too bad its not live. Often surprised to see how much they were just miming in the earlier days of the Old Grey Whistle Test.
Shame some of those earlier WTs they were miming…. Al La the Bob Marley one….. still great to see
Does anyone know what that keyboard is that Jeff is playing? It looks kinda like a Wurlitzer, but has a chimey, almost piano-like sound
That is Wurlitzer, but they are just miming to play so this is playback. Just look what Bev Bevan is doing, fills don't match what we are hearing.
That chimey sound is most likely tack piano.
Aha! That makes perfect sense, and its so obvious upon watching it again. Thanks!
It's a shame Bill Hunt never rejoined ELO for touring somewhere down the line. He could always add something that you don't get in the classic lineup. Too light an 'orchestra'? Wonder if it was ever considered or if he would have done it.
How many vocalists from this period choked on their gum? 🤣🤣🤣🏴🇬🇧
The mimed it just right. Not making a joke out of it, and not trying to full-on sell it Taylor Swift style.
This is a bit random but does anybody no what make the bass Roy is playing it looks like a fender but has a very strange set up on the pickups
Bev Bevan with the weirdest drumming style anyone’s ever seen. Including Keith Moon.
Is this live vocals and a backing tape?
What's the story of those bass guitar pickups !!!!
QUESTION - What kind of bass is that? Never saw pick-ups even close to those locations or angles
I see where Simon left bon may have got the end of the chauffeur from now also so did Roxy music take too
the missing link between the move and elo
This is lip synced? Most, if not all of the program's visits were played live. I hear a vocal exclamation in a break that I don't recall, but there's lots of things I don't remember anymore.