Was 15 yrs. old when 'i want your love came out and was shown live on BBC Top of The Pops' what a teen moment that was! nowadays it's kinda bland compared to Wendy James she was hot and sexy and my god she could sing! by the time i reached 18 i had the biggest crush on Wendy and yes at 19yrs i 'knew' Wendy James would end up marrying me, lol o lol! ahh those days were so good, no iPhone or internet or Facebook or Twitter ~ you actually had to go 'outside and see bands' buy their records and soon CDs .. naive happy days that today's iPhone generation multi-tasking tik-tok Twitter Teens and 20s somethings will never know or understand,
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*I WAS 19 AT THE TIME - AND MY LIFE WAS F-KING AMAZING* I had my first proper job, I was out clubbing 4 nights a week, Wendy was tormenting me from the 28" Grundig TV... We had something that kids today dont have - optimism and hope and I really wish they did. *IT USED TO BE GOOD TO BE 19...!!!*
Awesomeness !!! I was 14 when i heard them the first time here in South Africa. I still love them and listen to them to this day. Thank you Transvision Vamp. You guys still Rock It !!! 😘
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In 1991 was living in Northern New South Wales on the coast and they had a gig in a local RSL so I went and before the show, I was sitting at the bar having a beer and this young lass came and sat on the stool next to me so I bought her a drink and we sat and talked about nothing for about 15 minutes. Anyway, she says "Ok, thanks for the beer and chat, enjoy the show, I gotta go backstage and get ready to go on"! I didn't even realise it was Wendy until she said that. She was such a friendly and lovely girl and to this day I think she's still an amazing person.
Summer 1988. I was 20 y/o. The year prior I served the army. A mate served the army in 1988. We were into heavy rock. I met my mate while he was on leave from the army. I hadn't heard of Transvision Vamp. Boy my mate introduced Transvison Vamp and Wendy James in praticular to me. He said this was the big thing in the army. Well. Long story short. We're in 2024 and here I am
Mid eighties she was rehearsing at John Henry’s in North London and I was backline engineering for an American band working up their UK tour……… sat and chatted for a brief while…….. lovely person, no airs, no graces and although she’s 3 years younger than me…… she’s worn exceedingly better than me 🥳🇬🇧
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I still listen to Velveteen. It is a classic album right up there with Blondie's Parallel Lines, which I also still listen to today. Good pop songs stand the test of time.
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@@floogelhornzzz4770 I live in Australia and we have a radio station called MMM Classic Rock and MMM 80's Rock. From time to time you will hear Transvision Vamp on either station.
Had the pleasure of having drinks with wendy over business, about 10 years ago in a NYC bistro - she chose the place. She was nice, interesting - and it was a good memory.
current 16 Y/O here, I first heard Transvision Vamp today on the radio and thought that Wendy’s voice suited one of my characters (who happens to be a tarantula) and I feel like this is a start to an obsession
Had SUCH a crush on Wendy back then - somehow epitomises for me certain looks of the time, emotions of the time. Still occasionally listen to both albums and still really enjoy them. Unadulterated, unashamed pop/punk-pop/whatever. Despite many favourites on both albums, my joint top two have to be Velveteen (so moody!) and Landslide of Love (a perfect pop track - those strings!) Also really loved the Primitives. Great music never dies.
I saw them at the Town & Country Club, Kentish Town, around 1988 and they were great fun. Bought their first album and never came across anyone else who'd heard of them.
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Wendy James was awesome then, and she's still awesome. The fact that she can name drop both Joe Strummer and Mick Jones highlights that she was more than just a pretty girl fronting a boy band - she was a pink version of rock 'n' roll.
I clearly remember seeing Wendy on Top of The Pops for the first time and thinking to myself can anyone be more beautiful than this woman, that band had some great tunes too.
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My first day at secondary school 'forget about being a pop star' - like Wendy said it wasn't on the curriculum. I am still playing guitar and enjoying it despite the stupid teacher's attitude and advice. Wendy was just a complete explosion when TVV hit our screens, what a fantastic image, not manufactured by someone with a check list, just her own vision. Fantastic. When music was still great.
I was at a party (35 years ago) and she came rushing in and gave me a smacker on the lips......then apologised as she thought I was someone else, I would love to say I had a witty response but was struggling to get my tongue off the floor so said nothing at all and she wandered off.....sure she remembers me fondly or maybe not but man she was gorgeous....
LOVE them, still do, the night we saw them they were handing out backstage passes, and i got one, nearly fainted haha, they were all so much bloody fun backstage, never forget that night...
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I was 17 and dating an 18 year old that I used to joke was her younger sister, time pases and we split, saw her again for the first time in 35 years, mother and grand mother. Time waits for no one. We both begged for that time again.
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Wendy and of course Debbie Harry were the reason as a young teen lad I knew I liked women and although a true punk, I really liked good pop tunes also. My total secret pleasure has always been Adam and the Ants
i brought the album velveteen and also a tshirt with velveteen on saw them on top of the pops on thursday brought the records on saturday brilliant band
It's so good to see someone who just wants to be themselves. The Clash meets Blondie isn't a bad comparison but Wendy was individual and so good because of it. Come back to Australia please.
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@@sexobscura Hi. You should check my description with rework links of her other 2 popular videos. Plus my own up close Concert Footage (short) got most of the concert and fabulous photos all from approx 3 feet away.
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Polished Punk is how I see it! Because, I for one could hear the rage, and that's what I need for it to qualify. You can look the part but if you don't sound angry then it's pop in my book. (HUGE compliment) 🏆🇬🇧
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yeah, I love strong women... all we've had for years is auto tuned tarts that have no soul... give me the originals.... Wendy James, Kate Bush, Sade Adu, Sinead O'Connor... Shirley Manson... Blondie... I'm sure there's many more...
I read she was adopted and never knew her mother and I always had a weird feeling that she was the daughter of Barbara Windsor, from the Carry On movies... because she has that same attitude... short blonde sexual... and Barbara gave up a baby... so that's my theory...
Listening to it now, was it the fore runner for britpop girl groups..I can here sleeper,echobelly, lush,elastica? I think they were ahead of their time maybe? String woman singer , backed by faceless men musicians..they might deserve more credit? Interesting
Lov’ Wendy James ‘ maybe not in same way boys did lol . I’m giving up life I’in charming Maidstone’ of to Wales 🏴 wow ‘ there’s so much I lov there . Jacqueline Maidstone
she was a goddess then and still is and talented if more bands made real music like them the world would be a better place . but instead we have cookie cutter bands manufactured and controlled and crap, you rock, Wendy never stop darlin
And now the other side of this coin: if something gets old enough, it becomes kind of good. But as I remember back then, this was really bubble gum and irrelevant.
@kyfaydfsoab Is it less true if it is for my generation? She's my generation... Don't be an age isolationist... You'll get there faster than you think. And there is good music and bad music and then there's the worse music of all: the forgetable one.And that's the music of Wendy james
Was 15 yrs. old when 'i want your love came out and was shown live on BBC Top of The Pops' what a teen moment that was! nowadays it's kinda bland compared to Wendy James she was hot and sexy and my god she could sing! by the time i reached 18 i had the biggest crush on Wendy and yes at 19yrs i 'knew' Wendy James would end up marrying me, lol o lol!
ahh those days were so good, no iPhone or internet or Facebook or Twitter ~ you actually had to go 'outside and see bands' buy their records and soon CDs .. naive happy days that today's iPhone generation multi-tasking tik-tok Twitter Teens and 20s somethings will never know or understand,
Everybody was in love with Wendy back then. She still got her voice to this day❤
Baby I Don't Care will be on my playlist forever
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Wendy gives a great interview and she’s articulate and deadly intelligent.
I might be a middle-aged rock snob but Transvision Vamp are still one of my favourite bands ever. 😁
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*I WAS 19 AT THE TIME - AND MY LIFE WAS F-KING AMAZING* I had my first proper job, I was out clubbing 4 nights a week, Wendy was tormenting me from the 28" Grundig TV...
We had something that kids today dont have - optimism and hope and I really wish they did. *IT USED TO BE GOOD TO BE 19...!!!*
Awesomeness !!!
I was 14 when i heard them the first time here in South Africa.
I still love them and listen to them to this day.
Thank you Transvision Vamp. You guys still Rock It !!! 😘
What a singer, what great songs, what fun 😊😊😊
My Velveteen album got played so much ...such happy times !
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I saw them when they toured Australia. Incredible live, they just didn't let up the whole show. Very good.
Me too. I seen them in Adelaide. Would have been 1989/90
In 1991 was living in Northern New South Wales on the coast and they had a gig in a local RSL so I went and before the show, I was sitting at the bar having a beer and this young lass came and sat on the stool next to me so I bought her a drink and we sat and talked about nothing for about 15 minutes. Anyway, she says "Ok, thanks for the beer and chat, enjoy the show, I gotta go backstage and get ready to go on"! I didn't even realise it was Wendy until she said that. She was such a friendly and lovely girl and to this day I think she's still an amazing person.
Loved Primitives, Darling Buds, Voice of the Beehive and Transvision Vamp.
Summer 1988. I was 20 y/o. The year prior I served the army. A mate served the army in 1988. We were into heavy rock. I met my mate while he was on leave from the army. I hadn't heard of Transvision Vamp. Boy my mate introduced Transvison Vamp and Wendy James in praticular to me. He said this was the big thing in the army. Well. Long story short. We're in 2024 and here I am
Mid eighties she was rehearsing at John Henry’s in North London and I was backline engineering for an American band working up their UK tour……… sat and chatted for a brief while…….. lovely person, no airs, no graces and although she’s 3 years younger than me…… she’s worn exceedingly better than me 🥳🇬🇧
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Always loved listening to your songs wendy I still watch and listen to your music videos on RUclips they are really great great albums 😀
I still listen to Velveteen. It is a classic album right up there with Blondie's Parallel Lines, which I also still listen to today. Good pop songs stand the test of time.
Even after all these years Transvision Vamp still gets cranked up in the car when it comes on the radio.
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@@floogelhornzzz4770 I live in Australia and we have a radio station called
MMM Classic Rock and MMM 80's Rock. From time to time you will hear Transvision Vamp on either station.
Had the pleasure of having drinks with wendy over business, about 10 years ago in a NYC bistro - she chose the place. She was nice, interesting - and it was a good memory.
It just doesn't get any better than this.
current 16 Y/O here, I first heard Transvision Vamp today on the radio and thought that Wendy’s voice suited one of my characters (who happens to be a tarantula) and I feel like this is a start to an obsession
Had SUCH a crush on Wendy back then - somehow epitomises for me certain looks of the time, emotions of the time.
Still occasionally listen to both albums and still really enjoy them. Unadulterated, unashamed pop/punk-pop/whatever.
Despite many favourites on both albums, my joint top two have to be Velveteen (so moody!) and Landslide of Love (a perfect pop track - those strings!)
Also really loved the Primitives. Great music never dies.
I saw them at the Town & Country Club, Kentish Town, around 1988 and they were great fun. Bought their first album and never came across anyone else who'd heard of them.
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Wendy James was awesome then, and she's still awesome. The fact that she can name drop both Joe Strummer and Mick Jones highlights that she was more than just a pretty girl fronting a boy band - she was a pink version of rock 'n' roll.
8os music lives on and on..xxx ireland
I clearly remember seeing Wendy on Top of The Pops for the first time and thinking to myself can anyone be more beautiful than this woman, that band had some great tunes too.
At the time I dated a girl that looked like her, didnt realise it at the time how lucky I was,
i was a teen back then so obviously her looks got me but always saw more to this band and her.
I'm now a newly minted vamp fan.
Awesome!.. Wendy has it all!!.. Luv her! 😍
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I remember that, I had some restless nights after her videos.
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My first day at secondary school 'forget about being a pop star' - like Wendy said it wasn't on the curriculum. I am still playing guitar and enjoying it despite the stupid teacher's attitude and advice. Wendy was just a complete explosion when TVV hit our screens, what a fantastic image, not manufactured by someone with a check list, just her own vision. Fantastic. When music was still great.
I was at a party (35 years ago) and she came rushing in and gave me a smacker on the lips......then apologised as she thought I was someone else, I would love to say I had a witty response but was struggling to get my tongue off the floor so said nothing at all and she wandered off.....sure she remembers me fondly or maybe not but man she was gorgeous....
Extraordinary vocalist and gorgeous woman.
Wendy James was the sexist woman alive , had the privilege of seeing Transvision Vamp 3 times they were amazing
Yeah, still hot 🙂
Absolutely gorgeous woman with a fantastic voice. So many memories clubbing away at 18 to their songs. They don't make music like that any more
I don't think I've ever heard of this band until now here on RUclips. Cool.
LOVE them, still do, the night we saw them they were handing out backstage passes, and i got one, nearly fainted haha, they were all so much bloody fun backstage, never forget that night...
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Thank F***k for Wendy James...Such a doll...Love her music tae.
I was 17 and dating an 18 year old that I used to joke was her younger sister, time pases and we split, saw her again for the first time in 35 years, mother and grand mother. Time waits for no one. We both begged for that time again.
I think I lost my own body weight as a teen by watching wendy.
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Why?
@@Zalentsia because i wanked so much...
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Pmsl😂😂😂😂😂😂
What can I say. An absolutely beauty with a great voice.
Wendy and of course Debbie Harry were the reason as a young teen lad I knew I liked women and although a true punk, I really liked good pop tunes also. My total secret pleasure has always been Adam and the Ants
First time I was her was like OMG she is stunning
You were Wendy James?
she's really very talented and an awesome performer
i brought the album velveteen and also a tshirt with velveteen on saw them on top of the pops on thursday brought the records on saturday brilliant band
She didn't give a fuck eh cool chicken love her
I think ive still got every one of their 12"s and Albums including the rarer stuff..
It's so good to see someone who just wants to be themselves. The Clash meets Blondie isn't a bad comparison but Wendy was individual and so good because of it. Come back to Australia please.
Loved them, had a poster of her in my room as a teen. I think I still have the records, but no recordplayer, lol
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saw them live at the revesby workers club best night they ripped it up still trapped in the moment
Love anyone that loves Joe Gotta have respect for that
Wendy James. .. OH MY DAYS.
She doesn't talk like how she looked. I was expecting this course Saff Lhandan accent, but she sounded quite posh. 😂😂
There appearance on TOTP singing The Only One is the Greatest Ever Performance on TV
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Guys then liked Wendy because, well, just look at her! Unbelievably hot!
She had a good voice to match her looks, and a great own to earth attitude.
Loved her own to earth attitude.
her 'own the earth' attitude
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her looks, put your glasses on
"James....Hmm?...❤️"
was stealing cars to her music back in the day,as she said did n't give a fuck.but i did have a serious crush on her,still do,if truth be told!
I wish there was more live footage of them 88 89 awesome live they was
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She’s still a gorgeous woman.
Absolutely
1 of many to av a crush on her, 😊
What a great attitude...
I never understood why she went and got the 'trout pout' done when she was against all that crap!! x
I never ‘got’ them. Still don’t ‘get’ them.
She’s still such a fox! 😂 And a brilliant voice.
you need glasses definately
Na, she's still hot 🙂@@sallyjoan
Polished Punk is how I see it!
Because, I for one could hear the rage, and that's what I need for it to qualify.
You can look the part but if you don't sound angry then it's pop in my book.
(HUGE compliment) 🏆🇬🇧
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#Give this woman a drink" - Drink this woman and be happy !!!
I always wanted to get in so much trouble with Wendy. 😍 mind I think I would have been at the back of a very long queue,😂
I'd be happy to be in that position even today...! I think Wendy has been one of these lucky ladies that has looked fantastic all their lives...!! 😍🥰🤩
kudos for mentionin' blondie
Wendy's fabulous good looks certainly helped the group but she also had the talent to back it up and she was not, quite literally, just pretty face.
yeah, I love strong women... all we've had for years is auto tuned tarts that have no soul... give me the originals.... Wendy James, Kate Bush, Sade Adu, Sinead O'Connor... Shirley Manson... Blondie... I'm sure there's many more...
Like a female version of Billy Idol, but obviously Wendy is way better looking and far sexier.
She used to be gorgeous when she was young ❤
Is that Victoria Coren Mitchell on the voiceover?
NOW THATS A COOL CHICK
I read she was adopted and never knew her mother and I always had a weird feeling that she was the daughter of Barbara Windsor, from the Carry On movies... because she has that same attitude... short blonde sexual... and Barbara gave up a baby... so that's my theory...
Legend
I liked Wendy on first side
I always thought "Crash" was by The Darling Buds. My whole life has been a lie!
Iggy pop....just own it.......thats what all great front people do.freddy being the consumate leader.
Listening to it now, was it the fore runner for britpop girl groups..I can here sleeper,echobelly, lush,elastica? I think they were ahead of their time maybe? String woman singer , backed by faceless men musicians..they might deserve more credit? Interesting
We are both now 56 😮
Same here 😎
Did she ever win her Oscar? Bloody hell what's happened to her fizzog....?
Chucky's bride?
I still would ❤
Is that Steven Fry in 4:55 a Young Steven
Lov’ Wendy James ‘ maybe not in same way boys did lol . I’m giving up life I’in charming Maidstone’ of to Wales 🏴 wow ‘ there’s so much I lov there . Jacqueline Maidstone
she was a goddess then and still is and talented if more bands made real music like them the world would be a better place . but instead we have cookie cutter bands manufactured and controlled and crap, you rock, Wendy never stop darlin
Spot On !
No more work please Wendy - you don't need it
And now the other side of this coin: if something gets old enough, it becomes kind of good. But as I remember back then, this was really bubble gum and irrelevant.
@kyfaydfsoab Is it less true if it is for my generation? She's my generation... Don't be an age isolationist... You'll get there faster than you think. And there is good music and bad music and then there's the worse music of all: the forgetable one.And that's the music of Wendy james
According to this video it was meant to be 'a cross between The Clash and Simone de Beauvoir'. Erm....
@@charleshannam Not a chance. I have the 2 forst albums. Pretty laim and pointless stuff.
Jeez...what has Wendy done to her face.!!!
Did she ever win that Oscar that she claimed she would
Why the need for surgery?
At 5:01 is that Spider drinking a Guinness?
Is it ok to say why has she made her face into someone else's?
Yeah she’s clearly succumbed to surgery and fillers etc. I still would though
Very much enjoyed the fun-pop they had in the 80's/90's. Shame Wendy had go to Barry Manilow's plastic surgeon though....
And she said she was going to win an Oscar ⚰️
I remember her saying that .
Mine to
went to my school
Still a babe...
Proper fit sort .
Another lip filler fail. Her lips used to be so beautiful. 😱