typesoontv - Flanders And Swann - Live 1967

[LABCall]

Now I understand what Armstrong & Miller are doing when they do their rude songs. I'll have to look at those again in a new light, but more importantly, I must get some CDs of Flanders & Swann!

[Nicothephysicist]

My grandfather was good friends with swann and worked with Flanders. I've got to show him this!

[Roac27]

it's ok if you have speakers because it only comes out one where as with my headphones it's painful to listen to with only one making sound.

[nickybenjaminblack]

thank you for finding this! such a great team! I had the LP and played it on a turntable in the 60s!

never saw them live! this is so lovely they were only ever sound for me!

[nickybenjaminblack]

thank you for finding this! such a great team! I had the LP and played it on a turntable in the 60s!

[johngal56]

I absolutely love these guys. Quite brilliant in all respects and now sadly missed. I'd love to have seen them live. I wonder what they'd be singing about if they'd been born in the 60's or 70's......?

[cogidubnus1953]

This old man thinks he's Saint Joan...sheer brilliance....

[Loganberrybunny]

"Italy" doesn't really scan, but still, I suppose you can see why they changed that word.

[cantleysugar]

What a blessing wehave this colour footage of them in their prime.

[craiggles61107]

They are worthy--indeed, overdue--for rediscovery and revival.

[janward1104]

One of my favourites... they were so clever. Thanks.

[janward1104]

One of my favourites... they were so clever. Thanks.

[Offshoreorganbuilder]

Thanks for uploading

[mychaeled]

One of my disappointments in life was that I never saw F & S live in concert. Although I know most of the words I never tire of listening to them. Thanks for uploading this clip, if you have any others please upload them for the 1000's of F & S fans out there.

[Lucius1958]

I remember seeing them on TV; I grew up with their songs, and have the CD reissues. F&S should never be forgotten!

[kinkyplunk]

why wasn't I born in this era?

[michaelfergusonuk]

@kinkyplunk I think the Question is Why This Era Isn't Still With us.

Classic Satirist VS Present Day Comidian, No Contest at all.

Much Better to be Testing the limit's of Eloquence Rather than the Limit's of The Obcenity's & Dirty Base Language like today.

Long Live True Satire.

[gorillafree]

Brilliant! We heard a fantastic F&S revue at the 2010 Edinburgh Festival, and it was sold out.

[zeus21ish]

all of it is bloody wonderfull

[niceluc]

brilliant!!

[kalsore]

F&S is brilliant.... I wish there was a modern day equivient

[SullivanKatie]

@kalsore Try Fascinating Aida.... female group but amazing. Failing that... Tom Lehrer or Dean Friedman

[OofusTwillip]

@SullivanKatie - Kit and the Widow are also in a similar vein.



[quillerpen]

Many thanks for posting this - I've got all their recordings on CD but had never seen any of these performed.

[Alcagaur]

Michael and Donald's eclectic but unerring excellence is itself one of the foremost "benefits of a classical education", a concept even Hans Gruber ("Die Hard") could have endorsed.

[magatron138]

My sister and I grew up listening to these guys and could never find anyone else who had even heard of them! Thank you so much for posting...the Armadillo song still makes me cry after all this time :)

[MezzoKat]

What a treat! Thanks for introducing me to them.

[JontyTrain]

Wonderful - not heard the variations and the Armidillo song

[Charsiupao]

"either that.. or the ship's sunk..." - I almost died laughing!! That joke was never in the audio CDs =)

[andreaprodan]

I have always LOVED F & S.

Argentina has an eccentric parralel in a musical team called Les Luthiers... somewhat in the same category.

[Salierethefish]

You're a star, an absolute star. I've always wanted to see the Armadillo song in action. Thank you so much.

[Cogskate]

Thank you so much for posting this! You just made my evening. :)

[cogidubnus1953]

Oh god I recall the times and the atmosphere so well...and they capture it so well...bless them both, wherever they are...

[barpypardlo]

How sad that today's mediocre performers (Armstrong and someone) can't find something else to 'parody')

(Flanders never used a rug)

[ghughesarch]

Rubbish. Armstrong and Miller's parody is very affectionate and has probably sent a lot of people to look for the originals

[guetary]

Such wonderful, elegant performers, and Swann's keyboard skills were so often overlooked. With the sad death of their great friend, Ian Wallace, a whole era in British revue entertainment has ended.

[5610winston]

This is a wonderful history lesson as well as an entertaining song!

[wheelsofwonder]

One word: AMAZING!

[fulguirinas]

My father used to sing songs from Flanders and Swann. I enjoy these. introduced the songs to my sons. My husband liked them but as English was a second language he found it hard to understand at first.

[bonbon4eva2007]

Thanks SO much for posting this - I grew up with the sounds of these guys and it's so neat to see them

[madgeson]

Brilliant! Thank you soooo much.

[ToXeye]

The mono-to-stereo audio conversion is my meager complaint. It is only a problem since I am using ear phones.

[akarpowicz]

Many thanks for posting!

[greenphantom]

I love these songs. It's really great to see live footage of Flanders and Swann- thanks for uploading!

[hawkmoon03111951]

Still funny after all those years. Clever and no obsceneties.

[luckydoug]

Thanks so much. We had their records when we were children in the 60's. We knew all the songs and sang along. But we never saw them perform. What a treat to see them now.

[andreaprodan]

I agree, and share the same past memories. I now have a Punk band, but STILL love 'The Bestiary'!

[BillKendall6]

You have a punk band?! How positively modern of you dear boy.

[andreaprodan]

'positive' it IS, 'modern' it WOULD have been had I posted this in 1977!

[w1521]

Wonderful. :-)

[GowanBray]

Thanks for posting, what happens about 7.42 ? There is a skip, and later at 7.57 the sound fades, can you fix and repost ? And any more ?