Their disrespect for the pretense of 'live' is really nice. Andrew Gold especially - he stops playing the keyboard, backs away from the mic, and as mentioned, doesn't finish the sax solo.
The difference of course is that these guys are real musicians. Andrew Gold was a session guitar player long before he became a pop star.
To be honest in the 60's and 70's few bands mimed on TOTP, it was only the 80's that produced that.. lol.. if it was rubbish in the 90's when they didn't mime, then that must say something about the artists themselves don't you think!!
Absolutely, it really showed them up! Nowadays, with a possible resurgence in live performance, they might change. However, you do seem to get out of tune voices adjusted to sound like they're in tune. If that could be done in real time, it'd be quite depressing in a way.
TOTP was always mimed up until a cock-up in 1988 when a problem with the sound led to the artists sitting about and chatting while their music, unknown to them, played to the TV audience. Everyone knew and accepted that it was mimed. It went through a phase when it wasn't in the early '90s, and it was rubbish.
Yeah I don't think I slept at weekends in 1987 - Fri Sat and Sun was Night Network.....Roland Rivron getting pissed in the bunker and Pat & Mick 'nobbing off' the latest pop videos.....ah the memories
How can you tell they're miming ? The keyboard player hardly touches the keyboard for the second half of the song ! Great track tho. It just makes me feel great, really positive effect.
Yep, most mimed and personally, for TOTP, I don't give a hoot. What I DO give a HOOT about is ANY band that turns up in front of the loving fans on tour who've paid damn good money to see a live show....then mime!!!! There's tons of plastic crap out there that do it as well, Britney "friggin" Spears for one and Kylie "the foal" Minogue, unforgiveable IMO!
Yeah, that was the one. Steve Morris was playing a synth and pushed the wrong button or something, pissed himself and Barney spent the next verse trying to keep it together.
i can tell he's miming cos his mouth is moving away from the mic, which if your not miming would badly effect the way in which it sounds! so fuck you you cheese dick
This song is absolutely brilliant. I should have bought the single when I had the chance. And I was hoping this would be a US top 40 hit, but as far I know they only had one Hot 100 entry back in 1986 called "Right Between The Eyes" and it peaked at #43.
Is that Kevin Godley with the beard?
georgethehands 1 month ago
Graham Gouldman is/was a sexy beast!!! x ;)
LlewelynLaVista666 3 months ago
The late Andrew Gold. A musical genius R.I.P
mad62 3 months ago 2
kon evengoed een nummer zijn van Soulsister
ninosaurus77 4 months ago
pop perfection !
egotram 4 months ago
@Cheeseford Hey ya! You rock! Stick around! :)
LlewelynLaVista666 4 months ago
RIP Andrew Gold, top man......
lujaweni 6 months ago
Love it xx
debsco1978 7 months ago
saw graham as 10cc in Port Talbot last week, he played this tune one of my favorates,as a gesture to the lovely andrew, so sad what a loss.....
krissybear57 7 months ago
@krissybear57 I did too last night in Sunderlan. did this as their final piece, also in tribute to Andrew. loved it
Tyburn13 7 months ago
@Tyburn13 this was the tune that started me off buying all wax's cds, am a girl of the eighties,can listen to them all day.........
krissybear57 6 months ago
Wikipedia says Wax were an English pop duo..but wasn't Andrew Gold American?
aeronuk1 8 months ago
RIP Andrew Gold. So so sad - Your music will live on forever :(
babyboo1958 8 months ago
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Great musician. Sorry he's gone.
Muckersie1 8 months ago
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Great musician. Sorry he's gone.
Muckersie1 8 months ago
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RIP Andrew Gold. You have left behind a legacy of classics songs (especially this one which is one of my all time favourites)
forestfc 8 months ago
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forestfc 8 months ago
I'd forgotten about this. RIP Andrew. :(
Planetoxo 8 months ago
RIP Andrew.
henrybodkin 8 months ago
10CC offshoot my arse. RIP Andrew Gold. Musical Legend.
tdlucas63 8 months ago 2
Thankyou for the memories Andrew, I was a big fan of Wax in the 80s.
bardo0007 8 months ago
Rust zacht, Andrew
davidchristiaan1 8 months ago
R.I.P Andrew :-((
LAURIEBIA 8 months ago
R.I.P Andrew Gold.
jayrox40 8 months ago
Gracias por la música que nos dejaron, muchas gracias Amen.
Gastoncesar777 11 months ago
Comparto tu comentario (HKLINKER), ademas los 80 estuvo lleno de músicos de verdad.
Gastoncesar777 11 months ago
Their disrespect for the pretense of 'live' is really nice. Andrew Gold especially - he stops playing the keyboard, backs away from the mic, and as mentioned, doesn't finish the sax solo.
The difference of course is that these guys are real musicians. Andrew Gold was a session guitar player long before he became a pop star.
hklinker 11 months ago 2
CUANTO HACE QUE QUERÍA SABER QUIEN CANTABA ESTE TEMA TAN ESPECTACULAR, CUANTOS RECUERDOS DE UNA HERMOSA ÉPOCA.
Gastoncesar777 11 months ago
Nice !!! Remember this track !
DJSpecial41 1 year ago
whats the man with the beard called
ruthroses1 1 year ago
@ruthroses1 Andrew Gold...
shmuli9 11 months ago
Andrew Gold, never gives less than a dazzling performance
planetrockford 1 year ago
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got2hurt 1 year ago
ummmm....Definately one of the world worst mimed songs, with an exception to Neil's "Hole In My Shoe."
Great song tho. Haven't heard it for years and I still like it.
princey1975 1 year ago
The song is definitely one of the best '80s I remember!!!
armega67 1 year ago
andrew gold was a genius !!!!
geoff405 2 years ago
1987 was probably best year of my childhood, i get emotional thinking about the 80s as Id love to go back somehow and relive then
jonblazeinc 2 years ago
id go back 2 morrow to mate. great times
cujo9 1 year ago
big bass lines
rollingcube 2 years ago
I love the way he gives up on the mimed saxophone half way through!
Ligerpride 2 years ago 11
@Ligerpride And doesn't play the synth for most of the track. :P
SpiritmanProductions 5 months ago
To be honest in the 60's and 70's few bands mimed on TOTP, it was only the 80's that produced that.. lol.. if it was rubbish in the 90's when they didn't mime, then that must say something about the artists themselves don't you think!!
djjohhnyjetson 2 years ago
Absolutely, it really showed them up! Nowadays, with a possible resurgence in live performance, they might change. However, you do seem to get out of tune voices adjusted to sound like they're in tune. If that could be done in real time, it'd be quite depressing in a way.
nineteenthly 2 years ago
TOTP was always mimed up until a cock-up in 1988 when a problem with the sound led to the artists sitting about and chatting while their music, unknown to them, played to the TV audience. Everyone knew and accepted that it was mimed. It went through a phase when it wasn't in the early '90s, and it was rubbish.
nineteenthly 2 years ago
Great song !
nicoleon76 2 years ago
I remember the song quite well because it was used during the 'Night Network' continuity on ITV.
uhegbu 2 years ago
Yes it was...thanks for reminding me, amigo.
DSVOP 2 years ago
Yeah I don't think I slept at weekends in 1987 - Fri Sat and Sun was Night Network.....Roland Rivron getting pissed in the bunker and Pat & Mick 'nobbing off' the latest pop videos.....ah the memories
simes2024 2 years ago
@simes2024 for real i was a tim westwood fan myself @ this time i was just getting into hip hop, Loving n-sign radio
ajohnstitch 1 year ago
This was my childhood!!!
JamaicaUK 2 years ago
best wax song
tanktevez 2 years ago
love this track - thanks for posting it :)
lavabubble 2 years ago
Круто!!!!!
Vakkamaja 2 years ago
It is a "mimed" performance. This is the exact track on the WAX CD. LOL! I still like it.
jacob95124 2 years ago
geht so
RonnyyLa1982 2 years ago
I don't give a damn about playback. The fact is that this song is GREAT!
ToccodelDestino 2 years ago 12
How can you tell they're miming ? The keyboard player hardly touches the keyboard for the second half of the song ! Great track tho. It just makes me feel great, really positive effect.
TheUTubeTeamSucks 2 years ago
Oh, sorry, GREAT song too from 2 guys who've NEVER mimed when on tour. Thanks for the post!
tyrant1505 2 years ago 3
@tyrant1505 they defo still look like a pair of aids riddled faggots whov had their back doors sailed by purple akie!!good tune though
therealbeav 1 year ago
@therealbeav
i was there back then, and picked up some whore who turned out to be your mother,
so i'm your father luke.
3DPeter 1 year ago
@3DPeter do you not agree gold looks clinically ill and look now, he's brown bread. i knew he had aids to the core. i love wax.
jedi
therealbeav 7 months ago
@therealbeav i don't know, because i never knew him that good. i also never knew that these guys were members of 10cc.
3DPeter 7 months ago
Yep, most mimed and personally, for TOTP, I don't give a hoot. What I DO give a HOOT about is ANY band that turns up in front of the loving fans on tour who've paid damn good money to see a live show....then mime!!!! There's tons of plastic crap out there that do it as well, Britney "friggin" Spears for one and Kylie "the foal" Minogue, unforgiveable IMO!
tyrant1505 2 years ago
Yeah, that was the one. Steve Morris was playing a synth and pushed the wrong button or something, pissed himself and Barney spent the next verse trying to keep it together.
tomcatfoxy 2 years ago
andrew gold looks like he may be dying of aids during this. also its a cardinal sin to mime on TOP OF THE POPS. fucking victim. good song though!
therealbeav 3 years ago
How can you tell he's miming? You must have amazing powers of deduction.
ThePhunckyOne 3 years ago
i can tell he's miming cos his mouth is moving away from the mic, which if your not miming would badly effect the way in which it sounds! so fuck you you cheese dick
therealbeav 3 years ago
it was all mimed, you had no option if you wanted to go on.
jackjude 3 years ago
you had to mime when you played on TOTP during that period. They had no choice.
barryhawk23 3 years ago 2
Too right... As far as I remember, New Order were the only band that didn't mime.....
tomcatfoxy 3 years ago
is that 'blue monday' with barney sumner trying not to crack up lol
keef71 2 years ago
great song
davepenn 3 years ago 2
brilliant song takes me right back to the 80's
hobbily 3 years ago 2
Simply great !!
80's Always in my heart.
Ochenter 3 years ago
This song is absolutely brilliant. I should have bought the single when I had the chance. And I was hoping this would be a US top 40 hit, but as far I know they only had one Hot 100 entry back in 1986 called "Right Between The Eyes" and it peaked at #43.
UltraPOPDJ 3 years ago 3
80's classic....take's me right back there !
dubboy65 3 years ago
duh...i mean take it for granted!
Krockyrat 3 years ago
thanks Garyco3....amazing how much we take advantage of music in our busy,crazy lives!!
Krockyrat 3 years ago
★★★★★ AWESOME
isthatmusicicanhear2 3 years ago
graham playing a goodfellow bass i think
keef71 3 years ago
don't they make pizzas
jimmywires500 3 years ago
Yup. An original Bernie Goodfellow.
cameronkilledthecar 2 years ago
"Whats wrong with this picture" by Andrew Gold is a "must have" album. So talented!
jhanlon18 3 years ago
Marvellous
VeniVidi 4 years ago
Being a kid in '87 i had no idea about the duo's musical cv's. I always thought the people who sang this were much younger.
GrossbergerXXX 4 years ago
Awesome bit of 80s nostalgia. They don't make 'em like this anymore - thanks for posting!
richedwards79 4 years ago
i love this song. Thnaks.
hansenb1 4 years ago
This is a great song from 2 top performers,interesting to check both their musical pasts and what theyre doing now.
garyco3 4 years ago 2