Old Grey Whistle Test - John Otway injurs himself

[fin652]

Och Right on his clacker bag......

[markstar777]

ahhahhhhhhhhhhhahhhqhhaa

[shirtcreek]

..........and he still jumps off the step ladder lol

Hat's off to Otway......one of life's "special" people on oh so many ways..............including ot-ways ; )

[academyofrock]

Still playing

[PHHOFTHEPH]

thanx Dave i really appreciate that. I wonder what happened to them in the end?

[JDurden33]

legend. love the whistle test session. best guitarist ever also :)

[DRONGOBILLY]

Cor Baby thats really painful!

[philerasmus]

Yes interesting mixed response. Those who think he is just an idiot are missing the point of the whole deal ie. we are all bags of moronic shit roughly on a par. Except those who imagine they are not. Yes.. they are in an inner circle of lower shit. All power to the Otway -

[academyofrock]

@philerasmus It is a classic moment, on a par with 3M's purchase of land to mine corrundum, when they discovered that there was none. From initial failure springs success

[PHHOFTHEPH]

I really want to see the whole thing. Did he carry on regardless having nearly broken his Neck!!? I laugh out loud every time I see this It's a classis!

[davepx]

@PHHOFTHEPH Yep, he finished in fine style despite being half-throttled by the other wounded Willy, who'd already had his pedal trodden on (rather off) during Otway's train impression. The whole thing's at youtube.com/watch?v=G8C-BwAbAd­c, and is as wonderful as this snippet suggests: no wonder the best part of a generation embraced him overnight as a national treasure, which he remains. Pure genius.

[PHHOFTHEPH]

I really want to see the whole thing. Did he carry on regardless having nearly broken his Neck!!?

[sikladz]

wat a prat!!!

[magirecords2004]

ROTFL....skip da dope next time.

[destruktobot]

Awesome. I mean, I don't know why he didn't see that coming, but it's just great silliness and really In the Moment.  Hats off to you, Mister Otway.

(did he finish the song?)

[justdoitasshole]

Personal injury aside, that was a screamer......

[buckley54]

haha what a wanker!!!

[wesmatron]

See? It's not ALWAYS the drummer who is the biggest idiot in a band ;)

[elkeism]

in my 46 years on the planet,I've not seen anything funnier!!!

[GarbagemanRogue]

semeletikgunaqua!!!

[crazy4honda]

Punk rock fail.

[boogerbenson]

Brilliant! I love him to death!

[HollyOgilvieMusic]

ahh fail...pause it at 0:08 and he looks like some sort of child catching predator on the prowl.

[AK2927]

Apparently Barrett wasn't very happy with him because he yanks out his guitar lead at one point rendering his solo inaudible.

[ReneeNme]

Not funny....That's what you call a major league " FUCKING OUCH !!! "

[colinstog5]

fuckin funny that

[iHonestMan1910]

OMG MEGA FAILZ LULZ

[IntellectualAmy]

That's one for Failblog...

[unkiejames]

Get the fuck down!!!!!!!!!!

[poppyhollydog]

hahahahaahahahah fcuking brilliant!

Such a big run up as well! hahahaha

[petercook1001]

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the correction. I've never been inside Otway's underpants to find out how bad his injuries are! :-)))

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[markjc67]

'Apocryphal' (or 'apochryryphal' as you would have it) means 'untrue' or 'of dubious origin.'

Surely the injury is real?

[flashtheoriginal]

Woof! RIght in the pills!!

John Otway - a pencil squezer if ever I saw one, what a diamond geezer.

I saw this live at the time and we didnt have a video recorder (along with 75% of others in England). Apparently, Wild Willy Barrett, physically pissed himself laughing when they finished the set.

He wasnt alone.

[unigateman]

Shit, I saw this too, and remember almost choking to death on my dinner;

great days

[harmonycremona]

He might have pissed himself from damage.... very funny clip. Poor Bast**d.

[kakasusukakasusu]

hahaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaha

[atomicozz]

OMG this is funny

[wackad]

I live with his daughter.

I am pure metal.

[keith25658]

this guy seems to be..not balanced....

[RadioBazterd]

Remember seeing Otway & Barrett 'live' back in 1980 - a night to remember!

Crazy!

[mysteriousmartian]

Oh you lucky person!! I would soo wanna see something that bad! lol

[RadioBazterd]

Support act for Madness, damn good laugh though.

[azalee133]

ouille !ouile! ouille!

lol