Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo (HQ) |TOTP 15-11-1973|

[GreenerHill]

Heavier than I remember! Mott the Hoople would've made this ROCK. :)

[lulubelleish]

That Song Was Way Ahead

Love iT

[dunbunter]

Fonzie in real life.

[mollymitch1]

@tony26531 Simple really don't like it, don't watch it

[irishace11]

His head is way oversize.

[Andyrt35]

imagine what the lyrics be like if he wrote it today lol this nothing to what its like today lol

[lilynick1]

Wow I remember nearly everyone in the charts. This song was my sisters favourite and then I too liked it. In Australia we just had Alvin Purple ... :(

[2490debrick]

Tony Blackburn hasn't changed he is still a noob!

[diskochimp]

This is BLOODY BRILLIANT.

[lisashenmaid]

if i could i would watch top of the pops 2 ALL DAY LONG

[sparkylarry]

Bit of a faux pas with Gary Glitter's leering mug at the number 1 spot

[CornishStrayCat]

This song will never die. Number one in Australia for 7 weeks...

[spockadee]

Wink Martindale at number 25... WTF?

[daveytee99]

Alvin/Shane lived next door...was my dads business partner...even recorded songs my dad wrote......I made a small fortune selling his autograph in school....

[66gadus]

great nostalgia but hey! great looking chick at 0.39 - GOD BLESS THE 1970's

[bareknuckles2u]

Decent song! I dunno...there is something creepy about mixing beer swilling 30-40 something men with 15-17 year old girls...just sayin'.

[TheKenfig]

Never seen so many beards. I bet sales of razers had never had such a bad time then

[Jackupnow]

How young we were

[mikjon67]

To think that when I was a small boy I used to be scared of him! All that leather and the ring on his glove!!! Strange how memories come back just because of a name!

[TheKenfig]

@mikjon67 Yeah, and those side burns look pretty scary. I think it's the glove that puts the tin hat on it though. No disrespect to Alvin, but I think he was pushing it a bit being a teeny pop star then at his age ; no wonder he LOOKED like a paedophile, but the real one was at number 1 in the charts and no one was scared of him at the time !!

[BarnsleyTimelord]

Yes - obviously singing about fish & chips - Let's take a look at the lyric,

1) I love the way you're dressed - Salt & vinegar has put on to the meal.

2) Tom Cat you know where it's at - His pet cat is obviously after a bit of his fish.

3) He then mentions about being `In a mess' - The cat has jumped up and knocked the fish chips & peas all down him.

They just don't write them like this any more!

[BarnsleyTimelord]

Nice to see David Soul havin' a go on bass guitar.

More Factoids: Alvin is 7' 2 tall. He only helped garry glitter out when he was busy. Alvin is singing about a `Coo ca choo' which is Yorkshire slang for fish & chips and a carton of mushy peas.

[TheKenfig]

@BarnsleyTimelord Looks more like John Baldry, the 6ft 7 bender

[leaderskeeper]

Wasn't this guy a friend off gary glitter's through the 70's til 90's ??

[TheKenfig]

@leaderskeeper Gary Glitter is the worlds dumbest paedophile. He took his broken computer to PC World to get it mended ; he had about 100 cops battering his door down soon after !

[NCW250]

You would let this take your children across the road! Check out the Green Cross Code adverts from the early '70's. Oh, god its Gary Glitter at number 1.

[sylvie833]

STILL ROCKIN

[sludgefingers]

Typical TOTP - the big guitar solo kicks in - director immediately cuts to the bass player.

[IlRezzonico]

is that Chris Tarrant on bass guitar?

[itsabomberscope]

Looks like hes leaning on a shelf with his arm like that ;o)

[bongo46]

his head looks to big for his body..

[ptarmegen]

I remember when this song came out the radio stations, like Luxembourg, had a contrived "who is Alvin Stardust?" controversy....turned out to be Shane Fenton. We used to love this song because it was the antithesis to all the Osmonds/Glitter tripe that dominated the airwaves back then...nearest thing to what boys in a private Dublin school came to "rebellion" lol!

[mickkey7]

Where can i buy one of those pink Alvin Stardust T-Shirts?? Need one!!

[tylercrider]

Alvin Stardust the glam rock elvis. What a awsome song writer and person. Glam meets rockabilly genius.

[garethac81]

The tight black gloves, the way he holds the mic, the way he clasps and grasps with his fingers...hell, the whole performance = so fucking COOL!

[SuperTruth77]

I made a couple of appearances on TOTP back in the 90s as part of a minor dance act.

One floor manager (still in TV today I believe) used to tell all band members to go into the studio audience & “rape any young slut that you fancy”, as long as he could watch & film. He was full of disgusting, upsetting stories of band members’ antics with young girls. He said he admired guys who “unblocked their pipes” by claiming their “rightful trophies”- forcing themselves on “stupid teenage whores”.

[prospectus91]

@SuperTruth77

Cool story, bro.

[Andyhinds]

Is that a Roman centurion's helmet made of hair he's wearing?

[JFredUK]

Back in the days when chart music was performed by musicians, regardless of how they looked! Alvin Stardust's band, for example, all look like a collection of Geography teachers, and yet no-one cared. It was the music, first and foremost. How things have changed, nowadays... All superficial and no substance, whatsoever. The charts themselves, back then, had a broader spectrum of music genres, too. Again, a far cry from today.. Shame, really.

[Feisty1967]

@JFredUK Correction. Nobody cared how MEN looked in those days, but girls were supposed to look sexy, as is still the case today. Nothing much changes. How would you feel about Down's Syndrome girls being in the audience? As a society, we are so lookist.

[JFredUK]

@Feisty1967 I kind of agree about women artists having to look, 'sexy', back then. But, it was more about, 'good looks', than actually looking, 'provocative', like a lot of artists today. If the audiences, back then, (or even now for that), had people with Down Syndrome, it wouldn't bother me, personally, too much. As long as they looked like they were enjoying themselves, who cares? But, I do take your point. It is, generally, about looks. Only today is it more about looks than music.

[Original9Incher]

Absolute classic. If memory serves me right, it was reached number 1 but was only there for a week. Think Alvin has spent the wardrobe budget on his outfit, judging by the naff cheap pink t-shirts worn by his band!

[mknaztie]

co ca choo....

[salisburydruid]

LOL @ honesto999 We had similar jokes as kids :-) I remember being about 14 or so and playing vinyl singles and having a crafty ciggie in my pal's sitting room. His older sister walked in and in mad panic we chucked our fag ends up the chimney. Her only comment was ("How repulsive !) I presume she was referring to the smell of cigarette smoke :-)

[prospectus91]

I'm an Alvin Stardust fan, but someone tell me the man doesn't look like he's forty years old here.

[paulhamerton]

@prospectus91 he was 31 here and at 68 now actually looks younger

[RebelVoDKa]

@prospectus91

He was 31 at the time. People looked older in those days.

[prospectus91]

@RebelVoDKa

LOL! Must've been all the cigarettes and sun tanning. Perhaps the leaded gasoline as well.

[honesto999666444]

i love my cooker too...it cost me £300 :(

[THEBREEZED]

@honesto999666444 it was actually cook a jew by adolfo sonso n de burning ambition crew

[missmarplefan]

those were the days

[spinout3]

nice to see david soul and john virgo playing guitar..lol....great song.

[randyslicker]

Some one shrunk Alvin Stardust!!!!!!!

[alanlovedog]

now there's a diverse top 20 - and it ends with gary glitter's evil staring face!

[SuperNutty23]

YEEHAAA!! GARY GLITTER IS NUMBER 1...........

[Wolfspiderxl]

The Grebo of Glam Rock

[LollieSmith]

Exactly one year before i was born

[danceman5000]

alvin stardust is the gary glitter its ok to like

[leoseries]

Going up to the Spirit in The Sky - oops sorry, wrong song (or is it?)

[MannaMachine69]

Tomcat you know where it's at, come on let's go to my flat, lay down & groove on the mat.... has there ever been a better lyric in music? LOL Alvin for the win!

[ElBerto]

@MannaMachine69 Yes I noticed that lyric, it's a bit ripe for the time!

[MannaMachine69]

@ElBerto LOL "ripe" is a brilliant description, perfect!

[NCW250]

@MannaMachine69 is Alvin Stardust that size in real life. He looks like a pervert Action Man. Sounds great! What is he singing about?

[TheKenfig]

@NCW250 my cooca choo

[MsGbergh]

@MannaMachine69 Naughty lyrics, but I was too Sweet and Innocent to realise then. But if he's calling someone Tomcat, does that mean he's singing about a man?

[deebis]

I'm 50 today and these songs are great to see again, makes me feel 15 again I miss those days ah well time don't wait for anyone.

Great channel, I'll be back....

[lebleufleur]

pocho the panther

[jennyschofield]

All those songs !!! I remember every one. What a terrific upload, thankyou so much.

[paulwady]

He was the boss. x

[JAYROX1969]

Great live vocals from Alvin.

[SUNSHINESBETER]

very good!!

[PINTOFLAGER3]

GLAMAFUCKINRIFFIC!

[lordbale33]

awsome singer awsome outfit awosme hair!!!!! and side burns !!!!!

[TheMasterNo6]

Few factoids.....The wedding Tony Blackburn refers to may be Princess Annes to Mark Phillips....Now some observations: the girl was cute and the boy behind Blackburn looked to be a right cheeky fucker....lol.

[LimeyIce]

I wonder how many times that boy got caned in school

[lyubichi]

@TheMasterNo6 Absolutely right, the wedding was Princess Anne and Mark Phillips, which happened on 14.11.1973 and we all got a day off school. The headline on The Sun (I think) the next day read "Mrs Phillips!" and my friend's mother (who actually was a Mrs Phillips) cut it out and placed it in her kitchen, above a picture of her dancing on a beach. All good, innocent fun.

[Feisty1967]

@TheMasterNo6 Yes, I already pointed that out some time ago.

[chickitakoowan]

@TheMasterNo6 yes i thought to myself that young boy does look like a real cheeky fuck stick

[TheMasterNo6]

@chickitakoowan LOL, yeah I bet he went to school and told all his mates to watch TOTP and see what he did. Bet he became a legend in the playground-for a week-and still regales his mates about it now....class.

[TheKenfig]

@TheMasterNo6 Yeah, the opposite to Princess Anne, who was a minger AND a cheeky fucker !

[TheMasterNo6]

LOVE IT!

[barttheanorak]

Thanks so much for uploading the TOTP shown the day before I was born!!!!! :-)

[slider876]

glamtastic

[Glamking1]

a guess that Alvin Stardust wasnt edited, Glitter's other protege, but he was edited out in the EF repeat. blame him.

[MrMisterblitz]

Rock on Alvin Stardust 5/5 thanx.

[DikkSteini]

Could have done w/o the preliminaries.

[RobinCarmody]

Ringo Starr's "Photograph" (from an album which featured all the other Beatles at some point and all bar McCartney on one particular track, fact fans) over the chart rundown.

[barttheanorak]

And apparently at No 8 that week.

[markgormley]

I spy with my little eye a certain Mr Elvis Costello at 3.15 , so maybe he was'nt rolling in his grave after all .....lol

[runtburger2]

more than 30 years old and yet stiil grabs you one of those songs you cant turn off

[hearnsdaughter]

Yeah well and!!!  It was a talking point and why not, but maybe .....

[punkrockefeller]

elvis is rolling over in his grave.

[hearnsdaughter]

let him roll ...and rock!...and respect!

[punkrockefeller]

lol! yeh, but those sideburns? c'mon!

[CornishStrayCat]

Great upload - such a fun time for music. Love 'My Coo Ca Choo'.