THE MOTORS - Dancing The Night Away (1978 Old Grey Whistle Test UK TV Appearance) ~ HIGH QUALITY HQ ~

[alders67]

Some of the Old Grey Whistle clips are just magic, this is one of them. The other that springs to mind is Eddie & Hot Rods Beginning of the End.

[lewisner]

Bram Tchaikovsky is the guy on the right not the left.

[bobp1701]

under rated band done some great albums

[ex1upload]

Top band and under rated for their late 70's contribution.

[MrMikeyBikey]

I saw them at the Marquee back in 1978. They were LOUD. The guitarist with the white shirt is a dead ringer for Duffy from the Fenn Street Gang!!

[dogcalledalfie]

One of the greatest songs of all time , blows all this shit chart stuff nowadays away

[ThePatsyken]

is bram the one with the stripy t-shirt on?

[EugenCluster]

@ThePatsyken Yes

[1927gallagher]

Saw this band support Wishbone Ash at Newcastle City Hall and they were cracking. I would have hated to follow them on stage. Their first album is still great to listen to.

[Accumulatenz]

Yes, exceptional talent and you can be really proud of your Dad, Ricky, Dunkz! I hope they all retired prosperous - when you see the coin that Oasis pulled in one can only wonder if The Motors were destined for fame and fortune in the wrong era.

[MrBiggordy]

Loved this era Motors - the first two singles, this and `Be What You Gotta Be`, were the high point for me. `Airport` was a real low point (synths, AAAARGH!!!), but redeemed themselves with `Tenement Steps` and `Forget About You`. Vastly underrated, great to see this posting - THANKS!!

[iDunkz96]

My dads the drummer :D

[EugenCluster]

@iDunkz96 Is that true?

[iDunkz96]

@EugenCluster yh, i swear on my life

[dogcalledalfie]

@iDunkz96 , I wish they would reform and play all the classics

[EugenCluster]

@iDunkz96 And what makes Richard Durnham aka Ricky Slaughter now? I love his drum-style from the first album.

[uraldneprvw]

@iDunkz96 seriously? Cool to have a dad like that! Lucky bugger!

[marokokisetter]

DAMN IT MAN WHY DID YOU LIST ALL THE DAMN YEARS

so hard to find whistle test videos.

[cowshedposse]

brilliant 

[2bobbymoore]

i had forgotten how well us old sods could enjoy ourselves! keep on trucking

ps anyone seen wally ?

[royden17]

THIS IS AMAZING,,THEY DONT MAKE THEM LIKE THIS ANYMORE,,MODERN MUSIC CRAP.X.X.X.X

[stratocaster539]

Great.What memories and energy!

[SHANKLEY89]

one of the best records ever

[malcolmbryant]

@SHANKLEY89 Amen to that mate!

[garylongden]

i saw them live in 77. Very talented they were overwhelmed by punk, not sure which way to turn. their subsequent hit Airport was far more representative of what they were about.Watching bands trying to "punk up" as they were here was embarassing- although this is a decent song.

[SuperPatrick777]

@garylongden it was the only decent track they ever made , and that was the studio version , not the live one im afraid .

[Breitheamhnaig]

@garylongden they weren't trying to punk up. They, and groups like them, the Feelgoods for instance were the vanguard of punk. They paved the way for the Pistols and what followed.

[garylongden]

@Breitheamhnaig i was there, and chatted to the band backstage when "airport" was being toured.The Motors were not in the vanguard of anything. The Feelgoods were at the forefront of the Pub rock scene with hatfield and the North, Kursall Flyers, Eddie and the Hot Rods and Graham parker and the Rumour - all were subsumed by Punk and cannot claim to be in the vanguard, they were in the last wave.

[metafis]

@Breitheamhnaig

Except the pistols formed in 1975, 2 years before The Motors. The pistols had already released anarchy in the UK and god save the queen in 1976, the motors formed in 1977.

Great song anyway.

[DaveInBridport]

Bought their 'best of' CD yesterday. Jeez-o they were good!

[lezzliea]

@luckitz OGWT was better,because the music was better then.

[lezzliea]

Fuckin' A

I watched most of the O.G.W.T. in the 70's,but I don't remember too many bands with smoke effects in the studio.

[lewisner]

One of the greatest and most underrated songs of the late 70's.

[SuperPatrick777]

@lewisner yes that is very true , the studio version anyway , do you notice by the way it never gets played on the radio .

[lewisner]

@SuperPatrick777 I don't listen to much radio nowadays since I have a very low tolerance of the Saturdays and Lady Gaga. But I know what you mean 8-)

[TheBones1234]

thanks to John Peel and Barry Parker (bbc radio york) I love this tune. its never too late !

[Dillboy]

One of my all time Favs

[ray3mondo]

Stonking track. Thanks for posting.

[EDDY63159]

Fantastic track - they should have been so much bigger

[Poopingbotham]

Isn't that Bram Tchaikovsky on the RIGHT, wearing the Hamilton Accies/Doncaster Rovers shirt?

In a later clip, the Ricky player is playing bass & the bass player is playing keys

[almostacowboy77]

@Poopingbotham yep. Bram was one of the original Motors.

[thegerrie19561]

I am dancing the night away with these motors. Sounds good after all these years.

[HardRockViewz]

FUN FUN FUN Music. You should see the smile on my face right now :) Everyone Dance!

[MrAuteq]

SOME ONE READ SPANISH , DONDE PUEDO COMPRAR UN DISCO DE THE MOTORS I FROM MEXICO

[emuleisgood]

33 years later and I still luv it ! I wonder if Brittany, Ga-thing et all will age as well :p)

[SuperLionsMane]

A Ginger Pirate Rocker!!

[Scrotemeister]

Fucking wonderful!!!! Brings back a lot of good memories.

[62burnley]

Bram Tchaikovsky's on the right not the left as the video states! I thought the skinny ginger little man was great,and his eponymous first album was and (If you can find it) was a treasure!

[barrythebluebear]

This version just goes to show that some time performing improves how you roll, how you rock. And this ROCKS!

[weaselseverywhere]

Bloody amazing song , turn it up to 29 on the old ford cougar cd player and rock my way to work, watch the faces turn as i pass them by . awesome bloody great track the louder the better

[peterwilliamham]

Thankyou for posting...Nice to see The Motors again!!!!

[rockerjedi123]

Brilliant, awsome, stupendous and first class quality playing that is not often repeated. Only 14119 views for and Justin Bieber has

millions. There is no musical justice in this world!

[1950boots]

Superb!

[sid4me]

Wonderful!



[lovegunner7]

Fantastic single that still sounds as fresh today as it ever was

[sexycrich]

the pretenders wished they sounded this good

[SupernalOne]

these guys sound a little like the Pretenders off their first or second albums - nice straight-ahead guitar work

[pressingwilson]

I thought this was great 30 years ago. Still is, but I think I prefer "Emergency" now.

[RNation100]

Nice when you get on YT and find others who think this song is ******* BRILLIANT! One song you like is worth a 100 that do nothing for you.

[GreenerHill]

On the first album, they were a total guitar band. This song is a a perfect slab of hard rock.

[sexycrich]

just outstanding this is 12 inch

[bertsongs]

Actually it's Nick Garvey on the left playing the Ricky. Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ohfergawdsake]

jeeeeez, top tackle ,this. I dragged this to every party in the 80's.

[Pacquaio]

just stunningly potent

what a song

loved this 'back in the day' and still love it

thanks so much for this version of an utter classic

[Jlipnicki]

BBC : always kept the levels down, plenty of 'headroom' so no ditortion, but for this, its just ridiculous. And what is on the bass player's T shirt ? Camera seems to avoid it. There were penty of good bands that got overshadowed by the Sex Pistols/Clash media blitz. How many gigs did either of those bands play ? I would guess about 100 in the UK. If that.

[steveyjg]

@Jlipnicki It looks like "SCREW THE NUT AMERICA!" - whatever that means. Yeah I guess the pub rockers were kinda pushed out by the punk scene. Too bad because this is an awesome song!

[Jlipnicki]

@steveyjg The pub rockers were some of the same people that became the punk bands, see Mick Jones of The Clash with long hair, Ian Dury, and besides, there was nowhere else to play. You were either very big, or very small. It goes in circles, I have just discovered that Jethro Tull, amoungst others, played at a pub, now no longer there, just down the road. That was in the early 1970's.

Anyway, as you say, this is a great song. Cheers.

[Dillboy]

One of my all time favorite songs

[Dalgren969]

The Motors! :D

[jmlbox]

.. I shall play at ear spltting speed.. hope I don't live next door to you.. then again enjoy!!!

[brianmca3]

best played at ear splitting volume to heck with the neighbours

[kfb998p]

Tremendous post, thank you. Saw these guys at Reading in 1977. Bit muddy, but check the line up...

[hoppoh58]

@kfb998p

hiya i was there to but it was 78' patti smith the jam sham 69 etc

the motors were unbelievable that nite v 

[propaganda63]

I really do appreciate you posting this. Great song & excellent chanel as well.

[ray3mondo]

Great song. Thanks for posting.