Lindisfarne - Fog on the Tyne

[clutterbells]

Love this song. What a great band.

[MEDZMANGAFREAK14]

WOOOOOO GUYS I SWEAR I JUST HAD A NIGHT MARE,INVOLVING A MADALIN PLAYING TROLL,SOME SICKLY SAUSAGE ROLLS IN A SNACK BAR...THEN I WET MYS SELF AND HAD A WEE WEE AND WETTED ALL OVER THE WALL?????

[robsargent4]

@MEDZMANGAFREAK14 I know, it certainly makes for interesting lyrics, eh?

[FAith9021]

These guys are the ugliest bunch of trolls I've seen in a long while, but Christ, I love their music.

[bollockface]

Nice badge on Simon Cowe (mandolin)

:)

[veda1954]

@bollockface Is that the one who played on Maggie May

[bollockface]

@veda1954 As far as I know he played on Maggie May but isn't credited on the record.

[veda1954]

@bollockface I've got the Rod Stewart album somewhere, Every Picture Tells a Story, and it just refers to the bloke from Lindesfarne, no name. You would have thought he might have taken the trouble to find out, or get someone to do it for him wouldn't you?

[TeflonTron]

Lovely song but they all look like the kind of men you warn your kids about.

[elcoprino]

@TeflonTron Someone might say that in 40 years, looking at your pictures back then :)

[bensimps123]

the cock on the tyne is all mine all mine

[KallistiUK]

When I was a wee nipper at University in London the early 80s they came to play and it was a great concert. That night we had a real pea-souper so they changed the lyric to Fog on the Thames... Thanks guys it was a memorable evening and got me converted into a fan. Myself and a bunch of friends used to go to their shows every year when they brought their famous Christmas show to London... often the following March!

[jeffmwilder]

at 1:43 where is the bass coming from since the bassist is playing the violin?

[jim7684]

Undoubtedly the best folk band of all time.

[Widmerpool99]

I could never decide if these guys or the Doobie Brothers were the most hideously ugly band of the 70s.

[INTHEJUNGLE123]

@Widmerpool99 no the band your mum was in, oh wait it is this band and your mum is playing the mandolin!!!

[magic999ish]

OH BLUDDY YEAH..............

[TheNamron55]

There's always a place in pop history for these talented guys.

[waller3415]

The GEORDIE anatomy i should know i am one

[DTG781]

21 think the fog on the Tyne is theirs :( Music like this makes me proud to be a geordie :)

[Jumbiedesign]

I'll have a wee on that wall. The Broken Doll & the Percy Arms. Tell me The Strawberry's got Knocked the F""k down before it became a theme bar... I'm sure Tommy Caulker's still runin' the Trent House, the sorry son's got no where else to go.

[TerrySleeper]

Makes a man wish he was a Geordie!

[ianhickman1960]

Aha ! Beats CCR Jeanette x

[stanibol]

Groovy minstrels, lute and harp is what's missing. This song sure was a hoot way back in the 70s, totally spun me out... still love it.

[mgh24963]

Sheer class,working class that is a pleasure to view a time long gone hopefully coming back soon beautifully performed and orchestrated, the last time I saw the marvellous Ray Jackson I was aboot 14 year old chasing him in a big flash car up wour street when he was visiting his auld aunt in Wallsend. A band of this calibre only comes along about every three generations at the most, an absolutely eclectic mix shame they split in 74 they were better than the beetles contemporary and class awrae

[flagstare]

Hey !! that Troll is the same guy who wrote and played the mandolin solo on Maggie May (Rod Stewart) !!!!! Ray Jackson a very accomplished musician.

[ProcolHarum1967]

@flagstare Ray Jackson played the solo on Maggy May, he's the one with the orange tank top.

[ckeilah]

MORE COWBELL!!

[19rude87]

We can have a wee wee!!

[29Amps]

There's a lot of slaggin' them off on the comments, but I think it's great - something different. I like dance music from 1988 - 1997 and the Madchester scene, so this is pretty far removed from that but I still enjoyed the performance - cool - much better than the Gazza version, although it does benefit from being sped up a bit hehe x

[flakelorenz02]

What is the mandolin player saying?

[SwordInAir]

Blimey. They don't make 'em like this no more.

[ihatecommentfreaks]

3:00 Jesus!

[MavisRileyJunior]

is that Fake Rod Hull on mandolin.

[MavisRileyJunior]

Is that Wheres Wally on drums? :p

[manuelaileana]

WeddinG Horses on the Tyne are more colourful

[OtakuGatsu90]

Aww... So many cowbells...

[GotTheStinkyBritches]

I wonder what this song would sound like if the most naturally giftedd English soccer player iof all time was to sing the verses

[SuperKopstar]

@GotTheStinkyBritches You'll never know now, as you hounded Keegan oput of a job or did you actually mean Sam "jabba The Hut" Allardyce? lol

[lost4amoment]

@GotTheStinkyBritches Nah...Greaves can't sing!

[malcolmcog]

Geordie twats

[coSMia2010]

What do they mean? "we can have a wee wee" are the talkin about pissing?

[cwazywabbit1]

@coSMia2010 yup we can have a wet on the wall

[coSMia2010]

@cwazywabbit1 this song is just too funny, now I can't get that line out of my head!

[vendetta920]

as vintage as retro can get 8-) one love..

[J4zzyG]

Is it wrong that I have seen these live?............. twice.

[HappyHippyAngiii]

Gotta love the old grey whistle test :)

[ClockworkFacility1]

I love how they take turns.

[ClockworkFacility1]

@ClockworkFacility1 and alan hull is very pissed

[armouredamazon]

I feel like a Peeping Tom at someone's mushroom trip jam lol

[rossco239]

hey im learning some lindisfarne songs tell me what ya think anyone as i just love them youtube.com/watch?v=IzBW9DQjg8­Y

[marepetarpan]

buahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaa­aaaahhhhhhhhhaaaaaahahahahaha

sta americka mati rodi.... jebote!!! :)

[TheSDSfan]

These guys just bring back good memories even though I wasn't alive when this song came out (: Still a fan though!*

[TheSDSfan]

These guys just bring back good memories even though I wasn't alive when this song came out (: Still a fan though!*

[kderdas1]

lighten up francis...who was smokin pot and doin pints in 1971? They had several albums that had a few prog/rock songs!

[PeregrineTrousers]

No one appears to have noticed the mandolin-playing troll, or are they're trying to ignore him?

[mattdb1983]

@PeregrineTrousers you're right man straight from the hobbit movie ;)

[ClockworkFacility1]

@PeregrineTrousers you mean Si Cowe?

[PeregrineTrousers]

@ClockworkFacility1 Name that gnome!

[chrisvanderzwan]

@PeregrineTrousers The gnome's name is Simon Cowe.

[PeregrineTrousers]

@chrisvanderzwan Are you calling Simon Cowe a gnome? There's a lot of red-beard troll in that one! Just offer him cider and see what happens.

[chrisvanderzwan]

@PeregrineTrousers Sorry for chosing the wrong species.

[lewisner]

@PeregrineTrousers It's Cousin It.

[HaggisPowah]

Once met Sy Cowe - into brewing in a big way these days. Helluva nice guy.

[spikesda]

Makes you proud to be a Geordie when you hear Lindisfarne! Whey aye bonny lad!

[kuksugare88]

Found a Lindisfarne LP in the garage which used to belong to my mother and is now mine.

[shaiper6]

i just can't take them seriously... iv'e never seen such awsome hipis:D

it's a realy nice song anyways.

[jennalee1127]

yay for the pot leaf on his jacket!

[snazz2]

Sometimes they re-recorder their music on these type of shows, then sang a live vocal over the top.

[faey06]

Saw them live at the City Hall... they gave a lot of seats to groups and places, for people who couldn't afford to pay to see them. Good band - Great vibe

[GreenhouseEffectGE]

ahhh ,... the famous chariszmaa label -- mate;'

[shoobupshoobup]

@MisterStorm He's a clever dick.

[brownaleboi]

Why aye man.

[amarone1956]

One of the greatest British bands.

[kgs42]

Clever band ..... they could do a thing or two !

[Tiwaz81]

Whose the "wild hill man come down from the mountain" on the right?

[ProcolHarum1967]

@Tiwaz81 Simon Cowe

[cassn77]

brilliant!

[magtownrep]

The bass player looks like a mix between the singer from Monster Magnet and Dave Grohl. The beast on the mandolin looks like Charles Manson and Dennis Quaid in Enemy Mine.

[nufc2smb]

easy,well rod stewart couldnt play it.

[3382187900]

is that rob zombie on the left

[rarecockneyguvnor]

Love this song and the Geordies, and Macums.

[andy3746]

Good ol' beer bottle bashing pub song. Takes you back!!

[djpakre]

This is my "fun" song =D

[drpinto28]

lol

[EvelcyclopS]

ah good old playback

[AdmiralOgle]

Got to be the great opening line to a song in history...Think I've been in that snack bar in Newcastle...

[fishdeschois]

I never get tired of hearing this one! :-) 

[federation9]

brilliant!

[MouseTheProdigy1]

soooo dope!

[sterlingmenthol77]

are they from newcastle

[drpinto28]

@sterlingmenthol77 ya they are.  Here's more info on them

[drpinto28]

@sterlingmenthol77 ya they are.

[vranckdrana]

14 people must be mackems

[RWJ11]

@vranckdrana or deaf.

[vranckdrana]

@RWJ11 agreed

[Mariekesone]

These Guys were something else..:-))))

[Greatloodini]

Simon Cowe the exploding mattress of rock and roll

[bingbangbongbangaboo]

The Mandolin player is the coolest caveman ever!

He also played the mandolin on "Maggie May"

He would sing a great version of "Unchained melody"

[ProcolHarum1967]

@bingbangbongbangaboo It was actually Ray Jackson; who sings the second verse and plays the harmonica in this video, that played on "Maggie May".

[spectrum99122]

Born a Geordie, grew up a Midlander, but somehow I still feel I belong to this crazy lot! They just sound like family!

[smegmadiver22]

pretty disturbing that gazza's version has more views than the original...

[spikesda]

Makes you proud to be a Geordie!

[garymacmillan]

I think acid may have taken before this performance...

[sirsamuelvimes]

Great tune. I grew up with this stuff, thanks to me dad. I live in the south now not far from Ray Jackson now lives (I know a few people who drink with him). It's amazing, and quite sad, how few people down here know about Lindisfarne.

[Nostrum84]

lmao.. they're totally faking it in this video :D and it's way too obvious. Sad! I mean, music videos that only show the band playing are kind of boring anyway (cause it's nothing 'special'), and if the band doesn't even play it right, what's the point? :) Oh well... I guess it's all good :) *enjoying the vid*

[MisterStorm]

So, who's playing bass while the bassist is playing the violin? :P

[Moglitronable]

@MisterStorm lol

[boo66]

@MisterStorm He's playing both. They're miming along to their own recording. (rare for TOGWT)

[antoinekiwi2]

@MisterStorm Twould seem they're miming, sadly. Apparently on the Old Grey Whistle Test miming happened a bit in the early years...

[gh9448]

@MisterStorm This likely isn't live-they're just lip syncing to it,so the bass player can be seen doing both, but in concert?Who knows?

[browndog412]

@MisterStorm A loop station from the future?

[MrBrainless17]

@MisterStorm his other invisible arms :D

[calithornycation]

@MisterStorm I wanted to say this :(

[Sesquipedaliantique]

Bloody hell, mandolin player could do with a shave could he not?

[deejayy2k]

@EzyRider1000 yes it is live if your meaning is it lip synced unlike top of the pops where nearly everyone lip syncs, it wasnt the case with the old grey whistle test

[deejayy2k]

@EzyRider1000 yes it is live unlike top of the pops most if not all were live on the old grey whistle test

[Rentaghost76]

Is this a Vic and Bob sketch?

[haroldwhinge]

@Rentaghost76 cheeeeky sod this was 1 of the best british bands theyre a legend

[612franklin]

Thanks, Thanks Again ( I still be laughing)

[Wulfbear99]

thanks for posting, great memories of watching whistle test before the power cuts!

[6744086]

don't fucking come on here agin and call this song you fucing dick head you

[daveaw69]

It's a shit hot song from a shit hot band, but from a different era. Today's not all about Radiohead you know, what about Jedward, or whatever the wankers are called ?

[arhatyellow]

Play on my English brothers. Screw 'em if they can't take a toke! Music is the food of Love, play on.

[alfieb2204]

If you didn't see them live, you were missing a great group

[vegnej]

Love Simon Cowes accent, maybe Northumbrian lol Great song.

[IstickThingsUpMyBum]

@vegnej He and Rod seem really well-spoken in the interviews I've heard. I thought maybe they were posh boys? It's not important though

[goldheartbadge]

@IstickThingsUpMyBum - both Rod and Simon took their A-levels at public schools, Rod at Durham School and Simon at Edinburgh's Fettes College.  Rod subsequently gained a BA in ancient history and anthropology at Durham University. He called me "pet" when I met him backstage at the Liverpool Empire, though!

[Grizzly696]

This song needs moar cowbell!

[LazyScott99]

@Grizzly696 cowbells and bongos......played by penguins lmao

[fishdeschois]

I can't get over how much Alan Hull looked like Joe Walsh.

[IsonicB]

If they did this theses days they would be laughed at.

[GamerDude53]

@IsonicB And you think the artists now a days are any better? These musicians put there heart into the songs and enjoy themselves.

[sh1ft9]

The caveman is my cousin

[OIFIG]

he aint no caveman, hes a crackhead, he suck yo dick man!

[sh1ft9]

@OIFIG

fuckin idiot

[OIFIG]

Good sir, i am terribly sorry if i have offended, but i do not appreciate your tone nor your language.

[amarone1956]

@sh1ft9 No, he's a worthless cunt!

[YTisshit]

What a bunch of legends. Top TUNE!!

[celticFCbhoy79]

I was with the geordies in zante when this came on - absolutly unreal the way we started all jumping about!!!!

[jeremy80836]

how big are the guy who is playing the basses fingers

[whiteboi573]

kk im on my bro's account and my name is Tyne, yeah a girl named Tyne. I currently hate my mother

[babyspeke]

@whiteboi573 Hey Tyne...for all the angst over the name, you gave this viewer a chuckle. As one boy on this small blue stone, I happen to think Tyne is very poetic sounding.

it could maybe be worse; I once knew a girl with the last name 'Mock", and HER parents named her "Dreama'...as in 'dream amuck'.

[akent137]

lol my dad showed this me its is right funny

[ComicalGus]

2:35 ROFL

[ComicalGus]

1:15 - 1:27 LMFAO

[willbleft]

Awesome song, Cheers for posting, massive memories, and I was only 5 when I heard it.

[sneakyuploader]

Classic , thanks for posting . Wayne

[namepaul12]

We must be of the same era. Thank you for keeping the old music alive.I havent seen the old grey whistle test emblem for a long time.Thanks Paul from Australia

[stenwald]

Bassist looks a lot like my Jiu Jitsu sensei - top stuff!

[madbob5a]

My Dad lived in the same street as Jacko, that would be Leslie Street, Wallsend, next to Simpson Hotel.

[nebraska9000]

the clean shaven guy who sings about undertakers wears the same clothes my sister wore in the 90s

[kickstartyourlive]

Lindisfarne - 1971 - Folk(Rock) vom Feinsten. Outfit? - Tja so sahen wir halt aus - in den 70ern ;-)

[baldbollocks]

everything about the 70's that i DIDN'T like

[xchopp]

nicely out of tune....

[ANTONZANESCO]

but bloody original and fun. hehe

[MrPocketGroover]

@ ninelivecat it is a sub genre started in the late 60's called fock but different people call it different names.

[Willowrosealex]

undeniably one of the best bands ever!!!:)

[CFC58]

sounds like they are saying fuck on the tyne lol

[Sum09142165]

are you deaf, or mentaly unstable?

[Joshie7797]

pride of the toon

[Krofficial]

Lol they look like hobos but there music is awesome!!!

[ninelivecat]

Is this song folk or rock ?

[relimes]

Did you all see the bass player throw his violin stick behind him after he got done playing? Wouldn't it have been funny if after he threw it the stick hit the drummer and poked his eye out?

[fueledbymanga]

We can swing together, we can have a wee wee

We can have a wet on the wall

LOLWUT

[Pitfossil]

You can hate that song (if you can - it would take an effort), but you´ll never be able to forget it.

[relimes]

1:15 the mandolin, so easy a caveman can play it!

[Nenaarisu]

@relimes What the hell does that matter? Some of the best songs in history were based on simple, easy riffs.

[relimes]

NOOO You dont get it, i was referring to the mandolin player when i mentioned caveman!

[sensemaya1]

@relimes He's defo having a bad hair day!

[Factnotfictionpeople]

@relimes So, do you play?

[903dude1]

@relimes If one is a musician you might be right. Otherwise, you are the caveman!!

[Cran11]

@relimes

Hahhaha....great comment! Short and right on spot!

[MarkRoberts63]

I introduced Lindisfarne to three people last week with this song- moved on to sing some others

[aviion]

A timeless classic!!

[schotte681]

forgot about this years ago f?=)(/ng brilliant