Jesus&Mary Chain-Old Grey Whistle Test

[PsychoCandy1562]

the onlyband worth listening to.

[pRoDiGyXB12R]

25th March 1985 I think. Saw this on the night and can say it had a major influence. I became a big fan and basically became a Jim Reid lookalike and bought all their records until they hit TOTP! Who needs the X factor when you've got this!

[mookie2637]

Wasn't this on the b-side of 'Never Understand'?

[booblikon]

if those were my mics at the end i woulda ran up there and beat the fuck outta that guy, just watch you'll see

[MsJohnnyMoped]

How about JAMC being influenced BY some pretentious little indie group? They were... Trixie's Big Red Motorbike.

[ludoutenatenjo]

I love them...Jim looks totally drugged... He so cute!

[nogomet66]

Beautiful.

[Hecie]

It says '85 at the beginning of the video

[TheLexyboy]

one of the first gigs i ever went to was this lot! They finished with a cover of Pink Floyds "Vegetable Man". I can still see Jim rolling all over the stage, sounding wounded, with William thrashing the guitar, back to the crowd, Bobby pounding away and Dougie looking too cool for school! Happy days

[Dalmaik]

@TheLexyboy I have vegetable man on white disc (bootleg). Had to pinch it back of my sister. Cheeky cow! lol

[vsister]

1:49 <3

[109ecroyd]

Rock And Fucking Roll !!

[eduard90990]

Whistle !!!

[filmmaker89]

I just love how little gear is on the stage

[ariellevonglitz]

there's something very cute about Jim bashing the drums like that at the end...hmmm...excellent song though....love JAMC anyway....!

[emile235]

amazing how guys in their late 20s can look like 17 year olds

[Snotra]

Echo & the Bunnymen.

[diskochimp]

This was from Whistle Test in the mid 80s, not the earlier (70s) Old Grey Whistle Test, so the bands were marginally cooler (but not much). I still remember seeing this for the first time, half seven on a school night, what a fantastic racket...

[ashie259]

Liked them at the time, but looking at this they clearly all deserved a kicking. Talk about delusions of grandeur...

[ABTE67]

the best

[flopjr2087]

shades of the velvet underground

[sonicjay007]

White Light~

[cocacolaveins]

oh. i really love this. thanks for sharing!!

[highburyhills]

Amazing to think that Bobby Gillespie was once this cool.

[M245475SH]

I remember watching this. The Whistle Test normally had bands on like Barclay James Harvest and Uriah Heep. This was brilliant, I went out and got the single the next day !

[shutin35]

Great stuff. I think the JAMC are possibly one of the most influential yet least credited bands of all time.

[ashie259]

@shutin35 Ha ha - you're joking, aren't you? For about 20 years everyone would name them as influences.

[BrokenBard]

@ashie259 Yes but they still didn't get the media and promotional credit they deserved aside from bands listing them as an influence. Where do you see them listed in a top 100 most influential band list? You don't even though they inspired a whole generation of late 80's - mid 90's bands.

They're a lot like Tom Waits in that sense...everyone lists them as an influence and covers their songs but the general masses have no idea who they are.

[ashie259]

@BrokenBard I haven't seen any top 100 most influential bands lists lately, so I don't know. But they don't mean anything, nor does what the general masses think. If you have a favourite band/artist, it's a waste of energy to wonder why they're not multimillionaires playing huge stadia alongside Elton or Cliff. Whether you still enjoy their music is what counts - if you are looking for recognition for them, then take comfort in the fact that people cite them as an influence.

[hyperdios]

@shutin35 I don't want them to be credited as one of the most influential bands. Just imagine some pretentious indie group claiming to be influenced by JAMC... that would be pathetic...

[fillup101]

i remeber this being televised...

the next day in school we played hangman during a free period.

one of my mates used the JAMC as answer to the puzzle.. it was a rural backwater school in eire

needless to say no one got it

[johndevault]

I seem to remember liking these guys years ago but this is kinda lame.

[ZenaFilm]

It's April/May 1985. Loads of good stuff around then.

Round about this time me and my mates chased Bobby Gillespie along Argyll Street in Glasgow.

He shat himself, sprinted off along the street and jumped on a bus after about 300 yards. All we wanted to do was say 'hello' and congratualte him on his fantastic drumming.

Bobbby probably doesn't remember this though.

Lloyd Cole also ran away from us ... into an art gallery I seem to remember. We weren't scary or anything.

[TheLexyboy]

Me and my mate were going to Rooftops one friday, and from behind us we heard "are youse boy or girl? He he he..." He turned round and punched none other than Marti Pellow! We laughed about it after him and his mates stopped chasing us............

[daveniner]

WOW! That is Bobby Gillespie. This must be from 1980 or something.

[invisikitty]

It is fantastic! According to the Old Grey Whistle test info it's 1985.

[dave131a]

bobby gillespie on drums.exellent.

[randomfucktard]

Thanks for this. Magnificent.

[ptshade]

Awesome