Jilted John's Second TOTP Appearance

[antster1983]

"I taught John Travolta how to dance" LOL Gordon you moron.

[AnAutumnsDay]

The funniest song ever!

[andrew80s]

Awsome. I can still remember every word (which is sort of scary I think).

[coetmor]

Playing rhythym guitar with mittens, fucking priceless.

[dhoynun]

i have a neighbor called gordon, total moron

[KitWoody]

This was bizarre and brilliant. Jilted John opened the door for off-the-wall music videos.

[liborsionko]

This is essential and stands up to the scrutiny of time - unlike Kid Jensen.

It 'rocks', is genuine and cool - despite being something of a parody, and it speaks poetically. Jensen comes across like John's geography teacher - just about approving of the relative AOR sounds of Blondie's 'Picture This' . I want to grab him by the shirt collar and spit 'what kind of DJ can't identify new Rock n Roll when they hear it!?'

[Hirsute63]

@liborsionko yea, I thought that aswell. What a twat!

[TheChalkwellLadies]

What's with that intro from Dave 'Kid' Jensen? Boo! Always a tops song. And WHAT a band!

[oojamaflipper]

shuttleworth!!

[weewees1]

500 bus stops!!!

[rareads]

Gordon Brown you are going OUT!

[bigwoolleypenguin]

Austin Ambassador Y reg.

[tradlife]

Please tell me you're going to re-release this for the general election.  Please do, it'll be number one!

[alternatereality85]

Ooof this one's a bit ebullient in't it? More dry ice please, not sufficient! Well in fact theres none as far as I can see, ohhhhhh.

[oldmanc2]

"I know he's a moron..Gordon is a MORON"

It's much funnier 30 years on - love it!

[wokingfc2]

great memories bought this on single aug 1978/a true classic 78/79 great memories leaving school ....sony walkmans,lee cooper jeans,tiswas,chips,incredible hulk,crossroads,return of the saint ian ogilvy,disco music,power cuts,rubbish strikes,bjorn borg 79 champ,maggie thatcher i could go on..

[dredgie]

Is this The Streets' dad?

[M1GarandPatriot]

No, he said "puff", not "cunt", JJ is disputing Gordon's manliness.

[johlufc]

It did sound like "cunt".

[M1GarandPatriot]

Fuck me I still like this song after all this time.

Hearing it again, he sounds a bit like a very effete John Lydon (a stretch, I know) crossed with Frank from Some Mothers Do 'ave 'em (The Phantom Of The Opera guy).

The backing band could almost be from The Fall.

Which I like.

[mrbonedigger]

whose that CUNT i said his name yeah but hes no CUNT she cried

[mrbonedigger]

did he say CUNT

[westwayhey]

Always thought on the record he sung I'll get my mate Paddy to hit him. Here it's Barry. Think it's Harry on another TOTP!

[WoodRatGirl]

It's not fair John but you got the last laugh in the end ;)

[samdaftpunk]

best punk song ever :P

[PlanetBongoSan]

"best punk song ever"

its funny, i agree, its totally priceless and defines the era as much as any proper punk release. But at the time, the song was written and released as a satire of punk- the point was here's this guy with nothing to sing about except run-of-the-mill teenage angst, with a band that can hardly play but do a good line in looking cool and oh so bored. it's total genius, but what else would you expect from the man who went on to create the mighty John Shuttleworth?

[samdaftpunk]

couldnt have put it better myself ;P

[trevvytrevvy30]

A very good punk track from the 70"s

[L88BS]

Jilted John Shuttleworth. Ace!

[alliekanga]

not that puff I said dismayed

yes but he's no puff she cried

Brillliant!

[stoneroses13]

is gordon brown a moron?

[paulreeve]

In reply to Stoneroses13 I would like to say simply that Jilted John were 30 years ahead of their time. Whether or not Gordon is a puff  is open to debate.

[iamthestig1]

well, if he looks trendy, then he's a puffter....

[jeffryfourmile]

thanks for posting

[envaneo]

Is this the only song they ever did?

[itkapatanka]

no he did 2 albums

true love stories

and the crap stops here

[envaneo]

Thanks for the reply

[Salfordbluemoon]

Is that the original Bez??? hehehe

[pendodecahedron]

fuckin genius

[kazzielm]

I think a certain pioneer of the Britpop movement based his early image and singing style on Jilted John. I'm not saying who...leaving it for people to guess

[drgodinho]

kazzielm, i'm curious.. who is the guy?

[itkapatanka]

Graham Fellows actor musician comedian now

'John Shuttleworth'

[drgodinho]

thx for reply.

[paul4003]

That'll be Albarn

[AlexDCl]

"Im sopseh, i'm sopseh" lol.

[4beatlefans]

I dunno about anybody else, but the phrase 'here we go...2,3,4' is STILL often used in our family! (okay; so we're all barmy as well...!)

A great spoof punk record.

[I85PIES]

'I cried all the way to the chip shop' what a brilliant lyric!

[kerry197037]

i bought this single...i still have it...its even more hilarious now....yeh yeh its not fair...im so upset....yeh yeh its not fair.... brilliant and funny xxxx

[chezzeeX]

I haven't heard this song since it first came out.What a classic. I remember as kids it was the in thing to call someone we hated a moron,just because of this song.Brilliant.lol

[johnnymoondog]

LMAO! great record !!The guitar starts out a bit out of tune and gets more and more out of tune as it goes along !!

[ellycat]

LOL, fookin' classsic.

[johnnymoondog]

Yeh ! classsic with 3 "s" es !

[ellycat]

"Not that puff I said dismayed, yes but he's no puff she cried, he's more than a man than you'll ever be, ere we go 2-3-4"

This era doesn't get any better matey.

[Bob2ce]

@ellycat it does SLF my friend New york dolls

[markskin45]

to speaktomybeadlehand I bet he looks good on t dance floor

[speaktomybeadlehand]

what a dancer fuuuuurrrt

[speaktomybeadlehand]

jenson looks well hot cooooooooooorrrrrrrr

[termin9r]

shuttleworth - pure genius - he was on Corrie once you know, as a date for Gail (sh1t how do you spell it)...got stood up though.

[mightybishop]

they were standing outside a cinema. if i remember right, gail told him she had been jilted. good in-joke!

[Rangfang]

lol, guy always bemused me, i remember his show on BBC 2.

[DOCTORDROTT]

Great lyrics

[rumpraisin]

More of a lagh than Elton John.

[mickeytipp]

Yeah Yeah! Its not fair! LOL!

[arcticmonkeytt]

thanks alot

[gordonkemp]

barry would never be able to flatten me, and hes not my mate.

[gordonkemp]

im more of a man than youll ever be! damn this song, followed me around my whole life. im cool and trendy!!! lmfao

[arcticmonkeytt]

wicked song! do u hav the b-side from that song?? i think its called something like going steady? if u do could you please post it and let me know

[deeffbee]

I have it on single, but that's not going to help! yes it is called 'going steady' can you not download?

[newfaces73]

The song is on the album 'True Love Stories' - which is well worth the investment!