Driver 67 - Car 67 [totp2]

[LinuxManUK]

so, i notice the taxi driver is using a Pye radiotelephone mic - so he's prob using a 'Pye Westminster' or something like that, so .. howcome he's talking to a guy on a telephone, and as 'any fule know' that a late 1970's R/T wasn't full duplex, so i'm calling this one out as a FAKE ..

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[taylornatee]

@LinuxManUK you're boring

[malcy34]

@LinuxManUK i rekon he's talking into the mic on the desktop...while holding the phone and talking to a customer..!!!!

[twocky61]

@LinuxManUK It is a song so poestic licence is allowed so you have to imagine the tranciever is full duplex & not simplex as that Pye rig would really be

[mumnursewife]

Have this on my ipod sad eh :)

[comfy1]

@mumnursewife No dude you are a star

[1ballysillan]

lovin it



[SmellsLikeFish1000]

After this was aired the brummy Police arrested Car 67s Driver for Failure to Display a TAX Disc

[goldie103103]

lol



[glenbaldy1]

aaalllllllllllllll roit sssssssssskipppp!

[ndnodonovan]

AWESOME SONG!!

[TIMMEH19991]

somebody should do a 2011 version of this song........Taxi in Birmingham? I'll let you guess what sort of music it would be!

[dangerous71036]

great car cortina mrk 3 .

[Tattooangel09]

i love it

[sandi43able]

love this song

[su0rtin]

Fuckin' love this song.

[spalf73]

Get a room and stop annoying my eyes TurkeyMonkey & MsRough. Meanwhile top upload Wiggy.

[MsRuth02]

@spalf73 GET A ROOM FOR TURKSMIKEY WITH A MIRROR IN IT SO HE WOULD SEE HOW LARDY HE LOOKS LOL

[BigDogsDangler]

Do you two know each other?

[MsRuth02]

@BigDogsDangler NO I DONT KNOW THAT CREEP CALLED TURKSMIKEY I AM SOOOOO LUCKY I DONT KNOW HIM

[turksmikey]

@MsRuth02 ANYBODY WHOS EVER LAUGHED AT A FAT SAD OLD DRIPPER IN THE CHIPSHOP WILL KNOW MISSTRUTH02

[MsRuth02]

@turksmikey As i have said before you should grow up and get a life you sad f*****r well whats left of it any way ,i bet you get laughed at as you have a face that looks like it has been stuck in a chip basket maybe thats why you are such a basket case or kebab face no more comments from me after this better things to do than answer back to a saddo like you

[turksmikey]

@MsRuth02 sad old dripper the truth hurts eh

[TheEctomorph]

@turksmikey Hey, you numpty! I doubt whether you own a gym/fitness centre ...... but even if you do, that certainly doesn't mean that you have got the physique of a bodybuilder or an international rugby union player. It is my guess that you are a fat, rotund geezer in late middle-age. You may have been a ladies' man at one time ...... but that was probably about 30 years ago. These days, I'll bet that most decent looking birds under 35 years of age think you're a sad minger. LOL !

[turksmikey]

@TheEctomorph hey nice channel bwhaaaaaaa you boring CUNT

[MsRuth02]

@turksmikey Yeah you are the king of boring,!!!!!

[turksmikey]

@MsRuth02 boring cuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnt

[MsRuth02]

@turksmikey you are a very very boring old fart!!!!!

[TheEctomorph]

@turksmikey Charming, I must say!

[MsRuth02]

@TheEctomorph Well said,

[turksmikey]

@MsRuth02 sorry i meant the one you wear on your head on grab a mingin granny night

[turksmikey]

@MsRuth02 porky stop blaming the world for your wasted life bwhaaaaaaaa haaaaaaa

[turksmikey]

@MsRuth02 not at all you sweaty porker

[norm7446]

Aint heard this in god know's how long. Thanks long...

[turksmikey]

i remember working on a farm for two quid a day when i was at school and we used to sing along to this in the field to an old radio hanging in the branches magic

[marsamgod73]

"Get your fucking arse round there 6-7 and fill your boots"

[bernardballbag]

I'll tell you something, you play some great music

[ledzzappa]

next thing you know car 2-3 will be getting wedged up her !

see if im not wrong.

[Springamatul]

I got the US version of this on a 1978 music CD

[paully1969]

actually has a sound to it... thanks for posting wiggy

Paully x

[huggy176]

great song!!! 

[MsDrummermike]

Did this band have a big fall out or some thing? After this hit song, thet split.

[killie04]

Never noticed the mandolin on this gem before! Great track. Thanks for posting.

[Philcool71]

I think he's actually sitting in a yellow Ford Granada and not a Cortina.

[only1yiddo]

@Philcool71 no he is right its a mk 3 cortina

[MrDischargeandi]

Moved to Scotland from Daventry... Feel homesick. Bet all those yanks that have a Mustang with 67 on the side on youtube are totally wondering what the.... is this!

[russty1972]

Nice beige cortina, when cars were cars !!!

[torbaytaxis]

@russty1972 Daytona Yellow !!!



[MsDrummermike]

Good band ( in thier time ) Good song

[wardie72]

They play this down the blues every week. Mcleishs blue army!

[2008Sameoldfitup]

1979

[shaftsbury94]

a stinker

[magpiedaft]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[StanPomeray]

Yow roight mate?

[ericstaltz]

Belle and Sebastian never covered it

[KingKennyRules]

Sounds like the taxi response when you call one over here in Spain!!!!

[MultiJeangenie]

i remember seeing this on boxpops in i think 1990, though between then and now are the only times i've ever seen it. though after a few years the memory i had of it was the guy being in a truck not a taxi but then that's the odd memory for you, and perhaps i taped that episode of boxpops because i remember seeing that ep twice, but then again i could be mistaken because i saw it on that nostalgia show 21 years ago

[WATULKINAT]

I knew Dave was behind the times, but Christ.

[cahoot06]

lol who would have thought a yam yam releasing a hit single

[SeventiesMania]

@cahoot06 ha ha, there's loads of people on here who think this is Birmingham! I'm from Cheshire but I can tell the difference between Brummie and Black Countray.

[laybelieve666]

i took loads of stick over this song haha i worked for a big taxi company and yes my car number was 67

[verkaforever]

@philwfield LOL! Totally agree!

[3rdbar]

another top memory!!!!

[maxice40]

this song is ment to be the queens or queens moms favorite song =p

[urnungal]

@maxice40

Princess Margaret's IIRC - played for her birthday the year it was released.

[OliverD8]

I'm now regretting ever coming...

[OliverD8]

Grace Dent sent me.

[twistedevilclown]

lol been searching for ages for this damm song, and its still as brilliant all they years later

[nzmedic]

@philwfield

coz he's "stuck in a jam in a one way street, why don't you tell her it'd be quicker if she used her feet" .. yeah ..

[Woolymatt]

Mark 3 Cortina!!!

[remzyblood]

Haha, that is my father, Paul Phillips, i am Remi Phillips, enough said.

[HealthyCabbie]

@remzyblood : You should be proud of him, this is a great track..

[johncliffe39]

I understand this was favourite of the late queen mother.

[paul2914]

I am with you glassgirl, being a brummie cool tune

[Feisty1967]

Is that Neil Morissey in the driving seat? Lol!

[pinkandjefflynne]

Now days the cops would pull the driver over, beat the shit out of him and nick him, not for driving without due care and attention but for having such an awful accent and his slag of a bird leaving-to teach the cunt a lesson.

[nmgnl]

Are you analysing this a little too much?

[legion666x]

England is king of the novelty hit,thats what i love about the english,not afraid to laugh at themselves!

[agyarwood]

I HAVE THIS CRAP UPLOADED MY SELF HOW ENEYBODY CAN LIKE THIS LOAD OF SHIT

[bobajob5]

@agyarwood

[mickyboyd]

Without all the cb crap this was actually a good song.......

[lukessummerguitar]

@mickyboyd Yes it was Mick, a great song!

[n136ha]

driver 67 should have been sacked

[verkaforever]

@n136ha Yes, he should. You should not mix personal affairs with your job.

[TheEctomorph]

@verkaforever In theory, you are absolutely correct - the private lives of cab drivers are (and should remain) entirely separate from their professional lives ...... but, for crying out loud, show a bit of compassion! After all, the jilted cab driver's 'guvnor' did.

[verkaforever]

@TheEctomorph Which makes him as unprofessional as the cab driver. A job is a job.

[TheEctomorph]

@verkaforever The jilted cab driver's guvnor may have acted in an "unprofessional" manner (as you so harshly put it) ...... but he behaved like a gentleman.

Where is your empathy, for crying out loud? Did it vanish in the haze?

Oh, and just one more thing, sir ...... The taxi firm [in the song] did NOT turn down the job; the guvnor assigned one of his other drivers to pick up the young lady at # 83, Royal Gardens.

[gazboy190270]

Class song. American version not as good or as Brummie.

[M00DYW0MAN]

GOD..... I LOVE THE CONTROLERS ACCENT MWAAAAH



[firefly395]

bring back top off the pops and bring back top off the pops 2.

[Bunty1962]

My favourite English accent, Brummie really great love them. Jasper Carrot you have a lot to answer to

[Arfartid]

No particular memories of this record....just love it.

[santamara]

LOL This is just awesome!

Thank you and to donkey...........for sharing!!

[tazzieboy123]

this is class..remember my mate had a taxi job and we used to wind him up by foning the taxi firm and asking for his taxi to his exes...we were cruel lol

[tintin5467]

Mark 3 Cortina - same colour as my first one! what memories. great track, I remember seeing it on TOTP first time round. brilliant, thanks for posting, I owe you a beer Wiggy!!

[longestroadoutofeden]

played this over an over as a kid i had it on 45 the b side was random.. called, breakdown in communications...love it still..... first time in many years ive heard it ...thanks for the memories.

[ricbur123456]

@longestroadoutofeden Yes, I remember the B side. Communications breakdown.

Played on a banjo

[vSiUaCcKoSm]

...well, it is catchy!

[ralucagymnast]

Great song; aside from its comedy, novelty value its actually an excellent song, musically:)

[StockCarRacing167]

Class song, class video!

[muddydisco4]

fantastic!! thank you so much!!!

[Cuzalino]

hahaaaaaaaaaaa!

this song is fkin class... hilarious :)

[jonnbb]

lol. fuck knows. Tbh 78 to 80 was a great time in music.

[Semifastslim]

Heritage !

[variety62]

Wonderful idea to put it here!

[patdawn1]

he is 5/9 to me on that pile

[bouncersue]

What a classic lol, reminds me of my teens aw.

[MsSuperfa]

What a wuss

[dobyblue]

So cool to see this video after so long.

Other great tunes in the charts around this time when we were all listening to the superior media - VINYL!!!

BA Robertson - Knocked It Off

Dee D. Jackson - Automatic Lover

Ian Dury - What A Waste

Madness - Baggy Trousers

Good times - you can still find most of these great 45's around on places like eBay and Discogs.

[brummiemel]

love this song, showing my age now lol, i still know every word 2 it aswell ..

[dap57ok]

love this song /the car is a mk3 cortina /and ive been a taxi driver 29 / ive had a mk3 tina for 10 years and i love that as well .....how sad iam i 10/4 bud ...

[PowderedTowers]

Has anyone ever thought that she might have called that cab company because she wanted to meet the taxi driver and make up with him?

[lufcJJ]

Has anyone thought how sad you must be to even think about that?!?!

[dap57ok]

@PowderedTowers we,ll never know 10/4

[xlbyg07]

@PowderedTowers ...... you sloppy git ;-) lol

[julieannu]

@PowderedTowers No! I never thought of that! But now you mention it....

[TheEctomorph]

@PowderedTowers That scenario is well within the bounds of possibility. Good thinking !

[mmstella]

@PowderedTowers

Whoa!! .... all the years I have listened to this song I have thought of that ......... My whole outlook on life has changed!

[tannaton]

@PowderedTowers I heard she's bought a special new outfit and was going to give him sexy time instead of the fair...

[nt004b9392]

OMG I forgot this even exsisted...what a classic thanks for sharing...anyone remember Barry biggs- Side show???

[bezz65]

Classic - winter of discontent aged 13!

[misterjackswan]

Ledzzappa - you're dead right - that was the 'B'-side...

[silverstartrucker]

I just love the Broad Brummie accent...

[stupidlads]

i start singin this at random in class or anywhere

[ledzzappa]

next thing you know car 2-3 will be getting wedged up her!

see if im not wrong .

[MrBlueSky1978]

Ahhh snow, freezing cold, strikes all over the place. This so reminds me of December 1978/January 1979 in England! Oh to be 10 years old again...

[dojj1968]

@MrBlueSky1978 - brilliant memories mate.

I was 13, being sent home from school to play in the snow that must have been 6 foot deep where I lived.

[cahoot06]

yamm yamm's at thier best

[wardie72]

yamm yamms !?!

This is very much brummy. As diferent to yam yam as irish is to scottish. may be only 5-10 miles but acents are masively diferent

[iudwmtdu]

Thank you so much for posting, i have the 7" on vinyl, but seeing this is priceless

[oildrum101]

remi i fuckgn love you and your old man

this kill me every time

[summerbuddha]

fantastic

[temperx2]

this is my mates dad,

remi philips you dad is a joker x x

hahahahahahahahahahahahahah

bodecker

[andythesoupdragon]

brilliant! & 1 of my personal favourites, & I mimicked the voice of the Brummie controller to my Brummie Neighbour, & he creased himself laughing

[chuckyoofarley]

Top tune from my primary school days

[wardie72]

what would have been funier is 'broad street mate? I know it....where abouts in broad street cheif?

[britishfirstandlast]

Sad but good!

[russ7510]

this is a legend tune

[ledzzappa]

thats actually quite beautiful i think,  i just i tunes it,

[RockyWhyNot]

This guy's a cutie!

[RockyWhyNot]

Never heard this song until tonight...And I LOVE it!

[vastariner]

They should have covered "Give My Regards To Broad Street" as a follow-up.

[GiftOfOneLiner]

Brilliant! But a dreadful brummie accent.

[MavisRileyJunior]

He got sack when he got back to base.

[PONTY30]

I wonder who got the pick up in the end?

[vastariner]

Car 69.

[vinnymark]

prick

[Deano042]

Car 23

[AnonEyeMouse]

He's going in for the kill, he's doing it for the thrill...

[paulfil1]

Actually, the Controller and The Driver were both Paul Phillips. Pete Zorn played the brilliant sax outro. In the American version, Pete's brother Bill was the Controller. Headlights was the follow-up - another driving song, but actually too sinister. The Beeb played it once and then banned it.

[ralucagymnast]

Loooove this song.

[staffsyeoman]

Ohhhhh happy days... world famous in Birmingham this was in 1979, I remember so well..

[HELLO2YOU3]

Not as good as jo la taxie

[ColumRogers]

Even though i am only a young person when i first heard this i thought it was brilliant it was always on my mp3. Love it.

[StanPomeray]

Amusing brummie accents......shame he never said "Tara a bit" at the end !

[wardie72]

I've no problems with the box. Thank god TOTP2 picked this up. People take this far too seriously and i cant see what steve wright said wrong. he only commented at end of this clip.

Get a grip people. It's a novelty song that takes the P out of Brummie accent. And being one myself I dont mind one bit.

[lukessummerguitar]

It's not about taking the piss out of the brummie accent wardie, its about DJ's taking the piss out off there own grannies so they can look cool (or so they think) to a dumb audience.

You watch any mainstream pop/rock/indie music show from the last 10 years...the presenters are sarcastic about every thing!...DUMB IS THE NEW SMART!!!!!

[Celticstrat]

Aye, where's proper wit? Geezas Chreezas! Neds!

[foggyorwot]

I only ask a cabbie how much he'd charge me to Oldham and he hit me.

[acidjazznigel]

great tune reminds me when i was a cab driver not so long back

[wardie72]

How much to Broad Street please mate?

[mrscullenoftwilight]

Love this so much- it's fab!

[Forestamtul]

May I hire a taxi cab please thanks,

how many minutes?

10?

Well ok then!

[baplfrhe]

Brilliant if it wasn't for the fucking inane shit in the blue & orange box ! Certainly knows how to ruin a classic !

[lukessummerguitar]

I agree totally baplfrhe, talentless DJ's making disparaging and sarcastic comments over the top of classic music just so they can pander to the teen/rap/dance viewer.

[stacksovids12]

too true, and when that prick Steve wright adds his comments I want to hurl a brick through the screen. Notice how long they leave just a few words up on that info box so the dumbed down rap / R+B morons have time to read it.

[bouncersue]

Takes me back to my youth aw

[Freehardy]

Wow. Thank you. This is a fantastic song. I don't really regard it as a novelty song either. It just has a sense of humour running through it with a fairly strong emotional edge. brilliant song

[sundimmer]

The only song that supersided this one for utter crap was C W McCall's "CONVOY". But it was a different time then.

[OokwantsREVENGE]

I love it, although I don't know why. It's easily one of my favourite novelty singles. At least, I THINK it was...

[smilzeee]

There was some crazy songs in the charts then '

At the time I thought they were great  DOH !

only kidding secretly still like it

[AlanHFC88]

Hey, Hey - Love it