Thomas Dolby "Live Wireless - 1983" on Project Placebo

[harrynginny4eva]

Man I wish I could get the chance to see him :(

[ugvug]

Saw this tour at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver May 84, Still consider it one of the best perfomances ever.

[cass2112]

superb from one of my all time albums!

[lewalcindor]

A live performance that totally exceeds the original album version IMO. TMDR presents the raw emotion regarding the tragic circumstances this song commemorates, something missing from the album version. And unlike the other songs on "Live Wireless", there are no cutaways to the B&W shack - Dolby wanted no distractions whatsoever in honoring his late uncle. Truly emotionally gripping.

[websyndicate1]

Great.

I saw Dolby live in Dallas somewhere around this same time period, maybe 84, and it was an incredible show. Anyone remember the dolby-face box on the head?

[keeef66]

Nice. I saw Mr Dolby on the Flat Earth tour. Still probably the best show I've seen. He used to get the quirkiest, awesomest road bands. Big props to the Lost Toy People, who supported him on the Aliens tour, which was also fantastic. I wish there was more video from this era. People don't know how hard TD rocked!

[Eeklair]

Wooley, A. Partridge, and the other guys from Bush Telegraph are in this show.. I WISH Andy would release the Bush Telegraph Demo album that never got pressed but was definately produced. The demo has a full studio version of Sampson and Delilah, a track performed on Dolby's live Wireless video...

[neilioutube]

Andy Partridge is in this video?  I have this VHS ... must look more closely. On guitar? Never heard of Bush Telegraph. Must investigate.

[LittleTokyoOff]

hey look! it's Bruce Woolley! (i think)

[scratchharris]

you can get it on ebay. I did.

[AnthemZee]

I once had that video! Gone forever.

It's so nice to see artists that had talent at their best. Where did they all go??

[fingazfunk]

This is such a great song and such a great live video. I would very much like to find this bugger on DVD!!!

[wannabechef21]

Ohhhh He's So Cute Right There!!

[onnomon]

wow, impeccable performance!

[Crijevo]

'Live Wireless' was not that long ago available here on youtube in its entirety - I wonder why it was removed... a brilliant video collection both - of the time and ahead of it respectively.

[nipponhouseplayer]

Its classic, and its off the scale! very good work Thomas it will last forever.

[brushuk]

i've got this whole show on dvd.. great stuff!

[mgm2112]

Wow! This is awesome! I've loved this song since the first time I heard it on the radio back in '83, and this is video and live version are just brilliant! Love it!

[doctormozo]

Great song.. I was in the 'audience' when they shot this. Was actually a day long video shoot at Riverside Studios, London. The audience were really extras that all answered an ad in the evening standard. We were all supposed to wear little glasses in the end so we would all look like TD. But they took so long that most of the unpaid extras left before they go round to it. They nearly ran out of film so grouped the 30 or so that were left together and did the shot that you see at the end.

[spu1000]

This is my favourite THOMAS DOLBY - Song !!!

I really like this version.

"the golden age of wireless" is simply great.

[schnertblatt]

The album on which this song appeared, "The Golden Age of Wireless",  came out in the early 80's; 1982, I think. Being in the Navy, and a Submarine Sailor, I found it particularly haunting.

[mirosal]

I was also in the U.S. Navy back then, 82-88. I was not a submariner, I was a surface EW tech. I had to buy this tape twice, I completely wore out the first tape. I loved side 2 much more than side 1