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Lovely to see Jon Lord get this award. What an inspirational keyboard player he is, particularly on the Hammond organ.

Kate, your rhymes on Trifle are truly insightful...yummy..

Everybody knows the BBC has been steadily dumbing down and going downhill for years. So no surprise that whoever commissioned the Quay Brothers and then rejected this marvellous little work was too stupid to recognise genius when it was staring them in the face.

@grodon1 Apologies that my comments were rather harsh. But after playing your song through a few times I found it hard to hear the lyrics properly and what I could understand said little about Baron Corvo that anyone unfamiliar with his biography and work would find helpful and/or insightful. Wha...

Yes, a very pleasing interview from an American chap with great respect for Hugh's work and for the British music scenes past and present. Thanks for uploading.

So lovely to see the late great George Melly present this documentary on The Stranglers, who in my not very humble opinion were one of the greatest British bands of all time - musically and lyrically. The Stranglers lyrics were far in advance of any punk band of the time, full of fascinating obsc...

I remember watching this when it was first broadcast and was totally confused though fascinated by it. An intriguing work with a very good central performance from Hywell Bennett. Maybe it's a tad pretentious at times, but it's bold, well written and packed with ideas, unlike a lot of current TV ...

Wow, what a band...All those slip-sliding shuffling rhythms are mesmerisingly brilliant. Long live the good Captain!

A stunning performance full of mischief and powerful singing by the late great Don van Vliet. A much underrated song too. Anyone who thought Don was over the hill at this stage in his musical career was most definitely wrong. Long live the good Captain!

TOM WAITS IS A FRAUD. Since Swordfishtrombones he has been ripping off the gloriously dishevelled sound of Captain Beefheart and making a stack of money out of it. Waits admits to being influenced by Trout Mask Replica, but it's more than an influence, it's plain theft and it's a disgrace. Shame ...

I remember seeing this on TV when it was first broadcast and it was a strange experience. Firstly, to see Tangerine Dream on TV (which was pretty rare) and secondly to see them playing in a cathedral....vintage TD. Thanks for uploading this.

@Shamino1 I think you mean The HARE Who Lost His Spectacles....Never heard of a "Hair" wearing spectacles, but I guess that it's possible in some kind of Edward Lear-like whimsy...

Curiouser and curiouser!

Gripping performance by Kate. Great visuals. Many thanks for uploading this.

One of the greatest Tull songs and among the very best of Ian's lyrics....this last stanza is fantastically poignant...wonderful poetry...

The still-born child can't feel the rain

as the chequered flag falls once again.

The deaf composer completes his final score.

He'll never hear the sweet e...

Many thanks for uploading this wonderful film. It's a film of so many subtle shades of light and darkness, and is remarkably restrained, even understated, given Ken's later ebullient work. However, Max Adrian's powerhouse performance is both menacing and poignant and effectively conveys the inten...

A perfect example of how to dig yourself into a very deep hole....and then keep digging. One imagines that the the man's enormous hubris and sense of self-importance enabled him to keep on spouting this ludicrous nonsense when reason should have told him to shut up and/or apologise very quickly i...

Lovely to hear the Roxy chaps doing these timeless classics - and all the backing singers are postively scrumptious too...

The magic of the album version of Any Colour You Like was its brevity. Not a note was wasted and Rick Wright's synths were truly wonderful. Dreamy psychedelia of the highest order. This live version shows what not to do...how to turn a short masterpiece into an overlong noodling rock jam which mi...

You capture the mood of the song well. Good work.

King Crimson do Steve Reich, almost...

Quite possibly the best arrangement Frank ever came up with. Deliciously twisted, lyrically caustic and sublimely melodic. Love it!!!

The lyrics of the second verse were very naughty for the time, though for obvious reasons didn't appear on the studio LP. Thanks for posting this fabulous music.

Why are these young men mutilating themselves in this way? Putting music (easy listening electronica at that) to extreme footage is really not as creative as people on here seem to think. There's something tediously adolescent about this...discuss..

Miquette has always been the more talented of the two. Her synth playing is spare and incisive. Steve is OK if you like widdly widdly guitar players. Miquette has been too long in his shadow. All praise to that stylish French lady.

Possibly Microdisney's finest song. Many thanks for uploading this.

Never quite known what to make of Bruce Mitchell's drumming style, if it can be called a 'style'. At times he is painfully all at sea and other times his very basic approach is just what's needed. Just trying to imagine how much better this track would sound with a maestro like Jack DeJohnette su...

Thanks for the upload. Without Mercy is one my favourite Durutti Column albums, though in my opinion it's spoilt by that clumsy drum machine thumping away nearly all the time. I wish they could remix the album minus the drum machine.

Thanks for uploading this. A good clear picture of an entertaining ensemble. Tim Hill is a fine player who deserves greater recognition, and Steve Noble sounds mighty fine too.

My heart goes out to the supremely lovely and talented Ruth Underwood among all all those perfectly horrid sweaty men doing all that unforgivable noodling...

Vintage Jethro Tull at their best. I remember watching this TV broadcast at the time and it's a pleasure to see it again after all these years. I wish the whole programme was available on DVD. Sweet dreams...

When David Jackson quit VdGG I was disappointed that violinist Stuart Gordon did not join the band. Stuart has done such a great job on Peter Hammill's solo albums and live performances over the years and I'm certain that he would have much to contribute to VdGG. He's also a strong melodic solois...

All that dry ice needed to create an atmosphere is so cheesy. I thought Jon Hassell would be above the need to use such cheap stage gimmicks. As much as I love Jon's music I do feel that he's hugely overrated by journalists who specialise in hyperbole - some of his press reviews are laughably OTT...

Very catchy piece by Kate, Mike and the band, and Kate looking superstylish as usual. Thanks for posting this.

Lovely stuff.

Gentle Giant firing on all cylinders. Can't be beat.

Magnificent performance of probably VdGG's finest song (lyrically anyway). Thanks for this excellent post.

Such a treat to see Peter in this unusual context and making a masterly performance. Thanks for posting this.

Perfectly pitched on a knife-edge between irony and genuine sentiment...Those Roxy boys had it all.

All the eclectic ingredients of this fabulous band present and correct....plus Andy's amusing little Germanic insert especially for the occasion. Geddit?

Good to see the return of this catchy song from the 80s. The Roxy chaps (plus James) create a nice tongue in cheek mood in the video too. If all their songs had been up to this standard they could have been BIG....sadly their other stuff fell quite a bit short of this one. Ho hum..