The Tube (1982-87) - Whats your fav vid?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxZo5UODCCg

The Smiths - Still Ill.

Game over.

That is a good one Roger,great even, but there are loads worth a mention. I've chosen the Cramps who are one of the best bands I've seen live.

https://youtu.be/MJTzH0-Tntw

There are very few examples in our history where two artists working together produce work of such absolute genius that surpasses, by an infinite margin, anything produced individually by either party, and which demands our attention.

The Smiths, effectively a popular beat combo duo, will stand in eternity alongside Wagner and Beethoven, as purveyors of poetry accompanied by exquisite musicality.

There is something Wagnerian in the lyric "Some girls are bigger than others, Some girls are bigger than others. Some girls' mothers are bigger than other girls' mothers"

Some "alternative" "comedy" troupe, utterly forgettable, apart from one chap who spent the session silently trying to eat a chocolate digestive vertically.

Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney- Say Say Say

Possibly the best pop video ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC2Grms55Fw

Was that on The tube, kenny?

Sorry, I don't understand the question.

The Tube, a great TV Show of the 80s - 82-87. Think this thread is about videos on youtube of people who have appeared on this show.

ah, the Paula Yates . Holland show. I see.

1. Propaganda - Duel

2.Cameo- She's strange/Single Life

3.Microdisney - Birthday Girl

just wish i could do links

Some may be glad that you can't

Roger


Great video ! The a Smiths were a great band. Morrissey is superb.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k__BjW53eDQ

A classic from when me and my best mate were the only ones who liked them before coming commercial in school we were like outcasts in a world of synotho pop..

Smile
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https://youtu.be/tqf_EXBZxK8

Nice to see a lot of Smiths fans here!
Sure was an unbelievable duo. Marr was so young when it was going on.
Was he 17 or 18 when he start writing these songs?
And yer man with the poetry. Well, it was outrageous how good his written word was!

The Smiths : 'Barbarism Begins At Home", debuted on TV almost a year before ending up on The Smiths second album.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_T1NE4Q2BI

With the release of their first album I said The Smiths would be bigger than The Beatles, I was wrong but they were better.

The Jam - Modern World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dB-OMDwoO0

Some great slashing from Weller

Ahh, the memories.

here you go Attitude Adjuster

Microdisney - Birthday Girl

https://youtu.be/WjxzyiePoNM

brilliant band, hugely underrated and ignored. Cathal Coughlan was/is a lyrical genius

The Tube liked them, they also played their vid of "Town to Town"
https://youtu.be/VFXheatfJ7E

Many thanks


They coulda been the Future Islands of their time

Sometimes forget just how amazing The Smiths were.

Love BBAH. The bassline is ridiculous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmBqVjGt5C0

I think this is from the Tube - Soft Cell, Martin.

i have the winner, not even looking at above posts (love and kisses therefore if anyones already put this) - the performance of L7   (who? I hear you ask - and you well may - but not if you saw what they did on the show)

it was fckn radical - it's like has never been seen before or since on British tv.

was the performance of L7 not on ' the word'

oh god ! - ur right !!i've made a slight mistake - ha ha.  and me so hard on other people too - double-blush. ha ha.  why does all that read like i'm being sarcastic - I'm not, hon.

ahhh the Word - triffic at its best. Terry C. and Katie puckrick

(i wasn't being sarcy - i swear blind to you.  I'm just a pompous twaaaaat who can't help it)