The guy on the right has the most wonderful dancing I have ever seen. National treasure right before your eyes.

@Nightmare98650

2 жыл бұрын

although he looks like a special needs kid got out of the classroom lol.

@flakedwheelie

2 жыл бұрын

There’s a clip of another performance of this song where he wears a top with the text ‘I taught John Travolta to dance’. Absolutely perfect.

@eamonnquigley2125

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nightmare98650 class i love that....................great funny he looks like somebody that need help ......................... but its brilliant

@denisespencer6550

Жыл бұрын

I remember this song

@TheFakeyCakeMaker

6 ай бұрын

Was it you? lol!

The weird thing is that my first thoughts were that the PC brigade would be all over the lyrics of this these days. Then I noticed Jimmy Saville was presenting it!

@emmamae5557

2 жыл бұрын

Calm down Norm, we listen to way worse shit these days don't you worry.

@michaelsandford1015

Ай бұрын

I don't mind Jimmy saville

As a twelve year old at the time cannot forget this song. The days when pop music included "classics" such as the Smurfs, Barron Knights and Plastic Bertrand. Great memories.

As a 13 year in 1978, I loved this (although I had no idea it was a send up) in the late 1980s I came across "John Shuttleworth" who was Graham Fellows aka Jilted John ... !

@chriswollen8495

3 жыл бұрын

Yes exactly - he lives on, dead pan sense of humor

I bet all the Gordons out there just loved this track

must be one of the few artists to sing LIVE on top of the pops. GREAT STUFF

Graham fellows was 19 When this song was made What the HECCCKK?

I was so upset that I cried all the way to the chip shop - all-time favorite lyric

@Ardass486

7 ай бұрын

😂

Goodness gracious, now then, now then, what have we here?

The kid, who lived down the road was called Gordon. He attacked me with a brick, after singing this to him while walking back from school.

@mynameisnotjerome1803

3 жыл бұрын

He did the right thing! You have to nip that kind of abuse in the bud, if not, you’re just asking for trouble, if the word gets out you take it up the arse they’ll be knocking on your door with a jar a Vaseline and some flowers

@harwoods11

3 жыл бұрын

@@mynameisnotjerome1803 Hahahahahaha.. Don't tell him that 😅🤣

@fretboardmaster70

3 жыл бұрын

What a Moron. Did you get your mate Barry to hit him?

@Paul-11

3 жыл бұрын

I hope the brick wasn't damaged .

@eamonnquigley2125

2 жыл бұрын

@@Paul-11 oh thats brilliant paul nice one ......................... cant stop laughing some offf the comments are brilliant

The best song ever written.

i actually love this song, its always getting stuck in my head

@davidcopson5800

11 ай бұрын

Leon Trotsky said that as well.

Great song! Thats genius producer Martin Hannet on bass.

A classic. Great tune.

One of the great singalongs of the 70s.

Love the bit at 1:52 when he forgets to sing !

The young John Shuttleworth, fabulous.

i always think of Gordon Brown when i hear this song.

@stephenogden5470

2 жыл бұрын

Me three!

The guy on the right is totally awesome lol... my first 7" single...mint!

That dancer is amazing!!

I wondered what Damon was doing before he sang "Popscene" My question is now answered! :p

Martin Hannett in the far back playing, Legend

"Gordon is a moron" LOL ! Most of the lads I knew would have called him something a lot stronger. Takes me back to high school... Everyone knew the words to this. Thanks for the memories !

My friend's mum, who's name is Julie, was telling me about how once when she was going out with some guy, whom she dumped to go out with a guy called Gordon and the next day he posted a tape of this song through her letter box. She thought it was quite offensive but I thought it was hillarious

best thing about his performance are that they were live, band and all. unusual in those days. as has been mentioned before it's uncanny that damon albarn sung with a similar style at times!

Richxbox,totally agree.Jimmy was an icon of TOTP and way beyond.There arent many originals left.Jilted John captures the heady carefreeness of those days

Good old John!

Love the guitarist doing a DEVO impression, excellent

Get the album, even more classic lines like ' she thinks I'm dead sexy and butch, much better looking than Starsky or Hutch' it's pure genius and really sums up teenage angst of the late 1970's

@acampbell8614

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Going Steady. Its on the B side of Jilted John

@1man1bike1road

Жыл бұрын

and not everyone knows his character john shuttleworth

He was GORGEOUS!!! I loved that look....I love John Shuttleworth too.

Ooof! - Smashing - That young man will go far.

This song definitely has its punk credentials in order; showing that basically anyone can get up there and perform and entertain, maybe say something serious, maybe funny. They're getting away from the pompousity of bands like Yes and Floyd and Zeppelin. Loved it.. still love it:-)

@MajorT0m

Жыл бұрын

You're referring to Sir Jim I suppose?

@Captain.Pugwash

Жыл бұрын

@@MajorT0m don't get me wrong.... love Zeppelin and Floyd... but this had value in a different way

I had the Jilted John album. Contained a heartwarming commentary about his shit life. The standout track was "Fancy Mice" in my view. As for this classic clip, check out Lurch doing the hand jive. It gets no better. What a pleasure it is to be an Englishman with memories.

Class!

"Gorden ist ein Dummkopf", einfach herrlich. Geiler Song.

Notice the fretting technique of the guitar player at about 0:09. He is using only one finger to fret the guitar, and guess which finger. I think that he is trying to tell us something.

@thefurrybastard1964

3 жыл бұрын

Late 70s in the UK? I don't really think so.

@linnet12dd

3 жыл бұрын

@@thefurrybastard1964 True fact It was written in an open G tuning so could be played with one finger!

I like the bloke in the background doing them dance moves. Class.

Hahahaha marvellous. Now then, where's that little girl I was interfering with

Here we go two-tree-four

I've still got this on vinyl

when this came out our neighbour accross the road was called Gordon .........i expect he was highly delighted when this was released.thanks for posting

Did somebody recognize the bassplayer in the back with the acoustic guitar with four strings? It's the legendary Martin Hannett!

@gabrielresendedebortoli9904

3 жыл бұрын

I know this comment is from 10 years ago and I probably won't be answered, but literally with Peter Hook's book (inside joy division) on top of my thighs and I read about this appearance by Martin Hannett, so I'm here just to see him play in the background.

@manuterneus6098

3 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielresendedebortoli9904 You're absolutely right. It is Martin Hannett... a real genius.

@steverobinson4133

3 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielresendedebortoli9904 that’s so funny because I’m here for exactly the same reason. I had no idea until.I read it 3 minutes ago in Hooky’s book.

The Friday this was released it was played on Rosco's Round Table. That week one of the guests was.....Billy Connolly. His verdict: ''I loved every second of that''.

takes me back to my school years,great stuff,at the time

Still love it!

amazing!havent heared this in ages!

Sa-ville is a pa-edo...

@fasthracing

5 жыл бұрын

Really?

@markJones-yz6ke

5 жыл бұрын

Ha!👍😂👏

@kevinstephenson4674

4 жыл бұрын

As he is dead it is was, not is and why do you and others feel the need to.post it?.

@mikeellisonhimself

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevinstephenson4674 Because no-one should forget what he was. I will never unsee him touching (the _skin_ of) the breast of one of Pans People on national TV while ostensibly pinning a Jim Fixed It For Me badge on her costume. The man was untouchable and that was so wrong.

@mikeellisonhimself

3 жыл бұрын

@@fasthracing not just a paedo. Disabled people. Broadmoor inmates. Even allegations of necrophilia.

Amazing

Love the middle finger fretwork at the start..... that's quite a statement.

@christschinwon

4 жыл бұрын

Respect for noticing that!!!!

GREAT!

love this

Eric Blackburn has just secured a delivery of an extensive range of sand paper. After this, I believe, he's off out with his wife, Val, to Burbage Moor for his usual hang glider run. I expect nothing to go wrong, naturally

Art.

Goodness gracious it's Jimmy Savile.

If You like Jilted John Who's Real Name is Graham Fellows he had another persona in the latter 80s called John Shuttleworth he is also on you tube check it out i love the song about the Austin ambassador

John Shuttleworth kicks arse!

cant believe no one has commented that, he cocked up the song towards the end, you can see panic set in at about 1.50 :)

This was when Music was Music , Great Times

We had a chap called Gordon at work. He had some stick.the guy he worked with . Used to sing it to him.and when it came on the radio. The whole shop floor used to sing it lol🤣 🤣

Top tune

I did. It was the best!!!!

Still laughing all these decades later.

I remeber buying this single and the man who runs the record shop who's name is Gordon said that when it first came out he had his mate make him a badge that just said "no I'm not" because whenever he'd walk into the local everyone in a tipsy manor would chant "Gordon is a moron" at him

" gordon is a moron." Ha ha. Brilliant stuff.

@Feisty1967 Jilted John is perhaps a young Shuttleworth....work that one out and remain fashionable! Of course, he forgot all about Julie and married Mary, and they all lived happily ever after in Sheffield...

@mr.johnperry1688

3 жыл бұрын

Ah it is him shit no need to have posted asking

I wonder if Ken Worthington was his agent back then?😆

I had an Austin Ambassador Y-Reg. (Well it was an Metro, really)

@jibjab351 he was born in 1959, so he was 19 here (His name is Graham Fellows, John Shuttleworth was a character he played).

Genius, this and Going steady a true double B side

Great piss take song..love it.

I dont think those girls were the same after the camera panned away from Jimmy

@dougie1968

5 жыл бұрын

They waited until he was dead before they accused him of being a paedo, no doubt. A dead man can't defend himself in court, so they're quids in.

@prpwnage9296

4 жыл бұрын

@@dougie1968 Yeah they were all making it up! All of them!

@mikeellisonhimself

3 жыл бұрын

@@dougie1968 Lydon had been accusing him while he was alive but everyone put it down to Johnny's usual stirring. Andy Kershaw had also said that he'd been warned to steer very clear of Savile. I saw Savile blatantly touch the skin of the breast of one of Pans People on national TV while ostensibly pinning a Jim Fixed It For Me badge to her skimpy costume. It's beyond reasonable doubt that he was a perv and that the establishment turned a blind eye.

It's that bad it's brilliant

Yea, Yea it's not fair!

@antster1983 Thanks for the information... love to know stuff like that!

Graeme Fellows (John Shuttleworth) is a national treasure.

Now then now then.

Jimmy Saville enjoying himself at the beginning

@CHUTNEX

2 жыл бұрын

He had 'form' on TOTP ask Coleen Nolan.

I use to see Gordon walking around withington village

OH yeah I was at scool LOL we used to sing it at Julieee

excellent, I remembered there was one performance where he nearly forgot his words at the end "she's a slag and he's a creep"... This is the one. Excellent all the same ... and now he is "John Shuttleworth... Pigeons in Flight"

@thefurrybastard1964

3 жыл бұрын

Heard that at a live performance he actually sang, "He's a Slag, she's a Creep."

"They were both LARFFIN at me," sings this kid from Sheffield, South Yorkshire?!?!

Good comment

It's hard to believe this is The John Shuttleworth'..Fantastic..!! lol

It is like Herman Hermits on speed.

Love this song my name is julie & my dad is called gorden x

Yeah, never noticed that before!

The single was produced by Martin Hannett later of Joy Division ACR, New Order, Happy Mondays etc etc

Mr Shuttleworth 👏

"Puff" hahahaaaaaaa

i was eight when this came out and my uncle well took the piss out of me cos my name is john ,, top days wish i was back

OOF!! I don't think he's up to the standard of the Ken Worthington stable.

Graham Fellows AKA John Shuttleworth (meat pie sausage roll)

The bassist (back left) is Martin Hannett, I've only just found this out.

Poor Gordon! 😂

agreed

Simon Peg on drums. This is his first TV appearance.

Agreed

Grandad Roberts

It's Graham Fellows kids

no they didn't !!! "I'm In Love With The Girl On The Virgin Manchester Megastore Check-out Desk " was by the FRESHIES

@misfit2022

4 жыл бұрын

Chris Sievey Aka Frank Sidebottom