i love how he gets more bouncy and in-character as the song goes on! he was so talented. those high notes!!!

Thank for posting this. I used to write Michael a lot when I was a child. He always wrote back. Fabulous man.

Beautiful beautiful man ❤

No one is better as CB than him!

@madabbafan

Ай бұрын

True, Michael was a very talented man, and by all acounts a genuinley nice person as well.

Amazing performer !!! I wish he was still with us.

He has the perfect voice for this role

@madabbafan

Ай бұрын

Agreed, he was a very talented man.

This guy was my childhood. I've only just discovered how amazing he was. Love him. X

Shame hes no longer with us , great performer in this and in Rentaghost and loving Richard Stilgoe watching in the background. Ive met Richard Stilgoe

@lilchwis4423

5 жыл бұрын

Richard Stilgoe looks almost the same lol

@paulanthonyhoeflich8988

5 жыл бұрын

You met Stilgoe ??? I'm jealous

I worked with Michael did not know him well; saw him just before he died far too young like many others during the forgotten pandemic

His so beautiful.

Thankyou for uploading this, he was an amazing performer .. he had so much more to give.. but what he left is clearly still inspirational and here I am at 42 still searching for him, guessing he would be 70 plus now! His Mr Claypole was my childhood!

Fantastic to see this, he was so talented

The way he sings in that clip reminds me a bit of Holly Johnson 👍

What a hottie.

This is actually insane

Amazing to see, thank you x

He performed it once on Blue Peter. I wonder if it's in an archive somewhere.

@lilchwis4423

4 жыл бұрын

I would love to see a video of that somewhere. I never found any videos or anything on this number (though olc stuff is hard to find) so I assumed it was the only video of Michael Staniforth performing it. I hope such a recording exists somewhere, it would be sad if that was gone forever.

I detect Sir richard stilgoe lurking in the back ground making sure everything is just so ..no doubt 😏😊

Thanks for sharing! :D

@lilchwis4423

6 жыл бұрын

:)

Thank you for posting this.

Mr Claypole!

I think youve not got a workshop clip youve got a rare clip of the rehearsal of it in a studio before the show starts!

@finalfightguy

4 жыл бұрын

100 percent the workshop performance.

@klaine4eva167

Жыл бұрын

definitely a workshop. He's (Michael) seen I. that same outfit in other workshop clips.

Is that Richard Stilgoe in the background?

@lilchwis4423

10 ай бұрын

Yes indeed!

Sounds a bit like ‘Fame’ by Bowie. Great bit of history. x

Hi - I'm creating a video about Rentaghost for my channel and would like to use a small piece of this clip if possible?

0:42 I have no clue who that man is but he looks so depressed to be wearing all that train makeup

@paulnewbs997

4 жыл бұрын

Looks like Tom Jobe who later went on to play Electra

@thehockeynerd3479

4 жыл бұрын

That was the current Electra

@moony1857

2 жыл бұрын

It's Zaine Griff, who played Electra during this workshop.

Does anyone know what the different lyrics are here?

Just googled the words - Wide smile, high style, that's me Out front, in back, C.B. Wrong side of the track C.B. See the news on you TV Rail disaster Ever wonder why was he Getting faster Every time the red caboose Takes a train Seems to loose it's braking shoes Can't explain (Stop that train) Wide smile, high style, that's me Out front, in back, C.B. Wrong side of the track C.B. Hiding at the back of the freight train Unsupected When they robbed the great train I collected While the feds shake their heads I'm on the loose There each time at the scene of the crime The red caboose (Stop that train) Wide smile, high style, that's me Out front, in back, C.B. Wrong side of the track C.B. The state police they don't suspect I got old ninety seven wrecked Interpol don't know that I Crossed the bridge on the river Kwai Seems like any train that takes me Just doesn't get the brakes Somebody go fetch a cop Another train just failed to stop (Brake that train) Wide smile, high style, that's me Out front, in back, C.B. Wrong side of the track C.B. Ten four Smokey bear I could be anywhere You know I'm to blame But you don't know my name Wide smile, high style, that's me Out front, in back, C.B. Wrong side of the track C.B. C.B. Hanging loose C.B. The red caboose

@lilchwis4423

5 жыл бұрын

The lyrics are different here tho, as it's the workshop production

@pidgedidge

5 жыл бұрын

I knew C.B. was bad but this is DARK. What a great villain.

@cocoo299

Жыл бұрын

nuh uh

I think you may have got the date wrong of his birth as it would make him 42 when he appeared in STEX, im pretty certain he was younger than that. I know it says the same on Wikipedia too, but i think thats gotta be wrong too.

@lilchwis4423

6 жыл бұрын

jonathan clay Yeah I just copied the dates from Wikipedia so

@ladyjennyanytime5195

6 жыл бұрын

He was in his early 20s when he did Rentaghost & ghe cast change over for A chorus line in the 70s so i think he was probebly mid/late 20s when he did STEX. Steph Lawrence was one of the oldest in the show at around 30(which by future Pearl actresses cast in the role is quite old by stex standards) But yeah I remember Michael passing as a kid and being really upset by it as he was one of my heroes from Rentaghost as a kid. He was very young though. tken too soon. :-(

@ItstheA259

6 жыл бұрын

jonathan clay Michael was born in 1942 making one of the older cast members of Starlight Express. He had a long career as a musical theatre performer before that in shows such as Hair, when he was indeed in he’s twenties. Michael died in 1987 at the age of 44. Trust me, I know. He is very much missed.

@paulanthonyhoeflich8988

6 жыл бұрын

Kate Peake I resent him being gone. I listened to Starlight Express often in my childhood in the 90s.

@stuartmacrae177

5 жыл бұрын

Kate Peake because he still comes across as so contemporary and lovable, it feels as if he could be a star today, he is very much missed but also still very present in our consciousness and memories of his fantastic work on stage and TV.

As a theatre fan I love Starlight Express but what song is this? Anyone elaborate for me?

@lilchwis4423

5 жыл бұрын

This song is "CB" from the original production of Starlight Express in London (on Broadway, it was changed to "Wide Smile"). It was cut from a lot of tours, and the character was cut sometimes too (mostly in the UK tours, and in the "New Starlight Express" London revision). It was in every version in Bochum, and was known as "Mein Spiel." The song just recently got updated text in Bochum, as they reworked the character entirely. It's probably one of my favorite songs in the show, along with Liebesexpress and Pumping Iron. I personally dislike the changes to the Red Caboose in the new 2018 revisions in Bochum, as they took away the whole double-sided personality of him and just made him strictly evil.

@MissPsychocandy1973

3 жыл бұрын

@@lilchwis4423 taking out There's Me was a crime. I saw Michael play this part three times as a ten year old and cried every time.

@outlawssweetheart

2 жыл бұрын

@@lilchwis4423 Oh no, they changed Caboose like that? 😣 I've only recently got into STEX, and I've read about some changes they've made since 2017 that I really dislike; changing "A Whole Lotta Locomotion" to "I Got Me," changing "Crazy," changing "Dinah's Disco" ... all to pander to modern ideals, and it completely changes the characters and takes out the fun and innuendos. 😒 UGH, add one-noting C.B.'s character to the list, I guess. 🙃

@lilchwis4423

2 жыл бұрын

​@@outlawssweetheart Yeah they have changed the show a lot. The idea is to keep it fresh so people are more likely to return knowing something new and fresh is there. That being said, I have a soft spot for Caboose as he was always my favorite as a kid... and I think the current version really is butchering the character. Anyone can have their own opinion, but I feel like there was something special that was lost. If you aren't familiar with German, definitely check out the Broadway production! Someone uploaded it here on KZread, and it's quite a good version!