This appearance by Talk Talk was recorded on UK TV in 1982. "Today" was Talk Talk's 3rd single, when they were still in their electropop phase. (This track was produced by Colin Thurston, who also produced Duran Duran's 1st album). Their drummer kicked-ass...reminde d me of Keith Moon! A great track, and a great performance!
Dave Gahan was only 19 in this! They were on Saturday-morning TV in the UK. A "first-and-last" appearance really, the first time I saw them all in leathers, and the last time with Vince Clarke. Love the old TEAC reel-to-reel for the drum track....
July 1981. Promotional appearance for "Girls on Film" single release. Audience full of New Romantics...you can learn the authentic New Romantic dance right here !!!!!!
This performance by A Flock of Seagulls was the opening track in their concert recorded live for the "Sight and Sound" TV program. This was where the show was broadcasted live on TV, and also simultaneously on an FM stereo radio broadcast. Very high-tech for the time! And a great gig!
This performance by A Flock of Seagulls was performed live in a UK TV studio, during 1983, about a full year after the single release of "I Ran". I think that the band had a very nice live sound on this particular rendition, with a great vocal delivery by Mike Score.
This performance by A Flock of Seagulls was from their concert recorded live for the "Sight and Sound" TV program. This was where the show was broadcasted live on TV, and also simultaneously on an FM stereo radio broadcast. Don't know what's with the "Woo woo" synth sounds at 25 seconds in, maybe the sound engineer was a bit drunk! (You'll know what I mean if you watch it...)
This performance by A Flock of Seagulls was from their concert recorded live for the "Sight and Sound" TV program. This was where the show was broadcasted live on TV, and also simultaneously on an FM stereo radio broadcast. Interestingly, this track is introduced as "Transferred Affection" by Mike Score. Later, on the "Listen" album, the name was abbreviated to just "Transfer Affection".
This feature was broadcast on Sunday evening TV in the UK, at the height of robot-dancing's popularity. Viewer's of this show were predominantly middle-class complainers, (the whole point of the show was to teach viewers how to moan and complain about services). So robot-dancing was a strange feature to have! A great nostalgia piece though :-)
This looks like the school disco, :-)
but it was actually filmed on UK TV during early 1982. Today, the dancing style of the kids in the audience looks very strange indeed!
Britain's Got Talent! This shortened rendition of "Antmusic" was performed live on the British Royal Variety Performance, on the 29th November 1981. There was a medley of artists at the end of the show, playing shortened versions of their hits; the Ants were sandwiched between The Searchers and Cliff Richard.
A discussion about goth, on the Jo Whiley late-night show broadcast in 1997. Jo Whiley, BBC Radio 1 "alternative" and indie DJ, was reputedly a bit of a goth in her youth, & something of an Ian Astbury / Death Cult fan. In this she admits to crimping & backcombing, but nothing more. The curly haired guy knows his stuff! Bit of a closet goth I think... :-)
This performance by A Flock of Seagulls was from their concert recorded live for the "Sight and Sound" TV program. This was where the show was broadcasted live on TV, and also simultaneously on an FM stereo radio broadcast. The Flock were at the height of their powers here, just before the release of their 2nd album, "Listen", which unfortunately didn't sell as well as expected.
I think that robot-dancing duo Fotostat, were hugely underrated. This performance of their single, "Brave New World" was recorded on UK TV in late 1982. I think it's a classic performance, and just so early 80's :-) :-)
This appearance by robot dancing and music duo Fototstat was on the UK's premier music chart show, TOTP, in early 1982. I expect that the elusive Kraftwerk couldn't make it to the studio, so Fotostat took their place...much more interesting to watch than Kraftwerk anyway! :-)
Bee, Buzz, Aki, and Barry... for a few months after The Southern Death Cult split, and before Bee and Barry went off instead to form Into A Circle, there was... Getting the Fear! Girl with the crossbow, the Last Salute, the Zig Zag cover...the world was in their hands! Shame it all imploded. This is from early 1985. Hear the full interview after the classic song, "Yurune".
![Fotostat - dance to \"The Model\" by Kraftwerk (clip) - 1982](http://img.youtube.com/vi/0nZKYhmR5nM/2.jpg "Fotostat - dance to \\"The Model\\" by Kraftwerk (clip) - 1982")
