Martin Fry on Top Of The Pops, David Bowie and 1970s Culture | Ken Bruce

Martin Fry on Top Of The Pops, David Bowie and 1970s Culture | Ken Bruce | Greatest Hits Radio

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11 ай бұрын

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Martin Fry from ABC joined Ken Bruce for a round of Golden Years and picked 1972 as a memorable year in music. Martin talks about growing up as a teenager during the 70s and the culture surrounding the decade. He mentioned how memorable Top Of The Pops was and how it impacted music during the 70s. Martin recalls the moment he saw David Bowie perform Starman on the show and explains why it was an unforgettable moment in music.
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@waynemillward2807 11 ай бұрын

Martin Fry sounds like a real down to earth kind of fellow, salt of the earth as they say. Great interview by Ken as always 👏 👍.

@carolineharry6605 11 ай бұрын

Aw, I love him. Classy as always. ❤

@andybetts6584 10 ай бұрын

Two lovely guys chatting passionately and intelligently about music....what's not to like?

@JohngolightlyLive 11 ай бұрын

When my friend recommended this station on 1152 khz am, I'm into the 80s now

@peterlewis6324 11 ай бұрын

Martin is like fine wine.

@chriswalford9228 11 ай бұрын

We did have one earphone though . Used mine plugged into a small radio sat up in bed listening to Luxembourg when I first heard Changes by Bowie .

@chrisd5610 11 ай бұрын

'The look of love' is on my childhood anthem list. Thanks Martin!

@John-vw3lr 11 ай бұрын

The 70s definitely best era for Music and Martin summed up Roxy Music perfectly it was like something from a different planet

@joeking4206 8 ай бұрын

Martin and me must have been separated at birth. Everything he said rang with me. Great interview. And Martin looks fantastic for a man in his mid 60s. I was at Uni early 80s when ABC came along. I loved them. Man! could Martin sing.

@Czechbound 11 ай бұрын

What a positive energy guy !

@steffanhoffmann 11 ай бұрын

Most British are

@steffanhoffmann 11 ай бұрын

@ytthrowaway4584 and you are from? The land of the disposable 👉 🇺🇸 where English language is quite poor. Where you're unable to point to the correct country on a world map. I'm not British by the way. Had a wonderful education there, only in your wildest dreams

@eightiesmusic1984 10 ай бұрын

@ytthrowaway4584 Precisely. The English are the problem, two faced and insular.

@tommcmanamon8327 11 ай бұрын

Auld Ken was 21 in 1972. How time flies.

@minty448 8 ай бұрын

At was truly a great year!

@user-du1yk7uk9v 8 ай бұрын

ABC one of the VERY British band EVER!!!!

@julianp4787 9 ай бұрын

What a gentleman :) A great interview with a very talented artist. When Lexicon of Love came out, i was into heavy rock. I ended up at a party at a bedsit, and the only record in the house was ABC By the end of the night i was blown away with its melody and musical unique-ness Loved them ever since

@sdry1688 11 ай бұрын

what a nice guy

@rampageclover9788 10 ай бұрын

Without Roxy Music and Bowie, the New Romantic movement wouldn't have happened...

@danielmarquis5258 Ай бұрын

TRUE FACTS 💯

@lloydburdis1277 11 ай бұрын

Was listening to this very good great music choices, just like to add Ken is sounded better than ever sounds like GHR is what he needed sounds more alive and like he is enjoying himself. I understand radio 2 has lost a million listeners since Ken left ouch that must hurt!

@michaelpotts2964 10 ай бұрын

ABC.... such fabulous art-pop music. They shouldve been massive, but Beauty Stab clearly was too big a shift. It's defo my fave album by them! "From Charles I, to Charles II to Charles III" A brilliant album

@eightiesmusic1984 10 ай бұрын

Be Near Me is a superb track from 1985 but I recall it did not go very high in the chart even though I thought it would.

@markwatkins8309 11 ай бұрын

Brilliant chap, I loved ABC and bought their records. Pity it didn't work out with Stephen Singleton but the band had poss even more success with a change in line-up. Classical stuff a mistake, why not make new records?

@stringer-ik1pc 8 ай бұрын

Martin has aged well.

@deejaydoubleyou1966 11 ай бұрын

So cool. Most people probably think he from Sheffield because ABC are a Sheffield band. Good to know he is from Manchester 😉

@711honved 9 ай бұрын

Being of a similar age to Martin, we share the same musical awakening. I believe ABC's Lexicon Of Love was one of the albums of the 80's. Bowie's folky version of Dudes was a polar opposite to Hoople's.

@alexcull9379 3 ай бұрын

Virginia Plain who can write songs like Bryan style &very original

@alexcull9379 10 ай бұрын

Roxy Music the seventies ......Bryan Ferry ... nobody like this now I’m afraid what happened to melodies?

@eightiesmusic1984 10 ай бұрын

Lowest common denominator muzak, artists not listening to the music and voices that those who emerged in the 1970s and 1980s did, lack of creativity through technology as in the eighties, impatience of record companies not allowing bands time to develop their craft before dumping them from labels and listening to music on phones or via rubbish head phones. Music has diminished in importance to so many people partly due to the lack of quality on offer and more forms of entertainment competing for their attention. A venn diagram of all the reasons for the decline of music would have a lot in the middle and there are various other factors in addition to those cited. We never knew we had it so good in the eighties, it was taken for granted that while music would evolve, it would remain of a consistently high quality.

@pierremchughes9917 9 ай бұрын

You do realise Roxy were given all those songs? Analyse the lyrics, it's mostly Tavistock mind control stuff

@alexcull9379 9 ай бұрын

@@pierremchughes9917 it’s how the great man himself manages to put a melody to his interpretation of a song Bowie was similar just my opinion pal