The Bonzo Dog Band on Colour Me Pop December 21st 1968

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The Bonzo Dog Band's appearance on Colour Me Pop.
Sadly most episodes of this show are missing.
Restoration of Mr Apollo by Garrett Gilchrist

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@Ratelzwatel Жыл бұрын

0:24 Canyons of your Mind 3:23 I'm the Urban Spaceman 5:44 Mr. Apollo 9:17 speech 9:54 Noises for the Leg 11:51 speech 12:22 Noises for the Leg

@MrBooojangles 6 ай бұрын

They were totally mad but brilliant. One of my favourite groups ever. I wish there were more of these groups around now.

@donaldmac1250 10 ай бұрын

genius on so many levels...my favourite band from that era

@dale4853 6 ай бұрын

I do believe you art using genius a little too freely.

@deborahrobertson8606 10 ай бұрын

I watched this as a child. In B&W, of course. I adored the Bonzo's on DNAYS. Watching and listening to all the brilliance of that time spoiled me. I was in my 20's in the 1980's...and in a permanent bad mood! Born too late !!!

@robmiskell6656 9 ай бұрын

These guys were ahead of their time adding slapstick into their music and having their own definitive sound that was uncommon in 1968.

@2011littlejohn1 6 ай бұрын

I saw these guys live in Sunderland at the Mecca ballroom around 1968. They were so radical that they kicked off with Blue Suede Shoes and believe you me - at that particular moment in history to dare play that was very radical. They had an amazing array of machinery operated by Roger Ruskin I think. They were supremely well choreographed into a sort of maelstrom of organised chaos. They were extremely well received.

@derianimp 6 ай бұрын

I wish I could have been there!

@Stuo5353 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant…. As a fifteen year old I was influenced by bdddb and thankfully my music appreciation grew exponentially because of it, now over 50 years on my appreciation of the band is just the same. Thank you to Neil, Viv and the rest of the guys!

@acbenepe 4 ай бұрын

I've been a Bonzo fan for at least 50 years. Never seen most of this material thank you.

@derleukos77 Жыл бұрын

In color and in stereo - it‘s so amazing!!!

@timstarrett9697 10 ай бұрын

It all takes me back to my childhood, childhood, childho.....

@TreVader1378 2 ай бұрын

Are you the odd boy by any chance.

@redwolf6724 3 ай бұрын

This Band Was Great!!! They Were So Underrated! The Beatles Knew It And That’s Why They Had Them Play Death Cab For Cutie In Their Movie!

@planetterror649 6 ай бұрын

They are way before my time, and I think they are brilliant, absolute genius band

@simonagree4070 Жыл бұрын

OMG, the greatest band of all time. Better (if less prolific) than The Beatles. RIP Viv and Neil.

@derianimp Жыл бұрын

I met Neil, he was really sweet

@chrisbaker9243 Жыл бұрын

They were indeed! Their appearance on Magical Mystery Tour on TV cheered me up as I was in hospital, I'd been given Gorilla for Christmas! It was only quite recently I found out that Viv (Victor back then) left Southend High the year before I started there. The lyrics to The Odd Boy always related to myself and the attitude of others there towards me/him were spot on!

@jackdshellback3819 Жыл бұрын

@@derianimp Me too, we had quite a chat. Nice guy.

@jacobmassey3897 10 ай бұрын

This had better be a sarcastic comment 😂

@dlynn101 9 ай бұрын

we know Paul was a big fan

@rainman6699 2 ай бұрын

Whent to Glastonbury Town Hall when they were playing brilliant night. 1966 or1967. Got married 69 and still with my love.

@derianimp 2 ай бұрын

awesome!

@chrisbaker9243 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant! I saw this in B/W when it was first transmitted. It was an hour I believe. About a year later I met a young BBC cameramen who had worked on this and had spent a week or two with the band at their homes and in the studio. His stories of this time were epic, apparently much alcohol was consumed. Roger's electronic creations were described in detail. His name was Anthony Brockhouse and I believe was a cousin of Peter Mirren who I knew slightly better for a while. Didn't know who his sister, Helen, was as I was only 18 at the time.

@derianimp Жыл бұрын

Amazing to hear from people who were around at the time especially when they have a personal connection! I got to meet Neil though much more recently.

@peterfreeman6677 Жыл бұрын

Colour Me Pop ran for 40 minutes that Saturday night, from 11:15 to 11:40pm, so we've got about a third of the programme here. A pity there's nothing to tell us what bits of inspired lunacy we're missing. Oh, and BBC2 kicked off that day with live coverage of the launch of Apollo 8. Perhaps their choice of songs was influenced by that. (I think I was right - 10:00, there, see?)

@petertelford5338 10 ай бұрын

How could anyone aged 16 not notice Helen Mirren?

@chrisbaker9243 10 ай бұрын

Quite easily, her early career was in theatre, not my thing really when a teenager. I knew all about the Bonzos and that Viv Stanshall came from Leigh as did the Mirrens.

@bustercherry8734 8 ай бұрын

How big and black was it?

@velvetpilot2008 3 ай бұрын

This is arguably better than Viv's other band. Especially Mr. Apollo

@derianimp 3 ай бұрын

They also have Innes

@dianesaari3034 7 ай бұрын

How did I miss these geniuses 🤪 Such talent.

@simonagree4070 Жыл бұрын

Thank you -- I've never heard "Noises For The Leg" done with a live theremin leg before.

@illuminotmereloaded6896 Жыл бұрын

It's amazing! So cool to have the resources, time and know how to build such things and employ them in beautiful madness such as this.

@VincenzodiVeloce 5 ай бұрын

Just that phrase "a live therein leg" is a joy to read and of course the wonderful performance. I miss them too.

@JoeBirish Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite Bands!

@TheGerkuman Жыл бұрын

I love Neil's eyebrow waggle in the second verse of Urban Spaceman.

@tomandaj1 10 ай бұрын

Neil Innes does the worlds greatest guitar solo

@johnthomas736 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for up uploading this video. 🐸 😎 🇬🇧. 🌹 ☕

@tommaxwell3469 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for this!

@dannystrat Жыл бұрын

Looks to me like the Noises For The Leg sections were recorded at a way later date. Mid-1969? Viv's hair is much shorter. And too bad the camera operators have no clue what to focus on during Viv and Roger's antics! That said, these are treasures and thanks for uploading!

@simonagree4070 Жыл бұрын

Just a note: most, if not all, of their videos are from BBC shows mimed with live vocals. Some of the vocals seem mimed as well. Viv gets in a lot of improvisation that indicates live variation from the recorded musical backing.

@illuminotmereloaded6896 Жыл бұрын

Yes it's interesting. Larry appears to be playing most of the time. Neil rarely looks like he is really playing, and 'Viv's' wind instruments appear to be mimed as well, but like you say there are variations. It works well. It's better than most mime acts by a longshot, but still a mime act. Show business.

@dmitriyv6574 Жыл бұрын

well Mr Apollo from CMP is defintely live

@paulroberts5677 9 ай бұрын

First time I've heard Mr Apollo. Nice.

@craigfazekas3923 Жыл бұрын

I own a King Crimson concert poster that shows Roger Ruskin Spear & His Giant Kinetic Wardrobe as the opening act, circa '71. 🚬😎👍

@robst247 Жыл бұрын

I had the considerable privilege and pleasure to see Roger Ruskin Spear & His Giant Kinetic Wardrobe live at Dingwalls, Camden Lock, sometime in the mid-'70s. It was the most hilarious and bizarre evening of my life. After the one-man-and-several-robots show, I chatted with Roger. What a polite and charming chap he was. Delightful!

@SuperNevile 11 ай бұрын

@@robst247 Saw him at Kingston Poly early 70s. Two backing robots, which played instruments, and blew smoke.

@robst247 11 ай бұрын

@@SuperNevile I assume you enjoyed it.

@SuperNevile 11 ай бұрын

@@robst247 It was beyond "enjoyment" and I'm here boasting about it 50 years later.

@robst247 11 ай бұрын

@@SuperNevile Great!

@frankengels7843 Жыл бұрын

gREAT souND and ViDEO. Thanx!

@derianimp Жыл бұрын

your welcome???

@sgood280 5 ай бұрын

This really takes me back to college days😂

@urielgarciadeloso4402 2 ай бұрын

05:20 "I'm the urban spaceman baby, here comes the twist: I DON'T EXIST" *proceeds to look at William aka "Vivian"*

@derianimp 2 ай бұрын

PAUL IS NOT DEAD

@ewostyria Ай бұрын

@@derianimp😢 He will live forever ...

@derianimp Ай бұрын

@@ewostyria Paul is alive

@elainekerslake6865 Жыл бұрын

Loved these boys.

@akadventuring 8 ай бұрын

I remember there was a very low quality VHS recording of Mr. Apollo 13 years before you uploaded this

@johnyork417 8 ай бұрын

Oh! Genius! Genius! Thank you!

@jorgelodwick4429 10 ай бұрын

WE..ARE!... WE...ARE!!..NORMAL..!!!..AND,WE...WANT..OUR..FREEDOM!!!!😊

@johneshuis1215 4 ай бұрын

Tadpoles, 1974, in the middle of the night (5 or 6) 2 x 50 watt Pioneer. Neighbors flabbergasted and shoqued....

@derianimp 4 ай бұрын

wut

@James-vv9fr 11 ай бұрын

Yeah yeah yeah British music at it's best.

@marguskiis7711 10 ай бұрын

So sad they didn't last until the 70s prog boom they were suitable belong to.

@ebw343 9 ай бұрын

"ouch"

@Zif-the-Old-Herring 6 ай бұрын

Neil innes. Relaxing in my mud ponds.

@rogetroogus8738 Жыл бұрын

in creibly great wow im mystified very cool

@martinholmes-ue9ko 2 ай бұрын

"...sweet essence of giraffe.......

@UFO1601 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant, the Monty python of pop .

@hughcoulter8313 9 ай бұрын

It's shit like this that makes England great...

@derianimp 9 ай бұрын

It’s a great source of music

@rogetroogus8738 Жыл бұрын

i could make money with this act

@fredcloud9668 4 ай бұрын

Intro Hello. Outro Goodbye.

@alanoneill3065 Жыл бұрын

Viv...my guru

@alanoneill3065 10 ай бұрын

@@cliff-nb6bm How did he manage to be 2 people at the same time?

@alanoneill3065 10 ай бұрын

@@cliff-nb6bm Is this Billy? silly... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mNB4l7Ons7Cwfac.html

@pale_saint 10 ай бұрын

@@alanoneill3065actually these lunatics claim he’s 3 people at the same time

@alanoneill3065 10 ай бұрын

@@pale_saint 3? Do you mean...Shears, McCartney and Stanshall?

@thomasbarker2888 2 ай бұрын

S'funny. I love Sir Henry At etc etc... and I've tried to get into this... (I like some of Neil Innes's work with the Pythons - is 'how sweet to be an idiot' a Bonzo Dog song? - guess that'd count), but... it ultimately leaves me cold. Guess you had to be there or summat.

@derianimp 2 ай бұрын

How Sweet To Be An Idiot is Neil solo

@allyouneedislunch6738 2 жыл бұрын

Just found one super rare video from a beaten up vhs it’s a alternate take of urban spaceman from Color me pop but it’s in black and white should I post It. It’s super poor quality

@ajsmith 2 жыл бұрын

please do!

@allyouneedislunch6738 2 жыл бұрын

@@ajsmith I have

@illuminotmereloaded6896 Жыл бұрын

@@allyouneedislunch6738 I think I've seen it. Is it introduced by a woman?

@sablatnic8030 Жыл бұрын

@@allyouneedislunch6738 Thanks, have watched it!!

@tommythetrain4288 23 күн бұрын

5:02 that sound change was planned? lol

@thomasbarker2888 2 ай бұрын

At last! A Bonzo Dog youtube vidya without a bunch of 'Paul is Dead' lunatics in the comments.

@thomasbarker2888 2 ай бұрын

Ugh... spoke too soon.

@derianimp 2 ай бұрын

@@thomasbarker2888 yup XD

@derianimp 2 ай бұрын

@@thomasbarker2888 They make me so mad though because it almost erases Viv’s genius

@user-fu2mi1nd5l Жыл бұрын

Neil does look at Viv on the "I DONT EXIST" line

@campion10 10 ай бұрын

Billy/Viv/Paul

@derianimp 9 ай бұрын

@@cliff-nb6bm No

@derianimp 9 ай бұрын

@@campion10 Nope

@derianimp 9 ай бұрын

@@cliff-nb6bm sorry but you are an idiot if you think that

@richellen6855 7 ай бұрын

I'll Repeat That...

@alanoneill3065 Жыл бұрын

Do Not Adjust Your Set was.... Answers on a postcard to Keynsham...spelt...

@SuperNevile 11 ай бұрын

Keynsham, Bristol? 🙂

@alanoneill3065 11 ай бұрын

@@SuperNevile Hey people of reasonably mature years. Had busy day sorting - to pass the time we got into various topics. Being based in Bristol we reminisced about listening to Radio Luxembourg and the Horace Batchlor ad. Does anyone remember it - Post to Horace Batchelor, Department 1, Keynsham spelt K-E-Y-N-S-H-A-M near Bristol. It was on night after night. I have found a web site that refers to the add and even has a recording of it. But what ever happened to Horace Batchelor? Does anyone know. he's probably dead by now - but it would be nice to know!

@SuperNevile 11 ай бұрын

@@alanoneill3065 wiki says this: Batchelor was a watercolour painter of many subjects. His studio was the entertainment room at the side of a detached house, a sparsely furnished, bow-windowed room with cocktail bar and steel shutters. He spent his last years mainly in one small room equipped with a chaise longue and two televisions, one colour, the other monochrome, rented from Granada TV Rental at Knowle, Bristol. His housekeeper communicated with visitors and tradesmen. His son Richard took over the business of results prediction. Following his death in 1977, The Times published his will on 3rd March of that year, showing he left just under £150,000. Of more interest, The Bonzo Dogs have an album called "Keynsham" which starts "I've personally won over...well" and Horace Batchelor is featured on percussion in "Intro and Outro" on the "Gorilla" Album.

@joejones5290 Жыл бұрын

Funny!

@k-asp3r754 9 ай бұрын

10:05 isnt that a photo from the 1969 moon landing ..why is there??

@derianimp 9 ай бұрын

Yeah it is. Why it’s there, I don’t know. I would have to go back in time and ask the set designer

@k-asp3r754 9 ай бұрын

@@derianimp dont you get It??

@k-asp3r754 9 ай бұрын

@@derianimp if this was shoot in decembre 68 and the Moon landing in 69?! Still dont get It??

@derianimp 9 ай бұрын

@@k-asp3r754 what?

@derianimp 9 ай бұрын

@@k-asp3r754 I made a typo I guess

@ashleycohen2258 5 ай бұрын

Canyons is bunkum

@derianimp 5 ай бұрын

???

@Elias_Veine_Wiig 5 ай бұрын

This is very much Frank Zappa style of music

@mikomon309 2 ай бұрын

So, this is Billy?

@derianimp 2 ай бұрын

No -_-

@wotireckon Жыл бұрын

So that's what Ronaldo did before getting into footie!!

@Juan-wo7zu Жыл бұрын

What?

@wotireckon Жыл бұрын

@@Juan-wo7zu The face mask - dead ringer for Ronaldo

@alejo7365 Жыл бұрын

@@wotireckon Eh?

@YoutubeKingForever 9 ай бұрын

puuk mccartney? Apollo C Vermouth? Mr Apollo the producer of this album? Vivian Stanshell claims he is Mr Apollo? Also it got revealed later that Apollo C Vermouth was infact Paul McCartney with a fake producer name.

@derianimp 9 ай бұрын

Are you saying Viv is Paul?

@YoutubeKingForever 9 ай бұрын

@@derianimp hm ixk probobly. Maybe just in the 60s?

@derianimp 9 ай бұрын

@@KZfaqKingForever Vivian was NEVER Paul

@YoutubeKingForever 9 ай бұрын

@@derianimp k