The Secret Policemans Ball

[MrBump]

Piggy Pox has got me trawling the web again.

I remember this first time around - some lovely playing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9GiAu4Z40U&feature=PlayList&p=2C6CC2658D010612&index=0&playnext=1

... and I think that this is one of my favourite all time clips:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqNl6Tc70M0

Edit - actually I think that this is my favourite clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyZEl8g2I7E&feature=related

[FELINEGUITARS]

Gilmour is great as ever
Serious Mullet on that bassplayer

[Philly Q]

Serious Mullet on that bassplayer

Is that Tony Franklin from Blue Murder?

To be fair, Gilmour was pretty well mulleted-up too.  And so was I, in those days.  :oops:

[CaptainDesslock]

wow,

were you people around for this music? cause I sure wasn't!

[Jonny]

I wish I was.

Another good Gilmour performance, a classic obviously.

Comfortably Numb: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-MLxgkiPNg

[mikeluke]

Some great comedy moments in SPB too - I've tried to find a clip of Chris Langham on "How to speak Japanese" but failed - if you ever find it - a classic!!

[Philly Q]

wow,

were you people around for this music? cause I sure wasn't!

I wasn't there, but I was certainly around. 

It was a strange time, I don't think any period in recent history looks more dated than the mid-'80s.  At one point it seemed like all the old-school rock stars grew mullets, wore peculiar jewellery and dressed in big baggy suits like Duran Duran and the cast of Miami Vice.

[Plexi Ken]

I think any era where people are dressed 'in fashion' looks dated  :)
Some guy in jeans 'n' t-shirt in the 1950 looks pretty much like some guy in jeans 'n' t-shirt now.

[MrBump]

The 1980s were definitely an odd time.

I remember looking at picture of guys from the 1970s and thinking that they looked really bad.  Me in my burgundy stay-pressed trousers, burgundy cardigan and moon boots.

And Harrington jacket...

Yikes!

[HTH AMPS]

Serious Mullet on that bassplayer

Is that Tony Franklin from Blue Murder?

To be fair, Gilmour was pretty well mulleted-up too.  And so was I, in those days.  :oops:

that vid with Gilmour is proof that nobody escaped the 80s - that dreadful cricket-bat guitar and dodgy chorus, urgh!!!  Where is a vomit emoticon when you need one.

[MrBump]

... and speaking of the 1980s, one of my fav artists from that period, playing one of my fav tracks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ddJRBQFRoY

(... and no, that's not an especially large PRS - he really is that tiny...)

[Philly Q]

... and speaking of the 1980s, one of my fav artists from that period, playing one of my fav tracks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ddJRBQFRoY

(... and no, that's not an especially large PRS - he really is that tiny...)

Always liked that song, despite the hideously twee keyboard sound on that performance!  He always seemed like he secretly a bit of a guitar hero disguised as a pop star.

Since I'm making fashion-related comments on this thread... imaginative use of mohawk to hide hair loss!  :P

I hope he realises the beard and glasses make him look like a Gary Glitter action figure....

[MrBump]

... spooky that you never see Gary Glitter and Nik Kershaw in the same room together...