Brinsley Schwarz - Surrender To The Rhythm [OGWT]

[@1006000]

The lyrics, rhythm and Nick Lowe's huge football-arena style confidence were enough to make Brinsley Schwarz the best of the best of the top of the pops. Fame never happened. I have loved the band all these years just the same.

[@stevenfielden8955]

When the BBC put this programme on again and with the same quality performances I will buy a TV licence.

[@brutkd1266]

Saw it on repeat last night - sadly on Channel 5. The BBC need to pull their act together.

[@joemoore8895]

Even as a young lad. Nick a genius.

[@northernthrifter8817]

Those days are gone my friend, look around at the culture global policymaking has destroyed, were lucky in a way, what have today's young generation got? At least we experienced community, great music, the great British pub culture, I can honestly say though I've never bought a TV licence in my life.

[@johnmcdonnell7268]

TV licences were abolished in Australia in 1974. 50th anniversary of that on 18 September.

[@jamesfrancislethem]

just watched again and listened for the 200th time. pure joy.

[@northernthrifter8817]

👍🤣🤣🤣

[@jim23mac]

me too

[@chasbodaniels1744]

Didn’t know Brinsley could tickle the ivories like that. Such a tasty guitar player too.

[@savethewest8784]

That was my surprise! What's he doing at the piano? 😂

[@bobgreen623]

This is officially the most happy-making song of all time. Thanks boys!

[@john111257]

love it

[@lwplwp]

How about Play That Fast One More Time?...😊

[@pit2ryan3]

@@lwplwp - Play That Fast Thing One More Time...

[@northernthrifter8817]

Yeah but it was nothing less than another mess 😉

[@DesmondCampbell-zd1xw]

Absolutely brilliant song. Obviously Paul Weller likes it too

[@kox9256]

pub rock is the healthiest part of rock and roll and rhythm and blues music from the 70s to today!

[@bramleydragon]

Great song this. Love the happy sounding Hammond organ. Puts a smile on my face.

[@MairyHinge]

The geezer on the Hammond is officially the happiest man that ever lived! It was an amazing time to be young......pub rock galore....🤍From Bermondsey.

[@45rpmSINGLES]

I wish they’d bring back the Old Grey Whistle test and dump the godawful Jools Holland honkytonk show

[@Jimi-DV]

Seeing Bob Andrews living his best life on the Organ in this performance never gets old. I'm pretty sure its Bob at the Piano on "I Love The Sound of Breaking Glass" too.

[@bobgreen623]

Yes it is!

[@oddbod8655]

When I put this song on it just lifts my spirit.From the word go they just seem to be enjoying playing their music.I love the keyboards and Nicks Barnet 🤓

[@northernthrifter8817]

This is a great song and a tight band, the singer is bloody brilliant, i love the those noises he makes with his lips between the lines just quality uplifting music 🎶 🎵 🎶😊

[@epicmeade]

Chewing gum while singing. a classic attempt to pretend like this wasn't the most important moment in his life (up till then at least). thanks for posting this . it's nice to see it in high Def.

[@kevbrew]

"I said we're doing all right, well we're doing okay-hay!!" Absolutely magnificent, cheers for posting.

[@gusdogbrownlab435]

Never heard anything as good as this in the pubs I drink at.

[@northernthrifter8817]

Nor me, had it been so I'd probably be alcoholic 🤣🤣🤣

[@marcmiller4172]

Bob Andrews did a fantastic job for Brinsley and Graham Parker and the Rumor. Great moment is when Nick smiles and sings "I Say we are doing all right - Well we are doing OK!"

[@matteg490]

I'm just a singer in another band and I can't say if you are right or wrong about that.

[@northernthrifter8817]

Yes but it was nothing less than another mess😉

[@briankennedy1192]

Can hear a bit of Van here too, aah the magic music chain.

[@simoncurtis1972]

Nick Lowe is a musical genius. And yes, it was mentioned in passing when the NME reviewed Speak Like a Child about the similarities. And just how modish does Nick Lowe look here, in 1973!

[@phil2003ashleigh]

Simon Curtis aren't all great songs a facsimile of something you've heard elsewhere? Ask Ringo LOL x

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

Well, he's got the Bowie cut here, doesn't he.

[@michaeltnewyorknights8413]

@@AFaceintheCrowd01 totally! The first thing I said when he got his first close up!

[@Robcatist]

He does indeed obviously caught the eye of Mr Weller and “influenced” Speak like a child.

[@thomasandersen6719]

@@Robcatist Weller was also "influenced" (daylight robbery) by Taxman by Beatles and 10538 overture by ELO

[@mustlovepretzels]

Glad I read Will Birch's book about Nick Lowe "Cruel To Be Kind". I wouldn't have known about great songs like this otherwise. Cheers!

[@pit2ryan3]

Otto Greenleaf - That's great, but why didn't you check Nick Lowe's discography on discogs?

[@imbwinkle]

Nick's chewing gum while singin..frickin classic

[@sthompson1000]

I've been humming this tune for about thirty-five years.

[@northernthrifter8817]

I just got an urge from nowhere to put it in the search bar, instant tonic😊

[@ingridcleaver2264]

yup, its taken ages to find it here, so happy!

[@n.ck.c]

Love the harmony with "surrender" towards the end

[@jeankavanagh1485]

Yep. A fine hook !

[@matthewcannon9699]

Nicholas Cooper It's a great device. Completes the story perfectly. Nick Lowe has spoken of his interest in writing the perfect rock or pop song of 3 minutes, complete with hooks, devices etc. They're having a good go here!

[@ailurophile17]

While I was in the army back in 1972, all around me was heard the standard so-called "classic rock" of the day which I hated then and still do. MY salvation was the Flamin' Groovies "Teenage Head," and the Brinsley's "Nervous on the Road." THANK YOU for posting this amazing video of a tune I wish more people had heard and actually took its timeless advice!

[@lwplwp]

Such an underrated band...At least here in the States 😪

[@oppothumbs1]

Bob Andrews is so happy and his playing is great . Nick learned early to chew gum and sing at the same time. He's not just another singer in another song. yeah we doing ok. Oh she was dumb she was dirty yeah, but she was a princess Custom made and could fit right into his arms She could thrill him she could chill him, woh down to the bone But he was in his teens yeah, he had to spill the beans Still looking for ways and means Surrendered to the rhythm calling him home

[@northernthrifter8817]

​​@@oppothumbs1I remember first hearing this must be 15 or 20 years ago on a whistle test rerun, it's grown on me in that time,I find myself watching this video regular, it's a bloody class tune.😊

[@oppothumbs1]

@@northernthrifter8817Sure I have watched it over 40 times.

[@johnc4114]

Used to go and see these and the three other bands that "Whispering" Bob Harris mention in his intro - Ducks Deluxe, Bees Make Honey & Kilburn and the High Roads - at the Tally Ho pub in Kentish Town. Halcyon days.

[@cuebj]

Wonderful to find this. Billy Rankin on drums. Days of Linden Park in Tunbridge Wells some 50 years ago or more now clouded by getting old, heart attacks and even the next generation passing away. I'll listen to this many times over the weekend

[@johnosullivan6439]

A darling of a song this one - and Nick Lowe, great character & and a great singer :)

[@Harry-me1zq]

N/L and D/E they have given so much to Music,thank god for Punk breaking up the music 'closed shop' of the 70,s thus allowing live Indie bands to come through. Can we have Punk2 ?

[@simonhelliar7285]

that's gotta put a smile on your face for the rest of the day

[@mattsmate]

Awesome...can you believe this is nearly 40 years old!

[@sweetknuckle]

'Speak Like a Child'.....Paul Weller, you naughty man ! This is a great song.

[@theroadahead6033]

Yeah a complete rip off by Mr Weller!

[@bobgreen623]

Ahhhhh, the Torrington at Finchley.... great memories, one of my favourite songs by a great band.

[@philtaylor7568]

down to the pub after this gets me in drinking mode every time

[@thestereoclub6735]

I saw the Brinsleys a few times in '72, on their own and backing Frankie Miller when he opened for Alvin Lee at the Rainbow, It's been a while, but I recall Frankie introduced them as "London's house band". Very true! I had no idea who they were, but they were a seriously tight band. A healthy bit of rock history starts with the Brinsleys. Frankie Miller had a hit in the US a few years later with Darling.

[@percystreet]

Just reading “No Sleep Till Canvey Island: The Pub Rock Revolution” - fascinating

[@jeankavanagh1485]

Love Nick's grown out Suedehead look . big ride.....

[@flashtheoriginal]

I think BS were having a piss take on this recording - Ian Gomm is playing bass, Nick Lowe is on lead: a complete instrument reversal between the two of them. Great stuff. The vocals were live to their earlier pre recorded track. Brinsley himself is sat at the back on secondary keyboard, I missed that earlier on. Good band, nice songs. God bless em all. Quality

[@frankmorgan6173]

Not sure - I saw the Brinsleys several times in Edinburgh in the day and they did swap instruments a lot. But it was 45 years ago so.......

[@pit2ryan3]

flashtheoriginal - It's all live, no pre-recorded track...

[@jamesmcintyre2008]

@@pit2ryan3 they often used per recorded backings on OGWT

[@pit2ryan3]

@@jamesmcintyre2008 - I know that but somewhere Ian Gomm himself said this was totally live...

[@pit2ryan3]

@@frankmorgan6173 - Brinsley and Andrews also played sax live in 1974.. Also on Dr. Feelgood "Bonie Moronie" from the Down By The Jetty LP...

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

That pub rock scene was really fun -- nothing like it. Wiped away in short order by punk.

[@sydneymendel4115]

thanks for a great song lads

[@electricleg207]

Great barnet ,Nick.

[@HairyBosch]

Weller owes this man. Along with a few others...........

[@jeankavanagh1485]

Weller owes loads....

[@HairyBosch]

Jean Kavanagh Yeah, but I thought I'd just leave it at this without referencing The Beatles, ELO and the rest. If there's a catchy riff out there, Weller's probably nicked it and made a few quid out of it. But for some reason, he's untouchable - and that's from a Jam fan. Ho hum......

[@unclemort1960]

Nobby Nolevel Well for a START Weller owes The TAXMAN.

[@jeankavanagh1485]

He owes me a sliver ring I lost at one of his gigs..

[@unclemort1960]

Jean Kavanagh A lucky punter .security man or next day cleaner probably found it.

[@MarkkuKoljonenwTinja]

:D Thanks! :D Tinja&Markku

[@rocklens1]

Bloody brilliant!!!!

[@mc2594]

a drop of lemonade in mine Bob .. cheers

[@PopTodd]

I still say that Bob Andrews is one of the greatest keyboard players in rock history.

[@bramleydragon]

Todd Leiter-Weintraub he's great isn't he? And he's from Leeds where I live.

[@simoncurtis1972]

Todd Leiter-Weintraub Bob Andrews, Leeds man and still playing. Living in New Orleans, has his own website.

[@phil2003ashleigh]

Todd Leiter-Weintraub and professor Paul x

[@nickwebb8197]

Yup, and Graham Parker had the good sense to recruit him for his band.

[@pit2ryan3]

@@nickwebb8197 - It wasn't Graham Parker, it was his manager who did that...

[@michaelhelme6313]

Cracking tune and performance. Nick Lowe always reminds me of Jim Bob from The Walton's (elongated).

[@SoulStylistJukeBox]

Has anyone ever asked Mick Talbot about the keyboard melody on this track?

[@markstrumma4733]

Speak like a child? Just heard this for the first time and came on here to see if anyone else thought there was a 'cough' similarly

[@Gareth-mv7iy]

Just heard this song for the first time and said exactly the same thing to my son. Had to come on here because I couldn't remember the name of Style Council song. Cheers pal you've just saved me from a.long hard Google search.

[@petermgruhn]

It's like watching Iggy at Manchester. There's this groovy band of near-post-hippies fronted by a guy who's trying out for The Jam.

[@NeverKnowinglyUndersouled]

Kilburn & the High Roads = Ian Dury & the Blockheads 😍

[@afc358]

What a fucking great tune.

[@roytbone5791]

proper musicians

[@Edward1312]

There aint no pubs left for pub rock. Brinsley Schwarz were far more than that anyway they had a record contract and recorded 6 albums of their own material for goodness sake. I think the moniker of being pub rock as being a good thing has deteriorated over time.

[@billyowl1]

brill tune and organ

[@StanPomeray]

Superb!

[@Mr10sunflower]

excellent stuff cheers !

[@monicawalery9396]

I love this harmony

[@ianmccallum1776]

just on old gray whistle test not heard this for years

[@MOTOPAC]

Wonderful tune

[@DBMalone]

@sthompson1000 It never played here in the states. No one here knew Brinsley Schwartz and we'd never heard of Nick Lowe until Cruel to be Kind came out in '79. Even then, we didn't know Rockpile. This tune is great! I swear, we Americans miss out on a lot of great music that gets played in Britain... and it's probably our own fault for not excepting something different. BTW, we discovered Ska about 15 years after they did in Britain.

[@bramleydragon]

David Malone There's a brilliant American band who were at one time based here in Britain called Eggs Over Easy who practically started the pub rock scene before Brinsley Schwarz. Give them a listen.

[@derykbarker9634]

Rockpile seem to have been known in New York, I have a couple of live shows from 1978 (Keith Richards guests on one song of one of them) and there was a King Biscuit Flour Hour show.

[@padraiggillon]

The Jesus of Cool chewing gum during his TV debut.

[@pit2ryan3]

padraigillon - I think Brinsley Schwarz had already made some TV appearances in 1971 or 1972 with Country Girl and Ebury Down (the latter on German TV 1970, see Beat Club)...

[@Blueboy9055]

Brilliant 👍👍

[@drstevie]

Brilliant.

[@71brett]

More than just a shade of Do You Believe In Magic by The Lovin' Spoonful.

[@anorakus8272]

This was the sort of music Uncle Bob was into.. the punk/New Wave explosion wasn't for him, probably best that Annie Nightingale took over when she did

[@59simonh]

6 years ago ? Last view?...piss off, it still rocks!

[@fabjen1961]

I had no idea until today that Nick Lowe had a Bowie tribute haircut and I don't think I can handle it.

[@mbogucci1]

Good stuff right here!

[@SirDaniel1955]

nige321 is right - Will Birch's book No Sleep til Canvey Island is a must-read if you are interested in pub rock and the road to punk/new wave...

[@michaelmiller7160]

Oh she was dumb she was dirty yeah, but she was a princess Custom made and could fit right into his arms She could thrill him she could chill him, woh down to the bone But he was in his teens yeah, he had to spill the beans Still looking for ways and means Surrendered to the rhythm calling him home

[@michaelmiller7160]

Well who’s to say if it’s right or wrong Not another singer in another song I say we’re doing alright Yeah we’re doing ok

[@richardbrown6564]

Great song! I bet Paul Weller heard this....he seems to like nicking tunes from others: 10538 overture by ELO springs to mind....

[@ashleylong2826]

Paul Weller must have listened to this before he penned 'Speak like a child'!!

[@lesliecoote9392]

Or "Beat surrender ",,,???

[@elsloolimburg]

On 16.11.1974 Brinsley Schwartz played at Utopia - Elsloo, Netherlands

[@DutchVanHelsing]

Can't find the chords or lyrics online....This is a gem of a song...

[@stevetivey3786]

Can't beat a bit of Hammond.

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

Speak Like a Child • The Style Council.

[@drstevie]

FAB !

[@stevetivey3786]

Bob's teeth these days are like Easter Island statues

[@frunkie2]

@HaggisPowah Yup, saw the Brinsleys live a few times - they swapped instruments a few times in each set. Saxophones were even involved!

[@DrRussPhd]

Nick with his Ziggy Stardust haircut . . . .

[@VanirTraditionalist]

What a shame that Thin Lizzy never covered this. Perfect fit.

[@debishelton9647]

Still~in 2023! 🕶

[@1006000]

Ditto below. Just the best.

[@charlesachurch7265]

We all love a swelling organ yeah!

[@journeythruthepast]

Nick Lowe went off on a more rockabilly direction when he went solo but you can just hear the band that mutated into the Rumor right here. It's a Graham Parker tune through and through if you can only imagine Parker's snarling vocal instead of Nick's. Bob Andrews=Pub rock's answer to Garth Hudson. With Schwarz on the piano, this is definitely modeling after the Band.

[@chasefreak]

I hear echo's of Van Morrison & John Sebastian. Great tune! Have it on my I-Pod.

[@john111257]

top band

[@eslmc]

Damn! Cut it off? Too bad, they were rockin'!

[@matthewcannon9699]

02:10 Nick is actually singing "The other song" of the lyric as he moves away from the mic. Extraordinary stuff.

[@billclarke3773]

Fucking marvellous.

[@vdklippe]

Classic.

[@alanoneill3065]

The Kensington was my place

[@written12]

@journeythruthepast Astute observation on the hidden Rumour band inside Brinsley Schwarz. And, boy, are they modeled on the Band, as you say. But to say that is not to deride them. They took that influence and inflected with their own personality.

[@derykbarker9634]

Actually they had thought of recruiting a second keyboard player, like The Band, but found that BS did so many guitar overdubs on Despite it All that they took on Ian Gomm instead before Silver Pistol, probably my favourite. Really, really fine band.

[@nedgentz5740]

Bob Andrews on organ - killer. Later a vital member of Graham Parker and the Rumour

[@smigsable]

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr !!!!! doin ok !

[@phildirt3]

@earinsound right1 thanks

[@Anorakus]

Play that hammond organ!! :o)

[@kristoscan]

Brinsley's !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[@krisscanlon4051]

In my next life I'm coming back as Nick Lowes cardigan. BTW just just realized this was Nicked (!) from Dylans Went to the See the Gypsy. Basher don't care so why should I ???

[@earinsound]

@phildirt3 No, but Brinsley Schwarz played in The Rumor, Parker's backing group, after the group Brinsley Schwarz broke up.

[@derykbarker9634]

And so was Bob Andrews, the Brinsleys' keyboard player.

[@alanoneill3065]

Weren't Brinsley Schwarz a bit too "BIG" for the pub rock scenes?