Convoy ( GB )

[@cecaca]

“Convoy G.B.” was recorded by Laurie Lingo and the Dipsticks, who were actually BBC Radio 1 DJs Dave Lee Travis and Paul Burnett. The song was released in early 1976, and reportedly reached number 4 on the British pop chart.

[@Compuvenger]

U.S. Friend here. That was awesome. I grew up with C.W. McCall's "Convoy", so this was definitely something different. (Afraid I don't know much about the trucking industry in the UK, however.) Good Job!

[@MrDuncl]

Watch this and you will learn a lot. Like the fact that you are more likely to see a Mercedes Cab-over registered in Lithuania than a Mack.

[@davidgillies5342]

I remember when this came out. Absolutely brilliant!! I say that as an ex lorry driver.

[@chadwassemiller3360]

As an American I love this version a lot! It's variation from the orginal really makes it unique and still close enough to the original! Well 10-10 on the side and keep the greasy side down!

[@immortalsofar5314]

One of those I referenced when I was in the States under the heading of "Let me show you the songs of my people!" along with "not the wanderer" and "toast".

[@philw245]

This was by two British DJ's called Dave lee Travis and Paul Burnett. They performed under the name " Laurie Lingo and the dipsticks". It reached number 4 in the UK charts in 1976.

[@ashleyfrench5943]

Bloody funny I must say, thanks, you just made my day.

[@yesireallyam]

my dad used to drive a scammell. when i was a lad i would run home from junior school to get a lift back to his works, which was all of 2 miles away. but i loved it lol grat memories

[@AndysVideo]

Just bloody great! What a lot of hard work putting it all together, but you bring an amusing song to life. Thanks Andy

[@dreamer1215]

Luv it! Had this 45 record when I was a kid! Thanx for sharing....brought back lots of memories & laughs.

[@BristolRE]

Well put together. I remember this in the charts, recorded by 'Laurie Lingo and the Dipsticks', who were really 2 of BBC Radio's DJs - Dave Lee Travis and Paul Burnett. Excellent

[@JimmyTheMower]

Cracking song and brilliant slideshow Well done

[@davidgrange164]

I was 21 & just left the Army when this came out. LOL

[@ZXC5000]

Brilliantly done- loved the 3 ton brick !!

[@yesireallyam]

my dad used to drive a scammell in the 70`s

[@TimeaAdministrare]

♠One of the must beautiful music I ever heard! ♠

[@chadwassemiller2985]

It's an awesome variation from C.W. McCall's songs the original and the version for the movie (which both are awesome too)! I like all 3 versions!

[@elliotspencer2648]

If i can remember right dave lee travis was a cb radio fan back in the day!.10-4!.

[@tonyinthetruck]

brilliant!!!!! heard it years ago and forgot just how good it was

[@borleyboo5613]

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing the funny memories.

[@welshpete12]

Wonderful , it deserves more airtime than it got !

[@Superdsheppard]

The words should be we're gonna haul this Stobart convoy across the UK!!!

[@TONYTL1000]

Quality, wish they still made songs like these :)

[@miker8379]

What’s wrong with the gear I got on? LoL. This one new to me in the USA. Good show.

[@JamesW81]

lmao!!! this is epic....I loved the movie, and i drive a coach for a living...great humor!

[@andysim232]

i miss my dads truck. He hurt his back then had to change to a Bus Driver =)

[@MrBooojangles]

LOL DLT have not heard this for a while.

[@robe3836]

almost 10 years old, where have the years gone?

[@quotagious]

EXCELLENT one of the best on youtube 10.10 Mallard on the side we down we're gone bye bye

[@TommygunNG]

In the interest of people curious about the story behind this: "In 1976, a parody (of the US song Convoy) by Laurie Lingo & The Dipsticks entitled Convoy GB made #4 on the UK singles chart. The name "Laurie Lingo" is a pun; in the UK, a large truck is known as "lorry", and thus "lorry lingo" would be "truck slang". The act actually consisted of BBC Radio 1 DJs Dave Lee Travis and Paul Burnett with "The Dipsticks" being the Top of the Pops vocalists The Ladybirds. The parody used the same tune, but altered the song's lyrics to take place in the UK, with dialogue featuring Travis and Burnett as truckers "Superscouse" and "Plastic Chicken"." --- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convoy_(song)#Remakes_and_covers

[@leatherfaceakathomashewitt1639]

So cool singing dude

[@chadwassemiller3360]

Lee T. Walker thanks for sharing this history of the song Convoy (GB)! It's a great bit of radio history!

[@timwebster8122]

Cracking Song. Scammell For Ever!

[@OldIron2188]

just noticed CW McCall sings 'we ain't gonna play no soul, 10-4'

[@Andi090386]

Very good piss take version. Bloddy funny mate, nice one.

[@lucywright1882]

yet again the brits take the p out the yanks great job from 2 old radio 1 djs

[@9hd-]

Lucy Wright Scottish people

[@yorkiephil7744]

@@9hd- Both Dave Lee Travis and Paul Burnett are English, not Scottish.

[@ForestBasenji]

"we ain't gonna play no soul"....HAHAHA....Love it.

[@MacV888]

FOHEN BRILLIANT !!!!!!!!

[@wobblycaptain]

Great stuff

[@alanrlocklear]

The theme song if the Britians do a convoy. All the Volvos, Scanias, Mans & Mercedes-Benzs' get together and show the government they we are tired of what is going on.

[@BristolRE]

Fantastic mate! Great images there.

[@coffindodgers]

Brilliant vid to a great song Thanks

[@steptoe362]

absolutly fookin brilliant, well done....im smilein like mad at me pc screen

[@evilrobottolhurst]

0:19 An important historical document - Toddington Services southbound from the overbridge. And I was taking photos of lakes and mountains which are now ten a penny! "after [all that food], what I really needed was a nap" - all those years ago, I NEVER thought of an alternative rhyme for "Watford Gap"(!) I would like to say that novelty records are better nowadays. Well, I'd like to! Great illustrations!

[@bratattack5]

That's brilliant.

[@Dano940]

Took a bit of finding but its here for you Parky!!!!

[@peeler003]

Fuzzboxes i used to know them as jam sandwiches(police cars) love this version also like the original ...you gotta laugh rubber duck 10-4.I remember those cb days of years ago well, it was a laugh.

[@Lincolnlineman]

Cracking vid, I was creasing up so much from laughter during that!

[@AR123457]

Fantastic. Bloody fantastic.

[@chrisstubbs2851]

Excellent

[@phillipr61]

this is really funny..well done!

[@shipcomesapart]

From what I can remember this was by Laurie Lingo & The Dipsticks, who were actually two BBC Radio One DJs in the mid 70s -- Dave Lee Travis & Paul Burnett. This single charted in the UK top five.

[@angryadrien]

Rubber Duck, move over, the Plastic Chicken is a-comin' through!!! What's next? Smokey and the Bandit, UK style?

[@lrb662003]

Best......song........ever.

[@robmclean4352]

The "it's a felony" line is ironic: the real artist on the record, BBC DJ Dave Lee Travis, was later convicted of indecent assault and served a three-month prison sentence.

[@duncanholding7636]

He received a 2 year suspended sentence

[@robmclean4352]

@@duncanholding7636 Per wiki: "On Friday 26 September 2014 he was sentenced to three months in prison, suspended for two years."

[@duncanholding7636]

@@robmclean4352 a suspended sentence means he didn't go inside....

[@robmclean4352]

@@duncanholding7636 Ah, got it. (Still doesn't look good on the ol' resume...)

[@duncanholding7636]

@@robmclean4352 indeed not. He has made a comeback on the radio of sorts but nothing on the scale of his former career

[@markdon16]

Loved it!

[@johnmcvideo]

Great. I was laughing my socks off. I remember when it came out.

[@999aas]

love it

[@cbrboy76]

lmao thats fookin top stuff. well done dude. cant stop laughing.

[@nippynorm0107]

BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!

[@Hunter12396]

that record IS good value!

[@queendaggo]

a brilliant spoof....

[@Natalie271983]

I love comvoys

[@scorpking68]

nice job mate.

[@sophiejcrozier]

kool song

[@lincolnsimmonds7658]

Made me laugh!!!! So much 😭😭😭😭

[@jeanmarcguiriato7949]

Good job this vidéo

[@TheAdge50]

actually this guy has sung/talked over the top of an english piss take of the origanal song that was released in the u.k some 5 yrs after the origanal,give him some credit tho as l connot find the original u.k. piss take version of the song at all,hats off!!lol!

[@mwe152]

The DIY video on this should be period classic trucks proper to 1976. DLT's "couldn't find any nice chicks" line is rather unfortunate.

[@ΑΡΗΣΚΟΡΝΑΡΑΚΗΣ]

mwe152 Scania 142?

[@angeansaiorm]

ha ha effing priceless well done

[@planetrockford]

Epic edit.

[@andysim232]

"I was hauling cement but the rain got in, anyone wanna buy some bricks?" lolololol

[@EXITDISCOSHOW]

Laurie Lingo and the Dipdicks alias Dave Lee Travis and Paul Burnett from 1975 great

[@DaveGrennan]

@dreamer1215 : Me too. I might even still have it somewhere! Good memories.

[@11gamerchannel24]

ye this is great britan version nice one mate

[@9hd-]

11gamer channel its Scottish

[@yorkiephil7744]

@@9hd- What is it with you claiming that this parody version is Scottish - it is by two English DJs

[@TasteTheRad1um]

I didn't know this existed. Also 1:44 dekotora 😆

[@dlamiss]

a very very funny spoof

[@adam200784]

very clever!!!!

[@Tyburn13]

DLT under the pseudonym Laurie Lingo and the Dipsticks. 1976

[@agramsci]

From the USA: "Crikey!"

[@9hd-]

copied comment

[@welshpete12]

:-))

[@bambikillerdan2]

Good spoof and come to american and join baby there great

[@purplefurball]

how sad am I....lol but I love this

[@alexpreece3685]

Spaghetti Junction isn't on the M1...

[@Hunter12396]

its not his fault, radio 2 iirc made this

[@cliffjones3449]

Hunter12396 Radio 1

[@g8ymw]

Cliff Jones Paul Burnett and Dave Lee Travis

[@welshpete12]

It is when you get lost !

[@TheRecordSaver]

I know it may be a little before his time, but this guy sounds like Craig Ferguson..

[@engineer21261]

can you remember the 2 radio one DJs behind this masterpiece?

[@11carbuff19572011]

Dave Lee Travis & Paul Burnett. They even wrote the cover notes for the "Radio 1 1976 Chartbusters" album of which I have in my collection of over 600 albums.

[@yamahonduki]

DLT and PAUL BURNETT,, classic!

[@hollywoodghostbusters9869]

One of those truckers sounds like Wacko Warner

[@Candolad]

THIS was voiced by Paul Burnett and Dave Lee Travis, if I remember correctly.

[@thefish1811]

i want this song

[@mrspooks5287]

*a convoy, dear watson*

[@daddybear101]

Sorry but I've got the single lol

[@theradioham]

Class

[@009ADVENTURES]

Lol. Nice one :)

[@gumbootio]

very funny

[@yesireallyam]

that was meant to say "great". the excitement got to me a bit lol

[@MrDad665]

well now that was different, but good

[@kevinmills6961]

If you like check out the song Driving a truck with my high heels on!

[@shot8unshot8un75]

Lmao, this is great....

[@Komotau4691]

:D Great :D

[@StevenFordrockabillycat]

Its Barry and Terry.LOL

[@pants3333]

I'm havin that one fuckin awesome!!!

[@Tom9140]

Hey, this is alright! By the way, have you heard " 'Round The World With The Rubber Duck" ?

[@Mishima505]

3:41 what was that subtle reference for?