Gang of Four - "He'd Send In The Army" (LIVE) - Old Grey Whistle Test (1981)

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[@SoulStylistJukeBox]

Watching this in my pyjamas at home one evening as a teen changed my life.

[@Luschan]

You were a smart kid. This would have been totally lost on me as a teen.

[@mmarr17]

currently seventeen, watching this in my pajamas at home in the evening

[@jacobcatling]

15, watching this in my pyjamas at home but it’s 1am now so unfortunately not the evening🤷‍♂️

[@joedent3323]

Watching my pyjamas watching me.

[@roguetoken5640]

Not sure why I never noticed before ... the drummer is a fucking BEAST!

[@timdacey4520]

with a name like Hugo lol...best band ever

[@kevind7422]

I was privileged to know them all over the years (ex music bizzer). Hugo was the most down-to-earth bloke; far removed from the Univ Leeds Situationism of Jon. Interesting to note how academic philosophy interacts w 'the subjects of their theories'. Great Fn band!

[@martinmoffitt4702]

THAT HE IS!

[@toffeeriot4219]

Listen to his playing on ABC's That Was Then But This Is Now.

[@ConeFlower-gx2qk]

Hugo looks like he’d kill me in a bar fight

[@atakd]

G of4 Solid Gold tour was my 1st gig as a baby faced 17 yo. The Warehouse in Liverpool and shitting myself that I wouldn't get in for being under age. I did and have never forgot it.

[@BrianFolks]

I will never forget seeing this for the first time on the big screen in "URGH! A Music War" and my taste in music changed forever.

[@artlover1477]

Yeah, and looks like Andy has the same outfit on here that he wore in Urgh lol.

[@christianocallaghan9541]

Steve Albini once said Gang of Four were his fave band; to me Shellac sound very similar to GoF given the 25 year gap

[@nothingisrealvideo]

this band changed everything, hands down, no comparisons, their live shows were epic every singe time, Andy Gill changed how I heard music forever, RIP, fucking geniuses

[@pressureworks]

Some similarities with The Au Pairs.

[@gizmotv9320]

@@pressureworks I heard some where au pairs supported gang of four

[@tlacorp.3813]

@@pressureworks The AU Pairs were much more melodic and pop oriented , but angular and scratchy.

[@baddogmaine]

@@pressureworks Au Pairs were great. The first album anyway, not so much the second. There were others too - Delta 5, Fire Engines, Kleenex in Switzerland. Gang of Four were first, and were more committed to avoiding cliche.

[@marguskiis7711]

They just followed PIL.

[@djh29971]

GOF were probably the most un-cliched band ever, with for my money, the best guitarist there ever was. God knows what Ed Sheeran fans would think.

[@saraivatoledo1842]

The Pop Group weren´t exactly doing music to please the Clash crowd either ...

[@davidsmith6355]

Haha, yes that's a good point there! The Pop Goup were good too

[@ralphchunksoup4234]

The idea was beautiful...early chaos

[@steveparrish1112]

No mention so far of Dave Allen on bass - vital to the early Gang of 4 sound and storming it on this.

[@baddogmaine]

Maybe because with Sara Lee there was no change in style.

[@JamesCurtisOKC]

I never knew he sang.

[@amadhaun22]

Fascinating. You can feel the notes being played in the silence.

[@vinto34]

Brilliant stuff...their music was always intense...RIP Andy Gill.

[@zararity]

Thank you so much for putting this out there, it's ridiculously good. What a rhythm section. Andy Gill's perfect guitar injections. Just superb.

[@Folktalesanpedro]

clown form slipknot has nothing on the guy in blazer lol

[@toddmichaeljohnson7139]

Seriously, how does this footage look so modern!? I’m super impressed ♥️

[@hoagy_ytfc]

I wonder if it was recorded on film rather than videotape? And film can be re-scanned later as scanning equipment gets better. Some 70s dramas filmed on 16mm can look great these days if the film survives.

[@blakewhittington4336]

Older cameras from then were analog and great quality. Same with music recording analog is way better

[@prodfalling]

@@blakewhittington4336 analog music recording certainly does not sound better at all, digital is almost perfect while analog has plenty issues with compression and clipping

[@blakewhittington4336]

@@prodfalling definitely warmer sound I don't care what you say

[@prodfalling]

@@blakewhittington4336 that involves using tape distortion, something that can easily be replicated with digital technology

[@bobbarker1476]

Andy knew what to play and when not to.

[@klausrain111]

😂duh. really?😅

[@zararity]

Please please please release the unedited OGWT clip of 'To Hell With Poverty'!

[@davidsanderson5918]

I remember seeing this on a New Year's Eve 'best of' edition of The Old Grey Whistle Test with my jaw hanging open. I appreciate it even more now. Compelling stuff.

[@pullthereins]

Incredible!!! Such clean video and sound all of these years later. True mastery.

[@davidsmith6355]

BBC quality!

[@toekneearmass6916]

One of my all-time favorite bands! Great video - thanks for posting. The one thing that was a bit of a revelation to me watching after all these years was just how terrific and dynamic Dave Allen was on bass. I always appreciated his work with Shriekback (his bass line was the spine after all) but he's so much more out front and part of the mix in this one. Jon and Andy were always so riveting on stage I often overlooked Dave - this made him stand out more. And of course Hugo always always drove it home. Brilliant

[@edcruwys]

Perfectly angular!

[@qmono]

Thumbs up is not nearly enough, i wanna smash my laptop!!

[@GiedoLavenns]

They are so good and special an Full of Power. The Red Hot Chilli Peppers are influenced by them.

[@darrylwiggins4799]

This is genius in it's representation and delivery.Andy Gill was and is,after Jake burns one the finest guitarist of that time.

[@PHH420]

I alwasy got Pop Group vibes from GOF. i love this band so much.

[@klausrain111]

One of the most unique and brilliant bands in rock history. I was lucky enough to see them live up in Chicago in about 1980.

[@xbob]

Saw them there too. At Mother's, opening for Buzzcocks. It was super hot in a basement bar.

[@mattwright2964]

Saw them at the Rock Garden in there early days. Amazing and ground breaking with that angular random guitar and punch bass etc. Hugely influential on bands that followed. Andy Gill was underrated as a great guitarist. Lots of gaps between the notes and tension.

[@fryewerk]

Masterpiece of 20th century music.

[@chrisdometh8141]

This is so primal and raw.

[@AvAfanfromfrance]

It's like hearing Fugazi years before

[@timdacey4520]

Avant Garde...Andy Gill man...he was a sharp dresser also..always to the nines

[@klausrain111]

😂who gives a F*** about that?😅

[@th3gr81]

This reminds me of the SNL punk band reunion. 😂

[@joesimon2029]

This was like Radiohead for 1980-81 . LOL . THIS WAS CUTTING EDGE back then.

[@royphillips7435]

Got that 1950s Avante Garde feel to a fine art , good stuff !

[@songbenny1492]

When they were performing this song in China 2019 they used a freaking pole to hit the microwave oven

[@rubbadubdub6543]

What a great, great band.

[@spursmvp]

Classic song. Brings back memories of Urggghh a Music War

[@junglsmor]

what is he hitting and what is he hitting it with?

[@MsSantiago219]

I just can't believe what I saw.

[@tlacorp.3813]

Me too, and I have seen it many times. English angular post punk at its finest.

[@darylcumming7119]

Ahead of it's time.

[@01Silverado]

For my money, the best live band to bounce the boards. Ever.

[@pellelindbergh4455]

this lineup at this time yes GILL king Allen man my god only Midnight Oil was harder

[@pellelindbergh4455]

@@canadariots1139 no no no no . sorry but the core original Gang of Four ,is one of if not the best live band ever ,.don't get me wrong Joy Division was a great band ,but live i think GOF was better .much better . JD didn't have a Andy Gill .maybe Ian Curtis was a better front man than Jon King ,and the bass is better than Dave Allen but still no Gill .

[@canadariots1139]

@@pellelindbergh4455 To each their own my friend.

[@pellelindbergh4455]

@@canadariots1139 yeah my friend !! what do you think of Wire ?

[@pellelindbergh4455]

@@canadariots1139 got to see them them once 2004 in Seattle .a great band

[@malcolmbliss777]

At the beginning the “smack” of the metal is on “4” (as in 1, 2, 3, 4). Counting it in this way from the start is how to decipher this rhythm. Also, that drum kit, with the 20” kick drum? Sounds awesome. Saw Hugo place that kit at Perkins Palace in LA, 1982. What an astounding show. REM opened.

[@astolennova]

The 4 (or the 1) gets displaced during the reenty at 3:20. Could be a video edit maybe? That 4 takes a lot of concentration.

[@malcolmbliss777]

@astolennova Your right. Dude screws it up. But Hugo is still in time. That shows what a great drummer he is.

[@daveinnes1695]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@LemonCircuits]

holy shit

[@jeffleistner]

You're goddamright Holy Shit!

[@saulgoodman2815]

Saw this live in a small club in Atlanta around 1980. That's exactly what I said.

[@bwm_72]

Indeed

[@11raljr11]

Never to be equaled

[@sallylauper8222]

When I wuz a wee lad I went over to our neighbor's house who had television. I saw this news report that always effected me. It said "Blah blah blah, if the president knew about it, he'd stop it in a minute. MY seven year old self wondered "doesn't the Prez have a TV or some shit?" Now I'm like "doesn't the Prez have 4chan 'n shit?"

[@andreaskoetter7991]

Love of my life

[@ralphchunksoup4234]

Kinda gives everyone a piece to music a bit.

[@ralphchunksoup4234]

Every part in a way yes

[@pcebpceb1638]

So dub. So good.

[@prodfalling]

shame how the band took advantage of Andy Gill in his final days, but at least their songs will live on. RIP andy

[@63sith]

Good stuff right here

[@channinglong1137]

November 18 2023 Still listening

[@StevieBunch]

Feb 2024 still listing ( 😃👍)

[@garyonderisin8338]

"art should be as radical as life" --- karl marx

[@rikstrange662]

Just look up intense in the dictionary.

[@YamamotoAkihito]

Master piece

[@jeeed6390]

Wowwwwwww

[@marguskiis7711]

PIL followers

[@IAmRichSage]

Finding out that Jimmy Douglas was their engineer makes so much since why him and Timbaland did so well sonically

[@Spectrescup]

He didn't appear to like them much though. Andy Gill said that at their first meeting in the studio the band played Paralysed/What we all Want/Cheeseburger and something I can't remember off what became Solid Gold and Douglas reportedly commented that all their songs sounded the same.

[@regplasma7906]

Fabulous.

[@Semnome_780]

Podem falar o que quiser, mas esse guitarrista e dos infernos, literalmente ispiraçao.

[@HonaloochieBoogie-sx5le]

coool❕

[@flintmichigan1]

intant politicisation for 70s teens! x

[@gaztop411]

Slap it UP 🎉🎉

[@stylophobia]

...and right on cue, here come the army fuel lorries !

[@BelfordSyndrome]

FKN Excellent!!!

[@charlessantino1200]

Perfection. Saw them twice back in the day, on Long Island and in NYC. Playing their first album for the first time burned a spot in my brain.

[@TheShamescoStillLovesYa]

Loveit

[@boxianparkk]

ELLOS SON LO MEJOR!!! JAJAJAJA

[@TheKinoEye]

Brilliant. Just so.

[@royeaston6067]

A young Conan on guitar

[@josefernandocardoso2122]

One of the best bands od the World between late 1970's/early 1980's. I mean, one of the greatest bands ever.

[@RB55able]

The space between the notes is just as important as are the notes being played. What a performance!

[@geordiedog1749]

Dead hard to play this.

[@croiners4166]

Nice!

[@shermangoering]

AMAZING.

[@mick_c_horror_and_pop_culture]

Great band.

[@PeterShaw-t8v]

agree with all the below. I saw them in Leeds at the start. Always so tight -and even more so in this clip

[@ralphchunksoup4234]

Pf flyers .....and a fan ....music fits just right

[@playamaqui]

yes! 💖

[@royphillips7435]

Love this group so 👌

[@thomasaubin3952]

Favorite iteration of the band.

[@hilaryjohnson2386]

So ahead of their time.

[@onelife7247]

Indeed.

[@noisepop6981]

장칭(江青), 왕훙원(王洪文), 장춘차오(張春橋), 야오원위안(姚文元)

[@dylanevans2498]

Now try writing a song which means something to people.

[@thezebrafromheaven7568]

Jon King should stay off the percussion and do what he did best, sing.

[@audible67]

Hahaha. Yeah hahaha the beat on the four is a little unusual. That kind of thing typically does tend to go over the heads of the standard two digit... But that's what makes the song.

[@yourtubesteak]

Too gimmicky for their own good. Gets boring fast. There is a talent in being able to write catchy tunes with a good hook. This ain't it.

[@gizmotv9320]

They were about writing strong groovy songs with political subjects. Melody wasn't a concern to them

[@yourtubesteak]

@@gizmotv9320 Obviously.

[@ahab145]

Na I actually really like it and I'm sure a lot of their other fans like it too One of my favorites ngl

[@cardigansarecool]

What an objectively bad take

[@jackharkins1689]

I don’t think it’s meant to be what you’re trying to make it.