Jilted John - Jilted John (Gordon Is A Moron) Reaction

In this video we're listening to Jilted John. Now, we're learning that Jilted John is the invention of Graham Fellows, an actor, musician and comedian. So, we expect a bit of humour in this one. And we love a good laugh. So, we're interested to hear this track. Enjoy!
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[@davidmacgregor5193]

The song is actually called "Jilted John" by Jilted John.

[@RichTeer]

I was going to say the same thing!

[@stevebills5716]

To this day I can't say the words "Here we go" without adding "2,3,4". 🙂

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

Yup 😅 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@delorangeade]

Same.

[@agaskew]

Same here.....2,3,4

[@colrhodes377]

Chris looks totally unimpressed 😂😂. This chorus was widely sung in the school yard for a long time. An hilarious song.

[@ghichens3418]

Yeah great innit ??

[@colrhodes377]

@@ghichens3418 🌟🥳

[@ghichens3418]

@@colrhodes377 Chow

[@montyf2165]

Especially if you had a kid called Gordon in the school, poor kid😅😅

[@jameslynch7826]

I remember it well as a teenager. School kids loved it. From a less censured era when you could sing or say virtually anything. Different times. Thanks for the memories!!!!

[@leerogers9949]

Anyone in the playground with the unfortunate name Gordon went through hell when this song was in the charts.

[@rogerbillings5081]

Hilarious! Grief, denial, anger and acceptance all in one song! Lol. Classic.

[@brxee]

Haha, happy to report I still know all the words to sing along.

[@darrenleiberman6250]

When this song came out I was in my first year of senior school. Our art teacher's name was miss Gordon. The poor woman never stood a chance. Great song. 😂

[@140cabins]

When Graham Fellows was promoting this, he would do interviews in character as Jilted John and confuse the heck out of journalists who couldn't work out whether it was a spoof (which it was) or if he was for real.

[@Starburst_Candy]

This is such a tongue in the cheek, fun song. Chris's obvious disapproval is funny.

[@andyyoung9463]

I couldn't work out if Cynthia kept talking to stop Chris expressing his, apparent, dissatisfaction? Certainly, he didn't get a chance to give his views.

[@Starburst_Candy]

@@andyyoung9463 Chris said it all with his face. His lack of comment or a like also expresses his dissatisfaction

[@annother3350]

I mean let's face it - - it's not a great song -- it revels in its own medocrity - -which you have to embrace or comepletely shun. I do embrace it out of nostalgic value

[@Starburst_Candy]

@@annother3350 It's very popular on this channel. Currently sitting at #97 and rising. I'm willing to wager that it goes top 50 by Christmas

[@annother3350]

@@Starburst_Candy Only if Gordon Brown returns to the Labour party

[@agaskew]

The B-side "Going Steady" is another classic and was originally meant to be the A-Side.

[@andrewdoubtfire4700]

Haven’t heard the gem in years

[@stormhawk3319]

Ought to have watched Jilted John performing on Top of the Pops for a funnier reaction

[@naivesteve5722]

The first record i ever bought and well over 40 years later my record collection hasn't improved much.

[@petermizon4344]

2 PINTS OF LAGER AND A PACKET OF CRISP, A OTHER LIGHT. HEARTED PUNK SONG WHICH DID WELL BACK IN THE TIME 😊😊

[@Packard63]

Clearly remember this record when it played on Top of the Pops for the first time and the reaction from all the kids in the school playground the next day. Really felt sorry for the few kids who happened to be called Gordon. Thanks for the memories.

[@Goldi3loxrox]

Guys called Gordon got grief for years after this lol

[@steviesellers]

No.1 in the uk , and took this single to school to play at lunchtime on a portable deck , and teacher came in after the 5 time playing . She listened then when the English class began , she wanted a essay from all of us about what the song was about and what we thought of it . True story

[@ghichens3418]

Yep Brill ! The lighter side of Punk that never took its self too seriously ! A Proper funny Album ! Great reaction , cheers

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

The original title on the single is 'Jilted John by Jilted John'. Jilted John is known these days by the name John Shuttleworth. There were a few tracks like this during the Punk era another band 'Splodgenessabounds' and their tracks 'Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Please', 'Simon Templer' and 'Two Little Boys' the latter being a cover of a song by Rolf Harris.

[@heathcornbeef]

I haven't heard two pints in years 😢

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

@@heathcornbeef I still have it on vinyl, but it would be a great one for C and C to react to.

[@heathcornbeef]

@@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. Hell yeah it would be great 👍

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

I triple endorse this request ,, “ I’m getting very thirsty John “… 😅 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@diogenesagogo]

Real name Graham Fellows. His John Shuttleworth persona is completely different but quietly hilarious. BTW have you checked out Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers? Road Runner has a similarly daft feel to it.

[@tonycasey3183]

Despite this being a spoof, this song had the best B-side song that I loved as a teenager. It follows on from John's ill-fated relationship with Julie and his new love, Sharon. It's called Going Steady and I highly recommend it to anyone watching this video. Anyway, Graham Fellows carried on doing character-based comedy music and his most famous incarnation is as John Shuttleworth. Can't Go Back To Savoury Now is a genius Shuttleworth song.

[@thereunionparty]

Wow! This one is out of left field. Though it was a big hit in the UK in 1978 (number 4 on the charts). It's kind of a send up of punk really. Graham Fellows has another alter ego called John Shuttleworth, a middle aged aspiring singer songwriter from Yorkshire. Much more of a comedy character really than Jilted John.

[@Seanoakwolf]

I remember when this came out in 78, same year i moved to London.

[@shedend3066]

Loved this song I remember going out with my sister to buy the single all those years ago - everyone at school used to sing it 🙂 I doubt there is anyone called Gordon these days on the back of this

[@nikkihayes5411]

Yay John Shuttleworth......"cant go back to savoury now" 😸👍

[@markferrett700]

A really clever funny spoof punk song...... i always thought it was an insult to punks in a way!!!!.....still makes me laugh😂

[@johnr4459]

as my name is john and i was 17 in 1978 i know and can relate to this song very well, and ive still got the 7 inch single.

[@stephenclarke2206]

A classic from 1978 the B side where he finds true love is almost as good. I don't think they're allowed to play this on the radio anymore Graham Fellowes is a comedy genius

[@chriscaspian2280]

love this my boyfriend bought this for me, we are still married.

[@boq780_2.0]

Graham Fellows is a very talented comedian, actor and songwriter known for his character comedy in the UK as the elderly John Shuttleworth, a grumpy fellow who writes songs about everyday irritations on his Bon Tempi organ and is very funny with it. However, I urge you to listen to his work under his own name, his most recent album, ‘Weird Town’ was excellent. I suggest ‘Diary of a Skinbird’ which is a touching acoustic number very different to this song.

[@rogerbillings5081]

Two Margarines On The Go, Discontented Youth, Caravan Capers, Austin Ambassador Y Reg and Pigeons In Flight are great! The radio shows still make me laugh.

[@VEETEEARR]

A song you can't help but song along too, I think you'd really enjoy Jilted John's other love song 'Going Steady'.

[@danmayberry1185]

Then on Saturday night we go .. to the bus shelter at the end of the road. We sit in it and mess about .. then we go and buy some chips.

[@redcropuk]

I was 12 years old in 1978 and I lived in Birmingham in the UK. I loved music. I had two paper rounds and bought three 7 inch singles a week. Jilted John was one of them. 1978 was a great year for music in England if you were 12 years old. Denis - Blondie. Withering Heights - Kate Bush. Because the Night - Patti Smith. Teenage Kicks - Undertones. Take a Chance on Me - Abba. Nice n Sleazy - Stranglers. and Ca Plan Pour Moi by Plastic Bertrand .. if you don’t know it, go check it out. 😀

[@danmayberry1185]

Hou-hou-oou-oou!

[@marcharley6465]

As Adam LeRoi Davis says below, this isn't really punk but more of a spoof and one amongst quite a few which started appearing around 1978-ish. My brother bought Jilted John's album "True love stories", which contained a range of different genres and was actually pretty good.

[@davidellis5141]

This is awesome 👌.. John is indeed jilted by Gordon 😆 🤣

[@heathcornbeef]

Mite be just the accent by i could hear traces of PETE SHELLEY either way THANKS YOU GUYS and the HANIER CREW for reintroducing me to some more old time favourites 👍👏👏👏

[@BKKMekong]

What do all Northerners sound the same to you, Pete Shelley (Leigh Lancs) sounds nothing like Graham Fellows (Sheffield Yorks)

[@heathcornbeef]

@@BKKMekong I'm from Aotearoa new zealand i have trouble understanding every English accent their terrible I'm not sure if they even spoke England over there?

[@BKKMekong]

@@heathcornbeef Any race that keeps Hokey Pokey and stubbie in a chilly bin whilst going for a tramping in the wop wops can’t really complain about spoken English haha. In the UK there is a big difference in accents every 1/4 mile never mind the nearly 60 miles between Leigh and Sheffield. I should know being from same town as Pete Shelley.

[@Zubareffstream111]

This song was a parody and a send up of punk. Real name, Graham Fellows had a couple of comedic characters throughout his career, and he still performs as John Shuttleworth.

[@gulliblestravels71]

LOVED that song. Brings back memories❤ 'My Perfect Cousin' - also worth a listen

[@billythedog-309]

What a finely tuned sense of humour this pair has.

[@billythedog-309]

Though, apparently, irony isn't their strong suit.

[@bigdave1302]

Ca Plane Pour Moi by Plastic Bertrand.

[@hanierfamily]

We did a video for that song a little while back. Very interesting.

[@jabbawonger6572]

Graham Fellows is a comic genius. Saw him as John Shuttleworth last year. A great night was had.

[@johnnyrandom100]

When this comes on at a party, our mate Gordon fu##in loves it

[@redswetter]

The Piranhas- Boyfriend. Tells a story with a nice twist at the end.

[@btj-oo8xc]

First appeared in early 1978 on Rabid Records, a small label in Manchester but was only a hit 12 months later after the label had been bought out by EMI and made no4 in the UK charts. Sung to perfection in a right mardy voice by Graham Fellows who was known more as an actor. There was a response to this entitled 'Gordons not a Moron' by Julie and Gordon.

[@normandavidtidiman9918]

It was actually a hit in 1978 (released in July '78 & August '78). I remember it well because I started my first job in July '78.

[@btj-oo8xc]

@@normandavidtidiman9918 you must have been listening to it on John Peel. Recorded March 78, released by Rabid April. Re-released by EMI 1st August and entered the charts on the 26th. Peaked at the end of September

[@normandavidtidiman9918]

@@btj-oo8xc Yeah,I was listening to Peel's show a lot around that time

[@leavemealone344]

Oh yeah, this song got played 3RRR in Melbourne along with 'Don't Care' by Klark Kent

[@martinwood744]

The song's actually called "Jilted John", the same as the artist.

[@UranusMcVitieFish-yd7oq]

The single and artist are both called Jilted John. Actually the entire album is great. It chronologically tells the story of the singers teenage love life, is pretty musically varied and lyrically sometimes quite touching in that it was obviously written by an older person with a lot more perspective and experience than the imagined narrator.

[@GaryWayneHill64]

Graham Fellows (Jilted John) is a British actor/musician whose current alter ego is John Shuttleworth a character who carries around a keyboard singing little dities to basically anyone who cares to listen. I once saw Graham in a play called Lennon, where he played Paul McCartney, he played the role very well. He's a very talented guy.

[@JasonUmbrellabird]

The song is called Jilted John. It's a comedy record.

[@80s_kid.]

i was a kid when this came out, all i can think of when listening to this is, imagine trying to get something like this in the charts now, it would upset so many groups of snow flakes, i bet even the government would get involved lol.

[@markovichamp]

Really gotta listen to John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett, Really Free, or Cheryl's Going Home. That's the way it's done.

[@danmayberry1185]

Canadian here, who had a late-70s dive bar band with my English girlfriend. We played this ("Jilted John"), Going Steady, plus some T Rex, X-Ray Spex, Stranglers, Madness and Clash. I'd give us a 6/10, but the venues sold lots of beer due to spillage.

[@hanierfamily]

Great choice in bands to cover. It must have been fun.

[@mikecorbett8760]

This is English humour, it doesn't always travel too well, it was a big hit in 1977...there hasn't been an English baby given the name Gordon since

[@donner101]

First record I ever bought.

[@CC-wd4rp]

It was meant as a jokey micky take of a punk song, not to be taken seriously. Jilted John morphed into John Shuttleworth, a quirky alternative comedian still much loved here in the UK.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

ABSOLUTELY AWESOME !!!… Chris , your reaction was priceless my friend 😝, Cynthia got it right away 😂 When I first seen this on TOTP I was 16 and never questioned it’s Punk credentials … at first 🤦‍♂️.. it was shortly afterwards that the penny dropped and it was a spoof character . However , that fact cannot change the way it was interpreted at the TIME in 1978… it was radical , on point emotionally and accepted as part of the scene , it was less than the accepted trope of a 3 chord quickie - in that it had only 1 chord 😆 … view this quirky song as it was meant to be viewed , as part of a mini revolution in the musical landscape of the late 70’s and you’ll GET it ! He later went on to create John Shuttleworth , Grahams 80’s creation who is still with us today , his 2 songs which slay me are “ Pigeons in flight “ and my bestest fav “ Catch the fox “ which is about the real life hunt for a murderous robber 😮…ps : can you imagine what a difficult 18 months to 2 years it must’ve been for teens called Gordon at that time …. Yikes 🤷‍♂️ Love this track - puts me RIGHT back there in 1978..👌 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ghichens3418]

Well said that Jay !

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@ghichens3418 🍻G 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ghichens3418]

@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_BletheringYay and Yay ! Those were ace times or what ?

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@ghichens3418 wouldn’t have missed 77-79 for the world G ✊ 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ghichens3418]

@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering Yes ! I keep reminding myself ,that period in time imo was probably the most creative time in music , period ! Glad to have been there ! cheers pard ,

[@pepelemoko2820]

The singer has had a tv series and a longer running radio series recently on BBC as John Shuttleworth. He has musical stars on his radio show which is a little sitcom and is hilarious if you get it.

[@robertlonsdale5326]

Mrs. Hanier is really into it.

[@Gill3D]

So amusing - both your reactions and Jilted John. If you want something in a similar vein but more musically sophisticated and darker, try Alberto y Los Trios Paranoias song 'Kill'.

[@mikecorbett8760]

"i cried all the way to the chip shop" ..the saddest line in pop

[@bryanforis1839]

One of the best songs on a break up

[@Starburst_Candy]

Look at all the positive comments, that says so much.

[@anglosaxon5874]

Loved this when it came out. Was an original punk [now 62 and still love the music]. We all used to sing this out life in people's faces. lol Those were the days.

[@johnking-wm1oz]

Yes this is a very serious record your right to analyse it so deeply...

[@SPKdesign1]

I was still at Skool when this came oot and unfortunately for them there was a few Gordons around.

[@gphill3954]

Yup. ‘..just cos he’s better lookin than me…”. That was my response.

[@SPKdesign1]

@@Owlstretchingtime78 I was never very good at Riting.

[@peterfields4801]

A fun song when people still knew how to enjoy themselves,the Nanny State was a distant nightmare!

[@777petew]

A comedy record from 1978. Comedy records did top the charts occasionally.

[@heathcornbeef]

Kia ora hello guys hay do you have some stinky old PUNKROCKERS subbed to your channel be careful hold ya noses

[@basketburger]

Great song great reaction 👍

[@telstar4772]

His best one was "Two Margarines" by his other character John Shuttleworth

[@broadband01]

jilted john wow that brings back memories ...............one hit wonder

[@delorangeade]

I thought this was genius at the time, and it still makes me laugh. I like the haplessly amateur feel of it, which can be a great antidote to "serious" music. Also worth checking out, along the same artfully amateurish lines: Headbutts by John Otway, Whole Wide World by Wreckless Eric, Roadrunner by Jonathon Richman.

[@SPKdesign1]

John Otway is a real Character. I never did see him live despite him playing outdoors at the Fetival in the 80s. Apparently he almost got into trouble a few times back then for climbing on Monuments and Old Buildings as well as harassing Coppers.

[@delorangeade]

@@SPKdesign1 I generally approve of getting into trouble, if only because it keeps happening to me.

[@SPKdesign1]

@@delorangeade I've done the odd night in Lock up but managed to avoid being caught for most of it.

[@SPKdesign1]

Have you seen this video of Headbutts? kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnmQdIutpc18eq8

[@markferrett700]

Roadrunner is an absolute banger

[@140cabins]

The album True Love Stories is great... although I only just found out that Graham Fellows is a bit ambivalent about it, apparently he wanted to do the album in the same style as the single but Martin Hannett the producer wanted to do it with keyboards, which is how it ended up.

[@johnmavroudis2054]

Love this song... cracks me up... Yeah... It WAS called "Jilted John" by Jilted John... at least it was when I played it as a college DJ... A few great songs to recommend: Cheers! BEULAH: "Emma Blowgun's Last Stand" DANIELLE DAX: "Fizzing Human Bomb" THE DELGADOS: "The City Consumes Us"

[@GP-mw8ce]

Jilted John by jilted John

[@TZ61]

About what I expected, but wow, your listeners must really like this.

[@stookful]

The song is based on true events. My brother has met Gordon.

[@alansmith1989]

Dear Hanier Family. `Jilted John` Does not exist! He was the `persona` created by English actor Graham Fellows. The true title of the song is actually "Jilted John". Graham Fellows has had more success of recent with his eccentric musician character of `John Shuttleworth.` Graham a very talented artist.

[@findmusic8797]

Fun song, yeah, oh yeah...

[@Starburst_Candy]

One song I'd love you to react to is by Rainbow. Man on the silver mountain, is iconic and I would love to hear you react to the studio and live versions back to back. The song is very different live but both versions are epic. I would recommend the studio version from 1975 and the On Stage ,version of 1976/77. Or alternatively the live in Munich version. I was much more a punk but this song always resonated with me. I wish that Ronnie James Dio had done a punk album.

[@richardthomson6730]

Yes I remember this from school too.. I had a friend called Gordon who got some stick from this song ( not from me) Luckily he was used to it as his name was actually Gordon Bennet!! Brought it all back .. thanks for playing this.

[@markbrennan6069]

Also very true to life

[@FredGarnett]

great one-off hit when punk gave permission to anyone who wanted to make record whatever they wanted to say. After the often fake profundities of Prog Rock lyrics there was quite a lot of self-effacing deadpan humour in punk, Wreckless Eric, Madness, The Members, The Ruts, Plastic Bertrand and so on, and lots of serious bands made humorous, if sarcastic, records too; Slits - Typical Girls, Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives (and much else) several XTc tracks, Gang of Four, early Human League, Clash 1977, Alexie Sayle. There were a lot of small indie labels who'd put anything out if they could sell a few hundred copies and a lot of fanzines like Sniffin Glue promoting anything new so almost anything had a chance in the late 70s in the UK when loads of local scenes flourished across the UK and John Peel would play anything on Radio One.. Hence the success of Belfast's Undertones; check My Cousin Kevin for their more Irish humour. Or just listen to the mad John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett and "Cor Baby, That's Really Free..." which has similarities to Jilted Gordon...

[@johnnorth9355]

This was a hoot at the time - you had to be there in the punk scene to understand fully.

[@daviddeath6029]

I ha this album aged about 14 and I loved it! 😊

[@janeslater8004]

Omg i loved this. I was about 13

[@Sandy-dd4le]

Iirc, this is produced by Martin Hannett, of Factory Records fame....at the time you could get badges, that either said Gordon was, or wasn't, a moron. John is a character, played by a guy who's name i forget, same guy is also the character, John Shuttleworth, so in a way, Jilted John never stopped, he just changed name.

[@hanierfamily]

We read it was Graham Fellows.

[@Sandy-dd4le]

@@hanierfamily I couldn't have remembered that if my life had depended on it!

[@headpeace1018]

This is a parody song by the way. Graham Fellows, an English comedian who later became a character called John Shuttleworth wrote this in his early days.

[@onlyme219]

John Shuttleworth

[@chrispools]

John Shuttleworth 🤪

[@primalengland]

Oh god! You really have to be around at the time. People were iconic…. For seconds.

[@stephenclarke2206]

Didn't know if you'd get some of the cultural references or the 70's slang, there wasn't much else for youths to do in those days except hang around chip shops

[@JasonUmbrellabird]

i know all the words.

[@findmusic8797]

Try out Was Not Was "Hello Dad I'm In Jail"

[@heathcornbeef]

Hello dad I'm in jail 👏👏👏👍 definitely

[@hanierfamily]

We know that one really well. We also know Was Not Was - Walk The Dinosaur

[@Starburst_Candy]

You could try Toyah, I want to be free. It was a real commentary on the early 80s and what was going on OR.... Toyah with Rebel run.

[@williamwallace5857]

The song is not called 'Gordon Is A Moron', it's called Jilted John - same as the band/singer.

[@djmull63]

Poor guys that were named Gordon when this was out had to endlessly listen to people singing Moron to them, this is a comedy song not a Punk song, John Shuttleworth was another name he records under does very British humorous songs his real name is Graham Fellows,

[@janeslater8004]

The guy who sang and wrote this was actually really educated a producer and wrote scripts for coronation street. He wasnt cockney his name wasnt Jobn. It was just a one.hit i think. The accent is put on. Altho there are people who do speak cockney. Clever silly song

[@janeslater8004]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Fellows

[@heathcornbeef]

Kia ora hello Chris and Cynthia. Hay I've got a question for you two absolutely no need to answer if you don't want to. So here it is.... has doing this reaction channel brought you guys closer together? Because you both seem way more relaxed (maybe just stage fright) but you work together really well and there's a flow to your chit chat that wasn't there at the start 👏👏👏 and I'd like to thank you both for the CREW i get to bounce comments off at all hours of the day 😊 thank you to everyone in the HANIER CREW and have a great fun day 👏👏👏or there will be TROUBLE 😁✊

[@hanierfamily]

I (Cynthia) feel like the channel has helped us to feel more comfortable with being ourselves. We have always been very close with each other, but I suppose it has brought us even closer now. We both have a love for entertaining and we have obviously bonded over that passion. We really enjoy reading all the comments and hearing what people think of our reactions. The audience we are getting on the channel has also made us feel good about being ourselves. It's great to be meeting a lot of people who are passionate about music, like we are, that we can have some awesome conversations with too. Have an awesome day!

[@ghichens3418]

Well said that Gent !!

[@heathcornbeef]

@@ghichens3418 kia ora hello Graham hope you are well and happy brother

[@ghichens3418]

@@heathcornbeef Yes mate ! All good . having a G and T , wood burner going , and chatting to a top bloke on the other side of the World ! Mental or what ??

[@heathcornbeef]

@@ghichens3418 haha I'm having a big mug of coffee and resting my sore tired bone's. Strummer and i have been humping wheelbarrow loads of top soil for the last four days for our next door neighbour six cubic metres so far 😭 up hill 😠😡🤬👎

[@davidlee6720]

Graham fellows a great comedian, sending up The Buzzcocks mainly here. Deliberately naff and amateur -sounding like early punk, He is a comedic-actor mainly though with lots of late-night semi-surreal shows with a consistent list of oddball characters on BBC radio 2. This was an early effort.

[@stevecalvert5212]

Fantastic reaction guys have you done Plastic Bertrand Ca Plane Pour Moi?

[@hanierfamily]

We have indeed. Very interesting.

[@reedp44]

It’s a fun song not to be taken too seriously watch the stage performance that will show it’s not to be taken seriously