Rough Trade Live1976-Take me/Birds of a Feather

[@marygowdyngai1311]

Saw them so many times at the Gasworks in '75 and '76...Brought Elton John and crew to see them at the Colonial Tavern when he wanted to see some local flavor.

[@renoruth]

How did he like them?

[@lindacole7393]

Colonial on Halloween - '75 or so!! THAT was a night!!! : ))

[@hyleslie]

You would have seen me dancing as close to the stage as possible.

[@lenkareznicek2778]

OMG. Never saw this clip before; this is fantastic, underrated stuff.🔥

[@seanferguson5460]

Oh, man! I was so into Rough Trade! Caught them at the Chimney and at Massey Hall. Even after all these years they hold up. Long live Rough Trade!

[@gog9o9magog]

im busy writing a comic book about about how shitty goddo is/was/will alwalwies befuck they stink remember ontario-place?

[@ttt69]

WOW! amazing performance. Thanks for sharing these rare Rough Trade videos!!

[@donaldkerr4310]

Crazy that Toronto was so up tight and yet so liberal in 1976. CBC playing Rough Trade and cops busting bath houses and gay bars. Too young to understand that time in Toronto (was a RT fan since 1981 and saw them in 1984). Glad Toronto has moved on from the gay bar raids but shouldn't we elect Carol as honorary Mayor? Carol for Mayor!

[@BackToTheBlues]

I came home from a playing a gig back in the eighties, made a cup of tea (I know how to live the lifestyle, lol) and put the on the tv to wind down, and this band was on (a performance without the other singer, there were two drummers, and I think Carole was in a red jump suit). I'd never heard of them before, but I thought they were great. I stuck a tape in the video recorder and pressed play quick, had that for years until it wore out. Excellent, melodic songs, topped by Carole's raucous, in-your-face vocals, and there's something about the 'uh' that she adds to the end of some words that I really love!

[@Lisa0529]

Good old days in T.O. I sure do miss them

[@lizthor-larsen7618]

they never left, sister

[@katherinehunter9526]

@@lizthor-larsen7618 Yes they are gone. Now it's Much different than back in the 70's and 80's. To start with there were hundreds of venues that PAID band's for playing the week or even just a weekend gig. Now it's all jam nights or karaoke!! Big difference. Miss those wild and crazy days!!

[@katherinehunter9526]

Gawd I miss these early days!!

[@Babaziba]

I still have the direct-to-disc album that introduced me to the band and "Birds Of A Feather", which had me spellbound. That voice! And they just kept getting better.

[@MrGs107]

Loved this band in the early days. Saw them at the Chimney, Gasworks,The Forge to name a few. The best was the Restless Underwear Show with Divine. Out there but awesome all the same.

[@hyleslie]

I was a total Rough Trade groupie. Followed Carole & Kevin all around T.O. Most memorable: The Forge & upstairs at the ElMo. So weird to see them so tame on Gzowsky's short-lived show.

[@markrosenstand4796]

Such lyrical command coming from this Lady of world class entertainment!

[@randolfo1265]

Early Rough Trade, at their BEST!

[@bradsmith1934]

The late great Peter Gzowski!

[@TeddieWr]

I loved Rough Trade. The backup singer (JoAnne Brooks?) has a really great voice.

[@alondathomas293]

Heck yeah----the backup singer sounds good even on her own.

[@Staylogical]

Kevan was under-rated as both a musician and arranger.

[@jannyrcobs]

Historically squeezed in there somewhere between Sparks and '80s King Crimson, sharing an era with Berlin-bound Bowie and Talking Heads, is Rough Trade -- guitarist Kevan Staples comparable to Robert Fripp on even a visual level by the turn of the decade.

[@Timmybear]

Why would there be? There's not a single lyric that's offensive in terms of words you can't say on television. That's part of its brilliance - it's filthy without triggering a single objection (well, except from people who think safer sex information and images for and of consenting adults should be censored - frig them, anyway ;) ).

[@williambrown2294]

GREAT BAND. SAW THEM AT GASWORKS TOO.

[@gog9o9magog]

me and my friends we used to ... man. she was beyond glamourous ... fuck!

[@brucevbracken]

Wow, quite a reinvention, eh? From typical '70s rock band to 80s dark/edgy new wave/punk! It reminds me of the bands that started in the '70s rock scene then reinvented themselves, like the Warfield Foxes becoming the Motels.

[@vinylrichie007]

Love the cow bell

[@garylapointe7345]

The Gasworks

[@BeeRich33]

"Let's play a game of hide and seek. Loser gets f**cked in the ass. If you can't find me, I'll be behind the couch."

[@CusterFlux]

Something tells me Carole probably did a wicked Mae West imitation …

[@Ma_Ba]

All that eye rolling!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lizthor-larsen7618]

more like a newmodel...like Janis, as well

[@lizthor-larsen7618]

wild women unite!!!!

[@BillMcBirnie-Extreme-Flute]

...Take that, Miley!...

[@BillMcBirnie-Extreme-Flute]

...Pick it up at 3:07 for "Birds of a Feather"!...

[@creepyskulldini581]

"Mary Hartman!' (3:19)

[@superhetoric]

oh wow

[@randolfo1265]

Peter Gzowski, must be CBC TELEVISION

[@elektonics]

Waaaaayyyyy before their time

[@ronnyroo702]

You look so saintly in your white Mercedes Benz, you keep insinuating there's a pleasure palace within. Sex offenders, junkies, murderers and thieves, they're on the elevator waiting for the police to leave ..... no one else writes like this

[@DandyLion662a]

Man, what a great set. I saw them several times in the mid 70s, mostly at a Yonge Street bar whose name I've forgotten. These two were their most popular numbers. I liked the band better before they added the backup singer. Pope's vocals stood out better and the backup just added clutter in my view.

[@urbox2]

"The Chimney", upstairs from the Gasworks. Was a regular in 1975-76ish.

[@nomorokay]

@@urbox2 I saw Rough Trade for the first time at The Chimney in 1977, and I've been a fan ever since. I was able to have a brief chat with Carole after a show she did at Lee's Palace in the '90s, and I treasure that memory.

[@hortclamp]

I saw them a number of times at the "Colonial Tavern" on Yonge St. A lot of great blues bands played there in the 70's

[@notoriginals]

Yay! 3:13 rare find, but the sound :o/

[@Timmybear]

I don't think it could quite be described as typical. The lyrics are a bit out there. The music is admittedly a bit more conventional, but that was probably a bit of a camp touch. If one listens to, oh, BERLIN by Lou Reed, a similar disconnect occurs - pretty music with some deeply midnight lyrics.

[@lukeorjesse]

Peter Gzowski Live

[@arricammarques1955]

The British Canadian Patti Smith.

[@lukeorjesse]

iDon't understand why. There aren't any restrictions on it

[@ErikWeissengruber]

And naughty school children scold ... and ah 1, 2, 3

[@maxxm28]

What TV show was that? Does anyone know?

[@maximilliancunningham6091]

It seemed like a good idea, at the time,,,

[@destroyer1ism]

Great group-great babe singer-great decade. Now's what's left? CRAPPY Justin Bieber, and Selena Gomez. How extremley BOOOOOOOring!

[@curtspins7626]

Boring is also so your binary cliched response, FWIW.

[@ianfindly3257]

curt spins, I'm with you, I'm rather sick of Bieber getting cited and taking the brunt. Like aren't there any OTHER shitty acts in contemporary music to pick on for a change?

[@katerigg1]

@@curtspins7626 I think Carole would like being called a Babe

[@lynnnleistinger8226]

Cozzy Fanny tutty would been good together

[@flickfiend1018]

Her speaking voice sounds totally unlike her singing voice.

[@kissed61]

This was the Rough Trade I loved. Not a fan of the synth period.

[@lizthor-larsen7618]

...and then what happened? meh