The Shadows - A song for Europe 1975

[@alandavison327]

How wonderful to watch this again - in colour!! I was a teenager last time with only a rented black and white TV to watch it on! 6 really good songs but no surprise that Let me be the One was chosen. It's the way Brits voted in those days. How I wish we could go back to a class act singing 6 songs for the public to choose.

[@bryanpalmer9660]

Thoroughly engaging songs-- excellent harmonies,melodies,hats off to the Shadows thanks for the post Auckland New Zealand 2021

[@jean-claudeminiapen7545]

I grew up with the shadows n I love them all dearly long live the shads

[@ToGodBetheGlory-q8j]

How rejoiceful to listen to these group of persons, i indeed admired the shadows.

[@Blacktulipphotos]

Absolutely outstanding 👍Thank you guys for sharing 💗

[@daijones101]

John Farrar was in a successful band in Melbourne called the Strangers

[@blastfromthepast8344]

Not as successful as the Shadows.

[@Ruda-n4h]

They were pretty second division but he did the right thing getting out, and showed his talent with Hank and Bruce.

[@ToGodBetheGlory-q8j]

How happy I am for watching the Shadows evrrytime.

[@Blacktulipphotos]

When I was 9 years old I was a fan of the Shads and Cliff. We in Australia only the Shads fabulous instrumental albums to buy. The radio stations didn't play any of their vocals. Shame on them. The Beatles also told them to record vocals. The Shads sound is crisp and so much superior to anything from USA.

[@petebest22]

Absolute perfection vocals 👍 great band, and always will be 😃

[@noramuzsikas7029]

Absolute! They are better as Cliff!!

[@levistubbs8949]

bit like Crosby stills and Nash, great stuff !

[@EricTheBlue61]

I must have watched this when it was first broadcast but there's so much I'd forgotten. Didn't remember them doing Don't Throw It All Away which was a hit for more than one artist afterwards. Also forgot the excellent vocal harmonies for a group who made their name with instrumentals. Then there's Alan Tarney on bass who went on to write We Don't Talk Anymore for Cliff and became one of the top producers in the UK in the 80s. Anyone know if Pete Best who co wrote the first one was the ex Beatles drummer?

[@alandavison327]

Gary Benson! So many gems like this on KZbin. I'm on a nostalgia roll!

[@blastfromthepast8344]

No, I think he was a mate of John Farrar's from Australia.

[@EricTheBlue61]

​@@blastfromthepast8344Thanks for clarifying that. I've since learned the Beatles guy was working as a civil servant at that point. Even after returning to playing music he's only co written a couple of tracks for his own band.

[@Ruda-n4h]

This 1973-77 incarnation is the Shadows at their best IMHO. Post Apache, post-Cliff, and right after Marvin/Welch/Farrar, and pre second instrumental let's copy current hits Shadows style. Rocking with Curly Leads, Specs Appeal, Live at the Paris Olympia, Tasty.

[@emlyngriffith5846]

All mimed unfortunately…….they were better than this.

[@Ruda-n4h]

@@emlyngriffith5846 Unfortunately that was a convention at the time - Musicians Union's rules and all that.

[@Bruce15485]

I agree !

[@VladimirJelic-pm6rh]

And up to Tasty 77, they were very progressive 😊 My friend who likes more tough sounds couldn't believe The shadows done those, knowing the shadows for golden hits and moonlight period

[@mihalynehalasz4167]

nagyon szépen énekelnek is.imádom őket.

[@bernardbb5188]

Absolutely brillant, great song and one of the Best album "Specs Apeal" !

[@chrishudson517]

Just my vinyl out of the loft after 30 plus years to find my Shadows LPs including Specs Appeal, plan to get myself a new turntable in the next week or so.

[@bernardbroche]

Best concept album half songs, half intrumentals...

[@philwhite6881]

Thanks for this video, it proves what a very fine vocal band the Shad's were :)

[@mihalynehalasz4167]

csodás dal ,imádom.

[@Campey]

Hank Marvin and Bruce Welsh local lads from Newcastle Up-On Tyne. I have followed the Shadows since they started in the late 1950s.

[@ferraridinoman]

John Farrar!! STLL the man!

[@ipklondonuk]

most of the Specs Appeal album

[@blastfromthepast8344]

Well... half of it anyway.

[@charlescrisp2814]

the best band in the world

[@vicesquadpunk]

A boat load of McCartneyisms in some of these tunes, especially, 'Let Me Be The One" ✊😊

[@370458]

Excellent video historic. Greetings from Chile Alex

[@AngeliqueVSNL]

Thanks for sharing! Love it!

[@davyboy232]

Should have chosen Don't Throw It All Away

[@michaelporter4050]

With a bit more rock n roll to their music they could have taken on the Eagles. Such great musicians and musicianship. How it should be done!

[@Ruda-n4h]

Good point about the Eagles.

[@ping-manwong5704]

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[@secod2022]

Unusual good

[@janinapalmer8368]

NINAAAAAAA..... NO !!

[@alanhean6504]

Reminds me of early Hollies, nothing to write home about,

[@mihalynehalasz4167]

nagyon szépen énekelnek.

[@claudefournier2144]

Ils ont toujours été d'excellents interprètes (instrumentaux et vocaux)

[@blastfromthepast8344]

Let Me Be The One got the highest marks (obviously) and I know that Stand Up Like a Man came in second. No No Nina got the fewest marks, although I think it was a great song. None of the songs are bad. They are, as has already been stated, all included in their 1975 album 'Specs Appeal'. Had it not been for some cheeky tactical voting by the Dutch, Let Me Be The One would have won on the night.

[@martinkelly6709]

Didn't help that Bruce fluffed the song's opening line on the night though....

[@Swansearabman]

Pretty sure that "This House Runs On Sunshine" came second

[@videosrus8631]

@@Swansearabman Results below: Let Me Be the One 1 Stand up like a Man 2 This House Runs on Sunshine 3 Don't Throw it all Away 4 Cool Clear Air 5 No No Nina 6

[@georgebur]

@@videosrus8631 The best song by quite a margin is listed at Placing 5. Actually No No Nina is not the worst!

[@ednammansfield8553]

@Martin Kelly yes I think that was the mistake he made that lost them from winning Eurovision that year. 2nd place was good though and they had a hit with the album 'Specs Appeal' which I purchased on its release. It's hard to find a copy of that album now as I think it is no longer available to get here in the UK.

[@GRAHAM2109]

Did they recently repeat this on television? The quality is excellent.

[@stratac30]

Interesting watching these songs again, but you do wonder why the Shadows didn't pull tracks from the Marvin, Welch and Farrar albums such as My Home Town, Marmaduke, or Lady of the Morning all far better tracks than they sang here. Equally I'm surprised seeing Alan Tarney in the line, that he didn't provide some songs because he was beginning to write some cracking songs for Cliff Richard at the time.

[@blastfromthepast8344]

Alan may well have submitted songs for the contest, but only six could be shortlisted. They recorded a couple of his songs the following year.

[@GRAHAM2109]

Do you have the results show as well, please

[@ednammansfield8553]

The Shadows came 2nd in Eurovision song contest that year and were beaten by the Dutch who got the 1 spot. The Shadows could have won but unfortunately Bruce Welch made a mistake in the opening line of the song on the night which lost them the top spot unfortunately.

[@farmbrough]

looks like John is playing a Fender Thinline Telecaster

[@GroovinEZ]

Yep, Tele Thinline with a bender (don't know if it's a B-bender).

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[@andys9337]

Very good...!!!! The first song Sounds a bit like bad finger.....!!!

[@kiloband830]

Alan Tarney on bass?

[@stevestix1]

+Kilo Band Yup.

[@graememcgregor8407]

Yep, my favourite Shadows bass player. He somehow managed to make the bass 'dance' as well as play, if that doesn't sound ridiculous!

[@shanematheson6720]

No close up for Alan :(

[@georgebur]

Plays his role to perfection. Nicely understated but with a few flourishes. Ideal for a vocal band.

[@brian.7966]

they were not called the shadows then, it was Marvin, Welch and Farrar..

[@mark070961]

In 1975 they were called the shadows, Song for Europe.

[@Ruda-n4h]

When Marvin/Welch/Farrar split up in 1973, Hank and Bruce reformed the Shadows with John Farrar and Alan Tarney and brought back Brian Bennett.

[@othelloo8354]

Except for the last song all other songs were recorded as "MARVIN WELCH & FARRAR" and not as the "SHADOWS"

[@stathiskolyvas2612]

No. They were all recorded as the Shadows and were included in their 1975 album ''Specs Appeal''.

[@blastfromthepast8344]

I don't believe that's true.

[@holydiver73]

They were recorded as The Shadows, all six songs are on the Specs Appeal album by….The Shadows.

[@martinkelly6709]

'Don't Throw It All Away' not good enough to be the contest winner but a top 20 hit later in the year for the song's co-writer Gary Benson.

[@graememcgregor8407]

It was the best of the bunch as far as I was concerned. But Eurovision requires the 'happy-clappies' unfortunately.

[@Swansearabman]

Isn't it funny - worst of the lot for me

[@graememcgregor8407]

For me the two worst were This House Runs on Sunshine and Let Me Be the One. Shows what I know!

[@Ruda-n4h]

@@graememcgregor8407 They were the two most 'Eurovision.' My mother voted for Let Me Be the One in the public ballot but I voted for This House Runs on Sunshine!

[@59Mrfreeze]

Strange Hank is not using a red fender

[@graememcgregor8407]

They were leaving that image in the 60s. Hank has TONS of guitars! He says his one fear is that, when he dies, his wife sill sell them for what he told her he paid for them!!!

[@lparnell39]

i would keep them along as i lived,

[@ednammansfield8553]

@Graeme McGregor - Bruce Welch still has Hank Marvin's red strat today. I believe it was originally purchased by Cliff Richard who gave it to Hank back in the 1960's.

[@blastfromthepast8344]

Hank stopped using a red Fender Strat about 1962. He started again about 1981. Throughout the Seventies it was usually white, black or sunburst.

[@graememcgregor8407]

Bruce miming the bass - badly!!!

[@ToGodBetheGlory-q8j]

How wonderful listening your beauriful encouraging uplifting songs, God bless you..

[@AlonsoPosadasSanchez]

La voz de Hank Marvin es magnífica, qué tío...

[@polmic2322]

Scarcity !!

[@bernardvigneron445]

Malheureusement la majorité des gens ne connaissent que les Shads de 1960 _1964,les Goldens years.Faut dire que c'était pas mal,mais qui aurait pu deviner la suite!!

[@ednammansfield8553]

This was a return for the Shadows at the time of Eurovision as they hadn't played together for some time as a group. The album 'Specs Appeal' was a massive hit for them and much more hits followed in the singles charts with 'Don't cry for me Argentina' and the follow ups from that. Really good to see this video again after all these years.

[@bernardvigneron445]

Incroyableme !!Qui a fait mieux ?les Beatles et Brian Wilson peut-être... J'ai 70 balais et suid suivre

[@tomcarl8021]

And you Brits wonder why Cliff and these guys never made it in the States.

[@blastfromthepast8344]

Why would that be then, Tom...?

[@tomcarl8021]

@@blastfromthepast8344 Look, I'm happy for whatever success they had. Im sure they are the nicest guys you could meet. Their story is fascinating. But their music was awful.

[@blastfromthepast8344]

@@tomcarl8021 An interesting answer. It seems to suggest that, by your criteria, only 'good' music succeeded in America? There really is no answer to that! I would, of course, draw your attention to their influence on the likes of Brian May, Neil Young, Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, Ritchie Blackmore and Mark Knopfler... ...to name but a few. I'd also draw your attention to the quote from John Lennon that went something like "No Shadows = No Beatles." When you say, "whatever success they had" I think you may be somewhat understating and underestimating things. America eluded them, yes, but it's probably worth pointing out that the main reason people want to 'make it' in America is because of the vast amounts of money that can be made there. It has nothing to do with credibility. Most, if not all, American artists revere the UK and crave success over here. That is, of course, a side argument, but related to your point. I'll close with one more interesting point. In 1978, Cliff Richard and the Shadows reunited for two weeks at the London Palladium. One day/night John Bonham knocked on the stage door and asked to see Brian Bennett. When Brian came to the door Bonham told him "Can you get me in? I can't get a ticket and you are the reason I started to play the drums in the first place." So although the Shadows (and Cliff) didn't make it big in the US - the only place on Earth they didn't - you do have cause to be grateful to them... whether you admit it or not. Bye!

[@guillermojoaquinbello448]

Maybe because Americans have terrible music taste. 😂😂🤣🤣🤡🤡

[@Bruce15485]

@@blastfromthepast8344 Even The Beatles used The Shadows name in one of their early songs "Cry For A Shadow"

[@29brendus]

Geat band, pity about the miming. Cringeworthy!

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