Tony Wilson interview (Jonathan Ross, 1991)

[@Elkraiden]

Tony was a good friend of mine and was always a gentleman.. I miss him very much. He had me sing on a Durutti Column single.. we covered White Rabbit

[@LarryDaHat]

Would have loved to have met him. He seemed like a very clued-up guy and a visionary. We have a lot to thank him for.

[@harrypalmer3481]

I came very close to meeting him (it seemed) on a couple of times, I regret that it didn't happen. I admire him for promoting & facilitating people & artistry & culture of Manchester. I think he left his mark!

[@AW-kr9fl]

We need more people like Tony Wilson. Someone with vision, integrity and the money to really champion working class, independent movements

[@David-h4z2s]

Thought Tony Wilson was A posho who went to Cambridge he seemed the type who would condescend the working class people with his High brow waffle 😤😌😏

[@harrypalmer3481]

@@David-h4z2s High brow waffle? Maybe he did high brow waffle but I never heard any..? I never heard him condescend to working class people, just praise & promote the artistry of people. He generously facilitated & promoted a lot of people sometimes at significant cost to himself. Am I wrong?

[@hawsrulebegin7768]

This man did so much for Manchester and the uk music culture. Sad he’s gone. An original.

[@slumdogjay]

Wilson is a Legend. Sorely missed. They don’t make them like him anymore.

[@sergeyastov6353]

Check out great lives on BBC radio 4 , Terry Christian nominated him.

[@RockDove5212]

What boring and up his own hole?

[@paulheap1982]

@@RockDove5212 only one of those describes him.

[@samuellewis4042]

@@RockDove5212 up his own hole maybe, but you could never describe Tony as boring. Well you could I guess, but it would just be inaccurate.

[@sexobscura]

good

[@dominicestelley3169]

I used to see him walking along the Bridgewater Canal on a Sunday afternoon with his Red Setter, headphones on totally absorbed in whatever he was listening to.

[@fiztaqt2343]

Legend has it he sill strolls there, talking with the ghosts of old cameras, narrating the entire history of Manchester

[@stevehunter5505]

In the 1990's I worked with Tony at Granada many times. He didn't suffer fools gladly. If you knew what you were doing and was professional he respected you for it. I never had any issues with Tony. He was good to work with. RIP.

[@David-h4z2s]

Mark E Smith owned Wilson in interviews

[@lucasm3879]

Love finding little time capsules like this on youtube. Early '91, when the Hac had to close for several months because of gang violence. The end of the Madchester scene basically.

[@SeattleSpursFan1882]

Allowing the Cartel leaders and their henchmen to "run security" at the door will tend to have that effect.

[@thewaronu8842]

@@SeattleSpursFan1882 As I understand it that was the necessary remedy not the cause, and they wouldn't exactly have much choice anyway

[@fursey1984]

Lots of thinking dust as been consumed an the man is a genuis an a pioneer of music in this country Massive respect for mr wilson

[@sexobscura]

he passed on signing The Smiths, though

[@nathanjamesbaker]

The last point he makes in this video (from 5:30 to 6:03) about the rave scene moving on and transforming from a live scene into iconic albums was absolutely true and prophetic. So many amazing British albums were released in 1991, and those albums far eclipsed the raves themselves.

[@perspexorange]

Agreed. Wilson was a visionary. A lynchpin in British music history.

[@worldofchriscraft]

Thanks so much for sharing this. It's beautiful. I love Tony Wilson. Much missed.

[@jazzclubjez]

“..GUNS! Jonathan. GUNS!” 😂

[@ranjitb68]

TW .. legend and pioneer! Thanks from the youth of the 80s and 90s

[@richardjeffreys2437]

Tony..Such a lovable Prick..x

[@ssangsingkeo]

24 Hour Party People was a great movie!

[@robertloader9826]

The wet blanket that is Woss having the temerity to call an utterance of AHW's dull?! Good grief.

[@denisomahoney5464]

Great guy spoke to him a few times back in the day ..a clever bloke just messed up with the money side of things with factory .,he was a Genuine bloke .RIP Tony H Wilson ..great memories.

[@painiscupcake5433]

I'm not a lump of hash. I'm in charge of Factory records. I think..

[@charlielynes]

"I've just seen God. He looked like me."

[@hannahb6753]

Oasis were practicing at the boardwalk while this was being filmed, Factory refused to sign them I think. Tony said things in Manchester were quietening down. The biggest band in the 90's was brewing in the background

[@lucasm3879]

Yes but the ‘Manchester scene’ was over by the time they were signed by Creation in ‘93. Oasis were not part of that scene, it had quietened down and Noel has said that’s why he moved to London in ‘94. Oasis were part of the mid 90’s ‘Britpop’ scene which was centred in London. Liam moved there too not long afterwards.

[@dbag3345]

4:52 Talking about Nick Kent

[@mbrady2329]

He was still an unreliable witness, post-heroin.

[@gordonm6108]

"Top nightclub in Europe, actually"

[@davidpeters3857]

LEGEND

[@pwr2dappl175]

They just don't make them like Tony anymore.

[@flivesey5889]

Jonathan Ross doesn't like someone who has done a bit more than him with his life, does he?

[@captainbeastazoid7084]

Clearly not. His envy is palpable and embarrassing

[@AW-kr9fl]

Never liked Jonathan Ross. He’s clearly intimidated and jealous of Tony Wilson

[@Dubliner812]

Nope

[@spewter]

Jonathan Ross is allergic to interesting interviews. I think in this instance he’s jealous of Wilson’s ego and how it lives in service of staggering creativity. The closest Jonathan Ross ever can to creating something was a garish outfit for a movie premiere photo op.

[@mbrady2329]

Not only jealous: he clearly admired what he did, without having the slightest clue how he did it.

[@jozefserf2024]

Tony didn't know his place, and that's what made him great.

[@Transfemboyuwu]

my grandad met him as he was doing an electrical job at granada and all he said was “he was a miserable git”

[@---df5sr]

He reminds me of Julian Clary

[@Degenerate76]

I noticed this in all the videos of Tony Wilson I've seen. He's like the most obviously gay man I've ever known that wasn't actually gay.

[@lewangillard9701]

He looks a little like Julian clary here

[@stevefrompolaca2403]

well charlied up

[@rael1999]

Nice guy Tony, met him at The Cockpit in Leeds when he was managing Northern Uproar. Came across as a genuine down to earth bloke who cared very much about his northern roots. As for Jonathon trying to mock Tony and the Hacienda, embarrassing.

[@re-animatorre-animator9671]

Back when rossy used to actually question his guests

[@partyentertains4092]

Especially interesting and awkward ones.

[@LongsightM12KIPPAX]

Ross is quick with a joke ..who isn't... Tony was a visionary...he found the Happy Mondays...

[@MartinHiggins1972]

Where were they?

[@LongsightM12KIPPAX]

@@MartinHiggins1972 Good one

[@MartinHiggins1972]

@@LongsightM12KIPPAX Well, they did actually used to go missing a lot, to be fair.

[@ustheserfs]

The man behind the curtain except he hated curtains

[@adcashmo]

Jeez what an uncomfortable interview.

[@rick182z]

Why? I didn't see that

[@adcashmo]

@@rick182z I don't think TW really wanted to be there. There was also more than a hint of distain for JR.

[@carlosnavarro1091]

@@rick182z it's obvious that TW doesn't really like JR.

[@carlkamuti]

Jesus, was this recorded during a thunderstorm?

[@rockets4kids]

This is what happens to cheap videotape after 30 years.

[@whittaks215]

preferred the Hacienda before its huge success and you could get served at the bar

[@rickhardman7376]

coz no one went

[@roba7331]

I raised a glass to Tony when The Face went under.

[@garrybaldy327]

I saw Tony last year near Macclesfield. Got his autograph. He couldn't stop laughing. What a lovely fella.

[@Sorina_S]

Last year?Tony Wilson died in 2007.

[@rick182z]

Probably laughing coz you thought he was him who died and went along with it

[@David-h4z2s]

​@@rick182z😅 Less it was the ghost of Tony Wilson a miracle getting there getting a dead man's autograph

[@iteamy]

Lol he was such a prick. I met him once and he was just as abrasive, I think I'd have been disappointed if he'd been nice.

[@rick182z]

Ross or Wilson?

[@iteamy]

@@rick182z Hahaha Anthony

[@Multijoe84]

Anthony H !

[@David-h4z2s]

Wilson seemed to think he was some sort of godlike figure

[@dominicestelley3169]

I Went to the Hacienda a few times in the early/mid eighties, it wasn't really my scene though.

[@GreenMorningDragonProductions]

The Hacienda in the mid eighties was quaint but pretty flat to what it became. Sort of like comparing Sunday league football yo the FA Cup Final.

[@adamluck7002]

I went to Cambridge, lucky Boro FC

[@theculturedthug6609]

What?

[@epinhervin9355]

Indie legend interviewing indie legend

[@rick182z]

Whats indie about Ross

[@epinhervin9355]

​@@rick182zhe always presented the indie band at his show even many many years after this video he still presented The Concretes one of memorable Victoria Bergsman video on early youtube circa 2006

[@davedogge2280]

my mum once came across his C.V (resume if you not in the UK) and for 'Hobbies & Interests' he wrote something like 'Cruising in my jag down country lanes' ...... wanker !!

[@MartinHiggins1972]

Sounds like fun, to be fair.

[@davedogge2280]

@@MartinHiggins1972 I liked Tony Wilson but he was a bit of a wanker but that was his charm.

[@Petrospect]

@@MartinHiggins1972 he does strike me as a jaaaag man aswell, interesting. imagining a ratty XJ6

[@David-h4z2s]

He came across like a smug posho living in his Little wank smug arty farty world,

[@alantomlinson7795]

Chalk and cheese. Ross wasn't fit to lace his boots.

[@David-h4z2s]

Smug 😙 Meets Smug😙

[@lbukem4259]

Coke. So much. Coke.

[@juancosta5080]

he looks like bruce willis with hair 😁

[@RefinedRouge]

Anthony Hacienda Wilson

[@charlielynes]

The Hacienda must be re:built 🙂 Fac51

[@glenndouglas8822]

Still there, it's be a block of flats nowadays 😄

[@charlielynes]

@glenndouglas8822 I know, it's the name of a song by Sound 5.

[@glenndouglas8822]

@@charlielynes Which is taken from a...Jon Savage...book.

[@charlielynes]

@glenndouglas8822 Ah... that is, "the Hacienda must be built" The Sound 5 track adds the "Re:" It is a play on the book's words, of course. Whitworth Street was my home between '89-92. The Hacienda my church (along with Stuffed Olive's) - Always play the Soul Mechanik remix 😉 ☮️💚🏡🎵♾️

[@glenndouglas8822]

@@charlielynes 🙌✌️

[@bend7777]

This guy was a genius.

[@Stakker]

this brutal. brutally shit

[@michaeloneill8452]

Only love for AHW

[@thewaronu8842]

Back in Channel 4 days when Ross asked intelligent questions and let the quips happen naturally, rather than the forced, gurning buffoonery of the BBC years

[@rick182z]

A lively Qareer

[@deanchester8708]

I’ve just seen god and he looked like me

[@crypttonite]

PEERAGE everyone on tv is not a Gentile & no one on the thrown has been either.

[@evo5dave]

Pardon?

[@lazer2365]

Steve Coogan was a much better Tony Wilson than Tony Wilson. The real Tony Wilson is dull, personality-wise.

[@timcomley3241]

Was he bollox

[@daveseville7394]

I mean Tony Wilson seems pretty witty and smarky here. A typical Mancunian chip on your shoulder in a good way vs London or whatever. Full of dry humour and jokes. Coogan seems more sterile and clean vs witty Tony to me.

[@David-h4z2s]

Wilson a posho

[@RockDove5212]

He's a cross between Richard Madeley and Julian Clary. He takes himself so seriously!!! SO boring and dull.

[@paulheap1982]

Nobody who actually knew him would agree.

[@CrystalShip8899]

No he was very funny, whenever him or John Peel would come on tv you knew it was going to be good( and funny). Always good value.

[@mikejohnson2638]

he was the complete opposite, he was a very kind, caring, loving person who did loads for charity which wen unknown.

[@SuzanneO707]

When I went to the Hacienda, he sometimes appeared. Just bobbing around. Some people used to let on, and call him every expletive under the sun and at the same time shaking his hand. He was a good sport and laughed his head off.

[@dirkdiggler8260]

My only personal encounter with Tony was seeing him in Piccadilly one afternoon. He was about to walk into a dry cleaners. I was a kid with a few mates and on seeing him we shouted his name. The distraction made him trip and pretty much faceplant the door 🙈 Hilarious at the time, _sorry Tony_ 🙄🙏 lol

[@cabandfriendsgleeson6433]

Gaywad

[@CrystalShip8899]

Said the Gaywad😀