Renaissance - Northern Lights (1st TOTP appearance, 1978) HD

[@tony713elo]

Watch Renaissance second TOTP appearance here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWOUeomrqMmDh5I Watch Renaissance third TOTP appearance here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIKYZ52aqbCEibM

[@PoshPaws2703]

Such a great song and a brilliant singer this song never gets old

[@drewgeraci8434]

Good lord - she is a godess. Beauty and a magnificent voice.

[@Dawn-Songs]

No need for skimpy outfits and lashings of makeup...just a pure voice and a naturally beautiful young woman . This song is a gem 💎

[@RichardSteele-tl1bu]

Excellent voice for dark 70s nights on roads

[@tonykerry]

Fabulous song from a legendary band!

[@ernestowen-je4is]

What a voice 😊

[@Scott-up3bq]

This was on top of the pops 4 days before we emigrated to Fremantle western Australia 🦘.never been back since.anytime I hear this I keep thinking of my dad telling my mum to sit on suitcases to shut them which they were doing during this song! Wonderful memories.there both still alive.but don't sit on suitcases now

[@sidpheasant7585]

Bless you for the story, and the way of presenting it! Aurora Australis for you, not Borealis...

[@Scott-up3bq]

@@sidpheasant7585 thank you for your wonderful reply.mum and dad are still alive fortunately mum doesn't sit in suitcases now.have a good weekend

[@Scott-up3bq]

@@sidpheasant7585 sorry on top of suitcases any more !

[@fellfox]

One of the best sounds to come out of the seventies

[@davidsnowdon7328]

Best comment on here 🎵🎵👌

[@glenrichardson6396]

In the BBC vaults there’s an unbroadcast episode of the Good Life in which Annie Haslam breaks down outside Tom and Barbara’s house and it turns out she’s an old pal of Barbara’s from her hippy days. It never went out. I wonder why….

[@paulwebber6144]

My favourite song of all time

[@markolney-lf1ec]

Seen them at Fort Lamar Park in Michigan at a festival there. They were great.

[@damien1352]

Beautiful song and beautiful lady. 1013

[@JQ127-c4e]

I never heard this before! Great song!

[@steviejd5803]

Such a gorgeous pair of thrupnies

[@andycuthbert2763]

I’m 56-vaguely remember this time , but wish I could return-look at the old man in the mirror now n want to go back so much

[@johnrobertson8263]

we all do

[@jonnyzchivago7623]

I remember this appearance very well....Jilted John came on after them,which I loved but apparently was not appreciated by certain members of Renaissance,who slagged him off in the Melody Maker that week, and why not? At the time i thought Renaissance was hippy rubbish,but now i love them....and Jilted John (Graham Fellows)too. An interesting juxtaposition between the one note dirge of Punk Rock and the polyphonic splendor of Progressive Folk that you just don't get in these crap days.

[@elspencer6334]

Jilted John was hardly a one note dirge. It's satirical, humorous, and highly intelligent. But undoubtedly beyond the wit of those miserable prog-rockers who slagged it off.

[@jonnyzchivago7623]

@@elspencer6334 alright, two note dirge then, albeit a funny 2-note dirge.

[@taffyterrier]

Jilted John followed the third TOTP appearance by Renaissance on 10th August. This upload was the first performance of ‘Northern Lights’ four weeks earlier on 13th July.

[@luizjose778]

❤

[@markolney-lf1ec]

Anne Haslam has the most perfect voice of ANY rock band, sorry Ann Wilson.

[@Scott-up3bq]

I was 14 years old

[@michaelstewart9188]

If Carlsberg made bass players ....

[@neilgordon8145]

And they’d all be playing Rickies!

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

Well, I never knew this was about Mr Wood. Unusual for a duo to write lyrics expressing someone else's loneliness about a real person.

[@craiggleason8386]

Me either

[@andreyromanov2946]

Why not?)

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

@@andreyromanov2946 More often it would be about anyperson, not a specific, real person.

[@andreyromanov2946]

@@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx , perhaps there were reasons for this in that case?

[@stephenhowell5611]

Annie was going on a US tour with Renaissance, she didn't want to leave Roy. It has nothing to do with the aurora, its about the northern lights of england behind the wing.

[@XSS537]

Jon Camp was a gun bassist

[@PeterBrown-mz4nv]

I don't remember Jon Camp playing a double neck!!

[@johnrobertson8263]

pity its a mime

[@mickpeters8002]

Yes, but at least it is a specifically recorded mime! Not the same as the album or single that was released.