Virgin Prunes -R.T.E. Late,Late,Show -6.Oct.1979.

[@3dfreak2000]

I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet... But your kids are gonna love it.

[@albertosiuranamaicas2524]

Yes we do

[@dougiegooner]

@@artmonk8576 MCFLYYYYY!!! 😉🎸🎤

[@janzenrollo8923]

I wish I was 18 again..............., but I'm 56 and absolutely loving the prunes

[@valeriehartman3705]

I think half the audience had a heart attack that night. I think they were brilliant. I met both Guggi and Strongman, and both were absolute, kindest gentlemen.

[@deblocka9085]

Saw Gavin in Easons the other day at the launch if Peter and The Wolf and he was speaking about this performance. Epic. The Virgin Prunes were aons ahead of their time.

[@headovmetal]

This made living in Texas in the '80s almost bearable. Thank you.

[@ornamentidoro]

I adore these guys and after seeing this I adore them even more

[@PauldenmanCoUk]

Thank you for uploading this fantastic quality version of a live changing preformance 🤗

[@thesleepstate]

There is a much much higher quality version of this I've watched on a webpage - if you reply to this message I'll try and find it for you.

[@dougiegooner]

How sweet is Dave-id afterwards, giving gifts to the host and audience members? 💕 👏🙌

[@Grithron2]

Re Dave-ID, was that just his persona or did he actually have a disability? And if so, did he ham it up, at risk of being accused of being a bad role model?

[@dougiegooner]

@@Grithron2 Dave-id has Cerebral Palsy! I don't think he is being anything but himself here! When my friend and I saw them at the Lyceum in November 83, we went early afternoon to try and watch the sound check. That turned out to be a great move as we not only got to sit and watch, we got talking to them. Their manager, John Lay, asked if I would help out by being part of the opening act as the "laughing police man". Because of my height..6ft 5" I was ideal. I had to wear a massive laughing police man head and carry a birthday cake as I walked on stage with Gavin and Guggi either side, linking arms with me. I then put the cake on a table and bowed to the audience, then to the two of them. Wow... It was fantastic! Back to the sound check..We were speaking to Dave-id for a long time, asking all sorts of questions about Virgin Prunes live tracks where Dave-id was singing and then giving flowers to audience members...then grabbing them back! He was a really lovely guy. His cerebral palsy didn't stop him from being a valued member of the band. His actions on the TV show seemed absolutely genuine. That's how he was when we met him. Charming, fun and willing to be open to us as fans of the band. That night will never be forgotten by me. 👌 💕

[@b-__-bb-_-b]

@@dougiegooner leur école jouxtant les grilles d'un asylum..ils ont été amis avec dave id.

[@patrickbertlein4626]

@@dougiegooner This, and only this, is what all youtube comments should be. Wow!

[@MadderMel]

I would think that it was a truly genuine gesture from Dave -id I never knew that he had cerebral palsy . There is footage on KZbin of them going into an old people home ( somewhere in Europe ) and having fun singing and dancing with the people , some of the old folk looked very dubious about it all to begin with , but the Prunes soon got them all laughing , ok , it perhaps is a bit of publicity thing , but I'm totally convinced it was something that they were doing to brighten up people's lives ! I've always loved the Virgin Prunes ! I can't hear a bad word against them !

[@raymondlibert2967]

Spécial vidéo . Thanks very .

[@francisleclaire180]

Groupe unique. Cultissime

[@cherylchaison5085]

Seventy nine unbelievable this is so unique and futuristic wow

[@ninentythree93]

ICONIC!!!

[@patrickmccabe3786]

Love the Prunes

[@u2freak1974]

Amazing! This is a gem!!!

[@2lefThumbs]

Wow, blows the socks off the album version👍 thanks for uploading!

[@RaBob]

not surprising, since this was recorded in1979.... and there wasn't a record company to pay for studio sessions for the 'album version' until 1982. At least we had Colin Newman from WIRE to produce the 'album version." Notice how the 1982 Virgin Prunes "album version" of this song sounds so similar to the sonic qualities of WIRE's 1987 album "The Ideal Copy" five years after the Virgin Prunes' "album version" of this song.

[@2lefThumbs]

@@RaBob maybe, but what impressed me more was the power/passion that both vocalists showed, not sure that that could be shown on vinyl, nor the nuance of the background tableau. I missed out on seeing the Virgin Prunes in I (think ) 1985, but my flatmates infected me with the album sounds👍👍 I've never heard of WIRE until now, but tbf, their copy is far from ideal🤣 sounds like a mishmash of early Human League, Japan, midlife OMD and Depeche mode 6 years after they had a uk hit [edit, unlike what I've heard from the Virgin Prunes, all of which is thoroughly original (or as original as muaic can be)

[@mateiibanescu]

so powerful

[@annawanna5995]

It's SO much different from the usual version O_o A great performance

[@wendymuriel7566]

Class!

[@DavidGillodes]

Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.... thanx u so much for this one!

[@sharonlee4773]

5:10 says it all!

[@mjbattais9616]

J'adores toujours autant !! Merci pour le partage trop cool !!

[@christophedcd2863]

fantastic show

[@PriotrZlakouski]

Génial, merci pour ce document rarissime !!!

[@RaBob]

More than 40 years after this TV program was made, newb millenial "death rockers" will argue that The Cure, and Bauhaus, and Sisters Of Mercy "aren't really death rock," but none of them will even know about or mention VIRGIN PRUNES.

[@dariobonetti5073]

Assolutamente fantastici e sottovalutati. 1979: cosa avrà pensato il presentatore incravattato e il pubblico vedendo questi alieni allucinanti? Mi ricorda una trasmissione su Rai 3, in un contesto simile, in cui i CCCP suonarono "Punk Islam". Se penso alle trasmissioni televisive di oggi tutto questo mi sembra impossibile.

[@thecut7937]

Brilliant! Saw them in Wakefield in 83ish...unique....

[@keith-leecastle6700]

How fantastic is this?! Ireland must have been shitting themselves.....

[@ThomasSheridanArts]

Some of us actually felt liberated.

[@croiners4166]

Wow!!

[@eoghanlyng5074]

Nice Wilde.

[@garrysmith9822]

Genius.

[@MadderMel]

Gavin Friday always said that they were hated in their own country !

[@bonsummers2657]

Edge's brother opening on guitar.

[@cubikvolume4403]

I love this

[@dawnchorus8556]

theyre fucking brilliant

[@maciejkulczycki3882]

So far the best Irish band for me.

[@maciejkulczycki3882]

@@tjtimmy1110 : I like them also very much but they're quite traditional comparing to crazy Virgin Prunes :)

[@sharonlee4773]

Walk away from the pipe............

[@mUbase]

Such a lovely tune."di da di da di di di...la dee dee dee dah" All of us auld ones reealy appreciate it.

[@beerlight69]

genius

[@KingMob.]

Believe it or not the guitarist of the Virgin Prunes is the Edge (of U2 fame) brother...

[@gabitelli]

really??

[@SantEliaparadise]

@@gabitelli yes ' Dik ' Edge brother

[@antunivanovic]

Believe it or not, U2 were the direct outcome of Virgin Prunes - both were closely linked years prior as "The Lypton Village", with two radically different bands each at their side of the (rock) spectrum. The boy on U2's earlier album/single record sleeves is Guggi's younger brother.

[@SantEliaparadise]

@@antunivanovic and Gavin Friday playing a big role behind the scenes for U2

[@antunivanovic]

@@SantEliaparadise it's no secret :)

[@mich2785]

Someone upload this to Spotify! 😭

[@conordorrian1652]

Half the audience have just soiled themselves, " what will the PP say tomorrow About that shite on RTE". I suppose that they never " Made it" but they were a big influence on many bands going forward.🔥✊

[@valeriehartman3705]

They never made it??? You're kidding, right?

[@sharonlee4773]

Jesus this band are Toe Curlers! Entertain me everytime.(in a way they didnt mean to!)

[@Grithron2]

In a parallel universe, this band wrought immense societal change - "consciousness-raising" shouldn't even begin to cover a band which is like an amalgam of P.I.L, Bauhaus, Throbbing Gristle, the Firesign Theater and Kukl. And sadly it doesn't, because they slipped under everyone's radar and continue to do so (with the catalogue unavailable through the normal channels).

[@salubrious]

@Grithron2 That's not quite true now to be honest, is it? The Prunes certainly did not slip under everyone's radar and would have been a pretty well known band to anyone in the know back in the day / with their finger on the pulse. Admittedly they weren't a 'successful' act in terms of record sales or anything like that but sure when was that ever a real guide to anything worthwhile in the music world? All of their material is still pretty much available to buy online.

[@steviox]

Now all on Spotify at last....

[@darencotton]

gugi you had had to jog him on what a mare looool

[@matthewpainton7255]

Is that Poly Styrene sitting at the table?

[@Marcellussmiley]

Scratch acid must have listened to these guys. So good

[@TheMightyAvonJnr]

I must now listen to Scratch Acid.

[@alexandregenereux5024]

Unconventional Experimental Creative Live recording of Hi quality, more than Post Punk!

[@stevemcdonagh137]

Is that Poly Styrene?

[@Reprodestruxion]

I thought it was Gavin giving out lollies 👀

[@robertmailloux3720]

...Of Tanz Victims

[@rockeee]

Who is the black girl? She was beautiful!

[@Loltofthedrow]

[@Steerpikey]

My life will never be the same again. (Is he reading from Dante's Inferno?)

[@trevorjoyce6385]

Oscar Wilde's Ballad of Reading Gaol

[@robertcaffrey6097]

Great to see the Mayor of Lipton Village handing out sweets to" Everyone in the Audience".............

[@FC-de6je]

Au début est-ce Poly Stirene de X Ray Spex ?

[@Ziskakan67]

Je pense que certaines personnes de l'audience ont passé l'un des pires instants de leur vie.

[@marcelohumbel2703]

johnniejukebox thank you very much for share this. BTW who are the drummer and the bassist?

[@salubrious]

Drummer is Pod Murphy, bassist is Strongman, Guggi's brother.

[@marcelohumbel2703]

@@salubrious Thank you so much. I didn't recognize them.

[@salubrious]

@@marcelohumbel2703 No worries!

[@JanCumps]

Dead pixel. My OCD kicks in

[@j.w.beekman9431]

Laser scope sighting

[@prodige2211]

Very Different of THE 1982'S version but so Great !

[@cherylchaison5085]

The audience were schmucks lol

[@tonydaly8667]

you wouldn"t sing it a a wedding

[@ZeroFox1970]

The audience look like they are on day leave from the asylum

[@aldodiberardino1231]

La musica di oggi mi fa schifo

[@aliencblake]

Terrible version

[@fundrive]

????

[@antunivanovic]

terrible comment

[@aliencblake]

Horrific