Proclaimers : Throw the R Away - Live on The Tube (debut performance) video free download
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Duration: 03:09
Uploaded: 2010/09/21
This is an extremely rare clip of the Proclaimers performing live on The Tube on Jan 30 1987 - before they had a record contract!
This is actually the second of two songs performed. I couldn't get a copy of the first one, but someone has (finally!) posted it on YouTube. Click here to watch their first ever television performance performing Letter from America - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71rPh3DAYiA
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9 years ago
shane jeffery
that…….was awesome10 years ago
EastLancs2010
I first saw them supporting The Housemartins in Manchester and thought they were good. Then they appeared on the Tube and it confirmed their talent. When they first toured in their own right, I saw them at The Boardwalk in Manchester. I remember them bringing their percussion instruments in large holdalls. The Housemartins were there in the crowd too to watch them, great times.10 years ago
david dorrans
just brilliant!!!10 years ago
nextmove
lol of course10 years ago
nextmove
Scotland lol10 years ago
Ollie Garkey
This song makes my dog whimper because of the high pitched screech in the background. Is anyone else hearing the EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE sound coming through?11 years ago
George Mortimer
Like how Paula managed to throw half a dozen r's away in the intro. Auchtymuchty indeed12 years ago
David Paquette
Proclaimers : Throw the R Away - Live on The Tube (debut performance)12 years ago
jenni sachiko lampe hubbard
not at all a disgrace12 years ago
Josh Chamberlain
always loved the backups on this one.12 years ago
imusthavewhisky
right. so all you need to make absolutely brilliant music is a guitar and a couple of spectacled twins. good to know.13 years ago
StevoPivo
Is that Sean Ryder standing behind Paula thingggy ?13 years ago
snaphappy4967
@themgnt WOW thankyou for that link. Both the TUBE vids are as powerful now as they were to a young me nearly 25 years ago. Quite brilliant. You've made my year! Thankyou :D13 years ago
snaphappy4967
@themgnt WOW thankyou for that link. Both the TUBE vids are as powerful now as they were to a young me nearly 25 years ago. Quite brilliant. You've made my year! Thankyou :D13 years ago
themgnt
@snaphappy4967 : Please check the video description. Just this morning I found someone had posted their performance of Letter from America from this broadcast. I've added a link to that in the description.13 years ago
snaphappy4967
wow! I remember this! I've been searching the net for someone hosting the Proclaimers' Tube performance .. I remember being amazed that two geeky guys who I'd never heard of could come out and be so mesmerising. Thanks for posting this video, would love to see LFA too if anyone has a copy on old vhs or betamax (remember those?). Thanks again!! :D13 years ago
Twinkle
@themgnt Thanks themgnt... Hope we can see the LFA performance some day :)13 years ago
themgnt
@twinkletwinkle72 - I believe they performed Letter earlier in the broadcast but I don't have a copy of that. Yet. TRIVIA: The hostess is Paula Yates. Wife of Bob Geldof of ten years, then had a relationship with INXS' Mike Hutchence. She died of a heroin overdose in 2000.13 years ago
Twinkle
Wow, this is fantastic, their debut on TV!!! And how did they manage to go through the 80's looking NORMAL?? (Look at the hostess, good grief) :-D Btw, "Craig and Charles" lol. An amazing performance, everybody had to be blown away. They did Letter From America too, right?13 years ago
knarisa
Aww, They looked kind of nervous in the beginning. Never seen this before. Thanks for the upload!Related Videos
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