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The Old Grey Whistle Test was launched on 21st September 1971 from a tiny studio tucked behind a lift shaft on the fourth floor of BBC Television Centre. From humble beginnings it has gone on to provide some of the best and most treasured music archive that the BBC has to offer....
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00:00:18Blue jean baby, LA lady, seamstress for the band
00:00:31Breedy-eyed, pirate smile, your married music man
00:00:46Ballerina, you must have seen her, dancing in the sand
00:00:57Now she's in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand
00:01:17Jesus freaks out on the street
00:01:22Handing tickets out for gone
00:01:29Turning back, she'd just last
00:01:35The boulevard is not that bad
00:01:42Piano man, he makes you stand
00:01:49In the auditorium
00:01:56Looking on
00:01:58She sings the songs
00:02:01The words she knows, the tune she hums
00:02:15Oh how it feels so real
00:02:18Lying here, with no one near
00:02:21Only you, and you can hear me
00:02:25When I say softly, slowly
00:02:34Hold me closer, tiny dancer
00:02:40Count the headlights on the highway
00:02:46Lay me down in sheets of linen
00:02:52You had a busy day today
00:02:55You had a busy day today
00:02:59Hold me closer, tiny dancer
00:03:04Count the headlights on the highway
00:03:07Count the headlights on the highway
00:03:07Count the headlights on the highway
00:03:10Lay me down in sheets of linen
00:03:16You had a busy day today
00:03:38Blue jean baby
00:03:41Blue jean baby
00:03:42L.A. lay you down
00:03:46Seamstress for the band
00:03:51Breedy eyes
00:03:54Pirate smile
00:03:58You married a music man
00:04:05Ballerina
00:04:06You must have seen her
00:04:11Dancing in the same
00:04:17Now she's in me
00:04:19Now she's in me
00:04:22Always with me
00:04:23Tiny dancer
00:04:25In my hand
00:04:35Oh how it feels so real
00:04:39Lying here, with no one near
00:04:41Only you
00:04:42Only you
00:04:43And you can hear me
00:04:46And you can hear me
00:04:48When I say softly
00:04:51Slowly
00:04:52Slowly
00:04:55Hold me closer, tiny dancer
00:05:01Count the headlights on the highway
00:05:07Lay me down in sheets of linen
00:05:15Lay me down in sheets of linen
00:05:37And you
00:05:38You had a busy day today
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00:06:19Sitting in a sleazy snack bar sucking sickly sausage rolls
00:06:27Slipping down slowly, slipping down sideways, think I'll sign off the door
00:06:32Cause the fuck on the tine is all mine, all mine
00:06:36The fuck on the tine is all mine
00:06:38The fuck on the tine is all mine, all mine
00:06:42The fuck on the tine is all mine
00:06:52Could a copper catch a crooked coffin maker?
00:06:56Could a copper comprehend that a crooked coffin maker's just an undertaker?
00:07:02Who undertakes to be a friend?
00:07:04And the fuck on the tine is all mine, all mine
00:07:08The fuck on the tine is all mine
00:07:10The fuck on the tine is all mine, all mine
00:07:14The fuck on the tine is all mine
00:07:24Tell the truth tomorrow, the demon tic is time to tell you what tonight might bring
00:07:32Presently we'll have a pint of two together
00:07:34Everybody do their thing
00:07:39Ambient or me like a
00:07:39The tine is all mine
00:07:43And now it means that it's all mine
00:07:44The tine is all mine
00:07:53As if you're selling, dólares
00:07:54There's nothing essentially
00:07:54The tine is all mine
00:07:55And now it's all mine
00:07:55It's all mine
00:09:06Fuck on the time, it's all mine, all mine.
00:09:09Fuck on the time, it's all mine, all mine.
00:09:15The fuck on the tide is all mine
00:09:18The fuck on the tide is all mine, all mine
00:09:21The fuck on the tide is all mine
00:09:23The fuck on the tide is all mine, all mine
00:09:27The fuck on the tide is all mine
00:09:46It's a motor running
00:09:50Headed on the highway
00:09:53Looking for adventure
00:09:56In whatever comes away
00:10:00Get out of the road, make it happen
00:10:03Take the world in a loving place
00:10:06Fire all of your guns at once
00:10:09And explode into space
00:10:13Like smoke and lightning
00:10:16Heavy metal thunder
00:10:19Racing with the wheels
00:10:22In the field of that I'm under
00:10:26Get out of the road, make it happen
00:10:29Take the world in a loving place
00:10:33Fire all of your guns at once
00:10:36And explode into space
00:10:39Like a tune in nature's time
00:10:42We were born, born to be wild
00:10:45We can climb so high
00:10:48I never wanna die
00:10:53Born to be wild
00:10:59Born to be wild
00:11:29Get your motor running
00:11:32Headed on the highway
00:11:34Headed on the highway
00:11:36Looking for adventure
00:11:38In whatever comes away
00:11:42Get out of the road, make it happen
00:11:45Take the world in a loving place
00:11:49Fire all of your guns at once
00:11:52The air is floating in a loving place
00:11:55Like a tune in nature's time
00:11:58We were born, born to be wild
00:12:01We can climb so high
00:12:03I never wanna die
00:12:08Born to be wild
00:12:15Born to be wild
00:12:28He was born to
00:12:30In our world
00:12:31Let's have a Pentium
00:12:32We were born, born to be wild
00:12:32Erre ground
00:12:34O sontmas
00:12:36To sometimes
00:12:36We used to find
00:12:36On Halloween
00:12:37We didn't have an hardest
00:12:37OrÇ to deceive
00:12:38And it's when you're
00:12:38Born to be wild
00:12:46From Je antibody
00:12:47Be a great
00:12:47To have
00:12:49We've got to have peace
00:12:52To keep the world alive
00:12:54In one of the seas
00:12:59We've got to have joy
00:13:02True in our hearts
00:13:04With strength we can't destroy
00:13:07People hear us
00:13:10Through our voice
00:13:11The world knows there's no choice
00:13:16We're begging save the children
00:13:19The little ones who just don't understand
00:13:26Give them a chance
00:13:29To breathe their young
00:13:31And help purify the land
00:13:34People hear us
00:13:37Through our voice
00:13:38The world knows there's no choice
00:13:43And the people in our neighborhood
00:13:46They would if they only could
00:13:48Lean and shake the other's hand
00:13:51Work together for the good of the land
00:13:53Give us all an equal chance
00:13:56It could be such a sweet romance
00:13:58And the soldiers who are dead and gone
00:14:01If only we could bring back one
00:14:03He'd say we've got to have peace
00:14:07To keep the world alive
00:14:09In one of the seas
00:14:14We've got to have joy
00:14:17True in our hearts
00:14:18With strength we can't destroy
00:14:21People hear us
00:14:24Through our voice
00:14:26The world knows there's no choice
00:14:31And the people in our neighborhood
00:14:34Would if they only could
00:14:36Meet and shake the other's hand
00:14:38Work together for the good of the land
00:14:41Give us all an equal chance
00:14:44It could be such a sweet romance
00:14:46And the soldiers who are dead and gone
00:14:48If only we could bring back one
00:14:51He'd say we've got to have peace
00:14:56We've got to have peace
00:14:58We've got to have peace
00:15:00Let the world know it
00:15:01I say peace, peace, peace
00:15:05We've got to have peace
00:15:09People hear us
00:15:12Through our voice
00:15:14The world knows there's no choice
00:15:17We've got to have peace
00:15:18Save the children
00:15:20Save the children
00:15:22Save the children
00:15:24Save the children
00:15:25And the people in our neighborhood
00:15:26They would if they only could
00:15:29Meet and shake the other's hand
00:15:32Work together for the good of the land
00:15:34Give us all an equal chance
00:15:37It could be such a sweet romance
00:15:39And the soldiers who are dead and gone
00:15:42Only we could bring back one
00:15:44We'd say we've got to have peace
00:15:49We've got to have peace
00:15:52We've got to have peace
00:15:55Hearing people saying peace, peace, peace
00:15:58We've got to have peace
00:16:05I say peace, peace, peace
00:16:09Ah, ah, we've got to have peace
00:16:15We've got to have peace
00:16:16I say peace, peace, peace
00:16:18Ah, ah, ah, we've got to have peace
00:16:23Peace be with you all
00:16:25Peace be with you all
00:16:46Well, I'm up on the 11th floor and I'm watching the cruises below
00:16:53And you know my heart's in the basement, my weekend's at an all-time low
00:17:00Well, he's down on the street and he's trying hard to pull sister flow
00:17:07As she's hoping to score, well, I can't see her living in gold
00:17:12What kind of her heart, what kind of her mind
00:17:16Oh, no, no, she's so swishy in her satin' and sad
00:17:20In her barcode and bibbidi-bobbidi hat
00:17:24Well, but I could do better than sad
00:17:33She's an old-time ambassador of sleep-talking, night-walking games
00:17:40And she's known in the darkest clubs for pushing ahead of the days
00:17:47If she says she can do it, then she can do it
00:17:50She don't make false claims
00:17:54But she's a queen, such a queen, such a laughter
00:17:57They're stuck in their brains
00:17:59Now she's leading him on
00:18:00And she's laying right down
00:18:02But she's leading him on
00:18:04And she's laying right down
00:18:06But it could've been me
00:18:07Yes, it could've been me
00:18:09What didn't I say?
00:18:11What didn't I say?
00:18:14No, no, no, she's so swishy in her satin' and sad
00:18:18In her bright, cold, and bibbidi-bobbidi hat
00:18:22Oh, God, I could do better than sad
00:18:31So I lay down a while
00:18:33And I gazed on my hotel wall
00:18:38Oh, the cot feels so cold
00:18:40That it don't feel like no bed at all
00:18:45Yes, I lay down a while
00:18:47And I gazed on my hotel wall
00:18:52Always down on the street
00:18:54So I throw both these bikes down the hall
00:18:56I'm born in a cab
00:18:58Cause my stomach feels small
00:19:00There's a taste in my mouth
00:19:02But it don't end at all
00:19:04Well, it could've been me
00:19:05Yes, it could've been me
00:19:07What didn't I say?
00:19:09What didn't I say?
00:19:13It's all swishy in a silent attack
00:19:16In a bright, cold, and bibbidi-bobbidi hat
00:19:20Who thought I could do better than that?
00:19:39In every beat of my heart
00:19:46Oh, there's a beat for you
00:19:57In every toast of wine
00:20:07There's a toast for you
00:20:14Oh, yes, it is
00:20:18In all my, my conversation
00:20:29You're mine
00:20:31You're mine
00:20:34Your mine
00:20:35My inspiration
00:20:38Every little thing I do
00:20:42I'll always do for you
00:20:46Let me, let me, let me
00:20:50All though we're so far apart
00:20:58My, my love is true
00:21:04So true, true
00:21:08In, in every, every beat of my heart
00:21:15Oh, there's a beat for, for you
00:21:26Oh, there's a beat of my heart
00:21:57I'm sorry
00:22:00If I wear a mask or a canopy
00:22:03And I paint my tummy red
00:22:05Oh, darling
00:22:07If I use that lamp
00:22:09And I smoke cigarettes in bed
00:22:12But I was raised in the city
00:22:15On the wrong side of the train
00:22:19But no one ever did nothing for me
00:22:23I never get nothing
00:22:27I'm a pain
00:22:31I'm a fear
00:22:33I'm a fear of hockey
00:22:34Oh, yeah, I'll tell you who I am
00:22:41Looking for a hockey man
00:22:46Looking for a hockey man
00:23:03I'm sorry, it's the street I came from
00:23:06People said you couldn't leave me
00:23:09I'm sorry, for the way I'm free
00:23:13But I can't help what I've been
00:23:16To be the kids that I grew up with
00:23:20They didn't get much education
00:23:23Just learn with low-class, dead-end people
00:23:27But I'm not the better station
00:23:30Yeah
00:23:33Bad
00:23:35Cause I can't help my life
00:23:39Bad
00:23:43But who I am
00:23:45Well, I was lookin' for a honky man
00:23:50Lookin' for a honky man
00:23:53Lookin' for a honky man
00:23:57Lookin' for a honky man
00:23:59Woo!
00:24:02Woo!
00:24:28Never chose the time and place I was born
00:24:35Never had the choice to be rich or poor
00:24:42Had to do what I can
00:24:45To use what I am
00:24:48And after it all
00:24:51I turned out to be
00:24:56Bad
00:24:59Hard
00:25:00Hard to be a honky man
00:25:02Bad
00:25:06Tell me who I am
00:25:09Well, I'm lookin' for a honky man
00:25:12Yeah
00:25:13Lookin' for a honky man
00:25:15Yeah
00:25:16I'm lookin' for a honky man
00:25:19Yeah
00:25:20I'm lookin' for a honky man
00:25:22Yeah
00:25:23Bad
00:25:26Better be a honky lady
00:25:29Woo!
00:25:31Bad
00:25:33Better be
00:25:35Oh, we're a honky man
00:25:37Bad
00:25:40Bad
00:25:41It's gotta be
00:25:41Woo!
00:25:42It's a honky man
00:25:44I'm lookin' for a honky man
00:25:47Oh, we're a honky woman
00:25:51Had to be a honky woman
00:25:52Bad
00:25:54It's gotta be a honky man
00:25:56Cause if you don't know what it is, you're bad
00:25:59Bad
00:25:59Bad
00:26:00Oh, yeah
00:26:02It's gotta be who I am
00:26:04Bad
00:26:06Bad
00:26:08Bad
00:26:18Well, they danced to every tune the band could play
00:26:30And just about midnight, they decided to call it a day
00:26:37Now there's one thing that is left here on their mind
00:26:42Yeah, yeah, yeah
00:26:45To get a little slice
00:26:49At any price, yeah
00:26:53To store the shoes and rice and surrender to the river
00:26:57That is calling them all
00:27:12She was dumb, she was dirty
00:27:15Yeah, but she was a princess
00:27:18A custom made to fit right into his arms
00:27:26She could thrill him, she could chill him
00:27:31Down to the bone of all time
00:27:34But he was in his team now
00:27:38He had not spilled the beans
00:27:42Was still looking for ways and means
00:27:44Surrendering to the river that is calling him home
00:27:48Cause to say if it's right or wrong
00:27:51Another singer and another song
00:27:55I say we're doing alright
00:28:04We're doing alright
00:28:05Well, we're doing okay
00:28:22We're doing okay
00:28:22Hey now, guess what?
00:28:24Guess what happened?
00:28:26Guess what happened there?
00:28:29She had to go
00:28:31Said she was meeting up
00:28:33With one of her friends
00:28:35Oh yeah, man
00:28:36But it was nothing
00:28:38More or less
00:28:40Than another mess
00:28:42Of the blue, the blue child
00:28:44But he had more to learn
00:28:48He started putting in blue
00:28:52He started putting in blue
00:28:53Oh yeah, feathers too
00:28:55Surrendered to the river
00:28:57Man, it's calling him home
00:29:00Surrender to the river
00:29:03Surrender to the river
00:29:07Surrender to the river
00:29:10Surrender, yeah, to the river
00:29:14Surrender to the river
00:29:16And I'm making it
00:29:18Might as well
00:29:20I'm making it
00:29:21I'm making it
00:29:26Am I making it
00:29:31I'm making it
00:29:31I'm making it
00:29:41I'm making it
00:29:44Who's so far up in the sky
00:29:47Faster than any boy could ever describe
00:29:50Who's that's got a love so deep
00:29:52With everything alive
00:29:54I say, Jetboy's fly, Jetboy's gone
00:29:58Jetboy's so my baby
00:30:01Flying around me on the same side
00:30:03Like he was my baby
00:30:15This is the kind of place where no one cares
00:30:17What you're living for
00:30:20And Jetboy's so preoccupied
00:30:23He don't care about before
00:30:25And that's why Jetboy's fly, Jetboy's gone
00:30:29Jetboy's so my baby
00:30:31I'm flying around me on the same side
00:30:34Like he was my baby
00:30:40My baby
00:30:42My baby
00:30:46My baby
00:34:02There's a new sensation, a fabulous creation, a danceable solution to teenage revolution.
00:34:22It's the new way.
00:37:51Anganica did the strand.
00:38:48guitar solo
00:38:53God gave rock and roll to you
00:38:57Gave rock and roll to you
00:39:01Put it in the soul of everyone
00:39:07God gave rock and roll to you
00:39:11Gave rock and roll to you
00:39:15Say rock and roll for everyone
00:39:21Love your friend and love your neighbor
00:39:24Love your life and love your neighbor
00:39:28No, it's never too late to change your mind
00:39:32Don't step on snaps, don't climb the streets
00:39:36Love lives richer, but please don't tease
00:39:39It's never too late to change your mind
00:39:47God gave rock and roll to you
00:39:51Gave rock and roll to you
00:39:55Put it in the soul of everyone
00:40:01God gave rock and roll to you
00:40:05Gave rock and roll to you
00:40:08Say rock and roll for everyone
00:40:14If you wanna be a singer or play guitar
00:40:18Man, you gotta sweat before you won't get far
00:40:21Cause it's never too late to work
00:40:23Nine to five
00:40:26And if you're young
00:40:28And then you'll never be old
00:40:30Music will make you dreams on the moon
00:40:33How good it feels to be alive
00:40:36Ah
00:40:39guitar solo
00:40:40guitar solo
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