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Just looked at the content on the segment tape. Those 2 video aren't on it. 
The "City Lights" promo was interesting -very dark and certainly cutting edge for the time. "Gonna Make You A Star" was fun too,one of my fave 70's songs and hadn't heard it for ages. Wonder what David Essex is up to these days?
And what about the Alvin Stardust video! Sooo gloriously 80's
Likewise...I was (and still am) gobsmacked by this event. For me, rage screening this impossibly rare film-clip, in its entirity, counts as being one of the most amazing things I have ever seen on rage.
I've probably watched it a dozen times since and have had David's Greatest Hits cd on repeat for the last couple of days. As Brett has described, seeing this again has evoked all sorts of emotional responses in me too. I was only ever aware of David Essex in my peripheral at the time. I was very young and my love affair with music was only just beginning. I was in love with ABBA, Olivia and Sherbet, but whenever David was on tv or the radio I always enjoyed it. "City Lights" though had a lingering effect. It was, and still is, so ominous and "dangerous"...and absolutely unlike anything else at the time. Even though the clip, when seen through adult eyes, is very simple, it fitted the song perfectly and really complimented the mood of it. It's so gritty and dark, dirty and scary and reflects what was such a terribly bleak and depressed time in the U.K. when it was made. It captures an entire era and was very groundbreaking when it was released. No doubt there are many who will see it and scratch their head as to why some of us are so excited to see it again...but there's a lot to it for those of us who were affected by it at the time.
Likewise I want to thank all those who collectively rallied and petitioned rage to show it. We did good...and it's another example of how receptive rage is to constructive feedback and requests. We are very very fortunate indeed to be able to interact with rage in the way that we can, and that they are open to communicating with us, when they really don't have to be at all. I am grateful and I don't take it for granted. Thank you rage
It does suck. I hate the ads that pop up every 15 mins or so when watching a video. Bring back the days of 2006! I don't have a YouTube account and never will, I haven't even signed up. Everything's commercialised today esp. the last 5 years. Look at Australia Day now for example. The cheapie shops/supermarkets now dedicate merchandise for it and it's a day where they can capitalise on it now and make a buck...Sorry, I got a bit of track here! Oh yeah, and if you don't have a BBQ on Australia day, well then you're not Australian. Just another avenue for butchers/supermarkets to sell more meat/make more money....This is so far off the topic of 'David Essex City Lights'.
Just install an ad blocker program. I browse with Firefox, and installed Firefox Ad Block (I think that was the name of the program) a month or so again, and now I don't get ANY of the ads or pop-ups on youtube.
Just reposting the full details of that segment tape again which has now been used for a few clips we have seen this summer.
So far we have seen these clips off the tape
1. Supertramp - Lady
2. Bay City Rollers - Love Me Like I Love You
3. Jon English - Hollywood Seven (Countdown clip)
4. Fox - SSSS Single Bed (previously Rage has only used the one shown in the Countdown Top 100 of 1976 episode)
5. Sailor - Girls Girls Girls
And about to come
6. David Essex - City Lights
There are some other really rare clips in that list - Maxine Nightingale "Gotta Be The One" and Gallagher & Lyle "I Wanna Stay With You" are also ones seldom seen since they charted in 1976.
Wouldnt it be fantastic as somebody else.
suggested that they just push play and played the whole thing.
Who found out that they had this storage tape??And how??
I used to work in a hifi/record shop around 1975 1976 so I had or saw lots of lps and 45's from around this time.Including the Albums from Mr Essex.
I have also seen him perform on you tube in later years and I can tell you I did not recognize him.Gone was his long black hair and cute face instead he is a balding,beared grey haired older gent.I had to look closely to see it was him.
Ah the ravages of time.
Have only just caught up with this wonderful clip as I've been away.
Wow! Haven't heard or thought of this song since it first came out all those years ago.
Brought the memories flooding back -always loved this song and clip.
What a gorgeous looking man David Essex was back then with his long, wavy dark hair and the most lovely "twinkling" blue eyes.
No wonder all the teenage girls went ga- ga for him! (Actually heard he was a sex addict for quite a while in his heyday...no wonder with so many women apparently "throwing themselves" at him).
Yeah, I have also seen recent clips and pics of him and as others have commented, I could barely recognise him...such a shame but guess age catches up with the best of us.
Though he still looks pretty good for his age...
Also enjoyed Gonna Make you A Star though it's been on earlier in the year.
Hope Rage can also dig up Rock On and Rolling Stone and play them sometime.
And what about the Alvin Stardust video! Sooo gloriously 80's
Think Alvin was well and truly past his use by date at this stage.Pretty lame compared to his earlier clips.. would be a real treat if Rage could dig up Alvin in all his sleazy, tacky 70s glory, singing My Coo ca choo or Jealous Mind to play sometime soon.
