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becky sharp · Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 6791

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Film telling the story of the Dave Clark Five, their emergence from working-class Tottenham, their close friendship and the youthful exuberance with which they captured the USA.

Much was made, in this programme, of a supposed rivalry between the Dave Clark Five and The Beatles???

I don't have any memory of that even though Twiggy did. My memory is it was the Beatles v The Stones...a much more even contest. Wink

Rather ridiculous as I loved both ...why would you want to choose between two such great groups when you could enjoy both.

I remember The Dave Clark Five as a group who had some catchy songs ..very likeable but nothing earth shattering.

Elton John put them in a group with The Beatles and The Stones...I can think of a few groups from back then that I would put in a group with The Beatles and The Stones...The Kinks and The Hollies being a couple...but not The Dave Clark Five.

After saying all that I enjoyed this trip down memory lane ...could have done,mind, without all the time allotted to the musical,Time,which was all about Dave Clark and that project and not the actual group.

Sad there are only two left of the group.

I liked the version of Glad All Over by Mike Moran that was played over the end credits...can't find it on Youtube.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b053d7jl/the-dave-clark-five-and-beyond-glad-all-over

ruddlescat · Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Posts: 18010 Location: Near Chester

I think that certain people talked about them in the same terms as the Beatles and Stones Becky simply because of their huge popularity and sucess across the pond

I missed the programme but did hear an interview with Dave Clark on radio last week - I think on the SW Show - and he was at pains to point out that there was no real rivalry between most of the artists around during that great period for British music - it was all a thing dreamed up by the press unlike the Blur v Oasis rivalry which certainly was real some thirty years later Smile

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Helen May · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19298 Location: Cheshire

I missed the start of this but enjoyed the rest apart from the Time musical bit. I remember all the hype but it just passed me by somehow.

Like you Becky I don't remember the rivalry between DC5 and the Beatles. I remember them being very successful in the US and something about Lyndon Johnson's (US president at the time) daughter being a big fan. Apart from anything else the Beatles had already been famous for best part of a year before DC5 came on the record scene.

Loved the RSG clips especially of the Beatles. I can remember George Harrison's quip as well. Sadly Tyne Tees TV didn't show the programme until very late at night (it started off around 7pm IIRC) and then dropped it altogether.

It got me thinking about remembering bits from shows so long ago. I'm sure we remember them because there was no video back then and they were rarely repeated meaning things were etched into your brain. Well that's my reasoning, probably a bit daft but there you are! Very Happy

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Colin · Joined: 26 Sep 2013 Posts: 916

When the archive of RSG programmes (or what was left of them) became available in the 1980s, Dave Clark made a very wise decision to buy up the rights, even though others thought he was nuts. That proved to be very lucrative as he now gains a very substantial income for licensing of clips' usage - such as in the very programme mentioned above! Income can amount to anything from £350.00 to £3,000 per minute!

becky sharp · Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 6791

Schizoidman · Joined: 20 Sep 2010 Posts: 1140 Location: Rural West Sussex

I too enjoyed the programme and didn't realise they were so popular in the US. Having said that, much of their output was fairly banal: awful cover versions and mainly forgettable songs. However, Glad All Over was a classic, and I loved Catch Us If You Can and Because.

But as for comparisons with the Beatles, oh dear...

I also enjoyed the following programme, some 60s TOTP excerpts from 1968 that weren't wiped. Especially The Move and Fire Brigade, with young Roy Wood and Bev Bevan. The Move were my favourite band at the time and I clearly remember being upset at missing that edition of TOTP in February 1968 for some reason, knowing The Move were on. Little did I know that I would get round to seeing it 47 years later!

At least I videoed it this time.

becky sharp · Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 6791

Schizoidman · Joined: 20 Sep 2010 Posts: 1140 Location: Rural West Sussex

With all that face paint, Arthur Brown could be called early Glam Rock, albeit in black and white!

Yes, the Telstar film was excellent.