Thursday, October 10, 2024

my own personal Blow Up







So I was watching an ancient episode of Revolver, from 1978. 





Boomtown Rats closing the show with a buncha boppy hits, including "She's So Modern"



Modern girls getting down to the New Wave sounds



Hang on, who let this chap in?!




In his white collar shirt, his tie and mustard tank top!




 Looks twice the age of the kids around him - like Roy Kinnear, or a Tory backbencher.




Still, he seems really into it



Letting loose, caught up in the frenzy, eyes scrunched, feeling the music, 


Who was this mystery mustard man?





Here it is in videomotion





 


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    1. I don't think so but there is a resemblance. This fellow's a bit less stout for one thing. A decade or two younger than Roy.

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  2. There's a good chance this fellow is only 28-29 years old (i.e. as old as Geldof), in the spirit of this:

    https://x.com/80saging?lang=en

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