The Jesus Of Nazareth, My Thoughts On It, More Of a Deep Dive Into Robert Powell’s Career

Hi guys, welcome back to my blog, hope you’re all doing well. I remember a couple of months ago I did a post on Robert Powell and my favourite performances of his and how much I love his work and I just fan girl over him for the entire post. I also briefly mentioned him being in this series called The Jesus Of Nazareth and I said I haven’t watched it yet but I would check it out some time in the future. Well, I watched it only a couple of weeks ago and it was absolutely incredible. A must watch for anyone, it doesn’t matter if you’re religious or not religious, everyone should watch it at least once in their lives, it’s fantastic. I was hooked.

If you don’t know what it is, basically, it was a four part British/ Italian drama series that came out in 1977 directed by Franco Zefferelli which originally started off as a miniseries but was later adapted into a film about the life of Jesus running up to his crucifixion. It starred Robert Powell whom I love so much, one of the best actors to ever come out of British cinema and television in my opinion, so many other incredible actors and actresses, we had Anne Bancroft, we had Anthony Quinn, we had Sir Laurence Olivier, we had Christopher Plummer, we had Peter Ustanov and many others. The cast were incredible, one of the best casts in my opinion, all gave such wonderful, powerful performances all did an incredible job with this. Robert Powell was just wonderful as Jesus Christ, he gave such a powerful, bold performance and it brought a tear to my eye. He earned more respect from me even though I loved him enough already. This will remain as one of my favourite Robert Powell performances, one of the best ever.

Everything about the series is perfect, a literal masterpiece. The cinematography was amazing, the music was amazing, amazing, powerful performances from everyone in the cast, just so damn beautiful. Told the story of Jesus so beautifully, just fantastic. I was in tears, it brought out so many emotions in me that I never knew I even had. One of the best things I’ve seen in so long. It’s the definition of wonderful. You can see why it was nominated for so many awards, it’s a fantastic bit of television with stand out performances and just everyone was wonderful in it. It had a great music score, the person who did the music for it knew what they were doing. Sometimes,  music is the heart and soul of the film/ TV series, it creates emotion and the music itself tells a story and it makes you feel all kinds of emotions. That plus the acting, the writing and the cinematography and you’ve got yourself a masterpiece.

Jesus Of Nazareth is incredible. Even with the scene where he was being crucified I felt his pain and it was so emotional, I generally felt like I was there watching it play out, that’s how powerful it was. I felt like I was experiencing it with those who watched him being slowly driven to his death. It was incredible, I was holding my breath and praying for him the whole time. My heart shattered loads of times, especially the bit where that guy who was also on a cross asked Jesus if he will remember him when he goes to heaven and the bit where someone said ”He saved people but he can’t even save himself now” very heart breaking scenes that were shot so beautifully, I just really loved that. A very beautiful series that some may have forgotten about but I love that a lot more people are digging it out and talking about it on You Tube even younger people about my age even older. Damn right it’s a fantastic series, one of the best ever and you’re not going to get a cast better than that. So many famous faces, so many legends from big films at the time even older. It’s just brilliant and this series introduced me to all of them. Except for Robert Powell who I already knew way before but everyone else was mostly new to me and they were all outstanding in every way. Antony Quinn is also in it, my dad has got this massive framed photo on the wall in our living room of him doing some Greek dancing and this woman took a photo of him, it’s a very iconic picture. I love that.

It was so beautifully shot, I think they filmed it in Morocco and Tunisia. Some really beautiful places. I watched an old interview that came out in maybe late seventies with Robert Powell talking about it which I also loved. I’ll put a link of the video down below so you can easily find it if you’re interested.

He also mentioned the film The 39 steps that he did in 1978 which I watched and I really loved. One of the best versions for sure and I just loved watching Robert playing the role of a man being wrongly accused of murder and going on the run, a very good movie. I totally recommend it. Asylum is another fantastic film he was in, it’s this horror film I’ve mentioned on my other other Robert Powell post. I’ll put the link for the trailer down below

 

 

Also, fun fact, after they did the film/ series, he became Christian, I believe before he did this he was an Atheist so I think it left an impact on him somewhere. Because he was so great in the role, people used to run up to him and start praying and he’s like ” Don’t worship me, I’m not Jesus, I’m Robert Powell, I’m just an actor” which I loved, poor guy. There are just certain fans where their mind boggles because they just can’t get their heads around the fact that an actor is an actor and he can have a life outside of a role he’s played. I don’t know, but this story cracked me up when I first heard about it. The fact that he was amazing in the role, people started believing that he was Jesus. That couldn’t have gone down well, but Kudos to Robert for dealing with it graciously, I know others would have gone slightly mad. I don’t know if this story is true because some people make up fake stories for clout and it never happened but if it did then I know how he feels. Some fans can be difficult but some can also be really lovely so it’s kind of like a lottery.

I remember when I was talking about Robert Powell in my post, I said that I don’t know why I love him so much, apart from the fact he’s an amazing actor, I knew I loved him but I just couldn’t quite put my finger on it. I’ve been thinking about it for these past few weeks and I’ve come to a conclusion. He has this incredible ability to stare at the camera when he’s saying his lines and when he’s acting, it’s almost like he’s staring into your soul talking to you, it’s kind of creepy but I love that, I think it’s great. And he doesn’t blink either, so yeah haha. This especially becomes evident in this series. I also watched the film Harlequin that he was also in a few months ago, I love that film.

It’s one of those mad, demented horror films that came out in the seventies and eighties, like Scanners and Phantasm.  Robert Powell in his demented element once again, looking really demented putting curses on people, being more of a menace than a messiah. I think Robert Powell’s Harlequin would be a great idea for a Halloween costume, I wonder if anyone’s done that, I know I would have done. It would scare a few people and frighten the living daylights out of people but I think it would be great. That’s another great film that I recommend. Very different to a lot of normal horror films. Basically it’s about this faith healer, played by Robert Powell who cures this kid’s leukemia and they all think he’s the new messiah but it’s not as it seems and it’s a lot more sinister than that, this person whom  they’ve taken into their lives might be doing more harm than good. Great film, one of my favourite Robert Powell roles. There’s something so creepy about that character. Throughout the film you’re wondering who this guy is and what’s he after?. Fantastic early eighties Australian horror film that I’ve taken a liking to two months ago. It’s so twisted and so demented, it’s so good. I’ll put a link below so you can watch the trailer, so you can see how demented this film is. If you think that’s demented then you have no idea what the actual film is like. It is pure insanity but very entertaining and mysterious. It’s got to the point now where whenever I see a weird looking bird or a crow or something I think ” Oh crap!”

 

I must admit that it’s really weird if you watch Jesus Of Nazareth first and then you watch Harlequin because they’re really the total opposite of each other. I watched Harlequin first then I watched Jesus Of Nazareth which is probably better. The good and the evil, ha ha. Robert Powell’s so good at portraying these kinds of roles, especially horror. This is why Jesus Of Nazareth took me by surprise, he really lost himself in that role and gave it all he got and we got something wonderful out of it.

I just loved Jesus of Nazareth and it opened my eyes to this story. I remember learning bits of it when I was at school, obviously doing the Nativity play a lot too, but this series gave me a bit more of an understanding. It’s such a crazy story with so many flaws and this series, it really made me think, it was thought provoking. Good films and TV programmes are not just entertaining but certain ones make you think and that’s what I love about it. This is a great example of something being very thought provoking.

I totally recommend you guys watch it if you haven’t already. I’ll always remember this series/ movie, it left a huge impact on me and I’ll always have a special place in my heart. Some really beautiful scenes, I remember the scenes where he forgave some people’s sins, I remember the scenes where he was giving his lectures to his followers, I remember the scenes where he raised a little girl from the dead, I remember the scenes where he cured the blind man, I remember the resurrection of Lazarus, I loved the bits where he told stories, I loved the Prodigal Son story, very beautiful and there were loads more, especially the part where the Romans went to kill everyone and they were relying on someone to come and save them

. Some really powerful scenes that were shot so beautifully .  The whole series is wonderful but I got really emotional especially at the last part of the series. A beautiful way to end the story. The bit at the end where he goes. ”Don’t be afraid, I’ll be with you til the end of time” I was in tears, it gave me goosebumps. Amazing. Every episode is about two hours long, which I thought was going to be really long but once you get into it, you don’t really worry about the time because you’re so hooked on this story. When it was over I wanted to go back and watch it all again. I recommend you all to watch it right til the end because honestly you won’t be disappointed. It will stick with you just like it did with me. I’ve heard that they show this film sometimes on Greek Easter. I celebrate Greek Easter with my family so if they do end up showing it then I’ll be watching it. I’m happy to watch the whole thing all over again if I could. Incredible.

I remember when a little while ago I went to the cinema with my family  to watch the 1969 film The Italian Job and Robert’s character was so funny in it. He only had a few lines and a few scenes in it but he was great, I loved him. He played Yellow, And I love the bit where he’s like ” I don’t want to sit in the back, I’ll get me migraine” and he had a small rant in his Cockney accent and you could just see Michael Cain slowly lose it with those three guys standing there discussing where they’re going to sit in the van for the job, I love that part, so relatable. I always quote it whenever I can. He was so cute in that film and he was so young. In every scene he was in, he just looked like he didn’t want to be there. His facial expressions kill me every time. Especially the scenes where they’re in the van with the gold. When there’s always something going on, you just look at Robert and he’ll make a facial expression looking like he’s had enough. Robert did a great job of putting on his Cockney accent especially because he’s really posh. I always thought Robert looked so cute in that blue outfit he wore.

I’ll put the link of the clip down below so you can see what I mean, just in case some of you are new to the film or for those of you who have already seen the film, we can enjoy this clip together and laugh along with Robert and his endless rant about his migraines and watch Michael slowly go mad as he tries to dominate the gang. I think it’s a brilliant clip because if you look very carefully at everyone’s faces, you can see that they’ve all just given up and I just think that’s funny. What I need is a bunch of friends who also love this film so we can reenact this scene and just have a laugh, it would be so funny, it would be such a fun scene to film with a bunch of your friends. Just a few friends goofing around. I really do apologise if the quality of this video is really bad, it’s the only one I could find.

 

It’s a miracle they even succeeded at doing the job, they were utterly useless but I love those characters deeply and it felt like we knew those characters and we were going on this journey with them.  And the film literally had us on a literal cliffhanger, like literally. One of my favourite endings to any film it made me laugh so much. That geezer driving the van, literally throttling it, he can’t wait to crash or drive it off a cliff and everyone just holding on for dear life. I just love this film. What I love about the ending of the film is that it doesn’t reveal anything, it leaves it to the audience’s own interpretations, so whatever happens in the end, it’s up to us. Whether they stayed up there, whether someone came and rescued them and helped them down, whether the police and the mafia dealt with them, we don’t know but it’s up to us, we can make up our own ending and try and imagine what we thought might have happened at the end. I really love that. I love film endings where it leaves it to our own interpretations.

As I said, I’ll put a link for you guys down below.

 

I’m such a nerd for films, I love films and I love watching classic cinema and discovering actors and actresses from the old days of British cinema. I will be doing a post on some of my favourite films some time in the future, if you guys want to read about that.

The Italian Job is a classic and it will forever be one of my favourite films. Watching it again the second time, it reminded me of how much I loved this film, so many quotable lines. Before I move on, I would like to mention another thing about the Italian Job film. Literally the whole film is a masterpiece but I’ve got some favourite scenes. In the film, there’s this montage of different scenes whilst they’re doing the job. There’s this scene where this young guy is flirting with this girl in the car opposite side him and he starts stroking her face and the girl slaps him, hilarious, she weren’t having none of it, that bit always made me laugh especially because you can see it coming. Then there’s this other bit while the chase is going on, there’s a wedding going on and Michael Caine’s character strolls by in his car and shouts out ” Good luck!” and then carries on again and the bride and groom are thinking ” What on earth is going on?” and there’s another bit in the same scene where whilst the chase is going on and everyone’s having it out with each other, there’s this geezer playing the violin just being completely oblivious and he just carries on playing the violin. If you’ve seen the film, you’ll know what I’m talking about. Then there’s the bit where that old woman’s talking about Annette, that scene makes me laugh so much, we were rolling about the cinema with laughter, literally one of the funniest scenes. I reenact  this scene every time because my auntie has cats. The looks on their faces kill me every time, the comedic timing is brilliant. I’ve put the link down below.

I love those scenes and obviously I always quote ” You’re only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!” the scene where they’re testing out the cars and this one guy ended up blowing up the whole car when he was only supposed to blow the doors off. You can see Robert crouching down with smoke on his face and he’s just thinking ” What the bloody hell is going on” the look on his face cracks me up every time.

Here are some more of my favourite scenes from the film including the opening sequence which is brilliant, I’ll put links down below

 

 

 

iconic movie, brilliant characters and I think it was a great film for Robert even though he only had a minor role in it, he was still absolutely brilliant. I think it was a nice introduction because he’s been acting since he was 11 or something so he was really young. His first ever role was in this film called The Robbery which came out in the sixties and he was so young in it. I don’t think he knew how much of a success he was going to be a few years on from there, I don’t think he knew what he had in store for him. I’ve always admired his approach to acting. He’s a very unique actor/ performer and I really love his uniqueness.

I also really loved him in those two episodes of Thriller where he plays a mad, horrible man in one and then he plays a psychopathic fan in the other. He was great in both, I’ve mentioned these a couple of times. I live for British seventies horror and thriller, a bit bias because I am British but I just love the old horror TV dramas and films they made in the seventies. Where basically either someone gets knocked out cold with a hard object, some woman gets strangled, someone chucks a shoe at someone, or someone goes into the cellar/ basement and gets an axe swung in their face or assaulted, some mad man hiding in a cupboard, some girl goes missing, mad devil worshippers and that’s seventies thriller and horror, ha ha. Brilliant. I recommend you watch Robert in Thriller, it’s truly an experience, you will love him and hate him at the same time, which basically started off  my mini obsession with Robert Powell and his work. I’m not going to tell you what Lady Killer is about because I don’t want to spoil anything for anyone. Just watch it and enjoy the ride and figure it out for yourselves, I just love this one so much. The theme of the episode, love, manipulation, greed and betrayal and I loved where it was shot, somewhere in Hertfordshire around the cliffs, beautiful scenery with the murky waters. It really set the scene, it was very creepy and I loved the performances from everyone in the episode, the two actresses playing the two American girls were fantastic and obviously Robert was amazing and he really put on quite a performance, he was terrifying and unhinged and you notice it throughout the episode. I’ve got a book about Thriller and there was this little segment about this episode that I really liked. Robert was talking about how he came to love the countryside and he said he was in love with this girl at the time but she always busy and wasn’t interested in him and he just kind of followed her and he found he loved the countryside. He put it like this ” I just kind of followed her and I fell in love with her, the countryside not the girl” which was a great touch. I read it in the book and I found it funny. The book is a must have for any Thriller fanatic because it talks about the locations where the episodes were filmed and other things too.  I recommend you watch those two episodes of Thriller. Death To Sister Mary and Lady Killer

I’ll put a link down below so you can watch the episode when you’ve got the time and see what you make of it. I’ll also put the link to the episode Death To Sister Mary as well. If you like these then I recommend you find the whole series and watch them, they’re really entertaining and they give off a really creepy vibe. All of them are really good but there are certain ones that will blow you away. There’s a reason why I’m a big fan of Thriller. If you’re a fan of the horror anthology series then this is the one for you, I highly recommend this. And it’s a good way of discovering new actors and actresses of the time.

. You can find episodes of Thriller on You Tube. You can get a taste of some great classic British seventies thriller made for TV. every episode is about something completely different and you don’t know what you’re going to see next. It might not even be horror episode about murder, it can just sometimes be about spies and other things.  I love Brian Clemens and his work. Obviously he created The Professionals which I love. He was so good at writing mystery and throwing all kinds of red herrings around making you think it’s one person but then it completely throws you off and you’re like ”hang on a minute here” In Thriller, everyone is suspicious, no one is ruled out, I always really liked that. I like the characters and the situations and the plots these characters find themselves in. Most of them turn out to be living nightmares. I love the actors they chose to be in this series. Robert Powell was a good one because we all know he went on to achieve greatness and became really famous throughout his career. This series made loads of these actors and actresses famous when they were just starting out in the industry. And also, at the beginning of every episode, you’ll hear this announcer guy saying ” Thriller, blah, blah blah, episode 1, take one” and he’ll say the name of the episode in a really cheerful way like there’s this one where this psycho basically finds rich women, marries them and drowns them and it’s called A Coffin For The Bride and the announcer guy talks really fast and says ” A Coffin For The Bride!!!!! take one” like he always sounds so cheerful, I want whatever drug he’s on. He probably doesn’t even take drugs he’s just high on life, ha ha. Me and my dad always laugh about this. After a couple of episodes, you never see him again, they probably sacked him. The episodes of Thriller my dad has got, always starts off with this announcer saying it in a really cheerful way. Then there goes the person who’s watching it, thinking it’s going to be a very lovely comedy and then they see a clip of this geezer drowning this woman in a bath. Oh dear. Also, you see a very young Helen Mirren in it too before she was a national treasure that we all know and love. Also, at the beginning of every episode, when I’m watching it with my family, I always say ” Get ready for one hell of a nightmare!” ha ha. As I mentioned in another post, me and my family love Thriller and it’s because of my dad that I discovered it and now I’m obsessed with it and I can’t get enough of this series.

Thriller is my favourite TV series, I’m a nerd for Thriller and it’s how I first discovered Robert. What an introduction! to see Robert playing the role of this young chap who tries to push his girl friend off a cliff, ha ha. Or him talking to himself at the hotel whilst trying to impress this girl. I remember the part I was telling you about where he killed his old friend by whacking him with a sock with a glass scotch lid in it and starts laughing hysterically and the fact that throughout the episode the phone line keeps connecting to their phone upstairs as if someone’s listening to their conversations, I always found that interesting and mysterious for some reason.

Thriller is so good and so entertaining, it’s such a good series, I’ve got so many favourite episodes. It has started my obsession with classic seventies horror, this was my introduction to seventies horror except for watching loads of horror films made for TV with my family most of them came out in the seventies, they’re so good. Mostly American ones, like Somebody’s Watching Me {1978}  He knows You’re Alone [ 1980, When A Stranger Calls{1979} all three are incredible movies.  My dad introduced me a clip from Thriller, it’s the intro that gives me nightmares and it’s a scene from an episode where these people are having a dinner party and this woman stands behind a curtain and murders everyone with a pair of scissors. I know, I was like ”What the hell?” I’ll put the link for the episode down below, check it out when you get the chance

Unfortunatley guys, someone took this episode off their channel, so I really do apologise but like I said, you can find these elsewhere if you’re interested.

And then he also showed me this thing called Dressur. With these three geezers in this room just driving themselves mad, walking on wooden planks, some of them making weird noises. It’s literally like an open air asylum.That thing is so demented, the video is about an hour long or half an hour long, there’s different parts to it, try not to watch it and go insane. One of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen but I kind of love it. Me and my dad always joke about this from time to time. I recommend you check it out, it’s called Maurcio Kagel Dressur. I’ve got no idea what they were trying to achieve with this, I think it’s some weird art form. The first one’s just as demented and then the next one slowly ventures off into vanishing heads, it’s bizarre and slightly disturbing. One of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen, but for some reason because I’m just as warped, I really love it and I find it funny. My dad remembers in the early eighties they used to show this thing very late at night on Channel 4. I think they showed it once and they never showed it again . They used to show some bizarre stuff late at night. Like weird documentaries and stuff. The stuff they used to show in those days they would never show now. Nowadays they’re using the same idea for the theatre which I’m sure is good but in my opinion nothing can beat the original. There’s just something so odd about this piece, the fact that it’s so quiet like there’s no talking throughout the entire thing but only sounds, it’s almost like they’re trying to make music with only making sounds, that’s what it feels like to me and he remembers being with his friend who was from Thailand and he saw it and he shouts ” Bloody Psychos man! lock them up! they need to be locked up, these geezers are driving me mad!’ My dad told him it was an open air asylum and he said ” No man, don’t go there man!! I don’t want to go there!” Which was hilarious. There’s this bit where the three guys in the clip, one of them is wearing these wooden shoes walking on a wooden plank, ha ha. So demented. I recommend you check it out when you have the time, it’s one of the most warped things ever. My dad is the reason why I’ve got such a demented, warped, twisted sense of humour. There’s something about this thing that appeals to me. Just these three geezers doing their thing, making sound effects. The bit where this geezer is walking in these wooden shoes on this plank of wood and the other geezer is just looking at him slowly losing his mind. Watching it for the first time is truly an experience and it gets even weirder the more you watch it if it’s not odd enough already. It’s pure insanity, whenever anyone asks me what’s going on in my head I just show them this and it normally ends the conversation. I’ll put a link down below

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But yeah, that was my first introduction to Thriller and the first ever episode I watched was called Someone At The Top Of The Stairs and it’s about these two girls who move into this bed sit accommodation but there are some strange goings on. That’s all I’m going to say, it’s another fantastic episode of Thriller, I’ve seen it so many times, it’s just so good. I’ll put a link down below too.

I’ve got so many favourite episodes of Thriller. Some of them being Lady Killer, Possession, Someone at the top of the stairs, File it under fear, When the killing starts, I’m the girl he wants to kill, The colour of blood, A place to die, Ring Once For Death, If it’s a man hang up, Murder Motel, One deadly owner, Only a scream away, Kiss me and die, Sign it death, A Coffin for the bride, Death To Sister Mary, Come Out Come Out Wherever You Are, Screamer, Night Is The Time For Killing, Killer With Two Faces, Good Salary, Prospects And a Free Coffin, Sleepwalker, The Next Victim, Dial A Deadly Number, Won’t Write Home Mum I’m Dead, A Spell Of Evil, The Next Scream You Hear, In The Steps Of A Dead Man, Murder In Mind, The Eyes Have It, Nurse Will Make It Better, A Nightmare For Nightingale, K is for Killing. All of these are incredible, a fantastic series indeed. If you can get hold of these on You Tube, check them out if you love classic seventies horror/ thriller anthology drama series, you won’t be disappointed. I watched Robert Powell’s Thriller episode Lady Killer by myself one night and then I made my family sit down and watch it. Usually it’s supposed to be the other way round, my dad shows me something but I’m showing my dad stuff from his own generation where he grew up. Isn’t it funny? I love seventies British TV and American, not going to lie they had their share of wonderful TV shows too. Welcome Back Kotter being one of them, I love that show, it’s also how John Travolta became famous. When you watch an episode of Thriller, you’ll get an idea of what they used to wear in the seventies. Like big sideburns, flares and spats, they looked demented. The hairstyles were demented too.  If you look up men’s hairstyles in the seventies, you’ll see a couple of photos and you’ll soon realise that they look like mugshots of criminals. They look like they’ve come straight out of Borstal or Worm wood Scrubs or something, they looked mad. File it under fear was  another terrific episode of Thriller, this one takes place in a library and it’s got one of the most shocking, unexpected twists of all time. I totally recommend this one as well,  I’ll put a link down below.

 

Robert Powell had a great filmography as well as the TV stuff he did in the seventies. Now I understand that Robert had great success with this role. Through Jesus of Nazareth, loads of people all over the world discovered Robert. The fact that I discovered Robert myself is a blessing, he is a gem and I love his work. One of the best actors to ever grace our screens, in my opinion, he was just incredible. Every role he plays, he brings something new. He’s also just so entertaining to watch and I just find him so enchanting, his voice, ugh I love his voice. The way he acts and the way he talks, he just sounds so poetic and he has a very calming voice, I just like hearing him talk, he had a certain aristocratic charm about him.I remember mentioning the classic horror stories programme he did in 1986. Him sitting in his arm chair telling weird horror stories. I loved it. Him telling a story about weird things, a big black worm thing sticking out of the ground, some venomous creature, pure insanity and I love it. The stories were actually really good, creepy and chilling.

Seeing Robert slowly drives himself mad by telling these stories for the television. I recommend you watch these with your lights off. Don’t watch these before you go to bed because they’ll keep you up at night, ha ha. I’ll put a link down below so you can watch them too. Watch these when you get the chance, if you love anything spooky or horror, I’m sure you’ll love this. And you can watch Robert slowly go loopy whilst he’s telling these stories whilst the light slowly flickers and dies. The video link down below has all the horror stories in one so you don’t need to find them all separately. It’s all here. Enjoy

I’m glad I watched Jesus of Nazareth because  it just blew me away and when it ended, I felt like I knew these characters and what they were going through, it was such a beautifully put together piece of drama. And also George Camiller is in it, the actor who played Giovanni in the show Mind Your Language. He had an English accent in the series too probably because he wasn’t Italian in real life he was just putting on the accent for the role. I was like ”What’s Giovanni doing there?” it’s insane, I keep expecting Giovanni to come out and say ” Professori, or like Santa Maria ” and I keep expecting Max to come out of nowhere and start having a punch up with Giovanni and Mr Brown coming out to break it up. He was actually really good in this series. There was not one single actor who I didn’t like in the cast, they were all incredible.

I wanted to show you something else before I go. There was this song that came out in the seventies called The Boston Tea Party by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band who were this Scottish rock group in the seventies which was about the American protest in 1773 by the sons of liberty of Boston in Colonial Massuchsettes, they decided they were going to put a tax on tea and the Americans went away with it and they gave up British tea. This group went off and wrote a song about it. I love this song, me and my dad discovered this song on an old episode of Tops Of The Pops from 1976. It’s very catchy, it’s very brave of them to write a song about something like that especially in the seventies. Their outfits are very interesting indeed. It’s almost like they got a bunch of maniacs and misfits and put them all together in a group. You’ve got one geezer who looks like one of the baseball furies from the film The Warriors, you’ve got another guy who looks like he’s from Saturday Night Fever or Spinal Tap and the main singer just looks like some pirate who’s been washed up on the shore who is just confused about where he is. I just absolutely love it. You really don’t know where to look because they all look demented.

Another bunch of songs for you guys to listen to. Listen when you get the chance

 

 

 

 

Another great song, Okay Fred by Errol Dunkley, a great Jamaican song that came out in the seventies. My dad used to play this to me when I was little and I used to fall asleep straight away, it’s so catchy, I love this song. I’ll put the link down below

 

This is another great song from the seventies, this clip was from The Old Grey Whistle Test and it’s called Roxette by DR Feelgood. I love this song and this clip, Everyone in this group looks demented. You could just see Wilko Johnson pacing back and forth jerking his head, playing his guitar and he looks nuts. It’s one of those clips where you don’t know where to look because all of them are doing their own thing. This clip always makes me laugh. I’ll put the link down below so you could watch it.

The last two song recommendations of the day, it’s this song that came out in the seventies called Telephone Man by Meri Wilson, I love this song, I know all the lyrics, I sing it every time someone calls me. I don’t really but just imagine it, it would be really funny. I’ve played it so many times. When you realise what she’s singing about, it’s basically a bit of sexual innuendo but it’s still great, very seventies, double entendre. Very cheeky but very tame compared to a lot of the stuff you see and hear nowadays. It’s about time I shared it with you guys. I’ll put a link below

The next one is this song called Calling Occupants Of Interplanitary Craft by Carpenters. Such a wonderful song, The Carpenters were an amazing group, they made great music, this song is just wonderful. I’ll put a link

The last three

 

Give these songs a listen when you can, when you get the chance, they’re all wonderful, great songs.

This is another song is called DR Kiss Kiss and it came out in the seventies. I discovered it on an episode of Top Of The Pops. It’s such a catchy song and the two young guys on the guitars make me smile every time, they’re so cute in that performance. I’ll put a link down below as it’s the last song recommendation of the day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Going back to The Jesus Of Nazareth. There is this really beautiful film that came out in the early seventies called God spell which is an American musical about the teachings of Jesus. It’s very beautiful and very colourful, the cast is incredible, all of them played their characters beautifully. There were so many great songs in the film like Day By Day, By My Side, Praise The Lord and so on. The whole film was amazing but there was one scene that really made me shed a few tears when I first watched this film. It’s the bit half way towards the end of the film where Jesus is about to be crucified and all his followers, they’re all saying goodbye one by one and the beautiful song in the back round called On The Willows over the scene when they’re all saying goodbye to him, knowing it’s the last time he’s ever going to see them or the last time they’re ever going to see him  unless they die and go to heaven then they’ll meet again and they’re just all sitting in a circle saying their final goodbyes, it’s a very beautiful scene and I cry every time I watch it. They’re all so childlike in that scene not knowing what’s about to happen, breaks my heart every time. A very beautifully written scene from any film I’ve seen, it just captures the emotions. It just feels like they’re all one big family and it feels like you’re saying goodbye to your school friends knowing most of them are going to go their separate ways and you probably won’t see them again. I totally recommend you watch the film, I love that film so much. I’ll put a link to the clip below so you can watch it and see what I mean. So beautiful, I don’t think there’s been a scene from a film that’s hit me emotionally like this one has. It’s shot so beautifully and the cast is amazing.

If there are any young Dexter Fletcher fans on here, I’ve got the link for this old TV interview from the nineties where he was being interviewed for the TV show Press Gang, I absolutely love Press Gang, such a good teen drama series about these young people who run a newspaper gazette, I fell in love with this series when I first discovered it a couple of months ago, so I love this interview. I’ll put a link down below if you guys are interested

And seeing as I have a little bit more time to share something else with you. I’ve spoken about how much I love the TV series Minder, it’s such a brilliant TV series and I watch it all the time with my family, we all love it. You just can’t beat a bit of Terry and Arthur, their antics make the show as well as the other characters. I’ve got this video of this song Dennis Water man and George Cole did together for a Christmas single on Top Of The Pops, it’s called What Are We Going To Get For Er Indoors? I love this, I just love their cameraderie and the song is really catchy and funny, we watch it every year at Christmas it gets us in the Christmas spirit. What I really need is a friend who I can renact this performance with, that’s all I need. Brilliance from both Dennis and George. I’ll put a link to it down below. I can’t find the Top Of The Pops one for some reason but I’ve got the one where they turned up on Russel Harty. I’ll put the link, enjoy.

There’s this music clip I also love of this guy called Bobby Conn. It came out in the nineties, I’ve always loved this for some reason and found it quite funny because his voice, the way he sings and his dance moves throughout the performance, if you look very carefully at his face, he just looks demented looking like he’s going to punch someone or violently attack someone, it’s so funny. My dad had this clip and he showed it to me and I couldn’t stop laughing. It’s a very catchy tune and I like the fact they made it look like he was on a live music show when it wasn’t, it fools you thinking he’s on a music programme. All the kids in the back round standing in a circle dancing to the wrong rhythm, everyone clapping to the wrong beat, no clue what they’re even doing, so funny and obviously him dancing and singing in high pitch like a complete nutter makes me laugh every time. He looks like he’s having some breakdown or something, it gets more demented as it goes on. I’ll put the link down below and watch it when you get the chance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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