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Post by Halloweenjack84 on Dec 4, 2011 18:37:14 GMT
"The newly discovered The Jean Genie footage from TOTP from 4th January 1973 will be broadcast on BBC2 this month.
BBC2 at 7.30 on Wednesday 21st December as part of TOTP2 Christmas Special.
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Post by Halloweenjack84 on Dec 8, 2011 17:26:16 GMT
Nice to see some stills from the TOTPs appearance courtesy of moi stealing 'em off Bowienet.com. 
Still confusion over wether we'll see it transmitted on TOTP2 on December 21st or wether it'll be part of the documentary 'Tales Of Television Centre' in January.
Either way it's a win/win situation.
8-)Jack  
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Post by mattday on Dec 8, 2011 21:26:50 GMT
I NEED NEW UNDERPANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is mindblowing
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Post by Halloweenjack84 on Dec 14, 2011 22:26:32 GMT
Saw the YouTube link that appeared earlier in the day of a phone video that someone had taken at the NTFI screening on Sunday in London but I've waited 40 years,so think I can wait another couple of months to see this long lost clip in all the glory that it deserves,so didn't watch.
"Jean Genie, He Screams And He Bawls!"
Jack
P.S. Again images stolen from Bowienet.com.TOTALLY OLD NEWS !        |
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Post by kativeson on Dec 15, 2011 18:12:49 GMT
I'm out next Wednesday, so I guess I'll have to catch it on iplayer
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Post by mattday on Dec 15, 2011 18:19:04 GMT
Its not going to be on TOTP2 now it seems but will be on 'Tales Of Television Centre'
The plan is when they broadcast 'Tales Of Television Centre' Jean genie will be available in full via the red button option, i cant wait!!
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Post by kativeson on Dec 15, 2011 19:45:27 GMT
Oh alright then, I'll wait until January...
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Post by Halloweenjack84 on Dec 15, 2011 22:23:58 GMT
When the story first broke K there was a lot of vagueness about when/where it was actually going to be screened and at the beginning the documentary Matt mentioned,January was first mentioned but now "early 2012" seems more feasible.
But like said,a win/win situation!
It's sad that Mr John Henshall for all his sterling efforts in providing this fabled transmission in the fashion that he did had to be subjected to the world of Bowie fans courtesey of "the pig trough forum "with snide comments and moreso emails.
The reason why I am a Bowie fan but not a fan of Bowie fans
(as I'm sure he is not now also ).
"Jean Genie ... Let Yourself Go!"
8-)Jack
P.S. I'll suffice with these videos which have always been a couple of my faves,until the proper live transmission rather than watch crappy YouTube screenshot images of it.
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Post by kativeson on Dec 16, 2011 20:00:16 GMT
Somebody should change the thread title for noobs like me |
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Post by mattday on Dec 19, 2011 16:03:09 GMT
Got the undies ready..LOL, yeah ive heared its back on for Dec 21st but just a clip!!!!
Superb!!!!!
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Post by mattday on Dec 19, 2011 16:09:30 GMT
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Post by mattday on Dec 20, 2011 18:41:05 GMT
Bowienet confirmed Jean Genie is definately on tomorrows show....get in!!!!!!
BBC2 7.30pm!!!
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Post by Halloweenjack84 on Dec 20, 2011 22:55:18 GMT
The news that you speak about confirmed by Bowienet M courtesey of Bowienet.com.Top of the Pops Christmas Special to broadcast ‘lost’ David Bowie footage
Some ‘lost’ archive footage of David Bowie performing The Jean Genie in 1973 on the BBC’s seminal pop programme Top of the Pops is to be broadcast on TV for the first time in almost 40 years.
Top of the Pops Christmas Special (BBC Two, Wednesday 21 December 2011, 7.30pm) is to show the rarely seen performance which had previously been considered lost.
Retired cameraman John Henshall from Oxfordshire had kept a copy of Bowie’s appearance and had not realised the footage had been wiped from the BBC Archive and was highly sought after.
David Bowie’s performance of The Jean Genie was recorded on 3 January 1973 and transmitted the following day and has not been broadcast on TV since.
Mark Cooper, Executive Producer of Top of the Pops 2 said:
"Bowie singing The Jean Genie is electric and the kind of piece of archive that not only brings back how brilliant Top of the Pops could be but also how a piece of archive can speak to us down the years. I can’t imagine what other piece of TOTP from the early 70s would be as extraordinary a find."
The four minute clip of David Bowie and The Spiders from Mars performing live will be shown in full. It shows Bowie and the band in full ‘glam’ outfits, with Bowie also playing the harmonica.
The Jean Genie was originally released as a single in November 1972 and eventually peaked at Number 2 in the UK Singles charts.
The song was the penultimate track on Bowie's 1973 album, Aladdin Sane, and was written in New York City. The title, according to Bowie, was a loose pun on Jean Genet, the provocative French writer.
Other artists featured in the 90-minute Top of the Pops Christmas special include Slade, Wham, Pet Shop Boys, Coldplay and Adele.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Jack
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Post by kativeson on Dec 21, 2011 11:37:40 GMT
So he's on afterall !
Well I'll have to catch it tomorrow anyway
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Post by Madman on Dec 21, 2011 14:34:07 GMT
I didn't post about this in the news section of the main site because I have been quite ill and wasn't on the site for a while. But, I am mega looking forward to seeing TOTP2 tonight. The Jean Genie was the first record I owned - bought for me by my nan - thanks nan  |
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Jack
