I'm watching this in 2021 while in isolation with covid-19 and can't help but shed a tear for a time gone by that was so much better than what we have now fantastic music, beautiful women instead of the crap music and unsophisticated tramps today
I spent my early years during that period and would have been just five and not long at infant school then. Not old enough to understand or remember that period, so had to rely on second hand observations of other people!
Sue starts this routine off so well and she stays with it to the end without a foot wrong. I think recognizing the time they had to interpret the song and create a unique routine each and every week is admirable.
i loved lulu and sue , and when i was a girl, i used to dance around my bedroom pretending to be one of pans people!!! when i heard that sue had arthritis in her toes, and still managed to dance as light as a dandelion seed, i was in awe!!!! i bet the rehearsals for this song took some doing!!!!.. well done, sue!!!!
Lulu Cartwright was of 'Legs' era only. Sue was a member of both and did indeed suffer from painful joint inflammation. Both lovely 'people'. Sadly we are no longer allowed to refer to them as 'girls'. Has the World has gone mad? Answers on a postcard - lol!
Christian Men (and Women) do indeed rejoice at this time of year all over the World. Hang on to that thought! All will be well! Such beautiful choreopgraphy does not just 'happen' ..... Every step is meticulously rehearsed. They make it look so easy! RIP Flick Colby (1946-2011) and Ruth Pearson (1946-2017) both sadly missed.
It's impossible for me to adequately describe the effect that this dance troupe had on my passage through puberty, and yet, still remain objective. For that reason, it's probably best if i don't try!
The original words of In Dulci Jubilo come from the medieval German mystic Heinrich Seuse. Seuse said that a group of angels appeared to him, and invited him to dance with them: this was the song they danced to. Pan's people always managed to seem as light as angels, but still as heavy as women. They were something very special in the history of dance.
I worked with the 'later' Legs & Co. line up including Sue (Menhenick) & Ruth Pearson (the Boss)! People who were not there at the time should not be adversely critical of the wonderful decade that was the 1970s. I concur with Caroline L one hundred percent!
I speak as one who was born at the start of that decade but wouldn't have been critical as for most of it I was too young to understand events that did not directly affect me.
@@angelacooper2661 Thanks Angela. I hope you enjoyed the 80s' and 90s'? I made the best of the 1980s' much as I could, though it was the era of a culture that promoted greed and hedonism that became known as Thatcherism. The 90s' were much better despite a deep recession early in the decade. It does irritate me that young, so called, historians pour scorn on the 1970s' when they were NOT there. It was a very happy and optimistic period!
Thank you for posting this. A splendid example of real music being played by real people [or person in Mike Oldfield's case], and real, trained dancers actually dancing and not just cavorting around. Sadly, it is missing these days. My goodness me, I must be getting old!
I am in my 70th decade but I'm still thrilled by these beautful girls. That's the proplem with IS or ISIS: they cannot understand the wonderful aesthetic of women.
@Emmanuel Macron Ah oui oui You are not really able to write a real comment. Therefore you shouldn't choose a nickname which has the name of the French President.
@@stanstan7426 The trout pout is never attractive. I might be a boomer, but boomers oozed class and manners. Unlike today’s tattooed, botoxed, ugliness
I'm from the UK & usually wait till into October to start Listening to Christmas Songs/Carols etc but going early this Year so an early Best Wishes to all around the Globe & Beyond!, Go on Fanny Craddock, get that Turkey Stuffed!.
Sheer joy - tis a pity we do not get any cheerful tunes today. Instead just wall to wall of endless ballads without much tune. Come on musicians, put a spring back in our step with some catchy instrumental. It's not as easy as it looks.
this one sticks in my memory...they had to think about the dance instead of just copying the words,i think that's why its quite good ,got the rustic folk dance thing going
Just as Savile ruins many videos involving Pan's People on RU-vid, so does the incredibly hilarious Steve Wright on this. God, what a natural comic he is.
Now we've got fascist snowflakes, multiculturalism, BLM, illegal migrant invasions, human rights lawyers, PC police, gansta rap, hip-hop, EDM, transsexuals, wage inequality, lack of social housing, dumbed down education etc etc
@@paulmanly3694 How come, Paul? I was born in 1970 and for most of that decade too young to understand or remember that period. For me, it was a time of innocence, just being a child and not being forced to grow up overnight! No cyberspace or modern gadgets existed in the 1970s either.
I was too young to understand Pan's People. I was just five and at infant school, so don't remember them. However, I encountered the music at a later age and have a good memory for tunes. This is a jazzed up version in C major with a 6/8 time signature. I notice extra notes and a slightly different rhythm (which I prefer) to the original.
I've got invisible pixies that leave no trace in my garden. I've never seen them yet. But I imagine they look something like this. Very graceful, very elegant. There's magic in the garden.
Vous avez trouvé les mots justes , c'est exactement cela.Je suis bien content de savoir que je ne suis pas le seul à voir les choses de la même manière.
Does anyone remember when Pans people did a combo act with Legs, and CO? It was up there with Shirley Mclaines night at the network. Great Broadway show.
Simply Lovely .thank you mike .However , can anybody tell me , who were the Ladies dressed as Morris Dancers , who danced to Portsmouth on Mikes dvd Elements ,thanks .
I think they were missing a trick by not having, during the penultimate section, a giant wicker man rise from the center with Mike Oldfield trapped inside, playing the electric guitar.
Hmm.. To do it in one single camera shot was a difficult task especially with lots of movement. Watching a youtube clip is not the same as viewing the original transmission; ie. much of original frame area is not sampled. If a subject goes briefly out of shot you do NOT follow. BBC cameramen were not 'duckeggs'!
First dancer is Sue Menhenick. She was always the favourite in Legs and Co, Totally agree with you she is incredible. Cherry was always the favourite in Pans People.
I hate the vulgar dancing you see on pop shows today - it was so much more innocent back then. I like the 3rd girl to come on the best. What's her name?
