the housemartins whistle test documentry part 1 

They all look like they had so much fun together. I wish I had friends like that now.

I’m so grateful for youtube. 30 years later and I can see one of my favourite and most influential bands growing up.

I want the 'hello, we're The Housemartins' harmony thing they do as my ringtone. That's the greatest thing ever

This is great. Norman Cook/Fatboy will always be my favorite bassist.

This is great,Norman doing his mixing way back then ,very talented group, Of course Paul's song writing is very very underrated.

A housemate taped over my copy years ago!! I played it to death. Many thanks

This is wonderful! Football, friends and music - what more did we need?! Loved The Housemartins and Paul Heaton... Oh and eye level grills made the best toast too!

Superb. Great band, great debut album and some happy memories from Hull. Loved every minute.

awesome. THANK YOU for uploading this...been waiting for like 20plus years to see this.

I think I had the best time of my life in Hull of all places. The Adelphi , Spiders etc, Dawn, Ruth and the rest of the crew, I'll never forget you.

Wow, loved this, thanks! Been a fan for almost 30 years but never knew this even existed. Love the knees up version of think For A Minute at the end of part 2!

First band I saw live and the best by far!

Just brilliant. Thanks for uploading.

At 8 miutes & 51 seconds, Hugh Witaker is (to me at least) the spitting image of Shaun Ryder! Fantastic upload jimmod123, thankyou so much.

Mitos nostalgia total.

absolutely glorious

I love The Housemartins S2

1986 strangely looks about 100 years ago now. So basic. A time that was great but feels long gone sadly now.

That's what I call toast

What a joy to revisit this. Recorded it on VHS at the time and distinctly remember there was some discussion about farting which prompted Stan to comment ”We’re a windy band”. Seems that part is missing here and on pt 2. I think my favorite scene is Hugh’s toast institution extravaganza. Remember being very disappointed when that lovely chap left.

10:35 Offside

I'm so happy to have found this. Did it air originally on BBC? As an American fan of this band way back then, I knew almost nothing about them (didn't even know to pronounce zero "nil", haha, but I knew they were great. Something really gelled on this album, more so than the follow-up. Maybe it was Hugh's drumming, which I love.

3:12 earlier prototype fatboy slim

Birth of Fatboy Slim

Was that Ronnie Pickering??

Didn't know Man U was the Housemartings.