The Triffids - Live Italy 1988 720p HD 

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Decent footage finally of the oddest few days we spent as a band on a daytime TV show in Rome. Memories of our visit to Rome include being taken late at night on our arrival straight to the Vatican. This was the first of many misunderstandings our local guide Giovanni had in store for him. He actually came from Milan and we possibly knew more about Rome than he did. Even later that night we found ourselves at a restaurant that had no red wine. The animated kangaroo visuals were a bit of a shock but we were starting to feel quite prepared for strangeness. Dave put in a sterling performance not only in the songs but also the interviews. His response to the question about aboriginal influences in our music was perfect and all the while holding his translation device to his right ear. Solomon Burke appeared to distribute roses to the crowd, Steve got food poisoning but struggled manfully on trying to explain our needs and wants to Giovanni over in the corner. We had beautiful pasta in the canteen surrounded by glamorous presenters and women dressed as chickens. And we played pretty well. That was probably the last TV appearance of Rob's thinline Telecaster as it disappeared in the great Athens rock riot later in the year.

I see this and I wanna cry. Dave McComb is so intelligent and eloquent. So, so unjustly underrated/neglected.

Gotta love those pixilated 'roos in the background. Those crazy eye-ties, strewth!

This is gold! What a find

Thanks for uploading! Triffids material will always be in demand by myself, and I’m sure many others. You’re doing great work showcasing these classic recordings to the masses.

Damn! Bury Me Deep In Love is, to me, their greatest of so many great songs, such a shame that it cuts out here before it gets going! Thanks anyway, that was brilliant.

Greeeeeeaaaaaaaatt! Beautiful to see the sheer love and appreciation that the crowd has

THX for Upload. I adore the Triffids. My absolutely Favorit ist the lovely lovely lovely Song " Tender is the Night" from the Born Sandy Devotional Album. David, thank You and sleep Well....

Incredible! The Italian connection strikes again with yet another documentation of lost Aussie rock. Salute, STV. My man. We gotta chat one day, Cheers.

PSA: Left to right: Jill Burt on keyboards, Alsy MacDonald on drums, David McComb on vocals & guitars, Martyn P. Casey on bass guitar, Robert McComb on guitar, violin, harmonica, & backing vocals, 'Evil' Graham Lee on pedal steel, guitar, & backing vocals.

This is awesome. Thanks so much for posting. Love the band and Dave's interview through the translator machine... and his answers.

WOW! thanks!

Many thanks

0:22 One Soul Less on Your Fiery List 7:50 Unmade Love 11:35 Jerdacuttup Man 17:15 Bury Me Deep Love

God Bless the Internet

This nice Triffids live set was from 'D.o.c.'.. certainly the best music program ever made in italy and possibly all over the world. Something totally unrepeatable for the quality of the proposals and the productive effort by third channel (at the time the communist one) from italian public television..

Ah ah, Gege' Telesforo, ricordo della mia adolescenza!... (no importance given to the band)...

lol at the kangaroo graphic in the background

How wonderful to see this; but that bloody kangaroo will give me nightmares!💩

Dave looks like he's got a toothache

That lead singer is so good looking it should be illegal.