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.
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'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!.
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!
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!
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.
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!
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.
@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
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.
Just as Savile ruins many videos involving Pan's People on TH-cam, so does the incredibly hilarious Steve Wright on this. God, what a natural comic he is.
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
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.
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 .
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'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.
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'!
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.
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 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.
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?
![Pans People - Monster Mash [Version 2] - TOTP TX: 27/09/1973](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/aB7Y_aqb5JQ/mqdefault.jpg)
The first dancer is so very light on her feet. And they're all beautiful!
Why does watching this make me so happy? Can't help but smile every time.
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!
Thank you, you tube for keeping happy memories alive
Such a joy to watch! And as always, Ruth is the highlight
Totally agree. Everyone raved about Babs, but Ruth was my favourite.
As a lad of 14,what memories ,bring em back home to me ,would go back tomorrow ,if i could :)
I was only five and not long at infant school then!
Mt favourite Christmas tune. The dancing reminds me of Scottish Highlands dancing.
It's in the key of C major and with a lilting time signature of 6/8. I am an amateur string player in an orchestra and possess perfect pitch!
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.
You can see Sue's classical ballet training on display at the beginning, lovely
Cherry Gillespie is an absolute delight in this and the other beauties are flawless, too! Great music, too!
Gorgeous Natural girls 🦋💕
I agree. Lovely piece of music enhanced by lovely ladies. All good!
And covered up not prancing about half naked like the so called singers / dancers of the 21st century
Beautiful. And very graceful.
girls are gorgeous
An enjoyable performance by the Girls, to an Oldfield masterpiece
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!
Well, I was just five and not long at infant school then. You are getting old? I am 53 next month!!!
It really becomes great when Ruth steps in......oh Ruth, lovely awesome Ruth ❤❤❤❤
Strewth, Ruth!
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!.
I loved this one - both the music an dancing. And the slow classic treatment of the tune by Cambridge Choir.
Dancing in heels - a true art form
DIETRICHCICCONE I was just thinking that... how did they do it?
How do they????? Xx
They were wonderful.
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!
@@Ampex196 How about wonderful, lovely and people of the female persuasion who brought love and something new to so many.
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!
Well I don't know about you Peter, but it sure explains my dodgy eyesight...
peter92305 yeah! Becuse they would not understad anyway.
To much information.
Couldn't have put it better 👏.
Actually sounds rude when I put it like that 😀
Well, Peter, I was just five at the time and too young to understand or remember them!
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.
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!
And I concur with you both. Even though I was only a kid then. Magical times and magical ladies for whom sexiness was natural. Not forced like now!
you jammy sod
Ampex196 i was 15 then very young but i remember that it was a wonderfull decade and i miss 70s so much and i wish i could turn back time.
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!
I loved Pans People. and Dulce Jubilio
Finally dance that went with the song. Try me
Wowww i love England ❤❤❤
Me and these girls spent many happy hours together!
Dla takich chwil warto żyć .!
Sue is one of the most beautiful and graceful woman I've ever seen. Her flowing silky hair is amazing.
Fantastic !!!!!.
An very beautiful song !.
Thanks for posting this !.
Greatings from the Netherlands
best ever pans people
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.
Then class and elegance, now Tattoos and Twerks, what the **** went wrong.
@Emmanuel Macron Ah oui oui Stupid comment!
@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.
I was thinking pretty much the same, these girls look so graceful, todays "dancers" look like they have live carp in their underwear!
@@joannagodfrey5111 Hi, yes, and with all the Botox they are starting to resemble carp facially.
@@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 am a 9 year old boy when I see these women dancing
I am a 5 year old girl at infant school when I see these women dancing, so four years younger than you!
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.
Just as Savile ruins many videos involving Pan's People on TH-cam, so does the incredibly hilarious Steve Wright on this. God, what a natural comic he is.
All were hot. Loved Pans People.
I didn't know that they never felt the cold! Was there a fire to protect them from the winter chill?
How wonderful, I remember them well. Nothing like that in the charts today...Do they have charts today????
The first dancer puts in a shift
Mrs.R.,couldn't resist adding this to our list,hope you like it.Merry Christmas My Love.xxxx.
wonderful performance by very special ladies i love it to bits wolf sherwood durban
My (female) cousin always said they couldn't dance but that looks quite tricky to me. Charming. Nice tune, too.
The tune is in C major. I have a musical background and am blessed with perfect pitch!
OMG, you forget not just how good this is but even that this music exists.
Magical. Innocent times gone by. Well nearly innocent….
Especially when you are just five years old!
Great quality upload. Thanks for this. Look forwards to more Pans from you hopefully!!
Cherry Gillespie - mmmmm!
i love ruth in this video, bless her RIP
Found myself listening to the music. I'm getting really old.
Well, I was just five and not long at infant school then, now aged fifty four!
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
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.
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 .
Pan's People's successors, the even sexier Legs and Co
Mmm…nothin better than fair haired maidens dancin round a maypole of an evening…
I danced round the maypole at infant school - between 1975-1977. Now fast approaching 53!
Some nice hints of traditional Irish dance, in there. Go Legs & Co.
Great
Wishing you a VERY floaty Christmas,Sweetheart.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Beautiful, graceful, joyful.....awesome performance by 5 beauties
Those Dancers were as integral to the music scene as the Artists, themselves....
1975? This must have been near the end of Pans People.
Until 1976 - Then there were "Legs & Co."
This is so good . A lost Albion culture.
Ah, the innocence that was the seventies....A true Paradise Lost.
There was no innocence in the 70s.
Yes what a paradise, football hooligans, Racist thugs. JIMMY SAVILE I. R. A. BOMBS, racist police, rubbish not collected, etc etc.
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.
Yes, Caroline, especially in one's formative years (having been born in 1970!) I spent most of my childhood during that decade.
Every schoolboys dream, pans people.
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.
What was going on with the cameraman? it was all over the place.
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'!
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.
Could anyone tell me the name of the first dancer? She is incredible!!
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 totally agree. Cherry was such a pretty girl and Sue was the one you took home hoping for mother's approval - aaahhh - memories
I believe I am correct in saying that Sue was born in Libya, the daughter of a British Army Officer. I thankyou sir, whoever you were.
+Spirit of 56 So right and Lulu would have been my guilty secret. Like I'd have been so lucky.
What's there to be guilty about?!
Oh! you bad lad LOL.
Cherry Gilespie looks so young, but she's actually about two years older than me...... shucks!!
I wouldn't know. Aged just five and at infant school then. Now looking back, having reached 52!
The Christmas sprites dance like this in the forest on Christmas eve, except that these ladies do it better.
Incredible image quality to be from that year 1975, I would be three years old, and I don't know why the face of one of them seems familiar to me !!
I was just five, so two years older than you, and at infant school then.
always the same dancers like in porsmouth video and still so lovely :)
👍👍👍🤩🤩
Where did these women go?
Pans people, the 70s, enough said.
Angela Cooper, the 70s, earliest years, enough said!
It's "In Dulci Jubilo" Although TOTP has got it wrong too.
Who’s the 4th dancer that comes in?
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.
Now they has style charm & grace (cant recall wht the others were called)
BEAUTIFULL BABS, WONDER WHAT HER NAME WAS HAHAHAH
Oh ... Lord! I can't remember what her name was either. RIP Ronnie Barker.
THE BEAUTIFUL RUTH PEARSON DIED RECENTLY--ONLY TWO OF THE ORIGINALS STILL ALIVE NOW--SO VERY SAD.
Three of the originals are still alive, Babs, cherry, and Dee Dee.
Cherry's not an original.
1:30 No he didn't. Not in this version.
Was Benny Hill the cameraman, was he?
There wwre 3 bat out of hell albums by meatloaf and 3 turbular bells album's by Mike oldfield
WHERE WAS BABS...THE ORGINAL OF THE GROUP...
Retired.
@@johnnyfartpants4801 became the Beautiful Mrs. Jesus!!
Where is Micheal Flattly
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?
Cherry Gillespie but you'll have to fight me for her.
...and me!
Danced in high heels, wow ..took some leg work skills then...
great dance and amazing song.. but those shoes are recipe for foot problems.. for sure.
See where Riverdance came from!
WERE IS BABS THE TALL GORGOUS BLONDE ?????
Retired.
gut
Sue was just yummy!
For me PP were better than Legs and Co...
That's going too far. Sue was in both groups anyway!
I love Pans people, but legs and co are sexier.
FORGET THE GIRLS WHAT ABOUT THE TUNNNE
u a gay or summat
2013 is just real crap now .everything Bout it is rubbish omg what happened ?