Incorrect. As part of TOTP 'Year Zero' revamp in 1991, rules relating to performance were altered meaning acts had to sing live as opposed to the backing tracks for instruments and mimed vocals for which the show was known. It didn't work for a lot of bands whose vocals were sampled, so the practice was shortlived. The changes were widely unpopular and by 1994 the practice was phased out. (See Wikipedia for more on TOTP 'Year Zero' revamp changes).
@@vermilliongecko All of that is true, but this performance is clearly before the Year Zero revamp because you can see the old studio and also the old graphics. The Year Zero revamp was on 3rd October 1991 and this performance is from 25th July 1991: www.tapatalk.com/groups/popscene/1991-t8823.html
Move Any Mountain, Devotion, You Got The Love, Unfinished Sympathy, 3AM Eternal, Charly, Activ-8, What Can You Do For Me, we had some absolute bangers in the charts back in 1991, fantastic year for music.
En-tact really shows his talent shining through. He was good folly for Colin, so much creativity coming out of both of them. And Will's rapping was brilliant, fitted their sound SO well. RIP Will :(
It's more than the live aspect, they were so creative with the remixes and alternative ways of performing the chart position tracks each week 🐾 That is really ability when you are not afraid to push the boundaries of what was the norm and show your versatility and music 🎶 style to the audience. Can't believe its all 30 years ago now 🙃
I was 15 then and still at school. My friends and I loved the Shamen. Went to see them in concert My Gran was telling my Mum not to let me go as she thought I was going to be taking drugs with them lol. Happy times.
The Shamen's finest record for me and one of the first tracks that got me into dance music. It's one dance music's great mysteries that this top band never kicked on after their successful era of the early-90s. Boss Drum remains one of the great albums in the history of dance music.
@@Kelly14UK The Prodigy were also successful in the early 90s but they kicked on as a band at the same time as all those dull britpop bands you mention where around. The Shamen just fell away by 94/95.
After the 80s the start of early dance music in the early 90s it what was going to be a great decade for music , then we hit the 21st century ,the music went south
Remember when your Dad said that modern bands couldn't play. This was live! My memory of the 90's is a bit vague, too many recreational pharmaceuticals, but it was an amazing decade for music and getting wasted. Every penny earned went on clubbing and Ibiza three times a year. 62 now but still ready to play. Sniffed so much I still have a nervous habit of rubbing my nose and chewed so much gum I still grind my teeth when I listen to dance music. Ebeneezer knows what I mean.
I will not fail nor falter, I shall succeed My perception is altered, I do believe Faith is so strong now nothing shall bar my way Firm conviction is no fiction This is my day
Well Said Shit Plop I Mean Brit Plop Was Tavistock Group Soulless Traitrous Undead Nonce Mugs,Social Engineering Along With Grunge And Many Other Musack Scenes ConTROLLed By Soulless Tone Deaf Suits In The Musak Industry...
We all thought this type of music was the FUTURE, all your Shamens and Happy Mondays. Songs like this and Holy Ghost. Sadly it was just for the moment.
Wow, never seen this performance before - always seen the second one - i suppose when mr c states 'second time tonight' he is referring to this perfomance as being the first ! Thanks for the upload
I really loved that track when saw it on MTV back in 91, and became a big Shamen fan in the years that follows with the Boss Drum album. When I see this clip today, I am not really sure why I was so fascinated almost 30 years ago
Saw them back in the day. My buddy & I, he was a fantastic musician and & am no slouch….. we looked at each other … OK , one tune, let’s go and find something else …
Jesus man, imagine coming up to this tune, I was born in 1991, I would never recommend drugs to anyone, but if you’re going to do it, start with ecstasy it’s mega
wow 1st time i heard this track live! loved it when it was released in 1990. the UK charts back then was definitely much more interesting than the US. ( Michael Bolton anyone?)
1. Fake Jamaican. 2. White person trying to be black. 3. wigger. Thank You, I've never heard that term before..... Hilarious but I think in those days it was just singing/toasting/rapping or whatever I don't remember ever hearing the term cultural appropriation lol
@@norepetitivebeats Chelsea Boy. It was his CB radio call sign that he abvreviated to Mr C when he started rapping. He'll always be a cunt to me though lol
Say what you like about Mr.C, but he kept the band going when they were grief stricken and in shock after the sudden death of Will Sinnott, two months before this was filmed.
Absolute classic! I was 10 and my dad hated it. Good times 👌👌
Same here brother
@@Korisniknovi Bosnija?
You where never 10.
That's just what your parents tell you.
I’m so sorry for your father!
Did you tell him e’s are good?
It's amazing that they performed this live on TOTP, something that was virtually unheard of back in 1991. Wow!
Incorrect. As part of TOTP 'Year Zero' revamp in 1991, rules relating to performance were altered meaning acts had to sing live as opposed to the backing tracks for instruments and mimed vocals for which the show was known. It didn't work for a lot of bands whose vocals were sampled, so the practice was shortlived. The changes were widely unpopular and by 1994 the practice was phased out. (See Wikipedia for more on TOTP 'Year Zero' revamp changes).
New Order in 1983 did Blue Monday live.....a real feat....though not great
@@vermilliongecko proper TOTP bearding there! 😄
@@vermilliongecko All of that is true, but this performance is clearly before the Year Zero revamp because you can see the old studio and also the old graphics. The Year Zero revamp was on 3rd October 1991 and this performance is from 25th July 1991: www.tapatalk.com/groups/popscene/1991-t8823.html
@@hotchefuk01 I remember it well.
correct...it wasn't great but they did it there way👍👍👍😃👍👍👍
1991 What a Year!!!!!Amazing
Move Any Mountain, Devotion, You Got The Love, Unfinished Sympathy, 3AM Eternal, Charly, Activ-8, What Can You Do For Me, we had some absolute bangers in the charts back in 1991, fantastic year for music.
What the ….this live on top of the pops HOW ?
RIP Will Sinnott...😞
it's too bad he drowned. he was cool
En-tact really shows his talent shining through. He was good folly for Colin, so much creativity coming out of both of them. And Will's rapping was brilliant, fitted their sound SO well. RIP Will :(
Mid 80’’s -mid 90’s... best dance music and we had the KLF! 🇬🇧👏🙏🏻👍🍄
Ah KLF !!!!!
Yeah. And both Scottish 🏴
Oh yes indeed a class act.
@@greggkearney1160 I thought KLF were from Englandshire?
@@greggkearney1160 Both bands were based in England and had 1 Scot and 1 Englishman in.
But they're both Scottish if it makes you feel better!
Absolutely brilliant song, which was performed Live on Top Of The Pops! What I would give to go back in time to the good old days! 😊
It's more than the live aspect, they were so creative with the remixes and alternative ways of performing the chart position tracks each week 🐾 That is really ability when you are not afraid to push the boundaries of what was the norm and show your versatility and music 🎶 style to the audience. Can't believe its all 30 years ago now 🙃
Not live Id say it was just the vocals that were live
At least they're singing live.
I was 15 then and still at school. My friends and I loved the Shamen. Went to see them in concert My Gran was telling my Mum not to let me go as she thought I was going to be taking drugs with them lol. Happy times.
Your gran was right lol she knew!
one dislike, somebody who liked the criminal justice bill, got any vera's. lovely lovely
The Shamen are one of a kind,early 90s dance ❤ ⛰️😎 🎹
Mr C always cheers me up
How i miss these times
G Koster Me too. I can just smell the fruity aroma of Castaway listening to this!
The Shamen's finest record for me and one of the first tracks that got me into dance music. It's one dance music's great mysteries that this top band never kicked on after their successful era of the early-90s. Boss Drum remains one of the great albums in the history of dance music.
Because the Britpop thing began to bite around 93 or 94, albums like Modern Life and Parklife by Blur and of course the first 2 Oasis albums.
@@Kelly14UK The Prodigy were also successful in the early 90s but they kicked on as a band at the same time as all those dull britpop bands you mention where around. The Shamen just fell away by 94/95.
After the 80s the start of early dance music in the early 90s it what was going to be a great decade for music , then we hit the 21st century ,the music went south
@@Prodigy_Fan
Yep oasis dull as fuck, neither can sing, especially that Liam 🤣🤣
@@ellismeah5127
Rubbish of today, can't stand it 😴
How brilliant the shamen were 👍
Saw them live with Utah Saints in Los Angeles 92. That was a Rave and concert.
I saw Mr C DJ and rap at a few raves, and I can confirm he sounds 1000 times better when you're pilled up...LOL
Pretty sure that’s not down to mr c, just the jack n Jill’s.
A great tune from 'The Shamen' love this one and 'Eboneezer Good' :)
lsi is a tune too
Remember seeing this on totp. Was massive fan already. They rocked, most memorable totp for me ever.
0:18
"I'm a musician"
"What do you play?"
"Cables"
😂
Must have inspired Ed MacFarlane from Friendly Fires to play cables
😂😂😂😂😂
Just like Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead, apparently it's more difficult than you might think 😄: th-cam.com/video/GmGSDGjho0I/w-d-xo.html
I loved this group and this song was played loud and constant in my room !!
Shamen and KLF ... happy days
along with the beloved loved this loved up time
Dancing in my front room like a raver at age 11, Techno is still in me...2018 banging (TIMEWARP 2019)
...i remember buying the cassette single at music plus when I was 16
Remember when your Dad said that modern bands couldn't play. This was live!
My memory of the 90's is a bit vague, too many recreational pharmaceuticals, but it was an amazing decade for music and getting wasted. Every penny earned went on clubbing and Ibiza three times a year. 62 now but still ready to play. Sniffed so much I still have a nervous habit of rubbing my nose and chewed so much gum I still grind my teeth when I listen to dance music. Ebeneezer knows what I mean.
I told my dad late Beatles were a studio band
I will not fail nor falter, I shall succeed
My perception is altered, I do believe
Faith is so strong now nothing shall bar my way
Firm conviction is no fiction
This is my day
WTF... they're playing this live???!? I mean, not just the vocals, the whole synth line and drums are live and a different mix from the single.
They were very underrated in my opinion and well ahead of their time
They were an incredible live band. 1991/92 they were totally untouchable. This era was killed off by Britpop.
Well Said Shit Plop I Mean Brit Plop Was Tavistock Group Soulless Traitrous Undead Nonce Mugs,Social Engineering Along With Grunge And Many Other Musack Scenes ConTROLLed By Soulless Tone Deaf Suits In The Musak Industry...
There was a fair amount of live performances from acts.
@@dazauto1400 and jungle
The Shamen are brilliant, one of the best from the 90s, I was 20 when this came out
Bring back the shamen minted man
Does anyone else here like the extra bits said like “Shamen live and direct on TOTPs tonight”
The presenter links are the best!
One of the best 90,s tunes from possibly the most original and inventive band of that era.
We all thought this type of music was the FUTURE, all your Shamens and Happy Mondays. Songs like this and Holy Ghost. Sadly it was just for the moment.
ICH LIEBE AUSTRALIEN
Early 90s let's all go back in time shamen we're absolutely 👏👏 brilliant
Take me back to the 90s plz 🕺
this was my best summer with your soundtrack!
Wow, never seen this performance before - always seen the second one - i suppose when mr c states 'second time tonight' he is referring to this perfomance as being the first ! Thanks for the upload
Yo seen the shamen at Coventry University and they sold cassette tapes of the gigs. Haha 1990. Double cassette tho. Ye. X
I can’t believe I still remember the words after all this time x
Thanks for sharing. That was absolute quality. Difficult vocal done perfectly.
Take me back...
Cracking tune 👌
lo amo
I really loved that track when saw it on MTV back in 91, and became a big Shamen fan in the years that follows with the Boss Drum album. When I see this clip today, I am not really sure why I was so fascinated almost 30 years ago
dance to the beat of the drum
After seeing this a couple of weeks back I have to keep coming back. This is just brilliant, what a buzz hearing it
God bless old skool 89 💯. Timeless...(✷‿✷):-). Time machine we all need *\0/*.
I was 12 and fucking loved this. This was the second release, it was called 'Progeny' before I believe.
They still sound so frensh in 2023 !!!
Saw them back in the day. My buddy & I, he was a fantastic musician and & am no slouch….. we looked at each other … OK , one tune, let’s go and find something else …
With delivery smooth like water from a fountain
quality. fuckin quality.
Really good live performance.
ah the days when I used to avidly watch TOTP, absolute shite nowadays
Jesus man, imagine coming up to this tune, I was born in 1991, I would never recommend drugs to anyone, but if you’re going to do it, start with ecstasy it’s mega
It's 2019 and I still can move move move any mountain!!! +1 if you can move move move any mountain too!
+1
do you work for big coal or one of the corporations that mine rare earths for 'sustainable' energy. oops went a bit political
Grandi.senza parole.
This song from them was very promising...
I remember when I was 15 a lad stole my bike and I twatted him to the sound of this song!
I like it! Twatted for trying to move any mountain bike...
Great memories!
@@OnlYYlnO Underrated.
Mr C, he's liftin'! innit?
I can move move, move any mountain 🎶
👌🏼legend
"...You can be what you want to be..." THAT'S STRONG GUYS!
Aberdeen's finest
Good tune
CoooooL 🎵
The best opening 40 seconds of any song to ever appear on TOTP.
You really like Mr. C then
I bet Top of the Tops had no idea what was going on
Well they'd already had The KLF on the show that year
@@ok2760 s express were on there years before and they were bang on the beans while performing.
Didn't know Matt Smith was in the shamen
Underrated comment! PMSL
wow 1st time i heard this track live! loved it when it was released in 1990. the UK charts back then was definitely much more interesting than the US. ( Michael Bolton anyone?)
Y
E
S
!
Best record they made
I like the Terrence McKenna one
Genios
love it
Never seen that before. They fucking rocked that place anyway.
Mu-Mu-Move any Mountain 🏔🕒
Boss asks me if I can get something done. To this day, if possible, I still say "I can move any mountain."
Tuuuuuuuuuuuuune
Oh! This performance is even worse when they didn't turn up!
At least then someone pressed PLAY , and we all crowded around 2 26 Inch MASSIVE TV's.
Sono l'unico gruppo che ha dato un senso agli anni 90.
RIP
Richard C boy in half.And Colin Shamen base player.
Anyway... It Rocks!
1991!!!!!!!!
Yes! The height of summer 1991. Castaways for everybody! Or Blastaways!
@@dianewebb5772 ooh did someone say 'blastaway'?
i friggin loved them, but can still feel the morning heartburn lol, great times,
@@MacStoker Ha Yes! The sweet and sickly smell of them. Wot joy.
@@dianewebb5772 i havent drank for years, but id happily have one of them right now, its that boring right now i think a drink might help haha. cheers
@@MacStoker Cheers! Me too! They don't sell it nowadays which is a pity😶
Was there Dolby Atmos then?
Streets of Rage 2 Level 4.
Me when I enter that level like: “Ive heard this music somewhere else” hahah
Fucken TOP HOT SHIT. BRILL MEMORY'S. Wit A GROUP
bohhh meine OHREN
Them cali’s packed a punch methinks...
Colin trying to sing loud
Anyone got any Vera's ?
:)
Sounded better in a warehouse
Slave to the rave, rave to the grave!!
The guy singing looks like the sketch show guy Lee
I bet there were michiko koshino jackets or daneil Poole??...
i had a motor king one.
Poole probably, Mr C had all The End staff uniforms done by ‘em
Rumour was they took drugs.
Am I right in thinking Richard actually invented the jafaken accent?
1. Fake Jamaican. 2. White person trying to be black. 3. wigger. Thank You, I've never heard that term before..... Hilarious but I think in those days it was just singing/toasting/rapping or whatever I don't remember ever hearing the term cultural appropriation lol
@@TravisBickle1963 Maybe the hyperspace elves gave it to him whilst shamanic journeying...
@@TravisBickle1963 what about white Jamaicans?
Is will sinn on this video??
No
No, he died two months before this was filmed. I see a band bravely persevering through grief here, especially singer Colin Angus.
Am i the only one who thinks the c in Mr c's name stood for Mr c*nt😂😂😂
That's exactly what it stood for, according to the guy himself!
He said himself on the Malinda Messanger show that the C stood for cunt but actually it stands for Chelsea football club I think.
@@norepetitivebeats Chelsea Boy. It was his CB radio call sign that he abvreviated to Mr C when he started rapping. He'll always be a cunt to me though lol
Say what you like about Mr.C, but he kept the band going when they were grief stricken and in shock after the sudden death of Will Sinnott, two months before this was filmed.
E's are bad!
Who is the new singer? Just asking, he doesn't always sing that part.
?? He's the original dude! Colin Angus.