Dance number from Pop Gear, 1965 Brit Invasion movie

A spiffy dance number from Pop Gear, a 1965 compilation of British Invasion song "videos." According to IMDB, it "includes bands such as The Animals, Herman's Hermits, Peter and Gordon, and the Spencer Davis Group (with Steve Winwood). The film also features bookend live performances by The Beatles." (Via Otomano NSFW)

Previously on Boing Boing:
• 1966 Time article about swinging London

[#1 posted by Art Carnage , March 12, 2008 4:08 PM]

Pop Gear pops up on cable every once in a while. I caught it a few months ago. It's notable for the interesting acts that weren't part of the British Invasion. Remember, this was made for a UK audience, and not all these acts made inroads in the US, so they're mostly unknown here.

As for the Beatles "bookends", it's just some tacked-on convert footage, and seems completely out of sync with the rest of the film.

Apparently, they intended to one of these a year, but only the one got produced.

[#2 posted by Throb , March 12, 2008 4:34 PM]

My god. The origin of mom jeans.

[#3 posted by pasmith , March 12, 2008 5:16 PM]

That girl in the purple top could be Jessica Alba's mom...

[#4 posted by Mitch Wagner , March 12, 2008 8:45 PM]

"We're sorry this video is no longer available."

[#5 posted by Akratic Behavior , March 12, 2008 8:50 PM]

YESSS!!! My FAVOURITE musical era.

[#6 posted by mutikonka , March 12, 2008 9:22 PM]

Jimmy Savile, how's about that then.

[#7 posted by Takuan , March 12, 2008 9:50 PM]

when women looked like women, dancers didn't have to be anorexic and singers could look like toads and have voices like gods....

MTV,you have a lot to answer for

[#8 posted by Antinous , March 12, 2008 9:54 PM]

Seriously, Barbra Streisand would be singing in a Denny's in Bakersfield, trying to make the rent. Watching old Ed Sullivan shows, the talent is amazing, but not as amazing as the teeth.

[#9 posted by Tenn , March 12, 2008 9:54 PM]

Not just MTV, but my generation has a lot to answer for. It's us choosing the top forty.

[#10 posted by petreboing , March 12, 2008 10:30 PM]

NSFW???
You have to look at the BIG picture...how can the past rompings of what are now 50 and 60 year old grandmothers be NSFW?
This is something that has always puzzled me in my perception of anything someone might consider pornographic...

[#11 posted by Fnarf , March 13, 2008 5:22 AM]

Petreboing, it's not this clip that is NSFW, it's the Otromano blog they are hat-tipping and linking to.

[#12 posted by KryspyJo , March 13, 2008 6:09 AM]

Pop Gear is a fantastic time capsule. It was probably great to see in a theater with the widescreen aspect ratio and the cinematography is blazingly good. You can even enjoy someone like milquetoast Matt Monroe because of the way that it's filmed.

[#13 posted by Lex10 , March 13, 2008 6:22 AM]

Heer's the original post I did to accompany it when I first uploaded it. Review of the film plus multiple clips. There's an assload (get it?!) of clips from this movie on line used in the review, but when I saw there was no gold pants dance, well, nature took its course.

[#14 posted by Lex10 , March 13, 2008 6:22 AM]

Whoops!
http://www.glyphjockey.com/2007/09/pop-gear.html

[#15 posted by my young apprentice , March 13, 2008 12:04 PM]

It also features this fine, Joe Meek produced performance by The Honeycombs.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xbhfWGdfePc

[#16 posted by tobergill , March 14, 2008 12:17 AM]

The blond guy at the begining of this clip is Jimmy Savile who hosted Top of the Pops - a hugely popular chart type show of that time. He seemed never to age and ended up getting a knighthood to go with the Prince Valiant hairdo.