Gary Numan/Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric? (1979 Live at The Old Grey Whistle Test)

Subscribe to Beggars Arkive Channel ➤ First Broadcast on 22nd May 1979 @OfficialGaryNuman The Old Grey Whistle Test (sometimes abbreviated to Whistle Test or OGWT) is a British television music show. The show was devised by BBC producer Rowan Ayers, commissioned by David Attenborough[and aired on BBC2 from 1971 to 1988. It took over the BBC2 late-night slot from Disco 2, which ran between September 1970 and July 1971, while continuing to feature non-chart music. n. According to presenter Bob Harris, the programme derived its name from a Tin Pan Alley phrase from years before. When they got the first pressing of a record they would play it to people they called the old greys – doormen in grey suits. Any song the doormen could remember and whistle, having heard it just once or twice, had passed the old grey whistle test. Subscribe to The Arkive ➤ Beggars Banquet Archive ➤ 21 of the Arkive&#