With his wobbling knees and his return (and return and return) beneath his regal cloak, sobbing... it took insincerity to an all time hilarious spoof high!
Where is his like today?

I remember some old black and white footage whre JB is being "inconsolable". There are two fellows putting his cloak back on and comforting him.

JB shrugs them off and continues to be very inconsolable, really hamming it up... absolutely brilliant!

Magic stuff. He's left a wonderful legacy that few could even dream of.

Yes, if the new breed of "performers" is Robbie Williams, we really need to find someone who can do more than express and interpret but can drive an audience wild.

It occurs to me that dying when he did he managed to upstage Jesus... kudos!

JK2006 wrote:
With his wobbling knees and his return (and return and return) beneath his regal cloak, sobbing... it took insincerity to an all time hilarious spoof high!
Where is his like today?
Prince used to be absolutely priceless on stage. You mention Brown's fake endings. Does anyone remember Prince's fake entrances? Someone - I think it was Cat - used to dress up and mime to, "My name is Prince, and I am funky". Gosh, Prince in high heels again. When the jacket fell: Gosh, Prince is wearing a bra (and for a second, you wouldn't put it past him). When it became obvious we'd been suckered, he appeared from the back of the stage and sang, "MY name is Prince..."

You can hardly go wrong when you start a show like that.

You couldn't beat U2 playing Ben E King's Stand By Me as part of the warmups and then slowly realising it wasn't him half way through but the band playing along un-noticed, snuck onstage with no fuss.

I loved that!

It was quite a moment at Knebworth at the first Nordoff Robbins event when Jimmy Page was re-united with Robert Plant, live on stage.
Elton suddenly emerging under spotlight with George Michael singing "Don`t Let the Sun Go down On Me"(can`t remember where that was, but I had goosebumps), and then there`s the , um ,how can I put it?.. other end of the scale.
The Clash at Hyde Park circa 78/79, a sudden surprise guest jumped on stage:S
I tell you what readers and posters, I won`t mention his name as I have given him so much stick on here this year.
Answers on a message boards please!

A while ago Slade played at Knebworth or Reading or some such festival.

When they came on they were met with a barrage of hostility but by the end the crowd were demanding they play "Merry Xmas Everybody" and went into raptures when they did.

"We were always a good live act" says Mr Holder.

To front a hostile mob and turn it around like that really takes something.

Which takes us back to the top of the thread Zoo.
What "untrained" performers out there are actually naturals?

They had to buy parking tickets and almost weren't allowed in ... but then they stole the show.

Must have been around 1980.