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-It's the highlight

-of the Welsh calendar...

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-..uniting communities

-as well as causing family rifts.

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-It's a hard decision.

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-Over the years,

-it's made people laugh...

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-..caused scandal,

-confusion and tears.

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-Stay with us for half an hour as we

-look at the golden crown of S4C.

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-# The future is just starting #

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-We'll demonstrate

-there's nothing like Can i Gymru.

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-We'll start in 1990...

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-..to reveal the humble beginnings

-of the anthem of the decade.

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-Certain songs take me

-back to a specific decade.

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-Imagine in the 1970s,

-A-ha's Take On Me in the 1980s...

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-..Fatboy Slim's Rockafeller Skank

-in the 1990s.

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-# Right about now,

-the funk soul brother

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-# Check it out now,

-the funk soul brother #

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-Rockafeller Skank

-was written for Can i Gymru.

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-The problem was that

-the song was written in English.

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-How on earth

-do you translate funk into Welsh?

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-# Check it out now,

-funk soul brother

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-# Right about now,

-funk soul brother, check it out now

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-# Check it out now,

-funk soul brother #

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-A Can i Gymru song needs a little

-love, a smattering of religion...

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-..and needless to say -

-we must have Owain Glyndwr.

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-It has to be catchy.

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-Check it out now.

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-Right about now.

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-It says it all.

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-# Check it out now,

-funk soul brother, right about now

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-# Funk soul brother,

-check it out now

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-# Funk soul brother, right about now

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-# Funk soul brother,

-check it out now #

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-People say repetition

-makes a song monotonous.

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-But despite the repetition...

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-..it's such a powerful

-and life-changing message...

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-..it isn't monotonous.

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-Every time I hear it,

-I get a lump to my throat.

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-Wales wasn't ready for an English

-song, more's the pity.

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-# Check it out now,

-funk soul brother, right about now

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-# Funk soul brother #

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-In 1965, the guitarist who forgot

-the chords on a live programme...

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-..led to innovative improvisation

-by Hogia'r Wyddfa.

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-Possibly...

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-..the strain of performing

-live to the nation got to Vivian.

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-You could say he lost the plot.

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-As a guitarist, I can sympathize

-with what Vivian went through.

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-We had to follow Viv's chords,

-but we didn't have any lyrics.

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-Thankfully,

-the years of army training paid off.

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-We sometimes lost the harmony,

-but we had to go through it.

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-# STAR TREK THEME #

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-# La la la la la la la la #

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-# La la la la la la la la #

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-It was a live programme.

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-We got away with it on the night.

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-Yes, probably.

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-# La la la la la la la la #

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-Someone phoned us

-and said he liked it.

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-We didn't hear from him again.

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-There was a new series

-about spaceships, or something.

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-That's what I understood.

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-Nothing came of it.

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-Did we get paid?

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-In 1991, an experimental

-partnership entered Can i Gymru.

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-Controversial rappers, Cofi Bach

-and Tew Shady hit the scene.

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-Our songs are quite hard-hitting

-and straight to the point.

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-Short songs must be concise

-so people understand the message.

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-The best Welsh word to describe

-Cofi Bach and Tew Shady is risque.

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-You wouldn't hear them on Dafydd

-and Caryl's breakfast radio show.

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-Cofi Bach and Tew Shady didn't leave

-a lot to the imagination.

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-It's a song about a loose woman...

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-..whose social life is rather juicy.

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-Cofi Bach and Tew Shady's song

-is Your Mum.

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-We were thrilled to go through.

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-We weren't convinced

-about S4C's choice of singer.

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-And here to sing it,

-please welcome Margaret Williams.

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-# I can't understand your shock,

-that your mum likes sucking c**k

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-# She's a whore, she's a ****

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-# And she had STD

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-# Before she learnt her ABC

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-# Listen to me, t**t

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-1991 is a very long time ago.

-I still sing it.

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-Funnily enough, I sang it three

-weeks ago in the Swansea Grand.

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-It always goes down a storm.

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-# Listen to me, t**t

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-# This song's about your mum

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-# Your mum, your mum,

-this song's about your mum

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-# Your mum, your mum #

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-Join in!

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-I'd like to work more

-with Tew Shady.

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-His songs are so original.

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-# Your mum, your mum,

-this song's about your mum #

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-Our next clip is from 1993.

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-A young composer proved

-that originality pays.

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-He composed a song for a brass band.

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-I'd say

-whoever wrote that was a genius.

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-He thought outside the box,

-he offered something different...

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-..stunning sound,

-a genius, whoever he was.

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-I'm Thomas Greenfield.

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-I'm a 22-year-old student

-from Penegoes by Machynlleth.

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-I've been

-composing for brass bands...

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-I was delighted that a young

-composer wrote for a brass band...

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-..for Can i Gymru.

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-The name of the piece

-is The Penny Has Dropped.

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-Basically, it's a song about change.

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-I can't wait to hear the Nantlle

-Vale Brass Band performing it.

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-They were brilliant.

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-The highlight for me

-was when the band was silent...

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-..and we hear one long note

-through the 10 note.

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-I wanted to join a brass band.

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-They were looking for a tenor sax.

-I only had a four quid trombone.

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-# Clipiti-clop, clipiti-clop,

-whey, steady #

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-A good song must have

-the ability to turn heads...

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-..as Gillian Elisa

-discovered in 1989.

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-She started well.

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-# Every day,

-it's the same old song #

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-It's hard to believe she sang

-the song facing the wrong way.

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-Embarrassing.

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-# Pressing

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-# Button after button #

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-I can't understand

-what came over her.

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-The first rule of theatre is not

-to turn your back on the audience.

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-Wasn't it odd?

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-# Until the night ends #

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-1982 was a grim year in the UK.

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-But it brought

-the best out of Tecwyn Ifan.

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-1982 was a terrible year

-for Britain.

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-Thatcher, the Falklands War

-and millions out of work.

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-A powerful song was needed.

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-There were the Troubles

-back home in Ireland.

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-We needed an anthem.

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-Tecs gave it to us.

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-# Ming ming ming ming ming

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-# Na, brrum brrum

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-# Ming ming ming ming

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-# Ming ming ming ming ming #

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-I wasn't even born.

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-I was a child and didn't understand

-the significance of the words.

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-Obviously, now I get it.

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-If I'd understood it more at the

-time, I'd have had a better life.

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-# Ming ming ming ming ming

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-# Ming ming ming ming ming

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-# Ming ming ming ming ming #

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-The way he sang "ming"...

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-..appealed to me.

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-When he revved it up for the end,

-a chill went down my spine.

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-# Ming ming ming ming ming

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-# Ma! #

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-Join us in part two.

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-But first, let's revisit

-the no-nonsense year of 1954.

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-Here are two voices singing in

-harmony to a simple accompaniment.

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-# The blacksmith's door was open

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-# The blacksmith's face

-was a blackish hue

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-# See the blacksmith, busy blowing,

-migldi-magldi, hei now now #

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-Welcome back

-to Dim Byd Fel Can I Gymru...

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-..for an affectionate look...

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-..at Wales's foremost

-composing competition.

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-In 1984...

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-..a problem with sound caused

-a star to take his eye off the ball.

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-In 1984, they began experimenting

-with in-ear monitors.

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-There was a big fuss.

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-Many said

-it was the inventor's fault.

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-I'm Alwyn Jones. I worked

-for the BBC in the eighties.

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-I was developing sound machines.

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-S4C had just started.

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-They needed to prove to the world

-they weren't a ramshackle outfit.

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-They wanted

-to use the best technology.

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-# Millwall 2

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-# Wigan 0

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-# Chelsea and Wolves

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-# No score #

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-How could we know that Grandstand

-was using on the same frequency?

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-At 5.30pm on Saturday, Grandstand

-announced the score draws.

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-Poor Geraint tried to sing...

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-..but all he heard

-was football results.

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-# West Ham 0

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-# Wrexham 9

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-# Liverpool 5

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-# Leicester 0 #

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-It proved how professional he was,

-to get the passion out of the words.

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-What was the score?

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-What was the score?!

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-I played football with Geraint

-Griffiths, and he was "Oh, Captain".

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-# Reading 2

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-# Swindon 0

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-# Blackburn and Leeds

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-# Late kick-off #

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-1969 gave us the classic

-from the Ogwen Valley boys...

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-..Ron, Neville, Roy and Now on

-the mouthorgan - Hogia Llandegai.

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-We wanted a song

-that pushed boundaries...

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-..to change our image,

-as it were.

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-Now kept nagging me for a new song.

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-"When is this new song coming?"

-he'd ask.

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-Now knew what he wanted.

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-If Now wanted a new song,

-then Now got a new song.

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-Now said,

-"Have you written the song yet?"

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-"Alright, alright, Now!

-It'll come."

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-And then it came.

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-Alright, Now.

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-# We're alright Now

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-# We're alright Now #

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-Vote for us!

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-# We're alright Now

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-# We're alright Now #

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-This 1977 clip proves cutbacks

-are nothing new in broadcasting.

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-Traed Wadin's Dylan Parry

-turned his hand to directing.

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-Cue lights.

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-Many TV directors were once singers,

-for instance Huw Chiswell.

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-Endaf Emlyn.

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-Endaf Emlyn.

-

-Clive Harpwood.

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-Delwyn Sion.

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-Delwyn Sion.

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-Robin Evans.

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-No-one had attempted

-to do the two jobs.

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-Cue band.

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-Zoom in Camera 2.

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-# Now change, and stay on me

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-# For a second or two

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-# Next, get a tight shot #

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-Dylan did a wonderful job,

-it was quite a feat.

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-# Stay on the shot #

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-Personally, I wouldn't

-have zoomed in on the piano.

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-A wide shot would have been better.

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-Camera 3.

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-# Zoom out from the piano

-to a central position #

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-Two, two.

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-I remember it well. Multi-tasking

-was everything back then.

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-# And just once

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-# Let's get a shot from the back

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-# Before ending once more

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-# On a tight shot

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-# A tight shot

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-# A tight shot #

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-In 1966, a youthful Dafydd Iwan

-ruffled a few feathers...

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-..with a song

-that shook Wales to its core.

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-You've been criticised

-for the record.

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-Does this upset you?

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-Oh, no. I expect criticism

-when the subject is controversial.

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-You don't cry yourself to sleep?

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-You don't cry yourself to sleep?

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-Not every night.

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-Wales was

-very different in those days...

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-..40 years ago.

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-Nobody wanted to rock the boat.

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-He rattled a few cages.

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-# Right, said Fred,

-both of us together

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-# One each end and steady as we go

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-# Tried to shift it,

-couldn't even lift it #

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-Everybody remembers where they were

-when Dafydd Iwan sang the song.

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-I was in college

-in Aber at the time.

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-I was in the front room, in a towel,

-having just had a bath.

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-What, mate? I'm not allowed to talk.

-Can I talk?

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-# After straining,

-heaving and complaining

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-# We was getting nowhere,

-and so we had a cup of tea #

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-I'm sure he was miming.

-His mouth didn't match the sound.

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-# We ought

-to take off all the handles

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-# And the things

-what held the candles #

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-I remember... ugh...

-the song was very good.

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-# But no

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-# So Fred said, let's have another

-cup of tea and we said, right-oh! #

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-In 1970, lovely voices,

-a smashing melody...

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-..and words that broke

-the BBC code of conduct.

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-Here are Y Canolwyr.

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-I remember Y Canolwyr's Dydd O Haf.

-They sang it beautifully.

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-But mid-song, one of the girls

-brought out a huge baguette.

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-Someone should have noticed...

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-..when they began to wave

-the baguette over their heads.

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-# A foot-long Sub, cheese and ham

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-# For only three shillings

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-# Tuna melt and salad

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-# And honey mustard sauce #

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-In the middle,

-we had a Subway advert.

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-I don't know how

-they got away with it.

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-What were the words?

-"Foot-long Sub".

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-# Tune melt and salad

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-# And honey mustard sauce #

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-# Giddy-up boy,

-giddy-up boy, giddy-up boy

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-# Giddy-up, whoa! #

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-# Call in before half past two

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-# There's a special offer

-on the meal deal #

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-The BBC is not allowed

-to advertise.

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-It's against the law, isn't it?

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-Advertising was banned.

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-If any brand was displayed,

-they cut it out.

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-It wasn't allowed.

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-I can't understand how

-they got away with it.

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-I just don't know.

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-Wow Aloma, this is a terrific

-thirst-quencher. Great.

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-And it only contains 23 calories.

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-Oh, yes?

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-Our final clip, from 1980...

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-..marks the return of Wales's most

-famous prodigal son, Tom Allan.

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-# Off we go #

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-I remember Tom Allan.

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-He was a regular

-on the North Wales gig circuit.

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-He had a good voice.

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-Then he disappeared.

-I've no idea where he went.

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-# GANGNAM STYLE #

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-A friend of mine

-had gone to South Korea.

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-I took a gamble and joined him.

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-I found work

-in a Conservative Club in Seoul.

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-That's where it all started.

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-As we all know, he came back

-and gave us the classic.

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-# Gu ron ban jon i nun yo ja

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-# Na nun sa na ye

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-# Eh, eh

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-# A reum de wo sa rang su ro wo

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-# Eh

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-# Eh

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-# Ji gum bu to

-gal de ka ji ga bol ka

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-# Oppan Gangnam Style #

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-I hit it off with one young lad.

-I called him Psy.

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-He did a dance as I sang.

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-We did it together.

-It went down fantastically there.

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-# Na je nun ta sa #

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-When I returned

-to Wales for Can i Gymru...

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-..there was no mic stand

-so I couldn't do the dance.

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-I had to hold the mic in my hand.

-I did the best I could.

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-To this day, if there'd been a

-mic stand I'd have won Can i Gymru.

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-# Oppan Gangnam Style

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-# Oppan Gangnam Style

-

-# Eh, sexy lady

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-# Oppan Gangnam style

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-# Eh, sexy lady #

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-And that's it. I hope you enjoyed

-our nation's musical highlights.

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-Good luck

-to this year's contestants.

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-Whatever you think

-about the songs...

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-..you have to admit

-there's nothing like Can i Gymru.

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-THIS IS WHEN THE END CREDITS APPEAR.

-WHO READS THEM?

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-USUALLY S4C CROPS THEM

-TO SHOW WHAT'S ON NEXT

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-I TOLD YOU!

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-A HEARTFELT THANKS

-TO EVERYBODY WHO TOOK PART

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-S4C Subtitles by Gwead

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