Luke sighting south of the equator

[Aussie Mark]

Toto are touring downunder at present, and tonight Luke was guest panellist on a 30 minute music trivia/quiz show on TV here. At one point he got to ride a bicycle attached to a turntable, with other panellists required to guess the song on the record, with Luke needing to vary his pedalling speed to play the vinyl at a recognisable speed. He seemed to enjoy himself, and appeared to get most of the Aussie humour. The show is called Spicks and Specks, and runs at 8.30pm on the Government-owned channel, ABC.

 

[robelinda2]

Classic Luke it was, very funny!!!! I was shocked when I turned on the tv and Luke was on!

 

[bovinehost]

I hope someone Youtubes THAT.

 

[r goldsmith]

Yes, a good episode of that show, and he got into the spirit very well. They briefly canvassed his extensive discography. Until now I hadn't realized how many classic tunes he'd played on, outside of Toto that is... squillions it seems.

 

[pudgychef]

Toto is playing here in Seoul on April 5th...got a gig and can't go

Could have checked out Steve and Leland Sklar!!!

 

[Beth]

Toto are touring downunder at present, and tonight Luke was guest panellist on a 30 minute music trivia/quiz show on TV here. At one point he got to ride a bicycle attached to a turntable, with other panellists required to guess the song on the record, with Luke needing to vary his pedalling speed to play the vinyl at a recognisable speed. He seemed to enjoy himself, and appeared to get most of the Aussie humour. The show is called Spicks and Specks, and runs at 8.30pm on the Government-owned channel, ABC.

that sounds SOOOOOOO funny! I want to see it!

 

[Aussie Mark]

The missus joined the show late, so she asked me "who's the guy in the middle". I was tempted to say something clever like "he's the guy in Jack Williams' avatar" or "one of the EBMM Knuckleheads", but I took the easy option.

The discussion about the huge number and diversity of artists that Steve has recorded with was extremely interesting.

Hopefully someone more geekified than me had the right technology at home to record the show and will post it somewhere.

 

[Aussie Mark]

I just found this gem, courtesy of Google .....

"Thursday night’s taping of Spicks and Specks was a great night. There were some good guests and lots of laughs, a chance for autographs and photos and a long night.

It was very similar to a lot of other tapings I’ve been too. Get there early and wait for ages until you eventually get into the studio. Then there’s the warm up guy to sit through and then the show begins.

The first show went for about an hour and a half, mostly because of the presence of Steve Lukather from the band Toto. Steve was pushing the boundaries and it will be interesting to see what actually gets to the air, most of it far too filthy for the time slot."

Spicks and Specks « Paul’s Blog: Generation Two

 

[scottbass71]

Great episode last night we already knew what luke had done I hope now the general public realised what Luke has done instead of just seeing him as the guy from Toto!!

 

[Colin]

I hope someone Youtubes THAT.

I deal with the producers of this show regularly and have a copy on the way, will post asap!

 

[RobW]

Steve was pushing the boundaries and it will be interesting to see what actually gets to the air, most of it far too filthy for the time slot."

Please, please, someone get a hold of that footage above anything else.

 

[aussiejoe]

Just saw the repeat on ABC 2

What I found interesting was that his neighbour is EVH. Must be a rocking 'hood

 

[DavidOfOz]

One of my favourite parts was when, having answered a trick question correctly, Luke provides a "trick answer"...the host told Luke the answer was wrong, but it became apparent pretty quickly that he hadn't done his research well enough!!! Luke's answer was correct!