Jeff still hasn’t kicked us out yet, so I’ll be doing Friday videoblogging throughout the course of the day to help kick off your weekend. Here are more notable musical moments I have discovered as part of my regular web gig at the Claude Pate site:
The Who, performing the mini-rock opera “A Quick One (While He’s Away)” for the ill-fated Rolling Stones Rock ‘N’ Roll Circus. They are introduced by the future Lord of the Undead…
Keith Richards, who does not take kindly to stage-divers. After Altamont, who can blame him? (This one is a mere 15 seconds, so even dial-up access can enjoy.)
The Buzzcocks, one of the legendary British punk groups, perform their biggest hit, “Ever Fallen In Love?” at the Lesser Free Trade Hall in June 1978.
The Boy Least Likely To has a very twee sound, but this charming, low-budget video for “Be Gentle With Me” reminds me so much of the early days of MTV that I think it would have been a big hit then.
Gnarls Barkley had the feel-good hit of the summer, and deservedly so. Every once in a while, a well-written song accidentally makes the charts—“Crazy” is one of those. Both Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse are fond of dressing like movie characters, so it was no shock when they played the MTV Movie Awards outfitted by Lucasfilm. But if you’ve heard “Crazy” too many times, you may want to check out the ballad version the band played on the UK’s Top of the Pops.
And if you missed them, here’s Part 1 and Part 2.
Wow. It’s often hard to seperate the wheat from the chaff at sites like YouTube…. But not when you’ve got Karl doing the work for you!
Excellent sound and picture. A rare thing. Thank you.
How in the world did the Who ever get to be famous singing about Ivar the Engine Driver?
But how would he do at confirmation hearings?
It was the 60’s maaaaan. Please note that Ivor posted that video.
And thanks for the kind words, Kadnine. It is my hobby, so I always hope to get better over time.
Oh, yeah…
Ardsgaine, I confess I have shared Pam Dawber’s Drug Habit from time to time.
I had no idea Pam had a drug habit. I haven’t paid attention to her since about three-fourths of the way through the run of Mork and Mindy. When Jonathan Winters joined the gang, it just became too surreal.
This is fun, though: ”Hey, Dick, uh… I’d like to borrow your bass… “
The Boy Least Likely To are very good, and that single is infectious. I’ve been pimping them all year, esp. to parents with small kids who want to listen to good, new music but whose little ones might not like the noise of, say, The Blood Brothers or Love is All.
About the Buzzcocks: First, I’m pretty much always alone in holding that What Do I Get? was their best song. Second, the Fine Young Cannibals’ version of Ever Fallen in Love from 1987 out-sold the Buzzcocks version, which is a god-awful crime.
Ardsgaine, that clip is one that keeps popping up after getting yanked. Moon had the stage hands overload on the gunpowder. So much so that Pete took some shrapnel—and you can see him beat down his hair, which was set on fire. Others on-set fainted.
Mac, I have a friend who may share your view about “What Do I Get?” The FYC thing would bother me, but I’m sure it put money in Shelley’s pocket. I just heard The Pipettes on Grey’s Anatomy last night, which was pretty shocking. I have some kid-related stuff up on Pate today as well. And if “My Wife and My Dead Wife” was on YouTube, you can bet I would have linked it.
Yeah, I’m sure they’re like, “Buy the damn video ya cheap bastards.” I ought to do that sometime.
Did you ever see the movie version of Quadrophrenia?
I’ve seen it several times, though—unlike “Kids”—I don’t own it.
My wife was watching it off TiVo late last night, and I’m serious, hearing Dirty Mind woke me up from a dead sleep with my WTF? face on. What an odd choice.
Since we’re discussing what used to be Alternative in the 80s and is now Indie in 2006, we can tie the two together neatly by watching a 1984 live take of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions’ lovely “Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?” and then the equally-lovely 22-years-later response from Camera Obscura, “Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken”?
I noted the song back in May and have done the comparison with audio, but never video, so I may steal that to go with this recent interview, which I haven’t linked there yet.
Also, the music supervisor for Grey’s must have a mandate to be edgy—the same ep featured Snow Patrol, Lily Allen and a bit of Regina Spektor.