"Bad finger?"

Hey, smitty? I hear you like K-Billy's Super Sounds of the 70's.
/nice

Ha, I bet subby did what I did - watch the Chicago Players clip that was linked from the video tab, then spend the next two hours watching every clip that came up on a "midnight special" youtube search. Soooo much good stuff!

I wish they would have a New Millennium Midnight Special

Is it Ham?

It's ham, isn't it?

Thanks for that subby! You'd think they could've had their guitars in better tune though, huh?

Here's a live clip of the quite lovely Day After Day.

And always a favorite, Come And Get It. Magic Christian, anyone?

Not Impressed.

Nice "Power Pop" tune.

Sad way it ended for Mr.Ham

it was very funny the way their group was promoted by the dj's way back then. the beatles had disbanded, and badfinger was being foisted as "the beatles reborn". of course after the wait, when people got a real good look and listen it was all hooey.

"No Matter What" is, in my opinion, the greatest crafted pop rock song in history.

1. Mammoth guitar riff intro
2. Absolutely perfect harmonies
3. Lap guitar solo that completely blindsides you (whoodda seen that one coming?)
4. Rhythm guitars that leave the chords chiming away.

The greatest pop rock song in history. YA RLY

Live versions never captured what they created in the studio...

Suzi Q doing the introduction?

Doctor Hooey: "Ha, I bet subby did what I did - watch the Chicago Players clip that was linked from the video tab, then spend the next two hours watching every clip that came up on a "midnight special" youtube search. Soooo much good stuff!"

One of the first things I did with YouTube (& still do, including Google video for full length vids) was search for any music from the '70's. It was the zenith for roch & roll. You had so many talented, crazy and inspiring bands.

I grew up in my teens watching Midnight Special and Don Kirshner's Rock Concert late at night. It was live with no lip synching or overdubs (sometimes canned applause). But pure rock and roll.

One rare moment of rock history for me was seeing the New York Dolls on Don Kirshner's rock concert. They actually played a full set without farking up. And Don Kirshner was such an exciting host...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIaaw8Vg0E8

I just got done reading the book about Badfinger, and what a freaking train wreck of a band. Although they got taken advantage of by everyone around them, they were clueless morons. Very talented and gifted clueless morons.

Do the math - they get signed by Apple, are spoon fed hits by McCartney (Come and Get It), produced by the Beatles, put on stage next to Harrison, play on ex-Beatle records, write a song that is one of the best songs ever written (Without You) and went to #1 twice, and life's so bad, they hang themselves.

They were good (several major hits), lucky (Ham and Evan's vocal tone were perfectly matched - the reason their harmonies remain untouched), and stupid (signed anything put in front of them).

I'm a huge Badfinger fan and got nothing but love for the boys, but dayum - they needed biatch slapped something fierce.

Farkomatic: I just got done reading the book about Badfinger, and what a freaking train wreck of a band. Although they got taken advantage of by everyone around them, they were clueless morons. Very talented and gifted clueless morons.

Do the math - they get signed by Apple, are spoon fed hits by McCartney (Come and Get It), produced by the Beatles, put on stage next to Harrison, play on ex-Beatle records, write a song that is one of the best songs ever written (Without You) and went to #1 twice, and life's so bad, they hang themselves.

They were good (several major hits), lucky (Ham and Evan's vocal tone were perfectly matched - the reason their harmonies remain untouched), and stupid (signed anything put in front of them).

I'm a huge Badfinger fan and got nothing but love for the boys, but dayum - they needed biatch slapped something fierce.

Agreed.
They sang some of my most favorite songs of all time...but must've been very young/naive...

No Dice, Straight Up, Ass

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Uhhh....don't think so. Maybe tomorrow.