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  • @lorrainebennett7528
    @lorrainebennett7528 Місяць тому +9

    Oh I love this, I've lived in Ibiza for 17 years but never forget my roots🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @wendyandrews9121
    @wendyandrews9121 9 місяців тому +13

    This was my youth loved this band. Another singer gone too soon. Fell in love with Alex a bit x

  • @andyrichards9169
    @andyrichards9169 2 роки тому +46

    The 70s. Possibly the best decade to listen to music. Great era.

    • @darrensiegel6651
      @darrensiegel6651 4 місяці тому +2

      Not possibly. Definitely.

    • @michaelchallen
      @michaelchallen Місяць тому +1

      before they started putting music into categories like country, rock, r&b, back when you could have Slade, ABBA, Crystal Gayle, Andy Williams, The Wurzles, Deep Purple, Madness and David Soul all on one programme. Today we miss some good sounds because it doesn't make the mainstream.

    • @Bruce-1956
      @Bruce-1956 Місяць тому +1

      From 1962 to 1976 was a great era.

  • @JPMulheron
    @JPMulheron 3 роки тому +129

    I picked this as the entrance song to my dads funeral a few years back. He was such a big Fan of TSAHB and the man himself. I’m so glad that his fantastic taste in music rubbed off on me.

    • @JF-kv1gm
      @JF-kv1gm 2 роки тому +7

      What a beautiful tribute.

    • @raycharette2505
      @raycharette2505 2 роки тому +1

      .8 moo

    • @willgillies5670
      @willgillies5670 2 роки тому +2

      so am i

    • @SAHB
      @SAHB 2 роки тому +3

      Well done 👍

    • @andym28
      @andym28 Рік тому +8

      If you come to Glasgow they will by you a few whiskys that's for sure this band are loved so deeply there.

  • @tenburywellsmartin7576
    @tenburywellsmartin7576 Рік тому +19

    Stage presence in bucket loads...Just a fantastic group...!!

  • @pglogofilms
    @pglogofilms 14 років тому +33

    What a song. What a band. Simply superb.

  • @rnstoo1
    @rnstoo1 2 роки тому +27

    Rrrrred coats in the village. As a Glasgow man I love to hear him pronounce the rolled "R"s

    • @beboploo
      @beboploo 2 місяці тому

      love it

    • @michaelchallen
      @michaelchallen Місяць тому

      he could roll his tongue around his arrrse

  • @hebneh
    @hebneh 4 роки тому +27

    I visited the UK from the US in June 1976 and saw this performance on “Top of the Pops”. For some reason this song remained permanently in my brain even though I never heard it again till just now after finding it on UA-cam 44 years later!

  • @GILLY56ify
    @GILLY56ify 6 років тому +27

    Hadn't heard this song for many years; great band and wonderful voice of Alex

  • @TheSupersparks123
    @TheSupersparks123 12 років тому +78

    i was 26 when this was in the charts . im 62 now and it still sounds great............ brilliant

    • @thekitowl
      @thekitowl 2 роки тому +7

      Are you still with us John ?

    • @johnmclaughlin1946
      @johnmclaughlin1946 Рік тому +2

      How r u

    • @javedriaz6862
      @javedriaz6862 Рік тому +4

      You are same age as my mum, she was 26 years old in 1976

    • @dougieranger
      @dougieranger 7 місяців тому +4

      12 years ago. I hope you’re still with us and doing well.

    • @williamsomerville-b6r
      @williamsomerville-b6r 6 місяців тому +3

      I hope your still here and hail and hearty it's 2024 and I'm 72

  • @ehollandbkk
    @ehollandbkk 12 років тому +100

    One of the best live acts ever … an this is probably the only rock song to reference George Washington’s wooden teeth. Alex flung his net far and wide when it came to lyrical inspiration. There can never be another.

    • @markmurphy4667
      @markmurphy4667 2 роки тому +3

      I Love this Band...may they not be forgotten...

    • @geoffreycarson2311
      @geoffreycarson2311 2 роки тому +1

      ROBERT PLANT REVERED thire STAGE ACT !!!!!! UNIQUE UNREPEATABLE THE FRONT MANS FRONT MAN !!!!KEEP ROCKIN ALEX FOEVER Hail SAHB FOREVER 😀😀😀😀😀g

    • @geoffreycarson2311
      @geoffreycarson2311 2 роки тому +1

      YOU AINT WRONG g

    • @johnmclaughlin1946
      @johnmclaughlin1946 Рік тому +2

      That'd be amazing

    • @timothy790110
      @timothy790110 Рік тому +1

      Achually those dentures had slave and animal teeth in them

  • @remedy9648
    @remedy9648 10 місяців тому +8

    Found these guys last week and am absolutely addicted and blown away by the heaps of talent I had missed. Zal is still kicking ass with his Sin Dogs - I’m in time for a taste at least!

  • @JfK--OBJECTivE
    @JfK--OBJECTivE 2 роки тому +13

    First record I ever bought - still never get tired of watching this.

  • @susanhunter4821
    @susanhunter4821 7 років тому +44

    Glasgows finest.Sir Alex.Musical Genius.RIP.

  • @MakinMovies7
    @MakinMovies7 9 років тому +50

    My mate Dom, below, laughed his head off at me when I came to his house singing this. 39 years later we still laugh. Top song.

  • @grahamrothwell8236
    @grahamrothwell8236 8 років тому +12

    Heard it on the radio whilst in hospital last week. Not heard it for about 40 years. Always thought I must have imagined it. Didnt realise it was Alex Harvet band. Great to hear it once again Thanks.

  • @DavidTransformer
    @DavidTransformer 10 років тому +14

    Saw an Alex Harvey tribute band last night in Glasgow and brought back great memories. A brilliant front man.

  • @TOMJONESTRIBUTE
    @TOMJONESTRIBUTE 9 років тому +9

    I went to see the original lineup in Liverpool stadium in the 70's brilliant band !! They Inspired me in my rock band years. Miss them :((

  • @victoriamckenzie8193
    @victoriamckenzie8193 4 роки тому +9

    I remember the first time I heard this I actually also the remember the first time I DANCED to it. Back in my Club Days or Nights lol I can remember even walking while it was playing and watching others and aware of it or not people walked to the beat. Alex was incredible Talented and gave his all. His version of Brel's NEXT blew my mind. I wish I had seen them LIVE but Unfortunately not. But I feel privileged to be able to say I lived on this Earth at the same time Alex Harvey was creating. Thanks Mr A Harvey xxxx

    • @alancanham2956
      @alancanham2956 4 роки тому +1

      That was a great post Victoria.I liked SAHB when I was a t,ager in the 70s and I've just rediscovered them. I can't believe what good taste in music I had!

  • @KevinPartington-c2s
    @KevinPartington-c2s 6 місяців тому +6

    Every song a story brilliant band

  • @jazzhastings3137
    @jazzhastings3137 Рік тому +6

    What An Utterly Fantastic Band !!!!!!!

  • @madwhitehare3635
    @madwhitehare3635 Місяць тому +1

    Such a strange topic for a rock band....love it immensely...made me look up the subject and learn something...

  • @williammain4769
    @williammain4769 8 років тому +80

    Brilliant track brilliant band... Alex oozes Glasgow.... Just has that look (do not mess with me) great music very cool stuff... Thank you for posting... Regards from Glasgow :)

    • @terryharrison5185
      @terryharrison5185 7 років тому +6

      William Main Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant band 👍

    • @marktreuge222
      @marktreuge222 7 років тому +2

      great stuff

    • @stewartnicol3028
      @stewartnicol3028 6 років тому +1

      Love the comment, my friend. However, did you ever witness Alex live?

    • @steveellis9004
      @steveellis9004 5 років тому +4

      Reading festival. 1978 I think for me. Same weekend as Thin Lizzy.

    • @audenabdelkader2236
      @audenabdelkader2236 5 років тому +3

      William Main greeting from Wales

  • @pellenordwall1906
    @pellenordwall1906 9 років тому +34

    One of the best bands ever!!!!

  • @jeffj9322
    @jeffj9322 3 роки тому +23

    Remembering Alex Harvey born on February 5, 1935. He was a Scottish rock and blues musician. He is best remembered as the front-man of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Harvey_(musician)

  • @TheSpaghettihoop
    @TheSpaghettihoop 13 років тому +7

    I remember watching "Tear Gas" many times in Lanarkshire doing the circuit, Trocadero Hamilton, Lanark Palace, Bellshill YMCA, Motherwell Late Night a Great Band then before they teamed up with Alex, a Sensational Band after teaming up with Alex Harvey, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, a very fitting name for them.

    • @josephberrie9550
      @josephberrie9550 3 місяці тому

      saw them quite a few times in the Electric Gardens and Burns Howff Glasgow late sixties and early seventies brill band

  • @ChadBridges-h4m
    @ChadBridges-h4m 21 день тому +2

    I had a couple of his albums donkeys years ago,very good

  • @beboploo
    @beboploo 3 місяці тому +3

    a true story as well . sung by alex an the band wonderful

  • @rockinyouallnight
    @rockinyouallnight 4 місяці тому +4

    Amazing

  • @lewisgreen2957
    @lewisgreen2957 2 роки тому +11

    Absolute magic - timeless.

  • @peterdockrill9653
    @peterdockrill9653 5 років тому +13

    remember buying the single from piccadilly records in Manchester and playing it on my Ferguson music center

  • @thescot86
    @thescot86 13 років тому +11

    One of my all time favourite songs!!

  • @ouchmoo1223
    @ouchmoo1223 7 років тому +33

    Shout out to my modern world history teacher, Mr. Patterson. He tortured us with this song in our class, and every single time before he would play this he would play this he’d ask “ WHO’S GOIMG TO THE PARTY??????”and everyone would groan. Thanks a lot, Pat. You’re the best.

  • @carolmurray187
    @carolmurray187 Місяць тому +2

    I’d have loved to see them live, they were just a wee bit before my time. I’m sure your dad loved it❤

  • @tomashartman4075
    @tomashartman4075 4 роки тому +16

    Absolutely brilliant guy from Scotland. A big loss for the world. He inspired many others, including Bon Scott,another brilliant product of Scotland.
    Why am I born in Sweden?

    • @andym28
      @andym28 2 роки тому +3

      You guys have lots out excellent bands eg meshuggah, entombed eleven pictures the hives hypocrisy Truck fighters ABBA the hellacopters.

    • @SAHB
      @SAHB 2 роки тому

      Your fault not mine 😜

    • @geo6519
      @geo6519 Рік тому

      Scotland...Centre of the Universe 😉😉

    • @jockmcghee4147
      @jockmcghee4147 Рік тому +1

      ALBANACH supreme! Ecosse!

  • @DerektheFan1
    @DerektheFan1 11 років тому +10

    Saw them at the Vetch Field Swansea in the Seventies ! Absolutely brilliant ! The Who topped the billing that night but to me and many others there that day , Alex Harvey blew the rest apart !! Nice Video 😊

    • @richardbrown8099
      @richardbrown8099 2 роки тому

      I was there that night, the great kieth moon was there as well.
      Alex Harvey band were brilliant, and Zal Cleminson a very spooky stage presence.

    • @richardosullivan8102
      @richardosullivan8102 Рік тому

      Cracking sunny day at the Vetch field The Who with The Sensational Alex Harvey Band and Little Feat among other bands, great day.
      The Alex Harvey Band were hard to out do that day.

  • @usa4everandever1
    @usa4everandever1 12 років тому +3

    Great song,great singer,a total surprise! Got it in my head now and cant get rid of it!

  • @vibravoxa8631
    @vibravoxa8631 11 років тому +6

    This is a message on behalf of a once great fan but now sadly departed; Wayne Vickory, stand up and be counted man for he loved this band when I didn't but I do now all the way from Bowen Island, BC. !

  • @minutes2memories58
    @minutes2memories58 13 років тому +18

    Showing my age, but i remember goin to watch 'Slade' in the early 70's in Hanley & SAHB were the support band, completely blew me away, what a band !, the best lead singer i have ever seen, RIP Alex.

    • @electricleg207
      @electricleg207 5 років тому +4

      Slade 's Noddy said Alex was years ahead of his time hence SAHB were a influence on some of the early punk groups.

    • @dosydinah
      @dosydinah 4 роки тому

      Play now America..get rid of Trump

    • @raymondbonington9355
      @raymondbonington9355 Місяць тому

      I saw them with slade in 73 at Earl’s Court .

  • @myoldmate
    @myoldmate 7 днів тому

    First live band, I went to.
    Brilliant.
    All via their version of giddy up a ding dong.
    Their track, Faith Healer, is my absolute favourite.

  • @stenhedberg4437
    @stenhedberg4437 7 місяців тому +3

    so ...the best❤

  • @bluepowder2008
    @bluepowder2008 13 років тому +7

    Such an underated classic of a tune awesome band...

  • @frankstecker5675
    @frankstecker5675 10 місяців тому +2

    Great band...🎸

  • @charlesandalan
    @charlesandalan 9 років тому +6

    I saw them in 1976 with The Who in Wales in a football stadium. SAHB performed this song as their new single and there was Keith Moon with The Who. WOW what a combination. I walked 10 miles from the train station that night, like it was nothing. Brilliant.

    • @barneytorr1
      @barneytorr1 9 років тому +2

      +Charles Cross I saw the same gig at Celtic Park in Glasgow. It was brilliant. :-)

    • @TaffmanGuyo
      @TaffmanGuyo 9 років тому +1

      +Charles Cross That might have been Swansea.

    • @charlesandalan
      @charlesandalan 9 років тому +1

      +TaffmanGuyo
      It was Swansea, football stadium. I went Bristol Temple Meads to Swansea by Intercity train.

    • @julieb1433
      @julieb1433 8 років тому +2

      +Charles Cross 12th June, 1976 rode from my boarding school on the back of a Kawasaki 250cc instead of prepping for A levels. Worth it!

    • @robertlewis6194
      @robertlewis6194 8 років тому +2

      Vetch Field , old home of Swansea City Football Club , that event is still talked about all these years later .

  • @FionaMacGregor-z9h
    @FionaMacGregor-z9h 7 місяців тому +3

    Glasgow screaming at me ❤

  • @semi422000
    @semi422000 6 років тому +8

    A song AND a history lesson!

  • @3cliffsbay
    @3cliffsbay 13 років тому +13

    Swansea June 76, supporting The Who, what a day!

  • @markwarburton6389
    @markwarburton6389 Місяць тому +2

    Brilliant tune

  • @3mondas
    @3mondas 13 років тому +2

    Got all their albums! My favourite live band! Saw them a few years ago in Adelaide without Alex (RIP) loud and tight I remember sitting on Chris Glen's lap having a beer or two great night good blokes, love this song off the Stories album

  • @Edman910
    @Edman910 13 років тому +20

    SAHB could and did blow many a good band off the stage --they were without doubt masters of the live gig .

  • @darrensiegel6651
    @darrensiegel6651 4 місяці тому +8

    This should be required viewing for any USA citizenship course. He tells us why we drink so much coffee as compared to tea. Tells about our 1st president's wooden teeth. Terrific stuff!

    • @brianfergus839
      @brianfergus839 2 місяці тому

      Oich- it’s just AWFUL 🤦‍♂️

    • @keithewright
      @keithewright 6 днів тому

      @@brianfergus839 Bawbag

    • @brianfergus839
      @brianfergus839 6 днів тому

      @@keithewright pustular cyst

    • @keithewright
      @keithewright 6 днів тому

      @@brianfergus839 Ah ok, a troll. Sorry to have engaged with you.

    • @brianfergus839
      @brianfergus839 6 днів тому

      @@keithewright dude you “trolled” me first

  • @tinaoxnam1756
    @tinaoxnam1756 5 років тому +3

    I remember jack Docherty & moray hunter from channel 4 comedy show Absolutely back in the 90s choosing this one to play on the radio when they were being interviewed about their show. I liked it then.

    • @alancanham2956
      @alancanham2956 4 роки тому +1

      I remember Absolutely! Denzil I'm stuck in the hoover!! Haha.On the loo with Frank Hovis.Happy days.

  • @StewartNicolasBILLYCONNOLLY
    @StewartNicolasBILLYCONNOLLY 15 років тому +2

    Alex was one of the innovators of British Rock 'n' Roll - amazing - died at exactly the right time to become a legend! Love Peace, Light and Truth!

  • @trfesok
    @trfesok 9 років тому +1

    Covered by Fish in 1993 on the album "Songs in the Mirror". I put both in my Fish playlist. Thanks for the upload -- these guys aren't really known here in the USA.

  • @geoffreycarson2311
    @geoffreycarson2311 2 роки тому

    I HAD Just Finished My Colege Term London City & Guilds. and This TRACK and the FRONT MANS FRONT MAN !!!!Blew ME and All THE CLASS Away 😳😳😳😳😳F!!!!KING BRILLIANT g

  • @danieldugan886
    @danieldugan886 5 років тому

    B.T.P.,1/2 mile from where i grew up in the Charlestown section of Boston.Best joint i've ever had the pleasure to see many a great band before they hit the big time.Be good.

  • @drg111yt
    @drg111yt 6 років тому +1

    Marvellous - I remember it well - thank you!

  • @leemathewson1785
    @leemathewson1785 7 років тому +11

    such a stage presence .

  • @jonnysimpson65
    @jonnysimpson65 13 років тому +2

    I'd forgotten about this until I saw it on an old Top of the Pops re-run Last night. I love it as I did at the time. The Dogs Bollocks actually.

  • @andysneddon8288
    @andysneddon8288 3 роки тому +1

    60+ rockers everywhere, MORE POWER to all of us.

  • @taffwales
    @taffwales 9 років тому +5

    i was in my early teens,i drove my parents mad with SAHB,Frampton,Hoople,T-Rex - but they drove me mad with Sinatra,Elvis,Everley Brothers.Swings and roundabouts.Things really came to a head when i got into the NWOBHM in the early eighties,they loved Motorhead!!!!!!

    • @portcullis5622
      @portcullis5622 5 років тому +2

      Reminds me of my older brother watching The Old Grey Whistle Test in the 1970s. It was on quite late, and Black Sabbath were on, so he turned it up. Our Dad was trying to sleep in the room above, and banged on the ceiling in protest. My brother turned it up to full volume, so Dad came down shouting "Fucking turn it down, I need to be up early for work tomorrow". My brother replied "Oh sorry, I thought you were joining in so I turned it up". To this day, Dad still hasn't forgiven "whispering fucking Bob Harris" for TOGWT!

  • @ValenciaDubstep
    @ValenciaDubstep 12 років тому +2

    So my U.S History teacher makes us listen to this song almost EVERY. DAY. so thanks a lot , UA-cam e.e I memorized it all in one class period. D:

  • @4dorno
    @4dorno 12 років тому +3

    Brilliant song and great band!

  • @barrypearce898
    @barrypearce898 11 років тому +2

    hot summer of 76 remember putting 10p in the juke box in my local pub great tune

  • @GrrumpDaddo56
    @GrrumpDaddo56 2 місяці тому +2

    Legends

  • @Abornazine
    @Abornazine 14 років тому +3

    I saw SAHB when they was the support band for Slade in 1972. When they did Delilah everyone went wild. They must have known they had made it.

  • @FionaMacGregor-z9h
    @FionaMacGregor-z9h 7 місяців тому +3

    Right Glasgow ❤

  • @stewartnicol3028
    @stewartnicol3028 8 років тому +11

    SAHB perfectly captured Alex's love for J. Fennimore Cooper and the tales of the New World being stolen from the original people.

  • @spurley-gi5sc
    @spurley-gi5sc 2 місяці тому +2

    this was in the charts just after I left school in 1976

  • @68blues
    @68blues 12 років тому +9

    Look at the way he pulls a face and says "partyyy" at 24 seconds.....that's personality.

  • @jockmcghee4147
    @jockmcghee4147 2 роки тому +1

    Absolutely brilliant!

  • @miltonpereira8444
    @miltonpereira8444 3 місяці тому +2

    Sensacional mesmo!

  • @lawrencekeegan8147
    @lawrencekeegan8147 7 років тому +7

    1976 - the best summer ever. Saw these guys live at Celtic Park and then spent a week in Torquay with five of my Glasgow mates - halcyon days indeed.

    • @davebaxter6491
      @davebaxter6491 7 років тому +1

      Lawrence Keegan
      i was there as well at Parkhead. The Who headlined and there was also the (something something) Streetwalkers. A really good band. But there was a fourth band. Any recollection?

    • @Federation125
      @Federation125 7 років тому

      Dave Baxter I remember the day well. The band you're thinking of were called Widowmaker.

    • @notsure6187
      @notsure6187 6 років тому

      did you see Mr Fawlty?

    • @XbillabongjohnX
      @XbillabongjohnX 5 років тому

      What's the halcyon days?

  • @brianmca3
    @brianmca3 14 років тому +3

    remeber this live in the edinburgh odeon we all jumped when they let of that bloody cannon
    miss ya big man you ruled whilst others just copied

  • @jamesmckenzie924
    @jamesmckenzie924 9 місяців тому +1

    Saw them at the Kursaal Southend '77 awesome

  • @rosenpcj
    @rosenpcj 12 років тому

    Brilliant. Lost but not forgotten 4 sure.

  • @dougthePogingguitarist
    @dougthePogingguitarist 2 роки тому +1

    love this band

  • @charlesboyle9223
    @charlesboyle9223 Рік тому +2

    Zappa once said that The Sensational Alex Harvey Band was one of the two best live bands in the world. His,of course,being the other one. AHB were.indeed,sensational.

  • @gladyswhipple
    @gladyswhipple 11 років тому

    Thoroughly enjoyed this video.

  • @mmandmm9
    @mmandmm9 14 років тому

    Agreed...this is a better version than the release...thanks for posting. But, this reminds me of my ex who is a descendant of the guy who rode with Paul Revere, William Dawes...oh well!

  • @domcullearn105
    @domcullearn105 9 років тому +6

    very prophetic

  • @ianmlees
    @ianmlees 13 років тому +1

    Best band in the world at the time. Brilliant

  • @JimboCelt
    @JimboCelt 13 років тому

    I saw them at Celtic Park, supporting The Who, in 76. Brilliant.

  • @nigelgreen3586
    @nigelgreen3586 5 місяців тому +3

    I was 21 when this first came out still sounds as good today as it was back then great band .

  • @JimBCameron
    @JimBCameron 10 років тому

    I was too young to be 'into' music, but I've always liked this, not least because he sounds like he lives round the corner. :D

  • @kopynd1
    @kopynd1 Місяць тому +3

    can you remember when musicians were musicians al the finished in the late 70s

  • @Byenia
    @Byenia 10 років тому +6

    Don't think I've ever heard this before. Kinda cool though.

  • @susieascroft5197
    @susieascroft5197 3 роки тому +2

    He was a one off and really loved his style..

  • @missellendiane
    @missellendiane 7 років тому +5

    RIP Malcolm Gibson Bigley

  • @Zephyrus0127
    @Zephyrus0127 10 років тому +6

    Happy 4th, from an Englishman :)

  • @crispy.monkey
    @crispy.monkey 3 роки тому +3

    RIP the lovely Ted on drums.

  • @bruce4083
    @bruce4083 Рік тому +2

    This doesn't date. Top class!

  • @zappa099
    @zappa099 13 років тому

    going, going straight to the TEA PARTY yweahhh ...I realy love that stuff....

  • @paulritchie5868
    @paulritchie5868 2 роки тому +1

    They supported Slade in the 70s at the old Apollo ,then saw them at Celtic park on the who tour…brilliant.

    • @ferm8103
      @ferm8103 Рік тому

      1976 i believe?, was too young for that one, born in 72 but I would give anything to have attended that concert

  • @Ardoyne10
    @Ardoyne10 4 роки тому

    left school in 76 one of my favorite songs

  • @irisdainter6507
    @irisdainter6507 2 роки тому

    The legend.

  • @jlmdad1950
    @jlmdad1950 8 років тому +3

    god bless alex many beers

  • @innerlight.9245
    @innerlight.9245 10 років тому

    Hi Phil a Most important party , which has never really been looked at via micro-Scope!.. ;-) Brill! .B partying New Year!

  • @trapfish
    @trapfish 13 років тому +1

    @92Windsor I was there too, Blew The Who off the stage.

  • @rabbitss11
    @rabbitss11 11 років тому +18

    as a teenager I remember being repelled by the clown but attracted to the singer, you don't get bands like this anymore

    • @janrobson9247
      @janrobson9247 6 років тому +5

      rabbitss11 ha ha I was the other way around!