i am a huge fan of the sweet. i was listening their music in my teen years back in my home country. run of the fox, love is like oxigen, ballroom blitz, little willy, wig wam bam, etc. brian was an awesome singer. never had the recognition that he deserved. rip brian. you were great!!
Замечательная певец, к сожалению поздно его узнала, жила в советской России мы много не знали, музыка вне политики, молодой, какой красивый был, голос чудесный
Yes... Brian is still missed and it was a tragedy how his Life ends. My first Band i see live with my Dad in Essen Germany in April 1975... And it was SO GREAT... simply unbelivable... I never forget that gig... The Sweet my absolute favorite Band Band of all Time...
I saw them in the 1970s along with Eric Carmen who opened for them on their tour while Eric with the Rasberies prob had more hits.....Brian was a very ego driven person to his demise.. sad great talent like a lot of others that cant handle fame...carpe diem all the bands I have seen over the decades including Led Zep are not around for a reason people be safe
Too bad I didn't get to know the band when I was younger I chose another band when I was younger rest in peace Brian have a safe place in heaven maybe we will meet someday there in heaven rest in peace may God be with you I did hear one of your songs don't ask me which one I will say goodbye and good luck in heaven this is Debbie
My friend and I spent an evening with Brian in The Angel in Staines, he asked us if we wanted to go to a nightclub with him afterwards. He’d bought us drinks already and agreed to meet us there again a week later, we declined. That was the evening he was attacked, I wish we’d gone with him, maybe the outcome could have been better. Believe me, he was a nice man and very down to earth, that was a night I’ll never forget. RIP Brian.
@@mr.blackwell5423 sorry no, it was almost 50 years ago, my friend and I were in the Angel with his brother and friends who ran a disco there called “Shaft”, Brian was sitting at the bar alone, we thought he was someone trying to look like him. Then we realised it was him, without makeup, we drank and talked all evening until closing time, he said he’d been looking at a house for sale earlier that day. We had to go to work the next day, otherwise we’d have gone with him to the nightclub. It was just across the street by the bridge.
Что скажешь!? Талантливый был этот парень! Жаль рано ушёл на небеса😢😢😢😢😢. Зато какие прекрасные композиции оставил и я их слушал и буду слушать пока жив.🤩🥰👍👍👍👍👍
Sorry, but this was Marc Bolan. For this he is member of the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame", what Brian Conolly and his chapel will rightly so never make it.
You're both wrong, the greatest singer from that era was Noddy Holder from SLADE. he had a heavy metal voice before heavy metal was even a thing. all three of the group's are some of my most favorite music. Sweet, SLADE, and Marc Bolan and T Rex. and they were pretty equal to each other. but if I only had one choice it would have to be SLADE. but my favorite song is "Love is Like Oxygen" the long version of course, it's the only way to go. truer lyrics have never been sung. I had the Level Headed album. and it was pretty good but definitely unique. and the album cover was AWESOME!!! it's a shame that there's only one member of the group still alive they are definitely missed.
Love is like oxygen is my favorite. So sad that there are people who brutally attack others as if it is something to be proud of. Thanks for sharing the photos.
Spent the lockdowns ( when not working) listening to Sweet Albums. They morphed into a highly accomplished Rock Band from 1974 onwards and the B sides were always excellent as well. Great Band.
Met Brian,and Mick tucker in Finsbury park in 1973 had a quick drink in the compass both great blokes very underrated but they were great musicians.R.i.P Brian, Mick.
Drummer. The Sweet were a massive influence on my playing. I'd learned all these excersizes and Mick Tucker showed me how to apply them through the Sweets music.Being a bit of a singer,they were the first band that made me realise how important vocal harmonys were. They really opened up my music world with thier unique sound.Such fantastic memories of my teen years. RIP bro.
The first single i bought was Blockbuster ( loved the drumming score), second was Bohemian Rapsody, third was Dance with the Devil, Cosy Powel. Then i bought the albums Never Mind the Bollox and Sham 69's Thats Life 👌 The rest, as they say was history to my parents disgust. The Anti Nowhere League, another great milestone in my music taste after seeing them support The Damned, and were far better live. Yrs later, and a failing marriage i played "Woman" to my wife as i told her id had enough serving her papers lol you'd have to listen to it to understand lol😂 I still listen to The Sweet.
God Rest Your Soul Brian. I have that Channel 4 Documentary and was Sad to see how you had Declined with Ongoing Health Problems, and Your Last Ditch Comeback with Your Version of "The Sweet" R.I.P. Brian. (Don't Leave me This Way)
I met Brian and the band once, in the bar of Linthorpe Hotel, Middlesbrough when he was touring with Sweet in the early ‘70’s. I offered to buy them a pint each, but they refused, but thanked me - then they sat, drank spirits, and watched Match of the Day until it was time to leave to do their gig. 😁
So tragic 😢 Not just a great singer but brilliant performer as well whose career was destroyed by that fateful night when he got into a fight! A bands identity tends to be with the voice of its singer especially when it was as unique as Brian’s so this was always going to be end of Sweet in a meaningful way. God bless you Brian may you rest in peace.
They just showed 'Love is like Oxygen' on BBC4 this week, love that song but it was sad as you could see Brian knew they were falling out of favour with punk and new wave having taken over, he looked sad and uncomfortable.
I looked after brian for a few weeks going shopping and cooking …he was my mate …..he loved what I did when I was in the band ….dave Dee dozy beaky mick and Tich …..so missed
My xxxxxxxxx gf from the late 80s told me she saw them once in Gloucestershire . She said that Brian leaned over and shook his hair into her face, when she starting laughing he just looked at her and smiled. She said, he smelled like Herbal Essence Shampoo, LOL. Yeah I loved this band back in the day. Even now I still listen to Desolation fifty years on without a hint of boredom
Saw brian live in lowestoft in 1987 ,was unable to walk properly and had to take a bresk part way through the gig. Although sad to see, he performed brilliantly and was genuinely " great".
Sweet was the first band I Loved. Ballroom Blitz is still a favourite of all of ours. I’ve read that his adoption really messed with him. I wish I could have talked with him. I’m adopted and I know it’s hard for some but it doesn’t have to be.. RIP Brian♥️
When Sweet were at their hight around 1968 I was the manager of an electrical shop with engineers wring out back. Often this guy would come in the shop to see one of our electricians, it turned out to be the lead singer of the Sweet who was getting repairs for their kit the shop was in Uxbridge high st, another well known character who would pull up outside the shop was a well known actor from the carry on films Sid James.
In terms of vocals, I thought Brian Connolly and Noddy Holder had the most powerful, and recognisable, voices of the 70's pop/rock scene. The Sweet and Slade were two of my favourite groups, along with The Beatles, and Simon & Garfunkel, so I had different musical styles to enjoy. Still remember playing The Sweet really loudly, and my Mum shouting at me to 'Turn it down', so I shouted back, 'Thats the name of the song. Glad you like it!', which earned me a slap. Oh, how I suffered for my music....😂
I was lucky- my parents loved rock and roll. They played their music loud as often as I did, lol. My dad used to crank up the Doobie Brothers and BTO! 😎
The sweet played at our NavalBase around the year 1998...yes Brian looked his age and he had a bit of a coughing fit on stage, but it was still them and I was in awe. As a kid in the 70's the Sweet were the class act of the time and I,m sure other glam rock bands saw them a the bench mark for Britrock. I still love them, I grew up with the sound.
Жаль,что рассказ не на русском языке,т.к.английский знаем плохо.....Но очень скорбим о преждевременно ушедшем Брайане.,прекрасный был вокалист,будет жить в моей душе вечно!
Agli inizi degli anni 80, quand'ero ancora bambino, mi capitava di sentire alla radio "love is like oxygene", ma non sapevo di chi fosse il brano. Dovettero passare più di 20 anni, per scoprire che a cantare quella canzone, un pò malinconica e un pò eccitante, erano gli "Sweet." Mi spiace molto che tre di questi ragazzi non siano più con noi.
Saw him once in Sainsbury's, my local supermarket, would have been about 1990, so he would have been around 45. He was shuffling around, supported by a walking stick, looked in his 80's, shocking to see how substance abuse and alcohol can destroy a person
It saddens me that all his health problems are related.to alcohol. not knowing his biological background he may.also have. Parkinson's. All.the same symptoms as.Brian but never took a.drink in !my life. Diagnosed @ 59. A!so remember he has children and grandchildren Quit basing after all these years let.it go!
i am a huge fan of the sweet. i was listening their music in my teen years back in my home country. run of the fox, love is like oxigen, ballroom blitz, little willy, wig wam bam, etc. brian was an awesome singer. never had the recognition that he deserved. rip brian. you were great!!
Замечательная певец, к сожалению поздно его узнала, жила в советской России мы много не знали, музыка вне политики, молодой, какой красивый был, голос чудесный
Fox on the run. )
Fox on the Run.
i loved the music of the sweet....they were 100% my idols in the seventies........ !!! RIP Brian
Yeah, I love their music!
Yes... Brian is still missed and it was a tragedy how his Life ends.
My first Band i see live with my Dad in Essen Germany in April 1975...
And it was SO GREAT... simply unbelivable... I never forget that gig... The Sweet my absolute favorite Band Band of all Time...
I saw them in the 1970s along with Eric Carmen who opened for them on their tour while Eric with the Rasberies prob had more hits.....Brian was a very ego driven person to his demise.. sad great talent like a lot of others that cant handle fame...carpe diem all the bands I have seen over the decades including Led Zep are not around for a reason people be safe
" Brian Connolly ... a true rock sensation " ! Absolutely !!!
Brian, a huge part in the sound of my childhood. Your memory will live on! Keep rockin, wherever you may be!
RIP dear Brian. You are still loved and missed by your true fans everywhere! 💔❤️🔥Keep rockin with Mick and Steve on the other side.💟
Ditto ❤🎉, REST in peace Brian 🙏 🪦 😢😢😢.
Too bad I didn't get to know the band when I was younger I chose another band when I was younger rest in peace Brian have a safe place in heaven maybe we will meet someday there in heaven rest in peace may God be with you I did hear one of your songs don't ask me which one I will say goodbye and good luck in heaven this is Debbie
My friend and I spent an evening with Brian in The Angel in Staines, he asked us if we wanted to go to a nightclub with him afterwards. He’d bought us drinks already and agreed to meet us there again a week later, we declined. That was the evening he was attacked, I wish we’d gone with him, maybe the outcome could have been better. Believe me, he was a nice man and very down to earth, that was a night I’ll never forget. RIP Brian.
With hindsight, we all would do so many things differently 😥 What a blessing and amazing memory you have to cherish 💯💖 Thank you for sharing 🥰
So beautiful to share this, very touching and sincere. Thankyou.
@@paulmccarthy8345 Thank you so much 🥰
Can you remember the exact date of the 1974 attack?
What date/day/month was the attack? Winter? Spring?
@@mr.blackwell5423 sorry no, it was almost 50 years ago, my friend and I were in the Angel with his brother and friends who ran a disco there called “Shaft”, Brian was sitting at the bar alone, we thought he was someone trying to look like him. Then we realised it was him, without makeup, we drank and talked all evening until closing time, he said he’d been looking at a house for sale earlier that day. We had to go to work the next day, otherwise we’d have gone with him to the nightclub. It was just across the street by the bridge.
R.I.P. dear Brian ❤
Thank you for your fantastic music 🎶
Keep on rocking and having fun with Mick and Stevie where ever you guys are 🤘
Keep Rocking Brian...🎤🎤🎤
Still Listening To The Music...
Loved All You Guys In My Teens and Love You All Now At 59 years young...🎤🎸🎻🎤
🎼🎵🎶🎼🎵🎶🎼🎵🎶🎼
At the age of 61, I am still listening to their music today. They shaped my childhood and all that was good about it ❤
61 too. Same
I'm 63 and still listen too. Peace out everyone.
@@larrygrebler5054Ich bin auch 63 und höre immer noch Sweet
Im older..and still listen and understand the history..when Eric Carmen toured with them and I saw them ill never forget
@@gallardoo9
🙏💙🙏💙🙏
I met him once at a friends house he was a lovely man great singer he will always be remembered
Great and very useful video and fantastic music about Brian Connolly, Thanks for explaining this method.
Thank you, so pleased you enjoyed it 🥰
To me, he is the greatest voice of my youth. I still love the music... sadly he died much to early....
Today, 9 February Brian is died.
Brian mial piekna barwe glosu poprostu magia
What a tragedy. He had so much talent and died so young. Just heartbreaking.
It hurts the soul doesn't it 💔
Brian and the Sweet are still in my heart...my heroes of the 1970's .....
Poor Brian. He was gorgeous in the ballroom blitz video. RIP Brian💋💋🙏🏽😥😥😥 you sang beautiful! And could yell as good as Zepplin!
Что скажешь!? Талантливый был этот парень! Жаль рано ушёл на небеса😢😢😢😢😢. Зато какие прекрасные композиции оставил и я их слушал и буду слушать пока жив.🤩🥰👍👍👍👍👍
Talented and gorgeous.
He was a true performer.....a great reminder of the 70s along with others we lost
O voce minunată. Oare v-a mai exista vreodată. Dormi în pace suflet mare. Veghează de sus grupul tău.
A Star dont die, its put back in the sky, you see it at night, the one Who twinkle so bright. ❤ BFC, 1945-1997.😊
Brian was the BEST singer in the 1970's and from the BEST GLAM ROCK GROUP/ BAND . ROB.
Sorry, but this was Marc Bolan. For this he is member of the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame", what Brian Conolly and his chapel will rightly so never make it.
@@danvelgtr Yes, sorry Connolly. But you see how unimportant he and his Combo, or better rhythm- group for me was.
You're both wrong, the greatest singer from that era was Noddy Holder from SLADE. he had a heavy metal voice before heavy metal was even a thing. all three of the group's are some of my most favorite music. Sweet, SLADE, and Marc Bolan and T Rex. and they were pretty equal to each other. but if I only had one choice it would have to be SLADE. but my favorite song is "Love is Like Oxygen" the long version of course, it's the only way to go. truer lyrics have never been sung. I had the Level Headed album. and it was pretty good but definitely unique. and the album cover was AWESOME!!! it's a shame that there's only one member of the group still alive they are definitely missed.
Love is like oxygen is my favorite.
So sad that there are people who brutally attack others as if it is something to be proud of.
Thanks for sharing the photos.
"LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN YOU GET TOO MUCH YOU GET TOO HIGH NOT ENOUGH AND YOU'RE GONNA DIE"
Thank you 🥰
I still listen to”The Sweet.”
Loved Brian and Sweet😍
I Miss him.. was a Good Person♥️
Brian was a incredible singer and front man. Sweet fanny Adams is one of the greatest hard rock albums ever made
AGREED !!!!
Spent the lockdowns ( when not working) listening to Sweet Albums. They morphed into a highly accomplished Rock Band from 1974 onwards and the B sides were always excellent as well. Great Band.
@@aslc2547agree 100%, they were all excellent musicians. Light years ahead of their time
Sweet Fanny Addams has to be a contender for the FIRST metal album.
@@PaddyBaxter-ji8in absolutely. It's a shame that most heavy metal fans don't realise how brilliant Sweet were back in the 1970s
His son is his younger twin! Nice looking young man. Brian was a good singer, and by watching him on stage, he loved to sing for us. 😊
Met Brian,and Mick tucker in Finsbury park in 1973 had a quick drink in the compass both great blokes very underrated but they were great musicians.R.i.P Brian, Mick.
Bless you Brian i will always love you ❤🎸🎤🎹
Rock and roll legend, RIP Brian the music still lives on, I always crank up the radio when The Sweet are on.
Same here. When I listen to the Sweet my neighbors do too!
Loved(and continue to do so) The Sweet…much love from Canada 🇨🇦
What a shame, great band, great music ❤❤❤
A very sad story😢
Bryan and the sweet did some memorable
songs I had "funny funny" and "coco" and
"love is like oxygen ".
❤❤❤❤❤❤
Drummer. The Sweet were a massive influence on my playing. I'd learned all these excersizes and Mick Tucker showed me how to apply them through the Sweets music.Being a bit of a singer,they were the first band that made me realise how important vocal harmonys were. They really opened up my music world with thier unique sound.Such fantastic memories of my teen years. RIP bro.
I remember Mick Tucker from the early70s had a quick snog with him ☺️ when they played at the Diamond club in our town I was only 16 at the time. ❤
@@Bluediamond200 naughty girl,tsk,tsk.lol.
Rip and another great man gone fly high from all your family and friends fans condolences 😭🙏😭😭😭😭🙏🙏
FANTASTIC MUSIC
RIP BRIAN 🎸⚡️🎸⚡️
IAM.A.GREAT.FAN.OF.SWEET
I.REMEMBER.THEM.IN.THE.
70S.GOOD.HEAVY.ROCK.
MUSIC..R.I.P..BRAIN.MISS.U.
AND.THE.GROUP.AS.WELL
COME.BACK.SWEET.DO.
MORE.CONCERTS.FROM.A.
FAN.LOVE.YR.MUSIC.
FROM.A.FAN.FROM.CLIFF
He was really ahead of his time with the rock country idea that’s exactly what happened to country music. I believe he would have been amazing
A great singer and frontman.
The first single i bought was Blockbuster ( loved the drumming score), second was Bohemian Rapsody, third was Dance with the Devil, Cosy Powel. Then i bought the albums Never Mind the Bollox and Sham 69's Thats Life 👌 The rest, as they say was history to my parents disgust. The Anti Nowhere League, another great milestone in my music taste after seeing them support The Damned, and were far better live. Yrs later, and a failing marriage i played "Woman" to my wife as i told her id had enough serving her papers lol you'd have to listen to it to understand lol😂 I still listen to The Sweet.
I saw them in Melbourne in 1990 and Connolly was most definitely singing. It was at the Bridge Club in Richmond, from memory.
Sweet Fanny Adams - Bought as a teenager back when it was released. Great album.
The greatest singer in the best glam rock group of all time ,
Oh fuck off. That’s a load of shit and you know it.
Thank you. Excellent story.
Ruhe in Frieden Lieber Brian🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀
God Rest Your Soul Brian. I have that Channel 4 Documentary and was Sad to see how
you had Declined with Ongoing Health Problems, and Your Last Ditch Comeback with
Your Version of "The Sweet" R.I.P. Brian. (Don't Leave me This Way)
I met Brian and the band once, in the bar of Linthorpe Hotel, Middlesbrough when he was touring with Sweet in the early ‘70’s. I offered to buy them a pint each, but they refused, but thanked me - then they sat, drank spirits, and watched Match of the Day until it was time to leave to do their gig. 😁
So sad memories will live.on gone but not forgotten xxx rip 😢😢😢
So tragic 😢 Not just a great singer but brilliant performer as well whose career was destroyed by that fateful night when he got into a fight!
A bands identity tends to be with the voice of its singer especially when it was as unique as Brian’s so this was always going to be end of Sweet in a meaningful way.
God bless you Brian may you rest in peace.
So true
They just showed 'Love is like Oxygen' on BBC4 this week, love that song but it was sad as you could see Brian knew they were falling out of favour with punk and new wave having taken over, he looked sad and uncomfortable.
I looked after brian for a few weeks going shopping and cooking …he was my mate …..he loved what I did when I was in the band ….dave Dee dozy beaky mick and Tich …..so missed
How lovely! Bless you 🥰❤️
My favorite band in the 70
Love is like oxygen the best RifT everH eàrd ÀLLSum my may you always rest in peace rocket with god bless you
My xxxxxxxxx gf from the late 80s told me she saw them once in Gloucestershire . She said that Brian leaned over and shook his hair into her face, when she starting laughing he just looked at her and smiled. She said, he smelled like Herbal Essence Shampoo, LOL. Yeah I loved this band back in the day. Even now I still listen to Desolation fifty years on without a hint of boredom
RIP Brian Connolly
R.I.P. It was my one of favorite band passed youth
10 years older than me = well missed musician .
RIP Brian, sleep well and sleep peacefully 🙏✝️🕊️
Saw brian live in lowestoft in 1987 ,was unable to walk properly and had to take a bresk part way through the gig.
Although sad to see, he performed brilliantly and was genuinely " great".
So sad to hear that he was attacked and that it had a huge influence on his voice. 😢😢😢. I never knew that. Crazy world ❤
For me the greatest Band ever...
Sweet was the first band I Loved. Ballroom Blitz is still a favourite of all of ours. I’ve read that his adoption really messed with him. I wish I could have talked with him. I’m adopted and I know it’s hard for some but it doesn’t have to be.. RIP Brian♥️
what a bummer he was AWESOME
When Sweet were at their hight around 1968 I was the manager of an electrical shop with engineers wring out back. Often this guy would come in the shop to see one of our electricians, it turned out to be the lead singer of the Sweet who was getting repairs for their kit the shop was in Uxbridge high st, another well known character who would pull up outside the shop was a well known actor from the carry on films Sid James.
Love this ❤I remember old Uxbridge High Street 😊Brian came into our primary school at Mary's in uxbridge late 70s must have been I just loved him ❤️
In terms of vocals, I thought Brian Connolly and Noddy Holder had the most powerful, and recognisable, voices of the 70's pop/rock scene. The Sweet and Slade were two of my favourite groups, along with The Beatles, and Simon & Garfunkel, so I had different musical styles to enjoy. Still remember playing The Sweet really loudly, and my Mum shouting at me to 'Turn it down', so I shouted back, 'Thats the name of the song. Glad you like it!', which earned me a slap. Oh, how I suffered for my music....😂
I was lucky- my parents loved rock and roll. They played their music loud as often as I did, lol. My dad used to crank up the Doobie Brothers and BTO! 😎
The sweet played at our NavalBase around the year 1998...yes Brian looked his age and he had a bit of a coughing fit on stage, but it was still them and I was in awe. As a kid in the 70's the Sweet were the class act of the time and I,m sure other glam rock bands saw them a the bench mark for Britrock. I still love them, I grew up with the sound.
Very much missed. The whole group!
The still perform as Sweet not The Sweet with original member Andy Scott and they sound good too.
i LOVED THE sWEET. rest in peace Brian
great band fox on the run is my favourite of theirs rip brian
I saw the Sweet in I think 1974 in Perth. Great group...
Sweet what a group!!! What hair he had ,,
Жаль,что рассказ не на русском языке,т.к.английский знаем плохо.....Но очень скорбим о преждевременно ушедшем Брайане.,прекрасный был вокалист,будет жить в моей душе вечно!
Agli inizi degli anni 80, quand'ero ancora bambino, mi capitava di sentire alla radio "love is like oxygene", ma non sapevo di chi fosse il brano. Dovettero passare più di 20 anni, per scoprire che a cantare quella canzone, un pò malinconica e un pò eccitante, erano gli "Sweet."
Mi spiace molto che tre di questi ragazzi non siano più con noi.
A big part of 70s glam rock so many good bands in the early 70s
I love “ off the record” and “cut above the rest” and I still have the albums. Missed my shot at seeing them live when they opened for foghat.
Брайан,ты был красавчик,самый лучший! ❤
I like him very well so good
A favorite for me😊
My mom loved his hair back in the 70s
The Sweet sat at our table in a nightclub before doing their act.No egos just 4 great charming lads
Его можно не только слушать,но и бесконечно на него смотреть,он
Thank you ❣️
Rest in peace sweetheart 💋😘💔😭😞
Царство небесное ему!!!❤❤❤
Beautiful Brian!
R.I.P❤❤❤
I was a little kid in the 1970’s, and had a cassette player and two cassettes of music which I played repeatedly. The Sweet and Donny Osmond.
Lol😂them were the good old days 😊
Saw him once in Sainsbury's, my local supermarket, would have been about 1990, so he would have been around 45. He was shuffling around, supported
by a walking stick, looked in his 80's, shocking to see how substance abuse and alcohol can destroy a person
It saddens me that all his health problems are related.to alcohol.
not knowing his biological background he may.also have. Parkinson's.
All.the same symptoms as.Brian but never took a.drink in !my life.
Diagnosed @ 59. A!so remember he has children and grandchildren
Quit basing after all these years let.it go!
A seriously good rock band
The first album I ever bought was the Sweet singles, I have loved their music since.
Number 1 British Rock singer Brian
Scottish not British
Saw them live in the 70s, Bloody awesome,
Brian ❤❤❤❤
I'll have to look up their albums.
Its just sad RIP 😢
Taken to soon RIP
It so sad about this l like sweet group ❤❤
So 😢 great singer.
Too young, that’s for sure, RIP
Hi there people as a very very sad story