Many have commented on the slightly unnatural appearance of this clip. Here's the original file from which the interview was upscaled: drive.google.com/file/d/1vRR8uNkgx1v5uFKjpj8RfZs5sFqOT89n/view?usp=sharing
BUT why did Ham top himself Was he cheated I think I know the answer As were many naive people It goes on even now Take legal advice and don’t do drugs
Thats right! But Pete won't see him there, he's up in Heaven with Tommy and Mike , plus all their other friends and relatives who passed before and after them! God bless them and all their families, Amen. ✝❤🕊
Apple signs a new group and Paul knocks off a demo of a #1 hit in 30 min and tells them not to change it because its going to be a hit! WOW that is like Babe Ruth pointing to where he is going to hit a home run! The great ones are truly GREAT !
I was thinking the same thing all along. McCartney is just a hit writing machine. The one I remember most is Sgt Pepper's "Lovely Rita". Paul got a ticket for where he was parked, drives to the studio and writes a song about it... damn! As a kid that was one of my favorite songs from that album.
I'm a Badfinger fan, but I think Pete Hamm and Tom Evans had been wrestling with their own personal demons, and they simply couldn't overcome their internal struggles. Many artists and bands have suffered great rejections, but somehow they find a way to push through the hard times and emerge on the other side, with varying degrees of success, despite whatever extrenal pressures they may have had to endure. How many bands get a head start with a Paul McCartney-penned song that becomes a hit? I'm not judging the two Badfinger guys; I realize their pain and sorrow were legitimate; however, if the four of them would have been there for one other through thick and thin, and if they had assured one another... "no matter what happens, we will get through these hard times, we'll be there for one another, we'll keep working on new material, we'll tour, we'll support each other as bandmates" (something along those lines), they could have risen above their many disappointments and figured out a way to stay together, work hard together, and find happiness and fulfillment together. If only. . .
Think about it. We had to wait for Circus, Cream, Hit Parader magazines to get any information on our favorite bands. And it was very limited . We'd play an album and just stare at the cover, the gatefold or the back of the album. It's all we had and had nothing else to compare it to so we were happy .
@@AlmostReady504 agreed, but then again I’ve learned some things in this Information Age that I probably didn’t want or need to know. Me: I just love that song! Band: we hate that song and always did. Me: what great guitar solo or drum track! Insider: that wasn’t a band member that was a studio musician. 🙄😂
65 this yr same here. Seen Ringo, George,Paul, and alot more from the 70s it's good to see some of the shows I was actually at like monsters of rock "88" And Zeppelin,stones,the who and more in "77" just great times back then ☮️
With the talent they had, they would have climbed out of that hole and made it big. It's hard to think straight, when emotions take over. Too bad, they were talented and great, especially Ham.
"Come and get it" .... was the first real wake-up to music for me ...loved it ... then I found Sgt Pepper .... but I've only found Song Writing recently which keeps me sane. Big Thanks.
Badfinger was such a tragic story...rock and roll music can be unforgiving, but their circumstances were Behind The Music material on steroids. They could have made so much more music...instead they became casualties like so many artists, particularly of that era.
I was raised on The Beatles by my father and we still play them all the time solo and as The Fab Four. When I was 4 years old there was the tragic news about Lennon and that was 1980 Pete Ham was already gone. I took Badfinger as along with ELO the best to come out of the Beatles and years later found out the tragic story of Pete, Tom, and what depression and getting screwed did. I still love both bands, but am haunted by the histories as many of us are. It's our job as musicians those of us know this music to carry it on and go against the grain of modernity. Let's do our best to continue George, John, Tom, and Pete. You are dearly missed by all of us Rest In Peace.
I too have been a Beatle fans since I seen them on the "Ed Sullivan Show" back in Feb 1964. I was one of the 73 million viewers who tuned in that Sunday Night 🤗 Because of The Beatles I learned the Guitar, Piano, Bass Guitar, and Drums. I've played in bands from the early 70's until 2004. I have a small studio so I can record the songs I write. I can't help it but, most of my songs are Beatles influenced! ❤🚶♂🚶♂🚶♂🚶♂🌞.. I love it!
@@garychambers5850 Wow that's a great story you are so lucky! I don't see how anyone who is a serious musician or writer could NOT be influenced by The Fab Four. I think I've seen your name on records were you in bands that recorded then? The Beatles need to be rediscovered and hopefully a new wave of that magic to replace the current stagnant state of what's out there.😃❤🖕
Why didn't Paul, et al, intercede against the doings Stan Polley which ultimately led to the death Pete Ham? It's curious that monetary or media or legal help wasn't forthcoming.
Setting aside all of the politics of the era, it stands to reason that this was a great song. None of us, the public, were involved or responsible for any of the losses. Just the sales, please.
The question is more - couldn't Paul (and the other 3) have intervened to help out Badfinger - financially, legally - at their worst time of need? Would have been nothing for them to do (one phone call, one check) and Badfinger might still be alive.
I think George sat in with them on occasion. "Come and get it" is soundtrack for Peter Sellers/Ringo Starr film "The magic Christian", a hilarious social parody.
Sat in? He helped produced the Straight Up LP and played slide on Day After Day, then Badfinger helped back George at the Bangladesh concert and they also played on George's 1st solo LP All Things Must Pass and Ringo's 1st solo LP. George gave Pete Ham his famous cherry Gibson SG that George played throughout '66 on Revolver, Rain , Paperback Writer etc. After Pete killed himself his co writer in the band Tom Evans hanged himself a year later, pretty sad stuff. 👀
@@cuda426hemiJust FYI Pete passed in 1975 and Tom in 1983. Got to meet and talk to Tom after a concert in late 1982. Very nice person. Badfinger's story is just plain sad but they left us with some great music!
Wow! Macca in hyper-speed composing and recording mode! Lucky the studio was set up and he was so nearby. Was the demo made at Abbey Road? Paul's demo is a great version of this great pop song. It's out there on YT.
Yes the demo was done at Abbey Road and then a week later Badfinger reported to Abbey Road and they recorded Come And Get It with Paul McCartney as producer.
Paul might sound egotistical for DEMANDING that they do it EXACTLY as he demo-ed it, BUT they were an unknown band and it was GREAT advice. A similar thing happened to The Guess Who in Canada. They were told to 'follow the formula' of their first hit and if they did, then they would NEVER have to 'follow the formula' again. They made their second hit a near carbon copy of their first hit, and NEVER had to do so again.
Paul is very glib and his own worst enemy. The way he talks about things colours our perceptions of events, often in a more negative light. When you listen to the recording session itself, he is not demanding or controlling at all. He is patient and supportive, but he is clearly the producer and knows what he wants. As it should be.
I'm perplexed about Macca's statement regarding Pete's suicide. "No need" seems overly simplistic to me. Pete was fully aware of their talent...but that ability didn't square with being betrayed by manager Stan Polley who left them broke due to his embezzlement of front money earmarked to record a new album. Pete was horribly depressed which apparently made it impossible for him to get through that crime and summon up any hope.
I recall the first hit record Badfinger had in the US: "Come and Get It." That song played on the low-fidelity of AM radio stations at the time, many listeners in the US thought it was The Beatles performing the song. As a youngster it had me fooled for a while.
I used to live in the house next door to Badfinger member Tom Evans...a neighbor who knew the band and Tom very well told me this story.... Tom was at home in 'Berry Hill Avenue' in Knowsley Village Liverpool...with his wife one sat' night when the door bell rang - there was the band, telling him they had to go and do this gig that had come in...he left saying he was sorry to his wife having to leave her home alone....It was while he was travelling to this gig..in the van!...that he put pen to paper and wrote this classic world famous song....'Without You'....RIP Tom Evans & Pete Ham....both took their own lives - :(
Wish You Were Here. The great lost album of Badfinger that would have cemented their legacy and made them millions if Polley hadn't ripped them off so much.
Brilliant lp Dennis is some song , they must of got screwed over Without You royalties as well as Nilson version sold mega amounts , that was before Polley .
In 1969 ??? I was in a Local Band in Miami some how I ended up with the Ranes by that time. We did Photos a demo 8 to 10 songs, being full of Piss and Vinegar I got us into Capitol Records in Miami, long story short the Rep had a cassette tape of a New Group he played That Song for us I became a Instant Fan before it was Ever Released on the Air. My little Two Cents 🙏
Yeah, they've AI upscaled the video, which, while making some things look more detailed, can also produce weird artifacts that weren't there originally, and create a sort of "waxy" look to the whole thing.
Pete,might have thought his time had come and gone. If he would have just waited a few years,which goes quickly,he would have been rolling in it.He would have needed a rake to rake it in, Touring,Merchandise,Interviews,Etc. The Whole story,What a shame.
Pete Hamm 'Topped' himself (committed suicide) cos one of the band members of Bad Finger claimed a share of the Copyright for Without You and the Lawyers took all the money accrued from the Broadcasting Rights during the dispute which were substantial as I believe Without You is only song to hit No 1 on both sides of Atlantic with several Artists, Mariah Carey, Harry Nillson etc , to rub salt into wound the song got a special award at Hall of Fame and the guy who disputed the Copyright appeared in person to be given award despite everyone knowing it was Pete Hamm, he was going to a Recording Session at night and told his wife as he left he would not be long away and always missed her , that is whete the song came from, the guy who challenged it did not claim the Lyrics but cos he played an Instrument on the song .
Wow, you've completely got the story wrong. Besides your curious lack of punctuation, that is a woefully inaccurate statement of why Pete did what he did. Do some more homework on this and maybe mention a piece of shit named Stan Polley.
RIP: Pete Ham, Tom Evans, and Mal Evans, a cast of dozens. Many Thanks to Bernstein and Chomsky, Unwin, Halliday, Derek and the domino's, Alan Parsons, Danny O'Keefe, Spencer Davis, Tara Browne, Angela Lansbury, David Crosby, Dino, Keith, ByrdHollieStoneMarmelade, and the queen.
Paul seems to overlook how the poor guys were destitute after writing all those hits... but in his defense, he prevented the Beatles from signing with the heinous likes of Alan Klein, sometimes seen as the guy who put the final nails in the Beatles coffin. If it weren't for Paul, they would have been in the same boat as the rolling stones, who lost the rights to all their songs to this crude con man. BADFINGER could have used a bit of fatherly advice from Paul...
Pete Ham was one of the most underrated songwriters of his generation; forget 'Without You' and consider 'Perfection' or 'Meanwhile Back at the Ranch'. Badfinger are a bloody sad story, the ultimate example of just how easily artists could be bled dry in those days.
Both Pete Hamm (playing keyboards here) and Tom Evans (playing bass and singing here) hung themselves after being screwed out of all their money and their hope for future success by Badfinger's manager, Stan Polley.
Fortunately, for the musical creativity of Pete Ham and Tom Evans, along with cohorts Joey Molland and Mike Gibbons, Badfinger will always have a significant presence in music. But the abominable screw-over of Badfinger will also be a tragic element of music history. Many years ago, as a journalist, I covered the appearance in Montclair, NJ, of Eddie Brigati, once the co-lead vocalist and songwriter of The Young Rascals, an American melodic-rock band that began in 1964. The band. later known as The Rascals, had several AM radio hits. However, its members received almost no royalties due to their onerous contract (also financially screwed was Tommy James & The Shondells; for awhile, Tommy James resided in the adjacent town of Clifton). Brigati appeared before a grade-school assembly where his girlfriend was the music instructor. Eddie spoke with the students about his career and generally about being a musician. Asking the kids how many intended to go to college and major in music, Eddie advised them not to major in music. Instead, he told them to protect their future careers by majoring in finance and economics or even the rudiments of law and minor in music.
The story of Badfinger is the most tragic of all rock bands...........they were young and naive and were royally screwed over so bad that 2 of the 4-band members took their own lives.
I wish Paul's management could have taken Badfinger under their "wings" before this turned into such a tragedy. The story of these lovely, talented people and an evil corrupt villain - their so called manager.😢
This isn't exactly the entire story that Paul didn't go into here. A music journalist had commented to Ron Griffiths, how fabulous it must be to be on the Beatles label, Apple. And Griffiths responded w/ something along the lines of, "Well, it hasn't worked out that great for us, so far". He wasn't pleased w/ the attention the band had been getting.. and rightfully so. McCartney read the comment when it came out and that's why he gave them the song.
"Come And Get It" wasn't everyone's cup of tea as a hit. It featured in the movie 'The Magic Christian' starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr, which was based on Terry Southern's book. The theme of this gives more context to the lyrics, about a rich man who decides to give all his money away. Paul gives the impression he had Badfinger in mind for his idea, but, was he writing to order for the film ? Maybe that's why he couldn't sleep ?
Here's Paul playing all the instruments and double tracking his voice. Yeah he famously did it before the Beatles showed up for Abbey Rd. Badfinger recorded it a week later. ua-cam.com/video/kxtX_IIcLZI/v-deo.htmlsi=NVEsLeLpZ2eY19On
Irony..GM brought " how do you do" to the Beatles and THEY rejected it. We cant go back to liverpool and look people in the face singing this!!! Paul does the same thing to Badfinger who say they also want to sound like their welsh roots....but no!!!! Both songs were number 1s. But the Beatles........tough cookies.
They were known as the iveys before john.lennon renamed them.Badfinger after a song called Bad finger boogie..their first hit was when they were the iveys it was " Maybe Tomorrow " before Pete died they had other hits " No Matter what " Baby Blue " Day After Day "( produced by George Harrison
Dragged a comb across me head. Paul is my birthday pal = 18 June both of us. Tunes can't wait. Just perform it. Period. Precision instrumentalist. Love, Cav. *
Yeah Pete Ham didn't just kill himself for no reason. Their managers stole all their money and they were broke when they should have been rich. That's basically what happened and then the other guy killed himself later. The music business is a rough business and usually the artist gets screwed. If you want to be a star of stage and screen Lookout it's rough and mean It's a Long Way to the Top If you want to rock and roll
Many have commented on the slightly unnatural appearance of this clip. Here's the original file from which the interview was upscaled: drive.google.com/file/d/1vRR8uNkgx1v5uFKjpj8RfZs5sFqOT89n/view?usp=sharing
(I also flew in some higher-quality audio of the parts that were included in VH1's Behind The Music special: ua-cam.com/video/WWEV_-Ca2oc/v-deo.html)
BUT why did Ham top himself Was he cheated I think I know the answer As were many naive people It goes on even now Take legal advice and don’t do drugs
If there's a hell, Badfinger's manager, Stan Polley, is a crispy critter right about now.
Thats right! But Pete won't see him there, he's up in Heaven with Tommy and Mike , plus all their other friends and relatives who passed before and after them!
God bless them and all their families, Amen. ✝❤🕊
@@garychambers5850 ...I agree.
Stan Polley was a reprehensible human being.
Love Pete Ham forever.
Yes, I was surprised that Dixie lives nearby here, in KC MO.
A story with a very happy beginning and a tragic ending.
Apple signs a new group and Paul knocks off a demo of a #1 hit in 30 min and tells them not to change it because its going to be a hit! WOW that is like Babe Ruth pointing to where he is going to hit a home run! The great ones are truly GREAT !
I was thinking the same thing all along. McCartney is just a hit writing machine.
The one I remember most is Sgt Pepper's "Lovely Rita". Paul got a ticket for where he was parked, drives to the studio and writes a song about it... damn! As a kid that was one of my favorite songs from that album.
I love the Beatles and Badfinger. I never liked this song.
@@rosewoodsteel6656 THEY wrote better songs than this! Day After Day makes Come and Get It sound like a nursery rhyme.
@@DrTomoculus Absolutely! And I always liked Baby Blue, as well. Come and Get it sounded like something the Archies would have done, imo.
@@rosewoodsteel6656 It is very bubblegum. I think a lot of what McCartney does sounds just on the edge of bubblegum or euro vision 1972.
Badfinger's story is one of the saddest. They got screwed so bad.. two of the band took their own lives.
Who did they get screwed by? Cuz if it was record execs doesn’t that point at Apple? Was another label involved by that time?
@@hklinkerwas their manager Stan Polley
Rollers were another with their manager and Jimmy Saville,leave it at that.
@@hklinker Their manager. He was a sociopath and kept the broke while they made millions.
I'm a Badfinger fan, but I think Pete Hamm and Tom Evans had been wrestling with their own personal demons, and they simply couldn't overcome their internal struggles. Many artists and bands have suffered great rejections, but somehow they find a way to push through the hard times and emerge on the other side, with varying degrees of success, despite whatever extrenal pressures they may have had to endure. How many bands get a head start with a Paul McCartney-penned song that becomes a hit? I'm not judging the two Badfinger guys; I realize their pain and sorrow were legitimate; however, if the four of them would have been there for one other through thick and thin, and if they had assured one another... "no matter what happens, we will get through these hard times, we'll be there for one another, we'll keep working on new material, we'll tour, we'll support each other as bandmates" (something along those lines), they could have risen above their many disappointments and figured out a way to stay together, work hard together, and find happiness and fulfillment together. If only. . .
Love McCartney and that determination, "30 minutes, right, I can do it!" and he always did it.
'Day after Day' still one of the greatest songs ever.
There are better songs on the same album.
I've never fucking heard of it.
@@oliverpearson1577 Well it was a hit.
I’m 65 years old,and I’m SO THANKFUL for UA-cam. When we were younger, we didn’t get to see all these great videos and interviews. 😊
I’m 59 and I feel the same way.
I'm 52 but old enough to agree 100%.
Think about it.
We had to wait for Circus, Cream, Hit Parader magazines to get any information on our favorite bands. And it was very limited . We'd play an album and just stare at the cover, the gatefold or the back of the album. It's all we had and had nothing else to compare it to so we were happy
.
@@AlmostReady504 agreed, but then again I’ve learned some things in this Information Age that I probably didn’t want or need to know.
Me: I just love that song!
Band: we hate that song and always did.
Me: what great guitar solo or drum track!
Insider: that wasn’t a band member that was a studio musician.
🙄😂
65 this yr same here. Seen Ringo, George,Paul, and alot more from the 70s it's good to see some of the shows I was actually at like monsters of rock "88" And Zeppelin,stones,the who and more in "77" just great times back then ☮️
Badfinger were such a brilliant band..
Too bad Pete did not reach out to Paul to tell him what was happening. Maybe Paul could have helped him, saved him.
I keep thinking that SAME THING.
Suicidals can't think clearly. They view their problems as impossible to overcome.
This is Paul we're talking about. I doubt he would have given a toss.
@@cd3949 Hard to say.
@@cd3949 Like you really know the man.
So Sad. They should have waited. They would have Won BIG in the End.
With the talent they had, they would have climbed out of that
hole and made it big. It's hard to think straight, when emotions
take over. Too bad, they were talented and great, especially Ham.
Uh.... I think Paul may vie been IN THE ZONE writing , performing and producing no .1 songs in 30 minutes........
I could listen to Macca tell anecdotes all day…💭
"Come and get it" .... was the first real wake-up to music for me ...loved it ... then I found Sgt Pepper .... but I've only found Song Writing recently which keeps me sane. Big Thanks.
Pete hamm ❤️
Badfinger was such a tragic story...rock and roll music can be unforgiving, but their circumstances were Behind The Music material on steroids.
They could have made so much more music...instead they became casualties like so many artists, particularly of that era.
It's harder than it looks. (AC/DC)
Paul is a genius
I was raised on The Beatles by my father and we still play them all the time solo and as The Fab Four. When I was 4 years old there was the tragic news about Lennon and that was 1980 Pete Ham was already gone. I took Badfinger as along with ELO the best to come out of the Beatles and years later found out the tragic story of Pete, Tom, and what depression and getting screwed did. I still love both bands, but am haunted by the histories as many of us are. It's our job as musicians those of us know this music to carry it on and go against the grain of modernity. Let's do our best to continue George, John, Tom, and Pete. You are dearly missed by all of us Rest In Peace.
I too have been a Beatle fans since I seen them on the "Ed Sullivan Show" back in Feb 1964. I was one of the 73 million viewers who tuned in that Sunday Night 🤗
Because of The Beatles I learned the Guitar, Piano, Bass Guitar, and Drums. I've played in bands from the early 70's until 2004. I have a small studio so I can record
the songs I write. I can't help it but, most of my songs are Beatles influenced! ❤🚶♂🚶♂🚶♂🚶♂🌞.. I love it!
@@garychambers5850 Wow that's a great story you are so lucky! I don't see how anyone who is a serious musician or writer could NOT be influenced by The Fab Four. I think I've seen your name on records were you in bands that recorded then? The Beatles need to be rediscovered and hopefully a new wave of that magic to replace the current stagnant state of what's out there.😃❤🖕
Why is Paul so A.I. looking?
And that is the genius of Paul McCartney. That guy can play everything! He's a human demo-making machine! It helps that Badfinger were simply badass.
Amazing what Genius can do.
Why didn't Paul, et al, intercede against the doings Stan Polley which ultimately led to the death Pete Ham? It's curious that monetary or media or legal help wasn't forthcoming.
I don't think anyone is gonna say they were part of that. "Who, me?"....
I think Paul had troubles enough of his own at that point.....
Exactly as I've asked that question a lot myself. -Also Paul here forgot that Pete Ham wrote the verse and Tom Evans wrote the chorus to Without YOU!
I've often wondered about that too. Where was the big powerful Beatles during Badfingers business rip off?
Setting aside all of the politics of the era, it stands to reason that this was a great song.
None of us, the public, were involved or responsible for any of the losses. Just the sales, please.
No matter what was their best
That's a rocking tune!!!
Also baby blue
Name of the Game is a powerful song.
Day after Day
Why does Paul look like he has been AI'd here? There are weird shadows on his face and his mouth movements are strange also.
This is real, but in the near future, we will know what to believe.
Video quality of the times...
I was thinking the same thing.
hmmmm...maybe he's not the real Paul after all?...heh heh! - :)
Same thought. The video must have been upscaled with AI
This band deserves a good movie.
They do, but it would be incredibly depressing, and I don't think I'd be able to watch it.
Badfinger's "Straight Up" is a really good album. "Take it All", "Baby Blue", "The Name of the Game" and "Sweet Tuesday Morning".
Put Badfinger in the RRHOF!
It sounds like a Beatles song.
When that song first came out, being played on AM radio stations [in the US] with its low-fidelity, it had me fooled thinking it was The Beatles.
Ham is in the 27 club
That was a great song.
Couldn't Paul have warned Pete Hamm to not get involved with Stan Polley. That might have saved his life. If there is a hell, Polley is burning in it.
Thing is, that's unfair. How would Paul know to distrust Polley?
The question is more - couldn't Paul (and the other 3) have intervened to help out Badfinger - financially, legally - at their worst time of need? Would have been nothing for them to do (one phone call, one check) and Badfinger might still be alive.
I think George sat in with them on occasion. "Come and get it" is soundtrack for Peter Sellers/Ringo Starr film "The magic Christian", a hilarious social parody.
George played slide on some BF.
The Magic Christian is one of the all time great movies. The Badfinger songs used and how they were filmed was amazing. Carry On in particular.
Sat in? He helped produced the Straight Up LP and played slide on Day After Day, then Badfinger helped back George at the Bangladesh concert and they also played on George's 1st solo LP All Things Must Pass and Ringo's 1st solo LP. George gave Pete Ham his famous cherry Gibson SG that George played throughout '66 on Revolver, Rain , Paperback Writer etc. After Pete killed himself his co writer in the band Tom Evans hanged himself a year later, pretty sad stuff. 👀
@@soarornorno its not lol. It's one of the worst films of all time.
@@cuda426hemiJust FYI Pete passed in 1975 and Tom in 1983. Got to meet and talk to Tom after a concert in late 1982. Very nice person. Badfinger's story is just plain sad but they left us with some great music!
Wow! Macca in hyper-speed composing and recording mode! Lucky the studio was set up and he was so nearby. Was the demo made at Abbey Road? Paul's demo is a great version of this great pop song. It's out there on YT.
Yes the demo was done at Abbey Road and then a week later Badfinger reported to Abbey Road and they recorded Come And Get It with Paul McCartney as producer.
@@thud9797 Thanks!
McCartney's world-class glibness on full display at the end there 🙄
I think that is perhaps just the way he sees the world - maybe it was part of the reason that he was able to be so successful?
Can't stand him
@@dodibenabba525 jealousy gets you nowhere in life son
@jason698 it's not jealousy, he's a luciferian.
Paul might sound egotistical for DEMANDING that they do it EXACTLY as he demo-ed it, BUT they were an unknown band and it was GREAT advice. A similar thing happened to The Guess Who in Canada. They were told to 'follow the formula' of their first hit and if they did, then they would NEVER have to 'follow the formula' again. They made their second hit a near carbon copy of their first hit, and NEVER had to do so again.
Paul is very glib and his own worst enemy. The way he talks about things colours our perceptions of events, often in a more negative light. When you listen to the recording session itself, he is not demanding or controlling at all. He is patient and supportive, but he is clearly the producer and knows what he wants. As it should be.
I'm perplexed about Macca's statement regarding Pete's suicide. "No need" seems overly simplistic to me. Pete was fully aware of their talent...but that ability didn't square with being betrayed by manager Stan Polley who left them broke due to his embezzlement of front money earmarked to record a new album. Pete was horribly depressed which apparently made it impossible for him to get through that crime and summon up any hope.
I recall the first hit record Badfinger had in the US: "Come and Get It." That song played on the low-fidelity of AM radio stations at the time, many listeners in the US thought it was The Beatles performing the song. As a youngster it had me fooled for a while.
Man, I was just barely past sucking my thumb but thought it sounded very BUBBLEGUM. In just a bit, though, I was in awe of Badfinger and Ham's songs.
What a super talent Pete Ham was and badfinger were a great group, they made some great songs.
How sad about Badfinger. They could have gone on to have a long career. It’s one of the biggest tragedies in Rock and Roll history.
I have also thought that Come Get It would have also been a great song for The Beach Boys to record.
I used to live in the house next door to Badfinger member Tom Evans...a neighbor who knew the band and Tom very well told me this story....
Tom was at home in 'Berry Hill Avenue' in Knowsley Village Liverpool...with his wife one sat' night when the door bell rang - there was the band, telling him they had to go and do this gig that had come in...he left saying he was sorry to his wife having to leave her home alone....It was while he was travelling to this gig..in the van!...that he put pen to paper and wrote this classic world famous song....'Without You'....RIP Tom Evans & Pete Ham....both took their own lives - :(
😎👍🏻🎵🎶🙏🏻 thank you Paul he’s a master
Wish You Were Here. The great lost album of Badfinger that would have cemented their legacy and made them millions if Polley hadn't ripped them off so much.
Brilliant lp Dennis is some song , they must of got screwed over Without You royalties as well as Nilson version sold mega amounts , that was before Polley .
Don’t ruin historical video with filters.
Tommy sang this perfect
The music industry can be such a nasty and vicious game.😢
Rest In Peace, Pete, and thanks for the music, mate.
Did he build the studio as well
This is
Bullshite
In 1969 ??? I was in a Local Band in Miami some how I ended up with the Ranes by that time. We did Photos a demo 8 to 10 songs, being full of Piss and Vinegar I got us into Capitol Records in Miami, long story short the Rep had a cassette tape of a New Group he played That Song for us I became a Instant Fan before it was Ever Released on the Air. My little Two Cents 🙏
Macca looks strangely AI
He does
Yeah, they've AI upscaled the video, which, while making some things look more detailed, can also produce weird artifacts that weren't there originally, and create a sort of "waxy" look to the whole thing.
@@omnipop4936 I wondered what was going on with it. Thanks for the clarification.
I wish I could get through ten minutes in a day without hearing the following terms ' Narcissist '
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Pete,might have thought his time had come and gone. If he would have just waited a few years,which goes quickly,he would have been rolling in it.He would have needed a rake to rake it in, Touring,Merchandise,Interviews,Etc. The Whole story,What a shame.
Things were like that then. The music machine might get behind you and hype you, and then drop you when you produced your best work.
I was about 14 when this came out and had just started smoking weed. I thought it has to be about Hashish which was very popular at the time.
Phil McDonald was a great engineer for many including the Beats and Squeeze
Reintroduced the band,had been working under the ivys
Pete Hamm 'Topped' himself (committed suicide) cos one of the band members of Bad Finger claimed a share of the Copyright for Without You and the Lawyers took all the money accrued from the Broadcasting Rights during the dispute which were substantial as I believe Without You is only song to hit No 1 on both sides of Atlantic with several Artists, Mariah Carey, Harry Nillson etc , to rub salt into wound the song got a special award at Hall of Fame and the guy who disputed the Copyright appeared in person to be given award despite everyone knowing it was Pete Hamm, he was going to a Recording Session at night and told his wife as he left he would not be long away and always missed her , that is whete the song came from, the guy who challenged it did not claim the Lyrics but cos he played an Instrument on the song .
Wow, you've completely got the story wrong. Besides your curious lack of punctuation, that is a woefully inaccurate statement of why Pete did what he did. Do some more homework on this and maybe mention a piece of shit named Stan Polley.
once again ,Paul takes a nap and wakes up with a hit , not fair .Sadly Pet and Tom never got to know just how long their music has carried on
Nice interview with Billy.
RIP: Pete Ham, Tom Evans, and Mal Evans, a cast of dozens. Many Thanks to Bernstein and Chomsky, Unwin, Halliday, Derek and the domino's, Alan Parsons, Danny O'Keefe, Spencer Davis, Tara Browne, Angela Lansbury, David Crosby, Dino, Keith, ByrdHollieStoneMarmelade, and the queen.
Are you blind, deaf and dumb? 🤦🏻♂️😅
todd rundgren produced their Straight Up lp....ie baby blue and day after day
This was a great hit (and still a great song), but my personal favorite of Badfinger was/is *_Day After Day._*
Bill MAHr is so similar looking to Pete Ham. AI upscaling is very off putting. Thought it was I generated at first.
Heartbreaking. Heartbreaking. i think that Badfinger were destined for superstardom.
Paul seems to overlook how the poor guys were destitute after writing all those hits... but in his defense, he prevented the Beatles from signing with the heinous likes of Alan Klein, sometimes seen as the guy who put the final nails in the Beatles coffin. If it weren't for Paul, they would have been in the same boat as the rolling stones, who lost the rights to all their songs to this crude con man. BADFINGER could have used a bit of fatherly advice from Paul...
A1 Paul
McCartney looks like he's melting (eyes, nose, mouth), he's sinking before our eyes....lol...
Pete Ham was one of the most underrated songwriters of his generation; forget 'Without You' and consider 'Perfection' or 'Meanwhile Back at the Ranch'. Badfinger are a bloody sad story, the ultimate example of just how easily artists could be bled dry in those days.
Both Pete Hamm (playing keyboards here) and Tom Evans (playing bass and singing here) hung themselves after being screwed out of all their money and their hope for future success by Badfinger's manager, Stan Polley.
This clip is probably at least 25 years old.
Fortunately, for the musical creativity of Pete Ham and Tom Evans, along with cohorts Joey Molland and Mike Gibbons, Badfinger will always have a significant presence in music. But the abominable screw-over of Badfinger will also be a tragic element of music history.
Many years ago, as a journalist, I covered the appearance in Montclair, NJ, of Eddie Brigati, once the co-lead vocalist and songwriter of The Young Rascals, an American melodic-rock band that began in 1964. The band. later known as The Rascals, had several AM radio hits. However, its members received almost no royalties due to their onerous contract (also financially screwed was Tommy James & The Shondells; for awhile, Tommy James resided in the adjacent town of Clifton).
Brigati appeared before a grade-school assembly where his girlfriend was the music instructor. Eddie spoke with the students about his career and generally about being a musician. Asking the kids how many intended to go to college and major in music, Eddie advised them not to major in music.
Instead, he told them to protect their future careers by majoring in finance and economics or even the rudiments of law and minor in music.
The story of Badfinger is the most tragic of all rock bands...........they were young and naive and were royally screwed over so bad that 2 of the 4-band members took their own lives.
Badfinger for me at the time was like the drug that helps people withdrawal from heroin that was The Beatles.
I never knew Badfinger were Indian until Paul's impression of them
Indian? two were Welsh and two were from Liverpool, haha!
I wish Paul's management could have taken Badfinger under their "wings" before this turned into such a tragedy. The story of these lovely, talented people and an evil corrupt villain - their so called manager.😢
This isn't exactly the entire story that Paul didn't go into here. A music journalist had commented to Ron Griffiths, how fabulous it must be to be on the Beatles label, Apple. And Griffiths responded w/ something along the lines of, "Well, it hasn't worked out that great for us, so far". He wasn't pleased w/ the attention the band had been getting.. and rightfully so. McCartney read the comment when it came out and that's why he gave them the song.
Spot on.
Is this AI generated?
The footage was uploaded in very low resolution to the VH1.com website in 2000, and upscaled from the original using the program Topaz Video AI.
Yeah, I noticed it as well. Good eye. Gonna get more of this and eventually people won't know what is legit or fake. Sad.
Like to hear some Stan Polley Karma stories. And his offspring still paying for his horrific deeds.
Did you run this video through an AI filter or something? Paul looks...too clean?
Paul McCartney doing a tactful Donald Trump impersonation at the end of.
Badginger was beautiful. Terribly mismanaged. Terrible end.
Didn't bad finger have Todd rungren
producing them and it didn't go well ?
The Rolling Stones first hit was a Beatles penned song called I Wanna Be Your Man.
What a waste, what a shame about Pete and Tommy? They got ripped off big time!!!
Terrible AI photo retouching on his face..but it's the future, so get used to it.
George Harrison was there producer 4 short period of time. There music was timeless ,
Great song but Paul should have included it on Abbey Road.
"Come And Get It" wasn't everyone's cup of tea as a hit. It featured in the movie 'The Magic Christian' starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr, which was based on Terry Southern's book. The theme of this gives more context to the lyrics, about a rich man who decides to give all his money away. Paul gives the impression he had Badfinger in mind for his idea, but, was he writing to order for the film ?
Maybe that's why he couldn't sleep ?
It's very bubblegum and not really as good as Ham's songs.
Such a tragic story. What could have been. . . . .
Paul sounds like he's had a little drinkypoos, here 🥴
So that's why it sounds more like Wings song.
If someone is set to do themselves in, sadly, you can’t help most of the time.
WTF is THIS ? More A.I. bull$hit ?
Great song and a great band but a tragic story.
Here's Paul playing all the instruments and double tracking his voice. Yeah he famously did it before the Beatles showed up for Abbey Rd. Badfinger recorded it a week later.
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Irony..GM brought " how do you do" to the Beatles and THEY rejected it.
We cant go back to liverpool and look people in the face singing this!!!
Paul does the same thing to Badfinger who say they also want to sound like their welsh roots....but no!!!!
Both songs were number 1s.
But the Beatles........tough cookies.
Hey Paul this bad needs a hit. Sure. Give me 5 minutes.
Why does this look so weird?
I read that is from using AI to convert the video to HD that makes it look cartoonish. This is another case of AI not being as advanced as advertised.
It's his make-up
@kurikokaleidoscope its AI rendered.
@@VeganFlatEarth no way
@@kurikokaleidoscope yes, u can tell by the way it's blatantly AI rendered.
They were known as the iveys before john.lennon renamed them.Badfinger after a song called Bad finger boogie..their first hit was when they were the iveys it was " Maybe Tomorrow " before Pete died they had other hits " No Matter what " Baby Blue " Day After Day "( produced by George Harrison
Dragged a comb across me head. Paul is my birthday pal = 18 June both of us. Tunes can't wait. Just perform it. Period. Precision instrumentalist. Love, Cav. *
Yeah Pete Ham didn't just kill himself for no reason. Their managers stole all their money and they were broke when they should have been rich. That's basically what happened and then the other guy killed himself later. The music business is a rough business and usually the artist gets screwed. If you want to be a star of stage and screen Lookout it's rough and mean It's a Long Way to the Top If you want to rock and roll