The Pretty Things "Baron Saturday" & "Mr. Evasive" (First Time Reaction)

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  • @ROUGHSEES
    @ROUGHSEES 21 годину тому +6

    Wow, something I haven't heard yet. That was excellent! I just downloaded this album thanks to your channel, Lee.

    • @johnewart1635
      @johnewart1635 20 годин тому +1

      You have impeccable taste. Hope you enjoy the album.

  • @marthagavey9321
    @marthagavey9321 День тому +8

    ❤🎉❤never heard of them either thrup! They are fun! Definitely "psycho rock",lol! Kidding!🎶💕🎶

  • @KeithMcbride-fy3hy
    @KeithMcbride-fy3hy 23 години тому +9

    One of my favourite albums

  • @lupodelupis3672
    @lupodelupis3672 День тому +7

    Such a cool psychedelic british band! Baron Saturday could be a song written by Dr.John...and they were from Sidcup, Kent (south east London)!

  • @Hartlor_Tayley
    @Hartlor_Tayley День тому +10

    Great tracks they had.

  • @robharrison4948
    @robharrison4948 20 годин тому +4

    Classic British psych, mr evasive is one of four bonus tracks on some versions of the album, all of which are excellent.

  • @alericksonof1967
    @alericksonof1967 День тому +10

    First rock opera and many would suggest Old Man Going one of the first heavy metal songs from this album ….fantastic band

    • @marxman00
      @marxman00 День тому +3

      Thats my go to track , its got a lot to answer for

    • @johnewart1635
      @johnewart1635 23 години тому +3

      The Whole SF Sorrow album​@@marxman00

  • @shiannesmith6877
    @shiannesmith6877 21 годину тому +4

    It sounds like a 90s band! Wow.

  • @johnewart1635
    @johnewart1635 День тому +12

    The Pretty Things are without any question one of the all time classic rock bands. Only bad management meant they didnt tour USA in the 60s so eluding world stardom. They did tour US in 90s and over their lifetime 1963 to 2020 recorded incredible music like the 2 ballsy 60s psych tracks featured today. Dick Taylor the guitarist was an original member of the Stones and Phil May the vocalist present throughout the bands long history. Also featured Viv Prince and Twink on drums in the 60s. The Pretty Things recorded a large number of amazing albums. Commercialy successful band particularly in UK releasing superb rnb singles like Rosalyn, Dont Bring Me Down (both later covered by Bowie) and Honey I Need in 1964 and superb follow up album in 1965 'Get The Picture'. Mr Evasion was an amazing psych single in 1967 b/w Defecting Grey (another awesome song). SF Sorrow (1968) is their best known album and rightly regarded as a classic, and the first rock opera album, a year before The Who's Tommy. Baron Saturday is my favourite track from 'SF Sorrow'. They recorded 13 studio albums, 14 live albums, and 34 singles in their lifetime. They also recorded 3 excellent albums under the name of 'Electric Banana' in 1960s for movie soundtracks. Thats another story. Monster of a band.

    • @johnewart1635
      @johnewart1635 День тому +2

      Listen to 'Get A Buzz' by this band. It is incredible rock for 1965.

    • @gl2700
      @gl2700 День тому +2

      Impressed! Love the Pretty Things!

    • @barryderby
      @barryderby 23 години тому

      The Electric Banana provided music for porn movies!

    • @barryderby
      @barryderby 23 години тому +3

      They were a great band. Far longer hair than the Stones, they started with the same rhythm'and'blues. My favourite was Don't Bring Me Down, a sort of theme song for us scruffy, mad beatniks!
      "I′m on my own, nowhere to roam
      I tell you baby, don't want no home
      I wander round, feet off the ground
      I even go from town to town
      I said I think this rock is grand
      Say I′ll be your man
      Don't bring me down, don't bring me down"

    • @johnewart1635
      @johnewart1635 22 години тому +1

      Yeh great song​@@barryderby

  • @VereinPlatzhirschamHirschenpla
    @VereinPlatzhirschamHirschenpla 23 години тому +8

    Like these strange vibes.

    • @shirleybhs9zd6li5i
      @shirleybhs9zd6li5i 20 годин тому +2

      Back in the day all we needed were strange vibes, lol.

  • @paulknight9998
    @paulknight9998 59 хвилин тому

    One of the most underrated bands/albums of the 1960s

  • @thruppence-ys9zp
    @thruppence-ys9zp День тому +7

    Never heard of these guys... intrigued

    • @johnewart1635
      @johnewart1635 20 годин тому +1

      Listen to whole SF Sorrow album it is wonderful and check out their excellent back catalogue

  • @wayne7048
    @wayne7048 5 годин тому +2

    Mr Evasion

  • @newodkin
    @newodkin 15 годин тому +2

    I discovered them just 10 years ago and they've become a favorite! They never broke up! Had their last album out just a couple years ago, just after their lead singer passed. You HAVE to react to their song, DEFECTING GREY! Like nothing you've ever heard before!

    • @newodkin
      @newodkin 15 годин тому +2

      The band had several distinct periods--English white boy Blues, psychedelic, hard rock, and finally back to traditional blues. Their longtime guitarist was originally in the band that became the Rolling Stones!

    • @newodkin
      @newodkin 15 годин тому +2

      Oh, and producer Norman Smith also worked with the Beatles and early Pink Floyd. He later had hit records on his own as a singer under the name HURRICANE Smith!

    • @johnewart1635
      @johnewart1635 9 годин тому +1

      Defecting Grey was the double sider of Mr Evasion which was played today. I agree Defecting Grey is a corker but picked my favourite 2 first. Defecting Grey is incredible.

    • @johnewart1635
      @johnewart1635 9 годин тому +1

      ​@@newodkin Dick Taylor

  • @shirleybhs9zd6li5i
    @shirleybhs9zd6li5i 20 годин тому +2

    OMG, John E, talk about a blast from the past. These tracks take me back too many years to even think about, lol. I'm looking forward to more. Great reaction, L33 to these trippy songs. Far out, dude. Blessings and peace to all.

    • @johnewart1635
      @johnewart1635 19 годин тому +2

      Thank you Shirley. I love the 60s psychedelic era and mid to late 60s music in general but I was only born in the late 60s! Sounds like you may have experienced it first hand. Lucky you! I usually pick trippy and rock songs for Lee. Look back at some of my selections!

  • @johnjohnston6417
    @johnjohnston6417 18 годин тому +3

    My favorite of Pretty Things is Silk Torpedo from 1974

  • @richardfurness7556
    @richardfurness7556 16 годин тому +3

    SF Sorrow was the third of the great psychedelic albums that changed the UK's musical landscape for ever - Sgt Peppers and Piper At The Gates Of Dawn being the others - or it would have been if its release hadn't been delayed for a year, by which time the moment had passed.
    Mr Evasion is a non-album B-side. It backed Defecting Grey, and if you want to know what that sounds like you'll just have to hear it. I don't have the words to describe what's going on. Another must listen is Talkin' About The Good Times, which sounds like it was recorded 30 years later.

  • @Moz1011
    @Moz1011 День тому +7

    Very owl and the Pussycat.

  • @dawntucker5052
    @dawntucker5052 21 годину тому +3

    ❤❤❤

  • @Starless2012
    @Starless2012 20 годин тому +2

    Classic 60's album!

  • @alvillanueva2525
    @alvillanueva2525 11 годин тому +2

    Check out their 1974 album "Silk Torpedo".

  • @MatthewMullen
    @MatthewMullen 20 годин тому +3

    Have always loved this band. Should’ve been much bigger than they were 👍

    • @johnewart1635
      @johnewart1635 9 годин тому +1

      Exactly it was their managements bad decision not to join the British invasion tours in the States (after initial hits) that stifled their international appeal even though they were big in UK, Germany and also Australia

  • @VereinPlatzhirschamHirschenpla
    @VereinPlatzhirschamHirschenpla 23 години тому +8

    You should start with the early Pink Floyd - The most psychedelic sounds I know.

  • @johnewart1635
    @johnewart1635 23 години тому +5

    Such a great band. Too many great songs but here is a tiny selection -
    Defecting Grey
    Get a Buzz
    SF Sorrow
    Old Man Going
    Gonna Find Me A Substitute
    Rosalyn
    Buzz The Jerk
    Trippin'
    Talkin About The Good Times
    It'll Never Be Me
    Eagle's Son
    Street Girl
    I See You
    Whole SF Sorrow album

  • @terrycunningham8118
    @terrycunningham8118 17 годин тому +3

    I always thought that Eno might have been influenced by these guys.

  • @alansmith1989
    @alansmith1989 9 годин тому +2

    Lee, `Mr Evasion` was never on the original (Vinyl) album. In fact it hails from 1967! It was the `B` side to the groups November 1967 UK single `Deflecting Grey` And, That `A` side is as barmy as a `Box of Frogs!`.

    • @johnewart1635
      @johnewart1635 9 годин тому +1

      It certainly is and excellent with it

  • @AntonyFleck
    @AntonyFleck 2 години тому +1

    A Great forgotten/unknown British band !
    Just for the record they weren't pretty, they were contemporaries of the 'Stones ' and made them look like choir boys!!...

  • @ChasBeauregarde
    @ChasBeauregarde 3 години тому

    Baron Sayurday - The percussion break in the middle - was Zeppelin inspired (euphimism) using the percussion break in "Whole Lotta Love?"🤔

    • @johnewart1635
      @johnewart1635 2 години тому +1

      This was recorded before Led Zeppelin even formed

  • @barrycohen311
    @barrycohen311 4 години тому +2

    Would it be fair or accurate to call this band a "Stoner Band?"

  • @Kerazen123
    @Kerazen123 21 годину тому

    A new one for me. A little too wonky for my personal taste. He had a great voice though.