The Tubes, "Space Baby", 1975
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- Recorded at the Record Plant, w/Bill Spooner on lead vocals. Opens with rare instrumental featured in the Tubes live set at the time. Originally part of The Beans space opera, "Acension of the Motherload." Appeared on the Tubes first album produced by Al Kooper.
"Tube" Mural/Shirts and "Space Baby" costume by Michael Cotten and Prairie Prince
These guys were truly the best American Prog. Rock there ever was. An amazing bunch of musicians ... and artists
These were the best years for the tubes, around this time they made some of their greatest songs. Space Baby is one of my favorites, and i think it's the best singing Bill Spooner ever does.
This band was so far ahead of it's time, great live shows, serious chops. Love Bill spooner and Roger Steen.
The musical compositions and arrangements are so complex, yet filled with righteous hooks - incredible to think they were screwing around the whole time, at the same time. What a band, terribly underrated over time.
***** Awesome. Nice to have another stalker along for the ride.
***** Out of a gazillion videos you ended up here. Okay.
***** C'mon don't treat me like that.
One of my favourite gigs ever was these guys at the New Theatre in Oxford, late 70s. Certainly one of the most underrated bands ever. Their musicianship combined with their live performance was almost too much to take in at one visit. I will always love them.
Yngwie could never come up with a arrangement like this. Spooner the true virtuoso
Yngwie is an incredible guitarist but Spooner Is a Genius.
Don’t forget about Steen. Most underrated guitar tag team on the planet.
The Tubes made art rock,new wave rock,prog rock,and fusion fun...they never took too much seriously. Great attitude 👏
my graduation year in high school 75 and the tubes the most dynamic diverse band in history on the scene they ,should be voted in the rock n roll hall of fame.
They deserve a mention.
Bill Spooner is such a legend 🤘🤘🤘
I was at this gig, Hammersmith Odeon November 1977, I was 18...awesome night, The Tubes at their very very best
Can't favor this video more.....This is what The Tube were and are to me - a high point in my musical collection. No Band speaks to me more, not the Monks, Prince Edwards magic, not even Khan or early Genesis. Looking forward to the full Documentary. Nikki Lee
Tubes (Now), Whisky a go go,
30 shows, 15 nights, went opening night second show 11:30 and closing night last show 11:30 as well at which they proceeded to bring Farrah Fawcett ( no lie ) onstage for all the gifts of What Do You Want For Life.
My older brother and his friends took me. I was 15.
Life on a deserted island for me would have to include the Tubes first album and Young and Rich. After 35 years their music still hasn't gotten old to me. Thank you Todd Rundgren.
Prairie Prince best drummer in the World!!
Such incredible musicians.
That tube's first album with white punks on the mondo bondage, what do you want from life, space baby just an amazing record one of the best bands to come out of the 70s, so good they should've been huge!
AND I use to dance for them WAY back in the the mid 70's
Now THAT'S a fun gig!!
tomandaj1 OMG 😮 seriously!!!???
SO LUCKY
How cute were Rick and Bill!! 🥰
Did you date any of them?
I was born the year they officially became the Tubes so obviously didn’t get to see them in their prime...sigh 😑
mind boggling brilliance. just leaves one utterly tubesshocked. brilliant. fab.
One of the best bands I've ever heard.
THIS THE TUBES!!!! wish it never had ended.... the originals . Fee is one strange dude, could have had a childrens show with that outfit, if it were today. Bill was great!
Oh my goodness, this is just... [to use one of the most improperly used word in the American language] AWESOME!
I'm in awe!
Wow....intro reminds me of Be Bop Deluxe. Another underrated prog band from the 70's.
6superb9 they did some shoes together
Shows
The Tubes never got respect as the serious, talented musicians they were. They played my high school in about 76' or 77'. Did Space Baby, and this one far more bizzare song in which a momma guitar gives birth to a baby guitar. Two other Bay Area bands of note also played my high school. Maybe you've heard of them. Journey when they were good (pre-Perry) and Earthquake (I still have a drumstick from that one). We had a TV, and a recording studio class. Our teacher (Chet Farrow) knew Bill Grahm.
Love the cool opening instrumental...reminds me of the vibe of early XTC...Surely Andy Partridge was a fan...I wish they had recorded it...had they?? Incredible band.
Prairie Prince did end up playing drums on a couple of XTC albums. "Skylarking" and "Oranges And Lemons" I think.
Yep so ipso facto
Outstanding! 👍🏻
wolfgangs vault has some awesome live stuff from 75 and 77 on these guys.\
go back to the start.
you guys are still awesome so lets go "up from the deep".
I know that this would be a pipe dream, but how about the Hall of Fame?
Love that Bill Spooner
I can declare Sputnik Spooner my spirit animal, right? I can't believe I slept on these guys for so long. Trippy shit, with the right amount of smarm.
I spent an ethernity looking for the tubes...now i found them ....
Thought it was Yes without the visual. Sounds great!
These Tubes are so good!
man that's a drip directly to my bloodstream
Great!! Love the Zickos drum kit. Prairie Prince it the man!
True Greatness..... right there.
Wow, they look so young here. I saw them in 75...guess I was young too, only 15. Fee came out dressed in a space suit and helmet.
Excellent video, thanks for posting, much appreciated. The Tubes are one of my very favorite progressive rock/punk/awesome bands of all time. I saw them live twice, at the Whisky, and Dodger Stadium. Prairie Prince was the best drummer, loved Michel Cotten's synth work. The Tubes are highly underrated. They're a Beauty ; )
Man, this is one of my favorite of the Tubes' many greats. Terrific video! How about some video of "I was a punk before you were a punk"? I've been imagining the on-stage scene's visuals for the whole "Johnny Bugger and the Dirtboxes" thing since I was about 9 years old!
This is absolutely wacko - and totally wonderful
Excellent!
Prairie getting it done on Vistalites, way cool. Would love to see a video of "Hip Dip" if one is around.
Keep `em coming!!!
Interesting to see the two bands mentioned together. First time I saw both of them was at the same show. Great gig!
JonP1961
Banda fantástica!!!!!
i saw them at meriweather post pavilion in md. back in the late 70's. what a show!! no "warm-up" band, just the tubes for 2 hrs.!!!
Fee was one of the greatest singers . band great musicianship
Tubes Tubes Tubes! Hail from Cologne, i love you guys!
Love this band!!!
Melbourne ,Australian Tubes freak.
Cosmic!!!!!
Yeah, these are the TUBES I remember, rocking the bay area in the 70's.
The Tubes Rule!!!!!!!
To be at this gig.
The Tubes
"Space Baby"
The Tubes
A&M Records, 1975
to all you journey fans prairie prince started that one
Sputnik looks like he is ready for a rumble.
Before "She's A Beauty". Avant Garde. Love it. I always liked the way the musicians are dressed casual and into playing great music, while Fee can do all the costumes and clowning around while he sings.
solid jam. first timer
They could be completely prog when they felt like it. Killer musicians!
Well, there are a lot of similarities to Zappa in The Tubes music, at least in their sense of humor/attitude towards mainstream American culture. I always thought the game show segment of What Do You Want From Life sounded alot like Does This Kind Of Life Look Interesting To You from 200 Motels.
Does anyone else think that the designer of the alien from the Alien movie/s got some inspiration from Fee’s Space Baby alien headgear here?
Rest in peace Rick gator Anderson
Cazzo, che grandi! Erano ottimi professionisti, io li adoravo!
Shit, that great! they were excellent professionals I loved them!
Atleast it's not reached TV proportions, where the ads are covering 1/3 of the screen.
@shirtgod
Good point.
Too bad the Todd and Tubes relationship didnt manifest itself into some more admirable.
Very underrated collaboration.
Very good
Very nice this :) off to dl Live album...
By the way, I saw them on this tour! Except Fee was in a NASA type space Suit and suspended from wires! lol I was in the front row right on the orchestra pit with a bottle of tequilla and had a BLAST i'll tell you!
Good fucking album
Saw their first two tours. Besides Hawkwind space ritual tour, the best stage shows ever. If they had
rocked a little harder, they would have been huge!! They had the buzz. I blame the main songwriter Roger Steen for being too diverse. Great music but the joke wore thin. Finally had some hits but way after the fact.
do I hear a hint of "Boy Crazy" in the opening instrumental???
And one station here is introducing audio for the pop-up ads! They mute down the TV Show and play a little audio byte!
Guess which channel I never watch...
Sounds like Yes Heart of the Sunrise.
Roger Steen's Axe, Gibson L5S?
Yes in cherry burst no less.
wowspaceay
Great add to a great tubes song! Are you a space baby?
que bueno el guitarra,parece facil y no lo es,....este tema nunca lo escuche,esta ok.
@treebeard22 I totally see it and was thinking exactly the same thing.
Did they rip off Gabriel era genesis?
@treebeard22 Yep, reminds me of Zappa too.
@adriayn1 I could not agree more.
If you can't make it good, make it complicated.
agree with gret playing and homor close to zappa bands and what appears to be a "trout mask replica" being worn too lol
I'm guessing David Yamaha they use a lot of thier equiptment
Inspired by Peter Gabriel much? The Tubes Rule!
Sputnik looks like the fonz
Inspired by the Mothers much??? Awesome
Inspired by the Monkees much? The tubs rule!
Sounds proggy.
ITS OFFICIAL... 'ALIEN' stole the idea for the look of their alien in the movie from the TUBES !
anyone who thinks Journey was better "pre- perry" needs to have their head checked
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prog-punk. cool
Who wrote this song?
That helmet kicks too much ass.