The Hollies - King Midas In Reverse (Live on Top Gear, 22nd October 1967)

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  • @irenedownie6559
    @irenedownie6559 3 роки тому +24

    Great song! I remember back in the day being disappointed it wasn’t bigger hit.

    • @leprimitif62
      @leprimitif62 Місяць тому

      J'aime beaucoup la version enregistré Live par C.S.N and Young .Superbe composition en effet, que l'on peut entendre dans la bande son de ce très bon film qu'est "L'ANGLAIS" de
      Steven Soderbergh .

  • @milbury55
    @milbury55 Рік тому +5

    My favourite era of The Hollies, this is a magickal live recording, just a pity that there's not a film recording of it!

  • @Bruce15485
    @Bruce15485 3 роки тому +28

    For me, its the Hollies best song !

    • @wernerspitzenberger6916
      @wernerspitzenberger6916 3 роки тому +6

      definitely, yes, i see it the same way, it shows without doubt how important grahams voice was. the studioversion is absolutely perfect. and this version shows how perfect their voices could sound even live.

    • @swami19581
      @swami19581 2 роки тому +1

      An astonishing composition. One of my favourite songs of all time.

    • @nelidasilviacastro1722
      @nelidasilviacastro1722 7 місяців тому

      Thank you Hey !! Siempre en mi cuore!! @Yes YES YES 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

    • @nelidasilviacastro1722
      @nelidasilviacastro1722 7 місяців тому

      No md Pu bmicN!!11❤❤❤❤❤1❤❤

    • @nelidasilviacastro1722
      @nelidasilviacastro1722 7 місяців тому

      🎉Estamos en Democracia1😊

  • @i4nng
    @i4nng 2 роки тому +8

    though i love specially the hard-rock scene of the 70's, the 60's will always be my favorote music-art period of all ❤🔥✌🏼🕊.

  • @notholding2
    @notholding2 6 років тому +16

    Thanks to a friend at the Beeb I've had a copy of this entire radio session for a long time now but am glad someone else has shared it with the interview here. It is a true shame this song was not the monster hit it should have been.

  • @babyshambler
    @babyshambler 2 роки тому +5

    That gold-sparkle Premier kit is beautiful!

    • @roybeckerman9253
      @roybeckerman9253 9 місяців тому

      Absolutely.
      He also used Ludwig and now uses DW.

  • @mrnobodyz
    @mrnobodyz 2 роки тому +10

    The bass comes in nice!

  • @cucinare-da-zero
    @cucinare-da-zero 2 роки тому +5

    The Posies' cover of this is awesome too

  • @ManWithNoExpression
    @ManWithNoExpression 6 років тому +8

    Whenever I see this thumbnail I always think a video of this performance has surfaced - oh well, great audio though!

  • @matthewfarmer6830
    @matthewfarmer6830 3 роки тому +4

    Great video love the Hollies, thanks for sharing 👍

  • @pwb0511
    @pwb0511 5 років тому +7

    So talented, just blow me away!

  • @adm712
    @adm712 3 роки тому +19

    This interview is very telling. Graham has this vision for the band to transcend to new creative heights, while the other members were probably keen on playing school boy romance pop tunes.

    • @TVsMrHappyTalk
      @TVsMrHappyTalk 3 роки тому +3

      As for Brian Wilson with his lot when going full genius with GOK and Good Vibrations.

    • @morsol8491
      @morsol8491 3 роки тому +3

      But He stuck with Crosby, Still and Nash, though. Nothing prevented him from sticking to teeagers tunes.

    • @luhead
      @luhead 3 роки тому +6

      You clearly know very little about the Hollies post-Nash.

    • @LG-kl3co
      @LG-kl3co 2 роки тому +8

      I have seen this sort of comment which is not valid. Nash sang about "chickens in the yard, life used to be so hard" The Hollies sang, He ain't heavy, he's my brother, The air that I breathe, Long cool woman in a Black dress. Take a look at Nash compilations and compare to Clarke, Sylvester, Hicks....and Clarke in particular. Finally, Clarkes....My life is over with you....a direct response to Nash leaving. The naivety in all the compositions falls heavily towards Graham Nash. BUT, Nash did make an enormous amount of money when he left The Hollies.

    • @oppothumbs1
      @oppothumbs1 2 роки тому

      @@morsol8491 lol

  • @jaspurr77
    @jaspurr77 4 роки тому +20

    So good not even The Beatles attempted this at time..this song is better than a lot of their psychedelia..very unique

    • @ledflaplin2001
      @ledflaplin2001 3 роки тому +13

      With all due respect By this time the Beatles had released Strawberry Fields forever by 8 months. Sgt Pepper Had been released in May 1967. The Beatles Psychedelia had surpassed everyone. Hell you could say they were the originators of it. Listen to Tomorrow Never Knows off of Revolver in 1966. It was a good start.

    • @amabreward491
      @amabreward491 3 роки тому +6

      Totally agree with you. This tune and the Butterfly album are criminally overlooked.

    • @Bruce15485
      @Bruce15485 3 роки тому +3

      Most probably my favourite Hollies song ! Released in September 1967. Well after Strawberry Fields and Sgt Peppers, Graham Nash sat in on the "All You Need Is Love" session. Its not hard to hear the Beatles influence on this song. Worthwhile read: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_You_Need_Is_Love

    • @sczen
      @sczen Рік тому

      YES THEY HAD~

    • @MerkinMuffly
      @MerkinMuffly Рік тому +2

      I like the Hollies, but please, Revolver in 66, for my money is the greatest rock album ever, a psychedelic masterpiece to boot.

  • @ManzannaSaotome43
    @ManzannaSaotome43 6 років тому +3

    OMG thanks so much for sharing this version it sjust awesome 😃

  • @divadseivad205
    @divadseivad205 3 роки тому +4

    Wonderful song. enough

  • @timgrant6646
    @timgrant6646 4 роки тому +3

    Great version

  • @frankmensing4348
    @frankmensing4348 3 роки тому +3

    Amazing!

  • @terryross1032
    @terryross1032 5 років тому +3

    Listening, sounds like they recorded it then Graham Nash sang over the top.

  • @heseblesen
    @heseblesen 4 місяці тому +1

    Hollies best song

  • @richardwinn8941
    @richardwinn8941 3 роки тому +6

    This is an abolutely fanastic tune and may be the Hollies best ever song but incredulously was not a top 10 hit, amazing when you hear just how good it is.

  • @lordjohndebrusch3597
    @lordjohndebrusch3597 3 роки тому +11

    I had the single. Too ahead of its time but should have charted much much higher!

    • @SuperNevile
      @SuperNevile 2 роки тому +1

      Agreed, but then they went back to singing about schoolgirls and got back in the top ten.

  • @lloydholzheimer5333
    @lloydholzheimer5333 3 роки тому +1

    LOVE THE HOLLIES. EVERGREEN MUSIC. IT MAKES ME HAPPY. ENJOY.

  • @nelidasilviacastro1722
    @nelidasilviacastro1722 7 місяців тому +2

    Queremos ser Felices!!!!!! Vivir en PAz

  • @dougpiranha3619
    @dougpiranha3619 5 років тому +6

    There ain't half been some clever bastards.

  • @patrickward8144
    @patrickward8144 3 роки тому +4

    You bet it's the Hollies best song, and the reason Graham left!!!!!!

  • @Piggy-Oink-Oink
    @Piggy-Oink-Oink 5 років тому +2

    ANy live version of these Hollies songs-I;e never heard one-- CLOWN, FIFI The FLea or Tell me To My Face?

  • @bertspivey3214
    @bertspivey3214 Рік тому +2

    Bobby Elliot never gets the credit he deserves.

  • @ustheserfs
    @ustheserfs Рік тому +2

    i think nash left just after this single's release due to artistic direction

  • @elirosen1391
    @elirosen1391 4 роки тому +2

    Anyone notice the absence of the high harmony in the bridge?

  • @arturopatino7797
    @arturopatino7797 3 роки тому +4

    Uno de los mejores grupos ingleses, mal explotados y longevos que aún están cantando, aunque nada más estén dos de los orígenales hollies

    • @descontr0l
      @descontr0l 3 роки тому +4

      En algunos paises fueron muy famosos y exitosos pero nunca llegaron a tener la misma relevancia de fama que los otros grupos ingleses de la época como The Beatles o The rolling stones y es una lástima porque The Hollies ERAN BUENISIMOS, la calidad vocal, las armonias, las voces perfectamente afinadas, sobre todo la de Allan Clarke (que es una absoluta belleza y que cantaba igual de hermoso una balada o un rock duro con la misma perfección y belleza pues su voz se acoplaba muy bien ) , las composiciones, los arreglos , las letras...TENÍAN TODO para llegar a tener la misma relevancia que The Beatles. Concuerdo contigo, fueron mal explotados en el buen sentido de la palabra,les faltó como más marketing . Yo soy de Venezuela y en mi pais fueron muy famosos y conocidos en los 60 y 70 pero en otros no tanto

  • @markjamesmeli2520
    @markjamesmeli2520 5 місяців тому

    NOTE: Song starts at 1:12.

  • @aurajimenez88
    @aurajimenez88 3 роки тому

    Siguen siendo los mejores los adoro y el cantante lo hace muy bien y muy bello

  • @erickjason9092
    @erickjason9092 4 місяці тому

    I miss good music.

  • @andrewsheppard3189
    @andrewsheppard3189 3 роки тому +1

    Brian Mathew introduced Saturday Club and Easy Beat (on Sundays). It is his voice as compere, not John Peel. Thus, wrong attribution. Not Top Gear.

    • @philchappell6831
      @philchappell6831 3 роки тому

      Top Gear was presented by Brian Matthews before John Peel took over the show.

    • @andrewsheppard3189
      @andrewsheppard3189 Рік тому

      @Phil Chappell Correct, but by October 1967, Peel and Pete Drummond were hosting. My earlier comment re Brian Mathew and Easy Beat was incorrect. The show was canned by then. Saturday Club had been taken over by Keith Fordyce. So was Brian Mathew guest host for The Hollies session? There aren't many left who can tell us.

  • @johnasson5723
    @johnasson5723 3 роки тому

    this cut is majestic and true for the outsider. and today s polarity only further reflects the lack of tolerance despite the so called urge for umm transparency~

  • @dianegodbout2356
    @dianegodbout2356 2 роки тому +2

    I attribute this song to the current admisnistration and the Davos crowd

    • @seancurran6727
      @seancurran6727 Рік тому

      Well you can't spell, so that fits right in right your poitics.................

  • @caryheuchert
    @caryheuchert 4 місяці тому

    ELO should have covered this.

  • @elliotgoldberg5657
    @elliotgoldberg5657 Рік тому +2

    Love the song but always felt the high flutes were way overdone

  • @sandyrickard994
    @sandyrickard994 Рік тому

    A fantastic song, but I think Magical M T cornered the market that year

  • @trfesok
    @trfesok Рік тому +1

    Well, it was nice to have ambition, but touring with an orchestra in 1967 would have been prohibitively expensive a logistical nightmare , and the proper amplification technology did not yet exist. ELP would find this out, much to their dismay, 10 years later.

    • @michaelharrington75
      @michaelharrington75 Рік тому +2

      Nash just talking out of his a$$. Shortly after this he went to playing folk music with Crosby and Stills. No big orchestras or anything.

    • @dggydddy59
      @dggydddy59 Рік тому

      ​@michaelharrington75 Graham was my old boss in the music biz and he was a great guy to me. In 1967 he was young, full of drugs and open to anything. He needed to do something different in the Hollies and would put out ideas different than what the other guys wanted and saw himself growing apart from them. And he wasn't an orchestra arranger, just a singing songwriter and a full fledged hippie idealist. He truly thought the music of the 60's was going to change the world for the better. And he wanted to play a part. Besides, CSN and CSNY songs weren't about orchestra parts anyway.

  • @dionsands3113
    @dionsands3113 Рік тому +1

    didnt chart well,just made top 20 in nz.

  • @jamiej14544
    @jamiej14544 Рік тому +2

    This song has a very negative theme. It was not very commercial and failed to chart strongly. Graham's bid to influence the direction of the Holliis failed. He left soon thereafter. Dear Eloise was a much better choice for a single,

    • @LG-kl3co
      @LG-kl3co 2 місяці тому

      Certainly not picking a fight, Dear Eloise is 100 % Graham Nash and really is the epitome of the over simplistic , naive, "Moon in June" rhyming composition he seemed to favour. Although credited to Clarke/Nash/Hicks Graham usually sang lead on his songs.