Shortly after I moved to LA, I rode my 1963 Lambretta to a pub on Sunset Blvd called the Cat & Fiddle. I was dressed full MOD in a suit & pushing my Lambretta around looking for a place to park it. Some guy with a British accent came over to me with a big smile and twinkle in his eyes & said "ahhh.. you remind me of the old days". He looked familiar, but I couldn't place him. Told me he owns the place and instructed me to just bring my Lambretta inside the patio area & park it there. Super nice guy. Found my friends & they told me that guy I was talking to was Kim Gardner from the Creation!
I just found your channel tonight, via the Graham Bond piece, which is great. Then I watched this. Excellent. Despite being a big follower of The Creation, I had no idea that Atlantic had signed, or tried to sign them. I bought the US 'How Does It Feel To Feel' when it was released and damn, it still sounds better that most records before and after it. In the 80's I was working at Elektra in A&R. The reformed lineup you mentioned, with Mick Avory and John Dalton were shopping a deal. All the songs on the demo were magic, 'Psychedelic Rose', 'Radio Beautiful' and 'Lay The Ghost' specifically. I also saw their first ever NY show at Warsaw in Nov 2001. They truly looked and sounded fantastic, right down to spray painting the huge Union Jack backdrop. I'd waited 30+ years to see The Creation and it was worth every second. Thanks for the time you put into researching this one. I loved it.
You were spot-on with The Creation, Matt. Exactly right. I communicated with Eddie Phillips years ago and he signed some autographed photos for me that are now framed. They were one of those sad rock 'n roll stories that never were. Great band.
Great video. I was there in the UK in the sixties. My band, The Gass Company had just one record release: Everybody Needs Love c/w Nightmare on the President label.
My grandpa catched one of their shows during his trip to England in 1966 on his 19th birthday. He said that they easily were one of the best live bands he'd heard.
Living in Australia, this band was unknown to me and only became aware of them years ago in a fantastic obscure book titled "Encyclopedia of British Beat Groups & Solo Artists of the Sixties" (1980 - Omnibus Press) by Colin Cross - (this is not a plug, I'm just alerting you to this publication as it contains bio's on 100's of British pop/rock acts from the 60's - a great source for everyone who loves that era). Keep up the great work Matt - and absolutely excitedly waiting in anticipation for your Easybeats installment!!! (I just had to stretch the friendship and sneak that one in!) regardless, all the best, Terry.
Thanks so much Matt. I love this band. I got the Edsel record back when it came out. Shell Talmy, I think summed up the feelings of many when he said it frustrated him till today that he couldn't put them over. They did get catch lightning in a bottle a few times though. Cheers.
Too bad Planet Records failed... they had such a great label logo. Thanks for turning me onto these cats. As it turns out, I have had their complete collection for many years and have never gotten around to listening to it. I'm changing that now!
My good friend Bob worked for days and weeks creating his own versions of Rhino’s “Nuggets” Psychedelic collections, both British and American. Bob mined deep to find great Psychedelic tracks not found on the Nuggets collections, but he included The Creation’s “Making Time,” which is hands down my favorite song of Psych genre, and I believe Bob’s as well! Thank you for teaching us the history of this excellent band, Matt!
Great video. Met Eddie Phillips a few times, smashing bloke, signed my records for me and had a chat about the band. Totally underated guitarist. Shame no British footage seems to have survived of the band. Making time was always a fave in the mod clubs.
@@essexboy5520 I'm 58 now. Been off the scene for years. Afraid I'm looking my age a bit. Still love the clothes and music. I take it, back in the day, you used to go to the London clubs. I'm from East London originally.
Bet you only look 30! Anyway your definitely from good mod territory, the east end is where a lot of the original mods came from. But you know that. My family originally came from Manor Park. Yes did all the London clubs purple pussy cat / the mousetrap good memories. I'm 56 now. Have a great weekend Maurice.
Some bands, for whatever reason, can't take that next step to stardom. I always liked The Creation. You got me thinking about the career of Alex Chilton (in general) and the band Big Star (in particular). Another band I would put in the same category as The Creation. A really good band that just couldn't record that one break out hit that launched the band to the big time. Great stuff Matt. Thank you Sir, RNB
Big Star only had 3 albums. It would be a pretty short episode if one day you release a special 'Pop Goes the 70's edition - featuring BIG STAR :-) Cheers!
@@ricknbacker5626-seeing that the Creation only put out two LPs during their existence (one of them being a compilation of some of their singles, PLUS neither LP having been released in the UK), I would say that there could be quite a lot to cover in Big Star’s similarly short time period as a band- they have been chronicled rather frequently in the past 30-40 years!
Hi b.r. r. Yes they have. But their is quite a bit more to document about The Creation. With members coming and going, management and labels issues and their relatively large popularity in parts of Europe and the UK. Big Star had some drama in their short existence but nothing compared to The Creation, and they weren't #1 anywhere. So with The Creation, you have a lot more moving parts to cover and flesh out, to warrant a full episode worth Matt's time. Big Star's 'History' is far less intriguing. My second point was meant to convey that had either band had that 1 break out hit, it would obviously have changed either of these 2 bands fortunes. Quite possibly allowing for more output and longer more successful careers. Instead of 2 really good bands whose careers disserved a better fate. As for 'record releases', The Creation had several more than Big Star, over a relatively same period of time. Cheers, RNB
@@ricknbacker5626-BTW… I am a fan of the Creation, as well! Glad that Matt brought up the fact that the band had a bit of inner turmoil… an interview with Kenny Pickett that I read some years back revealed his feelings about his fellow band mates… Eddie Phillips he had absolutely no issues with, but Jack Jones and Bob Garner were a different story. Jack, to him, was “a fine bloke, but a bad drummer”… he raced over the kit too often for his tastes. As for Bob… they did not get along well at all. All was forgiven years later, it appeared to be… but, in their heyday, it proved too volatile to last.
Greetings Matt✌ I remember the first time when I heard Making Time by The Creation was after watching the movie Rushmore back in the 90's. I was so blown away by this song I immediatley went out and bought The Best of The Creation,. To my ears they were a cross between The Who and The Kinks,-That Shel Talmy signature sound. Great Video👍
@@familydogg1234 Rushmore has become kind of a cult classic, Great movie,Great soundtrack!!!. -That Song Making Time by The Creation when I first heard it I couldnt get that riff out my head, at first I immediatley thought it was The Who who performed it, Only to discover to my surprise it was The Creation.
You should do a thing on The Move. Also, the could-have-been The Who album 'Who's for tennis' that was supposed to have been released in 1968. Would be really interesting.
Thank goodness this world has you making life So much easier to understand what happened in the 60’s with all this music! For music lovers like me that can’t stop listening to this era. Thank You! Seriously! I can’t express the gratitude I feel learning from you in these videos! The 60’s were some of the most enlightening and also confusing times!!! Of course it’s got to be that way for Americans and the probably/maybe the UK!
Great video, thanks for doing it. I love the Creation to bits -- and as you say, some of their B-sides were even stronger than their A-sides. Another fine mod-soul band were the Action, who were Phil Collins' favourite band at the time and were even produced by George Martin. Fun fact: Creation bassist Kim Gardner's daughter Eva Gardner is a well-sought after musician in her own right, most famous for being P!nk's bassist for well over a decade, though she's played with loads of other people as well including Cher. She's even been honoured by Fender-Squier by having her own signature Precision bass released.
Great video !! My introduction to THE CREATION was from the film "Rushmore".....those opening guitar riffs and that snarky attitude in vocal delivery had me immediately !!
I still remember hearing 'Painter Man' on Radio London (a pirate station) back in '66. I moved to Canada that month and didn't hear it again for over ten years.
Great job Matt, I had never head of this band, very interesting. I would have to call them successful, at least in the long run, influencing others and still having a following years after they broke up. It is always sad that groups, or partners of any endeavor, that can't enjoy what they are doing in the moment. But that is life, its hard to know the best of times until they pass.
So yeah, I may be a big Beatles fan and all, but in the 'rock' genre I also have a longtime love of the general 1966-1968 transition of the garage sound through freakbeat into early psychedelia. One band I'm in does originals written in that style. LOVE The Creation. Nice vid, Matt! Wanted to let you know (if you didn't know already) that over in Facebookland, SHEL TALMY is regularly posting memories/notes on his recording sessions from the era, with extensive stories about early Who, Kinks, Creation, and just about every other act he recorded.
Terrific website! I particularly like your short histories of sometimes underrated 60s bands -- Buffalo Springfield, Merry-Go-Round, The Association, Lovin' Spoonful, Kaleidoscope, The Yardbirds, Spanky & Our Gang, etc., and now, The Creation. (I was born in 1953, so I enjoyed hearing those bands' music in real-time! Also, I got to see see Cream live in 1967, and the Who in 1971.) Great to hear the backstories to all those great songs. Would you consider doing a history of one my favorite 60s British bands, The Small Faces? They were almost unknown in the U.S. during the 60s, except for their lone US hit, "Itchycoo Park". When file sharing became a thing 20 years ago, I got to discover just how many great songs The Small Faces recorded.
Yes! The Small Faces are high on my list. I have plenty of research done on them already so that will be a fun one. The Zombies, Byrds, Nazz, Beach Boys and the Action are also in the works.
The Poets from Scotland are a band worth exploring, they had some very interesting singles from 1964 to 1967. I remember when John Lennon reviewed some singles in 1964, he was very impressed with them for their unique sound, it was called Now We’re Thru’, take a listen 👂 That’s the way it’s got to be, is great too, amazing bass! Oh just checked your vlogs you played their later singles👏
Awesome stuff Matt loved the creation boy they deserved more success great insight into the great band...don’t if you have covered them if you have not! The Electric prunes another one of my fav 60,s bands great stuff Matt keep them coming .
I consider the band one of the finest to ever have come out of the UK. It's criminal that they had so little success. I highly recommend anyone to buy the 2-CD set "Action Painting", which tell the whole story and has all of their stuff!
Man, just outstanding coverage and research as well as the expected presentation...just perfect. I gradually remembered this band as you got close to 68 - I was 12 and trying to hear s=as much that my parents hated! You mentioned The Easybeats...one of my favorites of all time with a later band no one but me remembers...The Clean! Thanks ...so great when you upload!
The Clean is new to me as well - I'll have to look into them. I do plan on an Easybeats video, but I must confess i have a few videos in front of that one. I will probably do the Zombies and the Action first. Thanks for commenting, WB!
@@popgoesthe60s52 Now worries at all...you could probably schedule a few decades of work just off my crazy requests! In the 60s I was kind of known by my friends as the music geek and no one knew who I was listening to except the Beatherls and the Kinks! Thanks always!
There was a bootleg cassette I got in mid-77 of Lydon spinning records and being interviewed and Life is Just Beginning was included. He had a super eclectic taste in music that was really refreshing and original. I didn't know a thing about their love of The Creation but I finally figured out who they were and Life is Just Beginning is my favorite of their songs.
Hi Matt- as ever, great video, and on one of my favourite bands too. Loved your Young Rascals series too! Now, how about a wee video on the ultimate Mod gods- The Action. I saw their "Action Packed" LP on your records shelf in another of your videos- so no excuse!
Thank you for doing this video, great history and timeline. It's nice to see anything on this band. I first heard them as a teenager in a record store I frequented, the singles collection was playing and I bought it that day and listened to it a ton. I grew up with Britpop and when I heard the Creation I could hear echos of their sound in modern British bands.
Matt, I've been binge watching your 60's videos since I stumbled onto them a few days ago. I really got into the obscure bands some twenty years ago - after picking up a copy of Rhino's '98 "Nuggets" box set. That was a such a great introduction into a lot of music that I'd never heard of (in my younger days). I've got a sizeable collection of a lot of these LP's now. Thanks for your excellent in-depth analysis and appreciation of these bands. I don't know if you've done a video yet on Arthur Lee & Love - but they would definitely be a good candidate for a show. And "The Chocolate Watchband" is another exceptional band that few are aware of.
Welcome Randall! Love will certainly get the Pop Goes the 60s treatment, so stay tuned. I have a very long list of bands to cover and I will be alternating between the biggest bands and the obscure, all while throwing in as much Beatles content as my viewers will allow! Thanks for watching.
Just caught up with this one. Again, a terrific bio, thanks! As a teen in the 60s in London, my memory is that they simply weren’t very visible, and I don’t recall hearing them on the radio, which was essential at that time. Pirate radio was so important, and new bands simply had to get be played there. Although remembered with much affection, not least by me, these were murky times and getting radio play was achieved by various methods - maybe the small label they were on simply didn’t have the connections. Also we have to remember the historical context - there was simply so much music coming week on week by so many bands that it was easy to get overlooked. I must also add that they never quite came up with a killer track - Shel Talmy was perfect for them, and even he couldn’t get a hit record out of the band.
Thanks for this Matt. I thought I knew most of the sixtees bands, having grown up in London during that decade, but I can't recall ever hearing any music by this band, nor can I remember hearing mention of their work. So thank you for bringing them to us!
Thank thank thank you Matt! Superb band...pls do the Action next as they were the other great more underground UK mod band! Or the Move? I did an article for a powerpop fanzine about them in Shakin' Street in the pre-internet days when info was hard to come by...I described How Does it Feel to Feel like sounding like Heaven's Gate opening! You did a great job though, top research... And wow, that poster on the left of the Stones and Easybeats tour is a beauty I hadn't seen before...
Hey Mark! I will be covering the Action - great band! I must confess I added the band names on the bottom of that Stones poster. Thanks for the comment!
Had never heard of this group. Enjoyed what you presented of their songs. Fascinating on all the guys in and out of the group. Happened alot back then. Excellent video!
Great video and subject Matt! This band went under my radar so I am happy you made a video on them. I will need to investigate more. Always liked the song Making Time from Rushmore. Thanks so much for sharing.
Another enjoyable one Matt, thanks. I’m having a great time going through a lot of your previous videos, really inspiring stuff, love the music and lyrics of this era. Going to watch the Zombies one next.
Hi Matt, thank you for yet another great video, and sorting out the complicated history of The Creation! I’ll never forget seeing the trailer for Rushmore on tv, and the shock of hearing The Creation on it. Eddie Phillips deserves to be recognized more often as innovator,, and videos like this certainly help. I agree, “Through My Eyes” is one of their better tracks!
Been a fan of The Creation for years now and this was a great overview of the band. It always amazes me how groups like this in the 60s barely saw any chart action despite releasing a plethora of gritty and excellent singles/records, but then you had the likes of the appalling Cilla Black who had numerous hits! Making Time, Painter Man, Life Is Just Beginning, Nightmares, How Does It Feel To Feel, Biff, Bang, Pow, Can I Join Your Band, I Am The Walker, Cool Jerk, etc, etc... Fabulous. Such a shame that Kenny (much too soon), Bob and Kim are no longer with us.
Matt great video.I ordered the double disc of all their 60s music.Growing up in the 60s there was so much going on in music,the war and all the garbage with politics was hard to keep up with everything
Another great video, Matt! The Creation is one of my favourite groups of the mod period, so I’m very glad you covered them. You’re really hitting your stride with these band histories, the style and format is both highly enjoyable and unique. If I may request a future band to cover, I’d suggest the Seeds or the 1910 Fruit Gum Company! Keep up the fantastic work!
Thank you, Charles, I enjoy the band histories of the lesser known groups. Yes, your request is duly noted. I do have some interesting stuff on the Seeds as well as some of the bubblegum stuff.
The soundtrack of my coming-of-age... still mindblowing! Wake me up when Pop returns - how can kids even stand being kids with all those TikTok-Charts? Request for the other oft-forgotten Mod-Bands: The Eyes; The Action (George Martin's Soul Project); The Birds, John's Children (Marc Bolan's Debut Band), The Artwoods (feat. Jon Lord and Ron Wood's Brother, Art). All highly creative and equally unlucky to The Creation, if this fit your bill, then they should, too!)
I heard ' How does it feel to feel ' by The Creation by watching the documentary( Stranger in my own skin ) about Pete Doherty of The Libertines , I heard the song and was very into it ! ...Groovy man , like really groovy ! Thanks !
Great vid, Thanks! Found a great Creation compilation LP years ago in London called ' The Creation '66-'67' on Charisma Perspective. From 1973. Includes fine covers of 'Cool Jerk' and a pre- Hendrix slow version of 'Hey Joe', as well as a few trax you nentioned...what a band! Had original copies of 'Making Time' and 'Midway Down' but sold them years ago...aaaargh!! Keeping the comp though!!
Matt, Mucho thanks for postingthis as I am big fan of Eddie Phillips. I think that you mentioned that Ron Wood was with Jeff Beck before he joined the Creation, but I saw Ronnie play bass (with Micky Waller on drums and Rod Stewart on vocal) with Jeff Beck at the Boston Tea Party in the summer of '68. A memorable gig for all the wrong reasons: I never heard a single bass note, and after the first number or two, Beck turned his amp up to 11 or 12 while Rod demanded that the vocals be made louder. After that, I could only hear the drums when Waller beat the hell out of them. I see that someone posted about Biff bang Pow! being on Creation Records. We had several requests (and sales) at our store from a coterie of Creation fans (as in fanatics). Me, too. Great video, and once again I am hunting through my collection for a fix after seeing one of your absorbing videos.
Excellent video about an excellent freaky band! What I think they needed was more visual promotion. Look at how the TV appearance helped them. Any band doing clever stuff like they did needed to be seen as much as heard.
Great "niche" band to cover. I love them....Great subject to feature on your great channel. Hopefully, this will generate some new modern day fans of the band.
The Creation, the Small Faces, the Eyes, the Move and lots of other UK mod bands were all heavily influenced by the Who, but they were all made great records and I love 'em all.
I’ve heard of this band. But it’s a real testament to the brilliance of the Who that they survived Shel Talmy and his bad ideas, but also that the rhythm section and Townshend’s songwriting just put them well above the other Mod acts.
Vacation is over ! Good, unbiased presentation of a sadly unfulfilled band... They really did have songs & exciting potential in their sound.. Shel Talmy has said that Ahmet Ertegun really liked them, so that was a tragic missed opportunity ...... Who knows what would've happened with big label support..
‘Grandad’, written by Pickett, kept T Rex off the No 1 spot. There’s also a Boney M connection, beyond merely their cover of ‘Painter man.’ Worth looking up. I bought ‘Red Flashes’ in 1981 ish. We were into mid- late 60s things in a massive way and could walk into charity shops and yet extant ‘Gents Outfitters’ and jumble sales and buy all the clothes we needed . And we could remember the 1960s - the late 1960s at least, when we were little. The Creation had great songs but I always thought KP’s delivery was a little reticent. ‘For All I Am’ is beautiful - one of the top 20 1960s tracks. Loved your presentation. Sterling work, sir!
@@popgoesthe60s52 here’s Pickett’s mod hit ‘Grandad!’ I think it was his only number one, if only by proxy. Clive Dunn was an actor who played Jones, in the WWII comedy series ‘Dad’s Army.’ ua-cam.com/video/XC5fqzKxau8/v-deo.html
I discovered them not long ago thanks to Pete Doherty's doc where he's pictured listening to "How does it feel to feel" which became a favorite of mine
I've known about them since the 70's. I like what I hear. These days I only have a couple of CDs. How Does It Feel always makes me laugh, because I'm a lead guitar player and I like to do strange things to get crazy sounds. Overall they always seemed a bit uneven/ inconsistent and I never really knew much about them. I do also like their version of Hey Joe. Thanks for this history.
thanks for the unbiased, non fanboy analysis...no doubt they were a great band,unique sound...just didn't catch on....there's tons of stories like this one,I just like the music
Fantastic! I’ve had the comp “How does it feel to feel” on Edsel Records for over 25 years and still love it. Great band, but I’ve never really known much biographical info about them until this video. Great job. I’m going to listen to them now. Thanks for this. Do you like the album they released in the ’90’s? I was a bit skeptical at the time and didn’t buy it.
I never heard of these guys but I like the fact that you bring them out of history so we can go back and reflect. I saw where someone else mentioned that they sound like a 'poor man's who'. That is exactly what I was thinking, but that was then. In today's market they would still be derivative of the Who with just a nod towards Oasis, IMO.
Thanks for teaching me about this band! One of these days, I would love it if you would do a video, not on a band, but on the various music styles of the sixties… skiffle, r&b, rock, mod, psychodelia… and how each style transitioned into each other. But I love all your videos!
I love the Creation. Friend introduced me to them in the early 90's via some compilation album. Excellent work as usual. Hertfordshirt - it's pronounced something closer to Heart-Fud-shuu. We don't pronounce shire as shire when it's a county name. A bit like Bobby DeNiro in Ronin, mispronouncing Hereford as HEAR-FOORD instead of Herrer-fud.
Great summary! I’ve seen this band referenced in various books on British rock in the ‘60s, but hardly ever HEARD them. Makin Time and How Does It Feel to Feel are great tunes IMO. On the snippet of Through My Eyes that you played, the vocals reminded me of Liam from Oasis. Teacher, Teacher was a great Rockpile tune!
Regarding topics: I’d love to see an episode focused on regional rock acts of the ‘60s. Bands that for whatever reason were huge in one area, but never made it nationally. I recall reading about the Bosstown sound from Boston (or was this purely hype). It’d be nice to hear of worthwhile bands that remain relatively obscure.
I'm not someone who ever gets into these chat threads but I must say, you might be making a mistake. At least if you were ever a fan of the 60's releases by The Who, Small Faces, Kinks and early singles by The Move. Play 6 or so of the songs mentioned in this clip before moving on. I hope you'll agree.
The Creation are famously Alan McGee's favourite band. He called his own short lived band Biff Bang Pow and named Creation Records after the band. Boney M had a hit with Painter Man from memory when I was a kid. Respect!
Great band profile, Matt! I’m new to your channel but a big fan already, having also watched your profiles of Nazz, The Left Banke, The Merry-Go-Round, and others. I’m sure you’ve gotten a ton of suggestions, but some lesser-known band (or at least lesser-discussed) profile ideas to get my votes in: * The Action * Kaleidoscope (UK) * John’s Children * The Poets * The Smoke * The Beau Brummels * The Blue Things * The Electric Prunes * Love * The Millennium * The Remains * The Silver Apples * The United States of America * The Easybeats * The Master’s Apprentices A top 10 of World bands would be very cool too, as we don’t hear much about fantastic international 60s bands like The Outsiders, Q-65, The Motions, Golden Earrings (pre “Radar Love”), Los Brincos, Tages, The Mascots, Los Shakers, Los Vidrios Quebrados, and others. Next for me: Your Byrds 4-parter…
Excellent video Matt, best channel on You Tube. I've had the Our Music is Red compilation since its release but its great to hear some history on the band. If you've not already done so, any chance of an episode on Liverpool band The Escorts. Cheers...
Excellent coverage, never knew what happened to them after they split. Nervana might be worth checking out for a future feature.I had their single Rainbow Chaser in the 60s.
Great band , nice overview . Ashton Gardner and Dyke - great little single Resurrection Shuffle. Only heard it a few times on local radio and it took years to figure out who it was.
Wow Matt thank you for this informative and thorough presentation on such an influential band. It goes to show you how important it was to write hit singles. Just one major hit in the States and the Creation would have been up there with the Kinks and Animals. The Beatles, on the other hand never lost that connection with their audience and were continuously cranking out Top 40 products, even after the band had split. One more comment: how many other heavy, intelligent bands fell by the wayside because they couldn't produce hits? Do you think Lou Reed and the great Velvet Underground would be anywhere near the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame had it not been for Dave Bowie's produced hit "Walk on the Wild Side"?
Shortly after I moved to LA, I rode my 1963 Lambretta to a pub on Sunset Blvd called the Cat & Fiddle. I was dressed full MOD in a suit & pushing my Lambretta around looking for a place to park it. Some guy with a British accent came over to me with a big smile and twinkle in his eyes & said "ahhh.. you remind me of the old days". He looked familiar, but I couldn't place him. Told me he owns the place and instructed me to just bring my Lambretta inside the patio area & park it there. Super nice guy. Found my friends & they told me that guy I was talking to was Kim Gardner from the Creation!
do you still have the Lambretta ? I've seen ONE where I live in Chattanooga and it's CHERRY
And good ol' Ringo - when asked if he was a mod or a rocker - "Neither, I'm a Mocker."
Or has John Lennon said when he was asked the same question mod or rocker ! John .., I’m shocker 😀
The world needs a lot more Ringos.
I just found your channel tonight, via the Graham Bond piece, which is great. Then I watched this. Excellent. Despite being a big follower of The Creation, I had no idea that Atlantic had signed, or tried to sign them. I bought the US 'How Does It Feel To Feel' when it was released and damn, it still sounds better that most records before and after it. In the 80's I was working at Elektra in A&R. The reformed lineup you mentioned, with Mick Avory and John Dalton were shopping a deal. All the songs on the demo were magic, 'Psychedelic Rose', 'Radio Beautiful' and 'Lay The Ghost' specifically. I also saw their first ever NY show at Warsaw in Nov 2001. They truly looked and sounded fantastic, right down to spray painting the huge Union Jack backdrop. I'd waited 30+ years to see The Creation and it was worth every second. Thanks for the time you put into researching this one. I loved it.
My pleasure and welcome to Pop Goes the 60s!
And Nigel Tufnell of Spinal Tap was the first to use the entire violin on his guitar!
Very good! Duly noted.
oh that's hilarious I forgot about that he also turned his amplifier up to 11 because 11 is one louder than 10
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You were spot-on with The Creation, Matt. Exactly right. I communicated with Eddie Phillips years ago and he signed some autographed photos for me that are now framed. They were one of those sad rock 'n roll stories that never were. Great band.
Great video. I was there in the UK in the sixties. My band, The Gass Company had just one record release: Everybody Needs Love c/w Nightmare on the President label.
I'kk have to see if I can find that one. Thanks Martin!
My grandpa catched one of their shows during his trip to England in 1966 on his 19th birthday. He said that they easily were one of the best live bands he'd heard.
Wow, very good feedback - thank you!
Living in Australia, this band was unknown to me and only became aware of them years ago in a fantastic obscure book titled "Encyclopedia of British Beat Groups & Solo Artists of the Sixties" (1980 - Omnibus Press) by Colin Cross - (this is not a plug, I'm just alerting you to this publication as it contains bio's on 100's of British pop/rock acts from the 60's - a great source for everyone who loves that era). Keep up the great work Matt - and absolutely excitedly waiting in anticipation for your Easybeats installment!!! (I just had to stretch the friendship and sneak that one in!) regardless, all the best, Terry.
Thank you for that book referral! I have a few bands to do in front of the Easybeats but stay tuned!
Thanks so much Matt. I love this band. I got the Edsel record back when it came out. Shell Talmy, I think summed up the feelings of many when he said it frustrated him till today that he couldn't put them over. They did get catch lightning in a bottle a few times though. Cheers.
Thanks for watching Martin. Talmy produced some great records.
What a great subject and band Matt, thanks for this particular analysis of this band
Thank you, John!
Too bad Planet Records failed... they had such a great label logo. Thanks for turning me onto these cats. As it turns out, I have had their complete collection for many years and have never gotten around to listening to it. I'm changing that now!
They have some very good rocking songs. I'm glad you don't have to purchase anything!
Wow! I'm impressed. I love the Perpetual Langley single 'Surrender'. Shel Talmy posts some fascinating pieces on Facebook.
My good friend Bob worked for days and weeks creating his own versions of Rhino’s “Nuggets” Psychedelic collections, both
British and American. Bob mined deep to find great Psychedelic tracks not found on the Nuggets collections, but he included
The Creation’s “Making Time,” which is hands down my favorite song of Psych genre, and I believe Bob’s as well! Thank you for
teaching us the history of this excellent band, Matt!
My pleasure, Stuart. I hope to do more psych-themed videos in the future.
Great video. Met Eddie Phillips a few times, smashing bloke, signed my records for me and had a chat about the band. Totally underated guitarist. Shame no British footage seems to have survived of the band. Making time was always a fave in the mod clubs.
Very cool that you met Phillips!
I used to be a Mod too. From 79 to 86. Great days.
@@maurice8607 Think we're around the same age Maurice. I'd frequent the Untouchables do's in London and Brighton. Still have my clobber.
@@essexboy5520 I'm 58 now. Been off the scene for years. Afraid I'm looking my age a bit. Still love the clothes and music.
I take it, back in the day, you used to go to the London clubs. I'm from East London originally.
Bet you only look 30! Anyway your definitely from good mod territory, the east end is where a lot of the original mods came from. But you know that. My family originally came from Manor Park. Yes did all the London clubs purple pussy cat / the mousetrap good memories. I'm 56 now. Have a great weekend Maurice.
Some bands, for whatever reason, can't take that next step to stardom. I always liked The Creation. You got me thinking about the career of Alex Chilton (in general) and the band Big Star (in particular). Another band I would put in the same category as The Creation. A really good band that just couldn't record that one break out hit that launched the band to the big time. Great stuff Matt. Thank you Sir, RNB
Thank you for the support Rick! Big Star was one of the greats that never made it Big!
Big Star only had 3 albums. It would be a pretty short episode if one day you release a special 'Pop Goes the 70's edition - featuring BIG STAR :-) Cheers!
@@ricknbacker5626-seeing that the Creation only put out two LPs during their existence (one of them being a compilation of some of their singles, PLUS neither LP having been released in the UK), I would say that there could be quite a lot to cover in Big Star’s similarly short time period as a band- they have been chronicled rather frequently in the past 30-40 years!
Hi b.r. r. Yes they have. But their is quite a bit more to document about The Creation. With members coming and going, management and labels issues and their relatively large popularity in parts of Europe and the UK. Big Star had some drama in their short existence but nothing compared to The Creation, and they weren't #1 anywhere. So with The Creation, you have a lot more moving parts to cover and flesh out, to warrant a full episode worth Matt's time. Big Star's 'History' is far less intriguing. My second point was meant to convey that had either band had that 1 break out hit, it would obviously have changed either of these 2 bands fortunes. Quite possibly allowing for more output and longer more successful careers. Instead of 2 really good bands whose careers disserved a better fate. As for 'record releases', The Creation had several more than Big Star, over a relatively same period of time. Cheers, RNB
@@ricknbacker5626-BTW… I am a fan of the Creation, as well! Glad that Matt brought up the fact that the band had a bit of inner turmoil… an interview with Kenny Pickett that I read some years back revealed his feelings about his fellow band mates… Eddie Phillips he had absolutely no issues with, but Jack Jones and Bob Garner were a different story. Jack, to him, was “a fine bloke, but a bad drummer”… he raced over the kit too often for his tastes. As for Bob… they did not get along well at all. All was forgiven years later, it appeared to be… but, in their heyday, it proved too volatile to last.
Greetings Matt✌ I remember the first time when I heard Making Time by The Creation was after watching the movie Rushmore back in the 90's. I was so blown away by this song I immediatley went out and bought The Best of The Creation,. To my ears they were a cross between The Who and The Kinks,-That Shel Talmy signature sound. Great Video👍
Thank you, Ernie!
I remember that film! Bill Murray destroyed that kids bicycle!
@@familydogg1234 Rushmore has become kind of a cult classic, Great movie,Great soundtrack!!!. -That Song Making Time by The Creation when I first heard it I couldnt get that riff out my head, at first I immediatley thought it was The Who who performed it, Only to discover to my surprise it was The Creation.
You should do a thing on The Move. Also, the could-have-been The Who album 'Who's for tennis' that was supposed to have been released in 1968. Would be really interesting.
NAZZ would be nice
Thank goodness this world has you making life So much easier to understand what happened in the 60’s with all this music! For music lovers like me that can’t stop listening to this era. Thank You! Seriously! I can’t express the gratitude I feel learning from you in these videos! The 60’s were some of the most enlightening and also confusing times!!! Of course it’s got to be that way for Americans and the probably/maybe the UK!
Thank you Peter! I appreciate the support.
Great video, thanks for doing it. I love the Creation to bits -- and as you say, some of their B-sides were even stronger than their A-sides. Another fine mod-soul band were the Action, who were Phil Collins' favourite band at the time and were even produced by George Martin.
Fun fact: Creation bassist Kim Gardner's daughter Eva Gardner is a well-sought after musician in her own right, most famous for being P!nk's bassist for well over a decade, though she's played with loads of other people as well including Cher. She's even been honoured by Fender-Squier by having her own signature Precision bass released.
I didnt know that about Gardner's daughter - thanks for that info!
That was a rock history lesson. I only ever heard of Ronnie Wood. Thanks!
Thanks for watching, JakeStar.
It's my first contact with the sound of this band. Very good! Thanks, my friend Matt. As always, waiting for more lessons from you.
Glad you liked them! Good stuff.
Great video !! My introduction to THE CREATION was from the film "Rushmore".....those opening guitar riffs and that snarky attitude in vocal delivery had me immediately !!
Thank you for the Creation, one of my favorites, great video as usual.
I still remember hearing 'Painter Man' on Radio London (a pirate station) back in '66. I moved to Canada that month and didn't hear it again for over ten years.
Great job Matt, I had never head of this band, very interesting. I would have to call them successful, at least in the long run, influencing others and still having a following years after they broke up. It is always sad that groups, or partners of any endeavor, that can't enjoy what they are doing in the moment. But that is life, its hard to know the best of times until they pass.
Thanks for watching James! I agree that they were successful on some level based on their influence.
So yeah, I may be a big Beatles fan and all, but in the 'rock' genre I also have a longtime love of the general 1966-1968 transition of the garage sound through freakbeat into early psychedelia. One band I'm in does originals written in that style. LOVE The Creation. Nice vid, Matt! Wanted to let you know (if you didn't know already) that over in Facebookland, SHEL TALMY is regularly posting memories/notes on his recording sessions from the era, with extensive stories about early Who, Kinks, Creation, and just about every other act he recorded.
Thank you, MarvK. I didn't know Talmy was posting anything. I'll check it out!
Terrific website! I particularly like your short histories of sometimes underrated 60s bands -- Buffalo Springfield, Merry-Go-Round, The Association, Lovin' Spoonful, Kaleidoscope, The Yardbirds, Spanky & Our Gang, etc., and now, The Creation. (I was born in 1953, so I enjoyed hearing those bands' music in real-time! Also, I got to see see Cream live in 1967, and the Who in 1971.) Great to hear the backstories to all those great songs. Would you consider doing a history of one my favorite 60s British bands, The Small Faces? They were almost unknown in the U.S. during the 60s, except for their lone US hit, "Itchycoo Park". When file sharing became a thing 20 years ago, I got to discover just how many great songs The Small Faces recorded.
Yes! The Small Faces are high on my list. I have plenty of research done on them already so that will be a fun one. The Zombies, Byrds, Nazz, Beach Boys and the Action are also in the works.
The Poets from Scotland are a band worth exploring, they had some very interesting singles from 1964 to 1967. I remember when John Lennon reviewed some singles in 1964, he was very impressed with them for their unique sound, it was called Now We’re Thru’, take a listen 👂 That’s the way it’s got to be, is great too, amazing bass! Oh just checked your vlogs you played their later singles👏
Awesome stuff Matt loved the creation boy they deserved more success great insight into the great band...don’t if you have covered them if you have not! The Electric prunes another one of my fav 60,s bands great stuff Matt keep them coming .
Yes, I love the Prunes and I will certainly cover them in the future so stay tuned!
@@popgoesthe60s52 you can count on it matt😀
I consider the band one of the finest to ever have come out of the UK. It's criminal that they had so little success. I highly recommend anyone to buy the 2-CD set "Action Painting", which tell the whole story and has all of their stuff!
How about doing a history of The Youngbloods?
Love the early incarnation of the band...and like the later versions too..
Never heard of them Matt. Thanks for the introduction . I will give them a listen.
Man, just outstanding coverage and research as well as the expected presentation...just perfect. I gradually remembered this band as you got close to 68 - I was 12 and trying to hear s=as much that my parents hated! You mentioned The Easybeats...one of my favorites of all time with a later band no one but me remembers...The Clean! Thanks ...so great when you upload!
The Clean is new to me as well - I'll have to look into them. I do plan on an Easybeats video, but I must confess i have a few videos in front of that one. I will probably do the Zombies and the Action first. Thanks for commenting, WB!
@@popgoesthe60s52 Now worries at all...you could probably schedule a few decades of work just off my crazy requests! In the 60s I was kind of known by my friends as the music geek and no one knew who I was listening to except the Beatherls and the Kinks! Thanks always!
Do you mean the NZ band the Clean? They were great as were the Bats, Chills and Verlaines.
I think the Gardner-era singles were their best. The group's fractured run is a confusing topic to chronicle. Thank you.
There was a bootleg cassette I got in mid-77 of Lydon spinning records and being interviewed and Life is Just Beginning was included. He had a super eclectic taste in music that was really refreshing and original. I didn't know a thing about their love of The Creation but I finally figured out who they were and Life is Just Beginning is my favorite of their songs.
Hi Matt- as ever, great video, and on one of my favourite bands too. Loved your Young Rascals series too! Now, how about a wee video on the ultimate Mod gods- The Action. I saw their "Action Packed" LP on your records shelf in another of your videos- so no excuse!
Yes, that is a band that will get the Pop Goes the 60s treatment so stay tuned!
@@popgoesthe60s52 great stuff, cheers Matt!
Very well done Matt!!! Todd Rundgrens Nazz? Love your channel!
The Nazz is high on my list, so stay tuned!
Thank you for doing this video, great history and timeline. It's nice to see anything on this band. I first heard them as a teenager in a record store I frequented, the singles collection was playing and I bought it that day and listened to it a ton. I grew up with Britpop and when I heard the Creation I could hear echos of their sound in modern British bands.
My pleasure, Daniel.
Matt, I've been binge watching your 60's videos since I stumbled onto them a few days ago. I really got into the obscure bands some twenty years ago - after picking up a copy of Rhino's '98 "Nuggets" box set. That was a such a great introduction into a lot of music that I'd never heard of (in my younger days). I've got a sizeable collection of a lot of these LP's now. Thanks for your excellent in-depth analysis and appreciation of these bands. I don't know if you've done a video yet on Arthur Lee & Love - but they would definitely be a good candidate for a show. And "The Chocolate Watchband" is another exceptional band that few are aware of.
Welcome Randall! Love will certainly get the Pop Goes the 60s treatment, so stay tuned. I have a very long list of bands to cover and I will be alternating between the biggest bands and the obscure, all while throwing in as much Beatles content as my viewers will allow! Thanks for watching.
Interesting. I knew nothing of this band until now and I was alive and well in the 60’s. Thanks.
Thanks for watching, Steve!
Just caught up with this one. Again, a terrific bio, thanks! As a teen in the 60s in London, my memory is that they simply weren’t very visible, and I don’t recall hearing them on the radio, which was essential at that time. Pirate radio was so important, and new bands simply had to get be played there. Although remembered with much affection, not least by me, these were murky times and getting radio play was achieved by various methods - maybe the small label they were on simply didn’t have the connections. Also we have to remember the historical context - there was simply so much music coming week on week by so many bands that it was easy to get overlooked. I must also add that they never quite came up with a killer track - Shel Talmy was perfect for them, and even he couldn’t get a hit record out of the band.
Good Show Matt!! Always loved these guys... Psych Mods!!! Have their Record Store Day Comp... Excellent!!! Thanks Brother....
Thanks for watching, Dan!
Thanks for this Matt. I thought I knew most of the sixtees bands, having grown up in London during that decade, but I can't recall ever hearing any music by this band, nor can I remember hearing mention of their work. So thank you for bringing them to us!
My pleasure, Phil.
Thank thank thank you Matt! Superb band...pls do the Action next as they were the other great more underground UK mod band! Or the Move? I did an article for a powerpop fanzine about them in Shakin' Street in the pre-internet days when info was hard to come by...I described How Does it Feel to Feel like sounding like Heaven's Gate opening! You did a great job though, top research... And wow, that poster on the left of the Stones and Easybeats tour is a beauty I hadn't seen before...
While we're at it, can we have The Eyes and The Artwoods, and maybe John's Children as well!
Hey Mark! I will be covering the Action - great band! I must confess I added the band names on the bottom of that Stones poster. Thanks for the comment!
Biff, Bang, Pow! Matt, once again you've knocked it out of the park with this one.
Thank you, sir! Plenty more to come.
Will have to check them out!
Hey Larry! Thanks for stopping by.
Well done and well informative!! Thank you so much!!
Had never heard of this group. Enjoyed what you presented of their songs. Fascinating on all the guys in and out of the group. Happened alot back then. Excellent video!
Thank you St. Rose!
Great video and subject Matt! This band went under my radar so I am happy you made a video on them. I will need to investigate more. Always liked the song Making Time from Rushmore. Thanks so much for sharing.
My pleasure, Bill!
Another enjoyable one Matt, thanks. I’m having a great time going through a lot of your previous videos, really inspiring stuff, love the music and lyrics of this era. Going to watch the Zombies one next.
Thank you, Matt!
Hi Matt, thank you for yet another great video, and sorting out the complicated history of The Creation! I’ll never forget seeing the trailer for Rushmore on tv, and the shock of hearing The Creation on it. Eddie Phillips deserves to be recognized more often as innovator,, and videos like this certainly help. I agree, “Through My Eyes” is one of their better tracks!
Hey David - my jaw dropped when I saw that movie. I said' "they are finally getting recognition!"
Been a fan of The Creation for years now and this was a great overview of the band. It always amazes me how groups like this in the 60s barely saw any chart action despite releasing a plethora of gritty and excellent singles/records, but then you had the likes of the appalling Cilla Black who had numerous hits! Making Time, Painter Man, Life Is Just Beginning, Nightmares, How Does It Feel To Feel, Biff, Bang, Pow, Can I Join Your Band, I Am The Walker, Cool Jerk, etc, etc... Fabulous. Such a shame that Kenny (much too soon), Bob and Kim are no longer with us.
Thanks for watching and commenting, Dom!
Outstanding overview, nice job. I discovered The Creation in about 1995 here in the Seattle area at a local record store.
Thanks for this. I have a couple of tracks of theirs on various compilations.. I now need to dive deeper
Love these videos on oft overlooked bands, you do a great job of overviewing their careers
Matt great video.I ordered the double disc of all their 60s music.Growing up in the 60s there was so much going on in music,the war and all the garbage with politics was hard to keep up with everything
Collecting all that great 60s music has been an lifelong pursuit that never gets old. Thanks for watching, Thomas.
Thank you for another awesome video Matt!
Another great video, Matt! The Creation is one of my favourite groups of the mod period, so I’m very glad you covered them. You’re really hitting your stride with these band histories, the style and format is both highly enjoyable and unique.
If I may request a future band to cover, I’d suggest the Seeds or the 1910 Fruit Gum Company!
Keep up the fantastic work!
Thank you, Charles, I enjoy the band histories of the lesser known groups. Yes, your request is duly noted. I do have some interesting stuff on the Seeds as well as some of the bubblegum stuff.
Matt, thank you for another informative video. I eagerly anticipate your next set of videos. Keep up the excellent work!
Thank you Joseph!
Great job on this little know-but important band from the 60s.
Really intersting !!And well documented !! The 60's are unbeatable still nowadays !!!
Agreed! Thanks for the comment.
The soundtrack of my coming-of-age... still mindblowing! Wake me up when Pop returns - how can kids even stand being kids with all those TikTok-Charts?
Request for the other oft-forgotten Mod-Bands: The Eyes; The Action (George Martin's Soul Project); The Birds, John's Children (Marc Bolan's Debut Band), The Artwoods (feat. Jon Lord and Ron Wood's Brother, Art). All highly creative and equally unlucky to The Creation, if this fit your bill, then they should, too!)
Yes! I will be delving into more mod bands. Thanks for the request!
I heard ' How does it feel to feel ' by The Creation by watching the documentary( Stranger in my own skin ) about Pete Doherty of The Libertines , I heard the song and was very into it ! ...Groovy man , like really groovy ! Thanks !
Great vid,
Thanks!
Found a great Creation compilation LP years ago in London called ' The Creation '66-'67' on Charisma Perspective. From 1973. Includes fine covers of 'Cool Jerk' and a pre- Hendrix slow version of 'Hey Joe', as well as a few trax you nentioned...what a band! Had original copies of 'Making Time' and 'Midway Down' but sold them years ago...aaaargh!! Keeping the comp though!!
Thanks for watching and for the comment!
Thanks for the turn on and background, Matt.
My pleasure. I appreciate the comment.
Matt, Mucho thanks for postingthis as I am big fan of Eddie Phillips. I think that you mentioned that Ron Wood was with Jeff Beck before he joined the Creation, but I saw Ronnie play bass (with Micky Waller on drums and Rod Stewart on vocal) with Jeff Beck at the Boston Tea Party in the summer of '68. A memorable gig for all the wrong reasons: I never heard a single bass note, and after the first number or two, Beck turned his amp up to 11 or 12 while Rod demanded that the vocals be made louder. After that, I could only hear the drums when Waller beat the hell out of them.
I see that someone posted about Biff bang Pow! being on Creation Records. We had several requests (and sales) at our store from a coterie of Creation fans (as in fanatics). Me, too.
Great video, and once again I am hunting through my collection for a fix after seeing one of your absorbing videos.
Yeah the Creation fills a nice gap post British Invasion/pre psychedelia.
Excellent video about an excellent freaky band! What I think they needed was more visual promotion. Look at how the TV appearance helped them. Any band doing clever stuff like they did needed to be seen as much as heard.
I think a better singer would have helped as well.
This is why I'm a Mod❤
This is great ,another band ive discovered watching your videos
Phenomenal job!! Thanks for your diligent work!! I learned a ton in this video..all I ever heard was the stuff on the UK nuggets. Excellent
Thanks Grover!
Great "niche" band to cover. I love them....Great subject to feature on your great channel. Hopefully, this will generate some new modern day fans of the band.
Thank you, I do hope new fans find this band.
I’ve tried for years to find something I like about about these guys. They just remind me of low rent Who
Yes, a poor man's Who, for sure!
The Creation, the Small Faces, the Eyes, the Move and lots of other UK mod bands were all heavily influenced by the Who, but they were all made great records and I love 'em all.
They sound really forced, contrived.
@@joex1609 They sound pretty good to me and Townsend was literally a fan!
@@grahampaulkendrick7845 Just my opinion Graham. I'm a huge Who fan. I think we agree on that.
I’ve heard of this band. But it’s a real testament to the brilliance of the Who that they survived Shel Talmy and his bad ideas, but also that the rhythm section and Townshend’s songwriting just put them well above the other Mod acts.
Vacation is over !
Good, unbiased presentation of a sadly unfulfilled band... They really did have songs & exciting potential in their sound.. Shel Talmy has said that Ahmet Ertegun really liked them, so that was a tragic missed opportunity ...... Who knows what would've happened with big label support..
Yes, had they able to get along, they may have been able to sign that recording contract!
Yes! Outstanding look at the coolest subculture that ever was!
‘Grandad’, written by Pickett, kept T Rex off the No 1 spot. There’s also a Boney M connection, beyond merely their cover of ‘Painter man.’ Worth looking up.
I bought ‘Red Flashes’ in 1981 ish.
We were into mid- late 60s things in a massive way and could walk into charity shops and yet extant ‘Gents Outfitters’ and jumble sales and buy all the clothes we needed . And we could remember the 1960s - the late 1960s at least, when we were little.
The Creation had great songs but I always thought KP’s delivery was a little reticent.
‘For All I Am’ is beautiful - one of the top 20 1960s tracks.
Loved your presentation.
Sterling work, sir!
Much thanks! I agree that vocally there were not very enthralling.
@@popgoesthe60s52 here’s Pickett’s mod hit ‘Grandad!’
I think it was his only number one, if only by proxy. Clive Dunn was an actor who played Jones, in the WWII comedy series ‘Dad’s Army.’ ua-cam.com/video/XC5fqzKxau8/v-deo.html
@@theonlyantony I thought Herbie Flowers of Sky wrote Grandad - unless he wrote it with Pickett, of course.
I think how does it feel to feel is a great song. It still holds up today. 👍
I used to prefer the US version but I'm back on the UK version. Great crunchy song.
@@popgoesthe60s52 Lol never heard a song described as crunchy. But it fits. I like it. Ha
I discovered them not long ago thanks to Pete Doherty's doc where he's pictured listening to "How does it feel to feel" which became a favorite of mine
I've known about them since the 70's. I like what I hear. These days I only have a couple of CDs. How Does It Feel always makes me laugh, because I'm a lead guitar player and I like to do strange things to get crazy sounds. Overall they always seemed a bit uneven/ inconsistent and I never really knew much about them. I do also like their version of Hey Joe. Thanks for this history.
Great video, once again with lots of fascinating info! You introduced me to a new band!
Great Robert! That's what I want this channel to do. Thanks for the comment.
thanks for the unbiased, non fanboy analysis...no doubt they were a great band,unique sound...just didn't catch on....there's tons of stories like this one,I just like the music
I appreciate the comment, John. Thank you for watching.
Fantastic! I’ve had the comp “How does it feel to feel” on Edsel Records for over 25 years and still love it. Great band, but I’ve never really known much biographical info about them until this video. Great job. I’m going to listen to them now. Thanks for this. Do you like the album they released in the ’90’s? I was a bit skeptical at the time and didn’t buy it.
I heard the Eddie Phillips solo album from the 90s and it sounded very modern. I haven't heard the band reunion album though. Thanks for watching, Ed!
I never heard of these guys but I like the fact that you bring them out of history so we can go back and reflect. I saw where someone else mentioned that they sound like a 'poor man's who'. That is exactly what I was thinking, but that was then. In today's market they would still be derivative of the Who with just a nod towards Oasis, IMO.
I appreciate the comment, hung.
Thanks for teaching me about this band! One of these days, I would love it if you would do a video, not on a band, but on the various music styles of the sixties… skiffle, r&b, rock, mod, psychodelia… and how each style transitioned into each other. But I love all your videos!
I am planning one on psychedelia because that is very subjective style that not everyone agrees on.
I love the Creation. Friend introduced me to them in the early 90's via some compilation album.
Excellent work as usual.
Hertfordshirt - it's pronounced something closer to Heart-Fud-shuu. We don't pronounce shire as shire when it's a county name.
A bit like Bobby DeNiro in Ronin, mispronouncing Hereford as HEAR-FOORD instead of Herrer-fud.
Thanks, Jackson.
Great summary! I’ve seen this band referenced in various books on British rock in the ‘60s, but hardly ever HEARD them. Makin Time and How Does It Feel to Feel are great tunes IMO. On the snippet of Through My Eyes that you played, the vocals reminded me of Liam from Oasis. Teacher, Teacher was a great Rockpile tune!
Thank you for watching and for the comment, Mpls!
Regarding topics: I’d love to see an episode focused on regional rock acts of the ‘60s. Bands that for whatever reason were huge in one area, but never made it nationally. I recall reading about the Bosstown sound from Boston (or was this purely hype). It’d be nice to hear of worthwhile bands that remain relatively obscure.
Yes, I may do the Boston area bands, which I have enough material. Thank you for the request!
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I love this band too bad they never made it in the US.
One of the greatest bands and highly influential. All band members gone except Edd.Biff Bang Pow! Do it right now - go grab the box set.
Great video. Very informative.
Thanks for watching, Patrick!
The Creation passed me by…. I think I can live without them. Can’t love em all 😍
I'm not someone who ever gets into these chat threads but I must say, you might be making a mistake. At least if you were ever a fan of the 60's releases by The Who, Small Faces, Kinks and early singles by The Move. Play 6 or so of the songs mentioned in this clip before moving on. I hope you'll agree.
The Creation are famously Alan McGee's favourite band. He called his own short lived band Biff Bang Pow and named Creation Records after the band. Boney M had a hit with Painter Man from memory when I was a kid. Respect!
Thank you Anthony!
Great band profile, Matt! I’m new to your channel but a big fan already, having also watched your profiles of Nazz, The Left Banke, The Merry-Go-Round, and others. I’m sure you’ve gotten a ton of suggestions, but some lesser-known band (or at least lesser-discussed) profile ideas to get my votes in:
* The Action
* Kaleidoscope (UK)
* John’s Children
* The Poets
* The Smoke
* The Beau Brummels
* The Blue Things
* The Electric Prunes
* Love
* The Millennium
* The Remains
* The Silver Apples
* The United States of America
* The Easybeats
* The Master’s Apprentices
A top 10 of World bands would be very cool too, as we don’t hear much about fantastic international 60s bands like The Outsiders, Q-65, The Motions, Golden Earrings (pre “Radar Love”), Los Brincos, Tages, The Mascots, Los Shakers, Los Vidrios Quebrados, and others.
Next for me: Your Byrds 4-parter…
Many of the bands you listed are already on my list!
Excellent! Looking forward to upcoming videos! Enjoying the Zombies profile now.
Excellent video Matt, best channel on You Tube. I've had the Our Music is Red compilation since its release but its great to hear some history on the band. If you've not already done so, any chance of an episode on Liverpool band The Escorts. Cheers...
Thanks for the request, Eddie. I do know of the Escorts but I am low on material. I'll give them a look!
The Creation was and still is a killer band. I use to scribble The Creation Rules upon my school books of grade 4 to 6.
Love your videos Matt.....Could you do one on The Move?
I will add them to my very tall pile!
@@popgoesthe60s52 Great band Roy Wood is a genius
Excellent coverage, never knew what happened to them after they split. Nervana might be worth checking out for a future feature.I had their single
Rainbow Chaser in the 60s.
Thanks KitOwl!
Excellent feature on a great band.Be good to see something of the tangled web of Fleur De Lys.
there was a garage band from 1990s Cincinnati called The Mortals that recorded a cover of Makin' Time that is EXPLOSIVE
Great band , nice overview . Ashton Gardner and Dyke - great little single Resurrection Shuffle. Only heard it a few times on local radio and it took years to figure out who it was.
Resurrection Shuffle is certainly obscure! Thank for the comment.
Wow Matt thank you for this informative and thorough presentation on such an influential band. It goes to show you how important it was to write hit singles. Just one major hit in the States and the Creation would have been up there with the Kinks and Animals. The Beatles, on the other hand never lost that connection with their audience and were continuously cranking out Top 40 products, even after the band had split. One more comment: how many other heavy, intelligent bands fell by the wayside because they couldn't produce hits? Do you think Lou Reed and the great Velvet Underground would be anywhere near the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame had it not been for Dave Bowie's produced hit "Walk on the Wild Side"?
Hits are still important to this day and without them, record companies are seldom interested. I'm glad you liked this episode!