I was blessed to play with him on a couple of gigs in Michigan and drove him around in my 68 Mustang convertible! I have pictures of the memory in the mid 90's!
Been listening to this song since I was a kid more than 50 years ago. It was the B-side of a single with "Day After Day" on the A-side. This song touched me so deeply and the melody has been in my mind ever since. I am thrilled you picked this acustic jewel ❤
At 4:27 Fil says, "... so that maybe you get a deeper appreciation of this performance." Thank you, Fil, that is precisely what I got out of your analysis.
Nothing sad and tragic about Joey and his talent! Thank you Fil for looking at Joey’s contributions to the Badfinger legacy. Pete and Tom were so incredibly talented and it’s impossible not to miss them, not to miss the music yet to be made… it was awesome the other day when While My Guitar Gently Weeps from Concert for Bangla Desh popped up in my feed and there on acoustic guitars were Pete, Tom and Joey!! I’ve had the good fortune to meet Joey a few times and hear him play. Badfinger lives on!
Always loved Badfinger, an supremely talented group of musicians who sadly, thanks to the greed of the suits in the music industry, were never to realise their full potential. I cry for the music from them that was never to be.
I loved Badfinger way back in their day. And was devastated when they were destroyed by a creep cheating douche bag of a manager. I was also dissapointed that the Beatle's didn't do anything to help or fix it. It was THEIR LABEL. Not like they didn't have the money to at least help Badfinger out. I lost all respect for the Beatle's at the time...and stayed away from their records. There were exceptions to that rule...What is life from George, some of the Wings stuff, and a couple of Ringos songs...but always remembered this event. And everytime we lost a member of Badfinger, it just pissed me off as well as make me very sad. Great Job as usual Fil.
Thank you Fil, for getting out the guitar and breaking down Joey Molland's super smooth hybrid picking! Great analysis of technique that could easily be overlooked. Love to see you analyzing some guitarists again, now maybe some rock/blues guitarists?? 😊
Great to see another Badfinger discussion, thanks for covering this! The arrangement is so special on this track and I love how each guitar part seems to showcase the unique style of the player.
One of the saddest stories in the modern history of music, how the Ivy’s became Badfinger and how Badfinger went broke. At times I sing their music, and it breaks me up evertime. I recall the story of Pete Ham hearing Nielsen’s “Without You” for the first time.
Very good, thoughtful video Fil. I met Joey Molland (and his late wife Kathie) a few times in the early 1990s. Joey wrote this song about getting together with Kathie (she was American, went to see him in London). The way you break down the guitar playing here, reminds me a bit of Nick Drake (who used unconventional tunings as well as the melodic picking). Badfinger were a great band. All 4 of them (original members) wrote songs and could actually sing (like the Beatles).
Liked your analysis of this live performance having the focus in this ballad on accoustic guitar. Technique of "overriding muscle memory" while demonstrating and explaining on camera must have been "fun" !
Fil, I loved this analysis video! I love it when you get your guitar out! Your guitar skills are amazing! You are able to play every technique, even those you don't use on a regular basis! I do have a Badfinger album thanks to my father's immense music collection! It is very sad that they were sabatoged with no rescue! Their story is quite sad! Very enjoyable and informative!💜
I used to cover this but did my own fingerpicking, definitely not 100% accurate but the chord changes were there. Thanks for your analysis! “Music is the best”
Great Fil ! I love Badfinger, I had most of their albuns. Really so sad, because they had a bright future ahead. Is very difficult to have 3 members composing, playing and singing in such high level - very few groups had. They could have achieved a huge star. Really a pity.
I can never listen to 'Without you', without thinking of the poor writers, Ham and Evans - who should have been comfortable for all their days - and could have gone on to create so much more music. A bitter and tragic tale.
@@inverross9019 Without You was written by Hamm regarding having to leave his girlfriend when he would have to leaver for days or weeks on end to work and tour. "You always smile but in your eyes your sorrow shows" gets me every time because I have seen that same look in my own wife and kids more than once in my own working career.
@@larrybremer4930 It is a tragic song in every way. Like Lennon and McCartney's ''Day In the Life', it was two separate songs from the two writers put together to form one work - but the join is seamless. The verse came from Pete Ham. the Chorus from Tom Evans. A tale of woe in more ways than one.. Throughout history managers, record companies and publishers have ripped artists off
Thank you, Fil. Badfinger is one of my absolute faves, but it can be hard to listen cuz, well... Anyway, thx again for helping me listen to this amazing band!
Thanks for your analysis! Love this group! Badfinger were a Welsh rock band from the 60's-80's. They became the first group signed by the Beatles' Apple label. Paul & George wrote & produced a few songs for them. They had some really big hits such as "Come & Get It", "No Matter What", "Day After Day", "Baby Blue" & "Without You". This group had quite a sad history. The band had bad mismanagement & lost most of their money, two members committed suicide & one died of a brain aneurysm.
Badfinger might be the most tragic story in rock music in terms of getting screwed over by the industry. Those guys deserved so much better from their management.
I didn't know how awfully they were treated. It's so sad that two of them chose suicide. Saying they committed suicide sounds like it was a crime (yes, I know it was considered a crime and a sin), but none of that's ever made sense to me. 😢
I love your analyses. I have learned so very much from you. I love music and I am so in awe from musicians and singers. I have one suggestion. Listen to John Gary. He was amazing. ❤❤❤
Hi Fil, Great analysis and love when you bust out the guitar. Very talented musicians to take a look at in this video. Thank you for demonstrating their techniques especially playing with both a pick and fingers. It is too bad they had such a brutal time of things within the music industry. So thank you for bringing their talents to light ! Nice job… Debbie ☮️
This is the song my husband sang to me on first meeting. He sadly passed away just over a year ago after suffering from cancer for a couple of years, but I still love hearing "day after day. ❤
Wow, this was a great analogy! Thank you for sharing. Although I was gifted an acoustic guitar in the mid-seventies one Christmas, I never took lessons and became quickly discouraged and disinterested... and became a flautist. I had no idea about any of this. 🧐
Thanks Fil for this great and informative analysis of Badfinger's abilities. Because the guitar is not my primary instrument--the piano is--your analysis and demonstration of Joey Molland's hybrid guitar picking was a great lesson for me. I loved your describing the band's putting on a guitar fest of a performance in your pointing out their abilities. I believe it goes to show their great technique and expression thanks to not being digitally manipulated. Thanks so much for what you do, Fil!
I have one other recommendation for you to check out. I've seen Lady Gaga perform live a few times and I think her voice and piano skills are beyond amazing. There's a live performance she did on the air on the Howard Stern Show back in 2016. The song is called "Million Reasons". Just a beautiful song. I'm on the fence as to whether it has been pitch corrected. I've heard her live, she certainly doesn't need it. But this sounds almost too good. Please consider it. I'll also link the video below. Thanks Fil.
Hi Fil. There are two live performances I'd LOVE for you to check out. I would be heartbroken if they were pitch corrected, but I don't think they are. I'll link them below. The first is a cover of "Black Hole Sun" (Soundgarden, Chris Cornell) done by Norah Jones. She did this live at the Fox Theatre in Detroit (one of the best theaters for live performances in my opinion. The second is a cover of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (Elton John) done by Sara Bareilles. Both are haunting covers and both Norah and Sara play the piano while singing. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road has more energy in it, Black Hole Sun is more subdued but like I said, both are haunting and beautiful. If I had to choose between the two I'd say check out Sara Bareilles Good Bye Yellow Brick Road first. Hopefully you won't be disappointed and hopefully these performances haven't been pitch corrected. I'll link both below.
Just search for "Sara Bareilles - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Live from Atlanta)" and "Norah Jones - Black Hole Sun (Detroit Fox Theatre 5.23.17)" since my replies with the links are getting blocked.
Joey Molland is playing in Dm. Tom Evans is playing with the capo on the 5th fret in Am. And Pete Ham is playing all the riffs. And Mike Gibbins is keeping the beat. Incredible!
It’s unfortunate that the lead guitar part (which is continuous) in this performance is under mixed because it’s crucial to the arrangement and really choice. It’s actually pretty easy to play too as the notes fall quite naturally where fingers want to go (in standard tuning). Definitely worth a listen to the studio mix. A great great song.
I have so much respect for singers who can lift the music up and then flow back down the Melodic notes and bring it back up the rear. Listening to Warren Zevons last album is an example but many thrill me. Stay cool and pray for peace, I know that's an oxymoron these days.
Hi Fil what a great video. I love watching your reaction when watching this, it shows pure admiration of the skill of this great band. I prefer this pure live version to the album track to be honest. Also what great songwriting. Joey says so much in just one verse and a chorus verse, any more would have been too much. Succinct and heartfelt lyrics. Brilliant all round.
Badfinger were a great band. The guitarwork in this song reminds me a bit of Kansas' "Dust In the Wind," in its style, at least in terms of how it sounds. The lyrics are happy, the guitars have a tinge of melancholy.
Badfinger is one of my favorite bands, right at the top of the heap. The album Day After Day live shows just how brilliant they are. Thank you for shining the spotlight on them.
I don't play guitar but i LOVE watching the breakdown you provide for us!! I have just found out about Badfinger (at 65) and have been trying to buy any vinyls i can afford. They were such craftsmen in composing and playing. Such a Tragic loss 💔
Badfinger was presented for a while as the successor to The Beatles. With their unique voices, playing ability, and natural and instinctive songwriting ability, they are the only band that COULD have been as prolific with great songs as The Beatles.
Thanks for your interesting analysis. Re Tom Evans´guitar playing abilities he started as guitar player in the band and only switched to bass for their 2nd LP No Dice when the original bass player left and Joey Molland joined.
Hi Fil I did grow up with Badfinger and your analyses always welcome and a real education. My training classical piano and harp my inclinations jazz blues rock my generation plus everything else. One note Sam over here though; so many people when referring to the legend that is Tom Petty dismiss his singing; he sounds like Bob Dylan great lyrics bad voice. Over a 40 year career smoking and age did change his voice, especially a lower resister but he had at one point, according to me lol an extraordinary range pretty or not. I think the album Wildflowers a good way of tracing this but even Hypnotic Eye his last album Somewhere over Heaven was stellar. Loved Good Omens by Neil Gaiman in print or adapted to the screen; these 2 guys were divvying up music; hell got everybody heaven left with the Sound of Music. Love your channel a Brit myself and hope humour welcome.
Fil I like the way you look at technique and pick out things that the average guitar player Could learn, finding a way to tackle the aspects of playing. I like to think it takes a lot of practice and patience to master down hybrid strumming and finger picking something that a lot of people don’t have the time to learn or even the patience. This is what separates the exceptional guitar player from the average player. Thanks Fil for posting this Badfinger video.
Joey molland was originally Badfingers bassist after Ron Griffiths was dropped from the band and Tommy was rhythm with Pete lead/rhythm. It was said, usually who ever wrote the song in Badfinger, played lead and the others fell inline. After the band tightened the bolts, Joey was lead player, Pete rhythm, Tommy on Bass, And Mike on drums of course. But in a nut shell, all of these guys were phenomenal musicians, especially Pete Ham with over 200 songs written and recorded within a five year span. Pete's daughter Petera, has been slowing sneaking out Pete's demos for quite some time now, and has released a few others in recent months. If you ever get your hands on Dan Matrovinas (Badfingers official Biographer and a Family friend of the Estate of Pete Ham) book "Without You" The tragic story of Badfinger, you'll be riveted with these guys music Genius. The book is out of print but, copies are floating around for about $300 to $500 bucks, yeah pricey but, well worth the money if you want to know the truth and History of these guys. ✌️😏
Thank you Fil. I was a big Badfinger fan back in the day. Went to a Rod Stewart (Like him too) concert at Boston Garden solely because Badfinger was the opening act. Have all their material and still listen to it often. Totally agree they are incredibly proficient and also a very tight band instrumentally and vocally. I am grateful for the music they have left us. Btw, I also liked the early Rod Srewart stuff a lot and saw him with Jeff Beck (Truth album) at the Boston Tea Party (original venue). I fingerpick my guitars and have a few of their numbers in my repertoire. Guess I'll have to add Sweet Tuesday too!
With respect to barre chords on an acoustic, are they easier to play if the the guitar is held as a classical guitarist holds it, i.e. inclined instead of "gunslinger" horizontal?
I was blessed to play with him on a couple of gigs in Michigan and drove him around in my 68 Mustang convertible! I have pictures of the memory in the mid 90's!
Cool! Would love to see!
It would be great if these photos could be shown on this (or another) channel!
👍
Wow😢
The entire Badfinger - Straight-Up album is perfect.
Been listening to this song since I was a kid more than 50 years ago. It was the B-side of a single with "Day After Day" on the A-side. This song touched me so deeply and the melody has been in my mind ever since. I am thrilled you picked this acustic jewel ❤
Amazing undervalued band. Great composers, singers and musicians. Among the very best of their time.
At 4:27 Fil says, "... so that maybe you get a deeper appreciation of this performance."
Thank you, Fil, that is precisely what I got out of your analysis.
I love Badfinger. They were so talented. Thanks for this analysis, Fil.
Nothing sad and tragic about Joey and his talent! Thank you Fil for looking at Joey’s contributions to the Badfinger legacy. Pete and Tom were so incredibly talented and it’s impossible not to miss them, not to miss the music yet to be made… it was awesome the other day when While My Guitar Gently Weeps from Concert for Bangla Desh popped up in my feed and there on acoustic guitars were Pete, Tom and Joey!! I’ve had the good fortune to meet Joey a few times and hear him play. Badfinger lives on!
Always loved Badfinger, an supremely talented group of musicians who sadly, thanks to the greed of the suits in the music industry, were never to realise their full potential. I cry for the music from them that was never to be.
I loved Badfinger way back in their day. And was devastated when they were destroyed by a creep cheating douche bag of a manager. I was also dissapointed that the Beatle's didn't do anything to help or fix it. It was THEIR LABEL. Not like they didn't have the money to at least help Badfinger out. I lost all respect for the Beatle's at the time...and stayed away from their records. There were exceptions to that rule...What is life from George, some of the Wings stuff, and a couple of Ringos songs...but always remembered this event. And everytime we lost a member of Badfinger, it just pissed me off as well as make me very sad. Great Job as usual Fil.
Very well put !!! Spot on !
Badfinger’s Denise happened when they switched to Warner Brothers.
Thank you Fil, for getting out the guitar and breaking down Joey Molland's super smooth hybrid picking! Great analysis of technique that could easily be overlooked. Love to see you analyzing some guitarists again, now maybe some rock/blues guitarists?? 😊
Great to see another Badfinger discussion, thanks for covering this! The arrangement is so special on this track and I love how each guitar part seems to showcase the unique style of the player.
Badfinger!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Thank you, Fil!! This is great!!!
Thanks for focusing on such a great guitarist. Very refreshing.
Badfinger was a great band - interrupted. Reminds me of Big Country. Great talent - interrupted.
One of the saddest stories in the modern history of music, how the Ivy’s became Badfinger and how Badfinger went broke. At times I sing their music, and it breaks me up evertime. I recall the story of Pete Ham hearing Nielsen’s “Without You” for the first time.
Very good, thoughtful video Fil. I met Joey Molland (and his late wife Kathie) a few times in the early 1990s. Joey wrote this song about getting together with Kathie (she was American, went to see him in London).
The way you break down the guitar playing here, reminds me a bit of Nick Drake (who used unconventional tunings as well as the melodic picking).
Badfinger were a great band. All 4 of them (original members) wrote songs and could actually sing (like the Beatles).
It would be great if you got in contact with Joey and did an interview with him, Fil. 👍🙂
Thank you for this analysis of both voice and guitars.
Love Badfinger
Liked your analysis of this live performance having the focus in this ballad on accoustic guitar.
Technique of "overriding muscle memory" while demonstrating and explaining on camera must have been "fun" !
Fil, I loved this analysis video! I love it when you get your guitar out! Your guitar skills are amazing! You are able to play every technique, even those you don't use on a regular basis! I do have a Badfinger album thanks to my father's immense music collection! It is very sad that they were sabatoged with no rescue! Their story is quite sad! Very enjoyable and informative!💜
I used to cover this but did my own fingerpicking, definitely not 100% accurate but the chord changes were there. Thanks for your analysis!
“Music is the best”
One of my alltime favourite Badfinger songs. Brilliant analysis as always Fil 👏
Great Fil ! I love Badfinger, I had most of their albuns. Really so sad, because they had a bright future ahead. Is very difficult to have 3 members composing, playing and singing in such high level - very few groups had. They could have achieved a huge star. Really a pity.
Truly one of the saddest stories in Rock history.
I can never listen to 'Without you', without thinking of the poor writers, Ham and Evans - who should have been comfortable for all their days - and could have gone on to create so much more music. A bitter and tragic tale.
@@inverross9019 Without You was written by Hamm regarding having to leave his girlfriend when he would have to leaver for days or weeks on end to work and tour. "You always smile but in your eyes your sorrow shows" gets me every time because I have seen that same look in my own wife and kids more than once in my own working career.
@@larrybremer4930 It is a tragic song in every way. Like Lennon and McCartney's ''Day In the Life', it was two separate songs from the two writers put together to form one work - but the join is seamless. The verse came from Pete Ham. the Chorus from Tom Evans. A tale of woe in more ways than one.. Throughout history managers, record companies and publishers have ripped artists off
@@inverross9019 For sure Stan Polly deserves to rot in Hell.
They deserved so much better!
Thank you, Fil. Badfinger is one of my absolute faves, but it can be hard to listen cuz, well...
Anyway, thx again for helping me listen to this amazing band!
Thanks for your analysis! Love this group! Badfinger were a Welsh rock band from the 60's-80's. They became the first group signed by the Beatles' Apple label. Paul & George wrote & produced a few songs for them. They had some really big hits such as "Come & Get It", "No Matter What", "Day After Day", "Baby Blue" & "Without You". This group had quite a sad history. The band had bad mismanagement & lost most of their money, two members committed suicide & one died of a brain aneurysm.
Bad management he stole all their money
Badfinger might be the most tragic story in rock music in terms of getting screwed over by the industry. Those guys deserved so much better from their management.
Oh! Wow! How tragic!
I didn't know how awfully they were treated. It's so sad that two of them chose suicide. Saying they committed suicide sounds like it was a crime (yes, I know it was considered a crime and a sin), but none of that's ever made sense to me. 😢
Stan Polley was a despicable man.
I love your analyses. I have learned so very much from you. I love music and I am so in awe from musicians and singers. I have one suggestion. Listen to John Gary. He was amazing. ❤❤❤
Hi Fil,
Great analysis and love when you bust out the guitar. Very talented musicians to take a look at in this video. Thank you for demonstrating their techniques especially playing with both a pick and fingers. It is too bad they had such a brutal time of things within the music industry. So thank you for bringing their talents to light ! Nice job… Debbie ☮️
I remember finding out about you.....one of my faves
Day After Day...
This is the song my husband sang to me on first meeting. He sadly passed away just over a year ago after suffering from cancer for a couple of years, but I still love hearing "day after day. ❤
@@GillianWard-e1g sorry for your loss.
Wow, this was a great analogy!
Thank you for sharing.
Although I was gifted an acoustic guitar in the mid-seventies one Christmas, I never took lessons and became quickly discouraged and disinterested... and became a flautist. I had no idea about any of this. 🧐
I saw Badfinger live. It was quite a memorable experience.
Thank you, Fil. I love how you explain the complexities of music. Your insight into the creation of music is amazing!
Thanks Fil for this great and informative analysis of Badfinger's abilities. Because the guitar is not my primary instrument--the piano is--your analysis and demonstration of Joey Molland's hybrid guitar picking was a great lesson for me. I loved your describing the band's putting on a guitar fest of a performance in your pointing out their abilities. I believe it goes to show their great technique and expression thanks to not being digitally manipulated. Thanks so much for what you do, Fil!
I love the way he fills out the music with all those tiny notes and runs,which you can hardly even hear.
Great analysis and live performance including your guitar demonstrations as well. 😊🎸🎵
I have one other recommendation for you to check out. I've seen Lady Gaga perform live a few times and I think her voice and piano skills are beyond amazing. There's a live performance she did on the air on the Howard Stern Show back in 2016. The song is called "Million Reasons". Just a beautiful song. I'm on the fence as to whether it has been pitch corrected. I've heard her live, she certainly doesn't need it. But this sounds almost too good. Please consider it. I'll also link the video below. Thanks Fil.
Thank you so much Phil. This is so nice and I appreciate your introspection about the facts...
Thoroughly enjoyable watching you work out the parts and vocals - great stuff Fil!
Thank you Fil many blessings to you and your family
Thank you, Fil, for this amazing analysis and the guitar demonstrations! You're the best! Rock! 🤘🎸 🙂
Appreciation of musicians, their techniques and of course hearing great tracks - nice ! 🍻
Hi Fil. There are two live performances I'd LOVE for you to check out. I would be heartbroken if they were pitch corrected, but I don't think they are. I'll link them below. The first is a cover of "Black Hole Sun" (Soundgarden, Chris Cornell) done by Norah Jones. She did this live at the Fox Theatre in Detroit (one of the best theaters for live performances in my opinion.
The second is a cover of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (Elton John) done by Sara Bareilles.
Both are haunting covers and both Norah and Sara play the piano while singing. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road has more energy in it, Black Hole Sun is more subdued but like I said, both are haunting and beautiful.
If I had to choose between the two I'd say check out Sara Bareilles Good Bye Yellow Brick Road first. Hopefully you won't be disappointed and hopefully these performances haven't been pitch corrected. I'll link both below.
Just search for "Sara Bareilles - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Live from Atlanta)" and "Norah Jones - Black Hole Sun (Detroit Fox Theatre 5.23.17)" since my replies with the links are getting blocked.
Joey Molland is playing in Dm. Tom Evans is playing with the capo on the 5th fret in Am. And Pete Ham is playing all the riffs. And Mike Gibbins is keeping the beat. Incredible!
I love it when you play your acoustic guitar!!!so beautiful.
Me too! 😊
@charliesaucier3352 yeah, it would be so amazing if just once Fil would play his acoustic for a Fil jam. Just a dream of mine.😄
Love this song. Great insight into it.
It’s unfortunate that the lead guitar part (which is continuous) in this performance is under mixed because it’s crucial to the arrangement and really choice. It’s actually pretty easy to play too as the notes fall quite naturally where fingers want to go (in standard tuning). Definitely worth a listen to the studio mix. A great great song.
I have so much respect for singers who can lift the music up and then flow back down the Melodic notes and bring it back up the rear. Listening to Warren Zevons last album is an example but many thrill me. Stay cool and pray for peace, I know that's an oxymoron these days.
I figured this song out a few years ago and really enjoy playing it.
Thanks, Fil. I hadn’t heard this song before, though I do love Badfinger.
You could rock Joey’s haircut if you grow some of your layers out.
Still one of my favorite bands...cheers
❤all my WoP Like Spikers and so happy I found this channel. Love the looking back at 70's music and the range of different genre's. Thanks Fil 🤘🎸
🐈bonk🐱
Hi Fil what a great video. I love watching your reaction when watching this, it shows pure admiration of the skill of this great band. I prefer this pure live version to the album track to be honest. Also what great songwriting. Joey says so much in just one verse and a chorus verse, any more would have been too much. Succinct and heartfelt lyrics. Brilliant all round.
Love Badfinger! Thanks Fil
Badfinger were a great band. The guitarwork in this song reminds me a bit of Kansas' "Dust In the Wind," in its style, at least in terms of how it sounds. The lyrics are happy, the guitars have a tinge of melancholy.
I heard a bit of “Turn To Stone” when Fil was replicating the guitar at around the 2:30 point (4 notes, to be precise).
I really liked Badfinger.
Kansas' "Dust In the Wind" reminds me of Badfinger's "Sweet Tuesday Morning" which was released 5 years earlier.
💟Thanks for another great one Fil! 💟
I wish I had a time machine. I'd like to go back and try to save a few lives.
Great song choice. I love Badfinger, but hadn't heard this song before.
Agreed!! Their catalogue is really deep! “We’re for the Dark” is another great one. 🎶
Does he remember Top of the Pops?, a television show in Britain when all these bands were singing in pubs.. I remember lol good old days!!
Thanks for another great video on your always great channel. Would you please do an analysis on Moon Dance or any other Van Morrison song?
Love this group...truly sad that the 2 main men left us much too soon.💞
😊 great video! Thank you!☺️
Straight Up is a much underrated album.
This song and Sometimes are two of my favorites off the album.
Badfinger is one of my favorite bands, right at the top of the heap. The album Day After Day live shows just how brilliant they are. Thank you for shining the spotlight on them.
I don't play guitar but i LOVE watching the breakdown you provide for us!! I have just found out about Badfinger (at 65) and have been trying to buy any vinyls i can afford. They were such craftsmen in composing and playing. Such a Tragic loss 💔
Interesting voice, the guitar playing is superb.
What a beautiful song.
Badfinger was presented for a while as the successor to The Beatles. With their unique voices, playing ability, and natural and instinctive songwriting ability, they are the only band that COULD have been as prolific with great songs as The Beatles.
And the Beatles comparisons were sad, because Badfinger had their own sound. They really sounded nothing like the Beatles.
Thank you, Fil! 🤘
This kind of reminds me of the intro to the Gin Blossoms "'Til I hear It From You"
I must keep my promise to myself to get some of Badfinger's LPs in my collection.
Thanks for your interesting analysis. Re Tom Evans´guitar playing abilities he started as guitar player in the band and only switched to bass for their 2nd LP No Dice when the original bass player left and Joey Molland joined.
I love his singing, really nice.
Hi Fil I did grow up with Badfinger and your analyses always welcome and a real education. My training classical piano and harp my inclinations jazz blues rock my generation plus everything else. One note Sam over here though; so many people when referring to the legend that is Tom Petty dismiss his singing; he sounds like Bob Dylan great lyrics bad voice. Over a 40 year career smoking and age did change his voice, especially a lower resister but he had at one point, according to me lol an extraordinary range pretty or not. I think the album Wildflowers a good way of tracing this but even Hypnotic Eye his last album Somewhere over Heaven was stellar. Loved Good Omens by Neil Gaiman in print or adapted to the screen; these 2 guys were divvying up music; hell got everybody heaven left with the Sound of Music. Love your channel a Brit myself and hope humour welcome.
Amazing talent so sadly snuffed out before their time. I remember them well and their end was tragic...
Even Fil is struggling a little, I've got no chance! 😆Can hybrid pick a bit like in 'Stairway to Heaven' intro and even then only ring finger. 😆😂
Your vocals sound pretty close to his. This was another good one.
Love this ❤
Fil I like the way you look at technique and pick out things that the average guitar player
Could learn, finding a way to tackle the aspects of playing. I like to think it takes a lot of practice and patience to master down hybrid strumming and finger picking something that a lot of people don’t have the time to learn or even the patience.
This is what separates the exceptional guitar player from the average player.
Thanks Fil for posting this Badfinger video.
Great update as always Fil
Joey molland was originally Badfingers bassist after Ron Griffiths was dropped from the band and Tommy was rhythm with Pete lead/rhythm. It was said, usually who ever wrote the song in Badfinger, played lead and the others fell inline. After the band tightened the bolts, Joey was lead player, Pete rhythm, Tommy on Bass, And Mike on drums of course.
But in a nut shell, all of these guys were phenomenal musicians, especially Pete Ham with over 200 songs written and recorded within a five year span. Pete's daughter Petera, has been slowing sneaking out Pete's demos for quite some time now, and has released a few others in recent months.
If you ever get your hands on Dan Matrovinas (Badfingers official Biographer and a Family friend of the Estate of Pete Ham) book "Without You" The tragic story of Badfinger, you'll be riveted with these guys music Genius. The book is out of print but, copies are floating around for about $300 to $500 bucks, yeah pricey but, well worth the money if you want to know the truth and History of these guys. ✌️😏
Hi Fil. Just wanted to know if you could do an analysis of Slash's guitar playing ❤
How funny, I was just listening to Badfinger last night. 😂 They have such a tragic story.
a most brilliant band
Really liked them when I was young, really love them now.
Thank you Fil. I was a big Badfinger fan back in the day. Went to a Rod Stewart (Like him too) concert at Boston Garden solely because Badfinger was the opening act. Have all their material and still listen to it often. Totally agree they are incredibly proficient and also a very tight band instrumentally and vocally. I am grateful for the music they have left us. Btw, I also liked the early Rod Srewart stuff a lot and saw him with Jeff Beck (Truth album) at the Boston Tea Party (original venue). I fingerpick my guitars and have a few of their numbers in my repertoire. Guess I'll have to add Sweet Tuesday too!
Not just the acoustic guitar ... the Maton! Never heard this song before.
Thanks!
With respect to barre chords on an acoustic, are they easier to play if the the guitar is held as a classical guitarist holds it, i.e. inclined instead of "gunslinger" horizontal?
Badfinger , that's a name I haven't heard in a long time .👍🏽
I posted a video of "No Matter What" by Badfinger from a cover band I was in. Within minutes I got a copyright strike.
I can't think of another band as talented as Badfinger that exemplifies what the music business can and did do to far too many musicians.
You make me pick up my guitar!
Tom Evan's originally played guitar in the Iveys ,only switching to bass after Ron Griffiths left .All 3 were very gifted guitar players
Joey Molland, last surviving member. It looked like Pete Ham on the right was playing the runs.
I get what Fil is pointing out here, but it's always been Pete's playing that caught my ear on this one.
thanks
Anything about Badfinger makes me angry and sad. I wish their story could have played out so much better.
You should do a pitch analysis on Joey's solo on Baby Blue. Awesome control!
are the guitars tuned VERY fractionally sharp on the higher strings ? giving things a bit of "brightness" against the tempo.
Can you dive into Jungle please!