@@Yonatan_Max Just yesterday, I was reading where one of the band was talking about the recording of this and how it took hours and hours for Pete and George to get it right together, but they were so happy with the final product.
Yes, George Harrison was involved in the production of the song but left halfway through to do a charity song for the them Bangladesh crisis. Harrison also played part of the slide guitar solo but not all because Pete Ham who wrote the song played slide guitar too being accomplished guitar player as well as a song writer.
George is on this one. Produced it too. Lot of melancholy in the lyrics. More so when you consider Pete Ham's demise. Pete Ham is the singer and writer.
I always loved Badfinger! That’s definitely George Harrison’s guitar you heard. It’s so distinctive! Hopefully, you’ll get around to “No Matter What”, which is my favorite song by these guys. Great choice and another great reaction! ✌️
To me, Pete Ham has one of the warmest voices in rock. Pete wrote this, George produced it and when he heard Pete playing the slide, asked him if he'd "mind" if he played, too and Pete was thrilled, so they play the solo together.
@@williamjordan5554 No, but Nilsson heard the song on the radio at a party one night and thought it was Lennon. He recorded it because he thought it could be a big hit if it were given a grander production.
Unfortunately, this band was jinxed ... plagued by lawsuits, breakups and the eventual suicides of two members. But for about a four-year window, it looked like they'd take over after The Beatles disbanded.
Harry Neilson was putting the finishing touches on his recording of "Can't Live If Living is Without You" and Badfinger was also recording in the next studio. So he invited them to give it a listen. They said they were totally blown away with what Harry had done with the song...they loved it. Read that story somewhere. I have all the Badfinger music released. GREAT band. They wrote some amazing and beautiful songs. Please listen to more Badfinger.
"Day After Day" is a song by the British rock band Badfinger from their 1971 album Straight Up. It was written by Pete Ham and produced by George Harrison, who also plays slide guitar on the recording. The song was issued as a single and became Badfinger's biggest hit, charting at number 4 in the United States and number 10 in the UK, ultimately earning gold accreditation from the Recording Industry Association of America.
Hey, Harri - when you refer to George, I'm sure you mean "My sweet LORD" - not "my sweet love..." -- right? anyway, thanks for giving this some play - my favorite by Badfinger has always been "No matter what" - but they had a huge boost when their song "Baby Blue" was featured in the last episode of a popular series: "Breaking Bad" -- ua-cam.com/video/R95f7VwXqIw/v-deo.html - this shot up after that feature...
I always liked Badfinger, but I always thought of them as Beatles-lite, since Paul and George were such huge parts of their early hits. But, they were poised for greatness on their own but were screwed over by their manager. Their story is tragic; one of the, if not the, saddest stories in music history.
I'm very glad you discovered this great, though tragic band, Harri! Pete Ham of the band wrote this song and I have an interesting challenge for you to try next. Pete also wrote their hit song called "Baby Blue" and I would love to see you react to both their version of the song and the version by a band called Chilliwack, of the same title (but a different song!). Oh, and yes, they did write "Without You" and recorded it!
I mentioned in your reaction to Come And Get It that George played guitar on this one. Want straight up Badfinger w/o Beatles? "No Matter What" And Pete Ham and Tom Evens didn't need to do others' material. They wrote one of the most enduring songs of the last century, "Without You" covered by both Harry Nilsson and I believe Whitney Houston.
Wiki Day After Day" is a song by the British rock band Badfinger from their 1971 album Straight Up. It was written by Pete Ham and produced by George Harrison, who also plays slide guitar on the recording. The song was issued as a single and became Badfinger's biggest hit, charting at number 4 in the United States and number 10 in the UK,
Lead singer and multi-instrumentalist Pete Hamm wrote this and most of Badfinger's songs. I believe the only song written by a Beatle is "Come and Get It" which was written by Paul McCartney. George Harrison played slide guitar on this song, however. As others have pointed out, this band's story was beyond tragic. But they could write their own hits. Check out "No Matter What" and "Baby Blue."
Day After Day" is a song by the British rock band Badfinger from their 1971 album Straight Up. It was written by Pete Ham and produced by George Harrison, who also plays slide guitar on the recording.
I'm surprised you had never heard this song before. From 1971 .Great song, George also plays dual slide lead guitar with Pete Ham in the middle break! This Song really sounds Beatlely. George Harrison produced this song and played guitar on it. The year before, members of Badfinger played on Harrison's first solo album, *All Things Must Pass* . Harrison then started producing Badfingers _Straight Up_ album, but midway through got sidetracked organizing the *Concert for Bangladesh* , which Badfinger played as part of his backing band. Todd Rundgren was brought in to finish the album. 🚶🏿♂🚶🏿♂🚶🏿♂🚶🏿♂
They started life as The Iveys and were trying to follow in the steps of the Hollies (hence the name). Once they were signed by Apple some of their initial songs were either written and/or produced by either Paul or George (though this one was written by band member Pete Hamm). That's when they started sounding 'Beatley'. Overall though, they were a good little band and most of their stuff was self-written.
Listen to their great "No Matter What" and you'd swear McCartney was singing. Their hit "Baby Blue" is quite wonderful too. Their first single for Apple Records in '69, "Maybe Tomorrow," when they were still named The Iveys, is well worth checking out too. It's lovely.
Badfinger also backed up George for his concert for Bangledesh and were also backing musicians for the All Things Must Pass album. They DID write Without You. My favorite Badfinger song is No Matter What, one of their other big hits was Baby Blue. But, this band, as a whole, have one of the saddest histories in the way the music industry destroyed lives. Nearly penniless after years of toil, due to corrupt management in the US, and the legal tie ups of Apple Corps. two of the members ended up committing suicide.
When i was a kid i thought this was Eric Clapton on vocals w George on guitar when i heard it. It had a Beatles meets Derek and the Dominos vibe to me.
Love you Harri, You are the Best. You have a great ear. Yes they wrote "Without You". They did record it. I think it was Harry Neilson who also recorded it and made it Big.
The late Peter Ham (lead singer) and the late Tom Evans (bass player) wrote the song Without You, and yes, Badfinger did record it. I highly recommend it.
I got to see the two surviving members doing spot-on run-throughs of their biggest hits at Beatlefest, in Los Angeles, in the late 80's They sounded just as you heard them here. The next year, a very drunk Harry Nilsson performing 'Everybody's Talkin' and his own hit cover of Badfinger's 'Without You.' He was teetering the whole way through, standing on a chair that served as his stage, but his voice was, even though delivered at a much lower timbre than we'd heard on his records, pure gold!
Pete Hamm wrote this song. He wrote many great songs, including Without You which was covered by Nilsson and later Mariah Carey. George Harrison plays the slide guitar and he also produced this song, therefore it has a certain Beatles sound to it. The late, great Leon Russell does the keyboards. Review Baby Blue and Name of the Game next.
The album this song is from (Straight Up) is a wonderful album, on the same level artistically as Abbey Road. Yes, they did sound like the Beatles, but were very good without being ripoff artists. Sadly, the band was treated so badly by the music industry, two of its members committed suicide. Straight Up is a classic early 70s album, and I encourage you to do more Badfinger reactions.
Found this on the internet: George Harrison produced and played on "Day After Day," and it became their last hit, three years later. In April of 1975, Badfinger ended, out of money and out of ideas. ... Then Peter Ham, the one who wrote and sang most of the great songs, hanged himself, and Badfinger passed into history.
Harri, Badfinger were considered "The Next Beatles", and the Beatles were actually grooming them. The similarity of sound is also because of their own roots in Wales, where they are from, and of course, the Beatles. Yes, Pete Ham wrote the song "Without You", which Harry Nilson recorded and made it a huge hit. The elements of the group are so similar. Pete Ham and Tom Evans were the main songwriters. Tom Evans also had a vocal range as high as McCartney, and also played Bass like McCartney. Pete Ham's voice was much like McCartney in the lower registers, but Tom caught all the high harmonies. The other guitarist, Joey Molland, also had an excellent voice and was a very great guitar player. He was the back up vocalist and the lead guitar player, but Joey was also a good writer, and wrote a big hit called "No Matter What". The drummer could also sing. So the line up of Badfinger were capable of singing and playing and writing anything The Beatles could do. Such a sad, sad ending of this group though. So sad. I will let you do the research on that... I would rather not say.
Straight up album is one of my favorite album of all time. Near perfect album. Their story is so tragic, yet kept a secret back then. They just dissapeared. I think they were Apple's first signed band. Harrison produced the record. This was written by the lead singer. He was a great song writer. Tragically the lead singer and another band member hung themselves. They were absolutely broke after their success, due to corrupt management I think. Watch a documentary about them, there are a few. So, so, so tragic.
Yes they did write without you which Nielsen made a big hit. My two favorite songs by badfinger are this song and no matter what. Hopefully you'll react to that song next.
Immaculate production by George, etc. Members of Badfinger did play on George's 'All Things Must Pass' album. Badfinger were indeed the expected heir-apparent to the throne vacated by the Beatles. A sad story. Very sad. If you want to hear a really good McCartney imitation, at least to my ears, listen to Badfinger's 'Name Of The Game'. My jaw dropped the first time I heard it so so long ago.
These guys played at George’s Concert for Bangladesh and on his All Things Must Pass album. Pete Hamm wrote “Without You, “ made famous by Nilsson and years later by Mariah Carey.
For this song.--Badfinger Pete Ham - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, slide guitar Tom Evans - backing vocals, bass guitar Joey Molland - backing vocals, acoustic guitar Mike Gibbins - drums, percussion Additional musicians George Harrison - slide guitar Leon Russell - piano
George helped with the slide guitar but it was played by Pete Ham.. George started to produce this album but was stopped about 1/2 way thru with the Bnagladesh concert... Badfinger was at that show and played... The album was finished producing by Todd Rundgren. You can find the different produced songs on youtube.. there is a difference between what Todd came up with and what George did..
Bad finger recorded on the apple label which was the Beatles recording label they forged. Their story is one of the most tragic in rock and roll really as far as what occurred to them per the record business. Yes, a Beatles influence and George Harrison played on this one.
Good stuff. I'll add my recommendations for Badfinger songs too... Carry On Till Tomorrow No Matter What Without You We're For The Dark Baby Blue Name Of The Game Sweet Tuesday Morning Perfection Just A Chance No One Knows In The Meantime/Some Other Time Badfinger was one of the few bands that could pull this kind of music. Miss them...
Hi Harri! My best friends mom had this album and we would play it when I slept over and it blew my 12 year old mind away. They sounded alot like the Beatles and George would help construct to slide solos but they were legit. Their career was too short and tragic.
Hi Harry, you might like check out on the REO Brothers on their Beatles Medley... They are youngsters band from the Philippines who do covers of oldies but goodies ....👍🙂
Harri, it was great fun,..being a kid back then, saw a movie on TCM, it was like seeing me and my friends,. they were dressed how me and my friends did, it was an all black cast movie, afros(which I tried, and tried, just couldn't get it like actress in Get Christie Love Teresa Graves, or Gloria Hendry, aka Rosie in Live And Let Die, perfect, maybe they were wigs!), the bell bottoms jeans, halter tops,..hot pants,..my pre teen, and teen years in the 70's, was rich with bands like this, there just wasn't any bad music, remember my dad coming home, from Vietnam, mom more settled, less anxious, civil rights had made gains, Shirley Chisholm, my female heorine! running for President!,.the world for me and my friends, just seemed carefree,..seemed loaded with endless possibilities, the music we listened to mirrored that,..I wish I could take you back in a time machine, it was a regular, routine, basic every day to hear this music on the radio, we took it for granted, I now see you young people, so blown away, with every song you hear from that era,..I'm so glad this music is still here for you, and the next generation, keep going, check Go All Way, Eric Carmen,..if you haven't,..Godspeed, Peace ✌
You should react to the band Klaatu. There was actually a rumor that they were the Beatles in disguise. OK the spoiler that isn't a spoiler is that no, they weren't the Beatles, but still, they've got some good songs.
Badfinger wrote most of their own material Pete Ham the lead singer and Tom Evans wrote Without You. Which has been recorded by a lot of people over the years. But they also wrote No Matter What which was another big hit for them. Unfortunately the band was plagued with financial problems and bad management, it's a very sad story where Pete Ham and Tom Evans committed suicide due to being deceived by a corrupt manager. The very sad thing is that the band earned very little from all their record sales, and ended up virtually penniless. All because of Stan Polley their manager who swindled the band out of their royalties. For this Pete Ham and Tom Evans both hanged themselves, Pete Ham was the first and Tom Evans some years later. it's true Paul McCartney wrote Come and Get It for them, but all the others were written by the various members of Badfinger. In fact they got their name from a George Harrison song called Badfinger Blues, and George did play slide on Day After Day. George particularly liked Badfinger so much so that they performed on the All Things Must Past concert with him. Some more info on the band Pete Ham the lead singer and Mike Gibbins were from Swansea in Wales, and Tom Evans and Joey Molland were from Liverpool.
2 guys from Swansea, South Wales and 2 guys from Liverpool.. Great band, although I’m biased as I was brought up with their music! My uncle is the drummer! RIP uncle Mike x Ps listen to the album Straight Up 👍
You should react to Come and Get It. A song Paul McCartney wrote and produced for Badfinger. For years, I thought it was the Beatles whenever the song came on the radio.
You have a great ear, sir! Yes, indded and as has been mentioned, George Harrison not only wrote this song but he also played the slide guitar that you recognised instantly. I am impressed at how quickly you picked up on that. Particularly interesting because I recently suggested this exact song to another reaction channel (Reaction In Action) and in my suggestion I mentioned that back in the early 1970's, in the immediate aftermath of the Beatles breakup, people wondered if this might secretly be the Beatles recording under a different name. They said they didn't hear any resemblance at all to the Beatles. I think maybe they need to listen to more Beatles? It may sound silly now, but people still believed that "Paul is dead" when this record came out. That's a story for another day, may be when you do a reaction to another one of the "clue" songs.
This song was written by Peter Ham. Listen to We're For The Dark, also written by Pete, in the style of John Lennon (All You Need Is Love, Baby, You're A Rich Man). Peter Ham also wrote Without You, and it is the best version of the song (worst version is by Mariah Carey).
"Baby Blue" another great song from this group.
Obligatory Breaking Bad shoutout!
Indeed
George Harrison and Pete Ham dual slide guitares.
Written by Pete Ham.
Pete Hamm wrote this but George Harrison produced it and plays slide guitar on this song. ✌️♥️🎶
George and Pete double on it together.
Leon Russell is on piano.
@@stephanieo2509 There are photos that exist of of Pete and George together
@@Yonatan_Max Just yesterday, I was reading where one of the band was talking about the recording of this and how it took hours and hours for Pete and George to get it right together, but they were so happy with the final product.
Yes, George Harrison was involved in the production of the song but left halfway through to do a charity song for the them Bangladesh crisis. Harrison also played part of the slide guitar solo but not all because Pete Ham who wrote the song played slide guitar too being accomplished guitar player as well as a song writer.
George is on this one. Produced it too. Lot of melancholy in the lyrics. More so when you consider Pete Ham's demise. Pete Ham is the singer and writer.
And George is playing the slide guitar, too.
I always loved Badfinger! That’s definitely George Harrison’s guitar you heard. It’s so distinctive! Hopefully, you’ll get around to “No Matter What”, which is my favorite song by these guys. Great choice and another great reaction! ✌️
Definitely, and ditto!
You would definitely fall in with “No Matter What”.
YES - Gil - this was always my favorite! thank you!
and Take It All
To me, Pete Ham has one of the warmest voices in rock. Pete wrote this, George produced it and when he heard Pete playing the slide, asked him if he'd "mind" if he played, too and Pete was thrilled, so they play the solo together.
Badfinger was the first group signed by The Beatles' Apple label. This song was produced by George Harrison.
They were the only group.
Pete Ham could sound like Paul McCartney and Tom Evans could sound like John Lennon. They co-wrote and share lead vocals on “Without You.”
Which John's friend Harry Nilson strangely also recorded. Did the Beatles own the rights to Badfinger songs?
@@williamjordan5554 No, but Nilsson heard the song on the radio at a party one night and thought it was Lennon. He recorded it because he thought it could be a big hit if it were given a grander production.
I was about to say that “Without You” is a Badfinger original, later covered by Nilsson and then belted out in the 90’s by Mariah Carey.
@@williamjordan5554 the Beatles didn’t even own the rights to Beatles songs
@@NathanVeenstra Ugh! Carey? Terrible.
Harri, next up must be NO MATTER WHAT another belter. Take care
BADFINGER "NO MATTER WHAT",, "DAY AFTER DAY" & "BABY BLUE"
Unfortunately, this band was jinxed ... plagued by lawsuits, breakups and the eventual suicides of two members. But for about a four-year window, it looked like they'd take over after The Beatles disbanded.
In the '70s critics and fans were constantly looking for the new Beatles or them in disguise such as the Bee Gees, Bay City Rollers and Klaatu.
They were criminally mismanaged by Polley.
The Beatles influenced a lot of bands, and a lot of artists did their songs.. that era definitely had a recognisable sound. Loved it!
Beatles aside, they were a great band who have THE most tragic backstory. Look them up, it's terrible.
Harry Neilson was putting the finishing touches on his recording of "Can't Live If Living is Without You" and Badfinger was also recording in the next studio. So he invited them to give it a listen. They said they were totally blown away with what Harry had done with the song...they loved it. Read that story somewhere. I have all the Badfinger music released. GREAT band. They wrote some amazing and beautiful songs. Please listen to more Badfinger.
"Day After Day" is a song by the British rock band Badfinger from their 1971 album Straight Up. It was written by Pete Ham and produced by George Harrison, who also plays slide guitar on the recording. The song was issued as a single and became Badfinger's biggest hit, charting at number 4 in the United States and number 10 in the UK, ultimately earning gold accreditation from the Recording Industry Association of America.
Hey, Harri - when you refer to George, I'm sure you mean "My sweet LORD" - not "my sweet love..." -- right? anyway, thanks for giving this some play - my favorite by Badfinger has always been "No matter what" - but they had a huge boost when their song "Baby Blue" was featured in the last episode of a popular series: "Breaking Bad" -- ua-cam.com/video/R95f7VwXqIw/v-deo.html - this shot up after that feature...
Love Badfinger. They wrote a lot of their own music. One of the saddest stories in rock and roll - the story of Badfinger.
The song "No Matter What" fooled just about everyone when they heard the song for the first time thinking it was the Beatles new single in 1970.
I always liked Badfinger, but I always thought of them as Beatles-lite, since Paul and George were such huge parts of their early hits. But, they were poised for greatness on their own but were screwed over by their manager. Their story is tragic; one of the, if not the, saddest stories in music history.
Many bands sounded like that but Badfinger did have their own sound as well with the power pop sound
I'm very glad you discovered this great, though tragic band, Harri! Pete Ham of the band wrote this song and I have an interesting challenge for you to try next. Pete also wrote their hit song called "Baby Blue" and I would love to see you react to both their version of the song and the version by a band called Chilliwack, of the same title (but a different song!). Oh, and yes, they did write "Without You" and recorded it!
LEON RUSSELL "A SONG FOR YOU" & "TIGHT ROPE"..R.I.P. LEON
Stranger in a strange land. Lady Blue. All great 👍
@@Cheshirecat-nx9zn Agreed.
A great band but one of the most tragic stories in rock n roll.
Look forward to your Without You reaction Harri. It is a great song
I mentioned in your reaction to Come And Get It that George played guitar on this one. Want straight up Badfinger w/o Beatles? "No Matter What" And Pete Ham and Tom Evens didn't need to do others' material. They wrote one of the most enduring songs of the last century, "Without You" covered by both Harry Nilsson and I believe Whitney Houston.
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Day After Day" is a song by the British rock band Badfinger from their 1971 album Straight Up. It was written by Pete Ham and produced by George Harrison, who also plays slide guitar on the recording. The song was issued as a single and became Badfinger's biggest hit, charting at number 4 in the United States and number 10 in the UK,
This is a great song! Do a reaction to Badfinger's Baby Blue.. .
No Matter What and Baby Blue are two other classics. Have you seen. Breaking Bad?
I put Apple of My Eye up there close to these two as well.
They're my 2 favourite Badfinger songs .. Great choices !
Lead singer and multi-instrumentalist Pete Hamm wrote this and most of Badfinger's songs. I believe the only song written by a Beatle is "Come and Get It" which was written by Paul McCartney. George Harrison played slide guitar on this song, however. As others have pointed out, this band's story was beyond tragic. But they could write their own hits. Check out "No Matter What" and "Baby Blue."
"Baby Blue" is my favorite Badfinger tune, but "No Matter What" and "Without You" are also brilliant songs.
So glad to have been growing up at this time. We were so fortunate to have so much amazing music as part f our everyday lives.
Incredible song! Badfinger were so talented, but sadly got the shaft from the industry monsters. And their story afterwards is so tragic.
When I first heard this song I thought it was solo Paul McCartney. One of my favorites. Pete Ham, what a talent.
"Lonely You" by Badfinger. A song that wasn't released as a single but should have.
Your ears do not deceive you, Harri: that IS George Harrison on electric slide guitar.
Great reaction as always. When you can listen to them play "Bobby Blue". It takes one back ...
Exactly! So much like the Beatles. Beautiful song 🎶
Day After Day" is a song by the British rock band Badfinger from their 1971 album Straight Up. It was written by Pete Ham and produced by George Harrison, who also plays slide guitar on the recording.
A great song by a phenomenal band who tragically ended before their time…
I'm surprised you had never heard this song before. From 1971 .Great song, George also plays dual slide lead guitar with Pete Ham in the middle break! This Song really sounds Beatlely. George Harrison produced this song and played guitar on it. The year before, members of Badfinger played on Harrison's first solo album, *All Things Must Pass* . Harrison then started producing Badfingers _Straight Up_ album, but midway through got sidetracked organizing the *Concert for Bangladesh* , which Badfinger played as part of his backing band. Todd Rundgren was brought in to finish the album. 🚶🏿♂🚶🏿♂🚶🏿♂🚶🏿♂
The main guitar break in the middle is a George Harrison-Joey Molland duet.
Presumably the same goes for those guitar fills later on.
They started life as The Iveys and were trying to follow in the steps of the Hollies (hence the name). Once they were signed by Apple some of their initial songs were either written and/or produced by either Paul or George (though this one was written by band member Pete Hamm). That's when they started sounding 'Beatley'. Overall though, they were a good little band and most of their stuff was self-written.
Listen to their great "No Matter What" and you'd swear McCartney was singing. Their hit "Baby Blue" is quite wonderful too. Their first single for Apple Records in '69, "Maybe Tomorrow," when they were still named The Iveys, is well worth checking out too. It's lovely.
Badfinger also backed up George for his concert for Bangledesh and were also backing musicians for the All Things Must Pass album. They DID write Without You. My favorite Badfinger song is No Matter What, one of their other big hits was Baby Blue. But, this band, as a whole, have one of the saddest histories in the way the music industry destroyed lives. Nearly penniless after years of toil, due to corrupt management in the US, and the legal tie ups of Apple Corps. two of the members ended up committing suicide.
When i was a kid i thought this was Eric Clapton on vocals w George on guitar when i heard it. It had a Beatles meets Derek and the Dominos vibe to me.
The song Come And Get it was originally a Beatles tune. It is from 1969 and is on the Number One LP The Beatles Anthology Vol 3.
If you watched the finale to Breaking Bad, you heard their song “Baby Blue.”
This once in a life time band they they were it group watch them live great music how much the. Stole from them
Badfinger was the featured acoustic guitar section for George Harrison Productions in early seventies.
Love you Harri, You are the Best. You have a great ear. Yes they wrote "Without You". They did record it. I think it was Harry Neilson who also recorded it and made it Big.
The late Peter Ham (lead singer) and the late Tom Evans (bass player) wrote the song Without You, and yes, Badfinger did record it. I highly recommend it.
Wow you nailed the sound of that opening guitar slide sure enough! Most excellent! Same guitar in "My Sweet Lord" amazing ear.
Have always loved this song, & love your new set up behind you!
I got to see the two surviving members doing spot-on run-throughs of their biggest hits at Beatlefest, in Los Angeles, in the late 80's They sounded just as you heard them here. The next year, a very drunk Harry Nilsson performing 'Everybody's Talkin' and his own hit cover of Badfinger's 'Without You.' He was teetering the whole way through, standing on a chair that served as his stage, but his voice was, even though delivered at a much lower timbre than we'd heard on his records, pure gold!
Pete Hamm wrote this song. He wrote many great songs, including Without You which was covered by Nilsson and later Mariah Carey.
George Harrison plays the slide guitar and he also produced this song, therefore it has a certain Beatles sound to it.
The late, great Leon Russell does the keyboards.
Review Baby Blue and Name of the Game next.
The album this song is from (Straight Up) is a wonderful album, on the same level artistically as Abbey Road. Yes, they did sound like the Beatles, but were very good without being ripoff artists. Sadly, the band was treated so badly by the music industry, two of its members committed suicide. Straight Up is a classic early 70s album, and I encourage you to do more Badfinger reactions.
Found this on the internet: George Harrison produced and played on "Day After Day," and it became their last hit, three years later. In April of 1975, Badfinger ended, out of money and out of ideas. ... Then Peter Ham, the one who wrote and sang most of the great songs, hanged himself, and Badfinger passed into history.
Harri, Badfinger were considered "The Next Beatles", and the Beatles were actually
grooming them. The similarity of sound is also because of their own roots in
Wales, where they are from, and of course, the Beatles.
Yes, Pete Ham wrote the song "Without You", which Harry Nilson recorded and
made it a huge hit.
The elements of the group are so similar. Pete Ham and Tom Evans were the
main songwriters. Tom Evans also had a vocal range as high as McCartney,
and also played Bass like McCartney. Pete Ham's voice was much like
McCartney in the lower registers, but Tom caught all the high harmonies.
The other guitarist, Joey Molland, also had an excellent voice and was a very
great guitar player. He was the back up vocalist and the lead guitar player, but
Joey was also a good writer, and wrote a big hit called "No Matter What".
The drummer could also sing. So the line up of Badfinger were capable of singing
and playing and writing anything The Beatles could do. Such a sad, sad ending of
this group though. So sad. I will let you do the research on that... I would rather
not say.
Badfinger was badass 😎👍
Good ol' Leon Russell dancing on the keys! r.i.p.
George Harrison found this Band. Even Jammed with them 🇺🇸🇬🇧✌️🎸🇨🇦. 65-74. Special time in music.
Straight up album is one of my favorite album of all time. Near perfect album. Their story is so tragic, yet kept a secret back then. They just dissapeared. I think they were Apple's first signed band. Harrison produced the record. This was written by the lead singer. He was a great song writer. Tragically the lead singer and another band member hung themselves. They were absolutely broke after their success, due to corrupt management I think. Watch a documentary about them, there are a few. So, so, so tragic.
Indeed. Brilliant analysis
Yes they did write without you which Nielsen made a big hit. My two favorite songs by badfinger are this song and no matter what. Hopefully you'll react to that song next.
Immaculate production by George, etc. Members of Badfinger did play on George's 'All Things Must Pass' album.
Badfinger were indeed the expected heir-apparent to the throne vacated by the Beatles. A sad story. Very sad.
If you want to hear a really good McCartney imitation, at least to my ears, listen to Badfinger's 'Name Of The Game'. My jaw dropped the first time I heard it so so long ago.
These guys played at George’s Concert for Bangladesh and on his All Things Must Pass album. Pete Hamm wrote “Without You, “ made famous by Nilsson and years later by Mariah Carey.
For this song.--Badfinger
Pete Ham - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, slide guitar
Tom Evans - backing vocals, bass guitar
Joey Molland - backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Mike Gibbins - drums, percussion
Additional musicians
George Harrison - slide guitar
Leon Russell - piano
I think you mean George's "My Sweet Lord" which he was sued for copyright infringements (for song "He's So Fine") and George lost the suit.
George helped with the slide guitar but it was played by Pete Ham.. George started to produce this album but was stopped about 1/2 way thru with the Bnagladesh concert... Badfinger was at that show and played... The album was finished producing by Todd Rundgren. You can find the different produced songs on youtube.. there is a difference between what Todd came up with and what George did..
As I remember, the first band signed to Apple. Huge beatles influence
Believe it or not I was able to meet Joey Molland yesterday. He was very nice and talked about making this record with Harrison and Leon Russell.
Leon Russell sat in on the piano. George on slide. Great song!
Bad finger recorded on the apple label which was the Beatles recording label they forged. Their story is one of the most tragic in rock and roll really as far as what occurred to them per the record business. Yes, a Beatles influence and George Harrison played on this one.
Good stuff.
I'll add my recommendations for Badfinger songs too...
Carry On Till Tomorrow
No Matter What
Without You
We're For The Dark
Baby Blue
Name Of The Game
Sweet Tuesday Morning
Perfection
Just A Chance
No One Knows
In The Meantime/Some Other Time
Badfinger was one of the few bands that could pull this kind of music.
Miss them...
Hi Harri! My best friends mom had this album and we would play it when I slept over and it blew my 12 year old mind away. They sounded alot like the Beatles and George would help construct to slide solos but they were legit. Their career was too short and tragic.
Hi Harry, you might like check out on the REO Brothers on their Beatles Medley... They are youngsters band from the Philippines who do covers of oldies but goodies ....👍🙂
Harri have thumbed up before you even play it. Beautiful song, Beatles are all over it.
Correct Harry,certainly a Beatles influence,even down to the drummer
Day After Day was produced by George Harrison and George also played slide guitar on the recording.
Now you have to react to " NO MATTER WHAT", my 2nd favorite Bad Finger song.
Harri, it was great fun,..being a kid back then, saw a movie on TCM, it was like seeing me and my friends,. they were dressed how me and my friends did, it was an all black cast movie, afros(which I tried, and tried, just couldn't get it like actress in Get Christie Love Teresa Graves, or Gloria Hendry, aka Rosie in Live And Let Die, perfect, maybe they were wigs!), the bell bottoms jeans, halter tops,..hot pants,..my pre teen, and teen years in the 70's, was rich with bands like this, there just wasn't any bad music, remember my dad coming home, from Vietnam, mom more settled, less anxious, civil rights had made gains, Shirley Chisholm, my female heorine! running for President!,.the world for me and my friends, just seemed carefree,..seemed loaded with endless possibilities, the music we listened to mirrored that,..I wish I could take you back in a time machine, it was a regular, routine, basic every day to hear this music on the radio, we took it for granted, I now see you young people, so blown away, with every song you hear from that era,..I'm so glad this music is still here for you, and the next generation, keep going, check Go All Way, Eric Carmen,..if you haven't,..Godspeed, Peace ✌
You should react to the band Klaatu. There was actually a rumor that they were the Beatles in disguise.
OK the spoiler that isn't a spoiler is that no, they weren't the Beatles, but still, they've got some good songs.
Teenager in the '70s here, Harri. Yes, it was awesome.
Badfinger was the first signup on the Beatles new Apple records out of Abbey rd studios
Pete Ham wrote the song. George does play harmony slide lead during the middle 🎸🎸
Pete had the looks of lennon with the voice of mccartney and tom was higher pitched but reminded me of lennon
Badfinger wrote most of their own material Pete Ham the lead singer and Tom Evans wrote Without You. Which has been recorded by a lot of people over the years. But they also wrote No Matter What which was another big hit for them. Unfortunately the band was plagued with financial problems and bad management, it's a very sad story where Pete Ham and Tom Evans committed suicide due to being deceived by a corrupt manager. The very sad thing is that the band earned very little from all their record sales, and ended up virtually penniless. All because of Stan Polley their manager who swindled the band out of their royalties. For this Pete Ham and Tom Evans both hanged themselves, Pete Ham was the first and Tom Evans some years later. it's true Paul McCartney wrote Come and Get It for them, but all the others were written by the various members of Badfinger. In fact they got their name from a George Harrison song called Badfinger Blues, and George did play slide on Day After Day. George particularly liked Badfinger so much so that they performed on the All Things Must Past concert with him. Some more info on the band Pete Ham the lead singer and Mike Gibbins were from Swansea in Wales, and Tom Evans and Joey Molland were from Liverpool.
Next by Badfinger: "Baby Blue"
2 guys from Swansea, South Wales and 2 guys from Liverpool..
Great band, although I’m biased as I was brought up with their music!
My uncle is the drummer! RIP uncle Mike x
Ps listen to the album Straight Up 👍
Can't live without you was indeed written by them. The video of them performing is available on youtube.
You have a Great ear brother. Please check out some more of Bad Finger like "Baby Blue", "No Matter What". 😎
SAW THEM 1 TIME IN CONCERT
You should react to Come and Get It. A song Paul McCartney wrote and produced for Badfinger. For years, I thought it was the Beatles whenever the song came on the radio.
My bad. I started scrolling your reactions and noticed you already reacted to it. Gonna take a look at your reaction now.
Badfinger was on The Beatles’ Apple Records label.
Harrison produced their record and even played some background music yet Day After Day is all BAD FINGER
The APPLE doesn't fall from the tree...
You have a great ear, sir! Yes, indded and as has been mentioned, George Harrison not only wrote this song but he also played the slide guitar that you recognised instantly. I am impressed at how quickly you picked up on that.
Particularly interesting because I recently suggested this exact song to another reaction channel (Reaction In Action) and in my suggestion I mentioned that back in the early 1970's, in the immediate aftermath of the Beatles breakup, people wondered if this might secretly be the Beatles recording under a different name. They said they didn't hear any resemblance at all to the Beatles. I think maybe they need to listen to more Beatles? It may sound silly now, but people still believed that "Paul is dead" when this record came out. That's a story for another day, may be when you do a reaction to another one of the "clue" songs.
George didn't write this song.
There is a VH1 Behind the Music show about Badfinger - maybe you can find it. An incredibly tragic story.
George played slide guitar on and produced this song. But Pete Ham of Badfinger wrote it.
I love this song ☺
This song was written by Peter Ham. Listen to We're For The Dark, also written by Pete, in the style of John Lennon (All You Need Is Love, Baby, You're A Rich Man).
Peter Ham also wrote Without You, and it is the best version of the song (worst version is by Mariah Carey).