yes indeed you said it all in a few words . Along with the Small Faces , just first class trailblazers . Sad endings seem an integral part of great music History . Theres was tragic . Steve Marriots was just plain awful . You have to wonder how long the memory's can last . I went to extreme metal to leave the heartbreak behind . Cheers / Ancient Metal Guy .
Listening to this breaks my heart in about a million pieces. The world can never pay back the debt owed these guys. Goddammit. How could so much accomplishment and hard work become a source of such deep, devastating, soul crushing pain for them? They deserved better than life gave them. May perpetual light shine upon them.
Straight Up and No Dice were both such great albums. They were once referred to as the second Beatles and then their future was cut short by tragic events. But they left a legacy of great songs for generations to come. In the late 60s and early 70s, No Matter What, Baby Blue, Day After Day, absolutely dominated radio stations. Two of my personal favorites were Perfection and Without You. Long Live Badfinger
This was and is good, but there’s no need to get all “get off my lawn!” There’s a lot of good music out there. If only there was a way to search for it easily and play it.
Seu lá,dizem que um deus existe , não sei onde ...mas não é no nosso tempo pois é muita desgraça .....e força superior não tomar medidas nenhuma,nunca acreditei em divindades , milagres e vejo nossas maravilhas sendo ultrajada ,para ""os deuses isso não é nada" ??
Their story is extremely sad. They didn't deserve what happened to them, Two extremely talented men took their life's for someone else's greed. RIP 🙏. Your music will live on forever! Bless you both!
It still hurts today nearly 49 years after Pete Ham took his own life. They should have been millionaires personally. Their US tours were all sellouts that I remember. Their fans loved them and their music. Still got my vinyl records.
Last night, January 28, 2021, my son and I were on our way to get groceries when this song came on the radio station I just happened to have on in my car...mind you I just turned 61 this Monday, the 25th, and my son is 39...will be 40 this summer...but he immediately started to sing along. I knew all of my kids (and now grandchildren) are pretty versed in a lot of different decades and genres of music, being there is always music playing somewhere in our personal spaces...but it just surprised me that my son was so familiar with this song. Proof that the good stuff lives on!!
Lovely story thank you it made me smile 😊my son will be 37 and he too is a fan because I played only the oldies but goodies and to this day he thanks me for it ❤️🙏 stay safe and healthy
Hey guy, add another musically inter generational family. I’m 72 and was in a band in the early 60’s. Music sustains me and keeps me vital. My older son understands this and has become well versed in the music of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. I still play guitar and piano and he plays guitar as well. It has given us that bond that sports give to others.
That's great! There is hope that young people know what real music is!!!!😎❤ Great story, it made me smile!!!!! Badfinger was a GREAT group with great music! They weren't bad looking either!!!!!!💋
Yes, me too, I was only in the 2nd grade and still remember it too on the radio that my older brother and sisters were listening to, getting up for school in the morning.
There had never been a time in music history that there were so many talented singer song writers in such a short time period, it was a time for a rise in human concencous and if you would look back you would see that all the great music that they made had a message for humanity you add that with what was going on at the time, Veitnam, JFK, BK, MK, Woodstock, 28 club and the list goes on, so much in a short time with the best music ever created im so thankfull i was there
That one little span of 10 years 70-80 was the greatest decade to be a kid! Man i miss those days but feel blessed to have lived in that time that can never be again. The music, the friends, the tv shows and blockbuster summer movies,,the dawn til dusk adventures on my lime green banana seat hot rod with the 3 inch slick tire on the back tire that could take me anywhere i wanted to go.. oh yeah i cant leave out the six million dollar man,and the "night stalker" on friday nights !! Lol!
Be still my heart. ❤️ I miss that decade, too! I tell everyone how great it was to be a kid in the 70s. I am circa. 1964. I still feel like a kid inside. 😊
@@reneemoriconi7003 66 is when my journey began. Unfortunately for both of us we got cell phones instead of time machines but I agree I still feel young inside! Thanks for the reply! I feel bad for the ones who never experienced the awesome 70's..
@@jIMwILLIAMS-im7kk ...There will never be another decade like the 70's. Those that bad mouth it, didn't know how great it was. Loves were won & loves were lost. We have all given our love to some one. This song brings back so many memories...both of happiness and sadness. It hurts losing our first true love. I will never forget my first true love.."Every day, my mind is all around you...Day after Day."
I was like a kid in a candy store when I stumbled across the entire Night Stalker series on DVD. Darin McGavin didn't look like he aged a day between the Night Stalker episodes, and Christmas Story.
@@suzanneprock7286 I'm from Paris. My girlfriend Bridgette at 13 and I graduated from a private school at 16. The next day I asked her to marry me. We learned English by listening to this music. We would go to Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris ( where Jim Morrison is entombed) in the summer. Bridgette would bring a blanket and I would bring a bottle of wine and a radio. My family are owners of (8) Cartier jewelry stores here in Paris. Stay safe Suzanne. André Cartier
Anyone with me here in June 2020 listening to this classic song???? Never get tired of the hits I grew up with. There will never be anymore songs like this!!!!
Dee Guenveur Appreciate it and I’m sure! I can’t imagine what it was like growing up with this music coming out. Modern music is just terrible and has no meaning.
@@scottgould6590 George Harrison was not in "The Band' per se' but he produced the song and played the slide guitar for this song. Side note, "Bad Finger Boogie" was a song John Lennon had written and Bad Finger as a band, was on the "Apple" table, and "Apple" was The Beatles business.
Kinda like Jimi Hendrix and the Jimi Hendrix Experience... Didn’t last long but made a huge impact that is still felt and known to this day. Hopefully their music lives on for decades to come.
RIP the three members of Badfinger Pete Ham (April 27, 1947 - April 24, 1975), aged 27 Tom Evans (June 5, 1947 - November 19, 1983), aged 36 Mike Gibbins (March 12, 1949 - October 4, 2005), aged 56 You will always be remembered as legends.
I saw Bad Finger Live in the 70's and they were already on stage performing. The first thing I thought was how damn good they were and that they sounded just like the album its self "Live" as if I just put it on the stereo. Damn good band! ❤
Pete Ham. One of THE nicest and fairest people you'd ever meet. An incredibly talented band. All screwed over by a greedy human snake. Badfinger is a cautionary tale for all musicians to make SURE to watch your backs when it comes to contracts and 'deals'.
Interesting fact about this song is that Leon Russell (at the invitation of friend/producer George Harrison) played the iconic piano part you hear after listening to the song once through. He said, "I'm ready, roll tape". THAT is what you might call genius. George also plays one part of the harmony slide solo. But that slide and Pete's voice together are magic.
Furthermore in his early career, Russell played with the famous Wrecking Crew and can be found on Beach Boys, Jan&Dean and other recordings. Talent stands strong.
Real classic and stands the test of time, George Harrison’s touch all over this not many songs can stop what your doing and make you take time to listen 🎸👍
@@cahg3871 that slide guitar was double tracked with Pete Ham and George Harrison both playing slide. This came directly from Badfinger drummer Mike Gibbons when I had an opportunity to talk with him in 1984 and specifically asked him.. 2 master guitarists
@@nitwitt50 The story of Badfinger might be the worst or most tragic of all-time for "What could have been?" So talented for their era but completely ripped off of an undetermined amount of wealth and ultimately the lives of two prominent band members.
I was 16 when this was released. Where the hell has the time gone. One of the best things about the 60’ & 70’ is that there was all sorts of songs in the charts. Country, rock, folk and novelty records all stood a chance. 👍
I thought they disappeared from the face of the earth when I was a teenager. Little did I know their very very sad story. What talents! I still miss them.
I feel so grateful to have found this. My favorite Badfinger song and one of my favorite songs period. The only other video I'd seen of this song to this point was played to them walking around outside. Nothing to do with the song and just pasted together. Now to see an actual live performance-Wow! A very sad ending, but the fact this song holds up so well is a testament to their greatness.
Um. That's lip syncing, not a real live performance. It was the standard practice back in the day. Notice how it sounds exactly like the album, but there's no George Harrison or Leon Russell (or anybody, really) on the piano?
Listening to this AGAIN after all these years just takes me back to when music WAS proper music and bands of this class were awesome. There will never be music like this again in my lifetime and I'm so glad I was there the first time around......……...….shit I'm getting old ;)
I was born in '68 and I remember listening to all of this music as a very little kid. I always loved music. When I was 8, I became a drummer. When I was 10, I moved to guitar because I couldn't afford a drum-kit. It's been one heck of a road! When I'm out and about, I hear the current Top 40 played over the speakers at a grocery store, doctor's office, etc., and I absolutely CRINGE. We were so lucky to grow up when music was REAL!
I dedicate this to my wonderfull wife and my precious dog who died of cancer four days ago. She was with us going on to 14 years and was rescued by the side of a road at ten weeks old. She was my princess.
This hit the US top 40 a week before Christmas in 1971 and would be their third straight top 10 single (peaked at #4) The memories of that time are still fresh and clear.
@@lindarenninger5829 I remember it like yesterday. Yes life was also ordinary but brilliant thanks to the music. I very seldom missed Casey Kasem's top 40 countdowns back then.
This song defined the decade. They were sooo underrated and took too many reamings from their manager. They held their own with any of the “supergroups”. Rest In Peace guys.
Sitting out here in December 2020 marveling at how fast the last 50 years have zipped by and how things have changed, and how they haven't. This song has only gotten stronger as all of my generation fades away.
I asked my daughter why she listens to this music and she said cause you and dad did(she's 29now). She says the stuff they have out today is garbage.. very intelligent daughter 😁. Like mother like daughter...lol
My son is 23 him and his girlfriend who is 20 listen to allot of music from the 70s and 80s. They like some modern music but agree that its mostly garbage. 2 years ago I took him to Lynyrd Skynyrd and he had a great time
A timeless classic. Still stands up well after all these years, Badfinger provided some of my best memories of music growing up. Perhaps most underrated band of their day.
This song reminds me of my eldest brother who enlisted into the Army in 1971, then became a 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg, NC. Married in Superior, AZ 1972.
there was something warm and appealing to one's musical core. A kind of sadness in the lyrics and the riffs that was however somewhat uplifting in its own way. I can see the year 1972 at Christmas and the joy I heard in listening to both Day after day and Baby Blue
alexio murombo You nailed the impact the songs had on us and the time. I was only 7 but a.m. radio was my world from sunup to sundown, because they didn’t broadcast at night. Most didn’t. This kind of song will never happen again. This song reminded me of Eric Clapton. Finding out it was produced by George Harrison, it kinda made sense then.
This song is timeless! It really speaks to me now during this quarantine. I am so thankful for my husband who is the love of my life. My children. And my precious new grandson that I am still waiting to hold and cuddle. When this is over I am holding everyone dear to me very tightly❤
I was so lucky to grow up with music like this playing on the radio. THE very best music, sincere and heartfelt.... pure talent and no gimmicky electronics.
When this first came out, I was going out with a young lady who had severe medical problems with one of her legs, and she absolutely loved this song. Every time it came on the radio, she would be in floods of tears. She was just as emotional over the America song, "Horse with no name". We drifted apart some time later (both of us very young and had other interests that got in the way) but every time I hear one of these songs now, I think of her long golden blonde hair and those tears. I hope that, wherever you are Diane, the world treated you well.
Don't forget 'No Matter What' from the previous album, 'No Dice'. Paul McCartney surely wondered how he didn't write that great tune. Mis-management doomed Badfinger. Even their record label, the Beatles' Apple, didn't get it right, not releasing 'Baby Blue' as a single in the UK. Prior to becoming Badfinger (possibly named after John Lennon's 'Badfinger Boogie') the band was named The Iveys, and they had a major hit with 'Maybe Tomorrow'. As Badfinger their debut hit was 'Come and Get It', a Paul McCartney composition. But the band did pen 'Without You'...though Harry Nilsson had the hit with it and to this day seemingly everyone is of the belief that - possibly because he was a renowned songwriter - the tune was his. So overall the band did get some exposure and chart action. But bad management not only proved to be their downfall, but as you likely know, led to the suicide of singer /guitarist Pete Ham and bassist/singer Tom Evans.
Rest In Peace: Peter William 'Pete' Ham (27 April 1947 - 24 April 1975)✝️; Thomas 'Tom' Evans Jr (5 June 1947 - 19 November 1983)✝️and Michael George 'Mike' Gibbins (12 March 1949 - 4 October 2005)✝️
I have loved this song since I first heard it way back in the seventies. It is such a beautiful piece of music and the lyrics are wonderful. It is really sad that they were treated so badly by someone who should have had their interests at heart. very sadly missed but their music lives on.
This song is absolutely gorgeous. An absolute travesty how they got robbed blind by a douche bag manager. They were the complete package of musicianship, writing and talent.
Yeah I think the dirt bag manager was Stan Polly ? The fucking greedy fucking selfish fucking piece of fucking shit ,I felt so sad for all the members of Bad Finger it was o ly just recently that I heard the story of what happened to this amazing band .
@@carleenculmo9104 I wish I knew the answer to that question. I would've gladly volunteered to torture that greedy asshole, while playing this beautiful song.
@@hansmoffett9758 He at least deserved the same fate as Terry Knight, Grand Funks' manager, who was brutally stabbed to death by his daughters' junkie boyfriend.
Bands which got robbed by their manager: Pink Floyd, CCR, Small Faces, Whitesnake, The Beatles etc. Nobody among them did suicide for some money. Only idiots do that.
How could it miss with George Harrison, Leon Russell, and Todd Rundgren all lending a hand to make it glow! The songwriting was perfection to begin with, and those three geniuses made it epic 🌅💚
This fantastic band are from my home city of Swansea and we still cherish the wonderful music they gave us in the short period of time they were with us. We do have a statute outside our railway station in recognition. Thank you guys RIP.
