www.badfingerli... - www.peteham.net / 294346940651268 / badfinger_offcl Great performance of this Powerpop standard. Pete Ham - what can you say? The Beatles George Harrison said it best - "a great singer."
At 68 and having rediscovered Bad Finger in early 2023... I now cry through their albums. Their story is absolutely heartbreaking. RIP Pete, Tom and Mike. Love you forever. 😭❤🙏
Yes, terribly sad. Ripped off by their manager. Would have become a Supergroup. Superbly talented, great shame about passing of two main singers/songwriters. XX Rip Pete and Tom. Always be remembered.
I worked for his brother John ...in his Music Store... I met Peter a few times... he was a really nice guy... his death effected the family so badly they never recovered from it! I even played a few of his guitars... including his Les Paul Black Beauty and a Gibson SG given to him from George Harrison...as well as a Gibson EB3 bass ...
I never met any of the guy's . Like their family's i have never recovered from their deaths either. R.I.P. Pete and Tom .I am sorry for what that scumbag did to you guy's, if you could read my mind then you will at least have some satisfaction. The POS that drove you to it will be in the lake of fire for eternity and not one inch of his body will have been unburnt , he will be screaming in agony forever.
It's crazy, if you search this song you tend to mostly find live shows... but the thing about badfinger is that they're actually better live?! Listen to Tom Evans - he may even sound better here than the recording?!
They're better sounding live because the song was made to sound like a, "Super Killer Tune". This song Badfinger "Knocked it out of the Ballpark". It proves that they were a great band.
Absolutely this band should be in the rock and roll hall of fame, it’s a shame how cruel the music industry is. Another story of a great band getting ripped off by greedy heartless scumbags management.
When the Beatles broke up, I thought " at least we still have Badfinger". Sad end to a great band. RIP Pete, Tom and Mike. Your music will live on forever.
This band was so incredible...the songwriting, the musical talent and the chemistry. I saw them live around this time and they TOTALLY blew the auditorium away! Me included of course (lol), I knew they were amazing...but when I saw them live, let's just say it was stunning.
Every time I watch a Badfinger video, I remember them as one of the BEST bands to come out of the 60’s and early 70’s, with one of the SADDEST stories. Yes, I agree, they SHOULD be in The Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame...DEFINITELY! They were REALLY talented!
I WAS THE FIRST LOVE OF TOMMY EVAN'S. MY NAME IS HIS HE ASKED ME TO CHANE MY NAME TO HIS. HE SAID HEME AND MUSIC WHERE THE BEST THINGS IN HIS LIFE .HE WAS CRAZY BUT THATS WHAT I LOVED ABOUT HIM WE WHERE TO YOUNG TO GET ENGAGED BUT WE DID .I WONDER HOW MY LIFE EOULD HAVE GONE BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT BETTER WITH THE LOVE OF MY LIFE THERES A LOT MORE TO BE TOLD ABOUT ME AND TOMMY WE BOTH LOVED THE SAME THINGS MUSIC AND EACH OTHER I HAVE A SON WHO A LOT LIKE TOMMY MAKES ME LAUGH ALL THE TIME SAYS IF YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN STILL TOGEATHER HED NEVER HAVE DONE THIS AWFUL THING. AND HE SAID I THINK THIS SONG IF LIVING IS WITHOUT YOU WAS FOR ME. WHAT A LOVELY THING TO SAY TO A BROKEN HEARTED WOMAN. SEE YOU IN HEAVEN ONE DAY. DIANNE ELIZABETH EVANS LOVE MISS YOU ALWAYS MISS YOUR CRAZY WAYS .WE HAD IT ALL.XXXXXXXXFIRST LOVES FOREVERMORE.
Love how the drummer speeds it up to super speed after Pete already set the pace with the guitar riff....lol. Oh well ...still friggin' great tune and RAW live performance... I love raw performances ... pure and awesome !!! Thanks for posting !!!!
@nickmues437 I'm a drummer of 42 years. I'm the time keeper. The rest of the band are only responsible for playing with my time, not changing time. That's why we practice with a metronome. The vocals rushed because the drummer rushed first. I'm a studio drummer.
@@stevesteve1198 The Beatles produced some of their songs and put them on their new record label Apple Records.Paul wrote & produced their hit "Come And Get It"
Great performance and no doubt they brought this performance to life. If they were underrated it was due to poor management and cut throat practices that record companies follow because they're not musical Visionaries.
One of the few good real bands to come from the seventies! ...... definitely should be in the Rock and Roll HOF!!!!! .... We owe this to Pete Hamm! .... real recognition!
Don't forget Pete Ham also played more then guitar and was great at every thing he played. I was around 10 when this came out.I was blessed to have been born in 62 because all of 60s and 70s and even early 80s was the sounds of my youth.
Same here (almost, 1963). Whenever I hear these songs I'm instantly back in our living room on a cold, dark winter morning, getting ready for school and listening to radio 1. I can almost taste the Ready Brek 🤗
@@judis6224it wasn’t America it was a guy, Stan Polley. Springsteen, Petty, Queen to name just three artists were treated badly when they broke through getting paid a pittance or tied into rotten contracts but they managed to get out and went on to have long and successful careers. Many other bands or solo artists have been ripped off in the past. Sadly, Badfinger had two fatalities which should have never happened. They were two great parts of a tremendous group that deserved much better. We can still enjoy what Pete and Tom and the band left us, their music. It’s a shame they didn’t get to see how many fans loved them all those years later.
Hell yes they did the worst example of greed in the music industry I’ve ever seen destroyed them finically and took there life’s absolutely destroyed them
Back in the day the "standard contract" offered by major labels was a setup to get screwed. Don't know what it's like today (doubt it's much different), but _Musician_ magazine had a good series on the topic in '87-'88 or thereabouts. The business is a sewer and pretty much always has been.
Remembering Mike Gibbins born on March 12, 1949. He was a Welsh musician, most notable for being the drummer of the 1960's and 1970's British rock band Badfinger. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Gibbins
Ronald Reagan : Actually, the guitar Pete Ham received from George Harrison was a Gibson SG Standard, the very one used on Paperback Writer: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yYvkICbTZIQ.html The SG Special you're referring to is played by Joey Molland, the guy on the left.
Great band, great song, and fabulous vocalist !!! To bad Pete Ham took his own life, as the guy could do it all, writer, composer, and fabulous vocalist, plus play numerous instruments. Giant talent he was, and this band had a lot more in them to give the world.
That’s because without realizing it, they signed a record contract with the mob. The mob kept it all. A couple of them committed suicide. Or were helped along. 😢
Probably because they weren't around long enough and don't quite have the body of music and others they did put out some really good songs but just not enough of them to be in the rock and roll Hall of fame
@@stepheneroh6712 Agree with you mate. There should be more than one metric to determine eligibility. If minimum years were necessary for election to the baseball HOF, Sandy Koufax wouldn't be in it cause he didn't play long enough. Yeah, I know it's a mixed metaphor but WTF.
@Mooch 514 Seriously, let's put NWA in there instead of groups like this. . .(not that there's anything with NWA, but completely different brand of music)
Yes a very sad story for such talented singers and songwriters. All they wanted was to write good music, get paid for it and enjoy life. They did write great music. We all miss them.Where are the groups like this today?
