Byli skvělí. Les uměl čistě zpívat a kluci čistě hrát i naživo. To se nedá říci o všech zpěvácích a skupinách. Někdy bývá mezi studiovou nahrávkou a live-vystoupením ostudný rozdíl. Děkuji Bay City Rollers za radost a úsměv, které mi stále přinášejí.
They played instruments and sang upbeat style pop rock. I can see why they were appealing to teenage girls. My cousin had their posters on her wall as a teen so she will be upset now. First David Cassidy and now Les. Pop idols are fading away. Of course, it’s been 45 years so I guess it’s inevitable. But it’s still a shock when you get the news. We are losing our Pop Idols and Icons one by one. RIP Les
Yeah, this was still during the “honeymoon” days, or “salad days” or whatever… of their career. In ‘75 they were on top of the world and hadn’t grown sick of each other yet. It was a very different story a couple of years later.
Live this seeing the Bay City Rollers still a fan of them rip Les McKeown; Alan Longmuir and Ian Mitchell now our angels 😇😇😇 for us ur music and pictures of u live on
One of THE VERY FEW RU-vid clips of the vintage Rollers playing live as opposed to lip syncing to their records. I saw them in concert in '76, '77, and '82, and I can attest to the fact that they really could play and sing live, with no tricks. Now, they weren't the best musicians in the world, but Derek was solid on the drums and Eric was more than a passable lead guitarist. More than that, they had great songs and the crowds were always into the shows. Good times.
Eric is a very underrated guitarist, It's a game is a brilliant album that really shows his ability. Saw Eric's version of the rollers at the Mathew Street festival a few years back and they were brilliant.
I saw them twice in concert and it was awesome. Derek did a drum solo at both and was great. Eric is very underrated on guitar and deserves more praise than he got. We were teenagers and my mom went with us. She still talks about how fun it was to this day, lol.
This is so great! First time I've seen it since surfing RU-vid after the very sad passing of Les. I simply adore the little 'dances' going on at the start! RIP Les 20.04.2021 😥💔
OMG love this NEVER SEEN this before tks for POSTING love baycityrollers but ERIC is TOTALLY AMAZING has the WHOLE PACKAGE TALENTED MUSICIAN has singer SONGWRITER and baby BLUE eyes and love his VOICE and always looks like he having so much fun constantly jumping dancing 🎤🎸🎵🎹❤🇨🇦GREAT MEMORIES tks again ❤👀👀
@@rosem4584 Oh I'm Scottish, but I'm living in London...He used to drink in my local pub...I was in there one evening with my now ex gf....who wanted to be introduced to him...So I went over and asked him to go over and give her a kiss.....and of course us both being Scots, he was more than eager to respond....He was a total gentleman....and I met him a few times after that, really nice guy
nodgelyobo1 how cool and lucky! I did meet Leslie when lan was in the band, I must say I really enjoy my life back then but now I have sweet memories ,
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TREMENDOUSLY FANTASTIC LOVE IT EVERY SECOND ABSOLUTELY GENIUS OF MASTERPIECE " LIVE " FROM 1975 IT'S HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY ARGUMENT THAT THE BAY CITY ROLLERS DID PLAY LIVE I WAS TEN YEARS OF AGE AT THE SAME TIME WHEN I ALWAYS USE TOO ARGUE WITH ANYONE ANYBODY WHO WOULD SAY ANY OTHERWISE. THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS CLASSIC VIDEO BEING A HUGE BAY CITY ROLLERS FAN EVERSINCE 1974 🙂👍
@@flower-the-earthI adore that song too. Alan had a really nice voice and I never understood why he didn't sing more leads. I've always been an Alan girl! 💞💝
Had to see this video again. Eric's voice and laugh is to die for. Yeah the songs were not to clear here but Eric pulled them thru. These guys were great no matter what.
Great video! I’ve never understood what Woody says when Eric claps. I’ve watched the interview in this many times and still have no idea what he says. Eric still makes my heart go pitter- patter. 45 years later and I still love watching these guys.
Great video. After all these years to me Les was just a great voice, Alan was the handsome one but ERIC was the whole package of talent with his hot look and sexy smile and eyes.
I was 11 in 1975. It switched almost overnight from David Cassidy to the Rollers. '75 & '76 the Rollers were HUGE! Then by '77-'78 Punk & Disco dominated. 1980 it went to New Wave, Harder Rock & British Metal.
Yes, the rug was pulled from under them with the onset of punk, disco and new wave. Overnight their poppy rock 'n roll looked very dated. They were like young fogies.
It was a great time growing up in the mid-70s and having this band to be one of my first influences thanks to my older brother. Then at around that same time came KISS and then everything changed from there! QUEEN, AC/DC, Van Halen, Priest, Iron Maiden. So many great bands to list and from different genres. Elton John, Chicago (Terry Kath era), etc.
I remember seeing this on the Finnish TV back in the day and coulnd't understand why there was a fence between the band and the audience. Yhey hadn't even hit the big time yet! Propably some of the first ever gigs they did abroad.
There was music? Oh! Sry, I was lookin at Eric........,actually this was GREAT! LOVE the live videos. Never saw this one b4. Thank you so much! Btw, that's my favorite interview of them. Eric is so sweet n fresh faced here. Ya got more??!!
In Melbourne Australia it was crazy a sea of tartan everywhere made the Beatles look silly and I was right in it roller strollers and the works great time I had
“Boy band”, my ass. They’re clearly playing their instruments live here (and in more than a few other live clips I’ve seen). I’ve closely examined these live clips, and as a musician myself, I have concluded that they’re definitely not faking it. I’m not sure why there were so many accusations of using “playback” (ie. miming and lip-syncing to prerecorded audio). I think it was just that a lot of people at that particular time had a hard time wrapping their heads around the idea that guys who looked like the Rollers did could actually play their instruments competently. After all this was during a time when rock music was really taking itself a bit too seriously. Punk changed all that a couple of years later, but in 1974-75 a band like the Rollers were a hard sell for the critics and the “serious” rock crowd. It’s like the Knack said a few years later: “…but the little girls understand” At any rate, the Rollers were no “boy band”. They may have been marketed as such and appealed to the same basic demographic of fans (teen and preteen girls), but underneath the tufted hair and tartan jumpsuits were actual musicians and songwriters.
Yeah I don't get that either. I mean they toured for years before they hit the big time. You can't get away with lip sync and playback in live clubs in small venues. You could spot that a mile away if they had tried it. I've seen them twice and they played very well. Eric is probably the most talented. He played his fiddle during The Jig and was just awesome. Derek had switched to double bass when I saw them in 79. He did a really good drum solo. So yeah, the haters were wrong all along. RIP dear Alan, Les, and Ian. Miss you! 🖤❣️
@@Mick_Ts_Chick A lot of these haters have even gone so far as to try and rewrite the Rollers’ history. The most recent BBC documentary on them leads off with the “boy band” labeling. It’s otherwise not a bad doc, but for me it’s ruined by that false precedent kicking things off. You’re absolutely right. Eric is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist who has also proven himself to be a decent songwriter, as has Woody. Derek could definitely handle himself well on the kit, and Alan was no slouch on bass. Obviously they weren’t Yes, Gong, or Emerson, Lake, & Palmer, but they were/are competent enough to make some great, memorable recordings that have held up well over the years. Personally I’d rather hear great songs rather than a bunch of self-indulgent 20 minute guitar solos (that kind of thing always bores me to tears) anyway. All I know is that the record needs to be set straight on all this “boy band” nonsense. It’s just a load of revisionist jive.
@@Shikta-poobah67 So true. That label is ridiculous. Boy band is for the ones who just sing to the music. I mean Alan was in his late 20s and Derek and Eric not far behind. Woody started young, but was over 20 when most of the big hits came about. Hardly boys, lol.
@@Mick_Ts_Chick When they started out (as The Saxons), I believe it was in either 1966 or ‘67… nearly 10 years before Rollermania was a thing. I do realize that by the time of the first album the only original members remaining from The Saxons were the Longmuir brothers, but still that’s very telling. The idea of a relatively unknown band “faking it” on the club circuit for almost a decade is absolutely ludicrous. Especially back in those days, when audiences were a bit more unforgiving of such shenanigans. All I know is that an official BAND-APPROVED book and/or documentary is long overdue, so the record can finally be set straight while the surviving band members still walk among us.
Derek's my favorite Roller. I've commented several times here already. But yes , he never got much of the glory which is too bad because he's a very talented drummer and incredibly handsome with a wicked sense of humor and a very kind and gentle man who cared for his terminally ill father and adopted a child and brought him back to Scotland so he could have a better life away from an abusive parent. Derek payed for his school and was thrilled to become a granddad at age 42 . There's an interview with Derek here on YT where he talks about his life after the Rollers and how he became a cardiac registered nurse after volunteering at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for years. He cared for Alan after his cardiac problems too . I wish my mum could have had Derek as her nurse when she had her heart surgery. Dear God, the cardiac unit is a damn hard place to work. Derek is a good man and I won't let anyone say otherwise.
When you look very close, you can see that they are not in the rhythem with the music. By, bye bye baby Les starts singing and the mic. is downstairs and not up at his mouth. By shang a lang they have to adjust their mics when they start to sing.
Great live performance...🎟️🎼🎵🎶🎙️🎚️🎛️🎤🎧🎸🥁🎹📷📸📻📺📼🎥🎞️🎬💝💝💝💝💝🥰😍🤩❤️ ...And... Great interview also...🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️ But...😳 Why are the video and the audio SO OUT OF SYNC with each other??!!🤔
This is the first thing I’ve seen them on singing live every other time they sing they sound exactly like their records but here u can tell they sound a little out of breath but are actually not that bad live
