I grew up with Dave and Tom as I lived next door to them on the Kingshurst Estate in the 50/60s. Went with them on many a gig, crammed into their dads van, as he was the bands manager back in the 60s. Happy days..xxx Hazel Riley. xx
I'm back to this wonderful year of great music. Born in the smoke, in 57, moved up north with my folks,I was 2 then, but my ! how time flies,i'm 65 . and still rocking to the stuff from 72. maybe the modern music is crap,
Bands were "bands" in those days. They could play instruments and weren't just a group of kids with no apprentiship in their trade, pushed together, over hyped and called a band. The misuse of that word today irritates me every time I hear it.
@@PADR that's why I don't listen to main stream radio. I'd never have heard Idles, Fontaines DC, Murder Capital, Sprints, etc. Like your, I can't stand all that manufactured crap!
Homelessness is rising at an alarming rate here in Australia with greedy landlords pushing up the cost of living, this song is more relevant than ever.
A lot of people thought that. Not listening carefully enough. It's like loads of people thought The Pushbike Song was by Mungo Jerry instead of The Mixtures and Rock Me Gently by Andy Kim - people thought that was by Neil Diamond.
@@brianmoulton3093 Mungo jerry did do a version of the The Pushbike Song, but i think it was about 1990, but i do prefer the original and the video that went with it
@@royjudson4380 Thanks for that bit of info' Roy. I've just checked the MJ cover and...well, it's very similar isn't it? I'd probably go for the cover because of Ray Dorset's vocal.
50 years later and I still remember taking the lads to my home for breakfast. My mum was somewhat surprised to find us all cooking bacon in her kitchen at 3am!
@@nicklive66 and me! Now I'm an old git. I haven't heard this since 1972. Class eh? Now we've got Little Mix and Justin. Never forgotten this number though
Such an awesome song and hasnt lost any power 50 years later (50 years?? holy fuck!). The debut album is brilliant too. Such a shame that they never went further but they went downhill musically after this debut song and album, bit of a mystery why but there ya go. I actually saw the farmer brothers about 10 years ago in a pub cover band playing the usual suspect songs - approached them and told them how much i loved the band in those early days and they kind of just shrugged in resignation at it all. This song though man, and that first album - incredible stuff
Brilliant hit I've always loved it and what a brilliant band thanks to Tom and Dave Farmer. I've seen them many times now playing as Cry Wolf in and around South London. Then now go by the name of Cry wolf. I highly reccomend them for any fans of heavy rock. I now live in Devon so don't get to see them anymore. Tom, Dave and Gary thanks for the wonderful memories and hits and nights at the Hobgoblin in Lewisham
Slade & Sex Pistols - 2 best metal bands which aren’t called metal or hard rock . My older sister had “ Arcade 20 Hits “ and it had this, Take Me Back Ome & Layla . The rest didn’t rock. I was 8 .
My favourite band of all time were Slade, this band sounded so much like them with that fabulous vocal could never understand how they could be one hit wonders
I tell my Mrs now, I first started drinking in a pub in 1976, when I was 15. She never believed me. I’ll show her your post. So long as you kept your head down and didn’t act like an idjot you were fine.
Johnny Walker is a poor reflection of the late great Tommy Vance (TV on the Radio and the Friday night rock show....the 21st century is SO bland musically).
Think I was about seven, mum and dad bought a compilation album, their first ever called ‘20 Fantastic Hits’. Made a change from Strauss and Beethoven. The whole album was literally Fantastic! This single was just awesome. Had a hard time putting it on repeat without scratching the needle
I was 2 or 3 and my brother bought 20 Fantastic Hits. Still got it somewhere - most of it was completely wrecked by me after destroying it with the needle. They weren't designed for 3yo to move!
The girl in the blue & white Gingham top is thinking "Oh God why has this happened to me ?", but she keeps her cool and the beat right through - and never loses track of her bag for a second.
Was in a band back in late 60,s early 70,s, we used the same agent who was their manager at the time,and would do gigs with them occasionaly around midlands.they were called THE GIFT then.later changed to blackfoot sue.
Yep ditto( management aside). Was in a band from Liverpool supported them at Scunthorpe baths...pool covered with a floor and a good stage.Their roadies were a lot more precious than the band. Happy days hey Martin.
@@plasticchicken1273 Unless you count their other single "Sing, don't speak' (which only got into the top 40) then, yes....well, I liked it enough to buy it. Some great memories from 1972.
They actually weren't one hit wonders. They had another single "Sing Don't Speak" which was also a hit, and then 7 years later hit the Top 40 again as Liner with a soul ballad called "You And Me".
This tune just came into my head, 7am had to search was it Blackfoot Sue? I loved this track one hit wonder, when I was 15, I'm now 66!!!. Still love it, remeber stompin ma feet and shakin ma derrier and hips to this too lol. Great memories 1972.
Canadian band The Hunt did a killer (and heavier) version in 1980 and added some cool parts. I just rediscovered The Hunt some 50 years after I last heard their Back On The Hunt album, and thought I'd check out the original. Pretty cool. Gotta admire people who can write a hook like that!
In September '72 this track was in the UK Top 10 along with Slade, Rod Stewart, Mott the Hoople, Faron Young, Lynsey de Paul, Hawkwind, Roxy Music, Derek & The Dominos and Jackie Wilson.
My band Pony supported them in 1983, great bunch of blokes, very friendly and not big headed at all, spent a long time after the gig chatting with them. EXCELLENT single!
@@johngibson6515 it was quite a night. If I remember rightly we all ended up at the Caledonian in Ayr. They also played at the Grand Hall in Killie and the Pavilion in Ayr. Great days!
My dad finally bought a stereo record player in October 1972. In the run up to the festive season, ITV showed an advert for '20 fantastic hits Vol 2' by Arcade records. So, yeah I got it for Christmas. Standing in the road' is a fantastic hit. It was on this lousy compilation that broke the trade descriptions act. Nearly half the songs on it never enjoyed significant chart placings. Alongside the great Blackfoot Sue was Sammy Davis Jnr with the dreadful non- UK hit 'Candy Man, a smattering of late 60's tracks from Mary Hopkin and Joe Cocker. Donny Osmond was on there too. Overall, it was a disappointing various artists LP. Cueing on to the tracks you liked was impossible on the Fidelity stereo 9 with mauve faux leather side panels. You had to suffer all the bad tracks to get to the good ones like the little known 'I'll take you there' by Staple Singers... and the top 5 actual 1972 hit...'Standing in the road.'
Little known? Maybe if you live on the moon. "I'll Take You There" peaked at # 1 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart for four weeks May 1972. In June, "I'll Take You There" reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for one week, prime position in the UK was #30. Billboard ranked it as the 19 song for 1972. The song, ranked 276 on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, remains the most successful and recognizable single of the Staples' half-century-long career.
@@kevhill1643 And that Staple song was unknown chart wise, radio wise, TV wise in UK in 1972. Making no 30 in the UK charts was not a 'fantastic hit' back then. It was all about the Top 20. Without that vinyl compilation album, I'd never have heard it. And that's what was so good about listening to the LP record I'm mentioning. There is the familiar, (why you buy it), the bad (which you'd prefer wasn't included) and the little known good stuff. I'll take you there is great.
