Mott The Hoople: The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll / Lounge Lizard, Milwaukee, WI 2019-04-01 

That "solo" was absolutely appalling.

@@mikeollier5716 *yawn*

It's not a matter of hating. He obviously doesn't have the chops that he once had. Compare this ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zvFpX98EOPo.html As far as the stage presence I thought it was bit over the top. As you see in the All The Way From Memphis video he didn't even act like that when he was younger.

@rockon18 Mick Ronson was a way better guitar player than Grosvenor or Ralphs. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_7vsOOKvNUA.html

Mick Ronson Mike Ralphs both were quality always Areil Bender simply is awful embarrassing out of tune in the wrong key and if anyone thinks he can play you need your hearing tested.

And far less musicianship.

Suzy Soleil how cool it is to meet the same boys at the same venue after 45 years!

Lounge lizard a cool surprise, untill a few years ago everyone one thought it was just done by Ian and ronson. Ian said he had it for the album that was to follow the Hoopla record. But we all know he split. mott recorded a version of it before he did. His version with ronson is the best!..

Mott recorded lounge Lizard before Scandinavian tour in 74(their last) and was put out on Ballad of Mott compilation

I am on the 100% same page as you! Have a wonderful time in just one week.

Bender is indeed a very cool guy. Interviewed him twice when he was the leader of Widowmaker.

David Beisel I sure know. If I didn’t have prior plans, I would have gone to Milwaukee-Minneapolis-Chicago!

...if you put any stock in that sort of thing (which I don't) . The R&R HoF is a joke and finds ways to discredit themselves at every turn. Has Hunter don'e enough for more widespread recognition? Absolutely! On a personal level he's been a favorite of mine for well over 40 years. However, writing a song that later became a hit for an MOR, cheesy POP singer should not be what it takes to get into an institution originally geared to recognize ROCK achievements.

Ralphers and Ronno = quality, Bender not so

Steven Lornie Yeh, I hadn't forgotten that. Was that mystery man ever named?

Steven Lornie Ariel doesn’t even belong in the same conversation as Mick Ralphs. Mick is a FAR better guitarist and it isn’t even close.

To me music isn’t about better or worse. You could compare them and say which is better, but both Ralphs and Bender have their own charms.

Ralphs played everything on the first night in Birmingham, but he had a brain fart during the lead part for All The Young Dudes. I guess he was overwhelmed by shame and fear after that, because he had his guitar tech play that part for the remaining four nights (apparently, the rest of the band were unaware of this at first). Only that part though. It's a bit misleading to say he didn't play his parts, because it makes it sound like he mimed the whole show or something. That said, he did sometimes seem like he was phoning it in at those reunion shows (in 2009 as well). He wasn't a shambles like Ariel seems to be these days, but you could tell he'd been a bit lazy during rehearsals.

@@aimlessbutblameless2290 It was Jef Streatfield, who played in the Wildhearts in the late 90s.

Mark Bosch & James Mastro on guitars

I have a setlist- it listed "Lounge Lizard or Sucker" as the 2nd song

@@high0nthehill We got Sucker, Jerkin Crocus and Lounge Lizard last night at the Keswick. Pearl 'n Roy too! Great show!

Uk tour got lounge lizard and sucker, tremendous show

dave hancox you’re right about the sound.. I thought the sound mix was one of the best live shows in this size venue that I’ve seen. Ian and the band sounded much better live than this recording alludes to. Although, nothing could help Aerial’s sound except for his clowning and antics. And.. Ian has his own sound which can become a little monotonous so they mixed it up quite well. I was surprised at the energy of this show and you could tell there was really good musicianship involved.

cyberopbug Morgan was talking about that one time, but I do not recall... can you share with us?

After Mott finished a gig in Munich (mid 70's), the band went out drinking after the show. While walking from Bier garden to Bier garden, by all accounts, "Ariel" was pretty drunk, and proceeded to bend as many radio antenna on the cars parked in the street as possible, thus was born "Ariel Bender"...................................true story!

Thank you for sharing the great story!

It was Mick Ralphs who bent the car antennas. Mick was walking down the street with Ian & Lynsey De Paul after a frustrating German TV appearance. Check Ian's interview in the documentary The Ballad Of Mott The Hoople.

I stand corrected, thank you !

Mott actually recorded it as a demo with Ronson around the same time as “Saturday Gigs”, after The Hoople album.

@@km52141 Did it ever see the light of day hey hey* See what I did there? ;)

@@mikeollier5716 I never knew that, thanks for the info. I always remembered it as a track off Hunters first solo album.

The MTH/Ronson version is on The Ballad of Mott the Hoople: Retrospective CD set from a few years back.

@@edwardmarks4293 Just noticed that I have it on the " All The Young Dudes " Anthology. Disc 3 Track 12. I could not remember it being on there.

I'm curious about something. When did being critical equate with being hateful? You sound like an incurious person.

@@MrDeterioration Did not go to critique....went for a good time and certainly had it...both nights.....my interest in this band is anything but incurious....being critical is bad for the soul....Cheers!

@@TheAZBF The point is there's a huge difference between criticising (expressing an opinion you disagree with or saying something's not that great) and hating, which is despising someone so much you want them dead or injured. or some misfortune to affect them. Words have meaning, that's how we communicate effectively. Criticism, whether or not you like it, is not hating. Nor is it bad for the soul - done constructively, it's a way of driving improvements and replacing something mediocre (not a comment aimed at this video, just in general) with something much better.

i agree. I loved the two together. That accent I could listen to all day...and all night :-)

David Bowie wrote the song....