"Their music always sounded as if it was about to fall apart at any second." That really sums it up quite well. That is the essence of real rock and roll. They were indeed brilliant.
To think the Dolls supported the Stooges in 1973! That must have been one hell of a concert. Great footage of a group that was mocked mercilessly in their short lifetime, but has cast a long shadow since then.
'Mocked mercilessly' by nobody in particular, really, as they weren't that well known outside (or even inside) NYC. They did have their true fans then. But I know what you're trying to say, though
Without the NewYork Dolls The Sex Pistols wouldn`t have happened,Morrisey of The Smiths was a massive fan of New York Dolls.I liked the New york Dolls and i` am thankfull for them being a band and being responsible for influencing some of great musicians.
"Classic rock"? With all due respect, I don't understand. I thought this idea was from some smart radio stations that want financial returns and play "safe" sounds like Beatles, Stones, Pink Floyd and Iron Maiden.
Can you imagine at the time people not liking this band? Yet, there they are. Playing instruments. Arranging melodies. Performing chord progressions. Keeping solid time. Presenting themselves. All the while looking at ease with their abilities and who they are. Too clever for the majority to see it.
Such is the world. People don't realize what they have till its gone. Mediocreness will reign supreme when people can't think for themselves and be told what to like.
yeh i always thought he looked like the american version of mick but omg i hadnt made the malcolm mcdowell comparison yet! foreal tho, you're sooo right!!! david was too hot haha 💕
Oh how I love them. It's hard to believe how many people hated them at the time. The big New York "progressive rock" station, WNEW-FM, would get angry phone calls whenever they played them, which was very little. I lost half my high school friends over the Dolls, and good riddance. They never recorded a bad song, and the third album would have been their best. They had the songs, always.
In 1973-74, they were too harsh and loud for the great 102.7 format for sure. Metro NYC college stations were the best place to hear The Dolls in their prime. Longed for a third album, but it wasn’t destined to be.
I grew up in the NY burbs and Scott Muni certainly loved some new music on WNEW, but I was a little too young to remember the early 70s on NEW - born 66 - don't think I heard them played (memory fuzzy - but Blondie!) in the late 70s as I started to get into music
Brilliant. The cute turn of his head after the second verse and before he comes back wiv his hands on his head, staggering, in his attempt to look like the prima ballerina on a spring afternoon.
Thanks for loading this is great footage of one of the greatest Rock n Roll bands ever. Incidentally for those who like music trivia the white Les Paul Syl Sylvain is playing ended up being owned by Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols who put it to good use on their live and studio work.
@@sinkvenice4438 cheers it sure is indeed. Jones ended up selling the guitar most likely because of his heroin addiction. The guitar is now owned by someone who lives in Hawai
@@daneenmurf1043 yeah probably the most influential musical instrument of all time. Im sure it still exists in a safe in some maximum security bank waiting to be cashed in.
Sure, the singer is very Jagger, but people are missing the point. The New York Dolls are the Rolling Stones, if every member was Keith. Crank this shit up. Dance. Thank me later.
Rick Rivets and Johnny thunders formed the dolls with Arthur Kane ..I knew Rick. Told me many stories about thunders. And the dolls. Rip RICK ..I MISS YA
None if them were gay, trans, or even bi. They dressed like street whores but they'd have cut you if you disrespected them. They took glam rock to the extreme.
A major influence on Johnny Ramone-he said the Dolls made clear to him how good the music could be with minimal musicianship. I _guess_ that was a compliment!
New York Dolls definitely influenced the Sex Pistols and I thank them for that, what a fantastic band they were, nice to see the soon to be Steve Jones's Les Paul.
Steve Jones even copied New York Dolls lead guitarists movements when he played guitar.You`re absolutely correct,no New York Dolls,No Sex Pistols, and Malcolm Maclaren managed both of them.
I saw them live in Buffalo in...2007, i think? At the Town Ballroom for Little Steven's Underground Garage Show...i was twisted on oxymorph, weed, and whatever the hell i was drinking from the bar. Played right after The Supersuckers (another awesome fuckin' rock band!) and even then being as old as they were they rocked the place! I've gotten clean since then with zero regrets, but that is and will always be one of my best concert memories.
The definition of Hot Mess right here. For anyone who disputes that Punk was born in the US, the New York Dolls were the direct predecessors to, and inspiration for, the Sex Pistols, having been managed for a short time (pre-Sex) by Malcolm McLaren at the end of their run, before their spectacular implosion. McLaren took the essence of the NY Dolls and immediately set out to create their successor in the Sex Pistols, albeit louder, angrier, and even more self-destructive. The Pistols' run lasted about half that of the Dolls before their implosion at the height of their success. Without the NY Dolls, there would NEVER have been any Sex Pistols, and the UK Punk scene (which, I will concede, was by far the creative superior to the early US Punk scene, pre-Hardcore 76-79) would never have happened.
These evaded me until 80 . I was busy listening to Crack the Sky She's A Dancer. What you think oslumbo just put some new stuff out . David Bowie Cuase You've Torn You dress. Never heard of the Dulls 👠👠 until 80s. Had Chad Smith playing our bar in 72 👦🍔🍟 covering I wanna be sedated for Punker chicksuntil 89 had the Toby Redd
Yes and the Ramones, as I’d noticed long before I read this, were conceived by their producer/drummer as basically a faster version of the Dolls. But I think it actually goes back further, because I remember when the Dolls were on the radio soon after they formed, and it was the same time that Slade was being played on New York radio a lot, and to me Personality Crisis, with the screaming and guitar style sounded exactly like Slade.
I think that may have made them what they were. To me they are one of those bands that was never meant to last. Never had a chance. It was too deadly, too explosive, too real
Arthur "Killer Kane" lost his Battle with the Bottle...These Guys for the most part were Kings of Excess while they were trying to Portray Queens. 😁..RIP to those who Died.
My grandfather, Michael scagliarini, was friend of the singer of new york dolls, he used to cover this song live. Now i listen to them and cry. Miss you forever, Mike
Although glam rock is generally associated with England (T. Rex, David Bowie, Sweet, Gary Glitter...), the United States had a lot to do with its creation and development. And the New York Dolls had a lot to do with it
on a college road trip from Raleigh, NC to NYC in march '74, stopped in a bar around midnight in Morristown, NJ & saw this 45 on the jukebox & played it. the old farts in rhe bar looked like a zombie had landed from outer space.
Rest in Perfection, Sylvain Sylvain, and much love to his family and to David Johansen. David, you are a Legend, and Icon, and a true Renaissance Man. Love you.
I love the way David Johansen winks constantly at the viewer in "Hot Hot Hot". He just loves music, and he dares you to equate this with the raggae wedding rock he's performing. Even the album cover he's nearly raising one eyebrow.
If The New York Dolls didnt happened,The Sex Pistols wouldnt have happened.If The Sex Pistols never happened,Joy Division,Smiths and other great bands from Manchester wouldnt have happened so great thanks to them for that..I quite like New York Dolls myself,i listened to the album as a kid in the 70s.Johnny Thunders did some great solo work aswell.
Sylvain is playing the white Les Paul that was given to Malcolm McLaren who, in turn, gave it to Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols who played it throughout his career
No,Sylvian had a white Falcon guitar like Billy Duffy of the Cult.Steve Jones had a custom white Les Paul but you`re right Steve Jones defo liked Sylvians guitar playing.
@@brianmorecombe2726 There's footage online of NYD playing in 1974 and Sylvain is playing the white LP with the pin up girl stickers that McLaren got, then Sylvain got the Falcon. Both great guitars
Yeah…. 1977 in 1973. Can’t imagine how this would have sounded to people in clubs in 1971 with Rod Stewart and Donny Osmond on the radio. These guys haphazardly changed the course of rock music “Clive Davis once told Lisa Robinson not to talk about New York Dolls uptown if she wanted to work in the music biz. They were petrified of the Dolls. They thought they were homosexual. It wasn't just homophobia; it was still illegal to be homosexual. People don't remember that it was the law. To say the Dolls, guys who wore makeup, were your friends was like saying you knew a criminal.” - Bob Gruen
Notice the subtle Ziggy Stardust Starman top of the pops reference when Johnny Thunders come in for the harmony and David drapes his arm over him akin to David Bowie and Mick Ronson.
Everything I have ever read on the Dolls (a lot!) said that their album sales actually declined after this airing...I guess people just weren't ready. Check out "Chatterbox" from this show. Best Thunders ever.
Whoah, yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no Well, we can't take it this week And her friends don't want another speech Hoping for a better day To hear what she's got to say All about that personality crisis, you got it while it was hot But now, frustration and heartache is what you got (That's why they talk about personality) (Personality) But now, your tryin' to be something, now, you got to do something Wanna be someone who counts But you think about the times you did, they took every ounce When it sure got to be a shame when you start to scream and shout You got to contradict all those times you butterflyin' about (You were butterflyin') About that personality crisis you got it while it was hot It's always hot you know it's frustration and heartache is what you got (I've gotta talk about personality) And you're a prima ballerina on a spring afternoon Change on into the wolfman howlin', at the moon, hooowww About that personality crisis, you got it while it was hot It's always hot you know it's frustration and heartache is what you got (That's why they always talk about personality) Now, with all the crossin' fingers that mother nature says Your mirrors getting jammed up with all your friends That personality, everything is starting to blend (?) Personality, when your mind starts to blend Got so much personality, impression of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend Personality, wonderin' how celebrities ever mend (Lookin' fine on television) Personality crisis, you got it while it was hot It's always hot you know it's frustration and heartache is all that you got Ohh, don't you worry Personality crisis, please don't cry It's just a personality crisis, please, don't stop Because you walk a personality Talk a personality
80s Sleaze Rock is here...A mix between Punk and Rock n Roll. FASTER PUSSYCAT, GUNS N ROSES, LA GUNS, KIX, lots of bands that made it big in L.A. in the 80s have the Dolls in their souls.
