My son told me we were lucky back in the 60's and 70's to have experienced the music. Good music is still coming out but because of the times there was a lot of good music.
Teenage had a race for the night time Spent my cash on every high I could find Wasted time in every school in L.A. Getting loose, I didn't care what the kids say We're white punks on dope Mom & dad moved to Hollywood Hang myself when I get enough rope Can't clean up, though I know I should White punks on dope White punks on dope Other dudes are living in the ghetto But born in pacific heights don't seem much betto We're white punks on dope Mom & dad live in Hollywood Hang myself when I get enough rope I can't clean up, though I know I should White punks on dope White punks on dope I go crazy 'cause my folks are so fucking rich Have to score when I get that rich white punk itch Sounds real classy, living in a chateau So lonely, all the other kids will never know We're white punks on dope Mom & dad live in Hollywood Hang myself when I get enough rope Can't clean up, though I know I should White punks on dope White punks on dope
When of the greatest songs ever imo !! I remember Twisted Sister used to play this in their last set and did a really good job but nothing like the original ! 🤘
First time I heard the Tubes in 77 I was tripping for the first time. Two hits of good blotter, it was a wild & crazy night I found the Tubes.......man. 😎👀
This is a really great song, it was about 3-4 years to early for mass American audiences, who's little brains hated the NY Dolls, Ramones, Stooges, etc.
Just moved from Japan early 1979 and this was one of the first songs I heard on the radio. Immediately blown away and have been a Tubes fan ever since, seen them multiple times in concert, they know how to put on a rock n roll show!
This is a great performance, even better than the other RU-vid TV performance video I saw of the same song, it's got more stage antics. Also, I'm glad that they had the chorale backing vocals.
Ooh man, I'm so glad you've put this clip up. Didn't know you had your own channel . The most exciting music ever. The most radical vinyl of the day . When I am drawn into their vibe, it's like something magic happens. It's like that feeling you get after a super refreshing drink . Total brilliance at play such incredible talent on display such connectivity the flow the movements mesh so beautifully..They light me right up these dudes do, just incredible!
SkylineToTheSeaAndMe I would argue that the 80s was nice except for when the Greed is Good manifesto started to be, not only taken as a directive rather than a satire/warning, but that new communications technology was implemented (Bloomberg’s computer trading tools, among others) to turn egoistic whims into sudden vast monetary actions, so that markets became divorced from physical limitations and moved at light speed. Basically. Big oops. I am looking at Raworth’s Doughnut. Reset. Rewind. Remember.
Wow.. I've seen some versions of this? but this one? wow.. fantastic.. I bought the Tubes Backward Principle VHS . Had a version of this at the end, but not this full thing! Thanks to a Navy buddy in like '82 for getting me into the Tubes. I hadn't liked what i heard on the radio, so, once i heard 50 Foot Woman thanks to this guy loaning me his tape and i was hooked! :) Great Band. Super Creative imho! Dennis 62 years Austin, TX
2:14 I use to itch a lot when i was rx'd xanax for 5 years . withdrawal is worse than smack wds . benzos like xanax are the number one killer in withdrawal . all benzos ( e.g. xanax, ativan, klonopin, et al ) have a strong anti seizure component . when you are on them long term , which can be as short as half a year, your natural biological anti seizure mechanisms atrophy and go dormant . thats why when ever going off benzos you need inpatient detox which uses phenobarbital for a week or so, then you are weened off and titrated up to a good non narcotic anti seizure or anticonvulsant drug like Keppra or better. Terrible thing is very few detox units use this method . too many benzo dependent people die in detox
Saw them twice here in the Los Angeles area, once in '79 at the Greek Theater and in 82(?) at Crawford Hall at UC Irvine. They had all the theatrics back then, if the stage show was to be rated like a movie I'd give it a solid 'R' rating (this video is pretty tame!). Pretty mind blowing, kind of a punk-meets-glam-meets-metal-meets-R&R mashup. I always wondered what happened to that 'Q'-shaped guitar Fee Waybill (aka "Qua Luude") was using.
Every High a Goodbye ? I got lost in what I found ?? Let Me forget about Today until Tomorrow ??? And the Man in the suit has just bought a new car from the profit He's made on Your dreams ......
The De Montfort Hall, Leicester 1978: La vie en fumer, the Patty Hearst thing (Terrorist?), WDYWFL, Touch me there, My head is my only....etc? Then, Fee fell off the stage with a chainsaw during the Johnnie Bugger sequence and broke his leg. The rest of the band had to suck it up and get through WPOD and Tubes World Tour. Was there, its an advantage of being old.
Wish I could seen them live, they were so fucking awesome! There's nothing even compatible today, especially for the money! Long live the tubes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I played several shows with them before they hit the big time, and they were doing crazy schtick then albeit with a lower budget..Horn section with fake cardboard horns, giant greasy, fake ducktails, and cheesy stuff like that..When they hit big, they went into extreme overdrive with the show and seemed poised to become huge internationally..That didn't happen, but they were the 'darlings of San Francisco' for a year or two , and their shows were extravaganzas of sight, sound, and unbelievable spectacle ...
@@skychristypresents4313 Actually they did hit it big in Europe. Landed a huge gig in London for a year, and about 3 months into it, Fee broke his ankle wearing those platform shoes, and that killed it....I still try and see them once a year and they still don't disappoint........AND they're accessible. They'll go out and mingle with the crowd after the show. How many Bands do that??........
I wonder if a young Kenny Ortega might have been one of the background performers or dancers? He choreographed their routines in their formulative years. Kenny later went on to film success as a choreographer and director. He was the man behind Michael Jackson's last (literally last) effort for a return concert before Jackson died.
In one month I saw The Tubes. plasmatics and NY Dolls. And I was living in a tiny coal mining village with no phone .... Today's kids haven't got any dope worth having and they definitely ain't Punks ...
A friend who went there told me it was the "official" theme song of the Leland Stanford JUNIOR University Marching Band. Having seen them "play" 100's of times, I have no doubt.
THIS WAS A PERFORMANCE BAND.....MOSTLY NAKED HOT CHICKS...OFF THE WALL CONCEPTS.....HAD A BUNCH OF HITS......SOME JUST DONT GET IT .....TO SEE THEM ON A HOT DATE NIGHT.....YOU SCORED BIG POINTS.....
Got to see these guys in the 2cd half of the 70s in Boston when undergrad at BU. Great show...essentially a broadway show and great music combined (Alice Cooper similar approach) Miss stuff like this... Info: 68 yo straight male (married 34 years) who loves both classic and glam rock, and musical theatre...per current thinking I'm not supposed to exist John
One month I saw The Tubes. The NY Dolls & The Plasmatics. I was living in a small coal mining village. It cost less than £5 to see all three. Next month DEVO, Blondie Richard Hell. Ramones. Clash. Magazine. Bands toured none stop then and tickets were £1 - £2.
Got free tix to one of their concerts at Brown U in '78 or '79 for being a volunteer roadie. Did not get close to any band members, but worked with their regular crew and got to see how they lived on the bus. Roadies work HARD. 12 hour + days.
I love this concert , my all time favorite san fran winterland new years eve 1975. only thing i don't like is the weird loud synthesizer noises . later they got mike cotton a keyboard. If i wasn't a tech idiot there's probably a way to get rid of those theremin like and other obnoxious sounds out of their recordings and videos
I couldn’t pronounce his name but this got the fame around Phila PA and tongue in cheek satire with kick ass musicianship glam scam cross between rock horror and T. rex is
SF scene was really good in late 70s, when I got there as a white punk UCB grad student. The Dead, The Tubes, Talking Heads, Pretenders, SRV, Los Lobos, Santana, Dead Kennedys, X, Jim Carroll, the Motels, the GoGos,. An embarrassment of musical riches.
