Wendy O. Williams = Real Deal. Her insights, observations, & wisdom about society (connected or disconnected, fails or triumphs etc) are still valid today. She is missed.
He was a true original right up there with Johnny Carson. Some of the current late show hosts don't really seem to have that wow factor like Tom Snyder.
Really. I didn't hear him ask a single intelligent question. Was he completely unaware of what Pete Townshend was doing in 1965? Obviously. He was pig ignorant. And if he hadn't had the new wave of groups on the show then someone else would have replaced him.. *should* have replaced him. He asks the same tired old question about "becoming the establishment" that he asked all the other bands on the programme. He didn't have an insight into rock n roll culture at all. It could've been Elvis 1956 and Snyder would have trotted out the same cliches.
@@glennoc8585 if people are desensitized to or play down r@pe and murd3r, but get shocked by someone breaking an object, it's definitely bizarre and worth pointing out.
A real person?? No such thing as a fake person 😂😂😂. She was possessed. She was one sick individual and those who followed her are no better. That's the truth Maannnnn
@@dennis1662 I am female first of all, and do not call me man. As for opinions, I like my opinion of Wendy....and do not like yours. You really need to chill out. You really take things too serious Maannnn! hah
I agree, Tom was cool to Wendy and didn't use her as a side show for their talk show ratings. She actually stood for something and what she did was her art, and she was damn good at doing what she did. I've seen her on other talk shows like Sally Jessie and I think it was some "View" type of show where they only had her on to attack her, and that was total bullshit. She was a true Rock and Roll original. You are missed Wendy.
Nate Brenneman Snyder's ears must have been ringing,especially when the Nova was blown up. Then there was Ace Frehley and his loud, drunken laughter. Talk about having an Exedrine headache.
I never ever realized how CHARISMATIC WENDY was!!!! She is BRIGHT, OPEN MINDED, CUTE, SMILEY, and she is one of those rare individuals who, if you Spend five minutes talking to her, you CANNOT dislike Her!!! You may not agree with her ideals...BUT you Cannot dislike her, because she is so very LOVABLE!!! Such a shame she committed suicide. Life is hard!!! And it seems as if it just keeps getting harder as the years roll by....but we have to find SOMETHING in this world that makes us happy...RIP WOW...I think you were FANTASTIC.....You were WAY AHEAD OF YOU'RE TIME !!!! 👸🎤🎸👍🏼😜💿🇺🇸😎⭐️☀️❤️✨🌹😇
I still think it's strange that she did that when she loved so many different things. It wasn't only music. She loved animals. She had a cause or two she stood up for and against. She lived a vegan lifestyle, or way of life. She worked out intensely. She didn't smoke or drink or do drugs. She wasn't poor. Nothing adds up at all. She goes out into some wooded area on her property and feeds the squirrels and bang ?.
Everytime I see an interview with Wendy I fall in love with her all over again. She was so much more than T&A. She had a message not driven by $.....we need her voice today.
to me it showed a lot about Wendy when Tom paid her a compliment (and he said later he really liked her) and she was flattered...:)...she did have a big heart
It's amazing that a shock rocker is talking about real social issues. Show biz now is so hollow now. People talk about nothing of any meaning on chat shows now. Go Wendy.
+Alex Orozc Klaus Agreed. I saw this on Tom Snyder.I'm old but I grew up with the good shit. Kids should appreciate what Wendy contributed to music as we know it now.
Yes, my friend, you are right.... I was 16 years old back in 1980, Wendy & The Plasmatics, were the most extreme manifestation in music. There was no Metallica, Trash, Speed or Black metal....All of that bands owe respect and recognition to her, I never read about mention Wendy as a pioneer.
based off what you just said , is so very true... she reminds me of the female , rock version of Pac. always spoke the truth, and was so reckless about it. just so real and Genuine. she was most definitely ahead of her time very educated young lady. so sad good things come to an end.
I am so surprised she is not well remembered. She is was the innovator for all the female rockers out now! Before Lady GAGA, Madonna, Beyonce, Pat Benatar, Melissa Manchester, Laura Branigan, Selena Gomez,....there was Wendy
Always loved watching Wendy perform really primal sexy and wild.I own only one music dvd it's rare with Wendy blasting her music equipment with her shotgun and blows up the hood of an onstage mustang car the hood flies right off to the ceiling from the blast, I like wild and WENDY WAS WILD !!
Wendy, you were the single greatest thing ever in Rock n roll. You were what it's supposed to be about. DANGEROUS DOLL. Love you and miss you. I hope that you have the peace that you were seeking. Wise and talented WAY ahead of your time.Your spirit is still felt on this Earth. Until we meet again.🥀
Really cool approach to life ! I wish there were more people (me included) who could express themselves and their beliefs as honestly as she does. A very REAL person.
Freaking great!!! This was a awesome video to find. It brought me right back to the day this was on. I grew up listening to the PLASMATICS. They were 20 years a head of there time. I loved Wendy. I'm sorry she was not able to get the help she needed . My heart goes out to her! She was and always will be the absolute best !
I saw the Plasmatics once with my brother at the Uptown Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. It was a great show, but I remember my ears ringing for 45 minutes after the show was over.
Oh man, I remember staying up late to watch this in my youth and I was stunning! No one was even close to this band in terms of intensity. You just sat there with your jaw open going, "no fucking way!"
I absolutely loved the Plasmatics, and saw them twice, but the truth is that were a lot of bands back then that were not only just as intense, but a few that were even more intense. One of those bands dates all the way back to the late 60’s (The Stooges). Anyway at this time, punk had been going strong for about 5 years, and the bands just kept upping the ante with their energy levels and intensity. This was ‘81. I saw more hardcore shows than I could count that year, and though most of those bands didn’t engage in all the shock tactics that the Plasmatics did, they were definitely at the very least just as intense, if not more. Some of those gigs erupted into full blown riots, and spilled out of the venues and on to the street. *THOSE* were intense.
The way Tom Synder was speaking to Wendy, "Quiet it down just a little bit..." reminded me of my high school guidance counselor in the 1970s who wanted me to "quiet it down just a little bit" and not wear my leather jacket with pins on it to school (in order to get along better with the other kids). Uh ... NO! Wendy O. Williams was a first-hand role model for me back then (and a very nice person, I got to meet her a few times and she loved her fans!) I'm incredibly blessed to have discovered The Plasmatics at a young age. One of the shows I went to wearing a Catholic uniform, like Wendy did. ... It would be super fun if she were around today, perhaps destroying smart phones. Ha! RIP to an original, way ahead of her time.
If this female act exists today, the sjw will crawl to their "safe space" they couldn't handle someone as raw and powerful as Wendy O and the plasmatics.
Quite the opposite. The sjw have the same message about pluralism that she does. The MAGA indoctrination that you experienced has you so discombobulated you can't tell heads from tails. Did you miss the part of the interview where she explained the fascists who want to beat people down and make them conform and do what THEY want? Obviously you did.
God, I love her. I don't mean at all in a sexual way. She is just a smart, kind, determined, liberated spirit, and it chokes me up that she killed herself. I wish I coulda been there to help her; to give her a damn hug, console her, take some sledges to a cop car or something. I mean, fuck. I hate it when good people suffer. I woulda liked to have been her pal.
I was in Jr. High when this was on. My parents couldn't understand it, and to be honest about the punkest I got was the Ramones, but I respected Wendy as a human (A damn smart one at that) and I loved Snyder's show, even at 13.
Talkin about materialism & status quo back when it was def relevant but not as talked about...now today its often discussed...she was 35 years ahead of her time! Genius who symbolized a strong woman w/ a thinking mind. RIP!
I POSIT: Without this one performance there would be no Troma studios, and the movie availability in the ancient video stores of the 1980s would have been cut roughly in half.
I admit I know very little of the Plasmatics. Always has the impression Wendy was this screwed up strung out figure. Shes very articulate actually and has this positive vibe to her. I get the idea now that she was trying to deconstruct not to destroy but to create a change. In my book that gives their music more purpose. Its funny, back then this group was considered radical and crazy. And to some not in a good way. Yet compared to the inane inarticulate fairly ignorant displays now, she seems very intelligent. Seems weve deconstructed but not changed for the better. Sorry Wendy. (PS I realize not all music now is crap)
Close your eyes and you'll swear you're listening to Nancy Pelosi. In not comparing them in any other way than the sound of their voices. Wendy was the shit
Wendy lives on as Wendy O Koopa. Seen in Mario Kart Tour lately. Would it be nice to see a Wendy Koopa track in MK9 that references Wendy O Williams and her personality? I play Mario Kart Tour and I have Wendy at level 2.
It's a good thing they didn't get ahold of Tom's stuffed bear, there's no telling what they would have done with it. (See Tom's interview with KISS for more detail on the bear)
Respect to Tom for having the cajones to let Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmatics come on the show and speak their minds. Some talk show hosts won't wuss out but he didn't. Love the guy! God bless you Tom!
Tom does have a point though, this kind of mentality influenced me to smash some things up when I was drunk and ended up punching a window and severing all the tendons in my right wrist and had to get plastic surgery to reattach them, my hand will never be the same again, lucky I can still play guitar. It's still something i believe in as crazy as it is.
I don’t know for certain, but Wendy seems like she would have made a great neighbor. She’d keep to herself for the most part, spending her days tending to her garden, but you could sit in the backyard together on a summer night and exchange bread recipes. She seemed sweet, smart and too advanced for this world.
