status quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men - Pictures 40 Years

[GemLabs2011]

lucked up on finding this song. thanks youtube

[MegaQuantumleaper]

was this used in the departed ???

[Arrested101]

@MegaQuantumleaper Don't think so.

[charlosgibson]

great memories with this song

[Bar10w101]

This sounds so much better on LP

[ron5399]

I remember sitting in a friends car and jamming this song back in 1968 or 69. Loved it and still do.

[KholbergProductions]

Mickey Avalon samples this song in I Get Even

[doboyle1955]

Just pondering something about the lyrics; who are the matchstick men?

Peradventure they were just imaginary figures constructed from wooden matches during a drug-induced haze . . . .

[tommytiger666]

@doboyle1955 It's a tribute to the artist Laurence Lowry; he used to use stickmen in his paintings instead of people. There's a song by Brian and Michael called Matchstalk men and Matchstalk cats and dogs which is about the same guy =]

[maxgolfar]

RICHIE JACKSON!!

[latenightlogic]

Plays on woolworths radio in australia... took me forever to find out what it was called. I searched and asked for almost a year. incredable use of psycadelic music and lyrics. Absolutley mesmorising. Easily the best song on the radio at woolies.

[roh1234]

WAIT woolworths is a defunct shop in Britain.

[Palcaros]

@roh1234 dont remind me. I miss the pick n mix.

[roh1234]

i know right : ( Now all i get is some shitty clothes shop.

[TheCasbertShow]

3 People are not Matchstick men... So sad.. :P

[Fe3R100]

awesome



[shichibi1]

is good

alive status quo

[squafdonoboles]

I have their greatest hits, and it's terrific! This is actually the WORST tune in it, so you can imagine the rest! Status Quo forever!

[DIZTOMAK]

i love this song =)

[ub1953]

after hearing Target commercial was in my head for days trying to get through my forgotten haze of who the REAL artist was... ahhh the 60's!!!

[ONEOFHAM2]

@ub1953 that target commercial was fucking amazing!!!

[Foxden902]

@ONEOFHAM2 Sell out, as Neil Young would say.

[alex43778]

cool

[mrgund]

what commercial? Not seen it .... just here for that riff, man.

[jessyrules1000]

thumbs up for the target commercial

[mrromantimothy]

my favorite as a kid!

[JayMoo8]

I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THIS FOR SO FUCKING LONG.

[gunluver555]

Like if you were here before the dang commercial.xp

[shopnobama2012]

@gunluver555 ha ha ha I admit it was the target commercial that got me searching for what this song was.

[authenticscot]

i hate hippies but corndoggit i dig this crazy beat

Groove on man

[anambajester]

adoro eesa musica

[anambajester]

amo esssa musica  dos status quo

[trebelclef]

Best recording of this song!

[trebelclef]

Best recording of this song!

[jhiller21]

It's sad this is predicated to Target commercials nowadays...

[TangyGoodness]

@jhiller21 If it wasn't for the commercial I would have never heard this wonderful song.

[celeb1120]

Cool to the MAX

[MrDavearama]

This may be the coolest song of all time. Sounds better now than ever. Son of a bitch. The sixties just kicks the arse of anything today.

[latenightlogic]

Im 25. This is my favourite song of the last year. Thank god woolies radio plays it on a loop!

[rbng0325]

Man all this retor memory, bring back good one,s.

[alex43778]

im getting al electric guitar

[alex43778]

cool music class just now

[siameasles1]

There was such great music in the sixties, The music of today is such tuneless durge

[latenightlogic]

Plays on woolworths radio in Australia. I first heard it and immediately recognised as a hippieesque kind of song. Took me a year to finally find out what it was called and it's been repeated many a time since. I always get excited when they play it at work, which seems to be around christmas time. Amusingly this song is 17 years older than me... but that's alright...it still impresses people even younger than me.

[mezellenjohnson2753]

I still have some of the original Quo LP's in my loft, they are treasured possessions of my brother whose wife refuses to have them in the house. Not surprised as my brother could never play them at anything other than the loudest

[flyinv1967]

Yeah! I bought this record in the summer of '68 all these colorful 45's with colorful music a kid could buy in a sleeve with a handle the shiniest new record just magic.

[WhyMenLeave]

interesting video... will have a look at the other one... thanks.

[Mikebenal]

I'd give all my silver to be alive in the 60's.

[walter4092]

@Mikebenal i was born in 1954 , a little bit to young to have that feeling to live in the sixties , but the music was very good at that time , when i was 16 , and the time has come to go to the dancings , it was the 70 , an that were good also , sad for the young ones that this moment the music means nothing

[1973Veteran]

@walter4092 I was also born in 1954 but was fortunate enough to have a sister in high school during the mid 60's. I was exposed to a lot of great rock music just like this. Sure do miss that era and it's music.

[MikeinSoCal]

@1973Veteran I'm your age, and miss the music of that era. There was so much great music, one could hardly keep up with it. The top artists were on TV frequently with several network TV shows featuring rock music. The high energy top-40 radio stations of the era, like WLS, WABC, CKLW and others added to the excitement. What a time!

[Cthulu54]

I remember a college station in Chico CA used to play this song all the time back in the early 80s.

[flashchelsar]

@khj93play on a local oldies radio station.

[Jimboyc21]

Talk about the Wa Wa, this was the poster child for that sound and I mean that in a nice way! Super classic that sounded great on the stereo as it was mixed so well.

Thanks guys!

[panthercombo300]

I loved this song when I 1st heard it in 1968 and still do, I still play it on my 42 year old panther combo organ.

[heehawluck1]

@panthercombo300  Still playing with your organ?? At your age?? LOL

[khj93play]

I remember going in my room and turning on my strobe light and turning on. This song does not get airplay on those so called oldies/classic rock stations. Maybe it's better that way.

[flashchelsar]

@khj93play i've heard it on the radio

[khj93play]

@flashchelsar What station did you hear it on?

[2004PontiacGTO]

great song

[RichXbox360]

Uploader is clearly an idiot, song owns but he's advertising an illegal music piracy web site.

[victorwasright]

it's what PEOPLE have turned into. garbage in, garbage out.

[TheChrischi1981]

brilliant song ;)

[motje50]

SUPERRRR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lumbermat1]

I was born in the wrong decade!!! This is such a good song.

[OConnorful]

@lumbermat1 No, you were born in the right decade. You were born in the decade where you can access this magic 24/7.

[AdamGiannone]

@OConnorful But in a decade where this music is a minority and "artists" like Bieber rule the airwaves. I like having my computer and gadgets, but I would give it all up in a heartbeat if I could live back in the 60's.

[OConnorful]

@AdamGiannone The 60's weren't that good. Full of racism and the fear of nuclear war. Bieber is shit yes, but doesn't run the air ways and will die out in a few years. Now, we get the best bits of the 60s. This music isn't worth living back then for.

[AdamGiannone]

@OConnorful Well, I guess it's an opinion really. Like I said, I would definitely go back. The culture, the music, and even though people have more rights now, it was still more free then. Heck, I'm wearing an ascot tie right now! :D

[zbaby82]

Classic!

[TheDragonseed5]

Oh yeah, the summer of '68. Traveling from St. Paul to Los Angeles with my battery operated phonograph, desert heat, listening to this over and over... And over. Brings back memories of being 14 again. At least the music was good!

[Killoea]

i can remember my dad playing this song when i was a kid like 15 years ago

[flo82677]

hell yeah!

[TheSPACECOWBOY68]

The song that introduced rock and roll to America

[Bo618]

super great oldie

[Natnekker]

There is a stereo mix of this song.

[jjdn43]

Classic music!

[Mexicanskaterboy]

that is what we call musik !!! =D

[QueenOfTheForest1]

I loved this era. Makes me wanna go play some old Yardbirds. :)

[thatdummykidd]

CHAD TIM TIM

[vintagetele]

sounds very dandy warhols

[Splidge1982]

@vintagetele No Dandy Warhols sound very this lol

[toddwindyhill]

A fine woman, some weed and wine, mixed with songs like this.....in the day......how high is high?????

[joelperronful]

thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[SDChargersForever]

Man... wish I had some acid right now. Ahhh... the good ole days.

[graymouser2]

The wah wah petal's had only been out for a scant year or two. Up till then you could have Fuzz tone and um.. raw feedback from the amp. That was it.. hehe

So for the times this was a pretty new sound. I loved this song when it came out.

gm

[QueenOfTheForest1]

Yup, it was something else back in the olden days. Love this song  :)

[999klondike]

This, along with 'I had too much to dream last night' are the best psychedilc songs.

[fortheloveoftunes]

This song is cult! :-)

[justyjokies]

I Love this Song

[lfpostman]

yer right

[giovannifinktz]

people's different contributions. Check this film free @ Movie Watcher. US

[pheadrus77]

This song brings back great memories from my high school days. I still have the 45, but no way to play it. Thanks for the post.

[clyde8her]

This is the original psychedelic anthem...powerful.

[blazerrips91]

@clyde8her three psychedilc anthems they played at a pub on CD where i went ina gadda di vida pictures of match stick men and the animals house of the rising sun it was a nice change from all this rap stuff

[toddwindyhill]

Ditto!!.........

[slummly123]

No cigarettes, no matches, only matchstick  men.

[scarecrow955]

Dear Friend,

Thanks for uploading this great opus from the past. I don't know how, but this song was imprinted in my brain such an extent that it will follow me through my lfe.

[al31327]

Brings back great memories of being a teenager in the best era last century

[Hellraider9955]

I don't like voice of singer, but still awesome song. Only better is Ozzy Osbourne's and Type O's version

[jmcraven1]

This recording is the original one from 1968. nsmnsi is correct. I am not an authority on music, but I am quite sure this is the original. It is the one that played when I was in 10th grade in '68.

[SDChargersForever]

Makes me want some acid. And I mean that in a good way.

[jmcraven1]

andrewbarrett42- I was around in 68, and the instrument you asked about is not an organ, it is a "wah wah" pedal for a lead guitar. Believe me. I had one, and Eric Clapton uses one like it in White Room at the end.

[wrff1045]

Is Rossi using the wah wah in the original version.... I remember this song made it to #12 on the Billboard charts in 1968 when I was in High School.....on the top of the pops video its not used....

[1979mattant]

Classic, the greatest band of all time.

[SavedandSound]

groovy, man, groovy.

[danpagnesupernova]

Scorpio Rising - Death In Vegas FT/Liam Gallagher??? Haha

[nsmnsi]

Yes this IS the original!!

It MUST be preserved!

[caract11]

@nsmnsi I like A Latté ;)

[beatleslovelucy]

wow....what a pretty song.i wish i could have been around in the 60s.....

[andrewbarrett42]

Between 1.15 and 1.26,what instrument is that?I noticed its not played in the song when it was on top of the pops.

[beanrp]

It is the organ. Notice the keyboard player uses two keyboards in the original video.

[9H0ST00]

does anyone know where i can download this version (the original) for free. i can only get the newer version or covers.

[harryflocyberman]

Ah fun with flangers, that flange reminds me of the old ADA flanger

[qwerly45]

This is more like phaser.

[nagboy92]

Doesn't th opening soung like the notes to Vanilla Fudge's version of You Keep Me Hangin' on.

[Farrah300]

This song is awesome!!!

[GREATGOOGOLYMOOGOLY]

60's music is unique. Nothing can match it. It's sad that some people enjoy listening to people scream horrible and most of the time, un-understandable things with some tone-deaf idiot smashing a guitar in the background. Or just the everyday music of drugs, violence, murder, sex...

[ThatMiserableCat]

Thanks for Posting the Original!

Your Pal,

Fluffy

[KIDAmnesiacBends]

you would think music would progress and get better....but nothing can touch the late 60s.......it's sad what music has turned into

[jackslicl100]

@KIDAmnesiacBends what music??? we pretty much have RAP and Britney. PUKE>>>>>>

[jappibruut]

@KIDAmnesiacBends that's just cause you stopped listening and became your parents

[BellaOxmix]

@jappibruut The difference between now and then was that in those days good songs were actually at the top of the charts whereas nowadays you have to dig a lot more to find anything good. i.e Tallest Man on Earth is a great musician of today but you would never have heard of him if you go by whats the most popular. That being said there is still alot of music that is not popular for good reason.

[TakeBackTheWorld]

@KIDAmnesiacBends

You just have to know where to look. The obscure bands nobody listens to are usually the good stuff.

Stay away from mainstream. That shit fucking sucks.

[Dudethatstrippin]

@KIDAmnesiacBends Yeah, they dont use instruments anymore, they just fuck around with computers, its really stupid.

[dopamindelfin]

@KIDAmnesiacBends SO SO sad :(

[Bo618]

this the one and only original love it thanks

[kldwallace]

thats good