Badfinger - Meanwhile Back at the Ranch

[hterra1955]

For all the uninformed, it is Wish You Were Here (WYWH). Also, Cool pics!

[ozarkdem]

Yes, and its available on CD at Amazon, ebay and other outlets. Great classic album, every song is fantastic.

[BfromPA]

WYWH was a fantastic album!!!

[rubysueross]

WYWH was one of the most stunning achievements in rock and roll history. I can't listen to it when I drive because I'd get so mesmerized I'll drive off the road.

[tommyrock69]

The best collaboration between Pete and Joey ever.

[robharding1957]

again great posting good to see people out there with a taste for real good british music, dont keep comparing badfinger with the beatles,badfinger are just that, pete ham was right they didnt need anybodys help they were good enough to make it on pure ability,shame about the management,they deserved at least that, the real nice guys just dont get an even break,thanks for the music , hows it goin up there?

[gwangi09]

tis a shame so many people never hear this, or ever will. I play Badfinger songs all the time for my 2 teenage sons so they understand what real rock is about. God, I love this band, and have over 30 years!

[ozarkdem]

It truly is a song that leaves you speechless..

[warmgun74]

Joey was introduced to me backstage in 2006. What a great guy! This song is one of my favorites...been listening to it everyday in my car over and over this entire month! Thanks for posting!

[70sLuvr59]

There are just no words....awesome seems lame....fantastic seems weak, just one of the best from my beloved Badfinger! Man, how I miss these guys!

[led4acs]

I have just about every MP3 of Badfinger's. This ranks at the top of the list, a masterpiece, very cinematic in nature.

[actron]

My lord, what a song

[SueMundy]

This was on the album that Warner's pulled from the shelves because of business problems with the band's manager. This song was a top 10 hit that never got to happen.

[blizzard00961]

This was Badfinger at their absolute best. Great combination of Pete's song with Joey's song. Their harmony is also wonderful. Great musicians and composers who each added so much to the band.

[ozarkdem]

Thanks to all of you for such great comments about one of the most talented groups in rock history. You and I will always know what a great treasure they are today, tomorrow and forever.

[favoryb]

Maaan, what a great band!

I've never of them heard before, they're not that common in Hungary...

Like the exciting mixture of the CCR and the evergreen Beatles!!

Best ever!

Thanks for posting!

[45spindle]

Yes, for us true fans we know the reality of this superb band. The music they left us is the most important factor to us sill here. What we need to do is expose this music to those who don't know otherwise. I too, find it difficult to put on "Head First", but when i hear Pete counting in to the opening track my spirit soars.

Please as a favor to myself and many others who will watch it, post "Lay Me Down" off your "Head First" CD. No one else here on You Tube has it.

Please... Thank You!

[ozarkdem]

Thanks for the comments, I'll see what I can do re Lay Me Down.

[HabibTh]

WYWH was their best album, one of the best albums of the seventies IMHO

[nikkoafter]

Great videos!

Amazing what is available at our fingertips!

Thanks

Nick

[Beatlegirl611]

This is one of my favourite songs on their greatest hits CD- i really love how it is two songs in one- both amazing.

So far, I only have Their greatest hits and their "Badfinger" CDs (the only ones i can find in stores). Both are terrific. I'm hoping they have some Badfinger CDs in the Virgin Mega Record store for when i visit florida. If not, i need to buy them from Amazon or Ebay.

[sarbeatle]

Que tal esta agrupacion, la crema innata del rock and roll, por algo la descubrieron los beatles, yeah.

[sierraluz]

This is a great song.  :o)

[sadfinger]

For a personal glimpse at the talent and genuis of Pete Ham you should get the cd's "7 Park Avenue" and "Golders Green". They both are full of demos Pete recorded on a little reel to reel before they were complete songs recorded with the rest of the band.

[RTTOE]

Its really sad, both of their lead singers hung themselves.

[derbesy4]

the sound quality of this video is better than the sound quality of my import CD :/

[Steve915]

I have the vinyl "Wish You Were Here."

Has this fantastic album ever been released on CD? If not.....WHY????

Other favorite songs (In addition to this one) from this album: "Dennis" and "You're So Fine."

[ozarkdem]

Yes, you can get WYWH on CD, check Amazon, Ebay, etc.

[DritteGeiger]

Awesome.

[cdadave83814]

Actually, "Wish You Were Here" WAS released in the States, but it was out for only 6 weeks before Warner Bros. pulled it because the group's management had basically pilfered money that Warners' had put into a bank account for Badfinger...their manager took all the money that the group was supposed to make from each of the albums in their contract. It's a hard album to find. I have 3 copies of it, tho. I guess I'm lucky.

[actron]

This song is a perfect example of what I love about 70s rock.Sooooo easy on the ears.

[derbesy3]

this is my favorite song.

[larrylharrison]

The Album "Wish you were Here" was not released in the USA for some reason. If you can get it, You won't regret it. It is the best they did. One of my all time favorite albums. This tune is on it among other great ones you may not have ever heard. Fantastic Album!

[GerryMATW]

LarryHarrison-

You're so right. WYWW is one of my favourite albums by anybody. Chris Thomas was producing them by that time and he really helped to bring the very best out of them.

[liverpoodlan]

such a pure and smooth rock.these Pete and Evans, they were so talented. In my opinion though somewhat lesser than lennon-mc.cartney they were few of the musicians that deserved to be called genius.

[StephenKudelka]

This is excellent. On Badfinger's final album "Head First," not released until the year 2000, there is an even more dramatic song called "Passed Fast." It really gives a great sense of what Badfinger was going through in Pete's final days.

[MSPARKS]

I agree . " head first " is a great cd . "passed fast " is a really tight song that i loved the first time i heard it . I wasn't too amazed at how the band laid their claws into stan polley in songs like " hey mr manager " & " rock n' roll contract " It still hurts me to here tom evans singing " you made me your slave , and whatever god gave me ~ you took to the grave now it's gone " god rest pete , tom & mike . WE ALL MISS YOU

[ozarkdem]

I'll be honest and say I own Head First, but have not been able to listen to it. The few small cuts I've heard break my heart. From clips I've heard, Pete and Tommy's voices, such beautiful instruments, sound so strained. As the song says, "it just makes it hard to lose."

[MarySetzer]

Ya know that it was cause they hung out with don't you

[gpf429]

It's amazing, a guy like John Lennon, who was all about peace and love, gets gunned down at the age of 40, yet a cold blooded bastard like Stan Polley lives to a ripe old age. It's a crying shame...

[fasted7]

You got it right, gpf429!

There is blood of Ham and Evans on his hands- he will answer to the highest court on his Judgement Day!

[SolarTiger]

I try not to be sad about what happened...but what a great UNDERATED band...5+plus hits and they were broke?!?...track down that manager and STRING HIM UP!!!...'nuff said!

[judges77]

When are we going to get an official Badfinger DVD, or a Badfinger bio film?! This bands story is better than Johnny Cash,Ray Charles,Bob Dylan,The Doors,Richie Valens,and Buddy Holly's combined,but just watch,they'll be a "James Brown's lifestory" film made before they'll ever make a Badfinger movie! A disgrace! Wise up Hollywood!

[ozarkdem]

A movie really should be done. These were exceptional musicians with a wonderful story.

[ozarkdem]

Understand all that you can and forgive everything of a young, passionate, talented group of incredibly talented musicians. They wer e an anomaly: talented musicians whose fame whose only error was in trusting those who led them. Don't let their talent be dimineshed by it. They were true, talented, good kind men. Love them for that.

[teisenmenger]

There's a documentary available on DVD but it's in short supply and not cheap. Check Amazon.

[madcap66laughs]

This song is awesome! Thanks for the video. Some pics I never seen before.

[digmacdiggydoo]

Is there any video from the Wish You Were Here album?

[ozarkdem]

Not that I'm aware of. There isn't much footage of their live performances available.

[digmacdiggydoo]

That is really sad. I wonder what the reason was that WB did not do any promotion for this album? Maybe they had issues at this time with Polley.

[ozarkdem]

Yes they did have issues with Polley. They eventually pulled the album from stores because they thought Polley had taken money from an escrow account. You can read more about it in Dan Matovina's book "Without You".

It was a great album that was selling well.

[robbijj]

Great tune. Amazing band. Heartbreaking story. Glad we have the music to remember them by. Thanks for sharing this.

[JJB115]

brilliant song from the best album badfinger ever recorded..wish you were here should have pushed badfinger to the very top of the tree alongside thin lizzy,deep purple,led zep,pink floyd etc..etc....but it wasn,t to be...stan polley made sure of that.......r.i.p pete ham you,re music will live forever...r.i.p tom and mike....

[mysterymac38]

i love this song. Thnx for posting it.

[lottie180992]

peter ham is my third cousin

i never knew the man but i respect him and miss him.

1 hell of a welsh man RIP cus

[ozarkdem]

Thanks so much for saying so. I think family meant a lot to Pete and he would appreciate your compliments. You're from a good family with a great relative to be proud of. Best wishes and prayers to all the Ham relatives.

[barklimore]

Most under-rated Group in the World.

WYWH an absolute masterpiece and as good as anything the Beatles ever did.

[gwangi09]

great album..every song on it good.

[rothr]

A thumping masterpiece indeed. To me it's the plight of man vs woman and man vs life. So deep yet reaching so high. ONLY Badfinger could pull this off.

[ozarkdem]

This song is a real masterpiece in so many ways. Its hard to describe its reflection of what was going on at the time without sounding maudlin. The lyrics speak for themselves.

[derbesy3]

possibly my favorite badfinger song.

[liftdoctor]

what a great band !

[cdadave83814]

I have 3 copies of 'Wish You Were Here' on vinyl. I always thought of the album as an 'updated Abbey Road'.

[gocav76]

Great Ham-Molland song.I still have the 'Wish You Were Here' album on 8 track!

[Benayrunyon]

Thanks for the pics and song. I love the song, and 3 out of 4 of the group, may they rest in peace.

[ozarkdem]

Thanks, I'm not a professional, but always liked WYWH and this song. It got a lot of airplay at the time, very popular in St. Louis.

[stucknthe70s]

Great deep cut from 'Wish You Were Here'. Thanks for putting this video together and posting it!