Bay City Rollers - Yesterday's hero 1977

[dogpaw47]

I LIKE LOVE THIS SONG...YESTERDAY'S HERO...MEMERIES...MY TEEN YEARS.....

[torisgram25]

Haha! Used to love these guys. Looking at them now I have to laugh. Get a load of those outfits and open shirts.. such kids

[Shazron62]

Vanda and young wrote the song...JPR recorded it first then BRC...whichever...awesome song and both awesome sounds...wish we could have the 70s back LOL

[PaulieDi]

Long live Eric & Les! My favorite BCR song of all time.

[racksandrazors]

The singer was lipsynching I am convinced. I know this was played as a studio version but his voice is different compared to the other songs he sang. Maybe this was inspired Milli Vanilli

[footscraysteve]

Christ,they must have been washed up to cover this shit

[52wbending52]

holy crap what are they wearing

[Colin179471]

No Vanda & Young Wrote the song for John Paul Young.Great version but the BCR do a far better job of it.

[mk091063]

that is just what they are right now, only us old guys still know them. They would have deserved to survive much more than some other 70#acts which are still on theb play list of regular stations.

[GothMetalhead999]

@mk091063 im 21 and i love BCR!!!!

[ChuckieInMT]

Luv the Scotts in their short pants, eh?

Almost as much as the guitar riff, at the end, that's missing from this recording...

[bruceaberrant]

@applejackass and @nyx0100 Actually the song was written by Harry Vanda and George Young (no relation) of Australian band The Easybeats, specially for JPY. BCR covered it two years later.

[futabouru]

『お寿司』何が好き？

[WhinestonCryhill]

John Paul Young nails it

BCR don't get it

[phillygirl06]

I forgot the guitar players name next to Woody. but you could tell he didn't want tobe there. by the way..that is lip sync. I have the album

[paulhamerton]

@phillygirl06 Ian Mitchell

[phillygirl06]

@paulhamerton I remember that name but didn't this guy that is in the video replace Ian. I have an album cover where there is a guy that looks like this guy...I'd really have to just google it..its been so long.

[paulhamerton]

@phillygirl06 i`m certain it`s Ian Then Duncan came in for Les later on,if you google Ian on youtube he sings some Rollers songs and im sure you`ll see its him then

[phillygirl06]

@paulhamerton I'm wondering from 1975 on...I remember a replacement on the guitar player and he was 19 and I think that is who this guy is next to Woody. He seems really young and I guess back then he would seem really old to me. LOL

[phillygirl06]

@paulhamerton a womanm said it was Pat and Not Ian

[setenteromusic]

What a Great song and band!!

[phillygirl06]

@setenteromusic Yesterday's Hero...sounds like when the band went away...its almost like they are singing about what they were about to become...Plus..for me it was the theme song of my life for about 4 yrs when I got older...live and learn...

[nyx0100]

@phillygirl06 this was written by john paul young in 1975 and covered by BCR. BCR still do a great version

[Jerka3065]

I´m born 1968 and I heard this song with John Paul Young the first time in the middle of the seventis and its still have a strong place in my heart. I have it on LP with BCR and EP with JPY and in a home made CD in my car with JPY. Just love it..

[catposeful]

Patが心ここにあらずな感じがする・・そわそわした感じもする­・・・演奏中にWoodyがカメラに向けみたいなこと言ってるみ­たい？これはオーストラリアツアーの次だったんでしょうかね。か­わいそうなpatそれでもいつも前向きでひたむきで、本当にいい­人なんだなあ

[catposeful]

Patが心ここにあらずな感じがする・・そわそわした感じもする­・・・演奏中にWoodyがカメラに向けみたいなこと言ってるみ­たい？これはオーストラリアツアーの次だったんでしょうかね。か­わいそうなpatそれでもいつも前向きでひたむきで、本当にいい­人なんだなあ

[tracy71091]

who wrote this song???? why are there two versions one by BCR and one by JPY

[applejacksss]

@tracy71091

John Paul Young wrote the song. BCR covered the song. Both versions are great if you ask me.

[ZIGSVIDS]

@applejacksss

This song is wriiten by Harry Vanda & George Young also known as Flash & the Pan.

Vanda & Young are former member's of the Easybeats,who wrote Friday on my Mind.

George Young is the elder brother to Angus & Malcom Young from AC/DC,they also wrote Love is in the air.

They also formed the production company Albert Records.

[applejacksss]

@ZIGSVIDS

Wow thanks for the info mate!

[thomasnonsense]

@tracy71091

Harry Vanda and George Young (previously with The Easybeats) wrote and produced Yesterday's Hero for John Paul Young.

There aren't really two versions; Bay City Rollers just changed a few of the words to suit themselves.

[kookooboy]

So geeky in retrospect....but so fun!

[phillygirl06]

back in the day i never knew they'd be singin about theirselves now

[bernardfik]

Bay City Rollers-skvělá muzika a připomínka na léta dospívání.Skvělé,skvělé,perfek­tní-Fík

[dpitt72]

I have this CD in my car right now...thank you for posting this video.

[Lmsargent100]

ME too

[mwadevilg]

That strat has a neck and middle humbucker but a single coil bridge pick-up....wierd.

[californiagirl1966]

Oh this brings back such great memories. Takes me way back! : )

Love the Bay City Rollers!

[Heatherhoney61]

It's Pat, jfab64.

[jfab64]

I can't tell if that's Ian or Pat on the far left.

[KellieHorn13]

its Pat on the left. Ian was already gone. I was one of the lucky few trhat got meet both

[phillygirl06]

@KellieHorn13 okay so this Pat is the one who replaced Ian...and wasn't this one a bit younger than Ian? he looks so young to me now...back then I guess he seemed really old to me...I'd have to google the whole thing...I just know it was around 1975

[paulhamerton]

@phillygirl06 pat mcglynn i could kick myself forgot him sorry

[phillygirl06]

@paulhamerton well. it was a long time ago...and they sort of look a like

[jennilu123]

@phillygirl06 Hi, Actually, Pat's almost 5 months OLDER than Ian. Pat was born on March 31, 1958, and Ian was born August 22 of the same year!!

[MB412]

@phillygirl06 I believe Pat joined toward the end of 1976, if not early or mid 1977. He was on It's A Game record, but when he was removed from the band, his pic on the back of the album was removed.

[joanieloveseric]

Love that smile, Eric!

[ronaldsteff]

Still one of my favs from bcr!

[hnorky]

Not bad, but nowhere as good as John Paul Young's original.

[Arioch44]

Not a bad cover, pretty true to the original.

[rockangel1967]

ian hat mir mal erzaehlt dass dieser song in den usa entstand und im studio die schreienden teenies dazugemischt wurden. dass die damals einen song in eine "live" version gemischt haetten. muss schon peinlich sein wenn mann in einer TV show mit vielleicht 200 leuten einen "live" gig per playback abspielt bei welchem 10'000 fans schreien. heute waere das der tod jeder band haha....

[kallekueppers]

natürlich ist das peinlich, aber das hat damals keine Sau wirklich interessiert. Man war froh, dass solche Superstars überhaupt in einem der 3 Sender zu sehen waren und hat das dann 3 Minuten lang genossen. Zu der Zeit gabs noch nicht mal Videorecorder und die Popularität von Musikern hing nicht so stark von Videos und TV-Auftritten ab, wie das heute der Fall ist.

[mopedomo]

loved these guys when i was a kid

[kkCasimir]

Ich mochte dieses Lied nie als ich damals mit meiner Freundin zusammen war, weil Sie nur auf BCR stand. Heute liebe ich dieses lied.

Ich Grüße Gabriele Echterbrock

Liebe Grüße von Klaus Stempel aus Bottrop.

[kallekueppers]

Interessant. Und die Gabi hat bestimmt Dancin Queen gehasst weil du in die Blonde von Abba verknallt warst, stimmts?

[eartant]

My older sister loved these guys-bass player looks like Johnny Rotten w/ dark hair-check it.......Oh, you don't fucking respond to my youtube videos anymore, I can pretty much say whatever I want cos you're not reading this.....YOUR MOTHER'S A BOY ! ( i'll wait for a reply )