Alot of joint action. I remember plenty of times firing one up at a concert, passing it to the guy next to me, and that being the last time I ever saw it.
Check out my garage/rock band from sweden, The Soulmovers with a lot of insperation from the Mc5. You can find us on Facebook and youtube if you go to my page! Thanx! spread the word!
Its nice to see the variety of communities Youtube have: the movie buffs, gamers, musicians and music lovers of diffrent styles, comedians, prankers, philosophers, ghost hunters... Just feels good to see the diffrent people that come together under this site's "roof" :D
Porrada. Toda a postura do heavy metal e a atitude do punk têm pai no MC5. O peso de Blue Cheer e os riffs de Black Sabbath vêm depois. Os punks são puro MC5.
Ah, não posso deixar de dizer isso: war, fire and death to the power of United States, and from US, to the power of all world. Fuck the power and dollar, fuck all money. And fuck the work. Viva Paul Lafargue, yo soy muy perezoso.
Considering stage acts of two great guitarist I came to this: Hendrix might had make love with guitar on stage yet Crammer gave her the f*ck of a lifetime.
They may be not the best at a lot of things but the French did know how to bring out the best in American rock music from the 70's--MC5, Flamin; Groovies, Lou Reed, etc. Punk I give the Brits their due credit.
At first, I thought the Bad Brains were the first punk rockers in the late 70s. Then I found out that they were influenced by Death in the mid 70s, who made punk before punk. Then I finally found out that the OP's are the ones who influenced Death. In other words, this band concieved punk, although it may seem like hard rock.
@ManWithAmbientMind but you also gotta remember this in 1976 the bad brains started playing music but not as the bad brains they were a jazz fusion band called mind power with sid mccray on vocals and h.r. guitar,dr. know 2nd guitar,darryl jennifer bass and then earl hudson on drums.death is a killer punk band though theat ep For the whole world to see is insane i have that whole album on my ipod both bands in my book are really really brewin talented musicians by far
mc5 did it first, and did it best. same with Iggy Pop...what a laugh that anyone thinks the sex pistols were some sort of new thing...they were OLD NEWS by the time they hatched...
MC5 supported Yardbirds feat Jimmy Page in Detroit show 1968. Jimmy returned home, formed New Yardbirds with some young musicians and started to copy MCs sound and stage antics. Check out Led Zep 1969 --70. Same did Deep Purple.
todays youth are absorbed with fame hollywood fame, and will never know the freedom we experienced in music. in our day music was the reflection of our own counter-culture. todays youth are the establishment we railled agianst in ours. todays youth are sucked up,chewed up ,and spit back out, by the machine. they will even vote republican!
@motorcityquig by chance know her last name,or somewhere where I can learn more about it, maybe it sounds strange but I really think it is very beautiful
Brother Wayne was the goods... the rest of your lame a** generation didn't do s*it and effed it up for the rest of us. Run along to your Volvo and pick up your kids at their elite private school.
First time I've seen these clips. Kramer's vocals on RR are even better than I'd heard before. When I discovered MC% was in the late 70's and it sounded so fresh even though it was 10 years old at the time.
Managed to see the boys several times in the late 60's-early 70's. They kicked some Righteous ass. RIP,Rob & Fred. We could use an MC 5-type band in Amerika today. All Power to the People,brothers and sisters.
Thank you Thank you Thank you. I watched the Tube Works when it first aired in the late 20th century First exposure to Alice Cooper. Just before the Love It To Death album.... I digress. MC5 ROCKS forever!!!!
“It’s a great document of the band, it’s a great document of life, and it’s a great document of things ... far and beyond the band.” - Jackson Smith, Detroit-based musician son of Fred & Patti Smith
"Music so extraordinary that it transformed the lives of all who experienced it demands the release of a documentary that does the MC5 justice." - Don McLeese, author of Kick Out The Jams (Continuum 33 1/3 series)
Just had the realization that, as I drive through Detroit, any of the grannies I routinely yell at for driving too slowly might be Gail, the host of the show. I will try to be nicer.
Thanks for the laughs, Kieser. I was in the audience at Tartar Field this July day, 15 years old, ecstatic to now find this concert on You Tube. It's only been in my memory (and not in black and white) until now. And I'm a granny, and my name is Gail. Peace.
" For those of you who don't have FM radio's in your house "...LOL too fricking funny !
That's how long ago this was. Not many households did back then. I watched this live on my black and white TV listening to FM on a shitty transistor precursor to a boom box...
All you old dudes, you've gotta realise that you have to look past the mainstream to find decent music these days, you can't judge our entire musical experience on what you hear on the radio, "Lady Gaga, Katy Perry" etc... There is so much more out there at the moment, doing things that you guys couldn't have dreamed of back then, underground music keeps pushing boundaries more and more and never receiving any mainstream attention for it.
Even back then I suspected that the 5 truly were a band that people listened to just to piss off their parents ;-) Probably the worst band ever to come out of my home town.
The MC5 are the greatest band in history. And anybody that says anything but the Stones can meet me anytime, anyplace. And if you beat me up, the MC5 will STILL rule. Sorry.
@Hister333 I like MC5 but personally and statistically, The Beatles are the greatest band of all time. I like them much more than the Stones at least. If you really listen to them, it's unbelievable what they accomplished in 8 years.
@Alienpubes In eight years, the Beatles succeeded in ruining pop culture twice, first by killing the garage movement with their sappy ballads, and poor rock covers, then by ruining the burgeoning psychedelic movement with an album (Sgt. Pepper) that is largely vaudeville. As for MC5, when I call them the best, I'm talking solely about their playing, and song-writing abilities. It's a given they didn't accomplish much of anything.
@Hister333 You mean, there is nothing whatsoever good about the beatles? I don't know anyone who doesn't like the beatles, except you perhaps. I wouldn't say early in their career was that good but their psychedelic stuff was insane. They had accomplished things no other artist has and being the only band that sold over 1 billion records, they had to have been doing something right. And I think pop culture was amazing back in those days. But I also like different genres of music.
@Alienpubes Nah, the Beatles had some good cuts. A lot of boy bands did. As for the psychedelic, I would recommend bands that had refined it before the Beatles ever pretended to played it. The Blues Magoos, the Electric Prunes, the Velvet Underground, the Seeds, and the Beach Boys come right to mind. Hell, the Yarbirds gave us "For Your Love" back in '65. Listen to THAT with headphones.
@Hister333 I would say Strawberry Fields Forever is the greatest psychedelic song of all time. Otherwise, Revolution 9 is a complete mind-fuck. They just had variety and were colorful. I never really cared for Velvet Underground or The Yardbirds. The Beach Boys were good though.
@Alienpubes Strawberry Fields is pretty psychedelic. I still cling to that great Clinton Heylin quote, "In the early months of '68, an album was recorded at Abby Road studios that would change the face of pop music forever. But enough about Pink Floyd's 'Piper At the Gates of Dawn.'"
@Hister333 both rule, but the beatles own both actually...and im not even a beatles fan nut you can really tell how the beatles influenced these guys on 3 chords alone, get real
@Hister333 No, sorry but the best Band is Deep Purple and that is for the 70's, MC5 is good for the 60's. In the 80's it was Maiden, 90's Rob Zombie, and today there's only shit band.
@Hister333 Sorry i mean shit compared to the old school band like guns, maiden, osbourne. of course there's a lot of band that rock my socks off, like a7X, five finger death punch, jettblack, wardanz... but the true metal is not anymore :(
@Hister333 Yeah, who wouldn't remember them? They have done loads of good for a change in musical approach, I dare say maybe even more than the Beatles, in some kinda way. They were and still are very crucial to my understanding of music, as are the Sisters of Mercy, Joy Division and Young Gods.
@try2bcool First of all, Anvil weren't the only band to have the balls to play at the Democratic National Convention, second, Anvil don't have an FBI file a mile long, and third, this is not best work. It's a country cover, and you have to hear the original to see what they did with it. I'd recommend some cuts from their last album, High Time. Sister Anne, Poison, Over and Over are all great ones.
@try2bcool There's a handful of bands from the late '60s, and early '70s that were innovative, and inspired musicians, but couldn't seem to sell records. The short list is Velvet Underground, MC5, Stooges, Modern Lovers, and New York Dolls. The MC5's failure, however, had little to do with their music. There were drugs (obviously), and then there was the fact that they tried to gain the favor of the rock industry, and the left-wing extremists. In the end, they alienated both.
thecatonice, no it was not abrasive. That was "our" music. It wasn't invented later. It was then and it was the birth of a new sound that led the way for other groups like the Amboy Dukes, REO Speedwagon, and so many others. Wish you could have been there.
catonice, I was either in that audience, or one like it, and i can say that we loved it. It was a distinct sound around the Detroit area at the time, I think maybe as a reaction to so much of the Motown shit that was coming out. These were people that we identified with, and yes, years later, I did become a punk. Goddamn it, MC5 was great, though!!!
This must have been really abrasive sounding to most people at the time. Fucking punks before punk rock with electric guitars and distortion. Innovative and classic.
Heh. Yeah, proto-punk like they used to say. "
More you suck it; more it grows"
TheBigleggedwoman 5 days ago
Jesus they suck!!!!
reprimand33 5 days ago
@reprimand33 I would wonder what the fuck you know about it.
TheBigleggedwoman 5 days ago
@TheBigleggedwoman
I know nothing about it. Just expressing my feelings towards this rubbish. :P
reprimand33 4 days ago
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Useless2112 6 days ago
2/19/12, RIP Brother Michael Davis. Rock in Peace.
motorcityquig 6 days ago 8
El Sótano
pablopeich 6 days ago
@pablopeich El Sótano Beat a Todo Color
aftertheheat 6 days ago
Rob Tyner's 'Fro Foreveyr.
pettibonnotginn 6 days ago
I saw ( and heard! lol) the MCMFKN5 open for Don Garliyts at the Riverside Winternationals.Ron Asheton Mike Kelley 4ever.
pettibonnotginn 6 days ago
Alot of joint action. I remember plenty of times firing one up at a concert, passing it to the guy next to me, and that being the last time I ever saw it.
motorcityquig 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
die alte soll ihre fresse halten und die jungs dran lassen
Hodenzopf 2 weeks ago
DAMM THIS ROCK BAND REALLY ROCKS HARD :) LIKE PUNKS ON A MISSION
jetrage69 3 weeks ago
Fucking amazing ."Wayne Kramer"..before the smack got a true hold on him.
PAULLONDEN 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
fuuuuckin greattttt
AcidAbsinthe 3 weeks ago
C'mon, who doesn't have an FM radio??
TorqueMaster23 4 weeks ago
@TorqueMaster23
In 1970, AM still ruled to airwaves.
MrEsposition 1 week ago
at 3:27 i was like aww how anticlimactic
minkey2007 1 month ago
These guys knew how to party
StoneyMcJuicyBuds 1 month ago
LETS ALL GANGBANG GAIL AND KICK OUT THE FUCK :)
jetrage69 1 month ago
I wonder where Gail of Detriot Tube Works is now ?? :) Would she even imagine shes on You Tube of the 21st century??
jetrage69 1 month ago
Detriot Tube on YOUTUBE :) damm even in the 1970s. they knew the future of the internet
jetrage69 1 month ago
what a stereotype hippy bitch presenting!
drew23ski 1 month ago
WHOS THE TURKEY SINGING THIS SONG? :)
jetrage69 1 month ago
@jetrage69 wayne kramer
jmat412 2 weeks ago
Hot diddelly dagnabit! That Kramer knows how to ROCK THAT GUITAR!
RemoteControlband 1 month ago
3:31 Right on mutherfucker
darttx 2 months ago
at 1:49 when Wayne does his infamous boot slide, I do that today 40 years later!
freezerkid1 2 months ago
if I was A.J. Webberman I would have refused to do anything after this
mohawk1020 3 months ago
Hey kids, this is how it's done.
harwicke 3 months ago
wayne, are you stoned?
ReneInfante1 3 months ago
The more you SUCK IT, the more it grows... haha
BillHicks420 3 months ago
Wayne Kramer had the best stage moves of all time.
Useless2112 3 months ago in playlist Useless2112's favorites 3
legendary
habanaman 4 months ago
The audience could be a little more responsive : /
siouxie921 4 months ago
@siouxie921 They were too stoned.
motorcityquig 4 months ago
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Good music straight from the sixties!
Check out my garage/rock band from sweden, The Soulmovers with a lot of insperation from the Mc5. You can find us on Facebook and youtube if you go to my page! Thanx! spread the word!
thesoulmoversswe 5 months ago
did you see the move at fuckin 1:47 man this nigga is a freak
dchs11 5 months ago 4
YOU DRIVING A PAST AT 2.44 STOP THE CAR ,YOU DICKHEAD THE MC5 ARE PLAYING IN THAT FIELD TO YOUR RIGHT NOW!
thatfingio 5 months ago
These dudes should have followed crosby stills and nash on woodstock! Can you imagine the shock?
hnh4 5 months ago
Its nice to see the variety of communities Youtube have: the movie buffs, gamers, musicians and music lovers of diffrent styles, comedians, prankers, philosophers, ghost hunters... Just feels good to see the diffrent people that come together under this site's "roof" :D
YouCube7 5 months ago 2
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mikestrat56 5 months ago
Porrada. Toda a postura do heavy metal e a atitude do punk têm pai no MC5. O peso de Blue Cheer e os riffs de Black Sabbath vêm depois. Os punks são puro MC5.
Ah, não posso deixar de dizer isso: war, fire and death to the power of United States, and from US, to the power of all world. Fuck the power and dollar, fuck all money. And fuck the work. Viva Paul Lafargue, yo soy muy perezoso.
Vives1000 6 months ago
Wow, Gail is full of helpful advice.
Useless2112 6 months ago 4
This is Pure Fucking Rock N' Roll¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
pacojonesjalas 6 months ago
29 dislikes? If you don't like this, you don't like rock and roll. Go listen to Lady Gaga or some of that hip-hop garbage.
daleahill 6 months ago 7
@daleahill Seriously!
siouxie921 4 months ago
Considering stage acts of two great guitarist I came to this: Hendrix might had make love with guitar on stage yet Crammer gave her the f*ck of a lifetime.
IzzyPanzer 6 months ago
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sauviejo 6 months ago
holy shit! the inverted balloons slay me.
Zontertes 7 months ago 2
@1:42 Awesome move
harleydanger123 7 months ago
1:21 Guy smoking a joint and trying to pass it on :D
hesteaeble 7 months ago 45
Awesome intro
hesteaeble 7 months ago
heavy as fuck !!!!!!
spacelordmotherfucke 7 months ago
Man, I wish I knew where Gail is today! THAT's a hip chick!
UncleLew 7 months ago
@UncleLew Gail Parenteau is in New York now, still doing promotions -- search for Parenteau Guidance.
rwbean 7 months ago
28 dislikes? They were all looking for MC Hammer instead of MC5!
nonyafukkinbizniz 7 months ago
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Please help me keep this band away from my girlfriend.
Astrodan2600 7 months ago
They may be not the best at a lot of things but the French did know how to bring out the best in American rock music from the 70's--MC5, Flamin; Groovies, Lou Reed, etc. Punk I give the Brits their due credit.
RebelSpiritof77 7 months ago
At first, I thought the Bad Brains were the first punk rockers in the late 70s. Then I found out that they were influenced by Death in the mid 70s, who made punk before punk. Then I finally found out that the OP's are the ones who influenced Death. In other words, this band concieved punk, although it may seem like hard rock.
ManWithAmbientMind 7 months ago
@ManWithAmbientMind Yep, these guys and The Stooges. New York and England were a little behind on the whole punk thing
mohawk1020 7 months ago
@ManWithAmbientMind but you also gotta remember this in 1976 the bad brains started playing music but not as the bad brains they were a jazz fusion band called mind power with sid mccray on vocals and h.r. guitar,dr. know 2nd guitar,darryl jennifer bass and then earl hudson on drums.death is a killer punk band though theat ep For the whole world to see is insane i have that whole album on my ipod both bands in my book are really really brewin talented musicians by far
jacobladders 7 months ago
put your TV on your hood...LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
wizdumb420 7 months ago
27 dislikes. Idiots who probably listen to shit like Lady GaGa and Justin Bieber.
daleahill 8 months ago 2
This was 40 years ago, but I would give anything right now to trade places with the guy hitting on the joint behind Wayne at 1:00.
motorcityquig 8 months ago 23
@motorcityquig
I disliked this video just to make it look like a joint!
thesoulmoversswe 2 months ago
I'm watching this on my laptop that is sitting on the hood of my car. Far out, man!
Anglagard1 8 months ago 2
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terrymci 8 months ago
27 people flunked Dylanology.
terrymci 8 months ago 2
Is there a DVD of this entire concert at the university?
YouCube7 8 months ago
did anyone see the guitarist's little dance as he...made his way across the stage moving his right foot while the left foot pointed the other way?
That bloke was well before Michael Jackson, and is well worth imitating.
41seppo 8 months ago
probably the only band ever that talked the talk and walked the walk.
as said below - MC5 and the Stooges were there way before punk thought about being born.
MrKirkenstein 8 months ago
@javier911019 - there's nothing strange about thinking the girl is cute...she IS cute...really attrractive
PurpleSupernova 8 months ago
mc5 did it first, and did it best. same with Iggy Pop...what a laugh that anyone thinks the sex pistols were some sort of new thing...they were OLD NEWS by the time they hatched...
PurpleSupernova 8 months ago
I love the MC5 !! du rock à l'état pur !!
@ hermygagala in 1970
billylebraillard 8 months ago
What year is this?
hermygagala 8 months ago
@hermygagala
1970
jmat412 2 weeks ago
MC5 had it all
KanchoKomancho 8 months ago
nice footwork 1:50
kumprinx 8 months ago
photographer girl is so cute
javier911019 9 months ago
MC5 supported Yardbirds feat Jimmy Page in Detroit show 1968. Jimmy returned home, formed New Yardbirds with some young musicians and started to copy MCs sound and stage antics. Check out Led Zep 1969 --70. Same did Deep Purple.
the13er 9 months ago
haha she is stumbling over her words
theoneyouno1 9 months ago
any of you fellas know what type of guitar wayne is usin'?
Ironman935 9 months ago
todays youth are absorbed with fame hollywood fame, and will never know the freedom we experienced in music. in our day music was the reflection of our own counter-culture. todays youth are the establishment we railled agianst in ours. todays youth are sucked up,chewed up ,and spit back out, by the machine. they will even vote republican!
TheBabyboomkidof53 9 months ago
there's a guy smoking a joint in the background at 1:18.
wadimus 9 months ago 3
@wadimus hahaahahahahah wat a boss
drexkoo 9 months ago
@wadimus Yes, i saw it too !! ;)
ralacerda 8 months ago
Wayne Kramer is a guitar god
javier911019 9 months ago
I love the girl host
javier911019 9 months ago
@javier911019 Gail is pretty groovey. I heard she gets high.
motorcityquig 9 months ago 2
@motorcityquig by chance know her last name,or somewhere where I can learn more about it, maybe it sounds strange but I really think it is very beautiful
javier911019 9 months ago
They More you suck it they more it grows!!!
DavAvantgarde 9 months ago
Sorry Michael, this is better than your moonwalker step. Awesome!!! MC5 deserve better recognition!!!
MrCarenalga69 9 months ago
Brother Wayne was the goods... the rest of your lame a** generation didn't do s*it and effed it up for the rest of us. Run along to your Volvo and pick up your kids at their elite private school.
vanmandude 9 months ago
..Upside down balloons !!
FreqBand 9 months ago
Rust Belt Rock and Roll. When America was great. How I miss it.
mikestrat56 10 months ago 3
Wayne Kramer busts out the best dance moves at 1:49 and 3:33
Abbno 10 months ago
Starts at 0:53
Kangaxxter 10 months ago 2
Hiya chaps! Ahh come on guys. Hug! This makes me want to grin my balls off, x
nowhesapoof 10 months ago
Harry needs a hug. Send hugs his way!
richardnixon5 10 months ago
pass that joint mofos
CFFDan 10 months ago
i don't have an fm radio in my house, YEH! THANKS LADY YOU SAVED MY DAY! I JUST HOOK UP TO HOUSE YES?!?
Rabbitthateats 11 months ago
what is that crazy sliding shit he does at 1:47-1:50?! That shit looks fukn RAW!!! Music is the rock too!
dreekd80 11 months ago
1:22 the guy in the back is passing a joint? :D:D
CatEatingAliens 11 months ago
The fathers of Punk.
graybeard420 11 months ago
"Ramblin' Rose I'm searchin' for
a diamond ring and a Jaguar!
The version I had on a live LP 30+ years ago was
"a diamond ring and a Cadillac car"
First time I've seen these clips. Kramer's vocals on RR are even better than I'd heard before. When I discovered MC% was in the late 70's and it sounded so fresh even though it was 10 years old at the time.
immortalpop 11 months ago
brother wayne kramer
Keeeeeeeeth 11 months ago
que leche que tenia Wayne Kramer!
MauriDamned 11 months ago
1:22
what is he smokking?^^
RechargeableTinitus 11 months ago
1:19 Smokin weed!
pbmax 11 months ago
Wayne Kramer man, Wayne Kramer!
RichieTriple9 1 year ago
Managed to see the boys several times in the late 60's-early 70's. They kicked some Righteous ass. RIP,Rob & Fred. We could use an MC 5-type band in Amerika today. All Power to the People,brothers and sisters.
MAHOGMA 1 year ago 3
oh my what a lively crowd...
PunkxIsxEverythingx 1 year ago
Thank you Thank you Thank you. I watched the Tube Works when it first aired in the late 20th century First exposure to Alice Cooper. Just before the Love It To Death album.... I digress. MC5 ROCKS forever!!!!
millerhenryv 1 year ago
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"MC5 - A True Testimonial" is on Facebook.
“It’s a great document of the band, it’s a great document of life, and it’s a great document of things ... far and beyond the band.” - Jackson Smith, Detroit-based musician son of Fred & Patti Smith
"Music so extraordinary that it transformed the lives of all who experienced it demands the release of a documentary that does the MC5 justice." - Don McLeese, author of Kick Out The Jams (Continuum 33 1/3 series)
DetroitTango 1 year ago
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IsmokerocksTyrone 1 year ago
" The world's foremost Dylanologist" hahahahahahahahahahaha
bronxeel1 1 year ago 2
@bronxeel1 Correction. The foremost LIVING Dylanologist. All the others died before the broadcast.
motorcityquig 1 year ago 19
i like how EVERYONE in the crowd is like "wtf?" no one was prepared for the fuckin awesomeness
TheMufflicks 1 year ago
Just had the realization that, as I drive through Detroit, any of the grannies I routinely yell at for driving too slowly might be Gail, the host of the show. I will try to be nicer.
kieser78 1 year ago 24
@kieser
Thanks for the laughs, Kieser. I was in the audience at Tartar Field this July day, 15 years old, ecstatic to now find this concert on You Tube. It's only been in my memory (and not in black and white) until now. And I'm a granny, and my name is Gail. Peace.
eastowngirl 1 year ago 3
@eastowngirl well...if you happen to be on 12 mile some morning and see an angry looking guy in a Camry, flash me a peace sign and I'll back down
WSU Class of '94
kieser78 1 year ago
" For those of you who don't have FM radio's in your house "...LOL too fricking funny !
That's how long ago this was. Not many households did back then. I watched this live on my black and white TV listening to FM on a shitty transistor precursor to a boom box...
ZenDogRadio 1 year ago 5
0:56 Flying drumsticks yeah!
Laszlo920819 1 year ago
yeah wtf:D:D:D the drummer throw his stick away and grap a new without ...ööhm stocking?:D
zombione666 1 year ago
YEAH BABY! No bullshit here! Too bad we've all been electronically domesticated today.
NolaVenice 1 year ago
MC5 are a great band, and that's a great song, but that is the most ridiculous falsetto ever.
almishti 1 year ago
@almishti
He's just singing it like the vocal on the earlier Ted Taylor 45. You can find it on a blog if you search ted taylor ramblin rose.
mc5nrg 1 year ago
@almishti You know that Kramer was just goin' crazy, as his falsetto was not like that regularly right?
By the way, I loved it. If you didn't, maybe you are not suited for rock n' roll at all...
LouieGee 9 months ago
All you old dudes, you've gotta realise that you have to look past the mainstream to find decent music these days, you can't judge our entire musical experience on what you hear on the radio, "Lady Gaga, Katy Perry" etc... There is so much more out there at the moment, doing things that you guys couldn't have dreamed of back then, underground music keeps pushing boundaries more and more and never receiving any mainstream attention for it.
osemaster 1 year ago 5
i fuckin' love this!!
CommenterMonkey 1 year ago
Even back then I suspected that the 5 truly were a band that people listened to just to piss off their parents ;-) Probably the worst band ever to come out of my home town.
mjedelman 1 year ago
@mjedelman No, that would be Kid Rock.
Hister333 1 year ago
the vocals are a bit difficult to listen to.
flashfast2000 1 year ago
I hate to say it, but that was true detroit noise polution. What great intonation, like two trucks harmonizin on I 94.
harp1925 1 year ago
roll and roll the joint..........
6dveslin7 1 year ago
Hey , burn the joint know, guys............and bring it to the Internet you tube
6dveslin7 1 year ago
Hey , burn the join know, guys............
6dveslin7 1 year ago
Gale, I love you baby...
rocknrolla81 1 year ago 6
The MC5 are the greatest band in history. And anybody that says anything but the Stones can meet me anytime, anyplace. And if you beat me up, the MC5 will STILL rule. Sorry.
Hister333 1 year ago 48
@Hister333 I totally admire your loyalty. MC5 fuck yeah
ledzeprulz1234 1 year ago
@Hister333 you don't like the beatles?
Alienpubes 1 year ago
@Alienpubes Not very much, no. Why?
Hister333 1 year ago
@Hister333 I like MC5 but personally and statistically, The Beatles are the greatest band of all time. I like them much more than the Stones at least. If you really listen to them, it's unbelievable what they accomplished in 8 years.
Alienpubes 1 year ago
@Alienpubes In eight years, the Beatles succeeded in ruining pop culture twice, first by killing the garage movement with their sappy ballads, and poor rock covers, then by ruining the burgeoning psychedelic movement with an album (Sgt. Pepper) that is largely vaudeville. As for MC5, when I call them the best, I'm talking solely about their playing, and song-writing abilities. It's a given they didn't accomplish much of anything.
Hister333 1 year ago
@Hister333 You mean, there is nothing whatsoever good about the beatles? I don't know anyone who doesn't like the beatles, except you perhaps. I wouldn't say early in their career was that good but their psychedelic stuff was insane. They had accomplished things no other artist has and being the only band that sold over 1 billion records, they had to have been doing something right. And I think pop culture was amazing back in those days. But I also like different genres of music.
Alienpubes 1 year ago
@Alienpubes Nah, the Beatles had some good cuts. A lot of boy bands did. As for the psychedelic, I would recommend bands that had refined it before the Beatles ever pretended to played it. The Blues Magoos, the Electric Prunes, the Velvet Underground, the Seeds, and the Beach Boys come right to mind. Hell, the Yarbirds gave us "For Your Love" back in '65. Listen to THAT with headphones.
Hister333 1 year ago
@Hister333 I would say Strawberry Fields Forever is the greatest psychedelic song of all time. Otherwise, Revolution 9 is a complete mind-fuck. They just had variety and were colorful. I never really cared for Velvet Underground or The Yardbirds. The Beach Boys were good though.
Alienpubes 1 year ago
@Alienpubes Strawberry Fields is pretty psychedelic. I still cling to that great Clinton Heylin quote, "In the early months of '68, an album was recorded at Abby Road studios that would change the face of pop music forever. But enough about Pink Floyd's 'Piper At the Gates of Dawn.'"
Hister333 1 year ago
@Hister333 both rule, but the beatles own both actually...and im not even a beatles fan nut you can really tell how the beatles influenced these guys on 3 chords alone, get real
theachtungtree 1 year ago
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theachtungtree 1 year ago
@Hister333 I got your back.
kieser78 1 year ago
@kieser78 Sweet. Those ICP fans can get pretty vicious.
Hister333 1 year ago
@Hister333 No, sorry but the best Band is Deep Purple and that is for the 70's, MC5 is good for the 60's. In the 80's it was Maiden, 90's Rob Zombie, and today there's only shit band.
vincenthefrench 1 year ago
@vincenthefrench Nothing good now? Try Against Me! White People for Peace is a good cut.
Hister333 1 year ago
@Hister333 Sorry i mean shit compared to the old school band like guns, maiden, osbourne. of course there's a lot of band that rock my socks off, like a7X, five finger death punch, jettblack, wardanz... but the true metal is not anymore :(
vincenthefrench 1 year ago
@Hister333 Sorry, Hister, you forgot Stone Roses. Come an' get me, hehehe ...
inspiralroses 1 year ago
@inspiralroses You remember the Stone Roses? I swear, you deserve an award or something just for that.
Hister333 1 year ago
@Hister333 Yeah, who wouldn't remember them? They have done loads of good for a change in musical approach, I dare say maybe even more than the Beatles, in some kinda way. They were and still are very crucial to my understanding of music, as are the Sisters of Mercy, Joy Division and Young Gods.
inspiralroses 1 year ago
@Hister333 You're going to fight somebody over a band? Really?
uncritic 11 months ago
@uncritic I shanked a guy in Ryker's for making fun of Bieber's hair, so yeah.
Hister333 11 months ago
@Hister333 I've never heard of this "greatest band in history" until today...and frankly, I can see why...they are right up there with Anvil.
try2bcool 11 months ago
@try2bcool First of all, Anvil weren't the only band to have the balls to play at the Democratic National Convention, second, Anvil don't have an FBI file a mile long, and third, this is not best work. It's a country cover, and you have to hear the original to see what they did with it. I'd recommend some cuts from their last album, High Time. Sister Anne, Poison, Over and Over are all great ones.
Hister333 11 months ago
@Hister333 That may be true, I just meant that Anvil is a band that went nowhere even though they should have been big.
try2bcool 11 months ago
@try2bcool There's a handful of bands from the late '60s, and early '70s that were innovative, and inspired musicians, but couldn't seem to sell records. The short list is Velvet Underground, MC5, Stooges, Modern Lovers, and New York Dolls. The MC5's failure, however, had little to do with their music. There were drugs (obviously), and then there was the fact that they tried to gain the favor of the rock industry, and the left-wing extremists. In the end, they alienated both.
Hister333 11 months ago
Anvil simply had a lot of money, and opportunity thrown at them, and the record companies never saw the payoff.
Hister333 11 months ago
Fred can sing
thorpowerfly 1 year ago 2
thecatonice, no it was not abrasive. That was "our" music. It wasn't invented later. It was then and it was the birth of a new sound that led the way for other groups like the Amboy Dukes, REO Speedwagon, and so many others. Wish you could have been there.
TheSashadoc 1 year ago
catonice, I was either in that audience, or one like it, and i can say that we loved it. It was a distinct sound around the Detroit area at the time, I think maybe as a reaction to so much of the Motown shit that was coming out. These were people that we identified with, and yes, years later, I did become a punk. Goddamn it, MC5 was great, though!!!
fubar50cat 1 year ago 2
This must have been really abrasive sounding to most people at the time. Fucking punks before punk rock with electric guitars and distortion. Innovative and classic.
thecatonice 1 year ago