Bow Wow Wow Do You Wanna Hold Me Live

[LivingMy9Lives]

Saw them in 1983.

[Skaz32225]

In the 80's, they used to sing this song at FC Twente Enschede, a football club from the Eastern part of The Netherlands. As soon as the leader started to sing, the whole section was jumping and pogoing in section P, PP in the good old Diekman Stadium. Sometimes it was a bit dangerous because in those days they did not had seats in those sections.

[HKKRAMER]

Bloody good. Thanks

[robroseless]

This answer is...Yes I wanna hold you Anabella...

[hddwordsmith]

Fantastic song, performance, and video. Thanks for sharing, parkhill62 !

[hddwordsmith]

Fantastic song, performance, and video. Thanks for sharing, parkhill 62 !

[TurkBack2]

1983? So Annabelle would have been 17 in this video. Compare that to the pop tarts today, especially the ones masquerading as rockers.

[WolfmanToldmeToBilo]

I wonder if John Frusciante knows he was in this band.

[zeppelinfanatic100]

the guitarist is hot

[MrDigitaldork]

This song blows my Classic Rock self away, I like Tony Banks, Jimmy Page-Led Zepp, Hendrix(Merman-Moon T/ T/Tides Gently) The Original I Fought the Law, The musicianship on this song is fantastic, I wont forget the songwriting, I didn`t know the Post-Punks were capable of this kind of musicianship/performance. Greatallthewayaround!!!!!Why does`nt anybody comment on this performance on Yahoo?

[yiblon]

Hugely underrated.

[tedGEGI]

really----that drummer kicks ass on his set

[soadfan33]

Luv the drums in this sing. Great drummer!!

[pearlsnaredrummer77]

Met the band outside the Stanley theater in Pittsburgh 83 or so....

[nullnaught]

His guitar is very nice but it has one of those STUPID tremelo bars. I wouldn't want one for that reason alone.

[dmatzo]

@nullnaught 1st thing I would have done to it were it mine.

[GUITANO65]

HEY!WHAT'S RIFF RAFF DOIN' PLAYING GUITAR?IT'S ASTOUNDING,TIME IS FLEETING.

[Kylef7735]

I would give anything to have Matthew Ashmans Gretsch White Falcon.

[erikhai1]

Awesome! What a commanding stage presence she has for someone so young. I remember listening to this album over and over as we silk screened tee shirts in a garage in '83. Ahh... the memories.

[rayva1]

She has an absolutely gorgeous face.

[wolvenmeisje]

Cool guitarplayer

[gretscher]

At about 2:20 she does a Johnny Rotten with her eyes and expression. She's a beauty.  A Euasian beauty!!! A Burmese/English beauty!

[MightySaturn5]

...constant workout for that drummer

[bobtim87]

great drums

[ritter89]

Great tune, only one I really loved from Bow Wow Wow. I Want Candy was a cover, of course and the rest of the album sounded like filler to me, so this song was a shocker when it was released. It's got a great melody and some unexpected rhythms going on underneath. Almost seemed too complex for them. They split up shortly afterward.

[jenstarrphoto]

i love the 80s singers who actually sound like the recorded songs...fantastk!

[simfaithguitar1]

all that music coming from three guys and a gal....

[perpetual61]

RIP Malcom Mc Laren if it wasn't for you there would not be Bow Wow Wow.

[warholboy]

RIP Malcom

[ritter89]

@warholboy Holy shit. Malcom fucking died??? I'm out of the loop. I used to be aware of these things and could recite the birth and death dates of the famous off the top of my head. Now, I'm clueless. I gotta look this up. I bet it was a heart attack...

[themainproblem]

@ritter89 Don't be too hard on yourself. It can be difficult to keep up sometimes. Bow wow wow was a really cool band.

[gchaoman]

I would love to see NO DOUBT do an 80's cover albulm. I would love to hear Gwen throw down some BOW WOW, Missing Persons, Madness songs!!!

[edwjoolee]

What musicians! Totally underrated band from the 80's.

[gchaoman]

VERY COOL BAND FROM THE 80's. They really influenced Gwen Stefani and No Doubt!!

[MsMollyx]

Annabella..

[Graffitti74]

I cant believe Annabella was only 16 yo when she performed this song. She looks very mature and sounds fantastic. You could see the influence in No Doubt and RHCP. Id marry her in heart beat.

[tialeetull]

i love the album this came off of - to die for.

shiver, also from when the tough get going, would be great to see a live version of - love, love, love that song. this song and that are my very favorites of theirs! thank you so very much for posting bow wow wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JeanPheen]

i had the cassette too. when the going gets tough the tough get going. lots of great songs on there. played the tape endlessly.

[perpetual61]

I use to have this cassette as I remember it also had Aphrodisiac.

[prettybionic]

omg...best eva band.....just works

[karziflora]

Matthew Ashman was a genius/underrated guitarist...RIP!!!

[yrdbird]

@karziflora I agree. Sometimes what you don't play is more important than what you do play. They were a fantastic band live!

[thehuman]

these guys could really play. Animal Collective and Vampire Weekend kinda suck in comparison....

[DimebagsLeftToe]

well, they suck anyway

[DeathMetalDouglas68]

They were amazing. Go die, please.

[DimebagsLeftToe]

no. i meant animal collective and vampire weekend. animal collective isnt bad, but... they could be doing cooler more amazing stuff. they have potential

[DeathMetalDouglas68]

the human was comparing Bow Wow Wow to these two bands. Next time specify, please. You have four minuses, so there must be ohers confused as well as this video is Bow Wow Wow.

[rilyice]

R.I.P. Matthew Ashman

[trumpetchump]

Pure ingredients, absolutely no additives...cant get any better than that!

[dacritter]

LOVE YOU ANNABELLA1 bass player looks like jay cutler

[pugg185]

lol! he does...

[keeef66]

Absolutely NOBODY plays bass like Leigh Gorman. What an original.

[chimproller]

RIP, Leigh.

[sonicavenga]

Leigh isn't dead!

[DeathMetalDouglas68]

One of the best. Technical as fuck all. Live it appears he used a pick, but I think the studio version of this he used his fingers - kinda like Jaco Pastorius or Percy Jones. Everytime I listen to these records my jaw drops.

She reunited with him in the late 90's up until '06 I believe. I hope I get to see them onstage someday.

[pickbaum4]

mark king level 42

[InternetToughGuyXL]

She's great! Wow. What a band.

[86lenny]

WOW ! Fantastic version ! What year was this from ?

[parkhill62]

1983

[volksrepair]

Rare and very cool. Thx for posting...

[Babyhowdy233]

Matthew Ashman was a simply AWESOME guitarist, very under-

rated! He died far too young:

dead at a mere 35 years from

diabetic complications. :'(

[oldschoolhero2006]

annabella lwin was smoking hot and very exotic! and she could sing too! yummy!!!

[boydegg]

Great live performance.

[Scum71succer]

I will hold you, I love you :D

[pbh94515]

What great song. Love it.

[HeliosHelleborine]

Amazingly great live performance,thought this would've been hard to recreate live but no,great musicians all around,thanks parkhill!

[cnotegoblue]

incredible

[powrxplor69]

AWESOME! my early teens in the early

80s! great band great song-criminally

underrated- should've been a top ten for them

Annabella rulez!!!! RIP Mr Ashman

[libeth2]

I LOVE the African drumming-style

[runner99]

YES! The snare is like seasoning unlike the tom-toms, which are the main ingredient. Much better band than the "one hit wonder" tag they have here in the U.S.A.

[sfumato1002]

@runner99 , well, the USA has Bow Wow Wow as a one hit wonder and Justin Beiber as the greatest male singer in history?!?!..LOL!!! You don't like the worldcup and you think the NBA champion is world champion. hahaha. Children i gotta warn you......

[MediaPointEnt]

Such an incredible Band. And so unique.

UNREAL !

: )

[volksrepair]

Annabelle and the former Ants - Wow wow! Thx for posting this *flashback*!

[parapab61]

many years ago now i had bass lessons off lee and anabella used to record demo`s in the house i lived in, name dropper lol i was only about 25 then and had only just moved to london none of mates believed me. lol

[thecommonground]

That's so cool! How did you get to know Lee?

[ApplianceOperator]

Excellente!

[earlymtv]

yo, i met this chick 2 yrs ago in NJ at a horror convention, she was ok until i asked her if she was seeing anyone, then she got all offended at me asking that. instead of just saying yes or no... she performed i want candy later on, and didnt sound that great...

[Zoootex]

you're a tosser mate, if you didn't ask such a dickhead question you probably could of had a decent conversation with her.

@earlymtv

But with that said, this lady is definitely a dream girl, but with that said she deserves respect, not guys thinking with their dicks.

[nkmcfrln]

@Zoootex her bandmates ALWAYS thought with their dicks

[1986uno45s]

What a great live performance by a band that was vastly underrated back in the day. This clip shows just how much talent and uniqueness they had. Modern 'pop' bands can't even come close to this.

[silkcity19]

Completely outshines all these so called female stars of today

[ScorpionMD]

I've been very impressed with their overall look and sound.

[earlymtv]

excellent live performance

[georgerandotti]

Beyond compare. So unique, so talented, so special. AMAZING Music. UNDER-RATED! ~

[Mark7sf]

I'm a hard rock fan, but Bow Wow Wow was an amazing band...unique guitar, drums and vocals.

[julieswahn]

My goodness, I don't remember them being this good. I suppose because there was no MTV or videos available.. just the vinyl and some photos to see what they were about.. but this makes me really appreciate what a musically-good band they were. Sad about the guitarist (Matt) passing away so young.

[juanitochimpo]

Actually, there were several great videos played on MTV. What a great band.

[acoutts]

Great video. They were such awesome musicians - stunning rhythm section.

[acoutts]

P.S. love how when she says, "Do you wanna hold me - hold me there?", she grabs her throat. Nassssty ...

[julieswahn]

I guess I am a bit naive for my 49 years but I am not getting what you mean by it being Nassssty when she grabs her throat. As if a dominance/submission thing or what? Do think that she was aware of that sort of thing at the young age she is in this video? Just wonderin' :)

[acoutts]

Yes, and yes.

[thecommonground]

There sound is so well crafted. Really excellent, thanks for posting.

[zuperzoe]

I like he hairstyle, very pretty and cool:)

Good music, its sounds good :)

[ERICWENDYBRIAN]

One of my all time favorite bands! I listen to their stuff regularly to this day. Great seeing this band live from this era. It seems so hard to find live stuff from them. THANK YOU!!!!

[maxrent]

Great musicians. Gorman was a virtuoso on bass and his playing "fit" this unique band. Ashman, what a guitar sound, brings that Americana wild west surf sound. Drums were unique "tribal" Burundi drumming- as they called it at the time.

And of course... Annabella ..... sigh

[boingdabber]

An incredible bunch of musicians - as said previously, Leigh Gorman's bass playing is world class and still is. Thanks for posting!

(If you want some unusual Bow Wow Wow footage, just pop over to my page and take a quick look...)

[Retrogradevids]

Like all the best bassists, Gorman plays finger style on some stuff,sometimes utilizing thumb slap & employs a pic on other songs. A true innovator of Bass playing.

[Retrogradevids]

WOW ! Didn't think there was any genuine live video of this band from this time. Great band , everyone a STAR. Their would have been NO Flea if not for Lee Gorman.

[MightySaturn5]

very true Retro, I actually think Gorman is better then flea in many ways plus I've never seen Mr. Gorman trying to call attention to himself-he just did it

[yehah]

Interesting, please elaborate? I've liked the peppers for about 21 years now and to this day i still don't know much about flea's relation with Gorman. Bow wow wow were one under rated band.

[keeef66]

Interestingly, in a Rolling Stone feature on modern-day guitar heroes, RHCP guitarist John Frusciante expressed his great admiration for Matthew Ashman.

[julieswahn]

I read something about that, too (re Frusciante admiring Matthew Ashman). I believe he even began playing the White Falcon guitar that Matthew used. Such a beauty, that guitar, and in very skilled hands they were! Too bad about the poor boy.. my admiration just grows over the band each day. I never recall them being so damn good!

[seerauberjohnny]

Billy Duffy too used to play a white falcon!

[Tamesis66]

Loves it. It's hard to find footage from this period of their career (i.e. "When the going gets tough" tour & appearances, but esp. any tour stuff). Thanks for posting!

[kingkongmei]

Their best song ("I want candy" was a cover). A kickass rockabilly guitarist w/ a mohawk. A cute burmese w/ a mohawk--and a tribal sounding rythmn section...totally original and totlly cool !!!

[stevegainesthehero]

WOW Great Vid! 5*

[macstar2002]

great! great guitar work great drums

[a1950hotrodcat]

Just shows you that this song is awesome when it's actually played live.

[thoutah]

Wow, what an incredible band they were. This is priceless, thanks for posting it.

[sneeoosh2]

Anabella Lewin - to die for.

[xamve]

so charming,thank you!!

[GimmeBWW]

This is awesome! It's actually live instead of a TOTP lipsynch.