Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone

[BCK]

The very first vid I watched on youtube, Jan 2006

[timothybrannigan]

I saw  Mott The Hoople at The Uris Theater, on Broadway, in the '70s. Queen was the opening act!

[panheadchick1212]

@timothybrannigan - I DID TOO!!! Finally, REDEMPTION! I found someone else who was there! . People have never believed me when I told them. They say Queen would never open a theatre for someone like Mott. I think it was the first or one of the first shows Queen played in the US. They sure looked alot different than they did it later years. Boy would I like to get a bootleg of that show. I loved Mott and no one wanted to go w/me so I went myself. Do you remember the setlist? Cheryl

[stashyjon]

at least they resisted to the urge to muck about like some of the bands did on Top of the Pops.

[n0thank7]

"This isn't disco > : ("

[rocktenniscat]

Hey, where's Buffin?

[AttilaThe1]

WTF? Looks like lips moving to something else like you expect in an old Godzilla movie?

[BrandonsVictim]

Hahaha I thought this was a Mumford & Sons cover

[scotsmaninusa]

anyone else notice that's  Simon Fox from Be Bop Deluxe on drums.

Buffin must've been ill at the time.

[jcoopercam]

Luther Grosvner was key in shaping the playing style of Randy Rhoads.

[lerxt42]

classic song

[jsilence418]

They were famous if at all, for one song and it was written by, produced by, and sounded like David Bowie it's the only way these spinal tapish losers could make it !

[lerxt42]

@jsilence418 losers? i think not

[jsilence418]

@lerxt42 posuers pretending to be rock stars an unfunky audience for a criminally unfunky band. I,ve heard bands playing high school dances with more originality.

[lerxt42]

@jsilence418 oh christ...if you dont like it why the hell listen to it

[jsilence418]

@lerxt42 Uh, who said I was listening to it? you can leave comments without subjecting your self to....

[lerxt42]

@lerxt42 yeah ...er..right then

[tokaicarl]

@jsilence418 what do you mean spinal tapish losers you prat? i an hunter is an absolute genius and is still playing today and sounds amazing for A 70 year old bloke-

[jsilence418]

@tokaicarl Careful how you throw that word genius around, it may come back in the form of real genius and bite you on the ass !drop the poople were a mistake of the seventies, not unlike you!!

[tokaicarl]

@jsilence418 -- actually you fucking twat i am only 26 but appreciate good musicians from 60s 70s  unlike you i should imagine

[jsilence418]

@tokaicarl Uh, then why does your profile say you are 35 lol fuck stupid, next time you have trouble counting higher than ten, take off your shoes !!

[tokaicarl]

@jsilence418 i dont know what my profile age say qnd who fucking cares- what the fuck are you even doing on this page if you hate it- what do you think you are some fucking comedian or something? ive looked at your uploads and i thought so- boring fucking load of crap(apart from j beck)- ps leave jokes to someone whos fucking funny

[ronnola]

Many thanks, great to see this vid!

[BCK]

Very first vid I watched on youtube back in January '06. (before Google bought it)

[0moretto0]

Where's Buffin? Speed is off....German show? the speed is off (higher pitch). Did Ariel nail every thing in the room?  LOL

[csc55]

Marian Gold from Alphaville (remember the song, "Forever Young"?) does a damn mean version of this one with his amazing voice, as well...from his So Long Celeste CD and AV's Dreamscapes collection. What year was this segment taped?

[tomkittelkey]

Great music... but the show? Which show? This is a fake TV live show, not a single note was live here, just canned music with mimicked playing..... maybe that explains why the audience is acting like a dead fish.

Really don't like the anti-german prejudice in some comments here... fake shows like this were very common all over the world in the 70ies.

[alcockell]

Yeah - looks like the TOTP format... I think the Beeb licensed the format in about 68...

[Glamking1]

@tomkittelkey The show is called Disco, however it is hosted by non other than comedian/actor Ilja Richter and he does sketches for over the 45-min limit.

[jeddak5]

@tomkittelkey

Absolutely right. Hunter makes a good effort trying to make it appear that the little girl is singing but he can't pull it off, and the attempt to make her seem like she is filling in for the whole choir is laughable. But you are also right that this stuff was more the rule than the exception during the seventies.

[iratecabbie]

superb,, why cant modern music be as good as this?

[wilkinsgy]

Buffin is not on drums in this video. Does anybody know who is ?

[72dudes]

I think it's one of the road crew - not sure why Buff wasn't there at the time.

Also, it's not one of Thunderthighs or Lyndsey De Paul doing the "party rap" bit. Is it Trudi, Ian's wife?

[jte1959]

The drummer is Simon Fox from Be Bop Deluxe, they borrowed him as Buff had I believe, Tonsillitis .. & it's definitely NOT Trudy, probably just a TV studio rent -a- miming singer type ....

[QsdewaX]

I guess he was drunken again like often, hehe.

[garygodwincarpetfit]

I reckon it's Stan Tippins. Great video. Fighting the fans off.

[faggylimpwrist]

I once seen one of my lover Stevens Hoople albums. I forget what one it was because I dont really give a shit. Well anyway it was the one that shows Ian Hunters empty bloody eyesockets. Freaked me out or some shit.

[72dudes]

Hmm, OK, well, you are remembering incorrectly.

The album was Shades of Ian Hunter, and his eye sockets are not empty.

The shades thing was done for a gimic/image and it stuck. His eyes are also sensitive to light.

[1405morrison]

I see the audience is intrigued by Ian's ability to rock the soundstage blind like he is. Or they are trying to get a glimps of his empty eyesockets. I dont know but they seem uncomfortable being around the man.

[sueyahoo]

ha ha I remember bristol.......

[jingledell666]

Good lord, was this filmed in stoic Minnesota? One of my favorite songs, thanks.

[peacepalestine]

In fact, the audience is amazingly stiff!

But... what a tune! Beautiful! (and it sounded good too). Thanks for posting!!!

[ultrakool]

Sedate krauts.

[alexolivero]

lol.... they are jsut staring at MTH. funny.

[pennyfritz]

They are actually very vibrant for a Germen audience ;-)

[snowdoguk]

3sat is a German tv station, so what else would you expect from the audience? :D

Mott the Hoople, the first band I was ever in to, the live album recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, with Aerial Bender, what a classic, still got it in my collection, albeit scratched to bits. Great to see these old clips and many thanks for posting.

[pernicketty]

Bunch o' stiffs. I'll bet Leo Sayer was up next and they were all waitin' to rock out for him.

[ZanessaForever45]

DAMN. Ill be happy just seeing one of those audience members breathe.

[polarbearsarelost43]

i know right??? wtf........

[DiegoShine1]

hey at 1:35 that guys tapping his foot. they're real!

[deadwoodgulch]

was this filmed in a wax museum? where did they get that audience of plant pots from?

[blueswailer1952]

Wos all them mushrooms doin'? Didn't anyone tell them you're supposed to go absolutely mental when Mott are on stage? Well I did, anyway.

[ronnieclarke]

Was the croud all mourning a loss. thats funny. How could you not get excited about Mott the Hoople.

[taliesyn12]

I love the crowd.I can hear them thinking what on Earth is this crazy rock and roll.

[dalifabulous]

Why is the audience motionless to this song..

[dalifabulous]

Great song, my fave of mott

[GimmeGimmeNeverGetz]

can any1 explain the words for me???

thankz..

[robster24816]

Won't you roll away the stone. Ancient burial tombs (similar to Jesus' tomb) had a heavy round stone in a detent to seal the entrance. Why be cold and so alone. They would roll away the stone to add another family member. Maybe the family members are rock and roll, and rockabilly. Don't you let it die. Reference to decline of rock during disco era? Maybe Mott instructed the pro-disco audience to be subdued? Just a guess, thinking out loud, don't hold me to it.

[NotASheep]

Was the audience on Quaalude's man? Great song! Lurve me some hoople!

[lordliefpin]

this is from a german tv-show called "disco". throughout the early 70s it came every saturday. back then it was the only show on german tv that featured international rock and pop acts. since the producers of "disco" didn´t knew that this kind of music was about fun it was part of the concept to let the audience sit still and be in awe.

[pcavadude]

what was wrong with the audience did they not know they were in the presence of gods? definetely not buff

[mott2008]

one of my all time favorites!

[ogo57]

where the hell is buffin,the actual drummer???

[ronnieclarke]

yeah must have seen the crowd and left and got the most excited crowd member. And that back up singer another excited person in the crowd.lol

[mottnianhunter]

Was this when he was ill?

[motthead69]

if there is WHERE IS IT?...I'd KILL for that DK footage - never seen it, whether it was "Memphis" or ANY OTHER...what year was it and are you sure it exists?...also, I don't see any of it here on YouTube...please inform...thanks much...

[motthead69]

the thing about my alltime fav r&r band and was that they were never caught on video in their prime years ('70-'73 imo)...THAT'S JUST TOO DAMN BAD!

[ltpgn]

wHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT AUDIENCE MAN?

[bolanbabe]

they were takin in all the words!!!lol........if i were there...well....id be up on the stage!!!!

[theuncletodd]

wow- for a lip synch version--I have never seen a crowd so dead

People--it's R & R ---shake those hips!!

[glimmer2158]

such an enthusiastic audience.......NOT!

[derekblank]

Those kids look so pissed to be there

[kickassemogirl]

i got hugs and kisses from them today:)

[rockon1898]

Who's the cute Kylie-lookalike chick doing the bv ?(Kylie must have been about 9 years old then -lol and that certainly isn't Lynsey DePaul.

Also where's Buffin? Who's the drummer?

[motthead69]

I agree - no doubt, but mind you, the Mott Live version of ALWFM w/Aerial Bender blows the studio version w/Ralphs away in so many different ways imo...

[motthead69]

as a DEVOUT and DEDICATED MottHead (my personal all-time favorite r&r band) I have often wondered why most critics and fans alike harken back to the roots of Mott with Ralphs and Verden - they were great then to be sure, and I realize that I am firmly in the MINORITY on this but Mott NEVER sounded better ANYWHERE at ANYTIME in their history than they do on Mott the Hoople Live 30th Anniversary with Aerial and Morgan Fischer (recorded in 1973)...do any Hoople fans out there feel the same?...

[rayholtz]

I love all Mott The Hoople lineups.

[buchali]

I agree!!!. I attended the Hammersmith Odeon Show in 1973, and they were absolutely mind blowing Live. Mind you, Ralphs is great on the Mott Album. His guitar interplay with Andy's Sax on All the Way from Memphis is, to my ears, a masterpiece!!!!

[6alan6]

I've loved Mott since I was 10, Had all the albums, even Madcap Shadows. The stuff with Aerial Bender, what a name,was pretty good." Jimmy's feel down 'cause he ain,t got a pound". The Great White Wail kicked ass too!. I think Ian wrote Cleveland Rocks because I spent all my money on his albums. I had the book 'Diary of a Rock n' Roll Star" by Ian, which I got in Ireland, and had stolen in Cleveland. A cycle I guess, at least it was read.

[epictrip]

I Love MOTT forever and I had the good fortune to see them perform at TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA in the early 70s I dont know what to make of the audience , maybe they are asked not to move around I've seen this before from these european show clips.

[DickieSam]

Mott The Hoople at their best.

[MottBonzo]

i love this so much

[reaperpro]

such a transcendently great song.

[MuzzikLvr]

Great clip. I love how Ian lifts the back-up singer to reach the mic.

[annachestnut]

kids- forget the SAT prep. Spend your jr. high and teen years practicing your guitars, drums, voice. Make a contribution to art as these guys did. GREAT stuff!

[TPratch]

One of Mott's best songs ever, and the band is having fun. HOW could the audience just sit there like that? Or---did someone slip downers into the punch? Incredible.

[TigerlilyLoamsdown]

Well, lets put it in 21st century context. There are a group of radical terrorists off camera threatening to behead anyone who gets up to dance.

[funkycherrygirl]

Very miserable audience - I mean come on I love this song how can it not make you want to dance!! In fact I can imagine myself dancing to this at my wedding [if I ever get married of course!!]

[rayholtz]

They may have been a phony audience just put their by the studio to make the video(probably a bunch of kids who didn't even like Mott The Hoople)

[jsib]

hot song!

[speak4you]

I first saw Hoople on ABC's "In Concert" with Uriah Heep on the same show. That was when they would "simulcast" in stereo over an FM station. That was a great show. I wish someone could unearth that one! I've got it on audio but would love to see the vid.

[liamssoft]

Great performance!!!

[tomkittelkey]

What a dumb comment from a bluenosed ignorant idiot!! In which century do you live?

[puppyjesus69]

Well I guess that would place me in the pre-mid 20th century. Okay, I admit it was a cheap shot. Too lazy to be clever. Nice use of the term "Bluenosed." You must be living in the 18th century.

[puppyjesus69]

What do you expect from a German audience? They can't have fun unless it involves burning books or invading Poland!

[golfster01]

Very Nice Indeed!!!! Actual video footage of Mott and very nice quality.

[AllHailDiscordia]

so much the funky 70's - did you see the Disco signs - uh, what does this song have to do with Disco. What a disease Disco was...

[nazareth4372]

the audience were waiting for tiny tim.

wish i had been in there with a large stick.

they would have fucking moved then. great song.

great band

[TACurtis]

LOL, yeah, no Buffin!

Terrific song.

[lostlanguage]

What the hell's wrong with the miserable audience! Good to see the mighty Overend Watts still givin' it some, but who's the drummer and where's Buffin?

[outerspacytracy]

audience a la the Yardbirds in Blow Up...?

pretty funny stuff.

[purplewoodentops]

aww this is great do you have all the way to memphis by mott?

[newgolddream]

Pure magic - thanks for this

[stefanromberg]

Tjohoooooooooooooo what a hit. Why must I always write in english? I prefer swedish: en kanonlåt helt enkelt/SR

[deanburgess69]

these guyrs are pretty cool

[IncaRoads]

...apparently barbiturate smoothies were served on the set that day.

[marshallstack]

Fuckin' 'ell!

Great song..where was it filmed, Village of the Damned?

[TheSmi]

Wow, that audience is really boring there. How could they just sit there?!!

[fatshaz22]

Muahahahahahaha. I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEE­EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe this song sooooooooo Much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!! hehe I also love the sweet lol =P

[Marchtheblackqueen]

I love Mott the Hoople! They're my 2nd favorite band...but it's a close race :-P! Thanks for posting this!

[juveniledelinquentwr]

Thank you, push ,push, makes sense, thats probably why it didn't come to me.

[juveniledelinquentwr]

Thank You, Mott Rocks, is that shalalala bush bush, or push push or what?

[Avebury]

It's "push, push" as in pushing (rolling) the stone away.

[mikewho]

Very cool! Who is that drummer???

[peachweenie]

It's Simon Fox (Be Bop Deluxe) sitting in for Buffin, who (official story) was mixing the Live album.

[Avebury]

Thanks. I was wondering the same thing.

Do you know what company makes the Magic Ray Gun froze the audience?

[peachweenie]

Thank you so much for this video! Mott is one of my favorites, more please!!

[buppie2000]

ok

[blippo]

All the way from Memphis