THE SWEET-Solid gold brass live 1974

[vanessamcqueen11]

I love this

[ChangMeiLi]

I can't understand what on earth does Brian with that keybord. Not a sound.

[absintheangel777]

Totally awesome, totally sexy to the CORE - forever! Sweet will never die!

[MrHalmason]

yummy as shit!

[demonhoopa]

LOL at the freaks in the audience that don't understand this is not dance music.

[manfromregina]

FN coool, even got the walkers dancin.

[MaximumCowboy]

"I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it....."

- Marty McFly

[TriumphTSX]

RIP Brian & Mick, One of the best songs they wrote themselves...Wish I could go back in time to '74.....Sure beats the politically correct crap of the present...........

[bjstoker1]

I want to go back to 1974 and jump Steve's bones...lol

[hollywoodfee]

Wow gigantisch hab das Video noch nicht so oft angeschaut aber die Stimme von Brian ist gigantisch und auch Steve ist göttlich.

[sonictriger2]

all the members of the band had the charisma of a frontman,the ultimate supergroup

[bareknuckles2u]

Damn, these guys were good musicians!

[bornburied]

They are surrounded by writhing ZOMBIES!!!

[olhobbler]

lol, thats the truth

[05francis10]

Great band, super song!! The Sweet are the best forever!!!!

[ste123456754]

have a listen to all strung up brilliant album this band could rock

[duckfuckism]

2:18

looks like ringo :D

[FrAnKiViTy]

Any band that can play like this live is the real deal.

The Sweet are cool even more now than before.

[jimmythecreep]

whew this a jam right here...still get chills when i hear it...attitude aplenty...these idiodic bands of today seriously need to listen to this stuff and relearn the laws of the jungle...then quit, hahaha...:)

[baracatjr]

So perfect that it is hard to believe it is live. Great band.

[isgren8]

Love to see Brian on Keyboards ;o)

Greetings from deep frozen winter wonderland Copenhagen

[kennytreg]

Yes,not totally live but still makes for a great clip.this was always a great song.

[ztormar]

please this is not live, the whole sound graph in detail is from the studio album

[Karl036]

Now this is live stuff no over dubs here....Love it

[Karl036]

@Karl036 Only close examination "yes" it not live...Look and Mick's drumming @ 2:13 its out of sync. But its still good stuff anyway.

[WillyMcCoy50]

So fuckin' rare to see this caliber of a band from this time period that isn't lip syncing and no overdubs!! Looks like the poster even got the soundtrack to sync with the visuals this time too!!!

[dizneeluvr09]

i love this song/band. they belong in the Rock and roll hall of fame. i just melt when i see Brian sing. what a singer. and steve when he flirts w/the camera, sexy. RIP Brian and Mick. thank you guys for sharing your music and talent with the world.

[b1kes]

Great performance of a great track from an equally great album. Desolation Boulevard was the first LP I ever bought, I'm amazed at my own good taste! When people talk about Sweet being underated, it's tracks like Solid Gold Brass that give the argument substance.

[RockyG1978]

Ha! My first album too. I agree with you 100%. These guys get totally slagged for the Glam thing. Thing is, they were really good musicians, song writers, (they all could sing) and were incredibly tight as a band.

[Hoolaballoo]

Andy Scott had a "Blackmoresque" attitude in some riffs and solos, really a great and underrated axeman, not to say about the mighty bass of Steve Priest!

[MaximumCowboy]

Fox on the Run got me hooked in 1977. A few years later I took a chance and bought Desolation Boulevard not realizing every song on that album was good...Sweet is an underrated band with excellent musicians years ahead of their time. They can switch lead singers, cross the line from Hard Rock to Rock-A-Billy, to Jazz, then back to the Hard in the same song. They should be in Cleveland as there were very few bands like them at that time. Their influence is seen in many metal bands of the '80's.

[LifesonFan4Life]

I'll take this over the majority of shit that permeates the airwaves these days .. Sweet is the shit !!!

[deepblue1963]

I think Brians voice was hurting from that throat injury he received in a brawl...He looked like he was hurting.

[mcolquitt]

Dude they were lip-syncing everyone did on all those old shows.

[deepblue1963]

Dude?

[intuantu]

They recorded the instrumental track on location (earlier in the day) and sang live for the video-taping.

[mcolquitt]

No they didn't either! I am a musician specifically a guitarist and he (who is on guitar Mick?)was clearly not playing what the track was on many shots. And back in this era they didn't have the facilities nor the equipment to just "record a track" any old time they wanted too. It was a big production to record at all. Sorry they were lip-syncing.

[intuantu]

I'm a professional musician and quite a history buff, wrong-boy. Yes, they're obviously miming the music, but they're also obviously singing live. I got my info straight from Steve Priest's book, I guess we both clueless. There was a brief period where lip-syncing to studio recordings wasn't allowed on these shows, due to BBC rules to protect the rights of union musicians. It wasn't that difficult to get a good, quick recording with a minimum of tech fuss with a band as tight as Sweet.

[mcolquitt]

Thank you for removing the "boy" bits in your post. I will urge you to go back and watch again as Steve Priest is doing one talking bit he looks at the camera at one point and is saying a line while his head is not in front of the mic and yet you hear no audible change in signal. I don't profess to know it all but I must say your case holds no water with what I am seeing with my own eyes and hearing with my ears. Argue all you want but read MY lips...they are lip-syncing. Have a nice day!

[HenryCovert]

thx for posting. my favourite Sweet tune!

[skaterocknroll]

I remember this from 1 year ago haha

[Draddil]

Fantastic getting to see this again. Andy's guitar work is awesome ... really jazzy!

[tarkusmjg]

One of the best songs off of one of the best "hard rock" albums of 74. M. Tuckers thunderous double bass playing fantastic. A true pioneer sadly missed. Love the "Elvis " glasses on the bass player too.

[ThePaistecat]

It's the best! You know, they did pretty well in Circus magazine polls for Desolation Boulevard, Give Us a Wink, and Off the Record, but it's a shame U.S. FM radio completely ignores them in favor of Zep, Stones, Who, and the Doors. I'm so glad there are so many fans out there now, I hope Steve and Andy read this.

[Manikkonduct]

This guys rock live, i fucking love sweet!

[ldorr1]

This shit is Fin amazing! AMAZING!!

[MetalpuppyUS]

My first fave band!!! Sweet was such an amazing and sadly underated band..

[Juliana21948]

Andy's playing is solid gold!!

[blueleadguitar]

Sweet are still fantastic, I count myself very lucky to have seen their last UK gig as the original 4 piece at Hammersmith in 1978, I travelled from Norwich with my mate, both of us having taken the day off school, it was just brilliant!

[sometimes99er]

Just a bit into himself and the groove I guess ...

:-)

[sandman616]

That little hook at 3:59 is so fuckin' cool!! It is so damned surreal seeing all those preppy posers "dancing" to this song when most of them were probably very anxious for the song to end! Song definitely wasn't geared towards that crowd! LOL.

[Juliana21948]

Agree w/ya Sandman the crowd is not all there, but who cares the boys put on another great performance!

[oldspunky]

I still have Sweet playin alongside KOL and Drive by Truckers and The Clash and the Pistols

[baileywoodroffe]

one of the first times ive seen him use his ride cymbal

[warminator]

I really admire Micks drumming on this one.

His style was quite unique.

[baileywoodroffe]

i agree

[volontewilliams]

WTF?

Check out the guitar lead ar 3:22, very Eddie Van halen b4 Eddie.

Me think this guy was a real player's player.

Excellent stuff and I am drummer saying this.

[philcollinsrocks]

i love how the solo goes from loungey jazz to raucous glam perfection.... fuck, the Sweet are awesome

[dadblair]

i agree with you on the solo very cool and awesome.

[bellanoor]

The more I watch, the more I realice the talent of these fabilous men, they wrote this song and it`s so awesome and unlike the typical Sweet-sound.

(By the way, Steve`s so cool with his sunglasses and all...! He`s the man...!!)

[Brusselsprout06]

What the heck is on the dancing chick's head at 2:01 ?????

[ScottAnderson1948]

I don't know either. Maybe its a bandage. She might have had brain surgery, the day before they shot this video!!!

[Flyingmonkey64]

It looks like some sort of sticker that all the people in the audience had. Look close and you can see them stuck on their clothes. She just had a "creative placement" moment.

Love this video!!!

[pjacobo]

that's pretty funny

[bellanoor]

I have this one on the Desolation Boulevard vinyl I bought as a teen. In Norway we never saw Sweet on tv, so by watching all the great vids of Sweet here on Youtube, I have a lot of great memories. Just lovin` it!

Steve`s so cool, love him!

[1Brian94Connolly5]

!!!1:46!!!

great!

[Brusselsprout06]

not just great - Steve is aweseome!!!!!!!!!

I love his facial expressions while he is singing, etc.

[jimmythecreep]

this is straight-up my fave tune by these guys...slays me everytime i hear it...and i SPIN this one alot. intersting...how it's like kinda live...but not. there is a true live clip of the 16 teens on here which is absoluty killer.

[ToddSweeneyOnce]

@jimmythecreep I remember the first time I heard this one. I was like, "No, they're not that good". But they were and are that good! Not my favorite of theirs, but in the Top 5 for sure.

[ScottAnderson1948]

You are so right about this band being underated. They we're so ahead of their time, and its amazing to see how many bands stole something from this band. When I was in a band, we played, "Burn On The Flame". During our break, I had so many people coming-up to me, and asking me if we wrote that song. I would tell them No. Then I would tell them that "Sweet" wrote that song, and I was so amazed, at how hardly anyone of them had heard of "Sweet". I wish I could turn-back the hands of time!!!

[jaffathecat]

What can you say, sweet were maybe the best vocal harmony rock band to come out of england, and as players they were shit hot, saw them live a few times esp hammersmith 78 and ill tell you live they were even better, what does not come accros is just how good a performer and singer brian rearly was, he had that star thing totaly, and mick as a drummer ,well,

[isgren8]

@jaffathecat

I could not agree more with you

[tokaicarl]

always said it-really fuckin underated band r.i.p brian & nick

[beamerZ]

Pure genius

[xxxeightballxxx]

this shit really is live,they sound freakin great

[spikeman14]

Semi-live

[DaMeicho]

Never saw them on stage, I was too young.

Well, to young for my daddy...

That's how it was.

I'm so damn happy I grew up in those days of grest music.

Even though I was only able to go to my first concert in '78.

Born in 1964. That were hard times.

Get Your hairs cut!

Aber wir haben überlebt.

[spikeman14]

70's the decade dancing forgot

[jaydavee]

the best video on the Internet ^

[kateylouise]

what a great song! The sweet were/are amazing

[pegleyjr]

Ha! Did bands like MC even have ONE good singer? '70s were just a great time for music. I usually think of Grand Funk as being my fave '70s band, but then I hear The Sweet!!!

[Uwirubi]

It`s so horny music...I love it for the rest of my live !!!

[00kaffee]

super geil

steve voll die geile sonnenbrille und voll die coole stimme

[thesolot]

Not in '74 we couldn't.

[janie1961]

great track !!

[Dawn1959]

Brian was so hot!!!!Rest in Sweet Peace Brian and Mick.

[Blackmamafan]

This an album track called "Solid Gold Brass" which is an album track from The Sweet's 1974 album called "Desolation Boulevard (British version). This performance is from the programme "Geordie Scene". Alfred (fountain on HSH).

[catitahBallroomblitz]

I love The Sweet. I love too Brian

Brian is the best singer!!!

[1TheNuclears1]

love the solo...real facemelter

[sp4172]

Another Rock Classic, doesn't get better. Like the way the all share microphone duties. Today it's rare to see that.

Love it ......

" Heart of a woman

But she's a child

Something inside that's gonna drive you wild "

" Solid gold brass got a mean streak

And it's running through my veins

Solid gold brass gotta green streak

And it's going to my brain

And she helps me hang on in there "

[superlighter3000]

I live in a country (italy) where The Sweet was never really popular, I remember I go totally crazy with theyr music, Stolen all theyr singles on the shop becouse I had no money at the time.

I really loved them also if I don't understand a single words but the powerful music and the incredible voice ov Brian really touch my heart and any single cell of my body!

I'm only sad becouse I never saw them play live and have the opportunity to say them THANK YOU! for all the happynes they gave to me!

[PokemonTrainer007]

Five stars offcourse. Sweet 4-ever!

[AntonyStrus]

This and 'Cockroach' are my favs. And possibly 'Hard Times'.

Brian Connolly's voice is clearly suffering from that injury by this time =(

[Painkiller879]

best sweet song ever,among others =)),rock on sweet

[c3m2]

That was a awesome.

[rachaellf]

Gidday,

Great to hear some of the more obscure but memorable heavier and bluesier Sweet.

Cheers Fletch

[SynthetiKTeasE]

thnx sooo much for this.. i absolutly love steve!!

[pjacobo]

best part of the song is the blues riff in the middle, but the original studio version is FAR better

[monicalarsson]

He is a lead vocal on No You Dont too...,

[monicalarsson]

thank you both!!

[asabola]

He sings in 'Give the lady some respect'.  You can search for that on here too.

[thesolot]

The hollywood star of that lady that sung that song is just outside a hooters.

[monicalarsson]

Thanks for adding the video!!! (Do you know any moore songs where Steve did the vocals)

[Hell1974Raiser]

He sings also "California night".