This band deserved far more attention in the US then they got. I'd rather hear this on a classic rock station than Bachman Turner Overdrive for the millionth time.
good old chappo...i can see myself now, all hair and velvet loons, smelling of red leb and patchouli........now its no hair, incontinance pants and smelling of deep heat !!
@paulthepill Yes, last worn when I went to see Rick Wakeman in 1973. I was gutted when I lost it as Miners stopped selling it. I guess I could swap you halfa bottle for a tube of Deep Heat!
@296herman oh no, you have completly spoilt my memories by mentioning rick wakeman ! capes and wizard hats never did it for me, too grammer school ? sorry, i can't share my deep heat with you.
@paulthepill rick wakeman has the nerve to still gig with yes after slagging off everybit of music they ever done as( pretentious) cack,(which most of it was) but dont come back 25years later and earn a buck."Yes" fans know hes a dick.If it wasnt for Jon Andersons voice we'd all be asking whos rick wakeman,grumpy old man.so glad to hear Family again..
@paulthepill Ive got all me hair, same colour (light brown) as then, not too fat...and working still. Not incontinent and still glorying in this wonderful stuff from Leicester's finest. (Chapman must think he's in a middle eastern country in Leicester nowadays, not how it was then !)
This was the track that turned me on to rock and roll for good. I heard it in 1970 when I was 10 years old, it was in the UK charts then. Totally underrated band.
@caslox Good answer pal I deserved that one, just not keen on the vocals on this one I prefer the other one they did called "Burlesque". So your from Merthyr Tydfil eh? there's a cracking little brewery down there, Rhymney. Cannot get hold of it up here but as Wales is my favourite place (really it is) I visit often and bring loads back home. If you would like to chat about music, Wales or beer please accept my freind invite I am into quite a lot of music mainly classic rock. Hope to hear from u
@JL3Wind You are obviously one of those poor unfortunate people who have been raised on a diet of Take That, Boyzone and other such talentless cretins. You just don`t know quality when you hear it !
@sillysid1967 Ive never liked Take That or that kind of music. I just find his vibrato a bit weird and annoying to listen to, but everyone has their own taste of music.
@JL3Wind Apologies for the assumption. Family were fundamentally a live band and you had to see them to appreciate them. Old video footage of live performances does not come close to what it was like to actually be there.
@sillysid1967 I couldn't agree more. I first saw them at Woburn Abbey in 68 and they completely blew me away. I finished up seeing them ten times! I was a fanatic. I think they were at their best at the beginning, when Jim King was with them. Those were the days.
These were a fantastic band and totally unique. I saw them many times, the last time was in 1973 at the Cardiff Capitol on their farewell tour. It was an absolutely brilliant performance and I remember coming away from it feeling very sad. They never failed to entertain. We shall never see the likes of them again.
I remember seeing this on TOTP when I was a kid. My Dad said 'what a bloody row', obviously I loved them immediately! And still do, fantastic singer, great songwriters, nobody ever sounded quite like them.
One of the best and most original bands that came out of that humdrum period in British rock! (actually it wasn't that hum drum when you think of the stuff we've put up with since) Isn't music great though? no matter what you say about the looks, the music bit into your soul then and you remembered you liked it enough to visit it now. That's why it's great and thats why we visit it so often, I can still name the so called friend who borrowed this single and never gave it back.
It's rather comforting how ugly bands were back in the day when talent was all that mattered rather than how today when everything is about image, what a majestic voice Mr Chapman has.
It's rather comforting to see how ugly bands looked back in the day and that talent was the be all, rather than today where image is everything. What a voice Mr Chapman has, great band from back in the day.
I was waiting in Exeter for hours for family to jack-up & get on stage ( oh yes, they were jacking up baby ) & when they hit the stage it was rather good. Hmmmm, old school, yes, just a tad better !!!
Thanks so much for posting this clip - people (i.e. the young) don't realise that fabulous songs like this were "normal" pop music back in the early 70's. How richly we were blessed...
Simon Cowell should watch Great old bands like these and see what pointless shite he is turning out nowadays.... Thank god we can go back to You Tube and great clips like these.
Have this great clip on DVD. It keeps cropping up, but 1971 is the year that pops up the most in terms of my top music whatever genre. Don't even mind if the drummer looks like Noel Edmonds. 1971? DEAL!
I found RC on the platform of Victoria Station when Burlesque was charting in the early 70`s. Flat out, shitfaced, happy, drunk as a skunk! He was living the song. What a character.
Ab classic, the first single from Family I bought, 16 at the time. Still go to see Chappo when he`s around our area. DNGBT, the b side was called "Seasons", & it was a beaut of a song !
For 3 minutes and fourteen seconds I was a teenager again. Brilliant memories. Never knew RC was the vocalist on Mike Oldfield's Shadow in the Wall !! What a voice.
7s4d surely on account of decmalisation not taking place till feb 71.... its likely ( if my memory has not faded too much ) that the ticket was priced 7s4d (37p)
doesn't matter really though does it i'm just jealous
Hey DNGBT, I think the flip side was "No Mules Fool" a rather catchy little number. Or maybe that was the flip side of the Weavers Answer, can't remember for sure. Wow that seems so long ago and it's great to hear these again. So much nostalgia! I was about 17 years old at the time and we used to hang out, drink beer and listen to this band. Thanks for posting this gem on youtube.
@ragtimebloke : I don't think it would have been "No Mules Fool", because that was put out as an A-side in its own right. Can't remember exactly when, but I do recall the advert for it in "Disc", which had a line at the bottom saying Family would not be releasing it on an LP at any time in the near future (thus refraining from a minor rip-off that was all too common at the time).
I cant get past this one pure magic,I have heard the rest of their music but in my book this is there best,you guys might think i'm strange,but I dont think so ?????
If I hadn't lived it I would never have believed the years could rush in as they have!! I'm glad I was priveleged to have lived in an era which gave us the likes of Family, Free etc etc!!!
Great live band!! Great front man Chappo! I dispair when I hear of new bands that are supposed to be great live but they just stand there.. no movement!! What's great about that?!Bands like Family and SAHB for instance were great live bands!!
IA's favourite band - is that so? The two greatest bands ever, Tull and Family in my opinion. I never knew that... always knew Anderson was a right thinking man, though!
Family was the first real band I saw, at Leeds Town Hall and the PA collapsed during My Friend the Sun. Chappo praying to the heavens until it fizzed back into life. Great days.
First concert I saw also, in Aberdeen. Guitarist walked up the central aisle while they were playing ' The Weavers Answer'. Happy days Kenphigs. Tull forever.
yes that could explain it .( the merriment) they were on the old grey whistle test about the same time.excellent performance,but i,m afraid i,ve forgotten the content.
I don't think so, nor is there any evidence of a soundtrack album from The Adventurers anywhere. In the film, it was the background track to a fashion show! Very strange.
thanks so much for family collateral...saw them in Detroit...also Streetwalkers....looking desperately for "Between Blue and Me" track (mp3 would be great) from Fearless...if you can help support my past, would be most grateful....cb
Hands down, the most inventive pop song of the 70's. NOT JUST because of the song, the players, the use of double neck electric guitar and VIBRAPHONE (!!!), but also lyrically ... oh yeah, and the best singer of his type ... just FABU-F'in-LOUS! Who was the creative recording genius behind FAMILY?
FAMILY es una gran banda de rock sicodelico experimental de los 70, comenzaron introduciendo armonias folk en su matriz de rock produciendo grandes discos. Una maravilla de banda ...
Tremendous performance of a tremendous song - what a band - anybody remember the pair of twin necks stage show? (6 and 12 string and bass and 6 string, I think)
What a voice! Brilliant!!!
atgf17 1 month ago 3
real english music
1wolfoutlaw 6 months ago 2
He rammed many a bleating ewe .... good old lad (in his own time)
happyenjoytime 6 months ago
nobody has ever had a voice as unique as chapman or ever will!
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The 1st record I bought and I'm glad I did
TheAston110 11 months ago
This band deserved far more attention in the US then they got. I'd rather hear this on a classic rock station than Bachman Turner Overdrive for the millionth time.
thatmuse76 1 year ago
40 years ago, Newcastle Mayfair, what a venue on Friday nights, Chappers was brill
mouse18ful 1 year ago 2
I never understood why Chapman was never a bigger success than he was, certainly well deserved
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malindaharshana 1 year ago
good old chappo...i can see myself now, all hair and velvet loons, smelling of red leb and patchouli........now its no hair, incontinance pants and smelling of deep heat !!
paulthepill 1 year ago 13
@paulthepill lol I found a bottle of patchouli oil, circa 1971, in the back of a cupboard last week. It still smells the same!
296herman 7 months ago
@296herman go on then, send it to me !
paulthepill 7 months ago
@paulthepill Yes, last worn when I went to see Rick Wakeman in 1973. I was gutted when I lost it as Miners stopped selling it. I guess I could swap you halfa bottle for a tube of Deep Heat!
296herman 7 months ago
@296herman oh no, you have completly spoilt my memories by mentioning rick wakeman ! capes and wizard hats never did it for me, too grammer school ? sorry, i can't share my deep heat with you.
paulthepill 7 months ago
@paulthepill rick wakeman has the nerve to still gig with yes after slagging off everybit of music they ever done as( pretentious) cack,(which most of it was) but dont come back 25years later and earn a buck."Yes" fans know hes a dick.If it wasnt for Jon Andersons voice we'd all be asking whos rick wakeman,grumpy old man.so glad to hear Family again..
yanishmakaro 6 months ago
@paulthepill Ive got all me hair, same colour (light brown) as then, not too fat...and working still. Not incontinent and still glorying in this wonderful stuff from Leicester's finest. (Chapman must think he's in a middle eastern country in Leicester nowadays, not how it was then !)
PhilK112 4 weeks ago
This was the track that turned me on to rock and roll for good. I heard it in 1970 when I was 10 years old, it was in the UK charts then. Totally underrated band.
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Riminds me of Great Yarmouth summer 1971 with a girl from Kettering.
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Sounds like a fucking sheep.
bramleybull 1 year ago
@bramleybull better than being a moaning old goat.
caslox 1 year ago
@caslox Good answer pal I deserved that one, just not keen on the vocals on this one I prefer the other one they did called "Burlesque". So your from Merthyr Tydfil eh? there's a cracking little brewery down there, Rhymney. Cannot get hold of it up here but as Wales is my favourite place (really it is) I visit often and bring loads back home. If you would like to chat about music, Wales or beer please accept my freind invite I am into quite a lot of music mainly classic rock. Hope to hear from u
bramleybull 1 year ago
@bramleybull
you are familiar with this sound ?
molenz 1 year ago
@molenz Ha ha ha no way mate.
bramleybull 1 year ago
I always remember this song. His voice is quite unique. This came out when, 1970/71? A brilliant piece of work from a unique band.
sewitt60 1 year ago
Chapman's voice was what made Family one of the best bands around at the time ---many happy memories of them.
jdbythesea 1 year ago
Family @ Newcastle City Hall - my first ever big band gig, almost 40 years ago now!
indigestion56 1 year ago
Thanks for posting ... it's my day .... it's ace
happyenjoytime 1 year ago
"what 's wrong with this voice?" well the gentleman is entitled to an answer: "NOTHING, ON THE CONTRARY"
lela04 1 year ago
A band and a half.Wild .Brilliant band.
caravaneriam 1 year ago
Can't hear him!!!
happyenjoytime 1 year ago
What the hell is wrong with his voice?
JL3Wind 1 year ago
@JL3Wind You are obviously one of those poor unfortunate people who have been raised on a diet of Take That, Boyzone and other such talentless cretins. You just don`t know quality when you hear it !
sillysid1967 1 year ago
@sillysid1967 Ive never liked Take That or that kind of music. I just find his vibrato a bit weird and annoying to listen to, but everyone has their own taste of music.
JL3Wind 1 year ago
@JL3Wind Apologies for the assumption. Family were fundamentally a live band and you had to see them to appreciate them. Old video footage of live performances does not come close to what it was like to actually be there.
sillysid1967 1 year ago
@sillysid1967 I couldn't agree more. I first saw them at Woburn Abbey in 68 and they completely blew me away. I finished up seeing them ten times! I was a fanatic. I think they were at their best at the beginning, when Jim King was with them. Those were the days.
fidomusic 1 year ago
Tried to get maxvol ... so memorable .... love it and all ...
happyenjoytime 1 year ago
These were a fantastic band and totally unique. I saw them many times, the last time was in 1973 at the Cardiff Capitol on their farewell tour. It was an absolutely brilliant performance and I remember coming away from it feeling very sad. They never failed to entertain. We shall never see the likes of them again.
sillysid1967 1 year ago
If it wasnt for my dad i've never know about this band. Awesome song
woopetywoopwoop 1 year ago
I remember seeing this on TOTP when I was a kid. My Dad said 'what a bloody row', obviously I loved them immediately! And still do, fantastic singer, great songwriters, nobody ever sounded quite like them.
jackHNv 1 year ago
@jackHNv your dad said `what a bloody row` i take he didnt become a sex pistols fan then?
1960unclemort 1 year ago
@1960unclemort No, he was more of a Public Image fan!
jackHNv 1 year ago
Great. Reminds me of the Manband.....
SteffanLlwyd 1 year ago
Led Zep and Black Sabbath were hardly hum drum, TedRob. You never forget your vinyl's and who borrowed them ! ;-)
Soozyq23 1 year ago
One of the best and most original bands that came out of that humdrum period in British rock! (actually it wasn't that hum drum when you think of the stuff we've put up with since) Isn't music great though? no matter what you say about the looks, the music bit into your soul then and you remembered you liked it enough to visit it now. That's why it's great and thats why we visit it so often, I can still name the so called friend who borrowed this single and never gave it back.
TedRob1958 1 year ago
@TedRob1958
That last line gave me a good laugh + such a common occurrence...
Cheers
jmasalle 1 year ago
@TedRob1958 Great comment Ted.My sentiments to a tee.
caravaneriam 1 year ago
It's rather comforting how ugly bands were back in the day when talent was all that mattered rather than how today when everything is about image, what a majestic voice Mr Chapman has.
samgub 1 year ago
It's rather comforting to see how ugly bands looked back in the day and that talent was the be all, rather than today where image is everything. What a voice Mr Chapman has, great band from back in the day.
samgub 1 year ago
i wud luv to see rodger chapman noddy holder having a sing off. HAHAHAHA
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Teofilovich 2 years ago
I was waiting in Exeter for hours for family to jack-up & get on stage ( oh yes, they were jacking up baby ) & when they hit the stage it was rather good. Hmmmm, old school, yes, just a tad better !!!
werenutz 2 years ago
Thanks so much for posting this clip - people (i.e. the young) don't realise that fabulous songs like this were "normal" pop music back in the early 70's. How richly we were blessed...
chrisharro 2 years ago 2
I take it you're young?TRY Nazareth and Bad company. also The faces for starters
soundsarama 2 years ago
Roger Chapman vocals - excellent. Saw them for free in 1972 down at the BBC on Regent Street in London.
jayellefarmer 2 years ago
Simon Cowell should watch Great old bands like these and see what pointless shite he is turning out nowadays.... Thank god we can go back to You Tube and great clips like these.
Bolly558 2 years ago 3
There is something great about the bass player the way he grooves along with the song. The 70's what a decade. Top band
keddw 2 years ago
watching the past...best polish off the flux capasitor and refuel the sports car..am gannin back to wen a cud p' over high walls instead of my pants.
tigerhorsefield 2 years ago
Rock on Leicester!
willnotallow 2 years ago
simply wonderful
MrTilaws 2 years ago
Like a bleeting ram in the mating seson....marvellous
Jim
captainsoul1953 2 years ago 21
A bit like most Leicester lads in those days!
willnotallow 2 years ago
@captainsoul1953
do you like it with bleeting rams then?
willnotallow 1 year ago
Oh, what memories
brython2 2 years ago
amazing !! thank god for youtube !! These performances should never be lost !!
captainsteve58 2 years ago
What an amazing band ! amazing voice and a great buch of songs from a band at least a decade ahead of their time !
captainsteve58 2 years ago
I agree that finding the guitar chords for this song is differcult. I know , cos I'm still trying.
Notice none of the tab sites have got them either !
derbbus 2 years ago
God bless Family+++++++++
misa1952 2 years ago 2
Remember hearing this playing cards with the Park keeper and some great friends at Buryhill Park West Midlands and still sounds great to this day!
Thanks for sharing and bringing back some memories :)
AndrewKFletcher 2 years ago
anyway album is only on par with split groundhogs
pat7956 2 years ago
A young rod stewart ???? LOL
LOMANDYO 2 years ago
By far the best vocalist you wil
l EVER hear
philwear 2 years ago
we may be getting old but here's a track that doesn't age.
spent ages trying to work out the guitar chords, never got it though.
lar100 2 years ago 2
Hey, any Spenny lads out there? 65-70?
willnotallow1 2 years ago
Bloody marvellous
MrRobbo53 2 years ago 2
bloody good band!.
good ol' herbert.
brigader4heart 2 years ago 2
I've been told that Chappo is retiring at the end of the year so if you get the chance to see him live then do it! You wont regret it!
squonkynut 2 years ago
Great Chapman.
What happened to you?
One of the master voices in the Rock is now
forgotten..
ADLERize 2 years ago
goat boy
purphanz 2 years ago
Roger's got his nutty vibrato under control here. It works quite well with this song.
hegelec 2 years ago
Have this great clip on DVD. It keeps cropping up, but 1971 is the year that pops up the most in terms of my top music whatever genre. Don't even mind if the drummer looks like Noel Edmonds. 1971? DEAL!
IThinkYouLookLarvely 2 years ago
One of the greatest live bands ever! Roger's voice is fantastic :-)
ou53uea 2 years ago 5
@ou53uea I saw them ten times! No one to touch them!
fidomusic 1 year ago
What a great band . This was their only hit got to number 8 I think. I remember seeing them on TOTP. saw them live. Suprised Chapmans still alive!!
Rijedaim 2 years ago
What a great band, if only it was live!
Great singer, I saw them live twice, one of the first bands I ever saw.
jackHNv 3 years ago
absolutey a genius band really enjoyed watching it. Downside bloody hell its made me feel my age now.!!!!
pml458 3 years ago
I have admired Family ever since I found their Bandstand album in a cut out bin in 74 or so. Nice to find them on youtube....
rockyswealthformula 3 years ago
Gonna see Chappo again in May. Man's a legend.
anyotherbizniz 3 years ago
Is he still alive?
He was the coolest guy I ever saw.
jslt2 3 years ago
where is he going to play?
jslt2 3 years ago
Would that be at the Robin at Bilston my friend ? I`m going, might see you there !
Decorman55 3 years ago
Nope - the Jazz cafe in London. Can't wait.
anyotherbizniz 2 years ago
Saw them at St.Albans Civic and this has bought a shiver to my spine.The man was barking but a genius!!
flitwickmooney 3 years ago
I found RC on the platform of Victoria Station when Burlesque was charting in the early 70`s. Flat out, shitfaced, happy, drunk as a skunk! He was living the song. What a character.
montkinson 3 years ago
Gotta love Chappo-no mincing glam rock pretty boy he!
pretorious700 3 years ago
My God, we are all getting so old !!!
WhiteDragonOfAlbion 3 years ago
Ab classic, the first single from Family I bought, 16 at the time. Still go to see Chappo when he`s around our area. DNGBT, the b side was called "Seasons", & it was a beaut of a song !
Decorman55 3 years ago
what a trak! best leicester band ever!
trikyfingers 3 years ago
wow i forgot about this song,thanks for posting it
decorousways 3 years ago
For 3 minutes and fourteen seconds I was a teenager again. Brilliant memories. Never knew RC was the vocalist on Mike Oldfield's Shadow in the Wall !! What a voice.
FIS0000 3 years ago
went to watch them in 1970 at the free trade hall manchester linda lewis was support it cost 37 pence
HHH8991 3 years ago
Great to see a bunch of fogies with taste.......like meself lol lol lol
Growing old sucks, I still feel so young but look ancient boo hoo. The music is bloody brilliant though
lavenderfielduk 3 years ago
7s4d surely on account of decmalisation not taking place till feb 71.... its likely ( if my memory has not faded too much ) that the ticket was priced 7s4d (37p)
doesn't matter really though does it i'm just jealous
theslice2 3 years ago
Fuckin amasing
LOMANDYO 3 years ago
I was approx 13, what a sound, I remember every note! Love the organ, electric piano, fantastic...I am still 13! ;-)
Flopsy59 3 years ago
this really does remind me of my childhood. I was about eleven when i bought this record
gabbsdad 3 years ago
love this group,take,s me back years to my youth,thay r brill
mutleybuckley 3 years ago 2
Hey DNGBT, I think the flip side was "No Mules Fool" a rather catchy little number. Or maybe that was the flip side of the Weavers Answer, can't remember for sure. Wow that seems so long ago and it's great to hear these again. So much nostalgia! I was about 17 years old at the time and we used to hang out, drink beer and listen to this band. Thanks for posting this gem on youtube.
ragtimebloke 3 years ago
either one, "No mules fool" is a great one.
mpurves98 3 years ago
hate to reply to myself, but thanks to the people who posted "No mule's fool".
I really missed that one.
mpurves98 3 years ago
@ragtimebloke : I don't think it would have been "No Mules Fool", because that was put out as an A-side in its own right. Can't remember exactly when, but I do recall the advert for it in "Disc", which had a line at the bottom saying Family would not be releasing it on an LP at any time in the near future (thus refraining from a minor rip-off that was all too common at the time).
Krzyszczynski 6 months ago
was it john weider who played guitar?I bought this as a single and there was a beautiful b side but cant remember the name.Anybody help?
DNGBT 3 years ago
No-one's ever sung like Chappo - totally unique.
Krzyszczynski 3 years ago 3
ingenuous genius
jags1972 3 years ago
I cant get past this one pure magic,I have heard the rest of their music but in my book this is there best,you guys might think i'm strange,but I dont think so ?????
LOMANDYO 3 years ago 3
Good song. Have Fearless with this song as a bonus track
JIF882 3 years ago
Roger Chapman, simply the best vocalist of this genre, much better than that highly overrated Joe Cocker!!
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metalburger2 3 years ago
TOP MEN.
75amoeba 3 years ago
This was the First Record which held Real Mystery for me.Know what I mean?It was ,and still is...STUNNING
crunterstamps 3 years ago 2
The most terrible thing is that I am turning into my mother!!!
lyonesse99 3 years ago
lyonnesse 99..............
just seems like yesterday dunnit!!!!
For me it was 37 years ago when I was fourteen!!! EEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKK!!
kannymann1 3 years ago
Where did it all go???
lyonesse99 3 years ago
If I hadn't lived it I would never have believed the years could rush in as they have!! I'm glad I was priveleged to have lived in an era which gave us the likes of Family, Free etc etc!!!
kannymann1 3 years ago
Absolute quality!! Roger and co. at their brilliant best! Guitar accompaniment superb, electric piano spot on .....just the greatest!!
kannymann1 3 years ago
I have just ben transported back, a long time ago!!!
What a voice !!
lyonesse99 3 years ago
I'ii be with you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOMANDYO 3 years ago 2
in my own time!
sgtironman 3 years ago
first time iv heard this since it was out brings back a load of memories from a better time
bismarkzzz 3 years ago 2
Chapman - one of the best rock voices you'll ever hear. Majestic!
jags1972 3 years ago 4
what a bloody good song, sadly I was born in the wrong generation to see them at their peak.
sgtironman 3 years ago
saw these in manchester,he was spittin at everyone at the front and stamping on thier fingers and they luved it,what a voice!
zimmy81 3 years ago 2
Oh I have heard about that gig, pitty i wasn't there.
sgtironman 3 years ago
A real good live band from my youth, a pity there are not so many about like them now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOMANDYO 4 years ago
Joe Cocker ?
theslice2 4 years ago
awesome band all their great tracks are available on double cd
blade0954 4 years ago 2
anybody have "No Mule's Fool" to post?
I really miss that one. Still got it on vinyl
somewhere.
mpurves98 4 years ago
Great live band!! Great front man Chappo! I dispair when I hear of new bands that are supposed to be great live but they just stand there.. no movement!! What's great about that?!Bands like Family and SAHB for instance were great live bands!!
matttees 4 years ago
Totally agree.
mancsmoveseast 4 years ago
Have you actually watched this video...?
Family weren't exactly moving around much themselves.
It's not about how much the band move, it's the quality of the music !
bluesishere 4 years ago
on the money mate
LOMANDYO 3 years ago
My absolute favorite band of all time ! VERY early synth from the inimitable Poli Palmer !
therealdonm 4 years ago
Birmingham Town Hall 1970 - what memories.
Many thanks for posting!
bluescj 4 years ago
IA's favourite band - is that so? The two greatest bands ever, Tull and Family in my opinion. I never knew that... always knew Anderson was a right thinking man, though!
Family was the first real band I saw, at Leeds Town Hall and the PA collapsed during My Friend the Sun. Chappo praying to the heavens until it fizzed back into life. Great days.
kenphigs 4 years ago 2
Incidentally, this was the first record I ever bought, only 3 dozen years ago. Bob Mortimer's too (you know, Vic and Bob)....
kenphigs 4 years ago
First concert I saw also, in Aberdeen. Guitarist walked up the central aisle while they were playing ' The Weavers Answer'. Happy days Kenphigs. Tull forever.
jockymilne 4 years ago
Ian Anderson's favourite band. Says it all.
jockymilne 4 years ago
I remember that as well
DoctorBoc 4 years ago
i remember him forgetting the words to burlesque on Top of the pops.
stwads 4 years ago
He was laughing all the time. He seemed somewhat merry. That was the performance that got them banned from TOTP I believe.
crimsonrush 4 years ago
yes that could explain it .( the merriment) they were on the old grey whistle test about the same time.excellent performance,but i,m afraid i,ve forgotten the content.
stwads 4 years ago
i was crashing in a tent in St Ives when I first heard this - still sounds great - thanks for posting
jsilkcut 4 years ago
Thanks. I just wish that it was on a Family related compilation.
RLW1967 4 years ago
Thanks for the information. Did "Young Love" ever appeared on any of their anthology compilations?
RLW1967 4 years ago
I don't think so, nor is there any evidence of a soundtrack album from The Adventurers anywhere. In the film, it was the background track to a fashion show! Very strange.
marcnoeljohnson 4 years ago
thanks so much for family collateral...saw them in Detroit...also Streetwalkers....looking desperately for "Between Blue and Me" track (mp3 would be great) from Fearless...if you can help support my past, would be most grateful....cb
mainmayn 4 years ago
What about "Young Girl" from the Adventurers movie? Did they ever perform the song live?
RLW1967 4 years ago
Sorry to be pedantic but it was called 'Young Love'
marcnoeljohnson 4 years ago
Thankyou for posting!!! Great to watch this footage the song
reminds me of the Stuart Henry show one radio one back in the 70s..........
ba001e6750 4 years ago
A stunnung, stunning band.
digitalrob70 4 years ago
This takes me back, excellent and somewhat strange ending - much better than fade outs.
DoctorBoc 4 years ago
I used to compile my own charts as a teenager. This song was number one for 22 weeks!
badgerbrockhurst 4 years ago
Hands down, the most inventive pop song of the 70's. NOT JUST because of the song, the players, the use of double neck electric guitar and VIBRAPHONE (!!!), but also lyrically ... oh yeah, and the best singer of his type ... just FABU-F'in-LOUS! Who was the creative recording genius behind FAMILY?
Anyone know?
RTQ
RTQuinn467 4 years ago
FAMILY es una gran banda de rock sicodelico experimental de los 70, comenzaron introduciendo armonias folk en su matriz de rock produciendo grandes discos. Una maravilla de banda ...
drrmoreno 5 years ago
Tremendous performance of a tremendous song - what a band - anybody remember the pair of twin necks stage show? (6 and 12 string and bass and 6 string, I think)
fretworker 5 years ago
Saw Family in early 70's twice, last time on farewell tour where Roger got vocals wrong when they were trying to record concert. Happy days !!
rickyxx 5 years ago
saw them at the Queens Hall in '72, were brill. Takes me back. Bones.
chan181 5 years ago