mc5 - empty heart

[ethicomm]

The same chords over and over but it's great!

[pigsnott]

Wow! This is one big mutha f*ckin ROCK!

[stusafc37]

I fucking love this song and video. Watched it over and over again will never get tired. This is how to do a cover and nail it. For me the best ever and i'm 42 and heard a lot of them (good and bad).

[bethslade]

This is the baddest bad ass band that ever there was.

[diddywahdaddy]

So, where's the DVD of this??

[scottymacIII]

IDK, bout france, but this recording is bad ass, no choreographed shit where th ey're forced tp lipsync(common back then) Thanks so much and keep 'em coming

[powerkor]

what are they doing over in France !!?

[MrKirkenstein]

gotta love rehearsal tapes !!!!!

[MultiAmbass]

this is so good to see

[nowhesapoof]

Wish I was there, with a piece of spacecake. Oh, and fuck me, a fridge full of rum, and,and,and banana daquiris with Urge Overkill. YEAHHHHH!

[zingbing01]

This stompin' groove beats the hell out of Ramblin' Rose. KInda like the Stones filtered through the Kinks filtered through the Troggs with a dash of soul. Makes me want to join a band again. Damn!!!

[notfragile33]

Well, there they are with their 'ginger' bass player who replaced Michael Davis in the last days of the Five. I wonder what ever became of that lad?

[ggallin5]

brother wayne is on fire

[thebadloser]

This is a Jagger/Richard song which originally appeared on their Uk ep 'Five By Five' in 1964. Did Roky Erikson use the riff as inspiration for 'Your Gonna Miss Me"? I guess we'll never know.....

[verd3]

Wunderbar!

[TheJimmyjames78]

Wow I consider wmself a huge MC5 fan and I've never heard this song before. Great Video. 

[kieser78]

Fred Smith is so badassed

[moxie96]

The Vibrators covered it in 1977-78

[SumpCrab]

Damn! 

[GALLERIEVONDADA]

VIVA MC5

THANK YOU

FOR REAL SOUND

GREAT MESSAGE

EMPTY HEART IS LIKE AN EMPTY LIFE

[ybravura]

Can anyone I.D. the bass player in this video? Apparently this is after they fired Michael Davis and hired that English guy, whose name I can't recall.

[RamonePinhead]

@ybravura

Steve Moorhouse was his name. If I remember correctly.

[yxan]

@ybravura

Yes that's Steve Moorhouse

[charger771]

@ybravura why did they fire michael davis??

[ybravura]

@charger771 The best history of the 5 is the movie "A True Testimonial" which was never released (there's a story), but some of it can be found on this site, Another great source of information is the web site i94bar.com

According to the movie, Davis was more focused on his heroin habit than the band, and he missed a flight for their European tour. When he arrived in the UK, the band fired him.

[youngalistairyou]

yeah this is the real deal! MC5 have like a soul tradition ...............to me anyway any comments welcome cuz i grew up with the stooges and it seems like they were influenced by MC5

[harp1925]

Wow, the Stones were the true influence on punk!

[RebelSpiritof77]

America knows how to kick out the jams!!

[capt0america]

awesome stuff! I'd be hard pressed to name just one band that fits my musical taste better!

[JetB0y]

Oh dear! That is soooo strong!!!

[microdot]

I cannot believe that I never saw this before...after 40 years, I'm going through puberty again...incredible!

[yxan]

@microdot

Welcome back !!

[microdot]

@yxan I was in Detroit just a few days ago and had a chance to drive by the site of the old Grande Ballroom....If the now abandoned site could talk...it would be the howling of feedback from a stack of 1000 Marshall Amps!

This was my world from 1965 thru 1969...and beyond.

[Nyquilcoma]

One of America's greatest contributions to modern culture. The MC5- anybody can be the Rolling Stones if they want it bad enough!

[thetussler]

The audio of this session ended up on the Thunder Express (2000) release. Thanks to whoever saved this rare movie.

[ellenhall]

im sorry that ia never heard of this shit to begin with



[arquitectosss]

These uncles are worse than him father sticks even in his birthday, in 24 OF DECEMBER and before giving him the gifts. NOT neither TENEIS NOR PROSTITUTE DESIGNS

[fluffyusa]

awesome cover version of a Stones tune! better than original by far. r u really to testify? and Kramer jamming on the guitar. MC5!

[brotherpantichrist]

who ever uploaded this piece of history should get an award. i have tons of MC5 footage, but this one take the cake. 5 stars!

[yxan]

@brotherpantichrist

Thanx !



[Xaymot]

@yxan Seriously, thank you. I've never seen this before either.

[michelesaintthomas]

@brotherpantichrist "Yes" I agree... Give that person an Award! This vid is so real it is like being there! YEAH!!!

[madamstephanya]

Brother Wayne! TESTIFY!!!

[lucastrinkler]

we are lucky that we have you tube and we can watch that pearl of  music... MC5 forever ,,, yxan thanks

[diddywahdaddy]

To be one of the lucky souls sitting in the background (one of them actually looks BORED!)...

[yxan]

@diddywahdaddy

did you ? tell me more !

[diddywahdaddy]

@yxan Nonononono, sorry; I meant what it must have been to be one of the lucky souls sitting in the background - that would have been something, right? Sorry for the disappointment factor, yxan!

[yxan]

@diddywahdaddy

yes, that would had been something ! yes, im a bit dissapointed :)

[DoctorSess]

origins of punk rock! so great.

[richard2673]

Incredible performance

truly an underated band

[frenzexperiment]

DEFINITION of rock'n'roll!

[48mwl]

These guys were great !! If they had just steered clear of that White Panther Party clown, they may well have ended up in the top tier of rockers of all time.

[mvonwahlde]

I respectfully disagree. John Sinclair (goofy fuck that he was) gave the MC5 a unique character that will embed them in SE Michigan cultural history for a long time.

The MC5 were super-cool, period. Anybody who knows anything knows that. "Top tier" doesn't mean anything except more production for the exploitative record industry.

[spicyMcHAGGIS9green]

@mvonwahlde What the fuck is top tier? the MC5 were God Tier.

[mvonwahlde]

@spicyMcHAGGIS9green I think I can agree with you, so long as that there is a Super-Ultra-God Tier for groups like the Yardbirds.

[djgforce11]

Once again proves why the 5 were the greatest R&R band ever!

[icarodeartemisa]

Heey This Sounds Wild!!! Cool!!!

[Dingo8MyMalloCup]

A rare great cover of a Stones song.

[donnadie17]

Se parece a "Sospechosos" de Kortatu, por lo menos los acordes base.

[PAULLONDEN]

1:14 Classic camara shot that.

Tyner with those bass machine heads.

[TonySlug]

LOL @ Wayne stoned out of his gourd.

This is from a French TV show.

[fordnm]

Stones song!

[kidcalabria]

I have this on an album (CD), never imagined there was footage for it, where did you get it? Great stuff, thanks for the post

[foutupourfoutu]

You can find all the audio recordings of this TV show on the Thunder Express album

[Doyubi]

There was life before 76.

[RebelSpiritof77]

@Doyubi But it was a a desolate, barren place...

[jacvintage1981]

Wow! there's Nothing Like MC5, Great True American Rock &roll band ever!!! i base my Vintage Shop to them.!! every since i was in High school My brother and i have Love the MC5!

Best band ever,,, Yea!

[mc5kotjmf]

cool man, where you from,

[AltamontKiller]

well then kickoutthejams  motherfucker!!!

[N1CKYDEE]

i like how it turned from kick out the jams to empty heart

[TheCastlewood]

Great Cover! I love that everything good from the 70's on, no matter what musical genre or "rock n roll image", can be traced back to the Stones. There was a shop in Gothenburg that used to place handwritten reviews and recommendations inside the CD sleaves. They were of the type "If you like this check out this..." By checking the recommendations on the stones albums in that store I discovered every band I ever liked that had staying power from AC/DC to ZZ TOP

[joshwilkesbooth]

This entire performance is available on a bootleg called "Thunder Express"

Highly recommended...

[diddywahdaddy]

Yeah, that record ROCKS!! Wish this could make it onto DVD as well!!

[IndependentGeorge76]

anyone know what date this is ? guessing towards the end of MC5's time, maybe 72-ish ?

[voyprod]

I usually go fro the quality of the film, it looks more like '69 maybe

[RamonePinhead]

Correct!

No Michael Davis on bass.

And the fives' doom is soon to come.

[HiGoNRG]

wow, awesome. thanks for posting.

let's hear it for FrenchTV -- have never heard of that band

ha ha

[jodiefostersarmy]

Original Stones version is punchier.

[PAULLONDEN]

That's the fuckin'truth,

all respect to the MC5 though,but this is just another enless jam.

By this time The Stones had already made Let It Bleed,yet these dudes were still stuck in '66,nothing wrong with that , but at this time they lost their fire.

No points for guessing what did 'm in.

[fluffyusa]

awesome groove

[oojibar]

Rob Tyner looks like he's been drinking too much Night Nurse !

[bigdaddypaint]

Such a great cover by a Great Band! Thanks for posting this. By the way is there a full length version from this video?

[MikhasStyle]

They can fell the music

[dufferjones]

MC5 Rock n roll, Rob Tyner, great voice, wayne krammer, big ego.

[genocommand]

rock and roll is all about the ego

[bluerobot999]

wayne kramer is so fucken groovy

[HURMSANFORD]

This is freaking awesome

[at0miklust]

the drummer knows how to lay that shit down. fucking incredible

[5winston]

Dig. Love how it starts with the band in a circle and Rob is just vibing off the drums (Dennis Thompson, btw)

[dufferjones]

This must have been filmed months before they broke up in "72. They got steve moorehouse on bass here. great vid

[sineddezra]

I loved the early Stones and I love MC5! Great.

[mightyhighrocks]

YEAH! Thanks for this. I've been listening to this on "Thunder Express" for years but never knew there was video for it.

[hansjalv]

Sensational stuff!

[jacvintage1981]

this is the real rock & roll the same music that change my life.. M c5 all the way baby!

...Jacvintage1981

[TheScourgeResistant]

Progressive?

[TheScourgeResistant]

WHAT!?

[TheScourgeResistant]

Thats a sweeping generalisation you daft ponse, herion by VU was over 7 minutes, most songs were either slightly under 3 minutes and usually over!

[betomas]

@TheScourge, you, sir, deserve to get your ass KICKED for that stupid motherfuckin response!! WE should all gang up on you and fuck you up!!!

[krankiekat]

Nobody appreciated this GREAT band when they werea round. I was one of the few whoo did and got to see them a few times!

[kingsuji]

I had no idea they were Stone's fans and that you could occasionally understand them.

Who knew?????

I love it. "It make you feel like you on fire."

Kingsuji

[Winonasalibi]

This is like the tightest I've ever heard them... amazing. Rob sounds as soulful as Stevie Wonder and Brother Wayne is as always.... just fantastic!and HIGH (MC) 5 at the end just make it.

[ChrisRoyale6]

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaah­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

[Discfiend69]

We need some band like this to come around these days and wake people up out of their

absent minded slumber...

Long Live The MC5!!!

[mtwallet]

there are plenty of them, just go to the right gigs!

[PAULLONDEN]

Smack devil made it's entrance around

that time,makes your heart empty,

Thankfully Wayne survived,

to see this band getting the recognition,

it so truly deserves./

[L0K3]

RIGHT THE FUCK ON!

[dotnotdot]

FUCKING genius.this is how you do it.

[PAULLONDEN]

Brother Wayne....where's your

moon shuffle?

[dufferjones]

Great Vid, love the MC5!!Thanks for posting

[thawthepast]

American rock at its best.

[RamonePinhead]

Great band, great song.

[guitargreats1]

Very rare indeed. Thanks for the post