The Hollies (NME-1964)

[beatlesfan16]

I love how they are all using the same amps and yet they all sound so different!!!!!! THATS CALLED TALLENT!!!!!!!!!! I'D LOVE TO SEE JUSTIN BEIBER DO ANYTHING CLOSE TO THAT!!!!!!!

[digmark49]

Actually Nash was 22, didnt we all look better 4 decades ago? I am so happy I grew up when music had balls!

[vwmodrock]

And Haydock's 6 string baritone bass, very rare guitars these days, he's still playing with various groups around the UK

[katokuniyasu]

rock 'n' roll♪!

[terrryc]

Graham Nash must have been 14 when this was made...

[LiamBrightman]

ROB BRYDON!

[ocarrington]

HOLLIES Forever !!!

[sixtyskid1]

Great band and they didn't need umpteen back-up singers either to help prop them up!I always have a laugh when I see some of the so called super stars of today performing (and god forbid,miming,in some cases) on stage with a line of vocalists that probably can sing better than they can. These fellas had TALENT.

[M1SSMAGIC]

these guys wr better singers than the beatles ...just didnt have the luck ...examle he aint heavy  hese my bro is a classic enough said

[DAEDESIGNS]

Geeeeez  im old !

[ocarrington]

Twiddle Dee Dee! Allan!

[jamestheengine]

Greatest 60's Band,Check The Suits,Hairsyles.Guitars+What A Smoothie David

Jacobs Was

[mike773240]

ALL versions of rockin robin are garbage



[ElusvOptmst]

What I love about these groups of the 60's you could understand their words when they sang. Plus, they had their own funky beat and had fun performing. Genuine music with excitement added in the mix. You could feel the energy. Outstanding!!!

[brandyandcoke]

@gemmajain .... you have to realise that this type of professionalism only comes about by playing relentlessly in clubs and pubs around the country and abroad, like The Beatles in Hamburg, night after night for years on end. That's why the majority of today's tat on XFactor don't last five minutes, and deservedly so.

[Crescent1175]

This live version of Just one look was way better then the studio recording.

[chanctonbury63]

Is that David Jacobs doing the intro?

[RADLADRICK]

Wow , look at them old Vox amp's and guitar's ! wonder if they still have them?



[biggollocks]

Eric Haydock does not appear to be playing a bass (the guitar has 6 strings) and it is not plugged in. How live was this performance as Tony Hicks seems to be actually playing?

[Micktone]

@biggollocks It's a "Fender Bass VI", a baritone, which he commonly used in those days. I believe it IS plugged in, but a little thin cord, wrapped around his strap/tailpiece (you can see something in the jack). I heard they usually didn't plug in Graham, he wan't the best guitarist, it was more of a prop. This IS indeed very live!

[biggollocks]

@Micktone Thank you for this. I was not aware that they had 6 string basses in the sixties. The tremolo arm also confused me. Allan Clarke is obviously singing live and the rest of the concert was totally live and it now all makes sense.

[randomlygenerated]

Graham Nash's guitar wasn't plugged in, right? It goes to show how good the backing trio of Tony Hicks, Bobby Elliott, and Eric Haydock was.

[daveschina]

I was 9 years old and there with my mother. I think this concert was responible for a lifetimes love of modern music!!

[Barnafy]

How many bands is there that can sound as good or even better then the original studio recording.Not many as great as The Hollies.Just sensational!!

[KatManDude]

One of the great harmony groups ever.

[Lakrits3]

who is the singer?

[scotty350]

@Lakrits3

First song Alan Clarke

Second song Grahme Nash( later of Crosby Stills Nash and young)

[Splitskirts]

It's interesting how when they get to the 2nd song ( " Just One Look " ) you really hear their distinctive trade mark vocals. Also I like how they have the Vox AC 30 Twin amplifiers " stacked " ( they must of ran out of room ). Regards.

[bluegrassreb]

SO AWESOME!!! LOVE THE HOLLIES!!!!

[ChiroQuacker]

i love these clips but i hate the intros..boring old farts...just shut up and show the band...

[mardy68]

@ChiroQuacker yeh LMFAO they do waffle on a bit at times dont they lol

[wilhelm1974]

great musicians the Hollies were....says yoda...

[DoktorJoza]

Super music..

[Carmylita]

These guys were considered radical, my parents thought they were beatniks! In other words the kind they didn't want me to listen too. LOL! These guys were tame!

[mjcamck71]

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HOLLIES ON BEING INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME - long overdue and richly deserved! Peace & Love.

[12347771]

Are Alan Clarke and Stevie Winwood related?

[Grifiki]

"I saw these guys in a club in leeds about 35yrs ago."

[357HFC]

Sheer CLASS. might be a cover but done as it should be. The HOLLIES still rock!

[mysterysurf]

I wonder if it's possible to see one of these great clips like this one here without a slew of aging sad sacks bemoaning how there's never been anything good since then. There's something a bit pitiful about that sort of attitude, as a decade doesn't come and go without some excellent music to show for it and, dare I say, some real talent... oh dear, I suppose I've really gone out on a limb now, haven't I?

[BonedaddyKing]

@mysterysurf As someone who probably qualifies as "aging" (though hopefully not a "sad sack"), I agree 100% with mysterysurf. There's great music and great artists in every era.

[dangarookeepaway]

@mysterysurf Fuck you

[mysterysurf]

@dangarookeepaway Well, that was enlightening.

[jeffkahl]

Cool to see Bern Calvert playing a Fender VI bass!

[12347771]

@jeffkahl They were big then....Jet Harris and Jack Bruce played 'em too.

Tony Hicks was the best player around at that time. (my opinion)

[jeffkahl]

@12347771 knew that about Jack Bruce (there's footage of him playing one in a promo film for Strange Brew that I've seen), didn't about Jet Harris! very cool!

[kinksfan1956]

@jeffkahl That's their original bass player, Eric something.

[jeffkahl]

@kinksfan1956 Haydock or something?

[Oswulf1]

@kinksfan1956 Eric Haydock.

[80sVideoLord]

@jeffkahl

Thanks - I was wondering what that bass was. looked like a strat. I love looking at the vintage gear as much as the chicks.

[perfuzz]

@80sVideoLord - Looks like a Jazzmaster, killer bass.

[strato46]

@perfuzz It's called a Fender bass IV. They were pretty popular in the sixties....ha ha ....so was I !

[Rysmugen]

@strato46 .. And you are?

[krautball]

Awesome!

[gli7utubeo]

To repeat: This is the best concert ever. Better than TAMI, I think.

[leach1527]

I remember watching the NME poll winner concerts on TV and I can say for sure that there were few bands then that sounded so good live as the Hollies did. PA systems and technology weren't what they are now and any lack of real musical talent was quickly shown up in live performances.

[Ro1lle]

I think this version is better than the studioversion. Very simple, not the kind of computer-crap-music today.

[Veekator]

Tony & Alan sharing the Mic...Priceless

[Rysmugen]

I only just discovered this band now.. I have to say.. I really thought The Beatles were the best with harmonies. These guys come close to beating them. Their harmonies are really fantastic sounding. But The Beatles voices beat them.

[Keyboardman88]

All he guys were so young then. I don't think Tony Hicks could have been more than 18.

[skinnyskaller]

What a great harmony singer Graham Nash was, and still is!

[hawkmoon03111951]

The intro is by David Jacobs with interruption by Jimmy Saville.

[69feast]

bass player looks like hes playin a fender 6 string stye bass

[lyndloo]

this was David Jacobs Intro !!!! ....lyndloo...

[normvb]

Bit of a flub on the lyrics by one of the guys at 4:13 - not a bad thing though - as a musician, I kind of dig seeing those as it makes me feel better about my own performances when I do the same thing. Makes it more real, and for that, I like them all the more. Great live band The Hollies - so wish I could have seem them in the day.

[dangarookeepaway]

That one guy is Graham Nash

[kenadam9]

That was David Jacobs introducing the Hollies - see Graham Nash who left and went on to much hame with Crosby, Stills & Nash...I was at the NME Poll Winners in 64 thru 66 - saw them all - brillianr!!

[fabiobeatle]

Just One Look ,great song!

[faeryquene]

Thanks ever so much for sharing this! I've never seen this vintage Hollies concert before! Awesome!

[makahaLouie]

Check out Grahaam Nash's Dooo... Looks like Fabian???

[JOHNPAUL012145]

Great Hollies i love all their song thanks for posting johnpaul phillippines

[BCK]

No, all bands in the 60's were from England, even the Byrds and Beach Boys! (LOL)

[gemmajain]

How come people in the 60s looked good and had talent? Was it all used up and none left for newer times?

[MickeyYahoo]

@gemmajain You were young then. If you keep your eyes and your mind open, you will see plenty of good-looking, talented people out there, right now.

[knowledgeiswhatsup]

@gemmajain: Because a lot of it was new and still being created. However, the 70's were the best and the 80's was the last decade of original music. The 90's were the last decade of good music. Early 2000 had a little somethign but afer 2005 it is all horrible!

[tonyrob1945]

@gemmajain I totally agree as todays music is R&B in other words rubbish and bollocks

[jcb21691]

@gemmajain Sad isn't it

[mjcamck71]

@gemmajain - Yes, the music in the 60's, was hard to top. Maybe it was all the optimism and joy created by the Fab Four. I'm grateful for films so my children can see what REAL TALENT looks like although there have been at least a few since then. Peace to You.

[brenan6]

@gemmajain Are you stupid? Have you ever once tried LOOKING for new music today, or do you just turn on the radio? Don't be an ignorant lazy ass and complain about music today, do some digging

[metafis]

@brenan6

Maybe the point is back then you didn't have to search out good music, it was everywhere and popular. These days the media promote mostly crap music and this is reflected in the charts, so you have to search for it elsewhere.

[kamradeka]

Alan Clark vos sam great singer!!!

[imatwatinlove]

everyone in the sixties was from liverpool :O

even all the american and london bands laaaa, crazy times :O

[gemmajain]

Apart from The Hollies of course, who were from Manchester

[imatwatinlove]

which i think youll agree, has bin part of Liverpool since the Great fire fire, in wich all the fires in the land caught fire :O

[punkrockefeller]

0:47 roger daltrey!

[brickbat44]

and the beetles won!

[SQDLVR]

What happened to Eric Haydock? It's so hard to get the first two Hollies albums "Here I Go Again" and "Hear! Here" without paying a lot for them!!!

[sapphiretaurus]

Get these guys in the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame, pronto!

[ItsAllAboutNash]

I absolutely agree, whether or not it were a question of two timing dear old Nash.

[kickassfan]

They should have won,theyre so underrated.

And Allan: God bless your voice.

[Syzygy60]

they underestimated the lack of sound engineering for a mass audience,they coulda asked me but I was 4 years old

[mistercrane]

wow!!! 2:29 IS JERRY SEINFELD

[dsamuelson194]

That's so funny... he really does - especially from the right side view.

[Jaybird1103]

Check out Graham Nash's Epiphone guitar. In a clip of the song "Now's the Time", it had a regular pickguard. Now it has a huge pickguard with "HOLLIES" on it covering nearly the whole guitar save for a spot of the sunburst finish. At first I thought it was a Gibson Everly Brothers model with a sticker on it.

[alonenjersey]

The bands that young people listen to today are so lacking in the positive energy that these bands were so full of.

[NeilThompson30]

From a time when the NME actually knew what they were talking about. This year they had that 'classic' band reunite for their show - Blur!

[marvy1118]

Same band that did 'Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress.'

[todbeck]

It was the distinct nasal sound of Allan Clarke, that made his voice so unique.

Like Gary Puckett, their once great voices, finally gave out over time, from a number of reasons.

[ItsAllAboutNash]

Two time Graham! The Hollies should be in the Hall of Fame, also because of the rest of the Nash-era lineup. Aren't they bundles of energy? Great fun to watch.

[tootone10]

Yeah rooftop, the Jag -fender made great bass noise, better than most new basses, these guys live were better than the Beatles--sound wise--sorry --its true, ahh- yes those Vox Ac-30's were a crankin werent they rooftop?

[perrimeno]

The Fender Bass VI was also used by Jack Bruce of Cream, Chris Hillman of the Byrds among others. Glen Campbell used one to play lead guitar on "Wichita Lineman" and "Galveston."

[Jaybird1103]

Also, in the 1960's, if you catch the Lawrence Welk Show on PBS, you can see either Buddy Merrill or Neil Levang play a Fender Bass VI guitar. I guess Eric Haydock, the original bass player, was used to playing a 6-string guitar and the Fender VI was a guitar tuned an octave lower than the regular guitar.

[todbeck]

Brilliant in the sixties. Todays current lineup, however, are awful and sound nothing line the band back then. Without Allan Clarke , The Hollies are terrlble these days.

[56dinosaur]

I agree that today's Hollies(despite the presence of Tony Hicks & Bobby Elliot) are basically a tribute band and that their harmonies can't compare to the 1960's or 1970's line-ups. Allan Clarke will be 68 years old this year. The truth was that his voice was fried,according to Bobby Elliot, because he sang from the throat(rather than the chest). I'd also add that old age and heavy smoking were factors.

[sapphiretaurus]

To be able to sing from your throat for forty years before your vocal chords go bust is an amazing feat. I think it was more smoking, drinking, and insisting on singing lead most of the time that did Allan's voice in.

[Waynescott1]

Just a cool early performance! The energy and happiness abounds and really shows through!

[2lemonde]

happiness, yes that's it !  what fine voices and harmonies!

[alonenjersey]

What else would you call a band who were all fans of the late great Buudy Holly?

[russallert]

Great pompadour job on Nash! And the old boys in the big band look like they just don't get this rock and roll shit at all...

[terrymod]

Now its the old boys in the 60's groups that probably now dont get the rap and techno shit at all either....nothing changes down the generations eh ?

[sapphiretaurus]

Why would they care for rap and techno anyway, when they created so much real music?

[robertlaberge]

Singing three-part harmony in tune with no floor monitors to hear oneself is nothing of phenomenal. But they managed brilliantly!

[lennonmccartneybeat]

wa bass is he playin , fender, wa ? and how many strings ? looks like 6 ?

[ryantunks]

yes sir. The same model Paul, John, and George all played during the last two albums.

[Rooftop112]

Yes, it's a Fender bass. A Fender Bass VI. It has 6 strings and a Tremolo. It looks like a Jazzmaster/Jaguar model.

[seftonwallet]

These historic NME concerts should be made available on DVD. The MC is the legendary David Jacobs, not Derek Johnson.

[JustaSideOrderOfLove]

AMAZING! One Word...'TALENT' <3 <3 <3

[lyndloo]

just the best!!!' Hollies '4 ever!!

[citybeat60]

Great footage. Now this is why this band should be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. What a terrific live performance!

[gninneh55]

I don't know if he is but maybe the singer Graham Nash is in the R&R Hall of fame as a member og CSN&Y??

[gninneh55]

This was meant as a reply to citybeat60 and of course Graham Nash was just one of the singers......

[tacako76]

Rare !!

[sgold1]

The Hollies were sure capable of putting a mean rock'n' roll show. Nothing as good as the early Hollies....

[andreabeat66]

grandissimi grazie per tutto il vostro beat!

[rwells47]

I love the Hollies!!!

[sapphiretaurus]

I second that! The Hollies rule!

[Rachmielah]

Totally!!!

[Hansa94]

Oh....Tony is so hot there!!! And all of the lads did a awesome job there and they look really great there to! Love it!

[JustaSideOrderOfLove]

OMG!!! thank you for posting this! :-D they all look and sound AMAZING! :-D LOVELY!!! Tony looks ADORABLE as EVER!<3