Graham Bonnet - Night Games video (1981)

[TheJosapappa1000]

i just like it

[TheJosapappa1000]

i just saw graham in finland 2008...and i liked it

[voodoochile97]

@TheJosapappa1000 You're SO lucky!

[TilemachosAthens]

Voice!

[bmanschaaf]

live is better

[SultanChase]

Superb! Always great to listen to this (the original version) followed by the sensational Alcatrazz live cover from Live Sentence.

[azapro911]

Great song, incredible vocals. A lot of people criticise Graham for "not having the right look" - as in, he didn't look or sound exactly like Ronnie Dio - or for "being the wrong man to front Rainbow" - hardly his fault that Dio fucked off to Black Sabbath while Blackmore dithered, yet again, about the direction of his band. What they really hate is that Graham made them look like bigger fucking idiots than usual on a karaoke machine, because no-one, NO-ONE, can sing his epic songs like he can.

[LanDio1981]

@azapro911

Probably the one song Ritchie Blackmore wished he could play guitar to had he not fired Graham Bonnet.

[azapro911]

@LanDio1981 I used to think it was from the Rainbow album that Bonnet did in '79!

[LanDio1981]

@azapro911

Apparently not but, maybe it was an idea Bonnet had for Blackmore but Blackmore shut it down knowing the personality he had.

[azapro911]

@LanDio1981 It is possible that Bonnet had some songs on Line-up in mind for the follow-up Rainbow album he never got to do. The rainbow running through the album cover and the rainbow effect on the front of his drummer's kit in the music videos are good hints!

[shemanic1]

I am proud to own a vinyl 45 of this. play it a lot.

[gustikpo20]

@shemanic1 I also have it..wonderful vinyl.

[jhonieliton]

o senhor BONNET e foda !

[andrezuqueto]

IT'S A WHOREHOUSE BLUES,IT GOT TO BE IT IF YOU GOT IN THERE.

[skullroadwarrior]

graham bonnet, jhon lord, cozy powel!!!!! does it get any better????? fantastic singer, one of the greatest of all times!!!!! thanks for this gourgeos music!!!

[Ecoisti]

Best vocalist ever! Thx Graham!!!

[MrMaukka10]

Mr. Bonnet has a GRET voice. Perfect for the pre-hardrock era. Stupid look killed his career .Almost everybody else is going pink at that time. Like and love the guy a lot. Just a month or too....

[sc4618]

コージーかっこよすぎ！

やっさん歌うますぎ！



[Ecoisti]

AWWW! I love your voice Graham!

[boss1648]

メンバーが渋い！

[outsideworks]

pwrcritter you are so right I havent a clue what key he sings in but its one I have never heard of before lol

[Polymar1]

who is on bass?

[Polymar1]

fenomenale



[rafaelgarca13]

EXCELLENT!!

[aspee45]

Wow, great song!!! Hadn't heard it until today, but I LOVE IT!!!! Grahams vocals are great!!!

[plecman]

Check out The Dooleys Wanted..lmfao..very similar!

[Karr6955]

RIP soho, to the days before restaurants took over

[nazareth4372]

blackmore was a fucking idiot for forcing him out.

they would still be filling stadiums today.

[Pwrcritter]

It says in the rules... Graham is Badass.

[rpd801]

May the great Cozy Powell R.I.P. You can hear him in the thunder...

[andresihotang]

@rpd801 Yep, perhaps the best rock drummer ever...up up above the overrated Bonham, Alex, or even Phil Collins. He's in level with Moon and Peart only..

[cloudvol7]

Bonnet inspired alot of good singer's,Firewind,Kenziner,Vir­gin steele,Artension all have had singer's that sound very similar to Bonnet.

[pinz2022]

@cloudvol7

Yep, I remember. In my humble opinion, Graham Bonnet clearly massively influenced all the Hair Metal bands of the decade to come. In retrospect, I'd say everybody from Def Leppard to Whitesnake to Ratt to Warrant to Great White were copying that sound to one degree or another.

[cloudvol7]

@pinz2022 Yeah the ones I said were all like Power,and or melodic metal,although Virgin steele is more like classic metal.And if you like Graham bonnet's vocal's check them out,because they have very close sounding singer's,especially on Firewind's Burning earth/Between heaven,and hell album's,or check out Artension's Forces of nature song,the vocal simularities are uncanny.

[hisdroogness]

@pinz2022 Um whitesnake were before this. the whitesnake after slide it in is sh1t!

[SuburbanBasement]

Games night at my house this thursday!

[deansusky]

Thanks for the great sound quality

[blade0954]

awesome song,as good today as when it was first released

[deansusky]

When we had guitar players and true bands

[deansusky]

Looking for I anit a fighter but i am man ,,i am just a lover doing the best i can ,,,From his solo album ,,any hoe

[deedarbikes]

there was a drum camera version of this on, one of my fave songs, drummers and guitar solos

[747Cristian]

que beuno esta el viedeoo y la cancion me cangan de gustos inglua que el tema de Hiroshima mon amour

[jonnyrainbow1]

CHECK OUT ONLY ONE WOMAN BY THE MARBLES. THAT SONG IS THE REASON HE WAS CHOSEN FOR RAINBOW BY RITCHIE. GRAHAM HAS QUITE RESPECTABLY NICE LONG HAIR IN THE VIDEO!

(WHY DOES EVERYBODY KEEP DISSING RITCHIE-HE INTRODUCED US TO IAN GILLAN,GLENN HUGHES,DAVID COVERDALE,RONNIE JAMES DIO,JOE LYNN TURNER AND DOOGIE WHITE-ALL GREAT VOCALISTS! HOW MANY OF THEM WOULD HAVE MADE IT IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THEIR CONNECTIONS WITH RITCHIE-I WONDER!

[somedoodudontno]

@jonnyrainbow1 you must really like ritchie......and caps :)

[jonnyrainbow1]

HE WAS NOT SACKED BY BLACKMORE BECAUSE OF HIS HAIR! HE WAS HIRED BY BLACKMORE DESPITE HIS SHORT HAIIR,BECAUSE OF HIS POWERFUL VOICE,BUT WHEN THEY WENT TO RECORD A FOLLOW UP TO DOWN TO EARTH HE COULDN'T COME UP WITH ANY LYRICS. HE SAYS HE CHOSE TO LEAVE BECAUSE ALL HIS MATES WERE LEAVING-COZY POWELL AND DON AIREY,AND BLACKMORE HAS NEVER SAID ANYTHING OTHER THAN NO-ONE CHOSE TO LEAVE RAINBOW! THIS SINGLE WAS CUT AS A SOLO AS A PEACE OFFERING I BELIEVE! IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE RITCHIE HAD SOME IMPUT

[800764]

@jonnyrainbow1 as far as I know and have read in various places Bonnet was sacked because he was pissed during the Monsters of Rock show in 1980. Bonnet also didn't have the vocal abilities live of RJD which meant that Ritchie would have got rid of him sooner rather than later. To be fair though I wouldn't have replaced him with Turner because I think that Bonnet was a much better rock singer.

[bufton6]

Properly awesome voice. Great feel and phrasing.

[olwynshilling]

This was my favourite song of 1981 (the year I got married the 1st time round) and it sure as hell would STILL feature in my top 10 today. Sheer genius!

[StanleyKu]

This is a killer song! Graham is a genius and sounds so killer when he sings harmonies.

[ksm19]

Yep nailed this one too :-)

[552rockout]

NIGHT GAMES WOOHOO

[CuriosityRoads]

Itsstrictlyforthecoolstoplayth­eir NIIIIIGHT ga-a-ames!

[earlyblue]

whos the bass player?

[KRF1984]

@earlyblue I believe it's Colin 'Bomber' Hodgkinson

[faithlessaaa]

@KRF1984

Are you sure he's called 'bomber'? He's a jazz basist the rest of the time and speaks somewhat disdainly of rock music in an interview when they began talking about whitesnake

[KRF1984]

@faithlessaaa

We're going back a long way, but I'm pretty sure it's right. It was in the Whitesnake program from Monsters of Rock in '83 IIRC. Whether it was an ironic name given to him by the band I couldn't say, and maybe old age is playing tricks with my memory, but I can't think of anyone I could be getting him mixed up with.

[mkoxswqaz]

powerfull voice...

[mkoxswqaz]

powerfull voice...

[metalgod1970]

cozyyyy!!! 

[Pwrcritter]

Difficult, difficult song. Try singing this and not sounding like a dork!

[fmrcazzeggiobeta]

@Pwrcritter i think if you write on youtube this:

Night Games - Phen knocks the door and steps right in...

you will find a great cover . bye bye

[blocksi]

@Pwrcritter totally agree

[MrMaukka10]

@Pwrcritter You're right on the spot. Not many Idols try outs there with this one out there!

[LanDio1981]

@Pwrcritter

I'd rather play the drums to this song than singing it, anyway.

[segitary]

Iron Throat !!!

[hothoytable]

I love this ! hearing it for the 1st time now.... gonna find this vinyl !

[878commando]

Bonnet!

[scamp1992]

rip cozy powell sadly missed

[scamp1992]

rip cozy powell sadly missed 

[SalutMusicman]

This song was so popular in Japan on 1980 !!!

[wendyw09]

absolutly love this song,thanx for putting it on xx

[Feisty1967]

Why did he leave Rainbow? He had a good gig there. I recognise Cozy Powell on the drums, so he kept his old mates with him.

[WebsterJ94]

@Feisty1967 he was sacked by blackmore fopr being too modernly dressed,

[Donnerkopp95]

I love his voice! Absolutely fantastic!!!

[Junuama]

Cozy!!!!

[pcpablo7]

GRAHAM BONNET I LOVE YOUUUU MY SON!!!

[thestormbringer1999]

great voice indeed but the song lacks YNGWIE'S solo so bad!!!!

[SuperCher69]

takes me back to a very nice place and time in my life!!!!!!!!!!!!

[justkaz41]

@SuperCher69 me 2 i was 14

[kannsaisakurakai]

この声が印象的。

[Pwrcritter]

Great song and difficult to sing. Try singing this in the shower and not sounding like a dork, lol. 

[Danerage]

@Pwrcritter

Try singing Hiroshima Mon Amour by Graham with Alcatrazz!

[billtlfc]

Written by a friend of mine Ed Hamilton, still performing with "Fast buck" In west London area. Check em out on you tube..

[lacrimidefericire]

the best..........BRAVOOOOO!!!!

[berlinmitte10117]

I have not heard this for 29 years - wow!!

[livemusicloverLyn]

Bonnet at his best when backed by Cozy's drums. Great to see Jon Lord on this too - class line-up. Great!

[MrBoxleyrocks]

awesome 

[WookietheChowChow]

GRAHAM BONNET HAS THE BEST VOICE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[valarmanwe]

@WookietheChowChow Wow. That is debatable. No doubt he has a brilliant voice - as I was listening to the vid I thought to myself, `damn, I wish I could sing like that.`

But have you heard John Miles sing Music was My First Love ?

I`m not disagreeing with you. If I had half Bonnet`s voice I`d be happy !

[DavidJHarrisonEssex]

@valarmanwe Both great songs but John Miles song is just caled 'Music'.

[jojomaya1]

@WookietheChowChow ONE OF THE BEST LOL

[bigttim1]

Great rock vocalist and also very underrated

[MrBoxleyrocks]

awesome nuff said

[007djmatt]

Let' start a ROCK collection !

[screaminone]

Thanks for posting, i never heard this studio version, only the version that appeared on Alcatrazz's 'Live Sentence." NIce video, and a really good power-pop song (for that time,) if i dare call it that, to some of you : ) Anyway, of course Bonnet rocks! Not a stellar career by standards perhaps, but he shows right here why he's revered even today. Smooth but powerful and skilled voice.

[dwl693]

Yep i think this is my favorite song. Thanks dad :)

[WookietheChowChow]

great, great voice

[WookietheChowChow]

GRAHAM BONNET IS THE BEST SINGER EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

[theyorkshirewhites]

Night Games..Since You've Been Gone..I Surrender..All NIght Long..Fool For Your Loving..Don't Break My Heart Again..New Orleans....

All great songs from this era..and all came about because of the existence of the Mighty...Deep Purple !!

Checkout the DP family tree..you'll see what I mean.

[WookietheChowChow]

Damn what a voice on this man!

[WookietheChowChow]

GRAHAM BONNET IS THE BEST VOCALIST ON PLANET EARTH!

[TheToscano]

@WookietheChowChow DIO was a legend (RIP) but i have to agree GB was the best vocalist Rainbow ever had.

[WookietheChowChow]

Graham Bonnet IS the best vocalist ever!!!!!!!!!!

[nik1969100]

This 'supergroup' could have proved a winning formula,

[cmelak598]

Bonnet is very good vocalist, he has charisma and feeling, thx.

[ramsdeandre]

memories 

[WookietheChowChow]

WHAT A VOICE ON GRAHAM

[Spugester26]

Vive la 80's!

[babylon333]

Love this song too :-)

[cole003f]

i have this song on this let's get rocked 3 disc cd set

[bsasteve]

I love this song



[Pwrcritter]

Graham IS the Man!

[divadesiree15]

@jfutach...isnt he...he is actually my uncle would u believe...he married my dad's sister.....

[leviathanito]

great song, thanks 4 sharing

[Pwrcritter]

Cozy @2:13.

[09rockmusic]

Graham RULES!!!

[scooter857]

i was sixteen when this came out and was a total mod and still am,but this song really made me think about going to the other side.still love it tho

[jfutach]

Graham is a living legend!

[SidSid51]

God we were so lucky with music in the 80s and we didn't know it. What the hell has happened? please tell me that class music like this will come back around again.

[biglankster]

@SidSid51

You never know. 80's bands are getting back together and playing gigs. If not at least we can go onto youtube and remeber about the good old days. Christ it makes me realise how old I am!!!

[SidSid51]

@biglankster

You Tube is fantastic for re-living a mis-spent youth. I often lose 2-3 hours at a time just browsing through old music videos. There are some damn good pub-bands around my area (Portsmouth) that do good covers of 80s and 90s rock classics, and they're usually free to watch....

[apolloton1]

@SidSid51 Unfortunately there is no turning back mate...You said it above.We were lucky to have lived and witnessed this wonderful era of rock....Aint coming back.

[SidSid51]

@apolloton1 - Yeah I have some really great memories from that time as I'm sure you do too. I can live on them I guess, it shows the importance of getting out there and having fun in your younger years doesn't it? Memories do fade and become a bit distorted but a quick hour or two on YouTube brings it all flooding back. I must admit to a tear or two now and then.

[apolloton1]

@SidSid51 I seriously get you my friend...those were the years...:)

[Zukatsr125]

That guy is a real rock n roll singer !!

[connor502666]

Great line up

[kimmopr]

man and the voice

[Music4Life972]

This is a fantastic track that brings back so many fantastic memories of my younger years! ;0)

[Music4Life972]

This is a fantastic track that brings back so many fantastic memories of my younger years! ;0)

[VeryStevePerry]

I loved Graham Bonnet in the 80s, i remember this song as if it were yesterday. What a fantastic line up of musicians playing too, i have been lucky enough to have seen them all live thru Whitesnake and Rainbow, and they are all brilliant - happy memories!

[cloudbuster66]

god when we were young,i was 15,god those days we had good music,

[somersetgal1]

Love it,,, thanks for the post,,, and thanks to Jim for sharing this...

[TheChrissy1960]

what can ya say .brill

[steff5705]

Awesome tuuuune,love Graham B and Cozy P... A true classic !!!!!

[stashyjon]

This is a great track, shame the rest of the Line up album was such a let down

[shaunthesheep1960]

the loss of cozy powell was a blow for rock music , one of the best drummers EVER .. R.I.P. Cozy

[emifaltaderespeto]

2:40 ... cozy is fantastic

and graham bonnet is a incredible singer .. her voice is very powerfull

[capital24]

woooooooooooow i loveeee 80"sssss,,,,graham rulezzzzzzzz

[Pwrcritter]

bravo! check out Cozy @ 2:15.

[marcus13sparcus]

Awesome song :D

[avutin112]

best song!

[PABLA20]

love this song & his voice is brilliant

[marybubblygirl]

He's still singing, did some tours round europe last year with his band alcatrazz and they are working on a new album. Bonnet rocks !!!!!!!!!!

[150rents]

does anyone know what G.B is doin now

[SultanChase]

Kick ass! The live version by Alcatrazz on 'Live Sentence' from 1984 is also superb.

[MultiMirmidon]

esta re tocada esa voz, graham bonnet no puede cantar

[Pwrcritter]

Great, difficult song. Try singing it and not sounding like a dork, lol.

[silvereith]

Brilliant song, but as any Mancunian will tell you taking your pleasure in Strangeways has some interesting connotations!

[johnmail96]

silvereith, quite a quick witted remark, about "strangeways"

[TomD4Eva]

when I heard him sing that bit I thought of the prison too!

[Vampyreholic]

@silvereith dont think thats what was meant dude lol. Think it means strange ways, as in peculiar ways etc etc

[878commando]

@silvereith Hhahahhahh! NO! can't listen to this in the same way anymore! : )

[Hyourinmaru007]

This guy is awesome!!! I love his voice. Wish I could sing like he...

[dws71]

one of the 1st songs i lernt on drums, one of my mums fav songs and can play it just because i heard it so much when i was 10, thanks to my mum, awesome song

[pepitobarc]

i know about this guy , listening anthem albums, this dude its great

[andyhfromleeds1]

Eyes of the world is another fine example of Graham's excellent voice, from when he was with Rainbow. Check it out!

[ste1bro]

Looks like a smoothie, but what a voice!!!

[PlanetHorrordotNet]

Great voice!

[corocoro1515]

I think so !

he has great voice!

[uriahsteel]

Bonnet is awesome! Where can I find his albums???!!!

[POTTLEDEE]

Great song.

[peterwilliamham]

5***** I met Graham at the Lime Light Club in Crewe a few years ago and got his autograph Thankyou for posting

[Pulzenstein]

I saw Graham here in my town last wednsday. Great gig. He was complaining about his sore throat between the songs and thats why they skipped this song, i saw the guitarists setlist taped to the ground cuz i were in the frontrow. Still he pulled off a hell of a show.

[kylmajy]

House of Rock Kouvola tonight

[marybubblygirl]

Lucky you Kusti, enjoy. Wish i was there!!!!

[kusti1818]

Gonna see Graham live TONIGHT!!!!!!!!

[Trookieness]

I love seeing good old Cozy Powell on drums. :P

Bonnet, you fucking rule.

[dikrokus]

yeah i love how the snare sounds

[jittboy1]

looks like where scott weiland copied his look!!

[maraglamrocker]

wow

so fucking cool!!!

i see Graham this month ! yeahhhh !!!