The Rubettes - You're The Reason Why

[BADHALOMEDIA]

Massively talented band that got shunted into mock glam rock. Seriously talented bunch.

[GazzaCal123]

@BADHALOMEDIA

A great assessment, of a great band.

[triumphadelic]

best song The Beatles never wrote.... it has very Harrisonesque lead breaks circa White album/Abbey Road prob thru a Vox AC30 amp... anyway... does anyone know what make of guitar Tony Thorpe (lead singer/white guitar) is ? anyone?

[orriblebob]

@triumphadelic The neck looks a bit Gibsonish to me, but the body looks like an Ibanez.

Could be a hybrid....................

[triumphadelic]

@orriblebob i just realised if you pause at 0:10 you can see logo on headstock but is unreadable but look at fretboard ..the inlays are ' T ' ' T ' [ Tony Thorpe ] so it must be a bespoke guitar and only guy who comes to mind who was building for 70's rockers like Slade , Black Sabbath etc ..is John Birch but logo doesnt look like John Birch , if anything it could be 'Burny' but that's Japanese ... other UK electric luthiers then were Cairns from North East who made the gun guitar...

[shangrilawson]

Heard this for the first-time ever (on a Top of the Pops re-run the other night). Sounds very much like an early Beatles song sung by John Lennon but that's no bad thing! Really neat song, thanks for posting.

[Wolli1960]

Now I know why this song always sounds different to me, Tony is singing the lead vocals here

[butwhatifyoucould]

I don't understand how this band do it. But man o man, they do it. Musical joy!

[Rubettesmania]

Excellent !!!Thank you for sharing,

I love this song.

Rubettes is always great , in past and now,

Love,......from Japan,

[skellyedge]

i once called on tony thorpe at his home in lancashire, i was invited in for a brew and a very nice chat, he was grea guyt i am a fan , and he played me a great demo of this song, wish it was on herefor all fans to enjoy ,cheers tony happy days

[sasroadshow]

The end of that is from something by the beatles

[johnnyhuis]

Great job!

[smokiesteele]

sounds kind of like a bit fab four to me

[1ndi64]

@smokiesteele I'd rather call them the CRAP four... how dare you compare them to the almighty Beatles!

[yorkie6687]

@1ndi64 Twat!!! Grow up!!! At least these lads never gave money to the fucking SCUM IRA! END OF!!!

[sannyrockers]

absolute famous

[THEBREEZED]

boarding school memories

[prostaff1n2]

If your first name is ainttheoldstuffgreat, your last name should be "Yes".

Bye!

[albertuseimers]

A top 3 song in Holland.

Great.

[ifthecapfits]

A great track that was a much bigger hit in Europe.

The band are still going strong as a live attraction and attracted over 3000 people to their gig in Berlin last weekend.

The track for this performance was re-recorded (in 4 hours - those were the Musicians Union rules in those days) and has a slightly rockier feel than the record.

Fascinatingly, Lemmy of Motorhead once listed it as his favourite record !

[wstede]

a perfect performance of this teriffic song

[Soraayax]

GREAAAAAAAT!

WOEHOEEE =D

i'm verry happy!

[Massiv09]

This song is beeeeesttt but a german band "Der Grinch" had made a cover from this song....and this cover is awesome!!!!

[MarvinCooke]

Möchte an dieser Stelle Sandweier grüßen!

[jctcjctcj]

a lot of glam rock stuff is underrated, as in this song.

Rubettes, mud, slade n the sweet provided the soundtrack to the 70's, not rock or punk. i like led zep n sabbath n punk but its songs like this that remind u of the fun time it was.

[tmspepita]

and don't forget the Glitter Band!!!!!

[adamsez]

The receding hairline and heavy specs weren't a great rock-and-roll look even then, but this is a cracking little toon.

[Patonight]

Very! very! great!

Thank you for this vidéo!

More! more! The Rubettes!

Yours