Chris Farlowe - Ride on Baby

[agent9981]

i wished he was touring in America

[Kohntarkosz]

Good singer, but this puts me in the mind of Pat Boone's version of Tutti Frutti. In other words, very pedestrian.

[agent9981]

@Kohntarkoszyou put me in mind of an asshole

[mpoth49]

Did you see the bloke at 0.39 pick his nose and put it in his mouth. Ugh!

[liamg353]

@mpoth49 yuck is right, good cop

[liamg353]

@mpoth49 I remember one time going for a drink after 3months off it and right in frontnof me at a table for 2 hours was a guy doing the same (good job I have a stomach like a horse)

[mpoth49]

@liamg353  Lordy, bet that drove you to more drink even....

[Mobanc]

Ride on Chris : )

[paulthepill]

i nearly met him twice ,once.....

[thebradfordinvasion1]

SOMETHING WRONG WITH HIM ? YOU'RE CREEPY MATE

[qwisp]

Is there something wrong with this guy? He looks a bit on the emotionally arrested side. And why is he trying to sound like an old black man?

[jameschar24]

Very Tom Jones' esque

[MegaJohncoffey]

DONT INSULT CHRIS FARLOW HE IS STREETS AHEAD OF TOM JONES

[DSFSandy]

....in 1966 in Munich, Germany ......The Beatles in the Circus Krone....the audience...mostly girls...when completely mad!! I was not there but I have seen videos and my first wife was there....

[hudois]

This is a clip from The German show "Beat Club" and from the huge amount of clips I've seen from the show, it doesn't appear that enthusiam rattes very highly in their DNA!! I even saw one of the first appearance of the Jimi Hendrix Experience on the show, and the audience look as though they're watching "The March of The Penguins"!! Oh...didn't they smash up the cinema and slash the seats after seeing that one??!!

[phanou974]

Really good singer.... 2 or 3 girls look like Barbra Streisand ^^

[soulgalore]

Too bad it's not one of Farlowe's best, decent enough, but a bit run-of-the-mill. And what about those rejects from Romero's "Living Dead" films shuffling around him, seemingly oblivous to one of the UKs most extraordinary and exciting voices in their midst. OK I know he was miming, but couldn't they have stuck him front of the Thunderbirds instead? I'm going to complain. Oh yes!

[rich88b]

Chris Farlowe is about 70-years old now and still has an amazing voice! I went to see him in the summer and he was brilliant!!!!

[liamg353]

@rich88b have to agree 100% he was brilliant

[kansasbadger]

Farlowe reminds me a lot of Bill Medley of the Righteous Bros, eh?

[jencomackey]

I was wondering why I hadn't heard of him before. That whole Nazi thing could have something to do with it based on what is here.

[IDLERACER]

This song has an interesting history. The Rolling Stones recorded it during the "Aftermath" sessions, but decided to leave it off the album and give it to Farlowe instead. A year later, their version popped up on the American "Flowers" compilation, which consisted largely of tracks that weren't included on U.S. LPs up until that point. To this day, most British folks aren't really familiar with the original recording of this tune by the Stones.

[ChifleyLIB]

All I know is: He is a great singer

[Favero]

Is Chris Farlowe a Nazi then?

[FaerieCrone]

No. Nasty rumour.

[reckonman]

cris farlowe is cool , hes my hero . he brought it to us , the real deal , hes a real artist.

[stOOpid68]

greekboy + paulonden;

I wasnt bothered about his memorabilia, it was more his use of the word N*gger. just think it's a bit F***ed up.

Tre

Liverpool Mods.

[stOOpid68]

I had this on 45 years ago, I bought it with a music mag (cant remember which) an it was sayin that Farlowe was a big collector of nazi memorabilia and often called black people "schwarzers" which is like the German for N*gger.... :( does any1 know any more on this?? seems a strange sitch for a "soul & blues" kinda singer.....

[PAULLONDEN]

Aw c'mon, very respectable people collect

the weirdest things, cool black people

don't mind.

[greekyboy123]

I don't know about Farlowe's racial views, but in the late 60s to early/mid 70s he ran a shop in North London selling wartime memorabilia - if memory serves, some of it was German army gear.

[taqn]

"schwarze" doesn`t mean "niggers",it`s just the german word for "blacks".

[stOOpid68]

I thought "negger" was black (like the colour) but schwarzer was black (as in race)but Im not beyond correction on this :)

thanx anyway taqn

Tre

Liverpool Mods.

[FaerieCrone]

He collected ALL war memorabilia, not just Nazi stuff. He had a shop on Upper Street, North London where he sold the stuff. He's not a Nazi or anything like that, he's just fascinated with collecting medals etc

[stOOpid68]

Thanx faerie, it was just something I read and couldnt really believe, so I stuck the Q+A on here. Farlowe IS a 4kn legend btw!! it just seemed strange for him to talk like that. But recently Ive had dealings with the media/press and most of them are scum that write ANYTHING to fill newspaper inches. sad but true.

thanx to every1 that wrote in btw!!

[FaerieCrone]

No prob. From what I can remember people saying, Chris is a likeable bloke. I don't think he would have been very popular with his shop nor his singing career if he had that attitude lol Ugh, the bloody press have to bring all people down who don't kiss their arses. He probably didn't want to talk to them or something one day and so they wrote that. Gits.

[metrakos]

this guy definitely has a definitive rock vocal tone.

[STONESJAGGER]

stones song is 100 times better

[SAHBfan]

Jagger looks more comfortable on stage and moves much better than Chris Farlowe. Plus he is a much better song writer....

...his voice isn't in the same class, though ;-)

[mattiv2007]

Chris is great, still 40 years after this video. Go and see!