rich kids rich kids live 1978 complete

[ZenGangster]

Call it entertainment. They were extremely professional, unlike the Professionals who weren't .

[promisedeyes]

Call it power pop, call it rock n roll, call it punk rock, but this ROCKS

[MrFieryjack]

I was here when they filmed this in the audience! - It was in dewsbury, west yorks, November 1977. It was a tiny club and Mike Mansfield from Supersonic filmed it. i went and you got a voucher to buy a ticket for the Sex pistols gig which took place on Christmas Day in Huddersfield...best Christmas ever!

[FrancoDamn]

RIP Steve New

[DavidQuantick]

RIP Steve New.

[rabsmiff]

not representative of 1978, and this had very little impact at the time...it's too fake and contrived. Poor in '78, and no better today.

[chrisnoaro1]

@rabsmiff thanks for the lecture, nevertheless i won't be throwing out my rich kids stuff as a result

[diddywahdaddy]

What a band they were!!

[tatethompson1234]

glen matlock is the man,his bass lines are fucking impecable

[ZLUGGO]

Fabulous. I love this band.

[lewisner]

Cool performance.Midge Ure reminds of Paul Weller.

[FIFTY2WEEKS]

I didn't know that music was an Olympic sport chin...The Rich Kids were not a punk band anyway. They weren't bad but not top of my list. Glen Matlock got his wish to be in a pop band I suppose. Midge and the drummer (Rusty Egan?) went on to more succesful things in the New Romantic era.

[FrancoDamn]

But that isn't soft rock or prog.

[dortyhoor]

Rusty Egan talked on 'This is your life' about the Rich kids being a punk band (when Ure was on it). So they plainly considered themselves a punk band. They used to play the Vortex as well, a punk only venue.

But so what, you like em or you dont, thats the whole point of music I spose.

[chinbopper69]

fuck uk punk american hardcore rapes all of this shir and if none of you knew punk originatedin the usa

[dortyhoor]

Its amazing to look at Midge Ures hair and realise that in less that five years he would be bald, still it happens to the best of us.

[starshineub40]

@dortyhoor It took a lot longer than 5 years for him to go bald but unlike Samson Midge's strength is not in his hair!

[dortyhoor]

Sorry eight. Look at the video for Vienna and you can see it is already falling out and thats what? two years later?

[starshineub40]

@dortyhoor Never put me off him though lol

[dortyhoor]

I'm glad I havent ruined your dreams, theres nothing wrong with bald anyway, I was just struck at the speed it fell out, faster than mine.

[starshineub40]

No you didn't ruin anything. He grew a ponytail in 84 but there was already a bald spot appearing. It was a bit of a shock to find him totally bald last year, oh well... no one's perfect :)

[dortyhoor]

I'm glad I didn't spoil your day (or night).

Did you go to see them play last week? They supposedly sounded really good, even with Gary Kemp on guitar, but after watching the awful shambles that was the recent X-ray spex gig I've been put off of going to see the 'reformed for one gig' old bands that are doing the rounds. The reviews I've read said they were good, I wish I had gone now, hair or not!

[starshineub40]

I did indeed go last week, it was my birthday and a real treat. True it was a bit unrehearsed but when Rusty remembered how to start a couple of songs and the guitars were tuned it was definitely one of the best gigs I've been to in a while. Not because they were perfect, but because they were enjoying themselves and regressing 30 years. Gary Kemp was fine, really surprised me, not only playing guitar but singing along too so he gets some kudos! And there was plenty of bald blokes around :)

[dortyhoor]

Cheers, I wish I had dragged my balding head there now, oh well.

[starshineub40]

Aww, well it was all filmed, hope it turns up somewhere and isn't too cleaned up by the time it does see the light of day.

[dortyhoor]

I will don my toupee and sneak down the shops for a look for it in due time.

[starshineub40]

In this weather all you need is a hat - one of those ones with the long ear flaps should do :)

[dortyhoor]

But no bobbles on top.

[starshineub40]

Bobbles are so last year lol

[dortyhoor]

Last century!!

[starshineub40]

Was that around the same time as the hair departed? LOL

[dortyhoor]

lol

[roddy76to86]

A very young Midge Ure, but also a very relieved Glen Matlock !

Thank you...but where are you managing to dig up all these rare gems from ?!

[lehcarbunny]

Wow, where was this? Great to see a real live version of this track, thanks for posting!!