Mott The Hoople were always disfunctional,they still were during the reunion! I believe they didn't actually peak in 73/74', not sure they ever did?The pressure put on Hunter to write hit singles was getting to him.The remastered Live album is Bender's finest moment,but Hunter needed a writing partner,Ronson was the right choice,but once again MTH blew it.Had Once Bitten come out as a Mott song with a tour to follow with Ronson then who knows? Punk still would've swallowed them up by 76' though.
such a great album. definitely has that bowie touch. what made him a great producer (and leader of his own backing bands) was his willingness to let the other musicians do their things. all the young dudes is unquestionably mott the hoople's album, yet it's like bowie helped them make it their own album (if you will). plus he gave them that great title track . . . (although i by no means consider it their 'signature song')
@newfuckingwave mth peaked, thas why. he saw a potentially more creative future. don't fault him...they gave us good music that couldn't have been more scientifically put together if you tried, but it happened. so move on...that was 35 yrs ago
@paraleverearl i can respect that. it's funny how mediocre an album 'the hoople' (the one after this) was. it had some good songs (golden age of rock n roll, roll away the stone) but it just did not function well as a whole. i had assumed this was because ralphs left, yet i can see what you mean about 'the ian hunter show'. it's not that they sounded different, but rather too much the same. the album was kind of 'mott' but without the magic. all good things come to an end unfortunately
"4 dead in Ohio!" Yup, they even covered that. Yeah, they even covered Dion DiMucci. It's called: Your Own Backyard, and it's a 'tribute' song about.....wait'll you get a load of THIS.....Pat Robertson, now more commonly known from The 700 Club. Why? Good question. Because Pat Robertson helped Dion get off of his heroin addiction. "...I have a friend, his name's Robertson..." Believe it or NOT.
@fastfret94 wow, i was there, too! yeah, a-smith had a touring collaboration with hunter/ronson a few years later (during hunter's 1st solo album tour), as well...this was just after their toys in the attic breakthrough. i think a-smith was ready to headline those shows instead of ian hunter, but evidently, it seemed the promoters didn't think so. go with the proven band, is what i'm sure they thought at the time. anyway, that was a great concert, also
I sooooo would have loved to have seen MTH during this period.... damn they were great. I was just a bit too young, so my first rock concert was Queen instead, (not a bad first). I saw Ian and Mick Ronson a couple of years later when they toured with You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic. I did get to see the reunion shows, and wow, 35 years later they STILL have it. I live next to a venue that has all the current acts and I seldom go.... how can anyone possibly compare to THIS???
@telecasterchick - They WERE great during this time. I was lucky enough to see them in Denver (April 16, 1974) when Queen opened for them- their first ever US show. It was a dream concert of my two favorite bands. I think the tickets were $7.00 or something. MTH are still the greatest band ever (in my decrepit old mind anyway...)
@thundersteve1566 Didn't see the original but saw them with Aerial Bender. Good show Ian came out solo singing American Pie and when he sang the line The Day the music died,he added or did it and all these huge puppets and dolls fell hanging from the rafters and the band started jammin, very cool!
Great song! I was telling people that Jerking Crocus is a neurological condition-they seemed to think it was possibly true. Anyway-"Gonna rock that thang!"
The boys used to open with this one around about the time of the Dudes single. Great memories of seeing em live at Guildford civic hall,Slough community centre,Friars Aylesbury,Liverpool stadium,Rainbow London,Croydon Greyhound etc etc. Still prefer the Island years though.
@guitarconasor Ah, but this came out before Ma Ma Belle. And Telephone Line is All the Young Dudes 2. Jeff Lynne is a talented bloke, but he's definitely a Mott fan. :)
This band could have taken over the world, nothing topped a live show with Mick or Luther or Ronson in the line up. Pete was an icon and one fine boy...
Buffin we will always remember you...even though things are slipping away from you now...
You need make no apologies for posting this song. MTH was one of the best rock-and-roll bands of all time, and this is one of their better songs. On the whole I like Hunter/Ronson better (perhaps), but this is still great.
This is one of the best tracks on both albums. The best version is on the 1976 Mott Live Double Album. I think I've seen it mixed twice and the double album version is the best.
Saw MTH 10-17-73 at Buffalo NY, with Aerosmith & New York Dolls. Snowy evening, the Dolls were directing traffic in their "costume" out in the parking lot. Ariel Bender was on guitar w/ MTH. Ian had the H guitar. Great show!
For me,this is one of the greatest records of all time.Brilliant album.Every song still sounds so great after all these years.Wish I could have seen them in concert
I just got a laptop and discovered the utube music has come a long way in last few years, never thought i'd hear this again and I havent stopped dancin in circles. Been 1 of my favorites since I found MOTT/IAN HUNTER at 13 in 1982. THANK YOU. I don't know a soul whose heard this song. WHAT A SHAME! the influence in so many bands in unbelievable.
Had the LP, then finally copped the (bitch to obtain) 8-track to perfectly compliment lotsa totally stoned top-down motoring the day I left home for college in '72!
@problem49 When I saw them in Boston, my girlfriend noticed that Ian finger spelled his way through a few songs. When he did ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS, and the front of the hall had filled with the glam rocker wanttabes, he kept spelling out "You suck. You all suck". What a riot.
Saw MTH on Saturday in Monmouth!!! Awesome sound that was exciting and made me think what a bland load of tosh music is today. Keep on rocking and see them if you can!!
u said you saw them, London? and if so, how long did they play and what did they play? me (a Yank) and the music way before my time, i wish i was there...ariel Bender or Ralphs on guitar with Ian Hunter was a Ass Kick'n Band...my time was Guns N Roses in 88 Giants Stadium, New Jersey.
@smartfreddy I'm a huge fan of 60's and 70's rock but I also love so many of today's modern music....maybe you just have'nt been introduced to the right stuff. Check out Foo Fighters in concert....they'll melt your face off with their "awesome sound"! Or how about a trip down the rabbit hole with The Flaming Lips, their front-man, Wayne Coyne is a genius! But, Radiohead is my modern music favorite. Have you heard of these bands? You might like them.
Here we have a song that may be about a woman but is definitely about life. Ian Hunter is telling us and, with his bandmates, shows us as Mott the Hoople that life is to be enjoyed, appreciated, - lived. Not, necessarily, understood. An affirmation of life in all its oddness. Greg G. of Portland
Well, as far is I am concerned, this groovy little piece of music sounds even better than some of the most famous Mott The Hoople- songs, which I have heard. I think that I am going to visit the local record store. 8.raita or Kane in Turku
Mott Mott Mott!
sonicsteev 2 days ago
She's a nazz puller
karlmoles65 6 days ago
love this mth song!
ghosttrain90 1 week ago
Mott The Hoople were always disfunctional,they still were during the reunion! I believe they didn't actually peak in 73/74', not sure they ever did?The pressure put on Hunter to write hit singles was getting to him.The remastered Live album is Bender's finest moment,but Hunter needed a writing partner,Ronson was the right choice,but once again MTH blew it.Had Once Bitten come out as a Mott song with a tour to follow with Ronson then who knows? Punk still would've swallowed them up by 76' though.
MottTheWot 1 month ago
It's clear now that I will have to download this album. I'd like to wish all youtube users a healthy and happy new year.
350125Stay 2 months ago
such a great album. definitely has that bowie touch. what made him a great producer (and leader of his own backing bands) was his willingness to let the other musicians do their things. all the young dudes is unquestionably mott the hoople's album, yet it's like bowie helped them make it their own album (if you will). plus he gave them that great title track . . . (although i by no means consider it their 'signature song')
newfuckingwave 3 months ago
why the FUCK did mick ralphs leave this incredible band for bad music company
newfuckingwave 8 months ago
@newfuckingwave mth peaked, thas why. he saw a potentially more creative future. don't fault him...they gave us good music that couldn't have been more scientifically put together if you tried, but it happened. so move on...that was 35 yrs ago
ultrakool 5 months ago
@ultrakool no i'll continue to be consumed by a 35 year old grudge, thank you . . .
newfuckingwave 5 months ago
@newfuckingwave um...ok. suit yourself, then
ultrakool 5 months ago
@ultrakool Dude, cool.
bustacapinlutha 1 month ago
@newfuckingwave Between rock star egos and Mott becoming the Ian Hunter show, I never did blame Mick. Bad Co made some great stuff.
paraleverearl 3 months ago
@paraleverearl i can respect that. it's funny how mediocre an album 'the hoople' (the one after this) was. it had some good songs (golden age of rock n roll, roll away the stone) but it just did not function well as a whole. i had assumed this was because ralphs left, yet i can see what you mean about 'the ian hunter show'. it's not that they sounded different, but rather too much the same. the album was kind of 'mott' but without the magic. all good things come to an end unfortunately
newfuckingwave 3 months ago
"4 dead in Ohio!" Yup, they even covered that. Yeah, they even covered Dion DiMucci. It's called: Your Own Backyard, and it's a 'tribute' song about.....wait'll you get a load of THIS.....Pat Robertson, now more commonly known from The 700 Club. Why? Good question. Because Pat Robertson helped Dion get off of his heroin addiction. "...I have a friend, his name's Robertson..." Believe it or NOT.
tallpaul881 9 months ago
I saw them for 6.50 at philadelphia spectrum think 6.50 is cheap? Aerosmith opened for them
fastfret94 9 months ago
@fastfret94 wow, i was there, too! yeah, a-smith had a touring collaboration with hunter/ronson a few years later (during hunter's 1st solo album tour), as well...this was just after their toys in the attic breakthrough. i think a-smith was ready to headline those shows instead of ian hunter, but evidently, it seemed the promoters didn't think so. go with the proven band, is what i'm sure they thought at the time. anyway, that was a great concert, also
ultrakool 5 months ago
This song is pure class.
GillmansWorld 9 months ago
Wow....That guitar sounds exactly like the Stones....
renc2000 10 months ago
I sooooo would have loved to have seen MTH during this period.... damn they were great. I was just a bit too young, so my first rock concert was Queen instead, (not a bad first). I saw Ian and Mick Ronson a couple of years later when they toured with You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic. I did get to see the reunion shows, and wow, 35 years later they STILL have it. I live next to a venue that has all the current acts and I seldom go.... how can anyone possibly compare to THIS???
telecasterchick 11 months ago
@telecasterchick - They WERE great during this time. I was lucky enough to see them in Denver (April 16, 1974) when Queen opened for them- their first ever US show. It was a dream concert of my two favorite bands. I think the tickets were $7.00 or something. MTH are still the greatest band ever (in my decrepit old mind anyway...)
GregTuco 10 months ago
One of their best, and that's saying a lot. The version on the live album is even better.
MrAndersoncouncil 11 months ago
Saw these cats a few times when Queen and Kinky Friedman were their opening act.
Never saw them with Ralphs or Allen, by this time Luther Grosvenor was playing, (sure would have liked to see them when Mick Ronson played for them)
No one could beat them...
gguitarlizard 11 months ago
queen used to open for MTH in the old days, you should see their performance at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert
onslokurgen1 11 months ago
stetsmanable, my friend you are clearly a man of great taste and discernment!
rhimember72 1 year ago
Live version with Bender's Lead!
rockon18 1 year ago
@rockon18
Fantastic - one of the heaviest moments ever!
MrAndersoncouncil 11 months ago
Saw the original Mott with Mick Ralphs at the Fillmore East and they were Smokin'!
thundersteve1566 1 year ago
@thundersteve1566 Didn't see the original but saw them with Aerial Bender. Good show Ian came out solo singing American Pie and when he sang the line The Day the music died,he added or did it and all these huge puppets and dolls fell hanging from the rafters and the band started jammin, very cool!
SmittyMcGee420 1 year ago
@SmittyMcGee420 Must have been cool Smitty! Saw the band with aerial at The Capital Theater which was great as well!
thundersteve1566 1 year ago
And didn't Jeff Lynne like this song too!
MottTheWot 1 year ago
@MottTheWot right. ma ma belle does sound a lot like this riff
ultrakool 1 month ago
Mott, the best and most underrated band ever!
rhimember72 1 year ago
@rhimember72
Of course I agree!
stetsmanable 1 year ago
Ian Hunter, king of rock n roll
Ruberioo 1 year ago
Great song! I was telling people that Jerking Crocus is a neurological condition-they seemed to think it was possibly true. Anyway-"Gonna rock that thang!"
marynightshade 1 year ago
The boys used to open with this one around about the time of the Dudes single. Great memories of seeing em live at Guildford civic hall,Slough community centre,Friars Aylesbury,Liverpool stadium,Rainbow London,Croydon Greyhound etc etc. Still prefer the Island years though.
betabloca 1 year ago
Heavy influence on Mick Jones of The Clash
bettymax1234 1 year ago
had more sex to this album than I can remember, best part is I married her and still am 31 years later.....
stlydan 1 year ago
I have aways liked this song!
rduquet 1 year ago
One of their best
scumthrasher 1 year ago
This sounds exactly like MA MA Belle...ELO.
guitarconasor 1 year ago
@guitarconasor Ah, but this came out before Ma Ma Belle. And Telephone Line is All the Young Dudes 2. Jeff Lynne is a talented bloke, but he's definitely a Mott fan. :)
GreenerHill 1 year ago
"Judo hold on a black man's balls"
best line ever
CfuenmayorJr123 1 year ago 4
@CfuenmayorJr123 oh shit i DID hear that correctly
newfuckingwave 3 months ago
Dayum. Sounds like exactly the kind of songwriting that spawned KISS.
elbruces 1 year ago
Great song great band
rebelmoon100 1 year ago
This band could have taken over the world, nothing topped a live show with Mick or Luther or Ronson in the line up. Pete was an icon and one fine boy...
Buffin we will always remember you...even though things are slipping away from you now...
See ya'
gguitarlizard 1 year ago
You need make no apologies for posting this song. MTH was one of the best rock-and-roll bands of all time, and this is one of their better songs. On the whole I like Hunter/Ronson better (perhaps), but this is still great.
HaxoAngmark 1 year ago
*YAWN*
TruthAxe 1 year ago
@TruthAxe It's past your bed time kid, go to bed.
GrigoriZhukov 1 year ago 2
it's been decades...
louiseduvee 1 year ago
Great song that owes more than a bit to the Rolling Stones, specially those open tuned chords. Love it!
doubleotwentyone 1 year ago
One of the great seventies bands........ plus Hunter has had an amazing solo career - his recent stuff is just top notch.
MrVulch 1 year ago
Can someone post I'm A Cadillac/El Camino Dolo Roso
yarg54 1 year ago
@yarg54 yes, that is a great song !!
silverdollar3 1 year ago
This is one of the best tracks on both albums. The best version is on the 1976 Mott Live Double Album. I think I've seen it mixed twice and the double album version is the best.
FunkingDave 1 year ago
Some say Ian Hunter wore shades an awful lot of the time...others say he wore awful shades a lot of the time.
seventiesclassic 1 year ago
one of my fave songs period! Perfect!
keithladc 1 year ago
Saw MTH 10-17-73 at Buffalo NY, with Aerosmith & New York Dolls. Snowy evening, the Dolls were directing traffic in their "costume" out in the parking lot. Ariel Bender was on guitar w/ MTH. Ian had the H guitar. Great show!
Gttysbrgr 1 year ago
For me,this is one of the greatest records of all time.Brilliant album.Every song still sounds so great after all these years.Wish I could have seen them in concert
stetsmanable 1 year ago
Alway's loved this song by Mott the hoople-good one to jam with-bluesgambler.
bluesgambler 2 years ago
album produced by Bowie....a classic....they were going to break up but Bowie saved them...thanks David...
Crowsfan55 2 years ago
I just got a laptop and discovered the utube music has come a long way in last few years, never thought i'd hear this again and I havent stopped dancin in circles. Been 1 of my favorites since I found MOTT/IAN HUNTER at 13 in 1982. THANK YOU. I don't know a soul whose heard this song. WHAT A SHAME! the influence in so many bands in unbelievable.
high0nthehill 2 years ago
Pure motherf%*king rock!!!
yarvelling 2 years ago
its so funny now .. i was 13 when motts live album was smokin hot ! in 73
now im 50 ,, thanks brings me way back !
hdvidmeyer 2 years ago
heh...18 in 73...welcome to the 50's hd...keep rocking...seeing YES on my birthday Feb 5th...@ Penn's Peak...
Crowsfan55 2 years ago
as good as this song (it's one of Mott's best ever) but the "Mott Live" version is even about 10X better...
motthead69 2 years ago
best mott song
tonygotmoxie 2 years ago
@tonygotmoxie
Exactly what I've always thought.
So Jeff Lynn got it from this song, I'm guessing.
notahemi 1 year ago
Had the LP, then finally copped the (bitch to obtain) 8-track to perfectly compliment lotsa totally stoned top-down motoring the day I left home for college in '72!
Thx for the post, warpigs!
PhiZappaCrappa 2 years ago
What a great album and song..........saw ariel bender in houston after he left mott and started widowmaker.
texadillo53 2 years ago
Excellent, but the live version is about 10 times heavier. :-)
Hedgeweed 2 years ago
Yeah, there is a similarity to Brown Sugar
daven58100 2 years ago
One of Mott's best tunes, in my opinion.
LemurScat97 2 years ago
first thing I thought of was Brown Sugar,,anyone hear it?
Frontierblues 2 years ago
@Frontierblues
i'm hearing ma ma belle by elo more than brown sugar
ultrakool 2 years ago
@ultrakool
Exactly what I've always thought.
So Jeff Lynn got the guitar licks from this song, I'm guessing?
But it seems to me that Ma Ma Belle also sounded like a Move song. But I can't place that one right now.
notahemi 1 year ago
A great cut from a truely classic glam-rock LP.
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@problem49 When I saw them in Boston, my girlfriend noticed that Ian finger spelled his way through a few songs. When he did ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS, and the front of the hall had filled with the glam rocker wanttabes, he kept spelling out "You suck. You all suck". What a riot.
Cochituate7Lake 1 year ago
One of my favourites. The live version, with ariel Bender, is even better
Larsbolander 2 years ago
Saw MTH on Saturday in Monmouth!!! Awesome sound that was exciting and made me think what a bland load of tosh music is today. Keep on rocking and see them if you can!!
smartfreddy 2 years ago 8
u said you saw them, London? and if so, how long did they play and what did they play? me (a Yank) and the music way before my time, i wish i was there...ariel Bender or Ralphs on guitar with Ian Hunter was a Ass Kick'n Band...my time was Guns N Roses in 88 Giants Stadium, New Jersey.
fluffyusa 2 years ago
@smartfreddy you lucky bastard lol
marko65 1 year ago
@smartfreddy Bull SHIT.
ecnalubma696969 1 year ago
@smartfreddy I'm a huge fan of 60's and 70's rock but I also love so many of today's modern music....maybe you just have'nt been introduced to the right stuff. Check out Foo Fighters in concert....they'll melt your face off with their "awesome sound"! Or how about a trip down the rabbit hole with The Flaming Lips, their front-man, Wayne Coyne is a genius! But, Radiohead is my modern music favorite. Have you heard of these bands? You might like them.
pamb440 5 months ago
I am going to see MTH Oct 1 !!!!!!!!!
alanpetsche 2 years ago
GO GLAM xx
janie1961 2 years ago
wanna go to London gigs
janie1961 2 years ago
GREAT GUITAR LICK!!!
zourtman 2 years ago
One of the greatest bands ever!
bunnyzero0 2 years ago
Lady Ga Ga is a nice puller
normskiman 2 years ago
a time when rock n roll was fun
actron 2 years ago
Here we have a song that may be about a woman but is definitely about life. Ian Hunter is telling us and, with his bandmates, shows us as Mott the Hoople that life is to be enjoyed, appreciated, - lived. Not, necessarily, understood. An affirmation of life in all its oddness. Greg G. of Portland
6664818GGG 2 years ago
Dunno. I think it's about sex.
dennybop 2 years ago
Probably my favorite Hoople song of all time.
dissent88 2 years ago
yea, knockout subtle keyboards...so MOTT!
ohisashiburi 2 years ago
Great tune always, but hey were alive and take it from a father of a metal brat, Life begins in the eyes of others,
cycimian 2 years ago
Bless ya Hooplers!....nice that MTH is digging out their archives for their fans
lwcowgirls 2 years ago
i feel like a teenager again...
Bykowski1975 2 years ago
one of the GREATEST albums ever. Ian is god.
FRATZROCKET 2 years ago
Fun song. Played this in a cover band in '76.
dbwindhorst 2 years ago
So did I!! There ain't music like this no more...
SkeebWilcox 2 years ago
Well, as far is I am concerned, this groovy little piece of music sounds even better than some of the most famous Mott The Hoople- songs, which I have heard. I think that I am going to visit the local record store. 8.raita or Kane in Turku
FINLETTU 3 years ago
the live version rocks ass too.
BBQkrewe 3 years ago
I like the Mott Live version. Good ol' marble mouthed Ian. Glam will always be a part me!
SadEyedSue 3 years ago 11
@SadEyedSue The live version is truly stunning!
CatapultYourMom 1 year ago
the whole album is outstanding.
dandeexxxx 3 years ago
It's a love song.
mamoulianlives 3 years ago
Love this one too... thanks for the addition. (She's a nads puller)
thatsripping 3 years ago