No Matter What - Badfinger - 1982 Live!

[claudiojornal2010]

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[Dirkchucklebutty]

Coventry's Bob Jackson, doing a good job on the vocals here.

[cartereddie51]

Bob Jackson replacing Joey Mulland .... maybe; but this other guy replacing Pete Ham .... no way!!!! Badfinger never could've rivaled the Beatles, but they could have been a much closer second than the Rolling Stones had Stan Polley not shafted them out of what should have been a comfortable and successful career. Pete Ham & Tom Evans had a special partnership - much like Lennon & McCartney. I'm a long time Badfinger fan, and always will be!!

[ziggyuno1]

bob jackson, fits well in badfinger,

[orpheumshn]

Lets all try to remember their great hits, their tremendous energy and their songs special meanings to all of us and knowing the big guy upstairs is keeping them safe from the boogie man Polley!!!

[rowdymax1]

By the way, on November 19, 1983, about a year and a half after this taping, a distraught and broke Tom Evans hanged himself...dead at 28. Stan Polley, their American manager who mismanaged them into financial ruin is still a free man.

[loesepoes18]

@rowdymax1 Dead at 28? He was to young to die, but he was 36 not 28! Born at 5 june 1947.......

[smilinstevie88]

@rowdymax1 - The soulless bastard Stan Polley died in 2009. He's been in Satan's Easy-Bake oven ever since.

[MsFanmail]

@rowdymax1 It so sad the way tom and pete died the music business is full of greedy sods

[norseleague]

Managers can fuck a band royally so much so they never recover or even get on the map and never bounce back,,,,

[bullitt1434]

The band sounds good but it's really sad to see them reduced to playing gigs like this. Am I the only one who thinks the announcer sounds like Krusty The Clown?

[hollydazetribute]

Pete and Tom had the nicest harmonies and melodies.I hate the business end of music theres always some sheister trying to figure out a way to screw you out of what's rightfully yours.

[recordhead59]

Amazing that they were even able to perform considering the shitty time they were going through in Milwaukee at this time.

[bobbilse]

Bob Jackson is singing lead on this (he's now a member of The Fortunes). Tom Evans is singing the high harmony.

[jessejameskelly]

Badfinger Fan. Actually, yes. Quite often I think about the immense tragedy of this band. I'm currently reading the book and been wanting to brain Polley more than ever. They really did have everything to live for.

[fenderstratguy]

Everyone's depressed at the video here and I still think it sounds pretty good. I always liked it played just a little slower. I think the original recording had the perfect tempo. When you speed this song up, it loses a really cool part of its vibe.

[dukebox]

oh god - oh no...

[BadfingerFan]

Ever wish you could travel back in time, so you could attempt to save Pete Ham and Tom Evans? I know I do.

[Keeks4]

@BadfingerFan Definitely. Would love nothing more if Tommy and Pete were still here, making music for us!

[Pdoolesct]

@BadfingerFan

Yeah, it is tragic how their lives ended.......great writers and singers.

Thanks to Apple Records for screwing them....

The Badfinger album on Warner Brothers was great....Matted Spam, Shine On...etc....

I liked the Airwaves CD too.

What else do you like listening to?

Did you ever listen to Emitt Rhodes....he did some great stuff, kind of Beatlesque in ways.

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving and that you have a great Christmas season.'

Paul

[newcastlerabbit]

@BadfingerFan

Absolutely

[nano952]

wow

[vhsorbeta35]

Was this show national?

[machias88]

@vhsorbeta35: this was strictly a local show, no syndication. and cable didn't really get going in SE Wisc until 1983, so you had to be able to pull the station in with an antenna which meant about a 60-75 mile radius.

[teiscoxx]

A real lesson in the business of Music....No matter how talented you are if you don't take care of "business" you could end up like this.

[believer06]

@teiscoxx Music and business are like oil and water. Music is an art. Adding business to the equation is what ruins it. Thats why I havent turned on my radio in the past 20 years. too much control has been taken from the artist by those who know nothing about music.

[knoxrox167]

anyone else think this sounds like a beatles song?

[LBjim]

I agree!!..It is so sad....

[philsaw]

shouldve shot the announcer..dick!!!

[favorsham]

I'm sorry, but this is just depressing - a real Spinal Tap moment. I loved this band, and to see them reduced to playing commercial breaks during horror movies on local TV is more than I can bear. Not even one good shot of Mike through the whole song.

[Scott4Jesus]

I feel the same. Puppet Show and Badfinger. See you at the Eagles Club. They all had the bad breaks. All that is left is Joey Molland. In their prime they could do no wrong. They had the vocals and the pop sense of the best of them.

[RORYzRIGHT]

@favorsham I have to agree. That was sad. That was not BADFINGER "Tap moment"lmao

[peacemakersjapan]

I still love Tommy's vocals too.

And this one is again important to me.

After Joe and Pete left, I`ve ever never known this kind of performance has done.

[brownsugah66]

I still love Tommy's vocals !!! Nice that it is preserved forever on video