Ian Hunter - Rock n' Roll Queen, London Astoria (2004)

[bucketsz]

Mott The Hoople for the Super Bowl halftime show in 2011. who's with me?

[Keeks4]

@bucketsz  YES!

[BCK]

Ian Gibbons (on keyboards) can also be found on the Kinks live "One for the road" album.

[BCK]

Mott the Hoople; "A Rock and Roll bottom and middle with a glam fringe on top"

[oneWASPfan]

Ian will turn 70 next month. I agree his voice has changed but I still would give anything to see the Mott the Hoople reunion in October !

[badsport2008]

it was awesome mate!! They played this

[DAVWAVE]

Ian seems to have a frog in his throat. The band and overall sound is... not up to Mott's old standards. Kind of tired, really, although they pick it up in the end to their credit.

[winterlandkid]

Ariel Bender back n' tha day - NAY! Their SF DEBUTS! Huge Tophat and 8-inch platform heels!!!! RAW ROCK BAYBEEEE!

[ianhunterfan08]

Steve Holly rocks

[Rugbymalcolm47]

wat kind of guitar is ian playin

[Rugbymalcolm47]

i think i got it its either an epiphone crestwood or a coronet

[BR337]

I heard Mick Ronson died, is that so?

[Rugbymalcolm47]

ye 1992 RIP

[bolanbaby]

re form mott the hoople now ian hunter and get that overend watts back on the creamy bass guitar, no arial bendings, he really wasnt good was he ... punkle kevin ..

[Vidwatchuk]

Agreed

[GregTuco]

This is as good a version of this song as I've ever heard.

[BuckeyeInNC]

@GregTuco AMEN BROTHER. THE BEST 4:23 I'VE SPENT ON YOUTUBE

[koolala]

Ian Hunter rocks. 5 stars.

[Tibbenham]

Mick Ralphs has always underplayed the Guitar Hero bit - too much, maybe. He is the anti-Yngwie! Mick Ronson was similar, but Luther/Ariel - now there's an extrovert. :)

[pegleyjr]

A little more lead from Mick woulda been good. Who was the flashy lead guitarist?

[johnnyromeo]

Andy York, must be weird for Mick seeing someone else play his lead parts

[aardvark03]

I'm sure it's much worse for Mick to know that Boz Burrell is no longer among us.

[Vidwatchuk]

Excellent Mott Track although Boz Burrell never played with Mott the Hoople he was in Bad Company....Peter "Overend" Watts wast Motts Bass player

[timnlol]

yes. More from Mick woulda been great, but Andy Yorke did a great job. was there that night, great gig, bought back memories from 69-74. The following year he opened with hymn for the dudes. how awesome was that. I had no vocal chords after!!

[epiclectic1]

Rock 'n Roll KING!

[ogo57]

i agree.shrunken heads is an awesome release.

possibly Ian's best since 1975.

[ozbocfan]

Incredible,just incredible to think that here is a guy nearly 68 years old, still rockin' hard. And think of this...any other old rockers have long since stopped making relevant, dynamic CD's and are simply touring by trading on past golories. This guy has just released the best solo album of his career and the Album of 2007. He's as insightful, exciting and relevant as any of today's so-called "young dudes".

[Robert1sLadySaggie]

the guitar solo makes this worth watching

[martianshoes]

To quote Pete Frame's Rock Family Tree - (sic)"on any given night, the best Rock'n Roll band i the world". All I know is they could hit like a metal band but brought that fun and stink like a garage outfit. Ian Hunter wrote like he had been rocking in the year 1492 - confident, and winking at you the whole time, cause you were in on the joke too....

[circleofhands]

on any given night, the best Rock'n Roll band i the world-bill graham said the same thing about the gratefuld dead this guy copied his quote look it up

[appelepap]

Mott the Hoople was one of the best bands around at that time.

Incredible they never made it to world fame.

[billwood]

Ian Hunter is a freaking legend! Seeing him and Ralpher together again is awesome. Too bad those two can't get Overend, Verden, and Buffin all together for just one more show. I've been lucky to see MTH live as well as Ian solo on numerous occasions. Thanks MottOne for posting this. I guess I'll play this DVD (again) as soon as I get home. This DVD and "Strings Attached" are incredible DVD's. I can't wait until "Shrunken Heads" comes out on May 15th, 2007!!!

[timnlol]

couldn't agree more. I saw MTH live about ten times 69-74 and was here on this night. It's my mate gets thrown off stage at the end. Dave from Dartford lol.

[johndege]

I bought the first (self-titled) Mott the Hoople album -- which is where this outstanding song can be found -- when I was a senior in high school. It's wonderful and amazing how well this song has weathered 37 (?) years...Thank you, MottOne, for posting it. Ian still rocks.

[rocky5554]

i dont know if anyones noticed here but the drummer here is steve holley ex wings drummer

[boxtroll]

Brilliant. I saw Ian earlier this year but he didn't do this. I'm gonna cover this in my band though. The Hoople rocks.

[joolslee]

Wow its a long time since I heard this played live - nice one!!

[chan181]

Use to play this one. Brought back memories. God bless.