Criminy! Bill Spooner looks like a child. What a band... as necessary as the others for music to evolve. Where are the Tubes, the Queens, the Bostons, Styxs, Kansases of today? Is there even a decent Alan Parsons, ELO, ELP or Yes to be had?
@barfingonall4s not with the controlling music industry .....they wont allow a good band to rise of itself.....they are already shutting down sites of alt music based on this agenda
This is a testament to how good this band was musically, chops-wise.So many bands sounded thin and sloppy due to the technological limitations of performing live on TV in the 70s. I'd say this performance is second only to the one they released on "What Do You Want from Live?" which is permanently in the 10 disc CD changer in my car.
absolute classic .L.A's finest ...dopes... are they still doing shows???not sure if its on youtube but they did this on a tv special with Cher and i think dolly parton!!WTF!
this is innovative on every level. the music isn't the poppy tinsel of gaga but satirical and yet simply catchy and wonderful with a complex rhythm and structure unrelated to gaga's pop stuff. this is pure theatre but with musical substance, style and goodness.
I always found these guys to be really repulsive in their looks, stage act and music. Nothing groundbreaking here. Sounds like a bad Kiss or Aerosmith ripoff to me.
never heard of the band til i saw its ad at S&J Advertising's Your Town monthly in Pleasanton/Dublin CA area: THE TUBES at Firehouse Arts Center on Sep 9 & 10 at 8pm..Ticket prices at $35-$45 so i figured this must be a one kick-ass band...LOL! So i YouTube'd it right away and found this...awesomeee video now i see where Lady GaGa has been getting her costume ideas...LOL!!!
I saw the Tubes at the Longbranch in Berkeley 1974. I managed to sneak in 3 qts. of Shlitz Malt Liquor just for me. Before my buddies and I went in, we had a huge argument and fist-fight in the car. The dance floor had about an inch of beer sloshing at our feet. About two weeks later, I saw this unknown - Eddie Money. The Tubes were amazing and will always be a part of my life.
Saw The Tubes at the Old Waldorf in SF in 1975..very similar to this video only much better sound quality. Roger Steen on guitar, Prarie Prince on drums..what more could a white punk want? Maybe a babys arm holding an apple?
@ldchappell1 Or a date in kneepads with Paul Williams, a DynaGym, a Mazda, A NEW MONZA, a Third Reich swizzle stick, RRRRRROSEMARY'S BABYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
HA! Saw the Tubes on 8/23/11....this song STILL rocks and the Tubes sounded AWESOME!!! They did a 2 hour set for about 100 fans at the Infinity in Norfolk CT.
@wevelostDon - The Tubes were an American rock band from Phoenix, Ar. with a deliberate and definite comedy factor 'tongue in cheek', in case they should not have managed to get that across! Mr. Rotten is an Irish guy with a London background and 70's Britain falling apart. He never needed any cred - neither did the Tubes!
@oxeslevy please can i borrow your tape measure, i need to check how far apart fee's nipples are from one another. they'e creeping round the sides throughout x
Back in the day you actually had to have a bit of talent and/or maybe a cool schtick to be noticed .Unlike nowdays where the media "creates" a no talent 'star" and then tries to push him/ her to fame on advertising alone. Lady Blah Blah go home.
Great stuff, good post and never fails to make me smile this one. Great song from a great band. Very entertaining and these guys were true pioneers who influenced many acts that followed. Many artists these days think they have something new to offer when most things have been done before.
Performance art. Not "punk" per se, just a very good, well played & performed piss take, a self parody a la Spinal Tap. Makes some of today's "original" acts look a bit shallow.
If you never saw them and just heard their music, you would think they were just a very tight, strong and excellent group of musicians. Their visuals with Fee Waybill as the front man and guitarist take them beyond other bands when they play live.
Blues & Jazz -> Rock + Soul --> Glam Rock & Punk + Oi! / New Wave = Grunge + Metal * Alternative = Emo + Festivals provided by COs etc & Internet ??? I.E Modern Music History in 3 lines or less Good Luck KIDS!
Hey you kids... this shit is not only more entertaining than Lady Cah-Cah, but Fee Waybill's (lead singer) costume is way more outrageous than anything she could EVER come up with.
There's nothing new in rock music (as if gaga could be classified as anything other than repackaged disco shit). First time I saw Marilyn Manson on TV I laughed & thought of Waybill.
my mom had this LP folded in half after ripping it off my turn table in 1980 screaming I don't like this. I guess my screaming the lyrics in my room didn't help. You know she never really spoke out again against my music cause I showed her the humor behind it with Frank Zappa and sorts..I still don't think she likes it. But she knows it makes me a good person in some bizarre way! ;)
Saw the original "Beans" in Phoenix, AZ before they joined up with "The Red, White and Blues Band" in SF. Their shows were EPIC! Fee with his fruit basket hat tossing fruit into the audience... this was late 1969 or early 1970/71... The played awesome never heard of before or after venues... rented out old churches and such...
Oh brother, you just yanked me back 30 years! Awesome track! Great band! I saw them touring Remote Control in '79 and it still rates as the best gig I ever saw!
What a shame the clip faded before the end. Whatever, its a classic, and thanks for posting it!
some one on you tube raised the question back in the day when you were young cruzin in the car with your friends what song did you all sing to at the top of your
lungs I said the tubes (white punks on dope) they said whooo i laughted and said to myself (what a wonderful world) lol HaHaHa
some one on you tube raised the question back in the day when you were young cruzin in the car with your friends what song did you all sing to at the top of your lungs I said the tubes (white punks on dope) they said whooo i laughted and said to myself (what a wonderful world) lol HaHaHa
I forgot. I saw them at the catylyst in Santa Cruz many years later. No makeup, no frills, just rockin hard. I was standing in the middle of the dance floor before the show and Fee walked into me. He said pardon me. I said, "Kick ass Fee." He did. The whole band kict!!!
@rmbl2001 Dude!!! We were there with you no doubt! Fee and Prarie autographed my wife's tits, she was so turned on that shortly thereafter I fucked her in the bathroom!... took 2 weeks for the signatures to fade. Please tell me your lady is the tall redhead in leather that grabbed my crotch.
I saw the tubes in 77, maybe 76??? 78? Dunno for sure the date but will never forget the concert. It was at the Del Mar Theater in Santa Cruz, Ca. Seating for 350 lucky souls. I was one of them. They kicked azz. Loved it!!!!!
I could never understand why a rock oriented comedy group like them had a name as unfunny as the Tubes - Fred from England ('nations divided by a common language' etc)
I saw these guys in 79 and saw them on Don Kirshners Rock concert in the mid 70's (shows my age) Musicians yes, entertainers, yes, social commentary yes, immortal, no. Take it for what it's worth- they were important in popular examination of the world around them(us) and sadly, underappreciated for the views they presented. Don't deride them. See them for what they were, a mirror of ourselves.
@funkfanzzify - Effing moron. It was a Tubes song, period. Nina re-wrote the lyrics and claimed it as hers. Here's the Wiki: "In 1978 they released their self-titled debut album, which included the single "TV-Glotzer" (a cover of "White Punks on Dope" by The Tubes, though with entirely different German lyrics),..."
Not only were they punk pioneers but they had serious musical skills. Unlike most punk bands of that generation they could actually PLAY and stayed together to develop an airtight mix of Punk, R&R, R&B, Funk and Pop music. They elevated theatrical performances with choreography by Kenny Ortega (of later Michael Jackson and High School Musical fame). I loved them then, I loved them in the 80's David Foster period and I love them now. Can you spell ROCK'N'ROLL HALL OF FAME? Highly underrated band.
@funkfanzzify I don't have to look it up, I remember it very well. I grew up in Switzerland where Nina hagen was huge. The Tubes wrote and released the song in 1975 on their first album "The Tubes". Nina Hagen still lived in East Germany at the time, moved to West Germany in '76 and released her first album in 1977 with The Nina Hagen Band who later became "Spliff" without her. Yes, she did her german version of "White Punks..." on that debut album. But it's still a Tubes song first, sorry....
@kasponya thanks for letting me know. Dont write sorry, and The Tubes as well as Nina Hagen are "great". Saw them both in The Netherlands. have fun and thanks
@funkfanzzify It was not written by Nina Hagen. The Tubes wrote this prior to 1975 and Nina released it years later. Do you have a link that states otherwise?
Another example (if any are really needed) of the idiocy masquerading as "modern music."It’s all cranky and bizarre with no real meaning at all. Just senseless rubbish packaged for the moronic masses.
This song was DEFINITELY punk. It was also the first song of theirs that I ever heard. My favorite was "What do you want from life" off the 3 sides live album.
They came from a group called The Theater Of The Obsurd,around the bay area in northern California.Saw them with Journey pre Steve,and Mahavishnu Orchestra,at Winterland 1975
an amazing band. check out the live show from Record Plant 11 21 1974 on wolfgangsvault - one of the greatest live recordings ever. these guys started so too many trends to count. all hail and bow down to the Tubes!
How did a second drummer end up inside this video? He's not Prairie Prince. I saw the second gig these guys did east of Calif. . at the Agora Ballroom in Atlanta around '76, maybe '77. Ended up spending an evening with the choreographer. . hanging out with the band. A dude named Kenny Ortega. This was the kind of show you never forget . .instanteous disbelief in what you just saw. They had it all. Trailblazers and damn good musicians.
@kilts4u2 The "Dude" you call Kenny is in fact THE Kenny Ortega who has now since worked with everyone. He is quite famous now. Kenny was from Palo Alto Cali. He invented the character Quay Lewd. Kenny has choreographed everything.
@gpymp1 I'm well aware of this Einstein. Met in Ga, Knew him in Calif. Very familiar with his work right up to the last days of Michael Jackson. Get over yourself.
Born in 85 myself all I can do is regret and pity the musical era I grew up in. I can remember my dad playing these and other great records.. what a fantastic music.
Saw these guys in 197? at The West Dakota Club/ San Pablo Ave/ Berkeley, CA. when they were still a local S.F./ Bay Area band. Fee was wearing greasy overalls and sporting an Icky Twerp (sp?) hairdo. They were doing some Hendrix covers that night and a whole lot of other stuff. Who da thunk it ? Bravo fellas !!!
Brings back great memories.... saw them in San Francisco a long, long, long time ago. I remember a few people walked out.... they were shocked.... so tame in hindsight.
Criminy! Bill Spooner looks like a child. What a band... as necessary as the others for music to evolve. Where are the Tubes, the Queens, the Bostons, Styxs, Kansases of today? Is there even a decent Alan Parsons, ELO, ELP or Yes to be had?
barfingonall4s 1 day ago
@barfingonall4s not with the controlling music industry .....they wont allow a good band to rise of itself.....they are already shutting down sites of alt music based on this agenda
energyvortex1000 1 day ago
@barfingonall4s Very well said agree with yea 200%
ledzepp697 10 hours ago
Love em.
Lady Ga Ga eat your heart out! Well they say it's the sincerest form of flattery.
FoxyPebbles 4 days ago
The world really don't know how fantastically cool these dudes were!!
looknleap 1 week ago
JUST SAY YES !!!!
bigballbsta1 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
@bigballbsta1 YEA MAN GOT YEA!!!
ledzepp697 10 hours ago
If we're weird onstage, I don't know what you'd call the Tubes. Freddie Mercury
VividSummeR 4 weeks ago 2
This is a testament to how good this band was musically, chops-wise.So many bands sounded thin and sloppy due to the technological limitations of performing live on TV in the 70s. I'd say this performance is second only to the one they released on "What Do You Want from Live?" which is permanently in the 10 disc CD changer in my car.
agilblom 1 month ago
ice does this better!
bigm1953 1 month ago
Fee Waybill teachin Dee Snyder how to build a Twisted Sister
insaneone5150 1 month ago
Great Song
woolife 1 month ago
Yeha!!!! these are the original ones...the best of the best of the best...rock on!!!!
ahlberto 1 month ago 2
punk killed off glam rock .. in the uk anyway. UK punk began in germany in 74 (check Neu! Hero).
I guess this lot are the tail end of NYDolls type glam rock.
mijmijrm 1 month ago
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The world would be a sadder place without The Tubes.
Spartacus217 1 month ago
I've seen the Tubes twice and they are amazing.
BradiKal61 1 month ago
"If we're weird onstage, I don't know what you'd call the Tubes." - Freddie Mercury
derbsn 1 month ago
Is the singer qualude still alive ?
frank02111 2 months ago
they had 'it'
thenatashabone 2 months ago
Grew up UMC,this was are them song!!!!
roxykev1 2 months ago
I was there for this one.... It was HOT
akashalovelight 2 months ago
Under appreciated, all I can say.
tinicum54 2 months ago
Punk started before '77 (when they appeared on this show).
PurpleKable 2 months ago
power fart! Yeah!!!!!!
HaggisPowah 2 months ago
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gugegongji 3 months ago
Love this. How many guitarists on stage at the same time? Five? Two drummers? Most importantly, there is one...Fee.
tosetos1 3 months ago
@spasticinbondage sorry ,can you clarify that statement???
whoarethebrainpigs 3 months ago
absolute classic .L.A's finest ...dopes... are they still doing shows???not sure if its on youtube but they did this on a tv special with Cher and i think dolly parton!!WTF!
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Itelkner 3 months ago
this is innovative on every level. the music isn't the poppy tinsel of gaga but satirical and yet simply catchy and wonderful with a complex rhythm and structure unrelated to gaga's pop stuff. this is pure theatre but with musical substance, style and goodness.
fratermanix 3 months ago
I always found these guys to be really repulsive in their looks, stage act and music. Nothing groundbreaking here. Sounds like a bad Kiss or Aerosmith ripoff to me.
lowlypeasant 3 months ago
Wish I could fart like Fee did at 3.30. Must be the outfit. I sing this at meetings when the management come up with a stupid idea.
MabSHELLY 3 months ago
Sometimes when they wore pants....they had very large "tubes" in their pants.
Very visible to the audience. Cali legends
hoghash78 4 months ago
Fee rules!
drac2you 4 months ago
That outfit thing would go down so well in my towns gay bar
EasyStations 4 months ago
40 years ahead of their time. Note the "DISASTER!" TV @ 3:54.
schmulgelfisch 4 months ago
never heard of the band til i saw its ad at S&J Advertising's Your Town monthly in Pleasanton/Dublin CA area: THE TUBES at Firehouse Arts Center on Sep 9 & 10 at 8pm..Ticket prices at $35-$45 so i figured this must be a one kick-ass band...LOL! So i YouTube'd it right away and found this...awesomeee video now i see where Lady GaGa has been getting her costume ideas...LOL!!!
MsTakenOnValentines 4 months ago
I saw the Tubes at the Longbranch in Berkeley 1974. I managed to sneak in 3 qts. of Shlitz Malt Liquor just for me. Before my buddies and I went in, we had a huge argument and fist-fight in the car. The dance floor had about an inch of beer sloshing at our feet. About two weeks later, I saw this unknown - Eddie Money. The Tubes were amazing and will always be a part of my life.
HarryAreola0 5 months ago
I saw them at 6 Flags in '83. Lemme tell you now that;s a kick ass band!!! Oh and yeah Prairie Prince on drums! Couldn't ask for more!!!!
precisionb 5 months ago
I saw them at 6 Flags in '83. Lemme tell you now that;s a kick ass band!!!
precisionb 5 months ago
Saw The Tubes at the Old Waldorf in SF in 1975..very similar to this video only much better sound quality. Roger Steen on guitar, Prarie Prince on drums..what more could a white punk want? Maybe a babys arm holding an apple?
ldchappell1 5 months ago
@ldchappell1 Or a date in kneepads with Paul Williams, a DynaGym, a Mazda, A NEW MONZA, a Third Reich swizzle stick, RRRRRROSEMARY'S BABYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
epsteinsmutha1 5 months ago
going to see them on 8/26 at Val Du Lakes amphitheater in Mears, MI. I'm rather excited.
quasarmeister 5 months ago
HA! Saw the Tubes on 8/23/11....this song STILL rocks and the Tubes sounded AWESOME!!! They did a 2 hour set for about 100 fans at the Infinity in Norfolk CT.
DredMLM 5 months ago
this was back when music was some fun wacky shit! not the garbage we have now!
MrArgo1960 5 months ago
@wevelostDon - The Tubes were an American rock band from Phoenix, Ar. with a deliberate and definite comedy factor 'tongue in cheek', in case they should not have managed to get that across! Mr. Rotten is an Irish guy with a London background and 70's Britain falling apart. He never needed any cred - neither did the Tubes!
PyePye7 5 months ago
can't clean up ...though I know I should
Guinnie 5 months ago
Tubes were one of the best bands ever!!!
maytagfridge 5 months ago
I don't like the green shining off of his outfit.
MrSuednym 5 months ago
Dee Snider form Twisted copied Fees vibe
svtb15 6 months ago
Sucks that the end jam is cut. Is there another post with the full version?
SpectrumRob 6 months ago
i love this!
oxeslevy 6 months ago
@oxeslevy please can i borrow your tape measure, i need to check how far apart fee's nipples are from one another. they'e creeping round the sides throughout x
oxeslevy 6 months ago
Thanks for the trip back to my teen years. LOL! This is GREAT!
wentkat 6 months ago
Back in the day you actually had to have a bit of talent and/or maybe a cool schtick to be noticed .Unlike nowdays where the media "creates" a no talent 'star" and then tries to push him/ her to fame on advertising alone. Lady Blah Blah go home.
zeitlers 6 months ago
The tubes rulezz
zetermann 6 months ago
Great stuff, good post and never fails to make me smile this one. Great song from a great band. Very entertaining and these guys were true pioneers who influenced many acts that followed. Many artists these days think they have something new to offer when most things have been done before.
CameraJams 6 months ago 2
spent my cash on every high i could find...i am a white punk on dope
towmandave00 6 months ago 2
Now I see where Gaga got her schtick from! This music is WAY better though!
jeffkahl 6 months ago
solidariteit en ale go
slobbejan 6 months ago
Classic Fee Waybill and " The Tubes "
Thanks for sharing
powerman5000ca 6 months ago
ALICE look what you started!
caromero911 6 months ago
Nina Hagen is better :p
doyoureally95 7 months ago
SAW THE TUBES 8 TIMES AT BIMBO'S 365 CLUB ON COLUMBUS. FUCKIN INCREDIBLE FEE ROCKED THE JOINT W.P.O.D OH YEA!!!!!!!!
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rickmauiful 7 months ago
Performance art. Not "punk" per se, just a very good, well played & performed piss take, a self parody a la Spinal Tap. Makes some of today's "original" acts look a bit shallow.
666popey666 7 months ago
OMG LADY GAGA SHOES !!!!
bdgMSTG 7 months ago
If you never saw them and just heard their music, you would think they were just a very tight, strong and excellent group of musicians. Their visuals with Fee Waybill as the front man and guitarist take them beyond other bands when they play live.
DrMarianus 7 months ago
Wow, did anyone else notice Bill Hicks at 0:52
Conorc93 7 months ago
Blues & Jazz -> Rock + Soul --> Glam Rock & Punk + Oi! / New Wave = Grunge + Metal * Alternative = Emo + Festivals provided by COs etc & Internet ??? I.E Modern Music History in 3 lines or less Good Luck KIDS!
nviso209 7 months ago
Fee Waybill kicks ass!
GemTones 7 months ago
i saw them back in the day,several times and there is only one TUBES,tied for the #1 BAND IN THE WORLD!
lotec51 7 months ago in playlist blind faith
Trying to be like Iggy
babyshaker90210 7 months ago
Way too ahead of their time - TWO drummers!! Energy man, energy. Why they never were famous is beyond me... one me positive thumbs up BTW.
indysoundman1 7 months ago
Every time I watch them it brings a tear to my eyes
speter19561 7 months ago
Great quality on the video - thanks for posting!
joliecpa 8 months ago
Orale Huey@!!!!
twomorefish 8 months ago
So this is where Dee Snider got his ideas. Just the way Quiet Riot got their only hits from Slade!!! This cut was always too much fun!!
psqdjs 8 months ago 4
one of the best shows i ever seen!!!!
dnashart 8 months ago
he looks like Dee Snider. lol
ThunderBass68 8 months ago
@ThunderBass68 Dee Snider looks like him you mean!
keithsonic 8 months ago 9
@ThunderBass68 More like a cross between Dee Snider, and Lady Ga Ga.
1rhpsfan 8 months ago
The last rebellious generation.
mwmace 8 months ago
Hey you kids... this shit is not only more entertaining than Lady Cah-Cah, but Fee Waybill's (lead singer) costume is way more outrageous than anything she could EVER come up with.
franticamber 8 months ago 35
@franticamber
There's nothing new in rock music (as if gaga could be classified as anything other than repackaged disco shit). First time I saw Marilyn Manson on TV I laughed & thought of Waybill.
geffel 6 months ago
@franticamber and he doesnt try to hide the fact he has a penis.
lifeisublime 5 months ago
@lifeisublime HAHH! good one!!! Hers is probably bigger though...
franticamber 5 months ago
@franticamber Why can't you just enjoy them both you old fart, or at least enjoy The Tubes without disparaging others. Signed, another old fart.
TheNixonWeb 2 months ago
Shit Blows armadillo shoes out of the water
drewt3 8 months ago
Gettin loosa ,we didnt care wat the kids say...gey cleaned up, fuck we know we shouldàv...
what a great nite in TORONTO,CANADA...WE HUNG OURSELVES WHEN WE GOT NUFF ROPE!
repelghosts 8 months ago
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MrZeldasmagic 8 months ago
my mom had this LP folded in half after ripping it off my turn table in 1980 screaming I don't like this. I guess my screaming the lyrics in my room didn't help. You know she never really spoke out again against my music cause I showed her the humor behind it with Frank Zappa and sorts..I still don't think she likes it. But she knows it makes me a good person in some bizarre way! ;)
MrZeldasmagic 8 months ago
every time i walk into a bar. dig it. this is the first song i play. ^&&^&***^&*
urmydarkstar 9 months ago
prairie prince is the robert mitchum of rock
jackhillty 9 months ago
Saw the original "Beans" in Phoenix, AZ before they joined up with "The Red, White and Blues Band" in SF. Their shows were EPIC! Fee with his fruit basket hat tossing fruit into the audience... this was late 1969 or early 1970/71... The played awesome never heard of before or after venues... rented out old churches and such...
franola1 9 months ago
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cybone91 9 months ago
banned in boston the cops were freekin out on this shit
TheNextcity 9 months ago
Separated at birth: Quay Lewd and Hedwig.
BognarRegis 9 months ago
"We're white punks on dope
Mom and Dad moved to Hollywood
probably hang myself when I get enough rope
Can't clean up though I know I should..."
fucking brilliant
BognarRegis 9 months ago
alles ganz schön bunt da .......
besaha57 9 months ago
White dopes on punk!
Rollie1961 9 months ago
AND WHERE SI THE 2ND HALF OF THIS TASTY TUNE ???
rockshotyt 9 months ago
JUST SAW THE BAND IN NIAGARA FALLS LAST WEEKEND ...
SUPERB SHOW !! THEY SOUNDED GREAT .....
1 OF THE MOST HAPPENIN / COOLEST GIGS I HAVE BEEN TO IN A LONG TIME ......
LADS NICE AS COULD BE AFTER ,, PICS, CHAT, AUTOGRAPHS ...
CATCH THEM IF YOU CAN .. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED
rockshotyt 9 months ago
what do want from life????
KUHNJERRY1 9 months ago
Oh brother, you just yanked me back 30 years! Awesome track! Great band! I saw them touring Remote Control in '79 and it still rates as the best gig I ever saw!
What a shame the clip faded before the end. Whatever, its a classic, and thanks for posting it!
bearandlou 9 months ago
still phantastic,
a great band that gave us cool rides in the car 30 years ago!
Thanks for posting.
silviachristof 9 months ago
Jetmann , I agree. Must be the people that think nothing happened before they were born. ha ha Old school set the tone for the rest.
weiss1432 10 months ago
To the 44 people who did't like this song........YOU SUCK!!!!!!
jetmann13 10 months ago 2
@2:13 the keyboard player proves it's previously recorded live music
AvirtualSwitzerland 10 months ago
@AvirtualSwitzerland
All that proves is that not every single mic on stage is turned on.
prospectus91 9 months ago 6
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prospectus91 8 months ago
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Again: all that means is that his mic was not turned on. Not a big deal.
prospectus91 8 months ago
@prospectus91 .......Hmmmmmmm......I don't remember bringing this up again. My previous comment must really be bothering you?
AvirtualSwitzerland 8 months ago
some one on you tube raised the question back in the day when you were young cruzin in the car with your friends what song did you all sing to at the top of your
lungs I said the tubes (white punks on dope) they said whooo i laughted and said to myself (what a wonderful world) lol HaHaHa
TheMentor50 10 months ago
some one on you tube raised the question back in the day when you were young cruzin in the car with your friends what song did you all sing to at the top of your lungs I said the tubes (white punks on dope) they said whooo i laughted and said to myself (what a wonderful world) lol HaHaHa
TheMentor50 10 months ago
I forgot. I saw them at the catylyst in Santa Cruz many years later. No makeup, no frills, just rockin hard. I was standing in the middle of the dance floor before the show and Fee walked into me. He said pardon me. I said, "Kick ass Fee." He did. The whole band kict!!!
rmbl2001 10 months ago 4
@rmbl2001 Dude!!! We were there with you no doubt! Fee and Prarie autographed my wife's tits, she was so turned on that shortly thereafter I fucked her in the bathroom!... took 2 weeks for the signatures to fade. Please tell me your lady is the tall redhead in leather that grabbed my crotch.
lawnsausages 10 months ago 2
I saw the tubes in 77, maybe 76??? 78? Dunno for sure the date but will never forget the concert. It was at the Del Mar Theater in Santa Cruz, Ca. Seating for 350 lucky souls. I was one of them. They kicked azz. Loved it!!!!!
rmbl2001 10 months ago
I could never understand why a rock oriented comedy group like them had a name as unfunny as the Tubes - Fred from England ('nations divided by a common language' etc)
WoWoNiceLady 10 months ago
Freddie Mercury would have been proud...LOL CLASSIC!
TGOx1 10 months ago
QUAY LEWD!!!
QUAY LEWD!!!
QUAY LEWD!!!
Telstar62a 10 months ago 25
@Telstar62a That Twisted Sister cunt Dee Snider ,does a lame impression of this.
PAULLONDEN 10 months ago
@PAULLONDEN .....Ian Hunter is a wannabee too.....
Tubes was a great acid show.....just like Zappa.
AvirtualSwitzerland 10 months ago
@Telstar62a RIGHT ON! Thry certiainly don't make them like this anymore! The Tubes were a true American original!
Thanx Fee Waybil & Co.!
warpedsoul69 5 months ago
Bought this album in 1975 because of a review in Circus Magazine.I was 14.Loved them ever since.
smogbat50 10 months ago
@smogbat50 - Somehow, Circus Magazine thought of them as a metal band. Anyways, it helped sell records.
BigWallyFilms 9 months ago
Wah Wah WAhoo WPOD
Daddyo94521 11 months ago
Colston Hall, Bristol, late '70's. What a performance. Loved the music and the dancers.
SIRBEEKAYS 11 months ago
The first time I saw The Tubes was at the Whiskey A Go-Go in Hollywood . The show was like a 3-ring circus there was so much going on.
...and a baby's arm holding an apple.
seeyouinthecorners 11 months ago
white dopes on punk
treborif 11 months ago
I saw these guys in 79 and saw them on Don Kirshners Rock concert in the mid 70's (shows my age) Musicians yes, entertainers, yes, social commentary yes, immortal, no. Take it for what it's worth- they were important in popular examination of the world around them(us) and sadly, underappreciated for the views they presented. Don't deride them. See them for what they were, a mirror of ourselves.
earevalent1 11 months ago
Another missing link. Cool.
Chuckjagermeister 11 months ago
They were a glam/punk band.
madmarkvt 11 months ago
the song that got me thru high school. now all the white punks are on twitter
atomicpunk48 11 months ago
This song is from Nina Hagen
funkfanzzify 11 months ago
@funkfanzzify No Nina Hagen covered the Tubes. The Tubes wrote this back in the 70's and they were a ground breaking band then
dawniemc123 11 months ago
@dawniemc123 I know now. Thanks anyway
funkfanzzify 11 months ago
@funkfanzzify Sorry for the repeated message.
dawniemc123 11 months ago
@dawniemc123 it is okay, don't worry, be happy. Thanks anyway.
funkfanzzify 11 months ago
@funkfanzzify - Effing moron. It was a Tubes song, period. Nina re-wrote the lyrics and claimed it as hers. Here's the Wiki: "In 1978 they released their self-titled debut album, which included the single "TV-Glotzer" (a cover of "White Punks on Dope" by The Tubes, though with entirely different German lyrics),..."
BigWallyFilms 9 months ago
Not only were they punk pioneers but they had serious musical skills. Unlike most punk bands of that generation they could actually PLAY and stayed together to develop an airtight mix of Punk, R&R, R&B, Funk and Pop music. They elevated theatrical performances with choreography by Kenny Ortega (of later Michael Jackson and High School Musical fame). I loved them then, I loved them in the 80's David Foster period and I love them now. Can you spell ROCK'N'ROLL HALL OF FAME? Highly underrated band.
kasponya 11 months ago
@kasponya This is written by Nina Hagen, look it up if you please, it is about the stupidity of tv.
funkfanzzify 11 months ago
@funkfanzzify I don't have to look it up, I remember it very well. I grew up in Switzerland where Nina hagen was huge. The Tubes wrote and released the song in 1975 on their first album "The Tubes". Nina Hagen still lived in East Germany at the time, moved to West Germany in '76 and released her first album in 1977 with The Nina Hagen Band who later became "Spliff" without her. Yes, she did her german version of "White Punks..." on that debut album. But it's still a Tubes song first, sorry....
kasponya 11 months ago 2
@kasponya thanks for letting me know. Dont write sorry, and The Tubes as well as Nina Hagen are "great". Saw them both in The Netherlands. have fun and thanks
funkfanzzify 11 months ago
@funkfanzzify No, The Tubes wrote it, Nina just did a cover.
heyrobin5 11 months ago
@heyrobin5 I know now. Thanks anyway. (it is becomming repetitious my answer).
funkfanzzify 11 months ago
@funkfanzzify It was not written by Nina Hagen. The Tubes wrote this prior to 1975 and Nina released it years later. Do you have a link that states otherwise?
dawniemc123 11 months ago
Another example (if any are really needed) of the idiocy masquerading as "modern music."It’s all cranky and bizarre with no real meaning at all. Just senseless rubbish packaged for the moronic masses.
reziztanze 11 months ago
I was a punk before you were....
djdjany 11 months ago
A Trip down Memory Lane......
reyobmekim 11 months ago
Fucking Crazy!
leetos 1 year ago
Oh dear God. It's Lady Gaga's fashion inspiration.
LovableNME 1 year ago
I don't know how many times Ive watched ths fucker but it just keeps getting better!
ssjetiii61 1 year ago
Lady gaga boots from 35 years ago ..
keg833 1 year ago
This song was DEFINITELY punk. It was also the first song of theirs that I ever heard. My favorite was "What do you want from life" off the 3 sides live album.
CostaRicaBigdog 1 year ago
its all rather good....
mrduffy1100 1 year ago
these guys were so tongue-in-cheek. gotta love that glamrock outfit.
sistawoman1 1 year ago
these guys were so tongue-in-cheek. Gotta love that glamrock outfit. "help, I've fallen and I can't get up!"
sistawoman1 1 year ago
They came from a group called The Theater Of The Obsurd,around the bay area in northern California.Saw them with Journey pre Steve,and Mahavishnu Orchestra,at Winterland 1975
asoldasilook 1 year ago
an amazing band. check out the live show from Record Plant 11 21 1974 on wolfgangsvault - one of the greatest live recordings ever. these guys started so too many trends to count. all hail and bow down to the Tubes!
cmundi 1 year ago
How did a second drummer end up inside this video? He's not Prairie Prince. I saw the second gig these guys did east of Calif. . at the Agora Ballroom in Atlanta around '76, maybe '77. Ended up spending an evening with the choreographer. . hanging out with the band. A dude named Kenny Ortega. This was the kind of show you never forget . .instanteous disbelief in what you just saw. They had it all. Trailblazers and damn good musicians.
kilts4u2 1 year ago
@kilts4u2 The "Dude" you call Kenny is in fact THE Kenny Ortega who has now since worked with everyone. He is quite famous now. Kenny was from Palo Alto Cali. He invented the character Quay Lewd. Kenny has choreographed everything.
gpymp1 1 year ago
@gpymp1 I'm well aware of this Einstein. Met in Ga, Knew him in Calif. Very familiar with his work right up to the last days of Michael Jackson. Get over yourself.
kilts4u2 1 year ago
@kilts4u2 the 2nd drummer is Mingo Lewis who played with the Tubes often
cmundi 1 year ago
Uber Glam bishes!!!
phnortgner 1 year ago
This is PRE-PUNK . . . The last gasps of GLAM ROCK.
joeyraccoon 1 year ago
Seeing this as a child on OGWT, in the early seventies led to my first orgasm.
mcwolfus 1 year ago
This is punk?! Whatta a fool.
jeffhrsn 1 year ago
@jeffhrsn I miss it, at Christmas it was brilliant, TOTP, slade, queen, Roy wood, 10cc, in their outrageous clothes....
mcwolfus 1 year ago
Born in 85 myself all I can do is regret and pity the musical era I grew up in. I can remember my dad playing these and other great records.. what a fantastic music.
derekhess85 1 year ago
Saw these guys in 197? at The West Dakota Club/ San Pablo Ave/ Berkeley, CA. when they were still a local S.F./ Bay Area band. Fee was wearing greasy overalls and sporting an Icky Twerp (sp?) hairdo. They were doing some Hendrix covers that night and a whole lot of other stuff. Who da thunk it ? Bravo fellas !!!
timgarst 1 year ago
Saw Fee and the boys n girlz live in beautiful Toronto,Canada...what an evening...one of the best shows of that year at the Gardens.
Gemma...Love you still Fee!
repelghosts 1 year ago
I was a punk before you were a punk!! You want some action? Ill put your ass in traction!!
jimdsnow 1 year ago
Fee reeked with talent. One of my best concerts to date and I'm fucking old bitches.
whiterockbiker 1 year ago
Brings back great memories.... saw them in San Francisco a long, long, long time ago. I remember a few people walked out.... they were shocked.... so tame in hindsight.
futbllwmn 1 year ago
Am Az In G
Kwales66 1 year ago
white,black,yellow red green blue today all colors r on dope
slapjaxx 1 year ago
Yeah.. I remember them back then. Crazy crazy times.
kingsfordstarr 1 year ago
Yeah.. I remember them back then. Crazy times.
kingsfordstarr 1 year ago
Yeah.. I remember them back then. Crazy times.
kingsfordstarr 1 year ago