Considering the song got no publicity from the label or anywhere else, the fact that it got all the way to #16 on the Billboard charts is quite an accomplishment.. The song is indeed an underrecognized hit.
Closeup of the bass player about 1:01 in; has anyone else noticed yet that he's wearing TWO pairs of glasses??
@professor1966 Hahaha... that is what all eyeglass wearers did when they had to have shades in a hurry and didn't have prescriptions shades available. :) I speak from experience....
Here is Dwight Twilley, one of the best bands of the 70's, in a live performance of "I'm On Fire". Have to thank our daughter Melanie for her recent posting of a Player tune that inspired me to venture back to this era for some good ol Rock n Roll!
I am back at posting up comments again on this vid ..........
Everytime I watch this I realize not one f'n artist from today has a tenth of the talent, punch and band intensity of this cut, Twilley, Susan, Bill and the rest save for a few, what a snapshot in time. If I could go back in time this night would be a stop for sure, wish the audio was just a bit sharper but what a jam
Who was the bass player on this? I've seen guitar played like that before (Jeff Healey for one), but NEVER bass! Jeff was BLIND... wonder what got this guy doin it? CAN'T be easy!!!
"sincerely" blew me away from my first listen in '76 and i've never understood why it isn't more widely considered one of the top pop/rock albums of all time. every song on it is a gem.
Magnificent power-punch drumming by John Cowsill, and back-up singing by him and his sister Susan Cowsill (yes, both of the group The Cowsills). In fact, they add even more punch to this punchy classic.
Man, What is up with that over-hand Bass Technique? I have seen other Bass
Players incorporate that style in to their playing (Billy Sheehan, Tony Franklin Chris Squire and I am sure their are many others.But I have never seen a bass
player strictly use that over-hand method to play. "Very interesting but stupid."
The incredible rhythm section in this video, (Randell Kirsch on over-hand bass and John Cowsill on drums) is the current rhythm section for The Beach Boys, (and has been for the past 6 years)! Don't miss them if they come to your town!
It's extremely fortunate that this gig was put down on film/video. I posted on here before have to again, an absolute rockin kick ass song taken from right smack in the middle of a time when you could go out and watch a kick ass band like this play till 1 am and give you more for your money than any loser choreographed sideshow you see today. DT ROCKS!
Soo totally agree! DT was certainly a great, hard-working band. Reminded me of one of our local bands here during that era, Scratch - they had a similar sound.
Just heard a great new cover of this tune on WRSI in Turner's Falls, MA. Would love to know who the band is. Whoever they are, they've done the Tulsa boys right. You're gonna love the new version.
This was a mega-hit in Boston when I was a kid in high-school. Is the guitar-player with the black ES-335 the guy who played on the original recording? He's got great chops!
@MyCelticHeaven ... I asked the same question before looking at every post ... it must be .... I froze a frame .... and I think it is him. Must be because Wikipedia says: "For a time, he was part of Dwight Twilley's band, as was his sister Susan Cowsill." ... so there you go.
Interesting that the label's founder, Leon Russell, also seemed to fall off the face of the earth about the time Shelter Records bit the dust. For three or four years prior to that, he was a songwriting and performing monster.
@zuider77 Mmmm, The Heartbreakers had started maýbe then? But taking on the rock and roll part Dwight Twilley and maybe Patti Smith were the top ones back then. I will not even consider "disco music"......
i still have this 45 too and hell yeah, it still rocks! i never get sick of it...is that because classic rock radio hasn't killed this one thru mind-numbing repetition like so many of my other used-to-be-faves?
aahhhh .....summer of 1975...memories of Kingsley Lake with its 25 ft dive towers and 30 ft sliding boards (on the deep end of course)lol..and this song BLASTING out of the jukebox in the gameroom/pool hall...which could be heard ALL OVER the lake...LOL
Dwight Twilley band with Phil Seymour were one of the best all time pop bands. I love those first two albums, and still listen to them to this day. I just bought all 4 of Dwight's rarities CD's - get 'em while you can on Gigatone Records.
Tulsa songwriters were all over pop radio in the late 70's and early 80's.Phil Seymour charted in the top 40,Bread,Bonni and Delaney.Marcy Levy among many many others.
there is very little twilley on here...i see he has a lot of music on emusic to download, a lot of rarities collections and various singles/cover songs.
I had the original 45 of this song, with the out of focus pics on the cover. What a weird sound for 1975, wiht the airwaves saturated with gooey light rock and disco. Definately one of the greatest rock songs ever. And the shortest great guitar solo ever, check it out from 1:07 - 1:09
Tulsa was a hot spot in music. JJ Cale came from there along with Leon Russell. I grew up listening to these guys and they laid down some solid tracks. But the king of Oklahoma Rock has to be JJ Cale. Hell, even Eric Clapton worships JJ. If you don't believe me, check out the interview on Youtube with Eric and JJ. This is good stuff.
This was a staple on New York City rock radio well into the eighties. The guy that turned me on to Dwight was the same guy that turned me on to Alex Chilton. And as far as I'm concerned, this is as good as anything Mark Bolan ever did.
Oops! I know that. The Susan Cowsill is just the best!.......I was thinking Cowsill but my fingers said Day.(sic)...Cowsill's solo stuff is very very good....and in this video, early in her career and today she still has that original Susan Cowsill 'groove' that just makes me crazy!
@CaptainPrivate Well, you know Susan was wondering which girl on the Partrige family was supposed to represent her .... it's obvious that she has the same cute factor (eyes and mouth) as Dey.
I got to party with Dwight and Phil backstage at the Exit/inn. A raucous, buzzed, Beatles sing along ensued. The kind of thing that NEVER happens at a stadium!
....Though I wish they'd gotten the filthy lucre that would have brought them.
Just an amazing performance of an all-time classic. Twilley is one of the very best American rockers ever. Bill Pitcock is just an amazing guitarist-such great fills and solos throughout Twilley's songs. Susan Cowsill - what a great vocalist! She and Twilley were such a great pairing. Long live Phil Seymour!
I can't agree more. Seems like this stuff was lost somehow. Twilley was amazing. Bill P. was first-rate. And God rest Phil Seymour. Nothing I hear now matches up.
They co-produced this song (in other words no producer). As evidence of this, the 45 says "Produced by Oister" which is what they called themselves before this hit.
this song and Matthew Sweet's "Sick of Myself" are my two favorite pop non-hits of all time, something's wrong when songs that good don't get the attention they deserve. And Twilley has another song called "Warm" that's just as good. But WHY does the bassist play like Jeff Healey?
Actually this song was a hit. It was a Top 40 hit single and also got quite a bit of AOR radio airplay when it was released. The big AOR station in Southern California at the time, KMET, played it all the time.
Wow ... 1974, huh? That surprises me a little, as I was thinking it was a couple years later. The production on it was pretty good for that time -- do you by any chance know who produced it? Did Phil Seymour produce or co-produce any of Dwight's stuff at that time?
Right on. I don't remember Jimmy Rabbit, so he must have left before I started listening to the Mighty Met ~ 1978. But I remember (The Burner) Mary Turner, Cynthia Fox, David Perry, Jeff Gonzer, and of course Jim Ladd. For the life of me I can't remember who did overnights (after Ladd's shift) -- do you?
Did you by any chance also listen to KEZY (AM 1190) when they were a hard rock station from about ~'79-'82? That was a great station also.
That's what that station was called. I used to listen to them in 81. They also played new wave for a while. I loved KMET. I live in the san fernando valley.
Yep, when Mike Harrison took over as program director ~ 1983, he injected a lot of new wave and Top 40 to their playlist and ran the station into the ground. They started playing Flock of Seagulls, Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran and stuff like that and their core fans (myself included) left in droves. It went off the air a couple years later. I loved KMET too, and it was sad to watch it die like that.
Do you remember 106 KWEST? That was another good AOR station in the late '70s / early '80s.
Wow, that IS John on the drums, and sister Sue there on the end! I love it! What a killer tune from Dwight. The man rocks, and this vid's a testament. Thanks, ale house!
I've loved this song ever since I bought the 45 back in the day. I've never seen the band performing the song live, or a promo clip before. Thanks for this posting! Great song that really jumped out at you in '75.
Neeseeper and Journeylive- you're BOTH right! This is true rock and roll. It's also one of the defining songs for power pop. You know who else did some great power pop in the mid to late seventies? Dwight's label mates on Shelter records- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers! When the Heartbreakers were recording "Breakdown", they didn't like the way it sounded. Something was missing. Dwight suggested they take the guitar line at the end of the song and make that the hook. It worked!
i've tried to watch this one for the last 3 days and it only plays maybe the first 5 seconds and ends at the same place each time i try to watch it...
Awesomme song and even more awesome performance with Bill on guitar and Susan on backing vox. Dwight Twilley has written and recorded so many amazing pop rock songs over the years. And that bass player? WOW! How does he play that way???
Not surprising to see Susan there, as she and Dwight had a pretty heavy relationship going on in the late 70s and the early 80s...they had a cat that used to have kittens all the time, and my roomates adopted two of 'em christening our twin furballs in black "Twilleycat 1 and Twilleycat2." Dwight's younger brother and his friend were kipping on our couch so needless to say we saw lots of he and Susan during that time.
A fluke hit in the blank disco-soul summer of 1975, the country was stadium rocked and corp rocked into stupor instead a rock frenzy and out of nowhere, Tulsa, he released this single and appeared on DICK clark and then unfortunately disappeared to the bar scene of middle Amurika wherest he came from...RIP Phil on drums...rockin
whatever the hell THAT'S supposed to mean! "fluke hit"..."nowhere, Tulsa", "wherest he came from"...."Amurika"....can you possibly BE a little more insulting? excuse me while i go 'hoctor'-up something that disagreed with my stomach!
No, that's definitely not Phil Seymour. Don't know if he and Dwight were speaking at that time, as Phil was going thru a bit of a bad patch both in his career and his personal life.
I feel so proud to be the son of that man playing guitar at 2:42.
thefowles1 20 hours ago
classic midwest pop with hooks galore with excellent guitar work two thumbs way up,
Rafyc2000 2 days ago
There is a great version of this song on an album called "Geef Voor New wave" that absolutely rocks.
virbius1 6 days ago
In the REAL all time Top ten, you have this song (along with "September Gurls", "Shake Some Action"...). Smoking version!
Misterhappynyc 2 weeks ago
Björk on backing vocals.
aftertheheat 3 weeks ago
Underrated talent. The way rock should be.
kc768 1 month ago
Radio is so stupid. Twilley could have kept radio rocking for months on end with the stuff they wrote.
You Were So Warm, Just Like The Sun...and on and on. Those songs totally outclassed so much of the crap we were fed, like stuff from Journey...egads!
So sad.
mrwibbles1 2 months ago
@mrwibbles1 This songs just says it all!!!!
ClubViking63 2 months ago
Susan..hot! And John on drums...awesome:)
gairid 3 months ago
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straycatsean 3 months ago
Fun watching Susan Cowsill's brother John on drums while Susan sings with Dwight! Rockin' song!!!
CarenBoBearin 5 months ago
Considering the song got no publicity from the label or anywhere else, the fact that it got all the way to #16 on the Billboard charts is quite an accomplishment.. The song is indeed an underrecognized hit.
Closeup of the bass player about 1:01 in; has anyone else noticed yet that he's wearing TWO pairs of glasses??
professor1966 6 months ago
@professor1966 Hahaha... that is what all eyeglass wearers did when they had to have shades in a hurry and didn't have prescriptions shades available. :) I speak from experience....
609Blondebomb 5 months ago
This song is a GEM...it rocks!
TeekiesPlace 7 months ago
I LOVE THIS SONG -- THANKS SO MUCH FOR POSTING!!
videoholiccollection 8 months ago
Dwight and the Band hit #16 in Billboard, 8-2-75, God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx! RIP, Phil Seymour.
DaveWollenberg 8 months ago
@DaveWollenberg Such a great Power Pop song!
Is really Dwight T the only survivor of this band?
ClubViking63 8 months ago
@ClubViking63 I dunno. I do know that Phil's dead.
DaveWollenberg 8 months ago
@DaveWollenberg Yes and people tell me that Bill Pitcock died too.
ClubViking63 7 months ago
Sounds like Big Star. Dig it.
harwicke 9 months ago
to have such a great live band - wow -i love o to play if -one of those guys could be in my band that would be great ...
sks6689 9 months ago
Bill Pitcock on lead guitar..R.I.P.
LBjim 9 months ago
Bill Hitcock passed away this morning
twistygirl 9 months ago 2
Here is Dwight Twilley, one of the best bands of the 70's, in a live performance of "I'm On Fire". Have to thank our daughter Melanie for her recent posting of a Player tune that inspired me to venture back to this era for some good ol Rock n Roll!
LucienVaillancourt 10 months ago
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LucienVaillancourt 10 months ago
John Cowsill is on drums too.....
apartfromthecrowd 11 months ago
Yeah baby!
MisterMojoSinkin 11 months ago
I am back at posting up comments again on this vid ..........
Everytime I watch this I realize not one f'n artist from today has a tenth of the talent, punch and band intensity of this cut, Twilley, Susan, Bill and the rest save for a few, what a snapshot in time. If I could go back in time this night would be a stop for sure, wish the audio was just a bit sharper but what a jam
hiredgun7777 11 months ago 2
Who was the bass player on this? I've seen guitar played like that before (Jeff Healey for one), but NEVER bass! Jeff was BLIND... wonder what got this guy doin it? CAN'T be easy!!!
LOVE YA SUSAN!!!
Just4Meeeee 11 months ago
"sincerely" blew me away from my first listen in '76 and i've never understood why it isn't more widely considered one of the top pop/rock albums of all time. every song on it is a gem.
6ganey9 11 months ago
Magnificent power-punch drumming by John Cowsill, and back-up singing by him and his sister Susan Cowsill (yes, both of the group The Cowsills). In fact, they add even more punch to this punchy classic.
leahpd19 1 year ago
8 folks haven't got any lovers. God bless!
DaveWollenberg 1 year ago
3:24-3:30. Is that Weird Al? LOL
dsfddsgh 1 year ago
THe song was my favorite of 1975. It surprisingly only reached number 16 on the billboard charts in 1975.
treeoctopus13 1 year ago
This song came out in 74 well before there was an album.
kryp44 1 year ago
Who were the 8 idiots who clicked that they didn't like this great hit....?
lil'wayne gangster listeners.......?
insulatehell 1 year ago 3
Got to party with 'em at the Exit/INN Nashville.
A must-have LP.
PRIVATEAYEIEYE 1 year ago
Still a great tune w/a kick-ass ending.
IKE11111 1 year ago
Man, What is up with that over-hand Bass Technique? I have seen other Bass
Players incorporate that style in to their playing (Billy Sheehan, Tony Franklin Chris Squire and I am sure their are many others.But I have never seen a bass
player strictly use that over-hand method to play. "Very interesting but stupid."
MrSmokeydog 1 year ago
They had a unique sound with their Elvis hiccups and pop tunes. I thought they were delightful. Two good albums. Why did Phil leave Dwight?
GraceBarrett 1 year ago
Slick and Phil.
Altanon 1 year ago
Damned divine! Pitcock is one of the unsung heroes.
johnnyriggsisdead 1 year ago
The incredible rhythm section in this video, (Randell Kirsch on over-hand bass and John Cowsill on drums) is the current rhythm section for The Beach Boys, (and has been for the past 6 years)! Don't miss them if they come to your town!
RobbyScharf 1 year ago
It's extremely fortunate that this gig was put down on film/video. I posted on here before have to again, an absolute rockin kick ass song taken from right smack in the middle of a time when you could go out and watch a kick ass band like this play till 1 am and give you more for your money than any loser choreographed sideshow you see today. DT ROCKS!
hiredgun7777 1 year ago 15
@hiredgun7777 RIght like some Diddy produced crap. Who needs that?
dtraindoes 1 year ago
@hiredgun7777 DAMN RIGHT!!!
menencho5718 1 month ago
@hiredgun7777
Soo totally agree! DT was certainly a great, hard-working band. Reminded me of one of our local bands here during that era, Scratch - they had a similar sound.
bob4analog 3 weeks ago
Is that Jon Cowsill (Susan's brother) on the drums?
scottmonfort 1 year ago
Power Pop at it's best.
Bought it when it came out in '76.
wsperger 1 year ago
Superb.
fulcrum100 1 year ago
Damn this song rocks. I remember hearing this song on the radio in San Diego but I don't recall it getting the air play it deserved.
JFinSD2 1 year ago
HIt #16 in Billboard. RIP, Phil. God bless!
DaveWollenberg 1 year ago
Great song, great harmonies, good looking guys. What happened? Man, Seymour and Twilley had the some of the most brilliant harmonies ever. Magic.
messrocks89 1 year ago
Looks like Mick Ronson's powder blue telecaster.
BCK 1 year ago
One of the first CDs I bought was Dwight Twilley, just for this song!
hendrixzilla 1 year ago
Just heard a great new cover of this tune on WRSI in Turner's Falls, MA. Would love to know who the band is. Whoever they are, they've done the Tulsa boys right. You're gonna love the new version.
AmazingUltramaficman 1 year ago
This was a mega-hit in Boston when I was a kid in high-school. Is the guitar-player with the black ES-335 the guy who played on the original recording? He's got great chops!
Flametopology 2 years ago
Yep - Bill Pitcock IV.
teleburst1 2 years ago
The song I'm On Fire was a big FM Rock Radio hit in Southern California - played lots on KMET 94.7 in 1976 !!
gelmann2 2 years ago
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Ken5244 2 years ago
Is that John Cowsill on drums?
MyCelticHeaven 2 years ago
good call !
boston2brasil 2 years ago
@MyCelticHeaven ... I asked the same question before looking at every post ... it must be .... I froze a frame .... and I think it is him. Must be because Wikipedia says: "For a time, he was part of Dwight Twilley's band, as was his sister Susan Cowsill." ... so there you go.
scottmonfort 1 year ago
OK, I give up. Who is that on bass?
gmartinz01 2 years ago
@gmartinz01 Randell Kirsch...great bass player
managuamarc 1 year ago
Oh , Hell yeah.
pfordsq 2 years ago
Superb!! Why did this not hit #1 and blow everything else off the charts back in '76?
zuider77 2 years ago 9
Record co collapsed, check out Tom Petty playing bass on videos around 1976 since they were on the same sucky label (Shelter)
28if 2 years ago
Interesting that the label's founder, Leon Russell, also seemed to fall off the face of the earth about the time Shelter Records bit the dust. For three or four years prior to that, he was a songwriting and performing monster.
actionsub 2 years ago
@zuider77 I completely agree This Tune Rocks Big Time!
Nostams 1 year ago
@zuider77 I dunno, but, it actually peaked at #16, 8-2-75, in Billboard. God bless!
DaveWollenberg 1 year ago
@zuider77 Afternoon Delight?
By the way, it was 1975 not 1976. Therefore it was Jive Talking by the Bee Gees and NOT the Starland Vocal Band.
poidog44 5 months ago
@poidog44 Yes and Bill Pitcock died in April. Dwight Twilley is the man still. The ´Tulsa boy.
ClubViking63 5 months ago
@zuider77 Yeah, what did you have back in the States in ´76?
Neil Diamond?
ClubViking63 4 months ago
@ClubViking63 EXACTLY!! Heartbreaking, isn't it?
zuider77 4 months ago
@zuider77 Mmmm, The Heartbreakers had started maýbe then? But taking on the rock and roll part Dwight Twilley and maybe Patti Smith were the top ones back then. I will not even consider "disco music"......
ClubViking63 4 months ago
Gawd that rocks... cool chick back up singer toooo
chh5555 2 years ago
Absolute stone cold classic!! Dwight twilley should have been a superstar. Twilley dont mind has got to be one of the best power-pop L.P's ever :-)
tomfy1979 2 years ago 2
power pop classic! great drumming!
whirlawaysteven 2 years ago 2
Wish I could get the cd, great rock when i was growing up!!!
racklver 2 years ago 2
Yeah..that Twilly Don't Mind album R O C K S !!
SunnyDays951 2 years ago 3
the era of this video is what makes it so special and unique. Thanx for the post and the memories
cowhanson 2 years ago
SSss ...Strangered in the Nii -ight!
ufohead1 2 years ago
great song...how is the bass player playing his instrument in such an unorthodox manner
DreamPark9 2 years ago
dreampark9 - I switch to that position when I get a cramp in my hand ... freaks em' out !
CommercialVehicle 2 years ago
Great song, hopefully there is a better recording of this out there.
MrLivininthepast 2 years ago
What a cutie... He's on MySpace too...
RebelMusicInc 2 years ago
Unleashing the power of pop!!!
wotinblooblazes 2 years ago
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This sucks...looks like one of the bands on a MST3K movie.
spliffqueeg 2 years ago
such a great song!
donnabunnie 2 years ago 2
i still have this 45 too and hell yeah, it still rocks! i never get sick of it...is that because classic rock radio hasn't killed this one thru mind-numbing repetition like so many of my other used-to-be-faves?
tbzeee 2 years ago
aahhhh .....summer of 1975...memories of Kingsley Lake with its 25 ft dive towers and 30 ft sliding boards (on the deep end of course)lol..and this song BLASTING out of the jukebox in the gameroom/pool hall...which could be heard ALL OVER the lake...LOL
chrisporter61 2 years ago 2
Dwight Twilley band with Phil Seymour were one of the best all time pop bands. I love those first two albums, and still listen to them to this day. I just bought all 4 of Dwight's rarities CD's - get 'em while you can on Gigatone Records.
robodoll 2 years ago
Wish someone would unearth something of his I thought even a greater song: "England"!
germurph51 2 years ago
Tulsa songwriters were all over pop radio in the late 70's and early 80's.Phil Seymour charted in the top 40,Bread,Bonni and Delaney.Marcy Levy among many many others.
gruvking 2 years ago
there is very little twilley on here...i see he has a lot of music on emusic to download, a lot of rarities collections and various singles/cover songs.
KCVROCKS2008 2 years ago
Great singer,great song!! And how about the bass players style!! Very unusual.
tomfy1979 2 years ago
I bought this 45 when I was 13, I have it on my jukebox in the living room, it is still one of my ten fave songs of all time!
gojohnnygojohnny 2 years ago
I had the original 45 of this song, with the out of focus pics on the cover. What a weird sound for 1975, wiht the airwaves saturated with gooey light rock and disco. Definately one of the greatest rock songs ever. And the shortest great guitar solo ever, check it out from 1:07 - 1:09
tocthecat 2 years ago
Tulsa was a hot spot in music. JJ Cale came from there along with Leon Russell. I grew up listening to these guys and they laid down some solid tracks. But the king of Oklahoma Rock has to be JJ Cale. Hell, even Eric Clapton worships JJ. If you don't believe me, check out the interview on Youtube with Eric and JJ. This is good stuff.
jltardiff 2 years ago
MAN, I LOVE THIS !!! he is soooo cute!!!!
rockerchic63 2 years ago
just love it grew up w/ band
gussrt 2 years ago
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I'M ON FIRE~
IKE11111 2 years ago
This was a staple on New York City rock radio well into the eighties. The guy that turned me on to Dwight was the same guy that turned me on to Alex Chilton. And as far as I'm concerned, this is as good as anything Mark Bolan ever did.
tomthefunky 2 years ago
I remember hearing this song back in the summer of 1975, almost 14, but I grew up in LA...hearing this at Laguna Beach on the radio
rousse61 2 years ago 2
Susan day is soooooooooo great! She just oozes charisma!
CaptainPrivate 2 years ago
That's Susan Cowsill on backing vocals, not Susan Dey. Susan Dey was a member of the Partridge Family.
Ken5244 2 years ago
Oops! I know that. The Susan Cowsill is just the best!.......I was thinking Cowsill but my fingers said Day.(sic)...Cowsill's solo stuff is very very good....and in this video, early in her career and today she still has that original Susan Cowsill 'groove' that just makes me crazy!
CaptainPrivate 2 years ago
Yeah, I figured it was just a typo.
Heh heh ... at least you didn't refer to Dwight as Keith Partridge. *laugh*
Ken5244 2 years ago
I love the Susan Cowsill.......I guess you also knew it was her brother on drums........
CaptainPrivate 2 years ago
I didn't know that, actually. I thought it was Chris Partridge! Yes, I'm kidding. *grin*
I don't know much about the Cowsills, to be honest. I have a vague idea that they were kind of a folk-ish band. Is that correct?
Ken5244 2 years ago
do you even know what the hell you're writing about?
MrSkewed 2 years ago
@CaptainPrivate Well, you know Susan was wondering which girl on the Partrige family was supposed to represent her .... it's obvious that she has the same cute factor (eyes and mouth) as Dey.
scottmonfort 1 year ago
John Cowsill on drums!
reganapparel 3 years ago
I got to party with Dwight and Phil backstage at the Exit/inn. A raucous, buzzed, Beatles sing along ensued. The kind of thing that NEVER happens at a stadium!
....Though I wish they'd gotten the filthy lucre that would have brought them.
facelesshorseman 3 years ago
Okie boys CAN do it!!!!!
nownzen77 3 years ago
perfect pop song, glad I have the album. And "You Were So Warm" is almost as good.
HenryFussy 3 years ago
The bass player is Randell Kirsh...
sb9825 3 years ago
Just an amazing performance of an all-time classic. Twilley is one of the very best American rockers ever. Bill Pitcock is just an amazing guitarist-such great fills and solos throughout Twilley's songs. Susan Cowsill - what a great vocalist! She and Twilley were such a great pairing. Long live Phil Seymour!
steveguion 3 years ago 3
I can't agree more. Seems like this stuff was lost somehow. Twilley was amazing. Bill P. was first-rate. And God rest Phil Seymour. Nothing I hear now matches up.
jonathanprobber 3 years ago
Tulsa's Big Star!
homonculus9 3 years ago
good version! check out bassist's technique!
popgems 3 years ago
Reminds me of Jeff Healy
BCK 3 years ago
Great tune. Can anybody post the studio version?
olentangy74 3 years ago
They co-produced this song (in other words no producer). As evidence of this, the 45 says "Produced by Oister" which is what they called themselves before this hit.
XMIR10B 3 years ago
Cool. They did a great job -- this song just jumped outta the radio at the time with a really full, punchy, energetic sound. Great vocals too.
Ken5244 3 years ago
this song and Matthew Sweet's "Sick of Myself" are my two favorite pop non-hits of all time, something's wrong when songs that good don't get the attention they deserve. And Twilley has another song called "Warm" that's just as good. But WHY does the bassist play like Jeff Healey?
HenryFussy 3 years ago
Actually this song was a hit. It was a Top 40 hit single and also got quite a bit of AOR radio airplay when it was released. The big AOR station in Southern California at the time, KMET, played it all the time.
Ken5244 3 years ago
#16 chart position. I have the 45 somewhere.
poidog44 3 years ago
I have the 45 - recorded in Tulsa November 27, 1974
XMIR10B 3 years ago
Wow ... 1974, huh? That surprises me a little, as I was thinking it was a couple years later. The production on it was pretty good for that time -- do you by any chance know who produced it? Did Phil Seymour produce or co-produce any of Dwight's stuff at that time?
Ken5244 3 years ago
KMET? Los Angeles. Jimmy Rabbit afternoon drive time and Dr. Demento on Sunday night.
Thanks for making me feel 23 again for a minute.
bill012150 3 years ago
Right on. I don't remember Jimmy Rabbit, so he must have left before I started listening to the Mighty Met ~ 1978. But I remember (The Burner) Mary Turner, Cynthia Fox, David Perry, Jeff Gonzer, and of course Jim Ladd. For the life of me I can't remember who did overnights (after Ladd's shift) -- do you?
Did you by any chance also listen to KEZY (AM 1190) when they were a hard rock station from about ~'79-'82? That was a great station also.
Ken5244 3 years ago
That's what that station was called. I used to listen to them in 81. They also played new wave for a while. I loved KMET. I live in the san fernando valley.
pumasgoya 3 years ago
Yep, when Mike Harrison took over as program director ~ 1983, he injected a lot of new wave and Top 40 to their playlist and ran the station into the ground. They started playing Flock of Seagulls, Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran and stuff like that and their core fans (myself included) left in droves. It went off the air a couple years later. I loved KMET too, and it was sad to watch it die like that.
Do you remember 106 KWEST? That was another good AOR station in the late '70s / early '80s.
Ken5244 3 years ago
Great song...studio version rocks too.
IKE11111 3 years ago 2
MAN, a classic song!Saw these guys live with The Knack in the 80s!Their drummer especially rocked!Good stuff!Thanks for posting
Viznel137 3 years ago
i met the bassist today. no joke
dontforget123469 3 years ago
The bass player, the bass player, the bass player. We've established that he plays like Jeff Healy. OK, you met him - Great.
Enough of the mystery ... WHO PLAYS THE G-DARN BASS, ALREADY?
restcure 3 years ago
70s Rock is on FIRE !!!!!!
terp1960 3 years ago 2
Alehouserock YOU Rock! Nice job with the video.
Nostams 3 years ago
This guy was completly underrated. Tom Petty used to play with him often. This is one of the best rock songs period!
Nostams 3 years ago 11
Wow, that IS John on the drums, and sister Sue there on the end! I love it! What a killer tune from Dwight. The man rocks, and this vid's a testament. Thanks, ale house!
xhominne6 3 years ago
I never saw anyone play a bass like that before.
pernicketty 3 years ago
Susan Cowsill is so cute in this!
hamtrak 3 years ago 2
is tom petty is this song? i didn't see him, but i think he is in this band...
justinkrz1992 3 years ago
i mean " is Tom Petty IN this song?
justinkrz1992 3 years ago
Nope. He's in the video for Looking for the Magic and he can be heard in the video and live version of Girls
TromaFiend 3 years ago 2
tromafrien, thank you. : )
justinkrz1992 3 years ago
I always though Twilley was great but not noticed like he should have been
ajb635 4 years ago 2
I've loved this song ever since I bought the 45 back in the day. I've never seen the band performing the song live, or a promo clip before. Thanks for this posting! Great song that really jumped out at you in '75.
daryl060761 4 years ago
Neeseeper and Journeylive- you're BOTH right! This is true rock and roll. It's also one of the defining songs for power pop. You know who else did some great power pop in the mid to late seventies? Dwight's label mates on Shelter records- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers! When the Heartbreakers were recording "Breakdown", they didn't like the way it sounded. Something was missing. Dwight suggested they take the guitar line at the end of the song and make that the hook. It worked!
Dubmaniac 4 years ago 2
Twilley was an amazing mofo. What's he doing these days?
muncher64 4 years ago
He is living in Tulsa and making new music. He played SXSW in 2005 at a showcase for the label he is on.
mwarmack 3 years ago
this guy is the king of rock.
sheraton114 4 years ago
Ah! No! this is true ROCK AND ROLL!! "silly rabbit pops for kidz" ;)
journeylive 4 years ago
This is true power pop!
neeseeper 4 years ago
i've tried to watch this one for the last 3 days and it only plays maybe the first 5 seconds and ends at the same place each time i try to watch it...
BuckeyeInNC 4 years ago
Awesomme song and even more awesome performance with Bill on guitar and Susan on backing vox. Dwight Twilley has written and recorded so many amazing pop rock songs over the years. And that bass player? WOW! How does he play that way???
steveguion 4 years ago
Damned bass playing jedis! :-D
texs2007 4 years ago
Not surprising to see Susan there, as she and Dwight had a pretty heavy relationship going on in the late 70s and the early 80s...they had a cat that used to have kittens all the time, and my roomates adopted two of 'em christening our twin furballs in black "Twilleycat 1 and Twilleycat2." Dwight's younger brother and his friend were kipping on our couch so needless to say we saw lots of he and Susan during that time.
maxeythecat 4 years ago
One of my favorite songs...cute guy, too.
mybabba 4 years ago
Bill Pitcock was a great guitar player and so sexy!
retasue 4 years ago
i was there as-much as you were, 'hoc' so don't get cocky, girl
tallpaul88 4 years ago
This is a good song. Girls was a big hit for him in '84 too.
mowm88 4 years ago
OK is nothing who cares, check Billboard big boy for the Summer of 1975. Its like watching puke dry, no rock and roll anyway, stick it
hoctor 4 years ago
I love him!
hopeudid 4 years ago
Twilley rocks! I love this song!
merlinsbrat 4 years ago
Awesome!! I remember when this was popular. It's still one of my all time favorite songs :)
poetchris5 4 years ago
What a groovy song!
MartyRotten 4 years ago
A fluke hit in the blank disco-soul summer of 1975, the country was stadium rocked and corp rocked into stupor instead a rock frenzy and out of nowhere, Tulsa, he released this single and appeared on DICK clark and then unfortunately disappeared to the bar scene of middle Amurika wherest he came from...RIP Phil on drums...rockin
hoctor 5 years ago
whatever the hell THAT'S supposed to mean! "fluke hit"..."nowhere, Tulsa", "wherest he came from"...."Amurika"....can you possibly BE a little more insulting? excuse me while i go 'hoctor'-up something that disagreed with my stomach!
tallpaul88 4 years ago
Is that Phil Seymour on drums?
futsal1958 5 years ago
No. That's John Cowsill.
bholdship 5 years ago
No, that's definitely not Phil Seymour. Don't know if he and Dwight were speaking at that time, as Phil was going thru a bit of a bad patch both in his career and his personal life.
maxeythecat 4 years ago
Great video man.Thanks....Awesome song too
pilldoc80 5 years ago
Dwight Twilley rocks!! He's got some awesome tunes!!
carolhill1 5 years ago
So unique.. have always been a fan, and have.. at one time.. been a friend. I miss the boys for sure. And miss this wonderful music.
LJR331 5 years ago
Susan looks great with the oversized glasses and all
lwirbel 5 years ago
Dwight and Sue. The Cowtwills?
BobCfav 5 years ago
I definately remember this song from back then and over the years.
guitarzrule 5 years ago