The Pretty Things - "You Don't Believe Me"

montage of numerous 45 covers blanketed with their incredible "You Don't Believe Me" from their LP 'get the picture'. Video by AnthonyG

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Music

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• pretty
• things
• phil
• may
• stones
• 60s
• garage

[polaroyds]

After 67 they lost that desperation. you can sense it out of their appeal. "Making it" it isn´t all. They were true to themselves, which is more than many people can say who made it. "This is certainly one of their better earlier tunes"-IDIOT. The Pretties were hardcore on "Their earlier tunes". The typical Rock music fan is regarding the sixties as a long line of "mistakes" till "Rock" established . I´m a musician and I´ve met many people who dumb and blind to the sixties. Makes me wanna vomit

[revup67]

@polaroyds the commenter, stnsnsteel, stated "earlier" not "earliest" as you reference. The PT's went well into the 70's therefore the term earlier can reference any point in time prior to their final recordings. 1967 is in theory certainly "earlier" and grammatically correct thus he's not an idiot as you've stated. I believe an apology is due here. You'd be an IDIOT not too.

[revup67]

@revup67 PS, times change. For them to stay as a (as you reference) hardcore (but I think you mean raw R&B garage act) would have been foolish. Most if not all the bands doing garage rock abandoned ship no later than 1968 with the exception perhaps of the Shocking Blue. PT would have been fools to continue as their competition shed this skin. By '67 psych/pop/rock was abroad most modern day music. The desperation & creativity was there in SF Sorrow or 1970's genius track "Grass".

[barbh1]

Very cool video, and I love that song! What program did you use for the slideshow?

[revup67]

Agreed - great tune huh? Great for a Sunday afternoon around 4 pm at full blast in a 67 GTO :). I used Ulead Media Studio with various plugins. Kind of pricey (about $400). Cheers, Revup

[mrbag60]

The PT's had the sound, look & attitude down cold in 1964/65 and if they only had the right management could have been just as big as the Stones.

[bikerfreak1]

great song

great video

these guys always had that quintessential sixties sound and never really got the recognition they deserved

[revup67]

@captainsoul1953 I don't recall where I stated it was a 45. Under the video description I denoted "from their LP". The video is a montage of their 45 covers.

[vanjimbo]

This song was an LP track only-from their best album-in my opinion.

It was partially written by the session musicians hired-one of these is Jimmy Page who is playing the amazing electric12-string guitar on this track.

The famous UK session drummer Bobby Graham plays drums on this LP and the first LP, as well as all of the Pretty Things early hits.

[stnsnsteel]

up there with the Faces, this band is one of the most underrated bands in rock history. I discovered these guys listening to Little Steven Underground Garage. This is certainly one of their better earlier tunes.

[MsLoosylou]

Sounds a lot like the Liverpool Five, especially the lead vocal.

[brunop541]

the best group of the times.

Sound like the best formations of the psychadélic erae of san Fransico

too rough for the swiging London

[drumroydrum]

brilliant......i love this song....

drumroydrum