So Bowie wrote this song and the reference to the Beatles and the Stones was Bowie's reflection on the mainstream rock music scene on behalf of the alienated fans of the glam rock movement that he basically originated.
Around the time David Bowie wrote this song he was writing some of the best rock and roll tunes of the 20th century. His "The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars" album was, for many years, THE R & R album by which all others were measured at my house. Keep up the good work, Biz.
David Bowie who wrote the song is talking about his brother when he says "My brothers back at home, with his Beatles and his Stones". His brother was in and out of mental hospitals, and at the time of this song, he was home again and listening to his old music rather then the new stuff.
FYI - Queen opened for Mott The Hoople on their first four-week tour in the U.S. 1974. “I was always conscious that we were in the presence of something great.” (Brian May)
Beatles had a hit song called "Revolution", but the war was going on and there was a lot of revolutionary talk from the youth as well. Great Bowie song though.
This is one of those songs that, when you listen to them, the lyrics really bring you up short. Fabulous Ian Hunter and the boys. The group’s name is from the 1966 novel by American Willard Manus.
Mott The Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs went on to form Bad Company with Free Singer Paul Rodgers and Free drummer Simon Kirke and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. Bad Company recorded Ready For Love which was written by Mick Ralphs, sung by Mick Ralphs and recorded with Mott The Hoople.
@@alrivers2297 th-cam.com/video/yNHdPPJGowY/w-d-xo.html @ 2:40 Listen for the vowel "s" He kissed him. Brought him down to the stage and kissed him. It's history. Not the inflection or the context for "kick" if you listen that way either.
Ahaha, Biz honestly I watch other reactors for the music...I watch you purely for the smart and hilarious commentaries. Pure entertainment. Oh, and I've always loved this song because of the "rapp" vocal style. It was so fresh in it's time.
People did love the Beatles and the Stones but in their day they were the mainstream of British pop so being purely into them would be seen as totally unadventurous.
Saw these guys during their US tour and their opening act was Queen, an what a night that was! Two great bands back to back, they rocked the house! Haven't heard this in years, great song on the radio back in the day. Thanks for reacting to this.
Def Leppard does a cover of The Golden Age Of Rock N Roll by Mott The Hoople on their covers album Yeah! They also cover T Rex, The Kinks, Sweet, ELO, David Bowie, Free, Thin Lizzy, Faces (Rod Stewart), etc.
omg my igdol lol roll away the stone is amazing too, info this band was best mates with david bowie and david wrote this for them, plus he released his version too
It's been a while that I have heard this song. I have not heard this group though and I'm relieved to understand now that the lyrics are "carry the news" and not "carry their nudes". Jebus. I always thought those (my ears picking up words) lyrics were a bit off. -Amber
Yes, that re: the Beatles and the Stones singing the revolution stuff. .............Church for the young and restless. Nailed it. Here's something about Boogaloo. Boogaloo--the word sounds so sus today--was a kind of R&B/Soul/Latin music on the East Coast. But on the West Coast in the 1960s and 1970s there was funky Oakland Boogaloo dancing style going on. If you're interested in that kind of history there's a good article on wikipedia that names all the greats of the genre. BTW, TH-cams STILL not sending me alerts to your posts. Hopefully no one else is having that problem. 😡
Mott was pretty much a one-hit-wonder in the US, sadly, but had some big hits in Europe. This is another one of those songs that can get stuck in your head all day. I just really like their sound. Remember this is WAY before auto-tune and other crap like that.
Biz: Since this was off the fifth album, by a band that made 7 great ones, whose live shows were the stuff of legend cuz the audience would get so into it that they'd riot, at one point being banned from the Royal Albert Hall (causing all rock concerts to be banned for years), and they got labeled a straightforward rock and roll band, even though compositionally they went everywhere (!!!), including classical, punk before there was punk, prog, country, and so many soulful anthems, belted out 100 percent emotionally by a guy in shades who shredded his voice in the studio once and their producer demanded he KEEP that performance and not to TOUCH the bad notes, then, Yeah, I want you to do more. Take a deep dive back into their first and second album. Start with Rock And Roll Queen, or Thunderbuck Ram, or the voice shredder take itself, I Can Feel. Thank you, Biz.
Ian hunter made rock more fun 🤘❤️ this song mentions t rex. This individual could’ve been bigger than bowie. Rip marc bolan 😢. Funny to hear you say left stuff🤣
It was said that belly wrote the song for them because they were splitting up or planting to split up trying to encourage him to stay together I think the band lasted about another year. This is a good song I would say that all the way from Memphis and a bit of a brain freeze right now and another song it's on my tongue and I can't bring it up but that's okay about the Hoople with a good man Ian Hunter Mick Ronson really great
You wouldn't believe how long I have been requesting and waiting for someone to react to this. Thank You!
Was in high school when this came out, sometimes we would sing this in locker room after football practice,my wife says "all the old dudes"now 😎 lol
Me too man loved Mott
So Bowie wrote this song and the reference to the Beatles and the Stones was Bowie's reflection on the mainstream rock music scene on behalf of the alienated fans of the glam rock movement that he basically originated.
.....this was originally written by David Bowie, his version is really great, too.....
This version was written and produced by Bowie too.
Around the time David Bowie wrote this song he was writing some of the best rock and roll tunes of the 20th century. His "The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars" album was, for many years, THE R & R album by which all others were measured at my house. Keep up the good work, Biz.
Story goes, Mott the Hoople was about to throw in the towel, when David Bowie gave them this song to record. The rest is history.
He offered them suffragette city, but they didn’t like it so he gAve them this
Ian Hunter, the singer here, has some great songs. Hit Once Bitten Twice Shy, Just Another Night or All The Way To Memphis...😎😎
All the Way FROM Memphis was still Mott band. Great stuff.
This is definitely ,a song you don't wanna here alot when your 18.
Cuz when your 62,it will rip your heart out.
I hear you brother.
More Mott the Hoople,. “Roll Away The Stone”,. “All the way from Memphis”,. “The Golden Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll”.
This was a radio staple when it came out. I was more hard rock then, but have grown to love most of the music from this time period.
Love this album. One of the Boys is an absolute banger.
For years as a teen hearing this on the radio I was sure it was David Bowie. I must have been 40+ when I figured out it wasn't him.
You weren't far off, though. Bowie wrote this song and gave it to MTH.
Search YT "David Bowie - All the Young Dudes (Live at the Isle of Wight)"
Yes, Bowie wrote, produced and sang background. He originally offered Suffrage City to Mott but they rejected it.
@@kellywann3794 I thought that was Bowie singing in the back.
The chorus backing vocals really do it for me, what a great song.
😊
David Bowie who wrote the song is talking about his brother when he says "My brothers back at home, with his Beatles and his Stones". His brother was in and out of mental hospitals, and at the time of this song, he was home again and listening to his old music rather then the new stuff.
FYI - Queen opened for Mott The Hoople on their first four-week tour in the U.S. 1974. “I was always conscious that we were in the presence of something great.” (Brian May)
Beatles had a hit song called "Revolution", but the war was going on and there was a lot of revolutionary talk from the youth as well. Great Bowie song though.
Bob Dylan: If my thought-dreams could be seen they’d probably put my head in a guillotine…. From the song It’s Alright Ma I’m Only Bleeding..
This is one of those songs that, when you listen to them, the lyrics really bring you up short. Fabulous Ian Hunter and the boys. The group’s name is from the 1966 novel by American Willard Manus.
Mott The Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs went on to form Bad Company with Free Singer Paul Rodgers and Free drummer Simon Kirke and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. Bad Company recorded Ready For Love which was written by Mick Ralphs, sung by Mick Ralphs and recorded with Mott The Hoople.
It’s like church for the delinquents, brilliant you got it bro
Great Song
Great Band
Dudes is a 70’s Glam Rock Anthem
"It's like church" for the kids of the then-emerging glam-rock scene
Actually, many hear this as a gay anthem. Did you hear him say he wanted to kiss the guy with the glasses?
That's not the line. Earlier he says kick not kiss. Regardless I think it is a gay anthem. Lou Reed said so too
@@alrivers2297 th-cam.com/video/yNHdPPJGowY/w-d-xo.html @ 2:40 Listen for the vowel "s" He kissed him. Brought him down to the stage and kissed him. It's history. Not the inflection or the context for "kick" if you listen that way either.
Ahaha, Biz honestly I watch other reactors for the music...I watch you purely for the smart and hilarious commentaries. Pure entertainment. Oh, and I've always loved this song because of the "rapp" vocal style. It was so fresh in it's time.
Thank you
People did love the Beatles and the Stones but in their day they were the mainstream of British pop so being purely into them would be seen as totally unadventurous.
Boogaloo dudes carry the news
Stay smart …be a dude but be a loving ,,, God fearing dude and God will give you the delight of your heart
Thank you
Your interpretation is correct about all the revolution stuff..you are smart…i always liked this song a lot ❤️
This is seminal, congrats on your choice!❤️🤩
Great group. Great song
"All the way from Memphis" cool song indeed
Saw these guys during their US tour and their opening act was Queen, an what a night that was! Two great bands back to back, they rocked the house! Haven't heard this in years, great song on the radio back in the day. Thanks for reacting to this.
When I saw Mott in Philly about 72ish an unknown band opened for them. Aerosmith. Who knew.
Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson did a great cover of this song on his 1990 debut solo album Tattooed Millionaire.
You killing me!! In a good way! 😆❤️❤️✌️
Such great fuc**** songs!
🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿
Detroit and Cleveland launched Bowie and Mott in the states particularly WMMS in 1972/ 1973
Bowie strikes again 8).
I've always interpreted the "revolution" in this song as the sexual revolution, including the new freedom for guys to mess around with other guys.
Def Leppard does a cover of The Golden Age Of Rock N Roll by Mott The Hoople on their covers album Yeah! They also cover T Rex, The Kinks, Sweet, ELO, David Bowie, Free, Thin Lizzy, Faces (Rod Stewart), etc.
Oh the College dayzzzzz! Good memories.
Mott the hopple one of the best bands in the70s!
☮️💙💙💙our party song in high school😶🌫️
❤❤❤
omg my igdol lol roll away the stone is amazing too, info this band was best mates with david bowie and david wrote this for them, plus he released his version too
It's been a while that I have heard this song. I have not heard this group though and I'm relieved to understand now that the lyrics are "carry the news" and not "carry their nudes". Jebus. I always thought those (my ears picking up words) lyrics were a bit off. -Amber
Yes, that re: the Beatles and the Stones singing the revolution stuff. .............Church for the young and restless. Nailed it.
Here's something about Boogaloo. Boogaloo--the word sounds so sus today--was a kind of R&B/Soul/Latin music on the East Coast. But on the West Coast in the 1960s and 1970s there was funky Oakland Boogaloo dancing style going on. If you're interested in that kind of history there's a good article on wikipedia that names all the greats of the genre.
BTW, TH-cams STILL not sending me alerts to your posts. Hopefully no one else is having that problem. 😡
This was Joe Elliot’s ( Def Leppard) favourite band when he was 12 years old.
If you dig this then check out all of the Ziggy Stardust album, which Bowie wrote it for, the whole album has the same feel!
May I recommend Overnight Angels by Ian...
Probably my favorite of his other than Sucker with Mott the Hoople
I think I hear Bowie's voice singing all the young dudes, not certain though.
Yep. He's singing there. He wrote the song and produced it.
Mott the Hoople "Ready for Love" their other great song.
Mott was pretty much a one-hit-wonder in the US, sadly, but had some big hits in Europe. This is another one of those songs that can get stuck in your head all day. I just really like their sound. Remember this is WAY before auto-tune and other crap like that.
Biz: Since this was off the fifth album, by a band that made 7 great ones, whose live shows were the stuff of legend cuz the audience would get so into it that they'd riot, at one point being banned from the Royal Albert Hall (causing all rock concerts to be banned for years), and they got labeled a straightforward rock and roll band, even though compositionally they went everywhere (!!!), including classical, punk before there was punk, prog, country, and so many soulful anthems, belted out 100 percent emotionally by a guy in shades who shredded his voice in the studio once and their producer demanded he KEEP that performance and not to TOUCH the bad notes, then, Yeah, I want you to do more. Take a deep dive back into their first and second album. Start with Rock And Roll Queen, or Thunderbuck Ram, or the voice shredder take itself, I Can Feel. Thank you, Biz.
Have you done All the way to Memphis by Mott the Hoople yet? that's a good one.
No I have not
No way I'd want to get into that mind, I have enough crazy sh#t running around in mine.
😂😂😂😂
Ian hunter made rock more fun 🤘❤️ this song mentions t rex. This individual could’ve been bigger than bowie. Rip marc bolan 😢. Funny to hear you say left stuff🤣
It was said that belly wrote the song for them because they were splitting up or planting to split up trying to encourage him to stay together I think the band lasted about another year. This is a good song I would say that all the way from Memphis and a bit of a brain freeze right now and another song it's on my tongue and I can't bring it up but that's okay about the Hoople with a good man Ian Hunter Mick Ronson really great
Did auto correct change Bowie to belly? 😆
What a great old song from the early 1970s. David Bowie did a cover of this, but It just isn't quite as good as this.
Great Band Wrong track