Hearing this for the first time as a longtime ELO fan "working backwards", it's intriguing how reminiscent elements of this song sound to "Killer Queen" (the guitar tone in the opening, anyone?) - it's basically a pseudo-glam rock song three years before the genre was even codified.
Saw these guys live in a circus tent in The Hague, Holland, back in 1969. Dimed 200 watt WEM stacks left to right across the stage...my ears are still ringing.... Awesome, awesome, awesome! This was three years before Jeff Lynne took over and started poisoning the band with mediocre, never-ending variations on "I'm the Walrus". Roy Wood was the Move's only true genius and wrote some of the best songs in the history op pop music.
@@ASQUITHZ9 agree with both comments--- the original five piece with ACE was an Exocet missile on stage I have a new book coming out October pick it up it's a good read I hope- see above comment
absolutely.. I read that by this point, Roy Wood was already collaborating with Jeff Lynne who was at this point in The Idle Race. You can hear that driving rhythym and melody that Lynne would use for "Turn to Stone" and "Sweet Talking Woman" ... but this one just takes the cake... I'd never heard this before last year and I'm just floored that this band isn't more famous in America and their music isn't played on classic rock stations.. "TIED TO THE BED!!!" Frontman Carl is fantastic.
One of my favourite Move singles.. As several of the other comments have stated, a big influence on the next generation... Always loved the guitar sound on this track
My father saw them in 68 visiting Britain at some festival with Joe Cocker, Hendrix, Bonzo Dog, etc. He said the Move totally stole the show. When he went back to the states (Mississippi) he couldn't find their records. He tried telling his friends about them, but nobody ever heard of them.
Thanks for posting this, Sleepwa1lker. Just great to see such an early clip of The Move in full colour. (Historical note: 1968 was when colour TV began in the UK .... unlikely then that there's any but b&w clips of the original 5-member line-up.)
There is a colour promotional video for 'Flowers in the Rain', it features the original five members in a flowered meadow, the band aren't playing their instruments, they're just fooling around and Woody is reading a comic book. Here's the link :-th-cam.com/video/iQOc_hgpyPE/w-d-xo.html
Saw The Move in Brighton at the end of '68, when WTW had just flopped and no-one seemed to know what they'd do next. Roy had the same stage outfit as in this clip. So did Carl except that he'd shed the jacket. Those white trousers were "something else" - so tight I could see his VPL. Trevor wore a rust-coloured sweater, but was otherwise also the same as this clip, Iron Crosses and all. Only Bev was totally different, sporting a pale blue tee with a black jerkin. I was close enough to see their expressions, and none of them was looking exactly full of the joys. The tensions around the failure of WTW and/or the choice of Blackberry Way as the next single were probably making themselves felt. And according to Bev's account in "The ELO Story" he wasn't getting on too well with Trev by this time anyway. It all made for a rather lack-lustre set, quite a bit of which featured material that would later surface on the "Shazam" LP. The final song was "Sunshine Help Me". This deteriorated into a lengthy jam during which the lead kept popping out of Trev's bass, to his obvious disgust. He ended up swapping instruments mid-number with Roy, which appeared to stabilise things. But they'd all clearly had enough of the gig, abruptly downing tools and quitting the stage without even finishing the number off properly. There was no encore. Quite a disappointment from a band that's still one of my top three all-time favourites. All the same, I can't hold any of this against them. We all have off-nights, or bad-hair days, etc. I just happened to strike one, that's all.
the Move never cracked USA commercially but they had a kind of serious underground following. whereas in the UK they were seen as a singles pop group. Roy Wood is a genius .."grab her by the tail I was hoping that the ground would open up and take me in"...!!!
As a 14 year old boy I wanted to look as cool as Roy Wood I had a picture of. I am sorry for all the american comments about not knowing The Move, they were as essential as The Kinks or The Who.
I grew up listening to THE MOVE through the graces of a music loving family in my town. Here in the US THE Move were totally unknown, and youhad to special order thier records, if you could find a shop that would do it. I hav enever seen this clips before tonight. The bassist was named Ric Price, wasn't he? Jeff Lynne was still in The Idle race at this point. Thanks for posting this!
@harfarhs You're right... this performance doesn't differ from the record at all. I was blown away by the stereo mix on the CD of Message From the Country tho'... lots of power to it!
Big problem.. British musician's union demanded that members not use lipsyncing on broadcast appearances. For the BBC they would often lipsync to a new set of recordings made exclusively for the BBC. More often they might do live vocals over the backing music from their single. From the quality of the sound on this clip there might be some of that going on.
It's sad, that most people don't know this band. Dinosaur rock station are too busy play songs from Pink Floyd the Wall, VH, and every single AC/DC song post (Bon Scott). Great Rock is left out because it's not familar to 90% of listeners. It seems no one cares enough to change this.
@posthumanhero The soundtrack accompanying the video is truly sad.... Not sure how good the mono is for this song anyway... but the stereo mix brings out the bass and drums and moves like crazy!!!
@WolfieVilans Sad to think that in the last few years tens of millions of video tape machines have gone to the garbage when they could have been loaded into a time machine with a plentiful suppy of recording tape and sent back to 1962 so those great old music shows could have been saved to them!
Roy Wood is one of my heroes too. It was Brontosaurus that did it for me - I still think it's a classic single. At the time I much prefered Roy to Carl Wayne - he was too cabaret, I thought. While watching these Move videos on youtube it comes to light that (even though he was a bit cabaret) he was an incredible frontman and an essential part of the early Move. RIP Carl Wayne.
@MrSluggo666 I'm writing as a native U.S. citizen, by the way... but given the success in the USA of bands like Foghat, Foreigner, Asia, Judas Priest, and other thundering mediocrities on back to Herman's Hermits, I'm guessing the Move couldn't make a dent here because they DIDN'T stink. They were too smart, too sharp, too original, and too cool for us thick-eared Americans.
Lame lipsynch and airguitar in this particular performance but this song connects the very best of the Beatles with the essence of Queen. It's sad Wood doesn't get 1/10 of their recognition or Lynn's.
Interesting comments...the failure of this release almost led to the break up of the Move...it bombed (never was such a single so far ahead of its time!) and the band agreed that if Blackberry Way failed they would call it a day...it went to No 1! If you listen to 'Days of Broken Arrows' by the Idle Race there's a bit of WTW in it...only a matter of time before Jeff Lynne would join the Move...
Might have been Richard Tandy (subsequently of ELO). I've just been reading the transcript of an interview with Carl Wayne that first appeared at the time this record was released - and RT was mentioned in it.
Brilliant 😄
Hearing this for the first time as a longtime ELO fan "working backwards", it's intriguing how reminiscent elements of this song sound to "Killer Queen" (the guitar tone in the opening, anyone?) - it's basically a pseudo-glam rock song three years before the genre was even codified.
Saw these guys live in a circus tent in The Hague, Holland, back in 1969. Dimed 200 watt WEM stacks left to right across the stage...my ears are still ringing.... Awesome, awesome, awesome! This was three years before Jeff Lynne took over and started poisoning the band with mediocre, never-ending variations on "I'm the Walrus". Roy Wood was the Move's only true genius and wrote some of the best songs in the history op pop music.
Totally agree.... I think Ace would have had a ball with this one
@@ASQUITHZ9 agree with both comments--- the original five piece with ACE was an Exocet missile on stage I have a new book coming out October pick it up it's a good read I hope- see above comment
@@ArkyMalarkey Lynne=tosser
One of the 60's greats. Roy is one talented musician.
absolutely.. I read that by this point, Roy Wood was already collaborating with Jeff Lynne who was at this point in The Idle Race. You can hear that driving rhythym and melody that Lynne would use for "Turn to Stone" and "Sweet Talking Woman" ... but this one just takes the cake... I'd never heard this before last year and I'm just floored that this band isn't more famous in America and their music isn't played on classic rock stations.. "TIED TO THE BED!!!" Frontman Carl is fantastic.
One of my favourite Move singles.. As several of the other comments have stated, a big influence on the next generation... Always loved the guitar sound on this track
My father saw them in 68 visiting Britain at some festival with Joe Cocker, Hendrix, Bonzo Dog, etc. He said the Move totally stole the show. When he went back to the states (Mississippi) he couldn't find their records. He tried telling his friends about them, but nobody ever heard of them.
Thanks for posting this, Sleepwa1lker. Just great to see such an early clip of The Move in full colour.
(Historical note: 1968 was when colour TV began in the UK .... unlikely then that there's any but b&w clips of the original 5-member line-up.)
There is a colour promotional video for 'Flowers in the Rain', it features the original five members in a flowered meadow, the band aren't playing their instruments, they're just fooling around and Woody is reading a comic book. Here's the link :-th-cam.com/video/iQOc_hgpyPE/w-d-xo.html
Fantastic!
Saw The Move in Brighton at the end of '68, when WTW had just flopped and no-one seemed to know what they'd do next. Roy had the same stage outfit as in this clip. So did Carl except that he'd shed the jacket. Those white trousers were "something else" - so tight I could see his VPL. Trevor wore a rust-coloured sweater, but was otherwise also the same as this clip, Iron Crosses and all. Only Bev was totally different, sporting a pale blue tee with a black jerkin.
I was close enough to see their expressions, and none of them was looking exactly full of the joys. The tensions around the failure of WTW and/or the choice of Blackberry Way as the next single were probably making themselves felt. And according to Bev's account in "The ELO Story" he wasn't getting on too well with Trev by this time anyway.
It all made for a rather lack-lustre set, quite a bit of which featured material that would later surface on the "Shazam" LP. The final song was "Sunshine Help Me". This deteriorated into a lengthy jam during which the lead kept popping out of Trev's bass, to his obvious disgust. He ended up swapping instruments mid-number with Roy, which appeared to stabilise things. But they'd all clearly had enough of the gig, abruptly downing tools and quitting the stage without even finishing the number off properly. There was no encore.
Quite a disappointment from a band that's still one of my top three all-time favourites. All the same, I can't hold any of this against them. We all have off-nights, or bad-hair days, etc. I just happened to strike one, that's all.
@rudeingenue The pianist is Nicky Hopkins, the same guy who plays the piano on The Beatles' song 'Revolution'.
Cool. Only a couple of takes remain of Colour Me Pop, and The Move was on that show too. :)
Most of the songs on this show were performed live...this was one of the exceptions.
the Move never cracked USA commercially but they had a kind of serious underground following. whereas in the UK they were seen as a singles pop group. Roy Wood is a genius .."grab her by the tail I was hoping that the ground would open up and take me in"...!!!
As a 14 year old boy I wanted to look as cool as Roy Wood I had a picture of. I am sorry for all the american comments about not knowing The Move, they were as essential as The Kinks or The Who.
Roy wood is my hero!!!
super pop song by roy wood genius
I grew up listening to THE MOVE through the graces of a music loving family in my town. Here in the US THE Move were totally unknown, and youhad to special order thier records, if you could find a shop that would do it. I hav enever seen this clips before tonight.
The bassist was named Ric Price, wasn't he? Jeff Lynne was still in The Idle race at this point.
Thanks for posting this!
Bassist here is Trevor Burton - he left early in 1969, about six months after this. And yes, Rick Price was his replacement.
this is much better than some of their songs that were hits like Curly
@harfarhs You're right... this performance doesn't differ from the record at all. I was blown away by the stereo mix on the CD of Message From the Country tho'... lots of power to it!
Fuck roy wood was an insane guitarist!!!!!
Big problem.. British musician's union demanded that members not use lipsyncing on broadcast appearances. For the BBC they would often lipsync to a new set of recordings made exclusively for the BBC. More often they might do live vocals over the backing music from their single. From the quality of the sound on this clip there might be some of that going on.
It's sad, that most people don't know this band. Dinosaur rock station are too busy play songs from Pink Floyd the Wall, VH, and every single AC/DC song post (Bon Scott). Great Rock is left out because it's not familar to 90% of listeners. It seems no one cares enough to change this.
@posthumanhero The soundtrack accompanying the video is truly sad.... Not sure how good the mono is for this song anyway... but the stereo mix brings out the bass and drums and moves like crazy!!!
@WolfieVilans Sad to think that in the last few years tens of millions of video tape machines have gone to the garbage when they could have been loaded into a time machine with a plentiful suppy of recording tape and sent back to 1962 so those great old music shows could have been saved to them!
Saw most of 60s bands in the u k the move were the best long live ace kefford
Wow, Roy Wood without a beard. Interesting
@MrSluggo666 I loved Mott the Hoople, too, as you guessed. Well, "de gustibus...".
Roy Wood is one of my heroes too. It was Brontosaurus that did it for me - I still think it's a classic single. At the time I much prefered Roy to Carl Wayne - he was too cabaret, I thought. While watching these Move videos on youtube it comes to light that (even though he was a bit cabaret) he was an incredible frontman and an essential part of the early Move. RIP Carl Wayne.
@MrSluggo666 I'm writing as a native U.S. citizen, by the way... but given the success in the USA of bands like Foghat, Foreigner, Asia, Judas Priest, and other thundering mediocrities on back to Herman's Hermits, I'm guessing the Move couldn't make a dent here because they DIDN'T stink. They were too smart, too sharp, too original, and too cool for us thick-eared Americans.
Lame lipsynch and airguitar in this particular performance but this song connects the very best of the Beatles with the essence of Queen. It's sad Wood doesn't get 1/10 of their recognition or Lynn's.
Interesting comments...the failure of this release almost led to the break up of the Move...it bombed (never was such a single so far ahead of its time!) and the band agreed that if Blackberry Way failed they would call it a day...it went to No 1! If you listen to 'Days of Broken Arrows' by the Idle Race there's a bit of WTW in it...only a matter of time before Jeff Lynne would join the Move...
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'Course it isn't live - otherwise who's playing the piano that's distinctly audible in the backing?!
correction * ..tied to my bed....
It's a great performance, but, I prefer The Beat Club version.
Lip-synched, I take it? Wonder who played piano on this record.
Might have been Richard Tandy (subsequently of ELO). I've just been reading the transcript of an interview with Carl Wayne that first appeared at the time this record was released - and RT was mentioned in it.
Nicky Hopkins