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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 มิ.ย. 2016
- Singer/Songwriter Ian Thomas came to the boom 97.3 studios to play "Painted Ladies" on vinyl! He talks about the inspiration for the song when starting out as a young musician, how he recorded the song and the types of equipment/instruments he used and more! Watch as Dennis goes Behind The Vinyl!
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Love it! Remember lan from the Tranquillity Base days. Brilliant artist!! ❤ phenomenal songwriter. ❤
I had thought this song was done by America when it 1st came out. Great s so ng just the same.
Holy cow, blast from the past. This was/is such a good. He painted the picture so well.
Was about 12 years old when I first heard this song. Loved it ever since
Great 70's song
I found an Ian Thomas compilation called Looking Back. At a Thrift Store every song is great.
Great Music Ian. Thanks for you inspiration. Great to sing along on those long road trips, all of your songs.
I remember this being played a lot on AM radio as a kid, catchy track that caught my attention.
Saw Ian for years at the Coronet in Kitchener ON, in the 70's + 80 's.
1977 - Black Hawk Motor Inn Richmond Hill Ontario CANADA - live Thanks Ian for the memories!
I am in for a real treat cause I am going to start searching for his music cause this is "ALL" new to me. I must be living under a rock. I was a huge SCTV fan and never made the connection from the Ian Thomas who sang on that show back in 1981 to "Dougie Franklin" monster truck guru on Red Green. I knew from Red Green that he and Dave Thomas were brothers but had no clue of his music career. WOW. Dougie Franklin still rocks in my world and you cannot have Red Green without Dougie and Hap and Garth and Harold and Winston and Dalton and Buzz and Ranger Gord and Bill but mostly Dougie. Thanks for posting and sharing.
Ian has had tons of great songs since the early '70s. Many other artists have had big hits with his songs. (America, Santana etc) And he and his brother are hilarious!
This dude wrote some great music.
@@zombiesir Yes; he did!!!!!! Definitely the EPITOME of what an ENTERTAINER truly is!!!!!!
Love you bud
His voice reminds me of my own quite a bit!! Holy smokes! 🤩😇❤️🔥
So engrained in my brain, Ian. Love you to death. Thanks so much for everything. Wish I still had the 8-track for you to sign.
How cool is this series. First time viewer, but I will be back, for sure! Thank you for sharing.
i did't know boom 97.3 had a youtube channel
What a class act he is
Amen brother
Quality tune and great stories Ian!
Still an awesome song like the many others Ian💜🙏🏼🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Went to # 34 (Billboard Hot 100) in January of 1974, # 27 (Cashbox) & at # 28 (Billboard's Adult Contemporary)!! Ian Thomas only charted song in the U.S.. The self - titled album went to # 203 (Billboard's Bubbling Under The Top 200 Album Charts) in December of 1973.
Matt C.; it actually did reach #26 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (then called Pop Singles) Chart. Nvrthlss, it should've been #1 bc it did receive HEAVY, HEAVY AIRPLAY (much like "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone 4 yrs l8r (10! consecutive weeks @ #1 in 1977).
Pay for play - the public doesn't know about it, they think great songs just become #1. That's not how it works. You can tell by just how many terrible songs make it to the top 40, especially these days. @@b.j.banditt206
Good stuff
May have only gone to 27 but in upstate N.Y . WAS A BIG HIT.
KEN BURKE; it was #1 in Detroit, MI but the COCKSUCKERS that control the American Music Industry BLATANTLY DEPRIVED Ian Thomas of any/all success in the U.S.A. bc of something called PAYOLA!!!!!! That's another issue 4 another time but let's face it; Ian Thomas was HEAVILY VICTIMIZED BY THE PAYOLA SCANDAL THAT FUCKED OVR LOTS OF CANADIAN MUSICIANS (IAN THOMAS WAS THE PRIMARY REASON 4 CALLING OUT THOSE MFers from the American Music Industry 4 their BLATANTLY DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES but IAN THOMAS was HEAVILY BLACKLISTED in the process doin' so. What a FUCKIN' TRAVESTY!!!!!!
Likewise here in Detroit, MI.
So incredibly true. Thanks for sharing.
a beauty of a song eh!
Yet another fantastic, and highly informative episode!!
This is really interesting.
Very talented artist with an incredible sense of humour. As down to earth as they get.
His brother isn't to shabby with the "sense of humour" either eh? Noticed I spelled Humour the correct way eh? Both very talented.
@@canuck-guy2384 U betcha!!!!!! Ian Thomas (bc he PAVED THE WAY 4 FELLOW CANADIAN MUSICIANS VIA EXPOSING PAYOLA), NVR GOT THE CREDIT HE WELL DESERVED!!!!! If it wasn't 4 that a4mentioned FBS, IAN THOMAS would've been on par w/Michael Jackson & Bruce Springsteen!!!!!! Even moreso; Ian Thomas would've outdone Neil Young. Yes; Ian Thomas would've outdone Neil Young.
"Sharing dressing rooms with strippers and some of them were turning tricks on the side, so it wasn't all bad" What a hilarious quote. I love his music.
IAN THOMAS = ENTERTAINMENT ROYALTY!!!! DON'T EVER FUCKIN' 4GET THAT!!!!
The TC630 he's referring to is a reel to reel made by Sony
I have no idea how many times I purposely went to see Ian in bars when through the week .... Ian is just as funny as hell between songs with That GReat Canadian humor . I think the last time I caught him was at the Tillsonburg , Ont. Royal Hotel - which closed about ? 5 years ago and is now partly The Tillsonburg Newspaper , Plus a food bank .
I mobile DJ's and performed live from 1975 to 2005 all over Ontario , and I'll tell you Ian - I promoted the hell out of your and Many other GReat male and female Canadian musicians also !! 60's to 90's was Fantastic . . but WOW has music Ever Gone for a complete shit starting around 2000 . . I went to the music stores and right from the musicians sometimes , and I BOUGHT ALL MY MUSIC !! I didn't steal it as I am a L.T. Musician and singer also . . I didn't want to play all the Crap coming out Especially after 2005 , so I sure as hell wasn't gonna buy it anymore . . So I quit . From thousands of past purchases , I've only bought 3 Classic Rock cd's since 2005 .
Wonderful content. I gotta subscribe after seeing this
I was all ready to make some witty comments about how much he's like his brother, but I just see an individual without any obvious connections to him.
Totally, underrated"......
The LP cover in America didn't look anything like the one sitting on the floor in this video. Ian had lots of hair back then, but didn't we all.
@@dadigitechman Stupid comment.
Ian was fresh off Tranquility Base when he recorded this song in 1973.
FACT!!!!!
There was no one greasier than Dick Clark.
What I had always suspected about the "American" pop music industry and the "Billboard Charts". When Ian speaks about why this song didn't chart higher than the posted Billboard chart from about 3:25. He mentions a book named "The Hitmen" (Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business). Thanks for confirming what I always knew. There was, and still is, a pop music Cabal! You and many other Canadian artists were screwed over because they couldn't come up with $250,000 of bribe money, which explains all the crap that I heard on the Billboard Top 20 during the days when AM radio ruled the waves! Thank goodness for the CRTC (*back then), where it was mandated that Canadian radio stations must play 35% Canadian content on the air waves. Sure, there were some stinkers played as well, but then I harken back to the argument of those other "stinkers" that rose up the charts because they came up with the bribe money! We'd never have heard the likes of Ian Thomas, Guess Who, Trooper and a long list of Canadian bands who were stifled by the "The Hitmen" 'cuz they couldn't come up with the bribe money. To your credit Ian, and your fans, you managed to get Painted Ladies to chart at 26 without having to "bribe" anyone for a higher chart placing. That, in itself, makes you #1 with me! Rock On!
@Canuck Guy; What Ian Thomas said essentially was that he was a victim of PAYOLA. Though a common.(yet un4tun8) practice since the L8 1950s, Ian Thomas EXPOSED PAYOLA when "Painted Ladies" only "peaked" @ #26 on the US Billboard Hot 100 (then called "Pop Singles". Regardless; this Detroiter ALWAYS SUSPECTED THAT IAN THOMAS GOT A ROYAL SCREW JOB. He (Ian Thomas) confirmed it.
IAN THOMAS FUCKIN' ROCKS!!!!! ALWAYS HAS; ALWAYS WILL!!!!!
No need to cuss, son!
@@davewollenberg1518STFU; NO NEED 2 PATRONIZE ME!!!!!! BTW; "William Bandyk" & "Billy Bandyk" r 1 & the same. Furthermore; I'LL CUSS AS I DEEM FIT!!!!! Once again; if u don't like what I'm saying, then DON'T REPLY!!!!!
@@davewollenberg1518I'LL CUSS IF I WANT 2, PUNK!!!!!
@@davewollenberg1518No need 2 PATRONIZE ME, PUNK!!!!!
and don't forget "Liars" the song which Ian expresses about dishonesty in the recording industry, and as Ian mentioned, "Money changes Hands". Ian is such a genuine and modest artist.
Damn fuckin' rite. Sadly, PAYOLA FUCKRD OVR LOTS OF CANADIAN MUSICIANS (especially & including Ian Thomas & Max Webster/Kim Mitchell along w/Trooper & Chilliwack). This good ol' American boy here will swear by that 'til the day I die. Y Canadian musicians were BLATANTLY mistreated RE: being able 2 achieve success in the U.S.A. is beyond belief (thank GOD that Ian Thomas exposed these MFers who control the American Music Industry via "Liars"; the lyrics r so very self-explanatory.
Every Ian Thomas song since "Liars" has been a PROTEST SONG since "Painted Ladies" was WRONGFULLY SNUBBED on the charts. "Painted Ladies" had such MASSIVE AIRPLAY DESERVING OF A #1 HIT yet some cocksuckin' MFers w/in the American Music Industry felt otherwise. Still burns me 2 this day. LONG LIVE CANADA (MUSICALLY SPEAKING)!!!!!!
I love this song . Had that song sounds like George Harrison
Shit; Ian's a much better singer/songwriter than Mr. Harrison. Furthermore; Ian's comedic talent VERIFIES HOW LEGIT IAN THOMAS IS!!!!!!
Playing hotels w/strippers. Ian obviously played the Montebello Hotel in St Catharines.
A sigh though……Ian was absolutely good looking. He was never given credit musically and for his looks.
@@robinibershoff8811 SPOT-ON U R!!!!! SPOT-ON INDEED!!!!!
Dougie Franklin.
Liam; "MEALS ON 4 WHEELS"!!!!!!
Ian Thomas; in proving our point, "Painted Ladies" was #1 in Detroit yet #26 nationally. Ian Thomas; u DEFINITELY GOT ROYALLY FUCKED OVR!!!!! NO DOUBT ABOUT IT!!!!! "Painted Ladies" got more airplay than Debby Boone's "You Light My Life" (which spent 10 consecutive weeks @ #1 in 1977 yet "Painted Ladies " got TONS MORE AIRPLAY THAN DEBBY BOONE!!!!! IAN THOMAS GOT COMPLETELY FUCKED OVR!!!!! NO DOUBT ABOUT IT!!!!!
"General Recorded Tape"?!?!?!?! I thought it meant "Good Rockin' Tonight"
45s Guy; "GRT" does stand 4 "Good Rockin' 2nite".
"Good Rockin Tonight" - Elvis Presley 1954
@@themalt-tonesbandnorthof8m593 Yup; SPOT-ON u r.
Classic payola story. People went to jail over it.
His song "Liars" (1975) EXPOSED the PAYOLA SCANDAL. Ian Thomas was SPOT-ON RE: PAYOLA (which victimized MANY Canadian musicians; especially & including Ian Thomas & Max Webster/Kim Mitchell).
If John Malkovich was a musician.
Ian Thomas; DON'T EVER SELL URSELF SHORT, BUDDY!!!!!! U (& UR BROTHER DAVE) R MY MAJOR INSPIRATIONS IN MY LIFE!!!!! SO MUCH SO THAT I CONSIDER U (& DAVE) AS MY COUSINS!!!!! IAN THOMAS; U GOT THE BIGGEST FUCKIN' SCREWJOB WVER!!!!! U KNOW U DID (& I'M COMPLETELY OFFENDED BY IT). MR. IAN THOMAS; PLEASE REPKY 2 ME & REASSURE 2 ME THAT U R THE MAN!!!! PLEASE & THANKS UN ADVANCE!!!!
I thought this was America.....wow I am full of crap sometimes.....not my fav song....but not that bad either
I assumed this was America for the past 30 years lol
America did record Ians "Right Before Your Eyes"
30 years? Closer to 40! America (the band) didn't have to fight through any payola scam either, mostly because they were......Americans. Canadian bands were treated like shit in the 70's by the American music industry. Every once in a while a Canuck would sneak in but they eventually had to sell their soul to stay in. Now the "music industry" labels are almost defunct, which is sweet karma. I'm a fan of America by the way....Horse With No Nmae is my favourite song. Who'da thunked you could write a song with two chords and make it a huge hit. I thought that song was Neil Young at first!
@@canuck-guy2384 SO SPOT-ON U R!!!!!