"If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules" is Budgie's sixth album, released in 1976. Burke Shelley - Vocals, bass Tony Bourge - Guitar Steve Williams - Drums Richard Dunn - Keyboards
Just love Budgie. They were true originals. If you listen to The Eagles and “In Those Shoes,” they were influenced by this song. Stallion came out three years before it. I live in San Antonio native and would love to have grown up here back in the 70s.
Burke Shelley RIP - before his time. Budgie were unique - Shelley and Bourge sounded like no one else. Songwriting including lyrics, lead and bass guitar licks, riffs and solos up there with the very, very best.
What to say. It's Budgie. I've been interested in rock music since 1973. This song has been still my favourite rock ballad. Please count the time it's really long term. I really love their music and I've got all their CD. I think it is time to introduce everyone this band and remember for older music fans. Are You agree? If YES go on.
I was able to see the " BUDGIE " at the majestic theater in San Antonio back in the day. Was removed by the police for some reason but just bought another ticket and went back in with my long hair , handkerchief around my head " HI " as the sky , back in the day .
Man this band just keeps on giving me the chills. Just listen to this amazing track. The power and the tension brought by the rythm section and THAT GUITAR TONE COMBINED WITH THAT GUITAR WORK. Tony Bourge has got to be one of the most underrated guitar players of all time...and I am not one of those people that abuse the term "overrated". This guy is one of the few that really deserve this term
Iwas at a gig in cardiff castle in 1976. Budgie were on the bill. They played this track. The crowd loved it. I bought the album the next week. Welsh wizards!!!
So underated... saw them at a rock allnighter at the Scala Kings X in 1973. Was 16 years old and still remember them hitting the stage at 3am and starting their set with Breadfan. Just brilliant!
Black velvet stallion, you are gone* Chasing a windsong, be my son Always here wondering Hoof beats are thundering through me Maybe you're running from me Black velvet stallion are you near Carry me far away from my fear Son of an Arab mare Roaming on solid air and free While you are living be free Black velvet stallion be alone Send me a messenger call me home Pictures and silhouettes Spending a pirouette on me Maybe you're coming to me Black velvet stallion you're my child Flower of tenderness growing wild Look through my wilderness No one would ever guess you're me What I am seeing is me
@@jeffhavas8013 ; that’s right bud, The God Father of rocken roll the town that made bands famous. Yeah well, those times are gone for ever. They only exist in our memory, shit man!! So fucken sad post bro! You know what ? 🤣💭😁 ignor…..
The first Budgie track I heard was “ Parents “ in 1976 I was 16 years old I had never heard anything quite like it before it’s was something from a different stratosphere…. Peace to World from Scotland.
This song is somehow really funky and realyl mysterious/hypnotic at once. Love taht trilo of albums starting with Bandolier and endign with Impeckable. Somehow it's my favourite period of Budgie.
That guitar solo tone is fuckin searing! Managed to see them a few times in the 70s, and that not only feels like a lifetime ago, it actually IS a lifetime ago. Great days.
Bradford Rios, I was standing crossed arms waiting for the band to come on, some 20 years ago and on they came, Burke replicating my stance which immediately melted me. A great night, a great performance from a great band. Underrated crops up a lot with this band and it is very justified.
Actually, Duran does have a good point. San Antonio in particular was a hotbed of Budgie Fandom during the seventies due to the huge amount of airplay they received thanks to Joe Anthony and Lou Roney who played them incessantly on KISS FM in S.A. They have developed a huge fan base there over the last 4 decades as a result.
One of my all-time favorite songs. I first heard this on KMAC radio in San Antonio when I was 11 years old, and this song always connected with me... big time! This is one of those songs that brings me pure joy every time I hear it (which is often).
when i was in school i'd go round my mates and he'd put his older brothers records on. thats how i got introduced to budgie. later i saw them '81 in reading. started listening to the band again since the last couple of years. i appreciate them way more now that im older and wiser
@@dianainclan2021 Me too. I am the guy that turned on my few friends to Budgie around 1971 This was in a small town near Austin. 50 years later, and I still get Thank Yous from around the country
2:17 to 2:47 = 😧😦 4:48-end=😯😲🤯🤯🤯pure 🎸 insanity.... And the freakin drum track is so ridiculously hard to play.. yet sounds so damn simple... Such underrated talent it's a shame.. (RIP Jack thanks for clueing me in!) Luck For us music is eternal! 🤘
i have to agree with you about Impekkable. Outside of the 3 MCA albums they did between 73 and 75, I think Impekkable, even though less heavy, was perhaps the best work Bourge ever did overall IMHO based on that alone.
The accepted story is that Budgie tried to "break the States" with this album and Impeckable. Like Slade, they failed; Tony Bourge left and (like Slade) they scurried back to Britain where the landscape had changed radically, had a second wind with John Thomas on guitar and finally petered out. Not sure about these albums but they're still a great band.
Why does everyone try to figure out what the song is about, why it was written,etc., etc., ..... just listen to it .... it's classic rock. Who cares why it was written and what it's about ....
Not for me mate. If an artist goes to the trouble of writing lyrics, then I like to try and make the effort and understand the meaning. But, each to their own. Someone's milk is another's poison, so they say!
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RIP Burke Shelley. A truly underrated musician.
A genius has died
Underrated…. Crap
The world of rock will never be the same without you Burke.
Thanks for the memories
Agreed
The most under-rated UK rock band of the 70's....Absolute masters.
71-72-73
Austin tx
Surreal
Of all time
Man, this guitar man is shredding the frets at warp speed! Outstanding solo.
Tony Bourge
R.I.P. Burke Shelley ! One of the greatest musicians ever died last evening. Salute !
😭☮️✌️☹️🙏
Un passé plein de sensibilité s'en va... czas pełen wrażliwości i subtelności odchodzi. R.I.P
@@janiet6412
☮️🙏
Exceptional. Every bit as good as Zeppelin, Sabbath or Purple.
....... as I have been pointing out for years!!! With hindsight its clear they deserved way more recognition.
Better than sabbath.....????
@@bruno2000. Correct, your answer must be in the form of a question.
Correct
Its like sabbath mixed with steely dan or like Gerry Rafferty
Just love Budgie. They were true originals. If you listen to The Eagles and “In Those Shoes,” they were influenced by this song. Stallion came out three years before it. I live in San Antonio native and would love to have grown up here back in the 70s.
Aimee Kelly Hellyeah I love it 😻
Moxy,Legs Diamond,Great White and Frank Marino plus about 4 other 70 bands in October in the beautiful San anfuckintonio
wow.mind blown.I didn't notice that.and now i think of how close the Eagle's song is with that bass line..good song too.but this is FIRE!
I wondered that when I heard the bass line. Old fan of Eagles, new fan of Budgie. I've always liked birds...
@@daverincon4761
Joe Anthony-
Lou Roney
KMAC
KISS
SAN ANTONE
Tony Bourge is a brilliant guitar player. Very underrated band, indeed.
Indeed, agreed
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Burke Shelley RIP - before his time. Budgie were unique - Shelley and Bourge sounded like no one else. Songwriting including lyrics, lead and bass guitar licks, riffs and solos up there with the very, very best.
Well said, agree
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RIP Burke Shelley, one of the greatest frontmen/bass players in history
☹️🙏☮️
I would like your comment, but I can't be the one who changes it from 13
RIP. We lost a musical genius and a hell of a band.
BUDGIE IS THE GREATEST ROCK AND ROLL BAND IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY they should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
What to say. It's Budgie. I've been interested in rock music since 1973. This song has been still my favourite rock ballad. Please count the time it's really long term. I really love their music and I've got all their CD. I think it is time to introduce everyone this band and remember for older music fans. Are You agree? If YES go on.
1971 here
I agree!
@@tammieparrishmiller3669 agree the band were so legendary
🎉 good stuff, bass god.
1975 ,V.H.S. is on the house!
Brilliant! Guitar almost talks !!Fantastic as ever since I first heard it in 1976 !!Rock on Budgie . Great rock NEVER ages !!!😀👍🎸🎸
I was able to see the " BUDGIE " at the majestic theater in San Antonio back in the day. Was removed by the police for some reason but just bought another ticket and went back in with my long hair , handkerchief around my head " HI " as the sky , back in the day .
I think I was there! 1979 or so?
Man this band just keeps on giving me the chills. Just listen to this amazing track. The power and the tension brought by the rythm section and THAT GUITAR TONE COMBINED WITH THAT GUITAR WORK. Tony Bourge has got to be one of the most underrated guitar players of all time...and I am not one of those people that abuse the term "overrated". This guy is one of the few that really deserve this term
Since 1971- for me
Totally agree mate. Lpved them since i was 17 & I'm 62 now. Tony Bourge has always been up there with the best in my opinion.
I love the way Budgie plays their music.
I love too... Especially rhytm section...
What a killer guitar solo
Love Budgie. They are GOLD!...❤
What a ending to this song. A masterpiece
Budgie, just the music of my youth! GODs of time travel as they transport me back!
😎
Iwas at a gig in cardiff castle in 1976. Budgie were on the bill. They played this track. The crowd loved it. I bought the album the next week. Welsh wizards!!!
So underated... saw them at a rock allnighter at the Scala Kings X in 1973. Was 16 years old and still remember them hitting the stage at 3am and starting their set with Breadfan. Just brilliant!
Black velvet stallion, you are gone*
Chasing a windsong, be my son
Always here wondering
Hoof beats are thundering through me
Maybe you're running from me
Black velvet stallion are you near
Carry me far away from my fear
Son of an Arab mare
Roaming on solid air and free
While you are living be free
Black velvet stallion be alone
Send me a messenger call me home
Pictures and silhouettes
Spending a pirouette on me
Maybe you're coming to me
Black velvet stallion you're my child
Flower of tenderness growing wild
Look through my wilderness
No one would ever guess you're me
What I am seeing is me
Burke shelley. Top notch.
Rocking in San Antonio Texas. West Side
Love the lyrics and had a budgie called Velvet he loved music
@@jesseoliva2470
Joe Anthony
Lou Roney
KMAC-KISS
I was 14 when i saw Budgie, still loving them!!!!
I was 16
Me 2
This is hauntingly. Breathtakingly music to my ears!
Rock Gods
Criminally underrated by the establishment but Not the Fans.
R.I.P Burke Shelley.
Man, these guys were so good.
I saw Budgie back in I believe was 1979-1980 twice at the sunken gardens in San Antonio Texas the show was a blast!
👍☮️
Joe anthony
@@jeffhavas8013 ; that’s right bud, The God Father of rocken roll the town that made bands famous. Yeah well, those times are gone for ever. They only exist in our memory, shit man!! So fucken sad post bro! You know what ? 🤣💭😁 ignor…..
Do you remember when he used to burp on air
@@jeffhavas8013
I do. 😏😎👍
And this is Rock and Roll, still rocking in San Antonio.
In peace and blessings,
David Leija
😎♒🕉️☸️💜
Joe Anthony
I can smell the weed during this one. Teens at a friend’s house after school. Dear memories. Budgie, yeah!
Same here as a teen
Same here right now
The weed is stronger now.
✌️
First saw them in 1973 still love listening to them so darn good.
haven't heard this in a long time. great music.
black velvet stallion and heaven knows our name are truly two highlights 👍👍👍👍👍
The first Budgie track I heard was “ Parents “ in 1976 I was 16 years old I had never heard anything quite like it before it’s was something from a different stratosphere…. Peace to World from Scotland.
This song is somehow really funky and realyl mysterious/hypnotic at once. Love taht trilo of albums starting with Bandolier and endign with Impeckable. Somehow it's my favourite period of Budgie.
Budgie sure could play. Landmark band in metal's development but a travesty that they're are so often overlooked. Been a huge fan for years.
That guitar solo tone is fuckin searing!
Managed to see them a few times in the 70s, and that not only feels like a lifetime ago, it actually IS a lifetime ago.
Great days.
Same
Austin -San Antonio
This band was waaay ahead of they're time. They fuckn kickass an seen them like 3 times.
Never got to see them live unfortunately.
I feel like Burke must have had such an amazing voice live, no gimmicks.
@@hanstunney8543 Me neither.Never came to my state of West Australia.To far from Wales I guess.
Austin--- San Antonio
3 times
Surreal
Tony Bourge you are a monster!
Enough Said
💪☮️
Such an under appreciated band.. great stuff too bad I can't get it on Spotify
Same on Apple Music…!😡. Get the CD s…..🎸
I agree! Spotify only has Crash Course In Brain Surgery...otherwise the rest are live.
@@davidwainwright2816 been trying to record again on my cassettes...sucks
not heard this for years remember buying the album when it came out.
My fav band since 1971
this song is so haunting , damn...
You know you’re old when you consider this LP Budgie’s newer release
Been listening to budgie since 79 when I was growing up in San Antonio kick ass rock .
Joe Anthony
57 year,s young ,and still listning ,look out retirement home....
Bruce Kett 59 today..
Bruce Kett so what? That’s cool 😎 you’re a rocker to the core!!
@Gar 64 and know kids don't own music. Us old folks do ...
@@hanstunney8543
66 here
Will play BreadFan and get everyone Rocking at the resthome
@@johnthonig8832 I will be that retirement home DJ. 🤘
Burke Shelley has gone 10th Jan 2022 just heart broken, This band played A big part in my youth. We have just lost a big Welsh Star. RIP /|\
Love this song..I had a great childhood teen...
I bought this album at a Budgie gig at St.Albans Civic Hall in 1976. I was right at the front, leaning on the stage, right where Burke was playing.
Was fortunate to see them in the late 70s in Hollywood on the strip
A great show ...The crowd loved em!
Bradford Rios, I was standing crossed arms waiting for the band to come on, some 20 years ago and on they came, Burke replicating my stance which immediately melted me. A great night, a great performance from a great band. Underrated crops up a lot with this band and it is very justified.
That is so awesome. AMAZING
Was great to hear this track live.
@@jamescourt4703
Yes indeed it is a memory that makes me smile
The best track I can't forget
the good ol days hell yea I have this album
This is San Antonio Classic Rock
duran2085 shut up
Actually, Duran does have a good point. San Antonio in particular was a hotbed of Budgie Fandom during the seventies due to the huge amount of airplay they received thanks to Joe Anthony and Lou Roney who played them incessantly on KISS FM in S.A. They have developed a huge fan base there over the last 4 decades as a result.
San Antonio... has been rockin for a while... Don't fake around here.
@James Guthrie I'm also from San Antonio and I confirm your statement
@James Guthrie ....as well as Saxon! 🤘
One of my all-time favorite songs. I first heard this on KMAC radio in San Antonio when I was 11 years old, and this song always connected with me... big time! This is one of those songs that brings me pure joy every time I hear it (which is often).
Joe and Lou
Love the budgies at the end how many burnt out memories does this bring back?
Haha... too many!
I'll take Budgie as the greatest three piece hard rock band. I like 'em better than Rush and Cream, both phenomenal in their own right.
Agreed
Exciting times ... thanks Budgie 💜
Just great piece of art...
Indeed
Fcking Amazing Track
Rest In Peace my Friend
Burke Shelley.
ROCK Efffin' ON! Budgie sets the bar for rock-n-roll
Absolute classic, cant remember how many times i have seen Budgie over the years from mid 70s. Will there be another group like this???
Jack Dempsey wherever you are thanks for showing me this song
Absolute belter of a tune 👌
To jest kosmos, ponadczasowy, piękny utwór
Surreal
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Dla mnie chyba ich największe mistrzostwo... Klimacik przebija Napoleony i Parentsów...
when i was in school i'd go round my mates and he'd put his older brothers records on. thats how i got introduced to budgie. later i saw them '81 in reading. started listening to the band again since the last couple of years. i appreciate them way more now that im older and wiser
KILLER ROCK SONG ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Excellent! 🎸🎸🎸👋👍🎼
Haven't heard this in 30 years!!! Right On!!!
great music
Who's still listening on 10/26/2019, I used to play Sky High Percentage, with a band during my Airforce career, good times
Art Ruiz I will be happy to listen to your band!
Rock on 🤘
Hey I’m still jamming to this kickass song !!LOVE BUDGIE
@@dianainclan2021
Me too.
I am the guy that turned on my few friends to Budgie around 1971
This was in a small town near Austin.
50 years later, and I still get Thank Yous
from around the country
ενα απο τα πολλα συγκροτηματα της εποχης του που δεν αναγνωριστηκαν οσο επρεπε. μπραβο που το ανεβασατε.
Amazing.. very before their time.An amazing band an how their not considered heavyweights is a travesty!!
... Αξεχαστα χρονια Victoria.. 🤍🤍
This is wha5 they .want when they say shredding the frets. Tony B is amazing!
RIP Burke.
😭☹️☮️💓🙏
Love Budgie... Always have.
Still most excellent, thank you.
2:17 to 2:47 = 😧😦 4:48-end=😯😲🤯🤯🤯pure 🎸 insanity.... And the freakin drum track is so ridiculously hard to play.. yet sounds so damn simple... Such underrated talent it's a shame.. (RIP Jack thanks for clueing me in!) Luck For us music is eternal! 🤘
Better than purple & Sabbath never went commercial. My heros.!
Very very good
Buena canción.el guitar.como siempre poniendo su sello.
Gibson SG here in Tony's hands sounds just as good as any Gibson Les Paul.
A classic Welsh trio that somehow got no airtime on mainstream radio stations
KMAC in San Antonio did.
Because their songs are too long, I guess. In contrast, an appreciating listener would want more of that goodness🎸🤘🏼
had the 8 track....thanks 4 posting
Rip Burke!
💓☮️☹️😭
In every Dictionary should stand: 1. Underraded, 2. Very Underraded, 3. Budgie
This is a great Band! 😎🤘
RIP Burke. Love ya.
😭😭😭😭😭☮️✌️
the lead guitarist is as good as any on the planet
+Donald Roberts Tony Bourge genius- Impeckable was less heavy but good lp and his last- first 6 Budgie records are inspired genius
i have to agree with you about Impekkable. Outside of the 3 MCA albums they did between 73 and 75, I think Impekkable, even though less heavy, was perhaps the best work Bourge ever did overall IMHO based on that alone.
kocham ten zespól
Znakomici muzycy.
Can't find this damn album ANYWHERE, only TH-cam provides.
Ikr
Amazon had it years ago, but not anymore
I loved high school in Holcomb Kansas.
The accepted story is that Budgie tried to "break the States" with this album and Impeckable. Like Slade, they failed; Tony Bourge left and (like Slade) they scurried back to Britain where the landscape had changed radically, had a second wind with John Thomas on guitar and finally petered out. Not sure about these albums but they're still a great band.
Yep
The Tony era was my favorite
it's been 5 years since's i dis this Band Wild but sick Fuck fuck Love it !
Great song
I wonder if "the warning" know of budgie... would be great to see them cover this.
This album still not on Spotify
Why does everyone try to figure out what the song is about, why it was written,etc., etc., ..... just listen to it .... it's classic rock. Who cares why it was written and what it's about ....
It's like some dream, or self-realization of the future, imo. I read the lyrics there and listened to this song hundreds of times. I have no clue.
Not for me mate. If an artist goes to the trouble of writing lyrics, then I like to try and make the effort and understand the meaning. But, each to their own. Someone's milk is another's poison, so they say!
Knowing more details enhances the experience for many of us.
Hans Tunney that’s definitely what I do. I just jam out & play BUDGIE as LOUD AS AS POSSIBLE!!
And that’s how I roll 🚬🚬
Killer tune!!
TOP CLASSICO.