Every time I hear Badfinger, it makes me so sad. Such a tragic story. They were swindled out of their royalties. Two members took their own lives, one directly as a result and one indirectly. Great band with several classics.
Their manager, Stan Polley, stole all their money. That’s why Pete and Tom chose to end their lives. His grave is in Riverside National Cemetery. If you are in the neighborhood, feel free to stop by and leave a message.
"The Niece": very funny. ;-) You could add so many bands to this video, that it would last 30 minutes; just for example: Be Bop Deluxe, Pavlov's Dog, Metro, Sniff 'n' the Tears, Vanilla Fudge, Gentle Giant, Splinter, Hudson-Ford, New England, Lake, Moon Martin, Barclay James Harvest, Spring, Spooky Tooth, Angel, Renaissance, Illusion, Klaatu, Sailor, City Boy, Horslips, Radio Stars, Kayak, Fischer-Z, Firefall etc.
I'd add Camel to that list. They made some of the finest progressive rock for over 30 years (some would rate them as the very best prog rock band ever, myself included) but, despite decent album sales and a loyal fan base, they never reached the heights of band like Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd or Jethro Tull.
Paul McCartney gave them "Come and Get It" that could have been on "Abbey Road" album. I heard Paul's version for the first time when I bought a triple LP "Anthology 3" in 1996.
I think it all comes down to one word--HITS. Many of the bands named here actually achieved considerable fame and are not forgotten. But, producing hits month after month, year after year, even decade after decade is strictly for the superstars.
@@TooSkinnyKenny I assume you're not from the UK or are too young to remember because both of those bands where huge in 1970s Britain, Roxy are still well respected today not just because of Brian Ferry but because of Brian Eno and Phil Manzaneras connection to the band. Mott The Hoople ran out of good songs and ideas. But yeah, they were a great band while they lasted.
Rare Bird Rare Bird and rare bird. They are one of the most talented with a selection of the best songs of any of the progressive rock groups however they get very little love if any at all😢
Great list, I would have definitely added the Edgar Broughton Band, perhaps Wishbone Ash, and maybe Be Bop Deluxe. The only band I would have omitted was the Groovies I never got the attraction to that band but hey that's me...
The bands listed may not have got the fame they deserved but 16 out of the 19 bands listed had members who went on to have successful solo careers, joined more popular bands, or collaborated with top musicians. The video did name check most of these musicians. Most notably, the video forgot Rod Stewart who sang with the reformed Faces. Also, Jay Ferguson and Mark Andes of Spirit formed Jo Jo Gunne and Jay had a big hit with "Thunder Island."
I like a lot of the bands featured here but first, The Small Faces and The Move were huge bands in their native UK but as their songs were heavily oriented to British and particularly English culture it is perhaps no surprise they weren't bigger in the States. The reason that some of these bands weren't bigger was because their music never got played that much on the radio, in late sixties UK bands like the Velvet Underground only ever got played late at night and songs like Heroin and Venus In Furs never got played. No Spotify back then. Also a lot of the music those bands played either sounded ordinary or only appealed to a narrow market. If Pink Floyd had continued doing stuff like Atom Heart Mother, they would have probably been on this list. The difference between Soft Machine and Floyd can be summed up by one album, Dark Side Of The Moon. Back in the day Soft Machine were usually considered to be better musicians but they never got near to making an internationally acclaimed album. The Pretty Things might have done themselves a favour back in the sixties by not getting in the press so much for all the wrong reasons, by the time they took themselves seriously with S F Sorrow, a lot of people didn't. The Nice were a great band and had they stayed together would probably have been as big as ELP during the seventies. Basically if you don't release records that are likely to appeal to a wide audience, you are never going to make it to the top no matter how good you are. I love the Groundhogs, one of my favourite bands but they never released a song with the wide appeal of Smoke On The Water, Paranoid, Whole Lot Of Love, Thunderstruck, Comfortably Numb etc.
Badfinger - reverse the order....terrible financial management is what lead to the 2 members unliving themselves....make a whole video about the many many bands ripped off by managers
"I give you a testimonial: The MC5!" With a nod to our own Death, who were putting that all together just a few blocks from where I was playing on the east side of Detroit as a kid.
If I remember rightly, Soft Machine were the first modern band to play at the Proms (an iconic annual classical music festival held at London's Albert Hall).
I think that was around sixty nine or seventy, I remember my dad being none too pleased about it as he thought that sort of "rubbish" had no place in a serious music concert. Needless to say he'd never actually heard them play.
Some of these, like Television and Velvet Underground were really not the sort of music that ever would have wide appeal, but among serious fans even today they are still hugely admired.
Badfinger were a superb band that should have been massive they were robbed by an American manager a crook then two of them comitted sucide a tragedy they were a very talented band so sadly missed immensely talented.
You still don't get it. As you kept saying, these bands didn't become superstars. They achieved something better. Not only deep respect from their peers, but they influenced so many musicians, who went on to advance the music into the mainstream.
My List include: Help Yourself The Zombies Jo Jo Gune Captain Beyond UFO Thin Lizzy Wishbone Ash Caravan Nektar Triumvirat The Babys Starz Angel ( US) American Tears PFM Le Orme Eloy Small Faces The Watch Black Bonzo King´s X Tygers of Pan Tang Girlschool Potliquor Molly Hatchet
Spirit rocked. If anyone can tell me where I can see a clip of, or even hear, Handguns please do. I saw them perform it on OGWT circa 79/80. I think it was a one off because I can't find the song anywhere. It made a pretty deep impression. I can even remember some of the lyrics. "Handguns, oughta be banned. Handguns, are ruining America's promised land". It was on the same OGWT session as, Turn To The Right, which is on TH-cam. Anyone any ideas where I can find it? Google and TH-cam don't help.
The # back in the day, when it appeared in front of a number, simply meant "number"...in other words Big Star's first album was called "Number One Record" ...sorry to be that guy. Just being informative. Say whatever you want. I get that culture and language change. I just doubt anyone was calling it "Hashtag One Record" back then. Fine album btw.
George Martin (yes, THE George Martin) said Stackridge were his second favourite band. Every song on every album was different. Check them out! Gentle Giant were the most extraordinary musicians, which may be why they weren’t more popular - their music was incredibly complex, not easily accessible, but well worth exploring.
RIP Eric Carmen, 2024. 40 years 🎂 since he and Dean Pitchford wrote Almist Paradise. ➕ Prism (from Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦). Late Bruce Fairbairn and Jim Vallance were members. RIP Rocket Norton, April 2024 and Ron Tabak, 40 years in December 2024 since his death.
For any video of this sort Love would have to be the poster band, all-time under-appreciated, they should have been huge. And the band that never gets mentioned on these but always should be is The Groundhogs. I would also include Family (Roger Chapman vocalist).
Where did you get your information? Wow! If ignorance got views then your channel with all the pronunciation mistakes would have a billion subscribers!
Interesting to have a female bot narrator. Some of these bands were OK, most of them were moderately successful, or became more famous as they developed. ELO was basically the Move with strings. Spirit was one of the worst bands I ver saw perform. The Small Faces were very popular, and Badfinger did fine for a while. Where are the real obscure geniuses like Fanny?
The Zombies made great singles, terrible albums. Odyssey and Oracle is a critic's darling, not all that interesting. The Raspberries had the same problem. In each group, a signer went on to success, the Zombies also spinning off Rod Argent, whose band had a small hit with Hold Your Head Up. Badfinger and Moby Grape were robbed. Bad, bad managers, greedy promoters, and an uneven style, but they made terrible albums, too. Great singles, and incandescent songs, terrible LPs. Television never left the gate. Spirit found their groove, and self-destructed in spectacular fashion, at the same time. The Burritos were doomed from the start, sex, drugs, and loud, loud rock 'n' Country. The Move were victims of the "Sixties coming to an end. The Pretty Things never really figured it out. The Monks were probably a lot of fun, to see live, but not very interesting on vinyl. The Idle Race were a product band, not that compelling. The Small Faces delivered a great album, in my estimation, but tensions in the band were at a peak. After the so-so reaction to Ogden's Nut Gone Flake, the Small faces were toast. I picked up on Humble Pie, from the beginning, but their first album was a dog. Great playing, meaningless words, and no connection between the two. I loved Town and Country, the third outing, from the start, having passed up Humble Pie, the second album. Rock On would be the end, with the live album Performance wrapping up the best of their catalog. The Nice went on to become one-third of Emerson, Lake and Palmer. The neye-ce, not "neece". The Nazz had everything but a break. No one knows why the Flamin' Groovies never connected with a large audience.
Both the Move & The Pretty Things don't belong on this list. They weren't big in the states but were huge in the UK. I live in Michigan, am 68 & had all their records.
If the songs that are being shown in this video is any indication than most of these bands didn't make it because they sucked. This is some horrible music. If they had better songs they should have used them here but this was ear assault.
Every time I hear Badfinger, it makes me so sad. Such a tragic story. They were swindled out of their royalties. Two members took their own lives, one directly as a result and one indirectly. Great band with several classics.
Their manager, Stan Polley, stole all their money. That’s why Pete and Tom chose to end their lives. His grave is in Riverside National Cemetery. If you are in the neighborhood, feel free to stop by and leave a message.
"The Niece": very funny. ;-) You could add so many bands to this video, that it would last 30 minutes; just for example: Be Bop Deluxe, Pavlov's Dog, Metro, Sniff 'n' the Tears, Vanilla Fudge, Gentle Giant, Splinter, Hudson-Ford, New England, Lake, Moon Martin, Barclay James Harvest, Spring, Spooky Tooth, Angel, Renaissance, Illusion, Klaatu, Sailor, City Boy, Horslips, Radio Stars, Kayak, Fischer-Z, Firefall etc.
I'd add Camel to that list.
They made some of the finest progressive rock for over 30 years (some would rate them as the very best prog rock band ever, myself included) but, despite decent album sales and a loyal fan base, they never reached the heights of band like Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd or Jethro Tull.
Are you a founding member? Sorry, but nobody else would put them above Yes, Floyd, Tull etc.
The first all-female band to win an American recording contract was FANNY
Footage of bay city rollers instead of raspberries 😢
Yeah, that goes to show you just how good they really were. They could be both!
Badfinger also wrote one of the greatest love songs ever written , Can't Live, covered by both Mariah Carey and Harry Nilsson.
That would be Without You.
As far as I am concerned, Badfinger should have been number one
did you hear their James Brownish funk song "Matted Spam"?
Paul McCartney gave them "Come and Get It" that could have been on "Abbey Road" album. I heard Paul's version for the first time when I bought a triple LP "Anthology 3" in 1996.
Crack the sky and NRBQ
I think it all comes down to one word--HITS. Many of the bands named here actually achieved considerable fame and are not forgotten. But, producing hits month after month, year after year, even decade after decade is strictly for the superstars.
Glad to see some appreciation for The Groundhogs, Flamin Groovies, The Move, and for the S.F. Sorrow album.
2 bands who deserved all the fame in the world but got little to none: Roxy Music and Mott The Hoople.
@@TooSkinnyKenny I assume you're not from the UK or are too young to remember because both of those bands where huge in 1970s Britain, Roxy are still well respected today not just because of Brian Ferry but because of Brian Eno and Phil Manzaneras connection to the band. Mott The Hoople ran out of good songs and ideas. But yeah, they were a great band while they lasted.
Why, when talking about The Zombies are you showing a picture of The Box Tops?
Because the intelligence of this video's producers is incredibly low. Should anything be trusted by them?
Rare Bird Rare Bird and rare bird. They are one of the most talented with a selection of the best songs of any of the progressive rock groups however they get very little love if any at all😢
That's the video of Bay City Rollers, not the Raspberries.
I noticed that too. I am a big Bay City Rollers fan and I think they covered many of the Raspberries songs.
I remember their mysterious hidden album: "Hey! We're the Monks!"
Great list, I would have definitely added the Edgar Broughton Band, perhaps Wishbone Ash, and maybe Be Bop Deluxe. The only band I would have omitted was the Groovies I never got the attraction to that band but hey that's me...
The bands listed may not have got the fame they deserved but 16 out of the 19 bands listed had members who went on to have successful solo careers, joined more popular bands, or collaborated with top musicians. The video did name check most of these musicians. Most notably, the video forgot Rod Stewart who sang with the reformed Faces. Also, Jay Ferguson and Mark Andes of Spirit formed Jo Jo Gunne and Jay had a big hit with "Thunder Island."
I like a lot of the bands featured here but first, The Small Faces and The Move were huge bands in their native UK but as their songs were heavily oriented to British and particularly English culture it is perhaps no surprise they weren't bigger in the States. The reason that some of these bands weren't bigger was because their music never got played that much on the radio, in late sixties UK bands like the Velvet Underground only ever got played late at night and songs like Heroin and Venus In Furs never got played. No Spotify back then. Also a lot of the music those bands played either sounded ordinary or only appealed to a narrow market. If Pink Floyd had continued doing stuff like Atom Heart Mother, they would have probably been on this list. The difference between Soft Machine and Floyd can be summed up by one album, Dark Side Of The Moon. Back in the day Soft Machine were usually considered to be better musicians but they never got near to making an internationally acclaimed album. The Pretty Things might have done themselves a favour back in the sixties by not getting in the press so much for all the wrong reasons, by the time they took themselves seriously with S F Sorrow, a lot of people didn't. The Nice were a great band and had they stayed together would probably have been as big as ELP during the seventies. Basically if you don't release records that are likely to appeal to a wide audience, you are never going to make it to the top no matter how good you are. I love the Groundhogs, one of my favourite bands but they never released a song with the wide appeal of Smoke On The Water, Paranoid, Whole Lot Of Love, Thunderstruck, Comfortably Numb etc.
Did you say UK bands like Velvet Underground? Oh man you must be joking!
Badfinger - reverse the order....terrible financial management is what lead to the 2 members unliving themselves....make a whole video about the many many bands ripped off by managers
I suspect many on that list, anyone managed by Don Arden for a start.
@@KevinRudd-w8s Definitely Big Star too, and The Turtles
Yeah, that Oh Dessy And Oracle is great, right up there with Hash Tag 1 by Big Star.
"I give you a testimonial: The MC5!" With a nod to our own Death, who were putting that all together just a few blocks from where I was playing on the east side of Detroit as a kid.
None of these are forgotten.
If I remember rightly, Soft Machine were the first modern band to play at the Proms (an iconic annual classical music festival held at London's Albert Hall).
I think that was around sixty nine or seventy, I remember my dad being none too pleased about it as he thought that sort of "rubbish" had no place in a serious music concert. Needless to say he'd never actually heard them play.
Some of these, like Television and Velvet Underground were really not the sort of music that ever would have wide appeal, but among serious fans even today they are still hugely admired.
Atomic Rooster
Badfinger were a superb band that should have been massive they were robbed by an American manager a crook then two of them comitted sucide a tragedy they were a very talented band so sadly missed immensely talented.
You forgot Trooper. Amazing band from Canada
You still don't get it. As you kept saying, these bands didn't become superstars. They achieved something better. Not only deep respect from their peers, but they influenced so many musicians, who went on to advance the music into the mainstream.
My List include:
Help Yourself
The Zombies
Jo Jo Gune
Captain Beyond
UFO
Thin Lizzy
Wishbone Ash
Caravan
Nektar
Triumvirat
The Babys
Starz
Angel ( US)
American Tears
PFM
Le Orme
Eloy
Small Faces
The Watch
Black Bonzo
King´s X
Tygers of Pan Tang
Girlschool
Potliquor
Molly Hatchet
The Zombies and Velvet Underground were great
the band CLUTCH is still making music and yet most never heard of them ....................
This list needs a Vol. 2. Include:
Sonics
Fugs
MC5
Stooges
New York Dolls
Dictators
Runaways
Barnabas
Except that the Dolls and Runaways didn't even have an EP of good songs each and the Dictators just plain sucked.
Add Slade to volume 2
White Witch- the best band that never made it
Velvet Underground are notorious, and very highly respected. What more do you want?
most of this bands had hits and did have at least some fame
fun video to watch and play along with my addition would be Blue Cheer. good comment section with lots of great additions.
Spirit rocked. If anyone can tell me where I can see a clip of, or even hear, Handguns please do. I saw them perform it on OGWT circa 79/80. I think it was a one off because I can't find the song anywhere. It made a pretty deep impression. I can even remember some of the lyrics. "Handguns, oughta be banned. Handguns, are ruining America's promised land". It was on the same OGWT session as, Turn To The Right, which is on TH-cam. Anyone any ideas where I can find it? Google and TH-cam don't help.
The # back in the day, when it appeared in front of a number, simply meant "number"...in other words Big Star's first album was called "Number One Record" ...sorry to be that guy. Just being informative. Say whatever you want. I get that culture and language change. I just doubt anyone was calling it "Hashtag One Record" back then. Fine album btw.
Interesting that it's 19 bands plus 1 bonus. Why not just say 20?
George Martin (yes, THE George Martin) said Stackridge were his second favourite band. Every song on every album was different. Check them out!
Gentle Giant were the most extraordinary musicians, which may be why they weren’t more popular - their music was incredibly complex, not easily accessible, but well worth exploring.
Interesting video, but try to use a real narrator next time. The A I narrator is SO obvious.
RIP Eric Carmen, 2024. 40 years 🎂 since he and Dean Pitchford wrote Almist Paradise.
➕ Prism (from Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦). Late Bruce Fairbairn and Jim Vallance were members. RIP Rocket Norton, April 2024 and Ron Tabak, 40 years in December 2024 since his death.
Others include The Creation, The Flame, Four Jacks and a Jill, The Liverbirds, The Lords, Tangerine Dream, The Electric Prunes
For any video of this sort Love would have to be the poster band, all-time under-appreciated, they should have been huge. And the band that never gets mentioned on these but always should be is The Groundhogs. I would also include Family (Roger Chapman vocalist).
Love died from self indulgence and ego. Arthur Lee treated his bandmates as employees, plus they were never really good.
Would Humble Pie be in this group? Peter Frampton came from them and he was sort of famous...
Spirit was way under rated , they were a great band . Angelo
What about Jellyfish? 2 amazing albums.
How about Graham Parker & the Romor? The best kept secret in the west.
Spirit...........been a fan for 55 years. Such a great band
Same here
Soft Boys?
The Beachboys clickbait...🤔
The ranking is SOOOO SCREWED UP by these so-called content providers.
Why were images of 'Boy Band' The Bay City Rollers, shown. They received too much fame which they most certainly did not deserve.
No place for Barclay James Harvest??
1. television
2. television
3. television
4. television
5. television
Pretty things are not fogotten as Small faces!
Nice list, but you should really have a human narrate (e.g., Hash 1 Record should be Number One Record, etc.).
Superb 👏😍
Al fin alguien le hace justicia a Spirit...
The Zack Hamples were a great band.
Angel=POMP/GLAM SuperGroup! Never got the Due They Deserved!!!
"Hash 1 Record" lol
Where did you get your information? Wow! If ignorance got views then your channel with all the pronunciation mistakes would have a billion subscribers!
AI researched and AI voiced. The pronunciation isn't even consistent between consecutive sentences.
@@digitboy100 True. Hash One Record, The Niece, Rem (instead of R.E.M.)
@@Ted_Jamesoh-dessy and oracle!!!😂
Not enough "REM" sleep, I expect.
@@QuarrellaDeVil Do androids dream of electric sheep?
rem?....this voice said REM...like pronounced whrem.......instead of R-E-M...wow....
Death (the band)
Focus, gypsy, hartsfield, star Castle bloodrock budgie the s t r a w BS b a d o r f and rodney, Hudson Ford😮
UFO
The Gathering!
Bay City Rollers? Grim editing and weak video content.
No Pink Fairies?
Why were the Bay City Rollers in the Raspberries section?
Rem? How about R.E.M? Stupid A.I.
Another reason to hate AI. Can't pronounce.
What about The Babies
Did it really say REM?
The wrong faces are shown for band members. They showed the Bay City Rollers for a different band. Therefore.......no credibility here.
The Monks didn't get attention b/c EW they shaved the top of their heads!!😮
Interesting to have a female bot narrator. Some of these bands were OK, most of them were moderately successful, or became more famous as they developed. ELO was basically the Move with strings. Spirit was one of the worst bands I ver saw perform. The Small Faces were very popular, and Badfinger did fine for a while. Where are the real obscure geniuses like Fanny?
PHOTO OF LOVE AFFAIR?
Spinal Tap should have been more popular.
Yes Indeed!!
They could have been bigger, but their drummer died in a bizarre gardening accident.
I assume you mean this as a joke.
The Smithereens; The Ramones; The Replacements
The Ramones are so overrated it is astonishing.
The Zombies made great singles, terrible albums. Odyssey and Oracle is a critic's darling, not all that interesting. The Raspberries had the same problem. In each group, a signer went on to success, the Zombies also spinning off Rod Argent, whose band had a small hit with Hold Your Head Up. Badfinger and Moby Grape were robbed. Bad, bad managers, greedy promoters, and an uneven style, but they made terrible albums, too. Great singles, and incandescent songs, terrible LPs. Television never left the gate. Spirit found their groove, and self-destructed in spectacular fashion, at the same time. The Burritos were doomed from the start, sex, drugs, and loud, loud rock 'n' Country. The Move were victims of the "Sixties coming to an end. The Pretty Things never really figured it out. The Monks were probably a lot of fun, to see live, but not very interesting on vinyl. The Idle Race were a product band, not that compelling. The Small Faces delivered a great album, in my estimation, but tensions in the band were at a peak. After the so-so reaction to Ogden's Nut Gone Flake, the Small faces were toast. I picked up on Humble Pie, from the beginning, but their first album was a dog. Great playing, meaningless words, and no connection between the two. I loved Town and Country, the third outing, from the start, having passed up Humble Pie, the second album. Rock On would be the end, with the live album Performance wrapping up the best of their catalog. The Nice went on to become one-third of Emerson, Lake and Palmer. The neye-ce, not "neece". The Nazz had everything but a break. No one knows why the Flamin' Groovies never connected with a large audience.
I know the velvet underground... and no more.
this video is not good...
If the pretty things are here I listen to them everyday
Badfinger sucks!
Both the Move & The Pretty Things don't belong on this list. They weren't big in the states but were huge in the UK. I live in Michigan, am 68 & had all their records.
If the songs that are being shown in this video is any indication than most of these bands didn't make it because they sucked. This is some horrible music. If they had better songs they should have used them here but this was ear assault.
I agree. I have no talent, maybe I can get on this list.