The first time I heard this was on Spotify autoplay. I was refinishing my desktop and couldn't see my screen. I was convinced that I was hearing either a Jagger/Richards side project or a Jagger Jr. with Uncle Keith or a really good student of the style. The parts sounded very Stones, but with enough of a twist that the Logo maybe didn't belong on it. I completely missed Flamin' Groovies back in the day. They got no airplay in my market. After my new discovery, I listened to their "Slow Death" period and their greatest hits repak, and almost nothing else, for nearly a month. Their retro British Power Pop sound was great. The punk-lite stuff had wit. Some of their covers were outstanding reproductions of the originals, and the tunes that were absolutely shameless ripoffs had some great hooks. My attraction to FG's kept ping-ponging between, "something special here" and, "something's weird here". Either way, I just couldn't put them down. I had to keep listening. Now I'm back for a refill.
Oh you didn’t know? “the most famous unknown band in the world” was Mick and Keiths favorite shit during the time of the release of Teenage Head. Mick famously said their record was a better attempt at the same idea they were trying to do, which was a blues and rock album with a modern (post psyche) direction. It's one of the three things they are most known for. AF: What do you know for sure about Mick Jagger and Keith Richards being huge fans of the album Teenage Head? CJ: If it wasn’t [legendary L.A. music scenester] Rodney Bingenheimer telling us about that, it was Marianne Faithfull. It’s gone on for years and years and years. I’m extremely flattered, because when we cut say, “High Flyin’ Baby,” when I wrote the slide part, I was hoping to impress The Rolling Stones. I never expected them to hear it, but I wasn’t too surprised when I started hearing about the reaction that they had. Apparently Jagger was playing it every day in L.A. that summer. Rodney Bingenheimer said every day he went over to see Mick at any time of day for a period of like months, it was on the turntable. When we first heard those rumors we thought, “Yeah, right.” But as the years progressed, and you see an interview with Keith Richards in a French magazine and he’d be raving about our version of “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” saying it was better than theirs. The last confirmation happened maybe about eight years ago when Roy Loney went to France and ended up having tea with some friends of Marianne Faithfull. When she found out who Roy was as they were leaving she came running down the hallway and grabbed him and said, my lord, I didn’t realize who you were. AF: Are there any other noteworthy Flamin’ Groovies fans who you’ve encountered over the years? CJ: Anyone from Val Kilmer to Freddy Krueger. As a matter of fact, about three years ago I got a call from Val Kilmer’s secretary, and I said, “You mean Val Kilmer the movie star?” And she said yes. So I said, “Well what’s this about?” And she said Val is a big Flamin’ Groovies fan, and so is his daughter and so is his wife. Mercedes, his daughter was having a 21st birthday party, and he was gonna give me a thousand bucks to write out the lyrics to “Whiskey Woman.” You know, I thought it was joke. Two weeks later, I get the check. (laughs) And Freddy Krueger, Robert [Englund], is an old Groovies fan. I think he was homeless in the 60s when we were playing the Whiskey [A-Go-Go], because he was always outside begging, and we always let him in for free. And I didn’t know that Robert was Freddy. About 30 years later, after A Nightmare on Elm Street had become huge, I’m reading a science-fiction magazine and there’s an article about Freddy Krueger, and there’s a photo of Robert, and I’m going “What the fuck’s Robert doing in this article?!” (laughs) Stephen King’s a fan. He mentions The Flamin’ Groovies in one of his books. Every year we find out somebody else that’s famous is a big fan. It’s really amazing.
These guys did a show with Grateful Dead back in the 60s the one of the people from their crew made a big cake and put about 800 hits of acid in the icing Jerry Garcia put his finger in the icing not knowing the amount of LSD in the cake he tripped so hard he thought the mafia was after him his exact words about playing that concert that night was he played for his life
Kids, take notice, you need to have your guitars on a red coiled cord, nothing else will do; if you ain't got one, get one else you have no business being up there!
@@gordon8463 Dude, if I tell you that my mum’s cake is the best in the world, are you going to tell me, with your stupid tiny voice, “oh! oh! the best not sure! so many cakes exist! oh! oh!”? Do you understand how to use human language? Fuck off.
can't say how much i enjoyed this, it was like my shot of morphine. so true to the 60's, yet ahead of the punks... any chance of anything else ??? thank you
@@anauticalgate5496 Well new RocknRoll Hall of Fame nominee list came out . I had often considered in my fantasy world , if I were a Bezos and could wrestle control away from those whatever or whoever they are , create a new category called Cult Classic where Artists like NRBQ, Flamin Groovies , Captain Beefheart , Phish, and others could go in . I am going to check out your lost band . I have got one for you . From Australia, Paul Kelly and the Messengers . They were huge in Australia but never cracked the USA markets . Pity as my brother said “ They are just as good Songwriters as REM ! “
since it is low fi and gritty, it is something that needs to de discovered like a treasure...a gem hidden away between the crack it fell into...or the short answer...radio sucks.
The first Punk band was not from Detroit folks...Roy the boy is wearing studded leather not matching suits...see early MC5. Iggy was punk but not first by a couple years. Check Blue Cheer for the first Metal also from San Francisco.❤
Lip Sync. If Danny's face doesn't say it all, I don't know what does. Gee fellas we don't really need ya to do it live. Might cost a few bucks. A waste of film and talent.
As much as I love Shake Some Action, this is my favorite Groovies track.
The proto punk bands of the early to mid 70's were the best.
New York Dolls
These guys are the coolest thing that ever existed on earth.
You know it....
somebody posted on an other vid : "the greatest thing the Stones never did".
So true
The first time I heard this was on Spotify autoplay. I was refinishing my desktop and couldn't see my screen. I was convinced that I was hearing either a Jagger/Richards side project or a Jagger Jr. with Uncle Keith or a really good student of the style. The parts sounded very Stones, but with enough of a twist that the Logo maybe didn't belong on it. I completely missed Flamin' Groovies back in the day. They got no airplay in my market. After my new discovery, I listened to their "Slow Death" period and their greatest hits repak, and almost nothing else, for nearly a month. Their retro British Power Pop sound was great. The punk-lite stuff had wit. Some of their covers were outstanding reproductions of the originals, and the tunes that were absolutely shameless ripoffs had some great hooks. My attraction to FG's kept ping-ponging between, "something special here" and, "something's weird here". Either way, I just couldn't put them down. I had to keep listening.
Now I'm back for a refill.
The singer even looks like Mick's long lost brother.
Oh you didn’t know? “the most famous unknown band in the world” was Mick and Keiths favorite shit during the time of the release of Teenage Head. Mick famously said their record was a better attempt at the same idea they were trying to do, which was a blues and rock album with a modern (post psyche) direction. It's one of the three things they are most known for.
AF: What do you know for sure about Mick Jagger and Keith Richards being huge fans of the album Teenage Head?
CJ: If it wasn’t [legendary L.A. music scenester] Rodney Bingenheimer telling us about that, it was Marianne Faithfull. It’s gone on for years and years and years. I’m extremely flattered, because when we cut say, “High Flyin’ Baby,” when I wrote the slide part, I was hoping to impress The Rolling Stones. I never expected them to hear it, but I wasn’t too surprised when I started hearing about the reaction that they had. Apparently Jagger was playing it every day in L.A. that summer. Rodney Bingenheimer said every day he went over to see Mick at any time of day for a period of like months, it was on the turntable.
When we first heard those rumors we thought, “Yeah, right.” But as the years progressed, and you see an interview with Keith Richards in a French magazine and he’d be raving about our version of “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” saying it was better than theirs. The last confirmation happened maybe about eight years ago when Roy Loney went to France and ended up having tea with some friends of Marianne Faithfull. When she found out who Roy was as they were leaving she came running down the hallway and grabbed him and said, my lord, I didn’t realize who you were.
AF: Are there any other noteworthy Flamin’ Groovies fans who you’ve encountered over the years?
CJ: Anyone from Val Kilmer to Freddy Krueger. As a matter of fact, about three years ago I got a call from Val Kilmer’s secretary, and I said, “You mean Val Kilmer the movie star?” And she said yes. So I said, “Well what’s this about?” And she said Val is a big Flamin’ Groovies fan, and so is his daughter and so is his wife. Mercedes, his daughter was having a 21st birthday party, and he was gonna give me a thousand bucks to write out the lyrics to “Whiskey Woman.” You know, I thought it was joke. Two weeks later, I get the check. (laughs)
And Freddy Krueger, Robert [Englund], is an old Groovies fan. I think he was homeless in the 60s when we were playing the Whiskey [A-Go-Go], because he was always outside begging, and we always let him in for free. And I didn’t know that Robert was Freddy. About 30 years later, after A Nightmare on Elm Street had become huge, I’m reading a science-fiction magazine and there’s an article about Freddy Krueger, and there’s a photo of Robert, and I’m going “What the fuck’s Robert doing in this article?!” (laughs)
Stephen King’s a fan. He mentions The Flamin’ Groovies in one of his books. Every year we find out somebody else that’s famous is a big fan. It’s really amazing.
@@FromTheRoomOfLittleEase thank you for the comment! Can I ask, where is this interview from?
@@gregwork49 I second that emotion!
They raided Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood shop “Let it rock”. Look at the drape jacket and the leather jackets with studs. Very cool.....
Rock n roll renaissance. It happened again briefly in the late 80's on the cusp of the punk era.
I thought the drape looked a bit 'Showaddywaddy'
Ahh this is very early 70’s kiddos
Purple jacket is granny takes a trip
To be honest me too lol 🍻💊🍻@@mattrussell4962
“The most famous unknown band in the world.”
Tellement sous-estimés et tellement rock'n'roll, cela fait 55 ans que je les aime!
Idem... et qu'on reprend leurs morceaux, dont celui la bien sûr...
These guys did a show with Grateful Dead back in the 60s the one of the people from their crew made a big cake and put about 800 hits of acid in the icing Jerry Garcia put his finger in the icing not knowing the amount of LSD in the cake he tripped so hard he thought the mafia was after him his exact words about playing that concert that night was he played for his life
WOW what a great Story never Heard before cheers Randy
☠️💊☠️
Where did you hear that?
@@xdef1ne there’s a video interview w Jerry talking about it. It’s pretty hysterical.
@@JW-yp9yj Can you link me the video please?
@@xdef1ne sure thing. He really gets into the story about 3:30 mins into the video. enjoy! th-cam.com/video/qkaPb5MkxW0/w-d-xo.html
This is so 70s, it makes me want to wallpaper my room!
Go down to the truckers union and buy some black light posters and a black light.
that riff is so sick
Song written by the legend, Roy Lonely.
Is that right? It really is one of my favorite songs I never get sick of listening to it, I enjoy watching and listening to this band
George Alexander is the coolest bass player ever surely
Everyone thinks Rocks and Jailbird era Primal Scream were channeling the Stones. Yeahnah. This is what they were going for.
Loving the drummer's enthusiasm
With you on that.
Dude cannot contain himself.
Those guys look like they are having some fun. Of my generation but had never heard of them. Entertaining rockers.
Kids, take notice, you need to have your guitars on a red coiled cord, nothing else will do; if you ain't got one, get one else you have no business being up there!
nEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE IN MY 60+ YEARS ON THE PLANET & WENT NTO EVERY gROOVIES SHOW FOR 3 YEARS
This is an edit of the studio version. What a great tune
what a knockout bass line, ear drum replacement in the queue..
Cyril Jordan is definitely underappreciated
i watch this clip every day, love it!
Bass hits so good
Amazing! One of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands, the Groovies flat out Rock!
PLANCKZOO FG's = OG's R&R at its grittiest.
The best band ever that is not super known. And maybe good enough to lose that disclaimer.
NRBQ is my favorite Cult rocknroll band . These guys in all their lineups are my second and that is some cool unique slide
That orange Fender bass 🖒
mustang short scale, super cool!
Fabuleux...excellente qualité ! J'adore l'attaque de Dany M. à la batterie...
On en veux encore Mr Skydog!
I never heard or saw this group until about two weeks ago - I don't know why.
Good Clean Straight Rock & Roll
me born 1949
Happy Birthday. Chris Wilson..Sept,10,1952
Flamin' Groovies ..singer..Guitar,.
Excellent rock and roll.
My friend's older sister had this album called Flamin groovies I ended up buying one down at truckers union in Eau Claire Wisconsin
God almighty. Why I hadn’t seen this before?? The best rock ‘n’ roll band ever.
the best not sure!!! so many exist!!!!
@@gordon8463 Dude, if I tell you that my mum’s cake is the best in the world, are you going to tell me, with your stupid tiny voice, “oh! oh! the best not sure! so many cakes exist! oh! oh!”? Do you understand how to use human language? Fuck off.
This footage is cool as shit, washed out saturated color and explosive bass. Matching D.A. Ampegs and red coiled cables. Goddamn!
Jack Bruce had a DA bass with round wounds,through Marshall stacks & Stones' Bill Wyman w/ flat wounds through his trusty Ampeg amp.
This rules so hard
Smashing rock and roll
Le morceau parfait, purement rock'n'roll
great video of great song by great group. What more could you want. Thanks for sharing.
Dan Armstrongs for everybody....
and red curly leads!
can't say how much i enjoyed this, it was like my shot of morphine. so true to the 60's, yet ahead of the punks... any chance of anything else ??? thank you
@@dyr234 No, but you are.
I love this band. Covered one of their songs.
What did you cover it with?
my kind of music
Sounds like the Stones meets the Groovies !!!
Sooo Good! And wrote so many great tracks.❤
The Clarences love & support Flamin' Groovies and SkyDog TV!
cyril looks so badass in those red pants and that blacker studded leather jacket ! aswell does the drummer danny rockin the leather!
Love the English Civil War dress up from James Ferrell, the whole band looks great
RIP Roy Loney
NRBQ is my favorite Cult rocknroll band . These guys in all their lineups are my second .
obscure ,and great !! One of my" lost bands" is "The New York Rock Ensemble"
@@anauticalgate5496 Well new RocknRoll Hall of Fame nominee list came out . I had often considered in my fantasy world , if I were a Bezos and could wrestle control away from those whatever or whoever they are , create a new category called Cult Classic where Artists like NRBQ, Flamin Groovies , Captain Beefheart , Phish, and others could go in . I am going to check out your lost band . I have got one for you . From Australia, Paul Kelly and the Messengers . They were huge in Australia but never cracked the USA markets . Pity as my brother said “ They are just as good Songwriters as REM ! “
@@anauticalgate5496I will check them out . Thanks for the tip !
Love it
connected yeahhh................
Super !!!!!!!!!!!
Singer has great stage presence
Hell yeah. Righteous.
Thia is beyond killer....so damn good.
Thank God for TH-cam!
ten years of punk crap to find this jewel ,fucking great thanks for share!!
Superb, love it! why haven't I heard this before?
since it is low fi and gritty, it is something that needs to de discovered like a treasure...a gem hidden away between the crack it fell into...or the short answer...radio sucks.
Just flamming❤️🔥
Hell yeah!
the 6 dislikes are Marillion fans
Moronillion fans : )
lol but only ones who enjoy that there hogarth era stuff
now that made me laugh...ha ha ha ...
Great video... this band should have been as big... or bigger... than the Stones imho!
What a band...TEENAGE HEAD was released the same time as STICKY FINGERS, rumours said Mick liked it better then his record
¡AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! ¡Gracias!
The band the Stones couda' been.
So rad....
A 1:18 Cyrill Jordan - (encore sans moumoute ;-) - devient gaucher pour redevenir droitier à 1:35 ! Ouèche !!!!!
il est ambidextre ? j'adore le look vaseux et chris wilson avec sa dent manquante devant.
C'est de la magie! :-)
Such an AMAZING TUNE. And I just discovered it this week!!! What a treasure. Hey....question - - name of the lead guitarist playing the slide??
James Farrell
ce groupe était monstrueux
ah Roy Loney et ses dents du bonheur et Cyril arcbouté sur sa guitare...
this song should be, an anthem of a country
"Rollin Rollin Rollin"
RIP DANNY MIHM
Frisco's Finest...
That git sound at start ? Please ???
Jles kiffe depuis tjrs , comme tu dis le batteur est géant ! Mais c'est pas le son en direct ?
Fuckin brilliant
mmmhhhmm
ils y croyaient.....le monde non!!!!! triste....
Bier!
The bass is wildly bloated in this upload, but they have such a great Sound!
I hate treble. Clarity is weenie shit. No offense.
@@FromTheRoomOfLittleEase No doubt.
The first Punk band was not from Detroit folks...Roy the boy is wearing studded leather not matching suits...see early MC5. Iggy was punk but not first by a couple years. Check Blue Cheer for the first Metal also from San Francisco.❤
🎸🇺🇸😎🥃🥂.
Who is the lead singer?
Chris Wilson.
The Groovies drummer, Danny Mihm, was a fuckin GIANT! Or else the rest of them were all midgets - one or the other.
Who is the singer on this track ?
Chris Wilson. He is the singer who replaced Roy Loney after he left the band in 1971.
Who was this singer?
Chris Wilson.
Better than the Stones. Life so unfair.
is that james ferrel on guitar danny on drums. george on bass what year 72
Yup. James Ferrell, slide guitar. Danny... George... Cyril... Chris Wilson, lead vocal. 1972.
Dictators smoke this song.
Seems like they are playing to an empty Marquee Club ?No atmosphere
Video has nothing to do with skydog at all
Lip Sync. If Danny's face doesn't say it all, I don't know what does. Gee fellas we don't really need ya to do it live. Might cost a few bucks. A waste of film and talent.