My first wife and love of my life loved this song as I did. When she died of breast cancer she begged me to remember her whenever this song is played. I have and will till the day I join her forever.
Im sorry to hear about the loss of your first wife. Its so hard to get through, again and again. Me too, i lost my wife of 29yrs to cancer 5yrs ago. I hear songs that we loved that take me back to our life together. I wish you many special memories.
That's cool man she's up there listning n jamming out waiting for you brother, that's what's up that's real. kind of made me shed a tear on that one, I know what you're talkin about do I ever, Duke
This song will stay with me forever. In early 1972 my girlfriend and I were meeting up for a drink in the centre of Leeds. This song was playing in the background when she told me she was pregnant. Every time I hear it played I remember that moment. Luckily it all worked out, we married in June 1972. Fifty years later still together & our baby daughter is fifty! We saw Rod Argent on a Zombies tour a few years ago & to our delight they did Hold Your Head Up, fantastic.
It all begins with piano lessons. All those great keyboard players back in the day. And don’t forget Ray Manzarek of the Doors! Support music education!
I grew up with this music too, but I don't discount the accomplishments of the best musicians of the 80s, 90s and the 21st century. There are some remarkable songs coming out of the modern bands, that hold the same standards of the revolution. Different sound, but they're standing up. It WILL happen.
Yeah, I'm sure your parents said exactly the same thing about your favorite music... 🙄 You know, you can be proud to be a Boomer but you don't have to act like the rest of all Earthings are inferior to you ! Just relax and enjoy the music. 😎
My best friend, Billy Dillon, loved this song soooo much. He was a troubled kid, and everyone always told me that it was good we were friends, and that I should look out for Billy. I went off to college. I tried to keep in touch, but Billy got lost to the streets and drugs. He died a few years ago, alone and probably wasted. I know I had to live my life, but I feel like I let him down. One time when I came over to his house, was probably 15 or 16, and his mom says he's in his room. I go down the hall and open his door. His light is off and Argent is just thumping. Billy has headphones on, and is in his 'rocker, ' a padded rocking chair. He's rocking it so hard that it moves forward every time. I watch, unnoticed, as he reaches the wall, plants his feet, and walk/slides it back across the room, where he starts rocking again. I had to flip the light on and off before he even noticed me, and when he did, his smile was as genuine as any I've ever seen... When I hear Argent today, I remember that moment, Billy. Love you bro.
Im sorry that you lost Billy. I think many of us have had at least one "Billy" in our lives. At my age (57) I have a list of them to laugh and cry about. Keep the good memories of your friend.
The gentleman on the right playing guitar and singing is Russ Ballard, author of the song and who wrote many hits over the years for groups like Abba and America to name a few. In March of 1982, I spent three weeks at Abbey Road 2 with Russ recording tracks for America's "View From The Ground" LP which contained the hit "You Can Do Magic", also written by Russ...
It was Chris White who wrote Hold Your Head Up, he was former bass player in The Zombies. I always assumed as well that Russ wrote it along with his other brilliant songs but not this one.
@@rhythmster Actually Wiki gives writing credit to Rod Argent and Chris White. I will say tho Russ Ballard is a hell of a good singer and proficient guitarist.
Production values for even live shows nowadays are amazing. Strangely, it's really refreshing to see a live performance without all that, the way a real band would sound in a club-sized venue. This was one great band.
I’ve never seen a drum kit with 2 different size bass drums. I remember when Millie Vanilli had their career ended when people realized they lip synced but now that’s standard. At Live Aid Madonna was singing and dancing live, not lip syncing. There’s a different class of talent in the US nowadays.
@@billyboy1093like I mentioned Madonna at Live Aid wasn’t lip syncing. I’ve seen Dave Matthews 6 times and every time it’s a 3 hour concert and everyone is jamming their hearts out, especially Carter.
I saw these guys live in Pittsburgh, PA, USA in the summer of '72. I was 14. First live rock and roll show I ever attended. Maybe the best. Wow. Argent opened for the Kinks. Man, that was sure enough a great show. As I recall, the guitar player for Argent threw his guitar up over his head about 10 feet in the air. The guitar stayed level with the stage and when it came back down the guitar player caught it right out of the air and played right in time... never missed a beat. And if that wasn't enough, as I recall, he threw his guitar, still plugged in, straight out in front of the stage, just above the outstretched hands of the audience. I don't know what kind of cord he had plugged into his guitar but when the guitar came to the end of the outstretched cord, BAM!, it sprung right back into the guitar player's hands and , again, a played the thing never missing a beat. Amazing Never saw anything like it ever again anywhere. It was incredible. Anyone else ever see this guy do this with the guitar? I'm pretty sure I remember it accurately. Oh, yeah, the Kinks were great! That's another story.
His memorial concert was amazing..on his first anniversary...Zombies...Argent...Arc which is one son...the other drums for The Zombies...& 2 granddaughters...even his widow was on stage...we walked in to his guitar & cap on the stage with a spotlight on them..there were many tears remembering this special man.
Always considered "Argent" too be one of the more under-rated and under-exposed bands of their time. (Just as "The Zombies" were). How great it is to see & hear this performance-Cheers Mate!!
Yeah, but She' s not there is the better song with a beautiful melody. Rare Bird was a one hit wonder but they were so much better than that. They later changed their sound adding guitars. Epic Forest is such a great album. I still own a vinyl copy, a double album with three sides.
Russ Ballard wrote a lot of songs . He wrote for America , Santana , Kiss , Ace Freley , Peter Criss , Frida , he wrote Warrior for Patty Smyth . He wrote music for Miami Vice , Roger Daltrey , The Who , Pete Townsend . google Russ Ballard
I love the double bass drums! One larger than the other. Way to go, different sounds on each as it should be. And props to the band for not just “playing the record”, but for doing it live and changing things up where they wanted for that performance. Improvisers rule.
The first time I heard this was returning from a day trip with my Uncle and Auntie. I must have been about seven or eight years old. I remember that we had just been passed on the road by a group of bikers, my Auntie commented that 'They should all have been drowned as pups!' This confused me, as they never seemed to pose any threat to us. This track then came on the radio, and I have loved bikes and rock ever since. Now too old and knackered to ride, I'll never forget where the seed came from!
I "felt" that as I was reading it. I too, have ridden since Moses wore short pants, and I remember being with my parents, on our way to visit my mom's people, 140 miles North in Vermont. It was an every other weekend trip for the first 15 years of my life. Anyway, we were passed by a fella on a Harley Davidson Sportster, with what I thought were ridiculously loud pipes! Mind you, I was only about 7 years old, and having been raised living on a busy street, I was used to hearing loud bikes regularly. (1973). I'll never forget, that after the bike passed our car, my dad asked, "Are you going to have one of those someday?" I was flabbergasted, indignant even! Heavens no! I was "respectable"! I had my Honda Z-50 lying on a blanket, in the trunk of the car, little handlebars all folded down, fuel cap vent sealed shut! It was a nice quiet gentleman's machine, and I wasn't going to grow up to ride one of those ghastly loud bikes that the "hippies" rode! Those were the days! My parents both passed young due to cancer, (mom at 49, when I was 16, dad at 57, when I was 19.) I'm sure my father would have gotten a kick out of the fact that at 21, I bought a Harley Electra-Glide, never making it very loud, and rode the wheels off of it! I've had a bunch since, and rode the piss out of all of my bikes until not too long ago. And, like you mentioned about yourself, I am all beat and worn out, and haven't had a big bike in a couple of years, but I've got my eyes open for something more lightweight, just to get out in the wind with. Thanks for your story, as it somehow triggered a lot of nice memories for me.
They got her horny and just in case she showed it your auntie deflected what she was really thinking about those bikers by degrading them, classic psychology. I ride a vmax myself, straight through pipes, and the girls always take notice as they don't know how old I am with my helmet on.
Rod Argent a classically trained keyboardist, at the beginning you can hear the first 6 notes of JS Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major.... 0:14
Released 1972 I barely remember it but it's good and on my playlist now ..H.S. Grad of 1973 ..crazy days .. "Focus' by Hocus Pocus is another seldom heard wonder ..
Very true! Yes indeed, the B3, Vox Continental, Farfissa and other organs were integral parts of rock/pop/alt music in the 60s & 70s, but they did make a comeback in the late 80s & 90s in Brit Pop & the Rave scene (*) , then again in a lot of 'Garage' music in the late 90s & 2,000s (**). (*) e.g. The Charlatans U.K., especially their earlier albums, such as their debut disc, and my favourite of theirs, "Up To Our Hips".. (**) e.g. The 45s. Check out their album "Fight Dirty"..
this song/recording is 50 years old at the time of my writing this. the purpose of writing is to tell you that, on 15th Feb 2022, the guitarist and lead vocalist Russ Ballard played a show at a small music venue near here in Chislehurst, SE London suburbs, that I would rate as one of my top 10 gigs EVER and I have seen over 300 easily and huge names too. He is 76 now, voice INCREDIBLE and his songwriting and guitar work needs no commendation from me. Oh, and he played for two hours, no intermissions other than some very humourous storytelling interludes between a couple of the songs. The drummer is still in his band, Bob was ill so Bob's son filled in! TREMENDOUS evening.
Having the amps all behind the band is a big help, especially for the drummer who is trapped inside his instrument. But there is a big floor wedge, on the right side of the stage, you can see it on the wide shot at the beginning of the video.
Great song, from a great band. Used to go to college opposite Granada TV studios (Manchester) in the seventies...It always had major rock/pop groups trooping in and out...This was 30th May 1972.
Argent were a great rock band. They had chops, for sure. I bought a box set released by Epic Records that contained CDs of their first five albums. (I only ever owned Anthology before that) Those albums were surprisingly good !!
Zombies, Argent, the list goes on. This band just kept changing their names and kept coming out with hits. To listen to one of their concerts Is liking hearing the history of radio. They kept having one hit after another even with different names for the band. If you ever get a chance to hear them don't miss it. They played 30A Songwriters Festival a couple of years back. Everybody loved it.
I spent many too-long a time in Argent's music just off Oxford street int he early 1980's oogling the synthesizers that were out of everyone's price range except for the pro's. Good times!
Superb stuff!! This is from the days when bands actually played live on tv. I bet half of the so called current bands would be lost wihout their pre recorded backing tracks! lol Long live the 70's
This is from before MTV started. MTV didn't start until 1981. One of the first performances that aired MTV in 1981 was Pat Benetar Hell Is For Children. Mtv wasn't around yet when this was done.
Had this record as a girl, I thought they were saying “WOAH” and not “Woman” all these years haha. Totally changes the meaning & love their empowering message for women to do some ball busting if need be 😉, like the lead singer Russ Ballard’s voice and cool shades ♥️
This footage yields from the British TV broadcaster Granada,from a 1972 series entitled "Set of Six".Footage featuring Slade from this show has also been around for some time now.Shot at the Granada TV studios in Manchester I believe.Hoping has been of some assistance here.Now Argent's Top Of The Pops Appearences,those am wanting to see badly.Cheers,Lance.
Always like this song. Being a child of the 70s, have to laugh at how freakin' skinny the musicians and studio audience were. That has certainly changed.
This is a definite 'wish I had a time machine' one for me. The instrumental on this one was out of this world. Great band, great song and what a great audience too?
@@martinrw42 It's great innit? Performers actually performing instead of being locked into a sterile tempo. What some people call a groove is really just a rut.
@@jimbojazza5539 I would say that Steve Gadd is not ‘in a rut’ when he’s in the pocket. Playing themes on the rhythm can be great. That being said tempo changes changes can be great too.
I believe this may have been a Granada TV program called Set of Six broadcast 30th May 1972 - Zoromes, thanks for the post a good live example of a super band doing their thing !
@@Bella-fz9fy I always thought so too, but I saw a clip when Rod Argent was with Ringo’s All Starr Band where he makes a point that that’s what they’re singing. Kind of puts the song in a new context since it came out 50 years ago (!)
In 1972 l took every penny l had up to Smiths on Tottenham Court Road and bought my first decent hi fi set up. This was the first record l played on it, l nearly wore that disc out.
Saw the Zombies this week. They played this with Colin Blunstone on lead vocals. Both Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone now 77. Still at the top of their game
His name was Jim Rodford and he was a brilliant bassist who also played with the Kinks. I met him when he was playing with a guy named Bobby Graham who was a session drummer in the 60s .
Great Bass Player "Jim Rodford" & Drummer "Bob Henrit"...both later joined "The Kinks"!!.....Rodford now in "The Zombies" and occasionally in "Kast Off Kinks"! Great Song too!
God gave Rock and Roll to you was their other hit, just cause radio programmers refuse to play your other hit, is no reason to be labeled a one hit wonder. Didn't they also have another minor hit called "Liar"?
Brilliant group..I was talking to the wife of one of their guitar players..he played at whithaven..I said I probably wouldnt recognise russ ballard without his sunglasses.
got to see them with Bloodrock in 1972. I wrote a report about the concert and told the class about it in a public speaking class and got a rave review from the teacher.
They are reminiscent of The Nice on this track. Russ Ballard's vocals are effortlessly brilliant. He needed a better sound balance though. What a talented band.
Funny looking great band... Rod Argent looks like David Coverdale. Russ Ballard is missing the beach with those sunglasses. Shorty Rodford on bass. They sound amazingly great, even today.
"Set of Six" show with Argent - Granada Tuesday 30th May 1972, 6:25-7:00pm (Liar/Rejoice/Hold Your Head Up/Sweet Mary/Keep On Rolling) Thanks for posting video! Fantastic!
As much as I loved this song & band I wasn't aware Russ Ballard was involved. I guess the Argent name threw me off & I never bought an Argent album. You learn somethng new everyday. It's good to see them live. I should find my Barnett Dogs record.
Back in 1970, or maybe `69 argent were booked to play at St Marys College Twickenham, now University on what must have been a Saturday night. Medicine Head were the support. I was at school , and lived just round the corner. I was 8 and had seen Argent on TOTP. I dont know how much the tickets cost, but I did not have a brass farthing on me. I must have spent an hour trying to blag my way in and that included getting up on the roof and looking for a skylight or an open window, to no avail. Not only that, a girl at my school who I had decided I fancied, she was 2 years older than me, had gone in with some friends leaving me outside with a couple of buddies. Thwarted on both counts I went home for my supper very disconsolate.
It almost looks like Walmart ripped off their logo from Rod Argent's paint attribute on his keys. Great tune and I love this live video with such an interesting audience.
My first wife and love of my life loved this song as I did. When she died of breast cancer she begged me to remember her whenever this song is played. I have and will till the day I join her forever.
God bless both of you man
Im sorry to hear about the loss of your first wife. Its so hard to get through, again and again. Me too, i lost my wife of 29yrs to cancer 5yrs ago. I hear songs that we loved that take me back to our life together.
I wish you many special memories.
❤❤❤
That’s a nice story
That's cool man she's up there listning n jamming out waiting for you brother, that's what's up that's real. kind of made me shed a tear on that one, I know what you're talkin about do I ever, Duke
This song will stay with me forever. In early 1972 my girlfriend and I were meeting up for a drink in the centre of Leeds. This song was playing in the background when she told me she was pregnant. Every time I hear it played I remember that moment. Luckily it all worked out, we married in June 1972. Fifty years later still together & our baby daughter is fifty! We saw Rod Argent on a Zombies tour a few years ago & to our delight they did Hold Your Head Up, fantastic.
Great story Alan, thanks for sharing that.
Appreciate you sharing your story. Best of luck to you and yours
@@KorbinX thank you, getting sloppy in my old age hahaha
@@kevbob thank you very much, I forgot to add that the walls in the pub seemed to close in on me at the time then move back again 🫣
@Alan Thorpe you're allowed to! That's the best part of growing old haha. Cheers!
This song is still amazing. It was released back in 1971. 53 years ago. Classic rock will never die!
Rick Wakeman stated that the album version had the best organ solo he’s ever heard!
It all begins with piano lessons. All those great keyboard players back in the day. And don’t forget Ray Manzarek of the Doors!
Support music education!
Man I am so glad I grew up with this music and not the crap that’s out today
I grew up with this music too, but I don't discount the accomplishments of the best musicians of the 80s, 90s and the 21st century. There are some remarkable songs coming out of the modern bands, that hold the same standards of the revolution. Different sound, but they're standing up. It WILL happen.
Yeah, I'm sure your parents said exactly the same thing about your favorite music... 🙄 You know, you can be proud to be a Boomer but you don't have to act like the rest of all Earthings are inferior to you ! Just relax and enjoy the music. 😎
I'm 57 years old and I've Loved this
Hey, fellow 1966 one
My best friend, Billy Dillon, loved this song soooo much. He was a troubled kid, and everyone always told me that it was good we were friends, and that I should look out for Billy. I went off to college. I tried to keep in touch, but Billy got lost to the streets and drugs. He died a few years ago, alone and probably wasted. I know I had to live my life, but I feel like I let him down.
One time when I came over to his house, was probably 15 or 16, and his mom says he's in his room. I go down the hall and open his door. His light is off and Argent is just thumping. Billy has headphones on, and is in his 'rocker, ' a padded rocking chair. He's rocking it so hard that it moves forward every time. I watch, unnoticed, as he reaches the wall, plants his feet, and walk/slides it back across the room, where he starts rocking again. I had to flip the light on and off before he even noticed me, and when he did, his smile was as genuine as any I've ever seen... When I hear Argent today, I remember that moment, Billy. Love you bro.
Im sorry that you lost Billy. I think many of us have had at least one "Billy" in our lives. At my age (57) I have a list of them to laugh and cry about. Keep the good memories of your friend.
Sorry for your loss.@@hugejohnson5011
What a remarkable talent Russ Ballard was and remains.
The gentleman on the right playing guitar and singing is Russ Ballard, author of the song and who wrote many hits over the years for groups like Abba and America to name a few. In March of 1982, I spent three weeks at Abbey Road 2 with Russ recording tracks for America's "View From The Ground" LP which contained the hit "You Can Do Magic", also written by Russ...
Didn't know that....thanks for the info.
It was Chris White who wrote Hold Your Head Up, he was former bass player in The Zombies. I always assumed as well that Russ wrote it along with his other brilliant songs but not this one.
@@rhythmster Actually Wiki gives writing credit to Rod Argent and Chris White. I will say tho Russ Ballard is a hell of a good singer and proficient guitarist.
Production values for even live shows nowadays are amazing. Strangely, it's really refreshing to see a live performance without all that, the way a real band would sound in a club-sized venue. This was one great band.
YEAH..!!!
Most bands are not live anymore! Rock and metal bands are playing to tracks.
I’ve never seen a drum kit with 2 different size bass drums. I remember when Millie Vanilli had their career ended when people realized they lip synced but now that’s standard. At Live Aid Madonna was singing and dancing live, not lip syncing. There’s a different class of talent in the US nowadays.
@@rwfrench66GenX And you can thank the digital age for that "different class" of no talent, just looks!
@@billyboy1093like I mentioned Madonna at Live Aid wasn’t lip syncing. I’ve seen Dave Matthews 6 times and every time it’s a 3 hour concert and everyone is jamming their hearts out, especially Carter.
I saw these guys live in Pittsburgh, PA, USA in the summer of '72. I was 14. First live rock and roll show I ever attended. Maybe the best. Wow. Argent opened for the Kinks. Man, that was sure enough a great show.
As I recall, the guitar player for Argent threw his guitar up over his head about 10 feet in the air. The guitar stayed level with the stage and when it came back down the guitar player caught it right out of the air and played right in time... never missed a beat.
And if that wasn't enough, as I recall, he threw his guitar, still plugged in, straight out in front of the stage, just above the outstretched hands of the audience. I don't know what kind of cord he had plugged into his guitar but when the guitar came to the end of the outstretched cord, BAM!, it sprung right back into the guitar player's hands and , again, a played the thing never missing a beat. Amazing
Never saw anything like it ever again anywhere. It was incredible. Anyone else ever see this guy do this with the guitar? I'm pretty sure I remember it accurately.
Oh, yeah, the Kinks were great! That's another story.
.....R.I.P., Jim - if you're ONLY remembered for THIS BASS LINE, that won't be a LITTLE thing.....
His memorial concert was amazing..on his first anniversary...Zombies...Argent...Arc which is one son...the other drums for The Zombies...& 2 granddaughters...even his widow was on stage...we walked in to his guitar & cap on the stage with a spotlight on them..there were many tears remembering this special man.
Always considered "Argent" too be one of the more under-rated and under-exposed bands of their time. (Just as "The Zombies" were).
How great it is to see & hear this performance-Cheers Mate!!
I love them they always play em on my rock station, rock on Argent
Poor management and promotion hid the Zombies from a wider audience. Argent were superb., probably my first experience of rock on TV in the UK.
@jjjb, same with Rare Bird😢
Yeah, but She' s not there is the better song with a beautiful melody.
Rare Bird was a one hit wonder but they were so much better than that.
They later changed their sound adding guitars.
Epic Forest is such a great album.
I still own a vinyl copy, a double album with three sides.
Here we go with underrated thing. They were popular enough & sold plenty.
I'm hiding from the news and watching this over and over.
Best advice ever given;
HOLD YOUR HEAD UP! HOLD YOUR HEAD HIGH!
Rod sure earns a lot of the cake in this one, but Bob Henrit delivers some mighty funky classic rock drumming here as well - awesome!
Yes,indeed!..An old Slingerland set..too..at that…
I didn’t notice at first that his 2 bass drums were different sized. Plus he used French grip and not matched.
This song was ahead of its time.
Russ Ballard wrote a lot of songs . He wrote for America , Santana , Kiss , Ace Freley , Peter Criss , Frida , he wrote Warrior for Patty Smyth . He wrote music for Miami Vice , Roger Daltrey , The Who , Pete Townsend . google Russ Ballard
True, but Chris White wrote this.
Fantastic talent (I don't believe in miracles) timeless.
he looks the part of rock God as does Rod
Wrote for Elkie Brooks Hot chocolate and rainbow
@@DaveSpagnol Bassist of the Zombies.
The drummer is great
Rob Henrit.
Yep, great left hand with traditional grip and a solid hitter!
Rest in peace, Jim Rodford. Killer performancr on bass here.
What a performance ! One of my all time favs. A message song to all of us who were trying to change the world for the better !❤
It was a short period in time when young people had hope, this is no longer true in an over populated over heated world, sad!
I love the double bass drums! One larger than the other. Way to go, different sounds on each as it should be. And props to the band for not just “playing the record”, but for doing it live and changing things up where they wanted for that performance. Improvisers rule.
Looks like a 26 and. A 20”…
The first time I heard this was returning from a day trip with my Uncle and Auntie. I must have been about seven or eight years old.
I remember that we had just been passed on the road by a group of bikers, my Auntie commented that 'They should all have been drowned as pups!'
This confused me, as they never seemed to pose any threat to us.
This track then came on the radio, and I have loved bikes and rock ever since.
Now too old and knackered to ride, I'll never forget where the seed came from!
I "felt" that as I was reading it. I too, have ridden since Moses wore short pants, and I remember being with my parents, on our way to visit my mom's people, 140 miles North in Vermont. It was an every other weekend trip for the first 15 years of my life. Anyway, we were passed by a fella on a Harley Davidson Sportster, with what I thought were ridiculously loud pipes! Mind you, I was only about 7 years old, and having been raised living on a busy street, I was used to hearing loud bikes regularly. (1973).
I'll never forget, that after the bike passed our car, my dad asked, "Are you going to have one of those someday?" I was flabbergasted, indignant even! Heavens no! I was "respectable"! I had my Honda Z-50 lying on a blanket, in the trunk of the car, little handlebars all folded down, fuel cap vent sealed shut! It was a nice quiet gentleman's machine, and I wasn't going to grow up to ride one of those ghastly loud bikes that the "hippies" rode!
Those were the days! My parents both passed young due to cancer, (mom at 49, when I was 16, dad at 57, when I was 19.)
I'm sure my father would have gotten a kick out of the fact that at 21, I bought a Harley Electra-Glide, never making it very loud, and rode the wheels off of it! I've had a bunch since, and rode the piss out of all of my bikes until not too long ago.
And, like you mentioned about yourself, I am all beat and worn out, and haven't had a big bike in a couple of years, but I've got my eyes open for something more lightweight, just to get out in the wind with.
Thanks for your story, as it somehow triggered a lot of nice memories for me.
They got her horny and just in case she showed it your auntie deflected what she was really thinking about those bikers by degrading them, classic psychology.
I ride a vmax myself, straight through pipes, and the girls always take notice as they don't know how old I am with my helmet on.
Rod Argent a classically trained keyboardist, at the beginning you can hear the first 6 notes of JS Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major.... 0:14
I heard it too!
Saw this band in the fall of 1972 in a small venue in NJ...Chick Corea and Return to Forever opened for them...with Stanley Clarke...great show!
Released 1972 I barely remember it but it's good and on my playlist now ..H.S. Grad of 1973 ..crazy days .. "Focus' by Hocus Pocus is another seldom heard wonder ..
You know it's 1970s rock when organ solos are featured.
Listen to 'House of the rising sun' by the animals released in the Sixties
The 60’s were partly defined by the use of the tambourine and basically no other decade used the sitar( don’t be searching for the one exception lol)
Very true! Yes indeed, the B3, Vox Continental, Farfissa and other organs were integral parts of rock/pop/alt music in the 60s & 70s, but they did make a comeback in the late 80s & 90s in Brit Pop & the Rave scene (*) , then again in a lot of 'Garage' music in the late 90s & 2,000s (**).
(*) e.g. The Charlatans U.K., especially their earlier albums, such as their debut disc, and my favourite of theirs, "Up To Our Hips"..
(**) e.g. The 45s. Check out their album "Fight Dirty"..
@@Thomas-qr3zv We need more cowbell😁
Rest in peace, Jim Rodford. Thank you for helping to give Rock And Roll to us.
this song/recording is 50 years old at the time of my writing this. the purpose of writing is to tell you that, on 15th Feb 2022, the guitarist and lead vocalist Russ Ballard played a show at a small music venue near here in Chislehurst, SE London suburbs, that I would rate as one of my top 10 gigs EVER and I have seen over 300 easily and huge names too. He is 76 now, voice INCREDIBLE and his songwriting and guitar work needs no commendation from me. Oh, and he played for two hours, no intermissions other than some very humourous storytelling interludes between a couple of the songs. The drummer is still in his band, Bob was ill so Bob's son filled in! TREMENDOUS evening.
Great comment. I've always thought Russ to be one of rock's forgotten genius's. If he'd only ever written 'Miracles', it'd be enough for me.
Cool story. Thank you for sharing.
I was lucky enough to see them in 1972, terrific it was and me and my girlfriend even managed to get back stage afterwards. Was buzzing for weeks!
No monitors visible. How they sounded that good without being able to hear one another amazes me.
Having the amps all behind the band is a big help, especially for the drummer who is trapped inside his instrument. But there is a big floor wedge, on the right side of the stage, you can see it on the wide shot at the beginning of the video.
@@onemoremisfit another wedge was next to the drummer
Great song, from a great band. Used to go to college opposite Granada TV studios (Manchester) in the seventies...It always had major rock/pop groups trooping in and out...This was 30th May 1972.
Such A great classic song,takes me back too the day.
Oh God...was ten years old...take me back to the seventies 😢😢❤❤😂😂
What a GREAT CLASSIC!!!
Argent were a great rock band. They had chops, for sure. I bought a box set released by Epic Records that contained CDs of their first five albums. (I only ever owned Anthology before that) Those albums were surprisingly good !!
You are gorgeous
I was at a gig Newcastle City Hall I the 70’s. Great times
Excellent chords coming from that organ to close out this tune. This is what you call creative excellence.
They really gave it an important finish.
@@jcdc6492 It's too bad they blew it opening the song.
I was probably a couple of years older than the little girl clapping 4:35 ....and these songs stay with you for life...just brill.
Zombies, Argent, the list goes on. This band just kept changing their names and kept coming out with hits. To listen to one of their concerts Is liking hearing the history of radio. They kept having one hit after another even with different names for the band. If you ever get a chance to hear them don't miss it. They played 30A Songwriters Festival a couple of years back. Everybody loved it.
I spent many too-long a time in Argent's music just off Oxford street int he early 1980's oogling the synthesizers that were out of everyone's price range except for the pro's. Good times!
Wow this band is on fire !!!!!! Smokin version !!!!!!!
Superb stuff!!
This is from the days when bands actually played live on tv. I bet half of the so called current bands would be lost wihout their pre recorded backing tracks! lol Long live the 70's
This is from before MTV started. MTV didn't start until 1981. One of the first performances that aired MTV in 1981 was Pat Benetar Hell Is For Children. Mtv wasn't around yet when this was done.
@@jamesfilley3774I don't think anyone mentioned MTV, but ok
Some bands played live not all.
Love this song.
Had this record as a girl, I thought they were saying “WOAH” and not “Woman” all these years haha. Totally changes the meaning & love their empowering message for women to do some ball busting if need be 😉, like the lead singer Russ Ballard’s voice and cool shades ♥️
Incredible!! God gave rock and roll to these great guys.! Keep on rollin!!
God's got fuck all to do with it or anything else for that matter. Hail Satan 😈
This footage yields from the British TV broadcaster Granada,from a 1972 series entitled "Set of Six".Footage featuring Slade from this show has also been around for some time now.Shot at the Granada TV studios in Manchester I believe.Hoping has been of some assistance here.Now Argent's Top Of The Pops Appearences,those am wanting to see badly.Cheers,Lance.
Never appreciated the song when it was new probably because I was too young but I love it now. Brings me way back in time.
Love it, I smiled through the whole thing!
You have great taste of music Janet.
Always like this song. Being a child of the 70s, have to laugh at how freakin' skinny the musicians and studio audience were. That has certainly changed.
I remember seeing these guys in 1972 in Indianapolis.....that was a great day, lots of good bands at the festival....
Auditorium theater in Chicago that year!
This is a definite 'wish I had a time machine' one for me. The instrumental on this one was out of this world. Great band, great song and what a great audience too?
Maybe the time machine could be used instead of the drummer, sounds like he's rolling down a hill, gathering speed! :)
@@martinrw42 the drums sound good to me
@@martinrw42 Compare 0:54 to 5:04 and tell me if he sped the tempo up.
@@martinrw42 It's great innit? Performers actually performing instead of being locked into a sterile tempo. What some people call a groove is really just a rut.
@@jimbojazza5539 I would say that Steve Gadd is not ‘in a rut’ when he’s in the pocket. Playing themes on the rhythm can be great. That being said tempo changes changes can be great too.
Live in Germany TV 1972 👍👋
Love the extended sequence of really cool chords at the end.
Yes lots of Bach in this performance.
RIP Jim Rodford here on bass
He had more fun and it shows.
See? I KNEW it wasn't Michael Anthony of Van Halen time travelling!
Russ Ballard...so cool. So talented.
I believe this may have been a Granada TV program called Set of Six broadcast 30th May 1972 - Zoromes, thanks for the post a good live example of a super band doing their thing !
RIP Jim Rodford. I never realized until a couple of years ago that they're actually singing 'Hold Your Head Up WOMAN'
What’s a Woman? Argent knew…
Thought it was ‘whoa man’🙄Thanks for info!😂
@@Bella-fz9fy I always thought so too, but I saw a clip when Rod Argent was with Ringo’s All Starr Band where he makes a point that that’s what they’re singing. Kind of puts the song in a new context since it came out 50 years ago (!)
@@joeconnorton3991Very moving!Also good advice for going past building sites sometimes😂
Some good old wholesome 70s rock right here's
In 1972 l took every penny l had up to Smiths on Tottenham Court Road and bought my first decent hi fi set up. This was the first record l played on it, l nearly wore that disc out.
Oh Heck Yes !!! Real Rock the way it should be ! am 66 and still groove to this one, Yeah !
1972 great song best song by rod argent
Just love this live performance, the drummer oh yeah
Wow I agree just as 👍
Seen Argent about 1970 Brilliant Black Swan Sheffield Russ Ballard Rod Argent Robert Henrit and Jim Rodford
totally Live. wow.....with all it's little mistakes and 'sounds'... .. Love it.
If I had paid money to see that shit, I would be pissed.
@@deecook8393 - Be '"Gone'.....Turd Man. Clearly you don't 'Get it'.
@@deecook8393 if you can play better than THIS I'll pay you big $ to perform with me
Awesome! Would have loved to have been there. The drummer is a frigging animal here. This never really came through on the record.
..like "Animal", the drummer in the Muppet Show.
;-)
Listen to Argent Encore ma pal
Robert Henrit.
Saw the Zombies this week. They played this with Colin Blunstone on lead vocals. Both Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone now 77. Still at the top of their game
RIP Jim Rodford. Thank you for the music.
Excellent video! Probably early 70s. This is raw and live! Love it!
Always loved rod argents Hammond playing. Lovely sound and imaginative.
Got my first kiss while this tune played......1973?
really, what was his name?
Did you marry him?
This song got me thru tough times and was my ballad to prove myself , plus it’s a great rocker
I was rockin to this in 1972, my senior year.
Great jams back in the day. Graduated 73
I might have been conceived whilst this song was playing.
I was rockin to this in 1972, 8th grade lol!
Russ Ballard had a few anthems spread around , concrete and clay I surrender and since you've been gone among em . Underappreciated
The bassist was cracking me up. He has such stage presence and i thought he was gonna take over lead vocals for a sec there lol
Jim Rodford.
Rod's cousin, formerly with the Swinging Blue Jeans, 25 years with the Kinks & over a decade with the Zombies...excellent singer, too.
His name was Jim Rodford and he was a brilliant bassist who also played with the Kinks. I met him when he was playing with a guy named Bobby Graham who was a session drummer in the 60s .
Jim RIP .Don’t make musicians like these guys anymore….
Great Bass Player "Jim Rodford" & Drummer "Bob Henrit"...both later joined "The Kinks"!!.....Rodford now in "The Zombies" and occasionally in "Kast Off Kinks"! Great Song too!
one of the greatest one hit wonders of all time
They had anotger hit
Also,God gave rock and roll to you.
WHAT ABOUT “GOD GAVE ROCK AND ROLL TO YOU”. NO,IT WASN’T A KISS SONG
God gave Rock and Roll to you was their other hit, just cause radio programmers refuse to play your other hit, is no reason to be labeled a one hit wonder. Didn't they also have another minor hit called "Liar"?
@@doctorinsomnia5410 3 Dog Night covered it in 71 !
Fascinating.
Brilliant group..I was talking to the wife of one of their guitar players..he played at whithaven..I said I probably wouldnt recognise russ ballard without his sunglasses.
got to see them with Bloodrock in 1972. I wrote a report about the concert and told the class about it in a public speaking class and got a rave review from the teacher.
I remember this so much from when I was young kid...about 11.
what a track this is awesome tune,it always cheers me up
Cheer up Mik
Great song! 👍👏😊
One Of The Best Tunes Of All Time
They are reminiscent of The Nice on this track. Russ Ballard's vocals are effortlessly brilliant. He needed a better sound balance though. What a talented band.
yea the organ solo reminded me of The Nice
Rod Argent and His cousin guitarist Jim Rodford are still going strong touring as The Zombies with Colin Blunstone.
This is absolutely magic.
Funny looking great band... Rod Argent looks like David Coverdale. Russ Ballard is missing the beach with those sunglasses. Shorty Rodford on bass. They sound amazingly great, even today.
"Set of Six" show with Argent - Granada Tuesday 30th May 1972, 6:25-7:00pm (Liar/Rejoice/Hold Your Head Up/Sweet Mary/Keep On Rolling) Thanks for posting video! Fantastic!
Wow....awesome performance!
loved this so much PROPER MUSIC
As much as I loved this song & band I wasn't aware Russ Ballard was involved. I guess the Argent name threw me off & I never bought an Argent album. You learn somethng new everyday. It's good to see them live. I should find my Barnett Dogs record.
I love bands that change the version of the song while live, like Led Zep/Deep Purple!
This is a faster pace of the original song!
Back in 1970, or maybe `69 argent were booked to play at St Marys College Twickenham, now University on what must have been a Saturday night. Medicine Head were the support. I was at school , and lived just round the corner. I was 8 and had seen Argent on TOTP. I dont know how much the tickets cost, but I did not have a brass farthing on me.
I must have spent an hour trying to blag my way in and that included getting up on the roof and looking for a skylight or an open window, to no avail. Not only that, a girl at my school who I had decided I fancied, she was 2 years older than me, had gone in with some friends leaving me outside with a couple of buddies. Thwarted on both counts I went home for my supper very disconsolate.
One of the best songs of the 70s!
So great to see these guys giving it so much energy!! Great musicians doing their thing. Thank you for uploading.
long long after the band members, the audience & the production crew have passed this song'll still be biting your ass !
excellent underestimated musicians
It almost looks like Walmart ripped off their logo from Rod Argent's paint attribute on his keys. Great tune and I love this live video with such an interesting audience.
They probably did. I remember a lot of that "flower power" decoration back then. The Mike Douglas TV show had them on his stage.
I was at a Zombies gig last night, Rod Argent on the keyboards, they did this song.
SM 57 for vocals. Directional mic is reason for vocals cutting out, but this song still ROCKS
Nonsense! Singing off-mic was the reason for the vocals cutting out.
They might have used that 57 to help control feedback but then the singer will have to remember to stay on the mic better too.
RIP Jim Rodford. You did well.