Fuck the HOF. They don't have the first clue about actual rock and roll. It's just an excuse for a bunch of music industry chickenhawks and their sycophants to jerk each other off while charging $10K admission prices. Sweet were too damn good for their phony establishment. They've been in my hall of fame for about 45 years now.
Habe über 150 Concerte erlebt von. AC/DC bis ZZ TOP.. THE SWEET war Klasse LIVE IN OFFENBACH in den 70er-Jahren..!! THE SWEET LIVE IN OFFENBACH-GERMANY 02.02.1973 🎸🎸💖💖💥💥🎆🎆🌈🌈🎈🎈🎸🎸🎸🎸 Eintritt : Abendkasse 9,- DM. Besitze die Eintrittskarte noch 🤗💤🎇🎸 WOW.. 🎉🎉MICK TUCKER.... 💥💥
Such a fantastic band. Could devestate a live audience with timing, musical ability, and an unrivalled sound structure. I miss them all, but I am forever thankful I can look back and listen to their wonderful contribution to the history of British Rock and Roll.
They already are in the rock and roll hall of fame. That is, the actual TRUE hall of fame that exists in every REAL rock and roller's knowledge... NOT that phony establishment in Cleveland Ohio that charges $10K admission and inducts rappers and pop divas like Madonna while ignoring real rock and roll bands.
Hi guys. I'm sorry I cant remember the exact year cos I'm 62 now but a very good mate of mine, Simon Bishop from Ware in Herts was a big fan but I just didnt get it. I was listening to Hendrix and Deep Purple most of the time. He played me Action, and I thought wow that's got something about it. Long story short. He persuaded me to go and see them at the Locarno Southend and boy was I glad I went!!! Tight as fuck, brilliant vocals and loud as hell!!! What a night. People are slowly realising what a great band they were!!! I saw loads of supposedly great bands in the early, mid 70's on the London Pub and college circuit and very few came up to the standard of The Sweet.
I was 8 years old in 1973. God you're lucky to have seen them. They are the uncredited band that started everything and they were never matched. Gods. Period.
I am 62 too 😉 ... i was a huge fan and brought my records to school for the music lesson ... all boys laughed at me ... so it is going straight to my ❤ reading your words 😘
This is what live rock and roll is supposed to sound like! Killer vocals, heavy beat, and rockin' guitar riffs. I'm going to sound like an old fogie but too much auto tune/pitch correcting nonsense with today's music. These guys delivered live exactly what they delivered on record - kick ass rock and roll, expertly performed.
tinian33 Yes, it does. The Sweet were always a little punky. You can hear their influence in a lot of different bands. The Damned have a Sweet influence and on the opposite end of the spectrum, so does a band like Muse.
So difficult to find real live performances like this. It's a shame, because they were powerful when they were not forced to lip sync to the studio tracks.
Jesus this is awesome, just shows they were far far more than the glam/bubble gum pop band they were portrayed as in the early days. They are on fire here
The glam thing was all part of the appeal though. You could tell they weren't taking themselves very seriously, in spite of their talent... which made them all that much more endearing. There was nothing pretentious or pompous about Sweet. They were very, very real.
Just shows how versatile they were. They could do all the styles of rock and do them all very well! I liked all the different types of songs they played, since I liked everything from bubblegum to hard rock in my youth.
Me too. For some very bizarre reason, there's not much live footage of them from this era, which was without a doubt their 'golden' period. I have no idea why that is. Not only were they an amazing live band, but they were also visually stunning.
I N C R E D I B L E. What I would give to have been in the audience. I’ve watched this endlessly, and it still isn’t enough. ✨Our Brian - our Foursome✨. PURE GOLD. 💛💛💛💛
Thats a good point. KISS was a cluster of British ideas. I can go through RUclips and find where they got it all. The Mott the Hoople video in LA shows Luther Grosvenor (Ariel Bender) sporting the shoulder pads Ace wore. Sweet & Slade wore the same platforms and pants. Roy Wood and early Sweet sported the war paint. Wood has a video that has almost the same paint design Ace Frehley used but Ace moves the star. The drum intro on Gud by T'Jane is the same intro to R & R all night if you listen closely. KISS was just a cover band in the UK.
Law Dog I think for a U.S act to break in the U.K, and vice versa of course, in marketing terms there has to be a unique selling point, and kiss just didn't have one for the U.K market in the mid to late 70"s. In other world markets the situation was very different of course.......
David Hall Absolutely! KISS was the palatable version of Glam in the USA in the 70's. Bands like Slade, Sweet,Mott, and T Rex toured up and down America but barely dented the scene. The consumer tastes in the UK and America at that time were night and day. Great point!
It's a tough call for me. So many glam bands I love, but Sweet definitely makes top 3, along with Slade and T Rex. However there are many days when Sweet is all I want to hear.
Has always loved Steve priests (R.I.P) sound on the Bass. Heavy Metal anno 1973🤘 The Livesection of the Strung Up album is Heavy as F..k💪🤘👌 Greetings from Sweden, Meshuggahland🤘👽
just why didnt they filmed this whole entire show at the rainbow in 1973, and realeased it on a video? that would have been great. maybe it is in andys vault somewhere...if so...please release this whole show andy.
What hardly anyone knows: Ozzy Osbourne then declared, that Hell Raiser was the best rock song of the year '73. These four boys were the idols of my 70s. Not just a top rock-band, they were also the block bustering pop-rock-kings. Greetings to Steve and Andy!
I can believe Ozzy said that. I've read interviews with Ozzy where he's spoken very fondly of the glam bands from that era. Had some great things to say about Bowie and Bolan. Obviously Sabbath were off on a very different tangent at that time, but as a musician myself I know that the kind of music one plays isn't necessarily the same as the kind of music one listens to.
Fuck... yes!!! Now this is when I especially would have loved to see them. Their star was really on the rise in '73. For some very odd reason there's not a whole lot of live footage of them from this period. This is just amazing stuff right here! I was only a little kid in '73, not quite old enough to go see them. This really makes me wish time travel was a real thing.
I'm 61 and still listening! Wow that's a lot of talent and oh those guys were all so darn good looking! Hell raiser is so hot!🔥RIP and I bet Heaven is rocking!😇🎶✌
This is when the band was on fire - They playing all so friggin tight and watch how Mick wrecks those drums - Pity the other tracks from this performance got lost and are not available on video ( but audio on "Strung Up"). I would have loved to see how Andy did that extended guitar thing on " Done me wrong alright".
Yes, '73 Sweet is definitely their prime year. They continued to make great records after this, but they were just on fucking FIRE here. I much preferred their glam period to the later "moustache and perm" era... though the black leather jacket period ('75-'76) was pretty cool too.
Would like to see the full show, I mean the live audio is amazing, but definitely watching the whole performance live would be beautiful!!! Thankfully I have both for my favourite Sweet's song!!! Hell Raiser is spectacular, better than the studio sound!!! 😍🙌👏🎸🎸🎶💖💅💃
Damn that live performance was ace 🤘. While they were before my time, I will forever cherish this band and are my favourite of the Glam Rock era of the 70s. You can also somewhat see how both punk and metal bands were inspired by this band.
The first time I saw Mick Tucker play was on Don Kirshner in 74. I was 13 and blown away. Kirshner had the Sweet and Black Oak Arkansas on that night and Tommy Aldridge gave Mick a good run for his money. That was a great show.
Big difference with being a Pop group of the 70/80s and now. Back then you had to be able to play the instruments, and sing without the aid a computer.
Вот это офигеть какой накал.А Мик вообще крутой парень,это же надо как отдаваться музыке.Брайн молодец.!! Респект им,ребята супер.Если бы я была на концерте, я бы наверное от избытка эмоций ...
True, however there was a lot of really pompous, pretentious, boring "rock" bands back then that were being portrayed as 'serious' rock, the likes of which Sweet never fit in with. Bands like Yes and Emerson, Lake, & Palmer that were all about technical proficiency and self-indulgent "virtuosity". Sweet definitely had the talent to go that way, had they so chosen... but instead they didn't take themselves too seriously and rocked out like their asses were on fire. Thank fuck for that. Maybe the critics and the arty college types wrote them off as being a "pop group for 12 year old girls", but history has shown that they were definitely *NOT* that. It's not like Sweet were another Bay City Rollers. They were the perfect band for their time, and they influenced so much of what was to come with punk, heavy metal, and other new genres. Even today, young kids are still listening to their music. Can't really say the same for bands like Yes, ELP, or Genesis.
@@Brewzerr I was a little kid when ELP played CalJam'74. Never followed them, always loved rock 'n roll. Anyway, I recently saw a video of that concert and was shocked at how ridiculously horrible ELP was. I mean, what the hell were they doing? They weren't even close to rock 'n roll.
@@tonybrown8006 Exactly. It was all just a bunch of pretentious art school wankery, but there sure were a lot of people who bought into that crap. As you can see from that butthurt zigsvids comment, they're still out there. My initial comment must have disrupted his wank session to his 20 minute Rick Wakeman keyboard solos. Oh well. He even blocked me before I had a chance to respond. Typical.
Das war schon eine klasse Band , in den 70er ein Hit nach dem anderen , sehr schade ,dass sie sich so Früh getrennt haben , wofür Andy Scott für gesorgt hat. Und mittlerweile gibt es Andy Scott Sweet länger als die original Besetzung.
@@vodafonekunde2809 deswegen mag ich diesen Andy Scott nicht...er war derjenige der Brian aus der Band geekelt hat .😡Brian war Sweet....Sweet war Brain sein Baby.. er hat alles für die Band getan...als es ihm schlecht ging..haben sie ihn fallen lassen.😥. RIP Brian ❤❤❤❤
@@violakupsch5942 Hey Viola,ja das hast du genau auf den Punkt gebracht. Ich mag den Scott genau deshalb auch nicht! Schöne Grüße aus dem Spreewald! 🤗🌷🌻
I spent the best years of my life (adolescence) listening to this music. unfortunately they have never played in my country and this is the first time that I can see how they were on stage! I am moved and excited as a fifteen year even though I am 57 :) thank you my friends!
I wonder if the film crew recorded the whole show. If they did, then this gig should absolutely be released on DVD!! I know a CD exists yes but how about a DVD? This is pure live, and not any playback like Top of the Pops performances... \m/
@@Brewzerr At least there's a great live '74 performance of several songs on Beat Club or MusikLaden. It was never shown on TV, but it's here on the 'Tube. Good sound, too -- I mean, hey, the Germans always did a good job with that.
A vastly underrated live band. Pete Townsend wanted The Sweet to support the Who, but a terrible attack on Brian Connolly put paid to that dream gig. If this live set had been released in 1974, it would have been a different story. Up there with "Made In Japan" and "Live And Dangerous". They were really that good.
@John C Yes, he was attacked by some thugs just outside of a pub. They beat him pretty badly. Kicked him in the throat, which for a singer is like a guitarist having his hands crushed in a baler. It altered Brian's vocals profoundly. If you listen to those Musikladen clips (which were recorded not long after the incident), you can hear how distorted his vocals are. He still sounds great, but a bit rough. The attack was pretty bad. He suffered from PTSD after that and it exacerbated his drinking.
I was ten years old in 1973 and the music was great. Now I'm 60 years old and I hear this songs at home, in my car, at every place...... The best song from Sweet- I think- ist "Healer".
Just watching these guys .from LA I came to realize if it wasn't for these guys we wouldn't have Mötley Crue. Or maybe even GnR all these years later .so yeah!!! Sweet Roxx
This was my favourite Sweet track when I was at school and seeing it again here I understand why - absolutely mind blowing performance here. And Steve makes my heart race, even now!!
Listen to this and then listen to this again so you fully appreciate just how kickass this performance is! Sweet were highly underrated and never taken seriously because of their early bubblegum pop songs; they were more or less a puppet group for the Chinn/Chapman songwriting and producing duo, and also that session musicians were used on their early hits. By the time that Sweet broke free from Chinn/Chapman, began writing their own material and went in a harder rock direction, they were pretty much shunned and ignored. Mick Tucker in particular was one of the greatest 70's British rock drummers; when the greatest rock drummer of all time John Bonham is a big fan of yours, you know you're special! 🥁👊🙏🇬🇧 R.I.P. Mick Tucker, Steve Priest and Brian Connolly
Totally agree Morris! I'm sick of people putting artists and bands into a certain category and in the case of The Sweet, to me they were simply a great rock band, PERIOD!!
Glam was the look but the music was never better. Glam attracted me in the late 70s when I was in HS because NOBODY looked cooler to me than Ian Hunter. I was younger than the hippies in America and loved to play music that would piss my Aunt off. I still laugh the first time I blasted the Stooges Raw Power album.....lol She hated it and would leave. Pissing hippies off was easy with Slade Sweet or the Stooges.
I'm not really sure why a glam band isn't supposed to 'rock'? Most of the 70's glam bands rocked like fuck. T. Rex, Slade, the original Alice Cooper band, Mott The Hoople, and Ziggy-era Bowie all very much rocked very hard. Just because they camped it up with make-up, platform boots, and androgynous gear had no bearing whatsoever on their sound or level of aggression. Look at the New York Dolls for fuck's sake. They were probably the glammiest band of them all, but they scorched live and helped start punk rock. It was all done to piss off the hippies. If anything, the glam thing was all part of the appeal with Sweet. If they had come out in 1972 looking the way they did at the end of the 70's with perms and mustaches then it wouldn't have had nearly the same bite. Nah, the glam thing was perfect for them, and most of the glam bands from back then rocked the roof off.
Sehr beeindruckend, denn das ist alles komplett LIVE, großer Respekt, bis auf den "Einspieler" vom Synthesizersound, ist alles PUR und großartig gespielt. Mick Tucker an den Drums ist natürlich neben Andy Scott die "halbe Mete", obwohl der Gesang richtig gut ist und auch Steve Priest darf man am Bass mit seinem Gesang nicht unterschätzen. Klasse gemischter LIVE Sound!!! Beste Grüße, Horst Lemke, Musikproduzent, Germany Ps. Und ein riesengroßer The Sweet Fan, die meine gesamte Jugendzeit musikalisch geprägt haben...smile
He was a fantastic player. A Jet Harris disciple and better than many other bassists of the era. Sweet Fanny Adams and Desolation Boulevard have some great jazzy parts within some of the songs that show his versatility. And that tone...
@@dontommaso2760 Well said. Another bass player from that era with a similar style and ethos comes to mind... Dennis Dunaway from the original Alice Cooper Band.
@@Brewzerr Yes, definitely...haven't played them for a while so thanks for the reminder ;) Everyone gives Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner credit for their playing (and rightly so) but forget about Dunaway's bass skills. I had to look up what he is up to now and it turns out he is playing with Joe and Albert Bouchard from the Blue Öyster Cult in Blue Coupe. Will check them out tonight!
@@dontommaso2760 Dennis also recently wrote a book of his memoirs from the Alice days, called "Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! My Adventures in the Alice Cooper Group". I've already read through it 3 times. Really great stuff. He has a photographic memory. I've been a longtime Alice fan since I was just a kid, and thought I knew everything about them, but this book taught me more than a few new things. I highly recommend that one if you're a fan of the original Alice Cooper Band.
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I'm Italian. My father have LP "Live in England '73" . I think Brian Connolly was one of the best voice ever. I love this band. MERAVIGLIOSI
Steve priest the best bass, Brian best vocals and Mick best drummer...best musicians ever!
I'm sorry, but NO.
How about this, The SWEET should be in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame 2017!!!!!!!!!!!! Thumb it up!!!!!!
Totally agree !!
it's a pity pure pure class
Why?
For sure...but they better hurry up..
Fuck the HOF. They don't have the first clue about actual rock and roll. It's just an excuse for a bunch of music industry chickenhawks and their sycophants to jerk each other off while charging $10K admission prices. Sweet were too damn good for their phony establishment. They've been in my hall of fame for about 45 years now.
Habe über 150 Concerte erlebt von. AC/DC bis ZZ TOP.. THE SWEET war Klasse LIVE IN OFFENBACH in den 70er-Jahren..!!
THE SWEET LIVE IN OFFENBACH-GERMANY 02.02.1973 🎸🎸💖💖💥💥🎆🎆🌈🌈🎈🎈🎸🎸🎸🎸
Eintritt : Abendkasse 9,- DM. Besitze die Eintrittskarte noch 🤗💤🎇🎸
WOW.. 🎉🎉MICK TUCKER.... 💥💥
This is seriously deadly music forever... Love the Sweet xo
Well. Who not love them do not know a F. Shit about rock music, they whas a rock band,I I love and always will love them. Rip Brian and mick
What a Brilliant Band. Loved them then, still do now at 61.
R.I.P. Steve Priest
Fantastic 4ever....
Such a fantastic band. Could devestate a live audience with timing, musical ability, and an unrivalled sound structure. I miss them all, but I am forever thankful I can look back and listen to their wonderful contribution to the history of British Rock and Roll.
Four potential lead singers with great range gave Sweet their unique sound.
Mick Tucker the best rock n roll drumer ever !!!
Mick Tucker, amazing drummer.
We want Sweet for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame....🇬🇧💞🇬🇧
They already are in the rock and roll hall of fame. That is, the actual TRUE hall of fame that exists in every REAL rock and roller's knowledge... NOT that phony establishment in Cleveland Ohio that charges $10K admission and inducts rappers and pop divas like Madonna while ignoring real rock and roll bands.
I agree! Amazing band. 🇬🇧
Vero 👑
ROCK AND ROLL ❤️
UP !!!
Wanting to be accepted by some club is the antithesis of 'rock n roll'.
@@Andybaby Sad but true.
Holy cow, an actual live performance from the boys!! Awesome!!! 🥰
Only the original Sweet will do it for me. Each member is a star!
Hi guys. I'm sorry I cant remember the exact year cos I'm 62 now but a very good mate of mine, Simon Bishop from Ware in Herts was a big fan but I just didnt get it. I was listening to Hendrix and Deep Purple most of the time. He played me Action, and I thought wow that's got something about it. Long story short. He persuaded me to go and see them at the Locarno Southend and boy was I glad I went!!! Tight as fuck, brilliant vocals and loud as hell!!! What a night. People are slowly realising what a great band they were!!! I saw loads of supposedly great bands in the early, mid 70's on the London Pub and college circuit and very few came up to the standard of The Sweet.
I was 8 years old in 1973. God you're lucky to have seen them. They are the uncredited band that started everything and they were never matched.
Gods. Period.
Cool as fuck, Sweet FA and I love Deep Purple like no other, Ian is my fav drummer.
I am 62 too 😉 ... i was a huge fan and brought my records to school for the music lesson ... all boys laughed at me ... so it is going straight to my ❤ reading your words 😘
This is what live rock and roll is supposed to sound like! Killer vocals, heavy beat, and rockin' guitar riffs. I'm going to sound like an old fogie but too much auto tune/pitch correcting nonsense with today's music. These guys delivered live exactly what they delivered on record - kick ass rock and roll, expertly performed.
Demelza1964 Actually, the opening riff with vocals sounds like punk rock.
tinian33 Yes, it does. The Sweet were always a little punky. You can hear their influence in a lot of different bands. The Damned have a Sweet influence and on the opposite end of the spectrum, so does a band like Muse.
but it's not live as claimed in the title.
@@davidfelix2594 Yes it is? It's from their concert at the Rainbow Theatre in 1973.
@@davidfelix2594 not in rainbow? Or you mean dubbed?
Amazing performance. What a great band...all great singers, all great musicians. Totally underrated giants of British rock and pop.
Oh...myyyyy...oh...MAN!!!!!!! Now THIS should be considered Gold Standard for live performances🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤❤❤❤❤⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🤘🏻
The vocals range with in the band is brilliant
Mick Tucker: What a great drummer!!
MICK TUCKER WAS A GREAT DRUMMER
Ahead of his time !!
@@bobbydale1938 A Sandy Nelson disciple.
@@BadVatoSam thanks did not know :)
Way overlooked...Always in Bonhams shade...Mick was brilliant.
One of the Best!
They
Brian
Steve
Mick
Andy
Could do it all
Punk
Glam
Rock
Metal
Pop
Bubble Gum - little willie is the GOAT of all time !!!!!!!!!!!
Brian and Steve were just friggin amazing!!!
I wish someone would put out the complete concert before I die! If they filmed this song then they must have filmed the whole show!
Sería fantástico!!
Apparently it was, I read somewhere that the BBC filmed it...
That's what I was thinking, too, it must be around somewhere...
Did you see how fast Mick Tucker was moving. Awesome batterie.
Mick is fantastic! Like an octopus having arms everywhere at once, lol. Will always love and miss him.😘💜
So difficult to find real live performances like this. It's a shame, because they were powerful when they were not forced to lip sync to the studio tracks.
Find the Musikladen show from 1974!
One word brilliant
Jesus this is awesome, just shows they were far far more than the glam/bubble gum pop band they were portrayed as in the early days.
They are on fire here
They were hard as hell, on and off stage, dont let those ladies haircuts fool ya!!
There were pure fire!!!
The glam thing was all part of the appeal though. You could tell they weren't taking themselves very seriously, in spite of their talent... which made them all that much more endearing. There was nothing pretentious or pompous about Sweet. They were very, very real.
Just shows how versatile they were. They could do all the styles of rock and do them all very well! I liked all the different types of songs they played, since I liked everything from bubblegum to hard rock in my youth.
these boys kicked ass. These guys were a million times better than crap like Kiss
Extremely underrated band. That was a tight performance.
Perfection, everyone of them. Oh I wish the whole concert was around.
Apparently it was but it deteriorated due to bad storage conditions. What a loss.
Me too. For some very bizarre reason, there's not much live footage of them from this era, which was without a doubt their 'golden' period. I have no idea why that is. Not only were they an amazing live band, but they were also visually stunning.
I think most of this or very similar is on the Strung Up album
Amazing Band... unforgetable...Rip Brian Francis Connolly forever..Rip Mick Tucker and Stevie Priest..love You too much!!! 💕💕💕🇧🇷
I N C R E D I B L E. What I would give to have been in the audience. I’ve watched this endlessly, and it still isn’t enough. ✨Our Brian - our Foursome✨. PURE GOLD. 💛💛💛💛
Saw them twice live. It was a great experience
The best version of one of the best rock songs ever.
Absolutely right !!
I always think the reason that kiss did'nt break big in the UK was we had the sweet, and they were better
Thats a good point. KISS was a cluster of British ideas. I can go through RUclips and find where they got it all. The Mott the Hoople video in LA shows Luther Grosvenor (Ariel Bender) sporting the shoulder pads Ace wore. Sweet & Slade wore the same platforms and pants. Roy Wood and early Sweet sported the war paint. Wood has a video that has almost the same paint design Ace Frehley used but Ace moves the star. The drum intro on Gud by T'Jane is the same intro to R & R all night if you listen closely. KISS was just a cover band in the UK.
Law Dog given the fact the that both gene Simmons and Paul Stanley were both keen UK glam aficionados you are undoudedtly correct on all points!
David Hall They make it pretty clear too.
Law Dog I think for a U.S act to break in the U.K, and vice versa of course, in marketing terms there has to be a unique selling point, and kiss just didn't have one for the U.K market in the mid to late 70"s. In other world markets the situation was very different of course.......
David Hall Absolutely! KISS was the palatable version of Glam in the USA in the 70's. Bands like Slade, Sweet,Mott, and T Rex toured up and down America but barely dented the scene. The consumer tastes in the UK and America at that time were night and day. Great point!
Always was and always will be one of the best bands of all time
mick tucker in action
most underrated drummer of that era.
My hero ❤. 😍
The Best Glam Rock band ever
It's a tough call for me. So many glam bands I love, but Sweet definitely makes top 3, along with Slade and T Rex. However there are many days when Sweet is all I want to hear.
mick tucker , was so awesome behind those drums , great video. love sweet
+posturex1 incredibly amazing. He had power,groove,technique and imagination, i love his fills
Has always loved Steve priests (R.I.P) sound on the Bass.
Heavy Metal anno 1973🤘
The Livesection of the Strung Up album is Heavy as F..k💪🤘👌
Greetings from Sweden, Meshuggahland🤘👽
One of the greatest fucking live rock and roll videos EVER.
just why didnt they filmed this whole entire show at the rainbow in 1973, and realeased it on a video? that would have been great. maybe it is in andys vault somewhere...if so...please release this whole show andy.
What hardly anyone knows: Ozzy Osbourne then declared, that Hell Raiser was the best rock song of the year '73. These four boys were the idols of my 70s. Not just a top rock-band, they were also the block bustering pop-rock-kings. Greetings to Steve and Andy!
He did? Very cool if true.
@@bradleyferrier5118 Yes! Andy said in an interview. And sad, Steve is gone.
@@ThomasSLutter they were as heavy as any early metal band, and that's, um, sweet about Ozzy!
Yes, very sad about Steve.
I can believe Ozzy said that. I've read interviews with Ozzy where he's spoken very fondly of the glam bands from that era. Had some great things to say about Bowie and Bolan. Obviously Sabbath were off on a very different tangent at that time, but as a musician myself I know that the kind of music one plays isn't necessarily the same as the kind of music one listens to.
Ozzy did a song called Hell Raiser too, which may or may not have anything to do with anything...
Oh man thank you so much, you bring me back to that time, I saw them live two times and it's was awesome..
Nagyon jó neked, írigyellek érte, hogy neked volt alkalmam látni őket!
Fuck... yes!!! Now this is when I especially would have loved to see them. Their star was really on the rise in '73. For some very odd reason there's not a whole lot of live footage of them from this period. This is just amazing stuff right here! I was only a little kid in '73, not quite old enough to go see them. This really makes me wish time travel was a real thing.
I'm 61 and still listening! Wow that's a lot of talent and oh those guys were all so darn good looking! Hell raiser is so hot!🔥RIP and I bet Heaven is rocking!😇🎶✌
How has this only had 190k views in 10 years? They were as tight as hell live and that was a lot of noise for the money from 4 guys.
We love you Sweet !!!!
Suuuuuper tight live band, wow!! The Sweet so underrated, all 4 completely in sync...
Brian! What a shining star! Great band! Always loving SWEET!
This is how I remember them when I saw them at the Apollo in the 70s absolutely Brilliant memories
Sweet meine Helden seit über 51 Jahren, ihr ward einzigartig. 💖💖💖💖 Brian der beste Frontman den es je gab💓💓💓💓💓 Jungs ich vermisse Euch...... 💞💞💞💞
Habe THE SWEET 1973 in Offenbach LIVE erlebt. Eintritt 11 DM. GREAT CONCERT 🎸💃🎊🎉🎇🌀💫✳️✨⭐💥🔝💃🎸
Such a raw and dirty sound, phenomenal.
This is when the band was on fire - They playing all so friggin tight and watch how Mick wrecks those drums - Pity the other tracks from this performance got lost and are not available on video ( but audio on "Strung Up"). I would have loved to see how Andy did that extended guitar thing on " Done me wrong alright".
the quality is fantastic, I think this is real metal
This band is just really amazing in every way!
Fantastic stuff! Like others I was a Zeppelin, Sabbath, Purple, fan in 1973, but bands like The Sweet could play as well as any of them.
This is how I want to remember Sweet.
Yes, '73 Sweet is definitely their prime year. They continued to make great records after this, but they were just on fucking FIRE here. I much preferred their glam period to the later "moustache and perm" era... though the black leather jacket period ('75-'76) was pretty cool too.
This could possibly be the live gig that ( Larry Mullen the drummer of U2 ) said it was the best live he had seen of the Sweet back in 1973.
Would like to see the full show, I mean the live audio is amazing, but definitely watching the whole performance live would be beautiful!!! Thankfully I have both for my favourite Sweet's song!!! Hell Raiser is spectacular, better than the studio sound!!! 😍🙌👏🎸🎸🎶💖💅💃
Oh, I`m soooo in love with these fantastic guys 4ever!!!!💖💖💖💖 And wow, it`s live and every note was hit - really amazing!!!!🤘🥇🎆
How many band sounds have come alone because of this band .
I wish Andy would start releasing more complete concerts like this finally. We SWEET fans cou,d use some more live visual material
Love this live version.
Damn that live performance was ace 🤘. While they were before my time, I will forever cherish this band and are my favourite of the Glam Rock era of the 70s.
You can also somewhat see how both punk and metal bands were inspired by this band.
Sweet was the first rock band I met at the age of 6 and it marked my childhood and adolescence. Sweet unforgettable band !
Guitar players? - listen closely to the beginning of kickstart my heart Motley” the beginning RIFF? Sound familiar?
the beginning guitar? Sweet!
Какие эмоции ,какой накал страстей ,уникальные и неповторимые ,вы и сегодня в тренде ! ⚡🔥🎶
The first time I saw Mick Tucker play was on Don Kirshner in 74. I was 13 and blown away. Kirshner had the Sweet and Black Oak Arkansas on that night and Tommy Aldridge gave Mick a good run for his money. That was a great show.
Best Band.
Very good rock music and good rock bands. Relaxing to listen to. Thank you very much.👍👍👍👍👍🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺
Big difference with being a Pop group of the 70/80s and now. Back then you had to be able to play the instruments, and sing without the aid a computer.
Yes, I agree: "Totally underrated giants of British rock and pop." great musicians. Best singer/front man ever. Sweet was not the same without Brian!
50 years ago this month. And no laptop needed to perform as a band and blow the doors off the venue.
Great, Great, Great. TOP Live Performance and a very good sound at the "70"
Вот это офигеть какой накал.А Мик вообще крутой парень,это же надо как отдаваться музыке.Брайн молодец.!! Респект им,ребята супер.Если бы я была на концерте, я бы наверное от избытка эмоций ...
Точно.
What a great band.
Back then music as so good that people thought this was a pop group for 12yo girls. They'd blow away almost any rock band of the present day.
True, however there was a lot of really pompous, pretentious, boring "rock" bands back then that were being portrayed as 'serious' rock, the likes of which Sweet never fit in with. Bands like Yes and Emerson, Lake, & Palmer that were all about technical proficiency and self-indulgent "virtuosity". Sweet definitely had the talent to go that way, had they so chosen... but instead they didn't take themselves too seriously and rocked out like their asses were on fire. Thank fuck for that. Maybe the critics and the arty college types wrote them off as being a "pop group for 12 year old girls", but history has shown that they were definitely *NOT* that. It's not like Sweet were another Bay City Rollers. They were the perfect band for their time, and they influenced so much of what was to come with punk, heavy metal, and other new genres. Even today, young kids are still listening to their music. Can't really say the same for bands like Yes, ELP, or Genesis.
@@Brewzerr I was a little kid when ELP played CalJam'74. Never followed them, always loved rock 'n roll. Anyway, I recently saw a video of that concert and was shocked at how ridiculously horrible ELP was. I mean, what the hell were they doing? They weren't even close to rock 'n roll.
@@Brewzerr Just fuck off...
@@tonybrown8006 Exactly. It was all just a bunch of pretentious art school wankery, but there sure were a lot of people who bought into that crap. As you can see from that butthurt zigsvids comment, they're still out there. My initial comment must have disrupted his wank session to his 20 minute Rick Wakeman keyboard solos. Oh well. He even blocked me before I had a chance to respond. Typical.
@@ZIGSVIDS Did someone get their widdle feewings hurt? Suck it up, buttercup.
Unfassbar - treibt mir auch heute noch die Freudentränen in die Augen: Sweet 4fr!!!!☆☆☆☆
Das war schon eine klasse Band , in den 70er ein Hit nach dem anderen , sehr schade ,dass sie sich so Früh getrennt haben , wofür Andy Scott für gesorgt hat. Und mittlerweile gibt es Andy Scott Sweet länger als die original Besetzung.
@@vodafonekunde2809 ja leider!
@@vodafonekunde2809 deswegen mag ich diesen Andy Scott nicht...er war derjenige der Brian aus der Band geekelt hat .😡Brian war Sweet....Sweet war Brain sein Baby.. er hat alles für die Band getan...als es ihm schlecht ging..haben sie ihn fallen lassen.😥. RIP Brian ❤❤❤❤
@@violakupsch5942 Hey Viola,ja das hast du genau auf den Punkt gebracht. Ich mag den Scott genau deshalb auch nicht! Schöne Grüße aus dem Spreewald! 🤗🌷🌻
Brian war einzigartig und wird unvergessen bleiben 🥰
I spent the best years of my life (adolescence) listening to this music. unfortunately they have never played in my country and this is the first time that I can see how they were on stage! I am moved and excited as a fifteen year even though I am 57 :) thank you my friends!
I wonder if the film crew recorded the whole show. If they did, then this gig should absolutely be released on DVD!! I know a CD exists yes but how about a DVD? This is pure live, and not any playback like Top of the Pops performances... \m/
It`s only Hell Raiser - The rest of the Rainbow video material got " lost" it`s said.... which is a darn shame!
You're Not Wrong For Loving Me -- another one song with video from the concert Live In The Rainbow
@@Cl4rendon Oh man... that is a fucking tragedy. I'd kill to see the rest of this gig.
@@Brewzerr At least there's a great live '74 performance of several songs on Beat Club or MusikLaden. It was never shown on TV, but it's here on the 'Tube. Good sound, too -- I mean, hey, the Germans always did a good job with that.
We want Sweet !
Permanently
Absolutely right !!
A vastly underrated live band.
Pete Townsend wanted The Sweet to support the Who, but a terrible attack on
Brian Connolly put paid to that dream gig. If this live set had been released in 1974,
it would have been a different story. Up there with "Made In Japan" and "Live And
Dangerous". They were really that good.
There were other more "respectable" established rock gatherings. Brian wasn't injured forever. They should have pushed for more concerts in Britain.
@John C Yes, he was attacked by some thugs just outside of a pub. They beat him pretty badly. Kicked him in the throat, which for a singer is like a guitarist having his hands crushed in a baler. It altered Brian's vocals profoundly. If you listen to those Musikladen clips (which were recorded not long after the incident), you can hear how distorted his vocals are. He still sounds great, but a bit rough. The attack was pretty bad. He suffered from PTSD after that and it exacerbated his drinking.
Ironically, although I didn’t get to see Sweet live, I did get to see The Who and it was my least favorite concert. Sweet would have creamed them.
I was ten years old in 1973 and the music was great. Now I'm 60 years old and I hear this songs at home, in my car, at every place...... The best song from Sweet- I think- ist "Healer".
Just watching these guys .from LA I came to realize if it wasn't for these guys we wouldn't have Mötley Crue. Or maybe even GnR all these years later .so yeah!!! Sweet Roxx
This was my favourite Sweet track when I was at school and seeing it again here I understand why - absolutely mind blowing performance here. And Steve makes my heart race, even now!!
Seems he has that effect on all us gals :-D
My fave hit as well.Another - Teenage Rampage. ( That' s the essense of Sweet band)
Listen to this and then listen to this again so you fully appreciate just how kickass this performance is!
Sweet were highly underrated and never taken seriously because of their early bubblegum pop songs; they were more or less a puppet group for the Chinn/Chapman songwriting and producing duo, and also that session musicians were used on their early hits.
By the time that Sweet broke free from Chinn/Chapman, began writing their own material and went in a harder rock direction, they were pretty much shunned and ignored.
Mick Tucker in particular was one of the greatest 70's British rock drummers; when the greatest rock drummer of all time John Bonham is a big fan of yours, you know you're special! 🥁👊🙏🇬🇧
R.I.P. Mick Tucker, Steve Priest and Brian Connolly
estou agora bêbado ouvindo esse som no volume 10. meu pai me colocava pra ouvir com meus irmãos quando crianças. adoro
Seu pai sabia curtir um rock in roll dos bons ,abraco🤙🤙🤘🤘
Sad days...R.I.P. Steve Priest,72. June 5, 2020
Incredible. Nothing beats 70s rock. Nothing.
It was christmas time withThe Sweet in London...thanks..I was here
Unfairly labeled 'glam rock'. These guys rocked, and hard! They had the look and sound to garner more respect than they got! A shame.
Totally agree Morris! I'm sick of people putting artists and bands into a certain category and in the case of The Sweet, to me they were simply a great rock band, PERIOD!!
Glam was the look but the music was never better. Glam attracted me in the late 70s when I was in HS because NOBODY looked cooler to me than Ian Hunter. I was younger than the hippies in America and loved to play music that would piss my Aunt off. I still laugh the first time I blasted the Stooges Raw Power album.....lol
She hated it and would leave.
Pissing hippies off was easy with Slade Sweet or the Stooges.
1st band I ever seen live,and they got better 4 a while writing their songs,
According to Steve in an interview they are not glam rock...he stated that they are pop rock band...and glam rock started in top of the pops.
I'm not really sure why a glam band isn't supposed to 'rock'? Most of the 70's glam bands rocked like fuck. T. Rex, Slade, the original Alice Cooper band, Mott The Hoople, and Ziggy-era Bowie all very much rocked very hard. Just because they camped it up with make-up, platform boots, and androgynous gear had no bearing whatsoever on their sound or level of aggression. Look at the New York Dolls for fuck's sake. They were probably the glammiest band of them all, but they scorched live and helped start punk rock. It was all done to piss off the hippies. If anything, the glam thing was all part of the appeal with Sweet. If they had come out in 1972 looking the way they did at the end of the 70's with perms and mustaches then it wouldn't have had nearly the same bite. Nah, the glam thing was perfect for them, and most of the glam bands from back then rocked the roof off.
Sehr beeindruckend, denn das ist alles komplett LIVE, großer Respekt, bis auf den "Einspieler" vom Synthesizersound, ist alles PUR und großartig gespielt. Mick Tucker an den Drums ist natürlich neben Andy Scott die "halbe Mete", obwohl der Gesang richtig gut ist und auch Steve Priest darf man am Bass mit seinem Gesang nicht unterschätzen. Klasse gemischter LIVE Sound!!! Beste Grüße, Horst Lemke, Musikproduzent, Germany Ps. Und ein riesengroßer The Sweet Fan, die meine gesamte Jugendzeit musikalisch geprägt haben...smile
Habe THE SWEET in den 70er-Jahren in Offenbach LIVE erlebt. Tolles Concert..
Allesamt klasse Musiker..!!
Bin 2000 geboren und höre sehr gerne Sweet. Einige wundern sich, dass ich die Band überhaupt kenne… ist ja vor meiner Zeit.
Motley Crue stole their sound.
Just freaking amazing!!🎤🎸🥁😊
Absolutely superb. Steve Priest is a great player and is oozing humour. God bless them all...
He was a fantastic player. A Jet Harris disciple and better than many other bassists of the era. Sweet Fanny Adams and Desolation Boulevard have some great jazzy parts within some of the songs that show his versatility. And that tone...
@@dontommaso2760 Well said. Another bass player from that era with a similar style and ethos comes to mind... Dennis Dunaway from the original Alice Cooper Band.
@@Brewzerr Yes, definitely...haven't played them for a while so thanks for the reminder ;) Everyone gives Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner credit for their playing (and rightly so) but forget about Dunaway's bass skills. I had to look up what he is up to now and it turns out he is playing with Joe and Albert Bouchard from the Blue Öyster Cult in Blue Coupe. Will check them out tonight!
@@dontommaso2760 Dennis also recently wrote a book of his memoirs from the Alice days, called "Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! My Adventures in the Alice Cooper Group". I've already read through it 3 times. Really great stuff. He has a photographic memory. I've been a longtime Alice fan since I was just a kid, and thought I knew everything about them, but this book taught me more than a few new things. I highly recommend that one if you're a fan of the original Alice Cooper Band.
@@Brewzerr Cheers mate - found it on Amazon so it is on its way now.
BriCo is our golden glam god
Steve priest. 😭
simply the best,for ever
Great post.That was magical, what a band.