He deserves derision for claiming Brexit would have no effect on UK musicians touring in Europe..He did backtrack after virtually the whole industry called him out on that nonsense.
I think when you listen to a record for the first time maybe you'll hate it or love it and with some time you can love the record you hated. Those were the times when beautiful music was made , the 50's , 60's , 70's were so creative and sadly we lost that.
Daltrey brings up Three Dog Night not having a hit album in the UK at that point and as it turned out they would have practically no UK success despite having vast success in the US. A perfect example in reverse is Status Quo who had only one modest hit in the US but had incredible success in the UK.
wow...daltrey putting down allright now....which would become a classic i think mountain wanted to have a dirty sound i think aretha's cover of let it be is brilliant everyone should check out sinatra's watertown...his attempt at a concept album....it's really weird
Roger was just as critical of the Who's work which made his band so great. It's fun to hear the bits of many bands that were the soundtrack of my teen years.
Roger probably thought he was dismissing a record and band that would disappear without trace. I was only a small kid when Alright Now was in the charts and I remember it blasting out at a fair while on holiday in 1970 and though the 6 years of the 60s I existed was a vague blur for me, there was something about hearing Free's record that day that emphatically told me a new era had arrived even though I was too young to understand that feeling at the time. Looking back it was the first fully fledged 1970s record at a time when songs still had a 1960s sound and energy about them.
I appreciate these videos, it's been great getting a variety of contemporary but informed views on music, it coincides well with me improving my music appreciation and music theory knowledge.
Always so excited about this channel. You have a monopoly on a very original idea and approach. Should have 300k but 30k ain't bad. Congrats. Always on board for more.
Can you please list the titles of the instrumental music you play at the end of each review over the chart rundown. Or at least tell us who it's by. Has a distinct Andrew Loog Oldham feel to it. Thanks! Love the series!
‘ That chick ( Dyan Birch) has got a great voice!’ Roger was spot on with that observation. ‘ l Will Survive’ , written by Frank Collins, was a fine single by Arrival.. Was just reading that Elton John was on piano and backing vocals. Still sounds good today. ‘ Yesterday’s Papers’ certainly prompts some memories.. I remember Pete Townshend ( 1971) telling the audience, in between songs, to go and see this band named Mountain. ‘They are coming to Liverpool soon and they have got this great guitarist, Leslie West’ l recall he said ..
Goes to show that not all rock stars had a good ear for others' work . Some songs that were deemed unlistenable by the guests turned out to be classics
Absolutely pulling an appendage about Paul Rodgers/Free. Yeah, Rodgers was going through his (short-lived) Rod Stewart phase, but everyone knew he was a stud/future star by that time. Bad Co. wasn't signed by Swan Song as a lark. Paul Kossoff's riff is iconic. (Just ask "R&R HoF"er (tee-hee) inductee Steve Miller ("Rockin' Me Baby") .)
The Who would have been doing promotion for 'The Seeker' at this time. Looks like the highest it got in the UK charts is 19. It tanked in the US. This was the period after 'Live At Leeds', but before 'Who's Next'.
Nice one Yesterday! I like Roger Daltrey. Can’t say a bad word about him. By 1970 the better releases were starting to be albums and not singles, in my opinion of course. Have a great week!! Cheers, Jon
I totally disagree with Rogers view of Kentucky rain, probably my favorite Elvis number, I even got to tell his former wife Priscilla and she said, “well that’s one of my favorite of his as well.”
@@michaelwalsh1035 - Yep. Up there with "The Who" colleagues from their film adaptation of "Tommy": Jack Nicholson and Oliver Reed. 😄The three should have cut an album together...and in the process, end music as we knew it.
@sMansGuitars Of course, I'd forgotten all about their contribution to the U.K. singles charts - but with good reason. So, you'll get no thanks for reminding me and ruining my evening lojwl (Laugh Out Jolly Well Loud).
Very interesting reaction to the 'Airforce' album. Definitely not an easy album to digest but holy cow once it does go down smooth it is really excellent. If Traffic, Fela Kuti, and Pharoah Sanders had a child together, it might sound like this. Glad that Daltrey gave this one a lot of respect. One of the best fusion albums ever created.
Only pete and roger left now i loved the who growing up here in los angeles the happy jack and sell out lp are still on my turn table cheers great. Job YP cheers
So funny hearing Roger Daltrey commenting.. “ Look, it’s sunny in the garden..are there any more records!?”😊😊 Great to see the list at the end - that’s music, real music❤️🎶❤️ Thanks for the tip on Three Dog Night “ Live Forum” - haven’t heard that one..
These rock stars sure don't pull any punches when it comes to evaluating the music of their contemporaries. Another interesting look into the past, YP. 👍
Very true. That's perhaps the greatest thing about these Blind Dates. All these starts from the past were so honest, they certainly couldn't care less about being diplomatic.
@@YesterdaysPapers Let me reiterate: Elvis as rockers knew him belonged to the 50s, while Elvis in the 60s belonged to Hollywood and Las Vegas. Wicked bad as they said in Boston.
Daltry and the rest of his generation wanted to be like Elvis when they were young. Those were his words. I think his comment here about Elvis meant that he wasn't the same Elvis he remembers wanting to be like.
Some stuff I like here -- 'Carry On', 'Kentucky Rain', 'Chest Fever' -- but nothing I come close to loving. Again the exit music sounds like something released around 1966 that inexplicably failed to chart
I am the rare American who believes that Free were FAR superior to Bad Company,( although the song Burning Sky is a damned masterpiece) although I could do without Alright Now just because it's been overplayed. Mr Big, Be My Friend, Fire and Water , etc are better examples of Free. To me they were one of the best bands to ever take the stage
@@BigSky1 no sir. I've not seen another Koss. His vibrato and efficiency with notes was something to hear. I love his playing. Not many players really understand how to say more with fewer notes. But he did. I wish more players approached guitar playing like that.
That woman sounding like Janis was Maggie Bell of Stone the Crows. One of Peter Grant's charges . Despite good promotion and being a band who had massive talent they couldn't catch on in the States or Europe unfortunately.
@@PageMarker1 I've always been fascinated with her life and have read a couple books about her, but I can't say I ever have wanted to listen to her for more than a song or two. I think there were far better soul singers at the time
After watching the new Elvis movie, these videos are a stark reminder of what was happening in music when he was making his comeback special. The movie presents years and dates as time goes on, but these really give context to how drastically out of step with popular music he’d become by the late 60s.
Not that much. Elvis in 1970 was much more close the Country sound than to Rock sound. In fact released a brutal concept album in 1971 (recorded in june 1970) called Elvis Country that stands as one of The best country/rock albuns ever. Mojo magazine calls Elvis Country one of The most underrated albums ever.
Exactly. And don't forget this was only 14 years after his debut. By 1970 he'd rewritten popular music history, descended into schlocky cornball films and started to make a shaky return to acceptability. The las Vegas stuff for which he is known today was yet to come.
Elvis was an older generation than 60s rockers. The formula for Elvis's generation was to break onto to the charts, make a movie or two (or more in the case of Elvis), and then play long engagements in Las Vegas. Elvis succeeded in that dream, but that was not the dream of the baby Boomer generation. Even the Beatles were constantly asked what they would do after they broke up(implication: they'd be kaput by 1966). And, unfortunately, Elvis had 'colonel' Tom Parker running the Elvis's life.
I like Roger. He tells it like it is. Free's "All Right Now" ended up being their most well known song, despite having much better material throughout their albums.
If I recall correctly, his "B Side" comment was pretty close. Didn't Free just throw together a few odds and ends to fill out their live play list? I think it was mostly Andy Fraser messing around.
@@daveconleyportfolio5192 Out of curiousity, I checked Free's live set at the Isle of Wight 1970. Not too shabby, I'd say... "Ride on a Pony", "Woman", "The Stealer", "Be My Friend", "Mr. Big", "Fire and Water", "I'm A Mover", "The Hunter", "All Right Now" and "Crossroads". Probably their peak year with the original four-piece line-up.
1:38 He's right that Aretha's version wasn't a hit, though I think it's much better than he acknowledges. The Beatles version was so good, and it was still on the charts at this time, so this was a bit of a third wheel. He really doesn't like "Kentucky Rain"; I wonder if he'd say that now. Yes, it was aimed at the AC charts, but I think it was one of Elvis' better easy listening efforts.
The song listed at #26, "Wanderin' Star by Lee Marvin issued on the ABC-Paramount label through EMI in Britain(I have a British issue copy), I'm almost certain it's a 1968 issue, but I'll have to check the label(so glad British records had the publishing/issue years on the label, they were never on Australian records until the early 1970s).
Another great video. Roger is characteristically cool and a bit dismissive. He had a somewhat bizarre reaction to Alright Now, but very enjoyable otherwise. I never read the MM as a youth. I was strictly NME, though sometimes I think I may have made the wrong choice…
Just love your take on 1921 … btw, I don’t know if it was a good year but certainly not worse than 2021 😷🤒☠️ Roger is a bit harsh on free, but Who cares 🤭
My Whooligan friends thought 21 would be a good year. It turned out for me to be the worst year of my life. Can't play 21 now and I guest vocal in Who tribs! But I love YPs outros!
Roger Daltrey is great for avoiding the imitators. On the other hand I would like to offer my personal experience from the early 70's. When I was at Carleton University in Ottawa, when Three Dog Night were a new experience to us, he said if you haven't heard their Chest Fever then you haven't lived. I have to say that it is very difficult to relate to a later time what we actually went through back in those days.
"The great music adventure", but as everyone had there own paradise in mind," there lost horizon". It would have been a miracle that a better direction was acknowledged.
I appreciate Daltrey's honesty. I would have thought he would have liked Free's Alright Now. I like Kentucky Rain, but I can see some may not have liked what Elvis did in the latter half of his career if they grew up listening to him in his earlier days. I noticed he used the word "chick" instead of "bird." I really like these videos. I wish there were an American equivalent. What was the American equivalent to Melody Maker back then?
I get why he slammed All Right Now because he was intimidated by Rogers vocals having more soul than he could ever think of mustering. Great hook, and certainly not rubbish. He fucked the dog on that one.
Roger doesn't mention that Three Dog Night is covering the original Chest Fever by the Band, which was much superior both vocally and instrumentally IMHO. Or maybe he did and it got edited out. Great outro, love those fluttering horns. From Tommy of course.
Wow, I just met Danny Hutton of three dog night on the Fourth of July, you can’t compare that group with any group of the 70s. They had like 20 top straight 20 singles from 1969 to 1975. I think only Elton John and Madonna were the first to beat that number
@@docsavage8640 Three dog night did have about 20 straight top 20 hits from 1969 to 1975. Please tell me where I’m utterly wrong. What are you the Doctor of? Dooky?
@@michaelrochester48 Eighteen Top 20 Billboard hits 1969-1974. That's pretty damn close to 20, and you did say "about". If there were other releases among them that missed the top 20 they missed the top 40 too, so probably not.
@@michaelrochester48 While that's true and impressive, I think a bands total album sales is a better indicator of a bands success rather than singles success. For example bands like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and and many others probably sold way more albums than Three Dog Night.
@@alrivers2297 For a group that’s mainly a singles act, three dog night actually did quite well with album sales and had numerous gold and platinum awards.
Alright Now used to get lots of play on the radio back when. Now it's being used for a drug commercial. I share many opinions with Daltrey on these sounds.
Wow! He really came out of the gate swinging at Paul Rogers! Then he smacks down Elvis, but it was a fair call. And he was willing to swap a Who live album (Live at Leeds?). THis was a rather electric record review. Maybe that is why Roger and Pete stayed together for so many years; neither one of them hold back criticism.
There's a Canadian pressing of Stone the Crows.. never seen it though.. WOW so Janis. Like completely. And of course Janis has lots to owe to Roky Erikson and Etta James.
Roger got a little ruthless with some of his reviews. Completely cut Free, Elvis and Aretha off at the knees. Roger fancied his band over all them I'm sure. 1970 was a year they owned with Tommy the year before it and Live at Leeds the same year. Not a man short on will.
How to get it spectacularly wrong! Dissin' Free's Alright Now????? Fortunately he puts that howler right with his praise for groups like Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and Three Dog Night. I think Alright Now is the record most people remember though.
What was the deal about "Back Home" by the England Football Squad ? #1 UK but I don't think it charted in the US (good reasons?). That was an off the chain comment Daltrey had about Free--sounds like Liberace! LOL
all I can say about Roger's opinions is that the who were pretty much the pinnacle of rock. easy, if somewhat blinkered to see everything else as less.
That Top 50 chart was all over the place musically - Frijid Pink, Mary Hopkin, Radha Krishna Temple, Simon & Garfunkel and Lee Marvin? That must have been from Paint Your Wagon. I don't think he had a hit in the States with it.
In my opinion, The Who were much better than Free. Yes, I've said it. Alright Now, after hearing it God knows how many times over the years bores me. The Who Sell Out, Live at Leeds, Whos Next and Quadrophenia. Amazing albums.
Like everyone else l was amazed how he dismissed "All right now" and Free as Liberace when it came to be one of the best rock anthems of all time. Shame on you, Roger!
I agree with most people here, he definitely got it wrong about Free. All right Now is a classic rock song but I prefer Join Together With The Band by um...oh heck, what was the group's name? Nope, can't remember. It's gone.
Thinks All Right Now won't do anything (Liberace?); says CSN frst Lp was poor?; doesn't think Aretha's Let It Be is any good...... Roger, Roger, Roger....sigh.
Roger deserves some recognition for being the most level headed member of The Who. Plus he's looking fantastic these days. He's aged well
He still sounds fantastic, too. I saw him live twice last month.
He deserves derision for claiming Brexit would have no effect on UK musicians touring in Europe..He did backtrack after virtually the whole industry called him out on that nonsense.
I read his autobio and was impressed and surprised at how honest and humble he is (or has become). I didn't expect to like him so much. Good read.
That's pretty cool, I'll have to check out his autobiography,
@@YesterdaysPapers well worth a read- and I've read almost all of them! 💗
I've got it but still haven't read it. Will do soon enough.
Yes, he's a sweetheart, I've met him twice. I recommend the audio book - it's a real treat!
I think when you listen to a record for the first time maybe you'll hate it or love it
and with some time you can love the record you hated.
Those were the times when beautiful music was made ,
the 50's , 60's , 70's were so
creative and sadly we lost
that.
Daltrey brings up Three Dog Night not having a hit album in the UK at that point and as it turned out they would have practically no UK success despite having vast success in the US. A perfect example in reverse is Status Quo who had only one modest hit in the US but had incredible success in the UK.
There have been a lot of groups that were bigger in England but hardly made a dent in the U.S. Slade, T Rex, Free, Thin Lizzy.
wow...daltrey putting down allright now....which would become a classic
i think mountain wanted to have a dirty sound
i think aretha's cover of let it be is brilliant
everyone should check out sinatra's watertown...his attempt at a concept album....it's really weird
Yep, that's a good album.
Roger was just as critical of the Who's work which made his band so great. It's fun to hear the bits of many bands that were the soundtrack of my teen years.
The Who played an instrumental version of All Right Now as part of a jam in Germany in 1975. The audio is on RUclips.
Maybe they had to play it instrumental as Roger still didn’t like it in 1975...(?)
Roger probably thought he was dismissing a record and band that would disappear without trace. I was only a small kid when Alright Now was in the charts and I remember it blasting out at a fair while on holiday in 1970 and though the 6 years of the 60s I existed was a vague blur for me, there was something about hearing Free's record that day that emphatically told me a new era had arrived even though I was too young to understand that feeling at the time. Looking back it was the first fully fledged 1970s record at a time when songs still had a 1960s sound and energy about them.
Roger Daltrey - certainly not "Alright Now" and probably not even alright then.
Daltrey swings and misses. Alright Now became an FM radio staple for years and years!
I can't believe Roger didn't like Free.
Produced by Jimmy Miller who was also producing the Stones at the same time.
@@robertolsen6720 decades
I appreciate these videos, it's been great getting a variety of contemporary but informed views on music, it coincides well with me improving my music appreciation and music theory knowledge.
Hey lover you haven't heard anything yet wait for it
Just need to comment my sincere appreciation for these videos.
Thanks!
Always so excited about this channel. You have a monopoly on a very original idea and approach. Should have 300k but 30k ain't bad. Congrats. Always on board for more.
Thanks!
Can you please list the titles of the instrumental music you play at the end of each review over the chart rundown. Or at least tell us who it's by. Has a distinct Andrew Loog Oldham feel to it.
Thanks! Love the series!
‘ That chick ( Dyan Birch) has got a great voice!’ Roger was spot on with that observation. ‘ l Will Survive’ , written by Frank Collins, was a fine single by Arrival.. Was just reading that Elton John was on piano and backing vocals. Still sounds good today. ‘ Yesterday’s Papers’ certainly prompts some memories.. I remember Pete Townshend ( 1971) telling the audience, in between songs, to go and see this band named Mountain. ‘They are coming to Liverpool soon and they have got this great guitarist, Leslie West’ l recall he said ..
Haha.... and "Alright Now" proved to be a massive hit. Roger guessed wrong.
Free 's biggest hit ! But not even close to being their best material in my opinion. That band was outstanding
@@Cincinnatus1869 Agree. I think Rog was correct on most.
Goes to show that not all rock stars had a good ear for others' work .
Some songs that were deemed unlistenable by the guests turned out to be classics
He loved the horrible Cactus and dismissed Free , maybe he spotted some serious competition ?
Mountain! Leslie West! Saw him in the late 80s and he was amazing, I do not lie XXX
quite possibly one of my favourite singers. beautiful.
What's amusing is he is sarcastic both on his likes and dislikes. I remember almost all the US singles at the end. Just like a time machine.
A lot of classics in the singles chart.
Absolutely pulling an appendage about Paul Rodgers/Free. Yeah, Rodgers was going through his (short-lived) Rod Stewart phase, but everyone knew he was a stud/future star by that time. Bad Co. wasn't signed by Swan Song as a lark. Paul Kossoff's riff is iconic. (Just ask "R&R HoF"er (tee-hee) inductee Steve Miller ("Rockin' Me Baby") .)
The Who would have been doing promotion for 'The Seeker' at this time. Looks like the highest it got in the UK charts is 19. It tanked in the US.
This was the period after 'Live At Leeds', but before 'Who's Next'.
He really appreciated Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young!
Carry-on is my favorite CSNY song. It is what I call a goosebumps song it is so stirring
It’s fantastic
Love the final charts with the music… best part always
Nice one Yesterday! I like Roger Daltrey. Can’t say a bad word about him. By 1970 the better releases were starting to be albums and not singles, in my opinion of course. Have a great week!! Cheers, Jon
Hey Jon! I agree, 1970 was definitely the LP era. Cheers!
I totally disagree with Rogers view of Kentucky rain, probably my favorite Elvis number, I even got to tell his former wife Priscilla and she said, “well that’s one of my favorite of his as well.”
Agree with Roger. Kentucky Rain is b grade at best.
The songs here are way better generally than any of hte other blind dates.
It was a great week for new single releases.
Good rendition of 1921! Lovely videos on this channel!
Thanks!
Yes!
Great to see the great vocalist Lee Marvin in the charts!
Yes.... Lee Marvin... quite a songbird.
@@michaelwalsh1035 - Yep. Up there with "The Who" colleagues from their film adaptation of "Tommy": Jack Nicholson and Oliver Reed. 😄The three should have cut an album together...and in the process, end music as we knew it.
@@burningoldsage4012 my idea of a super group, right there.
@@michaelwalsh1035 Nah! not until Telly Savalas joined on back up vocals.
@sMansGuitars Of course, I'd forgotten all about their contribution to the U.K. singles charts - but with good reason.
So, you'll get no thanks for reminding me and ruining my evening lojwl (Laugh Out Jolly Well Loud).
Gotta feelin '21 is gonna be a good year.
I was trying to place the final song and finally got it when the top us singles started.
Actually my favourite part of this video!! Smart and just a little camouflage.
Very interesting reaction to the 'Airforce' album. Definitely not an easy album to digest but holy cow once it does go down smooth it is really excellent. If Traffic, Fela Kuti, and Pharoah Sanders had a child together, it might sound like this. Glad that Daltrey gave this one a lot of respect. One of the best fusion albums ever created.
Only pete and roger left now i loved the who growing up here in los angeles the happy jack and sell out lp are still on my turn table cheers great. Job YP cheers
Went from Leeds to Who's Next, but these days it's Quadrophenia FTW!
Leeds was released the same month as this interview.
Happy Jack album was A Quick one over here.
So funny hearing Roger Daltrey commenting.. “ Look, it’s sunny in the garden..are there any more records!?”😊😊 Great to see the list at the end - that’s music, real music❤️🎶❤️ Thanks for the tip on Three Dog Night “ Live Forum” - haven’t heard that one..
Wow, what an album hit list. Could have lived forever just on the music listed here.
dalt disses FREE and one of the most popular radio songs of 1970-1999.
These rock stars sure don't pull any punches when it comes to evaluating the music of their contemporaries. Another interesting look into the past, YP. 👍
Very true. That's perhaps the greatest thing about these Blind Dates. All these starts from the past were so honest, they certainly couldn't care less about being diplomatic.
@@YesterdaysPapers Let me reiterate: Elvis as rockers knew him belonged to the 50s, while Elvis in the 60s belonged to Hollywood and Las Vegas. Wicked bad as they said in Boston.
My parents bought the Three Dog Night concert album for me. I was ten. I loved it and played it until it was no longer playable. Loved it.
Daltry and the rest of his generation wanted to be like Elvis when they were young. Those were his words. I think his comment here about Elvis meant that he wasn't the same Elvis he remembers wanting to be like.
Some stuff I like here -- 'Carry On', 'Kentucky Rain', 'Chest Fever' -- but nothing I come close to loving.
Again the exit music sounds like something released around 1966 that inexplicably failed to chart
Rog....Mississippi Queen is supposed to sound dirty!!!! lol
This was a great one, thanks Y.P.!
Nana and Zeppelin on the same chart. Gotta love that. Reflects my record collection.
Mental. Picked up Free's Fire and Water today, along with a CBS comp and discovered The Arrival, quite literally only an hour ago.
I love "Fire and Water", great album.
I am the rare American who believes that Free were FAR superior to Bad Company,( although the song Burning Sky is a damned masterpiece) although I could do without Alright Now just because it's been overplayed. Mr Big, Be My Friend, Fire and Water , etc are better examples of Free. To me they were one of the best bands to ever take the stage
Agreed. Bad Company were just a poor mans Free and Mick Ralphs was no Koss.
@@BigSky1 no sir. I've not seen another Koss. His vibrato and efficiency with notes was something to hear. I love his playing. Not many players really understand how to say more with fewer notes. But he did. I wish more players approached guitar playing like that.
I'll throw in a vote for Silver Blue and Gold for a BC song.
@@solarwave Run With The Pack is probably the best B.C. album for me and Silver Blue And Gold is good but still nowhere near as good as Free.
That woman sounding like Janis was Maggie Bell of Stone the Crows. One of Peter Grant's charges . Despite good promotion and being a band who had massive talent they couldn't catch on in the States or Europe unfortunately.
Prefer Maggie's voice to Janis's - who I thought was overrated.
not my cup of tea, could never fathom the popularity of joplin
@@davidpollard4051 so do I.
@@SteveWattse Me neither, but apparently Janis was quite the stage performer.
@@PageMarker1 I've always been fascinated with her life and have read a couple books about her, but I can't say I ever have wanted to listen to her for more than a song or two. I think there were far better soul singers at the time
Never thought much about him, and this is fully confirmed here.
After watching the new Elvis movie, these videos are a stark reminder of what was happening in music when he was making his comeback special.
The movie presents years and dates as time goes on, but these really give context to how drastically out of step with popular music he’d become by the late 60s.
Not that much. Elvis in 1970 was much more close the Country sound than to Rock sound. In fact released a brutal concept album in 1971 (recorded in june 1970) called Elvis Country that stands as one of The best country/rock albuns ever. Mojo magazine calls Elvis Country one of The most underrated albums ever.
Exactly. And don't forget this was only 14 years after his debut. By 1970 he'd rewritten popular music history, descended into schlocky cornball films and started to make a shaky return to acceptability. The las Vegas stuff for which he is known today was yet to come.
He was always the king
Elvis was an older generation than 60s rockers. The formula for Elvis's generation was to break onto to the charts, make a movie or two (or more in the case of Elvis), and then play long engagements in Las Vegas. Elvis succeeded in that dream, but that was not the dream of the baby Boomer generation. Even the Beatles were constantly asked what they would do after they broke up(implication: they'd be kaput by 1966). And, unfortunately, Elvis had 'colonel' Tom Parker running the Elvis's life.
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I like Roger. He tells it like it is. Free's "All Right Now" ended up being their most well known song, despite having much better material throughout their albums.
If I recall correctly, his "B Side" comment was pretty close. Didn't Free just throw together a few odds and ends to fill out their live play list? I think it was mostly Andy Fraser messing around.
@@daveconleyportfolio5192 Out of curiousity, I checked Free's live set at the Isle of Wight 1970. Not too shabby, I'd say...
"Ride on a Pony", "Woman", "The Stealer",
"Be My Friend", "Mr. Big", "Fire and Water", "I'm A Mover", "The Hunter", "All Right Now" and "Crossroads". Probably their peak year with the original four-piece line-up.
1:38 He's right that Aretha's version wasn't a hit, though I think it's much better than he acknowledges. The Beatles version was so good, and it was still on the charts at this time, so this was a bit of a third wheel. He really doesn't like "Kentucky Rain"; I wonder if he'd say that now. Yes, it was aimed at the AC charts, but I think it was one of Elvis' better easy listening efforts.
No i doubt he would say that now lol
The song listed at #26, "Wanderin' Star by Lee Marvin issued on the ABC-Paramount label through EMI in Britain(I have a British issue copy), I'm almost certain it's a 1968 issue, but I'll have to check the label(so glad British records had the publishing/issue years on the label, they were never on Australian records until the early 1970s).
Wasn't he an actor?
@@vicvega3614 Yes, he was. Did you ever see the movie *Cat Ballou* by chance? Marvin played the part of a drunken, washed-out gunslinger.
Another great video. Roger is characteristically cool and a bit dismissive. He had a somewhat bizarre reaction to Alright Now, but very enjoyable otherwise. I never read the MM as a youth. I was strictly NME, though sometimes I think I may have made the wrong choice…
He's dead-on.Can't argue a single point.
Great version of 1921/1951 at the end.
Thanks, glad you liked it.
Cool chart--The Who and Creedence in the Top 20!
By now albums were way more important than singles. Comparing the charts it's like two different worlds. Especially in the UK.
Just love your take on 1921 … btw, I don’t know if it was a good year but certainly not worse than 2021 😷🤒☠️
Roger is a bit harsh on free, but Who cares 🤭
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
My Whooligan friends thought 21 would be a good year. It turned out for me to be the worst year of my life. Can't play 21 now and I guest vocal in Who tribs! But I love YPs outros!
Come on Roger, all right now by Free is a classic, i still listen to it in 2022.
I'd love a blind date with Roger Daltrey! 😉 He's as blunt as ever... Rude sometimes! 😆 He does love Howlin' Wolf. And he used to love Elvis...
Roger Daltrey is great for avoiding the imitators. On the other hand I would like to offer my personal experience from the early 70's. When I was at Carleton University in Ottawa, when Three Dog Night were a new experience to us, he said if you haven't heard their Chest Fever then you haven't lived. I have to say that it is very difficult to relate to a later time what we actually went through back in those days.
A great Band written number.
Couldn't quite get his take on Mountain. I was expecting him to gush as the Who later (71?) recorded with Leslie West 🤔
I think it had to do with the overall recording/mixing, maybe not even the tone. Kind of what might be a re-master.
I think Roger missed on Alright Now, by Free. That song is being played on the radio to this day.
"The great music adventure", but as everyone had there own paradise in mind," there lost horizon". It would have been a miracle that a better direction was acknowledged.
He really came at All right now and Free that’s crazy
The song by "Stone the crows" was really good! Gotta go look them up.
That "English girl" (according to Daltrey) was the very Scottish Maggie Bell ...who also sang the theme tune to Taggart .
He got me from that review of Free ('Liberace?'). Thank you, Mr. Daltrey (still my favourite lead singer of the era)!
Roger you're wrong, "So Glad You Chose Me" by Marv Johnson is a really strong Soul tune!
I appreciate Daltrey's honesty. I would have thought he would have liked Free's Alright Now. I like Kentucky Rain, but I can see some may not have liked what Elvis did in the latter half of his career if they grew up listening to him in his earlier days. I noticed he used the word "chick" instead of "bird."
I really like these videos. I wish there were an American equivalent. What was the American equivalent to Melody Maker back then?
Daltery is the best lead singer in the Rock n Roll industry
lol
Saw him live, he was fantastic
Funny I always thought the Who would have been better with a different front man but beauty is in the ear of the beholder
@@mikejohnson2638 nothing funny about that… definitely one of the greatest
@@Mat_Gomez23 listen to daltry live, he's a total joke.
2:17 the dreamed Elvis record is Live At The International
I get why he slammed All Right Now because he was intimidated by Rogers vocals having more soul than he could ever think of mustering. Great hook, and certainly not rubbish. He fucked the dog on that one.
4:57 - It ⚽️ still hasn't come home since 1966 ... Maybe this year !
The ladies brought the Euro home!
Roger doesn't mention that Three Dog Night is covering the original Chest Fever by the Band, which was much superior both vocally and instrumentally IMHO. Or maybe he did and it got edited out.
Great outro, love those fluttering horns. From Tommy of course.
What was the instrumental song playing for the last few min of this video?
Wow, I just met Danny Hutton of three dog night on the Fourth of July, you can’t compare that group with any group of the 70s. They had like 20 top straight 20 singles from 1969 to 1975. I think only Elton John and Madonna were the first to beat that number
@@docsavage8640 Three dog night did have about 20 straight top 20 hits from 1969 to 1975. Please tell me where I’m utterly wrong. What are you the Doctor of? Dooky?
@@michaelrochester48 Eighteen Top 20 Billboard hits 1969-1974. That's pretty damn close to 20, and you did say "about". If there were other releases among them that missed the top 20 they missed the top 40 too, so probably not.
@@docsavage8640 He's actually right
@@michaelrochester48 While that's true and impressive, I think a bands total album sales is a better indicator of a bands success rather than singles success. For example bands like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and and many others probably sold way more albums than Three Dog Night.
@@alrivers2297 For a group that’s mainly a singles act, three dog night actually did quite well with album sales and had numerous gold and platinum awards.
Alright Now used to get lots of play on the radio back when. Now it's being used for a drug commercial. I share many opinions with Daltrey on these sounds.
Wow! He really came out of the gate swinging at Paul Rogers! Then he smacks down Elvis, but it was a fair call. And he was willing to swap a Who live album (Live at Leeds?). THis was a rather electric record review. Maybe that is why Roger and Pete stayed together for so many years; neither one of them hold back criticism.
Hilarious! He got Free All Right Now wrong - a number one!
There's a Canadian pressing of Stone the Crows.. never seen it though.. WOW so Janis. Like completely. And of course Janis has lots to owe to Roky Erikson and Etta James.
Epic
I seriously would buy a collection of the instrumental music on these vids. Is it available somewhere?
Thank you, glad you like them. These are 1:30minute instrumentals that I record myself to go along with the last part of these videos.
Well he wasn’t reading the trends about Free and “all right now”. That was a massive hit.
So this was what happening the month I was born. Even Lee Marvin had a hit song.
He didn't like Free or the beginning of Chest Fever? That's my favorite part of the song.
I suspect ole Rog was having a go at what he considered competition, re: "Free", re: loud British rockers who weren't quite established yet
Roger got a little ruthless with some of his reviews. Completely cut Free, Elvis and Aretha off at the knees. Roger fancied his band over all them I'm sure. 1970 was a year they owned with Tommy the year before it and Live at Leeds the same year. Not a man short on will.
It was definitely a good year for Daltrey and the Who.
Roger has that punk vibe, even in his compliments... 😂
How to get it spectacularly wrong! Dissin' Free's Alright Now????? Fortunately he puts that howler right with his praise for groups like Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and Three Dog Night. I think Alright Now is the record most people remember though.
I read several of your rock bios. 😁
It's funny how he bagged the only two classics on the list, Kentucky Rain and Alright Now.
He doesn't like the Ginger Baker track but is afraid to say it because you must beware of Mr. Baker.
Too true. But now Ginger's a dead ginger. 💀
What was the deal about "Back Home" by the England Football Squad ? #1 UK but I don't think it charted in the US (good reasons?). That was an off the chain comment Daltrey had about Free--sounds like Liberace! LOL
Some info about that song: www.wikiwand.com/en/Back_Home_(England_song)
Oh, you must get old of a copy, it's as really inspiring as England 1970s songs always were.
@@YesterdaysPapers Thanks! I'll check it out!
@@deirdre108 Make sure you don't spend more than 20p and that includes on the tracksuit 🤣
@@YesterdaysPapers Another headbanging Martin/Coulter classic, could have done with a bit more glitter on the tracksuits! 😜
Call for "Liberace".
Oh rog got Free wrong.
all I can say about Roger's opinions is that the who were pretty much the pinnacle of rock. easy, if somewhat blinkered to see everything else as less.
You're gonna make me cry 💨
Kentucky Rain is one of Elvis's finest. Maybe Keith kept this plonker up all night before the review.
That Top 50 chart was all over the place musically - Frijid Pink, Mary Hopkin, Radha Krishna Temple, Simon & Garfunkel and Lee Marvin? That must have been from Paint Your Wagon. I don't think he had a hit in the States with it.
I saw 'Lee Marvin' and knew Liberty Valance couldn't sing, had to be another dude...))
I understand what you mean. Another way to describe it would be diverse - and nothing wrong with that.
Three Dog Night Live Álbum is the one to have
In my opinion, The Who were much better than Free. Yes, I've said it. Alright Now, after hearing it God knows how many times over the years bores me.
The Who Sell Out, Live at Leeds, Whos Next and Quadrophenia. Amazing albums.
I love Free but I agree, the Who were a superior band.
Not even close!
'The singer probably doesn't even like it himself'. Hahahaha
That was brilliant! 😆 good old Roger - no filter.
Like everyone else l was amazed how he dismissed "All right now" and Free as Liberace when it came to be one of the best rock anthems of all time. Shame on you, Roger!
Think the Who played it live so it must have grown on him
Daltrey dismisses Alright Now and then The Who end up playing it at the encores of some of their 1970 shows, go figure.
It must have grown on him.
Arethas tenor solo was a real downer...a real bum trip man !
I agree with most people here, he definitely got it wrong about Free. All right Now is a classic rock song but I prefer Join Together With The Band by um...oh heck, what was the group's name? Nope, can't remember. It's gone.
3:14 - is that graham bond.
Thinks All Right Now won't do anything (Liberace?); says CSN frst Lp was poor?; doesn't think Aretha's Let It Be is any good...... Roger, Roger, Roger....sigh.