Matovina's book Without You: The Tragic Story Of Badfinger is brilliant. HIS book is allegedly why VH-1 did this doc. I hope it gets reissued so many of you get to read it. He has been quoted he thought this documentary was just o.k. and should have been more hard-hitting. Maybe another one will get done some day.
Yes, Dan wrote one heck of a book. He just sent me a 2nd copy of Without You: The Tragic Story Of Badfinger. It's so difficult to read the end without crying and it took him over 25 years to write it. I totally agree with you. The legendary Badfinger should be honored in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. It is certainly long overdo.
I have that marvellous book and it tells the story far better than this documentary can - that is not to say this a lousy doco at all , it's just the Americanisation and air of commercialism into every single revelation gets on my tits ... The evil fucking management who destroyed these fine young lives should all fry in hell in perpetuity..... I bet a lot of people are unaware that Nilsson's big hit 'WITHOUT YOU' was a Pete Ham song.
@@merlinidlehands3302 Don't know the answer to that Merlin...In hindsight something should have been done.. It's similar to the prick who fleeced The Small Faces and I presume there are loads more cases where some arsehole took advantage of the bands/artists who had made them wealthy in the first place... Luckily there are people who genuinely care for the artists they represent , but in the hustle and bustle of the late sixties music scene there were those who saw the opening for a quick thousand bucks / quid and trampled all over those who slaved away at their behest.
I'm 18 and I got into Badfinger at 10 years old. I own all their albums and interview Bob Jackson once. I love Badfinger. I wish more people liked them.
my friend's dad promoted a few of their shows and said these were the nicest guys and he said was such a tragedy - they were great talented musicians who got screwed big time
pete ham's brother john ham, owned a shop in swansea's city centre back in the 60's and my father, also being one of wales's top musician knew him and was really good mates with him. My fathers other mate was also led zeppelins roadie. So much interesting stuff and some of the biggest and best bands in the world came from swansea. Im extremely proud to also be a Musician myself. Swansea all the way. and im only 18 years old
Shame! Shame! Shame! what their manager done to them ...LOST, 2 of the best t singers by their own hand....even the drummer is dead at 56...what a crying shame. this band was so talented.....God Bless Them,
my dad lived up the road from Pete ham in the 70s this is pop saddest story I have ever heard Pete and Tommy would have been wealthy men now only because of Stan polley greed they are not here now
The only justice is nobody remembers or cares who that guy was and his legacy,if anything,is greed and slime but many people around the world remember and love those songs. I didn't even say the guy's name because fuck him
Their Album " Straight Up" has always been in my Top 5! Loved them! I did love Todd`s work with them though..The song`s were much better than the original`s.
I found this story so compelling I went on eBay to get Dan Matovina's Book about Badfinger. What an incredibly talented group of guys. Pete Ham & Tom Evans would have become the Lennon-McCartney for a new generation. I just got the Very Best of Badfinger CD and have been listening over and over at the Gym. Incredibly moving and poignant music. Now if we could only get VH1 to make the DVD available.
The two Badfinger👥 were not bound for glory....They were very much talented❣ but there was in them a feebleness, or just not enough 'nerve' to push their way through💪...I still cry 😢when I hear their master piece"Without you❤" and "Baby Blu💙" !. I hope we will find them again, in another time, another try, in a better,🙏 joyful condition🌻🔥✨💋
This makes me cry. I play guitar for yrs and I can't imagine they were fucked around so much. That's the word I'm using because that's what it was. They have some beautiful songs.
Paul McCartney is just the king of understatements,John's "it's a drag",Pete Ham suicide "no need",Mark David Chapman "the jerk of all jerks". Easy Paul,you don't need to use such strong language. I knew Hitler was rude to Eva Braun in that bunker but you don't have to point it out to everyone
sandra mcpherson No need to be ashamed. Even one of the sound guys in the studio said he'd have to look over and make sure that it wasn't one of the Beatles singing. It's perfectly understandable. They idolized the Beatles and they were the first band signed by Apple records. Their first hit was written by Paul, George played on and produced some songs. So it's really no wonder they would sound like the Beatles. A great example of that is try listening to the band The Knickerbockers and their song "lies", most would bet the farm saying they were listening to the Beatles.
“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.” Hunter S. Thompson
Thank god this is finally on youtube: THANK YOU RIP sweet angels Pete and Tom and Mike! "HE SAID... I'M GONNA KILL MESELF!" - a tasteful contribution from Joey!
God, PETE had the most beautiful voice! The closest to his mentor Paul McCartney Ive EVER heard!!! YOU FEEL THE PAIN in his voice in "Day after Day" Does anyone know what girl broke his heart????
jethro, great to hear bout another young badfinger fan who found this great band even though they were at their peak before you were born, they just keep coming as the years pass, new music is seldom the best,nice story young man,
So far, this is amazing! I can't wait to watch the rest- this completely made my day! Even though I am a very new Badfinger fan, I've been waiting for something like this for that long! Thanks!!!!
its great to see some belated recognition for one of this country,s greatest ever bands who really were that good,,cream always rises to the top and is currently undergoing some kind of belated rebirth for want of a better word,
Such a great band. You hear about bad management and contracts that burn the band, but no one ever learns who these crooks are. Do other bands hear of their deceitful ways? Do we know who those people are?
What a tragedy; thanks for your posting, I was unaware of many of the difficult undercurrents beneath these talents until viewing this. Their music lives on.
When my family and I first saw this in the late 90s, we went to Best Buy the next day and bought their album. This will always be one of my fave episodes of Behind the Music.
What a bloody tragedy. This makes me so angry. Did anyone ever go after the thief who stole their money and pushed him over the edge… This story should be told and their families and remaining members paid.
THANKS SO MUCH, AS MY ALL TIME FAVE GROUP, AS SAD AS IT TURNED OUT TO BE, IS GOOD TO SEE THEM BEING RECOGNIZED AND APPRECIATED. Scott Jensen, chek out my Baby Blue tribute
oh this brings make memores they were brilliant ,,,thanks sunsets xxxhugs to you both m,,,,,,,,,,,shame!! i remember my first disoc dances to their songs,,,,,,,,beautiful xxxxbabs
It’s the B-side of the come and get it single. The first single. I played it over and over when I was a kid probably the first hard rock song I got used to. Eventually I liked it better than the A side
WOW , that song at around 1;20 ..I've heard it before and its awesome. I didnt know this band ..HOW ? They were excellent n wow Macca wrote their 1st hit....omg the Beatles are a music machine n da BEST =)
@robharding1957 I'm 28 and I love Badfinger (though I didn't get a chance to interview anybody from the band). I, too, am saddened that more attention is not paid.
Sad tale of natural musical greatness ruined by greed...the girl was right...we did lose innocence. Betryal once again stops greatness. Yet, their music lives on.
Well Pete, Amy Winehouse is coming to see you guys right now. The Club of 27 is Rockin in Heaven Today! ~ R.I.P. Pete, Jimi, Jim, Janis, Amy and others.
@milesofsmiles2 at least lynyrd sknyrd were never broke, and they were very succesful, but that airplane accident was one of the most tragic incicdents in music history.
Badfinger was such a great band should have been one of the greatest there there songs are timeless same day had such a bad manager If Only They had the manager of the stones and The Moody Blues they would have been some kind of band to behold you'll always be remembered
Paul has a cheek ring on her and being so cheery. Couldn’t he and his band mates have helped them out business wise and financially? Does Paul have anything to say??
I agree! They most certainly deserve their place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. If it weren't for the evil and corrupt manager, Polley (sp?), they would have probably remained with Apple and had brilliantly productive musical careers. ❤❤❤❤❤
According to Wikipedia, Polley died on July 20, 2009. Let us all rejoice. Hopefully somewhere in some smoky hell his eyeballs and testicles are roasting slow and hot.
i am a year older than pete daughter but this band were amazing shame they did'nt get their money and the suicides of pete and tommy the younger generation needs to hear this band music
Oh and anybody who reads this, go and find Dan Matovina's bio on Badfinger. It's the only book on Badfinger. Could use an update with the deaths of Mike Gibbins and Joey Molland's wife, Kathy.
Matovina's book Without You: The Tragic Story Of Badfinger is brilliant. HIS book is allegedly why VH-1 did this doc. I hope it gets reissued so many of you get to read it. He has been quoted he thought this documentary was just o.k. and should have been more hard-hitting. Maybe another one will get done some day.
Yes, Dan wrote one heck of a book. He just sent me a 2nd copy of Without You: The Tragic Story Of Badfinger. It's so difficult to read the end without crying and it took him over 25 years to write it. I totally agree with you. The legendary Badfinger should be honored in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. It is certainly long overdo.
I have that marvellous book and it tells the story far better than this documentary can - that is not to say this a lousy doco at all , it's just the Americanisation and air of commercialism into every single revelation gets on my tits ... The evil fucking management who destroyed these fine young lives should all fry in hell in perpetuity..... I bet a lot of people are unaware that Nilsson's big hit 'WITHOUT YOU' was a Pete Ham song.
@@EnosEverything why didnt Paul step in and sue the record company of Badfinger?
@@merlinidlehands3302 Don't know the answer to that Merlin...In hindsight something should have been done.. It's similar to the prick who fleeced The Small Faces and I presume there are loads more cases where some arsehole took advantage of the bands/artists who had made them wealthy in the first place... Luckily there are people who genuinely care for the artists they represent , but in the hustle and bustle of the late sixties music scene there were those who saw the opening for a quick thousand bucks / quid and trampled all over those who slaved away at their behest.
@@EnosEverything thank you for getting back with me
Badfinger should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
without a doubt
+David Ball YEAH,ALONG TIME AGO,GO FIGURE
Very Beatles like band only an American band ....
No doubt. I never knew who was behind these songs that I loved until now. I assumed it was just a bunch if one-hit wonders, not ONE band! Stunning.
I absolutely agree...breaks my heart remembering what happened to the band 💔
This is the most underrated band ever. They never made it big but should have.
It wasn't " bad " management, it was
" criminal " management .
Bad finger could have been one of the greatest bands ever ever their songs are timeless they'll never be forgotten
Tbh they never were as good as on their Apple debut
The saddest story ever in the history of music. Brings a tear to my eyes and I am 54!
I'm 18 and I got into Badfinger at 10 years old. I own all their albums and interview Bob Jackson once. I love Badfinger. I wish more people liked them.
Here in Ireland,I have liked them since they hit the charts....still do now i am 70!!!
Better than 98% of the bands (now).
my friend's dad promoted a few of their shows and said these were the nicest guys and he said was such a tragedy - they were great talented musicians who got screwed big time
We don't get bands like this anymore.
They were the 1st band I ever saw in concert. It was in Chicago. I also bought & loved their album 'Straight Up '. Such a sad ending to a great band.
The most underrated band I ever seen
pete ham's brother john ham, owned a shop in swansea's city centre back in the 60's and my father, also being one of wales's top musician knew him and was really good mates with him. My fathers other mate was also led zeppelins roadie. So much interesting stuff and some of the biggest and best bands in the world came from swansea. Im extremely proud to also be a Musician myself. Swansea all the way. and im only 18 years old
I was a fourteen yr old girl when come and get it was released. It was such feel good music. It was happy music.
I loved them then, I love them now
Love, and Tom Evans sings like an angel.
R I P,, Pete, TOM, and MIKE, legends, period.
Shame! Shame! Shame! what their manager done to them ...LOST, 2 of the best t singers by their own hand....even the drummer is dead at 56...what a crying shame. this band was so talented.....God Bless Them,
Mike Gibbins died in October 2005.
my dad lived up the road from Pete ham in the 70s this is pop saddest story I have ever heard Pete and Tommy would have been wealthy men now only because of Stan polley greed they are not here now
I almost didn't want to watch this after the first two minutes,it's tragic
The only justice is nobody remembers or cares who that guy was and his legacy,if anything,is greed and slime but many people around the world remember and love those songs. I didn't even say the guy's name because fuck him
Their Album " Straight Up" has always been in my Top 5! Loved them! I did love Todd`s work with them though..The song`s were much better than the original`s.
I found this story so compelling I went on eBay to get Dan Matovina's Book about Badfinger.
What an incredibly talented group of guys.
Pete Ham & Tom Evans would have become the Lennon-McCartney for a new generation.
I just got the Very Best of Badfinger CD and have been listening over and over at the Gym.
Incredibly moving and poignant music.
Now if we could only get VH1 to make the DVD available.
Make me feel sick. Great Band. Great people. Stinkin shame.
R. I. P. Pete, Tom and Mike, God bless you!
Thank You for posting this Documentary, Julie!!!!
The two Badfinger👥 were not bound for glory....They were very much talented❣ but there was in them a feebleness, or just not enough 'nerve' to push their way through💪...I still cry 😢when I hear their master piece"Without you❤" and "Baby Blu💙" !. I hope we will find them again, in another time, another try, in a better,🙏 joyful condition🌻🔥✨💋
This makes me cry. I play guitar for yrs and I can't imagine they were fucked around so much. That's the word I'm using because that's what it was. They have some beautiful songs.
Paul McCartney is just the king of understatements,John's "it's a drag",Pete Ham suicide "no need",Mark David Chapman "the jerk of all jerks". Easy Paul,you don't need to use such strong language. I knew Hitler was rude to Eva Braun in that bunker but you don't have to point it out to everyone
Thanks for posting. I have had the video for years from VHI Behind the scenes. One of my fave bands while in high school. Still cry when I watch this.
greatness in abundance,
Quality comment from a man who understands great music.
I grew up in the 60's and I am ashamed to say that I thought some of Badfingers songs was the Beatles!!
sandra mcpherson
No need to be ashamed. Even one of the sound guys in the studio said he'd have to look over and make sure that it wasn't one of the Beatles singing. It's perfectly understandable. They idolized the Beatles and they were the first band signed by Apple records. Their first hit was written by Paul, George played on and produced some songs.
So it's really no wonder they would sound like the Beatles. A great example of that is try listening to the band The Knickerbockers and their song "lies", most would bet the farm saying they were listening to the Beatles.
Great, great songs, lovely harmonies, killer rock guitar sounds and tones. Songs that would catch your ear immediately.
“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.”
Hunter S. Thompson
Even without attributing the quote to anyone I think a lot of people would've known who said it;)
Thank god this is finally on youtube: THANK YOU
RIP sweet angels Pete and Tom and Mike!
"HE SAID... I'M GONNA KILL MESELF!"
- a tasteful contribution from Joey!
God, PETE had the most beautiful voice! The closest to his mentor Paul McCartney Ive EVER heard!!! YOU FEEL THE PAIN in his voice in "Day after Day" Does anyone know what girl broke his heart????
Yes. A beautiful song.
been waiting for a doc to show up here on youtube...thank goodness...thank you so so so much !
jethro, great to hear bout another young badfinger fan who found this great band even though they were at their peak before you were born, they just keep coming as the years pass, new music is seldom the best,nice story young man,
There are many Stan Polleys in this world and musicians seem to be fertile ground for them.
So far, this is amazing!
I can't wait to watch the rest- this completely made my day!
Even though I am a very new Badfinger fan, I've been waiting for something like this for that long!
Thanks!!!!
its great to see some belated recognition for one of this country,s greatest ever bands who really were that good,,cream always rises to the top and is currently undergoing some kind of belated rebirth for want of a better word,
Such a great band. You hear about bad management and contracts that burn the band, but no one ever learns who these crooks are. Do other bands hear of their deceitful ways? Do we know who those people are?
Pretty sad.
I loved "Straight Up' when I was a kid.
One of the first albums that I ever bought.
Such a sad and tradgic band with great music r.i.p
i am looking fordward to seeing it, i just discovered this group...
I bought their records and adored them. Baby Blue was my favorite of all and I had that on a 45. This is a sad story.
Yes! Thanks for putting this up. Haven't seen this is years. Great band, sad story.
What a tragedy; thanks for your posting, I was unaware of many of the difficult undercurrents beneath these talents until viewing this. Their music lives on.
When my family and I first saw this in the late 90s, we went to Best Buy the next day and bought their album. This will always be one of my fave episodes of Behind the Music.
Pete & Tommy remind me of two halves, of one heart❤
What a bloody tragedy. This makes me so angry.
Did anyone ever go after the thief who stole their money and pushed him over the edge… This story should be told and their families and remaining members paid.
this is a pretty good documentary, but I also recommend the Dan Matavina book.... they were an amazingly talented band
I LOVE you for posting this!! Have been searching everywhere. :D
Thanks so much for sharing this.
BADFINGER !! A WONDERFUL GROUP BUT A VERY, VERY TRAGIC ENDING, R.I.P. PETE, TOM, MICKY AND KEEP YOUR MUSIC ALIVE JOEY, GOD BLESS.
Great Doc, about Badfinger.
Great band,we saw them several times in Indy,too bad it turned out the way it did!
Great, great, great band!
@1969MustangMACH1 You got that! I can't believe that more people don't know about Badfinger.
THANKS SO MUCH, AS MY ALL TIME FAVE GROUP, AS SAD AS IT TURNED OUT TO BE, IS GOOD TO SEE THEM BEING RECOGNIZED AND APPRECIATED.
Scott Jensen, chek out my Baby Blue tribute
oh this brings make memores they were brilliant ,,,thanks sunsets xxxhugs to you both m,,,,,,,,,,,shame!! i remember my first disoc dances to their songs,,,,,,,,beautiful xxxxbabs
@Nathan G.....the song is called "Rock Of All Ages" and csn be found on "Music From The Magic Christian" as well as "The Very Best Of Badfinger".
can.... sorry.
This song is called "Rock of All Ages"....it's on their first album, Magic Christian Music, as well as on some compilations.
It’s the B-side of the come and get it single. The first single. I played it over and over when I was a kid probably the first hard rock song I got used to. Eventually I liked it better than the A side
Cool. Great footage. Buy the book Without You: The Tragic Story Of Badfinger to really flesh it all out. You'll be in tears...
A SG and a HIWATT amp in the hands of Pete Ham...magic
I remember them well. Too bad what happened to them. I always wondered where they went. Sad.
WOW , that song at around 1;20 ..I've heard it before and its awesome. I didnt know this band ..HOW ? They were excellent n wow Macca wrote their 1st hit....omg the Beatles are a music machine n da BEST =)
Great band with great songs pete ham lived in surrey
@robharding1957 I'm 28 and I love Badfinger (though I didn't get a chance to interview anybody from the band). I, too, am saddened that more attention is not paid.
thanx SO MUCH for uploading!!!
Thank you so much for posting this!!
Whats the song at 3:42 ? Sounds awesome! Great doc, great band, tragic story.
It's unforgivable that Badfinger got such a shitty manager who refused to help the band flourish.
Jason Carpp he got his justice
+Jason Carpp MANAGE BY STAN POLLY,SATIN HIMSELF
I've heard of him. He was the worst manager ever. He was worst than Satan. :(
Yeah Ian Ferguson said it all Great people, sad ending. And he knew them well.
Host: 'And you're?" Joey: "Stoned" Haha! Just classic.
Couldn't this good band have thought up a better name for itself????
great eye opener for the uneducated badfinger fans,cracking documentary,,
Sad tale of natural musical greatness ruined by greed...the girl was right...we did lose innocence. Betryal once again stops greatness. Yet, their music lives on.
I love these guys!
hi there smacks220,nice to hear from you,you do have impeccable taste,,cheerio,,badfinger,,legends
Well Pete, Amy Winehouse is coming to see you guys right now.
The Club of 27 is Rockin in Heaven Today!
~
R.I.P. Pete, Jimi, Jim, Janis, Amy and others.
This music is available on iTunes.
@milesofsmiles2 at least lynyrd sknyrd were never broke, and they were very succesful, but that airplane accident was one of the most tragic incicdents in music history.
Thankyou for posting!!!
I miss this vh1
Bill Collins in his younger years looks very much like his son in his later years.
Badfinger was such a great band should have been one of the greatest there there songs are timeless same day had such a bad manager If Only They had the manager of the stones and The Moody Blues they would have been some kind of band to behold you'll always be remembered
Paul has a cheek ring on her and being so cheery. Couldn’t he and his band mates have helped them out business wise and financially? Does Paul have anything to say??
Great, great, great Band!
Great, thanks for sharing.,
I agree! They most certainly deserve their place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. If it weren't for the evil and corrupt manager, Polley (sp?), they would have probably remained with Apple and had brilliantly productive musical careers. ❤❤❤❤❤
I wonder why Paul McCarthy and Apple didn't follow through and help them with someone like Brian Epstein to guide their careers?
According to Wikipedia, Polley died on July 20, 2009. Let us all rejoice. Hopefully somewhere in some smoky hell his eyeballs and testicles are roasting slow and hot.
Tell me you don`t wanna f****n melt soon as you hear "Day After Day", especially the very beginnin!
made my day
If anyone made a movie about Badfinger, this would be the most sadist story ever for "Real Life". Not the so called shit they put on tv right now.
My thought also!
Bsdfinger were truly dealt a Bad Hand
i am a year older than pete daughter but this band were amazing shame they did'nt get their money and the suicides of pete and tommy the younger generation needs to hear this band music
Rock of All Ages
Oh and anybody who reads this, go and find Dan Matovina's bio on Badfinger. It's the only book on Badfinger. Could use an update with the deaths of Mike Gibbins and Joey Molland's wife, Kathy.
Why aren`t they in the Rock and Roll hall of Fame?