Definitely drove a few mama's and papa's insane

Remember the Truth paper even into the early 80sNZ was very conservative in those days and wasn't used to bands like the Pretty Things,Rolling Stones-Tommy Adderley made some good records(I just don't understand,Good Morning Mr Rock and Roll) as did the Chicks(The Rebel kind) who well remembered the Pretty Things tour according to info our local band The Underdogs were just as wild during that time as the PT causing mayhem wherever they went Auckland New Zealand 2024

I love The Seeds, thank you Yesterday Papers.❤

I love The Seeds, thank you Yesterday Papers.❤

The Who and Small Faces were BANNED from Australia in 1967 for the behaviour on planes and on stage! Two of my fave bands from my [British] mother's youth growing up in Australia. She is 69, my [British] partner is 74 and I'm [Australian] and 40! ❤😂 Love The Chicks!

Great video, wonderful songs.

Jan Savage 10 years before Vicious and Rotten.

Who was his management at the time he came to believe they were aliens? Asking for a friend.

Best Song ever in the History of RnR, I cant explain how Great Shakin All Over is. L❤VE it.

The Prettys are a great band. Amazing singles like Come see me, Midnight to Six Man and Rosalyn. Emotions is underrated . Get the Picture and SF Sorrow are their finest albums.

It's still 25 years behind the times

NZ is not like this anymore. It's only about fifteen years behind the rest of the world now... 😱

Naughty boys!

IDK, those beautiful NZ streets in 65 look like heaven. I'd trade a hundred "Pretty Things" for that. Everything's turned to sh.t, hasn't it?

But why does the guy quoting the paper have a faux Aussie accent? Not kiwi at akl....

Ah The Truth. Always a shit tabloid. My granddad used to read it avidly.

I don't care how long their hair was, there was no reason for the snide remarks about them to be considered women by the New Zealand press. Love the footage of The Pretty Things performing "Rosalyn" Live which is still my favorite song by the group and one of my all time favorites.

Pretty Things were early punks

I never realised that New Zealand was such a shithole during the 60's. Suella 'Full Fash' Braverman would approve 🤣

Australia was just as bad, if not worse in the 1960s. Morons in all levels of society destroying their architectural heritage. Accusations of homosexuality for anyone who showed immagination. 5-6PM races to get drunk as possible. Nazi haircuts. Women and men segregated at social gatherings. Race track bookies for politicians. Police corruption. The Prime Minister annouces he "wiil go ALL THE WAY with LBJ. not realising what that meant in American slang. In the 1960s, Australia was as insular as any penal settlement. I couldn't wait to escape.

Thanx for posting this episode. I had the chance to meet Dick and Phil, a few years ago, real nice guys, so humble. Rest in peace, Phil May.

I can't say that I ever understood the appeal of Marc Bolan, I even had his early acoustic albums, but I did but TRex. Probably because Flo & Eddie sang on some of them. But there's no denying that Bolan knew his stuff when it came to this Blind Date session. Feel it was probably the worst thing that Elvin Bishop (aka Pigboy Crabshaw) recorded. I did/do like quite a bit despite an ever changing lineup. But the singles charts seem like an embarrassment after thos of the 60s. I loved the whole of Death Walks Behind You by Atomic Rooster (Tomorrow Night still grabs my ears), but what was happening that loaded the British album charts with Simon and Garfunkel? Once again, only in my opinion of course, the Blind Date session was way more interesting than the charts were in the 70s.But Boilan's musical intelligence mad a worthy episode.

Interesting video as usual, I'm a Pretty things fan

For all his wonderfulness, John could be a bit of a knob

“They can’t sing…”, comment sold me with The Pretty Things. Another band to hunt down.

May 1967 - my eightieth birthday. Great times to be alive.

LOVE it im 38 but this is my era..Ray didn’t get enough worldwide success compared to Beatles considering his talent..that irked him..so he vented here

I always had the idea it was Phil May who got beaten to shit by a pro. I learned a lot from this vid. You can actually see the visual similarity between Viv and Keith's playing.

Error on the US Top 10 -- "Nowhere Man" is by The Beatles, not Simon and Garfunkel.

I love the Stones 60s stuff. Whilst the style and approach does seem very dated it always sounds very fresh to me. The performances are very real and not over processed and planned.

I don't know what drugs The Pretty Things were on, but if they got banned from this so-called "New Zealand" they must have had the good stuff. I mean come on, "New Zealand" next thing you're gonna tell me that there is "Unicorns" or "Elves" or that "Paul McCartney didn't die in that car crash."

That natty animal print pill box hat was stolen from one of the women sent along to look out for the safety of the Chicks ?

Wasn't it Sandie Shaw that totally shafted The Smiths on that cover of their song 'Hand in Glove'? :0/

More banned members than band members. :0)

They really did make The Stones look like choirboys. They issued the first ever concept album-"S.F.Sorrow! Then they ended up in "The Monster Club"!!

The Pretty Things, who consciously tried to outdo The Stones in épater les bourgeois outrageousness in the '63-'66 period, are criminally underrated, and had little exposure here in The States. Dick Taylor had of course been a mate of Mick and Keith's in the early days and a member of The Stones in their nestling period of 1962 before they had a stable lineup. Their 1968 rock opera "S.F. Sorrow," preceding the release of The Who's "Tommy" by several months, was a seminal event in rock history, but their early work is important as well. The PTs broke up in the late 2010s after one final farewell tour. (RIP Phil May 1944-2020). Thank you again, YP!

I wish they were still around. Fantastic band.

They should make an independent movie about this tour in New Zealand which featured The Pretty Things, Sandie Shaw, etc. Have Gemma Arterton play Sandie Shaw for a start, not sure who you could have play members of The Pretty Things. As for the director, get Richard Curtis, the same one who directed Pirate Radio.

I wonder if their records sold well among kids in NZ after this?

Viv Prince was allegedly thrown out of the Hells Angels for being a bit too hectic.

Love Ray but jealousy shines through here.

Your channel is amazing..I’m shocked you watch that cult ‘tv show’. Utter horror show. Thanks buddy love your video of Ray Davies slamming Revolver.

This was a very good month!

Amazing documentary with great footage.

Thanks for covering this one :) NZ Pretty Things fan here. They weren't 'banned for life though. If they had been, I wouldn't have been able to see the Pretty Things perform at the Powerstation in Auckland in 2012. And their show was off the scale. :D

I'm pretty sure that there's still plenty of cars in NZ that still run on wooden wheels.

Interesting slice of when rock still could outrage. The Who and SF tour of Oz and NZ would make a good vid also.

Thank god this ban saved so many kiwi souls from a life of dabauchery and otherwise downright terrible behaviour!

Or "Hick NZ boomers meet punk's first band".

First time hearing a lot of their material, pretty good actually, no pun intended. I've often read their name multiple occasions, but never listened.