Love the Pete Thomas close-ups. He steals the show at times.
@lewisc2152 жыл бұрын
No he doesn't
@lewisc215 Жыл бұрын
BS
@tjmertz11 жыл бұрын
So intense. I saw them about 6 or 7 times '77 & '78, more than a couple from the front rows and this clip really captures the intensity. It seemed like Elvis and the band were signing playing for their lives. Changed my life.
@fortressofdesire12 жыл бұрын
That 3 pickup Jaguar Elvis is rocking is beautiful.
@blehoo14 жыл бұрын
Seen him half a dozen times. Truly one of Britain's finest. First show was in 1984 - the Goodbye Cruel World tour. Elvis such amazing energy and so theatrical. The Attractions - what an incredible band.
@DrJTG15 жыл бұрын
My first Elvis Album 1977 $5 My second Elvis Album 1978 $6 Front row with all "my best men" the night of my bachelors party for Elvis's return tour in 2002 ...Priceless.
@alainmilette718210 жыл бұрын
I am inspired that there is hope for raw live music with real words!
@staywellandstrong41992 жыл бұрын
The drama and nuances of "Watching the Detectives" is an amorous and fantastic delve into love's "The Twilight Zone." Spectacular execution.
@simfaithguitar16 жыл бұрын
Anyone agree that EC and the Attractions, The Clash, and others in that era saved us from the horrors of soft rock and disco in the 70's?
@staywellandstrong41992 жыл бұрын
Years-worth of radio's flavor-of-the-month had nothing on this.
@lewisc2152 жыл бұрын
who gives a damn about soft rock, fool?
@lewisc215 Жыл бұрын
Only a moron would even talk about Disco.
@lewisc215 Жыл бұрын
Comparisons are idiotic, child
@lewisc215 Жыл бұрын
nonsense
@beast_boy976 жыл бұрын
At first I wanted to say Pete's incredible solo goes from 2:28 to 3:28, but honestly he kills it the whole way through the song, especially from 1:48 onwards.
@bob4analog12 жыл бұрын
Why have well over 6 million views from those lousy rap/hip-hop vids when you can have 7+ thousand AWSOME views from EC & TA that actually mean something. Pete, Bruce & Steve - these guys were so absolutely awsome, very tight! Even gave bands like Return to Forever a run for the money. And Declan MacManus (AKA, EC), what a songwriter and frontman! This is an awsome vid. Thanx for posting it!
@effzee12 жыл бұрын
were standards simply so high "back then" that we underappeciated the musical talent that was flowing over us? We just thought it was fun and never would have compared EC and TA to a group like Return to Forever, but listening and watching this now, older and more knowledgeable of music in general, well, I'm more blown away than I was in '78 - my God how things have changed, for the worse.
@ballhawk3876 жыл бұрын
Interesting you mention that, because though I've grown much more musically jaded and difficult to impress, I'm also all the more blown away by this show. I've come to realize this is once in a generation, if not once in a century, greatness. There is a lot of very good new stuff out there if one digs deep enough, but this is another level of awesome!
@Warrogue16 жыл бұрын
I didn't underappreciate that era; I was dizzy with excitement as one amazing new band after another broke out. There is some great music today, but even on the college alt. radio station, 9 of 10 songs they play are just meh. Probably, like you, I am more musically jaded & harder to impress. Even today's better stuff can't compare to the best of the late '70s.
@staywellandstrong41992 жыл бұрын
While today's music is starting to rev up again to newer heights - let these performances give musicians hope and inspire them to keep to their standards in perpetuity. Their knowing audiences are fervently waiting.
@shadowplay28012 жыл бұрын
seen these guys academy of music nyc, wow what a live band.
@gtf26484 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing them at the Trocadero in Philly in 78. Armed Forces wasn't out yet but they were playing songs from it. Elvis got a lot of bad press back then, usually because of his short sets. He was definitely an "Angry Young Man" in those days
@gilleschampoud6677 Жыл бұрын
My favourite version
@thedeliberatemyth10 ай бұрын
Brilliant. And not a mistake.
@roxicastro112 жыл бұрын
ice bucket for bruces fingers
@avatar200514 жыл бұрын
The strange thing about his early tours like this one was that although the album had just come out in early 1978, Elvis is already playing songs off of the following album ARMED FORCES. I remember seeing this show in NYC and wondering what all these completely different songs he was playing were off of Armed Forces when his THIS YEARS MODEL had only been released two weeks earlier!
@bettyfelon113 жыл бұрын
My God, Elvis, you are hot in every sense of the word!
@kathysewell82625 жыл бұрын
Totally awesome band - little Pete Thomas - fantastic!
@user-hu7en6ur9g5 ай бұрын
seen them academy of music nyc, what a tight awesome live band.
@christiaanvannoppen560310 ай бұрын
Woah! Quite a different break than the one on the album. Love it.
@kd5txo13 жыл бұрын
"but he can't be wounded because he's got no heart" = Mickey Spillane = Mike Hammer
@PaulCassidyOrchestrations13 жыл бұрын
fuking wicked! i forgot how much elvis sweats
@mikeloto86425 ай бұрын
El baterista en el minuto 02:40 empieza a hacer magia
@gary10uk Жыл бұрын
On the Drums " I said on the Drums Mr Pete Thomas "
@gazlee32085 жыл бұрын
Big influence on Madness here I reckon, I do know that Mike Barson got the idea for "My girl" from listening to "Watching the detectives.".
@kd5txo13 жыл бұрын
SWEAT = Honesty
@john84514 ай бұрын
Except for Donald Trump! 😂🤣😂
@cameroncooper41752 жыл бұрын
Took them a verse and a bit to synch up their tempos... Understandable all things considered.
I disagree. "Red dogs"= Red Docs aka Doctor Martens..the Red Shoes!
@willclark29902 жыл бұрын
red dog is a beer company no?
@kd5txo2 жыл бұрын
@@Flametamer9 You are partially right. "dogs" in the UK refers to shoes. In the USA, "dogs" can refer to feet "My dogs are killing me!!" means that my feet are hurting. So, in this case, "red dogs" means red shoes.
@Flametamer92 жыл бұрын
@@kd5txo I'm inclined to think that the lyric refers to red Dr. Martens