Colosseum II - Desperado (HQ Audio - BBC Sight And Sound 1978)

Colosseum II performance of "Desperado" in BBC Sight And Sound show, dubbed with master audio recording from the same show!

[@ianorourke4195]

Gary F'N Moore...One of the true masters of the guitar. Totally unreal, and way, way before the huge shredder surge of the 80's. RIP.

[@robsco1249]

Incredible drumming...he is one of the greatest and most underrated drummers in history. Anyway every musician here is superb.

[@edwindantes539]

Gary was UNREAL and so underappreciated.

[@squizza28]

And Don Airey is a true master of the synth! It's that that gave Colosseum 2 its characterisitic spacey sound

[@lawrencedavis5459]

My god Gary was always an incredible guitarist but some of this stuff is just mind blowing...no one can touch him!

[@markwajdeman7118]

COLOSSEUM ll : Jon Hiseman - drums Don Airey - keys, synth Gary Moore - guitar John Mole - bass

[@ukpeacheater]

Sadly, only Don Airey still with us.

[@alancollard8939]

you watched the best of moore working with one of the finest drummers ,the underated jon hiseman , both are unreal

[@ukpeacheater]

He wasn't under-rated at the time of this recording, he was very highly rated.

[@oobenoob]

@@ukpeacheaterpeople on youtube throw underrated around like confetti.

[@nazzare79]

Incredible drumming.

[@Metalltool]

I love this characteristic sound of the Peter Green Les Paul. Yet it wouldn't have that magic without Moores godlike playing and phrasing

[@MrEnsiferum77]

0:45 is actually how later Maiden write their intro riff for the song Invaders from Number of the Beast

[@oobenoob]

Coincidence I would say. I can’t imagine early maiden being aware of much colosseum ii, even though individually the players were well known.

[@Garbleon]

3.42 ''strange distortion sounding" bass solo a couple of years before Cliff Burton.

[@markrobinson8410]

gary moore was one of the best guitarist ever, check out blues for jimi also.

[@iancrombie8862]

I taped this off the rsdio..wss totslly blown awsy,when i listened to it back!!

[@turloghobrien8172]

One Gary to rule them all.

[@moussetache1815]

Yes, definitely one of the very first shredders. Holy shit I had almost forgotten this video. I was stoned out of my mind the first time I watched it at a friend's house.

[@spartanx5806]

good stuff!!

[@PrinceEnki2112]

All of these guys are in the pocket but John Mole is on a class of his own!

[@Titanboru]

I think Steve Harris of Iron Maiden liked this song. Intro to 'Invaders' off 'The Number of the Beast', check it out. Gary Moore - Irish legend...:)

[@GBCR]

Beat me to it!!!

[@Andy-hh7nl]

Sounds like Al DiMeola. He must have been listening to RTF.

[@shatnershairpiece]

Gary moved with the times quite well, dumping styles and bands like someone changing underwear. Blues, rock, fusion, 80’s metal, and back to blues. Ironically, his most ill suited style, blues, was his most successful period. Found everything after 1990 incredibly boring. Gary was a great rock player, but blues he wasn’t.

[@MrClassicmetal]

Which is why he played those hard rock and metal solos when he played those songs from his blues albums. I agree man, this pre blues era material was much more exciting.

[@chrisbarlow2131]

The blues bores me generally.

[@Mr01081960]

Jazz rock di alta classe signori

[@obscurebandfan]

just remember guys Gary's playing wound g heavy ass strings here

[@Alex000113]

Wow thats a surprise... Gary Moore playing in a prog rock band. Probably influenced his later work. Good music for that time (eg ELP, Camel, JohnMcLaughlin), weird disco lighting and dance moves.

[@gyarmatizmus]

A little bit of Mahavishnu-feeling, it isn't?

[@gyarmatizmus]

@@backrowbrighton ok but it isn't the worst :D

[@user-yw8wv2xw2g]

Hard rock Bruford

[@fareedaramdial7000]

when gary did progressive

[@jameswahengbam-uv6ez]

I like dis bassist....... Name plzz

[@ukpeacheater]

John Mole. Sadly passed away around 18 years ago.

[@M123OCT]

This is music that takes time to know - it's just not a first-time type of track. The people complaining about it being a song going nowhere or a shred-fest are clearly used to simpler music, chewing-gum crap with instant hooks, designed for the brain-dead listener of 2022.

[@paulbuxton1326]

Can’t see Clapton or page handling this , Ackerman yes , Gary’s Awsome !

[@ltcesaralmeida8]

Gary Moore Frank Gambale Style !!

[@fusionfan6883]

Great playing but nothing like FG, both from a harmonic perspective, and especially the fact Gary is not sweep picking.

[@jondenmark9577]

Plenty of drugs supplyed and taken before the whole band left the dressing room fucking hell Gary no wonder you said I DON'T DO DRUGS in later interviews you had your fill playing with this outfit this is far out there a BIG BIG JOINT is required to enjoy but still a master class in playing ability from whole band

[@myroseaccount]

Typically crap camera work. Panning and dwelling on John Mole instead of Gary Moore and Don Airey. I think the producer fancied John Mole

[@pfflam]

snoozefest smooth jazz with fast drumming and a little more distortion - this stuff is the reason Punk Rock was born, and why it was so vital

[@kbprojekty]

Don't know if trolling or actually serious.

[@shadowman6536]

pfflam lol spunk rock a load of snotty faced dicksplats that couldnt play...& after a brief few years the audience grew up it died & hasnt resurfaced thank god

[@lawrencedavis5459]

It had a place. Now it's gone.

[@bizbizley]

Can someone please tell me where this song is going. Purely an instrumental fret and key wank. Pah!

[@fusionfan6883]

Nah it has a structure and a melodic theme, also allowing for some good improvisation, in other words quintessential jazz rock. Either you like this genre or you don’t, and my spidey senses suggest you are in the latter camp😳

[@oobenoob]

It is not for the simple minded.

[@DARKSIDEOFURANUS]

macho phallic chops without any groove or soul

[@joepalumbo9150]

Just because you cannot feel it doesn't mean it does not exist.

[@paullevine1813]

You have got to be joking or you must have been born in the 80's.. If not i apologize for your BRAIN SCAR !!!

[@MrClassicmetal]

Ah, a disgruntled punk rock fan 😁