John Wicks & The Records - Starry Eyes (Live 2013)

[@004752]

The Records are One of the most underrated, and under appreciated bands ever!! RIP John Wicks!!

[@keepercurley5927]

Unfortunate the audience are not aware that they are in the presence of greatness.

[@motorcityman401]

+Keeper Curley Lets not go crazy now, it's a good tune but ONE hit does not make "greatness".

[@wsidejack1]

@@motorcityman401 It's a great power pop tune. Does it make them a Great Band, like the Stones? No. But how about if we appeciate greatness when we see it.

[@jml-rj5re]

@@wsidejack1 The Records probably recorded 20 songs at this level during their short career. Crashes is chock full of greatness, plus the demos for songs that didn't make Crashes. Up All Night on Shades in Bed (this album) is a much better song IMO.

[@ramrd5352]

Incredible! The bass player outfit didn' t help either

[@chriscoughlin9289]

@@motorcityman401 Akin to saying that the Plimsouls (or Peter Case's) career should be judged by 'A Million Miles Away' alone.

[@32INCHSTRIPER]

One of the greatest pop songs EVER..Too bad the crowd didn't realize what they were watching..Sounds great!

[@MichelProductionsLA]

This venue is a benefit concert for the schools during the day. There were Only a few hundred people there at the point of this video. Hard to get people out to support a benefit concert. I appreciate the support of John Wicks and The Records and the amazing show they put on in the name of helping students out. It's a true honor to post this video for The Records.

[@rebeccaizzmee2134]

Thank You!!!

[@MikePopRock]

Great performance. So sad to see them playing this masterpiece in a small-time show with an audience made of few people taking no heed of them. They don't deserve that. Another unfairly underrated band...

[@MikePopRock]

... underrated band like i.e. The Rave-Ups...

[@SRW762]

Totally agree......effing great performance. Drive power and melody. Hardly anybody getting it.

[@pakanasielu]

The people in attendance are TOO FUCKING STUPID to realize the GEM they have playing on that stage! I'd have been a one-woman mosh pit if I'd been there! This band was a very pleasant part of my childhood!

[@artvandelay0073]

Mike Pop Rock // True, the people in the audience seem disinterested (their loss), but one of the best things about being a musician is that you enjoy performing your craft whenever you get the opportunity, whether it's in front of a crowd, for one person, or just practicing with the rest of the band. After performing this song countless times over the years since it became a big hit for The Records, John Wicks (only original remaining member at the time of this performance) looks and sounds great here, as do the rest of his band mates. I remember covering this song back in high school with my own garage band when it first dropped, and we always had a blast jamming out to it. Great memories! RIP John Wicks...😄👍🇺🇸

[@MikePopRock]

@@artvandelay0073 Absolutely .

[@billhelmerich4295]

Top 5 power pop song ever written. RIP John. You have brought me joy for over 40 years. The Records entire catalog is classic!

[@jefflundquist5771]

This song still rocks in 2021 and bands are still doing covers of it.

[@puffandpass1364]

Power Pop! Every time I heard this song back in the summer of 1979 I would speed up my 1973 AMC Javelin to 110 mph on California Highway 1. I truly loved this song.

[@wsidejack1]

You are a kamikaze!

[@artvandelay0073]

True, the people in the audience seem disinterested (their loss), but one of the best things about being a musician is that you enjoy performing your craft whenever you get the opportunity, whether it's in front of a crowd, for one person, or just practicing with the rest of the band. After performing this song countless times over the years since it became a big hit for The Records, John Wicks (only original remaining member at the time of this performance) looks and sounds great here, as do the rest of his band mates. I remember covering this song back in high school with my own garage band when it first dropped, and we always had a blast jamming out to it. Great memories! RIP John Wicks...😄👍🇺🇸

[@alchan8782]

Rest In Peace John Wicks.

[@johnnymoondog]

I could leave this on repeat forever !

[@Frank_Cohen]

There's no one in the audience or crowd paying attention to them. Very sad that there's no one there to appreciate a fine performance of a power-pop classic.

[@nickmagana6986]

Starry Eyes is just the best ever! Thanks John.

[@harvey1954]

Love the "Please Please Me" quote at the very end.

[@ianmeyers4249]

Nearly 40 years on and as good now as it was then. Ahh the good old days of youth, The Records, The Jam, Bram Tchaikovsky, Ian Gomm, The Yachts...

[@todholmes1964]

Very underrated track.

[@martingoodrich5839]

I saw this magnificent band support the Jam at Finsbury Park Rainbow back in 1979 and they blue me away. I caught them a week later when they headlined at the Marquee (the original in Wardour Street) and they were even better. The only original 'Record' on display here is John Wickes who co-wrote most of the songs (including Starry Eyes) with WIll Birch. In my eyes they were one of the most influential bands of the era and deserved more success.

[@scarrie729]

Martin Goodrich Blew:B-L-E-W."Blue" is a color.Smh!

[@martingoodrich5839]

Very true. Think it was very late and I must have been very tired when I wrote that.

[@johnpelletier7641]

One of the alltime power pop masterpieces. Yes, it is sad and depressing that John and his band are playing this gem in front of people who have no clue.

[@jml-rj5re]

One of the greatest guitar riffs ever - Huw Gower on the original track.

[@johnpelletier7641]

@@jml-rj5re That whole record is fantastic. Every song is pure power pop candy, full of great riffs. Should have been way bigger than it was, and seems like these guys shoulda/coulda had a bigger career well into the '80s and beyond. I've always thought the vocals also are some of the best. That nasally bratty English sound/style, like the Gallagher boys, but minus the actual snide.

[@jml-rj5re]

@@johnpelletier7641 The funny thing was that the old Stereo Review magazine identified Crashes as Record of the Month. Virgin simply didn't support the album. The Records toured America, (chronicled by the Evanston live album), but it didn't generate the following needed and Jude Cole left the group. Chris Whelan was an incredibly poor fit as lead vocalist on Music on Both Sides (there are some good songs ruined by Whelan and the production), which would have been better received with a 2nd lead singer (in addition to John Wicks) who blended with their power pop harmonies.

[@non-stoppowerpop6799]

Vocals never changed. This band is timeless.

[@kenbrownfield6584]

This band rocks !!! A classic song

[@stratluvr]

great song and played and sung beautifully , this one and baby blue by badfinger are great examples of great pop music

[@rebeccaizzmee2134]

This song & teenarama ahhh the memories!!!

[@joseizquierdo566]

"Please, Please Me"...R.I.P. John Wicks

[@fitzjameswood5486]

Top Band. Great Tune.

[@bonebagvegas]

Wow I can't believe this brought a tear to my eyes. This is the first time I've seen them play since the first and last time I saw them live in the late 70's in the Bay Area.

[@StephenMcCallister]

Love the song, love the band... wish I could have helped to fill out the audience...

[@johnbinder5129]

Well done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@doctorskull8197]

Great job ‼️😎🔥🎸

[@chrisst8922]

Power Pop is the greatest. Merseybeat, Mod, Country Rock, Swamp Rock, Glam, Pub Rock, Punk, Post Punk, Mod Revival, Indie, Brit Pop. All Power Pop.

[@MultiSweener]

So great

[@paulmarcellusmarcellus7115]

I saw this band with dire straits in 79, yes;;;; ffllantastic

[@royphillips7435]

absolutely brilliant , great drummin!

[@Mensa989]

John Wicks died in Burbank, California, United States, on 7 October 2018

[@Bang_Shangalang]

RIP JOHN

[@LarzGustafsson]

Excellent!!!

[@pontcanna]

Sad in many ways. Respectable performance of one of the best pop songs of the last 40 years...puppet show and Spinal Tap does come to mind, as the other poster mentioned

[@AudioFileZ]

Is that Auer and Stringfellow of The Posies on guitar and bass? Always loved The Records and it's a shame their stuff isn't really available on streaming services.

[@Fetherko]

Power pop good as a hit of 80/20 sat./indica and a shot of expresso.

[@pahogberg9347]

The Records had a good following here in Sweden and Europe back then, but never made it really big in the US, from what I hear. I can't understand why.. But perhaps Powerpop wasn't the "thing" over there at the time. But great band that deserved better.

[@cmaccusweil4728]

They were at the top of airplay rotation. Bought this album. I remember where I was the first time I heard starry eyes. A camp for juvenile delinquents.. summer 79.

[@CthulhuInc]

haha the director is in love with the drummer

[@0807rick]

Great song and nice performance - not sure how many original members. Not sure about camera work. Drummer gets his due. Zoom shots vertigo-inducing. Lots of "producers" get screen time. Let's watch everything but guitarist during his solo.

[@scottwrightmusic1]

Would have been nice to see someone besides the drummer in the video. Great performance however!

[@proteusproject1653]

It's HIS camera! lol.

[@johnman3272]

Jon Auer on lead guitar? Great performance, in any case.

[@arandomhobbychannel6718]

Whats wrong with the crowd? I love this song.

[@kevinswisher4675]

This sure beats a nine to five day job!

[@kennychambers8800]

Spinal Tap moment

[@jayrae6447]

Clearly whoever booked entertainment for St. Francis de Sales Fun Fest knew what they were doing and appreciated great bands…….too bad the audience attending didn’t!

[@LarzGustafsson]

Is Wicks the only original member left?

[@bluesriot2]

amazing live version of one of the true top of the pops , doesn't seem like the video editor does this performance justice, way way way too many cuts and edits ,and although this tune had a great drum part , too much time spent on the drummer and too little on the killer riffs this song contains

[@socrates1818]

Integrated music, whoever booked this is responsible..

[@socrates1818]

Putting them in front of a crowd like this is the problem