Last Night I Had a Dream - Fanny | The Midnight Special

[@julieschoolcraft1503]

How in the world did we miss this band ? Never heard of them until today.

[@markl4593]

So cool - 63 yr old here in 2024. Wish I had discovered them decades ago but better late then never.

[@philc8575]

These women never got the respect and recognition they deserved!!👏👏👏👏

[@FrancyWildBass]

Agree! Love them so much, best female band ever!

[@philc8575]

@FrancyWildBass Can't argue !! 👏👏❤️

[@rickwilliams967]

Because they have skills or because they're women?

[@philc8575]

@@rickwilliams967 Misogynist, much?

[@LRS905]

I am so happy to watch these wonderful musicians get their recognition nowadays. Always loved them and the music industry can go up theirs for not headlighting these wonderful women.

[@thirdbase6870]

We have only ourselves to blame.

[@LRS905]

@@thirdbase6870 Go blame your whore mother and shove your comment up both yours.

[@K.J.734]

Amen to that. The Industry was (& still is full of tone-deaf accountants.

[@harrymills2770]

If they were so underrated, what were they doing on The Midnight Special? I bet they enjoyed plenty of success.

[@flavorkingpluto]

I had never heard of Fanny until I recently read an article about them and I had never heard them until now. Holy smokes! They rock!

[@lemurianchick]

Check out the Beat Club performances. They're insane.

[@ralorpa]

Also check out the "wsiu" performance. Look up "fanny wsiu", its a 30min show and theyre on fire. Bad recorded-audio, but the fire compensate enough for that.

[@andyoli75]

You check out their interviews and it is a lot of ,"so what is it like to be a girl musician?" Kind of like what Haim went through time 100. I guess they got tired.

[@curiousgemini]

I don't know how this great group could be so overlooked.

[@robin9270]

Women of course- the reason they were overlooked- if they had been men - different story

[@bastianray6334]

Nicky Barcley had such a powerful voice I love how tight the band was not even a single error in ther perfomance they played like a complete unity of pure rock of the best ❤

[@Omertahun]

Alice de Buhr said that they always thought that everyone is a shitty singer in the band. Apparently they werent popular enough for someone to tell them to STFU and keep on singing. Fanny had a super discouraging story unfortunately. Like, noone had the common sense to put them on tour with Peter Greenes Fleetwood Mac? Why

[@thirdbase6870]

@@Omertahun 'Cause Peter Greene was no longer with Fleetwood Mac by the '70s.

[@betagemslostmedia607]

Love the little ad lib where she adds "Jack" to the line "I saw the Wolfman" - nice nod to the host, delivered with a sly little smile!

[@themidnightspecialtvshow]

This song let loose!

[@K.J.734]

Nice catch... I missed that. Good excuse for a re-watch. 🤟🐻‍❄️

[@JohnMacFergus-oz5cp]

These ladies where great back then, and great now. They should be in the hall of fame. I cast my vote now. Bless you Ladies of Rock!

[@K.J.734]

I fully, 💯% agree with you. 🤟🐻‍❄️❕️

[@FYMASMD]

Lmfao!! Not a chance.

[@ssalevan]

It's a real privilege to see such a killer performance in such awesome quality, especially for a group as criminally underrated as Fanny. These uploads of y'all's are a gift to music history.

[@themidnightspecialtvshow]

Thanks for the kind words

[@octothorpe12]

I love how there's this Fanny resurgence recently. They're solid!

[@dr.s.]

So rare to see footage of these ladies. Such an incredible band.

[@jwjeffrey]

There's a whole lot of stuff right here on You Tube, just type in the words Band Fanny

[@dr.s.]

@@jwjeffrey depends on your definition of "a whole lot" and mine of "rare". There are about 20 different performances of the original lineup in varying quality floating around the tubes (half of them being from the two Beat-Club dates in '71 and '72). That's not that much.

[@leestamm3187]

I had forgotten about this group until I saw this pop up. They were victims of silly record company ideas about girl groups. Thanks for the memory.

[@tedharrington5432]

It is just a crying shame that Fanny did not become huge in the 1970's. I am just thankful I have all their albums (well CD's actually) that I still listen to this day. Now if I could only find some concert bootlegs...

[@christianman73]

They're actually selling a concert CD now on the official Fanny band site. I can't link to it here in the comments, because KZbin deletes comments with links now, but search for Fanny's site, and look for the live CD. They were great in the studio, but they always rocked much harder, and played together as a band better, in concert!

[@tedharrington5432]

@@christianman73 Thanks for the information!!

[@christianman73]

@@tedharrington5432 You're welcome! Always happy to help out another Fanny fan!

[@efrem1]

Being of that age, i say that it was simply that the music style changed with disco creeping up in 1976-77. A good time capsule here.

[@thirdbase6870]

There is now a CD/vinyl available of the entire TV concerts. Fanny Live at The Beat-Club in '71-'72.

[@seamuspetrie6650]

If I could travel back in time to see just one band perform live at their peak, it’d be Fanny.

[@goodyearspokane]

Well if we stayed a week we could probably catch Laura Nyro and The Doors too

[@Wizardofgosz]

Hear hear!

[@rickwilliams967]

Sounds like a wasted time travel.

[@brianharris7243]

June Millington's Les Paul mangling is 70s inspirational.

[@StephanieJeanne]

It's really cool to see women rocking it like this! I like the lead singer on this one. She's so gritty and looks like she's having fun! The guitarist is awesome, too!

[@cronistamundano8189]

They all could sing, every one of them had lead singing roles except for the drummer. This band is awsome but is little known. They REALLY rock as hell.

[@dr.s.]

@@cronistamundano8189 Alice sang lead on a few tracks (Solid Gold on Mothers Pride, Rock Bottom Blues on Fanny Hill).

[@cronistamundano8189]

@@dr.s. TRUE!!

[@cronistamundano8189]

@@dr.s. I live in Brazil and here they were very little known. My generation never heard about them, and we had our share of female rockers and singers - if you could check out Os Mutantes, Rita Lee (recently deceased) and Elis Regina you will know the best known. Suzi Quattro was big here, but I only came across Fanny during the pandemic. Men have I ever thanked the Gods Of Rock for showing me that band. I showed them to my old friends and none of them knew them, not even the most nerdy!

[@dr.s.]

@@cronistamundano8189 different background but similar story with them here. When they were atbleast kinda "big" I wasn't even existing and when I was old enough nobody talked about them. Also came across them recently (through a KZbin recommendation that popped up more than once). They must have been at least somewhat known here, the Beat-Club performances were shot here. Will check out your recommendations later.

[@JBBooks-qv2kp]

Guitar licks sound so like Joe Walsh. Amazing how good these ladies were and no one remembers them. They were so ahead of their time.

[@themidnightspecialtvshow]

They crushed it!

[@redcat9436]

I was reminded more of Tony Iommi.

[@paulluchter137]

Joy of Cooking was another such band then. They have had a sort of reunion, but the piano player doesn't like what she played then.

[@Sunshine-do3yv]

These ladies are kicking some ass.....🌠🌠🌠🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵🎵🎼🎼🎹🎹. Thanks for jewels

[@thomaspfluger5342]

Listen to that voice, that piano, that guitar, that bass. One of the best bands of their time.

[@ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1]

those drums ain't exactly chopped liver

[@jaycharger72]

INCREDIBLE

[@whiteyfisk9769]

For real, Ziggy Stardust on the keyboard is killing it!!

[@demonicsweaters]

Such a great band, 70s Rock perfection!

[@SierraAppa]

Everyone should know about this band!!! They flipping rock 🎸🎸🎸

[@lintelle2382]

I was twelve when this aired. A little too young for my parents to let me watch such a broadcast - or for me to figure out how to sneak a view... Obviously, these ladies rocked! I regret that I can't remember hearing of them as I grew into the age of music enlightenment. I can only hope that they were able to enjoy all the success that their talents deserved.

[@louiebee6745]

Always great to hear Fanny live! Nicky's smokin hot vocals and June's awesome slide work are forever epic! And yes I have ALL their albums on vinyl!👍

[@ruddle17]

same here - but live they were even better than on record imo

[@louiebee6745]

@@ruddle17 100% agree! The Beat Club performances alone are LEGEND!!✌

I do love Nickey... True artist... True woman...

[@MrTgrewell]

wow, I've only ever seen their album covers in record shops, this is amazing!

[@themidnightspecialtvshow]

Glad you like it!

[@Merylstreep1949]

Please more of Fanny❤❤❤❤

[@ElizabethG.-di5sm]

Unbelievably tight band with impeccable vocals- what a great performance! Fanny is the OG “girl band” and so much more. ❤

[@donnyarmstrong9559]

Plays well today, 50 years later! Another perfect example proving out that the music from our past is still relevant & needs to be cherished! Living my best La Vida Loca here in southeastern Arizona

[@K.J.734]

Keep on Keeping on Dude. 🤟🐻‍❄️❕️

[@joannebeauchamp1169]

Glad to see that Fanny is finally getting the attention they deserve! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@dougphelps6917]

I remember these girls... the special keeps bring the goods! We were blessed to have it in the 70's.

[@junbug1029]

I just turned 70 and never heard of this band before. They were fantastic!

[@jeffvandagrif]

Wow 😮 never heard of these ladies ! My loss , they rock !👏👏👏

[@Kris.G]

1:01 what a nasty scream! I love it!

[@rmiller334]

I agree with the nasty part

[@t.e.1189]

Amazing! Nickey was a real trip! What a musician.

[@karenlouise4822]

And one of the best screams ever!

[@t.e.1189]

@@karenlouise4822 Agree! And thanks for commenting, it lead me to listening to it again.

[@t.e.1189]

Man, I never get tired of this performance.

[@ScottDaddyMac]

What a great band. Tons of tude, tone and talent.

[@eternalme6077]

THE ORIGINALS......Everyone of them just Killing it! Now that's how you ROCK! BIG LOVE FOR FANNY, loved them back in the day.....Still Love them Today, Great Musicians. 🎸🎸🎸♥️

[@timtv2826]

I grew up in the 60's and 70's but somehow missed this band. Discovered Fanny in just the last few months. What a fantastic band they were. All great singers and players.

[@mymuses4336]

WOWRRRR! HOW DID I MISS THESE ROCK GODDESSES???!!! ^..^

[@tonehunter59]

Wonderful. These ladies were the GOAT!

[@RobinKay75]

Underrated and not talked about enough. Thanks for this Midnight Special! June is one of my favorite guitarists.

[@x4ms]

It's crazy how good they are. Pure, honest, powerful, musically accomplished. I bow in reverence and vow to build them an altar in the temple of humanity.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Love the band’s name,,,very talented, that bass line…wow! Lady Rockers Rule!! 🤘❤

[@mesasavage]

That guitar tone!!!

[@Poqanics]

fk man...I'm crying at 2:46..these girls should of gotten recognition throughout the years..they shouldn't of struggled, they should of been hailed as a dope rock band, this is good stuff..god keep you girls

[@JonahUniverse]

This is one of my favorite live performances of all time!

[@luvbasses5487]

These ladies mean BUSINESS.

[@gunks_getaway]

I just said last night... "How the hell have I not heard of this group?" This rocks! Hall of Fame worthy.

[@StevieMcC]

No, they aren’t. They’re simply a band you hadn’t heard of, probably for good reason, but let’s not get hysterical.

[@markstocker5121]

Mid 1970s, I'm old enough to remember them but never heard anything from them afterwards.

[@eddieboggs8306]

Read about them in Rock Scene magazine but only heard one song on the radio. Can't remember the name of said song.

[@yb-rk5oh]

​@StevieMcC more worthy than pat beneath, joan jett, & patti smith. Birtha , too.been digging them since the early 70s.suzi quatro is worthy too.hall of shame with leonard cohen & other snoozers

[@RickShort21]

They deserved so much more. Great talent. I wish they had recorded a killer song and gone big.

[@jimisi7424]

Good to see them finally getting recognition. Its never too late

[@MikeMcAdam623]

June’s guitar always sounds great ❤.

[@JohnMiddletonBunny]

I wish they had continued as a power trio.

[@that70sgirl90]

Growing up in the 70s, we used to follow an all girls band called "The Fairer Sex." They were relation to us on my dad's side of the family. At the time, they were one of the best girl bands in the area. I can really appreciate the musical talent these girl have. Happy Thursday... thank you for sharing! 💖

[@Treegulf]

🤘🏻 these chicks freakin rock. Mad respect

[@sebastiendamarey6673]

Great band 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@Tysto]

I love this performance so much... How did this not become a #1 hit??

[@etool4355]

Wow, awesome song and performance.

[@WESSERPARAQUAT]

this band were just SUPERB , EXTRA Talented

[@BJBDF]

Two things. One is, that singer absolutely LOVES what she does. And 2 is, HOW THE HELL HAVE I NEVER HEARD THIS BAND BEFORE?

[@K.J.734]

Funny how the 'Almighty Algorithm' keeps on finding, even the rare stuff, that we love to hear. It's like 50/50 in both the creepy & the cool factors. 🤟🐻‍❄️

[@1ACL]

Sexism is how

[@janicetrimmell6897]

Awesome. They just weren't around in this grouping nearly long enough. Thanks for posting the performance.

[@sheilaspaulding8812]

Why weren’t these precious talented women celebrated more?? They are amazing!

[@DanielKatzel]

My favorite Fanny tune - a criminally underpublicized band with insane talent !

[@13jorino]

A Randy Newman tune. "Last Night I Had a Dream" Sail Away album.

[@gregm9230]

As soon as I finish this time machine I'm building, I'm going back to '73 to marry June! 😃😍❤️

[@birgitlucci9419]

Good luck with that 😅

[@luispaz3589]

Better make a big one and sell tickets! I'm buying!!!

[@Marathon97]

You swoon June and I'll try the same with Nickey. She's awesome!

[@josematofondo3281]

​@@Marathon97a mí Alice de burgh en la actuación TV french me parece una diosa de la bateria

[@prisonersforprofit]

really holds up well over 50 years later, very talented group.

[@ColleyatFlak]

Cannot understand how I have no memory of this band. This was telecast my senior year of high school. All we had was Top 40, no FM Rock then but only found out about them a few months ago.

[@shaunfogarty5744]

A great band. Damn..

[@druidictroy1157]

Well...how the hell have i went my whole life buried in 60's and 70's music and never heard of these women before???????

[@DanJackson1977]

70s record exec's.

[@TakeTheRide]

Never heard of these people. That was good. Great song. I enjoyed.

[@dwaynejessome1728]

Criminally overlooked - the Mighty Fanny

[@K.J.734]

'The Mighty Fanny!'... Now that's definitely got a ring to it. Nice! ✌️🐻‍❄️

[@TheGravygun]

This is a serious rock and roll act

[@LaoZi2023]

Damn!! These women could ROCK!!!

[@timmillan6701]

I remember Charity Ball when it came out (71), and it was a favorite of mine. I don’t remember the band being promoted much at all. This song is somewhat more of a rocker. I hope they got something out of the whole experience, they deserved more

[@BIZARBIES]

Amazing!

[@pennybaker6454]

So much power! So unappreciated!

[@MD-wk3gj]

Growing up in the 70s my interest in music was later in the decade and somehow I completely missed Fanny until very recently. They rocked! Studio albums are good but they really shined as a live band.

[@walterrizotto8668]

Slick production.

[@nickhorn8296]

Wow first time hearing of this band and I AM HOOKED

[@ruddle17]

check out Beside Myself from Mothers Pride - it's a composition worthy of The Beatles :)

[@barrymurphy1337]

If you haven't already, check out thier live Beat Club performances (also available on youtube). They were a phenomenal live band.

[@coffee-xg6my]

"I saw the Wolfman...jack" Lol, I love that, a clever little twist in the lyric there.

[@ManWithNoName2007]

Fantastic!👍👍👍

[@themidnightspecialtvshow]

Many thanks!

[@julianmarcel2647]

EXCELENTE BANDA!!!!!

[@K.J.734]

Muoy! 🤟🐻‍❄️❕️

[@shanefsr6609]

the cool line-up of Fanny, too,

[@zoltanszilvassy8715]

SO GREAT !

[@jmoyse71]

Solid cover of one of my favorites from Randy Newman

[@Bubdiddly]

this might be my new favorite by them, absolutely stunning

[@vegetasl7112]

amazing rockin cool.

[@johnvrabec9747]

I'm a rocker from back in the 60s & 70s, and never heard about them until my YT feed started to explode with Fanny vids. They are fantastic! I read some articles and interviews to learn more about them, and was saddened to learn about the issues they had. They should have been HUGE! Too bad a major band couldn't have taken them under their wing and toured with them to get them more exposure and radio airplay. Maybe a case they were ahead if their time?

[@thirdbase6870]

Chicago, The Kinks, Deep Purple and others requested Fanny be the opening act on their tours. We have only ourselves to blame.

[@KimEaton-r7d]

Love this group! They definitely should be in the RHOF!

[@ecldinc]

Severely underrated.

[@JimBeam-jo6vp]

What a shame that they were not appreciated at that time. They are simply great!

[@MostlyBrenda]

Fil Henley from Wings of Pegasus did an interview with June on his channel.

[@jeffdriscoll6096]

This song and “Your the One “ would have been monster hits if anyone had heard them back in the day!

[@bryansmathers927]

Fanny!! Great band. Have all their CDs

[@johnbutterworth1369]

I wondered why I was drawn to this awesome click. I dream of you. Putting the message out to the cosmos.....we dream.....please save us.

[@johnobraavee9460]

Well, that kicked my head in. And i just sat there and let it happen. Fanny, what hath thou wrought?

[@FrancyWildBass]

Most underreted band, better female band in history ❤ love them

[@pvtts05]

To state the obvious, they are a criminally underrated band.

[@robertstenius6412]

wow amazing band!

[@tommcgeethree]

Now that was fun. Oh yeah. 😁

[@TheTimijay]

Nickey is totally fascinating here

[@AFloridaSon]

Awesome. I was never a big fan, but I do see the talent, and I can appreciate them much more now that I'm older.

[@johnshaner747]

I never heard of Fanny until just now! This is cool! Weird and cool 😎.

[@jamescromer550]

New to Fanny? Look up "Aint that Peculiar". They rock.