Pink Fairies - Waiting For The Man

[@frankhornby6873]

Takes me back............still headbangin' stuff!.......from a 70yr old headbanger!........love it!.......

[@andyfricker32]

Was at this gig,a 16 yr old noob in a conspicuously new-looking Afghan coat.Got blissfully hammered and danced like a loony... rIP Larry,fly free,you legend.

[@medicineman6542]

Me too.... just 15 what a fucking time eh??

[@ΔΗΜΗΤΡΗΣΧΡΙΣΤΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ-η9φ]

The best version in Waiting For The Man

[@tonyturner3530]

MC5 & Pink Fairies need Rn R Hall of fame Motorhead & Hawkwind Flammin Groovies & 13 Floor Elevators & Ted Nugent & Radio Birdman REAL ROCK!!!

[@elayneyoung1837]

Tony Turner totally agree.......All overlooked somewhat......All deserve a place without a doubt

[@slimtimslide]

Rock n roll hall of Fame has fuck all to do with Rock n Roll - who wants 'acceptance'? Rock n Roll is not about belonging. for fucks sake, what kind of idiot wants to 'belong to the club'? Speaking as someone who actually played with these guys. brieflyI say fuck that shit - YES they deserve recognition, but NO the last thing they need is acceptance. Rebellion is not about wanting to fit in for fucks sake.

[@Kloashut]

@@slimtimslide In rough terms but absolutely true. There are quite a few of these bands that didnt give a fuck about fame, they just wanted to do their own thing and did it well. I'm grateful for that as without the world of music wouldnt be the same.

[@andrewelliott4436]

Edgar Broughton Band.

[@USLegion]

Feckin' excellent stuff!!! I was there....Long Live Rock & Roll

[@paulfitzpatrick954]

A beautiful racket. RiP Larry

[@mojin699]

I have the original first pressing with all the posters and the proper see though pink LP, FUCKING AWESOME MAN!!

[@medicineman6542]

my first faireis gig and the most memorable for that reason... 15 years old and totally WTF!!!

[@richardamullens]

Thank you for this. I saw the Pink Fairies several times in Cambridge and at Phun City in the 1970's

[@bobgreen623]

This sounds a lot better than I remember it did when I was there in 75, great stuff

[@niceguy5542]

Jammy get.

[@garymansfield9070]

That was a great night, the acid was too 😁👊👍

[@andyfricker32]

It actually sounds EXACTLY as good as i remember it... :-D

[@slimtimslide]

The tapes were really fucked up, it's a minor miracle any of it got out - there are a couple of out-takes that nearly made the LP but the rest was hopeless recording wise... a really fun gig but the earlier reformation gig was better musically.

[@maxsno]

I always wondered about the full performance audio, The Snake top shelf. Too bad if messed up balance not up to par . Dig it.

[@niceguy5542]

THIS IS ROCK AND ROLL.

[@paulfitzpatrick954]

Insanely good

[@ledrotten]

If I were told this was Television covering this classic tune , I would beleive it , haunting , sounds a lot like Tom Verlaines type of rendition ...

[@slimtimslide]

Interesting comparison, not obvious but astute.

[@maxsno]

Never close, Verlaine so so skills, limited vocabulary verbal and electric.

[@slimtimslide]

God bless Sandy.

[@puntostilocoupe]

This theme is on my T-shirt...Best Pink Fairies concert...excellent sound.

[@tonyturner3530]

Only 19 years old at this gig & still 40 years later it is still a life event We had a nightmare trip 3 months earlier for Hawkwind faireis gig nearly froze to death before got inside to onlyhalf full gig.Long trip in UK manchester to london must have cost us $5 ish

[@acebentley7]

thanks for this used to see The Fairies at The Red Lion Leytonstone, always agreat show

[@bewseybill3691]

I had the chance to since them play in Wigan. One of lifes regrets.

[@slimtimslide]

Always one of their best gigs

[@rickg8015]

Best VU wftm cover..

[@swittle]

Ace things to do with a handful of chords and a hatful of words.

[@dancooperfication]

+Stephen Whittle great comment, my man!

[@swittle]

Thanks for that, Dan Cooper :-)

[@dancooperfication]

+Stephen Whittle That drummer's keepin' pretty busy, too

[@swittle]

Too true! Music was somehow wilder, less tamed then.

[@slimtimslide]

Two drummers on this recording, Dan.

[@tonyturner3530]

sANDY[S BASS IS JUST INCREDIBLE!

[@davidpower7874]

RIP Sandy, you'll be missed.

[@alebest1955]

band devastante ❤️🔝

[@LRon2009]

Sorry i have no idea,i didnt see them in the 70s (younger generation) but they were they still doing pubs and clubs in the early 80s and i got to see them at the Cliffs pavilion,they were in the lower bar and had set up in front of the toilets so to pay a visit you had to walk around them,they were very friendly and spent a lot of time chatting with the audience during numbers,it was rather funny and was more like a party than a gig and the odd bum note here and there added to the entertainment.

[@tonyturner3530]

No Airs & graces this is a pure magical trip of my teemhood not even a guitar any more carpal is taking me out.

[@maxsno]

That sucks. I,ll jam harder for you mate .

[@tonyturner3530]

dRUMS ARE JUSTBPUPERB tWINK & RUSS BUT THAT GUITAR SOLO IN SPACE IS JUST THE LIFE OM A NOTHER PLANEYT@!

[@theoriginalimbecile5859]

Top stuff. They're were probably most" influencing band of the70 s till now.at least in what they left inheritance.. from oasis to motorhead to buxzcocks in a way.. tunefull noise merchants.. New album out I saw.. but things change..this tracks the ultimate!!

[@LRon2009]

One way to remember is to try to replay the journey you took to get to the venue,on the downside i just recalled sleeping in a scratch built bivvy in a tiny wood in the pouring rain after missing the last train back from a hawkwind side project and walking out into a thunderstorm around 2.30am after ASFs 'extended' gig at the astoria and finding the car gone...i think ill stop now.

[@tonyturner3530]

It was friggin cold that day just happy to get inside in a total dope & just heat !

[@retepyof]

Awesome!!!

[@tonyturner3530]

gOT TO GET MYSELF A NEW GUITAR & PLAY THIS STUFF AGAIN!

[@John-ul8pp]

I was there then and I'm here now ! Remember Julie ?

[@whaddefuxx]

sanderson is an exam invigilator at my old school now...

[@anthonypearson31]

One of the best versions of WFTM

[@dancooperfication]

Man, when that wah-wah guitar solo comes in that's just the slickest, sexiest-soundin' shit I ever heard. I can just picture this skinny, sharp-dressed black dude from the seventies coming to deliver Lou Reed his drugs. Then, that second break where you can hear him go "one, two, three" and the guitars come roaring in behind him. HELL, YES

[@tonyturner3530]

Happy Belated 60th birthday to me Wish I had a Fairies Concert to go to! Slum it with my beloved Fort Lauderdale Strikers & a late night jam Mustang bass revisited????

[@TheSwitchCleaner1978]

P.RUDOLPH ON GUITAR R.HUNTER ON DRUMS TWINK ON DRUMS D.SANDERSON ON BASS/VOCALS L. WALLIS ON GUITAR

[@stemy76]

Love it. Its my favorite song!

[@merrelltheperil]

your memories more vivid than mine! Wish had kept a diary, so much forgotten but too busy doing stuff - at least we had cameras so the photos trigger off some recollection! Blue Horses another friendly band, talented wild celtic rock but always had time for the audience and happy to oblige with autographs, unfortunately disbanded now...

[@mohammedabdullah9484]

Sandy's party piece

[@tonyturner3530]

Cascading Guitars sounds about right!

[@williamsomerville-tu9nf]

It's as good as Lou Reids version effing brilliant.

[@shabbas7]

i used to live in notting hill as a kid you rock

[@Foxglove963]

we did not get it straight in nottin' hill gate, but who cares...

[@TehGav]

MAN: I'm... I'm waiting for my ham. WAITER: I'm sorry, sir, but you gotta wait.

[@tonyturner3530]

For my brother Paul.Still preferred Lou Reed Versioin! Well I think a 15 year old made this concert & became a FAN

[@steveamaya7492]

Awesome

[@slimtimslide]

depends how far you want to go back i guess..... worthing, brighton, cheltenham, bournemouth, vancouver, aldershot, various raf camps... but let's just call it west london, particularly notting hill/grove.

[@tonyturner3530]

sANDY BEST SONG EVERgREATEST EVER WAITING FOR MY MAN bLAGKIE & lARRY BOTH GO APE SHIT ON THIS lOVE WHAT i CALL THE CASCADE GUITARS JUST JUST FLOWS SO GOOD BEST SONG EVER BY BEST BAND EVER! imho!

[@tonyturner3530]

dID A SHIT LOAD OF fAIRIES mOTORHEAD & hAWKWIND BACK IN THE 70)80

[@slimtimslide]

Larry cleverly adds an extra chord into this, it's not obvious but he showed me and it takes the whole thing up a gear.

[@jeffkennedy3346]

RIP LARRY, SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE. LIFE SUCKS

[@merrelltheperil]

can't remember the venue let alone the journey ha ha!

[@TheSwitchCleaner1978]

R.I.P LOU REED

[@bannork]

it scorches along

[@distortiontildeafness]

fuck that was lovely

[@The.Omnipotent.1]

When this came out, it got a terrible review in Kerrang, a music paper at the time dedicated to heavy rock. Myself and a pal sent a letter off slagging off the reviewer, really, really ripping into him. We printed it on pink toilet paper on a type writer and put it in a pink envelope. Using my dad’s John Bull printing kit, we stamped “Pink Fairies fan club” all over the garish pink envelope. The letter ended with- “the reason this is printed on toilet paper is because you talk a load of sh*te! To our amazement, it was duly printed in the letters page of the next edition!😁🤣😂 I wish I had a copy of the magazine still, I know my mate kept a copy but the chances of him still having it after all these years is rather slim.☹️

[@adamturner1563]

Dig it daddyo!

[@puntostilocoupe]

THIS IS MY T-SHIRT....

[@andlester]

up the pinks

[@user-lj2sn3er3w]

this is even better than the slaughter and the dogs version

[@slimtimslide]

funny you say that, the sound was awful on the live tapes and almost didnt come out at all - shame coz the 'missing songs' were brilliant too (3/5 Mile in 10 seconds, Do It etc etc). It took a lot of effort to restore the sound for release... the gig in feb of that year was actually better than this one in my opinion but they were both a riot. Up the Pinks! (the sound on this upload seems better than my CD or vinyl, weird...)

[@LRon2009]

exellent,i hav'nt heard that in 20 years,in fact i got the blow out and skinned one up and played it again...any chance of ''going down'' ?

[@walterblacksmusic]

Lex and 125 it lives on in 1990 I would stop by get a bundle of Crazy Eddie aka pcp2 hit a show dope moved downtown the good of boys of Norfork street want a history lesson COUNT WALTER VON VOLUME LESDEMONS OF CBGBS FAME.

[@slimtimslide]

oh - and sarf london of course! mustn't forget sarf london!!!!

[@Petox20x]

The perspective of the narrator is off in parts of the song. But other than over-analyzing the lyrics as sung here, this is a great cover. Does Lou justice.

[@slimtimslide]

Truthfully, Sandy rarely got the verses in the right order - it drove Farren mad when he sang with them. It's part of the charm as far as I'm concerned - Sandy had been singing this with the Deviants too, from before the VU album came out!

[@draken6921]

groupe trop méconnu

[@maxsno]

Underrated by who . Grom speak

[@EnriExperience]

WOW! amazing band i still have this LP reissued in the 80s (TheBureboy) I have created a group on WhatsApp called Underground's KZbin where I would like to invite all of you in this group and especially all of you who upload audio-videos of unknown Blues Rock Psychedelic Progressive bands (from all over the world) from late 60s and early 70s that were not known in the neither in the radio or in the record stores a site where I would like all of you can feel free to share all those bands that history does not name is not a site of competition against your KZbin site no way is the contrary it is a tribute site and tribute to all of you who make us know all these bands that no one promoted before I am very happy that all of you guys exist my underground avant-garde youtube friends is if you are interested there is no commitment just visit the site and if you do not like something just you can withdraw I will not be bothered by that (although I would like to know if I made a mistake) I want people from all countries to come we know and speak English and Spanish but for that is the Google Translate they can speak freely in their native language about the bands and about what they think about those bands all my friends from that whatsapp site we really like the biographies of all those unknown bands of late psychedelic garage from the 60s and early 70s we like to talk also about the books that were published all over the world about heavy garage psychedelic bands well excuse me for so much text I didn't want to disturb the contrary I want to open the doors of another place where I can share that incredible music that all of you upload to youtube once again thanks for that incredible work just like those first offshore radio in England did in the mid 60s thanks folks! here is the whatsapp phone od the site Underground`s youtube [phone] New Jersey! (The Garden State) my nane is Enri stay in tune!

[@maxsno]

Hey bud , former NJ RESIDENT exit 135 Clark , my brother in law worked out if Brill Building. Studio band behind Hang On Sloppy, also they were The Strange Loves , Australian sheep farmers as it were then , Jack R .. Miles Giles guitar. Miles , Niles and Giles . Crazy days back then me 68 yold present in Maine.old Jersey rocked it. Critters , etc

[@TheSwitchCleaner1978]

LONDONS CITY KIDS,THE DRUG SQUAD WERE ANOTHER BAND FROM SARF LONDON GET IT ON KIDDIES

[@shabbas7]

any one know of a Hunter Wagner Reed version that is nearly as good as this

[@maxsno]

Splitting atoms are we mate .

[@draken6921]

si tu veux faire un tribute je suis partant je réside à valenciennes nord france

[@maxsno]

SnowMax says dig it diggers

[@merrelltheperil]

yes i remember "going down" though where i saw them is anyone's guess, did they play the marquee london?

[@rwjf5988]

They certinly did. I was there, don't ask when. "The past is a foreign country they do things differently there!"

[@slimtimslide]

Essex? no mate - Twink & Boss came from Essex but that's it.

[@shabbas7]

so wher5e were they from?

[@rickg8015]

UK

[@tonyturner3530]

Donald Trump better get a Fairies Tour for World Peace together!

[@Grahamit1]

Dont mention the totally uncool with the totally cool .. Ugh

[@maxsno]

Junk mail mentioned, Le Orange Don sucks dry prison bricks .

[@tonyturner3530]

This is REAL ROCK MUSIC remembrer it!!! Death nyrto disco & sdreadshiut like Dridd;le the fcananadian crap while we hsave canadas finest Paul Rudolph kicking out some jams Can anyome name a good Canadianb Band ? Rush are shite Bach Mann pretty good I lovve Frank Marino just because he is insaNE!

[@thefifearab]

The Band