The Neighborhoods "Prettiest Girl" & "No Place Like Home" TV

[@jmac5058]

This is back when Boston ruled Rock&Roll

[@davidhartcorn2554]

My brother John was the bass player. In the fall of 1979, I visited him one weekend, and Dave Minehan asked me if I wanted to be a roadie. Dave Minehan, Mike Qualia, my brother John, Og, Chuck and I all lived together in a big house in Scituate MA. We did a lot of shows. What a great experience.

[@etherman753]

Oneofmygreatestrck xp rienesofalltimewasda’HoodsLaPesteanMissionfBurmaalltogetheratthBradfodBallroomclaytoAdams

[@etherman753]

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[@frednoble1833]

THEY. ARE. THEE. THEE. FUCK8N BALLS. SAW THEM IN BOSTON. 79. GUST GRADUATED ABOUT 3 DAYS. EARLIER. FORGET IF IT WAS FRIDAY. OR. SATURDAY. OPENING. FOR. THEE. TALKING HEADS. ALSO NEW. THE. RATHSKELLAR BOSTON. OR. THE CHANNEL. 4 OR 5. CLUBS. COMBINED ?😮 TOP. 10 CONCERTS. IN MY LIFE. NIGHTFENCER GATEKEEPER. BRAINTREE. BOSTON. YA BROTHERS. THE. BALL'S 😮❤

[@frednoble1833]

DUDE. YA KILLING. ME. JESUS. I WAS IN BRAINTREE. THATS. CRAZY. VERY. KOOL 😮 NIGHTFENCER

[@scottperry7035]

I'm willing to bet that the prettiest girl is about Rachel the heron girl David girlfriend.

[@Actanonverba01]

I remember when WBCN was awesome and played this great song.

[@michaelstruckus564]

That's where I heard it. They played one night @ "Spit", a club on Landsdowne, next to Metro. "Spit" would have these "Midnight Surprise" half hour shows on a small stage.

[@gigishapiro]

@@michaelstruckus564 I lived a few blocks away from the Rat and Spit/Metro- the best

[@michaelcorreira8125]

I just talked with Dave couple days ago. He was picking up his kids. He's a family man/rocker these days. Kinda like Paul Stanley on a smaller scale. ☆

[@0oo00]

BCN was never awesome. They were snotts riding a huge wave

[@bullyproofyomama]

@@gigishapiroI lived in The Kenmore Towers . The Hey Day !!!

[@tomdinsmore0965]

Bowie was a big fan. They played the tree Cafe in Portland for 300 and the next night opened for Bowie at his bequest for thousands.

[@baddogmaine]

I was at the Tree show. And most of the Kayos shows in Portland

[@danpetitpas]

Winners of the 1979 WBCN Rock 'n' Roll Rumble. Inducted into the Boston Music Awards Hall of Fame in 2005. "Prettiest Girl"/"No Place Like Home" was the only independently released single in Boston to sell over 10,000 copies! A power pop powerhouse. David Minehan filled in as guest guitarist for a lot of national acts. His recording studio helped dozens of local bands. This is a seminal Boston band during the New Wave period and post-punk periods.

[@richyrollins]

in 1980 this was the biggest selling single at Newbury comics it sold somewhere around 25,000 singles i thought they might make it nationally . but only a hand full of bands from Boston made it!

[@ekaputrid66]

you can't revisit the 80's with out the Neighborhoods...as far as the east coast goes...frigging awesome!!!

[@denise0223]

Wow, this brings back fun memories seeing them in Boston in the great days!!!! Hope all the guys are well!! Denise ☮️❤️🙏🏽🍄🌱🐾🎸🕊️

[@RandallGoya]

Another great 70s Boston band I used to go see at The Living Room in Providence, RI

[@alexandervoog9396]

The Living Roooooom! YES! J&W grad here ;-)

[@lordbyron6293]

Psycho Coladas served by a purple-haired waitress while watching the Neighborhoods or Human Sexual Response...some of the best times of my life. And then leave the Living Room and walk a couple hundred feet to Lupo's.

[@bigwavedave3061]

Was there too... used to make our way from SMU.

[@jeffferoce2633]

@@bigwavedave3061 Nice! I used to DJ at WUSM; we always got free passes to the LR! Such memories.

[@MrAlQ]

thanks for posting this. I first saw the Hoods on my 20th birthday, 2/12/80, at Jonathan Swift's and that's how I remember them.

[@RokuErickson]

DIY Mass Ave brought me here.

[@tonyfrnjd]

Sir David = One of most modest, unpretentious and humble talents I have ever met. Have had the pleasure of knowing him since the mid 70's.

[@barbaracostello8187]

No Place Like Home is really a phenomenal rock and roll song. Doesn’t get old after FORTY years!

[@TheKingOfSkiffle]

Christ. How did I get so old?

[@richardmilliken5651]

Time waits for no one! Ha, Ha~~~~~~~ The Boston & Massachusetts Music Scene was great during the 70's & 80's!! Memories!

[@stevehill4084]

Must have seen them 20 times All over NE. I wore out 2 copies of this single.

[@lagunacat]

Thank you KZbin!! Boston Rock scene couldn't be beat back then!

[@avolite719]

Obviously You didn't experience the Atlanta/Athens Georgia music scene back in the day.

[@lagunacat]

@@avolite719 Start a poll. Boston music scene vs Athens/Atlanta in the 70’s. It would be embarrassingly lopsided.

[@classygary]

@@lagunacat He’s got his Qualudes mixed up with his Ecstasy .

[@pbattis1]

This is one of those perfect pop songs. It really is timeless and could be covered all these years later and a band could get a hit out of it. . .again.

[@billwillard6828]

I did sound for a band called The Mirrors for about 18 months and we backed up the 'Hoods all over the place, from Lupo's to The Channel and points afar. I was also surprised that they never hit nationally.

[@LeahBobalova]

I was always a Real Kids fan and can't believe I've never heard The Neighborhoods until now. So good!

[@oggassaggaoggaffa]

I liked the Real Kids too but for my money, the old school Boston scene was about The Neighborhoods, Human Sexual Response, and of course, the legendary Mission Of Burma.

[@wjlintz]

Minehan might have been the best frontman I've ever seen. Dude had it all - the look, the skills, the moves. Still mindboggled that he and The Hoods didn't blow up nationally.

[@RickDanner]

how can they with Justin bieber and myley cyrus types out there - this band was great

[@jdj62464]

+wjlintz David Minehan actually played a few gigs with Aerosmith back in 94, Brad Whitford had a family emergency and had to fly back home,Minehan filled in for Brad on their Asian tour.

[@timlamarre8680]

Very talented performer. The Hoods opened for Tin Machine with David Bowie in LA in early 1990s.@@jdj62464

[@avolite719]

@@RickDanner ... Shut the fuck up you ordinary moron. The two knee-jerk loser pop music examples you commented were not even around back in the day.

[@seenaroundboston2302]

@@avolite719 How about... with acts the likes of Elton John and Led Zeppelin and Bruce Springsteen and Fleetwood Mac in circulation in their day, there wasn't much room for garage acts like this on the same stages.

[@AcesMacRae]

Dave Minihan... The pride of Upton MA. 🤘

[@niklasoliver2474]

If any of you have followed the Hoods for a long time you might remember a guy who was their biggest fan named Mike Oliver, Steel Tip alumni, he passed away on Tuesday 12/7 in Woonsocket RI.

[@ryanshepard5778]

One of the great, great Boston of the early 80s.

[@hadleygrass]

Damn, I can't believe this is here. I miss the Rat, The Channel, thank god for youtube.

[@gasfr]

Awesome. My band covered No Place Like Home when I went to college in California. Spreading the Neighborhoods cross country!

[@joelsom]

This is great to watch. Man, David’s been doin it for a long time! I was in 6th grade in Miami in 1979! But I grew up to become a fan and enjoy the Hoods when I moved to Boston in 1990.

[@TheLaserstrike969]

They would play quite frequently in the 80's at a bar called Grovers in Beverly, MA. I must have seen them 4 or 5 times there. It was always a great show.

[@richardmilliken5651]

Yup!! They should've made it to the top!! Dave lost it on the "H"!! It's a lot harder than we think to keep coming up with new material and keep re-inventing ourselves!! That's why Dylan is #1 and Bowie is #2!!~~~~~~~~~~~

[@andyvisser9447]

Grovers was a great place to see the best Boston bands (Robin Lane and the Chartbusters, Del Fuegos, New Man, etc.). Thanks for bringing up the memories!

[@mikkalinka9781]

Grovers was a fun, no frills place. Always went to see 'Down Avenue' in the mid 80's. LOVED living on the North Shore.

[@burnlastsunday]

@@mikkalinka9781 I think Down Avenue and the Neighborhoods both won the BCN Rumble. Neighborhoods won the first one I think.

[@classygary]

@@richardmilliken5651 There is no #2

[@mrblifil]

Saw them in the early 80s in support of their album. Met them all. Swell bunch of guys. Minehan is a great American. This is an incredible find. Thanks.

[@madmarkvt]

god dam. Good times, Good ppl. I miss those days...

[@TomKaszuba]

These guys absolutely crushed it at Ba Ba O’Riley’s in New London Connecticut back in the day.

[@alexandervoog9396]

And the LIT CLUB in Hartford too. I saw them 3 or 4 times. They also opened for some pretty famous bands , punk bands of the day. GREAT TIMES!

[@ericball6000]

I worked at Ba Ba O'Riley"s in the Summer of 81,good times.

[@Gregg-p7u]

​@alexandervoog9396 one of my favorite spots to hang out in. About the time you work there I had brought in a band from the Worcester area called Ball n Chain they killed it, playing thirsty Thursdays.

[@Gregg-p7u]

I remember the drummer's girlfriend was a freaking knockout without a doubt the best looking chick in the place, ever !!

[@geoffg2392]

If you can remember the 70s, then you weren't in them but who can forget the powerful sounds of this incredible 3 man band !!!

[@robertbrolin6206]

The Stompers! The Atlantic.s! What a time 2 B alive!

[@JRAFF145]

Saw them open for David Bowie at Sullivan Stadium in Sept. 1987. Then a few days later at Grovers in Beverly, MA.

[@johnrolfe9327]

Jim Rafferty I was at that show. Glass Spider tour.

[@TheTimLancasterConspiracy]

Thanks for posting this. Sometimes you find some gems on YT!

[@ezandycle]

I know my screen tag reads Cle(as in Cleveland), but I lived in Boston from 1978-1981. The Neighborhoods were one of the best of a very fast local track. I saw them gig at the Channel, in Somerville(I forget where)and the Paradise. They nailed the essence of the area's punk/pop orientation. Great musicians;great songs.

[@bunky0610able]

Jasper's in Somerville!👍🎸🔥🥰

[@EddieC3336]

Channel was on Necco st South Boston.

[@conornewman594]

Caught these guys at one of TT Bear's last shows. It was outta this world

[@dianequinn2607]

the neighborhoods used to play at the punk bar i worked at& i'd see them in boston. mike qualia the drummer & I used to makeout, because our last names begin with a Q!! they were always so much fun& good guys. I worked at K.J.'S Hollywood & vine in Milford, Ma. A freakin blast to be in & work in. I AM the prettiest girl!!! yow!!

[@mdemers767]

I grew up in Boston around this time but was never exposed to great music like this because I was slightly too young. First time I heard No Place Like Home was on an album called DIY- Mass. Ave - The Boston Punk Scene from 75-83. Some really great bands on that album, Real Kids, Nervous Eaters, Mission of Burma, Human Sexual Response, and of course, The Neighborhoods. Oh yeah, and a little band called The Cars.

[@GaleKravetzRyan]

My ex husband was a sound man for The Upstarts 😏great time to be in the Boston Music Scene so many great bands 1980s

[@GaleKravetzRyan]

I was madly in love with David Minehan ❤❤❤❤❤❤ back in the 80s - the best Boston Scene Ever

[@KeroseneCarWash]

God, that guitar tone hurts my teeth. Love it!

[@marcopervo]

KeroseneCarWash It takes chops to get that brittle, over-driven chime while playing through a Marshall stack.

[@BostonRocker51]

They used to get the rowdyest chicks at their gigs. Cool band. Great guys and great rockers. Great video - thanks for posting it.

[@classygary]

I saw them @ The Paradise Rock Club on Comm Ave, Boston late Seventies ... they were great . I might have seen the Pretenders there too 🤦🏻‍♂️ ... not sure if that was a fantasy though 😎 !!!

[@Celebrateboston]

I bought the 45 record in about 1980 and still have it! The lead singer is sitting in the front car of the roller coaster at Paragon Park. Time Flies!

[@m.b.5122]

The Comet !!! Fuckin rickety old deathtrap ! Loved it! Flying down the first hill with no hands ! Thx for that blast from the past !!

[@SpaceInvader78]

First saw them in a small club just outside Harvard Square in Cambridge. Til Tuesday opened for them. My first time in a club watching a band.

[@tpmarkham]

Best live show band to see back then.

[@djpancake]

such a great song - boston, sigh...

[@fazbell]

Boston had great bands in the eighties.

[@mjlotus]

Saw them a bunch of times. Saw them open for The Ramones at Taunton High School gym. Weird venue, great show by both bands!

[@hirampriggott1689]

Taunton? Really?? That's cool! I've seen both in Providence.

[@mjlotus]

Yeah, it was bizarre. There were about 100 people there. I forget how we found out about it. @@hirampriggott1689

[@beautydaddy]

Probably the hardest working band in Boston at the time (definitely most prolific, gig -count-wise) and that's saying alot ,given the era.

[@edfeltch]

Saw them in '79 at the old Living Room in Priv and they git blown away by legends Unnatural Axe who opened."Tonight We Fight"Richie Parsons ruled.

[@tonyfrnjd]

Even Ted Williams struck out sometimes.

[@jamesmartin6709]

They Saved Hitler's Brain!

[@cindywhitford702]

I LOVE RICHIE PARSONS

[@georgemakovic1862]

Dated a girl from Boston at Purdue in ‘86 and begged her to find this single over Christmas break and she delivered! Love this band

[@jamesmartin6709]

I saw the "Hoods many times at various watering holes around Albany, NY back in the day. Minehan really had it all, great sound, great look, energetic frontman. In a fair world they would have been huge!

[@RanetkiFan]

First time I saw them was at the RAT on Commonwealth ave, near Fenway back in the early 80s ..loved them.. being from Providence, they compared with our heavys at the time like The Probers and Hi Beams

[@everettwhipple1300]

Ah, the Rat!

[@shawnmclean7932]

Spawned 100's of bands.

[@deptofrevz]

these guys were (and are) so great! - they were one of the first bands i ever saw live - i remember they played an outdoor concert in norwell, ma with the romantics (yeah). i saw them thru the 80's and into the 90's and got to know them pretty well (a friend of mine was really tight with them). one of their last (?) cds was a great one (reptile men). dave minehan (g) and mike quaglia (d) were the best and lee (b) was real cool too, though i didn't get to know him as much.. 'HOODS!

[@TheLaserstrike969]

Probably saw these guys like 10 times from 1986-1990. Most the time I would catch them at a place called Grovers in Beverly, MA. I never got to see them in town like at the Rat or Paradise, but luckily they like to play bars on the North Shore. Those were the freaking days!

[@johnradcliffe6593]

Another great song!

[@russhartman4927]

The pride of Groton, Mass. these guys hammered the club scene back in the day...lost count how many times I saw them.....not to mention brain cells.

[@helltone]

Hearing this makes me wanna go write a song!

[@rustytuney7]

So good, I booked them at Jacks in Cambridge on Mass Ave., always a lot of fun!

[@danielryan9076]

Lucky enough to watch them play out of a garage on Gordon Street in Allston in 79

[@silverfinger]

Kayo's, Portland, Maine, too many times to remember. Possibly the best live show consistently. Ever.

[@DinoT223]

Love this song! I could put it on repeat in my brain and never get tired of it.

[@sarairosenbaum]

THIS SONNNNNNGGGGGG I'd forgotten it even existed. Classic.

[@BCThunderthud]

I was too young to see any of those bands back in the day but I do still remember the chorus of Limbo Race's "Down and Backwards" from when they used to play it on WBCN. That's gotta count for something. They played this song a fair bit too, we were pretty lucky that way.

[@jamesflannery6401]

the first time I saw them was at the old Living Room in Providence. the raw energy was amazing ! I remember Dave playing the guitar with his teeth​ which proceeded to bleed! he was great. we just to fight our way to the front of the stage . best place the rock out!

[@RickiC13]

Just wondering, I seem to recall from back in the day that The Neighborhoods also performed Mr. Reeves, Can't Explain, Flavors, One Day Older, Think It Over, The Patriot & Arrogance on this Boston cable show. Anybody have those to upload? It'd be great to see 'em.

[@djnix2403]

fantastic song

[@ediepetrachi1745]

So great to see this! I used to be a singer songwriter in the Post-Romantic Punk period ( we never called it that back then... we argued whether we were punk...MAYBE New Wave...) The Hoods were/are one of the best then...I wonder If "Prettiest Girl" helped to move the songs towards punk romantic songs. Blondie had several in that time.Hey everybody, if you have footage from those days share it ! This is great.

[@AS02474]

Brings back great memories

[@StatutoryTape]

I still can't listen to Prettiest Girl without getting all enraged because Ed Sullivan didn't wake up from the dead and introduce The Neighborhoods to the world so they could make millions of dollars. They deserve it for that tune.

[@derekwilliams1660]

This is the first time I've heard this song,all I have to say is wow I love it.

[@shawnmclean7932]

Inspired at least 1000 Bands. Love them.

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

my brother used to walk around the house singing NO PLACE LIKE HOME when i was in elementary school ,but he had NO IDEA who performed the song, then I borrowed some interesting looking record from his friend and discovered THIS SONG but the "hit" was "Prettiest Girl", also for more on the label read "OUR BAND COULE BE YOUR LIFE" book

[@closetpunx3602]

Best clip on the tube

[@robertbrolin6206]

I saw them a couple times. Once @ Emerson College kegger in the late 70"s. Awaesome show + cheap beer!

[@Jimdidit]

Outstanding Dave 🤘

[@Stigbool]

holy crap...so stoked to see this. whether it was lupo's, the room, or at my alma mater rhode island college, the hoods were just the friggin' best. add the schemers to the mix, and now you're talking a night made in heaven. go woody. where's johnny dipietro?

[@HoboHike]

fantastic performance! blows the single away. I hear they used to do a killer cover of Outdoor Miner by Wire.

[@susanbjones5824]

I was your back up singer FM RADIO with the Bowling Balls the CLAMZ and the FIXX. I smoked too much.

[@michaelcorreira8125]

I met Paul back in 1989 at NYC. China Club. He was on a date with his wife. Great guy for a professional rock star.

[@G8GT364CI]

I'm a bassist and met Minihan in Upton Ma before anyone knew who he was including me, a guitarist friend introduced us. I jammed with him in a barn at his house I believe, I was not impressed, now that was a mistake, haha!

[@psy-lounge]

Thanks so much for sharing this! A great band, I remember them fondly, and loved this - I seem to recall it was a double A single basically?

[@bob4analog]

Smooth Punk...I Luv It!

[@TheKingOfSkiffle]

God damn. Power pop perfection. A+

[@EddieC3336]

Hi Dave, Eddie from the Rat, saw you with Iggy they wouldnt ler me in rooom. to say great show..HOB..just let you know still listnening went to your show but couldnt catch up....still in the pit at 64 Dave..well you know me

[@jefferyweigand1337]

check it out...no crazy mix of pedal system and a gorgeous guitar sound...

[@yuzennyvurgaropulos1474]

fantastic to see them front Bowie

[@michaelstruckus564]

I saw them @ "Spit" @ one of their "Midnight Surprise Shows". They were great. David wouldn't play P.G. because he was "sick of it". I can't blame him. It was a good show. We weren't there for the hit, anyway. It was always a "surprise" @ "Spit"'s Midnight Shows.

[@bakerboyboyboy]

Loved Spit.

[@lawismom]

these boys from Boston used to rock Ba-Ba O'Riley's in New London,Ct. (The Reducers would open....)The 80's New wave-Alternative post-punk pop rock genre - my favorite music era

[@dunskie]

Boston really had a great bunch of local bands back then. Not to call the Hoods a local act. Bands hate that.

[@AMeatBeetle]

I used to buy herb from one of these guys, many, many years ago.

[@GaleKravetzRyan]

The Dawgs The Upstarts a couple of more bands in this time. My ex-husband was a sound man for the upstarts. I got to see a lot of great bands back, then going backstage Grovers and Beverly, especially Lou Miami and the Kosmetics and of course, all the other local bands around the Beverly area

[@steelydon19]

Nice!

[@demogurl13]

david minehan. red hi-tops! i love this. the search continues...outlets?

[@paulfox1020]

outlets rule!

[@waynehump1]

I first saw the Hoods in 1980 at Uncle Sam's in Hull and thought Minehan was the greatest. He was dressed as Speedy Alka-seltzer with that sky blue strat. I was a huge Jam fan and these guys reminded me of them.

[@billrichardson5918]

Permanent Vacation was by the Peter Dayton Band. Used to see them regularly at Jack's in Cambridge

[@ralphquaglia5637]

the new models

[@rickvoorhees6946]

Awesome video! Brings back some great memories! But, wait... Brad 'Whitfield'??? of Aerosmith ... C'mon producers...🤪

[@chrismoss5169]

Good times

[@bassman6786]

The band I was in use to play backup for the Hoods. People would call us the mini-Hoods.

[@1beamer11]

Loved it then love it now! Should have been bigger than they were.

[@susanbjones5824]

Jammed with Willie Loco Alexander via Jay Moore. MORE COWBELL ON BASS ROCKS!

[@digitalArtform]

Except back then wasn't Rash of Stabbings fronted by a female vocalist? Carlotta Christie? I think I still have a cassette somewhere with a black magic marker hand drawn cover