The Pretty Things At The Paris Olympia 1971

[@mattfrank1796]

Parachute is such a wonderful lp start to finish and this live clip shows just how talented this band really was

[@pipmod]

Way ahead of the game .

[@mathstar4176]

Imagine evolving out of the 60's then 70's, this is your music, nothing better since. So you end up listening to the same music over and over again. Stones, Hendrix, Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Janis, Allman brothers, Cream but you missed out on Pretty Things. Now I hear them for the first time, SUDDENLY there is something new for a change. Thanks for digging them up German.

[@iliyanamarei]

I’m 23 but have always only listened to 50’s-90’s rock and roll and it was SO AWESOME to find something new like these guys! Who influenced so many of the people we listened to for DECADES. They’re slowly creeping up on my top fav bands list

[@finnmacdiarmid3250]

@@iliyanamarei They just might be my new favorite. The musicality was better than Pink Floyd for the time, one could even argue more intricate

[@maxsno]

Do It Do It

[@jeffcampbell4602]

similar for me...grew up in the sixties with the same bands. Only recently have I come to the realization that there is much, much more to the music of that period!

[@cameronduff884]

Me too , also Shocking Blue ❤

[@yourtubesteak]

Such an underrated band.

[@caesarsmith4711]

Peter Tolson, Brilliant! RIP

[@anthonygort8789]

Simply SUPERB! The Superb Pretty Things from a never to be forgotten superb Era playing various tracks including the superb 'Rain Trilogy' taken from their superb Album 'Parachute'. Looking back at my life, especially during in those Halcyon days of mid '60s & 70s when British Pop & Rock were both at their Best (its never been bettered) regardless of Politics, Strike after Strike after Strike , Power Cuts and Candles, 3 Day Weeks - thanks mainly to the Superb variety of Live & Recorded Music life to many, was one huge constant Upbeat. A Zillion Thanks to 'The Pretty Things' and ALL the other Incredible Bands, Groups, Performers, Composers, Recording Engineers, Musical Arrangers, DJs, etc. who helped make life so Wonderful & full of Magical sounds.

[@richardfinlayson1524]

When Tolson solos its like a portal opens up and alll this amazing lead guitar comes pouring through

[@philobrandon5710]

Phil May, we love you

[@karleberhardpfahl]

That guitar solo really burns - reckless, brutal, ecstatic - a blaze of violent energy. Just wow. This is how you ROCK!

[@mathstar4176]

How did I miss out on this band, how could I have just heard their music. It's like a crime, who was their Manager, why didn't Andrew Loog Oldham sign them up along with the Stones. We the fans feel LEFT OUT, Pretty Things are Incredible.😎😎🤔❤️

[@richardfinlayson1524]

Tolson is a beast, the whole thing just rocks, great band.........

[@АлексейСеменов-р1ь3д]

Слушаю5лет...классные....винил....парашют.....

[@44elisdad]

Clapton, Hendrix, Page, and Beck all deservedly share their 60's guitar god status and yes there was a sh#tload of unsung talent from that same era, but there were only a handful that commanded their respect at the time, and you'll never see any those guys on any contemporary GOAT list (except for maybe Richard Thompson, but it took him 4 decades of work and survival to get on those lists), but Pete Tolson was one those guys...

[@richardfinlayson1524]

pete is phenomenal in this clip, blows my mind every time

[@caryheuchert]

I met them back in the 1990’s. A brilliant band. I had a great conversation with Wally about record production.

[@todlevandoski1157]

My favorite band of all time

[@jambarreturns9060]

Beautiful harmonies from my boyhood idols, along with the Kinks, Who, animals and of course the Beatles.

[@davidjackson-lt8ip]

RIP Phil. Lovely guy, had a few beers with him many years ago........

[@MudFlanagan]

Brilliant stuff..many thanks. Parachute is my fav album ever

[@thiaanthony]

The amazing Pretty Things looking their best with groovy backing

[@marcfedak]

Excellent song and performance. It's interesting to see this band's evolution from 1965 to 1975.

[@groovedohg]

Marc Fedak. That was very common. Just look at Status Quo, Masters Apprentices etc. The sad thing though is that after The Punk takeover, all these bands went downhill super quick

[@maxsno]

​@@groovedohgindeed, a wardrobe change, unfortunately for creative minds , Pretty Things top rank.IMO

[@todlevandoski1157]

My favorite band ever the Beatles and the pretty things have all recordings never got to see them live

[@themagnanimous1246]

Those vocals are spot on, wow

[@FarRite5921]

These guys rock!!!

[@drewdeal2824]

Completely agree with other writers here, this band is amazing and succeeded in evading my near 7 decade radar. Only heard about them in a David Gilmour interview.

[@edouglaspratt]

Beautiful, this. So gentle, and so slowly, builds to a psychedelic crescendo. Impeccable vocals and musicianship throughout. The very tasteful movements...well, just compare 'Rain Trilogy" to "Free Bird", a really good tune but The Pretty Things are fine art. I'm curious what is that axe Wally Waller's playing? It looks like an upside down lefty with an odd body...? Bet it might fetch more than a few quid in today's vintage, or collectable market. -Doug Pratt, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

[@albertineno2443]

How beautiful, long live the sensitive and gentle psychedelic souls in the world. May your soul travels in peace om

[@written12]

Thanks so much. Wonderful songs and performance.

[@johnrobinson5672]

What a band!

[@АлексейСеменов-р1ь3д]

Творческие ребята...были....

[@jndrummer5131]

Phil May was as great a lead vocalist as all the best of them!

[@sevenantony7376]

At the end guitar and drums great together

[@johneshuis1215]

it's a musical intercourse

[@luiszuluaga6575]

Wow, this is so different from their earlier work. ✌🏼😃🎶

[@44elisdad]

RIP Peter

[@ТехноДом-я1у]

Классная группа

[@m3hnl]

the things one of the greatest bands ever classic talented awesome footage electric banana too happy new year all

[@carolwolf9614]

OMG. Awesome :)

[@patricionovoa4091]

My god! Pedazo de banda!

[@markc6557]

beautiful...... thanks....

[@chrisluurtsema68]

I always saw their LPs in stores back in the 80's and I saw they were on Swan Song and I always thought I should check them out but the thought would leave me and I would forget. Well here we are some 40 plus years later and I am finally checking them out from hearing Robert Plant mention them on an interview with Jonsey's Juke box. I am sorry I missed out, very impressive... a lot better than many I saw hit the charts over the years who were not worthy IMHO.

[@Slamit88]

NEVER TOO LATE Chris....these guys are (Simply Stated here:) "THE SHITE'!!....been s MAJOR PT's "Slap" since mid-70's High School years when they got some Detroit FM Radio play while opening for Zepp' (Page/Plant & ESPECIALLY Bowie LOVED EM'!!) on their U.S. tour at the time!!....

[@Magnetron33]

Possibly the best band that never really made it "big". Loved em since the 70s. They wrote really great songs

[@mjbachman3027]

They signed up with Swan Song back in 1974, and released the Silk Torpedo album shortly thereafter.

[@dixiefallas7799]

Ace band! Thanks.

[@WillieEWoof]

"Parachute" (1970) was the best TPT album and the "New Musical Express" record of the year!

[@АлексейСеменов-р1ь3д]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@PaulCrowhurst-f5v]

I watched this band over the years,right up to the death of Phil May.They never lost it.Their Xmas shoes at the Borderline are legendary.

[@julianperry1553]

Skip Alan - great drummer in an excellent band.

[@groovedohg]

Yes, great drummer, but keep him away from the microphone lol. It gets embarrassing. He basically only did co lead vocals with Phil on Route 66. Check him out at the Ragnarok fest in 73 or 74. He honestly came across as a hybrid of Mick Jagger and Gary Glitter, especially with that hairy butch chest

[@groovedohg]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5vIhGuZqM1rkNksi=kVTBEGl90bET5f0o

[@groovedohg]

See what I mean ;)

[@Robert-n3t3p]

Yes, he was a very special drummer. His son Dov has followed in his footsteps! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZzaoIyNe9qBbKM

[@muvmuv4785]

Better management and record company support would have made this band much bigger, just consider what the Stones and other bands turned into..............Rock Gods.

[@finnmacdiarmid3250]

The Pretty Things are THE rock gods. They didn’t want the spotlight and what at the time was 15 minutes of fame and the end of a career. They set the tone for generations after them. Bowie wouldn’t have happened, the Ramones, ELO, etc. All have used elements from these legends. Dick Taylor could have written the shine on you crazy diamond solo the way he was playing at the time.

[@Magnetron33]

RIP Phil May

[@АлексейСеменов-р1ь3д]

❤❤

[@philipnoblethe3rd695]

Phil May was a cool fella!

[@mathstar4176]

I wish they can still get some those millions they deserve. Why did the management not pull all the stops for these Cats. I feel like cursing whoever kept them from me. Well at least I now have NEW music for me instead of the same thing over and over again.

[@gerardtellet-larente2089]

J'avais 17 piges et je me rappelle de cette émission que j'avais enregistrée sur une k7 audio. Quel panard !!

[@chuckabbate5924]

nail spitting leads.

[@MyTigers77]

Paranoid Android. So thats where Radiohead stole that melody.

[@geoffreywillis7025]

borrowed.meddle

[@chuckabbate5924]

imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

[@philobrandon5710]

Radiohead are savy brains, homage not theft

[@maxsmor5119]

круто

[@videomagnuss]

Abbey Road influence

[@promiscuite]

@bluesrockhan hum... just here.

[@bluesrockhan]

where is pete tolson???

[@Robert-n3t3p]

Unfortunately he passed away in 2016. R.I.P. Pete!

[@guntarsmelbardis3264]

Never was in Paris... Just in Marribell..

[@Meddled]

How did Wally Waller end up playing a left handed guitar with most of the body chopped off? There must have been better guitars out there!

[@mrJimCharles]

Who the hell do think they are, Crosby Stills and Nash??? Lol!!

[@lunarpollen]

What the hell kind of guitar is Wally playing???

[@will2741]

That's a lefty Watkins Rapier that's been reshaped

[@leop3655]

paranoid android

[@todlevandoski1157]

Fuckin rock out pretties GOAT