The Tubes - What Do You Want From Life? - 12/31/1975 - Winterland (Official)

[@Astraltraveller05]

Fck, I’m nearly 66, and I absolutely love the tubes, from their start!

[@GarryWootton]

Me too mate... Saw them in 78....open air... Speeding.

[@williamsomerville-b6r]

I'm 72 and I concur.

[@joerectifier]

61 here....I heard this when it came out and I was shocked and instantly loved it.

[@gregoryanderson7562]

Amazing! So grateful that this was preserved and is available!

[@philipleanza3]

Fantastic!....Rock & Theatrics combined into a superb performance....The Tubes were way ahead of their time in the 70's!

[@garykorb3157]

Very sweet...I was at this concert when I was 17. Made me a real Tubes fan

[@jillmasters8491]

I was 17 also! Saw them the first time Halloween 1974, also Winterland.

[@rsvp9146]

Man, i would have loved to see these guys live (born in '78) Super tight musicians.

[@GarryWootton]

Funny... I saw them in 78...open air...speeding out of my head....you would have loved it.

[@jacobburghart8125]

the ending part of this song is incredible

[@brianolson836]

These guys lit it up last month in Rocklin Ca. The greats still come out and entertain us. Thank you Tubes!

[@vgordonw]

I love this so much.....it’s been so many years.

[@tylerleon8888]

Guarantee that my dad was at this show. He has so many great stories about seeing The Tubes in San Francisco back in the day. Would love to go back in time and buy a ticket to this show so I could hand my dad a joint.

[@GarryWootton]

Saw them in 78....SPEEDING.

[@victorsantiago5470]

awesome band. Progressive, punks, theatric, glam rock, and more.

[@jwbronco30]

Sputnik! Vince! The Tubes in their prime....it was like going to a rock concert and a Broadway show breaks out. Fantastic.

[@gdjahmal9829]

underunderunder rated TUBES!!!

[@carrie0123210]

I saw them in 81 or 82....WOW ....way underrated !

[@naiyalexic]

I saw them in the 70s, 80s, and twice in the last five or so years. They're just as good. Fee is the sexiest dude. I'm so smitten lol...

[@mccartneygiannoni37]

this is fucking awesome --- love the tubes --

[@naiyalexic]

Such badasses... even now.

[@mraven7507]

Absolutely brilliant!! Everything is just rocking

[@carlykisses]

Just got tickets to see them in November in Beverly, MA. Almost 47 years after this performance! Love!!!

[@bobchooper114]

Saw the Tonawanda show on the 5th. Awesome great show.

[@ozzie-sk9dh]

Prairie was a machine in the tubes 😂

[@geocs5895]

Great show...I guess you had to be there. The Tubes were on top of the Bay Area scene in 1975, Flo And Eddie were middle-billed and Eddie Money, 2 years away from his debut album opened the show. Good times.

[@sanfranciscobay]

Somewhere around this time, I believe I saw The Tubes at Winterland San Francisco ( I saw many shows there) and I was a volunteer Usher at Bimbos San Francisco where I saw their show about 3-5 times. The Tubes were a great show to watch.

[@GoddessLinda1]

Thank you, Tubes! Fee Waybill, you rock!

[@hughbetcha436]

It should have been illegal to be this great!

[@rockablababy]

I've seen the tubes a few times I've seen them do this song differently a few times one time this song morphed into like this jazz lounge chilled out version it was fucking incredible one of the greatest groups of all time

[@craignewnes5148]

"An Airtight Alibi." Too funny!

[@complicitytheory]

That is the brilliance.

[@Stokjockey]

A Baby's Arm Holding and Apple...............

[@jerryhajek1291]

After the '79 Oakland show, my companion of the era found a small forearm keychain dongle. It was in her purse for as long as I remember seeing her keys...*L* As for the band....etched my brain....weasels ripped my flesh....and later a co-worker opined that I was '....the sanest person he'd met..." ?!*#!? ".....you haven't met many people, have you? You Really ought to get out 'n about more...." *L* He's now living in Brazil, and I'm at the other side of the U.S. I guess we both took my advice... ;)

[@lunacougar]

Means John Holmes.

[@owenoneil6600]

I saw them at Crosby field in Kenmore NY

[@martinking4476]

Great band far better than the manufacturered trash we have today

[@tonyb2337]

Genius!

[@jacquiebockius1523]

1975? Damn, more relevant than ever now. Yes, they came on before people were ready for this kind of music. But their influence persists.

[@tarvisbickler3787]

*Real 70's Rock **Fee Waybill**

[@myearsloveit]

thanx everso

[@thepunadude]

SAW THEM AT FOOTHILL COLLEGE 73-74 AND EVERYNIGHT FOR 2 WEEKS DOING THE CHAINSAW SHOW AT BIMBOS 365 CLUB IN SAN FRANCISCO. AND ... FEY WAYBILL IS ALSO AN AWESOME 2ND BASEMAN

[@donatapolati7525]

😍😍😍😍

[@georgematulich4163]

Thats just....stupid good. I was at one of their shows in SF......I got the vinyl records they were handing out but more importantly....people were throwing 714's around like Pez candy. My face melted and barely remember the experience but it was a good --- no GREAT.

[@laragio]

Back when San Francisco wasn't a public toilet.

[@thomasfriberg5494]

Now there is some body who knows what he's talking about ,& unlike New York in the 1970s """ THE CITY. """in which I lived in that Era & into the. 1980s was the best. @ one Time or was it that we we're so Young and promiscuous I was what is now Known as PAN or OMNi & very Non Binary and somewhat as a side Hustle on ""CALL "" if you will indulge me also Adult Performances in private Homes and Parties and On Stage and I worked my Day 😁😊 Job in the Financial District. Lived for a good While in Bernal Heights and the marina district and the Castro Every day was a New and Exciting Adventure and was always a great fun & People were a Blast we all loved to be together , we needed & wanted EACH OTHER in that Era. , Where have we gone so horribly wrong & could we have it back if we really wanted it bad enough , so now adays I am still in California in a suburb ( eeeccchhh !!!!! , ))) I know it's above Sacramento uhhh!! Don't rub it in. IN a Alt right. / Ultra Conservative so called Traditional Town , county and region and I was alright for A number of years , but not anymore please send positive thoughts my way. I have got to find my way out of here ,. I want to go to TEL AVIV or Amsterdam or Iceland and not live directly in the city's of these Places ,,,,, but Yes I sure do miss the years in San Francisco during the Disco and New Wave Music EXPERIENCE Glad I didn't miss them

[@waynedaley7048]

Right on

[@artmusicguy]

Was this the show that ended with the Stanford Marching Band playing WPOD with them? And the girl on the trapeze? And the bank of TV monitors? It was so long ago.......!

[@johnr7471]

A baby’s arm holding an apple?!! The best.

[@charlesachurch7265]

Bet Frank Zappa wished he'd written this!

[@GarryWootton]

Saw them 78..knebworth.

[@danielodom3839]

i was there

[@charleswarriner2436]

Short version! My childhood friends obviously seized upon my 1960's military artifact collecting hobby, as "weird", because it generated the line "a beautifully restored Third Reich swizzle stick?" . I have to Chuckle whenever I hear it. So sad what happened to Vinnie, when we first met he was a 16 year old hippie in a fringed leather jacket with long red hair. ... what life's bad breaks do to some of us.

[@kenmurphy6792]

Ha! .. A Merc Montclair ~~ Who's Vinnie? Cuz .. I had a friend like that. He ALWAYS wore that damn fringed leather jacket! Indoors, outdoors, summer, winter, rain or shine, Crawford never took it off! I've watched him do things .. ( I won't say what ).. wearing "the" jacket, that would make your toes, curl up and wanna hide .. but I digress ~ He had long "kinda" red hair .. ( brown .. bordering on the red ) .. and he drank like a fish. I remember the time when he smashed the display window of a liquor store and snatched a BIG 1 gallon bottle of Smirnoff's Vodka. We took it back to his parents house where his 90 'something' year old grandparents and his 60 'something' year old mother .. ( ALL were stone cold hardcore alcoholics ) resided. Between the 8 of us, we polished it off and we all really got to know the history of the "Crawford Family" ~ The next day .. the local papers had a picture of a suspect .. ( taken from the inside security camera ) wearing a "fringed leather jacket" and "long dark hair" .. only showing the back of his head .. with the caption ~~ "Bandits break liqour store window and make off with a BIG bottle" *anyone recognizing this person please contact the police* @ ###-###-####. ~ Oh how we laughed! And do you think he stopped wearing that dammed coat? NO FUCKIN' WAY! ````` >>>> ```` .... So .. Who's Vinnie?

[@kenmurphy6792]

What do you want from life To kidnap an heiress or threaten her with a knife What do you want from life To get cable TV and watch it every night There you sit a lump in your chair Where do you sleep and what do you wear when you're sleeping What do you want from life An Indian guru to show you the inner light What do you want from life a meaningless love affair with a girl that you met tonight How can you tell when you're doin' alright? Does your bank account swell While you're dreaming at night? How do you know when you're really in love? Do violins play when you're touching the one That you're loving? What do you want from life? (What do you want from life?) Someone to love And somebody you can trust? What do you want from life? (What do you want from life?) To try and be happy While you do the nasty things you must? What do you want from life? What do you want from life? What do you want from life? What do you want from life? Well, you can't have that, but If you're an American citizen you are entitled to: A heated kidney shaped pool A microwave oven--don't watch the food cook A Dyna-Gym--I'll personally demonstrate it in the privacy of your own home A kingsize Titanic unsinkable Molly Brown waterbed with polybendum A foolproof plan and an airtight alibi Real simulated Indian jewelry! A Gucci shoetree! A year's supply of antibiotics A personally autographed picture of Randy Mantooth And Bob Dylan's new unlisted phone number A beautifully restored 3rd Reich swizzle stick Rosemary's baby! A dream date in kneepads with Paul Williams A new Matador A new mastadon A Maverick A Mustang A Montego A Merc Montclair A Mark IV A meteor A Mercedes An MG Or a Malibu? A Mort Moriarty A Maserati A Mac truck A Mazda A new Monza Or a moped A Winnebago Hell, a herd of Winnebago's, we're giving 'em away Or how about a McCulloch chainsaw? A Las Vegas wedding A Mexican divorce A solid gold Kama Sutra coffee pot Or A baby's arm holding an apple? ~~ KM ~ WWG1WGA !!! TUBES RULE !! (ruled)

[@dannyreed2887]

How about a McCulloch Chain Saw?!

[@mgrzx3367]

They were great once. Then got big and got lost.

[@GastonBulbous]

A dream date in knee pads with Paul Williams!

[@kenmurphy6792]

@Nez Appaz yer mama's gay

[@cpdaddy7]

A matador, a mastodon (I think)

[@sinamor77]

una paradoja : punk sinfónico-progresivo jajaja

[@danmurphy4724]

Progrosive rock alternate post modern punk,

[@ricklivingston966]

quay lewd

[@vincebrannen7969]

A giant bottle of 7up

[@carrie0123210]

A little scary... lol

[@Denise-xg1nw]

Hung out with Vince in Lori with my boyfriend Dean

[@martincoxon1329]

its a baby's arm holding an orange.....but apart from that faultless