00:00 Introduction 00:30 Anonymous Two (Part 1) 07:13 Anonymous Two (Part 2) 12:25 Anonymous Two (Part 3) 16:27 Anonymous Two (Part 4) 21:35 Anonymous Two (Finale) 24:03 Eruption: main theme 28:15 Eruption: Tommy 32:05 Hocus Pocus 40:07 Sylvia (fail / broken string) 42:28 Sylvia (Take 2) 44:47 Hocus Pocus (Reprise)
@JJONNYREPP
11 ай бұрын
Focus - Live At National Stadium, Dublin 1973 (FULL SHOW, with time stamps) 1945pm 26.9.23 it's a blackpool thingy... a pool port thing... a wowowowowow howl a bit kindda love-in. anyhow; job search, listen to this... get some stares... carry on. stuff their protests. live it. eat it. fuck it!!!!
@olivierodaltoso1456
Жыл бұрын
This video shows that when you are a genious in music and you master your instrument and/or voice... you do not need colorful lights, smoke and all that choreography other bands use on the stage! Their music and songs are simply fantastic.
@ranjitverdi5702
5 күн бұрын
Totally! Bro......I saw them Newcastle City Hall at the same Tour .. just excellent.👍
@petset77
11 ай бұрын
Bass solo is truly solo, involving the audience in time without percussion. It seems so easy in 2023 on youtube vids from a living room, but this was LIVE, in front of tens of thousands, 50 years ago. FIFTY years ago, live. Everyone marvels at the amazing guitar, keyboard, and drumming (rightly so), but EVERY player was superior. I was lucky enough to witness this amazing band. It was called PROGRESSIVE rock for a reason. Following up with lick based "Eruption" spells it out, before of course... Imagine playing a Les Paul through an "Acoustic" rig with 15" speakers and hoping for some tone? ....all that, and it's not even a full house...and breaking a string without another guitar waiting, in tune, during an encore? WOW!! Just bringing it to the fans. Kudos.
@Hawkrvo
11 ай бұрын
I seen them in Rock Island , Illinois 1974 .Full house and super.
@eugeneburns6124
3 жыл бұрын
Wow, didn't know this existed. They did 2 concerts in a row in the Stadium that time. I was at both. To this day 2 of the best gigs I was ever at. A couple of us bragged our way in to the first one with 10 Major cigarettes to the guy on the door (that was a regular thing for us back then as we were only kids and had little money). Was so good I paid in the next night as there were some seats still left. Still regularly listen to Focus. Great days. The Stadium had such great gigs back then, including Rory of course.
@philipcramer940
2 жыл бұрын
That is so cool. Love to my Irish cousins and friends, from nyc....
@adeh503
2 жыл бұрын
Gigs for cigs 😀
@pjlogan386
6 ай бұрын
Yea ,I missed this,saw Rory and canned heat
@Fresh-tw7ev
2 жыл бұрын
Salute to these Dutch masters of PROG ROCK. 🇳🇱 🎸 🥁
@renatoporcu3097
Жыл бұрын
Abbraccio da Roma 👑 tutti squisiti dalla musica 🎸.... dalla nostra generazione ❤️
@JJONNYREPP
11 ай бұрын
Focus - Live At National Stadium, Dublin 1973 (FULL SHOW, with time stamps) 2004pm 26.9.23 some family.... some butthole surfers fan or faux space rocker brought me here. decided i needed to enjoy the upstanding tunes of this dutch troupe, focus. seems such whimsy as this would have worked in any smoky pub or clubland circuit dive... this lends more to the bitter beer and real ale brigade than it does to tripped out kids with tinsel waving about shouting... as some dude in mock interested tones intones: what a good idea. as the silver tinsel wafts lovingly in the on-lookers face.... hawkwind gigs died after after that incident. sadly i wasn't at that hawkwind gig or was it Ozric tentacles... so effed up was i back at home soaking in a bathtub thinking: this is a fine way to get cramp... i wasn't at this focus concert, either. which is easily explainable as i was only 1 year and a bit old. johnny cum lately indeed.... adios old hams.
@stephengriffin9992
Жыл бұрын
This was my first rock concert as a callow youth just turned 20. (30th April 1973) Long hair but no gange and digging the tunes. Became a life-long Focus fan to this day. Happy times.
@tnecniv1952
7 ай бұрын
Me too
@garyrowe58
6 ай бұрын
I was only just finding out about Focus then, at 15 ... and then couldn't believe they'd played Dublin !!! Seeing the stage brings back so many memories of the Stadium - Rory, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Quo etc. ... happy days indeed!
@Dwoed
Жыл бұрын
No second guitar, no guitar tech Just the real deal, awesome!
@phillippitts6294
Жыл бұрын
50 years later, this song still rocks!
@pearsehall1049
Жыл бұрын
I am happy to say I was at this and very happy to say I am still here to see it again 😊
@CanuckFluter
3 жыл бұрын
I don't think it is a stretch to say Focus was one of the greatest rock bands ever. Where they would fall on a list is hard to say.
@George.Andrews.
2 жыл бұрын
No stretch atall
@maxinemckenzie6076
3 жыл бұрын
A lot of teens there digging it. Better quality Live music, and more enthusiastic audiences back then.A Great capture this. Almost 50 years ago!
@rollinstone5217
2 жыл бұрын
And no annoying and distracting cellphones. Just listening to, enjoying and experiencing music as one should do. Edited to add: great audience 👍!
@ionglontaru3082
Жыл бұрын
@@rollinstone5217 Ai perfecta dreptate! Suntem fericiți ca am trăit acele vremuri!
@petritanskanen8465
2 ай бұрын
There is a reason for it why Pierre van der Linden is one of my favourite drummers... Love Focus!
@ranjitverdi5702
5 күн бұрын
totally agree bro 👍..I Saw them Newcastle City Hall, same Tour 73..I was
@dupont135
20 күн бұрын
It's not live, IT'S ALIVE! Focus is something special.
@gregdolecki8530
Жыл бұрын
Simply amazing how good this band was (in this config).
@dennisdinorcia7407
2 жыл бұрын
Very underated group. Jan Akkerman is on top with the best guitarists.
@SAMMYKO1
11 ай бұрын
They are recognised as one of the greatest groups ever.
@sommelierramon
10 ай бұрын
Underrated by whom ?
@sommelierramon
10 ай бұрын
Jan might as wel be the absolute top in the world, he is. Amongst very few, to nearly none others. Youre right.
@OlafProt
9 ай бұрын
Underrated by who? Jeez I see this comment everywhere by so many people. I assume it’s trolls Or spam to get negative comments .
@edljnehan2811
5 ай бұрын
Underrated simply means that they don't get the recognition that they deserve . There's no negative condemnation about the group as a whole just that they get very little recognition compared to the other progressive rock bands like yes ELP King Crimson and Genesis for example . These are trolls because I've said it myself many times with Focus level of talent they just never get the mention these other bands do @@OlafProt
@ianrogers1287
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a great piece footage, - Focus warts'n all. A good example of a rock gig early/mid 70's, including the 10-15 mins of individual solo's where everyone used to go to the bar. R.I.P. Bert Reuter.
@maxinemckenzie6076
3 жыл бұрын
Looking at some of the Patrons, there must've been some Acid around. Van der Linden's drum solo was excellent as always. A truly Legendary Band. 🎶🕉✨🎶👂👌.
@maxinemckenzie6076
3 жыл бұрын
Sorry, I should say that Van der Linden still is Great..he was when I last saw them 2 years ago. 🥁🎶👌.
@rickblackers88
3 жыл бұрын
@@maxinemckenzie6076 Yeah Pierre is still in great shape
@edljnehan2811
5 ай бұрын
While not super fast like say Carl Palmer Pierre still has that jazz thing going. Excellent drummer😊
@patriciomaia3200
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic !! Dutch Progressive Rock Band !!! FOCUS I' M fan very and very much...
@Hawkrvo
Жыл бұрын
Thiis expressions at the beginning are pure enjoyment. He’s the best !
@AdamDekin
2 жыл бұрын
My dude was ready to do his whistle part. Guitarist went into his own thing. Crowd standing ovation. Fuck, I guess no whistle part then.
@larryzamba1689
2 жыл бұрын
The director of the video kind of fell in love with a cheesy wipe effect to the point where it would give someone an epileptic seizure.
@jbpverdan
2 жыл бұрын
Bert Ruiter RIP ... .
@julianevans9853
4 ай бұрын
Wonderful. Focus were just something else. Amazing. However, it would be great to track down the producer of this TV footage, who presumably decided that the video ‘effects’ were ‘cool’ and slap them soundly across the face.
@Happysongkla
2 күн бұрын
東京からです。こんな動画が見られる、夢のようです。
@maxinemckenzie6076
3 жыл бұрын
Loving the Audience shots. 📽🎸🎶🥁🎶🙋♀️👌💜
@pauldavis6356
3 ай бұрын
Accoustic 371 with 2 eighteen inch cabs for the bass. NICE!
@petergabriel99
2 жыл бұрын
Simplemente espectacular!! Qué buenos eran....!! Wow
@knutabrandal7439
Жыл бұрын
What a band! As a very young norwegian (still norwegian, by the way! 😁) I fell in love with this group! And I've even performed "Silvia" in my own band. (nobody recognized it, thow - they thought it was the finnish national hymn! And what the hell - it COULD have been! 😂) Jan Akkerman was (still is!) one of the absolute greatest guitarist ever! Brian May was a great fan. And the composer and leader Thijs van Leer - top of the pops! He is - by the way - still active!! Pierre van der Linden - now words reaches up! And Bert Ruiter on bass and backing vocals - no Focus without him! kzitem.info/news/bejne/0Kal1GSifmWdf4Y And Jan? WOW!! Listen to this!! kzitem.info/news/bejne/tnh93o2ciml4rGU&start_radio=1
@SPassion2010
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Just amazing.
@KayDee73
2 жыл бұрын
Majestic!!!
@a.i.liebson3287
3 ай бұрын
Saw them twice. Written in stone as my second-favorite band ever.
@julianmeek2156
11 ай бұрын
I was born in the first weeks of 1973 so missed this gig... Until now. Great stuff, and good to read accounts by people who were actually there at the time...
@adeh503
2 жыл бұрын
Changes his own string fkn legend
@MobiusBandwidth
Жыл бұрын
can't believe he didn't have a spare axe nearby. XD ah well.
@wmialil
2 жыл бұрын
42:12 broken string - good old days, Jan Akkerman changes his own string, no roadie involved
@ranjitverdi5702
5 күн бұрын
exactly 👍
@ranjitverdi5702
5 күн бұрын
Mr Akkerman. I saw them on the same Tour at Newcastle City Hall.just class 👍
@Gui142857
3 жыл бұрын
Wow!!!!!
@emiliacob2639
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome, awesome, awesome !!! I never heard that live version of Anonymous.
@MrMjp58
2 жыл бұрын
Where on earth did this come from?? A revelation to Focus fans; it makes me feel I'm there! Jan's almost as good as he was at the Rainbow and that's saying rather a lot.
@vano758
Жыл бұрын
i was watching this rendition of "Sylvia" here and couldn't stop shedding tears of bliss. especially watching how the audience is responding.... unbelievably great video
@Kohntarkosz
7 ай бұрын
RTE (Irish Television) vaults, presumably. Unlike the BBC, it would appear RTE hung onto stuff that might have at the time been deemed "moribund" or whatever.
@leonleon3773
3 жыл бұрын
brilliant never seen this concert before many thanks for posting
@gonzaloreyes8782
2 жыл бұрын
32:07 the best version so far. People on fire
@billbrillford7883
3 жыл бұрын
blistering version of Hocus Pocus
@Happysongkla
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks from Tokyo. Ariatou
@danquinnell3502
3 жыл бұрын
Was totally unaware of the band’s musical picture beyond hocus pocus. Thanks so much for sharing. Very talented and entertaining.
@rickblackers88
3 жыл бұрын
Man,what a treat!!!This is great,never seen before!!!!Thanx!!Many thanx!!
@sofanr3
3 жыл бұрын
great music but those visual effects are driving me mad
@lindagreaney5136
3 жыл бұрын
Strobe light
@ranabirgahir462
5 ай бұрын
TIMELESS music 🎵
@vinto34
9 ай бұрын
Brilliant band...they never played their songs the same in each concert they did to keep it interesting.
@buttership
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for that, I was at stage left at that incredible gig
@seanmeaney253
3 жыл бұрын
Who supported them buttership? Was it Rob Strong?
@buttership
3 жыл бұрын
@@seanmeaney253 Sorry, can't remember, might well have been
@irishjohn32
3 жыл бұрын
@@buttership Reform supported them that night.
@alanthorne3921
2 жыл бұрын
They travelled light.Flew in with the same clothes and one guitar from the Rainbow gig.A ( late) friend of mine was at this gig and told me about the broken string incident at the start of Sylvia in Dublin and the cameras .Apparently they were recording gigs at this time for a live album which would be the At The Rainbow Lp.He was in the know being a roadie for Edgar Broughton Band and Hawkwind(shared a flat with Simon King)
@zsoltbarkaszi9387
3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!
@VASHTUZ8
5 ай бұрын
Fantastic ✨
@padraigcarroll5232
3 жыл бұрын
I was at this gig ! Remember the string breaking, and I thought " Rory Gallagher would have kept going "! Great band, though !
@Elfutre1957
2 жыл бұрын
Where you the one dancing in the back?
@sergiozuccala7630
2 жыл бұрын
Van Leer un genio que esta totalmente loco
@edljnehan2811
5 ай бұрын
Jan akkerman without a doubt one of the greatest guitarists of all time and along with Jeff Beck my favorite. Vanleer is also a top-notch keyboard player.
@joeryan6271
4 ай бұрын
Right on bro. Also a deadhead😎👍👍 21:03 21:29
@sven8393
3 жыл бұрын
My parrents raised me in a progressive way, no mom and dad, just using their first names. It gives a certain equal understanding at a young age. I went to a jazz festifal with them where focus was playing. Loved it! Being progressive I got from my parrents. Now I understand why, they were a fan of focus. Now a days I am a fan of ‘The Cure’. Looking at this recording there are simularities. being a different thinker is OK
@JJONNYREPP
11 ай бұрын
Focus - Live At National Stadium, Dublin 1973 (FULL SHOW, with time stamps) 2018PM 26.9.23 being different is ok. ok. no idea why calling yer mam and dad by their monikers induces progressive thinking, though. still.......................................................... anyhow; i can't think the irish would be passing round the tabs of acid at this gig. do you think so? be pretty effed up situation... loads of UFO's that night, no doubt... allegedly some poor kid trippping his balls off and seeing a floating light above the police station and then seeing a policeman walking down the raod...and desperately wishing to ask the copper if he, too, saw the ufo "over there" but then thinking better of it...... well... erm... enough said. the amusement of that tale probably comes from nearly being grabbed by the dick while under the influence, no doubt? ummmmm...... anyhow, without sounding too bourgeoisie, good luck!!!
@vincepie
3 жыл бұрын
That mad Chevron up and down thing at the start is a head doer like. Other than that this is one of the greatest things on KZitem.
@ozzie-sk9dh
3 ай бұрын
Jan's solo on Eruption is truly majestic.
@user-ng8kr6ys5d
5 ай бұрын
The one and only
@pale_saint
3 жыл бұрын
..on organ, Thijs van LeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEE
@edljnehan2811
5 ай бұрын
T h e j i s😊
@agegroot5666
3 жыл бұрын
Great performance by my countrymen. Picture resolution could be higher.
@wouterbessels8605
3 жыл бұрын
Buy the new Focus 50 years box set, which includes a DVD with this concert in full HD quality! Buy the box set, support the band! Search for «Focus 50 years: Anthology 1970-1976».
@coloaten6682
4 ай бұрын
Proper band.
@nigel8247
5 ай бұрын
Saw them on this tour at Clacton on sea teacher training college never really heard of them .. They were awesome….
@valeriyblinov1573
4 ай бұрын
SUPER GREAT!! LOVE!! Thank You!! Share
@Edsonboka49
2 жыл бұрын
Sensacional! Em 21/02/2022!
@Kohntarkosz
7 ай бұрын
Apart from the of course excellent performance, we should also take note of the great camera work and editing here. They don't make concert videos like this anymore, where the director stays on a given shot for more than one second. There's lots of slow crossfades and things like showing one band member, then panning over to another, or having a shot showing two or more band members, changing focus (pun intended) from one band member to another, without actually moving the camera. Nobody does stuff like that anymore.
@MrSyjdub
4 ай бұрын
Amazing! My favorite Group. Thank you for posting from Brooklyn, NY
@seesaw1969
3 жыл бұрын
wow....now i see what i have never seem before!! thank you fellow!!
@joeryan6271
4 ай бұрын
Straight to the soul.
@desmo750f1
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I haven't seen this one before.
@ESP95
Жыл бұрын
que tiempos !! y q músicos!! corto cuerda y no saco otra guitarra, cambio LA CUERDA ahí mismo, Y sin afinador!!! uhhhhhh geniales
@adrianbiondi765
3 жыл бұрын
Sencillamente genial.
@kevinlemming6268
Жыл бұрын
Amazing to watch Akkerman replace his E string live on stage! Nowadays someone would rush on with one of a thousand spare replacements.
@henrymanzano4600
2 жыл бұрын
wuao la musica que sacudió y sacude al mundo,focus historia de los inicios del rock
@pjlogan386
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for upload,did not think it was filmed.amazing!
@tnecniv1952
7 ай бұрын
My first prog concert ❤❤❤
@marcosvegamusic
11 сағат бұрын
Cerati brings me here, had nineteen when discovered this song, i was listenning to pink floyd too, such psychodelic and unreal vibes
@travelpointone991
7 ай бұрын
Being from The Netherlands, you could walk into a local bookshop and witness a mini concert. BTW His daughter is also a talented musician and singer.
@edljnehan2811
5 ай бұрын
You need to mention whose daughter😮
@Driver2616
5 ай бұрын
The National Stadium in Dublin was always a great venue back in the 1970s. I saw Rory Gallagher there, Thin Lizzy, Horslips, Harry Chapin, Budgie, Gong, Wishbone Ash, Eric Clapton, EmmyLou Harris….. Unfortunately I missed many concerts - this one here with Focus, Status Quo and also the famous Genesis concert when Peter Gabriel decided to appear, for the first time, in a costume, his wife’s red dress! Thankfully, I’m still going to concerts, my most recent one being the aforementioned Peter Gabriel in the 3 Arena…..
@johndouglas1542
10 ай бұрын
10 stars. 5 doesn't cut it.
@rickspence979
2 жыл бұрын
I like the more open jamming here. The bass solo is loosely based on the one on the album. Much prefer these jams to the hits.
@richardgulley4860
7 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed this! Couldnt wipe the smile off my face😊. Btw Where was the roadie with the backup guitar? Lol … quick string change!! Jan is killer! Along with the rest of the band! No effects on vocals or guitar, just straight up! They’d be just as good in a small bar as a stadium! Real musicians 👍👍👍👍
@stewartquark1661
2 жыл бұрын
Focus invented sound
@user-ng8kr6ys5d
5 ай бұрын
Still the best l!
@orazioscardace911
5 ай бұрын
✌️
@renatoporcu3097
Жыл бұрын
6 aprile 2023 Roma 👑
@maxinemckenzie6076
3 жыл бұрын
Beats "The Bay City Rollers" any day. 🎸🎶👌🎶🥁.
@harrolldthebarroll
Жыл бұрын
😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆
@josvansuchtelen9743
4 ай бұрын
sitting in a car in UK with my UK colleague, he had this music on tape, and he thought it was an English band, I could wake him up........though..haha
@user-dk8zr6up8d
2 жыл бұрын
32:55 king of downstroke
@francuscosuarez2512
9 ай бұрын
❤
@robertzalesny
7 ай бұрын
amaizng...
@manguera9
7 ай бұрын
jon akkerman was playing with no guitar pedals, no volume effect pedal , he had to worked with the timing of doing the volume effect with the guitar knobs and to completed a broken string ,in 1978 was the time most of guitar players brought a guitar tech, 2 electric extra guitars and responsible the guitars not being stolen.
@edljnehan2811
5 ай бұрын
That's not the first time he's broken his string on stage during that song and repaired it on the spot. Check out focus live and rare on KZitem for some videos of them from the early days much better than this one and that they're much clearer.😮
@Ian2844
3 жыл бұрын
Good concert. But marred by the unimaginative and lazy camera work. Not enough shots close up of Jan Akkerman. Best shots of him are when he changes his broken string!
@jimbabwe1
Жыл бұрын
Basically poor directing, tight on Thjis when Jan is doing his masterful breaks. I think he missed every one of them.
@alasdairmcgregor4334
5 ай бұрын
In the 70s there was Total Footb
@olliebeak131
Жыл бұрын
Only 48 mins? What a rip...
@eldonad
2 жыл бұрын
Huh, was not expecting to hear the second movement of the Concerto for Orcherstra by Bartòk in Eruption... Is this a popular choral I am not aware of, or a direct inspiration ? (26:43)
@steveberti7060
Жыл бұрын
Focus were the ultomite Jam band still are no other band comes close
@SongSwan
2 жыл бұрын
The headache inducing optical effects need to go,cool back in the day I guess.
@stephenowens3687
2 жыл бұрын
Yup. A lot of music shows did it back then! Very irritating I know.
@MrOttopants
2 жыл бұрын
I want what she's having at 37:13. That must have been a really nice tab.
@matycee
3 жыл бұрын
argument for backup, tuned guitar in the wings made!!
@mikeace5831
Жыл бұрын
That was musicianship today we got crap I always said we were lived in a Renaissance the great music the 50s 2000s but then it goes downhill my opinion
@crimsonrush
2 жыл бұрын
I love Focus. Their early work is never far from my turntable (or cd player). Apart from the nightmarish wipes, this is a treat. A time capsule item. However. The bass solo was awful. An excuse for the rest of the band to smoke weed. Came back, still crap. Drum solo. Smoke MORE weed. Came back. MUCH better. Van Leer is so brilliant. He has to be. Akkerman wasn't on his game. PVdL was sublime as usual, and Bert was sound. TVL's newer incarnation of Focus is much better than this IMHO. The audience was extremely entertaining. Brought back a lot of memories from my early years as a gig goer. Feel free to argue with me, but keep it friendly. :)
@videocraque5384
2 жыл бұрын
Apart from the newer incarnation of the band, which I haven't heard, I agree 100%, all the way, with your comments. As a whole it was a wreck of a show, and the camera crew don't have a clue re. the guitar god that stands right there for them to shoot - even though, like you say, he was out of it here: he even sabotages Van Leer's whistling solo by ending "Hocus Pocus" precipitously, and - good grief - did he forget to bring along a freaking spare guitar for when a string breaks?... But just thinking about the "Focus III" album gives me goose bumps... Such an awesome band!
@MrMjp58
2 жыл бұрын
A very entertaining comment. I can't and wouldn't argue with you for the sake of it! I've always really liked this band. My views, for what they are worth: This film is almost as good as The Rainbow footage Jan's playing - at its best [admittedly rare] is unmatched by any other player When I saw them live around 15 years ago and a Jan solo gig in 2002, both had very poor sound balance. I'm not a fan of live rock style gigs in general. I still love their early 70's recordings
@crimsonrush
2 жыл бұрын
@@MrMjp58 I haven't played 'Moving Waves' since, I dunno - yesterday. :D
@JJONNYREPP
11 ай бұрын
Focus - Live At National Stadium, Dublin 1973 (FULL SHOW, with time stamps) 2030pm 26.9.23 what about mother focus?
@crimsonrush
11 ай бұрын
@@videocraque5384 A few months ago I saw the newest incarnation of Focus in concert in New Brighton, England. Absolutely brilliant. Menno is the best Focus guitarist since The Maestro. He plays the music as it is meant to be played - no dicking about - and puts his own personality into it.
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