I'm the one with the black hair and the Les Paul who starts the song with the guitar riff and I'm standing right next to Jobriath which I did for 2 years but sadly, very few gigs as everything collapsed so quickly. Thank you for the info. I had forgotten (or perhaps never noticed) that Gladys Knight was hosting. Though trying to be gracious she was unable to disguise her ambivalence and with her background that's no surprise. She must have been shocked. The audience certainly was!
@kevinsturges6957
Жыл бұрын
You are a really good guitar player! Hope you are still playing today.
@chriscampbell9191
Жыл бұрын
So I take it the guy with the Flying V is Steve Love? The guitarist who played with Ian Lloyd and the Stories? Any idea what happened to him? Can't locate any info whatsoever. Love your own guitar playing, by the way. I had heard of Jobriath but sadly never had a chance to hear any of his music until the late 1990s or thereabouts.
@dalepetrush4121
Жыл бұрын
He truly had zero talent sorry. You were too good for that crap.
@belladonna131
Жыл бұрын
This was a FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE and the MUSIC WAS ABSOLUTELY GREAT!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@jmdavison62
Жыл бұрын
@@dalepetrush4121 You're funny. If this performance is any guide, Jobriath had excellent stage presence, above average songwriting chops, and--since comparisons to David Bowie are unavoidable--a voice decidedly better than Bowie's.
@BUGZYFANG
Ай бұрын
Love the positive comments!! He was great just ahead of his time. Glad so many appreciate this now
@Bottlerocket75
16 жыл бұрын
After repeated viewings, I've decided this song simply kicks ass.
@jmdavison62
Жыл бұрын
💯
@BenRangel
6 жыл бұрын
I wonder how many times the teams for Hedwig & The Angry Inch and Velvet Goldmine watched this :)
@Ann_Dromeda
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I was wondering the same thing.
@michaelalago7033
3 жыл бұрын
LOL....they listened and studied him for many many years i am sure. Thats ok.. i worked for Jerry Brandt who discovered Jobriath. Listening to 1st album right now! Absolutely Brilliant. I tell people if u love Hedwig and Ziggy with a dash of Broadway then this record is definitely for you. Rest in Paradise both Jerry Brandt and Jobriath. blessings and Rock & Roll darlings!
@cripbabe111
3 жыл бұрын
Hedwig FOR SURE!!
@JTRocks4Ever
2 жыл бұрын
He was the original! Amazing. Velvet Goldmine is one of my favorite movies!
@JesusGomez-ob2qt
4 ай бұрын
@@JTRocks4Ever the original? You realize jobriath solely existed to cash in on what david bowie did right?
@davidh52
15 жыл бұрын
Hey, I was there onstage, too, the dancer first out, left crouching at the end. We taped in Burbank at NBC studios. It was nightmarish to me, as the audience was full of denim and patchwork shirts and I thought certainly we'd be boo'ed off the stage, but we weren't! It was a lot of fun, but what a letdown from the Paris Opera House gig we'd been promised. I am surprised that so many people find the work influential. It doesn't appeal to me. Except for "Scumbag"! Love that song.
@suneyeintuition4315
3 жыл бұрын
The Jobriath A.D. documentary talks about the Midnight Special like it was a disaster, but I don't think the audience is all that bad and there's good applause at the end.
@kiah1374
3 жыл бұрын
At least he was 100℅ more talented than david bowie - yuck!
@azalago
3 жыл бұрын
@@kiah1374 HAHAHAHAHA.... oh wait you were serious.... HAHAHAHAHAHAA!
@jobriathboy
2 жыл бұрын
scumbag is a great song... still trying to get my brain around the chord progression at the end of the song... i suppose if i had any formal training i'd have a much better chance of figuring it out... *le sigh*
@DebraSalamone
2 жыл бұрын
Was Hayden Wayne in this performance? Just curious. The man still talks about Jobriath like he was some sort of god. Yes HW is still alive and well.
@nathanswann1198
4 жыл бұрын
These guys are great.... As a rock musician, I would love a dynamic frontman like that.... The band plays blues rock while the frontman puts on a show. That's so rock and roll
@melissapatterson6200
10 жыл бұрын
this man is divine, his control as a performer is rare. i'm guessing that the audience of his day wasn't ready to be drawn in by jobriath's mesmerizing energy. his dance seems so natural, and his singing seems effortless, like a walking work of art, truly an irreplaceable talent. very sad that this world wasn't kinder to him.
@Dreamchaser68
6 жыл бұрын
Melissa Patterson Bless you for your kind words.I too discovered him watching the BBC documentary series called Arena.So so saddened by his early death.
@TomSwirly
5 жыл бұрын
To be honest, I was underwhelmed by his performance. He seems pretty wooden. He doesn't command either stillness, or motion. Also, it's lipsynched, and he's not very good at that. Bowie had been doing Ziggy Stardust for two years by this point which is very much the same thing, but much better. Still, the material's ok, he conveys genuine warmth, he was a real pioneer, and he had a tragic life. I was glad to see this clip and will remember him fondly.
@djetm
5 жыл бұрын
why exactly are you glad he is dead?
@leeherring8880
4 жыл бұрын
@N Better than being a little bitch troll like you.
@mistersurrealist
4 жыл бұрын
@@mesolithicman164 I tend to agree. Bowie's approach was much better. That is not to say that Jobriath didn't have talent, you just have to listen to his 2 albums to know he did have plenty of it. The issue I have is that this persona he created felt a bit too forced and not "organic" at all. I don't find it amusing and interesting like I did Ziggy Stardust or Halloween Jack.
@bilthomas9829
4 жыл бұрын
Incredible!! Like the New York Dolls mixed with Elton John. Amazing songs, amazing performer, if he first came out today he would be the biggest thing in the world.
@eddiemoney1093
Жыл бұрын
He wouldnt be. The world is dominated by really bad music these days. Super generic hip hop and country mostly. But he'd have made a name for himself.
@jamespohl-md2eq
5 ай бұрын
@@eddiemoney1093Well, if anyone knows about bad music it would be Eddie Money. You just can’t beat first experience.
@eddiemoney1093
5 ай бұрын
@@jamespohl-md2eq cool story
@JesusGomez-ob2qt
4 ай бұрын
@eddiemoney1093 this is as generic as it gets what do you mean 😂 jobriath was one of the biggest lows in glam-rock, where creativity was exchanged for wanting money by cashing out on much better artist's innovations
@eddiemoney1093
4 ай бұрын
@@JesusGomez-ob2qt something that literally no one is doing can't, by definition, be generic.
@tadggalleran
12 жыл бұрын
A genius just like I remember him...what a performer...This is such a contrast to the stuff he was playing when I met him while they were recording the Pidgeon album. I performed with him onstage in HAIR over a hundred times...he was always 110 per cent onstage. I miss him
@RicTic66
5 жыл бұрын
I always thought it a shame Jobriath didn't relocate to England. In 74 all us Bowie kids owned a copy of the album. With the end of Ziggy Stardust the doors were wide open. Mick Ronson was touring solo and Jobriath would have been the ideal support act. Alas it wasn't to be and that gig was given to an unknown English band called Queen, the rest as they say is history.
@MrGiorgioud
3 жыл бұрын
Didn’t have a clue who he was, and I am an avid reader and listener of everything to do with popular culture. Finally I read the name, I think reading about, of all people, the Rockats: Jobriath’s manager, Jerry Brandt, took briefly care of the punkabily quintet in the 1980s. I investigated and I was just floored: I mean, this man was just incredible. And the music is brilliant. He should have been huge. His is one of the saddest tales in music business. Jobriath had talent in spades, no doubt about it. I am glad people got to know him, albeit, tragically, posthumously.....
@pandalambert56
10 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday Jobriath! (December 14, 1946) A really good singer and an awesome songwriter!
@sistertracy-thechurchofroc6574
4 жыл бұрын
How in the HELL am I just discovering this man???
@tygersflowerz
5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic song. I love how there is musical substance behind the image. Lyrics: So what if a-wop-bop-a loo-bam boom didn't rhyme Billy Haley and the Comets drove me to the prom in time A Little Richard goes a long long way More than twenty long years to this day Rock of ages roll away, rock away, roll away We were dancin' in the streets and shapin' our lives in school When we were simply thirteen, God saved the Queen in Liverpool A mop top Mersey goes a long, long way More than ten long years to this day Rock of ages roll away, rock away, roll away Three plays for a quarter is ancient history now But the Stones roll away and rock that jukebox till Satisfaction goes a long, long way Much more than five long years to this day Rock of ages roll away, rock away, roll away A Little Richard goes a long, long way More than twenty long years to this day Rock of ages roll away, rock away, roll away
@jmdavison62
Жыл бұрын
As a lyricist, he could run rings around Bernie Taupin, and he was as talented a pianist and performer as Elton John. It's a shame we got only three albums.
@janinetoms1005
10 жыл бұрын
Jobriath (how do you pronounce it)? passed me by for 48 years until I found references to him in Morrissey's autobiography and feverishly looked him up like I was still an obsessed teenager hanging on Moz's every word. I've always loved the fusion of rock'n'roll and camp theatrics, and plan to seek out more on this amazing artist. Speaking as a gay man trapped in a woman's body, I know and appreciate camp when I see it. Bowie, I don't see as camp - theatrical, obviously. Genius definitely. I wonder if Lady Gaga was ever inspired by Jobriath clips like this. The campy space helmet trick is just the kind of stunt she'd pull. In any case, I'm glad the tradition is being passed on. Long live camp.
@bacchaed2430
9 жыл бұрын
jo- breye-ith
@MrGiorgioud
3 жыл бұрын
Long live Camp! Absolutely!
@Euthymia
Жыл бұрын
I love the comments from multiple people who worked with him, playing in bands or part of his stage show. It's something you see occasionally, but I count at least three in this section. Working with him must have been a memorable experience
@Syntox
16 жыл бұрын
:bows down to the man: -Fantastic performance, sir. One day it'll be rightfully remembered as the stuff of ages!
@tobiasforsner
2 жыл бұрын
I don't know how but I have never heard of Jobriath before today. I listened to a podcast where Be still was played and I misheard the name as Hugh Bryant first. HAHA :) I have listened to his debutalbum today and it's fantastic.
@carlosenriquesanchezhilari7373
2 жыл бұрын
¡Un Divo! ¡Un visionario! ¡Un incomprendido! Adelantado a su época, fue creo yo, quien inicio esa imagen que caracterizo al Glam de los 70. Un grande Jobriath... Su legado aún sigue vivo.
@OnlyGoodMusic_
11 ай бұрын
pero que hay de bowie? estos espectáculos ya los hacia bowie
@carlosenriquesanchezhilari7373
11 ай бұрын
@@OnlyGoodMusic_ Jobriath fue el pionero, pero no siempre el primero es el mejor o el que más perdura. Bowie fue quien le dio ese plus al Glam y lo llevo a otro nivel, Bowie fue un iluminado. También Peter Gabriel tenia una puesta en escena fuera de lo convencional. Nunca he tratado de compararlos, mi idea es darle crédito a este personaje por su aporte a la música, en especial al Glam Rock.
@ebailey140
5 ай бұрын
@@carlosenriquesanchezhilari7373 Jobriath debuted in 1973. Glam started in 1971 with T-Rex, Alice Cooper, and, of course, Bowie. kzitem.info/news/bejne/p6-wvXiiaaCrY2U kzitem.info/news/bejne/z51-2JqIrp5omoY kzitem.info/news/bejne/xJmDv5ufjHWQmIY
@slh950
5 жыл бұрын
he was brilliant! bizarre that he wasn't huge in the 70's ... just heard of him for the first time
@TheTitanFind
14 жыл бұрын
Genius. Pure and simple.
@rationraw5017
3 жыл бұрын
Looking at him I feel so ashamed of myself,99% of people in this world don’t have Jobriath’s courage to be themselves
@RazzleDazz72
9 жыл бұрын
I gotta say, I like this song a lot!
@ehlerhog
3 жыл бұрын
How the hell did I miss this guy??
@davidmyers3745
5 жыл бұрын
The collapsible bubble is the shit
@yozzerhughes
15 жыл бұрын
Should have been a HUGE star. Love this song, thanks.
@DDreaming
16 жыл бұрын
I am overjoyed seeing more of Jobriath surfacing on KZitem... It has always upset me that artists/visionaries like Jobriath, Jayne County and T. Roth were not given their due...It's a fact that while Bowie (who I still adore) received the Fame, these men were turning our worlds upside down/inside out in the clubs and bars we were lucky enough to catch them in. JOBRIATH was amazing. Thanks Ecubyan! and xo to Jayne and Terry!
@PuNkOfNiCe
13 жыл бұрын
This bloke was a genius!
@LunaSeaSane
15 жыл бұрын
And the irony is that now, Jobriath is really breaking through. The interest around him is growing. People are really interested in bringing this name to the surface!
@Roggiedodgie
6 жыл бұрын
Sprockets!
@rialtobaby
14 жыл бұрын
Jobriath wasn't taken seriously at the time in England because he was using the same influences as D. Bowie. Who would have imagined that 35 years later Jobriath would be seen as the artist with honesty and integrity? Rest in peace darling.
@sarads7877
2 ай бұрын
Bowie is not seen as an artist with integrity?
@victorlabouche6471
Жыл бұрын
This song is Fing great, wow.
@michaelalago7033
Жыл бұрын
still marvelous after all these years....RIP Jobriath! love you.
@soniastarmorales8013
2 жыл бұрын
Brian W. Campbell/Jobriath very pixie n faery elvish. Such a beautiful soul, ethereal quality. Very talented with piano n luv his Cole Berlin "Naked Lunch/Sunday Brunch" when he lived at Chelsea Hotel. Brian W. Campbell would have done well in Broadway. He wrote plays n orchestrated songs. Delicious 70s decadence. Wish there were more videos of his live performances. RIP Brian💔
@farmyardflavours
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome stuff here
@newavatar2947
7 жыл бұрын
Mighty Disco legend Gregg Diamond on drums R.I.P
@jake888999
2 жыл бұрын
jobriath keep the flame burning and pass the beacon to the new generation
@marklansing
16 жыл бұрын
Damn ... I had no idea Jobriath was ever on American television. Gotta wonder that the millions of kids who saw this must have thought. Pretty amazing stuff.
@6motion6
15 жыл бұрын
It amazes me that this was shown on network TV in 1974, but I'm glad it was! This video is is great.
@mikeh178
9 жыл бұрын
Never heard of him until I saw a documentary online. It was interesting . He was a talented guy, just america wasn't ready for a openly gay guy.
@MusicCollaborator
9 жыл бұрын
Mike H My older brother who is as straight as anything turned me onto Jobriath. I had only known of the music and the incredible album cover. Now that I know the story and get to see him live on video I'm more blown away. I could care less if he was gay. After seeing the documentary I got so frustrated by the terrible promotion behind this seriously talented artist. It's great to see people are discovering him now.
@pandalambert56
11 жыл бұрын
I like how his dancing is sort of like ballet and really unique!
@jonbecker03
15 жыл бұрын
at one time, jobriath WAS a regular at max's. at first he was treated as a celebrity, then he was ignored when he became "passe." (hence his retreat to his chelsea hotel penthouse and his gig as "cole berlin.")
@kiahmadison8541
3 жыл бұрын
Love the pink jumpsuit.
@robertkincaid1239
9 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing him on the OGWT in the seventies , only recently i came across one of his records , in many many ways an Amercian David Bowie
@LunaSeaSane
16 жыл бұрын
This is Excellent. At last Jobriath starts getting some decent exposure.
@stevaandthedivas
Жыл бұрын
Love it! xox
@snollygoster9742
3 жыл бұрын
I love how the comment section is just full of people over the age of 40 and then there's me, a 16 year old
@Barb5001
8 жыл бұрын
I think that the issue with Jobriath was that he was billed as "The only true fairy" ..... an obvious reference to Bowie. The general public just viewed him as a Bowie wannabe and they were not ready for "a true fairy." back then. Bowie on the other hand was androgynous and people were not quite sure what he was, but they loved his music anyway.
@morkygorky
6 жыл бұрын
The thing was that Bowie had really great songs, this is just boogie-woogie..... but I applaud him for dressing it up :-D AND Bowie had the "safety net" of being married with a kid...
@leeherring8880
4 жыл бұрын
good songs but not in bowies league.
@dnmurphy48
4 жыл бұрын
Bowie's music was vastly superior.
@mistersurrealist
4 жыл бұрын
The hype machine behind Jobriath is what destroyed his chance. That and the glam thing, which was a little too close to Bowie I suppose. There's NO QUESTION Jobriath was a huge talent and it's just painful that he didn't get his break.
@michaeltnewyorknights8413
3 жыл бұрын
@@morkygorky Angie was Bowie's bizarre counter-part hardly a "safety net".
@Hondo51058
13 жыл бұрын
Just to be sure we have the timing right, this show, Midnight Special, was in 1974. I had this album in 1972..... Ziggy Stardust was an alter ego act Jobriath was a real person putting on a show. As far as influences, if he was producing this stuff as early as 72, he was creating at the same time as Bowie not after. Bowie was obviously the more popular and successful. I think this guy was underrated..
@TheTornado54
13 жыл бұрын
Saw Jobriath at Morgan Hall, University of Alabama in '74. Great show!
@williamsc358
4 жыл бұрын
Ugh! Sooooo FABULOUS!
@PalmBeachDog
6 ай бұрын
I met Bruce in New York. He could make that keyboard smoke. And a talented composer.
@looshkin66
11 жыл бұрын
man, this is fucking awesome! They call this guy the american Bowie!!!???!!! Thats like comparing apples to oranges really, they both were (are) awesome!
@StaunchComic
14 жыл бұрын
@krakenwave Thanks for the information about Jobraith. It's sad he died all alone with someone there to comfort him. I had never heard about him until recently when a friend sent me a couple of his video's. He was a talented entertainer.:)
@carljacobson7156
2 жыл бұрын
It Rocks. Good Song....
@BullsikGallery
16 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Thank you for uploading this!
@rafeta6134
3 жыл бұрын
fantastic document!!...thanks for sharing......temako!!...for ever rock..&..roll
@yozzerhughes
15 жыл бұрын
Love this! Thanks for posting.
@rballard2730
10 ай бұрын
Too Beautiful To Last, wasn’t he? How far ahead of his time was Jobriath.
@algernonrene2771
4 ай бұрын
This clip was first showed on the ogwt broadcast 10th of April 1974 from the album jobriath Elektra records eks 75070 1973 al
@ursaltydog
5 жыл бұрын
He and his band could really throw it down... such a shame..
@BatteriesDead
12 жыл бұрын
that helmet is genius!
@MrKEGreene
12 жыл бұрын
Respond to this video... So nostalgic making. Remember seeing him live. Such a dear performer.
@davehall1406
6 жыл бұрын
Interesting, he would 've done far better basing himself in the uk in that period.
@datatwo7405
4 жыл бұрын
Funny I've heard that comment more than once and I agree. Some of the best pop music had its roots in the UK. I especially admired how they managed to co-op American music and do it much better.
@leeherring8880
4 жыл бұрын
probably, but Bowie, Bolan , Slade, Sweet all had 10 times more charisma. Great tunes tho
@suneyeintuition4315
4 жыл бұрын
Sadly, he was under the management of some guy in the U.S. who didn't know what he was doing. He wasn't focused on getting Jobriath legitimate work opportunities as much as he was focused on spending money on hype. Ads in newspapers, billboards, buses, etc. He was going for some gimmicky overnight success strategy. It's all in the Jobriath A.D. documentary. And later on, when his Elektra Records contract was almost up, he pocketed what Jobriath and his band had earned on the road to open a club.
@decrox13
4 жыл бұрын
@@datatwo7405 None of the best "pop music" had it's roots in the UK, and they didn't do it "much better", they quite literally copied it and benefited from a more containable music market in the UK. This is what jealous Brits trying to appropriate American culture always say - it's a part of the long European strike of always trying to "co-opt" American culture, undermine it, and then claim it as theirs. Britain had a handful of major artists, it never compared to the genre creation and the diversity that came out of America that inspired that handful of great British artists.
@decrox13
4 жыл бұрын
He really wouldn't have. Don't know where this comes from.
@moustachedpainless
16 жыл бұрын
Finally! Some good Jobriath performances on youTube- thank you so much for doing this service!
@bizchazlien
15 жыл бұрын
Wow! A friend just told me about this guy! Sorry too say i 've never heard of him until now but i will definitly be looking out for his music and watching more videos! Thank you for sharing this video . Pretty cool stuff in my book! Thanks again!
@grasshole128
8 жыл бұрын
OONTA GLEEBIN' GLOUTEN GLOBEN.
@quinnrollen
3 жыл бұрын
This is fucking beautiful & bitchin'! What a jam & performance!
@312b3
14 жыл бұрын
The guy was great !!!
@nowayoutl
16 жыл бұрын
this is AMAZING!
@ivycompton
15 жыл бұрын
Gosh, he's ... beautiful.
@marinataddei5436
3 жыл бұрын
Grandioso....RIP
@dannypantsNYC
12 жыл бұрын
Great song! Great performanceI Great outfit!
@dennisandvicki
16 жыл бұрын
OMG. This is great!!!
@chrisolson1710
10 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! Loooooove it!!!
@mijadreams3486
3 жыл бұрын
moz brought me here. the song is great
@TitoAGoGO
16 жыл бұрын
GENIUS!!!
@delta1109
14 жыл бұрын
@uItravioIet Just goes to show how difficult it is to keep everything in your head: A long and exciting life. The Midnight Special was simply one of many experiences and for some reason, it got shelved until someone I didn't even know sent me this link. Shocking to see yourself after 36 years. Never thought about it at the time as it was simply my reality but it seems to have made a small impact on a special group of people. Dbwindhorst's post really moved me. Kinda made it all worthwhile.
@perriannesimkhovitch1127
Жыл бұрын
OK I am associated with the artist. The night he had played the Troubadour, my boyfriend Leeland stole the stage that I remember sitting on a couch on in the Vanness Street house garage wearing a spring floral polester 👗 signed, the times of my life
@dariushenry88
14 жыл бұрын
I don't care if Jobriath was gay. This song just sounds like an old fashioned Hard Rock & Roll song that many people were using in the 1970s. And it's great, might I add.
@alanm5939
4 жыл бұрын
If only this was posted on decent quality it would be awesome.
@MikeCLasVegas
16 жыл бұрын
Thought I was the only one who had this album while in High School. Wish someone had a video of his song "World Without End."
@alienbodies
16 жыл бұрын
AMAZING!!
@lamondeb
15 жыл бұрын
Awsome! Very clever, and very Jobriath-like to credit teh composers of the old, different "Rock of Ages". Thanx.
@betaville72
10 ай бұрын
The other appearance reminded me of John Inman as Ziggy era Bowie, image wise it's the same here, but vocally this reminded me of Jayne County as Mick Jagger. Surprisingly punk though for 1974, and on mainstream US TV too.
@stiggs61
15 жыл бұрын
Never heard of this guy.Sounds good to me.The fun 70"s
@pelicanmouse
13 жыл бұрын
I like this a lot F(expletive deleted )ing wicked
@weilandiv8310
2 жыл бұрын
What a F'in Show!!!!
@jamesdoogan5528
2 жыл бұрын
Comedy Gold!!
@adric137
6 жыл бұрын
a daring performance!
@pandalambert56
10 жыл бұрын
I just heard As The River Flows! It's really good!
@kazzielm
16 жыл бұрын
It's Brian Slade (will mean nothing to anyone who hasn't seen Velvet Goldmine)
@Allhallowsday
15 жыл бұрын
The "S&M" song was "Take Me I'm Yours" the first track on Jobriath's first album.
@colico14
12 жыл бұрын
Well, if it conjures up certain associations and memories for you, then those are your experiences and I can't argue with that. Fair enough. I agree, like much of 70's rock the music itself is pretty cold-served, trashy, bluesy, boogie/glam.
@hellozio
13 жыл бұрын
not just bowie freddie mercury too, and w/jayne county. pete burns also found him to be influential. what a guy!!!
@LanceCampeau
13 жыл бұрын
what a story.. RIP
@Zepster77
Жыл бұрын
Harder and perhaps more daring too than any Mott the Hoople I ever heard.
@MrKEGreene
12 жыл бұрын
@Asskicker32294 And I simply ADORE an "out of control" home!!!! We so need more of them!!!
@onecharmingbastard
15 жыл бұрын
As a gay man, all I can do is thank Jah for guys like Jobriath, who opened so many doors and got their asses handed to them time and again for doing it. And as for the music geek in me, do those who slag this off realize the whole shebang about this guy? Not to mention that both albums held up WAY better than anyone expected,
@hammondsphoto
9 жыл бұрын
This Midnight Special was a bit of a disaster - the avant-garde theatrical elements just looked like daft gimmicks here. Plus they had to substitute Take Me I'm Ours for this more conventional glam rock stomper at the last minute. If you listen to the beautiful Pidgeon album and the two Jobriath Albums, and consider he wrote the music, lyrics and most of the arrangements who can see this man had an astonishing level of talent. It's little wonder now that the 'hype machine' is ancient history people are looking at the music on its own merits and seeing the songs as 'lost classics'. I've no doubt if he'd never met Jerry Brandt he would have forged a more sustainable career some other way.
@wifebeaterwearer
9 жыл бұрын
Hey I saw this Midnight Special when it 1st aired I would wait for my mom on Fridays she worked the swing shift and I got this huge crush on him I was 10 yrs old but I guess that's when I first learned I was gay
@MusicCollaborator
9 жыл бұрын
hammondsphoto I haven't heard Pidgeon yet, only parts from the documentary and now I really want to hear them. I only had the self titled album and knew nothing more than that. His genius is undeniable. I totally agree with what you said about Jerry.
@Sizzlingtv27njz
7 жыл бұрын
wifebeaterwearer lol so cute!
@Dreamchaser68
6 жыл бұрын
hammondsphoto yeh but Aids took him in the end so Brant was immaterial.
@victorlabouche6471
5 жыл бұрын
Jerry Brandt comes off like a first-class typical business scumbag. No musical talent and full of exploitation. The manager of Badfinger comes to man, Stan Polley.
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