This song is and still is in 2024 a rock anthem. Long live rock and roll.

@Fireflame80srocker

11 күн бұрын

My workplace plays this song from time to time. I wish my workplace would play more classic rock than this nowadays crap.

I’m 68 now and seeing these fantastic videos from the Midnight Special in such clarity is wonderful. I watched this and Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert every time they were on. Looking back, I realize how you don’t appreciate how good you have until it’s gone. This was great music performed by great musicians.

@OofWillis

11 ай бұрын

It wasn’t until recently that I understood “these are the good ole days”… too bad it wasn’t during the good ole days

@maineiacts

10 ай бұрын

Well? Same age myself, and have and STILL Appreciated/ LOVED these Masterpiece "Time Machine" Songs!! Where are all the great tunes now ? Never hear anything worth a Crap on FM these days...I'm sure its not because of my age! Mostly the demographic ( Upper Midwest) where I reside. Glad this channel came up in my feed!!👍👍🎶🎸🎹 Good Stuff!🙋‍♀️

@magneto7930

10 ай бұрын

Midnight Special, Rock Concert, and In Concert, that was our KZread back in the day!

@OeditpusRex

3 ай бұрын

​@@magneto7930I loved "Rock Concert" on ABC because it showed actual bits of concerts instead of one or (maybe) two songs per group, and it wasn't largely "the hits" such as "Midnight Special." Kirshner also introduced me to Glam, which I instantly loved.

@magneto7930

3 ай бұрын

@@OeditpusRex absolutely, it was awesome! I learned about a lot of album oriented Rock songs that I wasn't familiar with until I seen them performed on that show. Great music, great memories!

I was at this performance. It was shot at the Warner Bros lot in Burbank, CA for the pilot episode of MNS. My friend's dad was one of the cameramen. That whole day was so much fun! We saw Argent, War, Harry Chapin, Linda Ronstadt, David Clayton Thomas, Mama Cass, The Everly Bros, etc., and it was hosted by John Denver . What great days they were back then.

@andyinoregon

4 ай бұрын

Lucky you! I know all the performances were pre-taped and aired at a later date. Do you remember if any of the artists did more than one take, in order to get it just right?

@donnysarian

4 ай бұрын

@@andyinoregon Artists didn't, but some of the music was synced. Argent, here, was synced

@andyinoregon

4 ай бұрын

@@donnysarian Thanks!

@donnysarian

4 ай бұрын

@@andyinoregon My pleasure

@donnysarian

4 ай бұрын

@@andyinoregon They were taped in August of 1972.

"And if they stare, just let them burn their eyes on you moving..." Such great lyrics!

Back when people had talent.

His look so timeless, he could walk into the present and still be the coolest guy in the room.

@suerobinson5937

11 ай бұрын

I can tell you…..he does and he is!

I was 14 years old when this song was a big hit in 1972. I was in the 8th grade. Classic rock.

RIP bassist Jim Rodford. Love his double neck Fender.

@Lance37a

11 ай бұрын

He didn't use the guitar neck on this song, I wonder which songs he used the guitar neck on.

@henryhoward8341

11 ай бұрын

@@Lance37a I have no idea. Unfortunately, I never got to see Argent live. Next time I listen to the live CDs, I'll listen for it.

@henryhoward8341

11 ай бұрын

@@Lance37a Hi Lance. I found this. Rodford playing the guitar neck at the beginning of "It's Only Money Pt. 2". It's at the 100:01 mk. kzread.info/dash/bejne/qX2X15qgobnFYsY.html

@keithmorgan742

2 ай бұрын

What's the point in having a double neck if he only used the bass guitar? Seems kinda stupid.

@johnsilva9139

Ай бұрын

@@keithmorgan742 Exactly what I was thinking. Guess he uses the guitar neck for other songs.

Russ Ballard is one of the most underrated song writers ever. Wrote so many hits for so many artists.

@rafael16759

Жыл бұрын

ironically he didnt write this song rod argent the guy from zombies who also wrote shes not there,tell her no and time of the season, ballatd wrote 2 songs in the album maybe they didnt know his talent yet(?)

@delmedeiros3570

Жыл бұрын

@@rafael16759 Rod Argent is the keyboardist in the video.

@suerobinson5937

11 ай бұрын

@@rafael16759 This song was written by Chris White of the Zombies, also attributed to Rod Argent.

@audibletapehiss3764

11 ай бұрын

@@Sam-qm1io Step off.

@KittyGrizGriz

10 ай бұрын

‘Underrated’ again?? Here’s your prize 🏆 🤭

This song should be the anthem for international women's day ❤

@Thadmotor1044

17 күн бұрын

women march us to victory to save our Democracy from the puty assets . VOTE Blue

I remember loving them when this pilot episode aired. It was right at "back to school" time when I was a junior in high school. Very cool stuff then and I think I appreciate it even more 50 some years later.

@leskern1539

9 ай бұрын

NOBODY missed this show when I was in high school. And thank goodness for the Internet, where I can see the shows all over again.

Burt Sugarman's The Midnight Special loved it back in THE GOOD OLE DAY'S. Damn time sure is flying by......

@RythmicIntentions

10 ай бұрын

Tell me about it man. I am still waiting to wake up one morning and be 21 again while saying WHOA!!! what a F@$#ed up dream!!

Awesome. I almost forgot this one. Midnight Special Rocks

Trippy. I watched this show on TV at my best friends house...my parents wouldn't let me stay up that late. We were 12. 😅. Seems like last week.

@twistoffate4791

Жыл бұрын

I wish it WAS last week all over again, my friend. I would go back in a heartbeat

@Dan-nt2yb

11 ай бұрын

What you said.😄👍🏾

I'm 27 and have loved this song since I was a kid. They don't make music like they used to

I was 12 in 72, huge rock fan, this was very popular for that year, playing often on rock stations for good reason, classic

@Jeffrey.Seelman

Жыл бұрын

So true, this was all over the radio in Milwaukee when I was growing up. Loved it. Even better with age.

@Lisafallgirl420

11 ай бұрын

I was 7 in 72 and loved this song. My mom and aunt used to watch Midnight Special and I remember trying to stay up to watch.

@drumsnbass

11 ай бұрын

Same age tuned into all the great music on WLS & WCFL in Chicago!

@KittyGrizGriz

10 ай бұрын

I had the 45 record 🎉

@bigcatfish5029

3 ай бұрын

I was 14 in 72

Quintessential rock song. Perfection start to finish. Sounds like studio cut

My brother Randy used to babysit me and he’d bring over his friends and they inhale some giggle smoke and this was the first song they’d play on the Montgomery Wards record player!

Russ Ballard. Ahh, how I love his voice. Such an amazing artist and song writer. And so so handsome.

I was born in ‘62 and grew up through the 70s (with a front row in front of our TV) late at night watching this amazing stuff.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Great harmony with the voices 65 and love this song

Postive and powerful message I miss this kind of music. Thank goodness for KZread and Sirius XM radio ❤

Inspirational song by Argent. Love it!

Simple, but powerful.

@brucekuehn4031

Жыл бұрын

There’s a long version too. That has an extended organ solo as I recall.

@dougphelps6917

Жыл бұрын

@@brucekuehn4031 Yeah... it is about 17 minutes long.

@brucekuehn4031

Жыл бұрын

@@dougphelps6917 Just looked - the song’s length on the album is 6:15.

@dougphelps6917

Жыл бұрын

@@brucekuehn4031 trust me you can find a 17 minute live version

@KittyGrizGriz

10 ай бұрын

VERY 💪💪

Great song... I haven't heard this song in a long time. Good lyrics!! Happy Friday... thank you for sharing! 💖

@delmedeiros3570

Жыл бұрын

I see we have a lot of 70's boys and girls here 🙂✌️Happy Friday

@that70sgirl90

Жыл бұрын

👌

Anotha Banger!!!!!!!!!!!! Bess Believe it!!! Bess Believe it! Aloha~~ from Hawaii~~ 🍍🤙🤙

This song came on the radio this afternoon when I got in the car. I was 12 when they put this out. 51 years later this song still holds up!

Glad to have been born in the 70's. January of 76. I still remember late night drives with my pops and twin sister, playing name that tune. I know my dad always gave us a few.

This song helped me get through some horrific experiences in elementary school. Kids can be vile. I love it to this day, thank you @themidnightspecialtvshow

@silentwatch1

6 ай бұрын

❤

I can't get enough of the Midnight Special! It reminds me of when I was a kid laying down on the living room floor watching it while everyone was asleep.

Nailed it. Was inspired by this song. Loved the Hammond, especially the bridge. Always thought it was "woe", not "wo-man"! That's alright. :)

Still a great rock anthem 50 years later- one of my biggest influences in my musical direction during my formative years. The Midnight Special is still the gold standard for live performances on KZread.

Wow, the real deal RIGHT THERE~~~ probably the most played AM radio song, ever!!!

Amazing song.. Great Rock and Roll.. With a timeless message!! Rod and Da boys.. Heck Yeah.. Mr Dilly.. Approved 👍🎸😎

62 loved midnight special don kersner concert rom 72 through 79 was stationed in mannhiem germany seen every pertinent band fron77to 1989

2:28 one of the greatest chord progressions in rock.

I remember this so well …. Fond memories of cruising around in my buddy’s 1961 Pontiac in high school - 1973 !!!!!

Amen to that !

I saw them at a small club above a pub in Leytonstone in East London. Great band very loud in a small room. All good musicians and gave it their all.

Ron argent bad man ❤❤❤❤❤❤

The Zombies still play this track on their live tour. Utterly fantastic!

I was lucky enough to meet RUSS BALLARD

Argent rocks

Rod Argent on keys and bands namesake formerly of the Zombies.

Seems like the vocals are live and recorded with a backing track. Still pretty amazing.

@dylanadams1455

11 ай бұрын

Yeah i noticed a distinct lack of mics...

This should be our national anthem in Canada

Hold your head up👊

@KittyGrizGriz

10 ай бұрын

“Woman” 💪

The audience is very chill

After all these years I never knew they singing Hold Your Head Up WOMAN!

@kittyplay9410

21 күн бұрын

Don't feel bad. I was today yrs old when I realized it. Been listening to this since the 70's.😮

This is a damn fine performance

First record i ever bought 45 speed think i was about 10 years old.😮

How many fans. People know they are singing Hold Your Head Uo “ Woman” not Yeah.? R I P BASSIST. What an Awesome Song he wrote.

I was a BIG Fan of the Midnight Special. I knew of King Crimson, but when I saw them on there I went out the next day and bought Larks' Tongues in Aspic. They are still my fav group!

Many drummers from the 70s loved overalls and hockey jerseys

And if they stare just let them burn their eyes on you moving -- what great lyrics

When rockers were anti-establisment/Government, knew how to play an instrument, and looked the part... sure miss those days

EXCELLENT SONG EXCELLENT GROUP

I almost forgot how great this music was when I git to enjoy first hand....Almost!!!!

Thanks folks

Fantastic

Killer ass song!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉

Excellent tune from a good band

I make a Friday night concert playlist and this is now my first stop! Thank you again so much for doing this. It's a breath of fresh air to get all this unreleased or previously only bootleg etc. material.

So many bands you could enjoy not now this is what we're giving you and take it

All these decades of listening to this song, and I never realized they were saying “hold your head up woman, hold your head up woman.“ I always thought they were saying “hold your head up, go on and hold your head up, Go on and hold your head up.”

Fantastic song, love that double neck guitar & lead singer’s 🥵. Always thought lyrics were “Whoaa” not “Woman” in the chorus. Nice surprise & changes the meaning of song in a really big way . . . Yea! “Women’s Empowerment” song & I totally dig it!! ✊ Had the 45 record as a little girl.

Beyond Cool.

Love it

The preferred song of chiropractors everywhere.

Yep

❤LUV THE MUSIC ONLY❤ SINCE THX MON 2016 BEEN TRYNA RUN 2 THE SOUTH 4 THE REST OF ME LIFE. STILL HAVENT MADE IT.

☘ Irish Honey Badger - My Uncle Bob swiped his daughter's boyfriend's entire music collection which he gave to me at age 14. This was the top album on the stack.

Love their hair!! 🥵

Dreaming of pans people dancing to this fab times.

The best Wings song that Paul McCartney never wrote.

😍😍😍😍

Saw Rod with The Zombies few years ago... this is missing his brilliant B3 solo

Let's not forget Rod and Gary Wright back in the Spooky Tooth era.

Fuckin Awesome 💜☮️✝️💋

Rick Wakeman said Rod Argent was the best , groundbreaking

Jacinda 💖💖💖😊😊👍👍😄😄😄😊😊😊😊😊😊

Okay i am a little bit surprised! 😮 The strat with the holes in it, Rod's i guess... and the Precision/Strat doubleneck, i never saw any of those as far back as '72! And it was just a few years later i began building/modifying them. There was no ESP, there was mo Schecter or ALLPARTS or Mighty Mite yet, Those all came later.

To all the Woman out there. You are all better than Man. It must be tougher to make the best choice for all. Mother Earth.

The band should have been called BALLARD!

@moorlock2003

5 ай бұрын

ah, The Zombies were a hit group ok?

💫🎶✨

Haven't you noticed that whenever there's a guy playing one of those guitars with two necks, there is only one other guitar player and not the usual three???

70’s rock anthem. Heavy rotation on FM radio. Man this crowd was dead… must have been on quaaludes.

I don't think the instruments are being played live but they are using the backing tracks from the record. The vocals are live. This was done quite a bit because some bands had trouble replicating the recording on live performances. We complain about how music is performed today but it wa also done to some extent back in those days as well.

@andyinoregon

4 ай бұрын

I thought the instruments sounded exactly like the studio recording here. This was rare for the first 5 years of "The Midnight Special," when almost everyone played absolutely live.

I’m guessing the man with the double necked guitar is the master behind so many monster hits?

Ahh so that's how they did those never ending-endings live back in the day! Lol they just randomly stopped! 😂

The guy in sunglasses looks like Bill Paxton.....never knew he was a time traveler

@gregoryduncan3067

Жыл бұрын

Rod Argent wore his sunglasses at night long before it became stylish in the '80s.

@delmedeiros3570

Жыл бұрын

​​@@gregoryduncan3067The guy with the dark glasses is singer and guitarist Russ Ballard. Rod Argent is the keyboardist and he has no glasses lol But that's interesting. Irish guitarist, singer and songwriter, Rory Gallagher wore All Star sneakers, checkered lumberjack shirts...since the 60s...things that became fashionable much later.

@KittyGrizGriz

10 ай бұрын

@@delmedeiros3570 Thank you for giving Rory Gallagher a shout out! Just discovered him 3 years ago ~ late to the party ~ absolutely love his music!! The Irish 🎸 ☘️ wizard, fabulous musician!! 😅

@delmedeiros3570

10 ай бұрын

@@KittyGrizGriz ✌️

So many great snap shots of historical bands. Where else you going to find a high quality Argent video like this one. I've enjoyed this channel very much and the memories it's brought back.

@Sam-qm1io

11 ай бұрын

Snapshots, like every other noun you can name, is one word.

I remember so well watching this episode. I was like 13 and never missed this or 'Rock Concert' and my 50+ yr old mom would stay up watch all concerts with me. She thought all these hippies were ridiculous, but yet she wanted to be there with me cause she knew I loved the stuff. I miss her everyday.

@Sam-qm1io

11 ай бұрын

Every day...the word everyday is an adjective. Embrace English...or find a forum in your native language.

Lead singer is about 2' away from the mic at some points. Can this be live?

Odd, I'm hearing more voices than we're seeing. Were there overdubs done or background singers off camera?

Terrific vocal performance from Rod.

@delmedeiros3570

Жыл бұрын

The one singing is Russ Ballard.

@hinjurock70

Жыл бұрын

​@@delmedeiros3570 Who went on to become a highly successful songwriter.

@delmedeiros3570

Жыл бұрын

@@hinjurock70 yes

@gregoryduncan3067

Жыл бұрын

Well, I'm not the only one that made that mistake.

Rod Argent was a founding member of The Zombies.

Band shoulda' been called Ballard !

Oh great presentarion

They look like the SNL more cowbell characters