Saw them here in Philly back in '73......some band called Queen opened for them.....

@cherylelliot526

3 жыл бұрын

That's why Dr. Bri both covered it on his Another World album, AND made an unbilled appearance with Ian during a Nov. 2019 concert.

@andrewyoung2796

2 жыл бұрын

Anything happen for this. Queen

@jimishawcross7409

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewyoung2796 THEY HAD A FEW HITS.....LOLOL.....LP'S WENT DOUBLE PLATINUM...ETC....

@johncoleman4084

2 жыл бұрын

And it was GOOD!

@mindmedic9435

2 жыл бұрын

Queen? Sounds vaguely familiar.

"you look like a star, but your really out on parole" one of the greatest lines in rock.

@peteshallcross787

Жыл бұрын

agreed!

@merlinidlehands3302

Жыл бұрын

out on the DOLE ?

@merlinidlehands3302

Жыл бұрын

either way BURN one and enjoy lol

@graemesmith8068

Жыл бұрын

Some "spade" said etc ... racist term

@Brian-zp1df

Жыл бұрын

Lol

One of the greatest songs from one the greatest album's from the 70's. Mott, is an essential masterpiece for anybody's collection.

@juanlauda2300

2 жыл бұрын

I concur.

@randallhesse5011

Жыл бұрын

Me too. After this song I think I'll go listen to the song "Roll away the stone" next. ( By Mott the hoople), of course.

@brianluongo3479

Жыл бұрын

In Hunter always had the cool shades on

@robertsears3737

Жыл бұрын

Agreed nine ways to Sunday

@GraemeSmith-kd5eb

9 ай бұрын

If you like racist slurs,"some spade said rock n rollers"?.. thoughts on rhat?

Come on , Driving in a car with your friends on the way to school & the 8 track playing this & a little bit of smoke . WOW those days are gone !!!

@Marbleeyes54

Жыл бұрын

been there done that

@Boblobblaw88

Жыл бұрын

They don’t have to be gone.😉🔥

@pjconnor8033

Жыл бұрын

Funnily enough Scorcese used this song for a road scene in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - a great film starring Ellen Burstyn, the mother in The Exorcist. He also used Bolan's Jeepster. Great lesson in how well placed music can make a film.

@matthewgardner2144

Жыл бұрын

@@pjconnor8033 Not to quibble but "All the Way From Memphis" was used in the opening scene. The son is blowing out his eardrums with his head between two huge speakers and Mott blaring. Elton John's 'Daniel' is played as the station wagon drives through the desert Southwest. Agreed, Scorcese is a film god.

This is what rock n’ roll is to me: theatrical, teary-eyed, over-the-top and larger than life. The fact that Ian Hunter was much older than his contemporaries in rock (being born in 1939), and the fact that he had a much more pragmatic and mature POV about the rock n roll life, knowing it probably wouldn’t last long makes this very bittersweet.

@Brian-zp1df

Жыл бұрын

Glad u care so much!

@GraemeSmith-kd5eb

6 ай бұрын

Any thoughts on the racial slur lyrics?

@kendallwo4323

5 ай бұрын

@@GraemeSmith-kd5eb definitely cringe, but I hope things are changing as we evolve.

@TerryRegan-vp8hr

5 ай бұрын

Times were different people weren't so easily offended​@@GraemeSmith-kd5eb

@billybandyk0720

3 ай бұрын

​@@Brian-zp1dfAsk me if IGAFF bc u sure don't.

I was 14 when this song came out. 50 yrs later, it still rocks. Just goes to show, that you cant keep a great song down!

@jillpannill2578

Жыл бұрын

True!

@Baylajo

11 ай бұрын

I was 12 when I got this album😀

@user-by9ct2rr1d

8 ай бұрын

Amen

@Fortwentt

8 ай бұрын

15 this is one of the best things ever came out of the 70s but way underated

Who doesn't dig Mott The Hoople!! I have this original album, bought it back in 74, still playing it today!!! Rock on all!!!😊😊

@trevorfarr529

11 ай бұрын

Love this

@socalsurfmex7472

4 ай бұрын

One of the greatest glitter rock bands of all time! Love Bowie one of the greatest songwriters and musical talents of all time BUT Mott The Hoople did a better rendition of All The Young Dudes! Ian Hunter and band knocked it out of the park!

@Maudit_Anglais

14 күн бұрын

71 and still here !!!

Mick Ralphs on guitar. Went on to form Bad Company. Awesome song after 50 years. Damn. Ian Hunter nailed it on this one. Throw in Andy Mackay on Saxophone. Damn good stuff. Saw them in '73 twice. Enjoy.

@garymeredith3610

8 ай бұрын

Sadly after Mick had a stroke he has been in a long term health facility Paul Rodgers said. He still keeps in touch and is in good spirits he said.

@billybandyk0720

3 ай бұрын

​@@garymeredith3610Glad 2 hear. I know that Mick Ronson died many yrs ago but I thought Mick Ralphs did also. Again; glad 2 hear that he's still alive (Mick Ralphs) albeit w/ongoing health issues.

Playing this with my Dad on piano 🎹, he's 86 not out! A freaking amazing when his friend turned up with 🎸 !

@thomaslitwinski3903

3 жыл бұрын

wish I could have been there

@brendaamata9233

11 ай бұрын

Cool!

@brendaamata9233

11 ай бұрын

Way cool,, I'd love to be able to play 🎹

Mott's Pete Overend Watts was the "Glamest" bassist of the glam rock era!!

@rbrookswilliams1689

9 ай бұрын

Trevor Bolder was in the running too, I think.

Forgot my six-string razor - hit the sky Half way to Memphis 'fore I realised Well I rang the information - my axe was cold They said she rides the train to Oreoles Now its a mighty long way down the dusty trail And the sun burns hot on the cold steel rails 'N I look like a bum 'n I crawl like a snail All the way from Memphis Well I got to Oreoles y'know - it took a month And there was my guitar, electric junk. Some spade said "Rock'n'rollers, you're all the same. Man that's your instrument." I felt so ashamed. Now its a mighty long way down rock'n'roll Through the Bradford Cities and the Oreoles 'N you look like a star but you're still on the dole All the way from Memphis Yeah it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll From the Liverpool docks to the Hollywood Bowl 'N you climb up the mountains 'n you fall down the holes All the way from Memphis Yeah its a mighty long way down rock'n'roll As your name gets hot so your heart grows cold 'N you gotta stay young man, you can never be old All the way from Memphis Yeah its a mighty long way down rock'n'roll Through the Bradford Cities and the Oreoles 'N you look like a star but you're really out on parole! All the way from Memphis

Great sax by Andy Mackay ❤️

@denisryan8757

5 ай бұрын

Dig it

A hit when I was 19 I am now 68 still great music..

@mariopietrangeli1285

Жыл бұрын

Age 17 and now 66!

@LisaRemaly

8 ай бұрын

Same here. 64 now and still love it.

Mr Bowie was right on with this group.RIP David!

I'm 64 yrs old. I was 14 in 1974 and swept the floor in a Sub Shop in Boston. Got a quarter for it. You could play 3 songs on the Juke Box for a quarter. I would play this song and All the Young Dudes {same record} can't remember the 3rd song always something different but always these two !!!

@MRutt-wy4pd

2 ай бұрын

,was it once bitten twice shy babe that was remade by White snake in the 80's

@MrKansaitim

2 ай бұрын

Ahhh the old jukebox full of 45s!! I saw these guys once back around '75 at the Masonic Temple on Cass in Detroit.

@ClaireFreeman

2 ай бұрын

@@MRutt-wy4pd Still can't remember but thanks for trying to jog my memory !

@rogeredmunds5806

2 ай бұрын

​@@ClaireFreeman....'Honaloochie Boogie' ?

@bklynslipnjimmy

9 күн бұрын

​@@MRutt-wy4pd💯👌

How lucky were we that bands like this were around all the time, and for dirt cheap (still have the stubs from ZZ Top touring with Fandango, $6 at an art deco music ballroom; $10 for the Who). We could sometimes see 3 concerts a week from some outstanding bands. Saw Mott twice in CT of all places, at a rinky dink music hall and a rock club. Spark up, pass the Boone's Farm with the mescaline in it... Boy, were we lucky to have been young when the best music ever was everywhere. Cellar clubs, outdoor venues all summer, ballparks, auditoriums... Chicago played my gf's graduation dance at a high school in town, for God's sake. J Geils played at a friend's birthday party. So lucky. And today? Taylor Swift. Big deal. And 500 dollars for a so so seat, if you're "lucky" to get one. Bag checked, metal detectors, no smoking no vaping no drinking no nothing. Yup. Lucky. Very lucky.😊

@roycrabtree8402

Ай бұрын

Totally agree! I seen Queen for $9. I seen Styx at a teen club then bumped into Tommy Shaw at a club in Niles Michigan sitting next to us. Rock On!

Hanging-out at a friend's house upstairs late at night in Calgary, in the early `70's -drinking & 'partaking' with this (and many another tunes) blaring-out huge volumes from his tower speakers w/the window wide open ... Amazed we weren't approached or worse, busted!😵‍💫

@bumperu

Жыл бұрын

Your neighbors had great taste in music.

Saw these guys in 72 at Carnegie Hall...GREAT show

The opening to this track is equal to the great opening sequences to so many 50s classics like Summertime Blues, Great Balls of Fire, Something Else etc. Mott were cutting edge with classic rocker sensibilities. I fucking worship this band!!

One of the best songs of the seventies. When I hear it I feel like dancing even before I begin to dance!

@larryleitch3803

Жыл бұрын

Hope , I found your comment very amusing. Do you dance nowadays? Larry

@johnkuthe1

Жыл бұрын

@@larryleitch3803 Dancing in the mind is the first step to dancing on the floor! :-)

A fantastic song, from a great group in ' the golden age of rock 'n roll. Literally.

Ralph is of the most underrated guitarists . An ace of a spade of a track .

@edwardcowley42

2 жыл бұрын

His solo on this is brilliant

@ALbaby869

Жыл бұрын

Totally!

@mikewest1542

Жыл бұрын

Micks Licks were better in MTH TBH

"And you look like a star but you're still on the dole..." 👏🤘

This song opens the classic movie, Martin Scorsese's "Alice Does-- not Live Here Anymore." (Ellen Burstyn won Best Actress Academy Award for 1975.) The movie is powerful and poignant and quite entertaining, well worth watching even so many years later!

@thecinematicmind

2 жыл бұрын

and Chapter 1: Bess Gets Married in Breaking The Waves (1996).

@pjconnor8033

Жыл бұрын

You're right. Burstyn is a fantastic actress. Film also includes Bolan's Jeepster, to great effect.

@bonnacon1610

Жыл бұрын

Best use of music in a movie ever, Dogme rules and all.

@Frank-sm9yl

7 ай бұрын

That was an " after school movie" intended for a teen audience.

When I found this album at thirteen.. It changed my life. Every song on it is great imo.

I heard this on the radio the other day and wanted to listen to it again. It's been a long time since I've heard it.

@tonycantrell9860

3 жыл бұрын

very under rated! i agree.

@vannessar32

2 жыл бұрын

@@tonycantrell9860 One of the best live bands ever.

@gabepizzo4780

Жыл бұрын

I know, this is definitely one of my favorite songs! Both 98.5 WNCX in Cleveland and my great taste in music brought me here.

Special thanks to the gigachad who request this on the WDVE electric lunch today. Now I can experience more great music. Love from Pittsburgh to this Band.

I have all their albums on vinyl I really have to buy them on CD. A brilliant band and so underrated!

@johnkuthe1

Жыл бұрын

Do you have "Two Miles From Heaven"? I have it! Great music! :-)

This is the single version but the interplay between sax and Ralphs and the final guitar explosion on the album version is a master piece.

@tomCA559

6 ай бұрын

no, this is the album version with the full intro and outro

@tonteriaslasprecisas6897

6 ай бұрын

@@tomCA559 You are right.

I remember buying this around 1976. I was 14 and my introduction to the band was a university radio station that took over when our local cable channel signed off for the day. The strange part of this,when I think about it now,is the fact that the station was from a neighboring province. At any rate,it was a great station because it introduced me to lots of bands I wasn't hearing on our radio stations. Good memories. All The Way From Memphis came bouncing out of this station one night and it's still great.

@alphadog1961

Жыл бұрын

Canadians know GOOD ROCK

@billybandyk0720

3 ай бұрын

​@@alphadog1961They sure do (& I'm from Detroit, MI, USA but have a major affinity 4 Canadian musicians).

I traveled to the London Hammersmith Odeon 13 years ago to see Mott the Hoople..they played 5 night s..I attended 2 nights...they were a bands band. The crowd includes Queen, Bowie, the Clash, sex pistols, so many others...absolutely positively anyone who was in London rock and roll was there...I flew from New jersey to be there

That’s some crazy sax going on and guitar to boot!

@chuckhatcher158

Жыл бұрын

Andy Mackay from Roxy Music on sax!

I'm not going to be able to get to sleep tonight. This masterful , joyful number will be spiraling through my mind. Jeez what a fun song.

Five songs have helped chart the course of my life: seeing The Beatles on "The Ed Sullivan Show" singing "I Want To Hold You Hand", seeing Roy Wood's Wizzard on "Don Kirshner's Rock Concert" singing "Angel Fingers", hearing Prism's "Take To To The Kaptin" for the first time on the radio, hearing Ray Boltz' "I Will Praise The Lord" on the radio for the first time and hearing this on an eight track player playing in the back of the bus drifting up to the front of the bus that carried the Fairmont Senior High School Polar Bear basketball team in on a snowy winter's night in 1973...

@romeosyne

2 жыл бұрын

I'm impressed with the whole angel fingers thing you know some obscure shit or maybe it's just that I'm from the US haha Maybe you are too I don't know But I love rockin roy

@markpetersen2469

10 ай бұрын

Minnesota? My cousin lives in Fairmont. Her name is Vickie.

Great sound. Pretty underrated band too.

I first had this on 8 track. Still love Mott to this day!

@rhondacrosswhite8048

Жыл бұрын

Me too. My Impala had an 8 track.

@lindaraccoon

Жыл бұрын

@@rhondacrosswhite8048 Dig it Xx

@billybandyk0720

3 ай бұрын

8 Track tapes had the BEST FUCKIN' SOUND QUALITY EVER!!!!! Un4tun8ly; the tapes had a faulty design that resulted in 2 many snags. Hence; their demise.

One of the greatest Rock and Roll songs, EVER! Rockin'!

Gorgeous music!❤

Never really realized how good that sax is.

@lastrada52

9 ай бұрын

Sax player from Roxy Music -- Andy McKay. Still plays today at 77.

@jonathanbirch2022

8 ай бұрын

Really ties the whole song together

@billybandyk0720

3 ай бұрын

​@@lastrada52That's right; he's quite prominent on "Love Is The Drug" (by Roxy Music).

I was 18 when I first heard this song THE WHOLE WORLD liad ahead of me, THIS Month I turn 68 and 2 things never let me down,,ROCK and ROLL and Jesus...lol Yes I Belive IN BOTH hahaha

The best David Bowie song that wasn’t by David Bowie!

@Fortwentt

2 жыл бұрын

lol

YES ! This song has aged beautifully, much better than i remembered it to be! Stone cold!!!!

That sax is awe-inspiring 😊

and you look like a star,but your really out on parole....Great song!!

@biggawinnacrapsa3870

4 жыл бұрын

Actually, it was 'you're'.

Great song, great band. I played this song in cover bands across several decades up until my dear friend/bass player/vocalist passed away a few years ago.

Love this song, my first year at university and I was born in Memphis so its special; gets the juices going!

First album I purchased! Someone stole it from me. Perhaps, they couldn’t afford to buy it on own. Blessings to them! Great tunes!

Saw them with Bowie in 74. Amazing concert.

I've loved Mott The Hoople for a long time! :-)

Still listening in 2024.

I'm hugely embarrassed to even say this.... I heard the cover by Contraband back in high school when it was released. I knew it was a cover. Took me until today 8/13/2023 to finally get to hear the original. As a man of music, working in the industry since I was 17. 49 for a few more months. I am so ashamed for missing this gem!

@mikebodrazic1427

5 ай бұрын

If that’s the worst thing you’ve done,you’ll have a charmed life.

The HBO TV Series Vinyl brought me here. An epic 60s/70s rock series gone too soon. Long live Mott!

Went to the city planning on seeing moody blues but they were sold out. So we walked down to radio city music hall and saw mott the hoople. Idk what was more fun. Waiting outside or the show itself. NY Dolls were there in the audience too. And Ian constantly giving dibs to Aerial Bender❤

So harmonious and beautiful it gives me the shivers

I went to Memphis to see Elvis home. It was so sad 😞 I felt very empty

Clean, crisp and so cool!

I was born 57 Been listening to this and Bowie since I was 14 So much better than most of today's rubbish Still listen to Thriller a lot too and Godspell

Happy Birthday Ian Hunter born on June 3, 1939. He is an English singer-songwriter and musician who is best known as the lead singer of the English rock band Mott the Hoople. Hunter was a musician and songwriter before joining Mott the Hoople, and continued in this vein after he left the band. He embarked on a solo career despite ill health and disillusionment with commercial success. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Hunter_(singer)

@johnciraldo5249

11 ай бұрын

He also sang Cleveland Rocks

Did you ever hear a "sax" make you feel like that, EVER ?

@denisryan8757

5 ай бұрын

Never!

@richardveal7391

5 ай бұрын

'Baker Street'!!!

Total badassary! Mott put it down 💣👈

much love for Mott The Hoople......"all the young dudes" did reach #37 on the singles chart. so they did have 1 minor hit. Bowie saved the band from bankruptcy.... the band could only headline small venues and are basically a critics choice

I love his voice

I saw them at the Beacon theater and that same band Queen warmed up for them.An amazing first concert.....loved them both but Queen won me over that night.

Saw them in concert in Seattle. So much fun. Man those were the days for live music

snazzy saxophone and guitar interplay give this a cool vintage rock n roll flavour.

Roxy's Music's Andy Mackay on sax.

Underrated there so good, remember my dad playing this in his 1976 chevron back in 2010 ughhh the best!!

Oh great time machine bring me back to 1970....and leave me there.

1973.... oh to be 15 again !

Saw them in St. Louis ,Queen opened for them, seems like a lifetime ago.......

First time hearing the album version of this song. Awesome! Much, much better than the edited singles version.

I was at this concert!Uris Theater in 1973. GREAT show!👏👏👏👍 🎉🎉

The first thing that came to mind was the Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack. .it just has the same vibe and my friend was absolutely right , I love it

Have a great day Mott the hoople your never last on the Lovett listen trip list even if Nigel falls to hip ratio I have good news he doesn't have to shy miss you too my friend

Ian Hunter is a fookin rock icon.

@MelancholyMaxxx

3 жыл бұрын

Legendary my pop showed me him before he passed away last month I’m very lucky to have had him in my life to show me the best music !🙌🏼

Best band of all time - my opinion and just saying, like!

When music made your toes tap.🎸😎✌️☮️😊

Got to London in '72 and was blown away by the music.....

Nice sax work in All The Way From Memphis Mott the Hoople.

Axes and Saxes. So Cool.

I just rewatched Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore for the first time in over a decade. That film introduced me to this song.

Contraband did a fabulous cover of this. Yeah, Michael Schenker managed to stay sober long enough to do it.

@johndrake2729

2 жыл бұрын

They need to reunite. It's been 30 years.

Andy MacKay, honorary member? Classic stuff here, for those of us who remember when it was released 'back in the day,'...Saw them in Cleveland (?!) way back, - Great memories indeed, and as fine an outfit of the era as you'll find, methinks...

@jonathanbirch2022

8 ай бұрын

All the kids growing up on the skids go: Cleveland rocks

Are we all hearing this in 4 10 2020,wow 1970's lasts forever

I went to that concert to see Queen . Mott the hoople was the act that bowie produced and played on their albums too. Queen was better that night... 🎸

I was so lucky to live in real time in the early 60s and on to hear all the songs for the first time and still ROCKING TO THEM 💫💫💥💥💥💫.

A world without rap crap I miss tbe70s

@davidanderson8469

Жыл бұрын

Amen. Marble mouthed rhyming to a monotonous drumbeat. The old black musical geniuses must be rolling in their graves.

@brotherjay4592

Жыл бұрын

Or ex-Disney stars “singing” repetitive songs with autotune.

Saw MOTT at the Uris Theater in NYC.... Queen opened for them...

Contraband totally did wonders for you guys. killer toon

Happy birthday Ian Hunter!

It was the Golden Age Of Rock And Roll, and I was One Of The Boys, a Whiz Kid... Me and All The Young Dudes would drive All The Way From Memphis to play regular Saturday Gigs at a place called the Angel Of Eighth Avenue... Pearl 'n' Roy always wanted us to play their favorite songs, like Ballad Of Mott The Hoople and Hymn For The Dudes, and we'd gladly oblige... The Foxy Foxy girls would always be there, dancing in the front row... I saw Sweet Jane up in the balcony wearing a sexy mini skirt...she truly is a Rock And Roll Queen...and when she bent over, I saw The Moon Upstairs... Laugh At Me if you want, but I've always been a Sucker for short skirts...They make me want to be a "Sea Diver" if you know what I mean... Yeah baby...I'm Ready For Love..!

This song was in the opening scene of Martin Scorcese's brilliant film "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore".

@tony--james

Жыл бұрын

Huge fan of this Truly Iconic movie, just watched it, yet again!! unforgettable!!!

I remember this song from Martin Scorsese's film, " Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"

hello, great song, I think the line is you look like a star but you are still on the dole

Mott the Hoople and Argent always party favorites back when

Saw them in Atlanta 1973!!!!💗

What a song. For the CDNs in the group, there is a book written by Liz Worth called Treat Me Like Dirt on the CDN punk rock/new wave movement in the 70's and 80's. Bands are routinely asked what their influences were in getting started, and they often quote MTH.

Smoked a lot listening to the album in 70’s. Turn the tv on ,party, listen to albums and party!!!

So damn good 👍🏾💜💜

I liked their music.