You can have Queen. I'll take Sparks.

@johnjones3714

4 жыл бұрын

Queen was ok really up until "Bohemian"

@colinwright4139

3 жыл бұрын

I got laughed off the internet for suggesting Russell should have joined Queen.

@PAULLONDEN

3 жыл бұрын

*@Only Ed and The Almost* Oh my gawd......it's such a hard life , when one can't enjoy two great bands ...

@PAULLONDEN

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnjones3714 Indeed , so true, in some way that goes for Sparks also , an occasional track exempted , Sparks were good till "Propaganda" .

@Daniela_Germany

3 жыл бұрын

Fine! However, I'm glad I'm actually not restricted to listening to only one band.

Keith Moon and Ringo Starr introducing a concert by Sparks? That would have to be one of the coolest things I have ever seen in my life... :-)

@Funckle73

5 жыл бұрын

Nuttybott imagine the party after?!!!!

@PAULLONDEN

4 жыл бұрын

Goo awayy......goo awayyy

@crescentfreshbret

2 жыл бұрын

@@Funckle73 This was during John Lennon’s “Lost Weekend,” when Ringo and Keith (and Harry Nilsson) were his drinking/carousing buddies, so I’m sure the party was insane!

@ni9aszeven347

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Total surprise!

@whufciironworkes

2 жыл бұрын

Keith Moon was cool, Ringos a wanker

Gotta love Sparks. Fifty years of drawing blank, puzzled stares from audiences, while winning over a small number of fans for life.

@ladistar

2 жыл бұрын

Bahahahahahaha so true, there’s no in between with sparks. You either love them or hate them.

@olliethecat9204

2 жыл бұрын

I've found that the people who say they hate them have never actually bothered to listen to them. On the few occasions I've convinced people to listen they've become firm fans.

@RebelRebelious

2 жыл бұрын

@@ladistar Aint that the truth. An audience of long hairs in Grateful Dead T Shirts wondering wtf is this?!?

@L0REN0R2Z0RR0

2 жыл бұрын

@@olliethecat9204 if you've never listened to them you usually don't even know them..

At the 1:41 mark...the look on the girl's face is pure " what the f*ck is this ? ". I love this band. Always have. Thanks for posting.

@dariowestern

9 жыл бұрын

jerry murphy Her expression is priceless! :-D

@horowizard

7 жыл бұрын

She is in shock. Simply couldn't handle it.

@69Phuket

5 жыл бұрын

It was the 70s...Probably a seamstress in a factory. look at 02:01 and tell me we were not repressed in the 70's.

@bilthomas9829

4 жыл бұрын

This moment kind of sums up the publics' reaction to Sparks. One woman in front is having a great time dancing, the lady behind her just doesn't get it.

@scottsteel4230

4 жыл бұрын

That look was GOLD.

That's Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Gos at minute 3:18, everyone. She was president of the L.A. chapter of the Sparks fanclub at the time of this show.

@kenlieck7756

6 жыл бұрын

Another disaster pairing: Wall of Voodoo opening for Go-Gos! The kids all called them Wall of Doodoo!

@matthewstetson1840

6 жыл бұрын

That looks to be her but...Whoever it is she takes a great photo.

@tonystevenson26

2 жыл бұрын

Damn, I can't believe it...my dream girl

@gaskellr44

Жыл бұрын

Don't think it is her, some similar features though.

@iconicshrubbery

26 күн бұрын

4:40---The band is smokin..

What a great stage persona...half masculine, half feminine, running a marathon with his finger in a light socket!

@1after909

3 жыл бұрын

thats a good summation

Two of the sweetest, humble fellas you could wish for. Genius. Brilliant energy then and even now in their 70’s, producing some of the best, original and unique music. Wonderful.

Have listen to Sparks since I was 13 years old. Now I'm 57 years old and I still listen to Sparks. I feel that they are so talenteds and they still create such good music. Sorry for my English. Eva from Gothenburg Sweden

I love the brilliant audacity of Sparks to go out there and shine with completely oblivious abandon!

This manic stare is priceless

This is why I love KZread...What a great band !

I saw this when it was on Don Kirshner's and went out and bought "Kimono My House" the next day. One of the most underrated bands at this stage of their history.

@crazee-eight3603

9 жыл бұрын

Me too. I did the same thing about 1,000 years ago, and still, Kimono My House is one of the few albums I love to listen to from side one to side two any time--any day. Great Album--great group.

@jduff59

7 жыл бұрын

I was pretty much blown away from watching this as well, it got me ready for just about anything and then I saw the Ramones and still more changes! Roxy, Bowie, Moot and Sparks were great!

@Eleventhearlofmars

4 жыл бұрын

If Jim Royle would of been in sparks their album would of been called Kimono my arse?! 😀

@jalmarirantala6059

4 жыл бұрын

@@Eleventhearlofmars correct! 😀

@skyemacallister1306

3 жыл бұрын

Of anyone's history, I think

I remember going to see them in 1975 or somewhere around there at the Erlanger theatre,in Philadelphia I made a glow in the dark t shirt with fluorescent tape that said sparks. And I used the flash from the cheap camera I bought to take pictures of the show to illuminate the shirt I made.It was the only time I ever saw sparks live. They rocked out and it was the best concert I ever saw .I even got my feet caught in the seats from standing on them from all of the excitement. SPARKS SHOW WAS UNREAL CONTROLLED CHAOS THAT HAD ME IN SHOCK AND AWE!

Crazy, brilliant, amazing. No one can match Sparks.

this band is so strange and I love them!!! what more can I experience.

@evafohlin4857

5 жыл бұрын

Love them since i first heard them in the 70 When I was 13 years old and still do . His voice can do Everything

I loved this band. I really enjoyed the expressions and performances of keyboardist Ron Mael.

I fucking love Sparks.

pretty damn impressive to play this stuff live!

MOON & RINGO Introduce this genius band? Say no more!!! Thanks for posting.

Gotta love Trevor White's Ronson-esque guitar sound and style! Sparks still sound incredible live!

There has been nothing before or like them since. RIP Dinky

If I had a time machine I would go to this show!!

Pure utter undiluted GENIUS!!!!

Watch the Sparks brothers on Netflix. These guys are the nicest humble souls. And Ron is not the strange ranger you see here. He's an awful sweet man.

It reminds me of musical theater!!! It's weird, but for some strange reason I can't take my eyes away from this video!!! ☺☺☺ It's totally demented!!!! So freakin cool!!! It's controlled chaos on the musical side!!!!☺😊☺😊☺ Knarley!!! Awesome!!! Totally awesome!!!

@sundromos9456

2 жыл бұрын

Russ studied theater at UCLA. My feeling is that these guys are performance artists working within the vernacular of pop music.

I saw this when it was first broadcast in L.A. in 1974, with a friend of mine. They came out of nowhere, as far as I was concerned! I'd already made it a habit to tape the "In Concert" shows as often as possible since the first broadcast in November 1972. I was absolutely floored by Sparks when I saw them! Understand, most of this retrospective clip show were bands like Eagles, Jim Croce, Seals & Crofts, Spinners, Loggins & Messina and so on. Sparks were SO different, weird, and funny, with awesome rocking songs! I'd just turned 10. My friend and I listened to the tape hundreds of times! We went out and bought the "Kimono My House" the next week! I still have that LP, and I still have the audio tape of this. Being so familiar with the audio, then finally seeing this again after 40 years left me speechless! {I'd forgotten about the confused and disdainful looks on some of these (now 60 or close to it) kids in the audience! Hilarious! I imagine those kids stopped listening to new and challenging music right about then.........}

@PatrickMcCormickIrish

7 жыл бұрын

Still have my original "Kimono My House" album - the first album I ever purchased.

@ThatsnewsTV

2 жыл бұрын

@@PatrickMcCormickIrish Me too!

@crescentfreshbret

2 жыл бұрын

Russell’s wild vocalizing made them think “What IS this?” Then they saw Ron…

I saw this when it was first broadcast and at first wondered what the hell was going on. 30 seconds in I was a convert and I still find the Mael brothers' writing and performing some of the most creative music today. Unfortunately most of my friends back then never took the time to apprectate their creativity.

@jasonrattue

Жыл бұрын

Some of us our Bowie/Sparks fans,; others are Status Quo/Rod Stewart fans. Like you, I/we choose the fun/imaginative groups.

First time I have heard 'Something for the girl with everything' - what a brilliant song.....I'm going under the bonnet......

If not this clip, I saw something similar on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert when I was in high school. Lots of goofballs trying to hit that falsetto sound on Monday morning in homeroom. Great stuff!

I saw that Sparks-Patty Smith Group show in Boston - front row. Loved it!

Talent Is An Asset - was my favorite song, ... and then I heard thirty more favorites! What a great act!

When I saw Sparks on "In Concert" in 1974...more than WOW...the 'seventies had finally produced a very unique band! I STILL love 'em...and I still love "Talent is an Asset."

Went to see Sparks live for the first time a few weeks ago, fell in love and now i'm obsessed, watching videos from when i was one year old, fuck me i've been missing out for 50 years

When I bought Kimono My House and played it for my sister she said "they just get faster and faster!" cracked me up. I loved them then and still do now.

I love the camera cuts to the crowd and back. Yes, the stupefied audience is, in fact, stupefied!

DAMN!!!! THESE GUYS WERE AND STILL ARE WAAAYY AHEAD OF THEIR TIME!!! I LOVE THE CONFUSED LOOKS AT THE BEGINNING!!! GREAT STUFF MAN!!! THIS BAND IS QUICKLY BECOMING ONE OF MY PERSONAL FAVORITES!! I ONLY RECENTLY DISCOVERED THEM AND AM STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE HELL DID I MISS THESE GUYS GROWING UP DURING THE 1980'S!!? ROCK LONG AND PROSPER SPARKS!!!

@fluffsternormalpaws1443

2 жыл бұрын

Same same same 😄

@gaskellr44

Жыл бұрын

They were pretty well known from early 70s till the late 70s with their Goegio Moroder combination, but I lost track of them till mid-90s, when they had a breakthrough with some singles here in the Uk, but I was recently surprised that they had done so many albums, and their recent ones are of high quality.

Did I nearly see a smile on Ron's face at 3:21 ? :-) I love it! Thank you Sparks.

@fluffsternormalpaws1443

2 жыл бұрын

He’s self-effacing 😁

@sundromos9456

2 жыл бұрын

He was displaying "charm"...pretty sure.

When I was young I was like that girl in the audience, I just didn't get it. Now...Sparks are genius! And they are sooooo refreshing

This video is a treasure!❤️

One of the best and most underated band's. The audience didn't know what was happening

Just fantastic! Sparks when they were at their peak. Such energy, completely bonkers, gotta love 'em! And they still give us good music today. My Dad was Ringo's chauffer so to see him with my fave band in the world is quite a coo!!!! Brilliant!!

@crescentfreshbret

2 жыл бұрын

Your Dad wasn’t the chauffeur who wound up being the bass player in Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels, was he?

@rsmith7912

2 жыл бұрын

@@crescentfreshbret No he definately wasn't that person although he did get to drive Jimi Hendrix a few times during that period. He always spoke very highly of him too, which was a rare thing on his opinions to quite a few of the celebrities he drove at the time. After leaving Ringo he went on to start his own taxi service in partnership with my mother. She drove some of the Beatles when dad was with Ringo as well. No Zappa though.

Watching this can purge every bit of malignity in any human being. Rocknroll!!

Russell has one of my favorite voices of the seventies and also love the meaning of the lyrics, along with the pictures of themselves on the album covers . Never seen them in concert until 2012 on Utube, they crack me up. LoL...

So freaking good. These guys are AMAZING.

tremendous band for the last fifty years but this was the best line up

Ron @ 1:38, stunned girl @1:41, LMFAO!

One of my favorite band since the 70s

Original and genius!love them..

love it....seen them in 74....crowd looks so lost hahahahahaha

They win the greatest AMERICAN rock band contest!!! Punk rock 3 years ahead of schedule that we still haven't quite caught up to!

@crimsonwolf9099

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely spot on. Proto punk with operatic falsetto vocals and hilarious lyrics. The Ramones were into these guys for sure. Meanwhile "punk rock godfather" garbage by Lou Reed was being pushed by the labels. (Ever heard the stink bomb 45 "City Lights" or the shitheap albums "Rock and Roll Fart" or "The Bells"? Puke!)

Indeed. . Love the confused looks. Can read their minds, " Is this unique and epic or just fucked up ! ? "

@fluffsternormalpaws1443

2 жыл бұрын

Bahaha 😂

I loved this band back in the glorious 70's. Their album Big Beat was their hardest Rockin record in my opinion. Seeing how they look today is wonderful and hopefully no major illnesses like most rock bands that lose players. Keep on Rockin'.

@crimsonwolf9099

5 жыл бұрын

"Big Beat" was their prophecy of punk rock. Proto punk band of genius talent: The Sparks!

Just a funny coincidence having Keith introduce Sparks, as it was an instrumental on Tommy also.

This is priceless- I love the reaction shots of the audience members. They have expressions on their facse that say " WTF is this? I was told Foghat was supposed to play tonight!"

@ladistar

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao so true , that’s sparks in a nutshell

One of the greatest bands to emerge in the seventies. I saw them at the Southend Kursaal in 1974, and they were incredible. Their extraordinarily creative and unique music still sounds amazing in 2023.

oh my GOD!!!!!! i am melting ))))))))))))))) so hilariously insane and super-professional.... one of my Top 5 bands ever. Thanks for sharing - couldn't even have dreamt i would happen upon something like THIS on KZread, some 2-3 years ago!!

Saw that version of the band three times. so, so great.

Ringo and Keith moon. Legends. Sparks are unique.

Fantastic!

I remember seeing this on television and being captivated by the sound and the beat. When I was in college the next year, a guy on my floor had one of their albums, Indiscreet, and I bought it from him. I've been hooked ever since.

I remember when this was on. And Sparks is incredible here.

Top ten favorite bands!!

Great songs.

Great that this is still around!! We never got to see this stuff in Aust in the Seventies!!

Love them. Looking forward to seeing the documentary that opened last week. Sparks, the Mael brothers, had more influence than I realized on other artists. And no wonder.

That guitar sounds so badass

Thank you. Funny opening.

Keith Moon!!!

You don't have to listen very long before deciding-a truly original act.

sparks still sparkling in 2021......

My First ever concert (for me it was Montreal '74) ..Great stuff !!

I just love Sparks!

Anyone who begins a lyric with 'Zoo time.....' is all right in my book.....

I just noticed the lyrics are a jumbled around when you read them and here this song. crazy band!!

Those audience shots must be edited in from other performances to give Sparks some credibility on television. Note that sometimes the clapping or dancing isn't even with the rhythm of the song that's being played. I think for the most part this audience was completely still from pure shock! This still has the power to shock today.

@hansholland5718

5 жыл бұрын

What's more - this audience looks pretty German ! (?)

@matthatter2849

5 жыл бұрын

@@hansholland5718 Oh no, this was filmed right here in the United States.

@donholl

4 жыл бұрын

That was a common thing with DK'sRC - though I didn't notice it when it aired on TV in my teens. A lot of the same stock audience footage and canned applause (often oddly enthusiastic, compared to the accompanying crowd shots) was used across shows - and the same kids-with-drumsticks shot happens twice during this. As you stated, the audience is mostly subdued during the wide room shots - same was true for a Raspberries' set I saw (most of these kids don't look like they'd be into pop-informed rock - more likely into harder, guitar-focused acts). When Kirshner had Kansas (who he had signed to his eponymous label) on, it was obvious (when viewing on here) that they were playing live to an empty theater - not a single shot where the band and the seats can be seen.

Never seen this band before. Art Rock!

Ron und Russel haben etwas Geniales gemacht.. damals in den 70ern. Ich glaube, es hat Yellow inspiriert. Ich liebe die auf-und-ab-Stimme...

WOW, IN-FREAKIN'-CREDIBLE !! THANX A MILLION for upping and sharing these cultural gems, dilloacami : May 1974, my parents had the fresh 'Kimono My House' LP on vinyl : I was 5 years old at that time, ..sticked to the tv-screen when they appeared (between Mud, Slade, Zappa, Roxy Music, Bowie, Pink Floyd, The Who & The Rolling Stones) and a true fan (of them all) eversince... the Mael brothers are still kickin' : check for the FROM THE BASEMENT (dot TV) sessions.

THE LADYS FACE AT 1:41 LMFAO

DEEEEEEELICIOUS!!!

I think I remember this.

If you ever see the Paul McCartney video coming up. He spoofs the keyboard player...

Thanks. Interesting

❤

check the look on the girl at 1.44.LOL yep thats the Sparks baby

@annabackman3028

4 жыл бұрын

"Where are the men bringing the white jackets with long sleeves and shiny buckles on the back when you need them?" is her expressions 🤣

LOL at 1:42!!!! Priceless face....

Brilliant post - Just seen them in London but 1974 Free Trade Hall Manchester with Elaine was my first concert ever! Seen them almost every year since!!!! Steve

the late 70s Rock&roll band Sparks was the best

Them Bros are impairable/ Inseparable ;)

.....Going to see them tonight at the Warfield SF....So excited about this!! Hope they play the trifecta of Kimono, Propaganda & Indiscreet

Когда они это пели, мне было тринадцать лет. Услышал я это в шестьдесят. И влюбился. Где Битлз, где Роллинг Стоунз? А они до сих пор восхищают.

I like how Keith has to read bands name from the door sign.

I just refound this in my liked videos.

Love the shots of the audience. Some dig it, others look like" What...is this?"

good god !!!!!!

Love the ventriloquist style keyboard solo at 5:44

Classic 😀

Nobody seems to say it, and I've never till now...Sparks live performances absolutely rock.

RIP Dinky Diamond

I was so wrong when I was young about which one of them was more interesting.