Mott the Hoople...

[Fab Foodie]

Just dusted-off my old MTH compilation on lurvurly vinyl (Hallmark Records... remember them?), a band that could be a bit hit and miss, but when at their best were world-class...

All The Young Dudes
Roll Away the Stone
Driving Sister
Sweet Jane
All the way from Memphis

Glam-tastic!


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sih9OVokuQ&feature=PlayList&p=299B0849F2E395B4&index=1

 

[Danny]

Did they cover the Velvet Underground's Sweet Jane?

It's not on my MTH compilation

 

[Fab Foodie]

Did they cover the Velvet Underground's Sweet Jane?

It's not on my MTH compilation

Yep! They do a great cover, one of my faves.

BTW, in searching around, found this live version by Lou Reed, love the extended intro! Nice Bass playing.


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc26EFI1_nw&feature=related

 

[Fab Foodie]

Danny!

Here you go! MTH version...


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl3AvpE4U_U

 

[Dave5N]

2 goodies, and a lot of make weight.

 

[Danny]

Danny!

Here you go! MTH version...


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl3AvpE4U_U

Cheers!

 

[bonj2]

bag o' shite. apart from maybe roll away the stone.

 

[PaulB]

One of the best bands of the 70s. The opening of All the Young Dudes has to be one of the best intros to any song ever.

 

[spiro]

According to R2 they are about to tour to mark 30 years since the band split up.

 

[rich p]

One of the best bands of the 70s. The opening of All the Young Dudes has to be one of the best intros to any song ever.

Didn't Bowie write it?

 

[accountantpete]

One of the bands that drove me into the clutches of punk from which I have never truly escaped thank god.

 

[Scoosh]

Foxie, Foxie was my favourite - from when I had a MTH Greatest Hits tape




and yes, it was a standard length C90 cassette , ....... before some "bright spark" comes alng and says 'MTH Greatest Hits - that'll be short, then'

 

[Fnaar]

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Named after a book... called (funnily enough) Mott The Hoople

 

[Wolf04]

Yep! They do a great cover, one of my faves.

BTW, in searching around, found this live version by Lou Reed, love the extended intro! Nice Bass playing.


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc26EFI1_nw&feature=related

Nice, a mate of mine gave me a mix cd entitled How Sweet Is Jane! 17 different versions of my favorite Reed song. He is threatening volume 2 .

 

[PaulB]

Named after a book... called (funnily enough) Mott The Hoople

There's loads of bands who've taken their names from books. Some I can think of are Heaven 17 (from A Clockwork Orange), Steely Dan (from the Naked Lunch), Aerosmith (from Sinclair Lewis's Arrowsmith), Belle and Sebastian (book of same name), The Doors (from Aldous Huxley's "The Doors of Perception"), My Chemical Romance (from a short story by Irvine Welsh) but James Blunt decided on bit of rhyming slang as it fits perfectly.