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Stooges were the first full on punk band.

Blank Generation, at the time, blew it all wide open for me. They were the defining moment of the punk movement, of which I participated in as a teenager looking for something to identify with that was part of my generation, that being a blank one.

Shakespeare sister might be one of the weakest singles on The smiths but beats without effort anything in the top 3 nowadays .

Fantastic and beautiful interview, I grew up in Western suburbs of Adelaide in those days as a im😮migrant teenager and have many fond memories of the lively music scene which spawned many great bands of the time.

Man who needs all the countless Bon scott autobiographies, Vince is the bon Scott story, he knew him best, knew him like no one else did.

more of this please

he is the coolest.

The most advanced and brilliant musician of the R&R era bar none ! He could play 3 different melodies on 3 different instruments ,all at the same time ...as easy as breathing . I'd love to have been a fly on the wall when The Band were making their first two magnificent albums when everyone was at it 100% without the rancour ? Garth must have been such a force of nature with his brilliance and instant experimentation musicality ? He's the cherry on top of the cream sitting on the beautiful icing cake ...

Robbie Robertson described Garth Hudson's musical talent as in 'another league ' to his peers ! He said that there are many guys who could do many great musical things out there , but as far as being as brilliant as Garth Hudson is concerned ...he / she doesnt exist ! I dont think we ever got to witness or listen to Garth Hudson at his peak . After The Band finished its career ,i believe that he should have been exposed to all kinds of platforms worldwide to grace them with his infinite talent as a musician as the best was yet to come ..its sad for me personally as he never received the recognition that he so rightly earned for his musical genius .

Dylan and Woody - visit them in Tulsa. Yeah

Extraordinaire violinist

Nothing the VU did is Pop 😂

Idk if I agree Who Loves the Sun is Pop?

He was there in Hamburg with Stuart and Astrid.

3 minutes in and Chris is NAILING IT

PS I love you

What an absolute delight she is!

Absolutely great. What a lovely man, outstanding storyteller

Good God can't they put thia together does it really have to be six parts?

In 1976 I was 13 years old and I already had Dylan’s Greatest Hits Vol. 1. One night, I was sitting in my neighbor’s car with my feet up on the dashboard when the radio disc jockey announced the new Bob Dylan song. It was SARA from DESIRE. I sat spellbound during the entire song, absorbing it like a small sponge in a large lake. I had never been taken to such a place before in my life, while at the same time it all felt so familiar. Everything about it, the melody, the tempo, the interaction between the bass and the drums, the lyrics, the style of singing, Emmylou Harris’ harmonies and on top of all that, Scarlet Rivera’s haunting gypsy violin. As a 13 year old kid, I was absolutely transported. The song etched itself into the very core of my being. The very next day, I cut a neighbor’s lawn to earn the money to buy the album, and I still own the same original worn-out copy to this day. It’s one of the reasons that I became a musician and songwriter and I am forever in debt to DESIRE. Thank you all who were a part of it: Scarlet, Howie, Stoner, Emmylou, Levy and of course, Dylan himself.

Hey I'm sure i spent an afternoon with this guy in 4.000 islands in Laos back in 2008?. He was from New York and his name was Richard. 😉

Hallo Klausi. Ich heisse auch Klausi. Gruss

I think that's a big part of what made them so interesting: Lloyd had the more "mainstream" rock influences, Verlaine had the jazz influences, and they combined it into something new.

It's too funny how much Richard reminds me of my one friend's dad of about the same age. And he is not a musician of any kind, but he just has like the same tone and cadence, haha.

Is this interview basically his class syllabus? Excellent stuff

God nothing beats playing live. Chris youre the best

Chris your explanations are excellent. Wish i was a michigan student

Why am i only commentor? This should have millions.

I was in Highschool in 90s. I used cakewalk and a roland xp80 and sr16 drum. Fascinating hearing this

Loving this...agreed agreed agreed. Well said indeed

A close friend of mine is working w him. Chris is gonna be an excellent professor at Michigan. Applies his experiences to a larger picture. Incredibly well spoken. Go kenyon college!

The Great J.C. Black Rest In Paradise, good Sir. I hope you're getting a new 20 year old Girl every night, and all the Hashish you could ever smoke.🕯

The man who litterly played the riff on Surfin’ USA!

Completely agree although at the time - I was 12 years old - I probably would have wanted them to stay together but mainly for selfish fan reasons. But every point he makes is spot-on. They were too strong and were evolving like high speed asteroids going in opposite directions. They really did the right thing and happy they went out leaving us with their best work (I mean all the albums not just the latter ones).

You are cool, I smile when I watch this.I have been through so much(who hasn't right) You re a great "mentor" in this life

unsung hero of The Velvet Underground.

Yeah man ❤

She seems like a nice person. Never really liked that band or got the hype though. Their songs like Heroin are long and tedious. Hard to sit through. The only song I like by Lou Reed is Take a Walk on the Wild Side. But that is because of the bass, not him. Million things I'd rather do than listen to Nico sing. Tomorrow's Parties and I'll Be Your Mirror are horrible songs in my opinion and are pretty much representative their whole catalog. I feel like the kid in that Emperor's New Clothes story every time people go on about how they are so great but I think they are crap. I'm prepared for the backlash of comments and the inevitable "you don't get it" "it was so underrated" "it was avant garde... minimalist... bro be like... blah blah blah." But I've open mindedly listened to everything they did and even if everyone else tries to convince me otherwise, I will always feel that the Velvet Underground just wasn't good.

Mile Love pretty much split the Beach Boys.....sad to say.

Thanks ❤love you

❤ merry me

Why didn't you put these all on ONE video??

Why didn't you put all these Brian Wilson vids on ONE video?

Don Preston is a national treasure.

Even Klaus can't turn that sh*t Plastic Ono Band" into shinola.

Drumming genius!!!

Nobody wonder I stopped listening to Morrissey at the right time.

frank crook

Don did some Grandmothers recording with my Minimoog way back in the early 80's. I still have it.

Man oh man he sure said "man" a lot man.