UFO Performing live from 1977.[1] Michael Schenker(Guitar) Phil Mogg(Vocals) Pete Way(Bass) Paul Raymond(Keyboards/Rhythm Guitar/B.Vocals) Andy Parker(Drums)
Schenker has always been the most melodic and precise guitar player in rock, every note means something and not just inane twiddling of scales. His solos are pieces of art that should be more widely acknowledged.
The Lights Out album is one of my all time favorite albums, just incredible. Schenker's sound, the songs, Mogg's raw voice, the production, everything!
"Who made who...who made you..." The gifts of GOD are without repentance. Saw UFO fronting AC/DC on the American Tour at the Riverside Theatre in Milwaukee. Michael Schenker was mesmerizing...AC/DC came and watched him from behind the veloured stage curtains. By the time Schenker lifted up from his pedal, our faces were on the floor between knees of our skirts. When that happened, there was a loud gasp...and deafening applause. Schenker was phenomenal! Wispy, unassuming, uncharacteristic, and pure flying V phenomenal guitarist. We humbly thank the LORD for Michael and his family, especially his dad, according to his brother Rudolph, a/k/a, the Scorpions, for allowing Michael to leave school and play for us. Thank you LORD!!!
That was their third album, actually. They had two albums in more acid rock/space rock style in 1970 and 1971. "Phenomenon" was the first one with Schenker.
Michael; is one of the most fine guitar players in the World and in Rock history. He's a virtuoso. In my opinion, the best guitarist from Germany. His guitar parts and solos, are always complex, beautiful, intrincated and melodic.🎸
Too right the energy from these concerts back then was incredible. Schenker is a wonderful feel player. His work on Obsession is phenomenal pardon the pun.
In my opinion Michael Schenker is one of the greatest guitarist of his time he influenced me for sure and a whole generation of great guitarists. a lot of people today don’t know who he is and that’s really sad. I can say without reservation that strangers in the night UFO live is absolutely positively one of the greatest live rock albums ever bar none
I agree about Schenker but, Led Zeppelins 1978's the song remains the same album is IMO #1 and Jimmy Page is #1. Schenker is top 5 for sure. I was 14-15 years old at that time and had dreams (like many others)of making it in a rock band but I soon realized I did not have near the talent needed to actually make a living doing it. Definitely Rock's best period. Another couple runner up's on live albums are, Scorpions 1978's Tokyo tapes(another Schenker) and Rush's 1976 Rush live album All the worlds a stage, Geddy's voice was in it's prime and talk about under rated guitarists, Alex Lifeson never gets mentioned in the GOAT discussion
I bought that Live UFO Album in 1978 when a senior in high school. Still have it and a bunch of other live acts on vinyl as well from that era. Double live Gonzo , Outlaws “ bring’em back alive” , live Who & Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, and countless hundreds of others . Anyone who was fortunate enough to live through that great era in music back then knows what I’m talking about here. Never again will we see such an amount of amazing talents and music . Today’s stuff just doesn’t cut it in my opinion.
@@mpreiss7780 : Not a fair comparison at all. Zeppelin's roots were in Blues Rock. UFO were out and out Heavy Rock, the forerunner to Heavy Metal. Different genre entirely.
If you don't get goose bumps and chills listening to UFO, especially Michaels solo, you may want to put 911 (or 999) on speed dial. I listened to them several times a day. And seeing them live was a real thrill ride!
same here!! I remember back in high school the UFO double live album (strangers in the night) was a must bring to a KEG party along with 2 -3 Led Zeppelin albums
Schenker is definitely a prime example of “your favorite guitarist’s favorite guitarist”. The licks were always just perfect to add in and elevate the tracks. The solos then come and they’re always blistering and high energy. You never get half assed stuff from Schenker
I saw AC/DC open up for UFO at the tower theater in Philly back in the late 70`s. Bon Scott and Angus,Schenker and UFO,One of the best concerts EVER. I will never forget that night!
spydrmike1 You lucky person you. These two bands are two of my favourite bands of all time. Their music during the late 70's was simply awesome and very inspirational to many bands afterwards.
As Michael Schenker is acknowledged as one of the best guitarist of all time it is is a shame that Phil Mogg is so underrated. He had one of the best voices in rock and in polls or documentaries about great voices in rock he is often forgotten. Shout Out to Phil!👌❤️
UFO is one of the greatly under rated bands from the 70's and early 80's they just played good rock and roll.Saw them in Sacramento California in 1981 with Aldo Nova was a great show.
I always thought that Schenker's solo on this song on the Lights Out album was one of the most perfect solos, a great combination of technical brilliance and feel.
"I was born Oct 29, 1961 UFO & Thin Lizzy are the most woefully underarted bands to ever exist !" By whom? See the interview with Ritchie Blackmore where he considered joining Phil Lynott. Nobody underrates Thin Lizzy; they just forget them. Even the Beatles will be forgotten, and the sooner the better!
I'm 62 and saw them live many times in the mid 70's, and for us rock guitar nuts, he was a legend. Cleaner and faster than Jimmy Page, Beck and the other guitar greats of the era, and UFO shows were super powerful. Just a great pure rock band...
I remember about 40 years ago hearing that song on a pirate shortwave radio station, got me interested in UFO. Great Band and 1 of the greatest legendary guitarists ever. Nobody plays like that 🎸
Man this brings back some fantastic memories. I saw UFO with Michael Schenker at the Glasgow Apollo back in the day. He was and is a fantastic guitarist but as 14 year old witnessing his art was a life changing moment. Strangers is the best live album ever!!
I can't believe I'm seeing this....... I was a young "roadie" at a concert in Portland, OR back in 1980, and it was Head East, UFO, and a no-name band opening, I was 17 and helped with all the set-up.... I remember UFO being the best of all of them, and I was so proud to help set things up. It was amazing. I feel so grateful.
I've heard that song 100 times and it doesn't get old. In so doing, I wore out a couple of 8-tracks, a handful of cassettes and a few LP records. ''Strangers in the Night'' rates as one of my all-time favorites. Double-live and excellent. That guitar player is going to be a star some day.
WOW! What a memory blast! Almost had forgotten about UFO. One of my favorites in the late seventies. When you get my age, some of the best things to do is reminisce about the "good old days".
I saw them at the Capitol Theater in Flint Michigan in the Early 70's. I'll never forget it. Michael Schenker stayed to the rear until it was time to solo. In head to toe black leather he comes to the front of the stage, stops, jams that white flying V into his right leg, every eye in the place on him. After the blazing solo he would retreat to the rear giving the audience time to close their mouths and reflect on what they just saw and heard.
These two bands were my staples growing up, every time i saw them it was a party, a hoot. Got to know UFO over time, lovely guys, "enjoyed the odd drink". Happy memories, RIP Paul and Pete.
My dad told me UFO played in there highschool gym in Illinois in the mid 70s. He said it was one of the best experiences of his life and inspired him to play music And become a really popular band in the Midwest called the Gunnar band.
schenker will always be my favorite guitarist. and as fantastic as his playing is on this performance, it was even better on the performance of this song captured on "strangers in the night."
Accidentally seen UFO's Stangers in the Night tour in Minneapolis in 1978 as we were going to see Rick Derringer. We never even heard of UFO before even though they were headlining. We almost walked out of the show after Rick Derringer, as we thought UFO had to be some weird punk/new wave band, but decided we would stay for a couple songs to check them out and were BLOWN AWAY! (We were also tripping out bawls big time that night) I never forget it! It then lead us to discover the Scorpions, and since then 45 years ago, I've been a UFO/MSG and Scorpions fanatic, and amateur guitarist, trying to pick up and learn their music. (But the tripping days are long past)
This is pure, heavy, no-holds-barred rock and roll at it's finest. The 70's had a lot of crap music, but the rock genre was still kickin. Schenker definitely added fuel to the fire.
These guys were quite frankly one of the most underrated rock acts maybe ever! I enjoyed my teen years in the 70's and was lucky enough to see them live a few times and folks I'm telling you they were fantastic!
That's really cool you must've saw some great bands! My friends and I had heard about the concerts in Oakland? I think or somewhere in Cali but being from Buffalo it was just too far away 😂
I was also in my teens in the70s in Chicago and we all knew about UFO from around '76 onward. Lights out in London, too hot to handle, rock bottom, they had a lot of well known hits that got a lot of airplay back then. Now all the "classic rock" stations have forgotten they existed. No clue why.
I frickin love UFO. Michael Schenker has been 1 of my favorite guitar players since I 1st heard their live album in 1979. That guy could jam with the best of them & along with his melodic playing, that makes for a great guitar player in my book🤘
I am 62 and saw UFO in the early 1970`s at the Nottingham boat club. I spent the whole set with my mouth open as I could not get over how fantastic they were as a band. Michael Schenker stood to one side with Gibson flying V between his legs, blonde hair hanging down, and the licks he played was absolutely spellbinding. One of the best gigs I ever saw. I still think they are the most underrated band along with Trapeze. Unfortunately, when Schenker left I felt they went down hill. No replacement ever really matched him and their writing went down hill.
It surprises me more real rock devotees aren't demanding more UFO on this channel. One of the best live shows ever - if you want to go to a show, catch a buzz, and hear some real electric rock and roll. Most definitely, one of the top five British rock bands of the 70's.
Yeah me, I waited for lights out Holmfirth 3 days before Paul Raymond passed away. Now Pete Way has passed. Oh my god so many greats of my youth are disappearing. Hope the younger generation get to see the way music should be played
I'm awestruck every time I watch and listen to Michael Schenker's guitar playing. Looking at this video reminds me why I've been a huge UFO and MSG fan for decades.
Bands in those days like UFO, could play a ballad, then blow your doors off. It was great music with incredible melody and harmony. I miss the days if analog recording, tube amps and cords all over the stage. We hear physically and emotionally in waves, not digitization ✌
+Peter Marshall I first saw them at the Marquee in, I think, 1976. We got in and were crushed up against the stage. I could almost touch them. It was a close to any sort of heaven i have ever been musically. I could not hear for a week after but it was worth every second spent getting there and back to Oxford. They were never recognized as fully as they should have been for their greatness, but for me they will always be the absolute pinnacle of top flight British hard rock. Such memories!!! You are so correct.........they were up there with the greats in my view.
+Peter Marshall One might argue that, in the end, UFO was more influential than Led Zeppelin. How many 80s hair metal bands owe their success to the UFO formula?
+darley1958 They should be in the ROR Hall of Fame..Never understood why UFO or it's individual members are not household names..Maybe the best straight ahead rock band of all time..Only Y/T, Zep, Beatles, maybe Sabbath with Dio, Maiden with Dickenson and the Who can compare
I remember hearing Strangers in the Night for the first time when I was like 15, it was the first time I remember saying I'm going to play guitar, and I'm going to play just like this guy
Robert, I was also there. UFO opened for BOC. Made me a lifelong UFO fan. Strangers in the Night the best live album ever. Any doubters need to listen first.
I loved this band long after I first them in the mid 70's and still listen to the Shenker albums to this day. Chapman is very good also but shenker was a very special treat. Especially for young musicians like myself.
Maestro de Maestros ,me pongo de pie ,que gallito en la lira ,todo un virtuoso este Sr en la guitarra muy pocos de ese calibre Vivir en este tiempo fue algo para la historia👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
DEVISTATING! Strangers in the night still knocks me down if i am not prepared for it. Schenker wails and i love how he explains how technical ability is so emotionless its all about the passion and getting so caught up in the moment it become the force that drives you. Any band that steve harris uses as an influence NEEDS to be listened to, you can really hear the pete way in maidens stuff.
2 electrifying, sizzling solos & good night "Lights Out", enough to put you out for the count. Much like Santana, Schenker had a knack for selecting all the beautiful notes at all the right times. Classical melodious solos... bad ass!
People ask us hardcore UFO fans what is it all about, what's the one thing that puts UFO above everyone else in the rock & roll business. It's the gallop, that's right when Michael Shenker & Pete Way played together there was a gallop (like a horse at full speed) effect in the music. Horsepower was what made UFO the best.
Oh you nailed it: Gallop. Driving Force. I believe that's the quality of what has made this my Go-To Song default for 40+ years, when doing something 110% and second best doesn't count: on the track, on a fast wave, a big mountain, a big hill; when you need to pull out all the stops and just go....that's UFO.👍
@@nossasenhoradoo871 Same here. In fact I first saw both UFO and Thin Lizzy when they were opening acts for other bands. Never forgotten by me and always in my record collection.
These bands are never forgotten! The sheer fact of the matter is, the bands who came after will testify that UFO influenced them and you can hear it in several bands compositions. Thats fact. Far from forgotten. Hell i'm only 30, got into them and seen them because Maiden spread the word about them. These bands live on by the passing of the torch. Try and tell me the drums, bass and guitar from Lights Out ain't an influence on The Trooper for instance.
@@jockstrap "PS you are exactly 5years 5days older than me." No, I think it's 6 years, 6 days and 6 hours! Or maybe it's 8 years, 8 days and 8 minutes, heh heh!
Was that Farewell To Kings tour? My first Rush concert, unfortunately, UFO didn't open for them in Saint Louis. Jan 1978 April Wine opened. UFO came at Mississippi Nights small venue but I got the flu with temp and had tickets pissed. Never saw them in concerted.
I saw Rush, same tour just outside of Chicago. It was my first concert ever. A couple months later, same venue, I saw UFO. Cheap Trick opened. Michael Schenker was notorious for not showing up at the time, so we were leery. I can still remember the lights alternating blue and green when they opened with that long, driving intro to “Love to Love”. Oh, the memories...15 again. Edit: whoops, wrong tour. I saw Rush on 2/11/77, All the world’s a stage tour.
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Schenker has always been the most melodic and precise guitar player in rock, every note means something and not just inane twiddling of scales. His solos are pieces of art that should be more widely acknowledged.
Roth too
Indeed. Schenker's solos seem to tell a story if that makes any sense.
He is pants without Mogg and Way and this since 40 years now.
4. MAI IN BOCHUM ZECHE VON NÜRNBERG IN DEN POTT ICH FREUE MICH AUF MICHAEL 2O22
The Lights Out album is one of my all time favorite albums, just incredible. Schenker's sound, the songs, Mogg's raw voice, the production, everything!
UFO are so underrated and overlooked when it comes to classic hard rock bands - they were top tier.
Brilliant. Even now Schenker still extracts every last nuance from the notes.
Schenker is the unheralded king of rock guitar
He's so fluid its pretty amazing.
"Who made who...who made you..." The gifts of GOD are without repentance. Saw UFO fronting
AC/DC on the American Tour at the Riverside Theatre in Milwaukee. Michael Schenker was mesmerizing...AC/DC came and watched him from behind the veloured stage curtains. By the time Schenker lifted up from his pedal, our faces were on the floor between knees of our skirts. When that happened, there was a loud gasp...and deafening applause. Schenker was phenomenal! Wispy, unassuming, uncharacteristic, and pure flying V phenomenal guitarist. We humbly thank the LORD for Michael and his family, especially his dad, according to his brother Rudolph, a/k/a, the Scorpions, for allowing Michael to leave school and play for us. Thank you LORD!!!
- Pete Way Rest In Peace 🎵🎼🎶🎸😭🙏
- Paul Raymond Rest In Peace 🎵🎼🎶🎹😭🙏
Damn I love this band and the era I grew up in 🎶 🎵 ⏹️ 🪕 🎼 💿
That one of the best lead riffs and songs off all time.
Phil mogg fantastic frontman and a outstanding vocalist
UFO is arguably the most underappreciated band of any genre of (rock) music. They called their first album 'Phenomenon'
That was their third album, actually. They had two albums in more acid rock/space rock style in 1970 and 1971. "Phenomenon" was the first one with Schenker.
-lights out-no heavy petting-force it Strangers in the night...
Michael; is one of the most fine guitar players in the World and in Rock history. He's a virtuoso. In my opinion, the best guitarist from Germany. His guitar parts and solos, are always complex, beautiful, intrincated and melodic.🎸
Yep,thanks,I´m German and feel PROUD when I hear that...!!!
In german we say:"Unser Micha...!"(Our Michael).
@@thomasotto8693 What a nice sentence! "Unser Micha".👌🏻
Very good 🎉 live and the record too 😮❤that guy
Saw them in 1980. It was a hell of a show!
Strangers in the Night. Some of the greatest guitar recordings in history.
"Lights out". One of the greatest rock anthems of all time.
Go back to Phenomenon. Rock Bottom came first.
If this video doesn't give you goosebumps, then you're already dead.
Jonathan Gianguzzo well said .
"then you're already dead"
I'm dead - and it's giving me goosebumps. Heck, I saw them live!
This video gives be goosebumps , raises the blood pressure and a boner.
Too right the energy from these concerts back then was incredible. Schenker is a wonderful feel player. His work on Obsession is phenomenal pardon the pun.
Too many bullshit guitar players back then. The Scorpions guitarists all kick ass. Listen to the Love Drive album and hear Germany's finest.
In my opinion Michael Schenker is one of the greatest guitarist of his time he influenced me for sure and a whole generation of great guitarists.
a lot of people today don’t know who he is and that’s really sad. I can say without reservation that strangers in the night UFO live is absolutely positively one of the greatest live rock albums ever bar none
I agree about Schenker but, Led Zeppelins 1978's the song remains the same album is IMO #1 and Jimmy Page is #1. Schenker is top 5 for sure. I was 14-15 years old at that time and had dreams (like many others)of making it in a rock band but I soon realized I did not have near the talent needed to actually make a living doing it. Definitely Rock's best period. Another couple runner up's on live albums are, Scorpions 1978's Tokyo tapes(another Schenker) and Rush's 1976 Rush live album All the worlds a stage, Geddy's voice was in it's prime and talk about under rated guitarists, Alex Lifeson never gets mentioned in the GOAT discussion
@@mpreiss7780 Rush 1976 live called All the World is A Stage!! Yes, amazing album!!
Totally agree! Saw him in October 2022. He is a soloing machine, just phenomenal!
I bought that Live UFO Album in 1978 when a senior in high school. Still have it and a bunch of other live acts on vinyl as well from that era. Double live Gonzo , Outlaws “ bring’em back alive” , live Who & Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, and countless hundreds of others . Anyone who was fortunate enough to live through that great era in music back then knows what I’m talking about here. Never again will we see such an amount of amazing talents and music . Today’s stuff just doesn’t cut it in my opinion.
@@mpreiss7780 : Not a fair comparison at all. Zeppelin's roots were in Blues Rock. UFO were out and out Heavy Rock, the forerunner to Heavy Metal. Different genre entirely.
Schenker is idolized by so many other bands. Huge influence on playing. Love everything he's done! Such a deep well. 🎸❤️🎸❤️🎸
If you don't get goose bumps and chills listening to UFO, especially Michaels solo, you may want to put 911 (or 999) on speed dial. I listened to them several times a day. And seeing them live was a real thrill ride!
Now I am 61 years old.
Still listen and play some.
He was born for guitarist.
My word when Schenker is on his game he is unbeatable. Two of the greatest guitar solos all in the one song. Just brilliant.
i'll be 57 years old this month and still rock to the 1970's metal, this is fkn great
same here!! I remember back in high school the UFO double live album (strangers in the night) was a must bring to a KEG party along with 2 -3 Led Zeppelin albums
are still rockin' ?
Same here🤘
I'm58 this year, and I love me some UFO baby, woooohooooo!😆😉🤘🎸🎶🎵🔊
that means youre 65, keep rocking bro
Schenker is definitely a prime example of “your favorite guitarist’s favorite guitarist”. The licks were always just perfect to add in and elevate the tracks. The solos then come and they’re always blistering and high energy. You never get half assed stuff from Schenker
I saw AC/DC open up for UFO at the tower theater in Philly back in the late 70`s. Bon Scott and Angus,Schenker and UFO,One of the best concerts EVER. I will never forget that night!
spydrmike1 Saw the same show in NYC at the Palladium 6/9/79
spydrmike1 You lucky person you. These two bands are two of my favourite bands of all time. Their music during the late 70's was simply awesome and very inspirational to many bands afterwards.
Wow! what else can I say!
Saw the same tour and lineup Sept 12, 1978 at the Riverside Theatre in Milwaukee. AC/DC was Really loud.
Wyatt Nash
NO!
I totally love the Michael Schenker era UFO! ♥️ This guys rocked!!
One of the classic best bands ever. Michael Schenker is just beyond words extraordinary.
In my opinion he's the best guitarist ever!
As Michael Schenker is acknowledged as one of the best guitarist of all time it is is a shame that Phil Mogg is so underrated. He had one of the best voices in rock and in polls or documentaries about great voices in rock he is often forgotten.
Shout Out to Phil!👌❤️
I agree. Great voice. Very underrated singer. And a great lyricist as well.
Phil Mogg = weak. 😃
The band as a whole never really recieved the notoriety that was deserving of them
Absolutely.
This rock chic knows how great Phil Mogg is!
UFO, Strangers in the night.....still makes the top ten live hard rock albums of all time. "It's your licensing laws...."
Recording with Michael was an awesome experience.
He’s one of the best of the best, an amazing guitarist and musician.
Michael turned a lead riff into a song. The guy’s brilliant ✌️👁❤️🎸
Die Schenker-Jahre waren einfach die besten
UFO is one of the greatly under rated bands from the 70's and early 80's they just played good rock and roll.Saw them in Sacramento California in 1981 with Aldo Nova was a great show.
Schenker was a WORLD CLASS, 'guitarists guitarist'! Masterful, melodic, emotive playing with great tension and release!
Still is .... :)
100%
Vivaldi of the rock guitar ♥
I always thought that Schenker's solo on this song on the Lights Out album was one of the most perfect solos, a great combination of technical brilliance and feel.
I was born Oct 29, 1961 UFO & Thin Lizzy are the most woefully underated bands to ever exist !
"I was born Oct 29, 1961 UFO & Thin Lizzy are the most woefully underarted bands to ever exist !"
By whom? See the interview with Ritchie Blackmore where he considered joining Phil Lynott. Nobody underrates Thin Lizzy; they just forget them. Even the Beatles will be forgotten, and the sooner the better!
So true ! Next week, I'm in Dublin for a journey, I will show my respect to Phil Lynott.
So true! I am so glad that I was introduced to these bands. They were the peak of hard rock
Aug.29,1961
Hey,what's wrong with The Beatles?
I'm 62 and saw them live many times in the mid 70's, and for us rock guitar nuts, he was a legend. Cleaner and faster than Jimmy Page, Beck and the other guitar greats of the era, and UFO shows were super powerful. Just a great pure rock band...
I remember about 40 years ago hearing that song on a pirate shortwave radio station, got me interested in UFO. Great Band and 1 of the greatest legendary guitarists ever. Nobody plays like that 🎸
The most underrated band. Big Time!! Awsome group.
Man this brings back some fantastic memories. I saw UFO with Michael Schenker at the Glasgow Apollo back in the day. He was and is a fantastic guitarist but as 14 year old witnessing his art was a life changing moment. Strangers is the best live album ever!!
I can't believe I'm seeing this....... I was a young "roadie" at a concert in Portland, OR back in 1980, and it was Head East, UFO, and a no-name band opening, I was 17 and helped with all the set-up.... I remember UFO being the best of all of them, and I was so proud to help set things up. It was amazing. I feel so grateful.
Hands down without any doubt what so ever my favorite guitarist of all time, no one else comes close.
I've heard that song 100 times and it doesn't get old. In so doing, I wore out a couple of 8-tracks, a handful of cassettes and a few LP records. ''Strangers in the Night'' rates as one of my all-time favorites. Double-live and excellent. That guitar player is going to be a star some day.
the best album ever released by this band lights out was a landmark of world rock.
_Lights Out In London_ is one of the very best hard Rock songs ever.
Big catalog to choose from to say that.
Michael Schenker, you're a riffs machine. Your solos break the fingers. Long live to you and your music!!!
WOW! What a memory blast! Almost had forgotten about UFO. One of my favorites in the late seventies. When you get my age, some of the best things to do is reminisce about the "good old days".
I saw them at the Capitol Theater in Flint Michigan in the Early 70's. I'll never forget it. Michael Schenker stayed to the rear until it was time to solo. In head to toe black leather he comes to the front of the stage, stops, jams that white flying V into his right leg, every eye in the place on him. After the blazing solo he would retreat to the rear giving the audience time to close their mouths and reflect on what they just saw and heard.
RIP Paul Raymond. Only 73. UFO Farewell tour won't be the same without him.
These two bands were my staples growing up, every time i saw them it was a party, a hoot. Got to know UFO over time, lovely guys, "enjoyed the odd drink". Happy memories, RIP Paul and Pete.
Ahhh...the good old days, when you could go to a concert and actually see the stage without looking through a sea of smartphone screens.
My dad told me UFO played in there highschool gym in Illinois in the mid 70s. He said it was one of the best experiences of his life and inspired him to play music And become a really popular band in the Midwest called the Gunnar band.
schenker will always be my favorite guitarist. and as fantastic as his playing is on this performance, it was even better on the performance of this song captured on "strangers in the night."
Миша! Михаэль! Майкл! Люблю тебя! Ты лучший! Твоя жизнь принесла много радости другим людям! Спасибо тебе, что ты есть! Ты лучший! Целую! ❤
Wow😳😁awesome solo by Schenker! Amazing live band UFO🤘1977😁
Accidentally seen UFO's Stangers in the Night tour in Minneapolis in 1978 as we were going to see Rick Derringer. We never even heard of UFO before even though they were headlining. We almost walked out of the show after Rick Derringer, as we thought UFO had to be some weird punk/new wave band, but decided we would stay for a couple songs to check them out and were BLOWN AWAY! (We were also tripping out bawls big time that night) I never forget it! It then lead us to discover the Scorpions, and since then 45 years ago, I've been a UFO/MSG and Scorpions fanatic, and amateur guitarist, trying to pick up and learn their music. (But the tripping days are long past)
This is pure, heavy, no-holds-barred rock and roll at it's finest. The 70's had a lot of crap music, but the rock genre was still kickin. Schenker definitely added fuel to the fire.
Too many assholes named them Heavy Metal, which they are not. Rock on.
T. Rex, Zeppelin, Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd is a crap???
@@alwaysopen7970 get over it. Their influence on heavy metal in indisputable. It was a much more vague term in the 70's.
Just an epic, balls-out rock track. I wish more people knew how good this band was/is...
These guys were quite frankly one of the most underrated rock acts maybe ever! I enjoyed my teen years in the 70's and was lucky enough to see them live a few times and folks I'm telling you they were fantastic!
I saw UFO on the day on the greens twice
That's really cool you must've saw some great bands! My friends and I had heard about the concerts in Oakland? I think or somewhere in Cali but being from Buffalo it was just too far away 😂
Are you American because UFO were massive in the UK and certainly not underrated here?.
I had all of UFO'S albums and I had the privilege of seeing them live three times, the first two with the irrepressible Michael Schenker!
I was also in my teens in the70s in Chicago and we all knew about UFO from around '76 onward. Lights out in London, too hot to handle, rock bottom, they had a lot of well known hits that got a lot of airplay back then. Now all the "classic rock" stations have forgotten they existed. No clue why.
Phenomenon thru Mechanix is the greatest run of hard rock albums ever .. Schenker is GOD and RIP Mr Paul Raymond
I frickin love UFO. Michael Schenker has been 1 of my favorite guitar players since I 1st heard their live album in 1979. That guy could jam with the best of them & along with his melodic playing, that makes for a great guitar player in my book🤘
I believe those were the best UFO years, Schenker at his best!!
One of THE greatest rock bands of all time. Glad I got to see them ,along with Judas Priest. Really great time.
Nothing like UFO..big body of outstanding work.
I am 62 and saw UFO in the early 1970`s at the Nottingham boat club. I spent the whole set with my mouth open as I could not get over how fantastic they were as a band. Michael Schenker stood to one side with Gibson flying V between his legs, blonde hair hanging down, and the licks he played was absolutely spellbinding. One of the best gigs I ever saw. I still think they are the most underrated band along with Trapeze. Unfortunately, when Schenker left I felt they went down hill. No replacement ever really matched him and their writing went down hill.
The 1995 UFO reunion album with Schenker, Walk on Water is a fabulous album, right up there with their Seventies classics IMHO!
It surprises me more real rock devotees aren't demanding more UFO on this channel. One of the best live shows ever - if you want to go to a show, catch a buzz, and hear some real electric rock and roll. Most definitely, one of the top five
British rock bands of the 70's.
Saw Michael in the early 2000s in Dublin and its still, the best live guitar sound I can recall.
Also, Phil's voice! Fantastic singer.
Майкл- впереди всей планеты! Всей планеты гитаристов! Майкл- Бог! Другого слова про него подобрать невозможно!
Michael Schenker top 5 Rock Guitarist...Easy
Yes, he rarely gets the credit he deserves.
Yep he's in my 'Pantheon'.... And the reason why I bought a Flying 'V' ! (...Dang! I wish I still had it....).
No shit! Schenker, Blackmore, Gallagher and Montrose
Deebz270 I bought a Flying V because of Andy Powell (Wishbone Ash).
Uli Jon Roth
Anyone else sort of kind of waiting to hear "...lights out in Chicago"? 😁
And the crowd goes wild!
their BEST live version!
Yeah me, I waited for lights out Holmfirth 3 days before Paul Raymond passed away. Now Pete Way has passed. Oh my god so many greats of my youth are disappearing. Hope the younger generation get to see the way music should be played
david wilkinson 😢😢😢
😲!!!!
I'm awestruck every time I watch and listen to Michael Schenker's guitar playing. Looking at this video reminds me why I've been a huge UFO and MSG fan for decades.
Michael Schenker absolute musical Genius
played this in our High school Band . UFO...Goosbumps
Bands in those days like UFO, could play a ballad, then blow your doors off. It was great music with incredible melody and harmony. I miss the days if analog recording, tube amps and cords all over the stage. We hear physically and emotionally in waves, not digitization ✌
legendary chops that will live on forever
When I first heard UFO it was devastating stuff. Almost musicianship from another dimension and it lifted my roof. Very special moment for me.
UFO with Michael Schenker on guitar and Pete Way on bass deserve to be viewed on the same level as Led Zeppelin.
+Gustavo Perez I saw them 6 days later (9 Dec 77). They opened for Cheap Trick and crushed 'em.
+Peter Marshall I first saw them at the Marquee in, I think, 1976. We got in and were crushed up against the stage. I could almost touch them. It was a close to any sort of heaven i have ever been musically. I could not hear for a week after but it was worth every second spent getting there and back to Oxford. They were never recognized as fully as they should have been for their greatness, but for me they will always be the absolute pinnacle of top flight British hard rock. Such memories!!! You are so correct.........they were up there with the greats in my view.
+Peter Marshall One might argue that, in the end, UFO was more influential than Led Zeppelin. How many 80s hair metal bands owe their success to the UFO formula?
+Peter Marshall LMFAO!!!
+darley1958 They should be in the ROR Hall of Fame..Never understood why UFO or it's individual members are not household names..Maybe the best straight ahead rock band of all time..Only Y/T, Zep, Beatles, maybe Sabbath with Dio, Maiden with Dickenson and the Who can compare
I couldn't agree more. Michael pours his soul out on every single lead that he has ever done. Definitely the anomaly not the norm. 👌👍
They were such a great band. Back when music was good.
I remember hearing Strangers in the Night for the first time when I was like 15, it was the first time I remember saying I'm going to play guitar, and I'm going to play just like this guy
One of the best concerts I have ever seen was UFO playing backup to Blue Oyster Cult at the now torn down Chicago International Amphitheatre.
Robert, I was also there. UFO opened for BOC. Made me a lifelong UFO fan. Strangers in the Night the best live album ever. Any doubters need to listen first.
I sat BOC back up UFO at The Amphitheater in the late 70s. I think?
saw them there Strangers in the Night tour... kicked my ass
I loved this band long after I first them in the mid 70's and still listen to the Shenker albums to this day. Chapman is very good also but shenker was a very special treat. Especially for young musicians like myself.
Maestro de Maestros ,me pongo de pie ,que gallito en la lira ,todo un virtuoso este Sr en la guitarra muy pocos de ese calibre Vivir en este tiempo fue algo para la historia👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
just love the beautiful melodies that come out of the fast notes
DEVISTATING! Strangers in the night still knocks me down if i am not prepared for it. Schenker wails and i love how he explains how technical ability is so emotionless its all about the passion and getting so caught up in the moment it become the force that drives you. Any band that steve harris uses as an influence NEEDS to be listened to, you can really hear the pete way in maidens stuff.
2 electrifying, sizzling solos & good night "Lights Out", enough to put you out for the count.
Much like Santana, Schenker had a knack for selecting all the beautiful notes at all the right times. Classical melodious solos... bad ass!
Great song...class band...Strangers in the night.....what a live album..!
Schenker carried all the band over his shoulders with those precise solos and rhythm. A genius of the six strings.
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Very precise. Like Gilmour
But Chapman was also so good with his speed and bending into toe tapping solos. Surprised he kind of gave it up.
People ask us hardcore UFO fans what is it all about, what's the one thing that puts UFO above everyone else in the rock & roll business. It's the gallop, that's right when Michael Shenker & Pete Way played together there was a gallop (like a horse at full speed) effect in the music. Horsepower was what made UFO the best.
Oh you nailed it: Gallop. Driving Force. I believe that's the quality of what has made this my Go-To Song default for 40+ years, when doing something 110% and second best doesn't count: on the track, on a fast wave, a big mountain, a big hill; when you need to pull out all the stops and just go....that's UFO.👍
One of my fave rock songs of all time!
It's 4 years later but I tend to agree, I do have a soft spot for Rock Bottom though.
New Wave of British Heavy Metal begins here.
I remember playing that Blue Crysalis Record through high quality speakers about as loud as I could get it.
Michael Schenker RULES!!
yes, he does.
Phil sounds great just like on the studio Version, man knows how to us that mic and its dynamics....
one of rocks forgotten bands they deserve much better
"forgotten bands"
By whom? I remember. Heck, I saw them live!
@@nossasenhoradoo871 Same here. In fact I first saw both UFO and Thin Lizzy when they were opening acts for other bands. Never forgotten by me and always in my record collection.
These bands are never forgotten! The sheer fact of the matter is, the bands who came after will testify that UFO influenced them and you can hear it in several bands compositions. Thats fact.
Far from forgotten. Hell i'm only 30, got into them and seen them because Maiden spread the word about them. These bands live on by the passing of the torch. Try and tell me the drums, bass and guitar from Lights Out ain't an influence on The Trooper for instance.
@@nossasenhoradoo871 So did I, saw them both. Think the Lizzy one was the Thunder and Lightening. PS you are exactly 5years 5days older than me
@@jockstrap
"PS you are exactly 5years 5days older than me."
No, I think it's 6 years, 6 days and 6 hours!
Or maybe it's 8 years, 8 days and 8 minutes, heh heh!
I still jam my STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT CD alot. Its guitars at its finest.
i hate the world today, when you keep watching these videos you really see what you want back,, i want that time back everything was perfect !
I agree 100 %
Jani Virtanen every generation feels this way....when they age.
Im wondering how the fuck these guys fell under my radar !!
I'll be 61 soon. I don't recognize this fucking place anymore. I'm an alien in a strange land now.
@@j.d.leslie8458 With life expectancy reaching 80's or 90's and eventually more, we will all feel like aliens. 😊
One of THE seminal sound styles of hard rock.
Many imitate; few succeed.
Saw UFO open for RUSH in 77. One of the best shows to this day.
Was that Farewell To Kings tour? My first Rush concert, unfortunately, UFO didn't open for them in Saint Louis. Jan 1978 April Wine opened. UFO came at Mississippi Nights small venue but I got the flu with temp and had tickets pissed. Never saw them in concerted.
@@RushandUFO yes it was the kings tour. Max Webster also played.
I saw Rush, same tour just outside of Chicago. It was my first concert ever. A couple months later, same venue, I saw UFO. Cheap Trick opened. Michael Schenker was notorious for not showing up at the time, so we were leery. I can still remember the lights alternating blue and green when they opened with that long, driving intro to “Love to Love”. Oh, the memories...15 again.
Edit: whoops, wrong tour. I saw Rush on 2/11/77, All the world’s a stage tour.
That whole album is essential!
Absolutely devastating leads!