How this band are not still not be recognised as the best band ever to come out of Scotland is a mystery to me, they were fantastic live, and very underrated.
every year there is an Alex Harvey Day in fact today Feb 4 we are meeting at the tree planted for Alex at the Glasgow Peoples palace and then off to see The Sensational Alex Harvey Experience play everyone welcome every year.. .
@@gerryrodden1983thank you so much for this information, stay strong, in Greece we really love scottish and irish culture and are deeply aware of it... Long live Alex Harvey, a genuine, humble man, a legend, a hero. Stay blessed.
What a fantastic band. Harvey's undeniable talent as a front man notwithstanding, Zal Cleminson is a figure that is hard to ignore. His hooks were cool, and his stage presence is downright magnetic.
One of my favorite thrills was being able to see SAHB in Elyria, Ohio in 1977!! He definitely had all his SHIT in one SOCK. Miss ya Alex..... (´;︵;`). (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀)
These performances put much of the stuff currently produced by popular bands into perspective - just a great band with a great band leader and a truly original song - makes me happy to be alive RIP Alex
I bought an antique collection of albums and discovered Alex Harvey without an album jacket. It was a collection of his best songs and i cant stop playing them. His band r great musicians and he is unique. After hearing Gang Bang i think i know where Zevon got his Werewolves of London.
Brilliant! One of the greatest live bands ever, led by one of the finest frontmen of all time, simply SENSATIONAL. Cried the day Alex left us, God bless his genius. VAMBO ROOL
One of the first groups i ever got into. I was 15 years old when i bought the albums (framed. And the live LP) did a great cover of the Tom Jones song Delilah to
Fantastic stuff!! Never has one man looked so stoned on national TV before or since Alex Harvey in the 2nd performance. Great anti-corruption record with a delightful sense of humour we fail to see exhibited on television today.
@@johndillinger8424 I hope not, I'm going to see him in Stoke on Trent next month! www.ents24.com/stoke-on-trent-events/eleven/zal-cleminsons-sin-dogs/1073915165
@@smitbar11 I was there too. I thought Zal looked, performed and conversed afterwards very well for a cadaver. Lol! All joking aside, what a phenomenal gig! One of the best i have attended, and i have seen some incredible bands over the last 36 years since my first gig (Monsters Of Rock festival at Donington '83)!! Just hoping he and the band come back soon. RIP Ted and Alex... \m/
First rate live band, saw them many times. At Portsmouth Guildhall, all seater, a young girl was quietly in front of the stage, security tried to get her to sit in her seat. Alex intervened saying " if she goes, I go". They let her stay .
Such a killer song! I love that it’s Scot with an evil gleam in his eye singing it about it. There’s a deep in-joke there somewhere. It’s just a little sad to see the fire go out in his eyes between the two different live versions though. I know that feeling, brother. R.I.P.
Legend he was, remember seeing the band in Mountain Ash in the early 80s, they had to drag Alex out of the pub to perform at the gig, he was absolutely smashed, but what a gig, great memories.
I love how Alex has clearly been on a month long bender since the last appearance and has rocked up at TOTP studios just wearing a kimono, sandals and a straw hat 🤣🤣🤣
I did watch this show religiously every week with my parents. I can hear my Dad saying who's the berk in the make up? Tony Blackburns political commentary trying to make a witty remark and failing this time miserably! Thank fuck for Harry Enfield doing Smashy and Nicey.
Well, when I was a kid at around this time, my family watched Top of the Pops religiously (would have been serious arguments if someone wanted to watch something on the other side) so I guess we must have sat down to this.
I've fallen in love with this band, thanks to the radio talk show host Nick Abbot. He said it was his first gigs and one of the best gigs he ever went to, in edinburgh in 1976. He said a siren sounded, a spotlight shined on a brick wall and Alex Harvey kicked through it dressed as Hitler 😅
every year there is an Alex Harvey Day in fact today Feb 4 we are meeting at the tree planted for Alex at the Glasgow Peoples palace and then off to see The Sensational Alex Harvey Experience play everyone welcome every year.. .
Rock 'n' Roll Vaudeville. They were my favourites and so glad I saw them a couple or three times back in the day. You want a band with a stage show? Look no further.
This band lives forever. I received 2 CDs of theirs at Christmas, my sons listened and delivered. And now they too are hooked. Framed, Next, Faith Healer, BTP, Delilah...ALL CLASSICS
Imagine ... Ian Dury and Alex Harvey, with all their mates, singing and playing their hearts out together on one stage. Wilco duelling with The Clown! The bass players losing themselves in the rhythms of dreams. Two drummers! Mad keyboards! That would have been something really special. Am I wrong? x
Ps IM 67 and IF YOU.SPEAK to ANY WOMAN that Was THERE !!!AS a SHARP !!!😁Tasty Teenage Girl !!!THEY WILL TELL YOU THEY ALL MADE the FIRST !!!MOVE ?????THE PANSY .WEIDO BRIGADE ???WERE NOT FK THERE !!!THE TWATS !!! DIFFERENT TIMES AND BRILLIANT TIMES !!!😁and ITS TWATS LIKE Jimmy Savile !!!WHO USED Mentaly sick Girls????HE WAS A BAD MAN g
Saw them live only months befroe this was released - second gig attended and just turned 13. Blew my mind. On alighter note, could the second clip with the straw hat be the winner of the most genuinely deranged/fucked up/dangerous looking frontman appearance of all time on TOTP? He's got that real slit-eyed drunk Glasgow stare that I saw many times in the 70's - like you could be about to get a glass in the face. And he's far too pissed to be acting! God how I miss the old raw characters of rock n' roll (and film.)
We never broke away. Sorry Alex........ Our falt. I am in my 60s and just want to hold your hand. Love of the universe to all...... Tell my folks, I'M DOIN WELL......
My favourite band from my teenage years in the 70's and beyond. Definitely underrated, possibly due to Harvey's uniqueness and their lack of commercial exposure. The Old Grey Whistle Test set 'Give my Compliments to the Chef' and 'Next' are out of this world.
Yes, there was a time when groups such as SAHB appeared on primetime "pop" chart shows on tv. I recall being a bit freaked by Zal...Alex was dark, brooding and as sexy as hell. Taken too soon.
Harvey is one of the finest front men that's ever lived, his presence and snarling delivery is utterly magnificent Tom Jones Delilah was a song of infidelity, Harvey's version was cold blooded murder
Know exactly what you mean, pre punk, both SAHB and the Feelgoods had a sort of Fuck You menace about their attitude, whilst surrounded by a musical landscape of self congratulatory, masturbating musos playing too many notes.
How this band are not still not be recognised as the best band ever to come out of Scotland is a mystery to me, they were fantastic live, and very underrated.
every year there is an Alex Harvey Day in fact today Feb 4 we are meeting at the tree planted for Alex at the Glasgow Peoples palace and then off to see The Sensational Alex Harvey Experience play everyone welcome every year.. .
Nonsense. What are you talking about? They have massive recognition and are not underrated in the slightest.
@@gerryrodden1983thank you so much for this information, stay strong, in Greece we really love scottish and irish culture and are deeply aware of it... Long live Alex Harvey, a genuine, humble man, a legend, a hero. Stay blessed.
Well the Average White Band already staked that claim. The SAHB must be a close second though!
They are recognised as being one of the best bands from the UK of all time, just immense
What a fantastic band. Harvey's undeniable talent as a front man notwithstanding, Zal Cleminson is a figure that is hard to ignore.
His hooks were cool, and his stage presence is downright magnetic.
He's still touring too! Mate of mine met him at a festival a few months ago.
Just brilliant...Never again will there be a band like them!
UNIQUE GENIUS!
I've still got my original vinyl album "NEXT"! he had a flat in 1978/9. Next door to the Taxi office I was manager of. Nice Man TOO!
Jim Gleeson Ah great memories shared. Next is also in my vinyl collection too
@@stephanierobinson7241 wonderful era. SLAINTE! X
No there will never be a band like them ever again so let's fill our boots on you tube until there will never be an audience like us agen. 🌚
a fan for over 40 years, rip alex still love sahb
He played in a club I was working in, unbelievable, very small club, he enjoyed the free bottle of Whisky we gave him, all of it! Brilliant show😅👍
How refreshing is this compared to the X Factor crap we have today? RIP Alex Harvey, what a star that man was!
defo! hell of a shame rip
IVE GIVEN UP ON MUSIC SINCE THE 90S
@@MrFoxboy7 You are a SMART MAN 😎!!!
One of my favorite thrills was being able to see SAHB in Elyria, Ohio in 1977!! He definitely had all his SHIT in one SOCK. Miss ya Alex..... (´;︵;`). (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀)
@@ernielance4758 You are a lucky man!
These performances put much of the stuff currently produced by popular bands into perspective - just a great band with a great band leader and a truly original song - makes me happy to be alive RIP Alex
Amen to that 👏👏
alex harvey this isnt just music its a work of art....briliantly facinating and mesmerising
Alex's Glasgow accent is absolutely glorious.
Absolute genius...if you dislike this one in a gazillion soul, I'm so sorry you don't understand.
One of the very best live bands I’ve ever seen. Total entertainment !✌🏻🇬🇧
Strength and unity from Scotland. Massive respect from England.
SAHB could be the most underrated band in the golden age of arena rock.
There again, maybe not. A lot of compertition !
So underrated ! Alex I wish you had lived a long life ! Would have been wonderful to see what you could have accomplished 🖤🖤 x
Love this man and band so much I named my son after him! There is no other rock singer like him unique like my son😁
Alex was the leader of a brilliant band. As he said of himself and the band “it was a marriage made in heaven” and so it was 😊
The real event was when they were Teargas pre Alex - that was the real marriage
Dont have bands like this anymore. :(
Shedhead 🙌🙌🙌🙌
YO YO
James Steel
SupertzarMetal △△△△
thank god
Marvellous, even better 45 years later
I bought an antique collection of albums and discovered Alex Harvey without an album jacket. It was a collection of his best songs and i cant stop playing them. His band r great musicians and he is unique. After hearing Gang Bang i think i know where Zevon got his Werewolves of London.
Brilliant! One of the greatest live bands ever, led by one of the finest frontmen of all time, simply SENSATIONAL. Cried the day Alex left us, God bless his genius. VAMBO ROOL
One of the first groups i ever got into. I was 15 years old when i bought the albums (framed. And the live LP) did a great cover of the Tom Jones song Delilah to
Fantastic stuff!! Never has one man looked so stoned on national TV before or since Alex Harvey in the 2nd performance. Great anti-corruption record with a delightful sense of humour we fail to see exhibited on television today.
LOL, I presume you've never seen Brian Jones.
zal cleminson is one of my favourite guitarists of all time.
Died recently.
@@johndillinger8424 I hope not, I'm going to see him in Stoke on Trent next month!
www.ents24.com/stoke-on-trent-events/eleven/zal-cleminsons-sin-dogs/1073915165
Getting mixed up! It was the drummer Ed.
@@smitbar11 I was there too. I thought Zal looked, performed and conversed afterwards very well for a cadaver. Lol! All joking aside, what a phenomenal gig! One of the best i have attended, and i have seen some incredible bands over the last 36 years since my first gig (Monsters Of Rock festival at Donington '83)!! Just hoping he and the band come back soon. RIP Ted and Alex... \m/
@@johndillinger8424
Nope. Very much alive.
First rate live band, saw them many times. At Portsmouth Guildhall, all seater, a young girl was quietly in front of the stage, security tried to get her to sit in her seat. Alex intervened saying " if she goes, I go". They let her stay .
what a song this is ,,utter joy ..these guys are genius xx
Spot on,seen them live brill.
Brilliant Band, and a great track.
Thank you, I have been at the party for ~40 years.
Come aboard folks......
I really loved Alex, as a human.
Need not wait .....
Always an undercurrent of malevolence with the SAHB - and it worked. Great performances.
SAHB were the best stage act I ever saw,,,
Me too & that includes Bowie, Zeppelin & Purple. Saw them 4 times in 70's & they never disappointed. Great, great band. 2 dead now, Alex & Ted.
Such a killer song! I love that it’s Scot with an evil gleam in his eye singing it about it. There’s a deep in-joke there somewhere. It’s just a little sad to see the fire go out in his eyes between the two different live versions though. I know that feeling, brother. R.I.P.
One of the best live bands of the 70s awsome.
36 yrs ago it unbelievable 30 yrs since Alex passed away time flies.
Legend he was, remember seeing the band in Mountain Ash in the early 80s, they had to drag Alex out of the pub to perform at the gig, he was absolutely smashed, but what a gig, great memories.
Alex was master of the stage. RIP Alex.
I love how Alex has clearly been on a month long bender since the last appearance and has rocked up at TOTP studios just wearing a kimono, sandals and a straw hat 🤣🤣🤣
Now that really was a man who was pissed ... look at those eyes but he was still a magical performer ... won't see the like again thats for sure
@@GILLY56ify Reminds me of me Dad to be honest 🤔🤔🤔
Saw them at the Glasgow Apollo many years ago absolutely brilliant !!!
Saw Alex Harvey band support slade at Wembley in 1973 , what a great pairing .
I like this guys -still cool and we will watch them in a thousand years....
Can you imagine mothers and fathers and children watching this together at 7 O'clock on a Thursday?
ha ha hey son who's this sound so good
I did watch this show religiously every week with my parents. I can hear my Dad saying who's the berk in the make up? Tony Blackburns political commentary trying to make a witty remark and failing this time miserably! Thank fuck for Harry Enfield doing Smashy and Nicey.
My dad loved this single, funnily enough!
Well, when I was a kid at around this time, my family watched Top of the Pops religiously (would have been serious arguments if someone wanted to watch something on the other side) so I guess we must have sat down to this.
One of they songs you don't mind listening to, Back to back.
What a name for a band and what a name for a song. Love that he uses his own accent.
You do know what the title refers to?
@@thewomble1509 No idea
I remember watching this at 7 and liking it like hell so different to what was in at the time fantastic
such an underrated band.
I've fallen in love with this band, thanks to the radio talk show host Nick Abbot. He said it was his first gigs and one of the best gigs he ever went to, in edinburgh in 1976. He said a siren sounded, a spotlight shined on a brick wall and Alex Harvey kicked through it dressed as Hitler 😅
2020 still a classic
this voice makes me shivering
Playing LIVE. What a concept
Great band I went to one of there gigs way back excellent really good
just pure class !!!
every year there is an Alex Harvey Day in fact today Feb 4 we are meeting at the tree planted for Alex at the Glasgow Peoples palace and then off to see The Sensational Alex Harvey Experience play everyone welcome every year.. .
My favourite lyrics from Alex:
I knew we had to say goodbye
When I felt that warmth against my thigh.
Hey.......is that you pissing on my leg?
😁
left us too young
STill in love with SAHB, ALEX and ZAL forever !!!!
Saw them Kursaal Southend 1978 - Awesome!
The best live band ever!
Ich liebe diese Band. 70s Rock ist das Beste, Alex Harvey klasse
Rock 'n' Roll Vaudeville. They were my favourites and so glad I saw them a couple or three times back in the day. You want a band with a stage show? Look no further.
AW LIVE BANDS.AW WISH THEM ALL BACK. 🏴
This band lives forever. I received 2 CDs of theirs at Christmas, my sons listened and delivered. And now they too are hooked.
Framed, Next, Faith Healer, BTP, Delilah...ALL CLASSICS
Best...one my fave bands all time..Scotland..where im from..dad knew Alex
Imagine ... Ian Dury and Alex Harvey, with all their mates, singing and playing their hearts out together on one stage. Wilco duelling with The Clown! The bass players losing themselves in the rhythms of dreams. Two drummers! Mad keyboards!
That would have been something really special. Am I wrong?
x
"My one regret in life is that I never got to work with Alex Harvey" - Ian Dury
A catchy song for sure.
They were just so competent musically and ever so slightly anarchic whatever they did. I miss them to this day.
I seen him when he played in Baltimore, Md. in the 70's. a very HEAVY
Rip SAHB drummer Ted McKenna
Pure Gold. ✌️
What a song. What a band. What a performance (for the TOTP teenyboppers!) Tony Blackburn and Noel Edmunds though... make your skin crawl.
Tony Made ME LAUGH !!!! When HE SAID HOW DARE they LEAVE ENGLAND !!!lol g
Ps IM 67 and IF YOU.SPEAK to ANY WOMAN that Was THERE !!!AS a SHARP !!!😁Tasty Teenage Girl !!!THEY WILL TELL YOU THEY ALL MADE the FIRST !!!MOVE ?????THE PANSY .WEIDO BRIGADE ???WERE NOT FK THERE !!!THE TWATS !!! DIFFERENT TIMES AND BRILLIANT TIMES !!!😁and ITS TWATS LIKE Jimmy Savile !!!WHO USED Mentaly sick Girls????HE WAS A BAD MAN g
LOL DIFFERENT TIMES It Was SAVILE THAT WAS DODGY !!!g
Noel Edmonds can be obnoxious without even trying -- a bit of a knob.
Great ! I always remember this band. A.H. RIP
This song has claws, they got into me.
Oh, that's why we drink coffee. Thanks Alex!
Saw them live only months befroe this was released - second gig attended and just turned 13. Blew my mind.
On alighter note, could the second clip with the straw hat be the winner of the most genuinely deranged/fucked up/dangerous looking frontman appearance of all time on TOTP? He's got that real slit-eyed drunk Glasgow stare that I saw many times in the 70's - like you could be about to get a glass in the face. And he's far too pissed to be acting!
God how I miss the old raw characters of rock n' roll (and film.)
We never broke away.
Sorry Alex........
Our falt.
I am in my 60s and just want to hold your hand.
Love of the universe to all......
Tell my folks, I'M DOIN WELL......
copied and admired by their peers, great band and alex was a brilliant song writer, performer, and singer.
My favourite band from my teenage years in the 70's and beyond.
Definitely underrated, possibly due to Harvey's uniqueness and their lack of commercial exposure.
The Old Grey Whistle Test set 'Give my Compliments to the Chef' and 'Next' are out of this world.
Will always love you Alexander James Harvey ! You mean so much to me man ! ❤🎶
Incredible!!, My God!!
Saw them live a couple of tines ...what a show ...miss you Alex ...
My fantasy night out would be a pub crawl with Alex Harvey and Keith Moon.
Vordman! You would be dead before you hit the ground! LOL.
Uh no. No no noooo.
No Tea included !
What a band...that hint of menace and violence
Pure 1970s Glasgow
He often has that minical grin similar to Keith moon of the Who😊
Still great
Just amazing. Arch❤
There was something about Alex. His voice, appearance, expression and his his stripey jumper
Yes, there was a time when groups such as SAHB appeared on primetime "pop" chart shows on tv. I recall being a bit freaked by Zal...Alex was dark, brooding and as sexy as hell. Taken too soon.
Saw them twice awesome
Harvey is one of the finest front men that's ever lived, his presence and snarling delivery is utterly magnificent
Tom Jones Delilah was a song of infidelity, Harvey's version was cold blooded murder
What a combination of humour and malice.Nobody could ever do it like Alex.
The best description of that song ever!!
Brilliant description!
Sensational Song
a credit to scotland my i say
My dad knew Alex from same place hes my fave Scot band..
He reminds me of Bon Scott, another crazy Scot.
only saw him once. He was slightly more pissed than me:)
Jeez…great guitars working, guys!
they were a great live band and very tight unlike say the Faces. By far the best pre punk sort of punk band. Meaningless term. They were just unique.
SHAB in no way were a fucking punk band
Know exactly what you mean, pre punk, both SAHB and the Feelgoods had a sort of Fuck You menace about their attitude, whilst surrounded by a musical landscape of self congratulatory, masturbating musos playing too many notes.
@@ambhaz8599 That was a v.good answer.Menace!
great song
Truly intrigued by this newly discovered (by me) interesting group !
its nice having them play twice but it would of been better if it was 3
Robert Smith's T-shirt brought me here. Amazing band!
Natural story teller.
So original I saw him live at the city hall Newcastle 1973 as a support act for slade had me and my mates gobsmacked
At this time of year it seems correct to throw this around!
Noel Edmonds - I've been trying to forget about him 🙂