The Bay City Rollers are a Scottish pop rock band known for their worldwide teen idol popularity in the 1970s. They have been called the “tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh” and “the first of many acts heralded as the ‘biggest group since the Beatles’”. Here’s their performance of “Saturday NIght” from a Dutch TV show called TopPop in 1976. Enjoy!
Not exactly the first appearance of the famous “Killer Bees” on Saturday Night Live, but probably one of the most memorable, as the gang of bees, lead by John Belushi, terrorizes a young couple played by Chevy Chase and Gilda Radner. The rest of the bee gang includes Elliott Gould, Dan Aykroyd and Garrett Morris. The sketch is also famous for the “technical difficulties” that plague the camera as Gould…
Its another great LIVE performance from AC?DC, this time on an Australian version of Bandstand back on February 21st of 1976. The band is cooking and the kids seem to be enjoying themselves with this classic hit. Bon Scott – lead vocals, bagpipes Angus Young – lead guitar Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals Mark Evans – bass guitar[7] Phil Rudd – drums
Are you a fan of late night infomercials? If you’ve never seen this parody commercial from Saturday Night Live for the Bass-O-Matic ’76 starring Dan Aykroyd, then you’re in for a treat! And if you’re like me and saw it live when it aired in 1976, this will bring back some great memories of a very funny show.
Another classic sketch from the early days of Saturday Night Live! This time, poking fun at their own network, NBC, for cancelling the popular “Star Trek” TV series. Capt. Kirk (John Belushi), Spock (Chevy Chase) and Dr. McCoy (Dan Aykroyd) encounter network executives (Elliott Gould, Garrett Morris) who announce Star Trek is cancelled.
Okay, it’s probably not accurate to call this performance by the George Baker Selection (what a horrible name for a band, right) of their 1975 hit “Una Paloma Blanca” LIVE, as it’s obvious they’re lip-syncing to the recording, but that was common for most TV performances of that era. Still, everyone here–audience included–look like they’re rather be somewhere else. The band seems bored, especially I’m sure after singing this awful…
Who remembers the band Klaatu? Their 1976 album burst on the scene and got lots of attention for one simple reason: there was a rumor that it was actually done by a re-united Beatles, recording under a fake name to fool everyone. I remember thinking at the time that this song, “Sub-Rosa Subway” had kind of a Beatles sound, but didn’t really think it was them. Here’s more background on…
Why a LIVE performance of this horrible, horrible song from 1976 off The Captain and Tennille’s album Song of Joy? Because I found it and it only made listening to this song that much worse. (You’re welcome!) I can just see the song writer now, drunk with his friends back in the 70s, bragging that he could write a hit song about ANYTHING! And one of them says, “oh yeah,…
It’s difficult finding videos of Bob Seger from back in his early days, performing LIVE. This is not the best video, but I think it gives you a sense of what it was like to see him perform in concert. Here’s more on the song from Wikipedia: “Beautiful Loser” is a song written and recorded by American rock artist Bob Seger. It was the title track on his 1975 studio…
A definative rock classic, “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” hits home for a lot of people who grew up in the 70’s. Here’s more on the song from Wikipedia: “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” is a single written and performed by blues guitarist Elvin Bishop. It appeared on his 1975 album Struttin’ My Stuff and was released as a single the following year. Bishop does not sing lead…