Tubes

[bovinehost]

No, not 'valves'.

The Tubes.

I've been revisiting my Tubes Historical CD Collection ("Love Bomb" is on right now, "Piece by Piece" is the tune) and playing my Bongo and also picking out the parts I know are Luke. Heh.

Man! These guys were so good. And completely under-appreciated.

Sure, Fee was theatrical and the stage shows could be pretty interesting, but the recordings were just nearly always stellar.

Any Tubes fans? The bass parts are excellent.

Jack

 

[brasco68]

I had "The Completion Backward Principle" on LP back in the day...and when MTV came along, I loved "She's a Beauty". (Luke's solo is of course the added bonus)

This thread made me do a quick You Tube search and I quickly came across a performance of White Punks on Dope on the Ole Grey Whistle Test in the
70's...just great stuff!

 

[strummer]

White Punks On Dope!

 

[jaylegroove]

Oh, the Tubes. I of course remember "Mondo bondage", then, a few years later (circa 1980/81 IIRC), a great album whose title I forgot.

Great band and yes, great bass lines.

 

[JimB52]

What do you want from life?

Good Stuff.

Jim B

 

[grumpyoldman]

I'm too busy listening to T.R.A.S.H. and TWT 2001, so I'll...

Talk To Ya Later....

 

[Aussie Mark]

Don't touch me there.

 

[maddog]

Their appearance on SCTV was a fun one.

all blow'd up.

 

[TNT]

Jack,

You want to "jam" with one - let me know! Dave & I grew up same town and he's still here. Pop's into our weekly jams.

 

[mrpackerguy]

Tubes. Good stuff. Talk to you later.

 

[scowboy]

The Tubes are awesome or do I just go ahead and date myself and say 'rad'.

Rick Anderson and Prairie Prince are a force to be reckoned with! And PP is a hell of a nice guy to boot (never met Rick).

My wife and I were in London in 2001 and caught them doing the "Europeon" version of the show which featured scantily clad dancers but the Tubes still left no prisoners that night! I have seen them a couple times since and never left disappointed and only wanting more.

TWT 2001 is pretty much the show we saw and a great album.

Rick Anderson does lay down a mean groove. If you can find a copy pick up the last studio recording they did called "Genius of America". It it fantastic.

Thank's bovinehost I know what i will be listening to today while I work.

On another note I have been professionally involved Todd Rundgren over the years and met Prairie on many occasions and as I said above he is just a great guy to hang out with. Within the same era of music everyone should check out The New Cars featuring Todd and Prairie both with the fantastic Kasim Sulton on bass. The main difference is that the New Cars sound great as a live band. Which from what I can gather they NEVER did in their original lineup. Because Kasim also plays with Meatloaf the guy that fills in for him in TNC is a Stingray player.

 

[bovinehost]

I was fortunate enough to see the Tubes a time or two back in "the old days" - the last time, I think, was maybe 80 or 81? Whew, I'm old.

What an outstanding live show! And Prairie Prince is an amazing drummer - I believe he played on one of my favorite albums of all time, "Skylarking" by XTC (produced by Todd R).

Rick Anderson does lay down a mean groove.

That he does. I've been revisiting a lot of the older stuff, "Pimp" and tunes from that era. He's a killer.

I have been professionally involved Todd Rundgren over the years

What do you do? I was one of those "Todd is God" fanatics in the 70s. Maybe even into the 80s, really.

 

[scowboy]

What do you do? I was one of those "Todd is God" fanatics in the 70s. Maybe even into the 80s, really.

I was the production manager that put the interactive tour on the road in the early 90's. All I can say is it was a real learning experience for me. Todd is a great guy truly a visionary and a great teacher on how to create with limited resources. I'd kill to go back and do it again...doing a lot of things different on my side and with regard to handling his manager.

He still moves me and makes fantastic music to this day.

BTW... I think PP played on some recent XTC stuff. Word is that the band reviewed their old material and thought his playing was the best!

Also if you have not ever heard it ... you must hear Todd's version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps. It is Todd, PP and Larry Tagg on bass. Todd plays and sings his ass off. I could almost say I love it as much as the original but naaaahhh its just not.

 

[bovinehost]

Who's the manager these days? (Or in those days, I should say.) Mary Lou or Eric G?

Ain't no one else on earth like Todd R, even though I'm not entirely sure about some of that TR-I stuff...and I'm not exactly stuck in 1973, either.

 

[Frankie5Angels]

Don't Touch Me There.

And ... A baby's arm, holding an apple.

 

[scowboy]

Who's the manager these days? (Or in those days, I should say.) Mary Lou or Eric G?

Ain't no one else on earth like Todd R, even though I'm not entirely sure about some of that TR-I stuff...and I'm not exactly stuck in 1973, either.

Eric is still credited as his manager as he was when I worked for him. Lou has traditionally been his tour manager.

Actually Todd had a really nice green EB MM Silhouette as I recall. Never caught his fancy though.