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Mott the Hoople is the debut studio album by the band of the same name. It was produced by Guy Stevens and released in 1969 by Island Records in the UK (cat. no. ILPS 9108), and in 1970 by Atlantic Records in the US (cat. no. SD 8258). It was subsequently re-released by Angel Air in 2003 (SJPCD157).
Stevens, the group's initial mentor and guide, wanted to create an album that would suggest Bob Dylan singing with the Rolling Stones. This was partially achieved, with the album including several Dylanesque cover versions along with aggressive rock originals. Years later, vocalist Ian Hunter - who had only just joined the band prior to Mott the Hoople's recording and had yet to play live with them - would insinuate, in an August 1980 Trouser Press magazine interview, that the Stones' 1971 track "Bitch" bore more than a passing resemblance to this album's "Rock and Roll Queen." (Both songs are in the key of Am, and use the pentatonic scale.)
An instrumental version of The Kinks' "You Really Got Me" introduces the album, though a vocal version was recorded and is available on Mott's compilation release Two Miles From Heaven. Doug Sahm's "At the Crossroads" (originally recorded by Sahm's Sir Douglas Quintet in 1968) and Sonny Bono's "Laugh at Me" (originally issued by Sonny & Cher on their second full-length album in 1966, but without vocals from Cher) are suitably reminiscent of Bob Dylan, as is Hunter's "Backsliding Fearlessly."
Mott the Hoople were an English rock band with strong R&B roots, popular in the glam rock era of the early to mid-1970s. They are best known for the song "All the Young Dudes", written for them by David Bowie and appearing on their 1972 album of the same name.
Mott the Hoople can be traced to two beat bands from Herefordshire in the early 1960s. The Soulents were from Ross-On-Wye, and boasted Pete Overend Watts on guitar, and Dale "Buffin" Griffin on drums. The Buddies were from Hereford, and featured Mick Ralphs on guitar and Stan Tippins on vocals. By 1966, Ralphs, Tippins, and Watts (the latter now on bass) had come together in a band called The Doc Thomas Group, and soon secured a residency at a club in a resort town in Italy. The group was offered a recording contract with the Italian label Dischi Interrecord, and released an eponymous album in January 1967. By 1968, drummer Dale Griffin and organist Verden Allen had joined the band.
Although the group toured and recorded in Italy as The Doc Thomas Group, their gigs in the UK were played under the names of The Shakedown Sound and later, as Silence. Silence recorded demos at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales, which were shopped to EMI, Polydor, Immediate and Apple with no success. The group came to the attention of Guy Stevens at Island, who liked the group but not with Tippins as lead singer. Advertisements were placed ("Singer wanted, must be image-minded and hungry"), and Ian Hunter was selected as lead singer and piano player. Tippins assumed the role of road manager.
The Hoople is a 1974 album by British band Mott the Hoople. The album peaked in the UK Albums Chart at No. 11, whilst its highest chart rating in the US was No. 28. A remastered and expanded version was released by Sony BMG on the Columbia Legacy label in Europe in 2006. It was the only album to feature guitarist Ariel Bender (who replaced Mick Ralphs following his departure to form Bad Company), and the last album to feature vocalist Ian Hunter before his departure for a solo career.
The album's cover features a stylised portrait of Kari-Ann Muller (with the band members in her hair), who also graces the cover of Roxy Music's 1972 debut album.
LP side A:
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Mott is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
"All the Young Dudes" is a song written by David Bowie, originally recorded and released as a single by Mott the Hoople in 1972. NME editors Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray have described the track as "one of that rare breed: rock songs which hymn the solidarity of the disaffected without distress or sentimentality". In 2004, Rolling Stone rated "All the Young Dudes" No. 253 in its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and on its 2010 update was ranked at number 256. It is also one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
Regarded as one of glam rock's anthems, the song originated after Bowie came into contact with Mott the Hoople's bassist Peter Watts and learned that the band was ready to split due to continued lack of commercial success. When Mott rejected his first offer of a composition, "Suffragette City" (from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars), Bowie wrote "All the Young Dudes" in short order specially for them, allegedly sitting cross-legged on the floor of a room in Regent Street, London, in front of the band's lead singer, Ian Hunter.
I do not own this music, it belongs to its rightful owners. No copyright infringement intended! Play in HD for LOSSLESS sound quality! A1 All the Way from Memphis 00:00 A2 Whizz Kid 05:04 A3 Hymn for the Dudes 08:27 A4 Honaloochie Boogie 13:52 A5 Violence 16:35 B1 Drivin' Sister 21:24 B2 Ballad of Mott the Hoople (26th March 1972, Zürich) 25:16 B3 I'm a Cadillac / El Camino Dolo Roso 30:41 B4 I Wish I Was Your Mother 38:32
IH singing over his own voice. This one with Buffin. TOTP.
Mott the Hoople play Roll Away the Stone on the Disco TV show Please visit my Mott The Hoople fansite at www.motthehoople.info
Music video by Mott The Hoople performing All the Young Dudes (audio). (C) 1972 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment http://vevo.ly/4vIKs2
MOOT THE HOOPLE # BALLAD OF MOOT THE HOPLE # FULL ALBUM # GREATEST HITS # 1993 ORIGIN: HEREFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND GENRE: GLAM ROCK, HARD ROCK YEARS ACTIVE: 1969 - 1980, 2009 - 2013 MEMBERS 1969/ 2016: Classic line-up: Pete Overend Watts – bass guitar, vocals, guitar (1969–1980, 2009, 2013) Dale "Buffin" Griffin – drums, backing vocals, percussion (1969–1980, 2009; died 2016) Ian Hunter – vocals, guitar, piano, bass guitar (1969–1974, 2009, 2013) Mick Ralphs – guitar, vocals, keyboards (1969–1973, 2009, 2013) Verden Allen – organ, vocals (1969–1972, 2009, 2013) Later members: Morgan Fisher – keyboards, backing vocals (1973–1980) Ariel Bender – guitar, backing vocals (1973–1974) Mick Ronson – guitar, backing vocals (1974; died 1993) Ray Major – guitar, backing vocals (1974–1980) Nigel Benj...
Great tune from Mott the Hoople off of their album, Mott.
Music video by Mott The Hoople performing All The Way From Memphis.
Title: All the Young Dudes (track 03) Artist: Mott the Hoople Album: All the Young Dudes Year: 1972 Label: CBS, Columbia Writer(s): David Bowie Lyrics: Well Billy rapped all night about his suicide How he'd kick it in the head when he was twenty-five Speed jive dont wanna stay alive when youre twenty-five And Wendys stealing clothes from Marks and Sparks And Freedys got spots from ripping off the stars From his face, funky little boat race The television man is crazy saying were juvenile delinquent wrecks Oh man I need TV when I got T-Rex Oh brother you guessed, Im a dude dad All the young dudes (Hey dudes!) Carry the news (Where are ya?) Boogaloo dudes (Stand up, come on) Carry the news All the young dudes (I wanna hear you) Carry the news (I wanna see you) Boogaloo dudes (And I wa...
Great song from a great band.
Extract from the feature length documentary, "The Ballad of Mott the Hoople"
A short character portrait of a Glaswegian Postman/Artist. AWARDED - Audience Award at Edinburgh College (Telford Campus) graduate showcase at The Filmhouse, June 2010. Stuart's website - www.stuartmurray.co.uk duncancowles.com/all-the-way-from-glasgow-wins-audience-award/ Shot on: JVC GY HM700 Edited: FCP 7 Music: All the Way from Memphis by Mott the Hoople.
Clip from the feature length documentary "The Ballad of Mott the Hoople" - On the back of success with the David Bowie penned "All The Young Dudes", Mott experience the ups & downs of touring the USA, as documented in Ian Hunter's book "Diary of a Rock 'n' Roll Star"
"All the Way from Memphis" by Mott the Hoople
Song: Sucker - Mott the Hoople Riders: Chris Carr Jon Hough Skier: Cullen McCutcheon
Ian Hunter’s latest studio album, "Fingers Crossed" unveils ten new, self-penned songs including his much-anticipated homage to David Bowie "Dandy," which reflects on a relationship cemented in 1972 when Bowie produced Mott’s album "All the Young Dudes" and provided its hit title track. "David was an incredible artist with an insatiable curiosity for everything.”
Trailer for the new "INSTANTANEOUS DVD" by Yumiko Morgan Oscillators (YMO?). This is a live DVD of our first duo improv gig (on many vintage keyboards) and includes 91 minutes performance and 29 minutes of us introducing the instruments. The lady playing brilliantly with me is Yumiko Ohno ( of Buffalo Daughter, Sean Lennon band, etc...). Shot with ten DSLR cameras at Otokura, Shimokitazawa, Tokyo, Nov.3, 2012. Includes some of Morgan's light paintings. Released by vani/BounDEE by SSNW, catalogue number DQB-47 Copyright: vani 2013. www.buffalo-daughter.com www.morgan-fisher.com www.morganfisherart.com www.boundee.jp
Now Alice needed money I put $10 on the breeze,
As the wind died away she sank way below her knees,
And as a hurricane passed by she clutched the money from the sky,
She must have been at least a fathom high.
She works the 42nd beat on 42nd street,
with all her golden ambitions and dead rhinestones in her feet,
and when a stranger said she sucked she just smiled believing luck,
as she climed into his truck to make a buck.
Oh my god, she's running round the trees,
Said she couldn't touch them because they're so real.
Alice you remind me of Manhattan,
The seedy and the snaz, the shoeboys and the satins,
Like a throne made of gilt that too many johns have sat in,
Oh, I got my eyes on you.
Now keep a watch on your watch and a watch on her watch,
cause if you ain't too careful he's gonna kick you in the crotch,
and you're out in the cold and you know that you've been rolled,
and the cops don't even stop and you feel old.
See Alice really liked you but you stayed a while too long,
now she wants you to forget it and come back before too long,
but make it quick if you could, she's gonna star in Hollywood,
the producer seems to think, she's kinda good.
Me and my camera eyes sitting on a fence,
laughing at the lights of New York City.
Alice you remind of Manhattan,
the seedy and snaz, the shoeboys and the satins,
like a throne made of gilt that too many johns have sat in.
Oh, just come over.
ROLL UP
See Alice on the palace where her name adorns the boards,
ain't no flash in her Cannes, she got the willpower of a horse,
and it's a long way to Broadway from a 42nd lay,
or is it really just a couple of blocks away.
Now I wonder if she wonders if I wonder if she wonders
about the times I put her down when she seemed to be right under?
She told me morals are traditions, contradictions, superstitions,
see Alice is always based on split decisions.
Me and my stupidity sittin' on a fence
and digging what I thought was New York City.
Oh Alice, you remind me of Manhattan,
the seedy and snaz, the shoeboys and the satins,
like a throne made of gilt that too many johns have sat in,
Oh, I like you
Yeah Alice, the lights were meant for you,
your weaknesses successful and your selfishness the clue,
you gotta lose what you get and for what you get you lose,
Oh, I know it.
Oh Alice, don't stop and think a minute
or your brain is gonna get ya, drop your heart right in it,
and you're a shooting star and you'll die if you don't win it.
Yeah