The Pretty Things — Midnight to Six Man

August 27th, 2008 by brianS

1966, on the BBC program A Whole Scene Going. Founder and original Stones' bassist Dick Taylor on lead guitar.

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davidwatts replied on August 27, 2008 at 12:09:03 am

nifty song
thanks!

 
E-6 replied on August 27, 2008 at 10:08:15 am

The Pretty Things were the original R&R party animals. Crazed on-stage performances, prodigious drug and drink intake, and trashed hotel rooms were all part of the MO. Back in 1965, they made the Stones look like school boys.

Their early out-put, loud and dirty R&B was the equal of any British Invasion band of the time. Their '65 debut, Get the Picture?, is a classic of the garage rock era. They'd added a psychedelic element for the great 1968 LP SF Sorrow, a lost masterpiece of the era. 1970's Parachutes was named Rolling Stone's album of the year. For about 5 or 6 years, these guys were as good as it got. That they've been largely forgotten, is a crime.

Here's a short clip of the band in 1969--see crazed on-stage drug intake. The song is "I See Fuzz".

brianS replied on August 27, 2008 at 11:56:43 am

The Pretty Things were the original R&R party animals

I did not know that. Wild, crazy stuff.

But Phil May as a Mick Jagger lookalike?? Huh? He could be Anthony Kiedis's father, however.

E-6 replied on August 27, 2008 at 12:42:58 pm

But Phil May as a Mick Jagger lookalike?? Huh?

No kidding. He looks nothing like Don Knotts.

Back to their bad boy status, they had songs called "Get a Buzz" and "L.S.D" on their debut. In 1965!!! This article goes into a bit more of their history.

The Pretty Things were among London's wildest ravers, and particularly renowned for the parties held at their abode at 13 Chester Street, where the Rolling Stones' Brian Jones also lived for a time, coming up from the basement to listen to records. One Pretty Thing proved too wild even for the rest of the band to accommodate. The group's 1965 tour of Australia and New Zealand aroused massive media indignation Down Under, particularly in New Zealand, where they earned a lifetime ban. This was particularly due to the antics of Viv Prince, who was alleged to have gotten wildly drunk at performances and set fires onstage. Prince was thrown off their flight back from New Zealand before it took off for disorderly behavior, and didn't show up in England for weeks. "We had to sack him because he was so bad in the end," laments May. "We couldn't finish a concert." To May's recollection, the capper was the time Prince refused to play a gig when the pub across the road refused to serve him a beer. "What he forgot was the night before, he'd gone there with a bunch of musicians and smashed the place up."

It should come as no surprise that Keith Moon supposedly idolized Viv Prince.

 
 
 

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