BOSS MC5 CLIP

My friend Ray, otherwise known as The Guy Who Always Finds Cool Shit On YouTube was at it again today. This time, it's a mighty fine long clip (28 minutes) of the MC5. There's five songs that appear to be raw footage from an appearance on Beat Club, a German TV show, in 1972. Raw, in that they're playing in front of a blue screen, without all of the ridiculous effects that were usually added later. There's a few things that make this one cool, other than it being a good quality clip of the MC5. After "Kick Out the Jams", just before the second song "Ramblin' Rose", at 9:12 Wayne Kramer is seen doing a little primping. As Rob Tyner rubs his shoulders, Kramer responds, doing a little shadow boxing. Okay, not a big deal, but when was the last time you saw the MC5 in a candid moment? Okay, then, moving on, check Kramer, during "Ramblin' Rose" (at 9:51). Never mind his falsetto, or the purple ruffled shirt, check his moves, his pouts, hell, even his guitar face. It's fucking Prince. I'm not a Prince fiend by any stretch of the imagination (in fact, he's always kind of annoyed me), and I'm not suggesting that Prince saw a clip of Kramer and decide he'd cop his style, but the similarity is there.

There's a few other MC5 cuts below, including the early "One of the Guys". To round things out, two earlier versions of "Ramblin' Rose", and a semi-recent cover of "Kick Out The Jams" by Deep Street Soul, a soul funk outfit from Australia.

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Listen:
MC5 - Kick Out the Jams mp3 at Teenage Kicks USA
MC5 - Ramblin' Rose mp3 at Probe is Turning-On the People
MC5 - I Just Don't Know mp3 at Beware of the Blog
MC5 - Looking At You mp3 at The Rising Storm
MC5 - One of the Guys (early cut) mp3 at Beware of the Blog
Jerry Lee Lewis - Ramblin' Rose mp3 at Probe Is Turning On the People
Ted Taylor - Ramblin' Rose mp3 (via Box.com) at If There Is a Hell Below 1966. Note: At Box.com, click on the "Download" button in the top right
Deep Street Soul with Tia Hunter - Kick Out the Jams mp3 at Artmp3
Video:
MC5 - Ramblin' Rose (live 1970, at Wayne State University's Tartar Field, Detroit)
MC5 - Lookin' At You (live, same show as above)
MC5 - Kick Out the Jams (TV appearance) at YouTube
Visit:
The Rise and Fall of the MC5 at Perfect Sound Forever
MC5 Gateway - Extensive fan site