Wow.... Kenny Rogers looked so darn young in this video.. oh well, I guess we all did back then! (atleast those of us who were around in the 70's). Time passes by so darn FAST! Anyway... love this song -- brings back some great memories. Thanks for sharing the video!

He was a musical genius. Just listen to his songs.

@VenusCapricorn Gotcha. I agree! I did mean the rhythm guitar riffs - I had asked Mike if Pete wrote them and he said he did. He said Pete was a genius.

@Kristenbillick - I meant to say...guitar SOLO...not riff. I was speaking of joey's solos on the two songs I mentioned. The solos are fine. ♥But the songs are GREAT!♥

In the Spirit of Pete Ham? The memory of Pete Ham [and Tom Evans] is why I have posted my comments. Please, don't tell me "In the Spirit of Pete Ham." It's because of Pete & Tom's history and character, facts based on numerous interviews, articles, and Matovina's book, that I hold much more reverence for BF's music, most especially the songs of Pete & Tom. There is no Pete vs joey.

@VenusCapricorn Okay, so you have strong opinions with Joey's talent vs. Pete. In the spirit of Pete Ham, maybe lighten up a little. This is beautiful music.

To kristin - Go through all my comments on this thread, ALL of them. They have been consistent. Go to the first comment and thereafter...and THAT is always where "I have left it."

@VenusCapricorn Pete Ham wrote his own signature riffs for No Matter What and Baby Blue. I asked Mike Gibbins that question when I met him at a Beatlefest earlier this decade. Yes, Joey plays the guitar solos on both songs. They both did some great work. Let's just leave it at that.

Oh? Which song? This one above? Baby Blue? Have a guitar player play joey's little riff to anyone on the street. See how many people recognize it. Now....the riff in "No Matter What" MIGHT be memorable, but nothing special. It's PETE"S SONGS that gave joey a spotlight. Pete's & Tom's songs were joey's chance - he blew it.

@VenusCapricorn Molland was more than "average". Even if he was a prick, he still laid on some memorable licks in the course of Badfinger's history. That takes nothing away from Pete Ham, who of course was the boy wonder of the group.

@Jorge1Jigen what a laugh . the Beatles Badfinger connection is always misreported and misunderstood. Badfinger meant next to nothing to the Beatles as a whole . Paul and George interacted with them but Badfinger was just a group on their label. I read that when Pete Ham commited suicide John Lennon remarked " that sad , that guy was good"

@citizenfitz - Pete Ham's guitar work was / is *extraordinary* and *exemplary*...indeed, he should have been a household name along with Hendrix. molland's guitar is average. Drugs didn't do the band in. stan polley, bill collins - the so-called "managers", and joey created a lot of the serious infighting - these caused Badfinger to disintegrate.

love these guys - always have always will

Badfinger was really the Pete Ham Group. The other guys were pretty good, particularly Joey Molland's guitar work, but it would never have happened without Pete. Drugs, infighting and their embezzling Jewish manager finally did him in. Still, for a few years, Badfinger stood tall.

•* ♥ *•♫♪ ♥ * Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ BADFINGER Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ * ♥ ♫♪•* ♥ *• Sweet....over a million.

One of the coolest riffs ever to start a song! Badfinger was BadAss!

august 29, 2010. 1,000,081 views. Congradulations Badfinger!! And Mike Carter, thanks for posting this.

@capitalwhiskey That's a Gibson SG.

one of my all time favorite songs

ah, thoze r SG'z, wit side 2 side vibratoz!! YEAH!! Super reverbz??????

Does anyone know what make or model guitar Pete is playing?

@colibri1 Example: Jim Morrison and the doors on the old "Ed Sullivan Show". They did "Light my fire". Previous to them going on stage, Ed and the producers wanted jim to change the word "Higher" to something else, because they felt at that time that it was implying "Getting High". When it came to that moment, Jim sang the word "Higher" which sent everybody scrambling to something about it, but there was NOTHING they COULD do, it was LIVE television! lol

@colibri1 Television shows back then were very strict in the way they presented the acts and had a control over the way the audience behaved. Tevision is basically still the same today except that producers for a tv show realize that an audience at an actual concert would be much louder depending on who the act is. That's why if you've seen the Midnight special, it was a little more realistic than what you see in this video. Example on the next comment- I'm running out of space here.

Audiences in the early 70s were so laid back. I'm glad there's no whooping or shouting like there is today during performances, but you'd think there would at least be some head-nodding or grooving. I remember those early 70s days, though; it was really, really laid back and no one wanted to appear uncool by getting worked up. The frenzied audience screaming and frenetic dancing of the mid-60s Beatlemania era was a too-recent memory at the time and seemed silly.

You don't see two SGs in one band very often!