Bay City Rollers reform four decades on from glory days

[Uncle Spielberg]

There have been far worse groups than the Rollers over the years

 

[Pogue Mahone]

There have been far worse groups than the Rollers over the years

A testimony to how great they obviously were.

 

[maltaseagull]

Feel free! I hate the sneery sneery that some people have on here.

Totally agree with that part but I didn't like most of the 70s pop charts. Am I a snob
or just an ageing hippy ?

 

[Nitram]

Spot the NSC fan.

 

[Leyton Gull]

Scottish guys, money issues, personality clashes, jealously issues etc

Good luck with the reunion then chaps.

 

[Stato]

I'm pleased to see I am in good company on this thread in my guilty pleasure of actually liking their version of Bye Bye Baby.

You haven't heard much music if you can judge them worst ever boy band let alone worst ever band.


I actually love the music snobbery of NSC.

Anyone care to admit to changing their minds about Coldplay yet, and accepting that they are a fine band

Bye Bye Baby was a great song. However, the Rollers version was merely a carbon copy of The Four Seasons:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI2TxtEuQF4

No. Coldplay seem like decent blokes, but they're music is dull.

 

[Icy Gull]

Bye Bye Baby was a great song. However, the Rollers version was merely a carbon copy of The Four Seasons:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI2TxtEuQF4

No. Coldplay seem like decent blokes, but they're music is dull.

Also love the Four Seasons and enjoyed very much Jersey Boys musical

 

[BN9 BHA]

So much anger for what was an inoffensive boyband from the 70s! Incredible that people are getting worked up about it.


Boybands have always dominated the charts though. The target audience are schoolgirls. There was other music around at the time, you know

For what it's worth, I quite liked their cover of 'Bye, Bye Baby'. I still do.

No anger and getting worked up from me. I'm guessing you meant me as you have quoted me.
Just my ( not too serious ) opinion of my memories of music when I was NINE, i did say I was a kid.

My parents weren't really into music in a big way and I didn't have any older siblings to educate me about music in 1974.
There wasn't hundreds of radio channels or music programmes on TV back then to learn about other music around at the time.

I vaguely remember some of the girls at my junior school liking The Rollers and The Osmonds, but us boys were all into football. I honestly don't remember many of my friends being into music at age 9.

 

[BN9 BHA]

There have been far worse groups than the Rollers over the years

Radiohead?

 

[Prince Monolulu]

There have been far worse groups than the Rollers over the years

Pink Floyd.

 

[Trevor]

Guilty Pleasure

 

[jakarta]

Blimey, 70's Bands such as Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd doing comebacks I can understand, but this mob?

 

[Icy Gull]

Blimey, 70's Bands such as Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd doing comebacks I can understand, but this mob?

Rock and Pop, there is and always has been a place for both, I would prefer to see LZ or PF but you can't really compare them to BSR can you?

 

[jakarta]

Rock and Pop, there is and always has been a place for both, I would prefer to see LZ or PF but you can't really compare them to BSR can you?

You may be right, they were so bubblegum I wouldn't have thought anyone would be bothered. Mud, Rubettes and Showaddywaddy next up?

Personally would prefer to see the 1970's lineups for Hawkwind/Pink Fairies/Gong/Can/Faust/Neu! but sadly many of them are gone to the Great Gig in The Sky...

 

[Leyton Gull]

If someone tells you that the original line up of the Small Faces apart from the drummer were going to reform I'd be very sceptical.

 

[dazzer6666]

So much anger for what was an inoffensive boyband from the 70s! Incredible that people are getting worked up about it.



I don't own one either but I can't say that it fills me with pride. Total indifference on my part.



Boybands have always dominated the charts though. The target audience are schoolgirls. There was other music around at the time, you know.



Worst band ever? Not by a long chalk. Worse than Vanilla? Blazin Squad? Fast Food Rockers? Vengaboys? The Reynolds Girls?

Worse than GG Allin? Pfft...

For what it's worth, I quite liked their cover of 'Bye, Bye Baby'. I still do.

Sensible post.

I didn't like them much myself but have pretty vivid memories of most of my more desirable classmates at the time being moist at the merest sight of them. Very much the Take That of their time, and ref a previous post the scarf on wrist thing was definitely them.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

No actually

You live in the sun. Why would music cheer you up ?

(fair enough - we are not all the same)

 

[rool]

Blimey, 70's Bands such as Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd doing comebacks I can understand, but this mob?

New ELO single today too. Album out November

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfH8EJA-hg0

 

[GT49er]

Please go on, what did you find offensive about them?

Other great bands such as the sex Pistols i understand why people were offended by them, they went out of there way to offend.

But how did the Rollers offend you?

They were a nasty little bunch of Edinburgh yobs, nothing like that cute boy-next-door image they traded on, and with a rather unpleasant manager. Oh yes, and a conviction for kiddie porn..........

 

[Honky Tonx]

If someone tells you that the original line up of the Small Faces apart from the drummer were going to reform I'd be very sceptical.

No Steve Marriott either. I'd go and see the BCRs.