Ain’t no easy way
Another Friday, another classic Gillan video — No Easy Way off the Rock Goes To College show from February 23, 1981.
Thanks to steve4422 for keeping us posted.
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Another Friday, another classic Gillan video — No Easy Way off the Rock Goes To College show from February 23, 1981.
Thanks to steve4422 for keeping us posted.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
A good ‘bouncy’ track and something we all can get into while doing the housework etc. Yes, some males do that at times. Forgot about this song. Not one of their best but still good fun. The music that is, not the housework, but someone has to do it. Seriously though Colin Towns is one keyboard player who I often forget about when mentioning great keyboard players, that I have witnessed in action. Nice to see John McCoy the bass player doesn’t leave the stage when Mick does his solo. Colin Towns is still there too, only just though and Gillan would be in the pub no doubt. Unfortunately Bernie was half way out the door by then, literally, bummer. Thanks for the clip. Cheers.
May 24th, 2025 at 03:01Lot of truth in those lyrics.. life isnt always easy..maybe never easy.. at least for those of us who wasnt born with a silver spoon in our hand…
May 24th, 2025 at 10:26Cheers!
I loved the punk-metal excitement of Gillan. They remain my favourite post-Purple band to this day.
May 24th, 2025 at 12:06Ok, the first piano-notes remind me so much of Bartok 😄
But then: some lovely rock is happening 🤩
Uhhh and the cute punk-guitarist is singing, so it’s actually is audible 😃Awww a heartfelt message 🥰
John McC is brilliant 🤩
This number is why I always have adored Gillan (the band!)
They are playing with conscience, I mean: they have a tune they are burning for it, and you can feel their passion.
And I have to say this: Ian is certainly no diva! He doesn’t mind share the vocals with Bernie and the stage show is divided between them all.
May 24th, 2025 at 12:48Ian is a great singer, sorry, no he is the greatest, and he could easily push the other guys aside and claim the band to be a backing band! But he is sharing with the others ❣️
Gotta love that 😃
Very unlike the Moonshiners musos. Fortunately so. This is a rock band. In-ten-si-ty, you either have it or you don’t.
May 24th, 2025 at 13:49One thing I will always give IG that he never sells the crowd short. He always gives 100%
May 24th, 2025 at 15:01Peace ✌️
@5
In Danish we have this saying: “hvorfor har du et horn i siden på the Moonshiners” – please ask Edith how to translate (I’m tired and have no time to do it!)
They are two completely different bands!
Gillan are wonderful, in-your-face with most of their songs!
May 24th, 2025 at 16:51But the other band also have a reason to be mentioned as a quality band!
I really don’t think Ian would have hooked up with them hadn’t he found they were a nice band.
@2
“at least for those of us who wasnt born with a silver spoon in our hand…”
– neither am I Wiktor, but then think about this:
You save A LOT of time not to polish all those silver spoons 😃
“Always look at the bright side of life”:
May 24th, 2025 at 16:59https://youtu.be/62o8VkNGq2Y?si=dkyKEg-Bcdu6SpuP