http://vimeo.com/88865429#at=0

Wow. I wonder if Bob Gruen shot this , but , I've never heard of any color Gruen footage turning up on The Dolls. IF YOU HAVE THAT "ALL DOLLED UP" DVD  , it's kind of anticlimactic seeing the '75 footage after the earlier stuff , BUT , they seemed like they were working hard to reclaim what was theirs.

Personal problems , and Malcolm MacLaren's genius move to re - invent the band as faux - Maoist Rockers , centuries before that did'nt mean career suicide , made it all too clear the commercial success that had eluded them would never be theirs.

Still , they were working on some good material. A Third NYD album could have been a lot more on the PowerPop tip , I ALWAYS THOUGHT , but , might have been a lot better than anyone had a right to expect. 

The "Red Patent Leather" look makes more sense on color film  (Or video? Who even had a video camera in 1975 BESIDES gRUEN AND THE THREE MAJOR NETWORKS ? ha ha.). People say The Romantics lifted from The Dolls' unsuccessful later group image , but , for once  , Jagger looked more like Johansen (1978 "Some Girls " tour.) than the other  way around. I dunno. You do get a feel for how exciting it must have been to see The Dolls in a small club , even though they deserved so much better.

Beautiful.  Freaking love the New York Dolls.  If I could play guitar like Johnny Thunders, my life would be complete.

Yeah. For anyone who lives in or near Chicagoland , the new Thunders Documentary opens Saturday , May 3 at the Logan Theatre as part of the CIMM music/film festival. It threatens to be better than "Born To Lose". We will see. MY DUMB ASS AGREED TO PLAY A SHOW TWO HOURS LATE R, BUT, I may still be ableto make it. It's only 2 train stops from teh theatre.      Google CIMM .