I still sing this song once in a while. GREAT song! I'm 65. I"ll probably sing it at work tomorrow night. I don't listen to the piped in music the company provides. Since I'm the only one there I can just turn it down and sing whatever song I want to.
Beverly Bivens was lead singer from 1965 to 1967. At 77 she's the original band's last survivor. There's been some suggestion, never really cleared up, that an unknown previous singer sang on the original record. The truth remains elusive.
My sincere recommendation is to find out who Jesus Christ REALLY is and repent and take him for your savior. A better world is coming on this earth and in my heart, I am certain it will contain all the great things we loved when we were younger ...
Are you saying god showed grace for your brother…but none for the thousands that died? Bit of a trap you make for yourselves. Also, If there was a god…there wouldn’t be a war.
In 1965 I enlisted, what a big mistake. That song was killing me ever time I heard it in boot camp warning me of what was coming up, Vietnam. Crazy & beautiful times in the early 60's. Glad I witness the GOOD, bad and the ugly of those times. Now, I yam what I yam.
I was drafted in 1965. In basic training early '66 We routinely sang with radio "These Boots Were Made for Walking" as we polished ours. Oddly our unit/building was titled "The Home of the Walking Soldlier". In accordance with Fort Ord tradition, we walked (not by choice) to our classes, while other units rode in trucks.
The build up is incredible, the harmonies are inspired, and the singer sounds & looks like a million bucks. There appears to be nothing there to complain about.
I always have a big grin when I hear this song. I just love it. That’s just how it is when you feel it. It’s down in your shoes and you dance that away. They don’t write them like that anymore. What a sweet time it was.
JUN-1 2023,,I'M 73,,this is still one helluva a song ! brings back soooooooo many memories of such beautiful times that will never die ! even after it's my time to crossover !
One of THE best two minutes and twenty four seconds of music ever recorded. It's beautiful blend of folk and rock that influenced The Jefferson Airplane and many other groups. You can't get any cuter or more energetic than Bev.
A terrific group whose big song was Billboard's #4 of 1965 just below Satisfaction. RIP Mike, Jerry, Bob and Pete. Only Bev is still around as I write this
This is not the original recording because I was listening to Ian and Sylvia's recording well before this cover was done. And for what it's worth I prefer their version.
51 years. How time has flown. It seems like yesterday I as a early teen heard this. Brings me back to a time where things weren't so complicated, and life flowed without much trouble.
What a wonderful song, Beverly is full of energy and joy, she is a delight to listen to. I was only 9 years old when this song come out in 1965, I have been enjoying it ever since.
When I was 11 years old, I could not yet comprehend the magic that made certain songs, like this one, light me up. I thought of We Five as another college pop band, like The Lettermen, and the album was in my big sister's collection. Now, 58 years later, it is crystal clear that this was an uncanny moment when a song (originally by ian and Sylvia), an arranger, imaginative instrumental parts, well blended harmony voices, and an absolutely charismatic lead singer collided to create an iconic masterpiece that just doesn't get old.
Great masterpiece! That was an Era where everyone was unique; untouched by the commercialization that loomed over every profit-making enterprise. In spite of all of the great artists of the baby-boomer generation, when you heard any song for the first time, you knew exactly who they were by hearing a voice, discerning a style, or merely enjoying their fabulous positivity. ❤
If you were in high school then, as I was, this group was on your top list, along with tons of others, the British Invasion, Motown, the embers of folk music, so much. We had such a rich music environment then, and it seems so poor today by comparison, on any level--artistry, lyrics, musicianship, you name it. Sad. But so glad we had groups like the We Five when we were young, and it really mattered.
You are so right Lethe River. I started 8th grade in 1965 and we had the best music during my high school years. I still listen to '60s music today. I don't ever listen to radio any more.
Donrholloway: We have a radio station in our area that plays only songs from the 60's with periods that is commercial free. Keeps me young at heart at 63yrs. of age.
I am frozen as a young man when I hear this song. Freedom came in the form of a Schwinn 26" red bicycle, accessorized by a basket in front. Sound came from a Westinghouse AM radio. With these songs, and a smooth road, I was King of The World. And I heard them all.😎
I hear this on the local oldies station. So it's reaching a whole new audience., because so many young people tell me they like our 1960s rock n roll better than their's.
Since I was twelve I’ve loved all the oldies. I came across this gem when I was eighteen. I was driving cross country after my grandfather’s death and bought golden hits of 65 cd at a gas station. To this day my favorite compilation cd that I own. This was on it and I fell in love with it! A great tune!
In August of 1966 I was playing for my America Legion baseball team in Newport News Va at the Regional Tournament. I was pitching the first game of the tournament at 1 PM and it was 106 degrees. As I was warming up, this song came on and I told myself I would never forget it. I haven't. True story.
thanks for sharing. Have some of those special moments myself. Funny how when they come and you pay attention, you know right then that you'll never forget them.
1965 / 66 was probably 2 of the best years of my young life. This song is imprinted on my mind. A transitional tune from the great folk scare of the 60's.
Let's see, 1965. I was 9 years old. I remember this was the FIRST song I really fell in love with. I don't know why, but I loved it. I didn't realize how young I was.
This was what was playing on radio stations the year I was born, and it makes me happy knowing I had this while it lasted. Wish I could go back and just live then forever.
What great memory's this great song brings back. I was 18 when this song exploded on the record scene and I told my girl friend, who has been my wife for 47 years, that when this song played it reminded me of her, she was always on my mind. For years when this song played on "Oldies Stations" I would turn it up an tell my wife this song still reminded me of her and after all these years I still recall how this song reminded me of my then girlfriend and as i said now my wife of 47 years. Great music brings back great memory's.
At 13, I was in love with this chick! Funky dancing style, cutie, & such a unique voice. At 68, it's been fun revivaling. Too bad they couldn't continue producing.
An absolute spine-tingling, goose-bump-inducing masterpiece. What an amazing voice Bev has; great guitar work; and an I-still-cant-believe genius of an ending.
Reminds me of my late sister, Teresa. She LOVED this song and when I was a kid we would go around the house and sing this on the top of our little lungs. God I miss her!!! This song brings her close again. Thanks!
@@Batmensch Maybe but when I saw them perform this in person back in '65 they sounded just like here and if anything looked even better! (And if you look you can just make out the lead player's Rickenbacker hiding behind the two rhythm guitars). Onstage where we were he was lined up with the others in plain sight. The Byrds with Roger McGuinn were in the same lineup, same make /model guitar and same clear, clean clangy ring. Sometimes music's "magic" can make you feel so good the smile "...won't wipe off your face, no matter how hard you try..." J. Sebastian. It really was that good. I was sixteen.
Great stuff ! And the remaining members are now in their 70s. Michael Stewart (with the glasses) passed on in 2002. Bob Jones (baritone-tenor, 6-string electric jazz guitar, 12-string electric guitar) died in 2013. They brought a LOT of joy to so many of us. THANK YOU SO MUCH !
Not only great lead singing, but great harmonies and outstanding song writing. The chording is very imaginative and takes a lot of singing talent for the entire group to nail it this well. They all had to be right on together, and they were.
I am 65 years old and have always loved this song as my older sister had the 45 RPM record and she was a teenager then at the time but have always loved 60s music ! She was always playing this record or other 60s music ! So I grew up on 60s music ! Love the 70s too as I was a teenager in the 70s !
This song was originally written and performed by Ian & Sylvia, a folk duo. I sang and played this song in a folk trio my sr yr in hs (class of '65), months before the We Five released this version. It was written by Sylvia in 1962 and released on their 1964 album, Northern Journey. They were Canadian.
@@scottreid190 Think a lot of acts actually did that on the shows but doesn't change the fact that they could actually sing during that era unlike a lot of electronically enhanced singers of modern music.
@@luvkountry you are making an assumption which is not rooted in facts. While there are some that use auto tune, it is not all modern singer. There are tons of wonderful artists currently with vocal skills that can match any artists from the past. Additionally you need to realize that studio recording were a blending of multiple tracks. Possibly you did not or have not attended many live concerts.
Perfectly crafted and produced song. Great build in intensity and effect. Beverly Bivens is an incredible singer and should have been a star with the dynamic range that she possessed.
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In 1965, I was sixteen and thought this was one of the greatest songs I ever heard. I still love it.
Born in 66@ 21 I played the hell out of this song @54 still playing the hell out of it❤️
I was 8 in Texas. Still remembered this lovely tune.
Agree fully. Some of the chord progressions still send a chill through the spine. Awesome song.
I was 18, in the miliary and unsure of what that meant. But I heard this song and loved it.
Friend, you have fine taste in music.
No matter where you were, no matter what you were doing, this song stuck with you and you were happier.
2023: 58 years later Beverley still brings it. I always have a big smile from beginning to end. It's on my top 50 oldies playlist!
I still sing this song once in a while. GREAT song! I'm 65. I"ll probably sing it at work tomorrow night. I don't listen to the piped in music the company provides. Since I'm the only one there I can just turn it down and sing whatever song I want to.
I'm 74, and still love this song as much as ever.
59 and right there with you Sue
My sister still has the original album!
69... Still Lovin' it!! ❤
69 and feel the same love for this one hit band
Hi Sue !
I heard this while in a store with my older sister and we sang it loud!!!❤❤😊😊😊
One of the best songs of the 60's. Made it to #1 in just a few weeks. A very talented group with a terrific lead vocalist.
Written by Sylvia Tyson.
She looks like Linda Ronstadt here
Beverly Bivens was lead singer from 1965 to 1967. At 77 she's the original band's last survivor. There's been some suggestion, never really cleared up, that an unknown previous singer sang on the original record. The truth remains elusive.
Never made it to #1, peaked at #3
I was thinking Linda R could have done a great cover. She must have sung this in the shower as a teen?
My heart aches for returning to the 1960's
So does mine!!! What a time!
Yes what a great time to be young I'm 73 and hate being this age
@@tansleypotts9486 None of us like getting older, but I guess it beats the alternative.
My sincere recommendation is to find out who Jesus Christ REALLY is and repent and take him for your savior. A better world is coming on this earth and in my heart, I am certain it will contain all the great things we loved when we were younger ...
those were great times....somehow there must be some goodness these days....aging=overated.....
In 1965 i was 13 and my oldest brother was leaving for Vietnam 😢. With the grace of God he returned 🙏 😊
Amen; praise the Lord Jesus.
Exact same for me - mine came back too
@@jamescagney5314 Mine didn't.
Are you saying god showed grace for your brother…but none for the thousands that died? Bit of a trap you make for yourselves. Also, If there was a god…there wouldn’t be a war.
i came home too............
In 1965 I enlisted, what a big mistake. That song was killing me ever time I heard it in boot camp warning me of what was coming up, Vietnam. Crazy & beautiful times in the early 60's. Glad I witness the GOOD, bad and the ugly of those times. Now, I yam what I yam.
Thank you for your service sir😊❤️
I was in the navy and in 1963 I was in San Francisco and in 1965. Also was 18..what a time
I was drafted in 1965. In basic training early '66 We routinely sang with radio "These Boots Were Made for Walking" as we polished ours. Oddly our unit/building was titled "The Home of the Walking Soldlier". In accordance with Fort Ord tradition, we walked (not by choice) to our classes, while other units rode in trucks.
@@philipcanevari7223 thank you for your service sir.
@@dannycorsaro546 Thank you. Two years active was a piece of cake.
I remember my great Uncle Mike came in singing this song one day - he was cool. He was in his 20s and I was a kid. What a great time to grow up in.
I was 10 with a transistor radio. This is STILL one of my all-time fav songs!
Never able to get more than nine transistors..
I was also 10.
@@thomasauslander3757 9 transistors, but I give Bev a 10 - in all ways. :)
I was 10 years old also. The sixties had some groovy tunes!
9 for me, I get it!
Now in my 60's, still crushing on Bev.
I always loved how this song keeps building more energy and ends like no other. It's in a class by itself.
So true, you are. Great comment.
I couldn't have said it any better myself.
Kinda like Phil Specter might have produced it. It’s called a wall of sound.
The build up is incredible, the harmonies are inspired, and the singer sounds & looks like a million bucks.
There appears to be nothing there to complain about.
As well as how it ends....arpeggio's on the Rick 12 string...classic 60's.
so amazing to see a leader singer by that time, love everything about this song
The mid-1960s changed the course of popular music forever. This was a great song, and a great musical group.
True Rock began the day Dylan put down his accoustic and picked up an electric guitar.
@DJmemories - yeah and Dougal and Ermintrude rocked as well mate.
I always have a big grin when I hear this song. I just love it. That’s just how it is when you feel it. It’s down in your shoes and you dance that away. They don’t write them like that anymore. What a sweet time it was.
Some of the good stuff that will never grow old.
JUN-1 2023,,I'M 73,,this is still one helluva a song ! brings back soooooooo many memories of such beautiful times that will never die ! even after it's my time to crossover !
And I'm still in love with Beverly Bivens, what a beauty.
I she ever! Wow
I'll concede you a "cute". 🙂
I was just getting home from Nam when this song came out.
They boosted my morale when I was in Navy hospital in SC, after being wounded in Vietnam.
One of THE best two minutes and twenty four seconds of music ever recorded. It's beautiful blend of folk and rock that influenced The Jefferson Airplane and many other groups. You can't get any cuter or more energetic than Bev.
Had to do a double take.
Almost looked like a young
Linda Ronstadt
A terrific group whose big song was Billboard's #4 of 1965 just below Satisfaction. RIP Mike, Jerry, Bob and Pete. Only Bev is still around as I write this
All those guys are RIP wow 😲
The composer/writer is still around
What a song
Dear lord , who knows where the time goes ...
Actually, no. Ian Tyson passed away in December of 2022.
FOUR guitars!? I like it!! Great song! Take me back to that time!!!
THIS is the best recording of the song, plus who doesn't love the dancing??????????????
+John Bowman It's the original recording. Maybe that is why you like it so much.
This is not the original recording because I was listening to Ian and Sylvia's recording well before this cover was done. And for what it's worth I prefer their version.
This is the studio version that was released as a single.
You apparently are ignorant of what "original recording" means. Hint: It's not the same as original "version".
Dispite all the problems besetting America back then,1965,was a great time to be alive
Agree
@@kbfults And you've probably socked away a few memories in Hi Fi & Stereo too
I never got tired of this song. It's so good, it's a shame that We Five wasn't able to follow it up with a string of folk rock hits. Super great!
51 years. How time has flown. It seems like yesterday I as a early teen heard this. Brings me back to a time where things weren't so complicated, and life flowed without much trouble.
Another masterpiece from that magical music era known as the 60's.
What a wonderful song, Beverly is full of energy and joy, she is a delight to listen to. I was only 9 years old when this song come out in 1965, I have been enjoying it ever since.
¿Who is Jennifer?
I was also 9 years old in 1965.
The female lead here was Beverly ' Bev ' Bivens. Where you got " Jennifer " is anyone's guess.
I turned 10 in 1965. Really loved this song. Got the single for Xmas & still have it.
@@hermanator74301be nice we all make mistakes
To see her sing this puts a smile on my day
When I was 11 years old, I could not yet comprehend the magic that made certain songs, like this one, light me up. I thought of We Five as another college pop band, like The Lettermen, and the album was in my big sister's collection. Now, 58 years later, it is crystal clear that this was an uncanny moment when a song (originally by ian and Sylvia), an arranger, imaginative instrumental parts, well blended harmony voices, and an absolutely charismatic lead singer collided to create an iconic masterpiece that just doesn't get old.
Unfortunately, the that lead singer brook up the band because of self-doubts.
❤
HOW COULD THEY ONLY HAVE ONE MAJOR HIT ---THIS WAS A HUGE RECORD
Great masterpiece! That was an Era where everyone was unique; untouched by the commercialization that loomed over every profit-making enterprise. In spite of all of the great artists of the baby-boomer generation, when you heard any song for the first time, you knew exactly who they were by hearing a voice, discerning a style, or merely enjoying their fabulous positivity. ❤
If you were in high school then, as I was, this group was on your top list, along with tons of others, the British Invasion, Motown, the embers of folk music, so much. We had such a rich music environment then, and it seems so poor today by comparison, on any level--artistry, lyrics, musicianship, you name it. Sad. But so glad we had groups like the We Five when we were young, and it really mattered.
AMEN
You are so right Lethe River. I started 8th grade in 1965 and we had the best music during my high school years. I still listen to '60s music today. I don't ever listen to radio any more.
All we have now is satanic illuminati singers like Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Rihanna etc etc
Donrholloway: We have a radio station in our area that plays only songs from the 60's with periods that is commercial free. Keeps me young at heart at 63yrs. of age.
WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TUNE INTO THAT STATION...
Beverly's smile and energy help to make this song the hit that it was.
One of the best opening lines in pop "When I woke up this morning, you were on my mind"
I think it tied for first with the Airplane's 'Somebody To Love' : "When the truth is found to be lies / And all the joy within you dies"
what do you think the "you" means?
... and it was written by Sylvia Fricker, a Canadian.
@@andrewz4537 I know !
@Marrowbones Canucks ruled in the 60's Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, one of the Momas and Papas
Was a sophomore in college...i woke up this morning and i was 73 beside my bride of 50 years!
I can relate to that ! good days .
Thanks for posting. So much enduring love for the song -as folks in their 60s, 70s attest. Any Octos like me still digging it now in 2024?
84 and going strong! May 7, 2024
I am happy for you! Stay healthy. Blessings upon you.@@nancyadamson286
@@nancyadamson286 Keep on keeping on Nancy! and digging the music you like helps that along!
Wonderful memories. Seeing the actual singer with that very different voice. I never forgot her and the band. THIS IS JOYFUL MUSIC !💕💞💕
...probably the greatest marriage of folk and rock that was ever created!
So true, you are. I totally agree. This is a vastly underrated masterpiece.
Don't forget the"Seekers", Australia s Great folk bands!
I'm 42 years old and live in my mother's basement, and I think this music rocks!
The girl lead is very beautiful...
I've seen other performances in color & she is stunning.
I was born in '63. I can only imagine I know all of these songs because they were still on the radio years later. Thank God.
The energy and fun in THIS song just the best.
Beverly,Judith Durham,Petula Clark,Dionne Warwick.What great female singers when we were growing up in the sixties.
Don’t forget Dusty Springfield
@@bigal3248 and Diane Ross, Grace Slick, and Nancy Sinatra
Will never pass up a chance to hear this song.
This end of this song really builds up to a great climax !!!! Fantastic harmony vocals !!!!
I am frozen as a young man when I hear this song. Freedom came in the form of a Schwinn 26" red bicycle, accessorized by a basket in front. Sound came from a Westinghouse AM radio. With these songs, and a smooth road, I was King of The World. And I heard them all.😎
This is glorious - not just fantastic music with soaring vocals, but wthe sight of those people dancing so happily, my god.
How many times did you wake up in the morning thinking about somebody new....this song always comes to mind.
These were way better days than the absolute chaos of the year 2024… Far better
chaos all over a jacked up world,,,people keep killing each other for any reason.
I hear this on the local oldies station. So it's reaching a whole new audience., because so many young people tell me they like our 1960s rock n roll better than their's.
Unreal talent and playing and Singing!!! We five !! Thanks for the music!!! We miss music!!!
Since I was twelve I’ve loved all the oldies. I came across this gem when I was eighteen. I was driving cross country after my grandfather’s death and bought golden hits of 65 cd at a gas station. To this day my favorite compilation cd that I own. This was on it and I fell in love with it! A great tune!
It didnt come out in the 60s but you cant drive across country without BTO Takin Care Of Business! You just cant!
I was only 9 years old when this song was popular, but I remember it as if it was yesterday - "We Five".
Me too. Older brother bought it I loved it
In August of 1966 I was playing for my America Legion baseball team in Newport News Va at the Regional Tournament. I was pitching the first game of the tournament at 1 PM and it was 106 degrees. As I was warming up, this song came on and I told myself I would never forget it. I haven't. True story.
steve i was just a kid it was 1965 On The west Coast San Francisco The City By The Bay KYA & KFRC RADIO !!!
I was a freshman in college
I was 10 on the east coast brother, 77 WABC NY, NY
I feel incomplete not knowing if you won the game😕
thanks for sharing. Have some of those special moments myself. Funny how when they come and you pay attention, you know right then that you'll never forget them.
What an incredibly well-crafted tune. The build is astounding. Then it stops and rebuilds again to the end!
OMG, I have loved this for ever! I was born in 50's, and I still remember all the words!
Same year I graduated from high school. Still sounds great. They don't make'em like this any more.
what a voice.All her and nothing added....
What a voice she has! Amazing!
I can't get enough of this song! An inspired performance, knocks me off my feet every time!
1965 / 66 was probably 2 of the best years of my young life. This song is imprinted on my mind. A transitional tune from the great folk scare of the 60's.
This is song was written by Ian & Sylvia, part of the folk scare of the 60's
Not much like it now, is there?
@@festival5920 scare?
I'm 70, just hearing this song puts a smile on my face. and takes me down memory lane.
Let's see, 1965. I was 9 years old. I remember this was the FIRST song I really fell in love with. I don't know why, but I loved it. I didn't realize how young I was.
This was what was playing on radio stations the year I was born, and it makes me happy knowing I had this while it lasted. Wish I could go back and just live then forever.
What great memory's this great song brings back. I was 18 when this song exploded on the record scene and I told my girl friend, who has been my wife for 47 years, that when this song played it reminded me of her, she was always on my mind. For years when this song played on "Oldies Stations" I would turn it up an tell my wife this song still reminded me of her and after all these years I still recall how this song reminded me of my then girlfriend and as i said now my wife of 47 years. Great music brings back great memory's.
Pete Fullerton is my grandpa 💜
@@0hairballz
My grandfather owned a white handled pocket knife !!
Beat that.
No overdubbing, no tapes, no mixing , just a band and a singer....one take...and a classic.
She's lip syncing. LoL.
Hate to burst your bubble, but you're hearing the studio version, not a live performance.
Still one of my favorite songs from this era...long live the We Five!
At 13, I was in love with this chick! Funky dancing style, cutie, & such a unique voice. At 68, it's been fun revivaling. Too bad they couldn't continue producing.
Still a fab song brings back memories what’s great 👍 time we oldies had
Will never happen again
An absolute spine-tingling, goose-bump-inducing masterpiece. What an amazing voice Bev has; great guitar work; and an I-still-cant-believe genius of an ending.
Rickenbomb
Those were great times indeed. There was an upbeat feeling in the air and it was carried forth by the music.
Beautiful WOMAN , i love her ,
Isn't that Linda Ronstat?
I’m 74 andI love this song as much as ever.
I love how that 12 string guitar just makes this song SO much better.
Reminds me of my late sister, Teresa. She LOVED this song and when I was a kid we would go around the house and sing this on the top of our little lungs. God I miss her!!! This song brings her close again. Thanks!
Raised in the south bay L A. This was our music
Great song and pretty singer!
I'm 70, and still love this song as much as ever. (I copied Sue Anderson, but different age).
WE HAD GREAT TALENT BACK TO THE 60'S...GLAD I DIDN'T MISS THAT DECADE
Kind of surprises me that this group didn't produce a whole string of hits. Great voices, especially Beverly Bivens.
I miss the days when bands concentrated on music instead of on special effects.
absue AGREED! no autotune either
Heh, those frozen smiles are "specials effects". And so is the too loud Rickenbacker ;)
@Fuzzy Butkus it was called miming then.
@@Batmensch Maybe but when I saw them perform this in person back in '65 they sounded just like here and if anything looked even better! (And if you look you can just make out the lead player's Rickenbacker hiding behind the two rhythm guitars). Onstage where we were he was lined up with the others in plain sight. The Byrds with Roger McGuinn were in the same lineup, same make /model guitar and same clear, clean clangy ring.
Sometimes music's "magic" can make you feel so good the smile "...won't wipe off your face, no matter how hard you try..." J. Sebastian. It really was that good. I was sixteen.
Real music, no special effects
I’m 64 and I have to confess I never heard this before. I love it.
What memories this song brings back. My first year in a new private school, and the song was all about me....
Talented...REAL music and lyrics...not just beating drums!!
👏👏👏♥️♥️♥️
I'd completely forgotten this. Not heard it for 54 years!
Great stuff ! And the remaining members are now in their 70s. Michael Stewart (with the glasses) passed on in 2002. Bob Jones (baritone-tenor, 6-string electric jazz guitar, 12-string electric guitar) died in 2013. They brought a LOT of joy to so many of us.
THANK YOU SO MUCH !
Love that record.
I am 65 and this song brings back my youthful memories.
I didn't grow up in that time but my dad did and he had good taste in music that he passed on to me 🙂
The '60s were a great time to be young and dumb. Great memories!
Not only great lead singing, but great harmonies and outstanding song writing. The chording is very imaginative and takes a lot of singing talent for the entire group to nail it this well. They all had to be right on together, and they were.
Fell in love when this was out. The music of the times reflected so well what was happening in my life.
I am 65 years old and have always loved this song as my older sister had the 45 RPM record and she was a teenager then at the time but have always loved 60s music ! She was always playing this record or other 60s music ! So I grew up on 60s music ! Love the 70s too as I was a teenager in the 70s !
This song was originally written and performed by Ian & Sylvia, a folk duo. I sang and played this song in a folk trio my sr yr in hs (class of '65), months before the We Five released this version. It was written by Sylvia in 1962 and released on their 1964 album, Northern Journey. They were Canadian.
Sylvia is still Canadian, lol. She hasn’t died yet.
I WAS 10 WHEN THIS SONG CAME OUT...STILL LOVE IT TODAY.
Back then the groups could actually sing and they had such class that modern music could never match...
You nailed it!
Hear Yee!!!!
You realize they are lip-syncing….don’t you?
@@scottreid190 Think a lot of acts actually did that on the shows but doesn't change the fact that they could actually sing during that era unlike a lot of electronically enhanced singers of modern music.
@@luvkountry you are making an assumption which is not rooted in facts. While there are some that use auto tune, it is not all modern singer. There are tons of wonderful artists currently with vocal skills that can match any artists from the past. Additionally you need to realize that studio recording were a blending of multiple tracks. Possibly you did not or have not attended many live concerts.
Perfectly crafted and produced song. Great build in intensity and effect. Beverly Bivens is an incredible singer and should have been a star with the dynamic range that she possessed.
This was my grandparents music and I loved listning to it when I was little, I'm 29 now and I still love it.
Didn’t know he recorded this, very impressive. I knew he was a great folk singer, this was great.