This has always been one of my favourites and yes I did watch this on top of the pops in 1969. I'm now approaching 71 and am in Paris for the first time. Yesterday I walked along the Boulevard Saint Michel and remembered this beautiful song.
Paul Pearson, because "You live in a fancy apartment of the Bd, Saint-Michel"......A pity you didn't know Paris at that time, it was just wonderful, specially Latin Quarter. I'm french, by the way..!:-)
My mom is 60 this year. Im 16 thos year. My mom showed me this and i instantly fell in love with it. My mom used to be in a group of bikers. They would all go back to one of the guys houses above the pub and sing this song together. I wish i would have been born then.
I was eleven years old when this masterpiece caressed my ears. Now I'm sixty years old, I can't remember what I went upstairs for, but I know every word of this song.
I was 10 when it first came out and I know exactly how you feel. It gives me a warm feeling inside when I hear it, and I also know every word too. Wonderful, wonderful song. Thank you for this masterpiece!
Look at this guy's eyes. He's writing and singing from his heart. This is what you see when you have no sleep and you hang on to your fantasy, no matter what it might be. Even a dragon with no armor but a huge heart. This is a gift of poetry that no one can steal. Peter Starstedt, God bless you. It's still good in 2020 AD.
My mother got this single as birthday present in the spring of 1970, leaving her in tears at her birthday party. 50 years later, this song evokes the same emotions in me. Then you know you have a timeless gem at your hand. Tremendously beautiful song.
Gevoelig lied. Mooie stem. Ben 71 jaar en denk aan mijn hippie tijd. Nu al meer dan 30 jaar clean van drank en drugs dankzij mijn eeuwige vriend Jezus Christus😊❤
I'm a huge music fan, 66 years old. Never heard tis one. Just listened 3 times. Beautiful, heart wrenching tune. Brought tears to my eyes. Great songs can be pictured in your mind, I saw this one clearly.
I an 18 year old girl from Holland and I totally adore this music. There's just so much more in it than most of the music nowadays. I must say I don't actually hate nowadays music, because I do listen to it a lot. But when my dad played this song yesterday I fell in love with music once again and I refuse to be ashamed of it. Kisses from The Netherlands
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It’s the sixties, a Saturday morning, and I am watching a long forgotten Music show when this guy comes on and takes my attention from the Beatles, Stones, Bee Gees, and all the rest. I remember it as clearly as yesterday with a hint of a tear in my eye.
I am 16 and this is one of my favourite songs along with Life on Mars, Sunny Afternoon and all the "classics". To everyone on here commenting about how they remember buying this when it first came out - you are so fortunate to have experienced this live and at a time of such iconic music! Listening to these incredible songs almost makes me feel as if I lived a little slice of it myself... I'm not bashing the music of my generation, though, because I like lots of that too, but there is something timeless about this era which I really hope is treasured and never fades away.
You are absolutely correct. We had the Rolling Stones come to our student hop one saturday - in 1968. Hard to believe, but true. BTW, it was at the student union building of Imperial College - just behind the Albert Hall. :-)
Alfred Nassim My grandpa was head of the YMCA in Liverpool just as the Beatles came on the scene (but before they went international) and actually managed to get them to come and play for him at a dinner he was hosting there!
That's great. Something to remember. Let me tell you one too. Their first proper manager was Brian Epstein. He had been at Stowe school (Buckingham) and he brought them to the school for a performance in 1964. The boys (no girls) went crazy and the headmaster banned any more pop groups. Sadly, I started at that school the following term and so missed out on all of that. Epstein later committed suicide - because he was gay and Jewish. It was a big thing in those days.
Like most Beatles performances, their appearance at Stowe School is well documented. The booking was the result of a pupil from Liverpool called David Moores who was a fan of the group. The date was April 4th 1963 and it followed a session at the Paris Theatre London where they recorded a programme for the BBC. Their fee was £100. This was a long time before Beatlemania started and by all accounts, the group were greeted with polite applause by the staff and students. There will always be conjecture over the circumstances of Epstein's death. It was more than likely an accidental overdose of sleeping pills.
"polite applause" I went to Stowe the following term, when I was 14 (Richard Branson was a contemporary). The story we were all told was that the boys went berserk and that the headmaster, Robert Drayson, banned all similar performances thereafter. Don''t forget, we were all rigorously disciplined in those days. Drayson would frequently cane boys over trivialities (hand in pockets, walking on the wrong patch of grass etc.) and did not consider it a good caning if the boy's bum did not bleed. He was a Cambridge Blue (hockey) and proud of his bowling skills.
I remember when this beautiful song was being played on the radio in Australia back in the early 70's, along with songs like; My name is Jack, He ain't heavy he's my brother, Those were the days my friends and hundreds of other great songs.
I remember being 15 when this song was released and thinking it was just about the most sophisticated thing I'd ever heard. Still feeling that way about 55 years on.
Heard this song for the first time in the late 70´s in a boarding school, was immediately struck by the sound and wording, magic and meaningful. Since then many years have gone by, many bridges have been crossed and I have been blessed with some wonderful memories including the first time I listened to this beautiful song , thanks!!
Oh Suzy, I am 60 and living in Switzerland after America. I love this song, so let`s meet up in Cannes, Nice, St Tropez, for a drink and a little french kissing. Uhm.....french singing. 😘
He was great. I was a teenager in the RAF on 1970 and was in a group as bass guitarist. The padre at the church on camp actually asked us to play this song in church one Sunday as he said it carried a massive message, so I'm maybe one of can select few to have performed Peters song in the house of God.
Remember hearing this song around March or April back in 1969. I has just started dating my wife of 42 years. I then left to California for the summer and oh how I missed her. This song made it even more "painful". I was so in love and such a romantic at heart. Now when I listen to it again, I reminisce about that time in my life and fall in love all over again. I thank God for having placed this woman in life.
I was 7 when I first heard this song in Kolkata India on a long staircase and I remember the sound of this song floating up to me several floors above in the darkness of the early evening, it always takes me back, I was fascinated and will never forget it and know how to go back to that moment when I was 7 years old.
Hi, I'm a Millennial Kolkatan. It'd be nice to know what the music scene was in your childhood. I do dearly wish we the young 'uns can carry on that rich legacy.
Haven't had the heart to listen to this since dad's passing, but I'm so thankful to him for bringing me up with such a great taste in music, remember him sitting at the bottom of my bed playing his tatty battered old guitar and singing this to me and my sister every single night without fail... Miss you so damn much dad xxx
I was same with this song was mum's fav had it at mums funeral I loved the song butt only recently I could luster to it still though with tears steaming down my face
Peter used to live round the corner from me in Norbury, London, SW16 The Sarstedt brothers are still the only siblings to have three separate number one UK hits, not even The Bee Gees managed that..
It was their wedding song and they both could identify with the two children in the song who started off in rags. I think all straight women all over the world would want a love that Vinny had for Tanya.
Mine Dad too. But he dies few days ago... Rest in peace Daddy 🕯😭💕. Your Music taste was always great.... your music will always be there for me.... I Love you.🕯
planned meeting with marie at saint michel fountain where she delicatley moved her hands in the water to cool herself. paris 1955. lyrics reminded me..
I loved this when i first heard it ,and that love has only increased as i have aged . Its a real masterpiece, in my opinion, and will always be appreciated .
I was very young when I first heard this song...oh I love it..brings back memory's of my youth..I can't remember how old I was...must of been my early teenager years omg...I love it..I wish I could turn the clock back..all these gorgeous song..I also remember watching him on top of the pops every Thursday night...that's when they used to do top of the pops Thursday night...lovely man..beautiful song.❤ ❤
My uncle in Dublin had a young man working for him who played the guitar and sang this song. I was 9 years old then and the song captivated me then and still does today. A timeless classic. Thank you Peter RIP
I heard this song for the first time as a child. I was as mesmerised then by the loveliness of the music as I still am today. It's haunting beauty still gives me goosebumps. Surely one of the most remarkable songs ever written.
This song , it's been with me my whole life , and now My Daughter loves it , but it's so beautiful, when i hear it , i wonder how can a song like this , be born from a world like this , Its so beautiful , it just made a place for itself . Luv on -yah
One of my favorite song is "Mala" that I heard many years back. I came to know that Mala was influenced from this lovely song some twenty years ago. What a lovely song and deep lyrics...
I'm 27 years old, I can't remember when or where this song came into myself, but whenever it came from I'm glad it did, what a beautiful piece of music. It always puts me in a state of calm and joy. Thank you for this masterpiece Peter.
I fell in love with my first girlfriend while still at school when this song was at number one in the charts. After all the years that have passed since then it always stops me dead in my tracks when I hear it. Fantastic song by a great singer. Amazing time in my life never ever to be forgotten
Born in Delhi, conquered the world with his music, such an effortless talent, the words are a beauty and the voice is enough to picture the whole song!
andy Russell When you love someone, then you see the eternity in that person---and you know that he will never really cease to exist. It's one of the gifts of loving another; we know, we touch their eternality, that they will be forever---and that we will meet again even more joyously.
I worked in Naples in the early 1960 s and had a boyfriend from there. After we split and I came back to UK this beautiful song came out. Always reminds me of a romantic time in Naples
First heard this when i was 12 years old. Loved it then and love it now. Couldn't help but play it during a trip to Paris. Always loved dancing to this beautiful song. ❤🎶🎵
born in 1954 i remember this track! strange how certain song bring such memories, when i was young i felt i was there, as if i met such a women,fantastic!
I agree however I was lucky enough to marry 2 women who were sexy goddesses inside and out and together spent 21 years in 2 marriages. I still have the gift of the gab and flirt, however taken a break from relationships for quite awhile, been meditating and doing other stuff more.
Lyrics : You talk like Marlene Dietrich And you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire Your clothes are all made by Balmain And there's diamonds and pearls in your hair, yes, there are You live in a fancy apartment Off the Boulevard St. Michel Where you keep your Rolling Stones records And a friend of Sacha Distel, yes, you do But where do you go to, my lovely When you're alone in your bed? Tell me the thoughts that surround you I want to look inside your head, yes, I do I've seen all your qualifications You got from the Sorbonne And the painting you stole from Picasso Your loveliness goes on and on, yes, it does When you go on your summer vacation You go to Juan-les-Pins With your carefully designed topless swimsuit You get an even suntan on your back, and on your legs And when the snow falls you're found in St. Moritz With the others of the jet set And you sip your Napoleon brandy But you never get your lips wet, no, you don't But where do you go to, my lovely When you're alone in your bed? Won't you tell me the thoughts that surround you? I want to look inside your head, yes, I do Your name is heard in high places You know the Aga Khan He sent you a race horse for Christmas And you keep it just for fun, for a laugh, ha-ha-ha-ha They say that when you get married It'll be to a millionaire But they don't realize where you came from And I wonder if they really care, or give a damn Where do you go to, my lovely When you're alone in your bed? Tell me the thoughts that surround you I want to look inside your head, yes, I do I remember the back streets of Naples Two children begging in rags Both touched with a burning ambition To shake off their lowly-born tags, they tried So look into my face, Marie-Claire And remember just who you are Then go and forget me forever But I know you still bear the scar, deep inside, yes, you do I know where you go to, my lovely When you're alone in your bed I know the thoughts that surround you 'Cause I can look inside your head.
Golam Raufu I used to sing this as a kid and was convinced it has Biarritz mentioned. That place seemed the height of sophistication and was a posh French resort, in my dreams. Not only did I miss hear the lyrics but I dragged the family on 2 weeks holiday to Biarritz on the back of this song! Wish I could afford St Moritz now. Biarritz is nice but very faded glory. Donostia/San Sebastian, down the road in Spain, was worth the holiday. Met a wonderfully wizened Marie Claire who gave us a bottle of wine, for carrying her shopping home for her. Where lyrics can lead eh?! The family don’t let me choose holidays now 🤣
This song get me every time I'm nearly 60 as well, "remember the back streets of Naples " one of the saddest lines there ever was, more than just brilliant !
I came across this by chance and I had never heard of this song or this folk singer before and I am a lover of classic rock of this era and where do you go my lovely has instantly blown me away. I just have to listen to more of his brilliant music.
+Scott Scown yeah but in those days hair was hair and it was very cool to have some as per the Beatles! Today's styles would have been laughed at as being daft so don't knock what you could never understand but simply appreciate the differences.
I’ve heard this on the radio every now and then ever since I was a kid and it was always one of my favourite songs to play on the radio. It makes me feel nostalgic for times I’ve never known and places I’ve never been to. But I still get that same feeling I did even as a kid and I’m so happy I found this on TH-cam so I can listen to this whenever I want.
I used to sing and dance to this at home as a little girl - many years later, I still know all the words, although I often forget other things ... Guess it's been a lifelong love, such is the phenomenal power of music. Still gives me chills and makes me tearful - very, very special to me 💜
I toured Europe with a beautiful 18 year old girl in the 70s ,we had the most beautiful connection to each other mentally and physically then after two years she decided to leave for greener pastures ,it left a hole in my heart so large , so i can relate to this song with deep emotions.
While watching 'The Darjeeling Limited' on a flight from Amsterdam this masterpiece came along and brought me all the way back to my early childhood. How lovely!!
@@stardust-hr8wh Quite agree with you. Some singers and musicians are destined to be One Hit wonders like Bernie Flint .This track was Momentous thou and reminds me of the time n Fab to be young and luvly memories of my parents too. Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK 🤝
@@doughands9210 Cheers Doug for your reply, I agree with you sir ' Peter should of had more hits and was very underrated. Did you like Little Arrows sung by Leapy Lee another big hit and not forgetting Lily The Pink but appreciate not every ones choice. Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK 🤝
Age doesn't matter I have loved 60's music since I was a kid and I'm 43. Sincerity and beauty are timeless. And the 60's ahd it more than any other decade.
My grandad loved this song, it was his favourite. I remember sitting in the garden and him singing it ,as it played from the radio. He was a brilliant man and loved all this grandchildren dearly. Rest in Peace grandad I hope you are still singing as beautifully as you did xx
R.I.P. Peter. He passed away on 8th January 2017, aged 75. My thoughts go out to the Sarstedt family, especially Peter's brothers Eden Kane (Richard Sarstedt) and Clive "Robin" Sarstedt.
This is one of the best songs ever written back in a time when you understood the lyrics and could almost picture the places and items as he sings them. My love for this song is not just because if its timeless qualities but it was No.1 in the charts the week I was born.
Lyrics...from the heart...superbly sung...it's 2024 and I still love every word of this song..
Ahhhh hard tay beat
Yes, such simple lyrics you could sing along with. I so miss the 60's.xxx
This has always been one of my favourites and yes I did watch this on top of the pops in 1969. I'm now approaching 71 and am in Paris for the first time. Yesterday I walked along the Boulevard Saint Michel and remembered this beautiful song.
Wow Sounds Fab
hope yi see 100 n something buddy
I hope you had a fabulous time 🙂
Paul Pearson, because "You live in a fancy apartment of the Bd, Saint-Michel"......A pity you didn't know Paris at that time, it was just wonderful, specially Latin Quarter. I'm french, by the way..!:-)
Great for you sir!
You obvously have similar rmemories to myself.
My mom is 60 this year. Im 16 thos year. My mom showed me this and i instantly fell in love with it. My mom used to be in a group of bikers. They would all go back to one of the guys houses above the pub and sing this song together. I wish i would have been born then.
Doesn't sound like a song a group of bikies would listen to above a pub. Are you sure?
Sometimes we don't understand lyrics until we get older. This is a heart renching song yet so beautiful.
Very True. 👍🏼
Who was that introduction by.
@@dessmith1387 Simon Dee ex Pirate DJ, later had his show Dee Time. He fell from grace.
Beautiful lyrics
Your right it is was mum's fav song her love to my dad I had this song for mums funeral I was 4 when I used to see mum isterning to this song
I was eleven years old when this masterpiece caressed my ears. Now I'm sixty years old, I can't remember what I went upstairs for, but I know every word of this song.
I was 10 when it first came out and I know exactly how you feel. It gives me a warm feeling inside when I hear it, and I also know every word too. Wonderful, wonderful song. Thank you for this masterpiece!
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Wonderful memories. Great quip I'm almost 60 and can relate. Peace
Me too.
I was 16 and in my 1st job
Is anyone listening to this still on 2024 ? Im old enough to remember it first time round haha
I listened te this just now. I remember it too
It is wonderful
Text with meaning and music🎉❤
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It's actually awful. I was born 1973, I remember it. It's basic stalking...
Yes, I'm 71, and this record brings it all back - even in June 2020!
Amen Rob!
Yesterday's greatest brings back sweet listening at the age of 70
Just watched Absolutely Fabulous movie and it closed with the song
Talking about Sophie loren he died not so long ago....
It's my song..I was four when it was out.im Marie Claire
This song takes me back to a simpler time in my life.
You dickhead
Modern day life is ALSO NICE AND SIMPLE TOO
I agree with you singers don't sing like this any more
Absolutely agree, those were the days .
It was we wernt hav fun y stay young x
@@catstar7914They were indeed, my friend.
We thought they'd never end.
So much beautiful music from the 60's. ❤
I Agree 👍🎉😊
I so did love this song.❤❤❤
I was 15 and my boyfriend used to sing this to me , he became my husband of 49 yrs . And he also you sing I buy you one more frozen orange juice .
Bless you sweetheart xxxx
Look at this guy's eyes. He's writing and singing from his heart. This is what you see when you have no sleep and you hang on to your fantasy, no matter what it might be. Even a dragon with no armor but a huge heart. This is a gift of poetry that no one can steal. Peter Starstedt, God bless you. It's still good in 2020 AD.
So true every time I hear this song it takes me back to fantastic times I love the lyrics thanks Peter 👍
I just thing of my childhood when it was simpler
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Childhood, yeah - those were magic memories.
Great comment 💔
Im drawn more to his hair.
R.I.P Dad, another one of his songs on his TH-cam playlist. 1963-2018
My Sincere Condolences For Your Loss
My mother got this single as birthday present in the spring of 1970, leaving her in tears at her birthday party. 50 years later, this song evokes the same emotions in me. Then you know you have a timeless gem at your hand. Tremendously beautiful song.
Word
We said max
I'm 16 year old boy, trying to live and survive with this type of old song.
Well done good on you
Keep on hanging in there! Things will get better. ❤
I hope you are doing well. Xx
I Hope you have found somebody who ca look inside your head.🍀
Gevoelig lied. Mooie stem. Ben 71 jaar en denk aan mijn hippie tijd. Nu al meer dan 30 jaar clean van drank en drugs dankzij mijn eeuwige vriend Jezus Christus😊❤
I'm a huge music fan, 66 years old. Never heard tis one. Just listened 3 times. Beautiful, heart wrenching tune. Brought tears to my eyes. Great songs can be pictured in your mind, I saw this one clearly.
@@user-dk9xe8kb7b I do, so touching.
@@cindytomato Excellent tune.
In 1970, my mother was waltzing to this song in the kitchen. I thought she looked like a princess.
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Every mother is a princess.... childbirth is harsh.
I an 18 year old girl from Holland and I totally adore this music. There's just so much more in it than most of the music nowadays. I must say I don't actually hate nowadays music, because I do listen to it a lot. But when my dad played this song yesterday I fell in love with music once again and I refuse to be ashamed of it.
Kisses from The Netherlands
Listen to more music from the 60s
Hoi
***** his brother is also very good
***** Haha well done sir.
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It’s the sixties, a Saturday morning, and I am watching a long forgotten Music show when this guy comes on and takes my attention from the Beatles, Stones, Bee Gees, and all the rest. I remember it as clearly as yesterday with a hint of a tear in my eye.
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YES YES Paul , loved my satdy mornings , cartoons , and ROCK N ROLL SONGS OF THE 6Os...... magic ....
Love this song.
This is one of the most beautiful love songs i have heard in my 74 yrs.
Huge huge memory to me as a teenager listening on the transistor deep into the night.....timeless masterpiece. Still listening at 66 💜
Listening too at 66 :)
I saw it on top of the pops [ or its equivalent?] at sc
Likewise but was at school in Hertfordshires.on my first year in u.k.,so brought all of Europe back to me with love...
Who's here in 2024? Wishing all your dreams come true ❤
Never left!
Me
🫂 hugs! We made it through!
Still here never left ither ❤
Thank you❤
I am 16 and this is one of my favourite songs along with Life on Mars, Sunny Afternoon and all the "classics". To everyone on here commenting about how they remember buying this when it first came out - you are so fortunate to have experienced this live and at a time of such iconic music! Listening to these incredible songs almost makes me feel as if I lived a little slice of it myself... I'm not bashing the music of my generation, though, because I like lots of that too, but there is something timeless about this era which I really hope is treasured and never fades away.
You are absolutely correct. We had the Rolling Stones come to our student hop one saturday - in 1968. Hard to believe, but true. BTW, it was at the student union building of Imperial College - just behind the Albert Hall. :-)
Alfred Nassim My grandpa was head of the YMCA in Liverpool just as the Beatles came on the scene (but before they went international) and actually managed to get them to come and play for him at a dinner he was hosting there!
That's great. Something to remember.
Let me tell you one too. Their first proper manager was Brian Epstein. He had been at Stowe school (Buckingham) and he brought them to the school for a performance in 1964. The boys (no girls) went crazy and the headmaster banned any more pop groups. Sadly, I started at that school the following term and so missed out on all of that. Epstein later committed suicide - because he was gay and Jewish. It was a big thing in those days.
Like most Beatles performances, their appearance at Stowe School is well documented. The booking was the result of a pupil from Liverpool called David Moores who was a fan of the group. The date was April 4th 1963 and it followed a session at the Paris Theatre London where they recorded a programme for the BBC. Their fee was £100. This was a long time before Beatlemania started and by all accounts, the group were greeted with polite applause by the staff and students. There will always be conjecture over the circumstances of Epstein's death. It was more than likely an accidental overdose of sleeping pills.
"polite applause"
I went to Stowe the following term, when I was 14 (Richard Branson was a contemporary).
The story we were all told was that the boys went berserk and that the headmaster, Robert Drayson, banned all similar performances thereafter. Don''t forget, we were all rigorously disciplined in those days.
Drayson would frequently cane boys over trivialities (hand in pockets, walking on the wrong patch of grass etc.) and did not consider it a good caning if the boy's bum did not bleed. He was a Cambridge Blue (hockey) and proud of his bowling skills.
One of the most talented singers ever
I, 68 years old, can cry my eyes out with this song. Heard it first when I was 15, but only now do I understand.
I didn't really understand until he left me on this blinking earth all by myself.
Died a warrior
I remember when this beautiful song was being played on the radio in Australia back in the early 70's, along with songs like; My name is Jack, He ain't heavy he's my brother, Those were the days my friends and hundreds of other great songs.
I remember being 15 when this song was released and thinking it was just about the most sophisticated thing I'd ever heard. Still feeling that way about 55 years on.
Why do people ask who is here in 2024?? It's because great music does not die!! Simple....
Heard this song for the first time in the late 70´s in a boarding school, was immediately struck by the sound and wording, magic and meaningful. Since then many years have gone by, many bridges have been crossed and I have been blessed with some wonderful memories including the first time I listened to this beautiful song , thanks!!
I am only 23 but this is my favorite song In the world. The words are more than beautiful.
I’m 31. Just hearing this for the first time. Beautiful song.
Absolutely Beautiful, loved this in the 60s and now I am 65 still love it ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Oh Suzy, I am 60 and living in Switzerland after America. I love this song, so let`s meet up in Cannes, Nice, St Tropez, for a drink and a little french kissing. Uhm.....french singing. 😘
Not crazy about this .
I met and spent time with Peter. A lovely man. His brother Clive was lovely as well.
Really? Fantastic
How wonderful...where did you meet them?
He was great. I was a teenager in the RAF on 1970 and was in a group as bass guitarist. The padre at the church on camp actually asked us to play this song in church one Sunday as he said it carried a massive message, so I'm maybe one of can select few to have performed Peters song in the house of God.
Brian porter...That is amazing.well done.
Very deep tune , story could be true , sounds sad for the guy as usual Ern
Remember hearing this song around March or April back in 1969. I has just started dating my wife of 42 years. I then left to California for the summer and oh how I missed her. This song made it even more "painful". I was so in love and such a romantic at heart. Now when I listen to it again, I reminisce about that time in my life and fall in love all over again. I thank God for having placed this woman in life.
I was 7 when I first heard this song in Kolkata India on a long staircase and I remember the sound of this song floating up to me several floors above in the darkness of the early evening, it always takes me back, I was fascinated and will never forget it and know how to go back to that moment when I was 7 years old.
Hello Sally, How are you doing?
Hi, I'm a Millennial Kolkatan. It'd be nice to know what the music scene was in your childhood. I do dearly wish we the young 'uns can carry on that rich legacy.
Amazing how music can do that isn't it?
I was 15 when this song came out I loved it then and still do now at 70 years young. Brings me right back to my teenage years thank you.
Same here, i feel 18 again everyday I came home from work this was playing just when it came out
No, that can't be right because I am 65 and this came out when I was 11...you would have been 6
Haven't had the heart to listen to this since dad's passing, but I'm so thankful to him for bringing me up with such a great taste in music, remember him sitting at the bottom of my bed playing his tatty battered old guitar and singing this to me and my sister every single night without fail... Miss you so damn much dad xxx
My condolence to you. In spirit, he is never far away from you.
I was same with this song was mum's fav had it at mums funeral I loved the song butt only recently I could luster to it still though with tears steaming down my face
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Thank you, Lost Boys and Fairies, for bringing me back to a lifelong favourite...
Peter used to live round the corner from me in Norbury, London, SW16
The Sarstedt brothers are still the only siblings to have three separate number one UK hits, not even The Bee Gees managed that..
Sending love to vinny Jones who loves this song as did his late wife, lovely song vinny remember love never dies she’s waiting for you.....
Thats what brings me here too, Love to Vinny Jones and his family, God bless Tanya his late wife ❤
This brought me here too, beautiful song. So so sad for him and the family 💔
It was their wedding song and they both could identify with the two children in the song who started off in rags. I think all straight women all over the world would want a love that Vinny had for Tanya.
Love to Vinny & family, beautiful song
Even as a young guy..this is a classic ..masterpiece
I remember my dad playing this song when I was a little girl in the early 90's. Thank you, Dad. You showed me what real music is.
lovely comment and... your dad had GREAT taste in music.
Your name is Carl
Is Carl a girls name?
your dad knew his music simone
Mine Dad too. But he dies few days ago... Rest in peace Daddy 🕯😭💕.
Your Music taste was always great.... your music will always be there for me....
I Love you.🕯
The way the cello comes on at 3:42 is absolute perfection. A mournful accompaniment to recollections of a life left behind.
Fifty four years on...2023....still mesmerizing
I was one of the few who bought this 45 in my area. I loved this song!
ME TOO
planned meeting with marie at saint michel fountain where she delicatley moved her hands in the water to cool herself. paris 1955.
lyrics reminded me..
+jerry lyons remember my two cousins playing this in the best lounge never forgotten the tune
v.happy days
I bought this the 1st day it was in WH Sites and still play it at my disco shows
is he related to eden kane? simply gorgeous song
I don't care who you are..
This song will bring tears to even the hardest of people..
A CLASSIC....
I loved this when i first heard it ,and that love has only increased as i have aged . Its a real masterpiece, in my opinion, and will always be appreciated .
It made me so sad that I didn’t no about this as a child I’m 52 years old 😢
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Those of us who were rescued from abject poverty in orphanages truly comprehend this magnificent song. We are entirely self-invented.
RIP Peter 💔
Hello Alis, How are you doing?
Very interesting comment.Alis.
did you marry a millionaire
Sans commentaire. Je n'ai rien à dire plus. PTDR 😂
We are all self invented ..! But only some of us realise it .. namista ❤️
I was very young when I first heard this song...oh I love it..brings back memory's of my youth..I can't remember how old I was...must of been my early teenager years omg...I love it..I wish I could turn the clock back..all these gorgeous song..I also remember watching him on top of the pops every Thursday night...that's when they used to do top of the pops Thursday night...lovely man..beautiful song.❤
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Never saw this video. It adds to an already classic song. Brilliant
My uncle in Dublin had a young man working for him who played the guitar and sang this song. I was 9 years old then and the song captivated me then and still does today. A timeless classic. Thank you Peter RIP
Beautiful for life
For a laugh ha ha ha ......
Cause I can look inside your head ....... Money on someone head been said wat a hit of a song Peter xxx
I heard this song for the first time as a child. I was as mesmerised then by the loveliness of the music as I still am today. It's haunting beauty still gives me goosebumps. Surely one of the most remarkable songs ever written.
I think this is one of the most beautiful songs ever written, it warms my soul ❤
Just SO beautiful, if only we understood it in our youth .
This song , it's been with me my whole life , and now My Daughter loves it , but it's so beautiful, when i hear it , i wonder how can a song like this , be born from a world like this , Its so beautiful , it just made a place for itself . Luv on -yah
One of my favorite song is "Mala" that I heard many years back. I came to know that Mala was influenced from this lovely song some twenty years ago. What a lovely song and deep lyrics...
one of the best written songs without a fdoubt
Totally agree with you x
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I'm 27 years old, I can't remember when or where this song came into myself, but whenever it came from I'm glad it did, what a beautiful piece of music.
It always puts me in a state of calm and joy.
Thank you for this masterpiece Peter.
Ate your age I'm guessing you came across this masterpiece from the first scene of The Darjeeling Limited. One of the few perfect songs of all time.
I fell in love with my first girlfriend while still at school when this song was at number one in the charts. After all the years that have passed since then it always stops me dead in my tracks when I hear it. Fantastic song by a great singer. Amazing time in my life never ever to be forgotten
Born in Delhi, conquered the world with his music, such an effortless talent, the words are a beauty and the voice is enough to picture the whole song!
... and owns a German Familyname ...
And he had a, brother two
@@jeffreygrant45 yes,you are right Jeffery.One was Eden Kate,l can't remember the second one...The name Robin has just popped in my head..
Peter was from the wonderful and talented anglo-indian community
Peter is now in a retirement home in England, suffering from dementia. Thanks, Peter for your music and courage. From Canada.
Well thats him done for cause if he is in a retirement home in the uk hes as good as brown bread
Really?, that is a sad way toward the end his life after such good songs like this one.
andy Russell When you love someone, then you see the eternity in that person---and you know that he will never really cease to exist. It's one of the gifts of loving another; we know, we touch their eternality, that they will be forever---and that we will meet again even more joyously.
+andy Russell You stupid, arrogant fool; who are you to judge the worth of his life?
+Kevin J. Lynch i was just pointing out how bad retirement homes are in the uk, just for fun ha ha ha!
I worked in Naples in the early 1960 s and had a boyfriend from there. After we split and I came back to UK this beautiful song came out. Always reminds me of a romantic time in Naples
First heard this when i was 12 years old. Loved it then and love it now. Couldn't help but play it during a trip to Paris. Always loved dancing to this beautiful song. ❤🎶🎵
born in 1954 i remember this track! strange how certain song bring such memories, when i was young i felt i was there, as if i met such a women,fantastic!
I agree however I was lucky enough to marry 2 women who were sexy goddesses inside and out and together spent 21 years in 2 marriages. I still have the gift of the gab and flirt, however taken a break from relationships for quite awhile, been meditating and doing other stuff more.
Born 55 and remember like yesterday sigi
@@UncompressedWAVmusic
such dir doch mal'n Bübchen, Onkel Kompri .....
Lyrics :
You talk like Marlene Dietrich
And you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire
Your clothes are all made by Balmain
And there's diamonds and pearls in your hair, yes, there are
You live in a fancy apartment
Off the Boulevard St. Michel
Where you keep your Rolling Stones records
And a friend of Sacha Distel, yes, you do
But where do you go to, my lovely
When you're alone in your bed?
Tell me the thoughts that surround you
I want to look inside your head, yes, I do
I've seen all your qualifications
You got from the Sorbonne
And the painting you stole from Picasso
Your loveliness goes on and on, yes, it does
When you go on your summer vacation
You go to Juan-les-Pins
With your carefully designed topless swimsuit
You get an even suntan on your back, and on your legs
And when the snow falls you're found in St. Moritz
With the others of the jet set
And you sip your Napoleon brandy
But you never get your lips wet, no, you don't
But where do you go to, my lovely
When you're alone in your bed?
Won't you tell me the thoughts that surround you?
I want to look inside your head, yes, I do
Your name is heard in high places
You know the Aga Khan
He sent you a race horse for Christmas
And you keep it just for fun, for a laugh, ha-ha-ha-ha
They say that when you get married
It'll be to a millionaire
But they don't realize where you came from
And I wonder if they really care, or give a damn
Where do you go to, my lovely
When you're alone in your bed?
Tell me the thoughts that surround you
I want to look inside your head, yes, I do
I remember the back streets of Naples
Two children begging in rags
Both touched with a burning ambition
To shake off their lowly-born tags, they tried
So look into my face, Marie-Claire
And remember just who you are
Then go and forget me forever
But I know you still bear the scar, deep inside, yes, you do
I know where you go to, my lovely
When you're alone in your bed
I know the thoughts that surround you
'Cause I can look inside your head.
Golam Raufu I used to sing this as a kid and was convinced it has Biarritz mentioned. That place seemed the height of sophistication and was a posh French resort, in my dreams. Not only did I miss hear the lyrics but I dragged the family on 2 weeks holiday to Biarritz on the back of this song! Wish I could afford St Moritz now. Biarritz is nice but very faded glory. Donostia/San Sebastian, down the road in Spain, was worth the holiday.
Met a wonderfully wizened Marie Claire who gave us a bottle of wine, for carrying her shopping home for her. Where lyrics can lead eh?! The family don’t let me choose holidays now 🤣
Danke für den Text
Talkn about Sophie loren
Thank you so much for the lyrics
Thanks Golam
How many of you know, this legend was born in New Delhi, India.
What an amazing singer. So underrated!
sure,such a sweet song, timeless even 50yrs later
What a great song. Every guy can think of a beautiful mysterious woman who bewitched and beguiled and couldn't be figured out
+s99bf0c8 you know...
i can think of a number of women who stitch me up
This song get me every time I'm nearly 60 as well, "remember the back streets of Naples " one of the saddest lines there ever was, more than just brilliant !
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@@davidhosking4674
.... B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
jetzt bist du dran, Onkel David
Absolute timeless masterpiece
Absolutely the best. What a gifted singer....
Such a beautiful song. When did music become more about looks than voices and emotions?
BEAUTIFUL PRECIOUS SINGER AND BEAUTIFUL LOVELY SONG!!! BRINGS SUCH NICE MEMORIES....CHEERS!!
I came across this by chance and I had never heard of this song or this folk singer before and I am a lover of classic rock of this era and where do you go my lovely has instantly blown me away. I just have to listen to more of his brilliant music.
Another one of those songs that paints pictures with its words. Brilliant
This was the best decade for Music.
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Listening to this beautiful song so much recently , I loved it so much but WOW . 🎉 hits my soul all over.
your never dead whilst your music is listened to.......
Nobody dies. Death is but another myth
@@leeryan1969 you do know The walking dead is fictional don't you?
I've heard artists say that you have two deaths, your actual biological death, and the death you have when your name is uttered for the last time.
Absolutely Fabulous brought me here, lovely, lovely song !!!
Me too
They couldn't only sing in those days, they were fine poets as well......and today?
+Scott Scown yeah but in those days hair was hair and it was very cool to have some as per the Beatles! Today's styles would have been laughed at as being daft so don't knock what you could never understand but simply appreciate the differences.
+Livesinthe Shadowsofthenight Pi55 0ff you idiot
+Dave Pax Shane McGowan, Nick Cave, Morrissey, Ian Brown to name a few.
+MrMorph1000 ah yes all celts too.....
+james copen Well Cave is Australian but I think I know what you meant :)
I’ve heard this on the radio every now and then ever since I was a kid and it was always one of my favourite songs to play on the radio. It makes me feel nostalgic for times I’ve never known and places I’ve never been to. But I still get that same feeling I did even as a kid and I’m so happy I found this on TH-cam so I can listen to this whenever I want.
It is so evocative - I agree.
Yes! I know that feeling! For that which we didn't experience. Thanks for putting it in words
Yes this was a very popular song on radio and and part of my childhood memories too!
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I used to sing and dance to this at home as a little girl - many years later, I still know all the words, although I often forget other things ... Guess it's been a lifelong love, such is the phenomenal power of music. Still gives me chills and makes me tearful - very, very special to me 💜
listening to the music of my youth brings back lots of memories, lots of them great, a few sad. All part of life`s rich tapestry. Great
I toured Europe with a beautiful 18 year old girl in the 70s ,we had the most beautiful connection to each other mentally and physically then after two years she decided to leave for greener pastures ,it left a hole in my heart so large , so i can relate to this song with deep emotions.
While watching 'The Darjeeling Limited' on a flight from Amsterdam this masterpiece came along and brought me all the way back to my early childhood. How lovely!!
This was my friend's favourite song. She died a few years ago. I think of her often. This song makes me smile and be sad at the same time.
I first heard this when I was about 12, and I've loved it since, I'm 50 now.
Yes I'm still listening to all these wonderful hits.Time machines.
Am I the only 12 year old here? I saw this on top of the pops 1964-75 best hits or something like that and saw this and can’t stop listening to this!
Timeless. First heard around 30 years ago and it sounded so different to everything else so mysterious.
Does anyone wonder why he didn't have more hits. His voice was certainly a gift for us all
Great voices need great written songs
@@stardust-hr8wh Quite agree with you. Some singers and musicians are destined to be One Hit wonders like Bernie Flint .This track was Momentous thou and reminds me of the time n Fab to be young and luvly memories of my parents too. Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK 🤝
@@glynnevans1851 When this gem hits about the 3 and a half mark it's so brilliant adding the strings. So powerful.
@@doughands9210 Cheers Doug for your reply, I agree with you sir ' Peter should of had more hits and was very underrated. Did you like Little Arrows sung by Leapy Lee another big hit and not forgetting Lily The Pink but appreciate not every ones choice. Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK 🤝
@@glynnevans1851 Should have, not should of.
I loved singing this song as a 9 year old with my dad, I'm 64 now and it still makes my heart sing whenever I hear it ❤
My All time favorite
Age doesn't matter I have loved 60's music since I was a kid and I'm 43. Sincerity and beauty are timeless. And the 60's ahd it more than any other decade.
I agree, most of my favourite artists and groups are from the 50's/60's/'70's and I am an 02 baby haha
Beautiful sung by a genius
Just told my boyfriend who introduced me to this song I want this as our first dance... His response "done!"
My grandad loved this song, it was his favourite. I remember sitting in the garden and him singing it ,as it played from the radio. He was a brilliant man and loved all this grandchildren dearly. Rest in Peace grandad I hope you are still singing as beautifully as you did xx
This Song is so true😢😢
R.I.P. Peter. He passed away on 8th January 2017, aged 75. My thoughts go out to the Sarstedt family, especially Peter's brothers Eden Kane (Richard Sarstedt) and Clive "Robin" Sarstedt.
Larry Wyse I didn't know that. R.I.P
just checked .. yep you're correct
I did not know he passed this year, such a shame.
He's with her now
I didn't know that. How sad. Not that I ever knew Peter, but I was pretty obsessed with this song at the time. I've heard it sung by Clive many times.
William Klein
Who???
This is one of the best songs ever written back in a time when you understood the lyrics and could almost picture the places and items as he sings them. My love for this song is not just because if its timeless qualities but it was No.1 in the charts the week I was born.