British guitarist analyses Petula Clark singing Downtown live in 1967!
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- Tonight we're going back to 1967 to take a look at Petula Clark singing 'Downtown'!
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I love your detailed analysis, but I enjoy the joy on your face even more. It says everything that actually needs to be said for the lay person. Thanks for what you do!
Fil has the best smile. I know.
@@redwoods7370 He's a beautiful soul. 💞
@@tammy5926 Truly.
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@@wingsofpegasus 😘
The Fil Smile of Approval. The highest award known to music !!!! There is no substitute for seeing your amazing smile when you do that voodoo that you do so WELLLLL !!!!!!!
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Petula [Sally] just turned 91 15 November 2023. What a tremendous life and career.
Another great analysis, Fil.
I was just 12 in Feb 64 and I remember I really was greatly influenced by the British Invasion. This song set a mood and image in my young mind and stayed with me all these years. A great song
Petula, Cilla and Dusty just 3 outstanding British singers of the '60's. Thanks for explaining things so well.
This young dude knowledge about and enthusiasm for all kinds of music is wonderful. Full of great information and entertaining in equal measures. Well done and thank you for doing all these amazing videos Phil.
She looks so hip and could be performing this today and look perfectly in style.
Petula looks absolutely stunning here and she remains so relaxed and connected to the song throughout this performance. One of my all time favorite performances from this era.
I remember when she hit the airways in the mid-60s in America, as an 11 year old boy I had such a crush on her. My favorite was Don't sleep in the subway darling.
Thanks for the Memories Fil.
Love "Don't sleep in the subway darling".
Was the same age......& think I also had a crush on her....
David Cantwell I was 6 when Downtown came out but I remember it like it was yesterday. My favorite is also Don’t sleep in the subway. Great song!
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Yeah... I was referring to 1965 when she hit the top five here in the states with a song she cowrote You're the one.
Excellent
Petula was one of the great voices from that era along with Dusty Springfield and Lesley Gore. 👍👍
I love the buildup of tension that starts with "The lights are much brighter there . . ." Nobody writes songs like that anymore.
Awesome - brings back so many memories of when I lived in London in 1964/65 when I was 8 - wow!!
One more comment about this splendid video. The reason “Downtown” is so good is that it takes a personal experience and makes it universal. It came from the first visit of the English composer Tony Hatch to New York in 1964. Hatch was caught up in the sensory overload of Times Square, whose noise, traffic, and lights, gave him his syncopated rhythm (“the LIGHTS are MUCH BRIGHT-er THERE”), making the pulse of the city into a kind of abstract tone poem.
But being an Englishman, Hatch didn’t know that Times Square was actually in Midtown (which would have been a terrible song title.)
But what’s great about the song is its freshness. Hatch's visit was in September and he was still working on the lyrics on Oct. 16 when Petula Clark recorded it. This is why the song is forever date-stamped to 1964. The line that tells us to “listen to the rhythm of the gentle bossa nova” refers to “The Girl from Ipanema,” the bossa nova song that was a colossal hit that summer.
A final footnote: that perky rhythm guitar in the original recording is played by Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, then a much sought after studio musician.
Reichensperger Tony’s collaborator Jackie Trent also worked on the song.
Wow. So cool. Lots of great info.
Well said..wow that’s amazing detail.
Thank You So Much For Your Analysis Of Petula’s ‘Downtown’ Amazing Singer And Live Performer
An 80 Year Career In Show Business Should Stand Up As An Example As Such Greatness …
No Auto Tunes Or Correction Needed In This Performer Just Sheer Brilliance As An Artist ♥️
Petula Was 32 Years Of Age When She Recorded ‘Downtown’ And NOT 16!
Phil, you’re so effective in explaining elements of a musical performance that a trained musician would take for granted in a way that is interesting but that an untrained ear would miss. Great job!
WOW he has ears! Well done!
Bam !
A great song and still holds up today. I met Petula Clark in 1970 London very sweet when I said hello.
Petula Clark could really sing! My favorite female voice! Downtown, I remember when it played on the radio so much, it is the song that epitomizes that mid 60's era! Thanks Wings of Pegasus!
She has so much joy in her voice
Great artist selection Fil!
As a young boy I remember riding in the car and this song would come on the a m radio. Mom would grab the volume knob, crank up the volume and sing along with Petula. Thanks for bringing me back to 1967 with my Mom!
I think Fil is the best music critic to ever grace us. Honestly, who else has the stones to detail Aerosmith one day and Petula Clark the next? The dude is spot on every time too. I just found these and I've enjoyed every one.
One of my earliest musical memories is of Petula Clark singing this song. I can remember the words too. I remember listening to it on my little a.m. transistor radio and my earplug. Bobby Gentry's "Ode to Billie Joe" was another.
These are Master's level lectures at ten minutes each.
Thanks!
@@wingsofpegasus Well deserved.
Petula was a superstar in her day! I loved her!
For Sure!
Big time...!!
Yes. I didn’t understand the other contributor’s, “underrated”, comment. I believe she was an international superstar.
Great analysis! As somebody else said, your smile throughout the performance was also a great critique. I think everybody smiles when they hear and watch this video of “Downtown.“ It’s just such good music and puts one into a better mood than they were before the song started.
Fil...I meant to tell you that it was this song that made me fall in love with my hubby 54 yrs ago! Our first date...at a concert..and when that song started playing I took his hand...maybe it sounds corny to some, but he never left my side after that! Six months later we married...and just celebrated our 54th anniversary! I played this at our 50th Anniversary Party...such memories! See Fil..music does bring lovers together! I may be 73, but I consider you my musical buddy!
My cousins gave me a paper grocery bag full of 45s when I was a kid, and Downtown was amongst those records. I listened to it over and over. Great song!
I was 10 when this came out. I can still sing along and feel good. Thanks Fil. PS I just looked Pet Clark up - she's 87 years old! Still with us.
Don't Sleep in the Subway is another great Tony Hatch song recorded by Pet Clark. Brilliant chords!
I knew and worked with one of her background vocalists Linda Lee Lawley. Linda continued to perform in clubs until 3 days before we lost her. We miss her.
This song is truly my first memory of a song!! i was a toddler, but i remember it perfectly, and it played all the time on our AM radio!!
Unparalleled, So glad I grew up with this amazing time for music.
I love that you do 'music history' and not just 'guitar technique'.
She had such a clear voice. Whenever I see her I think of how she and Dean Martin were such good friends.
N.J. Qualls It’s funny that you should mention Dean because, as I’m sure you must know, this song is from one of Petula’s appearances on his show in 1967. When she finished this solo, she and Dean performed a medley of songs. They sang very well together.
Petula Clark is a world treasure, thanks Fil for a trip down memory lane.
I was 10 years old in 67 and this song was so memorable to me. I remember exactly where I was when I first heard it on WLS, am Chicago. I always knew there was something special about it! Thanks for helping me to understand it Fil! When I hear it nowadays, it takes me back to a happy place in time during my youth. Best Wishes! 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Me too, I'm 56 and LOVE those innocent songs ....cheers
@@steveevans424 Me too my friend. Im 55... We're all the same. So wonderful to go back in time. It's pretty amazing. 💕😘💃
Same here PJ but I was 300 miles to the south picking it up on KXOK in Saint Louis. My local pool hall had a jukebox that played them all for a quarter or 3 plays for 50 cents.
P J I WAS 10 YEARS OLD IN 1967 AS WELL. MY DAD AND I LOVED THIS SONG.
I live in Oklahoma and listened to WLS at night. Was a great station back in the 60's.
Yep I’m old and remember when she was a hit. Love your channel!
Thank you for these great explanations, opening the mysteries of music to an ignoramus like me! When I was a kid, Petula Clark was very big in France, where I grew up. We loved her. We were feeling the effects of her talent without understanding how talented she is.
A National Treasure....Love Pet Clark.
Awe Fil... I asked for this. Love you man. 💕
Pet Clark with dancing 007s. Groovy!
Clarke has so Much love and light in her Beautiful voice!
Wonderful message at 0:54 when Petula looks into the camera and sings to you directly, "how can you lose" ... The hope, beauty, and promise melts my heart. Again @ 1:35 to 1:45 , not singing, but talking to you as a friend - "And you might find somebody kind to help and understand you, Someone who is just like you and needs a gentle hand to guide them along" - beautiful lyrics and beautiful delivery.
Fil you are such a Godsend. I listened to this music for 60 years and never understood the complexities of this music. i know I feel very lucky to have grown up in this era. The number of artists and their hits seems to go to infinity.
You make me wish I would have studied music, as usual your analysis is amazing. Please don't stop. I'm learning and so interesting. 😙
I love Petula Clark! I used to sing "My Love" by her to my daughter when she was a baby.
12yo fabulous voice. Always brings back good memories of living in SoCal in the 50s and 60s
This guy knows what he's talking about.
Hi Fil! I was 8 then, and I remember very well hearing her on my parents Hi-Fidelity stereo system on a beautiful, breezy, Saturday afternoon in the Summertime of Southern California...
Those were the happiest times of my life. Thank you.
I love this song. Whenever I hear it I go back to the place I first heard it, back when I was 4 years old, which was "downtown" Atchison, Kansas. I feel everything I did on that day and I still see everything as clearly now as I did then. It's a happy memory!
I get a real kick out of the artists you choose . I love your smile as you listen. Great job . From NY
You're on a roll here Fil , 60's female heart throbs
Love Petula....but Fil....he is an amazing talent also....best talent onyou tube find this year. Just watch his face and how he loves every note when Petula sings. He is as fun to watch as she is
You have such a big beautiful smile that immediately makes me smile. The enjoyment you receive from listening so intently to these great singers warms my heart so much
Downtown always reminds me of my mother. She loved this song.
Great song mid 60s pre summer of love and the rock Era. The world would never be as innocent. Vietnam War, acid rock, anti establishment soon to come. Petula was great. Dione Warwick another great voice of that Era with the Burt Bacharach compositions.
Another group that comes to mind is The Association. Beautiful harmonies and lyrics, innocence now lost!
I miss the 60s.
OMG! So do i! The best years of my life!!
So do I. I was 14 in 1967.
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The 60’s had many wonderful things to remember with warm and fuzzy feelings. But it was far from perfect. Just go back and listen to For What it’s Worth by Buffalo Springfield; Blowing in the Wind by Bob Dylan/Peter, Paul and Mary. Race riots, Viet Nam, Kent State massacre, Give Peace a Chance. Assassinations of JFK, MLK Jr., and young Bobby Kennedy. It was a great time to be alive for the music, the women’s movement, etc., and I, too, look at these times fondly. We had our growing pains as well. ✌🏼
@@KatieReadsKoziesAndMore the 60,s were like blessings in the music industry. A magical musical era, the best ever. It left an amazing musical legacy.
America is lucky to get British talent and others from different countries for such great music talent to come to America.
Petula Clark will turn any frown upside down by watching this jazzy number! 😃
This is one of the first songs I remember on the radio at abt 4yrs old~sitting in the back seat of my dad's yellow VW bug! ( carseat & seatbelt free, btw-😬) Can u imagine?
Allison Young I was 3 years old in your car sitting in the front seat in a car seat I brought myself
@@rickrick5041 🤣 I remember lying down in the back window space- just rolling off if Dad, (sometimes drinking!), braked too hard!! This explains alot abt my later behaviors!😉 The 70s~
@@susandenniscook9271 😄 I knew I couldn't be the only one ! They saved us from polio but risked our lives daily !😒😅We survived!
@@allisonyoung4007 You shouda had a car seat. They are half price on Black Friday or White Monday
@@rickrick5041 It was around 1967- not unusual-
You picked a classic Fil to dissect and its pure bliss for you and us. Petula is a legend and unforgettable performer. Thanks for sharing mate
I enjoyed hearing this great song as a very young lad in mom's car!! Sincerely,BobbyK
We learned early on that Petula Clark will always be "where all the lights are bright!" She is my favourite singer. She treats her fans like friends & always (unless she's got a flight to catch) takes time to meet & greet us @ the stage door. She is a lovely person, professional, artistically, & personally. I adore her. Thank you for such compelling & comprehensive musical information.
I am so happy to see you analyzing all these 60s artists
You have a fantastic gift for explaining music. Especially for laymen (people) that just like what they hear. As interesting as the song itself is, this was a short course in music appreciation that elevated her performance a few octaves . Thank you:)
Thanks!
I was 7 years old when this song came out in 1964,i loved it.
🎶DOWNTOWN!!🎶
Love that song!
My new favorite 60s girl group...Mary Weiss and the Shangri-Las!
Another great singer of my generation and I'm very proud and I tell anyone
I miss the days of songwriting like this. Pet is a treasure. 😊😍
Fil, really appreciating your growing comfort in bringing forward and discussing the technical details of these performances. Never shy away from losing us when you go down that path as you are striking the perfect balance.
Btw, this recording is one of those that just fitted and matched an AM radio back in the day for those of us who go back that far.
Neal Schier I have learned so much and have also learned how little I know about music.
Hahahaha I agree
Petula is the pride of the u.k. for good reason.
.... Just love this music ... Great analysis, , FIL.... As always! But, as I have admitted....I adore all the 50's/ 60's / 70 's music.....Her voice is so clear and actually reminds me somewhat of Miss Julie Andrews ....
My mom use to sing this song around the house
She did the same at my house.
Mine did too!
I did around our house. :-)
Hey Fil, Yes I’m that old...I was a sophomore in HS...I loved this song! Good ole Petula. Man I wish I could pick u up in a time machine and whisk u back to 1964 , Ed Sullivan and the Beatles came on...changed the world man. Elvis more my brothers music. I liked the black artist in Chicago Howlin Wolf, Chess records, and Memphis Tn. With Beal street boys like BB King....and of course Robert Johnson...I played cross roads...ok , ok I’ll shut-up. I could go on forever. I studied music classically for 12 years and believe it or not, I took the history of rock n roll in college...yeah! Rock on 🤘🏻 Fil...
Remember this wonderful song at My tender age of ten... Often dreamed about downtown from the chilly climate of Tasmania in the Bush... Fantastic amazing in depth analysis a gem on you tube...
Thanks Fil. One of the greatest pop songs ever written.
Hey Fil, Petula Clark had quite a history, starting young with critical acclaim. The sound of the 60's. One of my favorites. Be good, C.
What an excellent performance and composition to allow you to dig into some basic music theory for your audience, Fil. You made it engaging for both musicians and non- musicians alike. Well done!
Petula is another favorite from the 1960s and thanks for your review Fil. I put some more of my favorite singers from the past below.
Surely one of the greatest hits of the 60s! A total upper!
I remember being a 12 yr boy with a major league on her! That song was HUGE! 7decades of performing, one of the best in the 60s.
Totally noticed that she sounded like Julie Andrews during the video. Julie Andrews has been one if my favorites. Your research is amazing
rob yohn you beat me to it !
Groovy!! Love hearing this again, it's from my childhood. I love how she pronounced every word so clearly, love her tone, love her dress, and her smile. Thanks for this!
I had the "Downtown" album as a kid. I would play it and sing along. Brings back chilhood memories!! Those Male dancers at the beginning!!! 😂😂😂. Dance moves of the era!
Petula Clark, a pleasant journey down memory lane
I REMEMBER HEARING THIS SONG IN THE MID 60S I MIGHT HAVE BEEN THREE OR FOUR . I REMEMBER LOOKING OUT OF OUR CAR THIS SONG WAS PLAYING ON THE RADIO. WE WERE IN DOWNTOWN PORT TOWNSEND WASHINGTON ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF SEATTLE. MY MOM WAS WEARING A PAIL GREEN RAINCOAT A SCARF ON HER HEAD. SOMETIMES SHE WOULD WEAR GLOVES BACK THEN. IT SEEMED LIKE THEY SHE WAS SINGING ABOUT PORT TOWNSEND . I ALWAYS LOVED PETULA S VOICE.
Great comment and a fine example of a Proustian Response ( look it up).
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That is what made this song great since I was thinking the same thing about Port Townsend, except my Port Townsend was Denver. It struck a chord with everyone in their city.
Which reminds me of the first ultimate sell-out song, by Boston I think. They sang a song and said X city was the rock capitol, and each radio station couild insert the name of their city.
I am sure someone will correct me since I am not sure of which band and I am fuzzy on the song itself.
My Port Townsend was Cincinnati. You remember correctly that your mother wore a scarf and gloves. Women were expected to dress up in “church clothes” when going downtown. I was little, but I had to wear my scratchy crinoline slip, hat, and dress shoes for these special trips to town. A woman would not consider wearing pants/trousers to church, or downtown.
@@phillipecook3227 I looked it up. I enjoyed learning something new. Thanks for the compliment.
@@sjwillis1137 powerful eh?
I heard her sing this song at 11 and loved it. Still feels the same 55 years later.
Love this song and Petula Clark
I immediately thought of her when you featured Cilla Black yesterday. Good pick, Fil❣️
Happy holidays everyone...mean it 🎅🤶
To you as well!
Petula put so much life into her singing. Thanks for the analysis and the reminder.
Love this song! Another singer that started out young. I saw her on Broadway with David & Shaun Cassidy in "Blood Brothers." They guaranteed a standing ovation & totally delivered!! Awesome show that was extended then toured the USA. (I ran David's Official fan club in the 80's & later had a website for him.)
What a lovely lady! She was an actress, too, right? Well, I know by now I’m in for a treat in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... 😄
Thanks for the free theory lesson! You are a great teacher!!
a musical memory cemented into my memory.
I loved that song when I was little! Still do! Thanks for giving me a deeper appreciation.
I saw Petula in the national tour of Sunset Boulevard back in the 90's and she still had her chops!
Fil, I forgot to mention Marni Nixon. One of the most amazing singers of all time that a lot of people don't know. I hope you can do an analysis on her. Best Wishes! 🇬🇧🇺🇸
in 1967 I had a 12 year old cousin that sang the sprockets off that song for an entire summer. She had no vocal technique. I can't hear the song now without hearing her then. Thanks for the memories.
I've always loved this song but now I know why! Thank you for explaining the theater style of the composition and her amazing ability. Bravo
Songs like Downtown were the style of the 60's. Like on Broadway or Say a Little Prayer for You, Songs ment to showcase a singer's talent. Is something sorely needed these days. Look forward to the Petula follow on video. That Lady could belt out a tune.
Rock on !.
Oy! This was my favourite song of the year! I wore white gogo boots and felt so cool. And still love it. Thank you, Fil. How cool of you!👍😘
Oh, just love Petula Clark! This is a great song to listen to if you're feeling a bit down! It picks you right up!😊💞 Hope you're having a great weekend Fil! 😁💞
Pretty sure you are also thinking what I am thinking; what a stunning, beautiful, talented tour de force she is. Your analysis feeds the brain; Pet Clark feeds your eyes, ears and soul!