One of my favorite songs. I replaced the badly damaged original audio track with an HQ remaster, and adjusted the washed-out contrast of the promo video.
Michael Brown the keyboardist wrote this about his crush on the girlfriend of the band’s bass player. Michael died in 2015, after also becoming a Christian, but I think this is his piece of earthly immortality. Thank you Michael. 💯 ☮️ ❤️
I remember hearing this song often as a kid. Never could catch most of the words beyond the refrain, but it is so catchy. Still can’t catch them as an adult. Thankfully I can look up the lyrics.
Such a haunting song. "Walk Away Renee" & "Cherish" by The Association were the most-beautiful hits of '66. At 12 years old I kissed a girl for the first time - Prettiest girl I'd ever known. It was October 1966, and both songs were on the radio. We were "good and kissed" that night. It's now 2019, and we're still friends, thanks to Facebook - and yeah, she's STILL pretty. Thank you, Left Banke.
I just heard it for the first time since prior to 1970. My older brother played it over and over. He's been gone 32 years. I was born in 66. But I know I heard it before I ever went to school and not since. I had a broken heart before I was 6 due to this song. And it's remained my entire life when it comes to music
I was a child when I first heard this song. It takes me back to a better time. Who knew that decades later we'd have the privilege of seeing this video. The lead singer's voice is perfect for the lyrics.Much appreciated!
Justin Hensley I worked at the main mortuary at Tan-son- Nhut air base in Saigon for my first 6 months then was promoted to Sgt E-5 and sent to xuan-Loc where I was attached to the 11th Cav. I was in charge of the grave registration unit there and followed the Cav as they went into the field, I was in charge of the recovery unit that recovered the Kia that couldn’t be brought out after battles. I guess I was in 3 corps most of the time but not sure as I did a lot of traveling with my mos 57f40
This song is a timeless classic! I wish I could have experienced life in the sixties, but I wasn't born until 1979. However, I love and embrace the beautiful pop music of the old generations. It obviously was a more simple time. This song is just beautiful! ~Dutch
I was a teenager when this song came out, and it has haunted me ever since, every time I have revisited it - still does. And no, sorry, it was absolutely not at all a simpler time; it was at least equally complicated, but in a different way - more trusting certainly, perhaps more naive, definitively more hopeful, less cynical, less inclined to think of facile sneering as a sign of sophistication. I am 76 years old; was there, saw that, still have a ragged t-shirt or two to show for it, and, nostalgia aside, it probably was better then. Not simpler; just better. Progress, my arse.
I went to school with some girls named Renee back in the eighties, which was my childhood. Years later when hearing this song and realizing the name "Renee" is in the title, I got to thinking this must have been the song that inspired parents to name their daughters that! I wouldn't doubt it at this point. ~Dutch
..great scott!! hey marty..lets go back to 1955!! never mind the plutonium..once we"ve got there, we'll never go back to the future, much better time we got there!!
This song is eternally haunting and this simple, black and white video is by itself so powerful. Note that Steve Martin Caro's expressions really make an impression.
The song actually is not simple. There are 8 different chords in the song. Three of those chords are not even in the key of A Major Ionian mode. There's a flat 7, a minor 4 & a major 2 that are substitution chords. In addition, the song is pitched high in the tenor range so most guys couldn't even come close to singing it. LOL
I was very small when this came out. My Brother had records that I inherited as he went to the Army. A vast library of what is now our memories in music Gold. They'll never beat those songs Yall
Me 2. 10 years old and knew zero about romance and loss but this song took me by the heart. Nowadays it makes me tear up and hunt my wife on for a hug and a reassurance "Dont die first babe. Please."
Back in the days where garage bands were a dime a dozen, here today gone tomorrow. The Left Banke left their mark in the music industry and with the records buying public with quite a few well-crafted songs and one of the best debut record albums by a garage band.
45 rpm little records with one song per side. We had a garage band two guitar players one with a 60's strat, I was drafted as the singer. We would call up girls on the phone and play Evil Hearted You by Yardbirds and Heart full of soul. Those were the days before acid, and Panama Red.❤👍🤩
I'm older Gen X, and have been hearing this version since...forever. Which is late 70s, for me...on the Oldies stations. Although I don't think I ever knew the name of the group (to associate it with the song, at least) till yesterday. And I've never heard the Four Tops version, or as far as I recall, any other version, till looking it up a moment ago. The Left Banke version is the definitive version, at least for me. It's a plaintive song of teenage loss, and powerlessness, and they sung it that way. It's amazing that a teenager wrote it. I couldn't have written it if I'd been a teenager for a million years.
Written primarily by then-16-year old Michael Brown, who has stated that the song is one of a number he wrote about Renée Fladen-Kamm, who was then the girlfriend of The Left Banke's bassist Tom Finn and object of Brown's imaginary affection.
That's incorrect. Michael only added the line "You're not to blame" The Song was written by Tony Sansone, and it was not about Renee Fladen-Kamm, it was about the area Tony grew up in.
I have a wonderful haunting fondness for "Pretty Ballerina". both songs are great but the ballerina has been stuck in my psyche for some reason. Thanks for the upload.
It was a subgenre of both soft rock and folk music popularised in 1964-1969 known, believe it or not, as ‘Baroque rock’, of which this, ‘Eleanor Rigby’, ‘Yesterday’, ‘As Tears Go By’, ‘Shades of Grey’, and a few others were prominent examples. Most commonly (but definitely not always) it’s a string quartet (or two, as in ‘Rigby’) accompanying a traditional 4-instrument rock ensemble.
@@JonnieCometLtd Ah, interesting point, Jonnie! Baroque Rock. Never heard that term, but I like it. The Beatles had George Martin to help them with string arrangements, such as on "Eleanor Rigby," but I wonder who the Left Banke had to help them? Their father?
@@thomasromano9321 yes; Lookofsky seemed to have been a rare combination of musical talent and managerial chutzpah; but in retrospect his arrogance and greed were the band’s undoing; and his son Michael (who went by ‘Brown’ to distance himself professionally from his father, for obvious reasons), unfortunately turned out very egocentric and hard to work with as well. He should’ve stayed as a non-performing songwriter, like Julie Flanders for October Project.
@@JonnieCometLtd I'm so sorry to hear that! I didn't have the insight on the band that you do. I often wondered about this band, they seemed a bit ahead of their time. I remember this song when I was in eighth grade, 1967. Sure would have liked to have heard more compositions by this band. Do you know (just curious) how well-schooled musically the band members were? Could they actually write out music notation?
@@thomasromano9321 given that Lookofsky was a professional musician and that his son Michael was a piano prodigy, I’d say the band had that ability. But songs of the rock-and-roll era aren’t ‘written’; they’re devised, played, committed to memory and performed in a studio. Once some backbone of the song is recorded, parts get edited and added. The great advent to pure-digital recording, not available till at least 1985 (personal computer era), is the ability to extend the length of the song and to raise or lower pitch without having to change the tape speed. (Witness George Martin’s piano solo in ‘In my life’ which was recorded slowly and sped up to 30 IPS to give it the sound of a harpischord. That’s boggled later musicians for years. We’re all stuck with having to play it as it’s heard.) The strings on this are almost certainly arranged and directed by Lookofsky. Sounds like a string quartet.
I dated a girl named Renee when this came. My first digs band was also named Renee Piedmont. When I became an adult my first dog was Renee Piedmont Ii.
I think this was on Dick Clark’s Where The Action Is, and they’re miming to the song, it wasn’t live. Great song! And l also love The Four Tops rendition of this too.
My my what a brilliant cover,it's the first time I have seen or heard them.The lead singers voice is very melodic. I love it,very good song and brilliantly performed.
@davidetienne9404 Oh, I am so sorry. I never knew that.Accept my apologies.The song really is amazing, and the writer,or writers were extremely talented.
Even more incredible, the song came straight from the heart and the young man at 16 writing lyrics like that makes you wonder.Very talented he is without a doubt.
Remembering Steve Martin Caro born on October 12, 1948. He was an American rock musician. He is best known as the original lead singer of the 1960's baroque pop band The Left Banke. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Martin_Caro
@@johndevalera6014 Not certian of which one went to Berkeley School of Music, but Michael McKean of Laverne & Shirly Fame TV Show was amember of The Left Banke for at least a short time! In early 1967, he was briefly a member of the New York City "baroque pop" band The Left Banke and played on the "Ivy, Ivy" single (B-side: "And Suddenly"). - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McKean#Early_life
yes, though not American. Steve was born and raised in Spain and came to America in his late teens. He did live the rest of his life here, though- in NY.
@Paulie Pavarowtee i had found a little, he got married I know, and he was a beaten down old man when he died, saw him on a short clip where he was missing teeth and talking pretty wierd.
Some controversy regarding that. The idea was definitely Mike's, but Tony and another member felt they were just as involved with the finished product as Mike.
Though I really love them, is their version of this song weak against the original. They are adults they sing professional. This loneliness, this desperation, the feeling this was THE LOVE, you will never again be able to feel it, and you will stay alone forever- no forty-year-old EVER can have and express that feelings!
They were from New York and northern NJ. I don’t know how Michigan looks but the highest likelihood is that it’s some park within a 30-minute commute of Manhattan in 1967.
As far as I know, that isn't true. Renee Fladen was supposedly the girlfriend of the bassist Tom Finn. It was said that the lead songwriter and keyboard player, Michael Brown had a secret crush on her and that inspired him to write the song. Years later in an interview Tom Finn said it was all made up and that he and Renee only went out a few times. As far as I know lead singer Steve Martin-Caro never had a crush on her. LB fans correct me if I have it wrong. RIP Steve, Tom, George and Michael
@@amy-online9506 You are true, Steve wasn't involved. But he sang it so very touching, with real pain, so sad no adult could ever be when being in love with a girl which did not love him too.
@@cuchillxs4346 Harry was also the father of Michael Brown, who parenthetically was a co-writer of Walk Away Renee Harry was a member of the NBC Symphony Orchestra under director Arturo Toscanini. He also performed with Quincy Jones and Jaco Pastorius. This man had the chops to play classical music and jazz. He did both well. Hope this helps!
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Boomers are the greatest musical generation of all time. This song is amazing, one of my favs.😃🤓
Damn Skippy!!
I agree!
One of the most beautiful songs ever written.
Michael Brown the keyboardist wrote this about his crush on the girlfriend of the band’s bass player. Michael died in 2015, after also becoming a Christian, but I think this is his piece of earthly immortality. Thank you Michael. 💯 ☮️ ❤️
I remember hearing this song often as a kid. Never could catch most of the words beyond the refrain, but it is so catchy. Still can’t catch them as an adult. Thankfully I can look up the lyrics.
Such a haunting song. "Walk Away Renee" & "Cherish" by The Association were the most-beautiful hits of '66. At 12 years old I kissed a girl for the first time - Prettiest girl I'd ever known. It was October 1966, and both songs were on the radio. We were "good and kissed" that night. It's now 2019, and we're still friends, thanks to Facebook - and yeah, she's STILL pretty. Thank you, Left Banke.
I just heard it for the first time since prior to 1970. My older brother played it over and over. He's been gone 32 years. I was born in 66. But I know I heard it before I ever went to school and not since. I had a broken heart before I was 6 due to this song. And it's remained my entire life when it comes to music
Cooool memory!
It hurts to realize they have all passed away.
One of the most underrated songs and lyrics of all time. There is a story film to be made here.
Lets leave it alone. Some sad events should not be disturbed.
R.I.P. Steve Martin Caro
"Your name & mine inside a heart upon a wall. Still finds a way to haunt me, though they're so small". What a clever line for one so young to compose.
I was a child when I first heard this song. It takes me back to a better time. Who knew that decades later we'd have the privilege of seeing this video. The lead singer's voice is perfect for the lyrics.Much appreciated!
One of the most beautiful Pop ballards of all time..
Love this song It warms me and saddens me at the same time
No doubt.
That captures it perfectly. Brilliant.
Beautiful melancholy=bittersweet? The Carpenters built their career on that.....
Perhaps the most perfect pop song ever written. It's concise, evocative, poignant and doesn't overstay it's welcome.
I agree!
Serving in Vietnam listening to it on the radio. Love the song.
Did they play Pretty Ballerina too?
Justin Hensley I remember hearing it but not as much as walk away Renee. I have always loved the left bank. 👍
What corps were you at? 1, 2, 3, or 4? My supervisor was in IV on his 1st, then reenlisted and went to II corps.
Justin Hensley I worked at the main mortuary at Tan-son- Nhut air base in Saigon for my first 6 months then was promoted to Sgt E-5 and sent to xuan-Loc where I was attached to the 11th Cav. I was in charge of the grave registration unit there and followed the Cav as they went into the field, I was in charge of the recovery unit that recovered the Kia that couldn’t be brought out after battles. I guess I was in 3 corps most of the time but not sure as I did a lot of traveling with my mos 57f40
That brings a tear to my eye, Roger. Thank you so much for serving. God bless you.
Oh what wonderful memories this song brings back from the 60's 😊
This song is a timeless classic! I wish I could have experienced life in the sixties, but I wasn't born until 1979. However, I love and embrace the beautiful pop music of the old generations. It obviously was a more simple time.
This song is just beautiful!
~Dutch
I was a teenager when this song came out, and it has haunted me ever since, every time I have revisited it - still does. And no, sorry, it was absolutely not at all a simpler time; it was at least equally complicated, but in a different way - more trusting certainly, perhaps more naive, definitively more hopeful, less cynical, less inclined to think of facile sneering as a sign of sophistication. I am 76 years old; was there, saw that, still have a ragged t-shirt or two to show for it, and, nostalgia aside, it probably was better then. Not simpler; just better. Progress, my arse.
Love both versions ..this guys voice is so soft & he sings it’s just enough different to make you love sick for our past young lives & teenage love 💖
I was named after this song 😊
I went to school with some girls named Renee back in the eighties, which was my childhood. Years later when hearing this song and realizing the name "Renee" is in the title, I got to thinking this must have been the song that inspired parents to name their daughters that! I wouldn't doubt it at this point.
~Dutch
Love ❤❤❤❤😊
I know two that were!
💙🙏🏼
Such great times those were. Wish I had a time machine to go back.
..great scott!! hey marty..lets go back to 1955!! never mind the plutonium..once we"ve got there, we'll never go back to the future, much better time we got there!!
@@raulgarduno301 shows how much you don't know. That sounds was from 1966 not 1955.
@@Walt222 i knew that . but i preferred 1955 more good music are coming..✌️✌️
@@raulgarduno301 no problem it's all good
Argentina is the place
Beautiful haunting song. Lead singer was gorgeous.
Indeed.
gorgeous, yes. And sweet, RIP, Steve Caro.
I read someone posted, "A song written by a 16 year old and sung by a 17 year old" ....sublime
Not quite 17 when it was recorded 😉
Wrote it around 15 years old
This song is eternally haunting and this simple, black and white video is by itself so powerful. Note that Steve Martin Caro's expressions really make an impression.
oh! he made an impression
gorgeous!
The song actually is not simple. There are 8 different chords in the song. Three of those chords are not even in the key of A Major Ionian mode. There's a flat 7, a minor 4 & a major 2 that are substitution chords. In addition, the song is pitched high in the tenor range so most guys couldn't even come close to singing it. LOL
@yesterdayproductions1019 Note that I said the video is simple. I didn't say the song is.
I was very small when this came out. My Brother had records that I inherited as he went to the Army. A vast library of what is now our memories in music Gold. They'll never beat those songs Yall
I was a child when this came out. I loved it back then and still do!
Me 2. 10 years old and knew zero about romance and loss but this song took me by the heart. Nowadays it makes me tear up and hunt my wife on for a hug and a reassurance "Dont die first babe. Please."
Takes me back to a better time
Love this song. My boyfriend sang backup falsetto on the studio recording.
Cooool!
Everything that I have loved and lost in my life is wrapped up in the 2 minutes and 49 seconds of this masterpiece.
For me, "it cries".
I wonder how many chicks thought this guy was dreamy? I think he's a pretty handsome chap myself
I quite agree.
Totally dreamy ❤
“Chicks?”😮
@@sailordog1414 ... birds... cupcake... kitten.... doll... peach....
🙋🏼♀️me!
My favorite non-Beatles song!
They play this song in heaven! 🤗
When music was.
Back in the days where garage bands were a dime a dozen, here today gone tomorrow. The Left Banke left their mark in the music industry and with the records buying public with quite a few well-crafted songs and one of the best debut record albums by a garage band.
45 rpm little records with one song per side. We had a garage band two guitar players one with a 60's strat, I was drafted as the singer. We would call up girls on the phone and play Evil Hearted You by Yardbirds and Heart full of soul. Those were the days before acid, and Panama Red.❤👍🤩
Rest in Peace Steve Martin Caro
As a teenager in the Sixties, this bring back lots of memories..
It's so sad, and makes me feel so old, that the lead singer died.
This song was popular when I was in high school. The guys always said "don't walk away Rene"
Love love love this song!
What a great era.miss it so much
Just walk away Renee.❤
You won't see me follow you back home.😞
@@lustforkicks7392 that wouldn't bode well for you if you did. LOL 😆
I'm older Gen X, and have been hearing this version since...forever. Which is late 70s, for me...on the Oldies stations. Although I don't think I ever knew the name of the group (to associate it with the song, at least) till yesterday. And I've never heard the Four Tops version, or as far as I recall, any other version, till looking it up a moment ago.
The Left Banke version is the definitive version, at least for me.
It's a plaintive song of teenage loss, and powerlessness, and they sung it that way.
It's amazing that a teenager wrote it. I couldn't have written it if I'd been a teenager for a million years.
This is the original and definitive version, for sure. One of the best "pop" songs ever made.
Have you ever,"heard", a broken heart? This version is heartfelt.
Beautiful, like all the best songs written from personal feelings. RIP Michael Brown you emotionally musical genius.
I Love this song
Written primarily by then-16-year old Michael Brown, who has stated that the song is one of a number he wrote about Renée Fladen-Kamm, who was then the girlfriend of The Left Banke's bassist Tom Finn and object of Brown's imaginary affection.
That's incorrect. Michael only added the line "You're not to blame" The Song was written by Tony Sansone, and it was not about Renee Fladen-Kamm, it was about the area Tony grew up in.
RIP all. A favorite of mine. A haunting song.
Here is another rare television clip of the Left Banke - Shadows Breaking Over My Head
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The world is divided into two eras. Before "Walk Away Renee" and after "Walk Away Renee".
Indeed.
Well said
The original and still the best.
Damn right. Always.
to think all of them are dead now...ultimate baroque pop!
Saddens me. This group was so good.
One of my all-time faves, ever.
One of my favorite songs too. Thanks so much. Peace!
I was born in 1998 and I love this song
i like it when youngers like our music
I have a wonderful haunting fondness for "Pretty Ballerina".
both songs are great but the ballerina has been stuck in my psyche for some reason. Thanks for the upload.
Always a favorite of mine. These guys were soo talented! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
The band was influenced by classical music when they composed this song. You can certainly hear it in this song.
It was a subgenre of both soft rock and folk music popularised in 1964-1969 known, believe it or not, as ‘Baroque rock’, of which this, ‘Eleanor Rigby’, ‘Yesterday’, ‘As Tears Go By’, ‘Shades of Grey’, and a few others were prominent examples. Most commonly (but definitely not always) it’s a string quartet (or two, as in ‘Rigby’) accompanying a traditional 4-instrument rock ensemble.
@@JonnieCometLtd Ah, interesting point, Jonnie! Baroque Rock. Never heard that term, but I like it. The Beatles had George Martin to help them with string arrangements, such as on "Eleanor Rigby," but I wonder who the Left Banke had to help them? Their father?
@@thomasromano9321 yes; Lookofsky seemed to have been a rare combination of musical talent and managerial chutzpah; but in retrospect his arrogance and greed were the band’s undoing; and his son Michael (who went by ‘Brown’ to distance himself professionally from his father, for obvious reasons), unfortunately turned out very egocentric and hard to work with as well. He should’ve stayed as a non-performing songwriter, like Julie Flanders for October Project.
@@JonnieCometLtd I'm so sorry to hear that! I didn't have the insight on the band that you do. I often wondered about this band, they seemed a bit ahead of their time. I remember this song when I was in eighth grade, 1967. Sure would have liked to have heard more compositions by this band. Do you know (just curious) how well-schooled musically the band members were? Could they actually write out music notation?
@@thomasromano9321 given that Lookofsky was a professional musician and that his son Michael was a piano prodigy, I’d say the band had that ability. But songs of the rock-and-roll era aren’t ‘written’; they’re devised, played, committed to memory and performed in a studio. Once some backbone of the song is recorded, parts get edited and added. The great advent to pure-digital recording, not available till at least 1985 (personal computer era), is the ability to extend the length of the song and to raise or lower pitch without having to change the tape speed. (Witness George Martin’s piano solo in ‘In my life’ which was recorded slowly and sped up to 30 IPS to give it the sound of a harpischord. That’s boggled later musicians for years. We’re all stuck with having to play it as it’s heard.)
The strings on this are almost certainly arranged and directed by Lookofsky. Sounds like a string quartet.
Brilliant song.
Love this song so much, I was 12 when it came out, will always love this song. I have a cover of it on my Linda Rondstat, Duets.
Rest in Peace, Tom Finn.
Crazy story about this song with the Keyboard player in love with another band members girl.
Good work on the board, my friend! Thanks, love this song....
I always liked this song.
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I dated a girl named Renee when this came. My first digs band was also named Renee Piedmont. When I became an adult my first dog was Renee Piedmont Ii.
Reminds me of my girl, forever
I really like the Four Tops, but this version is my favorite!
This is the only version for me.
Loved this song
😢how I miss this time
wonderful... thanks for posting
I believe they played at our prom.
I only knew this song by the Four Tops so thanx for posting
The four tops was an outstanding cover... this is the original
David, great job!
Thank you for the work on this, good job, a treasure not to be lost.
I think this was on Dick Clark’s Where The Action Is,
and they’re miming to the song, it wasn’t live. Great
song! And l also love The Four Tops rendition of this
too.
I guess the evidence of this is the fact that there are no microphones anywhere
YES, it looks like there is an ACTION branded Life Preserver Ring in front of the main bass drum.
Thank You for the upgrade.
Always loved this song, I dated a Renee one time, one night 🌙 miss you! 😍
My my what a brilliant cover,it's the first time I have seen or heard them.The lead singers voice is very melodic. I love it,very good song and brilliantly performed.
This is not a cover. This is the original, and the song was written by one of the band members.
@davidetienne9404 Oh, I am so sorry. I never knew that.Accept my apologies.The song really is amazing, and the writer,or writers were extremely talented.
No need to apologize. Yeah, the writer was sixteen years old when he wrote the song. That to me is incredible. @@sandraoyns-wilson6098
Even more incredible, the song came straight from the heart and the young man at 16 writing lyrics like that makes you wonder.Very talented he is without a doubt.
You did a fantastic job.
I like the lawnmower tractor in the background.
😂
Chef d'oeuvre intemporel devant l'éternel
Renny in CA broke my heart.
I bet The Beatles were jealous of this tune.
agree, this and Pretty Ballerina
I was just thinking Steve even looks like John Lennon at 2:12.
You're probably right
I have no doubt they quite admired it.
GREAT JOB!! Must have been very hard to do. I appreciate the Strings coming thru. May I attach this video with my R.I.P. post today? Thanks Don
Sorry, I never saw any of these replies. You may rip and share this. Thank you.
Remembering Steve Martin Caro born on October 12, 1948. He was an American rock musician. He is best known as the original lead singer of the 1960's baroque pop band The Left Banke. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Martin_Caro
One or all attended Berkeley School of Music in Boston. Anyone know who? I went as well.
@@johndevalera6014 Not certian of which one went to Berkeley School of Music, but Michael McKean of Laverne & Shirly Fame TV Show was amember of The Left Banke for at least a short time! In early 1967, he was briefly a member of the New York City "baroque pop" band The Left Banke and played on the "Ivy, Ivy" single (B-side: "And Suddenly"). - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McKean#Early_life
Steve Martin Caro was quite attractive!
yes, though not American. Steve was born and raised in Spain and came to America in his late teens. He did live the rest of his life here, though- in NY.
Steve Martin Caro, I had such a crush on that guy!
I did too!
And I!
@Paulie Pavarowtee i had found a little, he got married I know, and he was a beaten down old man when he died, saw him on a short clip where he was missing teeth and talking pretty wierd.
totally!! I think he had a sad life. His mother was a famous musician in her own right.
@@janeybreitzman5629rather like jam Michael Vincent. So sad
Prospect Park
Brooklyn NYC
Ofc. Lovely!
Cool! I went ice skating there many times. Prospect Park is great.
Pop barroco em seu estado mais puro.
Maravilhoso!
Recuerdos 60s
Old songs reminisces d past 👍
I’d totally forgotten this song. The singer sounds just like Lennon in a couple of
places, looks a tad like him too.
I was thinking same thing, but I see more Paul McCartney than John
I see a unique person and band.
I think nowadays they’d call Steve Martin Caro a snack or maybe eye candy… but he was just flat out beautiful.
@@dazeyday5699 he sure was.
This is the familiar song that Boston alludes to in "More Than a Feeling."
The guy on the keyboard wrote this
(and they never show him)
Some controversy regarding that. The idea was definitely Mike's, but Tony and another member felt they were just as involved with the finished product as Mike.
Michael allegedly only wrote the line "You're not to blame" the rest of the Song was written by Tony Sansone.
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Good rendition, my fav is The Four Tops version.
Though I really love them, is their version of this song weak against the original.
They are adults they sing professional. This loneliness, this desperation, the feeling this was THE LOVE, you will never again be able to feel it, and you will stay alone forever- no forty-year-old EVER can have and express that feelings!
Happy Birthday Michael
wish i was Michael
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There will be always only one Michael :)
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Kinda of looks like South-westerns campus in Michigan. I don’t know if they played many college campuses . Sure looks like SMC in Dowagiac,Mi
They were from New York and northern NJ. I don’t know how Michigan looks but the highest likelihood is that it’s some park within a 30-minute commute of Manhattan in 1967.
"Prospect Park, Brooklyn NYC" wrote one of the commenters here. Not sure if true, but the comment seemed to be written with confidence.
ELO vocals sound like these guys.
Great Observation!
Also notice that the really great use of Strings helps add to the comparison.
All Good Stuff!!
Jeff Lynne is Genius!!
Hopefully Paris will head back to the Left Banke soon
The lead singer was in love with one of the band-members girlfriend. Hence the song.
Layla was inspired by Eric Clapton being in love with George Harrison's wife.
As far as I know, that isn't true. Renee Fladen was supposedly the girlfriend of the bassist Tom Finn. It was said that the lead songwriter and keyboard player, Michael Brown had a secret crush on her and that inspired him to write the song. Years later in an interview Tom Finn said it was all made up and that he and Renee only went out a few times. As far as I know lead singer Steve Martin-Caro never had a crush on her. LB fans correct me if I have it wrong. RIP Steve, Tom, George and Michael
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You are true, Steve wasn't involved. But he sang it so very touching, with real pain, so sad no adult could ever be when being in love with a girl which did not love him too.
@@amy-online9506 I prefer to believe the myth. It made for a great story all these years. Why renege on it now?
No, it was the writer of the song, the keyboardist, Michael.
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I can't see who's playing the violin 🎻?
No and you won’t. The guys are lip-syncing to the studio version. Notice there are no mics, speakers or cords?
Who's on violin?
Harry Lookofsky, who was also the producer of the album "Walk Away Renée / Pretty Ballerina" and a session musician.
@@cuchillxs4346 Harry was also the father of Michael Brown, who parenthetically was a co-writer of Walk Away Renee
Harry was a member of the NBC Symphony Orchestra under director Arturo Toscanini. He also performed with Quincy Jones and Jaco Pastorius.
This man had the chops to play classical music and jazz. He did both well.
Hope this helps!
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