@@billy28 What's the difference between "pop groups" and "bands"?? Regardless of the music genre ("pop" or otherwise), music "groups" are "bands", and vice versa...SMH
Love the beat and the stomping sound this is one of the Greatest British groups of the 60's. Love Mike Smith's voice so strong and distinctive so clean looking
* Mike Smith great lead singer & Lenny Davidson capable lead guitar but rest of band mediocre and enhanced by studio musicians. They lip synched on TV and never did live concerts. ♣
jennifur sun. I agree Mike had a great voice. Personally I think the best voice in 60's rock 'n' roll was Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere & The Raiders. Just my opinion
Snuck into one of their afternoon rehearsals when I was a kid. The security guard kept kicking us out, and we would find a way back in. Finally Dave Clark told him to let us stay because they were rehearsing a new song, and needed to try it out on an audience! One of the highlights from my childhood!
I HAVE TO MAKE A COMMENT, I AM 43 AND THIS BAND WAS A BIG INSPIRATION TO ME GROWING UP, THANKS TO MY MUM R. I. P. AND BIG SHOUT OUT TO MY DAD. 💚💛🌷🌺🌸🌼💮💐🌹💜💙. Thank you for the music.
My earliest childhood memory was stomping my feet to this song in front of a B/W tv, i was about 3 years old, use to love the foot stomping part my mum says lol.
thats right - under rated and a good rock voice - but yuck for the band he was in - - pop fury NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE BEATLES - C'MON - One of the worse groups ever -a flash in the pan - just Beatle copiers - like other groups H Hermits for example .. - most songs Clark wrote went nowhere - they sucked - oh and D Clark just about the worse drummers of all time - he must have had one or two drum lessons - maybe ? .... he sure liked those little triplets breaks - almost in every song they did - and the songs you don't hear on the rest of their ALBUMS - so unknown - unplayed - unremembered - I hated them then - and still hate them now . being a real musician that I am - most musicians laugh at them . . . .
This song came out 10 years before I was born & I never heard it until I was 37, more than making up for lost time, I had it played on the nonstop oldies on Steve Wright show last week. Love it !!!
Thanks for this. The Collective Stomping on the wooden stage Totally rocks in addition to Their Choreographed Moves as They played. Short, but a musical masterpiece, indeed. I was 6 years old when this came out. I never got to see Them perform on TV. Thanks, again.
im only 19 and i just got listening to this song and i dont know what kind of song is this? looks like they are happy singing and do music too.. its really not my type ... anybody can give me old songs? i just wanna listen
Well, the reason I am here, I asked my wife politely to pick me up some cashews at the grocer. She did and brought home 373 grams/26 ounces in a jar. I looked at her and asked, I don't rate whole cashews? and she replied, All they had were 'bits and pieces', so here I am, reliving my youth with the DC5, one of the very first albums I bought. Thanks!
Lovely story. I won a DC5 'Bits and Pieces' 45 single at our local school's grade 7 Spot Dance. I wonder whether spot dances still go on or if the young kids even know what a spot dance is.
Wayne Welsh, thank you. I read from more than one source that DC was not a member. I was a teenager decades ago and have believed the incorrect info. Thank you. Love their music.
Dave Clark was only talented in scamming people. He was an average drummer who used studio musician Bobby Graham for his recordings and never wrote a song in his life
Lyrics: (I’m in pieces, bits and pieces) Since you left me and you said goodbye (I’m in pieces, bits and pieces) All I do is sit and cry (I’m in pieces, bits and pieces) You went away and left me misery (I’m in pieces, bits and pieces) And that’s the way it’ll always be (I’m in pieces, bits and pieces) You said you loved me and you’d always be mine (I’m in pieces, bits and pieces) We’d be together till the end of time (I’m in pieces, bits and pieces) Now you say it was just a game (I’m in pieces, bits and pieces) But all you’re doin’ is leavin’ me pain Time goes by and goes so slow (oh, yeah) It just doesn’t seem true Only just a few days ago You said you’d love me, never make me blue (I’m in pieces, bits and pieces) Now you’ve gone and I’m all alone (I’m in pieces, bits and pieces) And you’re still way up there on your throne (I’m in pieces, bits and pieces) Nothin’ seems to ever go right (I’m in pieces, bits and pieces) ‘Cause night is day and day is night
Was reading about Bob Dylan and somehow I got here! Loved this so much. I loved DC5 and Manfred Mann back in the day, Was a HUGE fan. Ahhhhhhh!!!! 60s music - THE BEST EVER. This youtube is pretty clunky - but lots of fun.
This song used to get a lot of air time in the Pacific northwest. I think the tune was way ahead of its time. I still love it and that lead singers raspy voice!
A Top 5 hit for The Dave Clark Five in May 1964. Though they made their mark, I feel that they could never get out of the shadow of The Beatles. I remember my cousins had this in their record collection.
This is the earliest tune I can remember and this show. I was sitting on my aunts knee as she bounced me up and down. I think she was baby sitting us , mum and dad went out for a well earned drink raising 7 kids they need a night out haha
This record was removed from the juke box in a coffee bar I used to frequent back in the day in Ilfracombe. The owner was fed up with people banging the tables in time with the beat. Spoil sport! Brilliant era to have grown up in.
Concert I went to with my big sister in1963 or 1964 I was around 13-14 years old at the time was at the Astoria at Finsbury Park with the Beatles,Dave Clarke, Cilla,Billy J Kramer, Freddie & the Dreamers & Brian Pool & the Tremeloes ,Gerry & the Pacemakers what great times!! now look at the mess we are in
I think most people realized that Mike Smith the keyboardist was the lead vocalist. Dave Clark was a show biz impresario at a young age. He created the band, the songs, and managed its business, so he could do as he pleased. Mike Smith did all right by Dave Clark.
I was six when these songs came out in 1964. I never forgot those songs of my childhood. I've always liked the songs from 1963-1966 much better than what came after. They sure dressed better back then too.
he was yes = good voice .... but NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE BEATLES - C'MON - One of the worse groups ever -a flash in the pan - just Beatle copiers - like other groups H Hermits for example .. - most songs Clark wrote went nowhere - they sucked - oh and D Clark just about the worse drummers of all time - he must have had one or two drum lessons - maybe ? .... he sure liked those little triplets breaks - almost in every song they did - and the songs you don't hear on the rest of their ALBUMS - so unknown - unplayed - unremembered - I hated them then - and still hate them now . being a real musician that I am - most musicians laugh at them . . . .
The London challengers to the Beatles ultimate throne but nonetheless talented .... My mum as a local Edmonton girl dated Mike Smith back in the day just before they hit the big time... he took her back home and sang and played piano to her
The "Buttering" style he used was one that not many could master. He was a master at it. Dave Clark was a damn good drummer. He didn't get the credit he deserved. Sad that so many criticize him.
@@donnachandler171 he was your so right back in those days.l really dig him.l was 15 at the time watch him perform live in Toronto at musslemans Lake...
Still boppin to this jam! At 74 years old. I just gotta watch my sacroiliac....
lolol
Hillarious. I didn't know we actually had sacroiliac's. I thought it was a comedy or cartoon thing.
73 and recovering from Hartmann's Reversal! 😂
It the only decade with wonderful music.❤
Just a great song of the time and it was a great time. I am so happy that I was a part of it.
Me too.❤
When listening to these bands 60 years after they were around just shows how great they really were.
in my day thy were pop groups not bands i am 76
@@billy28 All I know is they were really good whatever you call them
@@billy28 What's the difference between "pop groups" and "bands"?? Regardless of the music genre ("pop" or otherwise), music "groups" are "bands", and vice versa...SMH
Who's still listening to this in 2024, i am for sure 💃
I am..cool music
I am
Me! They were class.
me to I'm about to share this song Lol 😆
Better than the Beatles. Them and Herman’s Hermits.❤
My dad's favourite song when he was nine. Wherever he went he stamped, shouting this at the top of his voice. For weeks.
They will always be a band that kicks ass!!!❤
pop group
Love the beat and the stomping sound this is one of the Greatest British groups of the 60's. Love Mike Smith's voice so strong and distinctive so clean looking
to me, best Rock voice, nothing against Paul, John and others
Rene no argument about Rocks greatest voice from me
* Mike Smith great lead singer & Lenny Davidson capable lead guitar but rest of band mediocre and enhanced by studio musicians. They lip synched on TV and never did live concerts. ♣
jennifur sun. I agree Mike had a great voice. Personally I think the best voice in 60's rock 'n' roll was Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere & The Raiders. Just my opinion
He looks like john Lennon
my favorite DC5 tune. I still blast it in my truck when I need a pick me up. Mike Smith vocals are nuts!! Amazing voice.
Saw them yrs ago xx
Snuck into one of their afternoon rehearsals when I was a kid. The security guard kept kicking us out, and we would find a way back in. Finally Dave Clark told him to let us stay because they were rehearsing a new song, and needed to try it out on an audience! One of the highlights from my childhood!
Nice bluelady
Woah that's actually sick
Mike was one of the best singers of that decade!
McCartney AND Lennon, in one.
Amen to that!
I agree
Thanks to the reverb and echo chamber.
Mcc & Lennon in 1 nice compliment
I HAVE TO MAKE A COMMENT, I AM 43 AND THIS BAND WAS A BIG INSPIRATION TO ME GROWING UP, THANKS TO MY MUM R. I. P. AND BIG SHOUT OUT TO MY DAD. 💚💛🌷🌺🌸🌼💮💐🌹💜💙. Thank you for the music.
What a kick ass singer! You can't play this one too loud!
My earliest childhood memory was stomping my feet to this song in front of a B/W tv, i was about 3 years old, use to love the foot stomping part my mum says lol.
I forgot how good Mike Smith was - powerful voice - RIP Mr. Smith.
RIP Mike Smith the cutest keyboardest!!
I really loved Mike Smith
And the lead vocalist.
Mike Smith is one of the greatest voices of the 1960's Period.
thats right - under rated and a good rock voice - but yuck for the band he was in - - pop fury
NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE BEATLES - C'MON - One of the worse groups ever -a flash in the pan - just Beatle copiers - like other groups H Hermits for example .. - most songs Clark wrote went nowhere - they sucked - oh and D Clark just about the worse drummers of all time - he must have had one or two drum lessons - maybe ? .... he sure liked those little triplets breaks - almost in every song they did - and the songs you don't hear on the rest of their ALBUMS - so unknown - unplayed - unremembered -
I hated them then - and still hate them now . being a real musician that I am - most musicians laugh at them . . . .
One of the greatest rock voices
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@@lukegibson2195 opinions and ass holes
@@lukegibson2195 being a kazoo player doesn't make you a musician. 👎 and no one plays your music here. Now sod off.
this era will never be repeated.may god have mercy on our souls for what have today............................
Your not kidding! Agree 100%
Mike Smith was the star of this act!!! Period........
Without the keyboard player-lead singer there would be no Dave Clark 5. RIP.
It would be the Dave Clark 4
Sally Gomez d c 4
It's really the Mike Smith 5
@@TheGumbyRules I always say Mike and friends.😋
My crush for sure
This song came out 10 years before I was born & I never heard it until I was 37, more than making up for lost time, I had it played on the nonstop oldies on Steve Wright show last week. Love it !!!
These guys were a band and not single performers ,, collectively they were fab ,,,
They were nothing without lead singer-songwriter, even if Dave took credit.
I grew up with DC5 they were awesome. But I can't help but laughing at this video it great
Thanks for this. The Collective Stomping on the wooden stage Totally rocks in addition to Their Choreographed Moves as They played. Short, but a musical masterpiece, indeed. I was 6 years old when this came out. I never got to see Them perform on TV. Thanks, again.
that singer kicks ass!!!!!!! Always loved these guys.
Me and my mate found this accidentally.
We are now both in love with the song.
My god !! They are all so handsome !!
Played this record over and over again as a teenager.Nearly drive my poor mum mad
My sister did , I can still remember our mum banging the stairs , turn that row down
They are still great! Musicians may die but their music lives on forever!
I love DC five music never get tired of listening again and again
I love the Dave Clark five I'm 55 this year underrated band
There is not a single song I did not love by them very amazing group.
Aah, the memories.
Great old golden oldie!Dave Clark Five were a great band!Good dance music for its time.
The kings of the 2 minute tunes
I remember when my dad brought their album home for me, I must've been 9 - 10 yrs old. Listened to it over & over again!
Ah, the Tottenham sound. Great to see this again. RIP Mike Smith.
Spurs are getting left in Bits and Pieces this season.
WoW….sixty years later and here we are remembering !
One of my favorite songs
Another song we stamp our feet to you feet.Another great song.
I had such a crush on the drummer...
Until you skinned him and fed him to the dogs?
Pretty much.
+ChaingunCassidy lol wtf?
I prefer Mahatma Kane Jeeves and the Pismo Clams.
sunlight three dognight
bloody brilliant,thank god I grew up in that era
You're so lucky -- music today sucks!
YES!!!!!
im only 19 and i just got listening to this song and i dont know what kind of song is this? looks like they are happy singing and do music too.. its really not my type ... anybody can give me old songs? i just wanna listen
Look up the Animals, the Who, the Kinks, the Small Faces, the Easybeats, the Bee Gees, the Yard Birds - all UK bands from the '60s
I know it's 2 years later my friend but I'm glad I was in that era too. Peace. Love you brother
What the f***!! How have i never heard this till today..
Don't feel too sad Alexander, maybe it's because you've got a life.
Best comment ever! lol
+Alexander Jones Just lucky I guess.
My all time favourite song
Absolutely loved this group!!!!
Well, the reason I am here, I asked my wife politely to pick me up some cashews at the grocer. She did and brought home 373 grams/26 ounces in a jar. I looked at her and asked, I don't rate whole cashews? and she replied, All they had were 'bits and pieces', so here I am, reliving my youth with the DC5, one of the very first albums I bought. Thanks!
+Kevin Perry oh hehe lol
+Kevin Perry that is so cute....
Did you know a cashew isn't a nut ? It's a legume, not healthy for you
I was a 13 year old kid when this song came out and bought ithe 45 with my allowance for 95 cents a buck with tax
Lovely story. I won a DC5 'Bits and Pieces' 45 single at our local school's grade 7 Spot Dance. I wonder whether spot dances still go on or if the young kids even know what a spot dance is.
Wayne Welsh, thank you. I read from more than one source that DC was not a member. I was a teenager decades ago and have believed the incorrect info. Thank you. Love their music.
Mike Smith’s voice was incredible 👊🏻💥
What a brilliant uplifting song!
Dave Clark is just a rich, happy talented man..Thanx Dave for the great tunes!!!
Dave Clark was only talented in scamming people. He was an average drummer who used studio musician Bobby Graham for his recordings and never wrote a song in his life
most upbeat song ever about a guy getting dumped
My first favourite group.
As a drummer, on TV, this group was hard to beat. That bright red sparkle set of ROGERS drums was STUNNING !!
I was 4 years old but loved DC5. In fact, I called my goldfish Dave Clark.
Yeah!
He swam around the bowl doing nothing and took all the credit!
@@bigtone1348 😂😂😂😂
At Montebello High (in '64) they had a JUKEBOX in the lunchroom...and the kids would play this song 'over and over'!
I see what you did there.
Lyrics:
(I’m in pieces, bits and pieces)
Since you left me and you said goodbye
(I’m in pieces, bits and pieces)
All I do is sit and cry
(I’m in pieces, bits and pieces)
You went away and left me misery
(I’m in pieces, bits and pieces)
And that’s the way it’ll always be
(I’m in pieces, bits and pieces)
You said you loved me and you’d always be mine
(I’m in pieces, bits and pieces)
We’d be together till the end of time
(I’m in pieces, bits and pieces)
Now you say it was just a game
(I’m in pieces, bits and pieces)
But all you’re doin’ is leavin’ me pain
Time goes by and goes so slow (oh, yeah)
It just doesn’t seem true
Only just a few days ago
You said you’d love me, never make me blue
(I’m in pieces, bits and pieces)
Now you’ve gone and I’m all alone
(I’m in pieces, bits and pieces)
And you’re still way up there on your throne
(I’m in pieces, bits and pieces)
Nothin’ seems to ever go right
(I’m in pieces, bits and pieces)
‘Cause night is day and day is night
This brings back childhood memories! Wish I could go back in time
Wow you don't look near that old...
Me too
I know
Was reading about Bob Dylan and somehow I got here! Loved this so much. I loved DC5 and Manfred Mann back in the day, Was a HUGE fan. Ahhhhhhh!!!! 60s music - THE BEST EVER. This youtube is pretty clunky - but lots of fun.
Been a Dave Clark Five fan since age 8 1964
a few great hits but a stack of dross...this is what happens if you don't write your own material
LOVE IT - One of the biggest best Brit Groups in the World in 1960s/70s
great fun..those movements..the foot stamps wrecked many a flea pit...innocent times.
Simple music,simple times & simply wonderful.
reekashade never been beaten
I loved this group then, I love this group now & EVERY song they did~awesome memories!!!
Only just discovered this song. Damn it goes hard.
I remember wearing shoes like that with the Cuban heels in 6th grade.
I still have mine.
Yeah, our group went down to John Hardy shoes at the mall, and bought them. I still play, and have others, same style, love ém for stage use.
Love, love so many growing up memories. Best music ever👌
I dedicate this to Chris remembering the good old days wish i was 18 again .
This song used to get a lot of air time in the Pacific northwest. I think the tune was way ahead of its time. I still love it and that lead singers raspy voice!
I played keyboards in a band in “64”
I had the same Vox organ and the same Boots. I’m 69 now and seeing this brings tears to my eyes😢
A Top 5 hit for The Dave Clark Five in May 1964. Though they made their mark, I feel that they could never get out of the shadow of The Beatles. I remember my cousins had this in their record collection.
great music! i love the raw power in their voices
I was 6 in 1964, i still remember this song from then. Magic.
my favorite song by my favorite group.
Fantastic group, loved them.
Best video ever! Loved the stomping of the feet!
love that massive drum kit!
This is the earliest tune I can remember and this show. I was sitting on my aunts knee as she bounced me up and down. I think she was baby sitting us , mum and dad went out for a well earned drink raising 7 kids they need a night out haha
This record was removed from the juke box in a coffee bar I used to frequent back in the day in Ilfracombe. The owner was fed up with people banging the tables in time with the beat. Spoil sport! Brilliant era to have grown up in.
I don't think I've ever seen a band so enthusiastic!
Concert I went to with my big sister in1963 or 1964 I was around 13-14 years old at the time was at the Astoria at Finsbury Park with the Beatles,Dave Clarke, Cilla,Billy J Kramer, Freddie & the Dreamers & Brian Pool & the Tremeloes ,Gerry & the Pacemakers what great times!! now look at the mess we are in
Bit's and Pieces! .. Love It!
Only clip I've seen of any DC5 song where you might realize Mike Smith is lead vocalist. Dave Clark was such a control freak.
Yes. Dave was a crap vocalist, but he presented himself as the front man for the group, even though he was in back pretending to pound the drums.
I think most people realized that Mike Smith the keyboardist was the lead vocalist. Dave Clark was a show biz impresario at a young age. He created the band, the songs, and managed its business, so he could do as he pleased. Mike Smith did all right by Dave Clark.
only a half-wit would not know that Mike Smith is the lead singer ...
An unforgettable classic!
LOVE this tune....
one of the best bands of the 60's. cool songs. love that vox continental
Awesome stuff. Loving the drummers style👍🏼👍🏼
The drummer WAS Dave Clark.
I adored these guys!!!!! To me they were the best of the British invasion.
I was six when these songs came out in 1964. I never forgot those songs of my childhood. I've always liked the songs from 1963-1966 much better than what came after. They sure dressed better back then too.
Remember my brother and me dancing to this back then.I was 6 and he was 4.
Mike Smith is awesome! 💙💙
he was yes = good voice .... but
NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE BEATLES - C'MON - One of the worse groups ever -a flash in the pan - just Beatle copiers - like other groups H Hermits for example .. - most songs Clark wrote went nowhere - they sucked - oh and D Clark just about the worse drummers of all time - he must have had one or two drum lessons - maybe ? .... he sure liked those little triplets breaks - almost in every song they did - and the songs you don't hear on the rest of their ALBUMS - so unknown - unplayed - unremembered -
I hated them then - and still hate them now . being a real musician that I am - most musicians laugh at them . . . .
The London challengers to the Beatles ultimate throne but nonetheless talented .... My mum as a local Edmonton girl dated Mike Smith back in the day just before they hit the big time... he took her back home and sang and played piano to her
Proper music...................love it...........................................
This tune just came to mind while riding out some after surgery drugs here in the Asheville VA Hospital. Great 60s memories!
Mike Smith had one of the great rock voices alongside Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper and Noddy Holder.
LOVE LOVE LOVE DC5!
A l'epoque j'aimais ce disque mais je n'en avais pas noté le nom ! Aujourd'hui je viens de le retrouver grâce au net !
I loved this song.
Dave Clark, the drummer, is kicking it. He's playing a great rock shuffle here. No one else did that.
The "Buttering" style he used was one that not many could master. He was a master at it. Dave Clark was a damn good drummer. He didn't get the credit he deserved. Sad that so many criticize him.
@@donnachandler171 Bobby Graham played the drums on the records
Rusty King
Drumming here is rather one-dimensional/nothing special. Older people will likely be inclined to praise it.
I saw them at musslemans Lake Toronto 1965.bits and Peace's the place was.packed.
@@donnachandler171 he was your so right back in those days.l really dig him.l was 15 at the time watch him perform live in Toronto at musslemans Lake...
LOVE LOVE THIS SONG gotta DANCE!!!!!
Mike smith married the boxer jerry quarry's ex wife
Helen Darley lets dance
Very cool song i always liked when they played and stomp there feet to the Rhythm of the song bits and pieces
saw these guys on stage in Bournemouth, England in the summer of ´64, what a fantastic performance!!