I didn't realize how cool my dad was when I was a little girl. He was a pianist who had all of Sergio Mendes records. I would listen along with him. I still to this day, love Lani Hall and Karen's amazing vocals. This cover of Fool On The Hill is magical.
The studio versions were all Lani with her doubling or tripling her voice, IOW, no Karen. There have been many great singers in Brazil 66,77,88,99 etc but nobody had the impact and sound signature as did Lani, perhaps not a stupendous singer overall, i.e.: as per operatic standard or distinctive song stylist, but the EXACT right sound for Brazil 66. Warmth, color, flexibility, precision and just the right amount of inflection and her non native Portuguese was excellent.
Kenneth i love your comment ,, ive always been addicted to this very fine classic ,, all these decades on i stll am , my twin sister and i always wanted to sing with this lovely duo ,,,,we would have blended in rather nicely xx lol Jane x🕸🕸🕸🕸🕸🕸🕸🕸
HOW RIGHT YOU ARE! I think the brunette is Lani Hal, Herb Albert's wife... What voices! How could he not KEEP them... The subsequent ladies sang like you or I ! :(
This is the most beautiful version of this song I've ever heard! Those pure, delicate voices are almost otherworldly, and are a perfect foil for the instrumentals. Thanks for finding gems like these!
I loved this Beatles song by Sergio Mendes from the very first time I heard it way back in 1968. I love the Beatles version but there is something so right about this version. It's been a favorite for a lot of years. Soundtrack of my youth 🎼🖤
I remember hearing this version on the radio back-in-the-day, but didn’t realize it was the same song on ‘Magical Mystery Tour.’ This version’s arrangement by Mendez and Brasil ‘66 is sweet genius. Btw is that a Fender Rhodes Sergio Mendez is playing? Just ❤️ its sound!
I found the album (Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66) on my way to school and when I got home and listened to it...damn, I was hooked. I don't know how or why it was just laying in the street but thanks for it!
Yes, and what a fantastic example. I was 6 years old and this was my favorite song that my parents played on the turntable. It was the beginning of and launched my love of music.
You forgot that they had talent as well. Todays music (sic) is written by just a few writers being paid by the number of "songs" they can come up with.
@@1984mickyb ~ If you said double tracking the first time, I would've known exactly what you meant. I thought you were referring to the performance on the show, which of course was prerecorded and lip synch... hence my initial comment.
I was a toddler when i heard his songs play on the radio through my brothers and sister. I loved his music since then. Rip Sergio Mendes. You will never be forgotten. Thank you for all your beautiful music.
Lani Hall is one of the best female vocalists of all time. Perfect pitch, flawless. And could sing in a variety of languages. Incredibly under rated as relates to notoriety.
@@bbhrdzaz "Never Say Never Again" from 1983. Although the movie isn't considered Bond "canon," most Bond fans consider it just another movie in the series.
There are a few women who, when I hear them sing, make me sure that they are the best in the world. Then when I hear one of the others, I change my mind again. Lani is one name on that short list.
And she is still a beautiful singing female singer: Get the live album she and her husband Herb Alpert recorded in several cabarets live. It is EXTRAORDINARY! At one time, Sergio said that Herb had "stolen" Lani from him, and said that with utmost respect and admiration. True GENTLEMEN!...
Ricky F ~ Well... not completely. Although Hall was referred to as the main or lead singer in the group, and indeed sung most of the lead vocals on the first two Brasil '66 albums, many of the vocals were performed in unison with Janis Hansen, then later Karen Phillip. In fact it's Hansen singing the lead voice on their version of The Look of Love, a popular hit for the group. A prospect that Hansen would receive equal billing with Hall in the near future was unfortunately dashed, when in late '67, Mendes dismissed all members of Brasil 66 over financial disputes, and Mendes' autocracy. Of course the group was reformed soon after, with new personnel, and Hall returning to the fold.
@@slimshine953 So true Janis didn't get as much attention a Lani.......but she was an amazing talent too.....two of the most beautiful voices in music in the same group doesn't happen to often...
Saw Herb and Lani with their band in concert in March, and they were amazing! It was a dream come true to meet them both after the show. Such a loving, warm couple! Caught Sergio Mendes late last year, and he's still going strong, playing as well as ever. Just wish they all could get together!
Sadly, the only ones still alive in this video are Sergio and the two lovely ladies. All his side men are gone. RIP Tao Neto and Dom Um Romao and Rubens Bassini
In 1971 I captained a Rugby Tour to Hilversum in Holland. As a 17 year old I was the guest of the chairman of Radio Hilversum. He took me to see Sergio and Brazil ‘66 in Amsterdam….. I was smitten. Thank you Sergio for you and your music and your soul and your gifts. Rest well My Inspiration and thank you 💜🇧🇷
Priceless indeed. My team mates were hosted by many wonderful families in Hilversum. They awoke the following morning hearing ‘Mad John Gilbert’ being interviewed by Radio Hilversum asking me about Sergio and Brazil 66. As with the great and under appreciated Dudley Moore I am asking my students and grandchildren to listen to Sergio and Dudley 🙏💜 it is my joy and responsibility to pass on their gifts to future generations 🍎🇧🇷
@@delightschwartz2155 Good evening ‘delight Schwartz’ from John in Wrocław in Poland. ‘What did I teach?’, I am teaching still at 71 in England and Poland. Essentially I am a ‘motivational teacher’ who encourages people of all ages to believe in themselves and to celebrate their voices and their gifts. As well as Sergio and Dudley I encourage my students all over the world to listen to Oscar Petersen. Another utterly modest and totally gifted musician and human being🍎
Who is still watching /listening to this in 2021? The memories it conjures up brings tears to my eyes! I am suffering from a case of nostalgia, and I don't need no cure... (SIGHHHHH)
The best music ever was in the 1960s from adult contemporary to jazz, to R&R! Every week a new blockbuster song hit the top of the 40 chart! What do we have today to compare? Yep- nothing! Medicine song writing and mundane performers with so-so vocals.
I was 10 years old when this was playing on the radio in my moms new Impala, beautiful song and a beautiful car...miss my Mom so much, and that Impala.
This video clip, no matter how many times I watch it and hear it continues to mesmerize me, I was a teenager worrying about being drafted for the war in Vietnam back when it was filmed, yet this song back then brought hope and escape from the fear of being drafted.
I was only 10 in 68 ,and though that young....I also worried about being drafted to that horrific war when I became of age. Thank heaven and Nixon it ended in 74.
I was going to say the same thing. This was the version that was played on the radio the most when I was growing up in the 60's. It wasn't until later that I realized it was a Beatles song.
This track is a masterpiece! Every time I listen to it, I hear another little nuance in the vocals, the band, and the arrangement. Listen to the dynamics... so well executed!
When I hear these songs , I think of my mom in the house , cleaning, cooking with the sterio on 1968 -1973. Or just calmer times , Saturday's and sundays
Calm??? Rfk, mlk, namm, Kent State, Altamonte, wategate, etc.... In 68 I was 3 and scared shitless, hiding under the desks preparing for nuclear war while my dad petrolled our burning city in full military gear oh the good old days.......when you could go to jail for dating a dude or having a few seeds in the ashtray.
I am 59 this year . I heard and loved all their Beatles covers as a boy before I heard the originals. I actually thought Sergio's group did them first!
@@bobjohnson205 She must have been good off-stage because the only thing she does on-stage is lip synching what Lani had recorded earlier on different tracks.
This song brings back powerful memories. I was 12 when this video was made, and I remember falling in love with the sound, and with these beautiful women. RIP Sergio
Perhaps I wasn't mature enough to appreciate this performance when I was 9 years old, but I do now. Every performer and every note is exactly where it should be, creating musical perfection.
I agree that this is the best Beatles cover and maybe the only one that is better than the original. I might also suggest the Carpenters' "Day Tripper" although it doesn't beat the original, which would be impossible.
I love this version. It reminds me of being a child. Thank you Paul & John for writing this song. If it wasnt for the 2 of them, we would never have this beautiful version of Fool On The Hill
By 1967, when this song was written, John and Paul were no longer writing songs together. John and Paul would bring their own songs into the studio and inform each other, and also George and Ringo, the arrangement of the song.
It was 1968 when I first heard this song and several others from Sergio Mendez' Brazil 66 while stationed in Okinawa with the Air Force. We were on our first of 2, 6 months tours of duty there, repairing B-52's, KC135, RC135, WC135 . After a couple of months several guys bought stereos, from the shops in Koza, that played reel-to-reel tapes. Brazil 66 was one of the albums passed around and copied. Beautiful warm weather, beautiful nights, beautiful coral reefs, beautiful Okinawan countryside, beautiful people, great friends, and this beautiful music. Our job was to repair sheetmetal on the bombers & tankers between their bombing missions to Vietnam. When I hear this music I shut my eyes and I am transported back to those days. Very very special time in my life made even more special with the music of Sergio Mendez, & Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass.
Gary Thank you so much for your service to our country! I was in Vietnam from 1966-1968 with my sister and my parents. I heard this music every morning on Armed Forces Radio!😀🇺🇸🇺🇸
Great story Gary. I posted this (like you ) because of the memories it brought back to me during my tour in NATO during Nam. This music can never be replaced or evan duplicated IMO A once in a lifetime gift from this fantastic group
This is definitely the best song of Sergio Mendez and Brazil 66! This is musical perfection, the voices, the piano, the guitar and the percussion! I love the bongos!! 👍👍🤓🥳
I saw an interview where Sergio Mendes said he saw her sing in Chicago and knew that he wanted her to sing for him and that he had to get her father's permission.
I remember this beautiful song by Sergio Mendes Fool on the Hill. My oldest sister loved this song before she passed away. 1968 I was eight years old when that song was out.
Don't kid yourself. People always think of the music that they grew up with, as the best there ever was, because they link it in their memories with good times... they forget the bad. The good old days weren't always good, but that's how we want to remember them.
RIP SERGIO ! You've blessed us so much with your lovely music. I repeat your music so many times and never get tired of playing it. A fan since Brasil '66.
[from an old drummer] .. Aside from the stunning, incredible, sexy vocal and the gorgeous instrumentation with strings, flute and harp, Sergio Mendes does the most sublime and understated things with time signatures of anyone, IMO. In mainstream popular music it seems most songs that deviate from straight 4/4 are usually one of the more typical times; for example 1-2 'cut' time, or a 3/4 waltz-ish, or bluezy 6/8 or 12/8. And the time signature stays put. Rarely changes. The number of bars might vary but not the time itself. It's rare that a mainstream popular song will venture from one of these comfortable standard times. Examples: Take 5 (jazz) and some of the prog stuff, notably Yes and Rush, but again it's rare that one of these odd time signature songs get widespread public listening. Usually the odd time stuff is more of a 'niche' thing amongst aficionados of the particular genre. And you know right away that it's an 'odd' time. It's very apparent. No foot tapping allowed. As far as Sergio's interpretations, McCartney's lovely Fool on the Hill is straight conventional 4/4. Sergio's version begins with a single conga hit (cool) on the last beat of the previous measure which I guess is the "6" because the verses and intro are consistent 6/4. (unusual) And we don't mean 6/8, that's a whole different thing; and quite common in blues and ballads. Sergio shifts the chorus to 4/4 and then effortlessly slips back into 6/4 for the verses again. Unique. Paul Simon's original of Scarborough Fair is kind of a quick 3/4 with larger groupings that make it feel like segments of 6/4 and 9/4. Sergio basically changes the song from a waltz to a kind of a hybrid bossa nova (if I have to give it a name); from a 3 pulse to a 4 pulse. Sergio's version is 4/4. It even starts again with a single conga hit on the '4'. (again, cool) The intro strings are an 8th triplet thing that kind of cuts across the 4 pulse which is just groovy as hell. He also tosses in phrasing that tends to cut across the bar line and obscure the time signature for a few moments ("Remember me to the one who lives there. He once was a true love of mine..", especially the final iteration starting around th-cam.com/video/3HjWxjF13Gs/w-d-xo.html He does it unobtrusively. Count it out. It's very cool. And you never even realize that Sergio is playing with the time signatures on either song. They just flow like they were born that way. And remember that neither of these great 'covers' are his original songs and both of the original versions are well known and firmly cemented into the public ear. Try counting them out. You'll see what I mean. Brilliant, just brilliant. And brave.
Ironically, the Beatles themselves were another group who liked to mess around with time signatures (often unintentionally I think). Even songs that seem straightforward like here come the sun, have at least three different time signatures at different points.
My other older sister Maureen loved this song Fool on the hill by Brazil 66. 1968 I was eight years old when that song was. My family had the 45rmp record Fool on the hill. Such a beautiful classic song.
Respect to you also sir! I'm Australian who grew up listening to Brazil '66 on the radio. What classy music they all made! Sergio is an absolute icon. Bless him.
Hearing this brings me right back to my childhood in southern California. I was 9 years old, riding in the back seat of my dad's Rambler station wagon, windows rolled down, hot dry air in my face, trying to make sense of the words... which were so confusing to me at the time. Thank you so much for uploading this great footage, really superb, first rate. David H.
same period for me. the family car had an 8-track player in it. sergio mendes and brazil 66 was one of the 8-tracks my pop kept in the car for trips out east.
In the 1960s as I traveled with my family from Oklahoma to the central valley of California and I being about 13 this song carried me alone route 66. The ultimate road trip. I found myself in this song with it's beauty an the vast possibilities of what my life ahead could be, I listen to it often an it takes me back to that very special time in my life. Rick Martin, Tulsa OK
Funny Rick, during the 60's my family moved from Virginia to Seattle and traveled on route 66 and had the same thoughts what lies ahead for me in life. This takes me back to Hawaii and my youth, a very special time....Peace and Love...
Just absolutely love this in 2024!!!!!!!! Who else does?????? 😉😉👍👍
Actually did a better job than the Beatles...
I'm with you...greatest piece of music ever!
Just showed up. Had to hear this group again.
@@Doug50pl I do in september
It is a Classic, for sure❤ it in 1968, still loving it.
I think it's extremely rare that a "cover" equals (let alone surpasses) the original. But in my humble opinion, this is definitely up there.
Agreed.......just posted this video to Facebook and said the same thing
You’re right!
love the beatles, however this verrsion is the best.
Earth Wind and Fire's cover of Got to Get You Into My Life is another.
It is by far the best version...by far!
R.I.P Sergio. Thanks for all the music!
Sergio Mendes had something really special. His music has stood the test of time.
Exactly! Eternally classic!
Such a shame for some reason he fired them then went their separate ways!
@@donnaquinn6746 Yes, they had a great sound.
Good thing never last...
@@anthonyagudo208 Actually, they "lasted" for many years.
Harrison Ford was the carpenter of Sérgio Mendes’s audio studio at LA, before becoming famous as actor and Indiana Jones !
I didn't realize how cool my dad was when I was a little girl. He was a pianist who had all of Sergio Mendes records. I would listen along with him. I still to this day, love Lani Hall and Karen's amazing vocals. This cover of Fool On The Hill is magical.
The studio versions were all Lani with her doubling or tripling her voice, IOW, no Karen. There have been many great singers in Brazil 66,77,88,99 etc but nobody had the impact and sound signature as did Lani, perhaps not a stupendous singer overall, i.e.: as per operatic standard or distinctive song stylist, but the EXACT right sound for Brazil 66. Warmth, color, flexibility, precision and just the right amount of inflection and her non native Portuguese was excellent.
@@zdogg8 Yes, Lani is the only vocalist singing Fool On The Hill. There are so many different levels to her vocals. Again, just pure magic.
My dad too ,he was a musician, and loved Brasilian Music...Mendes and Jobim..a very special time for music.
We both had cool dads then.
Nice to hear!
Descanse em Paz, Sergio Mendes. Obrigada por tudo que você fez em prol da boa música
I'm a black american and i consider this real music,👍👍👍😀.
no you're not
Been hearing this song for 50 years and it still sounds so beautiful
Kenneth i love your comment ,, ive always been addicted to this very fine classic ,, all these decades on i stll am , my twin sister and i always wanted to sing with this lovely duo ,,,,we would have blended in rather nicely xx lol Jane x🕸🕸🕸🕸🕸🕸🕸🕸
Absolutely the best-still in 2023.
Still loving this song 🎵 since I was a little girl!😍
We had this on 8 track... lol
can these women sing or what..... what voices, so delicate, so feminine ........ gorgeous ...
Yes. Beautiful voices.. Not the "screamers" today who pass that off as "talent."
Lani was the voice mixed up high that caught the ear, while Karen's height caught the eyes. - a real one-two punch.
HOW RIGHT YOU ARE! I think the brunette is Lani Hal, Herb Albert's wife... What voices! How could he not KEEP them... The subsequent ladies sang like you or I ! :(
@Louise Broitman a shame he fired the whole band in a year or two and Lani Hall at Alpert's request.
Rest in peace, Sergio. We loved your music.
Thank you for your beautiful music and for fond memories of a very special time.😍
This is the most beautiful version of this song I've ever heard! Those pure, delicate voices are almost otherworldly, and are a perfect foil for the instrumentals. Thanks for finding gems like these!
Yes, my uncle had this on a mix cd he made
Also check out Mas que Nada: th-cam.com/video/QM1lWkyFGcg/w-d-xo.html
And they look good too yummy
Goodness setup much better think one of the females with Lani Hall was it not great voices and all
Lanny Hall was a force.
Thanks Sérgio ! Goto heaven! 🙏
Rip Sergio Mendez. Thank you for all your beautiful music.
Sérgio Mendes is a musical treasure...
I loved this Beatles song by Sergio Mendes from the very first time I heard it way back in 1968. I love the Beatles version but there is something so right about this version. It's been a favorite for a lot of years.
Soundtrack of my youth 🎼🖤
McCartney has said he prefers this version to his own.
I remember hearing this version on the radio back-in-the-day, but didn’t realize it was the same song on ‘Magical Mystery Tour.’ This version’s arrangement by Mendez and Brasil ‘66 is sweet genius.
Btw is that a Fender Rhodes Sergio Mendez is playing? Just ❤️ its sound!
I found the album (Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66) on my way to school and when I got home and listened to it...damn, I was hooked. I don't know how or why it was just laying in the street but thanks for it!
This version is the one I grew up with and still love it. It takes me straight back to my childhood
@@michaeldrasic7587 I remember my Aunt buying this album late 66 and we all played the hell.out it to it basically was worn out.
Forget an Uber. Someone order me a time machine
Smooth but just right ,it will ease a sore soul
Can I come too Flo?
Damn right. This song cured my cancer.
Flo!!! I agree 100%, it was the best time to grow-up in, I was there...…. LM
PLEASE YES
Harmonies were so great, women were so beautiful, and musicians were so sophisticated back then.
Totally agree and they look good too..
Fantastic
Yes, and what a fantastic example. I was 6 years old and this was my favorite song that my parents played on the turntable. It was the beginning of and launched my love of music.
Classy, no doubt.
You forgot that they had talent as well. Todays music (sic) is written by just a few writers being paid by the number of "songs" they can come up with.
I do like it...but...it's all unisons, no harmonies is the vocals...
Beautiful women... Beautiful voices.
In all fairness the "voices" was Lani Hall dubbing over her lead vocal. She was THE voice of Brasil '66.
@@1984mickyb ~ Huh? Why would Hall "dub" her own vocal after it's already been done?
@@slimshine953 It's called "Double Tracking" and has been done for many years in the music industry. It adds texture to the vocal.
@@1984mickyb ~ If you said double tracking the first time, I would've known exactly what you meant. I thought you were referring to the performance on the show, which of course was prerecorded and lip synch... hence my initial comment.
She is Herb Alpert’s wife
Have never seen this version before ,
Sergio and the girls , played like it was always meant to be
Brazil 66 own this
The girls vocals were actually only Lani Hall (the brunette). They double tracked Lani Hall's vocal and the blonde only lip synced
I was a toddler when i heard his songs play on the radio through my brothers and sister. I loved his music since then. Rip Sergio Mendes. You will never be forgotten. Thank you for all your beautiful music.
Descanse em paz, Sérgio.
Que a paz dos céus te acolha e muito obrigado por divulgar a boa música Brasileira para o mundo
The way Lani and Karen's voices blend and compliment each other is amazing. Perfect combination.
Absolutely. Big time. The way they both prolong the "spinning roooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnndddd" gives me goosebumps every time.
Its mostly if not all Lani. Her vocals were multi tracked on most of brasil 66's output
@Phil Allison /Wow!! Incredible.
@R Pryce
No Doubt....The only other ones that even come to mind besides them were Frida and Agnetha of ABBA.
When I was 14, I idolized Karen and Lani.
What an absolutely gorgeous son sung by the most talented and gorgeous ladies of their era
Natural beauty!!!
Lani Hall and Karen Phillips
Lani Hall is one of the best female vocalists of all time. Perfect pitch, flawless. And could sing in a variety of languages. Incredibly under rated as relates to notoriety.
she sang a title song for a James Bond Movie. She is still married to Herb Alpert.
@@bbhrdzaz "Never Say Never Again" from 1983. Although the movie isn't considered Bond "canon," most Bond fans consider it just another movie in the series.
She's still singing
There are a few women who, when I hear them sing, make me sure that they are the best in the world. Then when I hear one of the others, I change my mind again. Lani is one name on that short list.
agree
The brunette was and still is Herb Albert's wife, Lani Hall.
She's so beautiful !
Lani hall - wow, just love watching and listening to her during this song.
She is exquisitely beautiful in so many ways.
And she is still a beautiful singing female singer: Get the live album she and her husband Herb Alpert recorded in several cabarets live. It is EXTRAORDINARY! At one time, Sergio said that Herb had "stolen" Lani from him, and said that with utmost respect and admiration. True GENTLEMEN!...
Alpert 🌙🌙🌜🌛🌕🏃🏃🏃🌲🎄🎅🎅🎤🐭😀😀😀😀
The 60's were just so amazing....Hearing this music sends chills up my spine.
Oh yes me too even 57 years later.
Best music ever!
Best of times growing up in 60's and 70's🥲❤️
RIP Sergio Mendes. I was a child when this came out and I loved it! And I still do.
Such beautiful music such beautiful girls.
Beautiful Lani Hall-Alpert, the voice of Sergio Mendes & Brasil ‘66, still shining in 2019.
Ricky F ~ Well... not completely. Although Hall was referred to as the main or lead singer in the group, and indeed sung most of the lead vocals on the first two Brasil '66 albums, many of the vocals were performed in unison with Janis Hansen, then later Karen Phillip. In fact it's Hansen singing the lead voice on their version of The Look of Love, a popular hit for the group. A prospect that Hansen would receive equal billing with Hall in the near future was unfortunately dashed, when in late '67, Mendes dismissed all members of Brasil 66 over financial disputes, and Mendes' autocracy. Of course the group was reformed soon after, with new personnel, and Hall returning to the fold.
@@slimshine953 So true Janis didn't get as much attention a Lani.......but she was an amazing talent too.....two of the most beautiful voices in music in the same group doesn't happen to often...
@@stringtherapy7577 ~ You got that right sir!
Saw Herb and Lani with their band in concert in March, and they were amazing! It was a dream come true to meet them both after the show. Such a loving, warm couple! Caught Sergio Mendes late last year, and he's still going strong, playing as well as ever. Just wish they all could get together!
Yes sir...
Sadly, the only ones still alive in this video are Sergio and the two lovely ladies. All his side men are gone. RIP Tao Neto and Dom Um Romao and Rubens Bassini
Thanks in sharing. R.I.P.
@@LI.Agentio No Janis the tall one died in 2004.
@@bldomain No.......the second female singer is American Karen Philipp. She is 75 as of 2021.
Lovely version of fool on the hill, I play it lots.
I love this song even today in Nov. of 2019
Ernest Godin ~ A great song is a great song, and timeless.
The Beatles may have written the songs but sergio's interpretations are the best.
No,
True better than paul
@@josealeman1647 No, I did not say that, it is outstanding, but "better than Paul." no.
@@garymorris1856yep!
In 1971 I captained a Rugby Tour to Hilversum in Holland. As a 17 year old I was the guest of the chairman of Radio Hilversum. He took me to see Sergio and Brazil ‘66 in Amsterdam….. I was smitten. Thank you Sergio for you and your music and your soul and your gifts. Rest well My Inspiration and thank you 💜🇧🇷
What a priceless adventure!
Priceless indeed. My team mates were hosted by many wonderful families in Hilversum. They awoke the following morning hearing ‘Mad John Gilbert’ being interviewed by Radio Hilversum asking me about Sergio and Brazil 66. As with the great and under appreciated Dudley Moore I am asking my students and grandchildren to listen to Sergio and Dudley 🙏💜 it is my joy and responsibility to pass on their gifts to future generations 🍎🇧🇷
@@johngilbert4308what do you teach, if I may ask?
@@delightschwartz2155 Good evening ‘delight Schwartz’ from John in Wrocław in Poland. ‘What did I teach?’, I am teaching still at 71 in England and Poland. Essentially I am a ‘motivational teacher’ who encourages people of all ages to believe in themselves and to celebrate their voices and their gifts. As well as Sergio and Dudley I encourage my students all over the world to listen to Oscar Petersen. Another utterly modest and totally gifted musician and human being🍎
This is so good and so smooth and sharp real classy outfit and the women are fantastic
Who is still watching /listening to this in 2021? The memories it conjures up brings tears to my eyes! I am suffering from a case of nostalgia, and I don't need no cure... (SIGHHHHH)
Bro 2024 are You alive?
Here in 2024♥️
Still listening in 2024
The best music ever was in the 1960s from adult contemporary to jazz, to R&R! Every week a new blockbuster song hit the top of the 40 chart! What do we have today to compare? Yep- nothing! Medicine song writing and mundane performers with so-so vocals.
Junho/24
Back when women looked like true vixens. WOW!!!
Actually, just women..........................
Have to agree with you Duke.
Yes , yes, and I say they are beautiful, oh yea the song too!!!!!God in heaven knew what He was doing!!
And not a single tattoo.
When women looked like women !
no tats, no fanfare, just plain awesome performance!
R.I.P. Sergio - thanks for all the great music.
I was 10 years old when this was playing on the radio in my moms new Impala, beautiful song and a beautiful car...miss my Mom so much, and that Impala.
Yes, the Impalas of that era were beautiful cars!
The 1960-1990 was magical time for music. The next 30 years not so.
60-70
A song is an entity that can wear uncountable clothes. This is another that keeps its amazingly beauty! RIP!
Sérgio Mendes was fantastic spreading Brazilian songs with high quality! May God bless him and his family !
Him and Jobim.
This video clip, no matter how many times I watch it and hear it continues to mesmerize me, I was a teenager worrying about being drafted for the war in Vietnam back when it was filmed, yet this song back then brought hope and escape from the fear of being drafted.
Hey Pedro I’m glad you’re still here but did you get drafted my friend? I was almost 13 at that time so I was thinking about that too!
Spot on
I was only 10 in 68 ,and though that young....I also worried about being drafted to that horrific war when I became of age. Thank heaven and Nixon it ended in 74.
*....u.s. of war....245 years of existence, 227 years embroiled in conflicts and wars.*
it was a piece of good music in 1968, and still is now, and surely will in the future.
This was the version I heard first, back in the 60s, before I heard the Beatles original. Love it still.
I was going to say the same thing. This was the version that was played on the radio the most when I was growing up in the 60's. It wasn't until later that I realized it was a Beatles song.
Absolutely brilliant ... takes me right back to when I was a young woman, and the world was kind, intelligent, beautiful.
Thank you very much indeed.
Amazing how Sergio could appeal to anyone & any age. His music lives on.❤
I'm 61 and this is beautiful...
Yes! The way the girls walk around the set enhances it!
@@MaloPiloto Yes, especially Lt. Dish! I mean Karen Philipp! Oops! lol
This track is a masterpiece! Every time I listen to it, I hear another little nuance in the vocals, the band, and the arrangement. Listen to the dynamics... so well executed!
hes so stylish
Definitely!!
When I hear these songs , I think of my mom in the house , cleaning, cooking with the sterio on 1968 -1973. Or just calmer times , Saturday's and sundays
Tell that to the hundreds dying a week in Vietnam. Calmer? I think not
Mario Cisneros
Indeed.
yeah that would turn me on too, not
It's like living a dream all the time, even only in our minds.
Calm??? Rfk, mlk, namm, Kent State, Altamonte, wategate, etc.... In 68 I was 3 and scared shitless, hiding under the desks preparing for nuclear war while my dad petrolled our burning city in full military gear oh the good old days.......when you could go to jail for dating a dude or having a few seeds in the ashtray.
I am 59 this year . I heard and loved all their Beatles covers as a boy before I heard the originals. I actually thought Sergio's group did them first!
Not a Beatles song; never was. They did have the talent to do such a classic.
@@rogercarter456 It is a Beatles song. It's from Magical Mystery Tour.
Easy to think that ,they were so good.
Lani Hall's voice sheer magic.
I would have loved to be there the first time Sergio Mendes heard her sing. He must have known that she was the final piece for his Brasil '66 band.
@Rick Delair Yes, there is no mistaking Herb's trumpet horn! Exquisite!
Sergio discovered Lani in 1965 when he was in Chicago.
She was performing at Mother Blues, 1305 N. Wells in the heart of the Old Town neighborhood.
@@w9gb I can only imagine where he 'discovered' Karen Philipp! ;)
@@bobjohnson205 She must have been good off-stage because the only thing she does on-stage is lip synching what Lani had recorded earlier on different tracks.
This song brings back powerful memories. I was 12 when this video was made, and I remember falling in love with the sound, and with these beautiful women. RIP Sergio
Perhaps I wasn't mature enough to appreciate this performance when I was 9 years old, but I do now. Every performer and every note is exactly where it should be, creating musical perfection.
I was 10 and must have been more mature because I did appreciate it! lol 😉
This is my favorite version of this song.
Me 2!
KutWrite Me 3!!
Best Beatles cover.
I agree that this is the best Beatles cover and maybe the only one that is better than the original. I might also suggest the Carpenters' "Day Tripper" although it doesn't beat the original, which would be impossible.
Same
Can't get enough of Lani's beautiful voice!💞
it's the voice of god, brother
Lani Hall is tremendous!!👍👍🤓😄 This is the BEST version of “Fool on the Hill”!!👍🤓
Lani just had the incredible talent to make this song and many more. A great team with Herb Alpert and her.
I love this version. It reminds me of being a child. Thank you Paul & John for writing this song. If it wasnt for the 2 of them, we would never have this beautiful version of Fool On The Hill
Just Paul on this one.
John did not write it
By 1967, when this song was written, John and Paul were no longer writing songs together. John and Paul would bring their own songs into the studio and inform each other, and also George and Ringo, the arrangement of the song.
Pretty much 100% Paul
Sergio, thanks for the great music. Such a wonderful sound and reminds me of simpler times. RIP.
It was 1968 when I first heard this song and several others from Sergio Mendez' Brazil 66 while stationed in Okinawa with the Air Force. We were on our first of 2, 6 months tours of duty there, repairing B-52's, KC135, RC135, WC135 . After a couple of months several guys bought stereos, from the shops in Koza, that played reel-to-reel tapes. Brazil 66 was one of the albums passed around and copied. Beautiful warm weather, beautiful nights, beautiful coral reefs, beautiful Okinawan countryside, beautiful people, great friends, and this beautiful music. Our job was to repair sheetmetal on the bombers & tankers between their bombing missions to Vietnam. When I hear this music I shut my eyes and I am transported back to those days. Very very special time in my life made even more special with the music of Sergio Mendez, & Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass.
Gary Thank you for your service to our country sir! God Bless and your family!
What an interesting backstory to a Great tune! Thank you for sharing it.
Gary Thank you so much for your service to our country! I was in Vietnam from 1966-1968 with my sister and my parents. I heard this music every morning on Armed Forces Radio!😀🇺🇸🇺🇸
Great story Gary. I posted this (like you ) because of the memories it brought back to me during my tour in NATO during Nam. This music can never be replaced or evan duplicated IMO A once in a lifetime gift from this fantastic group
Very good. I was a Marine in Vietnam during that same time. That song does bring back the memories 🇺🇸🇺🇸
I've listened to Brazil 66 since the 60's back when raw talent was required now all they need is a marketable face and technology does the rest
This is definitely the best song of Sergio Mendez and Brazil 66! This is musical perfection, the voices, the piano, the guitar and the percussion! I love the bongos!! 👍👍🤓🥳
Beautiful ❤
Brazil 66 was one of the most popular groups back in the 60's. Timeless music.
I'm 64 and recall my parents playing this record. Loved it as a child, love it still. Had forgotten all about this music. Thank you for sharing
Lani Hall is one of the voices of the 60s. Married to Herb Alpert. She must have been so young here
I saw an interview where Sergio Mendes said he saw her sing in Chicago and knew that he wanted her to sing for him and that he had to get her father's permission.
She is still married to Herb Albert. He is in his 80s.
850 million herbie no wonder shes still married
Both girls were 23. Now, 75.
A beautiful sound I have not heard for so long....
Una de mis canciones favoritas. Grande Sergio Mendes
The Mendes Latin arrangement perfectly suits the song. The female vocals are pristine!
Just Lani Hall singing, twice.
In the videos, there are two singers,
but it's the same voice!
Lani Hall is beautiful and has the best voice.
I remember this beautiful song by Sergio Mendes Fool on the Hill. My oldest sister loved this song before she passed away. 1968 I was eight years old when that song was out.
So was I and remember this lovely song very well
PS My condolences for your sister
It’s 2020. Remember when this song came out in 1968.. beautiful song!
I watched them in 1968 live concert. It was both magical & breathtaking.
This music is coming back, because no one will stomach this current junk as they mature! Ageless tones!!!!!
I HOPE SO!!!
Don't kid yourself. People always think of the music that they grew up with, as the best there ever was, because they link it in their memories with good times... they forget the bad. The good old days weren't always good, but that's how we want to remember them.
One of my mother's favorite music and band. Heard this tune all the time in my house as a child.
Me too
Wow, Lani Hall is so beautiful! To top it off, she is probably one of the greatest vocalists who ever lived!!!
Amen, sister!
Which one is she?
@@bethmessner4453 The exceptionally talented and lovely Lani is the brunette. She was the lead singer of Brasil '66.
Great arrangement by Sergio.
RIP SERGIO ! You've blessed us so much with your lovely music. I repeat your music so many times and never get tired of playing it. A fan since Brasil '66.
No gimmicks , No hyped visualization - Just simplicity, talent and grace - Love this music
simply a beautiful sung and played song...
sad this day and age they can't even compete with this . timeless classy all in one
You got that right !
Perry Stone Perry hit the nail on the head..And the females back then were so classy and they respected themselves...
You said it ! Class & beauty with style...
Exceptional
And no visible tattoos.
I always thought this song was written about Congress: The Fools On The Hill.
very funny Norman.
Ha! Great response!
🤔😂
I thought The Beatles wrote it about President Nixon
The song precedes Nixon's election by more than a year.
My dad played this constantly in the late 60' s. R.I.P. Robert Earl Johnson!!!
[from an old drummer] .. Aside from the stunning, incredible, sexy vocal and the gorgeous instrumentation with strings, flute and harp, Sergio Mendes does the most sublime and understated things with time signatures of anyone, IMO. In mainstream popular music it seems most songs that deviate from straight 4/4 are usually one of the more typical times; for example 1-2 'cut' time, or a 3/4 waltz-ish, or bluezy 6/8 or 12/8. And the time signature stays put. Rarely changes. The number of bars might vary but not the time itself. It's rare that a mainstream popular song will venture from one of these comfortable standard times. Examples: Take 5 (jazz) and some of the prog stuff, notably Yes and Rush, but again it's rare that one of these odd time signature songs get widespread public listening. Usually the odd time stuff is more of a 'niche' thing amongst aficionados of the particular genre. And you know right away that it's an 'odd' time. It's very apparent. No foot tapping allowed.
As far as Sergio's interpretations,
McCartney's lovely Fool on the Hill is straight conventional 4/4. Sergio's version begins with a single conga hit (cool) on the last beat of the previous measure which I guess is the "6" because the verses and intro are consistent 6/4. (unusual) And we don't mean 6/8, that's a whole different thing; and quite common in blues and ballads. Sergio shifts the chorus to 4/4 and then effortlessly slips back into 6/4 for the verses again. Unique.
Paul Simon's original of Scarborough Fair is kind of a quick 3/4 with larger groupings that make it feel like segments of 6/4 and 9/4. Sergio basically changes the song from a waltz to a kind of a hybrid bossa nova (if I have to give it a name); from a 3 pulse to a 4 pulse. Sergio's version is 4/4. It even starts again with a single conga hit on the '4'. (again, cool) The intro strings are an 8th triplet thing that kind of cuts across the 4 pulse which is just groovy as hell. He also tosses in phrasing that tends to cut across the bar line and obscure the time signature for a few moments ("Remember me to the one who lives there. He once was a true love of mine..", especially the final iteration starting around th-cam.com/video/3HjWxjF13Gs/w-d-xo.html He does it unobtrusively. Count it out. It's very cool.
And you never even realize that Sergio is playing with the time signatures on either song. They just flow like they were born that way. And remember that neither of these great 'covers' are his original songs and both of the original versions are well known and firmly cemented into the public ear. Try counting them out. You'll see what I mean. Brilliant, just brilliant. And brave.
Hey Blujay, its complex for me to understand, but I can see that even by the technical musical aspects, this arrangement is wonderful;
Ironically, the Beatles themselves were another group who liked to mess around with time signatures (often unintentionally I think). Even songs that seem straightforward like here come the sun, have at least three different time signatures at different points.
Another fantastic group who did this was Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull
Awesome explainer. Above my head a bit, but understanding the timing changes will add more enjoyment to listening to these songs. Thanks.
Doesn't get much better than this. Simply Awesome!
dallmanbro Yes it does get better than this. I love Sergio Mendes but I prefer the orgin.
@@johncaldwell1625 preach it
@@johncaldwell1625 you can't beat the Beatles
Yeah that's back when they made real good music!
Back to 1968. These ladies were incredible back then, what a perfect union they formed. I didn't know how good I had it before.
So cool, I was a junior yell leader in high school..so many good mems with this song
My other older sister Maureen loved this song Fool on the hill by Brazil 66. 1968 I was eight years old when that song was. My family had the 45rmp record Fool on the hill. Such a beautiful classic song.
I could listen to this over and over. Absolutely great.
MrGardman I do these days a lot. Terrific music and arrangement. He and Alpert are geniuses
This was back when they still made good music!
I have met Sergio Mendes personally in Beverly Hills. He's from Brazil, like me. He's a nice person.
Respect to you also sir! I'm Australian who grew up listening to Brazil '66 on the radio. What classy music they all made! Sergio is an absolute icon. Bless him.
Fabulous arranger..
Hearing this brings me right back to my childhood in southern California. I was 9 years old, riding in the back seat of my dad's Rambler station wagon, windows rolled down, hot dry air in my face, trying to make sense of the words... which were so confusing to me at the time. Thank you so much for uploading this great footage, really superb, first rate. David H.
poetically put brother- the music of the time was creatively crying and we were there to absorb the wonderful world of music that was!
davidhertzberg 8
Yup. L.A., 1968. I was 11 yrs. old.
Loved Sergio Mendos songs. Santa Barbara (the soap opera) used a lot of them for Cruz/Eden. It was tremendous.
same period for me. the family car had an 8-track player in it. sergio mendes and brazil 66 was one of the 8-tracks my pop kept in the car for trips out east.
Their music always just leaves me feeling happy.
RIP Sergio. You made the world a better place.
In the 1960s as I traveled with my family from Oklahoma to the central valley of California and I being about 13 this song carried me alone route 66. The ultimate road trip. I found myself in this song with it's beauty an the vast possibilities of what my life ahead could be, I listen to it often an it takes me back to that very special time in my life. Rick Martin, Tulsa OK
The beauty of great music . To take you back and remember when you first heart it.
Funny Rick, during the 60's my family moved from Virginia to Seattle and traveled on route 66 and had the same thoughts what lies ahead for me in life. This takes me back to Hawaii and my youth, a very special time....Peace and Love...
Enough Said KC, " THE BEAUTY OF GREAT MUSIC"
Fresno here.. hope you got some cantaloupes. My family has been in the Valley over 100 years.
obsolete professor did they travel down Route 66, while listening to Sergio Mendes, and did they sing this song? Just curious
What an incredibly magical sound. And all these years later, they still sound amazing!
I love it!!!! Sarah Vaughn has a great version too.
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You’re right about that George
What beautiful voices and music.
Sergio Mendes was BAD to the Bone, super-smooth!!
What a wonderful arrangement and taut performance. Love the quirkiness and coolness.
Such a timeless and haunting song - beautifully arranged and sung - makes you realise how much dross passes for music nowadays 😔