The composer of this video seems to weedling a political statement into this otherwise nice video; what with images of food banks and bums. I could be wrong but I think...just a wee bit!...that this is a love song, am I right? Don't try to be profound, just be truthful.
@douglasskinner Bro. listen to the words. In one part it is a love song of a guy who lost his girl. While he remembers his love, he's falling apart mentally and emotionally.
At having met Renee years later (?), in his condition, he assures her he will not stock her though he still remembers their time together. Alone now, he continues falling apart, not blaming Renee or anyone.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Thanks for watching and commenting.
we all have our Renee' somewhere within, she/he have left us either from finding another or in death. we'll miss them forever even if we might have loved again...
Great video for a timeless classic love song, with real feeling,have always loved this song and is still played on many radio stations. Will current music still be played after 45 years
Thumbs up if you have replayed this song over and over again. And if you think that the older music is a much better than the new computerized music of today.
You know how, when you can't understand the lyrics, you just make up sounds to fit? I just now, for the first time, read the lyrics and realized I made up sounds for about half this song - the lyrics are a revelation - thank you! Although I will never remember them . . . "The lopur used to pass by" and "Two menen man inside a hall, upon a wall, still finds a way to haunt me, the lesson's small . . ." :)
@GiggleFishy The phenomenon is called a "mondegreen"; you can Google or Wikipedia that term to find many examples. My favourite is from Build Me Up Buttercup by the Foundations:"I'll be home/ I'll be a xylophone waiting for you...", and no, that's NOT what I thought the words were, in case you were going to ask...
I'm not deaf, thanks for putting the lyrics. Back then we could never figure out the words out of our small Transistor radio's held up to one of our ears.
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So even people who here appreciate the words written out. Don't listen to that guy about 2 seconds earlier, you did a good job.
Although I have loved this song since first hearing it in the middle 60's (I graduated from H.S. in '65) it should be mentioned that the Four Tops also covered this song and (also) did a really nice job with it.
Nice, but the lyrics are too slow for reading and anticipation if you want to see what's happening and coming.....you need the words to appear at least 2 seconds before they are sung
@travisdee50 THAT would just screw things up. The lyrics follow the singer as it is sung. Your suggestion would make it feel like a bad Japanese movie. I have doing this for 5 years and the present way is by far the best. THANKS for your comments.
@deafsubtitles The two seconds are needed for someone that doesn't know the words and is trying to sing the song. If it's done for ART the two seconds aren't needed.
@deafsubtitles I'm not so sure on that. I like looking at the lyrics and singing along when nobody's watching. But it's tougher to do that when I can't see the next word in the song until the singer is already singing it.
I've always loved this song because like Brown I knew a Renee that made me weak in the knees. I went to school with her back in the 60s. She was absolutely hauntingly beautiful and I never managed to get up the nerve to talk to her.
Idealistic and hopeless love. A young man, first feeling it and not knowing how to play the game to win. The agony of not knowing what to do, allowing that to defeat you because you were so young. No blame here...just falling in love a little too young. Add another year and Rene would have happened. Most everyone has loved and lost.
Oh my...I was once so in love, and it was utterly hopeless and I knew it...and as much as I loved that person, I wanted them to walk away from me because being around them was too much to bear. Especially when I was told I was "such a nice guy" and "such a good friend," which tore my heart out. I understand where this song is coming from.
@Vagrarian That in itself is an old familiar sad song, sometimes I think the inner pain is much worse that a combat wound.....They heal a lot quicker !
I had forgotten how great this song was . When I first heard it I was about 15 and it was a meaningful love song in my young life, dreaming about finding the perfect mysterious girl of my dreams. Now when I hear it I realize how idealistic I was back then.....But it is still a good trip ! Thanks for posting it.
absolutly Priceless. I was 6 years old the first time I heard this. On a jukebox at the Raquett Club, Tuscaloosa Ala. It was 1966. I was too young to really understand that this song has awsome harmonies but now that Im a old man its almost Haunting kinda sound
Ah, one of my all time favorite songs. They just knocked me over with this song when it came out way back when. What harmony, great lyrics, musical accompaniment. And he was only 16 years old when he sang this.Wonderful. Thanx. for the post.
Outstanding presentation of a beloved classic. I was only 6 when this song came out. But I remember it vividly. Very enjoyable video that does this beautiful song justice. Thanks for sharing.
Just walk away Renee, you won't see me following you back home Now as the rain beats down upon my weary eyes, for me it cries. Your name and mine inside a heart upon a wall still finds a way to haunt me, though they're so small. Just walk away Renee, you won't see me following you back home. The empty sidewalws on my block are not the same. You're not to blame.
I remember when this song was popular in 1966. I was in junior high school at the time. I guess I'm giving away my age, aren't I? LOL! Anyway, you did a good job with this. I especially like the picture at 1:13 and 1:48.
Very interesting to find out the origins of this song. It was always a Four Tops song to me. Amazing that this very melodic song with haunting lyrics was written by an obviously very sentimental 16 year old...Michael Brown.
You did a great job with the photos. I also like being able to read along with the subtitles. Your info sections is just icing on an already great cake. Thanks.
Great images for a great song. Thank you for the post. One of my all-time favorite songs when I was a young child. I'm so glad I can listen to it again all the time!
Such excellent pictures to capture the essence of this great, classic song!! Your information on the side is always so interesting and thorough. A superbly done and quite entertaining video!!
There aren't many people who give a passing thought about the 'homeless,' are there? But, apparently some people choose to 'opt out' for some reason or another. I can understand their train of thought at times.
True, many just give a brief passing thought about the poor and homeless. An old German proverb states, "Charity looks at the need, not the cause." We cannot judge why many are homeless. Maybe faults of their own or those victims of circumstances. We need to help and not tar the whole because of the few.
I am hoping the house church I am setting up will be more concerned with the helping and not judging. Since there's no rent, monies raised can help por and needy.
The epitomy of the late 60s, such a surreal tune of that era!!!!!
ricrorus56 4 days ago
This song makes me have a good cry. That young man must have been really feeling it when he sang.
fwainseattle 1 week ago
The composer of this video seems to weedling a political statement into this otherwise nice video; what with images of food banks and bums. I could be wrong but I think...just a wee bit!...that this is a love song, am I right? Don't try to be profound, just be truthful.
douglasskinner 1 month ago
@douglasskinner Bro. listen to the words. In one part it is a love song of a guy who lost his girl. While he remembers his love, he's falling apart mentally and emotionally.
At having met Renee years later (?), in his condition, he assures her he will not stock her though he still remembers their time together. Alone now, he continues falling apart, not blaming Renee or anyone.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Thanks for watching and commenting.
deafsubtitles 1 month ago
@deafsubtitles I think we're in violent agreement! It IS
douglasskinner 1 month ago
@douglasskinner
douglasskinner 1 month ago
@douglasskinner We're cool. Hope you still like it, the way I interpreted it.
HAVE a great weekend, bro.
deafsubtitles 1 month ago
Beautiful song , timeless. Thankyou
dewatif 3 months ago in playlist 2
I thought about this tune as I drove to Walmart to pick up a Christmas card for you Marah. A very nice tune to take in and ponder!
MrHwy61 3 months ago
To 'deafsubtitles'
I believe your lyric set to be the most accurate, and the vid the most compelling.
TheOtherRoger 3 months ago
@TheOtherRoger Thank you.
deafsubtitles 3 months ago
Thank you a thousand times!
The beauty and emotional power of this song STILL touches my heart and tears are in my eyes as I type (I type by touch).
FWIW
TheOtherRoger 3 months ago
Every guy Ive ever dated told me this was my song cuz my name is Renee Now I know the lyrics so thanks!!
tropicofcherry 3 months ago
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And what man hasn't known at least one 'Renee'? :)
Iknewb4udid 4 months ago
great song heard it for years could never understand the lyrics thanks for posting.
stangfever04 4 months ago
Its just such a good song. In a way, its almost perfect.
badbob1946 5 months ago
God please take me back to those days when everything had true feeling and the youth bonded together for what we beleived in!!
stalkingwolf1954 5 months ago 2
Is this song unusually popular among deaf people or something?
MacFeeley 5 months ago
we all have our Renee' somewhere within, she/he have left us either from finding another or in death. we'll miss them forever even if we might have loved again...
revwjh 6 months ago
Great video for a timeless classic love song, with real feeling,have always loved this song and is still played on many radio stations. Will current music still be played after 45 years
69ssrszl1 6 months ago
@69ssrszl1 I suspect so, along with these older oldies ;) MUSIC is a very powerful medium and each generation is touch by the songs of their era.
Thankfully, kids of this generation are discovering oldies like Renee and LOVING IT, the beat still goes on. :)
deafsubtitles 6 months ago
great song...the singer is very sincere and heartfelt. Thanks for posting and adding the back story...great job with the pics...Renee is smokin' hot!
joetennis 6 months ago
this song is dedicated to RENEE IACOPELLI <33333333333333333333 lmfao
ashleyyhenningerr 6 months ago
Thumbs up if you have replayed this song over and over again. And if you think that the older music is a much better than the new computerized music of today.
PrpleHzeByt 6 months ago
You know how, when you can't understand the lyrics, you just make up sounds to fit? I just now, for the first time, read the lyrics and realized I made up sounds for about half this song - the lyrics are a revelation - thank you! Although I will never remember them . . . "The lopur used to pass by" and "Two menen man inside a hall, upon a wall, still finds a way to haunt me, the lesson's small . . ." :)
GiggleFishy 6 months ago
@GiggleFishy The phenomenon is called a "mondegreen"; you can Google or Wikipedia that term to find many examples. My favourite is from Build Me Up Buttercup by the Foundations:"I'll be home/ I'll be a xylophone waiting for you...", and no, that's NOT what I thought the words were, in case you were going to ask...
therealjoebloggs 6 months ago
@therealjoebloggs Wow, there's a word for it? That's great, thanks for posting that information!
GiggleFishy 6 months ago
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ParagonVirtue 6 months ago
@ParagonVirtue I am Deafened, hearing becoming Deaf. I too did the same. Thank God for the internet and online lyrics.
Bless you.
deafsubtitles 6 months ago
Excellent ! Catman is absolutely right. It sounds just as good as it did back then.
It's more than just a cheesy pop-rock tune from the mid-sixties.
LJH70122 7 months ago
I'm not deaf, thanks for putting the lyrics. Back then we could never figure out the words out of our small Transistor radio's held up to one of our ears.
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So even people who here appreciate the words written out. Don't listen to that guy about 2 seconds earlier, you did a good job.
. rock on !
pompom11 9 months ago
Although I have loved this song since first hearing it in the middle 60's (I graduated from H.S. in '65) it should be mentioned that the Four Tops also covered this song and (also) did a really nice job with it.
MrRonnieG 9 months ago
My name is Renee :D <3
RatedRenee 9 months ago 2
Nice, but the lyrics are too slow for reading and anticipation if you want to see what's happening and coming.....you need the words to appear at least 2 seconds before they are sung
travisdee50 10 months ago
@travisdee50 THAT would just screw things up. The lyrics follow the singer as it is sung. Your suggestion would make it feel like a bad Japanese movie. I have doing this for 5 years and the present way is by far the best. THANKS for your comments.
deafsubtitles 10 months ago 4
@deafsubtitles The two seconds are needed for someone that doesn't know the words and is trying to sing the song. If it's done for ART the two seconds aren't needed.
icanhearyoubreathing 9 months ago
@deafsubtitles I'm not so sure on that. I like looking at the lyrics and singing along when nobody's watching. But it's tougher to do that when I can't see the next word in the song until the singer is already singing it.
GenMipps1 8 months ago
Why the hell cant this talent be found anymore on the radio???
Frontierblues 10 months ago
Mom holding me in the kitchen as a wee lil boy
nonofyurbeezwax 10 months ago
Mmmm, thank you!!
MsBuckleyfan 10 months ago
my name is Renee LOL
cestrc 10 months ago
I've always loved this song because like Brown I knew a Renee that made me weak in the knees. I went to school with her back in the 60s. She was absolutely hauntingly beautiful and I never managed to get up the nerve to talk to her.
OlderThanSand 10 months ago
#76 best songs of the 60s Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke
zynjan 11 months ago
yea ,the real feeling grovy
4IAMATITOK 11 months ago
i heard this song on one of the crossing jordan episodes..
keylago220 1 year ago
By the way great job on the video. I wonder what two I D Ten T's didn't like this song?
NcicHit2 1 year ago
I think this is one of the greatest pop/rock songs of all time.
NcicHit2 1 year ago
Wonderful song and great memories associated with it.
Thanks to whoever made this available!!
Those were certainly better days for music and the artists who performed that music.
MrWhats999 1 year ago
Another great 1966 song!!
L1S91 1 year ago
Another 1966 song!!
L1S91 1 year ago
Thank you for putting the lyrics up. I have never understand all of what he was saying, even though I've always loved the song!
hopefloats57 1 year ago
A mexican will tell Renee to JUST WALK AWAY ......
a when he knows he will break her heart
b when she breaks his heart
c when he's 49, she's 14 ,and her father is running at him with a baseball bat
teehonky 1 year ago
Superb cover
krisspaddy 1 year ago
@krisspaddy Not a cover, this is the original.
dudemanbearpig 1 year ago
Idealistic and hopeless love. A young man, first feeling it and not knowing how to play the game to win. The agony of not knowing what to do, allowing that to defeat you because you were so young. No blame here...just falling in love a little too young. Add another year and Rene would have happened. Most everyone has loved and lost.
JohnnyRock2000 1 year ago
Beautiful video,thank you for making it.
GanarfGeorgie 1 year ago
The guy that wrote the lyrics, Michael Brown, is on keyboards here. Steve Martin is the vocalist.
Ardalla555 1 year ago
Oh my...I was once so in love, and it was utterly hopeless and I knew it...and as much as I loved that person, I wanted them to walk away from me because being around them was too much to bear. Especially when I was told I was "such a nice guy" and "such a good friend," which tore my heart out. I understand where this song is coming from.
Vagrarian 1 year ago
@Vagrarian That in itself is an old familiar sad song, sometimes I think the inner pain is much worse that a combat wound.....They heal a lot quicker !
nedarc 1 year ago
I had forgotten how great this song was . When I first heard it I was about 15 and it was a meaningful love song in my young life, dreaming about finding the perfect mysterious girl of my dreams. Now when I hear it I realize how idealistic I was back then.....But it is still a good trip ! Thanks for posting it.
nedarc 1 year ago
absolutly Priceless. I was 6 years old the first time I heard this. On a jukebox at the Raquett Club, Tuscaloosa Ala. It was 1966. I was too young to really understand that this song has awsome harmonies but now that Im a old man its almost Haunting kinda sound
robe2xx 1 year ago
Great Tune ! They should have been bigger.
Dion1957 1 year ago
I keep coming back to this song. There's something so beautiful and haunting about it.
psychodelicide 1 year ago
@psychodelicide It has to do with Romance, a term forgotten, almost, today !
nedarc 1 year ago
Absolutely incomparable...than you for telling the story of what was the inspiration behind this moving piece of music and poetry!
seymouro 1 year ago 3
@seymouro Thanks and you are welcome. I DO have to credit Wikipedia for a lot of the info.
deafsubtitles 1 year ago 2
@deafsubtitles OK ! Renee Fladen-Kamm ' was identified in 2001 as a noted singer, vocal teacher and artist on the West Coast. '
Under what name ? I can't find anything about her.
grover12able 1 year ago
@seymouro you are welcome
deafsubtitles 1 year ago
@seymouro
Second that, terrific work on this. Thanks for posting.
joesphx19 5 months ago
Have always loved this song, it touches a place within.........
bill5758 1 year ago 6
@bill5758 Yes it does.
deafsubtitles 1 year ago
@bill5758 So true Bill, it touches ones soul and causes pain for wanting to be closer to certain girls.
nedarc 1 year ago
i heard this song was written by a 15 year old.truly amazing
kiloelo 1 year ago
@kiloelo, did you read the song info I added when I uploaded?
Just click arrow \/ above.
deafsubtitles 1 year ago
this only proves the point to write about what you know. great song.
boardview 1 year ago
Ah, one of my all time favorite songs. They just knocked me over with this song when it came out way back when. What harmony, great lyrics, musical accompaniment. And he was only 16 years old when he sang this.Wonderful. Thanx. for the post.
larrydh2 1 year ago
Outstanding presentation of a beloved classic. I was only 6 when this song came out. But I remember it vividly. Very enjoyable video that does this beautiful song justice. Thanks for sharing.
wengpo 1 year ago
Outstanding presentation of a beloved classic. Thanks for sharing.
wengpo 1 year ago
Thank you for all the info on this song, group, and video.
countrysinger1952 1 year ago
there is someone who e mailed me about the band. i found them on
Wiki. Thought they were from over seas, but found out they were from NY.
still love this song. thanks for posting it.
oldermusiclover 1 year ago
aluisiojps 1 year ago
HAPPY 61st BIRTHDAY MICHAEL BROWN
rob
robaarm 1 year ago
Oh Max!! This is truly one of my ALL time favorite songs!!! The melody alone is enough to make a strong man weep like a new born baby. INCREDIBLE!!!
coolanddark 1 year ago
All in all, yours is the best version of this song. You put in a lot of good work here, so thanks, Buddy!
56richardcory 2 years ago 3
@56richardcory, Thanks for the compliments.
I enjoy doing stuff like this.
Have a great week.
deafsubtitles 2 years ago
76 grad loved the song too
krayfishes 2 years ago
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branch2992 2 years ago
i love this song.!!!1
thevampireboy666 2 years ago
Such a beautiful song!
Oznla 2 years ago
dear 1952, i was a year younger, when this came out. loved the song, but don't know
a whole lot about the band
oldermusiclover 2 years ago
I don't know a lot about the band, either. I just remember the first time I saw them on television. I really love the song, too.
countrysinger1952 2 years ago
I remember when this song was popular in 1966. I was in junior high school at the time. I guess I'm giving away my age, aren't I? LOL! Anyway, you did a good job with this. I especially like the picture at 1:13 and 1:48.
countrysinger1952 2 years ago
Me too. I was 11 years old when this came out and have loved it ever since.
Thanks for your cooment.
deafsubtitles 2 years ago
@countrysinger1952 me too. guess we are both oldermusic lovers
oldermusiclover 1 year ago
A Great Song and Vid.
terpstation24 2 years ago
Very interesting to find out the origins of this song. It was always a Four Tops song to me. Amazing that this very melodic song with haunting lyrics was written by an obviously very sentimental 16 year old...Michael Brown.
thiaanthony 2 years ago
This was certainly one of the best popular songs of the mid sixties. It sounds as good today as it did in 1966.
catman916 2 years ago 14
You betcha'
deafsubtitles 2 years ago
You did a great job with the photos. I also like being able to read along with the subtitles. Your info sections is just icing on an already great cake. Thanks.
pef286 2 years ago
Thanks.....I can't help but love this song.
Happy New Year.
deafsubtitles 2 years ago
I love this song. Can anyone guess why :)
RReneeS 2 years ago
You would love it if you name was Sharona!
pef286 2 years ago
Yes, because your name is Renee, lol!
countrysinger1952 2 years ago
my name is renee =) i like this song, its touching. thanks for the lyrics
ChewbaccaRenee 2 years ago
Glad you do. Me too.
deafsubtitles 2 years ago
Great images for a great song. Thank you for the post. One of my all-time favorite songs when I was a young child. I'm so glad I can listen to it again all the time!
ch1aka2 2 years ago
Thanks for the comment. I too have enjoyed this since it came out and I was young once ;)
deafsubtitles 2 years ago
Such excellent pictures to capture the essence of this great, classic song!! Your information on the side is always so interesting and thorough. A superbly done and quite entertaining video!!
brownhorse98 2 years ago
Eeekk!
Was that an image of 'The Silent Scream' that I just saw?
Thank you.
Jennie.
Kittielips 2 years ago
Yep, or should I say, " ." Thought it would suit the song since it's clear from the song the man was suffering from some mental health issues.
The end photo was a surprising touch to the last line of the song I think.
Thanks for commenting.
deafsubtitles 2 years ago
There aren't many people who give a passing thought about the 'homeless,' are there? But, apparently some people choose to 'opt out' for some reason or another. I can understand their train of thought at times.
Thank you.
Jennie.
Kittielips 2 years ago
True, many just give a brief passing thought about the poor and homeless. An old German proverb states, "Charity looks at the need, not the cause." We cannot judge why many are homeless. Maybe faults of their own or those victims of circumstances. We need to help and not tar the whole because of the few.
I am hoping the house church I am setting up will be more concerned with the helping and not judging. Since there's no rent, monies raised can help por and needy.
deafsubtitles 2 years ago