Brilliant video pointed out to me by Clare Washbrook. Great pop song with a charismatic singer and the novelty of a girl drummer. Who was called Honey and appeared to be playing something different to the song in several of the close ups. At school we used to sing 'have I the right to ffff you' not actually knowing what 'fff' meant.
I dont think the drummer played on this track. I know it's mimed but she's tapping the snare and it's not tapped - it's thumped. And it;'s not on the snare it's the floor tom
Man I used to set my clock radio (tube type) to come on as I got home from school so I wouldn't miss the latest sounds pouring onto top 40, and one afternoon BAM this song came on as the tubes in the radio warmed up, still gives the the cosmic chills (whatever that is)
@gazzymodo a guy called steven sparks joined the honeycombrs in 1975 when they reformed steve is a good friend went to school with my elder bro who passed away 4 months ago rip bro
They started out as a resident group in the Mildmay Tavern ,Stoke Newington.
When they made that hit they moved on and another group took their place at the Mildmay. Although we had a brilliant drummer,lead gutarist,genious rhythm guitarist and a great singer we got a very cool reception and moved to a better venue after a month. Sadly the Mildmay Tavern is no more but the memory of those good times will never fade.
bUT tHE bEATLES DID RULE THE WAVES IN THE 60S DONT FORGET. tHEY ARE THE WORLDS MOST PROLIFIC WRITERS OF OUR TIME.. VIVA bEATLES, AND DONT YOU FORGET IT!!!
A sterling British invasion hit from 1965 which features many striking features for the music trivia fan: (a) produced by the legendary but tormented Joe Meek, whose life and work is well worth researching, sort of a poor man's Phil Spector, (b) The only male group I can think of that had a female drummer, Ann "Honey" Lantree, whose nickname gave the group their name. The group's bassist was her brother, John Lantree, and (c) The Lantrees' half-brother was another drummer: Dave Clark!
@wallpole Yeah. They were also about the Kinks, Beach Boys and the Zombies. No one else, though. These guys were very obviously riding the beatle's coat tails.
@elizabethosler I dont know if shes very good, but good enough for the song -> she is. I've simply never seen a band with four guys and a girl on drums. They have style and the band fits as it is... in my view.
This was on the radio seemingly every five minutes when it was released. It brings back memories even though I didn't particularly care for it. Of course, the group is lip-syncing here as all groups did in such venues. The recording was actually sped up quite a bit which exlpains the unusual pitch. They couldn't do that in a live performance.
I graduated H.S. in 1965 and can still hear this song playing on the punkass AM radio in my '57 Chevy, which I had bought with dad's help in the summer of '64.
No one has surpassed Dennis D'ell's performances on Any of the Honeycombs 60's recordings. He was 'the right man for the job'. Brilliantly Distinctive, with superb delivery. I have yet to hear Anyone compare !!
@gazzymodo - Absolutely! Dennis' vocal style and growl on this track is 60's rock perfection. Like the Dave Clark 5's Mike Smith -- he's one of the forgotten great rock vocalists. Superb delivery as you said and no one has surpassed it. He even had the right looks and stage prescence to be great.
I can recall this was very revolutionary for its day. a girl drummer in a rock'n roll group was unheard of! this was a first and the drums are very much the focus in the recording mix of the song. each time I seen the honeycombs on television in those days the girl drummer was where the camara opperators always wanted to keep their lens pointed. also notice those burns guitars. this group and the searchers, are who put burns on the map.it was hard to get a rickenbacker12 like george harrison's.
The Honeycombs were an English beat/pop group, founded in 1963 in North London. The group had one chart-topping hit, the million selling "Have I the Right?", in 1964. After that song the interest in the group ebbed away, and they split up in late 1966. The group's most distinguishing mark was their female drummer, Honey Lantree.
Hi there!! Please can someone shed some light on Honey Lanetree! A mutual friend Ian Forbes will be having a Big Birthday coming up in March 2011 and he many years ago was good friends with Honey! He has spoken about The Honeycombes and mentioned Honey and i would love for Honey too make come to this 'Bash' My name is Rob Cowley 07928730604 PLEASE can someone point me in the right direction in getting in touch with Honey!!! Thanks
What a voice . . .all members clearly talented. I'm married to a "garage band drummer" although they just played local gigs, largely for fun. Thanks for the unforgettable hits, Denis D'ell. You've joined the others in Rock & Roll Heaven.
@randomguyxx1 - Hello. Yes, I clearly recall a follow-up "I Can't Stop" also a high energy, uplifting tune which brushed the charts enough for some airplay. Apparently, the HC's had several more charted hits in the UK after this one. However, this classic will always be their masterpiece. What a voice on Denis D! Peace to ALL.
At a time when British Invasion music was such a big thing in the US,it's sad that this group never really found further success other than just this song.
@toquickforyou ..... Took the words out of my mouth I 'm a 54-yr old man. Songs like this shaped my life..... , and the Beatles.... You don't get tired of hearing it because you hardly ever hear it nowadays???
@toquickforyou WOW!Someone who feels the exact same way as I do about this song.I'm 59,remember it like it was yesterday.It's a little scary though,don't know where the time went.Were you around then?:)Still one of my all time favorite songs.Never get tired of hearing it.Those were really great days and great music.You know,they really don't have nothing today.I think if you could put today's generation back then and let them experience it,I doubt they would want to return to today.
@FRANK1FM Oh yes I was around then,cruising the Blvd in my SS chev, picking up chicks, hitting the drive inns,listening to WLS on the radio it was 100,000 watt station back then.
At first I thought "That drummer's wig is ridiculous...makes him look like a girl"...but then at the close-up I realized that it IS a girl, and she's kicking total ass back there! Is this rock's first fem skin-shredder? She's smokin'! This song is SO cool, totally unique...."Have I the right ..?" W T F????
Their 1st & by far their biggest of 4 U.K hits reaching number 1 on the 23rd-July-64, followed by Is It Because ( #38, 22nd-Oct-64)-Something Better Beginning (#39, 29th-April-65)-That's The Way (#12, 5th-Aug-65).
'Eyes', 'That's the Way', 'Colour Slide'', 'Face in the Crowd', 'Love in Tokyo", 'Please Don't Pretend Again', 'I Can't Stop' , 'This Year, Next Year' and many others - all great Honeycombs songs / Joe Meek productions - are now on YouTube, many of them in them in the last month or so. Thanks to the people who put them there! Nearly all of them survive the test of time and should be far more widely known. Maybe they will be!
WCBS-FM 101.1 in New York City aught to play this song again like they used to. My name is Fred Tenzer, I was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA, I live in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA, and my email address is rocket88_doowop@yahoo.com
I feel ashamed..I forgot about these guys and they were so Good! just Amazing, they are from this country? lead singer is very cute, oh, just noticed one of them called Dennis, can anyone tell me which one he is ?...I agree with kelly...RIP Dennis :(
Just to add that they really did have a great sound!
@HilaryMG Dennis was the lead singer. I had the pleasure of meeting him a couple of times and even jamming with him around a campfire one night! I'm very sad to hear of his loss :o(
@pjaylett ..Yes what wonderful memories you have, Dennis could not have been very old either, very handsome also, Im glad to remember that great time...the 60`s
pjaylett did you play an instrument? just wondering? nosey? course ;)
@HilaryMGOh this was much later, early to mid 90's. I was friends with his son and we used to go to his place to hang out and play guitar. Once Dennis came and joined us and we played some old blues stuff, it was only much later did I learn of his connection to the Honeycombs. Dennis was a great player, as is his son :o)
The other connection I have to this song is that my mother used to work in F Cookes Pie & Mash shop in Dalston back in the 60's. One of her regular customers was Honey Langtree
@pjaylett Oh fantastic! its funny back then I would loved to have been in a band, had a pretty good voice back then...no honest I did :) may I ask one more question? where is Dalston?..
I know that music is in my genes as a lot of family members in Canada are singers, a cousin, ok three times removed ;) is a well known Maritime singer ...
@moggyparty and the great Dennis D'ell singing and Honey Lantree drumming, she's better than most male drummers, not to mention those super cool groovy Burns guitars....yeah, baby !!!
Ah, the birth of Joe Meek's heavy compression. Joe Meek (the producer) was way ahead of his time. Everything is given heavy compression now but back then it was revolutionary. This record has a cool in your face sound that just glues it to the listener's mind.
I have a complete British Invasion 3-disc set with the original studio recording of this song on it! Love, Love, Love this song! And loved cranking it on the Bose speakers in my old Nissan Pathfinder!
The guitars are BURNS. They were originally all made in England, now they are mostly made in Asia. The Shadows used Burns for a short period during the mid sixties but then went back to Fender.
I loved this, I was 16 when this came out. It feels like yesterday and I can still remember every single word like it was yesterday. We did have some fab talent back then and of course still do.
No,.I did nt mean anything deragatory about their equipment or on TV ,.I agree with you ,.that had very strong melodys and great pulse. I am from a generation that knew what great tunes are. I was 12 or 13 when I started to learn drums, I was inspired by ALL these bands that came along, not just the main top acts. Been studing drums / perc `round the world / different cultures since.
Hey ass hole , are you envious of the Brits & their guitars because they produced the greatest pop / rock music of all times , , ignorant or deaf( in which case I aplogize )
You really do not have a clue do yo. I'm 32
play guitar & as it happens this group had an awesome guitar & sound, that is unique & still kicks ass 40 years later.
Long live the Honeycombs & the British Invasion, they brought great music for us to enjoy & listen for all generations !!
Horrid song from a wonderful time of the British Invasion. One for the bin.
alphakid42 3 days ago
Honey Lantree was probably the first woman drummer to attract attention, though she was rapidly followed by Ginger Panabianco.
Mo Tucker was a few years later - and one of the mightiest drummers of the era (though Mo is still pretty much a secret).
The Honeycombs made a fortune touring Australia (which never got top bands) - but they lost their visibility in the English charts as a result.
Losing the Honeycombs so soon was a minor tragedy; like the similarly short career of the Four Pennies.
thallassocracy 3 days ago
A woman playing a set of drums, is one ugly, unfeminine sight.
1978zeitgeist 5 days ago
One of the worst songs ever recorded. The guy sounds like his voice is speeded up, and the guitar is terrible sounding.
IwshIcldstrtover 5 days ago
Yeah but you did leave me…Thanks for Sharing <3 xo
TheMissShevy 6 days ago
Why does this make me want to march?
TheMustangsally75 1 month ago
Brilliant video pointed out to me by Clare Washbrook. Great pop song with a charismatic singer and the novelty of a girl drummer. Who was called Honey and appeared to be playing something different to the song in several of the close ups. At school we used to sing 'have I the right to ffff you' not actually knowing what 'fff' meant.
Jonathankydd 1 month ago
check out those axes.....are they burns?
paloriggs 1 month ago
dave clark style drumming.
disjoinedchip2 1 month ago
I dont think the drummer played on this track. I know it's mimed but she's tapping the snare and it's not tapped - it's thumped. And it;'s not on the snare it's the floor tom
genericgeorge 2 months ago
When The Stones were in Sydney, Australia 1965, Brian Jones rang up the radio station and requested they play this song on 78rpm. And they did...
genericgeorge 2 months ago
Why couldn't I have lived back then?
likewhoachica3 2 months ago
@likewhoachica3 You missed a wonderful musical era.Not like the crap out now.
heywoodjerbloume 1 month ago
Man I used to set my clock radio (tube type) to come on as I got home from school so I wouldn't miss the latest sounds pouring onto top 40, and one afternoon BAM this song came on as the tubes in the radio warmed up, still gives the the cosmic chills (whatever that is)
CTOL1 2 months ago
@desert3347 : i met Honey & Dennis at the 1991 Lewisham Joe Meek gig. She looked Great, and was a pleasure to chat too.
gazzymodo 2 months ago
@gazzymodo a guy called steven sparks joined the honeycombrs in 1975 when they reformed steve is a good friend went to school with my elder bro who passed away 4 months ago rip bro
whitefoot2009 2 months ago
Oh God, Honey Lantree had it going on!! Can't take my eyes Off Her!
desert3347 2 months ago
@madmikeastoria : Hi Mike, her name is Anne (Honey) Lantree. Her brother John played Bass for the Band. Regards, Gary t.
gazzymodo 2 months ago
They started out as a resident group in the Mildmay Tavern ,Stoke Newington.
When they made that hit they moved on and another group took their place at the Mildmay. Although we had a brilliant drummer,lead gutarist,genious rhythm guitarist and a great singer we got a very cool reception and moved to a better venue after a month. Sadly the Mildmay Tavern is no more but the memory of those good times will never fade.
ClarkeWitheney 3 months ago
The singer and drummer look like brother and sister with their sharp jawlines!
kinksbeatlesstones 3 months ago
God the drummer is hot!!
crazyromanian1 3 months ago
thumbs up for the guy on the far left LOL
joshman783 3 months ago
cunt play drums for shit...
mastertusk 3 months ago
Their drummer and Karen Carpenter broke the stereotype of drummers!
laylacalif 3 months ago
Is it just me, or does the lead singer look like the late Christopher Reeves
70mingle 3 months ago
@70mingle
Shud have gone to specsavers!!!
Daqify 3 months ago
I would like to have sex with the drummer!!
juan58102 4 months ago
l love this it has fond memorys for me,,, but im not certain that the drumer is not a guy with a wig on... ;0)
stopdong22 4 months ago
bUT tHE bEATLES DID RULE THE WAVES IN THE 60S DONT FORGET. tHEY ARE THE WORLDS MOST PROLIFIC WRITERS OF OUR TIME.. VIVA bEATLES, AND DONT YOU FORGET IT!!!
madmadmikeon3 4 months ago
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They have done their hair with the leg of a chair??
kennnmoran 4 months ago
Wow! Somebody filmed it! How embarrassing.
dolanbetney 4 months ago
bad ass 1:28
panchito241979 4 months ago
A sterling British invasion hit from 1965 which features many striking features for the music trivia fan: (a) produced by the legendary but tormented Joe Meek, whose life and work is well worth researching, sort of a poor man's Phil Spector, (b) The only male group I can think of that had a female drummer, Ann "Honey" Lantree, whose nickname gave the group their name. The group's bassist was her brother, John Lantree, and (c) The Lantrees' half-brother was another drummer: Dave Clark!
BruceBeatlefan 5 months ago
@BruceBeatlefan Have you seen the movie Telstar? (Joe Meek story(ish)). Well worth a watch.
goldcup11 4 months ago
@BruceBeatlefan Thanks for this info. Ann "Honey" Lantree gave it a powerful beat.
georgee895 4 months ago
THE 60'S WERE NOT JUST ABOUT THE BEATLES.
wallpole 5 months ago 18
@wallpole ye obviously, it involved, the beatles, the stones, the honeycombs, the monkees, the searchers...Fact....shall i go on ? ....
blamber27 4 months ago
...who said the 60's were about the beatles only? Fact ... the stones, the searchers , the monkees. the honeycombs, the searchers ,,,shall i go on?
blamber27 4 months ago
@wallpole Yeah. They were also about the Kinks, Beach Boys and the Zombies. No one else, though. These guys were very obviously riding the beatle's coat tails.
bilbomarks 2 months ago
@bilbomarks Nice, he thought you were agreeing with him...But then you weren't. You weren't at all. You were disagreeing.
Anyway, no mention of the Stones or Who,Doors,Mothers etc. What other 60s bands would you listen to?
jpksocrates 2 months ago
@jpksocrates Some of their stuff can get pretty cheesy, but I also really enjoy the Mamas and the Papas. "Words of Love" is a pretty fantastic song.
bilbomarks 1 month ago
CLASSIC
wallpole 5 months ago
When I was in Hungary in 1996, there was a radio station that would sign off with this song.
Wooz1ful 5 months ago
He looks a little bit like Richard Ramirez.
HalestormMarz97 5 months ago
where is this band from?
roaringwaterbay 5 months ago
didnt realise they would allow women to even touch instruments back then. let alone drums!
SonnyJmSonnyJm 5 months ago
Oh yes!! What a looker too!!
elizabethosler 5 months ago
drummer!!!
fuuull717ends 5 months ago
@fuuull717ends she's not very good is she?? But obviously good enough for the sonng!
elizabethosler 5 months ago
@elizabethosler I dont know if shes very good, but good enough for the song -> she is. I've simply never seen a band with four guys and a girl on drums. They have style and the band fits as it is... in my view.
fuuull717ends 5 months ago
what a cool performance!! LOVE IT
TheMoonchildiva 5 months ago
the first record I ever bought with my own money I loved it way back then x
mossleymaid 5 months ago
Its not Dennis. Its F1 driver Mark Webber ?
pudseybear13 5 months ago
This drummer can play!!!!!
downdeep35 6 months ago
I like this.I'm more familiar with the Dead End Kids Version.
martyw34 6 months ago
I agree****all "drummers" should be this HOT!!
desert3347 6 months ago
This was on the radio seemingly every five minutes when it was released. It brings back memories even though I didn't particularly care for it. Of course, the group is lip-syncing here as all groups did in such venues. The recording was actually sped up quite a bit which exlpains the unusual pitch. They couldn't do that in a live performance.
ZoneIII 6 months ago
Awesome song, terrible video lol
fpngan 7 months ago
I graduated H.S. in 1965 and can still hear this song playing on the punkass AM radio in my '57 Chevy, which I had bought with dad's help in the summer of '64.
MrRonnieG 7 months ago
I'm about to win it, I hope.
This is awesome. I like the stomping........
classic287 7 months ago
reminds me of being on the fairground in the 1960s riding the norse ark
mrmagicroundcircle 7 months ago
One of the last of the British Invasion bands. I still have the 45.
billieshawn 7 months ago
Spine tingling song - thats how good it is!
SouthSaturnDelta1 7 months ago
What ever became of the female drummer?
bbdowns124 7 months ago
ah the year i graduated high school - we thought these guys were HOT . . . LOL
good stuff . . .
dakotacannonball 8 months ago
How many bands had a female drummer and doesn't he look like Mathew Mcconohey or however you spell it?
JimmyLizzieFaunce 8 months ago
No one has surpassed Dennis D'ell's performances on Any of the Honeycombs 60's recordings. He was 'the right man for the job'. Brilliantly Distinctive, with superb delivery. I have yet to hear Anyone compare !!
gazzymodo 9 months ago 9
@gazzymodo - Absolutely! Dennis' vocal style and growl on this track is 60's rock perfection. Like the Dave Clark 5's Mike Smith -- he's one of the forgotten great rock vocalists. Superb delivery as you said and no one has surpassed it. He even had the right looks and stage prescence to be great.
lastrada52 2 months ago
@gazzymodo OK Gazz your the man to answer this question...whats the drummers name????????
madmikeastoria 2 months ago
I'm a teenager today but I like this song! And the other guitarist looks like Mr. Bean! LOLs.
ionixGameOn 9 months ago 2
@ionixGameOn mr bean lol
ElBote54 6 months ago
SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS!
ionixGameOn 9 months ago
excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
utubesux691 9 months ago
I can recall this was very revolutionary for its day. a girl drummer in a rock'n roll group was unheard of! this was a first and the drums are very much the focus in the recording mix of the song. each time I seen the honeycombs on television in those days the girl drummer was where the camara opperators always wanted to keep their lens pointed. also notice those burns guitars. this group and the searchers, are who put burns on the map.it was hard to get a rickenbacker12 like george harrison's.
TheBabyboomkidof53 9 months ago
Oh Joe Meek.
TheMimifur 9 months ago
7 Tards :-(
trevor40 10 months ago
WHAT A COOL GROUP-CHICK DRUMMER -BURNS BISON GUITARS-UNIQUE WHAMMY BAR EFFECTS - GOOD STUFF.
HEARTHEANGELSVOICES 10 months ago
The Honeycombs were an English beat/pop group, founded in 1963 in North London. The group had one chart-topping hit, the million selling "Have I the Right?", in 1964. After that song the interest in the group ebbed away, and they split up in late 1966. The group's most distinguishing mark was their female drummer, Honey Lantree.
downdeep35 10 months ago
One of my favorite songs as a 1960s kid!
The1964327 11 months ago
Vampire Weekend did the best cover of this.
Kaboomerz03 11 months ago
was he terminally ill or just on drugs...or an alchy?
jreindy 11 months ago
Walgreens Music...lol i do like this song though.
kathyvcelestial123 11 months ago
Hi there!! Please can someone shed some light on Honey Lanetree! A mutual friend Ian Forbes will be having a Big Birthday coming up in March 2011 and he many years ago was good friends with Honey! He has spoken about The Honeycombes and mentioned Honey and i would love for Honey too make come to this 'Bash' My name is Rob Cowley 07928730604 PLEASE can someone point me in the right direction in getting in touch with Honey!!! Thanks
lejewska1 11 months ago
That woman is kicking ass on those drums. Love this song.
bluecatky 11 months ago 2
This is freaking delicious
Drink14You 1 year ago 2
brillant!!!!!!!!
numbersnz 1 year ago
Loved that when I was a little nipper and first learned how to play a record :-) Still a big fave :-)
TheMikey1961 1 year ago
Check out that Burns Bison guitar!!
bindinglines 1 year ago
The Dead Kennedys did better version :)
rattfinkster 1 year ago
this song still today sounds as good as it did when i first heard it in 65,awesome tune
rocknroller53 1 year ago
What a voice . . .all members clearly talented. I'm married to a "garage band drummer" although they just played local gigs, largely for fun. Thanks for the unforgettable hits, Denis D'ell. You've joined the others in Rock & Roll Heaven.
mjcamck71 1 year ago
@mjcamck71 It has the characteristics of a pre-metal band. too bad they didn't last.
randomguyxx1 10 months ago
@randomguyxx1 - Hello. Yes, I clearly recall a follow-up "I Can't Stop" also a high energy, uplifting tune which brushed the charts enough for some airplay. Apparently, the HC's had several more charted hits in the UK after this one. However, this classic will always be their masterpiece. What a voice on Denis D! Peace to ALL.
mjcamck71 10 months ago
@mjcamck71 Yeah. I've searched youtube and found they had other UK songs.
randomguyxx1 10 months ago
Have to love the early power-chording!
holmsatlarge 1 year ago
Go Honey!!!
riviswim 1 year ago 3
is that a teisco guitar?
gy4b70 1 year ago
@gy4b70
i believe they are all either BURNS or WEM guitars
holyCATS1415 1 year ago
@gy4b70 No its a Burns
brutaltiger 1 year ago
the singer has excellent cheekbones
SupernalOne 1 year ago
There shoud be a rule that all drummers have to be sexy ladies!!
bluegrassreb1 1 year ago 31
@bluegrassreb1 Yes agree there. very good drummer
mollymitch1 8 months ago
At a time when British Invasion music was such a big thing in the US,it's sad that this group never really found further success other than just this song.
KinomiyaMichiru 1 year ago
The bare and really sixties in a thrill of 2:56 - THANKS!
TheOldTomCat 1 year ago
dislike?Whi dislike?only for respect u must press like stupid new era heads!
Dbalx 1 year ago
i always felt bad for that dude that looks like ernie...those goofy thick glasses just didnt cut it in rock n roll....
olhobbler 1 year ago
Super Lied ganz meine Richtung. Wunderbar die kleine Maus am Schlagzeug
Alrauner 1 year ago
Joe Meek mad and bad
imansfield 1 year ago
I liked this song when it first came out and I still like it.
Just one of those that you don't get tired of hearing!!!!!!
toquickforyou 1 year ago 2
@toquickforyou ..... Took the words out of my mouth I 'm a 54-yr old man. Songs like this shaped my life..... , and the Beatles.... You don't get tired of hearing it because you hardly ever hear it nowadays???
horace4831 1 year ago
@toquickforyou WOW!Someone who feels the exact same way as I do about this song.I'm 59,remember it like it was yesterday.It's a little scary though,don't know where the time went.Were you around then?:)Still one of my all time favorite songs.Never get tired of hearing it.Those were really great days and great music.You know,they really don't have nothing today.I think if you could put today's generation back then and let them experience it,I doubt they would want to return to today.
FRANK1FM 1 year ago
@FRANK1FM Oh yes I was around then,cruising the Blvd in my SS chev, picking up chicks, hitting the drive inns,listening to WLS on the radio it was 100,000 watt station back then.
toquickforyou 1 year ago
I have the Honeycombs 10" album on PRT, but I always thought the chick drummer was singing this!
retrorex 1 year ago
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At first I thought "That drummer's wig is ridiculous...makes him look like a girl"...but then at the close-up I realized that it IS a girl, and she's kicking total ass back there! Is this rock's first fem skin-shredder? She's smokin'! This song is SO cool, totally unique...."Have I the right ..?" W T F????
jonsilence 1 year ago
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jonsilence 1 year ago
I've liked this song since I was a kid in the '60s...never knew they had a girl drummer!
Daytripper1960 1 year ago
what a record ive not heard this for about 40 years lool
tom6lillie5 1 year ago
Their 1st & by far their biggest of 4 U.K hits reaching number 1 on the 23rd-July-64, followed by Is It Because ( #38, 22nd-Oct-64)-Something Better Beginning (#39, 29th-April-65)-That's The Way (#12, 5th-Aug-65).
DavidJHarrisonEssex 1 year ago
they had a girl drummer? that's different.
roaringwaterbay 1 year ago
Priceless....Just magic....
fjbutch 1 year ago 2
'Eyes', 'That's the Way', 'Colour Slide'', 'Face in the Crowd', 'Love in Tokyo", 'Please Don't Pretend Again', 'I Can't Stop' , 'This Year, Next Year' and many others - all great Honeycombs songs / Joe Meek productions - are now on YouTube, many of them in them in the last month or so. Thanks to the people who put them there! Nearly all of them survive the test of time and should be far more widely known. Maybe they will be!
armoredcar3 1 year ago 2
The stomping of feet was part of the percussion, made the floor for it.
kennnmoran1 1 year ago
holy uck, what a song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kennnmoran1 1 year ago
How often ccn I playth is
kennnmoran1 1 year ago
WCBS-FM 101.1 in New York City aught to play this song again like they used to. My name is Fred Tenzer, I was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA, I live in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA, and my email address is rocket88_doowop@yahoo.com
ftenzer 1 year ago
The original Meg White :)
bauble24 1 year ago
Great song!
HedwigMorgenrot 1 year ago
to this day one of my all time favorite songs
sirfrancisalbert 1 year ago
The drummer looks like Linda Thorson, from the Avengers fame. (Tara King)
tenterden16 1 year ago
Even as a toddler in the mid -1960s those groovy chicks with the beehives & boufants grabbed my attention!
Petemonster62 1 year ago
legend
chrisd312 1 year ago
Never like this...but good for them.
ppaulmorris 1 year ago
GREAT.......1964.
wolfmantip 1 year ago
Chrissakes GREAT.!..recorded in Joe Meeks' flat living room.
12347771 1 year ago
4 DisLikes??? Whyy
yodol02 1 year ago
@yodol02 thought the same myself ...
fjbutch 1 year ago
herd it on Radio i Fottt It wAzz Good Imm 11
yodol02 1 year ago
Wonderful stuff. We sang "Have I the Reich" on our German tour. Didn't go down a bundle
throovest 1 year ago
@throovest That's hilarious!!!
douglasj53 1 year ago
Made me fall in love with BETSY KAUFMAN when I was 5!!!!!~MOD
fullblowngenius 1 year ago
Memories from Finland: one very popular song in the ball evenings of our college on sixties!
hundqvist 1 year ago
What show is this on?
cookmoore 1 year ago
@cookmoore Shindig
FursuitFreak43 1 year ago
Ah the memories
fjbutch 1 year ago
I feel ashamed..I forgot about these guys and they were so Good! just Amazing, they are from this country? lead singer is very cute, oh, just noticed one of them called Dennis, can anyone tell me which one he is ?...I agree with kelly...RIP Dennis :(
Just to add that they really did have a great sound!
HilaryMG 1 year ago
@HilaryMG Dennis was the lead singer. I had the pleasure of meeting him a couple of times and even jamming with him around a campfire one night! I'm very sad to hear of his loss :o(
pjaylett 1 year ago
@pjaylett ..Yes what wonderful memories you have, Dennis could not have been very old either, very handsome also, Im glad to remember that great time...the 60`s
pjaylett did you play an instrument? just wondering? nosey? course ;)
HilaryMG 1 year ago
@HilaryMGOh this was much later, early to mid 90's. I was friends with his son and we used to go to his place to hang out and play guitar. Once Dennis came and joined us and we played some old blues stuff, it was only much later did I learn of his connection to the Honeycombs. Dennis was a great player, as is his son :o)
The other connection I have to this song is that my mother used to work in F Cookes Pie & Mash shop in Dalston back in the 60's. One of her regular customers was Honey Langtree
pjaylett 1 year ago
@pjaylett Oh fantastic! its funny back then I would loved to have been in a band, had a pretty good voice back then...no honest I did :) may I ask one more question? where is Dalston?..
I know that music is in my genes as a lot of family members in Canada are singers, a cousin, ok three times removed ;) is a well known Maritime singer ...
HilaryMG 1 year ago
@HilaryMG Dalston is in the borough of Hackney, London :o)
pjaylett 1 year ago
@pjaylett thankyou : D
HilaryMG 1 year ago
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sweet nostalgia for the days of pirate radio!! I remember listening to this on Radio Luxemburg under the covers.
Hard to imagine that you couldn't listen to pop music on the radio except on the pirates stations or the foreign ones like Luxy or Veronicai
eevissa 1 year ago
sweet nostalgia for the days of pirate radio!! I remember listening to this on Radio Luxemburg under the covers.
Hard to imagine that you couldn't listen to pop music on the radio except on the pirates stations or the foreign ones like Luxy or Veronica!
eevissa 1 year ago
A great song from the earlier 60s
goiting1 1 year ago
the great JOE MEEKS work
moggyparty 1 year ago 10
@moggyparty and the great Dennis D'ell singing and Honey Lantree drumming, she's better than most male drummers, not to mention those super cool groovy Burns guitars....yeah, baby !!!
ITILII 6 months ago
@ITILII yep shes still rocks the world of music on this video think i play it on my radio show when i start in sept
moggyparty 6 months ago
cOME RIGHT BACK to me this minute!!!
TheMustangsally75 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this! I wish there was a true stereo version.
comicbookinker 1 year ago
huh Tommy
pamelajoanridings 1 year ago
everytime i hear the chorus i can hear slade doing a killer remake of this!
poptopia1 1 year ago
A marching army! Hilarious...
jcjlf 1 year ago
Isn't the guy on the far left Ernie from My Three Sons? I thought he got into rock music while he was doing TV too...
parkman35 1 year ago
Ah, the birth of Joe Meek's heavy compression. Joe Meek (the producer) was way ahead of his time. Everything is given heavy compression now but back then it was revolutionary. This record has a cool in your face sound that just glues it to the listener's mind.
3213212321321 1 year ago
I have a complete British Invasion 3-disc set with the original studio recording of this song on it! Love, Love, Love this song! And loved cranking it on the Bose speakers in my old Nissan Pathfinder!
classifiedinfo 1 year ago 2
What a great oldie, it´s the best! Luv it
Luzielou 1 year ago
The guitars are BURNS. They were originally all made in England, now they are mostly made in Asia. The Shadows used Burns for a short period during the mid sixties but then went back to Fender.
ripthereverb 1 year ago
Does anyone know what kind of guitar the lead is. I'v never seen one like it.
kened1954 1 year ago
welbeck hotel in blackpool , suits it well
sunnysoundblackpool 1 year ago
this was the groups one and only hit
hatleman2 1 year ago
@hatleman2
No it wasn't. They had another top ten hit in UK and many other countries with That's the Way.
Pipilat 1 year ago
I loved this, I was 16 when this came out. It feels like yesterday and I can still remember every single word like it was yesterday. We did have some fab talent back then and of course still do.
funkychicken49 1 year ago
No,.I did nt mean anything deragatory about their equipment or on TV ,.I agree with you ,.that had very strong melodys and great pulse. I am from a generation that knew what great tunes are. I was 12 or 13 when I started to learn drums, I was inspired by ALL these bands that came along, not just the main top acts. Been studing drums / perc `round the world / different cultures since.
boobj 1 year ago
Great song-just wondering if the lead singer and drummer are bro and sis-thanks for posting...
mannmarc50 1 year ago
@mannmarc50 Honey Lantre was the drummer and the bass player was her brother. I don't believe anyone else in the group was related.
12715159 1 year ago
not even hitin` the sn / hhat,. its TV. With all those ugly wierdBbritish or Italian guitars
boobj 1 year ago
Hey ass hole , are you envious of the Brits & their guitars because they produced the greatest pop / rock music of all times , , ignorant or deaf( in which case I aplogize )
You really do not have a clue do yo. I'm 32
play guitar & as it happens this group had an awesome guitar & sound, that is unique & still kicks ass 40 years later.
Long live the Honeycombs & the British Invasion, they brought great music for us to enjoy & listen for all generations !!
je325 1 year ago
reminds me of when I was young, loved this song, sends shivers
Meeeeeeee8eeeeeeee 1 year ago
great
koolkatie40 1 year ago 4
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Mattyhall 1 year ago 3
The guitars super groovy!!!!! :D
Beatleluver1234567 1 year ago 14