I was fifteen when this song was out in 1965. Times were so simple back then, no problems. My biggest worry was what I was going to wear to scool the next day or which girl I had my biggest crush on that symester. I had my working papers and had just been hired in at Deluca's restaurant. I started at one dollar an hour. Those were the days!
Beverly Bivens is her name name she was a good looking girl. She looks like Linda Ronstadt when she sang with the Stone Poneys (that's the way they spell it) Linda was hot coming out on stage bare footed..
@hugglescake Hugglescake said, "Until this song it wasn't proper for women to sing in a deeper voice." I'm not sure what you mean by "proper," but there were plenty of women singing in deep voices before Beverly Bivens: Billie Holiday, Big Mama Thornton, and Judy Henske, just to name three. This doesn't take away from the fact that she was (and may still be, don't know) a delightful singer. Funny: I grew up in the SF Bay Area in the 60s, but just learned this week that they were from SF.
@Thepast2012 She could pass for Paul McCartneys twin sister here. Nonetheless, she was at the right place at the right time --- as were all those great singers & musicians from that time. First Class tune all the way. Still love it.
@Thepast2012 I am from the era. When I was in high school, 64-67 we dressed up for school. No one made us, we liked to, sometimes even wearing a sportcoat and tie.The girls dressed up too, but we knew who the sluts were lol.
@Thepast2012 If anything, we have regressed from a moral standpoint and only progressed from a technological standpoint. Since 1980 many girls think looking like trash is cool. Keen eye on your part for noticing this.
@dkd1954 |After discovering 45 years later that the lead was a woman, I poked around to learn more about the group. They did not perish in a plane crash. Beverly Bivens left the group for marriage - there is a wikipedia link of her singing in 2009."Various versions of the band featuring the Burgans have remained together for the next 30 years" All but one of the original members is still alive.
@nineball039 Sorry about that I thought they died in a plane crash. I heard that was the case in the '70's. I apologize for the misinformation, I don't like to do that. I have about 4 of their 45 you were on my mind. I wonder where I got the wrong information........
AUNQUE NO ENTIENDO LA LETRA, ESTA CANCION ME GUSTA MUCHO. AHORA ENTIENDO PORQUE A LA MUSICA HAY QUE SENTIRLA , NO ENTENDERLA. Y ADEMAS ME ENCANTA LA CANTANTE BEBERLY BEVERS.
So many of these videos are just fluffy put-ons after the REAL performance has been recorded. That's OK. It's the nature of show biz. Too bad we don't see many of the true studio sessions when they were sweating and serious to get the music right.
Thanks for sharing. I liked listening to this on my Japanese transistor radio (8 transistors!) when it was on the AM playlist. All these years and I never knew the lead was a woman! Great harmony.
As another posted, it always puts a smile on my face.
@nineball039 did you get that radio for christmas? was it a yakashuma... the mark 4 model that was discontinued? with a red leather case with holes in it so you could listen right through the case? and a wire with a thing on one end that you could put in you ear,and a thing on the other end that you couldn't put anywhere because it was bent? i thought so. merry christmas!
@12161euclid lol yup, it was a Christmas present, but it wasn't the Allan Sherman model! No earphone either but it was a lot nicer than a simulated alligator wallet.
Hi Folks, Just a quick question for anyone who regularly listens to current pop music: Is there any current American group that sings tight, powerful, vocal harmony like We Five? There are German pop & volksmusic groups that can still sing like this, but I wonder if America has anything like this left, or has it all gone over the cliff, and into the toilet and gutter? Thanks in advance for any response. (I am asking about groups with members in their 20's & 30's, not classic & oldies groups).
@bboucharde I don't know of any American pop groups with tight harmonies like these guys. There are some folk groups in their 20s and 30s who are pretty good, but I wouldn't call them pop.
@bek810 Thanks for the information. Yes, I have noticed that not only folk music but also country music have retained some of the tradition of vocal harmony, but in current "pop" music, it seems to be missing. It also seems that many major current pop acts are running out of melodies, since I hear so many songs of the 60's & 70's are borrowed & rendered in the current format. After the mid 90's, I migrated over to classical, blues, & jazz, which seem to be more established, stable forms.
I was 3 years old when this song came out but when I first heard this song I feel in love with it. These kinds of songs is what you can really dance to and understand the song.
It's both amusing and annoying that every youtube page for all these great old songs is full of borderline racist comments about rap music. Who even SAID anything about rap music?? At least it's not non sequiturs about Justin Bieber like the entire rest of youtube, I guess.
@Thepast2012 Wow, obviously you weren't around in the 60s. One day I was riding with my grandfather when he checked out a girl in a mini-skirt. I said, "Grampa, you shouldn't be looking at young girls like that." He looked at me and replied, "When you stop looking, you roll over and die." Some of the best advice I ever got!!! The ladies can dress a slutty as they want.
What did she get when she went to the corner to ease her pain? Did she get some drugs? Sure sounds like it--drug addicts are always troubled and worried-that is their pain--who stands around on corners and sells stuff that eases pain? well, I'll tell you-drug dealers do, thats who.
@BlankUberEverybody Well the original lyrics by Sylvia Fricker Tyson go "Went to the corner just to easy my pain. It was just to ease my pain. I got drunk and I got sick and I came home again." We Five had to clean it up for AM radio play.
This One Song is THE Song that killed the Vietnam War Deader Than A Doornail, despite anything LBJ could say or think or do! This is the Highest, Holiest Song in All of Rock 'n Roll. I still cry when I hear it. It saved my Soul in 1965. I'll never forget.
This 1965 song killed the VietNam War, which ended in 1973????
You may be a nice person, but you don't know a thng about the VietNam War, even though you seem to have been alive and listening to pop music in 1965. The VietNam war was "killed" by a combination of factors: among them, 7 years, 56,000 dead American troops, the National Guard murder of 4 students at Kent State University, and, if any song, it was CSNY's "Four Dead in Ohio." "Tin Soldiers and Nixon Coming...."
@DonFromFairfax Uh, you may be a nice person, but you just don't get it. This was the song that turned the Young Children against the War In Vietnam. I know, because I was one of them. It was all Delayed Reaction. We were too young to make a difference then, but when we got a little older, we basically took over the rather ineffective Peace Movement and finally made it Work. Are you Too Old or Too Young to remember this? :/
@54markl I'm neither 14 nor dumb. War Fatigue ended the VietNam War, defined by 56,000 dead troops and billions of dollars. Neither the original anti-war protesters nor your later group had much to do with it,, and certainly not the song, . The Iraq War, which I've protested for 7 years, will be ended on 12/31/11 because of War Fatigue, lost lives and lost trillions, not the protests.
@DonFromFairfax Now you are being inaccurate and simplistic. The War in Vietnam ended because the Democrats finally got off their duff and elected a Congress that shut Gerald Ford Down; they cut off all funds for the War, causing it to end unceremoniously. This Song you think so little of did a lot to convince the Young that the war was bad, so it did more than its fair share. As for the current wars, No Draft equals weak protests. We saved your generation from the Draft, yet not many protest.
@54markl I agree that the Dem Congress finally shut down the war - it was easier with Pres. Ford. But they only acted because of war fatigue. And you didn't save MY GENERATION from the draft. I turned 18 in 1969. I agree that if we still had a draft, we wouldnt have had the Iraq invasion. That's one of the sad lessons the Pentagon learned from VietNam. Another was making reporters imbed, instead of roaming around without supervision, even being ferried here and there on military transport..
Hiphop and rap is a national embarassment. What a joke after all the truly great black music from the previous decades. If you say this, you are labeled a racist, but it's true. Quoting Ray Charles, "I don't get anything from it."
@jdollinter I'm sorry you feel that way, as Hip-hop has much more complexity than that. Sure, there are plenty of rappers who focus on bitches, bling and bucks, but there are also skilled poets who create complex rhyming structures to express themselves.
If you're looking for more lyrical content and complexity, try Aesop Rock. There are many more artists who are in the same vein, but he is the paradigm in my opinion.
@TheAverageTrend Lots of people don't know what's played in the "mainstream media" since they stopped promoting music like this - and that's not a bad thing!
Superb band, truly great sound. They should have been a massive success around the world. Great vocals. No justice in this world when a great band such as them never become internationally successful. I would have loved to have been at one of their concerts.
This was on one of those short-lived music shows: Shindig or Hullabaloo. I must've seen this then, 'cause I recalled it whenever I heard the song on the radio.
I WAS GOING WITH MY GIRL FRIEND WHEN I GOT DRAFTED. WHEN I GOT OUT OF BOOT CAMP, MY BROTHER CAME TO PICK ME UP. I COULDN'T WAIT TO SEE MY GIRLFRIEND. THE FIRST SONG THAT CAME ON THE RADIO WAS "YOU WERE ON MY MIND" AND WHEN I GOT HOME I GOT MY "DEAR JOHN LETTER" MY BOOT CAMP LEAVE WAS NOT FUN.....
this is a very nice piece of my life.. nice to see how many other ptheople find it important in their own lives.. wonderful stuff... you are all on my mind ..
This hit by We Five was the 60th #1 song on Billboard's newly formed chart that is now known as the Adult Contemporary charts. It also hit #1 on the Cashbox charts and #3 on the Top 40 charts.
I always thought this was a song about a drug addict who fell in love. Maybe with another person, or maybe with the drug itself. Listen to the words..."went to the corner, just to ease my pain". At least that's what I thought.
I went to the Christian youth camp in Santa Cruz also. Was the best. I cried when I left because I had fallen in Love for the first time. We as a group of about 5 skipped a few evening get togethers
Yes, lots of wonderful stuff from Johnny Stew. Mostly folk rock before "Gold". His early solo albums right after the Trio broke up were superlative. He probably recorded more than 20 solo albums, made up almost entirely of his own compositions, before his untimely death a few years ago. A really under-appreciated American artist. RIP
I usually don't comment or anything, but I noticed in a lot of oldies song people being almost 'musical elitists' by saying how much modern music sucks. All music is subjective. If you can get yourself into the mindset of the genre/song, its great music. Calling all of a genre not music is untrue, and it doesn't make you better than anyone else.
IT WAS 1965 & WAS IN THE NAVY. MY BROTHER CAME TO PICK ME UP FROM BOOT CAMP. HE TOLD ME HE HAD SOME BAD NEWS. THIS SONG CAME ON THE RADIO!!!! AND SHE WAS ON MY MIND (GIRLFRIEND) HE TOLD ME MY GIRLFRIEND HAD BROKEN UP WITH ME!!!!! WELL THAT 2 WEEK LEAVE REALLY SUCKED.....
@DoctorJ1957 ~ When Mike Stewart died, in 2002 at age 57, there were "internet rumors" that he had committed suicide. His brother, John, was once part of the Kingston Trio and wrote "Daydream Believer" for the Monkees. Both were really quite a talent and, your right, they were responsible for a bunch of great music in their time.
Another of the Greatest Songs ever written and perfomed ! Thanks for the Memories in an age of Dislexia/Dimensia. Fewe see and feel what these songs meant to us. (or maybe just speaking for myself). - I Doubt it!
I was lucky growing up. I lived in the Detroit area and was really into music. Ted Nuggent and I were in the same class at Bentley High School so I met a lot of musicians, If it weren't for my evil parents I would of been signed by Barry Goldman and Motown records. If you ever want to here about and about David Cassidy and I email me, pabock71@yahoo.com.
What a neat, very short song gem. Speaks to all who have had troubles, but ya know what. They are fixable. There is never a problem, just solutions! Great!
Old people today should take a look at this music and realize that their parents probably thought it was noise just like every generation before them thought the current generations music was noise. Old people today should see the cultural value and importance in all music and be thankful that the internet has brought new generations of music lovers looking back on this music, the music before it and the music after it. I don't like everything I hear but I'm glad it exists for those that do.
@Maikurohon I get the whole "cultural value" bit. But geez, kid, give us something of value besides the unrelenting and disrespectful crap you show each other. You may think you have culture that "old people" don't get, that's because there's nothing more than senseless trash talk and garbage that has no point or reason to it than to inflict pain or undermine morality for the sake of just doing it. If that's all you kids have, your lives must really suck and you are dust already!
@hoskoned Music kid isn't a guy half naked on stage yelling obscenities, calling for violence, calling for the killing of police and others, using foul language, no harmony, no rhythm, a record being turned backwards to make scratching noise. I don't care if young people listen to it or not. It's your right to do so. But if you listen to the music of the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's and the early part of the 90's and compare it to the "music" today, it's very different.
Saw them in 1967 in Aberdeen SD. THey introduced themselves as the greatest "sinking" group in America. Actually they were very good and funny to but the "sinking" part turned out to be true. One hit wonders..
@KjenkinsJC Check google, they were more than one hit wonders. They made many songs most of which were mostly popular in Europe and a few here. They had internal problems and changed their name to The New Seekers. The still perform today but mostly in Europe.
@sweetgypsy100 Jeez, it woulda been one thing if I said Bev was a dog or something like that...I was really only saying I thought Linda was beautiful.
Rap backward is par, and there's no way that vicious, white noise rap is even CLOSE to being on a par with the superb music that our generation put out in the 1960's! Rock on, 60's You will NEVER die!
@sixtiesrockboy How right you are. There is no comparison between rap and real music. They have the right to call it music but technically it is not true music.
If you can't hear the roots of hip hop here, or punk for that matter, and if you're only interested in looking at how they 'dressed very nicely,' then you really don't understand music and its heritage. This is avant garde for the time -- and, frankly, still is. This is amazing.
In the 60s i attended a Christian youth camp in the Santa Cruz mountians with Beverly. We would all sit around the camp fire and sing..of course she had the best voice of all and she was really cute too. She was a little older then me but a very nice person I made sure to talk to every day. In the camp picture I'm sitting next to her.... little did i know that i was stting next to a future legend, but everyone knew she was some one special even then....great memories...thanks for posting this
@StringTherapy That's a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing it. For awhile there I was frustrated that We Five disbanded so quickly, but I guess that was the norm then--except for a few groups. Bev could really sing, but maybe the music industry is not so rewarding from the inside? I don't know. At least we can enjoy her work on the two CDs.
@StringTherapy Wow, I met her at a concert in Michigan. I was right up front and some kid tried to grab her when she leaned over to sing to the crowd. Luckily I was able to stop him before he got to her and then security arrived. After the concert she invited me to join her and her group for dinner. She was truly an amazing young lady,
Warm memories are with me. In 1965, my sister and I went to the Circle Star Theater in the Bay Area to see the We Five and the Beau Brummels open for Chad and Jeremy. To view Bev doing the pony and singing with that golden voice reminds me that this music still holds. I am glad to have come of age during the sixties.
@justcallmeassinine People also say that if you remember the sixties you weren't really there, well, that's just not true! Every moment is seared into my mind. I lived through all of the decade,from the fade of Rock 'n' Roll, The Beatles breathing life into the music scene after the worst year of the sixties: '62, the Blues boom, on through Psychedelia. It really was a magic time. If i had to live out my life trapped in one decade that would be my choice. This is a beautiful reminder of 65/66.
@justcallmeassinine Well, for start, kids now are brimful of attitude with a system weighed in their favour. They got 24 hr radio, TV music channels, DVDs, free rein etc. Until Pirate Radio '64 we only had 3/4 hrs allotted to youth music. If i heard a Coaster's disc i got a thrill! I spent my dinner money on 45rpm discs,starved all day for that joyful piece of vinyl! The Beatles rattled the establishment when they burst on scene, they were so different to anything gone before.
@justcallmeassinine Part 2-no room here Suddenly anything went All dif bands emerged that would not have passed muster the year before It was an electric culture shock, so different Nothing taken for granted It was an offence to listen to Pirate Radio but we did The groups were distinctive in their sound Imagine hearing Hendrix for the first time-it was mind blowing Today it all seems to be so bland Back then you never knew what was next. Psychedelia- such innovation You had to be there Phew
@Harmonicajello LOL ...I have seen a few movies about it,but not to many really capture the spirit as well as I imagine.Mostly documentaries.Let me know if you hear of any good ones.Lots of movies touch on one facet such as politics,superstars, Vietnam,etc,but few or none tell what it was like for the average Joe to grow up in that era.One thing that really stands out is that young people got out from behind to TV to march and protest gov't policy.Today everyday is cowed in fear,hopeless. Sad.
@justcallmeassinine Hello. Not too many films i've seen get it quite the way it was but "Quadrophenia" comes close. There are some pretty good books that convey the way things were back then so if you combine the narrative with the films' images you'll have a fair idea of how it was. Try "The Restless Generation" - Pete Frame, "The Beat Merchants" - Alan Clayson & "White Bicycles" - Joe Boyd. These i recommend. If i can be of help with information please contact again.
@Wetoddid9 I saw the We Five, to the best of my knowledge, in 1965. It was definitely at the Circle Star, in the round. Maybe in the winter, at the end of 65. I was 13 years old, and it was my first live concert. I remember seeing George Carlin at the Circle Star around 1971. All the other 60's concerts I attended were in San Francisco.
Bev Bivens was part of the San Francisco musical landscape for far too short a period of time. This song (as I recall) was released in 1965 but by the end of 1967 or early 1968 Bev had gone off become a mother and housewife.
@quindoger you should really youtube Katy Perry's early videos. She is talented and can write music and sing. It's unfortunate that showbiz got their claws into her.
It's nice to hear songs from my childhood years, but I just went from 48 y.o. to 3 and back again in just over 2minutes. This rapid time travel is starting to turn my hair gray
Rap (hip hop) is untalented people making up ditties to litle girl's rope skipping rhymes. They have no real skill, just the ability to affect a manly attitude whie making hand puppets and lurching around like a gorilla.
I was fifteen when this song was out in 1965. Times were so simple back then, no problems. My biggest worry was what I was going to wear to scool the next day or which girl I had my biggest crush on that symester. I had my working papers and had just been hired in at Deluca's restaurant. I started at one dollar an hour. Those were the days!
MrUncleglenn 9 hours ago
LOVE
animascat 1 week ago
Beverly Bivens is her name name she was a good looking girl. She looks like Linda Ronstadt when she sang with the Stone Poneys (that's the way they spell it) Linda was hot coming out on stage bare footed..
HonchoPoncho455 1 week ago
Takes me back. Very strong song. Thanks for posting.
Aphidboy 2 weeks ago
Until this song it wasn't proper for women to sing in a deeper voice.
hugglescake 1 month ago
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@hugglescake Hugglescake said, "Until this song it wasn't proper for women to sing in a deeper voice." I'm not sure what you mean by "proper," but there were plenty of women singing in deep voices before Beverly Bivens: Billie Holiday, Big Mama Thornton, and Judy Henske, just to name three. This doesn't take away from the fact that she was (and may still be, don't know) a delightful singer. Funny: I grew up in the SF Bay Area in the 60s, but just learned this week that they were from SF.
caluna44 4 weeks ago
@Thepast2012 She could pass for Paul McCartneys twin sister here. Nonetheless, she was at the right place at the right time --- as were all those great singers & musicians from that time. First Class tune all the way. Still love it.
65rock4ever 1 month ago
@Thepast2012 yes, it's the cheeks, too cute for words! :-)
gurlsingerfan 1 month ago
@gurlsingerfan The cheeks are nice, but the flashing eyes and outrageous body are pretty good too :-)
MiserableOldFart 1 week ago
CLASSIC
MrTJF68 1 month ago
It would be nice if these guys could get a million views for a Christmas prezzie :-)
hank3rox 1 month ago
@Thepast2012 I am from the era. When I was in high school, 64-67 we dressed up for school. No one made us, we liked to, sometimes even wearing a sportcoat and tie.The girls dressed up too, but we knew who the sluts were lol.
Fedproman 1 month ago
@Thepast2012 If anything, we have regressed from a moral standpoint and only progressed from a technological standpoint. Since 1980 many girls think looking like trash is cool. Keen eye on your part for noticing this.
eaglesyz 1 month ago
@Thepast2012 Right on! Those were the days of class acts and class dressing. No scrunge look. Simpler times.
awkwarddude 1 month ago
Top two of all time, along with California Dreamin'. Funny, they came out within months of each other, just as I hit puberty. :-)
brianallancobb 1 month ago
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jdollinter 1 month ago
They couldnt be any closer if they tried
gottselig2004 1 month ago
Did they have any other hits in addition to this wonderful piece?
Pilotpatty1 1 month ago 2
@Pilotpatty1 I don't think so as they were killed in an airplane crash. I could be wrong though.
dkd1954 1 month ago
@dkd1954 |After discovering 45 years later that the lead was a woman, I poked around to learn more about the group. They did not perish in a plane crash. Beverly Bivens left the group for marriage - there is a wikipedia link of her singing in 2009."Various versions of the band featuring the Burgans have remained together for the next 30 years" All but one of the original members is still alive.
nineball039 1 month ago
@nineball039 Sorry about that I thought they died in a plane crash. I heard that was the case in the '70's. I apologize for the misinformation, I don't like to do that. I have about 4 of their 45 you were on my mind. I wonder where I got the wrong information........
dkd1954 1 month ago
AUNQUE NO ENTIENDO LA LETRA, ESTA CANCION ME GUSTA MUCHO. AHORA ENTIENDO PORQUE A LA MUSICA HAY QUE SENTIRLA , NO ENTENDERLA. Y ADEMAS ME ENCANTA LA CANTANTE BEBERLY BEVERS.
elpollito59 2 months ago
So many of these videos are just fluffy put-ons after the REAL performance has been recorded. That's OK. It's the nature of show biz. Too bad we don't see many of the true studio sessions when they were sweating and serious to get the music right.
lifelongitch 2 months ago
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billyjoeboomboom 1 month ago
Back then music was happy. Today it's just crappy. Thanks for posting this. One of my favorites.
boguslavaki 2 months ago 2
Thanks for sharing. I liked listening to this on my Japanese transistor radio (8 transistors!) when it was on the AM playlist. All these years and I never knew the lead was a woman! Great harmony.
As another posted, it always puts a smile on my face.
nineball039 2 months ago 2
@nineball039 did you get that radio for christmas? was it a yakashuma... the mark 4 model that was discontinued? with a red leather case with holes in it so you could listen right through the case? and a wire with a thing on one end that you could put in you ear,and a thing on the other end that you couldn't put anywhere because it was bent? i thought so. merry christmas!
12161euclid 1 month ago
@12161euclid lol yup, it was a Christmas present, but it wasn't the Allan Sherman model! No earphone either but it was a lot nicer than a simulated alligator wallet.
nineball039 1 month ago
I actually have a 45 of this song. Think I will keep it. Love this song.
theoilersgrub 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for We Five
Hi Folks, Just a quick question for anyone who regularly listens to current pop music: Is there any current American group that sings tight, powerful, vocal harmony like We Five? There are German pop & volksmusic groups that can still sing like this, but I wonder if America has anything like this left, or has it all gone over the cliff, and into the toilet and gutter? Thanks in advance for any response. (I am asking about groups with members in their 20's & 30's, not classic & oldies groups).
bboucharde 2 months ago in playlist Love Songs
@bboucharde I don't know of any American pop groups with tight harmonies like these guys. There are some folk groups in their 20s and 30s who are pretty good, but I wouldn't call them pop.
bek810 2 months ago
@bek810 Thanks for the information. Yes, I have noticed that not only folk music but also country music have retained some of the tradition of vocal harmony, but in current "pop" music, it seems to be missing. It also seems that many major current pop acts are running out of melodies, since I hear so many songs of the 60's & 70's are borrowed & rendered in the current format. After the mid 90's, I migrated over to classical, blues, & jazz, which seem to be more established, stable forms.
bboucharde 2 months ago
This song always puts a smile on my face....thx we 5!
uplinkz 2 months ago
No overdubbing, no tapes, no mixing , just a band and a singer....one take...and a classic.
illustrate100 2 months ago
I was 3 years old when this song came out but when I first heard this song I feel in love with it. These kinds of songs is what you can really dance to and understand the song.
shotgunsassy 2 months ago
It's both amusing and annoying that every youtube page for all these great old songs is full of borderline racist comments about rap music. Who even SAID anything about rap music?? At least it's not non sequiturs about Justin Bieber like the entire rest of youtube, I guess.
mistabook 2 months ago
Why do they need 4 guitarists? ;-p
ADAMSIXTIES 2 months ago
@Thepast2012 Wow, obviously you weren't around in the 60s. One day I was riding with my grandfather when he checked out a girl in a mini-skirt. I said, "Grampa, you shouldn't be looking at young girls like that." He looked at me and replied, "When you stop looking, you roll over and die." Some of the best advice I ever got!!! The ladies can dress a slutty as they want.
Saw this group live. She was to die for.
Callenge1 2 months ago
My favorite song in 1965. Thank you so much. I never saw them on TV. I only heard the song on the AM dial in the car.
ronaldusfree1 2 months ago
I remember this song when I was in junior high... nice memory flash. She is just so damn cute and shakes that lil thing so fine.
jimncheryl 2 months ago
had2 be there. peter paul and mary meets herman hermits
guido1365 2 months ago
they're the American version of the Seekers!!!! maybe a bit more rock sound, but sweet and good
windstorm1000 2 months ago
What did she get when she went to the corner to ease her pain? Did she get some drugs? Sure sounds like it--drug addicts are always troubled and worried-that is their pain--who stands around on corners and sells stuff that eases pain? well, I'll tell you-drug dealers do, thats who.
BlankUberEverybody 2 months ago
@BlankUberEverybody Well the original lyrics by Sylvia Fricker Tyson go "Went to the corner just to easy my pain. It was just to ease my pain. I got drunk and I got sick and I came home again." We Five had to clean it up for AM radio play.
Nefarioso 2 months ago
Looks like the Gazzarri Dancers in the background showing up at about 0:58.
HS22181 2 months ago
This One Song is THE Song that killed the Vietnam War Deader Than A Doornail, despite anything LBJ could say or think or do! This is the Highest, Holiest Song in All of Rock 'n Roll. I still cry when I hear it. It saved my Soul in 1965. I'll never forget.
54markl 2 months ago
@54markl
WHAT???
This 1965 song killed the VietNam War, which ended in 1973????
You may be a nice person, but you don't know a thng about the VietNam War, even though you seem to have been alive and listening to pop music in 1965. The VietNam war was "killed" by a combination of factors: among them, 7 years, 56,000 dead American troops, the National Guard murder of 4 students at Kent State University, and, if any song, it was CSNY's "Four Dead in Ohio." "Tin Soldiers and Nixon Coming...."
DonFromFairfax 2 months ago
@DonFromFairfax Uh, you may be a nice person, but you just don't get it. This was the song that turned the Young Children against the War In Vietnam. I know, because I was one of them. It was all Delayed Reaction. We were too young to make a difference then, but when we got a little older, we basically took over the rather ineffective Peace Movement and finally made it Work. Are you Too Old or Too Young to remember this? :/
54markl 2 months ago
@54markl
That's pretty funny. Grossly inaccurate and simplistic, but amusing.
DonFromFairfax 2 months ago
@DonFromFairfax It's an Accurate Generalization. How old are you, 14? Or are you Just Plain Dumb?
54markl 2 months ago
@54markl I'm neither 14 nor dumb. War Fatigue ended the VietNam War, defined by 56,000 dead troops and billions of dollars. Neither the original anti-war protesters nor your later group had much to do with it,, and certainly not the song, . The Iraq War, which I've protested for 7 years, will be ended on 12/31/11 because of War Fatigue, lost lives and lost trillions, not the protests.
DonFromFairfax 2 months ago
@DonFromFairfax Now you are being inaccurate and simplistic. The War in Vietnam ended because the Democrats finally got off their duff and elected a Congress that shut Gerald Ford Down; they cut off all funds for the War, causing it to end unceremoniously. This Song you think so little of did a lot to convince the Young that the war was bad, so it did more than its fair share. As for the current wars, No Draft equals weak protests. We saved your generation from the Draft, yet not many protest.
54markl 2 months ago
@54markl I agree that the Dem Congress finally shut down the war - it was easier with Pres. Ford. But they only acted because of war fatigue. And you didn't save MY GENERATION from the draft. I turned 18 in 1969. I agree that if we still had a draft, we wouldnt have had the Iraq invasion. That's one of the sad lessons the Pentagon learned from VietNam. Another was making reporters imbed, instead of roaming around without supervision, even being ferried here and there on military transport..
DonFromFairfax 2 months ago
@DonFromFairfax I was Drafted, Stupid Young Puppy who doesn't know Shit! :)
54markl 2 months ago
@bigggmike2480 Such good memories this song pops back into my head. Thanks for the upload.
BgMsDangerus 2 months ago
Hiphop is the musical equivalent of dudes walking down the street with their drawers down below their asses. I'm ashamed for them.
chilitoday 2 months ago
Hiphop and rap is a national embarassment. What a joke after all the truly great black music from the previous decades. If you say this, you are labeled a racist, but it's true. Quoting Ray Charles, "I don't get anything from it."
chilitoday 2 months ago
@chilitoday as a black guy I agree with you in part..
bongo46 2 months ago in playlist Music faves
This is the best copy I've seen. Thank you!
Mimereader2 2 months ago
I remember my older couson listening to this while she was baby-sitting me and my brother. She was cool. Hot too.
wilkrazor2 2 months ago
Thank you...thank you!
whhswhhs 2 months ago
We Five is an example of "if your going to be a 1-Hit Wonder it might as well be with gold like "You were on my mind...? Dan O'Niallain
oldiesbutgoodies67 2 months ago
if id only known...
safehouse123 2 months ago
I always wondered if this was a Woman or Man singing.
She has A "Contralto" Voice.......Very unusual and beautiful.
desert3347 3 months ago
Ewwwwwwww I love the Rickenbachers....twinkle twinkle.
LastTree 3 months ago
OMG!!! I thought the name of this song sounded familar. I haven't heard this song in decades. Wow!!!!!
aspenrebel 3 months ago
The No Doubt of the 1960s.
Jessyleppert 3 months ago
Rap is grown Black men creating ditties around little girls rope skipping rhymes.
It's so simplistic it's laughable.
jdollinter 3 months ago 13
@jdollinter that is one of the greatest lines I've ever heard. You are correct.
jube4jube4 2 months ago
@jdollinter I'm sorry you feel that way, as Hip-hop has much more complexity than that. Sure, there are plenty of rappers who focus on bitches, bling and bucks, but there are also skilled poets who create complex rhyming structures to express themselves.
If you're looking for more lyrical content and complexity, try Aesop Rock. There are many more artists who are in the same vein, but he is the paradigm in my opinion.
rsmalley2009 1 month ago
@rsmalley2009 Yep, "Hip-Hop" is a lot different than "Rap". People just know the "rap" that is played in the mainstream media.
TheAverageTrend 1 month ago
@TheAverageTrend Lots of people don't know what's played in the "mainstream media" since they stopped promoting music like this - and that's not a bad thing!
MiserableOldFart 2 weeks ago
@MiserableOldFart Huh?
TheAverageTrend 2 weeks ago
@TheAverageTrend The radio back then was FILLED with music like this. The radio today is filled with trash.
MiserableOldFart 1 week ago
@MiserableOldFart No shit. But my comment was touching on a whole different subject. Yet I kind of agree.
TheAverageTrend 1 week ago
was smokin dce dope whan dis song wus sunged and dat be da bomb ya baby
BrokenneckYgor 3 months ago
@vcx9dfne: Ms. Bivens had talent, anyone can have tits...rethink your post.
dumboldon 3 months ago
Superb band, truly great sound. They should have been a massive success around the world. Great vocals. No justice in this world when a great band such as them never become internationally successful. I would have loved to have been at one of their concerts.
MrBilgey 3 months ago
Breasts?
vcx9dfne 3 months ago
Well, meanwiddlekid sometimes all it takes is one hit to make someone a legend..Oh, by the way how many hits songs do you have?
StringTherapy 3 months ago
@StringTherapy As for example Napoleon XIV!
Alikah1 3 months ago
The first concert that I went to in Mpls in 1966 just after graduation at Rosemount H.S.
555shortstop 3 months ago
Love this song. Have no idea what the lyrics mean but I like the song.
Kevin90028 3 months ago
The obvious sex appeal thing aside, something about Bev's voice really stays with you...brilliant!!
pdorn777 3 months ago
This was on one of those short-lived music shows: Shindig or Hullabaloo. I must've seen this then, 'cause I recalled it whenever I heard the song on the radio.
CocteauDalighari 3 months ago
I WAS GOING WITH MY GIRL FRIEND WHEN I GOT DRAFTED. WHEN I GOT OUT OF BOOT CAMP, MY BROTHER CAME TO PICK ME UP. I COULDN'T WAIT TO SEE MY GIRLFRIEND. THE FIRST SONG THAT CAME ON THE RADIO WAS "YOU WERE ON MY MIND" AND WHEN I GOT HOME I GOT MY "DEAR JOHN LETTER" MY BOOT CAMP LEAVE WAS NOT FUN.....
ROTH1944 3 months ago
This was a great song-- back in the days of innocence and real music. A shot back to the past and days of real joy and happiness.
colo14erguy 4 months ago
Muchas Gracias!
Sooji78k 4 months ago
this is a very nice piece of my life.. nice to see how many other ptheople find it important in their own lives.. wonderful stuff... you are all on my mind ..
altazboy 4 months ago
This hit by We Five was the 60th #1 song on Billboard's newly formed chart that is now known as the Adult Contemporary charts. It also hit #1 on the Cashbox charts and #3 on the Top 40 charts.
mkl62 4 months ago
I always thought this was a song about a drug addict who fell in love. Maybe with another person, or maybe with the drug itself. Listen to the words..."went to the corner, just to ease my pain". At least that's what I thought.
observer9670 4 months ago
Few female singers of Beverly's generation had her range....a magnificent artist.
jackpark7927 4 months ago
Another great one I had completely forgotten about. Love this. Thanks for this great post.
0917gva 4 months ago
What is her name?
Ferrum2004 4 months ago
@Ferrum2004 Beverly Bivins
observer9670 4 months ago
CLASSIC......! AM Radio fever!
rextrek 4 months ago
I went to the Christian youth camp in Santa Cruz also. Was the best. I cried when I left because I had fallen in Love for the first time. We as a group of about 5 skipped a few evening get togethers
Danlson55 4 months ago
this is from hollywood a go go
HandShock 4 months ago
@MrRonnieG
Yes, lots of wonderful stuff from Johnny Stew. Mostly folk rock before "Gold". His early solo albums right after the Trio broke up were superlative. He probably recorded more than 20 solo albums, made up almost entirely of his own compositions, before his untimely death a few years ago. A really under-appreciated American artist. RIP
DEProf06 4 months ago
@DEProf06 knock off the RIP shit okay..we don't need to know that
HandShock 4 months ago
I usually don't comment or anything, but I noticed in a lot of oldies song people being almost 'musical elitists' by saying how much modern music sucks. All music is subjective. If you can get yourself into the mindset of the genre/song, its great music. Calling all of a genre not music is untrue, and it doesn't make you better than anyone else.
Great song, btw
eloyADAN 4 months ago
is that Pat Benatar's mom?LOL
MrCaptrips 5 months ago
She maintains that beautiful smile throughout the entire song.
duncanstpt 5 months ago
@coolsouthernrain75 ~ Gold, Lost Her in the Sun, Midnight Wind, Nebraska Widow and To Run Not be Weary ~ to name a few.
MrRonnieG 5 months ago
IT WAS 1965 & WAS IN THE NAVY. MY BROTHER CAME TO PICK ME UP FROM BOOT CAMP. HE TOLD ME HE HAD SOME BAD NEWS. THIS SONG CAME ON THE RADIO!!!! AND SHE WAS ON MY MIND (GIRLFRIEND) HE TOLD ME MY GIRLFRIEND HAD BROKEN UP WITH ME!!!!! WELL THAT 2 WEEK LEAVE REALLY SUCKED.....
ROTH1944 5 months ago
Bev Bivens was only 19 when they recorded this song in 1965. She had left We Five within 2 years of this VID to become a housewife and mother.
MrRonnieG 5 months ago
@DoctorJ1957 ~ When Mike Stewart died, in 2002 at age 57, there were "internet rumors" that he had committed suicide. His brother, John, was once part of the Kingston Trio and wrote "Daydream Believer" for the Monkees. Both were really quite a talent and, your right, they were responsible for a bunch of great music in their time.
MrRonnieG 5 months ago
@MrRonnieG .......Wasn't John Stewart the guy who sang "Gold" and "Lost Her in the Sun" in the early 1980's?
coolsouthernrain75 5 months ago
This is one smokin' hot video! Makes you wanna be there so badly.
videomaniac108 5 months ago
I hear this song about ten times a day, addiction I should say.
jcrukss 5 months ago
Another of the Greatest Songs ever written and perfomed ! Thanks for the Memories in an age of Dislexia/Dimensia. Fewe see and feel what these songs meant to us. (or maybe just speaking for myself). - I Doubt it!
Seahawkwes 5 months ago
I was lucky growing up. I lived in the Detroit area and was really into music. Ted Nuggent and I were in the same class at Bentley High School so I met a lot of musicians, If it weren't for my evil parents I would of been signed by Barry Goldman and Motown records. If you ever want to here about and about David Cassidy and I email me, pabock71@yahoo.com.
pabock71 5 months ago
What a neat, very short song gem. Speaks to all who have had troubles, but ya know what. They are fixable. There is never a problem, just solutions! Great!
Jimboyc21 5 months ago
Old people today should take a look at this music and realize that their parents probably thought it was noise just like every generation before them thought the current generations music was noise. Old people today should see the cultural value and importance in all music and be thankful that the internet has brought new generations of music lovers looking back on this music, the music before it and the music after it. I don't like everything I hear but I'm glad it exists for those that do.
Maikurohon 5 months ago
@Maikurohon Your point would be more valid if there was music today equal of the quality of music from the 60s and 70s.
Amadeus1066 5 months ago
@Maikurohon I get the whole "cultural value" bit. But geez, kid, give us something of value besides the unrelenting and disrespectful crap you show each other. You may think you have culture that "old people" don't get, that's because there's nothing more than senseless trash talk and garbage that has no point or reason to it than to inflict pain or undermine morality for the sake of just doing it. If that's all you kids have, your lives must really suck and you are dust already!
TheZenRider1 5 months ago
@Maikurohon That's very true. I caught hell listening to 50's and 60's music growing up. LOL My parents were sure it was the work of the devil.
pabock71 5 months ago
the people who say rap is not music just don't know any better. You should visit your local record shop sometime; radio is the problem.
hoskoned 5 months ago
@hoskoned Music kid isn't a guy half naked on stage yelling obscenities, calling for violence, calling for the killing of police and others, using foul language, no harmony, no rhythm, a record being turned backwards to make scratching noise. I don't care if young people listen to it or not. It's your right to do so. But if you listen to the music of the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's and the early part of the 90's and compare it to the "music" today, it's very different.
pabock71 5 months ago
If U R alive, I need to by U a drink or ten...i humbly bow. U never left mine either, the Strength! U Humble me.
JoannofHtown 5 months ago
For my friends that are from my generation.
gerkins1 5 months ago
I would never say what is " Music " but this works for me.
noway2day1 6 months ago
Saw them in 1967 in Aberdeen SD. THey introduced themselves as the greatest "sinking" group in America. Actually they were very good and funny to but the "sinking" part turned out to be true. One hit wonders..
KjenkinsJC 6 months ago
@KjenkinsJC Check google, they were more than one hit wonders. They made many songs most of which were mostly popular in Europe and a few here. They had internal problems and changed their name to The New Seekers. The still perform today but mostly in Europe.
pabock71 5 months ago
@pabock71 The Seekers were from Australia... they are not the We Five!!!
HepcatNZ 5 months ago
kinda like folkie-type band....and see any resemblance to Linda Ronstadt in the female lead Beverly Bivens????
jekiwe 6 months ago
@jekiwe I totally agree with your observation. . .good eye catch there. . .! ! !
drandall1776 5 months ago
@jekiwe Linda was beautiful. Bev not so much.
coyotesong 3 months ago
@coyotesong -- Beauty comes from within & both ladies have both- besides it's about the music not the package. Pls be kind & respectful. Peace.
sweetgypsy100 3 months ago
@sweetgypsy100 Jeez, it woulda been one thing if I said Bev was a dog or something like that...I was really only saying I thought Linda was beautiful.
coyotesong 3 months ago
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coyotesong 3 months ago
She's a cute little thing.
guyNbluejeans 6 months ago
Rap backward is par, and there's no way that vicious, white noise rap is even CLOSE to being on a par with the superb music that our generation put out in the 1960's! Rock on, 60's You will NEVER die!
sixtiesrockboy 6 months ago
@sixtiesrockboy How right you are. There is no comparison between rap and real music. They have the right to call it music but technically it is not true music.
pabock71 5 months ago
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gullystudio 6 months ago
If you can't hear the roots of hip hop here, or punk for that matter, and if you're only interested in looking at how they 'dressed very nicely,' then you really don't understand music and its heritage. This is avant garde for the time -- and, frankly, still is. This is amazing.
cherrydan4 6 months ago
never though "ca m'avance à quoi" of joe dassin was a cover of this song
darnfr 6 months ago
Wonderful harmony!
popobone6617 6 months ago in playlist Oldies and Obscurities I
1965 HAD GREAT SONGS BY ROCK N ROLL HALL OF FAME ARTISTS......NOT ONE SONG FROM THAT YEAR WAS ANY BETTER THAN THIS......TAKE IT TO THE BANK...
obamaican 6 months ago
In the 60s i attended a Christian youth camp in the Santa Cruz mountians with Beverly. We would all sit around the camp fire and sing..of course she had the best voice of all and she was really cute too. She was a little older then me but a very nice person I made sure to talk to every day. In the camp picture I'm sitting next to her.... little did i know that i was stting next to a future legend, but everyone knew she was some one special even then....great memories...thanks for posting this
StringTherapy 6 months ago 16
@StringTherapy That's a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing it. For awhile there I was frustrated that We Five disbanded so quickly, but I guess that was the norm then--except for a few groups. Bev could really sing, but maybe the music industry is not so rewarding from the inside? I don't know. At least we can enjoy her work on the two CDs.
ShunyamNiketana 6 months ago
@StringTherapy Wow, I met her at a concert in Michigan. I was right up front and some kid tried to grab her when she leaned over to sing to the crowd. Luckily I was able to stop him before he got to her and then security arrived. After the concert she invited me to join her and her group for dinner. She was truly an amazing young lady,
pabock71 5 months ago
@StringTherapy you knew her when, how many can say that?
Tonithenightowl 4 months ago
@StringTherapy
Nice memories but I wouldn't exactly call her a legend. I think one hit wonder is closer to the truth.
meanwiddlekid 3 months ago
Warm memories are with me. In 1965, my sister and I went to the Circle Star Theater in the Bay Area to see the We Five and the Beau Brummels open for Chad and Jeremy. To view Bev doing the pony and singing with that golden voice reminds me that this music still holds. I am glad to have come of age during the sixties.
violetschild 7 months ago 9
@violetschild The sixties must have been like a magical time.People always seem to say that.
justcallmeassinine 7 months ago 2
@justcallmeassinine People also say that if you remember the sixties you weren't really there, well, that's just not true! Every moment is seared into my mind. I lived through all of the decade,from the fade of Rock 'n' Roll, The Beatles breathing life into the music scene after the worst year of the sixties: '62, the Blues boom, on through Psychedelia. It really was a magic time. If i had to live out my life trapped in one decade that would be my choice. This is a beautiful reminder of 65/66.
Harmonicajello 6 months ago
@Harmonicajello So aside from being older, or let's assume you were the same age today: How is it actually different ?
justcallmeassinine 6 months ago
@justcallmeassinine Well, for start, kids now are brimful of attitude with a system weighed in their favour. They got 24 hr radio, TV music channels, DVDs, free rein etc. Until Pirate Radio '64 we only had 3/4 hrs allotted to youth music. If i heard a Coaster's disc i got a thrill! I spent my dinner money on 45rpm discs,starved all day for that joyful piece of vinyl! The Beatles rattled the establishment when they burst on scene, they were so different to anything gone before.
Harmonicajello 6 months ago
@justcallmeassinine Part 2-no room here Suddenly anything went All dif bands emerged that would not have passed muster the year before It was an electric culture shock, so different Nothing taken for granted It was an offence to listen to Pirate Radio but we did The groups were distinctive in their sound Imagine hearing Hendrix for the first time-it was mind blowing Today it all seems to be so bland Back then you never knew what was next. Psychedelia- such innovation You had to be there Phew
Harmonicajello 6 months ago
@Harmonicajello LOL ...I have seen a few movies about it,but not to many really capture the spirit as well as I imagine.Mostly documentaries.Let me know if you hear of any good ones.Lots of movies touch on one facet such as politics,superstars, Vietnam,etc,but few or none tell what it was like for the average Joe to grow up in that era.One thing that really stands out is that young people got out from behind to TV to march and protest gov't policy.Today everyday is cowed in fear,hopeless. Sad.
justcallmeassinine 6 months ago
@justcallmeassinine Hello. Not too many films i've seen get it quite the way it was but "Quadrophenia" comes close. There are some pretty good books that convey the way things were back then so if you combine the narrative with the films' images you'll have a fair idea of how it was. Try "The Restless Generation" - Pete Frame, "The Beat Merchants" - Alan Clayson & "White Bicycles" - Joe Boyd. These i recommend. If i can be of help with information please contact again.
Harmonicajello 6 months ago
@Harmonicajello Thank You
justcallmeassinine 6 months ago
@violetschild I have been to the Circle Star Theater...so sorry I missed this performance
Wetoddid9 6 months ago
@Wetoddid9 I saw the We Five, to the best of my knowledge, in 1965. It was definitely at the Circle Star, in the round. Maybe in the winter, at the end of 65. I was 13 years old, and it was my first live concert. I remember seeing George Carlin at the Circle Star around 1971. All the other 60's concerts I attended were in San Francisco.
violetschild 6 months ago
Bev Bivens was only 19 years old when this was filmed.
MrRonnieG 7 months ago
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A great rock song that still gets me pumped up when it comes on the radio!!
OVtigerstripe 7 months ago
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OVtigerstripe 7 months ago
Bev Bivens was part of the San Francisco musical landscape for far too short a period of time. This song (as I recall) was released in 1965 but by the end of 1967 or early 1968 Bev had gone off become a mother and housewife.
MrRonnieG 7 months ago
i Love this song and video
charliesitzes1973 7 months ago
@quindoger you should really youtube Katy Perry's early videos. She is talented and can write music and sing. It's unfortunate that showbiz got their claws into her.
foreverhambeast 7 months ago
Lovely Beverly Bivens singing her heart out and enjoying it and the music has a meaning.....Sir David
sixtiesforever1966 7 months ago
Cutie!!!
brownindian17 7 months ago
uk hit sung by Crispian St Peters.
wallpole 7 months ago
putting this one on "replay" always! +1
chnl9 7 months ago 2
Thank You. Haven't heard this in years.
ldlanter 7 months ago
Nice! The girl looks like Linda Ronstat.
Pookiepup1 7 months ago
As good as anything ever done! I'm wiping away tears of joy...
obbor4 7 months ago
It's nice to hear songs from my childhood years, but I just went from 48 y.o. to 3 and back again in just over 2minutes. This rapid time travel is starting to turn my hair gray
FartFilledBalloons 8 months ago
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this is one of my all-time favorites
dollyfarinelli 8 months ago
the blond guy is my bff's godfather
ComedicArtist866 8 months ago
Lovely Beverly Bivens. 60's A Great time in my life. Sir David
sixtiesforever1966 8 months ago
Nothing like the 60's
bondsly 8 months ago
Rap (hip hop) is untalented people making up ditties to litle girl's rope skipping rhymes. They have no real skill, just the ability to affect a manly attitude whie making hand puppets and lurching around like a gorilla.
jdollinter 8 months ago 2
@jdollinter LOL exactly
43cdc 8 months ago
Back then the groups could actually sing and they had such class that modern music could never match...
luvkountry 8 months ago 3
Jamie's Dad
infrontofcloseddoors 8 months ago