David McWilliams - Days Of Pearly Spencer

[jonathandeklerk7547]

An East Belfast man born and bread , singing about Pearly Spencer a homeless man in the town of Ballymena ! David McWilliams RIP

[sirin987]

load yabastard load

[SuperBubu1963]

This is the better version. Sorry for Marc Almond.

[BaronVonPenguin]

Good to see Fred West was good at something else other than murdering women and burying them in his garden or basement

[shemanic1]

have loved this since it came out, heard it on a transistor radio & bought the album that day, still play it on vinyl

[thra5herxb12s]

Marc Almond sings this song realy well. But this is how it should sound.

[garethtrooper]

one of the best song in my life.

[Abi1one]

Le top! de la vraie musique

[jucifer69]

the best one whoever says almonds is better has a perforated ear drum!!!!tho the cover is still good

[ronaldbroom]

The phone voice is in the wrong shot.

[MrAndreina1990]

Favoloso sempre

[MrAndreina1990]

purtroppo quella originale il testo non lo ricordo, più, forse perchè l'inglese è un po' ostico per me

[shrew972]

chorus distorted vocal = commercial suicide = genius ;)

[MrAndreina1990]

Splendida........

[FreedomNextTime]

Such a deep song. Brilliant, timeless.

[harryandsimba]

The verse seems to have a very similar melody to "In The Year 2525" by

Zager and Evans.

[MrGranousty]

My girl friend, this year has SR for initials, and I wrote "days of love with SR" on  My desk ! Of course, I only know what it means ! Lol, puberty stupidity !

[MrAndreina1990]

Mi era subito piaciuta, la versione Caselli meno

[treblaPRT]

@MrAndreina1990 soprattutto perchè il testo è completamente stravolto, la versione italiana perde il commovente significato originale.

[4cazzybabe8]

just listened to Marc Almonds version and David McWilliams is definitely better

[andrew34430]

this song inspired flash and the pans hey st peter

[loveleopardprint]

Forgot all about this song! Fab!

[aivalisco]

May be a short song, but it is still good for over 43 years now...

[bargeemike]

@CeetaFe. How can you possibly prefer Marc Almonds version?

[womanwithframe]

You are always in my memory. Requiest in peace.

[rostovron]

great song enjoyed listening to this one again.

[MrAndreina1990]

Ora capisco che avremmo dovuta meditarla, ma era il tempo delle vacche grasse, avevamo l'illusione alimentata dal capitalismo internazionale di cambiare il mondo

[Jearoon]

Love this song. Not so sure about the video though, it's basically just two scenes and surely the distorted vocal part would make slightly more sense over the phone?! Full credit for his sideburns however.

[elrenato82]

If I'd get a phone call like that I'd find it cool enough to listen to....

[chabi3000]

LIKE WOAH !

[MrAndreina1990]

anche questa canzone è bella.

[digbydo1]

where does such talent come from

[1MpUrO]

@digbydo1 like

[dannyn818]

apart from this well produced song, a very beautifull voice.

[WhiteSlift]

is there any deeper meaning in this song?

[ganimed1976]

One of my all time favorite songs........I loved it when I was a kid and still do today.

BTW: I always sing along when I hear it somewhere......A friend told me once that my voice sounds very similar to Davids. Maybe that´s why I like this song so much.

[CeetaFe]

He is rushing, especially in the beginning, though I think it should be more serene song, like Marc's version that I preffer. Thaks to David for a lovely song.

[Laelia98]

can someone tell me WHY the french says Gainsbourg copied this song in "initials BB" ?????

[amapola997]

ah toute mon ado

[nikoBCN]

Let me get this right: he sounds normal when talking on the phone, but sounds like he's speaking through a phone while standing by the river with no phone around. Clever. And great song, very modern.

[CorsicaTarget]

chef d'oeuvre!!!



[89cattaneo]

Sono veramente felice di averla ritrovata dopo quaranta anni! E' sempre bella e coinvogente. Bella la musica, supportata da violini, che io adoro. Ottima la sua esecuzione .

[89cattaneo]

Sono veramente felice di averla ritrovata dopo quaranta anni! E' semore bella e coinvogente. Bella la musica, supportata da violini, che io adoro. Ottima l sua esecuzione .

[89cattaneo]

Sono veramente felice di averla ritrovata dopo quaranta anni! E' semore bella e coinvogente. Bella la musica, supprtata da violini, che io adoro. Ottima l sua esecuzione .

[dougallsdiscs]

Marc Almond does NOT sound better than David's ORIGINAL version.Marc Almond's version is streets behind the original,Murray.

[veronique1441]

Joli morceau qui rappelle tant de souvenirs !

[olin2noel]

It was many moons ago that I heard this song try many times but did not know the title or the singer............thanks for putting it on here its made my dayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[mubutu1000]

Bookshops are soo sexy.

[archdeaconj]

The days of Rupert Murdock / Ah, ha! The race is almost run!

[LarryFogarty]

@archdeaconj yes .where RATS can only run

[karleksang]

such an old song..but what a super classic.time before modern mixing..fantastic

[blackxs13]

j adore cette chanson cela me rapelle mon enfance mes parenrs ecoutes souvent cette chanson j ai bientot 40ans

[startrek1992]

26 don't like real music!

[Gasoil4gaS]

best song ever ..!

[Chelmerfella]

After all these years, this is still a classic track to me.

[Christina86Vid]

apapa gia kakoooooooooo!Eidika ekei poy leei to Days Of Pearly Spencer

[MrTompaladin]

this song is so short but so good, i know this song is old for its day but i hope it was number 1 back then. RIP David McWilliams

[LarryFogarty]

@MrTompaladin never made the british charts  ..but big in europe....they would not play it on bbc.....

[gerard2009able]

La nostalgie est toujours ce qu'elle était

[reeper04]

In those days heart attacks were less understood, full fat milk, cheeses, passive smoking, hydrogenated fats all contributed to excessive amounts of HA. Doesnt seem as normal now but beware...

[elfenohr77]

One of the best songs I ever heard.

I love it since I was a teenie :))

Terrific work!!!

[littlebigbrain]

Just the Bee's knees.

[niltondc]

I looked for this song for years. I just remembered the melody but did not know the singer or parts of the lyrics (I am Brazilian and I have some difficulty understanding the words sung in English). With the software "midomi" I found the Italian version: "Il volto della vita 'by Caterina Caselli and via Google I got here.

[Srudienplaner]

der Song ist 43 Jahre alt und klingt noch immer gut......

[jeweladdict72]

does anyone know how old the video is? is it also from '67?

[LarryFogarty]

@jeweladdict72 it is...

[retroxdoll]

this song gives me goosebumps , so sad and beautyfull.

[GillyXY]

@retroxdoll Same here!

[windo5]

Is he phoning his hairdresser or the 60's?

[30martyn]

the originals are the best Marc Almonds cover is rubbish compared to this how can you dislike it!!

[MrDecibels82]

i think the director's vision for this video was not conveyed.

shouldnt the chorus be on the phone?

with that effect and all?

would fit much better

great song tho

[docdavidfisherful]

DiamondDogZ. Perhaps"I drove all night" by Roy Orbison?

[retroxdoll]

maybe sebastian from cockney Rebel?

this song is so sad and still so beautyfull .

[FenFen55Box]

I can't get over how good this song is. There's only one thing I dislike about it :/ It's far too short...

[Raap123]

@FenFen55Box 24 people are agree with you

[anthony342]

@FenFen55Box  agree mate

[MrTompaladin]

@FenFen55Box another agree here



[taravana1]

@FenFen55Box david was born in belfast in the same area that gave us people like van morrison gary moore and george best . he played goals for a local football team called linfield fc but broke his leg and footballs loss was musics gain. this song was never a mainstream hit but was hugely popular on pirate radio

[berttronik]

@FenFen55Box yeah i only descoverd it last week i love it wish it was longer

[mobyboy]

@FenFen55Box it is wonderful and addicting

[hunchbacked]

@FenFen55Box

Play it over and over again.

[samuel63867]

Inesquecível sucesso. Nota mil!!!

[dontgetmenoswine]

i knew the man personally up in ballycastle. his death was a tragedy RIP a legend

[MrTaiti]

@dontgetmenoswine

Damn straight ronnie saaan

[dragonfiregem]

Does anyone else know any other songs similar to this in that they have a kind of haunting feeling?

[Voxac100b]

A masterpiece in every way

[womanwithframe]

Great song, great spirit, terrible the dead of David Mc Williams, but , also, his song, hi music, his spirit, is with us

[machan15]

@DiamondDogZ: Try 'The Stranglers - Golden Brown'.

[DiamondDogZ]

@machan15 That wasn't it. The song I'm looking for is a song from the sixties or the beginning of the seventies. It has the same feeling as "Nights in White Satin" and "Days of Pearly Spencer".

What I can remember is especially the end/outro of the song: The singer sings his last words in falsetto, the strings of the orchestra fades in with an question-answer patron. Heavy violins/cello and high violins with a dramatic feeling. That's the outro.

Who can help? Please?

[nikkilou66]

@DiamondDogZ Was it possibly Eloise by Barry Ryan??

[DiamondDogZ]

Good song.

I'm also looking for another song... similar to this song. A popsong from the 60s and it also has a orchestra on the background. The same dramatic feeling. I don't know who the artist is and what the name is of that song. I do know that it ends with a long outro, with the orchestra and the last word of the singer was "goodbye" or something. Does someone know who it is?? Please help me.

[DiamondDogZ]

@DiamondDogZ And the singer sounds like the Hollies. But it isn't. Nor is it the Moody Blues.

[Steampunkaleidoscope]

@DiamondDogZ How about "Eloise" by Barry Ryan or maybe "Jackie" by Scott Walker.

[DiamondDogZ]

@Steampunkaleidoscope

Thanks for your help. But none of them are right.

The song that I'm looking for is almost as similar as David McWilliams if it comes to strings and feeling of the song.

Does anyone else know...? Please? :-(

[LarryFogarty]

@DiamondDogZ is it 3 o clock flamingo street by david mc williams ?

[DiamondDogZ]

@Steampunkaleidoscope : Nope. I've already got the right answer. It was The Buoys - "Give Up Your Guns"! ;-)

[robear444]

@DiamondDogZ You could try 3 O'clock Flamingo Street, or September Winds by same artist.

[DiamondDogZ]

@robear444

Thanks, robear444. But those weren't the right one. It was almost as similar as '3 O'clock Flamingo Street'. But that wasn't the right one. And it wasn't David McWilliams.

The singer of the song that I'm looking for sounds like the vocalist of The Hollies. But it isn't The Hollies...

[LarryFogarty]

@DiamondDogZ is it sam by keith west

[DiamondDogZ]

@LarryFogarty

Thanks, Larry. But it wasn't Keith West. The song I'm looking for has a minor melody and a little bit melancholy. It's almost as similar as The Days of Pearly Spencer. Almost. But it wasn't David McWilliams.

Anyone else suggestions?

[DiamondDogZ]

@DiamondDogZ  And o yess... at the end/outro of the song there is a question-answer -play between the violins and cello.

[allivegp]

Τhe phone is staring at David with a "what-da-fuck" expression.

[pornojack]

WOW i had no idea there was a video to this song, thanks for the post. U R awesome.

[Geewhizz1000]

He looked a bit like my old friend Sparky except Sparky had a pony tail

[kpjlflsknflksnflknsa]

WHAO BLOW!

[Mystify73]

I have a LP from him, very good noise, who find a LP in mint buy it,:)

[TheDavidjoy]

Haunting sound. Takes me back to the 60's when Radio Caroline the Pirate ship beamed this song to the welsh coast. Summer nights full of holidaymakers walking along the promenade. Great days.

[littlebigbrain]

@TheDavidjoy My God the same experience as me. This song jumped out of the transistor radios. Even better on a great big valve job.

[westpenninewoman]

Those were the days when actually having musical talent counted!

[ShaneC27]

A masterpiece

[carlton683]

who is phone-ing

[REMLostmyreligion]

Beautiful song

Where can I download this?

[Ypervasileas]

RE STHN PARO GYRISE TO CLIP??EKEI POU PAIZEI KITHARA ETSI FAINETAI...

[69kapotas69]

@Ypervasileas xaxa kai meta pige vareladiko gia eksalo clubbing!!

[Ypervasileas]

@69kapotas69 xaxaxa koita ekei sto 0.47 moiazei me th gefyra ekei sth plateia ! :P

[cfuman]

@Ypervasileas

OMG how stupid you are! 

[ProtegeTuype]

Love it 

[papillon64738]

Love the song, prefer Mark Almonds very moody sinister string version. This guy was only 56 when he died of a heart attack i think, that's seems a very young age to die as i approach my 40th year !!. Get busy living or get busy dying i think they say. I can't make my mind up whether David McWilliams looks more like a young Matt Damon or Fred West in this video. RIP David, great song.

[ch88ch35]

@papillon64738 Let's just say Matt Damon!  ;-) great song. Helen

[paulfh1]

I like this song and I don't like many things ;-)

[moodyblues41]

a great  classic song,

[zjadplul]

hopla:>

[zjadplul]

hopla:)

[hadrianday]

I can remember the first time I heard this song too, end of december 1967 or very beginning of january 1968. I was 10, did'nt catch a word but was mesmerized. 2010, my race is 'not (yet) almost run' but this song remains a masterpiece. David RIP.

[davidbrede1066]

When I heard this in the 60's David was always announced as The Important Voice of David McWilliams.

Can anyone else remember this?

Why was it done at the time?

[TheIceDragonlady]

I like the altered voice - its one of the first things that attracted me to this song many years ago. I loved this song when I was a kid and I still love it now but I prefer it by David not Marc.

[andybadger]

why that bloody megaphone silliness? it ruins an incredibly beautiful song.

[TheFarrierphil]

First heard this song via Marc Almond in the 90s, then my boss told me about David and that he lived down the road from me!!! What a song, what a song! :-)

[MrGranousty]

I was a teeen, in love, and tatoo my girlfriend's initials "days of love with SR", then, i grown ! ! !

[ponkieponkz]

A sample from this song was used on a track by "Black Rob" called "Whoa"

[bobbrooky]

I can remember the first time I heard this, many years ago now, and was blown away, a truly timeless epitaph to a great songsmith, only the good die young.

[mobyboy]

great classic.

[skeptyky]

QUE DU BONHEUR SIXTIES THE BEST SONG REBEL 68

[roaduser]

one of the best songs ever no arguement

[eurotrucker99]

One of the best 5 star

[mlucifersam]

Great song!

[mateyalive]

Telephone --> "WTF" face.

[jerrymail]

I have the same phone but it's hard to walk with it in my pants' pocket!

[daverigby23]

Way ahead of his time, a 1967 video in colour, and great quality as well. OK it doesn't say too much, but even Dylan was stood in an alleyway with boards for 'Subterrainean Homesick Blues' Everything has to be taken in context. I'm just wondering who filmed him.

[aktowfik]

These chords are apocalyptic. They gimme the creeps. Play his song on the day the world ends.. Very suitable !

[helenaki9999999999]

Excuse me? Can anyone explain to me who is Perly Spenser and what is his story?

[marshalllucky]

@helenaki9999999999 perly spencer was a tramp who drunk himself to death, david was singing about him , think along the lines of arrested developments mr wendell

[skeptyky]

PAS BEAU CE CADEAU A ECOUTER AUSSI JAMES ROYAL "CALL MY NAME" LA CLASSE QUOI THANKS SIXTIES VERY LIKE IT ...........

[partridgehearne]

Walked and worn by Shula's feet? Are we talking Ambridge?

[sergioretamales]

Que gran canción, viva David Mc Williams, lejos una de las mejores canciones que he escuchado en mi vida, gracias David.

[xavmix]

excellent souvenir, j'aime toujours autant ce morceau !!!

[MrStratcaster]

one of the best songs of the century.But

[BenjoFV]

From the day it was released, back in 1967 it's one on my all time favorite's, can't thank David enough.

[Tiffi0096]

Beautiful Song !!! RIP David :( 

[gordonl]

The chorus was recorded from a phone box around the corner from the studio...

[jimmygb64]

I remember playing in a band with davie in the early 60s and during rehearsals when we took a break for a smoke he would start writing down parts of songs and pearly was one that he was working on then...............i asked him what had inspired him to write pearly and we had a bit of a laugh about it and i sometimes get into heated discussions with people who think they know what it was based on............... Oh well i was there and davie told me.......... James G Brown

[MrMorph25]

@jimmygb64 One of the best posts I have read. Thank you.

[jimmygb64]

@MrMorph25 What do you mean......

[MrMorph25]

@jimmygb64 What do I mean? I liked your post. I love reading a post that explains the personal side of a song, where it came from. Luck you I say.

[jimmygb64]

@MrMorph25 Thanks for the comment........but i did'nt think i explained anything........... only that its not about what people think its about................but then what song is.............James G Brown

[tlatosmd]

This promo film is so confusing. The music is so fast and deep with so many changes, but the editing is so slow and image composition so bland and insipid.

[tobagotb10]

Lol......yes, his face on the phone is like: "I told you a million times not to.....etc etc" and "Can't you not go three days without me, or I have to fix something"......

Good song though, love it.

[weenyone]

1966 was the first year of the music video'

[dirtyroot]

Like Whoa!

[207Emily]

amazing

[gary56victor57]

A GORGEOUS TIMELESS CLASSIC!!! That voice, those strings & the haunting arrangement, is all FLAWLESS!! I LOVE THIS SONG!! I also LOVE The Grass Roots version too!! *****MILLION STARS!! Gary in PA USA.

[shulamite1]

Wow this is brilliant. A case of the original being the best.

[llanberis1]

what a classic 4 got how good the 60s was glad i had a chance to live in some of it

[rocksoliddude1]

the days of frank spencer, he dropped that lady;s lamp

[SubmarinerAndroid]

This man was ahead of his time.

[EmmaPeelman]

Shot on location down by the Oude Gracht (near the Choorstraat) in the centre of Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Great song, great city.

[mobyboy]

one of the best 60's songs !!

[Mystify73]

Thanks for posting. One of the beste hymn of all time Awesome!!

[jackamo23]

Sixties proto-pop promo genius! Has that real Scott Walker feel about it without being a simple copy....This is one hell of a complex song and yet sounds so deceptively simple. I wonder who thought to distort the vocal chorus in an almost Cabaret Voltaire 'Nag Nag Nag' way, & though the vocoder/treated vocal is commonplace today, in the sixties its main use was as an effect a la Joe Meek's 'Blue Men' or Pinky & Perky's helium filled vocal delivery. Many thanks for posting this, wheres it from?

[YoGemmy]

this is such a moving song. i love it.

[ultracritico]

Música de qualidade.

[Horrortunes]

Thanks`s for sharing this song/video! Bring`s back alot of memories from my childhood when my parents who then were together played this song all the time during the summer!

[RottenSinceBirth]

@Horrortunes amazing man !

[xanglat]

Very nice song

Thank you very much for posting

[nathanlulu]

theres something about this song that i really like

[sphey10]

fantastic cheers