Lovin' Spoonful - You Didn't Have To Be So Nice [Very Good(+) quality]

[sparx1951]

Always will be one of my favorite groups. Spoonful's had a sound of their own, great lyrics, and great emotion. We had some greats back in the 60's didn't we!

[tishhead]

i would never argue that this was the BEST song from the 60s -- far from it. but if someone gives me a choice to hear one song from back then, this would be it. it has an emotional pull that i can't explain.

[Monza62000]

this is great to me love it

[mrbigkell]

Man, when you are in your mid-teens and you have hearts for a particular girl......then this song comes on the radio........how did I get this gray hair.......where is she now

[kathryndeleonable]

My favorite Lovin Spoonful song...they were great.

[ikeplus1]

Best music from the best time.

[drclayberg]

so innocent....before all the drugs , wasn't that we were to do ?

long hair

fun clothes

lsd

odd attitudes

drop out....

somehow we took the shitty path and not the right path

[cindiloohoo552]

@drclayberg The Shitty Path not taken sometimes had interesting twists and turns, though.

[DailyBrusher]

I think the vocals are live, though... doesn't match the recording, and just sounds live!

[saunders49]

Brings me way back to the greatest times of my life....the '60's....when music was really music, not the shit they play today. i may be dead soon....but I have memories that will last forever!

[slimshine953]

@saunders49 You got that right!

[69ssrszl1]

One of the best groups of the 60's. Love all their songs.

[60srecords]

If these guys arent in the RocknRoll hall of fame someone needs to be slapped across the face..

[whatthedormousesaid]

@60srecords They're there. I think they got in shortly before Zal died.

[bluegrassreb1]

THIS IS ONE OF MY ALL-TIME FAV SONGS EVER!!! BORN IN '73!!

[g0ldbuG]

Evan Dando was the groovin', head-snakin', wanderin' minstrel John Sebastian of the 90s. There aren't enough wandering minstrels in our century. Wouldn't you agree?

[jcp0129eek]

I've always loved the "Lovin' Spoonful" and still sing a few of their songs on karaoke night at the bar (yeah karaoke is hokey) but it's fun as well!...only the spoonful can make you feel the way they do!

[mrtcrunner123]

Sebastian was first. Lennon saw them and

Love it.

[getdownto311]

i wonder if the music is being played on a track..dont get me wrong i love this song but it shouldnt sound this crisp...

[SixtiesPopGoldExtra]

@getdownto311 The original color versions of this show haven't survived (there are three exceptions), and audio and picture on the surviving b/w kinescopes are inferior.

[spacepatrolman]

@getdownto311 It sounds like they are singing over a background track they are not playing autoharp and tubular bells i know a guy that had a red les paul like john he sold it for $5000 back in the 70s

[washboardblues]

@getdownto311

Yes, only the vocals are live. The backing track is a recording.

[washboardblues]

Who was first with the granny glasses; Lennon or Sebastian?

[Harmonicajello]

@washboardblues I think it was Sebastian. He was wearing them in '65. Lennon appeared in ".How I Won The War" with UK National Health specs, that were provided free back then, in September '66. Then he started wearing them off camera. He didn't wear his "granny glasses", the ones he is known for, until November '66 when he played a doorman outside a select club (a Gents' toilet).. It was a spoof on "Not Only But Also"-Peter Cook & Dudley Moore show. Programe was aired 26 December '66.

[whatthedormousesaid]

@washboardblues Sebastian started wearing them after he saw Fritz Richmond (jug player with Jim Kweskin's Jug Band) wearing them around Greenwich Village. But Richmond's glasses had dark colored lenses. See them here watch?v=wQvClKK0HRo

[vltjd]

@getdownto311 This is definitely pre-recorded. There are instruments on the track that you don't see them pretending to play. Not to say that it doesn't sound good or that I don't like it-that's why I took a look.

[videomaniac108]

@getdownto311 Virtually none of the music played on these shows was live, mostly lip-synched. The Smother's Brothers show and Ed Sullivan might have actually had groups playing live instruments. I could be wrong, but that's my impression in watching these videos.

[TheCoddlefish]

Great group. I loved them because they were different from all the others, more folk rock.

[calligal55]

GEEZ I loved their music!!! Sigh.....

[fogologo100]

This was real talent. this is sang live. they actually expected you to have that gift back then.

[MsJune54]

one of my favorite groups from the 60's....LOVE John Sebastian....thanks for posting this clip!!

[thoostorm4]

@MsJune54 my clip

[SuperAde1974]

a peek back into music history like this...why I love youtube.

[moxie96]

What guitar is that Zal is playing? It's always a question in my mind...

[TullioWalker]

@moxie96 looks like a Jazzmaster model.

[gittahfiend]

@moxie96 it's a guild.

[TrueBlueSue49]

Thanks so much, this song makes me smile :)

[nuipret]

this is for a lovely lady called sue.

[buffspringfield]

Man those were the times.....great group