If Steve Ellis had actually been singing live there, you would not have heard him, so think its fare to say, that I would rather hear him and watch them, oh and wish I had been there :)
@pete7356 "did someones fame go to his head" Steve's loyalty [blind - in this case!] stopped him taking lead vocals with The Faces when the fat-leotarded-fake started getting too big for his boots-I dont think this is a secret now!-& he was asked to replace him, but to Steve, Rod was "a mate". As for his name in front of Love Affair - apart from the fact there was no LA when EverLove was recorded, the band was built around him, this is what happens-as explained! & No-ones saying its Live! AGAIN!
@georgebur "cant the man sing any more"??? " Do some people talk out their backside? Yup! I can personally attest to the man singing just as well as he ever did LIVE having seen him in Nottingham last year at The RAH for Ronnie Lane Mem Concert in the mid-2000s & absolutely stealing the show at Marriotts Mem Concert 2001 the latter 2 with Paul Weller [look on youtube for the latter!] - a mate of Steve's. He also appeared LIVE with Weller in 2001. The man can sing alright!
Great song.Takes me way back.Recorded this song off the radio on to a reel to reel and listened to it every night growing up.Still brings back great memories.
Steve Ellis was a phenominal chanter, this was a classic-inspiring, uplifting,upbeat and highlighted by great band, backing singers and Ellis's magnificent voice-a timeless masterpiece
@georgebur No one is saying that this is Live !! Thing is when a TV show wants you, they are the ones that say if you mime or not. If you say no then you don't do the show! We did several mimed TV shows, this is the finished product of one of them for all to see & enjoy. I will get around to putting more up & more of the Live gigs we did. But Please don't put us down for doing a Mimed TV show The Biggest Acts & artists in the world, All have to do Mime on TV every once in a while !!
@ampsnbits thanks for explaining the behind the scenes workings of tv.I'd do exactly the same to be kept in the public eye. The song is forever loved and not given the status it deserves.
Hats off to Steve & the boys for this fun performance - everyones clearly having a good time. Just a crying shame the BBC wiped all the original footage of Love Affair's performances on TOTPs. If anyone happens to have any old footage on videotape PLEASE upload onto Youtube!
As I remember,the band was first just "The Love Affair" then Steve Ellis's Love Affair, then Steve went solo and never to be heard of again in the charts.Did someones fame go to his head.Why not just stay as The Love Affair they were awesome for the time,we all new Steve was the singer he didn't have to put his name before the band after a couple of hits to emphisise the fact
@pete7356 it depends who owns the name 'The Love Affair'. If Steve doesn't own it (the intellectual property) he can't use it or he has to adapt it so as to not infringe copyright.
If you only knew all the crap that Steve had to endure with several Bogus/Fake bands going out as "The Love Affair" that were really not very good at all! over the years. Then perhaps you would do the same? It was a joint Steve, Band and Management decision for the band to go out as Steve Ellis's Love Affair so that Audience's would know that they would be paying to see The Man, The One & Only Steve Ellis who's voice is on All of The Love Affairs hits Records of the 60's & 70's :O)
@ampsnbits the problems lies in the fact that most songs are known by the band.. and NOT the singer. when a band splits its the band name that takes on the song and NOT the singer. so... for a singer to be able to take the credit for a fabulous song such as everlasting love they HAVE to the avertise themselves as the singer and band!
@shellyann71 Hi Nice thought Butgo back in Music history circa 1969 and That the ONLY member of Love Affair to Sing/Play on the Recordings was Infact Steve Ellis. The Guitarist's were Big Jim Sulivan, Jimi Page, Bass Player was Herbie Flowers and the Drummer was Clem Cattini all session Players of the day. Tried to add some links but You Tube don't allow it. Just Google the names and see for yourself So don'y you think In fairness to Sreve Ellis HE IS The the Voice of Everlasting Love
@ampsnbits i agree, but what i meant was not everyone would know the name of the singer so would only associate the song with the band name . for steve to fairly get the recognition he deserves for this song he has to have the band name after his or a lot of people wont know its him.
I bought the original in the 60s,love steve's music but this is lipsinc,Steves note perfect to the original ,I only know one man who can do that a Mr John Fogerty,and the band dont play a finish the song just cuts.also where's the brass section thats so prominent in the song.Come on fess up,its great to watch but your miming.
@pete7356 No one is saying that this is Live !! Thing is when a TV show wants you, they are the ones that say if you mime or not. If you say no then you don't do the show! We did several mimed TV shows, this is the finished product of one of them for all to see & enjoy. I will get around to putting more up & more of the Live gigs we did. But Please don't put us down for doing a Mimed TV show The Biggest Acts & artists in the world, All have to do Mime on TV every once in a while !!
cheeekeeboy - at least Melvyn has done things in his life...what has been your contribution to the world? Bet you were distraught when the Cheeky Girls called it a day...or is your first name Lembit :P
blackpearl186 My all time favorite record. Saw the group at Top Rank in Preston all those years ago. Played and played single on record player till my mum screamed and screamed at me to "chabge the record"!! Great Memories
blackpearl186 My all time favorite record. Saw the group at Top Rank in Preston all those years ago. Played and played single on record player till my mum screamed and screamed at me to "chabge the record"!! Great Memories
blackpearl186 My all time favorite record. Saw the group at Top Rank in Preston all those years ago. Played and played single on record player till my mum screamed and screamed at me to "chabge the record"!! Great Memories
Wow !! you dont say ! well it was a Live Mime TV Show and it is rather obvious with No Backline Doh!!! . It does make sense when there were over 30 acts on the show, it would have taken a week to sound check & change equipment between all the acts . name me an act that has Never Ever Mimed On TV ??? Wake up to the real world !!
Only on Backing Vocals! , Oh Yeah I was Mimeing on Guitar as well, so was Dave On Bass and Robbie the Drummer but poor old Yinka on Keyboards He couldn't play a note and was just a mate we brought along for the ride as our regular Keyboard player couldn't make it but hey what the hell we got paid for mimeing infront of Millions on TV many a time and got paid for playing infront of Thousands Live many many times So what have you done? fart and set fire to your Bum on Youtube ?
Brings back memoriers when l was in my 20s dancing to this at top of the world night club, it seems like yesterday...Oh them 70s what class and the greastest music of all time...if only it could all come back, this one is a BOBBY DAZZLER......!!!!
Yes l Know it was made in 1968 love. the night club we went to was music of the 60s and 70s, l remember the music they played there not the year the record was made......
Left my job 2 years back at a well known TV broadcaster, and the radio side played this superb peice of music for me, later they asked, why that particular track,? and I said simply (because I love it )
I LOVE this song!......it was MASSIVE in the UK....BUT did you know that their was a FULL backing orchestra playing behind the Love Affair every time they performed.....the group claimed it was just them playing until the truth was discovered...then they came clean.....but WHO CARES!....I love the song anyway.
@julestheangel I agree with you 100%. at least you can tell what they are singing, and the tunes stay with you forever, this was one of my all time favorites.
My sentiments too. A timeless classic that has truly stood the test of time. would love to know what's become of the boys especially Steve Ellis whose voice is just fab.
No one is saying that this is Live !! Thing is when a TV show wants you, they are the ones that say if you mime or not !! Because if you say no then you don't do the show, we did several Mimed TV shows & here is the finished product of one of them for all to see & enjoy. I will get around to putting some more up Plus some more of the Live gigs we did. But Please don't put us down for doing a Mimed TV show The Biggest Acts & artists in the world, All have to do Mime TV every once in a while !!
This is the best song ever IMO. A UK number-one 41 years ago and still sounds as great as ever today.
Lots of great covers of this song too (plus the 1967 original by Robert Knight was also brilliant), but to my mind Love Affair's will always be the best version.
Yep! I visited Steve EVERY single day of the months that he was in Southlands Hospital. That was a travesty as we had been rehearsing a new band The Flyboys, re-named The Steve Ellis Band. With all New Original material & were about ready to gig. If You go to myspace & search for tongecaptainjoneslives See the Ozzy Garvey Tribute Pictures you will see a picture taken in my studio not long before Steve's accident. I have more pics & recordings of the band & may do another myspace Regards Mel
He is lucky to be here at all. In 1979 he left the music industry and went to work in a dockyard. In 1980 he had an accident involving a forklift truck`s blades on the dockyard and it broke and smashed both of his feet in half . He was in and out of hospitals for years and didnt walk again until 8 years later in 1988.
Yep! I visited Steve EVERY single day of the months that he was in Southlands Hospital. That was a travesty as we had been rehearsing a new band The Flyboys, re-named The Steve Ellis Band. With all New Original material & were about ready to gig. If You go to myspace & search for tongecaptainjoneslives See the Ozzy Garvey Tribute Pictures you will see a picture taken in my studio not long before Steve's accident. I have more pics & recordings of the band & may do another myspace Regards Mel
Brings me back to my childhood days. This song from Love affair sounded great then and still sounds as good as it did then. What became of the band members??
This is a great song. I had never heard this version until I found it recently on Youtube. Here in the States, we got the Robert Knight & Carl Carlton versions which were great too. These guys do a great version of the song... :)
Yep That's Very True !! As Far as I know the Guitarist's were Big Jim Sullivan & Jimmy Page. The Bass Player was Herbie Flowers and the Drummer Clem Clatini. If you don't recognize them Google all those names and be surprised All The Best Mel Amps-n-bits
Did you know that the only person who actually performed on this single that hit the charts was Steve Ellis.The group admitted they had not played on the record, but that all the work was done by session musicians. Their first recording of the song had featured them playing all the instruments. But the record label rejected this version, in favour of one with a recording studio rhythm section,strings,brass,flutes and backing vocalists, Steve Ellis the only one to be heard on the released single.
Janclearwater....yes i remember exactly what your post refers to, there was an outcry in the press about it. On reflection i think the record label was right.
Ok we know this is a mimed (lip-synched) performance in Germany, but a couple of questions for anyone who can solve a 40 year mystery. How were the Love Affair not huge? - and even if they were one of those bands who recorded with session musicians, the singer (Steve Ellis?) should have been huge in his own right. Who wrote the songs as their other songs are damn fine records too.
Steve Ellis was one of the great voices to come out of the late 60s and this excellent video clip captures the excitement of Steve's performance. Dead chuffed to have Steve in concert with New Amen Corner at Amersham on Saturday, June 7.
I remember seeing Steve Ellis in concert in Battersea Town Hall in the late 60s. He was drunk but i didn't care as I was nine years old and he kissed my hand! He was my first crush! Jenny Bell
I bought the original single when it came out in the 60's.The B side was brilliant as well but I can't remember its title. I can't believe none of the commentators has mentioned this great B side so far!! Can anyone remember the Title PLEASE?!?
I was crazy about this guy when I was 13 he was only 17 at tht time. I think I have the Love Affairs first album somewhere; What about the Herd do you remember them - Peter Frampton was the leader and the face of 1968!
Hi Morag You wern't one of the girls at the gigs in the early to mid 90's at the Cavendish in Edinburgh that used to throw knickers at Steve were you ???
Really So then you must Know Herbie Flowers? The bass player on this session. Then perhaps you can tell me who the Two Guitar players were & the Drummer??? I'm ampsnbits, Mel Guitarist with Steve for many years & in these Vids
You know its been so long I forgot his name but He was with Johnny Kidd & the Pirates.I remember he told me he came up with that bass line.I dont know any other musician on that sesion.
This is what pop music is all about, catchy, emotional and the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. I managed to see these guys live at a small night club in Batley, back in the 80's, great times!
No SWorry Not 1971 it was a TV show for ZDF in Frankfurt Germany in 1992. Steve Ellis "Vocals" Melvyn Taylor (ME) on Guitar. Dave Barnard "Bass" Robbie Ghyl "Drums" & making out he played Keyboards a mate of ours Yinka Burchell as it was a Studio TV Show and it was mimed But so are most TV shows these days
if I remember rightly they didn't play the instruments on the original song.it was session players
MrKeithybabes 3 months ago
Classic
stones4df 4 months ago
F------ Classic
wallpole 4 months ago
woah an amazing track then and still is now was only a child but adored this track thank you!!!
shez643 6 months ago
the legendary steve ellis , a great chart topper at the time...going back to another era now..
cujo9 6 months ago
Live or not a brilliant group and song why do people have to critisize everything just enjoy the bloody song
margaretanne04 10 months ago
@margaretanne04 Well said !!!!!
mrsfboomer 9 months ago
brilliant singer but underrated, heard his recent songs and voice still as great xx
wendywiz1 10 months ago
hey 15 trannie bedroom. what a life and music
Jan9902 10 months ago
wonder wot steves doin now love his music i was in love wiv him in my youth lol long time ago now but he still looks good to me love u still steve x
deeangel04 10 months ago
If Steve Ellis had actually been singing live there, you would not have heard him, so think its fare to say, that I would rather hear him and watch them, oh and wish I had been there :)
HilaryMG 10 months ago
@pete7356 "did someones fame go to his head" Steve's loyalty [blind - in this case!] stopped him taking lead vocals with The Faces when the fat-leotarded-fake started getting too big for his boots-I dont think this is a secret now!-& he was asked to replace him, but to Steve, Rod was "a mate". As for his name in front of Love Affair - apart from the fact there was no LA when EverLove was recorded, the band was built around him, this is what happens-as explained! & No-ones saying its Live! AGAIN!
cmonupies 11 months ago
@georgebur "cant the man sing any more"??? " Do some people talk out their backside? Yup! I can personally attest to the man singing just as well as he ever did LIVE having seen him in Nottingham last year at The RAH for Ronnie Lane Mem Concert in the mid-2000s & absolutely stealing the show at Marriotts Mem Concert 2001 the latter 2 with Paul Weller [look on youtube for the latter!] - a mate of Steve's. He also appeared LIVE with Weller in 2001. The man can sing alright!
cmonupies 11 months ago
Great Singer and Band and Great Sound! some people are never satisfied, this was my favorite song !
HilaryMG 11 months ago
RIP Mum and Dad. Thinking of you both at christmas and always.....
bettygirlsboy 1 year ago
Great job guys! Was one of my favorites in the day. Miss your voices!
75grad 1 year ago
Great.
roy4067 1 year ago
the legend steve ellis and the legendary years of the love affair...
this video brings it right back for 3 mins . fond love and memories.
cujo9 1 year ago
Anyway, it's a great number of the golden sixties. And of course, this is the 1968 version. But, anyway, great.
CuypersHarry 1 year ago
Great song.Takes me way back.Recorded this song off the radio on to a reel to reel and listened to it every night growing up.Still brings back great memories.
edistochaven 1 year ago
Mimed or not I love it. A true classic!!
2myluvbug 1 year ago
Mimed or not I love it. A true classic!!
2myluvbug 1 year ago
Steve Ellis was a phenominal chanter, this was a classic-inspiring, uplifting,upbeat and highlighted by great band, backing singers and Ellis's magnificent voice-a timeless masterpiece
MrSuperneil05 1 year ago
Bloody lip synch!!! Cant the man sing any more?
georgebur 1 year ago
@georgebur No one is saying that this is Live !! Thing is when a TV show wants you, they are the ones that say if you mime or not. If you say no then you don't do the show! We did several mimed TV shows, this is the finished product of one of them for all to see & enjoy. I will get around to putting more up & more of the Live gigs we did. But Please don't put us down for doing a Mimed TV show The Biggest Acts & artists in the world, All have to do Mime on TV every once in a while !!
ampsnbits 1 year ago 13
@ampsnbits thanks for explaining the behind the scenes workings of tv.I'd do exactly the same to be kept in the public eye. The song is forever loved and not given the status it deserves.
apa37 1 year ago
youth relived, just great Thanks,,
hyonrty 1 year ago
somebody loves Emma
escort457 1 year ago
Hats off to Steve & the boys for this fun performance - everyones clearly having a good time. Just a crying shame the BBC wiped all the original footage of Love Affair's performances on TOTPs. If anyone happens to have any old footage on videotape PLEASE upload onto Youtube!
Dr1ver101 1 year ago
beatles@nettel.net.nz love the love affair need more on youtube Help
2beatle 1 year ago
@Dr1ver101
2beatle 1 year ago
As I remember,the band was first just "The Love Affair" then Steve Ellis's Love Affair, then Steve went solo and never to be heard of again in the charts.Did someones fame go to his head.Why not just stay as The Love Affair they were awesome for the time,we all new Steve was the singer he didn't have to put his name before the band after a couple of hits to emphisise the fact
pete7356 1 year ago
@pete7356 it depends who owns the name 'The Love Affair'. If Steve doesn't own it (the intellectual property) he can't use it or he has to adapt it so as to not infringe copyright.
MrAdamAlden 1 year ago
@pete7356
ampsnbits 1 year ago
@pete7356
ampsnbits 1 year ago
@pete7356
If you only knew all the crap that Steve had to endure with several Bogus/Fake bands going out as "The Love Affair" that were really not very good at all! over the years. Then perhaps you would do the same? It was a joint Steve, Band and Management decision for the band to go out as Steve Ellis's Love Affair so that Audience's would know that they would be paying to see The Man, The One & Only Steve Ellis who's voice is on All of The Love Affairs hits Records of the 60's & 70's :O)
ampsnbits 1 year ago 3
@ampsnbits the problems lies in the fact that most songs are known by the band.. and NOT the singer. when a band splits its the band name that takes on the song and NOT the singer. so... for a singer to be able to take the credit for a fabulous song such as everlasting love they HAVE to the avertise themselves as the singer and band!
shellyann71 4 months ago
@shellyann71 Hi Nice thought Butgo back in Music history circa 1969 and That the ONLY member of Love Affair to Sing/Play on the Recordings was Infact Steve Ellis. The Guitarist's were Big Jim Sulivan, Jimi Page, Bass Player was Herbie Flowers and the Drummer was Clem Cattini all session Players of the day. Tried to add some links but You Tube don't allow it. Just Google the names and see for yourself So don'y you think In fairness to Sreve Ellis HE IS The the Voice of Everlasting Love
ampsnbits 4 months ago
@ampsnbits i agree, but what i meant was not everyone would know the name of the singer so would only associate the song with the band name . for steve to fairly get the recognition he deserves for this song he has to have the band name after his or a lot of people wont know its him.
shellyann71 4 months ago
I bought the original in the 60s,love steve's music but this is lipsinc,Steves note perfect to the original ,I only know one man who can do that a Mr John Fogerty,and the band dont play a finish the song just cuts.also where's the brass section thats so prominent in the song.Come on fess up,its great to watch but your miming.
pete7356 1 year ago
@pete7356 No one is saying that this is Live !! Thing is when a TV show wants you, they are the ones that say if you mime or not. If you say no then you don't do the show! We did several mimed TV shows, this is the finished product of one of them for all to see & enjoy. I will get around to putting more up & more of the Live gigs we did. But Please don't put us down for doing a Mimed TV show The Biggest Acts & artists in the world, All have to do Mime on TV every once in a while !!
ampsnbits 1 year ago
cheeekeeboy - at least Melvyn has done things in his life...what has been your contribution to the world? Bet you were distraught when the Cheeky Girls called it a day...or is your first name Lembit :P
MrAdamAlden 1 year ago 2
A fantastic song and so what if it's mimed - these musicians have more talent in their finger nails than lady gaga has in her/his/it's being!
MrAdamAlden 1 year ago 3
blackpearl186 My all time favorite record. Saw the group at Top Rank in Preston all those years ago. Played and played single on record player till my mum screamed and screamed at me to "chabge the record"!! Great Memories
blackpearl186 1 year ago
blackpearl186 My all time favorite record. Saw the group at Top Rank in Preston all those years ago. Played and played single on record player till my mum screamed and screamed at me to "chabge the record"!! Great Memories
blackpearl186 1 year ago
blackpearl186 My all time favorite record. Saw the group at Top Rank in Preston all those years ago. Played and played single on record player till my mum screamed and screamed at me to "chabge the record"!! Great Memories
blackpearl186 1 year ago
reminds me of the 60's, the trannie in the bedroom and a fantastic song. Still love it.
Jan9902 1 year ago
A very powerful song, which will always stand the test of time.., always gives me "goosebumps"
schuller51 1 year ago 3
Have a look at Robert Knight .... KTF
tigerincanada 1 year ago
check out the drummer.he looks like british comedian alistair mcgowan wearing a very dodgy wig!!
LUMMATON 1 year ago
LIP SINK!!!!!!!!!
rorybradley 2 years ago
Wow !! you dont say ! well it was a Live Mime TV Show and it is rather obvious with No Backline Doh!!! . It does make sense when there were over 30 acts on the show, it would have taken a week to sound check & change equipment between all the acts . name me an act that has Never Ever Mimed On TV ??? Wake up to the real world !!
ampsnbits 2 years ago
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cheeekeeboy 1 year ago
Only on Backing Vocals! , Oh Yeah I was Mimeing on Guitar as well, so was Dave On Bass and Robbie the Drummer but poor old Yinka on Keyboards He couldn't play a note and was just a mate we brought along for the ride as our regular Keyboard player couldn't make it but hey what the hell we got paid for mimeing infront of Millions on TV many a time and got paid for playing infront of Thousands Live many many times So what have you done? fart and set fire to your Bum on Youtube ?
ampsnbits 1 year ago
i was the backing singer on his album, he never payed up along with many other artists
evaturkoni 2 years ago
Brings back memoriers when l was in my 20s dancing to this at top of the world night club, it seems like yesterday...Oh them 70s what class and the greastest music of all time...if only it could all come back, this one is a BOBBY DAZZLER......!!!!
DeeDennant 2 years ago 2
Those 70s were actuall 1968 love.
Good music though!
vinney53 2 years ago
Yes l Know it was made in 1968 love. the night club we went to was music of the 60s and 70s, l remember the music they played there not the year the record was made......
DeeDennant 2 years ago
wow jimmy page affair
great so ng thanx for posting
zootdog 2 years ago
Great!. It sounds as good as ever. A true classic that will never die. Who cares if this performance was mimed? . I don't..
DNTHDYS 2 years ago 5
Love you Steve
bobbicoleman 2 years ago
Memories!!!!XXXXX
Reach16 2 years ago
I love the Germans they have great tase in British music. Pity they like to clap along like at a rally or something.
stellaviolens 2 years ago
Left my job 2 years back at a well known TV broadcaster, and the radio side played this superb peice of music for me, later they asked, why that particular track,? and I said simply (because I love it )
schuller51 2 years ago 4
I LOVE this song!......it was MASSIVE in the UK....BUT did you know that their was a FULL backing orchestra playing behind the Love Affair every time they performed.....the group claimed it was just them playing until the truth was discovered...then they came clean.....but WHO CARES!....I love the song anyway.
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modelgirl777 2 years ago
Fantastic song - brings back so many happy memories..........
chusan01 2 years ago 5
I agree
3984ja 2 years ago 3
There were so many classic songs written in the 60s this was one of them, I never tire of hearing it.
TENRECORDS 2 years ago 4
man a all time great glad i was around in the sixties
zephead58 2 years ago 3
Just Amazing, those really were the best days, best songs and Steve Ellis the very best!
HilaryMG 2 years ago 2
This is Real Music
GarLandBoyz972 2 years ago 2
My everlasting love for an everlasting song, which sounds as good as it did 40 years ago.
FFDBNKSR 2 years ago 18
was it 40yrs ago? gosh!
HilaryMG 2 years ago 2
oh just love this song and steve,lucky mrs e
astbrid 2 years ago
LOVE IT!
redwitchrocks 2 years ago 2
I know i should not say it but the oldies are the best!!!Wat words tunes and emotions!!!Love it!Hope someone out there agrees with me!
julestheangel 2 years ago 11
Yep! You are SO right! Today's Rap Crap et al. has no feel, musically ability or rythm compared to 60's music.
Jofis11 2 years ago 2
Thankyou! I was beginning to feel I was the only person in the world to appreciate gd music!!!
julestheangel 2 years ago 4
julestheangel......totally agree.
Here's a thumbs up, superb.
68blues 2 years ago 2
@julestheangel I agree with you 100%. at least you can tell what they are singing, and the tunes stay with you forever, this was one of my all time favorites.
blackpearl186 1 year ago
Beautiful and great song about love!!!!
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SEXY5113 2 years ago
wife just sang it to me...,,,love it even more now!
68blues 2 years ago
i went to flamingo land last year, and steve was on the following week. how mad was i grrrr
astbrid 2 years ago
42 years ago.....superb.
name a better song in the charts today.
68blues 2 years ago 5
My sentiments too. A timeless classic that has truly stood the test of time. would love to know what's become of the boys especially Steve Ellis whose voice is just fab.
catog4 2 years ago 3
Steve Ellis is still on tour in the UK,go and see him on MySpace.
dicky1953 2 years ago
Looked like one hell of a night ! -Thanks.
jenRWfan 2 years ago
What a happy clappy song when the world is cr@p at the moment. Love it!
Cokacorla 2 years ago 2
Beautiful song with so many great memories !....., wish I could go back.
schuller51 2 years ago 2
brilliant classic , a legendary performance. thanks for this vid .
cujo9 2 years ago 2
good song but this is not live
spamisnotacrime 3 years ago
No one is saying that this is Live !! Thing is when a TV show wants you, they are the ones that say if you mime or not !! Because if you say no then you don't do the show, we did several Mimed TV shows & here is the finished product of one of them for all to see & enjoy. I will get around to putting some more up Plus some more of the Live gigs we did. But Please don't put us down for doing a Mimed TV show The Biggest Acts & artists in the world, All have to do Mime TV every once in a while !!
ampsnbits 2 years ago
This is the best song ever IMO. A UK number-one 41 years ago and still sounds as great as ever today.
Lots of great covers of this song too (plus the 1967 original by Robert Knight was also brilliant), but to my mind Love Affair's will always be the best version.
Shame it's evidently mimed here though.
DrummerFreak04 3 years ago 4
fantastic
54spiritedwill54 3 years ago
i remember when he had accident i was 18 at the time and he use to live next door to my uncle in mile oak
darrenbowles77 3 years ago
Yep! I visited Steve EVERY single day of the months that he was in Southlands Hospital. That was a travesty as we had been rehearsing a new band The Flyboys, re-named The Steve Ellis Band. With all New Original material & were about ready to gig. If You go to myspace & search for tongecaptainjoneslives See the Ozzy Garvey Tribute Pictures you will see a picture taken in my studio not long before Steve's accident. I have more pics & recordings of the band & may do another myspace Regards Mel
ampsnbits 3 years ago
Hi again Darren just a quick question are you related to Either ? Gavin or Martin Bowles that used to live in Drove Crescent. Mile Oak ?
ampsnbits 3 years ago
wow cool
trot123456 3 years ago
absolutely brilliant thanks for posting from any era i had the privilage to witness got any more?
teeceew 3 years ago
AWESOME POST TY AWESOME SONG THANKS TRICHIA AWESOME SHARE love it
SLUMBERS2 3 years ago
AMEI!!!
rgiordana 3 years ago
wow... hes aged well.. hes lovely.... i stil love this, one of the best songs of its time.. still sounds brilliant today.
icemaiden226560 3 years ago
He is lucky to be here at all. In 1979 he left the music industry and went to work in a dockyard. In 1980 he had an accident involving a forklift truck`s blades on the dockyard and it broke and smashed both of his feet in half . He was in and out of hospitals for years and didnt walk again until 8 years later in 1988.
45rpmSINGLES 3 years ago
Yep! I visited Steve EVERY single day of the months that he was in Southlands Hospital. That was a travesty as we had been rehearsing a new band The Flyboys, re-named The Steve Ellis Band. With all New Original material & were about ready to gig. If You go to myspace & search for tongecaptainjoneslives See the Ozzy Garvey Tribute Pictures you will see a picture taken in my studio not long before Steve's accident. I have more pics & recordings of the band & may do another myspace Regards Mel
ampsnbits 3 years ago
You sound like an interesting guy!!!! Were you in Love Affair with Steve?????
catog4 2 years ago 2
No, and i am a lady from Holland but i am a big fan of Love Affair for over 40 years and the music is still GREAT,
Say hello from Holland.
dicky1953 2 years ago 4
hey dicky1953, i live in holland too, a'dam, and you?? have you bought steve''s new cd?? its great!!
tmspepita 2 years ago 2
yeah i love it too!
MissEmmaBick 2 years ago 2
Brings back memmorys when i danced to list song, loved it lots and still do.
lytham4 3 years ago
Brings me back to my childhood days. This song from Love affair sounded great then and still sounds as good as it did then. What became of the band members??
catog4 3 years ago
thanks mel ampsnbits oh by the way greatest team in the world
bahafc1901 3 years ago
Brighton & Hove Albion .4. Millwall 1 "LOL" Bring on Derby !!
ampsnbits 3 years ago
Thank you for your comments the Robert Knight version is a a great version also.
Regards Mel ampsnbits
ampsnbits 3 years ago
This is a great song. I had never heard this version until I found it recently on Youtube. Here in the States, we got the Robert Knight & Carl Carlton versions which were great too. These guys do a great version of the song... :)
cherylharrell1961 3 years ago
I first heard this in the 60s by Love Affair a great song then a great song today
pete7356 3 years ago 2
Janclearwater your comment is true the giles cartoon books as a great history of what happend in this england will testify
bahafc1901 3 years ago
Good to see a fellow Brighton & Hove Albion supporter looking & Commenting on my YouTube Vid's. Regards Mel. ampsnbits
ampsnbits 3 years ago
Allways brings a tear to my eye,... an absolute gem, very powerful and profound music,
"memories"
schuller51 3 years ago
they did good, well done and thanks for the music and the memories....
thewatchslot 3 years ago 2
Superb Bass
misterdsen 3 years ago 2
Yep That's Very True !! As Far as I know the Guitarist's were Big Jim Sullivan & Jimmy Page. The Bass Player was Herbie Flowers and the Drummer Clem Clatini. If you don't recognize them Google all those names and be surprised All The Best Mel Amps-n-bits
ampsnbits 3 years ago
Did you know that the only person who actually performed on this single that hit the charts was Steve Ellis.The group admitted they had not played on the record, but that all the work was done by session musicians. Their first recording of the song had featured them playing all the instruments. But the record label rejected this version, in favour of one with a recording studio rhythm section,strings,brass,flutes and backing vocalists, Steve Ellis the only one to be heard on the released single.
Janclearwater 3 years ago
Janclearwater....yes i remember exactly what your post refers to, there was an outcry in the press about it. On reflection i think the record label was right.
68blues 3 years ago
great to hear this again first record
i ever bought fantastic
berrycoombe 3 years ago
always makes me happy when I play this!
chrystalballs 3 years ago
Love it!
It always made my day:)
yoconmoni 3 years ago
Everlasting song that stands the test of time and brings on back the good times in the 1960's.
FFDBNKSR 3 years ago
fantastic
hankwilliams50 3 years ago
who cares if it is out of sinc .....still the best song ever made ......
Allybongo2000 3 years ago
fantastic song --always was...i love you Amer
ThenItsLove 3 years ago
My sister had a big crush on Steve Ellis, it was so annoying.
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elmerzs 3 years ago
Ok we know this is a mimed (lip-synched) performance in Germany, but a couple of questions for anyone who can solve a 40 year mystery. How were the Love Affair not huge? - and even if they were one of those bands who recorded with session musicians, the singer (Steve Ellis?) should have been huge in his own right. Who wrote the songs as their other songs are damn fine records too.
quacker1964 3 years ago 2
fantastic 5*****
SLUMBERSZZ 3 years ago 2
This is the best song EVER made ..... wish we could have more of this now instead of all the rubbish that is in the charts these days !!!
Allybongo2000 3 years ago
This song is da classic!
tigger16x 3 years ago
Great voice, good guy - deserves his success - thanks for posting
bjb8847656 3 years ago
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how old is this song? FRIGGEN OLD! xP
GuruPonChan 3 years ago
The Love Affair released that song in 1968.
frankleroux 3 years ago
Steve Ellis was one of the great voices to come out of the late 60s and this excellent video clip captures the excitement of Steve's performance. Dead chuffed to have Steve in concert with New Amen Corner at Amersham on Saturday, June 7.
amershamrocknrollclu 3 years ago
Superb song - Great memories from a better time! - Thanks for posting..
VeteranRunner1956 3 years ago
I remember seeing Steve Ellis in concert in Battersea Town Hall in the late 60s. He was drunk but i didn't care as I was nine years old and he kissed my hand! He was my first crush! Jenny Bell
JISAJ 3 years ago
Sounds as good today as back then. Thanks for posting this.
theold45s 3 years ago
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whats wrong ith you, don't you know miming when you see it? This is the 68 version.
tismeal 3 years ago
Mmmmm Yep, thats what I said,Sounds as good today as back then!!!!!!
theold45s 3 years ago
fuck im getting old.great post
kiwigeordie 3 years ago
this song is great!!
Jammiieexx 3 years ago
its the best love song dat i ever have nown
BuildingInstructors4 3 years ago
Steve Ellis a voice that can move a mountain
Steve Ellis une voix qui peut déplacer une montagne
geoffplunkett 3 years ago
HOLY MOLY! I always thought Carl Carlton sang this song first! Thanks for posting this! I like them both but I was stunned!
KellyGiftShop 3 years ago
I love this song TY for posting it
todayfaith 3 years ago
Lovely - thanks so much for posting this :-)
gplala27 3 years ago 3
Love this song so much,I do have the single i do have all the singles of Love Affair I love it THANK YOU
dicky1953 3 years ago
Great song !great band !! luv this thank you for this great clip!
lyndloo 3 years ago
I bought the original single when it came out in the 60's.The B side was brilliant as well but I can't remember its title. I can't believe none of the commentators has mentioned this great B side so far!! Can anyone remember the Title PLEASE?!?
arthurrambart1851 3 years ago
I was crazy about this guy when I was 13 he was only 17 at tht time. I think I have the Love Affairs first album somewhere; What about the Herd do you remember them - Peter Frampton was the leader and the face of 1968!
1Dutz 3 years ago
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..,remember The Herd very well, check out, "Dont want our loving to die" a brilliant 60s track.
enjoy!!!
schuller51 3 years ago
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68blues 3 years ago
Hi yes got it on single somewhere
1Dutz 3 years ago
been a Steve Ellis fan for 40 yrs one of the best and still going strong thanks steve for all the happy memories
Morag from Scotland
willywassle 4 years ago
Hi Morag You wern't one of the girls at the gigs in the early to mid 90's at the Cavendish in Edinburgh that used to throw knickers at Steve were you ???
ampsnbits 4 years ago
Session players cut the original in the studio.How do I know? I knew the bass player.
twoslices 4 years ago
Really So then you must Know Herbie Flowers? The bass player on this session. Then perhaps you can tell me who the Two Guitar players were & the Drummer??? I'm ampsnbits, Mel Guitarist with Steve for many years & in these Vids
ampsnbits 4 years ago
You know its been so long I forgot his name but He was with Johnny Kidd & the Pirates.I remember he told me he came up with that bass line.I dont know any other musician on that sesion.
twoslices 4 years ago
The drummers name is Robbie Ghyll. He lives in Ireland now. He only plays for fun these days. I'll ask him who everyone else is and get back to ya.
lorc57 3 years ago
Pop music at its very best.
BleusAvantTout 4 years ago
This is what pop music is all about, catchy, emotional and the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. I managed to see these guys live at a small night club in Batley, back in the 80's, great times!
SkepticEyeDotCom 4 years ago
Classical pop music does,nt get any better than this,.. very powerful and emotional,...how do I know?, I was 21 when it was released
schuller51 4 years ago
Not bad, i must say!
MGJENGLAND4LIFE 4 years ago
fantastic
HappyHammer1895 4 years ago
good enough for me
Freudianslapper 4 years ago
this is such a guilty pleasure, love it, thanks
djcat35 4 years ago 2
i was looking do hard for the begining cuz when this song comes on the radio i always catch the end of it and now i got it or close to it!!!!
MsBrat90210 4 years ago
this is my al time fave what a song superb i could listen to this all day
stuwie39 4 years ago
This song is my guilty pleasure. I know it's crap but I still love it.
muncher64 4 years ago
1971
JESTER967 4 years ago
No SWorry Not 1971 it was a TV show for ZDF in Frankfurt Germany in 1992. Steve Ellis "Vocals" Melvyn Taylor (ME) on Guitar. Dave Barnard "Bass" Robbie Ghyl "Drums" & making out he played Keyboards a mate of ours Yinka Burchell as it was a Studio TV Show and it was mimed But so are most TV shows these days
ampsnbits 4 years ago
what year is this film clip please
patrickdarcy 4 years ago