@linncarp In the golden age of American pop music, the emphasis was on the song, not on clothing, facial make-up, and background pyrtotechnics. All that came later and only served to dilute that which was essential: the music.
There is no denying that she is a bit flat on some of the notes, and this is also true of the studio version of the song. Nevertheless, it's an affecting performance, and I well remember it being played on AM Top 40 radio. I see someone beat me to the bit of trivia that Gale wrote this for her then-boyfriend Hoyt Axton.
Possibly the most cynical song of its period. Gale is telling her latest lover that he (or maybe she) is soon to be abandoned, as a matter of life habit, while encouraging this person to be jolly about it. A superb song, but emotionally cold and ruthless.
@fixfireleo - It's pragmatic and even a bit cold to say "I will never love you," but let's make the best of what we have right now, then we'll move on. It's certainly not hokey, however you spell it, or remotely sugar-coated. There's no hippy-dippy good morning sunshine to be found here. It's a folk song, nothing more, nothing less.
@Z0ne5ive sorry, you are wrong. the song is hokey. the sentiment might not be but the song itself is hokey. your reaction puzzles me, you seem to be blowing things way out of proportion...must be a woman.
@fixfireleo - No, and I don't watch Oprah, either. The free dictionary says Hokey is: Mawkishly sentimental; corny. 2) Noticeably contrived; artificial. I'd say the song is mildly sentimental and not contrived at all. It's simply a product of its time. You want hokey, try some Dan Hill.
@Mist8it p.s. otherwise I completely agree with your observation; there is a propensity for seeking darkness. That may be why the myth about the happy song started, for the dark irony, which may lend support to your hypothesis, looking for the dark especially in such light. BTW those rumors also popped up now & then about Mr. Rogers(remember him?) as well as others; I was so sad when I heard them, so relieved it was a rumor.
@Mist8it Well not that you can believe what the news tells you, increasingly I think, but Bobby McFerrin (the guy who wrote "Don't Worry, Be Happy") is still very much alive, but various rumors (urban legends) claiming this have popped up now & then for years. So no worries, he's happy :)
Love the long skirt! I love a nice body, but leave SOMETHING for the imagination, and show a little modesty! So many female and male performers today are SUCH pigs! Look at (if you DARE) Lady Gag-Gag!
My older brother loved this song. I learned it on my guitar & we sang it together (in the sunshine). In1969 he left us and went on his way. I miss him dearly.
Although a New Zealander myself, I have to tell you that this is not great singing. I like a brighter voice, this voice is as flat as pancake. I see that Billboard ranks this as #8 hit for the year 1964. Hope the studio version was much better than this.
@flemingcourt Makes no difference .. As a I singer myself I would know about these things. The first time she sings the word "laugh" is a sign of disasters to come.
i thought she done it well also. it was when music was made by musicans, not technecians. so all you haters go to a hardware shop, buy a fence, and get over it.
@terrible714 Not every one who comments here have English as their first language, they may know little English. So, given that fact, these less than perfect comments are understandable and better than most of us could do in German or French or any other language different from our first language.
Heavens to Murgatroid! Have heard this classic song probably literally hundreds of times over the years on the radio, but until now had NO idea what Gale Garnett looked like! A pretty and VERY talented lady! THANK YOU so much for posting this clip for us to enjoy! You've MADE my day & my week! CHEERS! :-)
I though she nailed it for a live vocal set. I have heard the studio version a thousand times but this is the first time I have heard this. The inflection changes she introduced singing this as opposed to the studio version were well crafted and difficult to sing. Bravo.
This song is a masterpiece of desolation. Garnett has a great contralto voice, and her deadpan singing makes the lyrics all the more devastating. "My Daddy he once told me/ don't you love you any man/ Just take what they may give you/ and give but what you can."
This is the expression of someone who has lost so much that she can't afford to truly give - and thus will never truly *receive*. One of the most poignant songs ever sung.
@mftalbot234 ... God almighty ... your last paragraph truly brought me to tears ... so few people understand this song ... and the more i read the more I get the meaning ...but until I read what you put here, I didn't truly understand it all ...now I do. Goodness...
I second that emotion! Well said & well put! Too bad all comments here at youtube aren't as articulate, intelligent, thoughtful & sensitive as yours! THANKS for your remarks! CHEERS, mate! :-)
@mftalbot234 This brings to mind the lyrics of a song by Meatloaf ("2 out of 3 aint bad"): I want you, I need you, but I'll never love you...." So sad when one has abandoned one's heart.
I remember this song I was 9 years old just dedicated it to my wife Brittany's mom Our daughter Britt was murdered 2/20/06 because of jealousy and racial hate I wanted to be a father since I can remember , It would seem 9 children would have been enough to give up your vices don't want to mention any names but I have written a book, have a FM voice too but just need the book published
Wow, I didn't know this song was written so early. I remember my mom singing it around mid 1970' s when CHUM AM Toronto used to play it constantly. Many memories sitting on my bright orange faux leather kitchenette listening to this. What a great simpler time.
You probably don't know this but Gale was also FRANCHESCA in the children's halloween classic Mad, Monster party. If you look her up here you'll get a kick out of the videos. (Franchesca is the beautiful red headed puppet.)
Yes one of my all time favorite songs. and so beautiful. Sad and way ahead of its time in its expression about the reality of man/woman relationships and the fact that we are not monogamous. I adopted this song's philosophy as mine and was dumped by more than one woman I tried to convince of its righteousness. The high divorce rate nowadays testifies to this song's ultimate and sad truth: Man and woman are not meant to stay together forever.
@navigator3744 When two people are committed to each to the other, and willing to not only share the good life has, but also share the hard times; they both become stronger in the process.
It's easier I think, to walk away when things get difficult and much harder to make the sacrifices to get past the bad times.
@gulfgypsy Some people make inwise choices when they marry and sadly, no one seems to be willing to warn them when they see their friends about to make a big mistake in their choice of a marriage partner. Many people at age 19, 20 are not mature enough (especially today) to even know themselves yet they get married. As they mature they realize they really made a very bad choice and they try and try to make it work and it just won't work. They should not have married in the first place.
@navigator3744 My take on this whole thing is that once people lived only to be 30, 40 or 50. Very few lived to be 60, 70, 80, 90 and even 100 like they do today. So, "til death do us part" is a huge order for marriages. It's interesting because I was talking to a guy the other day and he said the same thing.
@tonydalcon I was thinking the same thing....appears that Cher might have adopted Gale's vocal style where she slides the note down(for lack of a better phrase) at the end of the melody.
Gale must of laughed at your comments about her being off key. This proves she did not lip sink it. and she was not off key she just changed the melody a note or two in the chorus and ending. Plus the arrangement live is missing strings used on the stereo version.
THAT IS ONE GREAT TUNE...MS. GARNETT WAS FEATURED ON A FEW EPISODES OF BONANZA AND SHE WAS NOT FROM THIS COUNTRY .. I WANT TO SAY SHE WAS FROM NEW ZELAND DON'T MATTER SHE COULD REALLY SING
This is true: I just said hello to Gale this afternoon (in Toronto). I used to know her through work. She said her name wasn't Gale, it was Zoe--Zoe Gale Garnett to use her words. And she said she didn't have a song but said she's a writer. Big smile on her face, though. Funny thing is this song came up on my iPod shortly before I ran into her.
This is true: I just said hello to Gale this afternoon (in Toronto). I used to know her through work. She said her name wasn't Gale, it was Zoe--Zoe Gale Garnett to use her words. And she said didn't have a song but said she's a writer. Big smile on her face, though. Funny thing is this song came up on my iPod shortly before I ran into her.
@ranran19701 Jo Stafford said the same thing. I do not understand the concept at all but I believe it. Stafford really denied the idea she had "perfect pitch" saying she was glad she did not have that gift because it is not as pretty as her own.
I can tell if a song is played or sung in a different key than usual. I can hear a band playing a song and I can tell you if it's different from the key from the original recording.
I tuned my girlfriend's son's guitar one time from across the room, as he tuned each string (new strings from flat onto the frets) so as he finished we checked it with a tuning computer and it was spot on.
She wasn't ugly at all. You're really a negative piece of blank, fawkyou. Did you know that? If you already did know that, you're an AH. If you didn't, then now you do, you idiot.
@Rigmeister9 If I wanted any lip from you I would have scrapped it off of my scrotum.Didnt your mother ever teach you its impolite to type with your mouthfull (of 1,000 pounds of dick)?
Hey fawk, you gotta be at least 16 to post on here. Run along now...Shouldn't you be in school? Didn't your mother ever tell you not to ditch classes and play on the internet?
@fawkyou3 Hahahahahahah!!! I just love a senxe of humer or a good HUMMER well do as well! But man don't you know how cruel that is ,,,when ya say thats gay , thats GAY ! KNOCK IT OFF! No really though I loved this song as a child in the country in Stockton California,,then I grew up got married to a beauty like her who only got so good looking everyday that I was ending up with blackeyes busted lipps or almost in jail and then she ran off and now that B,,,H ! is uglier then a mud stick!
My mother died in August, 64. I was 11 and must have listened to this song around that time because to this day, it evokes feelings of sadness & nostalgia.
Gale Garnett was super hot in her twenties--Great voice and extremely attractive! She stopped recording in the 70s and now lives in Canada and writes books.
@sandinmyears She may hit a few flat notes in this LIVE performance, but she can still sing better than most singers. Listen to the studio version, it's perfect. The Beatles didn't sound that great live either.
I will never love you the cost of love is too dear. Love has a price. Don't know how I took this at 12. Made me listen harder too music and other things.
I first heard this song at 13 years old. With all the beautiful songs to pick from (especially some Beatles' songs), this was one that made me realize that I had a sensitive side. I truly understood that song on a deeper level than I did any other up to then. On the actual recording and radio release, she sounds great; but this version is so much more "deeper" if you really listen to it.
Still love this song all these years later. First heard it when I was 4 years old, one of the first songs that I really loved that wasn't the Beatles! When I hear this song today I can still get that feeling I had listening to this as a kid. Has a very melancholy feel to it. Gale had a great voice, a very unique sound. Eight Days a Week and King of the Road were both big hits soon after this one - can still remember hearing all of these songs on our radio in the kitchen of our Detroit house.
Interesting. I heard the song for the first time when I was about the same age and experience the same, wistful, melancholy feelings you do whenever I hear it.
I have this hazy memory of being in my Dad's 1955 Crown Vic (it had the red-and-white two-tone treatment) when I first heard the song.
Quite a fitting environment to be in for a song like this, which has a bit of a Fifties Pop kind of feel to it!
I was 9 years old when this song was current. My mom was dating a man and I knew that this song was telling of things to come, as he was only around for that year.
Gale was born in NZ, we tend to export our best talent overseas even as early as the 60's. One thing to note about the lyrics in this song is that the femme is the one promoting a casual type of relationship, staying for only a year with no strings. Not a common attitude for the 60's, thank goodness we've moved on !!
To answer your question MARKGPL...No, because the music has to have soul and feeling to make it meaningful...music today is not creative feeling or moving...so there! Great song!
For those of us who were old enough to remember this song when it came out, does it feel like it was such a different time..?? I wonder if young people will feel the same about their music in 40 / 50 years the way we feel about our 60's music..??
fantastic L.C
Larry24325 5 days ago
I remember this one, loved it I must have been 10 years old listening to my parents old AM radio on the kitchen counter- just like yesterday.
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Hismailservice 1 month ago
A real special, sentimental, golden oldie. Too bad music like this isn't made any more. Sadly, this song seldom comes on the radio these days.
spideraxis 1 month ago
I like this song in 1964 when I was 14
GENIUS99999992345678 1 month ago
@GENIUS99999992345678 hey..I was 14 in 1964 too and I like this song
desertrat1111 1 month ago
@GENIUS99999992345678 I also was 14 in '64...a great time to be a teen!
Buffalosharps 4 weeks ago
GOOD FEELING, WOULD LINK GOOD, WITH, MIDNIGHT COWBOY, BY, JOHN BARRY, OR STUFF BY, THE SEEKERS OR, MAMAS AND THE PAPAS.
melodiantime 1 month ago
I always thought this was Moma Cass Elliot
tennesseedog1000 1 month ago
anyone else think she looks like Amy Winehouse?
Jamsey82 1 month ago
cutting edge microphone technology
MerleOberon 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
I was too young to understand this song but somehow the way she beautifully song it and the background music made my eyes swell up. It seemed so sad.
thanks for uploading.
iwasthor 2 months ago
I think Gale needs a make over.
givenchyize 2 months ago
My god, the music was so, so human.
bigdanbear 2 months ago
Great classic song. Shame they wore such frumpy clothes back then, and she should have had that mole removed. It's a true classic song though.
linncarp 2 months ago
@linncarp In the golden age of American pop music, the emphasis was on the song, not on clothing, facial make-up, and background pyrtotechnics. All that came later and only served to dilute that which was essential: the music.
chatman2a 1 month ago 12
@chatman2a You hit it smack on the head! :)
billeybop 3 weeks ago
There is no denying that she is a bit flat on some of the notes, and this is also true of the studio version of the song. Nevertheless, it's an affecting performance, and I well remember it being played on AM Top 40 radio. I see someone beat me to the bit of trivia that Gale wrote this for her then-boyfriend Hoyt Axton.
BigStar303 2 months ago
truly...a sad song...
phil4508 2 months ago
Gale was a big favorite of Jim Morrison when he was an English/Film School Student at UCLA in 1964-1965..! Dan O'Niallain
oldiesbutgoodies67 2 months ago
Great memories. I just loved this song then and now.
theJetta1995 2 months ago
Possibly the most cynical song of its period. Gale is telling her latest lover that he (or maybe she) is soon to be abandoned, as a matter of life habit, while encouraging this person to be jolly about it. A superb song, but emotionally cold and ruthless.
gorgonique 3 months ago
True class, not like todays depavity.
buckwats 3 months ago
Good 1960s song, made when music was meant to be emotional and by people with talent. Today it's made for special effects, glamour and gimmicks.
primogennaio 3 months ago
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hangas1 3 months ago
Love the song but it's still strange.
mikerw102003 4 months ago
i LOVE IT !! it all boils down to make the best of what you have, make lemonade with the lemons you are dished out !!!
DrMomCEO 4 months ago
i like this song but it's one of the hookiest songs ever, along with donna fargo "happiest girl in the whole usa".
fixfireleo 4 months ago
@fixfireleo - It's pragmatic and even a bit cold to say "I will never love you," but let's make the best of what we have right now, then we'll move on. It's certainly not hokey, however you spell it, or remotely sugar-coated. There's no hippy-dippy good morning sunshine to be found here. It's a folk song, nothing more, nothing less.
Z0ne5ive 3 months ago
@Z0ne5ive sorry, you are wrong. the song is hokey. the sentiment might not be but the song itself is hokey. your reaction puzzles me, you seem to be blowing things way out of proportion...must be a woman.
fixfireleo 3 months ago
@fixfireleo - No, and I don't watch Oprah, either. The free dictionary says Hokey is: Mawkishly sentimental; corny. 2) Noticeably contrived; artificial. I'd say the song is mildly sentimental and not contrived at all. It's simply a product of its time. You want hokey, try some Dan Hill.
Z0ne5ive 3 months ago
@Mist8it p.s. otherwise I completely agree with your observation; there is a propensity for seeking darkness. That may be why the myth about the happy song started, for the dark irony, which may lend support to your hypothesis, looking for the dark especially in such light. BTW those rumors also popped up now & then about Mr. Rogers(remember him?) as well as others; I was so sad when I heard them, so relieved it was a rumor.
mythtree 4 months ago
@Mist8it Well not that you can believe what the news tells you, increasingly I think, but Bobby McFerrin (the guy who wrote "Don't Worry, Be Happy") is still very much alive, but various rumors (urban legends) claiming this have popped up now & then for years. So no worries, he's happy :)
mythtree 4 months ago
@Mist8it HAHA, Bob Marley did not commit suicide. He's in his sixties right now.
singplaylaughlove9 4 months ago
@singplaylaughlove9 HAHA Bob Marley ALSO did not write "Don't Worry, Be happy"! That was Bobby McFerrin.
mythtree 4 months ago
@mythtree Honestly, I seriously DID mean to say Bobby McFerrin, so now I feel like a complete retard. But regardless, Bobby McFerrin is still alive.
singplaylaughlove9 4 months ago
@singplaylaughlove9 & I'm sorry to say, Bob Marley passed away decades ago. Cancer sucks.
mythtree 4 months ago
@singplaylaughlove9 Marley died in 1961 of brain cancer.
terrible714 1 month ago
@terrible714 *1981, not '61.
singplaylaughlove9 1 month ago
@Mist8it The guy that had a hit with "Don't Worry Be Happy" is still ALIVE.
dearlysqearly 4 months ago
Tells the way it was during a tour of duty in Korea back when we had troops there and no dependants to speak of.
ron6769 4 months ago
This hit by Gale Garnett was the 45th #1 song on Billboard's newly formed chart that is now known as the Adult Contemporary charts.
mkl62 4 months ago
I agree, this song is a sad song. It is a song about loving without feeling, delivered in an emotionless, matter-of-fact way.
halindanasa 4 months ago
why is there a noose around her neck
SuperBnichols 5 months ago
@SuperBnichols that's the microphone... the original hands free... but NOT cordless!
caretaker245231 5 months ago
@caretaker245231
That style of microphone is called a "lavalier" microphone.
A1l2l2e2n4 3 months ago 2
mftabot234 thanks for your interpretation of this song. the line of i will stay one year then leave now makes sense.
fg6971 5 months ago
what is gale doing now a days?
roaringwaterbay 5 months ago
@roaringwaterbay last seen her in 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding"
Bhelios 4 months ago
@roaringwaterbay
She has taken up writing!
There is a vid here of her promoting her book at
"Word On The Street" in either Toronto or Montreal,.. if I'm not mistaken...it was up a couple months ago anyway..
RetroCaptain 3 months ago
She sounds like Cher!
tonydalcon 5 months ago
This song played a few times when I was sitting with my dying cat. I cried then and I cry every time I hear the song since.
jlauer95 5 months ago
She looks kind of rough lol
caleb6868 5 months ago
@caleb6868
The technology of that time was nothing as it is today.
I would speculate that this is a recording of a recording, and so-on and so-on, hence the lack of image quality.
twinstu50 4 months ago
Love the long skirt! I love a nice body, but leave SOMETHING for the imagination, and show a little modesty! So many female and male performers today are SUCH pigs! Look at (if you DARE) Lady Gag-Gag!
sixtiesrockboy 5 months ago
She's really singing here! not a lip sync. how wonderful. You're a prince for posting this:)
lancetop 5 months ago
She looks like the sound of her voice or does she sing like her face looks? I do like the record tho.
hpribot 5 months ago
My older brother loved this song. I learned it on my guitar & we sang it together (in the sunshine). In1969 he left us and went on his way. I miss him dearly.
eluap 6 months ago
The best song!
nellie2581 6 months ago
yes i due recalled that old good song
hildman5 6 months ago
I AM 72 WAS A MEMBERACK ELLIS OF THE U.S. ARMY IN 1964.THIS IS THE #1 SONG IM Y MEMORY AND TAKES ME BACK TO THAT WONDERFUL TIME...MACK ELLIS
11margene 6 months ago
@11margene me too
LES6723 1 month ago
Although a New Zealander myself, I have to tell you that this is not great singing. I like a brighter voice, this voice is as flat as pancake. I see that Billboard ranks this as #8 hit for the year 1964. Hope the studio version was much better than this.
georgebur 6 months ago
@georgebur remove the cotton from your ears :)
flemingcourt 5 months ago
@flemingcourt Makes no difference .. As a I singer myself I would know about these things. The first time she sings the word "laugh" is a sign of disasters to come.
georgebur 5 months ago
@georgebur With all due respect, please check out the studio version before you critique a filmed performance of a song.
chatman2a 1 month ago
@chatman2a She should be able to sing better than this live though, without the tricks of a studio. This is not great singing.
georgebur 1 month ago
Is she on a leash? hahahah
Eddieb715 7 months ago
Thyanks for this. It brought back memories from my high school days. I still think that the 60s was king as far as music goes.
waratah08 7 months ago
Thyanks for this. It brought back memories from my high school days. I still think that the 60a was king ads far as music goes.
waratah08 7 months ago
i thought she done it well also. it was when music was made by musicans, not technecians. so all you haters go to a hardware shop, buy a fence, and get over it.
30DaysRain 7 months ago 32
@30DaysRain jeez, the first witty comment I've heard on youtube.
pikiwiki 5 months ago
@30DaysRain Yah. Go to hardware shop and BUY A FENCE!
Souplesse000 5 months ago
@30DaysRain Couldn't have said it better myself :)
ehta01 3 months ago
@30DaysRain your grammar and spelling need work.
terrible714 1 month ago
@terrible714 Not every one who comments here have English as their first language, they may know little English. So, given that fact, these less than perfect comments are understandable and better than most of us could do in German or French or any other language different from our first language.
68enxy 1 month ago 2
Heavens to Murgatroid! Have heard this classic song probably literally hundreds of times over the years on the radio, but until now had NO idea what Gale Garnett looked like! A pretty and VERY talented lady! THANK YOU so much for posting this clip for us to enjoy! You've MADE my day & my week! CHEERS! :-)
JubalCalif 8 months ago 2
I though she nailed it for a live vocal set. I have heard the studio version a thousand times but this is the first time I have heard this. The inflection changes she introduced singing this as opposed to the studio version were well crafted and difficult to sing. Bravo.
photoeng1 9 months ago
recording qualit y is CRAP!!
nlcatter 9 months ago
quality of his is TERRIBLE!
nlcatter 9 months ago
This song is a masterpiece of desolation. Garnett has a great contralto voice, and her deadpan singing makes the lyrics all the more devastating. "My Daddy he once told me/ don't you love you any man/ Just take what they may give you/ and give but what you can."
This is the expression of someone who has lost so much that she can't afford to truly give - and thus will never truly *receive*. One of the most poignant songs ever sung.
mftalbot234 9 months ago 16
@mftalbot234 ... God almighty ... your last paragraph truly brought me to tears ... so few people understand this song ... and the more i read the more I get the meaning ...but until I read what you put here, I didn't truly understand it all ...now I do. Goodness...
fletchergatsby 8 months ago
@mftalbot234
I second that emotion! Well said & well put! Too bad all comments here at youtube aren't as articulate, intelligent, thoughtful & sensitive as yours! THANKS for your remarks! CHEERS, mate! :-)
JubalCalif 8 months ago
@mftalbot234 This brings to mind the lyrics of a song by Meatloaf ("2 out of 3 aint bad"): I want you, I need you, but I'll never love you...." So sad when one has abandoned one's heart.
chatman2a 1 month ago
@chatman2a good call chat perfect analogy it does say the same as 2 otta 3
ironrick46 1 month ago
The studio version is so much better. Listening to this live version I want to commit hari-kari!
chuckbuckbobuck 9 months ago
amazing song
caddyrecord 9 months ago
This is one of the heaviest songs I ever heard.
hilvldruid 11 months ago
a bad move. if she had sung only on the radio I bet she would have had more hits.
pinchold 11 months ago
@pinchold The 60's apparently taking their toll on her. Check out her other videos, she is very pretty.
feelingbuble 9 months ago
Just glad I was a teen in the 60's. Music was never better.
jimtraner 11 months ago 2
This is a good old love song !!
I am old enough to remember it on the hit parade here in NZ...
So lets sing the sunshine...everywhere !!!
mcleodricky 11 months ago
loving this song right now
chyman 1 year ago
I remember this song I was 9 years old just dedicated it to my wife Brittany's mom Our daughter Britt was murdered 2/20/06 because of jealousy and racial hate I wanted to be a father since I can remember , It would seem 9 children would have been enough to give up your vices don't want to mention any names but I have written a book, have a FM voice too but just need the book published
brittsdad88 1 year ago
Wow, I didn't know this song was written so early. I remember my mom singing it around mid 1970' s when CHUM AM Toronto used to play it constantly. Many memories sitting on my bright orange faux leather kitchenette listening to this. What a great simpler time.
classicconnexionband 1 year ago
You probably don't know this but Gale was also FRANCHESCA in the children's halloween classic Mad, Monster party. If you look her up here you'll get a kick out of the videos. (Franchesca is the beautiful red headed puppet.)
ekocentric 1 year ago
A beautiful song from yesteryear
mcfrdmn 1 year ago
i truely love this video Gale Rocks
ravnmad1958 1 year ago
I loved the original recorded version, but this one is terrible!!! Her voice reeks!
geebeeman1 1 year ago
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SIGNALSTAT 1 year ago
@SIGNALSTAT
NO SIR
She was a girlfriend of
Prime Minister
Pierre Elliot Trudeau at one time.....and Trudeau was a ladies man!
RetroCaptain 1 year ago
@RetroCaptain ok thanks.
SIGNALSTAT 1 year ago
Yes one of my all time favorite songs. and so beautiful. Sad and way ahead of its time in its expression about the reality of man/woman relationships and the fact that we are not monogamous. I adopted this song's philosophy as mine and was dumped by more than one woman I tried to convince of its righteousness. The high divorce rate nowadays testifies to this song's ultimate and sad truth: Man and woman are not meant to stay together forever.
navigator3744 1 year ago
@navigator3744 When two people are committed to each to the other, and willing to not only share the good life has, but also share the hard times; they both become stronger in the process.
It's easier I think, to walk away when things get difficult and much harder to make the sacrifices to get past the bad times.
gulfgypsy 1 year ago
@gulfgypsy Some people make inwise choices when they marry and sadly, no one seems to be willing to warn them when they see their friends about to make a big mistake in their choice of a marriage partner. Many people at age 19, 20 are not mature enough (especially today) to even know themselves yet they get married. As they mature they realize they really made a very bad choice and they try and try to make it work and it just won't work. They should not have married in the first place.
mmcrosbie 1 year ago
@navigator3744 My take on this whole thing is that once people lived only to be 30, 40 or 50. Very few lived to be 60, 70, 80, 90 and even 100 like they do today. So, "til death do us part" is a huge order for marriages. It's interesting because I was talking to a guy the other day and he said the same thing.
mmcrosbie 1 year ago
this song is both touching in a sad way, yet very relaxing tune. wow I did not picture Gale looking this good. nice voice
carrychris2010 1 year ago
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Such a weird weird song and person. I hate syruppy drone.
hillbby 1 year ago
to think this is the same woman from both mad monster party AND small part as an aunt in my big fat greek wedding
MrDJFruitloops 1 year ago
Her voice bears more than a passing resemblance to Cher's.
tonydalcon 1 year ago
@tonydalcon I was thinking the same thing....appears that Cher might have adopted Gale's vocal style where she slides the note down(for lack of a better phrase) at the end of the melody.
ultraroadmap 1 year ago
the mike cable looks like a life support system hose. man how times have changed. and not always for the better.
vettefool 1 year ago
I like this song, but in this clip, it sounds like drunken karaoke.
wilkes85 1 year ago
She sings very susinctly( spell check) She c omposed this . Love it
RantVideos 1 year ago
Gale must of laughed at your comments about her being off key. This proves she did not lip sink it. and she was not off key she just changed the melody a note or two in the chorus and ending. Plus the arrangement live is missing strings used on the stereo version.
RantVideos 1 year ago
Where are you today, Gale? We still love you...
chenarch 1 year ago
@chenarch Gale is living in California and i also still love her
ravnmad1958 1 year ago
beautiful song by a wounderful lady
ravnmad1958 1 year ago
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ravnmad1958 1 year ago
She looks prettier and sounds better on vinyl.
Riograndeboy 1 year ago
what a voice
51anon51 1 year ago
she does not sound good live. wow
kroovyandcal 1 year ago
THAT IS ONE GREAT TUNE...MS. GARNETT WAS FEATURED ON A FEW EPISODES OF BONANZA AND SHE WAS NOT FROM THIS COUNTRY .. I WANT TO SAY SHE WAS FROM NEW ZELAND DON'T MATTER SHE COULD REALLY SING
MALTOMEEGE 1 year ago
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This is true: I just said hello to Gale this afternoon (in Toronto). I used to know her through work. She said her name wasn't Gale, it was Zoe--Zoe Gale Garnett to use her words. And she said she didn't have a song but said she's a writer. Big smile on her face, though. Funny thing is this song came up on my iPod shortly before I ran into her.
argopunk 1 year ago
This is true: I just said hello to Gale this afternoon (in Toronto). I used to know her through work. She said her name wasn't Gale, it was Zoe--Zoe Gale Garnett to use her words. And she said didn't have a song but said she's a writer. Big smile on her face, though. Funny thing is this song came up on my iPod shortly before I ran into her.
argopunk 1 year ago
Trivia: Gale Garnett wrote this song for Hoyt Axton who was her boyfriend at the time. I''d sure love to have seen them sing it together.
It still sounds wonderful after all these years!
1dminter 1 year ago
Gale "Quarter tone flat" Garnett
Bless her heart.
pretorious700 1 year ago
Is it just my ear or does she hit some of the notes a bit flat?
sandinmyears1 1 year ago
I am cursed / blessed with perfect pitch, and I can tell you most of this is flat.
As a stage performer who has this problem, I'd bet she cannot hear the backing track and accompaniment.
ranran19701 1 year ago
@ranran19701 OK. I'm glad it's not just me hearing her not_quite_hit the notes.
sandinmyears1 1 year ago
@ranran19701 Jo Stafford said the same thing. I do not understand the concept at all but I believe it. Stafford really denied the idea she had "perfect pitch" saying she was glad she did not have that gift because it is not as pretty as her own.
thejonquil 1 year ago
I can tell if a note is off or not, instantly.
I can tell if a song is played or sung in a different key than usual. I can hear a band playing a song and I can tell you if it's different from the key from the original recording.
I tuned my girlfriend's son's guitar one time from across the room, as he tuned each string (new strings from flat onto the frets) so as he finished we checked it with a tuning computer and it was spot on.
ranran19701 1 year ago
Gale Garnett had a face for radio.She was so ugly when she was little when she played in her sandbox her cat kept covering her up.
fawkyou3 1 year ago
@fawkyou3
She wasn't ugly at all. You're really a negative piece of blank, fawkyou. Did you know that? If you already did know that, you're an AH. If you didn't, then now you do, you idiot.
Rigmeister9 1 year ago
@Rigmeister9 If I wanted any lip from you I would have scrapped it off of my scrotum.Didnt your mother ever teach you its impolite to type with your mouthfull (of 1,000 pounds of dick)?
fawkyou3 1 year ago
@fawkyou3
Hey fawk, you gotta be at least 16 to post on here. Run along now...Shouldn't you be in school? Didn't your mother ever tell you not to ditch classes and play on the internet?
Rigmeister9 1 year ago
@fawkyou3 Hahahahahahah!!! I just love a senxe of humer or a good HUMMER well do as well! But man don't you know how cruel that is ,,,when ya say thats gay , thats GAY ! KNOCK IT OFF! No really though I loved this song as a child in the country in Stockton California,,then I grew up got married to a beauty like her who only got so good looking everyday that I was ending up with blackeyes busted lipps or almost in jail and then she ran off and now that B,,,H ! is uglier then a mud stick!
Eddlipton 1 year ago
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@Eddlipton I saw a porn video of your ex wife performing felatio on one of my fathers farm animals..can you guess which one???
fawkyou3 1 year ago
@fawkyou3 I CAN RELATE TO WHAT YOUR SAYING...THIS WAS ONE OF MY MOMS FAVORITES AND EVERYTIME I HEAR IT I THINK OF HER...I WAS 14 WHEN SHE PASSED.
MALTOMEEGE 1 year ago
My mother died in August, 64. I was 11 and must have listened to this song around that time because to this day, it evokes feelings of sadness & nostalgia.
53Canadian 1 year ago
oh！！We'll Sing in the Sunshine ！！ Gale Garnett ！！ thanks Gale. fromJapan
ft2465 1 year ago
love this song. moley moley mole!
bluehairspaz 1 year ago
Wow, that deep lovely voice, I want to swim around in that voice !
DancingSpiderman 1 year ago
Gale Garnett was super hot in her twenties--Great voice and extremely attractive! She stopped recording in the 70s and now lives in Canada and writes books.
RonaldHicks 1 year ago
Proud to say she's a Kiwi by birth. Born in Auckland New Zealand.
cliffedward 1 year ago
It is a great song!!!!!!!!!
Archiebell68 1 year ago
I used to put 10 cents in the jukebox and play this song.
linkandcass 1 year ago
..."and though I may not love you, I'll stay with you one year". Why bother? Go find somebody to love!
Carsonetric 1 year ago 2
gosh the "handsfree" mic is hilarious
canonc24 1 year ago
This was one of my mother's favorite songs. It brings back fond memories.
mortygwhiz 1 year ago
Gale,
I love your music. Where are you now??
randalbyrd 1 year ago
I like the song but is it just me or does her voice sound flat?
sandinmyears 1 year ago
@sandinmyears She may hit a few flat notes in this LIVE performance, but she can still sing better than most singers. Listen to the studio version, it's perfect. The Beatles didn't sound that great live either.
68enxy 1 year ago
I think I can answer the question about the wardrobe; it was meant to distract us from that clunky mic gear.
TVWriterGuy 1 year ago
I will never love you the cost of love is too dear. Love has a price. Don't know how I took this at 12. Made me listen harder too music and other things.
mudbonehancock 1 year ago
good lord, who used to dress that poor woman?
scarypowers 1 year ago
I guess you would know about ugly sticks, wouldn't you PimpleDick.... we can tell by the puss that oozes out of you.
Enjoy her lovely voice, it might help you turn into something decent when you grow up.
summo55 1 year ago
Her voice reminds me of patsy cline a little.
ForeverAnalog 1 year ago
the film is flawed,making her face look long.bad quality makes hair look dirty.she still looks like a million bucks!
louisyoung1 1 year ago
loved the song and her when i was a kid in washington dc. does she still sing..?
dcbornmike 1 year ago
At least give her a bottle of shampoo...
MerleOberon 1 year ago
@dimpledick3inch Wish we had one for you, pal.
bbmcrae 1 year ago
I first heard this song at 13 years old. With all the beautiful songs to pick from (especially some Beatles' songs), this was one that made me realize that I had a sensitive side. I truly understood that song on a deeper level than I did any other up to then. On the actual recording and radio release, she sounds great; but this version is so much more "deeper" if you really listen to it.
zaputzaput1 2 years ago 9
Still love this song all these years later. First heard it when I was 4 years old, one of the first songs that I really loved that wasn't the Beatles! When I hear this song today I can still get that feeling I had listening to this as a kid. Has a very melancholy feel to it. Gale had a great voice, a very unique sound. Eight Days a Week and King of the Road were both big hits soon after this one - can still remember hearing all of these songs on our radio in the kitchen of our Detroit house.
NoviJimB 2 years ago 3
Interesting. I heard the song for the first time when I was about the same age and experience the same, wistful, melancholy feelings you do whenever I hear it.
I have this hazy memory of being in my Dad's 1955 Crown Vic (it had the red-and-white two-tone treatment) when I first heard the song.
Quite a fitting environment to be in for a song like this, which has a bit of a Fifties Pop kind of feel to it!
Pictor100 2 years ago
Sorry, hit the 'thumbs down' icon by mistake! I meant to hit 'thumbs up! +1 anyway!
Pictor100 2 years ago
Nice!
photoeng1 2 years ago
Funny, I always thought Gale Garnett was Canadian. Once saw her make a guest appearance on a Canadian game show I appeared on later.
beatlefan15 2 years ago
She *is* Canadian. She was born in Auckland, New Zealand, but spent her childhood and a good chunk of her adult years in Vancouver, BC.
Pictor100 2 years ago 4
@Pictor100 that explains her teeth!!!
galfittish 9 months ago
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Neptunesque 2 years ago
I was 9 years old when this song was current. My mom was dating a man and I knew that this song was telling of things to come, as he was only around for that year.
zackzelmo 2 years ago
Gale was born in NZ, we tend to export our best talent overseas even as early as the 60's. One thing to note about the lyrics in this song is that the femme is the one promoting a casual type of relationship, staying for only a year with no strings. Not a common attitude for the 60's, thank goodness we've moved on !!
adrianrox5050 2 years ago 2
the songs like this were really from the heart, isnt it wonderful , and dont they sound good all these years later , magic
KIWIBLUES 2 years ago
sounds like Simonet25 needs to get out more :P
bagels4breakfast 2 years ago
To answer your question MARKGPL...No, because the music has to have soul and feeling to make it meaningful...music today is not creative feeling or moving...so there! Great song!
Simonet25 2 years ago 2
For those of us who were old enough to remember this song when it came out, does it feel like it was such a different time..?? I wonder if young people will feel the same about their music in 40 / 50 years the way we feel about our 60's music..??
MARKGPL 2 years ago 3
Reply to Markgpl.
A different time for sure.
Very few people had tv's in their homes, never mind DVD in their cars.
We did not know what Viet Nam was, never mind where it was or why we were going there to die.
In just the last 10 years the world has changed in drastic ways, for good or bad.
I grew up in the mid 60's. We hated 40's music and the 40's crowd hated our music.
I think the next turn in music, will be IC chips you attach to your head.
Enjoy the present, it will be old fast.
jrsinner 2 years ago
I seem to remember just about everyone had a television receiver in 1964
MerleOberon 2 years ago