Beautiful song. Interesting line-up for that time - for a start Neil Landon (the one with the awful haircut which closely resembles the one that has now become become fashionable with the younger generation) looks considerably older than Robin Shaw and Peter Nelson. As for Tony Burrows - good voice but I always thought he could just as easily have been a car salesman. Not a typical muso. Still they, and White Plains which they eventually became, had some great songs written for them. Terrific
Tony Burrows was the only person in the history of Top Of The Pops to front three seperate bands on the same show in 1970! a) Edison Lighthouse b) White Plains c) Brotherhood Of Man ~ what a guy!
The last single of the Flower Pot Men for Deram Records was composed by Roger Greenaway and was an attempt at a hit single in the style of the then popular Love Affair called "In A Moment of Madness". The single did not chart and for the next single the band's name was changed to White Plains.
The inspiration of this song came to Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway back in the late 60's when at London Airport they met Sophie Loran walking in the rain. They lost their heart in the rain in a moment of madness!
Very good! The verses are actually sung by Pete Nelson (he's the furthest on the right when the video begins). Tony Burrows (the guy shown singing the song in the video) is heard stronger on the chorus. In other words, the video attributes the wrong vocals to the wrong person.
@barryxf This was the only song sung by this "touring" line up of The Flowerpot Men" . The earlier singles namely Let`s Go to San fransisco , A Walk In The Sky & Man Without A Woman/ You Can never Be Wrong were recorded by the studio by John carter & Ken lewis .
@GoldenOldiesOn45RPM Thanks for the info :) On reading through the other comments it says that The Flowerpot Men changed their name to White Plains. I didnt know that. I was still at school when White Plains' My Baby Loves Lovin was in the charts here in the UK in early 1970 and I thought it was a first song by a brand new band, and I loved that song then and still do. I'm amazed that I'm still learning new things about my favourites acts from 40 years ago. Glad I'm on the internet, LoL.
I bought this when it came out in the '60s...marvellous...and I still love it.
ppaulmorris 8 months ago
Surely? one of the happiest songs ever recorded!
longboarder771 11 months ago
1:57 The same shirt Paul McCartney wore in Magical Mystery tour
LiaPamina 11 months ago
I remeber this song, though I sang it with considerably more pessimistic lyrics... (Like "I lost my life")
shmuli9 1 year ago
I LOVE IT
in the rain Habe damls in einer Lebenskrise gestanden. Dieser Song hat mir sehr geholfen!!!
MrTobi47 1 year ago
Beautiful song. Interesting line-up for that time - for a start Neil Landon (the one with the awful haircut which closely resembles the one that has now become become fashionable with the younger generation) looks considerably older than Robin Shaw and Peter Nelson. As for Tony Burrows - good voice but I always thought he could just as easily have been a car salesman. Not a typical muso. Still they, and White Plains which they eventually became, had some great songs written for them. Terrific
blossomsquirrel 1 year ago
Tony Burrows was the only person in the history of Top Of The Pops to front three seperate bands on the same show in 1970! a) Edison Lighthouse b) White Plains c) Brotherhood Of Man ~ what a guy!
SuperNevile 1 year ago
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aaalekseew 1 year ago
I bought the song...love it and the genre of these people.
1SEG1 1 year ago
According to Wikipedia:
The last single of the Flower Pot Men for Deram Records was composed by Roger Greenaway and was an attempt at a hit single in the style of the then popular Love Affair called "In A Moment of Madness". The single did not chart and for the next single the band's name was changed to White Plains.
SuperNevile 1 year ago
Beautifull tune, thanks for sharing.
jjkoekemoer 2 years ago
The inspiration of this song came to Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway back in the late 60's when at London Airport they met Sophie Loran walking in the rain. They lost their heart in the rain in a moment of madness!
saveyourkisses4me 2 years ago
Very good! The verses are actually sung by Pete Nelson (he's the furthest on the right when the video begins). Tony Burrows (the guy shown singing the song in the video) is heard stronger on the chorus. In other words, the video attributes the wrong vocals to the wrong person.
musicexpert2 3 years ago
Did come to this place; ...?
I drifted by Ron Dante connection here.
The DERAM record has much good music.
IQO179020 3 years ago
too true,same song also crdited to White Plains
regentv980 3 years ago
Thanks for the info :)
barryxf 3 years ago
Good song, this. I didn't know they had other songs, I thought Let's Go To San Francisco was their only one, that was great, too.
barryxf 3 years ago
you can get this on a cd,this song was credited to them and White Plains!,also try Buffoons the Ivey League and Fat Mattress
regentv980 3 years ago
@barryxf This was the only song sung by this "touring" line up of The Flowerpot Men" . The earlier singles namely Let`s Go to San fransisco , A Walk In The Sky & Man Without A Woman/ You Can never Be Wrong were recorded by the studio by John carter & Ken lewis .
GoldenOldiesOn45RPM 1 year ago
@GoldenOldiesOn45RPM Thanks for the info :) On reading through the other comments it says that The Flowerpot Men changed their name to White Plains. I didnt know that. I was still at school when White Plains' My Baby Loves Lovin was in the charts here in the UK in early 1970 and I thought it was a first song by a brand new band, and I loved that song then and still do. I'm amazed that I'm still learning new things about my favourites acts from 40 years ago. Glad I'm on the internet, LoL.
barryxf 1 year ago 2