I was 5 years old, staring at a television set, watching Neil Armstrong take that first step on the moon...and, my friends folks had a radio on that was playing this song. Needless to say, this song will ALWAYS have a very special place in the corners of my memory that'll never fade.
Oh my god this guy's voice is just unbelievable!!!!! This song will go down in history and Oliver's version is my favorite despite actually seeing Hair on Broadway 100 years ago.
this is an ok version of this great song. but for my taste, i go straight to the horse's mouth and listen to the recording on the original broadway cast album of hair -- a much better rendition in my view. (from the "for what it's worth" file....)
@WMJCPA <3 All of us "Old" flower children should get together and form a club. I'm almost 78, and still grooving to JCSS, Hair, and others of that Gem-Era.
OMG!!!! I don't believe I found this song here! I used to listen to it at my grandma's house! It was part of my uncle's record collection, and of course, it's in "Hair" but not with Oliver...super!
Takes me back...way back. You could just disappear for the entire day with your buddy on your Schwinn, or hike anywhere and everywhere. You would pack a lunch wrapped in wax paper and drink from a Thermos full of Tang, Zarex, Funny Face, or just plain old water (you didn't 'buy' water back then.). If you had a few cents, you could go buy a Coke or a Fanta. Damn...what a beautiful time period to be young enough to not really have adult worries yet....
Okay, for all you bent dicks just trolling through and dissing lyrics- it's about hearing and enjoying the music (melody, etc) and reminiscing- some music was not written for its lyrical value. Jesus.
Certain music evokes strong memories, this is one of my favorites. It reeks of innocence and love and magic, those who don't appreciate the nonsense syllables will never get the real beauty of this song. Do you criticize babies for their nonsense sounds? Not everything has to exhibit meaning to BE meaningful. I love the sound of a babbling brook, I don't criticize the brook for saying nonsense... it has its own sense. The fault is in you not the song.
and Earth was cared for, and the stars* shone on us, and love was the word, and we said "Make love, not war", and we were happier: we were young and immortal, and hippies were to change the world...
and Earth was cared for, and the satrs shone on us, and love was the word, and we said "Make love, not war", and we were happier: we were young and immortal, and hippies were to change the world...
@xnightofragex Are you just going around to all the videos for this song, putting it down? You shouldn't be wasting your time doing that. Plenty of recent songs sound like the artist was wasted when writing. Many people have HAPPY memories with this song, they don't need you messing up that experience. Thank you.
@xnightofragex Thumbs up for you my friend, for taking the time to type out those nonsense syllables. I for one appreciated it, as I chuckled right along with you. Hey, these lyrics arent so bad... have you heard some of today's latest rap songs? LMFAO
great version, but this isn't the single version, that was on am radio.....i think....this is maybe the alternate album track, or a different vocal mix, Oliver is great....
May of 1969,i watched my dad take off in a jet plane for 3 weeks to join his fellow world war II buddies on a trip to europe..I can still remember like it was yesterday driving away from the airport that i was going to miss him something awful and this song was on the radio of our new 1969 amc Rebel.Man was i ever some glad to see him come home.
@MeXLuffy You miss it because you have good taste and because you sense the magic that was in the air at that time. I was in my mid teens and sometimes I can almost touch it again.. but I can't quite get there. I do know that it was very, very special time to be alive; the good (this music) and the bad (Viet Nam). But don't forget that you are alive in another special time. These days are magic too.
12 yeras old and on my way to the baseball park with my friends very early on a weekend as we did every weekend riding our bikes. Had the "transister radio" on and listening to music like this to begin our day. 40 years later.... still can picture EVERY minute.
@BigJiggety In another episode, he sees Mr. Burns and believes he is a space alien. The town gets involved as do Mulder and Scully from X-Files and Leonard Nimoy (Spock). The town sings this at the end.
The swedish singer Björn Skifs (Hooked on afeeling in top of Billboard 1974) made a swedish versio0n of this, in he name of "God morgon stjärnljus". It was a real good version and i really want to hear it again. Alebeit i like this origial very much. This is the real break between 60ths and 70ths.
I was only 4-5 years old, but mom used to sing this to me when it came on Sesame Street, back when SS was only on in New York! I sooo remember this on the TV and mom dancing around the apartment singing it.
Reminds me of my gloriously miss-spent youth! Believe me, it is worth remembering! LOL And it had a heck of a sound track!! Thank you so much for posting!
I remember hearing this song on the speakers in the little 'hippie joint' in Kalispell, Montana back in the late 60's when I went in to buy my little vial of Spiritual Sky Patchouli oil. And man, did I ever drool over those big chain necklaces with the big metal silver and black peace signs. And even today, in the shed, there's a big tin tub covering the rototiller that still has the fading white paint from a peace sign I painted back in about 1968.
I remember hearing this song on the speakers in the little 'hippie joint' in Kalispell, Montana back in the late 60's when I went in to buy my little vial of Spiritual Sky Patchouli oil. And man, did I ever drool over those big chain necklaces with the big metal silver and black peace signs. And even today, in the shed, there's a big tin tub covering the rototiller that still has the fading white paint from a peace sign I painted back in about 1968.
first heard this when on vacation in the UK bout 2006 it was a nice day so me anf my friends decided to go for a cruise in are rented van we wre looking for a good station then we found a station playing this and the presenter said he died this was beauty at its best RIP oliver this song is timeless
I watched the late, great "Oliver" William (Billy) Swofford perform this in a small club in Chapel Hill, NC in the late 60's. This piece and "Jean" were great tunes in their day, just like NOW .... RIP, Billy ....
Great Song but he sounded Just like John Denver and i wonder why he dropped out from spotlight of fame i guese we will never know! I remebered this song Was on The Brady Bunch movie some year ago!
This such a beautiful song! I pity that the lyricist couldn't have come with something better than a spate of glossolalia that substitutes for what could have been a wonderful chorus
I just can't understand why Oliver didn't become one of the superstars of the 60s and 70s; he had talent, and he had charisma - he had a poignant quality.
He will remembered, though, by his fans, of which I am one.
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this would be excellent music to commit suicide to. seriously, i can imagine a smile on my face as i listen to this song and a bullet goes through my head and exits out the other side. shit man... even the bullet is gonna have a smiley face on it.
by the way, I HAVE NO PLANS OF KILLING MYSELF. i'm just trying to be humorous here. i do plan on living to be 115 years old and eventually dying in my sleep. humm... the angels better be playing this song when i float to heaven. :D
This version is different fromt the stereo Lp mix--is it the mono single mix? I can hear some differences, like the fact that it's a different vocal and there isn't any echo or multitracking on the vocal track.
The 70's were the greatest!
gimmeamask 1 day ago
I was 5 years old, staring at a television set, watching Neil Armstrong take that first step on the moon...and, my friends folks had a radio on that was playing this song. Needless to say, this song will ALWAYS have a very special place in the corners of my memory that'll never fade.
tew8197 1 month ago 3
only reason to be happy to be old is i remember all the songs back then cuz i was there LOL
imdavid666 1 month ago
Classic song.
I love it.
George Vreeland Hill
GeorgeVreelandHill 1 month ago
Great Memories of Singing This with My Mom :) Funny all the great non-words....I'm sure I had them all memorized at the time...lol...
best11228 1 month ago
Oh my god this guy's voice is just unbelievable!!!!! This song will go down in history and Oliver's version is my favorite despite actually seeing Hair on Broadway 100 years ago.
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this is an ok version of this great song. but for my taste, i go straight to the horse's mouth and listen to the recording on the original broadway cast album of hair -- a much better rendition in my view. (from the "for what it's worth" file....)
svlrlktop 2 months ago
I played this 45 over and over barely a teen. Such a happy pure song!
angeldovegurl 2 months ago
One person does'nt have starshine in their life : )
19libra58 2 months ago
I've never heard it in this key before.....sounds good!
snarkus63 2 months ago
I love this, it has been my morning song to my kids for many years!!
kathysueful 2 months ago
Dont know why,but this always brings a smile to my face and a tear to the eyes!
buzzyboy63 2 months ago 3
ill tell u pure artistc brilliance the songs that are forever great have that in common ....play it again....k
5yeagers5 2 months ago in playlist yeagers fav.
Soooooo glad I grew up during this time.
inkdclown 2 months ago 4
@inkdclown You and me both. I wouldn't trade those memories for anything.
WMJCPA 1 month ago
@WMJCPA <3 All of us "Old" flower children should get together and form a club. I'm almost 78, and still grooving to JCSS, Hair, and others of that Gem-Era.
CaptRhett1 3 days ago
i wish i could go back to those times.great tune i really miss those days gives me goosebumps
bjble 2 months ago
and we had flowers in ours heads
manuelespinosa02 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
doesn't music from this era make Lady gaga's bullshit seem that much less worth the attention?
Pdoyle216 3 months ago 2
Pleasant memories of hitcing a lift to my gal. check out the film "the Dish
jjsassenach1 3 months ago
OMG!!!! I don't believe I found this song here! I used to listen to it at my grandma's house! It was part of my uncle's record collection, and of course, it's in "Hair" but not with Oliver...super!
Thanks for posting!
Zocawa 3 months ago
Takes me back...way back. You could just disappear for the entire day with your buddy on your Schwinn, or hike anywhere and everywhere. You would pack a lunch wrapped in wax paper and drink from a Thermos full of Tang, Zarex, Funny Face, or just plain old water (you didn't 'buy' water back then.). If you had a few cents, you could go buy a Coke or a Fanta. Damn...what a beautiful time period to be young enough to not really have adult worries yet....
bonebud4u 3 months ago 4
EPIC! Thank you!
Cindy/Columbus,Ohio
whoadude1959 4 months ago
"Good morning sunshine, the earth says hello" this was one of Johnny Depp's first lines in the new "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". Good movie.
hsllampmkiii 4 months ago
Okay, for all you bent dicks just trolling through and dissing lyrics- it's about hearing and enjoying the music (melody, etc) and reminiscing- some music was not written for its lyrical value. Jesus.
daughterofRMS 4 months ago 3
from Hair wasn't it ?
sooree7 4 months ago
Is it this a re-recording?? I fear it is.
priapus56 4 months ago
Certain music evokes strong memories, this is one of my favorites. It reeks of innocence and love and magic, those who don't appreciate the nonsense syllables will never get the real beauty of this song. Do you criticize babies for their nonsense sounds? Not everything has to exhibit meaning to BE meaningful. I love the sound of a babbling brook, I don't criticize the brook for saying nonsense... it has its own sense. The fault is in you not the song.
mpierone 4 months ago
excelente musica, que nos transporta para o passado.
pacheco2797 5 months ago
THAT WAS ..WHAT WE NEED... SO NOW
hughilene 5 months ago
RUDJE 3O TENIA AÑOS SIN ESCUCHAR ESTA CANCION ES MAS SIEMPRE CREI QUE LA CANTABA SCOOT MCKENZIE GRACIAS POR COMPARTIRLA ES UNA CANCION PRECIOSA
cinthiacervantes 5 months ago
and Earth was cared for, and the stars* shone on us, and love was the word, and we said "Make love, not war", and we were happier: we were young and immortal, and hippies were to change the world...
manuelespinosa02 5 months ago in playlist Vídeos favoritos de manuelespinosa02
and Earth was cared for, and the satrs shone on us, and love was the word, and we said "Make love, not war", and we were happier: we were young and immortal, and hippies were to change the world...
manuelespinosa02 5 months ago in playlist Vídeos favoritos de manuelespinosa02
linda... muito linda.
uma canção maravilhosa.
impossivel ñ ouvir e não se apaixonar por ela.
obrigado por tão bela melodia.
SCHATZELI 6 months ago
Godawful song
bluespiral58 6 months ago
@bluespiral58 Not a musical lover I take it.
ceedkay 6 months ago
I crank this to up to "11".... when I'm not listening to death metal.
romanticwarrior97 6 months ago
heh, this song is from the musical Hair, blame them for the lyrics, not oliver ;)
ThePeraslax 7 months ago
Brings me back to the time when there was not so much goodbye and farewell , and we all tought we ever stay young .
Beautifull song .
VoodooJungle 7 months ago
Rediscovered this song after far too long. Yippee, I can live again!
vappuk 7 months ago
I remember hearing this song back in 70 and 71. Beautiful song, i love it.
BNforever2009 7 months ago
Worst lyrics ever.
Gliddy glub gloopy
Nibby nabby noopy
La la la lo lo
Sabba sibby sabba
Nooby abba nabba
Le le lo lo
Tooby ooby walla
Nooby abba naba
what the FUCK is that horseshit, too wasted to write real lyrics.
xnightofragex 7 months ago
@xnightofragex Are you just going around to all the videos for this song, putting it down? You shouldn't be wasting your time doing that. Plenty of recent songs sound like the artist was wasted when writing. Many people have HAPPY memories with this song, they don't need you messing up that experience. Thank you.
Beatles7373 7 months ago
@Beatles7373 Giddy Glub gloopy come on that's like he didn't even try, the rest of the song isn't that awful, but that part ruins it.
xnightofragex 7 months ago
@xnightofragex maybe...what of it? wheres YOUR HIT SONG????????
rdhawk777 7 months ago
@xnightofragex Thumbs up for you my friend, for taking the time to type out those nonsense syllables. I for one appreciated it, as I chuckled right along with you. Hey, these lyrics arent so bad... have you heard some of today's latest rap songs? LMFAO
TooferMan 6 months ago
HEARD THIS SONG IN VIETNAM
JAYDOBBS1 8 months ago
@JAYDOBBS1 Thank YOU.
msmithakanana 4 months ago
let there be Peace
walelums 8 months ago
linda essa musika, é dos anos 70. me responde quem souber.
claudinei16975 8 months ago
This song never leaves my i phone, i change my play list ever so often but this song is a constant.
Avilennon 8 months ago
great version, but this isn't the single version, that was on am radio.....i think....this is maybe the alternate album track, or a different vocal mix, Oliver is great....
hippiebeat 9 months ago
We had to sing this gem in music class back in the 70's. What a mess we made of it. It was still fun.
Abbyness94 11 months ago
Best version for me, but not the original, which was from the musical 'Hair'.
In a similar vein, Duncan Browne's 'Journey' is lovely
boggym1999 1 year ago
One of the immortal recordings of song in America.
ajb1776 1 year ago
May of 1969,i watched my dad take off in a jet plane for 3 weeks to join his fellow world war II buddies on a trip to europe..I can still remember like it was yesterday driving away from the airport that i was going to miss him something awful and this song was on the radio of our new 1969 amc Rebel.Man was i ever some glad to see him come home.
77pintoboy 1 year ago 3
Why is it, despite never having lived in those days, do I miss the times when music was good like this?
Ah, the curse of being born in the wrong decade.
MeXLuffy 1 year ago 28
@MeXLuffy You miss it because you have good taste and because you sense the magic that was in the air at that time. I was in my mid teens and sometimes I can almost touch it again.. but I can't quite get there. I do know that it was very, very special time to be alive; the good (this music) and the bad (Viet Nam). But don't forget that you are alive in another special time. These days are magic too.
x1307x 4 months ago 2
@x1307x ,WOW...some one that knows how it really is,I almost can as well, scarey 'cause I'd really go back if I could.
msmithakanana 4 months ago 2
@MeXLuffy I would like to appeal to god for that mistake !
mobyboy 2 months ago
@MeXLuffy You should have been born in 1880s or 1890s so you could have fought in WW1!
zipsrule 1 month ago
@zipsrule WWII should never have happened. The West committed suicide. TOTALLY unnecessary. Don't believe the lies.
ThusSpakeDenise 1 week ago
@ThusSpakeDenise But I wes refering to WWI.
zipsrule 1 week ago
@zipsrule I didn't read your comment closey enough - but my answer still stands. We never would have had WWII without the insanity of WWI.
ThusSpakeDenise 1 week ago
This is a magical song, so sweet and sincere. I especially love all the little percussive sounds in the background - genius!
FlyingHorseKnuckles 1 year ago 2
12 yeras old and on my way to the baseball park with my friends very early on a weekend as we did every weekend riding our bikes. Had the "transister radio" on and listening to music like this to begin our day. 40 years later.... still can picture EVERY minute.
mgwilliams1000 1 year ago 3
This my all tine favorite song takes me back to a magical time!! Still makes me get goosebumps...
viperhockey 1 year ago 11
I'm quite shocked a white man sang this. I always had him down as being BLACK.
sirtinycreep 1 year ago
Rediscovered this gem whilst watching "The Simpsons," as Homer pops some illicit subtance; but of course the song transcends any drug-related matter.
BigJiggety 1 year ago
@BigJiggety In another episode, he sees Mr. Burns and believes he is a space alien. The town gets involved as do Mulder and Scully from X-Files and Leonard Nimoy (Spock). The town sings this at the end.
ajb1776 1 year ago
The swedish singer Björn Skifs (Hooked on afeeling in top of Billboard 1974) made a swedish versio0n of this, in he name of "God morgon stjärnljus". It was a real good version and i really want to hear it again. Alebeit i like this origial very much. This is the real break between 60ths and 70ths.
dunbunter 1 year ago
Haven't heard this song in a long time, really warmed my heart today...
vellsworth100 1 year ago
Haven't heard in a long time, warmed my heart today.
vellsworth100 1 year ago
I was in hight school, my glorious days
selenio999 1 year ago
A very nice song!
manuetalain83 1 year ago
I was only 4-5 years old, but mom used to sing this to me when it came on Sesame Street, back when SS was only on in New York! I sooo remember this on the TV and mom dancing around the apartment singing it.
akrukowski1964 1 year ago
Reminds me of my gloriously miss-spent youth! Believe me, it is worth remembering! LOL And it had a heck of a sound track!! Thank you so much for posting!
ariesgypsy 1 year ago
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I remember hearing this song on the speakers in the little 'hippie joint' in Kalispell, Montana back in the late 60's when I went in to buy my little vial of Spiritual Sky Patchouli oil. And man, did I ever drool over those big chain necklaces with the big metal silver and black peace signs. And even today, in the shed, there's a big tin tub covering the rototiller that still has the fading white paint from a peace sign I painted back in about 1968.
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I remember hearing this song on the speakers in the little 'hippie joint' in Kalispell, Montana back in the late 60's when I went in to buy my little vial of Spiritual Sky Patchouli oil. And man, did I ever drool over those big chain necklaces with the big metal silver and black peace signs. And even today, in the shed, there's a big tin tub covering the rototiller that still has the fading white paint from a peace sign I painted back in about 1968.
phuckizlam 1 year ago
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phuckizlam 1 year ago
Erinnerung an eine wunderschöne Zeit voller Liebe
byslinky 1 year ago
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largest85 1 year ago
linda linda cancion.... intentenla con sus peques..!! les va a encantar......
mimoreli 1 year ago
"Homero, dijiste que traerias paz y amor y lo hiciste" ^^
blankbanz 1 year ago
the next time your frolicking in the fields naked put this on your Ipod
MrRubinobbbb 1 year ago
You are my starshine,my darling.
medicoenamorado 1 year ago
Love it :) Thank you !
toddnevinsable 1 year ago
Oh i love this so much!!!!
EdwardAddictOTD 1 year ago
Remembering old happy memories..........a theme from the 1967 Broadway musical and the 1979 film version of "Hair".
nancyfloressantos 1 year ago
first heard this when on vacation in the UK bout 2006 it was a nice day so me anf my friends decided to go for a cruise in are rented van we wre looking for a good station then we found a station playing this and the presenter said he died this was beauty at its best RIP oliver this song is timeless
hamster700 1 year ago
ufffffff.... que recuerdos....
beth7527 1 year ago
Ufffffff!!!!!! que recuerdos tan buenos.....
beth7527 1 year ago
I watched the late, great "Oliver" William (Billy) Swofford perform this in a small club in Chapel Hill, NC in the late 60's. This piece and "Jean" were great tunes in their day, just like NOW .... RIP, Billy ....
raiderdanCA 1 year ago
"Gliddy gloop gloopy nibby nobby nooby la la la low low sabba sibby sabba nooby abba nabba lee lee low low ooby ooby walla nooby abba nabba"
Well said!
honypoboy 1 year ago 3
Good Morning Starshine! Good Night Moonbeam!
shanefire6 1 year ago
me encanta, tendria unos 13 anitos y fue una epoca maravillosa
cutejojo15 1 year ago
Great Song but he sounded Just like John Denver and i wonder why he dropped out from spotlight of fame i guese we will never know! I remebered this song Was on The Brady Bunch movie some year ago!
rebel70s 1 year ago
Me encanta ! Qué recuerdos me evoca esta canción!
MrFitolopez 2 years ago
heh?
blasticpuddhas 1 year ago
This such a beautiful song! I pity that the lyricist couldn't have come with something better than a spate of glossolalia that substitutes for what could have been a wonderful chorus
selrachhh 2 years ago
saw him perform at my college in 1982, great talent and friendly
seanconner4 2 years ago
I just can't understand why Oliver didn't become one of the superstars of the 60s and 70s; he had talent, and he had charisma - he had a poignant quality.
He will remembered, though, by his fans, of which I am one.
moloch49 2 years ago 3
is he dead?
blasticpuddhas 1 year ago
I heard he died about a decade ago at the age of 55 of cancer.
CaptGage 1 year ago
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this would be excellent music to commit suicide to. seriously, i can imagine a smile on my face as i listen to this song and a bullet goes through my head and exits out the other side. shit man... even the bullet is gonna have a smiley face on it.
by the way, I HAVE NO PLANS OF KILLING MYSELF. i'm just trying to be humorous here. i do plan on living to be 115 years old and eventually dying in my sleep. humm... the angels better be playing this song when i float to heaven. :D
Sytijinx 2 years ago
GREAT! tnx!
Sauerlaender66 2 years ago
Good evening! This is one of my favorite songs! Grettings from Mexico!
patriotamexicano 2 years ago 3
This version is the best sounding recording of any I have heard!
n2uid01 2 years ago
This version is different fromt the stereo Lp mix--is it the mono single mix? I can hear some differences, like the fact that it's a different vocal and there isn't any echo or multitracking on the vocal track.
thomandybish 2 years ago
kissed my wife to this song in 1969-1970, still wondering !!!
dontpaul1 2 years ago 22
Aww that's sweet. I love this song!!!
iwantwhatiget 2 years ago
I didn't realize how much I liked this song. Very pretty
williamportor 2 years ago 2
The earth says hello!!!
tokyofreaky 2 years ago 2
LOVED THIS WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT.
FROM THE MUSICAL "HAIR"--libretto sucked but the MUSIC was GREAT! I never realized HOW great until I look at it in Retrospect.
joeocho88 2 years ago
precious golden oldie,beautiful melody and pleasant memories,nice
beethomozart 3 years ago 15