The year I left school I can remember telling all my friends what a great song this was they thought I was crazy It just goes to show REAL talent is timeless
i never knew the title of this song but found out this morning! searched over a year for this song under the wrong title. wow! love love love this song!
Thankfully, in the 3rd verse, they give up showing the shell-shocked audience and just focus on Roger Whittaker. Most of these blank faced kids are now in their 50's; I wonder if they appreciate the fact that they got to see Roger Whittaker sing his biggest hit in person.
@efreet02 That vintage footage of Mr Roger Whittaker performing his excellent song "The Last Farewell" on TOTP was filmed in July 1975 ... so, yes, the 14 to 18-year-old kids who were in the audience that day would now be over 50, and thus in late middle-age. It is funny how quickly the years go by. Well, no; 'funny' is not the right word - 'depressing' would be more accurate and appropriate, one feels.
It's funny how Roger is singing this slow ballad and the young people in the audience are acting like zombies, wondering "What are we supposed to do? We can't dance to this!" Lol. Nice song and great singer, but totally out of context with this show and young audience.
Roger is a legend. Saw him at the Sydney Opera House maybe 23 years ago...and he punctuated his performance with a newsreel on Kenya . This bloke has a soul beyond description - and if you can find someone who can whistle better (check out "Mexican Whistler", - then feel free to show me that person !
@tank3ful This song was in the charts in the summer and early autumn of 1975, for your information ...... hardly the 1960's ! That said, I believe that it was recorded some 4 years earlier, in 1971 ...... but the 'sixties' came to an end on 31st December 1969.
i loved this when it came out... wore it out on the album.. yes.. i said ALBUM.. pro'ly spelled wrong.. but it was a RECORD.. it was vinyl... ~laffin'~.. had it on 8 track.. had it on cassette.. and i still have it on disc... this man's voice.. heaven...
omg I love RW!! We used to drive from Ohio to Utah on winter ski trips and this song was on a RW Greatest hits 8 Track that my parents wore out. I hadn't heard this song since 1977, and I still knew all the words and sang along!! Thanks for posting this nyrainbow4!
Ordered an unopened copy of this album on the Net. Cost $16.00 and shipping was free. Then I spent $200.00 on a record player to play the record!! PRICELESS
Hauntingly beautiful song and in complete agreement with Mork007 - Roger Whittaker's God-given voice was effortless.
I haven't heard this song in a couple years, and it never fails to bring a tear to my eye as my dearly departed Father would always play this song around my (also dearly departed) Mother and this was at a time when they had been married for more than 30 years!
Rare and timeless song during a much better (and innocent) time.
the audience in this video are interesting to watch, they keep looking around more than I might expect, are they not interested in the music? are they worried the camera rig may run them over? Anyways, love the song!
Always loved this song, very different from what was in the charts at the time. That was the magic of TOTP in the 60s and 70s. You could have The Beatles, Stones or Who on alongside The Bachelors, Matt Monro or Roger Whittaker! Great days indeed!
the 289,734 views that this video has had reflect the popularity of Roger Whittakers music and the 513 likes outshine the 8 dislikes of those people who clearly have no taste in music. My mum told me that my grandfather loved Roger Whittakers music and this is how I heard of his music, I like my grandfather appreciate this music and its one thing we can share despite the fact that I never got to know him. God bless you Roger Whittaker :)
Its strange watching this video now.....its hard to realize that 35 years have passed since this song was so popular....where in Gods name did the years go?....and where did ol' Rog Whittaker wander off to?..well while his star faded in this part of the world he became a huge star in Germany and has had many hit songs there selling over sixty million albums in the process...strange how tastes in music differs from country to country
Wow, I have just recently had some of these lyrics come up in my mind, yet I could not think of the singer or name of the song. I just typed in some of the lyrics, and voila, I am a happy man! I love to sing, and have this one in my own repertoire. Roger Whittaker is truly a gift, as is this song.
Apologies all round! am so sorry I really thought that Roger Whittaker had passed away. Is he still touring in England? As he has not done so in a long time. In fact I
can`t remember if he has ever done so. Does anybody know when the last time was?
i all ways think of h.m.s. ark royal ,invicable,hermes when i hear this leaving portsmouth in 1980 going to the fawklands to battle ,shame on those who said scrap them it is criminal to do such a thing happy memories p.s. iam not an ex service man or connected with r.n i just find it wrong................................
i am 43 years old, grew up with this man,charlie pride, dolly? bing crosby. barbra streisand waylon jennings ets ,etc i think my parents had a fantastic taste in music. what do you lot think????
I love early Whittaker. Those where the days when mostly performed his own wonderful songs like this. I also loved some of his French versions (often with words by Pierre Coeur). For example, I preferred Mon Pays Blue to Durham Town though both sets of lyrics were excelent. When he was in Montreal he would sometime blend versions.
I've listened to Roger since the 70's... The man has such a velvet voice, and you can really relate to his songs, not like some 15 year old gang banger in south central LA that listens to Tupac and Notorious BIG all day...
One of the tapes was a compilation of Mr Whittaker's hits. Not the sort of thing you'd buy for a six year-old but my father was a whistler...funny that.
i like this song....and most the particular singer very nice voice..once you will play this song.your problem was gone a moment...thanks for uploading this video.god bless.
Was in the Gambia in 2000 for a week's holiday, first time in Africa and loved it but what made it better was how the hotel played Roger Whittaker and other mellow 70's stuff as background in the open-fronted restaurant at night. Beautiful African evenings in very early spring...lovely times and this song takes me back to that week....Call me an old fuddy-duddy if you like!!!!
Terrific song by a GR8 singer ~ is played frequently on local radio K A A M 7 7 0 AM in D/FW Texas which plays mainly the old standards. Agree with many others that Roger Whittaker has long been under-rated.
My nan used to sing this to me when i was around 4/5 year old. She died a couple of years later. I'm now 39 and can actually see her face singing this to me after all these years.....It brings quite a few tears to my eyes. It's funny how music can bring back memories cos until i saw this my memories of her were very faint.
Fantastic song by a fantastic artist. His voice is so smooth and effortless, much like Karen Carpenter. The kids in the video are of a time when things were much simpler and honest. Too bad we lost this.... the world would be a better place.
I quite agree, Peg. "The Last Farewell" is a classic song ...... and the excellent Roger Whittaker's voice suited it perfectly.
When this song was in the charts - in the late summer and autumn of 1975 - I was only 10 years of age, but I can remember thinking it was a fine piece of music. In fact, I even preferred it to "Sailing" - the Rod Stewart track which got to # 1 in the UK charts in September of that year, and thus prevented "The L. F." from reaching the very top.
@pegcage Maybe the 3 would like to identify themselves & let everyone know their "good" taste in music? Bros perhaps? or maybe Bombalurina? Ol' blue eyes Sinatra,Shirley Bassey or Roger Whittaker most certainly won't appear in their music collection {:-(
"The Last Farewell" was one of the classic, 'MOR' singles of the 1970's ...... and certainly deserved to be a # 1 hit in the UK. By a coincidence, the record that prevented Roger Whittaker's maudlin masterpiece from reaching the very top of the British charts was "Sailing" by Rod Stewart - another song with a 'nautical' flavour, as it were.
I think he's from Kenya. At one stage, some time back, he toured somewhere like the UK and the pc brigade of the time tried to disrupt his tour, in their false belief that he'd committed the crime of being born in South Africa. Back then the laugh was on them, when pc wasn't the omnipresent logic-stifling force that it is now.
Bless Roger Whittaker. I grew up on this music, he is such a gentle Englishman. Saddens me to watch the forgettable garbage you see on Top Of The Pops these days.
In 1993 I had cancer and required surgery. It was a dangerous surgery and I told my then-fiancee that I would come back and sing to her when I woke up. After the surgery I was so groggy and barely remember it, but I pulled her down to me and sang this in her ear. She cried. This man means the world to me for that precious moment in time.
Roger is a white Kenyan. I'm a white Tanzanian. This song is so, so sad. Just like he felt sailing away from Kenya, I broke my heart to leave my bush-home, and sail away from Tanzania. I've never forgotten the wonderful watu, the amazing animals, the Swahili language. I'm not a musician, I didn't sing about my experience. I tried to recapture it in writing. And Roger's song inspired me.
So what is all this talk of imbeciles, just because they don't like our kind of sounds? There have always been imbeciles around you know, even the Greeks had them and they encompass all age groups. Anyway, I like this very much and am younger than these are now.
What a class song..beautifully sang and amazing orchestration!! Whatever happened to songs with stories. Later covered by The King, this version is the better one...and it's not often i say that Elvis is outsang - soz Elvis!!!
What a class song..beautifully sang and amazing orchestration!! Whatever happened to songs with stories. Later covered by The King, this version is the better one...and it's not often i say that Elvis is outsang - soz Elvis!!!
@ravman55 This was one of my father's favourite songs too. We played it at his cremation back in T&T a few years ago. If I could only sing like him...I still cry sometimes when I listen to this song, an Im a big man! ---Old School can teach new tricks!--- It's all about learning from the past and learning as you grow,,,and always share the knowledge that you know. God Bless, Souljah!
AHHH... Impossible... his voice is just like an x ray... directly gets into my heart... a spiritual storm... a soft tornado of pure beauty... Amazingly simple yet amazingly sophisticated...
What are all the retards in the audience lookin at? The song is beautiful, the studio version by rw is miles better.
jumpedupmofo 1 day ago
Lovely voice. :)
roscothren 4 days ago
The year I left school I can remember telling all my friends what a great song this was they thought I was crazy It just goes to show REAL talent is timeless
doug3159 5 days ago
Apparently none of the boys wanted to slow dance with the girls...
knobbykabushka 5 days ago
Lol the expression on the kids faces were priceless but by the end of the song they seemed to genuinely enjoy it
DrWevil 1 week ago
I love this song, but the crowd looks like they couldn't give a rat's ass.
traviedawg 1 week ago
Truly an all-time classic! It's been more than 30 years since I first heard it, and I still get misty-eyed listening to it!!
edeerly 1 week ago in playlist More videos from nyrainbow4
a truly beautiful song!! I love this....
suuzq35 1 week ago
just beautiful! :):)
sarailove27 1 week ago
i never knew the title of this song but found out this morning! searched over a year for this song under the wrong title. wow! love love love this song!
sarailove27 1 week ago
The greatest team in Sweden ...AIK.. Marches on to the pitch to this song ..!
SuperTobbeK 1 month ago
Love him or not...ya gotta admit...he has a great voice.
Skyhawkct 1 month ago
Love this song!
goderaj 1 month ago
Thankfully, in the 3rd verse, they give up showing the shell-shocked audience and just focus on Roger Whittaker. Most of these blank faced kids are now in their 50's; I wonder if they appreciate the fact that they got to see Roger Whittaker sing his biggest hit in person.
Man I miss good melodies.
efreet02 1 month ago
@efreet02 That vintage footage of Mr Roger Whittaker performing his excellent song "The Last Farewell" on TOTP was filmed in July 1975 ... so, yes, the 14 to 18-year-old kids who were in the audience that day would now be over 50, and thus in late middle-age. It is funny how quickly the years go by. Well, no; 'funny' is not the right word - 'depressing' would be more accurate and appropriate, one feels.
TheEctomorph 1 month ago
This is how I imagine the Royal Navy to be in the 18Th century.
bry1970 2 months ago
@bry1970 Yes; I believe that the lyrics of "The Last Farewell" - which were written in the early 1970s - were 'set', as it were, in the 18th century.
TheEctomorph 1 month ago
Å vi e AIK !!!
calle95 2 months ago
@calle95 Å alltid är vi med er!
SuperTobbeK 2 months ago
omg I remember this when i was younger ,lovely lovely song xx
philnicky1 2 months ago
i miss you daddy & i always play roger for you. love you to bits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
TinaG670 2 months ago
HATA AIK!
mam2z 2 months ago
Although this hit #19 on The Billboard Pop Charts in The USA back in 1975, this wouldn't even chart today. Pity!
kja427 2 months ago
@kja427 I think it did chart in the UK i think it got to the top 10 in 75.
Springamatul 2 months ago
wow i heard this years ago and just found it
33joiner 2 months ago
This is the way men are supposed to sound when they sing.
ycanada 2 months ago
Yeah zactly i was just thinking that lol thaey'll be his age now and this probably means loads to them all now lol :D
happyogre1 2 months ago
Thank you for posting this.. it brought back memories..
RainDance4550 3 months ago
It's funny how Roger is singing this slow ballad and the young people in the audience are acting like zombies, wondering "What are we supposed to do? We can't dance to this!" Lol. Nice song and great singer, but totally out of context with this show and young audience.
mrshinyshoes 3 months ago
The man can actually sing unlike most of the punks on the radio these days.
bgroovy2 3 months ago
The fact that Top of the Pops appealed across the generations came to be seen as a weakness. Actually, it was it's strength.
TrudiM100 3 months ago
i think i was around 15yrs old, loved it then, still love it
johnbarry007 3 months ago
My dad used to sing this while driving. God rest you Dad x
Mullenaround 3 months ago in playlist Mullenaround's favorites
Absolutely heartbreaking.
GuyFawkes15 3 months ago
Roger is a legend. Saw him at the Sydney Opera House maybe 23 years ago...and he punctuated his performance with a newsreel on Kenya . This bloke has a soul beyond description - and if you can find someone who can whistle better (check out "Mexican Whistler", - then feel free to show me that person !
Steve1959Nfadin 4 months ago 4
HA HA look at the kids in the beginning of the video; half don't know how to act and the other half are scared.
The way to act is proud and confident this is honest quality music never to be repeated again.
SuperKojim 4 months ago
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SuperKojim 4 months ago
Thanks for posting..
Ilovepalakkad 4 months ago
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TheEctomorph 4 months ago
@tank3ful This song was in the charts in the summer and early autumn of 1975, for your information ...... hardly the 1960's ! That said, I believe that it was recorded some 4 years earlier, in 1971 ...... but the 'sixties' came to an end on 31st December 1969.
TheEctomorph 4 months ago
justin bieber
carlislim 4 months ago
Those kids don't know how lucky they were to be there.
Nefarioso 4 months ago
The man is a true Bard.
Apehangar 5 months ago
What a gorgeous voice. I've loved this song for so many years. I'll never tire of it. It is true. We were a gentler society when he preformed this.
MeanMeanLisa 5 months ago
i loved this when it came out... wore it out on the album.. yes.. i said ALBUM.. pro'ly spelled wrong.. but it was a RECORD.. it was vinyl... ~laffin'~.. had it on 8 track.. had it on cassette.. and i still have it on disc... this man's voice.. heaven...
willow3656 5 months ago
what do you mean it has no place on the totp
thomas331100 5 months ago in playlist one
Roger - what a hottie. :-)
tfrizzell67 5 months ago
So good.
chauffeurme 5 months ago
dose any one els see the kids staring at the camra.I guess they didn't have the ''please do not look not the camra '' warnings. xD.
noobface66 5 months ago
One of the best songs ever.....reminds me when I was a wee girl!
40lindyloo 5 months ago
beautiful song brings back alot of memories
mistyvioletblue 5 months ago
omg I love RW!! We used to drive from Ohio to Utah on winter ski trips and this song was on a RW Greatest hits 8 Track that my parents wore out. I hadn't heard this song since 1977, and I still knew all the words and sang along!! Thanks for posting this nyrainbow4!
jonibaloney2003 5 months ago
great voice, great balladeer but has no place on TOTP even if it was on the charts
alanbstard4 6 months ago 2
Ordered an unopened copy of this album on the Net. Cost $16.00 and shipping was free. Then I spent $200.00 on a record player to play the record!! PRICELESS
electricmick357 6 months ago in playlist Roger Whittaker 2
bought his greatest hits album..pure class!
spinout3 6 months ago
Top geezer ......Many happy memmories come floooding back
MiLLwallpaul231258 6 months ago
this song is so cool!
CrazyNative4 6 months ago
For this song is.....beautiful!
psykotanks 6 months ago
he has such a beautiful voice that makes the song he is singing just as beautiful
amanda3ify 6 months ago
Imagine this in the charts now? Neither can I.The world is a poorer place if only for that.
burntrim 6 months ago 2
fantastic great song
tanika159 6 months ago
I love this song.I remember it being played over the radio on the school coach back in the 70s.this gentleman has a great voice.
Poldark3 7 months ago
I love this song, so much that I have the entire album. What a hidden treasure!
neilnsue 7 months ago
Hauntingly beautiful song and in complete agreement with Mork007 - Roger Whittaker's God-given voice was effortless.
I haven't heard this song in a couple years, and it never fails to bring a tear to my eye as my dearly departed Father would always play this song around my (also dearly departed) Mother and this was at a time when they had been married for more than 30 years!
Rare and timeless song during a much better (and innocent) time.
Thank you very much for sharing, nyrainbow4.
TXRog 7 months ago
Just found this and realised I know all the words. God bless my parents xxxx
jackosgal 7 months ago 10
... for I have loved you dearly, more dearly than the spoken word can tell...
megzmuzic 7 months ago
the audience in this video are interesting to watch, they keep looking around more than I might expect, are they not interested in the music? are they worried the camera rig may run them over? Anyways, love the song!
watertower2100 7 months ago
I grew up listening to RW and i still love the music.
djgnz 8 months ago
Oh! me too! love all his songs :)
Dramliza 8 months ago
even without pretty good taste in music, you must agree this is top...
rudyvg 8 months ago
I listened to RW nonstop when I was about 13. Still say I had pretty good taste in music for a 13-year old. Thanks for posting!!
sandberg8462 8 months ago
Always loved this song, very different from what was in the charts at the time. That was the magic of TOTP in the 60s and 70s. You could have The Beatles, Stones or Who on alongside The Bachelors, Matt Monro or Roger Whittaker! Great days indeed!
allanscot1 8 months ago
the 289,734 views that this video has had reflect the popularity of Roger Whittakers music and the 513 likes outshine the 8 dislikes of those people who clearly have no taste in music. My mum told me that my grandfather loved Roger Whittakers music and this is how I heard of his music, I like my grandfather appreciate this music and its one thing we can share despite the fact that I never got to know him. God bless you Roger Whittaker :)
arlenenoone 8 months ago
Å VI E AIK!
blandtredober 8 months ago
Reminds me of my Grandfather who sang this to me as a young lad.
Funny how some things in life can bring back such cherished memories as if it was only yesterday.
rikkiall 8 months ago
Its strange watching this video now.....its hard to realize that 35 years have passed since this song was so popular....where in Gods name did the years go?....and where did ol' Rog Whittaker wander off to?..well while his star faded in this part of the world he became a huge star in Germany and has had many hit songs there selling over sixty million albums in the process...strange how tastes in music differs from country to country
river2walk 8 months ago
Love this song, Roger like many of us seems out of time but I'm glad he was.
pattino1fan1 8 months ago
The teenage audience looks confused; Their knees appear to be going out in time with the music.
AB5L 8 months ago
It's great that no one seems to have been aware that they were going to be filmed as they try to get away from the camera.
celebrityroasts27 9 months ago
For my mother Astrid , her fav. on Mothers Day
TheStewartmyers 9 months ago
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ROGER SHITTAKER !!
merchmarine97 9 months ago
Fantastic
MasterofCrude 9 months ago
Wow, I have just recently had some of these lyrics come up in my mind, yet I could not think of the singer or name of the song. I just typed in some of the lyrics, and voila, I am a happy man! I love to sing, and have this one in my own repertoire. Roger Whittaker is truly a gift, as is this song.
yogiOK 9 months ago
Great song by a great singer.However it's funny watching those kids trying to figure out how to dance to that song LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
TheOathman 9 months ago
No ldea who you mean must be the large glasses he has on!
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MrLesliegreen 9 months ago
Roger Whitaker looks alot like the BTK Killer Dennis Rader.
MrRichardKraniun 9 months ago
I love this song. Thank you!
paiusan2000 9 months ago
Apologies all round! am so sorry I really thought that Roger Whittaker had passed away. Is he still touring in England? As he has not done so in a long time. In fact I
can`t remember if he has ever done so. Does anybody know when the last time was?
MrLesliegreen 9 months ago
Roger Whittaker had too be one the most underrated singers. So sad that he is no
longer with us! Great voice lost forever such a shame. Thank You to who ever bothered to post this video.
MrLesliegreen 9 months ago
@MrLesliegreen Roger no longer with us? he is alive and well and doing show tunes as far as i know... ie only partially lost him IMO!
theCount1968 9 months ago
i all ways think of h.m.s. ark royal ,invicable,hermes when i hear this leaving portsmouth in 1980 going to the fawklands to battle ,shame on those who said scrap them it is criminal to do such a thing happy memories p.s. iam not an ex service man or connected with r.n i just find it wrong................................
weliketogloatitfc 9 months ago
i am 43 years old, grew up with this man,charlie pride, dolly? bing crosby. barbra streisand waylon jennings ets ,etc i think my parents had a fantastic taste in music. what do you lot think????
stormylady1 9 months ago
what a cheese ball but yeah i like it ..have since i was a kid,my mother used to listen to it in the car ..
MrPleasentville 10 months ago
thank you very much its great.amellov65.
amellov65 10 months ago
I love early Whittaker. Those where the days when mostly performed his own wonderful songs like this. I also loved some of his French versions (often with words by Pierre Coeur). For example, I preferred Mon Pays Blue to Durham Town though both sets of lyrics were excelent. When he was in Montreal he would sometime blend versions.
Still all my best Whittaker is on Vinyl.
rdvqc 10 months ago
3:30 YouTube video: Roger Whittaker singing his 1971 hit The Last Farewell on Top of the Pops, 7-24-1975.
b. 3-22-1936 – Roger Whittaker, British singer
mkworkman 10 months ago
although many people have covered this i always like rogers version
billstar01 10 months ago
7 Knobs?
About right I guess
Cowpoke4 10 months ago
Me too, it´s a great song..
biljan100 10 months ago
Great,I love it!!
Poldark3 10 months ago
it's great, a great man.
MultiMegadriver 10 months ago
Such an amazing voice.
ArmandDeluxe 10 months ago
One word..BEAUTIFUL!!! phyllis...
sleepytimegalz 11 months ago
superb
pawnshops 11 months ago
I've listened to Roger since the 70's... The man has such a velvet voice, and you can really relate to his songs, not like some 15 year old gang banger in south central LA that listens to Tupac and Notorious BIG all day...
gunnerk19 1 year ago
i love this song!
TheMaebaybee 1 year ago
Rog looks like a Unix programmer in this .. apart from the blue whistle LOL nice old track tho ..
LinuxManUK 1 year ago
They played this song on the country radio stations in the early 80's in the USA. I didn't know it came out in 75.
bcrkris 1 year ago
At :19, in the lower left hand side of the screen, turning right towards the camera--IS THAT RON WEASLEY!!??
ArizonaKnightWolf 1 year ago
this makes me laugh cause ozzy osbourne had to use this guys shower curtain to wipe his ass cause he had no toilet paper in his own bathroom
MultiPinky111 1 year ago
I was given a tape recorder for xmas 1974.
One of the tapes was a compilation of Mr Whittaker's hits. Not the sort of thing you'd buy for a six year-old but my father was a whistler...funny that.
I've been a fan ever since.
m666ort 1 year ago
@m666ort The man is a superb musician!
yorkie6687 1 year ago
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ROGER SHITTAKER !!!!!!!!
merchmarine97 1 year ago
nice voice
lassthedog 1 year ago
nice voice
lassthedog 1 year ago
I wonder what all those nobbies in this video think of them selves today
MiLLwallpaul231258 1 year ago
So masculine and emotionally warm.
ajb1776 1 year ago 2
Sounds live, no lip synching - great voice.
cubuff80 1 year ago 4
I just love this song......I am almost...on the deck of that ship.....sailing away from the friendly harbour.....
119944778 1 year ago
i like this song....and most the particular singer very nice voice..once you will play this song.your problem was gone a moment...thanks for uploading this video.god bless.
eudskie 1 year ago
J'aime cette voie, félicitation Roger whittaker vous êtes mon idole.
Christine14734 1 year ago
i got drunk with roger here in galway last night, top bloke i might add.
shalaby7777777 1 year ago
The voice that no1 has yet he can do most anything mmusicalm Been a fan 4 20+yrs.
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booksbenji 1 year ago
Was in the Gambia in 2000 for a week's holiday, first time in Africa and loved it but what made it better was how the hotel played Roger Whittaker and other mellow 70's stuff as background in the open-fronted restaurant at night. Beautiful African evenings in very early spring...lovely times and this song takes me back to that week....Call me an old fuddy-duddy if you like!!!!
47millionvictors 1 year ago
Heard this on the radio too many years ago and became a major fan of Roger Whittaker. Saw him in live in MI with his daughter. What a beautiful duet!
babyhomer 1 year ago
"And all that from a once humble, school-teacher."
Grifiki 1 year ago
a classic song , this always used to remind me of richard harris in camelot ! from a memorable era ..
cujo9 1 year ago
I am so in love with his voice. There is no one with a voice like this!
TheRenee79 1 year ago 2
Terrific song by a GR8 singer ~ is played frequently on local radio K A A M 7 7 0 AM in D/FW Texas which plays mainly the old standards. Agree with many others that Roger Whittaker has long been under-rated.
AnnihilationISTRUE 1 year ago 2
@AnnihilationISTRUE HE deserves to be in The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame!!!
Pookatube 1 year ago
My nan used to sing this to me when i was around 4/5 year old. She died a couple of years later. I'm now 39 and can actually see her face singing this to me after all these years.....It brings quite a few tears to my eyes. It's funny how music can bring back memories cos until i saw this my memories of her were very faint.
drum1707 1 year ago
Maybe one of the most under rated singers of the time.
onebaud 1 year ago 10
wonderful!
lizichell2 1 year ago
Fantastic song by a fantastic artist. His voice is so smooth and effortless, much like Karen Carpenter. The kids in the video are of a time when things were much simpler and honest. Too bad we lost this.... the world would be a better place.
Mork007 1 year ago 19
@Mork007
Whittaker is still a myth....I listened to his music when I was in the back of my father´s car on the way to
Italy...I just talked with my girl-friend about his musc - she wasn´t even born then. I only disagree that
these kids were more honest - as some of these kids are forming our actual political class now
WasWeschdnDuVumLewe 7 months ago
my mom used to play this song all the time
aubynsdaughter 1 year ago
I especially love the hair styles on the young women in the crowd. The 70's was where it was at .... great song though.
cjc26miles 1 year ago
roger is sooo cute.....i ws in love with his voice as a child now i love his looks as well...
ranisha29 1 year ago
I remember the first time I heard him sing. It was this song and his voice totally blew me away and he was very easy on MY eyes!
Palaverer 1 year ago
he is one of the greatest, still the love of my life.
cannytrini 1 year ago
outstanding! and what a crowd!!
Kri77ian 1 year ago
The 3 people who voted against this video have absolutely no taste in music!
pegcage 1 year ago 41
@pegcage they probably listen to all this gangsta crap!
lizichell2 1 year ago
@pegcage
I quite agree, Peg. "The Last Farewell" is a classic song ...... and the excellent Roger Whittaker's voice suited it perfectly.
When this song was in the charts - in the late summer and autumn of 1975 - I was only 10 years of age, but I can remember thinking it was a fine piece of music. In fact, I even preferred it to "Sailing" - the Rod Stewart track which got to # 1 in the UK charts in September of that year, and thus prevented "The L. F." from reaching the very top.
TheEctomorph 11 months ago
@pegcage Maybe the 3 would like to identify themselves & let everyone know their "good" taste in music? Bros perhaps? or maybe Bombalurina? Ol' blue eyes Sinatra,Shirley Bassey or Roger Whittaker most certainly won't appear in their music collection {:-(
andythesoupdragon 11 months ago
@pegcage
Well said, 'Pegcage'; I totally agree with you.
"The Last Farewell" was one of the classic, 'MOR' singles of the 1970's ...... and certainly deserved to be a # 1 hit in the UK. By a coincidence, the record that prevented Roger Whittaker's maudlin masterpiece from reaching the very top of the British charts was "Sailing" by Rod Stewart - another song with a 'nautical' flavour, as it were.
TheEctomorph 9 months ago
@pegcage You are so right!
foxvienna1 6 months ago
Roger Whittaker is a legend! Look out for his 'Mexican Whistler' composition on here.......amazing!
datoobster75 1 year ago
This is my favorite ballad from the 1970's. You're right these people are and were clueless.
sweetjill1 1 year ago
I think he's from Kenya. At one stage, some time back, he toured somewhere like the UK and the pc brigade of the time tried to disrupt his tour, in their false belief that he'd committed the crime of being born in South Africa. Back then the laugh was on them, when pc wasn't the omnipresent logic-stifling force that it is now.
alfredhitchcock8 1 year ago
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Casting pearls before swine.
ORCA4312 1 year ago
Such a powerful singer performing such an emotional song infront of a bunch of mongs! Roger deserved better!
konische 1 year ago
All those years ago, I miss those years.
sameoldfitup2008 1 year ago
I Love this so and Roger sung it so very well. The passion in which he sings it is beyond mer mortal !
Oceanno69 1 year ago
Just lovely, what a voice.
waverly2112 1 year ago
Bless Roger Whittaker. I grew up on this music, he is such a gentle Englishman. Saddens me to watch the forgettable garbage you see on Top Of The Pops these days.
harpersneil 1 year ago 3
@harpersneil I believe he was South African.
ORCA4312 1 year ago
@ORCA4312 He was born in Kenya, by British parents. The South African connection comes from his time at the Cape Town University.
AGrandt 1 year ago
@AGrandt Interesting. Thank you for the information.
ORCA4312 1 year ago
La voz de ROGER WHITAKER es unica no habra otra igual.....GABRIEL CARREÑO PINTO.
mabrifelipe 1 year ago
Talent and class ! ! !
susantabi 1 year ago 2
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viertone 1 year ago
had this at my Dads funeral
benneedham16 1 year ago
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In 1993 I had cancer and required surgery. It was a dangerous surgery and I told my then-fiancee that I would come back and sing to her when I woke up. After the surgery I was so groggy and barely remember it, but I pulled her down to me and sang this in her ear. She cried. This man means the world to me for that precious moment in time.
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DrkKnight2 1 year ago
I have loved this song since childhood and still sing it all the time in the car when I'm driving.
jamesfinnie38 1 year ago 23
Roger is a white Kenyan. I'm a white Tanzanian. This song is so, so sad. Just like he felt sailing away from Kenya, I broke my heart to leave my bush-home, and sail away from Tanzania. I've never forgotten the wonderful watu, the amazing animals, the Swahili language. I'm not a musician, I didn't sing about my experience. I tried to recapture it in writing. And Roger's song inspired me.
speakswahilidammit 1 year ago
So what is all this talk of imbeciles, just because they don't like our kind of sounds? There have always been imbeciles around you know, even the Greeks had them and they encompass all age groups. Anyway, I like this very much and am younger than these are now.
stbricesday 1 year ago
This song appealed to the middleaged , so dont be hard on the kids lookin bored.
i was 15 when this come out, and its good but when ur hungover it sounded better.
Gus313UK 1 year ago
What chance would such a talent stand these days on "X FACTOR" ?
Exactly, the world has in a lot of ways become a lot poorer.
TheFrankiegth 1 year ago
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What a class song..beautifully sang and amazing orchestration!! Whatever happened to songs with stories. Later covered by The King, this version is the better one...and it's not often i say that Elvis is outsang - soz Elvis!!!
BLiXSEY 1 year ago
What a class song..beautifully sang and amazing orchestration!! Whatever happened to songs with stories. Later covered by The King, this version is the better one...and it's not often i say that Elvis is outsang - soz Elvis!!!
BLiXSEY 1 year ago
A voice as pure as liquid silk, it also reminds me of the Benny Hill Show
hunkydaboyz 1 year ago
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my father used to sing this, god bless dad.x
ravman55 1 year ago
my father used to sing this, god bless dad.
ravman55 1 year ago
@ravman55 This was one of my father's favourite songs too. We played it at his cremation back in T&T a few years ago. If I could only sing like him...I still cry sometimes when I listen to this song, an Im a big man! ---Old School can teach new tricks!--- It's all about learning from the past and learning as you grow,,,and always share the knowledge that you know. God Bless, Souljah!
mike090676 1 year ago
the imbeciles aint arf as bad as the young imbiciles of today !!! :-)
britmanuk 1 year ago
AHHH... Impossible... his voice is just like an x ray... directly gets into my heart... a spiritual storm... a soft tornado of pure beauty... Amazingly simple yet amazingly sophisticated...
God bless you Roger Whittaker
ramsesthethird2 1 year ago
Who are the two dimwits who don't like this?
Lava1964 1 year ago