i was in brazil 67 and this song was a great hit, i was going out with the singer of som beat at the time, and i absolutely adored the poor side of town, so here's to you jose, think about you often, even after all these years.
Noreen and I were sixteen. We both lost our virginity while listening to this beatiful tune in her room. We laid side by side, wallowed in the bliss of our mutual desire for one-another.
First time I heard this song was in country, Vietnam, over A-Farts. (AFRTS - Armed Forces Radio and Television Service) and never stopped loving this song. I was a naive 18 year old,
scared to schidt, and like that. Times have changed.
When this song came out I lived on the poor side of town and tried to date a girl from the other side of town...it didn't work.. this song is a time machine... 1966
I clearly remember as a youth in 1965 walking down the Sunset Strip on a trip to see my aunt. When I passed the Whiskey a go go Johnny Rivers was inside putting tracks down on a record that would be heard around the world. He produced the Fifth Dimension, one of the best ensembles of the day. He was a favorite cover artist.He even was part of the Brill Building scene. When he tours the audience spends the night out of their seats.
A FLOOD of childhood memories come flowing in when I hear this song. Thank you Johnny, and ekseak37 for posting it. I used to ride my bicycle, with a transister radio on the handlebar, listening to the hits.
When I was a kid I thought Johnny Rivers was black. He was so cool and all I knew / had was the radio. Hes still one of my big favorites and one of the real cats. xx Thanks for posting ♥ "Jenny"
Great song, great performer. Rivers had a great sound, no question. Man, empty stage, no background/dancers, no chair, props or even a mic to hold ...tough gig! But he made it look easy, 'cause like so many performers back then, he had IT ...real talent! Thanks for posting!
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esse sim é um cantor...................ñ é essa porcaria de sertanejo universsitario...q veio para estragar nossa musica sertaneja tão linda.............q pena da vontade de chorar escutando esse cantor............PARABENS "JHONY"
Im 35 yrs and this music is the best . wish could of be born back then. music now is not gooddd. but oh well. but this music will stay forever and ever :)
doop do do waaa shoo bee do bee OH how I loved Johnny Rivers My brother got a stereo and albums for Christmas 1965 and this was one of them I was 11 and loved Johnny right then and there My brother would let me sit beside him an his bed and listen if I sat still ! I DID SIT STILL TOO !
reminds me of a young lady who I adored and left me for no reason. I left to Vietnam and came back to a woman lonely and abandoned. I never went back with her.
Johnny, I got in the biggest brawl you could have imagined but my friends and the Ghost of Jim Morrison got us just like the "New England Patriots and Tom Brady"....Dan O'Niallain, Grafton, Ma.
@RandyBful1 funny, some would say they would go back to the 50's, the 40s. I've learned most want to go back when they were young. Going back is not always so good, onward and forward. Wars, murders, rape were all still happening back in the 60s. Did you forget the vietnam war? Lynchings?
Now, if you are just talking about the music, than yes, going back is good.
so i wrote this for my g/f who left me for the pre-med student - then she came back, ya know, and I gave her a quick roll in the hay and laughed and said, now you can go back to the doctor . . . and then i married her sister!!! god, revenge is sweet . . .
@ironrick46 Thorazine..works wonders for dementia... You were not one of us that served back then so save your idiotic and totally inane comments for your comic book club members.,!
Johnnie, Your Voice haunts people like Jim Morrison and that's the funny part of your haunting voice. Today, They don't make singers or harmonization like you any more and they never will with "assinine digital technology" where the singer has no talent and can't harmonize like the Beatles or the Mamas and Papas, the Byrds or You...Dan Kneeland, Grafton, Ma.
Linda D+++ Muito Romântica .....da vontade de ....Bem creio que esse vídeo é um documento a ser preservado para a posteridade. Trás linda lembranças , saudades de um período de canções mágicas e apaixonantes "Festas na garagem" quem viveu sabe ! Parabéns pela magnífica postagem ! Deixo um grande abraço ekseak37 !
I'm 25 years old and dont listen' to anything else but this music ... music like this is what you call music... music like this had wat you call soul, and heart!
1966 REPUBLIC IN S VIET NAM HEARING THIS SONG ON ARMFORCES RADIO CANNOT FORGET THINKING OF EVERYBODY BACK HOME WHILE AT OUR BASE CAMP COUNTING THE DAYS WHEN WE WOULD BE BACK STATESIDE GREAT SONGS BACK THEN HAVE STOOD THE TEST OF TIME GOD BLESS
@Falcon000013 I CAN SURE RELATE TO THAT STORY I WAS IN CHU LAI THAT MONTH AND YEAR,HAD TH E SAME THOUGHTS,OF COMING BACK TO THE WORLD!!HOPE YOU ARE DOING OK AFTER ALL THAT!
@Falcon000013 i hear you i hit incoun hittintry 68 and afvn radio was hitting steppenwlf and joplin like rivers better he did summer rain w hile i was still there xing my short time thanks for service glad u made it out
@Falcon000013 THANKS FOR SERVING , EVERY SONG I HEAR REMINDS ME OF ALL THOSE MEN WHO SREVED IN RVN AND MY BROTHER 1971 72 .. MONKEY MTN CAMP CAROL DMZ . MACV 1 CORP II CORP .. SIN LOI .. CHO HOI ..
johnny has a nice distinctive voice,did not sound like other singers as it seems like many artist today are impersonating others as in american idol....these non talented singers of today,rock on johnny ...you are one of a kind
I'm getting choked-up watching this Johnny Rivers video, bringing back the old memories and nastalgia! He and Glen Campbell had a way of getting to me, they both touched the same place in my soul.
He played at the Proctors Theatre in Schenectady, NY... The other performers that night were, Gary Puckett, The Association and a guy singing a lot of old Gene Pitney hits. Can't remember his name. Sort of an unknown, but he sounded remarkably like Gene. It was an excellent show....
@hotmn4u It's funny you mentioned you live in Ca. Cuz Johnny paused after one of his numbers, to tune his guitar with his band, and said, "I apologize folks, our California guitars aren't use to your Schenectady weather." The audience cracked up. So I'm sure he'll be performing on his (your) home turf too...
Rivers,Pre=Hirsute look,circa 1966..Rivers has told that Liberty's Prez Al Bennett,warned him not to record this,that it was "Too Risky" and to "Stay with the Funky Trio Sound." Rivers went ahead and recorded this,anyways..His first (of Only Two) #1! So much for that Advice!
Hey, y'all! This is a Love song, Makeout Music! How many of you from the sixties remember parking in the 'boonies' and smooching to this and other Johnny Rivers classics? He was/is the best!
The only order a soldier is allowed to disobey is an illegal and immoral one. Not liking the politics of the Vietnam conflic was too bad. He should of gone.
I remember this song in the 60's .. My dad had orders for his 3rd war and with 28 years in the military he said "NO" .. he didn't like VietNam's politics .. my oldest brother was already over there and served 4 tours in Nam ... we moved to the poor side of town to survive on Dad's small retirement ... I joined the Army and eventually went into the Speical Forces .. I don't live on the poor side of town anymore .. but I still live a meagar life .. nothing to fancy ... Merry Christmas to All
Johnny Rivers invented the "go go" fake live sound. He re-invented Chuck Berry back in 64 when Chuck was chased down by the man. Johnny Rivers wrote great pop songs played them and had the hits, he founded his own label with Lou Adler and signed the 5th Dimension. He then moved on as the public tastes changed and kept gigging all over the world keeping his audiences charmed and his health in check. He doesn't need the RRHOF the hall of fame needs him. I hope his says no like the Sex Pistols did.
man I fell in love with this fantastic song back in the 90s when overhearing it while working on the oldies station that played. I didn't grow up then, but the song is really still a powerful song even in the 90s, which would be over 30 years later. :)
I think Johnnie Rivers was a "Super Star" not just a "Star"...Literally, the most under-rated acts in Pop/Rock History almost like Neil Young...Dan Nealon
I wonder what happend to Johnny, i really miss his music. this is one of my favorite songs of all time. They just dont make music liek they did back then. I for one miss hearing the lyrics and all the instruments.
@liqermixr The only place to get good lyrics and musicianship anymore is metal and blue grass; forget current popular music because it has been taken over by mass produced garbage.
I love the songs from the golden oldies.But if I were to hear them each and everyday,I think I would get tired of them.But I have to agree.The lyrics have a lot of depth that today's music doesn't have.
@MicHudsonEsquire I also prefer the other vid. for this song (from ABC-TV's 1960's "Where the Action Is") where even though Johnny is also lip-synching, he's at least lip-synching with a guitar in hand. (The dancers in the background of that vid. a bit annoying).
I dont know why, but lots of people thinks its the 5th Demension singing backup. Yes its the Blossoms with Darlene. Johnny did introduce the 5th Demension to Jimmy Webb. The rest is history.
Stangely enough,Al Bennett of Liberty said of this wonderful tune,"Stick to your funky little band sound..You're gonna kill your career!"....It reached #1,his first,BTW!..So much for his "Funky Little Band Sound!" He started to grow Mutton Chops and Full Beard in 1967,a year after this video. Michael Boyce
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newspapertaxis1 4 days ago
Great song Johnny still performs and still sounds pretty good!
newspapertaxis1 4 days ago
I would go back too! He has a very feeling voice with intensity. Elusivebutterfly1928 wrote this...
jstaffga 4 days ago
i was in brazil 67 and this song was a great hit, i was going out with the singer of som beat at the time, and i absolutely adored the poor side of town, so here's to you jose, think about you often, even after all these years.
juliebongioviathotma 5 days ago
sad to think that the rock&roll hall of fame would overlook this man and his music
MrRgd1948 6 days ago
nothing more soulful than the songs from our generation? great singers, songwriters, performers...just the greatest thing this boy had ever found !
Wacokid48 6 days ago
Noreen and I were sixteen. We both lost our virginity while listening to this beatiful tune in her room. We laid side by side, wallowed in the bliss of our mutual desire for one-another.
True love, as I have never felt!
RonEvane 1 week ago
First time I heard this song was in country, Vietnam, over A-Farts. (AFRTS - Armed Forces Radio and Television Service) and never stopped loving this song. I was a naive 18 year old,
scared to schidt, and like that. Times have changed.
flatbedbill 1 week ago
this is one of my favorite 60's songs i can remember listening to this over and over again what ever happened to him
DWOODYR 1 week ago
I wouldn't call him underrated. He was and is still considered a major talent.
wilpri 1 week ago
Love it! background sound is awsome= good old times memories.
importantisimo1 1 week ago
I was 17 years old the Viet Nam war was going on and protests in the streets!
majorl311 1 week ago
THANK'S FORTHE MEMORYS I LOVE THIS SONG FOREVER
46vides 1 week ago
Great video thanks. Johnny not only sang it he wrote it. His only #1 hit and it came from a song he wrote.
Rickholly74 1 week ago
When this song came out I lived on the poor side of town and tried to date a girl from the other side of town...it didn't work.. this song is a time machine... 1966
Draftcard1A 2 weeks ago
A great song and great singer.
Arrooh 2 weeks ago
Love you Xixi.
divisorplot 2 weeks ago
The only type of music that is clear and sounds great!
gecass2 2 weeks ago
I clearly remember as a youth in 1965 walking down the Sunset Strip on a trip to see my aunt. When I passed the Whiskey a go go Johnny Rivers was inside putting tracks down on a record that would be heard around the world. He produced the Fifth Dimension, one of the best ensembles of the day. He was a favorite cover artist.He even was part of the Brill Building scene. When he tours the audience spends the night out of their seats.
JayAdlerComment 2 weeks ago
Thumbs up if you're listening to this 2020 and beyond :)
gameill 2 weeks ago
I always loved his voice and his intensity. Thanks for taking me back to simpler times.
basicaa 2 weeks ago 8
He was underrated. He did a great job doing Smokey Robinson's song.johnny Rivers is bad. Period. Thanks
cdefg1988 2 weeks ago
he wasn't underrated he only had one hit that he actually wrote and i believe it's this one
dictator54 2 weeks ago
Fort Jackson SC. Basic traing. Still good memories!
justinemiller1946 1 month ago
A FLOOD of childhood memories come flowing in when I hear this song. Thank you Johnny, and ekseak37 for posting it. I used to ride my bicycle, with a transister radio on the handlebar, listening to the hits.
jimthigpen333 1 month ago 2
Holds Special Memories for me,,,and the Girls Harmonizing is Superb !!
radr4lf12 1 month ago
When I was a kid I thought Johnny Rivers was black. He was so cool and all I knew / had was the radio. Hes still one of my big favorites and one of the real cats. xx Thanks for posting ♥ "Jenny"
NoRosesForMe 1 month ago 2
@NoRosesForMe
hA HA I came from far away country I thought Lou Christy and Tom Jones was black to.
Cause we never see the artist only listen to the radio.But that is more than forty years ago.
boobeejoo 3 weeks ago
Great song, great performer. Rivers had a great sound, no question. Man, empty stage, no background/dancers, no chair, props or even a mic to hold ...tough gig! But he made it look easy, 'cause like so many performers back then, he had IT ...real talent! Thanks for posting!
SRB427 1 month ago 3
JESUS CHRIST is still being crucified by the catholic church and the united states government
123ETERNALDEATH 1 month ago
@123ETERNALDEATH , You're stupid, that's a fact! Go study, boy-girl-fake!
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Hismailservice 1 month ago
esse sim é um cantor...................ñ é essa porcaria de sertanejo universsitario...q veio para estragar nossa musica sertaneja tão linda.............q pena da vontade de chorar escutando esse cantor............PARABENS "JHONY"
miller8156 1 month ago
AMO ESTA MÚSICA!
chdelarue 1 month ago
Im 35 yrs and this music is the best . wish could of be born back then. music now is not gooddd. but oh well. but this music will stay forever and ever :)
SuperLizzy45 1 month ago 2
So many memories of growing up in Phoenix, AZ. Thank you for all the memories.
MsBeatlebird 1 month ago
Johnny Ramistella.... One of my favorite old songs. Always gets me pensative.
gspaddles 2 months ago 2
doop do do waaa shoo bee do bee OH how I loved Johnny Rivers My brother got a stereo and albums for Christmas 1965 and this was one of them I was 11 and loved Johnny right then and there My brother would let me sit beside him an his bed and listen if I sat still ! I DID SIT STILL TOO !
LeoNurse2007 2 months ago
reminds me of a young lady who I adored and left me for no reason. I left to Vietnam and came back to a woman lonely and abandoned. I never went back with her.
TheIrvinlopez 2 months ago
Johnny, I got in the biggest brawl you could have imagined but my friends and the Ghost of Jim Morrison got us just like the "New England Patriots and Tom Brady"....Dan O'Niallain, Grafton, Ma.
oldiesbutgoodies67 2 months ago
I would like to hear Beiber try to sing this...
ronetteloverz 2 months ago
one of the best
riegeorgia2 2 months ago
The genius of youtube is the way it allows our history to be told in these short stories.
kidynamite58 2 months ago
Masterpiece. And thank you Falcon for your service. You are indeed appeciated.
ruben1million 2 months ago
Johnny is one of the most underrated performers. Love all of his music.
2030matrix 2 months ago
The '60s was a lifetime ago. Everything has changed and I'm sad to say - not for the better. I would go back to the "good old days" in a heartbeat!
RandyBful1 2 months ago 31
@RandyBful1 This should be Obama's theme song ("Welcome to) The Poor SIde of Town"
GiovannaNYC 1 month ago
@RandyBful1 funny, some would say they would go back to the 50's, the 40s. I've learned most want to go back when they were young. Going back is not always so good, onward and forward. Wars, murders, rape were all still happening back in the 60s. Did you forget the vietnam war? Lynchings?
Now, if you are just talking about the music, than yes, going back is good.
13moocher 4 weeks ago
@RandyBful1 LOL ... yeah
Aldebaron9 3 weeks ago
@RandyBful1 you and me both for sure those were good times.
thephbalance 3 weeks ago
@RandyBful1 If they ever invent a time machine I will meet you there brother.
Appleholic1 2 days ago
Right on right on God B-less!
divisorplot 2 months ago
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where the fuck is the rest of the song??????
A1sausie 2 months ago
so i wrote this for my g/f who left me for the pre-med student - then she came back, ya know, and I gave her a quick roll in the hay and laughed and said, now you can go back to the doctor . . . and then i married her sister!!! god, revenge is sweet . . .
blueinfinite 2 months ago
Great Song! I was 6 was this came out....
rextrek 2 months ago
Wow...this song takes me back when our band used to perform this Johnny Rivers gem...thsx ekseaks37 for some great memories...^/^
1Phoebus 2 months ago
US out of Afgahni-nam (and the rest of the world), fucking war mungors!!!
BigAndTall666 3 months ago
@BigAndTall666 you can t even spell u stupid motherfucker stay in your own country dickweed
ironrick46 3 months ago
@ironrick46 Thorazine..works wonders for dementia... You were not one of us that served back then so save your idiotic and totally inane comments for your comic book club members.,!
lucripet 2 months ago
@lucripet wrong motherfucker 68 69
ironrick46 2 months ago
It was one of amazing song in 60's.
I heard this song first time mid of 90's. However it shines still. Never old fashoned.
This video from NHK (Japanese TV staion) programme, I'm so glad they showed Johnny Rivers great song like this in Japanese, I'm as a Japanese.
area0887 3 months ago
Johnny really should have a guitar in his hands. You can tell that, he is not comfortable without it.
richardmumolo 3 months ago
And i thought a black guy sang that
KF6LIL 3 months ago
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thumbs up if you live in the Poor Side of Town, the way like I do...:)
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joshuademoraes 3 months ago
Johnnie, Your Voice haunts people like Jim Morrison and that's the funny part of your haunting voice. Today, They don't make singers or harmonization like you any more and they never will with "assinine digital technology" where the singer has no talent and can't harmonize like the Beatles or the Mamas and Papas, the Byrds or You...Dan Kneeland, Grafton, Ma.
oldiesbutgoodies67 4 months ago 2
Great song from a truly underrated talent.
jeffthewhiff 4 months ago 13
i love this song i plan on singing this beautiful song at my next karoake...oh yes he has an amazing voice..i can't get this song out of my head
kattttC 4 months ago
Nossa! Como ele está lindo nesse clipe... Que música!
bjs
Ladyties21 4 months ago
Johnny was a true legend in the mid sixties....I think he looks a lot like George Hamilton....anyone agree ?
dbrinkm1 4 months ago
My sister's love... and her favorite Johnny song!
tiranchula 4 months ago
one of my favorite paisans
oldies4dino 5 months ago
where the fuck is the rest of the song??????
A1sausie 5 months ago
acho muito legal o video a musica então é sensacional.
2509madmax 5 months ago
They just don't make music like this anymore.Thank you so much for posting this classic.
BMark1966 5 months ago
Tommy gets to attend his concert!
apapke1 5 months ago
Classic oldie but goodie.
lievanos1992 6 months ago
It's time to put Johnny in the ROCK HALL.ROCK ON JOHNNY
ringo244 6 months ago
@ringo244 how come he is not in the rock hall of fame?
55102 6 months ago
I always wondered about the girl singing in the background.
ejcm55 6 months ago
Great tune!
choogieboy 6 months ago
This was the last song I listened to before I got of the car on the way to leaving in the Air Force. Still one of the best songs ever.
jerkputter 6 months ago
American classic. All singers take notes.
thepoopie2 6 months ago
best song ever
147Blackheart 7 months ago
Linda D+++ Muito Romântica .....da vontade de ....Bem creio que esse vídeo é um documento a ser preservado para a posteridade. Trás linda lembranças , saudades de um período de canções mágicas e apaixonantes "Festas na garagem" quem viveu sabe ! Parabéns pela magnífica postagem ! Deixo um grande abraço ekseak37 !
celsizinho 7 months ago
Top notch backing vocals by The Blossoms! To me, the backing vocals are the best part of the song.
scdevon 7 months ago
I'm 25 years old and dont listen' to anything else but this music ... music like this is what you call music... music like this had wat you call soul, and heart!
tyeson85 7 months ago 38
@tyeson85 me too i'm 28 and this stuff was the best
JohnCandy42583 3 months ago
@tyeson85 Unlike kRap and weird Lady makes-me-want-to Gag
GtForLife123 3 months ago
@GtForLife123 huh i dont understand what you just typed
tyeson85 3 months ago
@tyeson85 I'm calling rap crap and Lady Gaga terrible. This stuff IS the best.
GtForLife123 3 months ago 2
@GtForLife123 yeah but johnny rivers never wore a suit of t-bone and filet mignon on stage like Lady G!!
blueinfinite 2 months ago
@blueinfinite True, but in my opinion, that's fucked up. O_o
GtForLife123 2 months ago
@tyeson85
U got that right!
importantisimo1 2 months ago
Classic singing and songwriting. Thanks Johnny!
Froggboots 7 months ago 2
Johnnie Rivers rules...especially in Grafton, Massachusetts...Dan O'Niallain
oldiesbutgoodies67 7 months ago
1966 REPUBLIC IN S VIET NAM HEARING THIS SONG ON ARMFORCES RADIO CANNOT FORGET THINKING OF EVERYBODY BACK HOME WHILE AT OUR BASE CAMP COUNTING THE DAYS WHEN WE WOULD BE BACK STATESIDE GREAT SONGS BACK THEN HAVE STOOD THE TEST OF TIME GOD BLESS
Falcon000013 7 months ago 36
@Falcon000013 Thank you for your service and sacrifice. God bless you too!
meeperkins 4 months ago 2
@Falcon000013
This is a long overdue a great Heartfelt thanks for your service....
LASchgos 3 months ago 2
@Falcon000013 I CAN SURE RELATE TO THAT STORY I WAS IN CHU LAI THAT MONTH AND YEAR,HAD TH E SAME THOUGHTS,OF COMING BACK TO THE WORLD!!HOPE YOU ARE DOING OK AFTER ALL THAT!
rudolphbaca 3 months ago
@Falcon000013 i hear you i hit incoun hittintry 68 and afvn radio was hitting steppenwlf and joplin like rivers better he did summer rain w hile i was still there xing my short time thanks for service glad u made it out
ironrick46 2 months ago
@ironrick46 both grow up and enjoy the music
hotmn4u 2 months ago
@Falcon000013 THANKS FOR SERVING , EVERY SONG I HEAR REMINDS ME OF ALL THOSE MEN WHO SREVED IN RVN AND MY BROTHER 1971 72 .. MONKEY MTN CAMP CAROL DMZ . MACV 1 CORP II CORP .. SIN LOI .. CHO HOI ..
mryellowcrown 2 months ago
@Falcon000013
This song does handle time.
jojofuman 2 months ago
i had this on 8 track
joycehouse2010 7 months ago
Now THIS is music....
1QuikTransAm 8 months ago
like to have seen him do this live with the angels on background
phildirt3 8 months ago
I like a lot from jhonny Rivers musics.
cidaozl1 8 months ago
just heard this on the radio down here in SW Florida -- ahh - the memories. Mr Rivers, you play a part in alot of our teenage years! Thankyou
annielouism 8 months ago
What a feeling! were the sixties, ma¨am
Just great!
Thanks for upload ekseak37, my friend
kokodronmaldonado 8 months ago
I've loved this song since I first heard it when i was a kid.
schrap72 9 months ago
Have always really liked this song and I never get tired of hearing it! Johnny Rivers was very underrated in my opinion. A Classic song!
jeffthewhiff 9 months ago
johnny has a nice distinctive voice,did not sound like other singers as it seems like many artist today are impersonating others as in american idol....these non talented singers of today,rock on johnny ...you are one of a kind
auggdogrules 9 months ago
I'm getting choked-up watching this Johnny Rivers video, bringing back the old memories and nastalgia! He and Glen Campbell had a way of getting to me, they both touched the same place in my soul.
london2z 10 months ago
I saw Jounny in concert 4.2.11... He sang just as great now as he ever did...
shale513 10 months ago
@shale513 where did you see him at?
hotmn4u 10 months ago
@hotmn4u
He played at the Proctors Theatre in Schenectady, NY... The other performers that night were, Gary Puckett, The Association and a guy singing a lot of old Gene Pitney hits. Can't remember his name. Sort of an unknown, but he sounded remarkably like Gene. It was an excellent show....
shale513 10 months ago
@shale513 sounds like you had a great time, unforunately I live out here in s. cal.
hotmn4u 10 months ago
@hotmn4u It's funny you mentioned you live in Ca. Cuz Johnny paused after one of his numbers, to tune his guitar with his band, and said, "I apologize folks, our California guitars aren't use to your Schenectady weather." The audience cracked up. So I'm sure he'll be performing on his (your) home turf too...
shale513 10 months ago
Original he is and great songs indeed. ;)
Zippertheslipper 10 months ago
It sounds like a follow-up continuation of "Down in the Boondocks."
junkboxxxxxx 10 months ago
This boy had more soul than God shoulda' ever allowed a white man to have.
One of the best 1960's recordings that lives on as an example of True
Blue-eyed soul.
mrjoshjones1 11 months ago
Howard Wolowitz (The big bang theory)!!! =DD
Lirobel 11 months ago 3
Okay, now...what is not to like? There always has to be someone...!
winscott9601 11 months ago
this video is the shooby-doobiest
steakdiaper 11 months ago
the chinese can't copy this!!!!
FDKEYS 1 year ago
NOT MADE IN CHINA......Pure American!
Lonewolfmichigan 1 year ago
Rivers,Pre=Hirsute look,circa 1966..Rivers has told that Liberty's Prez Al Bennett,warned him not to record this,that it was "Too Risky" and to "Stay with the Funky Trio Sound." Rivers went ahead and recorded this,anyways..His first (of Only Two) #1! So much for that Advice!
mrmjb1960 1 year ago
Hey, y'all! This is a Love song, Makeout Music! How many of you from the sixties remember parking in the 'boonies' and smooching to this and other Johnny Rivers classics? He was/is the best!
zradio1 1 year ago
Beautiful song beautifully sung.
ComedyWriter4Hire 1 year ago
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MinorHeinrich686 1 year ago
More Vietnam music memories for this old jarhead...and that Irish girl who did me in...this is 2011 and she's still in my mind from 1968!!! DAMN!!
BushMass 1 year ago
@BushMass
Irish women have a habit of doing that..Knew lots of Vietnam Vets who really dug Johnny Rivers..alot..glad you made it back home guy..
dbd1353 10 months ago
POOR SIDE OF TOWN WOW!!!!!! SURE BRING BACK MEMORIES...FROM THE 60'S WISH I WAS STILL BACK IN THEM DAY'S.......
jessicavega1952 1 year ago
OK really Johnny wrote this.. Yeah I thought he was good but a cover guy but this is a beautiful song .. He really wrote this? Great touch to lyrics.
11xzxzxz 1 year ago
KEEP ROCKIN' JOHNNY !!!!!
LUIZ (BRAZIL)
lamsantos 1 year ago
I have a lot more respect and admiration for 60's songs, especially when we live in the days or Wrap.
tonyandre1102 1 year ago
The only order a soldier is allowed to disobey is an illegal and immoral one. Not liking the politics of the Vietnam conflic was too bad. He should of gone.
PineyCreekGhost 1 year ago
I remember this song in the 60's .. My dad had orders for his 3rd war and with 28 years in the military he said "NO" .. he didn't like VietNam's politics .. my oldest brother was already over there and served 4 tours in Nam ... we moved to the poor side of town to survive on Dad's small retirement ... I joined the Army and eventually went into the Speical Forces .. I don't live on the poor side of town anymore .. but I still live a meagar life .. nothing to fancy ... Merry Christmas to All
HGRPhotography1 1 year ago
@HGRPhotography1
great story, and glad you are well.
GodStarRevisited69 1 year ago
The backing vocals make this whole song come together. I think The Blossoms sing backup on this one.
scdevon 1 year ago
Johnny Rivers, the king of live Whisky A Go Go performances
Anglynn74 1 year ago
Johnny Rivers invented the "go go" fake live sound. He re-invented Chuck Berry back in 64 when Chuck was chased down by the man. Johnny Rivers wrote great pop songs played them and had the hits, he founded his own label with Lou Adler and signed the 5th Dimension. He then moved on as the public tastes changed and kept gigging all over the world keeping his audiences charmed and his health in check. He doesn't need the RRHOF the hall of fame needs him. I hope his says no like the Sex Pistols did.
corkpopfrance 1 year ago
man I fell in love with this fantastic song back in the 90s when overhearing it while working on the oldies station that played. I didn't grow up then, but the song is really still a powerful song even in the 90s, which would be over 30 years later. :)
Timothy2035 1 year ago
FANTASTIC
Bo618 1 year ago
Es super hermosa!
Yax82 1 year ago
I think Johnnie Rivers was a "Super Star" not just a "Star"...Literally, the most under-rated acts in Pop/Rock History almost like Neil Young...Dan Nealon
swordofconstantine1 1 year ago
this should have been the obamba theme song.
SIGNALSTAT 1 year ago
I wonder what happend to Johnny, i really miss his music. this is one of my favorite songs of all time. They just dont make music liek they did back then. I for one miss hearing the lyrics and all the instruments.
liqermixr 1 year ago
@liqermixr The only place to get good lyrics and musicianship anymore is metal and blue grass; forget current popular music because it has been taken over by mass produced garbage.
machinemanbaltimore 1 year ago
Beautiful voice ☺
countrygal793 1 year ago 3
Where's the rest of it?
A1sausie 1 year ago 3
I love the songs from the golden oldies.But if I were to hear them each and everyday,I think I would get tired of them.But I have to agree.The lyrics have a lot of depth that today's music doesn't have.
rainwrap 1 year ago
This is my favorite Song by Johnny Rivers! Too bad the video is cut short.
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MicHudsonEsquire 1 year ago
@MicHudsonEsquire I also prefer the other vid. for this song (from ABC-TV's 1960's "Where the Action Is") where even though Johnny is also lip-synching, he's at least lip-synching with a guitar in hand. (The dancers in the background of that vid. a bit annoying).
sneezyize 1 year ago
@sneezyize Is that vid. on youtube?
VisionofLoveandPeace 1 year ago
My #1 favorite from the 1960s -- which is saying a lot, because that decade was chock-full of timeless, OUTSTANDING pop tunes.
hayesman76 1 year ago
The 60s could it get any better?
pigurine 1 year ago
Can't help it, I just fall in love with Johnny all over again after watching this video.
keyboardplyr 1 year ago
That was Darlene Love & the Blossoms singing backup. Heard an interview on XM Radio with Lou Adler, who produced most of Johnny's songs.
jlgood50 1 year ago
@jlgood50
I dont know why, but lots of people thinks its the 5th Demension singing backup. Yes its the Blossoms with Darlene. Johnny did introduce the 5th Demension to Jimmy Webb. The rest is history.
b42baritone 1 year ago
That was the first guitar lick I ever tried to play
makeajoyfulnoisenow 1 year ago
Stangely enough,Al Bennett of Liberty said of this wonderful tune,"Stick to your funky little band sound..You're gonna kill your career!"....It reached #1,his first,BTW!..So much for his "Funky Little Band Sound!" He started to grow Mutton Chops and Full Beard in 1967,a year after this video. Michael Boyce
mrmjb1960 1 year ago
i use to pick up my lil daughters and dance to this song always
radr4lf55 1 year ago
true classic
ewm2009kx85 1 year ago
Legend
zurg222 1 year ago
I love Johnny Rivers, always have, always will, his music makes a wonderful soundtrack...
mikebtko 1 year ago 3
This mans music is timeless,never get tired of listening to it!!!!
xvpaz 1 year ago 4
R.E.M.'s Peter Buck plays the guitar riff at the very end of "Don't Go Back to Rockville".
fishinjim77 1 year ago
Songs like this never lose validity, beautiful theme, a true classic
patroni19 1 year ago 36
@patroni19 Very true!! Unlike the majority of today's "Here now, Gone tomorrow" music!!
TracyBeth87 1 year ago
@patroni19 AWESOME COMMENT I AGREE
LVEMEDO 1 year ago