He's a Great Singer and underrated, Heard he really Swings, Both ways! If you know what I mean? Unless you're Stupid. But, Great Vid! He's Still Great!
Can't wait to see him again on Dec. 21st. He was great when I saw him in Sept. 07 and I don't expect anything less. (hope he has changed a few songs, but as long as he sings . . .)
Just saw Lou Christie a month ago and he was FANTASTIC! Still has great vocals, terrific stories in between with wonderful humor. He is still an excellent entertainer. I would love to see him again!
Lou is Awesome. Awful pan to the two chubbies toward the end though... I'd like to think he had hotter MILFs to take home than green top and her friend there... yeesh...
We saw Lou (front row) on 8-15-08 here in N.Y.S. He sounds totally awesome, every song was spot on perfect. lOU was thrilled with the responce from the crowd of nearly 5000--a standing ovation! ROCK ON LOU, WE LUV YA MAN!
Looks like a PBS pledge drive special....Just came back from Lou's show at the Iowa State Fair. IMO, he's not fully in control of the falsetto-however, he can still hit some notes
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I haven't viewed this for months and am happy that I did again tonight. Lou Rocks! He (not PBS) is a national treasure and is an important part of our national urban cultural heritage.
Even into his 70s or 80s he will still always be the perpetual adolescent Catholic School "bad boy."
i'm only 19 but i think this song is awesome, lou is a good performer and has a lot of charisma on stage, plus his voice still sounds great, it was nice to see him get such a nice hand from the audience
assuming that someone who doesn't like NPR is a Republican highlights the fatal flaw of NPR: that it is so obviously one sided. It is the mouthpiece of the Democratic Party in the US, but paid for by the American taxpayer.
In France we laugh at NPR and it's charade of impartiality - it is no better than FoxNews in that regard.
Thank God for PBS -- the very best, most intelligent programming on TV. The so called free market is totally falling apart ... except for the very rich.
Nope ... raised a Republican. Was on the debate team FOR the Vietnam War. Finally I spent a life studying what is REALLY going on in the world and traveled around it. Now I see we've been scammed by the Republicans. But that's another subject ... I do love Lou!
It's from the PBS special "Rock, Rhythm, and Doo-Wop," produced by Pittsburgh public TV station WQED. It's basically the follow-up to Doo-Wop 50 and Doo-Wop 51.
Love this song...he sounds great, looks great (anyone else think he's had some face work done--I mean, does he look 60+?). I know this is (and I am) bitchy, but how 'bout the fat old folks in the audience groovin'? Kinda fun.
Saw Lou yesterday in Staten Island, NY. Did a 45 minute set and was AWESOME. Hit all his notes with VERY little help from his background singers. GREAT show.
No it wasn't. I remember seeing this in the mid 80's. He, Leslie Gore, and a bunch others were having a 60's re-union. He had the best voice out of anybody there and still does. Great performer!!
Has anyone actually read the lyrics to this song? When I was 13 and listening to it through a noisy AM radio, I couldn't make out much of the lyrics. Basically, it's "Until we're married girl, I can fool around but you can't. Okay?" LMAO.
Yep, that's what he is saying.....not necessarily what we expect from a boyfriend.....but, it's what he says! It's what makes the lyrics of this song so controversial and memorable!
Lugee Sacco, knew him well. From the Pittsbugh area,one of the many artists who came from there at the time. A real gentleman, the success never changed him. Very proud of him
When I was a kid. I rode my bike up to a local candy store to purchase an after school treat. Well, this HUGH black cadillac pulled up to the curb and in comes Lou Cristy to purchase a big box of chocolates (for some lucky lady?) I must have been about 12, he bought me my candy too! Couldn't ever forget that nor his gorgeous blues eyes and smile!
lou christie is the cutest thing now...he must have been breathtaking 40 years ago...wow...i would pay to go see him now...PBS did a great thing with this concert...but then again everything PBS does is tops...
PBS did something that you and I like in this instance. There are 80+ privately owned stations that do good things. Only difference is we aren't forced to pay for all those other stations out of our paychecks.
We are forced to pay for PBS. And they do a lot of things that some people think are bad.
For crying out loud. Do we live in an enlightened world or not? PBS tries to educated us about everything and while you may find learning about things in the real world objectionable, many people want to be educated about everything, regardless of whether they agree or disagree with the political or religious agenda. Should be dump the History channel too and the Discovery channel because they cover such topics as well.
"Rhapsody in the Rain" was actually banned from Chicago radio in the 60s, because the Catholic Cardinal complained that it was too sexually explicit. Lou always was kind of cutting edge.
You, Royko22, and I share that good old Catholic heritage.....nothing like raging Catholic guilt to keep us humble!.....and secretly naughty sometimes! Ha!....but not too naughty because we'd have to go to confession! (smile)
The Cardinal who got Lou thrown off the radio for his suggestive lyrics, was John Cardinal Cody of the Archdiocese of Chicago, who was implicated in financial malfeasance, yet avoided prosecution, since he died before the whole matter came to light.Yet we cradle Catholics can complain -- but others had better not. This is within the family. And we both know that there were plenty of really great nuns and priests who gave us an education far superior to that of the public government schools.
Yes......I cherish my 8 years at St. Joseph's! We entered public school at 9th grade and kicked those "public school" students' behinds academically!!!
However, I love my Lutheran hubby....who was the product of a great public school! (smile)
This was on PBS? That amazes me. If they occasionally do good things like this that is more the exception than the rule. Last week our local PBS station had a 30 minute propaganda piece on how wonderful atheism was and how religion is the source of all the world's ills. Congress should have de-funded them in 1994 and should do so now.
Let me enlighten you, old son. PBS and NPR are a part of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and it is funded by my tax dollars and your tax dollars (assuming you work and pay taxes.)
If you want you can go out on a streetcorner and spout Nazi ideas or Communist ideas and that is protected by the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution.
But the Constitution doesn't demand that I be forced to pay for you to say whatever you want by giving you a TV network.
It's hard to sing after "50"...older people have told me so. Okay... so I know from first-hand experience. Dammit, I CAN'T SING ANYMORE! But I'm still pretty fu**ing cute...I'm in the "seniors" division of "cuteness".
This was genuinely wonderful. In this, Lou Christie was truly a "Lion in Winter." Sometimes people just get better with age. It was kind of inspiring to see those 40 something and 50 something people in the audience being transported back to their youth. Even the fat women -- they have a right to feel young again too and Lou Christie made them feel that way.
I think his falsetto is good for his age. Frankie Valli and Randy Safuto of the Rainbows are shot as far as falsettos. It's tough to hit those notes. Jay Siegal of the Tokens falsetto is by far thr very best of the singers from that time frame.
All in all, this is an excellent throwback to the days when TV was filled with several of these highly entertaining specials and if it weren't for PBS - we wouldn't have this at all either.
Luv Lou, great make out song,man it's great reliving the 60's. Great clip,know right where I was and what I doing when this came out.Thanks for sharing,great job.
True - his voice sounds quite different these days. It is much drier in timber than it was back in the 60's but that is definitely to be expected. Vocally he has to work much harder to reach the Falsetto which came easily to him back when these songs were brand new.
I agree with you. It's hard for any Falsetto singer to keep his voice. Frankie Valli is an exception because he's in his own league. He still sounds like he did 40 years ago, but you'd be hard pressed to find any other Falsetto singer who still sounds just like they used to. Lou does look good for his age though.
The video is from a PBS Doo Wop concert at the Benedum in Pgh. Was there, can't remember the date but I'm sure I have some info around here some where. I get back to you.
all i know is the clip is from a KPBS concert, they play the whole concert from time to time, i was flipping thru channelsa bout a week ago and i saw this clip.
quick question, what are the girls saying in the background, yippie aaauu???
This was interesting. When I was 11-13, my friend Debbie and I used to go to the "Big Bam" shows all the time in Alabama, and they invariably always featured our man, Lou! This was in the late 60s!
It would be nice if Lou would make a comeback. Maybe he should go on the NBC show about remembering the lyrics. I wonder how many would remember the lyrics of "Lightnin' Strikes" or "Two Faces Have I" or "Rhapsody In The Rain" or "The Gypsy Cried"? I have the same reaction many have on this site, almost anything Lou touched you wanted to sing along, too (although w/ that falsetto of his, it was impossible for me to do so).
I think that you have a genuine "handle" on Lou Christie. He did his thing....worked hard.....didn't make a "fuss".....and, because of that, he didn't get the press that "bad boys" got!
I wonder why he gets such little publicity. This PBS appearance is indeed a rarity. As we hardly have TV Variety Shows - we seldom see these talents on the tube anymore.
The camera pans to a rather attractive blond woman towards the end of the song. She enthusiastically clenches her fists in time with the song. Is she a TV journalist or personality ? She looks vaguely familiar. I know I have seen her face before.
I loved this song when it came out and I was 12 years old when I was living in Michigan. I always remember if it came on the radio in my dad's car, I would ask to have it turned up so I could join in the singing! Great song! Great performer! Thanks for the memories!
This performance holds up very well in this version.
If you can possibly download COMEDYTV4u, there is a fine slightly (though not overly) updated rendition of "I'M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE" - basically the same but the tempo is somewhat faster. Has anyone here been able to access that website ?
He does deserves his privacy and I think we give it to him !
He did request feedback from us on his new ITALIAN song which we provided so I am wondering if he ever saw these comments. The official website doesn't say anything on the developments of the new song.
We are in a digital age so obviously for technical reasons - the arrangement for this song had to be augmented. It could not possibly be an exact copy from the '66 original. The singer and time have both marched on.
I guess celebrities don't read emails but then they should not have any such links on their websites. No CONTACT features - just a listing of photos and recordings from the past and present and their upcoming performing venues.
I hate when musicians change their formula in live performances. Why can't he just sing it like it originally sounded? Ugh, concerts always disappoint.
WOW! I love this guy. He made my whole generation sing and dance. HE LOOKS JUST GREAT! HIS VOICE IS NEAT!
Thanks for posting his songs=)
dream7souls 3 years ago
He's a Great Singer and underrated, Heard he really Swings, Both ways! If you know what I mean? Unless you're Stupid. But, Great Vid! He's Still Great!
rbx937385 3 years ago
OMG! I remember this oldie! Then again, I'm an oldie! Great posting!
headcaseworker 3 years ago 2
Fantastic. He can still hit those high notes. Inspirational.
NYCWOLVERINE 3 years ago 2
Glad to see he can still hit those notes in the chorus! Still looking very fine to me!
asquare176 3 years ago 2
Can't wait to see him again on Dec. 21st. He was great when I saw him in Sept. 07 and I don't expect anything less. (hope he has changed a few songs, but as long as he sings . . .)
mrsgc55 3 years ago 3
I saw this on PBS.
bar45628 3 years ago 2
I wonder if he likes Klaus Nomi's cover
przemekgrabowski 3 years ago
He does look good. He has kept his voice too.
I am VERY jealous. Ha ha ha.
ppaulmorris 3 years ago 6
I've Always Loved Lou Christie!!
"Lightning" and "Two Faces Have I"----two of the best, from the era of the best!!
53topanga53 3 years ago 6
1:55...really sexy times three!!
GREATWHITE2 3 years ago 5
Nothing like 2:40
sander22dufour 3 years ago
Ouch...
GREATWHITE2 3 years ago
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i said i would fuck
kodykox 3 years ago
Hopefully you'll mature as you get older, and stop behaving like a jerk.
chgafan 3 years ago 10
What I love is he can still hit those high notes!
spikelilgirl 3 years ago 9
Just saw Lou Christie a month ago and he was FANTASTIC! Still has great vocals, terrific stories in between with wonderful humor. He is still an excellent entertainer. I would love to see him again!
Christian06820 3 years ago 12
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Klaus Nomi's version is immeasurably better.
mx3231773 3 years ago
Wow..Lou Christie looks great here.
ladyvee7110 3 years ago 6
Great song! Just to clarify, this show was taped 20 years ago, so he was in his 40's at the time. I'm sure he's still just as handsome today though!
SueWNY 3 years ago 2
ya reckon he's had work done ???
hunkydaboyz 3 years ago
Still can belt it out. I love this crap from the 60's !!!
PoconoSteve59 3 years ago 7
One of the best pop songs ever made! Thank you Lou Christie, and thank you, valliseasons1for posting it.
nogoy55 3 years ago 7
For the first spoken part that he did, he looked like Lou Christie impersonating Dennis Miller (yuck) imitating Lou Christie.
dicksatan 3 years ago
Love Lou Christie. He looks better now than years ago! He's still got the voice, too!
Kathy
ThankfulForLife52 3 years ago 14
He is a cutie.
queeniej1963 3 years ago 11
Love this song...he's still got it!
got2beobama 3 years ago 10
make that 2:41.... I'd love those two babes on my video!!
mccarronwasright 3 years ago 3
Lou is Awesome. Awful pan to the two chubbies toward the end though... I'd like to think he had hotter MILFs to take home than green top and her friend there... yeesh...
mccarronwasright 3 years ago
Where is NYS?
ReverendOleson 3 years ago
I saw this a few months ago on a PBS TV special. Thanks for sharing. Wow, this song goes way back...
mary71257 3 years ago 6
When??? what year is this??? I'd love to know
p6ulo 3 years ago
It certainly has stood the test of time.
ppaulmorris 3 years ago 4
A cat daddy. That dude can still get it. And he sounds awesome too. Great song.
ladyvee7110 3 years ago
Rock on Lou
oldiesforever64 3 years ago 4
Lou's from Moon Township in Pa, right? If so, he doesn't live that far from me! :)
spikelilgirl 3 years ago 2
do you see him often? Are you friends? Have you ever lent him money? These are questions we must know.
jkoncz 3 years ago
He still looks good! You GO LOU!
jrzgirl56 3 years ago 5
good video ...but look at all the old geeaers in the audience lol
Summer9876 3 years ago
what,s your problem?? you will never get old?
evelyntod 3 years ago 8
We saw Lou (front row) on 8-15-08 here in N.Y.S. He sounds totally awesome, every song was spot on perfect. lOU was thrilled with the responce from the crowd of nearly 5000--a standing ovation! ROCK ON LOU, WE LUV YA MAN!
tandolin2 3 years ago 5
I love your comments!
KathleenWilbeck 3 years ago
Looks like a PBS pledge drive special....Just came back from Lou's show at the Iowa State Fair. IMO, he's not fully in control of the falsetto-however, he can still hit some notes
BopDaddy 3 years ago
Lou still looks good for a man in his 60s.....
oldiesforever64 3 years ago 3
I love this song, however I think now that he's older it sounds more like someone is squeezing his nuts than ever.
ZoSoAir 3 years ago
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fuck him nomi cover this way better then he made it
VoraciousV 3 years ago
Show some respect. Without Lou, they wouldn't even have that song that you enjoy so much.
Second of all, that cover is godawful shit.
MistaRowland 3 years ago
very good song lou
aal1952 3 years ago 4
Still hot though Frank....
djdaclwn 3 years ago 5
He can sing to me anytime
djdaclwn 3 years ago 4
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Just saw him in Westbury New York...very feminine now...
fa0798 3 years ago
He could still sing to me anytime
djdaclwn 3 years ago 8
Lou is still just as handsome. I wonder if he can still make the moves he used too.Great song great singer.
SBRmakes3 3 years ago 4
just saw him tonite he still is just as good as ever
routetoo 3 years ago 6
BLOODY FANTASTIC!!!...What a true LEGEND...you are...LOU CHRISTIE...ahhh the memories...G`Day from OZ!!!
maxtracah 3 years ago 4
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Crizlassic88 3 years ago
I haven't viewed this for months and am happy that I did again tonight. Lou Rocks! He (not PBS) is a national treasure and is an important part of our national urban cultural heritage.
Even into his 70s or 80s he will still always be the perpetual adolescent Catholic School "bad boy."
Thanks for making this available.
royko22 3 years ago
Can't stop listening to Lou. With any luck I'll get to see him again this year.
mrsgc55 3 years ago
Lou still has it
oldiesforever64 3 years ago 2
Lou Christie is still fabulous and PBS is a national treasure you right wing nut.
MrArtVandelay 3 years ago 4
i'm only 19 but i think this song is awesome, lou is a good performer and has a lot of charisma on stage, plus his voice still sounds great, it was nice to see him get such a nice hand from the audience
jcsbxboy 3 years ago 3
I Sang With Lou Christie a Rendition of Walk Like a Man and When I Met Frankie Valli and told him that, he said "Oh LORD!"
GarfieldVsSnoopy 3 years ago 2
It was a nice comeback appearance for him.
The only bad thing was that is was on tax supported, left-wing, socialist government broadcasting -- aka -- PBS.
We must insist that our Congressmen stop squandering our tax money on this left-wing, socialist broadcasting playground.
Let them sink or swim in the free market like everybody else.
DE-FUND PBS and NPR!!
royko22 3 years ago
National Public Radio (NPR) PBS is the best thing in American Media. Get real, you Neo Con Bu$h lover
andyrauf 3 years ago
assuming that someone who doesn't like NPR is a Republican highlights the fatal flaw of NPR: that it is so obviously one sided. It is the mouthpiece of the Democratic Party in the US, but paid for by the American taxpayer.
In France we laugh at NPR and it's charade of impartiality - it is no better than FoxNews in that regard.
BernardProfitendieu 3 years ago
Thank God for PBS -- the very best, most intelligent programming on TV. The so called free market is totally falling apart ... except for the very rich.
tubetrekker30 3 years ago
Where did you study Economics 101? At Karl Marx University? Or perhaps at Barack Obama's neo-Marxist, Afrocentric Church?
Lou was great. People in the free market on US cable TV would have been more than happy to subscibe to hear him
royko22 3 years ago
Nope ... raised a Republican. Was on the debate team FOR the Vietnam War. Finally I spent a life studying what is REALLY going on in the world and traveled around it. Now I see we've been scammed by the Republicans. But that's another subject ... I do love Lou!
tubetrekker30 3 years ago
LOU - YOU ARE THE MAN!
livingwhites 3 years ago 2
It's from the PBS special "Rock, Rhythm, and Doo-Wop," produced by Pittsburgh public TV station WQED. It's basically the follow-up to Doo-Wop 50 and Doo-Wop 51.
StoogeWatcher 3 years ago
Wow! great live performance of a great song by a great vocalist!
barnabas50 3 years ago 3
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How can someone in any way like this?!
theoisfuckinbest 3 years ago
And yet here you sit at your computer, watching it. Have you no regard for your own time? Or do you really like it? I like it.
ginsunh 3 years ago 2
Lou Christy is great. You, however, are a Jackass.
livingwhites 3 years ago 4
Me encanta esta cancion I love this song, eu adoro issa musica!!
hadoken07 3 years ago
Love this song...he sounds great, looks great (anyone else think he's had some face work done--I mean, does he look 60+?). I know this is (and I am) bitchy, but how 'bout the fat old folks in the audience groovin'? Kinda fun.
geoffsnuts 3 years ago 2
Saw Lou yesterday in Staten Island, NY. Did a 45 minute set and was AWESOME. Hit all his notes with VERY little help from his background singers. GREAT show.
greggus33 3 years ago 5
Yeah, great falsetto stilllll!
imdeanam 3 years ago 4
still a great voice at 64....long live lou
oldiesforever44 3 years ago 4
yes. EXCELLENT vox. esp. on the high notes...
lesscunning 3 years ago 3
That voice is one i would not expect to come from him. Quite the thing
Piemanthe3rd 3 years ago
methinks this is from a PBS special where they have doo wop artists perform and members are supposed to pledge or something...
Brinah 3 years ago
No it wasn't. I remember seeing this in the mid 80's. He, Leslie Gore, and a bunch others were having a 60's re-union. He had the best voice out of anybody there and still does. Great performer!!
alice4president 3 years ago 4
Who cares if he had "work" done. He sounds GREAT!!!
mrsgc55 3 years ago 3
Just looked this up on a whim....great memories of this song, but had no idea that he was such a pro!! Lou, if you're reading--you are OUTSTANDING!
CassidyGarfield 3 years ago
You can tell by the first chorus the audience is starting to go wild. Why? Because it sounds friggin' awesome. Chills.
ShockDoc 3 years ago 2
I loved your post.......AMEN!
Kathleen
KathleenWilbeck 3 years ago
Has anyone actually read the lyrics to this song? When I was 13 and listening to it through a noisy AM radio, I couldn't make out much of the lyrics. Basically, it's "Until we're married girl, I can fool around but you can't. Okay?" LMAO.
Faireweatherfriend 3 years ago
Yep, that's what he is saying.....not necessarily what we expect from a boyfriend.....but, it's what he says! It's what makes the lyrics of this song so controversial and memorable!
KathleenWilbeck 3 years ago
Lou is a good old American boy.
Supported President Reagan.
He will not support Obama or Hillary or any other entities who hate America.
royko22 3 years ago
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Wow, I'm sorry to hear about THAT! Diminishes my liking of him. Hope he didn't vote for BUSH twice. Yick.
tubetrekker30 3 years ago
Wow, I thought we got rid of the "good old boys"...
ns0710 3 years ago
Lugee Sacco, knew him well. From the Pittsbugh area,one of the many artists who came from there at the time. A real gentleman, the success never changed him. Very proud of him
unvme601 3 years ago
Why is it males of a certain age, have to refer to women by the b word. Grow up.
Be glad you have relatives, you could be a foster child like one of my best friends.
He wishes he had some type of real family.
That is not a nice comment about your Aunt. If you can not say something nice, don't say anything at all!!!!!!!!!!
honeymoonlady 3 years ago
at 2:40 that fat bitch on the left, that my aunt kimy :D
DeadKold 3 years ago
Grow up you cretin
p6ulo 3 years ago
Dont be such a cock!
p6ulo 4 years ago
its called getting older, do u look like u did 30 years ago lol
txguy4u2001 4 years ago
go lou!! great fucking song!!!
uibyong 4 years ago 2
what year is this show?
shillabarquet 4 years ago
2001
RhapsodyBaby 4 years ago
he looks nothing like he did in 1969, he has changed so much
bedrockbabe1 4 years ago
When I was a kid. I rode my bike up to a local candy store to purchase an after school treat. Well, this HUGH black cadillac pulled up to the curb and in comes Lou Cristy to purchase a big box of chocolates (for some lucky lady?) I must have been about 12, he bought me my candy too! Couldn't ever forget that nor his gorgeous blues eyes and smile!
jsbach15 4 years ago 5
I wouldn't doubt for a minute that he was the kind of nice old guy from the neighborhood who would do something just like that after he made it big.
You know, he apparently always wanted to be an opera singer in his youth.
royko22 4 years ago
Yeah, you bet! Those were the days when people just did the right thing!
jsbach15 4 years ago
Lou is so cute! Lucky you!
KathleenWilbeck 4 years ago
This is the sort of comment that makes you retrieve your faith in human nature. A famous and cool guy who is also decent. Nice story. Thanks.
p6ulo 4 years ago
lou christie is the cutest thing now...he must have been breathtaking 40 years ago...wow...i would pay to go see him now...PBS did a great thing with this concert...but then again everything PBS does is tops...
pugdogmom 4 years ago
Check out his black and white: I'M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE....OMG! Hot, just too hot! Wish I was "aware" back then!
KathleenWilbeck 4 years ago
PBS did something that you and I like in this instance. There are 80+ privately owned stations that do good things. Only difference is we aren't forced to pay for all those other stations out of our paychecks.
We are forced to pay for PBS. And they do a lot of things that some people think are bad.
Go Lou!
royko22 4 years ago 2
For crying out loud. Do we live in an enlightened world or not? PBS tries to educated us about everything and while you may find learning about things in the real world objectionable, many people want to be educated about everything, regardless of whether they agree or disagree with the political or religious agenda. Should be dump the History channel too and the Discovery channel because they cover such topics as well.
pugdogmom 4 years ago
1 kwl dude
ch00ch00nz 4 years ago
I agree!!!!!!!
KathleenWilbeck 4 years ago
Genius....Lou Christie deserves more recognition than he gets. Wow, whata performer! Respect. Paul
p6ulo 4 years ago 3
"Rhapsody in the Rain" was actually banned from Chicago radio in the 60s, because the Catholic Cardinal complained that it was too sexually explicit. Lou always was kind of cutting edge.
royko22 4 years ago 2
lol..this makes me laugh only because i was raised in a convent....yeah the cardinal was so holy and rightuous...lol..
pugdogmom 4 years ago
You, Royko22, and I share that good old Catholic heritage.....nothing like raging Catholic guilt to keep us humble!.....and secretly naughty sometimes! Ha!....but not too naughty because we'd have to go to confession! (smile)
KathleenWilbeck 4 years ago
The Cardinal who got Lou thrown off the radio for his suggestive lyrics, was John Cardinal Cody of the Archdiocese of Chicago, who was implicated in financial malfeasance, yet avoided prosecution, since he died before the whole matter came to light.Yet we cradle Catholics can complain -- but others had better not. This is within the family. And we both know that there were plenty of really great nuns and priests who gave us an education far superior to that of the public government schools.
royko22 4 years ago
Yes......I cherish my 8 years at St. Joseph's! We entered public school at 9th grade and kicked those "public school" students' behinds academically!!!
However, I love my Lutheran hubby....who was the product of a great public school! (smile)
KathleenWilbeck 4 years ago
Lou looks hot.....and his voice is just "fine in my mind!".....I can't stop! (smile)
KathleenWilbeck 4 years ago
Ya' gotta love PBS!!
Chiffon56 4 years ago 2
This was on PBS? That amazes me. If they occasionally do good things like this that is more the exception than the rule. Last week our local PBS station had a 30 minute propaganda piece on how wonderful atheism was and how religion is the source of all the world's ills. Congress should have de-funded them in 1994 and should do so now.
royko22 4 years ago 2
It's called "FREEDOM OF SPEECH" and it's part of our Constitution! Don't like it? Turn the knob!
jsbach15 4 years ago
Let me enlighten you, old son. PBS and NPR are a part of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and it is funded by my tax dollars and your tax dollars (assuming you work and pay taxes.)
If you want you can go out on a streetcorner and spout Nazi ideas or Communist ideas and that is protected by the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution.
But the Constitution doesn't demand that I be forced to pay for you to say whatever you want by giving you a TV network.
royko22 4 years ago
It's hard to sing after "50"...older people have told me so. Okay... so I know from first-hand experience. Dammit, I CAN'T SING ANYMORE! But I'm still pretty fu**ing cute...I'm in the "seniors" division of "cuteness".
Chiffon56 4 years ago
This was genuinely wonderful. In this, Lou Christie was truly a "Lion in Winter." Sometimes people just get better with age. It was kind of inspiring to see those 40 something and 50 something people in the audience being transported back to their youth. Even the fat women -- they have a right to feel young again too and Lou Christie made them feel that way.
This was wonderful.
Happy New Year from Chicago, everybody!!
royko22 4 years ago
Frankie in his prime, had the very best falsetto. Because of ear and throat operations over the years and age. He really doesn't attempt it as much.
Howieshet 4 years ago
I think his falsetto is good for his age. Frankie Valli and Randy Safuto of the Rainbows are shot as far as falsettos. It's tough to hit those notes. Jay Siegal of the Tokens falsetto is by far thr very best of the singers from that time frame.
Howieshet 4 years ago
Frankie Valli can still hit any note with his Falsetto voice.
doowopisnumber1 4 years ago
All in all, this is an excellent throwback to the days when TV was filled with several of these highly entertaining specials and if it weren't for PBS - we wouldn't have this at all either.
BelliniNorma1 4 years ago
Enjoyed this! An oldie but goodie...very good! :)
Maureen52 4 years ago
Luv Lou, great make out song,man it's great reliving the 60's. Great clip,know right where I was and what I doing when this came out.Thanks for sharing,great job.
olddad40 4 years ago
wtf at 2:39
nbcubsfan54 4 years ago
Lou's voice isn't what it once was.
doowopisnumber1 4 years ago
He sounds pretty good to me. I mean he's not in his 20s anymore. For a man in his 60s, he both looks great and sounds great.
ladyvee7110 4 years ago
True - his voice sounds quite different these days. It is much drier in timber than it was back in the 60's but that is definitely to be expected. Vocally he has to work much harder to reach the Falsetto which came easily to him back when these songs were brand new.
BelliniNorma1 4 years ago
I agree with you. It's hard for any Falsetto singer to keep his voice. Frankie Valli is an exception because he's in his own league. He still sounds like he did 40 years ago, but you'd be hard pressed to find any other Falsetto singer who still sounds just like they used to. Lou does look good for his age though.
doowopisnumber1 4 years ago
This video is from PBS Doo Wop concert at the Benedum Hall, Pgh. Pa. May 15/16, 2001.
bogeyguy12 4 years ago
I checked the guest list...Lou wasn't on it....???
KathleenWilbeck 4 years ago
Trust me, I was there. Little Richard wasn't on the list either, but he was there in all his sequins and makeup.
bogeyguy12 4 years ago
The video is from a PBS Doo Wop concert at the Benedum in Pgh. Was there, can't remember the date but I'm sure I have some info around here some where. I get back to you.
bogeyguy12 4 years ago
all i know is the clip is from a KPBS concert, they play the whole concert from time to time, i was flipping thru channelsa bout a week ago and i saw this clip.
quick question, what are the girls saying in the background, yippie aaauu???
gabebd04 4 years ago
Anyone know when this clip dates from?
pernicketty 4 years ago
I think the 80's. Previous post.
blinko656 4 years ago
I think it was yesterday....ha!
KathleenWilbeck 4 years ago
This was interesting. When I was 11-13, my friend Debbie and I used to go to the "Big Bam" shows all the time in Alabama, and they invariably always featured our man, Lou! This was in the late 60s!
bevotaylor 4 years ago
You and Debbie saw artists that still rock!
GO LOU!
KathleenWilbeck 4 years ago
Lou has once again disappeared from TV after this special though he is still very active on the LIVE performance circuit.
BelliniNorma1 4 years ago
The back up singers for the 1910 fruitgum company, and most on the budda lable, as in yummy yummy, and so forth.
deckape1956 4 years ago
He is still far superior to what we have nowadays - NICK LACHEY/JOHN LEGEND MOVE OVER !
Lou does need to increase his TV appearances. Maybe a good movie role would help revive his popularity among the younger set.
BelliniNorma1 4 years ago 2
It would be nice if Lou would make a comeback. Maybe he should go on the NBC show about remembering the lyrics. I wonder how many would remember the lyrics of "Lightnin' Strikes" or "Two Faces Have I" or "Rhapsody In The Rain" or "The Gypsy Cried"? I have the same reaction many have on this site, almost anything Lou touched you wanted to sing along, too (although w/ that falsetto of his, it was impossible for me to do so).
Yesimustbestupid2 4 years ago
Ha! Yep...I can sing most of his songs...UNTIL THE FALSETTO!!!! But, really, isn't he great???
KathleenWilbeck 4 years ago
Well, BelliniNorma,
I think that you have a genuine "handle" on Lou Christie. He did his thing....worked hard.....didn't make a "fuss".....and, because of that, he didn't get the press that "bad boys" got!
KathleenWilbeck 4 years ago
I wonder why he gets such little publicity. This PBS appearance is indeed a rarity. As we hardly have TV Variety Shows - we seldom see these talents on the tube anymore.
BelliniNorma1 4 years ago
Who are the back up singers ?
BelliniNorma1 4 years ago
The camera pans to a rather attractive blond woman towards the end of the song. She enthusiastically clenches her fists in time with the song. Is she a TV journalist or personality ? She looks vaguely familiar. I know I have seen her face before.
BelliniNorma1 4 years ago
Frankly, I also greatly admire the man's youthful spirit and CAN-DO positive attitude. We cannot forget that fact.
BelliniNorma1 4 years ago
Hey sunshine.....I guess I was singing it too! I was too naive to know who Lou was!
BelliniNorma truly understands the talent of this guy! However, it's never too late to appreciate good music and great singers!
KathleenWilbeck 4 years ago
I loved this song when it came out and I was 12 years old when I was living in Michigan. I always remember if it came on the radio in my dad's car, I would ask to have it turned up so I could join in the singing! Great song! Great performer! Thanks for the memories!
sunshinec54 4 years ago
Like or not - this song was # 1 in the USA in 1966 so obviously you've been overruled.
BelliniNorma1 4 years ago 3
What a talent! He sounds as good as he did in the 60's.
Bela195401 4 years ago
Go Lou Go!
ucanplay2 4 years ago
This performance holds up very well in this version.
If you can possibly download COMEDYTV4u, there is a fine slightly (though not overly) updated rendition of "I'M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE" - basically the same but the tempo is somewhat faster. Has anyone here been able to access that website ?
BelliniNorma1 4 years ago
I meant to say....I could care less if HE emailed his fans.....
Come on guys...he has a life...and he deserves he privacy!
KathleenWilbeck 4 years ago
He does deserves his privacy and I think we give it to him !
He did request feedback from us on his new ITALIAN song which we provided so I am wondering if he ever saw these comments. The official website doesn't say anything on the developments of the new song.
BelliniNorma1 4 years ago
Go Lou!!!!!! I could care less if emailed....this guy has "a life"!
KathleenWilbeck 4 years ago
Looks real to me. Just accept that after all this time there's actually an artist who can still pull it off. Respect.
p6ulo 4 years ago
We are in a digital age so obviously for technical reasons - the arrangement for this song had to be augmented. It could not possibly be an exact copy from the '66 original. The singer and time have both marched on.
BelliniNorma1 4 years ago
I guess celebrities don't read emails but then they should not have any such links on their websites. No CONTACT features - just a listing of photos and recordings from the past and present and their upcoming performing venues.
BelliniNorma1 4 years ago
I hate when musicians change their formula in live performances. Why can't he just sing it like it originally sounded? Ugh, concerts always disappoint.
agravlin 4 years ago