JUST MISSED!!! "Susan" just missed making the Billboard's Hot Top 10 chart; it peaked at No. 11 and spent a total of 12 weeks in the Hot Top 100 in 1967/68, it entered the charts on Dec. 9th, 1967!!!
@sclerismockrey From what I've read The Buckinghams were totally against the producer adding the psychedelic break but the producer won out (as was always the case in those days). Stilll, what a memorable tribute to Susan Cowsill (one of the family members of the Cowsills), as the songwriter of the Buckinghams had a deep crush for her.
As far as the freaky break in the middle, It seems like after Zappa released "Freak Out" everybody was doing weird psychedelic things on their records. I also find myself saying "number nine.... number nine... number nine"....while this is going on.
Estimated friend, if you want to listen again this song and an endless number of successes of the love I suggest you to visit Radio MUSICA PARA MIMOS - looks for his direction URL in Google ( search Musica para Mimos in Google)-. best romantic music of all the times in Internet, is great, is very good ...!!!
I agree! The psych center was unnecessary. At least it is not real long. I was 15 when this was a big hit in Chicago! Sounded good on my transistor radio.
How did you know they were playing at the MN state fair on August 29th? I am going to the fair to see them with the Turtles, Association, Grass Roots, and Mark Lindsey. Looking forward to it.
They were a good group! Very handsome guys as well! Denny, NIck, Carl, Mickey-Dennis, and Jon Poulos! The Seminal originals. Marty Grebb A consumate musician who joined them later enhanced the artistic legacy of this group.
The "psychedelic" part, lasting about 28 or so seconds was obviously edited in after the recording. One of the band members elaborated on that during an interview that is on the internet. The proper musical terminology for the segment, he advised, is a "bridge". This had occurred soon after "Sergeant Pepper's" release. At that time, everyone in the music industry was motivated toward such.
WOW, what a Show at the RIVIERA in LAS VEGAS, July 2011, the ORIGINAL VOICE of The Buckinghams, DENNIS TUFANO! What AN IMPECCABLE PERFORMANCE, standing ovation, very charismatic. Everyone in the audience were so touched and impressed by Dennis' powerful voice, There is no Buckinghams without DENNIS TUFANO! Las Vegas LOVE YOU DENNIS TUFANO! Pls. come back and do more performances!
Oh these guies could sing such beautiful emotional-heart felt songs, back in the late sixties. I was 11 in 1967 when I first heard them on a school bus going to school. Someone had a sixties transistor radio&at that time radios were allowed on school buses and between classes&lunch break or recess. God bring back those days when children could be kids&enjoy life.
Ditto. I'm 62 and loved the Buckinghams. Anyone that had the Portraits album as I did (and listened to a million times) appreciates the fact that this was the Buckingham's "Sargent Pepper". In that context, the psychedelic bridge in this song makes sense.
Played this for friends visiting from Vancouver, BC. When it came to the middle part, they were pissed! What is this crap? Funny how those of us that loved the 60's music could turn out so narrow minded and ultra-conservative.
I played in the Buckinghams horn section two years ago and this is what they said about the psychedelic section. James Guercio produced it. He was also doing the early Chicago and later BS and T. He said he had an idea for for about 40 seconds of unrelated sound that might just work, since things like that were showing up in record productions then. The Bucks weren't sold on it but eventually Guercio won out and the song became a hit.
My most serious high school girlfriend -- Susan. This song takes me back. Thanks Sue for a great winter (67-8). If you are still out there somewhere Sue Knipe I hope you have had a great life. John
The story is, they were trying to update their songs because music in general was going through so many changes at that time and they felt like they were falling behind the times. In fact, the song was already finished when they went in and added that middle section.
i think it was just for accent to try to meet some kinda standard with the beatles ,the beatles put words that did'nt make sense as far as instrument parts also they just made things sound good to the ear , pretty much nothing more or less.
i think the noise in the middle was supposed to be susan having some sort of accident...perhaps a car wreck...and the end is him saying goodbye to her
YEah that was kinda weird putting that stoned out part in the middle of a love song. But still, that was the mid 60s and experimenting with different sounds was emerging which was pioneered by the greatest band of all time, The Beatles
Whats the name of the one with the mustache? He kinda stands out when I see pics of the band. I Know the lead singer is Dennis and I know which one is Marty
The "psychedelic" part, at around 1:35 reminds me of parts of the Stones "Their Satanic Majesties Request" album. These guys never got the recognition they deserved back in the day and they have stood the test of time.
There was a Top 40 WVOK radio DJ in Birmingham Alabama in '68 whose wife's name was Susan, he LOVED the song but HATED the bridge and railed about it on air! It's still a great song (and a weird bridge)
I was always startled by the 'freaky" part because it was made up mostly by a piece of pirated classical music that I knew well. Central Park in the Dark by Charles Ives. Someone layered crashing sounds and a voice over it.... but it's still Central Park in the Dark. A piece worth hearing, btw.
@unconventionalmeans ................. Thank you for responding to my post my friend, Being 60 years old now made me the younger listener back then (I was 17) they failed if that was their purpose. What the hell does JFK's speech & Psychedelic noises have to do with this love song?. Like I said previously in this posting I still think if they wanted to make a psychedellic record that is OK, but do it where it was needed not in the middle of such a good song where it didn't make sense.
I never understood the Psych Center to this great song what possessed them to even do it?. it was not necessary at all and I still don't get it to this day..... I play this version for a laugh (and still shake my head in wonder) and the edited version for a great listen....... I still think if they wanted to make a psychedellic record that is OK, but do it where it was needed not in the middle of such a good song where it didn't make sense.
@SEVFEST The middle section which you are talking about. To me is brilliant. The time called for it. The Buckinghams were in a neck to neck race with Gary Pucket and the Union Gap. This song and album was a shift in musical thinking. Besides, after the end of the "Phych" area, the music was the tale of the song. Listen to the beginning, it sounds like the Beach Boys. Anyway, I say it was idea. GB. Ray
@RnDEntertainment ..... Ray, I respectfully disagree with you on this one I just didn't think that the center matched the song at all, but as Roger Miller once said "It Takes All Kinds To Make A World" and I'm entitled to MY opinion and You to yours my friend. Sev
@SEVFEST during the psychodelic part they whisper Lazurus which pertains to either some demonic or biblical story that much have some significance to them somehow. Vague i know, but they have reason
@SEVFEST It was a lame attempt to get beyond their "bubblegum" image. Listen to Revolution #9 on The Beatles White Album. That's what the Buckinghams were going for.
@torchkit ......... I understand what you're saying but even as BIG of a Beatles fan I am (which I am I own just about everything they released and then some) I could have done without Revolution #9.... and "The Beatles) LP (aka The White Album) would have been much better without it..... but the song Susan was a pretty good tune......
@SEVFEST I like it but I do see your point - it kind of interrupts the flow of what is already happening. At the end they borrow from Bob Crewe and the Glitterhouse - not a very well-known but nevertheless talented group. They did the musical score for Barbarella. Check it out - listen to the end and see if you don't agree. Well it won't let me put in a link, but look up "I love all the love in you" here.
@Gregorius1953 ..... Oh My God how right you are The years are the same on Susan & The Bob Crewe tune, I never heard the Barbarella soundtrack before but I really like it ..... Talk about plagiarism,,,, WOW Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention......
@SEVFEST , Not a problem! I am glad that you liked the soundtrack - I used to listen to it over and over. I think the Buckinghams did too! haha. Bob Crew was underrated in my opinion - some of the songs on that soundtrack should have been hits. An Angel is Love is a great song. Bob Crew did not do all that vibrato stuff that singers indulge in today, but his voice was good nevertheless.
@SEVFEST the producer, James Guercio, made the decision to add in the sound collage in the middle. basically, if it's 1967, and you want to make a hit record, and you've been listening to Sgt. Pepper's, it makes sense to add it in there. but I agree, it's a ridiculous idea!
@SEVFEST I understand that the Buckinghams themselves had nothing to do with the "psychedelic" content at the middle of the song. I always ignored it--and still do. The song is so good that the psychedelic nonsense doesn't really mar it.
@SEVFEST I heard that the engineer in the studio suggested that they do it, sort of a homage to the brit and west coast psych of the day... It was either hit or miss. The song was big for them, so it worked. It always befuddled me, in a quirky way that I like!
You kids will get a kick, I actually played this song on a 45 record, on a record player, over a land line (attached to the wall) phone to a classmate named Susan in middle school back in 1968. We are still friends! Great pop 40 hit back in the day!
Great song! I wonder what they did when the DJ played this song at a high school dance and they got to the "freak out" in the middle? They probably stopped dancing and looked at each other weirdly until the song part kicked back in. As for me, I get the urge to say "Number nine, number nine, number nine...." when it gets to the freak out.
"The noisy part sounds like he's killing her" -- that's the funniest thing I've heard or seen all month! I love this song so much -- it's a brilliant arrangement and performance (produced by James Guercio the Chicago mastermind) and the sweeping bridge just slays me. But that "killing her" part always seemed so awful and gratuitous. They took some bad advice on that one. But an amazing track regardless of that nonsense and the Buckinghams were a great singles band in the most amazing era.
@cathode1990 indeed...time stand still....you can never stop listening to the 60's & 70's ..the music, the dance & groups of great bands....can never be replaced!!!!
sexysadie1977. I can only surmise you missed the sixties. Generic is a harsh word. Oblah di Oblah da is what I would call generic. The Beatles hated that song save for the one who wrote it. Now, that's what I would call generic. I loved the Beatles. Still do. But to call Susan generic? Nah!
According to the Buckinghams, the "noisy part" was inserted because of the popularity of psychedelic music. They were trying not to get pigeon-holed as a bubble gum group.
My favorite Buckinghams' song. Came out my senior year in high school. Yes -- my flame at the time was Susan. Haven't seen her in 40 years but the song brings back good memories. Sue K if you are out there come to a VHS reunion.
JUST MISSED!!! "Susan" just missed making the Billboard's Hot Top 10 chart; it peaked at No. 11 and spent a total of 12 weeks in the Hot Top 100 in 1967/68, it entered the charts on Dec. 9th, 1967!!!
sauquoit13456 1 month ago
I didn't know there was a song about me. LOL
TonyHickschick 2 months ago
Total like on this. Love the Buckinghams, but such a terrible song, haha! Pure crapola, but done so well!
sclerismockrey 2 months ago
@sclerismockrey From what I've read The Buckinghams were totally against the producer adding the psychedelic break but the producer won out (as was always the case in those days). Stilll, what a memorable tribute to Susan Cowsill (one of the family members of the Cowsills), as the songwriter of the Buckinghams had a deep crush for her.
Inquisitor53 2 months ago in playlist The Buckinghams
As far as the freaky break in the middle, It seems like after Zappa released "Freak Out" everybody was doing weird psychedelic things on their records. I also find myself saying "number nine.... number nine... number nine"....while this is going on.
ssur55 3 months ago
I was there too! Coming of age in the late 60s....wonderful!
chord972 3 months ago
was a great country, hitchhike now?
luviananna 3 months ago
60s pop!!!!! love it!
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robertoamor2011 4 months ago
I agree! The psych center was unnecessary. At least it is not real long. I was 15 when this was a big hit in Chicago! Sounded good on my transistor radio.
TIMMERIZINI 5 months ago
It's part of the song. You have to have been around during time to understand it.
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I lovelove this song. How pure and popish. Just great American music. Never again...will there be an era like 60's . God Bless Pop forever...
MrDchristy 6 months ago 2
How did you know they were playing at the MN state fair on August 29th? I am going to the fair to see them with the Turtles, Association, Grass Roots, and Mark Lindsey. Looking forward to it.
Planktontwo 6 months ago
It came out just after the Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends. They were imatating the bridge.
ehemple 6 months ago
They were a good group! Very handsome guys as well! Denny, NIck, Carl, Mickey-Dennis, and Jon Poulos! The Seminal originals. Marty Grebb A consumate musician who joined them later enhanced the artistic legacy of this group.
groovinwalrus 6 months ago
The "psychedelic" part, lasting about 28 or so seconds was obviously edited in after the recording. One of the band members elaborated on that during an interview that is on the internet. The proper musical terminology for the segment, he advised, is a "bridge". This had occurred soon after "Sergeant Pepper's" release. At that time, everyone in the music industry was motivated toward such.
sclm046 6 months ago
what a sweet trip
bmoore591 6 months ago
WOW, what a Show at the RIVIERA in LAS VEGAS, July 2011, the ORIGINAL VOICE of The Buckinghams, DENNIS TUFANO! What AN IMPECCABLE PERFORMANCE, standing ovation, very charismatic. Everyone in the audience were so touched and impressed by Dennis' powerful voice, There is no Buckinghams without DENNIS TUFANO! Las Vegas LOVE YOU DENNIS TUFANO! Pls. come back and do more performances!
malditou2 7 months ago
231 Excuse the error.
Ridgway55 7 months ago
Psychedelic? Sounds like part of Pacific 261 by Arthur Honeggar. Listen to it and tell me if you agree.
Ridgway55 7 months ago
i like the psych part....perhaps it illustrates what it was like dealing with "susan". you know how women can get....i'm kidding.
belairjeff 7 months ago
Outstanding audio quality!!! Must be 4 channel quad stereo? Thanks for uploading it. :-)
ChrisCurtisFan 7 months ago
Oh these guies could sing such beautiful emotional-heart felt songs, back in the late sixties. I was 11 in 1967 when I first heard them on a school bus going to school. Someone had a sixties transistor radio&at that time radios were allowed on school buses and between classes&lunch break or recess. God bring back those days when children could be kids&enjoy life.
RonSafreed 7 months ago
Ditto. I'm 62 and loved the Buckinghams. Anyone that had the Portraits album as I did (and listened to a million times) appreciates the fact that this was the Buckingham's "Sargent Pepper". In that context, the psychedelic bridge in this song makes sense.
eyeugrad1 7 months ago
Played this for friends visiting from Vancouver, BC. When it came to the middle part, they were pissed! What is this crap? Funny how those of us that loved the 60's music could turn out so narrow minded and ultra-conservative.
Solarshoji 7 months ago
The weird middle part is the crescendo from Charles Ives's "Central Park in the Dark" overlaid with "Susan" said backward.
TheCoddlefish 7 months ago
The "Psych Center" is simulating a steam train pulling out of the station....i.e. Susan is leaving....going away.
starnet36 8 months ago 2
@starnet36 Great metaphor; see what it actually is right above.
TheCoddlefish 7 months ago
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ariesmars322 8 months ago
acid rules man...I'm 62 too
johnnyfarout 9 months ago 5
@johnnyfarout far out johnny--far out.
afro20man 1 week ago
To Susan Johnson, Susan York, Susan Ojeda.......I'll always love you!!
jag136 9 months ago
God loved the 60's,my brothers and sisters,It's hard to let go of those memories!
No aids,free spleefer,free food,you could crash anywhere for the night,your thumb would take you anywhere in this great country!!!
geehowdy1 9 months ago 3
I played in the Buckinghams horn section two years ago and this is what they said about the psychedelic section. James Guercio produced it. He was also doing the early Chicago and later BS and T. He said he had an idea for for about 40 seconds of unrelated sound that might just work, since things like that were showing up in record productions then. The Bucks weren't sold on it but eventually Guercio won out and the song became a hit.
nealbfinn 9 months ago
The pshyc part denotes his losing his mind over Susan.
thegibbshow 10 months ago
I like the psych part, but it made for an akward pause for people who were trying to dance to the song.
writerjmd 10 months ago
The psych part seems to be their own version of the Beatles' "Day In A Life" middle part.
creepyton 10 months ago
@creepyton Hey, you're right, it does sound a lot like that...
SherryAnn68 7 months ago
My most serious high school girlfriend -- Susan. This song takes me back. Thanks Sue for a great winter (67-8). If you are still out there somewhere Sue Knipe I hope you have had a great life. John
sonofuberton 10 months ago 2
Someday I want to time travel to the 1960's and 1970's and see the music performers in person.....lol
jpsmart59 10 months ago
was this song before or after the battle of gettysburg?
spareaxe 11 months ago
They did it because at the time, a lot of groups were doing it. So they said " we can do it too and much better "
RADRONWHIT 11 months ago
The story is, they were trying to update their songs because music in general was going through so many changes at that time and they felt like they were falling behind the times. In fact, the song was already finished when they went in and added that middle section.
deanguy66 11 months ago
I read online that it was the record co that made that decision. The band didnt' like it either =)
loveofdogs 11 months ago
i think it was just for accent to try to meet some kinda standard with the beatles ,the beatles put words that did'nt make sense as far as instrument parts also they just made things sound good to the ear , pretty much nothing more or less.
tbonetbone5 11 months ago
i think the noise in the middle was supposed to be susan having some sort of accident...perhaps a car wreck...and the end is him saying goodbye to her
Mr157Riverside 1 year ago
It's my name.
leeleebaby2100 1 year ago
YEah that was kinda weird putting that stoned out part in the middle of a love song. But still, that was the mid 60s and experimenting with different sounds was emerging which was pioneered by the greatest band of all time, The Beatles
ericdapugi 1 year ago
what a great song! god love those chicago guys
tearmann 1 year ago
Neh-Zeus? Neh-Zeus? LOL
At least "Susan" spoken backwards doesn't sound like Satan. We'd never hear the end of it!
unklewink 1 year ago
Susan was written by Buckingham producer Jimmy Guercio, who went on to produce Chicago and Blood Sweat & Tears...yes it was a weird record
rocknjac58 1 year ago
I like the way it was composed, my girlfeind's name is Susan, I love her sooo much, but this song is about her, very confusing.
glentvr 1 year ago
Whats the name of the one with the mustache? He kinda stands out when I see pics of the band. I Know the lead singer is Dennis and I know which one is Marty
AngelaRed 1 year ago
hello it was the 60's
TheLeelee79 1 year ago
My name is Susan (:
srw2193 1 year ago
The "psychedelic" part, at around 1:35 reminds me of parts of the Stones "Their Satanic Majesties Request" album. These guys never got the recognition they deserved back in the day and they have stood the test of time.
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without the middle you guys are fussing about we couldn't have the beautiful ending (which starts at 1:59) when they start singing about susan again.
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svo65 1 year ago
Where can a find a version of this song without that bullshit in the middle....who was the fucking moron that thought that sounded good?
bobbya16 1 year ago
@bobbya16 send me your email addy and I'll send it to you .....
SEVFEST 1 year ago
There was a Top 40 WVOK radio DJ in Birmingham Alabama in '68 whose wife's name was Susan, he LOVED the song but HATED the bridge and railed about it on air! It's still a great song (and a weird bridge)
rickr442 1 year ago
Sorry guys I just love the Psychedelic part. I am 62 now.
ringo244 1 year ago 19
@ringo244 Me too, the whole song is great! Such a great group,
Gregorius1953 11 months ago 2
@ringo244 I'm 55.5 and this is my second favorite song. You don't want to know the first!
TheCoddlefish 7 months ago
My wife and I saw the Buckinghams in Annapolis last year (2009). Could still remember almost all the words to these great songs!
Mike
mswinelight 1 year ago
@mswinelight Wow! I wish I could have been at that show.... I remember seeing them on the schedule and thought it would be a great time....
dragonflySummer09 1 year ago
I actully still have this great album.
Gazelle53 1 year ago
a musical treasure. a great find. love the psych center ala beatlesitic psych, like strawberry fields's tron. made sense.
frankho99 1 year ago
I was always startled by the 'freaky" part because it was made up mostly by a piece of pirated classical music that I knew well. Central Park in the Dark by Charles Ives. Someone layered crashing sounds and a voice over it.... but it's still Central Park in the Dark. A piece worth hearing, btw.
FredStembottom 1 year ago
Different indeed, but still a cool song and always loved it, evenb the psych part!
looknleap 1 year ago
That part sounded like the song Western Union and right before that it sounded like the shower scene in Psycho.
jaytf1231 1 year ago
Dedicated to Susan in New Ulm, Texas. You had great legs!
miguelofthehillcount 1 year ago
@miguelofthehillcount No it was Sue Hersch..........in South Dakota. Leggy Sue Hersch...... I loved you sweet heart
Hesperus135 1 year ago
@unconventionalmeans ................. Thank you for responding to my post my friend, Being 60 years old now made me the younger listener back then (I was 17) they failed if that was their purpose. What the hell does JFK's speech & Psychedelic noises have to do with this love song?. Like I said previously in this posting I still think if they wanted to make a psychedellic record that is OK, but do it where it was needed not in the middle of such a good song where it didn't make sense.
SEVFEST 1 year ago 2
Maybe the singer took Susan to a haunted house in the middle of the song, she got scared, hugged him, and then they really fell in love!
epipsych 1 year ago
I never understood the Psych Center to this great song what possessed them to even do it?. it was not necessary at all and I still don't get it to this day..... I play this version for a laugh (and still shake my head in wonder) and the edited version for a great listen....... I still think if they wanted to make a psychedellic record that is OK, but do it where it was needed not in the middle of such a good song where it didn't make sense.
SEVFEST 1 year ago 8
@SEVFEST I could never figure that either.
boswell69 1 year ago
@boswell69 it was used to sell the record. Make it relevent Also this is the album track.
tenorismo 1 year ago
@SEVFEST a musical treasure. a great find. love the psych center ala beatlesitic psych, like day in the life's tron. big giveaway. made sense.
frankho99 1 year ago
@SEVFEST The middle section which you are talking about. To me is brilliant. The time called for it. The Buckinghams were in a neck to neck race with Gary Pucket and the Union Gap. This song and album was a shift in musical thinking. Besides, after the end of the "Phych" area, the music was the tale of the song. Listen to the beginning, it sounds like the Beach Boys. Anyway, I say it was idea. GB. Ray
RnDEntertainment 1 year ago
@RnDEntertainment ..... Ray, I respectfully disagree with you on this one I just didn't think that the center matched the song at all, but as Roger Miller once said "It Takes All Kinds To Make A World" and I'm entitled to MY opinion and You to yours my friend. Sev
SEVFEST 1 year ago
@SEVFEST My music teacher told me the band didn't want it in the recording but the record company pushed it on anyway
thrashmetalkills 1 year ago
@thrashmetalkills It sure sounds like it was shoehorned in there by someone who urged them "C'mon, you gotta do something Sgt. Peppery!"
Vincek88 1 year ago
@SEVFEST during the psychodelic part they whisper Lazurus which pertains to either some demonic or biblical story that much have some significance to them somehow. Vague i know, but they have reason
srw2193 1 year ago
@SEVFEST According to the insert from their Greatest Hits CD James Guercio put that "Psych Out" into the song.
DrHogfan 1 year ago
@SEVFEST Who made you Cousin Brucie?
hurklinz 1 year ago
@hurklinz ..... My Cousin Brucie Did LOL
SEVFEST 1 year ago
@SEVFEST Now that's funny....and I know funny :o)
hurklinz 1 year ago
@SEVFEST It was a lame attempt to get beyond their "bubblegum" image. Listen to Revolution #9 on The Beatles White Album. That's what the Buckinghams were going for.
torchkit 1 year ago
@torchkit ......... I understand what you're saying but even as BIG of a Beatles fan I am (which I am I own just about everything they released and then some) I could have done without Revolution #9.... and "The Beatles) LP (aka The White Album) would have been much better without it..... but the song Susan was a pretty good tune......
SEVFEST 1 year ago
@SEVFEST I work for 103.3 WODS Boston and we cut the psych part out.
paulastreet1 11 months ago
@paulastreet1 .... Paula you guys are smart That's absolutely the right thing to do
SEVFEST 11 months ago
@SEVFEST I like it but I do see your point - it kind of interrupts the flow of what is already happening. At the end they borrow from Bob Crewe and the Glitterhouse - not a very well-known but nevertheless talented group. They did the musical score for Barbarella. Check it out - listen to the end and see if you don't agree. Well it won't let me put in a link, but look up "I love all the love in you" here.
Gregorius1953 11 months ago
@Gregorius1953 ..... Oh My God how right you are The years are the same on Susan & The Bob Crewe tune, I never heard the Barbarella soundtrack before but I really like it ..... Talk about plagiarism,,,, WOW Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention......
SEVFEST 11 months ago
@SEVFEST , Not a problem! I am glad that you liked the soundtrack - I used to listen to it over and over. I think the Buckinghams did too! haha. Bob Crew was underrated in my opinion - some of the songs on that soundtrack should have been hits. An Angel is Love is a great song. Bob Crew did not do all that vibrato stuff that singers indulge in today, but his voice was good nevertheless.
Gregorius1953 11 months ago
@SEVFEST the producer, James Guercio, made the decision to add in the sound collage in the middle. basically, if it's 1967, and you want to make a hit record, and you've been listening to Sgt. Pepper's, it makes sense to add it in there. but I agree, it's a ridiculous idea!
Terrapin9614 11 months ago
@SEVFEST I understand that the Buckinghams themselves had nothing to do with the "psychedelic" content at the middle of the song. I always ignored it--and still do. The song is so good that the psychedelic nonsense doesn't really mar it.
Zarkoon 9 months ago
@SEVFEST I heard that the engineer in the studio suggested that they do it, sort of a homage to the brit and west coast psych of the day... It was either hit or miss. The song was big for them, so it worked. It always befuddled me, in a quirky way that I like!
KennysRadLife 6 months ago
hell ya nasus, Susan backwards
BestTits 1 year ago
You kids will get a kick, I actually played this song on a 45 record, on a record player, over a land line (attached to the wall) phone to a classmate named Susan in middle school back in 1968. We are still friends! Great pop 40 hit back in the day!
Jimboyc21 1 year ago
Dedicated to Susan Hines in Fifth Ward Texas in 1970.Ms.Charlotte Hines
your aunt would never let me get close to you.Cage and Orange Street 4ever.
boutteperry 1 year ago
THESE GUYS MUST HAVE DATED THE SAME SUSAN I DID.
HEMISUPERBEE426 1 year ago
Great song! I wonder what they did when the DJ played this song at a high school dance and they got to the "freak out" in the middle? They probably stopped dancing and looked at each other weirdly until the song part kicked back in. As for me, I get the urge to say "Number nine, number nine, number nine...." when it gets to the freak out.
ssur55 1 year ago
I recall they used to have both mixes and sometimes you would hear one on the air and sometimes the other. Just love this song!
MarkEdwardSpeer 1 year ago
i like this song so much. it reminds me of my younger years.
MrOscar53 1 year ago
"The noisy part sounds like he's killing her" -- that's the funniest thing I've heard or seen all month! I love this song so much -- it's a brilliant arrangement and performance (produced by James Guercio the Chicago mastermind) and the sweeping bridge just slays me. But that "killing her" part always seemed so awful and gratuitous. They took some bad advice on that one. But an amazing track regardless of that nonsense and the Buckinghams were a great singles band in the most amazing era.
Misterhappynyc 1 year ago
@joreis88 Dennis Tufano
theroyalsofsd 1 year ago
@cathode1990 indeed...time stand still....you can never stop listening to the 60's & 70's ..the music, the dance & groups of great bands....can never be replaced!!!!
zackyko 1 year ago
My song.....have not heard this in forever! Great band and great song..........Susan
Suzyquzy26 1 year ago 2
@Suzyquzy26 hey, it's mine too, and I spell my name Suzy as well ;-)
ScootOverBaby 1 year ago
sexysadie1977. I can only surmise you missed the sixties. Generic is a harsh word. Oblah di Oblah da is what I would call generic. The Beatles hated that song save for the one who wrote it. Now, that's what I would call generic. I loved the Beatles. Still do. But to call Susan generic? Nah!
pmoyer50 1 year ago
Whoa--total freakout in the middle of the song! It's by far the most interesting part of an otherwise very generic song, if you ask me.
sexysadie1977 1 year ago
Ok I never understood the noisy part. It sounds like he kills her!
PrettyIrishGirl74 1 year ago
@PrettyIrishGirl74 He is at a loss as to what he can do.......... to get her attention or LOVE
Hesperus135 1 year ago
@PrettyIrishGirl74
According to the Buckinghams, the "noisy part" was inserted because of the popularity of psychedelic music. They were trying not to get pigeon-holed as a bubble gum group.
torchkit 1 year ago
My favorite Buckinghams' song. Came out my senior year in high school. Yes -- my flame at the time was Susan. Haven't seen her in 40 years but the song brings back good memories. Sue K if you are out there come to a VHS reunion.
sonofuberton 1 year ago
I really like this song, maybe because it is named for me...just kidding. But my name is Susan.
acarsonfan1 1 year ago
Haven't heard this song in a very long time. I had the 45 probably back in 1970. So many memories!!
dguybusa 1 year ago
this is one great oldie brings back so many high school years
55severino 1 year ago
The Buckinghams turned ou several great songs and this is my personal favorite of theirs. They are one of the best bands of the 60s IMO.
tootsiesdad 1 year ago
A CLASSIC really...
npenciso 1 year ago
all the years that have gone by this music brings back memories 1968
45000mz 2 years ago
@45000mz Yeah, me too. This song reminds me of those carefree teenage years. The music back then, like this song, was so happy and sweet.
SherryAnn68 1 year ago