the birds- leaving here

[zippyjetbernstein]

Thank you for posting! Excellent cover version of the excellent Motown hit. 

[clearviewmind]

are The Birds & The Byrds to different bands?

[lauragarciandrade]

@clearviewmind yes ;)

[flaxonx3]

A pre wizened Ronnie Wood! He's looked like a wizened old man since the 70s.

[blackandtanful]

これが真のｱﾒﾘｶﾝ･ﾛｯｸの息吹なんでしょう!～ｻﾞ･ﾊﾞ­ｰｽﾞ～必殺"LEAVING HERE"～永遠のｷﾞﾀｰのかき鳴らし～ﾐﾗｸﾙ!

[91nickt]

great song! thanks!

[Thetoplad2]

First heard this on Radio Luxemburg, one of my desert Island discs, all their records were brilliant, at the time when they were forced to change their name to Birds Birds, fans referred to them as The English Birds, check out all the recordings on Decca and Reaction records, this was where the sixties started for me

[james00021]

The Who's version is the best man!!!

[smcauley600]

that clips is from the awfukl movie the deadly bees

[hoppybhoy71]

the high numbers who later became the who do the best version..

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

video taken from the deadly bees

[moxie96]

@TEMPmichaelhansen thanks I was just wondering that. I like both bands Birds and Byrds for their own individual reasons of existance in the 60's but I do like birds better

[daithi1961]

we are the mods..........................­..

[gawagney]

cc1873cc....How can anyone take offense to this. Great posting. Catch a young Ron Wood on guitar. Cool clip.

[birchward]

one of the truly great bands of the 60s ,i still play this song when i do live gigs, just as ronnie and the guys did it , it can t be improved on !

[spince2]

Groovy!

[TennisUK11]

They were a great band of their time, in some ways better than The Who in that they seemed to get the mix right when they did the early Motown stuff. RIP Kim indeed!

[jimincairns]

R.I.P. Kim Gardner.Great bassist. Roy Dyke was apparently seen begging outside the Angel tube station last year.

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

I think this was from the film "The Deadly Bees" there were frames in the magazine article

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

this was from the film THE KILLER BBES or something like that

[stancicm]

the High Numbers did it too, I prefer this version

[jimincairns]

@stancicm The Detours, The High Numbers...and then..The Who! Used to see them most weekends at The Ealing Club.

[Ashleykickass]

I love this version

[motormadhead13]

love this tune-motorhead do a real good cover of this as every motorhead fan will know

[DiemKaye]

@motormadhead13

Lemmy has said on more than one occasion that the Birds are one of the very best live bands he ever saw. Motorhead's version of "Leaving Here" is a tribute to the Birds. There are many recorded versions of Motorhead playing this great Holland/Dozier/Holland song, but my favorite is the one on their "Golden Years" live EP.

[motormadhead13]

yeah mine to-my fav.e.p of alltime,i went to see motorhead last month in manchester+they are just as good as ever-awesome live band!!rock on bro.

[han09hague]

yet again another blinding video craig, tar hun =] ♥

[kungpoofdoofdoof]

the origianall version was released by motown artist Eddie Holland

[birdynumnumz]

this is the original version...was a minor hit in the UK, i played this to death when it was released these guys and the pretty things best thing in the UK in '65 The Birds were Ronnie Woods first band.

[raindogred]

I first heard "The Rationals" version of this in the 80s on some old detroit nuggets album, followed by the who's version, then the beatles. Never knew there so many other awsome versions of this song floating around. gotta love youtube. thanks

[econoroller]

I love this version and also the version MOTORHEAD does.

thanx :)

[cc1873cc]

funny enough m8 your not the 1st person to tell me motorhead do a cracking version of this

[atomic116090]

@cc1873cc Best version of Motorhead's version is on the album On Parole

[moorlock2003]

The Velvet Underground have sold a whole lot of records, tapes, and CDs since the '60s. They are a mainstream act now. Same goes for The Ramones. They didn't sell much back in the day but now teenagers wear Ramones t-shirts. They are as mainstream as Madonna.

[moorlock2003]

How many records did the UK Birds sell compared to the US Byrds? A few less I would say.

[Joonyer1951]

c'mon people! If you wanna really hear the essence of this song in it's purest form, ya gotta check out the ORIGINAL written and performed by Eddie Holland. This was done in 1963 when Motown was in it's early years but already they had that distinct sound thanks to the legendary Funk Brothers- the original Motown studio musicians. Wanna hear an r&b tune the way it's supposed to sound, ya take it to the source. All these other covers of this song are UNREASONABLE facsimiles at best...

[moorlock2003]

Some cover versions are better than the originals. The Beatles doing the Isley Bros.' "Twist and Shout" for example. The Beatles made it into a rock and roll classic, while The Isley Bros.' version is barely remembered.

[Joonyer1951]

Moorlock, I believe that this more an issue of radio marketing and promotion. I wouldn't say that the Beatles version of "Twist and Shout " was "better" than The Isley Brothers, I'd say that the Beatles version was much more marketed and promoted better mostly because they WERE the Beatles. You see, in the world of radio in the 60's this was a reminent and direct result of "race records" in the 50's......

[Joonyer1951]

.....When the Isleys recorded it, it was played almost exclusively on the few black radio stations because white stations wouldn't play it. Sadly, that's just the way it was done back then. The white stations being in the majority, once they got a recording of the song by the Beatles marketed and promoted it to the max. Hell, they're the Beatles!...

[Joonyer1951]

....Therefore to the "majority" of the radio listeners the Beatles version is the classic. But hey, don't get me wrong, because I am one of the biggest Beatles afficianados that you will ever find. And what I know of my Beatles history I'm sure that THEY would give homage to the Isley's version because historically, Endland and other European countries have a much deeper of black American R and B and Jazz than white America ever has.....

[Joonyer1951]

....I'm sure that they would tell you that black american R and B was their "soul" influence among others. It's all just history.

[mtwallet]

yeah, some covers are great, but the isley bros are the best, and so is eddie holland on this one ; the covers by the birds are quite boring to me ; their 2 originals (no good without you & how can it be) are true killers

[soulhoney56]

Wasn't this written by Lamont Dozier and by Eddie Holland ?

[misisipimike]

thanks for posting, fk him indeed!

[misisipimike]

fk him indeed! Thanks for reposting!

[cc1873cc]

cheers rollingstonesgirl and of course what a band, thanks for your comment

[cc1873cc]

certainly is seb m8

[mikal9000]

Great song! No wonder The Creation chose Ronnie Wood to replace Eddie Phillips -- his guitar sound here plasters you to the wall. Thanks for posting this.

[cc1873cc]

no problem my pleasure mikal

[c969mmpc]

great

one of my favs i was waitin for

thnks thnks and thnks again

youre the one m8

[cc1873cc]

just to far kind m8

gonna catch up on youtube all day check out your channel and lis' channel as well

[asfarbackasicanremem]

effen cool..............lees white poppy

[cc1873cc]

lol yep lee likes this track a think m8

so hows life in the land of the ities

any cheap scoots going seriously thinking about getting a scoot again lol

[stOOpid68]

4kn 'ell John lad,

hows life in Abrezzo?

told ya this guy was a good 'un =D

[stOOpid68]

This 4kn KILLLLLLERRR of a track slays me!

4kn awesome! one of my all time best tunes!

nice one Craig mate, makes my day workin with these 4kn 'tards go a LOT easier!!

the louder I play it, the less I can hear them! LOL!!!

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Lee

Liverpool Mods.

[cc1873cc]

ye need to get away m8 ma wee towns awrite, if u like a wad of neds in tracksuits and checkered baseball hats and they talk aw wonky, owite mait 1na geeze a tipper big man, fkn scum o the earth

[cc1873cc]

c ye have took ma advice m8

greece eh ye will come back like a kebab, fkn burn ye to a crisp out there