So absolutely stupid to have musical acts on TV that did nothing but pretend to sing and play. How utterly ridiculous. Why did anyone ever think this was a good idea?
@unclebobunclebob - Because the technology back then was sorely lacking as far as micing the amps, drums, etc. and getting a decent sound. Plus some groups really sucked "live" so they'd lip-sync and sound "just like the record!"
@unclebobunclebob It was never that anyone thought it a good idea, it was due to rulings by the Musician's Union both here in the United Kingdom and America. So, it wasn't out of choice, most performers were happy to play live, it's just that they weren't allowed to by the MU.
@neverhit17 That voice intro was Ed Sullivan. The music impresario who brought us the British invasion every Sunday night and lots of other GREAT acts when TV had 3 channels
Fenders are generally considered to be a better, more accurate bass with better intonation than Hofners. Even Paul Mac has admitted. it. The Hofners are sometimes worth more because of the Beatle connection, that's all.
@nagilla - you're right about the intonation aspect of the Hofners, but they play fast, they're light, and they have a distinct sound. I've got a Hofner and a Fender P-bass. If Paul had never played a Hofner they probably wouldn't be as expensive.
LOVE her hair, and boots! GROWING up in the 60s was great, and the music was awesome. THOSE days are gone forever, and it's the music that keep all the childhood memories alive.
the rickenbacker 360 electric 12 string guitar, (seen in this video in the hands of one of the players) is the sound that made the sixties...at least in the mid point of them. the jangle of the treble in the rick 12 is a tone junkies dream.
@65rock4ever right. george harrison started it all when on the beatles first visit to the u.s. to be on the ed sullivann show rickenbacker presented him their first 360 electric 12 string.he took it home and at once began recording with it on the hard days night film soundtrack and other songs in that period.roger mcguinn of the byrds saw him play it in the film so he got one too.then everyone did it seemed.from the searchers to the groups you mentioned.the group "love" also used it on first LP.
@TheBabyboomkidof53 Interesting. Also the Haufner Bass guitar was an excellent one as well. Played by Paul McCartney and a few others during that time.
@65rock4ever the hofner 500/1 violin bass was the mccartney favorite. not really considered a good bass like the fender jazz bass.but he made it famous.if you look at old photos you notice he used two different ones. the first was the 1961 were both pickups were close together up by the neck. the second one was the 1963 model with the pickups spaced further apart. others played violin bass but it only looked right in paul mccartney's hands....and still does. he likes it because its light. hollow
@TheBabyboomkidof53 I've also been told by someone who makes guitars the hofner bass is considered to be one of the best ever. Honestly I don't know much about the fender bass but based on what I've seen on ebay the Hofner models retain a higher value than the others. Not sure of the reason for this but apparently alot of folks really like these. And yes it did look nice in Paul's hands.
@65rock4ever fender bass is the gold standard others have to come up to. the hofner isn't a great bass its a desirerible bass because of it's asscociation to the beatles. if not for mccartney and his using it it would still only be a good bass but not great.the beatles are the reason the resale value of them is high. not because its great.you see purists believe if you are going to attempt to recreate their sound you have to use their instruments.their collectable so high priced.even used ones.
@TheBabyboomkidof53 Good point. I do think McCartney played it well. Was he the best ? I don't think so but like you said everyone wants to imitate the Beatles.
@dahur I agree. Always thought so. I had heard years ago that the band dissolved because she was killed in a car accident. Turns out not to be true at all.
@Binaurals02 Yes, I heard the rumor about "dying". I researched it a few years ago. She got married to Fred Marshall (musician with Vince Girardi ).
Had a boy and a girl, and just lived the life of wife and mother. Her husband died a few years ago, and there is a YT video of her doing some singing recently.
@Binaurals02 I think part of the confusion is due to a serious car crash involving Sweetwater lead singer Nancy Nevins in 1969. Sweetwater was the first band (not artist) to perform at Woodstock months earlier. Nevins was critically injured, suffered brain and vocal cord damage and spent years recovering. Happily, she did and reunited with the band many years later.
Is there a live version of this anywhere that isn't lipsynched? I've always thought the rhythms on this were cool, too and they don't even fake a drummer here.
@TopshelfTom I did and it's great. Oddly the [real, live] drummer is off camera. I guess that would have made them We 6. Still it seems like they could have dropped one of the guitars, as suggested above, and had the drummer like just about every other band of the era.
@Binaurals02 - Occasionally I hear complaints from other old farts (I'm 61, myself) about how back in the good old days, singers had talent and sang their own songs, and musicians played their own instruments. It wasn't always so, and this is a reminder. Singers used echo chambers and doubletracking. Old farts of the day complained that they couldn't sing. Maybe true; some things don't change.
By the way, why should they "have dropped one of their guitars"?
@OldDunc Just seems redundant and they're clearly using a drummer who is kind of a feature on "You Were On My Mind". The guy on the left might be playing a 12-string, so they needed him AND a lead guitar, but I doubt that he was all of the time.
@Binaurals02 In the listings on the right-hand side of my screen, it shows a live performance that was broadcast on the show "The Hollywood Palace." Perhaps you could search with words that include that name.
@Binaurals02 I don't believe they had a drummer, just a session drummer. Also, if you think...We Five were, FIVE. If they'd had a drummer in the band it would mean changing their name to, We Six?
Phenomenal song, this song always puts me in a Good Mood. The music in the 60's and early 70's is So Much better than any other Decade. The harmonies are Incredible. Thanks for Posting and Have a Great Day~~
Go-go boots and miniskirts...YUM! My first 'serious' girlfriend wore them. The woman I'm with now wears them (since I bought them for her) and if she wears them on the nights we go out I know I get 'dessert' that night! :-)
@exgroupiefromelmont1 There's a store in downtown Tampa that sells them. Definitely pricey, but when my lady's wearing them it puts a smile on my face that says they were worth every penny I paid!
@Inquisitor53 THANK YOU SIR.. I WILL LOOK INTO IT..EVEN THOUGH i am in ny!! cannot understand WHY major stores like dsw and zappos designers cannot come up with a reasonable copy of these!!
I've loved this song since it first came out. We used to ride around on our bikes singing it. After all these years I just now realised the lead singer was a girl!
Hope saved virtually every one of his specials, 'altfactor', and began preserving the ones on videotape around 1960. I've seen the December 1965 Chrysler special when he annouced to the audience at the beginning that it was THE first color edition he was appearing in...
THE MOFO ON THE LEFT, THE ONE WHO IS DEAD LOOKS LIKE MY NEIGHBOR A CHILD MOLESTER. I FOUND HIM ON MEGANS LIST. YO YO YO I WONDER IF MIKE S. WAS DONE IN BY SUM HARD PIPE HITTUN NIGGAS. YO YO I B A THUGZ
You can analyze this take all you want, but it all comes down to one phenomena ---- The 1960"s. There was never anything before or ever will be anything like this era again.
@65rock4ever That is very true.... there will be nothing like the '60's ever again.... I didn't think we'd survive that decade. Looking back now, we were in much better shape then (individually and as a country) than we are now. What a period of fantastic creativity!
you know? I play this over and over, remebering when i was in hi school ..... in my country this group is seldom known. I love this video a lot. thanks
I like to play this we five song next to the the vejtables i still love you, the leaves funny little world and then beau brummels don't talk to strangers ending the set with jefferson airplane it's no secret
Mike Stewart, far left, passed away in 2002 from a depression related illness. He made a major contribution to Billy Joel's success and to the music software industry. Bob Jones, second from left, is a DJ in Hawaii and plays the blues. Pete Fullerton, third from left, runs an amazing organisation called Truck of Love. Jerry Burgan, far right, is still playing folk music and has a strong presence in the music industry. Bev Bivans, centre, left the industry to take up the role of motherhood.
@creativeengineer - Although I'm an avid and "die-hard" Rolling Stones' fan, did you know that Mick Jagger wouldn't acknowledge Bev Bivans at a mutual performance spot, even after she said "Hi" to him? He also snubbed Herman's Hermits after a T.V. performance of "Ruby Tuesaday," by turning his back as the announcer mentioned their appearance on the next show!? These are "FACTS," check them out!
@classiclistener01 The guy in sam the sham and the pharoahs said the british groups were too arrogent and they wouold try to knock your guitars out of tune
@spacepatrolman - If Domingo Samudio said that, there must be at least "some" truth to it!?!? But...everyone, American, British, etc., contributed "SO MUCH" to music in the 1960s, why do that!?!? "Today," it seems as technology advances "ALMOST" as quickly as music declines, and, SUCKS!!
Thank you for that comment - as I can see how a "threatened" pop-star "MAY" have done such a lousy thing!! :(
@classiclistener01 it was his guitar player who said that sam had two groups backing him the first was from down south the secound was from the metropole cafe in new york which was around the corner from the musical instrument stores on 48th street
@spacepatrolman - I DID NOT know that! I only knew of the Pharoahs!?!? Were there two groups known as The Pharoahs, or, two differently named backing groups??
@classiclistener01 they were 2 groups known as the pharoahs the first was the ones dressed like arabs on the cover of that number 1 hit woolly bully and the secound they wore mod clothes on the cover of the little red riding hood lp [ the secound had some other name before sam picked them up as a replacement when they performed in new york] in more recent years sam performed with a girl sax player
@classiclistener01 if a group has longevity musicians get replaced over time i lost count of how many guitarists have been in the pretenders but what your saying is true sometimes they use separate studio musicians
@spacepatrolman - I'm going to send you a video of a group that 'really' never was!?!? They only got together "only" as session musicians to make one (1) "BIG" hit!
@creativeengineer Hey, thanks for all the info. Sorry for the loss of Mike Stewart, especially that way. But the others sound like they're doing good.
Well although just a one hit wonder, this song is one of my all time top 10. They caught lightning in a jar and could never duplicate it's success. Would love to know it's origin and how someone pieced it together to become a hit.
I also thought it was a guy singing. Looks like she wants to ROCK-IT but I don't think Ed would have liked that. One of my all time faves. Hey, the origins of lip-syncing-and-instruments. Love it.
Ok, nice song but how about if they actually put whoever's playing drums on stage and drop one of the guitars. Maybe they were all essential to the vocals but do you really need three guitar players? You have to keep the Rickenbacker, of course.
@125jlm Well, you do need at least TWO guitars, "rhythm" and "lead", with all due respect to ZZ Top, however... I'd say the guy on the acoustic-electric could go... but no matter what... gotta keep the Rick!
@125jlm You must understand that in those days, many groups like this used session players which often included orchestral participation as well. Also, virtually no one let the bands play live. Reasons? Maybe the cost, I also think that they wanted the Top 40 version for commercial recognition. But also, I think the "adults" weren't sure the kids wouldn't make a big goof during the show. I think only Ed Sullivan had live shows.
@BLUESMANRONCHICAGO You're right, and The Smothers Brothers show started after this groups apex. When did it start, 67, 68? I used to really laugh at the "A Little Tea with Goldie" segment. Oh, wooooow....
@deaddoc Glen Campbell filled in for Smothers Brothers during summer of 67, and he had Cream on as musical guest. They performed Sunshine of your Love, awesome, only time Cream ever played live on TV
@BLUESMANRONCHICAGO Do you know where that clip is, because I would LOVE to see it. I think I did see it back then. I remember digging Ginger Baker on those double bass drums. At that time, Cream was my favorite group. I still work out (stationary bike) to the live Wheels of Fire "Crossroads" & Spoonful." I think they were on Ed Sullivan and did a silly mime to "Anyone for Tennis" with tennis rackets in their hands.
@deaddoc Haven't seen it posted here, I saw the clip during a countdown on VH1 classic of hard rock bands, and they used that clip while talking about Cream. Love the live sides of Wheels, I do Traintime on harp, was one of the earliest songs i started playing when i first started playing the harmonica, and still playing 42 years later!!!
@BLUESMANRONCHICAGO So much fun! I learned harp playing to Yardbirds stuff, but then Cream and I used to play Traintime everyday after school for about an hour. I think that live side of that Cream album is one of the best enduring pieces of music in R&R history. Spoonful still amazes me. Hope someone puts that clip up sometime.
@deaddoc Damn! Looks like we came out of same mold!!!! Just curious, where do you hail from??? I'm originally from north suburbs of Chicago, live now in southern Wisc, just an hour north of the Windy City. You can email me at ronberetta@yahoo.com, keep in touch, fun talking music with you!!!
@deaddoc I graduated from high school in 1970. It was tough enough being "different" then, I can only imagine how bad it is now. We hear so much about Internet bullying actually driving kids to suicide.
@MaiHarinder I graduated from HS in 1970, too! I guess some of this depends upon where you lived. But I was in Northern California, and even though HS was still centered around the same 5 people or so, no one was picked on or bullied, even though I was in elementary school. I think back now and most everyone was pretty nice, especially the girls, sweet and kind, I mean.
@deaddoc That era was certainly different from the world now. I was a somewhat nerdy Sikh girl who didn't shave her legs and underarms in Montreal. I was given a pretty hard time, looking back now. At the time, I was just stubborn and "nobody tells me what to do."
Anyway, the times were interesting and the music was great.
@MaiHarinder Wow, Sikhs were already in Quebec then. My 5th great grandfather was an early French settler and explorer. Our greater family (large genealogical group) marked his grave in Chateauquay (church grounds) a couple years ago, where he had a farm and family.
This is from Bob Hope's opening special of the 1965-'66 season [September 29, 1965]. He sometimes included a "pop group" among his guest stars to attract younger viewers (his other guests that evening, for "the grownups", were James Garner, Carol Lawrence and Phyllis Diller). Would you believe Hope didn't appear in his first color special until December 1965?
@screenwriter44 I think that's a great theme for a movie script. A down and out screen writer goes to seance after seance to get Bob Hope to pay off. He is finally visited by Bob Hope as a zombie. Ewww..... creepy. And a zombie lawyer, too. It would probably fly since everything is zombie now.
Notice she is trying to do Mama Cass's little surfin' shuffle step, but she aint makin it....nice tune though....rickenbacker, gibson and fender all represented....
@timtipton5071256 Actually, I think Cass and all the female performers did this, but it was a reduced "Mashed Potato" step, I think. My older sister did it and she also reduced it later on, by '66 or so. It's like the go go girls who did the Jerk and the Swim at the same time as they did the Pony. My hippie cousin who flopped into the Haight in 67 was doing a version of the Skate to A Little Help from My Friends All those earlier 60s dances got mixed up, but it worked.
@deaddoc I'm 55 years old and I remember all those dances you're talking about, I miss those days so much...thank you for your reply...stay in touch....
Beverly Bivens I was so in love with you in 1965 -- and this song is still the best of Folk /Rock / and heart break ---and yes she is still on my mind ----!!
I have watched this about 20 times in the last 2 weeks. For some reason it gets me in - the singing, the voices, the guitar, the moves. The bow at the end signifies the difference between classic groups and today's riff raff. Cannot see the drums... it is We Six or is this mimed?
This great song was written by Sylvia Tyson in 1964. It was originally performed by her and Ian Tyson as the duo Ian & Sylvia and they recorded it for their 1964 album, Northern Journey
BACK IN THE DAY OUR FAMILY CAMPED ALOT. WE HAD A 14 FT. SHASTA.ON SHASTA TRAILERS THERES A SMALL WING ON THE TOP REAR. THIS WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS. SO I HAD THIS IDEA TO PUT OUR LOGO ON THAT WING. I CAME UP WITH WE 3 BECAUSE OF THIS SONG. MY WIFE DAUGHTER AND ME. "WE 3" ANOTHER DAUGHTER "WE 4" AND ANOTHER DAUGHTER "WE 5"
Bob Hope show. I wonder how many skirts Bev had to bring before she finally found one long enough to suit the censors. She was wearing miniskirts well before Carnaby Street discovered them.
Puppets! Yes! But I think it's Supercar, maybe, not Thunderbirds. But who can tell. I think she's cute and could kind of wander around in one place for awhile in my house. She has something down in her shoes, though. She's quite emphatic about it. She also has troubles . . . well, that's OK.
Oh my God in heaven! At 1:55, best pop break EVER. At the end... best pop hook ever! Check out Crispin St. Peter's "I'm The Pied Piper" for a similar post-climax power hook. Both are classic works of brilliance!
Lead singer had a magnificent voice. Did Sylvia Fricke (Ian and Sylvia) writer this song?
sltomsik 14 hours ago
They don't bother to make strong, unequivocally great songs like this anymore.
takfam07 1 day ago
I like her boots.
ladyvee7110 2 days ago
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isukaman 2 days ago
They're playing the right guitars - Casino, Rickenbacker, Fender, Gibson. Great 60s sound. Love the chick singer's voice.
fredthejunkman 3 days ago
So absolutely stupid to have musical acts on TV that did nothing but pretend to sing and play. How utterly ridiculous. Why did anyone ever think this was a good idea?
unclebobunclebob 4 days ago
@unclebobunclebob - Because the technology back then was sorely lacking as far as micing the amps, drums, etc. and getting a decent sound. Plus some groups really sucked "live" so they'd lip-sync and sound "just like the record!"
fredthejunkman 3 days ago
@unclebobunclebob It was never that anyone thought it a good idea, it was due to rulings by the Musician's Union both here in the United Kingdom and America. So, it wasn't out of choice, most performers were happy to play live, it's just that they weren't allowed to by the MU.
gawagney 2 days ago
The guy on the left is bouncing up and down but his feet don't move.
zapple100 5 days ago
I hate these ads!
mzlan3179 6 days ago
sounds like bobhope introducing them
neverhit17 1 week ago
@neverhit17 That voice intro was Ed Sullivan. The music impresario who brought us the British invasion every Sunday night and lots of other GREAT acts when TV had 3 channels
gadinsabi 2 days ago
@gadinsabi No, it's from Bob Hope show, so he's the one doing the intro. We Five were never on Ed Sullivan Show.
SixtiesPopGold 2 days ago
Fenders are generally considered to be a better, more accurate bass with better intonation than Hofners. Even Paul Mac has admitted. it. The Hofners are sometimes worth more because of the Beatle connection, that's all.
nagilla 1 week ago
@nagilla - you're right about the intonation aspect of the Hofners, but they play fast, they're light, and they have a distinct sound. I've got a Hofner and a Fender P-bass. If Paul had never played a Hofner they probably wouldn't be as expensive.
fredthejunkman 3 days ago
Ha.. The Mama Cass shuffle must have been the move of the day here.
blueticecho 1 week ago
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Wow. After all these years, that's one of those rare songs that still "works." An' I still think she was a really cute bird.
tyrssen1 1 week ago
0:15 Shuffle of the 60's :D
TheBeatles125 1 week ago
yes, the Hollywood Palace with Fred Astaire introducing them in '65 is a live performance.
erzug 1 week ago
Keep up the good fight!!
shoulderoforion 2 weeks ago
LOVE her hair, and boots! GROWING up in the 60s was great, and the music was awesome. THOSE days are gone forever, and it's the music that keep all the childhood memories alive.
ousooner702 3 weeks ago 2
Wheres the drummer?
99ontguy1 3 weeks ago
this song was a hit in Britain by Crispian St Peters in 1965 and his version is less rushed than this tepid version of the song
justagog 3 weeks ago
"Shuffling" is nothing new.
EdWatts 3 weeks ago
love this song ++++
they all looked so cool and full of energy
rosebuddy47 4 weeks ago
Thanks, from someone who was there in the 60s
MerleOberon 4 weeks ago
Well, what they lack in actually playing and singing, they make up for in their bouncing and shuffling around, I guess.
juslookin3 4 weeks ago
Susanna Hoffs and her The Bangles, has the best version of this song!! Ed
onlinelondon 4 weeks ago
Why don't they show the DRUMMER ?
TheAlaskamarine 1 month ago
the rickenbacker 360 electric 12 string guitar, (seen in this video in the hands of one of the players) is the sound that made the sixties...at least in the mid point of them. the jangle of the treble in the rick 12 is a tone junkies dream.
TheBabyboomkidof53 1 month ago
@TheBabyboomkidof53 The Byrds also featured the 12-string as did many bands around 1965, like Syndicate of sound and others.
65rock4ever 3 weeks ago
@65rock4ever right. george harrison started it all when on the beatles first visit to the u.s. to be on the ed sullivann show rickenbacker presented him their first 360 electric 12 string.he took it home and at once began recording with it on the hard days night film soundtrack and other songs in that period.roger mcguinn of the byrds saw him play it in the film so he got one too.then everyone did it seemed.from the searchers to the groups you mentioned.the group "love" also used it on first LP.
TheBabyboomkidof53 3 weeks ago
@TheBabyboomkidof53 Interesting. Also the Haufner Bass guitar was an excellent one as well. Played by Paul McCartney and a few others during that time.
65rock4ever 3 weeks ago
@65rock4ever the hofner 500/1 violin bass was the mccartney favorite. not really considered a good bass like the fender jazz bass.but he made it famous.if you look at old photos you notice he used two different ones. the first was the 1961 were both pickups were close together up by the neck. the second one was the 1963 model with the pickups spaced further apart. others played violin bass but it only looked right in paul mccartney's hands....and still does. he likes it because its light. hollow
TheBabyboomkidof53 2 weeks ago 2
@TheBabyboomkidof53 I've also been told by someone who makes guitars the hofner bass is considered to be one of the best ever. Honestly I don't know much about the fender bass but based on what I've seen on ebay the Hofner models retain a higher value than the others. Not sure of the reason for this but apparently alot of folks really like these. And yes it did look nice in Paul's hands.
65rock4ever 2 weeks ago
@65rock4ever fender bass is the gold standard others have to come up to. the hofner isn't a great bass its a desirerible bass because of it's asscociation to the beatles. if not for mccartney and his using it it would still only be a good bass but not great.the beatles are the reason the resale value of them is high. not because its great.you see purists believe if you are going to attempt to recreate their sound you have to use their instruments.their collectable so high priced.even used ones.
TheBabyboomkidof53 2 weeks ago
@TheBabyboomkidof53 Good point. I do think McCartney played it well. Was he the best ? I don't think so but like you said everyone wants to imitate the Beatles.
65rock4ever 2 weeks ago
I could watch this video 1,000 times!!! (I'm up to about 60 so far) - Great performance!!!
dnavratil98 1 month ago
Bev was so hot.
dahur 1 month ago
@dahur I agree. Always thought so. I had heard years ago that the band dissolved because she was killed in a car accident. Turns out not to be true at all.
Binaurals02 1 month ago
@Binaurals02 Yes, I heard the rumor about "dying". I researched it a few years ago. She got married to Fred Marshall (musician with Vince Girardi ).
Had a boy and a girl, and just lived the life of wife and mother. Her husband died a few years ago, and there is a YT video of her doing some singing recently.
dahur 1 month ago
@Binaurals02 I think part of the confusion is due to a serious car crash involving Sweetwater lead singer Nancy Nevins in 1969. Sweetwater was the first band (not artist) to perform at Woodstock months earlier. Nevins was critically injured, suffered brain and vocal cord damage and spent years recovering. Happily, she did and reunited with the band many years later.
misterearl 1 week ago
They move like The Beatles... :D
ETERNIA007 1 month ago
"Employee Rights Act"? What a loathesome ad.
rudeingenue 1 month ago
Not for nothin' but why is it necessary for FOUR guitars to be in one band?
Oh, yeah, where's the drummer? I hear his work.
7855waldo 1 month ago
This song was written by Ian Tyson of Ian and Sylvia fame.
Puseye2 1 month ago
@Puseye2 This song was written by Sylvia Fricker (now Sylvia Tyson).
neal1960 1 month ago
Is there a live version of this anywhere that isn't lipsynched? I've always thought the rhythms on this were cool, too and they don't even fake a drummer here.
Binaurals02 1 month ago
@Binaurals02 The closest you get is their performance on Shindig, which might be live vocal and pre-recorded background.
SixtiesPopGold 1 month ago
@Binaurals02 If you do a simple search you'll see a completely live version from the Hollywood Palace right here on youtube....
TopshelfTom 1 month ago
@TopshelfTom I did and it's great. Oddly the [real, live] drummer is off camera. I guess that would have made them We 6. Still it seems like they could have dropped one of the guitars, as suggested above, and had the drummer like just about every other band of the era.
Binaurals02 1 month ago
@Binaurals02 - Occasionally I hear complaints from other old farts (I'm 61, myself) about how back in the good old days, singers had talent and sang their own songs, and musicians played their own instruments. It wasn't always so, and this is a reminder. Singers used echo chambers and doubletracking. Old farts of the day complained that they couldn't sing. Maybe true; some things don't change.
By the way, why should they "have dropped one of their guitars"?
OldDunc 1 month ago
@OldDunc Just seems redundant and they're clearly using a drummer who is kind of a feature on "You Were On My Mind". The guy on the left might be playing a 12-string, so they needed him AND a lead guitar, but I doubt that he was all of the time.
Binaurals02 1 month ago
@Binaurals02
There's a version on YT live at the Hollywood Palace with Fred Astair that wasn't lip sincked. It sounds great.
dahur 1 month ago
@Binaurals02 Check out the Hollywood Bowl video. It appears to be all live.
juslookin3 4 weeks ago
@Binaurals02 Sorry, I meant Hollywood Palace.
juslookin3 4 weeks ago
@Binaurals02 Yes ... the Hollywood Palace show has them live with a drummer who reall kicks it !
popegeorgeringo 4 weeks ago
@Binaurals02 In the listings on the right-hand side of my screen, it shows a live performance that was broadcast on the show "The Hollywood Palace." Perhaps you could search with words that include that name.
xqqqme 3 weeks ago
@Binaurals02 I don't believe they had a drummer, just a session drummer. Also, if you think...We Five were, FIVE. If they'd had a drummer in the band it would mean changing their name to, We Six?
gawagney 2 days ago
Phenomenal song, this song always puts me in a Good Mood. The music in the 60's and early 70's is So Much better than any other Decade. The harmonies are Incredible. Thanks for Posting and Have a Great Day~~
tbay581 1 month ago
Me parte y me sigue partiendo a pesar de tantos años trascurridos,bellisima interpretacion !
gilislas 1 month ago
How can I LOSE the commercials on you tube - they're freaking annoying?
InYourFaceRadio 1 month ago
Great song & great version. PS: People often miss the drug reference "I went to the corner just to ease my pain..."
anotherjoe50 1 month ago
TOO CLASSIC FOR WORDS! So great to be able to see We5 as well as hear. Posting appreciated. PEACE ALL!
mjcamck 1 month ago
I can't believe that Bev Bivens was only 19 in this video; I'm old enough to be her dad, but I'd look her son standing next to her.
BigEricHunt 1 month ago
Go-go boots and miniskirts...YUM! My first 'serious' girlfriend wore them. The woman I'm with now wears them (since I bought them for her) and if she wears them on the nights we go out I know I get 'dessert' that night! :-)
Inquisitor53 1 month ago
does anyone?? know where i cvan find those go-go boots?? my mom wore them..but hers were waaauy too small!
exgroupiefromelmont1 1 month ago
@exgroupiefromelmont1 There's a store in downtown Tampa that sells them. Definitely pricey, but when my lady's wearing them it puts a smile on my face that says they were worth every penny I paid!
Inquisitor53 1 month ago
@Inquisitor53 THANK YOU SIR.. I WILL LOOK INTO IT..EVEN THOUGH i am in ny!! cannot understand WHY major stores like dsw and zappos designers cannot come up with a reasonable copy of these!!
exgroupiefromelmont1 1 month ago
where's the drummer?
JANXDPDX 1 month ago
Love her hairstyle
shadyalan1 1 month ago
I've loved this song since it first came out. We used to ride around on our bikes singing it. After all these years I just now realised the lead singer was a girl!
audiotrax2000 1 month ago
Hope saved virtually every one of his specials, 'altfactor', and began preserving the ones on videotape around 1960. I've seen the December 1965 Chrysler special when he annouced to the audience at the beginning that it was THE first color edition he was appearing in...
fromthesidelines 1 month ago
They aren't even plugged into anything. This is a disgrace!!
h4ckb0x7 1 month ago
She looks like Paul McCartney's twin sister. No offense to either.
65rock4ever 1 month ago
Ian and Sylvia pure Canadian pre can con.
Another home grown canuck song gone south.
alphaacton 1 month ago
THE MOFO ON THE LEFT, THE ONE WHO IS DEAD LOOKS LIKE MY NEIGHBOR A CHILD MOLESTER. I FOUND HIM ON MEGANS LIST. YO YO YO I WONDER IF MIKE S. WAS DONE IN BY SUM HARD PIPE HITTUN NIGGAS. YO YO I B A THUGZ
NSA666999 1 month ago
As I Watch this, & see "Bevs" interview of a couple of years ago, I wonder
if She had it do to over again, would she Leave this "Group" or keep Singing,
making more "Memoriable" music? This type of Music if gone, only memories
are left. I know, I graduated High School in 1965 & loved this music, but it was
for then, Not Now.
desert3347 2 months ago
haha teyre all on drugs or something but this is awesome
courtinii 2 months ago
You can analyze this take all you want, but it all comes down to one phenomena ---- The 1960"s. There was never anything before or ever will be anything like this era again.
65rock4ever 2 months ago 27
@65rock4ever "DITTO!"
robertconticom 1 month ago in playlist My Top Videos
@65rock4ever That is very true.... there will be nothing like the '60's ever again.... I didn't think we'd survive that decade. Looking back now, we were in much better shape then (individually and as a country) than we are now. What a period of fantastic creativity!
baldnobberful 4 weeks ago
pues dientes no le faltan :P
13Allah13 2 months ago
you know? I play this over and over, remebering when i was in hi school ..... in my country this group is seldom known. I love this video a lot. thanks
plikukaku 2 months ago
She looks like Joan Stooke from Sayerville N.J
minnowpd 2 months ago
Beverly Bivens' voice is so beautiful in this song!
JORGEPSOUSA911 2 months ago
Bev was a hottie with a great voice!!!
luvsmusic208 2 months ago
@luvsmusic208 When I wake up in the morning....She certainly could be on my mind!
spook394 2 months ago
I like her boots.
ladyvee7110 2 months ago
there was a 10 min. commercial for ron paul before this video. WTF
boxley12 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
I like to play this we five song next to the the vejtables i still love you, the leaves funny little world and then beau brummels don't talk to strangers ending the set with jefferson airplane it's no secret
moxie96 2 months ago
squared away sport coats
melbea03 2 months ago in playlist Watch Later
Mike Stewart, far left, passed away in 2002 from a depression related illness. He made a major contribution to Billy Joel's success and to the music software industry. Bob Jones, second from left, is a DJ in Hawaii and plays the blues. Pete Fullerton, third from left, runs an amazing organisation called Truck of Love. Jerry Burgan, far right, is still playing folk music and has a strong presence in the music industry. Bev Bivans, centre, left the industry to take up the role of motherhood.
creativeengineer 3 months ago 17
@creativeengineer - Although I'm an avid and "die-hard" Rolling Stones' fan, did you know that Mick Jagger wouldn't acknowledge Bev Bivans at a mutual performance spot, even after she said "Hi" to him? He also snubbed Herman's Hermits after a T.V. performance of "Ruby Tuesaday," by turning his back as the announcer mentioned their appearance on the next show!? These are "FACTS," check them out!
classiclistener01 3 months ago
@classiclistener01 The guy in sam the sham and the pharoahs said the british groups were too arrogent and they wouold try to knock your guitars out of tune
spacepatrolman 3 months ago
@spacepatrolman - If Domingo Samudio said that, there must be at least "some" truth to it!?!? But...everyone, American, British, etc., contributed "SO MUCH" to music in the 1960s, why do that!?!? "Today," it seems as technology advances "ALMOST" as quickly as music declines, and, SUCKS!!
Thank you for that comment - as I can see how a "threatened" pop-star "MAY" have done such a lousy thing!! :(
classiclistener01 3 months ago
@classiclistener01 it was his guitar player who said that sam had two groups backing him the first was from down south the secound was from the metropole cafe in new york which was around the corner from the musical instrument stores on 48th street
spacepatrolman 3 months ago
@spacepatrolman - I DID NOT know that! I only knew of the Pharoahs!?!? Were there two groups known as The Pharoahs, or, two differently named backing groups??
classiclistener01 3 months ago
@classiclistener01 they were 2 groups known as the pharoahs the first was the ones dressed like arabs on the cover of that number 1 hit woolly bully and the secound they wore mod clothes on the cover of the little red riding hood lp [ the secound had some other name before sam picked them up as a replacement when they performed in new york] in more recent years sam performed with a girl sax player
spacepatrolman 3 months ago
@spacepatrolman - I never heard of someone having separate groups, unless they 'also' played with session players.
classiclistener01 3 months ago
@classiclistener01 if a group has longevity musicians get replaced over time i lost count of how many guitarists have been in the pretenders but what your saying is true sometimes they use separate studio musicians
spacepatrolman 3 months ago
@spacepatrolman - I'm going to send you a video of a group that 'really' never was!?!? They only got together "only" as session musicians to make one (1) "BIG" hit!
classiclistener01 3 months ago
@creativeengineer Hey, thanks for all the info. Sorry for the loss of Mike Stewart, especially that way. But the others sound like they're doing good.
deaddoc 2 months ago
Well although just a one hit wonder, this song is one of my all time top 10. They caught lightning in a jar and could never duplicate it's success. Would love to know it's origin and how someone pieced it together to become a hit.
5ourgang 3 months ago
I also thought it was a guy singing. Looks like she wants to ROCK-IT but I don't think Ed would have liked that. One of my all time faves. Hey, the origins of lip-syncing-and-instruments. Love it.
theoilersgrub 3 months ago
Ok, nice song but how about if they actually put whoever's playing drums on stage and drop one of the guitars. Maybe they were all essential to the vocals but do you really need three guitar players? You have to keep the Rickenbacker, of course.
125jlm 3 months ago
@125jlm Well, you do need at least TWO guitars, "rhythm" and "lead", with all due respect to ZZ Top, however... I'd say the guy on the acoustic-electric could go... but no matter what... gotta keep the Rick!
kb6kgx 2 months ago
@125jlm Wouldn't one have to have the ability to time travel in order to do this? : )
gilmanIII 2 months ago
@125jlm You must understand that in those days, many groups like this used session players which often included orchestral participation as well. Also, virtually no one let the bands play live. Reasons? Maybe the cost, I also think that they wanted the Top 40 version for commercial recognition. But also, I think the "adults" weren't sure the kids wouldn't make a big goof during the show. I think only Ed Sullivan had live shows.
deaddoc 2 months ago
@deaddoc You may have just answered the very question I've been stumped about: why musicians mime to their own music on a live show.
Khultan 2 months ago
Nevermind that none of the guitars is plugged in! LOL!
tripjet999 3 months ago
@tripjet999 they never were, only Ed Sullivan and Smothers Brothers Show did the artists actually perform live during this era.
BLUESMANRONCHICAGO 3 months ago
@BLUESMANRONCHICAGO You're right, and The Smothers Brothers show started after this groups apex. When did it start, 67, 68? I used to really laugh at the "A Little Tea with Goldie" segment. Oh, wooooow....
deaddoc 1 month ago
@deaddoc Glen Campbell filled in for Smothers Brothers during summer of 67, and he had Cream on as musical guest. They performed Sunshine of your Love, awesome, only time Cream ever played live on TV
BLUESMANRONCHICAGO 1 month ago
@BLUESMANRONCHICAGO Do you know where that clip is, because I would LOVE to see it. I think I did see it back then. I remember digging Ginger Baker on those double bass drums. At that time, Cream was my favorite group. I still work out (stationary bike) to the live Wheels of Fire "Crossroads" & Spoonful." I think they were on Ed Sullivan and did a silly mime to "Anyone for Tennis" with tennis rackets in their hands.
deaddoc 1 month ago
@deaddoc Haven't seen it posted here, I saw the clip during a countdown on VH1 classic of hard rock bands, and they used that clip while talking about Cream. Love the live sides of Wheels, I do Traintime on harp, was one of the earliest songs i started playing when i first started playing the harmonica, and still playing 42 years later!!!
BLUESMANRONCHICAGO 1 month ago
@BLUESMANRONCHICAGO So much fun! I learned harp playing to Yardbirds stuff, but then Cream and I used to play Traintime everyday after school for about an hour. I think that live side of that Cream album is one of the best enduring pieces of music in R&R history. Spoonful still amazes me. Hope someone puts that clip up sometime.
deaddoc 1 month ago
@deaddoc Damn! Looks like we came out of same mold!!!! Just curious, where do you hail from??? I'm originally from north suburbs of Chicago, live now in southern Wisc, just an hour north of the Windy City. You can email me at ronberetta@yahoo.com, keep in touch, fun talking music with you!!!
BLUESMANRONCHICAGO 1 month ago
Great song! Though, I always thought it was a dude singing. Never knew there was a lady in the lineup.
ronnie3704 3 months ago
To me, they look like escapees from Revenge of the Nerds. Love 'em!
MaiHarinder 3 months ago
@MaiHarinder One great thing about the 60s is it made being a dork okay, even cool. Now social cruelty is worse than ever.
deaddoc 1 month ago
@deaddoc I graduated from high school in 1970. It was tough enough being "different" then, I can only imagine how bad it is now. We hear so much about Internet bullying actually driving kids to suicide.
I think I'm a nerd.
MaiHarinder 1 month ago
@MaiHarinder I graduated from HS in 1970, too! I guess some of this depends upon where you lived. But I was in Northern California, and even though HS was still centered around the same 5 people or so, no one was picked on or bullied, even though I was in elementary school. I think back now and most everyone was pretty nice, especially the girls, sweet and kind, I mean.
deaddoc 1 month ago
@deaddoc That era was certainly different from the world now. I was a somewhat nerdy Sikh girl who didn't shave her legs and underarms in Montreal. I was given a pretty hard time, looking back now. At the time, I was just stubborn and "nobody tells me what to do."
Anyway, the times were interesting and the music was great.
MaiHarinder 1 month ago
@MaiHarinder Wow, Sikhs were already in Quebec then. My 5th great grandfather was an early French settler and explorer. Our greater family (large genealogical group) marked his grave in Chateauquay (church grounds) a couple years ago, where he had a farm and family.
deaddoc 1 month ago
@deaddoc On my mom's side are French, Prussians and Inuits. My dad went to Quebec quite illegally in the 1920s. My family history is a bit bizarre...
MaiHarinder 1 month ago
This is from Bob Hope's opening special of the 1965-'66 season [September 29, 1965]. He sometimes included a "pop group" among his guest stars to attract younger viewers (his other guests that evening, for "the grownups", were James Garner, Carol Lawrence and Phyllis Diller). Would you believe Hope didn't appear in his first color special until December 1965?
fromthesidelines 3 months ago
@fromthesidelines Are you sure??
I thought Bob Hope specials were colorcast beginning in the Fall of 1963, but weren't preserved in color until the end of 1965.
Reportedly, the color tapes were erased, leaving only black-and-white kinescopes (or in this case, a black-and-white videotape).
altfactor 1 month ago
Is that Bob Hope as MC? He still owes me money! Great tune. Beverly is so cute.
screenwriter44 3 months ago
@screenwriter44 Bucktooth Beverly, ( yes cute ) WHO ?
mrstevehartman 3 months ago
@screenwriter44 I think that's a great theme for a movie script. A down and out screen writer goes to seance after seance to get Bob Hope to pay off. He is finally visited by Bob Hope as a zombie. Ewww..... creepy. And a zombie lawyer, too. It would probably fly since everything is zombie now.
deaddoc 1 month ago
One of my favorite oldies! I can picture myself in about 6th grade and singing this at the top of my lungs.
autocribusa 3 months ago
Dorks! :) They're really getting into air-strumming their 4 guitars, but where's the drummer? I love the song, though.
lcozzarelli 3 months ago
@lcozzarelli Hahaha.. the drummer can't come out, because then there would be six.
crystalmarvin 3 months ago
Notice she is trying to do Mama Cass's little surfin' shuffle step, but she aint makin it....nice tune though....rickenbacker, gibson and fender all represented....
timtipton5071256 3 months ago
@timtipton5071256 Actually, I think Cass and all the female performers did this, but it was a reduced "Mashed Potato" step, I think. My older sister did it and she also reduced it later on, by '66 or so. It's like the go go girls who did the Jerk and the Swim at the same time as they did the Pony. My hippie cousin who flopped into the Haight in 67 was doing a version of the Skate to A Little Help from My Friends All those earlier 60s dances got mixed up, but it worked.
deaddoc 1 month ago
@deaddoc I'm 55 years old and I remember all those dances you're talking about, I miss those days so much...thank you for your reply...stay in touch....
timtipton5071256 1 month ago
Beverly Bivens I was so in love with you in 1965 -- and this song is still the best of Folk /Rock / and heart break ---and yes she is still on my mind ----!!
vjstonevfr 3 months ago
Wonder who the emcee was...it kinda sounds like Bob Hope.
jessica362436 3 months ago
Rickenbacker 360/12. Great sound. Nothing like it.
paliesq 3 months ago
Pardon my ignorance, who is the lead singer? I love all the 60's tunes, big fan but I dont know her
MrBigoutlaw 3 months ago
@MrBigoutlaw Her name is Beverly Bivens.
gladys12373 3 months ago
I want her boots.
ModGirl1967 3 months ago
@ModGirl1967 Try ebay!.
tony13a 3 months ago
@ModGirl1967 Yep, already got a pair -- was just making a comment. ;-}
ModGirl1967 3 months ago
this song has so much ENERGY!
moonbeamchaos 3 months ago
I have watched this about 20 times in the last 2 weeks. For some reason it gets me in - the singing, the voices, the guitar, the moves. The bow at the end signifies the difference between classic groups and today's riff raff. Cannot see the drums... it is We Six or is this mimed?
creativeengineer 3 months ago
Beverly is a good friend of my family! Lovely lady.
scandalpants 3 months ago
@scandalpants She was a cutie back in the day. Tell her I said hello.
crazyromanian1 3 months ago
Beverly is a good friend of my family! Lovely lady.
scandalpants 3 months ago
What a sexy and provocative dance !
BRIANEWEIS 3 months ago
She moves like my granny.
BigEricHunt 4 months ago
@BigEricHunt You must have a hot granny!
MaiHarinder 1 month ago
How can they stand so close to each other?
Cherie5743 4 months ago
how does the guitarist see through those glasses !!!
llekym65 4 months ago
This great song was written by Sylvia Tyson in 1964. It was originally performed by her and Ian Tyson as the duo Ian & Sylvia and they recorded it for their 1964 album, Northern Journey
Leutchik 4 months ago
She was a helluva dancer!
res57 4 months ago 2
Bob Hope definitely
GeemanThe1 4 months ago
BACK IN THE DAY OUR FAMILY CAMPED ALOT. WE HAD A 14 FT. SHASTA.ON SHASTA TRAILERS THERES A SMALL WING ON THE TOP REAR. THIS WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS. SO I HAD THIS IDEA TO PUT OUR LOGO ON THAT WING. I CAME UP WITH WE 3 BECAUSE OF THIS SONG. MY WIFE DAUGHTER AND ME. "WE 3" ANOTHER DAUGHTER "WE 4" AND ANOTHER DAUGHTER "WE 5"
ROTH1944 4 months ago
Go Go boots! Oh man I wish they would come back with those. I have a pair but not gutsy enough to wear them. Tsk!
AmerikaBlue 4 months ago
Bob Hope show. I wonder how many skirts Bev had to bring before she finally found one long enough to suit the censors. She was wearing miniskirts well before Carnaby Street discovered them.
penbayman 4 months ago
Lip sych
laodom 4 months ago
Performers of that era may not have been good-looking. And often they were pretty bad dancers ... but they were making real music.
57highland 4 months ago
Berkeley, CA.
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StanKindly 4 months ago
classic, earthy alto voice of Beverly. Used to practice this with my big sister, who taught me how to sing. Love it
TheBizzyBlonde 4 months ago
Puppets! Yes! But I think it's Supercar, maybe, not Thunderbirds. But who can tell. I think she's cute and could kind of wander around in one place for awhile in my house. She has something down in her shoes, though. She's quite emphatic about it. She also has troubles . . . well, that's OK.
vcx9dfne 4 months ago
i agree with Guff this looks like puppets singing. they should have done it live with acoustic guitars.
fg6971 4 months ago
They look like puppets from Thunderbirds.
WilliamGruff 4 months ago
Oh my God in heaven! At 1:55, best pop break EVER. At the end... best pop hook ever! Check out Crispin St. Peter's "I'm The Pied Piper" for a similar post-climax power hook. Both are classic works of brilliance!
billysings 4 months ago
Love the GoGo Boots!
woodywestlake 4 months ago
Good group but in this clip they look like nervous ants.
sjtom57 4 months ago