READ HERE Please. Guys stop follow anything has to do with satan , he is real and the only thing he wants is to destroy ur life , Please i know you may think is all fake but trust me is not once you come to jesus christ and ask him to come in ur life with ur sorry to him , not only ur life will change forever but you will have ur own expiriance of evidence that he indeed exist as he give that to anyone who call his name.
I was born in '83...heard this on rage the other weekend....was amazed...love the the jazz syncopation...and the gravel in this kids voice...brilliant...
most people compare covers to originals, and most people will be expecting me to do the same - but i love this just as much as the INXS one. They both have their amazing pros about them!
One of the best bands of the 60's, Aussie or not. Each member is brilliant by themselves and put together they're incredible. They used to be called The Red Onions Jazz Band. My dad used to see them live every weekend at the dances around essendon, man i wish i could've seen them live just once.
Who are your loved ones? Each time I read or hear the term somewhere it makes me feel like asking someone who their loved ones are. I thought it meant just simply any person who you love, but then wondered if a person can only be a 'loved one' if they love you back.
What a pity that they had no overseas success. Their music in 1965 was as good if not better than what the Beatles and Rolling Stones had released until that point in time. And I remember many, many years ago speaking to someone who was involved in their management/promotions raving on and being ever so proud about how much money he had made "ripping" off the Loved Ones!
I knew Gerry well as a friend one of the nice guys ! incredible talent, as was Terry Walker of the the strangers remember them jamming together ,Terry had a sitar too which they were playing ahh yes
Does anyone know the keyboard type? If it's famous I'm sure it is possible to get the tone on Garageband or something like that, no? I really like the tone
@mistersmith6000 It sounds more like a Vox than a Farfisa. But as for what they used exactly, I don't know that for sure. The only vintage keyboard I see in any of their videos was a Hohner Cembalet, which was a precursor to the Pianet.
This must be the only surviving vid of the legendary Loved Ones that included Ian Clyne, normally on keyboards but on this occasion guitar. Ian was later replaced by Treva Richards.
That DJ who intros the clip: Is he Jim Slade of "Melbourne's happening 3AK"? I recall that Jim was a big supporter of the Loved Ones. They made a parody track for Jim that was used to promote his radio show. Sung to the same tune as The Loved One, the words went something like "Oh baby I love Jim Slade, he makes the grade, I love him so, he just goes ooooooonnn!"
I think Jim Slade also worked at radio 5KA in Adelaide but I haven't heard of him for many years now.
@rockston1 I don't know who the disk jockey was but it wasn't me. I was either at 5 KA or 3 DB in Melbourne. You have an amazing memory. It's a shame that Gerry died a few years ago. I don't have that audio file that the Loved Ones did for me, but I do have an audio clip taken from "On Air" at 5KA in 1968. I might upload that soon. Thanks Rockston Jim
@Eccles2440 Amazing memory? Not where it counts! Maybe the voice-over is Ken Sparkes, as "Breatherable" suggests. Anyhow, it's a privilege to be communicating with the great JS! Are you still in the radio biz? Where are some your early contemporaries these days? It is a long time since we heard from the likes of Stewart Jay and Ian Sells.
@rockston1 It may be Ken or Granley Dee who was on air at 3AK & who had a hit with "Let the little girl dance". Ian Sells has gone to that radio station in the sky where it rocks all day and all of the night, and Stewart I believe is in Sydney doing "voice overs". as I am.The 60's and 70's were fantastic. I was reflecting on the people that I'd met and interviewed, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bee Gees, Roy Orbison, Gene Pitney, Dusty Springfield and so on. .I was very fortunate. Jim Slade
@denidowi He was an excellent piano player and some times when he was looking for new material, he would hire a hotel room for 24 hours and audion writers until he had the number he wanted. I met him a few times. He was very friendly, had an amazing memory and loved a scotch before going on stage.Gene was an outstanding performer and you're right denidowi...a Genius.
@Eccles2440 Yes; I'm pretty sure that is the voice of Lionel Yorke. And from side view, even though the ear phones and fuzziness distort the view, it looks more Yorkey than Ken Sparkes; though Sparkes is an outside possibility.
It is definitely not Grantley Dee at all - doesn't begin to look like him, and does not sound like him either.
@denidowi I am certain this was Lionel Yorke and not Ken Sparkes as I had a crush on Yorkie at the time:) He was always soooo happy!
Grantley Dee was blind and this guy wasnt wearing specs Wow I am old!! I remember 3AK went to the beaches and did dance contests and the prettiest girls in bikinis always won....Darn it! I was an awkward 12 year old :) But to all those who love this song I agree with It's timeless
@denidowi I was wrong earlier, definitely Yorkie and not Ken Sparkes. Beware of an American band using the name 'The Loved Ones' you will suffer psychological damage if you expect to hear Gerry.....
@Breatherable I notice your channel: you like Eric and the Animals?
That's ironic ... topic in question: My Fav Stonefield track is "Foreign Lover", which I equate in shape and overall structure to Burdon's "We Gotta Get Outta this Place"
Try the 2 tracks following each other - more for structure than anything else. Cool low key openings and building up using raised octaves and intensity of raw sound.
@Breatherable Have you heard the Melbourne group, currently UK -based, "Gypsy and the Cat": they were touring Australia this past 2 weeks??
They look like the latest and greatest thing to come out of OZ.
They already have a number of YOUtube tracks, with just their very 1st release this past week or so. They already have a full album ready to go. Snazzy stuff.
@mewert "Next big thing"???? The Loved Ones were a legendary Aussie band from the mid 1960's. Gerry Humphries (sadly) passed away in London in 2005 from a heart attack.
@Kathy0851 haha no you got me wrong. i was referring to the aus band Gypsy & the Cat. i was comenting on someone elses comment that was referring to that band. ;)
@Eccles2440 ...and please do upload that "On Air" clip from 5KA in 1968! Can you flag it here when it becomes available? Much appreciated. Thanks Jim, Rockston.
Hi rockston, the "on air" audio is now up and running. You'll also see a photo of me when I joined 5 KA from 5 DN, and there are photos of Ian Sells and Stewart Jay along with some of the other "Good Guys". I came accross a photo of Gerry Humphreys and me having a chat on stage at Hoadleys Battle of the Sounds, I think that it would have been 1967.
top clip, love this song. thanks for the post as it brings back memories listening to music with my dad playing his vynal records. i wasn't born in 50's-60's but dad was collecting all the rock and roll, then passing it onto his kids (me esspecially), it's not easy to come by any of this early stuff, thanks for the clip. thanks dad for the influence you gave me in music. cheers
An excerpt from Peter L. Lamb's historic 1966 popumentary "Approximately Panther", which also features music by Cam-Pact and includes interviews with Adrian Rawlins, Lynne Randell and Bobby & Laurie and shows glimpses of the legendary Thumpin' Tum disco. Lamb made this clip especially for the film. The "onion dome" house is long gone.
Excella-a-ant. Don't worry about the boofheads, all their taste is in their mouth. This was the start of our homegrown industry which now is some of the best in the world eg acca dacca. The boofheads probably don't know who that is....they probably don't know what a boofhead is either!!
Disagree re Zombies especially. As to Them - were a great band too and I agree had a comparable style. However Zombies work was quite different; can't see the comparison. However if I did compare them, I would rate the Loved Ones higher, even they I love the Zombies
We feel very sorry for you, pal. Very sorry. You & your musical taste / judgement can only be described as one thing .. pathetic .. if you cannot comprehend the 'good' in this music .. and if you are incapable of putting this kinda stuff into the historical time-period where it rightfully belongs. I dunno what your aberration is, mate .. but there's somethin sure wrong with you & your headspace, somewhere there ... So congratulations .. a 3 y.o. has just shitted on your carpet !!
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mate? I understand that this is important music to some aussies. that's what makes me sad. It's bad guys. And before you start, I love INXS, Midnight Oil, and anything involving Neil Finn (although I don't know if you guys claim him at all). Screw historical context. On its own merits, this is poor.
@TheChuckleBuddies your definition of what is good sounds like junk to me. I chuckle at what you think is "quality." you sound like someone whose favorite bird is the pigeon because you see them everywhere.
You don't have any idea of what my definition of "good" is. I just named off a few Aussie bands I like, so that you wouldn't think I had some kind of bias. You'll notice I left out AC/DC. You know, I just listened to this song again just to make sure my assessment was correct, and it indeed is. Dontgd, you sound like someone whose favorite meal is feces because it tastes like shit.
I dont mind that you don't like it. Personally I do. I also never considered the reason I liked it was because it had anything to do with "being Australian" (even tho I am). I just like the sound. Always have.
It reminds me of a song I heard from Finland many years ago. I never understood the words to that Finnish song and have no idea how to find it again because I dont know what it was called... but like Ever Lovin Man, it crept into my psyche and just stayed. I can still sing it.
Thanks for letting me have my opinion, unlike dontgd. It's funny, but nothing about this song appeals to me. If I'd grown up with it, then I'd probably feel differently.
Who knows? Favorite songs are favorites for many different reasons. Time & place and significant moments in our lives play a part thats always hard to explain. For me, it might be a groove, a beat, a "sound", a lyric (or lack of), or something that just jells and feels right to me.
I have started a play list of my favorites and when I look at them disspationately, there are some in there that are just "there" for reasons I might have to justify, but I dont care to. I just like 'em.
And by the way... you brought this on yourself by making your original comments, calling it 3yo carpet crap AND connecting that to the tastes of "Australians"... because this song isnt well known here either... its considered a lost gem by those that know of it.
yeh your right,they have only sold 210,000,000 albums and hav the 2nd biggest selling album of alltime in back in black behind mj's thriller..lame comment!
This is world-class R & B rock music. Mick Jagger & the Stones would've done this style of song proud, too. But Gerry's vocal style is quite unique - unmatched in my long experience. Great song, great original video-footage, great posting, mddawson1 !! Congrats ....
@colindominy Gerry was absoutely BRILLIANT live .. he was a legendary performer and showman (like Mick Jagger). Once seen, never forgotten. It was a real tragedy when he moved to London. He was an absolutely amazing talent but (sadly) never really made it overseas.
I had a very deprived or misinformed chilhood- I thought for many years that this was sung by the ROLLING STONES....well I was only 11 at the time of this songs release...It is that good....whatever happened to the 'Loved ones'?
Gerry was actually English and one of the Australian music scenes greatest performers. He returned to the Uk in the mid-70's and died a couple of years ago. RIP Gerry
Wow - thanks - I have been searching for this for ages. Sooo good. If somebody with a big international profile like the Zombies had released it - it would have been a mega hit. More evidence of the real talent of Aussie rock in the 1960s.
This was a world class Australian rock /r&b group from the mid '60s (I'm not biased, mind you, just because I'm from Oz too). They were fantastic !! .. as evidenced by this fabulous song. This particular song sounds remarkably similar to the Rolling Stones. Close your eyes .. listen intensely .. it really could be Jagger on that lead vocal. A great accompanying film clip too .. ah, those 60s pre-MTV clips .. lip-synch was all the go ! And those hand claps !! Thanks mddawson1 v.well done !!
This is great stuff! I managed to complete my Loved Ones collection via Limewire recently - finally got a good copy of Loverley Car. Also transferred my Red Onions Albums to mp. Ahhh memories... Pity some upstart band stole their name.
We got the LP of The Loved Ones/Magic Box, back in '66 and I still have it tucked away in my collection.I found a re-make CD of it a year or so ago.A great band!I heard that Gerry became a London psyshiatrist!You never know.
Excellent! I'd never heard this original version, NICE!!! The Loved Ones were not known in the UK, where I come from, so this is a great find. Thank you sooo much for posting this, I like to expand my music education.
i saw gerry jamming with someone from Daddy Cool and some others at Armstrongs recording studio (my Uncle Bills place). I watched from the control room - it sounded awesome (of course) - blues jam - Gerry was sitting on an amp, bent over, elbows on knees, with this powerful voice booming through. My 10 year old cousin was taking me on a tour, I was about 18. The Loved One was my fave single and such a great band. Stories eh!!
Thanks for the video. My mate Mick and I used to sit down at the local service station with our transistor radio talk to girls and sing along with this. I came across the CD of the Magic Box album a few years ago but couldn't listen to it in case it blew my memories. This clip has giving me back the soul of the Loved Ones.
THE LOVED ONES were one of the GREATEST AUSSIE BANDS OF ALL TIME!!!!! My God! Where are they now ..... I still own and treasure their album on vinyl. Gerry was a genius!!!!
I saw them too wow and I used to have one of those cop shirts like gerry humpries.On eof the the top ten singles ever made in oz.why isnt there a place in sydney where u can go to a bar where u can hear all this stuff.Its just wow got the single still and it knocks me out even today.great song fab band .
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This is as good as anything from the UK at the time ... Pretty Things, Them, Yardbirds, etc... all the greats.
WILD!!!!!!
DocReasonable 2 weeks ago
0:08 The radio DJ is Lionel Yorke now based in Perth as a marriage celebrant
tvw7perth 4 weeks ago
When R&B was great.
JeDaaRe1 1 month ago
Brilliant band, brilliant song, & brilliant upload with this great old vid .. congrats, over & over ...
colindominy 1 month ago
I was born in '83...heard this on rage the other weekend....was amazed...love the the jazz syncopation...and the gravel in this kids voice...brilliant...
Adriaticon 2 months ago
A Genuine Australian Masterpiece!
SKOTP69 2 months ago
This never gets air play in the U.S., which is a shame.
ilgilg99 3 months ago
Oz classic. Top shelf.
Toner12 3 months ago
Go Yorkie!
Toner12 3 months ago
I wonder what part of Melbourne this vid was shot. Richmond?? Collingwood tram tracks.
BJBTJF 4 months ago
most people compare covers to originals, and most people will be expecting me to do the same - but i love this just as much as the INXS one. They both have their amazing pros about them!
AshArcherMusic 5 months ago
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dms3393 6 months ago
One of the best bands of the 60's, Aussie or not. Each member is brilliant by themselves and put together they're incredible. They used to be called The Red Onions Jazz Band. My dad used to see them live every weekend at the dances around essendon, man i wish i could've seen them live just once.
MrBlueseagle 7 months ago
Who are your loved ones? Each time I read or hear the term somewhere it makes me feel like asking someone who their loved ones are. I thought it meant just simply any person who you love, but then wondered if a person can only be a 'loved one' if they love you back.
Ilovecats112233 7 months ago
Great stuff! An all-time Aussie classic.
elamang18 8 months ago
Gerry has more charisma in one clap of his hands than most musicians could buy at Tiffany's.
Moparmal 8 months ago
What a pity that they had no overseas success. Their music in 1965 was as good if not better than what the Beatles and Rolling Stones had released until that point in time. And I remember many, many years ago speaking to someone who was involved in their management/promotions raving on and being ever so proud about how much money he had made "ripping" off the Loved Ones!
TheBliimp 9 months ago
Great song and band; I prefer this to the later INXS version. Very distinctive guitar and vocal " sounds ". Regards.
Splitskirts 9 months ago
Utterly timeless. No one should feel old listening to this!!
I'm 16, and I freaking LOVE this song.
Long live the Loved Ones!!
azzie08max 9 months ago
I knew Gerry well as a friend one of the nice guys ! incredible talent, as was Terry Walker of the the strangers remember them jamming together ,Terry had a sitar too which they were playing ahh yes
fugy62 10 months ago
Does anyone know the keyboard type? If it's famous I'm sure it is possible to get the tone on Garageband or something like that, no? I really like the tone
mistersmith6000 1 year ago
@mistersmith6000 Could be a Farfisa as they were popular in that era.
mddawson1 1 year ago
@mistersmith6000 I saw them on other clips and Ian Clyne was using a Hohner Pianet.
richardanthonyheads 10 months ago
@mistersmith6000 It sounds more like a Vox than a Farfisa. But as for what they used exactly, I don't know that for sure. The only vintage keyboard I see in any of their videos was a Hohner Cembalet, which was a precursor to the Pianet.
Mikemaniax 9 months ago
What a pity Jerry Humphries passed away so young.
MrAussierocker 1 year ago
@MrAussierocker you are so right! All the good ones go early. WOW! The jam session up in heaven must be out of sight!
Kathy0851 1 year ago
Isn't You Tube a great medium, I haven't heard this song for years and enjoyed hearing it again - I am young again!! Well, for a little while.
juniper233 1 year ago
AM radio was all I had
eddie100 1 year ago
Fucking awesome song this. Used to play this at 60s nights a few years back and always filled the floor.
Boobdepot1977 1 year ago
this is real classic australian rock
AfrosrSpecial45 1 year ago
umm... i got on this while looking at fat wreak chords band "the loved ones" go look at that instead its way better
derekgosh1 1 year ago
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One of the top ten best tracks EVER recorded in Australia!
tiptoncathcart 1 year ago
They don't make 'em like this any more. Shame.
cdtreasure 1 year ago 4
This is a real classic. Brings back a lot of memories. Music was damn good then.
mrtogster 1 year ago
kim lynch is my multimedia teacher!
GO KIMMY!!! :D
samara156 1 year ago
This must be the only surviving vid of the legendary Loved Ones that included Ian Clyne, normally on keyboards but on this occasion guitar. Ian was later replaced by Treva Richards.
Breatherable 1 year ago
I reckon this first one of theirs was probably their best.
Gerry was such a lark on TV: wasn't he??
denidowi 1 year ago
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2210NL 1 year ago
Just noticed that The Loved One do the verse in 9/8 and the chorus in 12/8, whereas INXS is 12/8 throughout.
Great, great Aussie classic
Tubatoofpaste 1 year ago
you know I'd be classing this as classic aussie rock...not R&B, despite the fact the Who were also classed as R&B.
IntagalacticSpaceMan 1 year ago
That DJ who intros the clip: Is he Jim Slade of "Melbourne's happening 3AK"? I recall that Jim was a big supporter of the Loved Ones. They made a parody track for Jim that was used to promote his radio show. Sung to the same tune as The Loved One, the words went something like "Oh baby I love Jim Slade, he makes the grade, I love him so, he just goes ooooooonnn!"
I think Jim Slade also worked at radio 5KA in Adelaide but I haven't heard of him for many years now.
rockston1 1 year ago
@rockston1 You may be correct, The voiceover sounds a bit like Ken Sparkes to me.
Breatherable 1 year ago
@rockston1 I don't know who the disk jockey was but it wasn't me. I was either at 5 KA or 3 DB in Melbourne. You have an amazing memory. It's a shame that Gerry died a few years ago. I don't have that audio file that the Loved Ones did for me, but I do have an audio clip taken from "On Air" at 5KA in 1968. I might upload that soon. Thanks Rockston Jim
Eccles2440 1 year ago
@Eccles2440 Amazing memory? Not where it counts! Maybe the voice-over is Ken Sparkes, as "Breatherable" suggests. Anyhow, it's a privilege to be communicating with the great JS! Are you still in the radio biz? Where are some your early contemporaries these days? It is a long time since we heard from the likes of Stewart Jay and Ian Sells.
rockston1 1 year ago
@rockston1 It may be Ken or Granley Dee who was on air at 3AK & who had a hit with "Let the little girl dance". Ian Sells has gone to that radio station in the sky where it rocks all day and all of the night, and Stewart I believe is in Sydney doing "voice overs". as I am.The 60's and 70's were fantastic. I was reflecting on the people that I'd met and interviewed, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bee Gees, Roy Orbison, Gene Pitney, Dusty Springfield and so on. .I was very fortunate. Jim Slade
Eccles2440 1 year ago
@Eccles2440 Gene Pitney: what a Genius!
Apparently, he also played many instruments and was musical technician as well.
denidowi 1 year ago
@denidowi He was an excellent piano player and some times when he was looking for new material, he would hire a hotel room for 24 hours and audion writers until he had the number he wanted. I met him a few times. He was very friendly, had an amazing memory and loved a scotch before going on stage.Gene was an outstanding performer and you're right denidowi...a Genius.
Eccles2440 1 year ago
@Eccles2440 Yes; I'm pretty sure that is the voice of Lionel Yorke. And from side view, even though the ear phones and fuzziness distort the view, it looks more Yorkey than Ken Sparkes; though Sparkes is an outside possibility.
It is definitely not Grantley Dee at all - doesn't begin to look like him, and does not sound like him either.
denidowi 1 year ago
@denidowi I am certain this was Lionel Yorke and not Ken Sparkes as I had a crush on Yorkie at the time:) He was always soooo happy!
Grantley Dee was blind and this guy wasnt wearing specs Wow I am old!! I remember 3AK went to the beaches and did dance contests and the prettiest girls in bikinis always won....Darn it! I was an awkward 12 year old :) But to all those who love this song I agree with It's timeless
Beachinus 1 year ago
@Beachinus Nice comment: thanks for the honesty and openness in this day and age!
Damn! That's what I miss :) ... girls were girls and proud to be so
denidowi 1 year ago
@denidowi I was wrong earlier, definitely Yorkie and not Ken Sparkes. Beware of an American band using the name 'The Loved Ones' you will suffer psychological damage if you expect to hear Gerry.....
Breatherable 1 year ago
@Breatherable Yes; you'll probably see, Beachinus and I were just clearing this point up.
Thanks for the 3rd endorsement.
Definitely Looks Yorkie to me. ... and I'm sure that's his voice.
Thanks for the band warning: we could never reproduce 'Gerra'!
Have you tried the new up-and-coming, Melbourne youngsters - all sisters: "Stonefield" - originally named "IOTAH"?
denidowi 1 year ago
@denidowi Thanks for the Stonefield link, I will watch their progress.
Breatherable 1 year ago
@Breatherable I notice your channel: you like Eric and the Animals?
That's ironic ... topic in question: My Fav Stonefield track is "Foreign Lover", which I equate in shape and overall structure to Burdon's "We Gotta Get Outta this Place"
Try the 2 tracks following each other - more for structure than anything else. Cool low key openings and building up using raised octaves and intensity of raw sound.
denidowi 1 year ago
@Breatherable Have you heard the Melbourne group, currently UK -based, "Gypsy and the Cat": they were touring Australia this past 2 weeks??
They look like the latest and greatest thing to come out of OZ.
They already have a number of YOUtube tracks, with just their very 1st release this past week or so. They already have a full album ready to go. Snazzy stuff.
denidowi 1 year ago
@denidowi Just when I think I have heard it all, you send me in a great new direction, thanks..
Breatherable 1 year ago
@denidowi yea they are a great group. next big thing. mesmersing tunes
mewert 1 year ago
@mewert "Next big thing"???? The Loved Ones were a legendary Aussie band from the mid 1960's. Gerry Humphries (sadly) passed away in London in 2005 from a heart attack.
Kathy0851 1 year ago
@Kathy0851 haha no you got me wrong. i was referring to the aus band Gypsy & the Cat. i was comenting on someone elses comment that was referring to that band. ;)
mewert 1 year ago
@denidowi Yes, that's definitely (the late) Lionel Yorke at the beginning.
The boy is listening to him on an AWA Radiola. This brings back memories.
caz4777 1 year ago 2
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It's Yorkie alright!
AlfOldis 1 year ago
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It's Yorkie alright!
AlfOldis 1 year ago
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It's Yorkie alright!
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@caz4777 It's Yorkie alright!
AlfOldis 1 year ago
@caz4777 Lionel is still alive and livibng in Perth wherte he is a Marriage Celebrant.
frankscan65 1 year ago
@frankscan65 Well fancy that. So reports of his death have been greatly exaggerated. Thanks for the info.
caz4777 1 year ago
@rockston1 The 3AK jock is Lionel Yorke who did afternoons for years and later went to Perth and did breakfast I think.
2210NL 1 year ago
@Eccles2440 ...and please do upload that "On Air" clip from 5KA in 1968! Can you flag it here when it becomes available? Much appreciated. Thanks Jim, Rockston.
rockston1 1 year ago
Hi rockston, the "on air" audio is now up and running. You'll also see a photo of me when I joined 5 KA from 5 DN, and there are photos of Ian Sells and Stewart Jay along with some of the other "Good Guys". I came accross a photo of Gerry Humphreys and me having a chat on stage at Hoadleys Battle of the Sounds, I think that it would have been 1967.
Eccles2440 1 year ago
Remember the Red Onions jazz band???? God I feel old!!!
debiedog1 1 year ago
@debiedog1 don't feel old, feel privileged!
misery1965 1 year ago 7
top clip, love this song. thanks for the post as it brings back memories listening to music with my dad playing his vynal records. i wasn't born in 50's-60's but dad was collecting all the rock and roll, then passing it onto his kids (me esspecially), it's not easy to come by any of this early stuff, thanks for the clip. thanks dad for the influence you gave me in music. cheers
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cruzinkav 1 year ago
WOW I LOVE THIS before it,s time
LVEMEDO 1 year ago
An excerpt from Peter L. Lamb's historic 1966 popumentary "Approximately Panther", which also features music by Cam-Pact and includes interviews with Adrian Rawlins, Lynne Randell and Bobby & Laurie and shows glimpses of the legendary Thumpin' Tum disco. Lamb made this clip especially for the film. The "onion dome" house is long gone.
duncankimball 2 years ago 2
INXS made amazing cover of this song!
kerberzg 2 years ago
Excella-a-ant. Don't worry about the boofheads, all their taste is in their mouth. This was the start of our homegrown industry which now is some of the best in the world eg acca dacca. The boofheads probably don't know who that is....they probably don't know what a boofhead is either!!
gogetstuffed 2 years ago 7
This is kinda CRAP, but good at the same time. Weird ? !
rocker53zero 2 years ago
A fantastic song. World class R&B sung by a genius in Gerry Humphreys, who could have fronted any band in the world, he was that good
acdchooters 2 years ago 3
Well, bands like Them and Zombies did this sort of stuff a lot better, that's all.
rocker53zero 2 years ago
Disagree re Zombies especially. As to Them - were a great band too and I agree had a comparable style. However Zombies work was quite different; can't see the comparison. However if I did compare them, I would rate the Loved Ones higher, even they I love the Zombies
MrGMmusic 2 years ago 3
totally influenced by THEM, I don't hear anyone else at all. I tried liking the loved ones and they're ok but nothing compares with this song to me.
paintedship 2 years ago
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Abject crap. I feel really bad for the folks down under who think this is good. It's like praising a 3 year old for shitting on your carpet.
TheChuckleBuddies 2 years ago
We feel very sorry for you, pal. Very sorry. You & your musical taste / judgement can only be described as one thing .. pathetic .. if you cannot comprehend the 'good' in this music .. and if you are incapable of putting this kinda stuff into the historical time-period where it rightfully belongs. I dunno what your aberration is, mate .. but there's somethin sure wrong with you & your headspace, somewhere there ... So congratulations .. a 3 y.o. has just shitted on your carpet !!
colindominy 2 years ago 2
Right on man, couldnt agree more.
Sigebyrht 2 years ago
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mate? I understand that this is important music to some aussies. that's what makes me sad. It's bad guys. And before you start, I love INXS, Midnight Oil, and anything involving Neil Finn (although I don't know if you guys claim him at all). Screw historical context. On its own merits, this is poor.
TheChuckleBuddies 2 years ago
@TheChuckleBuddies your definition of what is good sounds like junk to me. I chuckle at what you think is "quality." you sound like someone whose favorite bird is the pigeon because you see them everywhere.
dontgd 2 years ago
@dontgd
You don't have any idea of what my definition of "good" is. I just named off a few Aussie bands I like, so that you wouldn't think I had some kind of bias. You'll notice I left out AC/DC. You know, I just listened to this song again just to make sure my assessment was correct, and it indeed is. Dontgd, you sound like someone whose favorite meal is feces because it tastes like shit.
TheChuckleBuddies 2 years ago
I dont mind that you don't like it. Personally I do. I also never considered the reason I liked it was because it had anything to do with "being Australian" (even tho I am). I just like the sound. Always have.
It reminds me of a song I heard from Finland many years ago. I never understood the words to that Finnish song and have no idea how to find it again because I dont know what it was called... but like Ever Lovin Man, it crept into my psyche and just stayed. I can still sing it.
Johnpemail 2 years ago 2
@Johnpemail
Thanks for letting me have my opinion, unlike dontgd. It's funny, but nothing about this song appeals to me. If I'd grown up with it, then I'd probably feel differently.
TheChuckleBuddies 2 years ago
Who knows? Favorite songs are favorites for many different reasons. Time & place and significant moments in our lives play a part thats always hard to explain. For me, it might be a groove, a beat, a "sound", a lyric (or lack of), or something that just jells and feels right to me.
I have started a play list of my favorites and when I look at them disspationately, there are some in there that are just "there" for reasons I might have to justify, but I dont care to. I just like 'em.
Johnpemail 2 years ago 2
And by the way... you brought this on yourself by making your original comments, calling it 3yo carpet crap AND connecting that to the tastes of "Australians"... because this song isnt well known here either... its considered a lost gem by those that know of it.
Johnpemail 2 years ago
don't leave out acdc,there the greatest hard rock band on the planet!
treeintervention 1 year ago
I purposely left out AC/DC because, while they have great mass appeal, they didn't do anything ground breaking or interesting.
TheChuckleBuddies 1 year ago
yeh your right,they have only sold 210,000,000 albums and hav the 2nd biggest selling album of alltime in back in black behind mj's thriller..lame comment!
treeintervention 1 year ago
god i love gerry
ozrock17 2 years ago
Ah, Melbourne in those days, what a great scene. And this is one of our greatest Oz songs!
Toner12 2 years ago
Totally agree Toner, The best days of Melbourne are long gone...........Great song and a great band like so many of this golden era!!!!
Spazza40 2 years ago
This is world-class R & B rock music. Mick Jagger & the Stones would've done this style of song proud, too. But Gerry's vocal style is quite unique - unmatched in my long experience. Great song, great original video-footage, great posting, mddawson1 !! Congrats ....
colindominy 2 years ago
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acdchooters 2 years ago
@colindominy Gerry was absoutely BRILLIANT live .. he was a legendary performer and showman (like Mick Jagger). Once seen, never forgotten. It was a real tragedy when he moved to London. He was an absolutely amazing talent but (sadly) never really made it overseas.
Kathy0851 1 year ago
Does any one know where i can get a download for this song???
link would be nice
Cheers
oOCheezMunkeyOo 2 years ago
There is nothing like the original! This rocks!
tictocboom 2 years ago
I had a very deprived or misinformed chilhood- I thought for many years that this was sung by the ROLLING STONES....well I was only 11 at the time of this songs release...It is that good....whatever happened to the 'Loved ones'?
laflynn2 2 years ago 2
anyone know where this was shot???
mrsgritoli1 2 years ago
Almost 100% sure this is St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne
Tassiekaz 2 years ago
Anybody got C
gasworks456 2 years ago
A great song, it brings back vivid memories of growing up in Melbourne during the sixties.......
roderick17 2 years ago
Cultural! Great to see the original clip.
fossie32 2 years ago
was the lead singer, Gerry Humphreys,, related to Barry Humprheys? This song is the greatest Australian rock song of all time
beldengi 2 years ago
No, he is definitely not Barry's brother, Gerry came from Adelaide, Barry from Melbourne.
webaroos 2 years ago
Gerry was actually English and one of the Australian music scenes greatest performers. He returned to the Uk in the mid-70's and died a couple of years ago. RIP Gerry
terrymwalsh 2 years ago
I'm a fan of the INXS version and wanted to seek out the original. I LIKE!!!! (But don't know that I'd classify it as R&B)
MuzzikLvr 2 years ago 2
This is what R&B used to be... unlike now where R&B is badly written repetitive crap with some idiot talking derivative twaddle over it.
marshalsea 2 years ago 2
I remember this song playing in the background during a round of spin-the-bottle at my Form 2 form party in 1966. Ah, memories ... :-)
nomoresurfingforyou 2 years ago
You are an old bugger. I remember playing spin the bottle in form 2 in 1967 at our maths teacher's house. Are you still out there Mrs Hercus?
filbert45 2 years ago
There aren't enough clips around these days of band members pointlessly running around. Ah, those were the days!
TheArtLife 2 years ago
Don't you love the Hammond organ?
retaetna 2 years ago
R&B? Chris brown? Riahnna?
Bobban 2 years ago
The real R&B stands for "Rhythm and Blues". Not pop and rap music.
crowdedenz87 2 years ago 17
@crowdedenz87 no its not its rock and blues you fail..
MrJimarla 1 year ago
@MrJimarla It appears that you have failed instead.
Wikipedia excerpt
"Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B"
crowdedenz87 1 year ago
@MrJimarla
I wasn't sure how one could think it was rock and blues, but your page says you are only 13 so I understand how you might have gotten that confused.
belbird 1 year ago
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thesilverchair 1 year ago
redone by INXS, one of my all-time faves!
michaelmoval 2 years ago 2
RUDDS A DUDD
ruddsadudd 3 years ago
Love this song!!!
azuremermaid 3 years ago 2
Timeless stuff, awesome band...what a great voice Gerry ..
fjbutch 3 years ago 7
Wow - thanks - I have been searching for this for ages. Sooo good. If somebody with a big international profile like the Zombies had released it - it would have been a mega hit. More evidence of the real talent of Aussie rock in the 1960s.
littleorvey 3 years ago
This was a world class Australian rock /r&b group from the mid '60s (I'm not biased, mind you, just because I'm from Oz too). They were fantastic !! .. as evidenced by this fabulous song. This particular song sounds remarkably similar to the Rolling Stones. Close your eyes .. listen intensely .. it really could be Jagger on that lead vocal. A great accompanying film clip too .. ah, those 60s pre-MTV clips .. lip-synch was all the go ! And those hand claps !! Thanks mddawson1 v.well done !!
colindominy 3 years ago
Tragedy they only made one LP. These guys had so much talent.
Brendanvio 3 years ago
I love this song so much, so good to see it on here!!
kaldonia 3 years ago 2
The guitar chords are very special here.
Opening scene looks like some inspiration came from "Help",(Beatles movie).
usfansw 3 years ago
Unique voice, a great face, a wonderful voice.
janjuc01 3 years ago 2
Lots of memories there for sure, was too young to see them live.
phillo555 3 years ago
A super old song. Haven´t heard it for years. Brings back lots of memories. Love it.
Luzielou 3 years ago
What a classic record,great hand claps !!!
Great to see this clip,the INXS cover sounds
limp in comparison to the snarling energy of the original, brilliant,thanks for uploading.
therealgaryhill 3 years ago 2
3AK-aussie radio ROCKS!!!
4dm1r4l 3 years ago
Bring back 3AK. Who wants SEN 1116, with their football (AFL)! Not me.
It was a sad evening when 3AK turned out the lights at Midnight 18/01/04.
Opiate76 3 years ago
This is great stuff! I managed to complete my Loved Ones collection via Limewire recently - finally got a good copy of Loverley Car. Also transferred my Red Onions Albums to mp. Ahhh memories... Pity some upstart band stole their name.
olsmokey 4 years ago
I've got the original 7" single for this, but its scratched to the shit
HeartMotel 4 years ago
We got the LP of The Loved Ones/Magic Box, back in '66 and I still have it tucked away in my collection.I found a re-make CD of it a year or so ago.A great band!I heard that Gerry became a London psyshiatrist!You never know.
ogent1 4 years ago
@ogent1 actually he became a london cab driver! wasted talent
warrugul 1 year ago
Excellent! I'd never heard this original version, NICE!!! The Loved Ones were not known in the UK, where I come from, so this is a great find. Thank you sooo much for posting this, I like to expand my music education.
JimMorrisonsWidow 4 years ago
i saw gerry jamming with someone from Daddy Cool and some others at Armstrongs recording studio (my Uncle Bills place). I watched from the control room - it sounded awesome (of course) - blues jam - Gerry was sitting on an amp, bent over, elbows on knees, with this powerful voice booming through. My 10 year old cousin was taking me on a tour, I was about 18. The Loved One was my fave single and such a great band. Stories eh!!
hartrick 4 years ago
I've got the vinyl of Magic Box. Too scratchy to play now. Still laugh at the colour/dress sense of the cover but what a top album.
RonHRon 4 years ago
Thanks for the video. My mate Mick and I used to sit down at the local service station with our transistor radio talk to girls and sing along with this. I came across the CD of the Magic Box album a few years ago but couldn't listen to it in case it blew my memories. This clip has giving me back the soul of the Loved Ones.
TeddySea 4 years ago
I gotta agree, this song still rocks, I was born in '58 and my kids love it too. Has anyone posted everlovin man?
duff558 4 years ago
THE LOVED ONES were one of the GREATEST AUSSIE BANDS OF ALL TIME!!!!! My God! Where are they now ..... I still own and treasure their album on vinyl. Gerry was a genius!!!!
Kathy0851 4 years ago
Those were the real days, sitting at home listening to 3AK and 3AW, turning up the Radio and driving my mum crazy. Long live Aussie rock and Roll.
Bill22111949 4 years ago
ohhh my mum loves this song, me too. i was born in the wrong decade.. our music sucks compared to this. im 15.
macquarieiscool 4 years ago 5
I feel you im 16
guitardude1050 4 years ago
I saw them too wow and I used to have one of those cop shirts like gerry humpries.On eof the the top ten singles ever made in oz.why isnt there a place in sydney where u can go to a bar where u can hear all this stuff.Its just wow got the single still and it knocks me out even today.great song fab band .
1551952 4 years ago
They run retarted! HAHAHHAHA
labtop2350 4 years ago
Too bad these guys didn't make a dent in the US..great Aussie rock!
revup67 4 years ago
Great posting. An Aussie classic. Gerry's a freak of nature.
stephencart 4 years ago
Thanks a million for this one. One of the greats. I love it sooooo!!!!!
foxnaif 4 years ago
Great to see, thanks so much for posting. This band were decades ahead of their time, and foremost in the early Australian rock scene.
galvanium 4 years ago