Box Tops - The Letter (1967)

[TubeAtze]

does anybody know what's this show was called on channel AB1?

[biterphobia54]

Looks like some are hittin the dougie in a way haha! Good song overall tho

[DelBoyoElMundo]

are they top of the pops pullovers...

[arthurw13]

beautiful video

[BCRSIX]

I don't think these were the "Soul Train" dancers.

[rascal211]

The young looking kid at 1:16 dancing by himself is trying to move in on that girl next to him but she doesn't even know he is there, she is just concerned with the camera.

[rascal211]

The girl at 1:00 looks like she just rolled out of bed. Or stoned by the way she is hardly moving.

[makavelo01]

battlefield vietnam

[desert3347]

So Fun to Watch, Remembering how I looked & dressed!

I'm a child of the 60's now in my 60's.

I'd give My World now just to go back for ONE day!

[MissMelanie2006]

imagine that all the guys wore a shirt and tie not like now

[jess101angel]

they all look off beat!!! lmao

[MrVango86]

Oh man I was born in the wrong decade. :'(

[rimmram]

Is that chick wearing pajamas from the 30's?

[47yesican]

My God this is Great! I see the "Prom Queen", the "Nerd", the "Student Body President",

the Girl who's Trying to Dance, the Guy who Can't Dance, the Girl You want to Look Like,

the Most Popular Girl & Guy.....

I See My Life in 1967.

[desert3347]

I wish I had a "Ticket On An Airplane" BACK to my "1960's" Life.

I would leave now, right this Second!

Anyone have a Ticket? Please.

[curiouskitten111]

too funny

[curiouskitten111]

@curiouskitten111 dance dance

[ReedBender1]

I always thought the singer was a black dude.........read somewhere that he was only 16 when recorded this.....if so then its a damn good effort !

[abbeyroad64]

@ReedBender1 that's true I'm from Memphis and knew Alex Chilton he was 16 at the time he recorded this at American Studios on Thomas St. in Memphis, tN



[MalThorgan]

No matter how robotic the dancing looks- the music sure cuts the rug !!!!

No mobile (cell for American readers) phones to distract these kids,who didn't have FaceBook, MySpace or Twitter accounts -& only a few years later this audience was probably @ Woodstock semi naked & spacing out to Joe Cocker showing the world some really cool dance moves !!! Hahaha

..... interesting world we live in where time moves faster.....but MUSIC will always be the thing that sustains us ! Don't stop dancing !

[Urzhum]

My parents danced like this kids- I love my parents

[cmmwiz]

Not too many ugly people on this show. Maybe you had to pass a dance test as well

and the wall flowers didn't pass. It has been always cool for two chicks dancing together but didn't see any on this video.No long hair dudes allowed.Dick Clark's American Banstand was

still so cool in the day.

[flyinv1967]

girl girls girls in dresses how neat i bet they smelled good too!

[mistersmith6000]

Dancing looks difficult for me. I woulda stressed out for sure, trying to do that, and blend in or look cool. Thank God for house music. However, the girl from 0:20-0:26 is mysterious and beautiful, maybe I would have made sure to learn for that reason only.

And ..very cool song and cool voice

[MYBIGKINDHEART]

are they being serious in this video? it looks like they've all come out of silent hill or resident evil

[keywestjj]

Is this the dance of the dead? Was it uncool to smile back then??

[RADOSSLAW]

......šTYYYYYYYYYL!...

[eltonlika91]

0:37 guy in the right doing tecktonik :D

[TranceNotes]

I find this video so addictive. I keep coming back to watch it again! Gotta love the dancers... and the song...

[dzbuerb0x]

best 2 minutes ever

[frmlv]

Remember Dippity Do, the pink hair gel for girls...my 2 older sisters had jars of that at all times!!

[frmlv]

If you like this, watch The letter, Joe Cocker 1970 (Mad Dogs N Englishmen) with Leon Russel on keys...Dang!!!! One of the greats for sure!!

[frmlv]

Gettin' down and boogie'n..I was 10...reminds me of my older sisters and their friends and all of us basically dancin' around ALL the time. Ya..those were the days. My dad would just look at us like we were insane. ha...They all look so happy and not drugged out.

[51Selina]

Che nostalgia 15 anni...

[buffspringfield]

17 and tender good days

[timcummingsqwerty]

i wish i could dance like that..

[vidalmediainc]

they got moooves!

[dzbuerb0x]

like if you heard this song on hellcats

[vidlvr99]

@dzbuerb0x lol I did hear it on Hellcats and I liked their version, but I first heard the song in 2005; they sang it on american idol season 4 in hollywood week(I think) I liked it instantly but wasn't a heavy internet user then so it never occurred to me to look it up.But then I started hearing it on the oldies radio station and I waited for them to say the artist and name of the song and that's how i found out. Great song.

[dzbuerb0x]

@vidlvr99 i liked the song the first time i heard it too :)

[goti91florence]

0:33 Tecktonik !!

[Lycheeswing]

May I have this dance?

[oitchy]

The kids all look so light on their feet - not stuffed full of junk food / trans fatty acids

[PriNcAleN1]

Cant more! Lets Dance!...

[MrKomigenLena]

0:33 haha, the dance<3

[pjperez]

@MrKomigenLena That dude had serious moves.

[54taqiyya]

@MrKomigenLena hey! i still dance like that! lol, timeless moves!~

[elmikkycz]

very nice song,my favourite-iam 14

[bubbah671]

alex chilton was a gent.be at peace man

[ratatafouilla]

super, j'adore!!!

[ratatafouilla]

The Letter:

Give me a ticket for an aeroplane

I ain't got time to take a fast train

Lonely days are gone

I'm going home, because my baby just wrote me a letter

I don't care how much money I've got to spend

I've got to get back to my baby again

Lonely days are gone

I'm going home; my baby just wrote me a letter

[ratatafouilla]

Well she wrote me a letter, said she couldn't live without me no more

Listen mister, can't you see I've got to get back to my baby once more?

Anyway, yeah, give me a ticket for an aeroplane

I ain't got time to take a fast train

Lonely days are gone

I'm going home, because my baby just wrote me a letter

My baby just wrote me a letter

[ray4313]

a little dab will do ya

[EnergyDog23]

Those people have "smooth" moves.. xD

[Edwin5467]

compare the dancing from this decade to the present, with all these slutty ass girls grinding on guys and shit, man times really do change

[seaniekay]

obviously didnt create dancing till the 70s

[ENCO12357]

I was 10 years old and remember that song on the radio back then.

[cro44magnum]

Look at all those young cats and kittens out on the dance floor dancing all groovy and shaking the goods like the goods would go bad!

[ElusvOptmst]

They are doing the boogaloo. Everyone did that dance in the day. It was cool. they are not winging it....that's the way you danced it. People were more mellow then. Because there white kids does not mean their not cool. Geezzzzz.

[m3liee13]

its like they found every kid that couldn't dance within a twenty block radius and stuck 'em on a show with an awesome song and said "wing it"

[Punknemmorreu]

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha,so very funny!!

[rotech1972]

This video captures the essence of the sixties ...love the ladies...some wild moves!

[rasputinslovechild1]

2 dislikes? I don't think there were 2 people in the whole world who didn't love this song when it came out. Smashing! Thanks boxtops!!!

[TheKenfig]

Who WERE those fuckin' Nerds at 0:35 ?? ; WTF ? AND the Hitler parting on that blond boy from 0:53 to 0:56, LOL !

[brian6078]

@TheKenfig haha yea,looks like his Mother combed his hair for him!

[TheKenfig]

@brian6078 With some WATER to hold it in place ; I've been there as a little kid ! . Great record though

[brian6078]

@TheKenfig haha water or what was that blue goop called ?Bryilcream?

[TheKenfig]

@brian6078 No, just a wet comb for me, often by my Dad. He would hold me by thin chin and pull my face this way, then that, telling me to keep still. I think he used the Brylcreem for his hair sometimes !

[hutch1111111]

How many people saw their mom here and that wasnt their dad they were dancing with!!??

[mygod909]

LOL,WAS that Cher at 0.02? NOOOOOOOO????LOL!

[RobwardCullenson]

awesome song, very awkward video.

[Leandro1701]

So perfect!!

A time without Justin Bieber, and these gangsta style!

Instead of this, we had the Apollo Missions, Mustang's, and the Vietnam War!

It was a really good time, I wasn't born... But I felt it!

[MelodieSays]

everyone IN this video should tagg themselves... and report for Kool duty ASAP...

Who is that beautiful boy in the suit, with the long hair... so BEAUTIFUL!!

[rebelman364]

just to think... these 50s style people will soon turn into long haired, acid trippin, peace loving people.. y couldnt i have been born in the 50s, an grow up in this historic time of the 60s

[buffspringfield]

ALEX..........one cool dude.......r.i.p. bro.

[MLA786zasy]

if theres anything i luv bout the 60s its the haristyles and the clothes, everything luked so kewl, so put together, too bad everything was going downhill internationally. . .

[MLA786zasy]

this vid is a time capsule of the 60s: clothing, dancing, music. . .

[WillisProvidence]

i don't know why, but i felt that there should have been random secret service men with black suits and sunglasses on the floor talking into their cufflinks at the sight suspicious grooving...

[Xychk]

Thanks for the old vid, but where the hell is the box tops doing "Choo choo Train"?

[clash352]

Where the fuck is the band?



[Robbob9933]

@clash352 Doin your mom, what else.

[gauldgalliersuk]

Oh battlefield vietnam how grateful I am to you for introducing me to this.

[comeonfolks]

Nerds were cool back in the 60s....

[illdrumadict]

tht girl is fuckin hott 1:28

[lunejersey]

THAT dude was voguing at 33 haha

[MacDisel1]

all that's missing is the clearisil commercial with Wolfman Jack...BABY!

[haemildaeme]

ah, those were the days, pirate radio stations, lulu, and to sir with love.

[jdoucetable]

1:24 to 1:28 and 1:45 what to cool to dance! cool hair tho

[ladyandthegiant]

haha, i think they dance adorably.

Way better than some of these kids dance these days!

[Sorcoral]

It doesn't matter when, white people are always the best dancers! REPRESENT *gang signs*

[rAtzeYez777]

this is definitely "COOL DANCING"!!!

[MrJoeNero]

Great. Got my moves sorted for Saturday night!

[mporv225]

look at those moves at :34... impressive

[klaritavital]

@mporv225 ....oooops...what a hell...???

[omak1974]

The kids in this video are all now 60+ years old. Most of them probably arthritic or with heart problems. Carpe diem! Carpe diem!

[MetalGrim93]

their soooooo Awkward but dam this is a good song

[EdwoodCA]

Holy crap! Is that Crispin Glover going back in time at 1:01 - 1:13?

[terbernt]

this is my new favorite song

[lilginger8642010]

0:35 OMG!! :haha!

[Atomicflash500]

whats the Hawaiian kid doing there ..

[mercapri302]

What a short song, yet a pure classic.

[EdwoodCA]

@mercapri302 Yep. Like Black Francis/Frank Black/Charles Thompson of the Pixies said: "If it's good enough for Buddy Holly..."

[ENCOMAN]

I was 10 years old and remember taking my dads transistor radio into my room and listening to this.

[fredickErased]

hmm i love those bras :-D

[jdoucetable]

the girls at 1: 25 to 1: 29 look like the stuck up mean girl type that think are too cool to dance, still they're hot as hell!

[ModGirl1967]

1:24 - 1:28 excellent examples of girls' hairstyles from that era. ♥

[ShannonRose1]

i didnt know zombies had socials

[ModGirl1967]

@ShannonRose1 I really want to thumbs down this, but that IS funny...

[ironman5454]

@ShannonRose1

All dancin' like they have a stick up their .... LOL !! What happened to " Let your back bone slip ?" White boys can't dance....and I'm white LOL !! Great vid though.

[HorsePussy]

It's the WEEZER guy!

[tabbap]

@brokebacksharker .....wot 78..that makes u now 111....u sure ??????

[oOtitefolletteOo]

@tabbap

[oOtitefolletteOo]

@tabbap

I think it's more 7-8, and not 78 ;)

[atomiccannonbest]

@tabbap "Oh but I was so much older then/ I'm younger than that now" (My Back Pages - Bob Dylan, later covered by The Byrds)

[joseph95239]

@atomiccannonbest yea, i bet youre one fine dancer, eh?.......we invented the music enuff said..

[woutuiterwijk]

@tabbap he's typing is his grave

[woutuiterwijk]

@tabbap he's typing in his grave

[woutuiterwijk]

@brokebacksharker typing in your grave?

[Desiree50]

@brokebacksharker wow what are you about 122 years old now?

[goboats]

:34 sec mark shows history in the making ..americas first break dancer

[uzmcxl]

that should definitely be the illustration of cool in the dictionary

[purselady2]

wow i was only 6 ahhh

[purselady2]

wow back then they really covered upl what they wore; not like these days

[CSIS25]

the girls back then look way hotter then todays :S lol

[LesbianVampireLover]

Yeah, I wanna take all of today's teens and corrupt them into being sixties hippies! Those who haven't been brainwashed by the BS of today are hip to this stuff though and it is refreshing to see a bunch of young freaks at some of the concerts. They are definitely plugged in to the styles and fashions and have taken things a bit further.

[RTT8001]

For what it's worth, they're not dancing to this song. It wasn't played in this episode. I think they are really dancing to "Respect." Jefferson Airplane was on this episode and it was amazing.

[runrunawaynow]

The times we once lived.

[timmhg]

@runrunawaynow, my birth year.

[sftrajan]

to be young and to get up and dance to this perfect 2 minute song is one of the best things life has to offer us....

thanks ond RIP Alex Chilton (lead singer, incredibly 16 yeras old when they did this)

[steve89z]

i was 13 in 1967 and played this song to death.60's had the best music!

[SteelHorseRiders]

@sftrajan ... I remember that fact (his age) but didn't know it until about 10 years ago ...... Classic!!

[moonsugar1]

@sftrajan HE WAS 16? I didnt know that!

[irvingklaw57]

I'm 21 and could live to be 100 and never be as cool as these kids.

[RTT8001]

@irvingklaw57

I agree

[Fusuyz]

Coolest vid i ever seen on youtube ^_^'

[pinkyluv310]

aaah i love how they dance. plus i love this song.

[AHRZAMANBALASY]

love love love

[jam5bryce]

The guy at 0:34 to 0:40 is poppin to music with todays moves!

[Marutsero]

@jam5bryce

he ruined the video for me :/ ... :)

[eatbeatproductions]

at 0:43 - 0:46 ..... this girl is real star

[nahnni]

And once we were so very young.

Wow.

Thanks!