I was 12 when this song came out. Lou did well for the next 3 years until he came out with "rhapsody in the rain" . then it was all over for him. they said the song was over the top. actually, I agree. but I thought the rest of his music was first rate. My favorite was "the gypsy cried"
I'm usually not into music with male singing in shrilly voices (ie. Big Girls Don't Cry), but this song puts a smile on my face :) I should have downloaded it on my itunes.
Hell yeah it was cool... I was about 13 also at the time...don't worry about it. We're 63% of the total population...this music should make a total comeback! Everything else now is boring! No goosebump music anymore....what a shame!
I remember when "The Gypsy Cried" was released and "Two Faces Have I" followed they were the two best recordings Lou evre made not that he didn't have other successful (financially and musically) records I was 13 at the time and these two records caught the pulse of teenage pathos Great classics
The classic Italian macho man/crooner. Forget the falsetto, these guys nailed more tang than anyone could ever remember. Lou's best for me is "I'm Gonna Make You Mine" but that insane guitar solo in Lightning Striking is outside the box for sure!
Mr. thegkk2... Being romantic will NEVER get old.. be yourself and romance this girl the right way if she doesn't see you for who you are , she is not the one. This isn't my kind of music either but I love it. Take it from a romantic man.
So, I had never heard such version until today! But it's very bizarre and stunning at the same time, This could be painful to hear this version hours along!
1 of th best falsetto voices ever i just wish he would have made songs. listen thegkk2. in todays age? you are just going to have to talk to her face to face aand tell her you like and and would she go out on date. thatz about all you can do. if she says yes then hooray, but if she says no, then ask to be friends and go from there. but you must not show any kind of nervousness or she will be able to see that. come now boy get git that babe
Great song. Best falsetto in the business. Even if his voice sounds weird (to some, not me) in falsetto .. Lou just pulls you in and he owns any song he wrote or performs.
God bless this music, I can't stand the new stuff. I myself only at the age of 20 love Glenn Miller and so much 20's 30's 40's 50's and 60's music because those were the times of good music, not like now.
for the longest time i thought this was the four seasons.. can you imagine how long it would take to finally find something like this if all you ever remembered was the "aye aye aye" part? :S
I hear this song... and and I think, "GoodFellows" the movie. Why? I can almost see Joe Pesci pounding some guy, all the while saying, "you motherf___r, f__k your mother"!
my song and i'm only 17 years old because this song is so good it beats all of the new hip hop trash that we have so this is why i listen to oldies oh and because i love a girl in my drama class and i dont know how to ask her out and i really love i get ontop of my house at midnight and watch the stars and think of her so please messege me for advise
@thegkk2@thegkk2 Well I'm 34 with lots of regrets about missed opportunities. Fear can't play a part in your quest you gonna be dead someday bro so you truly have to GO FOR IT. You wimp out or strike out she's gone anyway so risk is the only answer. NUT SHELL. can't be afraid it's illogical and scared people don't get what they want, find out her interests research them a little and then talk to her about them if she says anything about after school functions take interest and ask her out.
@thegkk2 stick with the classic rock and roll you are so bright At her age she probably likes dancing That daydreaming is the best thing you can do It will pay off big time Learn to Dance then ask her to go as friends you want to make another girl jealous that she doesn't know works with girls all the time be sly
Jetzt weiß ich auch, warum mir schon damals der Song so gut gefallen hat: Das hier war der erste Reggae, den ich Anfang der 60er gehört hatte! Einfach Suuuper!
Good observationrenofirvine....Lou Christie, Frankie Valli, and Del Shannon all hit those great falsetto highs...and those early 60s hits defined that sublime window of time in which everything was just cool and fun and peaceful...likely a time never to be seen again....but back to the falsetto specialists...see also "Handyman,"....And I would love to join in on that Johnnie Walker Black party...How about London? Zurich? Milan?
What a lovely song! I was unfamiliar with it till now. Once agin I'm favoriting it. thanks for bringing it to my attention! Johnie walker black label is a lovely tipple, I shall raise a glass to the legendary dr who meant so much to so many next time I open a bottle!
Dr. Charles Follen McKim Maloney often listened to this song in his flat on Kilgraston Road while sipping Johnnie Walker Black Label when he was in a somber mood.
Incidentally if you should ever visit Scotland I'd love to meet you. We could crack open a bottle of Johnie Walker Black label and swap stories of our mutual friend Dr Maloney.
ok,mr brent441,which version of this do you prefer-this or 'the gypsy cried'-i have a reissue 45 with both-the songs are pretty much mirror-image closely backwards of each other/ok, a grammatically terrible sentence...but you know what i mean---see also del shannon-runaway/hats off to larry,and 4 seasons-sherry/big girls don't cry
Aqui esta lo mejor , me gusta mucho la musica de lou, gracias por publicar esta cancion
darvrider19851 1 week ago
Happy Birthday low- 69 years. One of the greatest giants of rock and roll.
kitchenrobert55 1 week ago
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Lou Christie was born on this date in 1943. {Feb. 19th}...
sauquoit13456 1 week ago
Love this song and several of his others.
I remember when they all came out.
Superior gifted singers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rosebuddy47 3 weeks ago
Lou christie, Leo Sayers, and Frankie Vallie, are the 3 guys who could changer there voice in this way, and I like it.
Cmr4brandy 2 months ago 2
Cousin Brucie and Murray the K., that takes me back 1010WINS,N.Y. Thanks for posting
edamcheese60 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
One of the greatest songs ever.
Love the voice. I listen to him as often as I can. My kids do too.
TheCharfaris 2 months ago
Makes me want pick up some burgers and milkshakes and cruise the beach in my 32 Ford Coupe Hot Rod with my girlfriend.
sanfranciscobay 3 months ago 2
Thanks so very much for the posting. I could never get enough of lou Christie. A wonderful reminder of My early teen years.
Delila310 4 months ago 2
It's true one to laugh and one to cry with all that is going on. We pretend but sometimes it hurts no matter what is going on. LadyProwler100
LadyProwler100 5 months ago
Such an underrated song and performer....
centralparocker 5 months ago 2
@centralparocker in more recent years he did a version of mr. diengly sad he previewed the cd on the dowop shop with don k. reid on wcbsfm
spacepatrolman 5 months ago
lou lou lou is what you hear at his concerts,met him several times he's great
buddyl49 5 months ago
I was 12 when this song came out. Lou did well for the next 3 years until he came out with "rhapsody in the rain" . then it was all over for him. they said the song was over the top. actually, I agree. but I thought the rest of his music was first rate. My favorite was "the gypsy cried"
radicright 5 months ago
ye-igh ye-igh ye-igh....lol
BeatlesFetish09 5 months ago
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Such a perfect song. Honestly, i pray every single day for a time traveler to take me back to 50's.
herbjoy 6 months ago
Anyone hear attack attacks new deluxe reissue? Its alot like lou christie. Listen to a song by them called AC130. The resembelence is uncanny!
CrazyItalian7469 6 months ago
@CrazyItalian7469 lolno
kevin4peace 6 months ago
LOVED this guys music all through High school!! 5 Stars!!!
Greenhornet270 8 months ago
Met Lou in '90...amazing singer...GORGEOUS!!!! Love this song! (Think I even offered to help him hit the high notes on this song...wink wink...LOL)
Nicoll9972 8 months ago
How the hell does some people get this kind of a vote. Just an amazing singer.
skipper8257 9 months ago
yigh yigh yigh yigh....:)
BeatlesFetish09 9 months ago
Oh he is so cute!!
arwenestrellatarde 10 months ago
A true '60's artist. I've been listening to him since then. Please come and tour Australia
grandman1948 10 months ago
I'm usually not into music with male singing in shrilly voices (ie. Big Girls Don't Cry), but this song puts a smile on my face :) I should have downloaded it on my itunes.
BeatlesFetish09 10 months ago
@BeatlesFetish09 want a blow job dimple dick?
KarenEngSwallows 9 months ago
@KarenEngSwallows ISNT IT SHRIMP DICK ?
atmosbestrapper 8 months ago
One of the best songs of the 60's. They don't make like this anymore.
duutchman 11 months ago 3
Hell yeah it was cool... I was about 13 also at the time...don't worry about it. We're 63% of the total population...this music should make a total comeback! Everything else now is boring! No goosebump music anymore....what a shame!
greenlion009 1 year ago
I remember when "The Gypsy Cried" was released and "Two Faces Have I" followed they were the two best recordings Lou evre made not that he didn't have other successful (financially and musically) records I was 13 at the time and these two records caught the pulse of teenage pathos Great classics
elamite66 1 year ago
That must be The Tammys singing back-up vocals!
deepcosmiclove 1 year ago
Boy! This is really old, I know because I'm old. Still GREAT MUSIC!!!!
Micelli1947 1 year ago
I wonder what this guy did to himself to get his voice so high.
whately47 1 year ago
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whately47 1 year ago
Love this song too, it's been one of my favourite oldies since I was 14, love Lou Christie's classic voice. Fun to sing along....
noinuk 1 year ago
I love this song. My favorite oldie.
DrkPhoenixSaga 1 year ago
Still relevant in 2011 great memories and so glad others that are youngerare exposed to it::))
mouse12345ify 1 year ago
best song ever i adore the falsseto on this guy man wat a voice a true classic???
chalino27 1 year ago
so sexy......then and now
candybrae1 1 year ago
The classic Italian macho man/crooner. Forget the falsetto, these guys nailed more tang than anyone could ever remember. Lou's best for me is "I'm Gonna Make You Mine" but that insane guitar solo in Lightning Striking is outside the box for sure!
lazyriver2 1 year ago
Wow! He's going into Edith Bunker territory.
1060893 1 year ago 2
best song everrrrrr (:
JKMY4LIFE 1 year ago
I loved playing this back then. That falsetto drove my mother crazy.
jab3785 1 year ago
I give Frankie V a SLIGHT edge over Lou Christie.
Soulblackman 1 year ago
@Soulblackman Agreed, Frankie has a much better voice, but Lou has
an atmosphere that is ethereal. Love em both!
turbo1964 1 year ago
@turbo1964 I think the 4 Seasons also gave Frankie an overall edge.
Soulblackman 1 year ago
thanks for posting this song i have an oldies show at our local radio station and people call in and request this song at least 10 times!!!
rustyspoke 1 year ago
Mr. thegkk2... Being romantic will NEVER get old.. be yourself and romance this girl the right way if she doesn't see you for who you are , she is not the one. This isn't my kind of music either but I love it. Take it from a romantic man.
ramonhdz3226 1 year ago
I thought he was a doll back then. Then at a fair I asked if I could kiss his cheek. it was a dream come true.
windycitygal1000 1 year ago
yaaaaaa song rocks after all these years its amazing how high he could get
Shepardswatch 1 year ago
Could you imagine a singer of today trying to pull this off?
Not on your life. It could never happen with all the electronics they would need.
Sir David
sixtiesforever1966 1 year ago
Where's the rest of the instrumental track?
raiphdude7 1 year ago
Now ,this is the song that's truly Lou Cristys' classic. Thank you
oledeebutgoodee 1 year ago
<3 !!
this was real musik not like today's
spliffstarrrrr 1 year ago
Wonderful music. Thanks for posting! Yeah Lou Christie! Yum
Jeanninetxt 1 year ago
This is a LIVE version? This version is truly different of the record version! The stereo effect is terrific!
LHUPA 1 year ago
So, I had never heard such version until today! But it's very bizarre and stunning at the same time, This could be painful to hear this version hours along!
LHUPA 1 year ago
this song rocks
LovebugAna144 1 year ago
1 of th best falsetto voices ever i just wish he would have made songs. listen thegkk2. in todays age? you are just going to have to talk to her face to face aand tell her you like and and would she go out on date. thatz about all you can do. if she says yes then hooray, but if she says no, then ask to be friends and go from there. but you must not show any kind of nervousness or she will be able to see that. come now boy get git that babe
topcatroar61oliosc 1 year ago 2
this is much better tthen most new crap can't stand new stuff
545noah 1 year ago
amazing voice, but its very strange at times
jedf666 1 year ago
Great song. Best falsetto in the business. Even if his voice sounds weird (to some, not me) in falsetto .. Lou just pulls you in and he owns any song he wrote or performs.
11xzxzxz 1 year ago 11
@11xzxzxz I couldn't have said it better!
LousFool 1 year ago
God bless this music, I can't stand the new stuff. I myself only at the age of 20 love Glenn Miller and so much 20's 30's 40's 50's and 60's music because those were the times of good music, not like now.
Hail Lou Christie and all the others :)
TankGun90 1 year ago 12
ty soooooooooooooo much
joelperronful 1 year ago
Thanks Lou Ghrisie for the great music and memories.
gringott12 1 year ago 2
lol, I was aloways listening to this in the car, with dad, allmy life, and never knew it was oldies legend, lou christie..... NOW I DO! XD
DatDereItalianGuy 1 year ago
What great music.......I remember with a smile on my face......good times.....great music...being young and carefree!
tfibraio 1 year ago
Good music!
0974james 1 year ago
always loved this song! Thanks for posting.
3investigators 1 year ago
Soul Music... Be Original instead of a bunch a biters. Be original and you will come up with more great music like this.
chordarrow 2 years ago
This is arguably the first :reggae record" to chart in the USA (1962) It is great.
ladbrady 2 years ago
@ladbrady damn I guess you're right no wonder I love this song
qwertzxcvb1000 1 year ago
for the longest time i thought this was the four seasons.. can you imagine how long it would take to finally find something like this if all you ever remembered was the "aye aye aye" part? :S
rsuriyop 2 years ago
I'll bet the Geater leaned on this record plenty when it came out. Can any of you Phillyphiles confirm that?
hookalakah 2 years ago
I know Lou since 1966. He is awesome & still is. "Happy Birthday" Lou
beachwood425 2 years ago
I hear this song... and and I think, "GoodFellows" the movie. Why? I can almost see Joe Pesci pounding some guy, all the while saying, "you motherf___r, f__k your mother"!
Democrat64 2 years ago
Gr8 song
Gauleyriver 2 years ago
used in john waters mondo trasho. this is the first time i've heard the full song and i'm rather impressed
sharplesal 2 years ago 2
SorrI4got your shit
tinacomegetsomefood 2 years ago 8
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SorrI4got 2 years ago
This is pure New Orleans beat, not reggae beat
ojokua 2 years ago 3
I meet him in 1963...he is NOT a very nice person
candybrae 2 years ago
This song was very popular in April 1963.
catman916 2 years ago
It never hit me before now this song has a reggae beat! Guess I was always too fixated on Lou's great falsetto.
ModGirl1967 2 years ago
this song makes me happy :)
scared, but happy.
you know, scared in a good way.
cucumbermammal 2 years ago
He was more than kinda cute!
FashonbugWA 2 years ago
my song and i'm only 17 years old because this song is so good it beats all of the new hip hop trash that we have so this is why i listen to oldies oh and because i love a girl in my drama class and i dont know how to ask her out and i really love i get ontop of my house at midnight and watch the stars and think of her so please messege me for advise
thegkk2 2 years ago 29
only thing you can do is be yourself! always be kind especially to her. and try to talk to her, like small things like asking how her day was.
thatsmeovertheree 2 years ago
Well, get to know what she's into, starting with music, and hobbies, etc. See what you have in common, and go from there.
KTStarbuckACE 2 years ago
@thegkk2 @thegkk2 Well I'm 34 with lots of regrets about missed opportunities. Fear can't play a part in your quest you gonna be dead someday bro so you truly have to GO FOR IT. You wimp out or strike out she's gone anyway so risk is the only answer. NUT SHELL. can't be afraid it's illogical and scared people don't get what they want, find out her interests research them a little and then talk to her about them if she says anything about after school functions take interest and ask her out.
qwertzxcvb1000 1 year ago
beaversrules 1 year ago
@thegkk2 You and the easter bunny need to get together for lunch!
greenlion009 11 months ago
@thegkk2 Jump!
DAVWAVE 10 months ago
This is race down the road in a muscle car with your sweet heart music.
philhh65 2 years ago
Lou Christie somehow just reaches out & grabs you when he is singing
toastnmarmalade4tea 2 years ago 4
this song's growin on me. kinda cute. i discovered lou here on youtube and he's gr8.
blueeyesofice 2 years ago 3
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this song stinks and im sprizied it actcly got views
Sierras4385 2 years ago
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this music screams asian kung pow chicken. parallel 5ths. with chinky 4ths etc. the best thing that could ever happen to adam lambert.
cshargeit 2 years ago
Thanks so much for this song - have loved it for all time and didnt think I would hear it again.
fayza999 2 years ago
Jetzt weiß ich auch, warum mir schon damals der Song so gut gefallen hat: Das hier war der erste Reggae, den ich Anfang der 60er gehört hatte! Einfach Suuuper!
48reggaewoman 2 years ago
How can you say such a ding?
howtoplanaparty 2 years ago
Good observationrenofirvine....Lou Christie, Frankie Valli, and Del Shannon all hit those great falsetto highs...and those early 60s hits defined that sublime window of time in which everything was just cool and fun and peaceful...likely a time never to be seen again....but back to the falsetto specialists...see also "Handyman,"....And I would love to join in on that Johnnie Walker Black party...How about London? Zurich? Milan?
rx71369 2 years ago 4
This song is sort of like proto-reggae.
Maybe Lou Christie invented reggae...
Bow down to your king, Mr. Marley!
joeschmoe2003 2 years ago 4
he sounds like a chick! good song tho
blueeyesofice 2 years ago
OUTSTANDING NANA TONI
Bo618 2 years ago
He never would have made it save for the bicycle accident. LOL
Ridgway55 2 years ago
OMFG thanks for making me laugh. TFF!!!
Rickisan 2 years ago
I wondered how he sang that high. He made some great songs.
NcicHit 2 years ago
Truly a powerhouse from the get-go.. full energy right off just the way it was back then so saith blackholeconceptsdotcom
blackholeconcepts 2 years ago
What a lovely song! I was unfamiliar with it till now. Once agin I'm favoriting it. thanks for bringing it to my attention! Johnie walker black label is a lovely tipple, I shall raise a glass to the legendary dr who meant so much to so many next time I open a bottle!
suspectdevice7 3 years ago
Dr. Charles Follen McKim Maloney often listened to this song in his flat on Kilgraston Road while sipping Johnnie Walker Black Label when he was in a somber mood.
locobuick 3 years ago
Incidentally if you should ever visit Scotland I'd love to meet you. We could crack open a bottle of Johnie Walker Black label and swap stories of our mutual friend Dr Maloney.
suspectdevice7 3 years ago
I would certainly enjoy that! I haven't been to Scotland for nearly ten years. Let me know if you plan a trip on Route 66 to San Diego!!
locobuick 3 years ago
Great song. Love it. Thanks.
luvut 3 years ago
ok,mr brent441,which version of this do you prefer-this or 'the gypsy cried'-i have a reissue 45 with both-the songs are pretty much mirror-image closely backwards of each other/ok, a grammatically terrible sentence...but you know what i mean---see also del shannon-runaway/hats off to larry,and 4 seasons-sherry/big girls don't cry
renofirvine 3 years ago
great tune 5*****
SLUMBERSZZ 3 years ago
First one here!
You notice that there haven't been many Lou Christie impersonators? He had the glass-shattering niche to himself.
MerrittStDiner 3 years ago 2