greatsong. your showing your .age if you remember this one. i thought i hit gold when i found this one. dolly parton covered this did not do a bad job. i m still looking for one that evades me. it was played on a horn with some guy at the beginning saying" this song was written for someone i don't even know yet and then something about a melody for a girl..searched and searched
@kennykenny5 thank you so much. no the other post did not get to me. i can't believe i finally have this song, i have searched for years....this song just smooth me right out when i'm mad or upset. again thank, thank, thank you
OMG! I haven't heard this in DECADES--but I still know the lyrics verbatim--what memories went flitting through my mind as I sang along! Funny, isn't it; how music (and scent) can transport you back in time? We were so idealistic and so innocent...
i'll always remember hearing songs of this era played on that wonderous japanese invention my older sister had: the transistor radio. it was the space age,but now it seems so long ago.
its such a shame ,, im too young to remember this tune ,,,, i was a baby ,,, but i come on here cause i hate modern music ,, and truly love this haunting beautiful tune ,, only to put up with a modern techno advert before it ,, come on youtube ,, dont spoil it ??? if i wanted crap ? i wouldnt be on this side of youtube ,, i love jim reeves ,, del shannon ,, billy fury ,, please stop these adverts ,,, if not , put adverts that suite the music ?? wouldnt mind dream coats or similar
This takes me back, I remember Val Doonican singing this on his Saturday evening show in the mid sixties. In fact I always thought it was his original song. Thanks for posting this.
This song came out in Jan 0f 1966, I went to Vietnam 2 weeks later Feb, 3-1966. That is one song I will never forget, Or the Girl I was with when I 1st hurd it.
in court next month for mortgage arrears, the cow of a wife i married did a runner. Listening to this song brings back memories of happier days in my life
I love learning about the HISTORY of the songs I Love / the IMAGERY, the WORDING the CONCEPT and the MESSAGE of this song is so BEAUTIFUL, UNIVERSAL, and EVERLASTING / this song is really The True Story Of My Life / The Four Tops took this song and put some PASSION & FEELING into it / this song always reminds me of how BEAUTIFUL & JOYFUL you feel at the beginning of your infatuation with someone
I am from Cuba and when I came to this wonderful Country, which I love so much, and heard this wonderful song, I felt in love with it, and I bought the 45 and still playing on my old record player, so I have also the CD,
One of the greatest songs of the last 50 years, especially this arrangement with the Jack Nitsche "wall of sound" orchestration that is so intense and rhythmic. Thank you for puttig it on Youtube.
I was young and so were you! Fig N. (not real name) this song seemed to on the radio every time we were together! I never forgot, or ever will. still love the love we shared! C.H.
1966 was a wonderful time of life. simple played till street lights came on at 9:30pm in summer was wonderful. we played till we worked up a sweat but yet this song played as i caught butterflies on flowers such as roses and zinias.
It was one of those korny songs that i hated because I liked it so much. You know what I mean? It was a haunting song. I didnt want to chase love like Bob Lind. But prophetically....i still chase that illusive butterfly of love.
amazing how the words still stuck in my mind after all these years - I spontaneously sang the first verse to my 16 yr old tonight & had to look this up only to find this marvelous recount of this great song! well done everyone - remember well!
A magical track! I well remember hearing this on Radio London at school lunch time (in 6th form common room). I remember this and 'Try Too Hard' by the Dave Clark Five being played in succesion (quite a contrast). I'd love to have the days of 'The Pirates' again ! Val Doonican covered this track, but we won't go there !!!!
I dreamed this song once about 12 yrs ago, not remembering ever hearing it before. Then a week later, in the night the man I was in love with, left a msg on my cell and he sang it to me. I love this song!
I had only heard the Aretha version of this song. I thought it such a brilliant lyric, that I had to hear the original. I prefer her version, but it's still one of the most amazing lyrics ever.
I think i've heard this version once or twice before. I'm more familiar with The Four Tops version from their STILL WATERS ablum from 1970, which is one of my favorites from them and that period.
Such a unique and beautiful song. Always takes me to a difference place and time. I used to listen to this late at nights on my transistor radio under my pillow. Thanks for posting.
@1973GAYMAN dont ever stop singing this to her, im a carer who works with dementia patients and in my experience sing it often enough and they will find that memory again, but dont ever stop singing to her,
me and my mum used to sing this to each other and now its very emotional as she has dementia and doesnt recognise it :-( still brings back happy memories for me
Youtube is a beautiful medium...to discover all these people out there in the world who feel exactly as I do about things, such as this song....I thought I was the only one. I don't feel so lonely anymore.....thankyou.....
I was 18 when this song came out ,and just been dumped by my first serious girlfriend :( and just to cheer me up the walker brothers brought out The sun aint gonna shine anymore :)
Just experiencing You Tube for the first time and have not heard this song for over forty years, it came out when I first fell in love with a Ann-Margaret/Tuesday Weld look alike in '66 in school ,this song always reminded me of her, gettin chills just listing to this and remembering a better time long time past, I never got over her
garfiedcat5, this is a song that touches deep in the heart, tho somehow im not sure i f someone passed on/ him or her?, if u listen closely u really cant tell. wat r ur thoughts? i cant believe the dislike comments on this song! those people should just go 2 anothr song. hatre has breeded thru people like them . im 50 . so thanx. been listening alot last 3 days
garfieldcat5, i luv this song , if i remember right, bob was a songwriter who had stage frite & didnt like his own voice, pals convinced him to go for it. i can play this& it has bizzare chord changes, fun 2 play, i think its about a guy or spirit of a,gal thats past on, his nervous vocals & limited range make it better, saw ur comment 2 anglo, dont no wat he said , but a nazi is shit , thanks gar
Bob Lind recorded this for the World Pacific label (by the time this was originally released, it was bought by and would be soon folded into Liberty [itself bought out by United Artists and phased out by 1972] ).
With the sound quality of your videos, have you considered becoming a remastering engineer? You've put some CD and even bloated-reputation 180 gram vinyl reissues to shame.
There's a song that's very similar in spirit, probably recorded around the same time, God, what's it called...very...elusive. :) I caught a few seconds of it on an oldies station recently but, it got away from me. Any suggestions?
I know this is before my time since I was born in the 1980's but growing up I used to listen to oldies everyday on the oldies station. Whenever this song came on I was so stoked. Now when I turn on the oldies station all they play is 80's music, go figure huh. Makes me scared to think that one day awesome songs like this may be lost forever.
In 1969 I got my first car. And the radio station out of NYC, FM played this every afternoon at the same time. I always made sure I was in the car at that time to hear it. Brings back memories, of life for me and this world when it was simpler and fun.
I agree. if I recall correctly it was scott muni's sign off at 5:57pm on wnew 102.7 in new york. it recalls a less complicated time in my life and am pleased to hear, yours, too.
Im 34 years old this is one of my dads favorite.13 years ago i p2p songs for him from way back in the day this is one of them.My dad is a human jukebox......lol so am i.sentimental lady is a good one as welll
I love this song, havent heard it since I was a little girl...brought tears to my eyes...I used to take my dads radio and on KFRC (A.M. station) played that and I'd dance on our front lawn singing..I was a whole 5 years old...thank you for bringing back that wonderful memory..<3
@SwtAurora Isn't it great when a song can bring you back to a time of wonderful memories and you can relive them again? I was 10 when this song came out in 1966 and never forgot it my whole life. I listened to it on 77 WABC AM in New York. There isn't a song that can make me smile more than when I hear this one. Lovely, happy childhood memories.
i love this song i have this exact copy lol wow its like 35 years old the song never gets old . the "B" side is truly julies blues another gr8 song . thanks for posting it
Listening to this song makes me want to play LP again...!! it is something very different, the feeling of putting the LP, turning on the turntable - the needle comes down and ............
send you way back to 1966.... I was in 4th Grade..!
You might wake up some mornin' To the sound of something moving past your window in the wind And if you're quick enough to rise You'll catch a fleeting glimpse of someone's fading shadow Out on the new horizon You may see the floating motion of a distant pair of wings And if the sleep has left your ears You might hear footsteps running through an open meadow Don't be concerned, it will not harm you It's only me pursuing somethin' I'm not sure of Across my dreams with nets of wonder....
I love this song. Bob set the standard for folk-rock with poetic lyrics, and was then followed by Jimmy Webb, Harry Nilsson. Beautiful string pad, thank you Jack!
Forget Val Doonican! This is Bob Lind's song, he wrote it; the legendary Jack Nitzsche produced it. Last I heard Bob was living in Florida and trying to make it again as a performer. Wherever you are Bob, God Bless you. You were and are a true talent.
Thats' the 45 I had in 1978 the re issue. The exact one you're playing. I had a lot of re issues of that Label I bought from various artist frim 1978 to 1983 my days as a DJ.
@TheMustangsally75 Some people don't have an ounce of sentimentality in their souls, particularly these people growing up today with rap and the recently deceased fad of heavy and death metal. There's a good live version of this from Gazzarri A Go Go on Facebook. I mean, I knew a 39 year old guy that hated George Harrison, as if he could've ever sung a song that deserved this guy's disdain. I couldn't imagine being forced to hear Metallica for the rest of my life: I'd be one angry dude.
I'm 54 now.I was ten when this came out.What a great tune.I had a 45 of this and I wore it down to nothing........Love this great 60's stuff...It'll be around forever to let future generations know what REAL singing was...not the crap called music today....
I think songs like this tend to tug at your heartstings because the instrumentation seems to suggest something beyond us, something eternal and we all reflect on what was dear to each of us in the past and we know what lies in the future - that wjich is inevitable!
I give away my age as an old codger here-----this was big hit in around 1967 my senior year in high school.
With the Vietnam War raging, this song symoblized the echo of hope of the elusive butterfly of love. This is a timeless song and I only wish Bob Lind would have had more success than he did.
This song brings back great memories of Camp Wendake , located on the shores of Lake Huron. Every year is brilliant. Looking forward to another summer week of pure love. Though some have not returned , you are always in my thoughts. ' M , F and B ' , I cherish the time you are with me , with us.
Just close your eyes, listen to the beautiful strings and percussion, as well as well as Bob's earnest rendering of a beautiful song (with subtle tonal shading), and let this take you away.......
@absue So brilliantly crafted, not one rhyming line in the entire song. Like Michelangelo, the words were carved from a beautiful piece of marble without one flaw in the chisel stroke.
I really don't understand why the beauty of songs like this do not occur any longer. It is beautiful lyrics and pure feeling--the sixties were not about poetry per se or anything terribly deep,m just a purity of spirit and telling human experience with sincerity. Why after all of this time is there nothing like this at all in the world? I've never figured it out. Anyhow this is a truly beautiful song
very haunting song . this song came out in 1966. the year my father died.1 was 16 years old.used to hear this song,,made me think of my father.this is song i will never forget.
I may have commented on this before; but, I really like this tune. It has the mystery, tone, lyrics, and verve that most young fellows were drawn to in the 60.s. To this day I find the song quite haunting.
Saw BOB LIND in S.C. Mar. 26 and he did a super show...sang the old songs and some new and his voice is still super...he is a very down to earth type of guy....
@garfieldcat5 Garfield.The guy is neanderthal,ignore him.He wont go to heaven.will be interesting to see what comments he can make when he becomes intelligent..
garfieldcat5! Thanks SO much for uploading one of my all time favourite songs...takes me back to when I was 11 years old!! fond,fond memories!
Olive2me 5 days ago
greatsong. your showing your .age if you remember this one. i thought i hit gold when i found this one. dolly parton covered this did not do a bad job. i m still looking for one that evades me. it was played on a horn with some guy at the beginning saying" this song was written for someone i don't even know yet and then something about a melody for a girl..searched and searched
windymeadows2 1 week ago in playlist favorites
@windymeadows2 Here's your answer: youtube, Paul Revere and the Raiders, "Melody for an Unknown Girl".
I've tried other posts and messages but I don't know if any made their way to you.
kennykenny5 6 days ago
@kennykenny5 thank you so much. no the other post did not get to me. i can't believe i finally have this song, i have searched for years....this song just smooth me right out when i'm mad or upset. again thank, thank, thank you
windymeadows2 6 days ago
this is my favorite song of all time.pete uk
123456789333444 2 weeks ago
OMG! I haven't heard this in DECADES--but I still know the lyrics verbatim--what memories went flitting through my mind as I sang along! Funny, isn't it; how music (and scent) can transport you back in time? We were so idealistic and so innocent...
gaiasmith 3 weeks ago 3
Some of the best lyrics ever written. Astonishing. Then and now.
wideout3989 1 month ago
this song is one of the greatest songs of all time.
pete uk
123456789333444 1 month ago 3
i'll always remember hearing songs of this era played on that wonderous japanese invention my older sister had: the transistor radio. it was the space age,but now it seems so long ago.
12161euclid 1 month ago
its such a shame ,, im too young to remember this tune ,,,, i was a baby ,,, but i come on here cause i hate modern music ,, and truly love this haunting beautiful tune ,, only to put up with a modern techno advert before it ,, come on youtube ,, dont spoil it ??? if i wanted crap ? i wouldnt be on this side of youtube ,, i love jim reeves ,, del shannon ,, billy fury ,, please stop these adverts ,,, if not , put adverts that suite the music ?? wouldnt mind dream coats or similar
arpomni2 1 month ago
The 60's echoing, echoing...History folding into history, pages worn and worn...don't be concerned, it will not harm you.
Phuqutube1967 1 month ago
This takes me back, I remember Val Doonican singing this on his Saturday evening show in the mid sixties. In fact I always thought it was his original song. Thanks for posting this.
drummingriffin 1 month ago
This song came out in Jan 0f 1966, I went to Vietnam 2 weeks later Feb, 3-1966. That is one song I will never forget, Or the Girl I was with when I 1st hurd it.
Cmr4brandy 1 month ago
in court next month for mortgage arrears, the cow of a wife i married did a runner. Listening to this song brings back memories of happier days in my life
rich0040 2 months ago
I love learning about the HISTORY of the songs I Love / the IMAGERY, the WORDING the CONCEPT and the MESSAGE of this song is so BEAUTIFUL, UNIVERSAL, and EVERLASTING / this song is really The True Story Of My Life / The Four Tops took this song and put some PASSION & FEELING into it / this song always reminds me of how BEAUTIFUL & JOYFUL you feel at the beginning of your infatuation with someone
druhbe1996 2 months ago
BEAUTIFUL SONG. NETS OF WONDER. GOOD LYRIC.
LLcoolDel 2 months ago
What kind of turntable is used in the video?
LucasToast 4 months ago
@LucasToast Sony PS-LX500 linear tracker
garfieldcat5 4 months ago
Cn you post the b side please?
disneysongtape 4 months ago
I am from Cuba and when I came to this wonderful Country, which I love so much, and heard this wonderful song, I felt in love with it, and I bought the 45 and still playing on my old record player, so I have also the CD,
MsCuba26 4 months ago 5
This is one of my favorite oldies songs!
Shayk1951 5 months ago
One of the greatest songs of the last 50 years, especially this arrangement with the Jack Nitsche "wall of sound" orchestration that is so intense and rhythmic. Thank you for puttig it on Youtube.
fhwandell 5 months ago 2
GOOD OLD SONG
GARYROBINSON128236 5 months ago
My all time number one favorite song! Thanks for sharing.
TheMel1950 5 months ago
linear tracking turntables are scurry looking.
FuckingStanz 5 months ago
Here is one that came to me through the mists of time!
Charlie20301 5 months ago
I was young and so were you! Fig N. (not real name) this song seemed to on the radio every time we were together! I never forgot, or ever will. still love the love we shared! C.H.
mollypolly10249 5 months ago
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GayDannyBoy, the radio station was WNEW-FM and it was the DJ Scot Muny's favorite song. He played it everytime he went off the air.
houdinimine2 6 months ago
GayDannyBoy, the radio station was WNEW-FM and it was the DJ Sct Muny's favorite song. He played it everytime he went off the air.
houdinimine2 6 months ago
very good words to this song..........i am still chasing that "butter fly of love"
skype maybe we can share some thing of the past iceman756
iceman21202 6 months ago
Probably the best 1 hit wonder of all time. What a wonderfully poetic song.
royko22 6 months ago 2
1966 was a wonderful time of life. simple played till street lights came on at 9:30pm in summer was wonderful. we played till we worked up a sweat but yet this song played as i caught butterflies on flowers such as roses and zinias.
karen2006p 6 months ago 4
It was one of those korny songs that i hated because I liked it so much. You know what I mean? It was a haunting song. I didnt want to chase love like Bob Lind. But prophetically....i still chase that illusive butterfly of love.
uplinkz 6 months ago
Why oh why has music got so bad ? Simple and wonderful music from a time of great innocence.
connoraimee1 6 months ago 3
amazing how the words still stuck in my mind after all these years - I spontaneously sang the first verse to my 16 yr old tonight & had to look this up only to find this marvelous recount of this great song! well done everyone - remember well!
hermiew3 6 months ago 2
Don't be concerned, it will not harm you - it's just me pursuing something I'm not sure of ...
Anything like that around today? Does anyone care? Sometimes it's a little hard being yanked back into that wonderful musical time. I miss it.
CosmosMarinerDU 6 months ago 2
A magical track! I well remember hearing this on Radio London at school lunch time (in 6th form common room). I remember this and 'Try Too Hard' by the Dave Clark Five being played in succesion (quite a contrast). I'd love to have the days of 'The Pirates' again ! Val Doonican covered this track, but we won't go there !!!!
SuperJUPP1 6 months ago
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YucatanJack 7 months ago
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This song Sucks!!! Yeah Moe, I've seen songs suck before, but this is among the suckiest bunch of songs that ever did suck.
YucatanJack 7 months ago
this is one of the best songs ever written.Never get tired of listening to it.
ThePurpleHarpoon 8 months ago 15
I dreamed this song once about 12 yrs ago, not remembering ever hearing it before. Then a week later, in the night the man I was in love with, left a msg on my cell and he sang it to me. I love this song!
TheSpearit1 8 months ago 2
mystic lov it
archie977 8 months ago
When I first heard this song many years ago, I remember thinking it was a song about a creepy stalker.
sailcat9 8 months ago
Went to a Bob Lind concert last night in Erhart, SC, the man's still got it! Great songs he has written.
yellowdog6794 9 months ago
This singer has the phrasing of Phil Spector's style of recording. Also listen to the left channel and there it is, the wall of sound.
powergirl901 9 months ago
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One of my all time favorites.
bestnil1 9 months ago
Great song. Bob Lind has a most wonderful voice. Reminiscent of Bobby Vee's great voice.
datoobster75 9 months ago 2
My theme song
Heartforce 9 months ago
I had only heard the Aretha version of this song. I thought it such a brilliant lyric, that I had to hear the original. I prefer her version, but it's still one of the most amazing lyrics ever.
rellenoz 9 months ago
@rellenoz You should check out Mister Zero by Bob Lind. The lyrics in it paint such a vivid picture. Its amazing.
xenoloco 9 months ago
I think i've heard this version once or twice before. I'm more familiar with The Four Tops version from their STILL WATERS ablum from 1970, which is one of my favorites from them and that period.
alexk2501 10 months ago
I too was 10 at the time kinda touch my soul back then & still does - cool song - still kinda spooky lol
567wolfen 10 months ago
I too was 10 at the time kinda touch my soul back then & still does - cool song
567wolfen 10 months ago 2
why are songs like this so much better than the shite of today
rich0040 10 months ago 2
I've heard a kazillion songs in my lifetime. If I had to pick 5 favorite songs - this one would be one of them!!!
taxman14072 10 months ago 25
@taxman14072 You chose well.
SoEyeSay 10 months ago 2
Such a unique and beautiful song. Always takes me to a difference place and time. I used to listen to this late at nights on my transistor radio under my pillow. Thanks for posting.
rundoetx 10 months ago 3
& when I die & when I'm gone - this is what this song makes me think of - & also a time that is gone forever...
567wolfen 10 months ago
Hello gayman
I share your emotions
God Bless You and Mum
Robert
peony38 11 months ago
me and my mum used to sing this to each other and now its very emotional as she has dementia and doesnt recognise it. still a great song
1973GAYMAN 11 months ago
@1973GAYMAN dont ever stop singing this to her, im a carer who works with dementia patients and in my experience sing it often enough and they will find that memory again, but dont ever stop singing to her,
god bless to you your mam,,,
and peony38 :-)
wetsnake81 11 months ago
me and my mum used to sing this to each other and now its very emotional as she has dementia and doesnt recognise it :-( still brings back happy memories for me
1973GAYMAN 11 months ago
@1973GAYMAN your mum used to sing this to me before and after she would suck on my big dick and swallow my hollow nuts.
JesusChristsuxCocks 11 months ago
@JesusChristsuxCocks Sad.
fab42 11 months ago
One of my all-time favorites
hayesman76 11 months ago 2
.....specifically to your comments absue....that's exactly what I mean...thankyou
ecurb10 11 months ago
Youtube is a beautiful medium...to discover all these people out there in the world who feel exactly as I do about things, such as this song....I thought I was the only one. I don't feel so lonely anymore.....thankyou.....
ecurb10 11 months ago
Cool!
sneezepal 1 year ago
I was 18 when this song came out ,and just been dumped by my first serious girlfriend :( and just to cheer me up the walker brothers brought out The sun aint gonna shine anymore :)
HayabusaR1300 1 year ago
Liked all his singles even though they didn't chart here...this was a bit special though and did.
Lovely song.
YCSMusic 1 year ago
@YCSMusic didnt chart were?
tommieparch 1 year ago
Just experiencing You Tube for the first time and have not heard this song for over forty years, it came out when I first fell in love with a Ann-Margaret/Tuesday Weld look alike in '66 in school ,this song always reminded me of her, gettin chills just listing to this and remembering a better time long time past, I never got over her
rainstormz28 1 year ago 2
this song, along with theme from a teenage opera remind me of my childhood and a more innocent happier time
rich0040 1 year ago
garfiedcat5, this is a song that touches deep in the heart, tho somehow im not sure i f someone passed on/ him or her?, if u listen closely u really cant tell. wat r ur thoughts? i cant believe the dislike comments on this song! those people should just go 2 anothr song. hatre has breeded thru people like them . im 50 . so thanx. been listening alot last 3 days
tommieparch 1 year ago
garfieldcat5, i luv this song , if i remember right, bob was a songwriter who had stage frite & didnt like his own voice, pals convinced him to go for it. i can play this& it has bizzare chord changes, fun 2 play, i think its about a guy or spirit of a,gal thats past on, his nervous vocals & limited range make it better, saw ur comment 2 anglo, dont no wat he said , but a nazi is shit , thanks gar
tommieparch 1 year ago
reminds me of a girl i knew,i still think of her.
tony13a 1 year ago
Hi Garfield, Could I have heard this song in 1965? What year was it popular? Know? Thanks, in anycase. Love it.
leonbrokenhand 1 year ago
Of the versions of this posted, this is the best audio!
DRlambhead 1 year ago
i THINK THIS REFLECTS A QUEST FOR LOVE
srcourtofficer 1 year ago
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PotBelliedCharles 1 year ago
WOW, how could I have forgotten this song!? Thanks for the memories!
beccaboard 1 year ago
like it, but i like aretha franklins version better!
therotatingchinmen 1 year ago
cool to hear it in stereo..........song/music has a mysterious nature/sound to it
capnvideo2006 1 year ago
Mr. Lind: Thanks for this song. Magnificent in every way.
Mihaelspuck 1 year ago
Bob Lind recorded this for the World Pacific label (by the time this was originally released, it was bought by and would be soon folded into Liberty [itself bought out by United Artists and phased out by 1972] ).
With the sound quality of your videos, have you considered becoming a remastering engineer? You've put some CD and even bloated-reputation 180 gram vinyl reissues to shame.
SeanElGatoTelevision 1 year ago
What a great song with such a great message. If only we had songs like this now!!! Thanks for having this to listen to!!
cars8709 1 year ago
There's a song that's very similar in spirit, probably recorded around the same time, God, what's it called...very...elusive. :) I caught a few seconds of it on an oldies station recently but, it got away from me. Any suggestions?
midmodgal 1 year ago
@midmodgal now u got me curious, and itll bother me till i find out wat song . thanx alot. ha ha.
tommieparch 1 year ago
@tommieparch If I ever find it I'll let you know!!!
midmodgal 1 year ago
I love this song! This is my favorite version and the 45 makes it all the more better. Thanks for posting.
ReinaAntilles 1 year ago
This is great! Smoke a doob and listen. I guarantee you'll absolutely pee your pants! Thanks for posting this. I'm dying here!
jeanhartely 1 year ago
I love this song . It reminds me of my family in heaven, I have seen signs EVERYWHERE..♥
carmnet2001 1 year ago
I know this is before my time since I was born in the 1980's but growing up I used to listen to oldies everyday on the oldies station. Whenever this song came on I was so stoked. Now when I turn on the oldies station all they play is 80's music, go figure huh. Makes me scared to think that one day awesome songs like this may be lost forever.
Great Song.
ArchStantonsGrave 1 year ago
You can convert this or any youtube video to an mp3 at instantmp3s..com
parallel2514 1 year ago
Hal Blaine drums, Claude "Leon Russell" string arrangements. Originally this was a b side to Jenny Come Home
capitolemiproducer 1 year ago
@capitolemiproducer
Or Cheryls going home maybe
captainsoul1953 1 year ago
Thank you.
richxl7 1 year ago
cool turntable!!!
Gilbrox1 1 year ago
In 1969 I got my first car. And the radio station out of NYC, FM played this every afternoon at the same time. I always made sure I was in the car at that time to hear it. Brings back memories, of life for me and this world when it was simpler and fun.
Love hearing it, then and now.
gaydannyboy 1 year ago 23
I agree. if I recall correctly it was scott muni's sign off at 5:57pm on wnew 102.7 in new york. it recalls a less complicated time in my life and am pleased to hear, yours, too.
mrhfc 1 year ago
Im 34 years old this is one of my dads favorite.13 years ago i p2p songs for him from way back in the day this is one of them.My dad is a human jukebox......lol so am i.sentimental lady is a good one as welll
stocker464 7 months ago
@gaydannyboy cool but i am 10 and i have i iphone bet that
sckaan 5 months ago
Great 60's tune.
kcbill54 1 year ago
bob lind is alive and well in florida
megajameskelly 1 year ago
previous dream weaver
mick50651 1 year ago
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Monumental song of my past! I'll always love this one!
sirMEGADACTYL 1 year ago 2
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sirMEGADACTYL 1 year ago
Best version, super hi fidelity for you-tube! How can the original vinyl have no scratches??
Great.
jackkrom 1 year ago
Haunting and achingly beautiful. I had this single when I was younger. It'll always be one of my favorite songs. Thanks for posting this!
wanative57 1 year ago
One of the greats, what ever happened to bob lind?
I heard a rumour that he ended up being killed in vietnam
26highstreet 1 year ago
I WISH GLEN CAMPBELL COULD HAVE RECORDED THIS ALSO!!
slinney1 1 year ago
@slinney1: Glen Campbell did cover this as an album cut (no single release though). Pretty nice Nashville Sound-style arrangement on his version.
SeanElGatoTelevision 1 year ago
who the hell is BOB LIND ? good one. thanks
laurajeansan 1 year ago
I love this song, havent heard it since I was a little girl...brought tears to my eyes...I used to take my dads radio and on KFRC (A.M. station) played that and I'd dance on our front lawn singing..I was a whole 5 years old...thank you for bringing back that wonderful memory..<3
SwtAurora 1 year ago 12
@SwtAurora Isn't it great when a song can bring you back to a time of wonderful memories and you can relive them again? I was 10 when this song came out in 1966 and never forgot it my whole life. I listened to it on 77 WABC AM in New York. There isn't a song that can make me smile more than when I hear this one. Lovely, happy childhood memories.
vcoaster 10 months ago
@vcoaster Yes, it is great!
SoEyeSay 10 months ago 2
i love this song i have this exact copy lol wow its like 35 years old the song never gets old . the "B" side is truly julies blues another gr8 song . thanks for posting it
ponkaton1 1 year ago
I remember this song as a kid. All these years I never forgot it either. Thanks for posting this. I will always be a big fan of Bob Lind
1FloridaShark 1 year ago
...this song makes me sad it was my brothers favorite...he bought the single in'66...he passed away almost 4 years ago...RIP Gary...!
yedon68 1 year ago
Listening to this song makes me want to play LP again...!! it is something very different, the feeling of putting the LP, turning on the turntable - the needle comes down and ............
send you way back to 1966.... I was in 4th Grade..!
Junglehike 1 year ago 2
I've been looking for this. Thank you.
Maese91 1 year ago
great song -- Can't beat the stereo version -- Thanks
cathode1990 1 year ago
for lyndy....beautiful you are xxx
theglastonburygirl 1 year ago 2
I love this song!! Great memories as a kid in the 60's!
Babbs1956 1 year ago 2
Don't be concerned, it will not harm you
It's only me pursuing somethin' I'm not sure of
Across my dreams with nets of wonder
I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love
[Instrumental Interlude]
Across my dreams with nets of wonder
Tigermoon1950 1 year ago
I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love
You might have heard my footsteps
Echo softly in the distance through the canyons of your mind
I might have even called your name
As I ran searching after something to believe in
You might have seen me runnin'
Through the long-abandoned ruins of the dreams you left behind
If you remember something there
That glided past you followed close by heavy breathin'
Tigermoon1950 1 year ago
Tigermoon1950 1 year ago
I love this song. Bob set the standard for folk-rock with poetic lyrics, and was then followed by Jimmy Webb, Harry Nilsson. Beautiful string pad, thank you Jack!
rockphiles 1 year ago 2
i like this version with val's version
lefty121 1 year ago
Another time in pop music to be sure.
mick50651 1 year ago
another great tune from the past
gemini232003 1 year ago
Forget Val Doonican! This is Bob Lind's song, he wrote it; the legendary Jack Nitzsche produced it. Last I heard Bob was living in Florida and trying to make it again as a performer. Wherever you are Bob, God Bless you. You were and are a true talent.
RaveDreamer 1 year ago 3
This in indescribable, beyond great.
InnocentWar1 1 year ago
Thank you for posting this with great audio quality. What brand of turntable is that?
analogpix1 1 year ago
I love this song still... I remember listening to it on a 45 when I was a girl.... the lyrics are poetically brilliant....
WildflowerSummerlin 1 year ago
Thats' the 45 I had in 1978 the re issue. The exact one you're playing. I had a lot of re issues of that Label I bought from various artist frim 1978 to 1983 my days as a DJ.
MrMotownmanny 1 year ago
how can anyone give this a thumbs down?
TheMustangsally75 1 year ago
@TheMustangsally75 Some people don't have an ounce of sentimentality in their souls, particularly these people growing up today with rap and the recently deceased fad of heavy and death metal. There's a good live version of this from Gazzarri A Go Go on Facebook. I mean, I knew a 39 year old guy that hated George Harrison, as if he could've ever sung a song that deserved this guy's disdain. I couldn't imagine being forced to hear Metallica for the rest of my life: I'd be one angry dude.
HaywoodZarathustra 1 year ago
I'm 54 now.I was ten when this came out.What a great tune.I had a 45 of this and I wore it down to nothing........Love this great 60's stuff...It'll be around forever to let future generations know what REAL singing was...not the crap called music today....
borecleaner1 1 year ago
sounds and confuses with me with bobby golsboro and honey
frankho99 1 year ago
I think songs like this tend to tug at your heartstings because the instrumentation seems to suggest something beyond us, something eternal and we all reflect on what was dear to each of us in the past and we know what lies in the future - that wjich is inevitable!
paneed1960 1 year ago
I give away my age as an old codger here-----this was big hit in around 1967 my senior year in high school.
With the Vietnam War raging, this song symoblized the echo of hope of the elusive butterfly of love. This is a timeless song and I only wish Bob Lind would have had more success than he did.
jlsfla01 1 year ago
This song brings back great memories of Camp Wendake , located on the shores of Lake Huron. Every year is brilliant. Looking forward to another summer week of pure love. Though some have not returned , you are always in my thoughts. ' M , F and B ' , I cherish the time you are with me , with us.
Keep well
Peace
Namaste
bearfed 1 year ago
great song, there's a version by a woman, do u know who was it?
zzzxtreme 1 year ago
I love this song...Thanks!
renmar5257 1 year ago
Dang!!! this brings back memories, great song!!
NCLUSA 1 year ago
This is good--but I still like Val Doonican´s
version the most!
zaaritha 1 year ago
This has been my favorite song since the first time I heard it when I was very young
jskkmom 1 year ago
Just close your eyes, listen to the beautiful strings and percussion, as well as well as Bob's earnest rendering of a beautiful song (with subtle tonal shading), and let this take you away.......
Carvinter 1 year ago
this brings back memories of my late mum , she used to play this on her grundig radiogram ahhh memories....thanks for posting lovely song..
jules1157 1 year ago
I always feel tears coming when I hear this song... not sure why. It feels good, but it makes me want to cry. Lovely song. Reaches very deep.
absue 1 year ago 14
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@absue You're not the only one! A beautiful song that also gives me goosebumps.
lelboy 1 year ago
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@absue So brilliantly crafted, not one rhyming line in the entire song. Like Michelangelo, the words were carved from a beautiful piece of marble without one flaw in the chisel stroke.
fanfestdhl 1 year ago
@absue It is okay to cry.
winyguy 1 year ago
A golden treasure forever! Mary
Mareann52 1 year ago
This is a GREAT song. It was one of my older brother's favorites back in '66. He was 16 and I was 10. Ouch! But great memories....
jasontcolt1 1 year ago
dig that cool 60's stereo separation............ COL (chuckle out loud...... duh)
Aldebaron9 1 year ago
i was a child and remember this one so well. This came out the summer before i started grade school that fall. dreamy melody of a warm spring day.
DJDiscocat 1 year ago
Wow............does this tune stir up some memories....I was in the 8th grade in 1966
drumsyeah 1 year ago
I really don't understand why the beauty of songs like this do not occur any longer. It is beautiful lyrics and pure feeling--the sixties were not about poetry per se or anything terribly deep,m just a purity of spirit and telling human experience with sincerity. Why after all of this time is there nothing like this at all in the world? I've never figured it out. Anyhow this is a truly beautiful song
poetinasia 1 year ago
Spring 1966 - Hartman Jr High in Houston TX 15 yrs old. This is one of my favorites
zoggy1950 1 year ago
this song is beautiful and full of life. and romantic.
marg52too 1 year ago
unreal song best of the sixties xxxx lol
elliemillie 1 year ago
Great Track. Remember the old man having this on the reel to reel. Great Stuff
mrruston22 1 year ago
very haunting song . this song came out in 1966. the year my father died.1 was 16 years old.used to hear this song,,made me think of my father.this is song i will never forget.
mrflashfromthepast 1 year ago
Notice none of the verses rhyme.
GLarryB 1 year ago
Pure poetry...celestial images blur the fine line between reality and fantasy.
Tigermoon1950 1 year ago
I almost wept when I found this wonderful song of my teenage years here. Just fantastic. Thankyou.
normalil 1 year ago
Where have you gone Bob Lind. All we have now is Lady Gaga, Snoop Dog, and countless other phonies-----we need you Bob.
jlsfla01 1 year ago 3
I may have commented on this before; but, I really like this tune. It has the mystery, tone, lyrics, and verve that most young fellows were drawn to in the 60.s. To this day I find the song quite haunting.
TOCS268 1 year ago 3
Boy, this comes across NICE!
TheDragline288 1 year ago
Saw BOB LIND in S.C. Mar. 26 and he did a super show...sang the old songs and some new and his voice is still super...he is a very down to earth type of guy....
davpier59 1 year ago
@AngloSaxonBob Ok you idiots, knock off the nasty comments and off topic bullshit or I'll disable commenting for this video.
garfieldcat5 1 year ago 16
Thats strike two
garfieldcat5 1 year ago
@garfieldcat5 Garfield.The guy is neanderthal,ignore him.He wont go to heaven.will be interesting to see what comments he can make when he becomes intelligent..
peacefullsmith 1 year ago
@garfieldcat5 There are some planks around in this world. Weel said Garfield
Lovely post!!
dinglechip 1 year ago
@garfieldcat5 Hahahahaha. That's the spirit!
BRUC2016 1 year ago
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@garfieldcat5 Forgive them for they know not what they do
fanfestdhl 1 year ago