The Honeycombs in Pop Gear

[kingofallwhites]

WHo the hell is the albino hippy at the beginning? Get a frigging haircut hippy and use the side door!

[recordvinyl]

@kingofallwhites - Jimmy Saville, one of the greatest British TV presenters of the 60's and 70's! You uneducated prat!

[79goldmaster1]

very Bowie like singer

[postmanliam107]

This song is as good today as it was back in 1964. I loved it then and its never been anything less than amazing. I'd love to see it in todays chart and see how well it would do. I think a newer generation would love it too

[alzhammer1]

I would not like to go camping with the singer ( imean in the same tent )......!

[suetil01]

for jacquie - this was so fun. I used to have the arm back on the record player so that it would repeat over and over - must have driven mum and dad nuts

[stupidnicks]

i was minus somewhat!

[heidebeer58]

Aurorarickman, i was 6 yr. old boy, but now still young......

[rocktenniscat]

Really really cool to see a woman drummer - Honey Lantree.....and more recently, Cindy Blackman - it's a rare sight. Cindy plays on Lenny Kravitz's "Are You Gonna My Way" - she rocks!

[paulhouston]

look at those bisons

[lmorgan1974]

The guitars and the drums sound awesome

[LVEMEDO]

AWESOME go BRITS

[justinford10jf]

I'm a huge fan of Herman's Hermits - I just heard about this new original DVD series: reelinintheyears(dot)com/briti­shinvasion

[ironbuttermilk]

First time I heard 'Have I the Right' I hated it, but it worked its way into my brain, and now I love it.

Their singer sounds so strange.

[ijusttom]

I hadn't heard of them before today but im so impressed.

If Quentin Tarantino made "music videos" in 1965 this would be it and the performances are are flawless.

[fischman26]

It is amazing how Ernie Douglas could do fiiming in Hollywood for My Three Sons and then fly to London to be play rhythm guitar for the Honeycombs.

[richardmcboingboing]

@fischman26 i think every 60's band had an ernie douglas look-a-like

[Danielmutt]

Consider this; as you listen to Alan Ward play guitar. He had no distortion devices to use in those days! I think his solo is a rock and roll classic.

[NearAbbeyRoad]

@Danielmutt

Joe Meek used mixing and electronics to get what he wanted. Joe was way ahead of anyone on that front - the first to do it. A limited fuss box was out in 1965, so they could get something near to it on stage.

[Airsoftcleaner]

THE HONEYCOMBS ROCKED!!!!!!

[clairelouise34]

Apparently, Honey lantree was the first british female drummer in a pop group.

[Kellylaunder]

really?

wow i never knew they was that popular then til now!

i know the drummer! i saw her today shes my dads mate

[riviswim]

Can't think of another before her.

[cricketbat08]

She must be the first female drummer to have been in a pop band!

[LovvaBoi]

i love the song EYES ...omg its so good

[polecatcontinuum]

@LovvaBoi Yes - and so brave in the sixties with its lonely gay theme when gayness was still an imprisonable offence in the UK

[fjbutch]

Honey is such a sweetheart on the drums ...

[Eldel67]

The eyes painted on the set of the second set remind me of Joe Meeks infamous "lady with the crying eyes" painting.

[fjbutch]

Magic sound...great memories of the sixties ...

[fjbutch]

What  a magic sound and great memories of my childhood.

[LVEMEDO]

AWESOME POST AWESOME SONG TY

[Vazmusic]

Man after all these years that still sounds like music from Mars! Wonderful stuff!!

[fossie32]

Great to see!

[coomby]

Poptastic

[jbb22310]

shes so cool---though she looks a bit out of place. with what they gave her to ware she looks like a housewife-----

[DukeBasil]

Lead singer died in 2005....cancer

[mfsbrz]

Meg White is for loosers!

Honey Lantree is the top!

[feeowna]

I met Martin Murray last Thursday

[wedrinkmountaindew]

The guys name is Jimmy Saville and it aint a wig its his real hair lol

[PacManJulie]

And he's still alive .. and wearing a silver lame tracksuit .. and no he's not a Pedo

[Rusfi16]

Whats up with the ridiculous blone wig that guy in the introduction is wearing?

i wonder if he looks like Kojak away from the spotlight.

[sixstringbiker]

I remember this from my childhood

....its just the best... :)

[Therapist1972]

awesome! wonderful! I love it! 5 stars!! :-)!

[parkman35]

I thought I'd heard that Honey Lantree always played barefoot...

[gerryono]

that was sandy shaw

[DRUMMERxGURU]

CLassic ..love it every one keeps telling me i was born in the wrong era ..so true  ,thanx for this buddy

[ex3rgj]

jimmy saville looks a right woofter,

[Manboobs313]

Why does everything cool from 1960's have to have some gay inference? First, I don't care and second it's just a cool kitchy song from the ...Oops. Just listening to second song. Pretty gay. Maybe you're right. Sorry.

[bobbybellsupreme]

the honeycombs are sexellent. someone cover this band. PLEASE.

[teendude16]

Two Great Tunes. Thank you for posting.

[MagicMushroom71]

What a brilliant song this is... Truely great......Many thanks 4 posting

[Ianpbx]

Those crazy Honeycombes!

[BILLPERKS5]

"BURNS --of LONDON" Guitars, Please. Tell Us More! The Scroll-headed Guitars are reminescent of the Hoffner Bass. The Body Styles of al three Instruments are the 'Time Worn' Mosrite Guitars..of Mr Semie Mosley Fame -- Ventura, Calif.).(Prior to a Period of time that SEARS Utilized the Body-Style for a Latter day run of their 'Silvertone'Guitars. One Cannot 'Clearly' see the Brandname on the Twelve Stringed Instrument. NONE of these are Rickenbacker Products!

[squanderedlustboy]

Check out another great Joe Meek production just posted on YouTube by Sidney0212 - Glenda Collins' Something I've Got to Tell You which should have been an enormous hit. It's still so modern.

[Limp73]

One of my most favorite oldies from 1964! (it's a beat thing.) Drummer Honey Lantree was a pretty lady back then. Alan Blaikley composed the song and was the last hit single produced by Joe Meek. Was released in the UK on Pye Records and in the US by Interphon,a subsidiery of Vee Jay Records

[Limp73]

I was a small town radio DJ in Ohio and Indiana and this was...(and still) one of my most favorite oldies since I was tenyears old....and Honey Lantree was a pretty gal in her day and knows how to bang those drun skins! Love and kisses to Honey!

[mwolf49]

How was the lead singer's last name pronounced? "Dee. .ELLie"? or "De. Eli"? An interesting name.

I remember this song. I was in HS and the girl drummer was the talk of the airwaves. And the kids DID stomp in the stands and on dance floors when this song came on. That era from '64--'68 was, IMHO, THE best in rock music. .with the British Invasion fueling what the American bands tried to emulate. And then passed. I'm so glad I was around to embrace it. Great post.

[gonzoman76]

I bought this record years ago and I'm happy to report it's survived all these years! Thanks for posting.

[stinkboat]

You must have been born without an ounce of taste in your sad body, what fucking year was this? Hadn't you heard of the beatles? saddoooooooo..

[archiejakeamberspud]

Who wrote this song?

[quantumleap7]

Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley who also wrote many big hits for Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, The Herd, Lulu and Elvis Presley among others, and the famous TV theme for the BBC Miss Marple series.

[kjeengyout]

44 years ago I heard this song and never am bored,I played every day as a teenager and still do. Have 2 LPs and 7singles, listening on radio Luxemburg for news(no MTV)those days, thanks to u all.

[aurorarickman]

I love this song! It was one of the first 45's

I got when I was a kid, 11 yrs. old when this was on the charts!

I am so glad that this is on YouTube for me to see and hear again.

[ROSEBLOOD333]

the first punk rock song eva!!

and ya those guitars are fucking priceless now!!!

luv it luv it luv it

[squeeze54]

that probably is not a rickenbacker. the brits didn;t record or mix their records well. they all sounded this bad. love the british rock n roll!

[rockabillyreble]

the man behind this amazing hit was joe meek

and the man with the wonderful voice is dennis d ell who sadly passed away a few years back

[TrudiRose]

I didnt realize just how Great & Professional this band really was until I listened to & Watched EYES. This song was sung with such an amazing amount of feeling & heart that it might be even better, (to me), than the great Have I the Right. These Guy`s & Girl were truly underated.

[fgldnglbs]

Too bad there isn't much more material from Honey Lantree and company so we could see what she was capable of. Until then, if I have to have a favorite female drummer, it's Debbie Petersen of the Bangles, for whom Lantree helped open the door. If you've heard more than one Bangles album, you know why. Not that it matters anymore, but I still don't notice a lot of them around, aside from the Meg half of the White Stripes(or Drew Barrymore, who goofed on her with Jimmy Fallon playing Jack).

[NatofDom]

Wow! What a great showcase of a female drummer

especially from that era! Love this song!

[phantomxr]

didn,t they become Vanity Fair in 1969?

[kipp0man]

Absolutely brilliant, a gem from the past.. thanks for posting.

[catchersmitt0]

Everyone wore suits, after the Beatles did.

[idahovandal]

Why don't bands wear matching suits anymore?

[novapup2001]

Don't look now, but do realize how much those instruments cost these days (IF you can find them!)? :-)

[HITTHESKINS]

my apologies about the RICKENBACKER Guitar.

these are BURNS OF LONDON in the video . but im sure i read they used a RICKENBACKER 12 STRING LEAD TO GET THE SOUND.

[HITTHESKINS]

HONEY LANTREE

on a CARLTON DRUM KIT.

check out the jingle jangle guitar sound only made by a RICKENBACKER GUITAR.

great record.

HONEY LANTREE . has been voted in the most inportant 20 pop women of all time.

[AndrosianAnguish]

i love the song eyes. its sooo amazing!!! i mean wow. ive never heard something so modernly , hauntingly good come from the sixties.

[dividedselfRDL]

Eyes is said to have been about a sixties gay nightclub.

[quantumleap7]

Eyes is all the more impressive and moving a song when it is realised that it was describing the danger and loneliness of being in a gay bar at a time when it was still a criminal offence to be gay in the UK.

[quantumleap7]

Yes, moving and daring song, specially so when it's realised that it describes a gay bar at a time(up until 1967) when people were put in prison for being gay.

[Cheval52]

You're a Twit if you think this song is about Gays. Anyone knows he's singing about an Interracial relationship. Save your Gay songs for the Prison Yard Bubba.

[ichthipiscator]

@AndrosianAnguish One of the first gay songs. Amazing words and melody for 1964. Still great.

[pjaylett]

@ichthipiscator I've always loved this track but until now never heard it be called a gay song? May I ask what makes it so? Is it the Joe Meek connection?

[ichthipiscator]

@pjaylett Joe Meek apparently particularly loved Eyes because it was about two people meeting in a gay bar in the years up to 1967 when it was still an imprisonable crime in the UK to be gay (and hence the words couldn't be more explicit). But it's just a great song anyway about any two people making eye contact and falling in love.

[polecatcontinuum]

@AndrosianAnguish Check out Starbuck - Do You Like Boys, a great unknown (because unplayed, probably banned) song from the 70s by the same writers as Eyes. Lighter, and incredibly catchy, but still bold for 40 years ago.

[M4DDISON]

great song i also loved needles and pins by the searches god great times jot to hear these songs again

[yobnez]

The "Gene Pitney" look...Great song tho...

[66chrissy66]

tame compared to the who but still liked it.

[castingtherunes]

When I hear Have I The Right, I can't help but think that Twisted Sister ripped off part of the tune.

[phantomtemplate]

Great Howard/Blaikley song + fantastic Joe Meek production.

[phantomxr]

what is the lead singers name?

[elcamino7887]

Dennis D'Ell

[quantumleap7]

Denis (Denny) D'Ell, sadly no longer with us.

[rutlegirl]

I wonder if they have room for one more girl hehe I wanna join the band

[cyclistdude01]

check the fella with the clark kent style glasses lol...hes gettin a bit tooo enthusiastic about the beat! lol...awesome song tho gotta love the 60s!

[StandingRoom]

Too enthusiastic about the beat? There's no such thing, man. You should see me grooving to Händel's Dixit Dominus...

[GREATWHITE2]

Believe it or not, Martin Murray is the only original member of The Honeycombs still in the group!!

[laissezrock]

increible alticima banda !

[dlpine]

great staging. this song cannot be loud enough! and the guitar solo reminds me of george harrison's on many beatles hits - simple, understated. and just what was needed.

[fischman26]

Ernie Douglas looks pretty cool playing rhythm guitar.

[quantumleap7]

'Eyes' is said to have been about a sixties' gay bar.

[armoredcar]

You and squanderedlustboy seem keen to point this out. So what? It's a great song about any placed where people meet for the first time, gay or straight.

[Paxmanite]

What a sound.

[anorak64]

Ah, Ringo Starr's sister on drums - wonder if that's from whom she learned to play them...? Unusual for that time but since then we've had Karen Carpenter (RIP) and other female drummers. Great video quality1

[marzichan]

love love love love

[stvandy1]

I fell in love with this song slong time ago, but never knew the group. Thanks for posting it.

[jolivia]

hey, it's Ringo's sister on drums!

[SlugThumper]

Joe's genius. Don't forget to search "Joe Meek cat". Great stuff :)

[andrewr62]

The guitar solo is weak. Is that Ringo in drag?

[TheGent2]

The guitar solo is from 1964 - get a grip. The songs lasted 3 minutes or so. The Honeycombs took their name from their drummer: Honey Lantree - yep, they had a girl drummer.

[andrewr62]

Is that Ringo in drag?

[dokusentia]

I still can't get over how much the lead singer looks like Christian Bale of "Batman Begins" fame. That film would have been immensely more interesting if Bale broke into this bouncy tune :) :)

[jozefacik]

lol

[28if]

Wasn't the host in Rocky Horror?

[stingray4real]

Dennis D'Ell R.I.P.

[BinaryJustin]

That 'Eyes' song is kind of eerie. Joe Meek really was amazing, wasn't he?

[squanderedlustboy]

Said to describe a gay bar.

[dividedselfRDL]

'squanderlust' - where did you squander it?

[lwcowgirls]

hey Ernie!........where's Chip?

[keepnets]

Absoulute classic!!!!!

[54567780]

I loved this song more than 40 years ago and I still do. It's ACE!!!!!!

[Hoot96]

This song takes me right back to 1964 and to my freshman year at Alderson-Broaddus College. Thanks for posting it!!

[Targetsignal2]

I am sitting here right now at the firestation on standby and this song is putting me in a good state of mind right now.:)

[lolabelle22]

I love the drummer! She's beating the shit out of those drums.

[aurorarickman]

I remember thinking how fantastic it was that a woman was playing the drums. I was an 11 yr. old girl at the time this song came out.

I still think it's awesome that a woman was playing the drums back in 1964!

[ebf1957]

"Eyes" is a great ballad. BTW, "Pop Gear" has been shown on cable on the "Flix" channel.

[quantumleap7]

'Eyes' is said to have been about a sixties gay bar

[AndrosianAnguish]

also their lead singer is really attractive(or was).DAMN!!!love the song eyes.

[AndrosianAnguish]

The song eyes i cud listen 2 all day.its that Great.i love it.imma download it as soon as possible.LOVE IT!!!!

[jmdcfc]

They all tried to be the beatles...they all failed miserably.

[GentleGenius]

They are genuinely enjoying what they're doing. Clock those wonderful spontaneous smiles!

[Targetsignal2]

They'd stomp? My God! How times and clubs have changed since then. But do you think the idea I have to use it this fall at the Halloween Haunted House sounds pretty good though?:)

[skodas]

yes they had very nice burns guitars

[Thedreadzone]

Lol, I remember "Have I the right" as a kid being played at teenage discos, they would usually play it towards the end and was guaranteed to cause a fight as everyone would stomp like mad!

[yesimawesome]

very odd pop songs... very high pitched, but great!

[Targetsignal2]

I LOVE THIS SONG! I just got a compilation of British Rock Hits on a three CD set and this song on is CD 1. I kept playing it over and over. It drove my dad nuts but I love this song.:)

[hibernatus]

"Eyes" is a fabulous song...

[AndrosianAnguish]

THANK YOU.

[blookup]

That drummer is too cool. Her style reminds me of John Densmore of The Doors with a touch of Keith Moon.

[tbone5665]

She is Meg White's mom!

[AndrosianAnguish]

I like wen she makes the sounds with her mouth as she plays.watch her.

[xxsilversurferxx]

i am from 1977 but DAMN  I LOVE IT

[ebf1957]

Not only Ernie Douglas but Austin Powers and Harry Palmer.

[fischman26]

And I thought I was the only one to see the Ernie Douglas connection. :(

[StandingRoom]

Wow, I hadn't ever heard that second song before. Thank you so much for uploading this! Gotta love that expressionist/nouvelle vague eye imagery there...

[leoantoniodc]

the honeycombs were my favourite group and got to number one on top of the pops way back on august 26th (my birthday) in 1964 which was a super birthday present for me. i still remember it. this video takes me back a looooooooong time. i wonder what has become of them.

[patriot0112]

The Honeycombs reformed back in the 90's and are touring again. I know because my mate Rick has just joined them. He tells me there is just the one original member. They are doing a few dates this year including late September at Butlins, Minehead. Next year they have a few dates booked including a Scandinavian Tour !!!

[kardnek]

this is one of the funniest videos ever. i want to date the rhythm guitarist.

[hunkydaboyz]

The guy with the glasses is having a WOW of a time , check out those smiles

[joberstadt]

Kind of a cross between Austin Powers and that kid on My Three Sons!

[hunkydaboyz]

ya not wrong , i've seen a recent photo of the Honeycombs , he's not to hard to spot , think he's still wearing the same glasses

[jozefacik]

;)))

[HumGuitar]

ERNIE!! Where is Uncle Charlie?

[Tracyjacks]

Dude You have no rights when it comes to chicks!

[geoffstout]

The story goes that Joe Meek speeded up the track so much that the lead singer couldn't reproduce the vocal sound live, when you hear the 'come right back..' refrain I think you can hear how speeded up the voice was!

[starrydaze]

Great song from the Honeycombs! I would love to see one of my favourite songs from them on here. I have tried to find it on albums and it seems to be a rare song from them, the song is called,'This year Next year.' Cheers for posting :)

[nickfrater]

FAO JollyRoger1969. They look like Burns Bisons

[65twin]

Wow - that second tune is really freaky for 1964....

[hunkydaboyz]

wasn't the drummer a cutey,

[idahovandal]

Joe Meek = genius.

[JollyRoger1969]

what kind of guitar / bass are those ?

[neuby54]

I believe Burns.

[Trefethan]

Black Bison's. The Bass is a John Rostill Model (Marvin Headstock)

[dudelove3]

Here's an interesting fact. Martin Murray, the blonde guitarist, is actually the older brother of Dave Murray of Iron Maiden! Dave Murray wanted to be in a band because of his brother.

[billyfury1952]

thats total bullshit lol

[BigBopperLondon]

Great stuff!! I love Joe Ninety playing the guitar!!

A great Joe Meek creation.

[spudwas]

I wish somebody would put this darn movie (POP GEAR) on dvd. Please!

[thisoneg1rl]

i agree, the only place i've ever seen it in is on cable or satellite.

[MattHatter]

I second that! I have a bootleg copy on DVD but it really needs a legit release, I mean enough people are interested in this historic film, aren't they????

[lolabelle22]

It's on NEXT cable channel on 7/4/07 and 7/8/07

[countrybill]

the honeycombs were a great group who never got the credit they deserved

[RonInElPaso]

She was pretty good and I dont remember them making a big deal out her being female.

[78elcamino87]

The guy with glasses looks like Ernie from My Three Sons lol

[jasonrattue]

Wundebar Joze Facik, wunderbar! Sehr Guht Mein Frere, Monsieur Jason XXX

[mikelandonsgirl]

awesome! love the Honeycombs! Honey Lantree rules! rock on!

[doyle0915]

The main singer looks like Matthew Bellamy from Muse to me. I think its really weird.

[jozefacik]

look for matt bellamy's dad -george- in the tornados!

[plyg]

were there any other bands that had a woman playing drums?

[dumbbo1]

The Carpenters.