Uploaded by clotho98 on Nov 8, 2008
In an interview with the "Forgotten Hits" newsletter, Hermit's lead singer Peter Noone said: "Personally I think 'No Milk Today' is Herman's Hermits' best recording, and
perfectly captures the moment and the feel of Manchester terraced houses and what was the end of a British era. I recall it was made at Lansdown Studios and that we recorded a few other songs that day, probably 'There's A Kind Of Hush,' 'Dandy' and 'No Milk Today.' This was in the period where we (Mick and I) had just stopped using The
Hermits on the recordings and were using the best musicians available to us to try to keep up with what had suddenly become The British Invasion. We were supposed to deliver 48 tracks a year to MGM so we were always scrambling to catch up. I recall that
John Paul Jones played bass guitars (an upright and a fender bass) on the tracks and was also responsible for the arrangements which I dare say are brilliant on all 3 tracks but I know he liked 'No Milk Today' and I would suggest that his arrangement turned this perfect Graham Gouldman song into a hit. I think that after we had the tracks down then I did the lead vocal and then Karl Green, Keith Hopwood and I did the backgrounds, the songs were mixed and that was it."
The song was released in 1967 on the B-side of Herman's Hermits cover of The Kinks' "Dandy". Written by future 10cc member Graham Gouldman, "No Milk Today" was Herman's Hermit's first single to employ an orchestra. The song made it to #35 on the charts in
the U.S., and #7 on the U.K. charts.
Lyrics:
No milk today, my love has gone away
The bottle stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn
No milk today, it seems a common sight
But people passing by don't know the reason why
How could they know just what this message means
The end of my hopes, the end of all my dreams
How could they know the palace there had been
Behind the door where my love reigned as queen
No milk today, it wasn't always so
The company was gay, we'd turn night into day
But all that's left is a place dark and lonely
A terraced house in a mean street back of town
Becomes a shrine when I think of you only
Just two up two down
No milk today, it wasn't always so
The company was gay, we'd turn night into day
As music played the faster did we dance
We felt it both at once, the start of our romance
How could they know just what this message means
The end of my hopes, the end of all my dreams
How could they know a palace there had been
Behind the door where my love reigned as queen
No milk today, my love has gone away
The bottle stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn
But all that's left is a place dark and lonely
A terraced house in a mean street back of town
Becomes a shrine when I think of you only
Just two up two down
No milk today, my love has gone away
The bottle stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn
No milk today, it seems a common sight
But people passing by don't know the reason why
How could they know just what this message means
The end of my hopes, the end of all my dreams
How could they know a palace there had been
Behind the door where my love reigned as queen
No milk today, it wasn't always so
The company was gay, we'd turn night into day
But all that's left is a place dark and lonely
A terraced house in a mean street back of town
Oh all that's left is a place dark and lonely
A terraced house in a mean street back of town
Oh all that's left is a place dark and lonely
A terraced house in a mean street back of town
Top Comments
All Comments (52)
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No Milk today my cow got BSE.....
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Years later, Peter Noone's son, Justin Bieber, would follow in his father's footsteps...
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No milk today, the cow has run away....
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thumbs if you have the 33 this is on(:
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original version recorded 6 months earlier by the awesome USA BAND THE 'E-TYPES'. THEIR VERSION IS ON YOUTUBE. CHECK IT OUT. MUCH BETTER THAN THIS.
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Their old-fashioned parlance sounds quite nice!
Although the "the company was gay" sounds kind of strange these days :-р
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NO MILK TODAY MY GIRLFRIENDS GONE AWAY-- REALLY! SHE MUST HAVE HAD BIG JUGS MY DEAR BOY!
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the milkman kiddnapped my wife?
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"The bottle stands forlorn...." : (
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Great tune...i had this on 45 way back in the day..it was the B side.."There`s a kind of hush" was the A side...thanks for posting....Russ
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No milk today, my cow has gone away...
perjus 3 years ago 35
For me, there is no question. I think this is the best single they ever recorded.
raincoatriver 3 years ago 13