Herman's Hermits - No Milk Today (1966)

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Lyrics Herman's Hermits - No Milk Today

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

Info

Herman's Hermits was een Britse popgroep, opgericht in 1963 in Manchester. Oorspronkelijk heette de groep Herman & The Hermits. De groep speelde simpele maar aanstekelijke muziek, waarmee veel succes werd geoogst. Een van de bekendste nummers van de groep was No Milk Today, dat werd geschreven door Graham Gouldman van 10cc.
Herman's Hermits bereikten in 1964 de top van de Engelse hitparade met I'm Into Something Good. In de VS deden ze dat zelfs twee maal: in 1965 met Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter en in hetzelfde jaar nogmaals met I'm Henry VIII, I Am.
In Nederland haalden zeven platen van Herman's Hermits de Veronica Top-40. Daarvan haalden er twee de Top-10: No Milk Today (hoogste notering nr. 1) en Dandy, dat trouwens geschreven was door Ray Davies van The Kinks en ook door The Kinks op de plaat is gezet (hoogste notering nr. 3).
In hun glorietijd was de samenstelling van de groep:
Herman (echte naam: Peter Noone), zang
Derek Leckenby, gitaar
Keith Hopwood, gitaar
Karl Green, basgitaar
Barry Whitwam, drums
De manager van de groep was Mickie Most.
De groep viel uit elkaar in 1971. Een deel van de groep ging nog een paar jaar door en noemde zich soms 'The Hermits' en dan weer 'Herman's Hermits'. De band van de drummer Barry Whitwam bestaat nog steeds en noemt zich nu 'Herman's Hermits starring Barry Whitwam'. Ook Peter Noone treedt nog steeds op, meestal als solozanger, maar soms in een groep. Die groep heet dan Herman's Hermits.
In een notendop zegt het gemak waarmee iedereen de melodieën van Herman's Hermits oppikt, heel veel over de groep. Desondanks voerden zij een eeuwige strijd om door muziekkenners serieus te worden genomen. Achteraf gezien was hun muziek misschien wel dé commerciële muziek van de zo hippe jaren zestig.
Herman's Hermits zijn te zien in de film Pop Gear uit 1965. Ze spelen (of beter: playbacken) daar I'm Into Something Good.

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[evavilhan]

I looove it :)

[tez969]

its nice hear the old songs

[wizebeard]

' the company was gay'

hahaha, stays hilarious:p

[Lynxleath]

im 15 and Love this :D

[MrPotatoDrum]

they look a bit like the beatles. but ofcoursse the beatles are the best, my heroes <3

[MrDirkkos]

this is 100000000000000000000000000000­0000000000000000000000000000 times better than justin bieber

[littlehelp2]

I like also the old pictures of the band !

[gaiafirst]

Thankyou, thankyou and thankyou for making this video.

This song marks the moment in time when my life began, and no doubt, it was the sound in this song, that woke me from slumber.

Never known who made, heard it on the radio, noone, I asked, knew, what I was taking about.

[Tocy777]

I LOVE this song, have been looking for it for more than 13 years and I finally found it...awesome :D

[laura4love123]

hahha it was on a radio program my grandmother listens to but i love it ^^

[Olympusguy]

1 dislike?

wtf?? too much dislikes

its perfect!!