The Hollies - Dear Eloise

A very strange presentation from the Smothers Brothers show. More of a video than a performance. Not bad considering it was 10 years before MTV!




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[ForeverYoung58]

The Hollies are definitely another contender for "most underrated band ever". Their number of hits is impressive, and their harmonies are amazing. Too bad this is just a video with the record playing, not a live performance. However, Dear Eloise is freaking brilliant. I have a younger friend who fancies himself a student of music (loves navel gazers like Morrisey). I laid "Hollies Greatest Hits" on him. Dear Eloise completely blew him away. He is now researching all things Hollies.

[MattHatter]

Old promo films for band's songs back then were so much more fun to look at. I love the overlapping images of the band during the "ba, ba, ba, ba" breakdown. I could care less about how Gwen Steffani tries to be so hot in a No Doubt video, how Blink-182 try to be funny when they're not, Or how Toby Keith or Taylor Swift think they're reminding us of our country roots. Bull. These early experiments in video are where it's at.  And this is one of my favorite songs by The Hollies!

[scubawrestler]

I remember this!! Watched it on our brand new Zenith 25 Inch Color Set. This was what we referred to as "psychodelic" way back then. I remember loving it, and my parents thinking it was stupid. My mom eventually caught on to the art of it, though.

Thanks for the memories.

[carshagify]

Too, too too cute for words -- and nice song, too. You can always depend on The Hollies to do something unexpected, and to do it better than anyone else.

[jayply55]

I saw this when it first played on TV when I was a kid and I've never forgotten it. Must have made some kind of impression. Been a Hollies fan ever since.

[NewHopeNashFan]

@pilesovinyl Now they are. But they enshrined one Hollie too many. It should have been the Nash-era Hollies only....

[chrisbacos]

Yes, the Hollies are definitely underrated. At least now they're in the

rock and roll hall of hame. What MattHatter wrote I can agree with.

The newer acts are lame. Toby Keith is a patriotic bore and other

bands were funny long before blink 182. Won't touch

Gwen 'cause she's so cute. Funny how the Hollies attained even

bigger success when Graham Nash left in 1968.

[sixtiessyl]

@MattHatter Right on! People were just being their groovy, silly selves, and that's enough for me :D

[mariogranozio1]

Mario Granozio--come si fa a non apprezzare questo pezzo?

[pilesovinyl]

@ForeverYoung58 I agree with you, but finally some recognition with the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame nod. I`m still pissed that Tony Hicks and Bobby Elliott thought it was more important to play a gig in London with a bunch of people unrelated to the Hollies past than to join their original mates for the induction. It made something I was really looking forward to into a bittersweet moment instead of a really special one...

[thewillismon]

I agree but bubblegum not really all bad. Hollies could never shake their image as a singles band. Graham Nash wanted to push the band toward a more progressive sound. But couldn't and he left to join CSN&Y