My wife, who has a good ear for music, says this is the best harmony singing she’s ever heard on a rock song - better than the Beatles or Beach Boys. I wouldn’t go that far but it’s pretty amazing.
It is truly excellent. The bandleader was the brother of Kingston Trio's John Stewart. There are those (me included) who think that there is a genetic component to musical abilities. Mozart did write his first symphony when he was 9.
My sincere recommendation is to find out who Jesus Christ REALLY is and repent and take him for your savior. A better world is coming on this earth and in my heart, I am certain it will contain all the great things we loved when we were younger ...
I read an interesting factoid about this song: It was written by a great Canadain 🇨🇦 musician, Sylvia TYSON. She was driving 🚗 in her car, and this version of her song 🎵 came on the airwaves. She was singularly chuffed that her song was being performed, and that We Five did such a great job. I suspect that her agent had neglected to tell her that it got recorded.
There was singing duo in TORONTO, in the early 60's. They sang at THE VILLAGE CORNER CLUB on Avenue Road. "IAN AND SYLVIA." were known as a FOLK DUO. They were so BEAUTIFUL - appearance AND sound. They sounded like NO ONE ELSE. SYLVIA FRICKER was a classical musician from Chatham, Ont. - and IAN TYSON was a GRAPHIC DESIGNER from Vancouver, B.C.. SYLVIA wrote 'YOU WERE ON MY MIND". They sang this song - along with their specialty, CHILDE FOLK BALADS, every weekend at the 'VILLAGE CORNER" and left Toronto eventually, to join the budding folk scene in N.Y. in Greenwich Village. With Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Janice Joplin, Leonard Cohen, the Birds, et al. IAN and SYLVIA were signed by ALBERT GROSSMAN, Dylan's manager - and they were on their way! If you want a really unique and wonderful experience - look em up - IAN & SYLVIA at The Village Corner Club
This song was originally written and performed by Ian & Sylvia, a folk duo. I sang and played this song in a folk trio my sr yr in hs (class of '65), months before the We Five released this version. It was written by Sylvia in 1962 and released on their 1964 album, Northern Journey. They were Canadian.
I was 10 This music brings everything back What a time to be young and free It makes me sentimental I miss everyone i lost I've gotta keep going Thanks so much for this song It's perfect for the PEOPLE who love good music
mrkeno1000 No, it wasn't a good time. The hippies were vicious and ruining America. I was just a kid and it was frightening to me the way they were acting. My mother taught me better and I am glad to this day I never acted like they did.
My older brother drove me to a skating rink in Pensacola in '65 to get my first skateboard. This song was playing. I thought the skating rink was so far. Now, when I go back to Pensacola to visit, I realize it wasn't that far way!
Maybe 1976 Olympic figure skating champion Dorothy Hamill had a copy of the We Five albums a little girl, for her hairdo during her competitive skating career was very much like Beverly's.
Nostalgia can lead us astray. That said - the sixties girls were fresh and sexy ....it was a style and a certain presence that did it. The short skirts helped enormously.
'When I woke up this morning You were on my mind And you were on my mind I got troubles, whoa-oh I got worries, whoa-oh I got wounds to bind So I went to the corner Just to ease my pains Yeah, just to ease my pains I got troubles, whoa-oh I got worries, whoa-oh I came home again When I woke up this morning You were on my mi-i-i-ind and You were on my mind I got troubles, whoa-oh I got worries, whoa-oh I got wounds to bind And I got a feelin' Down in my sho-oo-oo-oes, said Way down in my sho-oo-oes Yeah, I got to ramble, whoa-oh I got to move on, whoa-oh I got to walk away my blues When I woke up this morning You were on my mind You were on my mind I got troubles, whoa-oh I got worries, whoa-oh I got wounds to bind...' ; 7 ]
Modern groups use all sorts of lights and gimicks to hide their lack of talent. Bev. could just dance and sing in less than two square feet of space; she was so talented and hot too!!
And all you who like this song, and love her voice probably don't know her name. She's not a sex symbol or even more than yer average girl next door. Pleasant looks but nothing outstanding about her except her Julliard trained voice. Her voice has a 3 octave range. She can reach the back seats at Carnegie hall without a microphone. Search for more We Five Songs........and listen ....."Cast Your Fate to the Winds" I don't wish any bad to the author of this song. Sylvia Tyson is an artist in her own right but she didn't have this voice. Ian and Sylvia Tyson wrote many songs that others did better. they both are inspired writers but in my opinion they are less than proficient performers, Ian Sux as a guitar player and has a monotone voice. BUT, back to the girl in the song here. Doya U wanna know her name? Are you at all curious? FYI her Name is Beverly Bivens. Now you know.
The bass player, Pete Fullerton, is on Facebook. He lives in South Carolina now and he and his wife have a great ministry that works with the homeless people living in the woods. He is a great guy, and he has some great stories he can tell about the music scene in the 60s.
Ed Colton Anybody interested in knowing more about what Pete is doing these days, or wanting to make contact with him, check out the webpage, Truck of Love Ministries truckoflove.org/
@@James-to7piI’m that old, too. But I love the sixties but not so much the seventies music. I’ll probably be enjoying it when I see Jesus. I really hope all these great artists we’ve lost will have a heavenly choir.
Beverly Bivens was lead singer from 1965 to 1967. At 77 she's the original band's last survivor. There's been some suggestion, never really cleared up, that an unknown previous singer sang on the original record. The truth remains elusive.
In 1965 I enlisted, what a big mistake. That song was killing me ever time I heard it in boot camp warning me of what was coming up, Vietnam. Crazy & beautiful times in the early 60's. Glad I witness the GOOD, bad and the ugly of those times. Now, I yam what I yam.
I was drafted in 1965. In basic training early '66 We routinely sang with radio "These Boots Were Made for Walking" as we polished ours. Oddly our unit/building was titled "The Home of the Walking Soldlier". In accordance with Fort Ord tradition, we walked (not by choice) to our classes, while other units rode in trucks.
Are you saying god showed grace for your brother…but none for the thousands that died? Bit of a trap you make for yourselves. Also, If there was a god…there wouldn’t be a war.
I still sing this song once in a while. GREAT song! I'm 65. I"ll probably sing it at work tomorrow night. I don't listen to the piped in music the company provides. Since I'm the only one there I can just turn it down and sing whatever song I want to.
OMG she is so cool. Imagine being surrounded by an army of music geeks with glasses and giant guitars and nailing the lead vocal. How I wish they had a dozen more hits.
Just one female vocalist with a platoon of terrific male musicians? It's a familiar pattern. Sort of like, say, Judith Durham's hulking Australian bodyguards? At her death a few months ago, they declared her "our bright shining star". Ms Bivens was all of that, too.
The build up is incredible, the harmonies are inspired, and the singer sounds & looks like a million bucks. There appears to be nothing there to complain about.
@@Batmensch Maybe but when I saw them perform this in person back in '65 they sounded just like here and if anything looked even better! (And if you look you can just make out the lead player's Rickenbacker hiding behind the two rhythm guitars). Onstage where we were he was lined up with the others in plain sight. The Byrds with Roger McGuinn were in the same lineup, same make /model guitar and same clear, clean clangy ring. Sometimes music's "magic" can make you feel so good the smile "...won't wipe off your face, no matter how hard you try..." J. Sebastian. It really was that good. I was sixteen.
Such a classic vid, amateurish lip-sycnhing & and all. Bev is the entire show. So 1965. Disco girls dressed like campers. On & on. Should be in the Liabrary of Congress!
One of THE best two minutes and twenty four seconds of music ever recorded. It's beautiful blend of folk and rock that influenced The Jefferson Airplane and many other groups. You can't get any cuter or more energetic than Bev.
A terrific group whose big song was Billboard's #4 of 1965 just below Satisfaction. RIP Mike, Jerry, Bob and Pete. Only Bev is still around as I write this
If you were in high school then, as I was, this group was on your top list, along with tons of others, the British Invasion, Motown, the embers of folk music, so much. We had such a rich music environment then, and it seems so poor today by comparison, on any level--artistry, lyrics, musicianship, you name it. Sad. But so glad we had groups like the We Five when we were young, and it really mattered.
You are so right Lethe River. I started 8th grade in 1965 and we had the best music during my high school years. I still listen to '60s music today. I don't ever listen to radio any more.
Donrholloway: We have a radio station in our area that plays only songs from the 60's with periods that is commercial free. Keeps me young at heart at 63yrs. of age.
Women wore their hair so that it accentuated their natural good looks. Their clothing underscored that natural beauty, and the fake eyelashes didn’t hurt either...hubba, hubba!!
I always have a big grin when I hear this song. I just love it. That’s just how it is when you feel it. It’s down in your shoes and you dance that away. They don’t write them like that anymore. What a sweet time it was.
Great masterpiece! That was an Era where everyone was unique; untouched by the commercialization that loomed over every profit-making enterprise. In spite of all of the great artists of the baby-boomer generation, when you heard any song for the first time, you knew exactly who they were by hearing a voice, discerning a style, or merely enjoying their fabulous positivity. ❤
In August of 1966 I was playing for my America Legion baseball team in Newport News Va at the Regional Tournament. I was pitching the first game of the tournament at 1 PM and it was 106 degrees. As I was warming up, this song came on and I told myself I would never forget it. I haven't. True story.
thanks for sharing. Have some of those special moments myself. Funny how when they come and you pay attention, you know right then that you'll never forget them.
51 years. How time has flown. It seems like yesterday I as a early teen heard this. Brings me back to a time where things weren't so complicated, and life flowed without much trouble.
When I was in Midwestern Collage, in '67, I was in a band called "The Banned". Lou Aronica bass, Jim Subach drums, Bill Dieber and the infamous Mark Koch were lead guitarists, and myself, Gordy Hominick, lead vocal. We opened up for the "We Five" in Denison, IA. Beverly offered me a sip of her beer before we went on. We chatted, and then showtime. She was super nice. The band was great; they put on a wonderful show. I'll always remember sharing a beer with Beverly, lead singer for the "We Five".
This is not the original recording because I was listening to Ian and Sylvia's recording well before this cover was done. And for what it's worth I prefer their version.
When I saw this, I thought, "Man, she looks a lot like Linda Ronstadt!" I was about to post a comment to that effect, and then saw that you beat me to it. :)
+EARTH ONE I missed out born 69 But luv Early - Mid 60's Some of today stuff ok but would rather have 60's on - Get funny looks in car with roof off plating 60's hits
When I was 11 years old, I could not yet comprehend the magic that made certain songs, like this one, light me up. I thought of We Five as another college pop band, like The Lettermen, and the album was in my big sister's collection. Now, 58 years later, it is crystal clear that this was an uncanny moment when a song (originally by ian and Sylvia), an arranger, imaginative instrumental parts, well blended harmony voices, and an absolutely charismatic lead singer collided to create an iconic masterpiece that just doesn't get old.
JUN-1 2023,,I'M 73,,this is still one helluva a song ! brings back soooooooo many memories of such beautiful times that will never die ! even after it's my time to crossover !
An absolute spine-tingling, goose-bump-inducing masterpiece. What an amazing voice Bev has; great guitar work; and an I-still-cant-believe genius of an ending.
Ian married Sylvia Fricker in the 1960's after they had been making records and performing together as Ian & Sylvia for a few years. They have been divorced for a long time. She wrote this song, and it went to #8 on the charts.
I was nine and remember my older brother making fun of me for liking this song. I can think of a hundred ballads from this era that do seem very silly, looking back, but this one keeps sounding better as the years roll.
What a wonderful song, Beverly is full of energy and joy, she is a delight to listen to. I was only 9 years old when this song come out in 1965, I have been enjoying it ever since.
@@scottreid190 Think a lot of acts actually did that on the shows but doesn't change the fact that they could actually sing during that era unlike a lot of electronically enhanced singers of modern music.
@@luvkountry you are making an assumption which is not rooted in facts. While there are some that use auto tune, it is not all modern singer. There are tons of wonderful artists currently with vocal skills that can match any artists from the past. Additionally you need to realize that studio recording were a blending of multiple tracks. Possibly you did not or have not attended many live concerts.
Great stuff ! And the remaining members are now in their 70s. Michael Stewart (with the glasses) passed on in 2002. Bob Jones (baritone-tenor, 6-string electric jazz guitar, 12-string electric guitar) died in 2013. They brought a LOT of joy to so many of us. THANK YOU SO MUCH !
FOUR guitars!? I like it!! Great song! Take me back to that time!!!
One of the best opening lines in pop "When I woke up this morning, you were on my mind"
I think it tied for first with the Airplane's 'Somebody To Love' : "When the truth is found to be lies / And all the joy within you dies"
what do you think the "you" means?
... and it was written by Sylvia Fricker, a Canadian.
@@andrewz4537 I know !
@Marrowbones Canucks ruled in the 60's Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, one of the Momas and Papas
A beautiful and unforgettable song of the 60s
Great song, beautiful harmonies, big finish!
My wife, who has a good ear for music, says this is the best harmony singing she’s ever heard on a rock song - better than the Beatles or Beach Boys. I wouldn’t go that far but it’s pretty amazing.
It is truly excellent.
The bandleader was the brother of Kingston Trio's John Stewart. There are those (me included) who think that there is a genetic component to musical abilities. Mozart did write his first symphony when he was 9.
The movie, 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', the Bee Gees perfected the Beatles harmonies.......... just sayin'.........
I would I forget who the Beatles were every time this song came on the radio!!
My heart aches for returning to the 1960's
So does mine!!! What a time!
Yes what a great time to be young I'm 73 and hate being this age
@@tansleypotts9486 None of us like getting older, but I guess it beats the alternative.
My sincere recommendation is to find out who Jesus Christ REALLY is and repent and take him for your savior. A better world is coming on this earth and in my heart, I am certain it will contain all the great things we loved when we were younger ...
those were great times....somehow there must be some goodness these days....aging=overated.....
I read an interesting factoid about this song:
It was written by a great Canadain 🇨🇦 musician, Sylvia TYSON. She was driving 🚗 in her car, and this version of her song 🎵 came on the airwaves. She was singularly chuffed that her song was being performed, and that We Five did such a great job. I suspect that her agent had neglected to tell her that it got recorded.
Always enjoyed this song.....with the very Beatlesque ending too!
There was singing duo in TORONTO, in the early 60's. They sang at THE VILLAGE CORNER
CLUB on Avenue Road. "IAN AND SYLVIA." were known as a FOLK DUO. They were
so BEAUTIFUL - appearance AND sound. They sounded like NO ONE ELSE. SYLVIA FRICKER was a classical musician from Chatham, Ont. - and IAN TYSON was a GRAPHIC DESIGNER
from Vancouver, B.C.. SYLVIA wrote 'YOU WERE ON MY MIND". They sang this song - along with their specialty, CHILDE FOLK BALADS, every weekend at the 'VILLAGE CORNER" and left Toronto eventually, to join the budding folk scene in N.Y. in Greenwich Village. With Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Janice Joplin, Leonard Cohen, the Birds, et al. IAN and SYLVIA were signed by ALBERT GROSSMAN, Dylan's manager - and they were on their way! If you want a really unique and wonderful experience - look em up - IAN & SYLVIA at The Village Corner Club
Bonita canción de hace 55 años, que me trae tantos recuerdos de mis primeros años en la Universidad como estudiante. "Estuviste en mi mente"
This song was originally written and performed by Ian & Sylvia, a folk duo. I sang and played this song in a folk trio my sr yr in hs (class of '65), months before the We Five released this version. It was written by Sylvia in 1962 and released on their 1964 album, Northern Journey. They were Canadian.
Sylvia is still Canadian, lol. She hasn’t died yet.
Fall of '65, I had just turned 19 y/o ---------------What a time it was.----------------WolfSky9, 74 y/o
Bev Bivens was nineteen when they recorded this. Amazing, she looks and sounds forty or older.
The perfect Top 40 song. The We Five sits atop the list of one hit wonders. The Oneders.
+Bill Hahn The JUANders jou mean?
I was 10 This music brings everything back What a time to be young and free It makes me sentimental I miss everyone i lost I've gotta keep going Thanks so much for this song It's perfect for the PEOPLE who love good music
Thanks Bev. You were a legend.
Wonderful song from a wonderful time.
agree it was a wonderful song
but i question a wonderful time JFK has just been killed 2 years earlier
and Johnson was just about to escalate viet nam
You take the good with the bad ....When reminiscing you always remember the good
mrkeno1000 No, it wasn't a good time. The hippies were vicious and ruining America. I was just a kid and it was frightening to me the way they were acting. My mother taught me better and I am glad to this day I never acted like they did.
ahhh, poor baby. Do you sleep with the light on, too?
2024!!!! Still Feeling this!!!
My older brother drove me to a skating rink in Pensacola in '65 to get my first skateboard. This song was playing. I thought the skating rink was so far. Now, when I go back to Pensacola to visit, I realize it wasn't that far way!
Beverly Bivens. A great voice. And cute too!
Maybe 1976 Olympic figure skating champion Dorothy Hamill had a copy of the We Five albums a little girl, for her hairdo during her competitive skating career was very much like Beverly's.
The stylistic transition from '65-'67 was miraculous.
You had to be there.
Nostalgia can lead us astray.
That said - the sixties girls were fresh and sexy ....it was a style and a certain presence that did it.
The short skirts helped enormously.
A great great song.
Very pleasant contralto.
Fantastic band awesome song ⭐️👍
'When I woke up this morning
You were on my mind
And you were on my mind
I got troubles, whoa-oh
I got worries, whoa-oh
I got wounds to bind
So I went to the corner
Just to ease my pains
Yeah, just to ease my pains
I got troubles, whoa-oh
I got worries, whoa-oh
I came home again
When I woke up this morning
You were on my mi-i-i-ind and
You were on my mind
I got troubles, whoa-oh
I got worries, whoa-oh
I got wounds to bind
And I got a feelin'
Down in my sho-oo-oo-oes, said
Way down in my sho-oo-oes
Yeah, I got to ramble, whoa-oh
I got to move on, whoa-oh
I got to walk away my blues
When I woke up this morning
You were on my mind
You were on my mind
I got troubles, whoa-oh
I got worries, whoa-oh
I got wounds to bind...'
; 7 ]
That sounded so good minus a drummer and amplifiers.
According to Legacy.com there was a drummer by the name of Jerry Granelli that played on this hit. He died on July 20, 2021
When talent meant something
LOVE THIS SONG ❣️❣️❣️
Hello Karen, how are you doing?
who knew - at the time - that this sassy little pop anthem
was written by "serious" folkie Sylvia Fricker of Ian & Sylvia fame ?
+The Great ToucanA Rickenbacker 12 string is right behind Bev Bevins, The band is lipsyncing to the original recording as well.
Great
In French: 1965 " ça m'avance à quoi" (it advances me to what) by Joe Dassin, son of Jules Dassin American director.
Modern groups use all sorts of lights and gimicks to hide their lack of talent. Bev. could just dance and sing in less than two square feet of space; she was so talented and hot too!!
And all you who like this song, and love her voice probably don't know her name. She's not a sex symbol or even more than yer average girl next door. Pleasant looks but nothing outstanding about her except her Julliard trained voice. Her voice has a 3 octave range. She can reach the back seats at Carnegie hall without a microphone. Search for more We Five Songs........and listen ....."Cast Your Fate to the Winds" I don't wish any bad to the author of this song. Sylvia Tyson is an artist in her own right but she didn't have this voice. Ian and Sylvia Tyson wrote many songs that others did better. they both are inspired writers but in my opinion they are less than proficient performers, Ian Sux as a guitar player and has a monotone voice. BUT, back to the girl in the song here. Doya U wanna know her name? Are you at all curious? FYI her Name is Beverly Bivens. Now you know.
The bass player, Pete Fullerton, is on Facebook. He lives in South Carolina now and he and his wife have a great ministry that works with the homeless people living in the woods. He is a great guy, and he has some great stories he can tell about the music scene in the 60s.
would have loved to hear her and the girl from the Searchers sing together
Scott Butler sounds like He found the ultimate purpose in life -to serve Jesus and be with Him forever in heaven. Thanks for sharing about Pete
Ed Colton Anybody interested in knowing more about what Pete is doing these days, or wanting to make contact with him, check out the webpage, Truck of Love Ministries truckoflove.org/
Ed Colton works for me too top priority wasn't being a star but something Higher
In 1965, I was sixteen and thought this was one of the greatest songs I ever heard. I still love it.
Born in 66@ 21 I played the hell out of this song @54 still playing the hell out of it❤️
I was 8 in Texas. Still remembered this lovely tune.
Agree fully. Some of the chord progressions still send a chill through the spine. Awesome song.
I was 18, in the miliary and unsure of what that meant. But I heard this song and loved it.
Friend, you have fine taste in music.
Music from the 60s and 70s was the best!
@@James-to7piI’m that old, too. But I love the sixties but not so much the seventies music. I’ll probably be enjoying it when I see Jesus. I really hope all these great artists we’ve lost will have a heavenly choir.
No autotune. No snapping the drums with software to keep the beat.
I was born I'm '81 and this is the only kind I listen to. ❤
One of the best songs of the 60's. Made it to #1 in just a few weeks. A very talented group with a terrific lead vocalist.
Written by Sylvia Tyson.
She looks like Linda Ronstadt here
Beverly Bivens was lead singer from 1965 to 1967. At 77 she's the original band's last survivor. There's been some suggestion, never really cleared up, that an unknown previous singer sang on the original record. The truth remains elusive.
Never made it to #1, peaked at #3
I was thinking Linda R could have done a great cover. She must have sung this in the shower as a teen?
In 1965 I enlisted, what a big mistake. That song was killing me ever time I heard it in boot camp warning me of what was coming up, Vietnam. Crazy & beautiful times in the early 60's. Glad I witness the GOOD, bad and the ugly of those times. Now, I yam what I yam.
Thank you for your service sir😊❤️
I was in the navy and in 1963 I was in San Francisco and in 1965. Also was 18..what a time
I was drafted in 1965. In basic training early '66 We routinely sang with radio "These Boots Were Made for Walking" as we polished ours. Oddly our unit/building was titled "The Home of the Walking Soldlier". In accordance with Fort Ord tradition, we walked (not by choice) to our classes, while other units rode in trucks.
@@philipcanevari7223 thank you for your service sir.
@@dannycorsaro546 Thank you. Two years active was a piece of cake.
I'm 74, and still love this song as much as ever.
59 and right there with you Sue
My sister still has the original album!
69... Still Lovin' it!! ❤
69 and feel the same love for this one hit band
Hi Sue !
No matter where you were, no matter what you were doing, this song stuck with you and you were happier.
In 1965 i was 13 and my oldest brother was leaving for Vietnam 😢. With the grace of God he returned 🙏 😊
Amen; praise the Lord Jesus.
Exact same for me - mine came back too
@@jamescagney5314 Mine didn't.
Are you saying god showed grace for your brother…but none for the thousands that died? Bit of a trap you make for yourselves. Also, If there was a god…there wouldn’t be a war.
i came home too............
I was 10 with a transistor radio. This is STILL one of my all-time fav songs!
Never able to get more than nine transistors..
I was also 10.
@@thomasauslander3757 9 transistors, but I give Bev a 10 - in all ways. :)
I was 10 years old also. The sixties had some groovy tunes!
9 for me, I get it!
I remember my great Uncle Mike came in singing this song one day - he was cool. He was in his 20s and I was a kid. What a great time to grow up in.
2023: 58 years later Beverley still brings it. I always have a big smile from beginning to end. It's on my top 50 oldies playlist!
I still sing this song once in a while. GREAT song! I'm 65. I"ll probably sing it at work tomorrow night. I don't listen to the piped in music the company provides. Since I'm the only one there I can just turn it down and sing whatever song I want to.
Now in my 60's, still crushing on Bev.
There was something special about girls in the sixties.
keith crozier AGREED!
Agreed. It wasn't aesthetic "perfection", it was an energy and it was something very special.
They were our age. ;)
dirty sweet they were
@@OnTheOnlyShipButHalfWannaSink This is the truest statement of them all, and they were so fine
OMG she is so cool. Imagine being surrounded by an army of music geeks with glasses and giant guitars and nailing the lead vocal. How I wish they had a dozen more hits.
I read the guys were in love with her ..... she was one great gal !
base guitar absolutely solid, too.
Just one female vocalist with a platoon of terrific male musicians? It's a familiar pattern. Sort of like, say, Judith Durham's hulking Australian bodyguards? At her death a few months ago, they declared her "our bright shining star". Ms Bivens was all of that, too.
Dispite all the problems besetting America back then,1965,was a great time to be alive
Agree
@@kbfults And you've probably socked away a few memories in Hi Fi & Stereo too
I always loved how this song keeps building more energy and ends like no other. It's in a class by itself.
So true, you are. Great comment.
I couldn't have said it any better myself.
Kinda like Phil Specter might have produced it. It’s called a wall of sound.
The build up is incredible, the harmonies are inspired, and the singer sounds & looks like a million bucks.
There appears to be nothing there to complain about.
As well as how it ends....arpeggio's on the Rick 12 string...classic 60's.
And I'm still in love with Beverly Bivens, what a beauty.
I she ever! Wow
I'll concede you a "cute". 🙂
I was just getting home from Nam when this song came out.
I’m 73!and we used to sing this song in clubs when we were teens..great tune!
80 here. not too old, but maybe too old for the club?
I miss the days when bands concentrated on music instead of on special effects.
absue AGREED! no autotune either
Heh, those frozen smiles are "specials effects". And so is the too loud Rickenbacker ;)
@Fuzzy Butkus it was called miming then.
@@Batmensch Maybe but when I saw them perform this in person back in '65 they sounded just like here and if anything looked even better! (And if you look you can just make out the lead player's Rickenbacker hiding behind the two rhythm guitars). Onstage where we were he was lined up with the others in plain sight. The Byrds with Roger McGuinn were in the same lineup, same make /model guitar and same clear, clean clangy ring.
Sometimes music's "magic" can make you feel so good the smile "...won't wipe off your face, no matter how hard you try..." J. Sebastian. It really was that good. I was sixteen.
Real music, no special effects
Such a classic vid, amateurish lip-sycnhing & and all. Bev is the entire show. So 1965. Disco girls dressed like campers. On & on. Should be in the Liabrary of Congress!
One of THE best two minutes and twenty four seconds of music ever recorded. It's beautiful blend of folk and rock that influenced The Jefferson Airplane and many other groups. You can't get any cuter or more energetic than Bev.
Had to do a double take.
Almost looked like a young
Linda Ronstadt
A terrific group whose big song was Billboard's #4 of 1965 just below Satisfaction. RIP Mike, Jerry, Bob and Pete. Only Bev is still around as I write this
All those guys are RIP wow 😲
The composer/writer is still around
What a song
Dear lord , who knows where the time goes ...
Actually, no. Ian Tyson passed away in December of 2022.
If you were in high school then, as I was, this group was on your top list, along with tons of others, the British Invasion, Motown, the embers of folk music, so much. We had such a rich music environment then, and it seems so poor today by comparison, on any level--artistry, lyrics, musicianship, you name it. Sad. But so glad we had groups like the We Five when we were young, and it really mattered.
AMEN
You are so right Lethe River. I started 8th grade in 1965 and we had the best music during my high school years. I still listen to '60s music today. I don't ever listen to radio any more.
All we have now is satanic illuminati singers like Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Rihanna etc etc
Donrholloway: We have a radio station in our area that plays only songs from the 60's with periods that is commercial free. Keeps me young at heart at 63yrs. of age.
WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TUNE INTO THAT STATION...
so amazing to see a leader singer by that time, love everything about this song
*1970 high school graduate and San Francisco native ... and Hippie.*
*Great time to be young !!!!*
The mid-1960s changed the course of popular music forever. This was a great song, and a great musical group.
True Rock began the day Dylan put down his accoustic and picked up an electric guitar.
@DJmemories - yeah and Dougal and Ermintrude rocked as well mate.
Women wore their hair so that it accentuated their natural good looks. Their clothing underscored that natural beauty, and the fake eyelashes didn’t hurt either...hubba, hubba!!
Classic beauty!
The girl lead is very beautiful...
I've seen other performances in color & she is stunning.
Some of the good stuff that will never grow old.
I always have a big grin when I hear this song. I just love it. That’s just how it is when you feel it. It’s down in your shoes and you dance that away. They don’t write them like that anymore. What a sweet time it was.
Beverly's smile and energy help to make this song the hit that it was.
I never got tired of this song. It's so good, it's a shame that We Five wasn't able to follow it up with a string of folk rock hits. Super great!
Great masterpiece! That was an Era where everyone was unique; untouched by the commercialization that loomed over every profit-making enterprise. In spite of all of the great artists of the baby-boomer generation, when you heard any song for the first time, you knew exactly who they were by hearing a voice, discerning a style, or merely enjoying their fabulous positivity. ❤
They boosted my morale when I was in Navy hospital in SC, after being wounded in Vietnam.
Bev Bivens still can sing...she sure wore a velor top well..
nice chesties
She can poke my eyes out.
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YES she did
She's got that "Cute/hot" thing going. Unbeatable.
In August of 1966 I was playing for my America Legion baseball team in Newport News Va at the Regional Tournament. I was pitching the first game of the tournament at 1 PM and it was 106 degrees. As I was warming up, this song came on and I told myself I would never forget it. I haven't. True story.
steve i was just a kid it was 1965 On The west Coast San Francisco The City By The Bay KYA & KFRC RADIO !!!
I was a freshman in college
I was 10 on the east coast brother, 77 WABC NY, NY
I feel incomplete not knowing if you won the game😕
thanks for sharing. Have some of those special moments myself. Funny how when they come and you pay attention, you know right then that you'll never forget them.
...probably the greatest marriage of folk and rock that was ever created!
So true, you are. I totally agree. This is a vastly underrated masterpiece.
Don't forget the"Seekers", Australia s Great folk bands!
51 years. How time has flown. It seems like yesterday I as a early teen heard this. Brings me back to a time where things weren't so complicated, and life flowed without much trouble.
Beautiful WOMAN , i love her ,
Isn't that Linda Ronstat?
Another masterpiece from that magical music era known as the 60's.
When I was in Midwestern Collage, in '67, I was in a band called "The Banned". Lou Aronica bass, Jim Subach drums, Bill Dieber and the infamous Mark Koch were lead guitarists, and myself, Gordy Hominick, lead vocal. We opened up for the "We Five" in Denison, IA.
Beverly offered me a sip of her beer before we went on. We chatted, and then showtime. She was super nice. The band was great; they put on a wonderful show. I'll always remember sharing a beer with Beverly, lead singer for the "We Five".
you went to a college that only existed for 5 years? wow, there must be a story there. Homecoming must be a little underwhelming
Gordon that's a great story!! Just close your eyes and you're right back there!
Denison. Opposite side of my home state.
HOW COULD THEY ONLY HAVE ONE MAJOR HIT ---THIS WAS A HUGE RECORD
Kind of surprises me that this group didn't produce a whole string of hits. Great voices, especially Beverly Bivens.
THIS is the best recording of the song, plus who doesn't love the dancing??????????????
+John Bowman It's the original recording. Maybe that is why you like it so much.
This is not the original recording because I was listening to Ian and Sylvia's recording well before this cover was done. And for what it's worth I prefer their version.
This is the studio version that was released as a single.
You apparently are ignorant of what "original recording" means. Hint: It's not the same as original "version".
Amazing how much she looks like Linda Ronstadt here. Always loved this song.
Yes . wow
Perhaps Linda copied Bev?
she looks like linda rontstandts cousin
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+Glen Carta My hubby says that Linda & I looked like we were sisters when we were younger.
see that.....cool
+Glen Carta Both Lind Ronstadt and Beverley Bivens were certainly cuties back in the day.
think you're right
When I saw this, I thought, "Man, she looks a lot like Linda Ronstadt!" I was about to post a comment to that effect, and then saw that you beat me to it. :)
Killer. After all these years, it still works.
Seth Tyrssen Oh my - LMAO
+Seth Tyrssen Yes, it does!
HOW COOL IS THIS ? KIND OF FOLKSY , BUT COOL NEVERTHELESS. NOT LIKE THE GARBAGE THAT PASSES FOR MUSIC TODAY.
+frank ferro You're getting old. When I was a kid back in 1965 my dad said the same thing about this kind of music.
+frank ferro THAT is just the way it ways back in the 60s. Kinda folks and cool...a WINNING COMBO. But YOU can dig it, and THATS cool too.
+EARTH ONE I missed out born 69 But luv Early - Mid 60's Some of today stuff ok but would rather have 60's on - Get funny looks in car with roof off plating 60's hits
+ EART ONE Perfectly stated there ... I agree 100%.
Garbage sums it up pretty good.
When I was 11 years old, I could not yet comprehend the magic that made certain songs, like this one, light me up. I thought of We Five as another college pop band, like The Lettermen, and the album was in my big sister's collection. Now, 58 years later, it is crystal clear that this was an uncanny moment when a song (originally by ian and Sylvia), an arranger, imaginative instrumental parts, well blended harmony voices, and an absolutely charismatic lead singer collided to create an iconic masterpiece that just doesn't get old.
Unfortunately, the that lead singer brook up the band because of self-doubts.
❤
A very special song, memories........
JUN-1 2023,,I'M 73,,this is still one helluva a song ! brings back soooooooo many memories of such beautiful times that will never die ! even after it's my time to crossover !
An absolute spine-tingling, goose-bump-inducing masterpiece. What an amazing voice Bev has; great guitar work; and an I-still-cant-believe genius of an ending.
Rickenbomb
The "sweater girl" from the 60s look! Very attractive.
This end of this song really builds up to a great climax !!!! Fantastic harmony vocals !!!!
The energy and fun in THIS song just the best.
Written by the beautiful and talented Canadian, Sylvia Tyson.
She still is. Ian also at 80.
Yep, though I still argue with my old friend in Ottawa about which version was better. I personally always preferred this one
Gerry Laverty she was born in 1940 so she just turned 74. :D
LightSnowOvernight It's called Bytown!
Ian married Sylvia Fricker in the 1960's after they had been making records and performing together as Ian & Sylvia for a few years.
They have been divorced for a long time.
She wrote this song, and it went to #8 on the charts.
I was nine and remember my older brother making fun of me for liking this song. I can think of a hundred ballads from this era that do seem very silly, looking back, but this one keeps sounding better as the years roll.
The ending of this song absolutely thrills me! I could listen to it forever. I was 12 when it charted.
Right, Jeff Weber; it's a spectacular ending! It perfectly reflected the sound of the time.
I like to say that this song has the most DEFINITIVE ending ever.
That final Rickenbacker 12 riff is one of the most famous licks in rock, right up there with anything done by the Beatles or Byrds with a 12.
Great ending
@@daveguy11 I totally agree. Not enough attention and praise has gone to the writer and the group for this ending.
I can't get enough of this song! An inspired performance, knocks me off my feet every time!
What a wonderful song, Beverly is full of energy and joy, she is a delight to listen to. I was only 9 years old when this song come out in 1965, I have been enjoying it ever since.
¿Who is Jennifer?
I was also 9 years old in 1965.
The female lead here was Beverly ' Bev ' Bivens. Where you got " Jennifer " is anyone's guess.
I turned 10 in 1965. Really loved this song. Got the single for Xmas & still have it.
@@hermanator74301be nice we all make mistakes
Back then the groups could actually sing and they had such class that modern music could never match...
You nailed it!
Hear Yee!!!!
You realize they are lip-syncing….don’t you?
@@scottreid190 Think a lot of acts actually did that on the shows but doesn't change the fact that they could actually sing during that era unlike a lot of electronically enhanced singers of modern music.
@@luvkountry you are making an assumption which is not rooted in facts. While there are some that use auto tune, it is not all modern singer. There are tons of wonderful artists currently with vocal skills that can match any artists from the past. Additionally you need to realize that studio recording were a blending of multiple tracks. Possibly you did not or have not attended many live concerts.
Beverly,Judith Durham,Petula Clark,Dionne Warwick.What great female singers when we were growing up in the sixties.
Don’t forget Dusty Springfield
@@bigal3248 and Diane Ross, Grace Slick, and Nancy Sinatra
I know it’s not possible but that young lady looks a lot like Linda Ronstadt.
Wonderful memories. Seeing the actual singer with that very different voice. I never forgot her and the band. THIS IS JOYFUL MUSIC !💕💞💕
Great stuff ! And the remaining members are now in their 70s. Michael Stewart (with the glasses) passed on in 2002. Bob Jones (baritone-tenor, 6-string electric jazz guitar, 12-string electric guitar) died in 2013. They brought a LOT of joy to so many of us.
THANK YOU SO MUCH !
Love that record.
Bev Bivens was such a cute girl. :)