For some reason I thought this band was British because of their baroque style but learned they are American. Wonderful and very talented musicians. I miss this generation of music. Love the video too.
I was into my third tour in Vietnam, when on reconnaissance I was hit by shrapnel from a mortar attack . Lost my right lung and part of my liver. Luckily, I had a spectacular surgeon 5ong Kong who saved my life. This song seemed to always be playing once I returned stateside. A beautiful melody that I connect with my rebirth from hell...
When I was nineteen I became very sick and lost one of my kidneys, I was in the hospital for almost a month and Late into the nights I would listen to my transistor radio and must have heard this song a hundred times. Just hearing the first few seconds takes me back to that hospital bed, 55 years ago.
I was born in the 40s so I was a teenager for this music and it shaped my thoughts, my dreams and my memories. I can't hear these songs without going back to those times, those experiences. Soundtrack of my youth 🎼 🖤
I'm mid 50's..the song must have made an impression 'cause I can still remember a lot of the words...I never hear it at all now.. I think there's money in it for someone to shanghi an FM station and convert it to everything on this web site....Dump the horrid LA programming that all these mutts buy today...
@@aaronwatkins8973 It was an interesting , but zany/ crazy time . There was political, and social turbulence ; the anti war (NAM) demonstration outside the Democratic Convention for the running for President of USA , and , eventually Richard M. Nixon is elected . Pres. Lyndon Baines Johnson announced his not seeking to run for Pres. late March/68 . Ironically , A relative of mine was kia in SouthVietnams , Central Highlands , mid-3/68 ,tail end of TET , 10 days b-4 my 11th bday. The 4 tops did a remake of "Don't Walk Away Renee " mid 4/68 ; MLK was assassinated , and so was RFK early 6/68 . "2001 Space Odyssy " , and " Green Beret " , and " Hang Em High " w/Clint Eastwood ( a young Clint @ that .). "Easy Rider " came out around mid-11/ mid 12/68 ; a classic flick , and sorrowful ending . The clothing , hairstyles , the music ;a year b-4 , in mid-late 6/67 was "Monterey POP Festaville" , and a year later "Woodstock " mid- 8/69. And , of course , the use/ abuse of drugs . My 1st time smoking wacky /tobacky was late Spring 69 . Great , and historic , times witnessed ! But , today (currently ) I think were more in a precarious time . The iniquities a far greater w / war in Ukraine , instability in Asia , with Communist Red China , and N.Korea being sabre rattling , the Covid Virus , and variants ever so more to potentionally mutate into other variants , and the so gar horizon of putting a halt on random shootings in the suburbs , and in cities , and in schools , especially in rural USA . Seen quite a bit @ my lifetime ; hey , 65 yrs young , and anticipating wat 's commimg next.
@@johnceglick8714 you are only 65 so you weren't in Vietnam. Your list of events reveals what my memory stores of 1968. What a time to be alive, to participate and witness all the events. '68 was also the year of yippies and chicago 7 (or 8) sds and weather underground, Walter Cronkite reporting the 6 o'clock news
Ah ! Not that innocent. 60's were fascinating growing up in adolescence , but a very turbulent time , politically, socially, NAM (lost my uncle there mid3/68 10days b-4 my 11th bday; traumatic indeed)! The music, the hairstyles , American Bandstand, clothing from mid60's early 70's was a memorable time . And , then came Disco !
love this song i grew up in the 60's in new york and listened to this song back than and it brings back great memories and it still sounds great after 60 yrs.
Beautiful song. I remember the 4 Tops covered it and that rendition was just as beautiful. I love how music transforms itself. Time makes no difference, the feelings remain the same, deep and buried. Brings tears to my eyes after all this time and all of the other songs I've heard that are just as beautiful
4Tops remake came out in mid 4/68 .I just turned 11 late 3/68. Heard the emake on Philadelphia's WFIL , Famous 56 , and I thought it was better.The melody by Four Tops was appropriate for the time . Gees I remember riding on my Schwin bike with the banana seat, sissy bars , high handle bars , 5speed , with a smaller wheel in front. About , a little more than a month earlier , I lost a relative in Southvietnams Central Highlands , tail end of TET, 10 days b-4 my 11th bday. 68 was a radical yr. MLK, RFK assassinations , NAM , swing on TV anti-war demonstrations ;is: the anti-war demonstration outside Chicago's Democratic Presidential Election ;the hairstyles, hippies , flower power, clothing(bell bottoms , nahru jackets, rockn roll , motownn
0:06 There is a 1963 Buick Electra 225 (It's the BIG black car) Want to know what's WILD?, I had The SAME CAR in the EARLY 1980s, when I was "going" with a girl...named Renee. Can't make THAT up! More 46th Street in Pittsburgh than 71St in NYC though. LOL.
Damn, this song takes me back to the 60s. Born in Detroit, I grew up with Motown, the British Invasion... and the jazz of those Peanuts animated holiday specials. I swear, music had character then. Rock was king, and there were so many independent radio stations playing all of it.
Knew friends bros. , and neighbors sons sent to NAM from 65-69 . last one him. by late 71! Lost a relative in NAMs Central Highlands mid3-68 , tail end of TET , and 10 days b4 my 11th bday ! GOD BLESS all Vets , and GOD BLESS the US of A.
As a very young musician (violin/viola) during this time, I have always loved the beauty of the music. Only recently, at 70, I printed the words. Perfection!
Agreed, Great song. great vid of street scenes in New York's Upper West Side. Streets are in the 70's - 80's. At 0:56 Look quick for a glimpse of the Dakota on W72nd St. About the time John and Yoko Lennon moved in. Circa 1969. Grubbier neighborhood then. More people of color . working class rents were affordable (1 Br 1Bth EIK Park block abt. $250 mo.) Good chance of getting mugged or car broken into. Verdi Square @73 Was AKA "Needle Park". Down at the heels, lousch but real. Today even the Yuppies are moving out, Brownstones are being reconverted back to one family dwellings for hedge fund managers and celeb's . Loved the old store owners waving to the camera. Tempus Fugit
I forgot to add @ 0 :44 the Beaux-Arts masterpiece Ansonia Hotel. thee celeb . Place to stay for the likes of Enrico Caruso et al.. An underground passage lead to the Beacon Theater across Broadway
I went to school in Brooklyn with the "Renee" memorialized in this song. She was a beautiful Norwegian girl with long blonde hair. The story is that when she was taken by her then current boyfriend to where The Left Bank was recording, the lead singer became so smitten with her, he was inspired to write this 'imaginary' relationship of unrealized infatuation into a song. He dodged a bullet, in my opinion. She was a beauty, but cold and arrogant. We were the class artists, but she disliked competition, despite my efforts to engage with her. Heard she followed the hippie train of the 60's to San Francisco, sought fame and fortune, had numerous failed relationships, was involved in some local music stuff and is now old and decrepit like the rest of us.
🌞 As 9 yr old Southern California girl, i recall WAR well, i luved it! KFWB radio played it throughout the day & well into the night. My special memories are of my school-nights, cozily ensconced under the covers listening blissfully as i ran it on repeat... serenaded by Micheal Brown never got old, it still doesn't. RIP. The NYC street tour with all it' lovely ppl going abt their day was especially poignant. Btw, r there any New Yorkers out there who recognize those neighborhood streets & wonderful buildings? The courtyard facade with the grand statuary is particularly beautiful, i'm hoping it still survives. Such old-world elegance should be preserved for life. Thank u for ur choice of video!👍
I'm from NYC most of those buildings are on the upper west side of Manhattan and there all pretty much still standing and looking beautiful as ever. That huge white apartment building with the arches is the apartment building that was used in the movie, Single White Female. I forget the name of it. Walked by it a couple weeks ago. It's architecture is just beautiful to look at in person and the apartments are huge I have been told. I believe it's on 72nd and Broadway or on 73rd street and Broadway. It literally takes up a whole block. I hope my info was helpful.
@@rickyparrilla2426 🌞Hi Ric, tkx 4 ur kind reply. It's amazing 2 me how sometimes some things never chg, thank god! Downtown Los Angeles' older section has many of those architectural masterpieces. Sunday's a perfect day for exploring since no Ped/Car traffic exist... wouldn't it b fun if i had one of those cherry-picker lifts to really appreciate them up-close hehe🤣
KFWB, KRLA, KHJ, XERB! We in the LA area had great stations. I listened to the radio a LOT as a kid. I was a bit older than you I would have been 11 when this was a hit. I was in Huntington Beach, which was a thousand times better then than now.
The video is beautifully made! I love the song as well! Never been to New York but, U imagine there's all kinds of magical memories there! Gorgeous!😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😲
Been to NYC many times, last time was late in 2016, it was actually turning around, safe for what NYC is know for. Sadly I was told its bad again, crime is reminiscent like the 70's and 80's. Remember NYC in the 80's, bad mojo back then. If you know someone who lives there try and make it out there, life is short, travelling is such a great experience.
Yes , this really is SPECIAL ! it is on my short list for the ultimate sounds from the 1960s ------- it is better than the Four tops version ---------- and that is because it had something that is impossible to put your finger on !
...but it's not there anymore. Whatever this place is it's not that. I walked from my home near Union Square East to 40th and Broadway and back today. I often walk all over Manhattan. It's simply not what it was in any real sense. One may like it today, or not, but it is a different place.
Song would also be a hit in March 1968 for the Four Tops and also a hit in 1986 for Southside Johnny and the Jukes, whose version is one of the great sing-alongs of all time.
That woman walking down that street that looked older with the blonde hair, looks so sad. Just over that I cried for awhile. I was age 11 in 1967 and remember people looking and dressing like that. Lets see im 68 now and was 11 back then so thats 57 years ago, but I remember it so well
I guess that you could this baroque pop. I bought the album (one of few) when I was a teenager. There was quite a bit of good stuff on it in the same style. That was the beauty of AM radio. There was no division of styles.
I was in NY 1966-80, an era of magic and creation, I think of it as a finishing school, a crucible of ecstasy, Warhol and genderfuck; and more fun than anyone has had since. It was a privilege.
As a boomer coming of age in 1967, I can't begin to tell you how great it was to wake up in the morning, switch on the radio next to my bed and listen to music like this. I feel sorry for the current generation who has to deal with ISIS, Putin Xi and right wing propaganda.
👍Hi James, i believe this is a snipped from the movie-short titled 'David Holzmans Diary'. Filmed & released in 1967 as an indie flick starring Kit Carson. Since I haven't Googled it, that"s all i know. Cheers!🥂
I found this song by listening to a band called The music machine.. late 60s band from La.. at first I thought the lead singer sounded a little bit like Eric Carmen but I'll do a little bit more research before I come to a conclusion.. I'm in my late 40s And I've heard this song before a couple of times somewhere.. I just looked it up updated nope definitely not Eric Carmen singing but I know Eric Carmen is in the raspberries I'm a big Eric Carmen fan I thought I would know of anything he's done but I'm going to check out more of this band's music. I'm sure they're on Amazon prime
342 W. 71st NYC. I used earth google to go to street view for that address and went up and down that street and most of it hasnt been changed at all. Its still the same
Im 76 years old and there is nothing like listening to the oldies , the music today sucks!
I thank the Lord for giving me the opportunity to have lived, as a young teenager, during a time when Rock was King.
Amen to that. The Best ever.
Double amen, brothers.
I was born in 66 but have a very long memory. And this music generated a special warm feeling.
Me and you both!
Rock still is king. Just watch all the commercials and see how many still get their songs from the 60's.
For some reason I thought this band was British because of their baroque style but learned they are American. Wonderful and very talented musicians. I miss this generation of music. Love the video too.
I was into my third tour in Vietnam, when on reconnaissance I was hit by shrapnel from a mortar attack . Lost my right lung and part of my liver. Luckily, I had a spectacular surgeon 5ong Kong who saved my life. This song seemed to always be playing once I returned stateside. A beautiful melody that I connect with my rebirth from hell...
Thank you for your service and sacrifice. God Bless.
God blessed you. Thank you for your service.
Welcome home brother 2Jan69' - 21Dec 70'... L Co. Rangers... Hit twice and lived to tell about it.
Thank you for your service and your sacrifices sir. Be well and God bless America.
Thank you for your service
I remember listening to this song and thinking of a girl in my class, whose name was Rene. Of course, I was too shy to tell her.
Yea, I was age 11 in 1967 and had emotions about girls and even grown women where i would cry lots of times. Im 68 now and havent changed
This song is a beautiful masterpiece. Brings back great memories! And it never gets old.
When I was nineteen I became very sick and lost one of my kidneys, I was in the hospital for almost a month and Late into the nights I would listen to my transistor radio and must have heard this song a hundred times. Just hearing the first few seconds takes me back to that hospital bed, 55 years ago.
God Bless ! Great memories
Those were the days you could smoke in your hospital bed.
@@texomajohn2916 what a charming story...this song bout RENEE was so popular...more than the gods amongst us
I understand what you mean
I want to go back to that time
I’m from 61 , consider myself blessed to grow up listening to these songs on the radio as a kid , thank God I’m not a phone in hand puppet !
I was born in the 40s so I was a teenager for this music and it shaped my thoughts, my dreams and my memories. I can't hear these songs without going back to those times, those experiences.
Soundtrack of my youth 🎼 🖤
Takes me back to high school
I'm mid 50's..the song must have made an impression 'cause I can still remember a lot of the words...I never hear it at all now.. I think there's money in it for someone to shanghi an FM station and convert it to everything on this web site....Dump the horrid LA programming that all these mutts buy today...
I'm 33 and was raised on music like this so maybe we can relate a bit on that. Love the 50s 60s and 70s.
@@aaronwatkins8973 It was an interesting , but zany/ crazy time . There was political, and social turbulence ; the anti war (NAM) demonstration outside the Democratic Convention for the running for President of USA , and , eventually Richard M. Nixon is elected . Pres. Lyndon Baines Johnson announced his not seeking to run for Pres. late March/68 . Ironically , A relative of mine was kia in SouthVietnams , Central Highlands , mid-3/68 ,tail end of TET , 10 days b-4 my 11th bday.
The 4 tops did a remake of "Don't Walk Away Renee " mid 4/68 ; MLK was assassinated , and so was RFK early 6/68 . "2001 Space Odyssy " , and " Green Beret " , and " Hang Em High " w/Clint Eastwood ( a young Clint @ that .). "Easy Rider " came out around mid-11/ mid 12/68 ; a classic flick , and sorrowful ending .
The clothing , hairstyles , the music ;a year b-4 , in mid-late 6/67 was "Monterey POP Festaville" , and a year later "Woodstock " mid- 8/69. And , of course , the use/ abuse of drugs . My 1st time smoking wacky /tobacky was late Spring 69 .
Great , and historic , times witnessed ! But , today (currently ) I think were more in a precarious time . The iniquities a far greater w / war in Ukraine , instability in Asia , with Communist Red China , and N.Korea being sabre rattling , the Covid Virus , and variants ever so more to potentionally mutate into other variants , and the so gar horizon of putting a halt on random shootings in the suburbs , and in cities , and in schools , especially in rural USA .
Seen quite a bit @ my lifetime ; hey , 65 yrs young , and anticipating wat 's commimg next.
@@johnceglick8714 you are only 65 so you weren't in Vietnam. Your list of events reveals what my memory stores of 1968. What a time to be alive, to participate and witness all the events. '68 was also the year of yippies and chicago 7 (or 8) sds and weather underground, Walter Cronkite reporting the 6 o'clock news
Im a CNA in a nursing home and one of nurses name is rene they paged her today and now i got this song stuck in my head!¡🤣🤣
I miss the sixties great time to be a kid I feel sorry for the kids of today
Great footage of days gone by, never to return, except through footage, like this.
This song reminds me of my mom! She left me all her records. She loved growing up during the 60's.
Your comment indicates both happiness and sadness ---I hope everything is alright with you...!
The Sixties was DEFINITELY the time to be a teenager!!
We lived it .. played it ..but most of all - enjoyed the best of times to be young.
I laughed and cried at the same time. Thank you.
Me 2..60s were Musical high
One of the best songs ever, great memories of a more innocent time.
Ah ! Not that innocent. 60's were fascinating growing up in adolescence , but a very turbulent time , politically, socially, NAM (lost my uncle there mid3/68 10days b-4 my 11th bday; traumatic indeed)!
The music, the hairstyles , American Bandstand, clothing from mid60's early 70's was a memorable time . And , then came Disco !
@@johnceglick8714 I agree.
Renee I wish I had told you I loved you. I think of you every time I hear this song…
I thank God I grew up in this era. You know why.
The Kool thing about memories. You were able to live them.✌
I always strained 2 hear this song...on an almost broken 45...but inlistened like it was sterophonic sound...was a luvly song...such melancholy...
love this song i grew up in the 60's in new york and listened to this song back than and it brings back great memories and it still sounds great after 60 yrs.
Just look how classy they dressed back then. They definitely took pride in their appearance
Back then they would have written classily rather than classy. ; )
Its called class a forgotten thing
@@MXB2001 and that's why I majored in Geography, not English
And those beautiful cars and clean streets.
Exactly I'm so impressed by their fashion!
The vintage street-scene footage fits this classic song almost perfectly. Great fun to watch - and listen to!
I was raised on a street like this first one in NYC what great memories.
A great example of the brief baroque period of rock. Still love this song after more than 5 decades.
Totally brilliant. Gone are the good times
This is one of the greatest of the greats that never lost any of it's appeal.
Great song with lots of memories.
Pre-Junior High. The Wonder Years.
Best music ever.
If you’re gonna be a “one hit wonder” ... this is the hit worth that distinction!
they had 2 big hits
Whenever this song came on I would stop what I was doing and sing along. One of my very favorite songs of the '60's.
Beautiful song. I remember the 4 Tops covered it and that rendition was just as beautiful. I love how music transforms itself. Time makes no difference, the feelings remain the same, deep and buried. Brings tears to my eyes after all this time and all of the other songs I've heard that are just as beautiful
Only to be back in them days..The world we live in now is very scary
I sure don't remember that cover I loved this song back in high school still do
Remember this on late 66 wen I was 9 .Heard on Philly WFIl Famous ,56.
Amen to that!!
4Tops remake came out in mid 4/68 .I just turned 11 late 3/68. Heard the emake on Philadelphia's WFIL , Famous 56 , and I thought it was better.The melody by Four Tops was appropriate for the time . Gees I remember riding on my Schwin bike with the banana seat, sissy bars , high handle bars , 5speed , with a smaller wheel in front.
About , a little more than a month earlier , I lost a relative in Southvietnams Central Highlands , tail end of TET, 10 days b-4 my 11th bday. 68 was a radical yr. MLK, RFK assassinations , NAM , swing on TV anti-war demonstrations ;is: the anti-war demonstration outside Chicago's Democratic Presidential Election ;the hairstyles, hippies , flower power, clothing(bell bottoms , nahru jackets, rockn roll , motownn
In 2005 Rolling Stone put the song at 220 of the 500 greatest songs
Great song in a great time. I am 71 now and it's God first and much of the 60-70's and some 80's music not far behind.
What a great time to be alive !!! Look at those great old cars.
Good God what happened to music &I'm only 53 so beautiful
0:06 There is a 1963 Buick Electra 225 (It's the BIG black car) Want to know what's WILD?, I had The SAME CAR in the EARLY 1980s, when I was "going" with a girl...named Renee. Can't make THAT up! More 46th Street in Pittsburgh than 71St in NYC though. LOL.
Damn, this song takes me back to the 60s. Born in Detroit, I grew up with Motown, the British Invasion... and the jazz of those Peanuts animated holiday specials. I swear, music had character then. Rock was king, and there were so many independent radio stations playing all of it.
Reminds me of my high school years, 1965 to 1969, Vietnam War going on, and the draft. In 1969 I graduated, in 1970 I was in the army
Thank you for your service, grateful you survived, many of my high school mates did not.
Amen
Welcome back home sir!
Knew friends bros. , and neighbors sons sent to NAM from 65-69 . last one him. by late 71!
Lost a relative in NAMs Central Highlands mid3-68 , tail end of TET , and 10 days b4 my 11th bday ! GOD BLESS all Vets , and GOD BLESS the US of A.
Just a Beautiful song.
I heard this on New York City radio stations as a kid. Great memories.
Yes!
Video was taken in Brooklyn NY. I see the Fulton Street sign
where the fish market was.
This is the real stuff man. These guys rocked the music.
i was 13 and this song was everywhere on the radio. AM only back then
Linda canción beaty❤
My fav song of all time.
Thank you for your devotion to the US
This song takes me back to junior high. Smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee before classes with my bus driver and other students lagging coins.
What a great video, fits perfectly with the great song…..
As a very young musician (violin/viola) during this time, I have always loved the beauty of the music. Only recently, at 70, I printed the words. Perfection!
this is a good video to a great song, i enjoy it very much. 🗽
There was several groups that sang this song. In my opinion Left Banke did the best version.
Well they wrote it 😉
Agreed, Great song. great vid of street scenes in New York's Upper West Side. Streets are in the 70's - 80's. At 0:56 Look quick for a glimpse of the Dakota on W72nd St. About the time John and Yoko Lennon moved in. Circa 1969. Grubbier neighborhood then. More people of color . working class rents were affordable (1 Br 1Bth EIK Park block abt. $250 mo.) Good chance of getting mugged or car broken into. Verdi Square @73 Was AKA "Needle Park". Down at the heels, lousch but real. Today even the Yuppies are moving out, Brownstones are being reconverted back to one family dwellings for hedge fund managers and celeb's . Loved the old store owners waving to the camera. Tempus Fugit
👍 Yep, time flies...
I thought it was the Dakota, such a beautiful building.
I forgot to add @ 0 :44 the Beaux-Arts masterpiece Ansonia Hotel. thee celeb . Place to stay for the likes of Enrico Caruso et al.. An underground passage lead to the Beacon Theater across Broadway
What an exceptional video, this song is so very Beautiful Thank You for posting joelba 1
Halcyon days, glad I lived in that time 💔
South side Johnny does a great live version of this incredible classic. 66 here. Best years in music ever imo.
Just a Great Song!
Love this song and from the year I got out of the army and an old girlfriend Renee
Great song
11 bravo ft polk
I lived in New York City, Manhattan in the 70’s reminds me of my old neighborhood, went to PS 132, great video-great song, very well done my friend 😉
I went to school in Brooklyn with the "Renee" memorialized in this song. She was a beautiful Norwegian girl with long blonde hair. The story is that when she was taken by her then current boyfriend to where The Left Bank was recording, the lead singer became so smitten with her, he was inspired to write this 'imaginary' relationship of unrealized infatuation into a song.
He dodged a bullet, in my opinion. She was a beauty, but cold and arrogant. We were the class artists, but she disliked competition, despite my efforts to engage with her. Heard she followed the hippie train of the 60's to San Francisco, sought fame and fortune, had numerous failed relationships, was involved in some local music stuff and is now old and decrepit like the rest of us.
Wow thanks for the info
Most Northern Europeans come across as cold & arrogant. Until you get to know them…..
beautiful and somehow haunting song . I doubt my comment will get posted because the net is so censored now
I hear you.
Love this video. So unique. Goes great with the song.
I was in NYC in 1965 for the Worlds Fair an 11 years old Saw the Beatles play on Ed Sullivan show
Brings back memories ! Thank You !
Practically Perfect Song!
As time goes on, the more I like the song. At first, it was just another song I didn't care about. Now that has changed.
The music and the photos of New York City
Love the harmonies
🌞 As 9 yr old Southern California girl, i recall WAR well, i luved it! KFWB radio played it throughout the day & well into the night. My special memories are of my school-nights, cozily ensconced under the covers listening blissfully as i ran it on repeat... serenaded by Micheal Brown never got old, it still doesn't. RIP. The NYC street tour with all it' lovely ppl going abt their day was especially poignant. Btw, r there any New Yorkers out there who recognize those neighborhood streets & wonderful buildings? The courtyard facade with the grand statuary is particularly beautiful, i'm hoping it still survives. Such old-world elegance should be preserved for life. Thank u for ur choice of video!👍
I'm from NYC most of those buildings are on the upper west side of Manhattan and there all pretty much still standing and looking beautiful as ever. That huge white apartment building with the arches is the apartment building that was used in the movie, Single White Female. I forget the name of it. Walked by it a couple weeks ago. It's architecture is just beautiful to look at in person and the apartments are huge I have been told. I believe it's on 72nd and Broadway or on 73rd street and Broadway. It literally takes up a whole block. I hope my info was helpful.
@@rickyparrilla2426 🌞Hi Ric, tkx 4 ur kind reply. It's amazing 2 me how sometimes some things never chg, thank god! Downtown Los Angeles' older section has many of those architectural masterpieces. Sunday's a perfect day for exploring since no Ped/Car traffic exist... wouldn't it b fun if i had one of those cherry-picker lifts to really appreciate them up-close hehe🤣
KFWB, KRLA, KHJ, XERB!
We in the LA area had great stations.
I listened to the radio a LOT as a kid.
I was a bit older than you I would have been 11 when this was a hit. I was in Huntington Beach, which was a thousand times better then than now.
@@mistery-ed7900 👍
Single white female, was that the Dakota?
Visionary times, expansive hearts. Baby boom optimism.
crazy good video accompaniment
It's appropriate that the scenes are from New York. The City's lights kept time with the music. It was a wonderful time to live there.
Ultra sophistication.
Right on bro.....blessings
Fantastic 🎯💯❤️❤️
The video is beautifully made! I love the song as well! Never been to New York but, U imagine there's all kinds of magical memories there! Gorgeous!😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😲
Been to NYC many times, last time was late in 2016, it was actually turning around, safe for what NYC is know for. Sadly I was told its bad again, crime is reminiscent like the 70's and 80's. Remember NYC in the 80's, bad mojo back then. If you know someone who lives there try and make it out there, life is short, travelling is such a great experience.
Yes , this really is SPECIAL ! it is on my short list for the ultimate sounds from the 1960s ------- it is better than the Four tops version ---------- and that is because it had something that is impossible to put your finger on !
Great video and song. Love watching old footage of my great city of NYC. As much as it gets on my nerve sometimes I love it so much!!!❤️❤️❤️
...but it's not there anymore. Whatever this place is it's not that. I walked from my home near Union Square East to 40th and Broadway and back today. I often walk all over Manhattan. It's simply not what it was in any real sense. One may like it today, or not, but it is a different place.
@@Michael-te7fj Go Phillies !!!
@@Michael-te7fj Go Eagles!!!!
We had the BEST teens...ever!
I like this song, although my friends and family hate it. Plus, I like the video of 1960's New York City. It's pretty neat.
There is an early photo of Renee around somewhere. She really was beautiful.
Despite the many covers of this song, the left banks is the BEST. Eric Carmen’s version is a close second!
So this made my day ---though I do actually have this song on my phone, I loved seeing the video paired with it! Thank you!
Great video….and even a greater song, thanks for sharing! …loved those days and memories
Love the song and the video
I remember this song. That was about when my GF Renee dumped me.🤪
Song would also be a hit in March 1968 for the Four Tops and also a hit in 1986 for Southside Johnny and the Jukes, whose version is one of the great sing-alongs of all time.
Walt Gekko: Try the Rickie Lee Jones version as well. I like that one also.
That woman walking down that street that looked older with the blonde hair, looks so sad. Just over that I cried for awhile. I was age 11 in 1967 and remember people looking and dressing like that. Lets see im 68 now and was 11 back then so thats 57 years ago, but I remember it so well
West 85th Street New York City.
Love this song. Nice video.
I love ❤️ this video!!!
Thank you
I guess that you could this baroque pop. I bought the album (one of few) when I was a teenager. There was quite a bit of good stuff on it in the same style. That was the beauty of AM radio. There was no division of styles.
Nice period piece. Similar to Magic Town by The Vogues.
I was in NY 1966-80, an era of magic and creation, I think of it as a finishing school, a crucible of ecstasy, Warhol and genderfuck; and more fun than anyone has had since. It was a privilege.
As a boomer coming of age in 1967, I can't begin to tell you how great it was to wake up in the morning, switch on the radio next to my bed and listen to music like this. I feel sorry for the current generation who has to deal with ISIS, Putin Xi and right wing propaganda.
Left bank too
Leftist political crap too!!
And left wing lies thru most sources of the media that are forced to do so
Great tune.
Where are all the homeless?
I don't remember this version. I remember the Four Tops doing this song and that version was beautiful.
Original version!
This is 1966 - real time - the music shows would film these things to showcase the tunes - Amazing - I wonder what show this was from
👍Hi James, i believe this is a snipped from the movie-short titled 'David Holzmans Diary'. Filmed & released in 1967 as an indie flick starring Kit Carson. Since I haven't Googled it, that"s all i know. Cheers!🥂
I found this song by listening to a band called The music machine.. late 60s band from La.. at first I thought the lead singer sounded a little bit like Eric Carmen but I'll do a little bit more research before I come to a conclusion.. I'm in my late 40s
And I've heard this song before a couple of times somewhere.. I just looked it up updated nope definitely not Eric Carmen singing but I know Eric Carmen is in the raspberries I'm a big Eric Carmen fan I thought I would know of anything he's done but I'm going to check out more of this band's music. I'm sure they're on Amazon prime
342 W. 71st NYC. I used earth google to go to street view for that address and went up and down that street and most of it hasnt been changed at all. Its still the same