This is absolutely beautiful! Thanks to the power of RUclips and passionate New Colony Six fans who mentioned this song on other videos, I've discovered such a touching love song. New Colony Six was, obviously, very underrated. Sad, but true. Today's music just cannot compare to this!
I first heard this around five years ago and loved it. Wish it had been released three years before it was in the early 70's, this would have been another Things I Should Have Said, on the charts
Number 93!?! Number 93!?! God, what an absolute insult for such a beautiful, heart felt song! I never knew about this one until a few years ago. Just as beautiful as a lot of their other songs. A very underrated group who were one of the best from Chicago. And 14 'unhappy'? . Wow, you bunch have to have a serious return to a ' Real music' appreciation course. Thank You NC6. From a 'Great music' lover.
I agree Chris. A '69 release would have made it chart higher. What great vocals, just beautiful. You beleive Ronny Rice's conviction when he sings lead. Thanks guys!
This tune needed to be released in late 60's. It would have been a HIT. I will always think of this group, and there are always things I can say about them. Really really great music. My favorite group from Chicago, period. Their harmony was just so good, made me weak in the knees when I listened to them. And I still have the 45 's with all the scratches. Love, love love this group!!
two years after I posted, concerning this song, I am once again back. Had this been released in 67 this would have been a monster for the group. However, in my mind it is a monster. Great harmony!! Great song.
@@Kitandrox Back again, this was wasted in 73 Six year to late. That harmony makes it one hell of an amazing song, probably my favorite by the group And as we all know they had two mammoth tunes out in the 60's, well this is just as good!!! Not too late to release it, what's out now??? needless to say just a bunch of crap!!
Just gets better the more I play it. Why oh why oh why did this not rocket to the top?? Or even a slow train to say number 5 Even six would have been good THis is one of the tunes that was just totally left out of play lists!!
This is my favorite New Colony Six tune, and I love EVERYTHING they put out. I listened to WLS late at night when I lived in Lexington, Mississippi. Thanks God WLS beamed South!
50,000 clear channel watts after sundown was heard in 48 states under certain atmospheric conditions. The other station on 890 kilocycles was a station in Colorado with a daytime license only. They had to go off the air at sundown so WLS could dominate the airwaves. I've been told that it could be heard in the mountains of Alaska when the weather was right, but I've never heard anybody who was able to tune it in.
I've never heard this song before. Another RUclipsr from the Midwest claimed most of New Colony Six's music was aired regionally. This is a very nice love song. I like the lead singer's voice.
Such a beautiful song! Should have been given alot more recognition. Ronnie Rice wrote beautiful love songs. He has a new one on RUclips 2013 he wrote recently. Check it out! YOUR THE BEST.
This was one of the first songs I recorded off the radio with my new cassette player at age 13. I had no idea who it was and haven't heard it since. Hearing it again, it take me back, and I realize how good it is.
Chicago stations played this for awhile, but as has already been stated, it was never the hit it truly deserved to be. Still sounds amazing after all these years! Thanks so much for posting this.
Great song. Growing up, it felt awesome to have 'our bands' on the radio...New Colony Six, Buckinghams, Cryan Shames, Ides of March, Shadows of Knight and more. I was too young to go to clubs, even the teen clubs of the day, but there was still WLS and WCFL and the jocks who supported the local groups.
the new colony six was a group from my youth and now in retirement now that I have the time, always to be fondly remembered. just listened to an interview of ronnie rice, a most gracious member who brought back many memories of that era.
This song brings me back to when we would get together in a friend's basement and listen to records. The New Colony six songs were always playing. This was in the 60's.
This is beautiful. Why was it not a hit ??? Such an underrated group, just like The Cryan Shames, & The Critters, this group was just so badly promoted -----------that's the only reason i can come up with. the talent was certainly real. ---------------------------------Wolfsky9, 74 y/o
I heard Ronnie Rice this on WGN radio's Steve & Johnnie show a few months ago. His voice and his ability to put more emotion into the words make this song more of a song from the heart. I wish I had a copy of what he sang that night!!!!!!!!!!!
I remember hearing this on the radio, but could never find it in the stores, probably due to the small indie label. The b-side, "Never Be Lonely", is fantastic too -- rereleased a couple years later on MCA, but for some reason it never charted.
@yeahmedude I agree, my friend! I heard Dick Biondi play this on WLS one evening about six weeks ago, it was great! Dick was the first American DJ to ever play a Beatles record on the air; what is he now, 80 years old and still rocking six nights a week? Wooooooooo!
I heard the Master of Musical Messages on the Steve & Johnnie show sing this song. He sang it with just a guitar and slower with more feeling. The message was very clear, the music fit the words, and that one performance showed how Ronnie Rice is a master!!! I wish he would record it again.
Yep…seen Ronnie in the early eighties at some oldies bar on Touey Ave, he ran through these old songs of the Colony so fast as a montage I was disappointed…the show was still great as he covered many old tunes that night.
Brings back memories of a girl who I loved many years ago who passed away at the age of 13/14 years old and still do to this day. Their final charted hit from a VERY underrated Chicago garage band.
@henripwatson Did you listen with the AM radio under your pillow? I did. NC6 or, "the 6" as Ronnie used to call 'em. Chicago radio was great and Chicago had so many great bands. NC6 had good original material. We were blessed.
The played this a little on WCFL - heard this on a Bob Dearborn overnight shift aircheck from November 1971 on reelradio. Didn't get any airplay in Peoria to my knowledge.
Hey Ann Martinelli......Ann!.....Hey Annie! I don't think she sees me:( ........But she's in my dreams, with her head on my chest, dancing with me as I hold her close and sing softly in her ear. I love her................Bob Gatti
Making it in Los Angeles 40 years ago and more is just as difficult if not more so being 40 years older and rents have pole vaulted what the living wage should be, cause even $20 an hour $800 a week $650 $2600 month that's what an average one bedroom rents at 2020..Studios are about $1500.
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This is absolutely beautiful! Thanks to the power of RUclips and passionate New Colony Six fans who mentioned this song on other videos, I've discovered such a touching love song.
New Colony Six was, obviously, very underrated. Sad, but true.
Today's music just cannot compare to this!
Last charted track for a Chicago garage band that has been sorely underestimated.
Heard it for the first time in 1969 in Hawaii. Never forgot it.
I first heard this around five years ago and loved it. Wish it had been released three years before it was in the early 70's, this would have been another Things I Should Have Said, on the charts
Number 93!?! Number 93!?! God, what an absolute insult for such a beautiful, heart felt song! I never knew about this one until a few years ago. Just as beautiful as a lot of their other songs. A very underrated group who were one of the best from Chicago. And 14 'unhappy'? . Wow, you bunch have to have a serious return to a ' Real music' appreciation course. Thank You NC6. From a 'Great music' lover.
Ron Rice was the New Colony Six. He was the driving force behind on all their great songs. How did this great love song not achieve more success?
An unknown great song. Someone should recut this and make it the hit that it should have been.
God -what a gorgeous song-indicative of the great music consistently delivered from this band
It's still a hit to me! Always has been.
Same here!
Incredible!!! What a great love ballad. Ronnie Rice sure can sing!!!! This is a classic that did not get the recognition it deserves,
I agree Chris. A '69 release would have made it chart higher. What great vocals, just beautiful. You beleive Ronny Rice's conviction when he sings lead. Thanks guys!
I agree..this song, in 1971 shoulda been top 10.....R.I.P. Shanda and Steve!!....Both gone too soon!!
This is a song for all those like me, who have had their hearts broken, and have seen the love you lost.
This tune needed to be released in late 60's. It would have been a HIT. I will always think of this group, and there are always things I can say about them. Really really great music. My favorite group from Chicago, period. Their harmony was just so good, made me weak in the knees when I listened to them. And I still have the 45 's with all the scratches. Love, love love this group!!
It could of flopped then.
two years after I posted, concerning this song, I am once again back. Had this been released in 67 this would have been a monster for the group. However, in my mind it is a monster. Great harmony!! Great song.
Still my all time favorite band
@@Kitandrox Back again, this was wasted in 73 Six year to late. That harmony makes it one hell of an amazing song, probably my favorite by the group And as we all know they had two mammoth tunes out in the 60's, well this is just as good!!! Not too late to release it, what's out now??? needless to say just a bunch of crap!!
Just gets better the more I play it. Why oh why oh why did this not rocket to the top?? Or even a slow train to say number 5 Even six would have been good THis is one of the tunes that was just totally left out of play lists!!
Long time to be alone is one of the most lovable song of my life
R.I.P. Shanda and Steve! (This song should have reached the top 10 in '71)
AND Les Kummel too.
This marvelous group has one great song after another! NC6,still going strong today!!
Ronnie Rice is incredibly talented-as a writer and a singer.
Awesome song by an awesome, awesome group!
This is my favorite New Colony Six tune, and I love EVERYTHING they put out. I listened to WLS late at night when I lived in Lexington, Mississippi. Thanks God WLS beamed South!
That's my mother and father's hometown!!!!!! Spent many summers there with Grandma and Grandpa. WLS came in loud and clear down there!!!!!!
50,000 clear channel watts after sundown was heard in 48 states under certain atmospheric conditions. The other station on 890 kilocycles was a station in Colorado with a daytime license only. They had to go off the air at sundown so WLS could dominate the airwaves. I've been told that it could be heard in the mountains of Alaska when the weather was right, but I've never heard anybody who was able to tune it in.
I've never heard this song before. Another RUclipsr from the Midwest claimed most of New Colony Six's music was aired regionally. This is a very nice love song. I like the lead singer's voice.
Amazing song...these guys knew their way around a ballad...and as their earlier songs demonstrated, they could rock out as well!
Such a beautiful song! Should have been given alot more recognition. Ronnie Rice wrote beautiful love songs. He has a new one on RUclips 2013 he wrote recently. Check it out!
YOUR THE BEST.
This is a really beautiful song. I believe tonight was the first time I ever heard it tho I was born in the 50's.
This was one of the first songs I recorded off the radio with my new cassette player at age 13. I had no idea who it was and haven't heard it since. Hearing it again, it take me back, and I realize how good it is.
Did you use alligator clips on the speaker wires or just hold the mic up the speaker?! Brought back memories! ...I used alligator clips
Grew up in Hawaii listening to this song...one of my favorites. Thanks! :)
Chicago stations played this for awhile, but as has already been stated, it was never the hit it truly deserved to be. Still sounds amazing after all these years! Thanks so much for posting this.
I think this's the last NC6 record to receive appreciable radio airplay, locally
Great song. Growing up, it felt awesome to have 'our bands' on the radio...New Colony Six, Buckinghams, Cryan Shames, Ides of March, Shadows of Knight and more. I was too young to go to clubs, even the teen clubs of the day, but there was still WLS and WCFL and the jocks who supported the local groups.
I was in the Chicago area 1965-1972--during my teens. This is one of the great groups representing what we called "the Chicago Sound."
Another good one by NC6
a beauty, a jewel
the new colony six was a group from my youth and now in retirement now that I have the time, always to be fondly remembered. just listened to an interview of ronnie rice, a most gracious member who brought back many memories of that era.
A BEAUTY
How was this NOT a major hit ?? I simply do not understand. Was it poor promo ??? It had to be ! This is beautiful. -------MJL< 75 y/o
This song brings me back to when we would get together in a friend's basement and listen to records. The New Colony six songs were always playing. This was in the 60's.
Great song.Underrated group.Help me get through the 60 s.
Such a beautiful song. Can also hear John Denver covering this back in the day. Rog. Pacific sunset records.
This is beautiful. Why was it not a hit ??? Such an underrated group, just like The Cryan Shames, & The Critters, this group was just so badly promoted -----------that's the only reason i can come up with. the talent was certainly real. ---------------------------------Wolfsky9, 74 y/o
Love this song so much just so beautiful
I heard Ronnie Rice this on WGN radio's Steve & Johnnie show a few months ago. His voice and his ability to put more emotion into the words make this song more of a song from the heart. I wish I had a copy of what he sang that night!!!!!!!!!!!
Missing you so much Daddy. RIP.... 😔
i do like this song even tho it was not a big hit
I heard this on the radio the other day, the "True Oldies Station" out of Chicago is awesome.
lovely
Man, does this bring back memories.
I remember hearing this on the radio, but could never find it in the stores, probably due to the small indie label. The b-side, "Never Be Lonely", is fantastic too -- rereleased a couple years later on MCA, but for some reason it never charted.
@yeahmedude I agree, my friend! I heard Dick Biondi play this on WLS one evening about six weeks ago, it was great! Dick was the first American DJ to ever play a Beatles record on the air; what is he now, 80 years old and still rocking six nights a week? Wooooooooo!
I heard the Master of Musical Messages on the Steve & Johnnie show sing this song. He sang it with just a guitar and slower with more feeling. The message was very clear, the music fit the words, and that one performance showed how Ronnie Rice is a master!!!
I wish he would record it again.
Yep…seen Ronnie in the early eighties at some oldies bar on Touey Ave, he ran through these old songs of the Colony so fast as a montage I was disappointed…the show was still great as he covered many old tunes that night.
My favorite song❤
Rest in peace shanda and stephen sharer :"(
Brings back memories of a girl who I loved many years ago who passed away at the age of 13/14 years old and still do to this day. Their final charted hit from a VERY underrated Chicago garage band.
well put smg-this song is indicative of their great talent
I love it so much!
@henripwatson Did you listen with the AM radio under your pillow? I did. NC6 or, "the 6" as Ronnie used to call 'em. Chicago radio was great and Chicago had so many great bands. NC6 had good original material. We were blessed.
this song should of charted higher great song i have it on a 45 dan s
The played this a little on WCFL - heard this on a Bob Dearborn overnight shift aircheck from November 1971 on reelradio. Didn't get any airplay in Peoria to my knowledge.
Hey Ann Martinelli......Ann!.....Hey Annie! I don't think she sees me:( ........But she's in my dreams, with her head on my chest, dancing with me as I hold her close and sing softly in her ear. I love her................Bob Gatti
@newcolonyfreak1 you are probably spot on with that observation-great song
One of those songs that makes you question who you are........
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Found it as an MP3!!!
Making it in Los Angeles 40 years ago and more is just as difficult if not more so being 40 years older and rents have pole vaulted what the living wage should be, cause even $20 an hour $800 a week $650 $2600 month that's what an average one bedroom rents at 2020..Studios are about $1500.
I'm so with you Raymond !!
BTW, guess I should let him know I used part of this song in one of my videos…it is for a good cause and I did give the band credit at the end.
this is beautiful- i tried to sing this to my girl friend in '69-its along time-i tried
Sunlight #1004 from 1971
Memories of a 13 year old girl in Hawaii.
I believe POL was the first "hit' single pulled off of their "Colonixation' album. Though it didn't chart
This makes me think of Kenny Rogers.
Issued on the Mowest label a Motown label.
So why has this song and Things I'd Like To Say never been made available as an MP3?
I tried to find this original on Spotify and….. it is NOT there. Nor most of the ORIGINAL New Colony Six songs. So disappointing!!
Search for the cd - Colonized, best of the new colony six. Out of print and pricey to buy - but worth it