I am listening in June 2024. Love this song. It reminds me when I was a kid . Going through the gully with neighborhood kids at least 10 to 15 of us all around the same age. Memories forever the late 1960s to the early 1970. Great life ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
My big brother loved this song, he use to let me sit in his room and listen with him. He died at 15 year's old. I cry every time I haven't heard this song in awhile. RIP Ray 🙏
For those of us born in the 50's and grew up in the 60's and 70's we now see how blessed and fortunate we were to have grown up with this INCREDIBLE music. I know there are MANY young people out there that would rather listen to the music we grew up on than the music they had growing up. When the music is that good it truly IS timeless and is for all generations to enjoy.
This was playing on an 8 track in my wedding night room. 43 years we listened to this song every anniversary. I miss him and I still play it on our anniversary date 🌹
I’m 42 and getting married for the first time on Labor Day, it was one of the first songs to hit me when I fell In love with my soon to be wife. I fully plan to use it in a similar fashion. I am sorry for your loss.
First, I want to add my condolences. I have a lot of memories, which even though they hurt, bring me joy in that I have them. Second, I have to say, I love your profile pic!
When my daughter was born this was the first song on the radio when I got in the car to drive home from the hospital. It was also the father daughter dance at her wedding.
Gareth Collocot thank you, thank you thank you this is the exact point i tried to make to a group of 20smtngs recently these were musicians these were lyricists these were arrangers they never hid behind electronic gadgets, computerized music scores along every imaginable tech machines available now and is being used as an integral part of wat passes today as music so thank you once again for yr observation.
@@jeffreyramsey4538 all musicians hide behind electric gadgets. Including guitarists,. Bassists, keyboardists, and even in this song you hear hear the vocal compression and effects it's ELECTRONIC! You're slow and probably scared of change and evolution. This is the new age. Learn how to evolve instead of being stuck I'm your own ways that were created years and years ago that are no longer relevant lmfao
@@zackdunn5315Really? Stuck in my own time? Wat a stupid assertion to make so then those who are deeply and exclusively into Bach,Hayden,Mozart,Handel, Tellemann etc are also stuck in time? Wat an assinine comment to make its as if History is irrelevant to the present and future, newsflash without the past there is no present without which there is no future and as for yr senseless comments about all musicians hide behind and i am paraphrasing here electronic gadgets thats one load of bull ppl like you feel thar u know everything abt everything wen in fact u know squat the music and musicians of the 70s were purists they wrote composed, played, sang, arranged they HAD SOMETHING CALLED TALENT AND ITS WHY LOTS OF THEM ARE STILL OUT THERE TODAY PERFORMING AND IF U HV ANY DOUBT JUST GO LISTEN TO DAVID GILMOUR'S GUITAR SOLOS ON PINK FLOYD'S ALBUMS OR LIVE PERFORMANCES OR THE GROUP ITSELF OR SHOW ME A SONG IN THE HISTORY OF POP MUSIC THAT HAS BEEN RE RECORDED MORE THAN YESTERDAY BY THE BEATLES SO KEEP YR DAM SARCASM TO YOURSELF
@zackdunn5315…So Zach, you young whippersnapper, you actually believe bands like this one and say The Beatles are irrelevant in 2023?? You have much to learn young grasshopper. Yet learn and grow you will
My mother loved this song i remember her blasting this on the big stereo R.i.p. mom every time i hear this song now my eyes start to water thanks for teaching me what good music is
My grandmother loved this song so much she named my dad after it and he loved it so much he passed the name on to me and I love it so much there's gonna be a crimston III. My grandma isn't the best speller lol
If you were in a garage band, you were cool WHEREVER you were. The guy one street over had a band, and when we heard them warming up, we headed straight over to his place. By the time they started playing, the driveway was full of kids. Not too many opportunities in 60's small town Oklahoma to hear live music--rock and roll, anyway. The band styled themselves the "Psychedelic Reaction," lol. RIP John Shafer.
Agree, this type of music actually gives you meaningful feelings and sensations that (to me) make you feel good. Most (not all) of today's music creates absolutely no positive sensations or good feelings, sounds like absolutely nothing, and/or worse yet gives you a headache. No depth, variety, voices all sound the same. Like having one song with 200 different names. Life's too short to listen to crap.
Kenny Hooberry yeah the music is shit...this is some fine music. I might be a retired Marine...Kosovo 1999, Iraq 2003-2008, Syria 2008 for 3 months, Afghanistan 2011-2014. I played so many songs of your era..... Much better than this shit out these days. There’s fucknuckle rap singing about twatwaffles and ham..!! I’m currently in Vung Tau, Vietnam. I’ve been all over this country. Every 30 April, there’s more American flags in Saigon than at a veteran day parade in the US...! I will make a video.... Check out the ones I have now....it’s a changed country. I’ve been to 56 countries in my career. I share this music everywhere I go. After being blown up I listened to The Doors-The End.....it’s been my favorite song since 1982. Then it’s this one and a few more. Semper Peace out
I was blind as a child and didn't know what crimson was.. At 17, I got my sight and saw this beautiful girl and I began crying because I had never known what a girl looked like ... This song was playing when I saw her.. Every time I hear it, she appears in my mind...
That is such an incredible story, I feel like most people never take into account just how much excitement and desire we derive from sight. I NEVER have thought about what its like to not know what a girl or guy looks like and never experiencing that crazy young love. Thanks for sharing! That insight along with this soundtrack just changed my life, im inspired!
You had to LIVE THIS ERA TO TRULY COMPREHEND HOW AWESOME TRUE MUSIC WAS. IT WILL NEVER BE SEEN OR HEARD AGAIN. THOSE WHO EXPERIENCED IT WILL UNDERSTAND
You can experience this music no matter when you were born. The group of morons that happened to be born at this time has voted for the same closed-minded dipshits who bankrupted this country so I am not surprised at all by the general attitude. It won't be too soon for your generation to die off.
I truly fell sorry for the ones that did not were in their teens in the 60s or early 70s. NOTHING can match the music that came out during those years……long live Rock & Roll
The year was 1968. I was 11 years old. My family moved from Seattle to a new home closer to the Boeing Auburn plant. My first 5 years of schooling was spent being taught by nuns at a Catholic school. My new school was a public school where the teacher would play AM radio in the background during study time. This song came on the radio almost every day for weeks. I absolutely fell in love with this song. The whole experience was a radical departure from my time at Catholic school.
iiiii started at Holy Family in 69! The difference for me was Vatican II. We had nuns with guitars singing songs about love and tolerance. U might've been waaayyyyyy older than me (jk🤭) but, I bet I went to mass with u every morning! Keep EnJoYing Tommy James! ✌💙😇
Oh the memories I have of this song! I'm 65 now and when I hear this music - I'm living it again, it's just like yesterday. Thank you for this amazing music 💙
My dog Stella gets incredibly emotional when this song plays I have no idea why. She's indifferent to all other music, but this song sends her into the saddest low howl singing along, full on chin quivering and those deep breaths like when you've been crying for hours and your chest hurts. It is absolutely gut wrenching like she's missing someone. I have to turn it off if it comes on. One of my favorites but it clearly hits differently for her.
Sorry, your dog has an emotional breakdown when faced with this song? Lmfao please tell me you're exaggerating. I'm not trying to be mean I just want to know whether this is actual.
Previous life. But man, bad karma coming back as a dog according to the Krishna’s. But I don’t believe that crap. Just the reincarnation crap. Fun fact I had a Stella. Smart, crafty jack Russell
There is something magical about this song. It’s like finding an old beloved toy in a flea market. I was playing this song for the girl across my hall in 2018. She ended up marrying me shortly after. She left me, and it’s been awful without her. We had 5 years together, and I need her now.
"Crimson and Clover" entered the U.S. charts on December 14, 1968 where it stayed for 16 weeks on Billboard Hot 100 and 15 weeks on Cash Box Top 100. Following a performance of the song on The Ed Sullivan Show on January 26, it became number one on February 1, 1969, a position held for one week on Cash Box Top 100 and two weeks on both Billboard Hot 100 and Record World 100 Top Pops. Internationally, the song reached number one in Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, and Switzerland. It also charted in Austria, Brazil, France, Holland, Italy, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, and Puerto Rico. Despite this, the song did not chart in the United Kingdom. Wikipedia
I grew up in the 80’s with some awesome music, but I so appreciate the 60’s and 70’s for making the 80’s possible!! Joan Jett and the black hearts did an amazing cover of this song in 81!!
Perhaps the best rock single of all time. My lil Sis and I were under ten yrs old when it came out but we wore the 45 out singing along to it, singing directly into a square box fan on the low setting to get the vibrato/tremolo effect at the end. We still laugh about this even now.
Even 51 years after hearing this song, it still moves me and puts me in a space just like hearing it for the first time, every time...This and These Eyes...
I first heard this song from my oldest sister collection. Grew up loving it and yes it brings back slot of memories.. I'm 60 yrs old and I still love listening to it...
I'm turned 39 yesterday but I really think I should have been born a lot earlier, I would have loved to have grown up with these kind of artists around me.
I have a feeling being born in the 50's or 60's would have been the greatest time to grow up. At least that's the impression I get from those that were.
I was born in 1959 and my older sister used to listen to a lot of music like this. She had this album so I got to listen to it as well as the other songs on it. Brings back a lot of memories from those days.
One of the greatest theme songs of THE generation that fought for Peace, the Environment, Trees, whales, back to the Earth, less pollution, more love between all of the world's people. Our music and cinema reflected who we were. We opened SO many doors! Now, only one more to open. . .
Only 500,000 views ? This is the Greatest song of all time. Makes me feel sorry for the ones that never watched this . The best of times and music...I just wish I would have went to the Circle star back in the early 80's to see the whole band live..
Vandal King this guy was a song writing genius and wrote hit after hit after hit and the Italian mafia took his money for years per contract! It’s good you’re so young and recognize special music. That makes you VERY special. Don’t give up on the search! Kudos to you!
Uuff que épocas tan bellas fueron y son al escuchar estás Joyas de Melodías ,jamás pasaran de moda se quedaron para siempre , amo esta clase de canciones son de mi juventud y siguen siendo ahora que soy un RUCO ( viejo) pero con estos cantantes vuelvo a sentirme Joven . Saludos a todas las personas onestas de todo el mundo y en especial a los que les gusta lo mejor de lo mejor , 60,70, 80 s , bya bya ,desde AGS, Mex. 25,11,22.
My parents played oldies for me when I was younger. Was born in 79 and both my parents were born before the 50s . I pretty much grew up listening to a variety of music but one of my favorite genres are the oldies. My dad and I listened to lot of these songs together.
This is when music was music it meant something it showed love and happiness every emotion in this gem of an era! Absolute greatness I was fortunate enough to have a father that showed me all about music from the 50's to the 90's even he showed me everything about life and I miss him every second of every day RIP daddy until we meet again I love you my hero
Crimson & Clover was in many ways marked the peak where rock, pop, and psychedelia all melded into one big beautiful mass....of course there were others but this remains a personal favorite.
This music was used in over movies and more than 200 artists have recorded the songs of Tommy James. Millions of sales he went over platinum. Nothing underrated about this man. Quite amazing this group was and that Tommy is. No internet back in those days and his music spread like wildfire. Im 47 and would tell anyone this music puts today music, if you call it that, to shame!
Memories of days gone by! 💜 I still have my 45 from back then. When our sons were born I played music from my days growing up for them, when they napped and went to sleep at night. They grew up listening to the best music, just as I did. Before our granddaughter was born in 2002, our son made a cassette tape of songs that he grew up listening to that were his favorites. The first one on the tape was Crimson and Clover. She has also listened to the best music throughout her life. One of the great things we've passed down has been our music from days gone by. 💜 Thanks for the memories.
I'll never forget the day my dad showed me this record. He was teaching me how to play drums at the time. And there were so many different styles of drumming and timing in this song he thought it would be perfect for me. I was 7 years old. Then he taught me neil youngs rockin in the free world. Damm it man I miss my dad.
The 1968 hit song "Crimson & Clover" by Tommy James & The Shondells is a song about meeting a mysterious and beautiful woman you have just met, but already know you can fall in love with. The lyrics fit naturally with storytelling, as the love story happens in the whirlwind of a single day. "Now I hardly know her, but I think I could fall in love," the song's opening words tell us - and it's an apt summary. The words are simply meant to convey the feeling conveyed by the arrangement and the lyrical story, a feeling of new discovery and excitement about love - the luminous warmth of the colour purple and the sweet fragrance of the clover flower . I like to remember the flower power time😂
As it seems it is a crimson and clover thought and feelings of a particular time that a person has that is a forever a experience that is unique to people that comes along with euphorium that intrigues the mind to amazing limits. 🤔 And don't you forget it. 😂🤣🤣
Kimberly Polidoro I know right they have rappers in the hall of fame now they are not rock and roll artists they should create a rap hall of fame for those artists
From the late 1920's through the early 1990's there was literally new, EPIC music being produced nonstop. Since then, like everything else in this world, music has gone blaaaaaah.
Tommy James and the Shondells was one of my very first eight track tapes purchased when I was eighteen back in 1972. I had just got my first car a 1957 Oldsmobile Super 88 and my Mom bought me an eight track tape player as a Graduation gift. I thought it was so cool to be able to listen to the songs you loved when you wanted to without waiting for them to hit the play list on the a.m. radio. These wonderful days will live with me forever. They were beautiful.
What is eight track? What is LP? What is cassette tape? What is VHS? Amazing how fast our technology and understanding of it is changing our lives! Memories are ours. The youth of today don't care or are derived. Who knows. Just saying.
@@tamasklotz5928 Life sure was different back than you didn't have to be suspicious of technology. Today it's hard to trust anything and so much of all we enjoy has a dark side. Your television, computer, and your phone can all be used to harm you or your family. Change is not always good for you.
An 8 track player - it’s what killed the music industry soul in my opinion being a child of the 80s - but I wonder who invented it in retrospect and who all they killed and if they have John and Yokos 8 track player in a museum
A este gran grupo musical los escucho de cuando estaba e 2do año de secundaria por aquellos años. Hoy tengo 70 y aun los escucho gracias a los avances de la ciencia.
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this song is not just music but a piece of art
So is his hair.
Agree!
Totally agree! What has happened to the music industry?
Oh yes it is, I have their album too
Yea, from great artists.
81 y/o and still loving this music
41 y/o and needed to hear it today. Good music....stands the test of time. Have a great day.
My mom just passed at 80 , Oh how I remember this song on the radio at 5, I miss this era .
Mom❤@@dollface6845
34 years old and missed all the good music 😢
Good music and good taste will never be out of style - no matter how old you are! Have a good time and greetinngs from Switzerland!
I am listening in June 2024. Love this song. It reminds me when I was a kid . Going through the gully with neighborhood kids at least 10 to 15 of us all around the same age. Memories forever the late 1960s to the early 1970. Great life ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This is the best psychedelic rock masterpiece ever! 👍🏴
Same here. I was probably about 14 when I first heard this song.
My big brother loved this song, he use to let me sit in his room and listen with him. He died at 15 year's old. I cry every time I haven't heard this song in awhile. RIP Ray 🙏
Prayers
I’m so sorry for you and your family’s loss. 🙏🙏🙏
Only the good die young , RIP
Ahh man...mad sorry about ur big bro I just lost my sis 2 brain tumors😢
15 mad young wow.
Life is just unfair among other things 🙏🏼
🙏🙏🙏
I'm 62 and this is still one of my favorites .. that velvet voice! 🤗💕
66 & this is the best!
This verison too!
Same here!🙂👍
Same here but iam 70 lol.but still thinking young!! Lol
Mine too, I'm 65. =)
Kathleen im the same age lady and this music will never die!!
For those of us born in the 50's and grew up in the 60's and 70's we now see how blessed and fortunate we were to have grown up with this INCREDIBLE music. I know there are MANY young people out there that would rather listen to the music we grew up on than the music they had growing up. When the music is that good it truly IS timeless and is for all generations to enjoy.
stem met jou saam.. watte wonderlike voorreg en eer wat ons gehad het...dank Hom Shalom
Yep , and can't forget the rocking 80 's .
I am a millennial and I agree with you 10000%
Absolutely boomer! I’m listening to all type of music, thing is if music good it will last forever
Yes that is for sure
This was playing on an 8 track in my wedding night room. 43 years we listened to this song every anniversary. I miss him and I still play it on our anniversary date 🌹
Sorry for your loss
Wow, that is so sad& beautiful, at the same time.Sorry for your loss. God bless
I’m 42 and getting married for the first time on Labor Day, it was one of the first songs to hit me when I fell In love with my soon to be wife. I fully plan to use it in a similar fashion. I am sorry for your loss.
First, I want to add my condolences. I have a lot of memories, which even though they hurt, bring me joy in that I have them. Second, I have to say, I love your profile pic!
Un abrazo grande para ti a la distancia 🤗
60's and 70's best music ever. ❤ classics that never grow OLD 🎉
Today 'sMusicians Don't Sing songs like this one
Waaaay old 😂
Yep, my son said Dad your generation knew how to make music. Yes, they did son.
When my daughter was born this was the first song on the radio when I got in the car to drive home from the hospital. It was also the father daughter dance at her wedding.
Paul Mazan that’s beautiful
🥰🥰🥰 That's beautiful that is
That's just a beautiful story
@@thehiddencreator9019 She grew up to be a beautiful woman with a little girl of her own. Thank you
@@paulmazan4909 You're welcome
I’m originally from Niles,MI. My grandpa was good friends with Tommy and would take him skiing. RIP grandpa 1946-2024 💔😭
Wow, small world. Your grandpa had great taste in music. 🙏
Detroit area right here!!! I'm in Belleville MI about 40 miles west of Detroit
Absolutely beautiful, when musicians were actually musicians.....
Gareth Collocot thank you, thank you thank you this is the exact point i tried to make to a group of 20smtngs recently these were musicians these were lyricists these were arrangers they never hid behind electronic gadgets, computerized music scores along every imaginable tech machines available now and is being used as an integral part of wat passes today as music so thank you once again for yr observation.
@@jeffreyramsey4538 all musicians hide behind electric gadgets. Including guitarists,. Bassists, keyboardists, and even in this song you hear hear the vocal compression and effects it's ELECTRONIC! You're slow and probably scared of change and evolution. This is the new age. Learn how to evolve instead of being stuck I'm your own ways that were created years and years ago that are no longer relevant lmfao
@@zackdunn5315Really? Stuck in my own time? Wat a stupid assertion to make so then those who are deeply and exclusively into Bach,Hayden,Mozart,Handel, Tellemann etc are also stuck in time? Wat an assinine comment to make its as if History is irrelevant to the present and future, newsflash without the past there is no present without which there is no future and as for yr senseless comments about all musicians hide behind and i am paraphrasing here electronic gadgets thats one load of bull ppl like you feel thar u know everything abt everything wen in fact u know squat the music and musicians of the 70s were purists they wrote composed, played, sang, arranged they HAD SOMETHING CALLED TALENT AND ITS WHY LOTS OF THEM ARE STILL OUT THERE TODAY PERFORMING AND IF U HV ANY DOUBT JUST GO LISTEN TO DAVID GILMOUR'S GUITAR SOLOS ON PINK FLOYD'S ALBUMS OR LIVE PERFORMANCES OR THE GROUP ITSELF OR SHOW ME A SONG IN THE HISTORY OF POP MUSIC THAT HAS BEEN RE RECORDED MORE THAN YESTERDAY BY THE BEATLES SO KEEP YR DAM SARCASM TO YOURSELF
@zackdunn5315…So Zach, you young whippersnapper, you actually believe bands like this one and say The Beatles are irrelevant in 2023?? You have much to learn young grasshopper. Yet learn and grow you will
Ya u got that right 👍
Ich bin 1960 geboren und habe diese Zeit erleben dürfen. Es war einfach nur eine geile Zeit!
Beste Grüße aus Deutschland 👍
I was born in 61 and I totally agree with you 👍
GROETJES UIT BELGIE
That’s what She Said.
Tanks
Drink 1 Cider for me:-)
Jau
My mom would play her 45 record of this when I was younger and we would dance and sing to it and it was so much fun. I love this song.
LOL My parents also had the 45. Got flooded in the basement and it still plays!
@@jameslippincottI loved playing a game of pool to this song in the pool hall.
Yes totally magical there was so many music shows on in those days look em upp !
My boyfriend and I slow dance in the living room together on Saturday nights. This is one of our favourites.❤ He turns me into mush.💞
My mother loved this song i remember her blasting this on the big stereo
R.i.p. mom every time i hear this song now my eyes start to water thanks for teaching me what good music is
Wow, I hope my kids say this about me some day.
I'm only 33 yrs old to
My grandmother loved this song so much she named my dad after it and he loved it so much he passed the name on to me and I love it so much there's gonna be a crimston III. My grandma isn't the best speller lol
This comment made me cry
My mama also loved this song & she’s now in heaven with the ultimate ☝🏻 who loves us all.
Played this in a garage band in the 60's. 6 kids with electric instruments and my set of drums. We were the coolest thing in the whole garage.
If you were in a garage band, you were cool WHEREVER you were.
The guy one street over had a band, and when we heard them warming up, we headed straight over to his place. By the time they started playing, the driveway was full of kids. Not too many opportunities in 60's small town Oklahoma to hear live music--rock and roll, anyway. The band styled themselves the "Psychedelic Reaction," lol. RIP John Shafer.
That is hilarious 😍
lol
@@terrykolvick8370 lololol
Great comment. Bet you were better than you think.
I am a 70 year old Vietnam combat vet and can’t believe we went from the best music ever to the shit they put out today ☮️ 🇺🇸
I for one salute you Sir. For Your fine bravery. Serving your country.
All soldiers. Foreign and domestic.
We love and appreciate you.🇱🇷
_can’t believe we went from the best music ever to the shit they put out today_
Agree, this type of music actually gives you meaningful feelings and sensations that (to me) make you feel good. Most (not all) of today's music creates absolutely no positive sensations or good feelings, sounds like absolutely nothing, and/or worse yet gives you a headache. No depth, variety, voices all sound the same. Like having one song with 200 different names. Life's too short to listen to crap.
The 'good' music era ended around the mid 80s.
Most of the music since then is terrible.
Sad. Very sad.
Kenny Hooberry yeah the music is shit...this is some fine music. I might be a retired Marine...Kosovo 1999, Iraq 2003-2008, Syria 2008 for 3 months, Afghanistan 2011-2014.
I played so many songs of your era.....
Much better than this shit out these days.
There’s fucknuckle rap singing about twatwaffles and ham..!!
I’m currently in Vung Tau, Vietnam. I’ve been all over this country.
Every 30 April, there’s more American flags in Saigon than at a veteran day parade in the US...!
I will make a video....
Check out the ones I have now....it’s a changed country.
I’ve been to 56 countries in my career. I share this music everywhere I go.
After being blown up I listened to The Doors-The End.....it’s been my favorite song since 1982. Then it’s this one and a few more.
Semper
Peace out
I grew up in the 60's & I loved this music. I still listen to it when we're outside sitting by a campfire. It always brings back memories ❤❤
You were very lucky. I grew up in the 90s, music was not that bad, but nothing compared to this.
I bet the fire rises higher when you're listening
Nirvana continued the tradition of great 🇺🇸 bands until hole had him murdered
campfire.
? he looks intensely high 😂❤what kind of campfire us that .?
Still enjoy this classic piece of music,the best songs back in the day
2024 and it still hits HARD 💯💯
I was blind as a child and didn't know what crimson was.. At 17, I got my sight and saw this beautiful girl and I began crying because I had never known what a girl looked like ... This song was playing when I saw her.. Every time I hear it, she appears in my mind...
That is such an incredible story, I feel like most people never take into account just how much excitement and desire we derive from sight. I NEVER have thought about what its like to not know what a girl or guy looks like and never experiencing that crazy young love. Thanks for sharing! That insight along with this soundtrack just changed my life, im inspired!
Beautiful story...thank-you for sharing that.
Omg 🤗🤗
classickruzer 1,What an Incredible story! Blessings to you from Philadelphia, Pa. 2020
Beautiful story....Thanks for sharing
this guy.. was WAAAAAY ahead of his time.. what a genius..
Yes 🙌🏻
You had to LIVE THIS ERA TO TRULY COMPREHEND HOW AWESOME TRUE MUSIC WAS. IT WILL NEVER BE SEEN OR HEARD AGAIN. THOSE WHO EXPERIENCED IT WILL UNDERSTAND
Is anyone listening?
Yes just seen Tommy at golden nugget Las Vegas great music still he's 75 I think
❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍👍
You can experience this music no matter when you were born. The group of morons that happened to be born at this time has voted for the same closed-minded dipshits who bankrupted this country so I am not surprised at all by the general attitude. It won't be too soon for your generation to die off.
@@jimlovesgina that's pretty harsh 🤔🤔🤔
This song is a masterpiece like most songs of the era.
I truly fell sorry for the ones that did not were in their teens in the 60s or early 70s. NOTHING can match the music that came out during those years……long live Rock & Roll
Yeah huh! Nostalgia used to be better back then. It sucks now...
We had the best, right?
They don’t make memories like they used to?
Yeah, Brother. 💪 Right on!
Such a boomer comment lmao
The year was 1968. I was 11 years old. My family moved from Seattle to a new home closer to the Boeing Auburn plant. My first 5 years of schooling was spent being taught by nuns at a Catholic school. My new school was a public school where the teacher would play AM radio in the background during study time. This song came on the radio almost every day for weeks. I absolutely fell in love with this song. The whole experience was a radical departure from my time at Catholic school.
1968 - so was I
iiiii started at Holy Family in 69! The difference for me was Vatican II. We had nuns with guitars singing songs about love and tolerance. U might've been waaayyyyyy older than me (jk🤭) but, I bet I went to mass with u every morning! Keep EnJoYing Tommy James! ✌💙😇
1957 was a great year we were born😅 by the way i was born in Longview
Any departure from Catholic school is a good one! I went from K to 8. No science or math! Thanks for nothing!
'68, first boy girl party and dancing slow with my first love..
We don't search for old songs...
we search for old memories
Truth
so true--- not looking for-remakes-
but Joan was great
@@nancycordero8566 put another dime in the jukebox.
As we baby boomers get older the memories now evoke a melancholy, because they are in stark contrast to the memories we make today.
U all do know I know u know how very blessed we all r for this great music sorry shake in my 66 yrs of age❤
Yes, indeed! We've lived a Blessed Music life. amazing......others' loss, our
experience!
Hell I'm 26 and love it. Our music isn't like this unfortunately
Great music never dies ❤
Concuerdo contigo , también tengo 26 años y me encanta la música de antes era excelente en todo el sentido. Saludos desde Ecuador✨️
I was born in 58 everything was beautiful back then would give anything to go back 🙏❤️
Same. I used to roller skate to this song. I was so happy …….
i was born in 57 this song takes back to a much better time
Yes, this i can call music. I was also born in 1957. It was the real life, not just survival like today.
Same! I was born in 56 and really miss living not surviving
@@debi234 yes debi we were living and loving it oh what a time it was
Oh the memories I have of this song! I'm 65 now and when I hear this music - I'm living it again, it's just like yesterday. Thank you for this amazing music 💙
Hi gorgeous how are you doing today??
Oh yes, this song, matchstick men and others. I'm 66. we used to listen to this on the radio (radio was big in the 60's). Be good, be safe.
Same age here and this is still one of my favorites. Amazing how the songs can take you back and feel the emotions of the time then.
Me too!!
Sí que está hermosa. Yo nunca había escuchado este tema, pero me acaba de conquistar. Qué belleza de música. Y con ese intérprete.
This has literally been my favorite song my whole life!!! It’s April 2024 and here I am. 🍀☘️
And I am! 👍🏴
may 2024......immortal song
My dog Stella gets incredibly emotional when this song plays I have no idea why. She's indifferent to all other music, but this song sends her into the saddest low howl singing along, full on chin quivering and those deep breaths like when you've been crying for hours and your chest hurts. It is absolutely gut wrenching like she's missing someone. I have to turn it off if it comes on. One of my favorites but it clearly hits differently for her.
Sorry, your dog has an emotional breakdown when faced with this song? Lmfao please tell me you're exaggerating. I'm not trying to be mean I just want to know whether this is actual.
KATIE was a mute and me her support worker.....she loved my INDIAN SONG
Previous life. But man, bad karma coming back as a dog according to the Krishna’s. But I don’t believe that crap. Just the reincarnation crap. Fun fact I had a Stella. Smart, crafty jack Russell
'even the dogs feed of the crumbs of there master'
My dad was named after this song his name is crimston due to a typo and I'm crimston Jr. 2 generations of typos and 3 generations of tommy james fans
Lol, wonderful
😂
Crimston and Jr
Over and over
could listen to this "over and over"
I see what you did there. 😊
fourleafcajun sweet so sweet love this song
And we have...and will. Classics live on
fourleafcajun Forever over and over !
!
There is something magical about this song. It’s like finding an old beloved toy in a flea market. I was playing this song for the girl across my hall in 2018. She ended up marrying me shortly after. She left me, and it’s been awful without her. We had 5 years together, and I need her now.
"Crimson and Clover" entered the U.S. charts on December 14, 1968 where it stayed for 16 weeks on Billboard Hot 100 and 15 weeks on Cash Box Top 100. Following a performance of the song on The Ed Sullivan Show on January 26, it became number one on February 1, 1969, a position held for one week on Cash Box Top 100 and two weeks on both Billboard Hot 100 and Record World 100 Top Pops. Internationally, the song reached number one in Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, and Switzerland. It also charted in Austria, Brazil, France, Holland, Italy, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, and Puerto Rico. Despite this, the song did not chart in the United Kingdom.
Wikipedia
What is wrong with you Brits ? This song didn’t chart in the UK. 🫢
Wow,you can copy and paste
@@notnek202 I was a bit young,but yeah my fellow Brit's what the heck..
@@gscott2299 if it’s so easy why didn’t you do it?
I grew up in the 80’s with some awesome music, but I so appreciate the 60’s and 70’s for making the 80’s possible!! Joan Jett and the black hearts did an amazing cover of this song in 81!!
Ya cool
Saw them in 1969 at the Atlanta speedway. At 74 years old., This is still one of my favorites.
damn ur old
james w. ponder Awesome! I’m in Georgia too.
Well I am 59 and this to me 1 for the Top songs of all times
Love ur mucik beter than todays crap
Tommy James is a true musical legend. Had so many great songs with The Shondells and later as a solo artist.
My uncle and I used to sit in his 67 roadrunner and sing this song. Brings back memories.. ❤
The first year for the Road Runner was 1968.
Tommy James. A completely underated legend
Perhaps the best rock single of all time. My lil Sis and I were under ten yrs old when it came out but we wore the 45 out singing along to it, singing directly into a square box fan on the low setting to get the vibrato/tremolo effect at the end. We still laugh about this even now.
🤣⚰️
My mom loved all these songs ❤️ RIP mom , I love you forever
Even 51 years after hearing this song, it still moves me and puts me in a space just like hearing it for the first time, every time...This and These Eyes...
@@tlgtlg3803 LOL a fucking Limp Pencil Dick Troll...
Yep takes me back when times were the best
It's just magnificent. ☺
The vibrato effect at (2:29) is what always gets me.
@@rokyericksonroks Same here,yes.Great music all gone a real shame now only crap.
walk from high school to a burger place they had a jukes box i played this song everytime.
Why are these guys NOT in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
The pride of Dayton Ohio! We love you, Tommy!!!!
Tommy James was a hit machine. Such a prolific, influential musician
Him and Richie Cordell
Times when music was from the heart so many of them ,we were lucky to have this kind of music
Exactly right
I first heard this song from my oldest sister collection.
Grew up loving it and yes it brings back slot of memories..
I'm 60 yrs old and I still love listening to it...
Best years of my teen life & greatest music late 60"s & 70's.
Mine too 😆
Yes, thank God I was born in the 50's
❤✌
D Gruber 65-75 the very best
I second that!
@@dickjohnson1158 agree. I'm 65 now & still love the old music & some of the 80's
I'm turned 39 yesterday but I really think I should have been born a lot earlier, I would have loved to have grown up with these kind of artists around me.
would you rizz up baby gronk and kai cenat with your rizz from ohio?
I have a feeling being born in the 50's or 60's would have been the greatest time to grow up. At least that's the impression I get from those that were.
Sorry you missed it! It was great❤
@@fifty6648it was fantastic!
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Nossa tenho 67 anos e desde jovem nunca deixei de ouvir essa música, inclusive está no meu pendrive.
I was born in 1959 and my older sister used to listen to a lot of music like this. She had this album so I got to listen to it as well as the other songs on it. Brings back a lot of memories from those days.
My parents would listen to Tommy James when I was growing up. Love their songs and brings back so many childhood memories ❤😢
Same here. Mom played this and Crystal Blue Persuasion all the time. Thank you mom.
Still a great sound in 2024, we from the "older generation" were brought up with the greatest sounds, gotta go now I'm "draggin the line"
iMAGINE if the young ones today could make music like this
One of the greatest theme songs of THE generation that fought for Peace, the Environment, Trees, whales, back to the Earth, less pollution, more love between all of the world's people. Our music and cinema reflected who we were.
We opened SO many doors! Now, only one more to open. . .
I was 62 years old when this came out. Best music ever. I am 121 years old now and today's music just doesn't compare.
🤣🤣🤣 I was already 121 when this came out young one
@@psour33 WOW! You probably like the real oldies then... Haydn's Ox Minuet. Good stuff! lol
😂😂😂
Lol
😭
Only 500,000 views ? This is the Greatest song of all time. Makes me feel sorry for the ones that never watched this . The best of times and music...I just wish I would have went to the Circle star back in the early 80's to see the whole band live..
5.4 million views as of today.
I am 16 years old and I mostly like 60's and 70s music. This modern music really can't get close in any way to these oldies and goldies.
You have excellent taste in music!
@@debbygordon1432 thanks😁
Vandal King this guy was a song writing genius and wrote hit after hit after hit and the Italian mafia took his money for years per contract! It’s good you’re so young and recognize special music. That makes you VERY special. Don’t give up on the search! Kudos to you!
@@tabbysmithfield3794 thank you! If I am not wrong, he wrote "Mony Mony", The song Billy Idol covered.
Vandal King you are correct.
I don't care I was born 1974, this song and band are awesome!!!
This gorgeous song screams out psychedelics!
So underrated. Love the song and love the groovy clothes and hair of this time. Tommy James is legend
A true classic that I still listen to today.
Awesome! I am here for Tommy James 2023
This song brings back such a sweet, innocent time of my life. My first love.
This must be one of my all time favorite songs in my 65 years of life 👍
This is probably one of the most underrated songs of the 60s
It was so underrated I never heard it until I first found it about 2 years ago fantastic To me it has a 1950,s sound to it
In who's planet?? Not on mine
The DOORS r the most unappreciated band of the 60’s n except for a few tunes all their songs r originals 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@@michaelllewellyn7215 Es la primera vez que lo escucho, muy buena rola.
Art music so much love😊
Época que tínhamos música de verdade.
Beautiful song. Grew up in the 60’s in Ohio listening to all of the great music. Nothing like it today.
I'm so glad this era of music is preserved, especially having video's like this to go with them! Love it!
Uuff que épocas tan bellas fueron y son al escuchar estás Joyas de Melodías ,jamás pasaran de moda se quedaron para siempre , amo esta clase de canciones son de mi juventud y siguen siendo ahora que soy un RUCO ( viejo) pero con estos cantantes vuelvo a sentirme Joven . Saludos a todas las personas onestas de todo el mundo y en especial a los que les gusta lo mejor de lo mejor , 60,70, 80 s , bya bya ,desde AGS, Mex. 25,11,22.
Saw him in the mid 70’s it was great.
Its amazing what music does for your soul ❤
It was March 1968. I heard this song when I left school on the radio. Unforgettable!!! Wonderful!!!
20 years before mtv. Imagine that
Remember I was still in school,1968 and enjoyed this truly classic piece of music
*Música imortalizada, pois é da década de 60',simplesmente incrível!!!* 😊
This is my husband and my song ❤ many wonderful memories attached to it for me.
Judging by your command of the English language, I suspect you live within walking distance from two dollar stores.
My parents played oldies for me when I was younger. Was born in 79 and both my parents were born before the 50s . I pretty much grew up listening to a variety of music but one of my favorite genres are the oldies. My dad and I listened to lot of these songs together.
Me also.
One of the best voices of the Sixties.
57 here still love this song
157 Here! Still listening this masterpiece... 👍🏴
This is when music was music it meant something it showed love and happiness every emotion in this gem of an era! Absolute greatness I was fortunate enough to have a father that showed me all about music from the 50's to the 90's even he showed me everything about life and I miss him every second of every day RIP daddy until we meet again I love you my hero
What a nice tribute to Dad. You're a good man, Danny.
✅
Im here because of a bit in family guy
Crimson & Clover was in many ways marked the peak where rock, pop, and psychedelia all melded into one big beautiful mass....of course there were others but this remains a personal favorite.
This group were genius! They were definitely ahead of the time!
This music was used in over movies and more than 200 artists have recorded the songs of Tommy James. Millions of sales he went over platinum. Nothing underrated about this man. Quite amazing this group was and that Tommy is. No internet back in those days and his music spread like wildfire. Im 47 and would tell anyone this music puts today music, if you call it that, to shame!
Moving to my 49’s. 80’s & 90’s baby. This song has foever been on my playlist. Especially when getting effed up 😘
Memories of days gone by! 💜 I still have my 45 from back then. When our sons were born I played music from my days growing up for them, when they napped and went to sleep at night. They grew up listening to the best music, just as I did. Before our granddaughter was born in 2002, our son made a cassette tape of songs that he grew up listening to that were his favorites. The first one on the tape was Crimson and Clover. She has also listened to the best music throughout her life. One of the great things we've passed down has been our music from days gone by. 💜 Thanks for the memories.
One thing good about this generation is the replay button.
Absolutely over and over.
Tip the flape! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I'll never forget the day my dad showed me this record. He was teaching me how to play drums at the time. And there were so many different styles of drumming and timing in this song he thought it would be perfect for me. I was 7 years old. Then he taught me neil youngs rockin in the free world. Damm it man I miss my dad.
The 1968 hit song "Crimson & Clover" by Tommy James & The Shondells is a song about meeting a mysterious and beautiful woman you have just met, but already know you can fall in love with.
The lyrics fit naturally with storytelling, as the love story happens in the whirlwind of a single day. "Now I hardly know her, but I think I could fall in love," the song's opening words tell us - and it's an apt summary.
The words are simply meant to convey the feeling conveyed by the arrangement and the lyrical story, a feeling of new discovery and excitement about love - the luminous warmth of the colour purple and the sweet fragrance of the clover flower .
I like to remember the flower power time😂
Isn’t Crimson a deep red color? Like Roses?
Pretty sure it's a reference to smoking Marijuana, but great description none the less...😮
As it seems it is a crimson and clover thought and feelings of a particular time that a person has that is a forever a experience that is unique to people that comes along with euphorium that intrigues the mind to amazing limits. 🤔 And don't you forget it. 😂🤣🤣
My great aunt stuck an alfalfa bud in my mouth when I was 4 ( I was Amazed how sweet Clover was) Alfalfa is basically just clover.
@@SMCC81 Blood is Crimson red.
I am a huge rocker and metalhead( born in 64) but still love this music, follow in my momma's footsteps loving all music. Rest her soul.
We need to have a few peace rally's these days, with all these tunes, mabey it will bring HOPE BACK INTO THE WORLD. GIVE PEACE A CHANCE......
LOL
Tommy James should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame
WHAT? HE IS NOT ALREADY?
Rock n roll Hall of shame is more like it.
So true. His work in the studio with different ways to rock is good enough to get in. Look at Crystal Blue Persuasion, the long version. CLASSIC.
Kimberly Polidoro I know right they have rappers in the hall of fame now they are not rock and roll artists they should create a rap hall of fame for those artists
Grand Funk Railroad isn't in it either. But Madonna IS. R&R HOF is a joke.
I never, never, never grow tired of this recording.
Toca na trilha sonora do filme: o sol também é uma estrela!
Recordo dos bailes de minha adolescência!❤
This song is so captivating, it truly is a piece of art , in its choreography.
Yet so great in its relative simplicity
You are right. I like 80s music, but rather listen to 60s and 70s
From the late 1920's through the early 1990's there was literally new, EPIC music being produced nonstop. Since then, like everything else in this world, music has gone blaaaaaah.
Tommy James and the Shondells was one of my very first eight track tapes purchased when I was eighteen back in 1972. I had just got my first car a 1957 Oldsmobile Super 88 and my Mom bought me an eight track tape player as a Graduation gift. I thought it was so cool to be able to listen to the songs you loved when you wanted to without waiting for them to hit the play list on the a.m. radio. These wonderful days will live with me forever. They were beautiful.
What is eight track? What is LP? What is cassette tape? What is VHS? Amazing how fast our technology and understanding of it is changing our lives! Memories are ours. The youth of today don't care or are derived. Who knows. Just saying.
@@tamasklotz5928 Life sure was different back than you didn't have to be suspicious of technology. Today it's hard to trust anything and so much of all we enjoy has a dark side. Your television, computer, and your phone can all be used to harm you or your family. Change is not always good for you.
I’m sorry you wasted my time and raised my blood pressure because I know what an 8 track is and now the rest of my day is slightly saddend
An 8 track player - it’s what killed the music industry soul in my opinion being a child of the 80s - but I wonder who invented it in retrospect and who all they killed and if they have John and Yokos 8 track player in a museum
@@user-bt6tl7xr5c I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. How can a device designed to make music sound better destroy it's soul?
The original is the best version out there, hands down
I agree...
Eu,nascida na década de 80,cresci ouvindo essa pérola,que delícia de música!
Um amor,um vinho e essa música,o date perfeito❤❤
So me falta um amor.
Hola
A este gran grupo musical los escucho de cuando estaba e 2do año de secundaria por aquellos años. Hoy tengo 70 y aun los escucho gracias a los avances de la ciencia.
Nossa fazia muito tempo que não ouviu essa música assistindo agora Sessão da Tarde.
52 years later and Tommy sings even better. What a legend. CLASSIC track! 💯
Love this!!! Does anybody else think that Tommy looks higher than a kite???😮
Yep. One of the drummers seemed to be keeping an eye on him to.