That is soo cool, I would have loved that on Prom night or ANY NIGHT at my school! I got to see them live in concert in SanFrancisco, Ca. That was soo exciting !
Yes & still today! Appreciate it more as I’m 73. I was close to these dudes in age.... best years then... hope they r at peace! Wish they had a better individual to help their career. They got screwed.
Great classic song. Takes me back to simpler carefree times, good times with friends,. We grew up with the greatest rock and roll music there ever was. And, we got along just fine without cell phones and computers.
I think "Walk Away Renee" and "Cherish" by The Association are the greatest songs about unrequited love ever written. The simplicity and haunting melodies drive the lyrics emotional message. Few have not felt that knawing queasy feeling about someone you love, and realizing they will never return those feelings. I've been there more than once.
@@ampornaudiethai7925 Absolutely! I had forgotten about that great Classics IV song with the beautiful vocals of Dennis Yost. Thanks for remembering “Traces”.
I AGREE AS THAT'S THE PERFECT DESCRIPTION, "HAUNTS"! I MET AND LOST MY LOVE AS A KID LISTENING TO THIS SONG! 55 YEARS LATER I STILL FEEL THE PAIN AND SONG! NO ONE CAN TELL ME THAT PUPPY LOVE IS NOT REAL AS I STILL LOVE HER! LOL!
@@snapnpiksallthetime7672 JUST 2 DAYS AGO I ACTUALLY HEARD THIS SONG ON THE RADIO AND I ASKED EVERYONE TO BE SILENT AS I WANTED TO LISTEN TO IT. MEMORIES.
It truly is a haunting song of unrequited love, and the maturity he shows by saying its not her fault. The heart wants what it wants, and nobody is to blame. The amazing thing is how young he was when he wrote the song. Just as good almost 60 years later. Great earworm to have stuck in your head.
Eyes alittle misty listening to this, a kid when they had their hey day, one of my favorite songs of the 1960s, they sound as good as they did back in '67, one of the best Pop ballards of all time ...
As a child of the Sixties, yes that decade was special, but let's not forget that there was a lot of pain and ugliness. JFK, MLK, RFK assassinations, Vietnam, lynchings in the South, racism, segregation...
This is a great performance of this song from my childhood. My first love and I carved are initials in a heart on a tree in hometown USA. My name is Renae and I walked away. He did not follow. Great memories of first love. Thank you for this post of this old hit.
So do I. He had the most wonderful voice I ever heard. Steve could sing to me 24 hrs a day & I'd never get tired of hearing his sweet, gorgeous voice. What a huge loss. ❤❤😢😢
This is my all time favorite song, ever. It is in its own category. Brilliant composition, and stand alone haunting sound effects. Steve's voice was meant to blend with the string instruments. Different, a good different.
These guys are real musicians, how they replicated this song again so perfectly half a century hence. Always loved this song. Wish I was there that night.
I am one too and this crowd sucked. It made me mad how weak the applause was after this. They did a great job after all these years. The average person doesn't realise how hard it is to replicate an original song. They deserved a big applause. Thumbs up to them.
hard to sing in tune that close together. they did a great job, because they Felt it, and i don't mind off notes here or there. It is a great song sung by the real guys. It was my honor to record it forty years ago. couldnt help it. love the song.
One of the very first songs I remember. I was born in 1964, all my siblings were at least 10 years older, and they played this song well beyond 1966, when it was released. I'm so thankful this beautiful tune is the first song I recall, compared to most born today.
Best recent live performance I've seen especially considering their age! Perfectly imperfect! This one, brought tears to my eyes. I am truly choked up. Thanks guys. Now I've got to hear it again at the risk of really breaking down... See also Pretty Ballerina performed with THE Michael Brown at BB Kings.
Just sad they've only got a few hundren followers and a bunch of thumbs down. I'm 53, grew up with this song, loved it to death, heard it hundreds of times, esp with iPods & RUclips. They did this song righteous, love this video, G*d bless them all.
I remember Mike Brown when he was 14 at 21 Falmouth Street in Brooklyn. He was my friend's younger brother. He used to ask me to teach him how to sing. Three years later I heard his great song on the radio.
I remember this young man I met back in the 1920s named Adolf. We were living in Germany at the time. He used to ask med how to dictate. 15 years later and I heard him on the radio.
@@obscuremusictabs5927 Yes. And he became your homosexual idol. You tried to join the Nazi Party but were rejected for having a half inch dick and outrageous rectal problems. But you're better now and ready to fulfill your dream of having Trump's asshole baby. How's it goin,' jerkoff?
Just the way I remember it in 1966. Years later I was in Paris and went down to the Left Banke to a little cafe. This song started going thru my mind and brought back some dear memories.
We can thank bass player Tom Finn's girlfriend, Renee Fladen for inspiring Keyboardist Michal Brown to write both Walk Away Renee and Pretty Balerina. Renee danced ballet in high school. Michael had an interest in Renee that was to never be. The Baroque strings and harpsichord define a unique genre - Baroque and Roll.. The flute solo was inspired by the Mamas and Papas California Dreamin'. This is a sad song of a love that was never going to be and the string arrangement produces a constant "crying" effect that complements the lyrics perfectly. This live performance is brilliant. The only thing that I would have changed was to extend the ending like this: You're not to ..., You're not to ..., You're not to blame. The Left Banke were just teenagers when they recorded Walk Away Renee and Pretty Balerina but their songs sound like they had way more years of musical experience than they did.
For God's sake... this recording is never going to be duplicated like the original group did it 47 yrs ago. however this rendition is probably one of the better ones that I have heard.... many kudo's to this group of musicians.
My group actually had the same management as them I remember their gold record up on the wall Walk Away Rene.It is a little pitchy but this is 50 years later and live.They do the job, great song great group,great times!!!
Great rendition of one of my favorite songs. Strings just add so much to any song. Never tire of hearing it or Pretty Ballerina for that matter. Thanks for sharing.
Have loved this song since it came out in 1966...can't decipher all the words...but it is a "roll down the car windows & turn up the volumne" tune all my life..
And when I see the sign that points one way The lot we used to pass by every day Just walk away, Renee You won't see me follow you back home The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same You're not to blame From deep inside the tears that I'm forced to cry From deep inside the pain that I chose to hide Just walk away, Renee You won't see me follow you back home Now, as the rain beats down upon my weary eyes For me, it cries Just walk away, Renee You won't see me follow you back home Now, as the rain beats down upon my weary eyes For me, it cries Your name and mine inside a heart upon a wall Still finds a way to haunt me though they're so small Just walk away, Renee You won't see me follow you back home The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same You're not to blame
My mom's funeral was on July 21, 2011. I read in the papers that The Left Banke was playing @ Littlefield's, right near me. I immediately got a ticket, only $20. It was part of this tour and one of the most beautiful concerts I've ever been to, and just the music I needed to hear. The street and the lot they sing about is near 205th Street and the Grand Concourse, the route I used to walk myself on the way to the subway from Bronx HS of Science.
How fast the years have passed, faster and faster each year as they progress! It was just yesterday and I was in the 7th grade in 1967, a dork experiencing feelings of absolutely pure love for the imaginary, exceptionally beautiful and wonderfully special woman of my dreams that was written into the best songs of the era...such as this one! Those were the first bittersweet times of my life, and I remember them well!
All those years later and they still had their charm! I guess they’re all gone now. Hope they made their peace and reconciliation to our heavenly Father through Jesus. Our time here is very short.
I recently remembered that song from pre 1970. I was born in 66 and I remembered hearing it before that. So I Googled. And here it is. I remembered being very very small and my older brother ( who's been gone 32 years) playing it over and over.
@@margfinn5889 I've been a violinist for 62 years and remember songs from that time. I'm fairly certain Buddy Holly started using strings on his later songs and the Beatles picked up on that. And I read that Michael Brown's father was a violinist.
Way back in 1966, went to a concert at Tampa convention Center and saw The Beach Boys,? And the Mysterians, the association and these guys. Absolutely fantastic show. A few years later I got to see this band in a small club in Sarasota Florida. They were absolutely amazing. Good times
This is fantastic! So good to hear this fine presentation of Left Banke. The lead singer does a great job of singing Steve's parts. Please come to California! Walk Away Renee is the second single I ever bought.
This is as good as it gets!!! This is such a "Great" "LIVE" video!!! The vocals are so clear and precise that it brings tears to my eyes. This is one of my Top 10 songs of my lifetime....These guys are brilliant and did such a fine job at there age.....Way to go! My favorite song of all times is New Colony 6 followed by The Left Banke and Pretty Ballerina....Two of the best songs ever, I think! :)
Paris, 1966, the end of summer just like now, already some dead leaves blowing toward the Seine, hearing this song. Going home, thinking that my novel was unpublishable, expecting nothing. Then everything happened. Luck. 56 years of luck. May it happen to you all.
just enjoy the moment. I grew up listening to the original, along with all the other lost classics. this IS a nice variation though. glad the song is still a hit to todays ears.
Based on that, I agree. It is written in the description "Recorded November 12, 2011 @ DromNYC, by our friend, Froilan Frovelos"... I thought he was talking about that live performance.
@@lehec Yes but you responded in 2018 which was 7 years later! So you would have to add 7 years to 2011 ( when it was 45 years old) making it 52 years old at that time
Love seeing this video. Those of us who caught their incredible live performances in 2012 were very lucky. Mike Fornatale did a fabulous job singing lead on the band's entire repertoire. I'm only sorry the band's comeback was so short.
I Was at this concert ..they opened for argent & the zombies ..but I mostly went to see “the left banke” the 1 of the 3 I had never had the opportunity to see previously, and always wanted to..thanks for posting this ..personal memory of the concert ..love(d) the left banke.
A fine version of an extraordinary song! I was going into 10th grade the summer it was released and the lasting impression it made is with me still. One of the best songs of that, or any, era!
I was 9 in 1966. And for being kids, we were very much in tune with all that was mod and psychedelic in terms of pop culture, music, art and clothing fashions. We wore Beatle boots, Neru shirts, striped flares, had variations on the Beatle haircut, the whole bit! I remember listening to the Left Bank on the radio and they were an integral part of the soundtrack of our young lives!
I think Pretty Bellerina,Walk Away Renee by The Left Banke and Things Id'e Like To Say and I will Alway's Think About You are 4 of the best.... soft... love songs ever written!!!! There all in my top 10 songs of all times! :)
I was at this concert downtown in downtown nyc ..they opened for for argent & the zombies ...but my main reason for going, was to see “the left banke” ...what a great blast from the past music night ..so glad to be blessed that i did...loved it ...1 of my most memorable small venue concert experiences .thanks for this superior memory video of it.
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF MUSIC I SAW THESE GUYS AT THE WHISKY ON THE SUNSET STRIP VERY EARLY ON I LEARNED THIS SONG UPON IT'S RELEASE AND STILL ADMIRE IT ALL THESE YEARS CARLOS GUITARLOS 90042 USA
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Beautiful song. The music from that era is the best and most heartfelt. ❤
Thank you, and God Bless…😻
The strings and flute add so much to this song. Almost like additional voices.
Check out the Southside Johnny version with the Sax.
These guys played at my high school prom in 1968... pretty cool.
Would that be William H Dickinson?
That is soo cool, I would have loved that on Prom night or ANY NIGHT at my school! I got to see them live in concert in SanFrancisco, Ca. That was soo exciting !
@@jackh870 yeah!
How cool is that.
kevin Quinn three degrees Celsius
One of the true classics from the 60s.
Thank you😻
@@margfinn5889 Thank YOU, Marg.
Yes & still today! Appreciate it more as I’m 73. I was close to these dudes in age.... best years then... hope they r at peace! Wish they had a better individual to help their career. They got screwed.
Over 50 years later and I still dig this tune---
Thank you♥️
Me too, luv.
Modern music leaves a lot to be desired!
This makes me wish it was 1966 again. Great years of my life.
The BEST. I was 13 yrs old.
Me, too. I'm missing my childhood tonight. I was 11 when this was popular....wish we could do it all over again!
Same. Things seemed so much simpler then. Friday night Shakey‘s pizza and a pitcher of beer. Lums restaurant an ollie burger and a pitcher of beer.
them sure was better daze , young and foolish was sure better than old and foolish
Bruh I’m 14 rn lol
Great classic song. Takes me back to simpler carefree times, good times with friends,. We grew up with the greatest rock and roll music there ever was. And, we got along just fine without cell phones and computers.
So very true Lars. Thank you and God Bless😻😻😻❤️❤️❤️
Yes we did
This is definitely one of the best tunes of the 60’s, I still remember when I was 9 hearing it on the radio, it has a magical quality. 🎶
@@stevekille447 Aw, thanks so much Steve😻😻😻
Couldn’t agree more 👍👍👍
Even after 47 years, the harmony is better than some of the stuff I hear today!
Right on brother.
@@kevinquinn3763 Ugh...that is a *FEMALE* you replied to, not a male.
@@allenkennedy6748 That's not nice.
That was an impressive performance and very well recorded
That is obviously playback! What we hear is not the performance that we see! So how they sounded ofter 47 years is still open to debate!
an all time classic from when i was 17 and still sounds good at 71:)
Many thanks Brian♥️😻
@@margfinn5889 your welcome:)
I like what you did there.
Do I have a twin? I'm 71 also. Music WAS music back the then!
I think "Walk Away Renee" and "Cherish" by The Association are the greatest songs about unrequited love ever written. The simplicity and haunting melodies drive the lyrics emotional message. Few have not felt that knawing queasy feeling about someone you love, and realizing they will never return those feelings. I've been there more than once.
Half heaven, half heartache by Gene Pitney from roughly the same era.
AGREED! And to make it even MORE direct, it was more than just one girl actually named Renee who was the 'unrequited love' in my case! :( :(
I would like to add "Traces"by the Classic IV on that list also.
@@ampornaudiethai7925 Absolutely! I had forgotten about that great Classics IV song with the beautiful vocals of Dennis Yost. Thanks for remembering “Traces”.
Add "Long Long Time" by Linda Ronstadt
What a lovely, melancholy song. They can do no wrong in my book. This song still haunts me all these years later.
I AGREE AS THAT'S THE PERFECT DESCRIPTION, "HAUNTS"! I MET AND LOST MY LOVE AS A KID LISTENING TO THIS SONG! 55 YEARS LATER I STILL FEEL THE PAIN AND SONG! NO ONE CAN TELL ME THAT PUPPY LOVE IS NOT REAL AS I STILL LOVE HER! LOL!
@@claudedalton8970 Yes I agree, I lost my fiance back in 86 and I still think of her listening to this song
@@snapnpiksallthetime7672 JUST 2 DAYS AGO I ACTUALLY HEARD THIS SONG ON THE RADIO AND I ASKED EVERYONE TO BE SILENT AS I WANTED TO LISTEN TO IT. MEMORIES.
It truly is a haunting song of unrequited love, and the maturity he shows by saying its not her fault. The heart wants what it wants, and nobody is to blame.
The amazing thing is how young he was when he wrote the song.
Just as good almost 60 years later.
Great earworm to have stuck in your head.
@@davidgraham2673 Agree - lovely insight.
Wow, they were killin' it! Live and at their age, their voices are still top shelf. Beautiful
@@Rogelio_007 Thank you 😻 Happy Holidays to you and yours🙏🙏🙏😻😻😻
Eyes alittle misty listening to this, a kid when they had their hey day, one of my favorite songs of the 1960s, they sound as good as they did back in '67, one of the best Pop ballards of all time ...
I think the whole world is going to realize one day what a special time in America the 60's & 70's were.Thanks. Bryan.
Don't forget the late 50's
The 60s despite or maybe because of vietnam were well worth the living.
Not just US 😊.
As a child of the Sixties, yes that decade was special, but let's not forget that there was a lot of pain and ugliness. JFK, MLK, RFK assassinations, Vietnam, lynchings in the South, racism, segregation...
considering what a hash it is now, you may be correct...
This is a great performance of this song from my childhood. My first love and I carved are initials in a heart on a tree in hometown USA. My name is Renae and I walked away. He did not follow. Great memories of first love. Thank you for this post of this old hit.
47 years later and the vocals are still great.
Loved the song when i was 12 and still do.
Thank you😻
This song still brings tears to my eyes. It makes me think about lost love ❤️
@@johnross8614 I know what you mean😢😻😻😻
A Masterpiece! Nice to see these gents still together and singing as well as they did in 1967. Some things just can't be improved upon. Well done men.
..I prefer the original with Steve Caro on lead vocals.
So do I. He had the most wonderful voice I ever heard. Steve could sing to me 24 hrs a day & I'd never get tired of hearing his sweet, gorgeous voice. What a huge loss. ❤❤😢😢
They knocked a home run with that song.
Thank you David😻👍🏻
This is my all time favorite song, ever. It is in its own category. Brilliant composition, and stand alone haunting sound effects. Steve's voice was meant to blend with the string instruments. Different, a good different.
@@dennisweaver5485 Thank you Dennis.. You are right that it is in a class of its own. God Bless😻😻😻
These guys are real musicians, how they replicated this song again so perfectly half a century hence. Always loved this song. Wish I was there that night.
Thank you
Me too
I am one too and this crowd sucked. It made me mad how weak the applause was after this. They did a great job after all these years. The average person doesn't realise how hard it is to replicate an original song. They deserved a big applause. Thumbs up to them.
Amazing song writing, so beautiful, heavy, haunting! I love it!
Thank you
I Love ❤️ too
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A 15 year old heartbroken boy in Brooklyn NY wrote this. 😔💔
monkfistlust...yes, his name was Michael Brown, RIP.....
And Steve Martin Caro's soulful voice captured the heartache perfectly in 1966.
Brings back memories. I think of my brother, who just died from COVID. He introduced me to the great music of the 60s.
@@whitelighttrainwreck3021 So sorry for your deep and personal loss. May your brother Rest in beautiful music.
hard to sing in tune that close together. they did a great job, because they Felt it, and i don't mind off notes here or there. It is a great song sung by the real guys. It was my honor to record it forty years ago. couldnt help it. love the song.
Thank you for your kind words.😻👍🏻
What a chorus. Emotional and beautiful.
One of the very first songs I remember. I was born in 1964, all my siblings were at least 10 years older, and they played this song well beyond 1966, when it was released. I'm so thankful this beautiful tune is the first song I recall, compared to most born today.
@@disoriented1 Sweet…thank you😻
Best recent live performance I've seen especially considering their age! Perfectly imperfect! This one, brought tears to my eyes. I am truly choked up. Thanks guys. Now I've got to hear it again at the risk of really breaking down... See also Pretty Ballerina performed with THE Michael Brown at BB Kings.
I went to BB Kings when I was passing through Memphis. Dropped in at Elvis's nearby as well.
Never tested up over a song, but I get what your saying
Thank you.
@@margfinn5889 You're so welcome. And now as I listen to it again, you guessed it, the tears are streaming...
It's a hauntingly beautiful song...
Just sad they've only got a few hundren followers and a bunch of thumbs down. I'm 53, grew up with this song, loved it to death, heard it hundreds of times, esp with iPods & RUclips. They did this song righteous, love this video, G*d bless them all.
I remember Mike Brown when he was 14 at 21 Falmouth Street in Brooklyn. He was my friend's younger brother. He used to ask me to teach him how to sing. Three years later I heard his great song on the radio.
Omg how cool was that? VERY!
Chalk that up to you never know huh?
I remember this young man I met back in the 1920s named Adolf. We were living in Germany at the time. He used to ask med how to dictate. 15 years later and I heard him on the radio.
@@obscuremusictabs5927 I suggest you see a German proctologist.
@@obscuremusictabs5927 Yes. And he became your homosexual idol. You tried to join the Nazi Party but were rejected for having a half inch dick and outrageous rectal problems. But you're better now and ready to fulfill your dream of having Trump's asshole baby. How's it goin,' jerkoff?
Just the way I remember it in 1966. Years later I was in Paris and went down to the Left Banke to a little cafe. This song started going thru my mind and brought back some dear memories.
Everlasting beautiful harmony, they still sound fine to me!
This one always gave me chills.....masterpiece.
We can thank bass player Tom Finn's girlfriend, Renee Fladen for inspiring Keyboardist Michal Brown to write both Walk Away Renee and Pretty Balerina. Renee danced ballet in high school. Michael had an interest in Renee that was to never be. The Baroque strings and harpsichord define a unique genre - Baroque and Roll.. The flute solo was inspired by the Mamas and Papas California Dreamin'. This is a sad song of a love that was never going to be and the string arrangement produces a constant "crying" effect that complements the lyrics perfectly.
This live performance is brilliant. The only thing that I would have changed was to extend the ending like this:
You're not to ...,
You're not to ...,
You're not to blame.
The Left Banke were just teenagers when they recorded Walk Away Renee and Pretty Balerina but their songs sound like they had way more years of musical experience than they did.
For God's sake... this recording is never going to be duplicated like the original group did it 47 yrs ago. however this rendition is probably one of the better ones that I have heard.... many kudo's to this group of musicians.
My group actually had the same management as them I remember their gold record up on the wall Walk Away Rene.It is a little pitchy but this is 50 years later and live.They do the job, great song great group,great times!!!
Eric Carmen's cover is also excellent and very similar to the original arrangement and in the original key of A.
@@eddieblack4568 I think the original was a little pitchy, also. We overlooked it because we loved the song & we were young.
The Four Tops did an excellent version as well.
Beautiful music. So much feeling is put into the wording and music is so heart felt. Great group. Great era. Voices are the same. It is amazing.
Thank you for your kind words. 😻😻
Great rendition of one of my favorite songs. Strings just add so much to any song. Never tire of hearing it or Pretty Ballerina for that matter. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much. Stay safe
Glad to see the live strings here for this performance. They were a major part of the original recording. One of my favorite songs too!
One of the great pop songs I love. Left Banke, Four Tops, Mermans Hermits and Linda Ronstad. All fantastic.
I think my favorite cover is Southside Johnny's version.
Also cowsills did it nice song by all who sing it
one of the best songs ever
Thank You….
Have loved this song since it came out in 1966...can't decipher all the words...but it is a "roll down the car windows & turn up the volumne" tune all my life..
And when I see the sign that points one way
The lot we used to pass by every day
Just walk away, Renee
You won't see me follow you back home
The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same
You're not to blame
From deep inside the tears that I'm forced to cry
From deep inside the pain that I chose to hide
Just walk away, Renee
You won't see me follow you back home
Now, as the rain beats down upon my weary eyes
For me, it cries
Just walk away, Renee
You won't see me follow you back home
Now, as the rain beats down upon my weary eyes
For me, it cries
Your name and mine inside a heart upon a wall
Still finds a way to haunt me though they're so small
Just walk away, Renee
You won't see me follow you back home
The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same
You're not to blame
Here you go
Love this song from way back when WDGY and KDWB in Minnesota played it!!!
@@Breezer56 Thank you.. wishing you and yours a happy and healthy 2025 and keep listening😻❤️
Amo essa música. O cantor Ronnie Von gravou uma versão ( Se alguém chorou).
My mom's funeral was on July 21, 2011. I read in the papers that The Left Banke was playing @ Littlefield's, right near me. I immediately got a ticket, only $20. It was part of this tour and one of the most beautiful concerts I've ever been to, and just the music I needed to hear. The street and the lot they sing about is near 205th Street and the Grand Concourse, the route I used to walk myself on the way to the subway from Bronx HS of Science.
Aw Carol. Sending you love and hugs. So happy to hear you loved the show♥️♥️♥️
These days trips to the rock 'n' roll vault are the best places to go to. Where else can you feel safe? And hear wonderful music like this.....
Thank you♥️
How fast the years have passed, faster and faster each year as they progress! It was just yesterday and I was in the 7th grade in 1967, a dork experiencing feelings of absolutely pure love for the imaginary, exceptionally beautiful and wonderfully special woman of my dreams that was written into the best songs of the era...such as this one! Those were the first bittersweet times of my life, and I remember them well!
Such a sweet memory. Thank you for sharing that with us wishing you and yours a happy and healthy new year.😻❤️
@@margfinn5889 Thanks Marge, wishing you a great New Year as well!
All those years later and they still had their charm! I guess they’re all gone now. Hope they made their peace and reconciliation to our heavenly Father through Jesus. Our time here is very short.
I recently remembered that song from pre 1970. I was born in 66 and I remembered hearing it before that. So I Googled. And here it is. I remembered being very very small and my older brother ( who's been gone 32 years) playing it over and over.
Than you for sharing that James. 👍🏻👏🏻♥️
One of my favorite songs ever and you did this song proud!!
@@valerievanetten3183 Aw, thank you so much😻😻❤️❤️❤️
The strings really bring that song to life!
Thank you… Yes they do😻
@@margfinn5889 I've been a violinist for 62 years and remember songs from that time. I'm fairly certain Buddy Holly started using strings on his later songs and the Beatles picked up on that. And I read that Michael Brown's father was a violinist.
@@janicemahan4772 yes Harry Lookofsky was a violinist as well😻
Breaks my heart that Michael Lookofsky is no longer with us. He was such an amazing talent
That he was👍🏻👏🏻😻
Reminder……Steve Martin Caro died in 2020 …..he sang the lead on walk away Renee and pretty ballerina.
Way back in 1966, went to a concert at Tampa convention Center and saw The Beach Boys,? And the Mysterians, the association and these guys. Absolutely fantastic show. A few years later I got to see this band in a small club in Sarasota Florida. They were absolutely amazing. Good times
This is fantastic! So good to hear this fine presentation of Left Banke. The lead singer does a great job of singing Steve's parts. Please come to California! Walk Away Renee is the second single I ever bought.
This is as good as it gets!!! This is such a "Great" "LIVE" video!!! The vocals are so clear and precise that it brings tears to my eyes. This is one of my Top 10 songs of my lifetime....These guys are brilliant and did such a fine job at there age.....Way to go!
My favorite song of all times is New Colony 6 followed by The Left Banke and Pretty Ballerina....Two of the best songs ever, I think! :)
A song that will stay with me forever for I had a Renee' that walked away--Lynn
Talk about haunting! This number brings me back to Bridgeport, Conn. and teen-age heartbreak. Love the harmonies. Miss you, Renee.
Michael, thank you for your comments. Happy, healthy New Year to you and yours❤️😻
one of the best songs ever written...
Thank you so much Joe..God Bless😻😻❤️❤️
Paris, 1966, the end of summer just like now, already some dead leaves blowing toward the Seine, hearing this song. Going home, thinking that my novel was unpublishable, expecting nothing. Then everything happened. Luck. 56 years of luck. May it happen to you all.
Thank you so much for your sweet, kind message and congratulations on all of your luck throughout the years. We’re wishing you the best.😻😻
Great to have one more video recording of them singing their hauntingly beautiful ballad!
Again, thanks so much for caring 😻😻😻
2021 ! All who cherish Left Banke's genius -- heart and art -- share a very special bond.
So very true. Thank you♥️
@@margfinn5889 Thank you Ms. Finn. My son -- Finn -- appreciates this singular art as well. Jason Kapnick MD / Palm Beach, FL
Wow, that really brings me back. I loved when you could actually hear and understand the words.
Thank You😻😻♥️
I Love This Little Song.
@@kennethhutto6420 Thank you 😻😻😻
A great song from the sixties that will live on forever.
So very true. Thank you😻
Even after we have gone.........
@@margfinn5889 Tyx for replying. Take care fan from Virginia originally from New York... still love this song & band...... 🙏❤️👍🔥🎶☮️
2021 All who cherish Left Banke's genius -- heart and art -- share a very special bond.
Still living on the proceeds of a song from 50 years ago! Great song; I wish I'd written it!
WOW, they've still got it.
What a good song. Probably one of the best breakup songs of a generation. I love it
Same here dude
just enjoy the moment. I grew up listening to the original, along with all the other lost classics. this IS a nice variation though. glad the song is still a hit to todays ears.
What an incredible performance. Sound quality, performance quality, everything. A gem. Thanks!
OMG, these guys are every bit as good now as they were back then!
What a great song, 52 years later= those first four notes do it for me...
Not 52 but 45!
I'm already un-consolably choked up by the time those first four notes have passed. ;)
@@lehec He's right! The song had it's 50th anniversary in 2016.1966/2016 is 50 years. In 2018 it was 52 years old
Based on that, I agree. It is written in the description "Recorded November 12, 2011 @ DromNYC, by our friend, Froilan Frovelos"... I thought he was talking about that live performance.
@@lehec Yes but you responded in 2018 which was 7 years later! So you would have to add 7 years to 2011 ( when it was 45 years old) making it 52 years old at that time
I've always loved this song. What a great harmonic progression!
WOW, They still got it !!! Great memories. I wish I could go back to the 60's >
60's were the best ever music wise !
@@JoeSwobodzien Thank You😻😻
1966 IS BACK! Wow, just as beautifully done!
One of he most beautiful love songs ever written because it was pure and came from the heart.
Thank you ❤️
I don't know what it is about this song that evokes so much emotion. It is a great, great song.
Thanks Jeff for sharing your feelings. It is a great song.😻🙏😻❤️❤️
Love seeing this video. Those of us who caught their incredible live performances in 2012 were very lucky. Mike Fornatale did a fabulous job singing lead on the band's entire repertoire. I'm only sorry the band's comeback was so short.
so precious, the original after all these years. The innocent years of 60's to present
Thank you❤️
jwaynes71: I really don't think that the 1960's was "innocent" and anyone that really lived them, I mean REALLY lived them, would know that well.
I so loved this song & Loved thus extraordinary group!
Thank you♥️
I Was at this concert ..they opened for argent & the zombies ..but I mostly went to see “the left banke” the 1 of the 3 I had never had the opportunity to see previously, and always wanted to..thanks for posting this ..personal memory of the concert ..love(d) the left banke.
Cool, you got to see Rod Argent. I would have gone for that.
A fine version of an extraordinary song! I was going into 10th grade the summer it was released and the lasting impression it made is with me still. One of the best songs of that, or any, era!
Thank you so much for your kind words. 😻
@@margfinn5889 You are most welcome.
Yes my first wife Renee walked away. I don't hold anger to her and moved on. I only wish her the best and forgive her. We have a wonderful daughter. ✌
I was 9 in 1966. And for being kids, we were very much in tune with all that was mod and psychedelic in terms of pop culture, music, art and clothing fashions. We wore Beatle boots, Neru shirts, striped flares, had variations on the Beatle haircut, the whole bit! I remember listening to the Left Bank on the radio and they were an integral part of the soundtrack of our young lives!
Lead singer Mike Fornatale is an amazing vocalist, musician and a wonderful person!
Thank you. We’re you at the Cutting Room last night? What a show👍🏻👏🏻
Dj Pete's brother
🌹One of My Favorite Original Songs. R.I.P. Left Banke😢
They still sound fabulous Listening from Youngstown, Ohio
I think Pretty Bellerina,Walk Away Renee by The Left Banke and Things Id'e Like To Say and I will Alway's Think About You are 4 of the best.... soft... love songs ever written!!!! There all in my top 10 songs of all times! :)
I was at this concert downtown in downtown nyc ..they opened for for argent & the zombies ...but my main reason for going, was to see “the left banke” ...what a great blast from the past music night ..so glad to be blessed that i did...loved it ...1 of my most memorable small venue concert experiences .thanks for this superior memory video of it.
Wow! They sound just as fresh and wonderful as when I first heard them back in the old days. Way to go left bank.
Thank you Colette. They did sound wonderful 😻
Man, where is stuff like this today?
I need a time machine!
@@timturrill Thank you👍🏻👏🏻😻
@@timturrill Thank you…😻😻
So great. You guys should release music and dvd's every week. Thank so much inspiringly impressive. Thanks again.
They still got it! Wonderful!
LOVE THIS SONG! I WAS A LOVE-STRUCK KID LISTENING TO A BAND THAT DID IT QUITE WELL AS SHE SLOW DANCED WITH SOMEONE ELSE!....WEEEEEEE!!!!...LOL!
A FLAWLESS SONG THANK'S.
Sounds incredibly close to the studio version.
It was cool that they brought the strings onstage with them to re-capture that sound. :)
I loved this song back in the day
Thank you Roger😻
This brought me joy. Great song.
I was only 6 when this came out, but remember it like yesterday!
Sweet♥️
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF MUSIC
I SAW THESE GUYS AT THE WHISKY ON THE SUNSET STRIP VERY EARLY ON
I LEARNED THIS SONG UPON IT'S RELEASE AND STILL ADMIRE IT ALL THESE YEARS
CARLOS GUITARLOS 90042 USA
Thank you Carlos👍🏻😻
I named my daughter Rene partly because of this song.....and of another Rene I knew long ago. ;-)
Sweet. Thank you. 😻
Well, at least you didn't name her 'Walk Away'. :-)