Awesome. Those Cowsill blood harmonies are sooo spine-tingling great! Never seen this video before. Bill's playing a 12-string. Stellar talents. They were big but had Bud not mismanaged them so horribly, they likely would've been a monster musical juggernaut.
You are SO right. This family should have been a bigger and more successful group achieving the recognition and appreciation they deserve. Bud ruined that for them.
Che professionisti! È incredibile. Canta la canzone in italiano così, come se fosse niente. E anche senza accento. Ed era considerato un gruppo 'leggero', Bubbles gum....
Holy cow! This family never ceases to amaze me. I don't know where you found this performance. But it was stunning! Such sumptuous harmonies. Billy Cowsill's powerful singing voice rises to the top of his family's abundant and beautiful singing. Bob did an admirable job taking over lead singing duties after their stupid father Bud fired Bill from the group AND FAMILY. But Bill was destined to be a lead vocalist. He was just too good. Thank you for posting.
They played some other gigs while in Italy, including Paul's first appearnces with the group. Susan was mentioned in an Italian newpaper, that when it was her solo spot onstage, she dedicated her vocal song to Davy Jones of The Monkees. ♥
An interesting song, sadly not appreciated by the audience of the time. The lyrics are about a man named Bartholomew who works in a factory drilling holes on iron slabs, who wants instead to be a poet and dreams of the day in which he will reach fame and fortune with his verses, and everyone will know "Bartholomew's works", which is the title of this song.
I can't understand a word they're singing, but I can't get enough of this. Everybody sounds great, and, I know it's silly, but John doing his little marches are so cute. It looks like he may have had a growth spurt...he is taller than Barry in this video!
Were they Italian and they knew how to speak Italian? Or did they have to practice this for God only knows how long before they actually recorded it in Italian? Is there an English version of them singing this song?
If they were not Italian how long do you think it took them to learn this song in Italian? Or was it not them actually singing it it was actually musicians that knew the song in Italian?
@@zorenxam4693 It's actually them, they also recorded the song on record which I recently got in a second hand shop. In Italy we have an annual Song Festival, Sanremo, that airs on tv which is huge and it's been going on, as you can see, for a long time. In the 60s, artists running in the competition used to perform in pair with another artist, so they would not perform the song together but they'd make two separate performances of the same Italian song. In this case, The Cowsills were performing the same song brought by The Rokes, one of the most popular bands in Italy in the 60s (they were actually british, but moved to Italy and became part of our popular culture) So a lot of times it'd happen that they would bring foreign artists along, and it's a long list actually: you can find italian songs recorded by Paul Anka, Ben E. King, Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark, Sonny & Cher, Mary Hopkin, The Yardbirds, The Cowsills, and the list is quite long. It wasn't unusual at all back then, and even outside of Sanremo I can think of cases where artists recorded songs in italian, like The Rolling Stones (there's a version of As Tears Goes By in italian sang by Jagger himself). Different, beautiful times which I didn't live as I'm quite young so sorry if I said something wrong, but that's what I know :)
The Cowsills were just very talented and could do just about anything. John was playing drums and singing at age 10 and very well at that. He's now drumming for The Beach Boys.
Roadie-ing with Richard. This San Remo Festival was held in early February '68. Paul wasn't listed on an album until 'Captain Sad' which came out in September '68, though he did start to appear onstage with them not long after this performance.
@@blackmore4 Actually, Paul made his first concert appearances during that trtip to Italy to replace Bill who had to fly back to the states to finish his schooling. He was about to graduate high school.
Hanno fatto miracoli con le loro voci; il brano era probabilmente scritto per i Rokes, anche se la loro interpretazione è risultata poi incerta e sgraziata.
@@marcomarando9409 ma infatti niente da dire contro di loro. É proprio la canzone che mi sembra proprio inappropriata e fuori luogo per Sanremo stesso. Infatti i the Rokes erano quasi al tramonto e questa canzoncina banalotta e per niente in linea con i gusti del tempo non li ha di certo aiutati
Si secondo me hai ragione, non é proprio una canzone adatta al festival di Sanremo. Loro sono bravi per carità, ma il testo e l'arrangiamento di questa canzone fanno pietà. Non mi stupisce che sia stata cacciata a calci dalla competizione
Awesome. Those Cowsill blood harmonies are sooo spine-tingling great! Never seen this video before. Bill's playing a 12-string. Stellar talents. They were big but had Bud not mismanaged them so horribly, they likely would've been a monster musical juggernaut.
You are SO right. This family should have been a bigger and more successful group achieving the recognition and appreciation they deserve. Bud ruined that for them.
Che professionisti! È incredibile. Canta la canzone in italiano così, come se fosse niente. E anche senza accento. Ed era considerato un gruppo 'leggero', Bubbles gum....
Thank you for this comment. I loved this performance and was wondering if their Italian pronunciation was good.
Holy cow! This family never ceases to amaze me. I don't know where you found this performance. But it was stunning! Such sumptuous harmonies. Billy Cowsill's powerful singing voice rises to the top of his family's abundant and beautiful singing. Bob did an admirable job taking over lead singing duties after their stupid father Bud fired Bill from the group AND FAMILY. But Bill was destined to be a lead vocalist. He was just too good. Thank you for posting.
That is completely nuts. They were so damn brilliant.
Are you kidding meeee? they are amazing!!! this is new to my ears, it's beautiful!!!
Barbara looks genuinely happy here.
They played some other gigs while in Italy, including Paul's first appearnces with the group. Susan was mentioned in an Italian newpaper, that when it was her solo spot onstage, she dedicated her vocal song to Davy Jones of The Monkees. ♥
Bei ricordi della mia gioventù.
HALL OF FAME TALENT
An interesting song, sadly not appreciated by the audience of the time. The lyrics are about a man named Bartholomew who works in a factory drilling holes on iron slabs, who wants instead to be a poet and dreams of the day in which he will reach fame and fortune with his verses, and everyone will know "Bartholomew's works", which is the title of this song.
Interesting back story. Thank you. I appreciate that.
I can't understand a word they're singing, but I can't get enough of this. Everybody sounds great, and, I know it's silly, but John doing his little marches are so cute. It looks like he may have had a growth spurt...he is taller than Barry in this video!
Agreed. John is so energized and adorable in this. They all seem so excited to sing something different and interesting musically.
Festival of the _Italian song_ - 18th edition. *LE OPERE DI BARTOLOMEO* (Music by Ruggero Cini - Words by Sergio Bardotti).
suz is adorable...
obrigado pelo video nunca tinha achado compleo,
Sanremo 1968 con i rocks
I don't believe I've ever seen these before.
Weekday a wild song!
Sanremo festival 68' italy
Meglio dei Rokes, senz'altro.
Si era una canzone coraggiosa musicalmente, per quegli anni, a Sanremo.. A me è sempre piaciuta, cantata da loro..
AMAZING!!! anyone have the full show?
Did they do more songs?
Yes and Italian version of We Can Fly. Many years ago, I saw it here on UA-cam, but can't find it anymore.
Su per be!!!!!
a Sanremo erano in coppia con i Rokes
Were they Italian and they knew how to speak Italian? Or did they have to practice this for God only knows how long before they actually recorded it in Italian? Is there an English version of them singing this song?
They are not Italian.
No English version.
Fa fa fa fa. Means ago ago ago ago
If they were not Italian how long do you think it took them to learn this song in Italian? Or was it not them actually singing it it was actually musicians that knew the song in Italian?
@@zorenxam4693 It's actually them, they also recorded the song on record which I recently got in a second hand shop. In Italy we have an annual Song Festival, Sanremo, that airs on tv which is huge and it's been going on, as you can see, for a long time. In the 60s, artists running in the competition used to perform in pair with another artist, so they would not perform the song together but they'd make two separate performances of the same Italian song. In this case, The Cowsills were performing the same song brought by The Rokes, one of the most popular bands in Italy in the 60s (they were actually british, but moved to Italy and became part of our popular culture) So a lot of times it'd happen that they would bring foreign artists along, and it's a long list actually: you can find italian songs recorded by Paul Anka, Ben E. King, Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark, Sonny & Cher, Mary Hopkin, The Yardbirds, The Cowsills, and the list is quite long. It wasn't unusual at all back then, and even outside of Sanremo I can think of cases where artists recorded songs in italian, like The Rolling Stones (there's a version of As Tears Goes By in italian sang by Jagger himself). Different, beautiful times which I didn't live as I'm quite young so sorry if I said something wrong, but that's what I know :)
The Cowsills were just very talented and could do just about anything. John was playing drums and singing at age 10 and very well at that. He's now drumming for The Beach Boys.
Thank you so much for this info! i had no idea!
Bilingual fame
completo... desculpe.
Where's Paul?
Roadie-ing with Richard. This San Remo Festival was held in early February '68. Paul wasn't listed on an album until 'Captain Sad' which came out in September '68, though he did start to appear onstage with them not long after this performance.
@@blackmore4 Actually, Paul made his first concert appearances during that trtip to Italy to replace Bill who had to fly back to the states to finish his schooling. He was about to graduate high school.
Le voci sono belle, la canzone meno ,niente finale per loro.
Hanno fatto miracoli con le loro voci; il brano era probabilmente scritto per i Rokes, anche se la loro interpretazione è risultata poi incerta e sgraziata.
@@marcomarando9409 ma infatti niente da dire contro di loro. É proprio la canzone che mi sembra proprio inappropriata e fuori luogo per Sanremo stesso. Infatti i the Rokes erano quasi al tramonto e questa canzoncina banalotta e per niente in linea con i gusti del tempo non li ha di certo aiutati
😭😭😭😵👎👎 Ma siamo alla Corrida?
Beato te che nel 1968 avevi già internet e votavi Lega!
@@ashratempel5094 se vuole provocare non sono il tipo.
Le ricordo Ke nel 68 la lega non esisteva.
Si informi prima di scrivere scemate.
Beh certo, meglio la merda che c è oggi nella TV italiana
Per me è una cagata pazzesca
Dicevano lo stesso di "Crosstown traffic" di Jimi Hendrix uscita in quell'anno.
invece cantano meglio degli Angeli
Si secondo me hai ragione, non é proprio una canzone adatta al festival di Sanremo. Loro sono bravi per carità, ma il testo e l'arrangiamento di questa canzone fanno pietà. Non mi stupisce che sia stata cacciata a calci dalla competizione