I am 73 and the other day it occurred to me that I can remember every name, first and last name, of the handful of people I worked with on my first full-time job 55 years ago, but I cannot remember a single name of anyone I worked with the last years before I retired 8 years ago.
@@god-madevideos8608 I'm 76and this is not the first time I've come across this song. Later this year I plan to see Justin Hayward and later ELO...bucket list. I'm still working as a Construction Safety Officer and doing First Aid. Better than developing dry rot.
These days are long gone , what a shame . These songs and music were amazing for all of us . People my age , 64, will. never forget these songs . Thank you .
Really great live version. No lip-synching! I have always thought that Spanky had a great voice. She was underrated and didn't get the attention and accolades that she deserved. I don't want to leave out the rest of the band either. Great vocal arrangement and playing!
As a guitarist of 60 years and weekend performer of 35, I can say that I heartily agree. Spanky was as good as Judith Durham, whom I loved also ... And the back up guys were dead-on.
This live performance was on the Mike Douglas talk show in 1967. It was in a TV studio, not on a sound stage, and live in front of a talk show studio audience. There was no auto-tuning, and no backing track, and probably a two camera shot. In light of all that, what a remarkable performance, with lead vocals and harmonies that very few performers of today would attempt live, even with all of the software assisted aides available. Really a historical glimpse of how real artists and performers used to be.
Yes Thomas, might be the most iconic year for folk, pop, experimental music ever. I was16-17 and so much beautiful musical art bombarding my head! Yeah!
This song breaks my heart. Not simply the lyrics, but it's LIVE and yet, pretty much as good as any track recorded for an album. Incredible talent, ZERO computers used to make it, and her vocals were spot on. Now, everything "popular" (fed to kids/young people) is just the opposite.
You're very right about this amazing live performance. So great. I'm not sure if I'd discount all modern pop though... It's a different kind of performance, but there are some extremely talented musicians and creators behind those computers. That stuff doesn't write itself.
The last time I saw my mother alive was on a Sunday morning ! I would go over to see her and give my father a breather from taking care of her in her last months! He would go to church and then do shopping or visit with friends! After my mother past and I wouldn't go over on Sundays anymore I found myself shopping in a grocery store on a Sunday morning and this song came on! I felt my mother's presence and a feeling of her telling me she's at peace! Everytime I hear this song I know shes at peace but it still saddens me that she's gone! Love this song!! Rip mom!!
Elaine, if you ever see this and read any of these comments, thank you for all your beautiful music, I had a crush on you and still do, you are beautiful i love you and always will
You are right but tell these young people of this creepy world now about her, not only would they not know who she was or how great she and her group were, but they couldn't care less either!!!!!
@@21CCommunIT I know and they weren't the same without Cass, but Elaine Macfarlane (Spanky) could of had a huge solo career but unfortunately didnt really persue it!
@@jamescalifornia2964 Oh, definitely. Mercury Records was one of the best sounding studios in the business. This song would have been on 8 track or 16 track MultiTrack tape in 1967. Lots of tracks available for layering backup vocals in the studios.
There were so many incredible harmonies then. I'm not sure young people today understand harmony. Different groups had different harmonies. From Motown to Mamas and Papas to CSNY. What a great time for music! Glad I was there to enjoy it.
Excellent live version of this beautiful song. No lip synching, no choreographed dancers; just great talent here. Elaine has an awesome voice and was really cute. Sadly, she was very underrated and deserves so much more recognition.
I agree. Sometimes I ponder the "wheres" and the "whyfores" of the decline of good vocal music. I think it can be traced to the advent of MTV, when the focus changed from "what we hear" to "what we see". We went from real vocal talent and cascading harmonies to choreographed dancing, lip-synching, and auto-tune, not to mention rapping. :(
Although Spanky had a deeper, darker, huskier voice compared to Grace Slick, She was more than capable of matching her volume when belting. Definitely an underrated singer!
I agree that this is a great song. Great singing, great arrangement, great playing. Still, not all those who use auto tune do so to cover a bad voice. Rather, they like the effects that they can create with auto tune. No one can honestly say that Cher has anything but a fine voice, perhaps even a great voice. Yet she uses auto tune in "Believe." It works brilliantly. So you may not like the sound of auto tune, but there are singers who have nothing to hide but like what auto tune does stylistically. Everyone is welcome to their preferences, but to issue a blanket indictment of auto tune is unfair to many singers.
@@johnlomax303 The truth is that the producers were tuning Cher's voice because she was flat. They tried to hide this by making up a cover story. In the past a singer would be made to punch in or do another take. Now they just 'tune' and it sucks. A producer autotuned my voice once and it pissed me off. I'd have gladly punched in and fixed the spot. He did it later without telling me, and released the track. I could tell instantly that it was autotune.
@@em7dim9 Things I never knew, but I'm not a recording artist, engineer, or producter. Sorry about what that producer did to you. An artist ought to have some control over production, and veto power over any particular recording decision. As for Cher, she did a lot of recording before autotune and, to my untutored ear, she sounds in tune. That she was chronically flat or had gone flat in her old age may be so, but the entirety of "Believe" has autotune, and it sounds good. I have to think that Cher had a substantial degree of control over that production and hence that SHE liked the massive application of autotune. So do I. Of course, there are artists who couldn't carry a tune in a bucket, but they are great singers, especially of their own songs. Bob Dylan, Janice Jopiin, and Chris Christofferson come to mind, but I'm sure that there are many more. I like what they do with their voices. A lot. Still, it is good to hear a good, clear voice that is perfectly on pitch. But perfect pitch is not the only good, or even the greatest good. It suits some artists well. I like their voices too. Joan Baez, for example. Others may have it but be unable to do anything useful with it. In any case, that kind of voice is indispensable only for opera. Certainly not for rock music. Different strokes for different folks. I just tire of comments from those who cannot praise a singer who sings on pitch without dumping on those who don't fit their notion of good singing. Can we not have many styles? Do we not have many good songs from great artists, even those who freely employ autotune?
@@johnlomax303 Agreed that the situation with Cher was all about her aging voice. As for Bob Dylan, I never understood the criticisms. His pitch was spot-on perfect every time. He had a funny intonation that people interpret as bad singing, but they were wrong; very talented vocalist. The main beef I have with autotune is the overuse, making everyone sound like robots. It was a fun novelty at first.
The Mike Douglas Show was noteworthy for being just about the only variety show after 1965 (or so) to allow bands to play truly live. Ed Sullivan allowed it through the 50s and early 60s, but then, by 1966, most bands on the Sullivan show were bringing pre-recorded backing tracks, though the vocals were live. I think Sullivan (and most of the other shows) wanted the people at home to hear songs as close to how the record sounded as possible. The Douglas Show was and would continue to be be, well into the 70s, a last refuge for truly live music. As for this clip? Love it! Spanky's so cute! Love the bangs. Great voice. Great vocal arrangement.
I'm blown away with her vocals. I always thought the recordings were great but this shows real harmonies and vocals. Its no wonder they were such a hit in 67 and 68. Great years and bring me back to Sunshine rock...sure miss that.
@@BigD53 That's right. Chuck. Cashman, Pistilli, and West. Gene Pistilli was also one of the original members of Manhattan Transfer. The album was "Jukin'."
I'm a sixties teenager and that's quite an instrument she has there. And the pure performance is just as good as the studio copy of the record. Great stuff. And to think this was coming out at the same time as Mama's and Papa's, Seekers, Peter, Paul and Mary and the Beatles. We were graced with the other end of the spectrum also with Ed Ames, Dean Martin, Neil Sedaka, Andy Williams and all the fabulous one-hit wonders of every genre! Not to mention the Moody Blues and ... you get the picture. It was a great time to listen to music.
Jay Todd , I agree. Whatever else one thinks of the 50's, 60's and 70's I really do believe it was the golden era of popular music, especially the 60's.
@@kennyhuskisson2684 I like 60s, 70s, 80s music for different reasons. 60s because of music like this. 70s because I was in high school and that music brings back those memories. 80s because there was so much variety and a lot of one-hit wonders
Wow, its pretty difficult trying to accurately describe just how great this live performance actually is. This new frontier of musical youth were so talented and brave, thinking and living against the establishment, while over and over again stepping out in front of television cameras, broadcast to millions upon millions of people all over the world.
We've all heard and loved this group and especially this tune on our radios for years, but to now hear this performed live, is like discovering it all over again!!! I'm mesmerized, especially by Elaine's towering voice!! The musical passion we witnessed in the sixties will never be replicated. Thank you 'Spanky and our Gang' for the great music you gave us and also to Mike Douglas, who I remember watching his daily talk show as a kid, for showcasing such amazing talent from Philly!! :-)
This group had such a distinct style. And she had SUCH a distinct voice. Tremendous '60s memories to cherish. God, they were such good times. Crazy, sometimes, but still good overall.
Nice to see these guys not lip-syncing to their record. Who else played their songs live when appearing on T.V. -I have loved and enjoyed them since I was 10. This song has never grown stale.
Somewhere in a box in my house is the 45 of this song, purchased while it was still in the Top 40. I've gone from a 13 year old kid buying hits to a semi-retired semi-professional musician, and I'm watching this pure, unadulterated live performance, and I'm speechless. Amazing.
Everybody knows that American Bandstand started here, but we were really blessed to have the Mike Douglas Show here in Philly. At first blush, it seemed like a talk show with old people and old acts. But it's amazing to look back and see just how many of our groups played (and I mean PLAYED, as in live) on that show. Lots of bands on their way up. Obviously, if "Sunday Will Never Be the Same" was their "new song", it was early on in their fame, and that's borne out looking at their clothes and look. Still to come was the glitz of stardom. Nice to watch. So, thank you to Mr. Mike Douglas, Lord rest his soul. Before acts were big enough to make it on Bandstand or Sullivan, Mike's show was a springboard to success. There's nothing like it anymore.
This was a wonderful time to be a kid....A time when life was.... Groovy... Real musicians, real talent... Loved Spanky McFarland and RIP Malcolm Hale...
There are only two surviving veterans of the band.... "Spanky" McFarlane and John "The Chief" Seiter. Paul "Oz" Bach, Nigel Pickering, Malcolm Hale, Kenny Hodges, and "Lefty" Baker are all gone. After Spanky & Our Gang folded in 1969, Seiter added his services on drums with The Turtles, following the departure of Johny Barbata.
What a solid group and great vocals by spanky and the guys! And those burns/Baldwin guitars. Oz on the club bass, Nigel on the double six and malcolm playing the vibraslim.
Wow, this is actually really good.... They can harmonize on point and sing and play those instruments in tune and in time.... The sixties were something else
▶︎❈◀︎ Mike Douglas was sadly underrated, he had a million musical guests that you wouldn't expect for a conventional variety tv talk show. I remember seeing John Lennon (and Yoko), David Bowie, and a million other great performers. The golden age of television was really the 1960s. I don't think with 1,000 cable and online shows there are any variety shows left.
A lot of people can relate to this song - they lost their baby's heart - I must be on the sun is gone - Sunday will never be the same - when you're 70 and experienced nobody waiting for you - then you can relate to this beautiful song!
@@EBthere no, anyone with a brain would not. Check out a band called real estate, the essex green, beach fossils, war paint, etc. There are hundreds of modern bands that are just as good as ever. You just haven't heard them because you listen to one radio station and expect it to play everything
She had such a PHENOM voice! And to think that this was a LIVE performance. I was always surprised they were not as popular as Mama Cass and the Papa's? Loved this....thanks for sharing this. Richard
By far the most under rated host was Mike Douglas.His interviews with everyone from Ali Kennedy family Lennon are superb.If you dont believe me watch them on YT.Merv and johnny got the most attention but Mike s down to earth sincere style let the stars be themselves with him.
@@Mike-yg8ig Yes he was but the best talk shows that were great with serious talks and fabulous entertainment came from the 3 best : Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas and the lovely Dinah Shore You Better Believe it !!!!!
born in the LATE 60's. grew-up in the 1980's on El Debarge, Michael Jackson, Duran, Duran. New Edition, and Madonna. I LOVE this. some of the best music of all time came out the 1960's. GREAT DECADE FOR MUSIC. and the music business.
Oz Bach was my patient here in Asheville back in the mid 90's. I remember talking to him before I did a CT scan on him on day. We were talking about him being in the Spanky and Our Gang group and later on he passed away from cancer.
Yes, the Asheville VA kept turning Oz away until the cancer became incurable! Had we stayed in Miami they would likely have caught it in time. Still so sadly missed!
As a musician in a band, I am really impressed with this live performance. For the sound technology of the day, this band really pulled off a professionally sounding performance.
The Mike Douglas Show had actual live performances, which stands out today... Frank Zappa playing "Black Napkins" thru a tiny Pignose with the house band is another great one!
I've always loved this song. This is great seeing live music on TV. Mike Douglas was dependable for deliveriing great act. And it's live, a rarity for the era. Spanky really belts it out. Thanks for this!
Leave it to the guy that told me to call him Uncle Mike. Mike Douglas was so underrated but was a true legend in the Talk Show Field and always wanted the acts to Sing Live as it showed the true singers from the not so true. Spanky And Our Gang were true performers as you can see here. My Aunt Dottie was Mikes Liaison to Group W and Westinghouse and Mike always said she was his right Hand.
Im 74, and I can still remember the words to this song, yet I can't remember what I did 20 minutes ago.
The song was memorable and maybe 20 minutes ago wasn't that memorable ha ha 😉 😅 😆 🤔
I am 73 and the other day it occurred to me that I can remember every name, first and last name, of the handful of people I worked with on my first full-time job 55 years ago, but I cannot remember a single name of anyone I worked with the last years before I retired 8 years ago.
@@god-madevideos8608 I'm 76and this is not the first time I've come across this song. Later this year I plan to see Justin Hayward and later ELO...bucket list.
I'm still working as a Construction Safety Officer and doing First Aid. Better than developing dry rot.
LOL, I believe when you remember last century much more then this century, it's a natural old age occurrence.
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I would love for one of the 90 thumbs down to explain to me why. This is a totally live performance, without enhancements, and I think they did great!
Obviously Kiss fans
I like this better than the record what a voice 👌
Too damn beautiful of a song
Probably haters. I hope they don't perform at children's parties.
Agree 100%
Happy 80th birthday, Spanky McFarlane! 🎂🎂
(June 19th).
These days are long gone , what a shame . These songs and music were amazing for all of us . People my age , 64, will. never forget these songs . Thank you .
I seconde that! except I'm 67
Never Forget !!! 69 z.
This is live, not a lip sic job. These are real musicians.
absolutely live! The opening sounds like the Swingle Singers for a bit. It must be the Bach influence. Those Burns guitars have a unique sound.
They could sing
@@JOHNWLOUCKS - I see a 12 string 👌🎶
@@jamescalifornia2964 Yes you do! it's a Burns 12 string.
@@jamescalifornia2964 I think that model was called the Double Six and was used by the Searchers and the Honey Combs among other bands
Really great live version. No lip-synching! I have always thought that Spanky had a great voice. She was underrated and didn't get the attention and accolades that she deserved. I don't want to leave out the rest of the band either. Great vocal arrangement and playing!
As a guitarist of 60 years and weekend performer of 35, I can say that I heartily agree. Spanky was as good as Judith Durham, whom I loved also ... And the back up guys were dead-on.
She had a great voice! No doubt about that!
A second rate Judith Durham (The Seekers).
Spanky's daughter Eleanor McPharland is a great singer indeed.
Anyone that can fill in for Mama Cass has to have a great voice.
This live performance was on the Mike Douglas talk show in 1967. It was in a TV studio, not on a sound stage, and live in front of a talk show studio audience. There was no auto-tuning, and no backing track, and probably a two camera shot. In light of all that, what a remarkable performance, with lead vocals and harmonies that very few performers of today would attempt live, even with all of the software assisted aides available. Really a historical glimpse of how real artists and performers used to be.
Wow! Professional musicians actually performing! Almost unbelievable.
Also, no earpiece, and just basic audio equipment. Smallish amp, etc.
Just a phenomenal song from the greatest year in music, 1967. Period, case closed!!!
Agree! 68 was still pretty good to!
I wish I could do 1967 over again and she would have been gone.
Yes Thomas, might be the most iconic year for folk, pop, experimental music ever. I was16-17 and so much beautiful musical art bombarding my head! Yeah!
Elaine ' Spanky ' McFarlane, what a set of pipes....aloha
I totally agree and she's cute too.
And a great ear, too!
Love them! Good ol days!
I'm guessing that you're from Alaska?
@@heli-crewhgs5285 I don't know what would give you that idea, but no, i'm in San Diego. A California native....Aloha fellow traveler
This song breaks my heart. Not simply the lyrics, but it's LIVE and yet, pretty much as good as any track recorded for an album. Incredible talent, ZERO computers used to make it, and her vocals were spot on. Now, everything "popular" (fed to kids/young people) is just the opposite.
You're very right about this amazing live performance. So great. I'm not sure if I'd discount all modern pop though... It's a different kind of performance, but there are some extremely talented musicians and creators behind those computers. That stuff doesn't write itself.
Not just her vocals spot on - everybody's vocals.
I agree, just like the album. Very impressive 👏
@riteous2 Back then so few people had ' issues '.
Modern life is rubbish
The last time I saw my mother alive was on a Sunday morning ! I would go over to see her and give my father a breather from taking care of her in her last months! He would go to church and then do shopping or visit with friends! After my mother past and I wouldn't go over on Sundays anymore I found myself shopping in a grocery store on a Sunday morning and this song came on! I felt my mother's presence and a feeling of her telling me she's at peace! Everytime I hear this song I know shes at peace but it still saddens me that she's gone! Love this song!! Rip mom!!
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I fully understand. I fully get it . I lived it also
here we go attention seeking addicts who will use family members passing for sympathy
@@peterm1826 You've got that tone deaf thing down. Go away.
Passed .
What an awesome big voice Spanky had. Fearless and absolutely no gimmickry.
Spanky Mcfarlane was truly one of the greatest female pop singers ever. Very underated! She had a great vocal range as well.
Thank you for recognizing this !!!!!
not under rated .. You must be joking
Her and Cass Elliot were very under rated...............................
and she wasn't a bad looking woman either.
@@BennyCFD This woman couldn't carry the sandals of Cass Elliot. No comparison.
Spanky has a sledgehammer of a voice.
No kidding!
a strong contralto for sure !!!!
Amen man, cuts through like a laser.
Team her up with Cass Elliot
they needed a sound engineer to dial her back on that one
Loved them growing up as a kid in the 60's and 70's. Great job here. Love you Spanky (Elaine).
Elaine, if you ever see this and read any of these comments, thank you for all your beautiful music, I had a crush on you and still do, you are beautiful i love you and always will
I'm 64, Wes ... stand in line. AND, Elaine and I are both from Illinois, about 70 miles apart.
Fun facts: Elaine went to convent school in Peoria AND a one time lived on Concord Street in Old Town Chicago in the early 60's
Spanky needs to be more acknowledged for her voice.
You are right but tell these young people of this creepy world now about her, not only would they not know who she was or how great she and her group were, but they couldn't care less either!!!!!
Same goes for Cass Elliot
@@biglouie964 Agreed Cass was a marvelous singer but had a solo career as well, Spanky didn't.
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Spanky did tour with The Mamas and the Papas for a spell after Cass died, though...
@@21CCommunIT I know and they weren't the same without Cass, but Elaine Macfarlane (Spanky) could of had a huge solo career but unfortunately didnt really persue it!
Live without a net! Awesome!
Not an easy song to perform live either. There were lots of long hours of overdubbing in the studio on this one I'm sure.
@@scdevon -- Did they even know how to do that in the 1960's 😮❓
@@jamescalifornia2964 Oh, definitely. Mercury Records was one of the best sounding studios in the business. This song would have been on 8 track or 16 track MultiTrack tape in 1967. Lots of tracks available for layering backup vocals in the studios.
@@scdevon - She had a clear & strong voice. Great sounding group 👌🎼
@@jamescalifornia2964 Yes.
There were so many incredible harmonies then. I'm not sure young people today understand harmony. Different groups had different harmonies. From Motown to Mamas and Papas to CSNY. What a great time for music! Glad I was there to enjoy it.
Holy crap, she has a powerful voice. I can just hear calling her kids in for supper ... from two blocks away! :) Love that this is live.
LOL X 100
You’re funny.
What a great live rendition! Her voice was so strong and perfect, not to mention a great job from the rest of the band!
Sensational performance from one of the greatest groups of all time Period!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pretty girl, monster vocals.
@@Mike-yg8ig 👌Yes indeed 🎼
Live performances on tv. More often than not, they just played the record. This is great . Talented people
@@jacklittlefield55 In many people,s opinion they were even better than The Mama's and Papas!!!!!
FINALLY! A true live version.
True and on the Mike Douglas Show no less. My mom watched this show every day and they tended to do lip synch instead of live.
There not, they sound pretty much like live to me bass0111.
I was asking you not telling you bass0111, I was playing the other side because I'm still not sure. You took it the wrong way.
yes, it's completely live
And quite good. A lot of these bands were great in the studio but couldn't play live.
Excellent live version of this beautiful song. No lip synching, no choreographed dancers; just great talent here. Elaine has an awesome voice and was really cute. Sadly, she was very underrated and deserves so much more recognition.
Yavol🧞♀️👳♂️🧞♂️👋❗
Not under rated that's the wrong word ... Maybe not exposed enough
I agree.
Sometimes I ponder the "wheres" and the "whyfores" of the decline of good vocal music. I think it can be traced to the advent of MTV, when the focus changed from "what we hear" to "what we see".
We went from real vocal talent and cascading harmonies to choreographed dancing, lip-synching, and auto-tune, not to mention rapping. :(
She was in a later version of the Mamas and Papas back in, I think, the ‘80s.
She has incredible vibrato in her voice
In the line of Grace Slick of the Jefferson Airplane. The could sing without a mic. She could change her range as Mary Travers in a split second.
@@davidanthonystone5165 Stevie Nicks has the same type of fast tremolo.
She did not have that on other recordings & performances
She did there though@@axeman33333
Spanky has such a beautiful voice.
Oh yes, amazing talent.
Very strong and clear. Nice ! 👌
@@jamescalifornia2964 Superb singer and an attractive woman as well !!!!!!
Agree even with a deep womanly voice
@@scottmiller6495 She did not age well though. Nevertheless, still a lovely human being.
Man, she had one powerful voice. Even backed away from the mic and still pegged the needles.
Listen to her vibrato!
I never realized the girl in this group had such a strong voice .
Love this song and I used to watch The Mike Douglas Show every day!
Wow, what a voice,....I loved it back then and it still sounds just as good.
Although Spanky had a deeper, darker, huskier voice compared to Grace Slick, She was more than capable of matching her volume when belting. Definitely an underrated singer!
@@dmoore0079 She had great vibrato in her voice but so did Grace, you can hear it when Grace says " your eyes may look like"heeeeees"
No auto tune crap we have now days. This was pure talent!!
I agree that this is a great song. Great singing, great arrangement, great playing. Still, not all those who use auto tune do so to cover a bad voice. Rather, they like the effects that they can create with auto tune.
No one can honestly say that Cher has anything but a fine voice, perhaps even a great voice. Yet she uses auto tune in "Believe." It works brilliantly.
So you may not like the sound of auto tune, but there are singers who have nothing to hide but like what auto tune does stylistically. Everyone is welcome to their preferences, but to issue a blanket indictment of auto tune is unfair to many singers.
@@johnlomax303 The truth is that the producers were tuning Cher's voice because she was flat. They tried to hide this by making up a cover story. In the past a singer would be made to punch in or do another take. Now they just 'tune' and it sucks. A producer autotuned my voice once and it pissed me off. I'd have gladly punched in and fixed the spot. He did it later without telling me, and released the track. I could tell instantly that it was autotune.
@@em7dim9 Things I never knew, but I'm not a recording artist, engineer, or producter. Sorry about what that producer did to you. An artist ought to have some control over production, and veto power over any particular recording decision.
As for Cher, she did a lot of recording before autotune and, to my untutored ear, she sounds in tune. That she was chronically flat or had gone flat in her old age may be so, but the entirety of "Believe" has autotune, and it sounds good. I have to think that Cher had a substantial degree of control over that production and hence that SHE liked the massive application of autotune. So do I.
Of course, there are artists who couldn't carry a tune in a bucket, but they are great singers, especially of their own songs. Bob Dylan, Janice Jopiin, and Chris Christofferson come to mind, but I'm sure that there are many more. I like what they do with their voices. A lot.
Still, it is good to hear a good, clear voice that is perfectly on pitch. But perfect pitch is not the only good, or even the greatest good. It suits some artists well. I like their voices too. Joan Baez, for example. Others may have it but be unable to do anything useful with it. In any case, that kind of voice is indispensable only for opera. Certainly not for rock music.
Different strokes for different folks. I just tire of comments from those who cannot praise a singer who sings on pitch without dumping on those who don't fit their notion of good singing. Can we not have many styles? Do we not have many good songs from great artists, even those who freely employ autotune?
@@johnlomax303 Agreed that the situation with Cher was all about her aging voice. As for Bob Dylan, I never understood the criticisms. His pitch was spot-on perfect every time. He had a funny intonation that people interpret as bad singing, but they were wrong; very talented vocalist. The main beef I have with autotune is the overuse, making everyone sound like robots. It was a fun novelty at first.
One of the groups that made the 60's such an enjoyable time of innocence and youth
After more than 50 years this song, this group still blow me away!!! Such good memories of this bygone era.
Definitely televised live. True singing; great voices, especially Spanky/Elaine, giving Mama Cass a bit of competition here.
Yes, absolutely ! My thoughts exactly !
The Mike Douglas Show was noteworthy for being just about the only variety show after 1965 (or so) to allow bands to play truly live. Ed Sullivan allowed it through the 50s and early 60s, but then, by 1966, most bands on the Sullivan show were bringing pre-recorded backing tracks, though the vocals were live. I think Sullivan (and most of the other shows) wanted the people at home to hear songs as close to how the record sounded as possible. The Douglas Show was and would continue to be be, well into the 70s, a last refuge for truly live music. As for this clip? Love it! Spanky's so cute! Love the bangs. Great voice. Great vocal arrangement.
Mike Douglas had some great bands on his show (after seeing YT videos). Not as square as many think.
Wait a minute Merv Griffin and Dinah Shore did too, they were great as well !!!!!
Many bands, even more so today, use backing tracks to provide consistency of sound from gig to gig.
I'm blown away with her vocals. I always thought the recordings were great but this shows real harmonies and vocals. Its no wonder they were such a hit in 67 and 68. Great years and bring me back to Sunshine rock...sure miss that.
Love to hear them sing Lazy Day it was their best song and mine as well!!!!!
I loved all the Sunshine Rock. So upbeat and happy. '67 one of the best years for Sunshine Rock.
~ They were an excellent vocal group and fine musicians as well. Look at that 12 string guitar ! 🎶👌
Spanky's verbrata is nothing short of Fantastic !!!!!🤗
It Takes me Back to a Time i loved and people i miss ....
Elaine’s voice is so pure and powerful!
The warmth of the melody only enhances her powerful vocals.
This is so beautiful to have as confirmation that music is an integral part of our lives.
My second cousin, Gene Pistilli, was a co-writer of this great 60's hit.
I remember him with Terry Cashman and Tommy West who first recorded this
@@BigD53 That's right. Chuck. Cashman, Pistilli, and West. Gene Pistilli was also one of the original members of Manhattan Transfer. The album was "Jukin'."
Pay, great song. Many thanks to your cousin for a great hit.
Wow! Thanks for a wonderful song!
THE Gene Pistilli from the original Manhatten Transfer?
I'm listening in 2020. The music from back then was really nice.
Me! And this was Great music
Exactly!
Yes, it was.
@@Italy55 Better than most music today...
@@miskelproducts41 Way more than most. What is popular today is not cutting it for me. I loved this!
Wow! This is live! Rare unremastered, unenhanced, unmessed-with talented performance.
Wow! Professional musicians actually performing! Almost unbelievable.
Incredibly priceless color footage of the saddest happiest song ever made, live.
This is just great, musicians playing live and a vocalist who needs no lip sync and doesn't need to show flesh.
Back when music was real...
@@Ieishdragyn Hey, old timer, didn’t the Boomer Remover get you?
@@sludge8506 - Put a sock in it, Bieber. And no, I'm Gen X, not a Boomer.
@@a2ndopynyn 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪
Love her voice and the harmonies! Yeah, its really live...on the Mike Douglas Show Nov 30, 1967!
I'm a sixties teenager and that's quite an instrument she has there. And the pure performance is just as good as the studio copy of the record. Great stuff. And to think this was coming out at the same time as Mama's and Papa's, Seekers, Peter, Paul and Mary and the Beatles. We were graced with the other end of the spectrum also with Ed Ames, Dean Martin, Neil Sedaka, Andy Williams and all the fabulous one-hit wonders of every genre! Not to mention the Moody Blues and ... you get the picture. It was a great time to listen to music.
She’s timeless and so is her talent 💕
We really had the best music back then..
Jay Todd , I agree. Whatever else one thinks of the 50's, 60's and 70's I really do believe it was the golden era of popular music, especially the 60's.
@@JohnJohnson-lv7dh Agreed, just can't beat the 60s music👍✌
@@kennyhuskisson2684 I like 60s, 70s, 80s music for different reasons. 60s because of music like this. 70s because I was in high school and that music brings back those memories. 80s because there was so much variety and a lot of one-hit wonders
Best song from my childhood for me is The Legend Of Xanadu by Dave Dee Beaky Mick and Titch lol
This is live. Not a monitor in sight.
To most musicians today, this is astounding.
Listen up folk's. Wonder what real music sounds like ?? Just listen to these guys. No Autotune, Just real talent. God bless you all, Jim😀
Wow, its pretty difficult trying to accurately describe just how great this live performance actually is. This new frontier of musical youth were so talented and brave, thinking and living against the establishment, while over and over again stepping out in front of television cameras, broadcast to millions upon millions of people all over the world.
Dear God, Elaine's voice...and the band is the complete package.
The 60s definitely are the best decade for music in human history.
I cannot give your comment enough thumbs up. It definitely was!!
Maybe for pop music.
@Voracious Reader wow, relax man it'll be ok
@@mrlafayette1964 Hope so! Could be the quarantine.
It was the best time for pop music, especially 1967, take it from me and it can be proven!!!!!
Beautiful voice, I miss that time
She put nothin but her big heart into that with so much instrumental talent 🎸
We've all heard and loved this group and especially this tune on our radios for years, but to now hear this performed live, is like discovering it all over again!!! I'm mesmerized, especially by Elaine's towering voice!! The musical passion we witnessed in the sixties will never be replicated. Thank you 'Spanky and our Gang' for the great music you gave us and also to Mike Douglas, who I remember watching his daily talk show as a kid, for showcasing such amazing talent from Philly!! :-)
So well said.
The greatest 3 daytime talk show hosts: Dinah Shore, Merv Griffin and Mike Douglass! Never Ever See Times like those days Again Ever Period!!!!!
I think of this group as America's equivalent of The Seekers.
They kind of are. Great voices and musicians.
i agree---great observation!
The Searchers.
@@donnahilton471 No. The Seekers. The Searchers are great too, but totally dissimilar.
@@iowa61 Better known for their cover of Jackie DeShannon's "When You Walk Into The Room" or "Needles And Pins"
The band had GREAT harmonies and their albums were extremely well-produced.
This group had such a distinct style. And she had SUCH a distinct voice. Tremendous '60s memories to cherish. God, they were such good times. Crazy, sometimes, but still good overall.
Live and not lip syncing
Indeed!
All the way live.
Fabulous performance!!!!!
Thanks for not writing lip SINGING. My faith in humanity is restored. 😊
No idea why this showed up in my feed, but I'm glad it did. This is a killer power pop tune.
I only recently learned this, but there was a genre of pop rock then called "sunshine rock." This is an example of it.
Nice to see these guys not lip-syncing to their record. Who else played their songs live when appearing on T.V. -I have loved and enjoyed them since I was 10. This song has never grown stale.
Somewhere in a box in my house is the 45 of this song, purchased while it was still in the Top 40. I've gone from a 13 year old kid buying hits to a semi-retired semi-professional musician, and I'm watching this pure, unadulterated live performance, and I'm speechless. Amazing.
Yep, played it straight out, as it happened.
And fifty odd years just rolled away ,back to a simpler better time
I am now in my 70s, I remember this so well, what a voice she has, sadly we will never get music like we had in the60s , thank goodness for YT!
"...walk together hand in hand, 'til it was almost dark"... kinda miss those days.
Mike Douglas, the guy that introduced a 4 year old Tiger Woods to the world.
Everybody knows that American Bandstand started here, but we were really blessed to have the Mike Douglas Show here in Philly. At first blush, it seemed like a talk show with old people and old acts. But it's amazing to look back and see just how many of our groups played (and I mean PLAYED, as in live) on that show. Lots of bands on their way up. Obviously, if "Sunday Will Never Be the Same" was their "new song", it was early on in their fame, and that's borne out looking at their clothes and look. Still to come was the glitz of stardom. Nice to watch. So, thank you to Mr. Mike Douglas, Lord rest his soul. Before acts were big enough to make it on Bandstand or Sullivan, Mike's show was a springboard to success. There's nothing like it anymore.
When he had Kiss and Totie Fields on, she had a classic comment directed at Gene Simmons; priceless.
She should have been a huge star in her own right. Top shelf voice!!!
This was a wonderful time to be a kid....A time when life was.... Groovy... Real musicians, real talent... Loved Spanky McFarland and RIP Malcolm Hale...
There are only two surviving veterans of the band....
"Spanky" McFarlane and John "The Chief" Seiter.
Paul "Oz" Bach, Nigel Pickering, Malcolm Hale,
Kenny Hodges, and "Lefty" Baker are all gone.
After Spanky & Our Gang folded in 1969,
Seiter added his services on drums with The Turtles,
following the departure of Johny Barbata.
What a solid group and great vocals by spanky and the guys! And those burns/Baldwin guitars. Oz on the club bass, Nigel on the double six and malcolm playing the vibraslim.
Wow, this is actually really good.... They can harmonize on point and sing and play those instruments in tune and in time.... The sixties were something else
What a fabulous voice Spanky has. Great harmonies from the rest of the band too. Very well done live performance.
I've always loved Spanky's voice.
Full and announced, in a great ear candy way
▶︎❈◀︎ Mike Douglas was sadly underrated, he had a million musical guests that you wouldn't expect for a conventional variety tv talk show. I remember seeing John Lennon (and Yoko), David Bowie, and a million other great performers. The golden age of television was really the 1960s. I don't think with 1,000 cable and online shows there are any variety shows left.
That was a great live performance from a very good but underrated band. RIP Malcolm Hale, Nigel Pickering, and Oz Bach....
What a powerhouse vocalist... easy to see how she was the perfect replacement for Mama Cass in the late 80s
Bloody hell their voices and harmonies are great.
I saw Spanky and Our Gang perform at Marquette University in 1969. They were incredible. Wish they still performed.
The pro studio drummer did an EXCELLENT job here!!!
The Mike Douglas Show was an amazing format for music in the 60s. He should get more credit.
He hasn’t cared since 2006
He should so should Merv Griffin and Dinah Shore!!!!!
@@scottmiller6495 You forgot Dick Cavett too
D Ashcroft No one needs, a smart @$$. The world could use more Mike Douglas's, and less sour useless, souls.
@@AmericanBandstandAgain Yep he was great also!
Wow that woman could sing. I love this song and it's wild to hear it live with the harmonies. Just so so good.
Brings tears to my eyes! Love it
What a voice!!
So wonderful to hear it live and raw. The best! Thank you so much for sharing this.
always loved this song so much...
One of the many groups from 60s I loved listening to back then, and get a lump in my throat and teary eyed listening to them today.
Yeah!! This is a hard one to pull off live, but you’ll did! Great harmonies.
A lot of people can relate to this song - they lost their baby's heart - I must be on the sun is gone - Sunday will never be the same - when you're 70 and experienced nobody waiting for you - then you can relate to this beautiful song!
Damn that was great. For it to be live and to be that good. Spanky can really belt out a great song Yes these are definitely musicians.
Wow! Professional musicians actually performing! Almost unbelievable.
@@sludge8506 - Without Auto Tune or Pro Tools? Yeah, by today's slacker standards, it is almost unbelievable.
Troll.
Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane sings like an angel. She and the gang gave us those great hits of the late 1960's.
Their three greatest songs in this order: Sunday will never be the same, Lazy Day, and I'd like to get to know you!!!!!
Music isn't made like this anymore, boys and girls!!
Or sung like it
Anyone young or old who loves music should agree with your comment Robert.
Yes it is old man. Turn off corporate radio
@@EBthere no, anyone with a brain would not. Check out a band called real estate, the essex green, beach fossils, war paint, etc. There are hundreds of modern bands that are just as good as ever. You just haven't heard them because you listen to one radio station and expect it to play everything
@@doctorfeinstone6524 Oh, they're good bands, all the ones you mentioned, but none even approach the harmony, not even close...
One of my favorite 60s songs. So beautifully melancholic.
Holy Shit, the best live version ever, what a great live performance.
Priceless, timeless, class thats it!!!!
The bass line is kicking.
Such a sad song--it brings tears to my eyes.
She had such a PHENOM voice! And to think that this was a LIVE performance. I was always surprised they were not as popular as Mama Cass and the Papa's? Loved this....thanks for sharing this.
Richard
And could belt the song out.
I just discovered this video. I just cried.
This was incredibly wonderful from a time we'll never ever see again,plus two Icons, Elaine Mac Farlane and Mike Douglas Wow !!!!!!!!!!!!
This song defines the era.
By far the most under rated host was Mike Douglas.His interviews with everyone from Ali Kennedy family Lennon are superb.If you dont believe me watch them on YT.Merv and johnny got the most attention but Mike s down to earth sincere style let the stars be themselves with him.
@@emoney8098 Cavett was pretty damn good too.
@@Mike-yg8ig Yes he was but the best talk shows that were great with serious talks and fabulous entertainment came from the 3 best : Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas and the lovely Dinah Shore You Better Believe it !!!!!
@@Mike-yg8ig If
you look at 1967, there were so many great songs this was one of them, but Lazy Day by this awesome group was even better!!!!;
born in the LATE 60's. grew-up in the 1980's on El Debarge, Michael Jackson, Duran, Duran. New Edition, and Madonna. I LOVE this. some of the best music of all time came out the 1960's. GREAT DECADE FOR MUSIC. and the music business.
Oz Bach was my patient here in Asheville back in the mid 90's. I remember talking to him before I did a CT scan on him on day. We were talking about him being in the Spanky and Our Gang group and later on he passed away from cancer.
Yes, the Asheville VA kept turning Oz away until the cancer became incurable! Had we stayed in Miami they would likely have caught it in time. Still so sadly missed!
I visit Oz and his daughter Belinda occasionally. Wish I had met them both.
@@SaraConr Such a sad story. Which one of the group was Oz ?
@@4thstooge75 he is the bass player, far left.
Yeah, Spanky and Mama's & Papa's, S&G, etc. Man the memories this brings back, and the harmonies that just soothe the soul.
As a musician in a band, I am really impressed with this live performance. For the sound technology of the day, this band really pulled off a professionally sounding performance.
You are probably right and I bow to your superior knowledge, unfortunately I have just posted somethin over critical.
Wow! Professional musicians actually performing! Almost unbelievable.
The Mike Douglas Show had actual live performances, which stands out today...
Frank Zappa playing "Black Napkins" thru a tiny Pignose with the house band is another great one!
I've always loved this song. This is great seeing live music on TV.
Mike Douglas was dependable for deliveriing great act. And it's live, a rarity for the era. Spanky really belts it out. Thanks for this!
Leave it to the guy that told me to call him Uncle Mike. Mike Douglas was so underrated but was a true legend in the Talk Show Field and always wanted the acts to Sing Live as it showed the true singers from the not so true. Spanky And Our Gang were true performers as you can see here. My Aunt Dottie was Mikes Liaison to Group W and Westinghouse and Mike always said she was his right Hand.