The Seekers - Morningtown Ride (HQ Stereo, 1964/'68)

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  • Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
  • All 3 of The Seekers' 60s TV specials, including this song & 47 others, are available on one DVD - www.noise11.com...
    The Seekers originally recorded Malvina Reynolds' lullaby in 1964, since learned and sung by 3 generations of children. I've enhanced it so that the audio plays at the correct speed/ pitch and in stereo. From the 'World of The Seekers' TV special (1968). More videos from Judith and The Seekers on the playlists below:
    Best of the 60s in stereo: • The Seekers - I'll Nev...
    Gospel & Inspirational favourites: • Judith Durham / The Se...
    Reunion Performances: • The Seekers - I Am Aus...
    Best of - Live 1999-2014: • Best of The Seekers Li...
    The Seekers concluded their Golden Jubilee tour in New Zealand in November 2014, and Judith Durham began her farewell tour there in April 2016. Visit www.TheSeekers.... and judithdurham.com for more info and news, or join us on Facebook: / 99634296559
    Official Facebook pages:
    / theseekersofficial
    / judithdurhamofficial

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  • @michaeltriba1307
    @michaeltriba1307 2 роки тому +474

    rich963; thank you SO much for posting this, sir!!! 💖🌹 IMHO it is one of the most Beautiful and Uplifting Songs ever written!!! Being born in 1950, I have of course been aware of THE SEEKERS since their inception in 1962 when I was a wee lad of 11 years-old. But it was not until a month ago, that I REALLY got into them; adding them to my Spotify mix, and watching every UA-cam video I could discover. 💘🎶 This song is my #1 Fave of theirs and likely will be in my next TOP 25 Songs of All-Time, All Artists!!! I next will open your link to their DVD, as I would LOVE to own that to share with my wife, family and friends! 🎧💿 THE SEEKERS have vaulted from nowhere to #6 in my All-Time Fave Bands of All-Time!!! (Right behind my #5 Bee Gees and ahead of my #7 Beatles.) I truly love and adore them and their music! God bless you for making this available to millions of true music fans from every generation alive here in 2022!!! 🙏💝🙏💝🙏 God bless THE SEEKERS!!!

  • @syncropair
    @syncropair 6 місяців тому +141

    Another year passes and now it's 2024 and still sounds great. Who's listening? Somewhere there is sunshine 😊

    • @martinkenny7572
      @martinkenny7572 5 місяців тому +2

      Me in Ireland

    • @jamiemurray8997
      @jamiemurray8997 5 місяців тому +1

      Not here in Scotland 😂

    • @flopalong4524
      @flopalong4524 5 місяців тому +3

      Yep! Still listening in 24. These songs never ever die

    • @khaiserfan
      @khaiserfan 4 місяці тому +1

      i was born in 1964, remember my mother comforting me to this song,...

    • @juliathomas1255
      @juliathomas1255 4 місяці тому +3

      Yes still listening in 2024 Reminds me of being a young child ❤…. Happy memories by the bucket load……

  • @TheChowpie
    @TheChowpie 2 роки тому +459

    My mother sang this to me as a lullaby, over 50 years ago. I just visited her in hospice. My heart is aching. I hope where she is going is filled with music this beautiful.

    • @jo-annknowles1373
      @jo-annknowles1373 2 роки тому +22

      ❤️❤️💔 sending love to you and your mom xx

    • @Pizzpott
      @Pizzpott 2 роки тому +24

      My mam did as well, It was my favourite lullaby. I lost her to cancer in 2020, just a week before her 84th birthday.

    • @glendalangley1877
      @glendalangley1877 2 роки тому +12

      It’s been 10 months since you posted that comment. I hope your mom is still with you but know if not she is in that Promised Land Judith sang about. God bless you sweet lady.

    • @glendalangley1877
      @glendalangley1877 2 роки тому +12

      @@Pizzpott
      I’m sorry for your loss. I do know how hard that is. I’ve lost my mom and my dad is 91. I don’t know how long I’ll have him but God has a season for all of us. God bless you.

    • @sebastianacacia7621
      @sebastianacacia7621 Рік тому +6

      My mother sang this too, with my sisters' and my names instead of driver, fireman, and sandman

  • @jimsoucek440
    @jimsoucek440 5 місяців тому +36

    I’m 76 years old and American. In my entire life I have never heard a singer with a more beautiful voice.Judith Durham will never be equaled!!!!

    • @user-eu4sy9vv7y
      @user-eu4sy9vv7y 5 місяців тому +3

      Я русский.Мне 70 лет и мне тоже очень нравилось,как поёт Джудит.Её творчество и её прекрасный голос ,принадлежит всему Миру.Мы будем её помнить.

    • @janewagner1601
      @janewagner1601 2 місяці тому +1

      Pure blissfully voice

    • @Puppydoug
      @Puppydoug Місяць тому

      @@user-eu4sy9vv7y NAZI IN THE KREMLIN!

    • @willsutton9954
      @willsutton9954 18 днів тому

      you have that goes close and that Karen Carpenter. But it doesnt matter, both sound good to me

    • @user-mb1gh8be4v
      @user-mb1gh8be4v 8 днів тому +1

      So do I. I am Japanese and 75 years old.

  • @kevinnewton2884
    @kevinnewton2884 Рік тому +245

    I played this song at my dad's funeral..he was a train driver for 40yrs..RIP dad miss you.

    • @jmatasomo2660
      @jmatasomo2660 Рік тому +8

      Good on ya Kev. He would have loved it .

    • @DavidPowellAU
      @DavidPowellAU Рік тому +9

      Had the same thought for an old rail man friend. That's why I'm on this page today.

    • @itsjojustjo
      @itsjojustjo Рік тому +8

      That’s so lovely - a real tribute

    • @cindyivanoff7264
      @cindyivanoff7264 Рік тому +4

      My grandfather worked on the rail road but not a conductor.I don't know exactly what he did. This song could put me to sleep.I love the seekers. C.M.

    • @confederatesympathizer5023
      @confederatesympathizer5023 Рік тому +1

      Such an appropriate song. Thanks for sharing that.

  • @TeddyThomas12812
    @TeddyThomas12812 3 роки тому +895

    Judith has to be the most underrated female singer of all time. I can't think of any other singer I'd rather listen to. What a most GOD gifted voice.

    • @agnostic47
      @agnostic47 3 роки тому +40

      How can someone who is recognised as one of the great voices of all time be "underrated"?

    • @TeddyThomas12812
      @TeddyThomas12812 3 роки тому +50

      @@agnostic47 Because she was never given the recognition she deserved, especially here in the U.S. She has one of the most beautiful voices of all time.

    • @petergranger7890
      @petergranger7890 3 роки тому +14

      I fully concur with your GOD gifted voice.

    • @MrRQBQ
      @MrRQBQ 3 роки тому +15

      Yep. she sings like a nightingale.

    • @ziggystardust52
      @ziggystardust52 3 роки тому +18

      I doubt that a deity had much to do with it. It’s pure Genetics and luck. Also lucky for us that we got to hear her. I suspect she also worked very hard at her craft.

  • @CMDewey33
    @CMDewey33 2 роки тому +637

    My Mom used to sing me to sleep with this song. She would always incorporate us kids into the song. Made it so special. She passed away in 2021, so hearing this song brings comfort to me ❤️

    • @itsmecaitlin1254
      @itsmecaitlin1254 2 роки тому +31

      exactly the same for us! she would say “(my name) at the engine (my sisters name) rings the bell.” She sang it to us every night as we fell asleep and she would lay with us. This gives me the greatest comfort

    • @carriejmichael9377
      @carriejmichael9377 2 роки тому +18

      My mum too x

    • @Willywamo
      @Willywamo 2 роки тому +13

      May she rest in Peace

    • @kinkin6623
      @kinkin6623 2 роки тому +16

      My mum also used to sing this to us when we were little 💜 she passed away in 2019. This song makes me loved,safe and cared for. 💜💜

    • @emmaborg8833
      @emmaborg8833 2 роки тому +8

      Same for us 😭😭😭

  • @johnseabrook1029
    @johnseabrook1029 2 роки тому +230

    I doubt there’s ever been a more beloved singer in Australian history. Youngsters won’t understand it, but it’s true. Vale Judith.

    • @ajo3085
      @ajo3085 2 роки тому +12

      Totally agree. There might be a few equally beloved, but none more so. I grew up with the pub rock era so my preference was harder music than the Seekers, but nonetheless, the voice Judith had was extraordinary and it would be a poor person who couldn't appreciate it or be astonished by the amazing achievements the Seekers had.

    • @ajo3085
      @ajo3085 2 роки тому +16

      And there's a sad irony. Less than a day after my comment, Olivia Newton-John, one of the ones I was thinking of when I said "a few equally beloved" has also passed away. What an awful couple of days.

    • @johnseabrook1029
      @johnseabrook1029 2 роки тому +8

      True. Very sad indeed.

    • @flemingcourt
      @flemingcourt 2 роки тому +8

      I think you may be wrong about the youngsters. Just play it to them. They WILL understand.

    • @johnseabrook1029
      @johnseabrook1029 2 роки тому +4

      You may be right. I hope so.

  • @carolinelarkin4614
    @carolinelarkin4614 2 роки тому +174

    RIP Julie Durham, your voice was one of my earliest listens in childhood and the songs of The Seekers are part of my DNA.

    • @johnnotais7945
      @johnnotais7945 2 роки тому +5

      Tr
      Rest in peace angel 😇

    • @metalangel3978
      @metalangel3978 2 роки тому +8

      This song takes me back to my childhood bedroom aged 6 or 7 playing the single on my portable record player. Must of drove my parents nuts with this song 😂💃🎙🎶💃❤❤

    • @mikeyates7931
      @mikeyates7931 2 роки тому +6

      Judith Durham

    • @glendalangley1877
      @glendalangley1877 2 роки тому +4

      Same with me. The Beatles hadn’t yet captured my imagination but The Seekers were the first to do so. They still do.

    • @corinnahoptroff458
      @corinnahoptroff458 Рік тому +1

      Brought up on this song! Sang it at home and school!

  • @stevecline7746
    @stevecline7746 7 років тому +816

    There is nothing to compare the Seekers to. All their music takes me back 60 years to a better time. What a marvelous talent they were. Maybe I'm just a sentimental old fool but they are unbeatable

  • @oldhippy1017
    @oldhippy1017 7 років тому +483

    How I wish I could travel back to those days and stay there.

    • @denisechetwynd84
      @denisechetwynd84 3 роки тому +15

      Me to in a heartbeat. Xx

    • @francesedwards5638
      @francesedwards5638 3 роки тому +10

      Me too

    • @davehunt9441
      @davehunt9441 3 роки тому +9

      This song came out the year I was born where is that time machine

    • @aloysiusathaide6331
      @aloysiusathaide6331 3 роки тому +10

      Me too! Those were happy days. First heard the seekers and fell in love with their music as a child. Still sing their songs sometimes, so many years later

    • @user-rz9yg1lt9e
      @user-rz9yg1lt9e 3 роки тому +7

      My mum used to sing me to sleep with this song,She actually sung it better 😂 and my dad had the greatest stories imaginable.so many good memories. Everything was so magical as a child,now life is mostly empty😢 well I have a great philosophy on life and am happy but miss the magical feeling of being a kid,I had some insane imagination as a kid,could create worlds within our own.wish I had it back.

  • @kiwidoc9620
    @kiwidoc9620 2 роки тому +232

    Sad to reads that Judith has passed on . What a wonderful voice it will live forever.

    • @bobfinlayson3377
      @bobfinlayson3377 2 роки тому +17

      Judith Durham had a beautiful voice. I can't think ot any current female vocalist who even comes close to her.

    • @italia689
      @italia689 2 роки тому

      @@bobfinlayson3377 Katie Petersen.

    • @loveljohn3963
      @loveljohn3963 2 роки тому +3

      i did not know she past.so sad .rip.

    • @victorguaracho9910
      @victorguaracho9910 2 роки тому +8

      Oh my, I just found out. What a shame, she was brilliant. Truly angelic voice, her legacy will live forever

    • @ross995
      @ross995 2 роки тому +1

      Why do you sanitise everything by saying she's passed on - she's dead! It's like my Wife, now she's my partner- no commitment.

  • @majorpygge-phartt2643
    @majorpygge-phartt2643 10 місяців тому +21

    Doesn't Judy look absolutely AWESOME here, with a face like an angel and with a voice to match, truly a voice from heaven, definitely the QUEEN of Australia.

  • @delysedmello3660
    @delysedmello3660 2 роки тому +200

    Can listen to The Seekers forever.....the golden voice of Judith Durham is hauntingly beautiful. Really gifted!

    • @confederatesympathizer5023
      @confederatesympathizer5023 Рік тому +1

      I agree. There's a quality in her voice that kinda' defies words, but it's unique, and as you say, haunting.

    • @Tron-Jockey
      @Tron-Jockey Рік тому +1

      I would have loved to hear her sing Christmas Carols

  • @philippaine
    @philippaine 2 роки тому +102

    This song will be the exit song to my mum's funeral on February 1st 2022 in Wiltshire, England. She sang it regularly when I was aged about ten!

    • @anderander5662
      @anderander5662 2 роки тому +5

      How lucky you were...

    • @DietArchitect
      @DietArchitect Рік тому

      What a beautiful idea!

    • @DavidPowellAU
      @DavidPowellAU Рік тому +2

      Wonderful metaphor for carriage into the next life. Works like Skye Boat Song.

    • @DietArchitect
      @DietArchitect Рік тому

      @@DavidPowellAU Wow-wonderful comment! Now I have to listen to the Skye Boat Song yet again :)

    • @keithvirgin771
      @keithvirgin771 5 місяців тому

      We used Carnival is over for our mums funeral
      Such a beautiful and clear voice

  • @DavidLPeel
    @DavidLPeel Рік тому +46

    I'm in tears as I write this comment. I lost my Dad in 1974 and he would lullaby me to sleep with this song. Still loved and miss. R.I. P. Dad. Thank you for 5 wonderful years.

  • @petebellini1511
    @petebellini1511 10 місяців тому +9

    We have heard great female pop singers with powerful and beautiful voices, such as Linda Ronstadt, Agnetha Faltskog (Abba), Karen Carpenter, Ann Wilson (Heart), Carole King, Olivia Newton-John, and others. But no one seems to be able to do what Judith Durham was able to do with her vocal power, pitch, purity, poise, resonance, range, emotion, grace, gentleness, simplicity, effortless delivery, transcendent, heavenly sublime tonal quality, and overall luminous stage presence. A voice with the soft and supple texture of the sublime. Judith left her listeners awestruck with every performance. The angelic wings of her voice allowed the audience to soar with her to the deepest blue of heaven's skies. Truly missed, inimitable, and irreplaceable.

    • @georgesikimeti2184
      @georgesikimeti2184 3 місяці тому

      Totally agreed and I would add Jim Reeeves alongside her,although a male version.

  • @jermfanaccount
    @jermfanaccount 3 роки тому +5

    reminds me of my granddad. he liked steam trains and had a little train track going around his house, but he passed away a long time ago. he wasn't that old either :(

  • @elleofthenight7597
    @elleofthenight7597 4 роки тому +373

    My mum used to sing this to me as a child as a lullaby.

  • @steveperkins2399
    @steveperkins2399 2 роки тому +102

    This was the first record I ever owned, my darling Aunty gave it to me for Christmas '64 (45 single). Judith Durham remains the most purest, engaging, wonnderful voice I have ever heard. Part of my life forever.... her passing has brought tears, sadness &melancholic memories. RIP beautiful lady xox

    • @barbarapowell6746
      @barbarapowell6746 2 роки тому +5

      I used to listen to this on Children's Choice; so many memories. Bless you, Judith. x

    • @flowerchild5133
      @flowerchild5133 2 роки тому +5

      All there is tears for one of the most beautiful voices! Thanks for the memories, the journey has been incredible! ♥️

    • @jmarsh4653
      @jmarsh4653 Рік тому +1

      Just an incredible voice and equally incredible human being. This world so many more like her.

    • @Songwriter376
      @Songwriter376 Рік тому +1

      Totally agree with Judith's voice. None like it today.

    • @strongdelusion9442
      @strongdelusion9442 Рік тому +1

      Mine too Steve, thank you.

  • @bikermanx1
    @bikermanx1 3 роки тому +14

    They played this at my Grandfather's funeral. He worked for over 40 years for British Rail as an engine driver

  • @kevinwhite616
    @kevinwhite616 2 роки тому +40

    RIP to Judith Durham. How I loved this song as a little boy in England.

  • @karamjitdedyal752
    @karamjitdedyal752 Рік тому +44

    The way they are all dressed beautifully walking hand in hand through the most wonderful scenery is just bliss. I cannot explain how this whole song makes me feel at such ease and how cathartic it is. What a simple time where it was pure and full of heart and spirit - rest in peace Judith you are an angel.

    • @keithdavies1395
      @keithdavies1395 10 місяців тому

      So sorry J has gone, ❤

    • @michaelhayden725
      @michaelhayden725 7 місяців тому

      You are spot on, this video shows the love between the group. Judith always thought of the boys as her brothers. I believe this is Como one of Melbourne’s historic houses. It often gets a run in Australian TV shows.

    • @ed9492
      @ed9492 6 місяців тому

      @@michaelhayden725 I was wondering where it was filmed. It is so pleasant here.

  • @christophersimons128
    @christophersimons128 2 роки тому +67

    Judiths' angelic voice is (almost) enough to convince me everything will be alright.

  • @andykay3149
    @andykay3149 6 місяців тому +19

    I just Love the Seekers songs. Here I am in 2024 still listening to these timeless Classics. Always makes you feel like the Song "Warm and Snug inside"

  • @bluesky4385
    @bluesky4385 2 роки тому +43

    RIP Judith Durham. Definitely the most perfect voice. You will certainly be missed.

  • @christiangibbs8534
    @christiangibbs8534 Рік тому +57

    Her voice is a rare gift. What an amazing talent. They don't make 'em like this any more.

  • @aryarathne2479
    @aryarathne2479 2 роки тому +154

    0 nudity
    0 Vulgar attitudes
    No huge budgets,
    But the song cuts through hearts like blades.
    This is what true mv's are about.

    • @sexobscura
      @sexobscura 2 роки тому +5

      then you should see the blooper reel

    • @kenneth8434
      @kenneth8434 2 роки тому +2

      0 diversity.

    • @acrusty7944
      @acrusty7944 2 роки тому +4

      @@kenneth8434 who cares?

    • @wynnedwards94
      @wynnedwards94 2 роки тому +4

      @@kenneth8434 0 people who asked

    • @davidroux7987
      @davidroux7987 2 роки тому +3

      @@kenneth8434 400% diverse. 4 individuals .

  • @kenlevy5169
    @kenlevy5169 2 роки тому +45

    Judith has the most pure natural voice ever. No gimmicks just a beautiful person who brought joy to everyone.

  • @zenobiapalmyra5670
    @zenobiapalmyra5670 2 роки тому +22

    Goodnight beautiful Judith, you will be so missed. Thank you for your beautiful voice and your wonderful spirit. RIP 💔💔💔

  • @CammieInOz
    @CammieInOz 2 роки тому +45

    Have adored this sweet song since I was a little girl.
    Attended The Seekers' 50th Anniversary concert in 2014 here in Sydney, wondeful night.
    RIP dear Judith Durham.!

    • @larryvermeer6170
      @larryvermeer6170 Рік тому

      How can i get in touch with the seekers then

    • @jmarsh4653
      @jmarsh4653 Рік тому +2

      Can’t even imagine how great that concert must’ve been.

    • @larryvermeer6170
      @larryvermeer6170 Рік тому +1

      @@jmarsh4653 just download the concerts here of the seekers my friend john

    • @larryvermeer6170
      @larryvermeer6170 Рік тому

      How can i get in touch with the seekers there my friend too

  • @RebornAudio
    @RebornAudio 2 роки тому +40

    I am devastated beyond expression. My beautiful nan sang this to me as a child, she passed in January 2021, and now the equally beautiful Judith Durham has passed. Rest in Peace, you will forever remain a marvel to vocalists, children and adults for generations to come.

    • @mickjagger8439
      @mickjagger8439 2 роки тому +5

      Think of all the beautiful people in heaven. Living in peace and pain free.
      Think of all the loved ones you'll be with in time

    • @frankdunne9024
      @frankdunne9024 Рік тому

      One the in the inre balrome PRanell squire that I ever danced to

  • @pennytalbot7988
    @pennytalbot7988 3 роки тому +213

    My mum used to sing this to me every night when I was younger, but she couldn't remember all the words. As a teenager I looked it up and learnt the song myself. Now I sing it to my daughter, and hopefully she will sing it to hers.

    • @geoffreyswan7866
      @geoffreyswan7866 3 роки тому +5

      That is absolutely beautiful

    • @SuperLovelymaria
      @SuperLovelymaria 2 роки тому +3

      You have make me cry. Some good things of our Childhood will never come back. I hope my daughter and granddaughter know it and sing it too. I have sent it to my sister to she teach it to my niece.

    • @adelucas4824
      @adelucas4824 2 роки тому +6

      My mum used to sing it to me too. I’m nearly 60 and still feel safe and warm and loved as soon as I hear this song

    • @desmondbyrne8149
      @desmondbyrne8149 2 роки тому +1

      My mom too

    • @H4CK41D
      @H4CK41D 2 роки тому +3

      same here! im from NZ and my mum was born in '66 (this song was released in '68) so her mum sang it to her as a little girl and then I was born in '96 and my mum sang it to me as a lullaby growing up. Now I can't wait to sing it to my future kiddo and maybe they will sing it to theirs :')

  • @steviejd5803
    @steviejd5803 4 роки тому +385

    I was doing well until I heard this song and my eyes welled up, tears rolling down my cheeks. I’ve certainly lost my way in this life.

    • @todaywefly4370
      @todaywefly4370 4 роки тому +10

      StevieJ D Imagine you are clinging to a rock in the middle of the river... and let go. Good luck!

    • @matthewhughes4382
      @matthewhughes4382 4 роки тому +13

      This resonates too hard with me man

    • @roberthyde6362
      @roberthyde6362 4 роки тому +21

      There's hope for us all, Stevie. Keep walking . . .

    • @mrnigel1clark
      @mrnigel1clark 4 роки тому +4

      me too

    • @dickie_white
      @dickie_white 4 роки тому +30

      You are not alone Stevie. Lots of us feel the same way. Sending you love.

  • @DavidLPeel
    @DavidLPeel 3 роки тому +12

    This takes me back to my childhood. My Dad used to sing this to me when he tucked me in my bed at night. He died when I was 5 in 1974. He's still loved and missed by me every day. God bless Dad. Love you mate.

  • @gfrkiss
    @gfrkiss 2 роки тому +5

    Found out this morning that Judith has passed away. This is the song of a multitude of childrens youth.... Thank you Judith, you are on your own Morningtown Ride now...

  • @point762
    @point762 2 роки тому +11

    Judith you are Beautiful, I still remember hearing you with the seekers singing while I was Serving in the NZ Army in the Vietnam War. .......................Rest with the Best Princess.......

  • @GREGAUSTI
    @GREGAUSTI 5 років тому +97

    My dear beloved mum sang this to me when I was a kid brings tears every time I hear it ...miss you mum

  • @yesprimin6511
    @yesprimin6511 4 роки тому +192

    Personally without a single doubt, Judith is really a gifted singer. She sang it so effortlessly, smoothly and naturally even at high notes without any advanced digital effects to make it “sound good”. No gimmick at all! Just pure and clear and good. Her voice is very soothing to my ears. Wow, bravo, what a amazing voice! I am speechless when she control the song(s) so well. What a gifted singer! Really impressed! Last but not least, also not forgetting all these gifted guitarists, musicians and producer who supporting her background. Cheers to Australia from Singapore. May God the Father in heaven in the name of Lord Jesus blesses her and the guitarists forever and ever. Amen!

    • @SuperReznative
      @SuperReznative 3 роки тому +4

      AMEN!, now they need it more than ever, look how drastic the lockdowns have become since 8 months ago. Jesus is Lord of all

  • @1mmickk
    @1mmickk 2 роки тому +5

    "Fireman rings the bell" and the answer from millions was "Dingaling"
    Vale Judith. Thanks for all you gave us.

  • @nopcshere6097
    @nopcshere6097 2 роки тому +4

    Just found out Judith Durham passed away yesterday (August 5/22) at the age of 79. Thank you Judith for this wonderful performance and those years with The Seekers. You will be missed.

  • @sugarbertie1143
    @sugarbertie1143 2 роки тому +26

    My dad used to love the Seekers . He would be so sad to hear that Judith has just passed away. She had a wonderful voice and when I was young he was always playing their records. RIP Dad and Judith .

    • @isobellickes8543
      @isobellickes8543 2 роки тому +1

      My dad also loved her voice and when he died suddenly in 1974 at the age of 56, I couldn’t listen to the Carnival is Over for many years.

    • @sugarbertie1143
      @sugarbertie1143 2 роки тому +3

      @@isobellickes8543 So sorry to hear you lost your dad so young and so long ago. Strange how so many people have said they remember them as children . That's because they were always on the radio, and their songs were so memorable. In fact their songs were some of the first songs I remember as a child. Australia's had a bad week with Olivia NJ passing too. Vocal icons of our lives, who nobody can match today.

  • @NigelStimpson
    @NigelStimpson 4 місяці тому +6

    Born in 1959 and so grateful to have lived through this era. Judith Durham and Karen Carpenter, the most amazing and talented female singers to have ever lived. Love them both so much. xxxx

    • @sheilabloom6735
      @sheilabloom6735 3 місяці тому

      Add Maddy Pryor

    • @steveeyre6975
      @steveeyre6975 2 місяці тому

      And add Gale Garnet -- we'll sing in the sunshine 🌞 fantastic song and voice -- enjoy

  • @felixfedre518
    @felixfedre518 Рік тому +2

    I can remember them seemingly always on TV in England when I was a child in the sixties. My parents loved them and this lovely song takes me back to a better time.

  • @hendrikdebruin4012
    @hendrikdebruin4012 4 місяці тому +7

    My wife listened to this while travelling on the train on the KZN South Coast going to primary school. That is almost 60 years ago. She cannot listen to this song without shedding copious tears. Life flashes bye like a dream in one night. RIP Judith sing with the other angels.

  • @DavidJones-xw7tj
    @DavidJones-xw7tj 11 місяців тому +5

    This was my favourite tune as a kid many moons ago, I still remember the first time I heard it, it was on the Jimmy Young Show one rainy afternoon. TTFN

  • @thomasmcclean4352
    @thomasmcclean4352 4 місяці тому +8

    What an absolute group of musicians.
    Absolutely love it.

  • @alangranville7502
    @alangranville7502 2 роки тому +4

    Almost impossible to pick a favourite from the Seekers catalouge but for me this is it. Judith is now reunited with her beloved husband so let;'s be happy for her.

  • @jasonrodgers9063
    @jasonrodgers9063 Рік тому +23

    Judith Durham- A profound treasure. We are all blessed to have experienced her talents.

    • @user-do6qj4gx3c
      @user-do6qj4gx3c 10 місяців тому

      Она - бриллиант чистейшей воды.

  • @popeyedish
    @popeyedish 2 роки тому +33

    RIP Judith Durham..the voice of an angel and a beautiful soul..😢

  • @tangobango9653
    @tangobango9653 8 років тому +503

    Forget Trump, Hillary, war, protesters, this whole crazy world, close your eyes and be taken away by this lovely song & Judith's beautiful voice.

    • @Zephaniah3verse17
      @Zephaniah3verse17 7 років тому +3

      Yeah! Especially today (Nov 9, 2016).

    • @gizhou3034
      @gizhou3034 7 років тому +8

      Hmm Vietnam and the demonstrations around that The Cold War, Cultural Revolutions, South America full of revolutions, The Middle East in constant turmoil,. and Afica as well. For sure 65 - 69 was a quiet peaceful time.

    • @miltonmoore5294
      @miltonmoore5294 7 років тому +3

      For Tango Bango:
      I was enjoying this video while scrolling through
      the comments,
      with my mind far
      away from
      things I don't like that were on your
      things to forget
      list, especially Hillary Clinton &
      the protesters, and YOU had to
      bring them up!
      Thanks for killing
      my experience by
      this classic example of irony
      where what some-
      one does so to try
      and prevent something from
      happening ACTUALLY CAUSES IT to occur! Now, back
      to this soothing
      ballad to get my
      mind and mood
      back where it was. (With malice toward none.
      PEACE!)

    • @duchovny2
      @duchovny2 7 років тому +6

      Honestly, ask why in the past eight years, seven conflicts started, and not one anti-war protest, but heh.
      Got nothing to do with this song.
      And for the record Tango, this world has been crazy for some time.

    • @bettywalsh2290
      @bettywalsh2290 7 років тому +1

      duchovny2 open

  • @KempoWarrior1954
    @KempoWarrior1954 4 місяці тому +4

    I forgot how lovely Judith was when young. A beautiful voice as well ❤

  • @bradleybrown8428
    @bradleybrown8428 2 роки тому +4

    I'm 28 and from the UK and aw, this is so adorible i'm feeling happy and sad at the same time.

  • @amariusqueadmare9012
    @amariusqueadmare9012 9 років тому +393

    My baby was born today. This was the first song I ever sang to her, and it was the first song that was sung to me by my mother. The tradition continues...

    • @mikegoodrich6671
      @mikegoodrich6671 9 років тому +15

      that's beautiful for you to share. thank you. I sang it to my child as well.

    • @Crommy5
      @Crommy5 9 років тому +14

      Congratulations!
      I sang this with my kids, Wiggles video version! They have no recollection...I do. Insert sentimental tears here.

    • @amariusqueadmare9012
      @amariusqueadmare9012 9 років тому +8

      ***** Thank you, and thank you Mike. I can just imagine that the Wiggles would have done a version too. That and they're fellow Australians with the Seekers, so it must have made sense.

    • @junevanstaden6010
      @junevanstaden6010 6 років тому +7

      born in 1961
      love The Seekers

    • @fredflintstone2958
      @fredflintstone2958 6 років тому +4

      Lovely tale.

  • @hollyholy5362
    @hollyholy5362 6 років тому +233

    I bought this ...... back in about 1965 when I was 7. Gosh, I've got tears in my eyes now. Where did the time go?

    • @robertwiharja7713
      @robertwiharja7713 4 роки тому +1

      Abolute nice

    • @charlesnelson7781
      @charlesnelson7781 3 роки тому +3

      Yeah time flies so fast the older you get.

    • @SuperReznative
      @SuperReznative 3 роки тому +2

      Yup, hope in Christ " today is the day of Salvation" ,, "we are not promised tomorrow," . to God," a day is, a thousand years.. , our life is but a vapour. Know Jesus everyone, Bible prophecy unfolding before our very eyes.

    • @marklynch3149
      @marklynch3149 3 роки тому +1

      I was born in 1965, and I can't explain how I still remember this and georgy girl playing on the radio.. They are some of my very earliest memories that will live with me until the day I die...

  • @jaddokproductions2470
    @jaddokproductions2470 2 роки тому +6

    So long Judith Durham.
    Your angelic voice is were it belongs

  • @sharonozvenom
    @sharonozvenom 2 роки тому +14

    RIP Judith 🙏. This is my favourite Seekers song .

  • @RDrunner44
    @RDrunner44 3 роки тому +38

    The melodies they song are always effortless and perfect. No one chooses to sing like this today. The Seekers are timeless- a treasure!

  • @siobhancosgrove4145
    @siobhancosgrove4145 8 років тому +1474

    I'm in tears because this CLASSIC brings back memories of sitting in the back of the car singing along as my daddy drove. FANTASTIC times. THANK YOU rich963 for uploading. X

    • @rich963
      @rich963  8 років тому +27

      You're welcome :-)

    • @willmacintyre649
      @willmacintyre649 7 років тому +37

      Me too, Siobhan, on the way to the beach

    • @margaretwilson1102
      @margaretwilson1102 7 років тому +20

      Great song. The Citizen

    • @christopherorourke6362
      @christopherorourke6362 7 років тому +35

      Siobhan Cosgrove I agree with you, my eyes are now in tears myself. The music & artists of today from my country the United States, Canada, Great Britain & now my ancestery Ireland is just junk, garbage.

    • @jackwatson543
      @jackwatson543 7 років тому +9

      Siobhan Cosgrove sammee

  • @PoshLifeforME
    @PoshLifeforME 2 роки тому +9

    Remember this song vividly as a kid, now wishing a fair journey on this sad day Judith. x

  • @Deepthought-42
    @Deepthought-42 2 роки тому +10

    I can’t count the number of times my ( now grown) children were tucked in bed to go to sleep to the sound of “Morningtown Ride”
    RIP Judith on your ride through the heavens.
    We love you and will always remember you ❤️❤️❤️

  • @peterhutchins9246
    @peterhutchins9246 2 роки тому +21

    What a wonderful contribution Judith Durham made to music. She was one of the best singers of a truly golden era.

  • @hesky68
    @hesky68 3 роки тому +5

    This was a song when I was 5-6 , how I miss those innocent days

  • @exoticbutters7152
    @exoticbutters7152 Рік тому +2

    My grandma would always sing this song to me because when all her grandchildren were born would sing a song to one of us when she held us for the first time and this was my song

  • @markgreen7378
    @markgreen7378 3 роки тому +6

    There is a strange sort of innocence and purity to this song.

  • @starfire746
    @starfire746 9 років тому +242

    Judith Durhams voice is powerful and clear. Yes there are female artists who have great voices but Judith Durham is tops. Believe it her voice brings tears to my eyes. She has a million dollar voice. God bless her.

    • @liborioruiz7278
      @liborioruiz7278 8 років тому +10

      +maurice smook Yes I agree, there are many female artists who have great singing voices, and in my opinion, no one's will ever come close to her's. It is unique and beautiful.

    • @NorthernSeaWitch
      @NorthernSeaWitch 7 років тому +2

      Alison Krauss is definitely in the same league imo.

    • @emilycigliano3453
      @emilycigliano3453 7 років тому

      Yes she did. IMO the best female vocalist has got to be Karen.

    • @emilycigliano3453
      @emilycigliano3453 7 років тому

      Carpenter that is...

    • @billythedog-309
      @billythedog-309 7 років тому +1

      Beautiful. Second only to Sandy Denny.

  • @sumwatcrazy
    @sumwatcrazy 2 роки тому +10

    RIP Judith... May morning town treat you well.

  • @LesleyHorton-et6bq
    @LesleyHorton-et6bq 2 місяці тому +2

    I used to sing this song to my daughter when she was a baby as a lullaby. She's 45 this year. It brings back wonderful memories. Now especially as I'm now a great gran mother myself

  • @calliewensley2609
    @calliewensley2609 6 місяців тому +3

    Unlike majority of the comments I haven’t lost either of my parents yet and I’m eternally grateful. The other day me and my mum were talking about when I was little and I brought up this song and she told me how this song was the only thing she could sing to me to get me to slew after my night terrors and I felt so nostalgic and lucky to have had such amazing parents specifically my mum

  • @BaddaBigBoom
    @BaddaBigBoom 2 роки тому +5

    Damn, tears from a 58 year old bloke remembering his Mum who died in 2019

  • @kdp8133
    @kdp8133 3 роки тому +7

    Ahhhh- my beautiful childhood. Plenty of sunshine, out playing safely and so much laughter. Miss you Mum and Dad xxxxx

  • @oleggorky906
    @oleggorky906 2 роки тому +3

    The train has pulled into the station now, Judith. You’re in heaven, God bless you.

  • @meltuc2594
    @meltuc2594 Рік тому +4

    Judith May be gone to heaven now but he will never be forgotten. Sing to all the Angels Judith.

  • @ValiantGarton
    @ValiantGarton Рік тому +11

    This is one of the first songs I remember. Still know all the words. Got me in tears.

  • @user-ci6by1ky6e
    @user-ci6by1ky6e 2 роки тому +7

    And best voice this century my heart is 💔 Judith now sings with the angels. RIP

  • @ninarizzo7312
    @ninarizzo7312 7 місяців тому +3

    What a beautiful song of theirs! All their music was lovely and she had such a sweet voice❤❤❤❤👍💯👏👏👏👏

  • @MakeAllThingsBeautiful
    @MakeAllThingsBeautiful Рік тому +3

    My Nana used to sing this song when I was very young, hope to see you in Morningtown some day, sun shining and peaceful times with everlasting life .. this is really what the bible hope of 'Paradise' means.

  • @richallenxbox1976
    @richallenxbox1976 Рік тому +6

    So sad that Judith died a few months back, NOBODY could hold a candle to her voice.

  • @antoniotovio5016
    @antoniotovio5016 2 роки тому +9

    RIP Judith Durham. Thank you for the music.

  • @newdavid2000
    @newdavid2000 Рік тому +4

    My kids love this song they used to go to sleep while it was playing. It was a sad loss when Judith died she was the Seekers

  • @noelfreeman2159
    @noelfreeman2159 9 місяців тому +4

    Wonderful number!Wonderful group,for me THE BEST!R.I.P dear Judith!

  • @jpavlvs
    @jpavlvs 8 років тому +206

    Judith had such a beautiful voice. Perfect Pitch. Just a joy to listen to.

    • @jimmurphy4703
      @jimmurphy4703 6 років тому +12

      jpavlvs she still has

    • @Sunburst75
      @Sunburst75 5 років тому +5

      Still has!

    • @zapkvr
      @zapkvr 4 роки тому +3

      Juts like the lovely Suite Judy Blue eyes Judy Collins

    • @barrycohen1731
      @barrycohen1731 2 роки тому

      and still does!!!!!!! Wish they could have a reunion concert in the US

  • @cheshire.cat14
    @cheshire.cat14 3 місяці тому +7

    My mother used to sing this to me as a lullaby, thank you so much for posting this. Its now 2024 and I still listen to this as comfort. 😊

  • @cctvfitter
    @cctvfitter 2 роки тому +2

    This makes me cry, I remember sitting on my mothers knee while she sang this to me , I miss her so much.

  • @lkheemi1639
    @lkheemi1639 2 роки тому +4

    Snowpiercer S3EP1 bought me here, i recognized the song from singing at primary school in my younger years, haven't heard since then and all the words came flooding back to me, such good memories 🙂

  • @paulsmith3820
    @paulsmith3820 Рік тому +7

    I lived in Melbourne for five years. I heard Judith sing at the MCG. Her voice was spellbinding. I listen to this song, as well as I am Australian, four or five times a week.
    Melbourne was one of the best places that I ever lived.

  • @LPMAN02
    @LPMAN02 2 роки тому +8

    RIP and long live Judith Durham (July 3, 1943 - August 5, 2022), aged 79
    You will always be remembered as a legend.

  • @debbiecclark6538
    @debbiecclark6538 2 роки тому +2

    Ohh gosh I just remember this when I was a very young child, brings tears to my eyes for My darling mum and dad and happier simpler days x

  • @donfisher8035
    @donfisher8035 2 роки тому +3

    Obviously way before music videos became big time in the 80's, and this is such class and style, I'm curious not so much "why" they filmed this, but not a wide audience to appreciate it. It's like "well, say, let's do something grand, and uplifting, but goes on a shelf until now.

    • @rich963
      @rich963  2 роки тому +1

      The TV special was watched by a record number of Australians at the time, but as you say on a shelf until the late 90s...

  • @hisexcellency1600
    @hisexcellency1600 5 років тому +116

    I'm 56, it's 10:13 on New Year's Day morning 2019, and this, I'm afraid, has rather just pulled the legs from under me. It is the first song that I have memories of. We were, at the time of this track, living in Wilmslow, Cheshire, (24 Broadway, if you might, by chance, be the person in that house at this moment - if so, look out of the window of the smallest bedroom, over the playing fields, across to the railway - you're in my room), and dad was an SEO in what was then H.M.Customs & Excise at Manchester Airport. Mum & dad used to put this on the record player outside my sister's room, on the landing at the top of the stairs, (as that's where the nearest electrical socket was), to play on 'repeat', (it was the '45 of this song), until I fell asleep. My room was across the landing from my sister's room, which overlooks the back gardens of the houses in Parkway, (on the offchance that you are, indeed, the present owner of the house and happen to be standing on that landing, thinking about this, having read the earlier bit.) I'm a bit lost for words; I really don't know what else to say. Mr.Swann, Devon, South-Western England.

    • @roberthyde6362
      @roberthyde6362 4 роки тому +4

      Thanks for sharing a great memory.

    • @maddyg3208
      @maddyg3208 4 роки тому

      I had a very similar experience. We too had this song on 45 and played it a lot when I was very young, growing up in Melbourne in the late 1960s.

    • @AndyAndy-ej9le
      @AndyAndy-ej9le 4 роки тому

      What a lovely memory! But judging from my personal experience, The playing fields are now a housing estate and the railway line has been closed. Tempus fugit :(

    • @tojuemka
      @tojuemka 4 роки тому

      Lovely.

    • @Mr.Swann.
      @Mr.Swann. 4 роки тому

      ​@@AndyAndy-ej9le Hmmm; interesting. I must nip onto 'Google Maps' a bit later to see if the extremely profitable railway line from Manchester to, (well, everywhere else really), has indeed been closed, and to see how Harefield High School, (formerly Wilmslow Grammar School), has managed to sell their playing fields & fit a housing estate next to the school. (If anyone else fancies a quick look on 'Google Maps', the postcode of our old house in Broadway is SK9 1NB). Would indeed be a shame if the view across the (closed ? .. removed ? .. torn up ?), railway lines over to the Derbyshire Hills on a clear day had been ruined. Regards, Mr.Swann.

  • @majkomira
    @majkomira 2 роки тому +17

    Rest In Peace, Judith! You’ve become a part of everyone who have heard you sing! We will always remember and love you!

  • @deboraweaver9315
    @deboraweaver9315 6 місяців тому +2

    I always liked listening to the Seekers. Judith Durham had an angel voice. May she be at peace.

  • @maureenwales
    @maureenwales 10 місяців тому +2

    this is one of the very first songs I ever heard on the radio when I was a little girl judith durham had a magical voice.............. a forever voice

  • @PurityVendetta
    @PurityVendetta 2 роки тому +9

    I was born in the early sixties and The Seekers were very much part of the soundtrack to the happiest and most carefree part of my life. Morningtown ride takes me right back there if I just close my eyes.

  • @davebarx
    @davebarx 2 роки тому +9

    I listened to this endlessly in my childhood; the 45 spinning on my small record player.
    Judith Durham was truly great voice and I loved this song especially.
    Vale Judith. We will miss you.

  • @terrycallow2979
    @terrycallow2979 3 роки тому +2

    I use to sing this to my two children Natalie and Adam to get them off to sleep many years ago. Happy times.

  • @saca1951
    @saca1951 6 місяців тому +3

    Judith was such a beautiful lady with an awesome voice. RIP Judith

  • @adrianrosenlund-hudson8789
    @adrianrosenlund-hudson8789 Рік тому +22

    This took me straight back to my childhood. I shed a tear, to be honest. It's a beautiful song, and it was still being played on the radio when I was little, and life was still golden, and my parents were still young

  • @WhatAWhimsicalLife
    @WhatAWhimsicalLife 2 роки тому +8

    My dad used to sing this song to me when I was little. One day I hope to sing it to my future children.

  • @anthonyperrin3411
    @anthonyperrin3411 2 роки тому +2

    10.25pm August 6th 2022, just announced in London Judith has died, aged 79. Thank you Judith, massive part of my growing up, your music lives on, RIP. X.