He did mostly fun stuff , check out his duets with Johnny Cash , Folsom Prison Blues , The Orange Blossoms Special , Rock Island Line ,and one of my Favorites THANK GOD AND GREYHOUND!!
Fun fact... Micky Mantle felt that this song told the story of his life. He made Roy Clark promise to sing it at his funeral. When Mantle died in 1995, Clark fulfilled that promise (you can see it on UA-cam, they broadcast it on ESPN and played images from Mantles career/life while Clark sang).
Now at 60, I can 100% relate. I ran fast and with not the best people, a patched member of a east coast MC. I so wish I took things slower. Go from one lover to another without getting to know the women I was with, if only I just talked to them to get to know them 😢
Brian, thank you so much for sharing that. It sounds like you wish you could change a few things but I hope that life is treating you better and that you are living it the way you want and are happier 💜
@Play It Again, Sue! well Sue, thank you. But I feel the way I led my life fast came back on me. After some years of living I finally found a woman a fantastic woman I moved across the country to be with her, but just under 2 years she passed unexpectedly. After some time another woman was worried about me and asked me over, after getting to know her she told me she would love a relationship with me that from day one she was attracted to me. So we fell in love and were to be married 7-4-23 on her birthday. But on 3-26-23 I woke to find her passed away next to me. It's like Karma is on me. 60 and alone in a place I know no on.
@@K9-Crazy I am so sorry to hear this, Brian. That is awful that they both passed away. I feel so badly for you. Please don't give up. You never know if something good is around the corner. You sound like a good guy so you deserve some happiness
My family sat around the tv and watched Hee Haw with Roy Clark and Buck Owens. Roy could play almost every instrument! 👵🏼💜☮️ It was corny comedy but they always had excellent talent ♑️
Hi Sharon, so nice to hear from you. Cool so Roy was extremely talented then. I had no idea he played so many instruments. I knew he played guitar and banjo but that was it. You know, some of those older shows that we considered kinda corny were the best shows and had good entertainment value. 🤩💜✌
No it was a song that he loved.😢 Roy Clark could play and sing just about anything from country,country western Spanish blues ext. Roy could play anything with strings he was also called the man with lighting fingers.😮
Yep... The song was written in the early 60's and Roy Clark recorded it in 1969. Roy was amazingly talented, and usually performed on any stringed instrument with a certain amount of comedic delivery which always endeared the audience to him. He was brought on the Hee-Haw show to bolster viewers as the show was faltering before they added him.
Yep, I'm another one who grew up watching Hee Haw, and I well remember Roy Clark ( and Buck Owens ) from those great days .. Dad was a big country music fan and he loved it .. I remember him laughing at all the comedy skits, as well as enjoying the top class music, so they were happy memories .. This is a great version of the Charles Aznavour original, which I also remember well.
Hey Wayne, I love you sharing your story about your dad.i think a lit of people watched it. We didn't watch it really in my house but I remember seeing when I would go to my friend s house. Did your dad have a favourite country act? I have never heard the original. I should check it out 😎💜
@Play It Again, Sue! Hey Sue, from what I recall, Dad loved Johnny Cash, Charlie Pride, Hank Williams ( Senior ), and Buck Owens, as well as a few others .. I think Johnny was probably his very favourite, but I can't be sure .. He definitely played his albums a lot, especially the live albums he did at Folsom Prison and San Quentin Prison .. Cheers, Wayne 😊
"It was a very good year" sung by Frank Sinatra and The Kingston Trio (1961) is another haunting song of reflection you and your listeners may enjoy. Frank's version is enriched by his singular interpretation and the history of his life may have lent the image of a mature man sitting alone with a drink and ashtray resting lit cigarette burning in reflection.
Such a great song but as you say, so very sad. Thank you for your reaction. I think it wasn’t that he had a great life but that he thought the life he had was great at the time. However, now, as an older man, he looks back and recognizes how superficial all his relationships were (“I never stopped to think what life was all about;” the friends who drifted away; the flames that quickly died) and how selfish he was (“every conversation that I can now recall concerned itself with me and nothing else at all”). He recognizes that that wasn’t such a great way to live after all because it’s left him alone “on stage to end the play.” He never quite says that he’d do it differently if he could go back, but that’s the implication. You might check out “Right or Left at Oak Street,” another Roy Clark song. Also, I f you haven’t reacted to “I am a Rock” by Simon and Garfunkel, it’s another great song that approached a similar theme in a different way.
Hi Kathi, thank you so much for your very insightful comment. I agree with what you are saying. You summed it up perfectly. I really appreciate it. Thanks for tuning in and for your suggestions.....amazing 😃
He is NOT the original singer of this song. The original song was composed by Georges Garvarentz and lyrics were by Charles Aznavour...who also was the original singer. The French title is Hier Encore (Just Yesterday or Not So Long Ago). Roy recorded an English translation written by Herbert Kretzmer. It was about a man who spent his life pursuing things focused on himself, pleasing ONLY himself. In doing so, He missed out on so much and has many regrets. This was one of Roy's biggest hits and was in the top ten on Billboard (US) for Easy Listening and Hot Country categories.
Roy Clark could play any stringed instrument.
@@davidpanetta6400 He was clearly very talented 🥰
A cautionary tale by a great storyteller...I doubt it was from personal experience, but a warning at the least 😂
Hey Wendy, you are so right. It is definitely a cautionary tale for sure 💜
He did mostly fun stuff , check out his duets with Johnny Cash , Folsom Prison Blues , The Orange Blossoms Special , Rock Island Line ,and one of my Favorites THANK GOD AND GREYHOUND!!
@edwardviner9468 awesome thanks Edward 🤩
Fun fact... Micky Mantle felt that this song told the story of his life. He made Roy Clark promise to sing it at his funeral. When Mantle died in 1995, Clark fulfilled that promise (you can see it on UA-cam, they broadcast it on ESPN and played images from Mantles career/life while Clark sang).
Hey MV that is super cool. thank you. i will pull it up to watch it :)
Now at 60, I can 100% relate. I ran fast and with not the best people, a patched member of a east coast MC. I so wish I took things slower. Go from one lover to another without getting to know the women I was with, if only I just talked to them to get to know them 😢
Brian, thank you so much for sharing that. It sounds like you wish you could change a few things but I hope that life is treating you better and that you are living it the way you want and are happier 💜
@Play It Again, Sue! well Sue, thank you. But I feel the way I led my life fast came back on me. After some years of living I finally found a woman a fantastic woman I moved across the country to be with her, but just under 2 years she passed unexpectedly. After some time another woman was worried about me and asked me over, after getting to know her she told me she would love a relationship with me that from day one she was attracted to me. So we fell in love and were to be married 7-4-23 on her birthday. But on 3-26-23 I woke to find her passed away next to me. It's like Karma is on me. 60 and alone in a place I know no on.
@@K9-Crazy I am so sorry to hear this, Brian. That is awful that they both passed away. I feel so badly for you. Please don't give up. You never know if something good is around the corner. You sound like a good guy so you deserve some happiness
@Play It Again, Sue! thank you Sue 😊 BTW the first girl was named Suzy. Then Dannie Jo. Your words do help. Thank you again 💓
My family sat around the tv and watched Hee Haw with Roy Clark and Buck Owens. Roy could play almost every instrument! 👵🏼💜☮️
It was corny comedy but they always had excellent talent ♑️
Hi Sharon, so nice to hear from you. Cool so Roy was extremely talented then. I had no idea he played so many instruments. I knew he played guitar and banjo but that was it. You know, some of those older shows that we considered kinda corny were the best shows and had good entertainment value. 🤩💜✌
@@playitagainsue they were funny and clean! 👵🏼
This is not about his life at all he just liked it! It was written by a French man Charles Aznavor
No it was a song that he loved.😢 Roy Clark could play and sing just about anything from country,country western Spanish blues ext. Roy could play anything with strings he was also called the man with lighting fingers.😮
Hi David, thanks for tuning in. I appreciate it. I love that nick name...."the man with the lightning fingers". Clearly Roy was very talented. 🤩
Yep... The song was written in the early 60's and Roy Clark recorded it in 1969. Roy was amazingly talented, and usually performed on any stringed instrument with a certain amount of comedic delivery which always endeared the audience to him. He was brought on the Hee-Haw show to bolster viewers as the show was faltering before they added him.
Yep, I'm another one who grew up watching Hee Haw, and I well remember Roy Clark ( and Buck Owens ) from those great days .. Dad was a big country music fan and he loved it .. I remember him laughing at all the comedy skits, as well as enjoying the top class music, so they were happy memories .. This is a great version of the Charles Aznavour original, which I also remember well.
Hey Wayne, I love you sharing your story about your dad.i think a lit of people watched it. We didn't watch it really in my house but I remember seeing when I would go to my friend s house. Did your dad have a favourite country act? I have never heard the original. I should check it out 😎💜
@Play It Again, Sue! Hey Sue, from what I recall, Dad loved Johnny Cash, Charlie Pride, Hank Williams ( Senior ), and Buck Owens, as well as a few others .. I think Johnny was probably his very favourite, but I can't be sure .. He definitely played his albums a lot, especially the live albums he did at Folsom Prison and San Quentin Prison .. Cheers, Wayne 😊
@@wayne_twentyfive Awesome Wayne! I don't know much about country music but I know Johnny Cash. I love him. He is great 🤩🧡
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Thanks for tuning in and subscribing 70 qq. I really appreciate it 🤩
"It was a very good year" sung by Frank Sinatra and The Kingston Trio (1961) is another haunting song of reflection you and your listeners may enjoy.
Frank's version is enriched by his singular interpretation and the history of his life may have lent the image of a mature man sitting alone with a drink and ashtray resting lit cigarette burning in reflection.
Wow, thanks Mario. That sounds very powerful. I will give it a listen 😀
Such a great song but as you say, so very sad. Thank you for your reaction. I think it wasn’t that he had a great life but that he thought the life he had was great at the time. However, now, as an older man, he looks back and recognizes how superficial all his relationships were (“I never stopped to think what life was all about;” the friends who drifted away; the flames that quickly died) and how selfish he was (“every conversation that I can now recall concerned itself with me and nothing else at all”). He recognizes that that wasn’t such a great way to live after all because it’s left him alone “on stage to end the play.”
He never quite says that he’d do it differently if he could go back, but that’s the implication.
You might check out “Right or Left at Oak Street,” another Roy Clark song.
Also, I f you haven’t reacted to “I am a Rock” by Simon and Garfunkel, it’s another great song that approached a similar theme in a different way.
Hi Kathi, thank you so much for your very insightful comment. I agree with what you are saying. You summed it up perfectly. I really appreciate it. Thanks for tuning in and for your suggestions.....amazing 😃
No. He just imagined what it would be like and wrote a song about it. He was actually quite young when he recorded it.
Thanks MTM for the info. I appreciate it 🤩
He is NOT the original singer of this song. The original song was composed by Georges Garvarentz and lyrics were by Charles Aznavour...who also was the original singer. The French title is Hier Encore (Just Yesterday or Not So Long Ago). Roy recorded an English translation written by Herbert Kretzmer. It was about a man who spent his life pursuing things focused on himself, pleasing ONLY himself. In doing so, He missed out on so much and has many regrets. This was one of Roy's biggest hits and was in the top ten on Billboard (US) for Easy Listening and Hot Country categories.
It is his signature song!
Hey Jud, thanks for that. I had no idea. Great song....just very sad 💙
But he did not write it. It is composed by Charles Aznavour.
You should see Shirley Basseys version of this song!
Will do, Nadine 🤩
This is the English vbersion of a song written by the great French singer ChRles Aznavour. Roy did NOT write this!
@@llschnitz thanks for the clarification 😀
A lament for a selfish narcissistic life and now the clock is running out.