I'm 68 years of age and this song still makes my heart skip a beat! Great music NEVER dies! Ahh ... Yes, it was an honor to experience this music first hand back in the day! ☮💜☮
I experienced what he was singing about when this song came out. Kinda opened my eyes to what I was doing with ladies. The whole thing was surreal. How awesome it is to look back on mistakes.
This song was so underrated and so was Lee.I loved this when I was 17 and I still love it just as much..Fantastic memories from that time for me, I will never foget..
lee michaels,he's one of those very few artists that you could have not heard him for 25 or 30 years but soon as the song starts you know every word,every nuance of the music,he gets it across to us profoundly.
Yeah I know huh?? I have not heard this song in decades, but, when it was played it's like I can't stop hitting repeat...... I searched for the soundtrack to the movie DIGGER'S to see who it was that was performing the song at the beginning of the flick an low and behold it was Lee Michael's. Only a matter of time and this popped up. Now I can't stop listening to it. I was 10 when this came out...
I was fortunate enough to see Lee Michaels play at the out door Starlight theatre in San Diego. It's funny because if you watched a play there, the performers would have to freeze mid sentence till the planes flew over. Lee Michaels did not stop playing when the jets flew over. His organ drowned them out! What a great memory!!!
The piano, organ, and outstanding drumming. What a great pop song. It's been 50 years since I first heard and it still rocks. In and out of my playlist for decades. Steering wheel drum song.
You're a "baby" with good taste. 27 at the time of your post? I am guessing you got into your older siblings or parents record collection like I did. And you're right. Good music never dies.
I'm 68 years of age and this song still makes my heart skip a beat! Great music NEVER dies! Ahh ... Yes, it was an honor to experience this music first hand back in the day!
Haven't thought of Lee Michaels in years. I saw him along with Jo Jo Gunn and Head East at the Palm Beach Auditorium in 1972...my God, how old am I??!!
Man does this song instantly take me back to my teenage years! Am I that old? One good thing about getting old? It happens to everyone. Nobody is immune or singular.
I was 8 years old in 1971 and LOVED this song then and STILL love it now!! I found a vinyl copy of the album in a vintage record store in recent years and grabbed it up!! What a killer tune!! Thank you Mr. Michaels!!
Oh how I miss the 70's. No computers and digital crap. People were people and life was good! Likes this song and made out to it several times back in the day! I feel for our youth!
I fell in love with this song the first time I heard it. I bought the album and this was the only song on it that I liked. I always considered it a waste of money. I am glad that I can listen to this single on UA-cam whenever I like.
Know what ya mean there, been on that road. That was the big disappointment when buying albums. That's why Utube is so great. I can pull up any song ever recorded and loop it forever if I want to.
I recall this album in my brothers records and I loved this one lil kid dancing my self into a frenzy I am glad I had hippy brothers older then me I went to alot of concerts !!!!do you know what I mean
I listened to Lee Michael's first album when I was just a teeny-bopper, 16 or 17 years old. It blew me away! Guess you had to be there. Just raw vulnerability in every line.
I was a working musician through the 60s, 70s and 80s and used to sing this song a lot in the 70s...... and still have the album I bought in 1971. I sat here and grooved to Lee and beat the drums on the two arms of my TV chair sitting in for "Frosty." I don't know that other drummer. I'm an old codger at almost 80, but I could still play some solid drums on this with Lee. lol
Was 6 yrs old when this came out.My Pops used to blast this one in the car,liked ever since.Seems like yesturday,many Great memories to tune.Thanks for the Post.:)
I 1st heard about this song when i was kid in the 80s and loved it ever since imagining how hard it must be to write a top 10 hit with no gutairs in the song well done
loved hearing this again. Caught him playing many times in LA in the late 60's early '70s. He was usually the headliner too. At a show in Pasadena Alice Cooper was the opening act and another time, at the Olympic Alvin Lee and Love, Taj Mahal played before LM took the stage. Another time at the Shrine Captain Beefheart was the opener, never showed, and then eventually Lee Michaels and Frosty got to play but after a couple songs the fire marshal shut it down because people stood in front of the stage after he said not to do so. That pissed a people off and a mini riot ensued in the auditorium and on the street.
Soooo beautiful......thank you.....I have never been able to "forget" this song from the time I first heard it....ohhh so long ago....so clear.....wonder why?....lol......ahem....did anyone catch that?....not surprised....peace...
Great stand up and stand the test of time song so raw but yet so perfect..... Tell me I'm not the only one that feels this bass drum in this song? Whomever did this,? sure did it justice.....
I remember this gem of a song coming out of my little turquoise with brown leather case transistor AM radio. I remember it being in hot rotation on Famous 56 WFIL played every hour and a half. It belted out of that speaker the size of the bottom of a Coke can. It rang out along side of Marvin Gaye's What's Going On, Dramatics Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get, Chicago Beginnings, Jackson 5's Never Can Say Goodbye, Redbone's Maggie, Daddy Dewdrop's Chic-A-Boom & 3 Dog Night JTW just to name a few.
From a deep funk/R&B background ... but we knew a groove when we heard it ... this was one of them ... very danceable even though its supposed to be a sad scenario.
It never ceases to amaze me how many conversations I've overheard between Her & Bobby that go something like this, "It is kind of like, I mean, sort of like, you know, almost like, "Do You Know What I Mean""?
I know what you mean hotstuffandicecream.....I'm right there with ya. Let's throw in some old army jackets, fringed & faded jeans, Huarache sandals, patchouli oil, tube tops, incense, skipping school, black lights, lava lamps, and drive-in theaters.....Those were the days.....
Happy Birthday Lee Michaels born on November 24, 1945. He is an American rock musician who sings and accompanies himself on organ, piano, or guitar. He is best known for his powerful soulful voice and his energetic virtuosity on the Hammond organ, peaking in 1971 with his Top 10 pop hit single, "Do You Know What I Mean". - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Michaels
♪♫ This Day Rock History: November 24, 1945 - Blue-eyed psychedelic soul boy: Lee Michaels, is born in Los Angeles. In 1971 Michaels went to No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with: “Do You Know What I Mean”. The song was an autobiographical homage to the loss of a girlfriend. Billboard ranked "Do You Know What I Mean" as the No. 19 song for 1971. ♪♫
Hotstuffandicecream, great job. Halter tops.... A great invention of the 20th century, seemed like every chick that wore one was really cool!!! and guess what ... Guys did'nt wear 'em back then ! GOD bless you!
1974 Phoenix Az. last year of a four year hitch...painted my room on Bethany home rd. all in one night , listening to Lee Micheals... Do you know what I mean???
Do ya know what I mean? oh yea. I married Bobby when I was 16 (he picked me up hitch-hicking) & he was 21. Mom's hand was shaking something fierce in Vegas but what could she do with a hippie wild child. He left me for my best friend after 4 years. Lord do you know what I mean? I signed over my '65 Mustang, Coke tray collection & they took they rest. I wanted to be cool. I had all Lee's LPs, Bobby was into Springsteen, oh well. I've seen Lee live & have no regrets. Good Times.
Hard to believe that was almost 40 FREAKIN' YEARS AGO, & Lee's 65...I was a scared boychik, having recently been dumped in a boarding school..This & a few other songs, kept me from going COMPLETELY batty..
saw him in LA at the shrine auditorium. The fire marshall kept fucking with us all so he just walked out after 2 songs and we had a riot burning 2 cop cars. I, of course just stood and stared at 16. How much music he could get out of an organ, drums and bass. Fantastic. haven't heard from him in 50 years.
Hitchhiking into T.O. and all the cars and trucks that would give us a ride had this blaring...hot summer days bare feet bluejean cutoffs and long blonde hair, we were 14 and having a ball...
Saw Lee do this song in Cleveland Auditorium. Fantastic and just as good if not better then the record. The concert featured Fanny, Jo Jo Gunne, B.B. King and Lee. All were great live. There may have been a 5th act but I forget.
I'm 68 years of age and this song still makes my heart skip a beat! Great music NEVER dies! Ahh ... Yes, it was an honor to experience this music first hand back in the day! ☮💜☮
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I experienced what he was singing about when this song came out. Kinda opened my eyes to what I was doing with ladies. The whole thing was surreal. How awesome it is to look back on mistakes.
I’m 68 years old as well. I agree wholeheartedly with everything you wrote!!!
No kidding. I was 13 just.... realizing there was girls out there. The song rings true to this day still havent figured them out.
I'm 69 years old. We were teenagers during the greatest time in rock and roll.
This song was so underrated and so was Lee.I loved this when I was 17 and I still love it just as much..Fantastic memories from that time for me, I will never foget..
I was 14 when this song came out, and I felt so sorry for the guys pain.
I feel ya big time.
I believe I was 16.
Still love it.
Me 17 too!!
Me too!
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lee michaels,he's one of those very few artists that you could have not heard him for 25 or 30 years but soon as the song starts you know every word,every nuance of the music,he gets it across to us profoundly.
AMEN
16 ,years old an this song was fantastic, when it debut , still awesome
Here it is 2024, and I'm pretty sure I haven't heard this in a good 30+ years. Still like it.
Yeah I know huh??
I have not heard this song in decades, but, when it was played it's like I can't stop hitting repeat......
I searched for the soundtrack to the movie DIGGER'S to see who it was that was performing the song at the beginning of the flick an low and behold it was Lee Michael's. Only a matter of time and this popped up. Now I can't stop listening to it. I was 10 when this came out...
I was lying on a beach in the May sunshine of 1971. I was just 19 and drove a 59 TR 3. Life didn't get much better than that!
When you're singing a sad song but it's such a kick-ass groove you just have to smile. "She's a dandy, yes indeed!"
I have been listening to this song since it came out and it never gets old
still enjoy my vinyl
I was fortunate enough to see Lee Michaels play at the out door Starlight theatre in San Diego. It's funny because if you watched a play there, the performers would have to freeze mid sentence till the planes flew over. Lee Michaels did not stop playing when the jets flew over. His organ drowned them out! What a great memory!!!
Haha!. Ditto for Steve Winwood. We saw him there. Great venue. I hope it is successfully rehab'd.
The piano, organ, and outstanding drumming. What a great pop song. It's been 50 years since I first heard and it still rocks. In and out of my playlist for decades. Steering wheel drum song.
Been 14 days since I don't know when........
My first favorite song , im 60 yrs old , this song will always be my first love .
I’m 27 and this song still makes my heart warm ♥️ good music NEVER dies
You're a "baby" with good taste. 27 at the time of your post? I am guessing you got into your older siblings or parents record collection like I did. And you're right. Good music never dies.
@@bhk5150 my dad used to sing it when I was little. ♥️ all my music is before my time.
I'm 68 years of age and this song still makes my heart skip a beat! Great music NEVER dies! Ahh ... Yes, it was an honor to experience this music first hand back in the day!
Bro I’m 66, still groovin to it. Peace.
I'm in my 60s and loved this one on the AM radio in71.
Rollerskated many times to this song. Man, I miss the 70's! LAWD! Do ya know what I mean!?!
I'm 71, as much as I loved this song, I really missed him playing the B3. He was one of the best on that thing.
absolutely!!!!
@@JoEllenBestafka I loved his version of Stormy Monday.
Bought that album many years ago, used to play it all the time. Lee Michaels never did get the air time he deserved.
I love Lee Michael’s, saw him so many times back in 1969, 1970, 1971, he was so great with Frosty.
I started singing along with him when I was 8,,, In the front seat of my Dad's car,AM Radio...We had it Good...
Absolutely love this song..Brings back fantastic memories ❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
Haven't thought of Lee Michaels in years. I saw him along with Jo Jo Gunn and Head East at the Palm Beach Auditorium in 1972...my God, how old am I??!!
Nice video! Good song,. Excellent singer! Drummer and piano well done! ✨🛑✨🛑✨
so so video, great song!
Man does this song instantly take me back to my teenage years! Am I that old? One good thing about getting old? It happens to everyone. Nobody is immune or singular.
I learned to play rhythm electric guitar by playing along to this song! I was 17, now I'm 68! I still love this tune!
WOW! Haven't heard this great tune in about 35 years!
I know what ya mean
@@dianahohimer1107 LOL! Clever.
Twelve years old when this came. Bought the 45 record and still have it today. Definitely one of my favorite songs. 😍
I don't what kind of Music they come out with now..NOTHING BEATS THE CLASSIC'S....Best music ever
They don’t use instruments
The use of synthesizers have taken instruments away for the detriment of Music!
Yes! I know what you mean!!!!
Remember it well , loved the song in 71 still do today, it's one of those once in a lifetime 👍✌️
I keep coming back to this song everytime I need a shot of happiness. What a great voice and he obviously loves what he's doing
Never gets old. Do u know what I mean??!!!
I used "do you know what I mean" in a comment today in a list of 1971 songs. THUMBS UP.
I was 8 years old in 1971 and LOVED this song then and STILL love it now!! I found a vinyl copy of the album in a vintage record store in recent years and grabbed it up!! What a killer tune!! Thank you Mr. Michaels!!
I loved dancing to this at my middle school dances. And he was my idea of the perfect man. . .♥️
Me too!
Lee Michaels is so cute!! I could listen to this song a million times. I still remember when it came out.
Does lee Michaels ever not smile? 😊 One of the great ones 🎉
my sister had this record in her stacks and stacks of 45's. what an amazing gift of musical wealth to grow up with.
Oh how I miss the 70's. No computers and digital crap. People were people and life was good! Likes this song and made out to it several times back in the day! I feel for our youth!
The Vietnam War was raging and my draft number was getting close.
Great Great song!! These days are gone, thank God for you tube.
Lee looks like he's having fun! Love his smile 😊
I fell in love with this song the first time I heard it. I bought the album and this was the only song on it that I liked. I always considered it a waste of money. I am glad that I can listen to this single on UA-cam whenever I like.
Know what ya mean there, been on that road. That was the big disappointment when buying albums. That's why Utube is so great. I can pull up any song ever recorded and loop it forever if I want to.
GENIUS... hittin' those keys so right!
i love the pauses
This takes me back to my childhood before I understood heartbreak. I use to sing this in the backseat of my parents Thunderbird...
Who is listening to this fabulous song in 2021?
Still listening in 2024👍👍👍👍
It’s 2024 and still listening and remember seeing him and Mountain at the Electric Circus in Toronto in 🎉1969
just tuned in ..Sept 2024
I was 14 in 71 and when I hear this I'm 14 again and it feels good😊
I recall this album in my brothers records and I loved this one lil kid dancing my self into a frenzy I am glad I had hippy brothers older then me
I went to alot of concerts !!!!do you know what I mean
Man thank you for song. Been loving it for 50 years. You're great! Be well and happy.
Does this bring back some great memories!! I was 15!!! damn Where's my time machine!
Wednesday (11/24) was Lee Michaels' 65th birthday. Happy birthday Lee. Love this song. Thanks for posting.
75 today
Wow. Haven’t seen this video before I was 12 in 1971 when this song came out I still have the 45 One of my favorite songs.
I listened to Lee Michael's first album when I was just a teeny-bopper, 16 or 17 years old. It blew me away! Guess you had to be there. Just raw vulnerability in every line.
I was a working musician through the 60s, 70s and 80s and used to sing this song a lot in the 70s...... and still have the album I bought in 1971. I sat here and grooved to Lee and beat the drums on the two arms of my TV chair sitting in for "Frosty." I don't know that other drummer. I'm an old codger at almost 80, but I could still play some solid drums on this with Lee. lol
Brings back such awesome memories!!!!!When i found this song and couldn't help but to dance, i tripped my grandkids out !!!lol!!!
Was 6 yrs old when this came out.My Pops used to blast this one in the car,liked ever since.Seems like yesturday,many Great memories to tune.Thanks for the Post.:)
I 1st heard about this song when i was kid in the 80s and loved it ever since imagining how hard it must be to write a top 10 hit with no gutairs in the song well done
Absolutely a gem! One of the very best!
Great song for two people they were great together saw them in the early seventy at one of clubs in westbloomfield Michigan
loved hearing this again. Caught him playing many times in LA in the late 60's early '70s. He was usually the headliner too. At a show in Pasadena Alice Cooper was the opening act and another time, at the Olympic Alvin Lee and Love, Taj Mahal played before LM took the stage. Another time at the Shrine Captain Beefheart was the opener, never showed, and then eventually Lee Michaels and Frosty got to play but after a couple songs the fire marshal shut it down because people stood in front of the stage after he said not to do so. That pissed a people off and a mini riot ensued in the auditorium and on the street.
I remember this on the radio when I was just a kid, and it is STILL a great song!!!
Footage of Lee Michaels is pretty rare. So this is a nice treat.
Soooo beautiful......thank you.....I have never been able to "forget" this song from the time I first heard it....ohhh so long ago....so clear.....wonder why?....lol......ahem....did anyone catch that?....not surprised....peace...
Best Ever ❤️ Classics For Ever 70s rocks today
Great stand up and stand the test of time song so raw but yet so perfect.....
Tell me I'm not the only one that feels this bass drum in this song? Whomever did this,? sure did it justice.....
Always loved this, do you know what I mean!!!!
I remember this gem of a song coming out of my little turquoise with brown leather case transistor AM radio. I remember it being in hot rotation on Famous 56 WFIL played every hour and a half. It belted out of that speaker the size of the bottom of a Coke can. It rang out along side of Marvin Gaye's What's Going On, Dramatics Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get, Chicago Beginnings, Jackson 5's Never Can Say Goodbye, Redbone's Maggie, Daddy Dewdrop's Chic-A-Boom & 3 Dog Night JTW just to name a few.
I had just gotten a transistor radio for my birthday that I carried around with me everywhere and this song was ALWAYS on it!
From a deep funk/R&B background ... but we knew a groove when we heard it ... this was one of them ... very danceable even though its supposed to be a sad scenario.
It never ceases to amaze me how many conversations I've overheard between Her & Bobby that go something like this, "It is kind of like, I mean, sort of like, you know, almost like, "Do You Know What I Mean""?
I know what you mean hotstuffandicecream.....I'm right there with ya. Let's throw in some old army jackets, fringed & faded jeans, Huarache sandals, patchouli oil, tube tops, incense, skipping school, black lights, lava lamps, and drive-in theaters.....Those were the days.....
man I so love this ..Steve has not aged a minute ,timeless music and eternal legends
Happy Birthday Lee Michaels born on November 24, 1945. He is an American rock musician who sings and accompanies himself on organ, piano, or guitar. He is best known for his powerful soulful voice and his energetic virtuosity on the Hammond organ, peaking in 1971 with his Top 10 pop hit single, "Do You Know What I Mean". - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Michaels
Saw in live in concert at the Hollywood Bowl in 1969. Best concert ever!!!
This was a huge hit back in the day that seems to have been forgotten.
Love this song also just heard it right now I am 70.
♪♫ This Day Rock History: November 24, 1945 - Blue-eyed psychedelic soul boy: Lee Michaels, is born in Los Angeles. In 1971 Michaels went to No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with: “Do You Know What I Mean”. The song was an autobiographical homage to the loss of a girlfriend. Billboard ranked "Do You Know What I Mean" as the No. 19 song for 1971. ♪♫
Lee said the song is not about him.
Fine wine,,,,, Better with age... Us that grew up with this where Blessed....Go Joe &Kammy
Great song. Great voice.
Love this song. Great beat...great voice. Takes me back to the 70's !
Love love this!!! Great song and singer
that little squeak at 1:43-44 still slays me.
It’s so darned cute!
Hotstuffandicecream, great job. Halter tops.... A great invention of the 20th century, seemed like every chick that wore one was really cool!!! and guess what ... Guys did'nt wear 'em back then ! GOD bless you!
Saw him and Frosty in Concert around 72or73 loved that song and music
love it since the 1st time my bother introduced me to this song back in 69!
The song didn't come out till 71
Do u know, what I mean, this song is soooo, KEWL, I love Lee Micheals music, saw I'm in Boston,
Every track on this album ("5th") is a gem!
1974 Phoenix Az. last year of a four year hitch...painted my room on Bethany home rd. all in one night , listening to Lee Micheals... Do you know what I mean???
Love this song. Never knew what Lee looked like. Couldn't imagine what was singing and he is such a cutie.
This is one of my favorite songs ever
Yes….. Right ….. This song still makes my heart ❤️ Skip a beat ….. Yes indeed Lee ….. 👍.
Love, love, love this song!!!!!
Do ya know what I mean? oh yea. I married Bobby when I was 16 (he picked me up hitch-hicking) & he was 21. Mom's hand was shaking something fierce in Vegas but what could she do with a hippie wild child. He left me for my best friend after 4 years. Lord do you know what I mean? I signed over my '65 Mustang, Coke tray collection & they took they rest. I wanted to be cool. I had all Lee's LPs, Bobby was into Springsteen, oh well. I've seen Lee live & have no regrets. Good Times.
Saw Lee Michaels at the Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento back in July of 1971. Seems like it was just yesterday.
This song rules.
Hard to believe that was almost 40 FREAKIN' YEARS AGO, & Lee's 65...I was a scared boychik, having recently been dumped in a boarding school..This & a few other songs, kept me from going COMPLETELY batty..
I considered this song to be top grade. And i was only 6 when it came out. I love doing Karaoke with this song.
I was 10. I loved the song back then. It is unique.
saw him in LA at the shrine auditorium. The fire marshall kept fucking with us all so he just walked out after 2 songs and we had a riot burning 2 cop cars. I, of course just stood and stared at 16. How much music he could get out of an organ, drums and bass. Fantastic. haven't heard from him in 50 years.
Underrated and underplayed hit. I would cover it and do a Van Halen like twist on it and sell a million.
One of my favorite songs ever a d I'm 60!❤❤❤❤❤
I love this song! Thanks......
Can't listen to this just once❤❤❤❤❤!!👍
Hitchhiking into T.O. and all the cars and trucks that would give us a ride had this blaring...hot summer days bare feet bluejean cutoffs and long blonde hair, we were 14 and having a ball...
This LP (Fifth)and song is amazing. I played it my entire 70's!
Saw Lee do this song in Cleveland Auditorium. Fantastic and just as good if not better then the record. The concert featured Fanny, Jo Jo Gunne, B.B. King and Lee. All were great live. There may have been a 5th act but I forget.
Ahhh, memories of going rollar skating while growing up in Pittsburgh
Happy 71st to Lee today Thanksgiving day 11-24-16
Lee Michaels What a great song.
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This is hands down the best description I've ever read! Those were the days!