I don't like modern art. Fortunately, thanks to the web, I know what it is, I have the translation, I know how he does this sound trick, supposedly in a paper cup, and not pinching his nose with pliers washing machine...I myself have tried it in a paper cup, and I can't make that noise, as if it were singing in a chamber pot. When I was little, I didn't appreciate this work because I didn't understand anything about it.
It was recorded from a telephone . David was in a phone box outside the studio. Thats why you cant replicate it ... The live version without the phone bit is far better i m h o
I love this song. I love the drumming. I love the musicianship. I love they got classical trained musicians to play with rock musicians. I love the lyrics.
This was the sound of the summer of 1967 for me, it was on every radio station here in the uk, I was only 17, making garden ornaments, I enjoyed the music of that era, it made the job more enjoyable too
Marc Almond added another verse - perhaps to ease the pain of a devastatingly beautiful song A tenement, a dirty street Remember worn and shoeless feet Remember how you stood to beat The way your life had gone So Pearly don't you shed more tears For those best forgotten years Those tenements are memories Of where you've risen from
The best version. We can hear the background violins distinctly, which is not quite the case in some other versions. I remember this song vividly, even though I could not understand the lyrics then. I must have been 12 the first time I heard it.
Bought this single in 1971 -which was a re-release from 1967 . Radio Luxembourg give it huge airplay but again it never charted . In those days I noticed that the more obscure singles /artists that Radio Luxembourg played didn't usually chart in the UK until Radio One started giving them regular airplay too . Radio One never did pick up on this one . Nevertheless I bought the single and it has remained one of my favourite songs ever since . I also bought David McWilliams' CD of his work- which has other great songs on it -Flamingo St being one of them . David McWilliams was a seriously undervalued songsmith .
The reason Radio One "didn't pick up on" this song is that David McWilliams' manager had some connection with the by-then outlawed Radio Caroline, and good ol' Auntie didn't want to be tainted by THAT particular brush. The BBC could be quite incredibly petty at times.
They still can .. bleeping out the word faggot in fairytale of new York just one example . Its not even a slur against gay men its a cheap meat dish from the west country . Made from offal. Hence "cheap dirty faggot"
Superbe chanson intemporelle malheureusement dans l'air du temps actuellement et ceux à venir. Brilliant and timeless song, but sadly in the mood for this time and those to come.
@@jackhalle859 Cette chanson de David McWilliams de 1967 parle d'un sans domicile fixe (SDF) qui erre sans espoir dans une banlieue misérable en attendant la mort inéluctable et certainement rapide pour lui.
@@jackhalle859 oui. C'est une chanson dont je me souviens très bien quand j'étais gamin et dont j'adorais la musique et la voix du chanteur. Quand j'ai appris l'anglais, je l'ai trouvée encore plus formidable. Un chef d'œuvre musical.
Este tema me marco al resto de mi vida, era adolecente en esos años... Pearly, ¿dónde está tu piel blanca como la leche? ¿Qué es esa barba en tu barbilla? Está enterrado en la ginebra podrida. Jugaste y perdiste no ganaste Tocaste una casa que no puede ser vencida Ahora mira, tu cabeza está inclinada en derrota Caminaste demasiado por la calle Donde solo las ratas pueden correr Los días de Pearly Spencer Ah ah ah La carrera está casi finalizada.
It’s probably 50 years or so since I last heard this song. Superb
Me too. Once heard, never forgotten.
Une des époques ou l’on savait faire de la musique !!
Ein wunderschöner Song. 😂❤😮😅😊
56 ans
Me too.
A sad haunting song. I heard this while a teenager in the 1960's... Where has my life gone...?
THE LYRICS, THE MUSIC, THE VOICE, THE EXPRESSION, THE MEANING OF THE SONG ON SUMMIT. A REAL FINE PIECE OF ART. CONGRATS.
I don't like modern art. Fortunately, thanks to the web, I know what it is, I have the translation, I know how he does this sound trick, supposedly in a paper cup, and not pinching his nose with pliers washing machine...I myself have tried it in a paper cup, and I can't make that noise, as if it were singing in a chamber pot.
When I was little, I didn't appreciate this work because I didn't understand anything about it.
I agree !
It was recorded from a telephone . David was in a phone box outside the studio. Thats why you cant replicate it ...
The live version without the phone bit is far better i m h o
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It took 55 years to understand the drama of this song! Thank you for enlightening me! Regards from Germany
Beautiful, thank you for sharing this old favourite.
Memories come flooding back.
David Macwilliams was a brilliant songwriter/poet his songs usually have a story to tell unlike the whingey whiney musicians of today.
I,m 65 and still play and luv this classic , brilliant song .
I Remember Listening To Radio LONDON and They Played This Record Many Times - I Recently Heard It Again and It Brought Back Fond Memories 🤔👍
I’ve been haunted by this song for so long.
And they don't know anymore WHERE THE GRASS HAS GONE....2023 now an old song, 2025 the REALITY...?
I love this song. I love the drumming. I love the musicianship. I love they got classical trained musicians to play with rock musicians. I love the lyrics.
It's great to be reassured that there are some people who listen and appreciate great MUSIC ❤ . 🤞🤘👍☘️🇨🇮👅🤠.
Right ! I agree entirely.
I agree I remember this great song when it was first released and I still love it .
Smitten by this first time I heard it was in 1972! Wow. The violins. Wohhh...
A magnificent stirring song which tugs on the emotional heartstrings.....takes me all the way back to school days years ago
This was the sound of the summer of 1967 for me, it was on every radio station here in the uk, I was only 17, making garden ornaments, I enjoyed the music of that era, it made the job more enjoyable too
Snap same age .
How quickly time flies ay.
13,😊 I've not that song in all those years
It was also banned by the BBC wonder why?
I was 9, but I remember it on Radio Caroline North, I think.
This song is a piece of art (music & voice & lyrics) created for the eternity. David McWilliams R.I.P.
Haven't heard this for 50+ years. Liked the sound as a teen but had no clue as to what it was about. Great to see the clip. Thanks✌
This used to be played quite a bit on Radio Caroline in the early 70s if I remember right.
Quel bonheur de retrouver cette chanson une jolie petite pépite inoubliable...❤
Listen to this regularly, very powerful. Even the background violins are amazing.
This song is unbelievable. Brilliant
David McWilliams, great folkie man...dead but never forgotten!😢😢😢😢😢
So much passion and meaning.
Released in 1967, what a amacing piece of rockhistory.... still love it , thanks for upload, greetings from germany
Un morceau découvert il y a quelques années ... et retrouvé aujourd'hui !! Merveilleux !
Marc Almond added another verse - perhaps to ease the pain of a devastatingly beautiful song
A tenement, a dirty street
Remember worn and shoeless feet
Remember how you stood to beat
The way your life had gone
So Pearly don't you shed more tears
For those best forgotten years
Those tenements are memories
Of where you've risen from
Every time I hear and see the video I cry. Thank you very much for the work that expresses humanity and compassion.
The best version. We can hear the background violins distinctly, which is not quite the case in some other versions.
I remember this song vividly, even though I could not understand the lyrics then. I must have been 12 the first time I heard it.
Magnifique criant de réalisme, rien n'a changé.
63 years.🛡🐺🛡🛰🌏🌍🌎📡🥂🎭😎😍....salutari in infern sau paradis,din România.
Un monument.....de la chanson ...
Deeply moving. Those of us not in the same bag as Pearly need to look out for those that are.
This song will exceed 10 million, I will write it already.
This song is definitely in my top twenty.
I’ve got the original album still play this song on a regular basis fantastic
And me.
I've always loved this song.
Love this song
Timeless classic….cheers
Haunting photos .... hard to believe those men were young once, and full of hope, maybe around the time this song first came out.
Saw David At Nottingham around 1965...Great Song
The meaning of this song is full of emptyness. Sad but deep.
Yo siempre escucho este tema en español, no sé si la traducción será igual, pero me encanta, lo interpreta el grupo Los Javaloyas, (españoles)
Awesome. Brings me back to my youth
Eerily, beautiful.Mantra for todays world, The race is almost run...
des images bien choisies sur une chanson toujours fascinante
The bass drum change of pattern is very clever and effective. Kudos sticksman.
evocative and simply fantastic song
Great song,timeless lyrics.
I have loved this from the very distant past, when first released, sadly David passed away about 10 years ago
Chanson tellement émouvante .
How I like to sing it.
Magnifiques photos qui me font penser aux puissants portraits du photographe Pierre Gonnord
Salgado
@@gillesmoulin8762
magnifique ! Merci
Great song!..2 b down & out is perfectly written.
David Mc Williams, amazin' folkier...forever live in da light of gawd!😢😢😢😢
Как же это классно! Настоящая музыка. Это не бестолковый рэп.
אין כמו אימא בעולם!!!!!!!!!!
Timeless. Forever current.
This is the best version of this song l have ever come across
Still remember - Radio-Luxembourg!!!⭐️🌟⭐️
Good song ✋
Bought this single in 1971 -which was a re-release from 1967 . Radio Luxembourg give it huge airplay but again it never charted . In those days I noticed that the more obscure singles /artists that Radio Luxembourg played didn't usually chart in the UK until Radio One started giving them regular airplay too . Radio One never did pick up on this one . Nevertheless I bought the single and it has remained one of my favourite songs ever since . I also bought David McWilliams' CD of his work- which has other great songs on it -Flamingo St being one of them . David McWilliams was a seriously undervalued songsmith .
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It was played non stop on Caroline and RNI all through the 70s.
The reason Radio One "didn't pick up on" this song is that David McWilliams' manager had some connection with the by-then outlawed Radio Caroline, and good ol' Auntie didn't want to be tainted by THAT particular brush. The BBC could be quite incredibly petty at times.
They still can .. bleeping out the word faggot in fairytale of new York just one example .
Its not even a slur against gay men its a cheap meat dish from the west country . Made from offal. Hence "cheap dirty faggot"
Poetry set to music I remember hearing this on the radio as a teenager
to muzyka duszy i myśli,,,piekna i odczuwalna ,,,,,,,pieknaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
un des plus grand morceaux de musique !!! gigantesque !!! merci !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"un des plus grand(s) morceaux...
Merci à vous.
Brilliant song, unusual.
La meilleure chanson de David McWilliams
Timeless little diamond.
It's a hauntingly beautiful always return to track
Superbe chanson intemporelle malheureusement dans l'air du temps actuellement et ceux à venir.
Brilliant and timeless song, but sadly in the mood for this time and those to come.
SVP je comprends trop mal l'anglais, quel est le thème, de quoi est-il question ?
@@jackhalle859 Cette chanson de David McWilliams de 1967 parle d'un sans domicile fixe (SDF) qui erre sans espoir dans une banlieue misérable en attendant la mort inéluctable et certainement rapide pour lui.
@@christianmartin5323merci. Du coup je comprends que les photos illustrent bien la chanson.
@@jackhalle859 oui. C'est une chanson dont je me souviens très bien quand j'étais gamin et dont j'adorais la musique et la voix du chanteur. Quand j'ai appris l'anglais, je l'ai trouvée encore plus formidable. Un chef d'œuvre musical.
Grand merci pour la belle et fidèle traduction en français.
The Vietnam Veterans cover is maybe the best
A great song
Sounds great perfect ❤
Bravo! Merci pour les paroles et la traduction
J'adore tout simplement ,superbe chanson.👍👍💗
Un chef d'œuvre d'émotions !!
Great song
Αριστουργηματικό!!
Young as and for ever ❤️
Merci pour la traduction de cette chanson toujours d’ actualité
La escuchaba de pequeña !!
Brilliant ...but still goes on ...
Maybe l was 6 when l heard it for the first time 😮
ce titre est un véritable monument !!!fantastique....
superbe morceau ( j'm french)
PRAAAAAACHTIG !!!!!! Stem ; instrumentenkeuze ; TOPnummer !!!
En dat is het!
Me encanta !!!🥳
merci pour ce montage...
Bouef: CES'T la CHANSON.
That said it's a great video 📸📷.
Watch the " Streets of London " 👍 .
By Ralph McTell 😂 .
Bon Vie 🤘☘️🤠🇨🇮👍.
@@liamoreilly8939 A big thank-you ! Excellent day!😊
R.I.P David Mac Williams...
it's a Miracle to reach that level
Lot of thanks
DomIJ
I did not know that this was the original it was sung 25 years ago by marc almond 😊
Marc almond added another verse if I remember correctly. Perhaps to take the edge of a heartbreakingly beautiful song
A hauntingly brilliant video!
Este tema me marco al resto de mi vida, era adolecente en esos años...
Pearly, ¿dónde está tu piel blanca como la leche?
¿Qué es esa barba en tu barbilla?
Está enterrado en la ginebra podrida.
Jugaste y perdiste no ganaste
Tocaste una casa que no puede ser vencida
Ahora mira, tu cabeza está inclinada en derrota
Caminaste demasiado por la calle
Donde solo las ratas pueden correr
Los días de Pearly Spencer
Ah ah ah
La carrera está casi finalizada.
Wonderful!
I'd completely forgotten this song.
Did You ? Timeless !
ditto. But when I saw the title I was instantly taken back 5 decades and just had to listen to it again.
@@Kapt-Kimbo Yep, the title was enough to start it playing in my mind as well.
until now o had only ever heard marc almonds version this version kicks that versions ass
GREAT MUSIC of yester year , we use to change P. S . to curly sweetman , as he lived down our road .
me too ... found this by chance
We all hoped to be poets like Dylan or Ginsberg back in the day. Or the Beatles even! We'd had enough of rhyming couplets 😂
i was 10 and now not yet dead. is there a sense except to struggle for now... Disier.. cheers up to All in Alll..'🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬
Wonderful
Did Marc Almond do a version of this? Yes apparently just found it !
Yes, great montage.
Klasse !👍
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thanks for posting this