Fue un grupazo de la vieja Ola Inglesa. De los mejores. Con canciones muy pegajosas e interpretaciones excelentes. Lo que hay que acentuar es la grandísima voz de Mike Smith, de las mejores voces del Rock en general.
It’s a shame Dave Clark had such a big ego as they were an excellent band and In Mike Smith they had a brilliant lead vocalist! Although I believe Dave Clark does take lead vocal on Red Balloon.
Well, Ringo's band was called the Beatles. Dave Clark's band was named after Dave Clark. Drummer Alex Van Halen's band was called Van Halen. Buddy Rich's band was called the Buddy Rich Band. Etc., etc.
Totul sună foarte frumos. Tobele te fac să zbori. La fel și chitara bas. Și toate celelalte Instrumente. O muzică super. Acum i-am descoperit. Beatles și alții, au luat lecții de la ei. Așa cred eu, că doar nu am fost cu ei. Tot să-i asculți.
To Daniel Hudelson - Agree! Denis Payton was an accomplished musician. It's nice to hear him play the sousaphone. It definitely added the wow factor that made this song even better!
I've wondered how much Payton actually arranged on brass. It's hard to figure out, considering the individual members weren't really given too much space to shine on their own. As far as I've read, they were a tight band minus Clark on the drums 🤷♂️
@@TheDavBow3 Denis did play the sousaphone. He also played in a jazz band. Whether he was actually playing it for this particular song/performance, who knows. But Denis was a very accomplished musician.
@@donnachandler-xw1di That's very good to know. Seems Dave didn't utilize the bands talents to their fullest extent. I was a sax player in my younger days so I'm partial to Denis. 😊
@aarongoff1111 There’s a great 2003 radio interview with Mike where he talks a bit about how the guys coordinated their songwriting skills to give us the music we love ua-cam.com/video/IkGYIl5s-6I/v-deo.html It’s a gem of an interview!
I heard on UA-cam that was mainly Dave Clarke who was percussion-ally challenged and frequently dubbed. Mike Smith and the rest of the band were pretty much for real. Mike was off the chart with some of the young ladies especially in England. Karl
By 1969, The Dave Clark 5 began to sound like a lot of others bands that were around at the time. They seemed to have lost their uniqueness. Fortunately, Mike Smith was still singing as good as ever…
According to author Peter Checks field, in his book on The Dave Clark Five, they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show 12 times. The other 6 show appearances were reruns.
These two songs show why the DC5 was soon to be gone. Just failed to keep up with the times as other bands did (The Who, etc.). Led Zeppelin's first album was out in 1969. Hendrix had been around for two years. It was over for the DC5. It was fun while it lasted. They were the first concert I ever went to but the times and music change. You have to keep up to maintain relevancy.
It's not that they didn't keep up with the times. They decided to not go the "heavy rock" route, opting instead for the "pop entertainer" route. So instead of being like Led Zeppelin, Cream, and Jimi Hendrix, they went more in the vein of Cat Stevens, Neil Diamond, and Englebert Humperdinck.
@@alexchapley9830 That's my point. They couldn't keep up with the changes in rock music and lost their audience which had advanced to more talented and creative bands who could play very well. They also had no great songwriters which is why their albums contained so much filler. Once they lost Ron Ryan they resorted to doing cover versions for most of their later hits. As far as the soft rock artists you list they are apples and oranges to the DC 5. DC-5 was more bubble gum in their later days. Also one of their last recordings was Southern Man by Neil Young. A desperate attempt to fit in and be "hip". Another cover song and too little too late.
@robomaster I agree they could have had better songwriters, especially toward the end. But my point was that, though they were a banging rock 'n' roll band from '64-'66, after that they obviously became more of a "pop entertainer" band, like the solo singers I mentioned. Clearly, they did not want to focus on heavy rock. Which is fine. I mean, Dylan never did heavy rock. You know?
@@alexchapley9830 I agree 64-66 was their heyday. I wouldn't put Cat Stevens in the examples you list. Much deeper than the other 2 pop artists. Also Dylan did advance even after his initially going electric and was always looking forward but no, he wasn't heavy rock. I didn't mean to limit my point to just hard rock. There were the Moody Blues who went from "Go Now" to incorporating classical music into their sound. The Beatles also advanced but we're not heavy rock either. Many others as well. The DC 5 like Herman's Hermits, Gerry and the Pacemakers, and others were simply made for their time. Some great songs though but as I said, times and musical tastes change.
I suppose if they had stayed with a sound similar to Bits and Pieces they may have lasted longer. Keep it a bit loud and grungy. While bands like the Searchers went in along the lines of The Cowsills, Andy Kim, Ron Dante kinds of songs, The DC5 tried going with a Motown kind of thing to take advantage of Mike's voice, but heavy guitars and rock dominated the time and everything else was bubblegum, and that's where DC failed. Keep the heavy drums, add some fuzz to Lenny's guitar along with Mike's leathery vocal...the could have had one more sniff at the charts in the states.
And if DC hadn't had F'd him over so bad they could have had a career that lasted more than 2 years. Instead, they had to start doing cover tunes. Some bands need outside writing help like The Dead using Robert Hunter and others. Or Elton John with Bernie Taupin.
Dave Clark, so handsome here.
Fue un grupazo de la vieja Ola Inglesa. De los mejores. Con canciones muy pegajosas e interpretaciones excelentes. Lo que hay que acentuar es la grandísima voz de Mike Smith, de las mejores voces del Rock en general.
The simplest thing to think about the DC5 was that Ringo's drums said "Beatles" and Dave Clark's drums said Dave Clark. That says everything.
It’s a shame Dave Clark had such a big ego as they were an excellent band and In Mike Smith they had a brilliant lead vocalist! Although I believe Dave Clark does take lead vocal on Red Balloon.
@@1965andyf He shared lead on The Red Balloon. He sang the verses and him & Mike sang the chorus.
Thanks your right and Mike really lifts the chorus 👍
Well, Ringo's band was called the Beatles.
Dave Clark's band was named after Dave Clark.
Drummer Alex Van Halen's band was called Van Halen.
Buddy Rich's band was called the Buddy Rich Band.
Etc., etc.
Well, they were his drums, lol. 😂😂😂
Amazing quality. Thanks
Thank you for this sir!
Totul sună foarte frumos. Tobele te fac să zbori. La fel și chitara bas. Și toate celelalte Instrumente. O muzică super. Acum i-am descoperit. Beatles și alții, au luat lecții de la ei. Așa cred eu, că doar nu am fost cu ei. Tot să-i asculți.
I believe RED BALLOON was Top Ten in England.
Yes it was! So was "Everybody Get Together"
Written by Raymond froggat.
I was shocked to see Denis Payton play that big tuba instead of the usual saxophone. 😢 😮
How many of you knows that the music of this song was indeed written by Lucio Battisti, an Italian musical genius? 😊😊😊😊
To Daniel Hudelson - Agree! Denis Payton was an accomplished musician. It's nice to hear him play the sousaphone. It definitely added the wow factor that made this song even better!
I've wondered how much Payton actually arranged on brass. It's hard to figure out, considering the individual members weren't really given too much space to shine on their own. As far as I've read, they were a tight band minus Clark on the drums 🤷♂️
Denis probably didn't play the sousaphone. They lip synching the performance. Not sure if Dave gave them too much freedom.
@@TheDavBow3 Denis did play the sousaphone. He also played in a jazz band. Whether he was actually playing it for this particular song/performance, who knows. But Denis was a very accomplished musician.
@@donnachandler-xw1di That's very good to know. Seems Dave didn't utilize the bands talents to their fullest extent. I was a sax player in my younger days so I'm partial to Denis. 😊
@aarongoff1111
There’s a great 2003 radio interview with Mike where he talks a bit about how the guys coordinated their songwriting skills to give us the music we love
ua-cam.com/video/IkGYIl5s-6I/v-deo.html
It’s a gem of an interview!
DC5❤
Impressive horn arrangement coming out of that Sousaphone.
That's a baritone saxophone, not a sousaphone. A baritone sax really puts some bottom in a band's sound.
Never heard these playing live always mimed
I heard on UA-cam that was mainly Dave Clarke who was percussion-ally challenged and frequently dubbed. Mike Smith and the rest of the band were pretty much for real. Mike was off the chart with some of the young ladies especially in England. Karl
Lenny Davidson kind of reminds me of Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues. 😂😅😊
The guy on the Rickenbacker
By 1969, The Dave Clark 5 began to sound like a lot of others bands that were around at the time. They seemed to have lost their uniqueness. Fortunately, Mike Smith was still singing as good as ever…
yes, their sound hopped on the hippie bandwagon and they stopped being a rock and roll band
They were on Ed Sullivan 18 times.
According to author Peter Checks field, in his book on The Dave Clark Five, they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show 12 times. The other 6 show appearances were reruns.
Dave must have done some real acting for "The Instructor".
😎
the host look like thomas shelby
Bad synchronization of video tape & soundtrack....
These two songs show why the DC5 was soon to be gone. Just failed to keep up with the times as other bands did (The Who, etc.). Led Zeppelin's first album was out in 1969. Hendrix had been around for two years. It was over for the DC5. It was fun while it lasted. They were the first concert I ever went to but the times and music change. You have to keep up to maintain relevancy.
It's not that they didn't keep up with the times. They decided to not go the "heavy rock" route, opting instead for the "pop entertainer" route. So instead of being like Led Zeppelin, Cream, and Jimi Hendrix, they went more in the vein of Cat Stevens, Neil Diamond, and Englebert Humperdinck.
@@alexchapley9830 That's my point. They couldn't keep up with the changes in rock music and lost their audience which had advanced to more talented and creative bands who could play very well. They also had no great songwriters which is why their albums contained so much filler. Once they lost Ron Ryan they resorted to doing cover versions for most of their later hits. As far as the soft rock artists you list they are apples and oranges to the DC 5. DC-5 was more bubble gum in their later days. Also one of their last recordings was Southern Man by Neil Young. A desperate attempt to fit in and be "hip". Another cover song and too little too late.
@robomaster
I agree they could have had better songwriters, especially toward the end. But my point was that, though they were a banging rock 'n' roll band from '64-'66, after that they obviously became more of a "pop entertainer" band, like the solo singers I mentioned. Clearly, they did not want to focus on heavy rock. Which is fine. I mean, Dylan never did heavy rock. You know?
@@alexchapley9830 I agree 64-66 was their heyday. I wouldn't put Cat Stevens in the examples you list. Much deeper than the other 2 pop artists. Also Dylan did advance even after his initially going electric and was always looking forward but no, he wasn't heavy rock. I didn't mean to limit my point to just hard rock. There were the Moody Blues who went from "Go Now" to incorporating classical music into their sound. The Beatles also advanced but we're not heavy rock either. Many others as well. The DC 5 like Herman's Hermits, Gerry and the Pacemakers, and others were simply made for their time. Some great songs though but as I said, times and musical tastes change.
I suppose if they had stayed with a sound similar to Bits and Pieces they may have lasted longer. Keep it a bit loud and grungy. While bands like the Searchers went in along the lines of The Cowsills, Andy Kim, Ron Dante kinds of songs, The DC5 tried going with a Motown kind of thing to take advantage of Mike's voice, but heavy guitars and rock dominated the time and everything else was bubblegum, and that's where DC failed. Keep the heavy drums, add some fuzz to Lenny's guitar along with Mike's leathery vocal...the could have had one more sniff at the charts in the states.
DC5 minus Ron Ryan's songs: just not the same.
And if DC hadn't had F'd him over so bad they could have had a career that lasted more than 2 years. Instead, they had to start doing cover tunes. Some bands need outside writing help like The Dead using Robert Hunter and others. Or Elton John with Bernie Taupin.
@@robomaster4882 Official outside help might have meant that DC couldn't claim a credit for the songs.
Too bad they didn’t tour America at the time what with the Beatles breaking up. I think they could have had a resurgence in popularity.
Brilliant thought, but they broke up right around the same time
Cheese, except for the great Mike Smith (RIP).
Interesting as a time capsule but I don’t care for anything about these songs or the performance.
Dave Clark before he turned into a Klingon!
a lot of sexual attraction between the program's host and Dave Clark.....
🪄😳 What the ... ❓️
That is some seriously BAD Lip syncing
It looks more like the tape and the sound are out of sync. I've seen a few videos on UA-cam that are like that.
Dave doing a bad lip sync
Another lip-synch disaster.
Terrible! Strange mix of awful vocals and backing.