I remember being a 15 year old kid going to Hartwick; New York to see Lou Christie , it was the thrill of my life. He walked right up to me and sang to me . I came from a home where the most love I ever got from my Dad was a fist in my face and just before I saw the concert I got beat again. Anyhow seeing Lou made me forget the beating for that night. I’m 70 and I will never forget his great performance
Lou Christie is celebrating his 80th birthday today, February 19, 2023. He is an American singer-songwriter known for several hits in the 1960s, including his 1966 US chart-topper "Lightnin' Strikes," (1965) "The Gypsy Cried" (1962),"Two Faces Have I," (1963) and "Rhapsody in the Rain" (1966), among others. He was born in Pennsylvania on February 19, 1943
I was in Basic Training and Tech School when this song came out. I had just left the young lady that I really loved back in Pennsylvania. I went home for 30 days then left for a tour in Japan. This song went with me throughout the next years when she came to me in Germany and we went to Switzerland and got married. That song STILL IS ONE OF MY TOP SONGS. It still brings tears to my eyes at 76 years old, remembering those years when I fell in love with that young lady.
I saw him at a show in Miami~~He stood right next to me and smiled! I looked into those gorgeous eyes and couldn't say anything!! He was gorgeous~Watching his later videos he was quite the showman! He really let loose with his dancing!! One of The Greatest Teen Idols in the 60's! Bravo Lou! ⚡🎤💞
I can't help thinking as I see these ladies dancing so free, so much emotion, fun, joy, happiness, truly getting into it and being lost in the song, that many are either passed away or very old. I wonder, when we see old folks today if we knew that some of them were in videos like this and if we knew that, just how much we would look at them differently. Now! Heck who am I kidding, this was just a bit b4 my time by about 10 years, but I am one of the old folks I am talking about! ha ha. Time surely flies and there are wonderful memoires. The only problem is how are we able to share them with these youngsters out there? lol
The tune is very 4 Seasons-like but honestly, their two voices were very different. The falsetto part might be what fooled you but their natural voices...nope.
My husband and I saw Lou Christie in a revival concert at the CNE in Toronto in the 80s....he stopped the show dead! The more famous singers that followed were almost a let down. What a Voice!
Absolutely loved this song as a kid. Forgot about it and just randomly started singing the chorus like an hour ago. Has been on repeat ever since!💪🏿 Still a bop!🔥
Every time this video appears on the Dutch music channel 192TV ( 24/7 of music oldies ) I look for the remote control to play it loud. Lou, you’re the best !
I was 11 when this song came out Lou had a brilliant voice all the old lyrics to these song had meaningful words the best ever music ERA 🇬🇧❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I didn't even know this song until about a year ago when I started watching the Music Choice Oldies Channel--they have it in fairly heavy rotation. Now I can't get it out of my head.
I love this song. When I was a kid I heard this song every morning for several weeks, as I dozed in the bathtub, before breakfast and the school bus. It's a story of raging teenage hormones and the craziness -- schizophrenia? -- thereby induced.
Your awesome Lou ! You were given a fantastic gift with your falsetto. I remember being a little girl around my older brothers playing your song and hearing the lightening striking again part. I totally loved 🥰 this song. Your also very kind to your fans and I’m definitely one 😻🌹❤️✌️
I was 9 in 66. Can't remember.if i heard the song. I would have loved it.. I believe i heard."I'm Gonna Make You Mine" first in 1970, then LS. Anywho, love Lou!!
I've heard this song so many times since I was a wee child in the 60s--I always loved the chorus singing it in the car and thinking it was the Four Seasons! But someone posted it on Instagram today and I just now really listened to the lyrics! What a horny teenage boy song! Hilarious! Perfect set up for the following year which would be 1967 and the Summer of Love!
I remember being a 15 year old kid going to Hartwick; New York to see Lou Christie , it was the thrill of my life. He walked right up to me and sang to me . I came from a home where the most love I ever got from my Dad was a fist in my face and just before I saw the concert I got beat again. Anyhow seeing Lou made me forget the beating for that night. I’m 70 and I will never forget his great performance
I'm so sorry, Debra. Harsh memories even so many years later. God bless you.
That's horrible. I pray for your emotional recovery from that trama. :(
Music is so healing.....here's a hug........
So sorry you have such memories! I just said a prayer for you. That just breaks my heart!
Wow. I’m so sorry you went through that
lovely song, I remember my first girlfriend I was 14 she was 15, R.I.P., great memories, thank you. winter, 1966
Perfectly written song. Man he is so damn good.
and not bad to look at either
What a great song!!
2022 still a hit!!! Thank you Lou!!!
Just found this song out, took my mom to a 50 60s cover concert, Love it!
How about 2024
Lou Christie is celebrating his 80th birthday today, February 19, 2023. He is an American singer-songwriter known for several hits in the 1960s, including his 1966 US chart-topper "Lightnin' Strikes," (1965) "The Gypsy Cried" (1962),"Two Faces Have I," (1963) and "Rhapsody in the Rain" (1966), among others. He was born in Pennsylvania on February 19, 1943
9 years old when this song came out. Good gawd where has the time gone.
#1 on Billboard Hot 100 in February 1966. Everybody loved this song
I sure did.
My oldest sister use to play this all the time. Brings back good memories RIP Patty ♡♡
Live by rules, not in this lifetime
Captures the entire 60’s decade in one song doesn’t it
I was nine when this song came out I'm 65 today and I still love it. Ended 2023
True love is like LIGHTENING! Such a great song. Thanks Lou for all the thrills at hearing your lovely voice throughout my whole life....
I was in Basic Training and Tech School when this song came out. I had just left the young lady that I really loved back in Pennsylvania. I went home for 30 days then left for a tour in Japan. This song went with me throughout the next years when she came to me in Germany and we went to Switzerland and got married. That song STILL IS ONE OF MY TOP SONGS. It still brings tears to my eyes at 76 years old, remembering those years when I fell in love with that young lady.
Guy, the song is about how he can’t stop banging underage girls
Great story! (I've visited Basel, Switzerland several years ago.) Congratulations on your journey together through life!
I saw him at a show in Miami~~He stood right next to me and smiled! I looked into those gorgeous eyes and couldn't say anything!! He was gorgeous~Watching his later videos he was quite the showman! He really
let loose with his dancing!! One of The Greatest Teen Idols in the 60's! Bravo Lou! ⚡🎤💞
And sexy. That Lou! I wish this song had an extended version.
I love this version of Lou it is wonderful and it makes me happy whenever I listen to it and the choreography of the girls is great!
same !,,,makes me feel good !..like dancing happy !
Qualitiee👏🍀🏴💯👏
So cool, how I wish it was '66 again sometimes.
Great song. Also featured in the 1981 film 'Strange Behaviour', in a party scene that is perhaps the best scene in any film ever.
I can't help thinking as I see these ladies dancing so free, so much emotion, fun, joy, happiness, truly getting into it and being lost in the song, that many are either passed away or very old. I wonder, when we see old folks today if we knew that some of them were in videos like this and if we knew that, just how much we would look at them differently. Now! Heck who am I kidding, this was just a bit b4 my time by about 10 years, but I am one of the old folks I am talking about! ha ha. Time surely flies and there are wonderful memoires. The only problem is how are we able to share them with these youngsters out there? lol
AM Radio was always on in my mom's house. I would perk up and listen to this song all the time at age 5.
I've wondered the same thing at times.
I'm a 70's kid and I always thought that this was Frankie Valle. Now I know better.
Same here. :)
Me too
The tune is very 4 Seasons-like but honestly, their two voices were very different. The falsetto part might be what fooled you but their natural voices...nope.
@@andreaschmall5560 Agreed.
@@andreaschmall5560that's what fooled me cause I ALWAYS thought this was the 4 seasons till NOW!!!
Great song!! Gotta miss sixties music.
I saw him in concsrt in 1999, and he sounded just as good as his records.
What a masterpiece!!💥👍🏻👌🏼👏🏻
Great song. OMG, Lou was packing some!
Love the dancing
Such a brilliant song and such an amazing voice
I'm 60 years old. This is one of my all time favorite songs.
Great singer, great song, great backing singers.
My husband and I saw Lou Christie in a revival concert at the CNE in Toronto in the 80s....he stopped the show dead! The more famous singers that followed were almost a let down. What a Voice!
Hubba-HUBBA! 🎇🧨🎆 What a handsome Guy 💕😻 & he can sing, too! & he even wrote THIS!?! WOW! 💘🫠🍀
Absolutely loved this song as a kid. Forgot about it and just randomly started singing the chorus like an hour ago. Has been on repeat ever since!💪🏿 Still a bop!🔥
Is it just me or does Lou really sound like Frankie Valli when he hits those high notes?
Surprised it doesn't have 8 million views. Brilliant Pop classic.
I was 5 and obsessed with this song. Haven’t heard it in ages. Still love it. 💕
I absolutely love this guy!!❤
Every time this video appears on the Dutch music channel 192TV ( 24/7 of music oldies ) I look for the remote control to play it loud. Lou, you’re the best !
I am so stoned! I remember this when I was a very young child it was lighting and all I heard in my head was this 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣……peaceful calmer times.
I was 11 when this song came out Lou had a brilliant voice all the old lyrics to these song had meaningful words the best ever music ERA 🇬🇧❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ thanks from the bottom of my heart 💜 cuz I am rocking😅😂
This just made my day I turned that frown upside down and I am straight up dancing
I was 7yrs old in '66 and this song has Always been a Favorite🌹 07/17/2022
Great singer and song. He has a good range in his voice to hit those high notes.
Great song enjoyed his music 🎶🎶🎶🎶 keep rockin Lou christie
I done this song at karaoke with my lady friends the place went crazy, People sad wow perfect. Love you Lou
Love his tunes
I didn't even know this song until about a year ago when I started watching the Music Choice Oldies Channel--they have it in fairly heavy rotation. Now I can't get it out of my head.
This song is a masterpiece. Written by Lou, as most of his songs were.
Love that sort of doo wop vibe on the pre chorus. Loved this as a kid.
Lou and Twyla Herbert.
@@jwandhistools With the baritone sax I hear a little Motown❤
Saw him live at an "oldies" show in Toronto way back when. He is an amazing live performer
I love this song.
When I was a kid I heard this song every morning for several weeks, as I dozed in the bathtub, before breakfast and the school bus.
It's a story of raging teenage hormones and the craziness -- schizophrenia? -- thereby induced.
Your awesome Lou ! You were given a fantastic gift with your falsetto. I remember being a little girl around my older brothers playing your song and hearing the lightening striking again part. I totally loved 🥰 this song. Your also very kind to your fans and I’m definitely one 😻🌹❤️✌️
Saw him at Expo 86 in Vancouver BC. Sounded great.
Oh my it's still sounds brilliant.
Iwas 9 years when I listened this song and till this day I love it.
Got to be one of the best choruses ever!!!!❤
When it came out I was 13...now I'm 71 and can still listening to his nice tune which sounds like from the 4 seasons...We have 2024 in May...🙂
Interesting dance styles lol love this song
Common for the era.
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And the most famous example...
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My favorite part of this song is the part between when it begins and ends
Vintage video. Great memories of 1966🌹👍
Legend ! Keep going putting out great music !
It’s 2023, still going strong
Loved this song as a kid. Catchy chorus.
Love the tubular bells imitating the church bells.
God he's gorgeous!
A monster of a hit!
Simply a Great song! Classic! Timeless! Thank you Lightening Lou!
Good Quality Music
This song rules!!
I was 9 in 66. Can't remember.if i heard the song. I would have loved it.. I believe i heard."I'm Gonna Make You Mine" first in 1970, then LS. Anywho, love Lou!!
He reminds me of that dinosaur boss bad guy in NES Mario II...
I've heard this song so many times since I was a wee child in the 60s--I always loved the chorus singing it in the car and thinking it was the Four Seasons! But someone posted it on Instagram today and I just now really listened to the lyrics! What a horny teenage boy song! Hilarious! Perfect set up for the following year which would be 1967 and the Summer of Love!
I love this!
Lighting is Striking Again and Under my Thumb are 2 of the most male chauvinistic songs ever produced. I love them both.
On repeat! Love this.
I always thought this was Frankie Valli
Brings me back when I was 12........
LOVE ❤THE DANCERS
The best of the times !
When he winds up with that Iiiiiii can't stop!, I get goosies. What a voice!
Lips and mouth movements match very well. Singing.
Wow, these were the norms I grew up with. Forgive and forget.
What bad dancing too!
The perfect pop song
Lightning Strikes & Two Faces Have I Two of my favorites.
I like your Channel Lou Christie I like you
2024!🎶💜🎶🥂👑
❤this Song🎶Lou! Reminds Me of Dad from Brooklyn🤌🏼
A powerful record.
love it
Nice song 👍🏼
Klaus Nomi's version is also cool
Legend.
DAD RIP BUT HE DROVE US SISTER AND I TO EVERY ROCK CONCERT
This is cool ❤
Quality💯🌟🏴🍀👏
My favorite song
Dang. I was hoping it was actually going to be live.
Original disco here. Bee Gees
GREAT song, Bonnie! :-)
Thx juani
Older than I am 🤔... but I Loved it
My father had that sweater in 65.
I think he is the best falsetto ever
I was 6 a hit in bklyn coney island m all dancing