Bless you Steve Harley, thanks for the musical gems that got me through my humdrum teenage years in South Wales. You absolute legend. Your live recordings at Hammersmith Odeon April 1974 are astounding - I wish I'd been there.
50 times!! I saw him 3 times in the 70's and they were awesome. The records are just different from most on the market. Sebastion still brings tears to my eyes but the original had far more atmosphere than some ofhis live versions.
:D Awesome awesome awesome!! Love the way he teases the guy with the curly hair with the microphone :L Lol Awh bless him. He looks like he was dying to sing =]
What a Legacy, over 5 Decades of some of the best Pop and Rock Songs ever written and Performed. Enjoy the 'Timeless Flight' Stephen Malcolm Ronald Nice you earned it and some..
Couldn't agree more Bassmanj....saw him do his accoustic set on Wednesday night....3rd time I'd seen him live, and he is as good as ever. And (Love) Compared with you is just BEAUTIFUL!
in my view a complete genius great song writer, not many geniuses about but steve along with marc bolan, shane mcgowan are a couple who can compete with the big names.
Okay, I love the song, it's been one of my ride-to-work jams for weeks now, but I have to go and be "that guy." (In this case "that girl.") Since I was negative 3 years old when this was filmed, I am so going to use any access to a time machine to go back in time and hit that. Oh his long lanky form and body language! :)
Bah! He was young, and very gifted, it happens. And he was brilliant and charming ... I prefere people who are intelligent and aware of that rather than dull and boring ones.
Always wondered why I never heard much of these guys here in America. This is the kind of song that could've very well appealed to the millions of Kinks fans here in America had they been promoted well by the label. I guess the labels here were too infatuated by pushing the next Bob Seger or Eagles hit as each of those bands has 20 to 30 songs in rotation on classic rock stations. "Make Me Smile" is to date the only Harley song I've heard on stations here.
16 in 75…Cleveland Ohio….Cockney Rebel and Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel were huge in my neighborhood…..we loved him…embraced him…same as we embraced Alex Harvey.
Hi. :-) Do you mean that he still do concerts?? Where? Do he have a homesite? I was crazy of Steve Harley and Cockey Rebel, when I was younger. I thought he had stopped long time ago!!! ;-)
I see your message is rather old but well ... the answer is Yes, je is still touring, just check their Facebook for example. In GB and Europe mostly. He is touring just now :-) I am waiting for them to tour closer to where I live ... otherwise I shall go in UK once for that.
Can't believe how this never got in the top 40 in the uk.Should have been Steve's second number one single.
Agreed it’s a brilliant tune.
Bless you Steve Harley, thanks for the musical gems that got me through my humdrum teenage years in South Wales. You absolute legend. Your live recordings at Hammersmith Odeon April 1974 are astounding - I wish I'd been there.
RIP Steve
50 times!! I saw him 3 times in the 70's and they were awesome. The records are just different from most on the market. Sebastion still brings tears to my eyes but the original had far more atmosphere than some ofhis live versions.
Steve Harley is without question,a GENIUS
Oh man this brings back such great memories of my misspent youth.
He is so cute
Great single
:D Awesome awesome awesome!! Love the way he teases the guy with the curly hair with the microphone :L Lol Awh bless him. He looks like he was dying to sing =]
What a Legacy, over 5 Decades of some of the best
Pop and Rock Songs ever written and Performed.
Enjoy the 'Timeless Flight' Stephen Malcolm Ronald Nice
you earned it and some..
Steve Harley South London’s answer to North London’s Ray Davies both geniuses in their own way
Couldn't agree more Bassmanj....saw him do his accoustic set on Wednesday night....3rd time I'd seen him live, and he is as good as ever. And (Love) Compared with you is just BEAUTIFUL!
in my view a complete genius great song writer, not many geniuses about but steve along with marc bolan, shane mcgowan are a couple who can compete with the big names.
Okay, I love the song, it's been one of my ride-to-work jams for weeks now, but I have to go and be "that guy." (In this case "that girl.") Since I was negative 3 years old when this was filmed, I am so going to use any access to a time machine to go back in time and hit that. Oh his long lanky form and body language! :)
This only got to 41 in the u.k charts ,scandal .
To misssoftglitterkid ... HOW could I have missed that?!? LOL! I may have to put that couple of seconds on a repeat loop now! :)))
yeah.. we all live in a stew.... ! loved it then .love it now
Their last great single. A good one to go out on!
Steve is a Primadonna :)) das Beste aus der Zeit und bis heute.
uncanny mate am busy lookin for the very same song me favourite
@JustLoveForMe That just means we are awesome and have very mature tastes!
steve was a cocky sod in his day - so ive read and been told- BUT he made a handful of songs that are excelsis. This is one of them.
Magic!
Bah! He was young, and very gifted, it happens. And he was brilliant and charming ... I prefere people who are intelligent and aware of that rather than dull and boring ones.
Rip Steve Harley 🌿
Always wondered why I never heard much of these guys here in America. This is the kind of song that could've very well appealed to the millions of Kinks fans here in America had they been promoted well by the label. I guess the labels here were too infatuated by pushing the next Bob Seger or Eagles hit as each of those bands has 20 to 30 songs in rotation on classic rock stations. "Make Me Smile" is to date the only Harley song I've heard on stations here.
lebo to bol jediný ich americký hit na 96.m. v marci 1976
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16 in 75…Cleveland Ohio….Cockney Rebel and Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel were huge in my neighborhood…..we loved him…embraced him…same as we embraced Alex Harvey.
Did not know it was a single .
Hi. :-) Do you mean that he still do concerts?? Where? Do he have a homesite? I was crazy of Steve Harley and Cockey Rebel, when I was younger. I thought he had stopped long time ago!!! ;-)
I see your message is rather old but well ... the answer is Yes, je is still touring, just check their Facebook for example. In GB and Europe mostly. He is touring just now :-) I am waiting for them to tour closer to where I live ... otherwise I shall go in UK once for that.
RIP
@geligniteandlilies Glad I'm not the only one, but I must say I'm even younger... I was born a whopping 15 years after this was recorded! :(
@geligniteandlilies Haha yes, we do ;D what a lovely looking man... ^_^
@Bassmanbj are you on first name terms with him now? 50 times! Agree about Compared to You.
the guy with the curly hair is Jim Cregan who thoughit would be far more lucrative to and play for Rod Stewart
He was also married to Linda Lewis.
The drummer looks like he should be in a Punk band.
He already had the 80's look even in 1976!.
i never realised how much the boomtown rats owe to this guy!!!!
Bob Geldof was always referred to as 'Modest Bob' in the music press at that time, with him having a massive ego as Harley had.