Lip-sinked to death... None of the guitars/Bass are even plugged in... and they didn't have wireless tech back in the 60's, it wasn't a thing until the late 70's/80's...
I was in the Air Force stationed in Charleston in ‘66 and a bunch of us were walking the “battery” and walked in this studio accidentally and Spanky (relatively unknown in ‘66)and Our Gang were rehearsing and singing and and we instantaneously loved the songs and actually they were singling “Lazy Day”!! It was fantastic!!! What a great day!!!
I was playing music videos for my Dad (drafted '66-'68) and he wanted to see what Spanky and Our Gang looked like. It was a treat seeing him go back to his younger days and I'm thankful to grow up listening to his fabulous 60's music.
Spanky McFarlane had one of those hauntingly beautiful voices that transcends. the decades. One of the most under rated of the great female singers 60's early 70's era.
I know there were riots and turmoil in the 60's. But for most people it was much happier times than the cesspool we live in now. The music was exponentially better.
😮 for most white people but not for black people where we were told we can't sit in main areas of movie theaters but sit in the back or up stairs called thebpeanut gallery. We were being deny our rights to vote as American citizens by white officals putting all kind of obstacles to discourage us from voting. Are homes and churches with being blown up and fire crosses set in front of our homes. We couldn't stay in hotels but we could work in them as servants but we have to enter through the back. We can only apply to certain job positions as train Porter's garbage men for black men and black men were paid much much lower pay then white men. And my mother were a maid that washed white people clothes and she had to enter through the back door of their home and leave through the back door of their home I know because I was a young girl that went with my mother and I remember hearing names of civil rights leaders being shot including the Kennedy Brothers yeah those were the Happy times depending on who you are talking to😢
Even though the war was raging there wasn't the level of hate and division there is today. The Republicans I knew then got along with Democrats for the most part and we could actually have opposing conversations in a civilized manner. Not today.
A guilty pleasure. Spanky and her mates nailed it. In the middle of the Early Rock Era, I had to live in denial that I loved this one. The Cool Kids would have crucified me. I've come out of hiding today to say this is just one of the great ones.
@@kennethsteffens67451968 jr high make out parties where kids were expected to suck face to a 15 minute version of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida had me wondering if I was queerball. Wasn’t into playing tonsil hockey with awkward tween Twiggy wanna-bees. I’d rather be riding my Stingray Schwinn with the guys or riding my Voit Surfmat (predecessor to the Morey Boogie board) didn’t have my first girlfriend until jr year highschool.
The Ed Sullivan Show meant two things to me back then: 1) A weekly window on the greatest social, music and entertainment revolution in history. 2) Ed saying "good night" and waving to the audience meant it was time to take a bath and get ready for - ugh - school the next day!
I'm a 🇯🇵 guy in my late 20s, and I listen to this song almost every day, which was released when my father, born in 1953, was in the 9th grade. I hate that I live in an age where Billboard is dominated by vile lyrics and melodyless rap tunes. I sincerely hope that songs like this will return to day-to-day 🇺🇸.
I was born in '55 - I remember when this song came out. There was a variety of music then, and a variety now. I am digging "Dirty" by Grandson (true) but I swing back around to this stuff as well for nostalgia. But I get it. There is a dearth of uptempo songs these days - it was limited back then as well. You have to dig for it. Don't patronize the rappers - if enough get that message that stuff will decrease. Hasn't come close yet, though. Dig deep, though. There's a wealth of songs from the 1920s to the 1940s that is well written and uptempo - yours to discover.
Another one of those songs that underscored the lives of kids in high school in the 60s. Not the British invasion. Not psychedelic. Not anti war. Just plain old good harmonies in an uplifting song. There are many like this that punctuated those years and still bring smiles.
I was 5. I loved music from my very earliest memories and this song, more than any other from the 60s, brings back mountains of memories from an era that was difficult for my parents but extraordinary for a little boy!
This could be a perfect trilogy with "Georgie Girl" by The Seekers and "Windy" by The Association! For an encore, they could play The Rain the Park and Other Things by The Cowsills!
Seeing instead of just hearing these superhuman talents perform gives me a new appreciation for how charismatic this group was. Their phenomenally beautiful masterpieces will live forever.
I was a junior in HIgh School when this wonderful uplifting song came out in 1967. We were well into the Vietnam War in 1967. The draft was in full swing. I remember the recruiters would come to the high school, to try to recruit the seniors to join up when they graduated. There was so much great music back in the 60's thru the 80s. Then the quality of music started to fade somewhat in the 90's. Now it seem like music is like everything else has become. Not so great. Well it was nice to listen to Spanky and Our Gang today. They definitely put out some nice music.
The military has not changed, my son's high school offered aptitude testing, promising not to share results with any military recruiters.....LIE...those recruiters began calling our home to speak to my honors society son trying to snag him away from heading off to college. Vampires...Gave them all a good piece of my mind.😡🤬
I am 67 baby 80s teen so I am lucky never heard this song Beatles fan discovered strawberry alarm clock I luv the fashion music of the later 60s I am Aussie technically born summer of luv i am a natural trippey amazing times!💛
When they sing the word "day" in the chorus, you can hear the true power of well-crafted 5-part harmony. It's like a beauty bomb going off in your ears.
The mastermind of those harmonies--the guy on her left with the goofy grin--died in a home accident soon after this song was recorded. His death shortened the life of the group. We'll never know the masterpieces they could have sung.
@@scootch4224 You don,t have to tell me they were gifted talented artists whos careers were cut short by the tragic deaths of some of their musicians! I saw Elaine many years ago in Atlantic City during a tour in 1984 and she was great and I will always love her !!!!!
Spanky and Our Gang captured lightning in a bottle again and again, then lost it with the untimely death of Malcolm Hale at age 27. Now only McFarlane (Spanky) and Seiter (the "Chief", the drummer） are still with us at this writing.
Songs this special transcend time. I remember being nine-years-old and swinging on the swings on bright sunny mornings with a cool breeze blowing while this catchy masterpiece blasted from my grandparents' oldies station, along with the breathtakingly beautiful Like To Get To Know You. My very best childhood memories!
It aired on December 17, 1967. Well, hell, no wonder I didn't see it. That was the day I landed in Bien Hoa Air Base in the wee hours to begin my first tour of duty with the 101st Airborne Division. We left Fort Campbell, KY, on Friday the 15th.
Love this group and their music! Wish they made music like this now days. I can wake up in a sour mood and listen to music like this a instantly start to feel happy. Sure wish music was like that now. Great stuff! 🎵♥️🌞♥️🎵
yea its a pure seratonin song, for a nice summer day like as this the fourth of july or a day off, its so upbeat but its hoaky sounding but its still a song that is smile inducing, and for times when you can let your guard down and smell the plesent smells of nature or if its more ones inclination the smells of food in the park or the smell of rubber friesh dirt and alcohol fuel fumes at a local race track with family and friends and the carnevale like smells of the food stand.
Great band from Illinois. In 1968, at the height of their success, group member Malcolm Hale passed away. He was a key to their sound, in the studio, so the band broke up.
The guy wearing the hat is Nigel Pickering. Malcolm Hale is the guy standing to Spanky’s Left hand. His cause of death was actually from carbon monoxide poisoning due to a faulty heating system.
@@tonyvincent9753 Just Horrible, if some of the band members didn,t die and the group didn,t break up till much later, they could have been the greatest pop recording group of all time winning all kinds of awards and most likely would have been in the hall of fame !!!!!
Wow!That really took me back to some great memories. Me and my sister running into the living room anytime we heard music on the ED Sullivan show which my dad would be watching. My sister would run up and turn the TV up to my dads dismay. He didn't like any pop music.
I would put them before the Mamas and Papas, because they also could play instruments on stage while singing. Though this performance here isn’t all live, they performed live all over the US.
I truly miss those days growing up, in the '60s, hearing this song brings back a lot of memories. With all the things going on in the World today this song is soothing to hear.
woodstock. it was a happening i get that. but skinny (men not good) shaggy, drunk, high, grubby, muddy, broke.... what era would that be good? and the down with "the man," drop out, commune living, free love (many women devastated over that belief) all came to a fast halt. woodstockers' today and for quite awhile, housing, retirement, health, bills, family, g kids, g kids college all the things they said the man back in the day was foolish doing as the old generation didn't understand how the new world works.
@@michaelrochester48--the oldest at the time was Nigel Pickering, the man in the hat playing rhythm guitar, and singing, next to Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane. He was 38 when this performance was aired. Malcolm Hale (lead guitarist/vocalist next to Elaine) was 26 here... he, sadly, would pass away from carbon monoxide poisoning the very next year. Bassist/vocalist Lefty Baker was 28, and the (other) rhythm guitarist/vocalist Kenny Hodges was 31. The drummer, (with the falsetto!) John Seiter, however, was a mere 20. "Spanky" herself, was 25 here!
And believe it or not she is the mother of My Biological Daughter who goes by the Name of Jewel Kilcher and her songs Foolish Games and Enter from the East are about the situation involving Me
As a kid during the '60s, I thought the song was "Daisy Day." Whatever it was, always made me happy to hear it. Elaine's instrument is so clear and strong!
This song and "Goovin'" by the Young Rascals evoke the feeling of being a kid on summer vacation back in that time. Life was so simple. We were less informed and had so much less weight on our shoulders. Ignorance was indeed bliss.
I agree whole heartedly about your comment. I would nominate another song that fits your summer vacation theme. How about "Daydream"by the Lovin' Spoonful.
I was 3 years old when I first heard this great song on the radio at home with my mom and immediately loved it. It brings such great memories of my mother. Still does in 2024.
SPANKY & ARE GANG WAS INCREDIBLE MUSICAL GROUP !!!! I REALLY ENJOYED THEM GROWING UP, I WAS JUST 14 YEARS OLD WHEN THEY CAME ON THE MUSIC SCENE IN THE U.S.A. IN 1967 DANIEL HACK SW IDAHO (U.S.A)
there was no rock music in my house.....so i went across the street to my friend Wayne's house....he and his siblings liked the music of the time and we certainly listened to this one several times (as well as other Spanky and Our Gang Songs).......Wayne and I had no idea that Nigel Pickering was his father.
No computers! No cell phones! Just good times. How I miss them so.
They weren't all good times...
Lip-sinked to death... None of the guitars/Bass are even plugged in... and they didn't have wireless tech back in the 60's, it wasn't a thing until the late 70's/80's...
@@texas2627 all these 60's shows were lip-synced to the record.... notice how the drummer is barely playing....
Smh 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
Do you have a computer and/or cell phone nowadays?
Spanky and Mama Cass, two of the best female voices of that era.
One hundred percent
@@robertmalfy8552 And the late great Judith Durham!
Oh Lord, I miss those days of the 'happy music' that we lived back then!
Born int he 50's and grew up in the 60's and 70's - we are so lucky to really have the greatest music that will ever be I believe
I sure miss those days too! How fortunate we were!
Spanky had such a great voice. Very underrated 🙏😎♥️😘
I was in the Air Force stationed in Charleston in ‘66 and a bunch of us were walking the “battery” and walked in this studio accidentally and Spanky (relatively unknown in ‘66)and Our Gang were rehearsing and singing and and we instantaneously loved the songs and actually they were singling “Lazy Day”!! It was fantastic!!! What a great day!!!
Wow!! What a memory!
That’s Awesome!😎
Lucky Ducky😂
Cool reflections brother
I was playing music videos for my Dad (drafted '66-'68) and he wanted to see what Spanky and Our Gang looked like. It was a treat seeing him go back to his younger days and I'm thankful to grow up listening to his fabulous 60's music.
So nice to see "Spanky" fans unite here! Long live these great songs!
Spanky McFarlane had one of those hauntingly beautiful voices that transcends. the decades. One of the most under rated of the great female singers 60's early 70's era.
I know there were riots and turmoil in the 60's. But for most people it was much happier times than the cesspool we live in now. The music was exponentially better.
It was just as much a cesspool then as today
You got that right
😮 for most white people but not for black people where we were told we can't sit in main areas of movie theaters but sit in the back or up stairs called thebpeanut gallery. We were being deny our rights to vote as American citizens by white officals putting all kind of obstacles to discourage us from voting. Are homes and churches with being blown up and fire crosses set in front of our homes. We couldn't stay in hotels but we could work in them as servants but we have to enter through the back. We can only apply to certain job positions as train Porter's garbage men for black men and black men were paid much much lower pay then white men. And my mother were a maid that washed white people clothes and she had to enter through the back door of their home and leave through the back door of their home I know because I was a young girl that went with my mother and I remember hearing names of civil rights leaders being shot including the Kennedy Brothers yeah those were the Happy times depending on who you are talking to😢
Till Reagan
Even though the war was raging there wasn't the level of hate and division there is today. The Republicans I knew then got along with Democrats for the most part and we could actually have opposing conversations in a civilized manner. Not today.
A guilty pleasure. Spanky and her mates nailed it.
In the middle of the Early Rock Era, I had to live in denial that I loved this one.
The Cool Kids would have crucified me.
I've come out of hiding today to say this is just one of the great ones.
Amen !🎉
Nothing guilty about it.
This song is SO MUCH BETTER than in a Gadda da vida!!!
@@kennethsteffens6745 So much better than Stairway To Heaven for me.
@@kennethsteffens67451968 jr high make out parties where kids were expected to suck face to a 15 minute version of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida had me wondering if I was queerball. Wasn’t into playing tonsil hockey with awkward tween Twiggy wanna-bees. I’d rather be riding my Stingray Schwinn with the guys or riding my Voit Surfmat (predecessor to the Morey Boogie board) didn’t have my first girlfriend until jr year highschool.
Spanky McFarland had a powerhouse voice
🗣 🎶 She could really blast out those vocals - 👍
@@jamescalifornia2964 They brought in Spanky and her powerful pipes to replace that other blaster, Mama Cass Eliot -- who died suddenly in mid-career.
She sure did
Their name was inspired by The Our Gang series of the 40s .... and her last name same same as the guy who played Spanky in the series
@@jamescalifornia2964 , she still does! God, I can’t believe she is 80 years old now!
The Ed Sullivan Show meant two things to me back then:
1) A weekly window on the greatest social, music and entertainment revolution in history.
2) Ed saying "good night" and waving to the audience meant it was time to take a bath and get ready for - ugh - school the next day!
same for me
=D🤣
Anthony Fauci got his start on the Sullivan Show. Back then he went by the name, Topo Gigio. The little Italian mouse.
I never get tired of listening to Spanky and Our Gang and I suppose I never will.
I'm a 🇯🇵 guy in my late 20s, and I listen to this song almost every day, which was released when my father, born in 1953, was in the 9th grade.
I hate that I live in an age where Billboard is dominated by vile lyrics and melodyless rap tunes. I sincerely hope that songs like this will return to day-to-day 🇺🇸.
They are great, aren't they? I like them too.
This was released in 1967..not 1953.
Jeez, you sound old.
I was born in '55 - I remember when this song came out. There was a variety of music then, and a variety now. I am digging "Dirty" by Grandson (true) but I swing back around to this stuff as well for nostalgia. But I get it. There is a dearth of uptempo songs these days - it was limited back then as well. You have to dig for it. Don't patronize the rappers - if enough get that message that stuff will decrease. Hasn't come close yet, though. Dig deep, though. There's a wealth of songs from the 1920s to the 1940s that is well written and uptempo - yours to discover.
@@bqkmg2037 he said his father, who was born in 1953, was in the 9th grade when this song came out.
"Ice cream, daydream
'Till the sky becomes a blanket of stars."
This is the magic of Spanky and our Gang.
Daydream.
One of Mariah Carey's albums.
Ohmigod, I for how much I loved this song as a kid when it came out.
And I still do!
Another one of those songs that underscored the lives of kids in high school in the 60s. Not the British invasion. Not psychedelic. Not anti war. Just plain old good harmonies in an uplifting song. There are many like this that punctuated those years and still bring smiles.
I was 6. One of my older brothers had the album and I used to listen to it all the time. It still sounds great.
I was 5. I loved music from my very earliest memories and this song, more than any other from the 60s, brings back mountains of memories from an era that was difficult for my parents but extraordinary for a little boy!
A beautiful song. If anything, I'd call this flower power or sunshine pop. Like the Cowsills classic Rain, the Park, and Other things.
This could be a perfect trilogy with "Georgie Girl" by The Seekers and "Windy" by The Association! For an encore, they could play The Rain the Park and Other Things by The Cowsills!
They so remind me of the Fifth Dimension.
I absolutely love this group!
Music doesn't get any sunnier than this. The bright side of the sixties. 😊
The vibe of this song, carefree, fun....don't hear stuff like this anymore. What the hell happened to us?
This song is a good as California Dreaming, has the same feel to it.
Several people favorably compare Spanky & Our Gang to the Mamas & the Papas. I agree.
It sure was fun being alive in 1967 at 17. I love this girl and her way of being in the world.
It was! Even for this, then 12 year old😊
Being 14 was 👍.
Great jacket that Spanky was wearing , wow!
Seeing instead of just hearing these superhuman talents perform gives me a new appreciation for how charismatic this group was.
Their phenomenally beautiful masterpieces will live forever.
Breathtaking harmonies and the tightest band ever.
joy and innocence....a better time.....
What an amazing decade for music!
The 60's was without a doubt the greatest decade of music ever. Followed closely by the 70's
100% correct!!!!!
have to agree
Right on!!!!
Absolutely correct
My parents felt that way about the 40’s and 50’s.
I was a junior in HIgh School when this wonderful uplifting song came out in 1967. We were well into the Vietnam War in 1967. The draft was in full swing. I remember the recruiters would come to the high school, to try to recruit the seniors to join up when they graduated. There was so much great music back in the 60's thru the 80s. Then the quality of music started to fade somewhat in the 90's. Now it seem like music is like everything else has become. Not so great. Well it was nice to listen to Spanky and Our Gang today. They definitely put out some nice music.
They did. I probably daydream this tune in my high school years of the 90's.
The military has not changed, my son's high school offered aptitude testing, promising not to share results with any military recruiters.....LIE...those recruiters began calling our home to speak to my honors society son trying to snag him away from heading off to college. Vampires...Gave them all a good piece of my mind.😡🤬
You are correct, after about early '90's music nose dived big time. How much Ricky Martin, Run DMC, and Madonna can you take? Robert at 67.
I am 67 baby 80s teen so I am lucky never heard this song Beatles fan discovered strawberry alarm clock I luv the fashion music of the later 60s I am Aussie technically born summer of luv i am a natural trippey amazing times!💛
Spanky was very beautiful.
Yes indeed she was! No one could Rock bangs cuter than she!!!! 👍😎🎵🎤❤️
you need glasses.
@@DonRamiro1 Go to hell.
When they sing the word "day" in the chorus, you can hear the true power of well-crafted 5-part harmony. It's like a beauty bomb going off in your ears.
👍
Wow...ur right...
The mastermind of those harmonies--the guy on her left with the goofy grin--died in a home accident soon after this song was recorded.
His death shortened the life of the group. We'll never know the masterpieces they could have sung.
@@jeremynv89523 I hate that this shit happened because we could've gotten some more really good music from them. Fuck ):
@@scootch4224 You don,t have to tell me they were gifted talented artists whos careers were cut short by the tragic deaths of some of their musicians! I saw Elaine many years ago in Atlantic City during a tour in 1984 and she was great and I will always love her !!!!!
Overlooked, forgotten talents. But never in my head. I'm pushing 70 and tunes like this won't leave me alone. I'm happy they don't. Peace & Love!
lovely song, takes me back to being a teenager, young and carefree......magic times
She has such a distinctive voice, very very nice❤
Spanky and Our Gang captured lightning in a bottle again and again, then lost it with the untimely death of Malcolm Hale at age 27. Now only McFarlane (Spanky) and Seiter (the "Chief", the drummer） are still with us at this writing.
I absolutely love this song, play it over and over. Sixties Sunshine Pop was and remains joyous, just a wonderful sound.
Still my favorite genre of music!
@@MRBAMBAM1959 🌞
Me too It reminds me of such better times....I was 11 when this came out....
@@gmh101358 Same here i was born in 1956 !!!!!
No violence or threatening to shoot cops....That was music that I am glad I'm able to hear and listened to (even when I was 2 years old).
My husband (boyfriend then) was in NAM. This song would take me out of my depression! Memories!!!
That voice.....that magnificent voice....it’s an absolute pleasure watching someone do what they are put on this earth to do...
One of my all time favorite song of the 60s, incredibly uplifting.
I love Spanky. They epitomize the 60’s, the joy of the music!
Lead singer Elaine McFarlane, nicknamed "Spanky" was pals with the "Mamas and the Papas" and later toured with the band singing Cass's parts.
My favorite song by this group! Such a fun, carefree, uplifting song!
How we forget how many magical songs they had! Definitely a band of the best of the sixties!
100% positive vibes with this song one of the greatest stand uplifting of all
How fast things have changed since then. It’s like another planet
How I feel.
Groovy big colourful flowers! Only in the 60's!🌼🌺🏵🌸
Songs this special transcend time. I remember being nine-years-old and swinging on the swings on bright sunny mornings with a cool breeze blowing while this catchy masterpiece blasted from my grandparents' oldies station, along with the breathtakingly beautiful Like To Get To Know You. My very best childhood memories!
This is what music should sound like
Born in '58. This was my AM transitstor radio in Elementary school.
Oh yes, me too.
'57, for me. Totally agree.
I love the Carnaby Street Fashions! Flower motif was perfect for the time!
I'm 24 and I LOVE THIS SONG!
It aired on December 17, 1967. Well, hell, no wonder I didn't see it. That was the day I landed in Bien Hoa Air Base in the wee hours to begin my first tour of duty with the 101st Airborne Division. We left Fort Campbell, KY, on Friday the 15th.
Welcome back,1977,553rd MP CO.FT.CAMPBELL
Thank you for your service to our country.
Thank you for your service.
I was landing at Tan Son Nhut AB, south of Bien Hoa. 12th Recon.
Q: How many Vietnam vets does it take to watch Ed Sullivan? A: You'll never know, 'cause you weren't there, man!!
Love this group and their music! Wish they made music like this now days. I can wake up in a sour mood and listen to music like this a instantly start to feel happy. Sure wish music was like that now. Great stuff! 🎵♥️🌞♥️🎵
yea its a pure seratonin song, for a nice summer day like as this the fourth of july or a day off, its so upbeat but its hoaky sounding but its still a song that is smile inducing, and for times when you can let your guard down and smell the plesent smells of nature or if its more ones inclination the smells of food in the park or the smell of rubber friesh dirt and alcohol fuel fumes at a local race track with family and friends and the carnevale like smells of the food stand.
😅I was14 and I think back to the happiest time of my life.
Great band from Illinois. In 1968, at the height of their success, group member Malcolm Hale passed away. He was a key to their sound, in the studio, so the band broke up.
Which he played instrument
@@mikesalvadore9295 2nd from the left with the hat.....
@@allandgraf482 thanks..
Always liked their songs.
The guy wearing the hat is Nigel Pickering. Malcolm Hale is the guy standing to Spanky’s Left hand. His cause of death was actually from carbon monoxide poisoning due to a faulty heating system.
@@tonyvincent9753 Just Horrible, if some of the band members didn,t die and the group didn,t break up till much later, they could have been the greatest pop recording group of all time winning all kinds of awards and most likely would have been in the hall of fame !!!!!
They were instant happiness. Loved them!
Wow!That really took me back to some great memories.
Me and my sister running into the living room anytime we heard music on the ED Sullivan show which my dad would be watching.
My sister would run up and turn the TV up to my dads dismay.
He didn't like any pop music.
What a wonderful time it was to be young. I so miss that world. Nothing going on now quite like it.
I'm back in the 60s when everything was new to me. Now as I'm in the autumn of my life its nice to go back. Thank you for the memories!
Yes.
I'm guessing I'm around the same age, but as far as I'm concerned, I'm in late spring/early summer.
I add them to the top five pop vocalists after the mamas and the papas the Beach boys, and the fifth dimension
All favorite bands of mine from growing up, their music filled the airwaves!
I would agree
I would put the Association in there too. All very deserving.
I would put them before the Mamas and Papas, because they also could play instruments on stage while singing. Though this performance here isn’t all live, they performed live all over the US.
Don’t forget The Free Design
Absolutely gorgeous harmony underscoring a wonderfully uplifting song. Man, could we use this today!
Happy birthday Spanky for today 19th June 2024. Thankyou for the great music and your wonderful talent. xx
Sunshine rock was a great addition to everything that was going on at that time. Sure don’t make these anymore
Love it
Graham Crackers & Apple Juice at Head Start during snack time. This is a memory that will last a lifetime ❤️
I truly miss those days growing up, in the '60s, hearing this song brings back a lot of memories. With all the things going on in the World today this song is soothing to hear.
Just one of those "feel good" songs that you heard but may not remember too well. The 60's was a real good time for music.
One of my favorite songs ever.
Loved this song as a kid and today I am a kid all over again. This channel has really been offering some solid videos as of late.
I must listen to this song at least once a month. It was one of the best times of my life. Woodstock was right around the corner. ❤
woodstock. it was a happening i get that. but skinny (men not good) shaggy, drunk, high, grubby, muddy, broke.... what era would that be good? and the down with "the man," drop out, commune living, free love (many women devastated over that belief) all came to a fast halt. woodstockers' today and for quite awhile, housing, retirement, health, bills, family, g kids, g kids college all the things they said the man back in the day was foolish doing as the old generation didn't understand how the new world works.
A perfect childhood memories song for me growing up in the 60s/70s. 🎗
light hearted concert with great talent
Love this group.
One of my all time favorite songs ! This is THE ultimate song that most represents the 1960's ! Truly brilliant in every way !!!!!!
I was also in the USAF ‘66-‘69….Vietnam era….we all needed Happy Music 🇺🇸
A blast from the past. Never get tired of listening to music from that time era.
I can recall the feeling of magic and promise I felt when I would hear this song.
This song makes me smile like I was a kid again. Songs made today don’t make me do that.
They all looked fabulous. Amazing clothes and movements.
Love it! Were we really that young once?
Actually for a “young” pop group they looked awfully old. Especially the guys in the group they looked like they were in their late 30s or early 40s
When the world was young.
@@michaelrochester48--the oldest at the time was Nigel Pickering, the man in the hat playing rhythm guitar, and singing, next to Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane. He was 38 when this performance was aired. Malcolm Hale (lead guitarist/vocalist next to Elaine) was 26 here... he, sadly, would pass away from carbon monoxide poisoning the very next year. Bassist/vocalist Lefty Baker was 28, and the (other) rhythm guitarist/vocalist Kenny Hodges was 31. The drummer, (with the falsetto!) John Seiter, however, was a mere 20. "Spanky" herself, was 25 here!
Oh Yeah, young once. Three days after I found my 1929 Ford hot rod I met my wife at an LRY Conference in Toronto Canada September 1,1973
And believe it or not she is the mother of My Biological Daughter who goes by the Name of Jewel Kilcher and her songs Foolish Games and Enter from the East are about the situation involving Me
man, what a time to live!
As Flower Child in 68 I loved this song Peace and ♥️
I remember this song like it was yesterday. I was a senior in HS. Man, what happened to the time?
They are the one and only and can never be duplicated so glad I grew up in the sixties and seventies
As a kid during the '60s, I thought the song was "Daisy Day." Whatever it was, always made me happy to hear it. Elaine's instrument is so clear and strong!
Memories,,,,Graduated High School June 1969...Drafted into the US Army Dec 1969.
It's refreshing to listen to music made back in the days before artist became tone deaf and in need of electronic tweaking.
This song and "Goovin'" by the Young Rascals evoke the feeling of being a kid on summer vacation back in that time. Life was so simple. We were less informed and had so much less weight on our shoulders. Ignorance was indeed bliss.
Groovin was by the Young Rascals
@@bruceengelhart Correction made.
I agree whole heartedly about your comment. I would nominate another song that fits your summer vacation theme. How about "Daydream"by the Lovin' Spoonful.
It wasn’t ignorance.... it was being awake and free.
I was a little kid back then, so this song was perfect for me! Full out pop being played ... with enormous flowers 🌺 in the background.
Her voice was absolutely gorgeous!
@@magneto7930 Beyond Incredible and what a sweet woman she was !!!!!
The lyrics were so clear and simple, pure. Those days are gone forever, at least we enjoyed them as it happened.
Uplifting, indeed. This planet and its people are tired. It is music and harmony that make me long for the past and better days.
What this band needs is ONE MORE rhythm guitarist.
so cool to see this. really liked this band. what a happy song. 1967 great year for music .
The 60's version of "Walking on Sunshine."
I was 3 years old when I first heard this great song on the radio at home with my mom and immediately loved it. It brings such great memories of my mother. Still does in 2024.
That was TOO cool! Thanks, Ed!
A fab song sung by one of the great singers of the 60s. Great choreography too! What fun those dancers are having.
“Great choreography”….yea ok….it was just like every other pop Artists during those times
great? what would astair rogers be then? great x10 to the power of 2 guess.
@@jrnumex9286 I can’t stand ugly Fred Astaire , so there goes your comment into the toilet bowl.
SPANKY & ARE GANG WAS INCREDIBLE MUSICAL GROUP !!!! I REALLY ENJOYED THEM GROWING UP, I WAS JUST 14 YEARS OLD WHEN THEY CAME ON THE MUSIC SCENE IN THE U.S.A. IN 1967
DANIEL HACK SW IDAHO (U.S.A)
So great, Spanky had a fantastic voice and their music was beautiful
What a wonderful song, it's timeless.
there was no rock music in my house.....so i went across the street to my friend Wayne's house....he and his siblings liked the music of the time and we certainly listened to this one several times (as well as other Spanky and Our Gang Songs).......Wayne and I had no idea that Nigel Pickering was his father.
Just beautiful. Makes me a bit misty thinking of all the great feeling music of that time, especially 65-70
I love the drummer. He's a classic. 👍🚀
John Seiter, a.k.a. The Chief.
Later joined the Turtles for the "Turtles Soup" album produced by Ray Davies
The big Navajo hat certainly was an interesting wardrobe accoutrement! 😄
I like how the camera instantly zooms onto his face during his little call and response parts ♫♪♪. @@jamesduclos2545
billy jack before jack
I was 10 when this was on the radio. I remember it well. It seems dorky now, but at the time it was really cool.
I was 55 and it was dorky to like these type tunes back then