Arrival were from Liverpool. They made classy solid soaring pop/gospel/soul type music and "Friends" can't be beat! This is what music is meant to sound like. The warmth went out of music long ago.
2018. I loved this song first time around. Now, older and a bit nostalgic, it's a joy to hear it again. Must admit I filled up a bit as I joined in. Beautiful. Wonder if it could be re released.
She was a fantastic singer.Some of the other UA-cam clips show what a soulful voice she had.Rip Dyan,you touched the parts most other singers couldn’t get near.
Never heard this song anywhere for over 50 years, thanks to Google assistant I sang the first few words & heh presto. This song meant so much to me in my youth.
One of the best songs ever written amazing vocals! Arrival were a really tight band and Dyan Birch has a very powerful soulful voice. The lyrics are about the most important thing in life.
What an amazing sound an unpretentious song, that sounds huge like there is a Gospel choir singing behind them. it is so uplifting, just like good friends
I love this song i heard it as a kid of 13 years of age in 1970 and over the years i forgot all about this song i just happened to click on this song purely by accident and all the memories came flooding back. I just dont remember the abrupt ending tho that bit was strange.
That abrupt ending is on the single too, at least some of them . The song took a while to break into the charts and maybe it had to fit a radio timing requirement or something?
I was 13 that year too & loved this tune. Was lucky enough to see Kokomo (the band they became) on the Naughty Rhythms Tour of what 73? 75? Dr Feelgood were on the bill too; tickets cost 75p or something ridiculous like that... discovered Terry Reid, who wrote this, a few years back (Superlungs! Think it Over! His rendition of Waterloo Sunset rivals the original). How wonderful to see footage with those swinging London haircuts (shades of Ziggy???) 20th Century will come to be seen as the golden age of pop....
@@jjkey7120 Do you remember the other hit called .. I will survive? Arrival also took this song into the charts. Back then my parents did not watch Top Of The Pops so many of the artist I had know idea what they looked like, till decades later by watching old clips of Top Of The Pops on UA-cam. Thanks for sharing your nostalgic thoughts.
@@yell50 no, I don't recall the other song. I did have the extraordinary experience, a few years back, when getting together with other ageing 'vinyl heads' for social evenings revisiting our collections - hearing old singles I'd only ever experienced through tiny TV or transistor radio speakers, blasting out through a big stereo system and realising how great the production was; what a revelation!
@@yell50 I remember it, that was also fabulous. I had the pleasure of seeing Arrival at the Top Rank in Liverpool 1970. I wasn't quite 17 at the time. Where have the years gone
Superb music from the sadly departed dyan class voice and band from the good old days she reminds me of a lynne brown who i well fancied at 131c she was gorgeous too aah memories
Now this is what they call an absolute forgotten GEM 💎!!!!!.......brilliant song from what I believe was a very underated group....there follow up "I will survive" another terrific song did actually also make the top 20 here in the UK......made alot of good songs......shame they rarely get mentioned or even played on radio......I do wonder what they're doing now ??......anyway god bless b kind to each other ❤ love animals ❤ and yourself ❤
Thank you for posting this. I had not seen it before. Btw the steps they're walking down right at the beginning are outside the Royal Albert Hall (the circular building in the background) in London.
I saw Dyan singing with Kokomo at the 100 Club some ten years ago and it was apparent even then that she wasn't well. I also have a recollection of Dyan, Frank and Paddy fronting a band called (I think) Vamp, in the early 80s at the Bass Clef in Hoxton. Anybody else able to confirm my feeble memory?
@@peteiswriteingnow Your pompous need to elevate your standing by lowering others has obliterated your ability to think and see beyond the words you read or hear. "".....all sitting round smoking pot after dinner" IS the hook not because it is stated as such (and if it was the then BBC radio monopoly would not have played it) but precisely because you are supposed to subliminally think of that when you hear the lyric. If you listen carefully you will notice that the "port" line occurs twice... but differently. At the beginning it is "".....all sitting round TAKING port after dinner" while later on it is ".....all sitting round DRINKING pot after dinner." The reason for this is bleeding obvious. "TAKING....." could apply to pot or port equally and the intent is to create a subliminal naughty lyric, indeed with many mishearing rather than re-interpreting "Port" as "Pot." However, the second time it changes to "DRINKING" thus clarifying that it is really about Port thus making the song legitimate to the BBC etc. Don't believe this? You just need to ask yourself one question. Why would they otherwise change the word from "taking" in the first line to "drinking" in the second instead of using either word both times? I suspect it was originally intended as "taking" both times but some producer advised then to change it second time to pass the censors. Borderline lyrics the listener is intended to misinterpret is very common. Try the Kenny Ball number "So Do I" with it's catchy line "...you like jazz more than Lizst and you like to be kisses so do I...." It's far more interesting and enlightening when you discuss analyse the culture instead making childish "I'm right" "You're wrong" type comments.
The '60's . The idealism , The optimisum and the great , great music . What a wonderful decade . We who lived through it were truly blessed .
The very beautiful and talented Dyan Birch RIP xx. A great loss to the music business.
Beautiful? Lol
Arrival were from Liverpool. They made classy solid soaring pop/gospel/soul type music and "Friends" can't be beat! This is what music is meant to sound like. The warmth went out of music long ago.
Their other hit, I Will Survive (no, not that one) is even better imho
@@nolanlemmon8180 It's good but Friends beats it....
@@nolanlemmon8180 Yes, I think so too 😊
I recognise the guys from Kokomo....Angel and all those fab tunes.
Such a good band and very sad that Dyan Birch has died - great voice.
2018. I loved this song first time around. Now, older and a bit nostalgic, it's a joy to hear it again. Must admit I filled up a bit as I joined in. Beautiful.
Wonder if it could be re released.
Such a moving song . Performed brilliantly
Love them. The LP is fabulous. Dyan's voice , what can I say. Paddy also fab. Loved Carol No Good Advice
I remember hearing this on the radio in 1997 its a great song we all need friends in our lives
Just discovered that Dyan Birch passed away 10 October! How sad. I loved this song in my
late teens.
She was a fantastic singer.Some of the other UA-cam clips show what a soulful voice she had.Rip Dyan,you touched the parts most other singers couldn’t get near.
Still Brilliant... someone should re-record this... For a new generation....
Yea but dont change it to much.
Only discovered this wonderful bunch this yr...im 64 and cant stop singing this now...nostalgia can be so good
Never heard this song anywhere for over 50 years, thanks to Google assistant I sang the first few words & heh presto. This song meant so much to me in my youth.
50 years….really??? Are you a radio jingle junkie….how could you not have heard of this…
Rest in peace Dyan .25 January 1949 - 10 October 2020
One of the best songs ever written amazing vocals! Arrival were a really tight band and Dyan Birch has a very powerful soulful voice. The lyrics are about the most important thing in life.
Benjamin Blake Mitchner you nust be a late term abortion
A Terry Reid classic, beautifully sung by Dyan Birch and Arrival ❤
Geez, her hair style rocks as does the song and the fashion is ace.
I am a Hamilton Accies Football Club..Believe iy or not..They played this song at half time ..FOR TEN YEARS..LUV IT
great song that you never hear on the radio nowadays.
A great song from the late 60s
Still sounds as good today as it did
50 years ago.
I didnt know some of these songs what a corker this is fabtastic stuff.
What an amazing sound an unpretentious song, that sounds huge like there is a Gospel choir singing
behind them. it is so uplifting, just like good friends
I remember this song as a 9 year old! Long time ago, lovely to hear it again.
My son used to sing this track, on a Café Juke Box in Gibraltar in 1970, he is 54 still in compouter testing
One of the best songs ever, sung by the excellent Dyan Birch
I love this song i heard it as a kid of 13 years of age in 1970 and over the years i forgot all about this song i just happened to click on this song purely by accident and all the memories came flooding back. I just dont remember the abrupt ending tho that bit was strange.
That abrupt ending is on the single too, at least some of them . The song took a while to break into the charts and maybe it had to fit a radio timing requirement or something?
I was 13 that year too & loved this tune. Was lucky enough to see Kokomo (the band they became) on the Naughty Rhythms Tour of what 73? 75? Dr Feelgood were on the bill too; tickets cost 75p or something ridiculous like that... discovered Terry Reid, who wrote this, a few years back (Superlungs! Think it Over! His rendition of Waterloo Sunset rivals the original). How wonderful to see footage with those swinging London haircuts (shades of Ziggy???) 20th Century will come to be seen as the golden age of pop....
@@jjkey7120 Do you remember the other hit called .. I will survive? Arrival also took this song into the charts. Back then my parents did not watch Top Of The Pops so many of the artist I had know idea what they looked like, till decades later by watching old clips of Top Of The Pops on UA-cam. Thanks for sharing your nostalgic thoughts.
@@yell50 no, I don't recall the other song. I did have the extraordinary experience, a few years back, when getting together with other ageing 'vinyl heads' for social evenings revisiting our collections - hearing old singles I'd only ever experienced through tiny TV or transistor radio speakers, blasting out through a big stereo system and realising how great the production was; what a revelation!
@@yell50 I remember it, that was also fabulous.
I had the pleasure of seeing Arrival at the Top Rank in Liverpool 1970. I wasn't quite 17 at the time. Where have the years gone
Superb music from the sadly departed dyan class voice and band from the good old days she reminds me of a lynne brown who i well fancied at 131c she was gorgeous too aah memories
Now this is what they call an absolute forgotten GEM 💎!!!!!.......brilliant song from what I believe was a very underated group....there follow up "I will survive" another terrific song did actually also make the top 20 here in the UK......made alot of good songs......shame they rarely get mentioned or even played on radio......I do wonder what they're doing now ??......anyway god bless b kind to each other ❤ love animals ❤ and yourself ❤
Morphed into 'Kokomo' later on in the 70's
Great song .
Can't stop playing this lately one of the all time great songs-terry reids original is great too.
Great song- they were the genesis of Kokomo, a 'blue-eyed soul' band that I followed in the 70s. It's a shame they never broke big.
Dyan Birch, lead vocalist, passed away in Oct 2020, RIP
Sad to hear that,my condolences to her family and friends,❤
🙏
Great song. And we all wanted to look like Dyan Birch when we were 15!
I love Dyan and Arrival,I wouldn’t say she was a beauty,but she had a certain attractive look.Also a fab singer,Rip Dyan.
Charted first few weeks into the 70’s ( 1970 ) it’s highest position eventually reaching was #8 on the 31st January 1970
SAYS IT ALL ....
TO FRIENDS PAST AND PRESENT 🍺🍹🥂😎
Recorded late 1969, entered the UK charts in early 1970, so technically a 60s song, as the label says produced in 1969.
Still a class song by the sadly departed dyan what a voice
Nice song .Great vocals.Sad that she is no longer with us.
Brilliant song. Brilliant times. Great memories.
My mum loved this. God, how I miss her. 😢
This track doesn't get enough airplay on the Golden Oldies radio stations. This great song is right up there with "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"
I remember this well it was probably 69/70 it's was in the charts about the same time as Ruby Tuesday by Melanie and Good morning starshine by Oliver
She had such a cool image. Loved the hair. RIP Dyan.
Met my wife at a concert they did at Aston university. Great song.
❤️
I added this song on my mono taperecorder in the late 1960 ties from the danisch 20 list. Think it was 1969. Havent heard it for 50 years.
RIP Dyan Birch. Great vocalist
GREAT SONG GREAT SINGER
Issued in late 1969; entered the UK chart in January 1970 and reached no. 8.
Nice to see Elton John, Mary Hopkin and Eric Idle on backing vocals and the great Nick Mason on drums.
A beautiful song friends
Terry Reid masterpiece launched into pop stardom by Arrival, good version
At 17 I was desperately in love with Dyan Birch
LOVE IT PHILL LEGEND SHOWED ME YOU XX AMAZING TRUE TODAY STILL XX
This song is from January 1970🎵🎶👍
Exactly not the 6Os ..
i love this
January 1970
Just don't get better than that.
Written by the wonderful Terry Reid!
Fantastic. Thanks for posting!
Thank you for posting this. I had not seen it before. Btw the steps they're walking down right at the beginning are outside the Royal Albert Hall (the circular building in the background) in London.
Shelley,I think you’re right,happy memories of my wife and I going to see James Taylor in 2000 and Moody Blues in 2004.
I saw Dyan singing with Kokomo at the 100 Club some ten years ago and it was apparent even then that she wasn't well. I also have a recollection of Dyan, Frank and Paddy fronting a band called (I think) Vamp, in the early 80s at the Bass Clef in Hoxton. Anybody else able to confirm my feeble memory?
What a lady what a band
its the beginning of 1970 actually
Yes I was at Uni '71 to '73 and my friend and I used to follow them around the country!
Terry Reid song, genius .
You don't get bands like this now unfortunately
I wonder where that lovely Fender Precision bass is now?
Very sad news about Dylan birch
0:20 I had a friend who have friends by a river I had a friend who have friends of there own
What part of 1970 is the sixties?
1970 was still culturally in the 60s.
Groovy man I really dig it would have dug it even more with a higher res picture
It still sounds fantastic
She was a backing singer for Manfred Mann’s Earthband on there album chance check it out
Remember:terry reid wrote this song and friends can be your worst ennemy
Brilliant !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought it was Denny Lane and Tony Burrows as the backing singers? :)
No, it was the equality talented Frank Collins and Paddy McHugh, with Tony O'Mally on instrumentals.
@@mokeyowen9836 Thanks! :)
Written by Terry Reid.
Saw this on a site as an obscure 70’s song but this says “60’s”
".....all sitting round smoking pot after dinner." There's the hook.
Drinking port after dinner.
@@gwenfancello5384 Oh dear!
You got that totally wrong I'm afraid.
@@peteiswriteingnow Your pompous need to elevate your standing by lowering others has obliterated your ability to think and see beyond the words you read or hear.
"".....all sitting round smoking pot after dinner" IS the hook not because it is stated as such (and if it was the then BBC radio monopoly would not have played it) but precisely because you are supposed to subliminally think of that when you hear the lyric. If you listen carefully you will notice that the "port" line occurs twice... but differently. At the beginning it is "".....all sitting round TAKING port after dinner" while later on it is ".....all sitting round DRINKING pot after dinner." The reason for this is bleeding obvious. "TAKING....." could apply to pot or port equally and the intent is to create a subliminal naughty lyric, indeed with many mishearing rather than re-interpreting "Port" as "Pot." However, the second time it changes to "DRINKING" thus clarifying that it is really about Port thus making the song legitimate to the BBC etc.
Don't believe this? You just need to ask yourself one question. Why would they otherwise change the word from "taking" in the first line to "drinking" in the second instead of using either word both times? I suspect it was originally intended as "taking" both times but some producer advised then to change it second time to pass the censors.
Borderline lyrics the listener is intended to misinterpret is very common. Try the Kenny Ball number "So Do I" with it's catchy line "...you like jazz more than Lizst and you like to be kisses so do I...."
It's far more interesting and enlightening when you discuss analyse the culture instead making childish "I'm right" "You're wrong" type comments.
@@madandy3176 What ever.
this is from the late 1960s
1970.
This song does sound rather dated now, but what a lovely song. Is this Carroll Carter singing the main vocals? Good voice.
You are right in a way ,but I’d give my right hand to have a tenth of their (especially ) Dyans talent.The others are quite good too!
Around 1969
+TheSpike512 1970 FEB 20 /21 IN CHARTS