I would say it was the Marshell amps PLUS the better 'musicianship' gained from 1000s of hours of practice, no TV, no internet to distract you! As they say genius is 10% talent adn 90% sweat!
@@kjr2868well not everyone used Marshall amplifiers, many used Vox. Most likely it's the analogue sound production from the amps using valves, electronic instruments still being quite "raw" as they'd not long been invented, and the better musicianship of just about everyone, as many pop musicians were classically or formally trained. Subsequent decades gave rise to more self taught musicians (punk in particular) who learnt how to play solely by playing the pop music that came before. The 50s and 60s had little to nothing like their own sound to go on, which is why, in part, it's so "different".
How can anyone not like this song. The melody, the lyrics, everything.....I was 16 and loved life then. Thinking I’d be young forever. How fleeting our youth is.
greenvalley, klaus and John. Like you I was 16 when this came out. DO NOT DESPAIR!!! YOUTH is more astate of mind than a time Measuring State. If this song still getsw to you, you are MORE than 1/2 way to your Youth. Shit. I was in love witha girl with hair that shined like gold in the hot morning sun." If these lyrics and images stick with you You are STILL A YOUTH... !!! and I am there with you!!!!!
I used to play my mom's 7 single over and over on Sundays with my friend - we were about 9 or 10 in 1986. Love it so much I put a sticker on it: I inherit....! :D
Me too! And then I realized that this song was recorded in a bluegrass version that I've known for years by Canadian band, the Good Brothers, without ever knowing that it was originally Brit-pop.
Not only am I completely surprised to learn that this was an English pop song before it was a bluegrass song, the chord changes in this version are NUTS!!! O: It's like it went back in time when it came to the U.S.! So interesting.
Classic pop band of the 60s, and this was a great song. Memories of being at school and listening each week to Pick of the Pops with Fluff Freeman, wondering if your favourite sound would make number 1. Pop at it's simplest and best, this one.
I was listening to the Beatles, which led me to discover Herman's Hermits, which led me to discover Manfred Mann. I've made some wonderful discoveries today!!!!
I heard this song while shopping in Orchard Road in the 80s and straightaway buy the EP. The record was pretty expensive and I ended up without pocket money for a week. But is really worth it and I still kept the 45 RPM till today.
Warm summer morning walking along a dusty road to catch the bus to school, this song always takes me back to that morning holding my new "brick" transistor radio to my ear. Great great song!
i'm 25 and i heard this song the first time ever on the radio yesterday.. i instantly fell in love i never shazamed a song so fast in my life, shame on me for never hearing of it before.. eventho i'm very interested in music history
I first heard this song sung by the Seldom Scene, the first bluegrass group to incorporate rock and popular music into the bluegrass genre. Fantastic, look it up and enjoy..
Loved this. Never forgot the words. Girl fancied me in the block of flats where we lived - but i was hopelessly too shy- Fox on the Run was getting radio time then...
I always assumed this was a Tom T. Hall song because of his great recording. I was surprised to find this version by Manfred Mann. Their version is really good. It's fun to learn new and unexpected history of a good song.
WOW ! I've loved this song for 45 years and never knew it was ever anything other than country rock or bluegrass ! What a HOOT ! I came online just now looking for a version to learn to play it from and found this. I'm astonished !
This tune was Heard by Bill Keith while on tur in the UK and he brought it back to the states and suggested it to the Country Gentlemen for a bluegrass arrangement. They picked it up and the rest is the history you know. Written by Tony Hazzard in 1968.
So good to hear this Timeless Classic , Manfred Mann had so many awesome songs in their day & still make me feel good , I can picture where I was when I heard it lol :)
They also did my name is jack mighty Quinn and semi detached suburban mr James with Mike d'abo as their singer but had many hits with former lead singer Paul Jones
What a trip! I have only ever known this as a Bluegrass song thinking that it was one of those old standards since so many at jams and whatnot seem to know it. It's a total trip to know that not only is it not originally a BG song but that it's a 60's, almost psychedelic song at that! Too cool...lol!
Usually Brit invasion bands would cover American roots artists. Here the tables are turned with this Brit gem becoming a standard for American roots bands, particularly bluegrass.
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Yeah, great memories! But Mike d'Abo, who was really an attractive Singer must be an old man now, just the same as all of us (probably even older)! I just can't believe how time flies.
They're two totally different songs!!! The lyrics aren't the same. This version was redone by the Good Brothers from Canada and became a staple on country dance floors...much faster and danceable.
+ elijah bernstein - i just thought: can i believe my eyes? wehn i read your comment - normally i only read how much people HATE rap (=crap) in comment threads on music like this - may i ask which is the rap you normally listen to? i´d really like to know... btw. this was one big hit for me when i was a teenager - i just came back to it now, because since quite a while i´m on a revisiting trip - couldn´t help to smile, when i heard it again now after such a long time, what a neat song, yessssss... cheers bro... :-)
Great song this, but I preferred the b-side of this single - Too Many People. It had a dreamy quality about it, and conjured up an image of an unreal world of pop stardom surrounded by hangers-on, and just wanting to escape. Somebody please upload this tune onto youtube!
Hit song by British group Manfred Mann in 68, written by British guy named Tony Hazzard. Check out his back story on this hit song. It certainly was not intended to be a Bluegrass song, but he's very happy it is. He's since written another verse to this song, which the Bluegrass guys now include.
townbranchdandy: Tom T Hall did NOT write this song. The composer was Tony Hazzard, an English songwriter who has also written songs recorded by several well known artists including Gene Pitney, The Yardbirds, Andy Williams and Nana Mouskouri.
Every dammnn vers of this song reminds me of a romance I had. Especially the part '' Left me here to die'' One day this song will be the only way to remind me of this time. This is magic. (2:08
me to it was the backing track to a teenage romance that I had, P.S. I am writing this on my mothers lap top, I am a guy' born 1957 , I sang this song Walking across 'Corn fields' a Short cut to her mothers house/ Post Office, Horndon on the Hill. Essex, u.k.
Takes me back to being 15, Met my new girlfriend in a small town between where she lived and l lived it was winter and so cold l waited for her by the road and l recall singing this song to myself , When she arrived she suggested going for a coffee at a cafe she knew as we approached l saw loads of motorbikes outside l froze and asked about the cafe ,she replied its ok it's a biker cafe , l apologised told her l couldn't go there my family were Mods , ah youth.
Knew this music as a bluegrass standard from The Country Gentlemen....I grew up with the British Invasion, no idea this song existed until May 2024
I can't quite explain it but there's nothing that can get even close to the sound of guitars in songs from the 60s
I love it
I'd say this gets close ;) czcams.com/video/csoF51nEtc8/video.html
I would say it was the Marshell amps PLUS the better 'musicianship' gained from 1000s of hours of practice, no TV, no internet to distract you! As they say genius is 10% talent adn 90% sweat!
@@kjr2868well not everyone used Marshall amplifiers, many used Vox. Most likely it's the analogue sound production from the amps using valves, electronic instruments still being quite "raw" as they'd not long been invented, and the better musicianship of just about everyone, as many pop musicians were classically or formally trained. Subsequent decades gave rise to more self taught musicians (punk in particular) who learnt how to play solely by playing the pop music that came before. The 50s and 60s had little to nothing like their own sound to go on, which is why, in part, it's so "different".
I am 64 and remember hearing it for the first time, it still has the same magical effect listening to it now as it did then.
same here 🎶
In 1967 I was 14. Great time
One of my favourite songs to... 👍 Two years up on you bro...
Same
Manfred Mann has never had the credit they deserve.
How can anyone not like this song. The melody, the lyrics, everything.....I was 16 and loved life then. Thinking I’d be young forever. How fleeting our youth is.
The bluegrass version is a lot better, imho
Oh yes, I was 16 too in this year and I must admit... great song!
It's okay. I prefer the other song called "Fox on the Run" by Sweet
greenvalley, klaus and John. Like you I was 16 when this came out. DO NOT DESPAIR!!! YOUTH is more astate of mind than a time Measuring State. If this song still getsw to you, you are MORE than 1/2 way to your Youth. Shit. I was in love witha girl with hair that shined like gold in the hot morning sun." If these lyrics and images stick with you You are STILL A YOUTH... !!! and I am there with you!!!!!
I used to play my mom's 7 single over and over on Sundays with my friend - we were about 9 or 10 in 1986. Love it so much I put a sticker on it: I inherit....! :D
Yes, I came here after watching Professor Of Rock and his episode about the Sweet song of the same name. I like this, it's a great song as well.
Me too! And then I realized that this song was recorded in a bluegrass version that I've known for years by Canadian band, the Good Brothers, without ever knowing that it was originally Brit-pop.
This song was a time and place - and will never be forgotten - what a gem.
First heard this song when I was in my early teens in the early seventies. I've always loved it. It's a real classic.
We were listening to this the day we heard that man had walked on the moon.
I always think of the two together.
Not only am I completely surprised to learn that this was an English pop song before it was a bluegrass song, the chord changes in this version are NUTS!!! O: It's like it went back in time when it came to the U.S.! So interesting.
Mein absolut lieblings Song . I love it
Growing up in Tennessee in the 70s I always assumed this started out as a bluegrass song. Never heard this until a few years ago... It's great!
I'm sure it was is an old bluegrass song It's been covered by so many bands
@@michaelcameron2292 no, it was written by Tony Hazzard and released by Manfred Mann in November 1968
Classic pop band of the 60s, and this was a great song. Memories of being at school and listening each week to Pick of the Pops with Fluff Freeman, wondering if your favourite sound would make number 1. Pop at it's simplest and best, this one.
Such good memories. Takes one back to a time when life was much simpler and the music was great
I was listening to the Beatles, which led me to discover Herman's Hermits, which led me to discover Manfred Mann. I've made some wonderful discoveries today!!!!
I heard this song while shopping in Orchard Road in the 80s and straightaway buy the EP. The record was pretty expensive and I ended up without pocket money for a week. But is really worth it and I still kept the 45 RPM till today.
Fox On The Run by Manfred Mann one of the most beautiful songs of the 60 years
Warm summer morning walking along a dusty road to catch the bus to school, this song always takes me back to that morning holding my new "brick" transistor radio to my ear. Great great song!
This was a song that the heartbroken and the heartbreaker can so identify with. Takes me back. :)
Loved this song since I was a child.
I just discovered this haven't had a song on repeat for hours in years :')
i'm 25 and i heard this song the first time ever on the radio yesterday.. i instantly fell in love
i never shazamed a song so fast in my life, shame on me for never hearing of it before.. eventho i'm very interested in music history
the electric prunes little olive .....
I first heard this song sung by the Seldom Scene, the first bluegrass group to incorporate rock and popular music into the bluegrass genre. Fantastic, look it up and enjoy..
Now do Sweet fox on the run.
Check out the original version by Tom T Hall. There is nothing like the original.
Patrick O'Hara I forgot about Tom T. Hall, my mom used listen to his 8 tracks and LP's.
When the summer was the summer!!!
Saw Manfred Mann play at the Civic Hall Orpington in 1964. Still brilliant music!
My dad made me love this song. These days not many people know it.. look up Gary Wright dream Weaver for another good surfers era song
Thought the bluegrass guys did this first all these years. Glad to hear this first version. Enjoyable.
This became a real bluegrass favorite for a number of groups.
What a clever love song
Loved this. Never forgot the words. Girl fancied me in the block of flats where we lived - but i was hopelessly too shy- Fox on the Run was getting radio time then...
What a sweetie ! xxx :)
What a magic band they were :- D
Years later and their legacy always lives on!
My dad owns this on a single LP. Used to drive my parents mad by playing it over and over and over and over and over.....
I always assumed this was a Tom T. Hall song because of his great recording. I was surprised to find this version by Manfred Mann. Their version is really good. It's fun to learn new and unexpected history of a good song.
Good on them for bringing a great bluegrass song to more and different kinds of music.
Memories - sailing from Singapore to Brisbane on RFA Tidespring. The first song heard on Aussie radio - wonderful days!
I'm here in Brisbane.
Another glass of wine to Manffred Mann.
I used to play bluegrass and this was one of the songs we did every Friday night.
Never knew this was ever a pop song. I'm a fan of the bluegrass version. Now I'm a fan of this version as well.
Who sings the blue grass version ?
Aqene1000 Tom T. Hall had a hit with it back in the '70s. The Country Gentlemen are another group.
Thanks !
Bluegrass Alliance did a really killer version of it when Tony Rice, Sam Bush, Courtney Johnson and Ebo Walker were part of that band.
@@marshaul check out "the wood brothers" cover too.. s'good!
I love this song so much!!!😀
Love it
WOW ! I've loved this song for 45 years and never knew it was ever anything other than country rock or bluegrass ! What a HOOT ! I came online just now looking for a version to learn to play it from and found this. I'm astonished !
This tune was Heard by Bill Keith while on tur in the UK and he brought it back to the states and suggested it to the Country Gentlemen for a bluegrass arrangement. They picked it up and the rest is the history you know. Written by Tony Hazzard in 1968.
Love this song ❤❤❤❤
So good to hear this Timeless Classic , Manfred Mann had so many awesome songs in their day & still make me feel good , I can picture where I was when I heard it lol :)
Actually a winter hit; entering the chart in December 1968 and peaking at no. 5 in January 1969.
Good old times 😍😍😍😍🎸🎸🎸🎸
One of the best 60s songs!!! Thank you mom, for having showed me real good music!!! ❤
I was born in 1980 and it was thanks to my mom and dad that while growing up I got to appreciate what great music was made in the 60's.
@@markellis1939 🎶👏🎶
You've got good taste Michelle this is a great manfreds track I was around.in their pomp Mr ragamuffin man is a personal favourite
@@johnbatch9276 thank you so much, dear John. You're a lucky guy. The 60s must have been a great era...
🎶💞🌞💞🎶
They also did my name is jack mighty Quinn and semi detached suburban mr James with Mike d'abo as their singer but had many hits with former lead singer Paul Jones
What a trip! I have only ever known this as a Bluegrass song thinking that it was one of those old standards since so many at jams and whatnot seem to know it. It's a total trip to know that not only is it not originally a BG song but that it's a 60's, almost psychedelic song at that! Too cool...lol!
Usually Brit invasion bands would cover American roots artists. Here the tables are turned with this Brit gem becoming a standard for American roots bands, particularly bluegrass.
It wasn't common for British groups to cover Bluegrass songs. They were more interested in American blues and soul.
That’s why I said, ‘ Usually Brit invasion bands would cover American roots artists.’
I have always liked manfred mann brings back great memories
Great, little-known gem of a song!
It is well known...was a hit back in the day..
my old band in college loved MM....we actaully did this little ditty in our shows..........
One of the first singles I owned. My record player had this plasticy vinyl smell to it. I can smell i now.
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I remember this song when I was on skiing holidays in the black forest... great recall!
Remember buying this in Tahiti on my way back home from Australia (come to think of it I wished I stayed there) ....
I don't!
This is the first time I've heard this. I'd always heard this as a bluegrass song. I like it.
I was very young .. it was a nice time
Loved this song as a child
Wow! These guys had a treasure trove of great forgotten songs!
Yeah, great memories! But Mike d'Abo, who was really an attractive Singer must be an old man now, just the same as all of us (probably even older)! I just can't believe how time flies.
Genial!
awesome!
A great song.
When music was music..memories of my younger years..
best song of the '60s
I knew this wasn't originally bluegrass. Great to hear the original!
Fantastic..thanks for posting.. Written in the greatest of music times.. by one of the Great bands of the time ~
Mike D'abo was a great singer.
Lovely liftup number
Fox on the Run
Manfred Mann
(lyrics by Tony Hazzard)
She walked through the corn leading down to the river.
Her hair shone like gold in the hot morning sun.
She took all the love that a poor boy could give her
And left me to die like the fox on the run.
Like the fox (like the fox, like the fox) on the run.
Everybody knows the reason for the fall
When woman tempted man down in paradise's hall.
This woman tempted me all right, then took me for a ride
But like the lonely fox I need a place to hide.
Like the fox (like the fox, like the fox) on the run.
Come take a glass of wine and fortify your soul.
We'll talk about the world and friends we used to know.
I'll illustrate, a girl put me on the floor.
The game is nearly up, the hounds are at my door.
Like the fox (like the fox, like the fox) on the run.
Tony Hazzard wrote the words but also listed songwriters: Brian Francis Connolly / Stephen Norman Priest / Michael Thomas Tucker / Andrew Scott
(Fox on the Run lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc)
Tony Hazzard wrote this one which Manfren Mann did, the other names listed wrote a completely different song by the Sweet with the same name.
.... On the run! Man it's nearly been a whole year since the neighborhood has listened to this 😂
A total different version than The Sweet - Fox on the run!
I like both songs but this one wins hands down!! 🙂👍
They're two totally different songs!!! The lyrics aren't the same. This version was redone by the Good Brothers from Canada and became a staple on country dance floors...much faster and danceable.
THE TOP!
Meravigliosamente bella
This is very different to the rap I usually listen to but I friggin love it!
+ elijah bernstein - i just thought: can i believe my eyes? wehn i read your comment - normally i only read how much people HATE rap (=crap) in comment threads on music like this - may i ask which is the rap you normally listen to? i´d really like to know...
btw. this was one big hit for me when i was a teenager - i just came back to it now, because since quite a while i´m on a revisiting trip - couldn´t help to smile, when i heard it again now after such a long time, what a neat song, yessssss...
cheers bro... :-)
I’d never heard this song before, this is so soothing. I like this a lot better than the one that was in guardians of the Galaxy volume two
Happy times reminds me of my first love
great song! :)
Wonderfull. Ehy Guys turn back in the past!
Sweaty Fox!
YEEEEEAAAAAAA! Gents for the win!
I date a fox never look the same again.
Yes magically I will be there for the anniversary as if on cloud 7 meeting you there.LOVE forever. KARIN
Great song this, but I preferred the b-side of this single - Too Many People. It had a dreamy quality about it, and conjured up an image of an unreal world of pop stardom surrounded by hangers-on, and just wanting to escape. Somebody please upload this tune onto youtube!
Brilliant!!! :D Thank you for sharing the vid. with us.
Turns out Mike D'abo was a more than adequate replacement for Paul Jones in the group but Jones is one of the best talents of the 60s.
Absolutely love this song great voice great music
I will never forget how I love fix on the run in my youth in given Innes oh for the good times
Hit song by British group Manfred Mann in 68, written by British guy named Tony Hazzard. Check out his back story on this hit song. It certainly was not intended to be a Bluegrass song, but he's very happy it is. He's since written another verse to this song, which the Bluegrass guys now include.
Most interesting cover I have ever heard of any song. End of statement.
It's not a cover, it's the original. End of discussion.
It's not a cover, it's the original.
Later made into a country hit for Tom T Hall.
townbranchdandy: Tom T Hall did NOT write this song. The composer was Tony Hazzard, an English songwriter who has also written songs recorded by several well known artists including Gene Pitney, The Yardbirds, Andy Williams and Nana Mouskouri.
Thanks for the info.
Well thank you Mr Hazard for all those happy childhood memories of playing this every Sunday with my psrents in the 70s
I still have the 45 rpm record of Tom T Hall doing this!!
Every dammnn vers of this song reminds me of a romance I had.
Especially the part '' Left me here to die''
One day this song will be the only way to remind me of this time.
This is magic. (2:08
me to it was the backing track to a teenage romance that I had, P.S. I am writing this on my mothers lap top, I am a guy' born 1957 , I sang this song Walking across 'Corn fields' a Short cut to her mothers house/ Post Office, Horndon on the Hill. Essex, u.k.
Bluegrass players hear this original version and think "why are they playin' this so gosh darn slow"
Wow, Nice!
I wasn't here for Sweet but sweet Manfred Man.
Paul Jones.....the best lead singer of Manfred Mann! :)
Mike d'Abo my favourite lead singer!
Wasn't this Mike d'Abo?
After having listened to The Sweet version so many times in the 1970s, now I finally know what the song actually means!!
the Sweet has a song with Same name' but verry differant Words and melody. I heard both songs today.
RonJohn63 they aren’t the same song.
We are beside
Love listening to this with my mate, getting a bit high to Manfred Mann.
Takes me back to being 15, Met my new girlfriend in a small town between where she lived and l lived it was winter and so cold l waited for her by the road and l recall singing this song to myself , When she arrived she suggested going for a coffee at a cafe she knew as we approached l saw loads of motorbikes outside l froze and asked about the cafe ,she replied its ok it's a biker cafe , l apologised told her l couldn't go there my family were Mods , ah youth.