Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men
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- When I look up to the skies
I see your eyes a funny kind of yellow
I rush home to bed I soak my head
I see your face underneath my pillow
I wake next morning tired still yawning
See your face come peaking through my window
Pictures of matchstick men and you
Mirages of matchstick men and you
All I ever see is them and you
Windows echo your reflection
When I look in their direction gone
When will this haunting stop
Your face it just wont leave me a-lone
Pictures of matchstick men and you
Mirages of matchstick men and you
All I ever see is them and you
You in the sky you with this guy you make men cry you lie
You in the sky you with this guy you make men cry you lie - Hudba
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I could hear this song a hundred times and never get tired of it
Footage of keyboardist man, plus live vocal hell yeah
No shit.
I was nineteen when this was released. You forget how young we once looked. So all you youngsters! enjoy every minute of every day, they soon become a distant memory.
I am 21, but I love '60 music. Love the sound they had.
Thank you! Will definitely keep that in my mind. I'm 18 soon
@@shadowcat0201 nice taste 👍
im 17 right now in my last year of highschool been listening to this song since the 6th grade will keep it in mind try to make the best of my youth
I'm in my early 30s with thinning hair. Definitely heed Alan's warning. lol
"Francesco Rossi", the guy lead singing wrote this song while sitting on the toilet ( or as he called it sitting on "the bog", as he is from England). He retreated to "the bog" to get some peace from his wife and mother-in-law. It was Status Quo's only big hit in U.S.A. Which only goes to show that when you go to " the bog" you can come out with some good shit.
HA!-HA!!! ROTFL!!!! Good One! I remember this song playing on the radio when I was a kid.
geez...he was like 18 years old here! how young was when he got married?
joseph raccuia to be honest, the places I prefer for creativity are: alone in the woods, my toilet, my shower and my bed. Those are the places I am most creative. I think there's some psychological background going on.. Or maybe you just let the "shit" leave your body so only the good stuff remains. Heck I don't know : P
Wasn’t this song based on a painting? I swear I saw that on vh1 classic a long time ago.
lol .... ya just never know.
The 60s were special.
It is amazing that a group of 17- and 18-year-old musicians could create such a brilliant and enduring composition.
Saville roastin' in hell but yeah England wouldn't fall off for another almost 30 yrs
All hail the mighty Quo
Blows your mind.
I'm 67 and still listing to it, and other good music from back in the day. Glad I was born when i was to live during these times.
65 yup
Absolutely my fav song of the 60s....!
62 and still listening to it. It's even better now than then. It's amazing how talented these young lads were. They seem to be all masters of their instruments.
I never get tired of this song or this performance. For me, this is Quo's finest moment.
always loved this song,,also a 1968 graduate. hilarious hearing it on a target commercial!! best music era!!!!!
The 60;s are untouchable. By far the best era of rock n roll!!! This is one of my favs!
I remember when this song, Judy In Disguise, Bend Me Shape Me, Hello Goodbye, I can See For Miles, Magical Mystery Tour, and Massachusetts were in heavy rotation on Auntie BBC.
Music was different then, the music scene was way intense, exploding in every direction imaginable, and almost impossible to keep up with, especially if you were transitioning from singles to albums as I was at that time.
It was a feast for your ears.
Hence attempt after attempt to reproduce the innocence (small faces song of a baker oh yeah)
I remember when this song came out.The 60's were great.So glad I lived through them.I look at today and think to myself,"man,it really sucks today."You can have it.
Thanks, Boomer
@@Editorial_dread Lmao you make our generation look bad.
People forget that they were psychedelic af when they started, one of my favorite 60s songs 💛
I grew up on this music. I'm going to be 69 in June. Love this kind of music.
I loved psychedelic songs back in the day...this one one of my favorites
I'm sure this inspired some of the backstory for Spinal Tap- Listen to the Flower People.
Damn...only 10 years after Johnny B Goode and we are at this MASTERPIECE!
I have such an affinity to this song, it was my dad's favourite song & he died when I was 3 weeks old, but when I grew up & got heavily into music my aunt told me he lived 60s & 70s music so I gorged on it to find a connection, as soon as I heard this I knew it was his song & I love it to this day, my fave band kasabian have done a cover of it which I love
Back then I though this was the most coolest song ever made..and all these years later, it remains still magical.
my 7 year old likes this song......he heard it in that target ad and remembered we had it on our jukebox... and he's been enjoying this vid!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE hearing that!! Thanks! Lots of young people these days have had the advantage of listening to their parent's music, and hearing all that great sixties and seventies music....those were awesome decades for music...lots of innovation that contributed to later music as well...and often very meaningful and even society-changing lyrics. My son has told me when he was in the military and got homesick, he would borrow his neighbor's Rolling Stones CDs and suddenly he felt better. ROCK ON!!!
I remember this song when it hit the charts....and was reminded of it when a 14 year old guitarist friend "shared" with me. Apparently there are more youngsters listening to this than we knew! (Thanks for the "share", Jack!! ;-)
The entire Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo album will forever remain floating near the top of my mind. These guys, along with their sixties contemporary geniuses, pumped out the greatest musical gems the world will ever see. Thank goodness for ergot fungus and a Swiss laboratory.
Status Quo,another one of those music groups from the great 60's.live
on 60's 70's and early 80's,never to be matched.
I don't care that this song is 44 years old, it's awesome!
Love this song. Last year I was standing in line and this came on. I hadn't heard it since I was a kid. I asked everyone around me what it was. They didn't know. A friend of mine let me know. Downloaded it to my I-pod right away. Still love this sing.
I liked this song when it was popular in the 60s, but I never APPRECIATED this song until I started hearing it on oldies stations in the 80s. That bass line makes me wish I could play bass, and the whole song makes me wish I was playing keyboards on it. This is a truly terrific song.
RIP Alan Lancaster.....Thanks for the music
Still going strong rocking all over the world
Still rocking after all these years one of my favorites
john wynne Mines too
Have a perfect weekend my friend
Rocking all over world
+ 1 for u :)
"A funny kind of yellow💛"
Love your comment....
Jaundice??? Hahaha
Don't wet the bed
Don't eat the yellow snow.
Yellow whites to the eyes
Indicating jaundice due to liver damage.
status quo have stood the test of time from this vintage 60s video brilliant
Old Coot, I am with you now and was then in the crazy daze of '68, my graduation year. What a long strange trip it's been.
great song ... it takes me back to a really happy time in my life :)))
Im 2 months old and i feel sad for today's music..
Love these old black and white videos.Discovered this song 25 years ago in 1985.
Any nuggest like this that isn't beaten to death by radio is a treasure.
Blimey, I was five when this come out!
Kinda depressing knowing that you were born after the 3 greatest decades in human history. 50s, 60s and 70s.
Korean War, Jim Crow Laws, Red Scare, Vietnam, lead paint and Asbestos in everyone's food, Genocide, Mass starvation across Asia, threat of imminent nuclear war, Presidents and Social justice leaders assassinated, Peace activists gunned down on the streets. Gas prices highest in recorded history. Wide scale corruption in every from, Governments being overthrown left and right and being replaced with dictatorships. Yeah your right those were the 3 greatest decades in human history...
FathomLordKarathr Well spoken...I'm as guilty as anyone else. It's worse when you're a musician. Can you imagine how those 40's big band players felt when their era was replaced by this out-of-tune 60's stuff? Or when vaudeville was replaced by movies? I imagine it hurts as the lizard sheds his skin.
FathomLordKarathr Learn the difference between "your" and "you're". Here is an example: Too bad you dropped out of school in 5th grade. This is what happens to the human brain when you let your "smartphone" do your thinking for you. Your brain turns to oatmeal inside that thick, black anvil head that you're sporting.
I came along in 1954. That's five decades of hate, war, protests, space travel and some of the best music this side of classical ever created. It's depressing to me at least that you missed it :D
I'll take 87-94 over any 8 years besides 67-74 for music.
OMG!!! I saw the Target commercial and immediately downloaded it to my ipod
and looked it up on CZcams!!!! I love the song!
This is one of the greatest songs of 1968!!! The electric-guitar sounds in this
great song have always been euphorically exhilirating!!! When it comes to elec-
tric-guitar heaven,this is one of the many,many gems that reside there!!! Great
Farfisa,Hammond B-3,and Vox organ sounds wrere also a big,big part of this
great era. Aside from the great songs on the right,"96 Tears" and "8 Miles
High" are two other great songs from this time.
those clothes though lol would have love to have been born in like 1948 so i could be a teen in the 60's
When I look up to the skies
I see your eyes a funny kind of yellow
I rush home to bed I soak my head
I see your face underneath my pillow
I wake next morning, tired, still yawning
See your face come peeping through my window
Pictures of matchstick men and you
Mirages of matchstick men and you
All I ever see is them and you
Windows echo your reflection
When I look in their direction now
When will this haunting stop?
Your face it just won't leave me alone...
68 for sure. Rifts and lyrics are hard to get out of your head.
The bands Love, Amboy Dukes, etc. also had great songs that year.
I DISCOVERED THIS SONG WHEN I WAS 12 IN 1982, I LOVE IT TO THIS DAY. MY KIDS ARE KINDA DIGGIN' IT ALSO! GRATE VID!
Like it!
Loving the Steve Marriott hair!
I LOVE this song!!! It was one of my favorites when I was about 13! I saw the Target commercial and I had to look it up! The guitar is haunting to me....great song!
THIS HAS BEEN DRIVING ME CRAZY! Ever since I saw that Target ad, I could NOT remember the name of the song OR the band!!! I remember this SO well from being a kid - makes me happy - reminds me of childhood and innocence!!!
SO GLAD I now know!!!
1:51
Best dancing ever!
That dancer is horrible. He's not even dancing to the beat. He's moving like a washing machine.Pittiful!
Windows echo your reflection
When I look in their direction gone
When will this haunting stop
Your face, it just won't leave me alone
I remember being a little kid in Texas when this song came out. Many many moons ago. I think the same time as Green Tambourine and Brand New Pair Of Roller Skates. Still stands the test of time. Awesome song. One of the first riffs I ever played on guitar.
i was a kid , my aunt wore love beads and flowers in her hair . the time was noting like it is today . yet we blame all the free love of the 60s on todays problems . it was not the free love era that caused todays problems look at yesterday, if your from the 60s era and look at things now we had awesome music back then . i was a tyke but remember it well . I want to turn back time . to bad we cant . im 47 and remember all these songs that i grew up to from my parents now my sister 18yrs apart do
Primal Scream : Burning Wheel. Oh Yeah.
Death in Vegas (feat Liam Gallagher) : Scorpio Rising
If you pause it & move back to the first frame the guy on the right is Jimmy Saville...
Oh God......
The reason for me drawing attention to it was because his expression seems to give a clue to his nature.
B-side -- Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Cafe------------------Thumbs up. Wore both sides of the 45 out back then. Thanks for the upload. Great memories!
Listened to this song about one million times on my bus trip in July 1968 from Cincinnati to Omaha after getting out of the USMC. Forever in my brain!!
why i wasnt born in 1935 and had my time in the 50s adn 60s
why god why
You would be 78, that's why.
I was born in 1958 and got to thoroughly enjoy and soak up early rock and roll, folk music, beatnik music, motown, brit invasion, soul and this wonderful, magical, mystical whimsical music and then on and on. It was the best soundtrack for a childhood and teenhood.
Alejandro Muñoz sir! i poked that thing with a stick, it's alive on the outside, but dead inside! is this really the *thing* you expect to win the war of the interwebz? i fear it's already broken.
EmpressOfWyoming58'54 here...you got that right brother!
Most were a little younger than that except for the 50's artists.
Men In Black 3
this song lives for ever!
Haven't seen the Target commercial yet, but I think it's great they used this song in it, because it exposes the world to this brilliant music, introduces it to people of all ages.
el show de rodsquare?
Hola ahre
no , ya de por si me gustaba status quo pero bueno , el rod les dio un poco de reconocimiento mas
Status Quo have written a BRILLIANT song.
Who knew.
I've been looking for this song FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you to the bottom of my heart squidoo
This just brought tears to my eyes. It's fucking brilliant...
I just happen to stumble upon it and it blew my mind.
What a great song, I never get tired of hearing it.
It's Feb. 22/14 today, where was I then. I`m 61 now. Can`t believe the bass system this band had back then. Shittttt! I gotta replay the song for old good-time sake.
The BEST music ever came from the 60's. End of story. I lived it.
Quo at there best. You dont even need to hear this song and as soon as you pick up a guitar it hits you. So obvious yet so genius
Love those guitar riffs! Timeless!Sept 2021👍😀❤
Oh what wonderful memories this song brings back, only wish I could go back and live in those more simple times again, but have the knowledge that I have gained over the years.Thank you Target for stirring those emotions!
You got it. Target? I remembered when it was first released. Those were the days.
Never to be repeated, ever.
I love this song and was glad to find it on you tube. This song being the only song that I knew of by Status Quo, I was amazed to be able to follow them thru the next 40 years through their music on you tube...I really love this band!!
Great Classic which makes a lot of us feel good.Our great-great grandchildren will hear this in there time.Dig the dancing.
The only Status Quo track that is worth listening to.
Im too damned old, I admit it but I remember this song and when it hit the top 40 air waves.1967-68. A 14 year old garage band lead guitarist. We played this tune to death and the people loved it.Its all in the lyrics, but the song had a great hook and was easily to follow. Which made everyone's part that much easier. The beauty of the song was in its simplicity. All you needed for effect was a keyboard and a wah wah peddle and your ready to rock. Those were some of the best times of my life.
Strictly haunting; makes one think of all the things they want in life - the real stuff of substance, friendships and great moments. Quite a song.
R.I.P Rick Parfitt 1948 - 2016. Rhythm Guitar and vocals. He joined Status Quo in 1967 just before this single was released.
Quo had many hits, but this was their greatest composition. Wonderful
I'm addicted to this song. I hadn't heard it in decades and then, there it was in MIB III. Awesome.
I heard this song so many years ago, its great to finally see the Status Quo. Its too bad this is one of the few songs popular in the States. In Europe they were huge. I heard they were The Beatles favorite band.
i'm 13 and i absolutely love this song. its brilliant!
John Coghlan lookin fabulous at the drums. long live the mighty Quo!
I play baseball, And when I was up to bat, I played the guitar at the beginning of the song in my head, and when I hit it, the guy started singing... I made it to 3rd base. :) THANK YOU STATUS QUO:) MADE US WIN!
A golden Oldie
Always liked this song, nice to see the video of the artists. That drummer is hilarious.
All time great underground classic. I just got out of the navy at that time. What a time it was.
Fantastic song to dance to with all the 60's and 70's dance to.
Great music!!! Fun! Engaging! Imaginative! Great transition!
Bring it on guys.....dont ever hear sounds like this no more this is just toooo cooooolll ..yeahhhhhhh for Brit 60's pop!!!
I'd love to go back, great time in the 60s. I'm glad I was there when I was young.
What's up with those fifteen people who didn't like this? The riffs alone are worth the listening. That opening motive is unmistakable. Oh and yeah, I knew all about this song long long ago. I have to admit, it was a surprise to hear it used by Target.
Love this!! My favourite by Status Quo.
I am so happy. I've been looking for this song for years, only ever hearing the opening riff. So thank you Target. I owe you now.
One of the best rock songs of all time !!!!!! Magnificent that solo guitar, !!!!
I just wandered into the kitchen to make a cup of tea and I suddenly started singing this..wtf!? I haven't heard it in years! :D
Perfect...how can it be bad? With all those ears, you gave to be in tune.
Back to my youth times .
I know that was in color but with all the dubs on dubs and dubs, it gets all faded. great video
First heard this on the oldies station with the parents 25 years ago..Always liked it...
Even though I heard this from the Target commercial, I still like it.
I don't really believe it matters how you find a song, as long as you find it! And it's not like it's really been playing much on the radio since I was born, since I'm only 18.