I had the 45 and was playing the song at a friends house when the dad pulled into the drive way . My buddy said hurry up turn it off if my dad hears it he will kill us.
Same here. I was brought up with older music. Eventually I did discover some gems from my own era, but for the most part I tend to enjoy music that was produced years ago much more than I enjoy what is produced today. Your comments also prove to me that those who are younger and enjoy older music are far more articulate than those who do not:) Thanks for stopping by!
Michael Smith At 71 I've been getting a pension for six years. All this stuff seems like yesterday to me. In my mind I'm still, well not eighteen but thirty. Oh its 1967, the year my daughter Penny was born so I was 22 I think
Used to hear this song every morning in 67 on 920 KELP in El Paso, TX. They had a smooth style for just two, but the studios dubbed in a lot of stuff too. Great memories of a time long ago. Peter Asher is still living and good at re-creating that era in a scholarly way as well as an artistic one.
Yeah he definitely doesn't have that level of fame, and even "if" he did all that I meant to express was that the culture is vastly different now and I don't think that too many modern artists will be remembered the way that the older ones are. It's always good to see young people getting into older music, I know that there are quite a few out there that do, myself included. Thanks for stopping by:)
Yeah, i'm a teen :P My mum brought me up with all of the classic songs. I could never enter my house without a motown song on :P My dad introduced me to the 70s with Queen and the police with some of the music from the later 70s like UB40 and prince.
Was in the Army when I first heard this song. Had a small radio the size of a pack of cigarettes in my field jacket and listened to AFR. This song brings back a lot of memories.
@brenyermix Thanks for watching. They were the second British act after The Beatles to have a number one song in the U.S. A fact that many people do not remember. They were incredibly talented, and remain so.
Gordon is such a babe and there's Peter, the inspiration for Austin Powers! They are lip synching not performing live. I like the banjo - Peter is producing Steve Martin now, maybe he'll play this song on his banjo. Thanks for posting, just great!
One of their hit songs and with a good message. The girl of the song did striptease but her long hair covered her body so she showed nothing. A man convinced her to be a star and removed her hair showing her all. This illustrates very well we should be careful when accepting offers for doing something as the contracts may force us into doing things we do not want to do.
I did not say that they were like The Beatles. I said that they were the first British Invasion act after The Beatles to score a number one in the states. They were good friends with The Beatles, and Paul wrote a few songs for them too, so I doubt that The Beatles would mind being discussed alongside them.
@diskeywick Every generation has some good songs I think, but I agree that there was/is nothing quite like the sixties in terms of excellent music. Thanks for stopping by!
@minghungying Yes, I do realize that this is a synch. I used the word "live" to describe their physical presence while performing a song. I do have one truly live performance by them on my channel- Five hundred miles- which was done on Ed Sullivan. Thanks for watching and I was glad that I could help!
Kudos for knowing about him already! I hope that others will check him out, because if you do like Alex they have similar styles and he is worth looking into:)
PLEASE NOTE: I will no longer be accepting ANY comments pertaining to Alex Day on this video. So save your breath. I have been very kind and patient. I never said that his cover was bad. I said that he made a good effort and I allowed everyone here to share their opinions. The ONLY thing I disagreed with was the fact that he made Peter and Gordon famous. They were already famous LONG before him. Now people are telling me to F-off. I don't need the shit.
Furthermore P&G's music is still being listened to, appreciated, and covered (Alex Day!) forty plus years on. Will you be able to say that about Alex in forty years? I could be wrong, but I highly doubt it. No disrespect to Mr. Day. His cover was cute, and a good effort, but P&G will always remain the tops. They reached a height of popularity in their time that Alex Day can only dream of.
@minghungying Oh no, I didn't think that you were doubtful, I just wanted to make sure- for those who may visit this video in the future- that they would know that I was already aware of the synch:) Happy New Year and thanks for watching!
@Nalom24 Wow really? That's cool, because I prefer this version as well, that is why I posted it:) Everyone is free to their opinion though, and I like the fact that Alex Day's cover is bringing attention back to Peter and Gordon. It's a good song and should live on. Thanks for stopping by.
As I said many people can barely remember bands from the 90's, it's just a different culture today and musicians- deserving or not- don't tend to achieve legendary status any longer. The industry has changed. So I really doubt that Alex will live on. As I said, I could be wrong. But I really doubt it. And since I did say that I "could be wrong" this comment is my opinion, and like everyone I am entitled to it without being cussed at.
You cannot speak for your entire generation, as I see a lot of young people at YT and elsewhere who love older music. Even if you could speak for them, their ignorance won't change the fact that P&G were more popular than Alex could ever hope to be, and that their music has lived on for forty plus years, as I said.
Yes he did. He covered the song. He made a fairly good effort, and I was happy to allow people to dicuss their thoughts here, but when I disagreed with the assumption that Alex Day made Peter and Gordon famous- which he did not, they were famous long before him- I started recieving comments with people swearing at me. So I had to ban all Alex Day comments. I let yours go through because it was just a question.
I actually do not have a problem with someone who prefers Alex, as everyone has their own taste, I simply wanted to clarify that P&G were famous LONG before him and that due to changes in the music industry and the culture in general, many musicians do not last very long, let alone forty plus years like P&G have. BUT- I guess they felt that I was spreading "hate". Thank you for seeing that I wasn't:)
@MeetlesVideos Best of luck! I think that it would be an amazing song to cover. Yes, apparently Peter plays the banjo. I believe that he also plays the piano, and I know for certain that he also plays bass. Very versatile:)
really your right i dont have any idea, about any of the things you said. but that wont change the fact that me and the majority of my generation have never heard of them, untill alex came out with his song. thats what i meant. sorry if you thought that i offended them, cause i wasnt
Yeah it's interesting comparing Alex Day's version with this Peter and Gordon original. I think both have their merits and i couldn't say which I preffer really. I like em' both.
I for one find the music that was created in the 60s so much better than all this crap that record labels produce relying on repetitive lyrics and sex to make an artist famous.
I was fair. The previous poster wanted to claim that he had made them "more popular" than they had ever been, which was grossly incorrect. I merely corrected the error. Yes, his cover is drawing attention for P&G- a good thing. BUT to REALLY be fair, I am only 33 yrs old. I wasn't even born when P&G were at their height, and I have known about them and liked them since I was 12. If you have a broader interest in music than just what the media pushes or YT makes popular, then you'd know them.
In the meantime the comments posted here have taken a decidedly cruel turn. I am TOTALLY for the right to have your own opinion, and those who love and prefer Alex have been well represented in the comments section already. To continue posting about his "superiority" at this point is to begin disrespecting P&G, whom I adore. Not to mention the flat out ugliness directed at ME PERSONALLY. So with all respect, any further comments pertaining to Alex Day will no longer be posted. Thank you.
Geesh! I am NOT hating on anyone. Please read what I write before commenting. When people first began viewing this video due to Alex I was friendly and accepting of all different opinions. But when I disagreed with JUST ONE issue- that P&G were famous before Alex- I started getting comments swearing at me, which I am NOT cool with, so I wrote what I did below. I already explained why I posted a video of a 60's band- because the culture was different then and these musicians tend to live on.
As for Day's future popularity, I am not a gypsy and cannot read the future, but based on all evidence he will not be popular in forty years time. Again I mean this with all due respect, but P&G, Elvis, The Beatles, etc. came from a VASTLY different era when women would scream for musicians and celebrities were larger than life. The era they hailed from has helped to propel them, along with their talent, to legendary status. The culture today is VERY different and few if any achieve this status.
I'm going to see if our band can cover this. We've done some other similar pieces, like George's "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea". Never knew Peter played banjo.
Actually if people here like Alex Day they should check out Leo Sayer. Search for "Leo Sayer Long Tall Glasses" here at You Tube. He looks like and dances like Alex. Alex covered this song by Peter and Gordon, but as many can probably already tell, they have vastly different styles. If people like Alex's style I would recommend Leo Sayer.
@YumYumPaulMcCartney Well I happen to really love Peter- and just because Jane dated Paul it doesn't make her a bitch. I understand having some tough feelings toward someone who is with your crush- it can happen to the best of us, but honestly she didn't even end up marrying Paul, and she is a nice woman.
@BLGNo1Fan You're free to. This is the original however, and I prefer this because I think that the music hall style fits the song better. His cover isn't bad though.
Very true- a snare clap, a repetitive synth and an auto-tuned voice does not always add up to a great song. In fact, with a few exceptions, it rarely works to me. In the 1960's you had lush orchestration on songs and if you even wanted to be suggestive with your lyrics you had to think up a very subtle and clever way to do it. Judging by your username I am guessing that you're a teen? Which if so proves what I stated below. There are young people who know and love older music.
Well just because YOUR generation has never heard of them that does not mean that Alex made them "more popular than they ever would have been" which were your exact words. They were extremely popular long before Alex and maintain popularity to this day. I wasn't even born when they were at their height, but I know and love them, so it isn't as if EVERY young person is ignorant of them. You may have meant no offense, and neither did I. I was simply correcting your error.
@GroovyPigfartsTARDIS Yes, well these two men are/were young as well, and honestly at least they look like they have taken a shower. So I'll stick here:)
I think that someone else here said that he did. I don't know for certain. I HOPE that he did. Because it's not cool to not give props to the original and to try to pass it off as solely your own when it isn't.
Also, not all of the attention is a good thing. I have had to switch my comment feature to "by approval" because I am recieving nasty messages due to the fact that a number of obviously immature people are unhappy to learn that this song was not originally written or performed by Alex, so now they want to lash out at P&G. Again, all respect to Mr. Day who did a cute cover, but I am not cool with negative attention. I love P&G, as my channel largely reflects, but the nasty comments are wrong.
Agreed. I only defended my personal opinion because I was recieving messages telling me to F-off. As I said any further Alex Day comments will not be recieved here. I respect his work, but I don't want this type of behavior on my video.
SO if you are posting about Alex IT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. I respect his cover, and I am sure he will have a good career. I never said that he wouldn't. ONLY THAT HE DID NOT MAKE P&G FAMOUS. But people want to disregard what I say in favor of spewing immature hostility because they can't deal with the fact that two gifted musicians did this song before their beloved Alex. Sorry. It's fact. They did and they were/are popular as a result, proven by Day's own cover. Get over it.
Could not hear enough of this song in 1967!
As a little kid growing up I could never get enough of this kind of music, that why I'm on CZcams reliving it 50 years later!
I had the 45 and was playing the song at a friends house when the dad pulled into the drive way . My buddy said hurry up turn it off if my dad hears it he will kill us.
I was little kid and on vacation in Miami with parents when this song hit US radio. I loved it then and love it now!!!!!
Same here. I was brought up with older music. Eventually I did discover some gems from my own era, but for the most part I tend to enjoy music that was produced years ago much more than I enjoy what is produced today. Your comments also prove to me that those who are younger and enjoy older music are far more articulate than those who do not:) Thanks for stopping by!
Sounds so good as a duet.
Oh dear, the years pass so very quickly......
Indeed they do. When this came out I could legally go in pubs (just) now I'm drawing my OAP.
Michael Smith
At 71 I've been getting a pension for six years. All this stuff seems like yesterday to me. In my mind I'm still, well not eighteen but thirty.
Oh its 1967, the year my daughter Penny was born so I was 22 I think
Never mind Martin. You've still got your hair. (I don't know how to send reply from iphone)
Michael Smith
Yes, all my hair and all of my teeth, my Dad was bald at forty.
Used to hear this song every morning in 67 on 920 KELP in El Paso, TX.
They had a smooth style for just two, but the studios dubbed in a lot of stuff too.
Great memories of a time long ago.
Peter Asher is still living and good at re-creating that era in a scholarly way as well as an artistic one.
a sexy song with class and tongue in cheek! Good tune!
Back then in grammar school there was a kid that looked like Gordon and all the little girls loved it!
Yeah he definitely doesn't have that level of fame, and even "if" he did all that I meant to express was that the culture is vastly different now and I don't think that too many modern artists will be remembered the way that the older ones are.
It's always good to see young people getting into older music, I know that there are quite a few out there that do, myself included. Thanks for stopping by:)
Yeah, i'm a teen :P My mum brought me up with all of the classic songs. I could never enter my house without a motown song on :P My dad introduced me to the 70s with Queen and the police with some of the music from the later 70s like UB40 and prince.
Everytime Gordon does that swaying thing I act like a wild 60s fan. It's just too cute!
Gordon Waller R.I.P
Good to see the guys again.
Was in the Army when I first heard this song. Had a small radio the size of a pack of cigarettes in my field jacket and listened to AFR. This song brings back a lot of memories.
@brenyermix Thanks for watching. They were the second British act after The Beatles to have a number one song in the U.S. A fact that many people do not remember. They were incredibly talented, and remain so.
I love the way Gordon plays guitar Lennonish style :P
This really is a great song, no matter who's singing it; it's wonderful to hear the original as well as Alex's version.
God this is so much better!
Gordon is such a babe and there's Peter, the inspiration for Austin Powers! They are lip synching not performing live. I like the banjo - Peter is producing Steve Martin now, maybe he'll play this song on his banjo. Thanks for posting, just great!
I remember this song.
One of their hit songs and with a good message. The girl of the song did striptease but her long hair covered her body so she showed nothing. A man convinced her to be a star and removed her hair showing her all. This illustrates very well we should be careful when accepting offers for doing something as the contracts may force us into doing things we do not want to do.
Love Milton Berle. And PnG. Great tune.
Man the youths of the sixies minds were wired in such a way that they tapped into
some great ideas for songs.Not like now.
Peter was also in several episodes of the old TV series of Robin Hood as a young lad
That's the kind of stuff I knew at 22 years of age. You're a real fan!
I remember this song!!
I did not say that they were like The Beatles. I said that they were the first British Invasion act after The Beatles to score a number one in the states. They were good friends with The Beatles, and Paul wrote a few songs for them too, so I doubt that The Beatles would mind being discussed alongside them.
This is great music. I like Alex's video interpretation, also.
@diskeywick Every generation has some good songs I think, but I agree that there was/is nothing quite like the sixties in terms of excellent music. Thanks for stopping by!
i did too. but now we are better for knowing this.
@minghungying Yes, I do realize that this is a synch. I used the word "live" to describe their physical presence while performing a song. I do have one truly live performance by them on my channel- Five hundred miles- which was done on Ed Sullivan. Thanks for watching and I was glad that I could help!
Feels weird hearing these two sing it after all this time only hearing Alex day sing it
loved iti
Fun. Fun
Kudos for knowing about him already! I hope that others will check him out, because if you do like Alex they have similar styles and he is worth looking into:)
PLEASE NOTE: I will no longer be accepting ANY comments pertaining to Alex Day on this video. So save your breath. I have been very kind and patient. I never said that his cover was bad. I said that he made a good effort and I allowed everyone here to share their opinions. The ONLY thing I disagreed with was the fact that he made Peter and Gordon famous. They were already famous LONG before him. Now people are telling me to F-off. I don't need the shit.
Furthermore P&G's music is still being listened to, appreciated, and covered (Alex Day!) forty plus years on. Will you be able to say that about Alex in forty years? I could be wrong, but I highly doubt it. No disrespect to Mr. Day. His cover was cute, and a good effort, but P&G will always remain the tops. They reached a height of popularity in their time that Alex Day can only dream of.
I'm not gonna lie, I honestly thought Alex wrote this, But now I know, I love both versions
i wish!
@minghungying Oh no, I didn't think that you were doubtful, I just wanted to make sure- for those who may visit this video in the future- that they would know that I was already aware of the synch:) Happy New Year and thanks for watching!
@Nalom24 Wow really? That's cool, because I prefer this version as well, that is why I posted it:) Everyone is free to their opinion though, and I like the fact that Alex Day's cover is bringing attention back to Peter and Gordon. It's a good song and should live on. Thanks for stopping by.
As I said many people can barely remember bands from the 90's, it's just a different culture today and musicians- deserving or not- don't tend to achieve legendary status any longer. The industry has changed. So I really doubt that Alex will live on. As I said, I could be wrong. But I really doubt it. And since I did say that I "could be wrong" this comment is my opinion, and like everyone I am entitled to it without being cussed at.
"They've been hailed as the greatest import since the Beatles." - Milton Berle. And by whom? By the publicity dept. of Columbia Records.
Yeah, everything old is new again. The circle of life.
Me too! Thanks for stopping by:)
You cannot speak for your entire generation, as I see a lot of young people at YT and elsewhere who love older music. Even if you could speak for them, their ignorance won't change the fact that P&G were more popular than Alex could ever hope to be, and that their music has lived on for forty plus years, as I said.
I agree. Thanks for watching:)
Yes he did. He covered the song. He made a fairly good effort, and I was happy to allow people to dicuss their thoughts here, but when I disagreed with the assumption that Alex Day made Peter and Gordon famous- which he did not, they were famous long before him- I started recieving comments with people swearing at me. So I had to ban all Alex Day comments. I let yours go through because it was just a question.
This is so good! But still a little puzzled Alex Day hasn't mentioned his is a cover though :/
I actually do not have a problem with someone who prefers Alex, as everyone has their own taste, I simply wanted to clarify that P&G were famous LONG before him and that due to changes in the music industry and the culture in general, many musicians do not last very long, let alone forty plus years like P&G have. BUT- I guess they felt that I was spreading "hate". Thank you for seeing that I wasn't:)
Peter and Gordan were on Capitol Records.
@Breeze208 Oh God yes he did:) A total doll. Thanks for watching!
@KeepCalmEatCake Okay I had no idea who he was, and then I looked him up and saw his video. Cute cover and nice work.
@MeetlesVideos Best of luck! I think that it would be an amazing song to cover. Yes, apparently Peter plays the banjo. I believe that he also plays the piano, and I know for certain that he also plays bass. Very versatile:)
I know about Leo Sayer. I actually like Thunder in my heart, its quite catchy
Christ, this is so much better than the pish Alex is flogging.
He did, read the description.
really your right i dont have any idea, about any of the things you said.
but that wont change the fact that me and the majority of my generation have never heard of them, untill alex came out with his song. thats what i meant.
sorry if you thought that i offended them, cause i wasnt
It is a banjo- you're right about the instrument's name:)
Yeah it's interesting comparing Alex Day's version with this Peter and Gordon original. I think both have their merits and i couldn't say which I preffer really. I like em' both.
@irvinemuscles One of the best:)
I just liked their harmonies and thought Gordon was cute.
Me too. Alex Day did a good job. But I still like this version
A real good song, besides the Beatles i like this guys.
I for one find the music that was created in the 60s so much better than all this crap that record labels produce relying on repetitive lyrics and sex to make an artist famous.
@JettRink50 Thanks for watching!
I was fair. The previous poster wanted to claim that he had made them "more popular" than they had ever been, which was grossly incorrect. I merely corrected the error. Yes, his cover is drawing attention for P&G- a good thing. BUT to REALLY be fair, I am only 33 yrs old. I wasn't even born when P&G were at their height, and I have known about them and liked them since I was 12. If you have a broader interest in music than just what the media pushes or YT makes popular, then you'd know them.
In the meantime the comments posted here have taken a decidedly cruel turn. I am TOTALLY for the right to have your own opinion, and those who love and prefer Alex have been well represented in the comments section already. To continue posting about his "superiority" at this point is to begin disrespecting P&G, whom I adore. Not to mention the flat out ugliness directed at ME PERSONALLY. So with all respect, any further comments pertaining to Alex Day will no longer be posted. Thank you.
Geesh! I am NOT hating on anyone. Please read what I write before commenting. When people first began viewing this video due to Alex I was friendly and accepting of all different opinions. But when I disagreed with JUST ONE issue- that P&G were famous before Alex- I started getting comments swearing at me, which I am NOT cool with, so I wrote what I did below. I already explained why I posted a video of a 60's band- because the culture was different then and these musicians tend to live on.
As for Day's future popularity, I am not a gypsy and cannot read the future, but based on all evidence he will not be popular in forty years time. Again I mean this with all due respect, but P&G, Elvis, The Beatles, etc. came from a VASTLY different era when women would scream for musicians and celebrities were larger than life. The era they hailed from has helped to propel them, along with their talent, to legendary status. The culture today is VERY different and few if any achieve this status.
*LOL*!!
@greenpilgrim50 *LOL*! Yeah I can definitely see a parent having an issue with that:) It's a great song though and thanks for stopping by!
I'm going to see if our band can cover this. We've done some other similar pieces, like George's "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea". Never knew Peter played banjo.
much prefer this version :)
@Serenadesong are you saying that alex doesn't look like he's taken a shower??
@Englishlass Mine too:)
Actually if people here like Alex Day they should check out Leo Sayer. Search for "Leo Sayer Long Tall Glasses" here at You Tube. He looks like and dances like Alex. Alex covered this song by Peter and Gordon, but as many can probably already tell, they have vastly different styles. If people like Alex's style I would recommend Leo Sayer.
I like Alex's cover of this, it adds to it, but I think the original's better :)
I'm here because of Alex Day.. :)
@YumYumPaulMcCartney Well I happen to really love Peter- and just because Jane dated Paul it doesn't make her a bitch. I understand having some tough feelings toward someone who is with your crush- it can happen to the best of us, but honestly she didn't even end up marrying Paul, and she is a nice woman.
who is Alex Day?
@BLGNo1Fan You're free to. This is the original however, and I prefer this because I think that the music hall style fits the song better. His cover isn't bad though.
Alex is known for his youtube videos. He does vlogging and posts songs that he has made. You should check him out, he's really funny :)
Very true- a snare clap, a repetitive synth and an auto-tuned voice does not always add up to a great song. In fact, with a few exceptions, it rarely works to me. In the 1960's you had lush orchestration on songs and if you even wanted to be suggestive with your lyrics you had to think up a very subtle and clever way to do it.
Judging by your username I am guessing that you're a teen? Which if so proves what I stated below. There are young people who know and love older music.
Surprise!
Well just because YOUR generation has never heard of them that does not mean that Alex made them "more popular than they ever would have been" which were your exact words. They were extremely popular long before Alex and maintain popularity to this day. I wasn't even born when they were at their height, but I know and love them, so it isn't as if EVERY young person is ignorant of them. You may have meant no offense, and neither did I. I was simply correcting your error.
@GroovyPigfartsTARDIS Yes, well these two men are/were young as well, and honestly at least they look like they have taken a shower. So I'll stick here:)
@jessanorable Don't worry- you'll survive:)
I think that someone else here said that he did. I don't know for certain. I HOPE that he did. Because it's not cool to not give props to the original and to try to pass it off as solely your own when it isn't.
And I thought Alex wrote this... I'm so stupid x3
even though it was only a cover, we all agree that alex made them more famous, then they would have ever been :)
To be fair, he's introduced P&G to the younger generation, which can only be a good thing, right?
Also, not all of the attention is a good thing. I have had to switch my comment feature to "by approval" because I am recieving nasty messages due to the fact that a number of obviously immature people are unhappy to learn that this song was not originally written or performed by Alex, so now they want to lash out at P&G. Again, all respect to Mr. Day who did a cute cover, but I am not cool with negative attention. I love P&G, as my channel largely reflects, but the nasty comments are wrong.
@YumYumPaulMcCartney Jane Asher was not a bitch. Even if she was, why would it make you dislike Peter?
Agreed. I only defended my personal opinion because I was recieving messages telling me to F-off. As I said any further Alex Day comments will not be recieved here. I respect his work, but I don't want this type of behavior on my video.
I thought this was alex's song...
SO if you are posting about Alex IT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. I respect his cover, and I am sure he will have a good career. I never said that he wouldn't. ONLY THAT HE DID NOT MAKE P&G FAMOUS. But people want to disregard what I say in favor of spewing immature hostility because they can't deal with the fact that two gifted musicians did this song before their beloved Alex. Sorry. It's fact. They did and they were/are popular as a result, proven by Day's own cover. Get over it.
Well, I won't be that harsh to his cover, but I have to agree fully that I like the original better.