Dear God.....can we please go back....just for an afternoon? Ohh...I loved this when I was 10 in 1965....still love it now. Those of us my age and perhaps a little older who might be reading this.....do you realize how absolutely great we had it musically then? Even though most all our cars had dinky little am radios only, with a horrible speaker upwards in the center of the dashboard's top...it just seemed like every song....one after another after another.....was a winner. We were so lucky. So very lucky.
Agree 2024 years fly by I’m suddenly older and feeling it. Sometimes the music can take me back even if only for a minute it’s still good to feel like I did before I wake up and remember it was fleeting like the years of my life. Oh the music and innocence how beautiful it was!
I remember my mom dancing by herself in the kitchen when I was 10 years old to this song. Shes almost 90 now and in a nursing home needing 24 hour professional care. This sparked a recessed memory of a wonderful time in my life. Although we can't go back, I just did. Tragically she doesn't know me sometimes. Miss you mom, you were a great dancer and an exceptional mom.
You must play this song for her, even if it's over the phone. Play a couple songs she loves whether she seems to remember or not. Music soothes, and maybe she will recognize something; never know- good luck.
Make a tape and take it with you when you visit your Mum next time. Music can create miracles on dementia. Maybe, just maybe, you'll get the chance for another dance with her. I will keep my fingers crossed. ❤
I am still listening. I remember when I fell in love with this song. It saddened me when Chad passed away on 20 December 2020, of pneumonia following a fall. Homes can be dangerous as I too have fallen at home however I am 67 and able to recover moderately quickly. Chad was 79.
Chad and Jeremy were distinctly part of the "British Invasion" of the mid to late 1960s that brought fresh British Theatre and fashion trends to the streetwise American rock scene. It was often said by he British " saved rock & roll". Saved from what? Saved it from missing out on the gently, culturally artistic dimension of the performing arts.
The lyrics that capture the loss of a summer love in 1964 are followed by the the loss of sanity in 1968 Tune in turn on and drop out Dr Timothy Leary Riot and burn down your own cities to Build Back Better Sound familiar?
I remember this song as a kid. Summer seemed to last forever back then. Sitting on the porch reading comic books and eating dixie cups. Life was simpler.
We children of the 1960's sure were lucky to experience this music first hand. Too many great bands of the 60's to name here. I am happy for subsequent generations that are able to hear this for the first time.
I remember winning this album in a radio contest! Still have it! I still remember the winning question….the station would give a clue, and the caller would have to figure out a two word rhyming answer. Silly I know but I won this! Clue….insect, mat….answer…bug rug! 😂. It was worth playing getting music like this! I was in my early 20s and now 77! We had the best music!
I had just turned 16 on October 12th wow like the song , all those years ago, will you still need me when I’m 64 , I wish I was 64 I thank GOD I am still around I have 4 grandchildren I’m Blessed AMEN
Trees swayin' in the summer breeze Showin' off their silver leaves As we walked by Soft kisses on a summer's day Laughing all our cares away Just you and I Sweet sleepy warmth of summer nights Gazing at the distant lights In the starry sky They say that all good things must end someday Autumn leaves must fall But don't you know That it hurts me so To say goodbye to you? Wish you didn't have to go No, no, no, no, and when the rain Beats against my window pane I'll think of summer days again And dream of you They say that all good things must end someday Autumn leaves must fall But don't you know that it hurts me so To say goodbye to you? Wish you didn't have to go No, no, no, no, and when the rain Beats against my window pane I'll think of summer days again And dream of you And dream of you
This was released at about the time of our 1st anniversary(July, 1964). We were just beginning to understand that we had entered what would be the "good old days" of our lives. That began our 7-year honeymoon before our first baby arrived. And because of the beauty and goodness of Susan's spirit, those days went on for the 50 years we had together in our private world.. But the magic of the sixties, perfectly captured in the playful innocence and joyful harmonies of the music, could not last. A darkness began creeping over the land, driving our nation and much of the world into a fearful meanness that leaves its music harsh. In her last loving words of comfort, Susan told me, "Grief is natural, but let it be brief. The cure is remembrance and gratitude, for one another and all we've shared." So on lonely nights I turn here to relive Chad and Jeremy, The Momas and the Popas, Spanky and Our Gang, the Association and all those days of love and laughter. Thank you, RU-vid.
This was one of the songs I was blessed to hear in my teens. Music was actual music back then. You could sing along and harmonize with 60’s songs like this. I miss that time so much. 😢
I see what you're saying however I also feel there are some more recent and current songs out there which have those same qualities, you just have to look for them.
This song is from waaay before my time, but I'm lucky to have discovered it somehow. So beautiful, peaceful, conforting, nostalgic... You know when you miss something that you have never lived, and that hurts in a sweet way? That's what this song does to me. Great music is timeless.
Yes, I am also 71 years old and I love this song. Yes sir we were lucky to have all those great musicians and those great bands and we were truly lucky. Nice to go back like the guy said even just for an afternoon you know anyways take care. God bless you all. Amen.
Beautiful harmonies with their voices, enticing accents with brass and strings and the final pièce de résistance of ending the ballad on a picardy third. This was truly music for the soul.
I was 8yrs old and this is what played in the background of my youth growing up in the 60s. Real MUSIC, with real TALENT, by real Artists. No hop garbage. ✌
Loved it back then, last day of school got to take my tennis shoes home........pure delight putting those on and listening to these tunes on the Pontiac radio...........
I remember watching Dick Clark with my young aunt in the 1950s. The sixties and early seventies had incredibly talented singers, songwriters, and musicians, though.
I had the enormous privilege of being taught at secondary school by Keith Noble (co-writer). An incredible teacher and a thoroughly, thoroughly decent man. Humble, giving and supportive throughout my schooldays. Loved hearing him talk about the creation of this song. A chart topper in the USA as I recall him saying with pride! Tremendously beautiful song. I'll never forget his kindness, care and support: it really made a difference. I hope all of you listeners enjoy. God bless you Mr Noble. I'll be forever grateful for having had you as a teacher. One in a million.
Interesting story, they're obscure and virtually unknown in the UK having charted just once in 1963 with their first release that made no.37, just about profitable enough to allow the record company to give them studio time and musicans to record an album, in the hope that it may pay for itself and allow a small profit, which it just about did.. Subsequent releases were made solely with the American Market in mind and were never promoted in the UK as they sold poorly
He was an interesting man to listen to. Had been involved in ‘The Screaming Abdabs’ who later evolved into Pink Floyd… “Tell us about your time in the band, Sir” was a bit of a recurring request, but he didn’t give too much away. Glad the studios made enough to keep them going. I listen to this song often - it’s timeless.
As a young woman in the 90's and early 00's, this timeless song remind me that the spring and summer of youth is quickly fading fast. But God has granted me the chance to see early autumn. But oh it hurts to lose your youth and face regrets of yesteryear.
Oh god the best music of my life times were simpler my dad worked my mom was home with us and we were happy to see my dad come home he was dirty from work but we didn't care when he grabbed us with his big hugs everything was right with the world ❤❤❤❤❤
Eddie Parker I am still listening to this awesome music I am 78 now will never stop brovo for the 60s 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I was almost 14 when this song came out and to this day it is one of my favorites. Those were truly care free days and wonderful times, and every time I here this song, I stop, drift back, and smile. The British invasion including the Beatles also landed during this time period. What a great time to be alive. The only thing I had to do was mow my parents lawn, and fix flats on my bike~~everything else was pure gravy.
Yes, back then there was plenty of teen employment, free and very low cost college with options galore. Wealth Power and Privilege have shut off all those spiggots and blocked all the drains
Didn't everyone have a secret or not-so-secret "love" then in 1965? Mine was Kathy and every time I hear this, guess who comes to mind. 56 years later, I still think of her. We were fifteen then.
Ik ben zo blij dat ik in die tijd ben opgegroeid en niet in deze muziektijd ,want toen waren het allemaal pareltjes,dat kunnen ze nu niet meer❤dat was gewoon gelukkig zijn!
I wasn't even alive in 1964 (I wouldn't be born for another 38 years), but I would rather be there than in 2020, the most crummy year I've ever lived through.
