The Hollies - (Rare) Live 

This song was written by a 19-year-old kid, Graham Gouldman, who also wrote two other major hits at the same time, "Bus Stop", another smash hit for the Hollies, and "No Milk Today" which he gave to Hermans Hermits. Gouldman later went on to start his own band with some mates; the band was 10CC.

Tony Hicks is an incredible guitar player. I agree that he was way under rated. Looking at this video, he plays effortlessly. His right hand picking is amazing.

Now who and the hell would pick football as a backdrop for the Hollies? They must have read the Hollies like football as in soccer and thought US football.

I was in the audience that day. It was the taping for the television show ’ Hullabaloo’ We got to watch all the performers rehearse, and we got to chat with The Hollies.

To everyone bashing the intro: that was the 1960s; innocent fun. If your bashing it, you must not have been there.

shout out to the girls who had to stand perfectly still on stage!

It's a good song...but let's get real. Shows like Hullaballoo, Shindig, Bandstand, etc. did not do LIVE. It was either lip-synched, or the artists' record company would provide a 'backing track' tape. These differed according to the show and the artists' needs. Sometimes the mikes were live, sometimes the mikes and drums. But live performances were rare. Why? Because of the difficulty in setting up gear and testing sound on shows under time pressure and modest production budgets. 'Get em in, get on ON, get em out the door.'

You can tell that this is long ago because these guys weigh in at 133 lbs, 140 lbs, 151 lbs, 147 lbs and 142 lbs. ! Nowadays a third of everyone would be clinically obese and the rest at least 20 lbs overweight. Ah, progress!

Some people don't seem to realize that the band is pretending to play the song while the record is being played on the television sound track. This is not a "live" performance of the song. I had this single when I was a teenager. Must have listened to it a hundred times.

Can't believe a British band with American football backdrop, ouch !

Whilst it's true this wasn't live, I've seen their live performance and they really were excellent. Tony Hicks is definitely a great player, especially when you consider how young he was when they had their first hit - he was pretty incredible even then!

Such joy in their faces.....singing a great song!!!!

Just saw Graham Nash with Crosby & Stills in concert. He looks& sounds brilliant for 67 !!!!

I actually remember seeing this on TV as it happened back in the 60's... Forty something years later I STILL crank this one up! Probably my all-time favorite Hollies song, without a doubt. It's a real shame though that Tony Hicks and Bobby Elliot couldn't make the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Awards. As much as it was great to see Allan, Graham and the guys, it would have been absolutely unreal to see all of them together performing...

I’m still amazed by this group of artists, they like the Beatles had the radio hopping in the sixties and seventies, on of the best ever !!

The gorgeous, synergistic harmonies transcend the surreal set and inane introduction.

Now these were REAL musicians and singers. Great songs. And great performers.

They were one of my most favorite British boy bands. What a terrific full sound they had. Absolutely brilliant!

PERFECT song -- what a way to introduce yourselves to the American audience (this was The Hollies' first big national hit here)! More hooks than a tackle box in this tune!

What an incredible group. To me this is really the foundation of the English sound.