That is soo cool, I would have loved that on Prom night or ANY NIGHT at my school! I got to see them live in concert in SanFrancisco, Ca. That was soo exciting !
I AGREE AS THAT'S THE PERFECT DESCRIPTION, "HAUNTS"! I MET AND LOST MY LOVE AS A KID LISTENING TO THIS SONG! 55 YEARS LATER I STILL FEEL THE PAIN AND SONG! NO ONE CAN TELL ME THAT PUPPY LOVE IS NOT REAL AS I STILL LOVE HER! LOL!
@@snapnpiksallthetime7672 JUST 2 DAYS AGO I ACTUALLY HEARD THIS SONG ON THE RADIO AND I ASKED EVERYONE TO BE SILENT AS I WANTED TO LISTEN TO IT. MEMORIES.
It truly is a haunting song of unrequited love, and the maturity he shows by saying its not her fault. The heart wants what it wants, and nobody is to blame. The amazing thing is how young he was when he wrote the song. Just as good almost 60 years later. Great earworm to have stuck in your head.
Yes & still today! Appreciate it more as I’m 73. I was close to these dudes in age.... best years then... hope they r at peace! Wish they had a better individual to help their career. They got screwed.
Great classic song. Takes me back to simpler carefree times, good times with friends,. We grew up with the greatest rock and roll music there ever was. And, we got along just fine without cell phones and computers.
I think "Walk Away Renee" and "Cherish" by The Association are the greatest songs about unrequited love ever written. The simplicity and haunting melodies drive the lyrics emotional message. Few have not felt that knawing queasy feeling about someone you love, and realizing they will never return those feelings. I've been there more than once.
@@ampornaudiethai7925 Absolutely! I had forgotten about that great Classics IV song with the beautiful vocals of Dennis Yost. Thanks for remembering “Traces”.
As a child of the Sixties, yes that decade was special, but let's not forget that there was a lot of pain and ugliness. JFK, MLK, RFK assassinations, Vietnam, lynchings in the South, racism, segregation...
Eyes alittle misty listening to this, a kid when they had their hey day, one of my favorite songs of the 1960s, they sound as good as they did back in '67, one of the best Pop ballards of all time ...
These guys are real musicians, how they replicated this song again so perfectly half a century hence. Always loved this song. Wish I was there that night.
I am one too and this crowd sucked. It made me mad how weak the applause was after this. They did a great job after all these years. The average person doesn't realise how hard it is to replicate an original song. They deserved a big applause. Thumbs up to them.
Best recent live performance I've seen especially considering their age! Perfectly imperfect! This one, brought tears to my eyes. I am truly choked up. Thanks guys. Now I've got to hear it again at the risk of really breaking down... See also Pretty Ballerina performed with THE Michael Brown at BB Kings.
Just the way I remember it in 1966. Years later I was in Paris and went down to the Left Banke to a little cafe. This song started going thru my mind and brought back some dear memories.
I remember Mike Brown when he was 14 at 21 Falmouth Street in Brooklyn. He was my friend's younger brother. He used to ask me to teach him how to sing. Three years later I heard his great song on the radio.
Just sad they've only got a few hundren followers and a bunch of thumbs down. I'm 53, grew up with this song, loved it to death, heard it hundreds of times, esp with iPods & RU-vid. They did this song righteous, love this video, G*d bless them all.
Great rendition of one of my favorite songs. Strings just add so much to any song. Never tire of hearing it or Pretty Ballerina for that matter. Thanks for sharing.
This is fantastic! So good to hear this fine presentation of Left Banke. The lead singer does a great job of singing Steve's parts. Please come to California! Walk Away Renee is the second single I ever bought.
For God's sake... this recording is never going to be duplicated like the original group did it 47 yrs ago. however this rendition is probably one of the better ones that I have heard.... many kudo's to this group of musicians.
My group actually had the same management as them I remember their gold record up on the wall Walk Away Rene.It is a little pitchy but this is 50 years later and live.They do the job, great song great group,great times!!!
This is as good as it gets!!! This is such a "Great" "LIVE" video!!! The vocals are so clear and precise that it brings tears to my eyes. This is one of my Top 10 songs of my lifetime....These guys are brilliant and did such a fine job at there age.....Way to go! My favorite song of all times is New Colony 6 followed by The Left Banke and Pretty Ballerina....Two of the best songs ever, I think! :)
I recently remembered that song from pre 1970. I was born in 66 and I remembered hearing it before that. So I Googled. And here it is. I remembered being very very small and my older brother ( who's been gone 32 years) playing it over and over.
Love seeing this video. Those of us who caught their incredible live performances in 2012 were very lucky. Mike Fornatale did a fabulous job singing lead on the band's entire repertoire. I'm only sorry the band's comeback was so short.
just enjoy the moment. I grew up listening to the original, along with all the other lost classics. this IS a nice variation though. glad the song is still a hit to todays ears.
How fast the years have passed, faster and faster each year as they progress! It was just yesterday and I was in the 7th grade in 1967, a dork experiencing feelings of absolutely pure love for the imaginary, exceptionally beautiful and wonderfully special woman of my dreams that was written into the best songs of the era...such as this one! Those were the first bittersweet times of my life, and I remember them well!
Thank you for that performance: I have never tired of this song since the beginning; I know it becomes wearisome to perform a piece, but you were so great with this and don't let anyone ever tell you it was otherwise.
hard to sing in tune that close together. they did a great job, because they Felt it, and i don't mind off notes here or there. It is a great song sung by the real guys. It was my honor to record it forty years ago. couldnt help it. love the song.
@@MrTrashcan1 I sure do. I'm still in touch with a lot of people I met there. Unfortunately I don't remember anyone named trashcan. ;-) Care to tell me who you are?
I was at this concert downtown in downtown nyc ..they opened for for argent & the zombies ...but my main reason for going, was to see “the left banke” ...what a great blast from the past music night ..so glad to be blessed that i did...loved it ...1 of my most memorable small venue concert experiences .thanks for this superior memory video of it.
My mom's funeral was on July 21, 2011. I read in the papers that The Left Banke was playing @ Littlefield's, right near me. I immediately got a ticket, only $20. It was part of this tour and one of the most beautiful concerts I've ever been to, and just the music I needed to hear. The street and the lot they sing about is near 205th Street and the Grand Concourse, the route I used to walk myself on the way to the subway from Bronx HS of Science.
Way back in 1966, went to a concert at Tampa convention Center and saw The Beach Boys,? And the Mysterians, the association and these guys. Absolutely fantastic show. A few years later I got to see this band in a small club in Sarasota Florida. They were absolutely amazing. Good times
I was 9 in 1966. And for being kids, we were very much in tune with all that was mod and psychedelic in terms of pop culture, music, art and clothing fashions. We wore Beatle boots, Neru shirts, striped flares, had variations on the Beatle haircut, the whole bit! I remember listening to the Left Bank on the radio and they were an integral part of the soundtrack of our young lives!
@@margfinn5889 I've been a violinist for 62 years and remember songs from that time. I'm fairly certain Buddy Holly started using strings on his later songs and the Beatles picked up on that. And I read that Michael Brown's father was a violinist.
I think Pretty Bellerina,Walk Away Renee by The Left Banke and Things Id'e Like To Say and I will Alway's Think About You are 4 of the best.... soft... love songs ever written!!!! There all in my top 10 songs of all times! :)
Paris, 1966, the end of summer just like now, already some dead leaves blowing toward the Seine, hearing this song. Going home, thinking that my novel was unpublishable, expecting nothing. Then everything happened. Luck. 56 years of luck. May it happen to you all.
Awesome!! A few years back I was part of an online fan community for the band Boston. It turns out that "More Than a Feeling" is partially inspired by this song. I love both tremendously. There was a challenge to record this song in the Boston style. I did and while I proud of it, this is the very best version.
Based on that, I agree. It is written in the description "Recorded November 12, 2011 @ DromNYC, by our friend, Froilan Frovelos"... I thought he was talking about that live performance.
@@lehec Yes but you responded in 2018 which was 7 years later! So you would have to add 7 years to 2011 ( when it was 45 years old) making it 52 years old at that time
This performance from seven years ago is really quite good....instruments and vocals are inspired, and very true to the spirit of the original song, even if there is pitchiness here and there. Mike Fornatale does a good job replicating Steve Martin Caro's lead vocals (not as urgently anguished as the original, but solidly done.) Original band members George Cameron (the man in the cowboy hat...original drummer--R.I.P.) and Tom Finn (on guitar here instead of bass) provide fine backing vocals, for much of this song, in my opinion! George goes flat every now and then, and Tom a bit sharp here and there, but I remember an interview many years ago that mentioned their respective tendencies to have that happen... seems no different here...they made it work very well--especially considering that they're not young men anymore. Wish that Steve could've been there, and that Michael Brown was able to have played a full performance at this stage, but, all in all--one should not complain about this tribute.
The lead vocal was BETTER than the original. His "diction" was better. The guy who sang lead on the record never really opened his mouth and it was hard to understand him. The whole song right here was very good. I thought the harmonies overall were very good. The guy in the cowboy hat went just a little flat a couple quick times, no big deal. Nobody went slightly sharp. Besides, slightly flat is worse than slightly sharp. Flat means you never got there. People who can't carry a tune, sing constantly flat, never sharp. Anyway, none of that was true here, overall very good for a 100% live performance.
@@yesterdayproductions1019 I hesitate to do this, because I love The Left Banke so much, and I was always appreciative of George Cameron's and Tom Finn's efforts to keep the band's music alive over the years. But I have to question your "100% live" assertion here. Check out the end of the third chorus, which comes just after the instrumental break. As "for me it cries" is being sung, George steps away noticeably from his mic. And yet, the three-part harmony remains completely intact. Sorry to say, it seems apparent to me that at least some post-production overdubbing was done here. On first listen, I was amazed at how good the harmonies sounded - particularly when you check out some of the 2016 performances with George Cameron only when his voice is woefully, horribly harsh and off-key. So now, I have to view this performance with considerable suspicion. Again, I'm grateful any time Left Banke music is revived, and believe me, I love this song as dearly as everyone else here does. But we shouldn't be blinded (or deafened) by that gratitude. (P.S. What in the hell did Tom Finn think he was adding to the beautiful moment by his little bit at the very end? In what universe was this necessary and in any way welcome?) ** Edited to add: a subsequent comment below points out something that you wouldn't necessarily catch if you weren't paying attention. This video is a composite of two different performances on two different nights. As is noted, lead singer Mike Fornatale's scarf disappears during the instrumental break and then reappears subsequently. Given this, it's possible that audio was used from one performance behind video from another. So maybe the singing was that good the first time around, and it really is live. Still can't really be sure. **
@@BigStar303 Agreed, two different live performances, but still live. At 51 seconds, there is a wrong bass note that flies by quickly. Also, I saw the missing scarf on the instrumental break. The song was probably remixed & polished a bit in the studio afterwards, but it sounds live all the way from two different nights. George Martin did the same thing for the live recording of the Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl. He took two different live performances, did some remixing & polished it up a bit in the studio, but the recordings were 100% live. That is what I believe happened here.
Have loved this song since it came out in 1966...can't decipher all the words...but it is a "roll down the car windows & turn up the volumne" tune all my life..
And when I see the sign that points one way The lot we used to pass by every day Just walk away, Renee You won't see me follow you back home The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same You're not to blame From deep inside the tears that I'm forced to cry From deep inside the pain that I chose to hide Just walk away, Renee You won't see me follow you back home Now, as the rain beats down upon my weary eyes For me, it cries Just walk away, Renee You won't see me follow you back home Now, as the rain beats down upon my weary eyes For me, it cries Your name and mine inside a heart upon a wall Still finds a way to haunt me though they're so small Just walk away, Renee You won't see me follow you back home The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same You're not to blame
Glad to see a high-quality version of your peformance posted. Great stuff! Always loved this song, all those years of playing it as a top 40, then oldies disk jockey.
I Was at this concert ..they opened for argent & the zombies ..but I mostly went to see “the left banke” the 1 of the 3 I had never had the opportunity to see previously, and always wanted to..thanks for posting this ..personal memory of the concert ..love(d) the left banke.
