I will never forget being 11 years old and discovering this song late one night with my transistor radio on underneath my pillow so my parents could not hear. Special memories of this song that will always remain with me.
Same age here too. Life without a transistor in 1965 was a hollow life for sure. I recall the thrill of finding a copy of "Wild Thing" with "With a Girl Like You" on the B-plus side of the 45. I still have this little treasure!
Ahhh, the summer of 1967! Remember it well. This song brand new playing out of the very small speaker on my white plastic Motorola transistor radio with the white wired ear phone in one ear. Was like a dream, a dream to hear it brand new until my 9 volt Rayovac battery died. No problem, went to my corner liquor store and bought a new one at 29¢ and a Snickers candy bar for 5¢! That time never to return again.
I Love This Song It Brings A Few Tears To My Eyes ❣️❣️❣️ I Think Of My Husband Who's In A Nursing Home Whenever I Hear This Song ❤❤❤❤Our Lives Have Been Torn Apart Since He Had To Be Put In The Nursing Home, But Our Love Has No Beginning And There Will Be No End And That I Know We Can Depend. FOREVER 😊😊😊😊
Ahh brings back all the memories of being with the first girlfriend I ever had, all those decades ago, dancing slowly together, the scent of her perfume, deep young love. Memories so precious.
I remember dancing with the most beautiful girl when I was a Sophomore in 1968 (she was a Junior). Carla was her name and the way she hugged me while we were dancing, has never left my memory. Wow, what that songs bring back !!!
A nice live version of this oh-so-beautiful song; it's especially gratifying to see the original lead singer, the late Reg Presley, performing it (he also wrote it!). His rendition is by far the best; love the way he'd put a little verbal twist on the delivery of certain words! All wonderful beyond adjectives able to adequately describe! Thanks for making this video available! Gratefully, Ray Cabana, Jr.
I'm a metal listener, but I do have my love for 80s music and music from this era, too. There's just something about this music. The instruments sound so delightful, as for the melodies and singing.
Wow! This is a real video treasure. An almost magical LIVE performance of one of the most effortlessly simple & beautiful songs ever written. RIP Reg, you proved you could surprise the doubters, and "let" your mastery "show" as a composer.
this Old Songs gave me back the years when I have been 15 - 24 years.... then started the Life, after Study, with lot of Work and the living for Family... but now my younger time is back... with my new Wife ;-) Bernd .... ...
As a child I never could figure out how the bands "live performance" songs always ended just like the records! I never realized that the guitars were never hooked up to amplifiers. Then when I was 16 I got a chance to go to a concert and hear one of my favorite American Bands the Grass Roots. I found out another great mystery. Why all their songs were a different tempo then their recorded songs were. Now after being in church choirs all these years I understand how slow or how fast a song can be played.
I'll do you one even better. The vocal of the song are ok. The instruments sound good but nothing special. The words are ok. But when you put it altogether this is one of my favorite songs. I also loved the Grassroots and the Turtles. All of their songs have great singers, great melodies and words. So, I still cannot explain the Troggs. P.S. The Beatles were the greatest. They had pretty good vocals, not too bad songwriting..ha-ha.They were the best and will always be the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@JFF35753 Since the Troggs were a British Act. Unless you had a manager who was astute enough to promote you worldwide British acts rarely made a dent in the US. An occasional "one hit wonder' situation though they may have been a big UK band. Take Status Quo. They were huge in the UK and most of Europe but they never were big here (US). But after Rick Parfitt died I started listening to their songs and I really liked them. I found a source were I could get a few of their albums and I now listen to them. I am a fan of RU-vid for one main reason. I have found a lot of good UK acts that I would have never known existed. MTV opened more variety of artist when they came on the scene and now youtube has busted things wide open.
@@lockedin60 I can't believe you mentioned the Status Quo. I had their single Pictures of Matchstick Men. I loved that song. I have never heard anything else from them.
@@JFF35753 I did not know that Pictures of Matchstick Men became a hit here in the States. But there influence would have been zilch because they never were promoted (here), You can easily find just about any song they recorded on youtube.
I challenge any bands of today that believe they are the greatest to preform live..No crap to help them... You will never see it.. Band 60's into the 80's all toured. I got to see so many and many backstage because of the best big sister who worked for the major FM station and local concert company. You would be shocked to hear of the bands and artists I met..
Think back then when there was an orchestral backing, they literally played a tape of it in the background and the band played along with it as best they could.
Very sublime live song covered by the Crusaders in live concerts performing it acapella. They gave props to Reg and Trigge prior to performing this poignant live song.
Just how concerts were filmed at the time : you had that sense of involvement and connection with the musicians . The camera moves slowly - lets you take in the performance and emotions - not darting about with split second shots of everyone : such a difference with slow camera movents , zooms , and overlays with the drummer's rim shots. Pete Staples , on the left of the screen , is just as i envisage a bass guitarist - vital and essential to the line up , but not obtrusive : in fact there is no close up of him. The chords are subtly different as played here and give a slightly different feel to the 45rpm vinyl single. I am referring to the original vinyl singles' mix played on a direct drive turntable at exactly 45rpm. I finally got round to purchasing a copy of Pete Staples' book , and will ask him to sign it. We older generation were around when the vinyl singles were first released !
Sear jthyme: Wow! Excellent video! This has to be one of the best "LIVE" recordings on here! Thanks so much for sharing! I always wonder where you guys obtain this stuff(?) But I think that, maybe, that is classified information. ~ I really love the drumset. It looks like the one I have had since 1973 - the Rogers Silver Sparkle Rock 'n' Roll set.
I won't go wild about this one, but no doubt I like it million miles away better than the cheesy Wet etc. cover we've been force feed for ages and learnt to hate for that reason.
Love this! The Wet rendition is overdone; too much background stuff is going on. The original by The Troggs is simply beautiful - four chords, simple lovesong lyrics, and the perfect amount of orchestration in the background. Loved this song from the first time I heard it and played the 45 over and over. Thanks for posting this performance, which I'd never seen before.❤
@@jeaninious1 Thanks for sharing your view on this. I did not even recall this comment of mine from 6+ years ago, but upon reading it, I have to say I have not changed my mind at all!
@@jthyme7940 True, but there is many that upload the same videos with no LOGO. But if it comes to where I cannot find one with out one that i would want i would consider buying one.
