Are yes, these were the good old days, when all musicians looked like young doctors
@henrythe8th155
4 күн бұрын
Haha.. Yep!
@smoothjazzrob8061
3 жыл бұрын
I remember this song coming out in 1965 when I was just 9 years old. Although it was a #1 hit in The U.K., here in the U.S. it made it to only #28. This has to be one of the most underrated songs ever! I've always loved it!
@mandymine4963
2 жыл бұрын
Totally agree!
@tobyjoe2153
2 жыл бұрын
I was 10 when it came out. To this day, if I have to pick The One song, it's Concrete and Clay. The only thing "wrong "with it is it's too short!
@peterbradfield2805
2 жыл бұрын
I was less then 2-years old when this was released and was, yes, a minor hit, even here in the states (but still memorable), and do remember very much so as my older siblings would be listening to this band on the radio. I always thought the band's name was one of the best, ever. I also have a sense memory, that since this was the first ever filmed in color promotional music video (yes, that distinction does not belong to either The Beatles or The Rolling Stones) but to Unit 4x2, that NBC-TV played it for a few years into 1967 on Saturday mornings -- pairing it occasionally in the later of those years with their reruns of The Monkees' television series. Does anyone else remember that on NBC back then?
@artmugalian1087
2 жыл бұрын
Good song. Was covered by Eddie Rambeau in the US. Neither disc made much of an impression in the US market. For best song ever: Friday On My Mind.
@richinfinity7556
Жыл бұрын
I was 12 living in NYC and this song was indelibly imprinted on my mind. I spent a lot of time searching record stores for a copy of this recording in the 90s, which almost no one had heard of. Finally found it on a "British Invasion" compilation. Seeing the band is a major bonus to me.
@junewhitney4110
Ай бұрын
My dad loved this song. He died last March at the age of 95. Rip dad xx
@zenithorton5433
Ай бұрын
I just had a lovely chat with the vocalist of this band at the local park where I walk my dog .He is such a friendly man. He explained about how successful his band was in that time. 😊
@oliverw1636
6 күн бұрын
Condolences but a lovely thing to share and hold onto. We all must try to hold onto memories of our loved ones who are no longer with us
@junewhitney4110
6 күн бұрын
@@oliverw1636 Thank you c
@jaddison1112
7 ай бұрын
At 74, 55 + years since I heard this .... Such a pop up memory, as the crumbling of my youth fades evermore, ~ Passing to dust on the Earth from whence it came. A gift to hear it, maybe for one last time. ~ (I know, sort of morbid ain't it !)
@paulcasini4759
6 ай бұрын
The lads from Berkhampsted so many memories
@crystalship9900
5 ай бұрын
I'm almost your age and you just spoke to me with your comment. Thank you! Someone said I may be old but I got to live during the greatest music revolution ever!
@murielcornwell8199
Ай бұрын
I'm the same age and I love it. It actually brings tears to my eyes when I listen to it remembering the carefree times when I was 14!
@tallyho6326
2 жыл бұрын
After nearly 60 years its lost nothing. Still an all-time great!
@kurman4749
7 ай бұрын
It certainly is.
@keithdukes5990
3 ай бұрын
I'll second that my good man 👍
@nathandodge665
2 ай бұрын
Why?
@theycallme_bruce
2 ай бұрын
I always thought it’d be over the moon if the Righteous Brothers sang a cover.
@larrycooper7261
2 жыл бұрын
I stumbled on this song in a compilation video and stopped dead in my tracks. I haven't heard this song in more decades than I care to admit. But I remember enjoying it when I heard it eons ago. Thank goodness my wife is out of town, because I would drive her nuts with the number of times I'm going to play this in the next few days!!!
@mikekahotea8148
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha Same with my wife of 45 yrs When her eyebrows join together with a frown , lm in trouble. Hope you enjoy the music.
@LectioDivina33
Жыл бұрын
OMG, I also haven't heard this song in say 20 years. The lyrics just came to my head now and I did a YT search. Amazing song!
@jsb354
11 ай бұрын
*THAT'S THE SPIRIT!!* 📢🎵🎶🥁🎸🎷🎶🎵🎙️
@lizkasapos5605
Жыл бұрын
We married in 1965 and this was ‘our song’. Always loved it.
@TheColonyNY
4 жыл бұрын
honestly - after all these years - i think this might be the coolest and least fake video ever
@kevvome
3 жыл бұрын
Least fake? They are all miming! No amps or guitar leads or mics anywhere!! Still a great record though.
@Markcain268
2 жыл бұрын
Cool 😎 song, reminds me of childhood in the 70's yaaay
@mandymine4963
2 жыл бұрын
Agree!
@toomuchinformation
4 ай бұрын
@@kevvomeThe OP meant that they weren't overly self conscious and preoccupied with being "cool".
@ImToastAlso
3 ай бұрын
There’s an innocence and happiness in them. I think that’s what the writer meant. They look sincere.
@tonyjeff9436
2 жыл бұрын
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS & SHOULD BE PLAYED MORE OFTEN ON THE RADIO
@kurman4749
8 ай бұрын
Yes, it is a brilliant song.
@lokisan100
2 ай бұрын
Mine too, for many years!
@Atlantis93
2 жыл бұрын
Still love this after all these years. ❤️ I was 14 when this came out.
@mandymine4963
2 жыл бұрын
Me too, loved it then and love it now!
@foreverblueclassics
Жыл бұрын
Filmed at what was then the building site that became The Barbican in London. What a fantastic record, a deserved UK #1 in April 1965. Thank you for posting the clearest version of this on KZitem!
@graemekornicki6810
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful red guitar anyone know what it is, worth a few quid today i bet
@mears8955
Жыл бұрын
So you could say they were the first act to perform at the Barbican
@foreverblueclassics
Жыл бұрын
@@mears8955 Yes, you could 😁
@michaelmcmac3485
Жыл бұрын
@@graemekornicki6810 A Gretch
@crapple009
6 ай бұрын
@@graemekornicki6810 It's a Gretsch Tennessean model. George Harrison played one in 1965 (his was the darker burgundy version). Also prominently played by the Pacemakers' Gerry Marsden and the Animals' Hilton Valentine, among others.
@linjoy9627
Жыл бұрын
Russ Ballard and Bob Henrit who both played lead guitar and drums with Adam Faith, played on this record they were The Plus 2. Russ and Bob went on to play in Argent. Russ has had a successful career as a song writer and still tours.
@willyharvey5563
Жыл бұрын
this is the Barbican site
@AnneCherch
Жыл бұрын
Can't stop playing this song. I was 16 at the time, a teenager in "Swingin' London", and all I could think about then was the pop songs and the singers. This song came to mind the other day and I can't stop playing it.
@heleneharvell8484
Жыл бұрын
This was my husband's song to me. I love it. Means a lot to me
@wendyh2235
Жыл бұрын
Who ever thought of the magical words ' purple shades of evening?'... love this....
@geoffoconnor3487
Жыл бұрын
Twilight Time (1944) Buck Ram et al. When purple-coloured curtains mark the end of day, I'll hear you, my dear, at twilight time. Stardust (1927) Hoagy Carmichael/Mitchell Parish. And now the purple dust of twilight time Steals across the meadows of my heart.
@stephenmascena9741
2 ай бұрын
When the deep purple falls over sleepy garden walls and the stars begin to twinkle in the night. Written in the 30s and the band Deep Purple took their name from the song.
@chrispeterson9345
9 ай бұрын
This is one of my favorite records, and not just from my young days in the 60s. It has a terrific hook, and the Latin beat is perfect.
@p.a.paolino9505
5 ай бұрын
Loved this song as a boy and still love it.
@Lindanharmony
Ай бұрын
I was thrilled when this song came out. I was teaching ballroom dancing at the time, and the samba fit perfectly to the song's timing . It gave my students something more modern to show off their dance steps.
@karinberryman2009
5 күн бұрын
Never made music since the 70’s for dancing!
@mikekahotea8148
Жыл бұрын
How good it is to stumble across an icon legend. I never new the name of this song back in the 60s . I always loved this song
@paulnic7190
11 ай бұрын
Yes. I’m sitting here in Mexico and stumbled onto it tonight. Live in Canada now and Mexico in the winter.
@joannicholson3030
3 ай бұрын
Loved this as a teenager in the 60s, still love it ❤
@michaelpound5156
4 ай бұрын
one of the most curious video productions, with a suited British group bursting into the video like a Spanish flamenco band, descending into an industrial waste site. Catchy tune.
@moleyofsouthend-on-sea8837
4 ай бұрын
It was the building site of Barbican London
@Jojoseahorse
Ай бұрын
@@moleyofsouthend-on-sea8837 Fitting for a song about concrete and clay :) Terrific song and video
@TerenceHumphreys-cy9ss
14 күн бұрын
Hi was sixteen listning to this classic in 65 then spent the mext thirty year listning to some off the best music ever produced truly the best
@johnypc2008
9 ай бұрын
Heard this when I was a young lad, now rediscovered it what a great track.
@johngiovine8792
Жыл бұрын
Such a great song!
@talesfromtinpanalley-thedo6198
2 жыл бұрын
What a TUNE! Filmed here on what would become London's Barbican
@kevintucker8803
Жыл бұрын
So, Unit 4 + 2 was the first music group to perform at the Barbican? Cool
@maggiemerker8301
4 ай бұрын
My husband and I declared this our song 30 years after it came out and 11 years after we met. 😊
@UhtredRagnarsson1949
2 ай бұрын
Nice one. My wife and I declared as our song "Happy together" by the Turtles.
@royaumeuni5730
Ай бұрын
Classy and fabulous. Will be listening to this one forever.
@Georgieastra
2 ай бұрын
A surprisingly talented gang of Geography teachers.
@johntudorhallelujah2976
Ай бұрын
Great 😊
@cojaysea
Жыл бұрын
What a fabulous song .
@nirmalsuki
6 ай бұрын
The best song of a decade that made some of the best songs of all time.
@John-gj6zj
Жыл бұрын
a porta Rican loving woman woman turned me on to this when I was young I was so lucky to have so many good musical influences in my life amazing times jon
@sparkystours
2 ай бұрын
wow i heard this song in over 50 years lol
@johnspiers9329
Жыл бұрын
The great days when popstars wore a jacket and tie. But seriously a cracking tune.
@mattsawyer343
9 ай бұрын
Silly sods, they must have been sweltering. I bet they couldn't wait for the swinging to start.
@paulputnam8211
2 жыл бұрын
The story goes that Radio London broke this record. Head DJ Tony Windsor, who picked the new playlist, had rejected this song but after being told to listen again, by Kenny Everett, included it in the stations output & it became a massive hit. From a time when Top 40 Radio was what you listened to if you wanted to be 'in the groove'
@clarahidalgo5855
3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful song. I love it.
@timothyross1123
Жыл бұрын
I never heard this on the radio back then, but it was playing on the sound system at the skating rink. Stuck in my head for 50 years. Then I heard it on an oldies station and Shazamed it! Great song!
@jessstone7486
2 күн бұрын
Very memorable - and still sounds good! I think that's what you call....a classic :)
@mariamartin12
Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite oldies 👍❤️
@christopherdalton9171
Жыл бұрын
Seeing several comments on this song does Concrete And Clay full justice! Often when reading references of 60s pop bands in several books,Unit 4+2 were often overlooked! Other groups around 1965 were savvy enough not to copy Unit 4+2s style of music it may not have worked out for them.
@lynnglidewell7367
6 ай бұрын
I remember this song! I was in the 7th grade called Junior High School back in those days. Wow I haven't heard this in about 55 years or so.
@echevere
9 ай бұрын
I just rediscovered this great song just a.couple of days ago and have played it at least 30 times since then. I was 9 years old when this song came out. How is this not played more often on oldies stations.
@jimb8830
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, 'chance'. It was by chance that this song came to mind while I was reminiscing tonight. Such a clean sound and good rhythm, with the right noted for the message. I was 14 years old when this song came out and it comes to mind occasionally, whenever my mind wanders to that time. Nice. I hope that the world will yet be saved by meaningful good music and dance. The strength of positive human nature and expression.
@RizkiAnjani
Жыл бұрын
I heard this song from movie "Rushmore", maybe one of my favorite songs ever!
@davidlowe7484
23 күн бұрын
An absolute masterpiece from the unusual "tinny" opening to the very end; one of those songs that are so good, it feels almost impossible to better - a really good beat number, it makes you feel like singing along - it's pure excellence!
@19bootsy68
Жыл бұрын
I first heard this when I was flying with Emirates...it was on their every UK No1 channel. 1965.
@prawn4tea
Жыл бұрын
Have always loved this track. Was 3 when it was released so has been a lifelong companion
@rentslave
9 ай бұрын
For some unknown reason,this song popped into my head this NYD s morning 2024.
@1951morrisdancer
Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of a camping trip in 1965 and we picked it up on a transistor from a pirate station along with Tony Blackburn's Don't get off the train.
@elss8717
Ай бұрын
Reminds me of listening to the North Sea pirate radio stations in the 60s. Great video.
@grahamboyce670
Ай бұрын
Amazing song, brilliant guitar solo. Apparently filmed on the Barbican Centre building site.
@petermccann7933
Жыл бұрын
Was waiting on Dexys tonight and this came on the interlude music and now it's stuck in my head
@debbiejohnson7946
8 ай бұрын
I love this song so much, it was a hit in the year I was born, my mum knew the band, we had this played at her funeral. I wonder what they built there?
@Wahian1
7 ай бұрын
They're on the building site of the Barbican apartments in London.
@Seth-ff9dn
3 ай бұрын
I've always loved this song. It's one of a key. How about this video? Where did they find such a bleak urban landscape?
@tuamigamoni
2 жыл бұрын
I so loooove this song!!!!❤❤❤❤
@myrnabasile2143
2 ай бұрын
MY FAVORITE OF MANY YEARS AGO. THAT'S THE WAY IT'S MEANT TO BE.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@paulnic7190
11 ай бұрын
We remember it well. Retired now and live in Mexico in the winter.
@Daniel-ts3uy
10 ай бұрын
Me too (retired i mean) but I live in Ireland. Donegal to be exact. Great tune, happy tune. Gotta like i.
@paulcoulthard8654
2 ай бұрын
I was 12 when this came out here in the UK and was captivated by the addictive Latino rhythm. I have loved it ever since. Thanks for the superb quality upload.
@stevetillcock7361
5 ай бұрын
A legend. This will survive a lot of other junk.
@joredmond1211
3 жыл бұрын
Still listening in 2020 👍💚
@renek2050
4 ай бұрын
🥹das habe ich 1978 einmal gehört und danach nie wieder. Erst vor kurzem lief dieser Song im Radio. Jetzt habe ich heute zum ersten Mal sogar den Film/Video gesehen. Danke für das Video.👍✌️
@virginiachatterlyhiggins2758
Жыл бұрын
My love sent this song to me after our third date. I had never heard this song before because I was too young and not into any music yet. However when I heard it the first time he listened on the other end of the phone. I was speechless because I didn't get the meaning at first.. So he thought my silence was a rejection. But then I understood the beautiful gesture .Before I could say anything. He sent me a song from the Beetles "No Reply" When I got that right after, it was too late to explain anything. I tried to tell him how I was actually overwhelmed with happiness. But I didn't say it soon enough. Been over a year now and we still talk a lot, So far we are still friends...
@thomasreghi7052
2 ай бұрын
RIP! 50 YEARS LATER. They used to say (with or w/o due respect) IT'S STILL HER SINGING on the radio.
@timwright8785
Жыл бұрын
What a record pure 60s classic
@b67y8y
2 жыл бұрын
love this still listening 2022
@Moneytane1976
Жыл бұрын
Intersting video showing some postwar reconstruction in London, no doubt on the site of some brutalist masterpiece like a 13 storey concrete tower block that would be crime central by 1988 and blown up in 2011.
@thephidias
11 ай бұрын
Barbican, no less.
@rickcowleymidfulnessfitnes3901
11 ай бұрын
I remember this song, from my younger days. I was born in '65 in Enfield and lived in Waltham Cross... if you know... you know
@jimtitmus3521
2 жыл бұрын
Marvelous group of musicians
@BackToTheBlues
4 ай бұрын
Nice Burns bass, lovely Gretsch Tennessean, but what's the other rather interesting looking guitar - my guitarist mind needs to know!
@carbinewilliams9943
6 ай бұрын
I was 18 at the time and enjoying a lovely holiday in Margate with five mates. Cliftonville in a flat!
@johnturley8621
11 ай бұрын
GREAT to hear this one again!!! 'Nuff said...JAT
@Triton_Secure
6 ай бұрын
I always (mentally) bracketed this song with Left Banke's "Walk Away René." Both were the perfect summation of the mid-sixties.
@Triton_Secure
2 ай бұрын
Me too. Those two songs were the perfect summary of the 60s.
@Bargle5
2 жыл бұрын
One of those songs that I missed back when it originally came out, but discovered and enjoyed years later.
@bonniesanders4224
9 ай бұрын
I love that song.
@mickeymortimer4407
Жыл бұрын
how good are those lads!
@amandashare1281
Жыл бұрын
I was 10 when this was released, loved it then still love it now!
@goldilocks913
Жыл бұрын
Legend has it that on a still night you can hear the sound of them singing from beneath the car park at Costco
@crapple009
6 ай бұрын
The one in Chingford?
@johnypc2008
5 ай бұрын
Surprised there are not more views, great track.
@bobmiller7502
Жыл бұрын
timeless baby
@GuitarlosCarlos
Жыл бұрын
LEARNED IT IN 65 @ 15 STILL A GREAT SONG
@HenrtPrice
3 ай бұрын
It a great song
@fcaughli
4 жыл бұрын
Great tune
@gregoryjclark81
3 ай бұрын
One of the first instances of blue-eyed soul guitar proficiency in a rock 'n' roll act. All the guitar parts collectively scream formal studies and lessons on some instrument if not the guitar itself. Russ Ballard can pick a mean tune. He had some serious technique not seen in the UK pop/rock world up through 1965.
@Rui-x9w
Жыл бұрын
There have been very good versions of this song, but this one is still my favourite.
@petervrabcak5597
2 ай бұрын
Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve heard that, bless you KZitem
@jasmineflower9879
8 ай бұрын
Reminds me of the era when mum used to put a black ' hair piece ' in her hair to make a high bun in her on her head., for a big night out.
@bollywayne14
Жыл бұрын
WHAT A TUNE.
@WildRover1964
5 ай бұрын
when you see a person, who isn't the singer, just playing a tambourine you know that either he knows where the bodies are buried or his dad had a transit they could borrow.
@JBarr-lw6kp
4 ай бұрын
Or he's somebody's kid brother who kept whining so they let him join to shut him up. Been happening since humans walked upright.
@WildRover1964
4 ай бұрын
I just realised my comment was a bit silly - he's obviously the drummer and it would look daft walking around a site in south London carrying a drumkit
@barrywyman7199
2 жыл бұрын
A desert island disc for me this was on the radio when I was 9 loved it then still do 😊👍
@sbwification2
7 ай бұрын
I wonder if this would have been a bigger hit in the US if it was titled "That's the way it's meant to be".
@VirreFriberg
6 ай бұрын
The reason this didn't become a major hit in the US was because Eddie Rambeau released a competing version that charted at the same time as the Unit 4 + 2's original. Had his version not been released I think this would've gone top-ten on the Billboard chart
@hamielguzman15
Ай бұрын
This is where the Brady bunch went on vacation
@myrnabasile2143
4 ай бұрын
GREAT SOUND! THEY DO NOT MAKE THEM THE WAY IT USED TO BE! 😢
@ericp1535
6 ай бұрын
Great song! Love it. Anyone else hearing that Red Rubber Ball pretty much used the same tune?
@LLcoolDel
5 ай бұрын
Great song GOOD WHO DID IT SONG. Most people have no clue.
@gracewalsh4643
Ай бұрын
So true September 2024❤❤
@kevinsimpson3374
2 жыл бұрын
Tommy Moller Is The Lead Singer He’s A Scouser!!
@kathrynjarlov5166
Жыл бұрын
Superb!
@טליסלמן
2 ай бұрын
It's Tali I love this song 🎵
@TRACYxBEAKER
4 жыл бұрын
Guy with red guitar is cuuuute 😍
@TRACYxBEAKER
4 жыл бұрын
Ashley Boorman I have no choice, modern music sucks!!! 😭
@raver_90
2 ай бұрын
No lie, I literally live a stone throw away from Glems house, I see him everyday day walking his little dog..
@stephborer6810
22 күн бұрын
love it my medicine !!
@georgecav
3 ай бұрын
A British band of nerdy looking males creating a 60s hit with a latin feel- that was different
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