As a songwriter, Graham is up there with the Paul McCartneys and Barry Gibbs of this world. What it must be like to have such a gift, and to wake each morning knowing how much pleasure he has given, most of us can only wish and dream that we knew.

One of the greatest songwriters of the 20th Century.

When you see Neil Finn pay attention you know there's a legend in action

Music can't get much better than this.

It's AWESOME to hear the songwriter explain how he came up with the story and the lyrics to a classic song. His interpretation of the song with JUST an acoustic guitar demonstrates how beautiful it really is.

Neil Finn and Roddy Frame. The look on their faces.

You hit it out of the park with this one, Graham! What a masterpiece!

@LarryWhite-kw5mj

9 ай бұрын

'Great song,good job writing and singing that hit'

Now you can see how The Hollies, Hotlegs and 10cc sounded so good and got so successful. Brilliant

@graziellabarile8425

Жыл бұрын

I rimember Hollie's version.

His guitar playing alone was fucking flawless.... Oh Graham- YOU TALENTED GIT!!!!

One of the most talented musicians in pop... His 10cc work is somewhat overshadowed by Eric Stewart's but his material is outstanding

What a great song. A pop gem

What can I say, Graham, you have written so many really really excellent songs. This is yet another one. Legend!

A song and performance could hardly be better than this.

Graham Gouldman is truly one of my favourites, prior to 10cc and beyond. Thanks for the music Graham.All my best to you.

Graham Goldman has written what in my mind are quintessentially love songs in history. Bus Stop written in 19665 and "I'm not in love" some 10 years later. To make this rendition of the song even more special he is sharing the stage with the best Songwriter to come out of Aust/New Zealand, Neil Finn. What would I have given to be at that performance. The concert of a lifetime!

@janebransby8526

7 жыл бұрын

Michael N. Green I was there - it was an amazing evening!

@henrilou

6 жыл бұрын

he also wrote For Your Love the Yardbirds and Heart Full of Soul..what a talent

One of many great songs written by Graham Gouldman

A perfect pop song, love you Graham.

Amazing prolific writer I've just discovered today. Songs I've listened to for 40-50 years and never knew the creative genius behind them. Old Dogs can learn new tricks.

@sueme1954

6 жыл бұрын

K6III450MHZ Today -- me too! Songs I loved so dearly over the years now have the real face and creator.

@richarddavis7778

2 жыл бұрын

Genius - overused word but totally appropriate in the case of Graham Gouldman.

It's funny - but some of my fav songs from the sixties were written by this guy and I didn't know until yesterday it was his songs. My new fav artist is Graham Gouldman.

@dominiquepayne1341

Жыл бұрын

Same. 😊

@patboggio3193

10 ай бұрын

SAME

A genius gifted songwriter

Makes me remember my teenagers what a Great song

Congratulations on your upcoming induction to the Songwriters Hall of Fame! June 12, 2014 New York City.

Learn something new every day:-) Two Thumbs Waaay Up for Graham♪♪♫♫♪♪

wow fucking hell! i knew graham gouldman was with 10cc and a songwrighter in his own right and i knew he wrote this song.but to hear him doing that..fucking quality!! nice one!

Holy Crap! I had NO IDEA! Fantastic!

His songs and 10cc were a virtual hook machine - thanks for sharing

Multi multi talented!!!

This is one those masterpieces that totally transcends the pop-pish moon, june, spoon rhyming thing! Perfectly constructed, and he was so young! I believe that Graham Nash said he was only 14 years old when he brought it to the Hollies!

@devanshiverma887

4 жыл бұрын

Graham GOULDMAN*

@SWabakken

2 жыл бұрын

Graham Nash gets Graham Gouldman's age wrong when he tells the story. Gouldman was 18 or 19 at the time (born in 1946).

Great song Graham! Didn't know you wrote it. It was nice to hear the background behind this classic & romantic song. Even my mother thought this was a great song back in the 60's.

Absolute genius..!!

Merece todos os aplausos!!!

Beautiful chords,always loved this song!

Awesome song. Thanks for sharing.

Perfectly crafted song!

outstanding rendition

pure genius!!

Fantastic! Oh but if only I could write a song like that.

I had no idea Graham Gouldman wrote "Bus Stop"-- I had always thought it was Graham Nash who wrote it. I haven't heard of Gouldman till recently; I'd only learned that he wrote such classics like "For Your Love" by the Yardbirds, among others! Hey I learned something new!

@ijeff2005

6 жыл бұрын

I think a lot of people were confused because of them both having the same first name. Interesting story in Nash's book "Wild Tales" where he describes him and Allan Clarke meeting Gouldman and hearing him play all these great songs that were about to become big hits for not only the Hollies, but Hermans Hermits too. For people that were not big Hermit fans including myself, the songs he wrote for the Hermits are among the best songs they ever recorded.

@FunkyDisco79

4 жыл бұрын

I thought Graham Flour wrote it.

@shawnuel

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget that he co-formed 10cc and co-wrote "I'm Not In Love" and "The Things We do for Love."

@Harrisonianne

Жыл бұрын

Although Gouldman wrote it, I've heard that he claims that The Hollies totally nailed it (to set the atmosphere of the song) with their version, and that's awesome.

@ShockDoc I remember this on TV it was Graham Gouldman, Roddy Frame from Aztec Camera and Neil Finn from Crowded House each taking turn to play their tracks on the acoustic guitar. It was excellent.

ohh one of may all time favourite songs wonderful..

That's definitely one of Neil Finn's heroes and formative influences singing right there!

@sriley517

8 жыл бұрын

+Peter Mateer Good call Peter! You can here it!

Saw his two years ago with Ringo's All Starr Band in Pittsburgh Pa. What a great musician and writer.

beautiful...great to hear

Excellent !! From Houston TX. US

I had a similar experience waiting for a school bus every morning when I was just 15. Dark haired girl with a basket. Liscard village 71

this is music xxx

I ALWAYS LOOVED THIS SONG !

LOVE LOVE LOVE this!

You couldn't teach this. It is just God given talent.

Genius song writer.

The Hollies were offered 'No Milk Today'...I would have loved to have heard that!

He is a faboulas song writer ,I love him

He also wrote No milk today.

Love it since i was a kid

Great song!

I was ten when “Bus Stop” became a hit, and the phrase “by August she was mine” confused me, because I grew up in Southern California, where it doesn’t rain in the summers. I wondered why he carried the umbrella they shared...

I was baffled as a girl by sharing the umbrella and by the line, "by August she was mine," since I grew up in Southern California, where it didn't rain in summer... Silly girl!

@gess4170

7 жыл бұрын

He grew up in England whee it rains most of the time.

love Neil and Roddy but this blew them out the park

very nice song!

Inspiring!

That's what its all about. Utter class.

Wow. Just wow !

You Graham are a legend

Well..... WOW!!!!

Wow! Now your turn lads!

Gouldman's best. Lot's of nice minor key stuff in a pop vernacular.

That was brilliant

A classic

I know this song. Never thought Gouldman is the singer. Awesome.

@raucousraptor

5 жыл бұрын

The Hollies sang it - Gouldman wrote it.

love it

Class Act

His backup musicians kicked ass on that one.

There ain't half been some clever bastards! Excellent.

Awesome

what a talanted guy.I had no idea he wrote this.

does anyone else hear a slight resemblance to "Things We Said Today "? not to say that there's anything wrong with that. and by the way that was a perfect performance. a treasure.

has that moody blues sound to it

I like "The Impossible Years" from the LP The Graham Gouldman Thing.

I really like this song. Try to get a look of this song also covered by The MonaLisa-Twins from Liverpool, they're giving a very good rendition.

@SivanFuchs

7 жыл бұрын

A funny and inventive rendition. I love that duo!

Genius

unknown genius

its as if the lyrics are a story spoken naturally

yes

Er lebt seine Songs !

Always wondered who wrote this for the holleys.😊

@racketman2u

3 ай бұрын

he gave them 2 hits, "Bus Stop" and "Look Through Any Window", would have been a 3rd but Hermans Hermits had already grabbed "No Milk Today"!

ffs did he wright that---- 3 great musicians

I'm gonna kind of gate crash here...seeing everyone on here seems to be Gouldman fans.....but I actually remember this on telly many years ago and I actually tuned in to watch Neil Finn, not really being a Roddy Frame and Graham Gouldman fan but I was blown away by Frame/Gouldman and they earned sum serious respect from me coz of that show.......BUT I think that Roddy Frame stole the show.......so that is my unbiased honest view, being a fan of Finn...!

Fucking a-m-a-z-i-n-g !!!

@dermotoblong He did a similar performance recently on a programme called Songwriters Circle on BBC4! Still very good, though now greyer!

if gouldman could have mstuck with godley n creme i feel the sky was the limit songs so fkn diverse- anyway listen, to his music

Rhianna should be forced to listen to this in order to learn how to pronounce "umbrella" properly! Awesome tune, sadly they don't write them like they used to and those that do don't get the recognition they deserve these days.

Wish a bit of harmony would have been contributed.

@FunkyDisco79

4 жыл бұрын

They probably felt too humbled to interfere with the genius.

@billdescoteaux

3 жыл бұрын

You can see Neil Finn's definitely mesmerized!

@manygate10 haha! yeah, what a channel bbc4 is eh? seen some great things on there.

The Hollis

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Hello worldwide See you tumorrow david und sabine forever thank all

Classic song.. I wonder who the girl was? And whether she heard the song and thought ' hey, that was written about me' ...?

Anyone have the chords for this version? Awesome.

@pkoven

3 жыл бұрын

i figured them out from this video

I found this song from the conjuring 2