65 here, I remember Man from UNCLE, I Spy, Bond before he became a clown, Mission Impossible before Cruise. All the espionage movies.

@nefeli6178

6 ай бұрын

The cold war was probably the inspiration for that programming.

@captainnerd6452

6 ай бұрын

@@nefeli6178 Very much so, I Spy dealt with espionage against the USSR as well as China. The Bond films were mostly against the USSR and groups like SPECTRE. It was pretty much more clear who the bad guys were, even in the late 70's when the West was painted as being just as evil as the USSR.

@jimmyo5001

6 ай бұрын

But, do you remember Patrick McGoohan in the TV show "Secret Agent " ? AKA "Danger Man".

@captainnerd6452

6 ай бұрын

@@jimmyo5001 It was "Secret Agent" when I watched it, I also watched him in the "sequel", "The Prisoner" :-)

@richardlandis793

6 ай бұрын

Amen Brother 😊😊

Let us not forget Mr. Steed & Emma Peel from The Avengers

@Lee-jh6cr

6 ай бұрын

OMG! ❤❤❤ And the Prisoner!

@dhracecars

5 ай бұрын

I lust for Mrs. Peel...

@kenle2

5 ай бұрын

@@dhracecars Oh, hell yes. Diana Rigg was perfection.

@williambabyak1094

3 ай бұрын

And the occasional exploits of Simon Templar, "The Saint". Not to mention John Mannering, "The Baron".

I have enjoyed this song for many decades. One of Johnny Rivers' best, IMO.

@dougamundson6836

6 ай бұрын

Me, too. tyvm.

One of the most iconic songs of a great era, Johnny Rivers created history with this song. Exotic locations, fine drink, sexy cars, alluring mysterious women…every man’s dream.

I'm 70 now and remember watching the TV show. Good times. Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Ed Sullivan, I Spy, Mr Ed....

@maf5454

6 ай бұрын

Straight business! Just ready to turnover 70 and man what a blast from the past! I always liked Patrick McGoohan as John Drake, Secret Agent, or Danger Man in the UK, much more than Robert Vaughn as Napoleon Solo, Man from U.N.C.L.E.. I always thought Vaughn was too "pretty" to be a real agent. Stuck out too much. Don't get me wrong I watched both but I always thought McGoohan was more believable, he looked like an every man, just what an agent needed.All that said, did those guys wear some really cool suits or what? Be well and safe peace to you and yours.

@stevenpilling5318

5 ай бұрын

Other old timers will remember this as the theme song of the British program of the same name, starring Patrick McGoohan.

@cindernubblebutt1340

5 ай бұрын

WIIIIILBUR!!!!

@Ponykeg53

5 ай бұрын

one of my favorites, Good times also 70 born at the beginning of everything how lucky were we...

@renerivera1861

5 ай бұрын

Brings up lots of memories.

I remember the 1960s (I'll be 64 this month) and the glamour of the Cold War spy world as presented on film and TV and in novels. Totally unrealistic but something special that still enchants me.

I'm 57 now. It's February 3rd 2024. Way back when I always wanted to be 007.

@manwithknife

6 ай бұрын

Rather be Napoleon solo

@scotthinger6397

5 ай бұрын

Didn't we all.

@sleepyweasel65

5 ай бұрын

For real…the cars , the gadgets …..and the girls 😎

Never gets old, this song!

@dougamundson6836

6 ай бұрын

I sure agree. tyvm.

The series was called Danger Man. Retitled Secret Agent here and given this song. Nice video.

@LordMondegrene

5 ай бұрын

The third installment in that trilogy was "The Prisoner". All three starred Patrick MacGoohan.

I'm 61. I listened to this as a kid still love it. It's on my 50's and 60's playlist.

I started playing guitar in 3rd grade, this was one of the first songs I learned, what great memories.

...i 've been watching 'the prisoner; and just today i thought about this song....Johnny knocked it out of the park with this one and he didn't even wanna do it! :D

@jimsteele9261

6 ай бұрын

This was the theme music for the US release of the UK show "Danger Man", which was retitled "Secret Agent" in the US. It's strange that although they say "The Prisoner" wasn't a sequel to "Secret Agent", that "given you a number and taken away your name" lyric sure makes you think so.

@LordMondegrene

5 ай бұрын

"Danger Man," "Secret Agent," and "The Prisoner" were all about the same character as he aged out of SAS, MI5, and MI6. Patrick MacGoohan played the same character, at different ages, over 30 years. An amazing accomplishment few others have even attempted. Just Gene Hackman as the surveillance expert in "The Conversation" came close.

@jimsteele9261

5 ай бұрын

@@LordMondegrene Well, for legal reasons, i.e. copyright, they never called The Prisoner a sequel to Secret Agent. Thoough I'm fairly sure #2 called #6 "Drake" in the series finale.

We went to a bull roast a few years ago and the band played this song. Imagine a bunch of seniors doing the boogaloo (look it up, kids) to this with big smiles on their faces. It was great fun.

@nefeli6178

6 ай бұрын

Wow! 🙂

@Lee-jh6cr

6 ай бұрын

We have a band in MN that plays this. They've gone through many incarnations, from the Metro All-Stars to the Fabulous Armadillos. Some members played with Johnny Lang. Awesome band.

@joshyoung1580

5 ай бұрын

I've seen a few celebrity roasts but never a bull roast. I hope he took it okay.

@tomf429

5 ай бұрын

@@joshyoung1580The bull was delicious. Were the celebrities tasty too?

Loved song. Loved show. Johnny Rivers. Patrick McGohan

I used to wait all week for this theme song to come on. There were a few really good ones back then.

And of course, who can forget GET SMART? 😊😊

@thomaskappauf7345

5 ай бұрын

And the wild wild west

@joshyoung1580

5 ай бұрын

Missed it by *that* much!

@kenle2

5 ай бұрын

@@joshyoung1580 Sorry about that, Chief.

@donaldteuber8588

5 ай бұрын

We can only try.

The James Bond and Man from Uncle secret agent suitcase were great toys.

I know this was called "Danger Man" in the UK but as a kid,this theme just made the show that much cooler.

My brother and I used to marvel at how there was always a party going in the background of Johnny Rivers's songs. (and we would have fun singing this one as Secret Asian Man)

This song still gives me chills whenever I hear it. I think it’s one of the best songs ever for the time.. Tells you how old I am……

This was followed by the "Prisoner". RIP Patrick McGoohan

I’m 72 years old. My sister is 75. When she was much younger she thought the song was…Secret Ageing Man! 😂😂😂

@davidtrompeter525

6 ай бұрын

I’m 68 and that sounds about right now

@robpet4424

6 ай бұрын

I thought it was secret Asian man😂😂😂😂😂😂

@jimpatterson3286

6 ай бұрын

Beat me to it 👍​@@robpet4424

@pnadell9231

6 ай бұрын

Before I had a stroke, which took away my ability to play guitar, my band played a benefit at a local bar with a Chinese bartender, so we played this as "Secret Asian Man".😊

@mmasque2052

6 ай бұрын

@@pnadell9231there is a parody version of this song named Secret Asian Man. Performed by DaVinci’s Notebook. kzread.info/dash/bejne/l66YwcmTqLLbm9o.htmlsi=upaMSilFaWcUcHug

Grew up listening to this song, along with reruns of the Saint, Mission Impossible, Maud Squad, Ironsides. Thanks.

@nefeli6178

6 ай бұрын

Those were cool shows.

Btw The original Patrick Mcgoohan Secret Agent/ Danger Man is being rerun Retro TV in the US and on Amazon Prime 👍

Still have the 45!

Thank you Mr Johnny Rivers

@jimt97038

5 ай бұрын

Thank you Steve Barri and PF Sloan

i love Johnny Rivers and this song

Johnny Rivers 😊

I love that song just as much now as I did when It was released in 1966, I think.

Had this as my ringtone for a long time! Loved watching people’s faces when it was ringing!

@nefeli6178

6 ай бұрын

That must have been fun.

@lastdaystrumpet5608

6 ай бұрын

@@nefeli6178 update. I went and looked at the App Store and found it! So it’s my ringtone again! 😊

This Johnny Rivers song could have been the theme for a "Bond" movie !!!

@nefeli6178

5 ай бұрын

Bond is what I had in mind.

If I remember right it was the song used for the 1960's television show Secret Agent starring Patrick McGoohan. It was known as Danger Man in the UK.

that one old 1960’s song back time !

Thank you thank you thank you...what fun...bless you .!...

@nefeli6178

6 ай бұрын

You're welcome.

One of my favorites. Thank you

I love this song 🎵 ❤!

68 here, my parents turned me on to Johnny Rivers gave me the album ( live at wishkey a-go-go ) I'm on tour a drummer we always put one of his songs in a set ).

@nefeli6178

3 ай бұрын

Cool!

Thank you for this. Your video presentation went very well with the music, very stylish and reminiscent of a bygone era, "When things were 'cool.' Very enjoyable and 'Bravo!'

@nefeli6178

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, H. R. Gerrard.

I have this on vinyl !!!!!!

@tomsmith3941

6 ай бұрын

I have it on bakelite (45 RPM).

Love this song, great!

Awesome

The three B's of the Sixties that shaped the world. BOND, BEATLES & BATMAN.

@nefeli6178

5 ай бұрын

Interesting observation.

That guy looks exactly like Bond is described in the books!

This is 007's ringtone.

I watched Secret Agent faithfully as a kid. So did my mom. Most of my friends too. Spying was big thing in the ‘60s. We had spy toys. I had a spy toy called six finger…a flesh toned plastic digit that hid among my 5 real 0:11 flesh fingers. The fake finger fired a dart…which had a rubber plug on the end so you wouldn’t shoot out your own eye or the eye of your target. We spit on the plug to simulate poison. Good times.😅

I'm 71 listened to it in the far east

Johnny Rivers ROCKS!

All these decades I thought it was Secret "Asian" Man. Wow. One of the first riffs I learned how to play. This tune has withstood the test of time. I wish Van Halen would have covered it.

Love it!

That's right at 62years old I know it's Johnny Rivers I listen to all his songs 😊

I used to have a toy 007 briefcase replica from 'Russia With Love', complete with Luger, rifle stock, 007 Passport, Gold Coins, Knife in case, and would explode if you opened it up the wrong way. We didn't just watch our games actually 'lived' our games. That's why we're more creative and smarter. 😮😂😢

@nefeli6178

5 ай бұрын

Sounds like fun.

Damn happy I seen Johnny in concert.

❤❤❤ very clever

That was excellent!

@nefeli6178

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, Chris.

Love this also!

Awesome awesome song...!

Well done!

Love this! 👍

@nefeli6178

7 ай бұрын

Thank you, Jim!

Five Fingers. A truly superb spy movie.

Very good

Secret Agent with Patrick McGoohan. It's also known as Dangerman. Johnny Rivers song. 🎸 🥁 🎙️ 🎶

@badplay156

5 ай бұрын

The series The Prisoner was a thinly veiled aftermath of Secret Agent/Danger Man

Great video!!

@nefeli6178

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Superb music!😅

Holy shaken and not stirred

@nefeli6178

4 ай бұрын

😃

FANTASTIC

@nefeli6178

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, William.

It really is a TV series from the 60s on the 60s baby I never heard of it I'm going to look on one of my apps 😊

@user-ze7on3rt3v

6 ай бұрын

Island 60s baby sorry came

Holy Sh#t I remember this classic song,, thank u JR,, maybe some day u'll b honored by ahole to industry.

Good job with the video. Definitely captures the spirit of the genre and the song.

@nefeli6178

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, Paul!

@pauld6967

5 ай бұрын

@@nefeli6178 You're welcome. Have a good weekend.

I never wanted to be a Bond girl, unless like Ursula Andress walking out of the surf like Venus on the halfshell with a dagger in her bikini. I wanted to be a spy & got a James Bond spy kit for Xmas, & wore a trenchcoat for 3rd grade class pictures. One morning in 1st grade I was late for school. The nun asked why. I told her I went to see a double feature the night before with my parents - of Dr. No and Goldfinger. Scandalous! Read naked dead woman painted gold, so of course mom & dad got a call from the parochial school. Dad told them to go fly! I was not a sheltered child.

Drake, John Drake.

I primarily remember this song from the Devo cover of it in the late '70's.

Danger man , the saint, the prisoner were very early entries in spy tv

I recall the late 60s tv show. Them were the days, far more instructive than PBS lets on. As a for instance.

johnny rivers , very underrated

I remember this song as Secret Asian Man

I got in a whole thing in TJ once the only thing I can remember is hearing this song.

@timyarbrough6356

6 ай бұрын

what the hell did you just say?? lol

@nefeli6178

6 ай бұрын

What is TJ?

"The Prisoner" aka #6, was the coolest secret agent man of all times. Be seeing you...

I remember that this song was used as the theme for the limited run series The prisoner 17 episodes filmed in England. Kansas Senior high School in Taft high School in Chicago, Illinois. It was on the local channel. In January of 69 actor Patrick mcgoohan played the number 2 Little village. In May 8 1969. I came in second. The next day Wednesday they listen to the top five finishers I was number two also listen my address at the time 6:04 for Naples somebody egged the house on Thursday. It was the typical Chicago brick bungalow. Remove to the south side of Chicago in June of that year.

@noahbody9875

5 ай бұрын

Actually it was the theme for Secret Agent AKA Danger Man which ran from 1964-1967. The Prisoner is often considered a sort of sequel to the previous series as both starred Mr. McGoohan.

@jklogan123

5 ай бұрын

You are right I remember watching that series. Thanks for reminding me what I had forgotten.

This is one I don't recall ever seeing mind you the women in the clip are beautiful

cool af.

There was also a short lived series Blue Light staring Robert Goulet

SEAN CONNERY aka 007. 😊😊 BOND. JAMES BOND. 😊

I liked Patrick McGoohan in this!

Secret Asian Man! Secret Asian Man! (I'm Asian)

Great to hear this theme song again. Patrick McGoohan's character, John Drake, never carried a gun. He did, however, have a selection of clever gadgets that were "believable" by 60s technology and Cold War standards, such as a cigarette lighter/camera and an electric shaver/miniature tape recorder. Exact opposite of 007.

@richardbell7678

5 ай бұрын

Patrick McGoohan was offered the role of James Bond, but he refused to play that amoral reprobate. Patrick McGoohan loved the "Columbo" formula. He participated in six "Columbo" movies. Twice as the murderer, twice as the director, and twice as both the murderer and the director.

65 Myself and always loved secret Asian 👲

Ingenious usage of twelve year stock, and fifty-odd year old music.

@nefeli6178

5 ай бұрын

😂

that was a good video for the song

@nefeli6178

6 ай бұрын

Thank you.

Patrick McGoham, spelling is probably not correct but he was the secret agent man. The show was all about spy craft. He never left his hotel room without leaving a tell, usually a hair, across the door and jamb. Later he became the prisoner. Number 6?

😎👍🎧🔌💻🎶🎶🎶🔈🔉🔊

When you ask most people what their definition of secret agent they say James Bond but I say Hutch Mansell from NOBODY

I love it. Was there a scene filmed in the back part of the Griffith Park Observatory overlooking the City of LA? Very well done. Secret Asian Man

Always hear this as "Secret Asian Man",then Jackie Chan made "The Spy Next Door" and just everyone in the theatre while the soundtrack was playing sang that part loud with "Secret Asian Man'.

I hear ya!

Johnny Rivers a classic.

Secret Agent/Danger Man led directly to James Bond.

I'll have a glass of Michel frenzies shaken not stirred lmao

Well done. Not sure why, but good nonetheless. Johnny Rivers Awesome

72 U.N.C.L.E. all the way

This is the main theme from the tv series "The Prisoner" w/Patrick McGoohan.