LOVE how Mark Volman jumps into the frame, and Howard Kaylan just keeps on singing! These two have a strong friendship, and it shows…over 50 years later, they remain close.

@CelticCat537

Жыл бұрын

I saw them live when I was about 14, around 1967! They were so much fun to watch and amazing to hear. Still makes me smile!! 😊

@dylanalexander4393

6 ай бұрын

What instrument is Mark Volman is playing? He plays it like a guitar but it looks like a wooden stick 😂

@Belluser-we1uc5cb2l

6 ай бұрын

@DavidBugea He did a lot of jumping in the live performance of Elenore.

@dylanalexander4393

6 ай бұрын

@@Belluser-we1uc5cb2l that still doesn’t answer my question. Haha. What instrument was he playing here? It jus looks like a literal stick

@J4yT3a

6 ай бұрын

​@@dylanalexander4393its because it is a wooden stick

One of the greatest examples of the perfect pop song: Lyrics, melody, chord progression, harmonies, arrangement and recording. A true '60s California production classic.

@fshoaps

3 жыл бұрын

What are the other examples? “She Loves You”?

@angellesupastar2904

3 жыл бұрын

I agree

@spyderlogan4992

3 жыл бұрын

@@fshoaps 'It's My Party'-Leslie Gore. Again, the melody, lyrics, arrangement and performance are stunning. The song tells a complete, understandable, and empathic story in 2 minutes and 19 seconds. Produced by Quincy Jones.

@bpainted1

3 жыл бұрын

It still comes behind most of the songs written, arranged, produced and performed by the man they were attempting to emulate, their friend, Brian Wilson.

@Karen-dk1ec

2 жыл бұрын

It was my favorite song when I was 9 yrs old. Me and my cousin would dance to this song in her bedroom. I still feel happy when I hear this song It's so positive and lifts one's spirits.

I just love the way the singer looks so caught off guard when the backup vocalist comes up on his mic. That's like something I would do with my friends.

@josephkissel6062

2 жыл бұрын

There's like a Jack Black / Bob's Burgers quality to his aesthetic and performance style ...

@Themanwhocameback2

2 жыл бұрын

@@josephkissel6062 Rather the other way around.

@Themanwhocameback2

2 жыл бұрын

They were best buddies from high school - which wasn't that long ago. Howard Kaylan the lead singer was barely 21.

@WillieDuitt1

2 жыл бұрын

@@josephkissel6062 Now you know where they stole it....Flo and Eddie were Legends

@josephkissel6062

2 жыл бұрын

@@Themanwhocameback2 Yes. I understand how time works lol ... But I hear ya!

RIP John Barbata

When singers could sing live as good as the record.

@erestube

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, come on. Some can today too.

@roxannemoore3045

3 жыл бұрын

@@erestube Many are engineered.

@nicotobiasmusic

3 жыл бұрын

This is 100% lipsynced. There's a reason the drummer is being such a goof, it's because he's playing to a recording.

@cliffwilleford9970

2 жыл бұрын

That was not a live performance

@S.Pociecha

2 жыл бұрын

Sullivan insisted the vocals were live performances, but by 1967 the instruments were often pre-taped. The drummer isn't doing anything he couldn't do live, but the horn player sure is. Great song. Great band. The Turtles didn't write it, but they get royalties whenever their rendition is used, and the songwriters sure deserve their due.

He’s got such a great voice, little quirks he puts into it just make it sound so great

Another underrated group in history one of my favorite bands.

@dannyharrington4978

2 жыл бұрын

Amen! Lots of talent. Genius Song writing, and all of them could sing, they made Awsome music

@mariantreber8055

8 ай бұрын

No, they were never underrated.

1:02 ...the way he looks at him when he says "the only one for me is you, and you for me" 😳

Howard was only 20 at the time---he looks much older with that thick mustache. I love when Mark steps up and harmonizes with Howard at the same microphone. They all---Al, Johnny, Mark, Howard and Jim---sounded great. I wonder if they had strings and horns when they toured back in the 60s?

If your 14 like me, and you like 60s rock music, and feel guilty about not being alive in the 60's, not need to be guilty about being born in 2008 because your a legend if you like that music at 14!

@frns_lmao

2 жыл бұрын

yes i love 60s-80s songs especially rock new type of songs today kind of doesn't match my style

@therocknrollgamer9572

Жыл бұрын

@@frns_lmao Same

@protocat-w-3197

4 ай бұрын

Oh hey same year as me!! I like those songs as well

@UnknownPerson-kp1ru

3 ай бұрын

Story of my life

@vardanabrahamyan4210

Ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤

Flo and Eddie had those harmonies, and the rest of the band sounded awesome, too.

such a good song. its kinda sad that it's been kinda cheapened by being in so many movies and commercials

@ChickenPermission617

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@user-yb6di4qh2t

3 жыл бұрын

The exposure keeps it alive. This isn't some Rembrandt hanging in the Louvre.

@susand495

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing "cheap" about people getting paid each time it's played. That's called earning a good living.

@derekgharris

3 жыл бұрын

I kind of have a different perspective on it. I think it being used so much pays homage and is a testament to its timelessness

@dannydougin3925

3 жыл бұрын

Makes the songwriter money.... I think he is OK with that.... more than OK.

Oh man I was only 16 days old when this was aired on the Ed Sullivan Show.

@EliasGonzalez-qg2pn

27 күн бұрын

Wow that’s actually awesome!!!!!.

This guy was the first gangsta with all those gold chains. What an amazing clean song unlike todays music.

4.1.22. Such a “Feel Good” song! 🎶” imagine me and you…. I do…. I think about you day and night.. , it's only right To think about the girl you love m…. and hold her tight…. So Happy Together “

I always considered "Happy Together" the Turtles' SIGNATURE SONG!

The sixties were years of happiness and joy, in America , this song is the reflection of those years .

My gosh. I remember watching this episode..

Holy crap. Howard Kaylan is 20 years old here!!!!

@1populist

2 жыл бұрын

21

@oscariwerdal8743

2 жыл бұрын

@@1populist No, he is born 1947

Farewell, John Barbata. What a joyful smile he had. And through the decades it never faded.

Back when bands dressed nice, were professional and smiled. I'm a band member.

I could easily get lost in the lead singer’s eyes, bloody hell 😍

Little did Flo & Eddie know they would go on to parody their own song with Zappa. Ironic and iconic.

@S.Pociecha

2 жыл бұрын

I saw Zappa on that tour, and near the end of the show when the drummer switched to those eighth notes leading up to the chorus, the crowd went wild! Beautiful

@brainscott8198

2 жыл бұрын

The first concert i saw was March, 1973 at the Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Tx....Alice Cooper's "Billion Dollar Baby" tour headlined with guests Brownsville Station, and Flo and Eddie!

A couple of things to note: 1 This song is about unrequited love for those who didn't know. 2. As it became a #1 single, you'd think that acts were lining up around the block to record it. The fact is no one wanted to, even The Turtles turned it down twice, they relented when they were allowed to rework the arrangement

This is my hubby & mine's "song" - it so upbeat & says a lot about our marriage!

This beats ANYTHING I've EVER seen on TikTok

@foresttemple1380

2 жыл бұрын

That is a true understatement SuziQ.😋

Love that dual Hofner look...a respectful nod to the Beatles.

@Brammy007a

2 жыл бұрын

But what is the other guy playing.... a stick?

Crazy, I never knew they appeared in the Ed Sullivan show!!!!

@kevingoins9858

3 жыл бұрын

Sure did. A few times!

@cardboardheadguy7814

3 жыл бұрын

They did one in May 1967 and November 1967

Howard Kaylan, the lead vocal, was 20 years old at the taping of this clip!!!

A terrific performance from one of the many superb groups from the 1960s !!!!!

John Barbata please rest in peace 🙏

When that other guy got close to sing together, the singer's face was like you better back the fuck up

@retrocole7846

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

I know I'm only 25 but classic music like this is wayyyy better then the music I hear now. I love this song so clean

what a phenomenal song still sounds great in 2022

"You're so professional, Howie!"

A dozen famous groups of the 60's turned down Happy Together to record..of course it was a number 1 hit for the Turtles..and the rest of the groups are still to this day kicking themselves in the butt for turning down the song! 😎

I saw The Turtles and Grass Roots in 1988. They were great.

I saw Flo and Eddie open for Stephen Stills around 1976. They started off saying "Give us a big round of applause like we were a big deal like Bruce Springsteen!" They sang Suite Judy Blue Eyes with Stills during encore.

I’m glad to see new comments

The song is amazing, but that ending is genius.

@c.s.mcleod7383

2 жыл бұрын

A Beach Boys style.

@philippebaron5360

2 жыл бұрын

yes genius

Oh man I love the part where the two dudes sing that me and you looking at each other! And this was the sixties!

@jeanieruter7416

2 жыл бұрын

People were more innocent back in the 60's. They were just joking around. They were not really gay.

This beatiful song can't age....to me, it's clearly "the song of youth"

This was the very first song I played in my first car in March 1967. The car was a Classic 1957 2dr ht. I was a senior in H.S. I would dream of the girl I loved for four years but was too stupid and shy to ask her out. She had no clue I felt this way toward her. Fast forward to this year 2023. On Aug.2nd we celebrated our 55th Wedding Anniversary. I am a very lucky and blessed man to have this beautiful girl in my life still.

🌻4.1.22🌻🎶“Imagine me & you….I do….I think about U day & night… it's only right….To think about the girl U love…. & hold her tight…. So Happy Together“🌻 I’m reminded of this “Feel Good” song!

Brilliant I ❤ 🐢🐢🐢🐢❤❤❤❤❤

Another fantastic underrated group that I love.

This song was played as my husband and I were leaving the church when we got married. We were both over the road truckers and would sing it to each other all of the time.

@thomasgriffin2326

Жыл бұрын

neat.

Mark Volman always reminds of a little brother, your mom makes you take with when you're hanging out with your friends.

I still remember summer of 1967 and this was on the radio all the time, I was in 3rd grade, that's the impression it made on America!

This was a massive hit in the late sixties

lyrics imagine me and you i do i think about you day and night its only right to think about the girl you love and hold her tight so happy together if i should call you up invest a dime and you say you belong to me and ease my mind imagine how the world could be so very fine so happy together i cant't see lovin nobody but you for all my life when your with baby the skies will be blue for all my life me and you and you and me no matter how they toss the dice it had to be the only you for me is you and for me so happy together so happy together how is the weather so happy together we're happy together so happy together happy together so happy together so happy together

". . I can't see me loving nobody but you for all my life . ." Nickie Angel 🥰

Fucking incredible harmonies

That is LIVE folks.....

I love the non sequitur "How is the weather?" at the end.

IMO this is one of the top five songs of the 60’s if not the first. Never tire of this song

does any else notice that in the second 0:53 he where suprised by the another guy hahahaha

Looks so effortless

This song have a beauty melody very very sentimental

The Turtles concert was the first that I went to. I was 14, and it was in San Diego. They were perfect in live performance! I was over the moon!! Nothing has compared since and I'm *gasp* 70 now. 😸

This group looks so Happy Together, wouldnt you say?

POWERFUL SONG ! !

There was no MTV etc at that time, and it rare to see these groups on TV. You would only hear them on AM Radio and that was that. This is literally the first time I've seen a recording of them, I never knew what they looked like !

@LiquiProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like the jumanji kid lol

Wow! The drummer is killing it. Ha, ha, ha, ha.

Love them,❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I loved this song when I was a kid. I wore out the record.

What a beautiful, gorgeous voice! 😍

I think Howard Kaylan is absolutely gorgeous too bad I was only 8 years old when this came out. I grew up listening to all this great music, the best era in music ever and every one was real back then, nothing fake about them. Love these guys!!!!!!

The🌟TURTLES "Happy Together" a treasure Classic. Love this 1960's hit song brought a lot of joy into my life growing up. Their Happy Together Concert Tours are amazing!!!🎶🎶😃

Eddie's got that Omar Sharif look down to a T.

Love watching videos of 60's acts all dressed alike, nice boys wearing nice suits,.....now thanks to Tom Hanks all I hear after the songs is " at the end of the song, we are smiling, smiling bowing and running off stage before the applause dies down...."

Beautiful

Why hasn’t this this talented group been inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame?!?! I really hope to see this happen one day.

This is a song that always brings me a smile and lifts my mood. Something went really right when this tune was created. Honestly, the lyrics could have been about making a peanut butter sandwich; there's just something extraordinary about the song, not just its sweet and romantic sentiment.

@josephkissel6062

2 жыл бұрын

Apparently, the lead singer/writer, Howard Kaylan, sat in a hotel room basically forced by the record company at the time to write another "Happy Together," which he didn't want to do. he just basically, made an inverse version of Happt Together musically. When the one goes up, the other goes down. Etc.

@eduardo_corrochio

2 жыл бұрын

@@josephkissel6062 "...another 'Happy Together'..." What song are you referring to?

@josephkissel6062

2 жыл бұрын

@@eduardo_corrochio "Happy Together" is the song The Turtles are most famous for. Check it out. The writer of the song said he took all the elements of "HT" and just kind of inversed it ...

@janethouse1779

Жыл бұрын

And that was Elenor. Another great hit, etc.

Is Howard really only 20/21 years old here? Sheeeesshhhh.

This song is so short it's not really a ballad but a post-it note stating how he feels. Such a beautiful song should be at least a bit longer so we can enjoy it. Here, he's just getting the point out there that's their so happy together. Why? When? How? And so on. I'm sure he could have gone into more detail.

Just watched this episode, wow!

@tony_______

Жыл бұрын

How’d you watch it

@TKCoutside

Жыл бұрын

@@tony_______ On MeTV 🙂 It’s a free digital on air channel 🙂

Perfection !

The Turtles, part of the great music created in the 60’s

Jonah hill on background vocals?

@coryferguson8234

3 жыл бұрын

And Scott Baio on guitar

@tankmacnamara3734

3 жыл бұрын

his grandad

@jaredkelly930

3 жыл бұрын

And he’s playing a stick as his instrument.

@MrColimon25

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@shrutefarmsllcinc3557

3 жыл бұрын

And Christopher Reeve on rhythm.

This is my first time actually SEEING The Turtles and. .. DANG the lead singer is fine! i did not see that coming.

@cliffwilleford9970

2 жыл бұрын

You would not have thought that if you saw them later in life when they were with Frank Zappa Check out 200 motels you will see what I mean

They perform "She's My Girl" immediately after this and it's a great segment. Howard sings wonderfully and Mark hilariously acts a goof with a violin. Trippy visuals are incorporated into the performance too which was pretty hip for the Ed Sullivan Show at the time! Can't wait to see it on KZread!

Looks like a cross between Robert Goulet and Mike Douglas.

Gone are days I guess when high quality group harmony (such as this) was the feature. Opened up this window, still mid morning, really improved my mood.

"How is the weather?" Ba ba ba ba. Every girl I ever knew since 12 asked about the weather....

aka "Mad Dad" Yeah Sergio.26 You are absolutely right. Been a DJ for many, many years and if you ever listened to The Turtles Greatest Hits album.. you will be reminded of the number of hits this group had.

This song has been stuck in my head all day loool

They still were touring as of 2023!!! 👏👏👏

First 45 I ever bought.

Did some really good songs, they always seem to be enjoying themselves

This is the first record/45 that I bought as a young teenager. And..I still have it in my collection.

I'm just here for the tierce de Picardie!

I start my day off with this song everyday maybe not this version specifically but this songs just so upbeat and positive

i love this song love from australia

Loved this song. It's a shortened version, but still great.

we were coming home from a yankees game stopped in the city for a bite to eat someone asked us if we wanted tickets to the ed sullivan show it was the night the turtles performed !

The amazing thing about this video is the drummer has a closed hi-hat set up by his side tom. It's like a proto type remote hi-hat. I've never seen that that long ago. The guy was way ahead of his time. The man's a genius.

crazy to think they went on to record with Zappa not long after this hahah, love to uncle Frank arf arf!

I’ll be seeing them in June, in Las Vegas, along with other groups from the 60’s.

One of the best songs of the era!!!