You are forgetting my particular fave...CAN'T LET GO!

Also, Pay You Back With Interest

"On a Carousel," "Carrie Anne," "Look Through Any Window". My favorites!!!

the best of record vinly so many good songshard to pick one i also have the 45 promo in mono hardto believe a dj would have played 60 years ago

@@barringtongilbert9230 Great song! For those of us growing up in the 70s and 80s, this was first heard as a remake by Linda Ronstadt. Both versions are great!

Good one 🤙🏼

I know. You can see him saying "oh here comes your bus" and she goes "ehh, I'll catch the next one".

Graham Gouldman from 10cc wrote that when he was 17.

The tv show How I met your mother. Why did I not realize this years ago.

Very true -- another Hollies song with similar characteristics is "Look Through Any Window" -- great dynamics. Also "Stop Stop Stop," which is tight, hilarious and fun.

Spot on. This was the era of the 2.5 minute sound bomb - and the Hollies were masters of that kind of hit single - all the elements full on in turn and with pretty much no let up. Back then if you weren't keen on a track not to worry, you knew you weren't going to have to wait 7-8 minutes for something else, you knew something else would be on in a couple of minutes.

@@jdw5678 I am also reminded of their great remake of "I Can't Let Go" (1966). A gem.

Me too. I was a child in the sixties and though I like seventies music, I like sixties music more.

@@jdw5678 The reason that "Bus Stop" and "Look Through Any Window" have similar characteristics is that they were both written by the legendary Graham Gouldman.

Graham Nash’s harmonies stand out in this song (in a good way). He’s always got to be the one singing the highest harmony part and he’s fantastic at it. This was maybe three years before CSN?

@@fan123casual8 His voice is so distinctive, even when it is buried in the mix. And yeah, this song was released in 1966, and the CSN debut came out in 1969.

Timeless great!

Not to mention piano by Elton John!

Amazing, deep sentiment- an important song. Up there with Let It Be and Bridge Over Troubled Water in my opinion. And by a “rock” band! They could do it all!

hellofromrob Every time I hear this song I tear up. My brother was to have a 70th birthday party in Aberdeen, Scotland, and I was hoping to surprise him by singing this at a karaoke as we hadn't seen each other for a while. Unfortunately John became seriously ill and later died. This is however a beautiful song with which I will always love and remember him alongside a Chris Rea song called September Blue.

@@home2624 So sorry to hear about your brother. What would have been wonderful (albeit difficult) and likely what he would have wanted was for the party to have been held anyway, celebrating the best memories and accomplishments of his life. You could have sung the song to him then. Alternatively, you can sing it to him privately, knowing that his spirit will be there with you then and he will know (and already knows) how you feel about him.

The rom-com phrase for this sort of story is "met cute". ;-)

@@gregsager2062 I just ran into that phrase for the first time recently- in a crossword puzzle; 🧐 It's cute!

@@parsleyqueen Screen "The Holiday," follow the Kate Winslet arc..

But it says "Someday my name and hers are going to be the same." So the vow, I think, is probably a proposal, rather than an actual marriage.

@@bomagosh This is a ballad which is generally progressive, like a story from start to finish. Early on the lyric is "someday my name and hers is going to be the same," then " By August, she was mine." The final is "nice to think that that umbrella LEAD me to a vow" not will lead me to a vow or could lead me to a vow. I think that the storyline is how sharing an umbrella ignited a love affair that ultimately led to marriage. It's a cutesy song so it really should have a cutesy ending. Just my opinion, I haven't spoken to Graham Gouldman (10 CC) who wrote the song.

I agree with you completely.

@@sherryheim5504 You are right Sherry. You obviously "get it" 🤙🏼🎶

Don't forget The Hollies also sang Long Cool Woman

He also wrote look through any window for the hollies and no milk today for Herman’s hermits

@@Sharkman1963 they mentioned they have heard Long Cool Woman. Great song!

@@surlechapeau That'll teach me not to listen to the end of the video! I thought A&A had done a reaction to LCW but I can't find it.

Great catalog!

Yep. The sly cleverness of songwriter Graham Gouldman lies in his awareness that, while the standard-issue romantic words of pop songs are typically pitched at females (who tend to tune into the romantic aspect of life much more than do males as a matter of general interest), a pretty high percentage of males become zealously romantic when they're in love. The difference is that they tend to become romantic in a determined or even driven manner when they're pitching woo. The line "someday my name and hers are going to be the same" may be one of the best lines ever written about romance from the male point of view in a pop song. This is a man who has found the love of his life and is going to do whatever is necessary to make her his wife ... although the beauty of the song is that a huge part of the "whatever is necessary" was the simple act of kindness -- sharing an umbrella with a stranger on a rainy day -- he performed in the song's opening lines.

@@gregsager2062Great insight. My hubby use to say that when we were young… male determination… goals, so true. In the nicest of ways!

It's sort of a variation on a very old songwriting trope. A popular song called "I'll Buy the Ring and Change Your Name to Mine" was published in 1919, and the 1920 song "In Apple Blossom Time" had a similar lyric, "I'll be with you to change your name to mine."

Didn't he write "For Your Love" by The Yardbirds as well?

@@johncampbell756He sure did, along with a couple of other Yardbirds songs. He also wrote "No Milk Today" for Herman's Hermits.

10CC...Never see them reacted to but on of the most inventive bands ever...I think these guys would have thrie minds blown by the album 'How Dare You' Then they might be readdy for Cockney Rebel Lol.

@@barringtongilbert9230 Yes, fantastic album. Sadly the last with the original four. I guess they'd reached some kind of critical mass of talent that could no longer be contained in one band. Stewart/Gouldman went on to make some great 10CC albums but without the quirkiness of Godley/Creme it wasn't quite the same.

@@johncampbell756 He also wrote "Heart Full of Soul" and "Evil Hearted You" for the Yardbirds, "Look Through Any Window" for the Hollies, and the criminally-forgotten "Tallyman" for Jeff Beck, as well as a bunch of other good stuff for those groups and Herman's Hermits (besides "No Milk Today") that, alas, never became hits. As British Invasion songwriters go, Graham Gouldman is right up there alongside Tony Hatch (Petula Clark's songwriter) and George Harrison, just behind Lennon/McCartney, Ray Davies, Jagger/Richard, and Pete Townshend.

Yes I agree, similar vibe to the Kinks and Waterloo sunset.

This song was written by Graham Gouldman of the band 10CC.

Such a sweet little love story.

Came here to say this, but you already did.

They say Disney ruins girls for real life relationships when they're adults, but honestly? It's Bus Stop, and Every Little Thing She Does is Magic. Not once has a handsome gentleman offered me their umbrella when it's raining 😂

Very smart lyrics, bullet points to draw a very quick picture.

Graham Gouldman's father Hymie was a poet and playwright. He taught his son the art of concision, which is as much a part of great poetry as is painting a picture with words.

^ This. Every word of it.

Yes, yes YES!! Been requesting 10cc for 3yrs now so any help is much appreciated 😅🔥😅

Yeah Im going to have to support this idea

It is criminal that Andy & Alex havent reacted to the rabbit hole that is 10cc. I'm Not in Love is just amazing.

🙌 Gotta do some 10cc and since I'm here, some Raspberries.

Right on. If you watch the video of him playing his part for On a Carousel, it's amazing.

Don't forget that Hicks was also the other harmony singer in the Hollies, along with first Graham Nash and then Terry Sylvester. Like the Beatles, the Byrds, and the Searchers, the Hollies tended to use three singers rather than just a melodist and a harmonist.

It was a magical time.

This song always brings back the memory of being 5 or 6, sitting at the kitchen table listening to radio with my mom. This song was in high rotation at the time, so I always think about the radio when I think of the song. There was so much incredible music then. You'd hear this, Heart Full Of Soul (Yardbirds), She's Not There (Zombies), Don't Worry Baby (Beach Boys) and Kicks (Paul Revere and The Raiders), and they'd just be getting started. Best era of radio ever, for my money.

Genius lyrics.

@@GoldTopSlinger right on the money ! It was a great time for music. I was a teenager 😊

You just can’t compare it to the explicit pimp/ sex/lust / dating? Hit and run type songs today. This was great music and sweet courtship. Miss it. Wholesome / pure. Lol Andy… you must really be into the instruments. Missing obvious story telling!!! Like Pretty Woman. Too funny.

Agree with Dave Clark Five!!

Dave Clark Five was my sister's favorite band. I loved The Doors and The Who. 😁

"Any Way You Want It" is one of the hardest rocking songs of all time in terms of performance and production. I think A & A will be blown away by it. They're best song? I'd say "Try Too Hard." Really complex for them.

@@davidschecter5247 one of my all time favorite memories was going to see Mike Smith and his "Rock Engine" at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. It must have been late 2002, early 2003, before his injury, obviously. It was one of those "intimate evening" type shows, where he'd talk to people and answer questions with a moderator. He performed most of the Dave Clark Five hits, some classics by Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, etc., and even freestyled a little Chopin on the piano. The man was a true talent. Got my picture taken with him and he autographed my vinyl copy of the Dave Clark Five Greatest Hits album from 1966. It was a terrible tragedy - the accident he had. It still breaks my heart.

100% agree, a great, great song!

One of my favorites. Perfection sounds about right.

I can totally see that. I’d love to hear it.

My two favorite songs by them.

"The Air That I Breathe" is so wonderful.

LOL!

Yet, delightfully simple.

Yes, I think that A&A would enjoy "You Were on My Mind" because it's so rhythmically interesting along with being a very catchy, harmony-laden pop song (with a folk element to it).

Great suggestion Ronald

I had no idea it was a cover. Had to Google and am delightfully surprised it is Al Hammond's. "It Never Rains in Southern California" is great. What a fun thing to learn - thank you!

@@laurawalkerJD I haven’t heard It Never Rains probably since the seventies. I’m feeling all nostalgic, thank you.

@@laurawalkerJD I didn't know that either. Also recently learned the Strokes bass player is Albert's son. Also, the boys should cover It Never Rains In Southern California. It really does pour there lately and here in NorCal too lol!

Graham Nash's high harmonies are like that magic ingredient in a recipe - you don't instantly notice his voice, but you know it suddenly got better!

It's difficult to be appreciated when you're the drummer of a song-oriented band, e.g., Ringo Starr. (Keith Moon doesn't count, even though the Who was also a song-oriented band, because Keith Moon defies categorization.) You never really get much of a moment in the spotlight if you play drums in a song-oriented band rather than a band that features jamming or soundscape-sculpting, unless you screw up your primary responsibility (keeping the beat) or unintentionally change the tempo for your bandmates -- and that's the spotlight no drummer wants. Great drummers can step into a song-oriented band and make their own mark in subtle ways through tasty fills, interesting entrances and exits (which Bobby Elliott does on "Bus Stop" and in several other Hollies songs), and unique patterns (take a bow, Mr. Richard Starkey). This, incidentally, also applies to most of the great studio drummers in rock history -- guys like Earl Palmer, Hal Blaine, the holy trinity of Motown (Pistol Allen, Uriel Jones, and Papa Zita Benjamin), Al Jackson, Jr., Bernard Purdie, Jim Keltner, Jeff Porcaro, and Kenny Aronoff, among others -- who never got even four bars all to themselves, because their job was to efficiently drive what was hopefully a hit record. Their genius, as was the case with Bobby Elliott of the Hollies, was in their ability to not just keep time and maintain the beat but to add something -- a tight pocket, an infectious dance groove, cool little motifs that act as hooks, interesting entrances and exits, ear-catching fills, etc. -- that didn't damage the song's listenability by acting as an unnecessary distraction but actually made the song better in subtle ways the listener might not even detect. Of course, Andy and Alex always listen for the drumming in a reaction -- so it's no surprise that they noticed Bobby Elliott, even though they don't know his name, whereas your typical man or woman on the street (or at a bus stop!) wouldn't consciously notice the drums on "Bus Stop", but would instead zero in on Graham Gouldman's inventive storytelling and insanely catchy melody or the delicious harmonies of Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, and Tony Hicks.

CSN's Deja Vu album is terrific as is their first with Judy blue eyes and Marrakesh express

@@gregsager2062 I'd add Bun E. Carlos to that list. Cheap Trick's album tracks are not famous for crazy drum fills, but he's always right there where he needs to be, driving the bus to help lift their songs to a higher plane of existence.

Great drums on this tune!

Graham Nash *and* the highly underrated Tony Hicks on harmonies. There were always two harmony singers in the Hollies alongside Allan Clarke, HIcks and first Graham Nash and then his replacement, Terry Sylvester.

I remember getting into an argument with my Dad because he refused to believe that CCR didn't write that one. I kept telling him that it was the hollies but he refused to believe me.

Didn't he leave because they wouldn't record Marrakesh Express?

Nash performs this song while on tour.

The Osmonds really took that song... Probably still singing it BUT always liked The Hollies version better. 🤙🏼🎶

Morning Allison!

Hey, @@Shadowrider1872! Hope your Monday is going well! 🤗

And then the song, Alex Chilton, by The Replacements.

Sweeeeet! 🥂❤️

I thought he sang, "by orders she was mine". Always seemed kinda sinister but that's what the ladies liked back then.

The Hollies replaced Nash with a very good harmony singer and rhythm guitarist named Terry Sylvester, who had been a part of the Swinging Blue Jeans of "Hippy Hippy Shake" fame.