I'm seeing a run of underrated artists coming up in this channel and I'm lovin' it!

"He can flat BELT IT OUT" - classic!!😂👍

...and Over You too!

TN Moppy Laura He had a great voice back then. He's lost a little range. I saw him once in concert with the Union Gap and Davy Jones was a guest. I was 14 and almost lost my mind! LOL! Because my best friend won a radio contest, she and I got to meet them afterwards. I was speechless when Davy Jones turned around to greet me and I realized I was taller than him! LOL! They were all very nice guys, though.

@@cherylann9781 Now I have to ask you since you were a young girl at that time, which poster do you have, Davy Jones or David Cassidy or Shawn Cassidy? My sister had all three :)

HamiltonRb I had Davy Jones, Leonard Whiting (Romeo from Romeo and Juliet) and LOL.....Bobby Sherman.

@@cherylann9781 I 'm a guy and had Farrah Fawcett, couple drag cars & Jim Morrison Weird combination

Thanks!

@@wingsofpegasus you are the 1st person I've subscribed to in over a decade or more. Really appreciate your analysis and indepths to vocals and techniques. What are you...the nicest guy in the world? Haven't heard you say bad about anyone. wow! Could you do a video on Charo? Last time I saw her, she was up in age but very impressive. unless I'm missing something. Thanks. Here's one link kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m76fi815kp2tf3k.html

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Miatacrosser... your comment expresses it perfectly for me as well!

I agree! Fil, I've learned a lot listening to your explanations & backstories. I saw Gary Puckett live in '86 with a "golden oldies" tour at a large outdoor stadium. I must say, even though I had crushes on a couple of the other performers in the tour, Puckett sounded the best - what a great voice. Thanks for doing this video.

Mr. DeSantis, thank you so very much for your service!

Thank you for your service.

EXACTLY, THEY SHOULD PLAY THAT SONG TODAY FOR ALL THOSE THAT THINK WAR IS NO BIG DEAL ‼️

And what a gentle and humble man. He is an incredible man.

... Nobody can ever make the songs he sang that good ever.

... Woo o omann.. 🤭😊

He outsold the Beatles in 1968, you can't do that and be underrated. He was highly rated, appreciated and celebrated, but he wasn't underrated.

@@abelincoln3287 I meant he not talked about and remembered as much as he should be. I get the impression that maybe you think the word "underrated"is derogatory? In fact it is a compliment, it just means the valued person, place or thing doesn't get the acclaim they deserve.

Who is he underrated by? One of the most successful pop groups ever.

originally written to be performed as a country song

yeh, nobody liked him, they just shelled out $9 million dollars of his records for the heck of it.

HEAVEN WISH I LIVED CLOSE ENOUGH TO GO SEE AND HEAR THAT ‼️

He was one of the greatest in his early career!!

Saw

Spanky was from my hometown area, Peoria Illinois. Worked with her brother Joe, ironworkers, on occasion. Lol. Small world, forgot about that. Thanks for bringing it up : )

Me, too! I used to feel embarrassed by this fact… i wish I’d been encouraged to embraced the uniqueness.

The man you’re talking about was Jim glazier one of the three Glaser brothers who had many country hits and also played with Marty Robbins for many years in the 60s and 70s so they were probably out on the road when the song hit but I guarantee when the publishing money came rolling in he knew it

he was only 41/42 here.

He sung it in 1969 In his twenties WOW

No kidding! My only comeback on that is, WHO was it that wrote it?

There is considerable difference between this live performance and the original recorded version of this sound. I think his voice is good as ever, but I don't like the arrangement (if that is the right word) of the song. Or maybe the right word would be the style of the song, which is the word the presenter uses, in that it is much more country. I remember in an interview Gary Puckett mentioned that it was originally a country song done by another group, and they seem to have injected a little bit of that back into this version, and Gary's voice also in some places has a bit of a country sound, and I really don't like it. Also, there is a slight but to me significant change in lyrics. The original lyrics were "have you got cheating on your heart, on your mind." Here he just says "on your mind, on your mind." A small change, but I think it is significant to the song and diminishes it.

Thanks Sandra!

I think that may be nostalgia - as a musician I feel this is a great vocal performance. He is playing live to a country audience so this would affect his performance I think. We all remember the sound of him doing it in a sound booth without having to do it among musicians

In all fairness, it’s live and a few years later…

Totally agree! Orginal version was way better.

yes.

Totally agree as well. This was recorded on something called 'Nashville Now' so maybe he was trying to go country.

His voice hasn't lost a step and as a musician, I'm real picky about vocals. I don't know what you hear, other than you don't like the country twinge.

yes, not my fave version. he over-pronounces 2 words needlessly ("sa-Tis-fied), adds too many embellishments, strays from the tune, muddies up some of the words by repeating some letters or syllables (wowomamannn). i feel like i am listening to Tom Jones over singing (not pushing high notes but instead inserting to many vocal gymnastics) of a Gary Puckett song, but not especially doing it justice. Gary seems to be singing reluctantly, as if he is under duress.