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We Five
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:40 pm
by firstbassman
If this was already posted, my apologies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_f16t1JGHo
This is one of my all-time favorite songs, by the way.
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:56 pm
by jimk
That was a good song, wasn't it? And it just wouldn't be right without the Ric.
JimK
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:54 pm
by longboard_ric
One of my all time favourites too !!!!
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:42 pm
by ozover50
Me too!
I remember my grandparent's Golden Wedding Anniversary party at our home.... the record had just been released here and us 'youngie' cousins played it to death.
My brother had a battery powered record player and we took it outside and danced in the street!!
Wonderful memories indeed.......
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:24 pm
by shamustwin
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:41 pm
by ozover50
Dig the white socks!!
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:01 am
by icabod
Sylvia still sings this song....R..and she is a very classy lady to boot...
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:53 am
by firstbassman
Yes, Sylvia Tyson wrote the song and does a great version.
I think I mentioned this once before, but I&S are in the Festival Express film. (Sorry Melissa and Sheena but ...) Sylvia has on a very short skirt and has the greatest legs I've ever seen.
I relayed this observation to a 60s icon and he said, "Oh yeah, everyone was in love with Sylvia back then."
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:56 am
by icabod
Sylvia's legs are still in very good shape, and she is not shy about how she attire's herself...R
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:48 am
by winston
Sylvia was very appealing to say the least.
I am just guessing but I suspect that We Five must have been the first of the 60's groups to hire a support musicians (drummer) in each town that they played. Chuck Berry is famous for doing that and he may have pioneered that way of touring.
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:38 am
by icabod
BTW; Sylvia is now going by her maiden name, Fricker.....R
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:39 pm
by firstbassman
RE: Fricker.
True, I guess.
To me, though, she'll always be Sylvia Tyson.
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:38 pm
by doctorwho
I've always liked that song. Capo on the 4th fret, no wonder I could never figure it out!
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 6:10 pm
by firstbassman
Speaking of capos and such . . .
Anyone have the (correct) chords to the
We Five version?
The (free) one online is pretty close but not quite there.
The one in one of my 60s books is way off. (They have it in Bb: F - Bb - C7.)
There are no RICs here but this is a great version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3VPSUZh-sg
It's songs like these they make me wish so much that I could sing.
It just ain't fair.
Here, by the way is Sylvia's version:
http://www.livetourartists.com/sylvia-tyson/music.htm
And I have another question. If she is going by Fricker now, how come that tour agency and the publicity photos refer to her as "Tyson?"
Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 12:14 pm
by jimk
Hey, that was a good version. And they looked like they were having fun, too.
JimK