British guitarist analyses Neil Sedaka live in 1974 with 'Laughter in the Rain'!

Tonight we're taking a second look at Neil Sedaka performing 'Laughter in the Rain' and covering some history!
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[@Furcorners]

Juilliard-educated from the age of 9. A classically-trained musician with a multitude of talents. If you're not catching his daily mini-concerts on Facebook, you're missing the best part of the day!

[@eugenemalush9284]

Thanks for telling me, Nancy. I never knew!

[@georgejetson9801]

Thanks. I didn't know that.

[@oscarcardenas7078]

Neil Sedaka is one of the great singers and composers of this genre of songs that achieved great success and quality between the mid-1970s and 1980s with very pleasant sound and magnificent accompaniments on strings, brass and choirs, also in this case. piano excellent analysis and explanation of this song again I congratulate you ... for a long time that I did not listen to it I went back far back in time I think I was entering high school...♩🎶🎵🎼🎹🎹🎹👏👏👏🎸🎸👍👍👍🎤🎤👌👌⚘⚘⚘✔✔

[@marcmacaspac6568]

thanks Nancy, I just added him on FB and it's great :)

[@polkadot123]

This is one of the best feel good songs ever. ❤❤❤❤

[@southpaw4580]

Mr. Sedaka is just incredible, all the way around. This is one of my all-time favorite of his.

[@MultiEviscerator]

Indeed

[@roryvanucchi2392]

what a perfectly crafted pop song. the lyric, the arrangement, the vocal, melody, the horn solo. It's genius and why the '70s were so great and diversified. I was lucky to grow up when soft rock, metal, pop, jazz, country, soul, disco were all in peak form at the same time.

[@joycejohnson7164]

I have forgotten how much I loved this guy. Thanks for this, Fil.

[@kaspinet]

"There with the beat of the rain on the leaves" How exquisite ❤

[@unrulyjulie4382]

I remember in 1974 I was 14 and life was sweet! I loved this song. I can remember a certain time when I was riding my horse and it began to rain and I stopped under a tree to stay dry and I started to sing this song to my horse, JJ.

[@HamiltonRb]

So you were just horsing around 😜

[@unrulyjulie4382]

Ha!!! Definitely.

[@bluecollarlit]

How did the horse like the song? : )

[@unrulyjulie4382]

@@bluecollarlit ... I have to admit that my dogs and cats like my singing more than the horses do.

[@TheAtticradio]

Love the whole breakdown of the Neil Sedaka story. Man could he could sing. What an entertainer.. I think he had a regular Neil Sedaka show maybe not ! Ha ! Knew all the words to laughter in the rain ! I was 15. Thank you fil for the memory !

[@moggiee1]

A true musician knows great music no matter what the genre - your analysis vids are spot on!

[@wingsofpegasus]

Thanks!

[@anridapu]

Well said!👍

[@helenbirch9877]

You can always understand his words which takes more effort than it appears. Also, he is a classically-trained pianist. Somewhere on KZbin there's a clip of him playing a complex piece on an early TV show. Of course I can't remember the piece or the show right now, but it made my jaw drop. This is a true musician.

[@helenbirch9877]

As you just said in the analysis.

[@cooper79jeffr]

Neil played an abbreviated version of Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu on the game show "I've Got a Secret" before he went to represent the USA in the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Russia in 1966. I think this is the clip to which you refer. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoSbhpmtdtWGb7M

[@darktater2020]

56 here. Just old enough to remember snuggling up to my small AM radio at night listening to this song 😊 My playlist features many notable rockers. But this is that one song that makes me stop what I’m doing just to smile and enjoy the moment.

[@trelkel3805]

Grreat song and his piano playing like his singing is very easy and relaxed. With those maj 7ths, sus notes and key changes with a strong melody it's almost light jazz and pop combined.

[@raypeal1876]

I was like 5 years old when this came out. Seems like I should still be laying in the back of the Olds station wagon listening to this.

[@jeffreyfeinstein5525]

'Amen!'

[@robertkroberjr.157]

I can't explain why, but the chorus of this song pops into my head from time to time! Thanks Fil!😎✌

[@lynndow3185]

Now it won't leave mine!

[@darlatidwell6255]

Yes this is one of those songs that gets stuck in your head. So does Bad Blood. I will listen to that next to get this song out of my head. 😂 TY Fil ! 🤟

[@haggismacphee2005]

Thats why they call it “the hook”!

[@Teleman73]

Lee Sklar on bass and cronies, Danny Kortchmar on guitar and Russ Kunkle drums on original studio version.

[@lynndow3185]

He used the best!

[@Wowurka]

The Section!

[@Ozymandi_as]

Thank you. I've watched quite a few of your commentaries, and am full of admiration for the breadth of your tastes and appreciation, the depth of your knowledge, and the excellence of your musical analysis. It's a real pleasure to see the pleasure you take in such a diverse range of artists, transcending genres, fashions, and preconceptions as you do so. I feel informed, enthused and uplifted, and that should be the role of any 'critic' worth listening to. Great stuff, well done!

[@wingsofpegasus]

Thanks!

[@willettej7988]

I’m a BB fan, too

[@pattyfarghaly1821]

I met him when I lived in Whalley Range Manchester UK. He was in Stockport at the record shop. What a very nice gentleman. We had a Good chat . That voice even when he talks is the same. Soothing.

[@jayjaytailor]

I was just shy of 16 years old when this mega classic was released. My best friend Heather and I LOVED this song and played it on repeat (apologies to my neighbours of that time!) Unfortunately, Heather was killed in a motorbike accident in 1977, so I always think of her when I hear this song. Thanks for reviewing this Fil 💕💕

[@tn2mich]

So sorry for your loss. What a tremendous memory you share. ❤️💔❤️

[@dr7246]

Sedaka and my late father were childhood friends in Brighton Beach Brooklyn. I never met Sedaka. However, when I went off to conservatory years ago, my dad seemed to want to arrange for me to meet him. Thanks for the “some thing like, but not quite, (a) memory”!

[@titasantiniE]

Beautiful song, beautiful singer!

[@suzannerobbins6293]

Hi Fil! Neil Sedaka one of the best musicians bar none! He took me from the late fifties to into the 70’s, and beyond! His melodies, the words...going from pop to Laughter in the Rain...he is a genius! I remember putting his 45s on the stereo! Wonderful happy memories! ✌️

[@Jim-ix1xf]

Just can't help but sing along when it comes up "ooooo I hear laughter in the rain walking hand in hand with the one I love". love it!

[@ohger1]

True story: my older brother and his wife took my mom and dad to see The Carpenters at the old Oakdale in CT, and when I asked my dad the next day what he thought about the show (dad was a classically trained pianist), he said it was great but he was more impressed by Neil Sedaka who opened for them..

[@jamminwithjambo7729]

Great singer songwriter who has a long list of memorable songs. Worthy of recognition. Thanks Mr Fil. 🎶🔥♥️🔥🎶

[@nelsonmaud1]

one of my favorites im usually a rocker but love my bubblegum and pop from the 60s-70 and motown

[@richardgornalle4536]

I loved your analysis of the great song writer and performer. His productive era had so very many songwriters becoming wonderful performers.

[@SC-jh9qp]

Never heard this live performance before. The vocal is even better than on the record.

[@kevinbedell4408]

So Glad Your appreciation of Neil Sedaka.He is one of my most favorite singers,composer,pianist,musician

[@michaeltipton5500]

He has such a unique voice. You knew immediately who it was. All of his songs were so upbeat and made you feel good.

[@thomassanfrancisco5850]

Any musician would be honored by your meticulous analysis of their work. You are the best of many on You Tube.

[@wingsofpegasus]

Thanks!

[@lynndow3185]

oboy! so many people named this one in the comments before! Can't wait!

[@ccsportsfan7886]

Loved this song from Neil thank you for your analysis

[@RoryVanucchi]

Janice Ian "At Seventeen". Burt Bacharach songs with Dione Warwick "I'll Never Fall in Love Again, Alfie, Raindrops Falling on My Head, Walk on By, What the World Needs Now". Melissa Manchester "Midnight Blue". Judy Collins "Both Side Now, Send in the Clowns" Roberta Flack "Killing Me Softly" Frank Sinatra "That's Life, Luck Be a Lady, My Way, The Way You Look Tonight"

[@genedolen9166]

Carole King- Too Late, Baby.

[@venderstrat]

I have always loved this. Travelling to school on the Kirklands bus in the 70's.

[@lindaz1290]

Stellar analysis from top to bottom. Your appreciation and admiration for this prolific artist really shines through!

[@Ralphfan1]

Thank you for this. Thank you for recognizing the incredible talent of Neil Sedaka!

[@timcarder2170]

I have always love this tune. Songwriters knew how to write a decently rhythmic (catchy) flow, and build a hook you can't get outa your head back then.

[@larrygallaway4224]

I LOVE this song and remember well Neil's resurgence in the mid-70's. I am a massive Sedaka fan, but I am super-impressed by your music-theoretical and historical insights on Neil's work. I learned a lot from this video!!!

[@SuperTweezy5]

Fil I love that you analyze songs of different genres, your analyses of them and your apparent enjoyment of it!!

[@Dian2Gig]

I love Neil’s daily concerts on KZbin. I never miss them.

[@vorthora]

My late mom's "here" grinning, tapping her feet to this😇 I also like this oldie. He has/had such a youthful voice. I haven't heard this song since I was probably about 10...close to 1/2 a century ago! 😱 He was also popular in Spain, in addition, now that you say Italian many Italian singers were quite popular here in the 60s-70s (I was born in late 62, but was raised in the U.S., though we'd always come to Spain on vacation. My American dad loved Spain, my mom's family, and obviously my mom). So I did have the chance as a little kid to hear him in Italian. If you speak Spanish, Italian is so easy to understand.

[@54lespaul77]

Thanks again! His isolation videos are wonderful. Please find them people. He is such a talent. 🤘

[@mevrammcoyoteV8f150]

Great song...Rockin that Lemon Yellow Blazer....thanks Fil

[@kencoakley3959]

I know it was live because when he said "the one I love"the second time his pitch went higher. Also after the sax solo instead of repeating "I feel the warmth of her hand in mine" he says "Sharing our love under stormy skies" again.

[@Saybleu]

It's a perfectly beautiful pop song. One of my favs of all time.

[@dalebaker9109]

Neil is just such a great artist, I have always liked this song. He has a great singing range. Mr Talent, I would say. Fabulous video and as ever a lot of great detail Fil.

[@KjetilHestvik]

Amazing, i like to check up on how these artists are doing today and found a recording from LV in 2020 and he still sounds great past 80 years old

[@leylahsawal32]

Neil Sedaka is a multi talented artist of all times...the living legend in the music world. 👍❤️👍❤️👍

[@freespiritwithnature4384]

OMG my dad used to listen to this ! Awesome Fil !❤️❤️❤️

[@lorellstoneman74]

Sweet, needed a good feeling smile thanks, Fil.

[@racinnut77]

Your love and appreciation of all genres of music from all of the decades shows, and I know it's made you a better musician Fil. Your videos are a gift to music lovers.

[@RickMason-yj7pv]

I remember his "Stairway to Heaven". Yup . But everyone on the street sang "Calendar Girl" while it was still in airplay. 60 years ago. Timeless music.

[@lynnarthur1411]

This was my go-to song for pop singing auditions. I called it my Lucky Charm.The melodic changes made it so much fun to sing 🥰

[@phantomcollector1976]

ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF ALL TIME

[@pamnichols7877]

Congratulations on 142k!! I adore this song. His piano playing is superb. It’s a happy song and I turn it up every time it comes on the radio! Great analysis Fil! Rock!

[@wingsofpegasus]

Thanks Pam!

[@ustuppy]

Song that lifts you up.

[@arealmench]

Neil wrote and recorded Love Will Keep Us Together in 1973 and when Captain and Tennielle covered it in 1975 it became a massive worldwide smash hit. Bad Blood with Elton John chiming in was a great song too.

[@TurboPumperX]

At the end she sings Sedaka’s Back!

[@blueskygal255]

this song reminds me of the 70s vibe which was relaxed and cool as compared to the turbulent and hot 60s and the end of the vietnam war. sedaka has a beautiful tenor.

[@kjisnot]

At that time being totally into Cream, Hendrix, The Doors, etc. I always made sure none of my buddies saw me listening to this. But I loved hearing that bass groove and piano playing off each other. Really slick.

[@ronjames6128]

Thank you for going through the complete explanation and video for this song. I've always loved the song!!! Being a bass guitarist, it was absolutely wonderful and amazing to hear the chord changes in the song and how the melody and harmony works in conjunction over these changes.

[@jerryp7721]

Thanks Fil. NS a truly gifted songwriter, musician and performer. Grossly underrated! 👍

[@OzarkFats]

I appreciate the Neil Sedaka history you presented here. You jam so much info into your videos without all the sh|tz and giggles…very professional. I’m a 74yo, not a metal fan, not a musician. But I love your videos.

[@damagecontrol60]

The bass playing on that live version, so good… the “happy inside” new ending… wow! Neil sings so well, and the high note licks on the piano (you mentioned) are so great to hear live…. BTW, I see that trusty Squier tele, Fil!

[@susanorr8348]

Neil performed a duet with his daughter Daria that was absolutely beautiful years ago but i doubt it was released as I’ve not been able to find it anywhere. Such a shame. Hes always been a favorite of mine and i collected all his music as a teenager

[@nissi.k]

Thanks for another thorough and interesting analysis Fil! Neil’s voice is out of this world beautiful! 🤍

[@lilMissmAlice]

Mr. Sedaka sang a "new" song yesterday built upon Tchaikovsy that he titled "A Moscow Evening" that brought tears to every one in my home. More beautiful than mere words can express. Being 81 years alive with his first "hit song" being recorded 63 years ago is proof of his Outstanding Musicianship. I have always listened to Neil Sedaka. He recorded in Italian, German and Japanese also. My favorite however is an album recorded in Hebrew. Every sound so very lovely. Thank You Mr. Sedaka for all you have given us. Thank you Fil for bringing his talent forward to your Students and fans. Sedaka was never gone

[@yybarra79]

I remember the first time I heard this song I swore it was a female. 😊 but wow his voice is just beautiful!!!!! Much love from AZ 🌵

[@RoryVanucchi]

Great song. Great writer

[@mrheem44]

That melody is so beautiful sings the heck out of it too

[@OZRIC1985]

Excellent song analysis video, as always. You always uncover such cool facts about the songs and explain what makes them so great. I totally remember when this song first came out, and I heard it on the radio. I have a fond memory of being at a friend's house in the summer and his father playing this song loudly on a very high end console stereo that took up half of a room in their house. It was such a great song to hear as I was enjoying swimming in the pool in their back yard. I love how this song with its brilliant lyrics really paints a vivid picture of a happy situation that most people have experienced at some point in their life. Neil's voice is so clear and spot on with an incredible tone and timbre. I was so thrilled when I looked up this song in Wikipedia and found that greats such as Leland Sklar, Dean Parks, Danny Kortchmar, Russ Kunkel, Jim Horn, and William "Smitty" Smith played on the album recording of this beautiful masterpiece. :)

[@elizabethspedding1975]

He's so talented to sing and play live. I never could tell if an artist was singing liive or not, but thanks to you I'm starting to. Good that his teacher saw his talent, and his mother worked so hard for him. It shows the value of schools, so I hope children get back in education at school soon.

[@catherinelynnfraser2001]

Always sweet and sometimes brilliant and often beyond popular 💕

[@DS40764]

What a pretty melody (a song you could hear in your mind all day long). You seem like a very good guitar instructor. Thanks for sharing this with us and the history is always very interesting.

[@Walesbornandbred]

I had a double album of Neil's hits in 1977 and played it to death.

[@sharonf106]

I love Neil Sedaka! One of the best songwriters, pianist, and all around entertainers. His music is a constant for me, always makes me happy. This particular song takes me back to my senior year in high school, driving around at night with our group of friends. Good memories.

[@jameslancaster7582]

I don’t know how I got hooked on this stuff but I catch every episode now. This is ear candy.

[@Yesica1993]

I'm not sure if I had seen this video. Thanks for reminding me how much I love this song and Neil Sedaka's music!

[@MrChazz965]

This came out when I was 10 and had my first crush on a girl named Sylvanna. Good times. Perfect song. Neil is a genius.

[@marilynsheffield612]

Great analysis.👏 Ahhh Fil. Ooooh how I love the rainy days, Ooooh I hear laughter in the rain. Without an umbrella we're soaked to the skin.😍❤😚

[@nervo6321]

Great review of a true entertainer and fantastic singer songwriter.

[@andyelliott8176]

Awesome, Thank you Phil.

[@davidsheriff8989]

My wife and I played Oh Carol in South Wales and everyone joined in...Aberdare rocks.

[@micheleparker8123]

THIS IS AMAZING TO ME! I was JUST listening to this song!

[@debishaw9355]

Wow, 140,000 subscribers. Congratulations, Fil. LOVE this song! So many memories. I can’t stop smiling. Thank you for this! The history was fascinating!

[@wingsofpegasus]

Thanks!

[@chipdamutt108]

I remember when this came out. I was in junior high. So much great music came out of the Brill Building artists though he wasn't working there at this time.

[@marcmacaspac6568]

Fil, your analysis and reactions are golden...and thank you for the quick guitar lesson on the chords for this song :) Keep doing what you do please :)

[@marilynsheffield612]

It's pouring down raining here in Florida and this song came to mind. I watched & listened again. Ahhhh I'm dreaming away.❤

[@ianrobinson4200]

Love this song, really great comeback for a guy who hadn't had any big solo hits for a long time, and then he followed it up with another #1 Bad Blood with Elton John! Strangely, growing up in NZ the track that introduced me to Neil is Wheeling West Virginia. It got a lot of airplay here, but was only a hit in Australia/NZ as far as I can tell.

[@viewdemonde]

Neil certainly doesn’t disappoint in live performance. Superb. And look at that jacket! I love this particular song. I also particularly like “You’re So Good for Me,” and his ballad version of “Breaking Up is Hard to Do.”

[@michaelstusiak5902]

Love this analysis.

[@josephdupont]

This is one of the most moving songs I've ever heard. Whenever I hear it I kind of get teared up I thank you for looking into Neil sedaka's performance

[@alexfletcher5192]

Amazing musician, amazing voice and this is an amazing song. America can be proud... of this at least...

[@jomac2046]

Back in the day, Sedaka was a hit writing machine for himself and others. And yet still not in the Rock&Roll hall of fame.

[@damagecontrol60]

Rock hall is weird… because they have added musicians that don’t necessarily rock… it’s really a popular music hall of fame.. and Neil is INSANELY good as a composer and performer!

[@chickedeedee292]

How impressive, I do admire people who have the skill to hear the techniques and the sound of musical instruments. What a gift to us.

[@chiefd3290]

Fil, you are not only a great analyzer but also a great music teacher! 😃👏

[@wingsofpegasus]

Thanks!

[@drewpall2598]

Regardless of genre one is into? one got to give credit where credit is due. through your analysis You achieve that 👍 thanks for the follow up on Neil. 😃

[@wingsofpegasus]

Thanks!

[@jesusisl]

I loved this song! Patty🇺🇸

[@jimbizness3864]

Nice to see reaction videos done by a real musician!

[@74dartman13]

Even if this music isn't your style, you have to appreciate the incredible talent that we used to be exposed to in the music industry. It would be nice to have that talent exposed again!👍😎🎸🎶

[@HamiltonRb]

Talent in the music industry didn’t stop because you got older and only listen to music from another era. It is as good as ever but may not be to your liking or you just never listened to it.

[@voulafisentzidis8830]

@@HamiltonRb how can today's music be equal to the 60s, 70s, and 80s, when auto-tune reigns in today's pop music. The timbre and emotion in the vocals is non-existent.

[@HamiltonRb]

@@voulafisentzidis8830 There was no autotune in the 40’s & 50’s either but if you ask people from that era they would tell you that music was the best ever. We all think the music we grew up on was the best

[@voulafisentzidis8830]

@@HamiltonRb interestingly, I own music pre 2000 going all the way back to the classics and opera. It's modern music which has no appeal.

[@HamiltonRb]

@@voulafisentzidis8830 It has appeal to some people, and was obviously popular in that era. I can recall watching the Beatles on the EdSullivan show as a teenager, and we were all excited and thinking they were the greatest ever, then my father said that they are sure no Bing Crosby or Harry Belafonte. Every music has it’s time, and I get that

[@dougwhite7584]

I remeember as a kid listenting to Neils many hit songs on the radio. He was all over the top 40 AM radio stations, and a well establishhed Brill Building song writing Alumnus. As a unique recording artist Neil wrote and played on his own songs. He was also an inovator in his many musical creations. Neil had the innate ability to accurately double track his vocals on his many hit records. -Fast forward to the mid sixties. My band is booked to open in a local park for a concert featuring Neil Sedaka in Worcester Massachusetts. We played our set, then Neil arrives and he is alone but accompanied by the local Sound Truck Pa service. Neil Sings live along with his many hit records. i watched him perform. -It was like Angels came out his mouth when he added one miore exactly synced vocal performance to his many hits. He probably wouldnt rememer me or my band but I remember him. He's one of the nicer musician / performers i've ever met. Thank you for this review of the great Neil Sedaka!