First Time Reaction | The Hollies - Long Cool Woman | WHO ARE THEY?

[@freebirdtony]

"The Air That I Breathe" is a beauty.

[@makeadifference4all]

Yeah, and it's the basic DNA of Radiohead's "Creep."

[@kennbicknell5492]

"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" and "The Air That I Breathe" are BEAUTIFUL and ICONIC!

[@LynnBartlett-un2vp]

Their song "He ain't heavy, he's my brother". Is a must. Its about foster boys in Boys Town learning to support each other. One of the boys was disabeled. Its a amazing song.

[@subwaygoddess1]

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother is my favorite, closely followed by Carrie Ann

[@rubyslippers8215]

@@subwaygoddess1 Love the old 60s British groups. How about "The Seekers"? "I'll Never Find Another You" and "Georgy Girl" - although for context, you probably need to be familiar with the movie to enjoy that song...Check out "The Byrds"" Turn Turn Turn"..."To Sir With Love" by LuLu...Great movie theme song to a fantastic Sidney Poitier movie.

[@subwaygoddess1]

@rubyslippers8215 my mom used to babysit this 3-month-old boy, back in the 60s. I was a little girl, and while I held the baby, EVERY time I put on the 45 of "I'll Never Find Another You," the baby would go nuts laughing. He never did that when I sang any other song!!! I once sang "To Sir With Love" in a singing contest, when I was in 6th or 7th grade. I didn't win, but I had a great time singing it! I fell in love with Sidney Poitier because of that movie! I love "Turn Turn Turn" and Georgy Girl!

[@BobSoltis1]

It is NOT a song about "foster boys in Boys Town learning to support each other". The phrase - "He ain't heavy - he's my brother" is a phrase that the organization copied - but it has been around and in print and in stories/sermons in Britain and the US going back to the book "The Parables of Jesus" by Scottish Moderator James Wells in 1884.

[@324cmac]

Great band! He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother and Bus Stop are my two favorite Hollies songs.

[@badbob6689]

Hollies had a lot of hit. "He aint heavy" and " The air that breath" are 2 of many great songs they did. This is my favorite of their songs.

[@davesigmon8144]

A very underrated band. Give Carrie Anne and Stop Stop Stop a listen where it's more of a British sound that Graham Nash had been part of.

[@Historian212]

They had lots of hits. How could they be underrated? They weren't.

[@TexasMagnolia]

“The Air That I Breath” is historically one of the sexiest songs!

[@patriciatolliver4057]

Patty-I would like to recommend Bus Stop as well.

[@richardkint6531]

See, you aren't dumb as you think you are! Like you figured it out, swamp rock like CCR was the style of this Hollies song. Yes, 3-part harmonies are their forte! "Bus Stop", "Carrie-Anne" , "On A Carousal", "Stop, Stop Stop" are a few of their 60's hit. Other 70's hits were "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother", "The Air That I Breathe" and my favorite "Long Dark Road".

[@robertlear2712]

Another classic Hollies song is “Bus Stop”.

[@rkw436]

Do He ain"t heavy he"s my brother next.Then you will be hooked and can do a dozen more.

[@annecox944]

It was also in "Remember The Titans"

[@karenpowell6063]

They were such a great and very talented band . I still listen to their music. Hope you enjoy this song, one of my favorites of theirs along with He Ain't Heavy , he's my Brother 💕🔥🔥

[@stevedahlberg8680]

What he's doing there with the lead vocal improvisations at the end is absolutely so playful and funny and really clever. That when you play it live, it gets people expecting to start chanting along, but then he doesn't deliver the phase and just hums it instead and then surprises them by saying it when it wasn't expected, and you just hear the laughter in his voice as he's kind of clowning around in the low register at the end

[@bryemartin6368]

One of my favorite songs of All Time!! Extended version on my daily Playlist... glad you found and enjoyed this GEM!!!!

[@jabreck1934]

This song reminds me of rollerskating at the Hawaiian Gardens rink…. it was behind the wagon wheel bowling alley. That’s pretty much what most of the country had at the time. Rink, bowling alley, drive-in…. it was a great time to be a kid!

[@dagmar.6954]

Love this group. The Hollies are a British pop rock group formed in 1962 & known for their great harmonies. They had so many hit songs such as "The Air That I Breathe", "Bus Stop", "Stop Stop Stop", "He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother", "On A Carousel", "Carrie Anne", "Here I Go Again", "Look Through Any Window", "King Midas In Reverse", "Jennifer Eccles" etc. "Graham Nash" was originally in this group & left in 1968 to form "Crosby, Stills & Nash".

[@marshastapleton1148]

"Sorry, Suzanne"

[@lindasvartman3466]

Gotta love Air That I Breathe !

[@timl.b.2095]

This is one of my main workout songs. I didn't know it was a workout song in "The Longest Yard."

[@dundundata7603]

lol everytime I can tell you recognize a song from somewhere and it's a movie and you always remember which one

[@lazyj616]

Yea, they're from the UK they formed back in 1962. I used to listen to them a lot in the 60's & early 70's.

[@GreenEyedRogue]

One of rock's iconic opening guitar riffs

[@stevedahlberg8680]

It's funny but because of that echo on the voice that you mentioned, and the sound texture and style of the guitars, and really just the year that it came out in basically, but a lot of people actually assumed that this was CCR and were surprised to find out that it was the Hollies. It really is such a fantastic banger of a song. I like all their earlier stuff too, but this one absolutely kills. I've actually performed it live in a band several times, and people would just dance their asses off, lol. And the lyrics are absolutely hilarious!

[@bobblundell2281]

WE used to roller skate to this song back in the day , do our little turns and backwards strides , lots of fun , try and hit on the girls :)

[@jabreck1934]

The hollies perform every Summer in my small town,Ojai, CA., at the Libbey bowl.✌️

[@marilyndurham738]

When I first heard this song many decades ago, I could not believe it was the Hollies but I loved it😂

[@Noelle0026]

That guitar intro is iconic. All of their songs are great. Harmonies are stellar. Nash is nit on this track. For the longest time He thought it was a CCR song lol

[@bbox5938]

I agree with you, the intro and the feel is similar to CCR. Great band. Please dig deeper.

[@DAVYMAC]

Great call , THE LONGEST YARD!

[@gj8683]

This was on heavy rotation in the summer of 1972. Remember it well.

[@richardbuchko4910]

This is very different from other Hollies songs because it was written as a song by two of the members (Allan Clarke and Roger Cook) and while it was pretty much all him, it was included in the Hollies album, becoming a hit. So, it is Hollies, but really it is Clarke, who did the lyrics, most of the music, and the vocals.

[@keymack2477]

The arrangement the songwriters had sounds like the same deal John Lennon and Paul McCartney had with The Beatles, in that any song done by either of them, as well as those done by both of them, would be credited to both.

[@robinfry4408]

The Air That I Breathe👍

[@marshastapleton1148]

"Long Dark Road" is my favorite Hollies song

[@Richard-g7e3s]

Great song request the air that ! breathe! By The Hollies! The title is Long cool woman ( In a black dress)

[@wlg2367]

A group from England had many hits in the 60's and 70's.

[@sherimay1957]

you chose the best one🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@dow311]

Hollie’s have very different types of songs. Each are great on their own.

[@franksullivan1873]

When he sings ,”a pair of 45s really opened my eyes”he’s not talking about guns,lol.

[@makeadifference4all]

You nailed it: there's a swampy, dirty, bluesy vibe to this recording, which has a CCR influence. It may have influenced Bowie's funky 1970s numbers like "Fame."

[@lazyj616]

They have a lot of beautiful songs.

[@Bekka_Noyb]

absolutely ♥ this song!

[@rodneyarndt163]

I think it was used in Remember the Titans also.

[@JasonGilbert-yl8hf]

Song has been in several movies!!!

[@karenpowell6063]

Remember the Titans for one

[@daveking9393]

You've got a couple of other great ones to follow on this journey. I'm looking forward to them and this one. Really glad you shared this one with us. Thanks for all you do!

[@JasonGilbert-yl8hf]

Love this song!!

[@robertlear2712]

I would recommend “Look Through Any Window”.

[@DAVYMAC]

Mersey swamp! Good analogy!

[@phill1537]

Listen to ‘He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother’.

[@DAVYMAC]

Great commentary! Hollies have a "religious song" sorta called THE VERY LAST DAY. Super harmonious. This song is NEVER played on modern day classic rock stations because it is BIBLICALLY FACTUAL. Catchy song.

[@TheCornishCockney]

……..just one look I was a bad mess Haha,great lyric.

[@NancyMoran-r3b]

Try listening to Bus Stop. It’s great!

[@cindysimpson1046]

You need some "Air That I Breathe"...amazing! ❤

[@pamelaesparza1586]

This song was also in remember the Titans when they did a montage of their football games❤❤

[@M1995.8]

The song was in the movie Remember The Titans.

[@justinlchandler5017]

Adam Sandler does have a lot of influence on music choices for his films. It seems easy to forget that he is a singer and songwriter and musician, too.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

You're pretty much the opposite of an idiot for being able to make all of these connections now, I think it's great.

[@Nana_Reads]

Yup Fogerty tried to sue the Hollies for sounding too much like CCR’s song “Green River” … they settled out of court .

[@bella-xp7qd]

Also known as Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress.

[@love-vy1ry]

Allen Clarke was a great CCR fan, many people thought it was a CCR song.

[@jimcantwell6575]

thats 1 of them songs that u need to hear thru headphones m8!

[@soniadenison1690]

Great song! Featured in Remember the Titans movie! Love it!

[@verapena9465]

My favorite ❤

[@russwr4946]

checkin in ...

[@m1illion1]

a pair of 45’s on a 5’9 beautiful tall

[@lorriwood8545]

It's in the movie Remember the Titans

[@Victoria-kv9oz]

This song was also featured in the Denzel Washington movie, REMEMBER THE TITANS. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s a must watch.

[@rbodee]

Also, used in "Remember The Titans".

[@thorzzz1z]

I listen to this just to hear the WOOO!

[@robertlear2712]

This song is not typical Hollies in my view.

[@rhiahlMT]

This song is wild. FBI, DAs, guns going off. LOL

[@barbarabisson2551]

You did good

[@wombatwilly1002]

This was huge in 72.

[@shayne2113]

You probably remember this from Remember the Titans

[@ellerootz6702]

Anutha jam!

[@josephobrien8019]

not exactly an "echo" but a "reverb"

[@mikeselznick7855]

I second the request for "He's not Heavy, He's My Brother." I KNOW you'll love it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJ2Yp5xvntdnb8k

[@dennisst.pierre210]

You talk too much . Just lost me .👍