THE ASSOCIATION (1967) - The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour #2

October 8 1967 (broadcast date), recorded August 25 1967.
‘The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour’. CBS TV Show. The band performs "Never My Love", "Requiem For The Masses", and takes part in a comedy skit with fellow guest Greer Garson.

[@martydornbos643]

2024 still listening to this fabulous song. Anyone else?

[@ray_ray_7112]

I'll be honest, The Beatles are my favorite all-around band of the 60s but as far as Harmonies go, groups like the Association and The Mamas and Papas are my favorites. R.I.P. Tom Smothers.

[@dntamuu76]

Larry Ramos was a perfect addition to the band. Miss these guys.

[@belabelasko8223]

Ramos was incredible.

[@larrylawson2912]

When I was 17 in 1967, I lived with my parents on Vandenberg AFB. My dad was a 30 year USAF veteran. I was dating a beautiful blond girl named Sydney. She would always ask me, will you ever grow tired of me? Insecure, when she had no reason to be. I was more worried about her bailin on me. She then latched onto Never My Love as our song, and whenever we'd hear it, which was often that summer of 67, she'd turn it up and sing the song along with the radio. I always told her I'd never grow tired of her, and that I'd always love her. I never grew tired of her. We just drifted apart. Young love is nebulous and ephemeral, right? But, every time I hear this gorgeous song I think of her.

[@witoman]

The dating pool for teenagers must have been pretty shallow back then at the somewhat isolated Vandenberg.

[@KurtI2525]

I was little when this was on the car radio and tv shows back then. We lived in Marin County and were in S.F all the time, and even then, I knew it was a magical time and place. And it was. Almost like another planet Earth.

[@tinydancer62]

Hi Kurt, I grew up in North Beach during that time. I remember my older brothers having the "Insight Out" album

[@doudigit1951]

Unbelievable talent. I never realized how good they were There harmonies are perfect.

[@ledflaplin2001]

Because they’re lip syncing. That’s the the regular record playing.

[@litter_mcgarbage]

@@ledflaplin2001 go check their live performances on ed sullivan show and other show which they don't lip-sync, the harmonies are still solid tho

[@belabelasko8223]

​@@ledflaplin2001 they are lip-synching to themselves, yes? Therefore great harmony, period.

[@Biden4more]

This song melted my heart when I was 9 and it was new, still does.

[@orangemanok5800]

These guys were real craftsmen.

[@ernierose7438]

Gorgeous vocal harmonies. Dreamy

[@TheRedDevil_NC]

The bridge between the 60s and 70s. Still one of my favorite bands

[@VIRGONOMICS]

This type of songwriting is unheard of these days .

[@voxac30withstrat]

Thank God.

[@luisacata04]

I love these guys

[@daynadiggle8169]

Talented , talented , talented !

[@robert2628]

reminds me of being 9 years old & living in Los Angeles. late 1967

[@Planktontwo]

I was single digit aged during their entire 60's run and having seen them on the Happy Together Tour a number of times and videos on youtube, I have learned to appreciate them all the more. Love the harmonies each member possesses

[@robstimson4234]

A band l always liked that doesn't get as much attention as other edgier late 60's bands. Part of the soundtrack of my 'coming up'.

[@sharksport01]

Singer always had the best chops.

[@outtathyme5679]

Beautiful song

[@jamescpotter]

Requiem has to be their quintessential masterpiece. Did this composition ever air on AM radio? Perhaps a bit too controversial for AM radio then. Well done, Association!

[@rascal211]

Not catchy enough for hit radio.

[@pgroove163]

did in NYC...

[@acehandler1530]

Not sure if I saw this on TSBCH in October but by the end of December that year we had moved from Detroit to Mexico City. The XIX Olympiad was the following summer (preceded by the student riots) - exciting times. We had to reside in the Zona Rosa (Suites Amberes) while awaiting our furniture (took 5 months!). Any music on the radio was heavily controlled by the government, The Association was one of the MOR bands that got lots of airplay (along w/CCR, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones - all the good, clean role models, lol!). Some of my favorites were hard to come by (Quicksilver MS, Jefferson Airplane, Steppenwolf) but with help from visitors from The Real World I got by. Good times.

[@dannylesch2318]

The best of times, and the worst of times.But still the music was the best. ❤

[@trafyknits9222]

I love these lip-synced clips. Not an amp in sight. String arrangements from nowhere. Huge vocal enhancements. It's just so obviously not being played live. But, that's what was so quaint about 1960s TV.

[@johnhalverson1133]

Wow they sounded just like the studio recording....amazing!

[@veramalta5943]

Vozes harmônicas e excelente repertório! Muito talentosos! Saudades de Grupos dos Anos 60/70! Inesquecíveis! 🎼😃🎶😁🎸😄🎤💚💛❤🌹

[@joebright1752]

Love...

[@VIRGONOMICS]

I was (1) year old when this aired .

[@kevinfitzmaurice4072]

Tom Smothers, 1937-2023

[@chuckdieselkicksdisks2380]

youve made this Association fan happy!

[@KurtI2525]

Requiem is like early prog!

[@bjdlh01]

WOW!

[@kevinsturges6957]

It looks like Bill Cowsill on drums.

[@jacksmith5692]

They would change the lineup. Here Terry was with Larry, other times Russ was with Larry and Jim sang lead on Along Comes Mary!

[@DerGlaetze]

Terry Kirkman!

[@stephengriffin9992]

May Terry rest in peace. His compositions have a timeless quality to them.

[@randyhudgins9920]

Before the world went crazy

[@LarryNeie-lj7zc]

Requiem for Masses, so touching for those times. The harmonies, damn. With all their iconic songs from the sixties and they never receive consideration for the R&R Hall of Fame? Pretty damn pitiful.

[@nitcat1]

Tommy with the man bun 😂

[@dantrejo3513]

That’s music…

[@joseluisameijeiras6766]

Inolvidables..

[@AllenMarshClips]

The audience laughs, but rock stars were wearing all of those hairstyles within the next ten years

[@voxac30withstrat]

Hmm wonder where they got the idea for that style though.

[@johnnyx9892]

@15:55 How prophetic. Not only will you not be able to tell the difference, but attempting to do so will get you attacked as "phobic".

[@He_Is4Now]

The lip syncing on all these shows in the 60s, 70s and most of the 80s is so apparent now a days since the Ashley Simpson disaster along with Milli Vanilli. Sort of cool seeing the differences in how songs are performed live now vs then. Still like seeing the performances of great songs like this.

[@lambrattle]

Well there's still motleys Crue drummer last week, plus Milli vanilla fooled everyone for over a year till they even won a Grammy.. It's show business, they replace Paul McCartney and no one cared or were fooled

[@dumbbo1]

I thought the man in the thumbnail was Richard Dawson.

[@rascal211]

Doesn't even look like him.

[@jeffperteet2327]

I didn't know Richard Dawson was in a band

[@user-ms4pf9gl6s]

Long time ago

[@georgeplagianos6487]

By the last kid was Greer garson was ahead of its time. Back then in the 60s people concerned more what they looked on the outside. Nowadays society's concerned what's underneath the skin. What's in the genetics of male and females and the a plethora of differences in between the two sexes.. many call the intersex

[@rexlex1736]

Back in the 60's talent ruled. Not so much today.

[@voxac30withstrat]

Underneath the skin??? ha ha yeah TikTok and its influencers with all their makeup and clever little apps to change their looks. Yep uh huh Im sure people like NIki MInaj and Lizzo etc will agree with you.

[@stevoschannel4127]

Electric guitars with no wires, they didn’t even TRY to make it look like its not just lip sync’d…

[@michaelolz]

Was that Bryan Cole in the chair?

[@royrice6656]

Be glad when you see these 60’s groups lip synching their songs. If you have heard some that really did them live it will make you appreciate it when they lip synch. 👍👍👍

[@donfisher8035]

Why does one of guitar players look similar to one in Vanilla Fudge era.

[@garyteague4480]

No chords on the guitars to amps lol

[@commentatron]

If you look closely you can see it coming out of their pants leg and routed underneath the linoleum.

[@Klaatu-ij9uz]

Funny how certain groups stick-in-your-head! Truly feel sorry for the modern music listeners of today....I suppose.🙄

[@indiosveritas]

Listen to the words . Maybe millennials and zoomers can learn something about relationships.

[@robertwojtasiewicz3073]

God damn! It makes me cringe how "cute" these guys were.

[@scooterbuck7501]

lip sync sucks no matter who you are

[@commentatron]

Lip suck sinks she sells by the she sore.

[@stevefaure415]

Not the best band of the 60s by a longshot--they didn't write a lot of their own material and on record they were basically a vocal group with the Wrecking Crew backing them up--but they encapsulated the era as perfectly as any group and were responsible for a handful of downright gems. Way to go Association!

[@alanforrester1401]

Inaccurate. Check their albums. All SEVEN wrote, all sang leads. Yes, their producers chose to use Wrecking Crew on a lot of tracks-- because the guys were on the road most of the time. Myths, exaggerations abound

[@marks.3303]

@@alanforrester1401 And as shown from the concert footage available on KZbin and their live album, they were all excellent musicians. They could play live while singing complex six- and seven-part harmony vocals.

[@allanjohnson1854]

Just say they sang some excellent songs yeh!

[@donaldbeard6231]

Everyone has the right to be WRONG and I totally disagree with you. Furthermore you can Kiss my grits 😋

[@jeffell]

There were very few 1960s groups that did not use studio musicians in their recordings.(corrected)

[@scottweisel3640]

Great performances but what a horrible television program.

[@haroldcampbell3337]

I loved it.

[@captainbuck5969]

singing to a recording isn’t cool!

[@uriahheep5665]

Tell it to Milli Vannilli. These guys at least MADE their own music & live music on networks didn't come around much till later.

[@rascal211]

Yes, it's cool. I don't want to hear a weak version of the song live.

[@KurtI2525]

Horrible “comedy”’ after. People thought that was funny?

[@haroldcampbell3337]

I'm sure no one in the year 2077 will be laughing at what passes for comedy now. Grow up.

[@rascal211]

Things aren't funny now either.

[@voxac30withstrat]

Ha ha Tambourine in a rock band is as useless a spit valve on a guitar. Dude go and learn a real instrument if you want to last in a band. Talk about redundant