Mamas and the Papas - I Saw Her Again

One of the most fab groups of all time!

[@LeonMartelli69]

No matter what color hair she wore, no matter what style, no matter what she was wearing, no make-up, black and white, etc. Michelle Phillips for a period of 20 years was the most beautiful female I ever saw.

[@willietherescue8627]

She’s still gorgeous!

[@martysmith5260]

She kinda reminds me of another beauty from that era, Peggy Lipton.

[@Ludwig55555]

I used to love Michelle

[@haljones246]

When you're only an eleven year-old boy, and you couldn't take your eyes off of her, you know Michelle definitely had the "it" factor. She was stunning! They were great musicians, but I never missed them on TV because of Michelle.

[@ljubicamalbasa7497]

bili su super misel prelepa dzon je bio bas simpatican

[@kitsnow5307]

Mama Cass rules---she sings, she dances and has the best personality out of the whole gang. Love her.

[@maryb.6647]

Beautiful lady inside & out & so incredibly talented & charismatic. Heartbreaking that she died so young 💔

[@philipspivey2738]

There would be no Mamas and Papas without Cass; she was the backbone, vocally. RIP yo beautiful spirit

[@jonegger1983]

AMEN!!!

[@ConservativeAnthem]

She was also the stomach

[@fab4fan5]

True but they did bring Michelle back to the group cause Mamas and the Papas didn’t sound the same.

[@Som41348]

Not sure I agree with that. It was John who wrote the songs, including their two biggest his, California Dreamin and Monday Monday

[@ConservativeAnthem]

@@guitarman6742 Michelle Phillips was the face.

[@rainer1980]

This place they were in was called a "free store." Hippies in San Francisco would donate stuff like clothes, everything, and you could take anything you wanted for free. It was to help people who just got into town and didn't have anything.

[@richbailey8174]

They call them Target, Home Depot, Walgreens, and many others....they just go in a take anything they want....:)

[@rhondaosman3457]

I truly appreciate that you are willing to block ugly comments about Cass Elliot. She was a lovely, talented individual. Thank you for sharing this video.

[@hgpoisoned1859]

michelle is a home wrecker, no?

[@aprilgosa7240]

+Hg Poisoned grow up

[@aprilgosa7240]

I heard you the first two times are those the only words you know

[@aprilgosa7240]

the wife got over it why can't you

[@hgpoisoned1859]

Cass was a babe unlike the puta home wrecker who sold her sole for a child molester? sole?

[@maryvee61]

Cass was beautiful inside and out! Voice of an angel.

[@blairza]

Cass Elliot was a goddamn Goddess !

[@jeromemurphy2572]

She was beautiful.

[@bat65]

I LOVE Mama Cass! The world lost something when we lost her and Karen Carpenter. Nobody will ever sing like them. If there truly is a rock and roll heaven, I hope I can go there and meet her someday.

[@sarahnewcomb738]

Karen died before she reached her height in singing.....

[@TestifyAustin]

Cass Elliot and Karen Carpenter were two of the best voices ever.

[@keythdanielsen5533]

​@@sarahnewcomb738Yes, those 3 number ones and various gold albums were definitely falling short. Sheesh!

[@keythdanielsen5533]

I still feel an ache in my heart over the loss of the incomparable Cass Elliott.

[@hermitcrabbot]

After 53 years: STILL America's greatest vocal group.

[@keythdanielsen8316]

That's what I appreciated when Wilson Phillips broke in the 90s. You had the children of The Mama's and The Papas and The Beach Boys with their superb harmonies, proving that talent was genetic.

[@donaldfewell8908]

Groovy!

[@CHarneyMules]

Cass Elliot was BEAUTIFUL inside & out, I don't understand why that's so hard for some people to see ? She was talented, intelligent & lost to us much to soon. I've seen hateful comments about her by shallow individuals who obviously have greater personal issues than she ever had. Thanks for not allowing those people a venue.

[@OidSoldier]

Time for a reality check. She was certainly intelligent, talented and beautiful INSIDE, but OUTSIDE - really ??

[@Hybrid980]

OidSoldier Beauty is subjective, it is impossible to give him a "reality check", when beauty is purely opinion based.

[@trevormcgaughran9351]

OidSoldier YES - REALLY !

[@FL8mileshigh1]

She hits a homer with her solo performance on "Words Of Love." Great voice!

[@geoffreyphipps1093]

preach!

[@percboy555]

2:45 Probably the most historic "mistaken vocal punch" to ever be left in a song. Too cool!! Thanks Lou Adler

[@PAULLONDEN]

2:43 👈🏻"Mistaken" .......ok..the myth tells it was "accidental" , but together with the pausing orchestration it sounds well planned and official. Like, the protagonist choked up seeing her again.

[@jodiechestnut]

The Beatles had one also!!

[@dannygunsix]

Reminds me of high school back in 1967'. A beautiful song to remember...

[@jasonrdrunner]

Michelle was just amazingly beautiful and Cass was so damn cool.

[@watts111]

When Cass enters, the coolness factor of the video goes up 1000%. Michelle may have been more 'photogenic,' but Cass had heart, soul and talent, and there'd have been no group without her.

[@JuneLynn]

You are so right :)))

[@daBEAGLE1017]

Definitely

[@kerrymoriarty8716]

A great song and yes ..... Michelle indeed was a fox . Just gorgeous. She was something else . Great vocals and John was a great writer.

[@Nosedigonoma]

No debió ser fácil ser una mujer tan deseada

[@joe1972]

I wish I had been able to see Michelle last night, too... I mean 20,000 nights ago.

[@NNPSMcGrath]

My favorite part of the song is at 2:44, when Denny Doherty sings the line beforehand and at 2:47 the entire band sings the line. According to legend, it was a mistake and Lou Adler, the producer, kept it in to give it an original sound. It is indeed a very classic record and one my favorite recordings.

[@tjames9698]

It absolutely was a mistake. The only ones to solve this were the Beatles. McCartney said that the second they heard Denny come in, they said “That was a mistake.” Everyone loved it so much they left it in. Awesome choice!!!!!!

[@jennifersman7990]

@@tjames9698 I’d heard it was John who thought it was a mistake, he loved that record and was convinced they never could’ve arranged it THAT perfectly

[@joek9353]

I never knew this! Thanks so much for this.

[@darkcart]

that mistake and the backing vocals in the final chorus are what really put the song over the top for me. it's like the character in the song, probably written as denny himself, has gone through this cycle so many times he has to start, stop, consider, and then carry on anyway.

[@darrinbaker00]

"My best friend is sleeping with my wife. I'll write a song about it, and make them both sing it." Only in America, only in the '60s.

[@rafaelcastillo3834]

True.

[@ExecutionOfAllThings]

Great comment ;)

[@PixiePal2454]

True, true, Darrin~but look how much worse it is today~I don't know about you, but I think we came out ahead on that one, lol.

[@mikew6025]

Gee, I dunno. How about Fleetwood Mac in the '70's? Christine and John breaking up. Lindsey and Stevie breaking up. Stevie sleeping with Mick. Do I need to list the songs that they all wrote, then sang to each other on how many tours?

[@PixiePal2454]

Mike W. Nope~but I still say it only keeps getting worse over time, so yeah, you're right about it~so I hereby take back my comment "only in the 60's", lol.

[@wendys56]

Mama Cass seems like she would have been so much fun to hang out with.

[@andymatthews7617]

SADLY MISSED.

[@kringles4]

Harmonies were beyond anything I had ever heard....I miss them so much. thank you for posting....

[@wilmtigers]

It is a public service to have this video available on KZbin. A wonderful, iconic mid-sixties pop song.

[@sarahnewcomb738]

Cass had the best pipes in the biz.RIP CASS !!!! Block every hateful thing about Cass. TRULY one of a kind.

[@MrEconline]

Michelle Phillips is so Beautiful here gawd!

[@vandywilliam]

The best-ever Mamas & Papas song, in my opinion. Then again, I like all of their songs.

[@suelipscomb7989]

The incomparable and beautiful voice of Cass Elliot...

[@MerleOberon]

+Sue Lipscomb Pure honey!

[@aprilgarcia2161]

Oh yes, spectacular singer she was.

[@shawn1928]

MY GOD Michelle was smokin in this video. The "tease look" at the camera just melts you

[@nasedo3129]

Couldn't agree more. God DAMN she was hot!

[@BlackAndWhiteBand]

There IS nothing derogatory to say about Mama Cass's appearance. she represents everything that was right about the 60s. If you're different, if you're outside the norm of society, you're hip. THAT we could use today. Be a Cass Elliot and not a Kardashian!!!

[@roberttreborable]

I think your really saying be yourself and be Beautiful...

[@ConservativeAnthem]

In EVERY Mamas & Papas video there is some variation of what you posted. Some Internet PC Warrior getting up to defend the obese, aesthetically challenged, halt and lame. It's so trite as to cause immediate brain shrinkage as soon as the gentle scent of Politically Correct CUCKDOM begins to waft through the air...

[@papercup2517]

@@ConservativeAnthem What exactly is your objection? I mean, apart from the fact that it irritates the f--k out of some more conservative folk? We get that, but why? Can you really not understand that some people do genuinely care for others, and that it actually hurts people to have horrible things said about them, merely because of their gender, colour, body shape, disability, etc, etc? Why the hell shouldn't we get up and defend them? Isn't there enough nastiness in the world? Why not add a little sweetness? It really doesn't hurt to do so, you know!

[@ConservativeAnthem]

@@papercup2517 Because of something that liberals never even consider. NOBODY ASKED YOU. It is the leftist trope to focus upon things that make them look better, smarter, more loving, and morally superior. And my problem with that? It's an Absolute LIE!!

[@papercup2517]

@@ConservativeAnthem Well, to be fair, nobody asked you your opinion on the OPs comment either, but that didn't stop you from expressing it, quite forcefully. Fortunately, we're all free to express our views here and there is no need to ask permission or wait for someone else to ask us. So, I don't think 'nobody asked you' is really a valid reason. I would agree with you that few people are always perfectly good, smart, loving and morally superior, however elevated and great their political or spiritual ideals or beliefs might be. Quite a lot of people with personal issues are, it's true, attracted to the extreme ends of politics, and often can be very hate-filled towards those they view as their enemies, and may well not recognise the fact. I can certainly understand that it's irritating when those angry people come out with high-flown/idealistic language that they don't fully live up to in their personal lives, but what I don't quite get is why you would assume that hypocrisy on the part of millions and millions of people around the world you don't even know. How can you know merely from the fact someone says something caring and kind in defense of someone who's regularly the subject of bullying behaviour or words, that they don't really mean it? That they're not genuinely trying to help? How do you know they're not just genuinely kind people? That there is no true, altruistic love in the world? I think we all need to stop and check out our immediate knee-jerk reactions that other people are frauds, evil, stupid or whatever, to see if it's really based in truth for that individual, or the result of generalised irritation from having seen hypocritical, bad or idiotic behaviour at times in some people.

[@megookin1]

I remember the days when these songs were fresh on the radio. Much simpler time.

[@debrahitchman416]

Me. Too 👍 probably simpler times because we were kids , the music was very good 👋👏

[@AllTheBestCO]

The Wrecking Crew (Hal Blaine, percussionist was my grandfather) STRIKES AGAIN with another hit! Yea, baby! Yeah!

[@bindi06]

Mama Cass was the bomb and there's not too many singers today who can lay down vocals the way she could. She was a fine performer and proud of it( and she should have been).Peace.

[@venividivici44bc]

Listening to the music and watching all these vids from the 60's LA scene just makes me wish it was 1965 & I'm 20 yrs. old, living in Laurel Canyon and hanging' out & partying with all the great groups from that '65-'70 era. That had to be a fun and exciting time!

[@lisadc4681]

I know, can you even imagine how much fun they all had?? Always wished the same thing!!

[@irishclown66]

The star , Cass Elliot AKA Ellen Naomi Cohen , the golden voice of the Mamas and Papas and the Canadian golden voice of Denny Doreety

[@rufusleakin163]

Far out! My eyes were fixated on Michelle! :-)

[@Beachman112]

Unfortunately, we lost John, Denny and Cass...Michelle still lives...One of the greatest bands of the flower power music era...Not to forget the huge talent they got...I Saw Her Again Last Night is definitively one of my personal favourites...Luckely I've got dvd's with nearly all of their greatest tv performances in my collection...Never or never I'm gonna get rid of these dvd's...Thanks J.D.C.M...

[@terryballard4674]

Michelle was the most beautiful girl ever back then!

[@Ludwig55555]

I used to love Michelle

[@Mike-8292]

OLD CLASSIC! 🔥🇧🇷

[@that70sguy33]

I like the way the hat falls on Cass's head as she's walking to the store.

[@igrowhigher]

I liked that bit too, but it's easy to figure out how they did it -- they yanked the hat off with a piece of string, then ran the film backwards. But it's a charming bit!

[@osvaldovaldes10009]

... very photogenic and ultimately stunning runaround Michelle...

[@richneuman9113]

My wife ran off with my best friend...I miss him dearly.

[@doughelms558]

This song is so amazingly well-produced...densely produced, richly produced, perfectly produced. One of the very best songs of the '60's. Just incredible.

[@andymatthews7617]

Today its total CRAP.

[@slimdudeDJC]

Nah!! See me at "12:30" . . . 😄

[@MrAdvance2go]

Thank Uber producer Lou Adler

[@robertmartello9882]

It was a good song but I don't know about well produced don't you hear the second track is off

[@doughelms558]

@@robertmartello9882 In what way do you think the 2nd track is "off?"

[@julianamusic380]

Gotta love Mama Cass is my favorite mama!! ♥♥♥

[@billm3589]

My FAVORITE car from the sixties Jaguar XKE !!!

[@cookingshowaddict]

Mama Cass is beautiful, that lady can dance! Just Love.

[@MrRonnieG]

I can still remember hearing of Cass Elliot's passing on the radio, back in July or August of 1974. She was over in England performing at the London Palladium Theater ~ so sad, she was somewhere around 34 I believe.

[@dodgeface]

68 on March 1st this year and their music still moves me oh the memories We invented all that todays kids do and had more fun doing it.

[@michaelbrown5044]

What I consider to be the best mixed vocal group of the 60's. Such incredibly talented people. I've wondered over the years why there hasn't been a tribute group. The answer is simply no one else could ever duplicate their sound.

[@ConservativeAnthem]

And you are?

[@wolfkarel]

Papa John, Mama Cass and Brother Denny ..... Rest Well

[@mainman127]

Wow what talent ! Mama Cass was incredible

[@Hootiebird61]

My god Michelle ❤️❤️

[@belleek20]

The summer of 1966. Will never forget all the great songs that were released that summer including this great song.

[@andymatthews7617]

Today its total CRAP.

[@Aussiesound1]

During my DJ days in LA I had the pure pleasure to interview Cass several times. What a delightful women and super talent. Love the way she sings "New World Coming" never a big hit but she really made the song come to life. Thank you for the posting.

[@awake7586]

That's so amazing that it's hardly to believe to me

[@redspice55]

I always loved the song New World Coming. And It's Getting Better!

[@DavidOPerson]

This 1966 hit is melancholic ecstasy. And Cass's star remains undiminished.

[@kaandinc2340]

just how a 3-minutes song brings you that melancholia

[@elvispresley718]

what a great song and production john phillips was a genius

[@luizcaniza5201]

Michelle was simply amazingly beautiful and Mama was the best pop singer ever

[@brucecpa1]

What a fun and silly video. Still can’t get the smile off. Watching Michelle mugging for the camera; she really had a nack. So photogenic.

[@gerardcousineau3478]

Mid 60s in California was the place to be.

[@davidmercer4679]

The Mamas and the Papas provided the soundtrack to my adolescence.

[@Dixler683]

I wish Cass Elliot could have been my friend. Been said before a million times but she had the voice of an angel.

[@steverogers7180]

Those jeans look so good on Michelle Phillips. They look so good. Good good good good good good good good

[@frankdenardo8684]

Michelle Phillips was a hot looking lady.

[@richbailey8174]

What doesn't look good on her?

[@1mikefrost]

A Triumph and an E type. British brilliance and a brilliant American band!

[@lisalu910]

I love Cass Elliot's entrance - so cool and sassy with her little dance steps.

[@tomaskejr599]

Beautiful Music,Beautiful Time Forever!

[@melissawright1979]

Each member was attractive in their own way x

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

The Mamas and the Papas gave us so many memories. I hope future generations will see, hear, feel and have the great music we did. But then, nothing can top this.

[@inseptra]

The nice thing about being older is the fact that we had the chance to be there during this time when music was music. Carly Simon, Mamma's and Pappa's,The Hollies, and so many more.

[@LiamGWilickMusic]

The production on this song is great and we owe that to John Phillips and The great Bones Howe.

[@encomanenco7347]

They were just a flash in the pan in time. But boy's and girls what a flash they were. Thank you Pamfino2 for the video.

[@ravenhill_firelord_1968]

in days of yore, to a time long ago, the golden 60s.

[@sealforvr]

legend has it the catch and break in Denny's vocal at the end is where he realized the song was about him and Michelle. He choked while John and Cass kept going. It was so effective it was left in.

[@tangobango9653]

LUV when MaMa Cass pops her head out of the sun roof and smiles!

[@elsoda]

Mama cass...so HEAVY yet so freaking GORGEOUS...i love her. i wish she would have been my best friend...cause she just looks like a total cool, humble, relax woman.

[@BigBobber19]

you'd have been a stoner by now

[@hamburg1306]

Very cool video. A slice of life from the 60’s. Michelle very glamorous.

[@ericbeaulieu4843]

Great songs.Love the California beat/sound.

[@eugenemalush9284]

I love this song!! I was born in 1966.

[@TurqouiseTapioca]

Love them :). I can listen to their music over and over again and never grow tired of it. On another note, anyone else think that Denny looked handsome with that beard and mustache? :)

[@dmaria0282]

Mama Cass was by far the heart and soul of this group. I cried when she died

[@robbiejohnson2011]

The sonic equivalent to drinking a cold (soft?) drink after a long lonely walk. Pure bliss.

[@sauquoit13456]

On this day in 1966 {June 26th} "I Saw Her Again" by the Mamas and the Papas entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #53; and on July 24th, 1966 it peaked at #5 {for 1 week} and spent 9 weeks on the Top 100... And on August 8th, 1966 it reached #1 {for 1 week} on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart... Between 1966 and 1972 the quartet had fifteen Top 100 records; six made the Top 10 with one reaching #1, "Monday, Monday" for 3 weeks in 1966... They just miss having a second #1 when "Dedicated To The One I Love" peaked at #2 for 3 weeks in 1967... Sadly, three of the four members have passed away;Cass Elliot {1941 - 1974}, John Phillips {1935 - 2001}, Denny Doherty {1940 - 2007}, and Michelle Phillips, born Holly Michelle Gilliam, celebrated her 70th birthday twenty-two days ago on June 4th, 2014... May Cass, John, & Denny R.I.P.

[@marcphillips1020]

Michelle Phillips is the bomb-diggity...😍

[@UncleDansVintageVinyl]

This is a great, great song. The harmonies are absolutely superb. What a group!

[@richardmbowman]

...we miss you Cass.

[@TheAerovons]

One of the great songs of the Sixties...without question. Wonderful production, best of it's class...great arrangement, mind blowing vocal arrangement (listen to the backgrounds and how complex they are!). Just genius.

[@jennifersman]

TheAerovons Supposedly John Lennon loved that little "stutter" near the end when Denny blows his cue and sings "I saw her...", he thought that was the best part of the whole song, it sounded so planned but it wasn't

[@TheAerovons]

Wow interesting to know! As a musician growing up in the Sixties, when I first heard the record I thought it was a mistake...but a cool one! Nice to know that's what it initially was thanks!

[@darrinbaker00]

jennifersman Actually, it was McCartney, not Lennon. "That had to be a mistake," he said. "No one's that clever."

[@brozoski]

+TheAerovons It was actually a mistake by Bones Howe, the producer :D But nonetheless, it still sounds amazing right?

[@justinbligh]

The depth of bass on this song 😍

[@oboogie2]

I love the false start back into the chorus at 2:42! Brilliant mistake.

[@matthewperson4191]

But to one discerning listener named Paul McCartney the lyric’s accidental nature was obvious. “No one is that clever”, he’s reported to have said.

[@Gallerygod]

Lou Adler kept it in the final cut.* * "Go Where You Wanna Go" by Matt Greenwald.

[@billslocum9819]

@@Gallerygod That's what I heard, too. It's not a false start, it's an engineer's minor lapse during the mixing stage that Adler liked so much he kept it in. Denny was already in trouble with John, now the producer was making him look bad, too.

[@binklebabe4725]

I do, too!

[@literallyunderrated]

It was perfect

[@NikkiesMommy2008]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME.. MAMA CASS, SHE WAS THE BEST! i GREW UP WITH THEIR MUSIC...IM GOING THRU THE WHOLE PLAY LIST RIGHT NOW...IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD HAPPY...AS A FLOWER CHILD OF THE 60'S

[@50sville]

One of my favourites from the 60s !!!

[@BushLeaguer001]

Class Elliott had an amazing voice.So underrated as a singer.

[@danielcarson2945]

Whatever happened to the art of songwriting? There was a time when it was everything.....Music of this caliber is still being played regularly almost 50 years later. NOTHING from the last 10 years will be being played 50 years from now. I feel privileged to have lived through this era and experienced all of this when it was new....

[@CadillacL]

One of the greats in pop music. :)

[@pauldg837]

I loved this song, memories.

[@xenswim1]

Thank you loved this too however my favourite was ' Dedicated to the one I love' . My love and soul mate of 51 years spent so much time apart for the first five years that it remains our Song till this day. regards Hugh

[@bbt5358]

I've loved this song for 53 years and, Cass Elliott, as well!!! ♥️

[@johnlamb2754]

Beautiful 60s California sunshine music from four beautiful people.

[@billferron6473]

One of my favorite groups of the 60s.

[@leex772]

Great song, greater group. These four killed it.

[@144wychwood]

My favorite Mamas and the Papas song. Great harmonies. As last of baby boomers this was one of the groups I used to recall hearing on radio when I little boy. Cass Elliot had a lot of charisma and I agree with many who say she was heart of group.

[@vernonshattuck7736]

Fantastic group- a blast from the past-

[@steverose7782]

The Mamas and Papas were the real thing that so many other groups wanted to emulate at the time. Real hippies who made it big but did not compromise their values or lifestyles.They were loved by so many other contemporary pop groups of their day and ending up organizing and inviting the best groups and budding talents of the time in what may have been the greatest pop-rock festival of all to come and every one thereafter to live up to - Monterrey Pop festival '67. Their soaring pop-rock-folk harmonies raised the bar like the Beatles did in their time to such a high level. You could pick almost every song they recorded and find the quality of musicianship, production, recording and harmonies brilliant and spellbinding. There will never be another Cass Elliot.

[@todd11561]

Cass was an incredible talent. Gone way to young. I can only imagine what she would have accomplished. ❤️❤️❤️

[@aazhie]

Mama Cass was a beautiful lady! SO talented- I wish she got more recognition for both her amazing voice and being a pretty celebrity in a time when anxiously thin women were the standard of beauty. In regards to the song, I love the really selfish awful reasons for staying with a girl he doesn't love set to such an upbeat, happy SOUNDING song. The emotional swell of music makes you think romance and perfect happiness, the actual lyrics are almost craven and make me feel cynical/jaded and it's till my absolute FAV of all their songs. Just amazing, you don't often hear songs like this that sound at first so pleasant and positive

[@hozonkai9967]

Regardless of John Phillip's actions, nothing can ever taint this music!

[@anitathewes1544]

👍🇭🇲👏LOVE IT ❤💙🧡💚💜👍🇭🇲👏