Simon Dupree-Kites

[@josephbryanmitchell5938]

72 year old & I woke up with this in my head this morning. thought I'd better listen to it

[@joefoley1480]

hello Joe

[@brennan60100]

The follow-up was pretty good, too.

[@crackawood]

this led to gentle giant which always made lsd experiences more interesting

[@patrickparker3755]

Beautiful song.

[@christopherbentley5216]

Reminds us all of happier carefree days

[@jotutty9506]

Another 60s magical piece of music, so oriental and haunting. I loved it then and at the age of 67 love it now. Wonderful music and singing. An era when music was great, singers could sing - a time we must never forget.

[@rodolforagonesi7838]

The golden age of modern music will never be forgotten. The 100's of masterpieces that were composed then will be played 100's of years from now. I am convinced of it.

[@hcv500]

Loved this song for years, I couldnt think of anything to buy for the wife for our 30th Anniversary. I bought a plain white kite and in letters of gold I wrote I love you...

[@barbarawarburton6205]

Wish my husband had been so romantic.

[@martynh5410]

Brilliant!

[@mooneymooney1565]

You romantic bastard 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Butter-go7ih]

What does that mean when you give her a kite?

[@mooneymooney1565]

@@Butter-go7ih you fly a kyte with a message of love wrote on it

[@ingostankau4998]

One of the underrated songs of the 60s. Beautiful.

[@g8ymw]

I loved it when it came out, still loving it in 2023 I see someone wrote the words out, further down Hauntingly beautiful

[@princessbeauty7747]

I am 11 and I LOVE THIS SONG

[@Davey-cn4gz]

Well I’m 52 & I also love this song 👍

[@timradford9568]

I still have my original 45 rpm vinyl copy of this great song...and still love it!!

[@DonGill-cu5mo]

Would you sell it?

[@allanday-vz7im]

@@DonGill-cu5mo i have been collecting vinyl singles..eps..lps since i was 13.. am now 72 and still go round record fairs looking for my.. take my record books with me that have also been a collecting item

[@larsvanmoer453]

R.I.P. Ray Shulman (8 December 1949 - 30 March 2023) . Together with his brothers he was in Simon Dupree and the Big Sound and later in the progressive rock band Gentle Giant.

[@jamescoats9169]

One of my all-time favourite songs, a true one-off psychedelic wonder.

[@Matt-uj6jm]

66 on my next birthday still listening to this track every now and then. How much better was the world when this song hit the airwaves 🤘🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@The.Last.Guitar.Hero.]

So I'm driving back just now at night during torrential rain in Southern England and trying to find something to listen to on the radio. On the oldies station Gold, I hear this weird spooky psychedelic song on the radio that I'd never heard before. I pull over the car and download it straight away so I wouldn't forget what it was. The perfect soundtrack to the atrocious weather conditions. Right down my street as I love psychedelic music from around the time I was born.

[@edwardconway]

Great memories of the time I was with first love Anne

[@activator10000]

I have waited over 40 years to find this again! Found it by accident here.Absolutely fabulous in all respects

[@captainsoul1953]

love that eerie sound of the Mellotron

[@redstrat1234]

Just love that Mellotron

[@daz4756]

One of the greatest 'one hit wonder songs' of all time.

[@Plasmariel]

Until you realised what band the Shulman brothers will be in a few years later :)

[@HawklordLI]

@@Plasmariel For Whom the Bell Toll is a great song as well.

[@clintdavies491]

@@Plasmariel I still have this on vinyl absolute belter

[@gopakumar_ps]

I am from India, Kerala. this is one of my favourite song.

[@GarethJones-yt1hr]

Im 73 and still remember buying the single when it came out. Its in my top 100

[@robertlangley1664]

This was a great time in the late 60s in the UK to be a teenager ,boys with long hair and girls with there short skirts wow happy days

[@mandystinson4925]

64 year old and love this song

[@andrewcollins342]

Yeah great track

[@Marty-pants]

They just played this on the radio here in the UK. What a great track, had almost forgotten about it as it just doesn’t get played enough.

[@janeburgess4839]

Awww that’s so romantic 💕

[@tonyanderton3521]

Very atmospheric. A lovely song.

[@MYMUSICCHANNEL-db4ky]

Still loving this beautiful music at seventy years old also Nights in white satin 1967 will never be forgotten

[@ste123456754]

60s what a great era for music

[@mickfilcock638]

Yep a great time for music back then...unlike the talent lessbunch we have today imitating musicians who have to parade halfnakedto sell the crap they call music to the mass morons of today's youth..

[@Jonepk]

The video of this on the tv series twice a fortnight was a masterpiece of 60's pop films.

[@grahamjones7328]

Played in the pub New Years Eve many moons ago. Always reminds me of that night and the good times. Sadly the pub is no longer there as is the case with many from my youth. With New Years Eve beckoning thought I’d play this tonight.

[@blumdaddy4845]

I was about 12 and The Crimdon Dean Beauty Contest in County Durham. Simon Dupree was the fist live band I saw. Ive being playing music in bands ever since. Thanks . Still a magic song.

[@user-jn1wm3tb8v]

To this day this song haunts me. Not in a malevolent way it just sings to me when I'm in the darkest corners of the night. I found this song's title four minutes ago and I'm already enamoured to have found it again.

It was one of my favourite songs in the 60s, happy to discover it again

[@Limara64]

Oh the memories of my old mum singing this when she had us kids at weekends. Only now do I understand why she sang it. Awwww thanks X

[@mrjohnop9657]

This was filmed at Compton Acres Poole Dorset, and this film clip featured in the golden oldie picture show hosted by Dave Lee Travis.

[@joseandrade632]

How wonderful it is to discover this sort of proto-Gentle Giant! This music is awsome anytime, anywhere. Gentle Giant forever!

[@nicktamer4969]

Ironicaly, Gentle Giant members are the only people on this planet who hate this wonderfull song.

[@klecoxs2]

@@nicktamer4969 Yeah their original concept was a blue eyed soul/R&B band

[@RayTay1951]

The unique oriental sound of Simon Dupree & The Big Sound. A monster one-hit wonder. I heard in TOTP when it came out that the song was written by his sister Susan, I believe.

[@realmikegarner]

But they morphed into Gentle Giant afterwards

[@michaelsnider5293]

Written by two Brill Building songwriters

[@MrHairyNeck]

This was one of my fav songs when I was younger. It did and still does remind me when my family when were altogether and my mother and father were still alive. Thanks for posting.

[@unamckillen7125]

Hairy Neck Sorry for your losses. It does the same for me. It is an amazing song, sung and produced amazingly. There is nothing to touch it now.

[@MrHairyNeck]

I agree.

[@deewaters8994]

Hairy Neck You took the words out of my mouth.

[@andrewcurtis59]

Hairy Neck Ditto with a capital D. Memories never to be forgotten.

[@kenclark7142]

Hairy Neck Same here.

[@sandymackay4017]

Getting older. Still a Classic.

[@christinehutchinson5505]

The sixties...utterly timeless... clean... pure... as I suppose most of us felt at that age! x

[@tracy-paulobrien9368]

Yes utterlly timeless...clean....pure....as I suppose I must be today.

[@Atom-56]

christine hutchinson Still is, and I now 52 years older now.

[@roberttreborable]

Still Brilliant, good music stands the test of time. This song transports you to a magical Japan.

[@shirleyrowarth3669]

Chills. 2022 chills

[@caractacusbrittania7442]

A better time Long summers....no terrorists Low crime...decent police... High employment.... And all your loved ones alive.

[@jamesy1955]

Peter Crean - Peadar Ó Croidheáin nothing wrong with idealism. 🤔 But that doesn't mean that we don't address the big issues.

[@martynh5410]

I’ll drink to that!

[@kennyluciano4913]

Knights Templar for ever.

[@treasurehunteruk2047]

The sixties were so special. Never to be repeated.

[@pharcyde4943]

They will come again. The PEOPLE WILL MAKE SURE OF THAT!

[@toreedstrom1172]

Sometime in the early seventies, someone in our dance band found this beautiful song to play for our audience, who liked it a lot and still I like it just är much... Greeetings from Sweden..

[@MrERICTHEDOG]

Spine-tingling music ! ..It has the same effect on me now as it did when I first heard it all those years ago,....The hairs on the back of my neck are standing up...One of my all time classic favorites.

[@dogsbreath2222]

The musicians on this recording went on to form Gentle Giant

[@unamckillen7125]

This is a great song - a classic really. I was a tiny teenager when it came out and was blown away as you are at that time of your life. Now I come back to it and these guys are amazing - massive, amazing voices but I am guessing they wanted no part of it. You don't get to be a one-hit wonder for no reason. Simon Dupree had had enough.

[@aas58]

They changed their name to gentle giant and played a different style of music.

[@unamckillen7125]

Thanos Yes, that so often happens. Fame is what we all want now, supposedly, but it isn't, is it? Some hate it and want to do what they want to do, I will look up Gentle Giant.

[@xiropigado]

I wish to give my gratitude and thanks to all the amazing musicians and songwriters of the 60's and the 70's for making the music that they did which makes me feel the way i do when i listen to their magical, incredible, emotional songs.

[@55bluenose]

What a great song this was...................... still is

[@joyceeslillad]

+55bluenose Decades ahead of it's time

[@grahamforshaw7045]

Well Simon Dupree reminds reminds me when I was at School in the Sixties. And even today even though time as passed my kite is still flying from the Sixties. Long live the Sixties music.

[@lawrencemanning]

First time I've heard this, and I think I'm in love with it.

[@davewjb54]

You can't beat the music from the 60's & 70's beats today's music into a cocked hat.

[@thabitzahalka]

I will fly a yellow paper sun in your sky When the wind is high, when the wind is high I will float a silken silver moon near your window If your night is dark, if your night is dark In letters of gold on a snow white kite I will write "I love you" And send it soaring high above you For all to read I will scatter rice paper stars in your heaven If there are no stars, if there are no stars All of these and seven wonders more will I find When the wind is high, when the wind is high In letters of gold on a snow white kite I will write "I love you" And send it soaring high above you For all to read In letters of gold on a snow white kite I will write "I love you" And send it soaring high above you For all to read

[@indauroleal7953]

This song from 1967 anticipates the sound of 80's new wave. Amazing!

[@kevinwilliams1421]

Never thought of it like that ..but I get what your saying

[@tonyogrady6604]

yes, Fade To Grey springs to mind.

[@clintdavies491]

@@tonyogrady6604 mmm fade to grey was in no way new wave

[@Essexia76]

God, How I loved this tune.I bought a kite and flew it over Hackney Downs-wonderful

[@johnmckinlay67]

Always loved this song, from way back when I was a child. One of the trippiest tunes ever recorded. Thanks for sharing.

[@shirleyrowarth3669]

Goosebumps!

[@ColumRogers]

This is.... magical

[@davidalton8634]

A dream of a song

[@roverade1]

my brother turned me onto this song in '67 he saw them performing around pompey around this time then this came out...and i've loved it ever since

[@1046Fay]

I loved this...I'm so glad I was a 50's child...musically my era had the best of everything..rock on

[@victorformosa228]

Another timeless classic from the 60's

[@stephensmith5118]

What a great song from the trippy summer of love ,atmospheric, magical ,along with Dad avid Mckwillia mb s ,The days of pearly Spencer and a white shade of pale ..67 best year ever for music

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

And Nights in White Satin.

[@MK19021961]

@@zacmumblethunder7466 Yes!

[@pauldundas4836]

One of the best singles of the 60s.

[@stevewoodcock9749]

The manager of Simon Dupree and The Big Sound told the group to record this song and they only recorded it as their manager said if they didn't, he would stop being their manager,. When they split up, they reformed as the successful Gentle Giant, that lasted from 1970 to 1980, check them out. Also they made a record in the 60s as The Moles. It was called We Are The Moles.

[@StewartNicolasBILLYCONNOLLY]

The pentatonic scale in this mesmerised me!

[@ladderstothemoon7415]

Thank you heartbeat

[@steverenold1699]

just listened to Derek Shulman who was a singer with Simon Dupree and the Big Sound on the Rockonteurs podcast worth a listen

[@caspercasper896]

this was in the charts on saturday 30 december 1967

[@silverphoenix1418]

I ❤Japan and intend to go to Tokyo at some stage of my life. I have a very deep kinship with Japan and when I heard this beautiful song on the radio in my childhood l fell in love with it's haunting melody and beautiful tune. . Now many years later, I watched the video. The Geisha girl is very beautiful and pretty. Thanks for posting it in. I have liked and subscribed to your channel. 🙂 Rajeev. ❤️

[@roberttreborable]

I hope you get there, I've been lucky enough to work there a few times and love the country and the people. It's only not speaking the language fluently that stops me wanting to stay permanently.

[@silverphoenix1418]

Hi Robert, Thanks very much for your good wishes. You're so lucky to be able to have worked there. Speaking the language will come itself in time, so don't let that deter you from staying more. The main thing is that you managed to actually find work. So happy for you and thanks again for your good wishes. i have a collection of translation books and guides to find my way around. Tokyo is my main choice.

[@philstothart8842]

Brings back so many memories of my youth.

[@colinreed7442]

I saw simon Dupree and band at Crimdon Dene in the 80s when I worked for a local band called LOVETRAIN as sound engineer its a song you don't forget it is the SOUND, regards to all present and past with beat wishes colin

[@paulledden8863]

The Star Inn, Oswestry...1978....part of Ron's Jukebox...fabulous... :)

[@mariosaliba8036]

Another great song from the 60s.

[@kevinobrien1259]

Lovely record, I saw this band when they were previously called Simon Dupree and the big sound, the venue was the Roundhouse at Camden town one Sunday pos' in 1967, their were lots of bands on the bill and most of the others were a bit more flower powery (in a good way) for some reason I didn't think the 'Big Sound' would quite shape up with the other acts but boy was I wrong, that band could hold their own with anybody! they were a very powerful and together band and actually were less predictable than anyone else that day, I was impressed and I saw them all back then, Hendrix, Cream, the Who etc etc, happy days people!

[@robertwilliams4422]

I rember this from the late sixties. Producton values, are way above the time!

[@lesleystorey3917]

Robert Williams there time we were children then

[@colinstafford7846]

Brings back so many memories of childhood.

[@robmorris3838]

Really loved this record in the day when at College ... and I don't tire of it even now in 2020!

[@ianlambert1628]

Takes me back to my youth club days 1967, Loved it.

[@alimarafie3952]

I love it the beauty of the song it takes you to different stages

[@okokokok3683]

அக்கரைச் சீமை அழகினிலே மனம் ஆட கண்டேனே (2) புதுமையிலே மயங்குகிறேன் புதுமையிலே மயங்குகிறேன் அக்கரைச் சீமை அழகினிலே மனம் ஆட கண்டேனே 😂

[@rajeshrsutube]

Karma karmam

[@patrickparker3755]

I have loved this song since i was a child. Her voice is so beautiful.

[@gimlisonofgloin2934]

Am I the only one that thinks this song would fit with the end of the world?

[@birchward]

Richard Ward There is a lot of magic in this song / video , a dream of love and a peaceful world for all ! there is a little bit of history in this song , for me too , of a awesome time ! I was working in the studio at the Marquee club ,wardour street london ! and that night there was a band on stage called Simon Dupree and the Big Sound , they had a hit record with a song called kites ,so I got to know them ! in later life Tony Ransley their , drummer ,moved down and we recorded a few times ! Their singer Derek Shulman went to the U.S.A. and discovered a band called Bon Jovi , etc . also for a short period was a jobbing organist / pianist( on £30 per week ) was a guy called Reg Dwight , later to become Elton John helping out due to ill health of a regular member of the big sound ! While the Beatles where recording Sgt peppers at night at abbey road the big sound was recording their album in the same studio during the day using the beatles amps / drums etc ! cheers ritchie . Reply

[@TheSAMANTHALAURA1]

Remember this well in 1967 I think, A haunting song. So nostalgic

[@denniswebb3992]

Never heard song until last week when going through my unplayed vinyl. Now I have it digitized, and it sounds as contemporary as anything on a current playlist.

[@clemstevenson]

I seem to remember this particular video from the 1980s. There was a UK TV series, created from 1980s pop video makeovers of old tracks. It was narrated by Dave Lee Travis. These tracks had been hits in the days before the pop video.

[@stephencurtis2642]

Great song, the band became Gentle Giant a top prog band of the early 70s .

[@brynleyoakley6990]

Timeless

[@mikeltom6413]

12years old when released . Great to hear again . Thank you youtube . Mike

[@paulfaruga]

What cant be copied cant be repeated. Original from then till now.What a track!!!

[@alexanderelofsson]

At 53 I´ve obviously missed so much! Great and ancient!

[@stephenhowe4107]

Funny enough the band hated this. They wanted to be soul musicians. Yet they will be remembered for this. A one-hit wonder. I liked it but did not know the back story. Very atmospheric. it is the only 60's track I know of with a wind machine and vibraphone and spoken Chinese words in Mandarin

[@jayneholdsworth5608]

Pure magic

[@markporter9912]

pentatonic scales rooooool !!! a great song with an exotic feel. The woman is actually Chinese (from Hong Kong?) - Jacqui Chan.

[@simonmoore2380]

No, she was actually born in Trinidad, but in the UK since she was a teenager

[@Richard-pe4cx]

i can remember listening to this on radio 1 how things have changed

[@ianlambert1628]

Reminds me of the Youth club 67, and all the girls we knew.God, I loved those days!

[@dongill9650]

So beautiful.

[@Ashtonian54]

A blast from the past! A Rave from the grave!

[@sirmione777]

I was 8 when this charted - loved it then, love it now.

[@eamonncadiz]

Brilliant.Captivates a moment in time.Never to be repeated.

[@johnroberts3723]

Magic song.

[@Straker1923]

Saw them at RAF Swinderby in '69....brilliant!

[@martinberty2002]

Just a small part of the fantastic 60's music. Easily the best decade for music, even though I was only 10 when it ended.