The Scaffold - Lily The Pink

[@mikebutler3263]

Great to hear this after about 55 years, amazing !

[@gwenever4954]

This was the first record I ever purchased. I bought this as a 4 year old in 1968 to play on the 2nd hand radiogram I had been given for my birthday. 37 years later, it was the song my bride and I left the altar to when we got married to the surprise and shock of family and friends. Not even the bridesmaids or best babe ( ididnt have a best man) knew what we had planned. :) We skipped out hand in hand, and then fell about laughing outside, leaving a bewildered venue full of people behind us.

[@tonelemoan]

Excellent!

[@mikewright7407]

I absolutely LOVE this! Hope you and your wife are well and happy still! x

[@PSP92262]

Here's was hoping you've grown up by now lol

[@Pizzpott]

lol. I hope that you are both still as happy as you were on that day.

[@gremlinuk1968]

You bought as a 4 year old,,? So you went out as a 4 year old and bought this song, ? LMAO, !

[@leighwest5564]

Forget Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca ... I want medicinal compound

[@צביחזנוב-ט3ד]

Great minds work alive! COVID is so 2021...now monkey pox is all the rage!

[@deletebilderberg]

@@צביחזנוב-ט3ד 2023, where ‘DIED SUDDENLY’ is ALL the rage!!

[@teviottilehurst]

7 year old in 68 living in Reading England. Oh the memories.

[@pearsonchick]

@leighwest5564 The song is based on Lydia Pinkham’s recipe from the 1800s but you can still get it today! 😅

[@alessiocece2098]

​@@pearsonchickwhat can you get?

[@MrKaywyn]

A wonderful song which is seriously needed today.

[@rogerpenfold117]

My Nan taught me this song more than fifty years ago. RIP Peggy Spruce ❤

[@trevordickson8617]

Nans are the best people.

[@daveb6214]

This really has brought back some memories. Wish I could get back to those times. 🇬🇧

[@stevegrundy2717]

As a spotty kid in 1968, it was the last hour at school before the Christmas holidays and our whole class was excited.I struck up with the first word / long note of the song and the rest of the class followed. It felt like every child knew every word and we all belted out the whole thing. Possibly my most vivid memory of school. Anyone reading this who was in the second year at Rothwell Grammar School, form 2 Alpha?

[@billwhite9703]

It sounds as if I was there in spirit! Good on ya.

[@terrybrown4400]

I bought this 45 in 1969. Still in my collection. Number one on the charts in Perth Australia. My late younger sister used to get up and dance every time it was played in our home😊

[@andymatthews9132]

The Christmas No1 from 1968, I was 5 years old at the time and loved it. Always reminds me of Christmas as a child😊

[@cuhurun]

andy... '63, a vintage year. same here, fella. Glorious memories.

[@Barry101er]

Pass the bong, will ya?

[@kevinbleasdale9717]

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[@Torahboy1]

‘63 was a grand vintage.

[@tracylawrence5663]

My birthday lol

[@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars]

Just think of the millions they DIDN'T spend filming this!!! Thank U very much! For sharing this!

[@STAGENAME1]

You mean thank you very very very much! 😂

[@lindybeige]

What background shall we have for the film? Of course! A massive demolition site!

[@unrealdev5178]

Didn't expect to find you here matey! Well, in hindsight it's not surprising at all!

[@gmgroucho77]

With scaffolding and a woman dressed in pink.

[@NigelGentry]

I guess they had some scaffolding in the background to go with the name of the group. Music videos weren't really big in 1968!

[@toooldfortwowheels2048]

This is very odd, literally discover this song this morning by mistake, notice they're shooting the video in a building site. Notice Lloyd one of my longest subscribed to KZbinrs in the comments saying precisely that. They are called the scaffolds though so it makes some sense? Also is that Roger McGough in the hat!?

[@burtgrabmore2972]

@@unrealdev5178 I was just going to comment on the choice of site, then I noticed the comment, then I noticed the commenter, then I was going to reply that I thought it was obvious that Lindy would be here, then I noticed your reply, then I noticed that this sentence is way too long, and contains way too many instances of the word 'notice'. Anyway, love Lindy's videos, I always thought this was an Irish Rovers' song.

[@stephaniem5091]

I remember singing this with my classmates at primary school in the 80's!! If I remember rightly, it was during a recreation period! Haha the words....it's great!

[@henrywilliams8291]

Loved this as a teenager, now you couldn't get away with no matter how innocent it is. Memories: Good Times, Bad Times, Analogue Times, the Best Times.

[@tommyc3195]

Guy in the middle is Mike McCartney who had a famous brother called Paul something... Bass guitar on this was played by the legendary Jack Bruce of Cream fame

[@peterlewington4651]

Paul maccartney?! The singer and bass guitar for the WINGS?! That Paul maccartney? Incredible

[@lillieiliff3639]

@@peterlewington4651 Obviously the talent didn’t follow in the family then because it’s absolutely awful and one guy is completely flat

[@Boudicca-the-musical]

Paul McGear, yes. Left handed guitarist and vocalist with Johnny and his Moondogs.

[@thebeetles4256]

Yes we all know that thx.

[@thebeetles4256]

He looks like he’s brother only little bit tho…… that smile.

[@carlcaulkett3050]

In an early brush with show-business, I used to be placed on a wooden box and sang Lily the Pink in my out local greengrocers in South Ealing. Must have been in 1968 when I was 4 or 5 😃

[@davidjarkeld2333]

We had to sing this in school assemblies in the late 70s

[@timphillips9954]

So did we. Must have been the same teachers. lol.

[@jamesupton4996]

Brilliant song. 1968 was when I was four, so with this and Mary Hopkins' Those Were the Days I started getting into music. And not forgetting: I am the Urban Spaceman. Apparently there were a few other bands around, some of them quite big, they tell me now.

[@e.k.2168]

I was also 4 years old in 1968 and this was the first song that truly grabbed my attention as a child. It must have been played on the radio or Top of The Pops. I still love it all these years later!

[@graciefields898]

Those were the days, my friend, when music was actually good!

[@jamesupton4996]

@@graciefields898 Still is, the youngsters tell me.

[@Rhino_Scope]

Thank goodness this video is here!

[@gabriellew6467]

This never fails to make me smile! 🤭😁

[@naijiktom]

Vernon Kay played this on Radio 2 today. I tried to sing along. It's a really funny and fun song.

[@fatmalaka69]

Heard on Radio 2 today as a tribute to Paul O'Grady.... Such a jolly tune

[@deanwatson9458]

Was a lovely man Paul o' Grady ❤

[@leongreenfield9196]

Great song -I always liked it

[@dav01kar]

Buttons of your mind was my favourite serious song their best IMO

[@gremlinuk1968]

I think I 1st heard this song back 70s when i was a kid , born May 23rd 1968 from northern Ireland UK, 🤝♥️🇬🇧

[@BadgerBotherer1]

You were born two days after me, you young whippersnapper.

[@thewatchbloke]

For those that don't know, Mike McGear, in the green and blue jacket, is Paul McCartney's brother.

[@Charlietraveltheworld]

Wait the Paul McCartney from the Beatles

[@thewatchbloke]

@@Charlietraveltheworld Yep, the Paul McCartney

[@bonesshed.]

Im here after this song popped in my head for no apparent reason !! lol

[@hilarymcgourty4458]

Me too 12 months after you haha

[@evgenykot181]

It's great!

[@petersinger9049]

Such fun, so delightful and full of humour!

[@peterjones-w1m]

Great sounds the mad monk is back one cool dude😅😅

[@middleman9183]

This song tormented me as a young child!

[@VinylSinglesUploads]

WE BE MAKING OUT OF BARNSWORTH WITH THIS ONE!! 💯 💯 🔥 🔥 🗣🗣🗣

[@xxPenjoxx]

Yes!! ❤

[@zh84]

Is that you Tiny Tom? Couldn't you make your pies a bit, you know...bigger?

[@Tom_Roberts]

Brilliant lyrics of course , written by a poet.

[@jeffebdy]

I believe the chap on the left at the start was in Tizwaz

[@d.beaumont9157]

I remember doing the Freddie dance in front of my parents. Valerie Singleton beautiful as ever.

[@cathyk6979]

Drink a drink a drink happy carefree song miss those times great people too

[@philipbonner6486]

A classic.

[@davidlegat4620]

a blast from the past brings back memories from my childhood they dont make them like this anymore theres no humour any more in music

[@mpw8883]

Mike McGear, the guy in the middle with the green-blue jacket, is the younger brother of another big band from Liverpool..... his brother answers to the name Sir Paul McCartney and the band is The Beatles

[@pierremchughes9917]

Yes but not the present McCartney

[@deanocallaghan1850]

Wow. that fact blew my mind. I see on Wikipedia that after retiring he has dropped the pseudonym McGear and is now going by his proper name Mike McCartney.

[@michaelruf9769]

Was ein geiles Lied!! Und so passend zum Pharmazismus

[@JelMain]

Old Schickelgruber invented the Uber, found he'd got things on his play-a-ate So when he heard of Medicinal Compound, he was never there, but always late.

[@jcs7642]

There´s no song that might reflect any better why I really love England so much

[@georgebarker3356]

Father was a product of 1954,I came along in 1982,worked with him for 2 years at the turn of the 21st century and he used to hum and sing this....🤣👍

[@prideofdurham4776]

Started my "A" levels when this game out.3 weeks later I said stuff it and got a job , and enjoyed many medicinal compounds later that year!

[@1201Snoop]

brings back memories of junior choice on radio one

[@hallamhal]

The first guy is the most 60s guy I've ever seen The second is the most 70s guy I've ever seen The third... would probably fit in better today

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

1st guy...Mike McGear (Paul McCartney's brother!) 2nd guy...Roger Gorman (from Tiswas!) 3rd guy...Roger McGough (brilliant poet who's still performing!)

[@akitakutya]

...and the girl?

[@madjackfuller]

@@akitakutya Lily the pink

[@VirreFriberg]

Third guy dresses like a pimp

[@carollynnchap]

@@akitakutya That would be me .. Carol Bura then, now Chapman ( Waitress from the Revolution Club and one time extra in films)

[@frankyw8803]

Nice to see the lads from Auf wiedersehen in the background 🙂

[@Roblilley999]

Always a fan of Scaffolds Work

[@ORIGINOLINDIVIDUAL]

I hope they all had their cscs card & 1 hour induction to get on to the site

[@maximondu2582]

What an old favourite of mine 🙂

[@ashelia0302]

In December 1968, 1st place on the British charts! (Record Mirror).

[@michaelrayroach4351]

Thanks for your beautiful committe

[@wasitacatisaw83]

Anyone here because of the game "Thank Goodness You're Here"?

[@maxinemcivor4974]

My son 37. plays the game and it reminded him of being a child and me playing it in the car. I am a child of the 60's and it reminds me of my childhood, hence the 60's music in the car. I think it's wonderful a song can spurn memories of different generations

[@JelMain]

@@maxinemcivor4974 Came as a shock to discover my class teacher at the time created Finchley Central, the fore-runner to Mornington Crescent

[@samanthahughes7783]

My 23 year old heard it on my playlist, and when he started playing that game, I remember him laughing and telling me about it. 😂

[@JacquelineFox-xo6jn]

Guys. Brassic is going to be the best. . . It's on. NOW. Absolutely Stole the show 😮😮😮🎉🎉

[@midlander_74]

Slightly before i was born... [ 1974 ] This was a Christmas number 1 in 1968. I only came across this the other day... as I am setting up a Christmas quiz [ every year ] This year .. Christmas number 1's. sadly when I spotted this ... i hadn't a clue what or who it was by.. and I love it... as a Christmas song. why you may ask... The fun factor [ xmas is about fun.. ] The drink factor [ also a xmas feel ] And the bells towards the end.. My favourite band is the Pet shop boys who got a Xmas number 1 in 1987.. with always on my mind... which has nothing about Christmas about it.. which got me in a negative mindset when I saw the past 10 - 20 yrs or so... the past 20 yrs have been poor xmas number ones. like ladbaby [ someone jail him ] or spice girls... ed sheeran not perfect... apart from wham - last Christmas 2023.. but... with hope and my input we might [ hope ] we can improve.. just like this great fun song... shakin stevens... paul mccartney .. slade.. chris rea... cliff richard [ last resort "Where are you"... Merry Christmas 2024 anyhow.....to all that read this... & have a great time. and I hope you all a successful 2025.

[@evgenykot181]

Amazing!

[@alkebabish]

For some reason we were forced to sing this at school (in the late 80s). Now I know where it is from!

[@kimberleystockdale1767]

We still sang it in school in the early 2000s! 🤣

[@ordrazz]

thanks for sharing this... never seen it before... 2022

[@michaelbutcher3563]

So clever to think you can listen to this all and right at the end you find...that it's a Christmas track in fact.

[@lucilovecraft1621]

Brilliant 💕

[@isaacmoore6676]

🥰🥰

[@johnnybs7]

Man there’s something so sad and poignant about this video even though it’s upbeat and joyful (except for the last verse!) - perhaps it’s the massive amount of time gone by since this song was released and the vast amount of childhood memories associated with it i dunno. We sure did live in a different world back then. Kinda brings to light how rotten everything is now. I remember seeing this video when it came out but haven’t seen it since. Now I can’t stop watching it and I’m laughing and crying at the same time😳

[@ianskewisEditor]

I remember this on Tiswas!

[@tracylawrence5663]

Number 1 the day I was born 😂 that's why im here

[@graciefields898]

I hope you have turned out to be efficacious in every way! Bless you xxx

[@DavidHodgkinson-bc8en]

WOW 💯♥️😜

[@shirleyrook7111]

love it

[@carlaustin6692]

when did Arthur Scargill become a singer

[@andrewguest6941]

A good song and very dark

[@ABCDEF-yf4yu]

Never heard of the word "efficacious" before listening to this song.

[@tonysoprano9864]

This song is pure genius 😂😂😂

[@markjones-gu2fj]

The song had a what would now be a all star line up with Jack Bruce on bass and backing vocals , Graham Nash on guitar and backing vocals , Reg Dwight (Elton John) on piano and backing vocals , Tim Rice (who was working as a gopher at the time) on tambourine and backing vocals, Keith Moon played some drum parts and backing vocals . There was a Beatle connection Ringo’s drum kit was used with overcoats stuffed in the bass drum to get a muffled sound. Lily the pink was replaced at no 1 on dec 31st 1968 by Ob-ladi,ob-la-da by Marmalade only to regain the no 1 spot again a week later and a week after that Marmalade went back to no 1.

[@JacquelineFox-xo6jn]

Explain.. London. ❤❤❤

[@dellawrence4323]

Not one American understands anything about this song, it is a mystery to them.

[@stevepope4248]

And it's about Lydia Pinkham, an American during prohibition who invented a highly alcoholic tonic for women and gov never sussed it !

[@aidy6000]

It's an American folk song to be fair mate.

[@HardcoreIrishhistory]

I reckon Lilly took three in the pink.

[@NeilFromKent]

Does anyone remember Charlie Cairoli? A 70's children's variety show? They always ended the show with this song. Anyone? Please? Some of you youtuber oldies MUST remember!

[@wilberfloss832]

I ❤️ the Scaffold

[@isaacmoore6676]

same hun xxx

[@andynewell6814]

I loved this as a kid - never saw the video before. In the harsh light of the 21st century, I have to say that the bit at 2:54 is a bit creepy!

[@PQ580]

My song when I was a kid

[@wt4csm]

Thank Goodness You're Here!

[@michaelswestun6076]

Used to sing the chorus in the school playground without really knowing what the words meant

[@graciefields898]

Yeah, I remember when I first learned the words I didn't have a clue what it was about. Strange growing up in the eighties, wasn't it?!

[@88thsliceofthecake22]

My mum introduced this song to me in my teens I’m now 36 in 2024

[@colindavid2078]

Can't see a music video like this being approved this day in age!!

[@davidsmith6355]

Colin yeah, you are right mate, it might not pass the pc test but you know what? The pc test is wrong and if anyone disagrees with me I am happy to explain why they are wrong haha!. (basically its lack of evidence, case dismissed) Not so sure about that woman going up to great heights in that bucket though - that looks dangerous to me!

[@Pizzpott]

Yep, that's how far we have fallen.

[@carollynnchap]

@@davidsmith6355 It was!, but ll made them chain up the tipping mechanism so that it couldn't flip.

[@davidsmith6355]

@@carollynnchap Oh that's very good to hear Carol, feeling much less worried about it now haha! Must have been great to have been involved with something so iconic 🙂

[@mal_3157]

@@davidsmith6355 how is this politically incorrect I’m confused 😂

[@StevenWilliams-n4j]

My current earworm - every day I walk past a bookshop, which has Mary Beard's "Emperor of Rome" in the window. This always makes me think about Ebenezer!

[@שמעון-ק2ח]

The woman who acted Lilly the pink, once commented here in the comments? Where is she? She said she was indeed sitting in that bucket but it was very scary.

[@Hovercraftltd]

Great when you hear from the people who were actually there.. her mini dress and knickers so of that fun era.

[@robertkincaid]

today Dec9 th played on Pick of the tops radio2

[@Davofromdownunder65]

This song is what you call an earworm 😁

[@jeffward3280]

This song is about 150 years old. It’s based on Lydia Pinkhams pills from US.

[@mick6370]

Arthur Scargill anyone? 😂😂

[@carenhughan4760]

Yes, I could do with medicinal compound at times.

[@graciefields898]

Read KZbin comments instead. Just as uplifting and not nearly so dangerous!

[@garryreason1796]

This was when stereo was used properly. They don't know what stereo is today!

[@G6JPG]

That isn't stereo, it's two separate tracks! (And all the better for it, IMO! Like you, I like the technique.)

[@garryreason1796]

@@G6JPG Actually yeah thats a good point it is a "left" track and a "right" track put together, but its great. It uses the 2 channels to their maximum.

[@TonyP_Yes-its-Me]

Building and demolition sites seemed to be a thing, for videos. Look at Concrete and Clay, or War Baby by Tom Robinson. That one looked bloody lethal.

[@HughRaine]

@1:42 My choreographer wife couldn't help but notice that they all turn together and then John sets off on the wrong foot.

[@Sjmby95]

I remember this from childhood

[@Wolfspiderxl]

We used to sing this at school.

[@graciefields898]

Cool school you went to!

[@antonygraham3001]

I used to hate this song because of the second verse, my brothers and sisters would sing it at me, I was bony and didn't eat my meals! 50 years on it's just funny.

[@evgenykot181]

My favorite song in english ❤

[@RobertKincaid-vq3hn]

one of members of this trio has a brother who played Bass guitar in certain group

[@graciefields898]

Do you refer to the group that used to be called the Quarrymen?

[@RobertKincaid-vq3hn]

@@graciefields898 i do not think we was in the quarymen, more the egg men

[@graciefields898]

@@RobertKincaid-vq3hn Goo goo g'joob!

[@francishuddy9462]

Is is Nobby Styles on the left?

[@stevekippel3809]

🕊❤🕊

[@phantom_not_chopper]

What does it do for a comb-over though?

[@mattless.ftbl1]

Smello!!

[@JacquelineFox-xo6jn]

It on She's my Mam... London. Ta. ❤❤❤

[@joelmole3157]

Did... did they just murder Lily the Pink?!

[@lovelyweeburd]

Just funnelled some scrumpy down her gullet, she'll live! Might have a wee hangover though 😂 🍺

[@oo-dd3lk]

NOBODY... Does comedy of any variety like us BRITISH. GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, BY A LONG WAY..