The Zutons - Valerie (Later Archive 2006)

[@mathewjones8886]

Was standing at Lime Street station waiting for a train to London just after this came out. As this song started playing in my headphones I glanced up the platform and there were the whole band waiting for the same train. One of those weird serendipitous moments in life.

[@crawford1083]

So cool...I love coincidences like that.

[@neilp192]

This is a great example of how good and how capable this band is. Sterling musicianship top to bottom.

[@cherylnagy126]

British pound sterling?

[@andybennett1133]

​@@cherylnagy126twerp

[@LPManic]

One of the best British songs of the 00s. Their first album was fantastic.

[@Pobrais]

Yes, it was.

[@ulrikemay3650]

👍

[@keithfitz850]

Tired of hanging around was good too Went to shit after that

[@elrockservatorio]

Damn! that´s a really beautiful Fender Coronado...

[@eggman1978]

Amazing song and that sax is the cherry on the cake.

[@antnam4406]

Amy was there with her band, also performing. She was spellbound, and the song never left her head, until Ronson convinced her to record it, she sings it all the time.

[@domoreilly6093]

Not any more

[@fkcoolers2669]

@@domoreilly6093 yawn.

[@felixzahner495]

really? what an amazing story.

[@ayeelaura]

If you search her appearances on jools holland, youll defo find she performed 2004, 2006 i think ​@felixzahner495

[@andybennett1133]

​​@@domoreilly6093Irish tw*t.

[@A65Bill]

The original and still the best

[@thingymebob4940]

Ab so fuckin loutly

[@TheJose4848]

Damn right

[@brabuenadiskontra4203]

No way Amy 🌹

[@tomedy_official]

@@brabuenadiskontra4203 that was actually Mark Ronson who re composed the song Amy just sang it

[@brabuenadiskontra4203]

@@tomedy_official and?

[@fredperry65]

i met dave, he is the biggest celeb iv ever met and i liked him, he ate a pie from my mums buffet before it was allowed, i found it cool because he was beinig himself, take care dave ,regartd chris.....

[@zihhadtaufik6816]

The Real Voice of rock n roll👏...please wake up The Zutons😢😢

[@vanderark89]

@liam8834 great song out recently called Creeping on the Dancefloor.

[@luianmanri]

after hearing it once it becomes one of your favorite songs of all time

[@jfluffydog2110]

Favourite *

[@luianmanri]

@@jfluffydog2110 your right

[@fuzzybutkus8970]

Abi is beautiful and a great musician as well.

[@morpheusspirit6609]

The original and still the best. An absolutely brilliant song!! 👍🏽🎶🎵🎼

[@Csibu89]

the english Pavel Nedved is a great singer. Good band, great song.

[@neilfranklin5036]

Another great band from Liverpool

[@michelinesantucci4474]

The super song is almost 20 years old???? WhereTF has the time gone? Crazy!!!!!!

[@oldladyrocker6452]

I love this original version, especially after reading the interview with Valerie. Now I understand the lyrics, makes me feel a little blue 😔

[@jimsmithmtb]

Playing this tonight, it's such a good song and I'm glad they're living lovely off it

[@TheJose4848]

and well deserved

[@LaLeMay]

agreed ❤

[@whitespyder9]

This performance is incredible. I almost thought I was looking at a TOTP video, this sounds almost exactly like the studio version!

[@ccfliege]

yes they were really tight. And to add to that is that instrument quality at Jools is always the best of any television show you almost believe its a studio recording

[@wilfred3751]

On TOTP, it may well of sounded like the studio version. Because I think you had to mime singing and playing instruments on there, rather than play live The backing track would of been the studio recording. Totally forgot about this great sounding song.

[@whitespyder9]

@@ccfliege agreed. I wish we could get the entire archive of this show on streaming in the US

[@whitespyder9]

@@wilfred3751 yep. That was exactly my point

[@CJFS00s]

@@wilfred3751Well from 1991 onwards you could have *Live Vocals* on TOTP but very few performed totally live, but we had Later.. With Jools Holland for that! 👍🏻

[@thomaspalmer3923]

Georgeous,talented Abi.

[@steveb9658]

Aww man I'd forgotten what a great band they are. Superb performance 👌

[@aliciasarahwilsongiscombe2453]

Great

[@samfallow18]

Awesome song, awesome cover by Amy, awesome performance right here.

[@ivanjulian2532]

I don't think you used the word "awesome" enough.

[@stephencoxbass]

@@ivanjulian2532 I think it was an awesome comment!

[@jockeyladjockeylad8492]

Winehouse & Ronson turned it into something you would hear wandering through the Yogurt aisle in Tesco - this here, live & kicking, is the definitive version of the definitive version.

[@VIDEOHEREBOB]

Great vocals

[@LaLeMay]

Such a superb band. Must listen to the albums again. I used to have them on repeat. Dave McCabe one of the great songwriters of our times ❤

[@ben.futureprimitive]

high quality! bring back good memories..

[@speedamod]

Loved it then and still holding up.

[@toltpl]

One of my favourites songs!

[@CJFS00s]

Same! 👍🏻

[@cemalkuguoglu3931]

great band great song

[@Bandido6oo]

This is just gold

[@bobcatdriver6930]

God I miss the early 2000s 😢 so much good music circa 2004-2009

[@MerajHuda]

A great song made amazing by Abi's sax!

[@SD_Marc]

Great voice!

[@paksaokayaking4234]

Such a great vibe!!!

[@jvs57]

Looked it up after Noel Gallagher said that he'd met the girl with the ginger hair: lead singer Dave McCabe wrote this song about ex-gf and NYC make-up artist Valerie Star

[@Andrew.Stuart]

Aha me too!

[@euherlyns]

I love this song

[@neuron05]

I don't understand why this band didn't make it to stay together. They are kind of unique having a single sax in a pop band. I love it.

[@richardbutler2749]

The Nova Twins came to Hastings several years ago and played in a pub as part of our version of Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday). They were fab and I’m so pleased they are getting recognition.

[@normalwisdom4048]

*Anyone here in 2024? Just seen these sing this at the M&S Arena Liverpool for Jurgen Klopps final Swan song for Liverpool FC* 🙏

[@ValR-p6f]

No but I’m from the other side of the pond and very jealous- Wish me and my Hubby could have seen it too.

[@LeosHouse]

Absolutely awesome!

[@carlacky]

It's amazing.... OMG... ✨

[@camiladeoliveira816]

Wow!! very good that power 🎼🌵🌵

[@debr2577]

Since I heard this I have become to crave it. Good in so many ways. 4 times today. Dang. 😂😊😅😮😢🎉

[@vanessanassif]

Anyone here on 2050? Man the early 2000s were a trip. Glad we won the revolution. That was a close call!

[@FoardenotFord]

Amazing song, so unique - both this and the Amy Winehouse version are fantastic in their own right, but this is such an excellent live performance

[@Andie1951]

I really like Bruno Mars's version too. He did it as a tribute to Amy Winehouse at the American Music Awards.

[@Letti_letti_]

Te amo David, estás hermoso haha. 😍

[@MrJesseLonge]

Perfect Pop

[@asilahzaharuddin9272]

Excellent

[@ferpaz4723]

I will google you today! Promised!!!

[@ferpaz4723]

Zutons, you guys are from Liverpool! Been listening to Paul and Ringo and others at the White House with Obama. Sorry! I will now listen to you on Spotify. Liverpool and Britain are a guarantee of good musical stuff. Thing is what we get down here in Buenos Aires on the radio is mostly rhe product... Cumbia villera... Shakira, Shakira... Ricky Martin... And then the big oldies over and over. Didn't know of your existence. Anyway I do love Amy and now I see she loved you, so l bet I'll become a fan ;)!!!! Thanks so very much!!!!

[@kjedrusiak]

Fender Coronado II guitar, had a red one back in the day!

[@jasonlaverty76]

You know Scousers rule the world!

[@joshhayes5218]

Dave Mcabe what a singer

[@pedroalvaradopineda97]

Abi 😍😍

[@grahamherbert3612]

"Amy Amy what a terrible shamey, now you're up in heaven with old Patrick Swayze".

[@mikrobendtvmotivart-SVEST]

All the Best❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@jameschalloner9195]

FUCKING tune. James Liverpool

[@stevemercer5807]

Love his vocals And the Bass player

[@ApotropaicV]

Valerie! 🤜🤛

[@huggybear3156]

Proper version.

[@tomboz777]

McCabe:”She told me on Jools Holland's Hootenanny (2006 TV show) that she really liked 'Valerie' and when we played it, I remember her looking at me and smiling.”

[@DiogoJoséTeixeiraDaSilvaDM]

Classic.

[@lucianacarlagaldeanodeandr8462]

❤❤❤

[@zhufutv6757]

❤️❤️❤️

[@keithzana9607]

perfecto

[@antoniodadona5610]

😮 show

[@alessandrorinzivillo1017]

Rock n roll

[@LuciusNekromanteion]

Everyone brings their A game for Jools

[@louiem2]

Great stuff 🤙

[@tomleach1428]

Miss real bands!

[@XoXo475]

No kidding

[@miriaborgess]

❤

[@lorraineplatt7535]

A future high flying bird right there , russ !!

[@LeoGladmanMusic.]

I thought that was him!

[@ceciliahughes740]

❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉

[@pablomerida8065]

😎🔥

[@FirstLastWinLose]

I forgot how beautiful she was

[@ValR-p6f]

She’s still in jail

[@phantom_Biker]

Still the best❤

[@zhufutv6757]

👏👏👏👏

[@leebattick5874]

Who'd have guessed the most beautiful woman on earth plays saxophone?

[@CarlosPriario-bx5vp]

❤🎷🥁🎸🎤

[@solace6613]

Oh Zutons! where are you?

[@brandpartnersuk]

Proper version before it was destroyed as a cover version But they made a great income from the royalties!

[@danidi3986]

When babyshambles 2006?? We need it

[@krisinsaigon]

whatever happened to the Zutons? they were good

[@dinomoviesnstuff]

I guess rock music isn't so popular anymore.

[@underneonloneliness2]

@@dinomoviesnstuff It is! Rock is still the best genre! I never get bored of rock!

[@robovac3557]

@@underneonloneliness2 You do realise your support alone cannot sustain a whole genre yeah?

[@Tyler_the_fox_22]

The saxophone player she's amazing!!!what's her name

[@theorgazoid9459]

Abi Harding.

[@condimentking414]

I first heard this version by The Zutons. In fact, the first track and performance by this band I saw was "You Will, You Won't" on Jools Holland as well, which featured on a DVD called 'Cool Britania'. Apparently The Zutons didn't get much air play in The States and Latin America. My brother introduced me to this song. I didn't even know Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse had covered it until I heard it on a college radio station in Mexico City that played mostly alternative and indie stuff (still does). The year after Amy's passing, I watched a tribute to her on the Grammys, and the unbearable Bruno Mars showed up to perform "Valerie". That's when I notice Americans' blatant ignorance. They didn't even know it was indeed a cover version by Mark Ronson featuring Amy. I mean, it wasn't even part of Amy discography. As for The Zutons, I don't know if they're still on the road. It seems it was purely a British thing.

[@Airwaves1914]

There is no need to provide a you tube analysis. A tune is a tune.

[@SausagesAndEgg]

Scouse power.

[@mogerus]

I always listem to this at 1.25 speed and it became better for me.

[@jonathanmaybury5698]

I like both the original and the Amy Winehouse covers.

[@peterseed8227]

But Mark Ronson's version didn't have Abi on sax, so really, no contest

[@tadeomartinez9887]

Abby my love.

[@pablomerida8065]

X2

[@AdamMaekju]

Absolute darling

[@valeriedeleon3711]

My name😳✋🏼

[@bopitbull3957]

👍

[@grandparolie]

But it’s still good 😊

[@olejorgensen1964]

Best SAX legs ever :-)

[@lbride3738]

Amy is great singer, we all agree on this, but the Zutons way better singing their song.

[@1989BoSchi]

what is that goldtop guitar?

[@turdoirishman]

1974 Gibson Les Paul Signature Goldtop

[@ferpaz4723]

Awesome!!!! Love this song by Amy, but this is a great version!!!

[@emmerson22]

You mean you love this song by The Zutons but Amy's is a great version,

[@dagzey]

this is the original u know

[@ferpaz4723]

@@emmerson22 Yeah😃☝👌❤❤❤💪💪💪💪💪

[@ferpaz4723]

Didn't know... My apologies. Live to learn! Thank you!!!!❤

[@brandpartnersuk]

This is THE VERSION. Any other version is a cover

[@dfabalus]

Best looking girl saxo player ever ever, what a beauty!! Great legs too!!

[@SpindlyScoundrel]

Is that Noel's bass player?

[@cobrafroch3280]

Yes it is good spot

[@Enjoyyourselfnow]

Still won’t play. What the heck is going on?

[@frodobeutlin3465]

On my mobile device it doesn't play either. Then I tried it on a browser and it works. Who knows... 😅

[@drumraine6910]

Let's face it. She's just not coming over.

[@jamesm.3967]

This Valerie sounds like bad news. 😂

[@danieleferlazzo3497]

Listen to it at 1,25

[@SusanMartin-u3s]

Esteban Ville

[@cobrafroch3280]

Bass player with noel gallagher high flying birds now

[@Enjoyyourselfnow]

Won’t play