These Eyes - The Guess Who | The Midnight Special

[@joannedecola4558]

My God! 50 years later and it doesn’t get better than this. His voice still gives me chills.

[@cannottt]

I saw him live a few days ago at an outdoor venue- the voice- the same now as then. He’s 77 or near it and his voice is super powerful. It was very impressive. If you get a chance to see him live- I hope you go!

[@joannedecola4558]

@@cannottt That’s awesome. Thanks so much! ✌️

[@catofthecastle1681]

Guess what was playing in the back of the family pale blue woody every Friday night! Not telling what I was doing in 1972!

[@joannedecola4558]

@ lol! 😝

[@canadianstudmuffin]

The Guess Who not only made a lot of great hit songs, but their albums were superb too! It is pathetic that they are not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

[@robertoluiz8094]

You are right! Why aren't they in the RaRHoF? On the other hand, we should not have any respect for RaRHoF, once about more than 20 yrs. ago they have inducted the band of Bruce Springsteen (only his band), while there have been a long waiting line of real stars and talents. No respect for RaRHoF!!!!

[@hectorhector3326]

If Cummings/Bachman looked like Plant /Page, the would have been in 20 years ago.

[@stuco]

The rnr hall of a fame is a joke.

[@ChrisIrving-f7k]

It’s. Hard. They weren’t necessarily rock

[@canadianstudmuffin]

@@ChrisIrving-f7k ...and Dolly Parton is??

[@forgottensage-o5o]

WOW! That piano playing and that singing!

[@needahandle]

It's so good

[@dragon2knight]

This man's voice is on another level, Bert Cummings is simply one of a kind!

[@omarvasquez445]

One of the best 🎙

[@paulsparta5156]

Especially for a Canadian! ;-) @@omarvasquez445

[@Krunch2020]

Nobody covers these great songs because they would be exposed as second rate singers.

[@holtridge7337]

One of the greatest of all time

[@nicholascollora6709]

Thanks 5 sensed plus balance balance

[@CJCarson-p5j]

Hey kids... this is what real singing is all about. No computers, no bullshit. Just talent at the highest level.

[@RAIDERS77FYT]

Robert Plant said Burt had one of the best voices he ever heard...man what a compliment..and he wasnt wrong..🙏😎

[@that70sgirl90]

He has a beautiful voice. 👀 1974... I was 10 years old and not a care in the world. Happy Thursday... thank you for sharing! 💖

[@sixstringhans-tone5574]

Yes, awesome tune. I always check the date when these songs were on the show an I was born in 74 but almost exactly 4 months later but on July 25th. An you prolly would’ve baby sat my snot nose bratty ass! 😂 jk PEACE!

[@10000jims]

Same age here. It's amazing how much the music from that era stays with you over the years.

[@richardcorreya2739]

Same here😊

[@dgf6275]

Ditto!!!

[@michaelphillips8055]

me to

[@dwaynewladyka577]

A great Canadian singer and songwriter. This is such a wonderful performance. I saw Burton Cummings 4 times live and met him. The Guess Who are awesome. Cheers! ✌️🇨🇦

[@Ezra.emerson]

One of the best voices of the era

[@pocopico7409]

What an amazing voice he had. You never realize exactly how great his range was until you start trying to sing some of the stuff he sang yourself. Trust me, you won’t be able to reach the notes…if you’re a guy. And he sang them in full voice! He was an unbelievable singer.

[@skeezix8156]

I’ve tried in the car 😂 ended up sounding like the scene from the Superbad movie

[@pocopico7409]

@@skeezix8156: 😂

[@BarriePoole]

Burton still sounds great for a guy in his 70s now.

[@antonioeustaquioamaral3421]

Like a Freddie Mercury..

[@wayneelliott7011]

@@antonioeustaquioamaral3421 LOL! Burton's a Quadrillion Light Years Better Singer than Mercury.

[@redbarchetta8782]

Burton Cummings is amazing and he's still just as amazing even at 75.

[@H1ra999]

This guy makes me proud to be Canadian. All I'm gonna say 😁

[@lancerx1759]

Burton Cummings is another wonderful gift from our neighbors to the north

[@neilschroeder7854]

If you want to hear some other great Canadian artists from the 70s, I can make some suggestions.

[@redwingblackbirdnell]

aay!😉

[@georgezipp223]

The hits just keep coming. Keep up the good work Midnight Special.

[@paisleyprincess7996]

This performance was right after the day I was born…50 years ago

[@rg8249]

A hugely underrated vocalist, amazing talent!

[@luvbasses5487]

Call up his solo tune: Stand Tall. It’s positively tremendous!

[@lisachauvin]

Love that song! ❤

[@johnbeyenberg3630]

Back home from Viet Nam too find out my first love had found @ guy. Then this song.Wow, killer lyrics. Mr Cummings allowed me to move on and stay whole. Thanks so much MS for saving these very ' special' performances..

[@davejonsson3440]

Spectacular performance. 100% music, 0% BS.

[@Al-rs2rr]

It has amazed me all my life how anyone can play an instrument, any instrument and sing at the same time. I would totally screw it up. Burton, Randy and so many other are masters at their crafts.

[@TheUnofficialGuessWhoArchive]

It's so great to finally see these performances as they were originally taped!

[@AndresManosalvas]

The best canadian rock ever

[@josephwirtz8352]

Rush…

[@JQ127-c4e]

​@josephwirtz8352 lol yeah sure.

[@DutchStar443]

That is one beautiful damned song.

[@gregoryduncan3067]

Burt, thank you for your 🎁 of Guess Who clips ❤.

[@tonylamosa3]

What a Voice!

[@jimlong8077]

Man those vocals are a lot of work.

[@Ibrian8888]

You did it again Mr. Sugarman 🙏🤗☕️cheers

[@angelinasuazo5705]

This is the video that I was trying to find, to add it to my collection!

[@mguerramd]

We were SO lucky to have lived in a time when great music and musicians were all around us. Nowadays... ugh.

[@rinalore9416]

Are you saying you don't like resentful, self-righteous lyrics, AI electronic music (without any Musicians) with naked stripper pole dancers air' gyrating all over the stage with a blinding light show that causes seizures and migraines? If so, I👍🏻agree with you.

[@DougMcDave]

No autotune or pitch correction. I think he sounds great!

[@OWR0406]

he was a fabulous vocalist but also a grandiose piano player

[@katttaylor5976]

Every Friday my 5th grade teacher let a student bring in an album to play during art class. Someone brought in their sister's The Guess Who & that day I dropped The Partridge Family and went full on to The Guess Who.

[@DrTomoculus]

THANK YOU MIDNIGHT SPECIAL ONE OF THE BEST BANDS THAT EVER WERE

[@IgorsDeepPurpleUniverse]

I adore this song !

[@skeezix8156]

They played at a tiny Air Force base at Neah Bay Washington back in the 70’s. My folks brought home black t shirts with red band logo lettering front and back. I’m at shirt collector and dang I wish I could even find one today. Good memories

[@ChiCan76]

Love the Burton. Hoping to see him live at least once more

[@FionaEm]

Aussie Gen Xer here. I was too young to remember The Guess Who, but I remember Stand Tall, which was a huge hit here. Have been going down a KZbin Cummings rabbit hole this week and am thoroughly enjoying finding out more about his amazing musical ability 😊

[@BlackHatCinephile]

Classic

[@richardlefaive1944]

His voice is so "easy". So much power with so little effort. That's why it stayed strong for so long.

[@leefreed2060]

The Guess Who...ummm yeahhhhh. My childhood right here, and still in 2023, I still crank this

[@dr.ronaldmiller2186]

Hey is a phenomenal talent !!! Keep on rocking Burton.... Thankyou

[@gnostix1]

Saw the band in the late 70s -- one of the best in memory (and I worked in the biz for over 30 years.) It's criminal that they're not in the R&R HOF.

[@P51]

WOW. This is a fantastic performance.

[@dadaevan]

Burton - simply a magician with the voice!!

[@rebeccawagner4167]

This is another trip down memory lane for me. I grew up watching the Midnight Special every saw night. It was a ritual for me. I wanted to see the finest groups in rock and roll. The Midnight Special, never seemed to disappoint. They always had a bad ass group on.

[@Mo_Taser]

3:10 is the first time I've heard Burton make a mistake on piano. The dude has a voice.

[@dgf6275]

His performance of "American Woman" is one of the best things I've heard in my life. 🖤🤍🖤🤍

[@royhughes2854]

GREAT anti-war song!! I remember they sang it at WOODSTOCK!!

[@jodywight3948]

​@@royhughes2854 The Guess Who were not at Woodstock.... unfortunately

[@royhughes2854]

@@jodywight3948 Damn! i musta been REALLY REALLY REALLY STONED!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RLE0702]

I love this one, always one of my favorites. Thank you ❤

[@JohnShields-xx1yk]

I was a teen when this was a hit on the radio back in the day.

[@terryrunyon891]

Great voice and a great song! One of my all time favorites!!👍😃

[@keithplunk6611]

Burton, if you ever read this...just know that you have directly influenced my playing & singing just as much as anyone...including the BEATLES! Now that's saying something regarding your talent, passion and musical contribution. Thankyou for every note! It makes me very happy to hear you sing anything, anytime, anywhere! Guess Who loves you?...We All Do! Appreciate you beyond words! Keith in Memphis, Tn. You are the vocal bomb in our neighborhood! 😊

[@Mr.Zero1960]

God, I love this song! Thanks.

[@helenwenzel7603]

Great days, back then!

[@RayMartinez-zm8lu]

This brings back memories when I was young

[@janicetrimmell6897]

I love this song. Burton Cummings' voice is outstanding and he's unbelievable on the piano. For some fun, and a look at his sense of humor, there are a few videos out on YT from concert footage of him doing an impression of Gordon Lightfoot singing Rod Stewart's Maggie May. The Guess Who were one of my favorites as a teenager.

[@jodibrooklyn1033]

Great song, great lyrics.

[@djowinzschuschen235]

i love this song

[@needahandle]

It is a great song

[@keithwalters8778]

Just fantastic! One of the best songs ever written.

[@Alekx-gq2vt]

Great ALL !!!!!!

[@tenlittleindians]

Great song, great band, great writers.

[@baronlonny4621]

What a voice, Burton and the GW were never the same band without his guitarist/writing partner, too bad, what a great band they were!!

[@cindyyeager4532]

Great singer

[@stoned66neves]

clássico mundial inesquecível!

[@mundicojr]

Que alegria ler um comentário deste de um conterrâneo. Abraço!

[@scottbouchard2673]

One of a kind. Legend.

[@MelindaMelinda-y1j]

So in love with him!

[@joaniepeaches9315]

Great voices of my youth, one of the greatest bands in music history .... Canadian mange cakes eh.

[@StephanieJeanne]

That was a little more subdued than the recording, which was nice for the venue. Great song! Burton has such a unique voice, and I always gravitated toward it. Nice piano playing, too. It's strange to see him with that clean-cut look, though. Hehe

[@gregoryduncan3067]

The song is so good, they didn't really need other instruments for it to work.

[@gregoryduncan3067]

Come to think of it, there was other instrumentation in it but not much more.

[@StephanieJeanne]

@@gregoryduncan3067 The recording had what sounded like a few strings, if I remember correctly. Maybe not though. I just meant this performance was a tad bit slower and has a more intimate feel, especially since they highlighted Burton and the group was darkened in the background. Correction: maybe not strings, but horns.

[@gregoryduncan3067]

They could do that song a lot of different ways and it would work.

[@StephanieJeanne]

@@gregoryduncan3067 Of course!

[@josephroman8568]

Burton Cummings is awesome!

[@MOJO-xi3wf]

Just awesome. I was fortunate enough to partake a Heineken with him in 96 at a Raptors game Sky Dome. Solid dude

[@OWR0406]

a very new yorkish vibe 🤩

[@dr.ronaldmiller2186]

My favorite song of all time!!!!!

[@southernrocker63]

The greatest pop/rock vocalist I ever heard!!

[@NomoreUS]

Phenomenal group, incredible songs!!

[@lloydford7547]

Best Rock Voice Ever and he is a great piano player and he’s Gorgeous !

[@needahandle]

Good looking man with a great voice

[@cheryllochhead4714]

Beautiful song so poignant,beautiful voice

[@Brunosampaiobr]

Simply amazing. Greetings of a 1982' man from Rio de Janeiro.

[@ForeverDownByLaw]

Beautiful.

[@edwardruiz5515]

Grew up to this song , never forget this one

[@serratangelo8518]

Отлично!!!👏👏👏👏

[@royhughes2854]

The GUESS WHO was my FAVORITE BAND in those days!! Abd of course, like most great talent, came from CANADA!!!

[@dionst.michael1482]

Never heard of it

[@n.v.1258]

Just God-given talent. Never again. 😢

[@reginateixeira6401]

"These arms long to hold you again"

[@Mr_Mgun]

still a great song...

[@rgutierrez017]

If there is a "Hall of Great Songs Ever Written" this could be one of the top 10,

[@flicewatter]

Awesome 👌

[@tracidevine4591]

So handsome 🥰

[@robinleebraun7739]

Burton had a great voice.

[@barbaratillman8552]

Burton's voice is indeed on another level. I really see that on his album My Own Way To Rock. Now there's an album, boys and girls

[@Solomongrundy68]

Amazing. I remember later that year Barry White showed up there with his "Love Unlimited Orchestra" performing his "Love's Theme". I'm sure its coming soon.

[@stevedec2]

WOW!

[@youtubefan754]

This song was popular when I was a child, early '70's. This song was also playing on the radio when we were driving on the freeway, (1986) and the boyfriend I was with at that time, started singing along with it, looking at me, directing the song at me, to manipulatively make his point. I hate it when men use songs to master-manipulate us! He was trying to guilt trip me, because I was thinking about leaving him, because he was abusive. Abusive, controling men know how to "work" their women, to get them to do whatever they want. Well, hearing him sing this song at me, with that sad-act expression on his face, was enough to make me stay with him, (until the next time he was abusive).

[@bobjohnson1587]

Too much information! lol 😉

[@AudioFreqx]

Randy Bachman (pictured at left 4:15) started the 'catch' of that tune ('these eyes' and that particular keyboard part) then Burt ran with it.

[@televinv8062]

That's Kurt Winter, not Randy B. By this time, Randy left the Guess Who about 3 years prior. But yeah, Bachman came up with that piano part around '68/'69(?)

[@peterflynn6327]

Back when we had REAL music show.

[@hoarybat61]

Hall of Fame Now! Dammit! Pahetic HOF are you listening?

[@lastinline1958]

This guy's voice is spectacular, and I wish there was more of him. That said, can you really call this band The Guess Who without Randy or Carl? The Burton Cummings Band would sound just as good, just without the name recognition.

[@hegasin]

Joya 💎!!!

[@shooz0510]

Please, please upload "undun" as well.

[@im_agine852]

I read that this song was written in 10 minutes.

[@bobjohnson1587]

Yep! And originally it was "These Ears"! Thankfully, it got changed! lol

[@KYoss68]

Burt: I'm gonna go out there, I'm gonna wear a turtleneck and a wool suit and I'm gonna sit under those hot lights and play and sing my heart out! Everyone else: you're gonna melt.

[@rogermilla2358]

The only face I can imagine when I hear this song now is Michael Cera's 😂