 Forever Changes (1967) [ larger cover art ] |
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Yeah, said it's all right
I won't forget
All the times I've waited patiently for you
And you'll do just what you choose to do
And I will be alone again tonight my dear
Yeah, I heard a funny thing
Somebody said to me
You know that I could be in love with almost everyone
I think that people are
The greatest fun
And I will be alone again tonight my dear
Yeah, I heard a funny thing
Somebody said to me
You know that I could be in love with almost everyone
I think that people are
The greatest fun
And I will be alone again tonight my dear
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet) | Posted: Apr 28, 2013 - 11:06 I never knew who sung this song.....really? These guys? Timeless. |
| ScottD | Posted: Mar 28, 2013 - 09:49 Was great then, still great now. |
| ick (...out of the primordial ooze) | Posted: Mar 28, 2013 - 09:48 nevar23 wrote: Probably blasphemy, but I prefer the cover by The Damned. Always good to know and honor the source, though. Love the brass.  Not to me it isn't. The Damned's version is pretty awesome and was my first exposure to the song. |
| oldman (Lost in Northern Virginia) | Posted: Jan 04, 2013 - 12:04 TJS wrote: Great song. I still think that UFO's version is the best though. I agree with that. |
| finsterboy (Brooklyn) | Posted: Oct 22, 2012 - 14:42 nevar23 wrote: Probably blasphemy, but I prefer the cover by The Damned. Always good to know and honor the source, though. Love the brass. Ooh, I'll have to find that… |
| finsterboy (Brooklyn) | Posted: Oct 22, 2012 - 14:41 How have I not heard this before? Even though I was only 5 in 1967, my old man had a great music collection and I listened to it all. This sounds like other music from the era that he was into. Good stuff. |
| nevar23 (Georgia) | Posted: Oct 22, 2012 - 14:39 Probably blasphemy, but I prefer the cover by The Damned. Always good to know and honor the source, though. Love the brass. |
| TJS (Bradley, Il) | Posted: Jul 31, 2012 - 10:26 Great song. I still think that UFO's version is the best though. |
| kapetanc (Athens, Greece) | Posted: Jun 30, 2012 - 00:03 One of the best from the past!!! Calexico after that should be great... |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Apr 27, 2012 - 09:11 Cachatons wrote: But this song sounds like what the moody blues would sound like. Well, maybe without the loudly-mixed mellotron, echo-laden, four-part harmonies, and the gong. The two bands probably shared some similar inspirations, though. |
| cmplus | Posted: Apr 27, 2012 - 09:04 1968 was such an odd year. With everything else going on, this song was a quiet corner of the world. Thanks for playing it Bill. |
| SinisterDexter | Posted: Mar 26, 2012 - 15:31 George_Tirebiter wrote: First heard this on a United Airlines flight from Chicago to San Diego in 1969 after renting a headset for 2 bucks. Just as lovely now as then Cool. I see you're also a fan of Firesign Theater.  |
| George_Tirebiter (Phoenix) | Posted: Dec 22, 2011 - 12:27 First heard this on a United Airlines flight from Chicago to San Diego in 1969 after renting a headset for 2 bucks. Just as lovely now as then |
| coloradojohn (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan -- 15 min. west of Shinjuku, center of the freaking Universe) | Posted: Jul 17, 2011 - 19:15 YES! What a weird movie! The Wilson Bros. funny as hell, James Caan at his seedy best, and such a wacky story! I too was appreciative that someone had remembered the beauty and grace of this plaintive song that was all over the place back in the day and put it in a contemporary soundtrack...but I wonder how many people even know about this movie? Glad the song's on RP for many to hear! kellykiernan wrote: This is one of my favorite songs. Wes Anderson used it so beautifully in his first movie "Bottle Rockets." The anticipation of new love... |
| bachbeet | Posted: Apr 13, 2011 - 22:47 Excellent song from an excellent album. They really put out some great music that had a lot of influences from Jazz and classical and Latin. They really brought all that together and that takes a lot of talent. |
| jadewahoo | Posted: Apr 13, 2011 - 22:46 I love Love. |
| Pommie (Blackpool The UK's Riviera) | Posted: Mar 13, 2011 - 11:29 This song makes me tingle. I am 16 again when I hear it. |
| GuiltyFeat (Ra'anana) | Posted: Feb 10, 2011 - 02:49 I have a funny response to this song. I understand intellectually that it's good, but it doesn't make my heart sing in ways that many songs that aren't as good do. |
| kellykiernan | Posted: Nov 07, 2010 - 11:01 This is one of my favorite songs. Wes Anderson used it so beautifully in his first movie "Bottle Rockets." The anticipation of new love... |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Nov 07, 2010 - 10:58 Never heared this before. What genre is this? |
| Synth80s (*Beautiful* Southern California (cough, choke, honk)) | Posted: Jul 03, 2010 - 01:12 I know this might not go down well with the purists, but I like the remake of this song by The Damned better than the original. Still, the original gets a 9 because, well, it's the original, isn't it? |
| thefreedomman | Posted: May 09, 2010 - 13:50 If you want to know about Arthur Lee and LOVE, please check out www.thefreedomman.com/forum I've created a thread there about LOVE.I also helped out Mike Kerry with the LOVE STORY docu and there's lots of interesting stuff to read about LOVE and the main band on the forum The Doors. |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Apr 30, 2010 - 12:52 jagdriver wrote:  And there is a terrific Arthur Lee DVD for rent via Netflix whereby he performs all of Love's hits with a Swedish orchestra circa 2000. Stories have it that Hendrix modeled his flamboyant dress after seeing Lee.  I even broke down and bought it not long ago. Great stuff! There is also a 2 CD set where the 2nd CD has studio out-takes. I like some of them better than the ones used. |
| jtarp (Dublin, Ireland) | Posted: Apr 30, 2010 - 12:48 The rare combination of lyric, music, arrangement all working together to make a really nice song. |
| jagdriver (Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise) | Posted: Apr 30, 2010 - 12:46 DaveInVA wrote: One of the most perfect songs ever recorded  And there is a terrific Arthur Lee DVD for rent via Netflix whereby he performs all of Love's hits with a Swedish orchestra circa 2000. Stories have it that Hendrix modeled his flamboyant dress after seeing Lee. |
| gshrieves (Colorado, USA) | Posted: Apr 30, 2010 - 12:45 How wrong is it that I prefer The Damned's version? Still gets an 8 from me, though. |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet this is not my home) | Posted: Apr 30, 2010 - 12:44 Classic.... |
| jadewahoo (Beautiful Earth) | Posted: Mar 29, 2010 - 20:53 DaveInVA wrote: One of the most perfect songs ever recorded  |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Feb 26, 2010 - 07:04 DaveInVA wrote: One of the most perfect songs ever recorded As much as I generally disagree with Dave, I have to agree that this song simply soars—and, yes, is nearly perfect in its execution. Back then of course we had no idea what to think of it—a chorus of horns? A lone mariachi trumpet? Then Quickilver did "Pride of Man," and within a year Tower of Power, The Electric Flag, and Chicago burst upon the scene...and it all fell into place. Arthur Lee was beyond cool. |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Feb 26, 2010 - 07:01 paulmack wrote: I think the Moody Blues were still waiting to be reincarnated in 1967. Actually, The Bloody Mooes had their first LP "Go Now" in '64. They released their "Days of Future Past" LP in '67, same year as this song. |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: Feb 26, 2010 - 07:01 paulmack wrote: I think the Moody Blues were still waiting to be reincarnated in 1967.  |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Feb 26, 2010 - 06:58 One of the most perfect songs ever recorded |
| joerw | Posted: Feb 26, 2010 - 06:57 Nice. |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Oct 23, 2009 - 13:51 paulmack wrote: I think the Moody Blues were still waiting to be reincarnated in 1967. Well, it was an instantaneous reaction comment, and I'd been waiting to praise some "new music" since today's been full of slams against of "old guy" music. Looks like I screwed the pooch on all counts. Typical for me, unfortunately. |
| paulmack (the hissing swamps) | Posted: Oct 23, 2009 - 13:46 unclehud wrote: Moody Blues reincarnated? I think the Moody Blues were still waiting to be reincarnated in 1967. |
| wlgordon | Posted: Oct 23, 2009 - 13:46 The good ones never get old. |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Oct 23, 2009 - 13:45 Moody Blues reincarnated? |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Oct 23, 2009 - 13:45 titanium667 wrote: UFO's version was on it's "Lights Out" album, released in 1977. It's the one track on the album that sounds nothing like UFO. It does feature nice guitar work by Michael Schenker, but it lacks the emotion of Love's version. agreed, ufo's version was part of the soundtrack of my HS life. . . |
| jadewahoo (Beautiful Earth) | Posted: Sep 21, 2009 - 23:47 This song is about as perfect as a song can be. |
| titanium667 | Posted: Aug 21, 2009 - 11:57 Peace_tode wrote: Just popped in andthought I heard Moody Blues playing some song I was familiar with and really like quite a bit but not by them. Soon I knew it was Alone Again. A quick check on the playlist and I find it is by Love. Never heard this version before. Definitely older than the one I know. Wish i heard all of it. But the version I thought was original was performed by UFO in the 70's. I read references to other versions but none about UFO. Is anyone else familiar with UFO's track? Like other bands covers, somewhat of a departure from their norm, but beautiful nonetheless. So thanks RP for playing great stuff. I hear great alt. versions and great tunes all the time, most of which I haven't been exposed to. I love learning about great music. Thanx!! UFO's version was on it's "Lights Out" album, released in 1977. It's the one track on the album that sounds nothing like UFO. It does feature nice guitar work by Michael Schenker, but it lacks the emotion of Love's version. |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Aug 21, 2009 - 11:52 Great song, but that one line: "I think people are the greatest fun" always made me whince. Sort of a "I'd like to sing the world a song" feel to it. |
| DaveInVA (VA) | Posted: Aug 21, 2009 - 11:51 Perfect 10 - this is what music is all about. I wore out the first copy of this I bought when it first came out. Wen't through a couple more after that. There have been many covers of this by other groups and some are good but none touch this. The entire LP is excellent and one of the few that I always play all the way through. |
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Jan 09, 2009 - 08:17 Editorial ReviewsAmazon.comAfter Arthur Lee's release from prison and his subsequent touring for the Forever Changes album which produced the 2005 DVD, The Forever Changes Concert {in which this track is played in its entirety}, Love fans finally had some footage documenting the late Lee's effervescent performances as lead singer and songwriter of this great pop band. Previously, only secondhand biographies, such as Andrew Hulktrans' well-written book, attempted to piece together Love's intrigue and disintegration. But long have we craved vintage film evidence of this Los Angeles group's ascension from the Hollywood hippie underground. Love Story is a fabulous documentary tracing every detail of Love's formation and the release of each album. Spliced with ample vintage film clips, it is organized chronologically, beginning with the stories of Arthur Lee and Johnny Echols meeting in high school told from their perspectives. Infamous for their disagreements and Lee's notoriously difficult personality, Love Story explains from each band member's point of view, what happened to this band slated to become the next Doors or Byrds. Love Story is engaging and quite hilarious. History told by band members interviewed independently of one another makes for wild variation. Bryan Maclean candidly discusses his struggles for recognition, while other band mates, Echols, Snoopy Pfisterer, and Michael Stuart reveal what occurred behind the scenes. Of course, most entertaining throughout is Arthur Lee starring himself. In a never ending array of hats, bandanas, and shades, he cruises the filmmakers Chris Hall and Mike Kerry around his home turf by car, pointing out where he went to school, where the band used to live, and the spaces where clubs they played once thrived. As cliché as it may sound, Love Story really is indispensable for any Love fanatic. —Trinie Dalton |
| Proclivities (NC) | Posted: Jan 09, 2009 - 08:07 I don't really hear The Moody Blues at all, other than that this album and "Days of Future Passed" were released the same year, and I guess the vocals sound similar. Love seemed more more up-tempo and bluesy to me, though obviously psychedelic; well that's just to my ears anyhow. The Ramones actually did a decent cover of this song. |
| Peace_tode | Posted: Oct 06, 2008 - 14:58 Just popped in andthought I heard Moody Blues playing some song I was familiar with and really like quite a bit but not by them. Soon I knew it was Alone Again. A quick check on the playlist and I find it is by Love. Never heard this version before. Definitely older than the one I know. Wish i heard all of it. But the version I thought was original was performed by UFO in the 70's. I read references to other versions but none about UFO. Is anyone else familiar with UFO's track? Like other bands covers, somewhat of a departure from their norm, but beautiful nonetheless. So thanks RP for playing great stuff. I hear great alt. versions and great tunes all the time, most of which I haven't been exposed to. I love learning about great music. Thanx!! |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Oct 06, 2008 - 14:37 I could have sworn that Bill had the Damned version on here at some point. Maybe it was just a database error. Or maybe I'm finally slipping into old age. Or... |
| vit | Posted: Oct 06, 2008 - 14:36 Well it hasn't been said here since 2004: Bottle Rocket makes this song even greater. Great flick. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Oct 06, 2008 - 14:35 remembering Mr. Bryan MacLean - ** 8 / 9 ** |
| Mack (out of it) | Posted: Aug 20, 2008 - 07:12 Saw the Damned in the 80's doing a cover of this which was bizarre because it was totally different from their usual stuff. Lead singer had huge, half white half jet black mohawk hair, I had many beers and a pasty which took the roof off yr mouth. The place was rockin after this, excellent stuff, but the original is best. |
| treepop (H-Tizzle) | Posted: Aug 20, 2008 - 07:07  I love hearing this song.... |