Hiromi Go (郷ひろみ Gō Hiromi, real name: Hiromi Haratake (原武裕美 Haratake Hiromi… Read Full Bio ↴Hiromi Go (郷ひろみ Gō Hiromi, real name: Hiromi Haratake (原武裕美 Haratake Hiromi)) (October 18, 1955) was born in Sue, Kasuya, Fukuoka Prefecture) and is a Japanese singer. He also effectively became the Japanese answer to Ricky Martin after his Japanese version of "Livin' la Vida Loca", which was called "GOLDFINGER '99".

バイ・バイ・ベイビー
郷ひろみ Lyrics

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嫌われたくないけど
嘘はつきたくないのさム...
ともかく君にきいて欲しい
Bye, bye baby, baby good-bye
Bye, bye baby, don't make me cry
こんなに好きなのに
奪って逃げたいほど
それなのにああ

結婚してるんだ
実は自由じゃない
遅すぎたこの恋
Bye, bye baby, baby good-bye
Bye, bye baby, don't make me cry
君を知らなきゃまだ
よかったよ苦しくて
運命をオウオウ
うらみたいほど今
君を愛しちゃった
出会うのが遅すぎた
Bye, bye baby, baby good-bye
Bye, bye baby, don't make me cry
bye baby baby bye bye
bye baby baby bye bye
baby bye bye
baby bye bye
baby bye bye

baby bye bye
baby bye bye

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to 郷ひろみ's song バイ・バイ・ベイビー (Bye Bye Baby) express conflicting emotions of love, regret, and longing. The singer expresses a desire to not be disliked or lie, but also not wanting to hide the truth. Despite loving the person so much, the singer wants to take them away and run. However, the painful reality is that the person is already married, and the singer is not truly free. The love between them came too late, and the singer finds it hard to accept. The repeated phrase "bye baby, baby good-bye" indicates the painful goodbye and the plea for the person not to make the singer cry.

Overall, the lyrics convey a bittersweet sentiment of a love that cannot be fully realized due to circumstances and timing. The singer deeply loves the person, but their happiness is hindered by the fact that the person is already married. It reflects the internal struggle of wanting to hold onto love and also the heartache of having to let go.

Line by Line Meaning

嫌われたくないけど
I don't want to be disliked, but

嘘はつきたくないのさム...
I don't want to tell lies, so...

ともかく君にきいて欲しい
Anyway, I want to ask you

Bye, bye baby, baby good-bye
Goodbye, goodbye baby

Bye, bye baby, don't make me cry
Goodbye, goodbye baby, don't make me cry

こんなに好きなのに
Even though I love you so much

奪って逃げたいほど
I want to steal you and run away

それなのにああ
But still, ah

結婚してるんだ
You're married, actually

実は自由じゃない
Actually, you're not free

遅すぎたこの恋
This love came too late

君を知らなきゃまだ
If I didn't know you, it would have been better

よかったよ苦しくて
It would have been better, even though it's painful

運命をオウオウ
Fate, oh oh

うらみたいほど今
Now, to the point of resenting

君を愛しちゃった
I fell in love with you

出会うのが遅すぎた
Meeting you was too late

bye baby baby bye bye
Goodbye baby, baby, bye bye

baby bye bye
Baby, bye bye

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Written by: yasui kazumi / Bob Crewe / Bob Gaudio

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Comments from YouTube:

@leokimvideo

3y↑97

The first boy band

@sempereadem54eadem64

3y↑21

No that was The Beatles

@nordwind8726

3y↑16

@@sempereadem54eadem64 they weren't really a "boy" band

@stenrachlev2353

3y↑3

1975 I am 10

@sirpizza2044

3y↑20

@@sempereadem54eadem64 the Beatles where nothing even close to a boy band don’t ever say that again.

@sirpizza2044

3y↑9

@@sempereadem54eadem64 a boy band is a band that performs music specifically targeted to teenage girls, notice I said “perform”. Boy bands usually don’t make there own music they are just hot men that are placed so that they can get the attention of girls and become super popular. Like Justin Bieber.

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@stuwba68

3y↑966

Rest in peace Les McKeown

@juliana5761

3y↑40

Bye bye Baby. We will miss you Les. Wembley 1973 xx

@megah5028

3y↑32

Rest In Peace, Les 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙏🏻

@stewartsmart5481

3y↑26

Rip les stirling Albert Hall Scotland will miss you legends live on

@gingerbella4344

3y↑34

The sound of my teen years. RIP Les x

@stewartsmart5481

3y↑22

@@gingerbella4344 met les on a few occasions pure gentalman always there for his fans

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@pyt7778

3y↑105

Les kindly sent my daughter a Christmas card last year, as well as a BCR tee, shes 15, he was delighted he had a new fan, a mutual friend played pool
with Les once a week, I am
so sad over the passing of this lovely man..fly high buddy, thanks for everything..we won’t let the music die😢💔❤️

@MinervaGoddessOfArts

7w↑1

anyone listing in 2024 you legend

@mr.pastry8077

3y↑805

Kids dont realise how massive this group was in the great 70s truly a giant of all giants of groups R.I.P les mc keown.

@claireconnolly3766

3y↑21

Was the love of my life since i was 10..so happy i saw him live 2 years ago. Rip

@rwlynch3468

3y↑6

I was born in the 80s and knew of them. But my mum was too old to be a fan of them so they were never on in our house.

They were mentioned in an episode of Friends. Might sound daft but that's when I realised they must have been known outside the UK.

@glynnevans1851

3y↑11

@@claireconnolly3766 Hi Claire, I was 14 and reminds me of the time n Fab to be young and luvly memories of my parents too. The Rollers were top of their game. At the time I liked Suzie Qutro and Carly Simon .Very sad for the others now Les and Alan have left us. Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK 🕊🕊🌼🌼

@claireconnolly3766

3y↑10

@@glynnevans1851 yes we loosing our childhoods bit by bit..thank you for your lovely comment.

@glynnevans1851

3y↑9

@@claireconnolly3766 Your very welcome Claire, We certainly are May I ask were R U from Claire. Also did u like T. Rex and The Sweet n Slade n Wizard too. Kind regards Glynn

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@janetkelly2267

3y↑351

They look so young. I remember this song so well - people loved it they even bought and wore the trousers. It was such a catchy tune. RIP Les - Bye bye baby

@MARTIN-bd7gm

3y↑4

Pretty sure Les was just 19 here .

@VikingLad

3y↑7

@@MARTIN-bd7gm I read 18. He would have been 66 this year. Where does time go? 😟😟😟😟

@gw4451

3y↑9

We were all so young! And you hear this and immediately I'm 16, Good bye😪

@denisebrashears1552

3y↑1

Lost Ian as well. Not sure when Allen passed.

@getthefffffoffme

2y↑1

Yes they were 12 years old.

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@SarahTre100

3y↑185

RIP Les; my first EVER crush :(

@sallykins3800

3y↑5

Ditto 😢

@dorianapyliotou1540

3y↑4

Same here!RIP😥

@thomasgolden5499

3y↑2

Same here!!

@janetthomson7886

3y↑4

I saw Les in concert in 2015 his singing was amazing so Les thankyou for all the music you made and thank you for all the great memories you have left your fans with we love you with all our hearts Rest In Peace Leslie Richard Mckeown sleep tìght my darling xx

@sachchloe

3y↑1

Same here!😔

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@lynnainscow4761

3y↑63

Rest in peace les I had your poster on my bedroom wall and had a baycity roller school bag your music will live on forever

@joannahb

3y↑208

Every time this song comes on, my mother (62) and I (25) dance around like we are at a concert. Amazing memories I will guard for life. Rest In Peace Les McKwown

@navy816

2y↑6

Keep on dancing.

@davidjenkinson6602

2y↑1

The seventies were magic my late wife loved them

@joannahb

@@davidjenkinson6602 Magic will always live forever, so your wife is eternal.

@stuzo666

2y↑1

Superb x

@LaurieWiegler

1y↑2

I’m 61 and realized young people didn’t invent it, long ago. 😃

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@thomassimon1882

2y↑47

I thank god every single day that i grew up in the 70s with music like this.

@sleepyginger

1y↑5

Me too!

@MrMenefrego1

1y↑3

@@sleepyginger Me Three!

@duckman5642

1y↑2

👍👌😪

@Rob4617

1y↑2

Me too, and I agree with you every word!

@arseentclassy

8w↑2

THE TARTAN ARMY was at my primary school when I was a kid growing up. The BAY CITY ROLLERS were huge back in the day 🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟

@colinedwards3959

3y↑116

Sorry to hear of Les’s death yesterday...Rest in Peace 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙏

@purselady2

very sad family wont say why

@lindsey1051

3y↑48

R.i.p Les, you were my teen pin-up absolutely gutted so sad, gone too soon..your music will live on forever

@soupdragonuk

3y↑617

I'm 56 and it's getting harder and harder each year. I dread turning on the BBC web page afraid to see another legend has passed away. While I wasn't a "Roller" I am a huge fan of 70's music and BCR are in the mix for their songs, including this masterpiece. RIP Les you and the boys ruled the world at one time.

@paulfharris175

3y↑10

1st recorded a decade before by Frankie Valle and the Four Seasons

@Taiyou536

3y↑5

I am one year older ... I hear you !

@soupdragonuk

3y↑13

@@MJAP123 So very true. I, too, was upset when David Cassidy died. I quite liked a few of his songs, and he truly cared about his fans. He'd always play "Could It Be Forever" at his concerts because that's what they wanted to hear. Music is life, and I try and push through each day and enjoy my time.

@Taiyou536

3y↑1

@@MJAP123 I hear you ... and agree !

@theatremad9797

3y↑14

Wow this brings back memories.Now 59 end of the year 2021 and all my music influences are slowly passing. Time waits for no one but it’s great to rewind now and then. Definitely getting harder and harder each day. Peace to you all.

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@maries9346

2y↑28

I was 10 years old when the Rollers burst into my life!! I instantly loved them, their songs, their clothes, their Scottish accents. Les was my first crush, my idol, I adored him. I begged my Mum to buy me the records, the tshirt and all the posters, I even had the bubble gum cards, and I wore tartan socks to school everyday!! RIP Les, Alan, Derrick, Sadly missed, forever in my heart. Roller Chick xx

@johnshares444

15 then

@jaynetaylor5208

3y↑44

Age 11, on my brothers Chopper bike, tartan scarf n hot pants! RIP Les

@MrMickRoo1

3y↑2

My brothers hated, because I start to like BCR. But they sure understood it. They saw how BCR affect to the kids and teenagers, same as The Beatles. I love them too, Since I was a baby. I don't understand fightning between music fans.

@thomaswright2770

3y↑1

Remember it well

@BarbaraFanDallas

3y↑144

RIP Les McKeown, my first heart throb, my first crush, my first love - I loved him to bits and collected everything about the BCRs - such sad news Rest easy Les, thanks for the music and memories x

@juliepownall1063

3y↑89

Rest in peace Les mckeown

@ThomasTrue

3y↑53

Goodnight, Les, from a fellow Edinburgher.

@tillibrookssheep6616

28w

What happened to him

@jellypopcorn

50w↑10

Its mothers day, my mother passed away a few years ago but im going through her photos. Theres a photo of her young, with her sister wearing eye-catching tartan-tipped pants and apparel. Theyre both holding a banner that says BAY CITY ROLLERS, thats why Im here! Haven't heard about them before! Very catchy and understand why they were fans

@friedemannwinter1944

2y↑40

I'm 15. I love 70s and 80s music. I grow up in the wrong century! I could cry...

@MaxineShannon.1995

2y↑4

You ain't alone I'm 27 and I love old songs,more then modern day songs!😅😆

@Mr.Grimsdale

2y↑2

My daughter once asked me "why do you still listen to 70's music ?" i replied "i love the music now just as much as i did in the 70's, should i stop listening to music that i love ? she just smiled and said "no" i went on to explain that i don't see music as like a fashion thing where you get rid of the old for something new, if a song puts a smile on your face when you hear it, then thats all that matters.
I wouldn't say you were born in the wrong century, in fact i'd say you are lucky because if there is a particular song you want to hear, you just type in it and click, back then we had to wait a full week for the chart show or if you got lucky you might hear it on the radio during the week, i was only a young lad so couldn't afford to buy all the songs i wanted to hear.

@samuelcarver1343

2y↑2

I’m 18 and like you, I believe I was born in the wrong century

@friedemannwinter1944

2y↑1

@@samuelcarver1343 thank you pal

@keylock000

9w↑1

I was there at 15 then and wish I could be there now in a new life. Live your life in the best that you feel as we all make mistakes and regret all errors. Hear this song in your heart forever.

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@beccaboo3040

3y↑85

RIP leslie 😔😇🥀

@user-tb4el1sr1q

50w

🥰

@KronosHistoryChannel

48w

*Les,if his name was Leslie he would be a girl

@patriciamonahan9271

26w

@@user-tb4el1sr1q p

@II-be1ze

3y↑12

Bye bye Les. You and whole group were fabulous. From a 70 ' fan xxx

@mandymaddison3142

3y↑73

R.I.P Les. This was my favourite song as a kid, absolutely loved the Bay City Rollers. Les was my favourite. Xxxx

@andreabrothers6055

3y↑46

Bye bye Les...the sound of my childhood. RIP, God Bless you 🙏😔 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@Sassy8528

1y↑132

This song never fails to bring me to tears… so many teen year memories which now feels like a lifetime away. I adored this band, Les being my first crush. Got to see him a few years back and I felt 14 again hearing all the hits. RIP Les ❤

@kimcolligan7948

1y↑8

It's like your brain just takes you back automatically when you hear the 1st note xx

@nikolasbrown105

41w↑1

I'm cool as a cucumber now

@nikolasbrown105

41w

🎉🎉🎉🎉 yeah I'm the new 45. Jks never I gotta be me

@user-uz3th9bp7e

18w

GURL USED TO WALK AROUND SOUTH SHIELDS SINGING WE WANT THE ROLLERS A ND SHOUT LES OR WHAT BAND MEMBER YOU LOOKED LIKE I WAS 11 12😮BUT GOOD LOOKING 😂😂😂😂❤❤❤

@Sandy-zr5hs

3y↑15

Youth club disco 1974, 11 years old, Bye Bye Baby being blasted out of speakers and us all singing at top of our voice, happy carefree days...And We Sang Shang A Lang And We Ran With The Gang...bittersweet memories, so very sad to hear about Les, RIP to a top Roller ♥️

@MrMickRoo1

3y↑1

His pal, Alan waited him. R.I.P both ones.

@Duncan038

3y↑10

RIP Les. The first band poster I put on my bedroom wall as a 6 year old in 75 was the Rollers. Thanks for the music.

@annieh2900

4y↑149

If this doesn't make you happy ,and dancing ,I don't know what will.

@bobtaylor3474

3y↑6

escape 2020 and go back to happier times

@JackNyx

3y↑2

I covered this song on my most recent 70's performance drum cover video. I'd appreciate it if you saw it :)

@hermel76

3y↑2

This song makes me cry, it makes me remember my dead grandma

@lauramacgillefhinnein5106

3y↑2

Well... Actually... It doesn't really make me smile. Its the song my biological father sang to me at age 4 years old the last ever time I saw him. Not knowing as I waved goodbye it would be the last as he sang "bye bye baby" to me! I suppose I can't call him dishonest, insincere yes!

@JackNyx

3y↑1

@@lauramacgillefhinnein5106 😭

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@berndzander3410

3y↑56

The Bay City Rollers were one of my youthful idols. Rest in peace, Les 😔

@alangaming6714

3y↑15

Les McKeown isn’t dead he just making a solo in heaven

@pyt7778

3y↑1

Aww, this brought a tear💔😢

@teejayhaych149

3y↑1

I hope that he is making music with alan and ian in heaven💜

@robertgallagher9650

3y↑45

Rest in eternal peace Les 🙏🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@heddashaven6900

3y↑9

Rest in peace Les, you were one of my first crushes. I loved the Bay City Rollers. I'm so sad he's gone. Bye bye baby xxxxxxxx

@davidharris6527

3y↑19

Always remember the TV shows back in the 70s RIP Les x

@danp7652

3y↑62

Rest in peace legend

@pyt7778

3y↑2

Beautiful comment 🙏😢

@user-rd1sv3bq9o

2y↑2

Thks for the amazing memories. Rest in peace x

@susanlambeth2515

3y↑40

Happy days happy memories feel young again where's the years gone

@tuiteruyo360

41w↑16

Listening to nostalgic images and songs will make you feel like you’ve gone back in time with a Time Machine, reviving those days.

@paulhoward-xp1dy

17w↑4

skinners and doc martens memories of the 70's priceless

@Kia-Ra

3y↑6

Thanks for the memories RIP 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

@ralpht.8201

4y↑26

I think I was the only boy in Germany who loved the Rollers. And I still do. Great memories of a fantastic time.

@davidsiegfriedklinger2422

You were not the only boy who loved the Rollers in Germany !!

@JackNyx

3y↑1

I covered this song on my most recent 70's performance drum cover video. I'd appreciate it if you saw it :)

@karnallsop9673

I think a lot of people liked them Ralph, just didn't want to admit it..! 😂🤣😂

@MrMickRoo1

3y↑1

Here in Finland, after many years, so many men also loved them, secretly. It wasn't "cool" to like them. But nowadays many men told, how they actually loved their songs and performances.

@janetdixon1891

1y↑32

Such a part of my growing up. I love THE BAY CITY ROLLERS ❤

@jackfrost8105

3y↑96

✨Love Actually✨

@JackNyx

3y↑2

I covered this song on my most recent 70's performance drum cover video. I'd appreciate it if you saw it :)

@winterweib

3y↑2

No. My youth.

@kimberlykennedy3358

3y↑60

I'm 23 and I adore this song. Takes me back to the 70's... even though I've only been here since 1997. RIP Les <3

@MaxineShannon.1995

2y↑5

I was born 1995 and I love old songs 🎵 better then modern day songs!

@winglessfairy564

43w↑2

2002 here and I wish I was born in this decade instead 😭

@carolmoss2726

3y↑69

Ohhh the memories...getting weird looks from my kids as I'm tapping my feet and bopping my head with the song

@purselady2

3y↑3

HAA THEY DONT KNOW GOOD MUSIC

@judis6224

3y↑3

I hear you.

@gary2462

3y↑3

great memories

@aiimeeskye

3y↑4

I’m literally 15 and I love them !!!

@purselady2

3y↑4

@@aiimeeskye IM 58 LOVED THEN SINCE I WAS 14

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@sallykins3800

3y↑10

😢this used to make me cry at 7 years old , I loved it so much, it felt like he was singing to me ❤️😢❤️😢

@chriskelly4721

3y↑1

Did you know it is actually a cover version?

@MrMickRoo1

@@chriskelly4721. How many legends you know did covers? I know many of them. And so what? Peace&Love

@yasminbyrne20

3y↑8

This video brings back many happy carefree times of the 70s RIP Les😢

@francis2811

3y↑79

As a young boy, this was pure poetry. The most uplifting sound. It is still so uplifting today!

@mr-it4bb

3y↑82

I remember wearing a tartan scarf down one side to impress the girls that lived on my estate in the hope of getting a date lol

@gary2462

3y↑5

great days

@louisecummings6332

3y↑5

Did it work?

@hymatwat9412

Louise Cummings are you related to Dominic? 😂

@JackNyx

I covered this song on my most recent 70's performance drum cover video. I'd appreciate it if you saw it :)

@judis6224

Same.

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@jeanettegee6754

3y↑8

Loved the Band, Loved the Songs, Loved the 70’s Era........ WISH TO GO BACK!!

@Sunburst75

18w↑5

These songs will live forever. Being young back then - the memories will last forever, what we were doing, people we knew, girlfriends and boyfriends - maybe our first, school discos, tartan flares and platforms, and songs that instantly got you dancing or tweaked your emotions. RIP Les, Alan and Ian.

@Beebs1965

3y↑21

The piece if my tiny 10 year old heart that I gave to Les all those years ago is broken 💔 RIP.

@bella4uk

2y↑2

RIP LeS, Thanks for the memories..70's forever xx

@ali1961ist

3y↑10

Very sad to hear that Les McKeown has passed away. Loved the BCR back in the day, i had a pair of those trousers and several things in tartan, I thought i looked so cool, everyone else probably thought i looked like a pratt but i didn't care! Les was always my favourite, still listen to their songs when i get nostalgic.

@MrMickRoo1

3y↑2

I loved Alan so much, but also Les so much. First Alan passed, now it was Leslie's turn.

@glynnevans1851

3y↑1

@@MrMickRoo1 Hi Minka, I only just found out Les had past away last week. At the time I liked Suzie Qutro and Carly Simon but the Rollers were top of their game. So sad to hear as only 65 must be devastating for the others now Les and Alan have left us.Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK 🕊🕊

@pyt7778

@@MrMickRoo1 Ian Mitchell passed away too last Sept 😢

@MrMickRoo1

@@pyt7778 I know, dear...

@lilymayfishpool4488

3y↑31

I’m only 16 but I’m obsessed with bay city rollers because of my parents

@navy816

keep the music alive

@edwardtannahill6297

3y↑1

poor child..... just kidding..

@MetismanInBC

3y↑29

Sad news about Les McKeown. I still like to listen to the Bay City Rollers to this day. RIP Les, your voice brought joy to many.

@Larinaslabyrinth

1y↑13

I am in Australia and i was living in a remote area in 1975. They were the first album i ever bought, and for a birthday (as I recall) my mother made me my very own gaucho suit (fake denim) with tartan (good lord .. and really). Their music still puts a smile in the heart RIP Les..

@8angst8

1y↑1

Well, I never got a whole tartan suit, but I did get a BCR cake and some plaid patches for my jeans! :) I loved the BCR!

@marielowrie5631

3y↑90

Band of my early teens in the 70's and at the time the biggest band in the world. Saw them in Glasgow Apollo then and then again at Glasgow Barrowlands when they reunited in the last few years. Les was having a ball that night as were the entire crowd. RIP Les McKeown

@1gerard47

48w↑2

Both my elder sisters too.BCRmania I remember all too well and I'm 61.

@lM-wp4sn

3y↑39

How sad. Such a young age to leave us. I recall tying a tartan scarf with my cousin to our wrists and singing into a skipping rope handle. Such great memories of all their songs. 🙏 rip

@purselady2

he was 64

@douglasmacarthur3886

Still young

@gailmiddlemore

1y↑22

R.I.P. Les it's still wonderful listening too all those fantastic tunes X

@jonevans7483

41w↑9

One of my wife's favourites. Was played at her funeral. 😢

@pandorazbox9659

32w

Fitting. And my belated condolences to you.

@asbjrnschleicher8513

30w

I'm sorry to hear that my friend :). You ever seen love actually at christmas. This exact scenario happens in the movie, with the same song. Made me cry man

@KieranCamplin.99

25w

❤❤

@jonevans7483

20w

@@pandorazbox9659Thank you.

@jonevans7483

20w

@@asbjrnschleicher8513Thank you. And, that scene from Love Actually is a difficult watch.

@joycesomerville7135

3y↑15

I have great memories of that time -taking my sister to a concert in Glasgow -Les was always a great singer. Thanks for the memories Les

@tuiteruyo360

43w↑7

“Bye Bye Baby “ by Bay City Rollers Listening to this song reminds me of those days. The lyrics, the music, and the melody are wonderful, and listening to this work still gives me energy.

@juho6903

3y↑12

Rest in Peace, Les - and Alan🙏🏻🎵 I adored The Bay City Rollers, even though I was only five when this record came out in 1975! I had Bay City Roller socks, a Bay City Roller bag, a Bay City Roller badge (which I still have) and loved watching "Shang-A-Lang" on ITV.
Thank-you for the memories. "BYE BYE BABY" 😥😥

@chriskelly4721

3y↑1

Came out the year I was born, 10 years after the original. Great cover though

@nancycarolynwalters654

3y↑27

Yes I still Love the Bay city rollers!!

@samwilliams2986

3y↑1

Same here and they are so lovely.. how are you doing Nancy?

@LagsH

3y↑1

@@samwilliams2986 hope you’re doing well Sam.

@robdennis3721

3y↑18

RIP Les, much love, greatest glam rock outfit ever

@Mustaine1ify

3y↑2

Rollers Glam Rock 🤣🤣🤣

@chelseapoet3664

Really not the best outfit. Bolan, Bowie, Bryan F all outdid this one.

@sandraharding2624

20w↑4

This was one of they're best songs. RIP Les McKeown

@kerryevans1562

3y↑7

Ar dheis Dè go raibh a anam dìlis
May his noble soul rest in peace

Greetings from Dublin Ireland 🇮🇪 Many Happy hours spent dancing 💃 to this tune thanks for letting us ride along Les

@MadFrazz

3y↑8

I was showing my young son this video and a few other Bay City Rollers videos just last week and telling him how good the music was in the 70s, I was shocked to learn tonight Les had passed away.

@chriskelly4721

I take it you skipped the subject of what sort of person the drummer turned out to be?! 🤔🤣

@pyt7778

My daughter -16-loves them too, she has all their albums on vinyl.
It’s heartbreaking what happened to them😢💔

@suerichardson2067

3y↑39

I cannot believe I will not see Les McKeowan again. Deepest sympathy to his wife Peko and son Jubei. Devastating news but having met him a good few times I keep my happy memories close. Rest easy Les, reunited with Alan and Ian.

@pyt7778

3y↑1

Peko called my friend to tell him the news, he’d known Les since 70s, will lay some flowers for us at the funeral, still in shock honestly
Liver disease is awful 😢 Les fought demons most of his life after what happened with the band..awful, tragic, I hate what happened .
RIP Les, thanks for thinking of my girl last Christmas😢❤️

@pyt7778

3y↑2

Beautiful words 🙏💕

@suerichardson2067

3y↑1

@@pyt7778 laying flower is so lovely of you. Thank you very much.

@marcietorrence5361

What race is his wife?

@suerichardson2067

@@marcietorrence5361 Peko is Japanese.

@teresahodgson5345

3y↑20

So sad to hear that Les Mckeown has passed away. I keep-playing this song with a heavy heart. RIP Les, and sing with the angels. Never be forgotten.

@75vancleave

2y↑2

Sure do miss this band for sure 😥

@perpetual61

4y↑62

R.I.P. Alan Longmuir brother to Drummer Derek born June 20, 1948 died July 2, 2018 at 70. He was a Founding Member of the Bay City Rollers, And Ian Mitchell Bassist born August 22, 1958 died September 2, 2020 at 62. He replaced Alan Longmuir when he left The Bay City Rollers in 1976. Lead Singer Les McKeown born November 12, 1955 died April 20, 2021 at 65.

@bestiebeast1043

4y↑6

R.I.P Ian Mitchell born 22 August 1958 Died September 2, 2020 at 62

@birdsfan57

4y↑5

@@bestiebeast1043 This is sad news...although I was a little too old to have been a fan of the group during their heyday, I always loved their sound and music..we become more aware of our own mortality with each passing of these wonderful talents from our youth, teen and young adult years...

@purselady2

3y↑1

DRUMER * ERICS BROTHER)

@helenaville5939

3y↑6

@@purselady2 Not Eric's brother. The drummer was Derek Longmuir, Alan's brother. They were the founding members. Incidentally Derek became a nurse after the Bay City Rollers broke up and was convicted of possession of child pornography a few years ago. Was a big Rollers fan growing up so this sad reality kind of taints the memory.

@winterweib

@@helenaville5939
We use to say:
"When finally some grass is grown over a bad story
You can bet soon will arrive a donkey and chew all that grass away".

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@joychip5994

3y↑6

We had a fabulous time then. Rest in peace love xxxxx. Great band Les ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@davidnewlyn547

3y↑7

11years old when these young chaps were at the top of the game and walked away with nothing money grabbing agent/manager RIP L Mc might even don a scarf around my wrist. goodbye and thank you

@colincarroll7954

2y↑1

Coming from a town called Prestonpans I knew this band before they became famous. Les McKeown wasn't in the band at the start. I believe that one member in the early days left to form Pilot. I've seen their moneybags manager in a well known watering hole in Prestonpans a number of times.

@glynnevans1851

@@colincarroll7954 Hi Colin, thank you for your info n quite interesting. Very sad Les is now RIP . I wasn't a Rollers fan but good Catchie numbers and reminds me of the time n Fab to be young and luvly memories of my parents too. Liked T.Rex and The Sweet n Slade . Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands 🤝

@cherylaquilina2706

3y↑7

I remember posters on my wall and telling mum to make our clothes like there's also went to see them in concert what childhood lovely memories ❤️♥️♥️❤️

@jenniferherring7813

16w↑3

I'm 60, yes I was Rollermainia. God Bless them all.

@janerudd8829

4y↑81

so many memories I was only a kid in the 70s still love the song

@gary2462

3y↑3

great days Jane

@chriskelly4721

3y↑1

It was a great cover version, for sure

@wendyrayner2580

3y↑4

Rest in peace my friend, lots of great memories Xxxx

@davesavage2345

3y↑13

You gave us some great times in the 70s... RIP Les.

@gailcromie4476

3y↑2

Thank you Les for my happy memories.
I loved you more than anything. 💜💜💜💜

@johnbarry1965

3y↑21

I have a huge soft spot for the Rollers, such an absolute crazy story, needs to be made into a biopic. Bye Bye Les xxxx

@francesjones9265

3y↑313

The Bay City Rollers will always be great its 2021 and am still listening to them

@caroljones525

3y↑8

Me too :D

@laurelmartin5041

3y↑6

Me to, The Bay City Rollers got me thru my teenage years and Covid. Thank God for them.💔😭

@francisthomlinson9062

3y↑1

Me too RIP les xx

@mazzymaz1324

3y↑3

Im 13 and I know a lot of oldies and I mean more than some people who lived in these times and it disappoints me how many people who don't remember the bay city rollers 10cc the Dave Clark 5 and Herman's hermits and many others

@francesjones9265

3y↑1

@@mazzymaz1324 thank and its nice to know that you like these groups Mazzy ive listened to them for many years the bay city rollers were from Edinburgh where i live dave clark five and 10cc so thank you so much for replying Mazzy

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@texwiller9337

3y↑16

Went to concert back in the 70s one of my favourite band. RIP Les will always remember you.

@michelleprie2854

3y↑80

RIP Les McKeown 🌹
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all the great, happy songs you sang for us... You live on in your music and in our hearts!!! 🎶💖🎶

@alasdairmackay7852

3y↑72

Another 70s icon taken way too soon. R.I.P. Les.

@lindareynolds659

3y↑5

😭😭😭 life was so much better back then

@jwcontract

3y↑10

Another part of my formative years gone. RIP Les and thank you. 💗

@patrickatherton105

22w↑2

That song bye bye baby was one of the best of all time good seventies music I'll never forget the seventies the best music era I believe

@kevinhepworth4533

3y↑16

I think us boys hated them as all the girls loved them, later admitted liked a lot of their catchy tunes. RIP Les, far to young.

@jonfletcher147

3y↑14

Rock in Peace Les 😭😭❤️❤️❤️

@paulfianatravels

3y↑22

Rest in peace les,, fond memories of my sister playing them on her record player,,

@SophieLovesSunsets

42w↑12

There's never been such a chirpy song with such heartbreaking lyrics 💔

"You're the one girl in town I'd marry, girl I'd marry you now if I were free, I wish it could be"

"Wish I never had known you better. Wish I knew you before I met her"

I love The Bay City Rollers ❤

@cynthiaennis3107

4y↑17

Great memories of GREAT TIMES! ♥️

@samwilliams2986

Yeah Cynthia.. How are you doing?

@JackNyx

I covered this song on my most recent 70's performance drum cover video. I'd appreciate it if you saw it :)

@davidreed1995

3y↑7

Heartbroken to hear the death of les mckeown the bay city rollers were top band i will always love i am not shame of it R,I,P ALAN ,LES, IAN

@karnallsop9673

3y↑8

Every girl had a crush on one of these boy's, back in the day!
I'm admitting it, for me it was Les.
I loved them tartan trousers and stripey socks! 😍😂

@Spearse59

3y↑1

Les for me too.

@gribbler1695

3y↑1

only the girls?

@clarestradiotto6569

35w↑3

We had just reallocated to Australia and I begged my Mum to make me some roller strollers. Great memories.

@annmariecarruthers4517

4y↑7

Grew up with them so good loved them. Feel old now 53 years old. Love them to make come back.

@judis6224

Never going to happen.

@angelaengelen2966

3y↑8

Great memories of these beautiful times of music. Best music years ever. I was born in 1962 and very happy that I was able to experience these years when it was noh beautiful music with content. 60s 70s and 80s best years. R.I.P Les McKeown.😥💔