The Flying Machine was a British pop band, which was in 1969, renamed from… Read Full Bio ↴The Flying Machine was a British pop band, which was in 1969, renamed from Pinkerton's Assorted Colours.
The Flying Machine is best known for its major hit single in 1969, "Smile A Little Smile For Me", which peaked at number 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart (on Kapp Records' Congress record label) Their first record which was self titled was released by Janus Records in 1969. By 12 December that year they had sold a million copies of the record, and it was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. [1] The song was penned by the songwriting pairing of Tony Macaulay and Geoff Stephens. Despite originating from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, the record had no presence at all on the UK Singles Chart, despite its initial release there on Pye Records.

A follow-up single, a cover version of "Baby Make It Soon", first recorded by Marmalade, achieved the U.S. Hot 100 the following year, but the group reportedly grew frustrated with their pop-oriented style. A final single, "The Devil Has Possession Of Your Mind", suggested a change of direction, but the Flying Machine split up following its release.

Bassist Colman went on to a successful career as a session musician, record producer and BBC Radio disc jockey.

Band members

* Tony Newman (born 1947, Rugby, Warwickshire, England) - vocals, guitars
* Steve Jones (born 1946, Coventry) - guitars, vocals
* Sam Kempe (born 1946, Rugby) - vocals
* Stuart Colman (Ian Stuart Colman, Harrogate, Yorkshire, 19 December 1944 - 19 April 2018) - bass, electric piano
* Paul Wilkinson (born 1948, Coventry) – drums
* Edie Andrews (born 1945, Detroit, Michigan) - background vocals

It's Too Late Now
The Flying Machine Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'It's Too Late Now' by these artists:

Dickie Loader & The Blue Jeans It's too late now for you to be sorry It's too…
George Strait Remember how lonely I told you it would be Without you…
H.A.W.K. Oh the day that I met you was the day…
Jj Lawhorn Don't hang out with that Morgan boy, that's what Momma…
Lia Vissi Another day has passed without a meaning Since you left, I'v…
Long John Baldry I remember so well The little things girl that we used…
Marty Robbins Things have changed a lot since first we met still…
Mel Tormé Too late now to forget your smile The way we cling…
Mel Torme with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra Too late now to forget your smile The way we cling…

Swinging Blue Jeans It's too late now for you to be sorry It's too…
The Swinging Blue Jeans It's too late now for you to be sorry It's too…
The Swinging Blue-Jeans It's too late now for you to be sorry It's too…
Torme Mel Too late now to forget your smile The way we cling…
various artists Stayed in bed all morning just to pass the time There's…

We have lyrics for these tracks by The Flying Machine:

A Thing Called Love Six foot six stood on the ground Weighed two hundred and…
Angel It's a long way from the shire to the states From…
Baby Make it Soon If you're comin' home, like yah letters say And the place…
Hey Little Girl Hey, little girl I know there′s something on your mind I kno…
Marie Take A Chance Marie take a chance Think of your heart girl After this da…
Maybe We've Been Loving Too Long Maybe we've been lovin' too long But still I can't see Whe…
Memories Of Melinda Memories of Melinda Keep haunting me And taunting me, She…
My Baby's Coming Home Since she left me That sad morning Without warning Or goo…
Send My Baby Home Again Heyyyyy Send my baby home again Put her on a homeward trai…
Smile A Litte Smile For Me You really should accept This time he's gone for good He'l…
Smile A Little For Me You really should accept This time he's gone for good He'll …
Smile A Little Smile For Me You really should accept This time he's gone for good He'll …
That Same Old Feeling I still get that same old feeling Tearing at this heart…
The Flying Machine Listen to what I have to say Before you change your…
There She Goes There she goes See her She doesn't seem to know I'm there …

Waiting On The Shores Of Nowhere My daddy told me when I grow up I would find…

The lyrics are frequently found in the comments by searching or by filtering for lyric videos

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@AMStationEngineer

10y↑7

RE:"The Flying Machine - Smile A Little Smile For Me", the AM radio station which served the small city in which I was raised dedicated three hours per 19-hour broadcast day to playing "Requests for those serving in Vietnam, and other overseas bases". During the early 1990's, I advised the owner's daughter regarding the sale of the station. It was at this time that I discovered over 200 hours of reel-to-reel tapes, well preserved, and perfectly stored, all marked "Vietnam Requests" and dated appropriately. In the interim, someone had gone through almost 75% of those tapes, and listed the names of the soldiers who received the dedications. I believe it may have been her father. I hold all of the tapes, dated from 1970 to 1973, we are currently working with a local historical commission and a local VFW to digitize them and assist with their being heard by the soldiers in receipt of those intentions, 40-plus years post-haste.

The top five requested songs:

1. "If Not For You", Olivia Newton John, 1971
2. "The Flying Machine" - Smile A Little Smile For Me, 1969
3. "Time in a Bottle", Jim Croce, 1972
4. "Goodbye", Mary Hopkin, 1972
5. "(They long to be) Close to you", The Carpenter's, 1970

All comments from YouTube:

@ellengregory-tx5qb

1y↑91

Boy, does this song take me back. I remember listening to it over and over as a young girl. I'm 66 now, and I still get tears in my eyes, so beautiful.❣️😊

@retluoc

46w↑1

Yes, this song became more popular than the group who sang it. It's just like Rosemary Goes and Edison Lighthouse. 😄 I wasn't alive for the British invasion, I was born in the Disco era, but I grew up in the 80s.

@LLcoolDel

41w↑2

I am 65 and I have the 45. I am with you

@JCO2002

24w

Very sweet, darling.

@finance485

21w

65 Here I agree!

@rosemaryhyser3564

6y↑434

When I was 13 in 1973 our school bus driver use to sing this to me every day as I got on the bus. I was so embarrassed then, but now I cherish those memories. He was such a nice guy.

@tats5880

4y↑19

He had to sing it to you, I was 15 in 73 and I would have done the same.

@trotptkabasnbi6655

4y↑11

Rosemary Hyser ".......
Smile a little smile for me Rosemarie"...😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌

@edisonmirandilla7017

4y↑4

TAT S 🌹💌 Rosemarie Hyser👌✌️😷🤭😀

@oscarschmidt571

4y↑8

@Rosemary Hyser
I was your school bus driver then, you can sing Rosemarie Blue by Errol Sober on my tomb..

@lobo7792

4y↑5

I went back and listened to the song and it made me sad thinking of your situation. At the time I can see your point but I would have done the same thing as him. Is he still with us?

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@samaranightshade4077

1y↑43

My mom used to sing this song to me. She would sing it to me when I was a baby and any time I was unhappy. Two days before she passed away I was upset because we knew she wasn't going to be with us much longer. She was humming this song to me because she wasn't able to talk. The day she passed away I was holding her hand and singing this to her. I think she did have a little smile on her face. I love and miss you mama. I'm trying to smile a little smile for you. 😊😢

@earleneslay7977

44w↑5

I can relate to your comment!! 😢

@gracebeckwith1256

29w↑2

I’m so sorry for your loss. Sounds like a wonderful momma. 💗

@mandyandreopoulos2785

19w↑3

Omg. You made me cry. God bless

@barbarathompson8559

15w↑1

My mom died three years ago yesterday, her name was Rosemarie.I thought about her when I listened to it yesterday.

@user-ss3dj5qd6y

13w↑1

how sweet and sad.....

@angelcharlie2012

9y↑201

When I was younger my older sister and I shared a bedroom and she always had her radio on at night when we were in bed and this song was on every night . My sister ran away from home when she was about 15 and I cried myself to sleep . I woke up during the night and the radio was on and this song was playing and I knew that my big sister had come back home safe , My sister passed away on mother's day 2007 and hearing this song again brings back memories of her dancing and the night I woke up and knew she was safely back home in her bed . I miss her deeply and especially now hearing this song again after all these years , Thank you .

@suebee3490

9y↑7

Tammy - that is incredibly sad. Sorry for your sister's passing but isn't it strange how when important and significant things happen in our lives and there is a song playing at that time - that we remember that song and always associate it with that event? I have a few songs that I associate with events.

@angelcharlie2012

9y↑2

Thank you , and yes it is strange . There are several songs that affect me that way .

@quazy14

9y↑4

Hey Tammy, I may not know you but I really feel sad for you. You sure did have great memories with your sister. Bless her soul... Smile now.... :-)

@angelcharlie2012

Thank you so much

@DonHermanDenver

Sweet story. Thank you.

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@brianbancroft283

9y↑1.5K

This song was my first wifes and mine song before I went to Vietnam I was one of the lucky ones to return but Vietnam still haunts me not sure why maybe due to so many of my friends and classmates that did not make it back home alive. God Bless all of the Vietnam Vets and the Veterans from after all who have served.

@paulconnors2078

9y↑70

God Bless you Brian Bancroft for your service to our country at a time when brave souls like you were shunned when you returned. I am a retired US military vet who missed Vietnam, but I always stop and shake hands with those I see wearing Vietnam Vet apparel and make a point of saying "WELCOME HOME!" I remember about 15 years ago, I did so for one VN Special Forces vet while I was in uniform and he hugged me and broke down and told me I was the first person since he returned to say "welcome home." He hugged me and started weeping and I held him for a long time.

You guys were and are the best and will ALWAYS be my HEROS!

@coastie378

9y↑53

Brian Bancroft Welcome home brother. I was there, '67 - '68

@vinnymassey4160

9y↑37

Brian Bancroft God bless you Brian! My husband and brother were both Vietnam vets like you. No doubt they feel what you do. You're not alone! Take care of yourself and thank you for your service! (Dee)

@roymoe43

8y↑29

Brian you are the man - thank you

@brianbancroft283

8y↑24

+Roy Munnelly Thanks means a lot to me

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@rainstein3680

1y↑38

Another iconic song that I cherish from my childhood!!!! God, I cannot explain the joy when I hear these magical tunes!!!

@earleneslay7977

44w↑3

I feel the same way!!! This song 🎵 brings back so many good memories!!! 😇

@billkohler6292

7y↑44

It's amazing how this old song didn't stand out that much back then but listening to it now with the clarity of today's technical advancements gives me a chill up my spine, people who know how to play guitar and harmonize so well back then. I miss those early days with so many great groups putting out these one hit wonders.

@suebee3490

6y↑2

bill kohler yes they sound fantastic and harmonize great while some are worried about the keyboardist's teeth

@user-qy7cn4ks6f

1y↑2

This was a very well written ballad. It stood out back then because it was a big hit

@melvinsims5379

38w

@@user-qy7cn4ks6fWhen this song first came out New York radio station 66 WNBC wouldn't let its number 1 DJ Wolfman Jack announce the name of the group singing. Therefore many of the fans assumed it was the Beatle's Swan song and ran out and bought it. My late brother Hal was one of them. To his chagrin, he found out it was The Flying Machine. But he loved the song anyway. Wish he was here today so I could wipe my crying eyes.😢

@petemoss8522

9y↑71

I posted this on Facebook, and a 60-some-year old friend had his mind blown. He hadn't heard it in decades, but when he did, a flood of memories and emotions hit him like fireworks. It's definitely one of those time-capsule tunes.

@msg238

5y↑35

There is a big difference between this song and modern pop music. The song lyrics express feeling, tenderness and sensitivity.

@maverickzero88

4y↑54

I remember my dad playing this song on one of his cassette back in the days...I'm 31 now; so glad my dad introduced these little known gems to me.

Cheers!

@usmc-veteran7316

4y↑7

Your dad has great taste in music. 1969, I was 14 yrs old. Memories of my cute girlfriend. Love to return to 1969.

@josephgillette3278

8y↑255

Im 63 years old I remember this song from the 70s high school great

@MrCorrefox

8y↑4

+Spermwhale1000 me to im 63

@IAmAWealthyGirl

8y↑5

+Joseph Gillette I'm 57 and remember it from 77 WABC-AM while in JHS.

@IAmAWealthyGirl

8y↑1

Spermwhale1000 Him, and (remember his jingle?) DANINGRAM!

(For YEARS I thought they were saying, "Dating Room!" LOLOLOL!)

@IAmAWealthyGirl

8y↑3

Spermwhale1000 Oh, no kidding?! I grew up in Queens and anyway was "too young" to turn up at night -- or even OWN -- a radio! Different world, right? You hadda be at least a teenager to have a radio or record player.

@IAmAWealthyGirl

8y↑2

Spermwhale1000 All the "Big Kids" had those; they were like a little bigger than a pack of cigarettes? Is that the one you mean? (I mean the radio, not the Big Kids; LOL!) We little kids would watch the teenagers walking around with those radios held up to their ears (forerunner of cell phones, eh?).

I got this then-ancient patched-together "stereo" handed down from my cousins when I was maybe 13. It had a Garard turntable that played at 78, 45, 33, AND SIXTEEN!

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@tuangtuangthong7852

8y↑78

I'm 62 . I played this single on a cheap portable turntable and thought I was in heaven!

@timmwhite9218

5y↑1

...ditto....!! : )'

@birdsfan57

4y↑1

Yes!

@masonresnick5105

4y↑1

The B side was pretty good, too!

@Eric-hq7cs

4y↑13

My mom died in the early 1980's at 70 years old.She had a friend that she kept in touch with until she died that she had met in elementary school. Her friend's name was Rosemary.This song was Co - written by the great British songwriter Tony Macaulay.A few months after this song was out Tony co- wrote another fine song called "Love grows where my Rosemary goes." In this song ( that we are listening to here) the name is sung as "Rose Marie " and in the other song it is sung as "Rosemary". I have both vinyl 45s in my collection to this day. Thanks for indulging my personal memories.

@Unixilandia

Another gem! Thanks for sharing this! :):)

@reinacoffee8557

5y↑57

One of the most cute and encouraging songs for all girls, especially all the Rosemarie's. A beautiful classic.

@craigmitchell6591

9y↑678

Back in the day songs like this made me feel so happy and hopeful. I just missed the hippie era being born in #63, but even as a black man damn did those hippies and the British invasion make good music. Disappointed about the way the vet's were treated though, they were only doing there job. I only mention my race to emphasize that i know good music when i hear it, no more no less. :-)

@montgomerydenzer8805

9y↑45

Good music is colorblind(just like great art) and that's the way it should be!

@robertlemuel3785

9y↑20

Very well said sir

@tonyclark8181

9y↑13

Totally agree. Won't see the like again.

@bvptlp

9y↑4

***** the vietnam vets.

@classicguy53

9y↑19

***** Having been in the Marines between 1971 and 1976, I experienced the rejection and disrespect from the civilian population, not those old enough to remember World War ll, but those younger, they were fed up with Viet Nam and took it out on us serving. It is totally different now, but then we were not appreciated.

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@Jay-ji5cx

9y↑156

This song is stuck in my head ever since I heard it yesterday. I was in the car with my mother and sister and my mother had the Oldies' station on the radio. Although I'm young, I love hearing the songs from the 60's and 70's etc.

@BadSneakers

9y↑4

+Sarabella Turner I grew up with it and the chorus is all I remember, still love the song, but the chorus is epic

@Jay-ji5cx

9y↑5

The chorus is really addicting BadSneakers

@verticalhorizon4633

9y↑2

+Sarabella Turner Youth is fleeting. You'll be old, and wrinkled, and toothless before you realize it.

@magpieeye3239

8y↑4

+Sarabella Turner They were awesome years I lived them and don't listen to Vertical Horizon I still have all my own teeth and not too many wrinkles :)

@WolfLuGer

8y↑6

+Sarabella Turner HI,SARABELLA (NICE NAME) LIVE YOUR LIFE THE BEST YOU CAN AND ENJOY THIS MUSIC EVEN YOU DIDN'T LIVE THOSE YEARS.I'M 61 NOW AND I LOVE TO HEAR YOUNG PEOPLE SAYING THEY LIKE THIS MUSIC. CONGRATULATIONS ! NICE TASTE !

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@spiderdragon1969

8y↑192

I used to work with a lady named Rose Marie. She retired a few years ago but when we worked together I'd occasionally sing the chorus of this song as I passed by her work station. And guess what, she really did smile a little smile for me.

@adriennerobinson1180

5y↑8

Aww

@daverose4891

5y↑7

Cute story

@garyeagleson5634

5y↑5

How nice, that made me smile too! Great story my friend❤❤❤✌✌✌😀😀😀

@michaelquintana1161

5y↑4

wow..A
men

@stonystoner895

5y↑2

Saddest song I ever heard. 2nd saddest : cats in the cradle

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@josephbader1243

5y↑20

Best music of all time. 60s and 70s . The music with heart.

@usmc-veteran7316

I agree. My 1st real kiss in Junior high school was slow dancing to this song. Love to be a teenager again.

@Helivz

15y↑57

This tune came out in like, September / October of 1969, when I was in the third grade, eight years old, and wondered about what it was to be like a soldier in Vietnam. I came home to Lego sets, Erector sets and entertained myself. Thanks for your service to our great, U.S.A. I have several friends who served in S.E. Asia.

@marthagomez7335

2y↑2

Did they have legos in 1969 ????

@Selvikus

2y↑4

@@marthagomez7335 LEGO was founded in 1932, so yes

@urbansetter1

8y↑47

This is the nicest song. It is the epitome of life in the late 60s and 70s. Every teenager loved this song.

@besura636

7y↑1

I think you mean epitome.

@trevormiles5852

7y↑1

kristy/besura. It is worth saying from a funny point of view what epidemy means (not really into correcting spellings, believe me I make my share of mistakes) . epidemic, decease. So, your sentence is funny. hope it made you smile Kirsti.

@urbansetter1

7y↑1

Thanks for the correction!!!!

@petegarza2025

2y↑47

I absolutely love this song...I was only 10 years old when it was released but it has made a big impact on my life that I will never ever forget...It reminds me of a good buddy of mine named Jimmy who grew up in a seedy neighborhood not too far from where I lived and Jimmy was always singing this wonderful song and I was always afraid of going to his neighborhood for fear of getting beat up Jimmy took me under his wing and made sure I was that I was always safe...Fast forward many years later as we both grew up and we both went on different paths... Tragically I found out one day that Jimmy was killed in a car crash leaving behind his wife and children...I was literally stunned when I found out about his death and now when I here this song it reminds so much of my dear friend...R.I.P. Jimmy and now every time I hear this song i remember the good old days and my friend Jimmy 🙏🙏🙏...😥😥😥...

@denonhall8723

2y↑2

So very sorry for your and his family's loss. 🙏🏻

@petegarza2025

2y↑4

@@denonhall8723 Ty so much for your support...I am now 63 and over the last 2 years I have lost a brother-in-law,and my stepdad to sudden illnesses so I know we are all mortal and now I try to live every like it was my last and thank God I'm in reasonable good health so life is good knock on wood...Ty again for your heartfelt support and please stay safe 🙏🙏🙏

@denonhall8723

2y↑2

@@petegarza2025 you're welcome. 🙏🏻

@petegarza2025

2y↑2

@@denonhall8723 👍

@rozmarie1805

1y↑2

This is so nice

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@joegongora2200

3y↑11

I remember this song in late 1969 & early 1970 when I was Junior High. Music was beginning to change & soon we'd have the new sounds of the 1970's. This is a great song of what music sounded like 51 yrs ago. Who is still listening in Dec 9, 2020 & since the year is about over, who will still be listening in 2021. This is a Timeless classic !!!

@felixmadison5736

7y↑23

Another one of those great soft rock songs from the 70s when every song on the radio was your favorite.

@rozmarie1805

What was it

@rosewrites5409

9y↑23

Love the 60's music... nothing like it. So grateful to have grown up with these kind of songs!

@jonpierre1998

10y↑47

This song brings back such pleasant memories of an era in my life when the world was a little younger and fairy tales somehow came through. Every day was filled with laughter, every day brought something new. Music is indeed epic. It has a way of taking you back to a place in your life where you can relive [if just for a moment] some of the most pleasant experiences. I Love the song in its simplicity.

@jimmyd10100

9y↑26

what a classic song from my days growing up in San Francisco. hearing this song really takes me back to the times and memories, and friends. I lost so many friends. grew up in the 1950's, 1960's in S.F. went to summer of love, in golden gate park 1967. all the hotrods, bikers, and people I knew. a magic time in history never to be repeated. went in the marines july 1971. vietnam vet 0311.

@johnstraka815

2y↑4

Our vets from Vietnam deserve any dream they have to come true. Thank you 🙏 vets.

@jackroper8829

8y↑88

we were such romantics back in the 1970's. this song is a classic from my youth growing up in san Francisco. I must of been 16 years old in 1970. made us dream of girls! miss those days and times. you would of had to lived then to understand the times.

@thehoosierfortheUK

8y↑1

I'd do anything to live in that time for at least one month! A day at the least! Born in the 80s (1989 to be exact) and I LOVE this kind of music and those times when as you said were romantics, that's beautiful!

@jackroper8829

8y↑2

+thehoosierfortheUK hey there! I remember listening to this song in a car with a friend thinking about this girl. we were dreamers full of hope. you were born in 1989? I started working for the water dept. in 1989. I was 35 years old when you were born. I cannot believe how the time has passed. I wish also to go back in time also. would like to go back to the summer of 1964. unreal time for me then.

@dbd1353

where you go to school in SF?

@MGySgtCraig

8y↑1

must have....would have.... not must of....would of..... what school indeed....

@thehoosierfortheUK

To be honest, I would love to have sex with a woman my age to this song!

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@lindaporter6896

5y↑34

Isn't it funny how certain songs take us back so many memories

@neosturm5288

That's true, songs bring back so many memories - I think a lot of it is that there were no music videos back then, so we all had a little movie in our heads as to what the song meant to us personally. I, for one, preferred it that way...

@hmackie6823

3y↑2

songs can be time machines

@stillbill6408

4y↑9

One of my favorites from that era. Great melody, lyrics, vocal harmonies, story line with an outstanding, catchy chorus.

@lonestartx3147

10y↑124

I love this song for many reasons. One is that it is so beautifully done and so poignant. But the MAIN reason is, well, back when I was a freshman in high school so many years ago, back in 1972, it was something of a "tradition" for a senior girl to "adopt" a freshman boy and all. Anyway, I learned that she had an engagement broken off. She had always been so kind and helpful to me (and naturally I had a "crush" on her LOL), so I copied down the words of this song and give it to her the next time I saw her. The next day, she came up and gave me a big kiss on the lips. smiles in recollection...I cherish that memory, and often wonder how she is doing now. So many years ago, both of us now middle-aged, obviously, but some things endure. A wonderful song and poetry in the words.

@terryhomman141

4y↑4

Lonestar or anyone male or female if your single look the person up on your school on classmates.com you can see if your persons signed up and if so you can personal message them and see all 4 years of highshool info and clubs their in just look up the year they graduated look her up if your single. My guy friend did 40 years later☺💖

@wheneres6034

3y↑1

i love too this song,

@georgequinn69

2y↑1

Ditto, Im 66 years old today in Marshall, TX and really miss the girls and friends from school that are not here today. The old music keeps me going and I love all you guys that support these vids, they bring back great memories and I love you all!!

@craigstd

Great story 👏

@harleygal420

1y↑10

I remember my mom giving me a transistor radio for my 13th birthday. I also remember this song being one of the first I enjoyed hearing while holding the radio up to my ear while turning up the volume. I still have the transistor.

@unamckillen7125

9y↑35

What a sweet song. I had forgotten. I am travelling back through all those sweet, tender songs - this one, "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes", "Silence is Golden", "Cherish", "Never My Love." I struggle to find modern equivalents.

@garyjones2561

How about this new song called "Grip"? Excellent song with gripping lyrics: "grip...
grip...
grip"

@darkknight4756

Lovely songs indeed

@stillbill6408

5y↑3

You won't.

@WOLFMANoct1963

go luck looking, let me know when / if you find any

@usandthemx

****I struggle to find modern equivalents.****
Give it up There ain't NONE

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@Dave925

7y↑41

I woke up one September morning in 1969, early, it was 5AM, my Junior year of H.S had just started and this song came on. It haunted me then and it haunts me still because with just a note or two, I am back in what I feel now was a moment come unstuck in time. It is that real to me.

@suebee3490

6y↑7

Dave925 isn't that weird how some songs do that? That song about someone left the cake out in the rain was playing early morning when we were up early to go visit my oldest brother at boot camp since he was drafted and going overseas. Everytime I hear that song. It takes me back to that morning

@roberthetrick8849

That was so well said they're certain blocks of time like that time I am can remember everything so well I was 10 years old but people places definitely the music I was not much for television somehow I just I'm still not but I can listen to this music over and over again and never get tired of it and they're two generations after me and my family I guess because if you want to call it influence they love it too but like you member waking up one September morning and hearing this song.
I feel the same way waking up one September morning and heard this beautiful song by a group called Orpheus can't find the time it was so damn obscure and then I didn't hear it for the next almost 50 years sitting there one night bunch of us were watching them damn movie and yakking away and I heard Hootie and the Blowfish and they were singing this song and I had not heard it in all those decades I said how in the hell did they know about this song. So I went and found it somewhere probably on here and it all just comes right back that block of time another one from that era same exact time that is made like a come back so to speak that young people know about today because of YouTube yeah Echo Park by Keith Barbour beautiful song I just totally forgot about today but because of this the young know about it beautiful song The Old man walks in Echo Park from bench to bench from morning till Dawn. For the Ducks some bread he brings wondering if he'll be here this time next spring crazy isn't it

@terryhomman141

4y↑2

@@roberthetrick8849 these old songs are all still on YouTube even ones from the 40's and 50's I researched for my parents and I was born in 1956. Look them up.

@faithcarchia

Something funny is that this song was released 2 days after my dads G.T.O was sent to the Pontiac dealership.

@moviemagg

10y↑41

When this song came out I was in the 6th grade and everybody thought this was sung by The Beatles. This is the best song The Beatles never recorded!

@jdollinter

10y↑2

Wow, me too, we were the right age for all that music and I still think some of it is quite good. We were the last of the innocents. Kids today probably learn far too much way too early with the world wide web. It's a shame really, that age of innocence should be treasured but they are taught otherwise by today's music industry.

@jpringle1979

5y↑1

Lead singer sounds alot like John.

@zeljr

5y↑1

So did I!!! Because it sounds so much like a Beatles song...

@headshotsongs9465

Beatles Revolver?

@adriennerobinson1180

I was a child at that time as well, but I knew this Band wasn't the Beatles

@raidensmamaw

10y↑14

Ahhh-priceless memories of my grandma (who was almost as wide as she was tall) swaying back and forth in the doorway "dancing". Love this song.

@felixmadison5736

7y↑16

Ahhhhhh...Back in the day when the music was good and I was 21 years-young in 1970. <sigh>

@vickimingus9281

@musiccollector

5y↑12

PLEASE bring back 1969. Oh, the magic, the memories. Released on September 20, 1969, reaching # 5 on November 22.

@roseannjosytewa1106

7y↑24

My dad played this song to me when I was really down when my daughters dad left me. I love this song so much and it means alot to me. It always makes me feel better. I love you dad. :)

@kalihiwarhomes2177

3y↑5

A crying shame that The Flying Machine only lasted between 1968 and 1970. Beautiful, timeless music that can never be replicated today.

@adriennerobinson1180

3y↑1

Sad but True SMH

@musiccollector

5y↑6

Awesome memories of CJME, Regina, SK in 1969. I will never forget.

@usmc-veteran7316

8y↑21

Reminds me of Spring Hill Junior High School, in West Virginia, great song. I remember slow dancing to this song, and my 1st real kiss. Love to be a teenager again.

@usmc-veteran7316

@ great times in Junior high school. 1st time I really kissed a girl, while we were slow dancing to this song on the gym floor. Never forget it.

@o.miranda9726

6y↑15

I smile every time I hear this song. Listening to it Brings back so many fond memories of high school and my first true love. (Who I'm still married to 47 years later).

@aday1637

4y↑8

This song was pop when I served in the Army during Vietnam. Knowing the context helps understand what the lyrics mean. Many died and did not return to their loved ones. Most either don't know or forget.

@adriennerobinson1180

Thank You for your service

@susanallen1929

8y↑136

I had this '45 when it came out, and there was a skip where it was scratched. Funny to hear it now - I keep waiting for that skip!

@BugzKiller

4y↑3

LOL I just posted the same thing almost......I bought the 45 when it came out on a Tuesday at Woolworths!

@tommyjames1726

4y↑1

45..wow you must be 87 yrs of age now

@susanallen1929

4y↑3

@@tommyjames1726 I just finished your book "Me the Mob and the Music". What a great story! And you are still rockin'! Hugs and kisses to you, and thanks for making my childhood a little more awesome.

@NellyHanky11

4y↑3

Me too - when I hear the part that skipped on our vinyl 45 back in 1969, I wait for it to happen again! Who knows - maybe we both bought the bad pressing from the same batch!!

@joyfulyes

3y↑1

@@tommyjames1726 um, that's a 45 record

@robertthacher

51w↑1

From the fall of 69, this song climbed up to number 5 on the charts. I would graduate from HS in June. A nice memory! The only US hit for The Flying Machine!

@GeorgeVreelandHill

4y↑57

Someone asked me if I would like to be 18 again. I said … "Yes, but only if I could be 18 in the time I was 18." Songs like this are sweet memories.

@thomascampbell5633

4y↑3

So true. Good observation.

@michaelschleifer5121

3y↑1

I'll take 23. 18 was a brutal time, all self-inflicted. But funny, it's not nearly as bad in retrospect as it seemed then 😉.

At 66, I cannot recall when the best time wasn't now.

@hopppy54

3y↑3

Only if I could go back with my Wisdom

@bruschmidt9943

41w↑2

This amazing song was released April 11, 1969. All the cherished memories come flooding back!

@frankfedi5751

10y↑14

in high school in the 70's I went to a dance in the gym where a local band named Orange Juice on Ice covered this...stays a lifetime.

@1royalpalm

9y↑2

I was serving in the US Navy at Charleston, S.C., when this song came out (1969), listening to it on the local top 40 rock and pop radio station. I miss those days and times.

@beckbeck2323

10y↑18

"You really should accept this time he's gone for good"
"Any guy would give the world I'm sure to wear the shoes he wore"
"Smile a little smile for me"
"Where's the use in crying?"
"You must keep on trying!"
"I know he hurt you bad, and darling, don't be sad"

@googleuser1797

9y↑6

Another one of those wonderful songs from the 1960's. Pop music back in the day was really special. You could put on the radio and listen for hours on end. I loved those times. But don't worry my people, God loved them too. They'll still be there when we get to heaven. Peace and love!!!

@priscillawilson2634

and sing along and sometimes get the words wrong because they weren't written down anywhere, unless you had the album cover.

@pikaaapower

10y↑302

I'm 18... Not many people my age know this song but honestly, it's one of my favorites! :)

@Wellch

10y↑10

post it on your facebook account....and say little known but good song.

@Beautifulmusiclistnr

10y↑6

Good for you! This is a great song, and I've always loved it also! I'm glad someone as young as you listens to a song like this!

@eduardomaguiar9068

É isso , bom gosto musical !!

@usmc-veteran7316

6y↑6

Good for you, the late 60s and 70s were a great time to be a teenager. If you like this song, you would have fit right in.

@eduardomaguiar9068

Jacqueline Quiocho , esta música é linda !!

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@ClassicCarMainiac

2y↑2

Have not thought about this song in decades and awakened at 5:00 AM this morning with it playing in my mind. Even remembered the words. This was released not long after my 9th birthday. My sister had it on 45 and I would play it over and over on her small portable record player.

@sherrykerley1594

3y↑7

I was a 60’s girl all through elementary I always LOVED the music on to high school..graduated in ‘73. I still love this music there is none better....listening to It right now!!!!

@hectorfeliciano8183

4y↑2

On October 8th 1969 I was 14 years old. Me and my best friend Clancy drove from our hometown of Salinas all the way to San Juan in Puerto Rico to see " THE RASCALS in concert at the "HIRAM BITHORN BASEBALL STADIUM"( is still standing by the way). On our way back home this song came on the radio and I just loved it! I" never forgot, so, it was October, not September like some people claim it was. My "BUDDY CLANCY" passed away and every time I hear it makes me "HAPPY" and "SAD". "I TREASURE" his memory. Not one single day of my life goes by without him in my mind. I miss him. Thanks for the promo film! GOD BLESS YOU ALL. THE OLD AGING HIPPIE

@bobsmith3217

4y↑6

Songs from 1969 and 1970 have a special sound. The energy and enthusiasm of the 1960s with a little bit of the production values of the 1970s.

@dallasnewman3280

2y↑5

I can remember my mother singing me this song once as a very small child. On the day she passed away, I woke up crying and this song was in my head. I love and miss you Mom....

@surferbri5346

7y↑10

when I was a kid, our local ice skating rink had a tape for when the dj was absent, and this was on it. I'd hear this tune 3 or 4 times a week

@Laceykat66

10y↑23

Speak for yourself Jeff. A lot of us gals cried ourselves to sleep with this little number. This and Bobby Sherman got us through a lot of heartbreaks.

@AMStationEngineer

10y↑7

@RichardFeynmanRules

10y↑3

***** Wow! What you share is deeply moving, and what a wonderful project! I wish you all success. Thank you.

@AMStationEngineer

10y↑1

RichardFeynmanRules Many thanks! The family which owned the station, since it's inception, in 1948, (wisely) ensured that it's operation became interwoven with the community. When the station was sold, it was not sold for the license/operation of the radio division, but more so for a spin-off business, which had constructed a cable television system servicing almost 200,000 customers (now Comcast). I could have purchased the license and the assets for $250,000, and did not. It was the mistake of a lifetime!!

@rosewebb6308

9y↑2

...this is what I like to hear...stories from EVERY-DAY ppl...I would NEVER see these stories in any newspaper today...THANKS to YOU-TUBE...

@jsilence418

9y↑1

***** Actually having to listen to most of those songs, would make most guys run off to war.

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@patrickrogers9499

10y↑7

Memories of my youth . Love the twang of the Wurlitzer electric piano . Great instrument indeed .

@stacyclark5910

22w

This song wasn’t overplayed on oldies radio, it still gives that feeling of yearning for the nostalgic 😢 great song ! Thanks!

@TheCheese06z

2y↑4

there's something melancholy and sweet in the chorus and it just, hits me real hard in the heart.

@RizkiAnjani

8y↑36

This is timeless.

@alanspagnolia9474

4y↑1

Timeless for sure !! TOTALLY remember this song, when it first came out. It will NEVER grow old.....!! :)

@kengyorfi6349

4y↑2

Songs like this bring back the BEST memories. LIKE A TIME MACHINE TO ANOTHER PLACE AND TIME.

@danielmarin6811

4y↑4

Who is with me...It's 2020...This song was "HOT" in the 70's and it is still "HOT" Today...It's not really old...It's just pure Gold!

@gabrielandary587

i have always loved this song from the 60^s

@alexander9233

9y↑11

Smile a little smile for me Rosemarie- The Flying Machine played at the BCCLS Fort Lee Library, NJ 03/28/15

@kawasakiwhiptwo5821

watching this video in Haddonfield N.J. 12-22-18 @7:28 pm. 😊

@larrycrooks2783

9y↑20

Having been born in '52 I remember most of these songs. It amazes me how people have changed. Having lost my brother in the Vietnam War in '71 I have always had a sore spot in my heart as to their treatment. While I don't always agree with my government, I have always supported our troops. I will always feel that the war was lost due to political pressure, the press and the "sex, drugs and rock and roll," attitude. Don't get me wrong...I am a hard core "heavy metal-acid rock" fan, but I would give it all up to have my brother back.

@Jehoshful

7y↑5

First heard this song when I was 11 yrs., and loved it from the start. So simple and yet, so good. It didn't hurt a bit, that my mom is called Marie!

@miserableoldfart9970

10y↑5

I can remember hearing this song in my first semester in school and worrying if I didn't get decent grades, I'd end up flunking out and drafted.. Those were not what I would call days of serenity..

@christinefowlkes1969

6y↑5

I was only 4 or 5 when I sang this song in front of my grandmother and family. Now I'm a grandmother and I just recently heard this song and it brought a tear to my eye cause most of my family is gone now. But I will always cherish it.

@robertbrowning1527

I'm feeling you these days! My family is all mostly gone as well.
I'm sorry for your loss.

@Sameoldfitup

4y↑4

“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams.

@paulmaurice8909

8y↑11

I love this song. It was in my 45s collection.

@johnbowan3007

2y↑7

Still love this song even after all of these years

@user-qy7cn4ks6f

In late 69 when I was a senior in HS. The Flying Machine dropped this classic on us. Just a really nice song! Plenty of fun that year!

@mrcool665

5y↑1

I remember when I was 8 or 9 (this was 1971/2) that I was driving from Sacramento to Los Angeles with my family, late at night, and my father turned on the radio. For some reason, many years later, I still remember that moment. Could be the hook in the song :).

@lynns8057

3y↑1

Brings back many memories. I dated a man in a band. It was 1972 and the guys would sing this song and would substitute my name (it just worked)for Rosemarie. A wonderful time to be alive and be a hippie.

@billjenkins9634

5y↑5

Songs like this really helped me get back on my feet after being dumped and other break ups along life’s journey. I always loved this song!

@thomasodetto4670

4y↑5

I will never forget hearing this song in the Summer of 1970. My high school
girlfriend was away most of the Summer on vacation in Montana. I almost had a nervous breakdown when she was gone. About 6 weeks later she called our home to let me know that she had returned . I was out at the time and she ended speaking with my oldest sister. When I returned home, my sister grabbed me and basically threw me in her car. Being very puzzled , I asked what was up. Her words were. SHUT UP. She pulled up to the front of my girlfriend’s house and said, She is back and is waiting for you. Then she yelled at me, YOU ARE DRIVING ME NUTS. !! Get the hell out of my car. It was a glorious day. !!!!!

@caretaker158

4y↑7

I remember hearing this on a 45 when I was just a little kid, and the funny thing is, it had a skip in it and every time I listen to this song now, I still hear that skip.

@usmc-veteran7316

Thats funny. When I hear this song, I think of the 1st time had my 1st real kiss at 14 yrs old. She was so cute.

@chrisahearn1735

Thanks

@ruthdow2205

4y↑3

It’s been years sense I heard this song. I started singing the chorus to my granddaughter out of the blue today so I looked it up! Great song!

@cheyennechristley2779

9y↑14

when i watched the video of smile a little smile for me by the flying time machines it makes me feel very happy and hopeful

@richardtorstfishingthenucl8694

Fishing

@listen2100

5y↑2

I had this 45 when I was a teeny bopper in the early to mid 70s Not sure where I got it,Mom may have got it at a thrift store, but I played it over and over,usually while pining for some boy. Good ol days. Great song!

@arielfortes4753

2y↑2

When I was in school days I always listen to our old radio! And this is the song I always heard!

@alanestrada204

10y↑17

Best music ever, I listen to this music on my free time. Im all into rock and roll. Dont let rock and roll die people.

@rayevinnmartin7462

10y↑1

According to Gene Simmons it is dead. :(

@Caban1970

Rayevinn Martin Gene Simmons is an idiot. HE'S the one that's dead... his brain.

@verticalhorizon4633

+Rayevinn Martin Easy to say when you don't need the cash.

@alanestrada204

huh?

@ecclesiasticbohemian7617

4y↑1

I was obsessed with this song when I was like in 1st or 2nd grade. Memories of singing along, playing with neighborhood kids, climbing trees, riding bikes, shaking the cherry blossoms onto the lawn like snow falling.

@ricoz2016

5y↑1

I cannot believe how many of these songs, when just seeing their titles I do not recognize but inside of 3 notes KNOW IMMEDIATELY.
What a childhood I had...

@TheFortniteGamer1

4y↑10

My mom would put this on the record player and dance with me when i was a child. R.I.P mama i love u

@usmc-veteran7316

4y↑2

Your mother had great taste in music. I loved this song, I was a teenager when thia was a hit. Love to return and stay

@derekkess8643

I sure do miss the 70s, 80s and 90s. The music🎶 today is not even the same. Sometimes I wish I could find a time machine and go back in time. Life was much easier and everyone enjoyed life! Is this your favorite song?

@northnsouth6813

2y↑2

The Flying Machine first rose out of the ashes of British band Pinkerton's Assorted Colours and had scored a major UK hit with "Mirror Mirror" in 1966.

@MrHeadbanger366

4y↑1

This song takes me back. I remember hearing it on the radio all the time when I was a kid.

@ronson232

7y↑40

Didn't know there was a video to this... Cool!

@darkknight4756

6y↑3

Me too

@Theevil6ify

6y↑70

I had a female friend in HS named Rose. We bonded in our love of classic rock bands (Beatles, Doors, etc) I found out after a while her dad was a legit hippie and actually named her after this song (her middle name was Marie). I had a big crush on her, but she was with this other guy for a long time. One day, when they'd broken up over some drama they had, she was pretty broken up about it. I sang this song to her and she nearly cried she liked it so much.
We only stayed friends, we both found significant others, but she always said she loved me (as a brother or a best friend I guess).
and I always told her the feeling was mutual. On graduation day she made me sing it to her one last time and she gave me a quick kiss and a hug and wished me the best. It's sad to have to give up on certain relationships, but I'll always hear this song and feel all warm just remembering her and the time we shared.

@user-yp6ev9oi2t

14w

Always loved this song. - Nice to re-visit this song almost 60 yrs. later. '2024.

@thehoosierfortheUK

8y↑3

I'm an 80s child (born in 1989) and I say this music is too awesome for words!!!

@navyskaterdude

3y↑3

Reminds me of sitting in the back seat of my parents car with my little sister in the '60s. Happy times❤

@OverlandOne

8y↑11

Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground. James Taylor-Fire and Rain.

@farpointgamingdirect

5y↑1

Different band...Flying Machine was from the USA and James Taylor was a member. THE Flying Machine was British and was originally called Pinkerton's Many Colors. Common mistake, however. Most folks dont realize the difference

@bobbyhutchinson1

10y↑22

My sister let me use her little white transistor radio sometimes. Wow, was I styling...........sometimes this song would come on ...........sigh memories :)

@russgrunert4730

Loved my white Panasonic transistor

@jerrywebb9614

2y↑1

I remember when this song first came out..I was in high school at the time..This song was just one of the many many romantic and beautiful music of the early 70's..The lyrics have such emotion.I so so miss that era❤

@travisdurand5374

2y↑1

How lucky are we to be able to be there for so much great music, from then to now! Truly...it's incredible to think about...

@Boxerlove

10y↑21

It is funny to think back to the early 70's...no FM radio only AM and in Chicago the only good radio station was WLS. No Ipods, YouTube, yada yada yada....wow....you would run down to Ben Franklins 5 and Dime and buy a 45 record of your favorite hit.

@handyDutchman

10y↑1

WLS was my 1st rock and roll station. And I lived in NW Iowa! Came through late at night when I was suppose to asleep. On an old RCA radio/45 player. wow