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After reading Agneta´s review of the Hollies concert at the Orchard on april 12th I can´t understand why the group doesn´t perform Very last day at every concert! It´s even more surprising after hearing the perfomance of the fantastic song at Dalhalla in august 2006. It was one of the highlights of that evening.

Even if you Brits and Americans didn´t understand (or to be true; didn´t get the chance to understand, as it wasn´t a single in Your countries) what great song that is. It´s a real highlight in the Hollies repetoir!

P.S Another forgotten song is Too many people. If you don´t remember it, Please listen to it again. It´s on The Hollies (w/b) album from 1965. A great album....

Banjo Joined: 17 Feb 2006 Posts: 36 Location: Sweden

You are so right Bonus. It was when i heard Very Last Day on the radio i became a Holliesfreak. So when Tony started to play that song in Dalhalla 40 years later it was very emotional.

Hej Bonus och Sune!

Glad you read my review. Yes, Very Last Day is my teenage daughter's favourite Hollies song (ever since she heard me playing it on the piano, surprisingly enough), and her friends like it too, so it seems to appeal to young people (well, young Swedish people anyway).
I've always liked it too, especially in concert, though not quite as much as Stewball.

Too Many People is also a nice song.
By the way, aren't those lyrics a bit religious too? ( "That's how He planned it"...)

Agneta

Acoustic Guitar Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 172

Yes i agree with Bhonus,Sune and Agnetha Very last day is one of the greatest songs the hollies ever recorded.

Rythym Guitar Joined: 26 Aug 2007 Posts: 486 Location: UK

Acoustic Guitar Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 172

Yes Stewball is a great song and it was a big hit in sweden.(Stewball was a race horse and i wish he was mine he never drank water he always drank wine).I like that song.

Have a nice evning.

Håkan.

Rythym Guitar Joined: 08 Jun 2006 Posts: 293

"Hollies 1965" is my favourite Hollies album between 1963 and 1966. "Very Last Day" and "Too Many People" are two very good reasons for my choice, as well as the harmony vocals on "That's My Desire" and the rockin' way they play "Mickey's Monkey". Bobby's drumming is so powerful on it.
And "Stewball" is my favourite song on the follow-up album "Would You Believe". I love their harmony vocals.

Acoustic Guitar Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 172

Yes I Agree with you Benny.

Have a nice evning .

Håkan.

Rythym Guitar Joined: 08 Jun 2006 Posts: 293

Thanks

I'm also a big fan of the Very Last Day, love the clip from the Beat club (I think that;'s the show), the one that Graham has a little interview before the number.

Bass Guitar Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 98 Location: Rugby

It is a good song, I don't why it wasn't a UK single. It should of been released instead of If I Needed Someone.