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Broadcast date: 1972/10/21
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AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988.
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TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years.
World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Queen, Golden Earring, Boney M, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer and many many more.
I love this song. I named my daughter claire.. sadly she passed away in 1998. Through cystic fibrosis. This song makes me remember the good times. Bless you all for your comments.
I am so sorry for your loss. I pray that you will be reunited one day.
bless you Sarah Elizabeth Jones , YOUR CLAIRE GETS YOU FROM A STAR !!!!!!
@@juancarlosdiaz2857 y thanks very much made my day. Bless you
Omgoodness so sad 😔 I feel your pain Beautiful song for a beautiful young lady 💔
Condolence..
Music in the 70s was great. Much better than today’s music.
And we were much younger.
True
Definitely
Absolutely
I love you i love your mucis
My daughter was born in 1974. We named her Clare because we both liked this song. She is now a happily married head teacher with her 48th birthday approaching.
My daughter was also born in 1974, May 21st. So she will be 50 and has two grandchildren.
My mom’s name was Clair. My dad used to play the 45 when he would come home from work. I love those memories. Both my parents passed in 2021, but this song brings back happy memories and tears.
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I love this song
Bonito nombre tenia tu mamá y tu papá se vee que la quería mucho . Ahora dejemos que descansen en paz.❤
Oh the 70,s how i miss those days. No phones social media computers checking in on line e mails. Just long summer days playing all day. Gone forever !!!
We share the fortune of having grown up in the 70s
So true!😊
True I hate the new world.
Memories of long carefree summer days playing with friends and listening to the radio
God, if we could only go back to those free and easy time.
You said it Jackie, the 1970's was the best time ever with songs like this, the music these day's are just to crazy but song's like this are just simple and beautiful. "OH CLAIR"
My mum named me after this song ❤she died 6 weeks ago. Rest in peace mum 💔
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My grand niece is a Gift from God. She is eight months old. My Claire.
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Sorry for your loss
Rip
My uncle who passed with cancer was a big fan and i listen to all his great music and it reminds of the great days with god bless you uncle greg i dearly miss you everyday ❤
I was born in 1975 in a very small coal mining town in Korea. I always listened to the radio, and this song was one of those lovely tunes for me, even though I couldn't understand the English lyrics at all.
My grandfather named my mother after this song. She sadly passed away just before Christmas we played this at her service and I keep coming back to it months later ❤️
Love your heart ❤️.
So sad God bless
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Sorry about your mom!
Gifted songwriter with a really distinctive voice
I love Gilbert, especially this song and Alone Again Naturally
My favourite is Nothing Rhymed. ❤
The best,!
Naturally 😊
Memories of my beautiful daughter when I took care of her with her heart problem... blessings❤
Reminds me of my Mom, her name was Claire. She passed away in 2022 and was so loved and missed every day.
This musician does not get the critical acclaim he deserves. Popular music with great composition and sentiment.
Nobody writes sweeping melodies with these beautiful chord changes anymore. My, how the art of crafting music fell through the years.
Ahh, the wonderful innocence of the 70's - it brought a tear to my eye for sure.!
Memories of my mum, listening too this album of the wonderful Gilbert O’Sulvian I lost my mum when I was 20 years old 1986 I’m 55 end of this month, I’ve already lived two years longer than my lovely mum 🙏❤️❤️
so sorry....
God Bless you sweetie hold on to those precious memories
I'll be 52 next month this takes me back to my childhood
No words to describe such a beautiful song. "Clair" reminds me my chilhood...
I also lost my mom when she was only 50, she never got to see all my children. I am 64 now. Absolutely love Gilbert’s music, I managed to see him play live a few years ago, he was brilliant, if I get the chance to see him again I will. Sorry for your loss Jo.
How can we forget 15 years!!!! head full of dreams!!! empty pockets but full of immense joy after a little kiss from a little girl at school!!!!
Gilbert O'Sullivan, one of the greatest melodists of all time. This song reminds everyone of a moment in their life, with a touch of nostalgia.
Grazie Gilberto.l'ho scritto in Italiano .la Mia Lingua.io amo tutto della mia Italia.le cose buone intendo
Eloquently put.
"greatest melodists of all time"?? That's laying it on a bit thick!! it's a nice pop tune, but he ain't Tchaikovsky.
@@jchopra i love this song im looking the lyrics
Go see him he's touring the states he's awesome live.
I love this unique voice. It deserves to remain in the memory of connoisseurs as one of the best.
I get teary eyed listening to this song..
this song clearly is a proof that there was once a time where humans where still feeling pure innocence without having any polluted and perverted thoughts like todays times.
well said.
Exactly, but i really don't care that some may read sinister overtones to the lyrics, its still that innocent and beautiful song i remember as a child and nothing can taint the sentiment when i hear it. In fact, the whole album it was taken from was pretty much as good and memorable if totally underrated and overlooked. Whether you sing along or play in the background, takes you way back to better days every time. But the sentiment of the observation - spot on and I totally agree with it.
so there still human,s in the world good i thought i was losing it. have wonderful day
@@christopherblackmur575 Gilbert o Sullivan albums
@@angelaguerrini6587 Very well said.
Lovely song memories as kid in the 1970s
I had a cat called Clair and this was our favourite song. Unfortunately Clair was killed by a bus. Always brings a tear to my eye when I hear this song.
Thanks for that 😂
You're welcome. Hope it doesn't ruin the song for you.@@js2749
Rest well, Clair.
My Mum and Dad loved this. Such lovely innocent memories. Just leaving junior school at 13....when my Dad picked me up from school and took me home for lunch....seemed always to be playing in his car. Miss you Dad. Miss you Mum. See you one day.
:')
@@TimSasago Junior School? Leaving at 13, don't you mean 11? Apologies if I have misunderstood.
@@andymoore9977 its possible to leave 6th class at 13, i left at 12 if i'm not misremembering and i wasn't nearly the youngest in my class
@@meaningissoup Was that in the UK?
He's just been on Breakfast TV, link from his home.
Music to my ears so beautiful ❤what a voice ….2024 still listening ….
Innocence and clarity are all over this song !
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My name is Claire. So you definitely know I just l-o-v-e this happy song! Innocence, joy & laughter. Ahh... 💖
Played piano keys guitar all my life. I remember playing this with my band but also in Aberdeen University Union as a student. In a corner of an old dusty room tucked away in the corner sat an out of key piano. You could hear it out near the Janitor's Office. I used to draw a bit of an audience. Memories and happy days. Played Alone Again Naturally as well.
Alone Again Naturally - a great song, so underrated!
I’m 17 and i wish people of my generation would listen to songs like his and understand them
Aquí tienes un amigo de 19 años que le gusta estas canciones
Yo tenía 17 cuando descubrí ésta canción :''')
16 and my favorite
From a great era 72 never forgotten! The music was the best time ever!
You're right! We had a great generation and graduated from HS in '72. The music was the best! Today's is so weird! I'm old. That's it I guess.😁
Yes. The early 70s were amazing
Which 72
@@lmproductions183 1972
@@claudiaferguson9207 okay thanks
One of the best songs ever... brings tears to my eyes. It's so sweet and innocent and purely beautiful. Just stunning. My life is better for having been blessed by this song.
Y esa espléndida risa al final🥰🎶
Very impressive made and performed.O'Sullivan has such consistent music staying power.I love his music.
Gilbert O' Sullivan is still friends with Clair the subject of this great song (you can hear her giggling at the end of the record). She is the daughter of his former agent. How wonderful to have a song dedicated to you.
I met Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (CSNY) a few years ago. She did have stunning eyes.
I went to England for the first time when I was 9 years old (I’m an Aussie) I drove my Auntie & Uncle & their 3 children crazy playing this on the record player all the time! My beautiful Auntie Irene just passed away in December 2021 - this song brings many happy memories to me now.. R.I.P Auntie 💔
This is a song written, performed and sung beautifully, playfully and innocently by a singer almost totally forgotten . . at least by me . . The song's about a guy admiring a child, right? It was made in 1972 long, long before all the Bundys, Dahmers and school shootings that have sickened and killed us all inside. Gilbert O'Sullivan brings our hearts back to life and he's awesome. Where has he been?? His music stirs up so many emotions: Sadness, laughter, anguish, admiration and a few I can't even think of. It's an amazing and weird talent; haunting yet enjoyable. I can't stop listening to it. It's the closest thing to literally going back in time to your childhood and reliving the best parts of it all over again. Please Mr O'Sullivan come out of retirement. We need you.
He has a new album coming out in July, called Driven
I like your comment, Mr. Phillips.
@@luigidelellis2118 Anytime
One of the best songs ever written. 🥰
...100 % the best love song ever!!!
@@tommytk72 its a bit of pedo thing u know?
Marry me uncle Ray? age difference > to me more than a child?
best socially accepted paedo song ever written?
Show and tell takes some beating,
Clean, wholesome, and sweet....
This my wife’s Achilles heel, I can play this at anytime and she will have a tear or two, such a beautiful song.
I feel like he is too into this little girl. 😂
Why do I feel nostalgic for en era I wasn't even around to witness? Having been born in 1980 I gravitated to 60s/70s poprock in my mid teens and its still my favourite music periode!
Maybe you're an old soul.
Nothing wrong with that :-)
Thomas: because music and lyrics back then was from the heart. Creative license not canned junk.
Maybe it's because we had the best music
You gravitate cuz those were fantastic music eras especially the '70s the '60s kicked it off with a roar and a seventies was all about people emotions love and having fun
Takes me back to my childhood in the seventies...... I'm called Clare and I love this song ❤
Y esa espléndida risa al final🥰🎶
I grew up with this kind of music, the best times.
My name is Marek people say I look like him wen I was yang but i like his songs...Bravo...Gilbert...you are the best steel....Thanks ....Marek....I was born in Poland but I live 40 yrs. in Vancouver Canada......
I adore this sweet song. It makes me cry ever since I was little.
You wouldn't get away with lyrics like this anymore. Different times.
That's because now everything's sexualised. Especially where children are concerned. There is no innocence left - so everything has to be "problematic".
Timeless and harmless Still relevant !!
Oh heck ! The babysitter singing this about the child!!!!
He wasn't "getting away" with anything, it is innocent, in a time when a man was allowed to express love for his little niece.
Sadly youre right
after hearing this tune a thousand times i finally truly listened to the lyric, and its a little freaky.
Clair and Alone again are the two best songs by Gilbert
Nothing rhymed? 😏
@@frankterneven7806 Also beautiful!
If I could describe this song I would describe it as a bliss of childhood innocence ,mixed with the heart of a breath taking afternoon on the heat of summer, combined with a joy of ice-cream beckoned with chocolate and blessed with a shinning pint of pure gold
Wow , what a comment ! you should be writing , G
Exactly! Well said!
M
Oh that was so beautifully poetic...whew
You should be a writer, sweetheart . The best description to this O'sullivan's gem.
1972-1975, MON CHANTEUR PRÉFÉRÉ, Une douce époque, 🩵🍀💗☀️🌙🍒🇫🇷
I love this song and the name, and always wanted to name a daughter Clair. Since I never bore a daughter, 2 1/2 years ago when I got my puppy I named her Claire. She's my 4 footed doggie daughter. ❤❤
This song takes me back to my early teens, 14 or 15 then. His poster on my bedroom wall. I'm so pleased that he's still making music and is alive and well.
This song is so perfect in every way I lost my first daughter when she was only 3 and half years old from a brain stem tumor, this song so reminds of her, I miss her so much❤️
I feel for you mate - nothing I can say to this just to send you my thoughts. I had a similar experience, different ending but thinking of you brother.
@@henry707 Thank you for your heart felt reply. Some experiences will never leave us, but they will change us forever.
@@robstammers7149 I'm so sorry for your loss.
@@standup2982 thank you for your kind words.
@@henry707 Thank you, my friend, your words mean so much.
I feel bad for the persons that doesnt know this song, it's magic and so nostalgic
I absolutely agree and it makes me mad and sad at heart when people make cruel, unwarranted comments saying Clair is a pedophile song. It's most certainly NOT. The lyrics convey a real life situation where Gilbert shows love and affection for his managers Gordon Mills three year ole daughter and Clair was very fond of her "Uncle Ray"!
This song reminds me of my friend clare who sadly passed away at such a young age about 2016 age 47 .God bless ❤
Leaving me to doubt God and his mercy for if he really does exist why did he desert me.
Intrigante.¿Por qué este comentario a una canción tan alegre?
He didn’t
@@juanluispuentelopez9809 He is talking about Gilbert O Sullivan's most famous song, "Alone Again Naturally". _Leaving me to doubt God and his mercy for if he really does exist why did he desert me_ is a lyric from that song. "Clare" was a good song, but it was not as famous as Alone Again Naturally.
Middle school 1973 miss those days ❤️
Love this song , the giggles at the end are precious 👵🏻
Waterworks over here !!!! So beautiful , just love it ! All the memorabilia is heartwarming . You’re such a detailed romantic like myself . Can’t wait for all of us to meet baby Claire 🩷🩷🩷Lovely name . There’s an old song by Gilbert O Sullivan called Clair that’s beautiful , you’ll love it 🩷
What beautifull memories everybody brings!
I sure miss this man many memories from the 1970s great childhood memories
Exactly right . Very gifted talented musician . One of the best .
You know he's still alive, i saw a thing bout him, He celabrated fifty years in show biz!
He's still touring . Seen him twice in as many years . Still great music just older . Google his tour dates . He still has that magic .
I love this song of Gilbert O'Sullivan 🎶🎼🎵🎧😘😘😘❤️❤️❤️👍
F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C.O Gilbert O'Sullivan - Clair 🌹
Gilbert has the most heartfelt unique soothing voice ❤
This is a lovely innocent song! It's probably the only time the word "murder" makes me laugh, and the sound of a child laughing makes me tear up. It's possibly the loveliest sound in the world.
THIS WAS THE FIRST RECORD I EVER BOUGHT! LOVED THIS MAN'S VOICE. GREAT SONG.
The first record I bought was another brilliant Gilbert song, Nothing Rhymed. What a great writer.
First record I ever bought was raindrops keep fallin' on my head By BJ Thomas I was 12, the 60s and the 70s were the best
I Love this precious song. I have so many great memories of my childhood in the 70’s. That time was so magical for me and my siblings growing up. And the music of that era was a big part of it. I’m so blessed to have come up then. I wouldn’t change it for nothing.
So true ... we really had the very best !
Same here mate, they were great years, even if we didn't realise it at the time.
I totally agree…times were different…better, innocent, kinder..I truly miss the 70’s
Watchin this guy at the age of seven on top of the pops loved his songs now fifty five brings a tear to my eye remembering the seventies Gilbert your a legend
Love this song and beautiful.lyrics and gilbert o sullivan. Those were the days
He just captured a melody so well....and such a distinctive magical voice 💖💖💗
Hello Debbie
Excelente musica
True love song. Man, I miss those years. If you weren’t around, it’s inexplicable to describe.
Gilbert O’SULLIVAN a fantastic singer / song writer. Brilliant 👍
Yes 💎💎💎😍🎶🤩
Incrível como uma canção pode nos levar a uma viagem às nossas melhores lembranças
A long haired kid, stones Dylan traffic and secretly, Every record I could find of this guy! Know nothing about him BUT What A Voice!
Just the best!!!!!!! Takes me back and brings tears to my eyes 😢❤️🤗🙏
So glad I found this......bring me back to my youth care free days.......
Same here. Senior high school when i first heard this great song. Loved it since.
My favourite song in 1973,just wonderful.
“Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood.”― Leonardo da Vinci.
I simply just LLLLLLLLOVE this song!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Wuanderfull song.. my remembers alive..thanks!!
Ça c’était de la musique,malheureusement une époque revolue
This song is amazing. Goes back to memories of 70s growing up. I always liked it 😄. Can't replace these days of full of memories at the time. That times go bye.
Love our 70s and 80s music 🎶 the best
Clair is gilbert o'sullivans god daughter, he wrote this beautiful song for her, how beautiful.
❤ Oldie but Goldie ❤
Beautiful Gilbert.
Loved this song!! Still do!!
I don't know so many songs by Sir O'Sullivan but they're all pure masterpieces! ❤️
Such a cute song (nice melody too).
Sometimes I just don't have the words to describe just how beautiful something is - like this song...
Me too ♥️♥️😍🎶
Tan hermosa como repugnante 😢si ves el video
Gilbert you truly have such a very great way with Songwriting and performing.
I’ve always liked this innocent cheery song 👍
Beautiful
I love it 1972 High school day
The man is an amazing artist a true legend who shows us all you can sing a song without filling it with nasty aggressive lyrics and tasteless videos
Beautiful 😢 from south West of France
I do "Declare" this song brings back happy and sad memories of my childhood. 🎗️
I love this song reminds me of my childhood…. ❤❤❤❤
Still listening to the great Gilbert.. Fantastic song.. Love the 70's Best era ever.😊
my Clare my lovely niece 💖 xxx
I love his mildness and the sophisticated lyrics.♡ His voice always touches my heart and heals me softly. Great thanks to Gilbert & TopPop members from Japan.💕