Against the Wind - Bob Seger | College Students' FIRST TIME REACTION!
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Was great hitting this Seger track, what’s the next thing we gotta hit from him?! 🔥
Roll Me Away would be a good one to hit next. Second place in the poll was Mainstreet, which I know a lot of people would like too.
Come to Papa, Sunspot Baby, Accompany Me.......
Lots of great choices that will be cited...I'd go with The Fire Down Below. One of his finest rockers.
Main Street
Get out of Denver
“Wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then” . Pure poetry.
You can't write a better line than that. It's perfect.
That's my favorite line in the song!
And Bob reportedly did not like the lyric and wanted to change it , but everyone else did so it was left in the song 😎👍
Still Runnin !!!
Like a Rock
"Well, these drifter days have passed me now, I've got so much more to think about. Deadlines and commitments, what to leave in, what to leave out..I'm older now, but I'm still running against the wind". That's true Americana poetry right there. Segers voice and songwriting soothes the soul. S tier for me.💖
The whole song is great. One line as good as the last. Excellent 🤙
No one does wistful nostalgia like Bob Seger
Very astute.
Great description of his music
I’ve also heard it called “whiny pap” but I love it 100%. His songs reach into my soul.
On his day, Gordon Lightfoot does a pretty good impression...
He's like the rock of nostalgic singer-songwriters
This song takes on new layers of meaning after you turn 40. Mainstreet should be next, it's one of Bob's best.
Try new layers of meaning after you turn 60. ;)
Amen.
Truth
Yeah. When I saw they were doing this one, even though I have mad respect for them and and appreciation for the great job they do, it immediately struck me that this song will meN sooooo much more to them in 30 years. Great work guys.
My screen is cracked. Causes typos! Lol.
Bob Seger songs makes you contemplate your whole life through music! Great memories.
Shame On The Moon, You’ll Accompany Me and Roll Me Away are three of my favs from the many, many great songs he has.
Shame On the Moon is criminally underrated in the Seger catalogue.
Can't go wrong with Seger always hits you right in the feels...I appreciate his music more as I've gotten older.
The only Seger hit I can no longer tolerate is Old Time Rock N Roll. I've heard it too many times in this life.
@@vincentschmitt7597 And he didn't even write it.
@@kennet7837 And, he himself, doesn't like it, but he did rewrite all the lyrics except for the hook ~ He was offered 1/3 writing credit and turned it down because he didn't think it would be a hit, and it wasn't, until Risky Business ~ He has said in interviews, it was the dumbest thing he ever did financially, LOL
"Fire Lake" not only has Glenn Frey on backing vocals, but also Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit. Check it out on same album. Great reaction, A&A!!
That's a fun tune
I like the version of "Fire Lake" on the other live album, "Nine Tonight". It's on my personal playlist.
I agree. Fire Lake is in his top three songs for me.
Fire Lake beats all the other great songs by a little bit, but I also like early hits like Ramblin Gamblin Man (with a very young Frey) and Get Out of Denver...I also liked C'est La Vie and the other new cuts on his greatest hits...
Seger never fails to spin a tale. Always something you can learn from. He can make you sad but always give you hope.
I've been running against the wind all my life ..I'm alone, a widow, battling cancer over 12 frickin years, lost my lovely home, lost my hubby, parents, best friends, my beautiful kitties and still alive..I think this wind is going to find me eventually...
“Wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then” is something we have ALL felt when we reach a certain age. Timeless, brilliant lyrics.
Main Street, no question. Still the Same is deeply underrated.
Back in the mid-80's I was Alex and Andy's age and I went to college at FIT in Melbourne, FL. I remember a night driving from my home near Boston back to school in Melbourne by myself and it was about 3am or so as I drove down I-95 south through South Carolina. I felt like I was the only person on the highway. It was dark. And then "Main Street" by Bob Seger started playing on the radio. It was a bit haunting, but also uplifting. It made me feel sort of homesick even though I was home less than 24 hours earlier. Hard to explain, but I still remember that drive back to school almost 35 years later because of hearing that song that night.
My dad was driving me to work one Saturday many many years ago and this came on the radio. Dad generally had no use for my music but he got choked up and asked me who was singing. He was the strong silent type so to talk with me about a song was an epic moment. He said he really liked it. Lost him three years ago tonight. Perfect song choice guys! Beautiful memories.
“Wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then!” Genius lyrics from the beautiful mind of a musical poet! Love this song. That piano!! So glad I was fortunate enough to see Bob in person during the 1980’s. Great reaction 🌺✌️
It’s refreshing to hear young dudes listening to and talking about the meaning of these iconic rock songs! Rock on, boys!
The last concert I went to before things shut down was Seger at the Forum in LA.
He was pushing 75 I believe but he and the band sounded immaculate. A true storyteller and every song including this one was performed to perfection.
Legend.
Dude, I was there. Man. when they did "Turn The Page," everyone went crazy.
On my feet the entire concert
Another great song that expresses nostalgia so well is "Like a Rock"
Pure genius. Incredible Singer, Musician and Storyteller... Glad you boys found him
If he sang “Against the Wind” repeatedly for an hour at the end of this song, I would dig it. It’s such a vibe ✌️
One of my neighbors grew up with Bob Seger. He is full of stories about what a great guy he is.
"Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then."
One of my all time favorite Bob lines.
I have that on a T-shirt. Wore it when I saw him in concert.
“Roll Me Away” is a great one as well!
Phenomenal song! So uplifting.
"Moving eight miles a minute
For months at a time"
That's the kind of lyric poets wait their whole lives to write.
I love that line. Eight miles a minute is the approximate cruising speed of a jet airliner.
@@mikeb3835 I did the math on that once just to make sure I was correct in my thinking that
“Mainstreet” should be next. It’s so easy on the ears.
I could not agree more.
Absolutely!!
The guitar in that is simple but such a perfect tone.
I concur
Bob really puts life into perspective. Especially when we look back in life
Bob is at the top of my favorite artist!! This is my favorite song from him, it touches so many points in your life, especially as you get older!!
Surprised to see little mention of "Rock and Roll Never Forgets." A Bob Seger banger in which Bob's rasp is on full display. Also, "We've Got Tonight," is such an earnest pitch for a one-night stand, I wonder if it qualifies as a love song.
Also get out of Denver
Bob has a beautiful way of putting a story of young love to music, so nostalgic, no one does it like Bob.
Every time Bob opens his songwriting book and his mouth, he's gonna tell ya story, a life story and I've been hooked on it for 40 years.
"Main Street." You'll be playing the guitar lick forever.
I haven’t seen it mentioned but “The Fire Down Below” is a brilliant deep cut banger about the oldest profession.
Farming? (kidding)
Also, tuff to sing. He never stops to breathe it seems.
Just love Seger. I was a teenager and the lyrics meant something then but now they mean something different.
In other words, you know now what you didn't know then. If only . . .
He wrote so many songs from the heart. The older you get the better the songs get. They grow precious with time.
What makes this song even more special is the fact that Glenn Fry is doing background vocals on this track.
Seger and Glenn Frye were best Friends for years! Bob wrote the Lyric, there's gonna be a Heartache tonight on Eagles song of the same name! He also Sang backup Vocals in the Song!
"Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then"- one of the great lyrics IMO
Reminds me a bit of The Byrds' My Back Pages: I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now.
Talk about nostalgia, I have a strange music related memory associated with Bob Segar. Growing up in Pinellas Country, Florida the very first concert I ever attended was Led Zeppelin playing at what was then called the Tampa Bay Stadium June 3, 1977. Two songs in the skies opened up with a typical Florida late afternoon thunderstorm. And instead of waiting it out the band left. Not surprisingly, a riot broke out as angry fans rushed the stage after learning that the band was not returning to the stage, even though the rain had let up. I was 14 years old and attending the concert with a friend, whose older sister had agreed to take us. We were way back from the stage and left before the riot broke out. But the ensuing traffic jam meant we were in gridlock for a couple of hours as everyone tried to leave. Night Moves was a very popular album at that time and we listened to it on tape a couple of times over that night. This became such a strong memory that ever time I hear Bob Segar it takes me back to that car in the traffic jam trying to get home from the rained out Zeppelin concert. We didn’t even know about the riot until we got home and learned that our parents had been in a panic about the news. Zeppelin subsequently took out a two page newspaper apologizing to their fans. My second concert was considerably better, as it was Peter Frampton September 4 of the same year in Orlando, Florida, on tour after the release of his Comes Alive album. This was one of those all day rock bowls, and included Kansas, J. Geils Band and Rick Derringer. But Frampton was the headliner, and he was fantastic!
Pinellas County here too. My sister went to that Led Zep “concert”.
@@user-nb2xs3ss1g I no longer live there. But it amazes me how strong of a memory this is. I just have to hear Night Moves and I’m back there. Zeppelin songs don’t make me think of that concert the way Bob Segar does. Minds are a funny thing. And music is almost more of a trigger as scents are for me.
Main Street, for sure. Roll Me Away is a good deeper cut.
Talk about a nostalgia song.
I agree on both songs.
"Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then." It kills me still
A different way of saying "Ignorance is bliss".
So many great Bob Seger songs. Highly recommend Mainstreet, Fire Lake, Still the Same, We've Got Tonight, Her Strut, and Beautiful Loser to name a few.
You'll Accomp'ny Me, love song with the same Bob Seger feel to it rather than another AOR ballad, except it's anticipatory rather than nostalgic. Awesome song.
Agreed....lyrically my favourite Seger song, and probably his most under rated song IMO.
He's the king of poetic nostalgic melancholy
"Roll Me Away" works as the perfect next chapter to this song, and has an amazing melody. Please try it next!
My favorite of his. Fire Lake is great too.
The harmony towards the end were a couple of The Eagles. They also sang on the song Fire Lake. You just can’t miss that Eagles harmonies on these two songs!
In return Bob helped The Eagles write and sing on the song Heartache Tonight!!
Heartache Tonight is a GREAT song! There is a song suggestion!
Great info on that!
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Thanks!
The piano solo is stunningly beautiful on this classic.
Stood there boldly
Sweatin', in the sun
Felt like a million
Felt like number one
The height of summer
I'd never felt that strong
Like a rock
I was eighteen
Didn't have a care
Working for peanuts
Not a dime to spare
But I was lean and
Solid everywhere
Like a rock
My hands were steady
My eyes were clear and bright
My walk had purpose
My steps were quick and light
And I held firmly
To what I felt was right
Like a rock
Like a rock, I was strong as I could be
Like a rock, nothin', ever got to me
Like a rock, I was something to see
Like a rock
And I stood arrow straight
Unencumbered by the weight
Of all these hustlers and their schemes
I stood proud, I stood tall
High above it all
I still believed in my dreams
Twenty years now
Where they go?
Twenty years
I don't know
I sit and I wonder sometimes
Where they've gone
And sometimes late at night
When I'm bathed in the firelight
The moon comes callin', a ghostly white
And I recall
I recall
Like a rock, standin', arrow straight
Like a rock, chargin', from the gate
Like a rock, carryin', the weight
Like a rock
Like a rock, the sun upon my skin
Like a rock, hard against the wind
Like a rock, I see myself again
Like a rock
Oh like a rock
Sold me yes
@@jameswilhoite8150 Good song kinda ruined by one snippet being heard thousands of times in a Chevy commercial. But talk about reminiscing about the good old days of your youth - that's what this guy does.
stick a couple guitar solos in there and you have a master piece, lol.
Thanks guys another awesome Seger song ... Try ROLL me Away next please
Why does everybody forget about COME TO POPPA? Easily the most overlooked GREAT song of his.
The instrumentation on his songs is phenomenal. Bob Segar always gives me goosebumps and tears!
As an old guy, this song has my favorite Seger line..."Wish I didn't know now, what I didn't know then. Man that just hits home so hard! Plus there's those great Eagles backing vocals!
Saw Bob in a bar for $1 cover (it was a big bar ) and my friends and I said this dude is gonna be big and a year or so later the live album came out and a star was born...
My personal view: when you are young, you run against the wind, you have fight and fire , and you want to take on any resistance. You fight with purpose to battle through ' the wind' . When you get older , you run against the wind, everything you do and want is a struggle , nothing comes cheap, easy or free. Life is lived daily against ' the wind' . On a side note I can just imagine the Silver Bullet Band hearing Bob break out "Let the cowboys ride !!" and them looking at each other questioning where that came from ... then just accepting, its Bob, let him go with it lol.
I love Bob Seger, his voice. his singers, his band. He paints such vivid pictures with his lyrics backed up by harmonies that really make them sink into your psyche, listening to his songs is like watching a movie unfolding. This is an A+ song for me and I would give it S if I know he has even better songs than this one. Great reaction, thank you.
The session guys at Muscle Shoals were a big part of Bob's "sound". I believe they played on his most successful albums.
@@larrywilliams1372 Did not know that. I used to live in Muscle Shoals.
What an incredible storyteller and artist. Love him and everything he has ever done ❤️
My Mom fell in love with this song the first time I played it for her. She was 51 at the time and I was 16, in 1981. We got home and she had me play the tape over and over, just so she could teach herself the song on piano.
This song came out just as I was going through a failing relationship. It became my theme song in 1980 for awhile, and may have even helped to deal with the Hell. It will always be a big part of me.
Let the music play.
I like how you recognize that "Against the wind" changes throughout the song, from an exciting challenge and youthful adventure to an old man trying to keep up.
Being 63.....about 40 years older than when I first heard this song, it hits home a lot harder than all those years ago.
There with you today.
Thanks for doing this gents! Wait til' you hear "Roll Me Away"- a classic hit for a reason. Enjoy!
Must do “Hollywood nights” and “roll me away” as well as “Firelake” are all such amazing songs!!!
They already did Hollywood Nights a few months ago. Check it out!
@@brianhardy612 thanks I’ll have to look it up somehow I missed that one!
Roll Me Away serves as a parallel song to Against the Wind.
@@user-gt2uf8cq9y I love Roll Me Away such a great song but then again just about every song Bob Seger does is good next to Steve Perry he’s my second best male singer! And both are great songwriters as well!
@@proudarmymom8657 yep. No waiting. And if you haven’t heard the tracks separately, Google “Hollywood Night Christian James Hand”. He breaks song apart every week. The vocal tracking is breathtaking. Literally. It’s worth a listen if you are a fan of the song.
That voice and those words describe a Bob Segar song. Out of all his hit songs this is my all time favorite. We all challenge the wind in our Iives.
"Even Now" and "Roll Me Away" are 2 great songs you should check out.
Andy just said "reminiscing!" That should be your next song!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE. Little River Band - Reminiscing. Simply phenomenal.
I think the internet rule is that you can't react to both Black Sabbath and the Little River Band. Or Bread.
@@paulforward1988 why? I love all of those
@@paulforward1988 Well, given those 3 choices it's an easy good bye to Sabbath!! lol
@@nedrini1387 Ned, the point is that these guys are wandering well into the area of 70's easy listening and away from the stuff that got many of us interested in this channel. Look at the latest polls - Joe Jackson, ELO, Three Dog Night, Seger, Jim Croce, America, Seals and Crofts, Cat Stevens...they all have their merits, but some of it is pretty yawn-inducing.
@@paulforward1988 I would HOPE we can all walk and chew gum at the same time.
GROW UP.
It seems like yesterday
But it was long ago
Janey was lovely she was the queen of my nights
There in the darkness with the radio playing low, and
And the secrets that we shared
The mountains that we moved
Caught like a wildfire out of control
'Til there was nothing left to burn and nothing left to prove
And I remember what she said to me
How she swore that it never would end
I remember how she held me oh-so-tight
Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then
Against the wind
We were runnin' against the wind
We were young and strong, we were runnin' against the wind
The years rolled slowly past
And I found myself alone
Surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends
I found myself further and further from my home, and I
Guess I lost my way
There were oh-so-many roads
I was living to run and running to live
Never worried about paying or even how much I owed
Moving eight miles a minute for months at a time
Breaking all of the rules that would bend
I began to find myself searching
Searching for shelter again and again
Against the wind
A little something against the wind
I found myself seeking shelter against the wind
Well those drifter's days are past me now
I've got so much more to think about
Deadlines and commitments
What to leave in, what to leave out
Against the wind
I'm still runnin' against the wind
I'm older now but still runnin' against the wind
Well I'm older now and still runnin'
Against the wind
Against the wind
Against the wind
Still runnin' (against the wind)
I'm still runnin' against the wind
(Against the wind) I'm still runnin'
(Against the wind)
I'm still runnin' against the wind
(Against the wind) still runnin'
(Against the wind)runnin' against the wind, runnin' against the wind
(Against the wind) see the young man run
(Against the wind) watch the young man run
(Against the wind) watch the young man runnin'
(Against the wind) he'll be runnin' against the wind
(Against the wind) let the cowboys ride
(Against the wind) aah
(Against the wind) let the cowboys ride
(Against the wind) they'll be ridin' against the wind
(Against the wind) against the wind
(Against the wind) ridin' against the wind...
Bob always has a line in a song that stays with you forever and hits you hard. At 72 I still listen to him all the time.
Respect to anyone who is older now but still running against the wind. We need many many more in these crazy crazy times.
Just love the piano on this track, beautiful. Check out Shame on the Moon next, another great song by Bob
Bob is a master story teller. I would suggest "Main Street" as the next choice. This one comes the closest (in quality and emotion) to " Night Moves".
Bob Seger is the KING of the reminiscing songs, always makes me go back in time every time....
By far- my favorite Seger song! It's one of those songs where pictures of your life play in your mind like a movie. Total awesome nostalgic greatness!
He is to this day, a class act. You'll find him today at car auctions adding to his collection.
The stand out track for me, is " I wish I didn't know now, what I didn't know then." That one always gets me.
Powerful song. The older I get the more it means. I’m glad you guys reacted to this. It’s been my favorite for a long time.
"Like A Rock". Phenomenal tune by Seger. Powerful vocals.
I put Bob Seger in the same category as Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen. They are all rockers with soul who can write all kinds of songs including tender thoughtful beautiful masterpieces.
This song always gets me in the feels, remembering all the good and bad in life. 🥺
"All Your Love"
"Katmandu"
"The Fire Down Below"
"Sunspot Baby"
The fire down below is my favorite
2 things: that album cover is one of the most iconic covers in the history of rock music. It’s not “underwhelming “. Against the Wind was not “much later” in his career. It’s 5 years or so after Night Moves with only the Stranger In Town album in between. Together they make a great trilogy of albums by Seger. You guys should’ve seen him in concert.
These two, uhh! Sometimes, they are so pretentious and arrogant it turns my stomach. I think once they get more years, A LOT more life experience under their belt, then maybe just maybe they'll get an understanding of what he was saying. Until then, they'll be just two smug pompeous asshat's.
Bob Seger " Old Times rock and roll".
I first bought Bob Seger's Night Moves when I was 13 years old and Against The Wind when I was 17. Loved those albums, especially the upbeat songs. Now that I'm an old goat of 58, I still love those albums but now the songs that reflect on years gone by are the ones that really grab me by the heart. Hey Alex and Andy, I love your enthusiasm for classic rock, awesome job guys.
Another great "reminiscing" song and one of my all time Seger favorites-Main Street!! So so good. You might've already heard it in movies(especially Risky Business) but Old Time Rock 'n Roll is a classic.
Bob Seger is the best EVER! I love him so much I named my fishing pole "Silver Bullet"! I've caught a lot of fish on that pole!
I saw Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band back in the day and it was absolutely one of the best live shows I’ve ever seen! Perfection!!
“What to leave in, what to leave out”
Beautiful Loser is another great song, There's just so many great Bob Seger songs to choose from.
This was on the radio when I was in high school and I went out and bought the record like I had bought his other ones. And it's so interesting because as a teen, all of this resonated with me so much. But it wasn't until I got older that I realized how much more there was to this song.
And one thing I like about the outro is that it just keeps saying, Watch the young man ride. Watch the young man ride. It just drills it into your head, and then suddenly he shifts to, Let the cowboy ride, Let the cowboys ride. It emphasizes that shift from youth into adulthood.
And one thing you didn't comment on was that at some point in the middle of the song, it's not running against the wind; he keeps emphasizing taking shelter from the wind. It's a great transition.
Adding the guitar to the piano solo was an idea that Bob's great friend Glenn Frey came up with, aswell as singing backing vocals at the end there. Absolutely timeless song. You will never tire of listening to anything written by Bob Seger.
Against the Wind won the poll over Her Strut and I like both songs. Her Strut is a 100% banger and has what has to be the most humorous double entendre ever in a song in the chorus. A bit politically incorrect in 2021 perhaps, but incredibly clever nontheless.
Oh, they do respect her but, they love to watch her strut. Poetry in motion.
First time hearing that song was in a strip joint 🤣
Come To Papa is another great one, and hardly ever heard like his bigger hits. It's one of my favs, along with Her Strut.
Takes me back to high school senior year. I heard an interview with him when this song was released. The lyric “living to run and runnin’ to live” was inspired by a decal he saw on a Harley parked outside a bar/restaurant that said “live to ride and ride to live”.
Complete the trifecta. Like a Rock! Slide guitar heaven!
I saw Bob Seger in his last concert tour and he said he was a cross country runner as a teenager and that is where he came up with the line "Against the wind, I was running against the wind" thinking back on his youth.
You'll Accompany Me is a great cut on that same album.
His voice hits every part of me, every time 🥰
He doesn’t have one bad song!! Oh how I’ve always loved this man! Great music!
Being a Michigan boy I grew up on Bob Seger and I like everything he’s done but, night moves and against the wind are my two favorite songs by him.
At LAST!! My favourite Bob Seger masterpiece. You gotta do "Like a Rock" - especially for the vocals.
The impact of this song hit you harder after every life restart.
Seger lyrics...the older you get, the more you realize - Truth! Sing it, Bob! His songs age like fine wine.
The second verse always gets me. When he loses his way and is seeking shelter against the wind. “A little something against the wind”.
Please check out "Like A Rock" and "We've Got Tonight ". Segar is my all time favorite. His voice, his writing, the Silver Bullet Band. It is so comforting to listen to.
Like A Rock is along the same vein. Everybody associates it with the Chevy commercial, but lyrically, it’s brilliant.
Exactly. Pairing the song with those commercials was genius for vehicle and album sales. However it diluted the songs impact on its own because everyone said it was "the Chevy truck song"
I wish he never sold it to Chevy because unfortunately it is the first thing you think of.
Listening to Bob Seger songs is like watching a movie. If you close your eyes you can see it! He's phenomenal.