John Stewart - Gold (1979)

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  • čas přidán 20. 10. 2013
  • When the lights go down in the California town
    People are in for the evening
    I jump into my car and I throw in my guitar
    My heart beatin' time with my breathin'
    Drivin' over Kanan, singin' to my soul
    There's people out there turnin' music into gold
    Well my buddy Jim Bass he's a-workin' pumpin gas
    And he makes two fifty for an hour
    He's got rythm in his hands as he's tappin' on the cans
    Sings rock and roll in the shower
    Drivin' over Kanan, singin' to my soul
    There's people out there turnin' music into gold
    Ah, the California girls are the greatest in the world
    Each one's a song in the making
    Singin' rock to me I can hear the melody
    The story is there for the takin'
    Drivin' over Kanan, singin' to my soul
    There's people out there turnin' music into gold
    Drivin' over Kanan, singin' to my soul
    There's people out there turnin' music into gold
    When the lights go down in the California town
    People are in for the evening
    I jump into my car and I throw in my guitar
    My heart beatin' time with my breathin'
    Drivin' over Kanan, singin' to my soul
    There's people out there turnin' music into gold
    Drivin' over Kanan, singin' to my soul
    There's people out there turnin' music into gold
    People out there turnin' music into gold
    People out there turnin' music into gold
    People out there turnin' music into gold, into gold
    People out there turnin' music into gold, into gold
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  • @KarenTobinSings
    @KarenTobinSings Před 6 lety +1866

    I used to sing on the road with John Stewart and sang GOLD every night on tour....I did the "Stevie" part....and occasionally Lindsey Buckingham used to show up and sit in with the band. Quite a memory....GOLD....

    • @deanwilliams867
      @deanwilliams867 Před 5 lety +72

      It was a big part for me in the late 70s I worked at a carwash drying cars for tips I was only 12 or 13 at the time remember falling asleep at night hearing these songs love the 70s but thanks for your share John will always be remembered for more than just a song thanks again be well

    • @rossedmonds1828
      @rossedmonds1828 Před 5 lety +42

      Great song karen

    • @chrismilburn1344
      @chrismilburn1344 Před 5 lety +57

      Thanks for sharing your experience. This is a great song. He sounds a bit like Johnny Cash.

    • @JamesTannerSmokinman1872000
      @JamesTannerSmokinman1872000 Před 5 lety +43

      Very impressive. Stevie is a challenge when it comes to vocals.

    • @buddweiser4457
      @buddweiser4457 Před 5 lety +26

      Chris Milburn that’s what I thought. He does sound like Johnny.

  • @dennishooper7676
    @dennishooper7676 Před 5 měsíci +48

    Still rockin at 73 and won't stop.

    • @jason75
      @jason75 Před 3 měsíci +1

      I'm 55 I'm offically a senior. The new senior is 55 whats drag. I dont feel 55, only sometimes after work. I'm still in ship shape, been working out for over 40 years. And im still rocking in the 20th century, frankly its a better and different time. People spoke differntly had different attuittudes. Way of living back then is different, a groovy time to be in. I miss It a lot, life simpler. Dont cause any waves. Down by the way side

    • @user-on3ns8qx4d
      @user-on3ns8qx4d Před 13 dny

      Well my Page at 94 is rocking today . Loving the gold

  • @jettcarlburg356
    @jettcarlburg356 Před 4 lety +270

    I'm almost 60 years old. GOD I wish I could go back to the 70's when I was a teenager

    • @TheLarigrader
      @TheLarigrader Před 4 lety +8

      I'll be 60 in July , I hear ya!

    • @shawnmalone9711
      @shawnmalone9711 Před 4 lety +21

      I know what you mean dude. My 17 year old teen age son said to me , "Dad why are you crying?" I told him I used to sing this song with my friends as we were cruising and trying to pick up girls with a Mr. Microphone. Where did the time go? It seems like the 70s went by too fast. My son replied " Ok boomer!" Sigh... These kids with their iPhones do not understand life before the internet!

    • @shawnmalone9711
      @shawnmalone9711 Před 4 lety +6

      👌

    • @thomasswafford250
      @thomasswafford250 Před 4 lety +12

      I'm 58 and know how you feel. To me it was the 80s I long for, but still to be young and have your life ahead of you.

    • @lizlynch7418
      @lizlynch7418 Před 4 lety +6

      Me too.

  • @healthybeautynutricioncoac4562
    @healthybeautynutricioncoac4562 Před 7 měsíci +52

    Old Music Will Always Be Gold

    • @muffs55mercury61
      @muffs55mercury61 Před 4 měsíci +2

      You got that right. Still have all those 45s and LPs. They're not going anywhere.

    • @jason75
      @jason75 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Fucking rights, I still got the 45, he's from Kingston trio

  • @Poddytat
    @Poddytat Před 3 lety +252

    This song instantly transports me back to my youth. Definitely a classic.

    • @evanperrine5973
      @evanperrine5973 Před rokem +3

      Me too! This is one of the earliest songs I remember hearing in my life.

    • @mikemarie5580
      @mikemarie5580 Před rokem +2

      Me too

    • @patgalvez4563
      @patgalvez4563 Před rokem

      @YTCensors Yute is how a person from Jersey says youth..lol

    • @cobaltmidnightoilamp6748
      @cobaltmidnightoilamp6748 Před rokem +2

      Beverly Merrick, I was 10 and in the 4th grade in 1979, funny 🤣 thing @ back-to-school season as the song was at its apex, I was reading Judy Blume's "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing."

    • @mrfrogg46able
      @mrfrogg46able Před rokem

      Right

  • @JCStorm76
    @JCStorm76 Před 3 lety +153

    That bass line at the beginning is killer. In fact the whole song is a classic

    • @kenperkins7921
      @kenperkins7921 Před 11 měsíci

      Nd the you had MUSCLE SHOALS, ALABAMA THAT WAS DUBBED THE HIT RECORDING CAPITOL OF THE WORLD IN THE 60S AAND 70S!

    • @user-cs4cm7ed6w
      @user-cs4cm7ed6w Před 7 měsíci +4

      ❤this song always rocks

    • @user-cs4cm7ed6w
      @user-cs4cm7ed6w Před 7 měsíci

      Can't Wait

  • @traceybracy270
    @traceybracy270 Před 4 měsíci +24

    I was 23 and going to Long Beach State university. I cranked this up when it came on the radio!

  • @stevepobst7953
    @stevepobst7953 Před 6 lety +580

    It's got a mysterious, almost spooky sound to it. I've always gravitated to such songs. Loved this song when I was a kid back in '79.

    • @michellelovesanimals2237
      @michellelovesanimals2237 Před 5 lety +18

      I was 9 when this came out!!!😍😍😍I miss those days so much

    • @bigpaulie806
      @bigpaulie806 Před 5 lety +13

      Spooky is good. Especially if you consider what was going on with California back in 79. In hindsight it was bad

    • @michellelovesanimals2237
      @michellelovesanimals2237 Před 5 lety +2

      @@bigpaulie806 wat happened

    • @bigpaulie806
      @bigpaulie806 Před 5 lety +1

      @@michellelovesanimals2237 Lawrence Bittaker. May his victims rest in peace

    • @michellelovesanimals2237
      @michellelovesanimals2237 Před 5 lety

      @@bigpaulie806 i will look it up now..thnx

  • @billchacona1581
    @billchacona1581 Před 4 měsíci +63

    Listening in 2024 still love it

  • @dm95422
    @dm95422 Před rokem +35

    Stewart had this "Johnny Cash" vibe to his voice.

    • @user-re4hv7ns4g
      @user-re4hv7ns4g Před 4 měsíci

      GREETINGS FROM ARKANSAS I WAS AROUND 11 YEARS OF AGE WHEN THIS CAME OUT THE US IS A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF REALLY BAD NOW AND MANY WOMEN DRESS PROVOCATIVLY WITH NO CLASS OR SELF RESPECT NO GOD....THEY ARE FOOLS AND ATTRACTING THE WRONG KINDS OF MEN AND PEOPLE GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS

    • @davidnabess8494
      @davidnabess8494 Před měsícem +3

      I was looking for this song and thought it was Johnny. So I kept looking and came back and realized it was the one, lol.

    • @user-re4hv7ns4g
      @user-re4hv7ns4g Před měsícem

      GREETINGS FROM KENTUCKY THEY DON'T MAKE MUSIC LIKE THIS ANYMORE PEOPLE LIKE THIS NOBODY HAS MORALS AND WOMEN ARE SO PROVOCATIVE IN THE SECULAR MOVIES AND MUSIC INDUSTRY IS A DISGRACE LOTTO LOTTO NARCISSISTIC MEN MISOGYNISTIC ALSO THAT VIEW WOMEN AS SEX OBJECTS WHILE YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S BECAUSE OF THE CULTURE AND HOW THE RAISIN IS THEY'RE NOT PEOPLE ARE NOT RAISING THEIR CHILDREN TO BE COMPASSIONATE TO HELP OTHERS AND HAVE SELF-RESPECT

  • @BBQDad463
    @BBQDad463 Před 6 měsíci +15

    Those were the days. This song will be turning heads fifty years from now.

  • @shawnmalone9711
    @shawnmalone9711 Před 5 lety +480

    This song is 40 years old and it still rocks!👍👍👍👍

  • @kodargrisss
    @kodargrisss Před 23 dny +5

    I am stuck in the 70s and life is good

  • @lawrencegarcia6819
    @lawrencegarcia6819 Před 2 lety +35

    Rumor has they’re still turning music into gold

    • @muffs55mercury61
      @muffs55mercury61 Před 4 měsíci +2

      I don't doubt that some who made it big in music were inspired by this song when they had little or nothing.

    • @jeffreyp1957
      @jeffreyp1957 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Speaking of Rumours,did you know Stevie Nicks sings back up on this song?

    • @lawrencegarcia6819
      @lawrencegarcia6819 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@jeffreyp1957 I sure do

    • @taorufe
      @taorufe Před 2 měsíci

      No. Turning music into Bitcoin.

    • @michaelr.4734
      @michaelr.4734 Před 2 měsíci

      Not anymore. Today's music is one lump of satanic crap.

  • @danhepburn3095
    @danhepburn3095 Před 3 měsíci +10

    Still one of the best songs ever

  • @1VaDude
    @1VaDude Před 3 lety +153

    One of my all-time favorite songs from my teenage years. I was 14 in 1979. This is a great tune for driving......and having Stevie Nicks on background vocals was a great idea.

  • @billybandyk0720
    @billybandyk0720 Před 7 měsíci +25

    This song's also a part of my childhood. Stevie Nicks' contributions made this song the true classic that it's become.

  • @amberrednest
    @amberrednest Před 2 lety +35

    One hell of a song to listen to rolling up down the road

    • @lincolnmarkman
      @lincolnmarkman Před rokem +4

      Especially when heading to the beach on Kanan Road.

  • @RobertBrown-vf8yd
    @RobertBrown-vf8yd Před 2 lety +204

    I was 17 when this song came out back in ‘79. I always liked listening to the song because it had an interesting vibe! Now I’m 60 and still enjoy listening to this tune!

    • @mdert
      @mdert Před 2 lety +7

      Same here.

    • @4862cjc
      @4862cjc Před 2 lety +4

      I was nine back in ‘79. Now at fifty one, I am nostalgic for music from the late 70s/early 80s. 1981 is very good, too!

    • @kevinkoetter4572
      @kevinkoetter4572 Před 2 lety +2

      Gonna try it tonight at karaoke!!

    • @briannichols9491
      @briannichols9491 Před 2 lety +2

      me too

    • @michaelhudson6765
      @michaelhudson6765 Před 2 lety +2

      Tune Rocks .

  • @jacquelinec.6785
    @jacquelinec.6785 Před 2 lety +49

    I still have this 45 ~ NO lie!

  • @chrispriddy5933
    @chrispriddy5933 Před 8 lety +407

    Sitting by my pool with my wife, drinking beer, watching storms roll in with Gold up loud. Perfection

  • @pamdunaway4042
    @pamdunaway4042 Před 8 lety +347

    in the words of Greg Kihn "they dont wtite em like that anymore"

    • @skynut831
      @skynut831 Před 8 lety +7

      wow ! another awesome song ! thanks ya'll !! next on my que !!

    • @robertwhite9898
      @robertwhite9898 Před 5 lety +2

      That’s the truth .

    • @marshalllancaster2314
      @marshalllancaster2314 Před 4 lety +3

      Yep, and another great song

    • @jason75
      @jason75 Před 4 lety +8

      Music was better back then, it was a differnt sound. And back then producer and the artist knew how to write good music. Todays music is computer rigged, autotune bull shit thats not talent its just plain stupid. Todays music is about, sex, evil, violence, disrespect. Todays music is about, money, looks, and fame, with no talent.

    • @briansauer6695
      @briansauer6695 Před 4 lety +2

      Haha! In the column to the right, that IS one of the suggested songs!

  • @dmitryowens
    @dmitryowens Před 10 měsíci +30

    I'm a hard rock/metal singer/ guitarist/songwriter and this was my favorite song when I was 9 in 1979. God bless John Stewart and Stevie Nicks.

  • @charlesjones2774
    @charlesjones2774 Před 3 měsíci +15

    One of the best songs from the 70's, sounds way better than today's "music".

  • @user-ml8qx2kl3f
    @user-ml8qx2kl3f Před 4 měsíci +14

    Never gets old!

  • @saturnthunder
    @saturnthunder Před 5 měsíci +12

    Picked up my grandson one night from a party.Car windows down ,with this track playing he asks me who's this? This is so cool. Gold son........Gold...... . . . .

  • @barnesrandall9820
    @barnesrandall9820 Před 9 lety +175

    The nostalgia of this song takes me back to my youth when times were carefree and much simpler than the rat race I'm in today.

  • @SB-zf5ug
    @SB-zf5ug Před 3 lety +83

    What a beat, what lyrics, what voices, what a song! Makes me grateful for my hearing 🙏

    • @davidmclean619
      @davidmclean619 Před 2 lety +3

      I also loved this song I was also 15 in 1979

  • @JayDogTitan-he6wo
    @JayDogTitan-he6wo Před 3 lety +43

    Sounds like Johnny Cash, I was 15 when this came out, This is one of the best songs of 1979 which was a great year for music.

    • @lisaanderson1167
      @lisaanderson1167 Před 2 lety +4

      One of the best years ever. I too was 15.

    • @ELEcomments
      @ELEcomments Před 2 lety +4

      1978-1983 was one of the best time periods of music. If you look beyond most disco there were so many great hits that just about everyone knows and loves. New Wave was just getting started and still had its fun punk roots, power pop mixed well with them as well some great rock music. Very prolific years for great music!

    • @deniscruz6112
      @deniscruz6112 Před rokem

      No way, it sounds like Jim Morrison!!!

  • @wildbluewings
    @wildbluewings Před 5 lety +221

    I'm a Millennial but I greatly appreciate this music with all my heart and soul. 80s and 90s are my favorite but I still like 70s. This is back when music made sense, and had much more meaning to it than today's profane and effortless garbage...
    This music means more to us than just simple nostalgia, it was our _life,_ our _spirit._ I thank God it is still preserved and loved today!

    • @lauraenorth7125
      @lauraenorth7125 Před 4 lety +17

      Brie Summers glad you’re smart enough to realize that 👍🏼 I don’t even know what the latest songs are, cause it’s such garbage

    • @edwinbeecroft1543
      @edwinbeecroft1543 Před 4 lety +10

      Thank you brie. l am a gen x. your post was a joy to read. for so many reasons.

    • @enzothebaker22
      @enzothebaker22 Před 3 lety +11

      Brie...I think you have a bright future ahead of you...

    • @wildbluewings
      @wildbluewings Před 3 lety +9

      Thank you all so much for your kind responses, you inspire me too! I'm practicing guitar again, and still at the beginner's level, but I'll keep at it. Queen is my favorite band of all time(and the greatest band of all time of course!) 🤩
      With the inspiration of my heroes and you to support me, I'll make great music one day...
      Thanks so much again! Long Live Rock!

    • @oldiesmusic76
      @oldiesmusic76 Před 3 lety +9

      The 70's had very good music, the early 70's were mainly mellow and funky, then disco arrived in 1974 and mix it with rock tunes like this and the rest is history!!

  • @amrak63
    @amrak63 Před 4 lety +33

    I read that John Stewart himself grew weary of this song, but he was too hard on himself. This song deserves its classic status. May JS rest in peace in Rock & Roll Heaven.

  • @alextrebek8293
    @alextrebek8293 Před 3 lety +9

    70's was the BEST decade for music

  • @dodgedurango6591
    @dodgedurango6591 Před 5 lety +102

    People out there like John & Stevie turning music into goosebumps... almost forgot this 4 1/2 minutes of pure glory. 💞💃

    • @johngosselin4512
      @johngosselin4512 Před 5 lety +6

      This was a GREAT song, and Stevie was the Celebrity Love of my Life . . . I saw her LIVE in 1976, with Fleetwood Mac . . . OMG, she is a Goddess . . . when she does "Rhiannon", she BECOMES "Rhiannon" . . . you have to see it !!!

  • @smithyhouses100
    @smithyhouses100 Před 3 měsíci +5

    You`re never too old to Rock & Roll

    • @user-re4hv7ns4g
      @user-re4hv7ns4g Před měsícem +1

      READING SOME KENTUCKY AGE IS JUST A NUMBER AND BEAUTY IS A MATTER OF OPINION

  • @lisanixon9402
    @lisanixon9402 Před rokem +2

    My sister and bought this 45 record when it came out in 1979 I was 11 she was 10 we loved this song. Stevie Nicks singing backup.

  • @SamuelGriffin-zt1ze
    @SamuelGriffin-zt1ze Před měsícem +3

    Turned 11 years old summer of 1979 where the hell the time went this is 2024 I'm going to be 56 this upcoming summer

    • @erinw2839
      @erinw2839 Před 29 dny +1

      Happy birthday!!

    • @nathanlee5789
      @nathanlee5789 Před 12 dny

      13 yrs for me

    • @stephenevans596
      @stephenevans596 Před 2 dny

      I'll be 77 in October & I'm still listening to rock & roll - sometimes with a Jack & Coke - still riding motorcycles (the ones that go fast) hang in there my friend - stay young at heart & don't ever give up - Happy Birthday ;-)

  • @stevethacker1586
    @stevethacker1586 Před 7 lety +117

    I was 18 and running around in my 69 Chevelle SS. Great song and a great year.

    • @puffthemagicdragon44
      @puffthemagicdragon44 Před 6 lety +5

      Steve Thacker IKR, AWESOME tune and a HOT ASS CAR!!! RIGHT ON STEVE those where the days without a care in the world..🌏✌💜😂💯♌

    • @anitataylor4287
      @anitataylor4287 Před 5 lety +3

      I hope you still have that car!!!!

    • @1blindmarc
      @1blindmarc Před 5 lety +7

      Steve Thacker , I had a 68'dart 340 with 3x2 barrels and a 4 speed and was 18.

    • @bobbytino3776
      @bobbytino3776 Před 5 lety +4

      Steve Thacker I had a 1978 Trans Am with the 400 Pontiac T/A 6.6 motor with the 4speed manual transmission those were the days.

    • @tabbennett4254
      @tabbennett4254 Před 5 lety +3

      Sr. yr. high school, '71 Lemans 400cui!

  • @redmark19666
    @redmark19666 Před 8 lety +298

    Stevie Nicks can Sing with anyone!

    • @poonlikka6174
      @poonlikka6174 Před 8 lety +7

      +Mark Moore if stevie offered to touch me in my "special place"....I would have to come up with a really good excuse to say no....just sayin`....

    • @garyburns8040
      @garyburns8040 Před 6 lety +8

      So could I, but no one would want to hear it.

    • @240ups
      @240ups Před 5 lety +6

      Apparently no ego about it either. "Stevie would you sing on my song with me?" "Sure!" All the more fortunate for us!

    • @momtorres7321
      @momtorres7321 Před 5 lety +7

      The goat lady

    • @michellelovesanimals2237
      @michellelovesanimals2237 Před 5 lety +12

      I Love stevie Nicks ♡♡♡♡ wheres all my 70s babies at😎😎

  • @Cale_Roy_Wusere
    @Cale_Roy_Wusere Před 7 měsíci +28

    My memory of this song is electrified with visions of lights flickering on the boulevard, people dancing, and dogs barking in the distance.
    Thank you John and Stevie.

  • @coliflower9064
    @coliflower9064 Před 5 lety +78

    Will always love this song. John and Stevie’s voices together are fire 🔥 👍🏼💖

    • @Tom-hg7kl
      @Tom-hg7kl Před 9 měsíci +2

      Stevie could sing with anyone. She sang with Tom Petty, another great that could sing with anyone.

    • @user-re4hv7ns4g
      @user-re4hv7ns4g Před 4 měsíci

      GREETINGS FROM ARKANSAS STEVI NICKS WAS IS OVERATTED SHE HAD A UNIQUE VOICE BUT NO LACKED PERSONALITY AND CLASS AND MORALS UN COOL SECULAR PEOPLE SHE NEEDED A GOOD HAIR CUT...SHE IS SELFISH PERSON A NARCIISSIT LIKE MANY HERE IN THE USA NO GOD

  • @sheputherhand
    @sheputherhand Před 7 lety +189

    RIP John Stewart. Great song, you can really hear Stevie Nicks in the background vocals.

    • @Tarantulisimo
      @Tarantulisimo Před 5 lety +5

      specifically written, arranged, & produced to capitalize on the Mac connection...Sounds like an outtake from Rumours

    • @blemelin
      @blemelin Před 4 lety +6

      @@Tarantulisimo, thank goodness they willingly gave John Stewart the opportunity to capitalize on their fame. They did it to help their friends and their musical idols. Lindsey and Stevie recognized John Stewart as a musical influence before they joined Fleetwood Mac. They were more than happy the give back to him, which this song evidences splendidly.

    • @WaryBuck1
      @WaryBuck1 Před 4 lety +1

      @@blemelin John Stewart penned 'Liddy Buck' as an ode to Lindsey Buckingham, while Lindsey returned the favor with 'Johnny Stew.' Both are good, but I really like Liddy Buck, a song about Lindsey wanting to jump ship on Fleetwood Mac and pursue his own goals. Worth the time to look up both songs if you're Stewart or Buckingham/Mac fans.

    • @johngosselin4512
      @johngosselin4512 Před 4 lety +3

      Love Stevie !

    • @lorenepperson2266
      @lorenepperson2266 Před 3 lety

      Gives it more quality

  • @JoleneBear1
    @JoleneBear1 Před 7 lety +132

    i love this song i never get tired of it

    • @rickflood8360
      @rickflood8360 Před 3 lety +5

      Jolene...I agree....I usually turn up the volume when I hear it on the radio

  • @danp7463
    @danp7463 Před rokem +11

    Once you hear this song you'll never forget it. I heard it in home Depot and googled it. It sounded familiar like it's been 35+ year's since I heard it.

  • @andrewwilks5155
    @andrewwilks5155 Před měsícem +2

    One of my favorite songs of ALL TIME! Love hearing Stevie Nicks and John Stewarts voices, alongside the way tune of this song sounds combined with all the synthesizers as well! I have always said since childhood that this song is VERY futuristic and mystical sounding at the same time! LOVE IT! Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac are also one of my many favorites of ALL time as well!

  • @JimcDJ1
    @JimcDJ1 Před 10 měsíci +14

    An all-time favorite of mine. I LOVE Stevie Nicks back-up work...EXCELLENT!

  • @glide7635
    @glide7635 Před 8 lety +79

    Wicked driving tune, sure miss real music!

    • @charlesappleby503
      @charlesappleby503 Před 8 lety +1

      definitely

    • @nkwhite
      @nkwhite Před 8 lety

      Quintessential! Just drove home to it once again about 20mins ago... Had to come here to find a link and share it

    • @pinballshawn
      @pinballshawn Před 6 lety +1

      Me too.

    • @davidlogansr8007
      @davidlogansr8007 Před 4 lety

      John Stewart replaced Dave Guard in the K.T and rode success with them until the end

    • @tootalljimfromga.2390
      @tootalljimfromga.2390 Před 4 lety

      Well, I must say, thank God for CZcams, so I can pull up gems like this. Please, young musicians, get in the groove, (record, that is) and either do your own arrangements of songs like this, or give today’s youth and we 70 yr. old, “old farts”, something to chill out to???? Thank you all, and God Bless! By the way, a young Nashville based, college groove band, formerly called “Baby Blue, but now just “The Joe Logan Band”, is doing just that!!! When some one, (pre covid 19 era) asked them to play some Fleetwood Mac, Joe asked in reply, which era? Peter Greene, or Buckingham, Nicks, which confused the enquirer, but Joe, (in his early 20’s) explained that as good as Fleetwood Mac is, they were originally a Blues Band, when they were youngsters themselves! Oddly I only get to see them once a year, here locally, in Kennesaw, Ga., but my mind revels in the treat of great music, played by young folks, rather than guys older than me, albeit, God Bless them, nonetheless for carrying the torch onward to this day! Peace and love y’all, from a 30 plus year USAF VET. Too Tall, Blues Fan from GA. Life’s been in 24 year cycles for me, 24 years single, 24 years married and now 24 years divorced. ALA Neil Young’s “OLD MAN”..!!! 24 and there’s so much more...!!! Music has been there the whole ride!!!

  • @oldiesmusic76
    @oldiesmusic76 Před 5 lety +39

    1979 sure had some great music. This is one of them!! 70's rock!

  • @catherineprior8319
    @catherineprior8319 Před 11 měsíci +8

    I drove my parents and siblings to the point of insanity as l played this masterpiece so much. It still affects them 44 years on whenever they hear it.

  • @markgucciardi7360
    @markgucciardi7360 Před 20 dny +3

    First time I heard this song, I was in fifth grade in 1979. A girl in my class, Kim, danced to this song , in the fifth grade talent show. I remember it like it was yesterday. Somethings a man never forgets…

  • @juliettemacdonald5792
    @juliettemacdonald5792 Před 4 lety +38

    This has gotta be on some "GREATEST HITS" LIST!
    I know it's on mine!

    • @rickflood8360
      @rickflood8360 Před 3 lety

      Juliette.....oh yeah......u got that right.......left California in 79...after serving a year and a half there in the Marines.....

  • @kellycairns7788
    @kellycairns7788 Před 5 lety +53

    Love that he is the writer of “Daydream Believer,” as well as being in The Kingston Trio and having a solo career.

    • @danieldaniels7571
      @danieldaniels7571 Před 4 lety +1

      Kelly Cairns you should hear his own version of Daydream Believer. It’s funny

    • @kattoneycliffe6715
      @kattoneycliffe6715 Před 3 lety

      Kelly Cairns thought diamond wrote that! How wrong can one be!

    • @marciadiehl5733
      @marciadiehl5733 Před 3 lety +2

      @@kattoneycliffe6715 Neil Diamond wrote another big hit for the Monkees called "I'm a Believer."

    • @marthahill1377
      @marthahill1377 Před 3 lety +1

      OMG!!!I didn't know he wrote Daydream believer.

  • @stevemcdaniel1985
    @stevemcdaniel1985 Před 28 dny +1

    I recorded this song on an old tape deck off the radio and played it over and over wen i was 13. Now 59 and still lovin it

  • @ashleetimms303
    @ashleetimms303 Před rokem +22

    I love this song so much. Hadn’t heard it for YEARS and when it came on the radio yesterday it’s like a missing piece returned to me

    • @tinajeppesen5948
      @tinajeppesen5948 Před 10 měsíci

      Sames I was listening to a throwback show Casey Kasem countdown & it was so cool they don’t play this one anymore. Used to sit with my tape recorder as a little kid next to the radio every countdown big event of the week:)

    • @junemvanstaden6565
      @junemvanstaden6565 Před 9 měsíci

      Absolutely. Heard it last Saturday on the radio after so many years. Used to dance to this back in the day

  • @SusanEvans-ts9qu
    @SusanEvans-ts9qu Před 4 měsíci +6

    Still sounds great today? Australia 2024 🦘

  • @johns1427
    @johns1427 Před 3 měsíci +3

    greatest generation of music creation by super artists. real music that will last forever.

  • @joshualebar3785
    @joshualebar3785 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Fantastic tune!

  • @captaineasychord1
    @captaineasychord1 Před 3 lety +30

    John Stewart’s long-awaited breakthrough as a recording artist in his own right. Prior to this, he was only known as a member of the Kingston Trio during their waning years and as the composer of the Monkees hit Daydream Believer. After the Kingston Trio split up in 1967, he struggled for over a decade releasing albums on several labels without much success. Finally, with the help of Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, he finally got his own hits.

    • @lastrada52
      @lastrada52 Před 2 lety +2

      What's really sad Captain is that Stewart was good at what he did & he struggled. He had a reputation, he had lyrics, he had the music, he could sing, he was a good-looking guy, and still he sat on the sidelines for a long time.
      His success was short-lived but probably good enough to maintain a loyal audience. I always liked him and everything you stated was true. Bothered me when he died. I thought he would always come out with some more wonderful songs, or join a trio of other singer-songwriters -- I could see John with the likes of Gordon Lightfoot, Dion DiMucci & John Prine but now even Prine is gone.

    • @jameswilson7790
      @jameswilson7790 Před 2 lety +1

      Let's remember that The Kingston Trio hit #1 in 1959 with TOM DOOLEY. John Stewart was the principal songwriter. 20 years later, this solo song peaked at #5.

    • @captaineasychord1
      @captaineasychord1 Před 2 lety +2

      @@jameswilson7790 But John Stewart wasn’t in the Kingston Trio when Tom Dooley was a hit in 1958. He wouldn’t join until 1963, when he replaced David Guard. With John, they had a few more hits like Greenback Dollar and Reverend Mr. Black, but soon afterwards their commercial fortunes faded with the advent of the Beatles-led British Invasion and they were deemed too old school for the new wave of Bob Dylan-inspired folk rock protesters movement.

  • @1985OldSkool
    @1985OldSkool Před 3 lety +56

    Unmistakably, one of my favorite songs from the great summer of 1979, when almost everything on the radio started to sound like the 80s were on the way

    • @kenperk9854
      @kenperk9854 Před 3 lety +1

      Ugh.

    • @pmccservices
      @pmccservices Před rokem +4

      This and DRIVERS SEAT

    • @patgalvez4563
      @patgalvez4563 Před rokem +1

      @@pmccservices Just take your place in the drug scene.....

    • @richardlacey2757
      @richardlacey2757 Před rokem +1

      Exactly what I've always said. 1979 was a super year for songs and a foretelling of the decade of the 80s. It rivals my decade of the 60s.

  • @DawnKemp-jd9xx
    @DawnKemp-jd9xx Před 4 měsíci +2

    I always loved this song!

  • @randymellick1302
    @randymellick1302 Před 9 lety +63

    i was born in the wrong era for music thank god for the internet the 70s music rock. and mouth and macneal love it everytime just like this song.. go stevie I melt when I hear her even today

    • @manlyman1393
      @manlyman1393 Před 2 lety

      The internet is basically the only good thing we have today, and only for science and old music lol

  • @Daughterzion7777
    @Daughterzion7777 Před 3 lety +83

    My husband was singing this song today, I had forgotten all about it. It's a great song, thanks for loading it. I don't know what we would do without people like you that do all the work so we can enjoy the music we love. 😃

    • @rickflood8360
      @rickflood8360 Před 3 lety +2

      lynda....music is what keeps us sane and going everyday

    • @mcmlxii4419
      @mcmlxii4419 Před 2 lety

      @@rickflood8360 You're right. A really good old song helps us to slow life down, even for just 3 or 4 minutes.

    • @TheFasteddie97
      @TheFasteddie97 Před 2 lety

      I hear ya! 👍

    • @cobaltmidnightoilamp6748
      @cobaltmidnightoilamp6748 Před rokem

      Lynda Howard, you should have recorded him singing this and post on CZcams.

  • @catsclaw6648
    @catsclaw6648 Před 4 lety +31

    Young people today need to hear songs like this and know what it was like to work for $2.50 per hour. Without complaining because we listened to great music while we worked hard in those days. 😀

    • @deem9133
      @deem9133 Před 4 lety +3

      Cats Claw that wasn’t real terrible pay in 1979.

    • @danieldaniels7571
      @danieldaniels7571 Před 4 lety +8

      Dee M nope. I remember making $3.75 an hour in 1989 and it was enough to rent a nice 1 bedroom apartment, make a car payment and eat fast food frequently. Now I make $20 an hour and it doesn’t go as far.

    • @dumoulin11
      @dumoulin11 Před 4 lety +1

      Can we at least adjust for inflation?

    • @Deborahtunes
      @Deborahtunes Před 4 lety +2

      @@danieldaniels7571 ~ 👍 Been there, done that. Now, you can be making $15 an hour and are barely able to make the rent, because everything else is so expensive...

    • @anonymousmobster2444
      @anonymousmobster2444 Před 3 lety +1

      And of course 2.50 dollars had more vapue back then...

  • @valeriemaldes8921
    @valeriemaldes8921 Před 23 dny +1

    There's people out there turnin' music into gold. Il y a des gens là-bas qui transforment la musique en or. GOLD😊❤

  • @theburkett67
    @theburkett67 Před měsícem +7

    Stevie Nicks' backing vocals are always a haunting touch.

  • @Vinyl-quest
    @Vinyl-quest Před rokem +4

    This song is gold, what a blessing it is to find new (to me) classics like this, fyi I’m 34

  • @robbiestewart89
    @robbiestewart89 Před 9 lety +41

    I was 10 years old when this song came out back in '79. It was one 45 that got played quite often on my turntable. Not so much for the fact that Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham participated in it. But more so for the lyric "There's people out there turning music into gold," because there are singer-songwriters out there who do this all the time. And this was definitely one song that John turned into "Gold."

    • @Deborahtunes
      @Deborahtunes Před 4 lety +1

      I was 12 myself that year. 1979 is my second favorite year in music. '81 being in first place, for me of course...

  • @MrSanpj
    @MrSanpj Před měsícem +1

    Class of 79. We had the best
    Music 🎶, ever. As good as Gold .

  • @patrickb2127
    @patrickb2127 Před 3 lety +15

    A great song!

  • @leedee4968
    @leedee4968 Před 7 měsíci +4

    One of the very first Tunes I can remember is a young child in the mid-70s😊

  • @paulbromley3357
    @paulbromley3357 Před rokem +7

    I drive Kanan every day . Still looking for Jim Bass!

  • @Ann_Dromeda
    @Ann_Dromeda Před 7 lety +28

    Nine years old... watching the sun set behind the San Gabriels in the distance.

  • @craigmoore3516
    @craigmoore3516 Před 5 lety +22

    I was 12 in 1979.... Really liked this song way back then, still can remember all the lyrics after not hearing it for years... 😊

    • @peterramplin5542
      @peterramplin5542 Před rokem

      I was 16 in 1979.... Really liked this song way back then, still remember all the lyrics after not hearing it for Yrs.

    • @Frankcastlepunisher74
      @Frankcastlepunisher74 Před rokem

      I was 2. But my parents said that I always listened to it in awe.

  • @sandysizemore501
    @sandysizemore501 Před rokem +6

    Can’t miss Stevie in the background! You go girl!

  • @adrianzappa6139
    @adrianzappa6139 Před 3 lety +17

    One of my all-time favorite songs from one of the favorite and most memorable years of my life. One of the reasons why 1979 rocked!

  • @SilentKnight43
    @SilentKnight43 Před 5 lety +14

    Bought this on '45 back in '79. Cherished it ever since. Still have it in the collection in 2019.

    • @rickflood8360
      @rickflood8360 Před 3 lety

      silent...wow...the 45's......I had a stack of them in the 70's...but had more albums...sometimes you could only get a hit song on a 45...like Ringo's "It Don't Come Easy"....thanks for the memories

  • @dodgedurango6591
    @dodgedurango6591 Před 5 lety +46

    This is why music is eternally adored across the globe... you can teleport to any point in time, and no one is truly gone when at any moment they can be loud and clear through the speakers. 🎼😇🎶

    • @gregestee9099
      @gregestee9099 Před 2 lety +2

      Well said friend in music. Hamilton Ontario Canada waving. 73s

  • @jodykays72
    @jodykays72 Před 11 měsíci +6

    Woke up with this song in my mind. I probably haven’t heard it since I was 7 (1979) Shared it with my son and he loved it.

  • @robertjacoby2372
    @robertjacoby2372 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Awesome song , Sure brings back better good memories ❤🎉

  • @brettallison5753
    @brettallison5753 Před měsícem +1

    The 70 s had some of the best music ever.From oldies to hits with one hit wonders that are better today than most music today.

  • @robertacatalan5335
    @robertacatalan5335 Před rokem +7

    Back in 1979 use to hear this song only 13 years but loved it since then 💕

  • @tomsnyder6955
    @tomsnyder6955 Před 7 měsíci +6

    This song is such a classic. Stevie Nicks did an amazing job with this song with John Stewart. Love to hear another song by John & Stevie again

  • @skuggensdam13
    @skuggensdam13 Před 2 lety +4

    Oh, to be a little girl in Humboldt County, California during 1979 again! Those were the days. So glad I still have this song to remind me about a good time in my life.

  • @user-oq2pq1nk4y
    @user-oq2pq1nk4y Před 13 dny

    Absolutely a classic song. Great era that will never be replicated.

  • @The1WhoKnowsTheTruth
    @The1WhoKnowsTheTruth Před 5 lety +32

    This song and Fogelberg's "Power of Gold" are just pure late 70's perfection.

    • @robertwhite9898
      @robertwhite9898 Před 2 lety

      Yes ! Dan was anther great one !

    • @teller1290
      @teller1290 Před 2 lety

      Was Fire on the Mountain '70s? Another underrated gem.

  • @bumpnscore
    @bumpnscore Před 2 lety +4

    Why isn’t this version on Apple Music

  • @TravelinBand747
    @TravelinBand747 Před 5 lety +26

    Love this song! I'm not old enough to remember when it was a big hit, but I worked in a grocery store in the late 90s where this would play on the radio (the store played the satellite 70s station continuously). I have to admit that I thought this was an overlooked Fleetwood Mac song with Stevie's backing vocals! Good memories.

  • @jasonnstegall
    @jasonnstegall Před rokem +1

    My dad, though he was more into country music, was a BIG John Stewart honk. His favorite song of John's was Monterey from Dream Babies Go Hollywood, but he also had Bombs Away Dream Babies (which has Gold and my fave, Comin' Out Of Nowhere).

  • @metsfaner
    @metsfaner Před 2 lety +11

    A super cool song if there ever was one. Kudos to Mr. Stewart for his excellent contribution to the music industry (and I've loved Ms. Nicks forever ❤ 💙 💜 ♥).

  • @johnschober1819
    @johnschober1819 Před 5 lety +10

    Man,14 yrs old in 79 and jammed to this on CKXL in Calgary!

  • @tanbut6841
    @tanbut6841 Před 6 měsíci +3

    I had totally forgotten about this song, I was 21when it came out. Another one of my favorites you don't hear often on the radio

  • @davidcessna7986
    @davidcessna7986 Před 4 lety +11

    It was a time that will never duplicated

  • @aero80RL
    @aero80RL Před 9 měsíci +5

    As a kid, I was very much into music and radio versus movies and TV. Even though I was only 7 years old when this song came out, the steady 4/4 beat, mysterious/spooky vibe driven by the bass lines, and the vocal interplay between John Stewart and Stevie Nicks got my attention when I first heard the song in the summer of 1979.
    It’s an often overlooked song from an era when rock and disco were locked in combat.

  • @smartysmarty1714
    @smartysmarty1714 Před 3 lety +5

    17 years old again, working on my 69 AMX. Sure wish I could have that all back again...

  • @TreBeez_FromThe_Sindacate

    One of the coldest beats of all time

  • @user-ml8qx2kl3f
    @user-ml8qx2kl3f Před 4 měsíci +2

    Hell yeah! What a song!

  • @user-iy1dg7sw7z
    @user-iy1dg7sw7z Před 6 měsíci +2

    Love this song

  • @HesitantEvil
    @HesitantEvil Před 3 lety +5

    Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell

  • @joshuabrande2417
    @joshuabrande2417 Před 2 lety +2

    I liked it then and I still like it now.

  • @deanwilliams867
    @deanwilliams867 Před 5 lety +10

    Laying in bed at night with my earphone in listening to my AM radio falling asleep can remember this song Good Times Gone by I was only 12 years old I was working at a car wash drying cars not that far removed from the song he was pumping gas, the way he took his life was sad...

  • @sandysizemore501
    @sandysizemore501 Před 4 lety +67

    Stevie can never hide that one in a million voice in a background voice. We hear ya Stevie!! God gave to you with both HANDS baby GIRL!!!🎼🎼🎼🎼🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤

    • @rickflood8360
      @rickflood8360 Před 3 lety +1

      Sandy...I have Stevie Nicks as the top female rock performer of the 70's....super voice

    • @user-re4hv7ns4g
      @user-re4hv7ns4g Před 4 měsíci

      GREETINGS YOU MUST BE KIDDING STEVIE NICKS OVERATTED SHE IS NO MARIE OSMOND OR BARBARA STRIEND OR ELLA FITGERALD STEVE LOOKS ARE UNCLASSY NOT VERY CATTR SHE LOOKED BETTER IN SHORT HAIR...STEVE LACKED MORALS NO CLASS THEY NEED GPOD THEY SELFISH SECULAR PEOPLE ALL AVOUT MONEY