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Linemen work the power lines, you hear him talk about "another overload".
Yes, also mentions the lines down south will give out if it snows. All those people keeping the electricity flowing, a hard and dangerous job.
When I was a kid in the 70's I had an older cousin from Montana in his early 30's, he was killed while working, clear skies for miles, he was up on a transmission tower when a lightning strike came out of nowhere, took the tower down including him.
@@tommack9395 I used to know an old lineman who got crossways somehow with a 7700 volt line, and his left thumb and right heel were blown off.he lived though.
@@elevenbucks5682, God bless him and all linemen and women
@@elevenbucks5682 A GSU lineman lost both his leg and an arm.
Linemen also work the telephone lines.
"And I need you more than want you...and I want you for all time".... gorgeous! Watch him perform Galveston live! His guitar skills are INSANE!!!
Best lyric of all time!
I came here just to reference that line as one of the great lines in any song.
Yes, a stand out lyric. Unforgettable.
Lineman is an electrical powerline worker. He climbs poles to fix the electrical lines when the power fails, especially after storms.
Roy Clark had unbelievable guitar skills also.
Being a Lineman was a VERY dangerous job. So many died trying to keep the lights on. Safety has come a long way.
Cold lonely sukass job
Few songs are as evocative of place and time. Who can listen to this without picturing the lineman on a pole on a desolate stretch of road..?
Absolutely! Miss people making this music.
Well said!
rhw....that's it ! The beautiful sadness, to this song, was a mystery to me, until you said that ! Thank you. From 8 to 12 yrs old, we lived in Garden City in western Kansas. The views were incredibly extensive, and you could see prarie, for miles, all around you.
'Rainy Night in Georgia' is another such tune.
One of the greatest songs ever made.
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Glen Campbell is one of the finest guitarists ever. He got his start as a member of The Wrecking Crew.
I think the wrecking crew is backing on this recording.
@@Cheryworld yes.
@@Cheryworld Not all of them but there are a few for sure.
Ted Nugent claims Glen Campbell was the best guitarist he ever heard. Back then, the song was referring to telephone lines and a linemen could tap into the line to make calls.
The Wrecking Crew documentary (2008) is well worth the watch
Asia & BJ, you’ll love his "Gentle on My Mind", "Galveston" and “Rhinestone Cowboy”!!! He was a great guitar player who played with the legendary Wrecking Crew. He had a long running TV variety show called 'The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour'.
Rhinestone.....NO. Please.
RIP Glen.⭐🙏❤
Also Southern Nights !
the live version where he is sitting with a couple of legends and he takes a solo is just Superb.
@@SEANBANOG4 YES.
The linemen that work the power lines when your electricity goes out..."searching for another overload"😊
That's what we do!!! Thank you for knowing that!!
@@banjoeypicks Thank you for doing that!
Telephone linemen as well.
Best line ever. " And I need you more then want you, and I want you for all time , the witchita Lineman... Is still on the line.
My favorite song by Glen Campbell. He was an expert guitarist and performer!
By The Time I Get To Phoenix!!! He had so many hits in the 60’s 70’s.
Oh this one’s on my childhood favs playlist along with “ By The Time I Get To Phoenix”🔥. ❤ to u both
Glen Campbell co-starred with John Wayne in original western True Grit from 1969. I would say be sure and watch it on you movie channel. IMO, the original film is still the best! :)
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I love Glen Campbell! Thanks for sharing🙏🏾❤️…Lineman worked putting up power lines all over the USA… it was a very long and dangerous job that would keep the men away from home (until the job was completed)… But the workers were dedicated and many lost their lives in this service…
Written by the legendary Jimmy Webb. Webb wrote some of Glen Campbell's biggest hits. Webb won his first Grammy at age twenty-one for the song Up, Up, and Away . Recorded by The Fifth Dimension for their debut album. The song was five total Grammys in separate categories.
Webb is incredible. My fave song he did for Campbell is "Where's the Playground Suzie" which I think is one of his finest songs.
"Wichita Lineman" is a 1968 song written by Jimmy Webb for American country music artist Glen Campbell, who recorded it backed by members of the Wrecking Crew. Widely covered by other artists, it has been described as "the first existential country song."
“Wichita Lineman” was that song. Webb used his own experience and inspiration from driving through rural Oklahoma and looking at the long lines of telephone poles at the side of the roadways. He thought about the workers and wondered if you/he could imagine the lives of the “everyman” hard working blue collar type.
There's a place where the terrain absolutely flattens out. It's almost like you could take a level out of your tool kit and put it on the highway, and that bubble would just sit right there on dead centre. It goes on that way for about 50 miles. In the heat of summer, with the heat rising off the road, the telephone poles gradually materialise out of this far, distant perspective and rush toward you. And then, as it happened, I suddenly looked up at one of these telephone poles and there was a man on top, talking on a telephone. He was gone very quickly, and I had another 25 miles of solitude to meditate on this apparition. It was a splendidly vivid, cinematic image that I lifted out of my deep memory while I was writing this song. I thought, I wonder if I can write something about that? A blue-collar everyman guy we all see everywhere, working on the railroad or working on the telephone wires or digging holes in the street. I just tried to take an ordinary guy and open him up and say, 'Look, there's this great soul and there's this great aching and this great loneliness inside this person, and we're all like that. We all have this capacity for these huge feelings'.”
-Jimmy Webb
Glen was so talented. Besides music, he had a TV show, and appeared in movies.
The lineman in this song refers to someone who works on telephone lines
"And I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time".......Jimmy Webb wrote such great lyrics.
I was a Lineman, and that's the way I see it!!!
You have to dig into Glen Campbell. He was a brilliant musician and singer.
I used to watch his TV show. Lots of great guests along with the music… Good memories.😊
He works for the electric company watching and repair the power lines in the county! Also back then could have been the line man for the telephone company. Repairing those lines. Remember the line "if it snows down south the line bare the strain".
My father worked in rural Nebraska putting up the telephone and power lines. He actually helped put up the section of the power grid that brought electricity to the farm he grew up on. I have seen a few places in my life that didn’t have electricity but it is not very common anymore but when you find one it’s one lonely place.
"And if it snows that stretch down south won't ever stand the strain.
Hi kids! Power lines dears. Quick story. My grandfather cut down all the power lines on his ranch. He warned the power company to remove them first. Linemen swarmed the ranch! Good dudes
I’m a guitarist and Glen is in my top three guitar players. First is Brian may of Queen, then steve howe of Yes, then Glen. Dude can flat out play, plus he was part of the infamous Wrecking Crew! Got to meet Brian May several times and have met Steve Howe as well; sadly never met glen. Cool fact, according to alice cooper (close friend of Glen) eddie van halen once asked cooper to get him a guitar lesson with Glen. Peace folks, enjoy your videos!
Lineman takes care of line on poles a lot. Be it cable, electrical or landline phones (hence he can still hear on the line)
Of course since this is 1968, no cable yet. hehe
@@jbjacobs9514 Yep and I have heard the hum of power wire and that is steady, I bet phone wire are sending signals change tones and are on/off.
I have heard that hum just going by. I can imagine in addition to the other problems, they probably suffered from headaches from the humming and microwave sickness or something from the whole situation (well before microwave technology pretty much, came in the 70s, but...).@@Merlinherk
When the winds are blowing, both power and telephhone cables can make a whining song depending on windspeed and direction the wind is blowing with respect to the lines.
The lineman is about men who work on the telephone poles …
AND ELECTRICAL POWERLINES
I think it's about the phone lines. He climbs up the poles and repairs them. He misses his honey, and imagines he can hear her voice in the humming phone wires. he's wishing he could be back home.
Noticed you just posted...what a beautiful song this is, huh?.A reactor recently said she didn't like it ..she belongs in a insane asylum, lol
Both electrical and telephone lines. The unstable ones write replies in ALL CAPS.
@@Coowallsky Well, you know . . . If he was hearing her voice through the whine, I figured telephone lines. Nobody listens to power lines. Robins and sparrows have little tiny headsets so they can listen to conversations when they're up on the phone wires. Glen doubtless had a set with a jack to plug in. Not possible with power lines. Sorry . . . This is just how I roll. 😁
In 1968 I was a lineman for Southern Bell in Miami Fl, the part about "I need a small vacation." Is about you're not permitted to climb when it's raining, hence the small vacation line in the song..
Damn, I miss the 70's music. I was so lucky to have parents that played all kinds of music loud and wanted us to understand and appreciate it
Song was written about a Oklahoma line man but was later changed to Whicita KS... It is about working on the road literally and missing his love.
You guy in Texas....ya gotta do GALVESTON!
Don't forget to tell Asia and BJ that Glen sang and toured with the Beach Boys in the 1960s.
Such an underrated guitarist played with Beach Voys and the Wrecking Crew
If you ever get a chance to watch the documentary 'The Wrecking Crew', don't pass it up. The Wrecking Crew were the studio musicians that were used on most hits up until the mid to late 60's. Glen Campbell was a guitar man in the Crew until it was discovered that he could sing as well as he played his guitar. The Wrecking Crew were THE elite musicians that every act wanted on their singles and albums. Lots of Rock and Roll history in that documentary, you won't regret watching it.
I believe the song title is about a man whose job gives him pride, and the work he does tells everyone who he is. Lineman might not mean a lot to big city professionals but maintaining those lines to the county's residents makes him important to those who depend upon him, and that includes the lady who he has dedicated his life to, and who he is trying to reassure that he is there, and will always be there.
Love this song, so nostalgic. Check out "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" a real tearjerker by Glen. Thanks so much guys for reacting to this tune!💞
Awww this song🥹 reminds me of my parents!!!❤️ They loved Glenn C...and I grew up listening to many of his songs, which I just love too!!!🎶❤️🎵 Beautiful feelings🥰
I'm with ya👍
Lineman are guys who work on the electrical grid climbing electrical poles using what are called gaffs when they cant get a bucket truck close enough to the pole. Did this kind of work when I was in the service. Great song by Glen who was an excellent session guitarist in a group called the wrecking crew. Being a session guitarist he played on many other artist recordings including the beach boys.
A top 10 pop hit of all time. Glen Campbell is in the conversation as the most talented musician/singer performer of all time.
Listen to Glen Campbell by the time I get to Phoenix? Very famous in the early to mid sixties.
What a song that takes me back to my childhood days with Mom and Dad in the car ❤❤❤❤
Your ears have just been blessed. If you want to feel that again, listen to By The Time I Get To Phoenix.
Love this song
Glen Campbell is an Icon. As some have said your next song needs to be Galveston!! Thank you sweet babies ❤!!
Glen Campbell was an American original who started in music as an LA studio musician with the famous "Wrecking Crew". He went solo to highlight his singing. Please react to "Southern Nights" live with Jerry Reed, and react to his last television show on the BBC "Weekend Wogan" where his daughter joins him on stage, these are must-see performances. Also, "Galveston", "Hey, Little One", By the Time I get to Phoenix", and "McArthur Park". Many of these songs were written by the great Jimmy Webb. You can't sleep on Glen Campbell, their is also his duet with Tammy Wynette on "My Elusive Dreams". Great reactions as always!
Glen was a consummate professional musician. He was part of the Wrecking Crew, professional set musicians that played for many artists such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, many others. He was a member of the Beach Boys for a year filling in for Brian Wilson when Brian was on a sabbatical from the group. He made 64 albums and played on over a hundred albums with various artists. Check out Gentle on my Mind, By the Time I get to Phoenix and Galveston great hits
He's an over worked electrician, who only gets a day off if it rains.
Love this song! One of my Dads favorite! Reminds me of him everytime I hear it! Glenn also plays great guitar! He was from Arkansas, lived in Nashville
AWWWW - I LOVE THIS SONG - have loved it since I was a CHILD....JUST BEAUTIFUL!! Reminds me of sitting at the lake on the boat dock and watching the water drift by with the sun shining on it.... GLEN was a TREASURE!! ENJOY, YOU-TWO!!
Beautiful song! Reminds me of my childhood. If you want to hear another really beautiful song by Glen Campbell, check out “Still within the sound of my voice”. Another good one is “The hand that rocks the cradle”.
Jimmy Webb wrote the song not Glen Campbell. In 1968, Webb was driving through his home state of Oklahoma, near Wichita, and saw a solitary man working on one of the telephone poles that dotted the landscape. Thinking about it as he drove back to Los Angeles, the song just sort of sprang out of his musings. The lineman, who worked for the county, was portrayed as a lonely man whose solitary job gave him plenty of time to think about his love life. Webb, who wrote "MacArthur Park" for Richard Harris and "Up, Up and Away" for The 5th Dimension, also wrote a string of hits for Campbell, including this one, "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," and "Galveston."
Just curious, why do you call it a telephone pole, when it is probably a Power pole? Just wondering...
He was actually in the back of his parents car age 16 I think when he was looking up at the lone lineman up on the pole. He wrote the song at a later date looking back on the memory.
@John_Chu Beautifully explained, Mr Chu ☀
@@banjoeypicks It's called both. Telephone pole, power pole, electric pole. Various ones, and that's just the US.
I don't care what uninformed people call them. As a Power Lineman, I know what they are!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm only 30 but this is one of my favorite old school songs. A lineman is a solitary, lonely kind of job where you're on the road a lot. The writer, Jimmy Webb, is using this as a metaphor for either physical or emotional distance from someone you love, at least that's the way I always thought of it. The longing in this iis palpable. Webb and Campbell were a good team, also doing the classics Galveston and By The Time I Get To Phoenix.
This dang song! Back in the days I use to play on the family PC situated in the dining room, PC and a big ole CD player with its twin speakers in same room. My mom always had this one various artist CD in the player, it gets played to death. This song was on the CD. Everytime I sit there trying play games this song comes on. 1st I hated it, then I'm trying figure what he singing about, then it's listening to all the instruments and it had me, slow and steady. The song got me! Now it's just one of those songs that brings back good memories of carefree days of just playing games on my fam PC.
I like that Boston cap!😊 This is a really nice song. Linemen work long hours in bad weather especially. Damaged power lines from storms- winds and snow
Glen’s voice is beautiful and this song is so melodic. There’s a wistful feeling about this song that can bring me to tears.
One of the most beautiful songs ever written. It's about the people up on the poles that work the power lines. Check out "Galveston", "By the Time I get to Phoenix" and "Gentle on my Mind." RIP GLEN.
Another Jimmy Webb classic. He wrote a number of hits for Glenn.
Glenn was part of the famous Wrecking Crew, a group of studio musicians who played on many hit records.
I listened to this song growing up in the 70's with my parents and hearing it now still moves me emotionally.
Telephone linemen he could hear her through the whine.When people used to have home phones,at times you could hear distorted voices over the phone line on the telephone pole.
What a great talent Glenn was. He was a "Beach Boy" for a while in the early days, and he was a member of the LOs Angles recording studio Band called "The Wrecking Crew" that did the recording sessions for stars like Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, and many other artists. He was recognized as one of the greatest guitarists in the world. And yes, that includes guys like Eric Clapton, and Jimi Hendrix. In fact, Glen was friends with Eric Clapton. Sadly, Glen died of Alzheimer's dementia a few years ago.
One of the greatest composers that we've ever had is the composer of this song and nobody should not know JIMMY WEBB! His hits are endless!
Down here in Texas, sitting out the aftermath of the hurricane last Monday. Power line crews were called in from all over to help get our lights back on. Made me think of this song, and how those guys left their families back home to get that little bit of extra pay, doing a tough job with long hours.
He’s got so many great songs
As mentioned. Glen was an incredible guitarist although you don't really get it from this song or "Rhinestone Cowboy" which is another good song. But if you really want to see his guitar prowess then you really should;d watch "Glen Campbell plays the William Tell Overture (acoustic)". It will blow you away. There's an electric version also but I prefer the acoustic guitar one since it's harder to play an acoustic guitar like that because of the strings.
Okay guys, he's talking about power lines, like electricity lines, telephone lines. Secondly, he's from Arkansas. A self-trained musician and considered one of the greatest guitarists of all time. He was a session musician, and part of a group of session musicians known as The Wrecking Crew. His guitar work is heard on 20 of the top 100 singles of all time. Literally, a legend
Wrecking Crew member. He is one of the most recorded guitar players of all time. He played the solo on the record, that your favorite band screws up, when they play it live.
I was born a raised in Wichita.
Glen Campbell was also one of 'The Wrecking Crew' musicians ... Check out their documentary on CZcams.
Glen Campbell was from Delight, Arkansas
This one is so romantic, it always makes me cry. Glenn's pure, sweet voice and those lyrics.
Another great Jimmy Webb song that Glen Campbell knocked out of the park. Those two were a match made in heaven..
You must add “By The Time I Get to Phoenix. Another beautiful song by Jimmy Webb sung by Glenn Cambell
He was such a gentle man! He's from my home state ARKANSAS! He's a treasure.
makes me want to go work for the Electric company. A Lineman works on the electric power lines. Good wholesome important difficult job
I had forgotten how beautiful this song is! Thank you for reminding me!
One of my favorite GC songs is "Galveston", about a soldier longing for home and the girl who's waiting for him ❤
Amazing vocalist and artist. Think POWER LINES.
Some of my earliest memories are listening to Glen Campbell play on my dad's turntable. My dad's been gone for eleven years.....great song. He was such a talent.
I'm happy that you guys read your comments and it shows by putting an icon next to it that we know that you learn things. This is such a great channel and I'm glad that you're exploring new artists like this. Thanks so much for sharing. It's always great to spend time with you both...
I should have waited to send my comment. Of course you guys found it out. I always try to watch until the end, but sometimes I can't wait to post a comment
Written by Jimmy Webb, try some of his other music , songwriter Hall of fame 🎸🥁🎹🎹🎤
Always loved this song! I remember so vividly, at 12 years old, watching him perform this on a TV show.
I teared up at a lyrical glimpse into the thoughts and emotions of this lineman traveling down hundreds of miles of lonely roads.
Please give Galveston a listen! It helps to know the context of that song to really feel it.
Football! Lmao!!!!!! “I am a lineman for the Cowboys” hahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!
Glen Campbell was a studio musician - guitarist, who was renowned for his guitar work & then he started recording & became a well-loved singer. Had his own show in the 70's. He recently passed away after a long bout with alzheimer's disease. He continued to tour when he first discovered his alzheimer's diagnosis. A wonderful human being & great artist. He will be missed
To hear how talented a guitarist that he was, try his version of the William Tell Overture...
Glenn Campbell was an incredible songwriter, musician and actor. He had his own network show. His song "Galveston" hits me, because I spent some time there as a young man, and still feel I lost a love. It is sad dementia took him, but his daughter cared for him and preformed with him for years as therapy because she knew it would keep him doing what he loved. You can learn about him here on YT. There is a documentary about his life.
Glen Campbell: music icon. self-taught guitarist, got his start as a member of The Wrecking Crew as a guitarist and vocalist; arguably one of the most talented guitarists - ever. (see the video of him playing The Lone Ranger Theme on a single-neck 12-string guitar). Amazing vocals. A List: By the time I get to Phoenix, Gentle on My Mind, Galveston, Try a little kindness, Galveston, Southern Nights, Rhinestone Cowboy. RIP Glenn.
One of the most beautiful songs ever written.
Back in the 60's and 70's, you could hear a string section (small orchestra) providing music in the background of many songs. It was included in Pop, Rock, and Country music and especially on TV. Many TV shows had opening and closing credits with instrumental music, nearly every time a string section performing. That was something I always liked.
Beautiful song, arrangement, performance. Old Glen was one in a million, IMO. And yes, this is a song about some working class guy thinking about his girl as he climbs up poles and repairs power lines, etc. Maybe he'd be less poetic, but the feelings sound real as day. Also that guy is still 'on the line' waiting to know what his girl's gonna say. And most likely that's Glen himself on the guitar. He was a monster session dude. Thanks, guys.
Top 5 Glen song
A man by the name of Jimmy Webb wrote this song and some other now classics for Glen Campbell.
Glen Campbell is widely regarded as one of best guitarists of all time. He could play any style and was a part of the famous "Wrecking Crew" of LA studio musicians that played on many recordings made in the 60s and 70s. He also toured with the Beach Boys and was a good friend of Alice Cooper. A truly class, talented, accomplished performer.
Supposedly couldn’t read music.
My Glen Campbell favorites are 'Sunflower,' a driving 60s country-rock, and 'Try A Little Kindness,' a too-short inspirational song about how to treat your fellow humans.
One of the most beautifully composed melodies ever❤❤❤❤... such a classic from my childhood❤❤❤
This song is a classic I grew up in the inner city and every kid on my block knew this song
Glen Campbell is one of my favorite country singers. In fact, he is the only one of three country acts I have CDs of.
The song eovked so much emotion when I heard it as a kid--now 50 years later the nostalgia of it and the time passed and an era gone---brings me to tears.
The Electricity (Power) Lines that line the roadways .. a Lineman repairs and maintains the power lines. Glen Campbell was HUGE .
Electrical lineman looking for a electrical overload. The strings represent the noise of a electrical overload. He's missing his woman. Glen Campbell is from Arkansas originally.
Glen is from Arkansas.
A Jimmy Webb classic. One of the most beautiful songs ever written.
a lineman is a power line worker...a very dangerous job...about 10+ years ago, we had a really bad ice storm which blew out power out in most of Tulsa metro area, and we had linemen come from all over the country to help restore our power....they have to travel a lot, work up in the air next to extreme currents, etc.