Sniff 'n' the Tears - Driver's Seat (Official Audio)

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  • čas přidán 18. 08. 2014
  • Official audio for Driver's Seat by Sniff 'n' the Tears, released on Ace Records. Subscribe to the official Ace channel for more classics, lost gems, playlists, and more: / acerecordsbroadcast acerecords.co.uk/fickle-heart-...
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  • @paulhill7818
    @paulhill7818 Před 3 měsíci +481

    Who's listening to this Gem in 2024? I Am..😎

  • @perlmonk68
    @perlmonk68 Před 2 lety +172

    It's the Summer of 1979 again!!!

  • @ericrabaey2889
    @ericrabaey2889 Před 3 měsíci +189

    This song throws me back to my youth😀 I was 16y. Now I am 62y.
    Time flies. And this song lasts forever!!! Great song👍🏻👍🏻

    • @naddy0410
      @naddy0410 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Same here🙂

    • @rafeikasratali213
      @rafeikasratali213 Před měsícem

      Same as me 3 trackz to our child hood

    • @marsdestroyer1621
      @marsdestroyer1621 Před měsícem

      We enjoyed a pleasant youth with a lot of good musics ! Unfortunately as said George Harrison, "All things must pass..."

  • @skuggensdam13
    @skuggensdam13 Před 2 lety +678

    I used to listen to this song late at night on an AM radio station when I was a little girl. Listening to it after so many years is like finding a long lost friend.

    • @grindcoreninja6527
      @grindcoreninja6527 Před 2 lety +16

      Coast to Coast?

    • @MisterMikeTexas
      @MisterMikeTexas Před rokem +12

      Sounds so much better in stereo though.

    • @Sgr84
      @Sgr84 Před rokem +2

      @@MisterMikeTexas àaaaàà

    • @Bruce_Wayne35
      @Bruce_Wayne35 Před rokem +10

      @@grindcoreninja6527 When Art died, for many of us, it was like losing an old friend. RIP Art Bell.

    • @aprilphillips6504
      @aprilphillips6504 Před rokem +7

      Takes me back to when i was young and alone, with this playing many a time keeping me company...

  • @TheBigjohn527
    @TheBigjohn527 Před 8 lety +2801

    My wife died recently. This song lately makes me think of her. Gawd, it hurts so bad..

    • @blunote9597
      @blunote9597 Před 8 lety +111

      +TheBigjohn527 so sorry bro, i pray you know comfort

    • @auntierobyn7859
      @auntierobyn7859 Před 8 lety +42

      +TheBigjohn527 So sorry! Very sad.

    • @leksterbs
      @leksterbs Před 8 lety +42

      So sorry man

    • @chckbchr
      @chckbchr Před 8 lety +233

      My wife died nearly two years ago. This was one of our favorite songs. I will never forget dancing to this song at the end of a party at Boston University, when we were the only ones left on the dance floor. It is one of the memories that I cherish, that take me back to better days. At first, it hurt so bad to hear special songs like this one, But now they somehow comfort me, when I realize how thankful I am that we shared 36 wonderful years together.
      Life will never be the same, and I don't think the hurt and pain will ever go away. But life does go on. I hope you find comfort, and learn to rediscover and cherish the music that you shared.

    • @MasterWitchDoctor
      @MasterWitchDoctor Před 8 lety +34

      bless your heart

  • @aperezvoyages
    @aperezvoyages Před 8 lety +1612

    Listening to this song makes me want to get in my car and just drive...anywhere :)

    • @cptskellern
      @cptskellern Před 8 lety +11

      +Anthony Perez (A. Perez Voyages) Do it man :) It's boss :)

    • @dennis16634
      @dennis16634 Před 8 lety +5

      +Anthony Perez (A. Perez Voyages) Song has nothing to do with driving a car.It say little jivin on a Saturday night.

    • @aperezvoyages
      @aperezvoyages Před 8 lety +41

      Dude , there are a lot of songs that don't have to do with driving but it sound good on a road trip.

    • @cptskellern
      @cptskellern Před 8 lety +14

      dennis black
      It's the type of song that makes you want to go have a nice drive somewhere. Which most folk will agree on. I know what the lyrics are. That's the feel that you get from the toon maan ;) Cheers.

    • @kiwancurley304
      @kiwancurley304 Před 6 lety +5

      Perfect highway jam

  • @tommclaughlin5354
    @tommclaughlin5354 Před 2 lety +191

    This song captures the mood of what it felt like to be in your late teens early 20s in the late 70s.

    • @annwilson6606
      @annwilson6606 Před 9 měsíci +9

      Driving down a highway, wind in you hair, music blaring........those were the days, weren't they ?

    • @tommclaughlin5354
      @tommclaughlin5354 Před 9 měsíci +4

      @@annwilson6606 Absolutely!

    • @1515cando
      @1515cando Před 8 měsíci +7

      1980.. I was 16 in my 1st car. This song was a blast! Freedom!

    • @Paparoach493
      @Paparoach493 Před 4 měsíci +2

      I wish i grew up in the 70s or 80s. i was born in the early 90s, Family always listened to old rock from the 70s and 80s, ect. The 70s always seemed so happy, i always think of stuff i should of done in high school, awh to go back lol. I never heard this song before until it popped up in my playlist lol fell in love 1 second in.

    • @AJFar-tm7dn
      @AJFar-tm7dn Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@Paparoach493 The vibe was
      " Hey, it's cool. Whatever you're into, go for it."

  • @savannahinterstellar2782
    @savannahinterstellar2782 Před 3 lety +1981

    i don’t think that i found this song, i think this song found me

    • @neil1408
      @neil1408 Před 3 lety +65

      Sometimes happens, you find a song that you suddenly understand because it’s about where you are, hope it helps.

    • @myaslesultandebergame7955
      @myaslesultandebergame7955 Před 3 lety +24

      Well n' beautifuly said...
      In my opinion you've got taste too!😉
      Kisses from France and take care 😘

    • @guitarforceone
      @guitarforceone Před 3 lety +6

      same :))

    • @jiggywest7794
      @jiggywest7794 Před 3 lety +3

      Lol

    • @jesseramos4399
      @jesseramos4399 Před 3 lety +9

      This song found me twice

  • @RonaldCharlesEpstein
    @RonaldCharlesEpstein Před 7 lety +719

    Captures the spirit of the late 1970s.

    • @marklittle8435
      @marklittle8435 Před 4 lety +18

      I can dig that sentiment dude.

    • @ronaldcook3840
      @ronaldcook3840 Před 4 lety +21

      And the early 80's too.

    • @charlesmiddleton4305
      @charlesmiddleton4305 Před 4 lety +13

      Song is from 1979.

    • @jamesbarnes4227
      @jamesbarnes4227 Před 3 lety +11

      as a avid listener to coast to coast am this was one of Art Bell's favorite songs I remember listening to him play it I really loved from their on

    • @Kromsmitesyou
      @Kromsmitesyou Před 3 lety +4

      @@jamesbarnes4227 art bell was the man, "from the kingdom of nye" Great show I remember Abba and that song some velvet morning also.

  • @dubblpumper
    @dubblpumper Před 9 lety +1051

    This has to be one of the coolest songs of all time!!!

    • @patriciaguth6882
      @patriciaguth6882 Před 4 lety +20

      Yep, along with Boys of Summer by Don Henley and Ventura Highway by America.

    • @charlesmiddleton4305
      @charlesmiddleton4305 Před 4 lety +7

      That was the intention, I suspect.

    • @elieattie
      @elieattie Před 4 lety +6

      Lunatic fringe by red rider is really cool too

    • @lgd1974
      @lgd1974 Před 3 lety +2

      No, but it's definitely a top 10

    • @lgd1974
      @lgd1974 Před 3 lety +3

      Red Barchetta by Rush

  • @johnsturges6510
    @johnsturges6510 Před 6 měsíci +62

    This song is a Masterpiece

  • @josemateu8929
    @josemateu8929 Před 12 dny +7

    Just graduated from university, summer 79, I was leaving England to come to America, and this song just felt awesome

  • @miguelr3135
    @miguelr3135 Před 4 lety +1622

    As a 22 year old I can say it gives me such Nostalgia to an Era my Eyes have Never Seen.

  • @dmytrocks
    @dmytrocks Před 4 lety +764

    Ukraine, 7:53 AM, 18.02.2020.
    Listening for the first time and dancing.

  • @jn1mrgn
    @jn1mrgn Před rokem +127

    This band could only be a one hit wonder because this song has more innovation than most albums or catalogs.

    • @martinkent333
      @martinkent333 Před 11 měsíci +3

      More than my pet fish - Eric!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @madnbad1408
      @madnbad1408 Před 8 měsíci +2

      I concur.

    • @clicheguevara5282
      @clicheguevara5282 Před 3 měsíci +1

      The entire album is great too!!

    • @user-to9jo2oq2f
      @user-to9jo2oq2f Před 3 měsíci +1

      song is so singular. while at the same time you could pick out each parts influence that came before

  • @Steve-wp6qk
    @Steve-wp6qk Před 2 lety +39

    Personal Trivia you likely don't care about: I saw this band in June 1979 in West Berlin at a concert called British Rock Meeting, headlined by a band called Barkley James Harvest also featuring Dire Straits and several other bands. I was an exchange student with a group of American and German kids. After they played this song we all said, "That was really a GREAT song!" I still think that 43 years later.

  • @thepugking319
    @thepugking319 Před 2 měsíci +9

    Never thought i would hear this on the radio again until i was driving through South Dakota in the middle of nowhere and this came on 😂

    • @nbkawtgnobody
      @nbkawtgnobody Před měsícem

      I hear it all the time on viewer sponsored radio.

  • @andyvasquez2247
    @andyvasquez2247 Před 5 měsíci +12

    "Untroubled by strife,
    she had another way of looking at life..."

    • @_i_am_unceded
      @_i_am_unceded Před 3 měsíci +1

      Untroubled by strife,
      she had another way
      of looking at life

  • @christopherphillips8027
    @christopherphillips8027 Před 5 měsíci +78

    A very underrated song. This is a great song. The lyrics, the arrangement, and the lead vocal are all in sync with each other. Love this song.

  • @myradzw
    @myradzw Před 2 měsíci +13

    44 years and counting. 2024!!!

  • @TekkyBe
    @TekkyBe Před 9 lety +274

    The drums, the melody, the rock.

  • @DigbyOdel-et3xx
    @DigbyOdel-et3xx Před 3 měsíci +32

    One of the most underrated gems of 70's music.😎👍

  • @brad42948
    @brad42948 Před 2 lety +172

    Far ahead of the genre they sprang from, this song is an utter gem. This track manages to combine classic rock (post the disco explosion) with the increasingly popular sound of post-punk and early synth-driven bands... Magazine, The Fixx, Fischer-Z, a drop of Tom Petty, Al Stewart... it's all there, wrapped in a great arrangement.

    • @brad42948
      @brad42948 Před rokem +8

      @Evan Hodge Lol, that is funny 😁Seriously though mate, I hope you can appreciate the little joys in life, such as a well-arranged, somewhat evocative song... which is more than the crap that passes for music we're bombarded with now... and no, I'm not 'in marketing'... just a gigging musician who can still recognise a decent song.

    • @hiitsrudd8567
      @hiitsrudd8567 Před rokem +5

      I love it when it comes on in " Boogie Nights "

    • @matteovrizzi
      @matteovrizzi Před rokem +2

      huge dylan / hendrix influence too

    • @cakemartyr5794
      @cakemartyr5794 Před 10 měsíci +4

      And I was thinking prog too with that Moog solo at the end. Sounds like Camel

    • @creepycrespi8180
      @creepycrespi8180 Před 9 měsíci

      It's just a song. You are overthinking it.

  • @kencummings953
    @kencummings953 Před 5 lety +317

    The perfect cross of the bluesy power of Dire Straits and the hooky new wave of the Cars, both of whom were huge in 1979.

  • @Genital_Grinder
    @Genital_Grinder Před 3 lety +205

    Only thing bad about this song is that it ended.

  • @ulicadluga
    @ulicadluga Před měsícem +4

    Fabulous Extended Play record. I had a German version - with the misprinted title "Driver's Sears".
    I want my 400 LPs back, Phillip Hansen!

  • @norton2757
    @norton2757 Před 3 měsíci +24

    We were listening to this song in the late 70’s.

  • @HandyAndyTechTips
    @HandyAndyTechTips Před 9 lety +413

    Very awesome guitar riff and solo. One of the best rock songs of the 70s.

    • @pieterjantilleman88
      @pieterjantilleman88 Před 9 lety +3

      HandyAndy Tech Tips it's from the 90's...

    • @HandyAndyTechTips
      @HandyAndyTechTips Před 9 lety +21

      Pieterjan Tilleman It was actually released in 1979, but it became quite popular in the Netherlands in 1991 after it was used in a Pioneer ad.

    • @pieterjantilleman88
      @pieterjantilleman88 Před 9 lety +7

      ok my bad

    • @robax
      @robax Před 8 lety +9

      +HandyAndy Tech Tips Definitely.. He's an excellent guitarrist on the whole lp. That solo on Driver's Seat was quite unconventional and I always loved the way the guitar and keyboard trade off so smoothly.

    • @bamabamagal
      @bamabamagal Před 6 lety +3

      HandyAndy Tech Tips yes definitely.bad ass song love it.

  • @mrjinkorea
    @mrjinkorea Před 2 měsíci +10

    Band album covers in the 70s and 80s were so awesome...like exquisite works of art.

  • @andyrichards9169
    @andyrichards9169 Před 11 měsíci +58

    Many years later I’m still loving this song.

  • @MitchBast-xu7jg
    @MitchBast-xu7jg Před 3 měsíci +46

    1979 I'm 17, driving my 69 Camaro with a Blaupunkt stereo BLASTING this song through 4 open windows, turning heads in every direction.
    It was GREAT to be a kid back then, going through girlfriends like most guys go through socks.😂

    • @ozzyistheking21
      @ozzyistheking21 Před 3 měsíci +1

      What ya been doing since then?

    • @Paparoach493
      @Paparoach493 Před 3 měsíci +2

      ​@@ozzyistheking21 same thing 😅

    • @zyxvwu
      @zyxvwu Před 3 měsíci

      Pathetic that at your age, you still think using women like socks is cool.

    • @brucefuller5214
      @brucefuller5214 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@Paparoach493 Was 18 had a '70 Nova with a 427 Yenko. Burnin' up the roads.

  • @melovemusic69
    @melovemusic69 Před měsícem +3

    Loved this song in 1979 when i was 10

  • @theartfuldodger935
    @theartfuldodger935 Před 9 lety +172

    The very definition of a musical groove.

    • @rob-robi
      @rob-robi Před rokem

      so true even 8 years later :D

  • @zorantaylor3190
    @zorantaylor3190 Před 5 měsíci +4

    This song is ridiculously due for a revival.

  • @mikevaughan7681
    @mikevaughan7681 Před 8 měsíci +43

    Music like this will never be forgotten it’s just too good. 👍

  • @richardfiennes3616
    @richardfiennes3616 Před 3 lety +140

    Such an unusual, unique song that stopped me in my tracks when it first came out. Good positive lyrics and fab lead guitar solo at the end to top it off. GREAT song that never ages.

  • @healthybeautynutricioncoac4562
    @healthybeautynutricioncoac4562 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Since 3 Years I listen to this I’ve Finally Found Hope and Taste of Rock N Roll

  • @doublehaul9359
    @doublehaul9359 Před 3 lety +127

    Young people now have no idea what it was like growing up in the 60's and 70's with all of our freedoms.

    • @jerrydinn6821
      @jerrydinn6821 Před 3 lety +15

      I can only dream of it. I feel like I was born in the wrong time sometimes

    • @scottlarson1548
      @scottlarson1548 Před 3 lety +13

      I don't remember any freedoms other than it was easier to be racist or a bigot.

    • @elstonmacfie2071
      @elstonmacfie2071 Před 3 lety

      Amen to that brother!

    • @XxxULTIMATEZxxX
      @XxxULTIMATEZxxX Před 3 lety +10

      @@scottlarson1548 It’s more that it felt free relatively. The 60s and 70s had freedoms that weren’t even conceivable in the 30s, 40s and 50s, especially with the Great Depression, then World War 2.
      Freedoms today are probably going backwards. The 90s and 2000s were probably more free than the 2010s or 2020s so far, especially with more controlling governments, the power of the internet, media, cultural controls etc.

    • @scottlarson1548
      @scottlarson1548 Před 3 lety +2

      @@XxxULTIMATEZxxX So you think the Internet made people *less* free? And that the media didn't exist previously?

  • @anewsongpsalm333
    @anewsongpsalm333 Před 3 lety +87

    "Driver's Seat"
    Doing all right
    A little driving on a Saturday night
    And come what may
    Gonna dance the day away
    Jenny was sweet
    She always smiled for the people she'd meet
    On trouble and strife
    She had another way of looking at life
    The news is blue (the news is blue)
    It has its own way to get to you (ooh)
    What can I do? (What can I do?)
    I'll never remember my time with you
    Pick up your feet
    Got to move to the trick of the beat
    There is no elite
    Just take your place in the driver's seat
    Driver's seat, ooh
    Driver's seat, yeah
    We're doing all right (ooh)
    A little driving on a Saturday night (yeah)
    And come what may (ooh)
    Gonna dance the day away (yeah)
    Driver's seat, ooh
    Driver's seat, yeah
    Jenny was sweet (ooh)
    There is no elite (yeah)
    Pick up your feet (ooh)
    Pick up, pick up (yeah)
    Pick up your feet (ooh)
    Gonna dance the day away (yeah)
    Driver's seat, ooh
    Driver's seat, yeah
    Driver's seat, ooh
    Driver's seat, yeah
    Yeah
    Driver's seat

    • @diegopalazzo1761
      @diegopalazzo1761 Před 2 lety +9

      It’s ‘a little Jiving’. Clever choice of words. Driving/jiving. I thought it was driving too.

    • @anewsongpsalm333
      @anewsongpsalm333 Před 2 lety +4

      @@diegopalazzo1761 Man that's a shocker. Makes sense though, we need to Jive while we drive. Thanks for that, blessings.

    • @diegopalazzo1761
      @diegopalazzo1761 Před 2 lety +4

      Dude it’s a great song. I can’t stop playing it. It’s simple on the guitar, Am G F all the way through. Legend

    • @anewsongpsalm333
      @anewsongpsalm333 Před 2 lety +3

      @@diegopalazzo1761 That's cool that you know how to play. Soon there will be "15 million fingers learning how to play". Hopefully mine will be 10 of them.

    • @robertbaxter4021
      @robertbaxter4021 Před 2 lety +3

      On the cd we had at home it always jumped when he said trouble and strife. So now whenever I hear it I hear tttrrrouble and strife still all these years later

  • @hellrazor117
    @hellrazor117 Před 3 lety +20

    I'm nostalgic for a place that hasn't existed in decades

  • @frankiedeleon6795
    @frankiedeleon6795 Před 4 lety +174

    Still enjoying in 2020! And we keep going on!

  • @robertwilliamson7667
    @robertwilliamson7667 Před 4 lety +18

    I was given this song for my day message. Born 5th July 1960. Soon to become 60.... I have to tell all, I have never felt better. Strong body, sharp mind and Blessed by The Almighty.
    Now to get in the Driver's seat and finish this game.
    I am in this for only one thing and one thing only...
    I LOVE HUMANITY......
    💚💚💚

  • @tammilee9192
    @tammilee9192 Před 6 měsíci +7

    another good driving song

  • @josemariadiazdominguez8878

    Tengo 64 años y cuando limpiaba el coche de mi padre,escuché en la radio este tema y hasta que pude saber el nombre del grupo,lo encontré en casette ,y aún sigo escuchándolos,me encantan,saludos a todos sus seguidores desde Málaga,

    • @tonits6396
      @tonits6396 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Genial tu experiencia 👍

  • @patriot5526
    @patriot5526 Před 2 měsíci +8

    Good music always endures.

  • @wagbelt
    @wagbelt Před 8 lety +442

    is this the greatest ever driving song.?

    • @dennis16634
      @dennis16634 Před 8 lety +7

      +wagbelt HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DRIVING A CAR. LOOK IT UP.

    • @nerfb6833
      @nerfb6833 Před 8 lety +8

      +wagbelt Best driving song for me is Take the Long Way Home by Supertramp

    • @shedeen
      @shedeen Před 7 lety +4

      Best for driving round town (on a Saturday night), best driving song for letting rip on the open highway in a V8 is Saxon "Wheels of Steel".

    • @JohnnyangelNIU
      @JohnnyangelNIU Před 7 lety +1

      Yes, but the longer version of this song is better. The only thing the longer version doesn't have is all of the "cool bleep sounds", otherwise it's a better version of the song.

    • @riderride8809
      @riderride8809 Před 6 lety +3

      Yes it could be the best driving song. I like golden ear ring. Last car 2 pass

  • @billyblu4783
    @billyblu4783 Před 2 lety +7

    it’s so hip to feel free w/o a care in a world so crazy , let’s gooooo

    • @user-tf9pu2id7i
      @user-tf9pu2id7i Před měsícem

      Yes.....including when going on 60....etc 🤘🤟

  • @butteryfistful2616
    @butteryfistful2616 Před 2 lety +145

    Hadn't heard this song in years until that recent Amazon commercial, my ears instantly perked up when I heard these familiar riffs. What a great jam.

  • @petergorm
    @petergorm Před 4 lety +50

    One of the great tracks when I was 12 years old. Soon I will be 54,and I still love this track 👍

  • @grindcoreninja6527
    @grindcoreninja6527 Před 2 lety +8

    Thanks for the music Art Bell.

  • @michaelbruns449
    @michaelbruns449 Před 11 měsíci +34

    Hypnotic and dazzling and intense, a one hit wonder of one hit wonder songs.

  • @immaterialimmaterial5195
    @immaterialimmaterial5195 Před 3 lety +64

    The backing vocals are just brilliant!

    • @jillrowan4820
      @jillrowan4820 Před rokem +4

      Absolutely PERFECTION..!

    • @skeggjoldgunnr3167
      @skeggjoldgunnr3167 Před rokem

      You mean like how they keep saying "yeah." as though someone asked them a question and they are replying in the affirmative?

  • @mjsb9879
    @mjsb9879 Před 6 lety +109

    Best song ever!!! This is what real music sounds like!

  • @gordonowens7794
    @gordonowens7794 Před 3 lety +15

    As a teenager in the 70's from my perspective it was the best time to be alive, the music, the fashion, the dance moves....it brought all of us together in a way no other era has, anytime I break out my yearbooks I can't help but feel an overwhelming desire to return there. If they built a time machine I would return there for a month and tell my 70's self have the nerve to kiss Sandra Redman and tell her how you feel. I would go and talk to my family and tell my brothers and sister to love, respect and support each other. I would go to some concerts in California and fly to England to see my ex-girlfriend Alison before her second marriage and make love to her.

    • @timgrimes2589
      @timgrimes2589 Před 2 lety

      you did not have to go to CA for awsome concerts, but CA women are like no other

    • @bernhardherrmann9230
      @bernhardherrmann9230 Před měsícem

      ERROR, BUDDY ~ ASIAN GIRLS ARE TOP NOTCH ❤🎉😊!!! BERNIE GERMANY BOLLYWOOD LOVER ❤😊🎉

  • @pugil1st
    @pugil1st Před 23 dny +2

    I graduated high school in '79 and just rediscovered this gem in June 2024!

  • @benfranklin7275
    @benfranklin7275 Před 2 lety +28

    This really takes me back. I had just turned 18 and in '79 that was the legal drinking age. Hitting all the local clubs, proud to show my ID at the door. I was just at the threshold of adulthood and had my whole life ahead of me! Seems like it was yesterday. Love this song and the cool memories it brings back!

  • @saguaro
    @saguaro Před 4 lety +306

    "There must be some way out of here, said the Joker to the Thief..."

    • @vandalking8341
      @vandalking8341 Před 4 lety +10

      Lol😂😂😂Jimi Hendrix

    • @Engelfinger
      @Engelfinger Před 4 lety +5

      Vandal King I know you’re saying this just to be inflammatory. It’s not gonna work.

    • @vandalking8341
      @vandalking8341 Před 4 lety +3

      @@Engelfinger I actually think this song isn't a Jimi Hendrix ripoff. Just had to write that down.

    • @Kafkaesque3
      @Kafkaesque3 Před 4 lety +18

      Brother Dylan!

    • @vandalking8341
      @vandalking8341 Před 4 lety +1

      @@nedtheproducer5777 😂😂😂

  • @davidu.1901
    @davidu.1901 Před 10 měsíci +6

    I was so glad when Boogie Nights reintroduced this classic to a new generation

  • @hawkeye681
    @hawkeye681 Před 10 měsíci +2

    August 1979. The last month of a great summer of music!!!

  • @malissapayne5767
    @malissapayne5767 Před 2 lety +12

    This song made it to #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early fall of 1979.

  • @k.chriscaldwell4141
    @k.chriscaldwell4141 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Oh wow! A flood of memories. Junior high dances. On the car radio on family outings. Blasting my first car’s stereo. Oh, man!

  • @Yello4u
    @Yello4u Před 7 lety +120

    If I had to pick a song from my high school years that made me go into a flashback, this would be it . . . great tune.

  • @ElrondMcBong.
    @ElrondMcBong. Před rokem +2

    I just realized that the repetitiveness of the drum beat resembles the visuals of driving on the highway with the stripes on the street and the sideposts constantly going by in their own rhythm, never changing until the journey is complete. good stuff!

  • @carolmoore1038
    @carolmoore1038 Před 3 lety +8

    The 70s, I would never go back there. And I wouldn't have missed it for the world.

  • @XorfZang
    @XorfZang Před 7 lety +95

    As a musician, this is one of my favorite songs to play. I love the guitar parts in it. Not to mention those great keyboard/synth parts.

    • @mzhyde2887
      @mzhyde2887 Před rokem +3

      I recently heard this song playing in the background of a movie. I was a kid in the 70's. I think it was on an
      8 track. Can't be sure. Still a HOT SONG

    • @XorfZang
      @XorfZang Před rokem +1

      @@mzhyde2887 This song is forty-five years old now, and it hasn't lost anything in all those years. I was a young musician back then learning to play guitar and bass after becoming accomplished on the cello and trombone. Songs like this are simple, yet multi-layered, and really fun to learn.
      It is still a HOT SONG for sure!!!

  • @chance9069
    @chance9069 Před 3 lety +11

    Why do I feel like I've heard this song a million times

  • @scisafersal1
    @scisafersal1 Před 5 měsíci +4

    THIS IS THE MOST GENUIS SONG I"VE EVER HEARD!!!!!!!

  • @aadityapratap007
    @aadityapratap007 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Love how this pops up in everyone's feed.

  • @omnipotentdwarf571
    @omnipotentdwarf571 Před 3 lety +13

    In the 70's we had a two hour drive to the rig. Our driller played this while we flew down a desert highway, drinking and smoking, like we'd live forever, and never die.

  • @GordonCaledonia
    @GordonCaledonia Před 7 měsíci +3

    Used to great effect in _Boogie Nights_ when Philip Baker Hall enters the party. Rest in peace, Phil.

  • @Graigcooked444
    @Graigcooked444 Před 2 měsíci +17

    Who's still listening in 2048 🎉

  • @alessandrapirelli7040
    @alessandrapirelli7040 Před rokem +3

    High school Spring Break 79' .... 25 of us seniors went skiing at Sugarbush ... they played this song all week!

  • @AJG_69
    @AJG_69 Před 11 měsíci +6

    This song immediately transports me to adolescence...

  • @oldschoolpaul73
    @oldschoolpaul73 Před 4 lety +72

    That there, is a masterpiece..

  • @PersistentPatriot
    @PersistentPatriot Před 10 měsíci +2

    First time hearing this, wow, can't believe I never heard this before. Born in 86

  • @richardscottmusic1
    @richardscottmusic1 Před rokem +2

    It captures the era.

  • @michaelwebb8158
    @michaelwebb8158 Před 4 lety +30

    This song will snap you out of a depression. In 1989 I was coping with post-university-graduation depression. I found a record with this song which I'd half-remembered from back in the day. Playing it gave me a real lift--it'll do the same for you!

  • @doloresvargas6450
    @doloresvargas6450 Před 2 lety +5

    These guys are badass,Sniff N the tears belongs in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

  • @maedrosGR
    @maedrosGR Před 3 lety +33

    Today I turn 47. This song started my day

  • @ionpavlidis5978
    @ionpavlidis5978 Před 5 měsíci +6

    When my parents weren't fighting, they'd listen to songs like this one.

  • @sh2362
    @sh2362 Před 5 lety +28

    I never get sick of listening to this tune!!!

  • @WEST_THA_RAIDER
    @WEST_THA_RAIDER Před 8 lety +48

    boogie Nights baby!

  • @Antny.25
    @Antny.25 Před 3 měsíci +7

    So glad I clicked!!
    I love this!! This is what I call music!!

  • @kestufeh24
    @kestufeh24 Před 6 měsíci +8

    Song of life

  • @patriciab5112
    @patriciab5112 Před 6 lety +8

    Driving my 280z down South Main, West Hartford, CT. on a Saturday night, back in the day. Best driving song!

  • @joen.8364
    @joen.8364 Před 4 lety +8

    What a great time for music, 1975-1985

  • @tomsnyder6955
    @tomsnyder6955 Před 3 lety +11

    A great tune from the '70's. Step back and listen.

  • @kurupi68
    @kurupi68 Před 7 měsíci +1

    My favorite music of all time, here is a Paraguayan listening to it this Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 11 pm driving down 5th Avenue of New York, priceless.

    • @Goober66
      @Goober66 Před 5 měsíci +3

      I am 67 years old and first heard this in 1979 when living in San Francisco California. Seen the video hundreds of times.

  • @1Chiccone
    @1Chiccone Před 9 lety +41

    My older brother taking me to the rope swing way out off of Highway 84 in the late 70's, I miss that, we had fun.

  • @allanallsopp6144
    @allanallsopp6144 Před 3 lety +38

    This is one of those very rare songs thats perfect from start to finish. My opinion of course ;)

  • @gmail4218
    @gmail4218 Před rokem +53

    This gorgeous, mysterious, magical song gives me goosebumps, chills, and tears. It makes me want to live forever. With every listen..
    This epic song does not just move mountains, it moves the entire universe.
    This monster song was released decades before I was even born yet could still be a hit today. The rare songs this great transcend time.

    • @speedbird3262
      @speedbird3262 Před rokem +2

      Yup!

    • @318greenman
      @318greenman Před rokem +3

      That was a gorgeous review by the way I grew up with this song and I couldn't have said it any better good for you 💜

  • @gmail4218
    @gmail4218 Před 8 měsíci +7

    1978? Sounds current. Way ahead of its time.
    Released decades before I was born yet strangely familiar.
    The rare songs this epic transcend time.
    I get goosebumps, chills, and "tears" with every listen.

  • @nickwride2023
    @nickwride2023 Před 4 lety +30

    The harmonies were perfect and the guitar work was impressive.

  • @SirScavenger
    @SirScavenger Před 4 lety +13

    When I was 8 years old in '79 I knew a girl named Jenny in my class, she mysteriously moved away in summer '80 and I never heard from her again, this song always reminds me of her.

    • @ricoz2016
      @ricoz2016 Před 4 lety +4

      What a great memory. Maybe someday a Jenny will read this and wonder...

  • @Interval144
    @Interval144 Před 2 lety +2

    I was born in 1972. My Dad had stacks of records. He was a drag racer and had a pro machine shop. He'd come home from work every night and play records and we would dance. To me this song personifies him. Driving, work so you can race at the drag strip, music, repeat.

  • @gmane1989
    @gmane1989 Před 3 měsíci +1

    This was the first song i ever heard. Gary Newman "cars" and hotel California, all on 45's that came from my grandma's bar jukebox. I'm 35 today

  • @johnhardesty3167
    @johnhardesty3167 Před 4 lety +21

    This song still generates the same energy it did 40 years ago, awesome sound and unique as a cat with gold eyes!

  • @liquidstatic4522
    @liquidstatic4522 Před 3 lety +6

    I'm a fairly new driver and I was just practicing driving in my driveway, I decided to change the radio to the 60's 70's and 80's station, this song just started when I changed the radio. I had to stop for a minute and laugh, especially with the true meaning of this song where it is telling someone to take control of their life and I'm starting to learn how to. The world does tell you what to do in the smallest way, you just have to look for it.

  • @johnmullen864
    @johnmullen864 Před 7 měsíci +2

    I heard this song on some album I dug out of my highschool girlfriends older brother's record box.
    Snif n the Tears, Fickle Heart, it changed how I viewed him, her and me.

  • @clicheguevara5282
    @clicheguevara5282 Před rokem +5

    I’m a 40 year old pro musician who loves new wave era music. …yet I somehow just discovered this song today. 🤯 It was playing on the classic rock station here in Hawaii.
    I’ve listened to it at least ten times already. 😂