I bought this album for my husband’s 21 birthday in 1977. 2 months later he died in a car accident . Jackson Browne’s music was a lifeline for me. His first 4 albums still make their way into my playlists.
I am so sorry for your loss. My first husband passed away in 1998 he was 37 and my second husband passed away in 2021 of Covid. He was 61. I feel for you.❤❤❤❤❤
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It's rare that I can listen to this song, the depth of the lyrics, and not get a few tears in my eyes. No other song I've ever heard so perfectly captures the brevity of life and the search for real love. It all goes by in the wink of an eye.
"While the ships bearing their dreams sail off into the night". Today I think back 35 years ago to my college roommate and I where we dreamed of life's possibilities, they were endless. Every time I hear this song I cry, as I'm reminded that I walk in the coolness of the evening. Say a pray for me as the pretenter
The day I got the album, I took it to my family's basement rec room and closed the door, plugged in my headphones and listened to the whole thing. It was intense, and immensely satisfying. The next night I persuaded my mother, a classical pianist and skeptic of popular music, to listen to the title track. She was deeply moved and became a Jackson Browne convert. That's a beautiful and cherished memory for me.
Excellent story. I grew next up to a classical pianist in Connecticut and spent my summers hearing her practicing.. thousands of hours just playing coming through the windows. Great childhood memory. Sadly she passed away at 47 of cervical cancer. So sad.
I never really knew his style or his music until I was lost, drunk and alone. I had recently lost my best and only friend when he decided it was the end of the road. I stumbled upon Jackson when he reached in somehow and pulled me thru his garden wall. Since then his lyrics and music has carried me through. Thank you Jackson for being a friend.
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We're all the pretender. And we get up and do it again. And we should say a prayer for us. Great poetry from Jackson Browne that goes right to the heart.
So many memories. I was 16 and in love. My husband worked grave yard so I would stay up all night and draw and do artwork at the kitchen table. I always listened to Jackson Browne while I did my drawings, he or James Taylor. I found I did my best stuff listening to Browne. I stayed up all night waiting for my husband to come so we could then sleep together and be on the same routine/pattern. He died 3 years ago, we were together 41 years. He took me to my first concert, and it was Jackson Browne at Freeborn Hall at UC Davis. Thanks Jackson Browne for being there at the best time in my life.
Your comment brought a tear to my eye. I too lost my first wife a couple years ago and we listen to Jackson Browne for years! Have since remarried but still that song carved a place in my heart that no one else could fill. Stay safe and God bless
I just turned 46 and bought one of his greatest hits a couple of months ago. Man, I didn't realize what I was missing all these years. This is one of my favorite songs of all time and I only recently discovered it. Jackson Browne is a musical genius!!
He is the best, he reminds me of an old Love of mine who is now gone. he went into the water to save his daughter and he went down. We were suppose to marry back in the days but bet your bottom dollar, I would have gone down with him.. Here is to you David Mark Schmid I will always love you even 32 years later.. We would spend hours listening to Jackson Brown
Absolutely love Jackson Browne and everything anything he has and will do He is one of the greatest music writers of my generation I know I wore this album out Thank you Mr. Browne ✌❤🌻😷
Jackson Browne has a special place in my heart...especially this song. I'm reminded of a very special time with my ex-husband and how much we loved each other then and in some way still do. I'm grateful for the time we spent together and like all life we changed, but we never stopped caring. So with fond memories I listen again
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Great song, I forgotten about it heard it shopping for groceries in Ingles the other day. Now I'm learning it on guitar, so simple and easy music to my ears. Hats off to you Mr Brown I'm listening to all your music again. You are truly blessed song writer
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Jackson is unparalleled in his songwriting abilities--particularly with lyrics. This album and Late for the Sky are, for my money, the pinnacle of singer/songwriter talent in the modern era.
I'm going to find myself a girl who'll show me what laughter means, and we'll fill in the missing colors in each other's paint by number dreams...when I heard that lyric the first time I cried because I've never heard love expressed so beautifully. Thanks, Jackson, for helping me know such love exists.
I always saw this line pointing out the huge gulf or contrast between the possible truly deep connections between 2 people and our simplistic/superficial cultural structures of our relationships - 'paint by number'. Posing for art--- but actually just fill in the correct color between the lines like children -- carefully following the outside structures or definitions. Pretending they are deep. The next lines - hide behind dark glasses while making love -- then get up and keep our robotic time table we call living. The point of the song is that we are living what we pretend and accept as life. The Pretender. rober.
I hear this song as a man who is looking for a normal life, tired of being a 'star' and just wanting to live in a town where everyone is doing what you expect them to. I think The Pretender is the star who wants to settle down and fall in love and stay away from the highway. And he thinks this is his last chance. I think it was a fantasy of Jackson's, who of course has been making music for almost his whole life. And the lyrics that I commented on, fill in the missing colors in each other's paint by number dreams; well, that sounds like a perfect blend of two people who need each other to complete themselves. I love it!
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I remember when this song came out in the late 70's maybe 1976 . I always LOVED Jackson Browne!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He TRULY IS A GREAT MUSICIAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just looking at the comments below, and I agree with SO many of them. Jackson Browne is an absolute musical genius, and has written SO many brilliant songs, with heartfelt lyrics which a lot of people can equate to, and this is a brilliant live version of " The Pretender ".....
This tune always makes me smile, and helps me to not give up Hope of again sharing love, life and laughter with a fellow "happy idiot." "The Load Out/Stay" is the one that makes me tear up for several reasons. Hope Jackson knows and FEELS how much he is Loved...
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Jackson Brown, so very talented & easy on the eyes!! The harmonies are so amazing on all of his songs! Love this handsome songwriter/musician...one of the best!
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I have Loved Mr. Jackson Browne for over 33 yrs~ He is unprecedented in songwriting abilities~ He wrote "These Days " @ 16 yrs of age.... It's been performed by XXXX
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🥀Amazing Song Brilliant lyrics, vocals and music. I've always loved this song. He has been Blessed with his unique voice and singer song writer beyond his own time🥀☝️🥀
I remember this song from when I was a teenager, but when I heard this song on the radio recently, this song brought tears to my eyes, because the words describe my life and struggles today! Especially, "Caught between the longing for Love and the legal tender"
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I too remember this song coming out. I could never get tired of listening to this and all of his songs. What a talent! 40 something years of Jackson Browne is still not enough. All the memories & great times just dreaming & listening. God bless you, Jackson! Thank you!!
I saw Jackson Browne at the Kravis Center in WPB FL in April 2019. Can’t stop listening to him. So talented and handsome. Loving the lyrics. Thank you.
Genius = Jackson Browne. Brilliant, timeless, thought provoking, eye opening and heart tugging lyrics that urge you to become a force for good in this life. This is how his music has inspired and affected me. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE JB!
Far too many people have either forgotten about Jackson or were just never exposed to his music. This is probably the reason that he is not more respected today... or it could be Somebody's Baby... I can't decide.
Yes, I agree with you. He's in the R&R Hall of Fame, but I wish more people knew how great he really is. At least some of my friends do. In 1974 I was fortunate enough to be driving home from my job in Los Angeles, late one afternoon, to the SF Valley, when I was about to get on to the freeway. Though I normally didn't pick up hitch hikers, I had already made eye contact and something about this young man's urging demeanor, along with his smile, made me feel it would be okay.. It ended up becoming MY lucky day as he had a passel of record albums with him. He worked for the recording industry and he GAVE me Jackson's album "Saturate Before Using"! Along with the Beatles, Jackson Brown is my favorite musician. I became a devoted fan attending his shows and buying all his recordings. I became a musician myself and can't thank him enough for his positive influence in my life and on our culture. I once heard Glenn Frey say, "Jackson Browne wrote the songs we (the Eagles) WISH we had."
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Just saw Jackson Browne In Richmond Virginia (solo) And a week later in Baltimore MD. (June 2016) With the band. Excellent shows. He gets better with time! Do your self a favor go see Jackson Browne. As soon you can.
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As Kurt Vonnegut said in 'Mother Night', "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." And, to anyone like me who has ever stared down the barrel of a gun, thought twice about it, and 'moved on', I say live in the moment, be kind (to others AND yourself), and 'let the morning light come streaming in.' Soon enough, the end will come 'in the wink of an eye.' God Bless You for the life-affirming harmony, Jackson Browne!
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I wasn't alive when this was written or produced, but even nearly 50 years later the music of this time period is passed on. It was and still is so pure. I'm so thankful for these artists who passed their gifts on down, and their voices won't ever die.
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Listen all you wishers for tomorrow. This balladeer has got it right. I love listening to the perfect match of music and lyrics. Sweet and meaningful. I could stay all night and listen.
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The line in the song that gets me is "Say a prayer for the pretender. Who started out so young and strong, only to surrender". It makes me think of a close friend I grew up with that committed suicide. The song to me is about life struggles.
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Such a Great Singer n Writer. As a youngster had all of his Albums. I especially listened to The Late for the sky. Singing all praises to u Jackson Browne 🙏 n God Bless
I've said this before, about the first 15 / 20 times I played this song, I cried. My son had just graduated college, and then moved out. He rented a house in sight of the high way. All the words just seemed to fit. I still tear up from time to time when I hear the Pretender. Jackson Browne is just precious. ❤
What a stroke of genius this song is! I come back to it time after time, and find myself humming and singing it at work and at home. Songs of this calibre just aren't written anymore. If this track doesn't move you in any way, or has no emotional impact on you, you either haven't listened eagerly, or you have no soul! That is all
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My beautiful husband introduced me to Jackson Browne in 1979 This song in particular takes me back to those magical days . Roger , if you should ever see this comment I still love you with all my heart . You were the very best that came into my life . I miss you , I miss you more than words can ever say . 12.05.19💔
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Hope your doing OK Judy. I saw your comment on "Song for Adam" by you that didn't sound to good... I lost my Mom that way, please feel free to email me if you need someone to talk to. Being a broken, lost young man I can relate to your pain. Be well Thatsmell77@yahoo.com
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In 1976 I was a young ski racer travelling around Europe; we had Citroën DS 21, a boom box and 3 albums Rock of the Westies, Blood on the Tracks and this. Thousands of miles, lived in that car, every line every lyric filled the mountains with the sound of music!
I love this song so much, I got all of Jackson’s albums in the early 70’s, this one of my favorites, also Late For The Sky, and especially his debut, Saturate When Dry. I will always love JB, he’s easy on the eyes too❤❤
love his music since i discovered him in 1976 thanks to a dear friend but after seeing him live @ Glastonbury about 2 yrs ago,his best days are definitely behind him but i will always remember with much affection
I bought this album for my husband’s 21 birthday in 1977. 2 months later he died in a car accident . Jackson Browne’s music was a lifeline for me. His first 4 albums still make their way into my playlists.
I am so sorry for your loss. My first husband passed away in 1998 he was 37 and my second husband passed away in 2021 of Covid. He was 61. I feel for you.❤❤❤❤❤
@@BeeApple-sr3db : I'm so sorry to both of you. I know this, when my time comes i hope i will be the first of the two of us to go. I'm 66 now, and i know the pain will be too much to bear.
God Bless you.....
Forever young. Rest in peace.
I will say a prayer for you now. ❤
I just retired. Now I think back and realize the gravity of this song. Amazing insight. JB you are amazing.
They just don't make records like this anymore. Turning 65 tomorrow and still love listening to this music.
It's rare that I can listen to this song, the depth of the lyrics, and not get a few tears in my eyes. No other song I've ever heard so perfectly captures the brevity of life and the search for real love. It all goes by in the wink of an eye.
Makes one realise all we have is now . Thank you JB
I loved this song when it came out and I was a student. At 64 I am the pretender.
Aren't we all! Incredible song.
"While the ships bearing their dreams sail off into the night". Today I think back 35 years ago to my college roommate and I where we dreamed of life's possibilities, they were endless. Every time I hear this song I cry, as I'm reminded that I walk in the coolness of the evening. Say a pray for me as the pretenter
The day I got the album, I took it to my family's basement rec room and closed the door, plugged in my headphones and listened to the whole thing. It was intense, and immensely satisfying. The next night I persuaded my mother, a classical pianist and skeptic of popular music, to listen to the title track. She was deeply moved and became a Jackson Browne convert. That's a beautiful and cherished memory for me.
Ed - I love that story!
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Excellent story. I grew next up to a classical pianist in Connecticut and spent my summers hearing her practicing.. thousands of hours just playing coming through the windows. Great childhood memory. Sadly she passed away at 47 of cervical cancer. So sad.
I never really knew his style or his music until I was lost, drunk and alone. I had recently lost my best and only friend when he decided it was the end of the road. I stumbled upon Jackson when he reached in somehow and pulled me thru his garden wall. Since then his lyrics and music has carried me through. Thank you Jackson for being a friend.
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We're all the pretender. And we get up and do it again. And we should say a prayer for us. Great poetry from Jackson Browne that goes right to the heart.
Thank God we made it through 2020 without losing Jackson Browne.
So many memories. I was 16 and in love. My husband worked grave yard so I would stay up all night and draw and do artwork at the kitchen table. I always listened to Jackson Browne while I did my drawings, he or James Taylor. I found I did my best stuff listening to Browne. I stayed up all night waiting for my husband to come so we could then sleep together and be on the same routine/pattern. He died 3 years ago, we were together 41 years. He took me to my first concert, and it was Jackson Browne at Freeborn Hall at UC Davis. Thanks Jackson Browne for being there at the best time in my life.
Your comment brought a tear to my eye. I too lost my first wife a couple years ago and we listen to Jackson Browne for years! Have since remarried but still that song carved a place in my heart that no one else could fill. Stay safe and God bless
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This song means so much bc it was the best time of my life. Thanks for the memories
I absolutely love this man! His music has carried me through alot of tough situations in my youth.
Music with a message will get us through all the times.
Carried me 2 hard times. I wud Listen to Late 4 the Sky Album
What an incredible song it just talks to you in a way that wakes your soul.
Beautiful voice, beautiful face, beautiful song. He has been a part of my life for decades. Love his music.
What a song, I've been listening to this for almost 40 years & never get tired of it. A classic. Thanks Jackson.
My life in a song.
i say, its all good!
I second that. As I grow into an adult, it seems he is siging to me about me!!
I just turned 46 and bought one of his greatest hits a couple of months ago. Man, I didn't realize what I was missing all these years. This is one of my favorite songs of all time and I only recently discovered it. Jackson Browne is a musical genius!!
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Brilliant performance of this great song!! The man is gifted.. I started listening to him in the early 80s when I was 12 and I haven’t stopped
He is the best, he reminds me of an old Love of mine who is now gone. he went into the water to save his daughter and he went down. We were suppose to marry back in the days but bet your bottom dollar, I would have gone down with him.. Here is to you David Mark Schmid I will always love you even 32 years later.. We would spend hours listening to Jackson Brown
Absolutely love Jackson Browne great singer songwriter my era of music 🎶 the best 🎶🎵🎼🖤
Jackson Browne is the songwriter's writer. Touches our heart and soul in the deepest way.
Absolutely love Jackson Browne and everything anything he has and will do He is one of the greatest music writers of my generation I know I wore this album out Thank you Mr. Browne ✌❤🌻😷
Jackson Browne is the best! Saw him at the Greek Theater in 2017. Best concert ever! So much talent!😎💖😘👍
Over 45 years later…..still finding new meanings for the lyrics
One of the great poets of our generation
Jackson Browne has a special place in my heart...especially this song. I'm reminded of a very special time with my ex-husband and how much we loved each other then and in some way still do. I'm grateful for the time we spent together and like all life we changed, but we never stopped caring. So with fond memories I listen again
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This song still gives me chills.
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This song changed my life I was 18 years old and I will never forget this God bless you Jackson Browne
His voice is stronger than usual. Fine performance of a brilliant song, one of his five best.
After almost 40 years I am still intrigued by this marvellous voice!
Great song, I forgotten about it heard it shopping for groceries in Ingles the other day. Now I'm learning it on guitar, so simple and easy music to my ears.
Hats off to you Mr Brown I'm listening to all your music again.
You are truly blessed song writer
How I wish they still made great songs like this.
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Jackson is unparalleled in his songwriting abilities--particularly with lyrics. This album and Late for the Sky are, for my money, the pinnacle of singer/songwriter talent in the modern era.
Correct. U r a great writer also
As I get older his lyrics are more accurate and poignant. How did he become so insightful so young?
Consider that he wrote "These Days" t when he was all of 16!
i'm going to take a wild guess and say it's because of nature & nurture
I'm going to find myself a girl who'll show me what laughter means, and we'll fill in the missing colors in each other's paint by number dreams...when I heard that lyric the first time I cried because I've never heard love expressed so beautifully. Thanks, Jackson, for helping me know such love exists.
I always saw this line pointing out the huge gulf or contrast between the possible truly deep connections between 2 people and our simplistic/superficial cultural structures of our relationships - 'paint by number'. Posing for art--- but actually just fill in the correct color between the lines like children -- carefully following the outside structures or definitions. Pretending they are deep.
The next lines - hide behind dark glasses while making love -- then get up and keep our robotic time table we call living.
The point of the song is that we are living what we pretend and accept as life.
The Pretender.
rober.
I hear this song as a man who is looking for a normal life, tired of being a 'star' and just wanting to live in a town where everyone is doing what you expect them to. I think The Pretender is the star who wants to settle down and fall in love and stay away from the highway. And he thinks this is his last chance. I think it was a fantasy of Jackson's, who of course has been making music for almost his whole life. And the lyrics that I commented on, fill in the missing colors in each other's paint by number dreams; well, that sounds like a perfect blend of two people who need each other to complete themselves. I love it!
He is an incredible song writer.. and of course a great musician..
Sandy Guy, I agree. This song is a star's lament for the life of a 'normal' person, an average Joe, a life that they know they will never have.
Every time..
Memories travel thru time like the love that never dies
This song is timeless. No other description is necessary.
A song with meaning clearly sung by one of my favorite artists!!
Powerful song. Timeless
I am homeless, and I live in my car. I haven't had a girlfriend in 23 years. This song gives me so much hope thank you Mr Browne.
Love his Songs! They have So much Thought and Meaning in .Music & LOVE in it.
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I remember when this song came out in the late 70's maybe 1976 . I always LOVED Jackson Browne!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He TRULY IS A GREAT MUSICIAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yes!
Larry Sapudar
72
Isn't it wonderful when music such as this can form a connection between generations or lovers of different genres of music.
The poet of our times.
Just looking at the comments below, and I agree with SO many of them. Jackson Browne is an absolute musical genius, and has written SO many brilliant songs, with heartfelt lyrics which a lot of people can equate to, and this is a brilliant live version of " The Pretender ".....
This is one of his masterpieces. He is like a fine wine - he gets better with ages.
"I've been aware of the time going bye. They say in the end it's a wink of an eye."
This guy never ages!
I'd say it is the weed.
Check out the lockdown version. Just HB and a piano. A masterpiece!
Some of the best lyrics ever written.
This tune always makes me smile, and helps me to not give up Hope of again sharing love, life and laughter with a fellow "happy idiot." "The Load Out/Stay" is the one that makes me tear up for several reasons. Hope Jackson knows and FEELS how much he is Loved...
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Im so glad we have these videos to look back on. Being 20 I never got to experience this amazing music, but this sort of makes up for it
great band! I can remember partying to Jackson Brownes music back in the late 70s.
Jackson Brown, so very talented & easy on the eyes!! The harmonies are so amazing on all of his songs! Love this handsome songwriter/musician...one of the best!
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He puts his time in practicing.
I have Loved Mr. Jackson Browne for over 33 yrs~ He is unprecedented in songwriting abilities~ He wrote "These Days " @ 16 yrs of age.... It's been performed by XXXX
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🥀Amazing Song Brilliant lyrics, vocals and music. I've always loved this song. He has been Blessed with his unique voice and singer song writer beyond his own time🥀☝️🥀
I remember this song from when I was a teenager, but when I heard this song on the radio recently, this song brought tears to my eyes, because the words describe my life and struggles today! Especially, "Caught between the longing for Love and the legal tender"
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i played these songs for a special friend of mine...and get it up and do it again...yeah...JACKSON BROWN...IF ONLY MUSIC COULD FIND THEIR HEARTS
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I too remember this song coming out. I could never get tired of listening to this and all of his songs. What a talent! 40 something years of Jackson Browne is still not enough. All the memories & great times just dreaming & listening. God bless you, Jackson! Thank you!!
I saw Jackson Browne at the Kravis Center in WPB FL in April 2019. Can’t stop listening to him. So talented and handsome. Loving the lyrics. Thank you.
One of my favorite musicians ever! PLUS, I just got tickets to see him for my birthday!!!
Jackson, you have a beautiful soul, & you have sooooo enriched mine with your music :)
Genius = Jackson Browne. Brilliant, timeless, thought provoking, eye opening and heart tugging lyrics that urge you to become a force for good in this life. This is how his music has inspired and affected me. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE JB!
Brilliantly stated fine woman!
Thank you!
Far too many people have either forgotten about Jackson or were just never exposed to his music. This is probably the reason that he is not more respected today... or it could be Somebody's Baby... I can't decide.
Yes, I agree with you. He's in the R&R Hall of Fame, but I wish more people knew how great he really is. At least some of my friends do.
In 1974 I was fortunate enough to be driving home from my job in Los Angeles, late one afternoon, to the SF Valley, when I was about to get on to the freeway. Though I normally didn't pick up hitch hikers, I had already made eye contact and something about this young man's urging demeanor, along with his smile, made me feel it would be okay..
It ended up becoming MY lucky day as he had a passel of record albums with him. He worked for the recording industry and he GAVE me Jackson's album "Saturate Before Using"!
Along with the Beatles, Jackson Brown is my favorite musician. I became a devoted fan attending his shows and buying all his recordings. I became a musician myself and can't thank him enough for his positive influence in my life and on our culture. I once heard Glenn Frey say, "Jackson Browne wrote the songs we (the Eagles) WISH we had."
Drew, It is because of the "Somebody's Baby". Funny but with dash of truth. He wasn't very proud of the song either.
This song carried me a long way in my life
My all time favorite song!
+psychofixed hey, mine too :)
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Just saw Jackson Browne In Richmond Virginia (solo) And a week later in Baltimore MD. (June 2016) With the band. Excellent shows. He gets better with time! Do your self a favor go see Jackson Browne. As soon you can.
my wife got me tickets for a show in Jersey a few years ago and I ended up getting so sick I could not even move. Still upset about that.
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I had tickets to see him in concert and gave them to a vet who was disabled and his wife...said it was an amazing time
That was a very kind thing to have done...God bless you.
Daughter of a Vietnam vet Marine.
🙏👍🙏
May God Bless you Sir, seems like you have a good heart, which is hard to find these day's
I would have done the same for our heroes
As Kurt Vonnegut said in 'Mother Night', "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." And, to anyone like me who has ever stared down the barrel of a gun, thought twice about it, and 'moved on', I say live in the moment, be kind (to others AND yourself), and 'let the morning light come streaming in.' Soon enough, the end will come 'in the wink of an eye.' God Bless You for the life-affirming harmony, Jackson Browne!
+G Gecko WOW SHARON
Thank you....................................
Hang in there kid
So beautifully said!
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I won the record on our local radio station about 40 years ago. I have loved that album ever since.
I wasn't alive when this was written or produced, but even nearly 50 years later the music of this time period is passed on. It was and still is so pure. I'm so thankful for these artists who passed their gifts on down, and their voices won't ever die.
from Vietnam to bosnia to Baghdad, this guy was always on patrol with us.
....(i don't know if you meant you served in all those places, but) ...thank you for your service, Sir...
lee Garrett - we salute you . We apologize for any form of unthankfulness.
Respect from Belgium
Ah.... No, not that Islamic infested Baggie-dad... Don't think so.
lee Garrett - 🇺🇸👌👍❤️🤠. I salute you . Thanks !
I love this man's songs and have for over 40 years. Thought provoking lyrics about, well, life. Love, hurt, forgiveness.
great songs, tender and heart felt, back in the day my favorite performer Jackson Browne.
this song always makes me cry.
Mike Gregory, me also plus it was playing when my father died so im.making myself listen to overcome that. I saw him live also.
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i spent many years waiting for someone "to fill in the missing colors of my paint by numbers dreams" Amazing lyrics that bring chills.
I'm so glad CZcams has all these classic songs to take me back in time
Listen all you wishers for tomorrow. This balladeer has got it right. I love listening to the perfect match of music and lyrics. Sweet and meaningful. I could stay all night and listen.
I have loved his music from the first time I heard it! The messages in his songs are powerful! My all-time favorite singer -songwriter.
Timeless music tells a story and people actually sang ! My God the messages.....bow to the magic!
I have been listening to this song for so long, was never going to be the pretender, but here I am at 56 thinking I might be the pretender!!
I'm crazy about this song and all of JB's songs have this precious quality.
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I was lucky to see him in the early 70s in Miami 3 times once with just David linley and the rest with a great backup band
Great song from a great artist. Reminds me of my high school days.
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By far the best Jackson Browne songs. I don't know what it is, but every time I hear this song I tear up.
Exactly what I feel, Joe! Exactly.
Because it's a longing for a true love & happiness that somehow slipped away~
The line in the song that gets me is "Say a prayer for the pretender. Who started out so young and strong, only to surrender". It makes me think of a close friend I grew up with that committed suicide. The song to me is about life struggles.
Joe G thank you, we are all pretenders in the working world and beyond.
Joe G yeah man..
what a great LP, loved the 70's so much. hmmmmm
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Such a Great Singer n Writer. As a youngster had all of his Albums. I especially listened to The Late for the sky. Singing all praises to u Jackson Browne 🙏 n God Bless
Memories are the true time traveler♨️
love, love, LOVE this voice!!!
I've said this before, about the first 15 / 20 times I played this song, I cried. My son had just graduated college, and then moved out. He rented a house in sight of the high way. All the words just seemed to fit. I still tear up from time to time when I hear the Pretender. Jackson Browne is just precious. ❤
What a stroke of genius this song is!
I come back to it time after time, and find myself humming and singing it at work and at home.
Songs of this calibre just aren't written anymore.
If this track doesn't move you in any way, or has no emotional impact on you, you either haven't listened eagerly, or you have no soul!
That is all
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My beautiful husband introduced me to Jackson Browne in 1979
This song in particular takes me back to those magical days .
Roger , if you should ever see this comment
I still love you with all my heart .
You were the very best that came into my life .
I miss you , I miss you more than words can ever say . 12.05.19💔
My faorite song of all tim!
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This is my favorite! What an inspiration of reflection.
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Great sound on this - I have always loved this man ! From Saturate to now ! Would really like to see him again !
Hope your doing OK Judy. I saw your comment on "Song for Adam" by you that didn't sound to good... I lost my Mom that way, please feel free to email me if you need someone to talk to. Being a broken, lost young man I can relate to your pain. Be well Thatsmell77@yahoo.com
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One of the Best musicians on the planet
In 1976 I was a young ski racer travelling around Europe; we had Citroën DS 21, a boom box and 3 albums Rock of the Westies, Blood on the Tracks and this. Thousands of miles, lived in that car, every line every lyric filled the mountains with the sound of music!
Ian Purvis my son was a skier, minnesota state high school league. life sums everything up so well.
I love this song so much, I got all of Jackson’s albums in the early 70’s, this one of my favorites, also Late For The Sky, and especially his debut, Saturate When Dry. I will always love JB, he’s easy on the eyes too❤❤
one of the most unique classic songs ever
love his music since i discovered him in 1976 thanks to a dear friend but after seeing him live @ Glastonbury about 2 yrs ago,his best days are definitely behind him but i will always remember with much affection
Saw him live in CT in 1975 and 1995( I was 30, then 50)..He is great live, wonderful words and music..Some say he is the Lord Byron of rock/roll....jm