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  • @EdDiaz
    @EdDiaz 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I absolutely adore this song. Thank you JS!

  • @davidcoon3602
    @davidcoon3602 4 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    Something about this song. It has an almost timeless, sad, melancholy ring to it. Like that special place when you were a kid that you could go escape to.

    • @dr.corneliusq.cadbury6984
      @dr.corneliusq.cadbury6984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      To me it's kind of happy and sad at the time. Like a nostalgic feeling.

    • @winterblue4325
      @winterblue4325 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Exactly , I couldn't put my finger on it.

    • @seanm9365
      @seanm9365 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      With tears in me eyes, I was just thinking that thought

    • @seanm9365
      @seanm9365 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Chan-ks9yw on point with a lil too much paranoia from the engrained politics of this covid trump shit... Agree, no looking back, at this point..... Compartmentalize your residual hate... Swallow that pill.. and know I had how politics (the democratic party establishment) and weak leaders from both colors of teams... Why we need to break this country apart, or end two party system... One or the other, limp leadership and retarded intelligence agencies

    • @Coachlen24
      @Coachlen24 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Exactly. You just described nostalgia.

  • @renwickconolly2839
    @renwickconolly2839 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Its a PRIVILEDGE to still have him..and whats left of the "voices" that defined the 60s and 70s..🙏🙏🙏

  • @scotsman6712
    @scotsman6712 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    So his voice is older and different who cares?he wrote it and the crowd loves it.love that beautiful guitar too!

  • @raynegron7380
    @raynegron7380 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Had the great pleasure of meeting this man some years ago. He came to my shop several times to buy wood, one time he brought his guitar and played a mini concert for us. He is an exceptionally nice human being.

  • @s.w.3604
    @s.w.3604 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    John Sebastian is a genius songwriter. One of the best of all time.

  • @eightinches6094
    @eightinches6094 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Who ever would've thought John Sebastian would become a national treasure.

    • @baliscotsurf
      @baliscotsurf ปีที่แล้ว +4

      me

    • @greatunz67
      @greatunz67 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He had a tons of hits with the Lovin Spoonful but Welcome Back was his only good solo song for the rest of his career

  • @MsCreativecolors
    @MsCreativecolors 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I love this song. Brings back awesome childhood memories. Thanks John for making a wonderful song!

  • @JRStephens5005
    @JRStephens5005 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    He seems like such a warm, friendly man. Very likeable.

    • @Ndada1
      @Ndada1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same thoughts.

    • @glenbrinsmead7838
      @glenbrinsmead7838 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, He always seems so settled and easy. 👍👍🇦🇺

    • @raynegron7380
      @raynegron7380 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He is, I've met him several times, as down to earth as they come.

  • @tipplers3417
    @tipplers3417 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    One of the best written songs Ever

  • @greggmadsen4622
    @greggmadsen4622 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Absolutely incredible!! Such class!! I grew up with this show! Welcome to the 70's! Your the best, John.

  • @craigmonteforte1478
    @craigmonteforte1478 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Excellent Story ! John is one of the greatest storytellers on stage that was all a part of that generation of performers he maybe a little older and deeper in his voice but his stage presence and guitar work is right on

  • @roncallahan40
    @roncallahan40 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm going to pass on into the other world never have listened to your music anymore. Thank you for this and the memories 😊

  • @richarddrolet7746
    @richarddrolet7746 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A tear just came down my cheek.....wow never will forget this song.....thank you Johnny....xx

  • @Benno101able
    @Benno101able 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Thank you John for that performance

  • @justinjoseph6966
    @justinjoseph6966 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Always love when brilliant songwriters tell stories that make the process sound so insanely easy! What an absolute genius and a treasure this man is!

  • @richw.6296
    @richw.6296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’m 37 years old. This is one of the songs I’ve known for the longest.

  • @RFazor
    @RFazor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautiful. Just beautiful. To all who are feeling down these days just sing this song.

  • @wz8729
    @wz8729 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I am starting to re-watch Welcome Back Kotter for the 100th Time. I was 7 years old when the show came on TV. I loved it then and I love it now. FYI. I am a sweathog as well. Thanks for a great song John Sebastian.

  • @roncallahan40
    @roncallahan40 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This song always takes me back somewhere 😊😊
    Welcome Back!

  • @garysolorzano3216
    @garysolorzano3216 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Ahhh John, to us it'll always be 1976, and you'll always be the Ultimate Sweathog!
    .After Horshack, of course.

  • @homeschooladventure5687
    @homeschooladventure5687 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Such a timeless song that always makes me smile! You're amazing, John!

  • @clifpayne2722
    @clifpayne2722 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's always a joy to hear John sing. His voice and songs are pure joy!

  • @Shaverboy516
    @Shaverboy516 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Brings back great memories, thank you John:)

  • @milestrotter6844
    @milestrotter6844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    76 and still kickin' it, I love it!

  • @Creativ1
    @Creativ1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awwww, I just loved this.❤️ Johns backstory to the song was interesting, his music timeless. Thanks for posting! Best wishes always to John Sebastian.

  • @missytheteasipper9888
    @missytheteasipper9888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    this song makes me so happy

  • @middayson
    @middayson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He should be a national treasure. His generation is slipping away from us.

  • @silversteeler99
    @silversteeler99 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my all time musical heroes. I was in grade school when the Lovin' Spoonful blew me away with ''Daydream''. Great to see John Sebastian performing,...at his present best.

  • @moliere3
    @moliere3 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw John do this tune on Johnny Carson when it first came out. I loved his troubadour style. A treasure for sure. Such a good natured spirit and his songs are always that. It shows. Thank you John S. for just being you.

  • @ericab936
    @ericab936 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Age but we all gonna get there one day. God Bless Him!!

  • @tomthumb1234
    @tomthumb1234 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    john wrote a lot of great songs... hit a home run with this one

  • @peggypennington3270
    @peggypennington3270 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have had a crush on him since Woodstock. And love his music too.

  • @mars-lpv3458
    @mars-lpv3458 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This song has never not made me smile!

  • @someguy4505
    @someguy4505 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A bit before my time, i'm 41, but my dad loved his stuff and I have his records from when my dad was young. He's so chill and amazing. Great to listen to stoned, or not, but better stoned.

  • @dang2443
    @dang2443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Voice is going, but the spirit is still there.

  • @portrait1001
    @portrait1001 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    First id like to say this is absolutely the best sit- com theme song EVER. Second Audience here : are we getting paid to participate as the chorus gets stronger 🥰

  • @milestrotter6844
    @milestrotter6844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    And as expected he Still sounds spectacular!

  • @pfcthomasw.9394
    @pfcthomasw.9394 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I hope and
    Pray before I die,
    to meet him.
    The fact we sing on the same Octave is awesome.
    oh to sing that song
    With him,
    Would truly be
    Fantastic ...

  • @ThePokersurfer
    @ThePokersurfer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Gives me goosebumps!
    What memories!!!

  • @peggystrickland7995
    @peggystrickland7995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Still in Love!! ❤️😘

    • @kimberkley
      @kimberkley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah he's still so adorable.

  • @RandyFricke
    @RandyFricke 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You can't listen to John without a smile on your face.

  • @richkrents7910
    @richkrents7910 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    His voice sounds way better than it did a few years ago. And that is great to see.

  • @jeffbendertheenforcer5834
    @jeffbendertheenforcer5834 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    BRAVO my friend. Still as good as it ever was . Thank you !!

  • @jerrypaugh3268
    @jerrypaugh3268 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The story that he tells us true John's Bastian. That song welcome back. Carter was one of its biggest head to ball time.

  • @TheGuerillapatriot
    @TheGuerillapatriot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a wonderful tune.

  • @calpilot7
    @calpilot7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ahhhhhh....the days of real talent.

  • @cegc2001mx
    @cegc2001mx ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember when I was a boy and watch Welcome Back Kotter, I am from Mexico

  • @brianforbes8325
    @brianforbes8325 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    John's singing voice is sounding a little like Louie Armstrong now....gravelly. Still, the guitar playing and warm manner are still there. Bravo John!! We'd like to say Welcome Back, but the truth is, you never went away.

  • @yungrinoo
    @yungrinoo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This song literally makes my heart so damn warm 😩😩💛💛🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @OGworry
      @OGworry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cool

  • @mikefitzgerald8025
    @mikefitzgerald8025 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You can't go back in time.... But this song says otherwise.

  • @epp.5593
    @epp.5593 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Amazing. You sound great.

  • @jimmylane8685
    @jimmylane8685 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely love this song this guy n song are legendary

  • @DavidS-vs5mj
    @DavidS-vs5mj 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Omg this is wonderful..❤️

  • @stevecampbell6294
    @stevecampbell6294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Class act ......we all still love John

  • @sethbanzai5734
    @sethbanzai5734 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wonderful.

  • @bobbielesesne7298
    @bobbielesesne7298 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really admire him.

  • @lordcron
    @lordcron 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Loved it!

  • @toldyaso444
    @toldyaso444 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Priceless memories

  • @장순국-u6b
    @장순국-u6b 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    조회수 54,680회... 잘 보고 들었습니다.

  • @TooleyPeter
    @TooleyPeter ปีที่แล้ว

    Masterpiece.

  • @Mohini52
    @Mohini52 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Still love you John.

  • @pavanatanaya
    @pavanatanaya ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I saw John open for Steve Martin back in 1978or 79 . 6th row center San Diego

  • @fingerprint5511
    @fingerprint5511 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    His voice was softer before but hello, aging people, everything breaks down.

  • @garyshaw9511
    @garyshaw9511 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    All Stewart once said that writing a hit song is like having a rich uncle to pay your mortgage.

    • @mssuzieq312
      @mssuzieq312 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He still sounds great!

  • @salvarriale161
    @salvarriale161 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i love u man.. i hope to see u again in woodstock sometime

  • @pt8029
    @pt8029 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You gotta love him!!

  • @bertvanstaveren3178
    @bertvanstaveren3178 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Voice suffered big time, but still fun to hear.......

  • @carlosgonzalez-uq2cd
    @carlosgonzalez-uq2cd 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    any of us have a place where we had a lot of joy and wanted to go back to, my place is in Massachussets small town I used to live name Acton also Boston.

  • @JohnnyHands
    @JohnnyHands 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Incredible story. Great theme song!

  • @REMBRANTTUBE
    @REMBRANTTUBE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THE GREATEST THEME SONG EVER WRITTEN!!

  • @melissamarch4170
    @melissamarch4170 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome still

  • @craigmonteforte1478
    @craigmonteforte1478 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw John live in the 1980s at the Miami Metro Zoo the year it opened damn he was great

  • @Larryguitargod
    @Larryguitargod 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My eight year old daughter likes to hear Welcome Back Kotter theme song to put her to sleep. She said it's such a nice song that relaxes her

  • @sandydegener6436
    @sandydegener6436 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I guess that the speed that John created the song made the guys in Burbank "Believe in Magic"!

  • @Coachlen24
    @Coachlen24 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nostalgic song

  • @sharontaylor2274
    @sharontaylor2274 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    U still sound good John❤❤

  • @jonpriest
    @jonpriest 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    love ya john

  • @barbarataylor5068
    @barbarataylor5068 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The song has aged way better than the show

  • @Swizzenator
    @Swizzenator 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would love to hear the demo.

  • @AL_YZ
    @AL_YZ 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There was a God-given wholesomeness about the America of the past.
    The wholesomeness that a self-imposed willingness to not transgress the boundaries of decency brings.
    A sense of decency and courtesy so lacking in today's America.
    That self-control IS essential to one's strength of character.
    That character isn't just about one's personal self-image and the kind of person you see yourself to be.
    It carries with it a sense of pride and confidence in oneself that manifest collectively in pride in one's country and in patriotism. You see your country as decent and wholesome because you yourself and the people you meet everyday are for the most part decent and wholesome.
    They are intertwined and builds on each other.
    Unfortunately, all so lacking in today's America.

  • @harvey1954
    @harvey1954 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Made the "toy record". John once said the songs that "buy you your house" are the ones you write in 15 minutes. The music is so catchy and the words fit to a T.

  • @derrick_smitty
    @derrick_smitty 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As a very young child in the 70s when this when welcome back kotter aired I thought the theme was sung by Freddie Washington (lawrence hilton jacobs) and the background saying the welcome back welcome back part was sung by the other sweathogs.

  • @digitalbobby42
    @digitalbobby42 ปีที่แล้ว

    I hear this song all the time, maybe I'm tuned into it because I'm a "sweathog".

  • @williamgreeter1855
    @williamgreeter1855 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Welcome Back Kotter came out in 1975 I was born in 1977 my mother liked that show I liked it when John Travolta was in it and now I like his action movies instead my mother also like the loving spoonful and others before she died in 2005

  • @GreenFordFocus09
    @GreenFordFocus09 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Timeless song. His voice shit, but still great. Love it.

  • @tmo7734
    @tmo7734 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    John B. Sebastian is a wonderful songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. Sadly, he suffers from a throat condition which brought the singing part of his career to an end.

    • @westy40
      @westy40 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What is the throat condition that he has?

    • @tmo7734
      @tmo7734 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      westy40 I’m sorry, but I can’t answer that. Only thing I know is that it’s a permanent condition. If you go on TH-cam and listen to John sing, you’ll understand what I mean.

    • @thomaspick4123
      @thomaspick4123 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tim Why not answer it? We are sympathetic to his plight. I am a lifelong fan. Another example of unrevealed illness was Paul Williams of the Temptations. He suffered from sickle cell anemia and died, probably murdered. As a Temptations fan, I have more sympathy for him, having seen him perform in the classic five and knowing some of his history.

    • @tmo7734
      @tmo7734 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thomas Pick Because I don’t know. Clear enough?

    • @bus-fun-addict
      @bus-fun-addict 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Disphonia. Still sounds good in a different way. Hes cool as hell.

  • @richardsisk1770
    @richardsisk1770 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    He’s a genius!

  • @la-li-lu-le-lo9444
    @la-li-lu-le-lo9444 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ❤️

  • @ronaldwilliams8341
    @ronaldwilliams8341 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He's alright🇺🇸🎼🙏!

  • @Ndada1
    @Ndada1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful face. Warm.

  • @JDarylG
    @JDarylG 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    When he started talking I thought it was David Lee Roth. 😂🤣 I had to go back and look at the title of the video

  • @presto709
    @presto709 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    He explained in another video that the name of the show was Kotter and he knew he couldn't do much with that. So he came up with the "Welcome Back" phrase and they then changed the name of the show to match the song.

  • @edersonviniciusargemiro4739
    @edersonviniciusargemiro4739 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My son, 3 years old, sings welcome back better than me when we two are in the car before I let him at the primary school. What a shame for me!

  • @danreulle2737
    @danreulle2737 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    My g ma is old and she knows this and hey good looking so she said it her job to teach me songs and I started to listen to it today and it is stuck in my mind and I love this song #love it but my g ma is going to wake up soo I gtg oh btw stay safe guys

  • @ec1628
    @ec1628 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I guess I’m Mr. Kotter. I teach hs history to a bunch of knuckleheads. And I love it.

  • @billtrc
    @billtrc 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How can you not love this?

  • @chriskroell6956
    @chriskroell6956 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sounds like Nick Nolte now ❤️

  • @lamper2
    @lamper2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Imagine what that demo would go for on Ebay! but it sad to hear him choke

  • @GrowthruGod
    @GrowthruGod 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    His voice is some satchmo