My husband and I saw Jackson every time he came to Las Vegas. Lost him last year after 46 years. Saw Jackson alone last week. Had the best seat, front row, center. My Jack would’ve loved it. He was the one who made me love Jackson. For that one night, we were side by side again.
I remember listening to this in the 70s and thinking I had all the time in the world … in a wink of an eye was more prophetic than I realized … such a well written classic!
We spend our entire life struggling for the legal tender so we can retire in comfort but you can have all the money in the world but without your health it means nothing. Take care of yourself my friends. P.S. at some point enjoy it
I was a teenager in the 70's and didn't really understand 'The Pretender'. As I'm staring 60 it's so apparent. I've spent my whole adult life struggling for the 'legal tender'. And for what?
"While the ships bearing their dreams sail out of sight" At 50 years old, a lot of dreams sailed out of sight. I hold on to the ones hanging around at the shoreline❤
I remember hearing this song for the first time late at night when I was driving cab, and being blown away - it was so unlike anything else on the radio. And that line "I'm gonna be a happy idiot and struggle for the legal tender" really got me wondering about the direction of my life.
I never tire of this beautiful song....it reminds me of myself and many close friends/family who chase that dollar while losing that precious commodity of time.
But the commodity of time is key to struggle for the legal tender...time clock and get paid by the hour, the Job and or salary...all time ...lost to the struggle for the legal tender...
I am an African American male age 74 and this is my favorite song of Jackson Brown, I saw him in concert at the Merriwether Post Pavilion in 1978, best concert ever.
I fell in love with this song when I was about 13. At 61 it's still the most hauntingly beautiful song I've ever heard . I still haven't found all my colours though...
This song came out in 1976 when Jackson was only 28 years old. As a songwriter I want to know how could such a young man have this much wisdom. I'm 56 and I'm just figuring out these things now. Oh , and he wrote " These Days " at 16 years old. God Bless You Jackson Browne !!!!
@@georgeevangel3233 I agree that the 20's are the primary years of Songwriting . I could write a song a week in my 20's . I don't think that you got the meaning of my comment . Most Songwriters in their 20's could not write a Masterpiece like this , because in your 20's you think that you have life by the balls !!! It's not until you get in your late 40's or 50's , that you come to the realization that life had you the whole time , and you were just a " Pretender " !!! I mean , " Out into the cool of the evening Strolls the Pretender . He knows that all his hopes and dreams , begin and end there " . You just do not have that experience under your belt in your 20's my friend !!! I am assuming you are older like myself , so you know exactly what I was trying to say if you think about it !!! Jackson Browne was definitely not a "Pretender " at 28 years old !!! That's what I was trying to imply by my comment . I won't even get into the implication of writing " These Days " at 16 years old , because that's on a whole other level of insight !!!!
@@Craig-bz3dm I was thinking of Cat Stevens. He wrote a lot of great music in his early 20s, one song even in Spanish How he acquired that wisdom at such a young age always baffled me
@@georgeevangel3233 Oh I absolutely agree about Cat Stevens !!! He was 22 when he released it Tea For The Tillerman , one of my Favorite Albums of the 70's !!!
What a great memo you wrote here! Me at 11 years old in 76 I recall this song so well on the radio...I used to have this and still do btw song humming in my head on a loop...hence why I'm here today!
My Dad loved Jackson Browne, he would always tell me to listen to the lyrics, I never really understood them untill after he passed... 💔 😢 Timeless music.
Woke up to the birds chirping and the lyrics to this number runnin' through my head. Through this rollercoaster of life, at 64 years young, still tryin' to hold onto the good times. Peace, love and harmony going out to everyone.
This was played at my brothers memorial and I couldn't listen to it for about 6 years after his death. I still barely get through without tears. I love Jackson Browne, always have. Saw him in the 1970's and was suppose to see him next month but now it will be next year. I will sob big tears if he should do this song, but that's okay, music moves us in so many ways.
For over 35 years worked in hot nasty machine shops six to seven days a week ten to twelve hours a shift . Now my strength has gone . My health gone . God bless the pretender all of us .
I think this is the poignant and sorrowful message of the song. We are all the Pretender. Starting out so young and strong, full of dreams and fire. But life surely drains you of every last hope, slows you down until the fire are only ashes that choke you in your throat. His songs are about the frailty and hopelessness of life, how youth is really the only good time because you think your dreams are real.
In Tom Petty's bio Jackson Browne said, "I've known him for a long time but I can't say that I really KNOW him." I'm biased in favour of brilliant keyboard artists because that's my instrument but I'm very aware that that makes one a one man orchestra, despite the band behind you. Both artists were supreme and underrated but I do understand the slight gap in understanding. Tom Petty needed a family and found the best form in his band: and still found himself in a position that guaranteed him loneliness. Despite his many social defences (humour was a great one, never mind the fucking sunglasses he needed glasses period … it was impossible not to love him as a human being. Mutatis mutanda, I also think that Jackson Browne deals with emotional themes while maintaining a certain distance, if that makes any sense at all. Tom's music was emotionally HUGE: in the Heartbreakers' house there were many mansions, for each of us to find ourselves. In a Venn diagram they had a really big area in common but the periphery was crucially different. We need them both. The very best.
I thought that of a best selling author I know too. Truly, I think it's a lot of discipline too. Sitting down and writing relentlessly when you do not feel it happening. The story will tell itself. I could be wrong, however.
What did you think of the critics' rave and lifting-up of "Lawyers In Love?' To me, it was overrated, probably because of the video interpretation, causing [intended] message to be transformed into this saccharine cliche endlessly spinning in the mainstream rinse cycle.
Let's hope it is the blink of an eye. Sadly me & my family are stuck in FL. "Art is long, Time is fleeting." We are in the EpiCenter of the Virus, grossly mishandled by DJT and Gov R. DeSantis. We are former NYers, I saw @jacksonbrowne in concert many, many times. He is the penultimate poet, lyricist and musician. I am also The Pretender. Adeiu my friends and family, in the event that only our son, Dylan Jerome (named after Robert Zimmerman and Jerome Jerry Garcia, born at the end of the Millennial's and beginning of the GenX ) will survive to forge a life on the little Planet called Earth...just a blip in the Universe. I surrender. Any women left...get out and Vote for Change. There is always hope......
I grew up in LA like all pretenders put my thirty years in left LA and moved far away. All I left are my memories of the good times I had. Things will always change I can accept that. This future of day to day nothingness is hard to accept. My old world has passed far away and the new world I am forced to accept offers nothing that a person would want or need.
@@mdemma60 I can feel your concern and I am hoping and praying for you and your family. It's funny for me because when I was younger I didn't appreciate great songs like this because it was too slow for me. Now that I'm older and hopefully a little wiser I can appreciate it and understand what it means.
Its by far the most beautifully depressing song ive ever heard . no one has even come close to writting and singing the dipication of what a pretender really is. And so many have lived and still live it everyday. Jack is a very talented man . its spot on Jack . Thanks i love it
After my 23 year marriage ended, I found myself a girl who showed me what laughter means, and we filled in the missing colors in each other's paint by number dreams. I still struggle for the legal tender, but I come home to a wonderful loving woman. And yes, when the morning light comes streaming in, we get it up again.
I wanted to say.. Tears in my eyes ❤️🙏 I'm 23 but fan of Jackson Browne since years. I m also fan of Mick Jagger since I was 3 years old I'm from holland. 🙂
“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.” Oscar Wilde . . . . . Amen, Will
Completely Beautiful and True. I'm So Grateful for you, reminding me of this quote from my old friend Oscar! (; He's definitely a favorite poet of mine, probably found him when I was listening to Jackson... now 56, these Lovely Men soothe my Soul even more so! Thanks again, Hope this finds you well during this pandemic. Take Care and Blessings 💛
I'm 56 y/o and have heard this masterpiece song many times over the years, but this is the first time I can remember where I just sat and listened to him sing the lyrics while I read them on the screen and I feel devastated because I feel like he was singing about my life. I've been a musician since I was a kid and as I was growing up my only goal was to be a professional musician and I intended to go to Berkley for music production, but after high school I took a couple years off to play music full time and after seeing many musicians in their 40's and 50's living paycheck to paycheck, I talked myself out of it and decided to do the "responsible" thing and become a professional. I ended up going through many years of school to become a medical professional and I have to say, I've regretted that decision over and over again throughout the years.
You're still hear. You made the right decision, especially if you raised kids. Retire and do music. It's never too late. Check out the film A Thousand Clowns.
The longing for love is not a solution, even though it seems the better path when compared to the "struggle for the legal tender". Jackson would tell you that a career in music is no salvation either. The pretender lives in all of us, and there is no cure to his appetites inside ourselves or anywhere on earth.
I discovered Jackson Browne in College back in 2015. My god his lyrics are just amazing. I’m ashamed my generation has no idea who he is.. that’s sad. If there was a kid in his 20’s singing these lyrics they would be Blown away but since he was around in the 70’s they will never know.
My kids are grown now but when they were teenagers they found my music stash and they were blown away. They love the music from the decade before they were born, knowing that their parents were listening to the treasure they found didn't have any bearing on the fact that the music was the better than anything that was available to them in that wonder time before adulthood had to move in. I am very pleased that they could appreciate the greatest music decade that ever was and probably will ever be.
Very prophetic words for today. I grew up in the 60s and yes we thought all we needed was love. We were going to change the world and we have in profound ways not always for the better. Peace is still illusive. The world remains on the verge of chaos.
They don't write lyrics like this anymore. Such an absolute beautiful and meaningful song. Songs like this are why the youth are slowly abandoning modern music and finding their way back to these standards
Jackson Browne is truly one of the best songwriters. He paints such a perfect picture that you can visualize in your mind and marries it to a beautiful melody. He can stir up so many emotions and bring back memories of a simpler time in life. I’ll be 46 in April and I feel myself longing for my younger days and this music just hits home big time! I love JB!
OKAY, THOUGH GETTING OLDER BY THE SECOND, SITE DIMMING, HEARING QUESTIONABLE. ARTHRITIC FINGERS STILL CARESSING VIOLIN & SAX, JAW STILL STRUGGLES TOHOLD UP, I HAVE TO YIELD TO THIS SONG'S MESSAGE, HAVING PLAYED A BIT FOR PEOPLE & ANIMALS TOO.HERE I AM, JHERE I STAY, IF I FALL DOWN, LET ME LAT, THIS WAY, STILL ABLE TO HEAR, TAP MY TOES, TAKE JACKSON'S IMAGINARY FANTASY FLIGHT, BOOSTED BY DAVID'S DREAM IMDUCING LICKS ON LAP GUITAR & VIOLIN, PUNCTUATED BY MS. "ROSEMARY BUTLERS' SOARING VOICE, JIM GORDON'S DRUMMING, & THE KEYBOARDIST, BASSIST, & BACK UP SINGERS CONTRIBUTIONS.
I can think of no other song so lyrically perfect, that embodies all that there is about Life. This is the song that even Bob Dylan wished he could have written.
This is the only song that I can relate to as far as the way I did live my life from when I was 19 when I 1st heard it ! Till know that I'm 65 ! & now I'm running on empty on the short side of life !
I was a teenager when the coolest Hippy I'd ever met,Norm,introduced me to Jackson Browne! Norm told me the most important thing in Life is to be "Cool"....Doesn't matter what happens just say ,"That's Cool" to everything...........Your best friend steals your girl,"That's Cool"..........Your Car Blows up,"That's Cool"......He was true to his word,when they sacked him, I was there, and he just turned casually to them and said,you guessed it,'That's Cool" and swaggered out of there like he owned the planet! In that moment he did.....it was the Coolest thing I've ever seen! lmfao
This song so reminds me of my mom and dad. My dad woke up every morning at 3am filled his thermos with coffee, packed about three ham and turkey sandwiches and a couple of Coke's and prepared for his commute to work where he did hazmat removal for 25 years only to be laid off at the age of 45 and have to find a new career driving a semi truck. He worked to the bone for that legal tender.
One of those deeply meaningful songs that take a while before you can experience the existential truth contained in the lyrics. Sounds better today but it feels so much more.
Right on Lawrence...I hear that statement so well...me also and I sang this song my whole life knowing that the meaning would strike me a cord at some point...TODAY!
There is something about Jackson Browne's voice... it's like a gut punch to the soul. :) This song is brilliant; it does such a good job of showing the struggle to come to grips with the life we thought we would have and the life we ended up with. My favorite line is "Are you there? Say a prayer for the pretender. Who started out so young and strong -- only to surrender". I think we can all relate to that feeling.
@@stoneman28 Hey screw you! I couldn't give a rats ass what you have to say about me. Look at the thread.... never sold out for sh*t! Get outta here troll
My dad is so humble about how much success God blessed him with. Even legal issues. My education has been priceless. We talk about God and the real important man that has always been……
"Say a prayer for the pretender Who started out so young and strong Only to surrender" How shockingly real, all the dreams of youth fade away only to have to resign to run in the Rat Race. My God, what happened?
But it's tough: "Caught between the longing for love and the struggle for the legal tender." There's always bills you have to pay that seem to keep you away from who & what you love.
I am almost 25. This song has been one of my favorites since I was about 20. It brings me to my knees every time, as I deeply resonate with the lyrics...💔
The saddest thing is that everyone who posts a comment here is my age or older. Now, if only we could get younger people to listen to music like this. Ahhhh, doesn't every generation say that? But in this case I think i is true. Hip Hop and Rap have meaning? Nope. This does.
Thank You todays songs are shit,no they really are,one thing thou you have to realise that every chord combination has been used up many years ago so there will never be any new music!Who needs new music we had it all in the 70s!
@@roblangsworld Yes, Don't think they can write anything new or more meaningful than these years in music. A truly Magical time of music... So many different Types and Styles. I feel Blessed to have lived during this time. I believe, Kids today are at a disadvantage because of the different struggles- we can't imagine, I'm sure. I brought my children up with '60, '70, some '80s music and I do think it's made a difference in their attitudes even with music. Must always be Grateful for the Music! Hope you're doing well. Take Care.
Man this brings me back to being a teenager putting this song on the radio back in the early 80s when we had crappie cassette tapes i had to becarful cuz if you used fast foward sometimes it ate your tape then you were out 4 or 5 bucks for the cassette lol but this song the girl down the block and 2 or 3 bricks of MD 20/20 for me and a bottle of strawberry boonsfarm for her and a warm summer night and it was history after that man i miss the old days things were so much easier back then things made sense no internet cell phones nothing if you wanted to talk to someone you called them at home or stop by there house and if they were home good if not you rode around till you found them or someone else it wasnt hard a few stores a couple hang out places and boom there they were and the weekends we all had a place we would meet up at we knew someone would be there so it was no reason for cell phones sorry to ramble on but i love memories lol
Kids in these times could not imagine the good times we had without electronics...Payphones , 1.25 cent gas with a junker '57 chevy we picked up for 150.00..oh did we have fun. oh yes ,the best music ever created playing on our 8 tracks & modern cassettes...you got it Eric.
Love Jackson Brown! This song played on the radio on July 4th on my way to work, and it hit me deep in my heart. How appropriate. Need more artists like this, especially in this day and age. He's genuine and one of the best artists ever.
1976. She was smart, full of fun, life and laughs and so beautiful. She had soft hazel eyes, long raven dark hair and was somehow lean, slender and curvy all at the same time. And she set me on fire. Made me wake with a smile every morning. Even now, nearly forty years later I can still picture her in that dark dance hall. She was dancing to the pretenders, "brass in pocket," and lost in the music. She wore a tiny black dress and sneakers and was all legs, brown eyed smiles, swinging hips and hair her arms pumping to the tune going wild as the music played. She took my breath away. Then this track by Jackson browne came on. She looked at me, threw her arms around my neck and just somehow melted into me as we danced. "I`ve got this LP. lets get outa here and go listen to it." That LP played all night. Clicked on, played through, then clicked on again. I dont think either of us heard a note. Finally wrapped around each other in that intimacy of lovers we lay still. I heard her breath soften and she slept her head on my chest. It was then I heard this track playing. I distinctly remember thinking to myself as she slept in my arms, "Well you`ve shown me what laughter means. I`m a happy idiot." Then I saw dawn streaming in through the curtains and smiled, as I knew what would happen when she awoke.....In forty years there has not been one single time when I`ve not thought about her if this track (or any other Jackson browne song) played, no matter where I was or whoever I was with.
“I'm gonna find myself a girl Who can show me what laughter means And we'll fill in the missing colors In each other's paint by number dreams” Wow just genius lyrics! What mind thinks of writing that beauty?
You are so spot on~ His lyrics are always pure magic and heart , Let us give thanks to J B and his blessings of his wisdom for these rocky roads.........
My favorite lines. My husband turned me on to him in 1979. This was our favorite song. He would always sing this verse to me,loud. Played it at his funeral. Myself my son and daughter went to see him in concert a year later,in New Jersey. Still makes me cry.
For some reason, I don't know why, I always loved the movie "Mr. Holland's Opus". I was 14 when that movie came out. It had a great soundtrack, and this song was featured on it. Between the scene it was used in, and the content of the song, I love it from that moment to this. I think somehow I knew, without having any life experience yet, that these lyrics were what life was about and always would be. It was a premonition, or a resonance, or something like that. Whatever it was, it's an amazing song.
This was one of those songs that had little meaning to me when I was young. Now that I've gotten into my 40's and have been married for a couple decades I can appreciate this song more. After my dad passed away, and one of my best friends died of a heart attack at age 50, It really forced me to re-examine my life. Life is a relentless treadmill...and sometimes you have to step off every now and again and give yourself a break- otherwise you are no good for yourself, you spouse, you family- this is why I go spend a week in a remote wilderness area on vacation every year now.....and this song and the aforementioned life events played a huge roll in why I have to get away from the world on vacation...to get away from the rat race.
I'm going to rent myself a house In the shade of the freeway Gonna pack my lunch in the morning And go to work each day And when the evening rolls around I'll go on home and lay my body down And when the morning light comes streaming in I'll get up and do it again Amen Say it again Amen I want to know what became of the changes We waited for love to bring Were they only the fitful dreams Of some greater awakening I've been aware of the time going by They say in the end it's the wink of an eye When the morning light comes streaming in You'll get up and do it again Amen Caught between the longing for love And the struggle for the legal tender Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring And the junk man pounds his fender Where the veterans dream of the fight Fast asleep at the traffic light And the children solemnly wait For the ice cream vendor Out into the cool of the evening Strolls the Pretender He knows that all his hopes and dreams Begin and end there Ah the laughter of the lovers As they run through the night Leaving nothing for the others But to choose off and fight And tear at the world with all their might While the ships bearing their dreams Sail out of sight I'm gonna find myself a girl Who can show me what laughter means And we'll fill in the missing colors In each other's paint by number dreams And then we'll put our dark glasses on And we'll make love until our strength is gone And when the morning light comes streaming in We'll get up and do it again Get it up again I'm gonna be a happy idiot And struggle for the legal tender Where the ads take aim and lay their claim To the heart and the soul of the spender And believe in whatever may lie In those things that money can buy Thought true love could have been a contender Are you there Say a prayer for the Pretender Who started out so young and strong Only to surrender Say a prayer for the pretender Are you there for the pretender Say a prayer for the pretender Are you there for the pretender Are you prepared for the pretender
I have seen Jackson twice in concert. The first time was in a tiny basketball arena in Leiman, Germany. 3,000 people jammed into that tiny space.....hot, sweaty, magic.
Jackson brown makes my day so much better when I'm having a bad day.. thanx jackson for the amazing music n lifetime of memories.. my dad was a single dad raising me and he passed when I was 13 alot of my memories of him consist of your music
It's hard when I feel like I'm alone but I know that I'm really not. My husband died when I was 33 with two babies but the years flew by... Feeling alone seems harder now that they're young adults. I've got more time on my hands to sit and Think, which can drive Humans Crazy! LoL! We're not alone though... keep the Faith, Sending Love, Be Well and Blessings 💛
this is one of the most beautiful songs ever. it feels so smart and caring. it feels like the 70's. okay, i was born in the 80's, so i don't really know that, but if nothing else it feels like a slow summer night in a quieter time. it's to the ears what the movie bull durham is like to my eyes and ears.
everyone says how they feel the meaning of the song and how they've worked and done all the stuff from the lyrics im just some teenager who grew up on the song not looking forward to stuggling for the legal tender
An amazingly good song, made even more amazing by the fact that it's a song about losing that fire as you grow older, but was released when Jackson Browne was only 28 years old. So insightful.
time for a slowdown ......you think the simple times were'nt so bad you think? becaust it could all end in a new your minute i think about that........ wow
One of the best songs ever recorded from one of the best albums ever produced. Just freakin' wow. Poignant isn't even enough of a word to describe this masterpiece - musically & philosophically. "...And tear at the world with all their might While the ships bearing their dreams Sail out of sight..." 😥💔
Today at Walmart I ran into two old friends I've known for over 40 years. This song is all I could think of on the way home. Brought back a lot of memories. Those days, that was the good stuff!
I'm 29 years old and I heard this song for the first time yesterday. Instantly fell in love, I'm going through such a tough time right now and this song is so relaxing. Just beautiful, they really dont make anything close to this anymore
My husband and I saw Jackson every time he came to Las Vegas. Lost him last year after 46 years. Saw Jackson alone last week. Had the best seat, front row, center. My Jack would’ve loved it. He was the one who made me love Jackson. For that one night, we were side by side again.
So sorry for your loss
Beautiful sentiment you've expressed. Thank you.
I am so sorry for your loss. My husband passed away 15 years ago.
I know that your Jack was with you at that show! You will ALWAYS be side by side With Jack! 👍😊👍
God bless you.
I remember listening to this in the 70s and thinking I had all the time in the world … in a wink of an eye was more prophetic than I realized … such a well written classic!
amen to you brother
Yeah, I agree.
What a wonderful beautiful songwriter.........
@@kathleenwhite6148 true
Ridiculous, how true this song is.
We spend our entire life struggling for the legal tender so we can retire in comfort but you can have all the money in the world but without your health it means nothing. Take care of yourself my friends.
P.S. at some point enjoy it
My husband died last year.
At 58..
We were
The pretenders....saw Jackson..few years ago....it wasnt a bad life.
In love..worked..that's what you do...
I was a teenager in the 70's and didn't really understand 'The Pretender'. As I'm staring 60 it's so apparent. I've spent my whole adult life struggling for the 'legal tender'. And for what?
Rusty Blair I vote for love.
We trade the hours of our life for big screen tv's, cars and thousand dollar phones.....and make the 1% richer.
The first 30 yrs. go by slowly. The next 30 pick up a whole lot of speed....We all have to answer that “for what” question eventually.
@@dougdavis8986 preach it Brother, preach it!
Indeed. I was 15 when the song was released I liked the music. Today approaching 60 I finally understand the message within the lyrics.
"While the ships bearing their dreams sail out of sight" At 50 years old, a lot of dreams sailed out of sight. I hold on to the ones hanging around at the shoreline❤
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@@kyngroman4238 😘
78 😘
I remember hearing this song for the first time late at night when I was driving cab, and being blown away - it was so unlike anything else on the radio. And that line "I'm gonna be a happy idiot and struggle for the legal tender" really got me wondering about the direction of my life.
I never tire of this beautiful song....it reminds me of myself and many close friends/family who chase that dollar while losing that precious commodity of time.
But the commodity of time is key to struggle for the legal tender...time clock and get paid by the hour, the Job and or salary...all time ...lost to the struggle for the legal tender...
Traveling to Town to town...
I am an African American male age 74 and this is my favorite song of Jackson Brown, I saw him in concert at the Merriwether Post Pavilion in 1978, best concert ever.
Hey Graham! I'm 71, right behind ya and this one of my favorites as well! Take care!
Wish I'd been there...☺
Toni O'Shay same
Graham Matthews ahh
Genius
Hey Graham you're not an African American
You're pure unlimited consciousness experiencing life through your present avatar carnation
Every working mans anthem. Never give up. BRAVO Mr Browne.
I fell in love with this song when I was about 13. At 61 it's still the most hauntingly beautiful song I've ever heard . I still haven't found all my colours though...
So I’m 61 & when the song came out (1976) I was 16. How were u 13?
@@scottcreech9936 he said he was about 13
@Kerrie Nich, me neither, and some days there are no colors, only shades of gray…
Oh...61...me too... however this song and the meaning is timeless... absolutely
This song came out in 1976 when Jackson was only 28 years old. As a songwriter I want to know how could such a young man have this much wisdom. I'm 56 and I'm just figuring out these things now. Oh , and he wrote " These Days " at 16 years old. God Bless You Jackson Browne !!!!
Graig Whitney That could be said of a lot of musicians Most were in their 20s
@@georgeevangel3233 I agree that the 20's are the primary years of Songwriting . I could write a song a week in my 20's . I don't think that you got the meaning of my comment . Most Songwriters in their 20's could not write a Masterpiece like this , because in your 20's you think that you have life by the balls !!! It's not until you get in your late 40's or 50's , that you come to the realization that life had you the whole time , and you were just a " Pretender " !!! I mean , " Out into the cool of the evening Strolls the Pretender . He knows that all his hopes and dreams , begin and end there " . You just do not have that experience under your belt in your 20's my friend !!! I am assuming you are older like myself , so you know exactly what I was trying to say if you think about it !!! Jackson Browne was definitely not a "Pretender " at 28 years old !!! That's what I was trying to imply by my comment . I won't even get into the implication of writing " These Days " at 16 years old , because that's on a whole other level of insight !!!!
@@Craig-bz3dm I was thinking of Cat Stevens. He wrote a lot of great music in his early 20s, one song even in Spanish How he acquired that wisdom at such a young age always baffled me
@@georgeevangel3233 Oh I absolutely agree about Cat Stevens !!! He was 22 when he released it Tea For The Tillerman , one of my Favorite Albums of the 70's !!!
What a great memo you wrote here! Me at 11 years old in 76 I recall this song so well on the radio...I used to have this and still do btw song humming in my head on a loop...hence why I'm here today!
My Dad loved Jackson Browne, he would always tell me to listen to the lyrics, I never really understood them untill after he passed... 💔 😢 Timeless music.
That’s so touching. I feel for you and have much respect for your Dad. I would have liked him. No doubt.
Pamela Ruth Lee. I'm a pianist and played this. I sing also. Love Jackson Browne. Thanks for the memories.❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊😊😅😊😊
I’m retired now in my 60’s. And this song hits home, growing up as a teen in the 70’s.
same, except no retirement avail for me... so this music and JT, etc gets me thru every day
I’m still struggling for that legal tender at the ripe age of 61,I can still hold my own with the young ones . It just hurts doing it more now lol
Move at a measured pace and never surrender.
That’s s Corey Hart song 😀
I think this is probably the happiest sounding sad song ever written
outkast hey ya got ya beat
I'd say 'Obladi, Oblada' beats it by just a nose.:)
What do you find sad about "Obladi, Oblada"?
Chris Strunk that's it brother KEEP LISTENING TO THE WORDS OFTHE POETS.
Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen is the happiest sounding sad song.
His lyrics here are as good as anything Dylan ever wrote.
Really....
; - )
cynthia rouse transcendent
Everyman
@@patgorn3817 *before autotune, people had real talent.....*
; - )
@cynthia rouse relax cindyj
@@nickpavona3326 I am....but I still think this is a great tune. The lyrics are perfect....
; - )
@cynthia, I know, I know, just having a laugh. Enjoy !
Woke up to the birds chirping and the lyrics to this number runnin' through my head. Through this rollercoaster of life, at 64 years young, still tryin' to hold onto the good times. Peace, love and harmony going out to everyone.
67 here and the same here.
37, me and my nephews will carry on this song. Hopefully they show their children. God bless you brothers.
This was played at my brothers memorial and I couldn't listen to it for about 6 years after his death. I still barely get through without tears. I love Jackson Browne, always have. Saw him in the 1970's and was suppose to see him next month but now it will be next year. I will sob big tears if he should do this song, but that's okay, music moves us in so many ways.
very poignant lyrics and very beautiful..
The song sends a message to me that we are slaves to not just money but those that control it ! It's sad when you are just compartmented !
I always loved this song. Lost my wife 2 yrs. Ago . Life can be lonier than I've ever known .
Awesome song ; sorry for your loss Debbie 😔💔
@@billbeamer5342 I'm sorry for your loss....be strong and help someone to the light..
For over 35 years worked in hot nasty machine shops six to seven days a week ten to twelve hours a shift . Now my strength has gone . My health gone . God bless the pretender all of us .
Amen!
know what you mean, been delivering food for 20 years.
I feel your pain Brother
♥
I think this is the poignant and sorrowful message of the song. We are all the Pretender.
Starting out so young and strong, full of dreams and fire. But life surely drains you of every last hope, slows you down until the fire are only ashes that choke you in your throat.
His songs are about the frailty and hopelessness of life, how youth is really the only good time because you think your dreams are real.
As an old man the lyrics ring so true for those of us that dared to have dreams
Wait! Are you THE Tom Waite of music fame?
Dream on brother. If only a few come true it can only get better.
You are so very right about that... , I am 67 years old but I remember that time very well c'est la vie
How dare us
Beautiful ! Perfectly stated .
Saddest and most piercing song I can remember. God, this song hits hard.
Strategos Gaming Spot on.
God helped him write it sun shine
Really really really good music
Love Jackson Brown and anybody that never has herd him thare loss I hope that thay discover him one day.
We all are "pretenders" to some degree or another. We all have secret dreams and secret regrets.............
One of the most underrated and prolific songwriters of all time.
Vince Fisher truly profound.
I’m a happy idiot
Underrated? Everyone at least knows him for co-writing Take It Easy.
In Tom Petty's bio Jackson Browne said, "I've known him for a long time but I can't say that I really KNOW him." I'm biased in favour of brilliant keyboard artists because that's my instrument but I'm very aware that that makes one a one man orchestra, despite the band behind you. Both artists were supreme and underrated but I do understand the slight gap in understanding. Tom Petty needed a family and found the best form in his band: and still found himself in a position that guaranteed him loneliness. Despite his many social defences (humour was a great one, never mind the fucking sunglasses he needed glasses period … it was impossible not to love him as a human being. Mutatis mutanda, I also think that Jackson Browne deals with emotional themes while maintaining a certain distance, if that makes any sense at all. Tom's music was emotionally HUGE: in the Heartbreakers' house there were many mansions, for each of us to find ourselves. In a Venn diagram they had a really big area in common but the periphery was crucially different. We need them both. The very best.
The best!!!
He , Springsteen and Seger tell great stories in their songs
Totally agree. Marley, Collins, Clapton... Also
and James Taylor, listen to Millworker
You got it Ken . I agree with you .
Where have all the greatest artists gone? Perhaps they could offer tutorials to the up and coming..,
Don’t forget Al Stewart
I believe this man is anointed to write and sing.
with severe levels of conviction.
I thought that of a best selling author I know too. Truly, I think it's a lot of discipline too. Sitting down and writing relentlessly when you do not feel it happening. The story will tell itself. I could be wrong, however.
mark brock, I think you are right too, Mr. Brock. It does take discipline, 💁🏻♀️ but you can’t make a ballerina out of an elephant.
What did you think of the critics' rave and lifting-up of "Lawyers In Love?' To me, it was overrated, probably because of the video interpretation, causing [intended] message to be transformed into this saccharine cliche endlessly spinning in the mainstream rinse cycle.
@@kiamichiozarks7056 , I would be that said elephant. I don't have what it takes to be a good musician! LOL!
“ I been aware of the time passing by, they say the end it’s in the blink of an eye”.....
Yep. The days go by so slow, but the years fly by
Let's hope it is the blink of an eye. Sadly me & my family are stuck in FL. "Art is long, Time is fleeting." We are in the EpiCenter of the Virus, grossly mishandled by DJT and Gov R. DeSantis. We are former NYers, I saw @jacksonbrowne in concert many, many times. He is the penultimate poet, lyricist and musician. I am also The Pretender. Adeiu my friends and family, in the event that only our son, Dylan Jerome (named after Robert Zimmerman and Jerome Jerry Garcia, born at the end of the Millennial's and beginning of the GenX ) will survive to forge a life on the little Planet called Earth...just a blip in the Universe. I surrender. Any women left...get out and Vote for Change. There is always hope......
The older we become~the TRUER that is. :)
I grew up in LA like all pretenders put my thirty years in left LA and moved far away. All I left are my memories of the good times I had. Things will always change I can accept that. This future of day to day nothingness is hard to accept. My old world has passed far away and the new world I am forced to accept offers nothing that a person would want or need.
@@mdemma60
I can feel your concern and I am hoping and praying for you and your family.
It's funny for me because when I was younger I didn't appreciate great songs like this because it was too slow for me.
Now that I'm older and hopefully a little wiser I can appreciate it and understand what it means.
Its by far the most beautifully depressing song ive ever heard . no one has even come close to writting and singing the dipication of what a pretender really is. And so many have lived and still live it everyday. Jack is a very talented man . its spot on Jack . Thanks i love it
After my 23 year marriage ended, I found myself a girl who showed me what laughter means, and we filled in the missing colors in each other's paint by number dreams. I still struggle for the legal tender, but I come home to a wonderful loving woman. And yes, when the morning light comes streaming in, we get it up again.
Happy for you Man. Everyboby deserves some calm in their life.
Yep. Im hoping for a chapter 3. . Salute 22 years here. Fun in this century. We got this.
Bc we love fantastic music.
Good on you
Love love love!
Right on dude
I wanted to say.. Tears in my eyes ❤️🙏 I'm 23 but fan of Jackson Browne since years.
I m also fan of Mick Jagger since I was 3 years old
I'm from holland. 🙂
Masterful lyrics, they are! I somehow consider this my theme song. I'll bet I'm not the only one? I'm 63.
Certainly not!
Norman Geuder agree completely. My all-time favorite. Sixty five years old.
Amen brother.
Norman Geuder
All of us. Every last one.
58 and do it every day.
“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
Oscar Wilde
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Amen, Will
Well done. Short, sharp and clever. Best wishes to you and yours.
Thank you for this
@@johnveitch4898 And also to you and yours my friend, Will
@@LyTashaRachelle Bless You Dear Lady, Please Stay Strong, Will
Completely Beautiful and True.
I'm So Grateful for you, reminding me of this quote from my old friend Oscar! (; He's definitely a favorite poet of mine, probably found him when I was listening to Jackson... now 56, these Lovely Men soothe my Soul even more so!
Thanks again, Hope this finds you well during this pandemic. Take Care and Blessings 💛
I'm 56 y/o and have heard this masterpiece song many times over the years, but this is the first time I can remember where I just sat and listened to him sing the lyrics while I read them on the screen and I feel devastated because I feel like he was singing about my life. I've been a musician since I was a kid and as I was growing up my only goal was to be a professional musician and I intended to go to Berkley for music production, but after high school I took a couple years off to play music full time and after seeing many musicians in their 40's and 50's living paycheck to paycheck, I talked myself out of it and decided to do the "responsible" thing and become a professional. I ended up going through many years of school to become a medical professional and I have to say, I've regretted that decision over and over again throughout the years.
You're still hear. You made the right decision, especially if you raised kids. Retire and do music. It's never too late. Check out the film A Thousand Clowns.
@@joemarshall4226 Thanks
He is sing about all our lives
The longing for love is not a solution, even though it seems the better path when compared to the "struggle for the legal tender". Jackson would tell you that a career in music is no salvation either. The pretender lives in all of us, and there is no cure to his appetites inside ourselves or anywhere on earth.
Yes.We've all regrets.But the music has remained. Thank God,for you're understanding of the language music.
44 Years on and it's still touching people, never heard this before tonight. Man, I hung on every subtitle
Glad you came upon it, a Jackson classic! I first heard it in the mid-70s, when FM radio became popular in my city.
One hell of a great musician
I discovered Jackson Browne in College back in 2015. My god his lyrics are just amazing. I’m ashamed my generation has no idea who he is.. that’s sad. If there was a kid in his 20’s singing these lyrics they would be Blown away but since he was around in the 70’s they will never know.
It's not hard to find older music..
They just have an ignorant attitude...if it's old dont bother..
My kids are grown now but when they were teenagers they found my music stash and they were blown away. They love the music from the decade before they were born, knowing that their parents were listening to the treasure they found didn't have any bearing on the fact that the music was the better than anything that was available to them in that wonder time before adulthood had to move in. I am very pleased that they could appreciate the greatest music decade that ever was and probably will ever be.
I started listening to Jackson brown about the same time in college too
Just look at it this way " It's ours we're gonna enjoy it ! "
Have you ever heard his Hold Out?
I want to know what became of the changes,we waited for love to bring
They happened, slowly, like rust on steel
Very prophetic words for today. I grew up in the 60s and yes we thought all we needed was love. We were going to change the world and we have in profound ways not always for the better. Peace is still illusive. The world remains on the verge of chaos.
They don't write lyrics like this anymore. Such an absolute beautiful and meaningful song. Songs like this are why the youth are slowly abandoning modern music and finding their way back to these standards
Nina Martinez
Yeah well kids are getting accused of being shallow and stupid and have been deprived of feeling songs like this.
They do. Taylor Goldsmith - A Little Bit of Everything.
Jackson Browne is truly one of the best songwriters. He paints such a perfect picture that you can visualize in your mind and marries it to a beautiful melody. He can stir up so many emotions and bring back memories of a simpler time in life. I’ll be 46 in April and I feel myself longing for my younger days and this music just hits home big time! I love JB!
Man you are young I just turned 60 so when this was released you were not born I believe I'm happy you know it stay strong
Keep on truckin - I'm 72 & have loved every minute of life & hope for many more
Wow, absolute poetry . . .
OKAY, THOUGH GETTING OLDER BY THE SECOND, SITE DIMMING, HEARING QUESTIONABLE. ARTHRITIC FINGERS STILL CARESSING VIOLIN & SAX, JAW STILL STRUGGLES TOHOLD UP, I HAVE TO YIELD TO THIS SONG'S MESSAGE, HAVING PLAYED A BIT FOR PEOPLE & ANIMALS TOO.HERE I AM, JHERE I STAY, IF I FALL DOWN, LET ME LAT, THIS WAY, STILL ABLE TO HEAR, TAP MY TOES, TAKE JACKSON'S IMAGINARY FANTASY FLIGHT, BOOSTED BY DAVID'S DREAM IMDUCING LICKS ON LAP GUITAR & VIOLIN, PUNCTUATED BY MS. "ROSEMARY BUTLERS' SOARING VOICE, JIM GORDON'S DRUMMING, & THE KEYBOARDIST, BASSIST, & BACK UP SINGERS CONTRIBUTIONS.
Yes to wink of af eye
I can think of no other song so lyrically perfect, that embodies all that there is about Life. This is the song that even Bob Dylan wished he could have written.
This is the only song that I can relate to as far as the way I did live my life from when I was 19 when I 1st heard it ! Till know that I'm 65 ! & now I'm running on empty on the short side of life !
I’m 67...agree. Special song...sung by a special man. Thanks JB.
My favorite verse “And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each other's paint-by-number dreams”.
aw...........................LOVE
Your such a romantic! O were it that easy!
But yeah...my favorite verse also!
Can't be a Jackson Browne fan without this near the top of your favorites from this artist.
Ray Whittington
Amen
Its there
Damn right, this and Late For The Sky, For A Dancer and so many more are just heartbreaking, spellbinding nuggets of musical bliss.
Cant be a music fan i general without loving this song
Anyone as nostalgic as I am, songs like this hurt...in a great way.
I'm like you♡
Yes.
It proves you are still human.. Jackson wrote of us.
Amen to that... you're not alone, my Friend. Love and Prayers 💛
@@imamorninglory And so much more to you...may love and kindness always be given to you.
Jackson Browne saved my life with his music when I was in my 20s!!!
Think he has done that for many
Your such a drama queen!!
GREAT!!!!!
I think this song is the soundtrack of my life.
Beautiful tune by Mr browne
For many of us
Fred Paddon the soundtrack of s lot of our lives.
I was a teenager when the coolest Hippy I'd ever met,Norm,introduced me to Jackson Browne! Norm told me the most important thing in Life is to be "Cool"....Doesn't matter what happens just say ,"That's Cool" to everything...........Your best friend steals your girl,"That's Cool"..........Your Car Blows up,"That's Cool"......He was true to his word,when they sacked him, I was there, and he just turned casually to them and said,you guessed it,'That's Cool" and swaggered out of there like he owned the planet! In that moment he did.....it was the Coolest thing I've ever seen! lmfao
This song so reminds me of my mom and dad. My dad woke up every morning at 3am filled his thermos with coffee, packed about three ham and turkey sandwiches and a couple of Coke's and prepared for his commute to work where he did hazmat removal for 25 years only to be laid off at the age of 45 and have to find a new career driving a semi truck. He worked to the bone for that legal tender.
The song says it all. " True love could have been a contender " Great poet, song.
I'm a pretender, too.
This album is the one Christmas present from 1976 I still have.
nice!
Heartwrenching. No more to be said.
Thanks again, you tube , for keeping this classic song up . Beautiful music never dies. 🎤🎵🎹
One of those deeply meaningful songs that take a while before you can experience the existential truth contained in the lyrics. Sounds better today but it feels so much more.
I'm 71 and he just sang my whole life😥
Right on Lawrence...I hear that statement so well...me also and I sang this song my whole life knowing that the meaning would strike me a cord at some point...TODAY!
Jackson Browne taught Bruce how to be The Boss
No, that was Van Morrison.
Thanks Megan - JB is one of the most underappreciated poets of our time, and this one is a favorite!!!
You're very welcome! He is a wonderful musician and songwriter.
-Justin Bieber-
@@megan_smith I wish I could
There is something about Jackson Browne's voice... it's like a gut punch to the soul. :) This song is brilliant; it does such a good job of showing the struggle to come to grips with the life we thought we would have and the life we ended up with. My favorite line is "Are you there? Say a prayer for the pretender. Who started out so young and strong -- only to surrender". I think we can all relate to that feeling.
It’s very poignant. That’s for sure. Beautiful song.
My girlfriend now wife bought this 8 track in 1977..we listened in our 68 mustang lots. I still have the 8 track
@@thomashanlon4734 what a nice memory
My favorite is
the veteran asleep at the traffic light, dreaming of the fight
Truer lyrics could not have been wrtten!
Thank you for a song that i dedicate to my friend lonnie. He just passed on.
l loved this song when I was preteen Im now
56 yrs. old and wish and Pray for my 27 yr. old son now.
As an older Boomer, 62, I never sold out. This song is more poignant than ever.
The pretender that Jackson Browne is referring to has gotta be Biden! I have my own lyrics to that song about him!
@@Misspoohbearify Really????? WTF. This is an obituary of the hippie generation who sold out their beliefs for the $.
@@stoneman28 Hey screw you! I couldn't give a rats ass what you have to say about me. Look at the thread.... never sold out for sh*t! Get outta here troll
@@Misspoohbearify I didn't say you sold out. But it certainly isn't about Biden.
Love, Love, Love Jackson Browne. Beautiful man
Indeed
...One of my favorite tunes...offers a reflection on one's quest and struggles to make an imprint in this great miracle called life.
Young as he was he sure had a way of telling a story from the perspective of someone who has lived an entire lifetime.
Old soul...
John Prine is the same type of writer....
Poetic soul. Real Eyes Realize♡
Time is our greatest gift make your days count
My dad is so humble about how much success God blessed him with. Even legal issues. My education has been priceless. We talk about God and the real important man that has always been……
Soooo very glad you were blessed with such a great loving father, who led you to such a greater Father, who only wants the best for all of us. ❤
"Say a prayer for the pretender
Who started out so young and strong
Only to surrender"
How shockingly real, all the dreams of youth fade away only to have to resign to run in the Rat Race. My God, what happened?
We never had one clue as to how truly difficult and complicated life really was. As Jackson said in another song..."What an Empty Surprise".........
Great song, but too cynical for me . Life is how you choose to live it and view it, not some heaven on earth fanciful pipe dream.
Life got in the way my friend.
double down. its not too late. dont surrender and more, or surrender less.
But it's tough: "Caught between the longing for love and the struggle for the legal tender."
There's always bills you have to pay that seem to keep you away from who & what you love.
I remember my uncle Mike use to love this song May He Rest In Peace, I Do Miss Him So Much.
Amen.
One of my favorite songs. This is song about life.
I am almost 25. This song has been one of my favorites since I was about 20. It brings me to my knees every time, as I deeply resonate with the lyrics...💔
The saddest thing is that everyone who posts a comment here is my age or older. Now, if only we could get younger people to listen to music like this. Ahhhh, doesn't every generation say that? But in this case I think i is true. Hip Hop and Rap have meaning? Nope. This does.
When you listen to a song like this it really makes you aware of how far the "music" industry has fallen.
So true!
Thank You todays songs are shit,no they really are,one thing thou you have to realise that every chord combination has been used up many years ago so there will never be any new music!Who needs new music we had it all in the 70s!
Amen!🙏🏼
@@roblangsworld Yes, Don't think they can write anything new or more meaningful than these years in music. A truly Magical time of music... So many different Types and Styles. I feel Blessed to have lived during this time. I believe, Kids today are at a disadvantage because of the different struggles- we can't imagine, I'm sure. I brought my children up with '60, '70, some '80s music and I do think it's made a difference in their attitudes even with music. Must always be Grateful for the Music! Hope you're doing well. Take Care.
@@imamorninglory Well put! My Daughter is Pregnant and is playing all that music to her child, my future Grandchild , in the Womb!
Musical poetry, by one of the most talented, yet humble human beings, ever. TIMELESS.
Spot on!
Mr. Jackson Browne was such an old soul.
Still is... he ain't dead yet.
How did a kid write the words of an old guy .. genius .rock on kid
@@danielsutton2031 His father had agroup of guys to the house all the time. He grew up in the midst of music and musicians. (he said in video)
It was a completely different generation then!
Man this brings me back to being a teenager putting this song on the radio back in the early 80s when we had crappie cassette tapes i had to becarful cuz if you used fast foward sometimes it ate your tape then you were out 4 or 5 bucks for the cassette lol but this song the girl down the block and 2 or 3 bricks of MD 20/20 for me and a bottle of strawberry boonsfarm for her and a warm summer night and it was history after that man i miss the old days things were so much easier back then things made sense no internet cell phones nothing if you wanted to talk to someone you called them at home or stop by there house and if they were home good if not you rode around till you found them or someone else it wasnt hard a few stores a couple hang out places and boom there they were and the weekends we all had a place we would meet up at we knew someone would be there so it was no reason for cell phones sorry to ramble on but i love memories lol
erik wallin with you man no days things so impersonal
Well said Brother and MD 20-20 gave me the worst hangover, 3 Days. Stay off the hard stuff @ age 52.5.
Did you live my life?cruzin around on the weekend or going to the hanging out place. Dam I would go back to the 80s and I would never look back
I think I first heard it on an 8 track in my dad's Datsun 280Z
Kids in these times could not imagine the good times we had without electronics...Payphones , 1.25 cent gas with a junker '57 chevy we picked up for 150.00..oh did we have fun. oh yes ,the best music ever created playing on our 8 tracks & modern cassettes...you got it Eric.
Love Jackson Brown! This song played on the radio on July 4th on my way to work, and it hit me deep in my heart. How appropriate. Need more artists like this, especially in this day and age. He's genuine and one of the best artists ever.
Jackson is clearly in a class by himself! Touching song!!!
1976. She was smart, full of fun, life and laughs and so beautiful. She had soft hazel eyes, long raven dark hair and was somehow lean, slender and curvy all at the same time. And she set me on fire. Made me wake with a smile every morning. Even now, nearly forty years later I can still picture her in that dark dance hall. She was dancing to the pretenders, "brass in pocket," and lost in the music. She wore a tiny black dress and sneakers and was all legs, brown eyed smiles, swinging hips and hair her arms pumping to the tune going wild as the music played. She took my breath away. Then this track by Jackson browne came on. She looked at me, threw her arms around my neck and just somehow melted into me as we danced. "I`ve got this LP. lets get outa here and go listen to it." That LP played all night. Clicked on, played through, then clicked on again. I dont think either of us heard a note. Finally wrapped around each other in that intimacy of lovers we lay still. I heard her breath soften and she slept her head on my chest. It was then I heard this track playing. I distinctly remember thinking to myself as she slept in my arms, "Well you`ve shown me what laughter means. I`m a happy idiot." Then I saw dawn streaming in through the curtains and smiled, as I knew what would happen when she awoke.....In forty years there has not been one single time when I`ve not thought about her if this track (or any other Jackson browne song) played, no matter where I was or whoever I was with.
+MrRainjunky such a lovely memory :)
+MrRainjunky ---wow.....well said.
MrRainjunky That is very cool memory to hold! I am 50 years old and hope and Pray to have mine too! Thank u for sharing!!
MrRainjunky
MrRainjunky , Man, that is a beautiful story :)
“I'm gonna find myself a girl
Who can show me what laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each other's paint by number dreams”
Wow just genius lyrics! What mind thinks of writing that beauty?
💝💯
You are so spot on~ His lyrics are always pure magic and heart , Let us give thanks to J B and his blessings of his wisdom for these rocky roads.........
Nice !
My favorite lines. My husband turned me on to him in 1979. This was our favorite song. He would always sing this verse to me,loud. Played it at his funeral. Myself my son and daughter went to see him in concert a year later,in New Jersey. Still makes me cry.
Within 2 weeks of his death,I heard this playing in Lowe's and I knew it was a sign. A week later, on the radio.
I have loved his music for 50 yrs. I finally got to see him at the Orpheum in Memphis. Amazing really.
For some reason, I don't know why, I always loved the movie "Mr. Holland's Opus". I was 14 when that movie came out. It had a great soundtrack, and this song was featured on it. Between the scene it was used in, and the content of the song, I love it from that moment to this. I think somehow I knew, without having any life experience yet, that these lyrics were what life was about and always would be. It was a premonition, or a resonance, or something like that. Whatever it was, it's an amazing song.
right on. Mr Holland's Opus is a brilliant film
This was one of those songs that had little meaning to me when I was young. Now that I've gotten into my 40's and have been married for a couple decades I can appreciate this song more. After my dad passed away, and one of my best friends died of a heart attack at age 50, It really forced me to re-examine my life. Life is a relentless treadmill...and sometimes you have to step off every now and again and give yourself a break- otherwise you are no good for yourself, you spouse, you family- this is why I go spend a week in a remote wilderness area on vacation every year now.....and this song and the aforementioned life events played a huge roll in why I have to get away from the world on vacation...to get away from the rat race.
One of the best singer/songwriter of our generation ❤
Goddammit, what a song.
Jack Epstein Fucking Aye!!!!Yesssssss!!!!!!!!
This has been my theme song for years, and this looks like the street I grew up on. Beautiful👍👍👍!
I'm going to rent myself a house
In the shade of the freeway
Gonna pack my lunch in the morning
And go to work each day
And when the evening rolls around
I'll go on home and lay my body down
And when the morning light comes streaming in
I'll get up and do it again
Amen
Say it again
Amen
I want to know what became of the changes
We waited for love to bring
Were they only the fitful dreams
Of some greater awakening
I've been aware of the time going by
They say in the end it's the wink of an eye
When the morning light comes streaming in
You'll get up and do it again
Amen
Caught between the longing for love
And the struggle for the legal tender
Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring
And the junk man pounds his fender
Where the veterans dream of the fight
Fast asleep at the traffic light
And the children solemnly wait
For the ice cream vendor
Out into the cool of the evening
Strolls the Pretender
He knows that all his hopes and dreams
Begin and end there
Ah the laughter of the lovers
As they run through the night
Leaving nothing for the others
But to choose off and fight
And tear at the world with all their might
While the ships bearing their dreams
Sail out of sight
I'm gonna find myself a girl
Who can show me what laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each other's paint by number dreams
And then we'll put our dark glasses on
And we'll make love until our strength is gone
And when the morning light comes streaming in
We'll get up and do it again
Get it up again
I'm gonna be a happy idiot
And struggle for the legal tender
Where the ads take aim and lay their claim
To the heart and the soul of the spender
And believe in whatever may lie
In those things that money can buy
Thought true love could have been a contender
Are you there
Say a prayer for the Pretender
Who started out so young and strong
Only to surrender
Say a prayer for the pretender
Are you there for the pretender
Say a prayer for the pretender
Are you there for the pretender
Are you prepared for the pretender
I have seen Jackson twice in concert. The first time was in a tiny basketball arena in Leiman, Germany. 3,000 people jammed into that tiny space.....hot, sweaty, magic.
Philippines.
Seen him 12 timed. Awesome
" ... It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live ... "
(Dumbledore to Harry, p. 214, Book 1)
In the End it’s the wink of an eye
Amazing
Amen
Jackson brown makes my day so much better when I'm having a bad day.. thanx jackson for the amazing music n lifetime of memories.. my dad was a single dad raising me and he passed when I was 13 alot of my memories of him consist of your music
Miss my husband Tom
I know what you're saying, miss my husband Matt
Bless you ladies ❤️
Reading this made my heart full, thanks
It's hard when I feel like I'm alone but I know that I'm really not.
My husband died when I was 33 with two babies but the years flew by... Feeling alone seems harder now that they're young adults.
I've got more time on my hands to sit and Think, which can drive Humans Crazy! LoL!
We're not alone though... keep the Faith, Sending Love, Be Well and Blessings 💛
This song made me a fan of his decades ago.
this is one of the most beautiful songs ever. it feels so smart and caring. it feels like the 70's. okay, i was born in the 80's, so i don't really know that, but if nothing else it feels like a slow summer night in a quieter time. it's to the ears what the movie bull durham is like to my eyes and ears.
Awesome song perfect video. Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it! :)
so talented, so under appreciated! 🖤
hey .....aka Kara J.......He's not under appreciated. You should get out more, if you are able...:)
@@robertshea5663 ive never thought of jackson as being under appreciated bc he isnt
everyone says how they feel the meaning of the song and how they've worked and done all the stuff from the lyrics
im just some teenager who grew up on the song not looking forward to stuggling for the legal tender
An amazingly good song, made even more amazing by the fact that it's a song about losing that fire as you grow older, but was released when Jackson Browne was only 28 years old. So insightful.
Old soul... He is still amazing 😀
time for a slowdown ......you think the simple times were'nt so bad you think? becaust it could all end in a new your minute i think about that........ wow
Oh , for the days when I din't know what "cash flow" meant.
One of the best songs ever recorded from one of the best albums ever produced. Just freakin' wow. Poignant isn't even enough of a word to describe this masterpiece - musically & philosophically.
"...And tear at the world with all their might
While the ships bearing their dreams
Sail out of sight..." 😥💔
Today at Walmart I ran into two old friends I've known for over 40 years. This song is all I could think of on the way home. Brought back a lot of memories. Those days, that was the good stuff!
jackson brown..was my go to guy...when i was young...and that first hit.....took over
Damn this Jam brings back so many memories!Growing up in the 60's & 70's.
I'm 29 years old and I heard this song for the first time yesterday. Instantly fell in love, I'm going through such a tough time right now and this song is so relaxing. Just beautiful, they really dont make anything close to this anymore
Well put
Im 51 and found this song when I was 50 and it is my favorite
What a great tune and superb lyrics.👌 I'm in tears right now. My beautiful wife brought me here. Thanks, Y... Love you, girl!
When they do the film bio of my life (never), this will be the music for the scenes from Los Angeles in the summer of 1979.
Summer of 79 was a special time for me also, I go back there often.
We do slowly surrender
Yes we do. Every single one of us. We'll said.
they will all do you wrong. the only power you posse is to chose which ones do you wrong less. and the you settle
Stuck between the longing for love in the struggle for the legal tender
Never surrender! Just approach the issue from another way.
I love your coment!!💖