I love all the songs where Lew is singing. Everyone can relate to this song. Just change the year and it;s your story. They were total class and there will never be anyone like them again.
COULD NOT agree more about Lew. We had no idea what a treasure we had. First concert I ever saw. It was at Freedom Hall in Louisville. Line that resonates? Things get complicated when you get past 18.
Class of '87, and this song still is true. 494 others, and me. Dreams realized and dashed, but the song portrays life. "Things get complicated, when you get past 18". So true.
I was just thinking that if this song was updated for today that the class of '87 would be about right. Some of the lyrics would need updating (I doubt that the 12 remaining Sears stores have many truckers) but what was true then is every bit as true today.
If one had never seen the Statler Brothers in concert they don't know what they missed. They are total class like you said and one of the best country and popular performers we'll ever see.
Add in the Oak Ridge Boys too. I was fortunate enough to see both of these groups shows in northern Indiana just outside Chicago during the summer of 1990.
Saw them at the Colorado state fair, would probably have been in the early 2000's (I brought my not yet wife - the show was not her speed but I guess she married me anyway). They talked about this being their last tour - I remember it like yesterday. Don said they weren't sick or anything, then turned to Herold who shrugged like 'speak for yourself', and the audience laughed. Then said they'd been touring for 40-some years, and ready to quit. Definitely a class act, and I'm not even a country or even necessarily gospel fan.
Growing up I can remember when we would go from St. Louis to Branson, Missouri this would play on the 8 Track that my father and mother made of all of their favorite songs. I love the hard rock and pop but I really love these songs.
One of the best song the Statler Brothers ever did. I grew up in Staunton, Va. I lived 4 houses down from Don Reid. One of the most down to earth men you will ever meet. All of them were great to meet. I love you guys.
Oh I remember going to the Staunton city park and listen to them since I was a small child I am now 60 years old and I still love them as much now as I did then I really miss them and their music I wish we can have the music like they had today so the children of today to know what it's really like to love music and the people that sing it and that you can understand it my children grew up loving this of course now they've changed but that being said they show up every fourth of July and I am so very very happy that their children are now carrying on their legacy
This song played at my gym on New Year's Day this year. The Statler Brothers were one of my dad's favorites & this song, in particular, mentions my mom's name. I stood in the gym, crying. I told my sister Mom & Dad visited me today. She said the same song played the night before for her. It's incredible to believe that Mom & Dad payed us visits in the same way at almost the same time. & I do miss Harold Reid's humor. They certainly were a class act in every sense of the word.
The sign of real talent is if a band can sound as good live as they do in the recording studio, and the Statlers pull this off perfectly in this video.
A song that is so true to life. You will never be as close with another group as you were with your friends in high school, but after graduation that all fizzles practically overnight.
I live in East Tennessee. A radio station in Morristown plays old (great country) . I think you can hear it on the net . 93.3 fm. Hope you can find it, if you can and get to listen to it ,you are welcome
Go to TH-cam and look for statler's on Barbara Mandrel show. I think it's one of the funniest things Harold ever did! I miss all the great songs of the time.
I saw them in concert 3 times back in the 1980's at the Indiana State Fair. Lew DeWitt was retired by then. They were awesome. They got a curtain call and standing ovation at the end of each concert. I sure miss the country music of the 1970's and 1980's. Many great artists back then.
I love this song and I'm only 10 years old. Actually I've been listening to music like this since I was 4 years old, but still I love old music it's my favorite
What a great song by one of the greatest quartets of all time! This song rings so true for us of the class of 1957 (Valley HS, Albuquerque, NM). All we have to do is substitute the names of the folks in this song and memories or our 1957 classmates come to life. We did have our dreams...and now we are just a very small part of history. Thank you, Statlers for this song as well as the many other great ones you gave all of us!
Played this song for my kids when they were in high school. I told them listen closely to the part, "things get complicated when you get past eighteen", years later they both understand this very well.
Always loved this song, doesnt matter what year you graduated high school, we all had our dreams. Hey. I just saw another video, of a tribute group to the Statlers. They really did a good job.
Not only one of the greatest Country Quartets, but also one of the greatest quartets of the music industry of all time. I played everyone of their hits on the radio, but never got to meet them in person. RIP Harold!
I met these guys when I was 12. I am 47 now. I had the Old Testament Album and wore it out, Now I have the cassettes of both the old and the new testaments. They just don't make music like this anymore, so much feeling and heart and soul in every note, harmonies and melodies that are unrivaled. Thanks for sharing your talent with us, boys, love you all and Jimmy, too.
Saw them in concert....sang to every one of their songs...just like the entire crowd ..we all knew pretty much every word from every verse... awesome concert!!!
I'm going to be 52 on July 31, 2020. This song takes me right back to being a little kid, in the car, with my parents on the weekly drive to see one of my aunts for Sunday dinner.
I was the class of '79 graduating from Grover Cleveland High in NYC. Grew up listening to country and two good friends also took to country as well. The Statler Brothers and Oak Ridge Boys were among our favorites.
I was just a year behind you Harold - I was class of '58. Thanks for the memories, and for the fabulous lyrics. These lyrics touch on a little bit of everything... our hopes and dreams and insecurities and fears, and triumphs and failures, our confidence and confusion. That seems kind of unique. Ed
There's one line from this song that I believe is true for all generations: "Maybe we just thought the world would change to fit our needs". Too many people are disillusioned because they think the world needs to change just for them instead of them trying to adapt to an ever changing world.
I love how all the country performers in the 60s & 70s took pride in how the looked on stage. The so-called country music performers try to look like they got their clothes out of the dirty clothes pile & they just woke up & got out of bed & decided to walk on stage!!! Much love from Mobile Alabama.
'57 was the year I was supposed to graduate, but like a lot of us I had to get married in56. I'm sorry I didn't graduate, but I did get my GED. I love all of the Statler Bros. songs.
I graduated from WHS the big rival to WMHS. I went back for my fortieth reunion a few years ago and got to drive down Lew Dewitt Boulevard between Waynesboro and Fishersville.
Harold Reid died yesterday April24, 2020. The bass singer is gone but not forgotten. RIP Harold.
Which one is he ? 😢
Amen !
@@Kathy-bk6cgif you watched this video all the way through, and you still don’t know, you need to leave.
He was my favorite
Sorry for your loss 🙏.
I love all the songs where Lew is singing. Everyone can relate to this song. Just change the year and it;s your story. They were total class and there will never be anyone like them again.
And I think that by 2010 people with Chron’s disease have the same life expectancy....just born 20 years too early.....what a loss......
I love this song
COULD NOT agree more about Lew. We had no idea what a treasure we had. First concert I ever saw. It was at Freedom Hall in Louisville. Line that resonates? Things get complicated when you get past 18.
I agree.
No one can ever touch these guys.
You said it! Nobody!
Nope. Not ever
How about 'best country music band of all time?'
Class of '87, and this song still is true. 494 others, and me. Dreams realized and dashed, but the song portrays life. "Things get complicated, when you get past 18". So true.
I was just thinking that if this song was updated for today that the class of '87 would be about right. Some of the lyrics would need updating (I doubt that the 12 remaining Sears stores have many truckers) but what was true then is every bit as true today.
My dad’s favorite song... we used sit and talk and listen to this... he died last year... I thought I would listen again...
The Statler Brothers always reminds me of my mother. ❤
NOW 83 I WAS CLASS OF '54....BUT OH HOW I RELATED TO THIS PRECIOUS STORY SONG. HAVE HEARD IT HUNDREDS OF TIMES!!!
I was in the class of '57 & we just had our 60th reunion.
I’ve been a big fan of you Statlers since I was n the class of 1958 .. still am at my age of 83. ❤️❤️🙏🙏
Lew passed on early an now we've lost Harold ! Some of the best music was sang by these guys an we will always remember them ! May the R.I.P
Rest in Peace Harold Reid. You Guy's were Great.
This song always chokes me up.
This song always brings a great big smile to my face, great childhood memories
Lew was a superstar really
If one had never seen the Statler Brothers in concert they don't know what they missed. They are total class like you said and one of the best country and popular performers we'll ever see.
Add in the Oak Ridge Boys too. I was fortunate enough to see both of these groups shows in northern Indiana just outside Chicago during the summer of 1990.
Saw them at the Colorado state fair, would probably have been in the early 2000's (I brought my not yet wife - the show was not her speed but I guess she married me anyway). They talked about this being their last tour - I remember it like yesterday. Don said they weren't sick or anything, then turned to Herold who shrugged like 'speak for yourself', and the audience laughed. Then said they'd been touring for 40-some years, and ready to quit. Definitely a class act, and I'm not even a country or even necessarily gospel fan.
@@russellseaton2014 you are so lucky...
"Freddie took his life" that line always gets me
Same
And Harold actually did marry Brenda. RIP, good sir. You made a lot of people happy.
This song is so true of all the graduating classes.
Growing up I can remember when we would go from St. Louis to Branson, Missouri this would play on the 8 Track that my father and mother made of all of their favorite songs. I love the hard rock and pop but I really love these songs.
So sad to think about Lew DeWitt who died way too early😞🙏🏻✝️such a beautiful voice. they all have beautiful voices of course 😌.
I got to meet Lew..He was such a gentleman
And now we've lost Harold Reid, who passed away on this past Friday.
@@barbarashaw8136you're so lucky 😮.. How, when and where did you met him
That was about Harold's class. No one weaves lyrics like the Statlers!
Statler brothers and the four tops are my favorites and the greatest ever in any kind of music !🇺🇸🚗
This song gives me all kinds of feelings… bless the class of ‘57
The song is True. And pure gold. R.I.P. Harold
One of the best song the Statler Brothers ever did. I grew up in Staunton, Va. I lived 4 houses down from Don Reid. One of the most down to earth men you will ever meet. All of them were great to meet. I love you guys.
I grew up in Waynesboro and remember going to Gypsy Hill park for the 4th of July parade and concert.......Lord how I miss those days!!
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I live next door to Lew Dewitt in Staunton , Great Guy!
My cousin did too, she's a nurse there
That is so cool!!!
That’s nice to know. They do seem like nice guys.
This is one of the great songs of all time. Timeless, terrific.
Oh I remember going to the Staunton city park and listen to them since I was a small child I am now 60 years old and I still love them as much now as I did then I really miss them and their music I wish we can have the music like they had today so the children of today to know what it's really like to love music and the people that sing it and that you can understand it my children grew up loving this of course now they've changed but that being said they show up every fourth of July and I am so very very happy that their children are now carrying on their legacy
RIP Harold Reid. 1939 was also the year of my birth (don't let the picture fool you) and 1957 was the year of my high school graduation.
I was part of the class of 67-At Bishop Meaden High, Badger's Quay, Newfoundland. Seems like 210 years ago- almost 60 yrs. Time flies.
They were so great, and their songs touched us all in a very real way because they were singing about all of us.
The perfect Statler Brothers song, filled to the brim with bittersweet nostalgia.
"Things get complicated when you get past eighteen" ....
Even more so when you past 40!
No truer words have ever been spoken.
If only I could've had the brains to understand that before 18. People tried to talk me lol
They sure do!
That's for damn sure
This song played at my gym on New Year's Day this year. The Statler Brothers were one of my dad's favorites & this song, in particular, mentions my mom's name. I stood in the gym, crying. I told my sister Mom & Dad visited me today. She said the same song played the night before for her. It's incredible to believe that Mom & Dad payed us visits in the same way at almost the same time. & I do miss Harold Reid's humor. They certainly were a class act in every sense of the word.
Thank you for sharing your sweet memory of your parents, & honoring the
Awesome Statler Brothers❗️♥️♥️
They all have such beautiful voices.
This was dad’s favorite song.... he passed on 10/1/2016... I tear up every time I hear this. Great song
My father loves this song, too. I don't know how much longer he will be around. I'm sorry for your loss.
The sign of real talent is if a band can sound as good live as they do in the recording studio, and the Statlers pull this off perfectly in this video.
Honestly, the live and unedited voices of the Statlers, as well as the slight variations they add sometimes even sound better.
Some of us need NOT change the year....I was Class of '57.
A powerful jog to the fuzzy memory.
A song that is so true to life. You will never be as close with another group as you were with your friends in high school, but after graduation that all fizzles practically overnight.
No it doesn't ! You stay in touch ! My best friends I've known since 1st and 4th grade
This song rings true for probably every class year at every high school in every country in the world.
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I remember as a child, sitting in front of the big stereo we had and listening to this song, one of my favorites! !!!!THE ORIGINAL STATLERS!!!!
You have that right!
It had only been 15 years since the class of 57 graduated when this song came out. They still had time to live their dreams 🙂
That means it would be the Class of '09 today, wow that is mind-boggling...
Really miss hearing Statlers every day on radto--Have missed Lew for yrs.He was always my favorite.
I live in East Tennessee. A radio station in Morristown plays old (great country) . I think you can hear it on the net . 93.3 fm. Hope you can find it, if you can and get to listen to it ,you are welcome
Go to TH-cam and look for statler's on Barbara Mandrel show. I think it's one of the funniest things Harold ever did! I miss all the great songs of the time.
I saw them in concert 3 times back in the 1980's at the Indiana State Fair. Lew DeWitt was retired by then. They were awesome. They got a curtain call and standing ovation at the end of each concert. I sure miss the country music of the 1970's and 1980's. Many great artists back then.
To me they are the best ever
I love this song and I'm only 10 years old. Actually I've been listening to music like this since I was 4 years old, but still I love old music it's my favorite
@GARRET'S CORNER You're a smart person & your parents have raised you very well!!!!!!! You remind me of me except your smarter than I was!!!!!!!
R/nobodyasked
I was lucky to see them in Kansas a few years ago. Oh my goodness it was awesome
What a great song by one of the greatest quartets of all time! This song rings so true for us of the class of 1957 (Valley HS, Albuquerque, NM). All we have to do is substitute the names of the folks in this song and memories or our 1957 classmates come to life. We did have our dreams...and now we are just a very small part of history. Thank you, Statlers for this song as well as the many other great ones you gave all of us!
LOVE THIS!
Very nice group! Also Lew Dewitt was fantastic musician
Played this song for my kids when they were in high school. I told them listen closely to the part, "things get complicated when you get past eighteen", years later they both understand this very well.
Always loved this song, doesnt matter what year you graduated high school, we all had our dreams. Hey. I just saw another video, of a tribute group to the Statlers. They really did a good job.
Every class has dreams and this is a wonderful country music by the Statler Brothers.
Not only one of the greatest Country Quartets, but also one of the greatest quartets of the music industry of all time. I played everyone of their hits on the radio, but never got to meet them in person. RIP Harold!
Yes miss this music
This song is still going to be just as relevant for the next "class of 57", in 2057, I am sure.
I´m sure.
I graduated in 56,my wife 57 married 58 still together
The best Country group of all time ... hands down. God I loved those guys.
I met these guys when I was 12. I am 47 now. I had the Old Testament Album and wore it out, Now I have the cassettes of both the old and the new testaments. They just don't make music like this anymore, so much feeling and heart and soul in every note, harmonies and melodies that are unrivaled. Thanks for sharing your talent with us, boys, love you all and Jimmy, too.
Rhonda They didn't make music like this back when they were still performing, and that's what set them apart from every other act!
Have always loved them and there songs
That Freddie line gets to me, too. Beautiful song. One of many they put out.
1st heard them on play station ,, just love them now !! / we in the uk did not get them back then,!
Memories
Lew was a better picker than many.....He was a great singer also.....What a super voice...
Lew was much better than Jimmy.
I am friends with his son Denver who is also a fantastic guitarist and singer !!!
Lews son Denver Dewitt has some good songs on You Tube !!!
redearjim off course!
@@patriot4786 Yes, WAAAAY OFF!!!!!!! Jimmy & Lew were equally talented.
Beautiful ❤️
Great music from great people
Saw them in concert....sang to every one of their songs...just like the entire crowd ..we all knew pretty much every word from every verse... awesome concert!!!
I'm going to be 52 on July 31, 2020. This song takes me right back to being a little kid, in the car, with my parents on the weekly drive to see one of my aunts for Sunday dinner.
You and I share the exact same birthdate. I have loved the Statlers all my life, too.
I remember the 8-track of their Greatest Hits. I was barely 7 years old & I loved the Statler Brothers.@@TrumpetMAB
I was the class of '79 graduating from Grover Cleveland High in NYC. Grew up listening to country and two good friends also took to country as well. The Statler Brothers and Oak Ridge Boys were among our favorites.
I graduated in 79 too!
I was just a year behind you Harold - I was class of '58. Thanks for the memories, and for the fabulous lyrics. These lyrics touch on a little bit of everything... our hopes and dreams and insecurities and fears, and triumphs and failures, our confidence and confusion. That seems kind of unique. Ed
Love that guitar bit in the middle
Grew up listening to them - great music
I will miss you my sweet friend Doris. You loved this song because you were in the class of 57 Sevier County High School.
I'm a Rock N Roll fane but these guys are a favorite because of their harmonies. Great stuff!!
great song
Anyone listening to this in the Spring of 2019 I love this stuff
Yes
Almost spring of 2020
I think every graduation class has the same hopes and dreams !! October 2019
Love listening to them
Superb. Never tire listening to them.
this is great the statler brothers rock thanks for this great video miss the sttlerbrothers touring takecare all love u all
Nobody does nostalgia better than country writers.
There's one line from this song that I believe is true for all generations: "Maybe we just thought the world would change to fit our needs". Too many people are disillusioned because they think the world needs to change just for them instead of them trying to adapt to an ever changing world.
Love this song! Thank you. Who else is class of '85?
Class of 1984. Gosh we're getting old.
Love Harold's part in this song. So miss him
Hello 👋
I grew up on this music, what a group.
Best country vocal quartet ever. Never a song I didn't like by them. Legends.
I love how all the country performers in the 60s & 70s took pride in how the looked on stage.
The so-called country music performers try to look like they got their clothes out of the dirty clothes pile & they just woke up & got out of bed & decided to walk on stage!!!
Much love from Mobile Alabama.
What a wonderful time that was.!🤗🌹❤
Love it
'57 was the year I was supposed to graduate, but like a lot of us I had to get married in56. I'm sorry I didn't graduate, but I did get my GED. I love all of the Statler Bros. songs.
I love it these guys are great fantastic sounds love this music to the ones we lost god bless you
It's about the class of '57 from Wilson Memorial H. S. Fishersville, VA.
I graduated from WHS the big rival to WMHS. I went back for my fortieth reunion a few years ago and got to drive down Lew Dewitt Boulevard between Waynesboro and Fishersville.
Everyone loves the Statlers
I was in their home town last week on a MC tlur. Lovely old town.
RIP Harold Reid you rejoined Lew !
2 of the first 3 concerts I went to were Statler Bros. First one, Lew was still performing & Jimmy at the 2nd.
RIP Harold Reid 04/24/2020 :(
I've been looking at their old videos since I heard he passed
Hello 👋
Miss their music…
I'm Korean but I like this music^^
Lew passed away in August of 1990
i sing along with this at my work lol
thanks for share with us!
RIP Harold Reid
class of 89 so many have gone rip
Loved Lew, and all. ❤❤❤❤❤
Best quartet EVER!