I was a kid growing up in the 70's. still remember summer nights listening to songs like this on the radio in my room and dreaming of what things will be like when I would be an adult, now that I am , I just want to go back to the 70's.
How do you think I feel Joseph. I'm 73. These songs make me feel so old and yet so sad at the same time it's bittersweet. Some of these songs make you feel great and some bring you to tears
I remember when I was 10 and would wake up every morning during summer vacation at 6:00 A.M. to go fishing. I would bring my lunch and a transistor radio. This song would come on as the sun would rise over the lake. I will never forget those days. I loved the 70's !
I totally agree Steven. It's very sad when I hear songs like these but it brings back such great memories and I will ever never ever forget those days they are so special that I get depressed sometimes thinking about them. And I had a transistor radio too!😭😭
I just lost my wife to cancer (Feb 3/2023) and this was one of her favorite songs, and we would listen together. this is for you babe: I Miss You So Much.
God bless you and her. I know first hand what cancer does to a family. I am a cancer survivor (for now at least). I have had that dreaded encounter myself 8 times now. I have had cancer in my colon, my liver, my left lung three times, my right lung twice and recently prostate cancer.
@@fredsampson8064 Eight times? I say God bless you, Fed Sampson 8064! As a former long time hospital R.N., I say that is amazing! Superman fighter you are!👏💖🔯 My prayers for your continued remission.✡
Yeah my dad died Jan 28th 2021... He was a musician and played guitar. I found an old memorex tape recording of him singing this song. He was my best friend
Yes, it is a rabbit hole and what a wonderful journey of discovery, i thank all people who have placed this fabulous music on here, you can just transport yourself through time with so many different emotions to all the songs, very difficult to return to "so called reality" bless you, Namaste
And more to the point Mike, we can APPRECIATE songs like these. And I don't know about you but that makes me a rich man. Cheers from Dave in Australia.
Right up there with Jim Croce, John Denver, and Cat Stevens, amongst numerous other fantastic artists!!! Im so very blessed to have had the opportunity to be not only introduced to this music, by my parents, but to be able to share it with my son,as he is sharing with my grandsons as well!!!! Keep it flowing!!! Once in a life time experience ❤
This song reminds me of my Dad and Mama my Dad was a Libra and he was always traveling some was for working jobs, the other was for women. I guess that's what some Libra men do. It didn't matter when my Mama and us kids knew Daddy was home we knew we would eat dinner, it's was a happy time, I miss my Daddy and Mama. I guess that's why I like the song "Traveling Man" Happy Merories" for me.
Yes, it's a lovely song, but also very sad. He wanted to experience other parts of the USA and made serious sacrifices to do so, while she just wanted to remain in Tennessee. That just shows you the relationship will never work!
This song makes me weep. My life was interesting but I took solace in radio, glorious radio in the 1970's. I dreamed, and dreamed to the radio. I miss dreaming like that. Sometimes life is too real and it hurts, but listening to this helps me escape the hard times. I miss being a kid, summer sun, summer rain and dreaming
@@janellminton4296 ...This song is way up there on my favorite list of songs...There is always that one person in your life that you feel this way about, and lost...and a sign of the times when love was simple and true...it brings a tear. Thanks for sharing...
to all those of us who are are 50 and o ver.. remembe when you were 15 and heard this song.. young and wearing featherd hair and elephant pants ... oohhh the '70's.. man, to all those listening to this song right now.. I love y'all ... we aren't dead yet .. we may be grandparents... but we are still soooooo alive and totally f.. ing cool... hell yeah to the class of 1978 in Charlotte, n.c... Ya gotta love this time in our lives!! Am I right?.. 2 million people can't be wrong
+carolina baby not at all..i'm older than you and was 21 when this came out in '74..and i met a young lady from Canada..she was everything i wasn't..free-spirited, honest, easy, warm, and had the greatest laugh i knew up to that point..she almost got me to move to Canada..but the memory of it still is there..and very sweet..so no, you are not wrong..Loved this time in my life..glad you did too.
+dbd1353 thank you for your reply, my brother... Please know I understand your personal emotions at this point in time.... no words, am I right? At 21, you were just starting out... thank you so much for sharing your personal joy at that time... much love from N.C....OOOhhh the 70's.... I miss those days don't you... what happened to the girl from Canada?
+carolina baby She became a Moonie of all things..and changed pretty bad too..she was very dogmatic about it, so i saw her 3 times and it was very uncomfortable..too bad too..but hey, people change..
+dbd1353 yikes! sorry to hear that for your sake... sometimes life doesn't turn out the way we hoped.... I'm sure you've been able to move forward.... it's been pleasant talking with you 1353... maybe we'll meet on another cite sometime... be happy and well
+carolina baby oh yeah that was almost 40 years ago..lots of water under the bridge..just one of those moments you think about from time to time..and you be healthy..at 62, i've found out the old saying "if you have your health you have everything" is very very true..
I asked for an FM radio for Christmas. I rode my bicycle with that radio on the handlebars that summer. It’s truly amazing just how many songs I know the lyrics to just from that radio. I’ve always loved this song ❤
This song defines music from the 60's and 70's. The storytelling songwriters did in that Era was truly amazing and is sorely missed in music today. Growing up in that Era was one of the best times of my life and it spoiled us and set the bar so high, it hasn't been touched since. it was like music had such meaning and purpose and was the stories of all our lives at that time. Don't get me wrong, there has been some really great songs written since, but they only seem to pop up here and there sporadically, there's no consistency like there was back then.
They wrote poems back then; I was lucky to start listening in 1963 when I was 7! Music is always there to help us make thru life, making the good times Greta and dealing with life’s challenges and grief! The 70s and 80s were the best, by far!
The background vocals are ethereal and the last verse where he modulates his voice always, ALWAYS brings tears to my eyes. I am so lucky there is a song so magical that can always do this to me.
I have a habit of getting lost in TH-cam. One great song or artist leads you to another and another. Some have been favorites for 50 years or more, others you may have passed over when they first came out and others you may have forgotten until you are reminded how great they are. I feel sorry for the young people of today whose music becomes forgettable over night.
This song is the biggest sucker punch to my heart every time I hear it. I start out feeling good, then can't stop the tears by the end of the song. I was just 6 when this song came out, but I vividly remember hearing this and all the other great songs of the day over the radio as I sat in the back seats of my parents' cars. I think it just makes me miss those days, and how great life was back then.
RIP Dave Loggins After all these years I still think this song is so beautiful and heartbreaking. ❤ thank you Dave Loggins for sharing your heart music.
I was bouncing around in 1983 to 1987 while I was in the army. She would always say "no" until I came home... Gonna be married 31 years in a couple of weeks.
@@valentenaupton2805 Awesome! I was enlisted. I made it to E-5. (Should have made E-6, but my mouth got in the way too many times.) I served just 8.5 yrs. (June 83 - Dec 91)
Yes I"m Still Listening, ... I Love Songs That Have True Meaning, ... I Feel Sorry For The Folks That Just Can't Understand What Music Is Really Meant To Be.
I asked her to come with me in Phoenix; she said no. I asked again from Georgia; she said no. I asked again from Oklahoma; she said no again and I gave up.... she found me in Alaska, and she's in the kitchen right now, making coffee. She just turned 60 and I cry each time I hear this song, thinking what we might have missed had she not come... and pray that everyone can save what we so very nearly lost.
That's so friggin cool dude i got a tear reading your destiny story!! Don't take it for granted brother, I know you won't I can just tell by the way you wrote the story it's beautiful brother! Love never fails!!
@@mbhughes1636I'm just about ready to turn 60 in February been married three times figured myself a three-time loser. Probably would never be in another relationship who wants an old man you know! but it met this gal about eight months ago she changed my life it's never too late fall in love!
This song reminds me of simpler times, when there were less problems, people actually talked face to face, no cell phones, campfires, picnics, friends, family, now its cold business oriented trips, I miss the life I once had, even the traveling was fun with C.B 's the communication form! I honestly would have been happier in Alaska, where there was still frontier spirit! ❤🙅🎶
One of the most happy times in my life, I hadn't yet been touched by the ugliness of Love, the jealousy, the envy, all Love was Pure, Divine, and Warm and Beautiful! 💗🙅🙌✌🌹
Kathy Lyons if you are visiting a close family member if you notice they are texting and they always have their phone in their hand and when you are talkin they're not even paying attention to what you're saying
How are you doing today Kathy, my pleasure to meet you here today , I’ve been listening tot this song for years now & it sounds exactly the same in 2024.
This song means so much to so many. I was 24 in 1974. It was a pivotal point in my ife. This song evokes a sense of longing and needing a place to belong, that has now becomes melancholy. I met my Vietnam vet ex in 1975. Lots of memories. Some great, some not so great. Thank you Dave Loggins. RIP ❤
I'm sure he's with U every day, and his love resonates in the music U shared & bonded to. Music is magic. Resonance is the substance of all matter... the loving resonates & nvr ceases.
Late 1974 I was in the Army and getting transferred from San Antonio to Alaska. This song played several times a day prior to my departure. I was not eager to make the move. I left behind someone special and I knew I'd never be back again.
What a beautiful song!!!! I feel sorry sometimes for the younger generation.You can't really know how special the 70 s were unless you lived them Best time to grow up and definitely the best music ever
Michaels Laflamme, 1980's baby here saying i wish we could go back to the 70's. I bet those were some really good times. "Things today suck where people are so devided by our own government.
Amen my brother! We were blessed to grow up surrounded by a magical time in music. It was beautiful, songs that touched hearts & souls, songs that changed lives...
I was a child in the 70's & a teen in the 80's. I always felt that my generation got the best of both worlds. We had our music of the 80's & 90's, but we still have our memories and a great appreciation for the music that came in the 70's & before. I only wish that the kids of today would take the time to listen to music from the previous generations. Too many of them don't make any effort to do that and I feel that they're really missing out on a lot of great stuff. This is a song that I've rediscovered lately - it has such beautiful lyrics & a very powerful story. To know that when you're roaming the world on your own and there's someone back home that wants you to come back to be with them - that is very uplifting. Thanks to the person who made & posted this video.
Oh yeah! As we’re getting snow tonight in the mountains south west of Denver 1:14 17 years later my wife from the Philippines watches the snow fly with our two kids.
I love what you said...I get those feelings too. Aint it great? Some music definitely goes right to the soul and grabs you, makes you cry and wish someone would just sweep you off your feet!
I grew up in Boston. This song is my life. The 60's and 70's were a special time. There ain't no time ever gonna replace it. Miss my home town every now and then. But I love my Alabama.
I am 66 and spend my nights the same. I wish to turn back the clock and spend these special moments again with my ailing wife. all of these artist are not in concert perhaps but they still live in our hearts
I wish I could go back and do a few things over with my late husband of 42 years...this song brings back such good memories, I know how you feel Gary...Heartfelt...
I'm a 60's born gal and remember this song well. Because my young life was filled with constant turbulence. But Thank God for my Mom and her love of music. That she encouraged me to listen to. Because they were both my saving grace for surviving. The hell I, my Mom and 6 siblings had to endure. The 60's, 70's and 80's was a great time to be young. Because we experienced the best music ever and are so fortunate to be a part of that era. I miss it!
At 61 I too have those memories...those songs that transport us back to the 70s. Was it the decade ? was it our age ..our youth ? I see in the comments that some have lost a spouse and are reminded of them. Humans....how we love and recall. Music like this is rare today....I,ll take the 70s.
Oh, how they do transport you back to it seems an easier time, I'm 68 and YOUTube makes it possible to go back to a time that was, wish I could stay. :(
I'm 62 years old ….Lost my wife 8 months ago ..Cancer ...I've been playing these classics since ..Gives me some sort of comfort I guess..I think we remember this as the best time of our lives ..before the hurt of growing up really began
Please come to Boston. . This reminds me of the summer of 1974, I was 13 almost 14. Summertime was all mine and my world was just a playground with just a few open doors. I Love it..
I was 11 years old that summer, lots of good times and many sad times as well!!, Sorry, my mistake, I was 10 years old that Summer, I was born in February of 1964.
Lisa Anders I miss the 70's and it's innocence, or mine. It was the best time for many things. Between the 60's and the 70's we were given some of the best musicians ever put on this earth. That era will never be forgotten. God Bless and always remember......
"Brings a tear to your eyes..."songs like this"! There will "never, ever make songs like this again", in how the world was"! I don't know...thank God we can play them still, "over and over"! With so much 🎵,♥️ and 🙏's!
Dave Loggins beautiful song that paints a beautiful picture. They don't write songs like this anymore. A lost era. Missing it very much. Life seemed so beautiful then. Thank you for this post.
Hadn't heard this one in a long time. Such a good song. Sitting here listening to a lot of oldies...takes me back to so much....and then those times I missed out on ...something. My dumb luck. Crazy how things go... and change.
all we can do now is sit back in some quiet little spot-for tranquility,life has become a hectic struggle- and reminisce about when we were young, the memories.....oh the memories!
I just love this song. I think it mirrors so many of our lives ... always searching for something, never quite knowing what it is until sometimes it is too late. I was fortunate i found my love early in life and am lucky and so grateful she has remained with me through all of the bad times and the good times.... soon be 50 of those years... come 2016
Bajandoug congrats on the Golden 50th. my parents made it that far and then some but i'll never see it. this song kinda reminds me of myself and it does mirror many lives. to take a line from an older movie, "paint your wagon". "don't know where i'm goin', don't know when i'll get there, but i'm on my way". may the good Lord bless your family.
Bajandoug when you said she I thought it was going to be a he good for you that you have been together with your soulmate for all those years lucky lady not too many people can say that
One of my all time favorite songs also. Grew up in the 70's. Interesting to see all the comments. Age of the singer songwriter here the whole "album" was the artist and there were songs never on the the radio you thought were great. I miss that. Jim Croce, James Taylor, Cat Stevens, Gordon Lightfoot, Dan Fogleberg. Acoustic and great lyrics and melody's.
I also weep when I hear this..A precious time in my life when I needed to understand my feelings and understand what love really meant and sacrifice was necessary. Beautiful and sad memories mixed together..wonderful song and so well done.❤🇺🇲✝️
Dave Loggins has very distinct voice, very masculine, THIS one of the best songs with lyrics to me that was ever recorded. He deserves a million dollar award for his music. B.J. Hammond, Phx., az
Gregory r the man I am madly in love with is so loving and is beautiful inside and out. being a badass is no measure of a real man's soul. I hope my friend that you get the love you deserve. take care!!
Beauty and elegance, personified! So truly elegant! I'm 75 and this old man is still rambling. On the road in two weeks from Montana to Arizona. From the mountains to the desert. It is a condition that so many of us were born with and it only ends with our mortal deaths. Both a blessing and a curse. Beauty and great adventures are our rewards, and we ignore the pain and loss, as we must. So be it. I am in love with a fellow wanderer, a bold German woman who has seen more of the world than I have! That covers a hell of a lot of territory! We will press on together! Many women will attempt to try to pin a wanderer down to a boring, ordinary, 9 to 5 life. Save your breath!
God bless you.. I've always wanted to do the same but fell into the 9 to 5. Now disabled, I can only dream of seeing this beautiful country of ours. Peace..
@@janellminton4296 They've come to a bitter end. Arizona was a disaster. My lady has been marooned in Germany for 15 months. I'm stranded in Amarillo with cancer. My only daughter has abandoned me. Almost homeless. Thats life. That's life.
This song brings back memories of my young adulthood, really just a frightened angry boy in grownups clothes........ wow how complicated I thought life was then...now my life makes those day seem so much simpler.....I LOVED this song then but I really appreciate its SIMPLISTIC BEAUTY now!
"And throw ""I love you"" echoes down the canyons, and then lie awake at night until they come back around" If that line isn't of the highest effort at seeking another's love, I don't know what is.
I was dating a "ramblin boy" in the '70s! I played this song over and over! He never did settle down! But I have lots of fond memories of those years in the 70's! This song brings them all back to me. Emotional song, sung with an emotional voice. I could feel every word! 💞😻
Heard it the first time when it was released in the early 70s and loved it ever since. Drives my wife mad after 30 years of marriage she still comments on my playing of it at any chance The children ALWAY join it with it laughing at how the after all these years know the words. A great song and singer. Thanks for the post,
The seventies were the most romantic years! I bought a sportster 72 and I love the 70s American culture!!! I love the music and the classy ladies from an era by gone.
I was a kid in the 70s, but vividly remember all of this music, and also how free and fun life was (for people in general) - not so full of the mass-regulated, mass-media in-your-face culture of today. People back then were a lot more easy going and were a lot kinder to each other. And we didn't have cell phones or internet (a connection, perhaps?). If I could travel back in time, I'd definitely go back to the 70s.
Came to youtube 3 or 4 years ago to listen to Dan Fogelburg- Same Old Lang Syne at Christmas time and listened to Dave Loggins- Please Come To Boston as well. One of the best songs EVER. So yeah, still listening in late 2019 at 56 years of age. Been listening about every Saturday night since. Drink a few beers and listen to great songs from the 70's on up to now...the old stuff plus Chris Stapleton, War On Drugs, Thunder and Rain, etc.- so much good stuff out here. Timeless classics like this, plus so much more...
One of my favorite things about this comments thread is how people aren't afraid to share their stories. I encourage you, please share your stories and journeys in the comments! It brings me joy to see how folks from all over can come together to listen to this timeless song, and share what it means to them.
What ever happened to music. This is very real. Not all electric. Just plain good unforgetable music . Im over 70 now but it still moves me in ways i dont understand.
Cohen understood without any doubt the truth of the human spirit. Without dark there cannot be light and without light there can be no salvation. Years on the road left it's mark in the simple truth that people are imperfect. When one embraces the raw truth of humanity it provides the path to that salvation. Question what you've been told and apply your own past and experiences. The stark truth is that love is only fleeting and that sex is a part of being human being.
I cry when i hear this song..I have a love in Boston too.... I want her to come to NYC & be with me forever. Will she? Stay tuned..... There ain't no gold & there ain't nobody like me.. She's the number one fan of the man, from New York City
+Mark T Hey Mark, whats the matter with you? Why would you write such a mean-spirited message to a stranger? Would you feel better if i told you your message really hurt me. Is that what you need to hear? Mark, isn't there enough pain & heartache in the world, without people like you that randomly hurt (or try) a man like me. Mark, there are many people on the edge in this life, and words are powerful to some people. So in the future, why not say something encouraging or maybe just dont say anything at all. Mark, if i read this message & was so weak & distraught that i killed myself, how would that make you feel? I am a thick skinned man, so people like you, angry fools, dont hurt me. But i pray you dont write this to someone at the end of their rope. MARK, WORDS ARE POWERFUL, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WRITE TO PEOPLE.
+Cathy Bradley Hi Cathy b , I always knew that a real man doesn't care 'what other men think. There are a lot of jealous people in this crazy world, they wish they can speak with their heart, but most cannot. Cathy, when you wrote that "my love is like you", what does that mean? Thank you for your best wishes, coming from your beautiful spirit....I wish they were more people like you out there in the world.......
+GREGORY RUSSO I've seen this "Mark T's trolls elsewhere. I liked your comments. This is a beautiful song with lots of implications. Like many people, the song writer points out that relationships are not always cut and dry.
... we'll move up into the mountains so far that we can't be found.. and throw 'I love you' echoes down the canyon... His lyrics are incredible.. and the song a masterpiece.
R. I. P, my darling Makki, been just over3yrs&i swear it's getting harder. I miss our special little talks&singing songs as this classic for you, you almost made it home to me, I love you forever&I'm so lonely as there can't be any else for me, so many things I didn't get tell you, I love you, your number fan, RACHEAL. 😥💔
I was two years out of HS when this came out and still letting it take me to that place some 45 years later!! You hear and read everywhere when people say that they don't make music like this anymore and it's because they don't!!
I heard a story that Loggins wanted to write the perfect pop song. I think he succeeded. I dare anyone to come up with a better line than - " throw "I love you" echoes down the canyon, then lie awake at night till they come back around".
+crazyfeline couldn't have said it better myself, feline! I grew up in the 70's, and this is one of my favs... wonderful to read soo many posters feel the same have a nice life......life is good here in N.C.
There's equally good lyrical content out there, but these and other great lines are in the minority of what's been written. It's not a matter of competition or comparison. It's about admiration of the poetic insight. Every gripping lyrical line ever penned has its own kind of power that makes it singular. They soar when they're part of a sonic masterpiece -- as they do here. ; ]
I listened to this song in the mid 80's because my dad played it a lot on his record player recording mix tapes. I was only 10 and still remember the song and how it made me feel and how I wanted to understand what the song was about. I'm 45 years old and this song still takes me back back to my childhood. Very powerful!
I grew up in Boston, worked downtown on Washington Street. When I hear this song I am suddenly sitting on a bench in my miniskirt in the Commons in the 70's, platform shoes too of course ! Beautiful place in the springtime. Bring peanuts for the pigeons and squirrels. ☀🦢🐿 RIP Dave Loggins. Thank you for the beautiful music. 7/10/24
I was a kid growing up in the 70's. still remember summer nights listening to songs like this on the radio in my room and dreaming of what things will be like when I would be an adult, now that I am , I just want to go back to the 70's.
absolutely!
ain't that the truth 😅
Turning 60 next month. The 70’s were the best
Those were the best days! I miss them.
@@ldrobarts Fully agree, I just turned 85 and the best decades were the 60s and 70s.
RIP Dave Loggins❤ This song came out when I was 16. Still listening at 66 years old
53 years old and this song still stirs my soul. LA
How do you think I feel Joseph. I'm 73. These songs make me feel so old and yet so sad at the same time it's bittersweet. Some of these songs make you feel great and some bring you to tears
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So beautiful, so so bittersweet 😢
68 and still listening and loving the music.
67 here and it reminds me of my first love in 1975.
I remember when I was 10 and would wake up every morning during summer vacation at 6:00 A.M. to go fishing. I would bring my lunch and a transistor radio. This song would come on as the sun would rise over the lake. I will never forget those days. I loved the 70's !
I totally agree Steven. It's very sad when I hear songs like these but it brings back such great memories and I will ever never ever forget those days they are so special that I get depressed sometimes thinking about them. And I had a transistor radio too!😭😭
I was born in 99 but listening to 70s music and how it was back in that decade, I feel like I was born in the wrong decade
Nice memory Steven...thanks
The best decade EVER!❤
@@mrgetbuckets4423 i was born in 1970 but didnt start listening to music til late 80s
I just lost my wife to cancer (Feb 3/2023) and this was one of her favorite songs, and we would listen together. this is for you babe: I Miss You So Much.
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Sorry for your loss 😂❤
I am so sorry.
God bless you and her. I know first hand what cancer does to a family. I am a cancer survivor (for now at least). I have had that dreaded encounter myself 8 times now. I have had cancer in my colon, my liver, my left lung three times, my right lung twice and recently prostate cancer.
@@fredsampson8064 Eight times? I say God bless you, Fed Sampson 8064! As a former long time hospital R.N., I say that is amazing! Superman fighter you are!👏💖🔯 My prayers for your continued remission.✡
This is one of the most beautiful songs ever written. 💜
Hello Kathy, How are you doing?
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I believe David Alan Coe actually wrote that song. He wrote a lot of songs that were hits for other people.
One of my dad's favorites! I played it for him every visit when he was dying. Miss you Padre!!!
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Yeah my dad died Jan 28th 2021... He was a musician and played guitar. I found an old memorex tape recording of him singing this song. He was my best friend
My Dad loved this too. He lived in Tennessee!
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Going down the rabbit hole. One song will lead to another to another band, another memory, another boy, another laugh, another tear. It's sweet.
Yes, it is a rabbit hole and what a wonderful journey of discovery, i thank all people who have placed this fabulous music on here, you can just transport yourself through time with so many different emotions to all the songs, very difficult to return to "so called reality" bless you, Namaste
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Jessie Kaufman yep
Music that doesn't make you "Feel" anything, isn't real music!
Makes you want to be in love over & over
One of the benefits of growing up in the 60's and 70's was getting to hears songs like this!
Mike Lei Nothing better!
Class74 bryan ohio
Life was good then wish i could go back
That was the best time great music!!
And more to the point Mike, we can APPRECIATE songs like these. And I don't know about you but that makes me a rich man. Cheers from Dave in Australia.
Back when music was music and singers could actually sing.
Messages in every song. Life in every story they told
Right up there with Jim Croce, John Denver, and Cat Stevens, amongst numerous other fantastic artists!!! Im so very blessed to have had the opportunity to be not only introduced to this music, by my parents, but to be able to share it with my son,as he is sharing with my grandsons as well!!!! Keep it flowing!!! Once in a life time experience ❤
Well said Andrea !!!@@Andrea-yg1wh
Never forget Dan Fogelberg or the Bee Gees!👌🌈🎵🎵🔯
This is the most heartbreaking song I've ever heard. I use to sing this song a lot. Makes me miss love.❤️
This song reminds me of my Dad and Mama my Dad was a Libra and he was always traveling some was for working jobs, the other was for women. I guess that's what some Libra men do. It didn't matter when my Mama and us kids knew Daddy was home we knew we would eat dinner, it's was a happy time, I miss my Daddy and Mama. I guess that's why I like the song "Traveling Man" Happy Merories" for me.
Me too @ Joanna Bolin.
I'm sure you have found new love. 😏
As life goes on, I beg my loves to please come to New Orleans but they say no.
Yes, it's a lovely song, but also very sad. He wanted to experience other parts of the USA and made serious sacrifices to do so, while she just wanted to remain in Tennessee. That just shows you the relationship will never work!
This song makes me weep. My life was interesting but I took solace in radio, glorious radio in the 1970's. I dreamed, and dreamed to the radio. I miss dreaming like that. Sometimes life is too real and it hurts, but listening to this helps me escape the hard times. I miss being a kid, summer sun, summer rain and dreaming
Wow! I can relate...I wish I were a kid again too
Beautiful!
@@janellminton4296 ...This song is way up there on my favorite list of songs...There is always that one person in your life that you feel this way about, and lost...and a sign of the times when love was simple and true...it brings a tear. Thanks for sharing...
Your thoughts are my thoughts i love what you say because i feel the same way
Wow you read my mind. Flooded with emotions.
to all those of us who are are 50 and o ver.. remembe when you were 15 and heard this song.. young and wearing featherd hair and elephant pants ... oohhh the '70's.. man, to all those listening to this song right now.. I love y'all ... we aren't dead yet .. we may be grandparents... but we are still soooooo alive and totally f.. ing cool... hell yeah to the class of 1978 in Charlotte, n.c... Ya gotta love this time in our lives!! Am I right?.. 2 million people can't be wrong
+carolina baby not at all..i'm older than you and was 21 when this came out in '74..and i met a young lady from Canada..she was everything i wasn't..free-spirited, honest, easy, warm, and had the greatest laugh i knew up to that point..she almost got me to move to Canada..but the memory of it still is there..and very sweet..so no, you are not wrong..Loved this time in my life..glad you did too.
+dbd1353 thank you for your reply, my brother... Please know I understand your personal emotions at this point in time.... no words, am I right? At 21, you were just starting out... thank you so much for sharing your personal joy at that time... much love from N.C....OOOhhh the 70's.... I miss those days don't you... what happened to the girl from Canada?
+carolina baby She became a Moonie of all things..and changed pretty bad too..she was very dogmatic about it, so i saw her 3 times and it was very uncomfortable..too bad too..but hey, people change..
+dbd1353 yikes! sorry to hear that for your sake... sometimes life doesn't turn out the way we hoped.... I'm sure you've been able to move forward.... it's been pleasant talking with you 1353... maybe we'll meet on another cite sometime... be happy and well
+carolina baby oh yeah that was almost 40 years ago..lots of water under the bridge..just one of those moments you think about from time to time..and you be healthy..at 62, i've found out the old saying "if you have your health you have everything" is very very true..
There will never be music like this again. Makes me proud to have been born in Tennessee
I listened to songs like this as a kid, now 62 and still listening to these treasures
I asked for an FM radio for Christmas. I rode my bicycle with that radio on the handlebars that summer. It’s truly amazing just how many songs I know the lyrics to just from that radio. I’ve always loved this song ❤
In my humble opinion, this is one of the greatest songs ever written.
Yes, I agree with you Mr. Wallace... and it brings back some lovely, warm memories as well! Beautiful, beautiful song.
Yep ... ; )
I agree 100% Charlie.
BEAUTIFULLLLLL
You are correct, Sir.
One of the most beautiful songs of the 70's era, noted by the impact it has had on so many lives (read the stories below). A true classic!
This song defines music from the 60's and 70's. The storytelling songwriters did in that Era was truly amazing and is sorely missed in music today. Growing up in that Era was one of the best times of my life and it spoiled us and set the bar so high, it hasn't been touched since. it was like music had such meaning and purpose and was the stories of all our lives at that time. Don't get me wrong, there has been some really great songs written since, but they only seem to pop up here and there sporadically, there's no consistency like there was back then.
A bygone era of songs where the words and music took you to another realm. ❣
They wrote poems back then; I was lucky to start listening in 1963 when I was 7! Music is always there to help us make thru life, making the good times Greta and dealing with life’s challenges and grief! The 70s and 80s were the best, by far!
The background vocals are ethereal and the last verse where he modulates his voice always, ALWAYS brings tears to my eyes. I am so lucky there is a song so magical that can always do this to me.
Indeed!!!!! ❤
❤
Me 2 😢
I have a habit of getting lost in TH-cam. One great song or artist leads you to another and another. Some have been favorites for 50 years or more, others you may have passed over when they first came out and others you may have forgotten until you are reminded how great they are. I feel sorry for the young people of today whose music becomes forgettable over
night.
Elaine, I second that emotion, this is the closest thing to a time machine that I can find and it's totally free!!
Me too!!! Hours at a time. Listening to one song and another one is right there.
I do believe you are a poet , Elaine.
Me 2 live from AZ
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Wonderful song of the Seventies.Reminds me of my youth in America the memories will never go away!!
This song is the biggest sucker punch to my heart every time I hear it. I start out feeling good, then can't stop the tears by the end of the song. I was just 6 when this song came out, but I vividly remember hearing this and all the other great songs of the day over the radio as I sat in the back seats of my parents' cars. I think it just makes me miss those days, and how great life was back then.
RIP Dave Loggins After all these years I still think this song is so beautiful and heartbreaking. ❤ thank you Dave Loggins for sharing your heart music.
I was bouncing around in 1983 to 1987 while I was in the army. She would always say "no" until I came home... Gonna be married 31 years in a couple of weeks.
Me too. Coast Guard. 43 years-same story!
@@valentenaupton2805 You are welcome! Thank you for the warm comment.
@@valentenaupton2805 Awesome! I was enlisted. I made it to E-5. (Should have made E-6, but my mouth got in the way too many times.)
I served just 8.5 yrs. (June 83 - Dec 91)
Congratulations.
Beautiful song! Brings tears. So lucky growing up in the 70s! Such a great era for music!
Hello Victoria, How are you doing?
The sad thing is Not many songs from the 70s get billions of views like the 80s and after But SHOULD HAVE
The best!
September 2019
Anyone still Listening to this great song after all these years??
Yes I"m Still Listening, ... I Love Songs That Have True Meaning, ... I Feel Sorry For The Folks That Just Can't Understand What Music Is Really Meant To Be.
ME.
Me. Always
OH YES !!!
Come to Boston always gets me singing, be it on key or not...
I asked her to come with me in Phoenix; she said no. I asked again from Georgia; she said no. I asked again from Oklahoma; she said no again and I gave up.... she found me in Alaska, and she's in the kitchen right now, making coffee. She just turned 60 and I cry each time I hear this song, thinking what we might have missed had she not come... and pray that everyone can save what we so very nearly lost.
Cheers!!! Never give up on love.
S Bendyna Thank you four your words of incouuragement and faith there brother!
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
That's so friggin cool dude i got a tear reading your destiny story!! Don't take it for granted brother, I know you won't I can just tell by the way you wrote the story it's beautiful
brother! Love never fails!!
@@mbhughes1636I'm just about ready to turn 60 in February been married three times figured myself a three-time loser. Probably would never be in another relationship who wants an old man you know! but it met this gal about eight months ago she changed my life it's never too late fall in love!
This song reminds me of simpler times, when there were less problems, people actually talked face to face, no cell phones, campfires, picnics, friends, family, now its cold business oriented trips, I miss the life I once had, even the traveling was fun with C.B 's the communication form! I honestly would have been happier in Alaska, where there was still frontier spirit! ❤🙅🎶
One of the most happy times in my life, I hadn't yet been touched by the ugliness of Love, the jealousy, the envy, all Love was Pure, Divine, and Warm and Beautiful! 💗🙅🙌✌🌹
Kathy Lyons if you are visiting a close family member if you notice they are texting and they always have their phone in their hand and when you are talkin they're not even paying attention to what you're saying
Progress? As we see isn't necessarily progress.
How are you doing today Kathy, my pleasure to meet you here today , I’ve been listening tot this song for years now & it sounds exactly the same in 2024.
This song means so much to so many. I was 24 in 1974. It was a pivotal point in my ife. This song evokes a sense of longing and needing a place to belong, that has now becomes melancholy. I met my Vietnam vet ex in 1975. Lots of memories. Some great, some not so great. Thank you Dave Loggins. RIP ❤
My husband used to play this for me on his guitar ,,, I miss him so very much . We traveled EVERY where in our volxwagon bus.
I'm sure he's with U every day, and his love resonates in the music U shared & bonded to. Music is magic. Resonance is the substance of all matter... the loving resonates & nvr ceases.
Sounds beautiful
Do you by any chance live in Colorado?
Sounds like the love a lifetime... God bless you.
If your husband liked this song he had great tastel
God bless
I liked this song in 1974 when it was first released. Nothing has changed in 42 years.
+James Muscarella me too..
He's from east Tennessee
Late 1974 I was in the Army and getting transferred from San Antonio to Alaska. This song played several times a day prior to my departure. I was not eager to make the move. I left behind someone special and I knew I'd never be back again.
What a beautiful song!!!! I feel sorry sometimes for the younger generation.You can't really know how special the 70 s were unless you lived them
Best time to grow up and definitely the best music ever
Michaels Laflamme, 1980's baby here saying i wish we could go back to the 70's. I bet those were some really good times. "Things today suck where people are so devided by our own government.
Amen my brother! We were blessed to grow up surrounded by a magical time in music. It was beautiful, songs that touched hearts & souls, songs that changed lives...
@@nicolemagincalda8452 you
I was a child in the 70's & a teen in the 80's. I always felt that my generation got the best of both worlds. We had our music of the 80's & 90's, but we still have our memories and a great appreciation for the music that came in the 70's & before.
I only wish that the kids of today would take the time to listen to music from the previous generations. Too many of them don't make any effort to do that and I feel that they're really missing out on a lot of great stuff.
This is a song that I've rediscovered lately - it has such beautiful lyrics & a very powerful story. To know that when you're roaming the world on your own and there's someone back home that wants you to come back to be with them - that is very uplifting. Thanks to the person who made & posted this video.
You got that right. Wish I could go back.
Wonderful 70s song 😊🇦🇺👍❤
Still loving this in November 2019, anybody out there?
Yes .We are here.
Absolutely
Oh yeah! As we’re getting snow tonight in the mountains south west of Denver 1:14 17 years later my wife from the Philippines watches the snow fly with our two kids.
Here now, never leaving as our souls will be as the I love you echos of which he sings... coming back around
Right here😍😍😍
You know a song is good when it can make you feel nostalgic for a place you're never been. :-)
Yeah, now my partner has gone, I doubt I will ever know
its not too late....
True, but then we all have our own "there" to hold on to
I love what you said...I get those feelings too. Aint it great? Some music definitely goes right to the soul and grabs you, makes you cry and wish someone would just sweep you off your feet!
I love my playlist..the music makes me cry ..it's got so many wonderful songs from back IN THE DAY
I grew up in Boston. This song is my life. The 60's and 70's were a special time. There ain't no time ever gonna replace it. Miss my home town every now and then. But I love my Alabama.
I am 66 and spend my nights the same. I wish to turn back the clock and spend these special moments again with my ailing wife. all of these artist are not in concert perhaps but they still live in our hearts
I wish I could go back and do a few things over with my late husband of 42 years...this song brings back such good memories, I know how you feel Gary...Heartfelt...
I'm a 60's born gal and remember this song well. Because my young life was filled with constant turbulence. But Thank God for my Mom and her love of music. That she encouraged me to listen to. Because they were both my saving grace for surviving. The hell I, my Mom and 6 siblings had to endure. The 60's, 70's and 80's was a great time to be young. Because we experienced the best music ever and are so fortunate to be a part of that era. I miss it!
At 61 I too have those memories...those songs that transport us back to the 70s. Was it the decade ? was it our age ..our youth ? I see in the comments that some have lost a spouse and are reminded of them. Humans....how we love and recall. Music like this is rare today....I,ll take the 70s.
Oh, how they do transport you back to it seems an easier time, I'm 68 and YOUTube makes it possible to go back to a time that was, wish I could stay. :(
I'm 62 years old ….Lost my wife 8 months ago ..Cancer ...I've been playing these classics since ..Gives me some sort of comfort I guess..I think we remember this as the best time of our lives ..before the hurt of growing up really began
Oh, to turn back time!
@@richardpoindexter6322 So sorry, Hope the music comforts you.
Beautiful era 💕
Please come to Boston. . This reminds me of the summer of 1974, I was 13 almost 14. Summertime was all mine and my world was just a playground with just a few open doors. I Love it..
Patrice Boulanger I was 19 yrs old in the Marine Corps staioned at Camp Foster Okinawa when this was a hit. Miss those days.
I was 11 years old that summer, lots of good times and many sad times as well!!, Sorry, my mistake, I was 10 years old that Summer, I was born in February of 1964.
High School Senior...Big hit that late Summer/Early Fall, 1974...
Me to,I was 12
I turned 13 April 1974
The high notes from 3:39 to the end are heart wrenching!
💯😎
Like being caught in a trap and screaming for help. That's what this relationship was like.
This is one of those catchy tunes getting straight under your skin...what a terrific song folks!
Takes me to the 70's. BEST TIME IN MY LIFE.
If thats your photo I would think the 90s were the best for you . Look To young for the 70s
Lisa Anders I miss the 70's and it's innocence, or mine. It was the best time for many things. Between the 60's and the 70's we were given some of the best musicians ever put on this earth. That era will never be forgotten. God Bless and always remember......
Me too👍
me too.
This was a great song all of the 70s they take me down memory lane when life was easy and peaceful but did not realize it
Dave Loggins was seriously - criminally - underrated. What a great songwriter.
Getting lost in TH-cam is so easy, especially when all the 60's and 70's life music is here. It is amazing
I totally agree!!! That's when music was actually understandable....😂😂😂😂😂
I'm gettin' lost as we speak.......peace to you.
I lived in Denver no place like it
TH-cam is a time machine.
Because the 50s thru the 70 the best music EVER
"Brings a tear to your eyes..."songs like this"! There will "never, ever make songs like this again", in how the world was"! I don't know...thank God we can play them still, "over and over"! With so much 🎵,♥️ and 🙏's!
"Please Come To Boston".... Loving these classic's from the 70's!!
The sixties and seventies were turbulent times Thank God we had these great performers to listen to.
Loved this song! Dave had the perfect voice for it. A lot of warm memories go with it.
My mom played this on her old console stereo every Sunday. This and a bunch of other great songs she had on 45's!
I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee. For 35 years. Love you AL.
We all love you, AL.
Thanks for your support.
+Pam Burrows Tipper Gore wouldn't approve.
+Husky Fan in Mass not her AL, my AL!
I really like Kenny , from TN
Dave Loggins beautiful song that paints a beautiful picture. They don't write songs like this anymore. A lost era. Missing it very much. Life seemed so beautiful then. Thank you for this post.
Petr Slivinski me too
Talk about a softer, gentler time......Makes you wonder what the hell happened???
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65 and still alive. Wonderful years, tears and memories. Heartfelt music from caring and inspired troubadours. Thank you all! Tom
I've been to 47 states and a couple of other countries. I'm 60 and still a rambling boy, this song takes me back to my teens.
I always come back to this song....just like the ramlin boy from Tennessee
My parents loved this song. I miss them so much😢 Can't stop crying😢
Thanks so much
Keep your head up and memory's alive
bweasel95 sorry for your lost enjoy the song and always think of them when you do I'm sure they be listening with you God bless
They are right there with you
Like Chris Knight says, they're always with us.
Another unforgettable song from the best decade of music the 70s .. I'm about to be 60 year's old soon today's music can't even come close. ..
A song that moves the soul
it sends my soul down interstate 10 with no return
Hadn't heard this one in a long time. Such a good song. Sitting here listening to a lot of oldies...takes me back to so much....and then those times I missed out on ...something. My dumb luck. Crazy how things go... and change.
Muffett53
Muffett53 me too
Muffett53
Definitely crazy how things change..
Muffett53 baby when your around me you'll never have to listen to oldies again
all we can do now is sit back in some quiet little spot-for tranquility,life has become a hectic struggle-
and reminisce about when we were young, the memories.....oh the memories!
I just love this song. I think it mirrors so many of our lives ... always searching for something, never quite knowing what it is until sometimes it is too late. I was fortunate i found my love early in life and am lucky and so grateful she has remained with me through all of the bad times and the good times.... soon be 50 of those years... come 2016
Bajandoug congrats on the Golden 50th. my parents made it that far and then some but i'll never see it. this song kinda reminds me of myself and it does mirror many lives. to take a line from an older movie, "paint your wagon". "don't know where i'm goin', don't know when i'll get there, but i'm on my way". may the good Lord bless your family.
Bajandoug when you said she I thought it was going to be a he good for you that you have been together with your soulmate for all those years lucky lady not too many people can say that
One of my all time favorite songs also. Grew up in the 70's. Interesting to see all the comments. Age of the singer songwriter here the whole "album" was the artist and there were songs never on the the radio you thought were great. I miss that. Jim Croce, James Taylor, Cat Stevens, Gordon Lightfoot, Dan Fogleberg. Acoustic and great lyrics and melody's.
I also weep when I hear this..A precious time in my life when I needed to understand my feelings and understand what love really meant and sacrifice was necessary. Beautiful and sad memories mixed together..wonderful song and so well done.❤🇺🇲✝️
Dave Loggins has very distinct voice, very masculine, THIS one of the best songs with lyrics to me that was ever recorded.
He deserves a million dollar award for his music. B.J. Hammond, Phx., az
Gregory r the man I am madly in love with is so loving and is beautiful inside and out. being a badass is no measure of a real man's soul. I hope my friend that you get the love you deserve. take care!!
+Barak Hammond I just love this song too. Happy Times to you too. Wait for it.... the echoes from the canyons.
hay thanks man
it's sweet to know some people still like real music I like it all but this is sweet
I listen and see a relationship that is a power struggle love the song
Still listening 👂 to this beautiful song in 2019! ❤️
Did you know that the original title for Hey Jude by the Beatles was Hey Jules? John Lennon wrote it for his son Julian.
Same!
As am I
Me too
it doesn,t get much better
I still adore this song. Timeless!
Thank you u tube for everything you post and let me view and listen to. Your the best for a lonely old man God bless
Beauty and elegance, personified! So truly elegant! I'm 75 and this old man is still rambling. On the road in two weeks from Montana to Arizona. From the mountains to the desert. It is a condition that so many of us were born with and it only ends with our mortal deaths. Both a blessing and a curse. Beauty and great adventures are our rewards, and we ignore the pain and loss, as we must. So be it. I am in love with a fellow wanderer, a bold German woman who has seen more of the world than I have! That covers a hell of a lot of territory! We will press on together! Many women will attempt to try to pin a wanderer down to a boring, ordinary, 9 to 5 life. Save your breath!
I am happy for you.
Are you traveling by van? I am thinking of van dwelling. How is Arizona?
God bless you.. I've always wanted to do the same but fell into the 9 to 5. Now disabled, I can only dream of seeing this beautiful country of ours. Peace..
💕🔥💕🔥 Thank *U*
💕🔥💕🔥
@@janellminton4296 They've come to a bitter end. Arizona was a disaster. My lady has been marooned in Germany for 15 months. I'm stranded in Amarillo with cancer.
My only daughter has abandoned me.
Almost homeless.
Thats life.
That's life.
This song brings back memories of my young adulthood, really just a frightened angry boy in grownups clothes........ wow how complicated I thought life was then...now my life makes those day seem so much simpler.....I LOVED this song then but I really appreciate its SIMPLISTIC BEAUTY now!
I remember listening to great music like this on the radio in Los Angeles in the 70s. I'm grateful to have grown up there then.
2020 STILL GOING STRONG!!
FJB
2023
This song moves my heart and soul.
Lauren Wallacli
Lauren Wallace David Allan Coe's best work!
I understand, even though I have a gypsy soul.
I was gonna comment but you took the words right out of my head lol!
I hear ya clucking girl....😃
"And throw ""I love you"" echoes down the canyons, and then lie awake at night until they come back around" If that line isn't of the highest effort at seeking another's love, I don't know what is.
TiamatXV Xianash Just not Benedict Canyon, as it turned out. Kerp travelling.
You're so right,,that line Is beautiful and I've never even paid that much attention to It,,thank you for pointing that verse out,It's very beautiful.
@@mrdavis5453 You're welcome! I wish I had the vagabond's heart and I'm about to turn 39. Who knows?
I don't understand why anyone would not like this.It is a great song.Of course I like it I came to this planet in 1957!!
Amen sister!
I was dating a "ramblin boy" in the '70s! I played this song over and over! He never did settle down! But I have lots of fond memories of those years in the 70's! This song brings them all back to me. Emotional song, sung with an emotional voice. I could feel every word! 💞😻
Music that comes from the heart and soul!
Timeless song, as good today as when it was released.
This song definitely makes you think of different choices we could have made in this life.
James Moore damn that is for sure could have just made them all good memories instead of making bad choices
OMG! I haven't heard this song for at least 45 years! WOW! AMAZING song! LOVE it!
So many songs like this come back as an emotional tidal wave. Like William Faulkner said, 'The past is never gone.. It is not even past.'
you dig through Life ...and then accidents happen....and when you find tunes like this.....its like wow.
:)
+Daniel Currie Fantastic Comment!!
Heard it the first time when it was released in the early 70s and loved it ever since. Drives my wife mad after 30 years of marriage she still comments on my playing of it at any chance The children ALWAY join it with it laughing at how the after all these years know the words. A great song and singer. Thanks for the post,
I kind of wish this song was about my life sometimes. Always wanted to be a rambling man!
I'm a rambler in spirit............it's good for a while, then as you age, it's lousy.
Was listening to this in college in 1974 when I was 17. Now I'm 63 still listening and loving this song.
Hello Penny, How are you doing?
The seventies were the most romantic years! I bought a sportster 72 and I love the 70s American culture!!! I love the music and the classy ladies from an era by gone.
I was a kid in the 70s, but vividly remember all of this music, and also how free and fun life was (for people in general) - not so full of the mass-regulated, mass-media in-your-face culture of today. People back then were a lot more easy going and were a lot kinder to each other. And we didn't have cell phones or internet (a connection, perhaps?). If I could travel back in time, I'd definitely go back to the 70s.
Do you still have you sportster.
Came to youtube 3 or 4 years ago to listen to Dan Fogelburg- Same Old Lang Syne at Christmas time and listened to Dave Loggins- Please Come To Boston as well. One of the best songs EVER. So yeah, still listening in late 2019 at 56 years of age. Been listening about every Saturday night since. Drink a few beers and listen to great songs from the 70's on up to now...the old stuff plus Chris Stapleton, War On Drugs, Thunder and Rain, etc.- so much good stuff out here. Timeless classics like this, plus so much more...
One of my favorite things about this comments thread is how people aren't afraid to share their stories. I encourage you, please share your stories and journeys in the comments! It brings me joy to see how folks from all over can come together to listen to this timeless song, and share what it means to them.
Amen brother. I'm 73.
I shared a comment for you!
I hear you.
To me it sounds like a child custody battle.
I wish we could just get all.
What ever happened to music. This is very real. Not all electric. Just plain good unforgetable music . Im over 70 now but it still moves me in ways i dont understand.
Simply one of best love songs ever. Please come to Boston, she said no come home to me. Gets me every time. Thankyou posting this. ❤️🎼
Tracie Butler
Richard Butler l
More than just like
Are these people perverse without commitment and true love. Shacked up in lust and cheap perfume.
Cohen understood without any doubt the truth of the human spirit. Without dark there cannot be light and without light there can be no salvation. Years on the road left it's mark in the simple truth that people are imperfect. When one embraces the raw truth of humanity it provides the path to that salvation. Question what you've been told and apply your own past and experiences. The stark truth is that love is only fleeting and that sex is a part of being human being.
Still loving the man from Tennessee & this beautiful song!
It's 2020, never gets old.
As a Denver resident I always loved this song back when Denver was a hidden treasure. Not so much now
class of 81. But very much alive for a minnute. This was one of my all time favorites!!!
I cry when i hear this song..I have a love in Boston too.... I want her to come to NYC & be with me forever. Will she? Stay tuned..... There ain't no gold & there ain't nobody like me.. She's the number one fan of the man, from New York City
+GREGORY RUSSO Give it up dude, she's most likely banging someone else as I type this.
+Mark T Hey Mark, whats the matter with you? Why would you write such a mean-spirited message to a stranger? Would you feel better if i told you your message really hurt me. Is that what you need to hear? Mark, isn't there enough pain & heartache in the world, without people like you that randomly hurt (or try) a man like me. Mark, there are many people on the edge in this life, and words are powerful to some people. So in the future, why not say something encouraging or maybe just dont say anything at all. Mark, if i read this message & was so weak & distraught that i killed myself, how would that make you feel? I am a thick skinned man, so people like you, angry fools, dont hurt me. But i pray you dont write this to someone at the end of their rope. MARK, WORDS ARE POWERFUL, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WRITE TO PEOPLE.
+GREGORY RUSSO your. a real man to speak your heart. my love is like you. Good luck, my friend. Cathy b
+Cathy Bradley Hi Cathy b , I always knew that a real man doesn't care 'what other men think. There are a lot of jealous people in this crazy world, they wish they can speak with their heart, but most cannot. Cathy, when you wrote that "my love is like you", what does that mean? Thank you for your best wishes, coming from your beautiful spirit....I wish they were more people like you out there in the world.......
+GREGORY RUSSO I've seen this "Mark T's trolls elsewhere. I liked your comments. This is a beautiful song with lots of implications. Like many people, the song writer points out that relationships are not always cut and dry.
... we'll move up into the mountains so far that we can't be found.. and throw 'I love you' echoes down the canyon...
His lyrics are incredible.. and the song a masterpiece.
R. I. P, my darling Makki, been just over3yrs&i swear it's getting harder. I miss our special little talks&singing songs as this classic for you, you almost made it home to me, I love you forever&I'm so lonely as there can't be any else for me, so many things I didn't get tell you, I love you, your number fan, RACHEAL. 😥💔
Every day that goes past I miss my man even more💔💓
I agree the I love you s down the canyon and our awake to they come back around simple but brilliant lyrics
What a song!! I mean what else can I say. I could start with the memories it brings back to this old man!!!
I grew up near Boston. Spring is fine, Autumn is best, forget the winter.
+Brian Clark too hot. :)
wuss!
Brings back some bittersweet memories.Beautiful song.
Yea, such is life
Oh my gosh, this song takes me back to being a kid in the 70s. RIP, and thanks so much for the memories.
I was two years out of HS when this came out and still letting it take me to that place some 45 years later!!
You hear and read everywhere when people say that they don't make music like this anymore and it's because they don't!!
This song touches my spirit, not many of
them do.
Mine too
I heard a story that Loggins wanted to write the perfect pop song.
I think he succeeded.
I dare anyone to come up with a better line than - " throw "I love you" echoes down the canyon, then lie awake at night till they come back around".
+crazyfeline couldn't have said it better myself, feline! I grew up in the 70's, and this is one of my favs... wonderful to read soo many posters feel the same have a nice life......life is good here in N.C.
There's equally good lyrical content out there, but these and other great lines are in the minority of what's been written. It's not a matter of competition or comparison. It's about admiration of the poetic insight. Every gripping lyrical line ever penned has its own kind of power that makes it singular. They soar when they're part of a sonic masterpiece -- as they do here. ; ]
crazyfeline ...Echo echo echo
+Bill Holt you got that right!!!! Reno
I agree - an absolutely unforgettable phrase....I can see it , hear it , and FEEL IT...
true GREATNESS in writing 4REAL
I listened to this song in the mid 80's because my dad played it a lot on his record player recording mix tapes. I was only 10 and still remember the song and how it made me feel and how I wanted to understand what the song was about. I'm 45 years old and this song still takes me back back to my childhood. Very powerful!
I grew up in Boston, worked downtown on Washington Street. When I hear this song I am suddenly sitting on a bench in my miniskirt in the Commons in the 70's, platform shoes too of course ! Beautiful place in the springtime. Bring peanuts for the pigeons and squirrels. ☀🦢🐿 RIP Dave Loggins. Thank you for the beautiful music. 7/10/24
Hello Michelle, how are you doing today, hope you're good, I wish you all the best in good health this new year 😊👋