I’m sorry for your loss. Jimmy helped make this song what it is to many of us. With all my health issues and problems in this world, this is a song that takes me away for a bit. Forever young;forever summer. Love to u
I believe you. I'm slightly younger with 2 older siblings who were in high school in the 70's. They were 76 ans 77 grads. I graduated in the mid 80's so between them and 2 more even older sisters I grew up with the best music! From Dave Clark , Beatles, Hendrix, Motown, Stax, Dylan, Chicago, EWF, Clapton, Frampton, Bowie, Zappa, you name it. Also the stuff I heard on Casey Kasem. I began sax at 9, so the Funk, Disco, and anything with sax I learned to play, especially guitar solos like "Jessica" "Do You Feel Like We Do?" by ear. Then the 80's stuff too. Jazz, Classical, New Age, more Country, and other genres exploded. The 80's was the last great Rock years for the saxophone except live. It's a shame music isn't as good as it used to be.
Wasn't it fun being a teenager in the 70's?!!! Oh I soooo loved it! Yeah this song you read between the lines to understand 😊😜 I love Kid Rock's song "All Summer Long" it makes me think about our fun 70's 😊
This song was Starbuck's one and only Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It peaked at the #3 spot on the Billboard Top 40 chart around the summertime of 1976. This song is a definite banger indeed!!!
As a lifelong percussionist, I appreciate that insane marimba solo every single time I hear it. WOW!! (It was actually a marimba, the "big brother" of the xylophone.) Beyond incredible!
Wonderful reaction guys! I kept waiting for the smiles to erupt, and once that chorus hit, BAM, so did your smiles! 😁 The instrument for the solo is a marimba, played by Starbuck co-founder Bo Wagner, and it is arguably the greatest marimba solo ever recorded -- it was a spur-of-the-moment improvisation, and he nailed it in ONE TAKE. There's a YT interview available where Bo provides additional interesting details about the song and his iconic solo, it's worth finding. Thanks for the 1976 junior year of high school memories guys, this fantastic song was played everywhere back then. 👍 ☮️😎
I agree. I always loved this song and hoped they would get around to it. It's not a xylophone, but is a marimba. The live video on this actually matches the studio version and is a great watch, especially with the marimba solo!
Another thing you guys may find interesting, is that the marimba solo you hear on that recording was actually done in ONE TAKE WITH NO REHEARSAL. Bo Wagner, the man who played that solo, was asked to just lay something down while they were in studio recording, and on the fly he came up with the solo you hear on that song. Once he did it, he expected to do more takes because he thought he could do it better, but the band was so impressed they told him it was so good he would never improve on that, so they ended up using that completely improvised marimba solo on the record. Amazing!
You say you came to Baltimore from ole Miss, class of 74 gold ring. The eastern moon looks ready for a wet kiss! Those lyrics just knock me out! I'm 72 and love this song forever!
This is one of my all-time faves. Jordon is right to assume there are many memories attached to these songs u are listening to. U have NO idea how we appreciate the two of u
Yes, I studied that a bit in a percussion class I took at university. The keyboards were my fascination at that time as we were about to hit the 80's synth explosion. This and "Dancing in the Moonlight" are my favorite 70's "moonlight' songs.
Exactly! Xylophones have a very bright, sharp, metallic sound. Marimbas or vibraphones are normally what are used in music such as this, or especially in jazz.
@@mikefrerichs8860 Yes Vibes Alive featuring Dirk Richter. Check out the song "Smooth Move" if you have never heard it. The whole album Vibes Alive is just wonderfully smooth. Such ear candy and an eargasm. "Sticky Fingers" and "On Second Thought" are also tasty. The whole album is.
Saw Boston at the Hollywood Sportatorium in Florida in 1977. Starbuck was the opening act. When that gentlemen played the marimba solo, the crowd went bonkers! Thank you for bringing back a fond memory for me !
I love this song! It's one of the few pop songs with a marimba solo, similar to a xylophone but with softer tones. It's classic, smooth, mellow pop rock! 🎼🎹♬
Bruce Blackman is a great storyteller. You should check out the interview he gave about this song to Gold Mine Magazine (?). Among other things he relates, the record company wanted to nix the marimba solo. He said, “I don’t know how I had the guts to tell them ‘no’, but I did.” 😄 Good for him!
That's a marimba, my friend. Probably the best marimba solo ever....certainly the best solo ever in a pop song. You need to read the amazing back-story of how this solo made it into the song!
This is one of the best "one hit wonder" songs of all-time! Jay, I think what you were trying to think of, was being with a special friend at "Inspiration Point!"😀
I love the marimba solo. This song brings back so many memories from my teen years! This was Starbuck's only big hit. But, what a hit! The marimba reminds me of the jazzy Baha Marimba band.
You should listen to more Internet Radio stations. This one is on the 70s channels a lot - as are many other of the best 70s hits. FM radio music didn't vanish, it went online like everything else.
In a recent interview with Bruce Blackman he made it known that the laugh you hear every time right before the chorus was a pure accident in one of the recording sessions. Something was wrong with his headphones and he laughed at what was going on in his ear. He dismissed it and figured they were gonna edit the laugh out, but the producer loved it and wanted to keep it as part of the song. And that’s how an accidental laugh during a recording session turned into a classic to the point where EVERYBODY who sings that song in the car, the shower, or simply laying on their bed laughs along with the song even close to 50 years later ❤️
Jay is right on the money as to the lyrics and the verbal winks from the singer. This was a constant on the radio the summer after my freshman year in college. Glad y'all got to experience this magical song.
“I Got To Know” is another great song! I listened to the whole album for the first time yesterday and Loved It! Never heard of them until I started listening to Yacht Rock 😎
The "xylophone solo" (I always thought that's what it was too was actually a Marimba, a very cool instrument. That solo was the first take, and it was totally improvised, not rehearsed!
I'm 51 and only discovered this tune from a Kenny Everett radio show ( Radio Victory ) from 1976 which is currentlyon TH-cam, to which Kenny played this track. I cant stop listening to it.
I graduated High school in the San Francisco Bay Area (Fremont) in June of 1976 and this song was played all over the AM radio in our cars back then especially radio station KFRC .
Gosh I used to hear this as a kid on the radio (am radio what a time!) and I didn't know who it was or anything, i just knew it by his raspy voice! Plus that was a marimba, but yes it was crazy great! Also his little laugh before each chorus! Nothing but fun memories.
This came out in 1975. Great song and way ahead of its time. In the mid-70s, music split into several genres... hard rock, acid rock, bubblegum (Sugar, Sugar), disco (ABBA), and progressive (like this song). I think I hear organ used as a pad to add fullness to the basic rhythm track, and that's definitely an early synthesizer playing fills between lyrics. This was the genre that survived into the 80s... lots of synths. The instrument taking the lead break is a marimba... built similar to a xylophone but larger, pitched one (two?) octave lower, and producing a more mellow sound. Both are percussion instruments, laid out and tuned like a piano, and struck with mallets. As I understand it, marimbas always have wood keys, while a xylophone can have wood or metal. MOTOWN used the marimba in lots of their 60s hits. Great song, great reaction, you two.
The lead vocalist was inspired to write the song while using a toilet in Uruguay. He heard a marimba being played in the next room and determined the sound would be used in his next song.
I’m from a small town with not even a red light! There was nothing to do but go “parking” or just cruise back and forth on the streets. This song has great memories!!
You should find a live version and watch the guy play that marimba solo with flying hands! Also Professor of Rock's channel does an interview with Brian Blackman, lead singer and songwriter of this song where he explains where the whole thing came from. It's a really sweet interview, actually, where he talks about trying to ask out the woman who later became his wife. I think the title of the video is something about "Singer Leaves Accidental Laugh in Song" -- something like that. Look it up for the backstory and you'll love it even more! Love your reactions!
Very easy to confuse a xylophone and a marimba. Very similar instruments played the same way. The difference is in the keys. A xylophone has metal keys, while the marimba has wooden keys. The marimba was developed in Central America from Mexico down to Costa Rica.
Thank you two for featuring this song, which being 72, I have loved it ever since I heard it. I am a drummer and I have an instrument, a Zylimba, which is a cross between a xylophone and a marimba. It is portable and I have played it on many gigs. I love also that you two are "color blind" and can totally get into a song, for the song regardless of the ethnicity of the performer/writer of the song. Amber you are a joy to watch, as you are so visibly moved by the music. Jordon you are a very lucky man, as Amber must be a joy to dance with since she so gets into music. Keep going your podcast/show is a sheer joy! B. Gardner
Thanks guys, I listen to this every morning to start my day. High vibes, they were the only group that used a solo Marimba. Watch the videos, it is so cool.
Starbuck was great for their day and had a somewhat big following with their jazzy,calypso folkie,southern beat type music...also don't forget their folllow up ....i got to know!
So I was a percussion student at the time when this song came out. It played on the radio as my teacher and I and and a couple of others were on our way to a recital. When the marimba solo ends, our teacher says that should be your goals. To be able to play that marimba solo. The five of us said Are you serious😮! She said Yes I would love to hear you play it eventually. We all laughed. None of us ever did play it and, sadly, I stopped taking lessons two years later so I never saw any of them again. Still haven't to this day
I was into heavy metal, glam rock, ect. Anything loud, and banging. When this came out. At first I thought what is this? Until the chorus hit. From that moment on this song became part of the soundtrack of my life. And it can still take me back to those days. Loved it then, love it now that I've learned to embrace all good music! Thanks for the memory!
I love starbuck.i bought this when i first heard it on radio in76.over here in Ireland.then bought the albums.still listening to those and Bruce blackmans latest stuff.classics.
Listening to the radio back during the 70's was an amazing decade cause you had one great song after another. Especially when a new song hit the charts. That was excitement in the air. .
No lover's peak for me. The only stinking memories this song reminds me of, was Marine bootcamp!! Along with "Afternoon Delight" by Starland Vocal Band, barely slipping out of my Drill Instructor's Duty Hut.
Bruce Blackman wrote and sings this song. It is mainly about him chasing a girl in college (she is now his wife). There is a great video where he explains how the song was written, the instruments that were used and how he changed some facts so the lyrics worked. I love this song.
I was stationed in Wash D.C. back in the mid-70's while in the Air Force. My girlfriend and I would often drive over to the Chesapeake for a day at the beach and this song was played often on the radio. Thanks for bringing those wonderful memories back.
Such a flashback to my childhood… listening to this on my little AM radio … happy times! Always loved the fact that they mentioned “the top of Chesapeake Bay”…. That’s where I live!
I lost my husband, Jimmy Cobb, last May 29th. He was the base player for Starbuck. Thank you! for making my day a little easier!
I'm sorry to hear that. This is one of my favorite songs.
Condolences to you and your family.🌕
So sorry for your loss. I was 13 when this came out. What a wonderful song, and great memories. I will remember him when I hear this.
I’m sorry for your loss. Jimmy helped make this song what it is to many of us. With all my health issues and problems in this world, this is a song that takes me away for a bit. Forever young;forever summer. Love to u
I am so sorry for your loss! He will be truly missed by all his fans.
I’m a 70’s teen and this is is so good!
You go girl!!!
I believe you. I'm slightly younger with 2 older siblings who were in high school in the 70's. They were 76 ans 77 grads. I graduated in the mid 80's so between them and 2 more even older sisters I grew up with the best music! From Dave Clark , Beatles, Hendrix, Motown, Stax, Dylan, Chicago, EWF, Clapton, Frampton, Bowie, Zappa, you name it. Also the stuff I heard on Casey Kasem. I began sax at 9, so the Funk, Disco, and anything with sax I learned to play, especially guitar solos like "Jessica" "Do You Feel Like We Do?" by ear. Then the 80's stuff too. Jazz, Classical, New Age, more Country, and other genres exploded. The 80's was the last great Rock years for the saxophone except live. It's a shame music isn't as good as it used to be.
Hear, hear, i was a few months shy of 19 when this song really took off in 76
We definitely had the best music!!!
@@MAGAchick63 100%
The woman he sings about in the song is still his wife after almost 50 years. I like that. And the xylophone player did it in one take.
Actually, it was a marimba.
@@margaretkendall1640 xylophone, vibraphones cousin.
I love it!
@@margaretkendall1640correct. What people don’t know is the difference is due to number of keys each has.
Went to High School with Bruce Blackman, the song writer and performer . This is a song about his now wife!
I love Bruce. He is such a sweetheart. He & his wife are still love birds. ❤
As someone who was a teenager in the 70's I approve this music 🎶 🎵! 👍💯🤣🇨🇦
Did you like the great Karen Carpenter??
Ditto!
I was born in 1970 and I have always loved this song ❤
Wasn't it fun being a teenager in the 70's?!!! Oh I soooo loved it!
Yeah this song you read between the lines to understand 😊😜
I love Kid Rock's song "All Summer Long" it makes me think about our fun 70's 😊
Me too! Great taste in music. You have!🙂
I’m 63 years old just fired up my car at 4:30 AM and this is the first song on the radio. What a way to start my day.
This song was Starbuck's one and only Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It peaked at the #3 spot on the Billboard Top 40 chart around the summertime of 1976. This song is a definite banger indeed!!!
“Everybody Be Dancin’” peaked at #38 the following year.
-awesome !-
Was a minor hit here in Australia in the Winter of 76 peaked at 24 in AUG 1976 .top tune though
As a lifelong percussionist, I appreciate that insane marimba solo every single time I hear it. WOW!! (It was actually a marimba, the "big brother" of the xylophone.) Beyond incredible!
The marimba totally steals the show. Pure Magic!
Wonderful reaction guys! I kept waiting for the smiles to erupt, and once that chorus hit, BAM, so did your smiles! 😁 The instrument for the solo is a marimba, played by Starbuck co-founder Bo Wagner, and it is arguably the greatest marimba solo ever recorded -- it was a spur-of-the-moment improvisation, and he nailed it in ONE TAKE. There's a YT interview available where Bo provides additional interesting details about the song and his iconic solo, it's worth finding. Thanks for the 1976 junior year of high school memories guys, this fantastic song was played everywhere back then. 👍 ☮️😎
I agree. I always loved this song and hoped they would get around to it. It's not a xylophone, but is a marimba. The live video on this actually matches the studio version and is a great watch, especially with the marimba solo!
Another thing you guys may find interesting, is that the marimba solo you hear on that recording was actually done in ONE TAKE WITH NO REHEARSAL. Bo Wagner, the man who played that solo, was asked to just lay something down while they were in studio recording, and on the fly he came up with the solo you hear on that song. Once he did it, he expected to do more takes because he thought he could do it better, but the band was so impressed they told him it was so good he would never improve on that, so they ended up using that completely improvised marimba solo on the record. Amazing!
Producers wanted it to be much shorter but told no way in haties
You say you came to Baltimore from ole Miss, class of 74 gold ring. The eastern moon looks ready for a wet kiss! Those lyrics just knock me out! I'm 72 and love this song forever!
This is one of my all-time faves. Jordon is right to assume there are many memories attached to these songs u are listening to. U have NO idea how we appreciate the two of u
-amazing !-
The instrument is called a marimba. I saw these guys in concert when this song was a hit. It was unforgettable, especially the marimba solo!
Yes, I studied that a bit in a percussion class I took at university. The keyboards were my fascination at that time as we were about to hit the 80's synth explosion. This and "Dancing in the Moonlight" are my favorite 70's "moonlight' songs.
Class of ‘77. Yep. 😁
Exactly! Xylophones have a very bright, sharp, metallic sound. Marimbas or vibraphones are normally what are used in music such as this, or especially in jazz.
@@mikefrerichs8860 Yes Vibes Alive featuring Dirk Richter. Check out the song "Smooth Move" if you have never heard it. The whole album Vibes Alive is just wonderfully smooth. Such ear candy and an eargasm. "Sticky Fingers" and "On Second Thought" are also tasty. The whole album is.
Saw Boston at the Hollywood Sportatorium in Florida in 1977. Starbuck was the opening act. When that gentlemen played the marimba solo, the crowd went bonkers! Thank you for bringing back a fond memory for me !
I too was at that incredible concert. I was only 12 yrs old & my father was Starbucks Mgr. Great time's 💖
This is one of a bunch of songs associated with the glorious Summer of 1976
Its not a xylophone, its a marimba. Definitely makes this song unique.
Bo Wagner was, probably, the best marimba player in rock 'n roll.
Out of a crowd of what, 4 or 5, ten tops lol. Great comment buddy 👍
@williamsherman1089 I guess few could master it.
This is such a cool, chill song! Nice soothing tune. Love it ! 🌹
I love this song! It's one of the few pop songs with a marimba solo, similar to a xylophone but with softer tones. It's classic, smooth, mellow pop rock! 🎼🎹♬
Bruce Blackman is a great storyteller. You should check out the interview he gave about this song to Gold Mine Magazine (?). Among other things he relates, the record company wanted to nix the marimba solo. He said, “I don’t know how I had the guts to tell them ‘no’, but I did.” 😄 Good for him!
Teenage girls would dance around together just the way you danced in your chair, Amber. This was just their "Groove."
It was actually a Marimba solo. Bo Wagner played Marimba and Vibes for this band. Check out their song, Everybody Be Dancin'
Nothing like soft rock, R&B,soul and Funk
It's one of those songs that just doesn't get old and tired.
The moment Jay picked up on what the song was talking about is PRICELESS!!!!
That's a marimba, my friend. Probably the best marimba solo ever....certainly the best solo ever in a pop song. You need to read the amazing back-story of how this solo made it into the song!
I’ve always loved the keyboard riffs in this song. So cool 🤘🏽😎🤘🏽
This is one of the best "one hit wonder" songs of all-time! Jay, I think what you were trying to think of, was being with a special friend at "Inspiration Point!"😀
Afternoon Delight (Starland Vocal Band) during the day and Starbuck's Moonlight for the evening - a song for every time.
And More, More, More (Andrea True Connection) to fill in the rest. Lol 1976 what a time.
I love the marimba solo. This song brings back so many memories from my teen years! This was Starbuck's only big hit. But, what a hit! The marimba reminds me of the jazzy Baha Marimba band.
I knew as soon as the chorus kicked in Amber was going to light up! She didn't disappoint. 👏👏 Love this song, and I LOVE his voice.
Oh!!! I loved this song!! I havent heard this one in a long time!!❤❤❤❤❤
Same with me!
You should listen to more Internet Radio stations. This one is on the 70s channels a lot - as are many other of the best 70s hits. FM radio music didn't vanish, it went online like everything else.
Great song, it came from the 70s, what'd you expect. Great memories.
Yes! 😺Please do the 1978 banger Love is Like Oxygen (has to be extended version) by Sweet it will blow you away! 🎉
This song hit the charts 2 years after I graduated from high school and I thought I had the world by the tail! What a memory!
Nothing like some great "Yacht Rock" from the 70s to make the day.
In a recent interview with Bruce Blackman he made it known that the laugh you hear every time right before the chorus was a pure accident in one of the recording sessions. Something was wrong with his headphones and he laughed at what was going on in his ear. He dismissed it and figured they were gonna edit the laugh out, but the producer loved it and wanted to keep it as part of the song. And that’s how an accidental laugh during a recording session turned into a classic to the point where EVERYBODY who sings that song in the car, the shower, or simply laying on their bed laughs along with the song even close to 50 years later ❤️
A xylophone! Lyrics are adorable. Instruments and melody are perfect. Total win on this one 😊
It’s a marimba. A xylophone has metal keys. A marimba has wooden keys. Both are played with mallets.
This is one of those songs that just transports you back to the time when it came out - you can even smell whats was for dinner !!
Jay is right on the money as to the lyrics and the verbal winks from the singer. This was a constant on the radio the summer after my freshman year in college. Glad y'all got to experience this magical song.
“I Got To Know” is another great song! I listened to the whole album for the first time yesterday and Loved It!
Never heard of them until I started listening to Yacht Rock 😎
A blast from the past! Came out in 76. Cool song, brings back fond memories of the 70s. Felt like having a cup of coffee afterwards ☕️. ✌️
The "xylophone solo" (I always thought that's what it was too was actually a Marimba, a very cool instrument. That solo was the first take, and it was totally improvised, not rehearsed!
I'm 51 and only discovered this tune from a Kenny Everett radio show ( Radio Victory ) from 1976 which is currentlyon TH-cam, to which Kenny played this track. I cant stop listening to it.
Another great song from the 70s that makes one feel good with nostalgic memories.
I smile every time I here this!
Yes! Excellent choice! I think you'll like this Amber.
I graduated High school in the San Francisco Bay Area (Fremont) in June of 1976 and this song was played all over the AM radio in our cars back then especially radio station KFRC .
Gosh I used to hear this as a kid on the radio (am radio what a time!) and I didn't know who it was or anything, i just knew it by his raspy voice! Plus that was a marimba, but yes it was crazy great! Also his little laugh before each chorus! Nothing but fun memories.
The follow-up "I Got To Know" barely missed the Top 40 and is also pretty good
This came out in 1975. Great song and way ahead of its time. In the mid-70s, music split into several genres... hard rock, acid rock, bubblegum (Sugar, Sugar), disco (ABBA), and progressive (like this song). I think I hear organ used as a pad to add fullness to the basic rhythm track, and that's definitely an early synthesizer playing fills between lyrics. This was the genre that survived into the 80s... lots of synths.
The instrument taking the lead break is a marimba... built similar to a xylophone but larger, pitched one (two?) octave lower, and producing a more mellow sound. Both are percussion instruments, laid out and tuned like a piano, and struck with mallets. As I understand it, marimbas always have wood keys, while a xylophone can have wood or metal. MOTOWN used the marimba in lots of their 60s hits.
Great song, great reaction, you two.
You are right. I did use the flute bars on a B3 as a pad. You're also right about the synths. We used 6 minimoogs on stage.
The lead vocalist was inspired to write the song while using a toilet in Uruguay. He heard a marimba being played in the next room and determined the sound would be used in his next song.
this song is a complete MOOD...love it....Amber was tearin it up :))))
One of my favourites!
You better believe it, stars and steamy windows.
I’m from a small town with not even a red light! There was nothing to do but go “parking” or just cruise back and forth on the streets. This song has great memories!!
You should find a live version and watch the guy play that marimba solo with flying hands! Also Professor of Rock's channel does an interview with Brian Blackman, lead singer and songwriter of this song where he explains where the whole thing came from. It's a really sweet interview, actually, where he talks about trying to ask out the woman who later became his wife. I think the title of the video is something about "Singer Leaves Accidental Laugh in Song" -- something like that. Look it up for the backstory and you'll love it even more! Love your reactions!
One of the best schmoozing songs of it's time. Set the mood just right.
Absolutely love this song 🎵
Wow!! Big time memories with my girlfriend. Saw them at six flags in Dallas 1976 and of course they played this on their last song at NIGHT!!😜
my childhood was so good musically!
Mine too❤
I agree. I was born in 1970
Marimba solo! In the ‘70s I was listening to Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, etc., but this song was one of my guilty pleasures.
Marimba solo is awesome and so was the keyboards afterward.
Very easy to confuse a xylophone and a marimba. Very similar instruments played the same way. The difference is in the keys. A xylophone has metal keys, while the marimba has wooden keys. The marimba was developed in Central America from Mexico down to Costa Rica.
Thank you two for featuring this song, which being 72, I have loved it ever since I heard it. I am a drummer and I have an instrument, a Zylimba, which is a cross between a xylophone and a marimba. It is portable and I have played it on many gigs. I love also that you two are "color blind" and can totally get into a song, for the song regardless of the ethnicity of the performer/writer of the song. Amber you are a joy to watch, as you are so visibly moved by the music. Jordon you are a very lucky man, as Amber must be a joy to dance with since she so gets into music. Keep going your podcast/show is a sheer joy! B. Gardner
What podcast do they have, the name?
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2 good ones in a row, NICE.
This was a roller rink STAPLE in ‘76; they played this song at least twice each Saturday I was there.
LMAO I live in Chesapeake, Virginia, on the Chesapeake Bay, and Moonlight definitely Feels Right looking out on the open waters! 😘
♥️Virginia!
That wonderful warm instrument is called a Marimba.
One of the best "summer time" songs for driving down the highway. Turn it up - and drive fast.
Thanks guys, I listen to this every morning to start my day. High vibes, they were the only group that used a solo Marimba. Watch the videos, it is so cool.
Starbuck was great for their day and had a somewhat big following with their jazzy,calypso folkie,southern beat type music...also don't forget their folllow up ....i got to know!
“Inspiration Point Baby!!!👍Heeeeeeey!!!!😆🤣
That’s true😊I saw an interview with the lead singer that wrote the song and he did say they refused to shorten it cause it was so good!
So I was a percussion student at the time when this song came out. It played on the radio as my teacher and I and and a couple of others were on our way to a recital. When the marimba solo ends, our teacher says that should be your goals. To be able to play that marimba solo. The five of us said Are you serious😮! She said Yes I would love to hear you play it eventually. We all laughed. None of us ever did play it and, sadly, I stopped taking lessons two years later so I never saw any of them again. Still haven't to this day
I was into heavy metal, glam rock, ect. Anything loud, and banging. When this came out. At first I thought what is this? Until the chorus hit. From that moment on this song became part of the soundtrack of my life. And it can still take me back to those days. Loved it then, love it now that I've learned to embrace all good music! Thanks for the memory!
Another A.M. classic!
Another Yacht Rock Radio staple. 👍🏻
I love starbuck.i bought this when i first heard it on radio in76.over here in Ireland.then bought the albums.still listening to those and Bruce blackmans latest stuff.classics.
Pure 70s bliss man.
Listening to the radio back during the 70's was an amazing decade cause you had one great song after another. Especially when a new song hit the charts. That was excitement in the air. .
One of the best songs with a marimba. One of my favorites. I believe he wrote this about his girlfriend, now wife.
Correct.
He did that in one take on the marimba! I recommend you watch the live version to see him play it - awesome.
They were called the submarine races.
This brings back memories of the ole crackling clock radio.
I loved when Jay’s head started to bop. I wasn’t sure you would like it, Jay.
Rewatch! This song just gives me all the feels!!! Well not THOSE feels but nostalgia! Lol
Bringing back THOSE memories Jay....you are so right! LOL.....I'm blushing here!
An amazing solo, He did it in ONE TAKE i read.
LOL yeah you nailed it! this was a make out song back in the day! :O
But he came to Baltimore (my hometown) from Ole Miss and enjoyed the Chesapeake Bay. Some songs just make you feel happy, right?
No lover's peak for me. The only stinking memories this song reminds me of, was Marine bootcamp!! Along with "Afternoon Delight" by Starland Vocal Band, barely slipping out of my Drill Instructor's Duty Hut.
Music that makes you smile. Nothing better!
fantastic song- always cool to listen to you both
Heck yeah! Love it! 🔥🔥🔥
Next up, Telephone Man - Meri Wilson, ‘77…😁
Bruce Blackman wrote and sings this song. It is mainly about him chasing a girl in college (she is now his wife). There is a great video where he explains how the song was written, the instruments that were used and how he changed some facts so the lyrics worked. I love this song.
You'll like this song, Amber
Wow, another tune I haven’t heard in decades! Thanks for reacting to it.
I was stationed in Wash D.C. back in the mid-70's while in the Air Force. My girlfriend and I would often drive over to the Chesapeake for a day at the beach and this song was played often on the radio. Thanks for bringing those wonderful memories back.
I still listen to this song on my short list of all-time favorites.......I was in 9th grade when it came out.
Such a flashback to my childhood… listening to this on my little AM radio … happy times!
Always loved the fact that they mentioned “the top of Chesapeake Bay”…. That’s where I live!