Another song from the 90's about an actual event. Budd Dwyer. Man wrongly accused who committed suicide. th-cam.com/video/o9mJ82x_l-E/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=Filter
I can't believe it, this is the song I've been trying to find since I was 10 years old. There was this one summer in the 90's they played it on the radio a couple times and I loved it, but the DJ never said the name, and then they never played it again. I remember going to the music shop and flipping through as many CDs as I could trying to see if any of the titles sounded remotely familiar. And back then you could scan the bar codes on the CDs and play previews of the songs on headphones in the shop, and I'd do that over and over. I never found it. By the time the internet became searchable enough that I could probably find it, I couldn't remember enough of it to properly search it. Somebody mentioned it by title just now and I thought, "Wait is, that...?" and looked it up immediately. I'm just really excited right now, this is such a strange feeling.
I found this among the sea of comments on reddit by mistake .. They were doing " write-singing " and someone posted the link at the end .. What they commented on was a gif of ants buidling tunnels in a transparent glass case . Pretty cool :)
I also went about 3 years trying to find out what this song was. No clue until I bought a cassette one day with various songs. I was playing it and this came on. I think I broke a glass. Just flat dropped it. But now I listen to it a lot. Just glad I found it. Well worth the wait!!
Same here, 10 years ago I was in a band with my uncle and he told me he would love to play this song, I agreed to play this song and after 10 years I started to look for this song but couldn’t remember the lyrics
So sad hearing there story from MrBallen earlier today. Especially as the cops pulled them over in the next state and didn't notice who they were. Such a sad story
I’m 47 . I am in the sandwich generation, with my 2 boys 17 and almost 20. My parents are in their 70’s. My mom’s mom passed from dementia at 84 but it definitely starts off 10 years earlier. My dad’s mom is 95, still alive and in better physical condition than him. I feel like a double decker cream cookie, bottom layer of cream!
Haha one of like 73 songs that 9.29 KJEE played on a loop in the early 00s Santa Barbara as a kid that I never heard again in 20 years 😆 Ended up becoming a metalhead but still dig these classics like this, glycerine, Gorillaz, etc
If you look up their story on KVUE, you will see that the family feels the same way. They're incredibly touched by the song and by the fact that it's remembered and loved all these years later, matches they would have hoped for their loved ones to be.
I know the feeling. My mom passed 12 years ago, and I still miss her every day. It will never be OK that your mom's not here, but you WILL get used to a new "normal" eventually. Hang in there, friend. 🙂
@@anamariacraveiro5166Lela and Raymond got in their car to drive to a festival in a nearby town. They would never return home. They were found by some hikers 2 weeks later, both the car and their bodies, at the bottom of a 25 foot cliff. They inspired the song "The Way" by Fastball.
@@anamariacraveiro5166 1997 Um casal que deixou sua casa no leste do Texas para um festival de violino a 15 milhas de distância foi encontrado morto em seu carro no Arkansas, um fim angustiante para duas semanas de buscas pela polícia e parentes. Lela, 83, e Raymond Howard, 88, aparentemente se desorientaram e acabaram dirigindo seu Oldsmobile para fora da estrada perto de Hot Springs, Arkansas, a mais de 350 milhas de sua casa, disse a polícia. Seus corpos foram encontrados no sábado em seu carro, escondidos em uma mata densa. Rhonda Alford, 43, uma das cinco netas da Sra. Howard, disse que o filho de 57 anos da mulher a implorou para deixá-lo fazer a viagem de Salado para Temple em 28 de junho. "Ele estava implorando para ela, `Deixe-me levá-la,' " disse a Sra. Alford. "Ela disse, `Não, nós sabemos para onde ir. Nós vamos todo ano.' " "Eles eram praticamente inseparáveis", disse Cathy Drake, 53, no domingo sobre seu pai e a mulher com quem ele se casou em 1986 depois que ambos perderam seus cônjuges. "Era um desses tipos de relacionamentos que você não vê acontecer tão tarde na vida. Acho que eles realmente se apaixonaram um pelo outro."
That’s me. I am here because of Mr. Ballen‘s video. That’s pretty funny that other people came to check it out too. I did recognize the song though. By the way, he sang it he didn’t do too bad. interesting little bit of trivia though. And I love Mr. Ballen.
RIP Uncle Raymond and Aunt Lela, my great aunt and uncle. I'll never forget when they were missing, and we had such high hopes they'd be found. I think the song is a neat tribute, but the words do not describe how it happened. Still great to have a song written with them in mind.
I hear ya. But I'd like to think your aunt and uncle said after they realized they went to far and were lost, they said "screw it ... lets just keep going and have some fun". Like, live life to the last bit of fullness while they can still walk and breathe to do it. Which is what I take from the song now/today.
Tony Scalzo more or less said he filled in the blanks and used his imagination after reading the initial story. There was still speculation at that point.
The factual incident is both tragic and inspiring. I first and last heard The Way in ‘98 while living in Willamette valley; now I’m in central Texas, woke up this morning obsessed with hearing this song again & able to find it - only remembering “Fastball”. What happened to Raymond & Lela and “The Way” has triggered many of us to reflect on our aging bodies & youthful wistfulness. Great guitar and bass riffs BTW.
Almost 30 years later this song is still on my playlists and everytime it comes on I'm singing along. God, the 90s was a font of some of the absolute best music.
The 90s were a great time! For music and gaming, technology and all that too. When this chorus kicks in, you KNOW you know this song! Still odd to say that it was 30 years ago 😳
Me and my wife used to sing this song in the car in the 90s. We were in our 20s and 30s. The "Never grow old and grey" part we liked. We had so much time in front of us...so much time and fun. She passed away this Jan 2019 suddenly. Song is sad now as msot things are. Bah world.
Discovering this in 2024 thanks to the missing person stories of MrBallen. This was made around 1998. At that time I was 8, living in Istanbul, was listening more to Turkish pop, Spice Girls, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Eminem. Number 1 TV had many tracks around the world, but never heard this one there. Glad to know this beautiful song exists and rest in peace Raymond en Lela. Heartbreaking story and song. Greetings from Brussels.
I was 8 when this came out. I don’t remember the story but I remember looking this song up years later and read about the sad story behind it. That’s so sad. When Mr Ballen covered it i immediately came back to this song!
Glad he showed u this song wit ur lil young slow ass but there's no need to comment about it!!!! The Mr. Ballen brang me here comments are getting annoying ASF!!!!! U could have said something unique but I stead u just follow algorithms instead 😂 glad u finally found it u Yung ass simp 😂 ur parents should have showed u this years ago 😂
Yes I just checked it out because of the Mr Ballet story. I loved this song I can remember singing it a lot. I never knew the true story behind it though😢
This was one of my mom's all time favorite songs. She passed away 4 years ago this past March. Every time I hear it I tear up and remember where she is she'll never get hungry, and she'll never get old and grey. I love you mom and I miss you every day.
Thx to Mr Ballen I now know the story behind this great song. This song came out the during my first yr of college. RIP Raymond and Lela, and may ur streets in heaven be paved w gold. (*EDIT: I had the release date in my head as 97, but it was actually 98, so yr after HS grad*)
@@Sharibaby80 I just realized I had the release date wrong, I graduated in 97, and it released in Jan '98, but for some reason I had it in my head as 97.
I'm here because this song reminds me of my father. He would pick me up after high school late in the afternoon, and they would always play this song on a radio show I used to listened to. He would make a stop at the bakery, I he would buy several just baked baguettes to take home, he would let me eat the still hot inside soft part of it, just because he loved to spoil me. Now, he's not in a very good shape, we're living in different countries, and I miss him so much. I pray God he can recover soon. 🙏❣️
Go home to your Daddy. I know. I left Wyoming when my Daddy was sick with cancer. I told my husband he may come back to Texas with me or he may stay. Nothing mattered except I was leaving to be by my Father's side. I never regretted the move. He died with me holding his right hand as I was halfway crawled into his hospital bed. I'm so happy he knew I came back home to him.
I don't know about underrated. It is a really fun song, and it was top of the charts in early '98 or so, and had real staying power on the radio. To me it's more about the nostalgia than anything else. But this song definitely had its long day in the limelight.
RIP to the older couple who lost their lives. This great song went top 10 during the summer of 1998. I was 17, going to summer school, and working at Mc Donald’s. It was in heavy rotation on top 40 radio stations. I still have it on my mixtape from that summer. One of my favorite from the spring and summer of ‘98. I’m 43 now.
Man this song is spring/summer '98 to an absolute T. The 'retro' 60's nostalgia, the loose suits, the rockabilly influence, the sideburns. Such a narrow window of time captured so completely in a song and video.
It's a basic Relative Minor progression. Anyone with a basic knowledge of music theory or the Circle of Fifths would understand. Used a lot in music and rock music especially.
I remember listening to this song on the World Chart Show and the two hosts would always give the backstory to the song telling how the old couple just took off to their deaths. I came back here after more than a decade since I heard the song as I was reminded of it on Mrballen. So sad😢😢. Love from Nigeria.
Who is Mr. Ballen? I just listen to this song from time to time because I remember when it was in heavy rotation on MTV back when they still played music videos.
1998 i was 18 years old. Back then. Im 41 years old. Now in 2021. I still love the 90s songs! The 90s will be forever in my heart. No matter how old i get in life...💙
@@chrisbush5965 I've tried to get into today's music but I just don't care for it. There's a few good songs but the 90's truly have my heart. Smashing pumpkins, Bush, no doubt, sugar ray, collective soul, weezer, etc I could listen to 24/7 but today's music sounds so foreign to me. I stopped keeping up with new music around the time I graduated from college (2004). It started to sound so different. My kids think I'm stuck in the 80's and 90's and I proudly tell them I am 😃
Thanks for mrballen for giving me the back story on this song that I've always loved. The end of this video makes sense now with him jumping off the edge and landing onto an oldsmobile. #mrballen
There's something magical about this song. Even when you hear it for the very first time, there's something about the music and the lyrics that will make you feel like you have *always* known it... x
My brother is very much alive but this is the song that reminds me of him the most. I remember being about 12 years old and this was one of the songs he'd play when he had a girl over at our parents house. One time I asked him to play it for me on his absolutely incredible 52 disc changer radio/boombox/stereo with the most mind numbing bass that anyone could imagine. In a rare bonding moment between a 12 year old and a 17 year old older brother, we bonded over the coolest song I've ever heard in my life. I still get goose bumps and nearly cry thinking about that moment and this song. I will remember this song and the bond it made for the rest of my life. Well, I'm crying now thinking about that moment, thank you.
Such a brilliantly written, arranged, and executed song. These don't come along often. Great band that never again equaled this brilliance, but man......what a legacy; what a bar they set for excellence.
Brilliantly written song - sad minor chord in the parts that reflect the elderly couple's disappearance, but an upbeat major chord in the parts that reflect hope in the prospect that they may have consciously taken off for one last trip to relive their youth.
The song is about a newspaper article about an old couple that went on a trip and some how ended up on the side of the road dead. I think one had dementia and the other one was blind so the one with dementia drove. I think they were on there way to a fair in Texas.
@@iwasbornin62 truemusicfactswednesday.blogspot.com/2014/11/tmfw-62-they-wanted-highway.html Scalzo wrote the song before the story had concluded and the couple were found dead. He said it was "a romanticized take on what happened" and is not based on anything actually known. Still...it is nice to imagine these two elderly sweethearts setting aside all the unhappiness; the doctor's orders, and diagnoses, and pills to embark on one last road trip together. "You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere. They won't make it home but they really don't care. They wanted the highway; they're happier there today...today."
Rip lelya and Raymond I just watched the back story to the song. It adds to the legend and lore of the subject matter. From trajedy comes the road of life paved with sadness and souls as far as the eye can see....this song leaves a endelible mark never forgotten their story forever more!!!!
Recently read what this song is about, the story of two elders that got lost and died together. So incredibly sad and touching. Will never be the same when hearing this song. 😢
When I first found that out like a year ago the song became so sad and disturbing but now listening and watching the video i find it so cool. Mainly because the family said how surprised and appreciative they were of it. Like I can’t watch this and not try to imagine how cool it must be and also comforting to see your loved ones spirits forever living through a chart topping rock song. And the feel of the song itself is just perfect. It talks about something tragic and disturbing but has the feel of a happy, uplifting song. Yeah it’s sad that they went out so tragically, but it’s not like their time wasn’t coming very soon considering their health issues and age, and honestly they lived a complete and fulfilling life and I like to think that it probably happened too quick for them to ever even suffer at all. Plus they were with each other. And I feel like the song iterates that perfectly. So yeah I just think it’s awesome because no doubt the family got a kick out of it and it will be told throughout their family for generations to come for sure. Sorry for the rant. Haven’t slept in over 24 hours so I’m a little out there at the moment 😅
@@NizRacingNY I completely agree Eric! It was beautiful to see their family being comforted through something so sad and terrible. Death is always tragic, but we can find comfort in that as well. RIP forever together like they left this earth 😢
I don’t know how they pulled it off. Something so sad and they put it in a song. Which didn’t give me the feeling of sadness. The elder Couple that died,I hope deep down in my heart found peace.
Spotify is playing "One Headlight" after this song. The 90's were so long ago. Make the best of today you guys, you'll be looking back in another 30 years wondering where the time went. Fill it with love, laughter and music :)
The closest, relevant point for me in the '90s is now twenty-two years ago. I was just thinking of what I was doing post-Labor Day back in '99. My girlfriend and I were going away for a week at the New Jersey shore and we lucked-into excellent summer-like weather. The calendar for that year and this year are exactly the same. Twenty-two years ago this week; the week of September 12th. '99 and '21.
There are so many times either one of these plays after the other. Here it'll come up, on the car radio, Spotify. Or I'll watch it here, get in the car and One Headlight will be the song on the radio. I think some DJ in the cosmos is having fun with us. And I think it's just fine.
Before watching Mr ballen, i’d looked this song up at Spotify just a few weeks before, just for the sake of nostalgia. I’d listened to it over and over and over again. It’s so eerie that Mr ballen brought the story up only this week, and i was today years old when I learnt about the tragic story. I really really love this song, i remember it was in the late 90s when i first heard it on the radio, I instantly fell in love with it. Instantly!
Haven't heard this song since the 90's. Absolutely LOVED the key (and energy) change. This entire song is truly layered perfectly. Lyrics are purposely eerie.
This became the theme song for a group family vacation to Florida back in the 90’s. It always brings back those great summer beach memories when I hear it. “We just drove off and left it all behind us”
I heavily relate to this!! whenever i hear this song I think of me going to Orlando every summer and hanging out with my extended family going a little bit farther to Port St Lucie. This song gives me a lot of nostalgic memories and im glad someone feels the same way.
True isn't it? 1998 was so awesome..seems like yesterday..it hurts that I still remember new year of 1998 and now it's 21 years ago! I was 7 or 8 years old my sister was a teenager and we watched Mtv all day, went to picnics with family and I used to play outside with other kids. Miss those days.
Todd Bryant But I think time went by slower back then than now. Like 1996 to 2000 seemed like a long time but now 4 years go by so quickly! My childhood remained for a long time..teenage time went faster and now I feel weird that my 20's is almost gone! Btw you are so lucky to be young in 1980's-90s..just like my cousins. People of my age had a nice childhood then bam everything drastically changed since 2001(even though I'm not American)..war, terrorism, recession, Mtv's death etc. I feel thankful to remember 90's from 1995.
This is one of the phantom songs that pops in your head at 3am once every few year to drive you insane as you hum it trying to remember lyrics before it despises back into your brain and your stuck wondering if its even real or if you made it up.
Today was my cousins 42nd birthday and we used to listen to this the entire summer it was out. I remember hours by the campfire, just us two and a lifetime ahead of us. His life was cut short in 06 from cancer. Happy 42nd Birthday in heaven Cuz!
I had completely forgotten that this song existed for the last 25 years. It now hasn't left my head for a single day for the last month. I have vague memories of hearing it as a kid and liking it, but never knowing what is was. Now here I am, in my mid-30s and listening to it on repeat with a big smile on my face. Ditto with 'Out of My Head'. Cheers, Fastball, wherever you are!
I’m 40 and because they are playing near my town, l literally just learned the meaning behind the song. Fukkk. I knew it was tragic, but gawd damm. One of the most underrated songs of my teenage years.
This is the kind of calming song your dad played in the car at medium-low volume while driving the family home on the highway late at night, front windows rolled down with a cool breeze coming in, you and your siblings asleep in the back.
Loved this song since I was 15! Now I’m 41 and STILL loving it ❤…I swear there will never be a feeling in music like the 99s gave. Even a story like this still had such a good vibe to it 💯
One of the best songs of the 1990s. It reached number one in the modern rock tracks 25 years ago this week. I was lucky to see the band in a free concert in the summer of 2017 and this song was the last one played that night.
@@cespil-io7mj I’m not saying this either, but people say they found a “recipe” that made a song popular. Following that recipe put any song they wanted into top tens and radio playlists but it also made their songs sound similar. Other bands started trying to follow this trend and it shifted the direction of music industry out of “90s” and into the 2000’s. That’s my understanding of it anyway.
I’ve been trying to find this song since I was young kid I’m 34. And yesterday I found it. I spent hours trying to remember it. I used to go downstairs to watch much music and this song was always on early in the morning. And I’ve spent years trying to remember it . Finally years later here I am lol
@@eric6242 lol I couldn’t even remember the lyrics all I could just barely remember the tune and a red car being in the music video! Glad you found it too lol
I was almost 40 year's old when this song hit but as an aging baby boomer I can recognize a very cool song when I hear one. These dudes had that 60s/70s thing going on
Same here, and I agree. I was 38 when it came out. My (then) wife, daughter, and I jammed to this on the way to the Tulsa 4th of July celebration in '98.
Finally nice to see someone else someone else agree with me on this. I missed these guys the first time around, but some of it still leaked through, and I thought this and "Out of My Head" were actual oldies.
If im correct, the guitar player was fascinated with the Lela Raymond story and was the driving force behind this song. Great tribute to their story. Im currently dealing with a loved one with dementia. Rip Lela and Raymond.
This song evoked such creepy imagery in my mind as a kid in the ‘90s. The idea of the children waking up to their parents just leaving them as they escape to some hidden paradise is just such an epicly creepy vibe to me.
The first time I heard this song back in the 90s, I thought it was about cultists who deliberately ran off without their kids. Then the real story came out
This is a great song to listen to while driving but it literally is a song about tragic and terrible driving. The real story behind this song is about an elderly couple that are driving to their favorite yearly music festival, they lose their way. They are found hundreds of miles away crashed in a canyon and died. The lyrics "anyone can see the road that they walk on in paved in gold, its always summer they will never get cold, they'll never get hungry, they'll never get old and grey" describes them passed away and in heaven. The next part is the children looking for them.
DrEvil Yes and no. They were from Salado, Texas and were on their way to a Pioneer Festival in Temple, Texas. The wife had Alzheimer’s the husband was recovering from brain surgery. The wife had an episode while driving and drove off for hundreds of miles in the wrong direction. They were found two weeks later at the bottom of a ravine in Hot Springs, Arkansas. This song is a romanticized take on what happened to give the couple a happier ending. Instead of having an Alzheimer’s episode and driving to their death, they decided to get in the car and just drive. They left to go have fun like they did when they first met. Wherever they end up, they end up. RIP Lela and Raymond Howard
We came here as we heard the song at the end of an episode of "High Potential". That led me to a newscast in Austin about the couple. Very interesting saga!
Here after watching “High Potential “ on Hulu… a woman was singing the song… but those lyrics… “Where were they going without ever knowing the way….” Just haunted me til I had to search for the song…. Now I must look up the the story of Mr. Ballen
Looks like a lot of people came here after Mr. Ballens story of Raymond and Lela being the inspiration of this song. Didn't think Id recognize the song but I do, it's incredible famous. R.I.P Raymond and Lela.
Very nostalgic... Up to now I can't believe this song is not included on my list of favorite music here in yt. I grew up with this song listening almost everyday and never got sick of it. 27 years after.... I finally found this masterpiece. What a great story and a great song.
The use of the minor and major progressions fit the theme of the song perfectly. The minor verse reflects the mystery and sadness associated with their departure, while the major verse reflects the freedom of spending the rest of your life in the wild, apart from society.
I can’t remember what store I was in a few weeks ago. But as soon as I heard that guitar. It took me back to 1998. One of my favorite jams as a 13 year old when this song came out!!
Years have come and gone, but this song just always sounds fresh and one-of-a-kind. Loved it at first listen and always will. It just sounds so right. The fact that it was inspired by a true story just adds another layer to it. Amazing.
This was one of my Dads favorite songs! I’m one of 6 other children my parents had, I was the first boy, me and my Dad had an intense bond. He would always play this and Aerosmith on a loop, we’d be in the basement working on model cars and trains, hearing this now, really makes me miss my childhood and Dad. Love you Dad.
Man I hadn't heard this song in years and just rediscovered this because of Mr. ballen. I hope this gives the song a nice reboost in popularity. Also the video is very lighthearted for what is a melancholy song even if you don't know the context behind what it was based off of.
Thank you Mr. Ballen for the story behind this song! RIP Raymond and Lela
That's what brought me here too!
Another song from the 90's about an actual event. Budd Dwyer. Man wrongly accused who committed suicide.
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Yes girl. That’s what why I came here too. Always loved this song growing up as well. Love mr. B
I came from Mr Ballens video too
Came here for that reason too, thanks Mr B
I can't believe it, this is the song I've been trying to find since I was 10 years old. There was this one summer in the 90's they played it on the radio a couple times and I loved it, but the DJ never said the name, and then they never played it again. I remember going to the music shop and flipping through as many CDs as I could trying to see if any of the titles sounded remotely familiar. And back then you could scan the bar codes on the CDs and play previews of the songs on headphones in the shop, and I'd do that over and over. I never found it. By the time the internet became searchable enough that I could probably find it, I couldn't remember enough of it to properly search it. Somebody mentioned it by title just now and I thought, "Wait is, that...?" and looked it up immediately. I'm just really excited right now, this is such a strange feeling.
I kbow how you feel, I was the same
Me too
I found this among the sea of comments on reddit by mistake .. They were doing " write-singing " and someone posted the link at the end .. What they commented on was a gif of ants buidling tunnels in a transparent glass case . Pretty cool :)
I also went about 3 years trying to find out what this song was. No clue until I bought a cassette one day with various songs. I was playing it and this came on. I think I broke a glass. Just flat dropped it. But now I listen to it a lot. Just glad I found it. Well worth the wait!!
Same here, 10 years ago I was in a band with my uncle and he told me he would love to play this song, I agreed to play this song and after 10 years I started to look for this song but couldn’t remember the lyrics
Never knew this song was based on a true story. Got to love Mr. Ballen
@susanivy3619 Yes, best story teller I've ever come across! Good to see another fan did the same. Great minds think alike!
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Lmao 😂😅 yes! Look at why we are all here
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ayyy fellow fans of strange dark and mysterious 👍👍👍
I just took a pause on Mr Ballen's video to listen to this song for old-time's sake.
timeless song. Both lyrics and the story behind them and the spot on melody.
This is fantastic...I ❤this song! RIP Lela & Raymond... may the streets you walk on now truly be paved in gold.
So sad hearing there story from MrBallen earlier today. Especially as the cops pulled them over in the next state and didn't notice who they were. Such a sad story
I’m 47 . I am in the sandwich generation, with my 2 boys 17 and almost 20. My parents are in their 70’s. My mom’s mom passed from dementia at 84 but it definitely starts off 10 years earlier. My dad’s mom is 95, still alive and in better physical condition than him.
I feel like a double decker cream cookie, bottom layer of cream!
no one gives a fuck about those people. this songs sick. hope lela and raymond are soaking up the piss on that gold paved piss road though
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Haha one of like 73 songs that 9.29 KJEE played on a loop in the early 00s Santa Barbara as a kid that I never heard again in 20 years 😆
Ended up becoming a metalhead but still dig these classics like this, glycerine, Gorillaz, etc
This song immortalized the couple that went missing n that’s the sweetest thing someone could do for them
A cliff a couple and a marone 4 door sefan
I thought this tune was an old Tom Jones song.
If you look up their story on KVUE, you will see that the family feels the same way. They're incredibly touched by the song and by the fact that it's remembered and loved all these years later, matches they would have hoped for their loved ones to be.
Who?
This was one of my moms favorite songs. She passed suddenly in November 2022 4 days before Thanksgiving. I miss her something awful.
I'm sorry ❤
The road that she walks on is paved in gold
I know the feeling. My mom passed 12 years ago, and I still miss her every day. It will never be OK that your mom's not here, but you WILL get used to a new "normal" eventually. Hang in there, friend. 🙂
your mom loved a song about a couple who killed themselves? wtf XD
I'm so sorry for your loss! Much love and sincere condolences to you and your family. It's especially hard when we lose our parents. 💙
Mr. Ballen is the reason why I'm here R.I.P Raymond and Lela.
SAME HERE!!!
Yup
Same here
That's lame because this song is a freaking classic.
Same here... omg how very sad... and how great of this group to immortalize them.
RIP Raymond and Lela. Such a sad story and beautifull song ❤
Whats happen?
@@anamariacraveiro5166 Fastball: The Story Behind "The Way" th-cam.com/video/z07LE2QWNvs/w-d-xo.html I just found out myself today.
@@anamariacraveiro5166Lela and Raymond got in their car to drive to a festival in a nearby town. They would never return home. They were found by some hikers 2 weeks later, both the car and their bodies, at the bottom of a 25 foot cliff. They inspired the song "The Way" by Fastball.
@@anamariacraveiro5166 1997 Um casal que deixou sua casa no leste do Texas para um festival de violino a 15 milhas de distância foi encontrado morto em seu carro no Arkansas, um fim angustiante para duas semanas de buscas pela polícia e parentes.
Lela, 83, e Raymond Howard, 88, aparentemente se desorientaram e acabaram dirigindo seu Oldsmobile para fora da estrada perto de Hot Springs, Arkansas, a mais de 350 milhas de sua casa, disse a polícia. Seus corpos foram encontrados no sábado em seu carro, escondidos em uma mata densa.
Rhonda Alford, 43, uma das cinco netas da Sra. Howard, disse que o filho de 57 anos da mulher a implorou para deixá-lo fazer a viagem de Salado para Temple em 28 de junho. "Ele estava implorando para ela, `Deixe-me levá-la,' " disse a Sra. Alford. "Ela disse, `Não, nós sabemos para onde ir. Nós vamos todo ano.' "
"Eles eram praticamente inseparáveis", disse Cathy Drake, 53, no domingo sobre seu pai e a mulher com quem ele se casou em 1986 depois que ambos perderam seus cônjuges. "Era um desses tipos de relacionamentos que você não vê acontecer tão tarde na vida. Acho que eles realmente se apaixonaram um pelo outro."
Good question yes by all means expand, not like that jeez!
Who else is here now 2025 listening to this sad song bc of MrBallen's story 😢 💔
Just watched the episode. Never knew the backstory. I remember when the song came out all those years ago!
Me😂
I had to come take a listen after that, this is one of my favorite 90's songs.
I always loved this song but that's why I'm listening now
That’s me. I am here because of Mr. Ballen‘s video. That’s pretty funny that other people came to check it out too. I did recognize the song though. By the way, he sang it he didn’t do too bad. interesting little bit of trivia though. And I love Mr. Ballen.
This song will never get old and grey.
And for it, we're happier there
yes
I will.
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For so many years just now i heard it again! we back to my high school day! This song will never get old and grey!
Mr Ballen brought me here. RIP Lela & Raymond, God bless you both🙏
RIP Uncle Raymond and Aunt Lela, my great aunt and uncle. I'll never forget when they were missing, and we had such high hopes they'd be found. I think the song is a neat tribute, but the words do not describe how it happened. Still great to have a song written with them in mind.
I hear ya. But I'd like to think your aunt and uncle said after they realized they went to far and were lost, they said "screw it ... lets just keep going and have some fun". Like, live life to the last bit of fullness while they can still walk and breathe to do it. Which is what I take from the song now/today.
Oh, they're fine, we've just been chilling with them for the past year.
They were togethor...
Tony Scalzo more or less said he filled in the blanks and used his imagination after reading the initial story. There was still speculation at that point.
The factual incident is both tragic and inspiring. I first and last heard The Way in ‘98 while living in Willamette valley; now I’m in central Texas, woke up this morning obsessed with hearing this song again & able to find it - only remembering “Fastball”. What happened to Raymond & Lela and “The Way” has triggered many of us to reflect on our aging bodies & youthful wistfulness. Great guitar and bass riffs BTW.
Almost 30 years later this song is still on my playlists and everytime it comes on I'm singing along. God, the 90s was a font of some of the absolute best music.
Absolutely, I was a 70’s kid and a 80’s teen, but to me the 90’s really stand out for songwriting and talent.
The 90s were a great time! For music and gaming, technology and all that too.
When this chorus kicks in, you KNOW you know this song!
Still odd to say that it was 30 years ago 😳
I thought this song was about twenty-six years ago like 97 or 98 because I was 25 at the time and I hate to admit it I'm 50 now
THISSSS SAME FRIEND, SAME 🤘🏼
30 years? 🤔
Me and my wife used to sing this song in the car in the 90s. We were in our 20s and 30s. The "Never grow old and grey" part we liked. We had so much time in front of us...so much time and fun. She passed away this Jan 2019 suddenly. Song is sad now as msot things are. Bah world.
I'm so sorry man
Wow,,, sad but true. At least you have great memories my friend.
This is so sad. My condolences.
So sorry, my mum died 2 weeks ago. Take it easy friend.
i’m sorry man, stay strong 💪🏽
Mrballen gonna give them a extra million views free of charge that's why he's the GOAT!!!!
THEGOOOAT!!!!
Dude I like mrballen but the way some of yall suck is 🥜 Is embarrassing 😂
@@HadrianGuardiolaSounds like you have a jelly problem.... Need some peanut butter and bread to go with that jelly, do you?
👍🏾
Yeah…
Yup
Pretty much
Discovering this in 2024 thanks to the missing person stories of MrBallen. This was made around 1998. At that time I was 8, living in Istanbul, was listening more to Turkish pop, Spice Girls, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Eminem. Number 1 TV had many tracks around the world, but never heard this one there. Glad to know this beautiful song exists and rest in peace Raymond en Lela. Heartbreaking story and song. Greetings from Brussels.
I was 8 when this came out. I don’t remember the story but I remember looking this song up years later and read about the sad story behind it. That’s so sad. When Mr Ballen covered it i immediately came back to this song!
Glad he showed u this song wit ur lil young slow ass but there's no need to comment about it!!!! The Mr. Ballen brang me here comments are getting annoying ASF!!!!! U could have said something unique but I stead u just follow algorithms instead 😂 glad u finally found it u Yung ass simp 😂 ur parents should have showed u this years ago 😂
Yes I just checked it out because of the Mr Ballet story. I loved this song I can remember singing it a lot. I never knew the true story behind it though😢
@@shannonfox3351 that's cuz ur a lame & suck at life
Forever happy together. Rip
Thanks mrballen! Not only had i forgotten this song and needed to revisit it, but also did not know there was a story behind it
This was one of my mom's all time favorite songs. She passed away 4 years ago this past March. Every time I hear it I tear up and remember where she is she'll never get hungry, and she'll never get old and grey. I love you mom and I miss you every day.
Rest In Peace to your mother I’m sure she was a great person, I wish you all the best in your life brother keep your head up
Te acompaño en tus sentimientos.
@@TreeKharma Thank you very much. Yes she was
@@gustavorafael3044 Muchas gracias
😢 perfect song
Thx to Mr Ballen I now know the story behind this great song. This song came out the during my first yr of college. RIP Raymond and Lela, and may ur streets in heaven be paved w gold.
(*EDIT: I had the release date in my head as 97, but it was actually 98, so yr after HS grad*)
Me too. Class of '98. Still know all the words. This song was everywhere.
@@Sharibaby80 I just realized I had the release date wrong, I graduated in 97, and it released in Jan '98, but for some reason I had it in my head as 97.
I'm here because this song reminds me of my father. He would pick me up after high school late in the afternoon, and they would always play this song on a radio show I used to listened to. He would make a stop at the bakery, I he would buy several just baked baguettes to take home, he would let me eat the still hot inside soft part of it, just because he loved to spoil me. Now, he's not in a very good shape, we're living in different countries, and I miss him so much. I pray God he can recover soon. 🙏❣️
Wishing all the best to you both.
Thanks 😊
All best wishes to you and your father.
💔❤️
I miss my daddy dearly
Go home to your Daddy. I know. I left Wyoming when my Daddy was sick with cancer. I told my husband he may come back to Texas with me or he may stay. Nothing mattered except I was leaving to be by my Father's side. I never regretted the move. He died with me holding his right hand as I was halfway crawled into his hospital bed. I'm so happy he knew I came back home to him.
Probably one of the most underrated songs in my opinion.
yep
I would agree!
I don't know about underrated. It is a really fun song, and it was top of the charts in early '98 or so, and had real staying power on the radio.
To me it's more about the nostalgia than anything else. But this song definitely had its long day in the limelight.
How is it underrated? Was on radio forever And look at all the plays?
Your opinion is spot on...a fabulous song.
When he says "Their children woke up and they couldn't find them," it breaks my heart every time 😭
Awesome
But their children were 30 years old.
The children were the parents
RIP to the older couple who lost their lives. This great song went top 10 during the summer of 1998. I was 17, going to summer school, and working at Mc Donald’s. It was in heavy rotation on top 40 radio stations. I still have it on my mixtape from that summer. One of my favorite from the spring and summer of ‘98. I’m 43 now.
Man this song is spring/summer '98 to an absolute T.
The 'retro' 60's nostalgia, the loose suits, the rockabilly influence, the sideburns. Such a narrow window of time captured so completely in a song and video.
This song has always hit me in the gut. Then I learned it was a true story, and it just hits that much harder knowing that.
Inspired by a true story that’s about it .
Yeah, it's inspired by a true story.
@naturalsearch4261@@musicmannsd actually it is more a romanticized imagination of a true event. The true story has a far less happy ending
Exactly that right there and he wrote the song before anyone discovered they had passed.
@@SherryShonedang he did?? It's crazy how close to the real story he got then.
RIP Raymond and Lela. True Love.
Dang 1 year ago. We all found out 4 days ago from Mr ballen
The 90s were magical. Wish I could go back
This song is like a masterclass on how to write a pop song. The verse in a minor key with the chorus in a major key. Just sounds so good.
Plus the chorus’s chord progression is a variation of the Pachabel’s Canon chord progression which is like the back bone of modern music
Sometimes remind me of Besame Mucho covered by The Beatles or Delilah by Tom Jones
@@raimundussili1901 Yes! I do Hear a Beatle influence!!!!
@@raimundussili1901 Yes! Delilah has very similar chord changes and melody 👍🏼
It's a basic Relative Minor progression. Anyone with a basic knowledge of music theory or the Circle of Fifths would understand. Used a lot in music and rock music especially.
thanks mrballen for bringing me back to this song!
I remember listening to this song on the World Chart Show and the two hosts would always give the backstory to the song telling how the old couple just took off to their deaths. I came back here after more than a decade since I heard the song as I was reminded of it on Mrballen. So sad😢😢. Love from Nigeria.
A cliff a couple and a 4 door sedan
How many people are hearing this song with new understanding thanks to Mr. b
Ballan!
When he sang it, it sounded familiar but I don’t even remember listening to this song but clearly I have. Thanks Mr ballen
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🖤🖤🖤 MrBallen...
Not me
So probably 3. 3 people. Does that answer make you happy?
Who is Mr. Ballen? I just listen to this song from time to time because I remember when it was in heavy rotation on MTV back when they still played music videos.
1998 i was 18 years old. Back then. Im 41 years old. Now in 2021. I still love the 90s songs! The 90s will be forever in my heart. No matter how old i get in life...💙
Me too, I was a teenager in 98. 90s girl forever!❤️
@@vanessabell7867 😁
I was 17 in 98 and I can't believe my 40th is coming up in a month. Where the hell did the time go?!😭
@@monicapyle So True! I felt the sameway!
@@chrisbush5965 I've tried to get into today's music but I just don't care for it. There's a few good songs but the 90's truly have my heart. Smashing pumpkins, Bush, no doubt, sugar ray, collective soul, weezer, etc I could listen to 24/7 but today's music sounds so foreign to me. I stopped keeping up with new music around the time I graduated from college (2004). It started to sound so different. My kids think I'm stuck in the 80's and 90's and I proudly tell them I am 😃
Thanks for mrballen for giving me the back story on this song that I've always loved. The end of this video makes sense now with him jumping off the edge and landing onto an oldsmobile. #mrballen
How the hell does this song only have 2 million views. Boy if we had TH-cam in 90s this song would have over a billion
It's being sung in the EN-language. If it was sung or was subtitled in various languages, more people would watch it.
Not everyone follows TH-cam
Because it’s not trending, that’s kinda how songs get a billion views xD by being new
Agree mate,this song was a hit back in the days
3.2 mill now
I’m listening because of John Ballen’s story and the fact he actually sang the song. I remember it now! He is so awesome!
Mr. Ballen. Thank you. Sad sad story.. 😢 ❤
There's something magical about this song. Even when you hear it for the very first time, there's something about the music and the lyrics that will make you feel like you have *always* known it... x
Can’t believe I was 13 when this song came out. Seems like it was just yesterday 😭 The 90’s were truly the best time to grow up!
This song will never get old. Really one of the most underrated song of 90's have no idea how many times i have listened this beauty
The Way will always stand up to the test of music times. A true classic!
This is brilliant because the major notes and upbeat tone convey a happy vibe, while the minor notes and lyrics tell a tragic tale
Thank Mrballen for the sudden extra million views. Always loved this song ❤
1998, when I was a teenager, very good years, very good music. 41 winters now in 2023.
90s kid here! Cheers!
Me too!
I was 15 in 98 :). 41 now and it's so hard to believe
My brother is very much alive but this is the song that reminds me of him the most. I remember being about 12 years old and this was one of the songs he'd play when he had a girl over at our parents house. One time I asked him to play it for me on his absolutely incredible 52 disc changer radio/boombox/stereo with the most mind numbing bass that anyone could imagine. In a rare bonding moment between a 12 year old and a 17 year old older brother, we bonded over the coolest song I've ever heard in my life. I still get goose bumps and nearly cry thinking about that moment and this song. I will remember this song and the bond it made for the rest of my life. Well, I'm crying now thinking about that moment, thank you.
Badass, thank you for sharing this!
Cherish your brother
Such a brilliantly written, arranged, and executed song. These don't come along often. Great band that never again equaled this brilliance, but man......what a legacy; what a bar they set for excellence.
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“You’re an Ocean” is another song that rocks imho, just didn’t get the same exposure.
They came along very often in the 90’s. Clearly the peak of commercial music.
@@DarkanentDon’t forget “Out of My Head”
Brilliantly written song - sad minor chord in the parts that reflect the elderly couple's disappearance, but an upbeat major chord in the parts that reflect hope in the prospect that they may have consciously taken off for one last trip to relive their youth.
RIP Lela and Raymond Howard: the inspiration behind this song
Please...explain a bit further. I have loved this song for many a year. It's sentiments resonate with me. Too bad the video doesn't compute.
The song is about a newspaper article about an old couple that went on a trip and some how ended up on the side of the road dead. I think one had dementia and the other one was blind so the one with dementia drove. I think they were on there way to a fair in Texas.
@@michelleehle5433 It's sad but in a way really beatiful. They loved each other and their last moments were going on an exciting trip together.
@@iwasbornin62 truemusicfactswednesday.blogspot.com/2014/11/tmfw-62-they-wanted-highway.html Scalzo wrote the song before the story had concluded and the couple were found dead. He said it was "a romanticized take on what happened" and is not based on anything actually known. Still...it is nice to imagine these two elderly sweethearts setting aside all the unhappiness; the doctor's orders, and diagnoses, and pills to embark on one last road trip together. "You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere. They won't make it home but they really don't care. They wanted the highway; they're happier there today...today."
@@DirectionlessStudent I dont know, seems to me clear they had died in his mind. The summer never ends if you're dead
One of my favorite all time. 2 years this day my dad passed. Loved this song too.
Thanks MrBallen. I had no idea the story behind this song
Rip lelya and Raymond I just watched the back story to the song. It adds to the legend and lore of the subject matter. From trajedy comes the road of life paved with sadness and souls as far as the eye can see....this song leaves a endelible mark never forgotten their story forever more!!!!
Recently read what this song is about, the story of two elders that got lost and died together. So incredibly sad and touching. Will never be the same when hearing this song. 😢
When I first found that out like a year ago the song became so sad and disturbing but now listening and watching the video i find it so cool. Mainly because the family said how surprised and appreciative they were of it. Like I can’t watch this and not try to imagine how cool it must be and also comforting to see your loved ones spirits forever living through a chart topping rock song. And the feel of the song itself is just perfect. It talks about something tragic and disturbing but has the feel of a happy, uplifting song. Yeah it’s sad that they went out so tragically, but it’s not like their time wasn’t coming very soon considering their health issues and age, and honestly they lived a complete and fulfilling life and I like to think that it probably happened too quick for them to ever even suffer at all. Plus they were with each other. And I feel like the song iterates that perfectly. So yeah I just think it’s awesome because no doubt the family got a kick out of it and it will be told throughout their family for generations to come for sure. Sorry for the rant. Haven’t slept in over 24 hours so I’m a little out there at the moment 😅
@@NizRacingNY I completely agree Eric! It was beautiful to see their family being comforted through something so sad and terrible. Death is always tragic, but we can find comfort in that as well. RIP forever together like they left this earth 😢
I don’t know how they pulled it off. Something so sad and they put it in a song. Which didn’t give me the feeling of sadness. The elder Couple that died,I hope deep down in my heart found peace.
I just found the background of this song. So sad.
YEah, the couple lived in the central Texas area. Although I never knew them, I still can't listen to the song due to the tragic details.
This song still resonates with me after all these years.
Same. It is relatable for sure. Still it's fun too.
Spotify is playing "One Headlight" after this song. The 90's were so long ago. Make the best of today you guys, you'll be looking back in another 30 years wondering where the time went. Fill it with love, laughter and music :)
The closest, relevant point for me in the '90s is now twenty-two years ago. I was just thinking of what I was doing post-Labor Day back in '99. My girlfriend and I were going away for a week at the New Jersey shore and we lucked-into excellent summer-like weather. The calendar for that year and this year are exactly the same. Twenty-two years ago this week; the week of September 12th. '99 and '21.
Another great song
2021 and still no flying cars I can’t believe it
A-fkn-Men to that brother
There are so many times either one of these plays after the other. Here it'll come up, on the car radio, Spotify. Or I'll watch it here, get in the car and One Headlight will be the song on the radio. I think some DJ in the cosmos is having fun with us. And I think it's just fine.
I actually loved this song when it came out. I had no clue it was about this story. My mind is blown.
Before watching Mr ballen, i’d looked this song up at Spotify just a few weeks before, just for the sake of nostalgia. I’d listened to it over and over and over again. It’s so eerie that Mr ballen brought the story up only this week, and i was today years old when I learnt about the tragic story. I really really love this song, i remember it was in the late 90s when i first heard it on the radio, I instantly fell in love with it. Instantly!
Haven't heard this song since the 90's. Absolutely LOVED the key (and energy) change. This entire song is truly layered perfectly. Lyrics are purposely eerie.
This became the theme song for a group family vacation to Florida back in the 90’s. It always brings back those great summer beach memories when I hear it. “We just drove off and left it all behind us”
I heavily relate to this!! whenever i hear this song I think of me going to Orlando every summer and hanging out with my extended family going a little bit farther to Port St Lucie. This song gives me a lot of nostalgic memories and im glad someone feels the same way.
Mr BalleN BROUGHT ME HERE
RIP Lela Raymond.! IyKYK😢
One of the greatest songs in pop music history. And, with the story behind it, maybe even the greatest one. Thank you very much, Fastball guys.
Very nicely said , my friend
wow 1998 seems like yesterday, but it also seems like a million years ago.
Yes it does. Trying not to think about it too much
True isn't it? 1998 was so awesome..seems like yesterday..it hurts that I still remember new year of 1998 and now it's 21 years ago! I was 7 or 8 years old my sister was a teenager and we watched Mtv all day, went to picnics with family and I used to play outside with other kids. Miss those days.
Jim Tim I was 8 in 1998 as well.....I feel old
@@kdizzle901 I was 25 back in 1998. Graduated high school in 1991. It goes by in a heartbeat.
Todd Bryant But I think time went by slower back then than now. Like 1996 to 2000 seemed like a long time but now 4 years go by so quickly! My childhood remained for a long time..teenage time went faster and now I feel weird that my 20's is almost gone! Btw you are so lucky to be young in 1980's-90s..just like my cousins. People of my age had a nice childhood then bam everything drastically changed since 2001(even though I'm not American)..war, terrorism, recession, Mtv's death etc. I feel thankful to remember 90's from 1995.
This is one of the phantom songs that pops in your head at 3am once every few year to drive you insane as you hum it trying to remember lyrics before it despises back into your brain and your stuck wondering if its even real or if you made it up.
3:49am
That is exactly why I am here!
It is actually based upon a true story
Heard it in Walmart while buying bread pans drove me crazy
Reading this comment at 3:13am #haunting
The 90's had GREAT music and this one REALLY brings me back !!
Today was my cousins 42nd birthday and we used to listen to this the entire summer it was out. I remember hours by the campfire, just us two and a lifetime ahead of us. His life was cut short in 06 from cancer. Happy 42nd Birthday in heaven Cuz!
I had completely forgotten that this song existed for the last 25 years. It now hasn't left my head for a single day for the last month. I have vague memories of hearing it as a kid and liking it, but never knowing what is was. Now here I am, in my mid-30s and listening to it on repeat with a big smile on my face. Ditto with 'Out of My Head'. Cheers, Fastball, wherever you are!
I’m 40 and because they are playing near my town, l literally just learned the meaning behind the song. Fukkk. I knew it was tragic, but gawd damm. One of the most underrated songs of my teenage years.
This song has more hooks than a pirate convention.
Scott MacDonald true
The hooks make the video yucky. I love the song but hate the video.
I'm probably misunderstanding your comment.
First section is a direct rip-off of 'Besame Mucho' almost to the T.
Lol
Learning the backstory of this song is like entering another dimension.
Exactly!! I never knew.
This is the kind of calming song your dad played in the car at medium-low volume while driving the family home on the highway late at night, front windows rolled down with a cool breeze coming in, you and your siblings asleep in the back.
Wow, yes indeed!
thats kind of terrifying lol
minha vida é isso
Nailed it bro..... nostalgia
this is a true story abt 2 old people who got in there car and went off a cliff. they were very old
This is one of my favorite choruses of any songs ever
My mom passed away 12/28/19 at only 63 and she loved this song.....was a song at her service ❤❤❤
Loved this song since I was 15! Now I’m 41 and STILL loving it ❤…I swear there will never be a feeling in music like the 99s gave. Even a story like this still had such a good vibe to it 💯
They took a tragedy and turned it into a bright ray of sunshine. Great song!
One of the best songs of the 1990s. It reached number one in the modern rock tracks 25 years ago this week. I was lucky to see the band in a free concert in the summer of 2017 and this song was the last one played that night.
Mr. Ballen brought me here. Heard this song for years on the radio as a teenager. No idea about the depth behind it. Thanks again Mr. Ballen. Cheers
Same here
The lyrics are so very clever and the guitar playing is fantastic!!
I can just cry, I can remember watching MTV (back when they played music videos) and when this kind of music was mainstream.
Nickleback killed music
@@bigboyroyp7356 I'm not saying they didn't but how did they kill it?
@@cespil-io7mj I’m not saying this either, but people say they found a “recipe” that made a song popular. Following that recipe put any song they wanted into top tens and radio playlists but it also made their songs sound similar. Other bands started trying to follow this trend and it shifted the direction of music industry out of “90s” and into the 2000’s.
That’s my understanding of it anyway.
This even made it to MTV latin America, otherwise I would have never listened to it.
I’ve been trying to find this song since I was young kid I’m 34. And yesterday I found it. I spent hours trying to remember it. I used to go downstairs to watch much music and this song was always on early in the morning. And I’ve spent years trying to remember it . Finally years later here I am lol
Same here it took 3 people to figure out a couple sentences to search the lyrics .
@@eric6242 lol I couldn’t even remember the lyrics all I could just barely remember the tune and a red car being in the music video! Glad you found it too lol
I was almost 40 year's old when this song hit but as an aging baby boomer I can recognize a very cool song when I hear one. These dudes had that 60s/70s thing going on
Same here, and I agree. I was 38 when it came out. My (then) wife, daughter, and I jammed to this on the way to the Tulsa 4th of July celebration in '98.
Finally nice to see someone else someone else agree with me on this. I missed these guys the first time around, but some of it still leaked through, and I thought this and "Out of My Head" were actual oldies.
If im correct, the guitar player was fascinated with the Lela Raymond story and was the driving force behind this song. Great tribute to their story. Im currently dealing with a loved one with dementia. Rip Lela and Raymond.
This song evoked such creepy imagery in my mind as a kid in the ‘90s. The idea of the children waking up to their parents just leaving them as they escape to some hidden paradise is just such an epicly creepy vibe to me.
Nailed it on the head lol
unfortunately, the parents were escaping to a ditch on the highway... the story is so sad
The first time I heard this song back in the 90s, I thought it was about cultists who deliberately ran off without their kids. Then the real story came out
The whole dance club scene is incredible. The attire, and the dance moves are the best.
Best song that year, and an all-time driving song.
True
This is a great song to listen to while driving but it literally is a song about tragic and terrible driving. The real story behind this song is about an elderly couple that are driving to their favorite yearly music festival, they lose their way. They are found hundreds of miles away crashed in a canyon and died. The lyrics "anyone can see the road that they walk on in paved in gold, its always summer they will never get cold, they'll never get hungry, they'll never get old and grey" describes them passed away and in heaven. The next part is the children looking for them.
it is !
@@drevil5546 Thankyou DrEvil...... Well said. Brings a whole new emotion to this song I had no idea existed.
DrEvil Yes and no. They were from Salado, Texas and were on their way to a Pioneer Festival in Temple, Texas. The wife had Alzheimer’s the husband was recovering from brain surgery. The wife had an episode while driving and drove off for hundreds of miles in the wrong direction. They were found two weeks later at the bottom of a ravine in Hot Springs, Arkansas. This song is a romanticized take on what happened to give the couple a happier ending. Instead of having an Alzheimer’s episode and driving to their death, they decided to get in the car and just drive. They left to go have fun like they did when they first met. Wherever they end up, they end up. RIP Lela and Raymond Howard
We came here as we heard the song at the end of an episode of "High Potential". That led me to a newscast in Austin about the couple. Very interesting saga!
I remember having this on CD when it came out. shouts to Mrballen for bringing them more listeners.
Mr. Ballen told the story of this couple earlier today and he started singing this song and I remembered it from years ago and just had to look it up!
This is the pinnacle of a pop chord progression. I'm obsessed with it, it's so good
Yup Canon in D is pretty much the back bone of modern Pop music
This takes me back to my old home at the age of 10 listening to gospel after church while my mom cooked lunch.
Here after watching “High Potential “ on Hulu… a woman was singing the song… but those lyrics… “Where were they going without ever knowing the way….” Just haunted me til I had to search for the song…. Now I must look up the the story of Mr. Ballen
Yeah me too! I'd love to find that particular cover from High Potential "haunted" is the perfect description of that lady's voice ❤
The story behind this song is bittersweet; one of my favorites.
Looks like a lot of people came here after Mr. Ballens story of Raymond and Lela being the inspiration of this song. Didn't think Id recognize the song but I do, it's incredible famous. R.I.P Raymond and Lela.
Very nostalgic... Up to now I can't believe this song is not included on my list of favorite music here in yt. I grew up with this song listening almost everyday and never got sick of it. 27 years after.... I finally found this masterpiece. What a great story and a great song.
The use of the minor and major progressions fit the theme of the song perfectly. The minor verse reflects the mystery and sadness associated with their departure, while the major verse reflects the freedom of spending the rest of your life in the wild, apart from society.
Also the minor melody totally sounds like besame mucho but It fits the song so well
I can’t remember what store I was in a few weeks ago. But as soon as I heard that guitar. It took me back to 1998. One of my favorite jams as a 13 year old when this song came out!!
Same thing happened to me yesterday hearing this song at the store. I was 28 years old when this song came out.
I heard it in a kroger a few weeks ago
MTV Classics and 120 Minutes preserve songs like this.
Years have come and gone, but this song just always sounds fresh and one-of-a-kind. Loved it at first listen and always will. It just sounds so right. The fact that it was inspired by a true story just adds another layer to it. Amazing.
I'm glad mr ballen brought people here. I knew this song since the 90s. This song ironically reminds me of the good days.
This was one of my Dads favorite songs! I’m one of 6 other children my parents had, I was the first boy, me and my Dad had an intense bond. He would always play this and Aerosmith on a loop, we’d be in the basement working on model cars and trains, hearing this now, really makes me miss my childhood and Dad. Love you Dad.
The bass entrance at 0:52 when the low-pass filter drops off just hits so hard
I love that part. 😊
Man I hadn't heard this song in years and just rediscovered this because of Mr. ballen. I hope this gives the song a nice reboost in popularity.
Also the video is very lighthearted for what is a melancholy song even if you don't know the context behind what it was based off of.
Music in the '90's definitely has been the best modern generation.
NO..after the 80's, 70's, and 60's generation..Robert at 67..you don't know 'the way'.
@@bobmalack481 he said "modern"