Badfinger - Day After Day (1971)

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  • Note: Click "Show More" for lyrics. "Day After Day" is a song recorded by the rock/pop band Badfinger for inclusion on their 1971 album, Straight Up.

    The song was written and sung by Pete Ham and produced by George Harrison, who plays some of the slide guitar parts of the song along with Ham. The record also features Leon Russell on piano. As the song was unfinished at the time Harrison left the Badfinger album to produce the Concert for Bangladesh, the final mix was done by Todd Rundgren, who took over Straight Up after Harrison's departure.

    Released as a single in the U.S. in November 1971 (January 1972 elsewhere), it would become the group's highest charting single there, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. It also peaked at #10 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1972. It remains the band's best-known song, most notably for the slide guitar solos. It went Gold in March 1972, becoming the band's first and only gold single. The single reached #10 on Billboard's Easy Listening survey.

    Because of all of the overdubs, Badfinger was hesitant to play this song live for years, since it was impossible for a four-piece group to reproduce the single production. However, the song was included in the setlist for Badfinger's 1974 tour.
    Lyrics:
    Day After Day (Ham/Evans/Molland)
    I remember finding out about you
    Every day, my mind is all around you
    Looking out from my lonely room, day after day
    Bring it home, baby, make it soon
    I give my love to you

    I remember holding you while you sleep
    Every day, I feel the tears that you weep
    Looking out of my lonely gloom, day after day
    Bring it home, baby, make it soon
    I give my love to you
    [dual slide guitar solo (Pete Ham and George Harrison)]

    Looking out of my lonely room, day after day
    Bring it home, baby, make it soon
    I give my love to you

    I remember finding out about you
    Every day, my mind is all around you
    Looking out of my lonely gloom, day after day
    Bring it home, baby, make it soon
    I give my love to you...
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  • @jocimusician
    @jocimusician 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +73

    Badfinger, one of the most underrated rock bands of all the time!!

    • @mariannatrench6274
      @mariannatrench6274 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree! Listening to their songs now on here (which I do, often) takes me back to a happy time when music was just wonderful. Real music, real singing, real talent. I feel sorry for the youngsters of today.

    • @pamelapatton1216
      @pamelapatton1216 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@mariannatrench6274 Most every generation thinks the music they listened to is the best. The "youngsters of today" can listen to all this plus new music. I have the 1971 45 of this song from my childhood but I like to listen to new music too. Young people can listen to a variety of genres and from every decade, and we older people aren't dead yet. We can listen to whatever we like too. 😊

    • @TheTMaz
      @TheTMaz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      YES, like “the Raspberries “
      Eric Carmen , felt the 2 bands were Similar, I agree…. 🎯🎸🫶🏻🎼feel lucky to have grown up when THIS is what music WAS! ❤

    • @elmenarepass3105
      @elmenarepass3105 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree

    • @stuartwareham8442
      @stuartwareham8442 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      They certainly were

  • @paulfiguer6313
    @paulfiguer6313 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    I am almost 66 years old, and this one of the most beautiful song of all times. Bring me happy and sad memories . How no to be sad after knowing what happen to them? Their music and them will stay forever.

    • @allencollins6031
      @allencollins6031 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yessir and yes so sad about the Suicides.

  • @chrisbealey6478
    @chrisbealey6478 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    My daughter picked this song for the dad and daughter dance for her wedding.
    She couldn't have made a better choice.❤

    • @xzdaddy3621
      @xzdaddy3621 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for making me cry in a public place.

    • @chrisbealey6478
      @chrisbealey6478 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@xzdaddy3621
      Sorry about that .
      I cry to when I hear it ❤️

  • @spraguebill8679
    @spraguebill8679 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    2024...this is one of my all time favorite underrated bands...such a tragic story

  • @johnjackson3235
    @johnjackson3235 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I’m 74 and still am moved by this song.

  • @MidnightMike71
    @MidnightMike71 2 ปีที่แล้ว +219

    This song NEVER gets old. Who is still listening to this Classic song in 2022⁉️

    • @davidstone2820
      @davidstone2820 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      In 2024. This type of music is timeless.

    • @STOCKHOLM07
      @STOCKHOLM07 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same. @@davidstone2820

    • @khalidmumtaz100
      @khalidmumtaz100 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      One of my favourite songs since I first heard it over 5 decades ago.

    • @mpatrickthomas
      @mpatrickthomas 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      2024 here

    • @Enigmarose-e6f
      @Enigmarose-e6f 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      2024 . My favorite song, along with baby blue

  • @glennhopkins2643
    @glennhopkins2643 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    One of the best songs ever.

  • @daddygrace253
    @daddygrace253 2 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    I remember listening to this song in the 11th grade in 1971. I am still listening to this song, July 9, 2022. I miss those days in the 70's. RIP classmates, friends, and family members.

    • @mariaclaudia306
      @mariaclaudia306 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      o verão está chegando

    • @gennyolson2257
      @gennyolson2257 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Listening December 2022. Had their original albums in the 70s .love them still today.

    • @daddygrace253
      @daddygrace253 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@gennyolson2257 Me too; I am still listening to this song, December 16, 2022, a week before Christmas. 😀 😃 😄 😁 😆 😅 😂 🤣

    • @bluetrue6062
      @bluetrue6062 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same as me! Great song...great memories.

    • @lenardfarr6048
      @lenardfarr6048 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amen 2023

  • @karengower-um6of
    @karengower-um6of 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

    Pete Ham had an incredible voice. So soothing I could listen to it all day long . RIP Pete gone much to soon.

    • @stevecrocker6904
      @stevecrocker6904 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Tom Evans' harmonies can't be ignored. He could reach the Holy Grail C5 note

    • @allencollins6031
      @allencollins6031 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​​@@stevecrocker6904I don't even know what the fuck that means, but the way you phrased it, I'm more impressed with his voice now 😅

  • @Skully921
    @Skully921 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    This is the song that started my love of music.

  • @norwichnorfolk1584
    @norwichnorfolk1584 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Remembered Pete today as it’s been many years I’ve hoped to get over to Wales and today I put flowers on his grave. Rest well Pete

  • @Fuphyter
    @Fuphyter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +635

    One of the biggest losses to music. Pete Ham was a musical genius. His career would have been epic. Rest in peace Pete and Tom 💜💜💜

    • @pauljohnston4806
      @pauljohnston4806 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Amen to that! It's such a shame they were taken advantage of by unscrupulous business bosses.

    • @neilmcgrory39
      @neilmcgrory39 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Aye ❤️

    • @brendatomlinson
      @brendatomlinson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I love this song but don’t know their history. Now I’ll go research.

    • @thisisme3238
      @thisisme3238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Awesome song! 🥰

    • @custer264
      @custer264 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      If he had just kept it simple and avoided the parasitic music oligarchs...

  • @merritt2461
    @merritt2461 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2215

    They were to be the next Beatles but after five years they were destitute. Ripped off by an unscrupulous manager. Two of them hung themselves and that was the end of one of the best rock groups, “Badfinger.” Yes, we still listen to you in 2020. Fifty years since you left us. Saddest story in rock history.

    • @trentconner2598
      @trentconner2598 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Not really I'd have to say lynrd skynrd was very sad and pantera was sad As Well well pantera maybe being the saddest they died horrible deaths

    • @suzannemyson5326
      @suzannemyson5326 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Thank you so much for letting me know that dear Merritt with your precious baby. I have to say 'tho that That upsets me greatly, to say the least. I don't know how that awful manager lives with himself

    • @royplaster682
      @royplaster682 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      I had no idea, what a terrible shame!

    • @Tommyblueeyes
      @Tommyblueeyes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@trentconner2598 suicide is a copout

    • @trentconner2598
      @trentconner2598 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Tommyblueeyes yeah it is they had it good

  • @kwatts1000
    @kwatts1000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    Pure heaven . Music sucks today . The 60's and 70's music was golden.

    • @calicocriterisopod
      @calicocriterisopod ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I’m a teenager in this modern day and I agree with you

    • @kimsullivan5576
      @kimsullivan5576 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It's not music anymore. Just noise.

    • @jezm1703
      @jezm1703 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Absolutely agree

    • @carmenmchenry4295
      @carmenmchenry4295 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Is anyone a triple threat anymore? Act, sing, and dance? Or am I just too old?

  • @curiousvibes76
    @curiousvibes76 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Everytime I hear this song, I still end up wiping the tears from my eyes. 😪

  • @MiguelBKNY
    @MiguelBKNY หลายเดือนก่อน +65

    Who’s here in 2024?!!

    • @rubenianachefski9853
      @rubenianachefski9853 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      No one

    • @destineemayo3922
      @destineemayo3922 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I am

    • @SimonCroftGuitarist
      @SimonCroftGuitarist หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm here! This song is sounding just as beautiful in August 2024

    • @DeinaFernandez
      @DeinaFernandez หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I Heard This Song on Godzilla x Kong The NEW Empire
      Such a Masterpiece!!!

    • @Fajrereto
      @Fajrereto 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I am. Moscow, 62 years old. Let there be peace!

  • @usmc-veteran73-77
    @usmc-veteran73-77 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Great song, miss those days. 1971, I was 16 years old would love to go back and stay. Miss that time in life.

  • @Kmrc1213
    @Kmrc1213 ปีที่แล้ว +279

    Literally one of the most perfectly crafted songs I have ever heard. So well balanced, so musical, great drums vocals piano guitar. Just perfect ✨

    • @nevillegroves3556
      @nevillegroves3556 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Second favorite song behind stairway to heaven

    • @jimso771
      @jimso771 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@nevillegroves3556 Sorry this badfinger song wins every time 😎

    • @robertthacher-ro6bh
      @robertthacher-ro6bh ปีที่แล้ว +5

      All of their hits were like that!

    • @alangarcia4658
      @alangarcia4658 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      George and Pete on slide guitar and the great Leon Russell on piano

    • @martyd0412
      @martyd0412 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I've got it number one best song ever, with Take it to the Limit and (Orleans) Loves Takes time, both a close second!

  • @randallstarling2425
    @randallstarling2425 6 ปีที่แล้ว +742

    Thank you George Harrison for the beautiful slide guitar work on this song!!!

    • @bronwynbeistle8317
      @bronwynbeistle8317 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Wow! I thought that was him! Unmistakable style. Kind of overshadowed by Hendrix, Clapton, and Beck, but I always loved him.

    • @bronwynbeistle8317
      @bronwynbeistle8317 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Rhonda C I had no idea!

    • @yoyobetsaboo1
      @yoyobetsaboo1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Thank you. That's why I'm looking thru the comments to see if it was Eric or George. :)

    • @flojosstuff5305
      @flojosstuff5305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Thank you Peter Ham for writing the greatest rock love song ever

    • @AnthonyMonaghan
      @AnthonyMonaghan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      He also produced this song.

  • @1921RCP
    @1921RCP ปีที่แล้ว +112

    There's nothing wrong with a dose of nostalgia and this song provides it beautifully. 🌺

    • @marlachristensen2076
      @marlachristensen2076 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you sir.

    • @erossinema8797
      @erossinema8797 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nostalgia? Whatever. This is real music.. It runs circles around most of the crap published today

    • @D.Whitman-hd5cs
      @D.Whitman-hd5cs 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@erossinema8797It truly does.

  • @jimdemers4000
    @jimdemers4000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1027

    My girlfriend and I used to skate in the old arena to this song in 1972. It was magic then and is still today. That girlfriend and I have our 41st anniversary coming up June 15. Song ignites so many feeling and memories...

    • @thomaszambelli
      @thomaszambelli 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      great story man thank you for sharing .Gives hope.

    • @mysweetnessc6784
      @mysweetnessc6784 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I love reading stories that make me smile. 😊 Congratulations!

    • @johnho6173
      @johnho6173 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Jim Demers
      HAPPY 41st ANNIVERSARY

    • @jang6969
      @jang6969 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Congrats JIm!

    • @ignacioguisasolagallastegu6540
      @ignacioguisasolagallastegu6540 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Zorionak Jim!👍

  • @crotalusatrox7931
    @crotalusatrox7931 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Badfinger...so many great songs and Day after Day to me is their finest.

  • @terrydonson4271
    @terrydonson4271 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    A beautiful peace I have enjoyed for years. I dedicate it to my wife of 44 yrs. that just passed, I love you and miss you. RIP Honey. Terry

    • @stevedudesith3546
      @stevedudesith3546 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Love Honor Respect

    • @carlosbright9615
      @carlosbright9615 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sorry for your loss.

    • @timpenfield5
      @timpenfield5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      If I had a time machine, I would lend it to you

    • @fredflintstone9657
      @fredflintstone9657 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      A good song for you, then....peace and blessings to you.

    • @pault1522
      @pault1522 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m sure she is still with you.

  • @QuabmasM
    @QuabmasM ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Hearing George Harrison's slide guitar makes me smile & happy about life. Bittersweet because hes not around to share in his art he left behind. Its peope like him, Bowie, & the Beatles as a whole that remind me that music isnt just a career to make money but its a cultural way of life, healing, & expressing the light of love we all should be practicing w/ each other in some healthy form.
    It adds more color to the limited color spectrum we abide within...it gives life a soundtrack & advances our ability to communicate w/ each other even across time. A song you make today might be the reason somebody decides to live & do right by God in the distant tomorrow. Crazy how good pleasant sounds can make even a gloomy person feel.
    Music is an essential part of fully functional human life; dont let the modern mainstream trash ruin that for the generations to come. Make music great again...all my new music is always old music I never knew existed. Dont let basic people make you not believe in your sincere well thought out art. Believe in your art & dont forget to share it w/ the world...the people who matter will likely find it in time & those who dont who love you will wish they had.

  • @LPMAN02
    @LPMAN02 2 ปีที่แล้ว +516

    RIP the three members of Badfinger
    Pete Ham (April 27, 1947 - April 24, 1975), aged 27
    Tom Evans (June 5, 1947 - November 19, 1983), aged 36
    Mike Gibbins (March 12, 1949 - October 4, 2005), aged 56
    You will be remembered as legends.

    • @bernicehenry9738
      @bernicehenry9738 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Maybe to let the different generations and the world know how amazing they were(and still are). A movie tribute could be made?! If their families agreed of course?! Their music is timeless!

    • @LPMAN02
      @LPMAN02 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@bernicehenry9738 Indeed

    • @nadineramakrishnan5178
      @nadineramakrishnan5178 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      so sad

    • @markvigario574
      @markvigario574 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@lynneburridge9082 I studied real hard in school and this great song reminds of those intense study sessions with their similar headaches

    • @JoeBobTarheel
      @JoeBobTarheel ปีที่แล้ว

      Their manager fucked them over!

  • @udave4449
    @udave4449 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2172

    Can i have a show of hands if you're still listening to this in 2020

    • @kilburn1313
      @kilburn1313 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You bet...& G'Fay from rural South Oz

    • @jenniferlangley3302
      @jenniferlangley3302 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      udave iam ❤️❤️❤️ I grew up listening to this

    • @judynoble1378
      @judynoble1378 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @Stephan Meno I'm 66, and still, love this song. its my favorite Badfinger song.

    • @roc9910
      @roc9910 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

    • @juanitarichards1074
      @juanitarichards1074 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      When I was 14 I worshiped this band.

  • @Ladyofthepond
    @Ladyofthepond ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Damn…. I remember waking up to this song when I was a freshman in high school 1974 and it made me yearn for somebody that would appreciate me for who I was…. This song was magical to me. Such a lovely melody and a beautiful voice that sang out to my soul… unfortunately at the time it did not help me in my depressive state but it has lived within my body for over 45+ years and brings smiles and tears to my eyes. We all have a story to tell…. Some song’s amplify that…this is one of them

    • @KAYA2COOKS010
      @KAYA2COOKS010 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      That song got enormous air play and I never got tired of it. Also, I was lucky to have seen Badfinger in concert, with Joey, Pete, Mike and Tom.

    • @murderinc.hunting7686
      @murderinc.hunting7686 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I couldn't have summed this song up any better. Makes me happy and sad at the same time.

    • @nancyjones6780
      @nancyjones6780 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      And don't forget the A.M radio station that played it. My heart yearns for those amazing years.

    • @MosheHaMayim4591
      @MosheHaMayim4591 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      This song is also personal to me 50+ years later. A dream left unrealized but it still grabs my soul in the same way today.

  • @jarodcrazyindian
    @jarodcrazyindian 3 ปีที่แล้ว +242

    Simply beautiful and timeless. This song will be loved forever.

    • @petersonlafollette3521
      @petersonlafollette3521 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Their sound set a tone and timbre of those times for me.

    • @vikingmomo
      @vikingmomo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yep. Just a beautiful song all around.

    • @russellnorth1418
      @russellnorth1418 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vikingmomo well said 💞

    • @Karmakatt6
      @Karmakatt6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What a fantastic tune.. it sits near the top of the greatest of the 70s. At that sure says a whole lot..

  • @randycoursey7230
    @randycoursey7230 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Day After Day is right up there with Without You. Two fantastic songs written by Pete Ham. Ham may be gone, but he'll never be forgotten. Sir,you're up in heaven jamming with George now..

    • @carlweaver3243
      @carlweaver3243 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Actually, Without You was co- written with Tommy Evans. Pete had the Well, I Can't Forget This Evening bit and Tommy had the Can't Live, If Living Is Without You bit. But you're right. Ham wrote some great tunes. No Matter What, We're For The Dark, Day After Day, Baby Blue, Take It All, Name Of The Game, Apple Of My Eye( song about leaving Apple Records) and Timeless, to name a few.

  • @kennopalus
    @kennopalus 8 ปีที่แล้ว +233

    this is music . I thank God I grew up in a time when music like this was being made

    • @josephpyle680
      @josephpyle680 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lucky!

    • @jeffsilas2299
      @jeffsilas2299 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yea

    • @jaycorby
      @jaycorby 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Indeed! I was there as well. Awesome music AND played on the radio - you didn't have to 'look for it'. When I bring up that fact someone from now always comments. " Oh, there's still good music being made you just have to look for it." Hmmmm...back in the 70s there wasn't any search required - good music was everywhere!

    • @mickfunny4185
      @mickfunny4185 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ken opalus how old are you, brother?

    • @kennopalus
      @kennopalus 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      50

  • @dennisg633
    @dennisg633 4 ปีที่แล้ว +402

    I was 15 when my gf told me this song reminds her of me. Now for almost 50 years every time I hear this song it reminds me of her. Im 63 now and I still miss her and loved her so much. Still not sure what went wrong. :(

    • @bnaybasnet8839
      @bnaybasnet8839 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      What a nice story sir...true love never dies❤️❤️❤️

    • @eliseoalejos1865
      @eliseoalejos1865 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Growing pains....

    • @vetb882
      @vetb882 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Awww. My man, it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. Can cherish the memories, she was there to teach you something and she took something from you as well. 🥰😎

    • @DaveDexterMusic
      @DaveDexterMusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@bnaybasnet8839 this love did

    • @madogapmeurigfawr3287
      @madogapmeurigfawr3287 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Feel for you Dennis.

  • @meg1c953
    @meg1c953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    When I was little my dad would sit on the edge of my bed and sing this to me when he tucked me in. Every time I hear it I tear up because my dad means the world to me. This will be our father daughter dance at my wedding soon. I love you dad..day after day❤️

    • @meg1c953
      @meg1c953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @George Duffy I love that. I hope you feel your wife’s presence whenever you listen to this song. Sounds like she had great taste. ❤️

    • @theofanesoliveira
      @theofanesoliveira ปีที่แล้ว

      So beautiful your testmony, @meg 1c. You are very blessed for have such a Dad. And, likewise, your Dad is vary blessed for have you as daughter.

  • @robharding1957
    @robharding1957 9 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    This is one of the best songs that came out in the 70's. a Cracking decade of quality music.Many people say the 60's was the best , but this period gives the 60's some real competition.

    • @virgilkane7369
      @virgilkane7369 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      +robert harding It was actually '65 thru '75 that all the greatest music was created !

    • @robharding1957
      @robharding1957 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +virgil kane No ! sorry, try 1960- 75. you missed some early 60's that would grace any decade, My guess is your 50 ish ?

    • @DarkSim77
      @DarkSim77 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +robert harding The 80's smashed all that came before and after..

    • @robharding1957
      @robharding1957 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +DarkSim77 I respect your opinion, but that's garbage.60's - 70's.all day long,and all night long.Thanks for the short debate, but I hope i educated your mind (your musical mind of course).

    • @jamesmartin1218
      @jamesmartin1218 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +DarkSim77 The 80's sucked. I hope I educated your musical? mind

  • @melvinnixon2378
    @melvinnixon2378 6 ปีที่แล้ว +717

    BADFINGER WEREN'T ONE HIT WONDERS. THEY HAD A STRING OF HITS. GREAT GROUP TOO.....

    • @SladesVWBeetle
      @SladesVWBeetle 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Melvin Nixon Absolutely!!

    • @twinray27
      @twinray27 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      If it wasn't for their shitbag manager, they would've done even MORE hits....

    • @Mariana-st2kr
      @Mariana-st2kr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      They were one of the best bands ever!!

    • @hamjohn8737
      @hamjohn8737 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      They weren't underrated at the time.... they've just faded with time and it's sad

    • @A47919
      @A47919 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@hamjohn8737 I'm an aging Baby Boomer, like many on this page... I was 12-14 years old when Badfinger had its biggest hits. I noticed that "Baby Blue" attracted a lot of attention when it was used as the theme song of the final episode of "Breaking Bad" a few years ago. I wonder how many young people who never knew anything about Badfinger ended up becoming fans of the group after hearing that song on "Breaking Bad"? My guess is a lot of people heard it for the first time.

  • @carlosbright9615
    @carlosbright9615 4 ปีที่แล้ว +281

    I remember listening to this song when I was 15 years old in the 10th grade in 1971. I lived in a small sourthern town, Durham, North Carolina. The black radio station went off the air in the early evening. As a black teenager, I laid in bed listening to the white radio station and tge played only white musicians. I enjoyed listening to this song and it was one of my favorites. I had forgotten about this song until I watched the horror Annabelle on HBO. That's to this movie, it reacquainted me with this song. I am listening to this song, February 24, 2020. It will now be on my TH-cam playlist.

    • @trasontaylor161
      @trasontaylor161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Great story!I was a 15 yr old 10th grader in 71' also.Back when you had to actually "carry" a tune.

    • @Kat-rn6dz
      @Kat-rn6dz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Carlos, I too, was 15 at the time. I had the honor of seeing Badfinger in 1972 open for the Faces. I went to see Badfinger. RIP Pete, Tom and Mike.

    • @justinhumphries4674
      @justinhumphries4674 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I am from Roxboro,NC and just watched Annabelle, which made me remember this song. Used to listen to it working at my dad's tire shop. Small world, Durham is to the north of us, my mom worked at Duke all her life and passed away 2 years ago.

    • @bmwlane8834
      @bmwlane8834 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thanks for sharing Carlos! Put a smile on my face.

    • @keithreay767
      @keithreay767 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Durham, England here and still listening

  • @user-hj8xg8gg5w
    @user-hj8xg8gg5w ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Love badfinger so much, this is not only thier best song, but my favourite song of the 70s, amazing decade throughout, but this one really does it 4 me, classic, dave in London x

  • @michaelmisiano3535
    @michaelmisiano3535 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    In my opinion this is the greatest song ever made. And there were millions of grade songs. This one is Magic

  • @martinhyizna3299
    @martinhyizna3299 8 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    This song used to send chills up my spine as a little kid. I listened to WABC 77 AM radio, like millions of other kids in the New York area. There were some songs that reached out and touched my heart- this was one of them.

    • @nycalling72
      @nycalling72 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Martin Hyizna Oh man, seconded. "AM Gold" as it's referred to now was so great as a kid in the 70's. Sure, you got some crappy Ray Stevens stuff once in a while and forget "Disco Duck", but then you'd get Badfinger, Raspberries and just a ton of great one off bands like Pilot and Exile.
      As a fellow NY kid in the 70's, it was a great time to absorb a lot of music.

    • @cathiestarnes2212
      @cathiestarnes2212 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Martin Hyizna I remember listening to WLS in Chicago....at night from TN.

    • @myemaya3137
      @myemaya3137 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      True? I also remember listening to this song on AM radio in my childhood bedroom in Hanover Park,Il..This really touched the sadness in my heart.

    • @barrythomas5718
      @barrythomas5718 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Cathie Starnes 12 yr old boy kdf nashville.

    • @kenvee9446
      @kenvee9446 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Martin Hyizna To this day i can listen to talk or music AM radio stations- static and all -and it doesn't phase me at all. My kids walk into my air space and cringe at the sound of it. They think I'm nuts.

  • @snickeas1
    @snickeas1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    This is one of the greatest songs ever and been in my collection for decades.

  • @DaveLargo-my7mp
    @DaveLargo-my7mp ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Old school never goes out of style. This song brings back so many wonderful childhood memories!

  • @timpenfield5
    @timpenfield5 5 ปีที่แล้ว +552

    Brian May once said "IF U WERE NOT ALIVE DURING THE 70S, U WOULD NEVER UNDERSTAND"

    • @markwarren7116
      @markwarren7116 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Totally agree!

    • @jeremysmith3859
      @jeremysmith3859 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Not so sure about that when it comes to me cause I was born in 86 and I completely understand it was a beautiful era people that were born in the times of today they wouldn’t understand most of them think rap crap is the better but not me

    • @jamestierney939
      @jamestierney939 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The 70s had a very cool laidback no stress feel to it

    • @ginalucht7616
      @ginalucht7616 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I grew up in the 70s(12 years old in '70)& it was the most awesome era to grow up!!❤

    • @GH-el9ch
      @GH-el9ch 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ginalucht7616 yes it was

  • @jimso771
    @jimso771 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    One of the most beautiful songs ever written and one of the best bands to have ever graced us with their outstanding talent 🙏🏼 I will never forget them 🙏🏼

  • @ClassicRock1973
    @ClassicRock1973 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    This song makes me want to cry. The 70's cannot be fucked with, as far as pop music goes

  • @queenofswords6463
    @queenofswords6463 2 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    I lived my whole life thinking this was The Beatles. As a kid you can’t discern the difference with a lot of songs. Gorgeous song.

    • @lorraineochoa8728
      @lorraineochoa8728 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      George was playing the slide guitar in this song, so you weren’t far off

    • @VeggiePopper
      @VeggiePopper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      They also played on the Concert for Bangla Desh.

    • @markheithorn3905
      @markheithorn3905 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@lorraineochoa8728 Didn't know that. Thanks. Cheers.

    • @cut1986
      @cut1986 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I hear ya! I thought it was the Beetles as well.

    • @GaryBox
      @GaryBox ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes it could have easily come off a McCartney solo album.

  • @alanc1491
    @alanc1491 5 ปีที่แล้ว +216

    George Harrison on slide guitar and Leon Russell on piano!

    • @alanmckendree8981
      @alanmckendree8981 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    • @paulscountry456
      @paulscountry456 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Leon was part of many things...

    • @ogam5
      @ogam5 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@paulscountry456 : "Tight Rope", is still CRIMINALLY overlooked on MANY stations.....

  • @neridarobinson5665
    @neridarobinson5665 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Love Badfinger Pete and Tom wrote the killer song of the century Without you, I still listen to them. This music defines what legends are!

  • @avjake
    @avjake 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Those vocal harmonies just cut right to the heart.

  • @artvillarreal8849
    @artvillarreal8849 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    This song is simply magic..

  • @dianeellis3925
    @dianeellis3925 5 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    So sad about this band. They could have gone on and done more wonderful things. So talented. Their music lives on❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

    • @bettybeljan7702
      @bettybeljan7702 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Heartbreaking!

    • @robinluck2922
      @robinluck2922 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They hit a brick wall.... named Stan Polley. He ripped off the band so bad Pete Ham mentioned him by name in his suicide note.... a straight up thief of a manager!

    • @markhampton6346
      @markhampton6346 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Diane Ellis, so so true. Badfinger - Timeless.

  • @klrdotorg
    @klrdotorg 10 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Haunting song. Was always one of my favorites, and still is. Glad the original is available again. What happened to these guys is one of the saddest stories in Rock music.

  • @jackieblue2715
    @jackieblue2715 7 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    I get all misty-eyed knowing these days are long gone and only their memories survive. Loved the days.

    • @frankpitochelli6786
      @frankpitochelli6786 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ....sometimes I cry thinking of such a great time in life and music, its all gone.

    • @angelogomez6155
      @angelogomez6155 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I cry with you

    • @lilflower25
      @lilflower25 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As I watch this through tears

    • @tomsenft7434
      @tomsenft7434 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@angelogomez6155 : these guys really knew how to walk around the country side.

    • @breedecker738
      @breedecker738 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i know what you mean...i grew up in the 60's and 70's as a young child and i remember how awesome my childhood was

  • @silentnight6682
    @silentnight6682 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Love this to the max but still hurting for Pete to this day. Thanks for the music, rest in eternal peace. 💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹.

  • @rochrides8730
    @rochrides8730 5 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    the best era of music in my opinion

  • @isee75206
    @isee75206 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Hearing this song transports me back to 1972/73. I was 9 and my older brother came back from college. He had a blue 1964 Mustang. Between the 8-track playing Badfinger and Cherry Bomb exhaust, that car was loud. I remember feeling so cool having my brother pick me up. I have always loved Badfinger, especially Babyblue and Day after Day. It is amazing how this music can bring up memories from almost 50 years ago.

  • @Kat-rn6dz
    @Kat-rn6dz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Not one hit wonders!! Rest in peace Pete, Tom and Mike ✝️ You will always be rock legends to me. I was blessed to have seen Badfinger in Pittsburgh's Civic Arena 1972. Your music will live on forever ❤️

    • @SkibroDuck
      @SkibroDuck 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Them in person.

    • @SkibroDuck
      @SkibroDuck 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You were blessed. Never heard of anyone that see

    • @Kat-rn6dz
      @Kat-rn6dz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@SkibroDuck Hi, thanks for the reply. I was still in high school. There were about 10 of us in the group of friends that went all from different neighboring schools. Badfinger opened for The Faces, I went to see Badfinger. I will never forget the experience 😺

  • @adamholtz733
    @adamholtz733 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    This song is a true masterpiece !!! Pure perfection !!!

  • @nathanielcromartie8924
    @nathanielcromartie8924 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Badfinger, in 1971, had scheduled a tour of the U.S. before they became really big. They were playing a lot of cowtowns and small colleges all over the country. Around Christmas, their album "Straight Up" was released in the U.S., and overnight they achieved superstar status. To their credit, they honored all of their commitments, and continued their scheduled tour. Two months later, In February of 1972, a friend of mine and I were visiting a couple of girls who were attending a podunk college in a hick town in the middle of nowhere, Pennsylvania. By coincidence, Badfinger was still on that tour and scheduled to play there. We picked up 4 student tix with no problem, and saw them in concert at the college field house!

  • @billywalkabout5076
    @billywalkabout5076 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    The early 70s brought out such good music and this one by Badfinger Was One Of The Best.

  • @kituwahband
    @kituwahband 2 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Leon Russell's piano work is on point in this song, coupled with George Harrison 👌 👍

    • @KAYA2COOKS010
      @KAYA2COOKS010 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Leon was a master on piano, own style and what he plays in the the service of this song is beautiful.

    • @margueritemazzeo2904
      @margueritemazzeo2904 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Leon..😊❤🎉

  • @PJS2136
    @PJS2136 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    George on the Slide Guitar and all the different drum fills on this song are so crazy good!👍

    • @kimsullivan5576
      @kimsullivan5576 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And Leon Russell on the piano. I read that he only played this song, once, in the recording studio at the time of recording this massive hit.

  • @nicolejttmom6061
    @nicolejttmom6061 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Such an exquisitely beautiful song. Can't remember a time in my 53 years when this song was not beloved by me and deep in my heart. God bless such beautiful artists, who are conduits of God's love and light, and so frequently suffer by virtue of their beautiful sensitivities. I am aware that 2 of the 4 band members were driven by despair and took their own lives. RIP 🙏💗😔.

  • @saljr.7647
    @saljr.7647 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Thank you, Adam Wingard, for adding this amazing song 😊

  • @mr.d.572
    @mr.d.572 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Wow, it's 2020 and those opening notes really take me back....🕺

  • @markco61
    @markco61 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    It's such a bittersweet video and song to watch and listen to. It's really a brilliant song for it's beauty in terms of the music and harmonies and not to mention the powerful, enchanting effect it has on you as a listener. When you watch Pete and Tom walk across the countryside together as the song plays it can definitely make you tear up.

  • @TibetanFox68
    @TibetanFox68 6 ปีที่แล้ว +357

    How many great songs were made even greater by George Harrison's magic touch?

    • @joshpincus
      @joshpincus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      6

    • @robwarren6729
      @robwarren6729 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      George started the production on this album but Todd Rundgren finished it. Great work by both of those guys.

    • @deanviescas1705
      @deanviescas1705 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      George was the best ever I can't think about him without shedding a tear

    • @wilbri6466
      @wilbri6466 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Mark M
      My favorite Beatle
      The best Beatle

    • @flojosstuff5305
      @flojosstuff5305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The greatness of this song stands with or without George Harrison. Peter Ham was an incredible song writer.

  • @debbiesheehan8681
    @debbiesheehan8681 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I still love it so much. Growing up in the '60s and '70s we had the best music ever.

  • @ronaldciras3916
    @ronaldciras3916 6 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    This song still gives me chills!

    • @carlosbright9615
      @carlosbright9615 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Me too; it makes me sad thinking about the past in 1971 in high school and many classmates and family members have passed away. I was I could go back in time. I am now 64 years old.

    • @JB-bc9nm
      @JB-bc9nm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was 9 years old when this song was released! Funny, but I always wanted to feel this way about someone! I had a perception of what love is. But now it's personified. I love you M.G.!

    • @lenoremcmillan3043
      @lenoremcmillan3043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too

    • @js60540
      @js60540 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Gives me chills too. Our first dance at our wedding in 1988 was to this song. The ruffled-shirt, powder blue suited bad wedding band learned it from a cassette tape I gave them.

    • @ogam5
      @ogam5 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JB-bc9nm : me, TOO.....just a SURREAL time to be alive.....

  • @stevenhawkyard9771
    @stevenhawkyard9771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I loved this in 1972 when I bought it, and thankfully I still have the 45, and it still thrills me. Such a great band.

    • @daddygrace253
      @daddygrace253 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I miss the 70's. I graduated from high school in 1973.

  • @SIGMAMAN69
    @SIGMAMAN69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    My wife thought this was a Beatles song. George Harrison’s touch is the reason why

    • @FenceThis
      @FenceThis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sound a bit like Wings yes. Beatles no!

    • @liloandstich2064
      @liloandstich2064 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      it does have the george signature style. I dont get Beatles but more Paul and George solo vibe.

    • @geraldoxavier5581
      @geraldoxavier5581 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In my opinion, sound like Clapton's song.

    • @jeffreykaufmann2867
      @jeffreykaufmann2867 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@FenceThis It sounds like a Beatles 70s song had they not broken up.

    • @pclayton5063
      @pclayton5063 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I thought so also. I could just hear McCartney singing it.

  • @theresajackson8873
    @theresajackson8873 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    This is a such a lovely song; sounds as good as it did 50 years ago. Wow, it's really stunning when you're able to say you loved something a half century ago.....

    • @adamholtz733
      @adamholtz733 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So true Theresa !!! What you said is the perfect review !!!

  • @markg999
    @markg999 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Song came out 7+ years before born and makes me feel nostalgic for a time before I was even alive. It's a very timeless song.

    • @KAYA2COOKS010
      @KAYA2COOKS010 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There is nothing wrong with that. The beauty of great music is that you can enjoy it forever.

    • @cherylcorbin2776
      @cherylcorbin2776 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same!

    • @oleradiodudea.m.4735
      @oleradiodudea.m.4735 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Find a good soft pillow. Put on headphones, close your eyes, tak3e a sip of wine and let the mind transport you to a time when things were different.

    • @reidyanabu147
      @reidyanabu147 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's timeless because it is an amazing song, written, and performed. The lyrics speak to any of us who know that feeling of expecting and finally having a child, the guitar work from George Harrison is unparalleled, the vocals speak to us as if he is speaking to his child and we feel as it were us not him. The song is put together and engineered so masterfully. Just Perfect.

  • @oceansalt7
    @oceansalt7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    man, this group is the definition of a sad story. You cant help but feel the pain that these guys went through.

  • @catsofsherman1316
    @catsofsherman1316 6 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    one of the most perfect single recordings of all time. wonderful footage of badfinger. tragically under appreciated band.

    • @A47919
      @A47919 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Totally agree. If I had to pick my all-time favorite song, this might be it!

  • @kristyannettepusser8587
    @kristyannettepusser8587 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    When music was music that truly touched the soul, heart, mind and body. 📻🎵🎶

  • @JudyinAL
    @JudyinAL 6 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    I was 11 when this came out. Loved it immediately & it still gives me chills at 58. So beautiful.

    • @reginaosborne6452
      @reginaosborne6452 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Judy Bou I was 5 and my older cousins played this. Love it.

    • @mindysommers
      @mindysommers 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      1959 was an exquisite year for wine and people. :)

    • @KevinJohnson-jc9ju
      @KevinJohnson-jc9ju 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Judy Judy Judy Im with ya all the way

    • @quarterjukebox208
      @quarterjukebox208 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I just rediscovered this song after decades...I was around 6 or 7 when it came out, loved it then and it's amazing to hear it again after all this time.

    • @carlweaver3243
      @carlweaver3243 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Judy I feel the same way exactly. I'm the same age as you. Day After Day is in my top 10 of all time favorite songs. Peter Ham lives on through his music.

  • @PatrickDoherty-hv9fe
    @PatrickDoherty-hv9fe 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    One of the greatest love songs ever. Rest in peace lads Patrick

  • @elizabethdelacruz1989
    @elizabethdelacruz1989 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great song..I"m old now stil everytime playing this song..

  • @erendidarobles4847
    @erendidarobles4847 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Such a great band 2023 I’m 51 years old and still listening

  • @carlosbright9615
    @carlosbright9615 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am sitting here listening to this song at Toyota of Bowie getting my vehicle serviced in Bowie, Maryland July 30, 2022. I was in the 11th grade when this song came out in 1972. I miss those days.😥😪

    • @lawrencewashington347
      @lawrencewashington347 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      i heard 1975✌✌✌

    • @greasyflight6609
      @greasyflight6609 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lawrencewashington347 I was a kid...and I longed for my girl...heart was full of youthful dreaming

  • @kevinlaflamme9691
    @kevinlaflamme9691 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Such a great positive great song gives you a great feeling listening in 2024

  • @dedfishj
    @dedfishj ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Badfinger wrote the soundtrack to my childhood. Flying just below the radar in the early seventies , you just kept hearing great new songs on the radio and wondered "Who was THAT?" If ever a band deserved a biopic, the rise, the triumph, the tragedy, it's this one.

    • @KAYA2COOKS010
      @KAYA2COOKS010 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I would like to see someone like Martin Scorsese do it and for the life of me, I don't understand why this has not been made into a movie.

  • @jimkilleen9130
    @jimkilleen9130 6 ปีที่แล้ว +535

    These men were destined for greatness, but for a very sleazy manager named Polley, who is finally rotting in hell. It is such a shame. They were extremely close and Pete Ham's death by suicide eventually caused his best buddy's(Tom Evans) suicide. They should have been a top ten all time group. Sad!

    • @hernje
      @hernje 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Jim Killeen ... Yea, one of the many examples as to why I struggle regarding/accepting Jews as righteous individuals. How they exploited African-Americans is even more reprehensible.

    • @andi17ish
      @andi17ish 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Without doubt

    • @KevinJohnson-jc9ju
      @KevinJohnson-jc9ju 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@uncasunga1800 Ya and the afro's always get it worse don't they always..just how many innocent jews went to hitlers showers girls,boys, babies women ect . Samuel ever hear of BLM ? Its a one way street my friend

    • @KevinJohnson-jc9ju
      @KevinJohnson-jc9ju 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@uncasunga1800 some times the chemicals don't run smoothly in everyones brains and the end result is this or they go on a killing spree.

    • @benjohnenriquez8021
      @benjohnenriquez8021 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I loved the Badfingers, i am just shaking my head because this group could have been the greatest band of all time. Pity

  • @WHISKEY1958
    @WHISKEY1958 8 ปีที่แล้ว +454

    I am glad I grew up in the 70's. The music was great.

    • @MissRobbiOKC
      @MissRobbiOKC 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Yes. I was a teenager in the 70s. It was the best!

    • @WHISKEY1958
      @WHISKEY1958 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It sure was

    • @bennyjacobo1977
      @bennyjacobo1977 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ***** I agree

    • @MeLizTee
      @MeLizTee 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jealous!

    • @danno5662
      @danno5662 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It was definitely more fun. Remember afternoon delight.

  • @D.Whitman-hd5cs
    @D.Whitman-hd5cs 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is one of those musical pieces of art that Transcends Time, Place, and Emotion.
    So eternally grateful that I was able to experience it.

  • @debbiecooper1677
    @debbiecooper1677 6 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    I think this is one of the prettiest songs. it is my ring tone for my husband.

    • @Hannah-ks4mi
      @Hannah-ks4mi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How lovely!

    • @excidedous
      @excidedous 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Leon Russell on Piano on this cut!

  • @reidyanabu147
    @reidyanabu147 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Such an amazing song .. from a place of sadness, loneliness, and feeling a void, to excitement, waiting, and finally unconditional love. It actually took me a while to really understand the songs meaning, since it certainly is emitted through the sometimes subtle changes in play throughout. At first he is all alone and finds out he is expecting his child and waiting anxiously; in the next verse he reminisces holding his baby (likely daughter) and caring for her, and connecting with her, and alludes to how he longs to see his now older daughter each day, lifting his spirits from the 'gloomy' life he leads and how she has 'become' his life. It certainly makes me reflect on my daughter and the joy she has brought me, and continues to bring me, each and every day. Such a well-written and powerful song, so few words but conveys so much.

    • @ladonnagalloway9305
      @ladonnagalloway9305 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for that, it really clears up a lot of stuff.😮😢😂😊

  • @bruceallen8651
    @bruceallen8651 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I love this song. Bought the 45 with my paper route money when I was 11. Wore the grooves out. Thanks for posting this. And thanks Pete, Mike, Tom, and Joey, on earth or in rock & roll heaven.

  • @roberthargrave2212
    @roberthargrave2212 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Every time I play this song I cry, such a lovely song and the unfortunate story of Badfinger rest in peace Pete and Tom your legacy lives on

  • @redwandennaoui4508
    @redwandennaoui4508 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Breaks my heart knowing what the band endured at the hands of that wicked, malicious corrupt manger of theirs, beautiful song, after all these years it a timeless classic. ❤️

  • @maryexstroughtonaire4244
    @maryexstroughtonaire4244 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Sir George made some lovely songs. This is no exception.

  • @spideraxis5582
    @spideraxis5582 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    1971 was a year of excellent music. This is one of the really good ones from that year.

  • @njavwa8634
    @njavwa8634 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm 70 years old. The words and relics of this song have never left my mind since my secondary school days.
    Thanks to modern technology I found it today!
    I'm only saddened by the news how tragic the ending of this gifted group was.

  • @nervo6321
    @nervo6321 5 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    Back in the day when musicians actually played and created wonderful songs like this.....what happened ?....

    • @nikwalker4471
      @nikwalker4471 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Satan took charge....

    • @DaveDexterMusic
      @DaveDexterMusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      you know fucking well that there are countless artists and bands still playing instruments and recording awesome music

    • @nervo6321
      @nervo6321 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DaveDexterMusic yes i know Fucking well.......

    • @Lvlaple4Ever
      @Lvlaple4Ever 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Woke culture, autotune crap, and twerking half naked women came.

    • @jamesmori7859
      @jamesmori7859 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      MTV

  • @MegaJohnf1
    @MegaJohnf1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    an absolute masterpiece. Great melody, chorus, production, everything.

  • @theresemasi982
    @theresemasi982 6 ปีที่แล้ว +239

    Making me cry. I turn 57 tomorrow!!! EEEEEEEEK. My son said happy 175th birthday, ma. BRAT.

    • @geoffreyjones2000
      @geoffreyjones2000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Terese Masi, Happy Birthday! age is just a case of mind over matter...if you don't mind, it don't matter peace

    • @wildbill5670
      @wildbill5670 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I have 8 years on you. Grew up from the Beatles on Ed Sullivan all the way to David Bowie dying and beyond. Lots of tunes in this old brain of mine.

    • @JW-yr1qs
      @JW-yr1qs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Therese Masi Happy 🎂 Birthday too. Your son has a great sense of humour. Reminds me of times when I was young when others would tell me I wouldn't kid ya if I didn't love ya. My unvonventional brother use to give me the best cards though. When others gave me the usual birthday cards, he would give me ones that said "In Deepest Sympathy" Me and him were best friends...kindred spirits. Anyway....hope your day was good. I myself turned 55 in Dec. 2017. Told people I'm now officially a speed limit (at least it use to be)...lol.

    • @KevinJohnson-jc9ju
      @KevinJohnson-jc9ju 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      58 and I hear ya, the kid is a spoiled brat lol but his future doesn't look as good as ours was.

    • @chrisweil3082
      @chrisweil3082 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      hey, you look good for 175!!

  • @arleenphillips4380
    @arleenphillips4380 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm still listening to this song in 2024. This song brought to mind my first crush. It's amazing how you can hear a song and it takes you back to a time in your life. Was so in love with my childhood sweetheart back then. Didn't know George Harrison played guitar on this song...maybe that's why I loved it so much!

    • @ariannejensen9544
      @ariannejensen9544 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Heard this song in the New Godzilla movie 2024....it took me back and I fell in love all over again. Nostalgic and sweet....thank you Badfinger. RIP

  • @wormsnake1
    @wormsnake1 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This band was incredible and there songs will never be forgotten.🙏❤️🎵.x

  • @williamdoyle2587
    @williamdoyle2587 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Such a great song. Reminds me of being a kid and listening to the radio with my older brothers. So good.

  • @thelorax7704
    @thelorax7704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    A masterpiece. Always love listening to this song. Production is genius too.

  • @terrimayle9472
    @terrimayle9472 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Many years ago...52 as a matter of fact, I fell in love with song...we listened to this constantly in high school. My boyfriend and our friends used to walk into a river almost like the one in this video. Rocky...would climb rocks for hours. Love those memories!!!