Discovering bands like America, Bread, Three Dog Night, is the real prize in doing a channel like this. As huge as these bands were back in the day, it would be as if they never existed if not for youtube, cool grandparents, or channels like this to keep them alive. Keep it up boys... you've just barely scratched the surface!! "A Horse With No Name" has to be your next for America. It is another journey for sure.
Celebrities and pop stars come and go... Rudolf Valentino, Enrico Caruso, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Glenn Miller... Elvis and Little Richard and James Brown and the Beatles might be remembered a hundred years from now, but groups like Jefferson Airplane, America, Grand Funk Railroad, Seals and Crofts, and a thousand others that were household names for a few years will just disappear.
@@donwomick3413 So true. John Denver, The Spinners, Jim Croce, the list goes on. BJ Thomas died just recently. If it not for his death I would have completely forgotten all the great songs he had in the 70s. They're just not played anywhere anymore. It was such a joy going back on TH-cam and rediscovering them all again. Seems almost criminal that so much great music can seemingly just vanish into thin air.
I hadn't heard this song in 40 years or more. When I heard the first bar of the opening riff just now, it was like the sun breaking through the clouds. Just because there was so much great music back then, and my taste was rougher music, America just never got high on my list. But to hear it now, this song and their other big ones (Horse With No Name!) are, as you said, flawless -- they go down like the smoothest bourbon.
Born in 66..started really liking music around 78-79..started playing guitar couple years later. There is so much music... I'll never hear it all..so much I still don't know about ...and I know it's basic history...blues jazz etc. I like Alex and Andy their great. If I'm not prying what was/is the rougher music Rlln' Stns..punk perhaps. How Hound Dog Taylor?
@@alexgramm5170 Not prying at all, thanks for your interest. Rolling Stones absolutely, Led Zepplin, Jethro Tull, Eagles, King Crimson, Elton John, Yes, Pink Floyd, ELP, the Who, that's what I listened to in college '73-'74. I think there were more, but I can't remember lol. Tull, Floyd, Elton John and Eagles were the least rough, perhaps, but their songs often had a little more edge or texture to them than America, and there were so many bands in the soft rock category like America back then. The other thing was in high school '70-'72, I listened to Crosby Stills & Nash, Simon & Garfunkel, softer Beatles, so maybe I was exhausted on "soft" music as America was coming on the scene.
@@alexjbennett1017 Great!...about the same for me late 70S early 80s..84 grad. High school I was 17. Loved Stand Up by J. Tull with the pop up figures.
Alex is correct, ' brats' is the commonly used term for the children of servicemen and women. I, for instance, grew up as a 'Navy brat' as my dad was a career Navy man. America were Air Force brats, the sons of U.S. Air Force members who were, at the time of the band's origin, stationed in England, and they called themselves America so as not to be taken for a British band. Great band! You should definitely do "Horse With No Name" and "Tin Man", as two more super smooth classics by America.
@Jon M very true. My husband grew up in the Panama Canal Zone but wasn’t a military brat. He refers to himself as a government brat. But collectively people from the Canal Zone call themselves Zonians.
Try Seals and Croft! This 2 man group has some of the most memorable and mesmerizing songs of the 70's! Summer Breeze, We may never pass this way again and Diamond Girl for starters!
I grew up in Tulsa Oklahoma, David Gates went to Rogers High. His brother, Zach, was my little sister's optometrist. We were Elementary School aged through the 70s. In that decade, Tulsa Oklahoma was the land of Land of Shelter Records- Leon Russell, Delaney & Bonnie, JJ Cale, Carl Radle, Jamie Oldaker, and David Gates. Then the great Jim Keltner. The GAP BAND, New Grass Revival Dwight Yokham & George Straits manager a Tulsan in the 80s. Gary Busey too Tony Randall went to Central High. Todd Van Fleet, another drummer came later. It's called the Tulsa Sound. East Texas Swing, Country & Blues,... Eric Clapton took a band of Tulsa musicians on tour. Dylan, George Harrison sightings at Pendletons Fried Chicken. David Gates was said to be very disciplined. Very focused. Not much of the musician party thing. I think this country is in dire need or a huge dose injection of 70s music. Music was so prevelant in everything.. Ok. Too long Be safe & Rock on Regardless!
@@dennisdobbs1493Yep. The lead singer David Gates said they were trying to think of a name for their band and they saw a bread truck and the rest is history. Not the greatest band name in the world but it fit their style perfectly.
Prince used the line "I've been hit by purple rain" as the inspiration for the title of his song "Purple Rain". The America song was inspired by a family trip: Dewey Bunnell, the song's vocalist and writer, has said that the lyric "alligator lizards in the air" in the song is a reference to the shapes of clouds in the sky he saw in 1963 while his family was driving down the coast from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc, California, where they had a flat tire. While his father changed the tire, his brother and he stood by the side of the road and watched the clouds and saw a road sign for "Ventura". from Wikipedia
As I noted in comments for "Sister Golden Hair"; ground zero for America (and all classic soft rock) is "Horse With No Name"; one listen and you'll see why it was so iconic and has not aged like many other soft rock songs. As for Bread, despite the name they were biggest soft rock band of the 1970's, not only for their incredible songcraft by leader David Gates, but because listening to (or better yet, playing on a guitar) Bread songs like "I Want To Make It With You" or "Baby I'm-a Want You" and their biggest hit, "If" meant you were getting some that night.
Also, that “filtered through two different sine waves on two different synths” lead guitar in “If” is iconic and was really hard to reproduce until the digital age. I still haven’t figured out how to reproduce it in Logic Pro. But I will…
@@LeChaunce I've reproduced it onstage using a combo of auto-wah, phase shifter and light tremolo. But the song is just as effective (I'd offer more effective) played solo on an acoustic guitar.
@@LeChaunce Unfortunately, I do not remember the settings (or even the brand of boxes I used) but I do remember the chain: auto-wah first for primary effect, then phaser to soften and give it "spacier" feel, then I found adding slight tremelo gave effect more depth, keeping it spacy but also keeping the wah definition. Hope that helps. Haven't played that style of music in awhile; normally play more in the style of classic rock, post-punk and indie, as well as blues.
It is so weird watching you guys not knowing who America and Bread are as they were huge everyday , household names to every kid in the 70's. Now I know how my parents felt when I didn't know any of the bands they listened to in the 50's.
If you like America, there's no reason to not also check out Bread. Both are early '70s soft rock artists, and Bread's David Gates was both a good singer and a good songwriter. I'd probably star with "Everything I Own", but "If" is a beautiful ballad. "Bread" was late 60's slang for "money", so the double meaning may have been part of why they chose the band name. But I wouldn't worry about how good the band name is. What kind of a name for a band is "The Beatles"?
Grew up listening to my parents' copy of Best of Bread. Great melodies and lyrics. VERY soft and sometimes on the corny side, but when you're in a sensitive mood it can't be beat
The Beatles were big fans of Buddy Holly & the Crickets, which is why they named themselves after another insect. They just changed up the spelling to have the word "Beat" in it
@Otis Dylan yes to all of this! And I think Bread would be a great pathway to Glen Campbell, who they’ve also yet to discover. He was such a master. One of my favorite videos on TH-cam is David Gates singing a medley of Bread songs with Glen Campbell on Campbell’s variety show. That performance is absolute perfection. There wasn’t anything that Glen Campbell couldn’t do.
For this acoustic singer songwriter rabbit hole, it's got to be "Cat Stevens" (now Yusuf Cat Stevens). He's the most spiritual Cat (no pun intended) in the genre. America , Bread are probably the best of what's considered adult contemporary (soft rock aka Yacht rock easy breasy, sometimes cheesy), yet still not even close to the emotion "Cat Stevens" evokes. He is the most moving emotiinal singer songwriter period. Check -" Wild World" "Moonshadow' & Father and Son" for starters.
@@jotoole129 I know a lot of people love that song but it doesn't do it for me. I go for Bitter Blue, Peace Train, Wild World, Oh Very Young, Another Saturday Night, and if they are hitting Cat you have to go back to the early The First Cut Is the Deepest.
Great choice! This song perfectly captures the feeling of a sunny afternoon, driving up the California coast. Coming from Florida myself, this song painted such a vivid picture in my head, that soon after I turned 18, I headed to California & found myself driving along the Pacific coast, in the Hollywood hills, and on the Ventura freeway (the 134), among others. I was living the dream! SoCal was EVERYTHING I’d hoped for. It did not disappoint. I lived there quite a few years, got married there, and we have since moved on, but I miss California SO much! Absolutely gorgeous, and the people were so nice. Time for a road trip!
Thanks lads,from a 62 year old Brit. You are not only reminding me of the music of my youth but also introducing me to cool stuff that passed me by. My cd collection is expanding nicely.
Songs like this really make a Friday. Funny that you mentioned Bread, because that was my suggestion if you wanted another band to compliment America. They have a good amount of hits. Great acoustic guitar and soul-touching harmonies. Lyrically, they are strong story tellers. I would suggest "Baby, I'm a Want You" or "Everything I Own." "Everything I Own" is among the most beautiful homages to a deceased father. "Diary" is a song about a guy who reads his girlfriend's diary - with a twist.
@@bobriedel3277 Someone liked them. They had hits. I can listen to Zep's Black Dog and also listen to Bread, and appreciate what both bring to the table. By the way, how many songs by Bread did you listen to before you came to that conclusion?
They had me with the first line.Chewing on a piece of grass walking down the road.Brought me back to my childhood. This song is special.Makes me happy whenever I hear it.
Alex is 100% correct. The term brat is for kids whose parents are in the military. Their fathers were stationed in Britain i believe when they formed the band.
There is a Ventura Hwy on the west coast in Ventura, California. There's plenty of sunshine and beautiful beaches. I've played this song while driving down Ventura Hwy. Great reaction.
I'm so happy to see that young people are appreciating music I grew up with. America is a great band! Some other suggestions would be Cat Stevens, Seals and Crofts.
This song paints such a beautiful, warm, sunkissed colored Southern Californian vibe...."Ventura Highway In the sunshine, where the days are longer, the nights are stronger than moonshine". Yes, A&A the perfect driving song. Love America. "TIN MAN", "LONELY PEOPLE", "I NEED YOU", and the deeper cut "MOON SONG". Check 'em out. I'm so glad you want to hear more.🌞
Sooo glad you two are covering America...cool fyi...band member David Dickey (RIP) actually settled in my hometown ...his daughter and my oldest son became extremely close friends and Leah was at our home ALOT ...my husband has played w David D and was at his home one evening when David stopped playing w friends to take his "weekly Sunday call from....DON HENLEY!!" 😳 My hubby had the privilege of speaking briefly w Mr Henley... Sadly David passed away from cancer and his family moved ...but he was as much an amazing person as he was a musician. Keep up the good work 👏. .David would be sooo honored a new generation is listening to the band
I used to drive home on the Ventura Highway from my girlfriend's house, through the low rolling hills of Thousand Oaks/Agoura Hills/Calabasas, and I distinctly remember this song coming on the radio on a beautiful, mellow, sunny spring day; very little can touch that memory of just cruising along to this great tune.
When this song came out I was living in La Conchita near Ventura/ Santa Barbara county line. Very near where the writer had stopped along the highway next to the ocean there is no where else it could have been to be inspired to write this. I was 11. Oh yeah, and catching alligator lizards was my second favorite sport behind bodysurfing. Lol.
@@michaelrush3403 Agreed. I lived in Encino at the time, and my girlfriend was out in Simi Valley, so out the 101 I'd go, cutting over the 23 at Thousand Oaks. Good times.
Even though it came in second on the pole, you should still hit Seals & Crofts, either Summer Breeze or Diamond Girl, very similar to this yet uniquely different...
They still tour the casino and festival circuit heavily. Beckley and Bunnell will both talk to you like old buddies if you catch them at the bar after the show.
They've played our little small town festival twice since 1997. So has Kansas, Three Dog Night and Blood, Sweat & Tears. Single timers include everyone fron Blue Õyster Cult to WAR. The "oldies" bands/artists are slowly leaving us, but the festival circuit can still come up with a few surprises.
Other America classics include A Horse With No Name (their biggest hit / best song), Tin Man, Lonely People and You Can Do Magic... all phenomenal songs
This song ages like fine wine. Amazing melody + chill vibes + time = S Tier A nickel extra- this song is the first, I can think of, to mention purple rain.
Prince, the artist that loved to sue people at the drop of a hat over his music, took the term Purple Rain from this song and made it into a song, album and movie without permission from Dewey Bunnell, the original songwriter, and was never even called out on it. Dewey Bunnell is a nice guy.
I'm not exactly sure why but here are what pop into my head after this song: Glenn Campbell - Wichita Lineman Yes - America Carol King - Its too late Allman Brothers - Melissa George Harrison - Give me love Cat Stevens - Wild World Yall keep cool and hydrate mi amigos!
Please react to the runner up in this poll, "Summer Breeze" by Seals and Croft. Or check out "I'd really Love To See You Tonight" by England Dan and John Ford Coley. 🏝
Never was a huge fan of the group, but I love watching these guys as they listen to songs for the first time, and their reactions and discussions. I watch even when I'm not a fan of the song.
Stunning! I am 60 years old and German. Actually, musically I come from the Black Music area of the 70s and early 80s + Ska. But this debut album from America titled: Homecoming has been with me since the first day I heard it in 1972. The titles Tin Man,The Horse with no Name and Ventura Highway are for landmarks in the Soft Rock area. I instantly get in a good mood and wish I was on a road on the California coast. This album is simply superb and I will be listening to it to the last day.
Their earliest hits were all Bunnell's songs - Horse, this one, Tin Man. He wrote lyrics that are totally open texts. Beckley and Peek wrote more conventional love songs.
I heard in an interview with Beckley and Bunnell that you can recognize who wrote what by how many chords. "Dewey's songs have 2 chords. Mine have 138" - Gerry Beckley. Haha.
@@catherinelw9365 But Dewey’s chord choices are so great! He uses such interesting voicings and tunings. Three Roses, Moon Song, Rainbow Song, Cornwall Blank … only Dewey could come up with those chords
I have seen America several times over the years, most at festivals, and as great as Buckley and Brunnell’s voice, I miss Dan Peak’s voice, and was saddened when he left the band, and even sadder of his passing years ago
When I worked for Heart (40 yrs. ago) as a roadie, I had to a white convertible and drove down Ventura Highway, then on the 101 Hwy. ... of course listening to this song. And whole album. So much fun. ;-)
Loved America, Bread, 3 Dog Night, back in the day. My go-to songs for the era. Bread's David Gates; phenomenal voice. Try America's Horse With No Name.
This came out the summer I learned to drive, so I was... 15? Takes me right to being in the car with my Dad, the open road, windows down, harmonizing together.... one of the best summers ever. Ventura Highway still makes both of us smile. :) You MUST do "A Horse With No Name!"
I grew up with that song playing at every junior high dance, so fun, or a sing along on the bus ride home. Oh, the good ol days. Imagine the smiles on all our faces, the entire bus singing. Played on an 8 track. Mid 70s.
This song opening closes the film “We Are Marshall” and brings the last mega-goosebumps that film constantly raises. Yes, the character in the scene has embarked on a life-changing moment and road trip. Perfect.
Tin Man is utterly fantastic - in my all time top 10. It's another song with a heavy George Martin influence, and if you really listen there are some tiny nuances that really make it.
"Cat Stevens" a prolific singer/song with a unique and iconic voice that touches the soul. His catalog of greatest is filled with many wonderful heart felt gems, I recommend 1st; Father & Son, about a conversation between a somber father and his teenage son that is full of anger wanting to break out on his own. Others to consider Hard Headed Women, Peace Train, Wild World, If You want to Sing Out, Moonshadow. Y'all will loved them, I guarantee or your money back.
It’s so great to see you hear this for the first time. It’s my favorite song of all time. I was 12 when it came out and remember jumping into a pile of leaves singing it.
I Was 12 when this came out. My sister was 13. She's so literal, she could not deal with the non-sequitur lyrics "oh come on Joe you can always change your name". This was the first song I learned on guitar with major 7 chords.
For literal, read "literate." Even at 13, she could recognize abysmal writing. One can only conclude that the writers didn't give a damn about wordcraft.
My favorites, other than the 2 you've now done, are Daisy Jane, Don't Cross The River, Only In Your Heart, A Horse With No Name, Sandman, Tin Man, Lonely People, and a few others.
@@jameswolfe8853 Yeah, that was off the top of my head, but I knew I was missing some. That's shy I said "and a few others" 😊 Thank you for your comment, and reminding us all about that last one.
"You Can Do Magic" is another good one by them. I remember when I was a kid and someone put together a video of Ralph Sampson (who was a 7'4" center at UVA at the time, and was supposed to be the next NBA superstar) and set it to that song. The video was cool and the song is great, but I shouldn't have believed the hype.
If you haven't already, Daisy Jane is another anesthetic one. It's so smooth that you almost listen to it subconsciously. Simple piano, haunting violin, and warm harmonies.
Nothing held Bread back. It's smooth soft rock. PROUDLY call myself an Army brat. Born on a military base and traveled the WORLD. I've been places people only dream of. The flower of the military child is... the dandelion. We blow all over with the wind and set down roots wherever we may land.
I saw your heads bobbin’ there… An incredibly great groove in that song, laid down by LA Wrecking Crew members Hal Blaine on drums and Joe Osborn on bass. And flawless production by George Martin.
The story I heard about how America chose their name was that they were all Air Force brats with parents stationed in England, where they formed the band. When they were working out what to have as their name, they were listening to a juke box labeled or branded "Americana", which inspired them to try America as their band name.
That's not what I heard. They formed the band in the UK where their parents were stationed. They wanted their first audiences to know that they were the real deal and not just putting on a fake accent. A lot of the UK bands of that period were influenced by American musicians and adopted what was termed a 'Mid - Atlantic ' accent. (Although 'Dewey' Bunnell was actually born in Yorkshire, in the UK, and has dual citizenship, he was brought up in a pretty insular environment in an Airforce base, and with US Department of Defense schooling in London with other American and Canadian pupils)
God I miss So Cal (The OC)in the 80’s. It would have been even better in the 70’s but I’ll take my childhood in the 80’s with a smile on my face. Now it’s all-crap, to keep this brief. It really was a cool place then. This song brings back awesome memories. 😢
They were all around 18 years old living in the UK with their parents in the Air Force when this song and album were created. One of the greatest bands of the late era.
I am so glad you both like it, i walk to theses songs and this one always makes me sad and happy at the same time. My early teen years. You would love Bread
Bread is also slang for money. The Wilson sisters from Heart were also military brats. Kids of career military who grow up on or around various military bases.
•Summer by War • Hot time in The Summertime. Sly and the Family Stone • Summertime. By Mungo Jerry. • School's out for Summer. By Alice Cooper • Summer Breeze. Seals and Croft.
"Horse with No Name" & "Tin Man" would be my recommendations for your next America songs. Bread was HUGE in the 70's & very much a slice of the time period, can't imagine music like that being made in another time. It's very sweet though, excellent but maybe not something you'd want to listen to in public, lol.
YES! This IS a road trip in a song. I feel like just took a mind jump back to Cali and am riding with my son up the coast. I listen to it when I'm really missing him.
Bread was a name for money in the late ‘60s. Billy Joel’s line “put bread in my jar” his tip jar is an example. I guess Bread wanted to make lots of bread.
I vividly recall when this song was a hit on the radio. Nice to see you boys enjoying the great music of the 70's. All most all of the songs in the 70's were about love and peace and this song reflects that era very well.
So I'm driving in to work yesterday morning and this song comes on. I'm humming away thinking "the guys really need to do this song, it's a different flavor for them." Fast forward to lunchtime, I get a notification that they just posted this video! Serendipity at its finest! Much love 💚 💚
TIN MAN. But also get back to some JETHRO TULL. You've yet to do the entire "THICK AS A BRICK " album and honestly guys its kind of a big deal that the channel has been going this long without getting to it. And thats just the tip of the iceburg with TULL but its the easiest for the crowd to get behind and its a must listen in terms of what it did for prog rock and HOW IT STILL HOLDS UP !
@@Q247247, I've suggested just going with one of the 1976-78 12 minute live performances, instead of doing the whole album, but someone on here or on Patreon labeled it an "atrocity" LOL Even though they've done 4 songs from Aqualung, I'd love to see them do the whole album. Or Songs From The Wood.
Discovering bands like America, Bread, Three Dog Night, is the real prize in doing a channel like this. As huge as these bands were back in the day, it would be as if they never existed if not for youtube, cool grandparents, or channels like this to keep them alive. Keep it up boys... you've just barely scratched the surface!! "A Horse With No Name" has to be your next for America. It is another journey for sure.
The best music's in the five dollar rack at Walmart!
@@marceldagenais1893 Absolutely
And once this generation is gone in a few years, TH-cam, etc. will be about all that is left of it.
Celebrities and pop stars come and go... Rudolf Valentino, Enrico Caruso, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Glenn Miller... Elvis and Little Richard and James Brown and the Beatles might be remembered a hundred years from now, but groups like Jefferson Airplane, America, Grand Funk Railroad, Seals and Crofts, and a thousand others that were household names for a few years will just disappear.
@@donwomick3413 So true. John Denver, The Spinners, Jim Croce, the list goes on. BJ Thomas died just recently. If it not for his death I would have completely forgotten all the great songs he had in the 70s. They're just not played anywhere anymore. It was such a joy going back on TH-cam and rediscovering them all again. Seems almost criminal that so much great music can seemingly just vanish into thin air.
I hadn't heard this song in 40 years or more. When I heard the first bar of the opening riff just now, it was like the sun breaking through the clouds. Just because there was so much great music back then, and my taste was rougher music, America just never got high on my list. But to hear it now, this song and their other big ones (Horse With No Name!) are, as you said, flawless -- they go down like the smoothest bourbon.
Well said. 💪🏻🇺🇸
Born in 66..started really liking music around 78-79..started playing guitar couple years later. There is so much music... I'll never hear it all..so much I still don't know about ...and I know it's basic history...blues jazz etc. I like Alex and Andy their great.
If I'm not prying what was/is the rougher music Rlln' Stns..punk perhaps. How Hound Dog Taylor?
@@alexgramm5170 Not prying at all, thanks for your interest. Rolling Stones absolutely, Led Zepplin, Jethro Tull, Eagles, King Crimson, Elton John, Yes, Pink Floyd, ELP, the Who, that's what I listened to in college '73-'74. I think there were more, but I can't remember lol. Tull, Floyd, Elton John and Eagles were the least rough, perhaps, but their songs often had a little more edge or texture to them than America, and there were so many bands in the soft rock category like America back then. The other thing was in high school '70-'72, I listened to Crosby Stills & Nash, Simon & Garfunkel, softer Beatles, so maybe I was exhausted on "soft" music as America was coming on the scene.
@@alexjbennett1017 Great!...about the same for me late 70S early 80s..84 grad. High school I was 17. Loved Stand Up by J. Tull with the pop up figures.
@@alexgramm5170 wow! Stand Up was pretty much my total favorite album in the early 70s!
Their most known song is “A Horse With No Name”, next one IMO
Their*
Everyone thought it was Neil Young's new song. Or was it just me. There's no their there.
@@garymaidman625 really...... come on man
@@zzremington you edited it, much better.
This song really captures the laid back vibe of the seventies. We could use some of that laid back vibe today.
laid back maybe in america. lets not forget how this laid back vibes were made. by pilaging and waring other nations. =)
@@joaosabento Said the Russian, war-sowing bot...
Ahh the golden era of acoustic rock. Cat Stevens, Janis Ian, early Eagles, Jim Croce, America, Bread, and others.
Wow...................Janis ..yes..100%...you have good taste in music.
Don't forget Little River Band!!!
Loggins and Messina
@@DiggerPayne1881 All L&M stuff is great but they should do the longer version of Angry Eyes.
America was one of those bands that you just can’t go wrong listening too.. the best flowing sounds of the 70’s
Alex is correct, ' brats' is the commonly used term for the children of servicemen and women. I, for instance, grew up as a 'Navy brat' as my dad was a career Navy man. America were Air Force brats, the sons of U.S. Air Force members who were, at the time of the band's origin, stationed in England, and they called themselves America so as not to be taken for a British band. Great band! You should definitely do "Horse With No Name" and "Tin Man", as two more super smooth classics by America.
I was a Navy brat, and the term often became "rugrat"
I was an Army brat and was gonna make the comment that you did.
@Jon M very true. My husband grew up in the Panama Canal Zone but wasn’t a military brat. He refers to himself as a government brat. But collectively people from the Canal Zone call themselves Zonians.
Air Force brat chiming in here to agree. Both about the Brat term and America song suggestions.
Jon M Thank you! Your comment saved me the trouble of typing the exact same info. Ya can't know what ya don't know, Andy.
I love the intros to their songs with the acoustic guitar. America is awesome.
Other America songs to check out: "Horse with no Name" "Tin Man" "You can do Magic"
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Year of the Cat is great also! Al Stewart and his strong British accent!!👍
They had so many good hits
What a really good Band. No frills, no studio BS, just some guys that can write, play, and sing excellent music. Very Basic stuff.
Try Seals and Croft! This 2 man group has some of the most memorable and mesmerizing songs of the 70's! Summer Breeze, We may never pass this way again and Diamond Girl for starters!
Yes please
Nailed it. Summer Breeze is another road trip song for sure.
Don’t forget their “Hummingbird “.
@@richardhooser5096 Summer Breeze was always the song that got me out of the winter funk.
Also they covered Todd Rundgren’s Love is the Answer
Bread had so many wonderful songs. Everything I Own was written by David Gates after the death of his father. I always think of mine when I hear it.
That song makes me cry, it speaks what our grief has no words for. I have lost so many loved ones.
I grew up in Tulsa Oklahoma, David Gates went to Rogers High.
His brother, Zach, was my little sister's optometrist. We were Elementary School aged through the 70s.
In that decade, Tulsa Oklahoma was the land of
Land of Shelter Records- Leon Russell, Delaney & Bonnie, JJ Cale, Carl Radle, Jamie Oldaker, and David Gates. Then the great Jim Keltner.
The GAP BAND,
New Grass Revival Dwight Yokham & George Straits manager a Tulsan in the 80s.
Gary Busey too
Tony Randall went to Central High.
Todd Van Fleet, another drummer came later.
It's called the Tulsa Sound.
East Texas Swing, Country & Blues,...
Eric Clapton took a band of Tulsa musicians on tour.
Dylan, George Harrison sightings at Pendletons Fried Chicken.
David Gates was said to be very disciplined. Very focused. Not much of the musician party thing.
I think this country is in dire need or a huge dose injection of 70s music.
Music was so prevelant in everything..
Ok. Too long
Be safe & Rock on Regardless!
"Make it with you"
The one that broke my heart was Diary because it mirrored what happened to me.
“Bread” was hippy speak for money back when the band was formed and we all knew what it meant. It was quite a cool name at the time
Yes, my thoughts exactly when he brought it up.
Exactly it's so hard watching a movie & use a context wrong. Bread is money in the 70s
Bread is slang for money in hip hop too
According to Rolling Stone magazine they named themselves after seeing a Wonder Bread truck in traffic.
@@dennisdobbs1493Yep. The lead singer David Gates said they were trying to think of a name for their band and they saw a bread truck and the rest is history. Not the greatest band name in the world but it fit their style perfectly.
Prince used the line "I've been hit by purple rain" as the inspiration for the title of his song "Purple Rain".
The America song was inspired by a family trip: Dewey Bunnell, the song's vocalist and writer, has said that the lyric "alligator lizards in the air" in the song is a reference to the shapes of clouds in the sky he saw in 1963 while his family was driving down the coast from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc, California, where they had a flat tire. While his father changed the tire, his brother and he stood by the side of the road and watched the clouds and saw a road sign for "Ventura". from Wikipedia
Always wondered about that lyric
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Saw America live last week and was blown away by how great their vocals still sound after all these decades.
They are touring? Where did you see them?
@@wpollock1 In Oshkosh, WI. Not sure about a tour but they headlined one of the weekly summer concert series nights here called Waterfest.
America got me with the vocals, then the eagles had great vocals.
Adult Contemporary/AM Rock/Yacht Rock is some of the best music of the 70's.
As I noted in comments for "Sister Golden Hair"; ground zero for America (and all classic soft rock) is "Horse With No Name"; one listen and you'll see why it was so iconic and has not aged like many other soft rock songs. As for Bread, despite the name they were biggest soft rock band of the 1970's, not only for their incredible songcraft by leader David Gates, but because listening to (or better yet, playing on a guitar) Bread songs like "I Want To Make It With You" or "Baby I'm-a Want You" and their biggest hit, "If" meant you were getting some that night.
Also, that “filtered through two different sine waves on two different synths” lead guitar in “If” is iconic and was really hard to reproduce until the digital age. I still haven’t figured out how to reproduce it in Logic Pro. But I will…
@@LeChaunce I've reproduced it onstage using a combo of auto-wah, phase shifter and light tremolo. But the song is just as effective (I'd offer more effective) played solo on an acoustic guitar.
@@alan73795 Do you remember offhand how you chained those? In what order you put the effects pedals?
@@LeChaunce Unfortunately, I do not remember the settings (or even the brand of boxes I used) but I do remember the chain: auto-wah first for primary effect, then phaser to soften and give it "spacier" feel, then I found adding slight tremelo gave effect more depth, keeping it spacy but also keeping the wah definition. Hope that helps. Haven't played that style of music in awhile; normally play more in the style of classic rock, post-punk and indie, as well as blues.
I know it was a huge hit, but I always felt like "Horse With No Name" was the absolute worst song to ever become big.
Just awful imo.
It is so weird watching you guys not knowing who America and Bread are as they were huge everyday , household names to every kid in the 70's. Now I know how my parents felt when I didn't know any of the bands they listened to in the 50's.
If you like America, there's no reason to not also check out Bread. Both are early '70s soft rock artists, and Bread's David Gates was both a good singer and a good songwriter. I'd probably star with "Everything I Own", but "If" is a beautiful ballad. "Bread" was late 60's slang for "money", so the double meaning may have been part of why they chose the band name. But I wouldn't worry about how good the band name is. What kind of a name for a band is "The Beatles"?
Grew up listening to my parents' copy of Best of Bread. Great melodies and lyrics. VERY soft and sometimes on the corny side, but when you're in a sensitive mood it can't be beat
soft rock is a contradiction in terms, but you know that. Bread makes America sound like Aerosmith
The Beatles were big fans of Buddy Holly & the Crickets, which is why they named themselves after another insect. They just changed up the spelling to have the word "Beat" in it
@Otis Dylan yes to all of this! And I think Bread would be a great pathway to Glen Campbell, who they’ve also yet to discover. He was such a master. One of my favorite videos on TH-cam is David Gates singing a medley of Bread songs with Glen Campbell on Campbell’s variety show. That performance is absolute perfection. There wasn’t anything that Glen Campbell couldn’t do.
David Gates is a genius in the sad love song genre. He also had a killer voice
"A Horse With No Name", "Tin Man" and "You can Do Magic" are all really good.
For this acoustic singer songwriter rabbit hole, it's got to be "Cat Stevens" (now Yusuf Cat Stevens). He's the most spiritual Cat (no pun intended) in the genre. America , Bread are probably the best of what's considered adult contemporary (soft rock aka Yacht rock easy breasy, sometimes cheesy), yet still not even close to the emotion "Cat Stevens" evokes. He is the most moving emotiinal singer songwriter period. Check -" Wild World" "Moonshadow' & Father and Son" for starters.
He goes by both names now, most recent songs say Yusuf/Cat Stevens.
Would love to hear “Father and Son”!!!
@@LoopORama Thanks for reminding me. Edited.
@@jotoole129 I know a lot of people love that song but it doesn't do it for me. I go for Bitter Blue, Peace Train, Wild World, Oh Very Young, Another Saturday Night, and if they are hitting Cat you have to go back to the early The First Cut Is the Deepest.
Ah yes .. Moonshadow .. we had so much fun with this song. Haven't heard it in a min .. gotta go have a listen now. Thank you 👍🏼🤘🏼✌🏼
America, one of the great Singer/Songwriter bands that there ever was! I just LOVE this track!!!!
a VERY UNDERRATED group
This song has the line "Alligator Lizards in the Air." What more needs to be said? It has the amazing acoustic guitar riff.
Totally what I said!!
Fantastic. Congratulations.
I share this new video tribute to "Ventura Highway" - America
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Great choice! This song perfectly captures the feeling of a sunny afternoon, driving up the California coast. Coming from Florida myself, this song painted such a vivid picture in my head, that soon after I turned 18, I headed to California & found myself driving along the Pacific coast, in the Hollywood hills, and on the Ventura freeway (the 134), among others. I was living the dream! SoCal was EVERYTHING I’d hoped for. It did not disappoint. I lived there quite a few years, got married there, and we have since moved on, but I miss California SO much! Absolutely gorgeous, and the people were so nice. Time for a road trip!
Fantastic. Congratulations.
I share this new video tribute to "Ventura Highway" - America
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America has that southern Cal 70’s sound along with The Eagles and Poco.
Thanks lads,from a 62 year old Brit. You are not only reminding me of the music of my youth but also introducing me to cool stuff that passed me by. My cd collection is expanding nicely.
Songs like this really make a Friday. Funny that you mentioned Bread, because that was my suggestion if you wanted another band to compliment America. They have a good amount of hits. Great acoustic guitar and soul-touching harmonies. Lyrically, they are strong story tellers. I would suggest "Baby, I'm a Want You" or "Everything I Own." "Everything I Own" is among the most beautiful homages to a deceased father. "Diary" is a song about a guy who reads his girlfriend's diary - with a twist.
Totally agree about Bread. Bread was the soundtrack of my college years.
Might as well throw Al Stewart into the mix as well.
@@mikep6222 "Time Passages"!
Bread is to gooey and saccharin sweet. Even the nerds in high school back in the day couldn't stomach Bread.
@@bobriedel3277 Someone liked them. They had hits. I can listen to Zep's Black Dog and also listen to Bread, and appreciate what both bring to the table. By the way, how many songs by Bread did you listen to before you came to that conclusion?
They had me with the first line.Chewing on a piece of grass walking down the road.Brought me back to my childhood.
This song is special.Makes me happy whenever I hear it.
Need to add Bill Wither's "Ain't No Sunshine" to your list of songs to review!
@Andy & Alex this! ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️
for sure.
Yes. And not the really short on that gets played a lot on the radio.
If you’re going to do that one, why not Bill’s neoclassic “Lean On Me”?
@@michaelmalone6425 definitely. And “Use Me”.
Bread is amazing!!! I never thought of it as a bad name, because they were a GREAT band!
Alex is 100% correct. The term brat is for kids whose parents are in the military. Their fathers were stationed in Britain i believe when they formed the band.
Like Reacher
Their "mums" were all British women who married American servicemen too.
There is a Ventura Hwy on the west coast in Ventura, California. There's plenty of sunshine and beautiful beaches. I've played this song while driving down Ventura Hwy. Great reaction.
When I first heard the acoustic intro to this song, I was hooked.
Let’s just hope a&a listen to the original mix instead of one of the toxic shit 21st century remixes of this one
Plus the drummer
@@edvonblue I just listened to a few 21st century remixes of Ventura Highway. They were all horrible. Luckily they used the original.
@@robland6804 I think that was Hal Blaine on drums, what a frickin genius! Amazing drumming there
@@SteelyDaddy59 yes!
I'm so happy to see that young people are appreciating music I grew up with. America is a great band! Some other suggestions would be Cat Stevens, Seals and Crofts.
This song paints such a beautiful, warm, sunkissed colored Southern Californian vibe...."Ventura Highway In the sunshine, where the days are longer, the nights are stronger than moonshine". Yes, A&A the perfect driving song. Love America. "TIN MAN", "LONELY PEOPLE", "I NEED YOU", and the deeper cut "MOON SONG". Check 'em out. I'm so glad you want to hear more.🌞
"Daisy Jane" is a great one, too! Oh, and "I Need You!"
Absolutely TRUE. I grew up in So Cal and was in my early 20s listening to America. Heading to the beach (Ventura, Malibu, South bay) from the SFV 😎
@@deantait8326 Lucky You!! I lived near Detroit in the 70's. LOL. I was "California Dreamin' ".🏖
@@lisamorrison2149 "On such a Winters Day"
@@aileenturrietta7553 Yes, but Winter sounds kind of good right now.🙄🔥
Sooo glad you two are covering America...cool fyi...band member David Dickey (RIP) actually settled in my hometown ...his daughter and my oldest son became extremely close friends and Leah was at our home ALOT ...my husband has played w David D and was at his home one evening when David stopped playing w friends to take his "weekly Sunday call from....DON HENLEY!!" 😳 My hubby had the privilege of speaking briefly w Mr Henley...
Sadly David passed away from cancer and his family moved ...but he was as much an amazing person as he was a musician.
Keep up the good work 👏. .David would be sooo honored a new generation is listening to the band
I used to drive home on the Ventura Highway from my girlfriend's house, through the low rolling hills of Thousand Oaks/Agoura Hills/Calabasas, and I distinctly remember this song coming on the radio on a beautiful, mellow, sunny spring day; very little can touch that memory of just cruising along to this great tune.
When this song came out I was living in La Conchita near Ventura/ Santa Barbara county line.
Very near where the writer had stopped along the highway next to the ocean there is no where else it could have been to be inspired to write this. I was 11.
Oh yeah, and catching alligator lizards was my second favorite sport behind bodysurfing. Lol.
@@danieljodrey8863 Nice.
Thousand Oaks 👍 lived there for many years, killer drive up the 101 aka Ventura Highway
@@michaelrush3403 Agreed. I lived in Encino at the time, and my girlfriend was out in Simi Valley, so out the 101 I'd go, cutting over the 23 at Thousand Oaks. Good times.
Lived in TO Simi, the valley...this song is all of those things. Youth and summer.
Got to drive down Ventura highway listening to Ventura Highway a few years ago. It was cathartic and amazing haha
Even though it came in second on the pole, you should still hit Seals & Crofts, either Summer Breeze or Diamond Girl, very similar to this yet uniquely different...
Amazingly one or maybe both played in garage rock bands like The Seeds
I love Summer Breeze!!
Yes, they perfectly fit together.
@@louise11854 Love the Isley Brothers version!
SEALS & CROFTS "DIAMOND GIRL",, "SUMMER BREEZE",, "WE MAY NEVER PASS THIS WAY AGAIN" & "HUMMINGBIRD"
They still tour the casino and festival circuit heavily. Beckley and Bunnell will both talk to you like old buddies if you catch them at the bar after the show.
They've played our little small town festival twice since 1997. So has Kansas, Three Dog Night and Blood, Sweat & Tears. Single timers include everyone fron Blue Õyster Cult to WAR.
The "oldies" bands/artists are slowly leaving us, but the festival circuit can still come up with a few surprises.
Other America classics include A Horse With No Name (their biggest hit / best song), Tin Man, Lonely People and You Can Do Magic... all phenomenal songs
This song ages like fine wine. Amazing melody + chill vibes + time = S Tier
A nickel extra- this song is the first, I can think of, to mention purple rain.
S Tier indeed!
Prince, the artist that loved to sue people at the drop of a hat over his music, took the term Purple Rain from this song and made it into a song, album and movie without permission from Dewey Bunnell, the original songwriter, and was never even called out on it. Dewey Bunnell is a nice guy.
Bread is so amazingly mellow and deep. Definitely a must listen!
I'm not exactly sure why but here are what pop into my head after this song:
Glenn Campbell - Wichita Lineman
Yes - America
Carol King - Its too late
Allman Brothers - Melissa
George Harrison - Give me love
Cat Stevens - Wild World
Yall keep cool and hydrate mi amigos!
Definitely must react to Witchita Lineman by the incomparable Mr. Glen Campbell. 👍
'Tin Man' is what you are looking for. Just like in this Ventura Highway tune...the bass is just so perfect. Keep on rock'in!
Songs I suggest by America are I Need You,Ventura Highway,A Horse With No Name,Lonely People, You Can Do Magic,The Border etc.
Ventura Highway? Good one! Maybe they'll hear it some day in the future! LOL
Cleanest guitars , great harmonies , loved this band .
Please react to the runner up in this poll, "Summer Breeze" by Seals and Croft. Or check out "I'd really Love To See You Tonight" by England Dan and John Ford Coley. 🏝
Wish they would do the song that was last in the poll.LSD. Lake Shore Drive is a great song!
AMEN!
OMG!!! Best Reaction! Why do I cry every time I hear America? I go right back to the year I graduated from high School....
My favorite America track... so smooth, so smart and so good.
"Tin Man" and "Daisy Jane" should be next!!
Lonely People needs a listen.
These guys created some of the most beautiful music with acoustic guitars! Their sound is breezy, dreamy and smooth!
Never was a huge fan of the group, but I love watching these guys as they listen to songs for the first time, and their reactions and discussions. I watch even when I'm not a fan of the song.
me too.
Great attitude, Gary.
Stunning!
I am 60 years old and German. Actually, musically I come from the Black Music area of the 70s and early 80s + Ska.
But this debut album from America titled: Homecoming has been with me since the first day I heard it in 1972.
The titles Tin Man,The Horse with no Name and Ventura Highway are for landmarks in the Soft Rock area. I instantly get in a good mood and wish I was on a road on the California coast. This album is simply superb and I will be listening to it to the last day.
Their earliest hits were all Bunnell's songs - Horse, this one, Tin Man. He wrote lyrics that are totally open texts. Beckley and Peek wrote more conventional love songs.
Dewey rules, he’s the John Lennon to Beckley’s Paul McCartney
I heard in an interview with Beckley and Bunnell that you can recognize who wrote what by how many chords. "Dewey's songs have 2 chords. Mine have 138" - Gerry Beckley. Haha.
@@catherinelw9365 But Dewey’s chord choices are so great! He uses such interesting voicings and tunings. Three Roses, Moon Song, Rainbow Song, Cornwall Blank … only Dewey could come up with those chords
@@johnhoerl7326 Don't get me wrong, I love his songs. I just thought they were funny comments about their chords.
I have seen America several times over the years, most at festivals, and as great as Buckley and Brunnell’s voice, I miss Dan Peak’s voice, and was saddened when he left the band, and even sadder of his passing years ago
When I worked for Heart (40 yrs. ago) as a roadie, I had to a white convertible and drove down Ventura Highway, then on the 101 Hwy. ... of course listening to this song.
And whole album.
So much fun. ;-)
Loved America, Bread, 3 Dog Night, back in the day. My go-to songs for the era. Bread's David Gates; phenomenal voice. Try America's Horse With No Name.
Every time I drive by Ventura, this amazing song blows through my hair. Great road trip song along with Canned Heat “Going Up the Country”
This came out the summer I learned to drive, so I was... 15? Takes me right to being in the car with my Dad, the open road, windows down, harmonizing together.... one of the best summers ever. Ventura Highway still makes both of us smile. :)
You MUST do "A Horse With No Name!"
I grew up with that song playing at every junior high dance, so fun, or a sing along on the bus ride home. Oh, the good ol days. Imagine the smiles on all our faces, the entire bus singing. Played on an 8 track. Mid 70s.
“Bread” sucks until you hear their music
David Gates is a fabulous vocalist and songwriter!
This song opening closes the film “We Are Marshall” and brings the last mega-goosebumps that film constantly raises. Yes, the character in the scene has embarked on a life-changing moment and road trip. Perfect.
Tin Man is utterly fantastic - in my all time top 10. It's another song with a heavy George Martin influence, and if you really listen there are some tiny nuances that really make it.
Sooo many good summer time tunes from this band.
Thanks guys.
"Cat Stevens" a prolific singer/song with a unique and iconic voice that touches the soul. His catalog of greatest is filled with many wonderful heart felt gems, I recommend 1st; Father & Son, about a conversation between a somber father and his teenage son that is full of anger wanting to break out on his own. Others to consider Hard Headed Women, Peace Train, Wild World, If You want to Sing Out, Moonshadow. Y'all will loved them, I guarantee or your money back.
Definitely - Cat Stevens was one of the best
Yeah, Cat Stevens has *a lot* of really good songs.
I love this song so atmospheric and laid back and what a sound.
‘I Need You’ is a great mellow America tune
It’s so great to see you hear this for the first time. It’s my favorite song of all time. I was 12 when it came out and remember jumping into a pile of leaves singing it.
Bread were popular for a a few years, but after awhile they were toast.
🤣 Good one.
Don't be so crusty.
They were good, but like most bands they were in it for the dough.
Yeah, but they got a little "stale" after awhile.😉
@@neildonley9626 A moldy but a goodie.
Saw the boys in concert when they came here to Houston about 8 yrs ago...so heartfelt and nostalgic...so brought me back to better times.
I Was 12 when this came out. My sister was 13. She's so literal, she could not deal with the non-sequitur lyrics "oh come on Joe you can always change your name". This was the first song I learned on guitar with major 7 chords.
For literal, read "literate." Even at 13, she could recognize abysmal writing. One can only conclude that the writers didn't give a damn about wordcraft.
My favorites, other than the 2 you've now done, are Daisy Jane, Don't Cross The River, Only In Your Heart, A Horse With No Name, Sandman, Tin Man, Lonely People, and a few others.
OMG you hit a grand slam with that list! Especially Don’t Cross The River!
@@hellofromrob Thanx (I assume) Rob 😊👍😎. Much appreciated.
I totally agree, especially don't cross the river but don't forget you can do magic.
@@jameswolfe8853 Yeah, that was off the top of my head, but I knew I was missing some. That's shy I said "and a few others" 😊 Thank you for your comment, and reminding us all about that last one.
"You Can Do Magic" is another good one by them.
I remember when I was a kid and someone put together a video of Ralph Sampson (who was a 7'4" center at UVA at the time, and was supposed to be the next NBA superstar) and set it to that song.
The video was cool and the song is great, but I shouldn't have believed the hype.
Yes. A great comeback song from 1982.
Yeah I'd recommend that. I hate Horse With No Name.
That is a great song!
If you haven't already, Daisy Jane is another anesthetic one. It's so smooth that you almost listen to it subconsciously. Simple piano, haunting violin, and warm harmonies.
Nothing held Bread back. It's smooth soft rock. PROUDLY call myself an Army brat. Born on a military base and traveled the WORLD. I've been places people only dream of. The flower of the military child is... the dandelion. We blow all over with the wind and set down roots wherever we may land.
I saw your heads bobbin’ there… An incredibly great groove in that song, laid down by LA Wrecking Crew members Hal Blaine on drums and Joe Osborn on bass. And flawless production by George Martin.
The story I heard about how America chose their name was that they were all Air Force brats with parents stationed in England, where they formed the band. When they were working out what to have as their name, they were listening to a juke box labeled or branded "Americana", which inspired them to try America as their band name.
I was a Navy brat, and the term often became "rugrat"
Yep they kinda followed Chicago at the time who was having success, but instead of a mere city they went with the whole country!
@@geffryg HOOYAH! Um Rugrats is a nickname given to any kids, because kids often play on the floor (rug) scurrying around like rats. 🤣
That's not what I heard. They formed the band in the UK where their parents were stationed. They wanted their first audiences to know that they were the real deal and not just putting on a fake accent. A lot of the UK bands of that period were influenced by American musicians and adopted what was termed a 'Mid - Atlantic ' accent. (Although 'Dewey' Bunnell was actually born in Yorkshire, in the UK, and has dual citizenship, he was brought up in a pretty insular environment in an Airforce base, and with US Department of Defense schooling in London with other American and Canadian pupils)
@@MrDiddyDee or under their History here...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_(band)
Tin Man, Horse with No Name, Daisy Jane and You Can Do Magic are a must! Also Woman Tonight is a fun song.
Impeccable vocals and good tunes from these guys! Thanks for sharing
God I miss So Cal (The OC)in the 80’s. It would have been even better in the 70’s but I’ll take my childhood in the 80’s with a smile on my face. Now it’s all-crap, to keep this brief. It really was a cool place then. This song brings back awesome memories. 😢
Ventura Highway is my soul. I beyond love this song. If you haven’t done it yet or know it. Horse with no name.
They were all around 18 years old living in the UK with their parents in the Air Force when this song and album were created. One of the greatest bands of the late era.
I am so glad you both like it, i walk to theses songs and this one always makes me sad and happy at the same time. My early teen years. You would love Bread
Bread is soft, warm, and a staple of life - I love their stuff!
Bread is also slang for money.
The Wilson sisters from Heart were also military brats. Kids of career military who grow up on or around various military bases.
This one takes me back to Southern California summers in the 1970's. Sweet!!
I remember listening to this song on WLS radio in Chicago. Mesmerized the whole time it played. I love it.
America is always a great way to start the weekend! 🤘
This is breezy driving music. Makes me think of California and summertime! Love, love, love it!!!
One of the best driving songs ever. Makes me wanna drive a convertible on the California coastline on a beautiful sunny day. 🌅🌅
in heavy traffic, with thick smoky air!
So glad you’re listening to more America. Their history greatest hits album is one of the best albums of the 1970s.
•Summer by War
• Hot time in The Summertime. Sly and the Family Stone
• Summertime. By Mungo Jerry.
• School's out for Summer. By Alice Cooper
• Summer Breeze. Seals and Croft.
•Summer in the City. By The Lovin' Spoonful
Summer of '69. Bryan Adams
"Horse with No Name" & "Tin Man" would be my recommendations for your next America songs. Bread was HUGE in the 70's & very much a slice of the time period, can't imagine music like that being made in another time. It's very sweet though, excellent but maybe not something you'd want to listen to in public, lol.
YES! This IS a road trip in a song. I feel like just took a mind jump back to Cali and am riding with my son up the coast. I listen to it when I'm really missing him.
Bread was a name for money in the late ‘60s. Billy Joel’s line “put bread in my jar” his tip jar is an example. I guess Bread wanted to make lots of bread.
I vividly recall when this song was a hit on the radio. Nice to see you boys enjoying the great music of the 70's. All most all of the songs in the 70's were about love and peace and this song reflects that era very well.
So I'm driving in to work yesterday morning and this song comes on. I'm humming away thinking "the guys really need to do this song, it's a different flavor for them."
Fast forward to lunchtime, I get a notification that they just posted this video! Serendipity at its finest!
Much love 💚 💚
TIN MAN. But also get back to some JETHRO TULL. You've yet to do the entire "THICK AS A BRICK " album and honestly guys its kind of a big deal that the channel has been going this long without getting to it. And thats just the tip of the iceburg with TULL but its the easiest for the crowd to get behind and its a must listen in terms of what it did for prog rock and HOW IT STILL HOLDS UP !
/\ YES, more Tull.
Thick As A Brick is one of my all-time favorites but I don't think they'll "get it".
@@Q247247, I've suggested just going with one of the 1976-78 12 minute live performances, instead of doing the whole album, but someone on here or on Patreon labeled it an "atrocity" LOL Even though they've done 4 songs from Aqualung, I'd love to see them do the whole album. Or Songs From The Wood.
Great reaction Boyd. America are a class act. Positive lyrics and Positive sound. Makes one feel good and recharges the Positive on a negative world.
Perfect summer song! Looking forward to this one!
Unless a&a aren’t with it enough to choose the original mix instead of one of the piece of shit 21st century remixes of this one