Rick had it all, the looks the voice and the fame, it never went to his head. I saw him in person a few month before his death and he treated people with the ultimate respect. Rick you were a class act!
All those who worked with him & fans all said he was the kindest & most generous guy! Great with which to work! Respectful & thoughtful! Truly...a class act all the way! ♥️🌹🌿
@@larryhackleman2093What's the name of that one where he sings Give back what you're getting Love is what you get? He did that one when he was in the Hardy Boys episode The Flickering Torch after he sang The Garden Party.
You are so right but yet Elvis stays on the charts Ricky was a great musician a great voice great personality but yet we live in a country that idolizes a pedophile with a tremendous temper and a womanizer go figure I don’t understand how Elvis made it this far. And so idolized.🥲
At 70 I’m still watching the Adventures of Ozzie a n Harriet Nelson. Just because Ricky is so cute and such a charming personality. I cried the night he died and it still breaks my heart. 💔💔
I'm 72. When I was 18 - 20 years old, Ricky Nelson was my favourite singer. I used to admire at his good looks and think to myself,"you lucky b.........d. Not only are you famous but with those looks you can have any girl want" RIP Ricky.
Adrian Larkins so sad 😔. He seemed like such a sweet soul, and I'm young, so he was way before my time, but he was a great musician, and I totally respect him. Another great that least this world too soon was Eddie Cochran, and of course Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens- I mean, good Lord, what if those two guys had lived to be old. So tragic, it makes me want to cry 😥.
died 30 yrs ago in 85--I recall hearing about it. So sad--time has passed so fast. Hope he is in a good place--great performer and deserves our respect.
I really wasn’t a fan of the Nelsons at all...Until this song came out and the Dj in my hometown (NYC) explained the background story behind this record. Because you can’t please everyone so You have to please yourself!!!! Brilliant Brilliant!! The older I get the deeper I really appreciate Mr. Nelson as a person with a heart of gold and pure talent! Gone and never forgotten. Heavenly Peace Be with You! Robin from Harlem 💋
Rick Nelson was sadly underrated solely due to "Ozzie and Harriet." In truth, he was an astute songwriter and a strong and stylish musician. "It's all right now, I learned my lesson well -- you see, you can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself," for my money is one of the greatest lyrics in all of popular music.
He wrote one of the best highly RATED songs of all time .. that people paid attention to the Lyrics an the story .. so he deffo got some credibility an rating But ofcourse cos of how he began. He wasn't gonna break away from that completely .. but I guess that's why this song was born ..
Ricky Nelson was one of a kind, I don't think that I missed to many shows of Ozzie and Harriet, I though Ricky Nelson has the most dreamie eyes when he singed & was so very sexy . but he gone but not forgotten R.I.P.
At 13 yrs old I saw him live. I begged my mother to take me. I’m 71 and still remember how he made me feel as a teenager. RIP Ricky, you made millions feel how I feel listening to your music. ❤️
I thought that this man was the most gorgeous of all singers. He had such a beautiful and unique voice. I still miss this man. He had so much pain in his life but he brought us so much joy. Always remembered , always loved , Rick .. rip.
He had a lot of joy too, though! This last year of 1985, he met his idol, Carl Perkins! They were arguing who would open for whom the next year! Also, Carl Perkins, was a Favorite of John Fogarty & Fogarty & Rick we’re going to do something together! Rick had a new album coming out, he just had to replace the Scratch vocals! Plus, he was gonna help Matthew & Gunnar with their careers! He found a lady to travel with, Helen Blair! She took great care of him, according to one of his twins! He had so much going for him! He really had a great last year! Remember the last chorus to Gypsy Pilot? “He lived everyday! He loved everybody & he hopes you do the same!”
Having met him several times in the 1970"s, it was clear to see that in addition to his oustanding talent, he was a very decent guy. Despite his fame and good looks, he was not at all taken with himself. In fact, he was quite shy. It was a tragedy that his family and fans lost him so young.
+MrFloundermania you were so lucky, he was always nice to the public--people could sense this, and I think that is one reason his career continued long after many of his peers disappeared
Even when he on stage singing song with everyone looking at him ..all fans who love his music an work an he had been doing it for decades so was a pro an vet ..he still gave off shyness. Vulnerability an decency Don't think he ever got too condifident or into himself at all . I guess he wasn't ever a natural show off or front man ..garden party is one of the best songs ever written sn always will be
He was a good man from the 1950s singing a song about the wild 1960s while sporting a haircut from the 1970s and performing in the decade of the 1980s.
OMG!!! this is the bar i managed...just before he died in the plane crash. when i went full screen...all the memories came flooding back!!! i was so happy to have him there!! and i enjoyed him sooo much!! he did such a great concert for us!!
This one was in August of that year. The last place he played was at PJ’s Alley in Guntersville, AL, owned by a former band member, Pat Upton, now also passed. Rick was scheduled to play 2 shows both sold out & was asked to play a 3rd which he did to another sold out crowd! Pat Upton never got over that the guys didn’t just take a commercial flight as he suggested, when the plane delayed them by 4 hrs with mechanical problems.
The last time I read Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All-Time, Rick Nelson was listed at 91. There was also a book released by Rolling Stone in 1982 (something about 25 years of rock 'n' roll where they rated the performers and each of their albums). It was written that Rick Nelson got a bad rap because he got his start on the family TV show, but that he was actually very talented.
August8th1969 You know rolling stone lists are stupid, Last one i saw had Elton at 50 somthing, even if u hate him he should be way higher than that. Just saying.
He was a great talent, truly one of a kind-sorry I never saw him do a live show. Too bad it ended for him and the band in a plane crash. I always heard he was kind to the fans and did a great show.
+Michael Smith I remember when Ozzie and Harriet came on every week and Ricky was my hero. I tried to comb my hair like him and look like him but I was only twelve so it didn't work out like I planned. But he was a great talent anyway
+Michael Smith Ahhh....I saw him when I was 10 years old at Knotts Berry Farm in '76....this song was my favorite of the show. I must add that the show made me not mind at all that I was missing out on riding all the cool rides in the park. It was a good show.
"But it's all right now. I learned my lesson well. See, you can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself." I find this lyric to be profoundly wise
Garden Party (released in 1972) is one of first country rock songs in music history and shows Rick Nelson as a good songwriter after his time as a rocknroll and teenage star between ´57 and ´64. It´s a classic and one of the best songs Rick Nelson ever recorded.
Wow.... amazing. Visited one of his son's house and he had the original "yellow paper" pad sheet that he wrote this song on. It was in a frame, hanging on the wall. Both of his son's are amazing too, both as performers and individuals!
Rick’s son, Gunnar, has that hanging up in his home in TN! Nice you got to meet him! I love Nelson! They’re a great band with a great sound of their own!
No idea about the history of the lyrics. I always pictured a backyard garden, not Madison Square Garden. However, the chorus is great for reminding us to be happy with ourselves & that happiness is an inside job -- don't give away your power to others.
+Marcie Brown -- As I understand it, he participated in a 1972 concert at Madison Square Garden, that was featuring singers from the 1950's and 60's. When he came out and performed music in his new "rock-a-billy" style with long hair and 1970's clothing, he got booed off the stage by audience members who wanted the 1950's and early 1960's Rick Nelson singing the music he sang then. He wrote the song "Garden Party" in reaction to that experience, realizing, as the song says, that since you can't please everyone, you've got to please yourself. He'd been hurt by the experience and the song was to show that he realized being true to himself was worth the negative reaction he got from people who were self-righteous about their expectations of him. "Garden party", of course, as a metaphor for the infamous concert at Madison Square Garden.
@@ToddSF almost...he didn’t get booed off the stage. It was 1971. He stayed & played another song, though he wanted to leave. He did not stay for the finale. He did already play the oldies, then when he played Honky Tonk Women is when he was supposedly booed, but that’s not even for certain.
Ricky Nelson was awesome I remember going to the Santa Clara County Fair San Jose California he played there every year February 11 2022 and still listening rest in peace mr. Nelson
Ricky Nelson had been a part of my childhood and high school days. I love most of his songs , particularly " Someday " , one of my all time favorites . He will forever be one of my favorite singers of all time !!
His boys look like him and sound like him. Gunner sang this song and it was as good as his dad. Few people are given the full package at birth like the Nelsons
This song takes me back....in my room listening to am radio, I loved my room....while mom in the kitchen fixing something up....it was only me and her.
Watching this clip, I had such a neat feeling, but filled with foreboding...seeing that this was recorded in August of 85'...and knowing that he had just 4 months left to live. This was probably one of his last concerts. It was like watching footage of the Space shuttle challenger on that fateful day. Ricky was one of the greats who never truly was given his due as an artist. It seemed a shame that just as interest was picking back up, the unthinkable happened. He'll always be remembered.
I loved Ricky Nelson. I don't get emotional when a celebrity dies, but when Ricky died I'm not ashamed to admit that I had tears in my eyes. I used to listen to the Ozzie & Harriet Show on the radio before it went on television in 1952. Ricky used to get allot of laughs as a wise cracking little kid.
Phil, I also was a teenager growing up in the 50s, born in 1943, and I had four favorite celebrities that I idolized. Ricky Nelson, Annette, Elvis, and Mickey Mantle. There were probably others but these were my favorites. I regret that in the summer of 1985 Rick was preforming at a fair in Carmi Illinois not too far from my hometown of Robinson and I did not attend the show. Thanks for your comments.
A great song Ricky Nelson has a great strong rock voice this is my favorite Ricky Nelson song . he was proud of his two sons a shame he didn't get to see Nelson become famous rock band i love you Ricky Nelson 😎😪🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸❤🌷🌷🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
He knew they were playing clubs when they were 12! They are the reason that younger people can perform in a club but not drink & must leave right after...in CA!
Wow! You were very fortunate! Too bad he didn’t take Pat’s advice & go commercial. What a difference that might’ve made! I heard he did 3 shows for Pat at PJ’s!
Ricky Nelson was the Handsomest man I ever new in the music business since Ozzie and Harriet. RIP. Great vocalist leader of the pack I remember in 1959.
I went to a concert at the Empire in Liverpool England to watch the great man.Support was Seals and Croft. Sad to report the theatre was only a third full. The guy was a legend!!
when i was 14 (a long time ago), oh, how i loved ricky nelson. in interviews that can be seen here on you tube, even though from hollywood royalty, he was always so gracious and self deprecating. i do wonder what would have become of his career. may he rest in peace and power.
He was seemingly well-adjusted which I can't say for most stars then or late or now. Like Buddy Holly, who also seemed balanced, died in an airplane crash. Makes one wonder.
I agree from all the wonderful things his band mates & producer had said about him in Remembering Ricky, a radio special from 1987! Makes me wonder, too, BTLFAEN!
@@cynthiaennis3107 - Why do you say it's false? People who knew them (including family members, like David) admitted that the Nelsons were not what they portrayed on the TV show. Ozzie ran the show and his family. Rick's daughter was claimed to be premature, which she was not, but the image had to be maintained. And Rick had been a drug abuser, a womanizer, and has a son that he refused to recognize or support. I am a fan of the post-teen idol Ricky (having grown up with The Beatles), liking his country music, and was going to see him perform at The Palomino Club in North Hollywood, CA, but his plane crashed before his performance date.
Still one of my favorites. Timeless and ageless.. in a world that would love to insist you Don’t think for yourself, get in line, mask up, take the experimental gene therapy, and do what they tell ya. Thanks Ricky.
Learn listening and talking to my parents and they told me about the show he was on with his family so sad he died so young in a damn plane crash he was a good singer, I grew up watching his sons sing on MTV they were called the Nelsons and were great singers and guitar players to 😎😥🤘🤘
On this day in 1971 {October 15th} Rick Nelson played Madison Square Garden in New York City, and as most rock 'n rollers know this appearance inspired his last Top 10 hit, "Garden Party"... Eight months later on July 29th, 1972 "Garden Party" entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #99; and exactly 14 weeks later on October 29th, 1972 it peaked at #6 {for 2 weeks} and spent 19 weeks on the Top 100... And on November 12th, 1972 it reached #1 {for 1 week} on the Canadian RPM 100 Singles chart {it also peaked at #1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart}... It had been over eight years since his last Top 10 record; "For You" peaked at #6 {for 1 week} on February 9th, 1964 {all tolled between 1957 and 1972 he had seventeen Top 10 records, with two reaching #1, "Poor Little Fool" in 1958 and "Travelin' Man" in 1961}... He just missed having four #1 records when "A Teenager's Prayer" and "Stood Up" both peaked at #2 on the Top 100...
I grew up with Rick Nelson, first I was a child when he was on Ozzie and Harriet. Than later, when he did this song I was married with 6 children. Now his twin sons are coming to Yuma to a 'Ricky Nelson Remembered' tribute. As long as his kids are around, he will live forever!
And I LOVE this song, first time I heard it, it was with my mom in a car driving across half Sweden to my Grandma, I was about 8 years old. And every singel day from I heard it, I rememberd every word from this song (but I couldn't speak or english) and I knew how that song went in my head. And from that day, I love country music thanks to my mom.
I'm sure most people know the story of the origin of this song. He was booed off stage. Just goes to show a bad moment in your life should just be a huge inspiration to turn it into something great. I hope the people who booed him off saw this and felt really bad.
Actually, he didn’t leave the stage. They played all their songs before leaving it. He just didn’t participate in the finale. I hope they say it, as well!
Heard this song in the grocery store today... haven't heard it in a while. A lot of truth to this- you really can't please everyone... sometimes you do need to just please yourself! Thanks for posting!!
He wasn't just a pretty face pop star and a heart throb. He was a musician and a songwriter. Garden Party is one of those great songs that - I don't know how to say it - touches something deep and magical. Reminds me of a Dylan song. Poetry.
thanks Rick for coming to San Diego years ago such a great show sadly the autograph you gave me was ruined by rain water years later but I have never forgotten your show
I bought Ricky`s best hits album the other day. Twenty-five songs ending with this one. I remember mom being shocked by his tragic death (yet a child was I but no longer!). You ought to check him out in the film "Rio Bravo" with John Wayne. Great western!
A very good question! Who collects or has insurance on these guys besides their families? Makes you wonder! But that plane was going to be retired when he got home after his last concert that night...really sad.
REALLY listen to this song and you'll hear top notch players in support. Rick always took pride in the talent he played with. Plus, amazing singers backing him up. Great live version. Thanks for sharing!!
I got to see him peform in the early 80s in Baltimore, MD. He was just fantastic. Wore a beautiful blue shirt, sat on a stool and played. Just great. Gone too soon.
I was always a huge Ricky Nelson fan. He was underrated because he grew up in front of America on his family's TV show. But for my money he was one of the best of his era. He was also a rockabilly, which was kind of surprising for a man who grew up in Beverly Hills, California. ❤😊
The guy had it all, talent, looks and a great voice. Maybe the only TV idol in history whose musical talent really effected rock 'n roll. I am a huge fan.
Rick Nelson was a pioneer in the early days of rock n roll n still is an American Idol. When the British Invasion happened it was kinda a girl thing. The same as the Elvis thing. All good music. People miss Lennon just like the hundreds of others. As for Rick, he had nothing to hold his head down about. He was n is America's Legend.
No man could ever be as sexy with his eyes closed while performing. That was his magic for me. Although he was much older he was a crush, and continues to be. Keep the negative comments away!!!!!!
Interesting lyrics reflecting when he was invited to play a rock roll concert at Madison square gardens 1971 When he played honky tonk woman a rolling stones number he was boo that's the ref it was time to leave. The people only wanted to here his old stuff not his new songs he was working on final ref was if memories are all I sang id rather drive a truck, this being a ref to Elvis who was driving truks before being famous. Johy b a good ref as chuck berry was on the bill too This was a very inspirational song inspired by events that happened at the garden party 1971 A great performer singer-songwriter Ricky you will be sadly missed but your music lives on!
I was 12 or 13 years old when Ricky Nelson was killed in that plane crash on FM 990 in DeKalb, Texas..I didn't have the foggiest idea who he was..But I remember seeing that plane go over our house just above the tree tops, and crashed about 4 or 5 miles away! In a town of about 1600 people that is really something big! It was a sad day for sure!
Rick had it all, the looks the voice and the fame, it never went to his head. I saw him in person a few month before his death and he treated people with the ultimate respect. Rick you were a class act!
All those who worked with him & fans all said he was the kindest & most generous guy! Great with which to work! Respectful & thoughtful! Truly...a class act all the way! ♥️🌹🌿
@@cynthiaennis3107I heard the same. ❤️
@@larryhackleman2093What's the name of that one where he sings Give back what you're getting Love is what you get? He did that one when he was in the Hardy Boys episode The Flickering Torch after he sang The Garden Party.
he died just after this concert new years eve... so sad, as i grew up watching him as a kid.... he was GREAT!
seen the show on tv that very night i could not believe the news the next day very very sad love his music so much R.I.P. Ricky Nelson
Love Ricky! He was the best!
No, this concert was in August.
@@meganc.3452 right! I was gonna say the same thing! It was August.
One of my favorites, Rick says it all. Underrated for his talent, voice and humility. That fabulous face.
Amen. Right in every point.
You are so right but yet Elvis stays on the charts Ricky was a great musician a great voice great personality but yet we live in a country that idolizes a pedophile with a tremendous temper and a womanizer go figure I don’t understand how Elvis made it this far. And so idolized.🥲
At 70 I’m still watching the Adventures of Ozzie a n Harriet Nelson. Just because Ricky is so cute and such a charming personality. I cried the night he died and it still breaks my heart. 💔💔
I'm 72. When I was 18 - 20 years old, Ricky Nelson was my favourite singer. I used to admire at his good looks and think to myself,"you lucky b.........d. Not only are you famous but with those looks you can have any girl want" RIP Ricky.
Adrian Larkins so sad 😔. He seemed like such a sweet soul, and I'm young, so he was way before my time, but he was a great musician, and I totally respect him. Another great that least this world too soon was Eddie Cochran, and of course Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens- I mean, good Lord, what if those two guys had lived to be old. So tragic, it makes me want to cry 😥.
@@matthewmctamney5267 Rick rode motorcycles with Eddie Cochran, I read!
died 30 yrs ago in 85--I recall hearing about it. So sad--time has passed so fast. Hope he is in a good place--great performer and deserves our respect.
Yes indeed Michael. A treasure was lost tragically. I don't think he knew how much he was loved. Truly loved.
Michael Smith I remember the night he was killed. What a sad time to remember.
I really wasn’t a fan of the Nelsons at all...Until this song came out and the Dj in my hometown (NYC) explained the background story behind this record. Because you can’t please everyone so You have to please yourself!!!! Brilliant Brilliant!! The older I get the deeper I really appreciate Mr. Nelson as a person with a heart of gold and pure talent! Gone and never forgotten.
Heavenly Peace Be with You!
Robin from Harlem 💋
''But it's all right now, I learned my lesson well. You see, ya can't please everyone, so ya got to please yourself.''
Ricky rules
Rick Nelson was sadly underrated solely due to "Ozzie and Harriet." In truth, he was an astute songwriter and a strong and stylish musician.
"It's all right now, I learned my lesson well -- you see, you can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself," for my money is one of the greatest lyrics in all of popular music.
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Agreed!
He wrote one of the best highly RATED songs of all time .. that people paid attention to the Lyrics an the story .. so he deffo got some credibility an rating
But ofcourse cos of how he began. He wasn't gonna break away from that completely .. but I guess that's why this song was born ..
he is so relaxed and smooth on stage, he really belongs there--incredible performer---artists today should study him
I guess he kind of grew up on stage so he must have felt comfortable there. Ozzie & Harriet.
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Looking remarkably youthful for a man of 45, this talented and underated performer would be gone just four months later. Big loss.
The 50's, 60's, and 70's all had their teen idols... but there was only one Ricky Nelson. Rip.
He is the original teen idol.
Ricky Nelson was one of a kind, I don't think that I missed to many shows of Ozzie and Harriet, I though Ricky Nelson has the most dreamie eyes when he singed & was so very sexy . but he gone but not forgotten R.I.P.
At 13 yrs old I saw him live. I begged my mother to take me. I’m 71 and still remember how he made me feel as a teenager. RIP Ricky, you made millions feel how I feel listening to your music. ❤️
I thought that this man was the most gorgeous of all singers. He had such a beautiful and unique voice. I still miss this man. He had so much pain in his life but he brought us so much joy. Always remembered , always loved , Rick .. rip.
He had a lot of joy too, though! This last year of 1985, he met his idol, Carl Perkins! They were arguing who would open for whom the next year! Also, Carl Perkins, was a Favorite of John Fogarty & Fogarty & Rick we’re going to do something together! Rick had a new album coming out, he just had to replace the Scratch vocals! Plus, he was gonna help Matthew & Gunnar with their careers! He found a lady to travel with, Helen Blair! She took great care of him, according to one of his twins! He had so much going for him! He really had a great last year! Remember the last chorus to Gypsy Pilot? “He lived everyday! He loved everybody & he hopes you do the same!”
Actually, he led a VERY CHARMED life.
One of the greatest "let me live my life" songs of all time. RIP Ricky.
Having met him several times in the 1970"s, it was clear to see that in addition to his oustanding talent, he was a very decent guy. Despite his fame and good looks, he was not at all taken with himself. In fact, he was quite shy. It was a tragedy that his family and fans lost him so young.
THANKS FOR SAYING THAT Y
+MrFloundermania you were so lucky, he was always nice to the public--people could sense this, and I think that is one reason his career continued long after many of his peers disappeared
Even when he on stage singing song with everyone looking at him ..all fans who love his music an work an he had been doing it for decades so was a pro an vet ..he still gave off shyness. Vulnerability an decency
Don't think he ever got too condifident or into himself at all .
I guess he wasn't ever a natural show off or front man ..garden party is one of the best songs ever written sn always will be
He was a good man from the 1950s singing a song about the wild 1960s while sporting a haircut from the 1970s and performing in the decade of the 1980s.
The world lost an artist who loved his music as much as we loved listening to it. Tragic!
OMG!!! this is the bar i managed...just before he died in the plane crash. when i went full screen...all the memories came flooding back!!! i was so happy to have him there!! and i enjoyed him sooo much!! he did such a great concert for us!!
This one was in August of that year. The last place he played was at PJ’s Alley in Guntersville, AL, owned by a former band member, Pat Upton, now also passed. Rick was scheduled to play 2 shows both sold out & was asked to play a 3rd which he did to another sold out crowd! Pat Upton never got over that the guys didn’t just take a commercial flight as he suggested, when the plane delayed them by 4 hrs with mechanical problems.
Very clever lyrics, he really did have talent...
The last time I read Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All-Time, Rick Nelson was listed at 91. There was also a book released by Rolling Stone in 1982 (something about 25 years of rock 'n' roll where they rated the performers and each of their albums). It was written that Rick Nelson got a bad rap because he got his start on the family TV show, but that he was actually very talented.
August8th1969 You know rolling stone lists are stupid, Last one i saw had Elton at 50 somthing, even if u hate him he should be way higher than that. Just saying.
I'm an Elton John fan as well, though no one is bigger than the Beatles as far as I am concerned.
August8th1969. They were all great. but one guy could levee them all standing. ELVIS PRESLEY
Colm flaherty that is no s...
Ricky was a great talent. "Garden Party" was his own great lyrical offering. He is sorely missed.
He was a great talent, truly one of a kind-sorry I never saw him do a live show. Too bad it ended for him and the band in a plane crash. I always heard he was kind to the fans and did a great show.
+Michael Smith Everything you heard is true.
Thanks!
+Michael Smith I remember when Ozzie and Harriet came on every week and Ricky was my hero. I tried to comb my hair like him and look like him but I was only twelve so it didn't work out like I planned. But he was a great talent anyway
+Michael Smith Ahhh....I saw him when I was 10 years old at Knotts Berry Farm in '76....this song was my favorite of the show. I must add that the show made me not mind at all that I was missing out on riding all the cool rides in the park. It was a good show.
you were really lucky, Rick Nelson was a fine musician
Taken away from us way too fast. God bless you, Rick. You and all the Nelsons.
The words to this song are great, and they have so much meaning.
"But it's all right now. I learned my lesson well. See, you can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself."
I find this lyric to be profoundly wise
Great singer not to mention he was handsome.
+Amber G soooo handsome....
Garden Party (released in 1972) is one of first country rock songs in music history and shows Rick Nelson as a good songwriter after his time as a rocknroll and teenage star between ´57 and ´64. It´s a classic and one of the best songs Rick Nelson ever recorded.
Joe South wrote it.
@@toddwimberly3023 what? No!He wrote Rose Garden. Rick wrote Garden Party.
Country rock as a genre, started in 1968.
Is this really country rock?
I can listen to his songs for hours without getting tired.
Wow.... amazing. Visited one of his son's house and he had the original "yellow paper" pad sheet that he wrote this song on. It was in a frame, hanging on the wall. Both of his son's are amazing too, both as performers and individuals!
Rick’s son, Gunnar, has that hanging up in his home in TN! Nice you got to meet him! I love Nelson! They’re a great band with a great sound of their own!
No idea about the history of the lyrics. I always pictured a backyard garden, not Madison Square Garden. However, the chorus is great for reminding us to be happy with ourselves & that happiness is an inside job -- don't give away your power to others.
+Marcie Brown -- As I understand it, he participated in a 1972 concert at Madison Square Garden, that was featuring singers from the 1950's and 60's. When he came out and performed music in his new "rock-a-billy" style with long hair and 1970's clothing, he got booed off the stage by audience members who wanted the 1950's and early 1960's Rick Nelson singing the music he sang then. He wrote the song "Garden Party" in reaction to that experience, realizing, as the song says, that since you can't please everyone, you've got to please yourself. He'd been hurt by the experience and the song was to show that he realized being true to himself was worth the negative reaction he got from people who were self-righteous about their expectations of him. "Garden party", of course, as a metaphor for the infamous concert at Madison Square Garden.
@@ToddSF almost...he didn’t get booed off the stage. It was 1971. He stayed & played another song, though he wanted to leave. He did not stay for the finale. He did already play the oldies, then when he played Honky Tonk Women is when he was supposedly booed, but that’s not even for certain.
Ricky Nelson was awesome I remember going to the Santa Clara County Fair San Jose California he played there every year February 11 2022 and still listening rest in peace mr. Nelson
Ricky Nelson had been a part of my childhood and high school days. I love most of his songs , particularly " Someday " , one of my all time favorites . He will forever be one of my favorite singers of all time !!
His boys look like him and sound like him. Gunner sang this song and it was as good as his dad. Few people are given the full package at birth like the Nelsons
Sam sounds just like his dad!
Wow what a voice
I humbly believe this to be the greatest rock and roll song ever written.🎶🎶🎶
Amen. Simple and brilliant.
This song takes me back....in my room listening to am radio, I loved my room....while mom in the kitchen fixing something up....it was only me and her.
Not at night...
Got to see him live doing "Garden Party" at the Santa Clara Country Fair before we lost him...
If Ricky Nelson was still alive, he would think, no doubt, there sure a good many people driving trucks today!
Watching this clip, I had such a neat feeling, but filled with foreboding...seeing that this was recorded in August of 85'...and knowing that he had just 4 months left to live. This was probably one of his last concerts. It was like watching footage of the Space shuttle challenger on that fateful day.
Ricky was one of the greats who never truly was given his due as an artist. It seemed a shame that just as interest was picking back up, the unthinkable happened. He'll always be remembered.
I loved Ricky Nelson. I don't get emotional when a celebrity dies, but when Ricky died I'm not ashamed to admit that I had tears in my eyes. I used to listen to the Ozzie & Harriet Show on the radio before it went on television in 1952. Ricky used to get allot of laughs as a wise cracking little kid.
Phil, I also was a teenager growing up in the 50s, born in 1943, and I had four favorite celebrities that I idolized. Ricky Nelson, Annette, Elvis, and Mickey Mantle. There were probably others but these were my favorites. I regret that in the summer of 1985 Rick was preforming at a fair in Carmi Illinois not too far from my hometown of Robinson and I did not attend the show. Thanks for your comments.
Rio Bravo is one of my favorite movies. Go Ricky!!
One of mine, too!
I had that same hair in 1985. Now most of it is gone. Dude could sing and had more to offer. R.I.P
A great song Ricky Nelson has a great strong rock voice this is my favorite Ricky Nelson song . he was proud of his two sons a shame he didn't get to see Nelson become famous rock band i love you Ricky Nelson 😎😪🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸❤🌷🌷🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
He knew they were playing clubs when they were 12! They are the reason that younger people can perform in a club but not drink & must leave right after...in CA!
I was one of the last few folks to get to meet and see him perform at PJ'S Alley in Guntersville, AL.
Wow! You were very fortunate! Too bad he didn’t take Pat’s advice & go commercial. What a difference that might’ve made! I heard he did 3 shows for Pat at PJ’s!
When I was kid, Ricky was my man. Elvis was too, too, Jerry Lee Lewis scared me. Rick sang to ME. Love you always, Ricky Nelson.
Still miss his singing
Ricky Nelson was the Handsomest man I ever new in the music business since Ozzie and Harriet. RIP. Great vocalist leader of the pack I remember in 1959.
A great man and a great family still. They don't make them like him anymore.
Gentleman, Ricky Nelson. You left us too soon.
I went to a concert at the Empire in Liverpool England to watch the great man.Support was Seals and Croft. Sad to report the theatre was only a third full. The guy was a legend!!
when i was 14 (a long time ago), oh, how i loved ricky nelson. in interviews that can be seen here on you tube, even though from hollywood royalty, he was always so gracious and self deprecating. i do wonder what would have become of his career. may he rest in peace and power.
He was seemingly well-adjusted which I can't say for most stars then or late or now. Like Buddy Holly, who also seemed balanced, died in an airplane crash. Makes one wonder.
He and his own family were, unfortunately, NOT well-adjusted... they just faked it as long as they could get away with it.
I agree from all the wonderful things his band mates & producer had said about him in Remembering Ricky, a radio special from 1987! Makes me wonder, too, BTLFAEN!
@@fiendishthingy1630 that’s actually false.
@@cynthiaennis3107 - Why do you say it's false? People who knew them (including family members, like David) admitted that the Nelsons were not what they portrayed on the TV show. Ozzie ran the show and his family. Rick's daughter was claimed to be premature, which she was not, but the image had to be maintained. And Rick had been a drug abuser, a womanizer, and has a son that he refused to recognize or support. I am a fan of the post-teen idol Ricky (having grown up with The Beatles), liking his country music, and was going to see him perform at The Palomino Club in North Hollywood, CA, but his plane crashed before his performance date.
Rick Nelson is the reason I picked up a guitar decades ago, and still one of my greatest inspirations!
My wife and I saw him when he came to Cincinnati on this tour. He put on an incredible show that we will never forget!
Still one of my favorites. Timeless and ageless.. in a world that would love to insist you Don’t think for yourself, get in line, mask up, take the experimental gene therapy, and do what they tell ya. Thanks Ricky.
A really awesome performance
Like his dad Ozzie, as a performer Rick did sophistication subtlely, and made it look easy
Ich werde nie müde, die Songs von Rick zu hören
This song says it all, so true, god bless Ricky for this, an artist for all time,,RWB
Learn listening and talking to my parents and they told me about the show he was on with his family so sad he died so young in a damn plane crash he was a good singer, I grew up watching his sons sing on MTV they were called the Nelsons and were great singers and guitar players to 😎😥🤘🤘
They still are! They now live in TN & are called Nelson! Their younger brother, Sam, also sings! Sounds almost exactly like his dad!
Garden Party.... A timeless classic.
On this day in 1971 {October 15th} Rick Nelson played Madison Square Garden in New York City, and as most rock 'n rollers know this appearance inspired his last Top 10 hit, "Garden Party"...
Eight months later on July 29th, 1972 "Garden Party" entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #99; and exactly 14 weeks later on October 29th, 1972 it peaked at #6 {for 2 weeks} and spent 19 weeks on the Top 100...
And on November 12th, 1972 it reached #1 {for 1 week} on the Canadian RPM 100 Singles chart {it also peaked at #1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart}...
It had been over eight years since his last Top 10 record; "For You" peaked at #6 {for 1 week} on February 9th, 1964 {all tolled between 1957 and 1972 he had seventeen Top 10 records, with two reaching #1, "Poor Little Fool" in 1958 and "Travelin' Man" in 1961}...
He just missed having four #1 records when "A Teenager's Prayer" and "Stood Up" both peaked at #2 on the Top 100...
This song changed my life. Thank You Mr. Nelson.
What a singer!!!
love love this song
I grew up with Rick Nelson, first I was a child when he was on Ozzie and Harriet. Than later, when he did this song I was married with 6 children. Now his twin sons are coming to Yuma to a 'Ricky Nelson Remembered' tribute. As long as his kids are around, he will live forever!
And grandkids
And I LOVE this song, first time I heard it, it was with my mom in a car driving across half Sweden to my Grandma, I was about 8 years old. And every singel day from I heard it, I rememberd every word from this song (but I couldn't speak or english) and I knew how that song went in my head. And from that day, I love country music thanks to my mom.
This is one of my favorite Rick Nelson songs.
We miss you, Ricky... and we love your wonderful songs.
I'm sure most people know the story of the origin of this song. He was booed off stage. Just goes to show a bad moment in your life should just be a huge inspiration to turn it into something great. I hope the people who booed him off saw this and felt really bad.
Actually, he didn’t leave the stage. They played all their songs before leaving it. He just didn’t participate in the finale.
I hope they say it, as well!
Heard this song in the grocery store today... haven't heard it in a while. A lot of truth to this- you really can't please everyone... sometimes you do need to just please yourself! Thanks for posting!!
He wasn't just a pretty face pop star and a heart throb. He was a musician and a songwriter. Garden Party is one of those great songs that - I don't know how to say it - touches something deep and magical. Reminds me of a Dylan song. Poetry.
And he covered a few Dylan songs! So...how cool is that!?
Dylan returned the respect
I'm 35 and I remember 'Hello Mary Lou' and 'Travelin' Man'. He had such a great voice, and was simply gorgeous! His sons are also quite talented.
thanks Rick for coming to San Diego years ago such a great show sadly the autograph you gave me was ruined by rain water years later but I have never forgotten your show
I bought Ricky`s best hits album the other day. Twenty-five songs ending with this one. I remember mom being shocked by his tragic death (yet a child was I but no longer!). You ought to check him out in the film "Rio Bravo" with John Wayne. Great western!
Loved him in Rio Bravo!
No matter how older he got, he always remained so handsome - plus he never lost his sweet, soothing voice!
Thanks for sharing this video!
Love this song Thanks for posting
I love this song so much, it was my late sisters song, she had this album, love you so much Pat Belcourt
Why do the good ones die so young 😢
That's the way it always seems to be!
A very good question! Who collects or has insurance on these guys besides their families? Makes you wonder! But that plane was going to be retired when he got home after his last concert that night...really sad.
REALLY listen to this song and you'll hear top notch players in support. Rick always took pride in the talent he played with. Plus, amazing singers backing him up. Great live version. Thanks for sharing!!
And Btw who are 100 ppl who disliked this??? My Lord....some ppl cant be plzed
"You can't please everyone, so you gotta please yourself."
Like Rick said, can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself!
Garden. Party 🎉 and Rick Nelson. Wisdom and..hinsight...."lessons in life
He is missed. Love this song.
This is my favorite Rick Nelson song. Thank you Rick for writing it....it has certainly been an amazing "Life Lesson" for me!
Great, memorable song from a great performer . Sadly missed .
I got to see him peform in the early 80s in Baltimore, MD. He was just fantastic. Wore a beautiful blue shirt, sat on a stool and played. Just great. Gone too soon.
I was always a huge Ricky Nelson fan. He was underrated because he grew up in front of America on his family's TV show. But for my money he was one of the best of his era. He was also a rockabilly, which was kind of surprising for a man who grew up in Beverly Hills, California. ❤😊
I was in love with him when I was young
The guy had it all, talent, looks and a great voice. Maybe the only TV idol in history whose musical talent really effected rock 'n roll. I am a huge fan.
Rick Nelson was a pioneer in the early days of rock n roll n still is an American Idol. When the British Invasion happened it was kinda a girl thing. The same as the Elvis thing. All good music. People miss Lennon just like the hundreds of others. As for Rick, he had nothing to hold his head down about. He was n is America's Legend.
one of my favorites :)
Normally I don't listen to live performances online, but this is very good
No man could ever be as sexy with his eyes closed while performing. That was his magic for me. Although he was much older he was a crush, and continues to be. Keep the negative comments away!!!!!!
Wonderful man. A beautiful part of my childhood.
These lyrics, a lot of people could set them selfs free if they would just listen to them, and understand them
Interesting lyrics reflecting when he was invited to play a rock roll concert at Madison square gardens 1971
When he played honky tonk woman a rolling stones number he was boo that's the ref it was time to leave. The people only wanted to here his old stuff not his new songs he was working on final ref was if memories are all I sang id rather drive a truck, this being a ref to Elvis who was driving truks before being famous.
Johy b a good ref as chuck berry was on the bill too
This was a very inspirational song inspired by events that happened at the garden party 1971
A great performer singer-songwriter Ricky you will be sadly missed but your music lives on!
This guy and his sons ROCK!
Thanks for putting this up. I always liked this song, and this is a good performance. It inspired my cover, and I'm extra grateful for that. :)
This is the best of Rick Nelson
This song holds the test of time; amazing lyrics and a great delivery, did he write this song?
Yes he did, after he heard booing while playing at Madison Square Garden! Hence the title, Garden Party. 😉
I was 12 or 13 years old when Ricky Nelson was killed in that plane crash on FM 990 in DeKalb, Texas..I didn't have the foggiest idea who he was..But I remember seeing that plane go over our house just above the tree tops, and crashed about 4 or 5 miles away! In a town of about 1600 people that is really something big! It was a sad day for sure!
He died shortly after this I think.