Best country video EVER. In the 1980s no one was better. Truly one of the greatest and most innovative country singers of my lifetime. May he rest in peace.
I don't know what to say about this song.I heard it only a year ago but it takes me back my childhood home.We lived happily with my family together.I remember those times with tears in my eyes
In 1993 or 94 he was a featured act at the Collier County fair in Florida. It was cold and raining steady. The stage wasn't covered. Earl Thomas was half dead with a cold/flu. Maybe 30 people were at first show. He sang his heart out, couldn't hit most notes. His next show, raining harder. He stepped on stage, sang his heart out to maybe 10 people. My new bride asked why I'm going back into the rain again. I told her she could take cover, I'm sitting in the rain to show support for a man too sick to be out of bed doing 2 shows in the rain to very small audiences because that's who he is. This just made me a bigger fan of his.
I talked to Earl briefly on late nite 80s radio. He told me he wrote this song about his grandfather. In the 80s no one was bigger than Earl Thomas Conley.
R.I.P~E.T. Conley, you were among the best of the best. An era slowly coming to a close as more greats have and will be added to the list of deeply missed.
For several decades I held back tears as I listened to this song and thought of my grandfather who lived to be 100. Now, I realize the subject of this song has changed to me!
This one gives me goosebumps, and reminds me of the best of times and the worst of times. No one sings the songs that really mean something like the old time country songwriters and singers. May they rest easy.
I cry everytime I hear this song & watch this music video. Earl Thomas Conlee was a big part of my life in my teenage years in the 80s. I saw him in 1984 in Pensacola Fl when he opened for Hank Williams Jr. Loved him ever since. Much love from Mobile Alabama.
Sonny F. As a close member of the this song is my all time favorite because it was written about our Grandpa!!! Love and miss Earl more than I can say!!!!
ETC, Many of us remember that you wrote this song in memory of your Grandfather. Today --October 17, 2024-- is your day. Like others, I still recall the country music you left behind for me to treasure and to pass on to another generation to appreciate and to enjoy. GOD BLESS YOU. Have a Heavenly Happy Birthday!
My 2'nd daughter, 11 now, loves 80's country. She takes after her Daddy. She plays it nightly on I HEART, as I do. Classic Country will never die. We just need more radio stations to play those great songs. R.I.P E.T.C..
Simply the best! I lost my 84 year old aunt and uncle within 3 weeks of one another. Imagine what their children must be feeling. Something is lost here everyday. Character, morals, values..lost with each and every one of them
My ninny just passed away, she was 96 and the best person you could ever know. I like to think that when she made it to heaven my paw paw was waiting for her young and handsome - just like in this video and that she transformed to her younger self. Such a beautiful song and video. Rest peacefully, ninny and paw paw. We love you so much .
I have the faith in God knowing that you are enjoying a new life now Earl but wish you could have stayed around and kept the good country music going. Thank you for all the great songs and friendships you built over the years. Rest now and enjoy what God had waiting for you....
This song and video brings back so many childhood memories. Thanks for the great music and memories, Earl. Glad I got to see you and shake your hand once in this lifetime. Hope I get to see you in the next.
You're definitely were the best I missed you and your music rest in peace my friend. God bless you always say ride along with me and listen to Earl Thomas Conley. 80s was a good old days
"Crowd Around The Corner" Those stormy years leave deep and endless trails across his face He'll wander back when morning rolls around For it's an old man's right to spend his life just searching for a place Where he can sit and watch the sun go down Time's run it's course and freed the horse that pulled him through his prime And placed a different light above his brow Now towering rows of buildings grow in fields he left behind And life seems twice as heavy as a plow With his golden chain the old man clings to the watch inside his vest That tells him when it's time to move along Just rambling through the avenues, he'll sometimes stop to rest But it's hard to find a place where he belongs So crowd around the corner, boys, and take your good old time And pass along a piece of yesterday A tender breeze of memories is blowing through your mind Softer than those stands of silver-gray And sweeter than the things we've seen today
No video makes me tear up like this one. My dad is a huge ETC fan. Earl was from Ohio ( my dad and I are, too ) I remember telling my dad that I didn't like it in the video when that guy got a stomach ache :(.
I’m crying I’ve always loved Earl Thomas Conley but I never really watch this video so intently and notice the old man sneaking off to smoke a joint this reminds me of my dad who passed away God bless those who have God
Yes it's a rolled cigarette. I cry everytime I watch this video cuz my dad would take me to the farmer's hangout in Walkertown North Carolina when I was 3 years old all the way up till I was 18 and I would learn from the older men my dad's friends were my friends . That's why this video touches me so deeply😢😢 because that little kid reminds me of me sitting there talking and learning for the older men that's exactly the way it was for me. I miss all those older men they were my best friends better than the friends my own age. It was like having an extended family.
*Those old smoky pool halls have become a thing of the past, and so are are all the great musicians. They are slowly leaving us. Gosh...I sure do miss those by gone days. Rest easy big guy. We are surely gonna miss you. Till we meet again on the other side.*
I've liked most of ETC's work back through the years. This special song always moves me, as very few others do. Naturally, it didn't sell especially well during its day, but the public taste is so often little more than garbage. His soul was having a tenderhearted moment when he wrote this. America hates all things that don't turn a profit for the coddled corporate world, and among those things are its old people. This song to me represents a beautiful moment of the heart. ETC also touched deep feelings in me when he wrote "Too Many Times" and performed it with Anita Pointer. I think I'll take my old bones and go listen to that song now.........
Then. The Highway Men..""Desperados Waiting For a Train.' ". We have lost a lot of yesterdays and seem to be dull in our senses bc of the civil and social issues.. ..can't we at least spend 15 minutes on what really matters? Matters of the heart..a real heart..
Heeyyy. I grew up with this Shit!!! Awesome song and did not think it was gonna be one of the best songs of my life. Haha I am happy and proud to be the 100 comment deal. Lol Enjoy it. Music is the soundtrack of our lives.
It's the sad truth. There are a few of us young guns that still appreciate these legends and the music they made. So glad that I am able to appreciate and enjoy their music at such a young age (25) and have it be my go-to. I'll take a song that can make you cry over one that makes you want to dance any day.
This song is so beautiful.
In the 1980’s I saw my grandfather in this video, now 40 years later I see myself. Thanks ETC for the most unforgettable video/song of my life.
Best country video EVER. In the 1980s no one was better. Truly one of the greatest and most innovative country singers of my lifetime. May he rest in peace.
I COULD NOT HAVE SAID THIS BETTER!!! 😢
Nor could I....Love this man and his beautiful country voice!
Did Earl Thomas die?
Yes, Nancy DeLoach, he did😭. I believe it was in 2019, but could have been 2018..
Nancy DeLoach ..He passed away on April 10th, 2019 ,... ( I’ve read he had Dementia ).....
I don't know what to say about this song.I heard it only a year ago but it takes me back my childhood home.We lived happily with my family together.I remember those times with tears in my eyes
This song is pure poetry. When I was a kid I used to watch the video on CMT and cried every time. 😢
There is still no no one better
In 1993 or 94 he was a featured act at the Collier County fair in Florida. It was cold and raining steady. The stage wasn't covered. Earl Thomas was half dead with a cold/flu. Maybe 30 people were at first show. He sang his heart out, couldn't hit most notes. His next show, raining harder. He stepped on stage, sang his heart out to maybe 10 people. My new bride asked why I'm going back into the rain again. I told her she could take cover, I'm sitting in the rain to show support for a man too sick to be out of bed doing 2 shows in the rain to very small audiences because that's who he is. This just made me a bigger fan of his.
I talked to Earl briefly on late nite 80s radio. He told me he wrote this song about his grandfather. In the 80s no one was bigger than Earl Thomas Conley.
R.I.P~E.T. Conley, you were among the best of the best. An era slowly coming to a close as more greats have and will be added to the list of deeply missed.
The man at the 1:09-1:10 mark looks just like my grandfather. Since the late 1980s, this has been and still is my favorite video.
For several decades I held back tears as I listened to this song and thought of my grandfather who lived to be 100. Now, I realize the subject of this song has changed to me!
This one gives me goosebumps, and reminds me of the best of times and the worst of times. No one sings the songs that really mean something like the old time country songwriters and singers. May they rest easy.
Such a beautiful reunion! I hope ever so much that's what really happens when we leave this world😇
MY ABSOLUTE E.T.C. SONG.... EVER!!! MISS HIM!!!
(FAVORITE)!! E. T. C.
Maybe the most beautiful music video ever made... and almost no one has ever seen it. That makes it even *more* tragic.
I cry everytime I hear this song & watch this music video.
Earl Thomas Conlee was a big part of my life in my teenage years in the 80s.
I saw him in 1984 in Pensacola Fl when he opened for Hank Williams Jr.
Loved him ever since.
Much love from Mobile Alabama.
I was a kid when this came out, but loved his music every since.
How very lucky to have seen this amazing singer ❤ I love all of his music and can't wait to meet in the here after !💜
Same for me brother.
Come on people...share this song with others.
Beautiful song and video
Words of wisdom, in a beautiful song.
RIP!!! Please tell Keith ,We still love him and miss him too. You will now be with 1 of your best buds!!!!!
If this one doesn’t give us a severe case of the feels, nothing will.
😢
Sonny F. As a close member of the this song is my all time favorite because it was written about our Grandpa!!! Love and miss Earl more than I can say!!!!
ETC,
Many of us remember that you wrote this song in memory of your Grandfather. Today --October 17, 2024-- is your day. Like others, I still recall the country music you left behind for me to treasure and to pass on to another generation to appreciate and to enjoy. GOD BLESS YOU. Have a Heavenly Happy Birthday!
Personally I think this is the best video ever. Beautiful song,beautifully arranged, piano, gutair, drums....perfect in every way
I will call this one of the best songs ever, and that is considering A LOT of songs.
My 2'nd daughter, 11 now, loves 80's country. She takes after her Daddy. She plays it nightly on I HEART, as I do. Classic Country will never die. We just need more radio stations to play those great songs. R.I.P E.T.C..
Jay Atkinson Ain't the Damn TRUTH !!!
A fine song like the part when he turned young again Lord I hope that's the way it is.
Michael Comer me too
Amen!!!!!!!!
Yes, for all look of us when we were young and in our glory.
That red head is just gonna give him another heart attack!
If heaven was real this is what it would be like.
Back when videos had story line.
I know he's getting ready to go on the big stage in the sky....I'm sure there's not a empty seat in the house!
A beautiful & powerful video when it came out 30 years ago. And it still is.
E T you always make me cry. Your songs touch that tender place in my heart that longs for those younger days.
Some of the best of the best. Jerks at my heart strings.❤
Many thoughts of ETC today.....he passed from this world to the next...will miss you Earl Thomas Conley...Amazing Country Artist.
Love this song and the video is fantantic!
Simply the best! I lost my 84 year old aunt and uncle within 3 weeks of one another. Imagine what their children must be feeling. Something is lost here everyday. Character, morals, values..lost with each and every one of them
One of the best videos ever!!!!!!!
When this video came out back in the eighties, it became one of my favorites.
My ninny just passed away, she was 96 and the best person you could ever know. I like to think that when she made it to heaven my paw paw was waiting for her young and handsome - just like in this video and that she transformed to her younger self. Such a beautiful song and video. Rest peacefully, ninny and paw paw. We love you so much .
My favorite male country singer so under rated never got his due
a truly beautiful song...the ending really hit me. I hope that's the way it will be too Michael
One of the most underrated country music singers of all time, beautiful voice
Loved this forever and still do!!!!!
Earl has left us I am so saddened at his passing R.I.P.
I have the faith in God knowing that you are enjoying a new life now Earl but wish you could have stayed around and kept the good country music going. Thank you for all the great songs and friendships you built over the years. Rest now and enjoy what God had waiting for you....
R. I. P. Earl Thomas 🕊
Such an incredibly talented man. You will truly be missed my friend. ❤️🙏🏼
Earl Thomas will be missed-Have all of albums on 33 vinyl
Lucky
Perhaps we can pass on the traditions to our young ones if even thru our music!
This is country ~ ETC will always be remembered for his wonderful music and his kind heart. This song is just one of many that I love of his. G.T.S.
Keep listening. Ty for supporting such a beautiful poetic song.
RIP to one of the greatest artists!💔❤
Yes ma’am
Perfect song for real country
Boy it sure don’t get much better then some ETC. All these amazing tunes will live on!
God bless
One of the greatest songs of all time...
Damn I miss Earl bad another country music legend gone way too soon R.I.P. E.T.C.
Great song reminds me of my grandfather
Feeling nostalgic today. I'm sure all have those days when we would like to go back to younger times.
Still one of the best videos of all time. RIP
Man this song takes me back to the 80's, my grandparents brothers would always listen to this on the a.m. radio.. heart full memories 😔
Beautiful girl Ashley ❤️ hi everyone
What is this you don't reply back 🔙
This song and video brings back so many childhood memories. Thanks for the great music and memories, Earl. Glad I got to see you and shake your hand once in this lifetime. Hope I get to see you in the next.
You're definitely were the best I missed you and your music rest in peace my friend. God bless you always say ride along with me and listen to Earl Thomas Conley. 80s was a good old days
another great song love Earl Thomas Conley
Now that’s a fine and sad ole’ country song! I love ya, ETC.. Always have, ALWAYS WILL!!
I like this song and video . Good music 🎶🤠
Awesome. ETC RIP love your songs thanks..
Conley and Whitley where two of the greatest singers So many great song from two of the best voices with emotions in everthing they ever sung
A beautiful song. R.I.P. ET CONLEY. YOU WILL BE MISSED BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN.
"Crowd Around The Corner"
Those stormy years leave deep and endless trails across his face
He'll wander back when morning rolls around
For it's an old man's right to spend his life just searching for a place
Where he can sit and watch the sun go down
Time's run it's course and freed the horse that pulled him through his prime
And placed a different light above his brow
Now towering rows of buildings grow in fields he left behind
And life seems twice as heavy as a plow
With his golden chain the old man clings to the watch inside his vest
That tells him when it's time to move along
Just rambling through the avenues, he'll sometimes stop to rest
But it's hard to find a place where he belongs
So crowd around the corner, boys, and take your good old time
And pass along a piece of yesterday
A tender breeze of memories is blowing through your mind
Softer than those stands of silver-gray
And sweeter than the things we've seen today
Love it , music to sooth the hart .
No video makes me tear up like this one. My dad is a huge ETC fan. Earl was from Ohio ( my dad and I are, too ) I remember telling my dad that I didn't like it in the video when that guy got a stomach ache :(.
A friend posted this for me today. I just love his music and this is a beautiful song. R.i.p. Earl❤️
I had never heard it. A great song and video. Thanks. Probably never would have.
Today is may 16 2020 and this song and video is great. And Earl was a great country singer. He will be missed all always.
RIP...Thank you for being here for us
I'm glad I went to concert .i love all his songs. R.I.P
I was at work burning jet rod. On my half way I heard and stop and look up and ask Jesus why!!
I’m crying I’ve always loved Earl Thomas Conley but I never really watch this video so intently and notice the old man sneaking off to smoke a joint this reminds me of my dad who passed away God bless those who have God
I'm pretty sure that's not a joint,likely a rolled cigarette
Yes it's a rolled cigarette. I cry everytime I watch this video cuz my dad would take me to the farmer's hangout in Walkertown North Carolina when I was 3 years old all the way up till I was 18 and I would learn from the older men my dad's friends were my friends . That's why this video touches me so deeply😢😢 because that little kid reminds me of me sitting there talking and learning for the older men that's exactly the way it was for me. I miss all those older men they were my best friends better than the friends my own age. It was like having an extended family.
Greatest video ever done!
*Those old smoky pool halls have become a thing of the past, and so are are all the great musicians. They are slowly leaving us. Gosh...I sure do miss those by gone days. Rest easy big guy. We are surely gonna miss you. Till we meet again on the other side.*
John Melancamp has been trying 2 keep them alive 4 us...
@@nancydeloach4342 Really? He’s awesome too just like ETC.
The under rated one of the G.O.A.T
Damn that's a tear jerker
I've liked most of ETC's work back through the years. This special song always moves me, as very few others do. Naturally, it didn't sell especially well during its day, but the public taste is so often little more than garbage. His soul was having a tenderhearted moment when he wrote this. America hates all things that don't turn a profit for the coddled corporate world, and among those things are its old people. This song to me represents a beautiful moment of the heart. ETC also touched deep feelings in me when he wrote "Too Many Times" and performed it with Anita Pointer. I think I'll take my old bones and go listen to that song now.........
Well said.
Roland Hill A tenderhearted moment indeed. He said he wrote this song with his grandfather in mind and to honor him... beautiful!
This was dedicated to his Grandfather, "Preacher" Conley on the Don't Make It Easy For Me album.
Then. The Highway Men..""Desperados Waiting For a Train.' ". We have lost a lot of yesterdays and seem to be dull in our senses bc of the civil and social issues.. ..can't we at least spend 15 minutes on what really matters? Matters of the heart..a real heart..
First time Hearing this Song Yesterday may 6,2019 and Love it Thank you.
RIP Earl Thomas conley
The best ever video!!
Heeyyy. I grew up with this Shit!!! Awesome song and did not think it was gonna be one of the best songs of my life. Haha I am happy and proud to be the 100 comment deal. Lol Enjoy it. Music is the soundtrack of our lives.
I don't believe I've ever heard this song or seen the video....OUTSTANDING! I miss you ETC.......
One of my favorite song of his .
Don't recall this song but I love it Earl RIP
Absolutely beautiful!! RIP Earl!!
I will never forget you!!!
Earl Rode off on that horse today... rest in peace ETC
Always loved ETC and LOVED this song! He was an original and sure wrote a beauty with this one! ♥️♥️
What's sad is that these singers are forgotten.
It's the sad truth. There are a few of us young guns that still appreciate these legends and the music they made. So glad that I am able to appreciate and enjoy their music at such a young age (25) and have it be my go-to. I'll take a song that can make you cry over one that makes you want to dance any day.
And to add - truly great songs can make you want to do both. Like this one.
Beautiful video. Much Love Earl. You're the greatest
Awesome song, Earl was the best
I don"t remember him, but his music is great! RIP
Earl is the best!!
Grew up with this one. Brings tears
Rest in 🕊️ peace so glad you found Jesus now you are with Him.
Genius songwriting.
You livde a long life earl ived always loved classic country music
RIP. You will be missed..
R.I.P loved your songs ETC 🌹🌹🌹…
YES! I Love .
Miss you!
Love this song