I'm 62 and I still love this song. Brings back those 70's memories. I love my life and I'm very blessed, but things were simpler then and the music was far, far better than today's stuff.
That's so true! This song gives me good feelings from my youth. I've lost so many loved ones that I miss so much but this song and many others from this era brings comfort to my ❤
Wally Stocker on lead Guitar, Ricky Phillips on bass. Tony Brock on drums and Johnathan Cain on key boards. Better Known as the Baby’s. John Waite was ahead of his time. One of the most underrated bands of all time.
Well, damn… I’m 60, have loved this song for years, and just learned J Cain from The Babys is the same J Cain in Journey. Probably should have, but didn’t know. Thank you @bobbarnhill8557 for the tidbit
I feel like bawling. I think of the feeling in my soul back then when everything was possible. Everything made sense. I'm grateful I have the memories.
I’m almost 64 and haven’t heard this song in decades,but I just watched it and sang EVERY word! I’m a drummer and played every note 🎵 from memory. 57 years on the drums and just getting started!! Going to play and sing it to my wife tomorrow after church 🙏❤️
@@fluffydog9356, correct. If you search out the live version (Live Midnight Special 1979) you can witness the female backup vocalist in this video belting out the same vocal parts live.
To @LG-33? You should share THAT story. Venue and the particulars.. He always had the most amazing back up singers, huh? Andre Crouch ladies.. 🎤🎻🎸🎺🎷🎹🥁 No one really mastered the art of strings, horns and funky bluesy rock quite like this guy..
I'm so grateful to be born in the sixties....the simplicity, innocence and freedom we had. No such thing as WOKE. And the music, OMG, nothing can compare, you can't improve on excellence. ❤😢
Just pure music ... no over the top costumes or vulgar dancing to sell a song. I wish I had a time machine because I wouldn't give 2024 a second look. ✌👉
This song peaked at #13 on Billboard. How did it miss the Top 10 ?? Excellent vocals by John Waite and the lady with him !! I can't stop playing this song. I heard it for the first time last week !!
its not the best just because you like it the best. All the decades have good music, but I can understand you liking it the most if thats when you grew up
I have played this song so many times in a day. I always the great memories w my parents. In their maverick driving to the lake or other places. Half of my family is passed away. I remember them them through music. John Waite is amazing
I literally just put this on because I hadn't heard it in decades, and my first thought was holy sh#t, that woman singing backup is amazing. Glad I checked the comments😊
Amen! I'm so happy I'm not the only one who was floored. You guys should watch the movie "All That We Destroy". This song has a big part in it. One of my very most faves from when I was young. And that movie just got me. Idky but I've watched it several times🤘🏼😳
Growing up i was so lucky to have parents that owned a radio station. When new songs came out, they were sent to radio stations nationwide to test run in the public. My dad brought home 45s for my sister and i to listen to. We told him if we liked it or not so he would have that record played a lot on air. We had more records than a music store..❤
She’s cute, but she’s lip-syncing to the original back-up singer’s vocals (Myrna Matthews). The singer here is Anne Bertucci, who toured with them after the song was released.
@@joeromack6188 Sorry, bro. Anne was quite talented, but even in concert she ALWAYS lip-sync'd this song, because she sounds nothing like Myrna Matthews.
My first concert ever was Journey and The Baby's in the Seattle Center Coliseum. Jonathan Cain on Keyboards for the Baby's opening for Journey and then not long after he joined Journey. Great memories. My 2nd concert was Van Halen later that year. What an awesome time of my life. I'd give anything to be living in those days again.
We dint realize it then but my daughter will never know just how great we had it. Now in 2023 so many sad things are going on. I wish they didn't have this much technology.
Technology makes people famous? To quickly - they are here one minute and then gone the next - Thank goodness for the talent we had in the 60s & 70S - from NZ
So true life was much more free and slow in a good way. No rushing around and stress. You let your parents know where you were going and where in the moment without a care. Watching the past gives you appreciation for the days gone by.
For everyone who grew up in the 70's we were truly blessed...we had real talent...real people...simple values...people are so self centered and all they care about are themselfs...they will never know how pure and free it was to be a 70's and early 80's child...will never forget ...😢😮
62' baby; This song would make my heart soar with the possibilities when I heard it as a teen. Listening to it I didn't want distractions, nothing else going on. It had to flow in my ears and flood my brain and heart.
I was 15 yrs old when i first heard this group and song on the Midnight Special 1978, i thought, wow, what did i just hear? It was a kick-off to the 80s of great times and great music. I'm 61 and still listening. Rock on!
@@patrickmaruniak5987 nah, I distinctly remember it being '78. Back in those days they did release songs in certain areas first and then it went nationwide. My brother lived in Philly and heard a 'Who' song six months before we ever did here in Ohio
Oh my god....my heart melts every single time I think of you. I couldn't be torn away from the AM radio because of the 70's pop songs I never wanted to miss.
What always freaks me out when i watch these old music videos is how youthful they all are. Just young and beautiful. And today, if any are alive, and many are, they are old and gray like myself. Nearing the end. Time makes us all equals.
That's OUR song. Just beautiful, and it described us as we were starting our new relationship back in 1979. Still together 45 years strong! Had it on the Playlist for our kids weddings too.
Every generation says their music is the best. There is a very strong brain reaction to music in your teen years. Even the elderly who have become nonverbal come back when they hear music from their youth.
I saw them as an intro-band to Styx, as well as the Cars leading off for Styx, who at the time were HUGE! Really gotta watch who you have as your opening act. All the talk on the ride home was… “who the hell were those guys? Totally kicked ass” !
Born in 1964, this is the type of music I grew up with. I know I am blessed to have grown up in that era to experience all that great music. It is still my first go to music ❤
I'm 62 and I still love this song. Brings back those 70's memories. I love my life and I'm very blessed, but things were simpler then and the music was far, far better than today's stuff.
❤this hit my soul❤
Exactly....same age too
Same still listen from 60s to 80s music. That was the music. Couldn't tell katy swift from tailor perry🎉
@@markmark1090 Lol
Brings back good memories of my youth
Those of us born in the 60's just have our brains wired in a lovely way because we were raised on this beautiful music.
That's so true! This song gives me good feelings from my youth. I've lost so many loved ones that I miss so much but this song and many others from this era brings comfort to my ❤
That's right!!
You could not have said it any better 👌
Agree! Before the music got all grubby
Were are they to
day?
😊 it's 2024 and we still love this wonderful song ❤❤
I just ordered tickets to see Styx and Foreigner...bonus surprise is John Waite....had no idea...remembered this song and I'm here too...2024🎉
No way!! Where?? I will be looking that up 🙌
@@katliese in Pgh PA.but all over....!
They aren't coming close enough to me…for now.
A '64 born baby here! ❤ What a great era to have grown up in.
Go ‘64!!
64 baby here too!!!
66’ 🎶♥️
Hell yeah 64eva babys!
'64 again ... the last of the boomers
Wally Stocker on lead Guitar, Ricky Phillips on bass. Tony Brock on drums and Johnathan Cain on key boards. Better Known as the Baby’s. John Waite was ahead of his time. One of the most underrated bands of all time.
Do you know who the female singer is?
Holly Bisaha ❤@@katliese
John Waite is very popular for being underated.
Well, damn… I’m 60, have loved this song for years, and just learned J Cain from The Babys is the same J Cain in Journey. Probably should have, but didn’t know. Thank you @bobbarnhill8557 for the tidbit
Underrated by who? Uninformed and offensive statement. Douche.
I feel like bawling. I think of the feeling in my soul back then when everything was possible. Everything made sense. I'm grateful I have the memories.
This made me cry 😢
Well put....simple, happier life back then
I am crying
I'm there with you!
I know so much how you feel....😢 Miss those times so much...😢
You can't touch the 70s or 80s best music we Definitely were so fortunate
And the 60s❤
@@Lori-lp6ucAgree!!
Your so right...we will never see such great bands again they had true meaning in there music...it's sad really..😮😢
High school class of 72 checking in - greatest era for music
I’m almost 64 and haven’t heard this song in decades,but I just watched it and sang EVERY word! I’m a drummer and played every note 🎵 from memory. 57 years on the drums and just getting started!! Going to play and sing it to my wife tomorrow after church 🙏❤️
That's so sweet ❤️☺️
God bless you both
Aussie girl 64 next month
I'm in Dallas gonna see him on Friday June 21
Anne Bertucci=❤️🔥
That iconic voice of John Waite
Just saw him in concert in Houston. Still fantastic performer.
Never knew he was the lead on this great song.
I haven't heard this song in many moons. I love it & I can't stop playing it ! Thank you, Babys, for the beautiful memories. God bless you. ✝️
I rediscovered the band this week but still feel the same way about their music
Born in 63...I fell in love with this band and the music when I was a young girl...still love them!
John Waite's voice reached in and grabbed my soul!
The female singer sure can belt it!
Was A Great Time to Be Alive
And now we have Brandon.
@@tonyzuco6144
I know... don't remind me!😩😭
Yes 🙌🏼
@@tonyzuco6144cry more 😭 😭 😭
Yes it was!!!
The memories come back in a flood......
Anne Bertucci's voice.... WoW!!!!
That's not Anne's voice you are hearing here. This is from the album and the primary bg vocals were sung by Myrna Matthews.
@@composerdave68 it’s her singing in concert next to Myrna. Myrna wasn’t singing at that strong spot.
@@fluffydog9356, correct. If you search out the live version (Live Midnight Special 1979) you can witness the female backup vocalist in this video belting out the same vocal parts live.
Amazing voice 💗
@@composerdave68 Yeah, right! And Frank Sinatra is filling in for John.
The best time to be a senior in high school
Me too !
Just saw John Waite tonight in a small venue and he’s still amazing. Even got to meet him back stage 🤩🩷
Just picked up tix for Foreigner/Styx and John Waite... can't wait....
To @LG-33?
You should share THAT story. Venue and the particulars..
He always had the most amazing back up singers, huh?
Andre Crouch ladies.. 🎤🎻🎸🎺🎷🎹🥁
No one really mastered the art of strings, horns and funky bluesy rock quite like this guy..
Wow 💛
I'm jealous!!
I seen him in Tulsa at the hard Rock Cafe a few months back I was impressed.
Wow, that lady who was the backup singer had a strong voice. She really was a excellent couterpoint to John Waite 👍
I'm so grateful to be born in the sixties....the simplicity, innocence and freedom we had. No such thing as WOKE. And the music, OMG, nothing can compare, you can't improve on excellence. ❤😢
John Waite is insanely talented. His voice always reminds me of my teenage years. I’d recognize his voice anywhere. 🎶😎🙌🏾🤙🏾
Came close though
John waite in a league of his own for sure play this song loud EVERTIME I THINK OF YOU!!!!!!!😉
hey do you who the backup singer is
@@tlhamp0 No, I sure don’t.
@@serekithegreat thanks she looks familiar
John Waite has one of the best voices in pop-rock! Wonderful control and expression.
And range
Muy bella su voz si. ❤❤😘😍
I don't know man, I saw them live in 1983 and he could hardly sing on key... it was absolutely terrible (this track here isn't live)
Agreed!
@@Andrew_M_Ward everybody has a bad day, back in the 80s he was in his prime IMHO.
Just pure music ... no over the top costumes or vulgar dancing to sell a song. I wish I had a time machine because I wouldn't give 2024 a second look. ✌👉
😊
Hmm, I wonder which culture has influenced music, dancing, movies etc, and made it obscene and trivial.
Oh to be able to turn the clock back to our teens, we had no idea just how good it was. This is truly how music should sound like. Oh dear I feel old!
Yes!😊
I hear you!
Bring me back, carefree and tons of great music like this song.
Me too. 😢😅
Yo soy joven cada ves que recuerdo mi tiempo felises❤
❤ I'm 63 years old and still have goose bumps from it
Same age as you same feeling
"62" (11\11\62)
I still listen and love this too! ❤
This song peaked at #13 on Billboard. How did it miss the Top 10 ?? Excellent vocals by John Waite and the lady with him !! I can't stop playing this song. I heard it for the first time last week !!
Go look it up it was a top ten hit. It peaked at number 10 not number 13.
Still too low.@@patrickmaruniak5987
BEING A KID IN THE 70S...I GOT TO LIVE THROUGH ALL THE BEST MUSIC!
its not the best just because you like it the best. All the decades have good music, but I can understand you liking it the most if thats when you grew up
Very true with the exception of rap. It’s awful. Can’t even call it music.
I love the curly haired chicks voice!!! ❤❤❤
You know it!!
John Waite genius with the baby’s, awesome as solo & rocked with bad English!
I have played this song so many times in a day. I always the great memories w my parents. In their maverick driving to the lake or other places. Half of my family is passed away. I remember them them through music. John Waite is amazing
The GREATEST backup Voice in History is on this Song
Who is she? You are so right, she is the best backup voice in History.
100%!
@@jamesmyers9285 Annie Bertucci.
I literally just put this on because I hadn't heard it in decades, and my first thought was holy sh#t, that woman singing backup is amazing.
Glad I checked the comments😊
Amen! I'm so happy I'm not the only one who was floored. You guys should watch the movie "All That We Destroy". This song has a big part in it. One of my very most faves from when I was young. And that movie just got me. Idky but I've watched it several times🤘🏼😳
Born in 74 (50 now) but shared a room with my older brother who was born in 65, so I was exposed to this music from the 70's and really enjoy it.
Thank your older brother ✌
I had older brothers and sisters too...lucky to have grown up in the 70's with a generation that were living it.
I interviewed John Waite once on the radio. And he showed up really early.
So , I always think of him as “John Doesn’t-make-you Waite”
Nice I betcha he was funny and cute very sweet
God, take me to the 70s and leave me there. I'll be just fine.
me too please, never as happy as then
Don't make me cry!
You can't be real..... Today's hip hop and rap maybe... But not the 90's or early 2000's for that matter... I love all genres of music
Can I grab a lift .
I'll take 1983 to 1985.....best years of my life...
That backup singer gets me every time 🙏🏽🫶🏽 and of course John’s vocals in the early years is always amazing 👊🏽
Growing up i was so lucky to have parents that owned a radio station. When new songs came out, they were sent to radio stations nationwide to test run in the public. My dad brought home 45s for my sister and i to listen to. We told him if we liked it or not so he would have that record played a lot on air. We had more records than a music store..❤
Wow Rebecca that would have been SENSATIONAL!! I remember the thrill of going into record shops in the 80’s & 90’s… special!! Love from Oz!! 💕🇦🇺💃
Awesome!! Cool childhood.
Great friggin' song. Love the 70's.
Oh my god this is the purest definition of the 70s ❤
John was my biggest crush back then. What a great song from an incredible band
Female vocalist has a cute smile and a great powerful vocal range. Hadn't heard this song in quite a while.
She’s cute, but she’s lip-syncing to the original back-up singer’s vocals (Myrna Matthews). The singer here is Anne Bertucci, who toured with them after the song was released.
@@markread7333 it's Annie Bertucci and she didn't lip synch
@@joeromack6188 This wasn't done live.
@@joeromack6188 Sorry, bro. Anne was quite talented, but even in concert she ALWAYS lip-sync'd this song, because she sounds nothing like Myrna Matthews.
For me Anne sing really. Sorry my English.
My first concert ever was Journey and The Baby's in the Seattle Center Coliseum. Jonathan Cain on Keyboards for the Baby's opening for Journey and then not long after he joined Journey. Great memories. My 2nd concert was Van Halen later that year. What an awesome time of my life. I'd give anything to be living in those days again.
They were the best years for sure!
Jealous!! :)
Right there with ya, just turned 64 and wondering where the time went.
Oh my God this music brings back so many memories!!
That's a great way to start! What a time for music.
We dint realize it then but my daughter will never know just how great we had it. Now in 2023 so many sad things are going on. I wish they didn't have this much technology.
Technology makes people famous? To quickly - they are here one minute and then gone the next - Thank goodness for the talent we had in the 60s & 70S - from NZ
So true life was much more free and slow in a good way. No rushing around and stress. You let your parents know where you were going and where in the moment without a care. Watching the past gives you appreciation for the days gone by.
They look so cool 😎 like they're one step ahead of the game before 80s New Wavers! Super awesome song 😍
For everyone who grew up in the 70's we were truly blessed...we had real talent...real people...simple values...people are so self centered and all they care about are themselfs...they will never know how pure and free it was to be a 70's and early 80's child...will never forget ...😢😮
Never ever get enough of this song........ love them timeless songs
Was lucky enough to see The Babys at Six Flags MidAmerica in 1980 front row center. Great performance.
A great one from 1979. Send me back, loved the 70s. Great time to be a 24 years old single guy.
Or gal….
@Sassypants57 yes.... or a single gal.
Was also great to be a 16 year old girl! Love this song!
Awesome time
@@lisarousseau788 Great song. Love to be 24 yrs old again.
70,s and 80s awesome music !!!
I was born in 59 and talk about GREAT MUSIC !!! DAMN - I WANT IT BACK !!! LOVED THIS SONG !!!
Me, too! I love this song to this day! ❤️❤️
One of the best songs ever period.
62' baby; This song would make my heart soar with the possibilities when I heard it as a teen. Listening to it I didn't want distractions, nothing else going on. It had to flow in my ears and flood my brain and heart.
I was 15 yrs old when i first heard this group and song on the Midnight Special 1978, i thought, wow, what did i just hear? It was a kick-off to the 80s of great times and great music. I'm 61 and still listening. Rock on!
63 and still jamming. Funny how fast the time goes by!
I especially miss the days when women looked pretty and not like cracked-out skanks. The men were more handsome then too. 😊
Beautiful song still brings me to tears ever since its release. The 60s, 70s and 80s had the best music.
Memories giving me chills...I feel so lucky being a kid in the 60s, a teen in the 70s, and in my twenties through the 80s
Me too!!!!
Summer of 79-80 playing this on my Pioneer Super Tuner deck in my customized 73 Chevy Van. Great time being a teenager.
So truly blessed to have been from this era.
John Waite's incredible voice, powerful female singer, and a great sounding band. the ebbs and flows to the song. A classic by the Babys.
That backup singer is phenomenal 💜🎶🎶🎶
1978. What a great year that was!
This wasn't in 1978, this was 1979.
@@patrickmaruniak5987
nah, I distinctly remember it being '78. Back in those days they did release songs in certain areas first and then it went nationwide. My brother lived in Philly and heard a 'Who' song six months before we ever did here in Ohio
Love this one and their other big hit Isn't it Time!
It's got feeling, it's got melody, it's got great hooks, this is how a real pop song is made.
Always loved this song. Takes me back to good times.
Same here
Same for me too ❤
It reminds me of good days
Meeee too ❤️ driving to Carmel CA in the '80's with my then boyfriend, whew good times
Yes!
What a song. One of my favorites in my late teens ..
It’s been far too long since I heard this… what a great era for music.
The girl singing backup is amazing. Her voice makes the song
💯 agree
True..
I saw him perform last year ! Still sounds wonderful! ❤
All ‘70’s with lyrics, melody, and tempo. How it all was way back when!
The late 70's through early 80's was a wondrous time. I didn't appreciate it then but, god do I love it now. This song was one of it's highlights.
John had hits with the Babys, Bad English and solo. Definitely some talent. I remember this song from when I was in grade school. I am old!
Oh my god....my heart melts every single time I think of you. I couldn't be torn away from the AM radio because of the 70's pop songs I never wanted to miss.
What always freaks me out when i watch these old music videos is how youthful they all are. Just young and beautiful. And today, if any are alive, and many are, they are old and gray like myself. Nearing the end. Time makes us all equals.
Don't feel bad my friend, what todays kids don't have is our wonderful memories....we can still live through our memories
That's OUR song. Just beautiful, and it described us as we were starting our new relationship back in 1979. Still together 45 years strong! Had it on the Playlist for our kids weddings too.
I overplayed a couple of cassette tapes of the baby's.never could get tired of this.damn where did our time go.
Time has flown, and now I’ve got grandchildren 😮😂
Time is a MF!
I love this song!! It brings back those memories to me
What a great song! It has aged very, very well
Every generation says their music is the best. There is a very strong brain reaction to music in your teen years. Even the elderly who have become nonverbal come back when they hear music from their youth.
I can't get over how talented this band is, and how talented John is. His voice is so beautiful.
I had forgotten about this song I love it
I saw them as an intro-band to Styx, as well as the Cars leading off for Styx, who at the time were HUGE! Really gotta watch who you have as your opening act. All the talk on the ride home was… “who the hell were those guys? Totally kicked ass” !
Totally dude!
One of the greatest ballads of all time!
yes it si!
I agree
not a ballad
@@cdick
You're in the minority in your opinion of this song.
Found this album today. Was so happy to find this on vinyl and that it's lasted this long
The ginger has got pipes to match John's!!!
This talented group can find a soft spot in the most wild metal head. John and his back up singers, we who grew up in the 70s will always remember.
the best music of the 70s!
Heard it in the 70s still sounds amazing. John Waite music stood the test of time
Goose bump goodness! Thanks for the memory burn, most awesome performance/song!
Simply flawless
Brautiful song, brings me back.
John Waite STILL has one of the best voices in ROCK!!
Yes he absolutely does. And he sounds and looks great at 71! Yea!! ❤ 2:17
ThIS SONG IS ONE OF THE BEST BY JOHN WAITE/ GROUP I EVER HEARD . IT GIVES YOU A GREAT FEELING ABOUT EVERYONE
Omg! How well put together is this arrangement! Goosebumps everytime. Especially on a 1975 sterio with quadraphonic speakers!❤
You spell it Stereo
I feel old, as you reminded me of the quadraphonic speakers that I’d forgotten existed 😮😂
Very cool
Seen John Waite this past winter in Evansville Indiana. He sounded great! Awesome songs.
2022......and still love this song
Bad azz! I love it! ❤️🔥🤟
What a song! 😀
Born in 1964, this is the type of music I grew up with. I know I am blessed to have grown up in that era to experience all that great music. It is still my first go to music ❤
This ballad will never die my friends
Great song, great vocals. A true classic for all time. Keep playing it.
Too bad this group couldn't stay together longer ! Great songs. 👍👍
GREAT SONG. WHAT A POWERFUL MIX OF EMOTION.
There is nothing in this day that can compare
Proven to be a timeless classic Masterpiece.