Sometimes TH-cam is our time machine to our younger days, it really was a simpler time growing up in the 70's...Mom and Dad didnt drive you everywhere...you walked or rode bikes with your friends and sometimes those experiences are what you remember 40 years later.
I was older than you were then but I am taken back to my first relationship with a woman who wasn't psycho like I am. I am still in touch with her and every time we talk, one of us seems to bring up this song.
One of thousands of great 70's songs! Riding bikes everywhere - fishing and swimming in the river - building forts - cowboys and Indians - pickup hockey and baseball - etc. Etc. Etc. The 70's were the best for a kid to grow up in. P.s. no internet to suck your brain - no indoors all day - sheer glory.
“FREE RANGE KIDS”, what a great time to grow up in. My best friend @ 11/12 yrs old and I would take off on her horse “Spitfire” riding bareback~barefoot in cut off denim shorts, we were in great hands w/the sweet gentle brown~white pinto horse friend 🐎🫶
Koo bruu , I was a 70’s kid myself and we had a river close by and built forts and stayed till dark ! I loved it and honestly I’ve never left the 70’s , we were stoners too to put it mildly ! This particular song came out when I was in high school and our mascot was a wildcat and as a swimmer we wrestled the state championship from Denver 2 consecutive years , so lots of memories with this song ! It was kind of our anthem ! Have a nice day and I liked your comments 😊
@@catlynnearkin8825Hi! My name is Flavio Rivers, I'm a brazilian musician, producer and a big fan of the work of the great Al Stewart. I felt in my heart to pay a simple tribute to this fantastic musician by playing one of his most beautiful songs: Year of The Cat. I hope you like it! It was a cover made with lots of love and care!👇 th-cam.com/video/cR5_MIAO6O8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Om9AjGftiHiOfhNy
Is there a more impressionistic and beautiful lyric than, "She comes out of the sun in a silk dress, running like a watercolor in the rain"? Even after all these years, and the literal hundreds of times I've listened to this purely hypnotic classic song, I still get chills.
An elegantly swift and well-attired commuter once appeared, out of the corner of my eyes, to be running for this just announced train. As I fumbled with my bags...and as we glanced for a fraction of a second...she faded away, with a more minuscule fractional glimpse of a hand gesture. I immediately thought of that line, in Al Stewart's song. I've always said to me, myself & I, even decades later, I wish I could paint a watercolor showing that split second in time that changed the course of my life infinitely. That picture in my head is a priceless work of art!
I was that impressed I went out an bought the Album !!! I was 16 at the time.. jumped bus into Liverpool City Centre … still have it.. in perfect condition.. I’m 62 these days.. 😎
Chicks dug it when I played this tune in my dorm room fifty years ago. Psychedelic posters glowed in black lights on my walls. A little incense burning, cold beer and hours later she went to her dorm happy. Those were days of magic, sun and water. Even got a college degree in business. 😊
Yes, it certainly does. The piano intro, the first notes of "the song" it felt like my breath was trying to get sucked away. I was born in '65 so this song and many, many others profoundly moving for me as I have always had a connection to music, sort of an affinity for it like the suns rays are to the moon, the music is to my heart and soul. How I love it so and when I'm gone I hope I find that the music somehow is waiting there to greet me and then my heart shall sing along. This performance was very good. The solo with two guitars and the saxophone was super cool. What a haunting, timeless classic this is among so many others by various artists and bands. I believe we have reached music's zenith already. It's just my opinion, but I'm sticking to it for good reason. Til the next time....
All those broadcasts don't exsist anymore. I'm 65 now and i'm lucky to that i belong to that generation who loves the 70's. That was music and not that shit like hip hop.
Extraordinaria versión musical, de acuerdo contigo, tengo 60 años. Y esta música marcó toda una epoca por los años 70. Creo que la música de los 70 y 80 es la mejor de todos los tiempos.
I'm 60 and a Beatlemaniac since before I could walk or talk in mid-60s Berkeley, California. You are so right. Our music was real music with real instruments. It was such a colorful and amazing time to be alive and to be a kid. Cheers, my friend!
Yep..We are this old.... and I am sure that we oldies are all very grateful to have grown up in the 1970's. We DID NOT KNOW We ever had it so good.... Who could know how special the 60-80's would be? Very special era. I feel sorry for today's youth. They will never know.
@@Long_Tail_of_Finance In terms of contemporary chart-toppers, I'd say Silk Sonic displays some impressive old-school songwriting and musicianship. I'd also give Beyonce, Kady Gaga, and Lana del Ray props for some of their work.
There really is nothing like this today. They are playing live, no auto tune, no pretending to play. Modern pop music isn't about performers with talent ( with some exceptions, lady Gaga is truly talented). In a couple of years it will be all AI and you won't know that from the crap they are producing today.
The piano riff at the beginning is mesmerizing . . and the lyrics are as good as it gets! "On a morning from a Bogart movie . . in a country where they turned back time . . you go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre . . contemplating a crime." That is perfection!!
I think I haven’t heard this song for twenty years or so- it made me cry with all the oh so happy and sad memories when I lived in Scotland and was in love with so many. Listening to it in 2023 and it creates the same emotions as in 1977.
No one has mentioned that Al’s vocals are perfectly suited for this song. I like to think of what vocalist could pull this off other than Stewart. No one. It’s his song and his alone. Great stuff.
This song is a timeless classic that's a pretty complicated arrangement based on chord and time changes that are simplicity itself. I know this song was Number 1 for a long time in 1976 and it still outshines most of it's contemporaries. Great video here that shows what a fantastic musician Al Stewart is.
Man... What is this?? What is going on???? This one song is ART!!! There should be a way to frame this song and put side by side with the greatest paints in history!! One of those few songs I can listen 10 times and still get fucking mesmerized in each single one of them!!! Oh boy... So heartwarming!
I love this song real good...but one of the best guitar solos? Come on. Simple and elegant yes but not even in the top 1000. Especially from that era. Mint song though!
You can thank the producer - Alan Parsons - for the sax solo. In an '80's interview he said that he knew that Al wasn't going to make it big as a Scottish folk singer so he suggested putting a sax on his music. Al said that he never really heard a sax on his music but kind of went along with the idea. So Alan got a hold of a friend of his - Phil Kenzie - and the rest is history!
A truth soothsayer leading us along on the journeys. The piano introduction at beginning & throughout is so beautiful, love the Sax too. Thanks for making music to help us through our life & to remember what we were doing when first hearing. Sweet memories to treasure, forever…♥️
If I only could bottle the feeling that you get when music like this takes you back in time in your head, heart and soul I'd be a billionaire. Just wonderful, fantastic this and all of the other live versions on here of this song!
I just listened to this song for the first time about 2 days ago, I was completely taken aback by it because it was so unique. Al Stewart’s lead guitarist is amazing.
Al owes a big debt of thanks to Alan Parsons for creating the sound that turned him from a Scottish folk singer to a progressive rock/pop artist. Alan knew that he was never going to make it big as a Scottish folk singer so he suggested changes and additions, such as the sax solo, that would allow this song and others of his to make it to radio stations' playlists. Al sort of went along with Alan's suggestions and the rest is musical history!
Yet Al Stewart is a folk singer at heart, and gradually got tired of touring with a band. Still, don't forget "Song On The Radio" and "Time Passages". Both fantastic collaborations between Stewart and Parsons;
I love you Al and I hope to meet you some day. I am Francis Kornbacher and I live in Bakersfield, California, but i am originally from Caracas-Venezuela. I was a little girl when I heard the "Year of the Cat" and I felt in love with this song ever since then. I am 52 years old and this song bring tears of joy to my eyes. love you Al forever and ever.
The truly great songs of the Past. Have one thing in common. Real Musicians who could actually play their instruments with great precision and deep feeling that was conveyed in the songs. Al Stewart definitely assembled an awesome ensemble here. Each Musician adds something to this particular song that makes this a true classic.
My late wife, who was born in 63, missed the mid to late 70s "Uni Scene" so never got to see bands like Eagles, Santana, Journey, Fleetwood Mac, Genesis in their heyday, but caught up with them later in her life due to my musical influence on her. But by far her favourite was Al Stewart and 2 out of the last 3 gigs she went to before she passed away this year were his gigs in Liverpool & Manchester (sandwiched in between were Eagles at Anfield). Great memories of her .. thanks Al.
This song always takes me back to 1977. I'd walk home for lunch during 9th grade and turn on the stero and hear this song. Made the rest of the day a breeze. Best days.
When this song came out i was a hood fitter at ford motor company..we had just went through new model change..we were building cougars and LTD II,s. I can still see that new cougar when i hear this song..those were great times for me..
Thank you my famous utube, you are so amazing, for the great work..to the whole World. God bless you. I never get tired of the music, this is also getting famous in my lists of songs.
Oh, man. How I love these old songs. Brings back such great memories of growing up in the 70s. Times were so different then. Had such a blast with my siblings and friends.
The 70s music will put you on another planet that no one will understand unless you have a love of the 70s music. You don't need drugs or alcohol to appreciate the best music ever. God....take me back to the 70s and leave me there....I'll be just fine.
Why does music really inspire, because it touches you, and it is the international language. You can hear a song in a foreign language, but you know the words, because of the music in the background.
Formidable interprétation de ce qui est pour moi un monument méconnu de la musique des années 70. Al Stewart est un auteur plein de sensibilité et je ne me lasse pas d'écouter ce morceau magique qui a en enchanté une partie de ma jeunesse. Mon dieu, que la musique et la vie étaient belles à cette époque là !
I saw him play on a riverboat cruise in New Orleans in the mid 80”s. Back in the day I was way into prog rock to appreciate him. Now, these songs I scoffed at bring back the best memories I have.
1961 - Ft. Lauderdale - I have loved this song for so many years and just heard this live version! How beautiful and the instruments just flow "like a watercolor in the rain..." Amazing and Beautiful.....much more intelligent than today's music. Not a vulgar word and it leaves you feeling happy!
Who can withstand it!? YOU almost wanna tell someone while it's playing! Such a beautiful song!! I feel all that! I love the way I feel when I listen to it 😊☺️🤗👋🏾👋🏾
I was stationed in Berlin in 1977 - a member of the U.S. Army Field Station Berlin - and this song was played over and over on the Armed Forces radio - and the Germans in their night clubs...very popular song in America and Europe.
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Sometimes TH-cam is our time machine to our younger days, it really was a simpler time growing up in the 70's...Mom and Dad didnt drive you everywhere...you walked or rode bikes with your friends and sometimes those experiences are what you remember 40 years later.
fantastic my friend
@@Joaomxqpro What you said is what I thought too. : )
Yes, that is how I remember growing up in the 1970s.
I was older than you were then but I am taken back to my first relationship with a woman who wasn't psycho like I am. I am still in touch with her and every time we talk, one of us seems to bring up this song.
So agree. Listening to these songs brings me way back ......
This song and "Baker Street" defined a generation.
I like the way you put the connection. I've felt that way for years.
I would add, Al Stewart's, Year of the cat and time passages and also Alan Parsons Project's, Sirius/ Eye in the Sky.
sold a lot of saxophones too!
One of thousands of great 70's songs! Riding bikes everywhere - fishing and swimming in the river - building forts - cowboys and Indians - pickup hockey and baseball - etc. Etc. Etc. The 70's were the best for a kid to grow up in. P.s. no internet to suck your brain - no indoors all day - sheer glory.
Uma das melhores músicas anos 70 ! Tem tb r os Stuart ! Não confundam😊
“FREE RANGE KIDS”, what a great time to grow up in. My best friend @ 11/12 yrs old and I would take off on her horse “Spitfire” riding bareback~barefoot in cut off denim shorts, we were in great hands w/the sweet gentle brown~white pinto horse friend 🐎🫶
❤great times and memories.
Koo bruu , I was a 70’s kid myself and we had a river close by and built forts and stayed till dark ! I loved it and honestly I’ve never left the 70’s , we were stoners too to put it mildly ! This particular song came out when I was in high school and our mascot was a wildcat and as a swimmer we wrestled the state championship from Denver 2 consecutive years , so lots of memories with this song ! It was kind of our anthem ! Have a nice day and I liked your comments 😊
@@catlynnearkin8825Hi! My name is Flavio Rivers, I'm a brazilian musician, producer and a big fan of the work of the great Al Stewart. I felt in my heart to pay a simple tribute to this fantastic musician by playing one of his most beautiful songs: Year of The Cat. I hope you like it! It was a cover made with lots of love and care!👇
th-cam.com/video/cR5_MIAO6O8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Om9AjGftiHiOfhNy
Is there a more impressionistic and beautiful lyric than, "She comes out of the sun in a silk dress, running like a watercolor in the rain"? Even after all these years, and the literal hundreds of times I've listened to this purely hypnotic classic song, I still get chills.
An elegantly swift and well-attired commuter once appeared, out of the corner of my eyes, to be running for this just announced train.
As I fumbled with my bags...and as we glanced for a fraction of a second...she faded away, with a more minuscule fractional glimpse of a hand gesture.
I immediately thought of that line, in Al Stewart's song.
I've always said to me, myself & I, even decades later, I wish I could paint a watercolor showing that split second in time that changed the course of my life infinitely.
That picture in my head is a priceless work of art!
Well said... it's like you're standing in a painting... somehow
That's always been my favorite lyric as well. I bought a painting years ago, and simply because it reminded me of that lyric.
I was just thinking of those very lyrics today...classic poetry
yep...chills
I was that impressed I went out an bought the Album !!! I was 16 at the time.. jumped bus into Liverpool City Centre … still have it.. in perfect condition.. I’m 62 these days.. 😎
perfect condition? Didn't you play it? I played my copy SO much that I wore out the grooves
Chicks dug it when I played this tune in my dorm room fifty years ago. Psychedelic posters glowed in black lights on my walls. A little incense burning, cold beer and hours later she went to her dorm happy. Those were days of magic, sun and water. Even got a college degree in business. 😊
This song is a true a masterpiece. Its wisps you away to another time.
Absolutely!!!!
Yes, it certainly does. The piano intro, the first notes of "the song" it felt like my breath was trying to get sucked away. I was born in '65 so this song and many, many others profoundly moving for me as I have always had a connection to music, sort of an affinity for it like the suns rays are to the moon, the music is to my heart and soul. How I love it so and when I'm gone I hope I find that the music somehow is waiting there to greet me and then my heart shall sing along.
This performance was very good. The solo with two guitars and the saxophone was super cool. What a haunting, timeless classic this is among so many others by various artists and bands. I believe we have reached music's zenith already. It's just my opinion, but I'm sticking to it for good reason. Til the next time....
arrêtez avec masterpiece, svp
All those broadcasts don't exsist anymore. I'm 65 now and i'm lucky to that i belong to that generation who loves the 70's. That was music and not that shit like hip hop.
Extraordinaria versión musical, de acuerdo contigo, tengo 60 años. Y esta música marcó toda una epoca por los años 70. Creo que la música de los 70 y 80 es la mejor de todos los tiempos.
I'm 60 and a Beatlemaniac since before I could walk or talk in mid-60s Berkeley, California. You are so right. Our music was real music with real instruments. It was such a colorful and amazing time to be alive and to be a kid. Cheers, my friend!
Peter Wood (1950 -1993) - pianist and co writer of this song
Oh, very sad.
He kind of looks like Patrick Moraz
Too young he was soo talented. 😢❤😊❤😢
Thanks respect
Awww! That’s awful! He was great!
tears..I cant believe we are this old..😮😢😢😢
Yep..We are this old.... and I am sure that we oldies are all very grateful to have grown up in the 1970's. We DID NOT KNOW We ever had it so good.... Who could know how special the 60-80's would be? Very special era. I feel sorry for today's youth. They will never know.
At least we have TONS of company! 😊
Me either... I really feel sorry for young people...they have no idea how special times were back then
happy tears, right!? I'm GLAD as shit to be old. NOT dead.
Best is these songs just keep getting better
Ce saxophone ! ❤🎉😊 RIP ALBERT VASSEUR ! T étais pas un mauvais gars ! 😢
I loved the 70’s. So many wonderful memories. I’d love to go back and live it all over again. ❤️
If only
Me too!
Don't forget Carl Douglas! lol@@jazzcat8087
@@jazzcat8087 I'm biased, having lived out my teens in the 70's, but I can't disagree with anything you've said.
Me too
This song has a timeless beauty that can't be duplicated. By far his best song.
And On the Border.
Disagree, Carol is my favorite
Once an orange allways an orange!
The apple had a solid core.
I won't disagree, but Roads To Moscow is epic.
A time machine to a period when great musicianship could still get you to the top of the charts.
There is a modern day version - year of the cat from Daryls place.
Who are the great pop / rock music instrumental virtuoso's of today? Answer: there are none.
You make a true and poignant point, but I'd say great musicianship AND great songwriting.
@@Long_Tail_of_Finance In terms of contemporary chart-toppers, I'd say Silk Sonic displays some impressive old-school songwriting and musicianship. I'd also give Beyonce, Kady Gaga, and Lana del Ray props for some of their work.
There really is nothing like this today. They are playing live, no auto tune, no pretending to play. Modern pop music isn't about performers with talent ( with some exceptions, lady Gaga is truly talented). In a couple of years it will be all AI and you won't know that from the crap they are producing today.
The piano riff at the beginning is mesmerizing . . and the lyrics are as good as it gets! "On a morning from a Bogart movie . . in a country where they turned back time . . you go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre . . contemplating a crime." That is perfection!!
And to start with As time goes by on the piano from the Bogart classic Casablanca....simply wonderful.
@@ronaldtant3196 yes indeed!!
As time goes by, was in the intro!😊
@@ronaldtant3196i replied without reading anything 😅
these are right up there with best intro lyrics of any song..
I think I haven’t heard this song for twenty years or so- it made me cry with all the oh so happy and sad memories when I lived in Scotland and was in love with so many. Listening to it in 2023 and it creates the same emotions as in 1977.
❤❤❤❤
There are moments when everything comes together perfectly, this one of those moments.
One of the all time great tunes. Catchy lyrics, great sax fills, nice hook and memorable leads. Just a great song.
No one has mentioned that Al’s vocals are perfectly suited for this song. I like to think of what vocalist could pull this off other than Stewart. No one. It’s his song and his alone. Great stuff.
Some songs just can't be covered by anyone...
This song is a timeless classic that's a pretty complicated arrangement based on chord and time changes that are simplicity itself. I know this song was Number 1 for a long time in 1976 and it still outshines most of it's contemporaries. Great video here that shows what a fantastic musician Al Stewart is.
Sorry to tell you but this song never hit number one, it peaked at 8 in US & 31 in the UK.
Your so so very right this song is great and the arrangement is fantastic
I agree this song has amazing chords arrangements, as I am learning to play it on the piano.
Barely made the top 10.
Man... What is this?? What is going on???? This one song is ART!!! There should be a way to frame this song and put side by side with the greatest paints in history!! One of those few songs I can listen 10 times and still get fucking mesmerized in each single one of them!!! Oh boy... So heartwarming!
Yes, and electronically fade out the idiotic clappers.
Great comment! I totally agree.
One of the best guitar solos ever written (x2) and the sax too!
This performance is top notch... good lord!
I love this song real good...but one of the best guitar solos? Come on. Simple and elegant yes but not even in the top 1000. Especially from that era. Mint song though!
It gives me chills every time I hear it 😁
@@peterhrkal8165 I agree
You are absolutely right!!!!!
You can thank the producer - Alan Parsons - for the sax solo. In an '80's interview he said that he knew that Al wasn't going to make it big as a Scottish folk singer so he suggested putting a sax on his music. Al said that he never really heard a sax on his music but kind of went along with the idea. So Alan got a hold of a friend of his - Phil Kenzie - and the rest is history!
the 70s were the best years of my life even though i lost a beautiful girl i was married to
When I was growing up in the 70s just didn’t realize just how good the bands and music was but I certainly do now, with age comes wisdom.
Undoubtedly the greatest song ever played with extraordinary quality, Don't you think?.
I do!
Absolutely!! It's like the best song ever written. I'll never get tired of it. I loved it then and I love ❤️ it now.
YES!!!
Absolutely real music real musicians .
whatever you’re smoking I’ll try some…
One of the best songs of the 70s, great memories of hearing this on the radio when I was young. What an era for music that was!
I listened to this while riding to see my girlfriend at St Simons Georgia
Why is it that no musical artist today can come within 100 miles of music like this?
No education - all virtual
They don't know how... Vincent!!
Saw him play this past October. Still playing and doing it well.
They all look so happy ! The seventies effect no doubt , great times, great music . Ahh yes , so fortunate to have lived through the 70's .
A truth soothsayer leading us along on the journeys. The piano introduction at beginning & throughout is so beautiful, love the Sax too. Thanks for making music to help us through our life & to remember what we were doing when first hearing. Sweet memories to treasure, forever…♥️
Saw Al at Cambridge Folk Festival ?93. Lovely surprise to see this little gem on opening my phone this morning. Have a great day everyone!
Never get tired of watching this song being performed live Bravo Al Stewart over and over
Yes, indeed factual 😂
This performance is from 1978. That's why it sounds so good. 😊
78 was when I turned 21,this was like a religion this song,,he talks about his girl who is god through the whole song he worships her indirectly.
Personally I think the instrumentation was done better in other videos that he made of this song
1978 was a great year. So many good memories, including this song.
Listening and seen stuff like this convinces me we were privileged
Al Stewart: a philosopher- historian who put it all in lyrics... More than "multi-talented". .. Profound. ❤
If I only could bottle the feeling that you get when music like this takes you back in time in your head, heart and soul I'd be a billionaire.
Just wonderful, fantastic this and all of the other live versions on here of this song!
On top of that, you'd possess the real wealth of bottled heart and soul feelings!
I'd buy a bottle or two.
You only need to find the right music, then play it at the right time
I just listened to this song for the first time about 2 days ago, I was completely taken aback by it because it was so unique. Al Stewart’s lead guitarist is amazing.
Al owes a big debt of thanks to Alan Parsons for creating the sound that turned him from a Scottish folk singer to a progressive rock/pop artist. Alan knew that he was never going to make it big as a Scottish folk singer so he suggested changes and additions, such as the sax solo, that would allow this song and others of his to make it to radio stations' playlists. Al sort of went along with Alan's suggestions and the rest is musical history!
Yet Al Stewart is a folk singer at heart, and gradually got tired of touring with a band. Still, don't forget "Song On The Radio" and "Time Passages". Both fantastic collaborations between Stewart and Parsons;
Interesting, thank you
Had no idea that Al was Scottish, thank you for the background 😊
@@KittyGrizGriz No problem! :)
I love you Al and I hope to meet you some day. I am Francis Kornbacher and I live in Bakersfield, California, but i am originally from Caracas-Venezuela. I was a little girl when I heard the "Year of the Cat" and I felt in love with this song ever since then. I am 52 years old and this song bring tears of joy to my eyes. love you Al forever and ever.
Hermoso
San Bernardino.....
This song was my teenage years well 15,16,17, 1979/1980/1981 so many fond memories and times..
It's amusing to me that I loved this song upon its release, and "Casablanca" is my favorite film.
Here's lookin' at you, kid. 😉
One of the songs that stayed in my heart forever. ❤ I'm from 1983, and since I was a child, I felt in love with this song.
I am from 1973, and I also have always been in love ever since.
Same here Jacqueline. 😊❤️
@@racerx1189 😊
1968 here...and a bona-fide saxplayer for decades 🎷and this song is one of my fave sax songs to play....so beautiful!!!
The truly great songs of the Past. Have one thing in common. Real Musicians who could actually play their instruments with great precision and deep feeling that was conveyed in the songs. Al Stewart definitely assembled an awesome ensemble here. Each Musician adds something to this particular song that makes this a true classic.
Brings back memories of my youth.... good 👍 times.
My late wife, who was born in 63, missed the mid to late 70s "Uni Scene" so never got to see bands like Eagles, Santana, Journey, Fleetwood Mac, Genesis in their heyday, but caught up with them later in her life due to my musical influence on her. But by far her favourite was Al Stewart and 2 out of the last 3 gigs she went to before she passed away this year were his gigs in Liverpool & Manchester (sandwiched in between were Eagles at Anfield). Great memories of her .. thanks Al.
I love this song. When it wraps up you feel like you've been on a mystical journey across time and space.
On a morning from a Bogart movie, in a country where they turned back time....
This song always takes me back to 1977. I'd walk home for lunch during 9th grade and turn on the stero and hear this song. Made the rest of the day a breeze. Best days.
Timeless tune transports you to a time and place!!
Phil Kensey blowing it out on the Sax!!
Kenzie. 🙂
I really miss the GOOD MUSIC. I don't care how old I am, I know better stuff when I hear it. I LOVE the piano!!!
A Splendid Memorable Classic Indeed...Alongside Time Passages...
A great introduction. It does great justice to the piano riff.
Magnifica música y letra, es la música de nuestra juventud en Uruguay, you are de best Al Stuart!!!!
When this song came out i was a hood fitter at ford motor company..we had just went through new model change..we were building cougars and LTD II,s. I can still see that new cougar when i hear this song..those were great times for me..
i was 16yrs young when this song was released in 1976... life was sooo simple.. i miss my 70s 😪
Thank you my famous utube, you are so amazing, for the great work..to the whole World. God bless you. I never get tired of the music, this is also getting famous in my lists of songs.
Was für eine musikalische Meisterleistung. Ein Song für die Ewigkeit 👍
Oh, man. How I love these old songs. Brings back such great memories of growing up in the 70s. Times were so different then. Had such a blast with my siblings and friends.
Great song from a great decade..long live the past and 70s
WOW!. Best live version of this all time favorite. The additional sax and lead guitar at the end are masterful.
how many times have you heard a mix this good? you can hear every strum of his guitar...each instrument...without effort
The 70s music will put you on another planet that no one will understand unless you have a love of the 70s music. You don't need drugs or alcohol to appreciate the best music ever. God....take me back to the 70s and leave me there....I'll be just fine.
Why does music really inspire, because it touches you, and it is the international language. You can hear a song in a foreign language, but you know the words, because of the music in the background.
Can I join you?
Formidable interprétation de ce qui est pour moi un monument méconnu de la musique des années 70. Al Stewart est un auteur plein de sensibilité et je ne me lasse pas d'écouter ce morceau magique qui a en enchanté une partie de ma jeunesse. Mon dieu, que la musique et la vie étaient belles à cette époque là !
Guitar to sax to infinity.... gorgeous music! Al Stewart always seemed down to earth and remarkably thoughtful in his music!
Gorgeous? WTF. Cars & chicks are Gorgeous, not music.
@@banditdarval9401Yes, this music is gorgeous. It conjures the whole story of the song, in your mind, as you listen to it. ❤🤗🌹
Brings back the good times. We had problems back then but we had the best groups, singers song writers ever! Wish I could go back and stay there.
This song gives me goosebumps every single time, it's so damn smooooooth!!!
great song really takes u back to the 70s and lobster tickets
Doing that song live so good is PURE talent ❤
And lots of practise.........
I bought this album in high school and listened for hours on end, so smooth and serene. Helped me cope with all the stress of daily life.
A great album! I listen to it sometimes to sleep. Very soothing. Such a talented song writer. Love him!😊
The beautiful musicians and the atmosphere around the space. One of the best days on the planet Earth.
The songs today ..what can I say..nothing comes close to this and other great 70s song's. Long live the past..
Wonderful to come across this fabulous song from Al Stewart.
Ah, the seventies.
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The year I graduated high school. What a beautiful song and time. I remember it well.
December 21, 2020 and this song is still so strong and amazing. Great composition of this version.
2021 I couldn't sleep and I thought of Time passages so I ended up listening to Time passages and also Year of the cat 🐈
Most beautiful intro in history
& so cat
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I’ve watched that 119 times🩷🩷🩷🩷
Brings back my high school years! I never get tired of hearing this song......never! 😊
Finished High School and this song, what a time, what memories. Preparing for Uni.
The saxophone was a staple in the late 70's and 80's... I can't remember the last big hit song with a saxophone?
On our annual golf trip, we have to hear this on Sunday morning just to make everything right in the world.
Love the piano and sax!
Al and Gerry Rafferty were my favourite singers.Thanks TH-cam for reviving legends.
Thank you to all the channels that take me back to my youth. In my 60’s now but it seems like yesterday.
I saw him play on a riverboat cruise in New Orleans in the mid 80”s. Back in the day I was way into prog rock to appreciate him. Now, these songs I scoffed at bring back the best memories I have.
Ran out and bought the album the same day I heard this song. Brings back memories of my high school days!
My cat's favorite song! 🐈⬛
We need these songs. So much to learn from them.
One fantastic video
I remember when this song came out, I was in high school. Wonderful lyrics, beautiful music! Never seen it live, awesome!
That pianist showed what I always believed...that this song is secretly a jazz song. I've always loved this song, it reminds me of a happier time.
45 years ago……..a timeless classic in 2023
My daughter who is 28 now used to when she was little to find and count all the cats on the album cover, yes she liked the song too!!!
The song is 🎉timeless eventually will resound in the Universe left by humankind.
I just realize right now that I remember every single note of this beautiful song with this also beautiful dialog between guitar and sax.
Some of my best memories come from that era. I’m thankful.
1961 - Ft. Lauderdale - I have loved this song for so many years and just heard this live version! How beautiful and the instruments just flow "like a watercolor in the rain..." Amazing and Beautiful.....much more intelligent than today's music. Not a vulgar word and it leaves you feeling happy!
Old Grey Whistle Test, was the Best.
I agree, a fantastic program
I never get tired of watching this video or the song.
I just saw him last night at the Keswick Theater in Glenside, PA. He still can put on a great show.
Who can withstand it!? YOU almost wanna tell someone while it's playing! Such a beautiful song!! I feel all that! I love the way I feel when I listen to it 😊☺️🤗👋🏾👋🏾
I miss those years , great music like this one.
Timeless….One of the Greatest Songs Ever…
Ein so schöner Song,...zum Träumen ...
My all-time favorite song, first time I've heard it LIVE! Never get tired of this one. I like to play it in a loop.♥
I was stationed in Berlin in 1977 - a member of the U.S. Army Field Station Berlin - and this song was played over and over on the Armed Forces radio - and the Germans in their night clubs...very popular song in America and Europe.