Wow...a lot of 1959s on this post, me included. I'm just struck by how good the vocals were by these talented musicians...spot on and just beautiful. Well done, Ambrosia...and great name choice too.
Best music ever.. and not just because it's what I grew up with.. many are still around and 'kids' are getting into it. Ambrosia was a great band along with so many others.. talented musicians and composers with a message (maybe had something to do with coming out of the war).
Me three! We had so much variety..rock, southern rock, hard Rock, folk, r&b, disco..Great outfits too. I am 62..married 35 years and I put on this music and I am back at boarding school listening to my little radio!! My old bones may not move anymore but my memories are priceless!!
I'd go back to the 70's in a blink of an eye! Unless you lived it, you can't understand it! I know so many bands are great and they do a great job taking us back, but I sure miss those actual days! They were the so full of great rock and the best times ever!! Thanks for taking us back!! God Bless and stay safe
I agree. My first 3 concerts… Jethro Tull Thick as a brick tour 72 Black Sabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath tour & Deep Purple Burn tour with then unknown singer David Coverdale in 74. No backing tracks no auto tune no lypsyncing. As a musician myself couldn’t beat the 70s….except disco lol.
Concerts were so much fun back then. 10 dollar ticket. A 10 dollar ounce of weed in your sock. T- shirts were 10 dollars and the experence was priceless.
10 bucks an ounce. You were getting a good deal. 15 bucks an ounce in St. Louis in the mid 1970s. I recall when a friend stopped by with some Colombian, 35 bucks an ounce! we were shocked at the price. My first time smoking that stuff and I wasn't disappointed! All I could do afterwards was... LOL!, LOL! I swore-off that Mexican smoke and started saving my money. One of my best memories as a teenager in the 1970s was... 20th row, center section floor. Led Zeppelin, cost, $8.50 Those were the days!
I was 17 in 1976, Now I'll be 65 in a couple of weeks and I was just approved for Medicare and Social Security. This song reminds me of being 17 again and being with my girlfriend at the time. After High School we lost touch and I've never seen her since, but I still think of her now and then... I keep holding on to yesterday with a tear in my eye and a smile on my face...........
Grew up listening to this group in the 70’s and like most took this music for granted. Only in my 60’s do I realize that this was the best decade of music.
No wonder larry why they took you off bewitched,yeah no doubt 60’s had great music but so does 50’s 70’s 80’s 90’s as well as 2000’s you would be surprised if you started really tuning into these other decades and genre you might be interested in listening like i have!!! Try listening to a guy named Jelly roll he has put out some awesome songs recently you really would enjoy listening to his music if you gave him a chance!!
This live performance shows that Ambrosia was not just a studio band. The vocals are just outstanding, along with the music. My older sister bought this album (and many others), and introduced me and my younger siblings to some of the best music every written. Ambrosia was so underrated. Bravo! Bravo!
I'm 62 and I still listen to Ambrosia often. I think of all the young men in the 70s who could write such romantic songs, play an instrument well, sing and harmonize so beautifully in an era when our gen of music was seen by the older generation as rebellious and not a real job, with no future. How grateful I am that these gorgeous guys followed their passion and gave the rest of us a plethora of musical medicine to enjoy for life.
Very Well Said and I’m thoroughly enjoying them too; it’s fun to go back and reminisce! Love the long hair~sideburns and clothes too, sexy talented men whew! 👌♥️
Mozart and Beethoven… 🙄 How the f did Boomers become sillier than our parents. Remember they knew that all this Rock and Roll was crap. This brings back the good feelings of your youth. You can almost feel the cool, until that pain in your back starts up. PS. Great music! Great times!
I hope you held onto him. Because I let the girl of my dreams slip away in the early 90s and have regretted it ever since. Thankfully I found someone who I love and who loves me and gave me two of the greatest children in the world. Sometimes I let my failures bring me down and then I realize what a lucky man I've been
OMG, I haven't heard this song in ages, and what a beautiful song it is. Back in the day, I didn't give Ambrosia enough credit, but now I see I was wrong. So talented. The older I get, the more nostalgic I become. I miss those days.
Today is 7/14/23. This is my favorite Ambrosia song since I was 16 back in 75-76. Gives me chills every time I hear it. Happy Birthday tomorrow David. Hope all is well for you @x0539p.
Hippie child in Sarasota. Had the hair, clothes, bells, salty air riding my bike with hands stretched out to my side not caring about much listening to my 45s and loving life. It was so simple but oh so good. Take me back.
Will always be one of my very favorites. How lucky are we who grew up before auto tune and how commercialized music has become.. this is the real deal here.. takes me back to when I knew love.. 😢🖤💔
This song is absolutely beautiful 😍. I'm still listening to this in the year of 2023. It takes me back to Yesterday. I keep holding on to Yesterday. Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful 😍 🤩
@Karen Reardon I love pretty much everything Ambrosia wrote and performed. This song is one of my favorites. But I'm a huge fan of Life Beyond L.A. as well. David Pack just had that voice back in the day. But his ballads are great, and the more uptempo rockers are great too. Plus, David did that soulful ballad rendition of "Maria" from the West Side Story tribute to Leonard Bernstein album, with James Ingram and Michael McDonald. David put that tribute together. Sadly I lost my copy of the CD. Once or twice. I saw Ambrosia live a few years back, and went backstage to meet David Pack. Thanked him for all the great songs. With Ambrosia and without. He was pretty nice, very low key. (The band called David "Mr. Blue Eyed Soul" himself.)
This song is the story of my life. We were kids and I guess we didn't appreciate everything about the 70's bc we were too young to realize how fast time speeds by. Like warp speed on the Enterprise.Truly they were days of magic.
You must have one of those new newfangled quadraphonic hearing aids, Did you mail order from the Sears Roebuck catalog cause I need to pick me up one I just turned 64
Actually, the guy that sings David's songs in the current Ambrosia group is fantastic. We just saw them in January, 2023. He sounds just like the recorded versions of the songs. His name is Kipp Lennon. There are still several original members of the group, including Joe Puerta. Go see them if you have the chance. You won't be sorry.
@@pocopico7409 Yes Kipp is extremely talented and he brings a lot of energy to the group. Burleigh was not in Ruidoso when I saw them but I did see the remaining three in Valencia last year. They are amazing!
@@pocopico7409 Really, Kip Lennon? Brother of the Lennon sisters on the Lawrence Welk show. Saw a YT clip of him singing with Steely Dan and he sounded fantastic! That's the reason the name rang a bell.
Took Ambrosia's first album along on a road trip this month. Just a great record. This live version of Holding on to Yesterday from that album shows that the band's musical chops and especially their vocal blending and skill were not studio trickery but real and repeatable on stage. Truly they were underrated.
I was very early teens when this came out, and have loved this song ever since..., along with MANY others by them. Got to see them 17/18/19 years ago minus David Pack, and it was a great show. They came out after the show & did a little meet & greet with those of us who stuck around. VERY nice guys, and got to take several pics with them.
I'm almost 70 and I DO keep holding on to yesterday because of music like this. David, Joe, Burleigh, Christopher...thank you SO much. Your first album, the album this song came from, is still my favorite of all you've done.
I just listened to the studio version for the first time since this came out and saw this. I'm astounded at how well they pull this off live. The vocals are spot on.
Wow, it's been so long since I've heard this Song. "I keep holding on," are lasting Lyrics. Taking me back to 1976; I believe I was 15 then. What special memories. Thanks for this Song and taking me back. 🤗💜🎶🙋♀️
Not often that the lead guitarist is also the lead singer and he was playing the Hammond as well! I’ve loved this group and this song from the beginning.
Anything "haunting" would be a negative, to me.. I wouldn't call it eerie, either - Sounds like rock blues - with a very, very pretty melody.🎵 ~ One music-lovin', looong-time fan's opinion. 🎶 😊🎵
Man, what a privilege to see this black & white footage for the first time. Will never forget this song. Jr in High school, trippin' hanging out with some of my older sisters friends and someone pops this album on the ole Victrola and time stood still for me for i don't know how long. I was mesmerized Easy to understand if you grew up in that time. We had and still have The Best Bands and songs ever assembled here on Gods Green Earth. We are soooo lucky to have lived it because it will never happen again sadly
@@kaydee4296 Absolutely! What used to be Actual ... is now Virtual. Like, Almost music. Almost talented. Even now, Autonomous Intelligence (ai) does alot. I don't care for it very much.
I lived it and then some my brother....the 70's ruled...I've seen almost 700 concerts and it all started in 1971 with Emerson Lake and Palmer in Dayton Ohio at the Hara Arena...I was 11 years old and with a friend and his 16 year old brother and his friend who drove. We smoked weed and drank beer and when I left that amazing show I thought every rock band on earth would deliver the same mind blowing sound. Most didn't equal them on that night so long ago but a whole lot have. Beatles, Zepp, Floyd, Stones, Clapton, Eagles, Chicago, The Who, Yes, Sabbath, CSNY I've seen them all LONG LIVE ROCK.....BE IT DEAD OR ALIVE!
I close my eyes as I listen to this song....and I'm transported back in time to my first love... I am lost again in the feeling.... back to a happier time... When life was so much kinder, sweeter, simpler. Well, it was purely magical back then...Let me tell you... and our love was real. What happened... I'm transported back to better days.
This song and Ambrosia's performance of it is as beautiful as it ever was. But as I get older it gains more and more resonance. Eventually it will crush me.
THIS was one of my favorite songs back then when it first came out. It’s STILL one of my all-time favorite songs! “Holdin’ On To Yesterday” is a TIMELESS MASTERPIECE. And David Pack, one of the greatest vocalists of the 20th Century.
I was six when this song came out and I just could listen to over and my favorite song of this group I came across it in the last couple months I could listen to it over it’s such a good jam awesome tune
I saw these guys open up for Supertramp on their crime of the century tour ambrosia played their entire debut album it was one of the best shows I've ever seen I'm very proud to be able to say that yes I did see that it was awesome
All of my childhood friends are gone now. My beloved husband and my first born child have both gone on to better places. Grandparents, cousins, uncle's and aunt's alike trickled one by one till their were none. Mama's 85 now and as i sit here beside her and watch her breath i savor the moment and thsnk God she's finally free. Thank you mama for loving me.
Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous. We used to slow dance to this outstanding beautiful song at parties and at Prom in high school in the late 70s. How lucky we were.
THANK YOU LORD MY GOD FOR PLACING ME IN THIS TIME I KNOW YOU PUT US IN CERTAIN TIMES FOR REASONS I COULDN'T HAVE LIVED WITHOUT THE MUSIC 🎶🎶 IT WAS SUCH A BLESSING TO EXPERIENCE, SAD TOO I LOST MY GRAND MOTHER IN THIS YEAR SHE IS WITH YOU PRAYING FOR HER WRETCHED GRAND SON THAT LOVED HER SOO MUCH LOVE YOU GRAND MA WE WILL ALL BE TOGETHER ONE DAY ❤️🙏🙏🙏
Ambrosia is unequalled in their execution and uniqueness of the many mega hits they had.They were able to capture emotion and turn it into music! No doubt we will always be in amazement of the Gravity of their enduring accomplishments in the realm of our collective musical conciousness!
Heard this today but had no idea it was ambrosia. TH-cam it and all the memories of being so young came back. The song has an r&b feel to it I love. So wish today's music was like this. So many memories.
I agree, I keep holding on to yesterday, of the friends and family who have passed. This song is like going into a time machine when my brother, sister, Mom, Dad, cousins, Grandma and friends were still living and how I took that time with them for granted. Love and spend as much time with those you still have, don't take anything for granted.
I am so glad to be alive during this time period. I can remember as a little kid going up to the local garage (literally) band cranking this song and this 9 year old was in awe. David Pack, my god I wish I could have his vocals, one of the greatest in history.
Amazing songwriters in the 70s !! And I love this song cause there's still some yesterdays I still hang on too. Some good, some not so good but that's life .✌️
Wow, captured live on my 4TH BIRTHDAY and now it’s getting me through some hella tough heartbreak… ❤️🩹 🎶 Grateful for timeless masterpieces like this.
This was such a great and talented band. David was a music prodigy. I saw them once WAY back around this same time. They were a back up band for STYX. My buddy and I drove across the state to see these guys.
Absolutely love this old grainy video! Just as I remember being in a HS gymnasium on a Friday night listening to some band that would later go on to hit stardom
Parsons was a product if Apple studios he produced a Dark Side of the Moon but declined on the next Floyd album He took on Ambrosia who actually aspired to be a prog band
Ahhhhhhhhh yes, once again-------------the 70's live on & on, 4-Ever ! We'll never see a decade like the 70's, ever again. -Makes me sad to know that, but I'm so grateful I was there ! ----------MJL, 77 y/o
The seventies were the height of musical talent in vocals and musicianship and record labels for the most part allowed groups to produce amazing music. Hits were important of course and expected but just look at the huge number of hit songs from then that still hold up today.
I Keep Holding On to Yesterday was such a cool song I remember hearing it for the first time when I was 14 in 76 on the radio. If you got to grow up in the 50's through the 90's with all the golden classic cars, movies, music & concerts from the greatest era in pop culture, YOU were very blessed!
What a great band, they blend several different styles together to get something unique and accessible to everyone. A very talented band which really can't easily be categorized, that's what pulls me in to their sound. Ambrosia is a perfect name for them!
Who's jammin to this in 2024?? Love this song So much! Thank you Ambrosia & whoever uploaded this gem! 💎
I still like them till today, Maureen.
I am
Meeee!
Me!! Miss the 70's big time 😢
Just ran across this one, 18 APR 2024. Wild.
Wow...a lot of 1959s on this post, me included. I'm just struck by how good the vocals were by these talented musicians...spot on and just beautiful. Well done, Ambrosia...and great name choice too.
Just love Ambrosia!
@@JamesBond-ts3xl 59 rules
There will never be music like the 70's & 80's again. The best erra of time.
Didn't like the 80s much, but they were better than now in terms of music.
Add the 60s too it
Writers have no soul, these days. It's all ridiculous.
Best music ever.. and not just because it's what I grew up with.. many are still around and 'kids' are getting into it. Ambrosia was a great band along with so many others.. talented musicians and composers with a message (maybe had something to do with coming out of the war).
I was 15 in 1976 and yes the 70s was the best time for music 🎶
Me, too! We were so spoiled back then and didn't even realize it. Real talent, real musianship, and the hottest guys ever ❤❤❤
Me three! We had so much variety..rock, southern rock, hard Rock, folk, r&b, disco..Great outfits too. I am 62..married 35 years and I put on this music and I am back at boarding school listening to my little radio!! My old bones may not move anymore but my memories are priceless!!
70s and 80s for sure
one of the best times....60's were great too, etc.
DOB…5.22.61. The 70’s and 80’s had the BEST music ever! 👍🏼🩷
I'd go back to the 70's in a blink of an eye! Unless you lived it, you can't understand it! I know so many bands are great and they do a great job taking us back, but I sure miss those actual days! They were the so full of great rock and the best times ever!! Thanks for taking us back!!
God Bless and stay safe
Same. I wish time travel were possible
I agree, graduated High School in 75, Navy after that, I am in San Diego when this is performed in Dec of 1976. 70's was a good time.
Ditto, this took me right back there....
I agree. My first 3 concerts… Jethro Tull Thick as a brick tour 72 Black Sabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath tour & Deep Purple Burn tour with then unknown singer David Coverdale in 74. No backing tracks no auto tune no lypsyncing. As a musician myself couldn’t beat the 70s….except disco lol.
It’s like anything, if you haven’t lived it or had it you never know what you missed .
Concerts were so much fun back then. 10 dollar ticket. A 10 dollar ounce of weed in your sock. T- shirts were 10 dollars and the experence was priceless.
Six pack of Miller HiLife $1.76❤ never forget it.
You took a whole ounce to a show? We usually found five or six joints sufficient!
@@beekay5914 the whole ounce. Everytime. We shared with everyone.
Amen
10 bucks an ounce. You were getting a good deal. 15 bucks an ounce in St. Louis in the mid 1970s. I recall when a friend stopped by with some Colombian, 35 bucks an ounce! we were shocked at the price. My first time smoking that stuff and I wasn't disappointed! All I could do afterwards was... LOL!, LOL!
I swore-off that Mexican smoke and started saving my money. One of my best memories as a teenager in the 1970s was... 20th row, center section floor. Led Zeppelin, cost, $8.50 Those were the days!
I was 17 in 1976, Now I'll be 65 in a couple of weeks and I was just approved for Medicare and Social Security.
This song reminds me of being 17 again and being with my girlfriend at the time. After High School we lost touch and I've never seen her since, but I still think of her now and then... I keep holding on to yesterday with a tear in my eye and a smile on my face...........
im right there with you brother.. ..good times back then!!!
Me too 17 in 1976
Maybe you should look her up.. She may be single...
@@sylviacarlson3561
Thanks for the idea, but...
Probably better to leave things such as I remember her and myself...
Ditto 😊
Grew up listening to this group in the 70’s and like most took this music for granted. Only in my 60’s do I realize that this was the best decade of music.
Ditto
When music was real
No wonder larry why they took you off bewitched,yeah no doubt 60’s had great music but so does 50’s 70’s 80’s 90’s as well as 2000’s you would be surprised if you started really tuning into these other decades and genre you might be interested in listening like i have!!! Try listening to a guy named Jelly roll he has put out some awesome songs recently you really would enjoy listening to his music if you gave him a chance!!
I'm right there with you. We grew up in the absolute best years ever, especially in music. ❤
I’m 64. And can promise you that it never happened with me
This live performance shows that Ambrosia was not just a studio band. The vocals are just outstanding, along with the music. My older sister bought this album (and many others), and introduced me and my younger siblings to some of the best music every written. Ambrosia was so underrated. Bravo! Bravo!
I'm 62 and I still listen to Ambrosia often. I think of all the young men in the 70s who could write such romantic songs, play an instrument well, sing and harmonize so beautifully in an era when our gen of music was seen by the older generation as rebellious and not a real job, with no future. How grateful I am that these gorgeous guys followed their passion and gave the rest of us a plethora of musical medicine to enjoy for life.
Very Well Said and I’m thoroughly enjoying them too; it’s fun to go back and reminisce! Love the long hair~sideburns and clothes too, sexy talented men whew! 👌♥️
Isn't this the greatest thing of a groove from our beloved '70s? Peace and mercy....
What creative music nothing like it I’m 70 and I miss those times and music 🎉
@@RonBroste right on!😂
Girl you said it perfectly!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE Ambrosia!
Bands like this don't EXIST today. Sad.
True.. but you still can see ambrosia in concert. 😊
Mozart and Beethoven… 🙄 How the f did Boomers become sillier than our parents. Remember they knew that all this Rock and Roll was crap. This brings back the good feelings of your youth. You can almost feel the cool, until that pain in your back starts up.
PS. Great music! Great times!
70s was the best. Can't make music like this today
I am 76. This group was one I loved. And the man I loved then was the love of my life. ❤
I hope you held onto him. Because I let the girl of my dreams slip away in the early 90s and have regretted it ever since. Thankfully I found someone who I love and who loves me and gave me two of the greatest children in the world. Sometimes I let my failures bring me down and then I realize what a lucky man I've been
OMG, I haven't heard this song in ages, and what a beautiful song it is. Back in the day, I didn't give Ambrosia enough credit, but now I see I was wrong. So talented. The older I get, the more nostalgic I become. I miss those days.
Me too , haven’t heard this great song in a while and this superb live performance.
My favorite song!
What a talent in the 70's bands
I was jus thinking the same thing
Today is July 15/22 and it is David Pack’s 70th birthday. Happy Birthday David, thanks for the great music of my youth in the 70’s snd 80’s.
Today is 7/14/23. This is my favorite Ambrosia song since I was 16 back in 75-76. Gives me chills every time I hear it. Happy Birthday tomorrow David. Hope all is well for you @x0539p.
The 70's was the best take me back ❤
Hippie child in Sarasota. Had the hair, clothes, bells, salty air riding my bike with hands stretched out to my side not caring about much listening to my 45s and loving life. It was so simple but oh so good. Take me back.
I was up in St.Pete beach doing the same.
I was living in Sarasota as well, lido beach partying in the parking lot. Sure do miss it.
Will always be one of my very favorites. How lucky are we who grew up before auto tune and how commercialized music has become.. this is the real deal here.. takes me back to when I knew love.. 😢🖤💔
This song is absolutely beautiful 😍. I'm still listening to this in the year of 2023. It takes me back to Yesterday. I keep holding on to Yesterday. Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful 😍 🤩
Just my opinion, this has got to be their very best song! Can't stop listening to it.
I have listened to Ambrosia from the beginning. I have always felt their first album, (which includes this song) was their best!
Karen, just my opinion, even though I love this song and always have, I think their best song is "How Much I Feel.' I love to sing it at Karaoke.
It is on the under
@Karen Reardon
I love pretty much everything Ambrosia wrote and performed.
This song is one of my favorites.
But I'm a huge fan of Life Beyond L.A. as well.
David Pack just had that voice back in the day.
But his ballads are great, and the more uptempo rockers are great too.
Plus, David did that soulful ballad rendition of "Maria" from the West Side Story tribute to Leonard Bernstein album, with James Ingram and Michael McDonald.
David put that tribute together.
Sadly I lost my copy of the CD.
Once or twice.
I saw Ambrosia live a few years back, and went backstage to meet David Pack.
Thanked him for all the great songs.
With Ambrosia and without.
He was pretty nice, very low key.
(The band called David "Mr. Blue Eyed Soul" himself.)
Agreed!
This song is the story of my life. We were kids and I guess we didn't appreciate everything about the 70's bc we were too young to realize how fast time speeds by. Like warp speed on the Enterprise.Truly they were days of magic.
One of my favorites !! I am 64 and this STILL SOUNDS GREAT !!
You must have one of those new newfangled quadraphonic hearing aids, Did you mail order from the Sears Roebuck catalog cause I need to pick me up one I just turned 64
Hi Kevin! It's not about our age. It's about how happy it makes us, and the memories it brings back to us! ENJOY AND SMILE! ❤
@@suzannprice4440 hi sue what price
Popular music’s best era by far. We were totally oblivious to how great it was. Actual musicians
Miss the 70s music, hair clothes, friends, it was a great time!
YES 👍. WISH WE COULD GO BACK...
I was in my early 20`s in the 70s must the fun times and all the great live music
Yes when people were cool and friendly and knew how to have simple great fun
So agree. A good time to grow up in the 70s
@@deborahfrasier1221 Ha! I look back now and chuckle at the clothing! We were having fun, though.
There is nothing today that comes close to being this Cool and Groovy.
No one has ever been able to replace David Pack in this group! What a talent!
Actually, the guy that sings David's songs in the current Ambrosia group is fantastic. We just saw them in January, 2023. He sounds just like the recorded versions of the songs. His name is Kipp Lennon. There are still several original members of the group, including Joe Puerta. Go see them if you have the chance. You won't be sorry.
@@pocopico7409 Yes Kipp is extremely talented and he brings a lot of energy to the group. Burleigh was not in Ruidoso when I saw them but I did see the remaining three in Valencia last year. They are amazing!
@@pocopico7409 Saw them last night in AZ, Kipp is the brother of the Lemmon sisters lol. Did a great job. We totally enjoyed the show !
Just saw them in Uniontown, pa in April. They were good, but you really missed Pack.
@@pocopico7409 Really, Kip Lennon? Brother of the Lennon sisters on the Lawrence Welk show. Saw a YT clip of him singing with Steely Dan and he sounded fantastic! That's the reason the name rang a bell.
David Pack and this song were born for each other. Nobody can do it like him.
Has anyone else ever done a cover of this? I've never heard one.
Took Ambrosia's first album along on a road trip this month. Just a great record. This live version of Holding on to Yesterday from that album shows that the band's musical chops and especially their vocal blending and skill were not studio trickery but real and repeatable on stage. Truly they were underrated.
Exactly. Real talent with zero interference from technology you see today.
Ditto- they’re fabulous!
So moving and has always touched my heart … Ambrosia way underrated… vocals similar to Little River Band!😍
Overrated, {underrated} comment strikes again … 😛
I'm so totally hooked on this song and video. David Pack's voice is infectiously superb.
With you 100 percent
The harmony is unreal!
I was very early teens when this came out, and have loved this song ever since..., along with MANY others by them. Got to see them 17/18/19 years ago minus David Pack, and it was a great show. They came out after the show & did a little meet & greet with those of us who stuck around. VERY nice guys, and got to take several pics with them.
Superb vocals
I've been holding on to yesterday for almost 50 years now..........never gonna let go of yesterday and the 70s the days of my youth.
Great philosophy 😎
Saw Ambrosia with my mom at the Hollywood Bowl in the 70's around the time they released this album...mom's gone...but the memories live on...
Cool MOM!! GREAT TIME, I'll bet! 😊
I'm almost 70 and I DO keep holding on to yesterday because of music like this. David, Joe, Burleigh, Christopher...thank you SO much. Your first album, the album this song came from, is still my favorite of all you've done.
This song works the heart of anyone who has truly been in love
I was a boy who loved this song. After all this time I hear it again and It means even more now.😊
Great song! Thank you. The performers today can't write music like this.
I'm 70 years old and I remember when they came out. A very great band! Great music 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵
My ex husband passed away but this was our song.
🙏❤️
I just listened to the studio version for the first time since this came out and saw this. I'm astounded at how well they pull this off live. The vocals are spot on.
No auto tune either. The bands really had to bring it back then or they didn’t last long.
It is called talent. Something that is forgotten today.
I seen saw them in Kent State auditorium in like 75 or 76 and I was born in 62 ? They opened for Santana ! It was a great show!
As Sal said, "one of the most under rated bands of all time" BEST HARMONY EVER. I never get tired of this song...not EVER!!!!
Wow, it's been so long since I've heard this Song. "I keep holding on," are lasting Lyrics. Taking me back to 1976; I believe I was 15 then. What special memories. Thanks for this Song and taking me back. 🤗💜🎶🙋♀️
I was 15 then❤❤❤❤
That's some hellacious guitar playing. I don't care who you are. Fabulous.
Not often that the lead guitarist is also the lead singer and he was playing the Hammond as well! I’ve loved this group and this song from the beginning.
Definition of a haunting melody.
Absolutely Love this song!
Especially this version
Anything "haunting" would be a negative, to me.. I wouldn't call it eerie, either - Sounds like rock blues - with a very, very pretty melody.🎵
~ One music-lovin', looong-time fan's opinion. 🎶 😊🎵
i sure miss the good old days
Man, what a privilege to see this black & white footage for the first time. Will never forget this song. Jr in High school, trippin' hanging out with some of my older sisters friends and someone pops this album on the ole Victrola and time stood still for me for i don't know how long. I was mesmerized Easy to understand if you grew up in that time. We had and still have The Best Bands and songs ever assembled here on Gods Green Earth. We are soooo lucky to have lived it because it will never happen again sadly
graduated in 1976, listening still in August 2024
Cheers Class of 1976!
This is a difficult song to perform live. I think they nailed it! Bravo👍
Agreed!
So many bands of the era were kickass on stage. Until studios went full retard with engineering everything including voices.
@@kaydee4296 Absolutely! What used to be Actual ... is now Virtual. Like, Almost music. Almost talented. Even now, Autonomous Intelligence (ai) does alot. I don't care for it very much.
This versions intro with keyboards is fire…
They are amazing! I wish I could take a trip to the 70s
Growing up and falling in love to this music was memorable. Still married to my one true love for 46 years now.
I lived it and then some my brother....the 70's ruled...I've seen almost 700 concerts and it all started in 1971 with Emerson Lake and Palmer in Dayton Ohio at the Hara Arena...I was 11 years old and with a friend and his 16 year old brother and his friend who drove. We smoked weed and drank beer and when I left that amazing show I thought every rock band on earth would deliver the same mind blowing sound. Most didn't equal them on that night so long ago but a whole lot have. Beatles, Zepp, Floyd, Stones, Clapton, Eagles, Chicago, The Who, Yes, Sabbath, CSNY
I've seen them all LONG LIVE ROCK.....BE IT DEAD OR ALIVE!
David Packs voice is truly amazing .......... No disappointments live !
There must be a healthy way to keep, or preserve him, A.I.
I’ve been enjoying their music for 40 years!
These years were the best in my life......with awesome music like this!!!!
We had no idea how good we had it.. sigh.
When you live it, you don't notice how great things were, until a look back from the future.
I close my eyes as I listen to this song....and I'm transported back in time to my first love... I am lost again in the feeling....
back to a happier time... When life was so much kinder, sweeter, simpler.
Well, it was purely magical back then...Let me tell you... and our love was real. What happened... I'm transported back to better days.
I know how feel. My first love still haunts me. He's passed away but I have not moved on
This song and Ambrosia's performance of it is as beautiful as it ever was. But as I get older it gains more and more resonance. Eventually it will crush me.
One of the most beautiful songs ever!
It is the Melody that I enjoy most, and I like how the band did it all. ( Coulda been longer. ) Hahahaha🎶
THIS was one of my favorite songs back then when it first came out. It’s STILL one of my all-time favorite songs! “Holdin’ On To Yesterday” is a TIMELESS MASTERPIECE. And David Pack, one of the greatest vocalists of the 20th Century.
Absolutely beautiful song!! Always loved singing this
Ambrosia 10cc so many bands during this time! Great song great band!
Glad to have this Great Classic Live Ambrosia song back on TH-cam from December 1976.
Absolutely ❤️
I was six when this song came out and I just could listen to over and my favorite song of this group I came across it in the last couple months I could listen to it over it’s such a good jam awesome tune
3 years out of high school and enjoying life. Listening to some of the greatest music
This was (very) early in the bands history!
...David must had been about 21, the youngest I believe of the band.
David & Joey's voices are amazing together. blending with, not out-singing each other.
Show me a boy band/girl group who can bring it like that today. In this instance, I will happily keep holdin' on to yesterday.
♫ Blue-Eyed SOUL for shore! :) Thanks for uploading! ♫
AMEN!
So true grew up in the 70s
I couldn't agree more!
@@sharonkutz8272 Hi there, born in 60, the 70's covered my entire teen years, no music today can come close!
I saw these guys open up for Supertramp on their crime of the century tour ambrosia played their entire debut album it was one of the best shows I've ever seen I'm very proud to be able to say that yes I did see that it was awesome
I'm a 80s kid man and my job plays this song from a playlist and I liked it ever since
I'll never tire hearing Pack's clear, soothing, soulful voice and guitar playing...
I regret never being able to see Ambrosia in concert.... :))
This is a really good live performance of this song. They had a nice sound. 💯👍🏻
All of my childhood friends are gone now. My beloved husband and my first born child have both gone on to better places. Grandparents, cousins, uncle's and aunt's alike trickled one by one till their were none. Mama's 85 now and as i sit here beside her and watch her breath i savor the moment and thsnk God she's finally free. Thank you mama for loving me.
@Andybetz.99 Hello to you too
Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous. We used to slow dance to this outstanding beautiful song at parties and at Prom in high school in the late 70s. How lucky we were.
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THANK YOU LORD MY GOD FOR PLACING ME IN THIS TIME I KNOW YOU PUT US IN CERTAIN TIMES FOR REASONS I COULDN'T HAVE LIVED WITHOUT THE MUSIC 🎶🎶 IT WAS SUCH A BLESSING TO EXPERIENCE, SAD TOO I LOST MY GRAND MOTHER IN THIS YEAR SHE IS WITH YOU PRAYING FOR HER WRETCHED GRAND SON THAT LOVED HER SOO MUCH LOVE YOU GRAND MA WE WILL ALL BE TOGETHER ONE DAY ❤️🙏🙏🙏
Ambrosia is unequalled in their execution and uniqueness of the many mega hits they had.They were able to capture emotion and turn it into music! No doubt we will always be in amazement of the Gravity of their enduring accomplishments in the realm of our collective musical conciousness!
Heard this today but had no idea it was ambrosia. TH-cam it and all the memories of being so young came back. The song has an r&b feel to it I love. So wish today's music was like this. So many memories.
The guitar solo has a BB King feel to it. I always like Ambrosia.
atlanta rhtyhm section so into you ..
I agree, I keep holding on to yesterday, of the friends and family who have passed. This song is like going into a time machine when my brother, sister, Mom, Dad, cousins, Grandma and friends were still living and how I took that time with them for granted. Love and spend as much time with those you still have, don't take anything for granted.
I am so glad to be alive during this time period. I can remember as a little kid going up to the local garage (literally) band cranking this song and this 9 year old was in awe. David Pack, my god I wish I could have his vocals, one of the greatest in history.
Just a little shy of 45 years later, the songs still hold up.
David Pack is one of the finest guitar players and has been grossly overlooked in that category.
So true ... how he didn't become a bigger household name is beyond me 😢❤😢
I'm listening in 2024 excellent song lots of memories❤❤❤
Luv this song...gosh I was 17 in 1976...
An amazing 🎸🎹masterpiece from my generation. They just don’t make them like this anymore. Thank you for this version that truly soothes my soul😇
love it so many great memories come back to my mind !!!
I'm with ya 100% Jamie Ashby. We'll just keep holdin on to our great music of yester years.
I agree. Awesome voice and gorgeous music. Definitely music from the past so much better than today. 🎶🎹
Great music!
Groovy outfits, amazing music, the best vocals and song❤
Love the black and white footage. They don't make em like that anymore. So cool.
Amazing songwriters in the 70s !! And I love this song cause there's still some yesterdays I still hang on too. Some good, some not so good but that's life .✌️
Wow, captured live on my 4TH BIRTHDAY and now it’s getting me through some hella tough heartbreak… ❤️🩹 🎶 Grateful for timeless masterpieces like this.
This was such a great and talented band. David was a music prodigy. I saw them once WAY back around this same time. They were a back up band for STYX. My buddy and I drove across the state to see these guys.
Concert road trip those were the best days !
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I keep holding on to yesterday but time still goes on this song is a memory Maker.😢
This is absolutely musical talent at it's best!!!
Absolutely love this old grainy video!
Just as I remember being in a HS gymnasium on a Friday night
listening to some band that would later go on to hit stardom
Such a great song. David Packs
voice was insane.
Nothing but real beautiful music 🎶 ❤❤❤ those 70’s as a teen was incredible, I think I went to 100 concerts
These dudes played on a couple Alan Parsons Project albums. Extremely talented!
As well as members of Pilot.
Alan Parsons produced and engineered a couple of albums for them to get them for Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Cool! APP is great too. They worked with Pink Floyd too.
Wow I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing that knowledge.
Parsons was a product if Apple studios he produced a Dark Side of the Moon but declined on the next Floyd album
He took on Ambrosia who actually aspired to be a prog band
I grew up with this great music, as a teenager, it was amazing.
Ahhhhhhhhh yes, once again-------------the 70's live on & on, 4-Ever ! We'll never see a decade like the 70's, ever again. -Makes me sad to know that, but I'm so grateful I was there ! ----------MJL, 77 y/o
Who all is feeling the change? There is no better magic than bands like this which actually told us the stories of love. Heartache.. innocence.. ☮️
The seventies were the height of musical talent in vocals and musicianship and record labels for the most part allowed groups to produce amazing music.
Hits were important of course and expected but just look at the huge number of hit songs from then that still hold up today.
Started in the 60’s, then 🚀!!
I Keep Holding On to Yesterday was such a cool song I remember hearing it for the first time when I was 14 in 76 on the radio. If you got to grow up in the 50's through the 90's with all the golden classic cars, movies, music & concerts from the greatest era in pop culture, YOU were very blessed!
What a great band, they blend several different styles together to get something unique and accessible to everyone. A very talented band which really can't easily be categorized, that's what pulls me in to their sound. Ambrosia is a perfect name for them!
Loved the song back in the day. Still do.
Extremely underrated. They deserve a better recognition
Sounds amazing ❤ Great song voices so good still ❤it and I'm 65 rock on
May be my favorite song of all time! Their voices are unbelievable
Mine too❣️