I played this song at my son's funeral 2 weeks ago. he died on his 21st birthday in a road accident. rip my son. u will be forever young. love u miss u.
My Father In-Law is in this Music Video. It was Australia's very first Skateboarding competition ever, sponsored by Coca-Cola, aired on ABC, and held in Sydney's Northern Suburbs in 1978, He was 14 years-old. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
If I remember correctly it was a commercial. This video and song got me reminiscing growing up in Southern California during the 70s and 80s ... Beyond amazing with good memories with the thought of I wish I could just do it all again. 🙏
@@danielavila5081 He is indeed! He just made a Skateboard for My Son and wrote Forever Young on the underside. He is the one in the thumbnail and appears in the video 3 times. Peace.
The sad part isn’t growing up, it’s the innocence that we lose through out the years. That’s what I miss the most; the days of innocence and ignorantly enjoying life without a worry. Make the most of your life guys, learn to love, communicate and have meaningful relationships. That’s what it’s all about
Mate hope you can live some days without the worrying because thats what Im liviing with, some days just not worth worrying about it. Fortunately people these days are the best to communicate, love and trust with everything going on, worse thing is the internet ont he phone capabilities of social media, pointless most of it, life goes on. Enjoy it, make a difference, be happy.
My husband spent many a day watching this clip before he died of cancer in February this year. We played it at his funeral. He was born and grew up on the Northern Beaches and his dad worked for Warringah Council and helped build this road. I’ve ordered the T Shirt just released for our son. The song makes me sad. It’s haunting but I love it.
I was raised in Qld and had the same experience. It's kinda eerie to watch as it's a snapshot of our youth that is long gone as the sunset of life is coming into view....
One of the guys in this video is a builder now and built part of my house, this song came on the radio while he was working and was telling us about this day of filming and thats what they all use to do back then, skate around get dirty and come home when the street lights turn on, those were the days...
@@tukicat1399 This has nothing to do with the Bob Dylan song of the same name. The original is by Alphaville. The Bob Dylan and the Alphaville songs just share the same name but are completely different.
Time felt so slow when I was little. From 1996 to 2006 was only 10 years but it seemed like 100 years to me. However from 2006 to 2016... time really flies, damn
I'm going into my final year of schooling and my parents are moving away to study while I remain where I live to stay at the same school. Life changes so drastically it's frightening
+ThatYKEE™ Live your life and be happy. Listen to your heart, that's what this song is about i think. "Do you really want to live forever?" Everything is so much more important and everything is so much more beautiful because we will die. We will grow up, and grow old and then we die. And it's a gift man not a curse, a precious gift, we can hold close to our hearts because we get to cherish our family and friends everyday who give meaning to our lives. And hold deep in our hearts the loved ones who have left us.
Growing up and growing old is no sorrow. I’ve known too many people, who’ve died very young, so to me growing older is a precious gift and I welcome every wrinkle and grey hair. Aging faces are beautiful to me and laughter lines even more so.
@Javier Murga Payo when I say things I never did as a child... its things that as an adult wouldn't be the same. Things that would only seem wild and exciting when you're young. It's just nostalgia.. like watching 1980s home movies.
This Skateboarding was held in the Winter of 1975 near the Coca Cola Factory at Rodborough Rd., Frenchs Forest on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. It captures perfectly the then more carefree and innocent era of 1975 .....when we were Young!
Yeah, carefree. the Americans had just gotten out of a war that cost millions of lives, which had soiled over into Cambodia and would later cause the Cambodian genocide. The Israelis and Arabs had almost brought the world to nuclear extinction. The cold war was still going in full force. The IRA was terrorising Irish streets. Such a carefree time
True. My two little brothers were killed aged 24 and 27. The older one would’ve been 50 today. He would’ve hated that. Forever young is the one good thing to come of it all. 😢
Grew up in Australia in the 1970s. Great time to be a teenager. School holidays with long hot summers at the beach, and outdoors with mates from sunrise to sunset. In fact, on any given clear day most kids were outdoors, riding their bikes, playing sports or at the beach checking out the surf and the opposite sex!
Remember roaming pine plantations, and tea tree scrub plantations with fishing rod in one hand, and air gun in the other. No future generations will experience that. Ever. Sad.
Yep. Summers you could plan well in advance because the weather was actually steadier. Home by the time the lights came on. Exploring and just being kids. How did this latest lot of parents that grew up with that life allow themselves to get scared so much into ruining the last couple of generations childhoods. I shake my head.
+Tash Kash *Hugs tight* me too, the original video clip was filmed just up the road from where i lived as a child, when I first saw and heard it it meant little, but now? now it just makes me think about lost time and missed childhood and lost opertunities ... Anyone who says getting old is fun is a liar, I trully, honestly wish I could be forever young....
+Nicky Winters Thing is you choose wether you gona be forever young. Getting old is a concept we created. "Its hard to get old without a cause." Children live only for now :)
My partner passed away at 28. This song was played at his funeral. He will always be for me forever young. Our youth and memories will be forever frozen in time. It’s hard to imagine my life moving forward into adulthood and beyond with him just being a memory, a beautiful one. He had an exuberant energy, was boisterous and playful and took risks. He will forever be young in my heart. I wish we could have lived onwards together.
So many times we are told to be who we aren't, to conform to what society wants, to live a safe life where we go to school, university, get a job, save up and buy a house, and retire 65 having living an ordinary life. Every grown-up you meet, will repeat this same mantra. Being young is just being yourself, and discarding what you are 'supposed' to do. Not caring about what you say or do, and not pretending to be someone else. The moment you stop trying to be who the world wants you to be, is the moment you start enjoying life a lot more.
The darkest moment in my life was when I had no direction. I'm a teacher now. I inspire others daily, help young people create goals, and instill the belief in them that they can be the best they can be, whatever that may be. Married to the woman of my dreams, house, baby on the way. Wouldn't change it for the world. Sometimes it's the little things...
1975, I was 13 years old, without a care in the world, the only thing I had to worry about was how to have fun, now 44 years later, I watch this and smile to myself knowing I was there, great times
All growing up and being adult really means is that you take responsibility for yourself. Beyond that there's nothing really holding anyone back from remaining a kid at heart and being Forever Young. The problem is so many people loose themselves. They give up who they are at some point for external things like group/societal acceptance, or at least what their own subjective idea about what that is. They let what others think of them, external things, even material things, subjective societal pressures, popular media propaganda, etc, determine what they should be, how and what they should think about, and who they are when those things have absolutely nothing to do with who they really are. And so they remain lost and un-enlightened. Dissociated from themselves and as a result just another sheep in the masses. It's why there are so many people who feel lost and depressed now days. Like an itch they can't scratch. It's why many kids feel so lost and lash out now days! They've been trapped in a cage. Kids can see the bars of the cage but the adult world doesn't see them anymore because they've been a prisoner in them for far too long and have already surrendered to them long ago as bars of their own making. The door is open but they've been inside so long that they don't think they can leave when they're the one who holds the key. It's why songs and videos like this remind so many all about what they used to be when they were still free. Provides a sense of temporary relief. The lie many believe is that they can no longer be free. The truth is that you can! Your reality is what you make it and you are more powerful, important, and special than you can possibly imagine! Be Free, Be enlightened! Be Loving! Be Forever Young!
+Mr. Extreme Well said Mr Extreme. I agree with you. Let there be spirit and freedom, but with compassion and thoughtfulness. Find the happiness in everything and learn from the bad and leave the past int he past, but remember the lesson and also that is what has shaped you and made you you. Best wishes for the New Year.
I was there. This was held in 1975. I was 12 years old and mum drove me and a mate to this Skateboard Competition at the Coca Cola Factory that was at Frenches Forest.. I loved Skateboarding back in those early days, the steep hills, and doing hand stands down them on the board at times, was fun ....!!!
Thank you so much Dom, I lived in allambie heights wyarama street just a stones throw away. I remember when I was 6 seeing he footage on tv, mum and dad said it was shot up the road I have been asking everyone if they knew where.... thank you so much. Was it filmed by the ABC news?
There were some beautiful girls in the video right mate? I wonder where they are now, hehe. Anyways, from postkiwi.com: The music video, released this year, shows teenage skateboarders taking part in a contest at the Coca Cola factory at Frenches Forest, Sydney Australia, footage originally shown on Australian youth show GTK (Get To Know) in 1975.
I was there too. I first realised it when they released it, that it looked so familiar. I was a 20 year old with my then boyfriend (now hubby as I am a chick). It was a cool morning and we travelled over the otherside of Sydney to see a friend of ours skate. An acquaintance of my husband's was also skating he appears with the strange looking skateboard which was a modified snow ski. He died not long after this was taken, in a car crash driving back to Sydney from the snow. He was a surfer from Bondi. Most of these kids would have been surfers at the time.
Songs like this are rare. They hit you in the heart each time and tears just come out of no where. I think it's because it's about something all humans and all creatures love and should love...life. Life really is precious and you're so lucky to be who you are; you won a lottery to be born to the life you are given. Always love yourself no matter what person/thing stands in your way
The original is a true story coming from people that were sitting in an underground bunker .,listen to the lyrics ..3 people stayed behind to tell the story ..the rest walked out into the atomic bomb after mass which obviously killed them so they stayed forever young rather than live underground and just wait to die
I miss when people used to be outside and not stuck on their phones , I miss when kids use to ride bikes and not be stuck on tik tok I miss when life wasn’t about phones and people interested with eachother 😔it’s not like that no more
Those of us who were teenagers in the 90s and before especially relate to this video because we grew up in this type of world; just hanging out with your friends outside, biking, skating hanging out. No smartphone, no TV, no internet. Just each other. I'm class of 1998' and so grateful my teenage years were all in the 90s.
My teens were on the 80’s we had MTV…and TV of course BUT…time with friends were very simple..just enjoy, not mobile phones, not internet, not computers..my bought the first Mac in 88..only was used to write down papers…it was a sophisticated type writer!😅😅😅
Mine were in 2018-2025, and still are. The 80s and 90s must have been amazing. Nowadays, it's just shit. Maybe I'll look back at the 2020s in the year 2050 and think the times were really good, at least compared to 2050. I am growing up in a world, in which Tiktok is rotting youth and everyone is sitting at home playing video games or watching TH-cam all day.
i wish it was like this for me too...i really wish kids of my generation liked to do things like this. i want to make the most of our youth which i feel is going to be over soon :/
@@random-zz8ut It's not your fault because you have a technology that you grew up with and it molded you. Back in 1990 if we had the internet and smartphones, we would have ended up the same way.
Today world : hate - division - anger - degradation - jealousies ..It was a time of friendship and happiness. Kids today talk of geopolitics, children no longer exist , they born angry.
Reminds me of another time like my school holidays during the 70s, where my friends and I would play cricket and footy down the park; handball in the driveway and race mud balls we made down the driveway. Backyard putt putt. Neighbours swimming pool and cold water melon. Cicadas croaking every being at 8pm on summer nights and dreamily lying in bed thinking about going to the beach the next day. Pinball games and 20 cents worth of mixed lollies down the local milk bar and paddle pops for 20 cents. Hurrying through dinner to run outside to play hide and seek and hopscotch. It was another world and I feel somehow that despite all the technology and in some ways because of it, today's youth are missing something wonderful. Omg take me back...when life and the world was simpler. No smartphones and Facebook to distract. Enjoying simple pleasures. I wanna cry. The sadness of remembering that which once gave so much joy, but is now no more.
Miss my uncle Gregg, We always play this song at funerals, But uncle Gregg was someone who was like a Dad that i never got to have.... I miss him soo much, it hurts to think about it 😭 I can't wait to see him again on the other side .... He was such an awesome person.... I miss you uncle Gregg 😭😭😭😭😭
AlexDeAustria so sad about you and Johnny. As you can appreciate I have no control over how others react. Unfortunately I have been taken to hell and back and had online and work abuse from various people worldwide since 1998 because of this. I was even accused of hurting you myself! I have been refused jobs too in Australia because of this! It’s been both emotionally stressful and distressing for me. I wish you both well and send you both lots of healing thoughts. Hugs 🤗
I buried someone I love yesterday.. I watched as my stepmum was lowered by a hoist into the ground. She leaves behind a son who would be two this March. I think we are all so caught up in forever young that we forget time doesn’t pause. It can only stop completely. I’m 20 and have been fortunate enough to grow up. Now I hope I’ll be fortunate enough to grow old ❤ I pray nobody reading this is cut down in the prime of their life.
This song makes me cry every time I hear it, because it played at one of my best friend's funeral. He was tragically taken away at just 19. Rest in peace K.K, you are forever young
Rest in peace Elise. You were my first, and only girlfriend. You meant so much to me and to hear of your passing has broken me. I will cherish the memories we had close to my heart. Just two kids trying to figure out how relationships even work 😂 I wish I could’ve been better to you. I wish you didn’t feel so cornered that you had to take your life. Only 20 years old. You were beautiful inside and out. I loved you. Rest in peace beautiful. 28/3/24
Childhood and Youth were wonderful without social media, mobile phones or tv platforms. I am so glad and happy that I could live that lost kind of youth. Honestly I would not change that for being young today. We did not have so much entertainment offers, and some dreams were harder to get, but we were much happier with very simple things. This is being forever young to me.
Our son died of heart failure (unexplained after Pfizer) 6weeks b4 his 20th. We played this at his wake and will play it again when we gather to celebrate his life on his 21st birthday, for Him and so many others
Our time in the sun was great. our 20s self belongs to a decade as does our 30s self. I think we stay there and the new us moves on to the next chapter as we age.
I am 16 years old, and in reading these comments I have noticed alot of people expressing sadness about the loss of youth, and would really appreciate some advice as to how to live a fullfilling youth and perhaps what you would have done if you could return to those days! Cheers!
Hey Stu - that's such a great question. I am a musician and music educator and wrote a column on 'advice for a teen musician'. The advice is directed towards musicians, but is applicable to anyone. You can check it out here on my Facebook post facebook.com/ryankershawnz/posts/1056794077700028:0 Cheers man, I hope it helps and feel free to get in touch and let me know if you read it okay
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” Just do what you want and have fun man. Experiment..take risks..
great comment/question Pete. The simple answer, mate, is to keep life simple. Us adults, more often than not, have got caught up chasing things we don't need and fool ourselves that these things will make us happy or our lives better. The truth is that most of it is bullshit, unnecessary and the more we acquire the more we chain ourselves to the wheel. That's why the video hits some so hard- it's a warm day and the kids are free
*"Forever Young"* [Verse 1] Let's dance in style, let's dance for a while Heaven can wait, we're only watching the skies Hoping for the best but expecting the worst Are you gonna drop the bomb or not? [Verse 2] Let us die young or let us live forever We don't have the power, but we never say never Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip Music's for the sad men [Verse 3] Can you imagine when this race is run? Turn our golden faces into the sun Praising our leaders, we're getting in tune The music's played by the madmen [Chorus] Forever young, I want to be forever young Do you really want to live forever, forever, forever? [Verse 4] Some are like water, some are like the heat Some are the melody, some are the beat Sooner or later they all will be gone Why don't they stay young? [Verse 5] It's hard to get old without a cause I don't want to perish like a fading horse Youth is like diamonds in the sun And diamonds are forever [Chorus] Forever young, I want to be forever young Do you really want to live forever, forever, forever? Forever young, I want to be forever young Do you really want to live forever, forever, forever? [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] Forever young, I want to be forever young Do you really want to live forever, forever, forever? Forever young, I want to be forever young Do you really want to live forever, forever?
@@AllisonGhost I think this song is about the threat of nuclear war so the "golden faces" might not be about the sun or very positive, but it probably can be looked at that way when this version was written
this song reminds me of a friend of mine who died in 2011 in Northern Rivers of NSW Australia at an intersection at the Lismore Recycling depot. R.I.P. We miss you!
This song reminds Me of My Late Younger Brother - Who died on 14/11/14 ... He was 45 with 16 & 12 yr old Daughters ... He will always be "Forever Young" R.I.P. STU (Love U Bro)
I remember being a 7 year old kid in Brooklyn reading all the skateboarding magazines and doing the tricks by myself. Spilled a lot, road rash, but still nailed them through practice. My heart was Dogtown, with my Simms deck, neoprene wheels and mailed instructions in pencil from somebody in Cali on how to put them on. I'm 48 now, and still ride. I love when the kids in the park say to me when I'm in my suit: " Mister... You sure you can do this?" I smile, start with a tic tac, gleam the cube, flip the deck and 360. My heart is still young, my body still works and I love when the kids ask me to show them some moves. They don't know my journey... But I relive it every time I get on a good board. Beautiful vid... Thank you.
Goose bumps reading your - I can't ride the board anymore, but happily still tease the kids about how good we were on the roads not smooth bowls - they love taking the p**s back. Stay safe
I'm 21 and i already feel old listening to this song. Reminds me of my school days lol. No care and responsibility. I remember when this cover came out in 2006 lol. Fun days. Wind chimes and spring days.
There are no words to really make anyone under the age of 50 understand the damage one rock could do to these old boards wheels. My knees are a mess of scars.
I’m with ya man. Those blonde kids playing outside all day could easily be me and my neighborhood gang back in 74’. I’d love to go back, just a week…just one week!
I remember playing this song on TH-cam shortly after it came out on one of those big ass computers back in 2006. . .I was 10. . .I'm back again in 2016 and turning 20 tomorrow. . .All i can say is, time flies so fucking fast. . .take me back to my youth please! 😢 😢
I was 2 when the original version by Alphaville came out in 84. I remember as I got older my brother playing it on repeat and I loved it. Now THAT is wondering where the time has gone. This is a cool version though.
This is what growing up in the 70's was all about - no kneepads or helmets. The only safety equipment was Dads or mums welding/gardening gloves.Just like the kids at the beginning of the video - scrapes and bruises were all part of growing up and to be displayed proudly. I miss those days.
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Idk ‘bout you, but I’ve never seen somebody here wear protective gear while skating not even gloves.
A father held a presentation at our school this year. About his son who died in a fight. One punch and the next day his son was gone. The way he told the story was touching and literally everyone had at least tears in their eyes. Next party, nobody was talking about the usual "Imma bash that guy" stuff. At the very end of his story, the father said: My son used to listen to this song on repeat. It's a sad memory now but he got what he wished for. Forever young. It's soothing but painful.
This song was released during my freshman year of college, so many memories. Late night hanging out in dorm room, trips to OC/San Diego beaches, meeting new people every week etc...awesome memories, you don't realize how good it was until decades later
This song makes me feel so nostalgic. I remember wanting to be 18 when I was a kid, now I'm 20 and I would love to live a day in the life of 13 year old me.
AngelzInLuv Oh my gosh I miss my childhood every single day...it's only when time passes so quickly that you realise how much has really changed in your life
I turn 29 in May, if I had realised this is what I would be doing now, god I would have enjoyed being a kid for just a little bit longer. To have no responsibility was an amazing weight off your shoulders.
Eh I'm 21 but shit goes on..you still have the future including 20s and 30s.. it's not over. Not even after that.. nothing wrong with growing old and responsibilities you can still stay a kid at heart.. I hont haven't changed deep down at all but I can tell other people have especially those in their 40s..
I remember hearing this song in middle school when Alphaville released it. I was early 30s when Youth Group did their version, which I think is superior. It is a beautiful, haunting song. Appreciate our lives, not just during the fleeting days of youth, but for the duration of the journey. It is usually the case that only in our advanced years do we finally see how amazing it is to be young.
My 18yr old brother's funeral song - he will be Forever Young :'( I've always loved this song, just never thought it'd bring me to tears every time it was played.......
They played this at Phillip Hughes funeral. It represented how he had only been young and hadn't really experienced life yet and how he will be forever young in the hearts of his family and friends.
I cannot think of any other song/film clip that within a few seconds of playing take me back to the 70s and 80s.. A time when we would leave our keys in the car overnight, the front door unlocked and watching quiz shows or playing cards with my parents was the norm. How times have changed... This song always makes me smile and realise life is too short to sweat the small things.. Love it.
nice you mention that thing with the keys...i was born in east germany.people there left house doors open in the 80's you basically had the chance to walk just into every house you would. cause the world was better in the 70's or 80's....i am not sure if we really move into a better time.i think we build more and more walls in our heads with all the political correctness. and this brings us back and not forward
Listened to this non-stop on the beach at 21. I felt lost then, but happy. At 33 now I feel secure, but unhappy and seriously old. Someone here resonate? Please? : (
When I was younger this used to be played early in the morning on rage and before my dad went milking we would sit down and watched this. I will all ways remember this.
haven't listened to this song in ages, but my dog died last night and for some reason this is where my heart drifted, feels like his song... I MISS YOU MALI
I remember those days well. I attended Forrest High in the early '70's and recall having a crack at skateboarding there. Then it was off to the Drive In movies for the night, which was a stone's throw away. Unfortunately now, this song hits me in the guts. I've recently lost both my son to brain cancer and my daughter after a car accident. Both only in their mid twenties. They are now "forever Young" in my heart.
He rest well man we gave him half that big cricket grin way 2 go redbacks hope zampa gets a world cup gigg if i had it my way j. Gillespie would have 1st delivery love my sa cricket even at bottom
I ve been through trauma. For me this reminds of how precious life is. It's weird how you guys are all getting depressed from it. YES LIFE WILL BE AND SEEM IMPOSSIBLY HARD but you will survive and when you do you will so glad you did. Maybe you don't understand American beauty. Life is beautiful because it's fleeting. Every single moment will last forever - don't sit around being depressed sit around being in awe of this existing! At all. X
Well at 50 now, I can remember those times, mid to late 70s, Jaws n Mad Max at the drive in with the brothers Sandman panel-van, . . . back then it was great to be alive! And yep, I too had a skateboard!
Here only 57 days before I graduate on the 23rd of September. It's been a long 13 years but I still remember initially hearing this song, it carrying me throughout my childhood. Little did I know I'd be here listening right before I graduate. I remember thinking how old you must be to finish HIGH school. Hell, primary even seemed old. But it seems like I'm finally closing a huge chapter in my life, and it makes me recount and reminisce on such old and profound memories from my childhood. I'll be back in 57 days, see you then. :) - Past self.
Turns out they postponed graduation to the 15th of October. They cancelled all in person graduation ceremonies for term 3. My formal was refunded and permanently cancelled. I just finished my trials this week and am about to finish my HSC music major next week. I got accepted into UWS early entry, but I don't know if I want to go there yet. I read my old diaries, where I wrote how far away yet close graduation felt. 48 days. I only have 5 weeks left of high school, 25 days. 25 8am days. 25 lunches with friends. Heck, even less because of our studies. 25 period 1s, and even 5 period 0s to go. Almost there. See you soon, future me.
hey past self. It’s the 4th of October. 12 days left. I’ll miss performing, and mostly music class. I’m trying to get over the feels so I don’t cry at graduation, but every time I do it feels like I take 1 step back, instead of a step forward. Future self: remember to study. What you’re working for. Don’t get lost in the present. Imagine the future. I love you no matter what. Stay hopeful and remember your dreams will come true. You can give yourself a happily ever after. You can make yourself forever young. Graduating is closing by a chapter. But when God closes a door, somewhere he opens a window. Take care of yourself
5 days. Tomorrow is my last ever music lesson and I’m terrified. How can 2 hours summarise the last 5 years of my life? I don’t think it could amount to the past music lessons, but I’ll see what happens. I’m terrified that music will be gone from my life. I don’t want it to leave. But I’m told I have to make realistic decisions. I don’t want it to go. Honestly the best metaphor is like a bolder rolling its way down a corridor, and me trying to run backwards, but I can’t. I feel like I’m being pushed into the deep end and it’s all too soon. I’m gonna miss our jam sessions, where we all went on stage and connected. Setting up for concerts, then blasting our music and doing impromptu karaoke in an empty arena. The sound checks, where stress was prevalent. The 3 questions. How I would get off stage and immediately get ready for my next act. The feeling of being in the wings of a performance, watching and waiting. My heart skipping a beat when I see my parents in the crowd. The feeling of cheers and claps that reassure you that you’ve done something right. But it’s all ending. Too soon. I didn’t think it would end like this, I thought I’d have at least one more moment. One final curtain call. But this is it. Good luck future sarah, hope you’re doing alright. Please don’t cry. We’ll be alright. Life is a fine line. And good things always come to an end. Cherish it while it lasts, because you never know what’s gonna happen next.
Woohoooo it’s tomorrow :D honestly being back at school really reminded me how much I hated it hahahahah. Anyways, I know im gonna cry so much tomorrow and as soon as I walk out and see my best friends face and hug her I’m gonna break down even more :) but I’m excited !! 💛💛
@@Ann-ls5ln I am always here for you to chat. This brings so many good memories from 14 years ago when I finally got to meet my baby daughter. Little did I know it would be the last thing I hear before being made redundant because of someone else's actions 14 years ago without my knowledge and such hatred being projected towards me and my daughter. Sending Healing!
This was the intro song to a mans funeral I’ll never forget. Thank you ray for the man you were, the family you protected and the life you absolutely loved to live. I miss you, I always will. I know you’ll remember the world as beautiful as you made it.
My friend committed suicide yesterday early morning, this song played later that day. He was only 17 and had his whole life ahead of him, he was going into the army and had the kindest heart. His memorial was today. #foreveryoung on the concrete. Colin I want you back rip💕
I am playing this song at my funeral, always loved this song!! and I prefer Youth Group version over all the others. I listen to this song and I am transported to my youth, friendship, laughter taking chances...when life was simple, not easy, just simple...
+crixxxxxxxxx Probably not quite 60s. They showed this on Where Are They Now in 2006. The guy in the red jumper fiddling with the wheels at 0:10 was 14 at that time so he would be 54 now, the little kids in the yellow top skating at 2:05 was only 5 so he would now be 46. Some of them who looked like young adults would probably be close to 60.
+Maddy Herne - The first Australian Skateboard Championship at Roxburgh Park Rd Frenchs Forest (Sydney) I was there in the background in one of the shots. Great times. I was 14 going on to 15 at the time. I am 53 now.
Yup, I'm 54. This video is early 70's. The long hair, the banana seat bikes, wooden skateboards, large group gatherings, no parents clinging on because they trusted us, no fighting, ....great days to have been (forever) young in...
Luv luv this song. The lyrics sum up life in one song. If only we could all be forever young. It's now 2023 & the song still plays on my heart strings & brings a tear to my eye everytime I hear this song.💎 💗💖✨⭐😻
This song actually hits you really hard, right in the spot and makes you think about life, whether the past or even the future; it's sad with a hint of happiness
This song always remind me of a time in my twenties spending summer at my parents after four years in the UK, and getting ready to relocate to South America. When my life purpose was about hiding from the responsibility that comes with being an adult! Youth really does feel like forever, until you wake up one day and realise it’s gone. Live it up, kids. Ignore the miserable bastards who bang on about how terrible things are. The world is a winderful place.
I played this song at my son's funeral 2 weeks ago. he died on his 21st birthday in a road accident. rip my son. u will be forever young. love u miss u.
+JO Schulz So sorry for your loss! But I am happy for your son's being in his next phase of his journey! He's doing great wherever he is I'm sure!
stay strong bro :(
+Vasco Olazabal heart goes out to you :(((
Kita Kat Stay Strong... He is now in a much better place and truly happy forever.
My heart goes out to yourself and your loved ones, and all who knew Him. May G_D and His holy angels protect him and your family, and His friends!
My Father In-Law is in this Music Video. It was Australia's very first Skateboarding competition ever, sponsored by Coca-Cola, aired on ABC, and held in Sydney's Northern Suburbs in 1978, He was 14 years-old. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
That’s awesome
If I remember correctly it was a commercial. This video and song got me reminiscing growing up in Southern California during the 70s and 80s ... Beyond amazing with good memories with the thought of I wish I could just do it all again. 🙏
@@danielavila5081 The footage may have been used in ads as well but what I said is fact. Peace.
@@Blessed2XS That's awesome bet you often watch the video...hope your father in law is still young at heart and still skateboarding lol.. peace
@@danielavila5081 He is indeed! He just made a Skateboard for My Son and wrote Forever Young on the underside. He is the one in the thumbnail and appears in the video 3 times. Peace.
The sad part isn’t growing up, it’s the innocence that we lose through out the years. That’s what I miss the most; the days of innocence and ignorantly enjoying life without a worry. Make the most of your life guys, learn to love, communicate and have meaningful relationships. That’s what it’s all about
this comment will always be a treasure
well said
Mate hope you can live some days without the worrying because thats what Im liviing with, some days just not worth worrying about it.
Fortunately people these days are the best to communicate, love and trust with everything going on, worse thing is the internet ont he phone capabilities of social media, pointless most of it, life goes on. Enjoy it, make a difference, be happy.
@@mydogzty exactly man, I’m learning to not worry and be nonchalant about things, slowly slowly we getting better ❤️🩹
Absolutely. I left it too late to find a new partner or boyfriend. I am a cat elainepaige now. Memories X no more a person attractive to others.
I'm 72 and would love this song to played at my funeral, in about 50 yrs✌️😎❤️
I'm 59 soon and I second that :)
I think I'm 56 but could be 58. I honestly don't want to look it up.
It's my birthday today , 47 , still feel young ish lol
Bless you Tom💜
It’s not death we’re afraid of but death itself
My sister took her own life 10 days ago. This will be played at her funeral next week. She never grew old. Always a kid at heart. Forever young.
God bless her sole ❤❤❤😢
I'm sorry for your loss
I'm sorry for your loss, i think perhaps we will meet them again, but not yet.
I’m so sorry for your loss ❤
you have my deepest sympathies. I sincerely hope that you and your family will find peace. Your sis will wait in heaven for you lot.
this song hits a lot harder when you realise your childhood is long gone
Q bruto
Mine is only gone 2 months ago. To be honest, nothing has changed, and I still feel like a kid.
Amen!
YES... IT DOES...
The 70s no social media Xbox just come home before dark mum would say.the world is now evil
My husband spent many a day watching this clip before he died of cancer in February this year. We played it at his funeral. He was born and grew up on the Northern Beaches and his dad worked for Warringah Council and helped build this road. I’ve ordered the T Shirt just released for our son. The song makes me sad. It’s haunting but I love it.
So to hear that be strong 🙋♀️🌺
I was raised in Qld and had the same experience. It's kinda eerie to watch as it's a snapshot of our youth that is long gone as the sunset of life is coming into view....
It may mean nothing Bernadette. Empathy and compassion from Brisbane Australia 🙏
Sorry for your loss Bernadette, I'm sure you and your son make him proud x
I believe its French's forest? Would I be wrong? My dad knew the area by watching this clip.
Sorry for your loss
Played this song at my 19 year old daughters funeral. Still brings me to my knees.
RIP my precious darling Max.
Forever young 💙💔
😔
Sorry Fiona i
Sending love from Australia
Aw. 🙏🏽 ❤️. May she be resting in peace.
I am so sorry for your loss. I hope your ok. jo sargeant australia
One of the guys in this video is a builder now and built part of my house, this song came on the radio while he was working and was telling us about this day of filming and thats what they all use to do back then, skate around get dirty and come home when the street lights turn on, those were the days...
èys krém that is cool
I was eight years old when he was building my kitchen which was 8 years ago, he looked like he was early to mid 40's
That's sad how the old days have changed
***** im not too sure on that!
Tom Warren17 i know, everyone was so nice to each other
One of the rare times a cover is just as good as the original
actually better!
Yeah the vocals are better.
Sometimes i think the blonde kid in the green tshirt is me. Spitting image!
technically Bob Dylan wrote and sang it first, Alphaville re recorded in around 84, this is by far the better version and clip
@@tukicat1399 This has nothing to do with the Bob Dylan song of the same name. The original is by Alphaville. The Bob Dylan and the Alphaville songs just share the same name but are completely different.
Time felt so slow when I was little. From 1996 to 2006 was only 10 years but it seemed like 100 years to me. However from 2006 to 2016... time really flies, damn
+Thang Nguyen I know.... It is scary. I see it on my kids, the grow so fast :-o
Same age as you, relates to me exactly. Embrace time, make the most of it, before you know it we will both be old.
time has definitely not been linear for me these past 27 years I have been on this earth
I'm going into my final year of schooling and my parents are moving away to study while I remain where I live to stay at the same school. Life changes so drastically it's frightening
ik i was like 4 and since then i have always listened to it and time dose fly
Dic 2024 .. i'm a 1984 Girl ! - In this song all the sadness for what I haven't achieved and the strength to dream anyway.
This song makes me sad for some reason. Maybe the fact that we all must grow up is the greatest sorrow of all
+ThatYKEE™ Live your life and be happy. Listen to your heart, that's what this song is about i think. "Do you really want to live forever?" Everything is so much more important and everything is so much more beautiful because we will die. We will grow up, and grow old and then we die. And it's a gift man not a curse, a precious gift, we can hold close to our hearts because we get to cherish our family and friends everyday who give meaning to our lives. And hold deep in our hearts the loved ones who have left us.
+coolmountains25 best youtube comment ever
It's a bitch, part of
Me wishes I was 2 again no pain but, that would be boring as hell and u gotta grow up and get through life but damn
ja
Growing up and growing old is no sorrow. I’ve known too many people, who’ve died very young, so to me growing older is a precious gift and I welcome every wrinkle and grey hair. Aging faces are beautiful to me and laughter lines even more so.
As an Aussie every single time I hear this song I instantly have flashbacks of my childhood. Bloody miss those days
This is the second national anthem for Australia ❤🇦🇺
Ditto.
mate is this song meant to be in the late 60s or 70s looks like it was fun and simpler times back then
Ok
Bogan Aussie
This song was played at my cousins funeral almost 2 years ago. He was 12. You will be Forever Young. I miss you so much.
This song makes me nostalgic for things I never did as a child.
Same
@Javier Murga Payo when I say things I never did as a child... its things that as an adult wouldn't be the same. Things that would only seem wild and exciting when you're young. It's just nostalgia.. like watching 1980s home movies.
same here...im getting future nostalgia
Eso mismo siento yo
This Skateboarding was held in the Winter of 1975 near the Coca Cola Factory at Rodborough Rd., Frenchs Forest on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia.
It captures perfectly the then more carefree and innocent era of 1975 .....when we were Young!
Did you attend this!!
Yeah, carefree. the Americans had just gotten out of a war that cost millions of lives, which had soiled over into Cambodia and would later cause the Cambodian genocide. The Israelis and Arabs had almost brought the world to nuclear extinction. The cold war was still going in full force. The IRA was terrorising Irish streets. Such a carefree time
I was 15.
I was 8, all I wanted was a skateboard
@@lisaturner7881 me too
Growing old is a privilege and a life blessing, there’s nothing wrong with growing old, not everyone has that opportunity.
True. My two little brothers were killed aged 24 and 27. The older one would’ve been 50 today. He would’ve hated that. Forever young is the one good thing to come of it all. 😢
Couldn't agree with you more.
We played this for my fathers funeral and today it’s been three weeks since he has passed I’ll always miss you dad ❤️
Grew up in Australia in the 1970s. Great time to be a teenager. School holidays with long hot summers at the beach, and outdoors with mates from sunrise to sunset. In fact, on any given clear day most kids were outdoors, riding their bikes, playing sports or at the beach checking out the surf and the opposite sex!
Remember roaming pine plantations, and tea tree scrub plantations with fishing rod in one hand, and air gun in the other.
No future generations will experience that. Ever.
Sad.
Yep. Summers you could plan well in advance because the weather was actually steadier.
Home by the time the lights came on.
Exploring and just being kids.
How did this latest lot of parents that grew up with that life allow themselves to get scared so much into ruining the last couple of generations childhoods. I shake my head.
i want a life like this...
1958 to 1994 was probably the golden age in Australia
80s and 90s brisbane good times
This song makes me feel sad for some reason
+Tash Kash *Hugs tight* me too, the original video clip was filmed just up the road from where i lived as a child, when I first saw and heard it it meant little, but now? now it just makes me think about lost time and missed childhood and lost opertunities ...
Anyone who says getting old is fun is a liar, I trully, honestly wish I could be forever young....
+Nicky Winters Thing is you choose wether you gona be forever young. Getting old is a concept we created. "Its hard to get old without a cause." Children live only for now :)
Nicky Winters Damn responsibilities :P. Enjoy your day
:) I get goose bumps each time I hear this song.
Plus brings me back to the tv show O.C.
same omeee
My partner passed away at 28. This song was played at his funeral. He will always be for me forever young. Our youth and memories will be forever frozen in time. It’s hard to imagine my life moving forward into adulthood and beyond with him just being a memory, a beautiful one.
He had an exuberant energy, was boisterous and playful and took risks. He will forever be young in my heart. I wish we could have lived onwards together.
I hope you're well 2 years later. That's incredibly sad. If you don't mind my asking, how did he die?
dont ask.....@@concars1234
I hope you’re well and doing okay
So many times we are told to be who we aren't, to conform to what society wants, to live a safe life where we go to school, university, get a job, save up and buy a house, and retire 65 having living an ordinary life.
Every grown-up you meet, will repeat this same mantra.
Being young is just being yourself, and discarding what you are 'supposed' to do. Not caring about what you say or do, and not pretending to be someone else.
The moment you stop trying to be who the world wants you to be, is the moment you start enjoying life a lot more.
+Bolton Bass Well put, man.
not me, my friend, not me... :)
Why be "normal" when you can be yourself?
The darkest moment in my life was when I had no direction. I'm a teacher now. I inspire others daily, help young people create goals, and instill the belief in them that they can be the best they can be, whatever that may be. Married to the woman of my dreams, house, baby on the way. Wouldn't change it for the world. Sometimes it's the little things...
Snap out of it you lot. Whose gonna pay your bills and look after you and your family? The fairy god mother?
Freedom has responsibility. I feel Auusies have forgotten this. I did for a while... Now I pay. For how long I do not know.
1975, I was 13 years old, without a care in the world, the only thing I had to worry about was how to have fun, now 44 years later, I watch this and smile to myself knowing I was there, great times
All growing up and being adult really means is that you take responsibility for yourself. Beyond that there's nothing really holding anyone back from remaining a kid at heart and being Forever Young. The problem is so many people loose themselves. They give up who they are at some point for external things like group/societal acceptance, or at least what their own subjective idea about what that is. They let what others think of them, external things, even material things, subjective societal pressures, popular media propaganda, etc, determine what they should be, how and what they should think about, and who they are when those things have absolutely nothing to do with who they really are. And so they remain lost and un-enlightened. Dissociated from themselves and as a result just another sheep in the masses. It's why there are so many people who feel lost and depressed now days. Like an itch they can't scratch. It's why many kids feel so lost and lash out now days! They've been trapped in a cage. Kids can see the bars of the cage but the adult world doesn't see them anymore because they've been a prisoner in them for far too long and have already surrendered to them long ago as bars of their own making. The door is open but they've been inside so long that they don't think they can leave when they're the one who holds the key. It's why songs and videos like this remind so many all about what they used to be when they were still free. Provides a sense of temporary relief. The lie many believe is that they can no longer be free. The truth is that you can! Your reality is what you make it and you are more powerful, important, and special than you can possibly imagine! Be Free, Be enlightened! Be Loving! Be Forever Young!
agreed
+Mr. Extreme Yes man! Nailed it!
+Mr. Extreme Well said Mr Extreme. I agree with you. Let there be spirit and freedom, but with compassion and thoughtfulness. Find the happiness in everything and learn from the bad and leave the past int he past, but remember the lesson and also that is what has shaped you and made you you. Best wishes for the New Year.
+Mr. Extreme Deep
Aloha from Greece my friend!
I was there. This was held in 1975. I was 12 years old and mum drove me and a mate to this Skateboard Competition at the Coca Cola Factory that was at Frenches Forest.. I loved Skateboarding back in those early days, the steep hills, and doing hand stands down them on the board at times, was fun ....!!!
Thank you so much Dom, I lived in allambie heights wyarama street just a stones throw away. I remember when I was 6 seeing he footage on tv, mum and dad said it was shot up the road I have been asking everyone if they knew where.... thank you so much. Was it filmed by the ABC news?
There were some beautiful girls in the video right mate? I wonder where they are now, hehe. Anyways, from postkiwi.com:
The music video, released this year, shows teenage skateboarders taking part in a contest at the Coca Cola factory at Frenches Forest, Sydney Australia, footage originally shown on Australian youth show GTK (Get To Know) in 1975.
I was there too. I first realised it when they released it, that it looked so familiar. I was a 20 year old with my then boyfriend (now hubby as I am a chick). It was a cool morning and we travelled over the otherside of Sydney to see a friend of ours skate. An acquaintance of my husband's was also skating he appears with the strange looking skateboard which was a modified snow ski. He died not long after this was taken, in a car crash driving back to Sydney from the snow. He was a surfer from Bondi. Most of these kids would have been surfers at the time.
My dad was there and seeing this makes me so happy!! Forever young
@@speedysteve5229 wow that sucks..I heard a sinilt commemt about that guy in another commemt but didn't realize it was just after the video..damn..
Songs like this are rare.
They hit you in the heart each time and tears just come out of no where.
I think it's because it's about something all humans and all creatures love and should love...life.
Life really is precious and you're so lucky to be who you are; you won a lottery to be born to the life you are given. Always love yourself no matter what person/thing stands in your way
Ms.Mystery it cant be rare if its a cover man
@@mrjackbilbo In my opinion this one is better than the original. This one is sadder then the original, I do love the original but this one hits home.
not afraid to admit this, hits you like a tone of bricks... literally the youth drifts away..
The original is a true story coming from people that were sitting in an underground bunker .,listen to the lyrics ..3 people stayed behind to tell the story ..the rest walked out into the atomic bomb after mass which obviously killed them so they stayed forever young rather than live underground and just wait to die
Your comment is still helping!
I miss when people used to be outside and not stuck on their phones , I miss when kids use to ride bikes and not be stuck on tik tok I miss when life wasn’t about phones and people interested with eachother 😔it’s not like that no more
Those of us who were teenagers in the 90s and before especially relate to this video because we grew up in this type of world; just hanging out with your friends outside, biking, skating hanging out. No smartphone, no TV, no internet. Just each other. I'm class of 1998' and so grateful my teenage years were all in the 90s.
My teens were on the 80’s we had MTV…and TV of course BUT…time with friends were very simple..just enjoy, not mobile phones, not internet, not computers..my bought the first Mac in 88..only was used to write down papers…it was a sophisticated type writer!😅😅😅
Mine were in 2018-2025, and still are. The 80s and 90s must have been amazing. Nowadays, it's just shit. Maybe I'll look back at the 2020s in the year 2050 and think the times were really good, at least compared to 2050. I am growing up in a world, in which Tiktok is rotting youth and everyone is sitting at home playing video games or watching TH-cam all day.
i wish it was like this for me too...i really wish kids of my generation liked to do things like this. i want to make the most of our youth which i feel is going to be over soon :/
@@random-zz8ut It's not your fault because you have a technology that you grew up with and it molded you. Back in 1990 if we had the internet and smartphones, we would have ended up the same way.
Today world : hate - division - anger - degradation - jealousies ..It was a time of friendship and happiness. Kids today talk of geopolitics, children no longer exist , they born angry.
keep riding those skateboards ppl, will keep you young
Reminds me of another time like my school holidays during the 70s, where my friends and I would play cricket and footy down the park; handball in the driveway and race mud balls we made down the driveway. Backyard putt putt. Neighbours swimming pool and cold water melon. Cicadas croaking every being at 8pm on summer nights and dreamily lying in bed thinking about going to the beach the next day. Pinball games and 20 cents worth of mixed lollies down the local milk bar and paddle pops for 20 cents. Hurrying through dinner to run outside to play hide and seek and hopscotch. It was another world and I feel somehow that despite all the technology and in some ways because of it, today's youth are missing something wonderful. Omg take me back...when life and the world was simpler. No smartphones and Facebook to distract. Enjoying simple pleasures. I wanna cry. The sadness of remembering that which once gave so much joy, but is now no more.
Miss my uncle Gregg, We always play this song at funerals, But uncle Gregg was someone who was like a Dad that i never got to have.... I miss him soo much, it hurts to think about it 😭
I can't wait to see him again on the other side .... He was such an awesome person.... I miss you uncle Gregg 😭😭😭😭😭
I always preferred this to the original. I like it’s simplicity and sentimentality.
And it’s an Aussie band!
Who else is watching "The O.C." again and again? :D
Best series ever
Me
I tried untill i found out that ''chilli'' or what's his name... killed someone in real life.. can't see that season ever again :D
Me! :)
AlexDeAustria.....bro.OH HELL NOO
AlexDeAustria so sad about you and Johnny. As you can appreciate I have no control over how others react. Unfortunately I have been taken to hell and back and had online and work abuse from various people worldwide since 1998 because of this. I was even accused of hurting you myself! I have been refused jobs too in Australia because of this! It’s been both emotionally stressful and distressing for me.
I wish you both well and send you both lots of healing thoughts. Hugs 🤗
This song hits me deep. Evokes so many memories. Wondering at 60. where did life ho. 😢
Understood. 😢
I am your age and feel exactly the same
I buried someone I love yesterday.. I watched as my stepmum was lowered by a hoist into the ground. She leaves behind a son who would be two this March. I think we are all so caught up in forever young that we forget time doesn’t pause. It can only stop completely. I’m 20 and have been fortunate enough to grow up. Now I hope I’ll be fortunate enough to grow old ❤ I pray nobody reading this is cut down in the prime of their life.
This song makes me cry every time I hear it, because it played at one of my best friend's funeral. He was tragically taken away at just 19. Rest in peace K.K, you are forever young
Rest in peace Elise. You were my first, and only girlfriend. You meant so much to me and to hear of your passing has broken me. I will cherish the memories we had close to my heart. Just two kids trying to figure out how relationships even work 😂 I wish I could’ve been better to you. I wish you didn’t feel so cornered that you had to take your life. Only 20 years old.
You were beautiful inside and out. I loved you. Rest in peace beautiful.
28/3/24
Childhood and Youth were wonderful without social media, mobile phones or tv platforms. I am so glad and happy that I could live that lost kind of youth. Honestly I would not change that for being young today. We did not have so much entertainment offers, and some dreams were harder to get, but we were much happier with very simple things. This is being forever young to me.
Our son died of heart failure (unexplained after Pfizer) 6weeks b4 his 20th. We played this at his wake and will play it again when we gather to celebrate his life on his 21st birthday, for Him and so many others
So sorry for your loss.
This song rings true .. as I head for 70, I try to see the kid I used to be...where has he gone. Time is fleeting...
Our time in the sun was great. our 20s self belongs to a decade as does our 30s self. I think we stay there and the new us moves on to the next chapter as we age.
My husband wants this as his funeral song 😢
if they don’t play this at my funeral, i’m not going.
Was 18 when this came out, thought I knew everything and I was going to stay young forever.
Feel you bruv I was 23 now 43🌹🎤young in ❤️ bro
This song was played at my best friend's funeral as we were walking him out, he died at 24 last year, love ya brother x
I am 16 years old, and in reading these comments I have noticed alot of people expressing sadness about the loss of youth, and would really appreciate some advice as to how to live a fullfilling youth and perhaps what you would have done if you could return to those days! Cheers!
Hey Stu - that's such a great question. I am a musician and music educator and wrote a column on 'advice for a teen musician'. The advice is directed towards musicians, but is applicable to anyone. You can check it out here on my Facebook post facebook.com/ryankershawnz/posts/1056794077700028:0 Cheers man, I hope it helps and feel free to get in touch and let me know if you read it okay
Ryan Kershaw Cheers Ryan really appreciate it, so it happens I am indeed a musician! Cheers
Simple man, do what you want to do and don't let anyone drag you down for doing it
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
Just do what you want and have fun man. Experiment..take risks..
great comment/question Pete. The simple answer, mate, is to keep life simple. Us adults, more often than not, have got caught up chasing things we don't need and fool ourselves that these things will make us happy or our lives better. The truth is that most of it is bullshit, unnecessary and the more we acquire the more we chain ourselves to the wheel. That's why the video hits some so hard- it's a warm day and the kids are free
Every time I hear this buetiful classic I think of my mates I have lost over the years who will be forever young.
sending love to all those out there who have lost a child and played this at their funeral
*"Forever Young"*
[Verse 1]
Let's dance in style, let's dance for a while
Heaven can wait, we're only watching the skies
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?
[Verse 2]
Let us die young or let us live forever
We don't have the power, but we never say never
Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip
Music's for the sad men
[Verse 3]
Can you imagine when this race is run?
Turn our golden faces into the sun
Praising our leaders, we're getting in tune
The music's played by the madmen
[Chorus]
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever, forever?
[Verse 4]
Some are like water, some are like the heat
Some are the melody, some are the beat
Sooner or later they all will be gone
Why don't they stay young?
[Verse 5]
It's hard to get old without a cause
I don't want to perish like a fading horse
Youth is like diamonds in the sun
And diamonds are forever
[Chorus]
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever, forever?
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever, forever?
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever, forever?
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever?
Wow, thank you so much for sharing the song's lyrics with us. I love it.👌👍💕😍💕
I always thought it was "old faces", not "golden faces". The former seems more meaningful, might stick with that. 😄
@@PvtParts14 it's definitely "Golden" just checked. :P presumably as a way of describing the sunlight hitting their skin in a positive way
@@AllisonGhost I think this song is about the threat of nuclear war so the "golden faces" might not be about the sun or very positive, but it probably can be looked at that way when this version was written
Thx for helping the deaf people lmao
Maybe we won't live forever, but one thing's for sure... this song will 💓🎶
this song reminds me of a friend of mine who died in 2011 in Northern Rivers of NSW Australia at an intersection at the Lismore Recycling depot. R.I.P. We miss you!
Yeah, I know the person you are talking about! Such a sad event! :(
Please accept my deepest condolences :-(
This song reminds Me of My Late Younger Brother - Who died on 14/11/14 ...
He was 45 with 16 & 12 yr old Daughters ...
He will always be "Forever Young"
R.I.P. STU (Love U Bro)
I remember being a 7 year old kid in Brooklyn reading all the skateboarding magazines and doing the tricks by myself. Spilled a lot, road rash, but still nailed them through practice. My heart was Dogtown, with my Simms deck, neoprene wheels and mailed instructions in pencil from somebody in Cali on how to put them on. I'm 48 now, and still ride. I love when the kids in the park say to me when I'm in my suit: " Mister... You sure you can do this?" I smile, start with a tic tac, gleam the cube, flip the deck and 360. My heart is still young, my body still works and I love when the kids ask me to show them some moves. They don't know my journey... But I relive it every time I get on a good board. Beautiful vid... Thank you.
Goose bumps reading your - I can't ride the board anymore, but happily still tease the kids about how good we were on the roads not smooth bowls - they love taking the p**s back. Stay safe
That's beautiful man
I'm 21 and i already feel old listening to this song. Reminds me of my school days lol. No care and responsibility.
I remember when this cover came out in 2006 lol. Fun days. Wind chimes and spring days.
How's it going now??
@@klickety4487 Was gonna ask that too
Hey mate. Stay as young as you want to be, screw the number. I'm still gonna be scuba diving and slaying riffs on my guitar when im 60! 🎉❤️
Im all good guys. I was very immature back then, when i posted this comment lmao.
@@timk6041 hahaha nice
There are no words to really make anyone under the age of 50 understand the damage one rock could do to these old boards wheels. My knees are a mess of scars.
Not just a video ... This is a celebration of life
Brilliant song - takes me back to the fabulous 1970's - the Surfie era. Carefree and having fun!
I’m with ya man. Those blonde kids playing outside all day could easily be me and my neighborhood gang back in 74’. I’d love to go back, just a week…just one week!
I remember playing this song on TH-cam shortly after it came out on one of those big ass computers back in 2006. . .I was 10. . .I'm back again in 2016 and turning 20 tomorrow. . .All i can say is, time flies so fucking fast. . .take me back to my youth please! 😢 😢
Welcome to life.
I was 2 when the original version by Alphaville came out in 84. I remember as I got older my brother playing it on repeat and I loved it. Now THAT is wondering where the time has gone.
This is a cool version though.
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This makes us sad because we watch this and think of our childhood and how we are never going to have those beautiful memories again
After 28 years here and having a few friends pass on, can say it’s at this age you start to question morality and this song start ls to hit home
It is an anazing song! Many prayers to those who have lost loved ones and this song says it all!
This is what growing up in the 70's was all about - no kneepads or helmets. The only safety equipment was Dads or mums welding/gardening gloves.Just like the kids at the beginning of the video - scrapes and bruises were all part of growing up and to be displayed proudly. I miss those days.
Idk ‘bout you, but I’ve never seen somebody here wear protective gear while skating not even gloves.
A father held a presentation at our school this year. About his son who died in a fight. One punch and the next day his son was gone. The way he told the story was touching and literally everyone had at least tears in their eyes. Next party, nobody was talking about the usual "Imma bash that guy" stuff.
At the very end of his story, the father said: My son used to listen to this song on repeat. It's a sad memory now but he got what he wished for. Forever young. It's soothing but painful.
This song was released during my freshman year of college, so many memories. Late night hanging out in dorm room, trips to OC/San Diego beaches, meeting new people every week etc...awesome memories, you don't realize how good it was until decades later
This song makes me feel so nostalgic. I remember wanting to be 18 when I was a kid, now I'm 20 and I would love to live a day in the life of 13 year old me.
AngelzInLuv Oh my gosh I miss my childhood every single day...it's only when time passes so quickly that you realise how much has really changed in your life
I turn 29 in May, if I had realised this is what I would be doing now, god I would have enjoyed being a kid for just a little bit longer.
To have no responsibility was an amazing weight off your shoulders.
@@teganboundy9263 exactly .
Eh I'm 21 but shit goes on..you still have the future including 20s and 30s.. it's not over. Not even after that.. nothing wrong with growing old and responsibilities you can still stay a kid at heart.. I hont haven't changed deep down at all but I can tell other people have especially those in their 40s..
Now you are 27
I remember hearing this song in middle school when Alphaville released it. I was early 30s when Youth Group did their version, which I think is superior. It is a beautiful, haunting song. Appreciate our lives, not just during the fleeting days of youth, but for the duration of the journey. It is usually the case that only in our advanced years do we finally see how amazing it is to be young.
Happiness is a mythical state attributed to children by adults and by adults to children. - Thomas Szasz
“One day life’s gonna flash before your eyes make sure it’s worth watching”
Jesus. That just made me cry.
It’s weird when one of the truly greatest songs ever is so good, it hurts to listen to.
My 18yr old brother's funeral song - he will be Forever Young :'(
I've always loved this song, just never thought it'd bring me to tears every time it was played.......
R.I.P Phillip Hughes.
Over 7 months now, still can't believe it...
63 not out forever.
Watch over us mate.
This was my time of growing up. Barefoot, without helmets, padding, cell phones, fentanyl or guns. We have lost a lot.
Well...protection never is something like a lost.
But we gained shoes, helmets, padding, cell phones, fentanyl and guns!
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@@monotonehell its the latterthat aint a good thing 😂
Takes me back to my childhood, when we all played outside. Skateboards, bikes and billycarts. A great era.
They played this at Phillip Hughes funeral. It represented how he had only been young and hadn't really experienced life yet and how he will be forever young in the hearts of his family and friends.
Waking up at 6:30am on a Saturday or Sunday to this playing on Rage. Yep, you were born in the 90's.
I cannot think of any other song/film clip that within a few seconds of playing take me back to the 70s and 80s.. A time when we would leave our keys in the car overnight, the front door unlocked and watching quiz shows or playing cards with my parents was the norm. How times have changed... This song always makes me smile and realise life is too short to sweat the small things.. Love it.
nice you mention that thing with the keys...i was born in east germany.people there left house doors open in the 80's
you basically had the chance to walk just into every house you would.
cause the world was better in the 70's or 80's....i am not sure if we really move into a better time.i think we build more and more walls in our heads with all the political correctness.
and this brings us back and not forward
Yup, those were the times .. The golden age of serial killers and predators
Listened to this non-stop on the beach at 21. I felt lost then, but happy. At 33 now I feel secure, but unhappy and seriously old. Someone here resonate? Please? : (
im 16 and this song makes me feel like ive wasted my life
@@bjdubb im 16 too and I feel the same tbh
When I was younger this used to be played early in the morning on rage and before my dad went milking we would sit down and watched this. I will all ways remember this.
haven't listened to this song in ages, but my dog died last night and for some reason this is where my heart drifted, feels like his song... I MISS YOU MALI
I was a freshman in college when I first heard this song. Now 30 years passed in a blink of the eye.
Played this song at my grandfather's funeral. He was a very good man. RIP
Song played during my highschool graduation. Didn't think I'd cry but when the song started I let loose.
I remember those days well. I attended Forrest High in the early '70's and recall having a crack at skateboarding there. Then it was off to the Drive In movies for the night, which was a stone's throw away. Unfortunately now, this song hits me in the guts. I've recently lost both my son to brain cancer and my daughter after a car accident. Both only in their mid twenties. They are now "forever Young" in my heart.
RIP Phil Hughes
63 not out. A true gentleman and great cricketer, you will be missed mate.
Forever not out
MrCelticbhoy96wait wait, this was 3 years ago? WHAT?! Where does the time go?? It doesn't feel like 3 years
He rest well man we gave him half that big cricket grin way 2 go redbacks hope zampa gets a world cup gigg if i had it my way j. Gillespie would have 1st delivery love my sa cricket even at bottom
God damn, it’s been 6 years since Phil died! That’s crazy.
God was that 8 years ago?
I ve been through trauma. For me this reminds of how precious life is. It's weird how you guys are all getting depressed from it. YES LIFE WILL BE AND SEEM IMPOSSIBLY HARD but you will survive and when you do you will so glad you did. Maybe you don't understand American beauty. Life is beautiful because it's fleeting. Every single moment will last forever - don't sit around being depressed sit around being in awe of this existing! At all. X
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Well at 50 now, I can remember those times, mid to late 70s, Jaws n Mad Max at the drive in with the brothers Sandman panel-van, . . . back then it was great to be alive!
And yep, I too had a skateboard!
too*
:)
***** Give him a break, he was too busy skating to bother with school.
omfgstupid Haha, true. Glad he fixed the error though :L
Grammar Nazis! :P
Just thought it was a fairly stupid mistake for someone who is 50 years old to make.
Here only 57 days before I graduate on the 23rd of September. It's been a long 13 years but I still remember initially hearing this song, it carrying me throughout my childhood. Little did I know I'd be here listening right before I graduate. I remember thinking how old you must be to finish HIGH school. Hell, primary even seemed old. But it seems like I'm finally closing a huge chapter in my life, and it makes me recount and reminisce on such old and profound memories from my childhood. I'll be back in 57 days, see you then. :) - Past self.
Turns out they postponed graduation to the 15th of October. They cancelled all in person graduation ceremonies for term 3. My formal was refunded and permanently cancelled. I just finished my trials this week and am about to finish my HSC music major next week. I got accepted into UWS early entry, but I don't know if I want to go there yet. I read my old diaries, where I wrote how far away yet close graduation felt. 48 days. I only have 5 weeks left of high school, 25 days. 25 8am days. 25 lunches with friends. Heck, even less because of our studies. 25 period 1s, and even 5 period 0s to go. Almost there. See you soon, future me.
hey past self. It’s the 4th of October. 12 days left. I’ll miss performing, and mostly music class. I’m trying to get over the feels so I don’t cry at graduation, but every time I do it feels like I take 1 step back, instead of a step forward. Future self: remember to study. What you’re working for. Don’t get lost in the present. Imagine the future. I love you no matter what. Stay hopeful and remember your dreams will come true. You can give yourself a happily ever after. You can make yourself forever young. Graduating is closing by a chapter. But when God closes a door, somewhere he opens a window. Take care of yourself
5 days. Tomorrow is my last ever music lesson and I’m terrified. How can 2 hours summarise the last 5 years of my life? I don’t think it could amount to the past music lessons, but I’ll see what happens. I’m terrified that music will be gone from my life. I don’t want it to leave. But I’m told I have to make realistic decisions. I don’t want it to go. Honestly the best metaphor is like a bolder rolling its way down a corridor, and me trying to run backwards, but I can’t. I feel like I’m being pushed into the deep end and it’s all too soon. I’m gonna miss our jam sessions, where we all went on stage and connected. Setting up for concerts, then blasting our music and doing impromptu karaoke in an empty arena. The sound checks, where stress was prevalent. The 3 questions. How I would get off stage and immediately get ready for my next act. The feeling of being in the wings of a performance, watching and waiting. My heart skipping a beat when I see my parents in the crowd. The feeling of cheers and claps that reassure you that you’ve done something right. But it’s all ending. Too soon. I didn’t think it would end like this, I thought I’d have at least one more moment. One final curtain call. But this is it. Good luck future sarah, hope you’re doing alright. Please don’t cry. We’ll be alright. Life is a fine line. And good things always come to an end. Cherish it while it lasts, because you never know what’s gonna happen next.
Woohoooo it’s tomorrow :D honestly being back at school really reminded me how much I hated it hahahahah. Anyways, I know im gonna cry so much tomorrow and as soon as I walk out and see my best friends face and hug her I’m gonna break down even more :) but I’m excited !! 💛💛
@@Ann-ls5ln I am always here for you to chat. This brings so many good memories from 14 years ago when I finally got to meet my baby daughter. Little did I know it would be the last thing I hear before being made redundant because of someone else's actions 14 years ago without my knowledge and such hatred being projected towards me and my daughter. Sending Healing!
This was the intro song to a mans funeral I’ll never forget. Thank you ray for the man you were, the family you protected and the life you absolutely loved to live. I miss you, I always will.
I know you’ll remember the world as beautiful as you made it.
My friend committed suicide yesterday early morning, this song played later that day. He was only 17 and had his whole life ahead of him, he was going into the army and had the kindest heart. His memorial was today. #foreveryoung on the concrete. Colin I want you back rip💕
Taylah Cook Baker oh my I’m sorry to hear that 😭 hoping you’re okay sending lots of love 🖤
Miha Taveura thank you so much it really means a lot!
I've listened to so many covers of this song but this one, this just hits me hard. Makes me feel nostalgic and sad at the same time. Best I've heard.
Yes totally agree with you
RIP Dear Phillip Joel Hughes. We will always love you and will always cherish your cheeky grins and your commitment to the game Cricket.
My dad used to play this song all the time when I was a little kid, this song will always have a special place in my heart
My brother's wife is the granddaughter of a 92 year old lady who is forever young! Admirable.
I am playing this song at my funeral, always loved this song!! and I prefer Youth Group version over all the others. I listen to this song and I am transported to my youth, friendship, laughter taking chances...when life was simple, not easy, just simple...
Me too!!
All those kids are in their 50s or 60s today.
some men just want to watch the world burn
+crixxxxxxxxx Probably not quite 60s. They showed this on Where Are They Now in 2006. The guy in the red jumper fiddling with the wheels at 0:10 was 14 at that time so he would be 54 now, the little kids in the yellow top skating at 2:05 was only 5 so he would now be 46. Some of them who looked like young adults would probably be close to 60.
+Maddy Herne - The first Australian Skateboard Championship at Roxburgh Park Rd Frenchs Forest (Sydney) I was there in the background in one of the shots. Great times. I was 14 going on to 15 at the time. I am 53 now.
Yup, I'm 54. This video is early 70's. The long hair, the banana seat bikes, wooden skateboards, large group gatherings, no parents clinging on because they trusted us, no fighting, ....great days to have been (forever) young in...
Even Tony Hawk is 50
Will never stop listing to this song as it was my uncle's favourite song R.I.P uncle never forgotten
My grandpa passed away a few days ago. Been listening to this on repeat since last night.
I remember arguing with my parents to blast this song whenever it came on the radio. God this song still hits a certain spot
Luv luv this song. The lyrics sum up life in one song. If only we could all be forever young. It's now 2023 & the song still plays on my heart strings & brings a tear to my eye everytime I hear this song.💎 💗💖✨⭐😻
This song actually hits you really hard, right in the spot and makes you think about life, whether the past or even the future; it's sad with a hint of happiness
This song always remind me of a time in my twenties spending summer at my parents after four years in the UK, and getting ready to relocate to South America. When my life purpose was about hiding from the responsibility that comes with being an adult!
Youth really does feel like forever, until you wake up one day and realise it’s gone.
Live it up, kids. Ignore the miserable bastards who bang on about how terrible things are. The world is a winderful place.