Glad you are doing more of this great band from the 70's-80's. I have always loved their folk rock sound. They had so many great hits such as "I Need You", "Sister Golden Hair", "Lonely People", "Daisy Jane", "You Can Do Magic", "The Border", "Muskrat Love” etc.
I think you got the meaning of the song IMO that this is a journey of introspection without the noise and distractions of civilization. The horse has no name because it is just a mode of transportation to greater and greater isolation, and not being a companion on his journey. He eventually lets the horse go free because he does not need it to take him further - he goes on to deeper isolation with fewer and fewer things by himself. He's been to the desert, so he's no longer there. He freed himself of all the crap that was making his life miserable and hectic, and is now on a more peaceful and calm path in life. After this calm and mello song, you can next go to "Sister Golden Hair" for a more upbeat song.
So glad you’re loving these! The harmonies, the lyrics from this group are phenomenal. Interpretations are for each listener to define. *Sister Golden Hair* *Lonely People* *Sandman* are hopefully coming up on your list! Great reaction, thank you! More please!
Just one more of the great, unforgettable songs that came out in 1971, a time that seems so distant now that I am 70, but how the music lives on, thanks to you guys.
I played in an America copy band and some of my favorites to play and sing were “Riverside”, “Sister Golden Hair”, “I Need You”, “Lonely People”, “Only in your Heart”, “Sandman”...
By the time our daughter was five years old this was one of her favorite songs and she knew every single word so sweet! Thank you for your awesome reactions🎉🎉🌴🫶🙏
I loved America when they first hit the radio. Lots of good songs, harmonies reminiscent of The Beach Boys, and the lyrics really stuck with me for over fifty years now. "Ventura Highway" has never been far from y mind since the first time I heard it.
I am enjoying reactions so much these days at 81 you have got down to my era I had forgotten all about this recording thanks for the memory oh! dear that.s another
Somewhere tucked away in your memory might be from Breaking Bad. It’s playing in the car and Walt’s singing along when the cop pulls him over for his shattered windshield and Walt gets out and is yelling at the cop who finally pepper sprays the f out of Walt’s eyes and hauls him to the police station where Hank has to smooth over and get Walt released.
Hey Saeed, This is on my playlist just before "Hotel California" and "House of the Rising Sun" and right after "Home of the Blues"! I love this song! As I do almost every song by America! I actually have the album you have up there for the song! I loved your interpretation of the song and your reaction to it as well. Thank you Saeed for reacting to this wonderful song! Deb
In the 1980s, the radio station WFIL AM 560 from Philadelphia adopted an “oldies” format. They played this song often along with “Hitching a Ride” by Vanity Fare. It was a great time. My Uncle George only had an AM radio in his 1983 Ford F-150 truck. I have fond memories of riding in it with this playing.
😊❤ Hi Saeed!😅 I love your reactions! 😅❤ You triggered a new thought about one of the lines!! 😮😅 It was about 'after 9 days I let the horse run free'. Because you were speaking about how the song is an allegory for life; and that it's a personal journey. Well, so often in life we have some kind of companion guide with us when we start something new. Letting the horse go can also represent the moment that you realize that it's time to continue alone. 😉🐎 Luv ya! 😊❤❤
My greatest memory of this song is back in the mid 90s when I was about 20. A few of us had been out drinking, and we decided to go to McDonalds before we caught the bus home. One of my friends had passed out at the table, then this song starts playing. We all started singing along, and suddenly my near comatose friend sits up and sings super loud with us. The rest of us just cracked up laughing. Good times 😁
Great reaction, Saeed. I always love your thoughtful analysis. 😊 This was their first single, if you can imagine that. This kind of soft rock really didn't exist quite in this way before these chaps emerged on the scene. They were 20, 21 years old. Talk about taking center stage at a tender age. 🤔🎶 😁
You're killing me with your analysis...i'm watching it in a heightened state and its deep and fun. I'm with you...America!...what a band? Thanks Saeed...now i'm off to hunt some bison lol
I've heard, and loved , this song since I was a child during the early '70s. I have had many interpretations of this with each stage of my life. I think that there some metaphors in the song that I'm not aware enough to understand.
Read through the comments and no one mentioned "Tin Man" by America. Not as popular probably but so, so good. And I love how you can be in Belgium and speak English so well and enjoy American bands like this. Says a lot about you Saeed and how open minded you are. Thanks for your insight on this music you have been reacting to.
This was our opening song when two buddies and I began our "Tunes for Tots" concert, a fundraiser for Toys for Tots on December, 15th. The sound man got it on video on his phone, so it was cool to have a record of it.😀
🎼🏜️🏜️🏜️🏜️🎼 .. excellent discovery Saeed. This band never disappoints. You also have discovered the most famous 2 note song !! You could learn to play it in just a few seconds ..... just Em & D " Em- On the first part of the .. D- journey , I was .. Em- looking at all the.. D- life, there were.. Em- plants and birds and.. D- rocks and things ..... " See what I mean ? Even the chorus ... " Em- I've been through the desert on a.. D- horse with no name.. Em- it felt good to get out of the.. D- rain ........ " 🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼
I can sing this song in my head and know all the words by now😂. Yes I’m THAT much older than u! 70’s were such a trip! Great music came outa that decade!✌🏻😎
America also did the music to an early 80's animated movie, "The Last Unicorn" which I think you should check out, (even if you don't do a reaction to it.) Even as a child I found the lyrics in it deep and thoughtful, and that certainly hasn't changed over the years. I really think you'd appreciate the movie in it's own right, and their music really adds an extra layer to it all.
It's about a heroin trip. One summer in the 80s at San Diego 32nd St. Naval Base. Open park area they gave a FREE concert to anyone who could get on base. Awesome show This song is 50+ years old.
Back in the day....the analogy of this song was someone under the influence of heroin, which began to show its ugly face right around this time & whose moniker was "horse". The lyrics "No one to give you no pain. & Can't remember your name." Are all a part of this drug's state of induced stupor. Life underground were the places hidden away where users went to score. 70s myth? Maybe...but certainly adds interest to the era. Cheers...:)
Saeed, love your reactions, however I am more enthralled with your books on your bookshelf. Would you entertain a video that would take us through your bookshelf and the books you have read and loved? I believe there would be a lot of people who are interested. Peace, Bill.
Thanks! The ones there are a lot of fantasy and scifi, i have some more shelves with thrillers and detectives. And some of the books i wrote myself right behind me. I might make a video like that one day. Great idea!
America and Lindisfarne were two of my all time favorite bands of the period, from different places but with a similar vibe. Horse With No Name by America and Lady Eleanor are in my all time Top 10
I always thought for sure this song was about the difference between being in the rain (depression, sadness) and its contrast to being on a drug trip. 🤷♀️
@@AP-gb3eh Ha, I'm totally fine. 👍 It's just what it makes me think of. Check some of the other comments that mention it being about a heroin trip. I'm not the only one.
The horse's name was Myron. The singer was just so self-involved he never bothered to ask. And don't get me started on taking a horse from the desert and abandoning him at the unfamiliar beach. Poor Myron. No one understands this song. 😅
Glad you are doing more of this great band from the 70's-80's. I have always loved their folk rock sound. They had so many great hits such as "I Need You", "Sister Golden Hair", "Lonely People", "Daisy Jane", "You Can Do Magic", "The Border", "Muskrat Love” etc.
Yes please for "Sister Golden Hair"!
I still remember hearing this on the radio (often) way back in 1971.
A plastic transistor radio with a mono jack and one ear piece. Use to listen to mine under the blanket at night ✌️
What a great song!
@@lesblatnyak5947Now, there’s a whole new group of good memories.
I think you got the meaning of the song IMO that this is a journey of introspection without the noise and distractions of civilization.
The horse has no name because it is just a mode of transportation to greater and greater isolation, and not being a companion on his journey. He eventually lets the horse go free because he does not need it to take him further - he goes on to deeper isolation with fewer and fewer things by himself.
He's been to the desert, so he's no longer there. He freed himself of all the crap that was making his life miserable and hectic, and is now on a more peaceful and calm path in life.
After this calm and mello song, you can next go to "Sister Golden Hair" for a more upbeat song.
If you notice, the tempo of the song mimics the plodding of a horse.
Clever composition, these 3 were only 19 , 19 and 20 years old when they released this . Puts young bands today to shame
🌸 I saw a meme years ago that said " all I'm sayin is that at any time, he could have stopped riding, and named the damn horse " 😂😂😂
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Saeed your ability to express lyrics is magical. Writing, words are indeed your passion and wonderful talent✌🏽
Straight from Carlos Castaneda. I had the same experience back in the 70's outside Tucson in the Mountains of the Sonoran Desert.
LOL! I bet that was fun! ❤
😂😂😂😂Now THAT’S funny! And I know who Carlos Castenda is! Read some books of his back in my 20’s many many moons ago!
They have so many great songs
Looking forward to discover more !
This is what I listened to when I was 12 what happened to music This song never gets old. It's amazing
So glad you’re loving these! The harmonies, the lyrics from this group are phenomenal. Interpretations are for each listener to define. *Sister Golden Hair* *Lonely People* *Sandman* are hopefully coming up on your list! Great reaction, thank you! More please!
So good! Absolutely enjoying this journey! Looking forward to more!
Nice reaction. Really good poets and this song has us all confused for a long time.
Back when the radio was so good. We just didn’t know it wouldn’t always be this way 🎶🎤🥁
Whether listening to the local station late at work or lying in bed, I never would've imagined it'd go away
Just one more of the great, unforgettable songs that came out in 1971, a time that seems so distant now that I am 70, but how the music lives on, thanks to you guys.
I played in an America copy band and some of my favorites to play and sing were “Riverside”,
“Sister Golden Hair”,
“I Need You”, “Lonely People”, “Only in your Heart”, “Sandman”...
J'adore cet album il me rappelle les soirées entre copains et copines quand j'étais jeune ❤❤❤ superbes souvenirs 👍👍👍
By the time our daughter was five years old this was one of her favorite songs and she knew every single word so sweet! Thank you for your awesome reactions🎉🎉🌴🫶🙏
I loved America when they first hit the radio. Lots of good songs, harmonies reminiscent of The Beach Boys, and the lyrics really stuck with me for over fifty years now. "Ventura Highway" has never been far from y mind since the first time I heard it.
I am enjoying reactions so much these days at 81 you have got down to my era I had forgotten all about this recording thanks for the memory oh! dear that.s another
I love the unchanging pattern of the vocals, no high or low, so that you will focus on the vocals. Well thought out presentation.
Love their lyrics, vocals and music!! One of the best chill albums ever made in my opinion!! Every song on this album is just special!!
Incredible song! Looking forward to more! Thanks for watching.
Somewhere tucked away in your memory might be from Breaking Bad. It’s playing in the car and Walt’s singing along when the cop pulls him over for his shattered windshield and Walt gets out and is yelling at the cop who finally pepper sprays the f out of Walt’s eyes and hauls him to the police station where Hank has to smooth over and get Walt released.
Hey Saeed, This is on my playlist just before "Hotel California" and "House of the Rising Sun" and right after "Home of the Blues"! I love this song! As I do almost every song by America! I actually have the album you have up there for the song! I loved your interpretation of the song and your reaction to it as well. Thank you Saeed for reacting to this wonderful song! Deb
A classical scouting song here in Switzerland that we use to sing for 4 decades. My fav America song is from the same album: Sandman.
They not only had one great song but they were able to follow it up with a long string of hits.
"Lonely People" is my favorite out of their incredible catalog of music.
One of my all-time favorite songs. I had their cassette tape back in the day. Still so many more songs from them.
Always feel the lead vocal is very reminiscent of Neil Young.
I have always felt that way about this song, too.
The first time I had heard this song I thought it was Neil Young.
In the 1980s, the radio station WFIL AM 560 from Philadelphia adopted an “oldies” format. They played this song often along with “Hitching a Ride” by Vanity Fare. It was a great time. My Uncle George only had an AM radio in his 1983 Ford F-150 truck. I have fond memories of riding in it with this playing.
Was 13 when this came out,my old man would shout out hey boy they’re singing about that horse with no name again!😂😂😂
Excellent reaction. You should check out Sandman. The album art with the 3 indigenous men and 3 band members is my favorite album cover.
Thanks! Definitely will be exploring more!
And yet another one from this awesome band..I'm loving watching you react and share your thoughts on these songs. Thank you, Saeed😊❤
😊❤ Hi Saeed!😅 I love your reactions! 😅❤ You triggered a new thought about one of the lines!! 😮😅 It was about 'after 9 days I let the horse run free'. Because you were speaking about how the song is an allegory for life; and that it's a personal journey. Well, so often in life we have some kind of companion guide with us when we start something new. Letting the horse go can also represent the moment that you realize that it's time to continue alone. 😉🐎 Luv ya! 😊❤❤
Lonely People, Sister Golden Hair are a couple more great ones, great reaction
Thanks for the recommendations! Looking forward to more!
@SaeedReacts. Thanks for responding, have a great day.
@@SaeedReacts. You're welcome
@@SaeedReacts. Johnny and Edgar Winter Tobacco Road next
Great song and reaction
FINALLY! This is my favorite song they did.
My greatest memory of this song is back in the mid 90s when I was about 20. A few of us had been out drinking, and we decided to go to McDonalds before we caught the bus home. One of my friends had passed out at the table, then this song starts playing. We all started singing along, and suddenly my near comatose friend sits up and sings super loud with us. The rest of us just cracked up laughing. Good times 😁
Great reaction, Saeed. I always love your thoughtful analysis. 😊 This was their first single, if you can imagine that. This kind of soft rock really didn't exist quite in this way before these chaps emerged on the scene. They were 20, 21 years old. Talk about taking center stage at a tender age. 🤔🎶 😁
I just saw them a couple months ago, still amazing.
Great analysis. Some thoughts I'd never thinked before.
Bought this when it was first released. The song Three Roses from this album is a wonderful romantic composition.
You're killing me with your analysis...i'm watching it in a heightened state and its deep and fun. I'm with you...America!...what a band? Thanks Saeed...now i'm off to hunt some bison lol
Great analysis. Thank you for choosing this. This album was produced by George Martin, who produced just about everything the Beatles recorded…😎
Yuh you can't beat America! They are awesome! This has always been a favorite!
I've heard, and loved , this song since I was a child during the early '70s. I have had many interpretations of this with each stage of my life. I think that there some metaphors in the song that I'm not aware enough to understand.
Your active these days thats great. Bring it on!😊
Lets goooo 😄😄🤘🤘
This song always fascinated me
Read through the comments and no one mentioned "Tin Man" by America. Not as popular probably but so, so good. And I love how you can be in Belgium and speak English so well and enjoy American bands like this. Says a lot about you Saeed and how open minded you are. Thanks for your insight on this music you have been reacting to.
This was our opening song when two buddies and I began our "Tunes for Tots" concert, a fundraiser for Toys for Tots on December, 15th. The sound man got it on video on his phone, so it was cool to have a record of it.😀
🎼🏜️🏜️🏜️🏜️🎼 .. excellent discovery Saeed. This band never disappoints. You also have discovered the most famous 2 note song !! You could learn to play it in just a few seconds
..... just Em & D
" Em- On the first part of the .. D- journey , I was .. Em- looking at all the.. D- life, there were.. Em- plants and birds and.. D- rocks and things ..... "
See what I mean ? Even the chorus ...
" Em- I've been through the desert on a.. D- horse with no name.. Em- it felt good to get out of the.. D- rain ........ "
🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼
He was riding all that time through the desert; the least he could have done is give the horse a name.
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America were such a talented trio , this is a great song . Still one of my favourite bands ❤
don't catch me hearing this in the car!!! 🎶🎶
A true classic. Great breakdown. Love watching people react to this song and get their thoughts 👍🏻
America contributed to the amazing soundtrack to The Last Unicorn, one of my favorite animated films (also an amazing book)!
Great interpretation!
Really good song
100%
Many metaphors for a physcedelic experience.
America is an awesome band - great journey ❤❤❤
Underated group that I saw in Saratoga Springs.
I can sing this song in my head and know all the words by now😂. Yes I’m THAT much older than u! 70’s were such a trip! Great music came outa that decade!✌🏻😎
I've always loved their part in the animated movie, The Last Unicorn... perfect musical group to make it great🎉
Havent seen that one. Must look it up.
America also did the music to an early 80's animated movie, "The Last Unicorn" which I think you should check out, (even if you don't do a reaction to it.) Even as a child I found the lyrics in it deep and thoughtful, and that certainly hasn't changed over the years. I really think you'd appreciate the movie in it's own right, and their music really adds an extra layer to it all.
Fun fact: "Horse" is an old slang term for heroin - so this song can take on a trippy meaning also;)
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Saw them in a small place in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was in the early 90’s. Excellent show!!! I drank way too much though!
If you ever get the chance to check out the desert's horses with no names, I highly recommend it
A great choice from this great band…❤ Remember it so well, like yesterday, but alas no, decades ago! 😮
For some reason this song puts me in a similar state of mind as "Mexican Radio", even though the beat is very different.
It's about a heroin trip.
One summer in the 80s at San Diego 32nd St. Naval Base. Open park area they gave a FREE concert to anyone who could get on base. Awesome show
This song is 50+ years old.
nice listening my whole life never though about the meaning,thanks
thanks posting this song bring me back when i was a kid in the 1970's exapted from my family problems
Loved the ride.
Back in the day....the analogy of this song was someone under the influence of heroin, which began to show its ugly face right around this time & whose moniker was "horse". The lyrics "No one to give you no pain. & Can't remember your name." Are all a part of this drug's state of induced stupor. Life underground were the places hidden away where users went to score.
70s myth? Maybe...but certainly adds interest to the era.
Cheers...:)
Saeed, love your reactions, however I am more enthralled with your books on your bookshelf. Would you entertain a video that would take us through your bookshelf and the books you have read and loved? I believe there would be a lot of people who are interested. Peace, Bill.
Thanks!
The ones there are a lot of fantasy and scifi, i have some more shelves with thrillers and detectives. And some of the books i wrote myself right behind me.
I might make a video like that one day. Great idea!
Ik ook (me too)!
Yeppp ... my band does this one !!! 🩵
Un groupe légendaire qui tourne toujours, je les ai vu en 2012 a Paris au Bataclan !
DIDN'T THAT PERCUSSION SOUND REMIND YOU OF THE HORSE GALLOP! 😊
Wonder if they used coconuts....👀
( IYKYK )
They are a fantastic band from the 1970's era.
Only 3 songs in, but absolutely loved them!
America and Lindisfarne were two of my all time favorite bands of the period, from different places but with a similar vibe. Horse With No Name by America and Lady Eleanor are in my all time Top 10
OHHHHH YEAH, HERE YA GO SAEED!!! 👍😊
This is a song about the drug Heroin…this is just America’s interpretation of the journey that one may experience while under its influence.
I always thought for sure this song was about the difference between being in the rain (depression, sadness) and its contrast to being on a drug trip. 🤷♀️
??? Loved this song since it came out, never ever thought that. Hope your ok ☮️
@@AP-gb3eh Ha, I'm totally fine. 👍 It's just what it makes me think of. Check some of the other comments that mention it being about a heroin trip. I'm not the only one.
There was a great cover version of this song done in an episode of BoJack Horseman 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Cool song! 🙂
Like this one gets in your head
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An enitre memorable song with basically only 2 chords.
I've heard many times Belgians don't like Americans..and there you go playing AMERICA
US Billboard Hot 100 peak # 1 and 3 weeks at number one
You have done a great job of covering the Dewey Bunnell section but don't sleep on Gerry Beckley and Dan Peek.
Sweet. :)
chills when that bass dropped in
Your reacting to everything but theyre best. Sandman
Looking forward to more!
Here's the link to the excellent America concernt on the German TV show Musikladen, 1975...
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You're a music Professor?😅😅😅
That will be my new title!
@SaeedReacts. Go for it!
HI from The Bahamas!
So good, they only used 2 chords the whole song.
The horse's name was Myron. The singer was just so self-involved he never bothered to ask.
And don't get me started on taking a horse from the desert and abandoning him at the unfamiliar beach. Poor Myron.
No one understands this song. 😅
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