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I remember my cousins playing a KISS album and they were rocking out. Then I got my turn to play an album and chose a Bread one. I was unapologetically the uncool kid who probably didn't get the vibe of the room. But I liked Bread. Loved the soaring vocals of "GIVE EVERYTHING I OWN..." then he drops down with "...just to have you back again..." It always moved me. Great show Professor!
It's funny at work when we are playing classic rock I always tell the guys different tib bits about the songs and the recording of them. One of the guys says " you must think you know more about this music than everyone" and I replied "no that would be the professor of rock" great episode professor!!!
I've always been the same as you are at work-the guy with the story behind the song or band. I think it speaks to a time when there was much less readily available information about the music. There were only album covers to stare at until MTV. To me the greatness of this channel is that it is so good that I can actually see an interview with an artist or story behind a song that I never cared about at all and that it is still fascinating. That to me is one of the greatest gifts of Professor Of Rock. Anyone who ever had a professor in college who was passionate about the subject and capable of outstanding, relatable delivery understands why this channel has done so well.
The bread song that brings me to tears is, “Baby I’m a want you.” Not because of the message in the song, but because it reminds me of what pop music used to be. Such heart went into the crafting of that work. It is so sublimely perfect, and totally commercial, and there’s nothing fake or forced about it. And it’s all over in less than three minutes. We actually HAD this. On the radio. As a current hit! Just amazing
Bread, America, Three Dog Night and several others of that era are love/hate. Nine months of the year, I'm sick of them and can stand it. Then I go back, listen, and enjoy for three months until I'm sick of them again.
Bread was always lingering in the air growing up. My favorite Bread memory is when Jim Henson created a touching interpretation of If on the original Muppet Show. The image of the lovers’ souls flying up as the last notes flew heaven-ward will always live rent free in my head.
David Gates and Leon Russell were classmates at Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They formed a band together, known as “The Fencemen,” after graduating from high school ...
Saturday nights in the '70's with the girlfriend: Pizza Hut, a movie at the local theaters, then "parking" on a lonely country road, ALWAYS with The Best of Bread playing in the 8-track.
Starting in 6th grade ('72), I, along with my class ('79) was introduced to Bread, and what WONDERFUL things came with having them in our "libraries". Parties, dances and trips in the Ole flat-nosed Yellow Bird bus to football, basketball and baseball games, just wasn't the same without the "Best of Bread" playing along with such greats as "Eagles Greatest Hits" and "One of These Nights" and "Hotel California", The Doobie Brothers, America, Supertramp, Kansas and Boston, to get us hyped up. We saved "The Best of Bread" for the ride home. CHEERLEADERS! There were more "hard rock" bands we played, to be sure, but there are some albums (8-Tracks) which live in infamy in the circles I ran around with... literally. Peace!
I can vividly remember driving around with friends and listening to The Best of Bread 8 track back in the day. We weren't tied to "genres" and easily switched between Foghat, Bread, Arlo Guthrie, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Black Sabbath, ELO etc.
yeh we had all those except bread as other viewer said were on regular fm radio by coincidence yesterday cut on radio arlo guthrie alices restaurant was on indie radio played the entire song hadmt heard in a while was just looking at foghat fool for the city record yesterday funny phoro of rod price fishing in a manhole and pure prarie league bustin out falling in and out of love amie another got regular f.m. play
I was born in the mid-60s and was the same way. Still am, just depends on my day, what kind of mood I'm in. Sometimes I want some good rock and other days Bread, Rundgren, etc., hit the spot.
@@johnreynolds2512same lucky we have indie radio has pretty much all genres and good theme shows today gdead then phish and friends friday night world cafe sat am alt country americana sun am bluegrass pm alt rock retro show then cd for backup just pull out whatever for that day
My best friend and myself sang “Make it with you” on stage in a high school assembly to a very appreciative audience. Bread was alive and well in Southern California in 1979.
You would not believe the grief I suffered because I liked Bread. Now you justified my musical selections. I've always found satisfaction in having a crossover appreciation and knowledge of multiple genres. I confess I'm not a heavy metal or gangster rap guy. Rock-and-roll, in pure form, has a broad base. Just like true jazz and classic country.
At 8 to 10 years old, early to mid-seventies, I enjoyed listening to Bread and America. My older brother had the records and you could always listen on the transistor radio. Bread and America were on a heavy rotation back then.😃
Now that I'm old 😆 I know that realization lol If only we knew ourselves this well at a younger age but that is a consolation the aging process offers I suppose ✌️
At 13 Bread was my first concert. Teen Club Luke AFB 1971 my Dad drove us in an Air Force Blue Bus. It was awesome and a great memory of my Dad being a wonderful father.
Loved Bread. Their music was sweet and romantic. Gorgeous lyrics and writing. Gald to listen to this one Professor, Thank you for sharing this on this beautiful Saturday Morning
BREAD! I see what you did there....... Smooth like butter. Good one. Easy listening band. I remember their songs being all over the radio when I was a kid. Thanks Professor! Great t-shirt. Loved the Dream Police album. Everyone have a great weekend. ❤️
I always liked Bread. My 2 big favorites are Everything I own and Make it with you. I remember buying one of their albums and hearing Mother freedom. Loving it and saying man these guys can rock too. I believe they had another single that rocked. Seem to remember it was called Let your love go or something like that. Gates was very talented.
One of The Best I've ever had the Pleasure of listening to. When one of their songs came on the radio the station Stayed where it was til the end of the song.
Prof, you're right on with the Bread appreciation, phenomenal lyrics and groove on the mellow side. I had their albums right up there beside my Led Zeppelin and Alice Cooper records. But the beauty of vinyl is that they're all independent, each in their own sleeve and album cover, they each have their place. As a hard rocker, Bread wouldn't ever begin to match the intensity of Black Sabbath, can't see it Prof.
@@ProfessorofRock... Bread became a joke between a friend and me. I have always had an interest in who was the creator of music that emanated from the radio in my truck. One night we were driving around and some random song came on and I said to Marc, who's singing that? He had no clue, so he said "I don't know, Bread." He wasn't even close, and our joke began. I'm not sure what band it was, but maybe Bad Company because they were right there at the top of my favorites. Of course I thought his answer was hilarious, so he used it as his default reset, saying every song was I don't know, Bread. Some weeks later an actual Bread song began playing, so I asked him who was playing on the radio. He said "I don't know, Bread." Of course it doubled us up when I told him, "THAT'S RIGHT!!". Pretty sure it was David Gates and Bread by then.
Thank you Professor! Bread is one of those bands that plays a big part in my life! My late Sister loved them too which was rare that we ever agreed on anything!😊😊😊 .. my Girlfriends and i had a shore house in 1975 and we wore out the Bread albums,one of many of the bands you showcased. The 70s were the best time of music and my life! ❤❤❤ Happy Holidays to you and everyone!
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I've always loved Bread! Their songs have made me cry during hard times in my life. Mostly after a break up in a relationship. Thanks for reminding me how beautiful their songs are! Thank you for an awesome show! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!! 😊
Bread truly reminds me of being a child. Sometime back my wife asked me if I remembered learning to swim as a child. I remember being 5 and in the pool of a motel in Florida while my father watched me try to learn to not drown and get back to the shallow end. He stood in the shallow end drinking a Miller High Life and was doing his best to ignore me. "Everything I Own" by Bread was playing over the P.A. Might sound kind of harsh how I learned to swim but it was a sort of paradigm of my late father's method. I'm glad that's how he was, I wouldn't change it.
They were an awesome band!! David Gates released a couple of solo songs I loved!! Took The Last Train was different sounding from Bread!! Goodbye Girl was a bigger hit and sounded similar to Bread!! David Gates had a perfect voice for soft rock!! You picked a great band to talk about today, Professor Of Rock!! Have an awesome weekend!! Cindy Snow
Some of the most smooth music out there. I will always enjoy these countdowns and though I don't have a horse in the race, I'm glad to hear the stories behind the songs.
I grew up listening to the soft rock music of Bread in the 70's & had their albums. Love David Gates voice. He has one of the most soothing & mellow voices. They had so many hits. In 1978, Gates enjoyed success as a solo artist with the hit singles "Goodbye Girl" (from the movie The Goodbye Girl) & "Took The Last Train".
Bread who would forget their songs Make it with you,If,Aubrey,Diary and Guitarman,Everything I own.Great band.Spiral Starecase is another great band for their love songs.
It Don't Matter To Me is definitely the kind of song that reaches deep into the heart to make your emotions surface. If does the same! Breads' distinctive melodies are forever beautifully designed to stir the soul! I enjoyed David's solo music especially Took The Last Train! Thanks for this one Professor!
Listened to this great group, and their music, from early '70s thru the first of the '80s. Still love them to this day. Had a couple of their albums (8-Track) in the car for when I started dating in '76. Always great for those dates. Thanks for sharing!
My top 5 songs by Bread: 1. Guitar Man 2. It Don't Matter to Me 3. Dismal Day 4. Let Your Love Go 5. If Bread are one of the great American bands, a category that doesn't have the continuity the way a British list would. People are all over the place listing U.S. bands. Dismal Day was a huge hit where I lived. For people who want to get more in depth on this band, listen to The Best of Bread 2.
If they stopped making music today, it would be fine with me. So much I missed from the 60s - 70s that I missed because I thought it was old and lame. Going to listen to Bread today .
Youth love memories... as an adolescent, feelings are just there, a single touch, a beautiful song, Bates tone of voice... I really melted, 😊 just like butter!😊❤
My dad had The Best of Bread on cassette, and as a kid, Mother Freedom was my favorite song of the album. Over time, I’ve grown to love the ballads also, but anytime I see online reaction videos to the ballads, I always encourage the reactor to give a listen to some of their rockers also. Everyone needs to hear Mother Freedom, Down On My Knees, Let Your Love Go, Truckin’, Too Much Love, etc. It’s all great!
My older sister had the album Greatest Hits and wouldn’t let me touch it 😄 so I went and got me the Cassette and still have it ~ loved every song (Diary is a bit more my fav cuz it’s so heartbreaking)
I've always loved their song If. It's beautiful and perfect. It was even featured on The Muppet Show with the song playing while a puppeteer showed a lady puppet (very realistic) trying to tend to what looked like a dying Confederate soldier. The end of the song sees both of the puppet's spirits rising up towards the sky together. I think there was also a separate episode with the female guest of the week sang If, also. It's been a LONG time, so the exact details aren't in my memory.
I didn't like Bread as a kid either, but one day when I was grown up I heard "Guitar Man" for the first time in many years and something about it just really resonated with me. After that I realized Gates' songs were emotionally heavier than any hard rock band, and I greatly respect him as a songwriter.
As a child of the 70's, I didn't dig Bread. To me they were just elevator Muzak . However, after 50 years of gathering additional life experiences, Gate's lyrics speak to me in a deep and personal way that my adolescent self could never have appreciated.
My mum was a big Bread fan. Had the greatest hits on cassette, we listened to it regularly. Lost her in 2000, simply can't listen to Everything I Own, hits too hard.
The 1st song I ever heard by Bread was "Mother Freedom" on KNUZ-AM in Houston. It was some time (probably listening to Philly's oldies' station WPEN) that I found out what the bulk of their output was. I wound up getting 2 LPs by them- THE BEST OF BREAD (1973) and LOST WITHOUT YOUR LOVE (1977). In 2009 I copied both onto a CD as a "twofer". (I got it sitting right here!) I also did a "KNUZ" CD-comp in 2011, and "Mother Freedom" was one of the highlights. Part 1: "Indian Reservation", "I Woke Up In Love This Morning", "Signs", "Solo", "Sweet Hitch-Hiker", "Stick Up", "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart", "Smiling Faces Sometimes", "Spanish Harlem", Part 2: "Ain't No Sunshine", "Beginnings", "Go Away Little Girl", "Mother Freedom", "Draggin' The Line", "I Just Want To Celebrate", "Take Me Home Country Roads" and "The Story In Your Eyes"-- one of my all-time top favorite custom comps! (Try programming the above list in this order-- it'll blow your mind.) It's no wonder 1971 remains one of my favorite years ever for AM radio.
I remember being invited to this girls house one day after school. Thursday afternoon she said "I want to Make it With You. " I came over and she was wearing a Minnie Mouse apron. I found the whole picture titillating. I was surprised when she sashayed into and out of the pantry. With cake mix it was one of our favorite teachers birthday 🎂 so we made a double layer German Chocolate cake!
@seanarmstrong8460 I'm glad that someone else found humor in that. I was singing that song all day long in anticipation of a different I want to Make it With you . I remember the before I was Let's get Closer by Atlantic Star and Gigalos Get Lonely Too by the Time. What a striking contrast. But it all had the same meaning!
I love bread! Most of their soothing ballads always gives me a warm fuzzy comfortable feeling and at the same time gives me goosebumps every time I sing along to their songs. Btw I had no idea Everything I own was about a dad. I thought it was a love song of a woman who did all those sweet things for him.
BREAD!!! They are the most influential musical act for my own music... even more than the Beatles! I even wrote & recorded a song that steals the piano & part of the melody of the chorus to "Goodbye Girl" (David Gates solo hit). 😎 These songs are all MANDATORY on my everyday playlist: If Everything I Own Diary Aubrey The Guitar Man Lost Without Your Love Goodbye Girl
Bread was very popular when I was in my early teens. What I remember most about them is my friend's mother bought all their albums. That kind of turned me off to them. they were old people's music. But It was hard on to hear their music since it was on the radio all the time. I listen to them now, maybe because of nostalgia. I had forgotten all about the song "Mother Freedom". I always thought one of the saddest songs I ever heard in my life was Bread's song "Diary". It's so beautiful but just tears your heart out at the same time.
Before watching this, I never knew how much I neglected Bread. These 5.5 (😅) songs I remembered instantly. I gotta hit my local record shop. Thanks, Professor!
There's always a place for the mellow, laid back, well written music. Many of the relaxed sounds of the 70s just didn't fit the speed most of us were running by day, but became a little refuge for us with headphones or in our rooms late at night, romantic nights especially. Came up through the 70s. We weren't locked into genre or sound. We did, however, separate our music into categories by the parts of our lives the various genres of music played the soundtrack for. Mahe Ohna ✌️ Favour ALL
Rob Royer and Jimmy Griffin (Bread) wrote the lyrics for the song "For All We Know", sung by Larry Meredith, won an Academy Award from the movie "Lovers and Strangers" and also sung by the legendary duo Carpenters and reached #3 on Billboard 100. Bread was super talented.
Bread is one of my favorite bands. So many good song's it don't matter to me, if, and so many great songs. David Gates is one of the best singers of the 1970's in my opinion.
Just heard Bread yesterday and thought what happened to music like this. They and other singer/songwriters filled a place in the musical firmament that is sorely lacking today.
I remember hearing a lot of Breads 70's songs on the soft rock stations when I was a kid in the 80's. A lot of the DJ'S had them on their classic rotation lists.
Another one of my fave '70's bands. Many people out there probably don't know that a young 20 year old David Gates wrote the real nice '63 song "Popsicles And Icicles" for The Murmaids.
I saw Bread's last concert in Salt Lake City at the Salt Palace. After their equipment and instruments were destroyed in a truck accident prior to a scheduled concert at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City in June 1973, Bread decided to disband.
@@ProfessorofRock After their equipment and instruments were destroyed in a truck accident prior to a scheduled concert at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City in June 1973, Bread decided to disband.
Most underrated band of the era. Timeless songs, meticulously performed and sung. Solo albums by Gates and Griffin also worth seeking out, particularly a now out of print CD capturing Griffin’s 2 70’s solo albums: ‘Just Like Yesterday’.
Guitar Man, my favorite! I married my guitar man, after 25 years, not the man I fell in love with, but Guitar Man by Bread, always high on my list of favorites. Thank you Professor for including this special song to me.
Greetings to the greatest collection of audiophiles, melomaniacs, and music junkies to ever be assembled...that my friends is three chords and the truth!!!
Back in the early 70’s the big time AM radio stations like WLS, KOMA, etc had a very diverse play list. You’d hear Led Zep followed by Bread then The Carpenters then Jethro Tull, etc. There weren’t any real specialized genre stations like there are now on Sirius. You couldn’t really “switch stations”. It made us appreciate different kinds of music as far as heavy metal to pop to rock. Country had their own stations. I think we learned to appreciate music more than if we’d grown up today. I miss those days and the radio was one of my best friends.
Sadly, James Griffin got little recognition for his songs with Bread. Some of my favorite were, Look what you've done, Games of magic, Dream lady, Too much love, Down on my knees. Not much coverage of his songs with Bread.
I knew so little about Bread, but always enjoyed their music. Nice job, Professor, telling the story of this talented and impactful musical group. Always helpful to get the backstory to appreciate the group's contributions even more. Professor, thank you for sharing your expert level insights. It truly enrichens my sense of musical history and energizes my anticipation and hopes for the future. A couple questions. Do you have a standard template or model in mind for the evolution of a music group that seems to play out over time? Or do you think it's completely unpredictable in the majority of cases? Thank you. 😊
I think what I meant with the question was more on the lifecycle of a music group. Lifecycle feels like a better word than evolution, which I believe you are applying to music overall. Best!
During (most of) the last 15 years of his life, my dad chose "If" as the ringtone for his live-in girlfriend. Then, "Everything I Own" was the Bread song that this considerably unhinged female singer I briefly tried working with in 2001 used to sing in tribute to her own father. The song that most fascinates me from the Bread catalog is "Look What You've Done"; it's like the best of both the ballad nature of their best-known tracks and the harder rock edge that David Gates resisted. My friend Jim has often shared how his older sister attended the same high school not only as David Gates but also Leon Russell. According to Jim, his sister reported that the students always knew David was going places - while Leon's career came as a near-total shock to everyone. Over all, my favorite David Gates tune is "Satirday's Child" from the Monkees' debut.
My mind is in the back seat of my parents Monte Carlo. My brother and I are sitting on pillows in the back seat so we can see out of the windows. "Padiddle"! Mom and dad actually sat close on the bench seat. The windows are down and they are both singing. We are headed to A&W and then the Skyview drive-in.🤟
To what extent did marginalizing artists like Bread, ABBA and Carpenters lead to where we are today? Scaring people away from beautiful harmony, tasteful arrangements, and innocence has consequences. I'm amazed at how people will defend Eminem's violent misogyny, then denounce soft rock.
Many rock bands' biggest hits are ballads. Consider "Beth" by Kiss, "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas, or "Dream On" by Aerosmith. Soft music is much easier to succeed with because it's more universally accessible.
born in 54 so this was my heyday bread was great never knew anyone that actually had a bread album money was scarce in those days so you really had to pick a winner when your parents could afford to buy you an album i was a mellow music kind of guy teased by my crowd but really james taylor carole king and others from laurel canyon just so many choices and bread was always on the radio so they just never made the very short i gotta purchase list but always a great listen i still listen to bread a lot and now adays i do wonder why didn't i get in to bread more but man we had so much more great music in those days than money adam i really love your videos keep them coming
I’m with you prof. As a kid I couldn’t stand Bread but, I’ve grown to like a lot of their songs and respect them as musicians. They represent the softer side of the greatest decade in music.
I’ve “outgrown” a lot of music I grew up listening to, but Bread is one of those bands I will always appreciate. They were, for certain, a bit of an influence on my own songwriting.
As soon as I saw 1970-73 I knew it was Bread. Not sure if they had that many hits in the UK but they were big across the Pond. The Sound of Bread album was also huge, got to No1 here. My favourite is Guitar Man, that little guitar solo was probably the nearest they got to rock out.
Everything I Own always reminded me of my grandfather who died suddenly when I was 13. Later learned it was for his father who died while he was on the road.
Bread was so popular in my teen years. While I could appreciate their ballads, they were overplayed on the radeo plus my sister loved them, so I couldn't get away from them. "Mother Freedom" was a breath of fresh of fresh air.
My first arena concert was Bread with Steely Dan the backup group. They not only nailed the lovely ballads but they rocked as well. While I love the Gates ballads, my favorite song of theirs was a song by Griffin called "Look What You've Done" where not only did the harmonies shine but it rocked as well. Griffin was an amazing songwriter and singer and he left the world far too early. Thanks for featuring them. Have a listen to that song. My band used to perform it and audiences loved it even though they weren't quite sure where it came from. It was on the radio but not a top ten.
I have to say that my copy of "The Best of Bread" is still my go to album to set the mood I want to set with my lady... It's her birthday today... Happy Birthday Renee...
Thanks SO much for the ep on Bread. My friends and I loved them through Jr HS and HS. One of the few bands where even to this day, I still know most of the lyrics. I had recently seen that most of the members passed away in the early 2000s, in fact 2 in the same year. WAY too young. Such talented guys! Thanks again, Adam. I love your incredible insight, knowledge, and obvious hard work and research when you do your interviews!
Your ending comment about David Gates' voice really expresses my own feelings since I first heard this group. It's a powerful sound filled with feelings ❤
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I remember my cousins playing a KISS album and they were rocking out. Then I got my turn to play an album and chose a Bread one. I was unapologetically the uncool kid who probably didn't get the vibe of the room. But I liked Bread. Loved the soaring vocals of "GIVE EVERYTHING I OWN..." then he drops down with "...just to have you back again..." It always moved me.
Great show Professor!
It's funny at work when we are playing classic rock I always tell the guys different tib bits about the songs and the recording of them. One of the guys says " you must think you know more about this music than everyone" and I replied "no that would be the professor of rock" great episode professor!!!
Thank My Name! Hope you have a great weekend!
I've always been the same as you are at work-the guy with the story behind the song or band. I think it speaks to a time when there was much less readily available information about the music. There were only album covers to stare at until MTV.
To me the greatness of this channel is that it is so good that I can actually see an interview with an artist or story behind a song that I never cared about at all and that it is still fascinating. That to me is one of the greatest gifts of Professor Of Rock. Anyone who ever had a professor in college who was passionate about the subject and capable of outstanding, relatable delivery understands why this channel has done so well.
@dustybrand l could not agree more Dusty!! Well said!
The bread song that brings me to tears is, “Baby I’m a want you.” Not because of the message in the song, but because it reminds me of what pop music used to be. Such heart went into the crafting of that work. It is so sublimely perfect, and totally commercial, and there’s nothing fake or forced about it. And it’s all over in less than three minutes. We actually HAD this. On the radio. As a current hit! Just amazing
Bread, America, Three Dog Night and several others of that era are love/hate. Nine months of the year, I'm sick of them and can stand it. Then I go back, listen, and enjoy for three months until I'm sick of them again.
Bread was always lingering in the air growing up. My favorite Bread memory is when Jim Henson created a touching interpretation of If on the original Muppet Show. The image of the lovers’ souls flying up as the last notes flew heaven-ward will always live rent free in my head.
I remember that!
Yes!!!!
David Gates and Leon Russell were classmates at Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They formed a band together, known as “The Fencemen,” after graduating from high school ...
Saturday nights in the '70's with the girlfriend: Pizza Hut, a movie at the local theaters, then "parking" on a lonely country road, ALWAYS with The Best of Bread playing in the 8-track.
Starting in 6th grade ('72), I, along with my class ('79) was introduced to Bread, and what WONDERFUL things came with having them in our "libraries". Parties, dances and trips in the Ole flat-nosed Yellow Bird bus to football, basketball and baseball games, just wasn't the same without the "Best of Bread" playing along with such greats as "Eagles Greatest Hits" and "One of These Nights" and "Hotel California", The Doobie Brothers, America, Supertramp, Kansas and Boston, to get us hyped up. We saved "The Best of Bread" for the ride home. CHEERLEADERS! There were more "hard rock" bands we played, to be sure, but there are some albums (8-Tracks) which live in infamy in the circles I ran around with... literally. Peace!
I can vividly remember driving around with friends and listening to The Best of Bread 8 track back in the day. We weren't tied to "genres" and easily switched between Foghat, Bread, Arlo Guthrie,
Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Black Sabbath, ELO etc.
Thanks for sharing!
Great choices! ❤❤❤
yeh we had all those except bread as other viewer said were on regular fm radio by coincidence yesterday cut on radio arlo guthrie alices restaurant was on indie radio played the entire song hadmt heard in a while was just looking at foghat fool for the city record yesterday funny phoro of rod price fishing in a manhole and pure prarie league bustin out falling in and out of love amie another got regular f.m. play
I was born in the mid-60s and was the same way. Still am, just depends on my day, what kind of mood I'm in. Sometimes I want some good rock and other days Bread, Rundgren, etc., hit the spot.
@@johnreynolds2512same lucky we have indie radio has pretty much all genres and good theme shows today gdead then phish and friends friday night world cafe sat am alt country americana sun am bluegrass pm alt rock retro show then cd for backup just pull out whatever for that day
My best friend and myself sang “Make it with you” on stage in a high school assembly to a very appreciative audience. Bread was alive and well in Southern California in 1979.
Very cool! Mellow Gold!
I love that you showcased BREAD! One of my absolute favorite bands!
Next please showcase AMERICA.
Next time!
You would not believe the grief I suffered because I liked Bread. Now you justified my musical selections. I've always found satisfaction in having a crossover appreciation and knowledge of multiple genres. I confess I'm not a heavy metal or gangster rap guy. Rock-and-roll, in pure form, has a broad base. Just like true jazz and classic country.
Great comment!
I took flak for liking Bread as well. You were not alone.
You got grief?! Try being a Milli Vanilli fan!😂
At 8 to 10 years old, early to mid-seventies, I enjoyed listening to Bread and America. My older brother had the records and you could always listen on the transistor radio. Bread and America were on a heavy rotation back then.😃
@@scubasteve3032 LOL You have my sympathy.
Now that im old i really appreciate mellow music with no attitude, anger or ego.
For sure!
Yes. I've become a huger jazz fan but still gotta have my Deep Purple and Led Zepplin.
Congrats, Mr Barry..your maturity is showing.
Now that I'm old 😆 I know that realization lol If only we knew ourselves this well at a younger age but that is a consolation the aging process offers I suppose ✌️
Since the election I've been listening to all of the protest songs of the 60s and 70s. They still apply to everything that is happening.
At 13 Bread was my first concert. Teen Club Luke AFB 1971 my Dad drove us in an Air Force Blue Bus. It was awesome and a great memory of my Dad being a wonderful father.
Very cool. Thanks for sharing!
I saw that same concert tour in Tucson. Was Steely Dan with them?
@@arizonastrummer as far as I remember it was just Bread at the Celebrity Theater. Thanks for asking!
Love Bread! Their songs are always on my playlists that I use to relax.
Relaxing for sure!
Loved Bread. Their music was sweet and romantic. Gorgeous lyrics and writing. Gald to listen to this one Professor, Thank you for sharing this on this beautiful Saturday Morning
THanks Daniel!
BREAD!
I see what you did there....... Smooth like butter. Good one.
Easy listening band. I remember their songs being all over the radio when I was a kid.
Thanks Professor!
Great t-shirt. Loved the Dream Police album.
Everyone have a great weekend. ❤️
Thanks Roger! You do the same!
I always liked Bread. My 2 big favorites are Everything I own and Make it with you. I remember buying one of their albums and hearing Mother freedom. Loving it and saying man these guys can rock too. I believe they had another single that rocked. Seem to remember it was called Let your love go or something like that. Gates was very talented.
One of The Best I've ever had the Pleasure of listening to. When one of their songs came on the radio the station Stayed where it was til the end of the song.
Great comment!
The relative calm I get from listening to Bread makes them one of my favorite groups of the '70s...
It's a peaceful easy feeling Flave!
@ProfessorofRock Ha!
Prof, you're right on with the Bread appreciation, phenomenal lyrics and groove on the mellow side. I had their albums right up there beside my Led Zeppelin and Alice Cooper records. But the beauty of vinyl is that they're all independent, each in their own sleeve and album cover, they each have their place. As a hard rocker, Bread wouldn't ever begin to match the intensity of Black Sabbath, can't see it Prof.
Awesome ! Thanks Rabby!
@@ProfessorofRock... Bread became a joke between a friend and me. I have always had an interest in who was the creator of music that emanated from the radio in my truck. One night we were driving around and some random song came on and I said to Marc, who's singing that? He had no clue, so he said "I don't know, Bread." He wasn't even close, and our joke began. I'm not sure what band it was, but maybe Bad Company because they were right there at the top of my favorites. Of course I thought his answer was hilarious, so he used it as his default reset, saying every song was I don't know, Bread. Some weeks later an actual Bread song began playing, so I asked him who was playing on the radio. He said "I don't know, Bread." Of course it doubled us up when I told him, "THAT'S RIGHT!!". Pretty sure it was David Gates and Bread by then.
Thank you Professor! Bread is one of those bands that plays a big part in my life! My late Sister loved them too which was rare that we ever agreed on anything!😊😊😊 .. my Girlfriends and i had a shore house in 1975 and we wore out the Bread albums,one of many of the bands you showcased. The 70s were the best time of music and my life! ❤❤❤ Happy Holidays to you and everyone!
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I've always loved Bread! Their songs have made me cry during hard times in my life. Mostly after a break up in a relationship.
Thanks for reminding me how beautiful their songs are! Thank you for an awesome show! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!! 😊
THanks Dann!
@ProfessorofRock 😊
My parents gave me 'The Best of Bread' album that I played on my record player as a boy of 9 years old in 1977...
They were iconic...
Ha ha!
Bread truly reminds me of being a child. Sometime back my wife asked me if I remembered learning to swim as a child. I remember being 5 and in the pool of a motel in Florida while my father watched me try to learn to not drown and get back to the shallow end. He stood in the shallow end drinking a Miller High Life and was doing his best to ignore me. "Everything I Own" by Bread was playing over the P.A. Might sound kind of harsh how I learned to swim but it was a sort of paradigm of my late father's method. I'm glad that's how he was, I wouldn't change it.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
They were an awesome band!! David Gates released a couple of solo songs I loved!! Took The Last Train was different sounding from Bread!! Goodbye Girl was a bigger hit and sounded similar to Bread!! David Gates had a perfect voice for soft rock!! You picked a great band to talk about today, Professor Of Rock!! Have an awesome weekend!! Cindy Snow
THanks Cindy! You do the same!
Some of the most smooth music out there. I will always enjoy these countdowns and though I don't have a horse in the race, I'm glad to hear the stories behind the songs.
Cool. Are you a fan?
@@ProfessorofRock They're not in my top 10 but I enjoy their music.
I grew up listening to the soft rock music of Bread in the 70's & had their albums. Love David Gates voice. He has one of the most soothing & mellow voices. They had so many hits. In 1978, Gates enjoyed success as a solo artist with the hit singles "Goodbye Girl" (from the movie The Goodbye Girl) & "Took The Last Train".
Amen!
Bread who would forget their songs Make it with you,If,Aubrey,Diary and Guitarman,Everything I own.Great band.Spiral Starecase is another great band for their love songs.
My father use to think the Sprial Starecase singer (Pat Upton) and Mickey Thomas were the same people (probably cause of their high octane vocal)
THanks!
Happy Birthday to the one and only William Michael Albert Broad (69)!
BFI🤟
I don't know who he is, but happy birthday! 🎉
@@Whisper_292 That would be Billy Idol!
Amen. Love Billy> GREAT GUY!
guess thats why white wedding was on yesterday
It Don't Matter To Me is definitely the kind of song that reaches deep into the heart to make your emotions surface. If does the same! Breads' distinctive melodies are forever beautifully designed to stir the soul! I enjoyed David's solo music especially Took The Last Train! Thanks for this one Professor!
...Whenever I want to brush something off, I always say, "..It DON'T reeeally matter to MEEEE..." ...which, is ALL the time! ...ha-HAA!
You are WELCOME!
Ha ha!
Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe used "I'm A Want You" in their amazing "Quartet" in 1989.
Always brings the tears. 😢
HIs voice has that affect!
My mom played these guys constantly during my formative years and still listening to them at 51. Love Bread.
Awesome!
Listened to this great group, and their music, from early '70s thru the first of the '80s. Still love them to this day. Had a couple of their albums (8-Track) in the car for when I started dating in '76. Always great for those dates. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for listening!
My top 5 songs by Bread:
1. Guitar Man
2. It Don't Matter to Me
3. Dismal Day
4. Let Your Love Go
5. If
Bread are one of the great American bands, a category that doesn't have the continuity the way a British list would.
People are all over the place listing U.S. bands.
Dismal Day was a huge hit where I lived.
For people who want to get more in depth on this band, listen to The Best of Bread 2.
Thanks!
If they stopped making music today, it would be fine with me. So much I missed from the 60s - 70s that I missed because I thought it was old and lame. Going to listen to Bread today .
AMEN!❤❤❤
Youth love memories... as an adolescent, feelings are just there, a single touch, a beautiful song, Bates tone of voice... I really melted, 😊 just like butter!😊❤
It's magical!
"Audry was her name ", my very favourite!
My dad had The Best of Bread on cassette, and as a kid, Mother Freedom was my favorite song of the album. Over time, I’ve grown to love the ballads also, but anytime I see online reaction videos to the ballads, I always encourage the reactor to give a listen to some of their rockers also. Everyone needs to hear Mother Freedom, Down On My Knees, Let Your Love Go, Truckin’, Too Much Love, etc. It’s all great!
My older sister had the album Greatest Hits and wouldn’t let me touch it 😄 so I went and got me the Cassette and still have it ~ loved every song (Diary is a bit more my fav cuz it’s so heartbreaking)
I've always loved their song If. It's beautiful and perfect.
It was even featured on The Muppet Show with the song playing while a puppeteer showed a lady puppet (very realistic) trying to tend to what looked like a dying Confederate soldier.
The end of the song sees both of the puppet's spirits rising up towards the sky together.
I think there was also a separate episode with the female guest of the week sang If, also. It's been a LONG time, so the exact details aren't in my memory.
I didn't like Bread as a kid either, but one day when I was grown up I heard "Guitar Man" for the first time in many years and something about it just really resonated with me. After that I realized Gates' songs were emotionally heavier than any hard rock band, and I greatly respect him as a songwriter.
My sister and pretty much every young lady in the 70s were Bread fanatics!!!
YES!
As a child of the 70's, I didn't dig Bread. To me they were just elevator Muzak . However, after 50 years of gathering additional life experiences, Gate's lyrics speak to me in a deep and personal way that my adolescent self could never have appreciated.
Yes! Same here!
My mum was a big Bread fan. Had the greatest hits on cassette, we listened to it regularly. Lost her in 2000, simply can't listen to Everything I Own, hits too hard.
THanks!
The 1st song I ever heard by Bread was "Mother Freedom" on KNUZ-AM in Houston. It was some time (probably listening to Philly's oldies' station WPEN) that I found out what the bulk of their output was. I wound up getting 2 LPs by them- THE BEST OF BREAD (1973) and LOST WITHOUT YOUR LOVE (1977). In 2009 I copied both onto a CD as a "twofer". (I got it sitting right here!)
I also did a "KNUZ" CD-comp in 2011, and "Mother Freedom" was one of the highlights. Part 1: "Indian Reservation", "I Woke Up In Love This Morning", "Signs", "Solo", "Sweet Hitch-Hiker", "Stick Up", "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart", "Smiling Faces Sometimes", "Spanish Harlem", Part 2: "Ain't No Sunshine", "Beginnings", "Go Away Little Girl", "Mother Freedom", "Draggin' The Line", "I Just Want To Celebrate", "Take Me Home Country Roads" and "The Story In Your Eyes"-- one of my all-time top favorite custom comps! (Try programming the above list in this order-- it'll blow your mind.) It's no wonder 1971 remains one of my favorite years ever for AM radio.
I remember being invited to this girls house one day after school. Thursday afternoon she said "I want to Make it With You. " I came over and she was wearing a Minnie Mouse apron. I found the whole picture titillating. I was surprised when she sashayed into and out of the pantry. With cake mix it was one of our favorite teachers birthday 🎂 so we made a double layer German Chocolate cake!
That could have gone so many other different ways… Glad to see she had a great sense of humor!
@seanarmstrong8460 I'm glad that someone else found humor in that. I was singing that song all day long in anticipation of a different I want to Make it With you . I remember the before I was Let's get Closer by Atlantic Star and Gigalos Get Lonely Too by the Time. What a striking contrast. But it all had the same meaning!
I love bread! Most of their soothing ballads always gives me a warm fuzzy comfortable feeling and at the same time gives me goosebumps every time I sing along to their songs. Btw I had no idea Everything I own was about a dad. I thought it was a love song of a woman who did all those sweet things for him.
BREAD!!! They are the most influential musical act for my own music... even more than the Beatles! I even wrote & recorded a song that steals the piano & part of the melody of the chorus to "Goodbye Girl" (David Gates solo hit). 😎
These songs are all MANDATORY on my everyday playlist:
If
Everything I Own
Diary
Aubrey
The Guitar Man
Lost Without Your Love
Goodbye Girl
Thanks Bill!
Bread was very popular when I was in my early teens. What I remember most about them is my friend's mother bought all their albums. That kind of turned me off to them. they were old people's music. But It was hard on to hear their music since it was on the radio all the time.
I listen to them now, maybe because of nostalgia. I had forgotten all about the song "Mother Freedom".
I always thought one of the saddest songs I ever heard in my life was Bread's song "Diary". It's so beautiful but just tears your heart out at the same time.
Before watching this, I never knew how much I neglected Bread. These 5.5 (😅) songs I remembered instantly. I gotta hit my local record shop. Thanks, Professor!
There's always a place for the mellow, laid back, well written music. Many of the relaxed sounds of the 70s just didn't fit the speed most of us were running by day, but became a little refuge for us with headphones or in our rooms late at night, romantic nights especially.
Came up through the 70s. We weren't locked into genre or sound. We did, however, separate our music into categories by the parts of our lives the various genres of music played the soundtrack for.
Mahe Ohna ✌️ Favour ALL
Rob Royer and Jimmy Griffin (Bread) wrote the lyrics for the song "For All We Know", sung by Larry Meredith, won an Academy Award from the movie "Lovers and Strangers" and also sung by the legendary duo Carpenters and reached #3 on Billboard 100. Bread was super talented.
That's another beautiful song with simple but profound lyrics.
Best band since sliced...
Ba-dum TISS!
Ha ha!
@@Whisper_292 Okay, so it turns out there's a hardcore punk band called Slices. I wonder if they named themselves after Bread.
Bread is one of my favorite bands. So many good song's it don't matter to me, if, and so many great songs. David Gates is one of the best singers of the 1970's in my opinion.
I totally agree Wayne! He's the best!
I love the band, especially the song IF. We played "If" in band during my HS freshmen year 1982 and I've loved the song ever since.
Just heard Bread yesterday and thought what happened to music like this. They and other singer/songwriters filled a place in the musical firmament that is sorely lacking today.
I remember hearing a lot of Breads 70's songs on the soft rock stations when I was a kid in the 80's. A lot of the DJ'S had them on their classic rotation lists.
Really brings back the memories ❤️
Wonderful!
Another one of my fave '70's bands. Many people out there probably don't know that a young 20 year old David Gates wrote the real nice '63 song "Popsicles And Icicles" for The Murmaids.
"Everything I Own" is a real tearjerker...
In the mid-70s, I took my girlfriend to a Bread concert.
The next day, she woke up with a yeast infection. 😏
Yes, Bread are simply a feel good, easy listening band. My mum always used to listen to them when she needed to relax.
Pretty magical!
I saw Bread's last concert in Salt Lake City at the Salt Palace. After their equipment and instruments were destroyed in a truck accident prior to a scheduled concert at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City in June 1973, Bread decided to disband.
Cool! What year?
@@ProfessorofRock After their equipment and instruments were destroyed in a truck accident prior to a scheduled concert at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City in June 1973, Bread decided to disband.
Most underrated band of the era. Timeless songs, meticulously performed and sung. Solo albums by Gates and Griffin also worth seeking out, particularly a now out of print CD capturing Griffin’s 2 70’s solo albums: ‘Just Like Yesterday’.
Ah, Bread .... the perfect music to listen to while you sit around and loaf. 😏
Never was a Bread fan because I was more into rock not soft pop. However you are right, excellent lyrics. Thanks Professor!
One! One defining track! two! Two defining tracks! Mua ha ha!
🤣🤣🤣
Count counts the numbers and we all applaud.
Ha ha! Love it!
Guitar Man, my favorite! I married my guitar man, after 25 years, not the man I fell in love with, but Guitar Man by Bread, always high on my list of favorites. Thank you Professor for including this special song to me.
Wow didn't know he was so gifted! He's a great musician, thanks for sharing nice info about David and Bread.
Greetings from Mexico City.❤🎉
Thanks! Have a great weekend!
Thank you Professor! ✌🏼😊
YOu are very welcome!
Greetings to the greatest collection of audiophiles, melomaniacs, and music junkies to ever be assembled...that my friends is three chords and the truth!!!
Greetings and Mellowness to everyone today.
....WHEW, I thought you said, 'megalomaniac' .....I thought, '..Code has MY number!..' ..ha-HAA!
Amen, brother.
Hey, I resemble those remarks!! Morning Code
@@FredGroenke55You are definitely all of thee above!
Thanks and respect from Guyana 🇬🇾
Thanks for watching!
Back in the early 70’s the big time AM radio stations like WLS, KOMA, etc had a very diverse play list. You’d hear Led Zep followed by Bread then The Carpenters then Jethro Tull, etc.
There weren’t any real specialized genre stations like there are now on Sirius. You couldn’t really “switch stations”. It made us appreciate different kinds of music as far as heavy metal to pop to rock.
Country had their own stations.
I think we learned to appreciate music more than if we’d grown up today.
I miss those days and the radio was one of my best friends.
ours was same i think we got fm must have been like 1973 or 4 and we also had a country station
Sadly, James Griffin got little recognition for his songs with Bread. Some of my favorite were, Look what you've done, Games of magic, Dream lady, Too much love, Down on my knees. Not much coverage of his songs with Bread.
True!
I knew so little about Bread, but always enjoyed their music. Nice job, Professor, telling the story of this talented and impactful musical group. Always helpful to get the backstory to appreciate the group's contributions even more. Professor, thank you for sharing your expert level insights. It truly enrichens my sense of musical history and energizes my anticipation and hopes for the future. A couple questions. Do you have a standard template or model in mind for the evolution of a music group that seems to play out over time? Or do you think it's completely unpredictable in the majority of cases? Thank you. 😊
Thanks!
I think what I meant with the question was more on the lifecycle of a music group. Lifecycle feels like a better word than evolution, which I believe you are applying to music overall. Best!
During (most of) the last 15 years of his life, my dad chose "If" as the ringtone for his live-in girlfriend. Then, "Everything I Own" was the Bread song that this considerably unhinged female singer I briefly tried working with in 2001 used to sing in tribute to her own father. The song that most fascinates me from the Bread catalog is "Look What You've Done"; it's like the best of both the ballad nature of their best-known tracks and the harder rock edge that David Gates resisted.
My friend Jim has often shared how his older sister attended the same high school not only as David Gates but also Leon Russell. According to Jim, his sister reported that the students always knew David was going places - while Leon's career came as a near-total shock to everyone. Over all, my favorite David Gates tune is "Satirday's Child" from the Monkees' debut.
Our band used to play "Look What You've Done" and audiences loved it. Jimmy Griffin wrote that one.
My mind is in the back seat of my parents Monte Carlo.
My brother and I are sitting on pillows in the back seat so we can see out of the windows. "Padiddle"!
Mom and dad actually sat close on the bench seat. The windows are down and they are both singing.
We are headed to A&W and then the Skyview drive-in.🤟
To what extent did marginalizing artists like Bread, ABBA and Carpenters lead to where we are today? Scaring people away from beautiful harmony, tasteful arrangements, and innocence has consequences.
I'm amazed at how people will defend Eminem's violent misogyny, then denounce soft rock.
Great point! Well said.
Right on. People who are just too wimpy to let that soft emotion flow
Many rock bands' biggest hits are ballads. Consider "Beth" by Kiss, "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas, or "Dream On" by Aerosmith. Soft music is much easier to succeed with because it's more universally accessible.
Bread was my big sisters favorite and I hated them. Now their music puts a big smile on my face and a tear in my eye remembering her.
Thanks for sharing! Peace to you!
born in 54 so this was my heyday bread was great never knew anyone that actually had a bread album money was scarce in those days so you really had to pick a winner when your parents could afford to buy you an album i was a mellow music kind of guy teased by my crowd but really james taylor carole king and others from laurel canyon just so many choices and bread was always on the radio so they just never made the very short i gotta purchase list but always a great listen i still listen to bread a lot and now adays i do wonder why didn't i get in to bread more but man we had so much more great music in those days than money adam i really love your videos keep them coming
I’m with you prof. As a kid I couldn’t stand Bread but, I’ve grown to like a lot of their songs and respect them as musicians. They represent the softer side of the greatest decade in music.
Same here!
I’ve “outgrown” a lot of music I grew up listening to, but Bread is one of those bands I will always appreciate.
They were, for certain, a bit of an influence on my own songwriting.
Bread and the Moody Blues helped me get through adolescence. Still among my favorites at age 68.
As soon as I saw 1970-73 I knew it was Bread. Not sure if they had that many hits in the UK but they were big across the Pond. The Sound of Bread album was also huge, got to No1 here. My favourite is Guitar Man, that little guitar solo was probably the nearest they got to rock out.
My parents’ wedding song way back in ‘77 was “If” (my wedding song back in ‘14 was “Make You Feel My Love” covered by Adele.)
THanks!
Our wedding song was "Longer" by Dan Fogelberg ❤❤❤ 43 years ago ❤ and still in love ❤❤
Everything I Own always reminded me of my grandfather who died suddenly when I was 13. Later learned it was for his father who died while he was on the road.
Bread was so popular in my teen years. While I could appreciate their ballads, they were overplayed on the radeo plus my sister loved them, so I couldn't get away from them. "Mother Freedom" was a breath of fresh of fresh air.
My first arena concert was Bread with Steely Dan the backup group. They not only nailed the lovely ballads but they rocked as well. While I love the Gates ballads, my favorite song of theirs was a song by Griffin called "Look What You've Done" where not only did the harmonies shine but it rocked as well. Griffin was an amazing songwriter and singer and he left the world far too early. Thanks for featuring them. Have a listen to that song. My band used to perform it and audiences loved it even though they weren't quite sure where it came from. It was on the radio but not a top ten.
Such great memories with these songs and still soothes my soul
Gates is an amazing writer and singer. The older I get and the more family members I lose the more "Everything i own" tears me up.
Same!
I have to say that my copy of "The Best of Bread" is still my go to album to set the mood I want to set with my lady... It's her birthday today... Happy Birthday Renee...
Bread yes. Hugs and love!😊
Yes! Thank you!
"Everything I Own" certainly made the homecoming scene in "Beau is Afraid" (2023) extremely haunting.
Thanks SO much for the ep on Bread. My friends and I loved them through Jr HS and HS. One of the few bands where even to this day, I still know most of the lyrics. I had recently seen that most of the members passed away in the early 2000s, in fact 2 in the same year. WAY too young. Such talented guys! Thanks again, Adam. I love your incredible insight, knowledge, and obvious hard work and research when you do your interviews!
Great band 👌 👏 👍
"Holding On To Yesterday" - Ambrosia
"Little Angel" - The 4 Seasons (never an A-side, though.)
"The Dangling Conversation" - Simon & Garfunkel
So glad that you included "Mother Freedom", one of the two Bread rock hits, "Let Your Love Go" was also a great rock hit.
Rock on!
Your ending comment about David Gates' voice really expresses my own feelings since I first heard this group. It's a powerful sound filled with feelings ❤
In those days, if you wanted her to be in the mood, you played Bread. You bring back my youth.
Love it!