I know a lot of fans automatically mention Year of the Cat, but this is my fave Al Stewart song. Ironically, the song itself brings me back to my childhood listening to this on a tiny transistor radio. My own Time Passages. LOL
Me too! I was in 8th grade or freshman in HS and felt the emotions but the lyrics of course didn't make full sense until much later. Nowadays...... The memories....
Overlooked in what way? It was 1979s #1 song of the year on the Adult Contemporary Chart and reached #7 on the Billboard chart. It was played on every radio station at the time.
Thank you for using proper "phraseology". So many would just lob out "underrated" when anyone who truly iunderstands music knows Al Stewart was HUGE all up and down his hits list.
This song is like a time machine for me. Every time I hear this song especially on the sax solos, it takes me away to my childhood back in the 1970's. I was 8 years old when this song came out. I remember hearing this song being played on radio at that time. Such a true classic!
Jay and Amber, the arrangement behind this song is priceless. I fell in love with this song when I first heard it back in 1978. I hope that you will love this song as I do.
My late girlfriend introduced me to Al Stewart. She'd found him by accident when she walked into the wrong gig at Lancaster University in the early 1970s. He was playing The Small Fruit Song: a quirky song with a very long guitar intro and then just one short verse. On this occasion, he played and played and played and played for about ten minutes without getting to the verse, then eventually stopped and said "I'm sorry ladies and gentlemen, but I'm lost: I'll have to start again." She was instantly charmed and became a lifelong fan. Many years later, after my girlfriend had died (we played Time Passages at her funeral) I found out that Al was playing in Ashton (near me) so I took my friend, a nervous wannabe singer-songwriter, to see him. On this occasion he launched into a long, complicated song about the Treaty of Versailles (League of Notions) and got lost, so he enlisted the front three rows of rabid fans to help him through it and they finished it as a group singalong with a huge cheer at the end. My friend was gobsmacked: she thought that if you screwed up on stage you were finished, so the idea that you could recover and keep the audience on-side by making a self-depreciating joke out of it was a revelation to her. Getting signed merch afterwards, she thanked him and I told him about my girlfriend becoming a fan by seeing him screw up back in the '70s: he laughed his head off and said "well at least I'm consistent..." Lovely bloke. Still going too: last saw him play in the UK in 2019.
I had a chance to skip out on work one frigid rainy night in Pudget Sound, about 17 years back and hop the ferry from Bremerton to downtown Seattle and catch this amazing artist. Stupid me thought he would be back around whenever and I have yet to think about seeing if he is live performing in my area ever since. What an idiot move by younger me...
Most English musicians from the 60' and 70's tend to be much more entertaining and personable than most U.S. based artists of the same time frame. My POV is based upon my childhood, 12 of my 18 yeays of youth were spent living in West Germany in the 70's and first half of the 80's. I can say, 36 years later (all but 6 months), living in the U.S. I still have more endearment to the Western European culture than I do with "American" culture. I went to see Ian Anderson in 2008 and Nick Mason "A Saucerful of Secrets" last October and EASILY had a much better time than I did for the four American bands I have paid to see live. That being said, I woukd kill to hear Bob Seger perform live, even if it were a super small venue...
Thank you for sharing such a poignant story. I doubt I'll ever meet Al, but he does strike me as a very gentle soul. His music has picked me up many times
This song is one of my favorites and my affection for it increases over the years. As I head toward my 70s I find myself more frequently casting my line into those time passages, catching memories of people and places from long ago.
I am about to turn 64 and have been a fan of Al Stewart's music for at least 50 of those years. Someone else mentioned Song on the Radio for a long time my favorite song of his. I became a fan of classic rock right about the time the British invasion began with the Beetles and Stones as well as the more mellow sound from the Momma's and the Pappas, Fleetwood Mac and as the seventies hit Al Stewart and even the disco era had it's share of good tunes plus ABBA, wings the eagles there has just always been such great music that has served to mark the passages of all our lives. School, marriage, family, my service in the army at the end of the cold war...81-89. I was stationed in Germany (still west Germany at that time) when great hits like 99 luftballons and Falco came out. Part 9f NENA's video was filmed at Grafenwohr where we did our live firing ( M109 self propelled howitzers ) I was part of the FDC fire direction center when the excercise was over the gun crews burned off the left over powder, that is what you see in the video she filming while we were there but we had never heard of them lol. Just a short distance away the commies were watching us from their guard towers. My mom passed away then and I came home shortly after got married. Stewart's music always helps to make things better. For years I worked two jobs, one was as a pizza delivery driver!!! I remember dashing down the road listening to Song on the Radio. 2014 my wife passed on and those hauntingly sad melodies have helped me get through the years since. I will always be grateful for those tunes they have been a part of my life almost as far back as I can remember! Thank you Al for always being there!
When this song first came out, my life sucked. I was 16 and my dad had died from a heart attack at age 40. 40. Something about the combination of the guitars, saxophone, and Al Stewart's voice reassuring you that time was not just linear and inevitable, but could also be fluid, going back and forth between where you were and when you wanted be. When my mind couldn't stop racing, this would calm me down and provide hope that I could hold on to the past but there could be better days ahead. Thank you for discovering and sharing this gem.
I was in HS when this released. Beautiful song. Gets me crying. Such a dreamy and wistful piece. The orchestration is delicious.. Mom is 90 (as of 2 weeks ago) and gradually fading. I'm here taking care of her as best I can. This song is especially heart wrenching at this stage of our lives. Every note, word, string, riff of this outstanding song is pulling at my heart. Beautiful.
I was a freshman in high school when this came out and the music struck me. Now all these years later the lyrics struck me. Simply gorgeous song . If this song doesn't move you check your pulse because you may be dead already
@Will Dwyer I only own a best of and "Year Of The Cat" album. What would you consider his best? I'm always looking for great albums and songs that I missed.
Al Stewart’s full talent is so apparent in this song. By the way, a saxophone is not a horn. It’s a woodwind instrument. Very distinctive sound, played through a reed. A horn has a mouthpiece where your lips have to buzz through to make a sound. This song is beautiful because of the sax and the strings on top of the guitars. Excellent musicians in his band!
And the saxophones are in what is called “the horn section” and have been generally called horns by jazz musicians, so I think she’s just fine calling them horns.
Great to hear more Al Stewart. Some other good songs of his are "Song on the Radio", "Midnight Rocks", "On the Border", "Running Man", and if you really want to be ambitious, his epic song "Roads to Moscow"
This is from a time when music was much, MUCH more than just a fat beat. I love all Al Stewart's songs as they are Beautifully Crafted and each one tells a Beautiful Story.
The strings on this song were arranged by Andrew Powell. He did a lot of work with the Alan Parsons Project. Another artist I highly recommend checking out.
Welcome aboard, youngsters! Thank you, for the trip down memory lane. I was in High School when Al Stewart's 'Year Of The Cat' album was released and I became an instant fan of his music. 'Time Passages' was the follow up album to 'Year Of The Cat'.
The song also appeared on HBO's The Sopranos which Al Stewart in an interview joked when his manager phoned in and said that we have a check from the Mafia😂😂😂.
Words just can’t do it justice. If you’re having a bad day, play “Time Passages” and try to remember why you thought that way... Al Stewart is good medicine.
if you decide to look at more Al Stewart check out Old Admirals, Nostradamus and Roads To Moscow from the album Past, Present & Future. Roads to Moscow always makes the hair on the back of my neck raise up at the last line of the song.
A fine Scottish fellow Al is but he lives in LA now I think. I saw him perform back when this Album came out, great show. You should listen to one of the best historical song's ever written. 'Roads To Moscow', one of his best. Cheers.
Thank you guys. Just found your channel today and binge watching. Product of the late 70's and early 80's. It's great when everyone can appreciate ALL the music out there. Hope you two are as happy as you appear to be in your videos. Stay cool. Stay young. AND STAY HAPPY
This is one of my all time favorite songs! Love the way Rob reacts to the Sax! The same way I do after Hearing this song about a 1000 times if not more
Al has said in interviews that he hates this song. After Year of the Cat was a huge hit, the record company told him to do another one like that. He threw some stuff together and it was also a huge hit, cause he’s a genius.
"Roads to Moscow" is an absolute must. Before he moved into this kind of orchestrated sound, he was just a brilliant songwriter who told stories with a guitar, and that song is probably his greatest achievement. It's mesmerizing if you listen to the story.
My late father loved Al Stewart. I remember he asked me to burn a cd for him of Al Stewart, Cat Stevens and other great 70's soft rock artist. Great music, keepim coming!!
Omg, I love al Stewart, yet another song that reminds me of sitting in the back seat of my aunts car driving to the mall, it was a big thing for me back then ! I miss you aunt Mary!
Hey guys, I’m up here in Billings, Montana enjoying the music with you. I graduated high school in 1974 so I feel very fortunate to have lived through this decade as well as most of the 80’s. I have enough LP’s to fill almost 2 milk crates. Congratulations on the new child, keep smiling!!
Wow! I haven't heard this in decades. It's so great experiencing these songs with you guys for the first time again. Truly taking me down Time Passages.
Oh to be 6teen again !! And back i school with my friends. Unfortunately, many of them are no longer with us. To you younger folks, enjoy it while you can!
I absolutely love this man's voice. It is so soothing and lovely as is the music. I just closed my eyes and listened as it brought back so many memories of days gone by. Thanks for all the great music.
I knew you two would love it! Amber, you saw from that song what I did. I'd not thought of them as "time passages" but I do now. It's perfect poetry. That sax player is singing with his instrument, not just playing, and those parts to me are the sweeping vistas of your memories. You then settle back into the "present" grove of reality. Personal Top-10.
I love Al Stewart, Year of the Cat and Time Passages are my two favorites. His annunciation is impeccable. I find myself often casting my line into those time passages. This song is very melancholy for me, and the swell of music in the bridge is what sends me back in time. Please consider listening to Lee Michaels "Do you know what I mean".
Great music from Al Stewart his producer from 1975 to 1978 was Alan Parsons. oF The Alan Parsons Project. Parsons liked the horns and sax to be used. hope you got E-mail on Alan parsons Symphonic project live in Columbia " Don't Answer Me " and "Time". all these great late sixties, seventies musicians worked with each other and we got great music!!
I just love watching Amber listen to these songs. It's so easy to see how the music is making her feel. That is the reason musicians and writers do what they do.
Peter White was the major composer and writing partner with Al Stewart - you might search some of Peter White's solo projects - especially his guitar work.
The acoustic guitar mini-solo about two minutes in just before the sax comes in, I saw you, Jay, say "Oh yes". That is the great Peter White who played with Al for some time and co-wrote this song. Please react to some Peter White music. He's one of my favorites whom I've seen in concert several times.
As someone that grew up in the 70s, when I watch you 2 , enjoy the sounds of the 70s, and 80s, I can’t explain that how much emotions come over me, because I get to experience it All Over Again ( for the 1st time) through you two 😢
As a kid he lived in my home town of Bournemouth on the South Coast of England. When he left school he worked in a department store in Bournemouth Town centre. I used to work in this store but not at the same time. He was friends with Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Greg Lake came from Poole which is next door to Bournemouth and also John Wetton of the group Asia and King Crimson lived here too. They all used to meet up and play music locally. Love from the UK 🥰
Al also shared a flat with Paul Simon at one point. He said that he was struggling with his song writing at the time and listened to Paul working on his songs in the next room and said to himself "Oh! So that's how it's done!" I wish the two of them had made an album together - that would have been epic!
In my opinion this song musically, is one of the top 5 all time. It’s one that you really don’t want to end. I’ve enjoyed listening to this song for over 30 years. Thank you for reacting to it. Now go and enjoy it again 😊
Fantastic artist. You should try Modern Times, Roads to Moscow and Night Train to Munich - all amazing and have the vibe of what the lyrics are trying to say.
Great song from one of three excellent albums by Al Stewart: Time Passages, Year of the Cat and Past, Present and Future....all original, superb musical fusions with top class musicians, gorgeous song writing and rich easy lyrics evoking love and life experiences and beautiful imagery. Love his natural voice and clear diction without any pretentions or silly affectations. Many favourite songs on these three classics.
I love this song and your reaction BJ when Peter White on acoustic guitar and Phil Kenzie jump in. Backed by those magnificent strings produced by Alan Parsons!!
You guys would never want to react to them on YT, but please check out Stewart's songs 'Roads To Moscow' & 'Nostradamus'. Not really pop, but a treatise on history....both of them. Listen to them, and the listen to them again.....and then again, especially 'Roads To Moscow', helping to explain Russian culture. Fantastic songs !!
if you want to review another wonderful Al Stewart hit, check out "On the Border". You'll enjoy the cadence of this track. Thanks for reacting to Time Passages, so lovely :)
This is such a beautifully crafted song.. Absolutely stunning.. Up there with YOTC.. Al Stewart?.. Is he still performing?.. Would love to see him again. 😊
Snowy and Very, Very COLD Here in Northern Michigan!! Thanks For More So Stewart! I Absolutely. Loved Him From The First Time I Heard "Year of The Cat"!! Thanks Also For All The Great Memories Your Channel Has Provided! Me. ❤❤❤
About a week ago, I saw a sign that Al was playing near me in CT in March. Obviously I picked up a couple tickets. I last saw him about ten years ago, his voice was still great. Hopefully he still has the pipes.
I know a lot of fans automatically mention Year of the Cat, but this is my fave Al Stewart song. Ironically, the song itself brings me back to my childhood listening to this on a tiny transistor radio. My own Time Passages. LOL
Me too! I was in 8th grade or freshman in HS and felt the emotions but the lyrics of course didn't make full sense until much later. Nowadays...... The memories....
This and "On the Border" absolutely gorgeous songs. I still love YotC.
Midnight Rocks is quite an underrated song!
One of the smoothest tracks of the 70s. Way overlooked.
I certainly agree!
_#dreamy__ !_
Overlooked in what way? It was 1979s #1 song of the year on the Adult Contemporary Chart and reached #7 on the Billboard chart. It was played on every radio station at the time.
@@MarkCucchiara This song was often played on radio stations in NZ 📻in those years
Thank you for using proper "phraseology". So many would just lob out "underrated" when anyone who truly iunderstands music knows Al Stewart was HUGE all up and down his hits list.
OMG...I'm 60 and haven't heard this song since a kid. I forgot how much I love this song.
This song is like a time machine for me. Every time I hear this song especially on the sax solos, it takes me away to my childhood back in the 1970's. I was 8 years old when this song came out. I remember hearing this song being played on radio at that time. Such a true classic!
Jay and Amber, the arrangement behind this song is priceless. I fell in love with this song when I first heard it back in 1978. I hope that you will love this song as I do.
My late girlfriend introduced me to Al Stewart. She'd found him by accident when she walked into the wrong gig at Lancaster University in the early 1970s. He was playing The Small Fruit Song: a quirky song with a very long guitar intro and then just one short verse. On this occasion, he played and played and played and played for about ten minutes without getting to the verse, then eventually stopped and said "I'm sorry ladies and gentlemen, but I'm lost: I'll have to start again." She was instantly charmed and became a lifelong fan.
Many years later, after my girlfriend had died (we played Time Passages at her funeral) I found out that Al was playing in Ashton (near me) so I took my friend, a nervous wannabe singer-songwriter, to see him. On this occasion he launched into a long, complicated song about the Treaty of Versailles (League of Notions) and got lost, so he enlisted the front three rows of rabid fans to help him through it and they finished it as a group singalong with a huge cheer at the end.
My friend was gobsmacked: she thought that if you screwed up on stage you were finished, so the idea that you could recover and keep the audience on-side by making a self-depreciating joke out of it was a revelation to her. Getting signed merch afterwards, she thanked him and I told him about my girlfriend becoming a fan by seeing him screw up back in the '70s: he laughed his head off and said "well at least I'm consistent..." Lovely bloke. Still going too: last saw him play in the UK in 2019.
Great story and experience, sorry for your loss though. Thanks for sharing.
What a great story! Sounds like he's got a good sense of humor & can laugh at himself!
I had a chance to skip out on work one frigid rainy night in Pudget Sound, about 17 years back and hop the ferry from Bremerton to downtown Seattle and catch this amazing artist. Stupid me thought he would be back around whenever and I have yet to think about seeing if he is live performing in my area ever since. What an idiot move by younger me...
Most English musicians from the 60' and 70's tend to be much more entertaining and personable than most U.S. based artists of the same time frame. My POV is based upon my childhood, 12 of my 18 yeays of youth were spent living in West Germany in the 70's and first half of the 80's. I can say, 36 years later (all but 6 months), living in the U.S. I still have more endearment to the Western European culture than I do with "American" culture.
I went to see Ian Anderson in 2008 and Nick Mason "A Saucerful of Secrets" last October and EASILY had a much better time than I did for the four American bands I have paid to see live. That being said, I woukd kill to hear Bob Seger perform live, even if it were a super small venue...
Thank you for sharing such a poignant story. I doubt I'll ever meet Al, but he does strike me as a very gentle soul. His music has picked me up many times
This song is one of my favorites and my affection for it increases over the years. As I head toward my 70s I find myself more frequently casting my line into those time passages, catching memories of people and places from long ago.
I am about to turn 64 and have been a fan of Al Stewart's music for at least 50 of those years. Someone else mentioned Song on the Radio for a long time my favorite song of his. I became a fan of classic rock right about the time the British invasion began with the Beetles and Stones as well as the more mellow sound from the Momma's and the Pappas, Fleetwood Mac and as the seventies hit Al Stewart and even the disco era had it's share of good tunes plus ABBA, wings the eagles there has just always been such great music that has served to mark the passages of all our lives. School, marriage, family, my service in the army at the end of the cold war...81-89. I was stationed in Germany (still west Germany at that time) when great hits like 99 luftballons and Falco came out. Part 9f NENA's video was filmed at Grafenwohr where we did our live firing ( M109 self propelled howitzers ) I was part of the FDC fire direction center when the excercise was over the gun crews burned off the left over powder, that is what you see in the video she filming while we were there but we had never heard of them lol. Just a short distance away the commies were watching us from their guard towers. My mom passed away then and I came home shortly after got married. Stewart's music always helps to make things better. For years I worked two jobs, one was as a pizza delivery driver!!! I remember dashing down the road listening to Song on the Radio. 2014 my wife passed on and those hauntingly sad melodies have helped me get through the years since. I will always be grateful for those tunes they have been a part of my life almost as far back as I can remember! Thank you Al for always being there!
I'm right behind you 3 years from 70. I love on the border with Peter White Live
When this song first came out, my life sucked. I was 16 and my dad had died from a heart attack at age 40. 40. Something about the combination of the guitars, saxophone, and Al Stewart's voice reassuring you that time was not just linear and inevitable, but could also be fluid, going back and forth between where you were and when you wanted be. When my mind couldn't stop racing, this would calm me down and provide hope that I could hold on to the past but there could be better days ahead. Thank you for discovering and sharing this gem.
That's so profound Dave. Ad astra! To the stars we all eventually journey. Blessings brother. 40 years young, way too soon 💙
The power of music indeed. Be well
When I was 16, I descended into hell. We are connected. Find joy wherever you can.
Sorry for your loss!!! This song also takes me back, was 19, now 64, when this came out...to a simpler time when we had no responsibilities!!
Sorry for what you went through. I lost my daddy early too, but not that early. I hope your road has taken you forward.
The Year of the Cat is awesome too.
Love, love Al Stewart! You should listen to "Song on the Radio."
I was in HS when this released. Beautiful song. Gets me crying. Such a dreamy and wistful piece. The orchestration is delicious..
Mom is 90 (as of 2 weeks ago) and gradually fading. I'm here taking care of her as best I can. This song is especially
heart wrenching at this stage of our lives.
Every note, word, string, riff of this outstanding song is pulling at my heart. Beautiful.
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I was a freshman in high school when this came out and the music struck me. Now all these years later the lyrics struck me. Simply gorgeous song . If this song doesn't move you check your pulse because you may be dead already
Al Stewart has a warm comfortable feeling when he sings. Very calming music. His style of singing is very catchy. Killer tune.
With the way things are today, I find myself jumping in time passages often! This came out around 1978, when things made so much sense!!
Great song, as Al is as good as it gets for this classic style of music! This and Year of the Cat were two of his best!
Most popular, but not his best.
I agree. Love both the single and album.
@Will Dwyer I only own a best of and "Year Of The Cat" album. What would you consider his best? I'm always looking for great albums and songs that I missed.
@@seanswinton6242 "Time Passage" (1978) is his best Album!
Loved this from the first time I heard it, love it more with every passing year
So cool to see you just lean back and enjoy the ride.
"Song On the Radio" is another brilliant, upbeat Al Stewart classic!
Yeah Song-on-the-radio has always been my favorite Al Stewart tune. On-the-Border is is also a really good one. oh yeah, & obviously year-of-the-cat.
Please don't do it to this fine couple.
Agree. Song on the Radio and On the Border are the two next best choices.
When you get older it hits like sledgehammer, heard this as a young man and it gets more beautiful with passing years.
Al Stewart’s full talent is so apparent in this song. By the way, a saxophone is not a horn. It’s a woodwind instrument. Very distinctive sound, played through a reed. A horn has a mouthpiece where your lips have to buzz through to make a sound.
This song is beautiful because of the sax and the strings on top of the guitars. Excellent musicians in his band!
True, but did you know that the flute is considered a woodwind instrument but has no reed. ♡
And the saxophones are in what is called “the horn section” and have been generally called horns by jazz musicians, so I think she’s just fine calling them horns.
Great to hear more Al Stewart. Some other good songs of his are "Song on the Radio", "Midnight Rocks", "On the Border", "Running Man", and if you really want to be ambitious, his epic song "Roads to Moscow"
"Roads To Moscow" is an absolute Masterpiece!
"Running Man" is one of my overlooked favorites.
@@kenoerkvitz2573 Agreed, great song.
Roads to Moscow. Check out this live version of Nostradamus. With Stephen Recker and Peter White.
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Flying Sorcery
Al Stewart's BEST song...
Love this n your video footage is beautiful n clear
Al Stewart is a master class in song writing, structure, and sound texture. Some really brilliant stuff. ♥️
Again, great guitar work by Peter White, one of nicest guys in the music industry.
Great song by Al Stewart…played by this beautiful couple…Jay & Amber…Time Passages 👍👏👏👏🎼🎶🎵♥️♥️🌺🌹🥰
What a great song. Brings me back. Like a trip into the past. Of good times people I loved and miss
This is from a time when music was much, MUCH more than just a fat beat. I love all Al Stewart's songs as they are Beautifully Crafted and each one tells a Beautiful Story.
And they're intellectually grand!
The strings on this song were arranged by Andrew Powell. He did a lot of work with the Alan Parsons Project. Another artist I highly recommend checking out.
"Time Passages" is definitely my favorite Al Stewart song.
❤hi amber I grew up listening to al stewart
This song takes me back… driving down the highway, looking at the Sunset….
Get off the road. You are going to fall asleep.
Welcome aboard, youngsters! Thank you, for the trip down memory lane. I was in High School when Al Stewart's 'Year Of The Cat' album was released and I became an instant fan of his music. 'Time Passages' was the follow up album to 'Year Of The Cat'.
So beautiful and I love his excellent pronunciation. Just wonderfully sophisticated.
The song also appeared on HBO's The Sopranos which Al Stewart in an interview joked when his manager phoned in and said that we have a check from the Mafia😂😂😂.
Another Request Answered thank you for reacting to this song you guys rock
Al Stewart's music is my time passage
Words just can’t do it justice. If you’re having a bad day, play “Time Passages” and try to remember why you thought that way... Al Stewart is good medicine.
His songs have such a nostalgia feel. Transports me back to the days pre real job and no real worries.
if you decide to look at more Al Stewart check out Old Admirals, Nostradamus and Roads To Moscow from the album Past, Present & Future. Roads to Moscow always makes the hair on the back of my neck raise up at the last line of the song.
A fine Scottish fellow Al is but he lives in LA now I think. I saw him perform back when this Album came out, great show. You should listen to one of the best historical song's ever written. 'Roads To Moscow', one of his best. Cheers.
Thank you guys. Just found your channel today and binge watching. Product of the late 70's and early 80's. It's great when everyone can appreciate ALL the music out there. Hope you two are as happy as you appear to be in your videos. Stay cool. Stay young. AND STAY HAPPY
Beautiful song, a lot of great memories. Thanx so much, keep smilin', Peace
This is one of my all time favorite songs! Love the way Rob reacts to the Sax! The same way I do after Hearing this song about a 1000 times if not more
INCREDIBLE song !!!!!!
Year of the Cat and On the Border are two other must listen songs from Al
You can't miss with Al Stewart. On the Border and Road to Moscow(not as upbeat) are also great.
My favorite musician since 1975.
"On the Border" is also one of their great songs!
Sorry about your Bengals.🙂
Al has said in interviews that he hates this song. After Year of the Cat was a huge hit, the record company told him to do another one like that. He threw some stuff together and it was also a huge hit, cause he’s a genius.
He was sorta right the first time.
It's structured very similarly to Year of the Cat. Still excellent, IMO.
He can hate it all he wants......I LOVE IT!!!! 🥰
I didn't know he'd said that, but he still plays it at his concerts so I'm happy!
Billy Joel has always said he despises his own song " my life". I agree with him, I don't agree with Al about this song lol
"Roads to Moscow" is an absolute must. Before he moved into this kind of orchestrated sound, he was just a brilliant songwriter who told stories with a guitar, and that song is probably his greatest achievement. It's mesmerizing if you listen to the story.
Thanks for reacting to my favourite Al Stewart song.
Both albums didn't have a bad song, everyone was a gem!
My late father loved Al Stewart. I remember he asked me to burn a cd for him of Al Stewart, Cat Stevens and other great 70's soft rock artist. Great music, keepim coming!!
Beautiful song! Beautiful lyrics! The instrumental is just outstanding!
Omg, I love al Stewart, yet another song that reminds me of sitting in the back seat of my aunts car driving to the mall, it was a big thing for me back then ! I miss you aunt Mary!
This is a fantastic song, such a ride. The instrumental section almost pulls you into the time passages. "On the Border" is a good tune also. ☮💚🎶
Hey guys, I’m up here in Billings, Montana enjoying the music with you. I graduated high school in 1974 so I feel very fortunate to have lived through this decade as well as most of the 80’s. I have enough LP’s to fill almost 2 milk crates. Congratulations on the new child, keep smiling!!
Wow! I haven't heard this in decades. It's so great experiencing these songs with you guys for the first time again. Truly taking me down Time Passages.
Love this song!! Been a fan since I first heard him.
Oh to be 6teen again !! And back i school with my friends. Unfortunately, many of them are no longer with us. To you younger folks, enjoy it while you can!
I absolutely love this man's voice. It is so soothing and lovely as is the music. I just closed my eyes and listened as it brought back so many memories of days gone by. Thanks for all the great music.
He's not afraid to embrace his English accent. Unlike other English artist who sound American.
I knew you two would love it!
Amber, you saw from that song what I did. I'd not thought of them as "time passages" but I do now. It's perfect poetry.
That sax player is singing with his instrument, not just playing, and those parts to me are the sweeping vistas of your memories. You then settle back into the "present" grove of reality.
Personal Top-10.
I love Al Stewart, Year of the Cat and Time Passages are my two favorites. His annunciation is impeccable. I find myself often casting my line into those time passages. This song is very melancholy for me, and the swell of music in the bridge is what sends me back in time. Please consider listening to Lee Michaels "Do you know what I mean".
Perfection. You should listen to interviews of Al Stewart. Fascinating approach to music. Genius
My parents played this song a lot when I was around 9 years old.
One of Al's best songs! All of his songs are lyrically poetic and musically gorgeous!
Al packs his songs with historical and literary references. No one else does it as well as he does.
@@SpiderMcGee absolutely, similar to Gordon Lightfoot in some ways.
Yeah, the lyrics (the sentiment)always brings tears to my eyes🥹
Great memories of this song..need to listen to "On the Border"..the Spanish guitar on that is so rich. Thanks, stay safe
Great music from Al Stewart his producer from 1975 to 1978 was Alan Parsons. oF The Alan Parsons Project. Parsons liked the horns and sax to be used. hope you got E-mail on Alan parsons Symphonic project live in Columbia " Don't Answer Me " and "Time". all these great late sixties, seventies musicians worked with each other and we got great music!!
The melody sounds like an opening song for a ‘70s TV show. In a good way.😊❤️
One of my favorite artists, a skilled storyteller who I think has gotten greatly overlooked by all but his hard-core fans which I am one of.
I just love watching Amber listen to these songs. It's so easy to see how the music is making her feel. That is the reason musicians and writers do what they do.
I love 💕 Al Stewart music thank you for sharing this video this song brings back memories for me from the 70s.
Peter White was the major composer and writing partner with Al Stewart - you might search some of Peter White's solo projects - especially his guitar work.
Great Song crisp and clear by Al Stewart
I vaguely remember a parody called Dime Sausages and now whenever I hear this song I can’t help singing “dime sausages.” LOL
The acoustic guitar mini-solo about two minutes in just before the sax comes in, I saw you, Jay, say "Oh yes". That is the great Peter White who played with Al for some time and co-wrote this song. Please react to some Peter White music. He's one of my favorites whom I've seen in concert several times.
As someone that grew up in the 70s, when I watch you 2 , enjoy the sounds of the 70s, and 80s, I can’t explain that how much emotions come over me, because I get to experience it All Over Again ( for the 1st time) through you two 😢
Wow, another great tune from my younger years. We had some great music in the 70s! ❤️
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So perfect! This is another song that takes you on a journey! It is literally music to my ears and soul! So glad yall got to this one!
As a kid he lived in my home town of Bournemouth on the South Coast of England. When he left school he worked in a department store in Bournemouth Town centre. I used to work in this store but not at the same time. He was friends with Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Greg Lake came from Poole which is next door to Bournemouth and also John Wetton of the group Asia and King Crimson lived here too. They all used to meet up and play music locally. Love from the UK 🥰
Al also shared a flat with Paul Simon at one point. He said that he was struggling with his song writing at the time and listened to Paul working on his songs in the next room and said to himself "Oh! So that's how it's done!" I wish the two of them had made an album together - that would have been epic!
@@taun856 I'd forgotten about him sharing a flat with Paul Simon, I remember now you've mentioned it. 😊
In my opinion this song musically, is one of the top 5 all time. It’s one that you really don’t want to end. I’ve enjoyed listening to this song for over 30 years. Thank you for reacting to it. Now go and enjoy it again 😊
Fantastic artist. You should try Modern Times, Roads to Moscow and Night Train to Munich - all amazing and have the vibe of what the lyrics are trying to say.
Great song from one of three excellent albums by Al Stewart: Time Passages, Year of the Cat and Past, Present and Future....all original, superb musical fusions with top class musicians, gorgeous song writing and rich easy lyrics evoking love and life experiences and beautiful imagery. Love his natural voice and clear diction without any pretentions or silly affectations. Many favourite songs on these three classics.
One aspect I enjoy about Al Stewart is how his accent comes through. English accents sometimes get flattened when singing.
I love this song and your reaction BJ when Peter White on acoustic guitar and Phil Kenzie jump in. Backed by those magnificent strings produced by Alan Parsons!!
This is one of my time passage songs. Reminds me of the late 1970s.
I’m on a cruise ship with Al Stewart…what a talent. I have a band I’d like you to hear where can I send it?
On the border and song on the radio also road to moscow are great Al Stewart sings. Such a wonderful story teller. Paints the picture so gracefully.
You guys would never want to react to them on YT, but please check out Stewart's songs 'Roads To Moscow' & 'Nostradamus'. Not really pop, but a treatise on history....both of them. Listen to them, and the listen to them again.....and then again, especially 'Roads To Moscow', helping to explain Russian culture. Fantastic songs !!
Al Stewart is an all-time favorite of mine! He has a lot of great songs. I HIGHLY recommend Electric Los Angeles Sunset or Roads to Moscows
The sax solo is incredible!
A truly beautiful song. Thank you both for making me smile today
I 'm pretty sure you'd like "song on the radio" from Al Stewart. Great reaction to this song, guys!
if you want to review another wonderful Al Stewart hit, check out "On the Border". You'll enjoy the cadence of this track. Thanks for reacting to Time Passages, so lovely :)
This is such a beautifully crafted song.. Absolutely stunning.. Up there with YOTC.. Al Stewart?.. Is he still performing?.. Would love to see him again. 😊
Snowy and Very, Very COLD Here in Northern Michigan!! Thanks For More So Stewart! I Absolutely. Loved Him From The First Time I Heard "Year of The Cat"!! Thanks Also For All The Great Memories Your Channel Has Provided! Me. ❤❤❤
CORRECTION TO MY PREVOIOUS POST: "Obviously, Suppose to be "All Stewart" (Auto Correct Kills Me!) 😍
Another beautifully smooth song from Al Stewart. A couple others I would recommend are "On the Border" and "Last Days of the Century".
About a week ago, I saw a sign that Al was playing near me in CT in March. Obviously I picked up a couple tickets. I last saw him about ten years ago, his voice was still great. Hopefully he still has the pipes.
How was he??!
Thanks for the memory Jay and Amber. Another great one is Roads To Moscow. God Bless.