Whos listening in 2024 ?? ... 49 years after released that great song
@sagitarius33 ай бұрын
I just turned 52 today and I still Love this song ❤ always has been a favorite of mine
@user-bb3cu3zb8d2 ай бұрын
Still here ! 44 and counting :)
@martines80232 ай бұрын
Me
@debbiebraaten27752 ай бұрын
Me!
@razorsedge72802 ай бұрын
me
@RokyPalmor2 ай бұрын
This brought a tear to my eyes when I heard it. It reminded me of how happy I was when it first came out. I just turned 71 last October. The song is genius for so many reasons. When I listen to it, I remember the beautiful memories in the 70s that swirl around inside my head. It was a different time in a different life, I had come out several years before and somehow this piece of music rested me and gave me a place I could find some beauty. Oh, I wish I was there again.
@timmsavage7912 Жыл бұрын
I agree. I was a kid in the 1970s. It was a wonderful time.
@micheleminser5851 Жыл бұрын
Totally agree. Wish I could go back for a week, even a day. What a great time to be alive. The music was so positive. Today's music - there's not much I like. Most of it seems totally negative.
@valarianne2284 Жыл бұрын
Wish I were with you but wiser . Peace to you. Am 72, my self.
@ronaldhenderson8660 Жыл бұрын
@@ronaldhenderson8660 Ahhh if I only knew then what I know now LOL. My 20s would NOT have been filled with drama!
@valarianne2284 Жыл бұрын
I'm 71 too,and I love,live this song . I was born in the year of the cat/rabbit. Yes,what magnificent years... the 70's.💜
@kenike007 Жыл бұрын
Love this song...I met my beloved wife in '76...this song came out shortly after that...have so many wonderful memories...she gave me two beautiful children and now two beautiful grandchildren...tragically she passed in 2018...I miss her more and more each day...I love you Linda, forever ❤
@andrewlimoli50536 ай бұрын
🥺
@elinaboutieri292 ай бұрын
Such a beautiful love story
@nyllabrasileiro70442 ай бұрын
This is beautiful, SO much history & life behind this story. Most assuredly if you endure to the end my friend, your reunification will be sweet one perfect day
@lonestarcattle2 ай бұрын
God bless you and RIP to Your LOVED ONE ! songs like this are truly made for never ending love!
@zeroskillz2427Ай бұрын
I am so sorry for your loss
@virginiacantoneptoe5092Ай бұрын
I remember lying in my bed in my dorm room being totally taken away by this unbelievably haunting beautiful song and I'm still just as a awestruck at 68 years old.
@sweetcaroline206010 ай бұрын
Literally me right now! :)
@gluk44446 ай бұрын
This or Pink Floyd, depends how much I'd had to drink. Happy days
@martincoxon13296 ай бұрын
Un saludo.. igual amigo
@jorgemiguelcarballo8196 ай бұрын
Debido a que te llamas adi te dedico este tema..
@jorgemiguelcarballo8194 ай бұрын
That feeling will never go away for you, I'm 76 and I love this song More Than I loved it back then. I was just 28 when this was released, but I felt the depth of it, possibly because of all the literature I'd read. I considered myself more of a rocker then,but none of that mattered because of the lyrics the multi-instrumentation and above all, that yearning for all of us to meet a romantic stranger somewhere, fall deeply in love have a disintegrate and think of it for the rest of our lives. Yes, I thought of that at 28. I love this song now more than I did even then. And that's saying a lot.
@Smedley19472 ай бұрын
Mom used to come in and turn down the stereo. Was playing this one day, sat down and listened. Her eyes were closed and her head was swaying. When it ended she shook her head, said WOW and went to finish dinner. Miss ya Mom
@kathrynmcmullen28743 жыл бұрын
triple pp gang :sunglasses:
@zacmeatball64073 жыл бұрын
Got through the whole song without tears, then I read your comment. Wherever your mom is, I like her.
@terryjackson93953 жыл бұрын
Maybe if you really listen you are gonna be able to listen how close she is to you
@NorahAB133 жыл бұрын
Beautiful memory for you, sending you love
@marycrawley59993 жыл бұрын
I seen that perfectly Brown furniture & lamps
@rossmontoya93503 жыл бұрын
One of the best songs ever made. A masterpiece, honestly.
@NoahClevinger2 жыл бұрын
I agree ❤️
@glendabothwell90912 жыл бұрын
This was my father's favorite song
@nethoncho2 жыл бұрын
Very correct! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️➕
@kevinfreeman39522 жыл бұрын
Totally agree
@silvanacolatusso56172 жыл бұрын
NoahC
@kevino48462 жыл бұрын
A man who uses music to paint is an extraordinary thing
@allenhonaker4107 Жыл бұрын
and Extraordinary Poetry
@fredranger73859 ай бұрын
Spot on and brilliantly described ❤
@kimpossiblemonacelli12765 ай бұрын
She comes out of the Sun in a silk dress , running, like a watercolor in the rain•••
@Smedley19472 ай бұрын
Outstanding comment!
@user-rb5ir2um3mАй бұрын
there are absolutely no words to describe the beauty of this song. Reminds me of the year 1977 sitting at home with the windows open watching the curtains sway back and forth as I sat in my Holly Hobby room enjoying nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT I WOULD GIVE FOR THOSE DAYS ONCE MORE!!!!!
@janegraham10014 ай бұрын
❤
@raffaelefresa49792 ай бұрын
I can picture that a bit, my sister had her share of HH stuff. Great time to grow up and seemed like there was a radio on somewhere.
@allglorytogod122 ай бұрын
I agree, this is one of those "perfect songs" that show up only once in a while and are in a category all of their own.
@amramjose29 күн бұрын
The simple days of when we owned hardly nothing material wise but were more content then any other time in our lives. Yes no words will ever describe and would give anything in the world to go back to the 70s more innocent times
@mycoolchannel-uj7pl27 күн бұрын
Take writing course asshole
@user-rc1fi5gz6g24 күн бұрын
Al Stewart was a grossly underrated performer, and should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
@jerrystewart6232 Жыл бұрын
the rock and roll hall of fame is a worthless piece of shit that has nothing to do with rock and roll!!!!
@johnbland3642 Жыл бұрын
True statement. This song brings back memories of AM radio riding in my moms AMC Hornet..
@scmfstewart Жыл бұрын
So true. He truly made a change in my life with his music. A true gift.
@tomsaunders730 Жыл бұрын
i love his songs...so true
@12ykho Жыл бұрын
Amen.. we met him in Palm Beach and please add one heck of a great guy..
@gaseagleus Жыл бұрын
I bought this record when I was 15, a black kid from the south Bronx. Always loved this song.the music is special, and good music is universal
@alvaspringer87164 жыл бұрын
southern black man,just sayn,,,music crosses all lines
@stanwilliams77904 жыл бұрын
@@stanwilliams7790 absolutely, I've seen music bring vastly different strangers that sees them part company as friends like nothing else
@insertnamehere46654 жыл бұрын
Bloody fantastic! 💞
@missironfist57713 жыл бұрын
A tribute to the song that it appeals to anyone and everyone, from everywhere.
@karenplath_3 жыл бұрын
AWESOME
@robcrozier16923 жыл бұрын
Produced and engineered by Alan Parsons, a musical legend in his own right 🤩
@billchills863 Жыл бұрын
that's why I'm here listening to this now .. just discovered that he produced it, and as much as I sort of know it, I had to listen to it, to hear the Alan Parsons influence. I'm shocked on a daily basis as to the songs I keep finding out he produced, that I didn't realise he produced.
@NickSmith-ll3si Жыл бұрын
@@Purebloodprincess667 Yes, of course! The Alan Parson's project....I'd almost forgotten his influence in this masterpiece!
@dezzadiggler36939 ай бұрын
Alan Parsons,genius.
@DonGill-cu5mo7 ай бұрын
Alan parsons has kept me up past midnight too many times.
@martincoxon13296 ай бұрын
Did not know this...thanks for the info.
@cidb.2123 ай бұрын
64 years old, never found another song that I love more.
@susanshoger81522 жыл бұрын
Es verdad !!! la mejor canción de las últimas décadas !!! Tenía 18 años 😌 ....y siento nostalgia....
@maritaaracena980 Жыл бұрын
Hell yeah. It's a classic 👌
@sawyerbertelsen1335 Жыл бұрын
Nao ama mais que eu kķkkk...
@lazarodias4811 Жыл бұрын
Me neither..
@jaimenegron1871 Жыл бұрын
66yrs old here
@beatorres6871 Жыл бұрын
'She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running Like a watercolor in the rain' Truly incredible writing.
@hirdy62 жыл бұрын
Agreed, amazing writing!!! I've always liked "... But the drum-beat strains of the night remain, In the rhythm of the new-born day..." Brilliant
@cheri-gh6jc2 жыл бұрын
I've been in love with her ever since.
@fredmoore86612 жыл бұрын
@@fredmoore8661 Me too.
@verdigo58922 жыл бұрын
A Guy I used to know was enamored with the lyric posted by hirdy6.., A tip of the to hat 🎩 to JG!
@marxter62 жыл бұрын
This is an amazing song. Definitely in my top 50 of all time.
@roguescoop2 жыл бұрын
I lost my Mom in 2016 and was going through a really rough time. I was interviewing for a college position and after every interview (7 total) on my way home I would hear this song and I knew it was my Mom telling me I did good and I was on the right path; I felt it was a sign from her....believe me or not...that's what I needed. I got the job and never looked back. Every time I hear this song, I know my Mom is with me.
@jackelynkortes1909 ай бұрын
I lost my mom in 2004.... same experience God bless you
@surrealismomuto8 ай бұрын
Hugs to you! @@surrealismomuto
@jackelynkortes1908 ай бұрын
Wow. Amazing story. I assume the song came on the radio ? I did everything to try to save my mother, I have very little left over and cannot wait to display it. Pray daily that I can.
@TimTheMusicMan8 ай бұрын
I love this song since I've 14 years, that is 46 years old.❣
@maradagostino17977 ай бұрын
Lost my mom god bless
@user-vg1fs9ux4b7 ай бұрын
This has to be one of the most beautiful songs ever written.
@frankcastle5294 Жыл бұрын
Late for the sky by Jackson brown
@buzznfrog670211 ай бұрын
@@buzznfrog6702 Never heard it.
@frankcastle529411 ай бұрын
@@frankcastle5294 sad song
@buzznfrog670211 ай бұрын
La mejor interpretación de la historia , es fascinante y bella , lo tiene absolutamente todo y es insuperable
@juanmanuelrios16648 ай бұрын
If you ever wanted to know what it was like to live in the 70s, this song celebrates all that was good about a great decade.
@peanuts_ma89652 жыл бұрын
Love it
@glendabothwell90912 жыл бұрын
Yes and nothing about cats, which i hate lol
@Coneman32 жыл бұрын
Great memories, send you back on time, sounds that never been forgot
@fabiancepeda65832 жыл бұрын
It was the beginning of the end. The corporatization, monopolization, federal reserve notes that were not notes anymore, massive immigration, social fragmentation, police abuse, drug criminalization, chemistry set prohibition, massive propaganda and media consolidation, cars that couldn't be fixed with regular tools, plastics, fake food, end of family farms, etc.
@chadkline42682 жыл бұрын
@@chadkline4268 we are talking about music, don't mess up with the good or bad thing that happened then.
@fabiancepeda65832 жыл бұрын
I heard this song in 1986 just after my pregnancy was confirmed. I was 21 and the father had made it clear he wasn't interested.. still isn't. I'm so glad I kept my beautiful son.
@MsAmanzi3 жыл бұрын
His loss. Same thing happened to my wife before we got together. Now I have a wonderful sweet smart daughter. I'm glad for you and your son. He certainly has a great mother. Stay safe. God bless.
@garylefevers3 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU! For being pro-life! In 1982, my girlfriend called me long distance from Minnesota to Texas to tell me she was pregnant. After 38 years and 5 kids, we have 3 grand children to spoil. Not bragging, just grateful.
@davegreene11983 жыл бұрын
Good for you girl x ♥️
@racheloriordan69383 жыл бұрын
Ouch
@MJohnMeatplow3 жыл бұрын
Guess you see your son and your heart just bright right? Good for you and all your love for your baby, now a man 😊😊
@NorahAB133 жыл бұрын
I've been in the music industry for over 40 years... Never have I ever heard a more beautiful transition of solos!!! Strings, guitar, saxophone and keyboard... close with a chorus... Just a "Hit" formula!!!
@jodymartin99126 ай бұрын
Hello I really do appreciate you for being a big fan thank you for your wonderful comments on my post it really means a lot to me.I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music…..❤️❤️❤️
@AlStewart-16 ай бұрын
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@AlStewart-16 ай бұрын
@@AlStewart-1 Al thank you for that piece of jewel, long and healthy life, Salutations from Peru
@pierome96 ай бұрын
@@pierome9 lovely 🥰 do you have google chat?
@AlStewart-16 ай бұрын
Great piano Great music Great singing Great writing ..... Great composition A great masterpiece
@andreabaird7849 Жыл бұрын
Produced and engineered by Alan Parsons, so no wonder why 🤩
@billchills863 Жыл бұрын
and that screaming sax,, brilliant
@plhebel1 Жыл бұрын
💯 a total classic that will never die! This song gives me feelings!🙂
@ld3511 Жыл бұрын
Great sax
@federicarossi5406 Жыл бұрын
👍❤
@tavankyora6328 Жыл бұрын
I'm 63, my wife of 40 years tells me I live in the 70's, Ha Ha Ha Ha. I'm all right with that!
@guitardave14615 жыл бұрын
Am 50 but my wife says I live in the 80s lol
@darranthompson82025 жыл бұрын
My kids tell me I'm.stuck in the 70s and I'll be 50 this August great times for me 70s and 80s phenomenal music never be any times ever to replace this freedom and careful how life was and seemed to miss that 😢💔
@melissadavis2255 жыл бұрын
@@darranthompson8202 I'm there with you hey there's nothing wrong with to bad we're not neighbors or friends blessings to all of you awesome folks !!
@melissadavis2255 жыл бұрын
I am 61 and I am there with you......
@davidsheridan095 жыл бұрын
@Anita Bonghit so true I miss those days no fake nails eyebrows butts and breasts women and men were in to simple and practical I'm still that way I was born in wrong time blessings to you sister hope you are enjoying your summer here Michigan finally warming up cold here by Lake Michigan this year
@melissadavis2254 жыл бұрын
When this tune debuted over American airwaves, I was employed as a chauffeur. On one particular night in early December, I drove a gorgeous young couple to a dinner engagement. I could tell they were very much in love. I asked them both, "Excuse me -- how about some music -- but, not Christmas music just yet?" They agreed. I tuned the car's radio to one of my favorite music stations and this magnificent tune started playing. I heard this tune a few hours before. The music was brand new to the couple seated behind me, but they reacted immediately to it. The lady cuddled up to her guy and they both smiled at me. "Great choice," the guy said. I can still play out that scenario over and over in my mind as we drove off into that snowy night in early December -- so long ago. I think I made their evening even more special. I love when that happens. Thank you, Maestro Al Stewart.
@walterfechter80802 жыл бұрын
Great story, thanks for sharing!
@josbruls Жыл бұрын
@@josbruls -- My pleasure. I just thought I'd share a small portion from my memoirs. Take care. -- W
@walterfechter8080 Жыл бұрын
Loved your story& so well written! are you an author? You should be! One of my favorite songs. 😺
@loiscandler814 Жыл бұрын
@@loiscandler814 -- Many thanks for your kind reply. Yes, those are my words -- my recollection of a time long-gone. I've included that sweet episode in my memoirs. I'm a writer of sorts, but not by vocation. That tune and my passengers were like a stolen moment out of a wonderful film. Life provides the script. We just follow and act it out. Those two amazing people were so much in love. I didn't need to play "Cupid." I just set the mood with that gorgeous tune -- "The Year of the Cat." That particular tune and "Time Passages" are my favourites by Al Stewart. "Don't Answer Me" (The Alan Parsons Project) is another favourite of mine. Take care -- W 😺🎼🎵🎶
@walterfechter8080 Жыл бұрын
my parents introduced me to this lovely song - thank you for sharing your lovely story
@casebz Жыл бұрын
Who is here in 2023 for this legendary song
@TarunKumar-bh1ng5 ай бұрын
2023 thinking of life in 1976. God I wish i could go back! this song was a big part of me then. god bless the music of the 70's!!
@foghat627 ай бұрын
She comes out of the sun in a silk dress, running like a watercolor in the rain! Are you serious? Oh, my goodness, might be one of the greatest lyrics ever written. This song is beyond a masterpiece. I’m lost for words.
@johnemerson54284 жыл бұрын
It is a masterpiece. There will never be good music like this again. Sad.
@barbaragilbert57253 жыл бұрын
Might be?
@kurtrueckel12543 жыл бұрын
That line is spectacular!
@alvaspringer87163 жыл бұрын
@@kurtrueckel1254 👍
@chicooliveira4833 жыл бұрын
@@kurtrueckel1254 Might!
@vivianvivian20213 жыл бұрын
Listening to this in my garage while my dad is being hospitalized for advanced cancer, it’s a rainy night. Pray for him please. EDIT: Thank you all for the kind words. Shortly after I posted this my dad passed away in home hospice care with family and friends by his side. In return of the graciousness I was shown here I extend my thoughts and prayers to my fellow KZhead acquaintances who are in need of prayer themselves.
@jaredthomas29573 жыл бұрын
Done . And with Love Jared 😘
@frankfiona77763 жыл бұрын
Praying for your DAD HOPE HE IS OK.
@dalerowan6653 жыл бұрын
Thank you Jesus for placing your healing hands on this beautiful person we know Jesus You will cure the dreaded disease that invades so many peoples lives...praise be to Jesus 🙏❣
@susanmoreland26713 жыл бұрын
Waheguru🙏
@sexysekhon3 жыл бұрын
🙏🏽❤️🌸 Wish you all the best
@HashtagAPI83 жыл бұрын
When in 1970s I was 27 years- old with my Cadillac, a wife and 2 kids we rode down south nicely listening to Al Stewart easy music all the way to Virginia Beach. Good memories of my wife, RIP.
@sammyoyola20422 ай бұрын
Ciao..by..gio..sss..primo..miami..florida..ciaoo
@francesconero195317 күн бұрын
I am 69 years old. I still listen to this song once a day. What happened to great music? How did we go from this to the garbage rap of today?
@AthanTom-nd8no4 ай бұрын
Timeless artist and song. Thankfully, there are some decent stuff besides wrap out there today, but nothing like this. I wish they would bring back melodies and guitar solos. I'm an aspirng singer/songwriter, so maybe I can do it lol.
@CDmusic10Ай бұрын
Have you tried listening to our President? That's how.
@mikevaughan3666Ай бұрын
Really beastie boys Prince
@billcummings6958Ай бұрын
He means nowadays, 2020's rap...I guess...I still like rap but old school@@billcummings6958
@pauliewalnuts2997Ай бұрын
I have a theory why it was better then, remember back in the day and you Said to yourself ( today's music, 1976 , really how can they ever improve on this ?), turns out we were right , only way to go is down from here .
@user-cn1hp2de6iАй бұрын
Brings tears to my eyes as almost all the 70s music does. I’m 64.
@Betsy09554 жыл бұрын
Betsy Rovetto I wonder what it is about 70s music that makes so many people wish they could go back. Yes I am another one who would love to just go back to the music of my teens.
@Ray-dv3nz3 жыл бұрын
Right there with you at 63..
@patriciab51123 жыл бұрын
I think cuz I’m so depressed
@Betsy09553 жыл бұрын
ray sullivan misery n depression may be my reasoning
@Betsy09553 жыл бұрын
@@Ray-dv3nz - Wonder that myself. It was just a time when everything came together and everyone was in a good mood.. Well I was anyway.
@norakat3 жыл бұрын
This song has everything....percussion, vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, bass, piano, cello and saxophone. Indeed a masterpiece....
@darkstar910 Жыл бұрын
👍🏻🤩🤩🤩🤩
@hmgroup5184 Жыл бұрын
You got that right, listening to this my eyes water 💧 😍 a symphony. Great memories 👌
@nitrofish1974 Жыл бұрын
And also drums
@juanlazo905 Жыл бұрын
Agreed
@keithschultz4187 Жыл бұрын
Ne baby
@graficae3697 Жыл бұрын
Love the cello, violins, lead guitar interludes, and fantastic Saxaphone playing. Timeless, superb song.
@lorettad.7107 Жыл бұрын
Piano ❤️
@beatorres6871 Жыл бұрын
can't agree more ,when I saw them at the Tower theater, in 1970 something, I was just blown away and still am till this day. Now I just turn up my surround system and close my eyes, I'm back!!
@stanmarks6261 Жыл бұрын
one of the best things about 50 years old, is the fact that i lived my teenage years in the 80's that is priceless and I am grateful !!!
@arseniolupin88513 жыл бұрын
arsenio lupin every hour
@moisesaviles79393 жыл бұрын
Still listening... Just beautiful.. Takes my soul to somewhere else. 🙏💕
@lowrispooner22793 жыл бұрын
@@lowrispooner2279 complitely agree with you.
@arseniolupin88513 жыл бұрын
oh yeah 2020 chinese year of the rat: they re now ouf their stash...Universe year of the cat 😼
@mrg.87543 жыл бұрын
I’m here
@Michael-Crouch3 жыл бұрын
Whenever I hear this song, I'm 13 years old again, safe and secure in my bed late at night listening to the music with the earpiece of my transistor radio, so that my parents who are in the room next to mine won't hear the music playing and will think I'm asleep. I have no worries or fears, and I have my whole life before me. I would give anything to be able to experience that time again.
@chrisjohnston74033 жыл бұрын
God Yes
@joeyank24512 жыл бұрын
Me too, loved that time in my life
@darrellswiger63352 жыл бұрын
Same
@coolbreeze9722 жыл бұрын
Ouch!.... just, ouch!
@OliverTrist2 жыл бұрын
So do I my friend
@anibalmarquesneto97422 жыл бұрын
It was 1977 and I was onboard a Laker Airways flight from London to LA. My first time in the States. Spent the whole flight listening to this, and it never fails to take me straight back to that exciting plane journey. I have loved the US ever since....
@1088orlando Жыл бұрын
This song! I was just emigrating to the US from the UK in 1980 and Al Stewart was in line in front of me boarding the Pan Am plane. I just about felt like I had died and gone to heaven. The dream of this song still awakens so many emotions.
@nickyleach Жыл бұрын
How did you spend the whole flight listening to this? Was the airline playing it on repeat? Just curious...
@KB-kc7ou Жыл бұрын
Al Stewart's songs are like paintings. When I hear this, I feel like jumping inside and living inside...masterpiece!
@patrickbrent64210 ай бұрын
In 1976 I met the most amazing, beautiful girl in the world, but I blew it. Let me go back to the week before I met her. I'll change. I just need a second chance. After all these years, I still love her.
@smokiebird064 жыл бұрын
Has she with me
@paulwash38114 жыл бұрын
You are not alone 😥
@billcramer90473 жыл бұрын
I am now a man.
@RobertSmith-tt5qv3 жыл бұрын
Wooooowwww..
@NorahAB133 жыл бұрын
Surely there had to others!?!?
@robdykejr3 жыл бұрын
The song is beautiful enough as it is, but then it hits you with four instrumental solos in one. It's truly a work of art.
@SnowdropHill2 жыл бұрын
Exactly !!!! Regards from Cancún Q. Roo
@albertohernandez70292 жыл бұрын
I love it when a whole band gets in on a great song.
@josephkrizauskas10522 жыл бұрын
20-year-old Peter White on acoustic guitar.
@IndianOutlaw18702 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@UBZUKki2 жыл бұрын
@@IndianOutlaw1870 Peter White played Spanish guitar on “On The Border”. Tim Renwick played on YOTC.
@keithjohnston5936 Жыл бұрын
No artists anymore. We will never experience music like this again as we did in the 70’s. Brings back so many memories and still hits the heart with soulful lyrics and meaning.
@blhgolf33 Жыл бұрын
CATS in SPACE - check em out... from the 70s but only started recording in 2015... five albums of this style..
@CATSinSPACETheBand Жыл бұрын
I agree
@teresan5482 Жыл бұрын
So Right
@joeyank2451 Жыл бұрын
Sad but True SMH
@adriennerobinson1180 Жыл бұрын
we are experiencing it here now!
@Miajh78 Жыл бұрын
My dad liked this song a lot, such a masterpiece.
@zrorix86547 ай бұрын
I am crying because of the beauty of the song as well as the comment section. Pure gold.
@mirrencorin3 жыл бұрын
me too.
@RLMARMEN2 жыл бұрын
Nice!... music is the language of the soul 👍
@allgood67602 жыл бұрын
Pull yourself together for christ's sake.
@tobietera Жыл бұрын
Me too
@hombre.g3802 Жыл бұрын
Me Too
@joeyank2451 Жыл бұрын
In 2009, I lost my best friend. She died aged 43, and this song for me is a memory of our teenage years, and our friendship.
@janeymckay19664 жыл бұрын
Jane McKay 😥im sorry for your loss of your friend. Memories can be so powerful, and they are always with you. The world gives us memories even if people move in and out of our lives here.❤️
@elleh34954 жыл бұрын
i'm so sorry for your loss.
@jamesharrington47524 жыл бұрын
So sorry for your loss... Its so hard 😢
@lowrispooner22793 жыл бұрын
Jane, you'll always have something to hang on to. God bless you and never forget.
@tiredlawdog3 жыл бұрын
Just remember the good times....so sorry for you beloved lost🙏♥️
@susanmoreland26713 жыл бұрын
This song should require tickets for the journey it takes you on !!
@fredbentley49448 ай бұрын
Hello Susan, I am 62 years of age. The reason for this condition is simple The Year of the Cat was the best record ever made. As a bonus I met Mr. Stewart in person January 26 2017 in Palm Beach and he is one of the nicest people ever. Have a happy, healthy and blessed New Year. May you have another 56 years with only the very best.
@gaseagleus Жыл бұрын
ROBERT PLEASE
@drinkinouttacups2665 Жыл бұрын
This is the Year of the Rabbit in Chinese Astrology, (2023): which is also the year of the Cat in Vietnam. Uncanny soliloquy! Al Stewart is Scottish, as I am as well.
@jamest352711 ай бұрын
Lyrics: On a morning from a Bogart movie In a country where they turn back time You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre Contemplating a crime She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running Like a watercolor in the rain Don't bother asking for explanations She'll just tell you that she came In the year of the cat She doesn't give you time for questions As she locks up your arm in hers And you follow 'till your sense of which direction Completely disappears By the blue tiled walls near the market stalls There's a hidden door she leads you to These days, she says, I feel my life Just like a river running through The year of the cat While she looks at you so cooly And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea She comes in incense and patchouli So you take her, to find what's waiting inside The year of the cat Well morning comes and you're still with her And the bus and the tourists are gone And you've thrown away your choice you've lost your ticket So you have to stay on But the drum-beat strains of the night remain In the rhythm of the newborn day You know sometime you're bound to leave her But for now you're going to stay In the year of the cat Year of the cat
@puhelimessa3 жыл бұрын
Wow my mind always drifts away no matter how hard I try . . . great song
@michaeldaly9523 жыл бұрын
its brilliance
@namafarm3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@user-wn6yn6tt2u2 жыл бұрын
My childhood lyrics are totally different...lol...its funny what you hear in a song at 11yrs old.
@missayawk2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. 🙂
@emersontomasini94952 жыл бұрын
Back in those days I would run out and buy a whole album (vinyl LP) just for one song. This was one of those.
@markharris51075 жыл бұрын
You're shitting me, right? THE WHOLE ALBUM is great!!! Very few albums can claim that EVERY SONG is a hit. I think EVERY ONE of them on this album is. But hey, what do I know?
@raoulcarggarglin93235 жыл бұрын
Mark, there are millions of us baby boomers that are as guilty as you are of buying any album for just one song!! For many many of us, music was a refuge from many bad things in our lives back then!!
@proudhawkeye4 жыл бұрын
I know the feeling Mark......feels only like yesterday too!! ♡
@Twinkle30674 жыл бұрын
This song is easily worth billions of albums. And there are very few songs that manage that.
@jameswilkins85304 жыл бұрын
Relatable 🙋
@robinreality99794 жыл бұрын
EVERY time I hear this song my mind IMMEDIATELY takes me back to a memory of myself, as a 17 year old. I'm standing on a corner of a small town holding a pizza ( and trying to look cool. lol) on a Friday night waiting and waiting for my ride. Ah, those awkward teenage years.
@owensweetland342 Жыл бұрын
Yes, it's amazing to think that we were just kids then.
@zingwilder9989 Жыл бұрын
You couldn’t have described it better. ❤
@karenhardy7964 Жыл бұрын
😊❤❤❤❤
@luciawarner851311 ай бұрын
1977 what a time to be alive and 18 years old
@allenvargason181511 ай бұрын
I get tears in my eyes every time I hear this song. Makes me remember good times and good music. One of my favourites.
@amaliaruizponce4113 Жыл бұрын
Hello I really do appreciate you for being a big fan thank you for your wonderful comments on my post it really means a lot to me.I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music…..❤️❤️❤️
@AlStewart-16 ай бұрын
Music is as close as we can get to a Time Machine .
@ericagitzel514 жыл бұрын
There is a book in that comment... maybe a movie.
@007JHS4 жыл бұрын
Yes, an interesting idea chaps, maybe rather than that weird funfair machine that Tom Hanks used in 'Big' it would be a Wurlitzer juke box selecting the musical markers in someone's life. "Er Tom, what are you doing next year...?"
@nigewood49454 жыл бұрын
Time machine? Have a look at classical music and Australian aboriginal ceremonies. Pop, rock etc are just a nanosecond under that perspective.
@dissilymordentroge58184 жыл бұрын
Erica Gitzel well said!
@debrabutler84494 жыл бұрын
TESLA Time Traveled ✌️🎵🌌⏳
@tammywhitaker9633 жыл бұрын
How can one song make you feel good for 43 years?? Great music like this can soothe the soul...
@Ed-ez8kl2 жыл бұрын
Genau so ist es. Nahrung für die Seele und das ist das wichtigste in unserem Gehirn neben dem Gehirn. Ich habe das Lied vor einigen Tagen erst gefunden. Das Saxophone Solo ein Traum wie das ganze Lied. LG Herbie
@herbertlange7819 Жыл бұрын
A song for any time and any place and all cultures
@abdallahbenyoucef4148 Жыл бұрын
He is one singer that made a difference in how we appreciate music. ❤️😇❤2023 and loved hearing it again.😸😽😻
@janowens2212 Жыл бұрын
The rhythm section is SO on point. Beautifully driving the song forward without being overbearing. Beautiful.
@daveowens2715 ай бұрын
Agree as drummer your comments are spot.We are there to provide a platform for the melody and provide tempo.But not to overpower the song.
@rickykilby46723 ай бұрын
@rickykilby4672 exactly. It's for this reason drummers give Ringo Starr such praise. He didn't play the drums, he played the SONG! Great drummers know how to play just what's needed and no more. Thank you for your kind words.
@daveowens2713 ай бұрын
@@daveowens271 You're very welcome.Ringo is one of my favourite drummers,a big influence when i started playing drums.He was a very inventine drummer when the song called for it,but on the whole his playing always enhanced the song without overpowering it.
@rickykilby46723 ай бұрын
It's been 40 years since this classic was released. It's still one of the greatest of all times.
@michaelweiber58517 жыл бұрын
**40 years ago in Palestine, August, 1977, my parents got a divorce, mother didn't want me, and daddy was new found bachelor. My daddy took me to Spring Valley California, and left me----( no money, no school supplies, not support, no nothing, humiliated and embarrassed so horrible, that I still get sick at my stomach thinking about is)---- at the age of 14 yrs. old. Alone in California, with nothing but letters and pictures from my first true love, that had joined the Air Force. I turned 15, 3 months later, and IF it wasn't for my Aunt Sonja Garten, and Uncle Steve Garten and 8 track tapes I got by sending in some silly AD with a penny that said " GET THESE FREE 8 TRACK TAPES FOR ONE CENT”----- Al Stewart, Year of the Cat, Boz Scaggs, Steve Miller Band, Boston, Foreigner, Eagles, and too many artists to name, but the best of all Fleetwood Mac-Rumors, which, I heard while babysitting for a single woman with shag carpet and a silver Corvette! THIS music and advertisers that had ads --like " GET THESE FREE 8 TRACK TAPES FOR ONE CENT” kept me from running head-on into the tides of the Pacific Ocean- Ocean-beach, California, back in 1977. I still praise the Lord for those corny lifesaving ads. Now at 54 years old, 55 next month, I feel it was the Lord that I accepted as a 7 year old-that saved me from the tides, I praise my Lord Jesus Christ for saving me, and my Aunt Sonja Garten and Uncle Steve Garten, for loving me unconditionally to this very day!!!!
@caroleharris66926 жыл бұрын
awesome......
@davidringo13996 жыл бұрын
you saved you using the love from your aunt and uncle,the music just helped you gain control of all these feelings,so thank you for being you
@cartmanrlsusall6 жыл бұрын
Carole, how beautiful that is, but so sad! Take care and may God bless you!!!.......Den. X
@denfinch80426 жыл бұрын
40 years. 😲 Where has time gone. Still love this.
@janettootill48036 жыл бұрын
I'm 54 and divorced ten years. I got the cat, she's 13 now and sleeps alot but my best friend. When I play this song she actually wakes up, amazing!! 🙀🤗
@mattyholcombe92583 жыл бұрын
Ditto in every respect.
@timwingham89523 жыл бұрын
I have 7 climbing the walls right now. I’m just listening and smiling at them. I love my furry wedge heads
@waltersobchak72752 жыл бұрын
You have a cat with taste!
@kevinfreeman39522 жыл бұрын
Awesome little chitty chat
@rossmontoya93502 жыл бұрын
♡
@corysmith5228 Жыл бұрын
"Year of the Cat" takes me on a journey through time, evoking a sense of longing for moments gone by. It reminds me of those late-night drives, windows down, and the world passing by in a blur. It's a song that encapsulates the essence of introspection, making me reflect on the choices I've made and the paths I've taken.
@Marvhagler9 ай бұрын
So beautifully stated!
@christophergeorgatsos94508 ай бұрын
Truly well said!
@moniqueduval64416 ай бұрын
I'm here, listening in 2024. It's still awesome.
@Manny-mn3gkАй бұрын
This song Immediately takes me back to a long gone era that I miss tremendously
@alexdrummer21753 жыл бұрын
Same here my friend... Good Times indeed... Now long gone
@lowrispooner22793 жыл бұрын
Alex Drummer well said. Great music in less complicated times. Cheers Rob
@roblove83543 жыл бұрын
my childhood and the tears for what is gone,and what was taken,but "its all supposed to come out in the end"?
@reginaconnelly18063 жыл бұрын
Me To
@joeyank24513 жыл бұрын
Ditto!
@NorahAB133 жыл бұрын
This song is a masterpiece in a class of its own and has accompanied me for a lifetime since 1976 until today. When I hear it today at the age of 76, memories of times long past come up, good ones and also melancholy ones. He was a loyal and special companion in my numerous holidays in the south of France while gliding. Whenever I drove back to my hotel in the evening after a great flight from the airport, I played it in the car. The road ran through a forest full of oaks and was very winding for 5 kilometers. I turned the radio on full and drove to the limit. The feeling was like flying in the universe, I was dazed by this music like after a nice shot of Koke. At the end of the song I stood in front of the hotel and got out happily, ready for dinner with my wife. What more does it take to be happy?
@pauljaeggi94962 жыл бұрын
So full of emotions!! Beautiful the way you describe your trip back to the hotel! The music and its magic. And finally you and your wife having dinner together. Maybe after dinner you both listening to the song and singing together....... Thank you for sharing such beautiful moments of your life !!!!!
@terrysocket22072 жыл бұрын
Check out the playlists of Absolute Perfection of the Hot 100 most popular songs of each year. Try `977-1976 Top 40" PLAY ALL and find many treasure forgotten and favorites from time long past. Guaranteed to bring back fond memories
@NI000NoIdentity2 жыл бұрын
paul jaeggi...Hopefully you write?? Your words are amazing.
@heidicrimmings96152 жыл бұрын
write what? Wrote movie scripts and starred in Vegas show. @@heidicrimmings9615
@NI000NoIdentity2 жыл бұрын
I’m new to this. I LOVE it
@drkgrlx2 жыл бұрын
Simply, a work of art. Thank you so much Mr Stewart.
@bemore1134 Жыл бұрын
59 here and still love this song , I close my eyes and the memories of my early life , I would give anything to go back, a simply life were we are all happy and equal
@Bryan-dn1nxАй бұрын
I am 31 years old. I love the music. This is music.
@paologennuso79544 жыл бұрын
HOOAH for Ya!
@jackregan71963 жыл бұрын
I am in my 30s too and yes I'm completely agree with you.
@PinkFloydsfan2 жыл бұрын
“She comes out of the sun, in a silk dress, running like a watercolor in the rain.” Favorite line.
@jnkn34975 жыл бұрын
Mine too. It's just....breathtaking !
@alloallie5 жыл бұрын
JN KN One of my bigtime favorite line too.. it always has been. Great minds think alike! I picture myself as the one in that beautiful, flowy dress in the sun. ♡
@starlitblond5 жыл бұрын
JN KN that is pretty deep 🤗🤗🤗🤗
@Cindee-Schnitman5 жыл бұрын
JN KN I love that line too.. I found the perfect GIF of a girl in a beautiful dress, running in a field.. and put, "she comes out of the sun in a silk dress running.." I think only those of us who know this song appreciate it, others are like what?! (Twitter/starlitblond)
@starlitblond5 жыл бұрын
Perfect poetry.
@eracer11115 жыл бұрын
A masterpiece, no words can even describe those feelings.
@Deblen Жыл бұрын
Takes me back to my very happy teen years without a care in the world,,
@dannyboudreau27425 ай бұрын
I dislike this song for only one reason --- it ends. What a masterpiece.
@EricDavidFloyd3 жыл бұрын
For real tho !!
@libbychipman74883 жыл бұрын
EDFloyd like a watercolour In the rain. 🌧️🌦️⛈️☔
@maxwellsmart64873 жыл бұрын
Yes yes and yes. Greatness looms grande'
@maxwellsmart64873 жыл бұрын
Been on repeat for a week! And I never do that with a song.
@YearZeroVids3 жыл бұрын
@Charles Ross I didn't do too much research but I only really found the two that spoke to me. Are there some hidden gems?
@YearZeroVids3 жыл бұрын
"On a morning from a Bogart movie, in a country where they turn back time, you go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre contemplating a crime". Probably my favorite opening lyrics of all time.
@WashuHakubi47 жыл бұрын
I agree with you and hear what your saying..but where is this music...?
@davidringo13997 жыл бұрын
oops...wrong person...sorry
@davidringo13997 жыл бұрын
in the year of the cat
@victory59597 жыл бұрын
the whole song is a lyrica masterpiece
@neilb8617 жыл бұрын
The whole song is a musical and lyrical masterpiece.
@rjjcms17 жыл бұрын
God! This beautiful song. I wish I had discovered it sooner in my life. These 70s musicians were on something else. From Todd Lundgren, Cat Stevens, The Isley brothers, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Womack and Womack, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Carol King,Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, Elton John,Neil Young... etc, had a revolutionary take on music that seemed experimental as a way to shift from the 60s music. Lucky are those who were old enough to enjoy this musical era.
@richardbwanika216611 ай бұрын
It Was Great
@joeyank245110 ай бұрын
Al Stewart from Greenock,Scotland! A genius who doesn't get the recognition he deserves!
@garymacdonald71659 ай бұрын
@@garymacdonald7165Exactly! I wonder how this happened. This song is way up there with any other number one hit of the time.
@richardbwanika21668 ай бұрын
Those were the good old days, I’d go back in the twinkling of an eye.
@tammybedford69795 ай бұрын
This song and the story it tells are timeless. This is one of my absolutely favorite songs of all time. Well written, arranged and performed.
@josephcarson4830 Жыл бұрын
Hubby and I listened to this so many times, just lying in bed enjoying the feel and sound of this song. Thank You, Al Stewart. My Beautiful Husband has been called home to Heaven, just days before he was to turn 54 years old... I have this song...
@DJSuzieQ2 жыл бұрын
So sorry for you, but glad you both had this wonderful music to enjoy.
@sybilshaver1651 Жыл бұрын
I’m So Sorry
@joeyank2451 Жыл бұрын
Oh no I am sorry to hear this. My Heartfelt Condolences to You and your Family 👪 🙏
@adriennerobinson1180 Жыл бұрын
@@adriennerobinson1180 Thank you. Such a special song.
@DJSuzieQ Жыл бұрын
@@DJSuzieQ Yes
@adriennerobinson1180 Жыл бұрын
The shortest 6 minute 33 second song of all time. Just brilliant.
@viralbuthow0003 жыл бұрын
Its 34
@tomercohentomer95142 жыл бұрын
I'm 24 years old... And I've never felt so lost in my life.. but this song... It came on this morning during my drive to beauty school... And it made me cry. So thank you. Thank you for making this song.
@athenagrace79 Жыл бұрын
Love and peace to you ❤ music is the one thing that makes me feel at home. Hold onto that feeling and you'll find your way.
@erinwilson8478 Жыл бұрын
This song changed my life at 23, it instructed me how to take a deep breath and just let life happen within reasonable limits. It's my favorite song, and the best song ever!
@haljones246 Жыл бұрын
🥰💖😘🫶🏼💝
@lkma9162 Жыл бұрын
I have known this song since just today, when I was going in a bus to my university. Above all suffering and bad people, there was peace and beauty.
@L.P.1987 Жыл бұрын
Everything will be okay ❤
@jennymckeever1741 Жыл бұрын
Happy 2023 Year of the Cat! 🐈 🐈⬛ 🐱
@paulamonteiro3236 Жыл бұрын
moments ago my young son came into the kitchen where i was sitting. he was asking me a question in a peculiar accent which i identified as Peter Lorre. i laughed and pointed it out to him, then reminded him who exactly Peter Lorre was - you see him all the time as a caricature! after he left I suddenly had this song in my head because it mentioned the man. THEN I was curious about the origins of the song itself so i looked it up. it pays homage to Casa Blanca and the Vietnamese zodiac.... which...coincidentally.... the year of the cat falls on 2023.
@Hy-Brasil Жыл бұрын
im 18 years old and think 70's music is the best music ever made
@dd66125 жыл бұрын
Rah rah!!
@kenklein91205 жыл бұрын
You are right :D
@caringmouse53855 жыл бұрын
@@caringmouse5385 I'm 81 and agree. Just spent 20 minutes listening to Starlight Express. Saw it in London 1984.
@michaelkennedy9665 жыл бұрын
:D :D help keep it alive!
@mikecooley33615 жыл бұрын
You are right DD. Check this short explanation why this is it. Regards. kzhead.info/sun/pdKxhbyHbZluZGg/bejne.html
@jeanmichel44895 жыл бұрын
My god what a great song. Released in 1976 and people are seeking it out and commenting 40 years later! Timeless Classic, Mr. Stewart. Al Stewart is actively touring and playing small venues. The tickets can be had very affordably. I shouldn't tell you this because you might buy the ticket I wanted. He's 71 years old and can still shred. During his show he talks to the audience and tells some amusing and clever anecdotes between songs. Talks about meeting Jagger, seeing Hendrix play when he was 20. Make your life a little better and make it to one of his shows. He is a living legend. So you have to drive 100 or 200 miles to attend. Make a romantic mini-vacation out of it. You. will. be. glad. you. did. Get out of the house and experience something.
@flatchyu8 жыл бұрын
it's been awhile since I read an enjoyable comment on KZhead, thank you
@blodquatsch8 жыл бұрын
+flatchyu Memories.
@MrFiumefreddo8 жыл бұрын
Love your words. One of my dreams is to see him playing, but here in Spain its impossible. Maybe, you can tell me if he is touring near to London....
@SWANROIG8 жыл бұрын
I'm 61 and going to see him in NYC!
@1111tull8 жыл бұрын
I heard this song for the first time recently and feel an unexplainable deep connection to it. I was born in 1976 and can say that at 39 years old; this is one of the most moving songs I've ever heard, would love a chance to see him perform in the UK.
@Cosyhead7 жыл бұрын
*Happy '2023' Year of the Cat* to everyone...my husband was told by the 70+ year old Chinese woman cutting his hair today that it's only 'Westerners' that call it the 'Year of the Rabbit'...she told him that they don't have a 'rabbit' in their zodiac...she said that it's actually the 'Year of the Cat'...oh, and I love Al Stewart and this song!!! 💗💗💗
@ShaunaMarieSings Жыл бұрын
the lady probably Vietnamese
@sein442 Жыл бұрын
Essa música é muito linda sempre estou ouvindo no KZhead vou ouvir sempre.
@ireneoliveira26513 ай бұрын
in chinese calender why cat did not included in 12 because she chased the mice so long and when time is stopped cat was still behide the 12
@hiroshikodama73413 ай бұрын
First time hearing this song... It's absolutely flawless. A work of art.
@sebbb5980 Жыл бұрын
Im 61 years Old Listened to this... 1977....Still Listen to This SONG WOW 42 Years
@rickiecrawford93865 жыл бұрын
Me too brother,,,,,Im 62...
@davidringo13995 жыл бұрын
Me too to everything in your comment.
@alfredagain5 жыл бұрын
Getting old is the craziest damn thing that can happen to you. Everything is so bittersweet.
@RaveOn-zg6jy5 жыл бұрын
Rickie Crawford it is 326 in the great state of Washington in the Pacific Northwest, listening to right now will continue to , Not for the rest of your life but for the rest of my life and enjoying
@lindashawkfan44445 жыл бұрын
I have always said nothing is free in this world but the stars above and the music on KZhead will watch me out
@lindashawkfan44445 жыл бұрын
The very best people on youtube are right here listening to the very best music on youtube.
@heat225 жыл бұрын
Well said, 'fm' :-) !!!
@DragoBalboa5 жыл бұрын
Listen to Little River Band "Long Way There" and tell me what you think. It is LONG but listen to it all. It is on my top ten list...along with Floyd, DOGS and Zepplin's When the Levee Breaks, America - Daisy Jane ...and a lot of good R and B, Steve Miller Band .... Average White Band.... Bad Company....darn! There was so much good music hard to make a top 10 list!!!! But check out that LRB song and see what you think. I think it absolutely RULES as far as highly skilled instrumental ROCK.
@valfletcher92855 жыл бұрын
@@valfletcher9285 I love it. I have the LP and saw them live in Tulsa when I was in High School!
@heat225 жыл бұрын
I'm literally a child molester
@tom_phage5 жыл бұрын
Ok mr trump.
@jayreynolds86735 жыл бұрын
This song takes me back to my sophomore year of high school. I spent many evenings listening to this song over and over. Al Stewart is totally underrated as a performer.
@stevehicks89448 ай бұрын
I first heard this song when I was a little child on my way to school. I was born in the late 90s, but my Dad is a Brit that loves masterpieces like this. Thanks Dad😂❤
@ebonyskye2964 Жыл бұрын
The piano introduction is a masterpiece, in fact all the song is! Wonderful!
@arxegalego314 жыл бұрын
The Sax is pure genius!!!!
@jimfrederick39074 жыл бұрын
I love it too, that's why I turned it into a chill deep house track :D kzhead.info/sun/f8dmla6MsWqZqas/bejne.html
@Firequell4 жыл бұрын
HI Pablito ! ABSOLUTELY. Listen also "on the border" by the same singer .(AB. from Liège Belgium Europe ).
@alibarache20184 жыл бұрын
Pablito it’s on my bucket list! I’d love to learn to play it
@Somelady4644 жыл бұрын
@@Somelady464 Go ahead Donna! Playing piano is a huge gateway also to enjoy and perform another instrument later!
@arxegalego314 жыл бұрын
What a genius idea that solo that starts at 3:10 with strings, fading over to acoustic guitar, fading over to electric guitar fading over to sax. I absolutely love that. Of course I love the rest of the song and the feeling of thrown away choices and lost tickets follows me all my life now, mostly on a positiv sense...
@wolfnomis81382 жыл бұрын
Lol I literally listened to it while reading your post ..synchronicity maybe but I got the message
@victoriongreyjoy Жыл бұрын
@@victoriongreyjoy same here! 😋
@Bernacide Жыл бұрын
I just remarked about passing from the electric guitar to the sax. It kills me. Every. Single. Time.
@singram Жыл бұрын
But that was Peter White, one of the finest acoustic guitar players ever!
@omarsowan4780 Жыл бұрын
I never really noticed those instrument fades as you said, but thank you, I'll never unhear it again! It's a great masterpiece! I'm lucky I hear this song regularly on my classics hits radio station!
@terryirvine7090 Жыл бұрын
According to the lunar calendar, today is New Year's Day. It Begins "The Year of the Cat" May it bring happiness to all and every cat in the world. RIP Didi, my cat who died 3 days ago. 💔
@dagmarkunzel5406 Жыл бұрын
@@nevergiveup5345 Thank you. I'm still sad and I'm still crying...
@dagmarkunzel5406 Жыл бұрын
Art Bell's midnight in the desert brought me here. He had a good taste in music. RIP Art Bell 💫
@junali94 Жыл бұрын
I'm only 3 weeks old and I already like this song.
@wheelzwheela7 жыл бұрын
Ahhhahahahahaa! You're startin off well!
@raymiller6847 жыл бұрын
Infants have musical needs, too.
@scottlane36557 жыл бұрын
That's not make any sense, a three weeks boy can't write
@MrNaor827 жыл бұрын
Passing by took a listen and fathom a one week old knows the notes
@nickaccardo66577 жыл бұрын
Eric Clapton
@rhondarobinson56937 жыл бұрын
I wanna go back to my childhood home in NJ and see Mom whipping up dinner in the kitchen, Dad typing away on his typewriter in the den, and my 7 brothers and sisters doing their usual stuff. Sure, we had problems, a lot to be sure, but there was love and laughter and awesome music.....
@bbmeow27405 жыл бұрын
Good Memories
@radiogentic_nuclide5 жыл бұрын
Dios bendiga a ti y a toda tu descendencia.
@alfredomorales20955 жыл бұрын
@2012endofanerror I had a tear in mine as I wrote it. They say if you're living in the past you're depressed, if you're living in the future, you're anxious I guess I'm both. I just stay in the present. Easier said than done.
@bbmeow27405 жыл бұрын
Me too, I would give everything!
@wyoprospector5 жыл бұрын
I know exactly what you mean about going back to childhood. I miss so many people that are now gone. This song brings them back for a little while!
@catlady64645 жыл бұрын
Happy year of the cat from Vietnam 🇻🇳
@apruebaconnotaalta Жыл бұрын
A classic, an anthem a long time ago
@petesquire29548 ай бұрын
My Dads birthday today. Passed away many years ago now. He loved this song ❤
@Cam_NBH4 жыл бұрын
A kiss to heaven
@NorahAB133 жыл бұрын
Always play this for him R.i.p.
@rossmontoya93503 жыл бұрын
@@NorahAB13 Thanks Nora
@Cam_NBH3 жыл бұрын
@@rossmontoya9350 Thanks Ross
@Cam_NBH3 жыл бұрын
@@Cam_NBH look closely,again....he is still with you...but you can't see him.
@RichardJones-qu8xz3 жыл бұрын
I saw Al Stewart back in the day, we had a table up front and I had my elbows on stage gazing up absorbing the magic❤
@sjordan3575Ай бұрын
I wish we were a country who could "turn back time" 😢
@ralphbenthall3573 Жыл бұрын
One of the best songs pop/soft rock/easy listening songs ever written, it's as close to perfection as there is.
@strongcloud28 Жыл бұрын
I hate calling this song "soft rock" or "easy listening". That conjures up "elevator music." I don't know - music like this should have a special category. Something like "Amazing but Underappreciated Awesomeness".
@valarianne2284 Жыл бұрын
Dear God, can we please go back to the '70's, please?
@sandrasusky78355 жыл бұрын
me too.
@ursulacardenas37205 жыл бұрын
Hey! God , I second that, bring back the 70's.
@ProLogic-dr9vv5 жыл бұрын
P l e a s e when things made sense,best times of my life
@claytonjacksonjr.39095 жыл бұрын
Sandra Susky no! we can’t!, our job now is to educate, music, science, knowledge, life!! As I tell my family, Live, loves, smiles Go Hawks
@lindashawkfan44445 жыл бұрын
Clayton Jackson Jr. it’s called character building hang in there I got your back Clayton
@lindashawkfan44445 жыл бұрын
Fantastic pop, commercial song, wonderful arrangement and still fresh after almost half a century
@crosnecgrotrian Жыл бұрын
Four solos in the middle of the song with the four most beautiful instruments. A masterpiece of music. I am so glad that I was able to hear it all those years ago as a young man of the 70's.
@bradchaffee8976 Жыл бұрын
It was 1996, I was 8 years old and my dad was listening to this song. We disagreed a lot on music, but when I heard this song, I told him this was one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. And forever will be. The orchestration, the piano solo, the acoustic guitar solo, the electric guitar solo, the sax solo. This is a masterpiece.
@arturovaldemar3 жыл бұрын
You are so right! A song for eternity! One of the very best songs ever and forever! 👍🙋🍀 greetings from germany!
@misterlucky91593 жыл бұрын
its a piece of Classical Music.
@namafarm3 жыл бұрын
What did he say? Just curious
@tommyroe77133 жыл бұрын
yes Arturo.best Guitar solo and Sax solo
@juancarlosmaguina45312 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Powerful sounds and lyrics.
@EagleTalon4572 жыл бұрын
Such an amazing song after Sooo Many Years. Sadly, No one makes Music like this anymore.
@suzyginmiami7 жыл бұрын
Ben Dover check out Destroyer or Tobias Jesso Jr. plenty of bands and artists have similar sounds. They just don't make the pop charts.
@CapitalCityRobs7 жыл бұрын
Listen to BBC 6 Music. You'll be surprised.
@RupertDBayer7 жыл бұрын
There could be still be music of this caliber but you wont hear it on todays radio That why i cant live without my xm radio
@go-goakins14897 жыл бұрын
You should try the BBC dear. BBC 6 BBC Radio Scotland Even dear old radio 2 The locals.(BBC) There is so much music still out there if you are brave enough to venture and not be told what to listen to. And you may even discover world music! Thereby discovering the world. Namaste
@hogwashmcturnip82917 жыл бұрын
I am from the wrong generation. I played this for some friends and the response was why are you playing that crap. We aren't friends anymore.
@travisaustingold7 жыл бұрын
My Army Buddy Gerald Norton who passed away fro the effects of Agent Orange wanted this song played at his Funeral. We served together in Vietnam and we attended our re-union in Indianapolis. Very sad listening to this song.😢
@luiscirilo38514 ай бұрын
RIP Gerald. Welcome home and thank you very, very much for your service Sir.
@markmullen18524 ай бұрын
Yo era un niño pero recuerdo esos años 70 la mejor década bendiciones a todos
@emiliogonzalez1972 Жыл бұрын
I was a folk singer in London in 1966, the same time as Al Stewart. He was part of a 3-piece group called Al Stewart & the Piccadilly Line. I was in a 3-piece folk group called Chapter 3. We bumped into each other often in the London clubs. What a time is was to be alive!
@billdollar70115 жыл бұрын
London AND MUSIC . I made my pilgrimage from NYC to London at the start of second brit invasion. Pistols, Gen X, Banshees .. U2.. THANKS DAD .. for paying for my whim. !
@mickavellian5 жыл бұрын
Nice to know a bit of musical history. Thanks.
@winifredogilvie41795 жыл бұрын
My era too, though I came back to Toronto. Not bad scene here at the time. Carole Pope, Teenage Head, Viletones so many more. But London...loved it.
@lindawild79385 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing, Bill. :)
@Straight2TheHeart5 жыл бұрын
Wow lucky you!! The music is absolutely fantastic if.....only i had my dream come true an English man and this song to listen too one day....yes it will happen.... ...
@sandracrosbyguerrero12845 жыл бұрын
I feel privileged to have lived in the 70's, 80's, and the 90's. Great memories, including this song. Yeah, I'm old, but living in those decades made for incredible and moving memories. Songs like this bring the memories back...
@WedittsPlaythings7 жыл бұрын
I could not agree with you more!!!! It brings tears to my eyes when listening to beautiful instrumentals such as by Al Stewart, etc, etc. I look back with great fondness of my life thru the 70s, 80s and 90s. Music always played a vital part. Listening to the radio or watching great groups perform on American Bandstand, Soul Train, Midnight Special, etc. I am forever thankful. Love and thanks to my mother. Dec 1979, I will never forget sitting at our kitchen window, gazing out wondering if music will be as great as it was during the 70s for the upcoming within a few days 1980. The growing up in the 70s will always be heartfelt fondess.
@craigjackson24286 жыл бұрын
Wonderful memory!
@WedittsPlaythings6 жыл бұрын
Me too. So many greats, all brought good and/or emotional feelings. I love that feeling today. I can remember our front room record player!
@DJSuzieQ6 жыл бұрын
you are never old if this song still turn you on
@frankalegria50416 жыл бұрын
Truly a golden age of popular music. Even a lot of the bad songs were catchy.
Whos listening in 2024 ?? ... 49 years after released that great song
I just turned 52 today and I still Love this song ❤ always has been a favorite of mine
Still here ! 44 and counting :)
Me
Me!
me
This brought a tear to my eyes when I heard it. It reminded me of how happy I was when it first came out. I just turned 71 last October. The song is genius for so many reasons. When I listen to it, I remember the beautiful memories in the 70s that swirl around inside my head. It was a different time in a different life, I had come out several years before and somehow this piece of music rested me and gave me a place I could find some beauty. Oh, I wish I was there again.
I agree. I was a kid in the 1970s. It was a wonderful time.
Totally agree. Wish I could go back for a week, even a day. What a great time to be alive. The music was so positive. Today's music - there's not much I like. Most of it seems totally negative.
Wish I were with you but wiser . Peace to you. Am 72, my self.
@@ronaldhenderson8660 Ahhh if I only knew then what I know now LOL. My 20s would NOT have been filled with drama!
I'm 71 too,and I love,live this song . I was born in the year of the cat/rabbit. Yes,what magnificent years... the 70's.💜
Love this song...I met my beloved wife in '76...this song came out shortly after that...have so many wonderful memories...she gave me two beautiful children and now two beautiful grandchildren...tragically she passed in 2018...I miss her more and more each day...I love you Linda, forever ❤
🥺
Such a beautiful love story
This is beautiful, SO much history & life behind this story. Most assuredly if you endure to the end my friend, your reunification will be sweet one perfect day
God bless you and RIP to Your LOVED ONE ! songs like this are truly made for never ending love!
I am so sorry for your loss
I remember lying in my bed in my dorm room being totally taken away by this unbelievably haunting beautiful song and I'm still just as a awestruck at 68 years old.
Literally me right now! :)
This or Pink Floyd, depends how much I'd had to drink. Happy days
Un saludo.. igual amigo
Debido a que te llamas adi te dedico este tema..
That feeling will never go away for you, I'm 76 and I love this song More Than I loved it back then. I was just 28 when this was released, but I felt the depth of it, possibly because of all the literature I'd read. I considered myself more of a rocker then,but none of that mattered because of the lyrics the multi-instrumentation and above all, that yearning for all of us to meet a romantic stranger somewhere, fall deeply in love have a disintegrate and think of it for the rest of our lives. Yes, I thought of that at 28. I love this song now more than I did even then. And that's saying a lot.
Mom used to come in and turn down the stereo. Was playing this one day, sat down and listened. Her eyes were closed and her head was swaying. When it ended she shook her head, said WOW and went to finish dinner. Miss ya Mom
triple pp gang :sunglasses:
Got through the whole song without tears, then I read your comment. Wherever your mom is, I like her.
Maybe if you really listen you are gonna be able to listen how close she is to you
Beautiful memory for you, sending you love
I seen that perfectly Brown furniture & lamps
One of the best songs ever made. A masterpiece, honestly.
I agree ❤️
This was my father's favorite song
Very correct! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️➕
Totally agree
NoahC
A man who uses music to paint is an extraordinary thing
and Extraordinary Poetry
Spot on and brilliantly described ❤
She comes out of the Sun in a silk dress , running, like a watercolor in the rain•••
Outstanding comment!
there are absolutely no words to describe the beauty of this song. Reminds me of the year 1977 sitting at home with the windows open watching the curtains sway back and forth as I sat in my Holly Hobby room enjoying nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT I WOULD GIVE FOR THOSE DAYS ONCE MORE!!!!!
❤
I can picture that a bit, my sister had her share of HH stuff. Great time to grow up and seemed like there was a radio on somewhere.
I agree, this is one of those "perfect songs" that show up only once in a while and are in a category all of their own.
The simple days of when we owned hardly nothing material wise but were more content then any other time in our lives. Yes no words will ever describe and would give anything in the world to go back to the 70s more innocent times
Take writing course asshole
Al Stewart was a grossly underrated performer, and should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
the rock and roll hall of fame is a worthless piece of shit that has nothing to do with rock and roll!!!!
True statement. This song brings back memories of AM radio riding in my moms AMC Hornet..
So true. He truly made a change in my life with his music. A true gift.
i love his songs...so true
Amen.. we met him in Palm Beach and please add one heck of a great guy..
I bought this record when I was 15, a black kid from the south Bronx. Always loved this song.the music is special, and good music is universal
southern black man,just sayn,,,music crosses all lines
@@stanwilliams7790 absolutely, I've seen music bring vastly different strangers that sees them part company as friends like nothing else
Bloody fantastic! 💞
A tribute to the song that it appeals to anyone and everyone, from everywhere.
AWESOME
Produced and engineered by Alan Parsons, a musical legend in his own right 🤩
that's why I'm here listening to this now .. just discovered that he produced it, and as much as I sort of know it, I had to listen to it, to hear the Alan Parsons influence. I'm shocked on a daily basis as to the songs I keep finding out he produced, that I didn't realise he produced.
@@Purebloodprincess667 Yes, of course! The Alan Parson's project....I'd almost forgotten his influence in this masterpiece!
Alan Parsons,genius.
Alan parsons has kept me up past midnight too many times.
Did not know this...thanks for the info.
64 years old, never found another song that I love more.
Es verdad !!! la mejor canción de las últimas décadas !!! Tenía 18 años 😌 ....y siento nostalgia....
Hell yeah. It's a classic 👌
Nao ama mais que eu kķkkk...
Me neither..
66yrs old here
'She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running Like a watercolor in the rain' Truly incredible writing.
Agreed, amazing writing!!! I've always liked "... But the drum-beat strains of the night remain, In the rhythm of the new-born day..." Brilliant
I've been in love with her ever since.
@@fredmoore8661 Me too.
A Guy I used to know was enamored with the lyric posted by hirdy6.., A tip of the to hat 🎩 to JG!
This is an amazing song. Definitely in my top 50 of all time.
I lost my Mom in 2016 and was going through a really rough time. I was interviewing for a college position and after every interview (7 total) on my way home I would hear this song and I knew it was my Mom telling me I did good and I was on the right path; I felt it was a sign from her....believe me or not...that's what I needed. I got the job and never looked back. Every time I hear this song, I know my Mom is with me.
I lost my mom in 2004.... same experience God bless you
Hugs to you! @@surrealismomuto
Wow. Amazing story. I assume the song came on the radio ? I did everything to try to save my mother, I have very little left over and cannot wait to display it. Pray daily that I can.
I love this song since I've 14 years, that is 46 years old.❣
Lost my mom god bless
This has to be one of the most beautiful songs ever written.
Late for the sky by Jackson brown
@@buzznfrog6702 Never heard it.
@@frankcastle5294 sad song
La mejor interpretación de la historia , es fascinante y bella , lo tiene absolutamente todo y es insuperable
If you ever wanted to know what it was like to live in the 70s, this song celebrates all that was good about a great decade.
Love it
Yes and nothing about cats, which i hate lol
Great memories, send you back on time, sounds that never been forgot
It was the beginning of the end. The corporatization, monopolization, federal reserve notes that were not notes anymore, massive immigration, social fragmentation, police abuse, drug criminalization, chemistry set prohibition, massive propaganda and media consolidation, cars that couldn't be fixed with regular tools, plastics, fake food, end of family farms, etc.
@@chadkline4268 we are talking about music, don't mess up with the good or bad thing that happened then.
I heard this song in 1986 just after my pregnancy was confirmed. I was 21 and the father had made it clear he wasn't interested.. still isn't. I'm so glad I kept my beautiful son.
His loss. Same thing happened to my wife before we got together. Now I have a wonderful sweet smart daughter. I'm glad for you and your son. He certainly has a great mother. Stay safe. God bless.
THANK YOU! For being pro-life! In 1982, my girlfriend called me long distance from Minnesota to Texas to tell me she was pregnant. After 38 years and 5 kids, we have 3 grand children to spoil. Not bragging, just grateful.
Good for you girl x ♥️
Ouch
Guess you see your son and your heart just bright right? Good for you and all your love for your baby, now a man 😊😊
I've been in the music industry for over 40 years... Never have I ever heard a more beautiful transition of solos!!! Strings, guitar, saxophone and keyboard... close with a chorus... Just a "Hit" formula!!!
Hello I really do appreciate you for being a big fan thank you for your wonderful comments on my post it really means a lot to me.I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music…..❤️❤️❤️
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@@AlStewart-1 Al thank you for that piece of jewel, long and healthy life, Salutations from Peru
@@pierome9 lovely 🥰 do you have google chat?
Great piano Great music Great singing Great writing ..... Great composition A great masterpiece
Produced and engineered by Alan Parsons, so no wonder why 🤩
and that screaming sax,, brilliant
💯 a total classic that will never die! This song gives me feelings!🙂
Great sax
👍❤
I'm 63, my wife of 40 years tells me I live in the 70's, Ha Ha Ha Ha. I'm all right with that!
Am 50 but my wife says I live in the 80s lol
My kids tell me I'm.stuck in the 70s and I'll be 50 this August great times for me 70s and 80s phenomenal music never be any times ever to replace this freedom and careful how life was and seemed to miss that 😢💔
@@darranthompson8202 I'm there with you hey there's nothing wrong with to bad we're not neighbors or friends blessings to all of you awesome folks !!
I am 61 and I am there with you......
@Anita Bonghit so true I miss those days no fake nails eyebrows butts and breasts women and men were in to simple and practical I'm still that way I was born in wrong time blessings to you sister hope you are enjoying your summer here Michigan finally warming up cold here by Lake Michigan this year
When this tune debuted over American airwaves, I was employed as a chauffeur. On one particular night in early December, I drove a gorgeous young couple to a dinner engagement. I could tell they were very much in love. I asked them both, "Excuse me -- how about some music -- but, not Christmas music just yet?" They agreed. I tuned the car's radio to one of my favorite music stations and this magnificent tune started playing. I heard this tune a few hours before. The music was brand new to the couple seated behind me, but they reacted immediately to it. The lady cuddled up to her guy and they both smiled at me. "Great choice," the guy said. I can still play out that scenario over and over in my mind as we drove off into that snowy night in early December -- so long ago. I think I made their evening even more special. I love when that happens. Thank you, Maestro Al Stewart.
Great story, thanks for sharing!
@@josbruls -- My pleasure. I just thought I'd share a small portion from my memoirs. Take care. -- W
Loved your story& so well written! are you an author? You should be! One of my favorite songs. 😺
@@loiscandler814 -- Many thanks for your kind reply. Yes, those are my words -- my recollection of a time long-gone. I've included that sweet episode in my memoirs. I'm a writer of sorts, but not by vocation. That tune and my passengers were like a stolen moment out of a wonderful film. Life provides the script. We just follow and act it out. Those two amazing people were so much in love. I didn't need to play "Cupid." I just set the mood with that gorgeous tune -- "The Year of the Cat." That particular tune and "Time Passages" are my favourites by Al Stewart. "Don't Answer Me" (The Alan Parsons Project) is another favourite of mine. Take care -- W 😺🎼🎵🎶
my parents introduced me to this lovely song - thank you for sharing your lovely story
Who is here in 2023 for this legendary song
2023 thinking of life in 1976. God I wish i could go back! this song was a big part of me then. god bless the music of the 70's!!
She comes out of the sun in a silk dress, running like a watercolor in the rain! Are you serious? Oh, my goodness, might be one of the greatest lyrics ever written. This song is beyond a masterpiece. I’m lost for words.
It is a masterpiece. There will never be good music like this again. Sad.
Might be?
That line is spectacular!
@@kurtrueckel1254 👍
@@kurtrueckel1254 Might!
Listening to this in my garage while my dad is being hospitalized for advanced cancer, it’s a rainy night. Pray for him please. EDIT: Thank you all for the kind words. Shortly after I posted this my dad passed away in home hospice care with family and friends by his side. In return of the graciousness I was shown here I extend my thoughts and prayers to my fellow KZhead acquaintances who are in need of prayer themselves.
Done . And with Love Jared 😘
Praying for your DAD HOPE HE IS OK.
Thank you Jesus for placing your healing hands on this beautiful person we know Jesus You will cure the dreaded disease that invades so many peoples lives...praise be to Jesus 🙏❣
Waheguru🙏
🙏🏽❤️🌸 Wish you all the best
When in 1970s I was 27 years- old with my Cadillac, a wife and 2 kids we rode down south nicely listening to Al Stewart easy music all the way to Virginia Beach. Good memories of my wife, RIP.
Ciao..by..gio..sss..primo..miami..florida..ciaoo
I am 69 years old. I still listen to this song once a day. What happened to great music? How did we go from this to the garbage rap of today?
Timeless artist and song. Thankfully, there are some decent stuff besides wrap out there today, but nothing like this. I wish they would bring back melodies and guitar solos. I'm an aspirng singer/songwriter, so maybe I can do it lol.
Have you tried listening to our President? That's how.
Really beastie boys Prince
He means nowadays, 2020's rap...I guess...I still like rap but old school@@billcummings6958
I have a theory why it was better then, remember back in the day and you Said to yourself ( today's music, 1976 , really how can they ever improve on this ?), turns out we were right , only way to go is down from here .
Brings tears to my eyes as almost all the 70s music does. I’m 64.
Betsy Rovetto I wonder what it is about 70s music that makes so many people wish they could go back. Yes I am another one who would love to just go back to the music of my teens.
Right there with you at 63..
I think cuz I’m so depressed
ray sullivan misery n depression may be my reasoning
@@Ray-dv3nz - Wonder that myself. It was just a time when everything came together and everyone was in a good mood.. Well I was anyway.
This song has everything....percussion, vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, bass, piano, cello and saxophone. Indeed a masterpiece....
👍🏻🤩🤩🤩🤩
You got that right, listening to this my eyes water 💧 😍 a symphony. Great memories 👌
And also drums
Agreed
Ne baby
Love the cello, violins, lead guitar interludes, and fantastic Saxaphone playing. Timeless, superb song.
Piano ❤️
can't agree more ,when I saw them at the Tower theater, in 1970 something, I was just blown away and still am till this day. Now I just turn up my surround system and close my eyes, I'm back!!
one of the best things about 50 years old, is the fact that i lived my teenage years in the 80's that is priceless and I am grateful !!!
arsenio lupin every hour
Still listening... Just beautiful.. Takes my soul to somewhere else. 🙏💕
@@lowrispooner2279 complitely agree with you.
oh yeah 2020 chinese year of the rat: they re now ouf their stash...Universe year of the cat 😼
I’m here
Whenever I hear this song, I'm 13 years old again, safe and secure in my bed late at night listening to the music with the earpiece of my transistor radio, so that my parents who are in the room next to mine won't hear the music playing and will think I'm asleep. I have no worries or fears, and I have my whole life before me. I would give anything to be able to experience that time again.
God Yes
Me too, loved that time in my life
Same
Ouch!.... just, ouch!
So do I my friend
It was 1977 and I was onboard a Laker Airways flight from London to LA. My first time in the States. Spent the whole flight listening to this, and it never fails to take me straight back to that exciting plane journey. I have loved the US ever since....
This song! I was just emigrating to the US from the UK in 1980 and Al Stewart was in line in front of me boarding the Pan Am plane. I just about felt like I had died and gone to heaven. The dream of this song still awakens so many emotions.
How did you spend the whole flight listening to this? Was the airline playing it on repeat? Just curious...
Al Stewart's songs are like paintings. When I hear this, I feel like jumping inside and living inside...masterpiece!
In 1976 I met the most amazing, beautiful girl in the world, but I blew it. Let me go back to the week before I met her. I'll change. I just need a second chance. After all these years, I still love her.
Has she with me
You are not alone 😥
I am now a man.
Wooooowwww..
Surely there had to others!?!?
The song is beautiful enough as it is, but then it hits you with four instrumental solos in one. It's truly a work of art.
Exactly !!!! Regards from Cancún Q. Roo
I love it when a whole band gets in on a great song.
20-year-old Peter White on acoustic guitar.
Beautiful
@@IndianOutlaw1870 Peter White played Spanish guitar on “On The Border”. Tim Renwick played on YOTC.
No artists anymore. We will never experience music like this again as we did in the 70’s. Brings back so many memories and still hits the heart with soulful lyrics and meaning.
CATS in SPACE - check em out... from the 70s but only started recording in 2015... five albums of this style..
I agree
So Right
Sad but True SMH
we are experiencing it here now!
My dad liked this song a lot, such a masterpiece.
I am crying because of the beauty of the song as well as the comment section. Pure gold.
me too.
Nice!... music is the language of the soul 👍
Pull yourself together for christ's sake.
Me too
Me Too
In 2009, I lost my best friend. She died aged 43, and this song for me is a memory of our teenage years, and our friendship.
Jane McKay 😥im sorry for your loss of your friend. Memories can be so powerful, and they are always with you. The world gives us memories even if people move in and out of our lives here.❤️
i'm so sorry for your loss.
So sorry for your loss... Its so hard 😢
Jane, you'll always have something to hang on to. God bless you and never forget.
Just remember the good times....so sorry for you beloved lost🙏♥️
This song should require tickets for the journey it takes you on !!
Hello Susan, I am 62 years of age. The reason for this condition is simple The Year of the Cat was the best record ever made. As a bonus I met Mr. Stewart in person January 26 2017 in Palm Beach and he is one of the nicest people ever. Have a happy, healthy and blessed New Year. May you have another 56 years with only the very best.
ROBERT PLEASE
This is the Year of the Rabbit in Chinese Astrology, (2023): which is also the year of the Cat in Vietnam. Uncanny soliloquy! Al Stewart is Scottish, as I am as well.
Lyrics: On a morning from a Bogart movie In a country where they turn back time You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre Contemplating a crime She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running Like a watercolor in the rain Don't bother asking for explanations She'll just tell you that she came In the year of the cat She doesn't give you time for questions As she locks up your arm in hers And you follow 'till your sense of which direction Completely disappears By the blue tiled walls near the market stalls There's a hidden door she leads you to These days, she says, I feel my life Just like a river running through The year of the cat While she looks at you so cooly And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea She comes in incense and patchouli So you take her, to find what's waiting inside The year of the cat Well morning comes and you're still with her And the bus and the tourists are gone And you've thrown away your choice you've lost your ticket So you have to stay on But the drum-beat strains of the night remain In the rhythm of the newborn day You know sometime you're bound to leave her But for now you're going to stay In the year of the cat Year of the cat
Wow my mind always drifts away no matter how hard I try . . . great song
its brilliance
Thank you!
My childhood lyrics are totally different...lol...its funny what you hear in a song at 11yrs old.
Thank you. 🙂
Back in those days I would run out and buy a whole album (vinyl LP) just for one song. This was one of those.
You're shitting me, right? THE WHOLE ALBUM is great!!! Very few albums can claim that EVERY SONG is a hit. I think EVERY ONE of them on this album is. But hey, what do I know?
Mark, there are millions of us baby boomers that are as guilty as you are of buying any album for just one song!! For many many of us, music was a refuge from many bad things in our lives back then!!
I know the feeling Mark......feels only like yesterday too!! ♡
This song is easily worth billions of albums. And there are very few songs that manage that.
Relatable 🙋
EVERY time I hear this song my mind IMMEDIATELY takes me back to a memory of myself, as a 17 year old. I'm standing on a corner of a small town holding a pizza ( and trying to look cool. lol) on a Friday night waiting and waiting for my ride. Ah, those awkward teenage years.
Yes, it's amazing to think that we were just kids then.
You couldn’t have described it better. ❤
😊❤❤❤❤
1977 what a time to be alive and 18 years old
I get tears in my eyes every time I hear this song. Makes me remember good times and good music. One of my favourites.
Hello I really do appreciate you for being a big fan thank you for your wonderful comments on my post it really means a lot to me.I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music…..❤️❤️❤️
Music is as close as we can get to a Time Machine .
There is a book in that comment... maybe a movie.
Yes, an interesting idea chaps, maybe rather than that weird funfair machine that Tom Hanks used in 'Big' it would be a Wurlitzer juke box selecting the musical markers in someone's life. "Er Tom, what are you doing next year...?"
Time machine? Have a look at classical music and Australian aboriginal ceremonies. Pop, rock etc are just a nanosecond under that perspective.
Erica Gitzel well said!
TESLA Time Traveled ✌️🎵🌌⏳
How can one song make you feel good for 43 years?? Great music like this can soothe the soul...
Genau so ist es. Nahrung für die Seele und das ist das wichtigste in unserem Gehirn neben dem Gehirn. Ich habe das Lied vor einigen Tagen erst gefunden. Das Saxophone Solo ein Traum wie das ganze Lied. LG Herbie
A song for any time and any place and all cultures
He is one singer that made a difference in how we appreciate music. ❤️😇❤2023 and loved hearing it again.😸😽😻
The rhythm section is SO on point. Beautifully driving the song forward without being overbearing. Beautiful.
Agree as drummer your comments are spot.We are there to provide a platform for the melody and provide tempo.But not to overpower the song.
@rickykilby4672 exactly. It's for this reason drummers give Ringo Starr such praise. He didn't play the drums, he played the SONG! Great drummers know how to play just what's needed and no more. Thank you for your kind words.
@@daveowens271 You're very welcome.Ringo is one of my favourite drummers,a big influence when i started playing drums.He was a very inventine drummer when the song called for it,but on the whole his playing always enhanced the song without overpowering it.
It's been 40 years since this classic was released. It's still one of the greatest of all times.
**40 years ago in Palestine, August, 1977, my parents got a divorce, mother didn't want me, and daddy was new found bachelor. My daddy took me to Spring Valley California, and left me----( no money, no school supplies, not support, no nothing, humiliated and embarrassed so horrible, that I still get sick at my stomach thinking about is)---- at the age of 14 yrs. old. Alone in California, with nothing but letters and pictures from my first true love, that had joined the Air Force. I turned 15, 3 months later, and IF it wasn't for my Aunt Sonja Garten, and Uncle Steve Garten and 8 track tapes I got by sending in some silly AD with a penny that said " GET THESE FREE 8 TRACK TAPES FOR ONE CENT”----- Al Stewart, Year of the Cat, Boz Scaggs, Steve Miller Band, Boston, Foreigner, Eagles, and too many artists to name, but the best of all Fleetwood Mac-Rumors, which, I heard while babysitting for a single woman with shag carpet and a silver Corvette! THIS music and advertisers that had ads --like " GET THESE FREE 8 TRACK TAPES FOR ONE CENT” kept me from running head-on into the tides of the Pacific Ocean- Ocean-beach, California, back in 1977. I still praise the Lord for those corny lifesaving ads. Now at 54 years old, 55 next month, I feel it was the Lord that I accepted as a 7 year old-that saved me from the tides, I praise my Lord Jesus Christ for saving me, and my Aunt Sonja Garten and Uncle Steve Garten, for loving me unconditionally to this very day!!!!
awesome......
you saved you using the love from your aunt and uncle,the music just helped you gain control of all these feelings,so thank you for being you
Carole, how beautiful that is, but so sad! Take care and may God bless you!!!.......Den. X
40 years. 😲 Where has time gone. Still love this.
I'm 54 and divorced ten years. I got the cat, she's 13 now and sleeps alot but my best friend. When I play this song she actually wakes up, amazing!! 🙀🤗
Ditto in every respect.
I have 7 climbing the walls right now. I’m just listening and smiling at them. I love my furry wedge heads
You have a cat with taste!
Awesome little chitty chat
♡
"Year of the Cat" takes me on a journey through time, evoking a sense of longing for moments gone by. It reminds me of those late-night drives, windows down, and the world passing by in a blur. It's a song that encapsulates the essence of introspection, making me reflect on the choices I've made and the paths I've taken.
So beautifully stated!
Truly well said!
I'm here, listening in 2024. It's still awesome.
This song Immediately takes me back to a long gone era that I miss tremendously
Same here my friend... Good Times indeed... Now long gone
Alex Drummer well said. Great music in less complicated times. Cheers Rob
my childhood and the tears for what is gone,and what was taken,but "its all supposed to come out in the end"?
Me To
Ditto!
This song is a masterpiece in a class of its own and has accompanied me for a lifetime since 1976 until today. When I hear it today at the age of 76, memories of times long past come up, good ones and also melancholy ones. He was a loyal and special companion in my numerous holidays in the south of France while gliding. Whenever I drove back to my hotel in the evening after a great flight from the airport, I played it in the car. The road ran through a forest full of oaks and was very winding for 5 kilometers. I turned the radio on full and drove to the limit. The feeling was like flying in the universe, I was dazed by this music like after a nice shot of Koke. At the end of the song I stood in front of the hotel and got out happily, ready for dinner with my wife. What more does it take to be happy?
So full of emotions!! Beautiful the way you describe your trip back to the hotel! The music and its magic. And finally you and your wife having dinner together. Maybe after dinner you both listening to the song and singing together....... Thank you for sharing such beautiful moments of your life !!!!!
Check out the playlists of Absolute Perfection of the Hot 100 most popular songs of each year. Try `977-1976 Top 40" PLAY ALL and find many treasure forgotten and favorites from time long past. Guaranteed to bring back fond memories
paul jaeggi...Hopefully you write?? Your words are amazing.
write what? Wrote movie scripts and starred in Vegas show. @@heidicrimmings9615
I’m new to this. I LOVE it
Simply, a work of art. Thank you so much Mr Stewart.
59 here and still love this song , I close my eyes and the memories of my early life , I would give anything to go back, a simply life were we are all happy and equal
I am 31 years old. I love the music. This is music.
HOOAH for Ya!
I am in my 30s too and yes I'm completely agree with you.
“She comes out of the sun, in a silk dress, running like a watercolor in the rain.” Favorite line.
Mine too. It's just....breathtaking !
JN KN One of my bigtime favorite line too.. it always has been. Great minds think alike! I picture myself as the one in that beautiful, flowy dress in the sun. ♡
JN KN that is pretty deep 🤗🤗🤗🤗
JN KN I love that line too.. I found the perfect GIF of a girl in a beautiful dress, running in a field.. and put, "she comes out of the sun in a silk dress running.." I think only those of us who know this song appreciate it, others are like what?! (Twitter/starlitblond)
Perfect poetry.
A masterpiece, no words can even describe those feelings.
Takes me back to my very happy teen years without a care in the world,,
I dislike this song for only one reason --- it ends. What a masterpiece.
For real tho !!
EDFloyd like a watercolour In the rain. 🌧️🌦️⛈️☔
Yes yes and yes. Greatness looms grande'
Been on repeat for a week! And I never do that with a song.
@Charles Ross I didn't do too much research but I only really found the two that spoke to me. Are there some hidden gems?
"On a morning from a Bogart movie, in a country where they turn back time, you go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre contemplating a crime". Probably my favorite opening lyrics of all time.
I agree with you and hear what your saying..but where is this music...?
oops...wrong person...sorry
in the year of the cat
the whole song is a lyrica masterpiece
The whole song is a musical and lyrical masterpiece.
God! This beautiful song. I wish I had discovered it sooner in my life. These 70s musicians were on something else. From Todd Lundgren, Cat Stevens, The Isley brothers, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Womack and Womack, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Carol King,Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, Elton John,Neil Young... etc, had a revolutionary take on music that seemed experimental as a way to shift from the 60s music. Lucky are those who were old enough to enjoy this musical era.
It Was Great
Al Stewart from Greenock,Scotland! A genius who doesn't get the recognition he deserves!
@@garymacdonald7165Exactly! I wonder how this happened. This song is way up there with any other number one hit of the time.
Those were the good old days, I’d go back in the twinkling of an eye.
This song and the story it tells are timeless. This is one of my absolutely favorite songs of all time. Well written, arranged and performed.
Hubby and I listened to this so many times, just lying in bed enjoying the feel and sound of this song. Thank You, Al Stewart. My Beautiful Husband has been called home to Heaven, just days before he was to turn 54 years old... I have this song...
So sorry for you, but glad you both had this wonderful music to enjoy.
I’m So Sorry
Oh no I am sorry to hear this. My Heartfelt Condolences to You and your Family 👪 🙏
@@adriennerobinson1180 Thank you. Such a special song.
@@DJSuzieQ Yes
The shortest 6 minute 33 second song of all time. Just brilliant.
Its 34
I'm 24 years old... And I've never felt so lost in my life.. but this song... It came on this morning during my drive to beauty school... And it made me cry. So thank you. Thank you for making this song.
Love and peace to you ❤ music is the one thing that makes me feel at home. Hold onto that feeling and you'll find your way.
This song changed my life at 23, it instructed me how to take a deep breath and just let life happen within reasonable limits. It's my favorite song, and the best song ever!
🥰💖😘🫶🏼💝
I have known this song since just today, when I was going in a bus to my university. Above all suffering and bad people, there was peace and beauty.
Everything will be okay ❤
Happy 2023 Year of the Cat! 🐈 🐈⬛ 🐱
moments ago my young son came into the kitchen where i was sitting. he was asking me a question in a peculiar accent which i identified as Peter Lorre. i laughed and pointed it out to him, then reminded him who exactly Peter Lorre was - you see him all the time as a caricature! after he left I suddenly had this song in my head because it mentioned the man. THEN I was curious about the origins of the song itself so i looked it up. it pays homage to Casa Blanca and the Vietnamese zodiac.... which...coincidentally.... the year of the cat falls on 2023.
im 18 years old and think 70's music is the best music ever made
Rah rah!!
You are right :D
@@caringmouse5385 I'm 81 and agree. Just spent 20 minutes listening to Starlight Express. Saw it in London 1984.
:D :D help keep it alive!
You are right DD. Check this short explanation why this is it. Regards. kzhead.info/sun/pdKxhbyHbZluZGg/bejne.html
My god what a great song. Released in 1976 and people are seeking it out and commenting 40 years later! Timeless Classic, Mr. Stewart. Al Stewart is actively touring and playing small venues. The tickets can be had very affordably. I shouldn't tell you this because you might buy the ticket I wanted. He's 71 years old and can still shred. During his show he talks to the audience and tells some amusing and clever anecdotes between songs. Talks about meeting Jagger, seeing Hendrix play when he was 20. Make your life a little better and make it to one of his shows. He is a living legend. So you have to drive 100 or 200 miles to attend. Make a romantic mini-vacation out of it. You. will. be. glad. you. did. Get out of the house and experience something.
it's been awhile since I read an enjoyable comment on KZhead, thank you
+flatchyu Memories.
Love your words. One of my dreams is to see him playing, but here in Spain its impossible. Maybe, you can tell me if he is touring near to London....
I'm 61 and going to see him in NYC!
I heard this song for the first time recently and feel an unexplainable deep connection to it. I was born in 1976 and can say that at 39 years old; this is one of the most moving songs I've ever heard, would love a chance to see him perform in the UK.
*Happy '2023' Year of the Cat* to everyone...my husband was told by the 70+ year old Chinese woman cutting his hair today that it's only 'Westerners' that call it the 'Year of the Rabbit'...she told him that they don't have a 'rabbit' in their zodiac...she said that it's actually the 'Year of the Cat'...oh, and I love Al Stewart and this song!!! 💗💗💗
the lady probably Vietnamese
Essa música é muito linda sempre estou ouvindo no KZhead vou ouvir sempre.
in chinese calender why cat did not included in 12 because she chased the mice so long and when time is stopped cat was still behide the 12
First time hearing this song... It's absolutely flawless. A work of art.
Im 61 years Old Listened to this... 1977....Still Listen to This SONG WOW 42 Years
Me too brother,,,,,Im 62...
Me too to everything in your comment.
Getting old is the craziest damn thing that can happen to you. Everything is so bittersweet.
Rickie Crawford it is 326 in the great state of Washington in the Pacific Northwest, listening to right now will continue to , Not for the rest of your life but for the rest of my life and enjoying
I have always said nothing is free in this world but the stars above and the music on KZhead will watch me out
The very best people on youtube are right here listening to the very best music on youtube.
Well said, 'fm' :-) !!!
Listen to Little River Band "Long Way There" and tell me what you think. It is LONG but listen to it all. It is on my top ten list...along with Floyd, DOGS and Zepplin's When the Levee Breaks, America - Daisy Jane ...and a lot of good R and B, Steve Miller Band .... Average White Band.... Bad Company....darn! There was so much good music hard to make a top 10 list!!!! But check out that LRB song and see what you think. I think it absolutely RULES as far as highly skilled instrumental ROCK.
@@valfletcher9285 I love it. I have the LP and saw them live in Tulsa when I was in High School!
I'm literally a child molester
Ok mr trump.
This song takes me back to my sophomore year of high school. I spent many evenings listening to this song over and over. Al Stewart is totally underrated as a performer.
I first heard this song when I was a little child on my way to school. I was born in the late 90s, but my Dad is a Brit that loves masterpieces like this. Thanks Dad😂❤
The piano introduction is a masterpiece, in fact all the song is! Wonderful!
The Sax is pure genius!!!!
I love it too, that's why I turned it into a chill deep house track :D kzhead.info/sun/f8dmla6MsWqZqas/bejne.html
HI Pablito ! ABSOLUTELY. Listen also "on the border" by the same singer .(AB. from Liège Belgium Europe ).
Pablito it’s on my bucket list! I’d love to learn to play it
@@Somelady464 Go ahead Donna! Playing piano is a huge gateway also to enjoy and perform another instrument later!
What a genius idea that solo that starts at 3:10 with strings, fading over to acoustic guitar, fading over to electric guitar fading over to sax. I absolutely love that. Of course I love the rest of the song and the feeling of thrown away choices and lost tickets follows me all my life now, mostly on a positiv sense...
Lol I literally listened to it while reading your post ..synchronicity maybe but I got the message
@@victoriongreyjoy same here! 😋
I just remarked about passing from the electric guitar to the sax. It kills me. Every. Single. Time.
But that was Peter White, one of the finest acoustic guitar players ever!
I never really noticed those instrument fades as you said, but thank you, I'll never unhear it again! It's a great masterpiece! I'm lucky I hear this song regularly on my classics hits radio station!
According to the lunar calendar, today is New Year's Day. It Begins "The Year of the Cat" May it bring happiness to all and every cat in the world. RIP Didi, my cat who died 3 days ago. 💔
@@nevergiveup5345 Thank you. I'm still sad and I'm still crying...
Art Bell's midnight in the desert brought me here. He had a good taste in music. RIP Art Bell 💫
I'm only 3 weeks old and I already like this song.
Ahhhahahahahaa! You're startin off well!
Infants have musical needs, too.
That's not make any sense, a three weeks boy can't write
Passing by took a listen and fathom a one week old knows the notes
Eric Clapton
I wanna go back to my childhood home in NJ and see Mom whipping up dinner in the kitchen, Dad typing away on his typewriter in the den, and my 7 brothers and sisters doing their usual stuff. Sure, we had problems, a lot to be sure, but there was love and laughter and awesome music.....
Good Memories
Dios bendiga a ti y a toda tu descendencia.
@2012endofanerror I had a tear in mine as I wrote it. They say if you're living in the past you're depressed, if you're living in the future, you're anxious I guess I'm both. I just stay in the present. Easier said than done.
Me too, I would give everything!
I know exactly what you mean about going back to childhood. I miss so many people that are now gone. This song brings them back for a little while!
Happy year of the cat from Vietnam 🇻🇳
A classic, an anthem a long time ago
My Dads birthday today. Passed away many years ago now. He loved this song ❤
A kiss to heaven
Always play this for him R.i.p.
@@NorahAB13 Thanks Nora
@@rossmontoya9350 Thanks Ross
@@Cam_NBH look closely,again....he is still with you...but you can't see him.
I saw Al Stewart back in the day, we had a table up front and I had my elbows on stage gazing up absorbing the magic❤
I wish we were a country who could "turn back time" 😢
One of the best songs pop/soft rock/easy listening songs ever written, it's as close to perfection as there is.
I hate calling this song "soft rock" or "easy listening". That conjures up "elevator music." I don't know - music like this should have a special category. Something like "Amazing but Underappreciated Awesomeness".
Dear God, can we please go back to the '70's, please?
me too.
Hey! God , I second that, bring back the 70's.
P l e a s e when things made sense,best times of my life
Sandra Susky no! we can’t!, our job now is to educate, music, science, knowledge, life!! As I tell my family, Live, loves, smiles Go Hawks
Clayton Jackson Jr. it’s called character building hang in there I got your back Clayton
Fantastic pop, commercial song, wonderful arrangement and still fresh after almost half a century
Four solos in the middle of the song with the four most beautiful instruments. A masterpiece of music. I am so glad that I was able to hear it all those years ago as a young man of the 70's.
It was 1996, I was 8 years old and my dad was listening to this song. We disagreed a lot on music, but when I heard this song, I told him this was one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. And forever will be. The orchestration, the piano solo, the acoustic guitar solo, the electric guitar solo, the sax solo. This is a masterpiece.
You are so right! A song for eternity! One of the very best songs ever and forever! 👍🙋🍀 greetings from germany!
its a piece of Classical Music.
What did he say? Just curious
yes Arturo.best Guitar solo and Sax solo
Exactly. Powerful sounds and lyrics.
Such an amazing song after Sooo Many Years. Sadly, No one makes Music like this anymore.
Ben Dover check out Destroyer or Tobias Jesso Jr. plenty of bands and artists have similar sounds. They just don't make the pop charts.
Listen to BBC 6 Music. You'll be surprised.
There could be still be music of this caliber but you wont hear it on todays radio That why i cant live without my xm radio
You should try the BBC dear. BBC 6 BBC Radio Scotland Even dear old radio 2 The locals.(BBC) There is so much music still out there if you are brave enough to venture and not be told what to listen to. And you may even discover world music! Thereby discovering the world. Namaste
I am from the wrong generation. I played this for some friends and the response was why are you playing that crap. We aren't friends anymore.
My Army Buddy Gerald Norton who passed away fro the effects of Agent Orange wanted this song played at his Funeral. We served together in Vietnam and we attended our re-union in Indianapolis. Very sad listening to this song.😢
RIP Gerald. Welcome home and thank you very, very much for your service Sir.
Yo era un niño pero recuerdo esos años 70 la mejor década bendiciones a todos
I was a folk singer in London in 1966, the same time as Al Stewart. He was part of a 3-piece group called Al Stewart & the Piccadilly Line. I was in a 3-piece folk group called Chapter 3. We bumped into each other often in the London clubs. What a time is was to be alive!
London AND MUSIC . I made my pilgrimage from NYC to London at the start of second brit invasion. Pistols, Gen X, Banshees .. U2.. THANKS DAD .. for paying for my whim. !
Nice to know a bit of musical history. Thanks.
My era too, though I came back to Toronto. Not bad scene here at the time. Carole Pope, Teenage Head, Viletones so many more. But London...loved it.
Thanks for sharing, Bill. :)
Wow lucky you!! The music is absolutely fantastic if.....only i had my dream come true an English man and this song to listen too one day....yes it will happen.... ...
I feel privileged to have lived in the 70's, 80's, and the 90's. Great memories, including this song. Yeah, I'm old, but living in those decades made for incredible and moving memories. Songs like this bring the memories back...
I could not agree with you more!!!! It brings tears to my eyes when listening to beautiful instrumentals such as by Al Stewart, etc, etc. I look back with great fondness of my life thru the 70s, 80s and 90s. Music always played a vital part. Listening to the radio or watching great groups perform on American Bandstand, Soul Train, Midnight Special, etc. I am forever thankful. Love and thanks to my mother. Dec 1979, I will never forget sitting at our kitchen window, gazing out wondering if music will be as great as it was during the 70s for the upcoming within a few days 1980. The growing up in the 70s will always be heartfelt fondess.
Wonderful memory!
Me too. So many greats, all brought good and/or emotional feelings. I love that feeling today. I can remember our front room record player!
you are never old if this song still turn you on
Truly a golden age of popular music. Even a lot of the bad songs were catchy.