The 70's were LOADED with songs like this, every day on the radio. No hyperbole. The talent and the scene was just magical. They'll never be anything like it, and there never was before.
One of my favorite songs from the 70's. Has everything, rythm, great vocals. strings, Great guitar and Saxophone riff. Whoever was the producer for this record did an excellent job.
I love your reactions to the music of my youth. It was a completely different and better world back then as made obvious by the music. Thanks for checking it out and more for your appreciation of it
It's interesting that you say listening to this music is like a time machine. Because Al Stewart also seemed to be very interested in the past and history. Like the song "Time Passages" and in this song "Year of the Cat" he's transporting us back into a 1940's film. A Casablanca-like film. He even mentions Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre. Al seemed to be enamored with the past in his songs.
Qthelost Agree! Al Stewart sings history in many of his songs, I asked JB to react to Roads to Moscow. The video is disturbing but it tells the story. Nostradamus is another of his songs that is historical. 👍
Roads to Moscow is an awesome song.. I also love "The Last Day of June 1934" and "Helen and Cassandra" - actually, it would be difficult to pick one of his songs that I didn't love....
Right on - this is one of my favorites. Back in the day when you went to an actual stereo store to buy your gear, this is one of a handful of songs you had to hear before deciding on what speakers to get. And you’re so right about the “70s vibe”. I lived it, so it brings back lots of great memories, but I can see how the music can take you there. It was a great era for music, no doubt. Another one you should check out after “Time Passages” is one called “Midnight Rocks”.
Ooh goody, I suggested this. A song that's like an aural painting. Hope you like it. You should watch the OGWT version. just type it in and see them do it live and perfect back in 76 I think. What great days they were. Hope you like it. Love to you from England. x
I just love watching your reactions. I know this was done a while back, but thank you for reacting to this song. It has been one of my all time favorite songs. Keep on doing these great classics.
Great song great album, I bought it when it was first released on vinyl! Love just chillin’ and listening to it, also great as you are driving somewhere!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I REMEMBER WHEN THESE TWO SONG'S CAME OUT I WAS A KID ME AND MY SISTER LOVED ALL THOSE S OLD SONG'S WE WERE TRUE 70S KID'S REALLY MISS THOSES DAYS BUT I MISS MY SISTER SO MUCH MORE SHE PASSED AWAY IN 2010
This was the first 'pop' tune I learnt how to play on piano. When I mastered that piano part I was so proud of myself!!. Hell of a song, arrangement, and production.
This music is also a time machine for those of us who were around your age in the 70s, who heard these artists like Al Stewart drop incredible album after incredible album.
I love how the instrumental solo starts with a cello, is followed by an acoustic guitar, then an electric guitar, and ends with a saxophone. Who does that?? A beautiful song.
CAT STEVENS: "Morning Has Broken" & "How Can I Tell You?"; BREAD: "If" & "The Guitar Man"; GERRY RAFFERTY: "Right Down The Line"; LITTLE RIVER BAND: "Reminiscing" & "Cool Change"; STEVIE WONDER: "Sir Duke" & "Isn't She Lovely" & ( "Overjoyed" 1985); ELTON JOHN: "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" & "Daniel"; KANSAS: "Dust in the Wind"; LINDA RONSTADT: "Blue Bayou" & "Long Long Time"; DIANA ROSS: "Love Hangover"; AL GREEN: "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" & "Call Me"; PAUL SIMON: "Mother and Child Reunion". There are literally hundreds of songs that were popular in the 1970s from so many genres of musical styles.
Check out Cat's controversial hit from 1975, Two Fine People. It was banned by many radio stations because of the lyrics, Now that I Kissed your breasts. It was probably the first time "breasts" were used in a song.
Music might be a time machine for you but it truly is the soundtrack of my life! Almost every song you have been reacting too I am familiar with and listening brings back very vivid memories of a point and time in my life - not just where I was and who I was with, but the weather, how it felt and what all my feelings I had then come rushing back (happy, sad, boy crushing, etc)...
This is his greatest hit ("still pays the bills"). A beautiful composition, beautifully crafted, wonderfully produced. Little else from him is as widely known but he made a great deal of records through the decades.
This song by Al Stewart is one of the greatest classics ever! It is a song about the great classic movie "Casa Blanca 1942" that takes place in old French Morocco in North Africa. The movie is a classic with great film stars from the 1930's and 1940's. Stars like Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henried, Claude Raines and Peter Lorrie. Priceless!
If you are taking the 70’s song writers journey; don’t miss Gordon Lightfoot - If you could read my mind James Taylor- Up on the roof Cat Stevens - Wild World Carol King - You’ve got a friend Carlie Simon - Your so vain
This was absolutely my brother Joe's favorite song and I am so Thankful to God that it was the last song we ever heard together and that. I was able to play at his funeral. Will always cherish his memory and this wonderful song
Back in the day, we used to actually go to places called "stereo stores", where all they sold was stereo components. They would have awesome listening rooms set up so you could hear a variety of their best receivers, turntables and speakers. This song and Steely Dan's "Aja" would be the tunes you would want to hear to test the speakers. I miss those days.... Al Stewart is wonderful, very calming music.
I'm a metal head but I think this is my favorite song, mainly because of 2 distinct memories. 1st: I had a dream that me and my brother just finished watching a movie that cats took over the world and this song was playing as the credits rolled. When I woke up this song was on the radio. This was probably in the 80s sometime. 2nd: Being a big Art Bell fan I listen to his show often, he would play this song often and when that sax solo came on he would drop what he was saying and listen. I think it was his favorite song too.
mid 70s... living on the seedy side of town .. southside fort worth... my nephew .. a few yrs older . we were tight... best friends no further apart than identical twins.. he.. worked offshore in louisiana.. he knew all the good music.. hed fly in on the redeye delta to dfw.. id pick him up and we still had a few hours to cruise the crazy dark bars and scenes... this song was on all the juke boxes... good freaking times .. bittersweet and awesome... cant go back but i constantly bring it with me with each step into the future... may he rest in sweet peace...
The lyrics on this are astounding...'She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running like a watercolor in the rain' - awesome. You commented about the 'time machine' nature of listening to these old songs. It is. They used REAL instruments back then (mostly) and NO auto-tune. The music business was competitive in a whole different way. It was okay to put out music that challenged the listener and didn't sound as generic as a lot of today's stuff is.
Remember when this song first came out ever since was stuck in my mind & find myself humming it quit freaquently would love to learn how to play it on an electronic keyboard maybe one day🎹🎶🎵🎼
Al Stewart is an underestimated genius and he did a lot of good stuff, you might want to try "on the border" "roads to Moscow" and "Merlin's Time" all are very good.
God this takes me back to the '70's. You're so right about listening to the music from the past is like visiting a time machine, but for old fogies like me, these tunes bring back so many wonderful and beautiful memories and I'm just so sorry that can't work for you too.
That is so true...............similar to 3 other songs. 1. Cats in the cradle - Harry Chapin 2. Father & son song - Cat stevens 3. I can't tell you why - Eagles.
I remember playing this until I wore out my vinyl 45... This was one of my favorite songs during my late teens and 20’s. I’m going to Amazon right and try to find this..great song choice...I love your channel...Judy
this song makes my heart shiver takes me back to my youth hello im from PR we had a radio station in the 70s Radio Heavy all the music mentioned here was broadcasted by that radio stataion in those days i miss radio heavy i miss that era i guess i wanna go back on time
1994 Dusseldorf. I was a professional fighter boxing overseas and met a girl who worked at the hotel. Her name was Katia. We drove to Holland on the autobahn in the pouring rain to a hashish bar across the border. Then back to her apartment overlooking downtown Dusseldorf and made love with this song playing on the radio. Katia I will never forget the night we spent together because of this song.
Thank you for sharing this video, I grew up in the 60s 70s 80s and 90s pop culture music, I am a big fan of classic cinema, I love watching Turner movie Classics and I teach african-American studies pertaining to film. I have always been exposed to classic cinema and between Bogarde and Cagney you don't know who's better but Peter Laurie contemplating a crime is something else.As a African-American middle-age man I love all types of music from earth wind and fire to Hank Williams Junior and Senior. But this is such a classic song my friend and I saw Al Stewart in Las Vegas about 10 years ago and he actually spent time after the show with us to sign autographs and just Talk to us about film and music. Listen to merlins time and time passages. Thanks again
I love your videos. Keep up the good work. I was a teenager in the 70s. When I hear these songs, some fill me with certain memories or just takes me back to that time. I love these songs especially Ambrosia and Hall n Oates
This makes me think you might want to listen to some jazz. There are a lot of different types out there. Back in 74, I was going with a guy who was in the high school jazz band & he introduced me to some good music. Weather Report "Birdland", Chuck Mangione, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock (his Rockit came out later but is really good). The Dave Brubeck Quartet "Take 5" was on every jazz band's playlist. Then if you want some R&B/Funk/Jazz, try The Average White Band "Pick Up The Pieces" or anything else from the AWB album. If you want to go more horns with Rock, Chicago is a favorite band of mine. Or then there is Santana for the Latin flare. All of this comes from the jazz roots you hear in Al Stewart's songs.
For a 1970s person like me, the song took us back to the 1940s! The lyrics are very nostalgic about old movie references: ...”On the morning of a Bogart movie, in a country where they turned back time...” or: ...”She goes slipping through the crowd like Peter Lorrie contemplating a crime.” ...and the arrangements are like a lush movie soundtrack
You're so right about music being a time machine. I close my eyes and listen to this and I'm right back to the 70s, smelling incense and patchouli in the room.
As I think back, look back compared to today, the musical creativity was outstanding. Singer/Song writers, from soloist to full bands. It would just flood off the radio every month something special would play. I don't hear the same measure of creativity or volume of good work today, with the exception of Christian praise and worship which is a narrow market most know nothing about. They are having a golden age of good songs ever since 2000 till today.
Please check out Cat Steven's work. He was one of the most significant composers and singers in the 70's. "Sad Lisa", "Wild World", "Lady D'Arbanville", "Matthew And Son" to name some of his hits. He also has written the song "The First Cut Is The Deepest," that has been covered by many artists, including Sheryl Crow 2003.
Hi from Scotland,Cat is my Man have all his albums,i love......Peace Train....Oh Very Young....The Wind.......Where Do The Children Play...........Last Love Song....and many more to many to mention.
Lol..Yep..You are gettin' the beat! This is indeed, one of those far in between, what I call "Purrrrrfect" songs ! Legendary tune..I'll let you be now, you're groovin' !
I have the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL) recording on vinyl and the detail in the whole album is astonishing. Great music never dates or gets old. More 70's magic bro.Unlimited supply.
Love 70s music, clothes, etc... This song took me back. It's always so relaxing. Please react to How Deep Is Your Love by the Bee Gees, the best group ever!!
An absolute classic. Whoever is suggesting these songs to you, they have excellent taste. Keep it up!
He seems to intuit really great stuff from all the requests.
The 70's were LOADED with songs like this, every day on the radio. No hyperbole. The talent and the scene was just magical. They'll never be anything like it, and there never was before.
MoMoMyPup10 I agree, I was there!
AMEN, YOU ARE CORRECT SIR!!!
That is.... correct !
Man, I love the Year of the Cat! This is the music of my youth! This is REAL music!
I'm so happy younger people have taken it upon themselves to dig these wonderful songs up ... to discover them once again - it pleases my heart
Absolutely...i was a callow youth in 76 and the music literally formed me. You're never the same again...
That is one song I never get tired of hearing. I enjoy your reactions so much. Music like this is never dated. Take care always.....
I am so glad this is the music of my youth and I got to experience it when it was shiny and new.
saw him at the London Festival Hall in '77 and it was wonderful.he had the full orchestra and the sound was brilliant.
Cockney Red I saw him at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga, Ca in 94 with Lawrence Juber. Al's brilliant.
One of my favorite songs from the 70's. Has everything, rythm, great vocals. strings, Great guitar and Saxophone riff. Whoever was the producer for this record did an excellent job.
Engineer and producer was Alan Parsons.
It was the genius named Alan Parsons.
You are a good man. Old souls reside within you. You see and hear things in ways many cannot.
I love your reactions to the music of my youth. It was a completely different and better world back then as made obvious by the music. Thanks for checking it out and more for your appreciation of it
It's interesting that you say listening to this music is like a time machine. Because Al Stewart also seemed to be very interested in the past and history. Like the song "Time Passages" and in this song "Year of the Cat" he's transporting us back into a 1940's film. A Casablanca-like film. He even mentions Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre. Al seemed to be enamored with the past in his songs.
Qthelost
Agree! Al Stewart sings history in many of his songs, I asked JB to react to Roads to Moscow. The video is disturbing but it tells the story. Nostradamus is another of his songs that is historical. 👍
Ocean’s Daughter how do you request songs to get them played? Do you have to donate on Patreon or something??
Roads to Moscow is an awesome song.. I also love "The Last Day of June 1934" and "Helen and Cassandra" - actually, it would be difficult to pick one of his songs that I didn't love....
@Len Kutchma You should listen to Al's song "Sampan"...
Exactly... Bogie.. and of course, Veronica Lake... Just walked into my room.
We understand. For those of us who were alive back then, listening to these songs is a time machine for us, too.
It is great that you can experience the music from my generation, IMO it was the best.
I love this song. ❤ I love your facial expressions when you listen to it!
Lots of frowning on head though
I think you'll enjoy listening to these three: Sister Golden Hair, Tin Man and Ventura Highway by (America)
yes. all classics
Daisy Jane is also an America must hear.
This is my number one favorite song of all time! The voice, the piano. The sax. It brings me back to 1977 when I was a teenager!
Probably the highest accolade creatively speaking, when a song has that ability to transport you to another time of childhood.
Right on - this is one of my favorites. Back in the day when you went to an actual stereo store to buy your gear, this is one of a handful of songs you had to hear before deciding on what speakers to get.
And you’re so right about the “70s vibe”. I lived it, so it brings back lots of great memories, but I can see how the music can take you there. It was a great era for music, no doubt.
Another one you should check out after “Time Passages” is one called “Midnight Rocks”.
One of my top 10 of all time. The transition from acoustic guitar to electric guitar to sax is just so great.
Ooh goody, I suggested this. A song that's like an aural painting. Hope you like it. You should watch the OGWT version. just type it in and see them do it live and perfect back in 76 I think. What great days they were. Hope you like it. Love to you from England. x
Completely understand...it's a time machine back to my early years...if only....
those lyrics are so deep, meaningful and melancholic it gives me shivers
Dude i haven’t heard this in forever. They used to play this a lot on the radio back in the day. 👍
One of the few songs that is absolutely perfect the way it is.
I just love watching your reactions. I know this was done a while back, but thank you for reacting to this song. It has been one of my all time favorite songs. Keep on doing these great classics.
One of the bests songs ever.
I love the music from back when real musicians played real instruments. And singers could really sing. Great reaction! 👍
Great song great album, I bought it when it was first released on vinyl! Love just chillin’ and listening to it, also great as you are driving somewhere!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I REMEMBER WHEN THESE TWO SONG'S CAME OUT I WAS A KID ME AND MY SISTER LOVED ALL THOSE S OLD SONG'S WE WERE TRUE 70S KID'S REALLY MISS THOSES DAYS BUT I MISS MY SISTER SO MUCH MORE SHE PASSED AWAY IN 2010
Music is a great time machine
THANKS THAT IS VERY TRUE👍👍👍
@@gregman1715 just cherish your memories. I lost a brother and dad so this song means a lot to me as well
THANKS👍
I'm so glad you're doing this it's one of my favorite songs of all time
This was the first 'pop' tune I learnt how to play on piano. When I mastered that piano part I was so proud of myself!!. Hell of a song, arrangement, and production.
Such a classic! The recording is so crisp! Pure genius! Great reaction!! Love some Al Stewart!
This music is also a time machine for those of us who were around your age in the 70s, who heard these artists like Al Stewart drop incredible album after incredible album.
Both those albums Year of the Cat and Time Passages were his best known IMO. All songs on those albums are fantastic! Good memories!
Probably my fav song ever. That sax solo is hauntingly beautiful.
Keep on reacting to these classics, Sir. This was when they made real music.
I love how the instrumental solo starts with a cello, is followed by an acoustic guitar, then an electric guitar, and ends with a saxophone. Who does that?? A beautiful song.
Alan Parsons - he produced this album, and he's Amazing!
@@elainer9472 - You are absolutely right!
Classic 70s.. ❤
CAT STEVENS: "Morning Has Broken" & "How Can I Tell You?"; BREAD: "If" & "The Guitar Man"; GERRY RAFFERTY: "Right Down The Line"; LITTLE RIVER BAND: "Reminiscing" & "Cool Change";
STEVIE WONDER: "Sir Duke" & "Isn't She Lovely" & ( "Overjoyed" 1985); ELTON JOHN: "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" & "Daniel"; KANSAS: "Dust in the Wind"; LINDA RONSTADT: "Blue Bayou" & "Long Long Time"; DIANA ROSS: "Love Hangover"; AL GREEN: "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" & "Call Me"; PAUL SIMON: "Mother and Child Reunion". There are literally hundreds of songs that were popular in the 1970s from so many genres of musical styles.
Yes!! All these
Check out Cat's controversial hit from 1975, Two Fine People. It was banned by many radio stations because of the lyrics, Now that I Kissed your breasts. It was probably the first time "breasts" were used in a song.
Oh yes, it takes me back, way back...Love it, Thank you for the memories, when music was raw, real and great.Groovy, Thanks J. Peace
Music might be a time machine for you but it truly is the soundtrack of my life! Almost every song you have been reacting too I am familiar with and listening brings back very vivid memories of a point and time in my life - not just where I was and who I was with, but the weather, how it felt and what all my feelings I had then come rushing back (happy, sad, boy crushing, etc)...
This is his greatest hit ("still pays the bills"). A beautiful composition, beautifully crafted, wonderfully produced. Little else from him is as widely known but he made a great deal of records through the decades.
One of the most beautiful and well put together songs ever….full of music.
The transition from the cello, to the acoustic guitar, to the electric guitar and then the sexy saxophone is brilliant!
This song by Al Stewart is one of the greatest classics ever!
It is a song about the great classic movie "Casa Blanca 1942" that takes place in old French Morocco in North Africa.
The movie is a classic with great film stars from the 1930's and 1940's. Stars like Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henried, Claude Raines and Peter Lorrie. Priceless!
This song definitely brings me back to a very specific day in the 1970s.
If you are taking the 70’s song writers journey; don’t miss
Gordon Lightfoot - If you could read my mind
James Taylor- Up on the roof
Cat Stevens - Wild World
Carol King - You’ve got a friend
Carlie Simon - Your so vain
tlbuddner Harry Chapin - Cats in the Cradle
I thought of that driving to work...This has become an obsession.
One of my favorite songs of all time. Thank you for doing a video reacting to this timeless classic!
This was absolutely my brother Joe's favorite song and I am so Thankful to God that it was the last song we ever heard together and that. I was able to play at his funeral. Will always cherish his memory and this wonderful song
Smooth as butter he was
Still is!
@@taun856 still performing? No way
His last released album (so far at least) was in 2009 called "Uncorked"... But he still is active in touring...
He's still performing
Back in the day, we used to actually go to places called "stereo stores", where all they sold was stereo components. They would have awesome listening rooms set up so you could hear a variety of their best receivers, turntables and speakers. This song and Steely Dan's "Aja" would be the tunes you would want to hear to test the speakers. I miss those days.... Al Stewart is wonderful, very calming music.
I'm a metal head but I think this is my favorite song, mainly because of 2 distinct memories. 1st: I had a dream that me and my brother just finished watching a movie that cats took over the world and this song was playing as the credits rolled. When I woke up this song was on the radio. This was probably in the 80s sometime. 2nd: Being a big Art Bell fan I listen to his show often, he would play this song often and when that sax solo came on he would drop what he was saying and listen. I think it was his favorite song too.
My absolute favorite song ever!!! You really miss a lot without headphones though...they make it a truly moving experience!
mid 70s... living on the seedy side of town .. southside fort worth... my nephew .. a few yrs older . we were tight... best friends no further apart than identical twins.. he.. worked offshore in louisiana.. he knew all the good music.. hed fly in on the redeye delta to dfw.. id pick him up and we still had a few hours to cruise the crazy dark bars and scenes... this song was on all the juke boxes... good freaking times .. bittersweet and awesome... cant go back but i constantly bring it with me with each step into the future... may he rest in sweet peace...
The lyrics on this are astounding...'She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running like a watercolor in the rain' - awesome. You commented about the 'time machine' nature of listening to these old songs. It is. They used REAL instruments back then (mostly) and NO auto-tune. The music business was competitive in a whole different way. It was okay to put out music that challenged the listener and didn't sound as generic as a lot of today's stuff is.
Remember when this song first came out ever since was stuck in my mind & find myself humming it quit freaquently would love to learn how to play it on an electronic keyboard maybe one day🎹🎶🎵🎼
Al Stewart is an underestimated genius and he did a lot of good stuff, you might want to try "on the border" "roads to Moscow" and "Merlin's Time" all are very good.
Produced by Alan Parsons at Abbey Road Studios, London. Released in 1978.
God this takes me back to the '70's. You're so right about listening to the music from the past is like visiting a time machine, but for old fogies like me, these tunes bring back so many wonderful and beautiful memories and I'm just so sorry that can't work for you too.
I remember as a teenager when this first came out it emoted the feeling of it's great to be alive.
This entire song is so perfectly melodic. The storytelling and the lyrics are blended so well with the instruments. Amazing.
That is so true...............similar to 3 other songs.
1. Cats in the cradle - Harry Chapin
2. Father & son song - Cat stevens
3. I can't tell you why - Eagles.
I remember playing this until I wore out my vinyl 45... This was one of my favorite songs during my late teens and 20’s. I’m going to Amazon right and try to find this..great song choice...I love your channel...Judy
This takes me back...love his music.
Beautiful song and Incredibly well produced! The orchestral part really adds a lot. A true gem 💎
this song makes my heart shiver takes me back to my youth hello im from PR we had a radio station in the 70s Radio Heavy all the music mentioned here was broadcasted by that radio stataion in those days i miss radio heavy i miss that era i guess i wanna go back on time
1994 Dusseldorf. I was a professional fighter boxing overseas and met a girl who worked at the hotel. Her name was Katia. We drove to Holland on the autobahn in the pouring rain to a hashish bar across the border. Then back to her apartment overlooking downtown Dusseldorf and made love with this song playing on the radio. Katia I will never forget the night we spent together because of this song.
My favorite Al Stewart song, and Time Passages!
Thank you for sharing this video, I grew up in the 60s 70s 80s and 90s pop culture music, I am a big fan of classic cinema, I love watching Turner movie Classics and I teach african-American studies pertaining to film. I have always been exposed to classic cinema and between Bogarde and Cagney you don't know who's better but Peter Laurie contemplating a crime is something else.As a African-American middle-age man I love all types of music from earth wind and fire to Hank Williams Junior and Senior. But this is such a classic song my friend and I saw Al Stewart in Las Vegas about 10 years ago and he actually spent time after the show with us to sign autographs and just Talk to us about film and music. Listen to merlins time and time passages. Thanks again
You have such an amazing collective taste of songs, this is one of the best songs ever:)
Isn't that sax awesome?!
Check out "Harden MY Heart" by Quarterflash
Isn't it always?
All 3 solos (acoustic,electric guitar and sax) are tied perfectly together.
A Gem. I jam this a lot in 2019
Mystical Lyrics. This song was only possible (compostion, arrengement) in the 70's.
Oh wow it’s been a long time since I heard this one, this was really good. Glad you liked it too!
Strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre contemplating a crime. You don't hear lyrics like that everyday lol One of my favorite songs :)
My kids love this song. They are 29 and 26. Classic tune!
You just brought me back in time, awesome song 😊
Great song choices - love this song, reminds me of my 20's, and the transition from the guitar solo to the sax is amazing!
I love your videos. Keep up the good work. I was a teenager in the 70s. When I hear these songs, some fill me with certain memories or just takes me back to that time. I love these songs especially Ambrosia and Hall n Oates
The song was truly about instrumentation and the use of it to create a sound that makes you just hum to it and it keeps it in your mind..
i saw al s in 1984 in Edmonton at the Sidetrack cafe, he was 20' away from my table and blew us all away!
This makes me think you might want to listen to some jazz. There are a lot of different types out there. Back in 74, I was going with a guy who was in the high school jazz band & he introduced me to some good music. Weather Report "Birdland", Chuck Mangione, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock (his Rockit came out later but is really good). The Dave Brubeck Quartet "Take 5" was on every jazz band's playlist. Then if you want some R&B/Funk/Jazz, try The Average White Band "Pick Up The Pieces" or anything else from the AWB album. If you want to go more horns with Rock, Chicago is a favorite band of mine. Or then there is Santana for the Latin flare. All of this comes from the jazz roots you hear in Al Stewart's songs.
For a 1970s person like me, the song took us back to the 1940s! The lyrics are very nostalgic about old movie references:
...”On the morning of a Bogart movie, in a country where they turned back time...”
or:
...”She goes slipping through the crowd like Peter Lorrie contemplating a crime.”
...and the arrangements are like a lush movie soundtrack
How cool to hear this old jewel of a song again. What a song to choose to react to. Cool.
The Year of The Cat , and Time Passages , are two of Al Stewart's Greatest Classics .
You're so right about music being a time machine. I close my eyes and listen to this and I'm right back to the 70s, smelling incense and patchouli in the room.
Al Stewart sand in your shoes is another great one he did as well as on the border..year of the cat is obviously his best though!
Please react to Fly Like an Eagle by the Steve Miller Band.
As I think back, look back compared to today, the musical creativity was outstanding. Singer/Song writers, from soloist to full bands. It would just flood off the radio every month something special would play. I don't hear the same measure of creativity or volume of good work today, with the exception of Christian praise and worship which is a narrow market most know nothing about. They are having a golden age of good songs ever since 2000 till today.
One of my all time favorite songs, love your channel.
I was a little kid when this came out....this song was the 70s. Great song.
Please check out Cat Steven's work. He was one of the most significant composers and singers in the 70's. "Sad Lisa", "Wild World", "Lady D'Arbanville", "Matthew And Son" to name some of his hits.
He also has written the song "The First Cut Is The Deepest," that has been covered by many artists, including Sheryl Crow 2003.
Hi from Scotland,Cat is my Man have all his albums,i love......Peace Train....Oh Very Young....The Wind.......Where Do The Children Play...........Last Love Song....and many more to many to mention.
Such an underrated song. Amazing on a good sound system.
Such a brilliant song. It’s like a movie soundtrack, so many layers
Lol..Yep..You are gettin' the beat! This is indeed, one of those far in between, what I call "Purrrrrfect" songs ! Legendary tune..I'll let you be now, you're groovin' !
And just like that..I'm back in the 9 the grade 🤗 !!!! 1976 was a Wonderful Year !!!
Gerry Rafferty... Bakers Street
this song is epic, because it's a story set to music, not just a song.
My favourite list... Al Stewart is great!!!!!
I have the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL) recording on vinyl and the detail in the whole album is astonishing.
Great music never dates or gets old.
More 70's magic bro.Unlimited supply.
Alan Parsons has produced and recorded some beautiful music, from Pink Floyd to Al Stewart and many others, including his own Alan Parsons Project.
Love 70s music, clothes, etc... This song took me back. It's always so relaxing. Please react to How Deep Is Your Love by the Bee Gees, the best group ever!!
Music of my childhood! This was very different than the others 70s music.
Peter Lorre contemplating a crime..."M".