Kevin Johnson - Rock and roll | The Story Behind The Song
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Kevin Johnson tells the story about 'Rock and roll ( I gave you the best years of my life)' which was covered many times. A short documentary by Top 2000 a gogo from 2015 (Dutch Public Television).
So many interpretations but Kevin Johnson's is still the best.
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Kevin is the only singer who can bring this song to life, after all it is about his life, and he is a great artist.
Loved this song a great Australian artist
I've heard a lot of versions of this song but Kevin's version is by far the best.
The original remains the best. Who can feel a personal song like this better than the person who wrote it?
Versie van the Cats is zeker gelijkwaardig aan het origineel.
Loved Kevin Johnson heaps. His wonderful voice and the messages in his songs.
I really love the story in this song and the questions raised. Should you quit? Should you keep going? In 1984, some nine years on from this track being a UK hit, I was on holiday with two friends when we sank a few pints in a smugglers inn at Rye next the Sea. The lone singer/guitarist in the corner was nothing special until he played 'rock n roll I gave you the best years of my life. He nailed it.
Great Australian song. Nice to see it covered in this series.
He’ll always be a star!! ❤
Classic song! ... He's from Rockhampton Queensland, Same as me
That man means a lot to a lot of people that never met him.
Story telling at its best
True
Great guitar 🎸 player
Good to see that Kevin can finally buy a good guitar. Nice song.
Mr. Kevin Johnson is a very talented man. We say about people like him that God kissed him.
Wow - being covered several times over - every songwriter's wet dream!
Super mooi nummer en een heel mooi verhaal Kevin. 👌👍❤️
I can relate :( Great montage work of the various versions from different countries!!
Great song then, great song now and one which has stood the test of time. I feel we can all associate with some bit of this if we really think about the lyrics.....
"Aussie scene, always a little behind" - might be valid for mainstream MOR .. but sure didn't go for the Saints who were the first punk band to issue a 7" outside the USA - and a classic at that "Stranded"
and with Scientists, Beasts of Bourbon and Nick Cave, delivered a godsend to the early 80s Indy scene, proved Australia could be right with it when it mattered.
Wonder if these days, Tex Perkins would cover Kevin :)
❤ Top Song.
And a top songwriter and performer - the great (under-rated) Kevin Johnston.
This was his best known song but he has written and performed many more.
I've never of this song. I just recognised the Sydney Harbour Bridge and clicked the video.
0:11 I can see my apartment!
"Hello, Me" 😆
Rich bugger
There was a Canadian version of this?!?
🎤🎶🎵 "Bought all the BTO records, sounded just like Guess Who..." 🎵🎶🎤
🎤🎶🎵 "She followed me to London, Ontario to a dozen hotel rooms..." 🎵🎶🎤
By Terry Jacks no less!
Canadian Terry Jacks took this song to new heights. 😎
❤
this used to be my favourite music until it wore out
This is the great version. Not Mac Davis's, with the cheap, cliched change of the end lyrics to "I'm just a simple country boy...."
Got my summer coat dry cleaned the other day, gave me back your transcript of the fury’s ‘
green fields of france’
Thought you might like this one from my youth!!
thought i was gonna hear about gary glitter ha
Had a car before a guitar
Can't beat new Zealands Craig scotts version from the 1970s
Failure outnumbers success, I guess.
Wow what a trite mediocre song
but covered so many times = money, cachingggg
@pitfa17 Touché
As long as there’s a hole at the back of my arse, you will never in your lifetime ,write a song like this !
Clown
You poor soul-less shell.
You wouldn't know.