Stampeders - Sweet City Woman (1971)
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- Опубликовано: 27 мар 2013
- Note: Click "Show More" for lyrics. Sweet City Woman is a 1971 song by Canadian rock band The Stampeders. The song appeared on their debut album Against the Grain (retitled Sweet City Woman in the U.S.). The song features a banjo as a primary instrument, which is also mentioned in the lyrics: "The banjo and me, we got a feel for singing." The single spent four weeks as a #1 hit in Canada, and reached #8 in the U.S. charts. It also climbed to #1 on the Canadian country music and Adult contemporary charts. The band and song won numerous Juno Awards in 1972, including Best Single, Songwriter of the Year (guitarist Rich Dodson), Record Producer of the Year (Mel Shaw), and the band was named Canada's Top Group.
Lyrics:
Sweet City Woman (R. Dodson / Bell Records)
Well, I'm on my way
To the city lights
To the pretty face that shines her light
On the city nights
And I gotta catch a noon train
I gotta be there on time
Oh it feels so good to know she waits
At the end of the line
Sweet, sweet city woman
I can see your face, I can hear your voice
I can almost touch you
Sweet, sweet city woman
Oh my banjo and me
We got a feel for singing, yeah, yeah
Bon, ci bon, bon, bon, ci bon, bon
Bon, ci bon, bon, bon, bon, bon
Bon, ci bon, bon, bon, ci bon, bon
Bon, ci bon, bon, bon, bon, bon
So long Ma, so long Pa
So long neighbours and friends
Like a country morning
All smothered in dew
She's got a way to make a man
Feel shiny and new
And she'll sing in the evening
Old familiar tunes
And she feeds me love and tenderness
And macaroons
Sweet, sweet city woman
Oh my sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet city woman
Sweet, sweet city woman
Oh my sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet city woman 
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When this song first came out my baby brother used to play it over and over it drove me nuts........he passed last year and I would give anything to see his big grin playing this one more time. I love you Buck RIP
Sonja P ❤️
It sounds way better in heaven.
Great song good ,taste RIP Buck!!
Great song I'll gladly play it for your brother 😊RiP""
Awww. so sorry to hear that, my friend. He's still listening when you play it and still grinning from ear to ear. I'm sure you have great memories.
In 1971 I was raising my two toddlers by myself. And I remember singing this song right along with them. I'm 70 years old now and still remember every word!❤❤
I was 65 when this came out in 1971. I'm 115 now and still listening and loving it. Song never gets old.
LoL. Wait until you are 65, you'll be saying the same about what you listened to as a teenager. It's not the music, it's the memories the music brings back.
Are you the oldest man in the world?
Edit: Save your energy! I just checked, and you ARE the oldest man in the world. And you only have to get to 116 years and 55 days and you'll be the oldest man of all time.
Song doesn't but you do
Got me beat. I turned 103 late last May.
@@macyr2216 AMEN! It's great when the memories come flooding back when you hear an oldie but a goodie.
Oh, my god. I was 19 in 1971. Not an ache or a pain anywhere; just the firm belief that I would literally be young forever. Such a wonderful memory from a time when the world was very different.
I was 3. I grew up with this music. Thank the gods... today's "music" is crap!
Ahh; the sweet illusions of youth....
@@gplunk😅😅😊
it's like bob dylan said in the song dylan's dream. we though we would never get old we would just sit in fun forever but are chances were a million to one'
I held exactly the same wonderful illusions. But... we still have all the great music! 😃♥
Songs like this get you through this world for a few minutes.
Groovy dudes
Awesome song. I was 18 when this came out. Had my brand new 71 super b with 383 magnum with 4 speed hurst pistol grip. Cruising with the windows open n tunes cranked lol. We had the best cars, best hair, best music of any generation. Plus the freedom. Awesome times
Generation X kid here, born June 18 1967. Loved the 1970's! Hello from Tyler Texas U.S.A.
The best of everything..amen brothers...
"And she feeds me love and tenderness and macaroons..." I love those lyrics. Such a great song. Way to represent Canada!
Ah, so *that's* why I hear a bit of French in the "bom si bom, bom-bom-si bom bom... ? 😊
Never realized those were the lyrics! I always sang it ".. tenderness all the night through" 😅
But in my defense I wouldn't be introduced to macaroons for another 30 yrs.
Sad the PM is communist.
Canada always rocks 🤘
@@briannemeth9417да ладно
He is so good he is playing the banjo and lead guitar parts simultaneously. Without a banjo no less.
Yeah, I hear a tenor banjo, but . . .
One of his guitars must be tuned to banjo.
Amazing how he sneaks that lead lick, deee deedledeedle dee in while he swats rhythm too I love the song anyway. From way back when I could get away with running down the street wearing nothing but a grin and all the ladies called it cute, Dee deedle deedle dee!
The hidden banjo foot peddle,pure showmanship mastery
I love it!
I was 10 yrs. old when this debuted, still not tired of it, still gives me shivers... miss those times & the music.
I was only 5 but I remember it.
Amen.
@@eddiemuise4791 I love this song! Takes me back.
ditto, summer of 71 was a great time to be a kid
I was 10 also. 👍
Just another great 3 piece Canadian band bringing that sweet city woman swag. Beautiful time to be alive!
My how quickly time passes. I was 16 years old when this song came out and now I’m 68 and getting ready to retire. We had the best music in the 60s and 70s.
Same as me wonder where the years have gone. 68 years old now same age my dad passed. Even after all these years still miss him also my mum who passed later.
Reminder of a kinder, gentler era. So full of hope and possibilities.
@@singularity2375There's a ton of serial killers in ANY era, bumpkin.
@singularity2375 You a Professor of Serial Killers, blumpkin?
@@singularity2375 says who?
@@singularity2375 no son, they all work for the government now. they don't even hide anymore.
I was 16 years old in 1971 the happiest time of my entire life was the 70s
Randy W. Same here.
Why are the best decades so short? Then suddenly
You don’t recognize the
World anymore?
@@roustabout583 I just feel so lucky to have been a teenager in the 70s. People talk about Vietnam, Nixon, OPEC, inflation. Yeah, but I remember the music...
Patrick G Nixon haha. Glad those crooked politicians, inflation and wars are a thing of the past! But seriously, I hear ya !
I concur brother I concur great times
This was when everyone played an instrument and actually sang. I was 18 yrs old. Will never forget the 70's. Wish I cld turn back time🎵🎸🎶🥁🎻🎹
yes and back when double neck guitars had a banjo switch.
I love it! I was 10, when it came out, now I'm 62, and I still love it! ❤
Me too, I am 63 now!
About to turn 64 in a few days and I am in total agreement!
Me too!
I’m 27 and I love it. Jk. I’m 61 and still love it
😊 thanks
I was 30 when this came out and my youngest was just born. He is now 54 and I am 82. still love this song
These guys are still touring Canada on the strength of this hit. I kid you not.
They had a few hits, but this was their bread and butter.
Richard Thorpe this whole album is great! I have it and play it often.
Richard Thorpe, good for them.
All you need is one hit if you do it well and it’s big enough you are set
Canada has a lot of good bands I like Nickelback I think they are talented
First time I've ever seen a double neck 6 and 12 string banjo- Cool.
MorbidManMusic its sarcasm
@@sega62s LMAO
The banjo miraculously keeps playing during the guitar licks.
The magic of video...
ruclips.net/video/MqdffSH6GWc/видео.html
This song was played a lot on the radio in my city Brisbane,Australia.I was 13 years old back in 1971.Listening to this song takes me back to that time.
These guys harmonize so good! Brings back memories for sure!
Seriously one of the greatest pop songs ever. Still sounds fresh and unique after all this time. And with wonderful, simple, yet deeply personal and touching lyrics - "and she feeds me love and tenderness and macaroons". Beautiful. And I don't even like macaroons.
84 now and still playing this song that brings nostapgia of all the things I could do then, physically, mentally, my workplace and all my friends....Ahh the memories the song provokes!
I agree. This is a gem. Back in '71 I was in high school and there was a girl I was going around with who became, for me, the sweet city woman they were singing about. She still is that, in my memory, although she and I both went our separate ways.
@@haskellbob I think I'm going to cry 😢
@@davidpotter7018 I'm 71 next week. keep on listening.
........if you're not smiling and tapping your toes when you listen to this ....you have no soul.
They should have been bigger outside of canada than what they were ...great tune with good feeling !!
Amen to that!
John Romano l
No it means you have no toes
I had a double neck Mosrite. But.i sold it. 5000 dollars. It was a 1967 ( mint condition ) never played
I don’t think a month goes by, since I first heard this 45 in 1971 that I haven’t listened to this song. Never gets old. In my top 5.
I was 9 in 71 and I remember my older sister playing it on the turntable. She played that 45 over and over. Great memories. Music you could understand
I was born in 67 mom would put me 2 sleep with this song love it now and always will
I was going to community college back in ‘73 in Bridgewater ,Nova Scotia when the Stampeders did a concert. It was amazing that 3 men could make such great music with none of the electronic trickery that bands use today. You don’t have to be talented, just have the right audio equipment. Long live pure music.
My heart and my memories thank you!!!
Yo tenía 13 años cuando oía este bello tema. En ese entonces no conocía el nombre del grupo... sólo que cantaban muy bien y esos instrumentos que sonaban tan bien. Ahora tengo 65 y me siguen gustando y cada vez que me aparecen los oigo. Un abrazo desde Chile.
One of the first songs I ever remember hearing on the radio .. thank you
This sounds much more country than most of the stuff they call country today. Great song.
Bon, c'est bon?
Country lost its identity
@@scottmarcil5050 all fake and auto tuned.
I agree i hat the crap out today
I was 7 years old when this was top
Of the charts i loved it then i loved it now
Country music today is basically 70"s Eagles. Only not quite as good.
The only true country music left is Bluegrass. I do like me some good Bluegrass.
Music like this made teens the best ever!!! They sure don't make music like the 70's anymore...what a shame.
Jerry I couldn’t agree more the 70s was the best time my life it was awesome I’ve been watching all these videos from way back then and let me tell you it gives me a whole new mindset the stuff they put on the radio today it’s not even worth listening to and it is a shame
Absolutley Jerri glad to be born in the mid 60's hear these songs on a transistor radio my father brought my 2 sisters ,brother and I in 1975 we didn't have much but these great songs and our radios thanks Dad
My wife and I just saw these guys for the very first time ever, couple weeks ago in Sarnia, 2024 tour. Loved them since the seventies. What a GREAT show. We loved it. Thank you very much for giving so much to Canada and the world.
Amazing that they're still touring!
My family moved from NY to DE . The guy I dated when I was 16 would play this and sing it to me. It makes me smile every time I hear it!
Back when music was great to listen to
How true, Tom - so very true, indeed.
@@MegaJustGeorge They just make good music like they use to George
@@tombreen932 I'm agree back in the early 70s music came from the heart & soul it had more meaning etc todays music is based on images sex etc trash I wish I could go back in time when times in the 70s were more about having fun not worrying about the shit we have now
@@karlfortuin5794 Agreed it was a much simpler time the music so much better and you could dance to it and understand the words and most no real foul words to ruin the song.
@@tombreen932 so tru my friend
Hearing this song never fails to bring a smile to my face.
Me too brother..... it brought one to my face again just today 05/14/2022.
Nothing like the 70’s. Great songs, great artists and good times ❤
That's for sure agree wholeheartedly with u on that long live the 70s this was a great song don't u agree 👍
Stampeders were my very first concert at 11 years old....wow..50 years have passed and still feels like I'm right back there watching this.....
That's the coolest Fender double neck banjo I've ever seen.
+Eyemallfunkedup he still playing the same guitar today seen them last year
+Mark Pro Wow!
Eyemallfunkedup that's not a banjo
Kole Dupe absolutely thats not a banjo
You know! I can actually play this song on a banjo but,nobody recognises the song!
". . . she feeds me love and tenderness and macaroons" - BRILLIANT lyric!!!!!
What a great year it was to turn 20. Had the good part of the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and the rest of the way up. I guess you could say I had the best years of music in the best of my years. Couldn’t even tell you a name of a song from the past 10 years. I just play the great stuff!
Songs like this were on my radio as a kid.
Sweet sounds of a more pleasant era in time.
I haven't heard this song in 40 some years and that is a shame. I did remember the lyrics and started singing along like I heard it yesterday
Who here for this song 2024? Good jam🎉
My sister and I are listening to this and just reminiscing about the goods growing up in the 70's!
How I miss the 70s!! When music was authentic. The best of Canadian talent emerged from the 60s and 70s. Wish I could truly travel back in time and relive those incredible years!
❤❤❤❤❤
Freshman in HS when this was on the radio! Good memories!
Me, i still love it
I probably have only heard this song 2 or 3 times in the 50 years after it was no longer popular but I knew every word, every chord. That's what music does to you.
Wow! I love this. Remember when it came out on my blue transistor radio! I'm 66 and love the 60sz70s music. Nothing else compares or comes close
Jesus ! I fell down this RUclips rabbit hole an hour ago watching nothing but early 70's videos !
This song reminds me of this pretty, pretty girl my dad was dating around the early 70's. Boy, did he fuck that up.
+pars4245 Its been 6 months. Have you made it back yet, or are you lost to us forever?
literally? lol
+pars4245 Wow! Sounds like you have a story to tell. I'd love to hear it. This song screams from my past, too.
2 years now and still no word from you!
me too and it is exquisite!
This is what I grew up on. The first time I heard this song I was 9 years old...it became one of my favorites in the late '70s and throughout my teenage years!
To have the opportunity to hear some if the best music I grew up on is such a blessing please don't stop the music!
Hello Kathryn
So PROUD OF MY FELLOW CALGARIANS. THANK YOU FOR KEEPING IT CLASSY
I earned my YT name in Edmonton. Left 1986 to move to my wife's W Pacific tropical island. I remember Calgary 1970 when hitchiking around. To Van of course. My son studied U of C. Stay chill ❤
Oh my! I recall roller skating to this song at the local rink holding my girlfriend Nancy's hand. I forgot about this tune. I never forgot Nancy.
let's start a petition for this to be in guardians of the galaxy vol. 3!
this song needs a new breath of life! it's too good.
Seriously!
Omg yes!
I absolutely love your name!!!....Violet
Oh yeah, a great old tune. I have a lot of songs they could use in those movies, the 70's were just awesome.
I remember this playing on the radio way back in 1971 I will always love this tune I was just a tot
One of the best and most overlooked bands. Very few have ever even heard of them.
I know a lot of music particularly from then completely forgot their name was The Stampeders wouldn't of guessed for a million dollars and I can name obscure songs no one has heard of or remembers and one hit wonders.
They played at my high school in Barrie Ontario I’m glad I was able to go see it I love that song and many of their other songs long ago and not forgotten
That's because they haven't been on the scene for decades; it kinda stands to reason, don't you think? Also; they only had one song that was good enough for radio play. It's all very elementary.
@@ToyotaGuy1971 Wild Eyes, Ramona, Carry Me, Devil You, to name a few more, and Hit the Road Jack. It wasn’t theirs but like all the others it got radio play too.
Never heard of them because they didn't get much mainstream-airplay as I basically said.
OHHH SWEET SILY 70'S!!!... MY BEST MEMORIES IN LIFE... GREETINGS FROM GUADALAJARA, JALISCO. MÉXICO 🇲🇽
I was 11 years old playing little league baseball, we were undefeated winning the championship. This song was and is a staple of that time and memory.
what position did you play?
Catcher
brave! and having to squat like that 😖
shortstop 🙋♀️
Yes, and continuing through high school and a 20-year military career being airborne, it's felt at times. However, I'm extremely healthy after the fact.
I FRICKIN' love the banjo in this song. Fell in love instantly.
Love it; can't see it.
Actually there's no banjo in the band at all. He so good with his guitar, a double neck that he can pull off the banjo sound. Not bad at all.
Just another GREAT song from the 70's what a time to be alive and live it all.
While my family was down at my Aunt & Uncle's home in Virginia. All of us were having a barbecue
and getting into some AWESOME music. One of my uncle's friends came over with his family and was
having a great time with us. My uncle played a few songs and we were watching him and his family
dance in which they were very good!!! He asked my uncle and aunt if we could dance. They Replied
" You haven't seen anything YET"!!! I had my uncle play this and my mother's eyes lit up and she started
to cry!! Then my sisters all got FIRED UP!!! My aunt Rose then said, " Watch this family in ACTION"!!!
All of us got up and got in the middle of the patio and DESTROYED IT!!!! My aunt Rose soon had tears
in her eyes as well!! My energy level went TOTALLY NUCLEAR!!! It felt so GOOD!!! My girlfriend Debbie
started to cry and SCREAMED in delight!!!!! Everyone else was in shock watching us BLOW UP the Patio
and put on a dance CLINIC!!!! We got done and my mother kissed and hugged us, so did my Aunt Rose
Then she thanked me for playing this song. My uncle told his friend, " My sister& her family can dance like
no one ELSE!!! My nieces and my nephew put their hearts and souls into their dancing!!! These kids are the
REAL DEAL!!!! My aunt said, " Every time I see these kids dance, I see nothing but LOVE and INTENSITY"!!
especially out of my nephew!!! My aunt Rose then said, " These kids show so much love for each other
when they dance together. That kind of love shows how much they LOVE me and their mother!!! We are
SO PROUD of these Kids!!! They are TRULY SPECIAL!!!!
Just a damn great song! 57 here, was young and impressionable, and glad this was part of my upbringing.
I love the seventies, I want to go back.We used to dance to this song every Saturday night at the Phoenician Club in George Street.
I'm here in Ireland but I listen to a radio station based in Rochester, NY. I heard this song a few weeks ago and yesterday it got played again. This time the DJ named the song and band. It's an incredible song. I can't stop playing it.
In 1971 I was enjoying life making my way into Jr High School. These were great times with beautiful wholesome music 🎵🎶
I LOVED this song back in the day--and damn, it still gets me bouncing around. That drummer is a fox!
Ah, what a great song, brings me back to the no worry days!
Pretty cool how he makes a guitar sound like a banjo.
He ran off with the “Sweet City Women “ and the macaroons 😂
The Banjo is over dubbed which was fairly new back then.
Great songs like this made the 70s ,high school days a joy👍✌Thanks to you guys in the band well done 🙂🙂
Brings back memories of the ‘👍Good Ole Days ~ 70’s ! There will never be music like this again! Luv ❤ this song!
First concert I ever attended. I couldn’t have been much older than 10-11. I remember being in awe of the drum solo with burning drum sticks.
Grew up 60s and 70s. Played music on the streets of San Francisco in 75. Greatest era for music ever. If you were fortunate enough to grow up in those days, you know exactly what Im saying.
I was 9 years old when this came out. I remember listening to it on our local AM radio in Las Vegas.
Who's listening in 2020 😎🌿🌿🌲🌲✌
Early midi technology! 🤣🤣🤣
Karl, it's June 16th and still livin the "New Normal".
I am and loving it 😃
We are listening in West Virginia 6/30/2020
Texas boarder town. I left a comment.
I wish going back those years, so I could be young again.
Not only to be young again,but to be in a FREE AMERICA, not one taken over by communist marxists, fake politicians and a lying media.
Stumbled across this song and realized it's gonna a big hit when we play at the Farmer's Market this year. I heard these guys in the summer of 1974, an open air free concert at Major Hill Park in Ottawa, a bunch of guys just having fun performing. A feel good time.
I was 13 and I remember this sing so well. A bunch of us in choir figured out the harmony and would sing the chorus in the school hallways. I always wondered if they had more hits in Canada. Still one of my favorites. It’s in one of my Spotify playlists.
Yes...the early 70's. GREAT memories. Sadly, quite a few of us were still overseas playing war, and those memories take precedence.
The rest of us were too stoned to remember anything anyway.
Jesus...Summer 71... just like yesteday my memories along with Lee Michaels, Foot In Cold Water, Lou Rawls, Carole King, Undisputed Truth,Three Dog Night etc
...Five Man Electrical Band and Bill Withers too!
Pure Canadiana from the the 70’s. Nice to hear again
Raiders Indian Reservation!
Fantastic hit song from 1971 !!! The banjo makes it such a happy song !!!
I remember driving past the Tetons in Wyoming with my girlfriend in our VW microbus listening to this for the first time in ‘71. That image still comes to mind. Great song.
This stuff is so uplifting and makes you feel good. Glad I lived back in those days ❤️
Pretty cool how the dude can play the banjo and electric guitar at the same time. That's talent right there.
its all lip synced. what we hear is the studio song. its not a live performance
KRUSTYskates right, a live version probably would sound like crap. The studio version is always better.
+davejss You'd be amazed at how many RUclips viewers who think this they are actually singing this live.
+scdevon I'm awash with memories of Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas and bands playing electric instruments without being plugged in. Funny how the song on TV always sounds like the record (oh yes, record). I think live performance was limited to Don Kirshner's Rock Concert and occasionally on the short-lived Wolfman Jack's Midnite Special.
SWEET CITY WOMAN - STAMPEDERS
I was only 9 whenthis song came out, but later on, in high school, my politics teacher just loved Canadian artists & would spend half the period talking about Canadian music. Mr. Logozzo, this one is for you!! 😊🎵🎸🎤
.....I AM 62.....BUT THIS SONG BRINGS BACK GOOD OLD MEMORIES WHEN I WAS 11 YEARS OLD!
Heard the song a million times back in the day. This is my first look at the band. Cool!
I'm on a 70s kick tonight. So much good music from my youth
As a biracial person, I can say that this song was from a time when music genres crossed over all the time and were enjoyed by everybody. How things have sadly changed...
Oh the poor kids today! They missed out on the best music ever in the 70's and 80's!
i am 80s and just come accross this song by chance, liked it.
But you know what they say, 'you can't miss what you've never had'.
Man some great early 70's memories here!
Ain't that the truth, my friend!
This was a great song I've love and miss the 70's
You can pick any decade prior to this one and it would be much better.
This is one of my "Summer songs"; ie - songs that remind me of summer and I like to hear during summertime for that "feel good" feeling.
In the warm, sunny, summer of '71, borrowed my dad's '67 blue, convertible, Mustang with the top down. Picked up my girlfriend, she was wearing jean shorts, a breezy top, and sandals. We drove around all afternoon just to drive under the sun. Visiting the parks, friends, and the ice cream stand.
She loved to have the breeze blowing through her blonde hair and the sun on her face.
Finally, we headed to A&W for Papa burger, Mama burger, onion rings, and icy cold frosty A&W root beer. We sat and ate our food, this song playing on the car radio, Laura standing up in the car, singing at the top of her voice until other people in their cars couldn't help but join in with her infectious nature. Loved Laura.
"Sweeeeeet, sweet city woman .........."
Just saw them last week! This song is one of my favs
1971 is my birth year. Such great music, I wish I’d been a teenager in the 70s
What a great song! First time I see the faces behind this awesome tune. Nothing too complicated, but just a hell of a song that has stood the test of time!
Tenía 11 años cuando escuché esta bella canción, en primaria. ya de adolescente empecé a apreciar esta gran canción y hasta el día de hoy, a mis 63 años, la tengo entre mis favoritas !
I am from south africa heard this song when i was14 still brings back memory love in
I remember to my dad playing this on road trips in his 71 GTO with the top down. Such great memories. It really takes me back to a much better and simpler life.
У меня в телефоне больше 300 песен все они аннло язычные из всех песен насегоднигний день песня swuit city wouman занимает 1место блогодарен этм ребятем .
Saw them in concert back in 1972 don’t think there was anybody above the age of 12
Who was around when this was cut?, I still have that guitar solo stuck in my head. This was groundbreaking back in the day, that banjo made this very popular. One of my favorites, oh if we could only go back to the days of awsome music.
Love the double-neck Fender. That is the only one I have ever seen. I was 11 when this song was released and always liked it. I always imagined walking hand-in-hand with the 10-year-old blondie girl that lived across the street.
I want to go back to the 70's so bad.. ..
Can I go too? At least you could tell a Chevy Vega from a Ford Pinto.
Any space in the back of the De Lorean?
I was 9 years old in 1971. I remember this song well. Was one of my favourites 👍😀
Tenía 10 años cuando salió esa canción y hoy a mis 62 años la sigo escuchando como si fuera la primera vez, la época de los 70s fue inolvidable, recordar es volver a vivir, gracias por compartirla.
Saludos desde Costa Rica.
The drummer is playing a REALLY NICE SHUFFLE!!!! And doing a solid job of it!
A perfectious blend of harmonious vocals and stimulating instrumentation.
and invisible banjo.