SAMMY JOHNS Chevy Van REACTION - First time hearing
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SAMMY JOHNS Chevy Van REACTION - First time hearing
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Another great song from my hippie days. Carpet lined interiors...blankets, pillows, bongs...I wish I was back there. I was happy back then. Not a care in the world. Everyone knew someone that had one. This is folk, soft rock. Sammy said he considered himself a conservative hippie, in an interview. He passed in 2013 at age 66. No cause was ever explained. The A Team used a GMC van. Chevy is also a General Motors. Great song, thanks Harri.
Great California hippie late 60's, early 70's folk song... Glad someone found it and reviewed it...
It is what has led to the Millenials and Gen Z here in the US to sell everything, buy a van and cruise the country. In the 60's and 70's it was focused out west, though there were spots that "van" culture took root.
My older sister and her 1st husband were part of the van life and rallies. They used those odd cigarettes on their trips, so she told me.
Kind of like the caravans in the UK.
It was strong in Florida.
When the van’s a rockin don’t come knocking
I had that sticker for my van
Lol. yeah my father bought a customized van with a unicorn painted on the side. The seats in the back would flatten out to make a bed. My mother was a bit annoyed when my father came home with it. :) She thought it looked childish. We had some nice road trips in that van though. It also had a great stereo system in it. I remember blasting Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven" on a cassette when I got to drive it.
Now that's a cool story .
I was born in 65 and I remember when the custom van crave swept across America.
Brings back lots of memories.. I had a 75 Chevy Van .. Customized with Sunroof, pin striping, side-pipes, Bar area, button tucked in red crushed velvet interior 6-6x9 Speakers actually the stereo sounded pretty sweet … Lots of parties in it .. 😊
Played this song in my van on an 8-track stereo player .. There was even a movie called the Van … A bunch of us would climb into the Van and go checkout the movie at the local drive-in in the 70’s .. Good Times
Ahhh..the 8 track. After a party night I swung into my boyfriend's mini and kicked The Who, Quadrophenia, tape so far in, the 8 track started smoking and died. Bummer. 👍✌️🇨🇦
@@marybaillie8907 ..I had a fair album collection in the mid 70’s I think Columbia house is still looking for me .. 13 albums for a penny !!! 😆… I had a Soundesign stereo and it could record 8-track tapes.. I could make my own mixed 8-tracks , I was a hit with my friends made them mixed tapes also … Had a Blast making mixed tapes … Made sure I wrote down the songs I used because it was a matter of time after playing so much the tape would stretch, screech and melt !!! 🤣😝.. Mixed cassettes and mixed CD’s followed as technology advanced … Still making playlists but using my phone now … Such good memories 🤘🏼😎🤘🏼
@@xtrmfc LMAO. How people renagged on their Columbia House Deals? Those were the days. They really were. 😊👍✌️🇨🇦
@@marybaillie8907 .. 🤣😂😆… I started with albums from Columbia House in the 70’s .. Which turned into cassettes in the 80’s then CD’s in the 90’s .. For a time in the 90’s I had RCA Music and Columbia House !!! 😁.. Towards the end of Columbia House before they went out of business I was just turning in my Vouchers for free CD’s .. Have a very extensive CD collection ,son is helping me download them all .. For nostalgia I made a playlist of the songs I used to play in my 75 Chevy Van .. 😊😊
I was a little girl when this song came out and I loved it. Of course the chorus was all I really caught but I always sang along. This song is one of those that is ingrained in my mind as part of my childhood like The Night Chicago Died & Billy Don’t Be A Hero…so nostalgic ❤️
Great requests!!! ❤️
I believe I was 9 and to be honest probably my first time hearing since the 70's...part of my childhood❤
Right there with you. I was 9 when this one came out. I have the other songs you mentioned on my 70's playlist too. OMG - Billy Don't Be A Hero 💔.
Here's to the best decade in modern music and the king of one hit wonders, this song is a great example.
Excellent reaction. I grew up loving this song, and it is so cool hearing you say you know nothing of the van culture that is as ingrained in me as baseball and apple pie. I recently retired, and yep, about two years ago I bought a Chevy van for road trips and camping.
This song makes me smile. The memories. County rock became popular about that time. What a year that was!
Soft rock song. I remember in the 70's, these Vans were very popular and they had some awesome murals ( pictures on both sides) of these Vans. Lot of millenialls and Gen x were conceived in these Vans.✌️
Yes in the 60's and 70's a van, a VW, was a cool ride. Flower power painted on the side and shag carpet in the back. A full party vehicle. Everyone was driving to the west coast from Vancouver Island down to San Francisco. Cool people. Lol
Great tune. Great reaction Harri. Thanks Harri and Michael. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
Hi Mary, Yor love is pouring over the great Canadian border southward where it is desperately needed, and I thank you! - Brooklyn Mike
Hi Michael. Hope you are well. The song triggered great memories. From the North.😊👍✌️🇨🇦
Such a good feelin' song, I had this on a 45 RPM record when it first came out. This song makes me think about my youth. Great Song!!
Wow! I love this one!
Hi Harri, Once again, thank you for doing my request! I'm overjoyed to see that so many of our friends enjoyed hearing this again after so long. It seems to be a song that is often forgotten, then fondly remembered. - Brooklyn Mike
Brooklyn Mike, this is a great song , that brings back tons of great memories!
@@loriedwards4953 Hi Lori, I'm so glad that you enjoyed hearing this song and that along with Harri, I was able to share it with others! - Brooklyn Mike
I love this song, full of 70's love
GREAT song from my childhood....!
You have SO many more to experience.
Soooo glad you hit this song! One of my favorites growing up. Flower power 70s!Check out the song San Francisco by Scott McKenzie!
I have a 3cd set of 70s songs called flower power
@@davidbordonaro1631 That has to be a good one!
Fantastic choice Brooklyn Mike!!! 👍
Hi I. ,Thank you; I'm guessing this is the only time that it's been reacted to by anyone. I like to try to choose songs like that when I think of them. p.s. You're choices are always right on! - Brooklyn Mike
I remember my dad had a cool van. I would always borrow it to go to rock concerts in the big city.All my friends would load in the back.Concert tickets where 5 dollars, gas was about 50cent. What a awesome time we had. O, yeah, most concerts had 3 or 4 bands. I saw everybody back in the day.
There is a saying from the 60s and 70s, "If the van is rockin, don't bother knockin!"
No this was not a country song. It was probably just classified as Pop. Not every song and group back then fit into neat categories. Most generalizations and categories came later to try and identify and classify everything. Back then it was just our good music.
I agree with you on the classification issue. As of today, there are bands and songs that don't "fit" into one category or another. I also agree there are really only two types of music. Good music and bad music. Fortunately there is whole bunch of good music out there.
Oh so true and I believe the reason we used to listen to and enjoy so many varieties of music which helped us as a society in general to accept one another for who we were not what somebody envisioned us to be!
I say that all the time. It was all "pop" in a way; popular music. When the same radio station played the top hits, you would hear Pink Floyd, Stevie Wonder, Queen, Kenny Rogers, Alice Cooper, Bee Gees, AC/DC, The Supremes, Karen Carpenter, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Helen Ready, Kansas, Dolly Parton, Elton John, The Temptations, etc. at any given any time! Yes, good music!
@@jerickson725 You mean Helen Reddy. Karen Carpenter's solo album didn't have any hits; It was not even released at the time. I agree with you about popular music.
@@shiroibasketshoes Excuse me, I guess I should have said The Carpenters. And thank you for being kind enough to point out my spelling error in Helen Reddy's name. I'm pretty sure most people understood what I intended to say in both cases.
Memories of being a teen in Southern California in the 70’s.
I was there too.... when Cali was a good place to be.
Oh! Great classic music! A great classic favorite! ❤️🎶
I've always liked this song. Anytime I play for others like at the bar it always draws a good reaction from those that have never it before. I'd categorize this as folk rock. Classic 70s sound.
Other good one. Takes me back.gr8 reaction. Thx for sharing ♥.
Great song remember it well never knew who did it, thanks for playing it
Always loved this song but never really knew who it was 🤷🏻♀️. Thanks for requesting it Michael. Fond memories! Hey Harri, congratulations on 90 thousand subscribers 🌺✌️
During that time their were a few songs that had that sound. In fact when you played Please come to Boston. I was going to recommend this song and Terry Jack's song Seasons in the Sun. Seals and Croft did a few like this my favorite is Summer Breeze. They had another that was popular Hummingbird. Memories! 😆 Chevy Vans or any van were used a lot by Hippies to live their life traveling.
Great song from the summer of 1975. The A-Team van was a GMC van if you look at photos of the front of the van in pictures of it. The A-Team was on TV from the fall of 1983 until spring 1987 then they cancelled the show.
I still love this song after all these years!!!
Ao do I it is a timeless classic
I loved this song as a kid. I know the meaning now, but back then I thought it was so cool that she was so long legged and tan. 😊
Wow haven't heard this in forever . still remembered all the lyrics
From a Chevy fan website: "The A-Team’s 1983 black and metallic gray GMC Vandura was actually a Chevy G-series van badged with the GMC logo."
Great request Michael! Quintessential 70's! Great analysis Harri!
Thank you D.R. , 'One of those that are often forgotten about but then fondly remembered. - Brooklyn Mike
You're on a roll with these 70's one hit wonders, Harri!
Oh the memories are flooding back
The van and bike scene was lots of fun back in the day. Interior design and paint schemes ruled. This was a great mellow song. Thanks , haven't heard it in years. This is more Folk rock.
I'm so happy you did this song. I love this song...so nostalgic. I've only seen a few channels that have reacted to it.❤
The Van culture was HUGE in the 1970's, and there are still Custom Van shows going on today.
A lot of younger people do not realize what it was like to have a van decked out like this back in the seventies. It was almost like having your own apartment.
I remembered this sweet tune after the first chords,lol. Thanks for the memories of a.m. Radio Harri
Another song from the soundtrack of my youth. Sammy Johns was definitely a county artist, but this one ranks in the top 2 in the heart and soul.of this serious 70's rock fan. ❤
The era of 😊one hit wonders and this is definitely one if the best tunes.
90% of the vans pictured were not Chevys. LOL In my teens the vehicle I drove most was a 67 Dodge cargo van with nothing inside it. It did allow me to grab a group of friends and go to the swimming hole, Drive-in, park or throw some blankets in the back and go camping.
This song was pretty big, and Sammy has made most popular lists of one hit wonders. I doubled dated once to a High School dance, and my buddy's dad had a van like this. He let us take it on condition we brought it back with a full tank. We picked my date up first, and when her dad saw the van, he said you have two choices. Ditch the van for a respectable ride, or make room in the van for her dad to chaperone. We ran home and exchanged the van, for more respectable transportation..
It was a pop song, not from the country genre.. it brought back nostalgic feelings. It is a beautiful song.
Vans were trendy for the hippie crowd. The best years of my life
Great song❤Think I was about 7 years old at that time…resonates in my mind of simpler times in life🎉
Awesome song
What a great memory! In 1975 (the year this song came out), a lot of people hitchhiked and those Chevy vans were all over the place. Pardon my French, but we called them "f*ckmobiles. Most of them had a decal on the back window that said "Grass, gas or ass", as in how are you going to pay for your ride? Many guys had their vans tricked out with mattresses and coolers with beer in them. If you were a guy and you wanted some action, a Chevy van would insure that you got it! Not trying to sound sexist, it's just those were the times. Attitudes between men and women were a lot more laid back (no pun intended) than they are now. Just a great song! He had another hit called "The Last Game Of the Season (The Blind Man In the Bleachers)". It's a real tearjerker.
I was 16 in 82 with a custom chevy van all done in black in red inside with cockpit entrance the bed. I gotta say the best years of my life.
I had a roommate/best friend that had a Chevy Van. He and a girl fell asleep on the side of Kalanianaole Highway and woke up naked the next morning to a cop banging on the window. I would always perform this song when he came to my gigs just to embarrass him (hey, what are friends for?)
Its soft rock from the the 70s
A great song a timeless classic
Vans were everywhere in the 1970s. Also, the Volkswagon vans were the thing to have in the 1960s. There was a popular bumper sticker that said "If this van is rocking, don't bother knocking". I knew a few guys with vans back then. One used to pick my up after work and we probably had 15 people shoved into that thing. Off to the country for some drinking and partying. This would've never gotten air play as a country song back then.
Oh Gods @Harri you are knocking out of the park! I had a boyfriend with a Chevy van in 1978 with a shag dashboard and a cozy bed in the back 🔥I once saw a bumper sticker on a Chevy van that said “Dont be laughing, your daughter could be in here”. 😂 😂
Music from the 1970s is my favorite era of music.
Whether rock , soul , easy listening , pop , the Philly Sound groups and country music .
Any song from that era that was played a lot on the radio I can either name the group or song within a few notes.
Short box Chevy vans with a tinted 'bubble' window on the upper rear sides were very popular in the 70s.
I the 70s a Friend of Mine Richard Royall and I did a Studio and a Live P/A based out of Eastern North Carolina. Sammy Jonhs was a folk Rock singer from NC that came to Richard/. Mega Studios in Bailey NC
A MCI 16 track Board 16 track Ampex machine Best mics available, and old Style Spring Reverb in the Ceiling of the Building. As You can Hear we had a Melitron keyboard with most of the tape Cassettes that You could Purchase in Those days! Another One Hit Wonder that had Some Success and still is played on oldies but goody stations in the US! The Only reason I listened to it today and Found You is I am Traveling in a Customized “Chevy Van” back from the hospital getting a knee Job! Thank You for the positive critique and will follow you to see what else you are commenting on!
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I would call this '70s soft rock. It was like a one hit wonder thing but the song was just so catchy and it got played on the radio all the time. And it's hard to get tired of it because it's just so easy to listen to.
Growing up in rural Georgia in the 70's, there wasn't much to do except ride around and party, drink, make out, and smoke pot. I remember a guy who converted a VW bus, complete with wall-to-wall shag carpet and no windows. It was all "good clean fun," a song you by Gregg Allman I think you would enjoy.
In 1975, I was invited to attend the Indy 500. My girlfriend at the time, my friend and his wife. Our mode of transport was actually a Chevy Van. I made a mistake for the trip. Led off by Magical Mystery Tour, the next song was Chevy Van.
I had a 68 Chevy van in high-school. Jacked up peace sign and mag wheels. Jacked up with mag wheels anyway. Man, those were the days. Yeah. Peace
Love the wah wah guitar pedal in this song
Seems you are doing a lot of one hit wonders lately. I'm loving it! Another one is Terry Jacks' "Seasons in the Sun." You won't be sorry!
Vans were part of the party culture in the 1970s, I had two friends who owned party-conversion vans in the 70s. One had a 1963 Chevy panel van converted to party van, my other friend had a 1973 factory equipped Ford party van. There is a whole collector subculture in the U.S. of these vans from the 1970s that restore them to original condition.
Yeah, not many Ford vans sold for a couple of years. 🤣 Nice song, I always enjoy hearing it. Thanks for going deep, Harri.
Leon Haywood had a hit back in the early 1970s called " I wanna do something freaky to you" most likely today would not be exceptable but had a great melody and great chorus a real groove song easy to sig along with for me a happy song!
I can't help but picture Red Forman talking to Kelso when I hear this. "Sell the van, son"
Great job
Great song and brings back MANY fun memories in my youth! I guess the video maker ran out of Chevy Van pics and had to use a a Dodge Tradesman among a few others... LOL! Nothing like a Chevy Van !
Now its gotta be "Jackie Blue".
Yes! Let’s just cover the whole 70s roller skater, my childhood vibes…
Agreed!
I had a 75 fully customized Chevy Van w a 350 V8 3 on the tree that I could pop wheelies with. As Diamond Dave would sing "where have all the good times gone ?"
Customized vans were HUGE in the mid to late 70's in the U.S. Some of them customization's were OVER THE TOP crazy and expensive.
The A Team sported a GMC van (same thing).
I remember people having these scenes painted on their vans. Inside would look like a small bedroom or living room. They had shag carpet and mini fridge in them. Alot of girls were told, after seeing the van, No you aren't going out with him! Lol
A friend of mine had 52 ford delivery van
Painted green with Mary Jane painted on it when we opened the back door the smoke coming out like Cheech and Chong.i don't know why we were never pulled over by the fuzz maybe too obvious
Man that was 54 years ago
customizing vans was very popular back in the 70's. I used to work for a place that sold kits and did conversions. my dad had one done for the family to vacation in. but yeah some were a rolling bedroom and that's about it. some even had waterbeds (which is a bad and crazy idea)
It's was kinda like their first apartment,lol, I remember it well.
Some of my best times were in a van!😉
Harri, you just reacted to MY song!!! This is fact, I was conceived in the back of a Chevy Van. Why I was made aware of this fact is beyond me!!! 😂 😂 😂
Yes, a classic case of TMI ! 😂
@@wayne_twentyfive IKR 😂 😂 😂
I had a VW micro bus, I can relate. It’s funny but we never really thought about genres it was all rock/pop or radio rock. I don’t know how this whole genre thing got started. This song is such a time capsule.
With as many songs that you comment about the bass lines, I am surprised that this one didn’t attract your attention. Such a supporting bass line.
Restoring a Chevy Van! Hit the Road 🛣️🐴🌄🏁🌅
Oh yeah, they were very popular. They would have elaborate murals air brushed on the sides of the vans.
They were basically self contained. A “tiny house!”
Now you gotta do "Beach Baby" by the band First Class..
Vans were very popular in The US in the late 60’s and through the 70’s. Kinda like pickup trucks now. I went to a van in 1977. Hundreds of vans congregating for a party weekend.
She’s gonna love me in my Chevy van DOWN BY THE RIVER!! (rip Chris Farley) This was a huge hit when I was about 10 years old but I’m not sure it aged well!? Lol.
You would love the song E.E. Lawson by Ozark Mountain Daredevils
I was a little kid trading baseball cards in late 70s but this song brings back memories. Also at that time one of the hottest girls a couple grades above me last name was Chevy.
Love this song. Very 70s. And the video that goes along with it is very sexy.
Not sure if you take suggestions from these comments but I'd like to recommend the studio version of Simon and Garfunkel "El condor pasa" .... It's a lost gem from their early recordings that virtually no one ever reacts to but as a fan I think you'll like it a lot.
Hi Harri ... Oh Hell yeah, Chevy vans were chick magnets, and this song DID make them even more popular because that was the desired lifestyle back then.
why do people insist on labeling every thing and everyone? As I get older I realize life, people and music are never that simple. growing up in the 60's and 70's we listened to every thing from country to motown. we enjoyed the company of friends and neighbors we didn't lable everything just accepted and appreciated different views.
I share the same last name as Sammy but we are in no way related. I loved this song when it came out and still enjoy it today.
man the 70s wish i could go back
Everyone had their vans in the early to mid seventies and the US was Western crazy with John Denver, California girls etc…Most pop music had country/ western flair (and that’s all right with me…per the song LOL 😆)
The type of vans that you'd occasionally see with a bumper sticker saying IF THIS VAN IS ROCKIN', DON'T BOTHER KNOCKIN'. ;-)
No panelling in the vans. In the 70s it was shag rug all the way floor to ceiling.
It wasn't just Chevy vans, all vans were popular to customize in the 60's and 70's. When I was in high school in the late 60's, my dad had a Dodge van converted to a camper. I went to pick up a girl for a first date driving the van and her father wouldn't let her go with me unless I was driving a car.
It's funny though, most of the Vans in the video are Fords or Dodges, and even a couple VW's.
First van shown is a Dodge. LOL
Chevy van was popular, but Ford and Dodge also had vans. Typically for cargo or bus usage, the cargo vans were converted to functional housing of a sort in the 70s. Also, this era was pre HIV/AIDS so the activity extolled here was less risky.
Always imagined the outro was the music on the radio as he’s driving away from her. Just a cool vibe for a good memory.
Such a well written song for its time. As a feminist, I have never been offended by this song.