As i get older life sucks more and more. I want to be in that twilight zone episode when the old folks went back to when they were young playing kick the can. Hanging out at the beach. Goofing off. I miss the 60 - 70's the music was the best.
Ever just listen to this song and you want to watch another video but your finger just taps the replay agin and you just sit there jamming to it again because it’s just a good song
I'm still young at 22 and unfortunately didn't live the 70s but as a guy that owns a 86 chevy shorty van being built into a 70s street machine and as a fan of all things 70s especially the woman I'm love this song. I can't wait to finally get the radio put back in and rock this van while driving with the windows down
That’s awesome 😎! Blare it loud when you do for this 70’s baby who turns 45 the 20th! The 70’s women were hot! Lol! So happy that you’re keeping the music 🎶 from my era alive. Positive vibes your way ♥️🎶😎
I second the suggestion of a mural. that's a 70's trend i wish would come back!! Art today is practically dead. everyone riding around in their dinky cars shaped like suppositories, there's no room for anything original or interesting. I personally drive an 89 Bronco (Eddie Bauer edition) and I'm practically itching to paint some sort of wild west scene on that hood.... as soon as we get a new one anyway. the current hood is all dented up from a tree branch that fell on it before we got it. Gotta love those older models, i don't care who made it. You can actually work on them yourself!
Love this brings back fond memories driving around and listening to this song in my mint 67’ Chevy Nova. After my divorce I sold it because I needed the money I sure miss it very much but now I drive around in my 63’ Chevy Nova listening to this song still today . Oh my lord in the 70s and 80s we had the best cars clothes and music oh my lord to be young again !
1975 - not 1973! Magical music from a magical time. Chokes me up. I wish I could go back. Sure, I had heard it so many other times, but there are usually a few defining moments which you attach to certain songs. You know where you were or what you were doing, and when, or something just establishes that association forever in your mind. Released January 18, 1975 reaching #5 on May 3. R.I.P., Sammy.
@MetallicBill I agree with you 100%. were all so sick of crap music... oh i mean rap.(same difference no matter how they slice it) and the attitude that goes with it. this was when music was actually TALENTED, nowadays its just a bunch of loud stupid fart music. nice post dude!
Remembering Sammy Johns born on February 7, 1946. He was an American country singer-songwriter, best known for his million-selling 1975 hit single, Chevy Van. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Johns
That grin at the end 🤣. What a fun movie. It was one of the first movies on cable tv. Years later, many years later, my film editing instructor, Danny Retz, told me it was his first picture.
My brother had a cool van small diamond in the back side windows. He took a mean curve at 50mph in a 25 mph, flipped that sucker, totaled was the end of an era.
@@rubedogg6969 Thanks :) That's a compliment! Yeah, I was born in the early 2000's. My younger sister and I are just big fans of stuff from the olden days. (Especially from the 1940's-1990's) We watch Brady Bunch re-runs every week!
Had to love the vans n fast cars- my poison was 69 Chevrolet- sweet she was after rebuilding the engine with some tweaks- next was our van greenish she was- great time's at the drive in theaters- was with the same man till 34- put we're still ok with each other
If we New THEN what we Know NOW.................... So what Movies is this? OMG I had once, and Loved it.. And dang I can not remember what it is! Wish I would have NEVER had to sell my Chevy van.. but we had to eat....
Great song. Funny thing, the footage for this video is from the movie "The Van" which the van is a Dodge van but, great song, cheesy movie but cool as shit van anyway. Lol.
It's called 'The Van', and was released in 1977. The director was Sam Grossman (1945-1999), with the screenplay by Robert Rosenthal and Celia Susan Cotelo.
Man brings back memories of a better time we respected each other love partying cold beer hot chicks I still dig that man I'm 58 and still have love respect for my people USA all the way simpler time no doubt love friendship cool people rule were timeless so is this song be good to each other generation baby boomers and generation.x rules and the greatest generation thank you every veterans who served and protected us I'm very proud of you and most of our country men and woman America rules but there is a tyrannical regime in the white house the roots of freedom is the blood if the tirants and traitors to our country we must make a stand or loose our country .
Great song, but you know, in the 70's it was a thing to roofie girls for nefarious reasons. Though the video doesn't tell that story, the lyrics arguably might: I gave a girl a ride in my wagon; She crawled in and took control. She was tired as her mind was draggin And I said get some sleep-and dream of rock and roll [just before roofie-ing her in order to reverse control?...like Cosby was doing in 1975...] Like a picture she was laying there And moonlight dancing off her hair She "woke up" and took me by the hand [did she really wake up?] She's gonna love me in my Chevy van And that's alright with me Great music, but possibly Cosby's favorite song.
I'm not saying that stuff never happened, but I don't think it happened in this song lol if anything she was already tweaking since she was tired before he ever picked her up. but this was the era of free love and promiscuity. seems kinda stupid to drug people when so many were willing to give it up for free.
"And that's all right with me" is one of those lines that second-rate songwriters insert into a lyric when they have a bar or two of music at the end of a phase and they can't think of any other words to insert into it.
@@bessied.5694 kinda like "forever more" ... actually ... forever more might be worse. I can't think of any other song that uses "and that's all right with me" except this one.
As i get older life sucks more and more. I want to be in that twilight zone episode when the old folks went back to when they were young playing kick the can. Hanging out at the beach. Goofing off. I miss the 60 - 70's the music was the best.
Ever just listen to this song and you want to watch another video but your finger just taps the replay agin and you just sit there jamming to it again because it’s just a good song
Amen, brother. I was in the second grade when this was on the radio and a commercial on tv for Chevy Vans.
Man, do I miss the 7’s and 80’s🤙🏾🤙🏾🎼🎶🎵
That's what I'm doing now ❤😂
Who cares if it was a Chevy van, Dodge van, Ford van, they were all "Love Machines"!
True that
😂😂
Every one of them
Chevy is superior
WTF great feel good moments of my childhood when this was a much better planet to live on..
I'm still young at 22 and unfortunately didn't live the 70s but as a guy that owns a 86 chevy shorty van being built into a 70s street machine and as a fan of all things 70s especially the woman I'm love this song. I can't wait to finally get the radio put back in and rock this van while driving with the windows down
That’s awesome 😎! Blare it loud when you do for this 70’s baby who turns 45 the 20th! The 70’s women were hot! Lol! So happy that you’re keeping the music 🎶 from my era alive. Positive vibes your way ♥️🎶😎
Undercover Angel Rocks too. ♥️🎶
Keep the era alive for us when we're gone, whippersnapper
Make sure you get a mural painted on the side, preferably a Viking standing tall with his chick kneeling next to him!
I second the suggestion of a mural. that's a 70's trend i wish would come back!! Art today is practically dead. everyone riding around in their dinky cars shaped like suppositories, there's no room for anything original or interesting.
I personally drive an 89 Bronco (Eddie Bauer edition) and I'm practically itching to paint some sort of wild west scene on that hood.... as soon as we get a new one anyway. the current hood is all dented up from a tree branch that fell on it before we got it.
Gotta love those older models, i don't care who made it. You can actually work on them yourself!
Love this brings back fond memories driving around and listening to this song in my mint 67’ Chevy Nova. After my divorce I sold it because I needed the money I sure miss it very much but now I drive around in my 63’ Chevy Nova listening to this song still today . Oh my lord in the 70s and 80s we had the best cars clothes and music oh my lord to be young again !
Wouldn't it b great it we could come back and do it all over again.
@@jodymorgan389 indeed
We totaled our 73 nova she was a beauty
@@debbietaylor9232 damn that sucks big time but thank god yous are here to tell it
I used to listen to this in high school. Wonderful days
1975 - not 1973! Magical music from a magical time. Chokes me up. I wish I could go back. Sure, I had heard it so many other times, but there are usually a few defining moments which you attach to certain songs. You know where you were or what you were doing, and when, or something just establishes that association forever in your mind. Released January 18, 1975 reaching #5 on May 3. R.I.P., Sammy.
Totally agree!!
@MetallicBill Amen!
@MetallicBill I agree with you 100%. were all so sick of crap music... oh i mean rap.(same difference no matter how they slice it) and the attitude that goes with it. this was when music was actually TALENTED, nowadays its just a bunch of loud stupid fart music. nice post dude!
I feel you.... just hearing it brings tears of .... joy ... what a great time to be young!!! ❣️❣️
@@kimberlyc616 AMEN!
Oh memories.. 50 years ago ❤
47th...ahh Man I was 15 when this came out.....the 70's were amazing looking back....
61 this yr dammm
Lawd!!!!! Grabs my heart!!! Magical time!!!! ❣️❣️
Lawdy Lawdy
Kimberly I don't know if you're single but I would really like to know more about you
@@bryanackeret5066 where do u live?
If the van is a rockin’, don’t bother knockin’
But if it’s flipped onto its side, please call 911.
I could close my eyes and Sammy John puts you right there !
This is the first album my mom got me played everyday love it
Niiiiiiice!!!!!!
Love this song and movie. Watched it countless times!
Wham, bam, thank you Ma'am in my van.
lol i was not born in the seventies but this song makes me wonder how many children were conceived in the back of these vans lol
I left a mark
The van is from the movie “the van” 1977 it’s a dodge van but the song is in the movie it’s just in there cause it has to deal with vans
I haven’t heard this song in ages😮❤
LOVE this Song I can all most remember it word for word Its been a great ride this thing called life great memories
I had forgot how popular vans were in the 70s
Remembering Sammy Johns born on February 7, 1946. He was an American country singer-songwriter, best known for his million-selling 1975 hit single, Chevy Van. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Johns
😢😢😢
Iconic song. Can't imagine why they'd feature a Dogde van, though. It's all good in the end. Looking for a late 70s/early 80s Chevy van.
I just recognized Stuart Getz aka Charley from The Brady Bunch Season 4 episode, "The Subject Was Noses!"
That grin at the end 🤣. What a fun movie. It was one of the first movies on cable tv. Years later, many years later, my film editing instructor, Danny Retz, told me it was his first picture.
What’s the name of the movie?
@@djzarrick 'The Van', released in 1977, and directed by Sam Grossman (1945-1999) to a screenplay written by Robert Rosenthal and Celia Susan Cotelo.
@@barrymoore4470 Thank you!
@@djzarrick You're very welcome.
For some reason this song kept popping up in my head on a loop!😂
Dyyyyyyyam what Grrrrrrreat memories in High School!!!!!!!!
I love this video and this song ..awesomeness
The 70's Mmmmmmm Mmmmmmmm Good !!!
My brother had a cool van small diamond in the back side windows. He took a mean curve at 50mph in a 25 mph, flipped that sucker, totaled was the end of an era.
Love the video and the song,but that cool yellow van is a Dodge Tradesman,not a Chevy.
Right... Dodge is much closer to being a Ford than it is being a Chevy... Nothing compared to Chevy/ GMC
@@artheveron1333 GM makes garbage. Chevy included.
Wow, you oughta be a detective you’re so brilliant and smart to point out that obvious fact.
@@PaintHerWhite nothing " sunny" in those statements. 🙄
@@PaintHerWhite Don’t be a dick. It is not at all obvious to the 99% of us who don’t know a thing about makes and models of 1970’s vehicles.
great song.love that van in the video
Great song.
Dude at the beginning driving was in the Brady Bunch episode when Marcia broke her nose.
His name in that episode was Charlie.
Yes! Thank you. I knew he looked familiar.
Yeaaaahh! I think he was just the cutest!!
@@reignmarieodaniel You've must've seen it on Nick at Nite you look to young to have seen it in the early 70's.
@@rubedogg6969 Thanks :) That's a compliment! Yeah, I was born in the early 2000's. My younger sister and I are just big fans of stuff from the olden days. (Especially from the 1940's-1990's) We watch Brady Bunch re-runs every week!
good times good people!
Eagles would kill this !
Didn't think of this until you said it and I totally agree.
You are absolutely right
Only if they had done it first. Sammy has already killed it. :-)
And Eric Church destroyed it :(
Dodge got the visual advertisement 😆
Had to love the vans n fast cars- my poison was 69 Chevrolet- sweet she was after rebuilding the engine with some tweaks- next was our van greenish she was- great time's at the drive in theaters- was with the same man till 34- put we're still ok with each other
Wish they used a chevy van
Actually, this is not the official video. So, it doesn't matter.
They did at least have a chevy van pop up near the end of the video clip. The song was always one of my all-time favorites.
WHY IS THIS SUCH A BANGER BUT I CANT JAM BECAUSE OF THESE GODDAMN SUPER MUTANTS DOES THE TRUE COMMONWEALTH RADIO MOD ADD MORE OF THEM
Hey it's Charlie!
I've had 3 Dodges and one GMC but not for the reasons cited in the song
If we New THEN what we Know NOW.................... So what Movies is this? OMG I had once, and Loved it.. And dang I can not remember what it is! Wish I would have NEVER had to sell my Chevy van.. but we had to eat....
Great song
I had a 1972 Dodge Custom Tradesman Van
Thanks Brian sonne!
If you've never tried rolling a joint in a moving car while an 8 track changed channels... you're aren't a hippie
Cool days 💕
What a sleazy song. Surprised it wasn’t banned from the radio.
Great song. Funny thing, the footage for this video is from the movie "The Van" which the van is a Dodge van but, great song, cheesy movie but cool as shit van anyway. Lol.
It’s funny the song is called my Chevy van but the yellow van in the video is a dodge.
What movie was that i never seen it before????
It's called 'The Van', and was released in 1977. The director was Sam Grossman (1945-1999), with the screenplay by Robert Rosenthal and Celia Susan Cotelo.
Bitchin Van . . .Bitchin Tan !
"Starring Danny Devito", according to us at Lou's Video, next to the White Hen Pantry in Ravinia. The store's went under cause of Covid.
WOW
Love this song
it's a Dodge van, even better
Betcha Fred did Daphne in the Mystery Machine!
I'll bet you Velma did Daphne in the Mystery Machine. . . . And Fred watched!
@@johnarmenta2199 I'll never look at Scooby-Doo in the same way ever again!
Is that a Dodge Tradesman van??
SAVOIA AND THE DEEP 6 TATER NATER
Dammit
I wonder what movie these clips are from.
It's from a 1977 movie called "The Van".
Hey! That's not a Chevy van! That's a Dodge yellow van!
Man brings back memories of a better time we respected each other love partying cold beer hot chicks I still dig that man I'm 58 and still have love respect for my people USA all the way simpler time no doubt love friendship cool people rule were timeless so is this song be good to each other generation baby boomers and generation.x rules and the greatest generation thank you every veterans who served and protected us I'm very proud of you and most of our country men and woman America rules but there is a tyrannical regime in the white house the roots of freedom is the blood if the tirants and traitors to our country we must make a stand or loose our country .
Whats the movie scene from
It's from a film called 'The Van', released in 1977.
Was this a movie
Would somebody tell Sammy,,, thats a Dodge Van!
He had nothing to do with this film, other than the filmmakers using his song in the soundtrack.
The van in video is not Chevy !!!!
Looks like a Tradesman van.
That'l work too
A Dodge, come on man.....that's Cheap & goofy.
What movie is this??
It's called 'The Van', released in 1977.
@@barrymoore4470
Thanks
@@LittleSlim78 You're most welcome.
@@barrymoore4470
Have a great holiday. Be safe. Happy New Year’s to you and your family. God bless sir. Take care. 😃
Dec. 22, 2023
8:03pm
@@LittleSlim78Thank you so much for the kind sentiments, and I wish the same for you and yours.
That's a Dodge!!!
What movie is that from
'The Van', released in 1977.
@@barrymoore4470 thank you
@@raiderlee69lee48 You're welcome.
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That's a Dodge van
I hate to nit pick but that’s a Dodge van!!!
When you're loadin' up with a couple of sweethearts you ain't thinking about who made the darn thing....
@@trondaronsen271 It’s not the 70’s anymore unfortunately you pull up to a couple of sweethearts in a van and you would probably get laughed at!!
Lol..dodge in a Chevy song
Great song, but you know, in the 70's it was a thing to roofie girls for nefarious reasons. Though the video doesn't tell that story, the lyrics arguably might:
I gave a girl a ride in my wagon;
She crawled in and took control.
She was tired as her mind was draggin
And I said get some sleep-and dream of rock and roll
[just before roofie-ing her in order to reverse control?...like Cosby was doing in 1975...]
Like a picture she was laying there
And moonlight dancing off her hair
She "woke up" and took me by the hand [did she really wake up?]
She's gonna love me in my Chevy van
And that's alright with me
Great music, but possibly Cosby's favorite song.
Yeah, that theory would get you laughed right out of the courtroom.
I'm not saying that stuff never happened, but I don't think it happened in this song lol
if anything she was already tweaking since she was tired before he ever picked her up.
but this was the era of free love and promiscuity. seems kinda stupid to drug people when so many were willing to give it up for free.
"And that's all right with me" is one of those lines that second-rate songwriters insert into a lyric when they have a bar or two of music at the end of a phase and they can't think of any other words to insert into it.
buzz kill
na, was part of the vibe for the song.
Jealous much?
@@djzarrick Nice try, but "jealous much" doesn't fit the melody.
@@bessied.5694 kinda like "forever more" ... actually ... forever more might be worse. I can't think of any other song that uses "and that's all right with me" except this one.
CNN
??
Horrible video!!!
you mock what you dont understand
God this is goofy.
If you’re interested, “The Van” is the name of the movie. 1977 - A year that I remember fondly. 🚐 👍
I went to the drive in several times to see this movie. Great times