When this song came out I was 22 and thought it's a nice song for older folks. Now getting close to 60 I think Wow , what a great song!!! RIP Mr. Burns😇
@@mikez7842 it does speak to me actually it makes me appreciate my youth and it makes me realize how every moment with my friends and family should be cherished that's why I take as many pictures as i can with all of them because I know one day if God wants, I too will be old and i know I'm gonna miss looking like how i do now, so yes it does speak to my sole
@@elicoutino3633 nice. Appreciate your youth family and friends. Check out the song Everyone’s free by Baz Luhrmann That song tells no lies. Truer words were never spoken to a generation and still hold true to this day.
I'm 63 but in very bad health and this song touches my heart even more than it did when it first came out over 40 years ago... God Bless and thank you for posting this special song...
Yes, Mary... I understand... I feel that way too. When I mention aloud that... I've had a damn good life... My grandkids think I'm preparing myself for some future, which they can only imagine is something I fear... but no, they do not understand... I'm reminiscing about something I miss... and wish I could live it all again.
Only person born before the year 1900 to have a hit song on the Billboard Hot 100 during the 80’s. Peaked at No. 49 in 1980. Great tune, Burns has a good voice too. He was born in 1896 and was an actor and comedian, known for being in the George Burns Show back in the 50’s and “Oh, God!” in the early 80’s.
_The George Burns Show_ appeared the year after _The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show_ and didn’t last a full season due to poor ratings. _The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show,_ on the other hand, was a perennial hit and lasted about eight seasons - longer than “I Love Lucy.” I’m sorry if this comment seems pedantic, but a lot of us are protective of Gracie Allen and her legacy and do not like seeing her being unacknowledged, especially her starring titular role in a classic American sitcom that is loved to this day and that couldn’t have existed or survived without her.
What a CLASSIC !!! .......Brings tears at almost 56 ( I was 18 in the wonderful year that was 1981 !! ) GOD bless George Burns !! ....I like the " LIVE " version better , this is beautiful however !
Played this song in the spring of 1981 at WONW radio 1280 in Defiance Ohio. I was only 20 years old. Now I’m 62 and can really relate. This song touches my heart. Yes I do wish I was 18 again!
I was a kid living in the Hyde Park neighborhood of St. Louis when this came out. I was at a local Tavern with my dad where he shot pool when he gave me a dollar to play the jukebox. It cost a dime a song and I spent the entire dollar playing this over and over. The drunks didn't appreciate that at all.
Probably the only one in his 20s who understands this song. I've known since the time I was five that the odds I'd hit 35 would be very low. Heart condition. I'm 29 now, just found the greatest girl, God I wish I was 18 Again.
i was going to pittsburgh and i heard this song on 1080 weep i went to the record shop and bought a it i was 32 years old then ,now i'm 65 years old so true are the words of that song .i cryed on my birth day .
George loved Gracie so much. George would go to the cemetery in Glendale California where Gracie was buried every month to put flowers on the grave and talk to Gracie. Unfortunately he had a fling once like so many other famous actors.
@@marshto1 ,you are correct about George’s visits to Forest Lawn at least once a month. However, Gracie’s body was not actually buried in an earthen grave. Her remains were interred or entombed in a crypt at the Freedom Mausoleum in the Sanctuary of Heritage at Park Lawn. Burns was entombed beside her. The epitaph was made to give Gracie, as George said, “top billing” for eternity.
yeah, enjoy it while you can because, you may not see it right now, but life goes by faster than a lot of people understand....You wake up one day, and wonder what the hell happened.......Live and do what you want to do, be careful, with what you do, but enjoy life while you are young...Dont wake up one day and say,, " I wish I had done........"
when I was 18 i could dance all night long, now that I am 49 I cannot dance anymore because of a problem with my foot....I understand this song whole heartedly......:)
If I’m not mistaken, George was an EGO, just a Tony away from an EGOT: Emmy, Grammy, and Oscar. Had he opted to do a one-man show on Broadway, which would have been an overwhelming amount of work, I suspect he could have nabbed that too.
Is forgotten all about this song until I heard someone else singing it today. But, I had to look up Mr. Burns' rendition because I heard his first years ago.
Geat song from a fun film (George Burns/Charlie Schlatter). The song was poignant then; much more so now. Where does it all go; and will I someday know (not just die, but KNOW) . 11/2019
The song is foolish - a man who abuses his body by drinking and smoking is wishing he were 18 again. How about this? Stop drinking and smoking. Do some exercise. Do the best with what you have rather than wishing for the impossible?
When this song came out I was 22 and thought it's a nice song for older folks. Now getting close to 60 I think Wow , what a great song!!! RIP Mr. Burns😇
I’m 46 and my aunt would sing this song when I was 5 and thought the same thing, nice song. Now at 46 it touches my soul
I'm 22 now
@@elicoutino3633 and does this song touch your sole.
When you 45-50-60 and so this song will speak to you in ways you can’t even fathom right now
@@mikez7842 it does speak to me actually it makes me appreciate my youth and it makes me realize how every moment with my friends and family should be cherished that's why I take as many pictures as i can with all of them because I know one day if God wants, I too will be old and i know I'm gonna miss looking like how i do now, so yes it does speak to my sole
@@elicoutino3633 nice. Appreciate your youth family and friends.
Check out the song Everyone’s free by Baz Luhrmann
That song tells no lies. Truer words were never spoken to a generation and still hold true to this day.
I'm 63 but in very bad health and this song touches my heart even more than it did when it first came out over 40 years ago... God Bless and thank you for posting this special song...
When you are right at 85 this really makes you sad but I’ve had a good life
Yes, Mary... I understand... I feel that way too. When I mention aloud that... I've had a damn good life... My grandkids think I'm preparing myself for some future, which they can only imagine is something I fear... but no, they do not understand... I'm reminiscing about something I miss... and wish I could live it all again.
@@1jonque Hello John, I know I don't know you but 2021 is around the corner and wish you a Happy New Year's! Wish I can give you a hug and handshake
I'm 28 and wish I was 18 again
@@augustinramirez7338... I hope John McCabe saw that message. That message even touched my heart.
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Only person born before the year 1900 to have a hit song on the Billboard Hot 100 during the 80’s. Peaked at No. 49 in 1980. Great tune, Burns has a good voice too. He was born in 1896 and was an actor and comedian, known for being in the George Burns Show back in the 50’s and “Oh, God!” in the early 80’s.
LEGEND !! I am almost 56 and remember how wonderful this man was !!
You mean the George Burns and Gracie Allen Show?
_The George Burns Show_ appeared the year after _The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show_ and didn’t last a full season due to poor ratings. _The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show,_ on the other hand, was a perennial hit and lasted about eight seasons - longer than “I Love Lucy.”
I’m sorry if this comment seems pedantic, but a lot of us are protective of Gracie Allen and her legacy and do not like seeing her being unacknowledged, especially her starring titular role in a classic American sitcom that is loved to this day and that couldn’t have existed or survived without her.
What a CLASSIC !!! .......Brings tears at almost 56 ( I was 18 in the wonderful year that was 1981 !! ) GOD bless George Burns !! ....I like the " LIVE " version better , this is beautiful however !
Me too 1981... 18 again!
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I remember hearing this song in The Memphis TN airport back when it first came out.. I still listen to it and think back to the good old days
I cannot listen to this song with dry eyes. Impossible.
Love this song and definitely love to be 18 again. George and his wife Gracie had such a great shown Great memories of watching them.
Played this song in the spring of 1981 at WONW radio 1280 in Defiance Ohio. I was only 20 years old. Now I’m 62 and can really relate. This song touches my heart. Yes I do wish I was 18 again!
76, nearing 77... time moves quickly.
I was a kid living in the Hyde Park neighborhood of St. Louis when this came out. I was at a local Tavern with my dad where he shot pool when he gave me a dollar to play the jukebox. It cost a dime a song and I spent the entire dollar playing this over and over. The drunks didn't appreciate that at all.
At 78 years old I wish I was eighteen again.
I remember when this song came out, I was young and didn't really understand it. I'm 58 now and fighting cancer. I understand it all to well now.
My dad always played his songs, I'll always remember him singing them.
Used to have this on 45 and played it over and over
Probably the only one in his 20s who understands this song. I've known since the time I was five that the odds I'd hit 35 would be very low. Heart condition. I'm 29 now, just found the greatest girl, God I wish I was 18 Again.
this song makes me weep.
i was going to pittsburgh and i heard this song on 1080 weep i went to the record shop and bought a it i was 32 years old then ,now i'm 65 years old so true are the words of that song .i cryed on my birth day .
Love this song it makes me think!
He new what he was talking about.
How many of us say the same I wish I could find this on ITunes
In one of these great renditions George while ending with a cigar blow simply and sadly says "GRACIE"
George loved Gracie so much. George would go to the cemetery in Glendale California where Gracie was buried every month to put flowers on the grave and talk to Gracie. Unfortunately he had a fling once like so many other famous actors.
@@marshto1 ,you are correct about George’s visits to Forest Lawn at least once a month.
However, Gracie’s body was not actually buried in an earthen grave. Her remains were interred or entombed in a crypt at the Freedom Mausoleum in the Sanctuary of Heritage at Park Lawn. Burns was entombed beside her. The epitaph was made to give Gracie, as George said, “top billing” for eternity.
That comment made me cry, I’m ready to meet my Gracie🌸💕💕💕
He and Gracie are together again now but this time its forever. He was a great actor and comedian never to be equaled. RIP George.
Burns re-recorded this song for the 1988 film *18 Again* in which he co-starred with Charlie Schlatter.
What a classy rendition of a song this legend will long be remembered.
GOOD SONGS LAST FOREVER WHEN SUNG BY GEORGE BURNS
im 23 now. I will enjoy my life as much as i can
yeah, enjoy it while you can because, you may not see it right now, but life goes by faster than a lot of people understand....You wake up one day, and wonder what the hell happened.......Live and do what you want to do, be careful, with what you do, but enjoy life while you are young...Dont wake up one day and say,, " I wish I had done........"
"But old folks, and old oaks standing tall just pretend. I wish I was 18 again." So true.
A song about about life from a fantastic entertainer!
when I was 18 i could dance all night long, now that I am 49 I cannot dance anymore because of a problem with my foot....I understand this song whole heartedly......:)
love it!!!!!!!!
Smoked cigars every day & lived to be 100 years old! 👍✌️
Was an awesome actor in many films. I
If I’m not mistaken, George was an EGO, just a Tony away from an EGOT: Emmy, Grammy, and Oscar. Had he opted to do a one-man show on Broadway, which would have been an overwhelming amount of work, I suspect he could have nabbed that too.
At age 48 i treasure these Classic..
So true ☹️
I really got a kick when he played God with John Denver and made me feel good that God understands mankind.
First I heard this was on WQYK in Tampa in the 80’s... Loved it since.
Is forgotten all about this song until I heard someone else singing it today. But, I had to look up Mr. Burns' rendition because I heard his first years ago.
Geat song from a fun film (George Burns/Charlie Schlatter). The song was poignant then; much more so now. Where does it all go; and will I someday know (not just die, but KNOW) . 11/2019
The older we get the more meaningful this song becomes.
This was a sure fun old man that was for sure.
How true
Wish I was 18 again 😔
We all get there oops I’m there.
i miss the album george sings nashville. it used to be on utube. gone now.
look it up. it will move you.
Happy Heavenly Birth great actor and singer George Burns live on forever
Yes
Classic
At 67 now i still remember my 18 rip
Wonderful
If I was, I'd undo a few mistakes earlier than I did!
Just say
Just say "Goodnight Gracie"!
I'll settle for 25.
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Turning 55 just found out I have heart disease.
i love this song so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! kai milum!!!!
I wish I had bellbottoms again oops🥵
Well, I'm a 62 year old gal, and have NO desire to be 18, LOL...
The song is foolish - a man who abuses his body by drinking and smoking is wishing he were 18 again. How about this? Stop drinking and smoking. Do some exercise. Do the best with what you have rather than wishing for the impossible?
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