Reflections of my Life...1970 53 years ago....To listen to the song now in 2023....Very reflective of my life, the people I knew that are now gone, the places I have traveled, so many memories...I am so thankful for what RUclips has available for us. I spend so much time here listening to memories...so many reflections...for a fleeting moment I am back with all those memories....Rest In Peace Dean Ford...You are sadly missed...
I'm with ya Cyndi! I was 13 in "70" and love this song even more now. It is timeless, and transports me back to a simpler and innocent time in my life.
I can't believe that someone so at the time it was written would have such an impact on people. Especially for myself I will be 70 in a few months thank you Mr Ford RIP
I was in my late teens when the song came out . My high school sweetheart had passed away. I joined the military and end up in Vietnam. This song haunted my heart for years to come. I later married and the song still haunted me. Last week I buried my wife And the song continues to haunt me. This song should be a pledge to all the persons friends family loves that we've lost in our lives to keep their memories alive within us.
I'm sorry for your losses, two times😓😢 Their spirits will always be with you. Thank you sir, for serving our Country. May God bless you & bring brighter days to you.🙏❤️🌞😇
I was 14 years old when this song came out. I didn't really have much of a life to reflect on then but now at 62... well I'm reflecting back to 14 again. This song is timeless
I'm also 62...soon to be 63 next week, and this timeless classic brings back a world of memories; along with other Great songs like "The Way We Were", "To Sir With Love", "A Whiter Shade Of Pale", "Never My Love", "Crystal Blue Persuasion" and many others. Great times, great memories; they just don't make music like that anymore. I'm so glad I grew up during that special era.
@@haydnharvey3800 there is one gimmick on the studio recording at the 3rd bar you will hear the guitar solo is recorded backwards for 3 bars The Beatles did this this on Revolver I'm only sleeping George took 2 days to play and record the solo in reverse. No tape gimmick there. Marmalade just did a reverse edit hence a gimmick. 😜 Still an awesome tune by real musicians.
Still a Timeless song I remember hearing the song on the radio when I was about thirteen went out and bought it on a 45 record I eventually bought the album this song is one of them songs that stand the test of time still remarkable it's a shame that young people today we're really never know what true music is
...same age. Are these guys great or what? The heavier bands from the 60s took most of my attention, but there is no denying talent when it's staring you in the face.
He does his own backup vocal like I never heard in my life. When he repeats "all my crying" and every other beautiful sound it makes the song solid. I keep coming back to hear this song every time RUclips recommends a new version.
MAGNIFICENT MASTERPIECE from Master Musicians, one of the greatest songs of all time, very beautiful piece of music, I remember the day this song came out over 50 years, top of the line solid gold standard of excellence
Don't know how such a sad song can be so uplifting. But after listening and enjoying it for 50 years, it still is. RIP Mr. Ford. You made this sad, bad terrible world much better!
Dean Ford of Scottish band Marmalade dies aged 72by Paul Cashmere on January 2, 2019in NewsDean Ford, the singer and songwriter for Scotland’s Marmalade, has died aged 72.Dean’s daughter Tracey McAleese-Gorman confirmed the news of her father’s passing on Facebook saying “I am so sad to share that my dear Dad passed away last night. He was an amazing man, a gentle soul, extremely talented musician and a great Father and Pop Pop to his only grandchild Connor”.Dean Ford was a member of Marmalade from 1966 to 1974. He co-wrote Marmalade’s biggest international hit ‘Reflections of My Life’ under his real name Thomas McAleese with Junior Campbell. It sold 2 million copies around the world. In 1998 BMI recognised the song’s success with a Special Citation of Achievement Award.
Michael Coakley Thanks for the History, I left home to the military, this song always had a special place for me I left my baby girl and a wife, I was never the same and and Everything changed, I Lost it All!
Honestly, in my humble opinion, one of the best songs ever. Such a perfect blend of instrumentals, lead vocals, harmonies, lyrics and emotion. This live performance is stunning.
It should be a wake up call, it really can make all around you become irrelevant and put you right. That is the beauty of that era, musically, the lyrics were sincere and truly honest, and that aint no PREAChING, !!!
I had never in my life,born when it was made had ever heard it but it is becoming my eulogy. People should value today because you can't rewind and may miss a family you never knew.
Beautiful beautiful song...I was 14 when I heard this...how true...reflections of my life...if this song doesnt bring TEARS to you, I'll be shocked...i have 50yrs of reflecting...ALOT OF TEARS!!
Let me guess... the 270 dislikes are from kids under 25 who grew up with Spears, Nsync, TLC and Keisha and the likes of them... kinda feel pity for em.
One of the most beautiful haunting melodic songs of the early 70's. With one of the most beautiful guitar solos. Always brings me to a peaceful place in Spirit. R.I.P. Dean.
guitar solo was recorded and played backwards on the track, brilliant! also the guitarist plays a right handed guitar upside down without restringing! I'm left handed guitarist and i can't contemplate how hard it is to learn that way. watch him in this video.
I was 16 when this song came out, my last yr as a child. The following year, I join the USMC. Now almost 65, I Hunger for the 70's Music That I grew into adulthood with.
I am a 51 years metal-fan. Listens mostly to all melodic metal from the 90's, till new stuff. Pop-music now a days has no soul like it had in the 60's and 70's.
A Beautiful Song written by one SO young, Mr Dean Ford. This song is SO full of emotion and memories from One of Glasgow's own. Thank you Sir. R.I.P Dean 01/01/2019
I had 2 open heart surgerie.. I wanted to die... But I heard this song while I was coming out of a very very long coma.. it made me realize how wonderful and interning life really is... ♥️♥️
Finally, after all these many, many years, we get to hear a live version, sans all the weepy strings and stuff. Just the band playing their song. I always liked it. And it's a really good song when the band gets to perform it on stage :)
@Robert Terrell I totally agree....this live performance is an amazing gem!! The entire show is awesome from start to finish. They are at peek sound....sometimes doesn't happen live!! Such a beautiful, lovely, hauting song!! Thanks for finding this treasure for so many to enjoy! Blessings, joy and peace, ❤✌❤
The guitar solo on the single was done by backmasking, i.e. recording it one way and then playing the tape backwards. If the guitarist could imagine how THAT would sound before performing it, playing a Strat upside down must have been a piece of cake. Those weird lefties can do amazing things at times. 😀
@@MP-ve4cj That’s what I mean , watch the video closely when he is playing a regular chord progression he strums up instead of down. I have to watch it again it’s been a while since I viewed it. He’s a terrific guitarist.
There is also tonnes of talent today. Not everything is the garbage you hear on the radio. As there was tonnes of crap in 1970. Get off your high horse.
Great band. The guitar solo is spot on except where it is recorded backwards on the studio version but he still makes that part sound almost as good. Kudos.
I have read so many interviews with famous songwriters who have cited this song as one they wish they had written. This is such an easy song to screw up live and this incredible band from Scotland (YEAH!!) just nails it! Bless all of them and thank you for sharing your incredible talent.
My dad passed away in July and the last few months he’d be playing this song on RUclips most days, he didn’t know he was dying but listening to the lyrics of this song it was like someone or something was making him listen to words as I’d never heard him mention this song before? Gives me goosebumps when I think about it, such a great song 🙌🏼
This is the song I want played, when I'm laid to rest! This song, always brings tears to my eyes, thinking about the Friends and Family members who have move on!
Some things are created never to die again !!! This song is one of those things... It marked the lives of an entire generation... Although Ford has already died, his voice, feeling and talent are still alive!!! An honor to have been contemporary with this creation!!! It was an honor to have known this song, sing it and play it!!! Thank you Dean Ford for your brilliant vision... "The world is a bad place to live", oh but I don't want to die!!! really great words!!!
Yo tenía 14 años en 1970 cuando escuché por primera vez está canción, y hoy que tengo 65 años la sigo escuchando con el mismo gusto de siempre, una canción para el mundo.....
Raul says: "I was 14 years old in 1970 when I heard this song for the firs time, and now that I'm 65, I still listen with the same pleasure; a song for the world." I am nearly the same age, and I couldn't agree more. The song is timeless, epic, and hasn't lost any of the glory of the original time. If this were the only thing The Marmalade or Dean Ford ever did, it would be enough all by itself, but they did so much more. All good wishes, always.
la música hecha con el corazón nunca pasará de moda, esta canción es de las clasicas de la estación de Radio Universal Stereo cuantas generaciones la habremos escuchado
Never realized how talented they all were . I have listened to them for years and enjoy listening to them but I have not seen this 1970’s clip before. Wonderful!
15 dislikes is 15 heartless and stupid people! They do a remarkable job capturing the spirit of this song in concert and Junior Campbell nails the guitar solo! Very hard to do as on the record half the solo is backwards tapes. Dean Ford is an astonishingly good vocalist his real name is Thomas MacAleese and Junior is William Campbell. They wrote this song for a lot of reasons most of them centered around Vietnam and the start of the tragic war in Northern Ireland. War is not a necessary evil it's a plague that has swept over the earth since the beginning of mankind. We may never learn to end the vicious cycle, but we have songs like "Reflections Of My Life" from people who care like The Marmalade!
+Benjamin Blake Mitchner My favorite line in this song is "the world is a sad place, a bad place, a terrible place to live but I don't wanna die. I was about 13 at the time and immediately thought about Vietnam when I heard that line. I didn't know at the time if I would end up there or not. As far as those 15 dislikes I guess they're entitled to their opinion and we're entitled to tell them they're stupid and heartless.
***** Yes that's right an opinion is just an opinion and they can have it. When I first heard this song I thought of Vietnam too and what was going on in Kosovo when I first heard it back in 1999.
+Benjamin Blake Mitchner Campbell had a distinct unique style of guitar playing, whereby he played left-handed, with the strings upside down, right hand strung - tuned to "open E".
Michael Crutcher Just added you to my friends, mate! Campbell got his sound that way- wow! I never got into weird alternate tunings and you make me think I should have. I wish that I had stuck with more melodic playing that later years where it all became about playing so fast that it was incongruous sounding. Marmalade is special, but no Dean Ford means not real it means diluted Marmalade! I don't mind those songs, but with Dean and Campbell gone and Sandy Newman I was disappointed by their material.
Essa música foi lançada no ano em que nasci ! Já ouvi um trilhão de vzs e continuo achando ela maravilhosa ! Pra ser lembrada por 50 anos tem que ser mesmo maravilhosa !!
I was just a kid growing up in a very middle class neighborhood in Erie, PA when this song came out. I was not yet a teenager but our days were simple: riding bikes,listening to AM radio and playing baseball 2X a day: the 9:00 am game, home to rest and then the 2:00 pm game. Most of the kids in the neighborhood had dads who fought in WW2; My father was in the Battle of the Bulge and my uncle died several years later from severe wounds suffered at Omaha Beach. It is truly amazing that "The Greatest Generation members " were so abundant in our neighborhood but never talked about their heroics." I know that one of the soldiers was on the 1st landing craft at Normandy and 90% of his fellow soldiers were killed in seconds." This song became so relevant to me years later after becoming a physician; it was so hard to hold back the tears when I treated a Vietnam veteran because I always remembered this song as the "song that represented the Vietnam War era." I would show a brave face in the exam room yet go to a janitor's closet minutes later to cry my eyes out." I realized that if I had been born several years earlier, I would have been a Vietnam Veteran. These soldiers are the best and I have always given my best to treat our veterans. My patients have been veterans from WW2 to Afghanistan and Iraq. Please, always remember them in your prayers!!
New Year's Day 2023, Still reflecting and living my life. Rock Music has kept me young. I am still 17, with all the knowledge of the world, all the courage to concur, and none of the responsibilities of adulthood. carry on My Wayward Son. RIP Dean
This song has one of the best vocal performances ever in my opinion. Brilliant.😊 Cant help but let it go with Dean towards the end at the top of my voice...but always tear up...Damn...
I was about 9 when this came out. I have a hard time to this day listening to it. It was 1969 and I remember they day my best friend lost his older brother in Vietnam. His brother was always so nice to us. That day innocence was taken away from us. There was nothing I could do or say but feel his pain. This song was big and I'll never forget that sad day in that vacant lot where we would hide..
One of their greatest hits, from a band from the east end of Glasgow & Coatbridge, Thomas mcAleese aka Dean Ford, is a legend and will always be up there with the best.
When I came home from the Nam in 1970, they were still playing this on the radio,,, I had a brief fling with my babysitter, not my kid's sitter, but MINE when I was a kid. I was 21 and she was 33. We both learned lot from those few encounters. I will never forget her, or the time we spent together, and this song was a huge part of my memory.
Great live rendition with exquisite vocals. Have to say, I prefer this version of the song pared down without the strings and horns -- simpler and cooler. If you like this, check out the 2015 version with Dean Ford/Joe Tansin. Dean Ford's voice is amazing and it's a beautiful arrangement.
I heard the latest version about a year ago, and it truly is just as good as the original. I love them both. Dean really put his heart and soul into his singing. Simply amazing.
Came across this gem of a song while searching for a rap song called marmalade for my young son. I was -1 when this was recorded and it resonates and haunts me with nostalgia for the 1970’s a time that I barely recall. Beautiful song, I hope others continue to discover it in decades to come.
Reflexiones de mi vida, una hermosa canción que nos transportaba al pasado , muy representativa de esa época ahora que tengo 70 años la recuerdo con mucha nostalgia,que tiempos tan hermosos jóvenes.
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My wife wanted this played at her funeral. I forfilled her wish last Saturday RIP my darling
I want it played at my funeral also.
I'm so sorry for your loss. 😢
@@70sgirl1961 thank you
@@terryjackson4540 just wanted to check in to see how you are doing
Doing OK thank you good days and bad days but getting lots of family support thanks again
Reflections of my Life...1970 53 years ago....To listen to the song now in 2023....Very reflective of my life, the people I knew that are now gone, the places I have traveled, so many memories...I am so thankful for what RUclips has available for us. I spend so much time here listening to memories...so many reflections...for a fleeting moment I am back with all those memories....Rest In Peace Dean Ford...You are sadly missed...
Exactly! I am glad I am not the only one who comes to RUclips to take me back to a time, when I was young and healthy.
I feel you .... 😢
It takes me back to good times. The best times.
I’m doing the same,can’t believe how much time has gone ,,,,,and when you look in the
Mirror you know how much time has gone by……,!
These songs take me back, but I realize I'm the only one there.
I was 12 in 1970 and still I am loving this song in 2023! Timeless songs never die.
I'm with ya Cyndi! I was 13 in "70" and love this song even more now. It is timeless, and transports me back to a simpler and innocent time in my life.
I was 12 too! Love this song!!
A mesma idade q Eu morava no interior de São Paulo num colégio de Freitas linda demais essa música ❤
It is TIMELESS ..great song , ,,,they were good live also
I turned 12 in October of 1970.
I can't believe that someone so at the time it was written would have such an impact on people. Especially for myself I will be 70 in a few months thank you Mr Ford RIP
I will also in 6 months. Happy birthday early.
I was in my late teens when the song came out . My high school sweetheart had passed away. I joined the military and end up in Vietnam. This song haunted my heart for years to come. I later married and the song still haunted me. Last week I buried my wife And the song continues to haunt me. This song should be a pledge to all the persons friends family loves that we've lost in our lives to keep their memories alive within us.
So sorry for your loss.
Thanks for your service and so sorry for your loss......
I'm sorry for your losses, two times😓😢
Their spirits will always be with you.
Thank you sir, for serving our Country. May God bless you & bring brighter days to you.🙏❤️🌞😇
Well said friend.
So sorry brother...This song also reminds me of the losses and memories in my 55 years of life...Thank you for your service. ❤🇺🇸🙏
I went to Vietnam in 1971, 9th Marine Devision, and this song made me cry every time. Reflection.
Thanks for your service brother
Back when men were men.thankyou sir for serving.we are almost the same age.a great time to be alive.😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Salute bro
Thank you for your service. 🇺🇸
Thank you and much love to you.
...The world is
A bad place
A bad place
A terrible place to live
Oh but I don't want to die ...
This CLASSIC makes me CRY.
One of the greatest lines ever put to music
Words so true to todays evil world
One of the most underrated bands.
A marvellous song wonderfully performed.
@@chuckharrel8272
Eh?
Underrated is one of the most overrated words on RUclips. They were never underrated.
@@Bruce-1956
Not by their fans but others.
@@ArchieFatcackie you mean like the Beatles were underrated by people who didn't like them ?
@@Bruce-1956
Spot on guvner
I was 14 years old when this song came out. I didn't really have much of a life to reflect on then but now at 62... well I'm reflecting back to 14 again. This song is timeless
absolutely agree x
Dean I'm sad. Now you. Our love for you and your talents are appreciated. Live on in eternity.
Just exactly my age, I was fourteen when I heard this son, remember my boyfriend and I dancing it so slowly!
I'm also 62...soon to be 63 next week, and this timeless classic brings back a world of memories; along with other Great songs like "The Way We Were", "To Sir With Love", "A Whiter Shade Of Pale", "Never My Love", "Crystal Blue Persuasion" and many others. Great times, great memories; they just don't make music like that anymore. I'm so glad I grew up during that special era.
I was 17 and this music is so nostalgic for me.
This, people... is what pure talent is, what we had back in the day... which lives on.
After “79” the music took a major dive off a cliff!
Dean Ford puts his heart and soul into each word. I can listen to this song every day and never get tired of it RIP.🙏
These artist are unreal.
One of most beautiful songs ever written! Dean Ford was a genius And an 😇 angel!
Holy cow what a performance. Pitch perfect, not a note wrong anywhere. Incredible musicianship. What an under-rated band and what a song!
Absolutely brilliant. No gimmicks, special effects or autotune, just pure talent and musicianship . Yes and pitch perfect too.
@@haydnharvey3800 there is one gimmick on the studio recording at the 3rd bar you will hear the guitar solo is recorded backwards for 3 bars The Beatles did this this on Revolver I'm only sleeping George took 2 days to play and record the solo in reverse. No tape gimmick there. Marmalade just did a reverse edit hence a gimmick. 😜 Still an awesome tune by real musicians.
Yes,n when Iniitially saw 'LIVE' I thought might sound a bit strange without all that
orchestration, but my god bands in those days knew their craft.
Still a Timeless song I remember hearing the song on the radio when I was about thirteen went out and bought it on a 45 record I eventually bought the album this song is one of them songs that stand the test of time still remarkable it's a shame that young people today we're really never know what true music is
@@tfp827 Right!
Absolute genius. I am 67 years old and this song still leaves me speechless.
The same, here.
...same age. Are these guys great or what? The heavier bands from the 60s took most of my attention, but there is no denying talent when it's staring you in the face.
Meeee toooo!
I AGREE!!!!!!!!!!TIMELESS!
I’m 50 and this brings me back to the 70’s riding in the back of my folks station wagon.
He does his own backup vocal like I never heard in my life. When he repeats "all my crying" and every other beautiful sound it makes the song solid. I keep coming back to hear this song every time RUclips recommends a new version.
Have you heard the version he did not long before he passed away? That one brought tears to my eyes.
It takes me back to childhood and one of the all time great songs. The older I get the more it moves me to tears.
I know! I was 5 when this song came out and later I understood that it was mainly struck me...
MAGNIFICENT MASTERPIECE from Master Musicians, one of the greatest songs of all time, very beautiful piece of music, I remember the day this song came out over 50 years, top of the line solid gold standard of excellence
@@dr.jamesolack8504
Yes I have. Still can't watch without welling up. Wonderful, and Mr. Ford was still a magnificent singer.
Been listening to this song almost my whole life , I'm 71 now and it seems more relevant than ever, ..funny i have thought that at every age :)
I feel privileged to have been around to hear this wonderful piece of musical poetry.
Hi Lee💐💐
Don't know how such a sad song can be so uplifting. But after listening and enjoying it for 50 years, it still is.
RIP Mr. Ford. You made this sad, bad terrible world much better!
Amén...asi sea...qdep....RIP.
Well said.
Very true, Dean Ford was a great singer, may he rest in peace eternally safe in Heaven
I have turned other people onto this song since 2020. It truly is timeless. I feel like crying every time. I'm 62. That's a long time to love a song.
Well said...
This song hits right to the heart and stays there
I've got a lump in my throat right now. So many thoughts and memories.
Beautiful. Live and without the orchestra too. 👌 Perfect
Yes, it does.
All these years later this song still moves me. RIP Dean Ford, your words and haunting melody live on.
Dean Ford of Scottish band Marmalade dies aged 72by Paul Cashmere on January 2, 2019in NewsDean Ford, the singer and songwriter for Scotland’s Marmalade, has died aged 72.Dean’s daughter Tracey McAleese-Gorman confirmed the news of her father’s passing on Facebook saying “I am so sad to share that my dear Dad passed away last night. He was an amazing man, a gentle soul, extremely talented musician and a great Father and Pop Pop to his only grandchild Connor”.Dean Ford was a member of Marmalade from 1966 to 1974. He co-wrote Marmalade’s biggest international hit ‘Reflections of My Life’ under his real name Thomas McAleese with Junior Campbell. It sold 2 million copies around the world. In 1998 BMI recognised the song’s success with a Special Citation of Achievement Award.
Michael Coakley Thanks for the History, I left home to the military, this song always had a special place for me I left my baby girl and a wife, I was never the same and and Everything changed, I Lost it All!
So sad to hear this news. RIP. I loved Reflections of my life.
Such a beautiful and sad song , i was very sad to hear of Dean's passing.
One of the saddest songs ever recorded, but so beautifully rendered. An eternal classic.
Es maravillosa insuperable, la escucho desde que era niña ....
Da stimme ich zu. Es hat sich meine Jugend begleitet Karin. LG alle die in dieser Zeit groß geworden sind....
It is one of the most haunting songs ever recorded. I have always enjoyed it. I always feel like crying when I hear it.
When we actually have great writers and artists, not the junk now…
Listen to “Closer to Home” Beach Boys, then this.
Honestly, in my humble opinion, one of the best songs ever. Such a perfect blend of instrumentals, lead vocals, harmonies, lyrics and emotion. This live performance is stunning.
I absolutely agree.
Me too.
It should be a wake up call, it really can make all around you become irrelevant and put you right. That is the beauty of that era, musically, the lyrics were sincere and truly honest, and that aint no PREAChING, !!!
I’m with you
I had never in my life,born when it was made had ever heard it but it is becoming my eulogy. People should value today because you can't rewind and may miss a family you never knew.
Beautiful beautiful song...I was 14 when I heard this...how true...reflections of my life...if this song doesnt bring TEARS to you, I'll be shocked...i have 50yrs of reflecting...ALOT OF TEARS!!
Marmalade had the tightest three part harmony of about any group out there at the time especially during live performances like this one.
I was only 11 when this beautiful song was released in 1970 and now it is the year 2022 and I am now 63 and it still brings tears to my eyes...😭😭😭...
Wow! So many memories of my youth. 68 yrs old and still rocking and tears flowing. Weslaco, Texas.
I can't understand how people can listen to music and it not move them to tears. I choose music that does just that & have quite a catalogue !
Let me guess... the 270 dislikes are from kids under 25 who grew up with Spears, Nsync, TLC and Keisha and the likes of them... kinda feel pity for em.
They don't know what good music is
Where did this type of music go to ?
I think they will get it i was punk .now glen miller fan
Me too! Glad I lived through that Era when music and lyrics was actually that and not the excruciating noise of today..
@@garyboothman7599
Proof that many to grow out of bad habits..😂
One of the most beautiful haunting melodic songs of the early 70's. With one of the most beautiful guitar solos. Always brings me to a peaceful place in Spirit. R.I.P. Dean.
guitar solo was recorded and played backwards on the track, brilliant! also the guitarist plays a right handed guitar upside down without restringing! I'm left handed guitarist and i can't contemplate how hard it is to learn that way. watch him in this video.
@@gezvic a la Albert King
Eric Gales plays a right handed (strat i believe) lefty. Quite well I might add.
I was 16 when this song came out, my last yr as a child. The following year, I join the USMC. Now almost 65, I Hunger for the 70's Music That I grew into adulthood with.
I miss the 70's music too.
Bobfm plays music from a certain year twice a day and this morning they played music from the 70s.
Growing up in 1970's with this song, today brings sadness, regret and sorrow, how miss those days.
I am a 51 years metal-fan. Listens mostly to all melodic metal from the 90's, till new stuff. Pop-music now a days has no soul like it had in the 60's and 70's.
LOOK... No Autotune, No Smoke and Flashing Lights.. . Just Pure Talent. These guys are timeless. >
A Beautiful Song written by one SO young, Mr Dean Ford. This song is SO full of emotion and memories from One of Glasgow's own.
Thank you Sir. R.I.P Dean
01/01/2019
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I had 2 open heart surgerie.. I wanted to die... But I heard this song while I was coming out of a very very long coma.. it made me realize how wonderful and interning life really is... ♥️♥️
Dean Ford (Thomas McAleese) was from Coatbridge , buddy.
@@Patricia-rz1bx may you be blessed with health & happiness.
There’s also a version done in 2014 on RUclips. He still had his pipes.
Finally, after all these many, many years, we get to hear a live version, sans all the weepy strings and stuff. Just the band playing their song. I always liked it. And it's a really good song when the band gets to perform it on stage :)
@Robert Terrell I totally agree....this live performance is an amazing gem!! The entire show is awesome from start to finish. They are at peek sound....sometimes doesn't happen live!! Such a beautiful, lovely, hauting song!! Thanks for finding this treasure for so many to enjoy! Blessings, joy and peace, ❤✌❤
Agree, the original is always the best.
The strings and orchestration on the original detracted from the original beauty of the song.
Love this song, Vietnam vet 1970-71. Haunting lyrics.
Thank you, your service is very much appreciated. I lost several friends and community brothers, so glad you made it home.
What a beautiful song!!
Dean Ford was the composer and lead singer of the band. He was so great!!
R.I.P. Dean...
Junior Campbell was co-writer. R.I.P. Dean.
EN ESPAÑOL.
@@victoriapenagliavelasco1018
Que bonita canción!
Dean Ford fué lo compositor y cantante principal de la banda.
Él era genial!
Saludos desde Brasil
Whatta song. Never get tired of it.
It’s always been one of my favorites and I’m 72
That guitarist is great and he’s a lefty playing a Strat upside down. Great song and vocals are perfect.
Not only that, but it's still strung conventionally!
The guitar solo on the single was done by backmasking, i.e. recording it one way and then playing the tape backwards. If the guitarist could imagine how THAT would sound before performing it, playing a Strat upside down must have been a piece of cake. Those weird lefties can do amazing things at times. 😀
@@MP-ve4cj That’s what I mean , watch the video closely when he is playing a regular chord progression he strums up instead of down. I have to watch it again it’s been a while since I viewed it. He’s a terrific guitarist.
@@zanti4132 Junior Campbell is an awesome 😎 guitar 🎸 player!!!!🙋🏽♀️💕
A timeless song, music of all times. Rip Dean Ford... 🙏
Wow they are great live ... real vocals can't be disguised performing live ... they are great!
Quite simply one of the most beautiful songs ever written...RIP Dean Ford❤️
Totally agree!!
Beautiful song. I am 77 and I love to listen to it. Brings tears to my eyes.
"The world is a bad place, a terrible place to live, but I don't wanna die..." This is true.
Live. No pre-recorded vocals...love how they just bring it. RIP singer
No auto tuning here just pure vocal talent RIP Dean Ford thanks for the memories
This song sums up the whole sixties ...most beautiful melody and then a lot of us would love to go back and live again in the 60s
Agree
im 74 years old. i Have it in my pen i hear when driving. it is incredible. it makes me go to 18 years old.
I'm 65 and I love this song. Just heard that Dean Ford has died. Another great gone. God bless you Dean!
Kids, this is called talent.
Look and learn! Fantastic. 😢
There is also tonnes of talent today. Not everything is the garbage you hear on the radio. As there was tonnes of crap in 1970. Get off your high horse.
@@gunnerglory there is talent.....but few.....
I like the Freddy Fender version he sung just before he died
@@gunnerglory There will never be talent like it used to be. Todays artists are autotune or no talent country .
Pure blue eyed soul. Heart breaking and beautiful.
Kind of ironic listening to this on Nimrods birthday. ( Check out the user name of who posted this)
Fantastic version of this song! Spot on and no lip syncing! Great job
Possibly the best version.
Great band. The guitar solo is spot on except where it is recorded backwards on the studio version but he still makes that part sound almost as good. Kudos.
I have read so many interviews with famous songwriters who have cited this song as one they wish they had written. This is such an easy song to screw up live and this incredible band from Scotland (YEAH!!) just nails it! Bless all of them and thank you for sharing your incredible talent.
My dad passed away in July and the last few months he’d be playing this song on RUclips most days, he didn’t know he was dying but listening to the lyrics of this song it was like someone or something was making him listen to words as I’d never heard him mention this song before? Gives me goosebumps when I think about it, such a great song 🙌🏼
I’m sorry about your Dad. Blessings.
Thank you mate 😊
Its beautiful, sorry for your loss I'm the same, God bless
@@stuzo666 thank you so much, hope you’re alright?
Yeah, I'm ok, it's so emotional watching this, I love this song to a point I avoid it, I'm crazy
Reflections: On my top ten of millions of tunes!
This is the song I want played, when I'm laid to rest! This song, always brings tears to my eyes, thinking about the Friends and Family members who have move on!
Superb! So much great music in the seventies.
This is the best version I have heard of this song. The guitar solo from Junior Campbell is absolutely gorgeous.
Amazing talent...
Am 65 now and still love it and think about when I was a teenager, oh how we had such good music back then.
It's hard to pinpoint why this song still gives goosebumps.
the most underrated vocalist of all times. Genius...
Roberto Loayza Definitely darling. My funeral song. Love it then and still love it today. ❤
Davina Stanton I dont understand. are you already dead?
Roberto Loayza No darling, I have chosen this as one of my songs. X❤
Davina Stanton ok dear Davina.
perfect
This song reminds me of being so little that the world was still filled with magic, Just listening to it now brings back so many emotions!
Some things are created never to die again !!!
This song is one of those things... It marked the lives of an entire generation...
Although Ford has already died, his voice, feeling and talent are still alive!!!
An honor to have been contemporary with this creation!!!
It was an honor to have known this song, sing it and play it!!!
Thank you Dean Ford for your brilliant vision...
"The world is a bad place to live", oh but I don't want to die!!!
really great words!!!
I absolutely love his voice. I can't tell you how many times I've listened to this song. It was part of my younger days.
"The Best" RIP Dean Ford
It's amazing how anyone could write a song like this. I wouldn't know where to start.
Yo tenía 14 años en 1970 cuando escuché por primera vez está canción, y hoy que tengo 65 años la sigo escuchando con el mismo gusto de siempre, una canción para el mundo.....
Raul says: "I was 14 years old in 1970 when I heard this song for the firs time, and now that I'm 65, I still listen with the same pleasure; a song for the world." I am nearly the same age, and I couldn't agree more. The song is timeless, epic, and hasn't lost any of the glory of the original time. If this were the only thing The Marmalade or Dean Ford ever did, it would be enough all by itself, but they did so much more. All good wishes, always.
@@antonnym214 I do too never tire of hearing.
Igual que yo
la música hecha con el corazón nunca pasará de moda, esta canción es de las clasicas de la estación de Radio Universal Stereo cuantas generaciones la habremos escuchado
Yo tenía 13 años, y me sigue gustando.
Never realized how talented they all were . I have listened to them for years and enjoy listening to them but I have not seen this 1970’s clip before. Wonderful!
15 dislikes is 15 heartless and stupid people! They do a remarkable job capturing the spirit of this song in concert and Junior Campbell nails the guitar solo! Very hard to do as on the record half the solo is backwards tapes. Dean Ford is an astonishingly good vocalist his real name is Thomas MacAleese and Junior is William Campbell. They wrote this song for a lot of reasons most of them centered around Vietnam and the start of the tragic war in Northern Ireland. War is not a necessary evil it's a plague that has swept over the earth since the beginning of mankind. We may never learn to end the vicious cycle, but we have songs like "Reflections Of My Life" from people who care like The Marmalade!
+Benjamin Blake Mitchner My favorite line in this song is "the world is a sad place, a bad place, a terrible place to live but I don't wanna die. I was about 13 at the time and immediately thought about Vietnam when I heard that line. I didn't know at the time if I would end up there or not. As far as those 15 dislikes I guess they're entitled to their opinion and we're entitled to tell them they're stupid and heartless.
*****
Yes that's right an opinion is just an opinion and they can have it. When I first heard this song I thought of Vietnam too and what was going on in Kosovo when I first heard it back in 1999.
+Benjamin Blake Mitchner Campbell had a distinct unique style of guitar playing, whereby he played left-handed, with the strings upside down, right hand strung - tuned to "open E".
Michael Crutcher
Just added you to my friends, mate! Campbell got his sound that way- wow! I never got into weird alternate tunings and you make me think I should have. I wish that I had stuck with more melodic playing that later years where it all became about playing so fast that it was incongruous sounding. Marmalade is special, but no Dean Ford means not real it means diluted Marmalade! I don't mind those songs, but with Dean and Campbell gone and Sandy Newman I was disappointed by their material.
+Benjamin Blake Mitchner I know Ben, bugs me too, like why would anyone vote dislike? shouldn't bother us, but I would like to blow their heads off
RIP Mr. Ford. You lived a good life and brought countless people fine memories.
Beautiful song, still to this day. Amazing live version 💛💛
R.I. P. Dean Ford
Dean Ford did certainly own a powerful voice!!
Maravillosa melodía descanse en paz Dean Ford .reflexiones infinitas .oh my sorry maravillosa
This always congers up sadness and happy times at the same time for me.
Same for me Randy! Unbelievable the timelessness of this song (and what about "Rainbow"?)
Essa música foi lançada no ano em que nasci ! Já ouvi um trilhão de vzs e continuo achando ela maravilhosa ! Pra ser lembrada por 50 anos tem que ser mesmo maravilhosa !!
eu també, fiz uma versão, da minha vida
I was just a kid growing up in a very middle class neighborhood in Erie, PA when this song came out. I was not yet a teenager but our days were simple: riding bikes,listening to AM radio and playing baseball 2X a day: the 9:00 am game, home to rest and then the 2:00 pm game. Most of the kids in the neighborhood had dads who fought in WW2; My father was in the Battle of the Bulge and my uncle died several years later from severe wounds suffered at Omaha Beach. It is truly amazing that "The Greatest Generation members " were so abundant in our neighborhood but never talked about their heroics." I know that one of the soldiers was on the 1st landing craft at Normandy and 90% of his fellow soldiers were killed in seconds." This song became so relevant to me years later after becoming a physician; it was so hard to hold back the tears when I treated a Vietnam veteran because I always remembered this song as the "song that represented the Vietnam War era." I would show a brave face in the exam room yet go to a janitor's closet minutes later to cry my eyes out." I realized that if I had been born several years earlier, I would have been a Vietnam Veteran. These soldiers are the best and I have always given my best to treat our veterans. My patients have been veterans from WW2 to Afghanistan and Iraq. Please, always remember them in your prayers!!
Amen Brother!
RIP Dean Ford your music will never die 1/1/2019
Awesome song by and Awesome band. Take me back to 1969.
Awesome song! Just so touching!
New Year's Day 2023, Still reflecting and living my life. Rock Music has kept me young. I am still 17, with all the knowledge of the world, all the courage to concur, and none of the responsibilities of adulthood. carry on My Wayward Son. RIP Dean
This song goes through your whole body,
This song has one of the best vocal performances ever in my opinion. Brilliant.😊 Cant help but let it go with Dean towards the end at the top of my voice...but always tear up...Damn...
me too
I was about 9 when this came out. I have a hard time to this day listening to it. It was 1969 and I remember they day my best friend lost his older brother in Vietnam. His brother was always so nice to us. That day innocence was taken away from us. There was nothing I could do or say but feel his pain. This song was big and I'll never forget that sad day in that vacant lot where we would hide..
What a difference from the music produced today. So glad I grew up when music meant something.
A true masterpiece! Just love this song.
Beyond beautiful ..... ♥
It's not easy to let you go . Rest in peace, my friend ...
One of their greatest hits, from a band from the east end of Glasgow & Coatbridge, Thomas mcAleese aka Dean Ford,
is a legend and will always be up there with the best.
traduzirparaportugues
When I came home from the Nam in 1970, they were still playing this on the radio,,, I had a brief fling with my babysitter, not my kid's sitter, but MINE when I was a kid. I was 21 and she was 33. We both learned lot from those few encounters. I will never forget her, or the time we spent together, and this song was a huge part of my memory.
RIP Dean .. what a legacy you left ! ❤️
Hi Susan💐💐
I only have words to say that this song reflects the soul
A hauntingly beautiful song. Timeless
One of the greatest songs ever written.❤
Have to say thank you for uploading this important performance of one of the most beautiful sons ever written.
Worth seeing this band perform other memorable songs, especially Rainbow and Can You Help Me.
Timeless music. The whole band in top form. Perfect.
Such a beautiful song! I love watching the lead singer. It seems the words and melody just comes out with no work whatsoever! Gorgeous!!
Toda una época de buenas bandas, lo mejor que nos pudo haber pasado en la vida, a mis 66 años, y sigo escuchándolos como si fuera la primera vez...
Great live rendition with exquisite vocals. Have to say, I prefer this version of the song pared down without the strings and horns -- simpler and cooler. If you like this, check out the 2015 version with Dean Ford/Joe Tansin. Dean Ford's voice is amazing and it's a beautiful arrangement.
Beautiful song. Anyway its done. Dean,s voice z incredible. Love n peace Brix
Brian Forster
Always gives me goosebumps.
Such a magical time.
I miss those days.
Agree 100 % stunningly beautiful, another song worth a listen to procol Harum live in Denmark 2006 stunning performance better than the original 😀 😀 😀
Agree, Tina.
I heard the latest version about a year ago, and it truly is just as good as the original. I love them both. Dean really put his heart and soul into his singing. Simply amazing.
The bass line is pure gold.....Great song
Came across this gem of a song while searching for a rap song called marmalade for my young son. I was -1 when this was recorded and it resonates and haunts me with nostalgia for the 1970’s a time that I barely recall. Beautiful song, I hope others continue to discover it in decades to come.
Reflexiones de mi vida, una hermosa canción que nos transportaba al pasado , muy representativa de esa época ahora que tengo 70 años la recuerdo con mucha nostalgia,que tiempos tan hermosos jóvenes.
Así es, añoro esos bellos tiempos
álbum? Te acuerdas de tu primer amor?