Oh my, this song for me embodies the most unique atmosphere and energy of 1970s music..... I mean this song is the epitome of the best of the sound of the 1970s.....(I'm in my late 50s, and this piece, like all great '70s music, is part of the best memories of childhood.......) Does that make sense? Thanks to all who helped create this song.....I love you!
Phil Garza Dad was born in 1948. He loved the 60’s and 70’s. But I did come home from school one day and he was listening ultravox. So he clearly like some of the 80’s too.
My father passed away last night and this song reminds me that he lived a great time period and had a he'll of a life. Rip daddio. Your grandson id your mini me so i know you are still with me
My generation (born in 55) had the best of it. Best music, just an amazing time to come of age. I lived a big, big life. Not done yet, and I don't regret a thing, even my low points were good lessons. But you can't live like we did forever, our bodies just aren't able to handle too many decades of abuse.
This recording is gift to humanity. I will get emotional hearing this song every single time. Thank you Manfred Mann, Do wah diddy and this have been in countless hours of my life, and it's awe-inspiring to know your music will probably last as long as the human race can survive.
This was our friend Marty Swyers favorite song…May his soul rest in peace for eternity!! It’s been almost 40 yrs but we will always love and miss you Marty!!!
Mein Zimmer im Dachgeschoss war voll mit Postern aus der Bravo.. Manfred Mann UVA.. Kassettenrecorder, Plattenspieler, schwarz weiss TV in den 70 zigern U Radio und Radio Wecker U natürlich LPs von Manfred Manns earthband ...was für eine geile Zeit und die ersten Partys mit 14 ...
I can die with those keyboards. I die with them. They are hipnotic. I love it that they put the name of the musician and the instrument, every band should do it.
A true classic song and music ensemble. The 70's music and singing geniuses will never be equaled . I don't have a time machine to take me back to that time period so I listen to the songs .
Music like this pretty much brought up my childhood. Pretty much any band predating the 90s I listened to with either my mother or my grandfather. This was when music was an art, not just a career.
Feeling blessed to be born and raised in the 60's onward...great music and a much less complicated lifestyle. Nowadays the kids are tracked by parents 24/7 with cell phones. I'd leave in the morning and be gone the whole day and mom would say be home before dark.. yes outside all day. I doubt the generation born in the 2000's can say it was a good time to be raised. I'm on my cell as much as any of the kids and wish to this day they were never invented. The internet has ruined many things.. mostly ADVENTURE.
They did this song so much justice that most people have no idea that it was a Bruce Springsteen song and this was their cover of it. One of the best covers of all time
I wish I could get a chance to go outside and see everything like it was back in the 70's banana seats bike's hotrod's cars and see my dad 1966 Chevrolet caprice 😢
R.I.P Rob! This will always remind me of you. The coolest brother, introducing me to one of the best bands, ever. Love and miss you so much, now and always! Your little sister. Xx
You know, I could have almost written your comment Lorraine! Except mine would read ~ R.I.P Paul.... Love from your big Sis. So great to have these songs that remind us of our loved ones that aren't with us anymore. Listening to certain songs like this one, makes us feel a little closer to them..... ❤ PAUL ❤
Raise a glass high for the Fallen hero's of our lives to VALHALLA nd beyond HAAAAVVVEEE IIIIITTTTT HAAAAVVVEEE IIIIITTTTT ALLLL RRRRRAAAAAAGGGHHHHH 👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💪
There's only a hand full of songs I want played when I die and this is one , have always loved this song right from childhood, as a child I thought this song described my entry to this reality
Same here. I remember a couple of months ago, my friends and I went up to Six Flags Great America, and on the way up there this song played on the radio. I couldn’t stop singing this all day. Whenever we went on a roller coaster, I started singing this. It’s one of those songs that can get your adrenaline pumping, and get you ready to have some fun
Yes! I'm looking for the extended version on RUclips myself. I was a little disappointed this wasn't it. (It seems the extended version was the one they usually played on the radio in my city.....)
Not at all DS. I'm 56 years old right now but when I was between the ages of 14 - 20 I could NEVER GET ENOUGH of Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, or Artie Shaw (who were all at least 55 years older than me and had they're heyday back in the 1930s and 1940s).
@@alexandra.willitts6988 - I was born in 80 and I'm the same. Music is music, doesn't matter who/what/where/when/how/why it exists. What matters is if it pleases. But 90s music is still king to me.
Definitely not weird. Same age, and I love 70's music, it's really the only music I listen too, and I am sure there are many other people in the same boat.
Yes, me too! Not too many songs even from the 70s had.....I don't know.....the aura, or adventurous atmosphere that this one has! I guess this song made a real impression on me. I heard it many times in my early years, and I think it made those times more exciting.....
Chris Thompson was brought up in New Zealand. Thompson's last band in New Zealand was Mandrake, formed with university friends who played the Friday and Saturday night dances in and around Hamilton City. He went to England in 1973 to pursue a musical career, eventually joining Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1976.
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70 years old - 2024 - still rocking...
Heck yeah. I'm 60 and still jammin out.
65 years old. One of my favorites. Brings back memories.
Dumb song, why do we like it? Also 60 plus.
Same here, used to hear this on the school bus riding home.
its not 65 years old
its 48 years old
@@Amanda.a03 I think they meant that THEY were 65 Years old. Not the song.
This song is still a good song from 1978 until 2023 still holds its own 🙏👍☝️😎
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Reconocemos la mejor musica saludos desde🇲🇽
Great song and my bed time music good days 🎉
1976 ..👍👍👍
Yes I was 14 then and that song was great then to.
Simply mind blowing how much talent there was in the 60s, 70, and 80s.
This post deserves more likes...
Very true ;-)
Strong music education in public schools helped a lot.
You can add 40s 50s as well
Every month back then a new album came out and they are all big time classics today. 2024
Gifted writing by Bruce Springsteen. One of the best cover tracks ever done.
And the B side, Spirits In The Night
Did he also write ‚For You‘ ?
He wrote this ??
@@James-f6tyes he made the song
"Wrapped up like a douche" is what I heard since a kid, and I can never unhear it 😭😭🤣
Same, it wasn't until I saw the lyrics written down once that I realised.
@@K-Rex589 Revved up like a deuce
@@K-Rex589, yup, what Ben KT said. Lol. I still sing what I first heard 🤣🙃
I'm still scared of Early Pearly
Me too!
This song has aged well, still one of my favorites
Must be played loud 😊
I loved them.......I just started school when this came out.....still brilliant in 2024
A timeless classic that only gets better.
Song takes me way back!!!!! Great Era!!!!!! Im 70 !!! Still Rock n Roll!!!!!!!
45 years & this still sounds brand new & relevant!
That's because the stuff coming out today is trash.
ok... it sounds actually very old.
This came out in the 70s
Graduated 78. The radio jammed back then. When my family finds this someday. It was a party.
that song plays every morning in my head when i wake up. My life is perfect. No matter what happen.
I get it I truly do
Gosh! I do too. I’m glad not to be the only one😃
You're blessed.
Awesome! I want to be you!
ok
Chris Thompson is such an amazing vocalist. Underrated. So great.
Great raspy voice. Heavily underrated.
Ah the 70s were such a wonderful time to be a teenager 😊
I’m envious
It sure was!
Oh my, this song for me embodies the most unique atmosphere and energy of 1970s music.....
I mean this song is the epitome of the best of the sound of the 1970s.....(I'm in my late 50s, and this piece, like all great '70s music, is part of the best memories of childhood.......) Does that make sense?
Thanks to all who helped create this song.....I love you!
My late father used to play this in his Ford Cortina😊Happier days☺️
@ Dawn Wow the last time I heard Ford Cortina I was in the 9th Grade I'm Now 56 years Young , Great Memories !
My dad never really cared for this kind of music since he was born in 1929 but I'm glad you're dad liked rock.
Phil Garza Dad was born in 1948. He loved the 60’s and 70’s. But I did come home from school one day and he was listening ultravox. So he clearly like some of the 80’s too.
had few those here in New Zealand. Go-tina
One of the greatest songs ever
Boy! I grew up with the best music!
My father passed away last night and this song reminds me that he lived a great time period and had a he'll of a life. Rip daddio. Your grandson id your mini me so i know you are still with me
Know what you mean 😎
RIP
My generation (born in 55) had the best of it. Best music, just an amazing time to come of age. I lived a big, big life. Not done yet, and I don't regret a thing, even my low points were good lessons. But you can't live like we did forever, our bodies just aren't able to handle too many decades of abuse.
May he rest in peace 🕊️, what a legendary father!
RIP It is hard to loose a parent. I miss both of mine.
I can't believe it took me over 40 years to learn Bruce Springsteen wrote this song! :D
It took me a lifetime to know it from you, good sir!
smiddlecn same here guy... same here!
smiddlecn found out while watching “Blinded by the light” lol
BUT Manfred Mann did it MUCH better....in my opinion
smiddlecn Bruce is the king of that era for sure 🤟🏽
This recording is gift to humanity. I will get emotional hearing this song every single time. Thank you Manfred Mann, Do wah diddy and this have been in countless hours of my life, and it's awe-inspiring to know your music will probably last as long as the human race can survive.
Thank Bruce Springsteen as well. Without his genius, Manfred Mann would have remained a forgotten artist forever.
A masterpiece never gets old. Or gets better with age.
One of my all-time favorite songs.
Written by Bruce Springsteen.
@@jamestaylor7593 my 3 favorite manfred Mann earth band songs are all Springsteen covers lol (Blinded by the light, spirits in the night, for you)
This Manfred Mann tune will always be a classic
Expect it's by Bruce Springsteen
@@devilbub8709 no one cares , MM version sounds better
😭😭1978, 16 years old with my radio as my best friend. My familie still together with parents alive. Would go out for a walk after hearing to this song
How are you doin?
One of the best covers ever recorded !
2021 still listening!! Reminds me of my Dad!! rIP dad!!
Same here with my dad
This was our friend Marty Swyers favorite song…May his soul rest in peace for eternity!! It’s been almost 40 yrs but we will always love and miss you Marty!!!
I always thought their version was the better one. To this day I still do.
Mein Zimmer im Dachgeschoss war voll mit Postern aus der Bravo.. Manfred Mann UVA.. Kassettenrecorder, Plattenspieler, schwarz weiss TV in den 70 zigern U Radio und Radio Wecker U natürlich LPs von Manfred Manns earthband ...was für eine geile Zeit und die ersten Partys mit 14 ...
Crazy that I wasn’t even born yet, and I love and prefer this music over any other
I love 70s music it reminds me when I was young and hopeful
+Me Too! 😁
I can die with those keyboards. I die with them. They are hipnotic.
I love it that they put the name of the musician and the instrument, every band should do it.
It was helpful for the band, but I could definitely do without the other credits.
Still a solid tune after 45 years.
A true classic song and music ensemble. The 70's music and singing geniuses will never be equaled . I don't have a time machine to take me back to that time period so I listen to the songs .
Gute Dinge setzen immer... immer....sagte ich es schon einmal...durch?!!! Sie bleiben in der Erinnerung haften, wer sie je wahrgenommen/gefühlt hat! 🖖
Music like this pretty much brought up my childhood. Pretty much any band predating the 90s I listened to with either my mother or my grandfather. This was when music was an art, not just a career.
Yes 💯
This song just took me back to 76' i'm 17 cranking this 8-track in my 72' Gran Torino sport.
era of great rock bands are over!
Feeling blessed to be born and raised in the 60's onward...great music and a much less complicated lifestyle. Nowadays the kids are tracked by parents 24/7 with cell phones. I'd leave in the morning and be gone the whole day and mom would say be home before dark.. yes outside all day. I doubt the generation born in the 2000's can say it was a good time to be raised. I'm on my cell as much as any of the kids and wish to this day they were never invented. The internet has ruined many things.. mostly ADVENTURE.
Hear, hear! And Amen!
I was just thinking that the other day: - - How much more I was blessed to have grown up in the 1970s than today!
One of the greatest tunes. It brings back memories and you remember where you were when you first heard it.
They did this song so much justice that most people have no idea that it was a Bruce Springsteen song and this was their cover of it. One of the best covers of all time
This is my pops all time favorite song, gifted him their record one year.
Hope he like Bruce Springsteen for writing this?
@@jamestaylor7593I bet you have no friends.
One of the few cover versions that were way better than the original..
Why do I always come back to hear this song?
You like the sound of the Calliope crashing to the ground. Probably.
Yes, I'm back again after nearly 40 years.
Great song! Oldie but a goodie.
I was today years old when I found out the lead singer wasn’t Manfred Mann himself, he was the keyboard
Just like Elvin Bishop
One of my favorite songs!! This band/song has everything thing from the amazing vocals 🎤 to the 🎸 the 🎹 and 🥁!!! 🙌🏾
If you want to take a trip back to your childhood this song is a good place to start for me.
still rocking in 2024..my goodness they dont make music like they used to
I would love to go back to the 70s Awesome song used to roller skate to this. Wow I feel so so old lol😝
Nearly 2024 god this brings back so many memories, of Great music and the times were Great too , Legend of song .
Great song❤
Love this song so much.
Much better version than the original they totally made it their own
i love this song it takes me back to many memories like a time warp
Absolutely awesome song especially with Chris Thompsons amazing voice
OK - Who’s watching in 2024? What does this song even mean? Springsteen won’t say. Happy New Tear!
Blow brought me here.. they was blinded by the dope game😂😂
don’t get high on your own supply😂😂
I always think of Blow when I hear this song as well
I'm fully convinced this is the greatest song in the universe
doesnt get any better than this
I wish I could get a chance to go outside and see everything like it was back in the 70's banana seats bike's hotrod's cars and see my dad 1966 Chevrolet caprice 😢
Not sure if it gets better than this. Classic.
It’s 2024 I came here to listen to this to it out of my head
Anyone else here in 2024
Me2
This is what happened to me that is why I thought of the song
Me
Don’t make em like this anymore! Needs to be heard bloody LOUD!
Me too!!!
I Love this Song 👍😢😢❤❤
The lead vocalist has such a powerful voice and range , he makes that look easy
But it's not , and so few could sing like this
It's beautiful
From New Zealand I believe
I remember this song...
This song was on my mind all afternoon..... I just had to hear it.... OMG... What a sound.... In my early 70s and still love it.. ❤
Revved up like a douce another runner in the night.
This is still a GREAT song. Great solos. Caught me when I was 14.
Ppl had way more fun back in the day.
Even the music was top notch.
R.I.P Rob!
This will always remind me of you. The coolest brother, introducing me to one of the best bands, ever.
Love and miss you so much, now and always! Your little sister. Xx
That's what music is for
You know, I could have almost written your comment Lorraine!
Except mine would read ~ R.I.P Paul.... Love from your big Sis.
So great to have these songs that remind us of our loved ones
that aren't with us anymore. Listening to certain songs like this
one, makes us feel a little closer to them..... ❤ PAUL ❤
What a great song to remember someone you love by!!!
Raise a glass high for the Fallen hero's of our lives to VALHALLA nd beyond HAAAAVVVEEE IIIIITTTTT HAAAAVVVEEE IIIIITTTTT ALLLL RRRRRAAAAAAGGGHHHHH 👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💪
There's only a hand full of songs I want played when I die and this is one , have always loved this song right from childhood, as a child I thought this song described my entry to this reality
Beautiful,Well said 💙
I vibe to this song with my dad at shop,im 36 & he is 52
I just love listening to this song :)
Same here. I remember a couple of months ago, my friends and I went up to Six Flags Great America, and on the way up there this song played on the radio. I couldn’t stop singing this all day. Whenever we went on a roller coaster, I started singing this. It’s one of those songs that can get your adrenaline pumping, and get you ready to have some fun
Literally my favorite song of all time. There are so many but this one holds a special place in my heart.
This brings back alot of good memories.
The extended version, the song of all songs, my absolute favorite, will never be topped.
Yes! I'm looking for the extended version on RUclips myself.
I was a little disappointed this wasn't it.
(It seems the extended version was the one they usually played on the radio in my city.....)
@@michaelp.9921 Mine, too. I've found it on Spotify but not RUclips.
Is it weird that I am 14 and love 70s music so much
Not at all...
Not at all DS. I'm 56 years old right now but when I was between the ages of 14 - 20 I could NEVER GET ENOUGH of Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, or Artie Shaw (who were all at least 55 years older than me and had they're heyday back in the 1930s and 1940s).
@@alexandra.willitts6988 - I was born in 80 and I'm the same. Music is music, doesn't matter who/what/where/when/how/why it exists. What matters is if it pleases.
But 90s music is still king to me.
Definitely not weird. Same age, and I love 70's music, it's really the only music I listen too, and I am sure there are many other people in the same boat.
We all have different tastes
❤ this song. 1976 was a great summer, better times.
Yes.....I was there too, in a way.....I was 11..... 🥲
this song is some gazzz, idk why but the melody makes me feel connected to all my past and expiriences
Yes, me too! Not too many songs even from the 70s had.....I don't know.....the aura, or adventurous atmosphere that this one has! I guess this song made a real impression on me. I heard it many times in my early years, and I think it made those times more exciting.....
Another runner in the night is a line that's clear as the blue sky
Absolutely fantastic track!
Song makes. You feel good about someone special!.
Now want to grow up again in the 70'
Chris Thompson was brought up in New Zealand. Thompson's last band in New Zealand was Mandrake, formed with university friends who played the Friday and Saturday night dances in and around Hamilton City. He went to England in 1973 to pursue a musical career, eventually joining Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1976.
Have see him Live 1980
Years later, this is still one of my favorite songs.
Chris Thompson, what a great voice, remembering my childhood, 15 years aged
Still COOL after all this time
GOOD MEMORIES…GOOD MUSIC
I just finished installing some new LED panels into the ceiling. I flicked the switch and that melody started playing in my head.
I love the last part when they’re singing the verses and chorus simultaneously
Someone here in 2022?
One of the best songs ever.
They don't write music like this anymore 40+years long time ago we had real musician's and real genius very sample
Even Manfred Mann didn't write music like this. It's a Springsteen song.
This was a sure hit for the solar eclipse today from April 8th 2024
Was für ein geiles Lied! Ich drehe es einfach immer voll auf im Auto und habe direkt gute Laune! Es ist immer Up to date. Was für tolle Musiker. Das können die heute gar nicht mehr!
In Georgia during this time, Bands, I really enjoy ❤
A 5 decade band, incredible.