Atlanta Rhythm Section - Do It Or Die

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  • @cjon4256
    @cjon4256 3 года назад +84

    Wish I could tell the writers of this song how much it meant to me when it came out in the summer of 79. My neck was broken and spinal cord damaged in June. I was still in traction when I heard this song for the first time. This song and the Lord gave me the strength to push forward. "Do It or Die".

    • @johnnytate4374
      @johnnytate4374 Год назад +5

      🙏🏽😇🎶🎶💫🎶🎶

    • @scotthunt2479
      @scotthunt2479 Год назад +5

      Writers were Ronnie Hammond, J.R. Cobb and Buddy Buie. All three are deceased now, but I'm sure they're in Heaven looking down and are happy their song made a difference in your life.

    • @rociogarcia7799
      @rociogarcia7799 Месяц назад +1

      Tiene una voz preciosa y dulce

    • @championsgroupllc
      @championsgroupllc 27 дней назад +1

      Bless you 😊❤

    • @tedt8054
      @tedt8054 4 дня назад

      How are you doing now?

  • @kimtruthseeker5000
    @kimtruthseeker5000 Год назад +10

    I'm now 61 and this song still makes me cry! This song us one of the VERY BEST ever written and performed! It got me through some rough times throughout my life...starting after it came out...espc early 80s. Thanks for bringing me encouragement to keep pushing forward!
    May YaH Bless you all! 🎼🎶💞👍💞

    • @justkim1
      @justkim1 3 месяца назад

      Same reaction and I believe all of these musicians have since passed :(

  • @douglasholdenjr.45
    @douglasholdenjr.45 Год назад +53

    Atlanta Rhythm Section should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame!!! Such a great band with great songs!!!

    • @MrKruger88
      @MrKruger88 6 месяцев назад +5

      The rock'n'roll hall of fame is a joke of an institution.

  • @cjon4256
    @cjon4256 4 года назад +9

    Ronnie had the smoothest voice.

  • @ryanparker4378
    @ryanparker4378 9 месяцев назад +4

    Atlanta rhythm section belongs in the hall of fame

  • @kfm7398
    @kfm7398 3 года назад +53

    I lost my husband and best friend of 40 years and this became my theme song. Because life does go on.

    • @rogerloghry9740
      @rogerloghry9740 Год назад +2

      Sorry for your loss also lost my wife of 40 years

    • @kfm7398
      @kfm7398 Год назад +1

      @@rogerloghry9740 I’m so sorry. I pray you will be able to forge ahead and always remember the happy things.

  • @pinoy0125
    @pinoy0125 2 года назад +40

    This hit is still relevant 43 years since it released. One of those songs that sounds better over time.

    • @troydaigle7902
      @troydaigle7902 Год назад +2

      It's like wine and women, gets better with time

    • @marshalllancaster2314
      @marshalllancaster2314 9 месяцев назад

      Love that album. Summer ‘79 was special for sure. Also loved Poco’s Heart of the Night that same summer. They don’t write ‘em like they used to.

  • @wesleylashure2925
    @wesleylashure2925 5 месяцев назад +3

    My Dad passed in 2010 I played this song for him 😢 @ his memorial man I miss him sing with me belt it out & thank you

  • @kynabendixson9262
    @kynabendixson9262 5 лет назад +24

    I lost my mother and wife months apart ten years ago. Plus, my work place not only didn't support me, but they went after me. This song was my personnel lifeboat. Thank you ARS you soothed my pain.

  • @Seaventeares
    @Seaventeares 13 лет назад +15

    This is songwriting at it's best. It should be required listening. All these beautiful, timeless songs are slipping away.

  • @CathyGoins-gz3un
    @CathyGoins-gz3un 15 дней назад

    I LOVE THIS GREAT BAND AND BEAUTIFUL SONG!! I LOST MY SON WESLEY ON FEBRUARY 18, 2022, HE BELIEVED IN THIS YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE, DO IT OR DIE!!

  • @magneto7930
    @magneto7930 2 года назад +2

    Still as beautiful as it was when it first came out.

  • @archieherrera
    @archieherrera 3 года назад +24

    This songs gave me the inspiration to move on and still try in spite of heavy life troubles,like there was nothing left to do to make changes in life happens, but it did!!! Thanks for the wonderful melody and lyrics. RIP Ronnie Hammond,

  • @MOTOPAC
    @MOTOPAC 13 лет назад +18

    Timeless tune - stuff like this never age.

  • @mtjgw
    @mtjgw 13 лет назад +10

    Ahhh to be 21 again as I was in 1979. Life was simpler and the music had more staying power than much of today's. Heck even our 20 something kids say as much. Ronnie Hammond and ARS leave a memorable track here that has that "pick-me-up" quality to it. Rest in peace, Ronnie this song is a keeper!

  • @boggadee07
    @boggadee07 13 лет назад +10

    RIP Ronnie. It just makes me sad knowing the music industry has lost this voice.

  • @Vanasse1
    @Vanasse1 5 лет назад +21

    Such a simple, elegant, BEAUTIFUL song!!!! Loved these days... no one is making music like this anymore, what a shame.

  • @billyclampable
    @billyclampable 13 лет назад +4

    I am 50 years old and grew up during this era ( still growing up ) I absolutely love ARS, Outlaws, Stillwater, Nantucket, Allmans, etc., But I feel that Ronnie Hammond had the smoothest voice out of all the Southern Rockers. Thanx Ronnie

  • @RETROTV1394
    @RETROTV1394 2 года назад +1

    0ne of their best songs . ATLANTA Rythim Section was one of the premier Southern Rock Bands of the 1970s .

  • @anthonydibello5854
    @anthonydibello5854 6 лет назад +9

    Dear God! What an inspiration of a Song! And the lyrics are such an encouragement to Anyone who doubts their place in this troubled World! The Atlanta Rhythm Sections was a welcome Presence among Southern Rock and 80s Lounge Music.

  • @sal7864
    @sal7864 8 лет назад +26

    The 70's.The last great decade for music.

  • @computarman
    @computarman 14 лет назад +8

    A fantastic song with wisdom to live by. ARS is just a fantastic band. You can't fake the heart and soul coming through in this song. IMHO ARS puts most of the newer rock bands to dire shame.

  • @RobdaVegasMailman
    @RobdaVegasMailman 11 лет назад +21

    A friend and I were drinking last week and we got into a discussion about music. We're both in our mid 50's and he was telling me how music from our age (especially the 70's) just didn't hold up well and wasn't worth listening to anymore. I bet him a pitcher of beer that I could prove him wrong and he accepted. I immediately walked over to the jukebox and played this song. As soon as I'd gotten back to my seat, the bartender walked up with a pitcher of beer and my friend said, "you win."

    • @susangozum6709
      @susangozum6709 3 года назад +1

      One of my favorite song.RIP Ronnie Hammond

    • @magneto7930
      @magneto7930 2 года назад +2

      Absolutely, you couldn't possibly lose with this one!

    • @jimshipp7776
      @jimshipp7776 2 года назад +3

      Yes, most of the music from the 70s has held up very well indeed!

  • @atyourtube
    @atyourtube 13 лет назад +6

    R.I.P. Ronnie Hammond. The beauty of your voice lives on!

  • @carlahancock5925
    @carlahancock5925 4 года назад +8

    I was one blessed girl...I actually got to be friends with Ronnie...He was a gift...this song still inspires me today..."Do It or Die...you only live twice...you still gotta try..." Never give up...Ronnie didn't!!

    • @darlatc1169
      @darlatc1169 2 года назад

      When i first saw one of his video's "So Into You" - I thought it was a little bit too sexy , but i just feel that he was a True Southern Gentleman indeed . Sometimes we portray ourselves in many different ways .

    • @Cebelle823
      @Cebelle823 Год назад

      Lucky to say the least. Wow!

  • @ericwalker6068
    @ericwalker6068 4 года назад +6

    Ronnie had such a great voice. R.I.P., good sir.

  • @cherylpinger2383
    @cherylpinger2383 9 месяцев назад

    Definitely one of my favorite songs... brings me back to 1979. Excellent!😊

  • @spectres0024
    @spectres0024 11 лет назад +3

    51AngieH - your tribute brings tears to me. Have loved the ARS since 74/75 and never wavered ( I can assure you it wasn't the cool thing to do in my SoCal high school). RIP Ronnie Hammond

  • @jjohnson9390
    @jjohnson9390 12 лет назад +14

    So sorry for your loss. I opened for them a few times in the 1990's and it was so much fun listening to Ronnie back stage. He always seemed like he didn't even know how talented he was. He was a great person who made everyone feel important. Thank you Ronnie.

  • @pattibrazil3659
    @pattibrazil3659 Год назад

    “So go on and roll the dice, you only live twice, so do it or die.”
    Best line ever‼️

  • @tommiegirl2441
    @tommiegirl2441 11 лет назад +3

    Thanks for the flood of tears... and the fantastic music. Good night, Ronnie.

  • @drummer083
    @drummer083 13 лет назад +5

    RIP Ronnie. You were one of a kind.

  • @lawrenceweinzimer
    @lawrenceweinzimer Год назад +3

    Only once heard this broadcast over the later years in Atlanta; but remember this from late '79 when in college in Binghamton NY. Makes more sense currently than ever before.
    Vaccines ? Treatments ?No way, only G-d's will to allow us to survive.

  • @pris72
    @pris72 10 лет назад +66

    Ronnie to me is a legend. His music will forever live on in the hearts of ARS fans everywhere. I remember seeing him sing live many times, and had a blast. This is the one song I always listen to when I am down. The words lift me up, to keep on trucking. My condolences go out to you and the rest of the family.

    • @DaveRucci
      @DaveRucci 4 года назад +10

      Priscilla Wooten I would’ve loved to have seen them with all the original guys. I saw them in ‘89 missing a few original members, but Ronnie was there. They played on a tractor trailer flatbed in a farmfield out in Mt Dora FL. Was still a great show!

    • @gordonvolkert2304
      @gordonvolkert2304 3 года назад +8

      That mans voice is what legends are made of. You hear it you know who it is!

  • @christopheretzwiler5635
    @christopheretzwiler5635 2 года назад +2

    This song is special to me when people would say I couldn't do nothing right by the strength of God who gave me strength of the holy sprit I proved them wrong 🙏✝️😇💖

  • @darrelltiencken9421
    @darrelltiencken9421 Год назад +3

    This song is perfect, GREAT lyrics, beautiful melody and sung excellent.

  • @robertwhite9898
    @robertwhite9898 Год назад +1

    Truer words spoken. This song is still relevant today & this song still stands the test of times . I’ve been through some tough times. Kinda of a sad song but the lyrics really said it best . Nuts in a nutshell

  • @craider009
    @craider009 11 лет назад +9

    One of the greatest voices of all time!

  • @johnlutwyche8263
    @johnlutwyche8263 2 года назад +6

    Ronnie was a gentle, cool dude. Ran into him twice in one week; first time in Louisville and a week later in Knoxville. He is missed by many.

  • @regesuchma3658
    @regesuchma3658 3 года назад

    Sad how much the music has changed when the 80’s and 90’s came in never have music like this again

  • @arnelvo
    @arnelvo 14 лет назад +1

    at UP, 1985, i was deep down depressed. and a friend sang this song for me... in his good old falsetto voice... i just can't believe this song is on you tube.

  • @moeshiner156
    @moeshiner156 5 лет назад +24

    Anyone listening in 2019? So go on and roll the dice..... You only live twice. Do it or Die. Words to live by my friends!

  • @judyd6414
    @judyd6414 5 лет назад +4

    Missing your voice Ronnie...😔

  • @junesultan2145
    @junesultan2145 4 года назад +3

    Surprised to hear this song...Glad to find it again just like a long lost friend

  • @dannysinbox
    @dannysinbox 4 года назад +11

    Little did Ronnie know that this song would have so much meaning in the "Times of Covid/Corona". I loved this song as a child, and still do!!! Life is too short, roll the dice.

  • @dbrew2u
    @dbrew2u 12 лет назад +1

    The Wonderful Thing about Music is that those writing & doing it are giving Us a gift. A gift that will Live on long after all of us are gone. Till technology finds a better way to Travel back in time ? We'll have to keep doing it through Music. Thank You ARS for the Great Gift of Music and Memories. May You R.I.P Ronnie .

  • @goneatlast
    @goneatlast 3 года назад +6

    "Do It or Die" remains the jewel of the group's best album, 1979's "Underdog". The song kicks off the album and stayed in Billboard's Top 100 for 14 weeks, peaking at #19.

    • @marshalllancaster2314
      @marshalllancaster2314 9 месяцев назад

      I’d say their best album for sure. Great deep tracks too.

  • @mariobuttino6095
    @mariobuttino6095 2 года назад

    ARS,great sound of the 70's,when my teams where down, they still managed to win,they pulled a rabbit out of a hat. I think of this song every time,92-93 Toronto Blue Jay's,1994 New York Rangers,2019 Toronto Raptors, I thank you all.

  • @musiccollector
    @musiccollector 6 лет назад +5

    One of the most meaningful, inspiring lyrics in popular music. The tune ain't too shabby, either! Their fifth-biggest hit, featuring lead singer/co-songwriter Ronnie Hammond. 1979 in my heart forever. Released on May 12, 1970, reaching # 19 on July 28. R.I.P., Ronnie.

  • @DavidKadlabitsky-ml1ic
    @DavidKadlabitsky-ml1ic 7 месяцев назад

    One of my favorite late 70's songs. Still great.

  • @singinjohnny
    @singinjohnny 14 лет назад +57

    This is one incredibly beautiful song and I hadn't heard this for probably close to 30 years. I love the sentiment and it has just become my motto from here on in. Thanks so much for posting.

  • @georgiaroadgeek
    @georgiaroadgeek 13 лет назад +4

    RIP, Ronnie! Thanks for the music and may you rest in His eternal peace.

  • @shootum1
    @shootum1 15 лет назад +3

    It's a crying shame, I miss this time in my life. Good times gone but not forgotten, what a blast from the past.

  • @toddkolod
    @toddkolod 4 года назад +1

    This is a gem. Way underrated.

  • @klimber10001
    @klimber10001 10 лет назад +33

    Love this great ol song.. Miss these days. He had such a soothing voice and seemed like a sweet likeable guy.. Rest in peace Ronnie, thank you for everything..

  • @craider009
    @craider009 13 лет назад +4

    Ronnie Hammond's voice is one of a kind!

  • @kimberleyasselin8614
    @kimberleyasselin8614 6 лет назад +8

    one of the best songs ever, live my life by this mantra

  • @kimberlini1
    @kimberlini1 12 лет назад +2

    Thank You for this timeless beautiful music. RIP, Ronnie Hammond.

  • @kanaltube
    @kanaltube 10 лет назад +12

    beautiful song, good old days, great band. Ronnie, Robert & R.J. R.I.P.

  • @reddog1959
    @reddog1959 15 лет назад +6

    Great song from a great band.

  • @keykutter
    @keykutter 13 лет назад +3

    Silky Smooth voice of Ronnie Hammond... WOW! that dude could sing!

  • @EndofUSA
    @EndofUSA 7 лет назад +18

    I miss these meaningful songs of yester years!!! How I wish I could bring them back even for a day!!!

  • @garykatajala367
    @garykatajala367 4 года назад +3

    Love love Ronnie's voice.❤

  • @randyrimmer2733
    @randyrimmer2733 4 года назад +1

    Very well said. I feel exactly the same way. I hope this music lives forever. I know it will follow me until me day I pass. Very Happy I live in the 70"s all the great music we had, and still have. it was a wonderful time and forever forged in my heart.

  • @henryjewell3900
    @henryjewell3900 2 года назад +1

    I saw the ARS at Madison Square Garden in the late 1970s. They put on one hell of a concert.

  • @elisamia84
    @elisamia84 13 лет назад +2

    BEAUTIFUL RONNIE.

  • @1QRMer
    @1QRMer 13 лет назад +2

    The first time I saw ARS was at a three day moto-X and concert in Wedowee, Alabama back in the early '70's. They were just starting to make a name. The rest is history. Their music is timeless.

  • @morganmaxwell5017
    @morganmaxwell5017 5 лет назад +4

    I listen to this song, when I am down and I need a song to lift me up.

  • @vicki111u7u7
    @vicki111u7u7 13 лет назад +1

    LOVE AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO ALL OF THE FAMILY & FRIENDS AND FANS. WE LOVE YOU

  • @MariaPratiwiU2
    @MariaPratiwiU2 7 лет назад +18

    I need this kind of song.. so motivated

  • @Exoticlady819
    @Exoticlady819 5 лет назад +1

    My mother posted this song a few days before she passed, unexpectedly. I had never heard it before, today. WOW

  • @caylialindmeier3388
    @caylialindmeier3388 8 лет назад +3

    I'm with you chickenwretch. I hadn't heard this song in decades but it always stayed with me. One day, I found a tape of ARS in a thrift shop. I bought it and popped it into the player in my car and, voila, "Do it or Die" came on first thing. I couldn't even drive, I was so re-smitten with this song. Music is so evocative of formative years for us. But don't ache for the past. Remember the whole of it. Also, there's alot of current music that is valuable - just listen to public radio music stations, for example. You'll be fine.

  • @rangerthehorse
    @rangerthehorse 11 лет назад +12

    What a BEAUTIFUL song and magnificent message. RIP Ronnie :(

  • @barbiekisel9624
    @barbiekisel9624 3 года назад +11

    He's seems like such a humble guy. I wonder if Ronnie Hammond realized how talented guy he was and what an amazing voice he had. I wish I would of been old enough to see them when they were at the height of their career.

  • @josephbertie8373
    @josephbertie8373 3 года назад +1

    A somewhat forgotten gem of a song. So good.👍

  • @DaveWollenberg
    @DaveWollenberg 13 лет назад +2

    ARS hit #19 in Billboard, 7-28-79. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx! RIP, Ronnie Hammond.

  • @chickenwretch
    @chickenwretch 8 лет назад +120

    Why am I always trying to escape the present by diving into the past? What was so good 35 years ago that makes me ache for it? Of course it's youth but youth is typically restless and often uncertain of the future. So it must be those small, insignificant moments one doesn't know is going to be an emotional memory, and usually it's a song that ties our past present and ultimately our future together. As much as 1970s people dislike todays music it's still going to be a sentimental ache for some 17 year old kid alive today. Kick it on down.......

    • @wesnorthcutt639
      @wesnorthcutt639 8 лет назад +11

      chicenwretch..
      OH M GOD I THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY BUT I COULDNT AGREE W/U MORE!
      I know the pain of lost innocence, the loss of so many ppl, and all that remains are thae songs that take me back, i feel exactly like i did or i break down and cry sometimes, our generation of music is.....we're all getting older, i so wish w/ all my heart i could get a second chence, but i cant, this song helped me when my mother died, and i hear ir and i see my wife/long gone, my mother, oh god do i know about ache for the past, its all i,ve got my future...idont know now where i'll be a year, a month tommorrow where i'll be, heard jackson brown, runnin on empty lately, and that bob segar song twenty years...wher'd they go...20 years, i dunnno...EVERYBODY STOP FUCKIN DYING!!!!

    • @conan1982
      @conan1982 8 лет назад +15

      There is not a day that goes by that I don't wish that it was 1982 and that I was seventeen again.

    • @jocksmen
      @jocksmen 8 лет назад +11

      BECAUSE THOSE DAYS WERE FILLED WITH
      LESS BS LIKE TODAY.
      ALL IS GOOD MY FRIEND.

    • @wesnorthcutt639
      @wesnorthcutt639 8 лет назад +10

      I miss it ALL, everything from those days, I didn't even know I'd be so hungry back then...if I'd only knew...Glory days....Gone...turned into a slideshow of memories that make me crave a chance to go back, at 17, just b/c I broke up w/ my first love, I thought things were so bad...how stupid, how many days did I waste, why didn't I do this, why DIDN'T I do that, precious memories mixed w/regret, and a hunger so deep within me it hurts, I WANT A TIME MACHINE!!!

    • @jocksmen
      @jocksmen 8 лет назад +2

      ME2

  • @bobbybagley4406
    @bobbybagley4406 9 лет назад +17

    I was 10 years old in 1979... I remember vividly watching this video on Video Concert Hall with my best friend Mike on weekend nights... so many good videos and bands on that show (Styx, Iggy Pop, Genesis, Nazareth, Gerry Raferty, David Bowie, Tim Curry, Supertramp, The Who)... the intro music to the show was Carouselambra by Led Zeppelin. Anybody remember this show?...
    anyways, this song and Spooky, by Atlanta Rhythm Section, were big favorites of mine when I was 10... the good ol' days...

    • @audraneal3843
      @audraneal3843 5 лет назад +1

      I was 12...I watched thAt too😊

  • @markhatheway6953
    @markhatheway6953 10 лет назад +2

    was all into zeppelin and guitar stuff back then until a buddy of theirs, my guitar teacher Roger Wilson turned me on to them and I realized we had our own super stars right here in DeKalb Co. man they still sound so good.

  • @Martin-iv6lq
    @Martin-iv6lq Год назад

    I had a really bad month with the stock market when this song came out. I prayed and listened to this song at least two more times and then I sold at a major profit on margin calls. Thank God for Atlanta Rhythm Section!

  • @navman571
    @navman571 11 лет назад +5

    What a gifted man Ronnie was ! And I love ARS so much. Time flys by. Seems like just yesterday tooling down the road in my 69 Cutlass S listening to the ARS ! Now I wake up and I'm 55 ! Where'd the time go....

  • @dennissorrells7976
    @dennissorrells7976 9 лет назад +51

    My favorite band back in the day. Wish they still made music like this.

  • @morganmaxwell5017
    @morganmaxwell5017 5 лет назад +4

    What an inspirational song to help you know when you are down. Very honest..

  • @DaveWollenberg
    @DaveWollenberg 8 лет назад +48

    RIP, Ronnie Hammond, lead singer of ARS.

  • @rleedillon42
    @rleedillon42 2 года назад +1

    I knew this song years ago and always liked it, lately it's become my anthem. Great song!

  • @dbarrystock
    @dbarrystock 5 лет назад +4

    Saw Ronnie Hammond twice on stage and he was THE ENERGY of the band. The best singer ARS ever had with all respect to Rodney Justo, a damn good singer in his prime.

  • @arnelvo
    @arnelvo 10 лет назад +13

    thanks for the music Ronnie... R.I.P.

  • @macbeavers6938
    @macbeavers6938 11 месяцев назад +1

    "You only live twice; once when you're born and once when you stare death in the face."

  • @dennisnicolasnov26
    @dennisnicolasnov26 14 лет назад +1

    i love the song very much. it brings back not only good but also bad memories but what i like most about the song is that it has a lot of words to live by.

  • @whitsundaydreaming
    @whitsundaydreaming 4 года назад +1

    RIP our lovely Ronnie Hammond.

  • @firstshirt434
    @firstshirt434 12 лет назад +3

    @51AngieH, our hearts are with you and the family. The entire ARS family misses him and keeping the great ARS music alive in his honor is one of the reasons Dean, Rodney, Paul and the rest of guys still 'Do It or Die". RIP, Ronnie Hammond!

  • @96Marval
    @96Marval 3 года назад +2

    Such a pretty song with a strong message.

  • @user-hm9gs2im7e
    @user-hm9gs2im7e 3 месяца назад

    2024 soft and sweet ..love this song.🌼💖🌼

  • @markhatheway6953
    @markhatheway6953 10 лет назад +2

    Ronnie had heart for sure! I love the way Berry plays that gold top too nobody better in my eyes.

  • @junesultan2145
    @junesultan2145 3 года назад +1

    Love this song!

  • @kaireuter7395
    @kaireuter7395 2 месяца назад

    Amazing!! The coolest Band i've ever heard. All thums up!!

  • @mavgrbr
    @mavgrbr 13 лет назад +2

    ARS... with Ronnie...One of the ALL TIME BEST BANDS in my opinion.

  • @gwynnielsen5081
    @gwynnielsen5081 2 года назад +4

    This is such a profound song on a simple level. It came way before Nike's "Just Do It" slogan. "Still gotta try" is still such solid advice.

  • @ronaldharrell8067
    @ronaldharrell8067 3 года назад +4

    Super song from a very talented group of musicians.

  • @Engineeringapps
    @Engineeringapps 13 лет назад +2

    Ronnie was a genuinely nice guy. Great band, one of the best.