The music was driven by a broad range of true creativity, concert ticket prices weren't controlled by greedy corporations, health-care costs and insurance weren't big issues, people were in some ways more broad-minded, the diet was better (see all the thin people?), and the political divide, while present, was not polarized to the extreme. Yes, the 70s were great.
The footage here is fantastic, what a VIBE!! I grew up with the band and love their music. “America” was the 1st album I purchased as a young teen. Ahhh the memories…☀️☀️☀️
@@herbcat9 I hear you! I’ve got 3 turntables. One is at my “happy place” that has no WiFi it’s where I go to unplug-unwind every summer. Many of the albums there were purchased at thrift stores for $2 a piece. My teen granddaughter is a musician and wants my albums / they’re like gold to me still and I can’t part with them, just yet.
No mobile phones so people communicate and interact with each other, you go anywhere now and people don’t even look where they’re going half the time because they’re buried in their phone instead of being buried in beaver or vice versa lol.
Whomever directed and produced this, captured the essence of the time and place perfectly. Summer 1979, NYC, Central Park and vicinity. I believe these were general admission, free concerts (Dr Pepper concerts in the park). I was barely a teenager growing up in Staten Island at the time. Watching this I can smell and taste the city.
and then there's us, that look on and wish we could have been there, Something about this video makes me think i was actually there in spirit. a strange feeling really i enjoy it, because its mine and i live in that reality, i was there and it gives me something i cannot really explain.
@@pmbmedical I 1000% know what you mean. It's a world that thrives in my soul as if I was there. I'm writing a story that whenever I go into "storyland" transports me to this world even if in my imagination. It's so real to me, not like I'm conjuring it up in my imagination but rather searching to reconnect with a familiar world I was previously a part of and I seek anything out that brings it to life... From merely a vision in my mind or a feeling to my real life. Whether watching old footage or collecting ephemera. Holding a souvenir of the past. Bringing it to life.
That in itself would be worth the time travel back. But the music was fabulous. Yeah, there are always a few good songs out there (and crap), but nothing can touch the 70s (and early 80s), in my opinion. If I never heard a song again not recorded during the 70s, I'd be okay with it. Best music overall.
What a brilliant video!! It seems to capture those awesome summer nights that we all had back in the old days. We did not have the internet, cellphones, 200+ cable tv channels, etc. All we had was the music and each other. It was a time that I would give almost anything to back to. Thanks for the music, guys!!!
I have rediscovered America and I saw them two times this year and meet Gerry and Dewey both times. You will totally enjoy the show and they are very accessible to their fans so I hope you get a chance to meet them. Get the America Live Musik Laden on Amazon and enjoy them back in the day (great session with all three of them.)
Just look how these young men SHINE!! Innocence is on every corner. Innocence of a much diff time. Just look at the excitment in the streets & a fresh feel in the air! The park where the skaters are hanging together & dancing. Then of course, the young men of America itself! At .44 seconds in you can hear it in the giddiness of their voices & see it in the dimples of Gerry’s grin! (Have mercy☺️❤️👌). He is very open here as he admits that he had been terrified of the Big City. This is the way life shld be. As we go, slowly expanding our horizons as we grow. Now it is happening way too fast & we are desensitized as very young children & nothing is a thrill anymore. We lose parts of ourselves that we’ve never even gotten to know yet. Something has to come! Breaking us free from the bondage we can not see but certainly can feel the results of its presence lost. Nothing but God putting it right again will suffice, NOTHING!!!
I'm still singing this song and other America's songs during drinking sessions with my buddies. I used to sing these songs way back 1980's. Now I'm a Senior Citizen in Lanao del Norte, Mindanao, Philippines . . . still singing (25 January 2023).
I am a new fan of America as of two months ago. I was a little kid in the seventies but I had 4 siblings 10 plus years older than me so I am familiar with these songs. The thing is I had no idea who the band was or the fact that all these hits came from the same band. I discovered this on YT. WOW! I did a search and America is touring! I have tickets to see them in Lowell MA July 13. I can't wait! Great music will never get old and always get new fans!
yeah Hugh, a LOT happier time. No internet (which is a biggest library in the world, and a great tool, if used correctly), no cell phones, great 70's music on the car radio....great time to be alive.
Yo también amo este grupo, es mi favorito. Tengo la fortuna de haberlos conocido en persona hace ya algunos ayeres. Este video es el que más me gusta. Saludos desde México.
Hit after wonderful hit and America was the soundtrack of my early teens. My first boyfriend told me that whenever he heard “I need you,” he always thought of me.
I loved America and "A Horse With No Name" was my favorite. When horse was in the context of anything back then, it was about heroin. I didn't care for the mid 70's and afterwards music but they were really good.
I am now 69. Was a junior in HS when their first lp came out. Had it on 8track. There was no racism…everyone was happy, having fun..in love…..First lp reminds me of my first love, second lp reminds me of my second love and Hearts was when I met my future wife in 1975, married her in 78……still married today! So many wonderful memories when we hear America.
The year I was born...was only in the 70's for 30 days but am so glad I was there...and so thankful to my parents for introducing me to this band when I was a teenager..thank you so much for posting this amazing video! :)
This is so awesome, I lived in Florida and America was my favorite band in that day!!! I was so young I couldn't have made it there in New York if I had tried,lol
Did anyone see any grossly overweight people anywhere in this film? This was before processed foods really took over and it's obvious what has happened since then. If you also look at footage of the original Woodstock concert it's the same - there didn't appear to be any grossly overweight young people in that footage. Apart from the fact that it's a fabulous film of America and their music, what we see are loads of slim, active, attractive Americans IMO. It's an inspiring film and makes you feel good just watching it.
I didn’t think ‘America’s’ audience was young? Now I’m old I was kid playing baseball didn’t get into music. Unless it was Hendrix, KISS, radio never played to good stuff. My older friends said Am radio used to play ‘into the void’. I said get F”* out? Radio never played that? They wouldnt say anything just walk off. Didnt waste time talking to me? Laughing
I have this concert on dvd. I would like to go back and be an America groupie. Very fortunate to have rediscovered their music. Even more fortunate that Gerry and Dewey still tour and I got a chance to see them recently. Will be seeing another America show in June.
OMG…brings back so many concerts I went to in the 70’s. Unfortunately I never saw America, but EVERYTHING captured in this video was EXACTLY the way I remember. What a cool “flashback”. Those days were so easy and carefree.💗
Such a shame Dan Peek decided to leave the band in '77... He didnt sing lead on many songs but I loved "Lonely People" which I felt was maybe how he was feeling within the group. They were a great trio but then became a duo with a backing band... R.I.P. Dan
@@danicegewiss862 I think you'll find that Beckley and Bunnell were the main singers in the group although Peek did contribute as backing singer on all of their biggest hits and lead on a few. He wrote or co-wrote 4 Top 100 hits including "Lonely People" which he wrote with his wife Catherine.
So Lovin' this!!!Man...If I Could Go Into The "Way-Back Machine"....Sure Do Miss These Times.But Thank God For Such A Great Video...And Yes The Sound Quality IS GREAT!!!! :)))))
The govt has been adding unknown experimental chemicals in our food and water supply for years without our knowledge. So have foreign countries, that's why we need to be independent again.
My Wife and I visited New York and Yes it still has the street performers( who are very good) and all the taxis, and yes the horse drawn carriages in Central Park. New Yorkers should hold their heads up High. For such a metropolis its a beautiful place with a lot of History!
They truly are the definition of rock stars at this time At first I thought it was a shot from a blimp since I’m unfamiliar with views from penthouse suites at ritzy NYC hotels .. it’s still only 2/3 of America without Dan .. Willie Leacox is the poster musician for70s soft rock drumming 🥁
I saw saw America in concert in the late 70's, great concert. This looks like it was an outdoor concert with "festival seating" meaning there were no assigned seats. So people got there early so they could get good seats.
America is the most impressive band I have ever seen! It took me 43 years but they are It! Lol Go see them! Venturahighway website has dates. Holly hell...Total icons! p.s. Gerry is a hottie....Dewey is too... Love AMERICA!!
I guess that was the beginning of the U.S.'s downward spiral. Just imagine today in comparison. So, did the real American end at that time? No. The real American ended already way back in 1960. Today we're just living off of the fat, if any remains.
one of the best videos from youtube, simply magic
Excelente 🎉
@@gustavoortega2791😅😅
👏👏👏love this !!!!!😘
So, I agree with you @joflexa, this video is simply magic !!!
The 70's were great....At least I thought so.
I THINK SO !!!! GREETINGS FROM BRAZIL
The music was driven by a broad range of true creativity, concert ticket prices weren't controlled by greedy corporations, health-care costs and insurance weren't big issues, people were in some ways more broad-minded, the diet was better (see all the thin people?), and the political divide, while present, was not polarized to the extreme. Yes, the 70s were great.
That were the best
Yes but there were a lot of serial killers, so...
Simpler times.
The footage here is fantastic, what a VIBE!! I grew up with the band and love their music. “America” was the 1st album I purchased as a young teen. Ahhh the memories…☀️☀️☀️
Me too, wish I still had it because I bought an expensive turntable....back to the roots!!!
@@herbcat9 I hear you! I’ve got 3 turntables. One is at my “happy place” that has no WiFi it’s where I go to unplug-unwind every summer. Many of the albums there were purchased at thrift stores for $2 a piece. My teen granddaughter is a musician and wants my albums / they’re like gold to me still and I can’t part with them, just yet.
I'm so so so so happy I found this!!! This is the world my heart soul lives in. I hope when I die and go to heaven this is the scene.
Large crowd, no guns. What's happened to us? We've lost so much.
People danced and seemed happy. Wow.
U never lied max👍🏾👍🏾
No mobile phones so people communicate and interact with each other, you go anywhere now and people don’t even look where they’re going half the time because they’re buried in their phone instead of being buried in beaver or vice versa lol.
People were much happier in 79.
Whomever directed and produced this, captured the essence of the time and place perfectly. Summer 1979, NYC, Central Park and vicinity. I believe these were general admission, free concerts (Dr Pepper concerts in the park). I was barely a teenager growing up in Staten Island at the time. Watching this I can smell and taste the city.
We will never replicate this amazing and unique time in NYC ever again. The young ppl living here now will never ever knew what they missed.
and then there's us, that look on and wish we could have been there, Something about this video makes me think i was actually there in spirit. a strange feeling really i enjoy it, because its mine and i live in that reality, i was there and it gives me something i cannot really explain.
@@pmbmedical I 1000% know what you mean. It's a world that thrives in my soul as if I was there. I'm writing a story that whenever I go into "storyland" transports me to this world even if in my imagination. It's so real to me, not like I'm conjuring it up in my imagination but rather searching to reconnect with a familiar world I was previously a part of and I seek anything out that brings it to life... From merely a vision in my mind or a feeling to my real life. Whether watching old footage or collecting ephemera. Holding a souvenir of the past. Bringing it to life.
Those were the days! ❤
Such a beautiful song. This vid has captured the essence, flavour and the style of the 1970's. How much I miss the 70's
Words can’t express how happy I am this exists.
Great memories
I've never been to NY but this is how I imagined it to be, brilliant.
Those were the days. Not a cell phone in sight
That in itself would be worth the time travel back. But the music was fabulous. Yeah, there are always a few good songs out there (and crap), but nothing can touch the 70s (and early 80s), in my opinion. If I never heard a song again not recorded during the 70s, I'd be okay with it. Best music overall.
Or a stupid mask
Good how I wish we could go back to this time and start over again, 68 years old now, what a great time to be alive then
look how concerts were back then , peace and listen to the music
We all enjoyed music and we respect each other
What a brilliant video!! It seems to capture those awesome summer nights that we all had back in the old days. We did not have the internet, cellphones, 200+ cable tv channels, etc. All we had was the music and each other. It was a time that I would give almost anything to back to. Thanks for the music, guys!!!
Right on! I was just thought the same before getting into the comments! 😍😍☺️
you said it!!!!
i love how everyone is doing their own thing like dancing, or rollerskating in traffic lol
SO COOL !!!!! HUGS FROM BRAZIL
Like a time machine.
I wish ❤ I'd go back right now 😢
Qué excelente este grupo.Yo tuve ese Long Play, solo el recuerdo me queda en la mente.
great example a life without smart phones
I have rediscovered America and I saw them two times this year and meet Gerry and Dewey both times. You will totally enjoy the show and they are very accessible to their fans so I hope you get a chance to meet them. Get the America Live Musik Laden on Amazon and enjoy them back in the day (great session with all three of them.)
No assigned seating here.. if your were first in when the doors opened, you got the best seats!.. ahh, the good old days of General Admission..
Just look how these young men SHINE!! Innocence is on every corner. Innocence of a much diff time. Just look at the excitment in the streets & a fresh feel in the air! The park where the skaters are hanging together & dancing. Then of course, the young men of America itself! At .44 seconds in you can hear it in the giddiness of their voices & see it in the dimples of Gerry’s grin! (Have mercy☺️❤️👌). He is very open here as he admits that he had been terrified of the Big City. This is the way life shld be. As we go, slowly expanding our horizons as we grow. Now it is happening way too fast & we are desensitized as very young children & nothing is a thrill anymore. We lose parts of ourselves that we’ve never even gotten to know yet. Something has to come! Breaking us free from the bondage we can not see but certainly can feel the results of its presence lost. Nothing but God putting it right again will suffice, NOTHING!!!
Wow...never have seen this. RUclips always amazes me. America forever!
one of the best things about America is the band America.
music doesn't bring people together like this anymore. I love this video
Im so blessed to see this, I love the song.
Tim Man is one of the 10 most beautiful songs
BEST. DECADE. EVER!
We are currently living in the most dangerous time in human history. Great to waddle down memory lane to less dire days.
It’s pure talent and it’s amazing era of ours. Magic and awesome
Belleza de música....
So adore America since debut album! Now 8 years later in 1979 their concert in Central Park takes us to a higher level. Thanks❤️
Fantástico!
I'm still singing this song and other America's songs during drinking sessions with my buddies. I used to sing these songs way back 1980's. Now I'm a Senior Citizen in Lanao del Norte, Mindanao, Philippines . . . still singing (25 January 2023).
I am a new fan of America as of two months ago. I was a little kid in the seventies but I had 4 siblings 10 plus years older than me so I am familiar with these songs. The thing is I had no idea who the band was or the fact that all these hits came from the same band. I discovered this on YT. WOW! I did a search and America is touring! I have tickets to see them in Lowell MA July 13. I can't wait! Great music will never get old and always get new fans!
Wish I could have seen them live back then. Pretty awesome.
They were HUGE for a bit in the 70’s
THe good old days. I miss the simplicity of life that my kids will never know.
Looks like it was a happier time back in the 70s.
yeah Hugh, a LOT happier time. No internet (which is a biggest library in the world, and a great tool, if used correctly), no cell phones, great 70's music on the car radio....great time to be alive.
You have no idea…such a shame we screwed it up.
Yea, when you used to get excited for simple things.
Yep, globalism, RINOs, and CommieRats destroy what's good.
@@rimslider many problems just like any other decade .
The 70s were incredibly beautiful!!
Gracias, por subir este video, soy de Peru y amo a este grupo...!! muahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
Yo también amo este grupo, es mi favorito.
Tengo la fortuna de haberlos conocido en persona hace ya algunos ayeres.
Este video es el que más me gusta.
Saludos desde México.
i really want to see them live...hope they come to europe again...
I wish this could clear
They’re so adorable talented young men
Hit after wonderful hit and America was the soundtrack of my early teens. My first boyfriend told me that whenever he heard “I need you,” he always thought of me.
Gerry Beckley reminds me of the lead singer of Ram Jam (Black Betty song).
Som MARAVILHOSO!!! Adoro as músicas dos anos 70 ,adoro AMÉRICA. Gerry Beckley lindo D+ !!!😻🎶🎤🎵🎸
I loved America and "A Horse With No Name" was my favorite. When horse was in the context of anything back then, it was about heroin. I didn't care for the mid 70's and afterwards music but they were really good.
Raw early 70s freedom vibe
I am now 69. Was a junior in HS when their first lp came out. Had it on 8track. There was no racism…everyone was happy, having fun..in love…..First lp reminds me of my first love, second lp reminds me of my second love and Hearts was when I met my future wife in 1975, married her in 78……still married today! So many wonderful memories when we hear America.
There definitely was racism. You just weren't a victim, so it didn't touch you.
The year I was born...was only in the 70's for 30 days but am so glad I was there...and so thankful to my parents for introducing me to this band when I was a teenager..thank you so much for posting this amazing video! :)
This is so awesome, I lived in Florida and America was my favorite band in that day!!! I was so young I couldn't have made it there in New York if I had tried,lol
I cannot even believe this! NYC never looked betta'....,OMG - roller skating needs to make a comeback...,
I thought that police siren was an amazing synth solo, lol.
Me too kkkkk
What a different time, what a great time....
Incredible band ..Video..Makes me smile :)))
Did anyone see any grossly overweight people anywhere in this film? This was before processed foods really took over and it's obvious what has happened since then. If you also look at footage of the original Woodstock concert it's the same - there didn't appear to be any grossly overweight young people in that footage. Apart from the fact that it's a fabulous film of America and their music, what we see are loads of slim, active, attractive Americans IMO. It's an inspiring film and makes you feel good just watching it.
And I was stationed in South Korea in the heat. Unbelievable.
I went to a lot of these concerts in Central Park in the late 70’s. They were a great event. Everyone chilling in the park.
one of the first songs I learned to play the guitar
NYC in 1979 what a treat. What a song.
A time when we had REAL music!!!! Thank- you Dewey for this classic!!!
No racism we just enjoy everyone.
This is great so g with an important . message
Os anos 70 eram fantásticos as pessoas sabiam se divertir ouvir boas 🎶 músicas viviam tranquilas .....Sdds!!!!!
God..How i miss those sweet days :))
Think many of us around then still do.
Lucky us.
Ahhh 70's..so fresh and simple..i miss it.
Amazing 70's, amazing NY, amazing America! Regards from Brazil.
I didn’t think ‘America’s’ audience was young? Now I’m old I was kid playing baseball didn’t get into music. Unless it was Hendrix, KISS, radio never played to good stuff. My older friends said Am radio used to play ‘into the void’. I said get F”* out? Radio never played that? They wouldnt say anything just walk off. Didnt waste time talking to me? Laughing
AHHH l' ambiance 70 's , si seulement on pouvais ...
I have this concert on dvd. I would like to go back and be an America groupie. Very fortunate to have rediscovered their music. Even more fortunate that Gerry and Dewey still tour and I got a chance to see them recently. Will be seeing another America show in June.
I was born in the wrong time period!!!
I love this video so much! Here's a link to the film this clip was taken from if anyone's interested ruclips.net/video/ZLfmWHHMD84/видео.html
OMG…brings back so many concerts I went to in the 70’s. Unfortunately I never saw America, but EVERYTHING captured in this video was EXACTLY the way I remember. What a cool “flashback”. Those days were so easy and carefree.💗
I could watch and listen to this everyday..Just to make me smile :)))) I am so amazed at the Quality and sound Malabu.....much thanks...
Such a shame Dan Peek decided to leave the band in '77... He didnt sing lead on many songs but I loved "Lonely People" which I felt was maybe how he was feeling within the group. They were a great trio but then became a duo with a backing band...
R.I.P. Dan
He actually was their main l singer. I have yet to see a video he isn't singing, many times he is the only one singing.
@@danicegewiss862 I think you'll find that Beckley and Bunnell were the main singers in the group although Peek did contribute as backing singer on all of their biggest hits and lead on a few. He wrote or co-wrote 4 Top 100 hits including "Lonely People" which he wrote with his wife Catherine.
I love this group! Video is amazing!
It was indeed the times we lived, never another generstion like us! 😎✌️♥️
Was gona comment that the beginning had a similar type of energy as zep's live film but i see at the end that that the same director was involved.
No mesmo ano que gravaram o filme "The Warriors" no Central Park em 1979.
AWESOME MUSIC - FUN VIDEO CLIP HERE - AMERICA ROCKS. THOSE WERE THE DAYS & TIMES. I LIKE IT.
Ah yes….no cell phones…no tattoos…no overweight young people…..
So Lovin' this!!!Man...If I Could Go Into The "Way-Back Machine"....Sure Do Miss These Times.But Thank God For Such A Great Video...And Yes The Sound Quality IS GREAT!!!! :)))))
Central Park, NYC......Doesnot get any better than that if you are a rock band.....and they were a ROCK BAND.....
In the 70s, there was not many fat people or i could say none. What has changed in our diets, why everyone’s getting fat?.
Cocaine.
No high fructose corn syrup/plastics/chemicals in our foods back then, people ate at home and not at fast food places, like nowadays.
The govt has been adding unknown experimental chemicals in our food and water supply for years without our knowledge. So have foreign countries, that's why we need to be independent again.
My Wife and I visited New York and Yes it still has the street performers( who are very good) and all the taxis, and yes the horse drawn carriages in Central Park. New Yorkers should hold their heads up High. For such a metropolis its a beautiful place with a lot of History!
Dewey and Gerry sure picked the easiest name for this band when they started America I love it!
What happened to my 70s
The fountain at 1:33 is the same fountain they used for "Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord" in Godspell (the movie).
They truly are the definition of rock stars at this time At first I thought it was a shot from a blimp since I’m unfamiliar with views from penthouse suites at ritzy NYC hotels .. it’s still only 2/3 of America without Dan .. Willie Leacox is the poster musician for70s soft rock drumming 🥁
I had the hugest crush on Gerry Beckley, he’s so handsome here
Having more fun than the grim doom laden rap audiences. Great stuff.
3:33 Steve Perry?? (Journey vocalist)
I saw saw America in concert in the late 70's, great concert. This looks like it was an outdoor concert with "festival seating" meaning there were no assigned seats. So people got there early so they could get good seats.
I would love to know: what is the name of the dance the two men are doing towards the beginning? It looks so fun!
The dance is called disco swing. It was popularized in the late 70s disco clubs.
Going to a concert, 1979. Its just not the same in 2019....!
I saw these guys a couple of months ago in Reno, NV. They’ve still got it.
RENO SUCKS
if any one has one of these tee shirts sold at the show please let me know will pay $100
Pena não termos mais a qualidade musical das bandas dos anos 70.
SIM ! É UMA PENA ! HOJE SÓ LIXO QUE INUNDA OS NOSSOS OUVIDOS ..VALEU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
agora só tem esses funks de putaria, caramba hein
Músicos maravilhosos! Bons, saudosos e felizes anos 70 e 80!
America is the most impressive band I have ever seen! It took me 43 years but they are It! Lol Go see them! Venturahighway website has dates. Holly hell...Total icons!
p.s. Gerry is a hottie....Dewey is too...
Love AMERICA!!
How awesome was that? Wow! how times have changed
I guess that was the beginning of the U.S.'s downward spiral. Just imagine today in comparison. So, did the real American end at that time? No. The real American ended already way back in 1960. Today we're just living off of the fat, if any remains.
The song not the voice that sells.