James Taylor - Fire And Rain (RARE live TV, 1969)

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  • Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
  • Courtesy of the Clark Santee video archive, one of the earliest solo James Taylor performances, 21 years old in 1969 and set to become a massive star, his signature song destined to be a much-covered hit and future standard. Extraordinary talent on display

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  • @gwernovsky
    @gwernovsky 7 месяцев назад +184

    “But I always thought I’d see you again”
    Crushes me

    • @westhighlands522
      @westhighlands522 6 месяцев назад +4

      For me it’s “Sweet dreams and fine machines in pieces on the ground”

    • @gwernovsky
      @gwernovsky 6 месяцев назад +7

      @@westhighlands522 hi. I think it's Flying Machines in pieces.....that was the name of his first band. But I'm not sure, to be honest

    • @justasimplesomeone
      @justasimplesomeone 6 месяцев назад +10

      ‘I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend’ - ouch

    • @toughlikerocks
      @toughlikerocks 6 месяцев назад +12

      It was about a childhood friend of his that died by suicide. At the time he was in London working on his first album, his friends and family didn't want to distract him in the middle of his big break so they didn't tell him till six months after it happened. Really makes it even sadder.

    • @leeinwis
      @leeinwis 6 месяцев назад +4

      She died

  • @kathyneville9768
    @kathyneville9768 8 месяцев назад +112

    ❤1969 I saw him at the Main Point in Bryn Mawr, PA. Small venue, sat right in front of the stage. I am 76 now, long time ago.

  • @tomhenschel1104
    @tomhenschel1104 6 месяцев назад +106

    Have never gotten tired of this song…

    • @ge2623
      @ge2623 6 месяцев назад +1

      "The plans you made put an end to you" Brilliant.

    • @dalegribble60
      @dalegribble60 6 месяцев назад +2

      Absolutely! The volume knob is always guaranteed to be turned up whenever it plays.

    • @benross4243
      @benross4243 5 месяцев назад

      He's kept it updated over the years.

  • @louisevad6091
    @louisevad6091 Год назад +659

    I feel sad knowing that our great generation is ending. Have you ever been aware of the moments in life as being your finest or is it only in retrospect you realize the moments that were great just pasted you by? I love the great music by this generation of singer songwriters. Thanks James for your contribution to humanity.

    • @slydogmania
      @slydogmania  Год назад +36

      This is a great comment

    • @rauloriz8088
      @rauloriz8088 11 месяцев назад +34

      Your generation, your music is engraved in our genration's DNA (x) and my daugthers(z) and my grandkids(whatever the hell the letter is) for pepetuity. Yes we have our music - 80's and 90's etc but YOUR Beatles change the way we listen and preceive music as a whole, forever. Actually, your MLK, your Muhammed Ali, your Andy Warhol, etc were NECESSARY for us to have the opportunity to have an open mind, to discover new things, to dare to try, to live life free with no remorse or reservations whatsoever and to care for your fellow friend like your hippies did. We got that from your generation and pass it over to our kids etc. So no, your generation is not ending.

    • @heywoodfloyd9
      @heywoodfloyd9 11 месяцев назад +69

      Too bad you tanked the economy, environment & foreign policy on your way out. Thanks, I guess.

    • @JimBerry-e8x
      @JimBerry-e8x 10 месяцев назад +2

      Retrospective always.

    • @BetterqQoL
      @BetterqQoL 7 месяцев назад +8

      Fortunately I’ve passed my musical tastes and various genres onto my children. They Love James Taylor

  • @dstorm7752
    @dstorm7752 6 месяцев назад +21

    A lot of us heard this song in the military thousands of miles from home. Great song about loss.

  • @Jabongify
    @Jabongify 6 месяцев назад +245

    He was 21 years old here, incredible.

  • @DoctaRon
    @DoctaRon 6 месяцев назад +54

    In the midst of the civil turmoil of the late 60s and 70s, James Taylor's warm, soothing voice, haunting lyrics and simple yet beautiful musical style were an anchoring point for a great generation.

    • @Yourmission9
      @Yourmission9 6 месяцев назад +1

      Agreed, my parents were of his time, but this song always hit me in that at the time he was writing this he was rehabilitating from heroin, and one of his past bandmates at the time was in a fatal plane crash (all of the former in these lyrics). Such a great song. James Taylor and America were a couple (of many more) of the greats of the era

  • @JayBarberTennessee
    @JayBarberTennessee 8 месяцев назад +39

    I am a huge James Taylor fan, I have never seen this video before. Thank you.

  • @SusanGray-p1p
    @SusanGray-p1p 6 месяцев назад +141

    I am now 68 and think about the better days of my past. Music had meaning then and it was simpler times. Wish my child & Grandkids could live those kind of days.

    • @99Michael
      @99Michael 6 месяцев назад +9

      How true! I am also 68 and still go to the gym, and the music they play is hip-hop and screeching heavy metal. These poor souls have no idea of the music, with poetry and melody describing an authentic life and not some cartoon caricature of life. Plato Cave, as it were.

    • @deerharvester7355
      @deerharvester7355 6 месяцев назад +1

      I am 33. I love and admire these tunes from before my time

    • @Grewskers
      @Grewskers 6 месяцев назад

      Bet your grandparents thought your music was hippy shit

    • @gavbag1234
      @gavbag1234 6 месяцев назад +3

      Your grandkids will be just fine. You're still young. Live like it. I understand you must be having a tough time but as long as you draw breath you can create, and love... Don't ever believe that can't be your future.

    • @granthoops
      @granthoops 6 месяцев назад +5

      In the 50s & 60s, older generations held the same attitudes with classical music being supplanted by rock. The poor hippies and burn-outs had no idea of the beauty of the classics and were allured by the blaring perverseness and excess of rock. Sound familiar?
      Many Baby Boomer's parents felt the same way about over-sexualized and explicit rock and roll songs that many BB/Gen X feel about Millennial/Gen Z's interests in rap/etc.. Hell, the rock and roll revolution actually pioneered the drug culture that continues today at festivals. That doesn't mean hundreds of years ago we didn't enjoy getting down and having some good dirty fun. In the context its done today though, that started really with rock and roll. You might counter that rock and roll had soul and sounded good, and rap doesn't. Your parents' generation countered the same about the Classics and Jazz. Rock and Roll was soul-less didn't/sound good to many of them. There's no absolutes. Some Greatest/Silent generation loved rock and roll. Some BB/Gen X love modern genre's.
      Rock was littered with songs describing caricatures of life. You probably don't remember a lot of the shallow chart topping songs from the 60s/70s. Look back at some of the billboard charts from the time and see how many of them had songs that held fleeting significance culturally.
      There's lots of fresh artists making beautiful guitar-heavy music. They're not the mainstream chart toppers anymore but that's ok. The same happened in the 60s/70s to Classics and Jazz. They weren't topping the charts any longer but there were still artists producing beautiful works. All these generations later the Classics and Jazz still have their influence and place in music even though they aren't topping the charts and flooding the airwaves as isolated genres.
      Life is cyclical. Think about how you would have liked your parents' generation to react to rock and roll. Just accept and celebrate what people like. Ton's of young people don't like modern chart topping genres and listen to rock and roll-derived music; new and old. In general, love what you love and don't try to hold it above or below what other people love. They're both stuff we love.

  • @zoomtulips6039
    @zoomtulips6039 6 месяцев назад +22

    His voice is just as beautiful still. Saw him at the Royal Albert Hall maybe 6 years ago. He never left the stage during intermission…..talked to the people one on one the whole time. Gorgeous person.

  • @johncopeland3826
    @johncopeland3826 6 месяцев назад +24

    The guy who sings with perfect pitch in his voice ...not many can compare ,really ! Mr James Taylor ..oh yes .

  • @wisu3529
    @wisu3529 6 месяцев назад +142

    Human. Instrument. Voice. Back when music was for real and you needed legitimate talent to be a musician. 🥰

    • @jackdemask4177
      @jackdemask4177 6 месяцев назад +5

      I remember hearing this song in 1969 and it inspired me to learn to play the guitar. I never became a professional musician, but continue to play to this day. Music has greatly enriched my life and I owe a debt of thanks to James Taylor for providing this inspiration.

    • @wisu3529
      @wisu3529 6 месяцев назад +4

      @@jackdemask4177 I hear y! This is the first song I ever sang. It inspired me to explore my voice more and, as I got better at guitar, it all started to come together. JT did that for me 🥰🙏

    • @anyandeverything15
      @anyandeverything15 6 месяцев назад +5

      Still plenty of musicians like this if you take the time to look!

    • @wisu3529
      @wisu3529 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@anyandeverything15 I’m a musician myself so I’m surrounded by talented musicians. But, by and larger, much of the mainstream pop and rock music is over-processed to my ears these days. Smaller underground musicians are where I look for inspiration now.

    • @anyandeverything15
      @anyandeverything15 6 месяцев назад +4

      I'm not looking to argue really. I just tend to get annoyed by the mindset that the pop music of the past was better than it is today. It goes through ebbs and flows. James Taylor wasn't exactly a top 40 star. Almost every era has a ton of completely throwaway and unmemorable hits. Just look at how many copies of a copy of a beachboys there was in the 60's. The only era of pop I can think of that was truly horrid was the party pop of the early 2010's, or maybe some of the horribly overwrought vocals of the late 90's/early 2000's radio rock, but even they had their standouts. By disparaging the present, you're doing a disservice to the artists who ARE in the mainstream and are doing it right. I'm not a huge fan of her tracks but I really like the production on a lot of Eilish's stuff. Likewise people like Laufey are scoring hits with some fairly sophisticated arrangements, while working with some of the most talented session musicians of today. There's great stuff out there, even in the mainstream.

  • @gman5051
    @gman5051 10 месяцев назад +41

    I mean the dudes on stage performing live ..and it sounds as if , your listening to a recorded version of this hit song of his , just incredible .

    • @jeanniemainzer8551
      @jeanniemainzer8551 6 месяцев назад +1

      You’re

    • @Normal6755
      @Normal6755 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@jeanniemainzer8551Unnecessary

    • @bornwin-sx9oz
      @bornwin-sx9oz 5 месяцев назад

      @@jeanniemainzer8551the grammar police the grammar police

    • @jeanniemainzer8551
      @jeanniemainzer8551 5 месяцев назад

      @@bornwin-sx9oz Yup, even then, you still can't put in a comma. I rest my case.

  • @sparkspark2314
    @sparkspark2314 6 месяцев назад +117

    That’s how you do it. No bs. No auto tune…no histrionic’s…that was just AWESOME!!! Such a great and powerful song…losing none of that with just him singing on a acoustic guitar. True greatness.

    • @WendelltheSongwriter
      @WendelltheSongwriter 6 месяцев назад +4

      The people don't want this anymore. Nowadays the solo artist has to have looping and background tracks and everything. I never did and I never will.

    • @ATCagil
      @ATCagil 6 месяцев назад +5

      Seriously, just perfect.

    • @BugGenerat0r
      @BugGenerat0r 6 месяцев назад +3

      I love JT but around this time there was also Tiny Tim and Beach Blanket Bingo. Every generation has stupid fads, we just tend to forget them as time passes and the good ones stand the test of time.

    • @lewasil
      @lewasil 6 месяцев назад

      Don't forget the smack!

    • @ShikokuFoodForest
      @ShikokuFoodForest 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@WendelltheSongwriterWe’ve gone backwards in my opinion. The people who don’t want to hear this anymore probably don’t even know what they are missing. James Taylor looks so young back in 1969. I have no idea if he is still living or not. Anyway, all I can say is, “Wow! Wow! Wow!”.

  • @michaelbobson6375
    @michaelbobson6375 6 месяцев назад +16

    James Taylor and a Gibson J50...perfection

  • @justu2bnit17
    @justu2bnit17 6 месяцев назад +20

    He is so young here.. he went on to live, and still lives, a life of wonder and new experiences. Each moment in time is just that, a moment in time. When you feel at your worst, things can only get better. This is a song of sadness as well as a testament to the future. Your life at whatever age, has value, meaning and new excitement just around the corner. There will always be fire and rain in your existence. Embrace it..

  • @indiakhetri
    @indiakhetri 6 месяцев назад +287

    I am 63 and I cry most days for the life that has disappeared …a world that is no longer like it used to be….the music and the audience seem to reinforce the sadness of a softer world …

    • @BugGenerat0r
      @BugGenerat0r 6 месяцев назад +57

      It was pretty bleak back then too.. a war in Vietnam that seemed to have no end, police shooting American kids, the threat of nuclear war with the USSR, racial civil unrest, 3 kids murdered by racists in the South, Buddhist monks setting themselves on fire. We just tend to remember the good times, and we can be thankful for that.

    • @indiakhetri
      @indiakhetri 6 месяцев назад +32

      @@BugGenerat0r Yes you are correct . I am thinking more of a micro level . No mobile phones , little or no technological addiction as we have now , family existed ! You could back pack across the Middle East safely ( my family did that ) It was a far more respectful time towards others , TV had 3 channels in the UK ( thus was far healthier than it is now , children could go and play in the woods without a fear of being kidnapped …etc etc I could go on

    • @Michael-mp9xr
      @Michael-mp9xr 6 месяцев назад +13

      Crime was higher in the 70’s than it is now. And families still exist

    • @cspace1234nz
      @cspace1234nz 6 месяцев назад +11

      ...Life is only ever how you imagine it to be.

    • @garyteague9555
      @garyteague9555 6 месяцев назад +26

      The older we get the less we fit in this crazy world

  • @rosscoombes-u1n
    @rosscoombes-u1n 5 месяцев назад +13

    One of the best songs ever..

  • @stefanhall3219
    @stefanhall3219 6 месяцев назад +87

    One of my best friends grew up with James. He took me to a coffee house in Boston to hear James play. James had this male nurse to take care of him. The best was after the gig when a snow storm moved in and we just sat in a Volkswagon bus,drinking beer,smoking pot and listening to James play in the back!

    • @scottsent8120
      @scottsent8120 6 месяцев назад +2

      Pot and beer is for 13 y/o girls. If you didn't shoot smack or its modern day equivalent, you don't measure up.

    • @marcosflores-march7278
      @marcosflores-march7278 6 месяцев назад +9

      Now that’s a great memory!! They don’t making them like that anymore.

    • @stefanroberts9658
      @stefanroberts9658 6 месяцев назад

      ​​@@scottsent8120Hes Glorious..but God Does Not do drugs..fk drugs..Just Devotional Love Of God And All And YourSelf In All You Are And Do is Whts Up Always..Being True To That Is Why We Dig This Clip..fk intoxication..alcohol too..Oppressers shit to fk with People..NaturalNess Is Wht We Dig And Thats Why We Dig This Clip..

    • @MrHandleman123
      @MrHandleman123 6 месяцев назад +13

      I’m unclear how the male nurse fits into this memory. Was a nurse in the van providing nursing care?

    • @stefanhall3219
      @stefanhall3219 6 месяцев назад +10

      @JasonArcherKnepper The nurse was there so James would not misbehave by either overdosing or committing suicide. James had undergone intensive electric shock therapy. He didn't talk or do anything- just play and sing. It was a strange night because the storm ,which was almost a blizzard came up and there we were stuck. Fortunately we had a case of beer, a case of beer, a bag of pot - and James for intertainment. So what would been a bummer turned out to be a cool night. James sang until dawn.

  • @GenghisCohen257
    @GenghisCohen257 5 месяцев назад +7

    Dude. This is absolutely fucking extraordinary.

  • @HKGGweilo
    @HKGGweilo 5 месяцев назад +13

    A man, a voice and a guitar that rocked the world.

  • @mediamannaman
    @mediamannaman 6 месяцев назад +10

    I've been a James Taylor fan since about 1970. So thankful that I found this video. The thing that struck me the most is his guitar playing. He really is a gifted instrumentalist and he gets a lot of sound out of thise six strings.

  • @susanmann5286
    @susanmann5286 Год назад +38

    It doesn't get better than this!

    • @ronaldjaybelin520
      @ronaldjaybelin520 9 месяцев назад +1

      I believe you correct in that..when I first heard this it was a studio recording on the radio…almost, probably AS impactive as hearing the first Beatles’ on the radio

  • @adamtki
    @adamtki 6 месяцев назад +12

    So glad youtube / internet is here to offer me gems like this. You'd never see stuff like this on Cable... or it would be very hard to find.

  • @joedaw3003
    @joedaw3003 6 месяцев назад +12

    Honest to goodness recovery music at its best. Any good rock songs must have hope and recovery. James Taylor reminds me of honesty and hope in rock music.

  • @SweetBabyJamesOfficial
    @SweetBabyJamesOfficial 8 месяцев назад +37

    Amazing how there is not one wrong note, pluck, strum etc - nor no falter in his voice - not a single time on this live tv performance. JT has always clutch as it gets as a guitar player and performer.

    • @roberthurley6860
      @roberthurley6860 8 месяцев назад +4

      And here's the thing, I saw him live last summer (2023) and if you closed your eyes he sounded exactly like he does here!

    • @madbrowniac7871
      @madbrowniac7871 6 месяцев назад

      As I get older the deep poignancy of "Suzanne, the plans You made put an end to You!" really sinks in.😭B.W.

    • @coldeb8911
      @coldeb8911 6 месяцев назад

      He came over here to the U.K in the 1990’s, he was on a TV interview , he said something that gave me great encouragement while learning the guitar, when asking about his guitar style he was asked if he was ever worried about forgetting something or making a mistake, he said..’oh I make mistakes all the time, but I’m so good at covering them up no one ever really notices’ 🤣🤣

    • @roberthurley6860
      @roberthurley6860 6 месяцев назад

      @@coldeb8911 What a great memory. He still is interested in helping young people with their music....I've attached here a video I think you will find interesting and for me was very touching to see. ruclips.net/video/isB3i1r8pa0/видео.html&pp=ygUXSmFtcnMgVGF5bG9yIEFsbCBJIFdhbnQ%3D

    • @DTurner-y3y
      @DTurner-y3y 6 месяцев назад +2

      Leland Sklar is very complimentary of James’ guitar playing. Says it’s very unique.

  • @joegolfer9372
    @joegolfer9372 6 месяцев назад +13

    Thank you Mr.Taylor. for all the great music over the years.

  • @CP-kp4gm
    @CP-kp4gm 6 месяцев назад +13

    James at this stage and this song embodied so much and yet shows what we have lost. What a song, singer and time!

  • @RichardZumach
    @RichardZumach 4 месяца назад +8

    James Taylor is a legend hope the younger generation pick up on his awesomeness ?

  • @MrJad135135
    @MrJad135135 6 месяцев назад +26

    His guitar skills do not get enough credit. Such mastery.

  • @Job.Well.Done_01
    @Job.Well.Done_01 6 месяцев назад +34

    This is my burial song.
    So many moments in this life I’ve longed for, and so many I wish never happened.
    I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain.
    I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end.
    I love you all.

    • @user-SahmJuanElse
      @user-SahmJuanElse 6 месяцев назад +3

      Excellent

    • @cbschrader
      @cbschrader 6 месяцев назад +5

      Good song choice, but I do hope that day is a day far from today!

    • @Sandi-ke9mi
      @Sandi-ke9mi 6 месяцев назад +2

      Great choice. Mine is a song by Queen. 🙏🏻💕

  • @intuitivespecialists4731
    @intuitivespecialists4731 5 месяцев назад +13

    I never thought James would survive. I thought he would go the way of Janis Joplin and Jimmy Hendrix. It encourages me that he not only survived the druggie years, but has thrived and overcome. Every generation thinks they are the best. We are all flowers that bloom and eventually die back. We are a part of everything. We are eternal. The 60’s and 70’s had horrible aspects to them - just like there are horrible things now. Life is full of light and darkness, hope and despair, good and evil. It always has been this way. As we age, it is important to look for the good and the hopeful and the kind and loving. Listen to some of the good music. Talk to some of the wonderful young people around. Life can be good, even now.

    • @vickimingus9281
      @vickimingus9281 4 месяца назад

      He looks like Jimmy Page here.

    • @davanmani556
      @davanmani556 4 месяца назад +1

      I think he understood his family history. His uncle warned about opiates will destroy a Taylor. His great-great grandfather Alexander got addicted to morphine due to fighting in the Civil War.

  • @BartSmith-fs3lu
    @BartSmith-fs3lu 11 месяцев назад +15

    Brilliant, easy, natural artist, JT one of one.

  • @maryfrance8
    @maryfrance8 5 месяцев назад +10

    No melo drama, no flashly costums, no moving around, the audience paying attention respectfully only to the music, not filming with smartphone. Peaceful atmosphere, being in the present, genuine performance, divine voice.
    This is terribly sad and terrifying to realize that this music golden age is totally dead.
    Greeting from France. I just discovered you.
    Thank you for this wonderful spiritual music.

    • @acidwizard6528
      @acidwizard6528 5 месяцев назад +1

      People still make acoustic songs like this all the time.

  • @Fog-Hat-60
    @Fog-Hat-60 5 месяцев назад +8

    James speaks for an entire generation and many to come because of great artist like him our generation will never die.

  • @louisevad6091
    @louisevad6091 Год назад +14

    So simple so powerful. A prayer for humanity.

  • @joycehoward5193
    @joycehoward5193 6 месяцев назад +11

    "It makes me sad going back to yesterday;We were peace loving people music;love&peace but todays world is just sad and greedy;May God bless all my brothers&sisters"

  • @starpartyguy5605
    @starpartyguy5605 6 месяцев назад +9

    Close your eyes and listen to James, and all is right with the world!

    • @spaceghost8995
      @spaceghost8995 6 месяцев назад +1

      James didn't sing about things being allright very often.

  • @lizmargolis5985
    @lizmargolis5985 Год назад +17

    This is when I fell in love with James and his music.

  • @alberickadomo6132
    @alberickadomo6132 6 месяцев назад +5

    Very humble singer❤

  • @Drew79
    @Drew79 6 месяцев назад +6

    Jame's was 21 in this video. He wrote this timeless song at such a young age.

  • @jgm9927
    @jgm9927 6 месяцев назад +4

    I just had to comment here~
    I'm 67 I've seen fire and seen rain but it ain't over until it's over.
    Wake up you old geezers~ life is good!
    Get off you tube and get out there and do something for yourself.
    Sure it's harder than it used to be but $h!t it ain't that damn bad, come on!
    If you don't have anything else to do, do something for someone else.
    Help out, make the world a better place like James is still doing!
    The old have something to offer too!
    Nuff said. I gotta go plow my driveway!

  • @davidwhelan4803
    @davidwhelan4803 6 месяцев назад +10

    Just a superb performance in every way. Incredible guitar playing.

    • @marksevel7696
      @marksevel7696 6 месяцев назад +1

      must have practised to a metronome. fantastic timing

  • @juancarlosmescalero5526
    @juancarlosmescalero5526 Год назад +13

    Timeless. I saw him at the Main Point outside Philly. Sat 5 feet from him. He slayed. Sweet Baby James.

  • @rj-me3fh
    @rj-me3fh 6 месяцев назад +3

    Agreed with previous comments. 65 now and these times are gone and are not returning. World has gone to crap, AI, algorithms running our lives and selfish elected officials.

  • @InTheNow2020
    @InTheNow2020 6 месяцев назад +9

    A prophetic song that spoke to multiple generations. Beautiful.

  • @RealPackCat
    @RealPackCat Год назад +17

    Such a genius. His music and voice transcends time and space.

  • @gwynnielsen5081
    @gwynnielsen5081 9 месяцев назад +15

    This is my favorite James Taylor tune, probably because it reminds me of my own friend, Suzanne, who died of alcoholism.

    • @SundaysChild1966
      @SundaysChild1966 9 месяцев назад

      Reminds me of my dear departed sweetheart .. died in his sleep, so they say .. maybe they were being gentle with me? Doesn't matter .. end result is the same .. sobbing ..

    • @gwynnielsen5081
      @gwynnielsen5081 9 месяцев назад

      @@SundaysChild1966 It is so hard to lose a loved one. I wrote a song for Suzanne but haven't gotten around to recording it as it is still so hard. She would have liked my other songs, though.

  • @jimmyscott7414
    @jimmyscott7414 6 месяцев назад +3

    Such a beautiful song. That guitar sings. Quite a difficult guitar piece and he makes it seems simple.

  • @dalegribble60
    @dalegribble60 6 месяцев назад +4

    "Won't you look down upon me, Jesus?
    You've got to help me make a stand,
    You've just got to see me through another day." - I'm not a religious guy but this really hits home. Maybe it's the way James says it......

    • @justasimplesomeone
      @justasimplesomeone 6 месяцев назад

      A desperate plea, indeed.
      One that I understand.

  • @karenreardon5398
    @karenreardon5398 9 месяцев назад +2

    No! I don't think he sounds like Snoop Dogg! That's an insult to James Taylor.

  • @DavidViljoen-v6y
    @DavidViljoen-v6y 8 месяцев назад +7

    Louise great words for great moments great music and yes our generation never to be again and that is very sad to say the least but here's the thing the music was shared for all humanity and we hope our grandkids the ones with old souls keep it going but alas it's a generation never to be again but our moments are summed up in that famous vw advert a classic I remember days of our lives I remember faces mostly yours.. wow spot on and of course in my life by the Beatles beautiful moments all wrapped up and to treasure where ever we are magical moments and times was it not

  • @Romans219
    @Romans219 6 месяцев назад +5

    Being a professional acoustic drummer for many moon's I seriously appreciate this.
    So much natural talent unlike the fake garbage on the radio today.😊

  • @greg6509
    @greg6509 6 месяцев назад +7

    One of the sadest and most beautiful songs ever! Not only could he rock that guitar and the vocals back before I was born, but man he also rocked the mustache 😅

  • @dennysmith7862
    @dennysmith7862 6 месяцев назад +5

    Sweet Baby James... Cuteness and talent personified...
    Reminds me of great times spent in folk clubs in Cape Town in the 1960's...
    Great days, great musos... Simon & Garfunkle... Joni Mitchell... Joan Baez... Dylan... Donovan...

  • @maureen298
    @maureen298 6 месяцев назад +4

    I was born in 68 and am a cover singer in more "Gen X" band avocationally, but JT and his songs have always touched me--he exudes talent, kindness, reality. This song is heartfelt, and TBH, JT was a serious cutie

  • @charles1440
    @charles1440 6 месяцев назад +5

    If there’s anything that makes me disappointed in this world,,,, is that James Taylor is rarely looked upon for his wonderful guitar skills!! he out plays many of the so-called guitar gods,,, and some of those guitar gods,,, don’t even know how to fingerpick!!!

  • @NormieWeimarican
    @NormieWeimarican 6 месяцев назад +17

    I was 16 when this song came out. My generation really get psyop'd into thinking we could change the world for the better. Look at it now! It's all shot.

    • @ebayerr
      @ebayerr 6 месяцев назад +2

      But it was real nice when it was happening though.
      "I'd like to teach the world to sing
      In perfect harmony
      I'd like to build the world a home
      And furnish it with love
      Grow apple trees and honey bees
      And snow white turtle doves
      I'd like to teach the world to sing
      In perfect harmony"

    • @gamevne
      @gamevne 6 месяцев назад +2

      The psy-op is thinking we cant change anything.

    • @NormieWeimarican
      @NormieWeimarican 6 месяцев назад

      Ya cant@@gamevne

    • @jimmyarbutus2555
      @jimmyarbutus2555 6 месяцев назад

      So then I guess you gave up pretty easy in those days.

    • @gamevne
      @gamevne 6 месяцев назад

      @@NormieWeimarican yes you can.

  • @hardfolk
    @hardfolk 6 месяцев назад +2

    my mother died a year ago, and this song reminds me of her, hablo español y soy de peru, saludos!!

  • @ShamusMcShane
    @ShamusMcShane 6 месяцев назад +5

    This song has gotten me through a lot of long hard days & many lonely nights 🙏🏻❤️

  • @bob110088
    @bob110088 4 месяца назад +6

    James was so beautiful in his youth.

  • @hieronymusbosch6255
    @hieronymusbosch6255 6 месяцев назад +33

    Devastating and beautiful….

    • @mbrawthen
      @mbrawthen 6 месяцев назад

      Yes, It hurts so good.!!! 😘🥲

  • @Lona0014ny1101
    @Lona0014ny1101 8 месяцев назад +6

    Absolutely love this early version❤️, love the tempo and the great voice.. in later versions it’s a bit more slow, but this one is the BEST!

  • @brookdyer6620
    @brookdyer6620 6 месяцев назад +3

    A simpler time…what I wouldn’t give…Come Lord Jesus…🕊️

  • @raimundononatofilho8186
    @raimundononatofilho8186 6 месяцев назад +2

    Esse violão dele é simplesmente espetacular

  • @davidlewis2055
    @davidlewis2055 6 месяцев назад +5

    Yep some lovely music & optimism, no auto tune & anti honesty tory filth

  • @bb6640
    @bb6640 6 месяцев назад +3

    I always loved this song, but I don't think I ever "got it". Just loved it as a beautifully made piece of music. I lost my best friend a year and a half ago. I get it now.

  • @JoSmotherman
    @JoSmotherman 4 месяца назад +4

    James was the genius behind the introspection of everyone who connected at that time. And there were multitudes.
    Sweet Baby James.

  • @marcoa.dearaujo3204
    @marcoa.dearaujo3204 4 месяца назад +3

    Meu Deus , um anjo tocando violão e cântândo😮😊👍🙏

  • @danbowen284
    @danbowen284 6 месяцев назад +4

    My sister, Susan, went into a rehab center back in the early 80's, and this song is what I had to sing, from my guitar songbook, given to me by a musician friend, wh also suffered from alcoholism.

    • @danbowen284
      @danbowen284 6 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for sharing. Nice to see and hear JT playing his old Martin.😎

    • @danbowen284
      @danbowen284 6 месяцев назад

      Correction: it's his old Gibson.

  • @johnmc3862
    @johnmc3862 6 месяцев назад +2

    No wonder Paul McCartney signed him, beautiful! ❤

  • @martron1962
    @martron1962 6 месяцев назад +6

    I miss 1969, thanks for taking me back, if only for a few moments.

    • @andreakarchmer6225
      @andreakarchmer6225 6 месяцев назад

      I miss 1969 too. Thanks for reminding me it has to be said and how to say it. I was in Stockbridge, Massachusetts that summer. Stockbridge one of James Taylor's alma mater's too.

  • @michelle88960
    @michelle88960 6 месяцев назад +6

    I keep playing this song. My husband died 18 months ago and the lyrics in this song hit me. “I always thought that I’d see you again “. and “you just got to see me through another day “ gets to me. Where did beautiful, meaningful songs like this go? And at the age of 21 to write such an emotional story is amazing. I know that he wrote about his girlfriend taking her own life in the first verse. But even I can’t put into words how I feel now. Beautiful ❤️

    • @mikezurella6174
      @mikezurella6174 6 месяцев назад +2

      We never really die. I really don’t even know if we know we die. It just keeps going and going. But for the ones left behind it doesn’t seem that way.

    • @michelle88960
      @michelle88960 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@mikezurella6174 My neighbour keeps saying that. He says he’s alright he’s just gone home. But all I can reply to him is ‘Is I don’t want him to go home, I want him here.’ But we all die eventually, but for the ones left behind it’s getting used to the ‘new normal’ but the new normal sucks. Thanks 🙏

    • @terryvaughn677
      @terryvaughn677 6 месяцев назад +1

      My girlfriend was murdered two years ago is what I think of

    • @michelle88960
      @michelle88960 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@terryvaughn677 I’m so sorry to hear that. I can’t begin to imagine what that’s like or what you’re going through. We just have to get through each moment of each day and it hurts like hell. Everyone says it’s time, but it doesn’t seem to get easier. Bless you ❤️

    • @terryvaughn677
      @terryvaughn677 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@michelle88960 thank you for the response... I doing a lot better now...the two year anniversary is coming on May first so I think about her more.... what's even worse my mom died two weeks before she did

  • @argalib
    @argalib 7 месяцев назад +2

    Just yesterday mornin', they let me know you were gone
    Suzanne, the plans they made put an end to you
    I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song
    I just can't remember who to send it to
    I've seen fire and I've seen rain
    I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
    I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
    But I always thought that I'd see you again
    Won't you look down upon me, Jesus?
    You've got to help me make a stand
    You've just got to see me through another day
    My body's aching and my time is at hand
    And I won't make it any other way
    Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain
    I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
    I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
    But I always thought that I'd see you again
    Been walking my mind to an easy time
    My back turned towards the sun
    Lord knows, when the cold wind blows
    It'll turn your head around
    Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line
    To talk about things to come
    Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground
    Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain
    I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
    I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
    But I always thought that I'd see you, baby
    One more time again, now
    Thought I'd see you one more time again
    There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now
    Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you, fire and rain, now

  • @PeaLoop
    @PeaLoop 6 месяцев назад +5

    He was 21. Incredible.

  • @timwalcott6268
    @timwalcott6268 6 месяцев назад +3

    I feel lucky to be raised in the 60s and 70s. Jose Feliciano seems to have disappeared. He was another great guitarist and couldn’t even see. Unreal talent

  • @sundaynightdrunk
    @sundaynightdrunk 6 месяцев назад +3

    "Suzanne, the plans they made put an end to you" refers to Suzanne Schnerr, a childhood friend of his who died by suicide while he was in London, England, recording his first album.

  • @lizzievick
    @lizzievick 6 месяцев назад +5

    A true talent! James Taylor is great in concert!

  • @Frankmpa1
    @Frankmpa1 6 месяцев назад +1

    James Taylor was discovered by George Harrison and The Beatles and part of that era when song lyrics often talked about peace & love with songs like “All You Need Is Love”, “Give Peace A Chance”, “Imagine”. How we got from those lyrics to what some of things rappers sing about (and that includes female rappers too). Back then lyrics like that were used only used in porn movies. But I respect people’s rights to listen to whatever they want to and no matter how offensive it may be . . . it’s just not my cup of tea.

  • @RobMods
    @RobMods 9 месяцев назад +6

    Twenty-one years old. Wow.

  • @Truthmoses
    @Truthmoses 9 месяцев назад +21

    The day he wrote this song, it was a thousand yrs old.

  • @michaelhuntington3779
    @michaelhuntington3779 Год назад +12

    Absolutely amazing.

  • @thescarletandgrey2505
    @thescarletandgrey2505 6 месяцев назад +2

    You can see the chronic pain in the eyes of him here, even though young. Depression is an unmerciful thing. I’m glad that in more recent years he seems to have found peace, if not joy.

  • @minormunitions
    @minormunitions 6 месяцев назад +3

    Stupendous performance

  • @Hoedownshowdown
    @Hoedownshowdown 6 месяцев назад +2

    Looks kinda like Shaggy in that shirt. Oops- goofed that first line. He knew it- rolled his eyes. 🙂

  • @ge2623
    @ge2623 6 месяцев назад +2

    60 here. Listen to Mark Knopflers solo album "Sailing to Philadelphia" James kills it.

  • @stevestruthers6180
    @stevestruthers6180 6 месяцев назад +4

    What a sublime performance.

  • @therenaissance7chapter176
    @therenaissance7chapter176 Год назад +6

    Is There a full show somewhere? this is incredible. & do you have any early Willie Nelson clips by chance in your collection?

  • @ModGirl-nu1xk
    @ModGirl-nu1xk Год назад +6

    ...but I always thought that I'd see you one more time again.

  • @Joe-d3t1t
    @Joe-d3t1t 6 месяцев назад +2

    Back when real musicians actually existed.

  • @zzzzxxxx341
    @zzzzxxxx341 6 месяцев назад +4

    That is a beautiful song.

  • @writethisthat3613
    @writethisthat3613 6 месяцев назад +7

    I needed this song today.

  • @fredmanie2926
    @fredmanie2926 6 месяцев назад +7

    Never knew shaggy from Scooby-Doo could sing like that

  • @anthonypanneton923
    @anthonypanneton923 6 месяцев назад +2

    Great stuff. I love JT, and he just made me laugh here at the 0:19 thru 0:23 mark - he sang the wrong lyrics and then rolled his eyes when he realized what he'd just sung. He sang, "Suzanne the plans YOU made put an end to you." and then he rolled his eyes. Absolutely priceless!

  • @MariaHelena-n1o9r
    @MariaHelena-n1o9r 6 месяцев назад +1

    Canção Atual talento é eterno...gratidão James daqui do Brasil ❤🎁💎🎻🎶 🇧🇷

  • @JeffThompson-l4p
    @JeffThompson-l4p 6 дней назад +1

    Now that's an artist... unlike the garbage we have nowadays....JT is just one of a kind....🎸🎸🎸

  • @Mister8224
    @Mister8224 6 месяцев назад +1

    James & his future wife Carly were an anomaly; their live performances were even more charismatic & appealing that the studio versions of their compositions.

  • @Samantha-vlly
    @Samantha-vlly 7 месяцев назад +4

    You know, the difference between the comfort that is popular now and the comfort given to musicians decades ago is their way of living and the depths of their inner self.
    The technology can already give you ideas.

  • @David-up7rv
    @David-up7rv 9 месяцев назад +5

    YES JAMES I KNOW NOW FIRE 🔥 AN RAIN 🌧 🙌 ❤

  • @arthurmabeejr8752
    @arthurmabeejr8752 6 месяцев назад +13

    I'm 62 years young and, still enjoy Fire And Rain, truly an artist that loves what he sings. He went through a lot during the time he played this song, Mr. James Taylor: The finest of all singers and, song writers. I also enjoyed Carol King as well, sure glad they sung together during Carol's release of The Tapestry album, both are my favorite. He wrote this Fire and Rain during rehab, a true story about Suzane: one of the hardest stories Mr. James Taylor went through, blessings and, thank you Mr. James Taylor for your years of hard work that allowed fans like me to enjoy your music through out the years.👍💯❤🙏🎼🎵🎶🎵🎵🎶🎶🎸