@officialaldonova I’m 55 now and I began listening to your music when I was about 10 years old. I recorded Fantasy on my cassette player and I played it over and over until I bought the album. I fell in love with all the music on that cassette and I actually wore it out. Now that we have internet, I have a bunch of your songs on my Spotify playlist.
My favorite Aldo song of all time! I have been singing this song since 1982. I'm now 55 and friends that have heard me sing Ball and Chain over the years say I sound like Aldo. Idk about that, but they say over the years I have so tight its hard to tell which one of us are singing. All I know is that one dayI am going to be able to play Ball and Chain on guitar, not the air guitar I usually use. lol
@@cindyhunt6704 it’s my favorite Aldo song as well. Good luck on learning how to play the guitar. I’m sure that you’ll be great at singing the song and playing guitar also!! 😊
@Donna Schulcz couldn't agree more with you. Aldo is an incredibly talented and tragically UNDERRATED musician. But we know you an I have great taste in our music...lol god bless you
This song reminds me of the Donna I fell in love with. Of course it's not you. This was 10yrs ago and I was 27 but seeing your name was like ah! Ouch,!
Thanks for being a big part of life aldo nova I wore the tape out in my 69 fire bird them 6×9 were doing all they could do to keep up lol good times good memories
This is an awesome song.. my boyfriend in the 1988 played this for me when we broke up💔..& he never loved again.. until we found each other again in 2018.. now we're working on things to finish what we started 30 + yrs ago.. Moral of this story is never doubt when you truly love somebody..ill gladly be his ball & chain for the rest of my days..💋😘💞💕
@@dottykey2509 I'm glad that the time strengthened the love you both have . For me , it's changed too drastically . I cannot forget some things that were said and done . I've let go and it is for the best . Thanks for the confidence 🙏
How about those damn VHS tapes that somehow always jammed the VCR and ate tape of your memories ? Life is just a fantasy! Aldo Nova is a Canadian Classic.....Cheers,MBN
I remember slow dancing to this song at a school dance in 1985 with my then high school crush. Songs always bring back fond memories from my past. Music truly is the soundtrack to our life.
Harry Balls , lol what a name! There's a few Harry cooters floating around here on RUclips, maybe you're related. Have a good one man! (If you're female have a good one girly ) no offense. I promise 😆
Have loved this song since I was 18! ❤ Brings back memories of driving with my windows down and the radio blaring! Empty roads, free as a bird, heartbroken but in my own world of music happiness!
Me tooo girl..i feel ya...man what I wouldn't give for them times back..the good & the bad.. cuz even the bad times wasn't as bad as they seemed looking back today
Yeah back then people actually learn from your mistakes LOL but on a good note my first boyfriend who was my first everything played that song for me when I broke it off with him after 4 years but we got back together 35 years later and we're still together today going on three years
I won an autographed photo of Aldo Nova today on his fan page. This is my favorite song from him. I recounted my broken hearts from the 80's and how I felt this way every time. I'll be checking my mail everyday.
Aldo was so a little ahead of it's time with the guitar solo. You could automatically tell that guitar solo from that song influenced Slash to played "Don't you cry".
@@reginacaporusciotaylor9436 Aldo Caporuscio (Nova) really _is_ your brother! I saw Aldo play live once, as the opener, at the Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA, USA. It was a good, LOUD, set. 😊
Back in the 80's from Nova Scotia. If someone had told me i could say hi, your screwed. But here it is Aldo. Wanted to list with comment songs i love but i seem to love them all. Thank you for looking up at the stars when i camped in the middle of nowhere
I had other cassettes but I remember buying agent provocateur and night songs for my 9th grade DC trip but of course I brought this. Good old days. I don't know you but I hope you're well
An underrated album. An epic piece of true 80s rock. Aldo was and is amazing. I've met many of my guitar heroes. Randy died before the chance dime bag remembered me wo my guitar n many huge people but this is why we are part of the puzzle. It's just that simple
Heard this when Mtv was still good, it brought artists to life. This still brings a tear to my eyes for someone I loved, who has since passed away, and btw dumped me for someone else until I ran into him right before his death and was able to tell him.
How many nights, how many days do I wait here for you? Have you long forgotten all the things we'd said? And how many times must I let the phone ring, just to get to you? Could it be that now this love has long gone dead? No no - The wait hasn't been so long No no - I'm sure your feeling's gone and then Love, Love feels like a ball and chain What a fool I've been to fall in love again Love, Love when will it ever end? And I don't think that I can ever love again Well how many nights, have I stayed by the phone just to hear from you? Could it be that I just wanna hear you say That all of this time you'd been thinking alone Wondering what to do And that I love you is all you wanna say Love, the wait hasn't been so long Oh - I'm sure your feeling's gone and then Love, Love feels like a ball and chain What a fool I've been to fall in love again Love, love when it will ever end Ooh I don't think that I can ever love again (Guitar Solo) Oh No - I'm sure your feeling's gone and then Love, Love feels like a ball and chain What a fool I've been to fall in love again Love, Love when will it ever end And I don't think that I can ever love again I don't think that I can ever love again Cause your love is like ball and chain
FALLING DEEP for someone??? -listen to an aldo nova ballad; its painful and NOBODY wins. THE END. immerse urself in these songs, spare urself the heartache. well played 2020... :_(
Oh the memories for this HS Junior in 1982 and college grad of 1986 in Dallas! So many live concerts which were the best. I am grateful to be here and still listen to my favorite R&R. My youngest of 4 kids is the rocker so I gave him all my tapes and albums! Rock on!
Aldo Nova is a talented man with a beautiful soul. You can hear it in all his albums. All the songs on The Life and Times of Eddie Gage are spectacular. It really makes me wonder: “Who is Eddie?” I wish I met Aldo when I was a kid. Any how, I’m an old hag now. I do remember tightening cassettes with a pencil.
Boy do I miss the greatest decade ever. I was in crazy good shape,my hair was long and oh the girls. Best music ever,when artists wrote their own songs,could play their instruments and gave it all to the fans. Great Ballad Aldo
There are a lot of one hit wonders out there! But this easily could be called a one album wonder. Never could duplicate the success of this album. But truly incredible! Hit after hit on this album.
Who is still listening to this great song in 2023??? It takes me back to being a young teenager, and I miss those days so much!! ❤
@officialaldonova I’m doing well thank you. I hope you’re doing good and thank you for your reply. ❤️
@officialaldonova I’m 55 now and I began listening to your music when I was about 10 years old. I recorded Fantasy on my cassette player and I played it over and over until I bought the album. I fell in love with all the music on that cassette and I actually wore it out. Now that we have internet, I have a bunch of your songs on my Spotify playlist.
My favorite Aldo song of all time! I have been singing this song since 1982. I'm now 55 and friends that have heard me sing Ball and Chain over the years say I sound like Aldo. Idk about that, but they say over the years I have so tight its hard to tell which one of us are singing. All I know is that one dayI am going to be able to play Ball and Chain on guitar, not the air guitar I usually use. lol
@@cindyhunt6704 it’s my favorite Aldo song as well. Good luck on learning how to play the guitar. I’m sure that you’ll be great at singing the song and playing guitar also!! 😊
Me, me, me
60 years old and this song can take me right back to tears.
Many Saturday nights at the Wallington Roller Rink in New Jersey hearing this song. 1982 was a great year!
😢 me too
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Yes when life was better. Great breakup song.@@johnnyrod9262
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"Fantasy" was great but this is the one that has stuck with me all these years.
Fantasy still has to be played at "11".
♥️💜💚💛💙
@@greatlikeelviseh6063 yes!
Ikr
This and ”can't stop loving you”, I would say. Those are in my nostalgia playlist, for when I'm drunk.
still here in 2024...one of my favorites...peace
I'm 55 years old and I this takes me back to when I was a teen. I love this band they're f__king owsome.🙏💯😎
49 years old and this song can take me right back to my teens ❤️
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54 and I agree with you!! Fantasy!!
Teens? You were 9 when this came out 😆 🤣
july 12 73 me tooo
🎉 great memories of teens !
Such a beautiful song.. But this whole album is fantastic. I know every song by heart❣️
@Donna Schulcz couldn't agree more with you. Aldo is an incredibly talented and tragically UNDERRATED musician. But we know you an I have great taste in our music...lol god bless you
spent many times listening to this WHOLE ALBUM, great piece of work
@@robertbigelow1338 I did too the whole album is excellent.I wore out the album and finally replaced it with the cd.
This song reminds me of the Donna I fell in love with. Of course it's not you. This was 10yrs ago and I was 27 but seeing your name was like ah! Ouch,!
Classic album, no doubt, needs more credit
So many great 80s albums and bands i loved, but i seriously think this is my favorite from that decade, Aldo was very underrated.
I used to play "Fantasy" at the start of the night in my 1981 Camaro Z28, but the end of the night usually would end up with "Ball and Chain".
FOR US IT WAS JEEP'S (WITHOUT THE TOP) SOOO MANY MEMORIES "THANKFUL AND GREATFUL FOR THOSE DAYS"... TAKE CARE STAY SAFE AND GOD ✝️ BLESS 🕊️ 29JULY2021
@@tammyhaynes892 6u9
@@weshyre5861 WHAT??? I'M NOT UP WITH TEXTING "LINGO"! TAKE CARE STAY SAFE & GOD ✝️ BLESS 🕊️
@@tammyhaynes892 what are talking about
@@weshyre5861 hahahahahaha I have no clue my guy
This is one of four songs that made me a fan forever 40 years ago. Time flies but KICK ASS MUSIC NEVER DIES!!
LEGEND=ALDO NOVA
Only the Children of the 80s Rock! Too bad if you missed it
, ✔🔥✔🎻✔🎸✔🎹✔🎶✔🎵✔🔥🎹🔥🎶🔥🎵🔥🎼🔥🎸🔥🎻🏃🎸🏃🎸💥
Blues for the teenage heart - it was real
Thanks for being a big part of life aldo nova I wore the tape out in my 69 fire bird them 6×9 were doing all they could do to keep up lol good times good memories
This whole album is great! Such an underrated artist
Steroids much?
@@5.7hemi79 Nope drug free bodybuilder been drug free all my life it's called hard work and dedication 💪
Yep, played it over and over and I'm still listening
Yep! FANTASTIC ALBUM
@@lindsrt1 Body fat percentage?
This is an awesome song.. my boyfriend in the 1988 played this for me when we broke up💔..& he never loved again.. until we found each other again in 2018.. now we're working on things to finish what we started 30 + yrs ago.. Moral of this story is never doubt when you truly love somebody..ill gladly be his ball & chain for the rest of my days..💋😘💞💕
I wish you both nothing but happiness 🙏💯
@@gkhanjriii91-04 thanks so much..wish you well in your life as well
@@dottykey2509 I'm glad that the time strengthened the love you both have . For me , it's changed too drastically . I cannot forget some things that were said and done . I've let go and it is for the best . Thanks for the confidence 🙏
love your story
Awesome!
Who remembers tightening cassettes with a pencil?
Yup
I still hear cassettes tapes with recordings from my old bands ... so good to remember ... and they still sound good ...!
How about those damn VHS tapes that somehow always jammed the VCR and ate tape of your memories ?
Life is just a fantasy!
Aldo Nova is a Canadian Classic.....Cheers,MBN
Meeeeee. Still do it in fact. I will never abandoned my cassettes, never.
@@alaskarailroad3996 same!
I remember slow dancing to this song at a school dance in 1985 with my then high school crush. Songs always bring back fond memories from my past. Music truly is the soundtrack to our life.
I am grateful to count myself as a fan of your art Aldo.
Awesome 80s Tune
Aldo Nova was all over radio in those days.
Harry Balls wish he still is on the radio all the time
@@levlev.1028 yes! 😆
Harry Balls , lol what a name! There's a few Harry cooters floating around here on RUclips, maybe you're related. Have a good one man! (If you're female have a good one girly ) no offense. I promise 😆
still should be.
@@Sandra-cp2ft
Harry Cooters 😁😁😁
I'm a 53 yr old male just to let you know.
Love it! One of my favourite power ballads of the '80s! Sung impeccably!
Underrated song.......this album was GREAT!
Kinda underrated but i am maybe letting 10th grade memories fill my head...miss the f outta those days
Also was always underrated... His Fantasy Album was freaking awesome... He put on hell of a concert too.... I still listen to him at 60 years old
Those were the good ole days!! I Miss Them.Soo Much, and the family and friends from those days!
Have loved this song since I was 18! ❤ Brings back memories of driving with my windows down and the radio blaring! Empty roads, free as a bird, heartbroken but in my own world of music happiness!
Me tooo girl..i feel ya...man what I wouldn't give for them times back..the good & the bad.. cuz even the bad times wasn't as bad as they seemed looking back today
@@dottykey4011no they weren't. I had a lot of adventures, a lot of fun, & learned a lot.
Yeah back then people actually learn from your mistakes LOL but on a good note my first boyfriend who was my first everything played that song for me when I broke it off with him after 4 years but we got back together 35 years later and we're still together today going on three years
Me and my wife were married 42 years when she went to heaven I don't think that I could live again😢
Dont you think she would want you to. Of course it wont be the same as it should not be.
Whole album was tremendous, this was a highlight for sure !!!
Best song ever love this dong to jam
To jam i love this song
I won an autographed photo of Aldo Nova today on his fan page. This is my favorite song from him. I recounted my broken hearts from the 80's and how I felt this way every time. I'll be checking my mail everyday.
This song still sounds as great today as it did back in the day. Aldo Nova is an amazingly talented artist
I still have my Album and cassette and I have always liked this song . Oh the Memories.
still have mine too, lol.
I lost my cassette of Aldo Nova :(
Fantasy album monkey cassette is on board since day one.
absolute gem of a track. takes me back many years and to this day.
Saw Aldo Nova in concert in Honolulu. His first album was amazing...and still is.
Aldo was so a little ahead of it's time with the guitar solo. You could automatically tell that guitar solo from that song influenced Slash to played "Don't you cry".
Why doesn't this have more comments? Likes? Y'all are crazy. Best song.
They dont make music like this anymore
Dumb greedy bastards
A very talented man,I remember when this album came out,rumor was Aldo played each instrument,recorded himself and put them all together!
Yes ! It’s true he did All himself but when he went on the road he hired musicians. Good times man
partyguy35 Dave Grohl did on the First Foo Fighters record
True my brother Aldo did it all , new CD in June 2020 , TOUR IN AUGUST 2020
Sold him an ounce of coke in the 80s.Good times.
@@reginacaporusciotaylor9436 Aldo Caporuscio (Nova) really _is_ your brother! I saw Aldo play live once, as the opener, at the Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA, USA. It was a good, LOUD, set. 😊
Great song and memories of the 80's..
Yeah! Lots of memories 😆
TAMMI DAVIDSON , 💝 💣 🌷 ⬆ 🔼⤴ 💟 😍 🎤🎹🎶🎵🎼🎧🎸
57 and still haven’t got over my heartbreak
Sang every word of this song like time hadn’t passed. Loved Aldo Nova’s music. ❤️
Back in the 80's from Nova Scotia. If someone had told me i could say hi, your screwed. But here it is Aldo. Wanted to list with comment songs i love but i seem to love them all. Thank you for looking up at the stars when i camped in the middle of nowhere
I only have for this song 1 word ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ AWESOME !!!!!!!!
1st cassette I ever bought for the Walkman, and I played the hell out of it. Great memories and still one of my favorite albums ever. Thank you Aldo!
Me toooo!!! I'm pretty sure this cassette playing on my Walkman is why I've had hearing loss all my life
I'm sooo glad there are this many people who loved this as much as I did! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I had other cassettes but I remember buying agent provocateur and night songs for my 9th grade DC trip but of course I brought this. Good old days. I don't know you but I hope you're well
Went thru 2 cassette tapes, 2 albums, 1 cd 💿 now I have it on digital forever
I grew up on this album. So lucky to have been born so close to Canada. Chez and Chom radio stations blasted these guys! ❤❤❤
Where from Vermont?
@@quiricomazarin476 upstate NY. Between Watertown and Plattsburgh NY
@@Marlisio5150 Gus's red hots route # 9 on lake Champlain outside of plattsburgh miss it.
One of the greatest track ever recorded!
When I worked in a record store in the 80s we played the hell of this album.
I heard this song on the radio today. I almost never hear Aldo Nova on the radio, and never this one. Cool they did a deep track.
Where in what city or state or country??
@@susanp7194 SLC, Utah. Turns out on if you have an HD radio one of the classic rock stations has a 2nd station that does deep cuts. Never knew that.
I love this song so much 🥹
Im 53 years old i still remember my heartbreak
Yolanda. I still remember my heartbreak too.
Yolanda I feel you on that one girl
An underrated album.
An epic piece of true 80s rock. Aldo was and is amazing. I've met many of my guitar heroes. Randy died before the chance dime bag remembered me wo my guitar n many huge people but this is why we are part of the puzzle. It's just that simple
I won't name her, but yeah.
Yolanda, you break my heart...
Aldo Nova will always be one of the Best! Always!!!!
I first heard him in the summer of 1983 I fell instantly in love with his voice this song especially.
I can't believe how many songs I've just forgotten about over time..I used to love this song..so happy to find it again..
I remember living w my older sister n she playing this awesome music going thru memory lane
This is my favorite
November 2019, still a fan ❤
Who just watched Aldos 2020 version of Ball and Chain??? We're still with you man!!!
Now this song takes me all the way back to my teenage years. Bobby Harris and Monty. I will always remember my teenage years.
Monty Harris from Turlock?
Such good memories...no bullies..suicides...heroin....I want this time back...:(
Me too
It was a pretty awesome time.
No heroin? That sucks
Miss those days
And no covid lockdowns and cancel culture
my fav song , so love this whole album
Heard this when Mtv was still good, it brought artists to life. This still brings a tear to my eyes for someone I loved, who has since passed away, and btw dumped me for someone else until I ran into him right before his death and was able to tell him.
Kick ass song taking me back to my youth . Aldo Nova very under rated this album is a Gem
We listened to the entire tape cassette, I stoll have it!! The Best of the best!!
Yes, really good music and Aldo is easy on the eyes too😃
The Portrait of Aldo Nova album was awesome! Every song was great!
I would Go Back in A Minute! Man The 80’s !!You Had To Live it to understand it I guess.❤
I played this cassette until the letters came off. Love it!
Me too
One of the most emotional greatest songs ever....
How many nights, how many days do I wait here for you?
Have you long forgotten all the things we'd said?
And how many times must I let the phone ring, just to get to you?
Could it be that now this love has long gone dead?
No no - The wait hasn't been so long
No no - I'm sure your feeling's gone and then
Love, Love feels like a ball and chain
What a fool I've been to fall in love again
Love, Love when will it ever end?
And I don't think that I can ever love again
Well how many nights, have I stayed by the phone just to hear from you?
Could it be that I just wanna hear you say
That all of this time you'd been thinking alone
Wondering what to do
And that I love you is all you wanna say
Love, the wait hasn't been so long
Oh - I'm sure your feeling's gone and then
Love, Love feels like a ball and chain
What a fool I've been to fall in love again
Love, love when it will ever end
Ooh I don't think that I can ever love again
(Guitar Solo)
Oh No - I'm sure your feeling's gone and then
Love, Love feels like a ball and chain
What a fool I've been to fall in love again
Love, Love when will it ever end
And I don't think that I can ever love again
I don't think that I can ever love again
Cause your love is like ball and chain
YOU SURE HIT ALL THE RIGHT NOTES , ✔🎤✔🎸✔🎶✔🎵✔🎼✔🎹🎹✔🎼✔🎵✔🎶✔🎶✔🎸✔🗻🎤🎤⚡
Gre0atest sexy artist ever want to tell you how sorry i truley am about your wifes passing love you Aldo!
Aldo nova songs
Thanks for the lyrics
Apparently a forgotten gem with not even a half thousand views
Great Beautiful Ballad back in the eighties by Aldo Nova. Great music you will never ever find in this modern generation.
Aldo nova,great rocker!
Love the song 🙏🙏 God bless 😊 I like older stuff.
FALLING DEEP for someone??? -listen to an aldo nova ballad; its painful and NOBODY wins. THE END. immerse urself in these songs, spare urself the heartache. well played 2020... :_(
I’m older now, and still hits me hard! Sad 😔, but a lovely song, and a damn good singer, and awesome 😎 band!!!
80s man I wish I could go back!
Absolutely amazing love song. All is spot on, the music, arrangement and the voice.
Great song from a Great artist.
One of the greatest in the 80's
//Truls
From Sweden
I don't think I could ever love again!!!!
Oh the memories for this HS Junior in 1982 and college grad of 1986 in Dallas! So many live concerts which were the best. I am grateful to be here and still listen to my favorite R&R. My youngest of 4 kids is the rocker so I gave him all my tapes and albums! Rock on!
Yes he was underrated ❤
One of my all time faves when I was 16 and working as the floor guard at the big rapids Michigan roller rink
43yrs you are still the one rip Anita ledford see you soon baby girl 💞🙏🙏
This solo cuts straight through me! Such sweet pain
Ready to roll into "Heart to Heart" as this one fades. Loved this whole album.
This song is just such a vibe. I don't know how I got it but I listened to this album non-stop for a while in highschool... in the mid 90's.
Great Great song and album of the 80's you could literally play each side from beginning to end flip over and listen to other side. Repeat!
Old school love this song, I love there music.🙏💯😎
This song has been lodged in my brain for at least a week now so I decided to search to see if there was a video and here I am. Great songs never die!
I remember buying this album shortly after it was released. I was probably 14 years old. I played the hell out of it damn near every day.
Yes, he is amazing!
Greatest Canadian guitarist
Great Musician! Aldo still has it in 2020! Just breathtaking!💖💖
Aldo Nova is a talented man with a beautiful soul. You can hear it in all his albums. All the songs on The Life and Times of Eddie Gage are spectacular. It really makes me wonder: “Who is Eddie?” I wish I met Aldo when I was a kid. Any how, I’m an old hag now. I do remember tightening cassettes with a pencil.
Had a random memory from middle school and listening to to this so here I am now….
This and Can't stop lovin` you and It`s to late and Fantasy and Hot love and Heart to heart.. Heck, the whole album!!
Boy do I miss the greatest decade ever. I was in crazy good shape,my hair was long and oh the girls. Best music ever,when artists wrote their own songs,could play their instruments and gave it all to the fans. Great Ballad Aldo
Love the music, hate the returning memories
There are a lot of one hit wonders out there! But this easily could be called a one album wonder. Never could duplicate the success of this album. But truly incredible! Hit after hit on this album.
God, that first album...all killer. No filler.
Still in - love with this song. Can I take back time?
I still love this song as much as the first time I heard it all those years ago.
never heard it before but it became an instant classic for me...thanks Aldo !
Great album Listened to this a ton of times. ,one of my favorite artist
Seen him in concert when this came out!! Awesome memories
Saw
Oh I remember putting a pencil in a drill and rewinding the cassette. Oh the good old times. Thanks Aldo...🤟🇮🇹