I think those of us who experienced the 80s feel heavy nostalgia because we can remember praying for the future to hurry and get here. Never realizing that we were actually in the best days ever...
Lost my dad 12 years ago. I know what you’re saying. The pain never goes away. Might get numb after many years but something will pop up and you feel it again.
I’m 60 now somehow, and I feel the same about the 70’s. My Daughter was born in 1981 and loved the music from that era as well. It’s like an aching pain, but also pleasure from the memories all at once.
This song says it all. I wanna go back to the 1980s when things were simpler, people listened to the radio and bought records, watched MTV and there was no computers or cellphones. Eddie Money was one of my favorite artists and this song brings back so many bittersweet memories. Take me back to the good old days.
I'm 64 and it hit me today, when a friend posted a photo of the beach where I spent a ton of time my entire life, until our friends who lived there died in the past year. I immediately thought of this song, played it, and started crying like a baby.
I’m 46 and even when this song was new, I somehow felt like understood what Ed was conveying. Of course now it’s very real. I tend to think humanity peaked somewhere around 1986 😂.
I met him at a concert. He's the sweetest guy. Held my hand for the longest time and told me that I had the smile of an angel. I will always cherish this memory!
Reading this just made me love Eddie more than I already did. I've heard countless stories about how good of a guy he was. I miss him a lot! I miss my 70s, 80s/early 90s more than I probably should. Makes me tear up a lot thinking about them.
I sing on the SMULE APP..I GOT A SPECIAL INVITE TO SING THIS WITH ANOTHER SMULER IN A DUET...SO I'M JUST MOW LEARNING THIS ONE ..HES A GREAT SINGER ..ALWAYS HAS BEEN.🤩
Everyone commenting here really hits the nail on the head. We didn't know how lucky we had it. Things will definitely never be the same and it's sad. But those were the best times of my life. Best music, best dancing, best clubs, best parties, best friends, best times together. Simpler times, we had so much hope! Everything and everyone is scary and difficult now, so angry. And everyone I loved is gone now too. I just want those days back. "I wanna go back and do it all over but I can't go back I know".
To all who read this: Our youth went way too fast. The times we lived in those days and the memories we made to great music like this one. Those days may never return, but nothing can stop us from searching the songs of yesterday and closing our eyes and dreaming of those days. It's all we can do now, Damn it!. RIP Eddie,..and thank you for all the songs and memories.
We never realize how precious those times are of our youth. We didn't treasure them, like everyone. We have sweet memories, but if I'd just known how much those times truly meant, I would've stepped back, took a breath and savored it all. If I could only go back...
My first date with my now husband was an Eddie Money concert. We met him after the show and Eddie turned to my guy and said “I’d love to wake up every morning to that,” motioning to me. That was when my husband knew he was going to marry me. RIP MONEYMAN, your’s is a legacy that will live forever in my home. 😥
Everyone else thinks this song is about the 80s. But we know it's about when anybody was a teenager in any decade. One guy said I was so wrong. But I said Eddie Money was not a teenager in the 80s. No answer on that.
@kimbergeron9720 I agree with you. Eddie was about 37 when he did this song so I highly doubt it was about a specific era and if any probably the 60s 70s but I think it was probably more about any Era for any teenager. He also did not write the song.
One of the nicest and classiest guys I ever met. We talked about his music for an hour outside a radio station he was visiting. This dude is a class act and great guy
This song was never about going back to the 80s (mostly because it was the 80s when it was written); it’s about wanting to go back in your own life to a time when you felt your were happiest, maybe your childhood or teenage years when you didn’t have to worry about responsibilities or dealing with the real world, but you know that you can’t do that and you have to grow up and mature and be the best adult you can be. Thank you Eddie, for everything! ❤
You are absolutely right! I was born in 1963 and OMG how I wish I could go back to my childhood and teen years they were without a doubt the happiest time of my life thanks to my wonderful family I was truly blessed! Love to you and yours!!
R.I.P. Eddie Money. This song stayed with me since the 80's. Through military, seeing the world and having children the song still seems to bring me back to the "young years". We all wanna go back with you Eddie. May you sing this to the angels in heaven. Life is precious, exciting, sad, hard, fun and yet it is a one-way trip. But the thought let alone a song that makes you realize how good life is, is truly a gift. TY EDDIE.
This video was filmed at the old Dover Middle school in Dover NJ...I was at the school in 1980-81. This was shot in 1986...An art school is still there today.
Eddie opened up for the Stones in 78. I was 18 and there with 3 friends, we stayed overnight with a few thousand other folks waiting for the stones. When Eddie came on he kick our asses and got us ready for the Stones, Some Girls tour. A great time, my 3 friends have all passed but i'm here to tell you this!! Eddie's music is fantastic!!
This was one of my favorite songs when I was a Senior going to the prom. Tonight, my son went to his Senior prom and I dedicated this song to him. Thank you, Eddie Money for the indelible memories. I love you, Petey.❤😊
This World needs to go back to 80's. No cell phones, tic tok, facebook, etc. Back when things were simple. I want to go back to the 80's. I was a teen in 80's and had so much fun.
I saw The Who at Fenway Park last night. I was at a meet and greet buffet and open bar with the band and I thought it was pretty cool when after the DJ played all Who songs for an hour and a half or so, he then played I Wanna Go Back from the late, great Eddie Money. It was a nice tribute. As I'm approaching 54 years old...... I wanna go back. Wow - those high school days.....absolutely amazing times back in the early 80's.
Crying im in my 40s.. Remembering the 1980s the joy of my teens i was ignorant but happy and carefree.. Now married mom of 4 i love my life but i miss the innocence of my youth...
Us in the 80's as high school aged kids wondering why this old man would ever want to come back to where we were at the time. Us now as Eddie's age fighting back the tears hearing this song because now it makes so much freaking sense.
Yeah, I loved this song as a kid. Now that I'm middle aged, I have a much greater appreciation of the song. This song about growing older is probably one of the best I've ever heard about the subject. It captures the process perfectly. RIP Eddie.
I was fortunate enough to be front roll center at his no control tour back in about 1987. Memories fade. Wasn’t old enough to drink but still got slammed. There was joint after joint being passed I told the old man at the time he probably was 40 lol. He should be ashamed does his kids know about this. He laughed and pointed to his son partying with us
R.I.P EDDIE. Your music was a part of the soundtrack of my growing up also.Two tickets to Paradise was my ex wife's and I ...first all the way song.lol Thank You for your music you left us with brother.I was just listening to I wanna go back..it is spot on of how I feel sometimes about my youth.Enjoy Paradice Eddie.🌴♥️🌟
This generation will never experience what we had in the 80's. I was in my mid 20's, what a time!!! Sucks getting old, but it is not so bad when we can review what we heard and saw.
The last concert my wife an d I saw was Eddie Money in Florida. Teresa passed away 11 months ago. I wish I could go b back to that night to see her smile as he sang his songs.
Not sure who else feels the same, but it blows my mind that we'll never have the chance to go back and relive our early years and experience all of those great times again. I try to tell my kids everyday to cherish their teenage years now before time slips by.
Time slips by like water through your hands in a cool running stream - it feels good, but you do not know where it came from nor where it is going. That is the point - teach your kids to love the cool running stream.
Yes, but even so, it will never be as magical as what we had in the 80’s..the music, movies, arcades, freedom, cheap gas, fast cars, cruising, the malls, the fashion, decor, style..there will never be anything that compares. There may be another amazing decade, and I hope I’m able to enjoy it, but it hasn’t come yet.
@@TheSportsfan35 No civil wars, no Cold War, we have *fewer* nuclear weapons, much less unemployment, inflation is barely a factor, toxic waste is much more regulated (remember Love Canal?), the Middle East is much more peaceful (remember Lebanon?), there is less overt racism and sexism, gays are not being assaulted in public now, people around the world are more connected than ever (no Iron Curtain), we have much better understanding of how our planet and universe works, and despite health care costing ten times as much our life expectancy has gone up five years. It's a *much* better time to be alive.
@@jamescarey2367 no I wouldn’t the future we have in Christ is greater then anything we’ve ever had in this life “No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.” Philippians 3:13-14 ““Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:18-19
Want to go back to the late 80s. Simpler times. Eddie was born in 1949, he was 35 in this 1984 video. Nostalgic era for anybody that age. I am now...52. A 1972 child. Fond memories from the 80s... Time flies guys. Enjoy it while you still can. Be right with God. God Bless.
Eddie money was a sweetheart. Met him at one of his concerts. I'll never forget him kissing my cheek and wishing me a happy birthday. God bless you Eddie
The good old days. Why do we call them that? Because we don't realize we're in the good old days until they pass. We're in the good old days right now but we won't realize it until 10 or 20 more years pass again. I'm in my 40's and I wish I was in my 20's again but when I'm 60 I know I will wish I'm in my 40's again. "My 40's those were the good old days."
To Eddie Money's family, I am so sorry for your loss. Eddie was a music icon. I enjoyed his music on 8 track tapes. R.i.p. music Man. R.wagner, Belgrade my.
Having seen him in 1982 live in Hollywood, this song is what us 65 years old think. Go back and do it all over but we can not. We can only do our best to make our lives, our children]s lives, our friends lives, and strangers lives when it presents itself, the best that it can be. For me life is life and when it is over we just go on to the next chapter wherever that might be.
Rest in Peace, Eddie. I pray you found your ticket to eternal paradise. I wanna go back to your concert in Erie, PA years ago to relive that great time and the great tunes you sang. It's a day spent listening to your music. Cheers, Eddie
The 80's is the only decade that matters. It was the most magical, timeless, fun, decadent, time of the 20th century. You will never have another decade where the music, TV, movies, fashion was iconic.
As iconic as the 80s was, the 90s also produced some great, iconic movies, fashion, and music. Both were two of the best decades to have lived through.
The 80s was the best of times for each and everyone of us nice clothes plenty of fast food places video game arcades bowling alleys go-kart land drive-in movies the end of movies at the mall and hanging at the mall going to buy records tapes and CDs not to mention the Walkman home video game systems like Atari ColecoVision host of others and not to mention the arcades and the pretty girls as well so it would be nice to go back but we know we can't because that time in the 80s was the best of times for each and every single one of us something that I will always treasure and I will always will remember I didn't get the girls my dreams back then but that's cool because I'm about to get the girl that I have missed for 25 years and now we're about to reunite for the first time in 26 years this year so I do get to go back in a good way but I'm looking forward to moving forward but I have a soundtrack of music and movies to carry me through thanks Eddie Money God bless rest in peace
I was born in 1970, and was a teen throughout the 1980's. It was the absolute greatest decade ever !! I'm 46 now, and I'd love to go back to the 80's. Best years of my life !!!!!
+Donnie Lloyd The 70's and 80's were the best time to be a kid. If I had only known how lousy things would become, I would have certainly appreciated it more :(
I think those of us who experienced the 80s feel heavy nostalgia because we can remember praying for the future to hurry and get here. Never realizing that we were actually in the best days ever...
@buttercookie we were in the best days of our lives.. I'm glad we had them :))
@@lisaking9854 100% agreed
trudat!
I heard that
BINGO! I wanna go back to the 80s! When life was simpler and people d cared. It's sad to live here in the world today I n 2021
I couldn't appreciate this song growing up. But, now at 52, it hits so hard. I want to go back.
From one 52 year old to another, I feel you man.
55 and I wish I could go back. Best decade best time of my life. If I could go back I'd never leave.
51 and yeah! Been feeling it a lot lately.
Same
Come on GenX Brothers and Sisters, we’re going back. You have to believe it…😎
I wanna go back, just to hug my dad one last time. I just turned 40, he died almost 2 years ago.
I feel you! lost my Mom & Dad over 20 years ago seems like yesterday .
I'm so sorry
God bless him ... he's in a better place remember that 💕
❤
Lost my dad 12 years ago. I know what you’re saying. The pain never goes away. Might get numb after many years but something will pop up and you feel it again.
If you're an 80s kid this song hits hard. The nostalgia is so real.
80s kid here. I'll be 50 in July. We're lucky that we grew up when we did.
We were all blessed. Looking back, it's been great yet sad at times for what is now
80s kid right here. His music meant so much to me. Especially in those times....
Sooo true !!!
I was maybe 14 when this came out.
How little did I know how hard those lyrics would hit 39 years later.
There are certain 80’s songs that give me an overwhelmingly painful and bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them.
Hell yeah
Sure does for me!
I couldn’t have said it any better. I miss the 80s so much it hurts.
Couldn't agree more. Some classic 80's songs put a deep/sad nostalgic feeling in my stomach. I just want to go back there so bad!!!!
Me too !!
If you’re an 80: kid, you know they were the best times ever. We had the best era and its gone.
I hear you Amal but as long as it is still alive in us ,has it truly gone?
@@nikkibox true. Thankfully we can pass it on to our kids. Let them know what real music was.
@@amalberry2090 May I ask what year were you? If not then ,ok.
YES WE DID
I’m 60 now somehow, and I feel the same about the 70’s. My Daughter was born in 1981 and loved the music from that era as well. It’s like an aching pain, but also pleasure from the memories all at once.
When you are a kid, days seem like years...When you are older, years seem like days!
So true....
Yes how true
Sad but true...
You are 100% correct...Time flies the older you get,and more regrets you accumilate
@@kelledickman3038 A Z!
I wanna go back
I wanna go back when he was alive
Nostalgia hurts… 😭
@@chrismayer3919it does 😢
@@chrismayer3919 ya, kind of does.
Eddie Money died this morning, couldn't think of a more appropriate song, RIP.
Just as appropriate is his tune, peace in our time...listen and smile.... I wanna go back..too
Todd Stein 3
James Faulkner thanks
Man, how true :( Such a sad day.
Yes exactly!!!! I think his best song
I was a teenager in the 70's. Oh, what I'd give to go back and make better mistakes.😭
This song says it all. I wanna go back to the 1980s when things were simpler, people listened to the radio and bought records, watched MTV and there was no computers or cellphones. Eddie Money was one of my favorite artists and this song brings back so many bittersweet memories. Take me back to the good old days.
They truly are BITTERSWEET aren't they ??? 😥👍😊
I saw Eddie Money at the Sanger Theater on Canal St in New Orleans for the No Control tour.
I agree
There were infact computers and cellphones in the 80s. Especially computers.
70s were pretty good 2
The 80’s were the best days ever!!
This song was amazing when I was a teenager.. It's epic as a 52 year old... Man we had it so damn good
Indeed!!! I turned 54 yesterday and the music from our generation is legendary! I wanna go back....................
Agree! I’m 52 and damn I miss the music and the simple life back then! I to wanna go back!
54 here same thoughts
I'm 64 and it hit me today, when a friend posted a photo of the beach where I spent a ton of time my entire life, until our friends who lived there died in the past year. I immediately thought of this song, played it, and started crying like a baby.
I’m 46 and even when this song was new, I somehow felt like understood what Ed was conveying. Of course now it’s very real. I tend to think humanity peaked somewhere around 1986 😂.
I met him at a concert. He's the sweetest guy. Held my hand for the longest time and told me that I had the smile of an angel. I will always cherish this memory!
❤ this!
Reading this just made me love Eddie more than I already did. I've heard countless stories about how good of a guy he was. I miss him a lot! I miss my 70s, 80s/early 90s more than I probably should. Makes me tear up a lot thinking about them.
I sing on the SMULE APP..I GOT A SPECIAL INVITE TO SING THIS WITH ANOTHER SMULER IN A DUET...SO I'M JUST MOW LEARNING THIS ONE ..HES A GREAT SINGER ..ALWAYS HAS BEEN.🤩
God Bless Eddie Money
😢
Everyone commenting here really hits the nail on the head. We didn't know how lucky we had it. Things will definitely never be the same and it's sad. But those were the best times of my life. Best music, best dancing, best clubs, best parties, best friends, best times together. Simpler times, we had so much hope! Everything and everyone is scary and difficult now, so angry. And everyone I loved is gone now too. I just want those days back. "I wanna go back and do it all over but I can't go back I know".
We were in a golden age but too much in bliss at the time to notice. I thought it would last forever.
Please take me back to this time period...I miss the good old days.
Me too.
Me too
Turned 60 three months ago, and this song almost makes me cry. Oh how I wanna go back! RIP Eddie. Thanks for the great songs and memories!
Sorry to say, you look younger then your age. What time do you wanna go back to?😉
@@scottrichard5792 take it easy creeper
We seem to have arrived in our sixties faster than we anticipated
Turn 51 in August.. want to go back
We March forward always
To all who read this: Our youth went way too fast. The times we lived in those days and the memories we made to great music like this one. Those days may never return, but nothing can stop us from searching the songs of yesterday and closing our eyes and dreaming of those days. It's all we can do now, Damn it!. RIP Eddie,..and thank you for all the songs and memories.
Yes I didnt know time would fly by so fast seems like a dream
My youth went by slowly,older age is going by faster.
sad but happy knowing that it happened and can relate 👉👍🤘
Way too fast. I wanna go back!
We never realize how precious those times are of our youth. We didn't treasure them, like everyone. We have sweet memories, but if I'd just known how much those times truly meant, I would've stepped back, took a breath and savored it all. If I could only go back...
My first date with my now husband was an Eddie Money concert. We met him after the show and Eddie turned to my guy and said “I’d love to wake up every morning to that,” motioning to me. That was when my husband knew he was going to marry me. RIP MONEYMAN, your’s is a legacy that will live forever in my home. 😥
How sweet!;!!!
That's an awesome story!
Wow--what a great memory to have!
Suzanne and I's song became "Stuck With You" from Huey Lewis & The News because we shared the love for his music.
You sure do have a sweet memories on Eddie ❤️
People my age are experiencing nostalgia about a song from the 80's, that is about a man experiencing nostalgia from the 50's. How ironic.
and none of us are calling him an old man, lol
Everyone else thinks this song is about the 80s. But we know it's about when anybody was a teenager in any decade. One guy said I was so wrong. But I said Eddie Money was not a teenager in the 80s. No answer on that.
@kimbergeron9720 I agree with you. Eddie was about 37 when he did this song so I highly doubt it was about a specific era and if any probably the 60s 70s but I think it was probably more about any Era for any teenager. He also did not write the song.
And ironically, this song is timeless
@@kimbergeron9720Anytime
One of the nicest and classiest guys I ever met. We talked about his music for an hour outside a radio station he was visiting. This dude is a class act and great guy
This song chokes me up every time. Looking back, living through the 80s as a teenager was like winning the ultimate lottery.
I cant stop crying 😢
Me too!😭
It’s true. Aside from maybe the 50s, we were blessed with the best era to grow up in.
@@PeopleRTellingme I absolutely agree!
I feel so fortunate to have turned 13 in 1980. Got the full 80s experience.
Eddie Money has died at the age of 70. He died September 13, 2019. RIP Eddie. Thanks for all the music.
Now that he’s gone I miss his voice!!! I never thought I would… He left us his songs with his distinctive voice… ❤
Aww to bad
I was fortunate to see him live in the 90's at this great club we had in Granite Bay, CA until they tore it down!
This song was never about going back to the 80s (mostly because it was the 80s when it was written); it’s about wanting to go back in your own life to a time when you felt your were happiest, maybe your childhood or teenage years when you didn’t have to worry about responsibilities or dealing with the real world, but you know that you can’t do that and you have to grow up and mature and be the best adult you can be. Thank you Eddie, for everything! ❤
If I could go back, I know what to correct!
@@CatholicTraditionalI’m afraid to even ask lmao
Amen!!!
You are absolutely right! I was born in 1963 and OMG how I wish I could go back to my childhood and teen years they were without a doubt the happiest time of my life thanks to my wonderful family I was truly blessed! Love to you and yours!!
Yeah the 80s
I'm ready to go back to the 80's....who's coming with? Sure do miss the 80's
Fire up the DeLorean!
I'd love to
Me! I'm feeling so much older.........
Me too!
Let's go back to the 80's
R.I.P. Eddie Money. This song stayed with me since the 80's. Through military, seeing the world and having children the song still seems to bring me back to the "young years". We all wanna go back with you Eddie. May you sing this to the angels in heaven. Life is precious, exciting, sad, hard, fun and yet it is a one-way trip. But the thought let alone a song that makes you realize how good life is, is truly a gift. TY EDDIE.
Well said.
RIP Eddie 🙏🏻
Extremely well said my friend.
R.I.P Eddie. May the Lord take you into his arms and grant you eternal peace
Very well said! 👍❤️
You can go back now, Eddie. Thank you for the good times.
This song reminds me of my mom who passed away 2 weeks ago . I miss an love you momma
This video was filmed at the old Dover Middle school in Dover NJ...I was at the school in 1980-81. This was shot in 1986...An art school is still there today.
I'm so sad to hear of his passing today. I've seen him so many times. He was a cool guy.
Back when a solid rock song had a killer sax in it.
Lots of eighties music had the great sax solos
LETS GOBACK EVERYONE EVER ONE IT is OUR COUNTRY....WAKEUpppppppp!!!❤
Not killer sax…SEXY SAX!!😂
I miss REAL music like this!
🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷
Eddie opened up for the Stones in 78. I was 18 and there with 3 friends, we stayed overnight with a few thousand other folks waiting for the stones. When Eddie came on he kick our asses and got us ready for the Stones, Some Girls tour. A great time, my 3 friends have all passed but i'm here to tell you this!! Eddie's music is fantastic!!
Goodbye Eddie. You were one of the artists that made the 80's so iconic. God speed.
He lost his battle with cancer --- but he won our hearts with his music :-)
@@billbelzek6748 - You got that right!
Absolutely! Eddie Money songs are a part of my childhood back in the 1980s.
❤❤❤
His music was just great!!! I think my favorite song was I Think I’m In Love
This song is more relevant today for me than it was when it first came out. RIP Moneyman
I was thinking the same thing listening. Getting old is pretty strange.
@@SouthernSkeptic if we weren't old we would have missed so much.
NFL is rigged You are my brother from another mother. Huge KISS fan and love Eddie Money and know the NFL is rigged 👊🏻
@@dpc374 I cant call myself a huge Eddie Money but I did like a lot of his songs. The NFL is definitely rigged though.
@@SouthernSkeptic Give me some water was his best song
This was one of my favorite songs when I was a Senior going to the prom. Tonight, my son went to his Senior prom and I dedicated this song to him. Thank you, Eddie Money for the indelible memories. I love you, Petey.❤😊
I can almost promise you that the song’s message was lost on me in ‘86. I liked it because it sounded great. At 57 it has unbelievable clarity.
100%. Youth is wasted on the youth.
If I only could go back to the 80's, MTV actually showed these beautifully written heartfelt music videos
So long Eddie... You made a lot of sad people happy.
This World needs to go back to 80's. No cell phones, tic tok, facebook, etc. Back when things were simple. I want to go back to the 80's. I was a teen in 80's and had so much fun.
I agree.
Simple times
aint going to happen hurry and do you before you die. 68 guy 80s rule
Me too. They were the best time in my life. I am 62 now and I ask myself every day where did the time go
I miss aspects of my life as a kid back in those days
RIP EDDIE MONEY.1949-2019.WHO'S WITH ME?WHO ELSE MISS THIS COOL ROCKIN ROLL LEGEND?
I'm with you my brother once a cop now I'm a Rockstar who's better than that? Rest in peace Eddie you were my teenage years
Even the cars lead singer Ric Ocasek passed away to.
I MISS ALL OF THESE GREAT ROCK SINGERS AND BANDS!!!!!!! I WANNA GO BACK!!!!👱💗🎧🎤🎷🎵
@@rhondawilliams5859 Don't forget that we lost Neal Peart of Rush recently too (RIP). :'-(
@@mikeysuzefour Yes my friend 💕 ,He was an is a GREAT DRUMMER.💕🎵😊 I miss the good old 80s.😢🎵💕
I'm almost 56 now. I wanna go back! Back to the 80's! I don't fit in the 21st Century! R.I.P., Eddie! Thanks for the memories!
I'm with you.
Me to. The 21st just sucks ..
I wanna go back. It was easier back then. People were happier.
I feel the same way. Please just take me back to the 80s
Feel the same!!! Perhaps building an 80’s town without today’s technology that has killed our kids… 😢😢😢
If I could travel back to the 1980,s I would stay forever
You and me both my brother. They were great times the best. 55 fuckin sucks.
Amen, absolutely
Drop me off in the 70's and let me catch up with you. I graduated H.S. in 77..... Do the math.....
@@aubreytucker654 you are 64
Oh, my gosh, me too.
Just heard he died this morning. He was one of the first singers I got hooked on when I was a kid.
I just want to buy two tickets to paradise while taking me home tonight. RIP to a great rocker.
I saw The Who at Fenway Park last night. I was at a meet and greet buffet and open bar with the band and I thought it was pretty cool when after the DJ played all Who songs for an hour and a half or so, he then played I Wanna Go Back from the late, great Eddie Money. It was a nice tribute. As I'm approaching 54 years old...... I wanna go back. Wow - those high school days.....absolutely amazing times back in the early 80's.
We had the best decade to grow up in... Wish we knew it
I’ve had a great life , but nothing compares to those times , this one hits home.
Best of times by far. I miss em badly
Nothing will beat the 80's if you were young and just driving around too music with a girl attached to your hip, god I miss those days.
I had a great 80s
Same❤
We were lucky!!! Imagine today eventually being -- the good old days?!?
Crying im in my 40s.. Remembering the 1980s the joy of my teens i was ignorant but happy and carefree.. Now married mom of 4 i love my life but i miss the innocence of my youth...
Well said. Hope our kids feel the same way...
if u could give up your life now and go back and live your life in the 80s again would u do it?
If you're in your 40's you couldn't have been a teenager in the 80's
Couldn’t have said it better myself. I’m 41.
@@scottbutler9005 was born in 1972 i beg to differ lol
Us in the 80's as high school aged kids wondering why this old man would ever want to come back to where we were at the time. Us now as Eddie's age fighting back the tears hearing this song because now it makes so much freaking sense.
I’m only 40 and this song is already talking to me!! RIP MONEYMAN
I'm 40 and I love this song
Same here!! 😢😢
this song has so much meaning.. i bet eddie the $$ man would love to GO BACK NOW and do it all over again hmm
Yeah, I loved this song as a kid. Now that I'm middle aged, I have a much greater appreciation of the song. This song about growing older is probably one of the best I've ever heard about the subject. It captures the process perfectly. RIP Eddie.
I was fortunate enough to be front roll center at his no control tour back in about 1987. Memories fade. Wasn’t old enough to drink but still got slammed. There was joint after joint being passed I told the old man at the time he probably was 40 lol. He should be ashamed does his kids know about this. He laughed and pointed to his son partying with us
I cannot listen to this without crying. Yes, we all want to go back. Wishing Eddie and Ronnie are singing together in Heaven.
😢
Sucks getting old & losing another great rock n roller 💔 I wish we could all go back! 😢
Amen
So sad today --- Eddie provided so many great songs for my 80's teen years --- I miss him and those good times
I know right? The artists are dropping like flies. Some even in their 50's. Wth?
I agree, I was 17 when No Control came out, many of cruisin nights to that cassette!
*You can get older without getting OLD*
I am 68 saw Eddie 5 times in concert and please let me tell you his band and he sounded just like the album / CD. He was so much fun to watch!
At any of his concerts did he song "I will be strong"? It's a song he did for the movie....over the top
Eddie took his 'two tickets to paradise'.....RIP Eddie.
RIP Eddie Money (March 21, 1949 - September 13, 2019), aged 70
You will always be remembered as a legend.
RIP Eddie... I was born in 1961 your music is a part of me , and our generation.
Me too. Thank You for the music Eddie. Rest In Peace.
I was born 20 years later in 1981 and I remember being a kid and jamming to Take Me Home Tonight..Definately a star to multiple generations :( RIP
R.I.P EDDIE. Your music was a part of the soundtrack of my growing up also.Two tickets to Paradise was my ex wife's and I ...first all the way song.lol Thank You for your music you left us with brother.I was just listening to I wanna go back..it is spot on of how I feel sometimes about my youth.Enjoy Paradice Eddie.🌴♥️🌟
He was my first concert at 16- in 1987. Love this man. Heartbroken today. 😞
Paradise
Masterpiece! RIP Eddie Money! ❤🙏🕊
This guy belongs in the Hall. He helped to define the 80's. Hands down.
He truly did . Those were the days
Damn straight the money man was and always will be one of the best period.
RIP Eddie
Without a doubttt
Right ❤🙏😁🖖🕊🌍
This generation will never experience what we had in the 80's. I was in my mid 20's, what a time!!! Sucks getting old, but it is not so bad when we can review what we heard and saw.
100%
Absolutely
So right!
I remember listening to this song in my car on full blast the 80's rocked ❣️
60s n 70s Rocked more 80s blah not very good
Blasted every Eddie Money song!!!❤❤❤❤
The last concert my wife an d I saw was Eddie Money in Florida.
Teresa passed away 11 months ago. I wish I could go b back to that night to see her smile as he sang his songs.
Not sure who else feels the same, but it blows my mind that we'll never have the chance to go back and relive our early years and experience all of those great times again. I try to tell my kids everyday to cherish their teenage years now before time slips by.
Not just that, but music stinks these days!
Time slips by like water through your hands in a cool running stream - it feels good, but you do not know where it came from nor where it is going. That is the point - teach your kids to love the cool running stream.
Yes, but even so, it will never be as magical as what we had in the 80’s..the music, movies, arcades, freedom, cheap gas, fast cars, cruising, the malls, the fashion, decor, style..there will never be anything that compares. There may be another amazing decade, and I hope I’m able to enjoy it, but it hasn’t come yet.
I do the same Vito, I always tell my son to look around and enjoy these moments because they are truly great days.
@@greywolferhmbeautiful very true
The unofficial song of those who grew up and listened to rock music in the 80s, because we wanna go back and we know that we can't go back. : (
I don't want to *ever* go back to this terrible decade. Everything in the world is so much better now.
@@scottlarson1548 Really?How is it better now?
@@TheSportsfan35 No civil wars, no Cold War, we have *fewer* nuclear weapons, much less unemployment, inflation is barely a factor, toxic waste is much more regulated (remember Love Canal?), the Middle East is much more peaceful (remember Lebanon?), there is less overt racism and sexism, gays are not being assaulted in public now, people around the world are more connected than ever (no Iron Curtain), we have much better understanding of how our planet and universe works, and despite health care costing ten times as much our life expectancy has gone up five years. It's a *much* better time to be alive.
@@scottlarson1548 Nope, Still not better.
@@bobg7179 Awww, what do ya miss? The Cold War? The unemployment?
RIP Eddie...I wanna go back as well....to when you were with us.
Yesterday?
That was very nice
Me too
Comment makes me cry, I wish I could go back and see my dad again he passed in 96, RIP Eddie
I saw Eddie at Panama City Beach ,on the beach, at a place called Spinnakers. He was so good. Rip Eddie! You are an icon of excellence.
September 1st 3023, I want to go back to when mom was alive and my kids were all young, so was I.
I struggled in the 80s with a low paying job but the music was the best, going to clubs, hanging out at the pool on the weekends. 🎉
You did the same things mostfolks did.
me also
@@scotteverroad4545
In the 80's the worst days were still the best....It was a fluke in our existence.
RIP: Rock In Peace
1949-2019
Miss you already.
Eddie is fighting cancer right now. Win the battle Eddie. You are loved.
I seriously miss the 80s grew up during those days born in 75 now 49 and still wanna go back and do it all over
I wanna go back to not having IPhones, Snapchat, everything in relations to social media. I want to go way back!
ME TOO! Kind of...
Yes...Social media has ruined the world
I wanna go back to smoke signals and snail mail...😭😭
I don't social media has helped me get to know more people
@@BAKER22-l4u comments on youtube videos are the worst
I wanna go back!!!
RIP Eddie. Maybe now you can go back. Who knows. One can dream, right?
You're right...
He went back to paradise.
All I ever do is dream imagine if you could go back would you?
@@jamescarey2367 do you really have to ask
@@jamescarey2367 no I wouldn’t the future we have in Christ is greater then anything we’ve ever had in this life
“No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.”
Philippians 3:13-14
““Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert.”
Isaiah 43:18-19
Want to go back to the late 80s. Simpler times.
Eddie was born in 1949, he was 35 in this 1984 video. Nostalgic era for anybody that age. I am now...52. A 1972 child. Fond memories from the 80s... Time flies guys. Enjoy it while you still can.
Be right with God. God Bless.
RIP Eddie Money (1949-2019)
R.I.P. Eddie, one of the best voices there was 😢
Eddie Money has died at age 70.
Thank You, Money Man!
Eddie money was a sweetheart. Met him at one of his concerts. I'll never forget him kissing my cheek and wishing me a happy birthday. God bless you Eddie
RIP Eddie Money. You will be missed sir 😭💔
Eddie Money was The 1980's - who else wants to go back? RIP Eddie
I wanna go back 🥺
Yeah , would love to go back better music, and people were nicer and caring.
But I think when Eddie made this song, they were talking about the 50s or 60s. It's strange to think about.
I'm in . Let's go back to the 80s my friend. God I miss them so much.
Raises hand ✋️
The good old days. Why do we call them that? Because we don't realize we're in the good old days until they pass. We're in the good old days right now but we won't realize it until 10 or 20 more years pass again. I'm in my 40's and I wish I was in my 20's again but when I'm 60 I know I will wish I'm in my 40's again. "My 40's those were the good old days."
I'm 57, and these days suck ! America is falling apart !
The 1980's would not have been the same without Eddie Money and his band. R.I.P. Mr. Money
If i knew in the 80's what I know now, I would've appreciated them more.
Out of all of Eddie's songs this is one of my absolute favorites!
Good song for movie soundtrack
1984 I was only 4 but have many good memories to this song my Momma loved his music just great days I'm sure we all wan't to go back 😉
He took his ticket to paradise today. RIP Good Man. We will cherish the good music you left behind.
To Eddie Money's family, I am so sorry for your loss. Eddie was a music icon. I enjoyed his music on 8 track tapes. R.i.p. music Man. R.wagner, Belgrade my.
He was an amazing artist. RIP
Rest in peace Eddie Money! My condolences are with your family.🙏
So sad that he's gone!😭
This is my fav Eddie Money song.💔 RIP!
Having seen him in 1982 live in Hollywood, this song is what us 65 years old think. Go back and do it all over but we can not. We can only do our best to make our lives, our children]s lives, our friends lives, and strangers lives when it presents itself, the best that it can be. For me life is life and when it is over we just go on to the next chapter wherever that might be.
Rest in Peace, Eddie. I pray you found your ticket to eternal paradise.
I wanna go back to your concert in Erie, PA years ago to relive that great time and the great tunes you sang.
It's a day spent listening to your music. Cheers, Eddie
RIP Eddie I'd like to go back also. Maybe when life was a little easier and you were still making music.
This song was never more poignant than today. RIP Money-man!
I’m an 80’s kid and songs like this hurt because I realize now that those were the best days of my life
Beautiful memories of the 80s with Eddie Money, one of my favorite singers.
yeah how can we forget the 80s
I had a chance to see him in the 90s and some stupid insecurities got in my way and unfortunately, never got to see him b4 he died.
Absolutely. He was one of my favorites also truly miss him.😢
The 80's is the only decade that matters. It was the most magical, timeless, fun, decadent, time of the 20th century. You will never have another decade where the music, TV, movies, fashion was iconic.
AMEN!
70's were the best
As iconic as the 80s was, the 90s also produced some great, iconic movies, fashion, and music. Both were two of the best decades to have lived through.
The 80s was the best of times for each and everyone of us nice clothes plenty of fast food places video game arcades bowling alleys go-kart land drive-in movies the end of movies at the mall and hanging at the mall going to buy records tapes and CDs not to mention the Walkman home video game systems like Atari ColecoVision host of others and not to mention the arcades and the pretty girls as well so it would be nice to go back but we know we can't because that time in the 80s was the best of times for each and every single one of us something that I will always treasure and I will always will remember I didn't get the girls my dreams back then but that's cool because I'm about to get the girl that I have missed for 25 years and now we're about to reunite for the first time in 26 years this year so I do get to go back in a good way but I'm looking forward to moving forward but I have a soundtrack of music and movies to carry me through thanks Eddie Money God bless rest in peace
you missed the 70s
To my siblings and parents in Heaven, how I wish I could go back!! ❤
RIP Eddie....You’ll be very missed. Loved this song when I was a kid. A song of the times
I was born in 1970, and was a teen throughout the 1980's.
It was the absolute greatest decade ever !!
I'm 46 now, and I'd love to go back to the 80's.
Best years of my life !!!!!
+Donnie Lloyd The 70's and 80's were the best time to be a kid. If I had only known how lousy things would become, I would have certainly appreciated it more :(
I agree. Same here.
agreed 100%!
+Donnie Lloyd Same here!
Feb 1970 birthday.
The 70s and 80s as a kid were amazing...
I miss them so much.
+Desstrik - It was awesome !!
R.I.P . Eddie, it's a sad day to here your no.longer here, but your music will live on forever.
Most underrated tune! Any rock song that rips sax is legendary.
RIP -- had some awesome times listening to your tunes -- rest easy
RIP EDWARD!! you were and always will be the man!! 9.13.19.
I wish I could go back to those times. I'd spend an eternity in the 80s and never leave
I would too . 80's was the best . I sure miss those days .
Same!
I wanna go back to the days when both Eddie Money and Eddie Van Halen are still alive 😩
And Freddie Mercury
@@lynneufeld3175 Cant argue with that 🙏
Man, death of my childhood when Eddie Van Halen passed away.
Amen ...
Me too!!