Hard to talk about Jackson Browne without mentioning guitarist David Lindley, who played on most of Browne’s work in the 70s. Lindley came from the LA-based psychedelic band Kaleidoscope -- they were really one of the earliest bands to fuse world music with folk-rock, country, and rock.
Great you played this. Jackson Browne is the same age as me and I have loved his song writing since his first album. That he was able to write with such insight of the deep emotions of the human experince at the such a young age was really impressive. Now in his seventies, he is still working hard and producing great RUclips videos, including a beautiful version of this song on Austin City Limits.
This track was immortalised in a scene from the Martin Scorcese /Robert Di Niro movie "Taxi Driver" (1976). It was only a brief scene but as I was familiar with the album I noticed it.
That scene is heart-crushing and emblematizes the loneliness of Travis as he grows increasingly bitter and enraged. And Jackson Browne’s song only accentuates the loneliness. Brilliant stuff.
Bruce Springsteen, who inducted Jackson Browne into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, called his album "Late for Sky" a masterpiece and it is. Need to review the whole album. So many other great songs including "Sky Blue and Black", Lives in the Balance, Song for Adam, Lawers in Love , Hold on Hold out etc
All tracks are written by Jackson Browne. Side one "Late for the Sky" - 5:36 "Fountain of Sorrow" - 6:42 "Farther On" - 5:17 "The Late Show" - 5:09 Side two "The Road and the Sky" - 3:04 "For a Dancer" - 4:42 "Walking Slow" - 3:50 "Before the Deluge" - 6:18
I never really listened to Jackson Brown much then, except for his music on the radio. His song sung by Gregg Allman "These Days" eventually got me to listening to Brown. His country/folk singing does appeal to me, and his songwriting is superb. Thanks for this. "Empty surprise" is a nice example.
Oh this is a deep well. Songs that are musts are Jamaica say you will , rock me on the water, the pretender, these days , something fine,, in the shape of a heart, too many angels, for a dancer , lives in the balance, im alive, theres soooooo many . As you dig into this artist youll come to like him as a person as much as his music
Jackson Browne had a great influence on West Coast rock in the early 1970s. As someone said below, he wrote with Glen Frey of the Eagles and did a great version of a song that they did, Take it Easy. He also appeared as one of the shot desperados in the inside cover sleeve of their album, Desperados. He must have developed a rep in the early 70s because Elton John, just getting famous himself, played piano uncredited on one of the tracks on For Everyman (1972?), which I think from memory was the album before Late for the Sky and really got him well-known amongst his peers. (He also wrote Doctor My Eyes - a hit for the Jackson 5.) He's had a long career and is still recording and gigging, as far as I know. He had a tragedy when younger when his wife died (she may have been killed in a car crash, I can't remember and too lazy to look it up ...) ... and that fed into many of his songs. He's always had an appealing wistfulness in his writing and his singing and yes, his songwriting has always been top-notch, even from a young age. Just tasteful. There are some live albums which are also great, like The Naked Ride Home. If you liked this song, check out For Everyman and These Days from the For Everyman album, and Lawyers in Love or Tender is the Night from the Lawyers in Love album, a few years later.
He was born on a military base in Germany but his home is southern California. Where he has a home off grid . He's often known to see street artists and engage them . There's a beautiful story in a comment section here on yt about his engineer whis sister was dying of cancer and he couldn't decide whether to go on tour or stay . He needed the money but knew his sister would be gone when he got back. He explained this to Jackson who told him ill make up your mind for you. You stay with your sister and ill pay your salary anyway. Years later the engineers child was backstage at a show and Jackson asked him about his parents remembered their names the whole bit. Thats who Jackson is.
JB is a classic CA rock/folker. Try Running On Empty, The Load Out, These Days, You Love The Thunder, Cocaine, Somebody's Baby, That Girl Could Dance, Lives In The Balance...
He wrote Taking it Easy but couldn't finish it so the Eagles finished it for him...should try After The Deluge or For A Dancer or Doctor My Eyes or Rednecked Friend which is more rocking
Outdoor concert, - rained a little, some equipment and technical issues, Jackson thanked us for coming to the sound check! - STILL A GREAT GIG. Tears flowed....... check out this link of mine if interested in my take on why music is so powerful and such an important part of being a human being (TedxPerth - Your brain on music).
I’m so glad you reviewed this. I’ve suggested this before and other JB songs. An incredible lyricist. He recently toured with James Taylor. He co-wrote Take It Easy with the Eagles.
In 1972, I was a sophomore in high school, Doctor My Eyes played on AM radio, been a fan ever since. My fandom speaks to the universal nature of his songwriting, I am hick from rural KY, and he's from Orange county in Los Angeles, our lives have nothing in common and yet his lyrics and music speak to me in a way that few artists do. He's written about every life topic there is, if you're wanting a suggestion perhaps For A Dancer, it's about the topic that scares us all.
Jackson Browne was and is the great bard of the generation that came of age during the 1960s and 70s, so it always helps in deciphering the meaning of his lyrics to understand the history of those times and what that generation of young people experienced. And, for those of us who were there and traveled roughly the same road that Jackson did, he was/is our great lyrical historian, both in personal ways and collectively. Also, he has kept the faith politically as an artist over the years, remaining humble and dedicated to the values of the peace and environmental movements that he and the rest of us came of age with. I'd like to highly recommend three specific songs of his that demonstrate what I'm talking about: Before the Deluge, For A Dancer, and Lives in the Balance. His catalog is vast and filled with impressive and meaningful work, but those three have long been among my very favorite Jackson Browne masterpieces.. . . And, I might add that I am not generally inclined toward celebrity worship or gushy nonsense, but Jackson is the real deal!
U 2 have found a great rabbit hole here ! Especially for song writer/performers !! Go Deeper intohis discography ! On the album you played (Late for the Sky) , please check out 'Fountain of Sorrow', the best downer tune ever, & I avoid the subject of depression !!!!
Karla Bonoff is a singer-songwriter all Jackson Browne fans need to check out. They toured together in '78 and their music is very complementary. I wish they had made an album together; as a duo they may have been more than the sum.
Fountain of Sorrow. The Only Child. He has an astounding solo performance of his song, For Every Man, recorded live at an Amnesty International Benefit Concert on RUclips. For America. In the Shape of a Heart. Lives in the Balance......haven't really touched The Pretender album, which doesn't have a weak song......but Side 2 is flawless.
Kind of always put Jackson Brown into the same league as Warren Zevon. Like them both but don't listen to either often anymore. I think you can also put John Hiatt on the same list. The stories they tell just pull you into the characters in a magical way. I was happy to hear this again. Great pick and great reaction guys!
We came out of the folk music of the sixties with the explosion of rock and as quickly as the hippie fake had dissolved like sugar in the 70's rain ...we were quickly ambushed by this west coast folk rock which took control of rock and watered it back down to insipid Levi's wearing men mournfully singing about their heart felt sufferings...crying'wimpering,sulking and attempting to be the next Jesus with a guitar.
there were lots of music like this in the early /mid 70's. Some of it was good, For every good band though there was a 100 mediocre/bandwagon acts. This for me is the later.
For me, this song describs an empty one night stand. Probably one of many, where one realizes the emptiness in a purely physical relationship. How long have I been sleeping? How long have I been drifting from empty relationship to empty relationship?
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Fountain of Sorrow is another great one.
Fountain of Sorrow: amazing lyrics .
Probably my favorite of him. Also brilliantly covered by Indigo Girls on the tribute album.
The greatest lyricist of the 70s in a decade of great lyricists.
This and “For A Dancer” are his best songs imo.
Hard to talk about Jackson Browne without mentioning guitarist David Lindley, who played on most of Browne’s work in the 70s. Lindley came from the LA-based psychedelic band Kaleidoscope -- they were really one of the earliest bands to fuse world music with folk-rock, country, and rock.
RIP David Lindley! Passed on 3/2/2023
Great you played this. Jackson Browne is the same age as me and I have loved his song writing since his first album. That he was able to write with such insight of the deep emotions of the human experince at the such a young age was really impressive. Now in his seventies, he is still working hard and producing great RUclips videos, including a beautiful version of this song on Austin City Limits.
His first 4 or 5 album were masterpieces but then he sold out
@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN The legal tender always wins...
This track was immortalised in a scene from the Martin Scorcese /Robert Di Niro movie "Taxi Driver" (1976). It was only a brief scene but as I was familiar with the album I noticed it.
That scene is heart-crushing and emblematizes the loneliness of Travis as he grows increasingly bitter and enraged. And Jackson Browne’s song only accentuates the loneliness. Brilliant stuff.
@@fuchsiaswing8545 Absolutely.
Bruce Springsteen, who inducted Jackson Browne into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, called his album "Late for Sky" a masterpiece and it is. Need to review the whole album. So many other great songs including "Sky Blue and Black", Lives in the Balance, Song for Adam, Lawers in Love , Hold on Hold out etc
that's the wrong album
All tracks are written by Jackson Browne.
Side one
"Late for the Sky" - 5:36
"Fountain of Sorrow" - 6:42
"Farther On" - 5:17
"The Late Show" - 5:09
Side two
"The Road and the Sky" - 3:04
"For a Dancer" - 4:42
"Walking Slow" - 3:50
"Before the Deluge" - 6:18
I would add to the great songs of his career - Barricades of Heaven, These Days, the Pretender, I'm Alive, The Long Way Around, and more!
Jackson Browne sings to my soul.
Same ☺️
This song by Jackson has a very special place in my heart. What a treat to hear and sea you review.
I never really listened to Jackson Brown much then, except for his music on the radio. His song sung by Gregg Allman "These Days" eventually got me to listening to Brown. His country/folk singing does appeal to me, and his songwriting is superb. Thanks for this. "Empty surprise" is a nice example.
Good choice - time to get to some Jackson Browne. SAD would likely enjoy "Running On Empty", "Doctor My Eyes" and "Rock Me on the Water" too.
Thanks for the tips An Cat!
Love “Doctor My Eyes”!
epic! by an epic artist! Fountain Of Sorrow! oh just listen to everything he writes and sings! an American Icon!
Oh this is a deep well. Songs that are musts are Jamaica say you will , rock me on the water, the pretender, these days , something fine,, in the shape of a heart, too many angels, for a dancer , lives in the balance, im alive, theres soooooo many . As you dig into this artist youll come to like him as a person as much as his music
Jackson Browne smooth California rocker, interestingly him and JD Souther wrote music with Glenn Frey and Don Henley Eagles
That’s excellent!
Taxi Driver Di Niro perfectly used this
Jackson Browne had a great influence on West Coast rock in the early 1970s. As someone said below, he wrote with Glen Frey of the Eagles and did a great version of a song that they did, Take it Easy. He also appeared as one of the shot desperados in the inside cover sleeve of their album, Desperados. He must have developed a rep in the early 70s because Elton John, just getting famous himself, played piano uncredited on one of the tracks on For Everyman (1972?), which I think from memory was the album before Late for the Sky and really got him well-known amongst his peers. (He also wrote Doctor My Eyes - a hit for the Jackson 5.) He's had a long career and is still recording and gigging, as far as I know. He had a tragedy when younger when his wife died (she may have been killed in a car crash, I can't remember and too lazy to look it up ...) ... and that fed into many of his songs. He's always had an appealing wistfulness in his writing and his singing and yes, his songwriting has always been top-notch, even from a young age. Just tasteful. There are some live albums which are also great, like The Naked Ride Home. If you liked this song, check out For Everyman and These Days from the For Everyman album, and Lawyers in Love or Tender is the Night from the Lawyers in Love album, a few years later.
Thanks for the history Keith!
I was told that Elton John was credited under the name of "Rockaday Johnny" on that track.
He was born on a military base in Germany but his home is southern California. Where he has a home off grid . He's often known to see street artists and engage them . There's a beautiful story in a comment section here on yt about his engineer whis sister was dying of cancer and he couldn't decide whether to go on tour or stay . He needed the money but knew his sister would be gone when he got back. He explained this to Jackson who told him ill make up your mind for you. You stay with your sister and ill pay your salary anyway. Years later the engineers child was backstage at a show and Jackson asked him about his parents remembered their names the whole bit. Thats who Jackson is.
You should listen to The Pretender. Great song ❤
JB is an absolute genius. This album is a masterpeice! Still making wonderful music after all these years....
Bar none, one of the best lyricists around. Incredible poignancy and resonance in his works. Has made my life so much better with his music
Feel like this is another one where I haven’t heard enough of their stuff. Love this!
Something special here Jackson Browne love you guys hope you love
Thanks again, my new favorite band.
JB is a classic CA rock/folker. Try Running On Empty, The Load Out, These Days, You Love The Thunder, Cocaine, Somebody's Baby, That Girl Could Dance, Lives In The Balance...
Excellent appraisal 👌👌👌
Jackson Brown a genius love you guys hope you love
Amazing song, the chords, melody, guitar work!😍
He wrote Taking it Easy but couldn't finish it so the Eagles finished it for him...should try After The Deluge or For A Dancer or Doctor My Eyes or Rednecked Friend which is more rocking
what a truly wonderful song - oh my.
Just saw him here in Perth - still a legend
Outdoor concert, - rained a little, some equipment and technical issues, Jackson thanked us for coming to the sound check! - STILL A GREAT GIG. Tears flowed....... check out this link of mine if interested in my take on why music is so powerful and such an important part of being a human being (TedxPerth - Your brain on music).
Thank you for not breaking into this beautiful song. For that alone you have a new sub. Yes the story!
Thanks for the sub!
My pick for his best composition.
I’m so glad you reviewed this. I’ve suggested this before and other JB songs. An incredible lyricist. He recently toured with James Taylor. He co-wrote Take It Easy with the Eagles.
One of my favourites
Back in the early to mid 1970’s he rivaled the best of the singer/ songwritiers.
One of the best I saw him at the Royal Albert Hall in London every album is superb
In 1972, I was a sophomore in high school, Doctor My Eyes played on AM radio, been a fan ever since. My fandom speaks to the universal nature of his songwriting, I am hick from rural KY, and he's from Orange county in Los Angeles, our lives have nothing in common and yet his lyrics and music speak to me in a way that few artists do. He's written about every life topic there is, if you're wanting a suggestion perhaps For A Dancer, it's about the topic that scares us all.
Thanks for sharing!
Jackson Browne was and is the great bard of the generation that came of age during the 1960s and 70s, so it always helps in deciphering the meaning of his lyrics to understand the history of those times and what that generation of young people experienced. And, for those of us who were there and traveled roughly the same road that Jackson did, he was/is our great lyrical historian, both in personal ways and collectively.
Also, he has kept the faith politically as an artist over the years, remaining humble and dedicated to the values of the peace and environmental movements that he and the rest of us came of age with. I'd like to highly recommend three specific songs of his that demonstrate what I'm talking about: Before the Deluge, For A Dancer, and Lives in the Balance.
His catalog is vast and filled with impressive and meaningful work, but those three have long been among my very favorite Jackson Browne masterpieces.. . .
And, I might add that I am not generally inclined toward celebrity worship or gushy nonsense, but Jackson is the real deal!
Shoutout to Jackson Browne!
In my top 10
Stunningly beautiful
Boomer here. Consider listening to "These Days, hs was 16 or 17 when he wrote it. He was wise beyond his years. Thanks for covering Late for the Sky.
David Lindley was Jackson's guitar player, most of the time. David was a guitar genius. He made the guitar talk, and cry.
Great choice. I think you should listen to Jamaica from his saturate before using album excellent song.
Nice tune after a Turkey diner with the family. Kick back time sipping on some Bird Dog peach whiskey 🥃. Cheers, Happy Thanksgiving
Thanks for watching Scot! Hope you had a great one!
Great music!
In 2021 this album was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress. Only 25recordings are selected each year.
U 2 have found a great rabbit hole here ! Especially for song writer/performers !! Go Deeper intohis discography ! On the album you played (Late for the Sky) , please check out 'Fountain of Sorrow', the best downer tune ever, & I avoid the subject of depression !!!!
Can't get the scene from Taxi Driver of the toppling TV out of my head when I hear this. Bad grammar, but you probably get it.
Karla Bonoff is a singer-songwriter all Jackson Browne fans need to check out. They toured together in '78 and their music is very complementary. I wish they had made an album together; as a duo they may have been more than the sum.
Thanks for letting us know!
Fountain of Sorrow. The Only Child. He has an astounding solo performance of his song, For Every Man, recorded live at an Amnesty International Benefit Concert on RUclips. For America. In the Shape of a Heart. Lives in the Balance......haven't really touched The Pretender album, which doesn't have a weak song......but Side 2 is flawless.
Luv it
The bass player Lee Sklar has a RUclips channel by the way
Kind of always put Jackson Brown into the same league as Warren Zevon. Like them both but don't listen to either often anymore. I think you can also put John Hiatt on the same list. The stories they tell just pull you into the characters in a magical way. I was happy to hear this again. Great pick and great reaction guys!
Jackson Brownie’s story and music far exceeded either of those artists that you mentioned or at least in Jackson’s early albums. So raw and touching!
Thanks for watching Uncle Chazblitz!
When I saw Jackson Browne live in 1976 Warren Zevon was the support act. I think it was around the same time his debut album came out.
Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson now now now now
We came out of the folk music of the sixties with the explosion of rock and as quickly as the hippie fake had dissolved like sugar in the 70's rain ...we were quickly ambushed by this west coast folk rock which took control of rock and watered it back down to insipid Levi's wearing men mournfully singing about their heart felt sufferings...crying'wimpering,sulking and attempting to be the next Jesus with a guitar.
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love this song, thank you for reacting. But it looks like you are both listening to completely different music 😂
LOL 😂
Billy Joel has dueled wìth himself on 'Until the Night'
Ps Cindy's right. Fountain of Sorrow may be Jackson's best song.
No he was harmonizing with his bassist whom can't tell his name offhand
That was my marriage
🥹❤️
David Lindley...
such an empty surprise...
there were lots of music like this in the early /mid 70's. Some of it was good, For every good band though there was a 100 mediocre/bandwagon acts. This for me is the later.
For me, this song describs an empty one night stand. Probably one of many, where one realizes the emptiness in a purely physical relationship. How long have I been sleeping? How long have I been drifting from empty relationship to empty relationship?
I’ve listened to JB on the car radio since the 70s and I still can’t find any kind of redeeming value to his music.
☺️thanks for watching anyway David!
Well you might just be the one and only.
This guy needs a chiropractor....
😂😂😂
Listen to his first album “saturate before using “