I’m sorry, but this is just ridiculously, brilliantly, breathtakingly, life changingly, lovingly, meaningfully, beautifully, purposefully PERFECT!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Never give up, folks. Took me 39 years, countless wrong men, being a single parent & living a very isolated life to learn how to receive love as well as give. Now here we are, nearly 5 years strong but neither of us doubt that we both have found our person. Really does come when you're not even expecting.
Absolutely does. I had left my love life in God's hands and He rewarded me with the only man who would put up with me, grow spiritually with me, and love me for real - as best as a man can do. 💜☮️✝️✡️
The songwriting, production, vocals and melody on this song are at a different level. No wonder Bonnie won a Grammy for it. She even wrote the song alone, which is rare these days.
I got married at 43 and found my true soulmate. We have now been together almost 30 years.This song was my song back in the day when I met my husband.Great song----I consider it an anthem to those of us wait and wish and win.
Bonnie sings this with genuine feelings. She was in her 40’s when she married, and sadly it didn’t last. I would say she didn’t find love in the nic of time… no kids and no husband, alone her whole life. The price for fame is much higher for women.
As a kid I enjoyed this song but now it hits harder. I'll be 40 this April and I realize that I have just about as many yesterdays as tomorrows. Powerful song about time and love. 👌🏾❤
Get out there and enjoy as much as you can every day as precious as they seem for you today, they will be priceless to you in 25 more years as they are to me today Live every minute with peace on your heart and love like there’s no tomorrow
A song about our common fate. You can find love or not, but you WILL run out of time. Past 50, you can really feel the river sweep you along to your destiny, especially as your body starts breaking down.
One of the most perfect songs ever written. And nobody can do it quite like Bonnie Raitt herself. I had the great pleasure of witnessing exactly that when she came through London with her touring band about ten years ago. It was largely the same band that had recorded ‘Road Tested’ twenty five years prior to that (been with her ever since), which to my mind is one of the best live albums out there. The whole show was a masterpiece from beginning to end, plus her wonderful slide guitar and all the rest of it. But the biggest surprise of the evening, for me, was the sheer power of her voice. Maybe the people on the desk were messing with us but it seemed the sound engineers had to bring down her mic level urgently and substantially after the first few breaths. It just wasn’t normal. That’s a whole load of very tuneful SPLs you get at a Bonnie Raitt show!
"Nick of Time", is probably one of my top 3 favorite songs of all time. And lyrically, it's probably my #1 favorite song of all time. No other song has ever swelled emotion in me more consistently than this one. It rips my heart out and then heals it in less than 4 minutes. Outstanding song! I honestly wish many more people knew this song.
Nick of Time is in my top ten albums for sure. It exploded into my life when I was 32 and head over heels with a young lady. It didn't last but was the best year of my life. It took me a while to realize she was Nobody's Girl, a song from this album that breaks my heart to this day, just hoping she found whatever it was she was looking for.
"Life gets mighty precious when there's less of it to waste,". Thank you Bonnie Raitt, for the best relationship advice Ive ever had.My fave song of hers by far. Takes me back to wonderful time in my life.
Apart from the wonderful sound and Bonnie Raitt's unmistakable voice, the background singers Arnold McCuller and Fred White also contributed to the fact that this song became a masterpiece and is still one of the best rock/pop pieces ever. Together with their amazing singing colleague Bridgette Bryant, they were already an acoustic and visual highlight at Phil Collins' legendary "Seriously" concert in 1990 at the Waldbühne Berlin
A real gem of a tune that you will not hear the likes of at all today sadly. Evocative and profoundly composed. An absolutely beautiful tune from yesteryear of 1989. Better times.
I've loved this artist for a very long time. I thought I knew the meaning behind this song for decades. Just tonight I have heard the message. Thank you, Ms. Lady. Thank you for your contribution! You are a tower among others. I thank you so much for your contribution!
Gorgeous tune. The lyrcis still resonate as much in my mid-50s as they did in my early 20s, when this was released -- the fear of time running out when you're pusuing something. Hearing Bonnie's soothing, soulful vocal and that gentle groove, I feel like everything will be OK. Shawn R., Mo-Mutt Music/Sacred & Secular
An absolute classic! It knocked me out when I first heard it, and affects me in exactly the same way today. the combination of Bonnie's voice, that fantastic lyric and perfect music make this one of the finest songs ever recorded, IMO.
This song came on the radio when I was 22 and during the time I fell in love with my now-ex. I always thought he’d be the one to bring me a family and marriage and I always wondered why I was so scared to marry him or have kids with him..really it was his energy that didn’t want to be with a woman in a straight relationship. Feminine Women repulsed him. Just when I thought this song was for him at 22 and I was saved from being childless and single at 22 - with hopes of a bright future with him, he ended up taking those 7 years and I let him waste them on me. Now at 29 this song rings true more than ever regarding time and changing, and age, family, memories and parents. I’m glad I didn’t start a family with him even though I thought he had saved me from starting a family later in life, meeting him when I did. This song hit so deep and so emotional when I found it but really my soul knew my future was doomed with him still, and that the right one would come in the “nick of time” even if it was later. God’s timing is always perfect. Never late, never early.
I was almost 50 when I married for the only time in 2006. 3 years later one of the girls I went to high school with decided she also would marry for her only time. I had been a blues singer for decades, so at her reception I have them this song. 😊✌💙
One of the great singer, songwriter, instrumentalists. Listening to this song is like wrapping yourself in a warm blanket on a cold winter night. Beautiful!
This is a song that shows the complexity of life and some of its inevitable issues that come as you get older. Life gets more precious when it's less of it to waste.
I heard this song playing tonight on satellite radio in a Sears store. Took me back to a wonderful time in m life in the 80s. Such great memories and a really perfect song.,
I love Sears. It would be effortless to find elegant clothes there that you couldn’t find anywhere else! It always will be the ‘most retro’ store to me too and so sad they went out of business in 2018.
Still remember that night watching the Grammys. It was definitely Bonnee’s night. For once the Academy got it right, and gave the awards to the right person who deserved it
I'm now at the age where the 2nd story, about parents getting on gets to me more than the first one. But the 3rd story makes it all worthwhile, doesn't it?
