Tasha, I am a 60 year old man and this too is my favorite song of all time. It has special meaning to me and my eyes water as I listen to it these many years now. I remember well the early afternoon in August of 1980 when my parents dropped me off at my university dorm and they helped me move in my things and clothes. Things were moving too fast for me. As I looked at my mother she would look at me and smile and whisper to me, "its going to be alright", the way only a mother can reassure her child. As she put my things away and they were leaving, dad said I have one more thing for you son and he went out to the pick up and brought me a brand new radio. As we hugged and said our goodbyes I saw them pull away and disappear in the distance. I went back into my room, laid belly down on my bed and looked out the window and turn on the radio, the song that started was, yes, you guess it, "Sailing". My eyes started to water and all I could see was my mother saying to me, "Its going to be alright". After all these many years, this song is still my favorite song of all time. RIP mom and dad.
I was 16 in 1980 & that song, "Sailing" blew me away. It was the best years in school back in Penang island , Malaysia. Christopher Cross is pure talent & an artist, singer, writer & musician of it's own class. ❤
im also 60 years old divorced twice,live my life alone and secluded,was tired of being heart broken,so sometimes the loneliness sets in,and this song helps me escape to another place,i suffer from depression,so music helps me to deal with that,and this song is very special to me,i go somewhere else when i listen to this
This song was played at my dad's funeral. He used to sail, like sailboats, and he and my mom apparently had many awesome dates out on his boat. This gets me in a different level of feels
@@strokerace4765 Sure, I get it. It's a metaphor. But you maybe could have been a little nicer in your reply, instead of telling Jake he's everything that's wrong with the world. That's all.
Man, This had me tearing up…When I was a young kid, my mother, now deceased, used to have an old Chevy with a manual transmission shift on the steering column. She would drive the HELL out of that car. My mom would listen to country music stations only in her car. This song would come on often and she would crank it up while we’re flying down the highway with the windows down. This is really making me miss her so much. Great memory.
I love his other hits too; "Ride like the wind" and Arthur's theme". His voice like butter. Smooth and soothing. You just close your eyes and drift away. 😊
Have you heard, "Starry Starry Night?" Knowing of his demise, I named my cat Vincent van Gogh because my heart 💔 every time I hear him sing, "But I could have told you, Vincent... This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you." Yet... It brings me comfort.
When I was young I didn't care for this song. It took having babies and aging to " feel" this song. Now I get teary listening. Great reaction. Thanks 😊 ✌🏻🌬
Grew up listening to this song and I agree with Tasha… It just takes me somewhere. I think because of the song and the way it's written along with the music and lyrics, it's one of those songs that will make you feel what you need.
It brings me back to my childhood, perhaps your parents listened to this song like mine did. It brings me back to my childhood and the feeling of security and no stress, no worries and joyful. It brings me back to simpler times.
“Sailing” is such a cool song to listen to and chill out. Christopher Cross has several other great songs like “Ride Like The Wind with Michael McDonald doing background vocals, and Arthur’s Theme.
Yup, When we were almost out of San Diego Bay we would play his Ride Like the Wind or Willie Nelson's On the Road Again on the Top Side Speakers heading out to the Local Op Areas.
@ Holy Clow thank you for your service. My husband also a retired 26 year Navy sailor. Gone on many deployments and he always had a list of his favorite music's to listen to and this was top in his list and still is till this day.
"Sailing" is a 1980 soft rock song written and recorded by American artist Christopher Cross. It was released in June 1980 as the second single from his eponymous debut album (1979).
I'm 53. I grew up by the ocean and this song always takes me back to my beloved ocean... even if I wasn't sailing. I'm so glad you both enjoyed it. 🥰🥰🥰
I'm so with the lady on this song. It is revalating in its simple melody. Profound in its musicality. It just makes you think of what matters. His sailing is the metaphor for living. ❤
Damn you two are special. I love your relationship. I can tell how in step you two are together. I love this song - grew up on this kind of music thanks to my mom. She loved Christopher Cross. "Laura" was her favorite song. Seeing Tasha get in to this song was so beautiful to watch. The happiness and contented joy was clearly etched on her face. I was right there feeling it all with you.
I remember hearing this song on the radio and being mesmerized when I was a little kid. Cristopher Cross' voice is so unique and beautiful. In interviews Cristopher Cross talks about "sailing" being a metaphor for art and creativity (drawing, sculpture, painting, music, film making, etc.) that sets us free. Transcendent beauty takes us to another...higher place. We are closest to The Creator when we are creating and enjoying creativity. Great reaction. 🙂
I was 22yrs old , growing up in Miami , so hearing this driving over the Rickenbacker Causeway in my 1978 Gold Trans Am is driving me down memory lane . Thanks for playing this. One of my favs of my youth .
I cried watching and hearing this for the whole video. I hugged my dog. I was taken away. I had regrets. I had joy. I am still here. there is always that. incredible choice. amazing song. music is magic. it is like a magic spell that a charmer casts over us. and we are taken away.
Tasha!!! You said it perfectly: It takes you away. The sound of the plucked guitar, the bass underneath, and those tinkling bells...how does that NOT paint pictures in your mind. No wonder Christopher Cross won five Grammys.
I remember hearing this song when I was 6 yrs old. My Mom played it while she was cleaning and I was playing in the living room. Even back then I cried when I heard it. Everything about it is about as perfect as you can get with a song. I'm in my 40's now and it's still one of my favorite songs of all time, and I still cry when listening to it. It's just an amazing song and instantly connects with my soul. ❤️
I remember listening to this, while chillin on a net, on the back of a catamaran, sails flapping, skimming across the Caribbean ocean.... This song "takes me away to where I've always dreamed I could be."
This held down the #1 spot on the Billboard charts in 1980. A bonafide Yacht Rock classic. Allows you to sail on the sea of your thoughts and emotions, to get away from the revelry and bustling of life for a while. Christopher Cross is the man.😁
I have non speaking English friends and I just translated this song that they live a lot and were flowen away how beautiful this song is.....took them on a mental sea voyage for free. ...
Christopher has ALWAYS been a damn BEAST!! His voice melts me every time. He can sing a song I've never heard it, but when I hear it I immediately know exactly who it is & I fall in love w/it. He has so many hits, but he's definitely underrated. I've never understood it. Weird as hell.
I think the reason we can all connect with this song even if we don't share his memories or experiences is because Cross masterfully creates song that everyone can feel across many human experiences--this is the dream of every artist to accomplish at least once in their career.
Love this song! Makes me feel a peacefulness but also a little blue. That feeling you get on your last day of vacation or even Sunday afternoon, relaxed but also longing for more and looking forward to the next time, that’s how it makes me feel. He has another great song (well several actually) but my next favorite is Never Be the Same, y’all should check it out.
I'm old enough to have heard this song when it first came out but what solidified my love for it was that it was a song piped into my earphones on my first airplane trip when I was 18. I was traveling across the country on an adventure with my best friend. It was the late 70's, almost 80's. I wasn't from a well off family so airplane travel was not something we did. The song comforted me as I was sailing way above the clouds over 30,000 feet, a little scared but excited. It will always be an innocent song of adventure, that comforted me. Much older me, today. I am a very, very nervous flyer. If they'd pipe this through my earphones, maybe I'd be okay.
This is my favorite song. It makes me think of being on a boat in the middle of the ocean just looking at the beautiful water. It makes me cry every time
Another good one is " Think of Laura" by Christopher Cross, sadly he wrote it about an 18 year old college student, named Laura, in Ohio in 1985 that got hit by a stray bullet while with her parents in their car
Wow, the way you guys interpreted the song is so true. It makes me think of missed opportunities in life. Songs: Sailing, Vincent , Morning Has Broken, and What A Wonderful World were like lullabies for me since I'd hear them at night on my dad's old Sony Stereo when I was a kid.
I was an undergraduate at UT AUSTIN when this song, about sailing on nearby Lake Travis, was released and Cross, an alumni, became famous. I, too, had several adventures upon the lake with people I loved and am always reminded of those days and years when I hear this wonderful and peaceful piece of music.
I was at UT Austin also when this came out! I remember seeing him at the Frank Erwin Center in 1981 on this tour and he said the exact same thing you did, it was about sailing on Lake Travis. Seen him many times over the years, in 2016 at the Moody Theater with Michael McDonald, Eric Johnson, and Mike Love. And then again in 2018 at the Paramount Theater with Eric Johnson and Monte Montgomery.
Love this song!!! I grew up in a small town of Carpinteria ca and I’ve spent many sunsets on the beach listening to this back when we had tape decks … yes I said it…😂 it takes you to a different place where everyone and everything is pleasant!!! A time in youth for me because when it came out it was still fairly new when I was born!!! Thanks for sharing a peace of my childhood and my adolescents
Since I was very young, every time this song came on my mind instantly took me into flying like in your dreams you can fly. I imagine having a love with someone that creates the feeling this song creates. Christopher Cross is the GOAT song writer. Thank you for liking this song and your reaction!! The alien's are invited to the BBQ for sure!!
My Dad loves this song. Being in the Navy at the time Hearing it in 1980 as a 5 year old. I wondered why my dad would get emotional. 2 years laters My parents would separate. For years. Never knew why loved this song. It reminded him of my mom. Sadly I lost Dad in 2018. Finally he is sailing with the Lord
I don't know where I've been but i saw you covered this song! One of my favorites ever and I'm a metalhead...haha! I love your channel. Thank you so much.. very much appreciated...☺️
"Laura", by him is about a friend of his girlfriend that was killed incidentally in a gang related shooting. It's beautiful but so sad at the same time.
Back in 1980, I was in a Regional Touring Band, and we played Ride Like the Wind, Sailing and Arthur's Theme within our sets for several weeks during the year. Great Tunes. 🙂
"Sailing" reminds me of being at the beach with my friends right after we graduated in 1982, since we had it on tape and played it quite a lot. It takes me back to a simpler time and reminds me that music itself is the thing that "takes me away" and has been one of my favorite songs since the first time I heard it. I have so many favorite songs, but a couple of the prettier ones are "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" by Simon & Garfunkel and "Time" by The Alan Parsons Project. I think Tasha would love both.
This song makes me cry all the time ..if you close your eyes and listen to music..the instruments how the are just one you really feel like you are in a boat..you can almost feel the ocean...for me this is the greatest song ever...
This song always takes me back to the early/mid 80’s, riding in the “way back” of my parents station wagon. The air outside was cold AF, but the song was a lullaby & got me asleep right quick.
At some one who spent a lot of time playing music when I was young with bands and such I can tell you that when music speaks to you, you don't need to search for a reason. The fact that it reached you is already mission accomplished.
I always associate this song to a time when I left home after HS and joined the Navy. It was one of those songs that would come on the radio when we had down time during some very intense training. I would dream of traveling the world knowing there was more to Navy life than just boot camp.
And I'm a 67 year old man. This song is at the top of my list too, thought I love to sail. A good friend and I used to sing this together when we were in the Navy! So glad you're reacting this!!
I have owned 2 sailboats for 30 years and been on many other like friends, charters, etc.I have NEVER been on one that didn't have a CD or cassette of this on board.
I’m 61 years old and very much remember Sailing when it was released in 1980 along with entire album! It has been my go to song through a lot of lives ups and downs!
This is one of my favorites as well. Good reaction. I don't know why this song makes everyone feel the same way, but it does. The power of music, I guess.
When this song came out I remember being with some friends away on vacation and so it’s always been connected to those people back in that time. One of them passed away a year ago and it’s still something that ties into remembering her and that moment in time and our friendship and how far we all drift as we get older.
Truly an amazing song that takes you back to a peaceful and calming place....like San Diego...what a gift from Christopher Cross who also had some amazing musicians on this album with other great songs ...
Very moving. Takes me back decades to better times. One of my favourite albums. Still have the original I bought when I was a teen. Thank you for covering it.
This song was a hit in the UK in 1980-81. I was 13. 😂. This song has stayed with me forever. Beautiful ♥️ choice. Love your videos. Best regards from Glasgow Scotland UK.
Very underrated musician! Chris Cross is really, really good. Can really play guitar, too. I, too, absolutely LOVE this song! I'm both a sailor and retired Navy, but this reminds me of the very first time I was sailing...it was the most magical thing I eve experienced.
The first time I heard this song, models for a fashion show were practicing for an event we were hosting. I instantly fell in love with it! Also, the song went great with the models walking down the runway! I also played hundreds of times with the top down in my Fiat sypder covertible. Oh yeah!!!
