I’m sorry for your loss. Jimmy helped make this song what it is to many of us. With all my health issues and problems in this world, this is a song that takes me away for a bit. Forever young;forever summer. Love to u
Wasn't it fun being a teenager in the 70's?!!! Oh I soooo loved it! Yeah this song you read between the lines to understand 😊😜 I love Kid Rock's song "All Summer Long" it makes me think about our fun 70's 😊
I believe you. I'm slightly younger with 2 older siblings who were in high school in the 70's. They were 76 ans 77 grads. I graduated in the mid 80's so between them and 2 more even older sisters I grew up with the best music! From Dave Clark , Beatles, Hendrix, Motown, Stax, Dylan, Chicago, EWF, Clapton, Frampton, Bowie, Zappa, you name it. Also the stuff I heard on Casey Kasem. I began sax at 9, so the Funk, Disco, and anything with sax I learned to play, especially guitar solos like "Jessica" "Do You Feel Like We Do?" by ear. Then the 80's stuff too. Jazz, Classical, New Age, more Country, and other genres exploded. The 80's was the last great Rock years for the saxophone except live. It's a shame music isn't as good as it used to be.
Yes, I studied that a bit in a percussion class I took at university. The keyboards were my fascination at that time as we were about to hit the 80's synth explosion. This and "Dancing in the Moonlight" are my favorite 70's "moonlight' songs.
Exactly! Xylophones have a very bright, sharp, metallic sound. Marimbas or vibraphones are normally what are used in music such as this, or especially in jazz.
@@mikefrerichs8860 Yes Vibes Alive featuring Dirk Richter. Check out the song "Smooth Move" if you have never heard it. The whole album Vibes Alive is just wonderfully smooth. Such ear candy and an eargasm. "Sticky Fingers" and "On Second Thought" are also tasty. The whole album is.
Another thing you guys may find interesting, is that the marimba solo you hear on that recording was actually done in ONE TAKE WITH NO REHEARSAL. Bo Wagner, the man who played that solo, was asked to just lay something down while they were in studio recording, and on the fly he came up with the solo you hear on that song. Once he did it, he expected to do more takes because he thought he could do it better, but the band was so impressed they told him it was so good he would never improve on that, so they ended up using that completely improvised marimba solo on the record. Amazing!
This song was Starbuck's one and only Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It peaked at the #3 spot on the Billboard Top 40 chart around the summertime of 1976. This song is a definite banger indeed!!!
As a lifelong percussionist, I appreciate that insane marimba solo every single time I hear it. WOW!! (It was actually a marimba, the "big brother" of the xylophone.) Beyond incredible!
You say you came to Baltimore from ole Miss, class of 74 gold ring. The eastern moon looks ready for a wet kiss! Those lyrics just knock me out! I'm 72 and love this song forever!
This is one of my all-time faves. Jordon is right to assume there are many memories attached to these songs u are listening to. U have NO idea how we appreciate the two of u
Wonderful reaction guys! I kept waiting for the smiles to erupt, and once that chorus hit, BAM, so did your smiles! 😁 The instrument for the solo is a marimba, played by Starbuck co-founder Bo Wagner, and it is arguably the greatest marimba solo ever recorded -- it was a spur-of-the-moment improvisation, and he nailed it in ONE TAKE. There's a YT interview available where Bo provides additional interesting details about the song and his iconic solo, it's worth finding. Thanks for the 1976 junior year of high school memories guys, this fantastic song was played everywhere back then. 👍 ☮️😎
I agree. I always loved this song and hoped they would get around to it. It's not a xylophone, but is a marimba. The live video on this actually matches the studio version and is a great watch, especially with the marimba solo!
Bruce Blackman is a great storyteller. You should check out the interview he gave about this song to Gold Mine Magazine (?). Among other things he relates, the record company wanted to nix the marimba solo. He said, “I don’t know how I had the guts to tell them ‘no’, but I did.” 😄 Good for him!
Saw Boston at the Hollywood Sportatorium in Florida in 1977. Starbuck was the opening act. When that gentlemen played the marimba solo, the crowd went bonkers! Thank you for bringing back a fond memory for me !
The first time I heard this song was in my mom’s ‘75 Monte Carlo in 1976. I turned on the radio and this was playing on the air. I was 10 yrs old at the time.
That's a marimba, my friend. Probably the best marimba solo ever....certainly the best solo ever in a pop song. You need to read the amazing back-story of how this solo made it into the song!
Very easy to confuse a xylophone and a marimba. Very similar instruments played the same way. The difference is in the keys. A xylophone has metal keys, while the marimba has wooden keys. The marimba was developed in Central America from Mexico down to Costa Rica.
I love this song! It's one of the few pop songs with a marimba solo, similar to a xylophone but with softer tones. It's classic, smooth, mellow pop rock! 🎼🎹♬
I graduated in '74 so had a class of '74 gold ring. Was 20 in 1976 and this song got a lot of air play. Brings back so many memories of warm summer nights, cruising with the windows down, and this song playing on the radio.
The "xylophone solo" (I always thought that's what it was too was actually a Marimba, a very cool instrument. That solo was the first take, and it was totally improvised, not rehearsed!
“I Got To Know” is another great song! I listened to the whole album for the first time yesterday and Loved It! Never heard of them until I started listening to Yacht Rock 😎
Jay is right on the money as to the lyrics and the verbal winks from the singer. This was a constant on the radio the summer after my freshman year in college. Glad y'all got to experience this magical song.
This was one of my favorite summer songs! It always brings up great memories. But the reaction in this video to the "xylophone solo" - which I couldn't wait to see how you'd react!-made me do research on this. That was actually an instrument called a "marimba" - and the guy that performed it did that in one take (they did other takes but the first was the best, and it was improvised! Check out the quick history of that man's life, who also became a doctor: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-S2y7WIG9A9M.html&ab_channel=ChrisWard
Thank you two for featuring this song, which being 72, I have loved it ever since I heard it. I am a drummer and I have an instrument, a Zylimba, which is a cross between a xylophone and a marimba. It is portable and I have played it on many gigs. I love also that you two are "color blind" and can totally get into a song, for the song regardless of the ethnicity of the performer/writer of the song. Amber you are a joy to watch, as you are so visibly moved by the music. Jordon you are a very lucky man, as Amber must be a joy to dance with since she so gets into music. Keep going your podcast/show is a sheer joy! B. Gardner
You should listen to more Internet Radio stations. This one is on the 70s channels a lot - as are many other of the best 70s hits. FM radio music didn't vanish, it went online like everything else.
I just wanted to share I recently came across this song for the first time this summer and it tickled my ear holes so delightfully! I’ve got this album on repeat right now🎼🎤🎹🎶
Starbuck was great for their day and had a somewhat big following with their jazzy,calypso folkie,southern beat type music...also don't forget their folllow up ....i got to know!
This is one of the best "one hit wonder" songs of all-time! Jay, I think what you were trying to think of, was being with a special friend at "Inspiration Point!"😀
Possibly my favorite song of all time. I think you had to be alive in 1976 and listening to it that Summer to fully appreciate age -- very smooth and different from anything else at that time!
I'm a old metal head... but on a long trip I just recently drove.. I switched over to "Yacht Rock" on Sirius/XM. Hell yeah... I've heard 99% of the songs already but wow.. the grooves.. the bass.. just really good written songs. I love this song because its such a great groove...and the xylophone... YES....
In a recent interview with Bruce Blackman he made it known that the laugh you hear every time right before the chorus was a pure accident in one of the recording sessions. Something was wrong with his headphones and he laughed at what was going on in his ear. He dismissed it and figured they were gonna edit the laugh out, but the producer loved it and wanted to keep it as part of the song. And that’s how an accidental laugh during a recording session turned into a classic to the point where EVERYBODY who sings that song in the car, the shower, or simply laying on their bed laughs along with the song even close to 50 years later ❤️
I love the marimba solo. This song brings back so many memories from my teen years! This was Starbuck's only big hit. But, what a hit! The marimba reminds me of the jazzy Baha Marimba band.
Gosh I used to hear this as a kid on the radio (am radio what a time!) and I didn't know who it was or anything, i just knew it by his raspy voice! Plus that was a marimba, but yes it was crazy great! Also his little laugh before each chorus! Nothing but fun memories.
Bruce Blackman wrote and sings this song. It is mainly about him chasing a girl in college (she is now his wife). There is a great video where he explains how the song was written, the instruments that were used and how he changed some facts so the lyrics worked. I love this song.
This came out in 1975. Great song and way ahead of its time. In the mid-70s, music split into several genres... hard rock, acid rock, bubblegum (Sugar, Sugar), disco (ABBA), and progressive (like this song). I think I hear organ used as a pad to add fullness to the basic rhythm track, and that's definitely an early synthesizer playing fills between lyrics. This was the genre that survived into the 80s... lots of synths. The instrument taking the lead break is a marimba... built similar to a xylophone but larger, pitched one (two?) octave lower, and producing a more mellow sound. Both are percussion instruments, laid out and tuned like a piano, and struck with mallets. As I understand it, marimbas always have wood keys, while a xylophone can have wood or metal. MOTOWN used the marimba in lots of their 60s hits. Great song, great reaction, you two.
I'm 51 and only discovered this tune from a Kenny Everett radio show ( Radio Victory ) from 1976 which is currentlyon RU-vid, to which Kenny played this track. I cant stop listening to it.
Starbuck originally released this song in December of 1975, and it did absolutely nothing. Their manager said it sounded like a summertime song, so they re-released it in the summer of '76, and Bingo, it was a hit
Ahhh yes, memories…..very fortunate to have grown up in the 70’s with songs like this. Jay…..you think this song brings back memories, you have to listen to Bob Seger’s “Night Moves”! Most all of Bob’s songs bring back great memories
I was into heavy metal, glam rock, ect. Anything loud, and banging. When this came out. At first I thought what is this? Until the chorus hit. From that moment on this song became part of the soundtrack of my life. And it can still take me back to those days. Loved it then, love it now that I've learned to embrace all good music! Thanks for the memory!
So I was a percussion student at the time when this song came out. It played on the radio as my teacher and I and and a couple of others were on our way to a recital. When the marimba solo ends, our teacher says that should be your goals. To be able to play that marimba solo. The five of us said Are you serious😮! She said Yes I would love to hear you play it eventually. We all laughed. None of us ever did play it and, sadly, I stopped taking lessons two years later so I never saw any of them again. Still haven't to this day
Dudes, my thoughts exactly... I have NEVER even considered a Marimba solo!!! And it worked. It was cool, funky, on point and melded with the tune instead of overwhelmed it.
I graduated High school in the San Francisco Bay Area (Fremont) in June of 1976 and this song was played all over the AM radio in our cars back then especially radio station KFRC .
Such a flashback to my childhood… listening to this on my little AM radio … happy times! Always loved the fact that they mentioned “the top of Chesapeake Bay”…. That’s where I live!
I’m from a small town with not even a red light! There was nothing to do but go “parking” or just cruise back and forth on the streets. This song has great memories!!
Best marimba solo in pop music. I was 15 when this song came out. It was one of my favorite songs that summer and remains a favorite today. I was never sure why Starbucks didn’t have more hits. A real one hit wonder.
I was stationed in Wash D.C. back in the mid-70's while in the Air Force. My girlfriend and I would often drive over to the Chesapeake for a day at the beach and this song was played often on the radio. Thanks for bringing those wonderful memories back.
Thanks guys, I listen to this every morning to start my day. High vibes, they were the only group that used a solo Marimba. Watch the videos, it is so cool.
No lover's peak for me. The only stinking memories this song reminds me of, was Marine bootcamp!! Along with "Afternoon Delight" by Starland Vocal Band, barely slipping out of my Drill Instructor's Duty Hut.
