Hated His Biggest Hit SO MUCH...He REFUSED to PUT IT On New ALBUM-COSTING Him #1 | Professor of Rock

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Coming up, legendary singer-songwriter Jackson Browne was asked to write a song for the 80s teen movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High. It was a Huge Departure for him and it took a few famous friends to convince him to do it. When he finished the song known as Somebody’s Baby, everyone KNEW it was a smash and told him to put it on his new album. He REFUSED the song saying it was a meaningless pop tune. It ended up being his biggest hit and an 80s classic and by not putting it on his new album it probably cost him platinum status and the #1 spot… He ragged on the song for years until his therapist of all people told him he was DEAD WRONG and that the song was about the most fundamental thing in life. Find out what song it is… Why this legend at first despised it and how he learned to love it next on Professor of Rock.
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@ProfessorofRock Год назад

Poll: What is your pick for the greatest non album single from an artist of the rock era?

@eightiesmusic1984 Год назад

Dreaming OMD. It was on the 1988 greatest hits but was the last single of the original iteration of the band. It did not chart in the top 40 in the UK but made the US top 20. Between The Wars Billy Bragg. He had to explain to one of the presenters of Top Of The Pops the meaning of his song about poverty in Britain in the 1920s and 1930s. Theme From Mash The Manic Street Preachers- Wales' finest sons. Their lack of profile in America is a shame. Masses Against The Classes The Manic Street Preachers. Not surprising that a socialist band never quite landed in the American charts. Meeting Castro cannot have helped and even as a fan I do not think meeting the former dictator could be justified. The left has some blind spots and Castro was definitely that.

@donnaleone3818 Год назад

Band Aid Let Them Know It’s Christmas

@petercena9497 Год назад

Paperback Writer/Rain Another Day - Paul McCartney

@tarheel7406 Год назад

"Hey Hey What Can I Do" comes to mind. Was originally just a B-Side.

@christineml1476 Год назад

The Jesus and Mary Chain "Sidewalking"

@AZD2169 Год назад

My good friends brother is Jackson Brown’s lead guitarist. He was in LA at the “Guitar Center” store, and was buying a guitar. He walked out of the store and was subsequently robbed at gunpoint. He went into the studio pissed off and told Jackson Brown what happened. Jackson Brown canceled the session and took him back to the “Guitar Center” shop, and purchased him a 30k Martin Guitar. Jackson Brown is a class guy.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

I’m so sorry for him. Wish we all had a friend like Jackson.

@rubydawn1 2 месяца назад

wow

@Autumn_Forest_ Год назад

I hate it that so many great artists like Jackson Browne are now over age 70. I don’t want them ever to leave us. 😭

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Hope he’s still healthy.

@lisamh9037 Год назад

Every time I see him on a recent RU-vid I worry about this as well...

@dawn6948 Год назад

They will never leave us as long as we continue playing their music. We will remember good times, listening to their albums, discussing their lives w/mutual fans & never forgetting their concerts! "If there's a Rock 'n Roll Heaven, you know it's a Helluva Band"! Most "meaningful" Jackson Browne song? "Daddy's Tune". The last line, not only most powerful but so true! "...nothing survives, but the way we live our lives"! True musical Genius! Jackson will live forever in his poetry! 👍🤘❤

@mikes9759 Год назад

I agree with you!! I have commented on other sites too! The thing is I'm getting old with em as I saw a lot of their shows including Jackson who did great shows!! And his friend and player David Lindley who passed away was an amazing musician!! I'm on my way too! Runnin On Empty!! Luckily they leave us with the music to remember.

@dmitryowens 8 месяцев назад

I feel the same way. Mortality sucks.

@fivestring65ify Год назад

Jackson Brown is brilliant. I remember when this song came out. It was indeed a huge hit. My favorite Browne song is the pretender. I'm a blue collar guy, and it gets me every time.

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

For sure. I love it too. Reminds me of my Dad.

@lunarvision Год назад

I’ve been meaning to learn more about Jackson Browne. I will definitely check out this song (The Pretender).

@lunarvision Год назад

Just listened to The Pretender. Mature, thought-provoking song… I can understand how it gets to both of you. Kind of sad/wistful, tired but never giving up, jaded but hopeful. Amen. I can relate. Thank you for the recommendation.

@micnorton9487 Год назад

The pretender is a great tune,, the Ode to the blue collar man...

@maxaroni15 Год назад

@@ProfessorofRock He reminds me of my Dad too. He had all his CD's. (R.I.P. Dad❤).

@alanvallazza9781 Год назад

Rest In Peace David Lindley who was a frequent musician with Jackson Browne but also had a solo career. Passed away March 3. He worked with many other performers including Linda Ronstadt, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt, Warren Zevon, Curtis Mayfield and Dolly Parton. He mastered such a wide variety of instruments that Acoustic Guitar magazine referred to him not as a multi-instrumentalist but instead as a "maxi-instrumentalist." I must add he was not involved on the recording of "Somebody's Baby". But was part of The Running On Empty album.

@Thejazzfan66 2 месяца назад

If you want to hear some David Lindlay, Check out his albums with his band El-Rayo X. Fun records!!

@frommatorav1 Год назад

Fast Times at Ridgemont High had 5 very memorable songs to me. 1. opening song We Got the Beat - Go Gos 2. Somebody's Girl - Jackson Brown 3. Moving in Stereo - The Cars (pool dream scene) 4. Kashmir - Led Zeppelin (Spiccoli joyride in Trans-Am) 5. American Girl - Tom Petty (school hallway)

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

They really nailed it with the song placements.

@Jameschewingfoil Год назад

#4 is wrong.That was Rat cruising with Stacy going out to eat.

@frommatorav1 Год назад

@@Jameschewingfoil You are right. I guess that's why it was #4 because it wasn't as memorable in the movie itself. It would be my #1 song, if rated by which was my favorite. I like them all, though. I rewatched the scene of the crash and it was actually a Sammy Haggar tune.

@drippinglass 5 месяцев назад

@@frommatorav1 And a Camaro Z/28. 😀

@HarrisonGelles 4 месяца назад

Somebody’s baby

@erick.6330 Год назад

Jackson Browne was 16 years old when he wrote “These Days.” Steven Tyler 14 when he penned the lyrics to “Dream On.” Prince…19 when he released his first album. To say that pool of talent is rare these days would be the understatement of the century…thus far.

@memphistennis1691 Год назад

Greg Lake wrote Lucky Man when he was 12........

@dj-um7el Год назад

True

@PhantomFilmAustralia Год назад

Never ceases to amaze me how an artist can sometimes be their own worst enemy. So many times has a song subverted the artist's expectations, that it makes you wonder how much gold was left on the studio cutting room floor.

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

So many stories like this. We will tell them all!

@ssunfish Год назад

I TOTALLY think about all the good stuff we'll never hear. Just songs that weren't accepted and bands not signed and able to grow and worst of all the business decisions that destroyed so much art. Money is an enemy.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

He wasn’t the first ever artist to hate his signature song.

@jonnuanez7183 Год назад

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 There's lots of RU-vid clips from various channels about artists hating their own songs. REM hating Shiny Happy People is one example.

@a2ndopynyn Год назад

@@ssunfish According to Page & Plant, there were dozens of Zeppelin tunes in record company vaults - that all got stolen. They called the album CODA, "The best of the rest that didn't get stolen."

@BJWanlund Год назад

Jackson Browne’s Running On Empty album was one of those albums that I didn’t know until much later in life that it was one of Those Records for me: part of the very foundation of what became my extremely eclectic musical tastes. One of my all time favorite one-two punches of any album HAS to be “The Load Out” into “Stay”.

@wendyonstott8988 Год назад

Agreed. Load out and stay are my very faves.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

The Load Out is a GEM.

@jlaws007BD Год назад

I loved that l.p./8-Track from the moment I heard it circa 76, and time only deepened the feeling. It still causes goosebumps to break out on my body 🎤🎸💯

@chucklee4446 Год назад

Still want to hear @professor of rock. Give a story on that album. They recorded the whole album while on tour. Some live, some tracks in hotel rooms. A couple were recorded ona moving bus. You can hear it changing gears in the background. Jackson told the story behind the song Rosie on VH1 storytellers

@zuketroop1 Год назад

That album was primarily a live album with live songs recorded exclusively at the fabulous Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. A great album!!

@MikeB-1965 Год назад

I won two tickets to the preview of Fast Times in 1982 from a radio call in contest. I invited this girl I had a crush on to go with me. The date ended up being a disappointment. No big loss because she wasn't all I thought she was - haha!. The movie became one of my all time favorites. Every time I hear "Somebody's Baby" it reminds me of the movie and the date.

@jellysleeks9428 Год назад

The date bombed but you saw phoebe cates. Lol. A win in my opinion.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Oh, we all have those moments.

@dawn6948 Год назад

That's right! No one can ever take the sight of Phoebe Cates away from you! Fast Times has got to be one of those "coming of age" movies that you never get tired watching! Jackson Browne is by far one of the most open, honest & thoughtful men in music today. Let's not forget Bowie, the man's man, a TRUE Gentleman! RIP BOWIE, you're sadly missed!

@kal2487 Год назад

I love a lot of Jackson's "deeper" songs. But "Somebody's Baby" was one of my first "favorite songs" when I was age 9, so it holds a special place in my heart. I still love it. Amazing guitar riff.

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

I think we must be about the same age.

@xennial80sxberner Год назад

I feel the same about it, was one of the tons of songs I liked when I was 4 in 1988 (I know it's from 82 but was still playing a lot then)

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

It is a great song.

@jacobus57 Год назад

@@ProfessorofRock I think this is a generational difference that informs your love and my loathing (although Fast Times is a great film ;) ) I listened to Browne from the first and am only a few years younger than him, and a whole lotta years older than you.

@pistolpeteOH Год назад

About six years ago, I had the opportunity to host Jackson along with Tal Wilkenfeld and her band for a private show for 100 friends in Cincinnati. In addition to his classics like late for the sky, Running On empty, the pretender, and others, he also played somebody’s baby. I had the opportunity to spend several hours with him that night, before during, and after the show, I can see that he is a wonderful person. Over the years, I have seen him in concert more than 50 times, and this song is included more often than not it seems.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

That’s amazing! He seems like a nice guy.

@pistolpeteOH Год назад

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I played some piano with him after the show and also helped carry his guitars to the hotel van. Amazing evening!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

@@pistolpeteOH Cool! Thanks for helping him!

@TheSlowoldman Год назад

Fast Times is a cultural milestone for my generation, our first teen movie. The soundtrack is essential listening to anybody my age. Somebody's Baby is such a HUGE part of it. Hard to believe he felt that way about the song. It's such a touchstone soundtrack song. As old as I'm getting, the Fast Times soundtrack takes me back to being a teen every time......

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

It's actually quite underrated in my view.

@TheSlowoldman Год назад

@@ProfessorofRock I agree, it's a sensational song....... among many on this soundtrack..... which is also underrated when you compare the attention given to later 80's soundtracks like Footloose, Pretty in Pink etc.

@TheSlowoldman Год назад

@Anna Trail it was the BEST time.

@jacobus57 Год назад

@@TheSlowoldman what makes that insipid song underrated? In the context of Fast Times it has a place like many soundtrack tunes do, but by itself it's poppy trash.

@machwal4464 Год назад

"You got to act like wherever you are... is the place to be... Hey Debbie, isn't this great?!"

@ethanhillmusic Год назад

This channel has saved my life. Life has been hard, but there is always music. Thank you and keep going!

@Zippy-I-O Год назад

NAILED IT!!! Many of we Country Girls out in the Boonies did experience a tremendous amount the discomfort in debilitation' not to mention the isolation, awkwardness and embarrassment about the whole situation growing out of male/female relationships. THIS SONG DID MATCH WHAT WE FELT...EXACTLY. Was a really catchy tune...And, it always came up as we rode home on the bus and was one of those rare tunes EVERYBODY SANG OUT LOUD which quieted the chaos. Few of us girls "did find out early of how to open doors with just a smile" and the first time a boy did look at us with yearning as this song most certainly paints, as opposed to lust which was disgusting...It just intensified the whole domino effect of embarrassment. Gosh, you're correct...The values, morals and ethics contributing towards those more simple times WERE AND ARE far better and healthier than the pressures confronting kids...Our Grandkids, now.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Must be somebody’s baby…

@jacobus57 Год назад

How to open doors with just a smile is from the Eagle's Lyin' Eyes, not Somebody's Baby.

@abunchahooey Год назад

Wow! You summarized this song beautifully, and I couldn’t agree more. Especially when you were talking about rural isolation and how this song opens up possibilities in the mind. I love Jackson Browne’s music. You did a great job articulating the feelings that occur when listening to certain songs. 👍

@johnshifflette1218 Год назад

This guy is sensational, gotta love the depth he goes and the interviews he puts together ❤👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻✝️☮☯️🇺🇲 🌬💀🏴‍☠️

@joecantello4022 Год назад

Got a promo copy of Doctor My Eyes from a teacher that dated a DJ, at that time. Little did I know that the song would be a Top 10 hit and become one of my favorite Jackson Browne songs.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

It’s a classic song.

@ryanedwards7487 Год назад

"Almost Famous", one of my all-time favorite films. I was a little young (barely) for "Empire Records" to be my teenage rock film. However, I turned 17 the May before "Almost Famous" came out. I remember seeing it in theaters and just falling into the story. That scene with "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John is just such an incredible moment, and it feels so real to life. I need to rewatch that Cameron Crowe movie.

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

Great film!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Almost Famous is awesome!

@lisamh9037 Год назад

I saw it twice alone at the theater. It was so good.

@matthewryan8463 Год назад

Another great pairing of music to help make the movie by Crowe, for sure.

@jacobus57 Год назад

One of the best. I am Crowe's age and every time I watch it, Almost... tears my heart out.

@MyName-pl7zn Год назад

These crazy stories of an artist hating some of their biggest hits always amaze me especially when everyone around them tells them it's a smash. There is nothing wrong with making a pop hit even if it's not your thing. Somebody's Baby was placed perfectly in the movie and became an instant classic. Great episode professor

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

Thanks My Name!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

I think it’s because the person who records the song notices their imperfections and their flaws more perfectly than anyone else.

@shortcutsunny Год назад

I don't think it's ego. It's more akin to an actor who realizes certain roles/successes could box them in. So they push back against it, not because they hate the thing so much, but more about looking to the future.

@63MGB1 Год назад

For an actual artist vs a philistine it's about not feeling like they are selling out.

@Jaggededge112 Год назад

I love the way you weave the story that you’re telling. It’s beautiful and enchanting. Thank you for all the research and hard work that you put in to these videos. ❤

@kathygrosvenor4464 Год назад

I was in the music business back in the 70s-80s. You know a LOT, sir! And a professor you are! I’m enjoying your channel so very much. Naturally, there’s a dark side on both the part of the label and artist. I know. I was there. Did it. I lived. Thank you so so much!! Love you !

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

Thanks Kathy! What part did you work in.?

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Were you a radio DJ, Kathy?

@kathygrosvenor4464 Год назад

@@ProfessorofRock All of it. Traveled with artists ( not much of that) , did concerts and hospitality, artist liaison at music fests both coasts, retail, wholesale, management (not talent), lt’s really burning the candle at both ends, every day. I was young, naive, cute, vibrantly creative. It took a while for it to knock me over. Yet, I wouldn’t trade those days for anything. That crisp vinyl sound…………………

@kathygrosvenor4464 Год назад

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Uhhhmmmm let’s say that part was short lived. Lol. Radio is sensational. Being with the right people is essential.

@nadenolam8368 Год назад

Saw David Lindley a few times in the 80s, he was the guitarist for Jackson Brown. RIP Mr. Lindley

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

So sad we lost him.

@robertsartino7664 Год назад

Jackson Browne is my all time favorite artist of our time. From the first time I heard Doctor My Eyes at the age of 2 in 72 because my mother played the LP all the time to 1983’s Lawyers in love and everything in between to today. He’s so underrated in the narrative of the music industry. His vision of everyday life and all our struggles just comes alive in his music.

@cjcurtis8944 Год назад

Born in ‘69 and I also literally grew up on his music and he’s still my all time favorite. I see him every chance I get, almost always with my mom, and sometimes with both my mom and daughter both. For me Late For the Sky is the greatest album of all time and For a Dancer is the greatest song of all time. How lucky were we to grow up with his music!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

One of the most underrated musician storytellers.

@alanvallazza9781 Год назад

His hit Running On Empty keeps reminding me of Forrest Gump running all day for three years.

@MrSparklespring 4 месяца назад

Not underrated, just too good and deep for mainstream music.

@pdmullgirl Год назад

I love Jackson Browne! He has so many fantastic songs. Not to mention, he has those boy next door good looks. What’s not to love right?!! ❤️💜💚

@dad4ever-c90 Год назад

The soundtrack to Fast Times is such an INTEGRAL part of the movie. Until I saw this episode, I couldn't have named but a few of the songs. Within the context of the film, they evoke such feelings that support the plot without detracting from the action. The music is like the key piece that completes a puzzle. I'm going to have to watch it again now!

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

Integral with a capital I

@cozmicpfunk Год назад

I saw this film in 82 at the theater, must have been 16/17 it was one of the few films that really connected to teenagers. I was a skateboarder, guitar player and connoisseur of herbal delights so the Jeff Spicoli character "Totally" resonated with me, I had to go out buy checkerboard vans like the next day! And yes, the music made the movie- especially the JB track somebody's baby! Serendipitously I had recently watched Fast Times a week ago and was taken back my High School days in El Paso Tx. That song especially captures the intent and vibe of the whole film- I would dare to say "Somebody's Baby" is the quintessential track to Fast Times. Great video

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

The movie could not have worked without the fantastic soundtrack.

@laustcawz2089 Год назад

The director, Amy Heckerling, actually wanted the music to be all new wave stuff, but those in charge (the studio people, I guess) wanted the southern California-style rock, like Joe Walsh, Don Henley, Jackson Browne, Sammy Hagar... I'm sure she would've been thrilled to have the B-52's, Devo & others heard in the film, but she did win some of her battles--she got songs by The Go-Gos, The Cars & Oingo Boingo on the soundtrack.

@cconder19 Год назад

Agreed. Oh, and whenever it comes down to making out, whenever possible, I put on side one of Led Zeppelin IV to this day.

@WalterFrith Год назад

Another great video. Hey, Adam, if you haven't done one already, can you do a video on BOZ SCAGGS! I love the guy and think he belongs in the R&R Hall of Fame. Totally under rated.

@lisamh9037 Год назад

That's gonna be a longgg video! ❤

@jacobus57 Год назад

Agreed! Loan Me a Dime, Silk Degrees--masterpieces!

@michelel.egerton6369 Год назад

This whole MOVIE was and IS instrumental to the formation of who I am as a person, as a human being since I first saw it as a teenager in the early eighties. That’s all I’m going to say because I’m about to cry, I am so moved 😢

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Right on Michele!

@machwal4464 Год назад

If you were ever tardy for 1st period because you pulled over and called the radio station to see who was that amazing song you just heard, then this channel is for you!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

That was me a few minutes ago! 😆

@johnnyjohnson1326 Год назад

Glad I grew up in the 70s/80s (born in 71)! Really wish we could get back to true singer/songwriter music!

@CyrusandAurelius Год назад

Wow thank you so much! I loved this song growing up but never knew it was Jackson Browne because when I think of Jackson Browne of course my mind goes to These Days. I love the version with Gregg Allman. I totally forgot about this song until now! Im glad to know Jackson Browne got over his hang up. I always felt some people who love classic rock people loved some pop songs but had an image to keep LOL. Me I grew up loving the doors to icehouse! My young sons through you got to learn son many songs of our generation. Its a wonderful father sons thing for us. He will add this one to his channel. Thanks! Keep up the good work on keeping these songs and back stories alive!

@ImZiraTheFirst Год назад

How weird is it that at about the same time this video became available today, a co worker and I were discussing this very film while this very song was playing on the radio. 😮 SMH. What a fascinating story. Love your videos professor. I learn so much!

@robertcronin6603 Год назад

Somebody's Baby always reached me deeply...I was a shy, quiet guy with a stutter and awkward with girls...watched my friends who had a better talking game walk away with the girls I was in love with...it was so hard for me to talk to pretty girls and I related to this tune so much...if I could only have just walked up and talked to her...if only I could have.....

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

I’m not that romantic of a person by heart but I like to hang around with mostly teachers. Kids my age I find pretty immature, and I can sometimes be shy around them.

@sandybarnes887 Год назад

The Load Out/ Stay is one of my faves from him. A wonderful tribute to his roadies, the arena staff and fans

@davidsheridan9229 Год назад

Thank you for doing this!!!!!

@ljs1668 Год назад

I just discovered your channel last week and have been binging through several of them. It caught me off guard that you grew up in a small Idaho town. I grew up in Twin Falls, Idaho myself. Great content! Keep up the good work.

@TexasMom68 Год назад

I love to come here and Remember. I have pictures somewhere of my high school days in California. Good times that will never come back ❤ I appreciate you so much Professor !

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

THanks!

@kevinarmstrong8237 Год назад

Thanks Texas........thought it was just me

@danielwolski873 Год назад

In The Shape Of A Heart is my personal favorite song from Jackson Browne but Somebody's Baby is a close second from an amazing soundtrack.

@SThompsonRAMM_1203 Год назад

Same Daniel! That song speaks volumes to me. The first time I heard it I thought to myself, did I write these Lyrics? So close to home.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Both great songs though.

@MarniWachs Год назад

So right! This song in that movie really captures exactly what you said..the amazing possibilities of that time of life. Who hasn't had THAT feeling?! PS. Love your channel and show.

@carlhandsomeharig5792 Год назад

You sir are a wordsmith that weaves nostalgia and correct music analysis Into a show I always want to watch.... Well done .

@steveharmon735 Год назад

Thanks Professor, you are just amazing and so is your show. I never cease to be amazed by it. So glad that I subbed. Steve

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

Thanks for the support Steve!

@grberendzenproductions312 Год назад

What about the use of Moving In Stereo in the film? It was EPIC!!! The musical direction of the film was great. As far as Jackson Browne being a tremendous lyricist and songwriter, without Jackson Browne the song Take It Easy wouldn't have been such a big hit!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Yes, a forgotten fact right there, Eagles!

@seanelcock Год назад

Somebody’s Baby is a flat out masterpiece. Great combination of catchy tune & lyrics. To me, the organ riff is the key - simple, but brilliant!

@markcarr3196 Год назад

This song reminds me of one of the great loves of my life. I realized I was falling for her whenever I heard this play. I admire your passion for music & insight on this song! Very well done 👍

@mudhens4ever Год назад

Another substantive and enjoyable video. Kudos to you!

@johnbutler5650 Год назад

Jackson Brown has two songs that straight up make me weep, “ Fountain of Sorrow” and “ These Days “. I can’t listen to either of those in front of anyone because I seriously ugly cry during both of these.

@stellashepherd3229 Год назад

I understand.

@hazelmaylebrun6243 Год назад

Fantastic singer/songwriter. I have had the privilege to see him live a little over 10 years ago in Ottawa at the National Arts Center in Ottawa, and the acoustics in that room are so good, he said it was as much a treat for him as it was for us. He did more with guitars and pianos by himself than a lot of folks do with a full band behind them. I'd see him again in a heartbeat.

@chopperenduro6590 Год назад

Wife & l saw him for the 1st time at the Murat Theater in lndianapolis yrs ago & the same thing , he had no band but a stand of guitars & a piano . He was on point that night like we were listening to his CD , it was so good , l have listened to Jackson since the early 70's but my wife had missed out til we got married in 2000 & l turned her on to his music , now he is one of her favorites .

@auralepiphanies4055 Год назад

Should be called The Philiospher of Rock because you keep nailing it! haha thanks always!!!!!

@jwine4145 Год назад

I remember being surprised by this song from JB. Thanks for the background!

@laurat1129 Год назад

Funny you're doing Jackson Browne & Fast Times today... just started putting together another YT '80s playlist, and I can't believe I forgot how many great artists and songs are on this soundtrack! It's far more than I remember from the movie itself, but ofc, it's Amy Heckerling and Cameron Crowe.😉

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Haha!

@dranet47 Год назад

I believe this could have hit #1 easily. I was working at a Pizza restaurant when this came out and it was in our jukebox. It got SO much play from our customers. I heard it at least three or four times per shift.

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

Great song that still moves me. How about you?

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Was it Showtime?

@dranet47 Год назад

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 No, Pizza Inn in Houston.

@dranet47 Год назад

@Professor of Rock Definitely a great song.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

@@dranet47 Oh, I miss those Pizza Inns.

@WoefulMinion Год назад

Glad you chose to highlight Danny Kortchmar and the Section. Kortchmar and the Section contributed so much to the music I grew up with.

@rsaunable Год назад

Whoa!!! Had no idea you brought so much info/background. Very interesting!! Thank you!

@Krullmatic Год назад

I love Jackson Browne! There's no mistaking that voice, and the sound of his music.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

🙌🏾

@DeathMetalDerf Год назад

Didn't Radiohead's Thom Yorke hate the song Creep so much that he more or less refused to play it live for the longest time? I think it was only recently that's he's relented and accepted the fact that's it is indeed a very good and very much loved song, so he will play it live now.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Right. I’m glad he’s come around to it.

@christopherhebert9069 Год назад

Jackson is one of my favorite lyricists of all time! His song The Pretender is one of the greatest poems ever written! Since he’s so cerebral it doesn’t shock me to hear he didn’t want a pop song attributed to himself but in true Jackson fashion even it had layers! Thanks 🙏

@kevinleclerc9632 Год назад

This Song Is Everything to me that you said it was to you Professor. it made the 80's..... The 1980's !!!!!

@Lam_3-22-23 Год назад

This song and Tom Petty's American Girl made Fast Times for me. Well, aside from Sean Penn. I can't believe Jackson Browne hated it.

@TheSlowoldman Год назад

Moving in Stereo was also pretty memorable to a teenager, and the outro song Goodbye Goodbye by Oingo Boingo was PERFECT for this movie.

@mneugent7658 Год назад

You nailed it.

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

Same. How?

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

BOINGO!

@Lam_3-22-23 Год назад

@@ProfessorofRock American Girl with all the scenes from high school, other than the toilet paper, were classic high school scenes. As you said in the video, Jennifer Jason Leigh was the star, as much as Sean Penn stole his scenes. Somebody's Baby still to this day makes me think of her in Fast Times. How did Tom Petty not make the actual soundtrack?

@hbofbyu1 Год назад

"Infectious" is so accurate! The song jerked my ear when I first heard it and I also thought "Somebody's Baby" didn't seem to fit Jackson Browne. It's a nostalgic touchstone now and nice to hear the story behind it. Jackson Browne, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchel, and Paul Simon are poets first.

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

Love that word for music.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

It infected me with its stellar message.

@meanmachine1747 Год назад

In mid high school then. As I was listening to you the words were in my head. You spoke them just as I was thinking.. This song was the essence of the 80s. Found my girl back then as she is my wife today😊

@cesarmerello1966 Год назад

End of Summer 1982 driving cross country from NY to Denver,Co. Late night driving through Indiana as a State Trooper pulls me over for speeding…Somebody’s Baby playing on the radio. Might have been my Lucky Charm….No Ticket! Awesome Song and sound just right for the time. Thanks Professor!

@RobinDale50 Год назад

1982/83 was the highest point for Jackson. Somebody's Baby, Tender is the Night and Lawyers In Love were absolute classics.

@ponzo1967 Год назад

Fast Times at Ridgemont High was the first movie me and my friends walked three miles to the Mall to see and it reallly made an impression on us 14 year olds. Somebody's Baby was a big part of that, it really summed up the Stacy character..

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Jennifer Jason Leigh and that song…forever connected.

@brentcox7772 Год назад

Thanks Professor!! Another gem! Can’t wait until tomorrow!🤘🔥

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

Thanks Brent!

@sherryorr5160 Год назад

Love your breakdown of this song. I can appreciate it even more.

@flavellinator Год назад

I've seen Jackson Browne in concert three times and he's never played this song... Too bad because I've always liked it a lot and it takes me back to that awesome '80s movie!

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

Same! He did it acoustic once!

@cjcurtis8944 Год назад

@@ProfessorofRock he’s playing it more regularly these days (no pun intended). It always gets the crowd up dancing. I see him every time he comes near where I live.

@randytessman6750 Год назад

Jackson Browne amazing artist ! For me "Load Out & Stay" BBC 78' is one of the best performance ever ! Remember hearing his voice during the movie and knew i had to get that record ASAP ..... epic montage song

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

For sure! Thanks RandY!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Right on!

@kareneDallas 7 месяцев назад

Loved this JB song. It was such a joyous song about a girl who was full of life & expectation - “with the light coming’ up in her eyes”.

@briandawson1082 Год назад

Love your ability to allow us all to go back in time, and feel those emotions that these songs bring out in us all.

@TogonzoMedia Год назад

You can't work an 8 hour overnight shift at Lowe's without hearing this song AT LEAST twice! 😍

@alanvallazza9781 Год назад

It apparently was played on WKRP during it's last season in the background on a segment of the sitcom.

@cougar24 Год назад

I don't think this song is an more of a pop song than Tender is the Night is from Lawyers in Love. I wouldn't be surprised if they added it as a bonus track on Lawyers in Love someday. A lot of times they have songs on soundtracks only to keep people buying it to get the exclusive tracks. Coincidentally, Tender is the Night was written by Browne, Kutch, and Kunkel.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

True. It’s common marketing.

@jacobus57 Год назад

Tender is not a fave of mine, but it is an infinitely better song than Somebody's Baby!

@intervalsp 6 месяцев назад

brilliant take on a great song at a great time! STLFT!! Also genius. Memo to file for me on thaat one sir. WELL DONE as always!

@Nora-ov2pq Год назад

I love that you got to Jackson Browne. I’ve got his shows 4 or 5 times. Always a wow! I also loved Fast Times. I totally agree with you. Great song placement. Thanks for some good memories.

@steadfastneasy26 Год назад

@Professor of Rock It just occurred to me that Tom Petty is not listed on the cover of the soundtrack. Speaking of perfect song placement, "American Girl" came on at just the right spot as I recall.

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

Yep. Also in Silence of the lambs.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Yes, that was the perfect song!

@duromusabc Год назад

Such a cool song ! Love the lyrics ! Feel good song too ! A guy’s song !

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

It's something we've ALL felt!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

The melody to this one is great!

@georgebooth2005 Год назад

I've been fortunate to have seen Jackson Browne six times. The last time was a couple of years ago when he teamed up with James Taylor. WOW a night, I won't forget! Jackson certainly helped make Ridgemont High, a more memorable movie. Always love your reviews and insight, Adam! 👍👍❤️😊 george 😎🤿🦈🐙🇺🇲 TEXAS

@brandonkock Год назад

This song teleports me back. I love it. I always thought she was saying tonight if he tries I am going to let him go all the way.

@lowellmccormick6991 Год назад

Back in the day I had a Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album named, "Rare Junk". It had the Jackson Browne tune, "These Days" on it. I didn't care for the album or the tune. A few years later I bought Jackson Browne's "For Everyman" and Greg Allman's "Laid Back". Browne's version of his tune "These Days" on the album was excellent. So was Greg Allman's on "Laid Back". When I read the liner notes on the back of "For Everyman", I noticed that Jackson Browne credited Greg Allman for the arrangement of "These Days". It just goes to show how much a good arrangement can contribute towards making a great record.

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

So true.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

It’s a really good song.

@cjcurtis8944 Год назад

He talks about how much Greg made that song become what it was. Hard to believe he wrote it when he was 16!

@RC32Smiths01 Год назад

Always found those stories interesting. The biggest songs that the everyone likes, except for the person who made it happen. It takes time, but I'm glad he found an appreciation for his work!

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

His therapist helped him appreciate it.

@RC32Smiths01 Год назад

@@ProfessorofRock Absolutely. Therapists are very valuable and amazing in their work.

@williambenner701 Год назад

Not everyone though! 😂 When it first came out, I thought it sucked! Too poppy for my taste; especially coming from Jackson Browne!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

It never fails to fascinate me.

@bbrotherton6345 Год назад

As someone who played guitar on the road during the 70s and 80s, this piece is truly outstanding!

@DsRandomMemories Год назад

Jackson Browne has influenced my life and helped shape me into the person I am today. My all time favorite. I totally understand the feelings of being isolated, being raised in rural Montana.

@tobitsdogcasenerd Год назад

_The Pretender_ is awesome. _For Everyman_ is one of my favorite albums.

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

Same!

@eightiesmusic1984 Год назад

Back On The Chain Gang is one of their best tracks. The phone, the TV and the News Of The World.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

I agree, fantastic record.

@tobitsdogcasenerd Год назад

@@ProfessorofRock 👍🏻

@tobitsdogcasenerd Год назад

@@eightiesmusic1984 👍🏻

@dmize2839 Год назад

It's no running on empty. Sounds like disposable pop fluff.

@jeffreyiaia8592 Год назад

you dog. teasing a great story and letting us hang. You have to tell us that story and the song that accompanied it. Doing outstanding work Prof. Love it.

@joermnyc Год назад

Cameron Crowe is brilliant, and he knows how to pick good music to fit the films and scenes. Singles is a great movie, and I’m pretty sure NBC ripped it off and turned it into Friends (Crowe has said NBC wanted a Singles TV series, but he told them no.)

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Cameron’s awesome.

@nageeb96 Год назад

this song dose more than you can articulate . J Brown voice and songs encouraged and helped my Lust for life and love in a big way. very rare that you feel things that money can never hope to buy. we are very lucky to have all this in our life time.

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

Good call Gabe!

@nageeb96 Год назад

@@ProfessorofRock thank you Adam. i have a son named Adam also. you have a great thing going here so keep it up.we look for it daily .

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Money cannot always buy happiness.

@nageeb96 Год назад

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 but it helps . wealthy and unhappy better that poor and unhappy.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

@@nageeb96 True.

@austintrousdale2397 Год назад

🙌 One of the highest quality unapologetically pop songs ever written, sung, composed and produced. The track’s particular placement within Fast Times… really boosted both song and movie.✌️

@LorieD 4 месяца назад

Would not have heard the incredible music catalogue of @JacksonBrown had I not fell in love with this song. Big smile and fond memories of watching the movie with my friends. ❤

@hallacar Год назад

The 80's had some magnificent soundtracks and Fast Times at Ridgemont High was one of the best. It is not talked about as much, but Vision Quest is high on my list as well. I had a crush on a girl a little older than me in high school that I figured was way out of my league so I never acted upon it. That made "Love Rules" really stick out for me. Decades later we made contact again through Face Book and it seems she flirted with me but I was a little slow on the pickup. You live and you learn.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

The Vision Quest soundtrack is KILLER. Add to that, 1983’s Valley Girl.

@myronscott8611 Год назад

I could see Rick Springfield singing this

@guitardds Год назад

Yes, totally, and Rick would’ve owned it. I love that Rick never was afraid to put out pop hits

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

It’d sound like Don’t Talk to Strangers

@CanadianLefty63 Год назад

Fantastic review!! I was just out of High School when that song and movie came out and was in my first real relationship. I was already a big Jackson Brown fan and unlike a lot of my friends had done a deep dive into his music and had all his earlier albums. When Somebody's Baby came out I thought it was great for all the EXACT same reasons you explain so well. It was like an anthem and I was in love for the first time and wow, the song just connected. Then I saw the movie and yeah, the song works so well to elevate those scenes to the next level. I'd have to put Somebody's Baby up there with my top 5, maybe top 3, Jackson Browne songs. The Pretender, Doctor My Eyes, For Everyman, The Late Show, Hold On Hold Out; Somebody's Baby makes the grade for elevating the Boy Meets Girl type of song to a new level. Cheers!

@Hellnik Год назад

I saw Jackson Brown playing with James Taylor a few years ago at the Tacoma dome in Washington state. What a show! They both sounded at looked great! I grew up listing to the both on radio and my mom’s record player. My husband and I had a great time. When will you get a chance to see two legends like that again? The only hitch in that great night is when we left. I slipped going up some stairs and spiral fractured my ankle.😂 But the way I see it, it was well worth the surgery and the 4 and a half months I had to heal.

@machwal4464 Год назад

I know I've asked this question before, but how many of you go straight to the artist of the day, right after the professor's daily episode? Yeah, me too... 🎶🎶🎶❤️ Thanks again professor, and all you music junkies...see ya tomorrow!

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

Awesome to hear!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

I always do it.

@mournblade1066 Год назад

Jennifer Jason Leigh was such a cutie back in the day. And she's still smokin' hot. WAY hotter than Phoebe Cates.

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

Agreed!

@travismiles5885 Год назад

I was in the Army with a girl named Stacy who looked a lot like JJL. We hooked up.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

She’s 61 and DEFINITELY has a beauty routine.

@davidtaylor6663 Год назад

Professor of Rock...you nailed my experience and perspective even though I got you by 4 or 5 years a 1969 baby. My first Rated R movie I saw in the theatre. I have an original poster of Fast Times I'm waiting to have framed for my very humble record/media room :) you are the best !!

@Sable30 10 месяцев назад

I grew up in LA in the punk scene so you don’t have to be from a small town to realize how perfect this song was for the scenes in one my all time movies. You did a great job telling the story of it. 😊

@dmac3316 Год назад

Great vid. Love this tune!

@siriosstar4789 Месяц назад

i've seen him four times and EVERY TIME he plays this song the audience goes nuts . The lyrics are simple but carry emotional memories for most everyone from their high school days .