John Stewart & Stevie Nicks - Gold 

Back when there WAS music ay ? Oooof they think hitting play and rewind makes an artist these days I see.......lol

Hell yeah that's where it's at brother!🤟

It has been in my head 7 days now~ glad not to be alone on this.

It is so true !!!! And this is such a great song!!!

Yea and that was just one of the run of the mill pop songs that we took for granted back then. Like they were going to keep coming and getting better. By the late 70s analogue was sounding so damn good.

Stevie could harmonize with anyone she's just that talented. But yeah it would have been nice to hear more from these two.

There is Don Henley and Tom Petty of course...I agree this song is so well done.

Me too!

Try Warm Ride Graham Bonnet

Played it over so many times my mom hide the 45 she was done lol

How about Magnet and Steel .

@@vernonsteedman6933 Hilarious....love it 😀

It's a fair point but if you look at my channel, it's fairly Stevie-dominated/focused. I was highlighting her contribution to the song, because I love her voice. That said, most of the YT videos for the song that I have seen do not seem to have pictures of John Stewart, usually just lyrics. I may have to do a John Stewart video at some point.

@@MusicFan1977 awe absolutely love these pics of her . Stevie was out there turning music into GOLD.

The only reason this song was big because Stevie Knicks is in it and Lindsey Buckingham's playing lead guitar

@@johntoomey357 Now that's a stretch . Stewart was an accomplished singer/ songwriter /guitarist before anyone ever heard of Buckingham / Nicks. Do you think they would want to work with some beginner schmuck?

@@markyac I know that he was also in the Kingston trio But Buckingham played lead and Nick's did back up vocals on that album and they had Nick's background vocals loud so you could clearly hear her Stewart knew putting these two on this album would give him a hit and it did I don't understand how he got Buckingham and Nick's to work on that album together seen there was some bad blood between them at the time This album was after the rumors album I also think Mick Fleetwood Made a guest appearance on this album I could be wrong but you had Stewart lead Vocals guitars Lindsey Buckingham guitars Stevie Nick's background vocals I don't know who played bass or who played drums But I'm not knocking John Stewart at all he actually made a smart move adding Buckingham and Nick's to this album Gold was the biggest tune on it and you can hear Buckingham's lead guitar and Nick's voice on it and yes Stewart also played some lead guitar on the album too as well as lead vocals sorry I rambled but I just wanted to let you know about these sessions I don't know everything and you probably know more about Mr Stewart but I figure I would tell you what I know anyways Have A Great Day Sir

I can relate...where is the fun indeed!

Was this Stevies first big thing, I think I was listning to this before I was 12, in the car in Colorado. I was born in 58. Loved the song, turns out the music was priceless.

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@@jamesbaird8574 This was well after Stevie was established. It came out after the white Fleetwood Mac album and Rumours in the same year as Tusk (1979). Unless you are talking outside of Fleetwood Mac. Even then, Walter Egan's Magnet and Steel with Stevie was a hit prior to this song. It does predate her solo albums though.

globalism takeover mate

I liked the one about the guy working in the gas station.

Me too!!!

I think I was in grade 7 when it came out.

@@MusicFan1977 I was in First. Still makes me feel old though.

Not anytime soon. She takes pretty good care of herself now

Their attempt to make him "disappear"

John used to do extended jams live . . .

I did that during the pandemic too ❤️. I binged on ABBA!

@@imoldgreggboosh3467 Oh really? Cool-"Gold" does lend itself to doing a good jam. As I recall this was a pivotal song for John Stewart, he told his wife if the song didn't chart well he'd quit the music business. We know how that turned out!

I was nearing the end of 7th grade myself.

@@MusicFan1977 Actually, I messed up in my calculation --- I was at the end of 7th grade too. I didn't begin high school until fall of 1980.

@@issues9828 me too; high school same year.

better late than never

What, you didn’t recognise Lindsey Buckingham’s guitar as well?

The same! My daughter and I were in Lowe’s last month and this came on. We recognized Stevie Nick’s voice and thought it had a little Fleetwood Mac influence but had no idea what song it was so we shazamed it. Such a great song.

Omg I heard this in the grocery store too!!!! Just last night. I have loved Stevie forever and never heard this. I stood there and thought this is Stevie! I know it! Stevie is trending!!!! 😂

@@davidsteer8142 It's not Buckingham.

Same here🤣

A big hit for John in 1979 no you weren't dreaming Paula.

On vacation and digging GOLD right now .

Buckingham on rthymn guitar, John Stewart lead.

I think that was turning vocals into coke, wasn't it?

😉🤘

This was John Stewart’s song. I think Lindsey also plays guitar on it.

O plllease

Hahaha

I think you got that backwards

Flash In The Pan is a name that I haven't heard since high school. Came right back to me though. Wow.

John Stewart made over 30 albums and wrote way over 300 songs. One hit wonder? He wrote "Daydream Believer" (no. 1 for Monkees), "Runnaway Train" (no. 1 for Roseanne Cash), and had 2 other top 40 hits himself. Also Billboard put his album "California Bloodlines" on one of their top 100 lists. He had (and still does) a loyal 'cult' following. I went to 23 of his concerts in the 70s cause I couldn't get enough of his guitar work (in concert he would do long complex guitar solos that never appeared on his albums). He was a total axemaster. How I miss him . . .

Kingston Trio

@@johnmatanes3135 So? Your point?

@@imoldgreggboosh3467 songwriter for the Kingston Trio in the 60s so obviously not a one hit wonder....he's credited for the guitar riffs in that song even though Lindsay Buckingham also collaborated...sounds a lot like LB

She sure did . She has said that is why she never married. I'm sure their were offers.

I heard it all over the radio when it came out.

@@lorendunn9309 Have you heard it since??

iHeart's stranglehold on much of radio means the playlist is very limited. It's more like Top 40 used to be, and true AOR is dead.

It's very difficult to find.

They play it here in MN all the time. Just heard it again this morning on the radio..

People out there , turning their music into gold . Absolutely in the 70’s they were . Writing their own music and singing them. No computers etc make them sound great . Raw pure talent

I was 13.

@@MusicFan1977 So was I

Was 14.

Is this a road or road through a town. I remember when I first heard it. I thought it was a Fleetwood Mac song and the band got back together. I'm 57 was a kid than. Lots of great songs and shows in the 70s. I actually cried on new years eve in 79 because I things was changing and as I look back over the years I seen why our country is in the state that's its in today. Sad really. But over the years we got some great songs to get you through the tough times.

@@DavidMoore-co2ze Kanan is a road that connects the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu wih the Ventura (101) Freeway in Agoura. It winds its way through the Santa Monica Mountains and is the route alot of us kids took to go to the beach back in the 70's and 80's.

Next time I am in LA, I am making this drive, listening to this song

I knew that also, Jon had great song writing skills.

She didn't write this....

I was about 9 but I remember it.

That story is soo hetero.

Yes, it was. Grew up listening to WLS.

Courtesy Dean L.

That's Dean L. Adds the photos in time with the music, don't know where he gets them...Subscribe he does an incredible job!.

She gives Tom Petty a look in the video for Stop Dragging My Heart Around that is one of the sexiest things I've ever seen.

That is not Lindsey on guitar......sorry.

Yes Liddy's rthymn guitar is great, but listen to John's lead guitar - it's even greater!

@@imoldgreggboosh3467 Heck yes John Stewart's guitar is awesome...

Listen to Midnight Wind. Even better

Yes...find midnight wind by john stewart...nicks is all over the background on that song...

Checkin it out in a few. Thx 4 letting me know. Tght I knew jst abt all of her stuff) not tht one

@@focusedfreebird thx kind sir

And this compilation is thanks to Dean L!

To me it's as beautiful as it always was

Same with me! Always loved her voice since i first heard of her since I was a child. Stevie is a favorite singer of mine also.

My thoughts too.

We all had a crush on her

But she's not doing backup she's actually a guest star on this track it's different than doing back up

For no particular reason I decided to look for this song. Didn't know the title, only that it was done by one of the Stewarts, but didn't know which one, just that it wasn't Al or Rod. Finally found it by searching for the only thing about it that I remembered, the opening lyrics. Well, here it is. Used to be a staple of Top 40 radio back in the day, which, as far as my memory goes, was just yesterday. Somehow, the song just disappeared, haven't heard literally in decades, not even on Oldies radio. Thanks to the internet and YT, I and millions of others, can indulge in these musical trips down memory lane. Just a little sobering that the idols of your youth are now in their seventies, some pushing eighty, the hot birds you lusted after as a high schooler are either grandmas or dead (RIP Farah Fawcett). Not sure how this is even possible, when I am still so young, and not sixty at all! Maybe all this nostalgia is not altogether healthy, but at least we'll always have the music.