I remember the same images. My friend went from an 1981 Turbo Trans Am to a 1985 IROC Z during this time frame. I would be driving with the T Tops off, and a shower would come up and I would want to pull over to put them back on, he would say, drive faster. 100+mph and Priest blaring on the stereo. GREAT TIMES!!!!
Few years back had gone through so much depression and grief after my mom passed away to cancer. Whenever the sun would set I would feel so dark and hopeless inside. I could connect so much with the lyrics of the song those days. Thanks a ton Priest.
man that first 20 seconds. probably haven't heard this song in 35 years that intro gave me goosebumps... great music and memories growing up in a simple friendly world.
In the last rays of the setting sun And the past days, that's where our memories run And all of those times Still race through my mind I'm shattered inside to find When the night comes down And I'm here all alone When the night comes down There's nowhere to go Call me and I'll wait till the summer You never understood That I'll wait forever For love that's only good As the light starts to dim The fear closes in And the nightmares begin When the night comes down And I'm here all alone When the night comes down And there's no place to go Oh no you won't be there tomorrow Oh no say it isn't true I can't take this pain and sorrow Oh can't you see my heart is broken in two Oh, say I'm trying inside to fight When the night comes down And I'm here all alone When the night comes down And there's no place to go
I have not heard this song since probably 1987. But I never forgot the power ballad aspect. Hearing it just now- why did I ever sell those old Priest records! Looking forward to Halford Blues album. GET TO WORK ROB!
21 years old and I continue down the Rabbit hole of Judas Priest Update: 23 years old now, own a few albums this one and Ram It Down, seen them live and plan to see them again this year.
The most raw outpouring of emotion on the album and that’s fucking saying something. Thank you Rob for enduring enough pain to render such a performance.
I loved listening to this song on my cassette 😳 lying in my bed at night with my headphones on... The song is dark and perfect before going to sleep...🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿
Dude, Priest, you made me come back to the times when I began listening to metal music... This song has an amazing aura, Love you so Much and please if you can release the song Run of the Mill of the Rocka Rolla album. Keep on Rocking!!
Qué recuerdos tan fantásticos se vienen a mi mente al escuchar esta canción, gracias Judas Priest, crecí con tus canciones y me acompañaste durante casi toda mi vida
In my 11,000-plus song collection there are some 100 songs I awarded a (subjective) score of 4 maximum stars. This is one of them. What an amazingly haunting atmosphere. And talk about laid-back drumming! Rob Halford does wonders with his voice here.
Lo escucho hoy después de unos meses , todo el álbum y sin duda el mejor álbum de JUDAS de todos los tiempos y de todos los álbunes del mundo 🌎🌍🌍🌍 entero...🎸🎸🎸✨🎵👌💯💯💯💯 X X X 💯💯💯💯 Heavy Metal. Larga vida JUDAS PRIEST , infinita..✨🌍🌍🌎🌎🎸🎸
Got my own story to tell here. Around the time when I first heard this song, and the event happened that led to my discovery of it. I was in my late teens and we had a family reunion where I had met several of my cousins for the first time. One of my cousins who I thought was really cool gave me the impression that she didn't want to talk to me or to know me and would do anything to get away from me. She would just seemingly disappear the moment I entered the room. It felt pretty bad because it made me think that she found me disgusting and repulsive yet she would happily hang out with everyone else. I felt unwanted and then when she did it one more time, I disappeared out of there. I never wanted to see her again, so I left the interaction and disappeared somewhere where nobody could find me for several hours. Around the same time as a teenage metal fan, I had discovered Judas Priest and had loved them but I had only just gotten the Defenders album. In my depressed state, I took my Walkman and put this album on to feel better. It felt good but when I got to this song, it was unlike anything I had heard and given the song is about being rejected and loneliness, it was as if the song knew what I was feeling and it was soothing that pain. It couldn't have come at a better time. It just cleansed me of everything and assured me that I would get through this. After I heard it, I was smiling again and feeling better. At the next event, I didn't care about my cousin anymore and just carried on. She was there but I wasn't concerning myself with her presence. Strangely enough, she then came up to me and started talking to me. I wasn't expecting anything but here she was now trying to talk with me. She then asked me where I went the day before for several hours. I then asked why she was so interested in that. She was like ''I noticed your absence and I was worried that you were feeling left out or unwanted by us. I want you to know that we really care about you and we want you with us''. I almost collapsed. It turned out that she wouldn't talk to me because she was very shy. Today we are now very close. Every time I hear this song, it is a reminder of how I felt at the time and how I got through it.
THE GREATEST HEAVY METAL POWER BALLAD OF ALL TIME. THANK YOU MR. ROB HALFORD FOR BEING THERE IN THE WORST OF TIMES FOR ME. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WISH OUR FRIEND MR. RONNIE JAMES DIO WAS WITH US SO YOU GUYS COULD MAKE ANOTHER HEAR N AID CD TO HEAL THE WORLD IN PLACES WHERE THERE IS THE MOST SUFFERING. LOVE YOUR MR. ROB HALFORD. THE METAL GOD!
