Heard this song when first released in 1978 when I was 34 years old and still loving it on my 79th birthday in 2023. Lord, thank you for that 70’s music!!❤️
This was a musician's band. For example, Glenn Fry always said The Eagles harmonies weren't as good but owed homage to The Little River Band. This band was a favorite of the bands the masses loved in their era.
I used to play this song for my mom on Sunday mornings after breakfast, starting around 2010 when she was 74 yrs old. The song made me think of her and my dad's courtship days in the early 1950's at Michigan State; he was a big Glen Miller fan and they'd go dancing on weekends at Wampler's Lake, where the big bands used to come play on their Midwest tours. She loved this song b/c it reminded her of him, who passed away after 52yrs of marriage in 2006., She died 1 day shy of her 87th b-day on Feb. 7, 2021. Miss ya, mom.
Omg. I feel the same way at 57. It’s so bittersweet. Can you ever use this song with a new love? Or is it just meant to stay in the past and in our hearts?
@@janflemmingolsen I second that INDEED! I'm 61 and the youngest of seven, a guitar player for 50 years now and heard all of this music when I was a youngster and I love the 70's most of any decade.
I would suggest this is almost certainly what they called a TV track. When they mixed the record they would have done a pass with just the lead vocal missing but everything else in there ( strings included and you'll note there are no string players or horns there) so it's basically karaoke. All that said, he is a great singer and I'm sure the band were all excellent musicians and singers but it would have been too problematic to try to do a television show and expect the mix for a live band to be this impeccable for one song as one band on a show with multiple artists.
This ladies and gentlemen, is a terrible song. I thought so when it came out and it hasn’t aged well. Bring on the auto tune if this is what the other option is
@@drywizardinc After watching back again... I can buy that the lead vocals seem live. And I don not hear the conga's that are clearly in the original recording (another sign you might be right). BUT... that distinctive sonic sound on the drums and the first string movement between verse 1 and 2 give me pause... Look, either way... This is an absolute classic. Oh... and one other clue that they are at least partially tracked... they did not END the song... just faded out just as that incredible horn solo would have begun on the record. Let me know what you think, Joe. This is a friendly debate.
@@fishdude20022001 yes I do agree that after hearing it again and going back to the original song you may be right it sounds like part was tracked and maybe the vocals and other selected instruments were 🎤 in to appear live. You sir are correct
I'll never forget this song....got my drivers license in 79 and as I got in my car a free young 16 year old ready to take on the world in my 67 Camaro this is the song playing on the radio.
Thank you, I hate those "Underrated" comments made by people that weren't around when the band was actually topping charts and on every magazine covers.
October 78 I met that dream girl at college and we loved this song - it didnt work out but whenever this song (and some others from that fall) come on I think about those times and how I miss them and her too....
When I hear this song, it takes me back to a place…..a season….and a very special person for me too. We saw LRB in concert which made it even more special. We have our separate lives now but it’s very powerful how a song can just immediately take you back. Music can most definitely be a soundtrack to our lives. Very special.
Saw the Little River Band perform in ‘78, lovely memory of harmonies and such romantic lyrics, so talented and handsome,,,♥️,,,what’s not too love here?
Im 26 and was born in 95, all the music coming out today has nothing on this pure Gold. "HURRY DONT BE LATE! I CAN HARDLY WAIT...I said to my self when were ooooold." Like woah dude LRB was way ahead of their time.
It's 2024, and my son is 17. He loves this and other music from that era. This does seem like a real live performance and not a lip-synch, since there are definite differences from the recording. The skill required to maintain tight vocal harmonies, instrumental balance and timing in a live performance is so amazing.
@@papprazziusa4817 wait a sec-some did a “auto-tune” but it was added more for something unique. For ex-Peter Framptom’s Do you Feel like I do! Remember the tube in mouth with guitar? That’s sorta like auto tune-it changes the vocals. Anyway, just thought I’d mention it. Have a good night!
My wife and I just celebrated our 40th anniversary. "Now as the years roll on Each time we hear our favorite song The memories come along Older times we're missing Spending the hours reminiscing" And, indeed Reminiscing is among our favorite songs. It was included in the music playlist for our wedding reception.
This guy, Graeham Goble, wrote a masterpiece; a beautiful jazzy melody with enchanting lyrics relatabe to all those who have ever fallen in love. One of the best pop songs of all time, IMO. 0:38 We hear Glenn Miller Band mentioned in this song. Glenn Miller with his jazzy pop music had more hits in the 1930s and 1940s than all these performers had; more than Elvis, The Beatles, Rihannon - you name it. Glenn Miller's got more billboard hits than all other performers have in their careers.
Almost sang this song to my Wife at our wedding in 2018. I ended up singing a Michael Bublè song but man I wish i could have done this one too. I was 22 years Old. Gotta love the oldies. Just wish they weren't oldies to me. To experience this live would have been inspiring.
Such a great song, this one always picks me up when I hear it. Great band, you just don't hear cool jazzy chord progressions like this in pop music any more. The singer's phrasing is awesome.
Wonderful song and beautifully done. If you listen closely to the lyrics, you'll find all kinds of shifts in time and perspective, as the elder man re-lives his youth. A masterpiece...
This song and "Dance with Me" have been favorites of mine since I was a teenager in the 1970s. My daughter and Hoppens daughter both took Opera at UTK and were friends while attending there. Both graduated in 2018. He would have been proud I am sure. Still the One and Dance with Me - 2 very special songs to me.
Good morning my friend I was born in 1955 to This music 🎵🎶 in this era is the best music 🎶🎶 to Today's music 🎵🎶 is very much garbage to Am still listening to this music in July of 2024 to
The song strikes me as a perfect studio production controlling the subtlety of all the parts, yet here they are doing it live just perfectly. It’s so good. As a song writer that is what you want to be able to produce. The guitar funk is just glorious, the break licks so complex, and the drumming just there in the background anchoring it so skilfully. I just love it all.
Such a great song. Definitely starts me reminiscing of riding with my grandfather in his Malibu Classic in the late 70’s. He let me control the radio and this song was on heavy rotation. I’ve always loved Glenn’s voice. 🤘🏻
I just rediscovered this song from my childhood..just hearing my parents play it in '78 and subconsciously storing it away. You might know the feeling...not recognizing a song by the band/title, but as soon as the groove begins or you hear a harmonious vocal, you're wisked back to the smell of something good cooking while playing with Matchbox cars on the kitchen floor. What a joy to rediscover this song/band.😊
Love this band. My sons were raised on this music. They grew up to be musicians. I lost two out of three of them. This reminds me of them playing this music in between their breaks at their gigs. I miss them so much
When this song first came on the radio, it painted such an incredible noir-style picture in my mind. It was before the time of music videos, but I could practically paint it in my mind. This is one of my favorite songs of all time!
1978. The best year for music ever. I was only 8. I was hanging out with girls who were at least 5 years older. I was a teenager before I should have been. Figuring out things I wasn’t meant to find out for many years. Falling in love with girls who had no interest in a boy. By the time I became a teen I was beyond all that. To my detriment.
The Little River Band still rates as one of the very best groups to emerge from that classic era of popular music, the 1970s, and their repertoire remains as immaculate today more than four decades on, as it did back in the '70s, even though none of the key members of the group are recognisable, as Father Time takes its toll. They were originally from a south west part of Melbourne called Little River after the stream that flowed south through the area, and ultimately took their brand of music and exquisite harmony to the USA to achieve remarkable success, but in typical parasitic fashion, as is the norm in the states, some local yokel spotted the talent and took out a copyright on the name LRB, so now the lads in their senior years play under their on names as SBG (Shorrock, Birtles Goble), but still perform their old classics untainted. Glen Shorrock, lead singer, was the idol of all the girls in the 1970/80s and many would still testify so now, but the years show no mercy, so time has marched on for them all, as it does for all of us. Reminiscing is the top of a very rich mountain of releases and it is now time emind all of that, as their mentor, guide and production manager, Glen Wheatley, who took them to the States and also fostered many others to a higher level including Johnny Farnham and Delta Goodrem, has suddenly succumbed to Covid related issues and passed away aged 74 this week. Glen Wheatley was himself a top pop singer as base guitarist for The Masters Apprentices, but his main talent was as a manager, so he will be greatly missed. Glen Shorrock responded to the sad news with much praise, and it is worth knowing that the late Glen Frey of Eagles fame considered The Little River Band as one of the era's greatest groups, so Vale Glen Wheatley and take it away LRB. This live performance is as good as any studio production, testifying to their natural talent, no technology availed nor ever needed, for their 1978 release, introduced here by REO Speed-wagon lead, in 1979, on the US Midnight Special programme.
