She has more soul singing on just two chords of that piano than any woman in the last 30 years has done. I come back to her and this song to remind myself that desperation of love and the almost primal need for a lonely heart to have even just the touch of love or just the feeling of it close to you...even after it has ended and shattered you...is worth the pain.
I think 1983 for me, walked 12 miles in total to get that LP in Maldon, Essex. And nobody else has ever heard of her. I live in a world of idiots. But I have no regrets, what a great walk to a record shop.
I remember a girl asking me to change the music when I had this on. If it wasn't ragamuffin she couldn't cope. Needless to say the music stayed in my life and she didn't.
I have never listened to this song without shedding a tear. Thinking of those times when i was suffering from a shattered heart. Shivers down my spine. Music is the most heartfelt and precious way to communicate. In this case... To communicate with my deepest feelings. Thank you Maria, where ever you are ;-)
I am an old LJ fan. This song always reminds me of my son as a teen. He was a skater and it reminds mo of the sound of him practicing ollies in the drive. LJ is a Christian band that transcends labels I have not heard them for a very long time. Amazing vocals.
We will always love you, Maria.....thank you for sharing your divine talent with us. Your voice and your creative composition has been such a source of pleasure for so many of us...and made our lives a little sweeter. Very sweet and very soothing to the soul. I also miss your original Lone Justice band. You guys stole my heart with your musical charm back in '85 or '86.
A huge favorite of mine from way back when, and its been so long since I've played it/heard it....this live version is bringing a shitload of tears running down my cheeks....this is again hitting me hard , like it already did so many years ago..the text is unreal , Maria`s voice, soul and heart in it is straight through my heart...I feel pain , heartache and also pure joy to have `found` this pure gem back into my life. Maybe this makes little sense to you all but this is my heart typing. LOVE!
It makes complete sense, a song that can make you feel all these emotions , it's 30 years since I last had love in my life but when i listen to this it gives me a reminder of that beautiful/painful emotion. My Very best wishes
I have loved Lone Justice forever. This song is just heartbreaking. It's my go-to song when I really need to delve deep and bring my emotions to the surface. Her intensity in this song is soul-wrenching. I think she beat Alanis Morrisette to the punch on pouring out heart-wrenching emotions in a song. Maria you are brilliant. Thank you.
Been a fan since back in the early 90s when I first saw her open for U2 I thought wow look at that little girl strumming a huge guitar and belting out some killer vocals great show!
Lone Justice was my favorite band when I was 14. Can't believe I still remember the words to this song. And how it came to be crushingly true on a personal level. Thanks Maria for amazing music.
I think Lone Justice was a very underrated band, having never reached the musical mainstream. I've loved their music since I first brought their album "Shelter" (1986) home. Then I was 18. I'll never forget them.
It's on my bucket list to see Maria live. It would be a dream come true. I have Multiple Sclerosis and my days are numbered. Thank you Maria for the beautiful music you gave me. My life is happy when I listen to you sing. Peace and love.
Daphne: I'm so sorry to hear you're ill. I hope you're coping okay at the moment. Maria does have an incredible voice and this song should be far more widely known than it is. It's so beautiful and heart wrenching. I hope you get your wish to see her perform. I'd love to see her too!
As a Skateboarder of 50 years, few songs, convey the message of love quite like the sound of your wheels by Maria McKee thank you I feel the same way about you! 🙏👀💜🗽🇺🇸🕯️
Maria McKee has one of the greatest voices and has written some of the greatest lyrics over the years. She still blows my mind all these many years later.
WOW - i just discovered this song now, i always loved Maria solo but i actually never knew she had a band and this song/performance.........im speechless! incredible vocal and etheral haunting melody/lyrics......i was too young in the 80s but if i had been older enough i would have been in love with Maria for sure.......she must have had every man following her like a dog on a leash!
Saw Maria perform this last week in Dublin. Just as compelling, just as intense. Just as theatrical. She should be a global superstar. Never seen her more contented and relaxed though. Perhaps better this way 💖
I am very happy for you! I love these guys so much and never saw them. I was around and had their LP's, but have no idea why I never got my ass down the road. Maybe cause I was in the midwest. Maria kills me. I can hardly imagine how mind blowing she was with them. I saw her twice in Austin for the '...Sin...' and 'Life Is Sweet" tours, much to my great pleasure.
This is wonderful song and Maria always gives it her all So from the heart, the opening two lines rip you up and the rest of the song is intense and brilliant One of those songs that stays with you forever Lone Justice simply never wrote a bad song Sorely missed
This is the one that made me fall in love with Maria. Seeing them in concert I was awestruck with her! 3 years later I lived out this song and never got over that Love. I still hear his Wheels. Thank you Ms.Maria for writing one of my theme songs.
*What a brilliant performance from The Method School of Music, and Life, with all of its bumps and bruises, aches, pains and occasional joyous celebration of release or laughter, occasional.*
She still breaks this one out in 2015. It doesn't sound dated at all. It has that plaintive, haunting quality. If it's not dated, what was Iovine thinking when he insisted on changing this bands sound? She does, and the group probably would to, stand up through time. Shame, what a shame, what happened to them. From what I'm reading on this site, lots of people are GLAD they loved LJ back in the day! Rock on Maria!
Musicrelic, who knows what Iovine was thinking? As far as I'm concerned, he ruined them. They couldn't fight back. They were incredibly good, just the way they were. Somebody should have told Jimmy "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"! But he did, until they were.
@@kittmurphy4222 I'm certainly not going to defend what Iovine did to Maria and the rest of Lone Justice - but I'm also of the mind that Geffen Records was breathing down his neck to do whatever he had to do to make Lone Justice an international megaband ala U2, ethics, musical integrity and civility be damned. I'm not precisely sure why Geffen singled out Lone Justice for this special treatment but it's fairly well documented.
Maria, wheels... keep them spinning! your voice is unique, distinct, and so beautiful! keeps those wheels in motion and the melodies ministering to those who need to hear a voice that will touch their soul!
I agree 10000000% Is there a part of me that thinks she could have been bigger? Sure. She is definitely that talented. But the industry was trying to turn her into something she just isn’t…. Aka Madonna, so glad they couldn’t, she’s too strong to let them control her.
My god, I LOVE this song so much. It's so heartbreaking and Maria puts everything into it. I always loved Lone Justice's music (Shelter, etc) and her solo stuff too. She's got such an incredible voice.
"I wish you never even loved me... (it) makes it so hard to live without love now". A very touching song, and indeed a well crafted opening statement. A truly beautiful and powerful song. Fantastic! I can never watch this without getting choked up.
I heart this song so gd hard it hurts. What a songstress. She feels it when she sings. That must be exhausting. But thank you, Maria, you magnificent and beautiful wailer. My heart cries with you, sister!
The best thing of having missed bands like this when growing up is the journey of discovery…no matter how long after they were famous. The downside: I’ll never get to see them live. Anyhow…this song….wow, just WOW!
Best song Ever! Best live preformance ever! Best voice EVER! Why don't people make music like this any more? All we hear on the radio are whiney boys who can't play an instrument to save our lives. I miss lone justice: thank God Maria still sings, but she had to move to Scotland to be appreciated. I miss bands like The Replacements, Lone Justice, Queen, .... the list goes 1intil you get.to the pewswntt. Res Hot Chili Peppers still make real music, but come on.... we nes real music. What will happen to our youth? Who will inspire them? How many garage bands started because of The Replacements?
This song is one of the most astoundingly beautiful, heart wrenching songs I've ever heard yet it's virtually impossible to find it on any of Maria's recordings now. I'm hunting for it on compilation CDs without success so far. If anyone knows where I can find it please let me know! I did have one of her hits CDs which, sadly, has gone AWOL and isn't even sold on Amazon anymore so I can't even replace that. 😰
Maria McKee ❤. World Class singer songwriter. World class vocalist. Shayne Fontaine on guitar... am I right ? I think so. Played with Springsteen's 92)93 band. Brilliant guitar player.
And played lead on Stairway to Heaven with the Wilson sisters at Kennedy Center honors Led Zeppelin, great performance, and got a smile from Jimmy Page
I saw her, (them) at "Brassy's Nightclub" in Cocoa Beach, Florida in around 1986. We were in the first row of tables. We were standing on the table for nearly the entire time (everybody was). It was one of the most intense shows ever. Maria was looking straight through me, I think I may have experienced true love for the first time that night. Unbelievable.
Wow, I’m jealous. I remember seeing them on SNL roughly same time frame, broke af. Fell head over heels in love, her talent, and, oh yeah, off the charts hot. Would have given anything to see her first row then. Thanks for sharing, you captured it perfectly
I wish you never even loved me It makes it so hard to live without love now Now I know, you're often thinking of me Sometimes I feel you so close by that It takes all my might to keep from Trying to track you down I can surly keep you out of sight Forget about the way you look Your smile, the way you speak But I've heard in the dead of night Outside my window silence breaking With the solid destination of your lonesome speed I know the sound of your wheels Yeah, yeah, yeah I know the sound of your wheels Yeah, yeah, yeah I know the sound of your wheels I had a handle on my sorrow My composure was in order If not sufficiently intact But every reminiscent echo brings a blow To chill my senses and my heart quakes And tenses till those moments pass I know the sound of your wheels Yeah, yeah, yeah I know the sound of your wheels Yeah, yeah, yeah I know the sound of your wheels Every trace, every vision Brings my emotions to collision Past love's lost tokens Every cherished thought once spoken False hope of reconciliation I know the sound of your wheels Yeah, yeah, yeah I know the sound of your wheels Yeah, yeah, yeah I know the sound of your wheels
I remember hearing this performance when it first came out. I’m not sure but I think it had something to do with MTV, possibly MTV Spring Break. This recording is amazing and much more dynamic than the studio version.
I think it may be this exact performance that's on "The World is Not My Home" Lone Justice compilation album. In case anyone's looking to purchase the audio. New CD currently priced at $975.33 on Amazon, LOL. Not saying the song's not worth it but...
