Exactly! I too, was a kid back in the 1970's and I remember so much of the music back then. I remember hearing this song a lot when it came out in 1973. I was four years old at the time and it was played a lot on the radio. Such great memories and such different times!
This song takes me back to my first years of marriage to my late wife. We wed in 1970 and parted in 2010 when she died in a freak accident. We had many happy years together but those first years were our honeymoon years and I still cherish my memories of them discovering each other. God bless her she was my one true love since the age of 16.
I think I was 7 or 8 years old when this song was released. I remember going to bed at night with my radio on just waiting and hoping to hear this song. 5o years later it still has the same effect on me. I just love it.
When the camera does an extreme close up on Maria’s face, notice her almost totally natural look. No cut crease or smoky eye eyeshadow. A little eyeliner and some mascara. She looks killer!
You guys can all eat your hearts out ... Way back in the when I was stationed in San Diego ... just back from a tour of Nam. My step-sisters invited me to a party and said "dress nice". I wasn't going to go, but they said "Come on. You'll have fun!" Well, alright, I went. They were both nursing students at the time, but I had no idea they hung out with this crowd: Muldaur, Gabriel, Collins, Crosby, just to name a few. Well I showed up and we all drove to this really nice house and went in. Jeez ... I was such a kid back then. I'm drinking light because I recognized a few of those faces and I am absolutely star-struck. And then, there she is ... it's HER HOUSE. Maria Muldaur comes out with this 3-person band and does this song !!! I remember thinking "okay, I can die peaceful, right now." You turn right, you turn left .. you go through life and things like the Nam happen to you, and things like being so close to Maria Muldaur while she sings this song happen to you. I could have reached out and touched her (thank God I didn't, but I did say hi later).
Damn, you poor man, if I was that close to her I would HAVE to kiss her. Even if I got my ass beaten and thrown out the door. She was my first love start at age 12 ..lol
I’ve always loved this song, I first heard it when I was 14 back in ‘75. Had so much fun growing up in the ‘70’s. The music was so good. I look back now and can really appreciate being a kid and living so carefree. I wouldn’t change that time of my life for anything. ❤️🤗
The way Maria scales across those high notes with skill and finesse reminds me of a great surfer catching a great high wave and riding it all the way to shore.
The hip wiggle and the little bounce she does is adorable. Such a difference in performance styles compared to today’s singers and the true musical Artists Maria was.
I threw a morning paper route in the summer of ‘74 when I had just begun to date the little girl that dominated my thoughts throughout my sophomore year of high school. That little girl loved this song, and I would dream of her when I drove through the neighborhoods during the early morning when this song would play on the radio. This was a popular song that summer and it played almost every morning. She and I have been married now for 44 years. Just came back to hear it one more time. The summer of ‘74 may still be the most magical, innocent time of my life. Such sweet memories. Thanks to RU-vid for the short nostalgic opportunity to revisit it.
The 70s was a great time for me . Girls were great back then laid back . Didn't need much money to have a good time. Those growing up now will never know what they missed 70s 80s 90s.
You're Right, I always tell my Children & Grandkids, you haven't lived unless you lived in the 70's! One of the Best Times Of My Life, everybody was more laid back. Especially going to High School, you enjoyed going to school, everybody were Hippies, the Teachers were cooler, because they were no older than we were, they even dressed like we did!
@@libramoon5013 I had an absolute BLAST in the 70s in DC- constant parties, every Thursday night piling into 2 cars and going dancing to oldies at Deja Vu, tons of potluck dinners, outdoor weddings, craft fairs, lots of friends, cheap rent, and job openings everywhere.
I was stationed in England and heard this for the first time in a bar called “The Running Buck” in Ipswich. I immediately loved it and play it on occasion. It transports me to a very special time in my life when I was a 19 year old Air Airman.
Amazing tune. Actually, believe it or not, the chords are all basic Major triads(until the very last chord on this live version), but what gives it its unique sound is that the bass is playing a whole step above the root of the chord most of the time, or in more musical lingo, is playing the 2nd or added 9th of the chord. I really don't know of any other pop song where they use that "voicing" so often. So cool, and will always be considered a hip tune!
This song never fails to put a smile on my face. 70s music was let it flow and feel good. Girls were slim waisted and natural, many wore their hair long and parted in the middle. Everyone knew at least one Lisa, Diane, Sharon or Stacy. Love's Baby Soft perfume, frost lipgloss that came in a small pot, bell bottoms, and twisted hair ribbons like a cotton ball string. Pastel leisure suits and long sideburns for the guys. Dayglow flower power stickers, football team bumper stickers, cars that had personality (gremlin, pinto) and painted in all colors not like today's bland lineup. Your refrigerator was either cornflower blue, chocolate brown, sunflower yellow, avocado green or cream.
@@missayawk Or the Maverick, Cutless, and Moms Delta 88 with burnholes in the seats because we didn't clean our stash very well! Midnight Movie Maddness at the theater and Cheech and Chong!! Things were MUCH different back then.
Another one that takes you back to a simpler time, carefree days, living new experiences every day...62 and still love it...but miss those days even more!
I was 7 or 8 when this hit came out and I loved this song! I'm heading out to have lunch with her right now! So blessed! There was, indeed, a more light feeling to those days. Let's bring back the 70's spirit!!!!
Hearing this song as a kid in Georgia on the radio at night, through the humidity and occasional breeze blowing through the open window in my bedroom, the sweet smell of wisteria and jasmine wafting into the house on a moonbeam, and subsequent sweet dreams that I'll always remember.
I remember this song as a child but I never listened to the words, what a SEXY SONG🤗🎶🎶🎶🔊I love it even more as an adult, what a way of seduction😉😆! Love and light to everyone! 2023 in a fect😉! Looking for songs to send long distance to my Twin-Flame 🔥!
I had the opportunity to meet her around 1997. She was warm, personable and quite beautiful, 20 years after this video was filmed. I was in college when this song surfaced. Quite wonderful memories...
@@1773JC And some of them had a lot of beauty outside!! So many girls showing off great mid-sections back then. No piercings, no tattoos...nothing but nice!
Little piece of magic right there. The tambourine playing alone is more than noteworthy! Dont you just love hearing a sound so unique and spine tingling. Shes right up there with the best of the 70's indeed, a personal favorite of mine.
@@jimfraher2166 Why would you say such a mean thing? And, even if it were true, it would not diminish the greatness of her art. Muldaur was fabulous in every conceivable way, from beginning to end, not just here but in all of her work.
You're supposed to play this through a 70's era receiver which has a mono switch. That combined the two channels of a stereo signal, feeding a mono signal to both speakers.
I remember this song....mid 70's, lots of friends in Columbus OH, and Cincinnati OH, dancing, dining, drinking, whiskey sours.... and then my boyfriend and I got engaged in 1974 and lived "happidly every after".....
A very, very much underrated singer. MM was one of the great voices of the period. Sexy as all hell too in her day - but she should be primarily recognized for her voice. Distinctive with great timing, tone, intonation... An all time classic album....
Out of nowhere, this song stuck in my head upon waking on Saturday, January 4, 2020. Must be from when I was 5 years old in 1974, with my cherished AM transistor radio, wrist strap hanging off the handlebars of my red Huffy, with the banana seat, listening to 68RKO Boston, back when they spun top40... ❤
JasonEasthamCC I was 12 years old in 1974 but I did the same thing you did Jason transitor radio on handlebars I will take that memories to my grave and beyond I hope some day we will get back to that wonderful and special time
Right there with you man, albeit in Akron, Ohio on the Fairlawn border. I would turn 8 in Nov of 1974 and remember riding around from the Fairlawn lanes bowling alley to the Summit mall, etc. This tune was everywhere and created of picture in my mind never to be erased, good times.
@@jamespfitz we used to listen to WLS all the way down in Alabama, but we could only pick it up after sundown. We would keep the radio on all night and wake up to only static in the morning.
I remember having a banana seat and a sissy bar on my lime green Schwinn taped a transistor radio with electrical tape to my handlebars and pedal around the neighborhood rocking out to 93 KHJ in Los Angeles California
I would request this song every night on the radio. I just loved it from first hearing it….shared with a friend the other day and he told me how he loved it as a teen……
My memory of listening to it over and over as it came on my car radio. Leaving home and family behind, my graduation leave gone, I was on a journey to the oasis of an airbase in the central Valley of Arizona. Dust storms. Colonels as Sultans. The moon clear from horizon to horizon. Shadows sharp as razors. Giant cactus with arms pointing the way. My brand-new automotive camel. On it went, my reality in that evocative new song on the radio. It filled me with strong emotion-- fear, longing, excitement, and loneliness on my journey thru the night into the desert. I still feel that today. Just with swirls of Nostalgia.
I enjoyed this song "back in the day," but appreciate it even more now for the poetic beauty of the lyrics, such as "...I know your daddy's a sultan, a nomad known to all.." And, of course, Maria's beautiful voice and performance.
I was 9 years old when this song came out, but now I'm 54. I had a little radio that I would let play all night and this song would come on each night. It always reminds me of the good times I had in the 1970s. This is the song that inspired Spyro Gyra's "Morning Dance."
WOW..didn't know that about Syro Gyro but now I can hear the influence!! Best money and time spent in my 68 yrs living was on 70-80s music....true, there was a lot of good stuff before it but nothing ever even close to it since!! It was magic!
The first time I heard this was 1973/74 on WLS in Chicago. I was immediately in love. Her voice is so playful and happy. Try to sing this song and not find your face smiling. Still a favorite song. Kids who grew up in the 70's had the best music 🤣
That dag gon Algorithim does it every time LOL This just popped in my mind today so I had to listen to it! Great Childhood Memories! I miss the 70s music!
Boy, this brings back great memories, the jug band lived together on the plateau on Mission Hill in the BackBay in Boston in the middle sixties- my wife & me got to meet Jeff in Houston in May'16.
I was in grade school when this was popular. Never knew what happened in the desert. Lol. 1970’s music is eclectic and special at the very least. Lots of flavors
It's amazing, how some songs, are just ICONIC of an era. Sidenote. I thought Minnie Ripperton sang this. Sister Girl Maria Muldaur, wearing the bell bottoms, proper!
I had the pleasure to see her perform 4 months ago.She can still sing great and has a wonderful stage presence. She was my favorite when I was 16 ...She played with Jim Kweskin's Jug Band(fiddle and vocals) and was talented and beautiful.As a 16 year old dark haired Italian hippy girl -she was my idol!(she's also Italian/American!!!)
Ever since I first heard this song, whenever I listen to it, I'm transported to a dimly-lit bar in Las Vegas, around midnight. Everyone in the place is blissful, and I've had a few scotches to improve my mood even more... it's just a beautiful, mellow and relaxed feeling in a town that understands that every person wants to cut loose every now and then...
💥💥 And in addition to Maria’s beautiful presence here Jimmy Page once said that Amos Garrett was one of his favorite guitarists in the 70s. So much greatness going on here.
As an Indie kid coming from south of Jakarta, I can say the vibe of this song is 60 years ahead of it's time and also a great art piece that mainly local scene musicians can learn from ❤❤❤🏢🏢
I remember being very young hearing this song, maybe a teenager. The voice so smooth, yet both strong and tender. I wanted to vist the place she sang about. This would be a place where no one would ever hate you, you could be black or white, young or old. It would be a place where you could relax and chill. Nothing but, peace and love, soul jazz vibes. It's nothing like the so call music of today. I sure hope the singer Maria knows how special it was.(and still is)❤❤💐🦋
Good to see and hear her performing this song live from around the time it was a hit. I remember the first time I heard the record and being blown away by the uniqueness of the song and the singer.
I am 73 and loved this song the first time I heard it. Seeing her live is a real treat. Her movements are fantastic. Her band is really good. I also like her song "don't you feel my leg" Didn't know she was born in the Village in NYC. I lived there for many years
I was standing outside at night in the summer time. the song would play on the radio. All the people in cars would crank up the radio. I was a teenager in the early 70'S...Rock on people.
Man do I wish I grew up in the 70s. I was born 2 years after this came out. Love everything about this decade. The music was incredible and the musicians were true artists. Unlike most of the crap that we see today. For all those who grew up in this era you are truly blessed and lucky
Her peers from that time heap praise on her Linda Ronstadt most notably sites her as an example of a truly great singer with both graceful and powerful femininity
In the summer of 1974 this song fit so well in Panama city, Florida. It seemed to be coming from every corner during the day. While I was only 7 y/o that summer I remember how this seemed so magical and exotic.
what is seen here is a real artist. Actually the thing abut an artist- performer that lives in their performance is their spirit. Her gorgeous high energy spirit is so visible. She is singing for the pure joy of doing it. This is what we fall in love with.. Some never have it.
