I'm a 52 year old black man & this is my favorite country group of all time!! This song makes me cry. I miss the 80s America!! I miss 80s 90s country. It wasn't perfect but it seemed so much more hopeful and simpler and so less sensitive Before 9/11.
I'm a 46 year old white man. Until recently, I've discovered how to really live life. I look around everything going on in the world nowadays. They want us all divided. We all as equal humans, we have so much to learn from each other. Yes, this is a beautiful song , we all need to get a better job as humans to all come together and learn each other. We all bleed red ,
@MorrisBranch-jf6dq - just turned 50 myself - grew up in a little Southern town in North Florida. One of those good ole boy places. HS Valedictorian ... Black and Female. We were not dumb hicks or racists still mad about the civil war. We were all pretty decent kids, worst thing that happened in my class (a pregnancy or two was it) We all had manners, yes mam, no sir (I still say it - but live in NYC area now and they look at me funny or get a little mad). I listen to pretty much any music ever recorded in any genre. But i'll admit ... For tall he bright lights of Broadway - There's a pickup on dirt road with a song on radio that I wouldn't mind being back in sometimes. Was such a simpler time, I don't know how we moved forward in time and things all around seemed to have gotten worse. That high school valedictorian and I are still friends today and speak often - all we can do hang tight to our fond memories and try to make the world a little better from where we are in our own ways. Keep Hope Alive - and may you be always blessed with all the Love, Light and Laughter - your heart and hands can hold!
I grew up in the 80s in South Carolina. Sundays were for church, Grandma's house, then back home to change clothes for Sunday night church. Stores were not open, no alcohol sales on Sundays, it was just an easier life. I used to swing on Grandma's porch with my cousins and just play games in the yard. What happened to that? It was a simpler time and a better time. Now, everything is so different. Sunday just seems like another day and that's a shame.
@@trwoody1 first of all, you know nothing about me. You assume things that are incorrect. I am a Christian and born again. Bet you assumed otherwise by your insidious judgement of me in your comment. Don't throw stones at a guy holding a machine gun...
Oh this southern country gal sute loves them. They were the best in my eyes. Never knew why they split up tho. Wish they were still making music to this day.
Doesn't matter the race or religion bro, just enjoy the lyrics and instruments . If it moves ya, then your truly enjoying it, and that's all the artists want.
Michelle Mccane they’re still making music together. Even touring together I seen them about a year ago or more. Even though Marty raybon left for a little while to do bluegrass the band never was done. Guy I’ve met before billy Droze and currently is killing the bluegrass charts was lead singer for a bit. Marty was with his brother for a little while called the raybon brothers which they released two songs to radio. His bluegrass band was called Marty raybon and full circle. The whole band is back together now.
Do all you can to preserve this way of living.Today's thinking is disintegrating our land ,tradition, governments weird groups of modernizing wanting us to never think of the past anymore thinking that they have the answers, I will never bow down to this new trend, it's in all our small little towns now strange new people
There are so many people who do not understand this. They attack our heritage, our flag, our monuments, and our culture as if they can delete the very existence of history.
From start to finish of this song. If you're from the south you already know. If you're not, come by and visit... maybe take some southern values and morals w ya.
Does anyone else have flash backs of growing up/childhood while listening to Shenandoah?! Am remembering things I never knew I remembered in the first place. God bless you guys for all the music that is evidently a staple of my youth and a part of so many of my memories. Thank you.
That is awesome I was in the military when my grandma died she called me the day before she died . The next day my company commander called me into his office and told me. I grew up in my grandma's house and I loved her deeply .
Agree his voice is so remarkable. Love all their songs. Although not politically correct by today's standards I still love it as it describes the era I grew up in.
I grew up in Texas 🇨🇱 I remember days like this my family at Nana and grandaddy's can't wait to sit in the Lord's house someday again with my family and days like this again I really miss all my family who's gone on ahead of me😭
I'm 60 years old, born and raised in Georgia. The people here are the best. Sunday's in south are about God, church and family. I've enjoyed many many Sundays similar to what is being shown in this video. There's no other area of this country I'd rather live.
Sucks watching these great old videos. Such memories. Then knowing all the older people are no longer alive and the kids are 30s,40s. Man i miss these days.
I remember this song, throughout my life. I still hear the message it sends. We need this kind of friendship, fellowship, beliefs, and community strength that is shown in this video. Not just one ethnic group, but all of us.
So many are trying to divide us, but it’s important to remember that we are all neighbors and Americans first. I don’t want to know what my neighbor believes in before I offer assistance, I just help because they are in a way kin. If we look out for each other than no one can tear us down.
@oskorei123 Get the fuck out of here dude! I've got black and brown brothers I would die for and they would do the same for me. I know everyone's milage may vary depending on where they live ( Chicago or Baltimore may be different) but I'm from east Tennessee and that's not what I see at all on a daily basis. Community is Community and family is family, regardless of race color or creed. Treat people the way that you would want to be treated and most people will do the same. Don't let the elites divide us. It's what they want.
This breaks my heart, we no longer have this, a lost lifestyle of family & the Lord's day spent in celebration of family & community! Love that Marty expresses this ❣️
I can't help but look around and see everything wrong in the world right now. This video really puts into perspective just how important family, good wholesome values, and community really are for a healthy society. Everyone be safe out there.
@@pachamamaamor Yes but you absolutely must pay attention to what is going on right now and research who is behind this. Part of the reason we are in this mess is because of that attitude. People don't want to deal with reality and "only focus on the good". You can't just ignore evil. It's a never ending battle. You need to be aware of and understand the bad. You need to know what they are up to. You need to be prepared to beat back the tides of evil. You don't have to obsess over it but you must pay attention. Now evil is on cusp of killing and enslaving most of us just because people didn't want to "focus on the bad". Situational awareness is crucial for survival. It seems most humans exercise very little Situational awareness and only focus on their own little fairytale reality wich is actually not based in reality. The reality of what has been at play and what agendas have been pushed for decades now is absolutely horrifying and evil. If you just focus on the good then the bad will be allowed to go completely unchallenged. I say be aware of the bad and pay attention to it while maintaining a good positive attitude and outlook. The fist step for us surviving what is about to happen is realizing that bad is currently running the entire show. Then you must resist bad. Then you must spread the word and try to wake people up. If you don't and just want to live imaginary land then don't be surprised when your entire reality becomes nothing but bad and there is no longer any good to focus on. I suggest you watch movie's like 1984, V for vendetta and Soylent green to understand where we are headed and our current reality.
I grew up in the South & my parent's did nothing on the Sabbath, Gods day, Church & lazy afternoons then back to church in the evening. I'm 73 parents long left earth & I still live this way.
Do you mind how people from the south talk? I am a Texas woman with a country accent and always was told that people hate Southern drawls so for a long time I was embarrassed about it and tried everything to reduce it just to be normal
@@jameshilliker thank you for saying that! On yahoo I visited (by accident) a question somebody ask "do guys like southern women or southern accents"? I was very hurt by some of the remarks. Like how we sound dumb or uneducated. Some even say they wouldn't even date somebody that talked like a hick " puzzled by that definition exactly " but it's ok I doubt I would like the way they talk either lol
Every time I’m cruising around South Georgia it still feels like old time, simple living, everyone being nice , just different than anywhere else . I love the south I love being born here this will forever be my home
Joe Bigs its sad; tonight the tear is in my eye. I'm not from the south but its the same where I grew up; the general concept of decency and respect has really taken a beating.
An entire different time in our Country. Hard pressed to find these folks anymore, but some of us still talk slow and appreciate a good "gathering" on Sunday evening! Life was better then, no doubt!
It's sad that it's so hard to find these days what used to be common place every sunday.... there's no internet, no cellphone, and no social networking in this scene...... funny, it's like a math equation. Subtract all those things and everybody is happy, respectful, and having a great time.......huh..... maybe we need to go back......
I so remember hearing this song playing in my playlist Wayback in the day, when my oldest daughter was only 16 years old working on her homework at the table, and her younger brother and sister were out in the backyard playing games, mama was to my right asleep in her chair, and I was wide awake watching my life unfold in front of me. Priceless!
Sunday was the day our whole clan went to Mamaw Allen's for lunch(after church). She had been a widow before i was born. It was her everything, that we all showed up. and we did. the best eating of my life!!!! Fried chicken, green beans w potatoes, fresh cut cucumbers and tomatoes, greens and stack cake. etc. and we all talked and laughed the whole time...I miss her and all of them...growing up in the South was wonderful.
There's nothing like a Sacred Sunday. Mama and Grandma came from Alabama, moved to Oklahoma 1940. I spent every summer I could with my Grandma. Loved country/small town life, but unfortunately grew up in the city. Still crave country, small town life today I grew up listening to music like this, my Uncles played before I was born. They could play all the old gospel, bluegrass and songs your heart could desire
This song brings back memories of my childhood. I'm 58, and so much has changed over the years. Family gatherings are a thing of the past with this new generation.
Even they did bring back family gatherings like this, it was just be a gathering of most of them with their faces stuck in their cell phones barely communicating
@@johnspinelli9396 We have these traditions still and a lot more....And its now 2024 we can have a mixer.... If you don't think so you need to start being more open minded and paying attention.....,,This world is made of "diversity" .....All the ones that refuse to co -exist with others are living different good lives are going to have some serious hard times moving forward.,. ..
Well no need to feel sorry I went to Maine new Hampshire tha way they live is tha way we live in tha souththey ski they ride bikes everywhere they go they love tha mountains are beautiful people up there are healthy in great shape its beautiful but it's all about where you're roots are at we're all not tha same❤
“The smell of dinner on the ground...”. Boy, that takes me back. Making yourself a plate, or Mama made you one. Myself and a bunch of cousins sittin’ in the yard under the big oak tree eating Sunday dinner while the grownups ate at the table. Good times. I miss those times.
I grew up in Marion,KY. That was my Sunday in the South. Nannie's fried chicken cornbread mashed potatoes corn Bush's Shelly green beans fruit cocktail Jello mold. And a Dunkin Hines Chocolate Marble Cake with fudge icing That looked identical to the box. In the house her and Dad's dad built. Nannie Nannie (having 8 great grand babies gives you the extra Nannie) of passed away at 100 yrs and 38 days. May we all be that subuornly BLESSED.
Back when I was a kid before social media and cell phones, those Sunday afternoons just seemed to drag on forever. Now I sit here on a sunday and it feels like you blink on friday and the weekend is gone. I would say they were simpler times but for our parents, now that I am older, I bet they felt the same way those days that i do now.
Amen brother! Church, Grandma's for lunch, play with the cousins and neighbors, church at night, dinner, shower, tv, bed. I hated that little N.C. town when I was growing up and couldn't wait to get out of there. I'd give anything now to be back there then.
My favorite video of Shenandoah. Recorded in our hometown of Tuscumbia, Al. Brings back a lot of memories from my childhood. Many of the buildings shown in the beginning are still around. A couple have long since been torn down or renovated but most are still the same.
Each time I hear Marty's voice starting this song, I am transported back to my country childhood. Small white country church, dinner on the grounds was always a big thrill. Barbershop pole? Check. No rebel flag (I am from Southern Illinois). But I lived on a gravel road, we got our water from a well, never ever did have A/C, rode the school bus from Kindergarten til graduation from h.s. (Rode the bus because none of us kids could afford to buy a car, working on our farm and couldn't get an outside job.) Country memories are sweet.
A friend of mine drove his school bus because he & his sister lived the farthest out from town. He was surprised to move to a larger city & learn that they wouldn't let a student drive the school bus.
Covered dish at church when I was a kid are literally my favorite meals of all time. Fried chicken, fish, casseroles, pies, cobblers, It was like all the grandmas in town bringing out their best dishes. I'd give anything to eat Mrs. Richard's fried chicken and potato salad again. She was like 90 and could hardly walk but could still feed a congregation like it was nothing.
Never apologize for being Southern or our past and never apologize for being white and a Christian proud to be an American, proud of our first responders, all of our law enforcement and President Trump, God bless America 🇺🇸
@@oskorei123 Thats the most ANTI American sickest saddest racist thing I've ever heard a person say......WTF hell wrong with you ,,You re not a REWAL Christian nobody stole NOTHING from you... Everything you think anyone stolen from you was FREELY offered to them... You no better then anyone at that border... Why ? Because Jesus said so.... You are a racist ,.,...and a FAKE Christian
Oh why oh why can't it be like it was back in the old days ? I miss them God. I go to church come home 🏡 change clothes eat a big dinner lazy around got back in our clothes and went back to church. When family was family. Using my friend phone my name is April. 😭😢Sad it's changed I feel sorry for my kids I try to keep it like it was it's hard.
I remember Texas Sunday's when i was a kid. All of the family together. The women in the kitchen preparing dinner and all of the men and the kids on the front porch. The world was different back then for sure.
I remember as a young high school boy I worked on a ranch cutting hay and i had a closed cab tractor with a radio in it. I loved when this song would come on i'd open the tractor doors and the smell of the fresh cut hay and this song blaring was some great memories.
A simpler time when southern traditional family values wasn’t competing on Sundays. Pretty sad considering the south is the only part of the country with a culture that centered around faith, family, friends and food.
I am now in Michigan because of work, but I miss Enterprise Alabama with all my heart. I sold my soul to make good money it feels like and I plan on returning soon!
Sometimes I drive through the small town I live in now. Been here since 1976....warm summer evenings, windows down and my truck tire's low growl on the old asphalt down main street and this song on the radio. I look at all of those old storefronts that 'used to be' but are still there....just different. Different names, different stores. Takes me right back to those days when I was young. Man if we'd only known what the future would hold back then, maybe we'd not been in such a hurry to move on or get older. Makes me miss the friends and family that have passed away too. I thank God that when I need a trip back in time, it's only 4 miles away.
I remember these kind of Sundays. Eating at Grandma's on the picnic table, a mason glass(with homemade ice) of fresh iced cold tea, grandma's fresh from the hen house fried chicken with a crock pot full of baked beans, mashed potatoes and gravy and homemade biscuits. Playing ball with Uncle David, Uncle Hugh and Uncle Terry and my cousins. Makes me smile thinking about it. Those were good old days.
It makes me so happy to listen and reflect back on my teen years in the 80's. I am now 50 and my health is not so good but I try to remember those days and picture myself still there. The innocent days being oblivious to hardships and living that small-town life.
" A ragged rebel flag flies high above it all, poppin' in the wind like an angry cannon ball. Now the halls of history are cold and still, but they still smell the powder burning, and they probably always will." Amen!
These song take me back growing up in kentucky...on sundays it was family's being together...eating and praying together I miss those memories🙏😃🙋♀️👵👴🧑👧👦👶👩
Agree I grow in the 90!!! In Kentucky when no one worked on Sundays that was the rest day when it was church family 👪praying to gather. I miss those days it Krystal!!!!!
GOD BLESS the towns and gatherings that still live and breath this real life as it is suppose to be.simple.real.peaceful.caring.no hate.enjoying life as GOD intends it to be.
Not everyone believe in Gods as the bible speaks...There are a lot of people who do not live by faith that are very good people..Do not force your faith on others...You can still have a loving care relationship with non faith people..There are billions /countless of people who go to church everyday confess to being God servers ...But are very bad people in comparison to none God believers.. Give others your love and care even if they don't share your faith..
This video is a flash back to the undeniably best time in history. People and families in our country will never be the same . My heart aches with a longing for those days and the people that were in my life then.
Moma turned 93 this past week. Any time in my life when the storms came my way , I’d always go home. Walk threw the door an ma would b there . Hi son, whatcha doen boy? U hungry? Come sit an visit son. All my problems would seem to b left on the porch as I’d be there with moma in those moments in time that seem to stand still. Her prayers has always been strong as she would say them for me. Wish I had words to say how much I love her cause it’ll last till forever ends,Till forever ends ..
