Tim Hardin - How Can We Hang On To A Dream 

Provoques the deepest feelings of melancholy...yep, its timeless...thank you Tim Hardin..😢

I was trying to think back, when. Thank yoou

I know exactly what you mean, and I'm almost 75 (and a bloke!) Beautiful song, I've still got this single in my collection somewhere (was it coupled with reason to believe on the other side? Can't remember) Such a tragedy he left us so young.....

Yes it does bring back the memories.... what a time that was to be alive.... ❤

You do, she would want you too, its so hard but you hold her memory and will pass it on to everyone you meet and thus she lives in your heart and the hearts with whom you share her memory. Shine on ❤

Yes i agree, used to be played a lot on Radio Caroline.

"She" being the lost reality of humanity.

I always follow this up with Sisters Of Mercy by Leonard Cohen. One saddens, the other soothes.

this is when I was a teenager .. Gandalf - Hang on to a dream = almost the same song but slow .. nice too

The song has been successfully covered by many artists

I have never forgotten

+winemeister Let's get one thing straight, his life was not full of pain, Tim loved the shit out of life with a disarming smile a quick sense of humor, He was introduced to hard drugs in the service when Viet Nam was still only referred to as Laos, it was place and circumstance that got him hooked on drugs ,not sadness , not pain.It of course it did not help that he was for awhile Lenny Bruce's roommate in LA, .But he was a poet and as such very in touch with his feelings and wrote out loud what many felt but could not express-as beautifully as he did.Yes he left way to early, but left us with a veritable treasure trove of great songs.It pisses me off all this pain, and misery trailing his contribution as if he were a junkie who wrote two amazing songs and died.Tim' wrote many more songs and great songs recorded by, everyone, for this feeble sad ,lonely junkie image people latch onto which is not who he was , did he have problems with drugs?, he and at least half the musicians of that day had the same experience, you bet!! Timmy crammed a whole bunch of living and great music into his 39 years.You imagine pain when you think of him, I remember his quirky sense of humor and beguiling smile and a writer of mostly gentle , private personal songs that other singers knew full well and recorded them, have you any idea just how many artists have covered his song If I Were a Carpenter? thousands from Johnny Cash, to Leonard Nimoy, to Cher , to Birds actress Tippy Hedrin, to Ricky Nelson, Scott Walker of The Walker Brothers (The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore fame),the list goes on and on.A pain riddled junkie can't produce so many amazing songs ,covered by so many famous people, why, because stone cold junkies are not in touch with their feelings, and Tim's music was all feelings his heart on his sleeve,for all to see.I did an armature living room with an old tape recorder ,rocked up version of If I were a Carpenter,somehow his widow Susan got my e mail number and said she loved it, boy that blew me away, we have remained e mail friends.There is a book about Tim and a movie being shopped around as I write this.

Eddie Black I feel like I could have written a very similar comment about Elliott Smith.

A painful life, that's your assumption,Tim actually enjoyed life was a cut up and loved to laugh,He encountered hard drugs in the army abroad and brought a liking for it back home and right into the drug infused 1960's music scene and I suppose being Lenny Bruce's room mate in LA, did not much help.

Eddie Black actuator I was referring to how his catalog had a lot more depth and genius than most people know from just being exposed to a couple of 'hit songs' that seeped through to fame. I really have no idea what Smith's personal life was like (other than the well known facts of his addiction); all I know is that his writing was extraordinary (IMO)

Eddie Black Any more news about a movie or book about Tim? I am waiting because I know it will happen. He deserves it!

Mee too is sad

me 2 😢

All the Things that Could Have Been !!!...

He had lots of moments of perfection.

yes great song. And so young to die just 39 in 1980

You too Petra? Long story but I feel for you...I'm broken without my daughter.

Ill feel the same Petra.i lost mine son and 12years young. Drunking and drugs car drivet hit him.He was driving to the red light and my son wash green.I will never for give this guy.Don't drive drunk god deamned.

She's still there, you cant see her, well you can, barely, but she's in the spirit world,

She's still there, you cant see her, well barely, but she's in the spirit world, and thats not far away from oures.. 😊

I understand you, lost my daughter in 2001, the 24th may. She was 3 years old. This period of the year is just horrible 😥. I think of you Petra, really.

Same here. That German movie about teen lovers with parents living in the shadows of their activist past

With the excellent taste You all have expressed . I will hope You listen to 1 of 2 of my lifetime faves Ralph Mc Tell " Who wrote the classic "streets Of London " Also wrote My #2 favorite song "The Grande Affaire" Which never got much play in the Philia area. I have attempted to cover it for almost 50 years and 20-30 seconds into it I stop .I feel like it is a sacrilege For anyone but Ralph McTell to do justice to this gem. It is on U Tube

È di una bellezza (e tristezza) esagerata!

Mabe Yushin Thank You!

+Per Theander That is his grand mother who helped raise him , her name was Manner Hardin, what a strange first name huh!

Per Theander I loved that version but sadly it’s been removed! 😭😢😭

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Misquoted lyrics. It's a pity that such a simple and beautiful song can't be correctly quoted. Even the description of this video can't get them right.

Do not forget Focus.

@@sweetkees Ja. 'Hocus Pocus'. 💋

Veronica. Allereerste piratenzender. Toch...? Dusty Springfield, ieder uur, de laatste maanden...

Radio Veronica was the best Pirate sender and wellknown all over Europe, It was devastated news to hear the government decided to pull the plug out of this popular sender. We listen to this semder almost day and night. So that was a immense loss for us not hearing this great music all day long. There were artists who became famous in those days like: The Golden Earrings, Hans Vermeulen & Anita Meyer, Robert Long, Kayak and many others. All Dutch bands and singers. But there are others I learned to love like: the Moody Blues, Cat Stevens etc. Nowadays we do have a music sender Sky. We also have the television music sender like Xite to watch music and video's. Last but not least we are able to watch RU-vid for our fav. music from long ago.

What about "the Golden Earings"? Ever heard about them Mick? They were well known in a lot of countries also in the USA & Canada I heard from a very dear friend who lives in Canada. Songs like "Radar love" & "My grand piano" etc....

Same here...with Just Kids

Same!

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