I had the privilege of seeing Rick Nelson in concert at Knott's Berry Farm,of all places, way way back, I was just a kid at the time, and the so-called good time theater was still called the John Wayne Theater at the time that he was playing. Literally what happened in the song happened while I was there. I went with my father who was very opinionated, and he got up and walked out when he saw what Ricky Nelson looked like at the time. He had long hair and a shirt with cut-off sleeves and old jeans and my dad got peeved and walked out- so that just goes to show you how true these lyrics are😊
Some of these comments make me feel old!!! One says not the original. It's live!!! That turned out to be his biggest hit. Tom Brumley on steel played for years with Buck Owens. Wonder how many remember the Ozzie and Harriet show!!!! I had the privilege of along with one of my brothers and 2 other guys I know to work with Ricky.
@@ronfowlermusic: Omg, are you completely tone deaf? There is almost nothing about this live version that’s the same as the original recording, from the very opening notes to the pedal steel solo to the guitar solo to the vocal maturity to the backup harmonies other than that it’s the same song and both were done beautifully. Geeeeezus.
This is this is absolutely one of my favorite songs from him. You know people can be really cruel they expect you to look like you're 16 when you're 75. They wanted to sound exactly the same and look the same and they don't have the mentality to know you don't stay the same. I know it broke his heart but I am so proud of him he busted every one of them without saying anything mean he got them in a song. That's why you never play Madison square garden because people are just not the same. Ricky was a great man and a great singer and I hate they did that to him but he came back with the best banger ever
I read they actually booed him. Those in attendance were ignorant and lacking in class. Shame on them. Small segment of NYC concert goers. I like this and other songs of his. RIP Ricky
@@user-ie8bz7jz2r yeah they did. Because Ricky didn't look like he did when he was 16 on TV and he didn't play his music quite the same. Sometimes people are too unintelligent to know you get older
@@AllPatrol he wasn't "Ricky" anymore, he grew up, grew his hair long. The people in that crowd were Ricky Nelson fans, not Rick Nelson fans. Big difference.
Watched Ricky growing up on their TV Show, he was my first teen idol! Loved him in Rio Bravo. Loved his music. RIP we lost you way to soon. Now I love watching his boys, Matthew and Gunnar, playing and singing Ricky's songs. Love watching and listening to their music. Ricky would be so proud!
I watched him as a tiny little girl on tv…when this song came out I remember I was so excited. I was 15 and liked that folky/country/rock style. Plus he had such a beautiful voice.
BUT ITS ALRIGHT NOW, I LEARNRD MY LESSON WELL SEE YOU CANT PLEASE EVERYONE, SO YOU GOT TO PLEASE YOURSELF-LOVE THESE LYRICS AS REMINDS ME OF ME-LOVE THIS SONG-😊Rip Ricky Nelson. And thanks for all your great songs 🎵 🙏 🙏..
I was born when this was popular. So-this is now I know Ricky. I love that this song is an ode to getting older and adjusting-realizing people want your old hits but you got more his in ya that might never be heard by anyone. But, when you get your chance play ‘em! That’s ok! Then write a hit about how them old times are gone but it sure was fun anyway.
2023. I just listened to Hello Mary Lou. Mommy's name was Mary Louise. I was a little kid, didn't know or think much of Ricky back then. I appreciate all this though now ❤
Remembering Ricky Nelson born on May 8, 1940. He was an American musician and actor. From age eight he starred alongside his family in the radio and television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson
The audience wasn’t booing him. There were several independent witnesses who said they were booing the cops who were kicking out some rowdy audience members. I wonder how Ricky felt after he released the song and then found that out. Probably not too bad. He might’ve been a bit embarrassed but it was a million-seller so he made a few bucks off of it.
well, for starters, he wasn't known as Ricky in 1971; he grew up, grew his hair out. The crowd booed Rick for his new look and his new music. They wanted Ricky, not Rick.
And I hate to admit this but when people said they went to a garden party in my high school that meant they were going to a weed party. rip Ricky Nelson
Ricky (in the sky): In 20 minutes, I'll be 60, but nobody invited me anywhere or sent a note or even a nice phone call. So, I am going to try to "please myself", satisfy myself and do what I want to do to celebrate my birthday on MY terms.
I don't know what this means, but he didn't die at 16. Rick Nelson was a great artist who made some of the best rock and roll records of the 50s 60s 70s.
I got grapes at wrest point and for as decade they played me partner with eins against me with chronic one dollar seven dollars fifty losses wind to funk my safe life. They're in crime
@@practicewhatyoupreach8382 he dropped the y from his name when he turned 21. It meant he had grown up. He was no longer a Crewcut little boy. Show the man some respect.
I had the privilege of seeing Rick Nelson in concert at Knott's Berry Farm,of all places, way way back, I was just a kid at the time, and the so-called good time theater was still called the John Wayne Theater at the time that he was playing. Literally what happened in the song happened while I was there. I went with my father who was very opinionated, and he got up and walked out when he saw what Ricky Nelson looked like at the time. He had long hair and a shirt with cut-off sleeves and old jeans and my dad got peeved and walked out- so that just goes to show you how true these lyrics are😊
❤🎉❤🎉 música lindíssima boa gosto Rick Nelson cantor faz muito sucesso até hoje faz muito sucesso até hoje faz muito
❤🎉❤🎉 música lindíssima boa gosto Rick Nelson cantor faz muito sucesso até hoje faz muito sucesso até hoje faz muito sucesso até hoje faz muito
we all go to a Garden Party at one time or another
This is a classic song. It just makes you feel good.
Great song!
52 years… still so good
Some of these comments make me feel old!!! One says not the original. It's live!!! That turned out to be his biggest hit. Tom Brumley on steel played for years with Buck Owens. Wonder how many remember the Ozzie and Harriet show!!!! I had the privilege of along with one of my brothers and 2 other guys I know to work with Ricky.
Not live, just a later recording synched to the original video.
I do I loved it ❤
I can recall the show but mainly through reruns. I just wonder how he would have been recognized if he had not perished in the plane crash.
@@ronfowlermusic: Omg, are you completely tone deaf? There is almost nothing about this live version that’s the same as the original recording, from the very opening notes to the pedal steel solo to the guitar solo to the vocal maturity to the backup harmonies other than that it’s the same song and both were done beautifully. Geeeeezus.
@@rayray8687 it's not live, it's a studio recording. Nice that you respect Jesus though.
A song of my youth
This is this is absolutely one of my favorite songs from him. You know people can be really cruel they expect you to look like you're 16 when you're 75. They wanted to sound exactly the same and look the same and they don't have the mentality to know you don't stay the same. I know it broke his heart but I am so proud of him he busted every one of them without saying anything mean he got them in a song. That's why you never play Madison square garden because people are just not the same. Ricky was a great man and a great singer and I hate they did that to him but he came back with the best banger ever
I read they actually booed him. Those in attendance were ignorant and lacking in class. Shame on them. Small segment of NYC concert goers. I like this and other songs of his. RIP Ricky
@@user-ie8bz7jz2r yeah they did. Because Ricky didn't look like he did when he was 16 on TV and he didn't play his music quite the same. Sometimes people are too unintelligent to know you get older
@@AllPatrol he wasn't "Ricky" anymore, he grew up, grew his hair long. The people in that crowd were Ricky Nelson fans, not Rick Nelson fans. Big difference.
What do you mean "75"? Didn't he die at age 45?
@@timhulsizer "Ricky" died at 21. Long live Rick!
One of the better songs from this era.
❤
I heard this song on the radio a lot when I was a kid in East Toledo in the 70s.
My earliest memories of Ricky Nelson was on Ozzie & Harriet
I remember watching a documentary on him on VH1 when I was in HS. I said to myself what a fine and talented man he was RIP
Awesome!
Watched Ricky growing up on their TV Show, he was my first teen idol! Loved him in Rio Bravo. Loved his music. RIP we lost you way to soon. Now I love watching his boys, Matthew and Gunnar, playing and singing Ricky's songs. Love watching and listening to their music. Ricky would be so proud!
❤🎉❤🎉 música lindíssima boa gosto Rick Nelson cantor faz muito sucesso até hoje faz muito
Fondly remembered and missed.
I watched him as a tiny little girl on tv…when this song came out I remember I was so excited. I was 15 and liked that folky/country/rock style. Plus he had such a beautiful voice.
*Yoko brought her walrus, there was magic in the air...*
still a good song in 2020.Ricky Nelson was so good looking
Oh, was he ever!
Yesh, he was
Yea, he was. Id let him blow me. Id probably even tap him on the head as a warning before I sprayed him..... obviously, because Im a gentleman
I drank many a beer listening to this song!
Can’t please everyone so ya GOTS TO PLEASE YOURSELF. Words of wisdom sir of only more lived by them as I have learned to do.
I remember this being a favorite song of mine when I was an 8 year old boy.
A great song, and a fine singer !!
BUT ITS ALRIGHT NOW, I LEARNRD MY LESSON WELL SEE YOU CANT PLEASE EVERYONE, SO YOU GOT TO PLEASE YOURSELF-LOVE THESE LYRICS AS REMINDS ME OF ME-LOVE THIS SONG-😊Rip Ricky Nelson. And thanks for all your great songs 🎵 🙏 🙏..
They didn't appreciate him, he was just trying to expand his music
Omg. He’d be 82 years old now!Nooooooooooooooooooo
Love this song. One of my favorites.
Love this!
Always liked this song and the man.
I was living in Texarkana when his plane went down.
Garden Party Lyrics
Rick Nelson
Ooh-ooh-ooh
I went to a garden party
To reminisce with my old friends
A chance to share old memories
Play our songs again
When I got to the garden party
They all knew my name
No one recognized me
I didn't look the same
But it's all right now
I learned my lesson well
You see, you can't please everyone
So you got to please yourself
People came from miles around
Everyone was there
Yoko brought her walrus
There was magic in the air
And over in the corner
Much to my surprise
Mr Hughes hid in Dylan's shoes
Wearing his disguise
But it's all right now
I learned my lesson well
You see, you can't please everyone
So you got to please yourself
Lot-da-da
Lot-in-da-da-da
Played them all the old songs
I thought that's why they came
No one heard the music
Didn't look the same
I said hello to "Mary Lou"
She belongs to me
When I sang a song about a honky-tonk
It was time to leave
But it's all right now
I learned my lesson well
You see, you can't please everyone
So you got to please yourself
Lot-da-da
Lot-in-da-da-da
Someone opened up a closet door
And out stepped Johnny B Goode
Playing guitar like a-ringin' a bell
And lookin' like he should
Now if you gotta play at garden parties
I wish you a lotta luck
But if memories were all I sang
I'd rather drive a truck
And it's all right now
I learned my lesson well
See, you can't please everyone
So you got to please yourself
Lot-da-da (lot-da-da-da)
Lot-in-da-da-da
And it's all right now, yeah
I learned my lesson well
You see, you can't please everyone
So you got to please yourself
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Ricky Nelson
Garden Party lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Rick, not Ricky.
@@ronfowlermusic thank you for the name correction. Just reading that he changed his name to Rick when he was 21.
What a great voice
BIXE NICE
I've always loved this ❤️❤️
I was born when this was popular. So-this is now I know Ricky. I love that this song is an ode to getting older and adjusting-realizing people want your old hits but you got more his in ya that might never be heard by anyone. But, when you get your chance play ‘em! That’s ok! Then write a hit about how them old times are gone but it sure was fun anyway.
Amen !you tell em girl!
2023. I just listened to Hello Mary Lou. Mommy's name was Mary Louise. I was a little kid, didn't know or think much of Ricky back then. I appreciate all this though now ❤
Lots of good memories here. Too bad about Ricky..
And thank God for Rick.
Love this song...❤ RIP Ricky, legendary singer.
Uno de los pioneros del R & Roll🎸
This is as close to country as I get. I was 12 when it came out. Those were the days ♥️
He was hot.
So was Dave 😍
Great show biz family 😊
Always love you Ricky!!!❤
Blessings always, Kimmy
A classic
You showed em Ricky
but apparently not you. This was grown up Rick Nelson, not cute little Ricky from the tv show.
So true,
My legend Ricky I love this song always in heart
Surely one of the earliest celebrity mullet hairstyles here.
Remembering Ricky Nelson born on May 8, 1940. He was an American musician and actor. From age eight he starred alongside his family in the radio and television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson
The audience wasn’t booing him. There were several independent witnesses who said they were booing the cops who were kicking out some rowdy audience members. I wonder how Ricky felt after he released the song and then found that out. Probably not too bad. He might’ve been a bit embarrassed but it was a million-seller so he made a few bucks off of it.
well, for starters, he wasn't known as Ricky in 1971; he grew up, grew his hair out. The crowd booed Rick for his new look and his new music. They wanted Ricky, not Rick.
@@ronfowlermusic- That's how my Mom always told me the background of that famous concert in Madison Square Garden.
I, have this song, on a Ninety minute tape.
Very interesting lyrics. How He was tired singing His old hits.
Johnny Yum That’s not the meaning of this song;
@@realgwolf Yeah... it kinda' is
@@markpatrick8188 it was more in reference to being booed at the Rock n Roll Revival concert at MSG
@@markpatrick8188 No,it isn't.
@@paulrolf9011 yes, it was
Aww
Not 72 but the sentiment is still the same.
Does anybody remember this song on McCloud
yes, i have it on VHS.
And I hate to admit this but when people said they went to a garden party in my high school that meant they were going to a weed party. rip Ricky Nelson
Very sad song.
Only if being a slave to other's opinions is somehow a good thing. Really, it's a declaration of personal independence. Hardly sad.
Pretty close to being a star like Elvis
Radio.
i love 90s songs
Wondering if you meant to write 70s songs because this was a song from the 70s.
oh yeah, all those great songs released after his passing.
🐕😂🐩😁
Isn't that the same Canadian bass player who played with Lou Reed?
Looks like Tim Cetera on bass.
Ricky (in the sky):
In 20 minutes, I'll be 60, but nobody invited me anywhere or sent a note or even a nice phone call. So, I am going to try to "please myself", satisfy myself and do what I want to do to celebrate my birthday on MY terms.
I don't know what this means, but he didn't die at 16. Rick Nelson was a great artist who made some of the best rock and roll records of the 50s 60s 70s.
wonder why he wasnt drafted into the army
This song yours Sister ..
Not the original recording.
This Song was Created by Protestant Pastor Pat Boone ! Cillsey Bannon do you believe that ?
I new Ricky Philo
I got grapes at wrest point and for as decade they played me partner with eins against me with chronic one dollar seven dollars fifty losses wind to funk my safe life. They're in crime
NOT Ricky. Its Rick Nelson.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson
@@practicewhatyoupreach8382 he dropped the y from his name when he turned 21. It meant he had grown up. He was no longer a Crewcut little boy. Show the man some respect.
Not even the original recording
I love this song 😮
Ricky Nelson 🤭🤗🥰
❤🎉❤🎉 música lindíssima boa gosto Rick Nelson cantor faz muito sucesso até hoje faz muito sucesso até hoje faz muito sucesso até hoje faz muito
❤🎉❤🎉 música lindíssima boa gosto Rick Nelson cantor faz muito sucesso até hoje faz muito sucesso até hoje faz muito