Andrew Gold discusses top ten hit "Lonely Boy" before playing the song.
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- Excerpt from Andrew Gold's interview with Mike Botts (Bread). Mike was his drummer and good friend. Andrew talks about how "Lonely Boy" developed - the recording of the song and so on during the tour with Linda Ronstadt. They would get standing ovations before it was even released! You know you have something good when that happens. "Lonely Boy" -
Andrew's band: Waddy Wachtel (Guitar), Brock Walsh (keyboards), Dan Dugmore (Guitar), Kenny Edwards (Bass) and Linda Ronstadt (background vocals)
Thank you to Michele Botts who gave us the interview. The interview was recorded in 2001 in Woodland Hills, CA.
A true masterpiece by Andrew Gold...gone way too soon.
I never get tired of this song. Missing Andrew Gold 😢
same
Andrew Gold doesn't get the credit he deserves for his songs!
I Agree 100% DuDe!!!! He was So Amazing I. Everything He Did Basically everything tuned To GolD!!!!!
RIP Andrew Gold and Mike Botts.
:-(
Petr Slivinski Luv That Song❤️❤️❤️
….and Kenny!
I love this song great job 👏I'm 63 and is still playing it
This is perfection. Songwriting. Musicianship. Production. It is a perfectly crafted and produced song. A true legacy for Andrew Gold and Mike Botts and their band. A tribute as well to the legendary Linda Ronstadt for cultivating such talent.
I don't think the album Hasten Down the Wind would have been the same with out this man. I was so fortunate to have seen him at The Roxy. He was wearing an emerald green jacket. And he was fabulous, of course.
This is a great song, I was overjoyed when I heard it playing the other day In the store I work at, its a underrated song that should be played more.
Same!
Still love this song❤️ we had the best music & times in the 70’s & 80’s 😊
Andrew was such a talented singer and person!!! Rip
Rest In Peace, Andrew Gold
+suddendee RIP Michael Botts, a drummer who never got his full due.
I knew Mike since high school. I play drums as well. Coming up behind him was intimidating. He was so good. One of the best pure musical drummers ever. His technique was amazing. Without Mike many tunes would not have climbed the charts as many did. I think about him a lot.
That is so cool. I am a drummer as well. Semi-pro. That is code for no way in hell doing it for a living. Great story bruns.
The vocals on this are unbelievable.
I remember the first time I heard this song...I was hooked ...still listen to it to this day..aww memories
Brilliant song, close my eyes and I'm.bqck in the 70's
incredible era! 1977, I was entering the marine corps, driving from San Antonio.texas, With my then wife.meelywed terry, beloved brother, late brother Tommy ,.Harcis, we drove in may
of 77' to california, camp pendelton, this song , waved thru.san diego , my first.california, experience, the , Song lonely boy, was, a memory , etched in our lives, thank you, Andrew Gold,
I love your choice of words describing your experience.
Music can move you, take you back in time and place, and set you down to enjoy the melody, as the word pictures drift on by ~~~
This song makes one feel nostalgic and good! With a hint of sadness.....Brilliant!!!!!
Oh what a Beautiful song. Didn't know Andrew had passed on. RIP
One of the few songs that I am sad that ends. Killer arrangement. I have loved Mike Botts drumming since Bread. Another drummer that neve got his due. Killer band and great musicians. i wonder if Linda realized she had the best of the best when she had these guys as a backing band. I think a little bit better than pre-Eagles lineup!
The Man , The Music , The Tune , The Melody and Lyrics......The EVERYTHING
Classic POP ...g e n i u s
One of the top 100 songs of all time (I love the instrumental bridge)
RIP Mike Botts!! All the good ones are passing away.
Mike was so good. Such a shame.
We still miss you, Andrew...
My most favorite tune ever
One of the finest story songs and timeless and tightly structured pop song😎👌
❤love this song. Great musical force you will always be Andrew Gold. Mike Botts was the first music person my dear hometown friend, the late TomKell met when he came from Seattle to LA❤❤
I love this song because it condenses what a life is
awesome song, awesome singer, awesome song writer!!!! RIP
Whomever decided to add the sleigh bells, probably Andrew because he was a freaking savant, was genius. If I had to pick one song of the thousands I love it may be this. Top 3 for sure. I was 9 years old when this was out and there are so many songs that have been overplayed but I could listen to this every day.
It was Andrew - he loved the bells.
I always referred to this song as the best pop song of 1977...and I still do.
This song was huge when I was a kid about 9. Now I see he is the writer of so many sings I love.
Great artist, wish we has got more songs from him.
A melodic, beautiful, really driving song - love the effortless way that Botts played drums. And the drums really carry the back half of the song, along with Andrews singing.
I remember this song in Junior High. I loved it then. I still love it now. It's one of those songs you never get tired of. Sadly, both Mike Botts and Andrew Gold have both passed away:o/ I had a huge crush on Mike when he was the drummer for Bread.
Pure class shines through
Love the song and the energy Andrew Gold puts into the performance obviously autobiographical as Andrew Gold born 1951 RIP
The guitar riffs are so underrated! Perfection!!!
Perfection from a time when there was so much wonderful music!
That was fascinating to hear about the evolution of the bridge. I'm so glad they rocked it out. The vocals coming in over the top of the send half of the guitar solo is amazing. So powerful! I've never heard anyone sing over a guitar solo before or since. This song completely rocks my world!
One of my all-time favourite songs.
Still coming back to THIS great song and it’s genius song writer. RIP Songbird.
RIP Andrew!
...and Mike Botts
this was a great song
Andrew and Waddy were running the pop music scene at this time and writing the songs of our lives. They couldnt afford to buy a pack of cigarettes but still were hammering out music for the ages.
A masterpiece. God bless!
How have I never heard Lonely Boy? Great song!
Great song! RiP Andrew, you left your historic and beautiful historic mark, thanks for the awesome memories. maurice
love to see a movie made about this talented man.
i can listen to this song on repeat
One of the greatest rock bands ever talk about underated in every sense of the word
Such a fab song
Love music biography's 😄 So interesting and Andrew's creations are so beautiful 💛
Yes, “thank you for being a friend” dear Andrew. No doubt you and your dear mother and father are in musical heaven.
@@fobesq yes he came from a very talented family
Cant believe he's gone... 💝🙏
Ohh... Oh what a gifted boy...!
so sad he's gone..
Long live the memory of the late, great Andrew Gold!
xoxo The Clarences
this song.....just gets ya
I was ten years old when I bought the single of this song in the summer of '77. I thought it was such a wonderful sounding song and I loved playing it over and over. But as an adult, I realize that for a fast and great sounding song, it's an utterly sad and hopeless kind of song. That boy who was lonely in the song was such because he'd been taught to be nobody's fool; that is, if you don't take risks, follow your heart, you don't have to worry about being anyone's fool, but you basically have guaranteed yourself loneliness. Now, as a 10 year old boy that I was, I didn't realize how I was basically whistling past the grave by enjoying the song!!! I was already in fear of things badly, had undiagnosed Asperger's Syndrome, which only intensified my fears....I was already putting up walls toward people like my classmates out of fear of being rejected (trying to protect myself from being nobody's fool), so when a year later, when I really fell in love with a girl, I was off to the races of being that "lonely boy" throughout my adolescent/teen years trying to run away from any risk taking/following my heart, and the consequences were devastating...something that would take years to try to right the ship. I used to say, "Why God, did you not guide me then when I was so messed up and save me from myself?" But as I've gotten older, I can say this: God's messages were always there, especially if you look at late 70s pop music, so many great messages on life and dealing with it BUT BUT BUT...one has to be ready to hear the messages and act upon them. I wasn't. All I can do now is strive to, as I have been for many years, follow my heart and that means I have to risk being a "fool" sometimes in the world.
We all have to learn that to risk being a fool is a) worth it and b) essential. We are only a fool in someone else's eyes. And if anyone else thinks we're a fool, that is their issue. Not ours. So, do not worry, ever, about being a fool if you are doing something you want or need and if it is something important to you. We cannot control how others react to us. The ones who are worth it will see us for who we really are. Take care, smile, live your life.
No fear
Being nobody's fool... that's that weird pride junk that has been around forever and continues to be taught to the youth of today.
Oh no.. someone thinks your an idiot, or your stupid, or your not cool. You better go do something about it. They have disrespected you.
If you can't figure out on your own that you've done something dumb then nothing others tell you is likely to fix that. That means your ignorant to your own mistakes and good luck fixing that.
If you think being disrespected is a capital offense that requires retribution... then there's going to be weird violence forever all because someone's pride took a hit. Poor little you.
I think the song writer is trying to say teaching our youth to feel that way just continues a never ending cycle and that not much good comes from it.
Just a couple days ago heard producer Peter Asher on the radio call Andrew a genius.
I always thought this song was about my brother, except that he was born in '53 and I was '60. They took him to judo because he was picked on a lot. I always thought the lyrics were "we'll teach him to fight." My dad was not very nice to him when he was young. He's never really had many friends...I can only count 4 and I pray there were more. And when I was born, I was very sick and screamed all the time. He always has been the lonely boy.
I hope your brother finds happiness and peace. My sister was bullied. I make it my mission to make sure she has peace and joy now ❤
Waddy rules! 🎸
I always loved this song because it was like i get him i get this song to my amazement it was me. I see him it's like a reflection of my self. Just gets a hold of me everytime i hear it play. R.i.p . still listening 2020 🇺🇸 🎶 peace out. 🎶
great performance and inspired by the beatles great vocals great lyrcis and songwriting
A wonderful song.
Love this commentary and the photos. Thank you
Love this song!
Feel good song! The lyrics are fantastic
This is sweet! Thank you for posting. Love how they quickly flip the beat for a moment and have a giggle. :-)
Love this guy. What a talent!
Great interview regarding an amazing singer/songwriter tune by Andrew. A concise and emotionally powerful story - a beautiful set of voices, anticipatory percussion, soaring guitar parts, full of anticipation with dramatically spaced crescendos in the concluding stanzas. Not surprised to learn of their shared experience in the Linda Ronstadt band. It's humbling somehow.
Love them chorus chords wow!
I still struggle finding the down beat. Throws me off every time. Great song.
2degucitas Its played on upbeat----reverse bass snare. Then reversed on the bridge.
Yeah, it changes at the bridge. It's almost a relief, like 'hey, they fixed it!'. Then it goes back to the upbeat.
okay...I think I finally figured it out. The verse is in 4/4 but all the upbeats are accented. The first piano chord is the AND of 4. Then going into the bridge (which is also in 4/4 and where we can finally establish the beat) they drop a beat. So the last measure going into the bridge is in 3/4. Simple, right? NOT!!!
@@lynnturman8157 I think the first piano chord is on the and of 1, which would put the whole song in 4/4. It is a really funky feel though, good stuff!
This is good stuff analyzing the beat. A guitarist myself but have always enjoyed the difference in the rhythms. I love playing to the beat(strumming pattern) . I know my church band mate (the other guitarist) usually just plays straight time but that is so boring. I play to what I feel. I guess that would not work as a session guy though!
I love this, even though I ALWAYS get lost on the count change. Even when I know it's coming and I know in my head how it's coming, when it happens, I end up catching up. Disoriented but happy.
I have only recently started hearing this song on the radio . It is amazing in so many ways. It makes me think of all those poor parents, that can't do right for wrong. Although the boy had a good sounding, upbringing, he was still lonely with a capital L. It also appears to be from the lonely boy's perspective where he dose appreciate what his parents did for him. Yet still cant help feeling Lonely. Great song, right up there with any Macca song.
Somebody out there must have the 1st version of "Loney Boy", I would like to hear it.
It's on UA-cam! :) Look up "Andrew Gold Lonely Boy original". the key difference is a very different solo
If you're talking about the very first version that Andrew is talking about here that was much slower and reflective, I don't think that was ever recorded.
The original version they recorded is available on the Collectors' Choice release of What's Wrong with This Picture?, that Andrew put together c.2005, together with some other extra tracks. (It is on UA-cam, so you can listen for yourself, but in case it gets taken down): -
It's not hugely different from the eventual released version of Lonely Boy - Andrew's vocal is a little less polished, the vocal overdubs are missing, most noticeable on 'she's so much younger than you...' and 'Woah Woah Woah...' near the end, the guitar solo is mildly different, the percussion is reworked somewhat and extra strings are added. Perhaps the biggest difference is the high vocal note at the end is missing, achieved on the final version by slowing the tape down as it was out of Andrew's natural singing range :) Producer Peter Asher added these elements, and I think the final version benefits quite a bit as a result.
Nope
Wonderful artist. Vip
cool stuff, little did i know that this song that i remember from my early childhood was band members with people i was exposed to in my teens by my mom as she was friends with linda , warren zevon, and others in the s.f. scene and we regularly went to a party at their place or ours, i may have met this guy and did'nt even know it, how weird
I was not a fan of the movie Boogie Nights (though I appreciate it more now having recently watched a bit on cable) but the high point was hearing this on the soundtrack. Funny I don't see it listed but it was played. I didn't pursue the song in the 70's but liked it well enough..fun random radio song
Last night I woke up around 4am, I had this song in my head.
I looked on UA-cam and found it.
Every once in a while I would think about this song like that, it’s been in my head.
I forgot how good of a song it is.
I can’t find the one. The first beat.
The drums are like ska, it has a classical bit too.
Another song I had in my head last night was Survival by Bob Marley.
I don’t know why but this song reminds me of the Infidels out take version of Foot Of Pride by Bob Dylan.
Just hitch hiked from NSW to QLD in Australia arrived in Brisbane this was the song I heard.
Andrew Gold managed to take a song like When Will I Be Loved more catchy than one would think possible, whilst making it sophisticated, all based on a very basic chord progression. He was a master craftsman. I'm always happy to be a German-American when I learn about people like him. Not because of any feeling of racisms (I've dated all kinds of people) but just to possibly be from the place that brought Andrew Gold into existence!
When I first heard this song I couldn't get over how it was written about my childhood?
The cat that laid down the lead, WOW 👌 👏.
turn the time back nothink to look forward to now with music
Great track, great writer, great story. Why the fade on such a superb ending?
Technical snafu!
:-D shiz happens ;-)
Just noticing the jingle bells at the end. :)
Man I miss his talent.
Gone way too soon!
Killer musicians
The one on the piano intro fools me to this day
Can it get any better? Probably not.
Nothing says rock and roll like a violin section and navel gazing themes.
Amazing tune; Cat's in the Cradle ish. Live, Andrew reminds me of Nillson a bit like he had alot more to tell.
There was a
Sweetness to his hits
Other people at the time lacked
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JD Souther
Lonely Boy kind of reminds me of Excitable Boy by Warren Zevon. I really like both singers and both songs. If you don't know Wax, Andrew's band with Graham Gouldman, check it out. Also Bryndle with Andrew, Karla Bonoff, Wendy Waldman, and Kenny Edwards is also great. Too many wonderful singers died too young.
Exactly! I always thought Lonely Boy reminded me of Excitable Boy!
In Linda's book, she gave him a sentence. What is with that???
Linda is overrated as a musician. Andrew Gold was so much better!
You wrote a song about my family.
I'm sorry. When this song was new I tried hard to figure it out, no luck. Thought of it the other day, found a lyrics version video, had a listen, and it still makes no sense to me. A jealous 2 year old? That's all I get out of this lyrics wise. It is good music to be sure.
Can anyone name who the people are in the picture that runs through virtually all of the song? Who is the guy that looks like McCartney on the far right?
+Andrew Gold you misunderstood me. I am talking about the picture over the song at the end.
yes
The great picture from Japan (a tour) is Andrew with the Cretones and Waddy. If you look up the Cretones you can ID who you are asking about.
Between lonely boy and the night chicago died
Oh, those stomach churning chord progressions in the riff ! Takes alot to surprise me.... but that chord progression did.... still does. 40 years later.
If only more pop artists actually understood harmony.... progressions.... modulations and the power of sequence... sigh.
Mike Botts is gone now. 😢
💜