Dean Ford - "Reflections of My Life " feat: Joe Tansin - Produced by Joe Tansin
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2014
- To purchase email jttansin@gmail.com
Music produced & arranged by Joe Tansin,Directed by Joe Tansin - Director of photography and editor Chris Hume , Dean Ford - Vocals, Joe Tansin - Guitar, Banjo, Keyboard, percussion & backing vocals,
Jon Gold - Organ, Jen Kuhn - Cello, Rick Sailon - Fiddle. Asst. Engineer Jack Tansin.
11 years ago today I lost my troubled son at just 21 years old, I've often found comfort in this song, and as I sit and write this with eye's full of tears, this version is the most beautiful and moving I have heard. God bless Christopher. Thank you Joe and RIP Dean.
God bless you and your child. He`s waiting for you in Heaven.
So sorry to hear that. I lost my son Max 7 months ago to suicide. This beautiful song comforts me too. You'll see you're son again one day. 😇
I'm sorry.....
Unknown to you we suffer your loss too.Bless your soul
@@dalereisdorph2882 Hey Dale, he's not hurting--at all, he's good.
We Love ya man !! 💓🌹
As a 77 year old may who lives in a basement I want to thank anyone who had anything to do with the production of this video. You'll never know how this song means to people. My wife is gone, my children are gone and I have two cats left. This video means a great deal to those alone!
I hear you
So sad
Ich bin in dieser Zeit aufgewachsen. Ich kenne alle Songs und Bands
Es Macht mich traurig . Diese Zeit der Erinnerung wird nur mit uns von Damals sterben sternennen
Your not alone...remember that
How are you? Sending a big hug your way. May Jehovah hold and comfort you. Agape Isaiah 41:10--12
Rest in Peace, Dean Ford, and thank you for this endlessly beautiful song. I am 75 and have been listening to this song since I was a teenager. ❤️❤️❤️. How many people are listening to this song in 2023? IMHO the music of the 60s, 70s, and 80s, were the best.
Hello So sorry for the infringe on your privacy. Beautiful song
this utube premium is brillient
I'm here. 66 years old. I wore this single out in 69. Nothing has ever changed... Best wishes to you.. 🙂
Belíssima música escuto todos os diassss
61 here... so good memories...❤
I'm 67 years old and the original version is one of my all time favorites. When I found this version in my older years, it brought tears to my eyes. I listen to it all the time. My 90 year old dad wants me to sing it at his funeral. Hope I can get through it. ❤
You will, many have this reaction to this production, it is awesome
In other words, they dont write songs like this any more. What a beautiful, painful time this came from.
You will nail it. How can you not? It's your dad.
You will, just a beautiful song.
Im 67 also.. perfect illustration of life.❤️
Our generation truly did have the BEST music EVER!
Exactly,looking back the music was lyrical and to the heart of our soul.
It does bring tears listening to this ☮️
We were seeking.
Sounds like you're a UA-cam creeper
Sou brasileiro tenho 39 anos e nasci provavelmente na última geração onde se ouvia músicas de verdade .... cresci ouvindo essas músicas... isso é simplesmente emocionante... geração anos 80 ... foi o final de toda uma era histórica. Que bom que com a tecnologia podemos reviver esses momentos únicos e marcantes de uma bela música.
@@NativeAmerican458 You too!
I keep saying to everyone how people that are 50, 60, 70 years old had the best music.... and the best cars of all time we truly were Blessed
Best comment of all!!!
Yes we were truly blessed !!! The best generation that will ever be ! Loved listening to this again...Rest In Peace
Charlie Sochko we were truly gifted with such fantastic performers, this song has meant so much to me through the years and I cannot help but she’d a tear whenever I hear it... peace to all
All I want is to be happy in life, our generations music was everything, the crap we hear these days has no “sole “
I was born in. 1951,I wore my body out & hurt all over but we saw a lot of great.things&music was great we also saw several bad things.
Now as this song says our life flashes before us. Bless this man.
I have lived long enough to hear the young Dean sing this and the older Dean sing this and he never lost a single note. Rest in piece Mr Ford
Likewise.
Yep.
God bless you and him this is something else xxxx
Superb!😃
Absolutely beautiful! 💞
Mr. Dean Ford came full circle when he made this rerecording of his classic song. His amazing vocals withstood the ravage of time that many are unable to duplicate. This song offers each one of us to reflect back on our own lives. As a 66 year old, I can remember when I was a young man thinking that life was forever. Now, I realize more clearly that life is only a fleeting moment and each one of us are temporary in this world. We only have a certain number of days to leave something positive in this world before our time is up. Thank you Mr. Dean Ford for your contributions to music and the love you shared with us to appreciate the little time we have. We are all going home when our time is up. Enjoy the stay while you still can. God Bless and Rest in Eternal Peace Mr. Dean Ford. ❤️
Beautifully summarised thank you x
Yes, Yes, Wayne, I agree with all you say - every sentence.
Beautifully stated Wayne
I couldn't agree more.
I am going to be 62 in April. I likely don't have much longer on this earth. It took a chronic illness to illuminate the truth about my life. My failures. The opportunities I had to have a wife and family. All gone now.
It took this illness to make me see my shortcomings as a human being. Life can be beautiful, but also harsh.
Thanks again.
What a beautiful song. I’ve liked it for a long time, but it took this rendition for me to love it. I’m also 66, so is this the age of reflection, life review? I really could listen to this song non stop. I can imagine it means many different things to many different people. Love to everyone 😂
A beautiful voice, right to the end. If this doesn't bring tears to your eyes, then you don't have a soul. RIP Dean Ford and thank you!
I totally understand I can't hear this song without tearing
Wonderful music. Heals the soul
Very good, big song.
Bringing tears to my eyes 👀 😢
oh it does
I’m 75 years old and have always loved this song. It brings me back to times when I was young and also makes me tear. Thanks Joe for arranging this beautiful rendition of Reflections and R.I.P. Dean.
Back then , all the guys could play guitar and they loved this song.
We had a great life brother, see you on the otherside 🎶✌️🦋
YES
I’m also 75…and I think…I listen this great song…everyday…, love it..! Thanks Dean Ford…RIP😢
I'm 63, and I remember hearing this song on the radio way back during Viet Nam era. Some songs grab you, and you never forget them. This is one of those songs. How do we go from young to old so quickly? Thank you for such a beautiful song!
Right there with ya, I have always remembered this song for decades, it forces so many memories to flood into your brain. I remember my mom crying when the war updates came on over the weekends while we were camping crying thinking we would get drafted and go to war.
How do we from young to old. ? I look at myself and wonder where the last 40 years have gone.
One word of advice dont waste your youth, you will suddenly come face to face with your aged self and wonder How you got here. Make you life worthwhile, love you family and friends, dont hold silly grudges, be forgiving and kind.
@@lee-annebarrett366 so true 🌹
Third time l listened to this song today, I'm just reflecting. I remember it from the 60s, just didn't mean as much.
Your words are so true
If tears cleanse, I'm just about as clean as I'll ever be.
Lord thank you for this.
Dean died a couple of years ago and I'm glad he was able to do this version. And that I was able to enjoy (me and all of us)
I've always liked this song but it's like 1000 times sweeter now with nearly everybody passed away.
Love to everybody who is sad. Turning 78 next month🙏
I loved this song back in 69. I find this newer version even more moving and poignant as I reflect back on my own life in these closing years. Rest in peace Dean.
just found this ,so sad so true brilliant
RIP Dean Ford. He died 9 months ago. He's home now.
matrox : 😔
安らかにおやすみ下さい。
ありがとうございました。
He still lives in my heart. Always will. R.i.p. amd thankyou Dean
@@susand7202 your very welcome. Sue?
😪💔🙏
This song was popular when I was drafted. Amazingly, it brought tears to the eyes of even the most battle-hardened guys. RIP to those guys who didn't make it home and RIP to Dean Ford who brought us this amazing song.
Thank You for your service 🙏 GOD BLESS You
Peace brother
The original was wonderful but this version is absolutely stunning in it's beauty and poignancy. The cello ties it together beautifully. Thank you to all who helped produce this magnificent piece.
Omg this is beautiful, makes me cry
Better than the original in my opinion
I was 13 but at 67 this rips into my soul.
❤
RIP Dean Ford. Thank you for one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs of our time. This is a magnificent version.
sukie584 Part of my past. Better days. Rip.
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So sad to hear dean passed away.
This is my song a tribute to my dad who I miss very much. R.i.p dean you will be sadly missed 😞😞😞❌
😭😭
😢😢😢
Ahhh what memories.RIP my friend.
I lost my husband, Ray Thomas of the Moody Blues quite suddenly on 4 Jan. 2018. This song I find soothing, I play it alot. Music reaches into our heart and soul and helps to get thru life. Thank you Dean Ford.
Sorry for you lost!!
I'm sorry for your loss. Moody Blues was always a favorite band of mine.
Boudicea99 Very sorry for your loss....cherish your memories...god bless you!
❤❤
I am a Moody Blues fan and was devastated when Ray died. I pay tribute to him when I perform at Seniors' Homes and Long Term Care Facilities by singing For My Lady. A truly beautiful song which my wife loves when I sing it. Sorry for your (and our) loss, Boudicea99. I am now working on Reflections too. This version is a truly beautiful rendition by Don as he readied himself for his final bow. Keeping our memories alive forever.
2 years ago I lost my father, in 8 hours I'm gonna buried my Mom, and here i am listening this amazing song. This song brings me peace. ❤️
May you live on in grace. Praying for you to find peace.
😢🙏🙌🎶🎵🎵😇 están en mejor vida! No lo dudes 😊🙏
So sorry. Both my parents have passed. I don't think you ever quit missing them.
Oh, God be with you, always ❤
May God bless you and yours. ❤️
The lyrics, the memories.. the 70's. I had a beautiful life. I am blessed to know how good life can be. But wise enough to know. Life will never be like that again.
My God, the times we had! If only we could go back…even for just a day.
1964-1972 the best years to be a young person..a teen. The music, the music! the times, everything was fabulous.
That's soooo true, nothing will ever match up to those years😢am soooo happy that I have those wonderful memories of those decades 😁👏👏👏👏👏👍
One of the most touching songs ever recorded. This version is simply incredible… if this doesn’t move you, nothing will. I’m grateful that I lived through the musical era when songs like this were composed.
Totaly agree but he is not singing in heaven,sadly he is dead!
Grateful indeed
I agree! I get a little shook up every time I hear it!
I've got to agree beautifully arranged and seriously emotive....bless everyone and dean Ford superb
Absolutely 💯
Probably one of the finest songs Ever written.
I agree, I am 75 and life is very hard just waiting for this life to end.
Ever written.... ever sung
Its one of the best, for some reason in '69 it didn't mean as much to me. I can't let it go now, strange how that works.
@@jakeroberts7435 Pretty logical, actually. There's really no escape. We're all going. . .
Take me back to my old heart 💗
I know the inevitable awaits us all. But my heart breaks when a God given talent is taken from us!!
The song itself was like a prophesy fulfilled. The world has become a bad place in many ways but most of us don't want to die to escape it . We must do as Dean did and endure to the end and try to make it the best place we can. Just do our part to make it a better place!!!
We've got to get ourselves back to the garden ✌️🦋🎶
This world has become an evil place run by evil people.Dean and Joe have captured it all and ends, changing, arranging, changing, which is what we all do to survive . I wish you all well, take care.
Humanity today is a total discard of life's enjoyment. I'm not particularly in a hurry but what I understand in what's waiting for me I'm all in
Very well said. And yes rest in peace Dean Ford
If you just endure what kind of life is that? Get busy living!
To have listened to him in my teens and now at 70 it really hits my mind, soul and heart. This song has really impacted my life. RIP Dean Ford.
Dean Ford was a brilliant song writer. May he rest in peace. It is sobering to see both versions of Dean Ford. One very young and the other so much older. It happens to all of us. And in between the young and the old years is where we also change physically, emotionally, spiritually and intellectually. We are gone so fast from this world and we don't get a do over so make sure you enjoy every single moment. It dawns on me right now of my own changes... As much as I loved the original version I have changed enough to appreciate this version too.
Take care everybody.
🇨🇦 Luv from Canada
I AM 67 YRS. IF I NEW THEN WHAT I. KNOW NOW!!!!. V.S.JONES. ST.LOUIS MO. 9.1.2020.
Love from Buenos Aires, Argentina🌷
Terse, intelligent and sensitive comments. Nice words, Nicole! I believe you were able to summarize all the other comments. I agree with your analysis! Thank you!
So lovely put
wise....
My dad showed me this song, when I was at the darkest moments in my life. I'm so thankful I'm still alive. This song really touches my soul. I love you dad.
I Hear You,Sadly Dean Just Passed.
@@prryblu 😥😥
Jessica Anderson it sounds like it helped him at some stage in his life too, for him to pass it 9Now too you shows the deepest.love
Bless you
-Sofieann Berry
@@totalis1964 that means so much to me. Thank you for your kind words. I can't express how much love my dad has for me or me for him. He told me exactly what you said. "During my deepest moment of sorrow, I would play this song along with Landslide"
I used to be so depressed and hate the world for being a cruel place.
When he said "The world is a bad place, a bad place, a terrible place to be but I don't wanna die" it made me feel an emotion I never felt before.
I keep coming back to this version, so beautiful, yet sad as I near 75. Missed opportunities, bad decisions, regrets.
Just maybe, as I too think, all the bad decisions and regrets were for a purpose. You have made it to 75! I'm sure there is something in that time line that is good and great.
I get that too
We all need an endless Groundhog Day to make the right decisions. We’re all human nobodies life will ever be perfect.
But just keep on fighting life is precious
Don't Regret Anything, Its Just Life
Words can’t express the depth of sadness I feel every time I listen to this song. The original version helped me get through Vietnam. At that time I was feeling betrayed by our government and unanswered prayers were also not helping. Music became my crutch, and still is. The sadness became more profound when I heard that Dean Ford had passed away. Soon after reading about his death I realized I had employed him under his birth name (Thomas McAleese) as a driver for a limousine service I owned in Hollywood back in the early 80’s. He was an alcoholic and drank the booze from the bar in the limo and I simply fired him. I had no idea that this man and his music played such a huge part in helping me when I was emotionally crippled and feel like I missed a chance at paying him back and helping him in some way. The lyrics remain relevant today, R.I.P. Dean Ford.
You Really Need To Get A Life, If You Were A Real "Vet" You Would Have Already Assimilated Death, Your Story Can Be Picked Of Google, You Really Are A Piece Of Shit, I Really Did Serve In 45 Commando And Saw A Few Comrades Die In The Falklands, Like I Said At The Beginning, "Get A Life You Sad Little Man"
The cello is a brilliant addition to the arrangement.
Banjo too!
@@Yenko1992 099909999999909999
Your so right!
Me parece excelente acotación a la magistral interpretación del señor Dean Ford!!!!
Absolutely!!! 👍
So glad Dean was able to leave us with this gift before he passed, condolences to his family and friends and to all of us who enjoyed his wonderful work.
A gift indeed.
vskingkong Lovely tribute. Well said....
My thoughts too..well said!!!!.. its a gift!!
Agreed vskingkong. A wonderful haunting song...this was about the soldiers of the Vietnam war in the 60's. But what silly insensitive person put the thumbs down??
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I'm 71 and this is the best music ever. They don't make music anymore .
RIP Dean Ford ....what a beautiful rendition ❤
Im 65 and still love this song. I miss the days of my youth. They went by way to fast.
Yes feel exactly as you do, miss the 60s
Frederick Magill . I was born in 1955, this song epitomised the late 60’s - beautiful music. The Mamas and the Papas,. Simon & Garfunkel, Christie et al
Me too....How fast everything comes and go's
He 2
@@jomon723 yes you don't realize it till you watch this video, so sad to see the yrs gone by 2/22/20
I’m a 63 year old man, this song came out when I was in High School and has soo much more meaning now than before... I can see my own mortality and all I want to do is give back and Love as much as I can... Wished I would have known this when I was a teenager.... I got it now though and try to pass it on to my 2 young adult children that Family is everything and I mean everything!!!! God bless us all and I hope we all enjoy the rest of our Journey
Im 63 too. This song is wonderful.
You said everything I was thinking. x
Mike Decker when I heard this song again,,,all I could do cry cry,,I’m 63,,a retired marine and former cop..this song made me look back to my final years in high school in the 70’s...real music,,no vulgar,,pure music,,you can understand the lyrics,,oh how I wish I could go back,,,just for one week,,,one week,,,
Mike Decker ,,me as well,,my dad bought me a small Panasonic radio,,that and books were my only friends,,this song brings back so many memories,,now I’m 63 as well,,bought tears to my eyes,the few friend I finally got,,most are gone,,I too have reflections of my life,,the sunlight into moonlight signals the upcoming end of all things,,but it was a good ride,,retired Marine and retired police officer,,can’t cry anymore,,,enjoying the few I got left as I reflect,,
Henri Davis I hear you Henry.... Everything is different now... Wish I could go back too, if only for 1 week, it would be wonderful, knowing what we know now !!!
What a Treasure!! Reflections of Dean Ford. Rest In Peace Sir! Thank You for all of your music!!
Mr. Ford, you will truly be missed,!
This song meant a lot to me in Vietnam. This version brings back so many memories good and bad but that's life. "The world is a bad place, a bad place
A terrible place to live. Oh, but I don't wanna die" That about sums up Vietnam. RIP Dean and thank you.
Welcome home brother. May God always be with you.
And to you!@@comeggle
Thank u for ur service my dad served in that war what a sad era I have his service uniform y Air Force
@jennyschmitt2405 Thank you and your father.
It's even worse now
Over 700thumbs down, can’t be listening to this beautiful music.
Makes me sad to think some people don’t appreciate such a lovely track,
What on earth do they want?
too much negativity in the world; more DOWNERS than uppers.
I am 68 yrs old......and remember this lovely tune from so very many years ago. Although I liked it then, it held no intrinsic value to me.......now it does. This video, to me, is so very profound, to see Dean singing it......with the man he once was. It makes looking at "the sunset"........a little more meaningful.
+Robert “barkerroberto” Barker Oh, yes, so right.
Yes I understand where you are coming from saying this. Much love to you. X.💖
+Robert “barkerroberto” Barker Yes i know where you are coming from.I am 70 now and the days of yore are just a memory, a memory of when we were invincible and we thought we could have the world.Now having lost 6 friends one after another through infirmity and age related illness , all i can wish for now is that my friends round me would stop dying.Dean Ford should have been a lot bigger than he was/is.He has a lovely voice with an awesome range but i think Dean gave in to the sins of the flesh years ago which hindered his career .But still a lovely singer.
djangorheinhardt yes unfortunately I think what you say it so true. I am 61 this year. I will never be that old. Lol. X.💖
+Robert “barkerroberto” Barker very well said
I absolutely love this new version of this song, it spiritually moves me..
I heard the original of this driving to work right after I was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, and it was a gut punch because as tough as the world is, I have kids and did NOT want to die. I looked it up when I got home and found this version, which is even more poignant. I listened to it over and over through surgery recovery and chemo and it brought me peace.
A BC survivor, hope you are the same xxx
🙏🙏🙏 🇬🇧 !
Much love to you ❤❤❤❤❤
My wife is a BC survivor and I hope and pray that you will be too.🙏❤️🙏
@@Airedale721 I realise that this wasn't directed at me ... I am a BC surviror too but I just want to say what a great husband!
It's funny, as a youth music is about the beat, the tempo, the movement, while the words are just so so. But as we age, as life and the world around us affects us, the words become pertinent. This song, these words will break the strongest of men. Take me back….to my old home, and this song surely does, takes me back to the days of my youth with tears in my eyes, on the reflections of my life. Thank you Joe, RIP Dean ❤️
The tambourine, too!
It's funny how time slips away, just a Nam Vet, Tom
Mir geht's ebenso. Eine schöne und unvergessene jugend die wir nie vergessen werden Karin
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I'm reading that the reason maybe the fact that the broadcasting frequency was shifted from 432hz to 440hz. There is a UA-cam video explaining this.
Made me cry.. I am that age of reflecting...older grayer and still I have joy...
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His voice at his older age was just remarkable. Not many can carry it for that long. Gary Brooker from Procol Harum was another.
Omg. I cried like a baby through this. I was 12 years old in 1967. This video was so touching and beautiful. Wonderful and painful memories from years gone by came running to the surface. The body only, grows old; not the soul or spirit. Thanks for posting this.
I am seventy eight years old and this song still moves me as much as it did so long ago
Maybe even more.
@@selftrue670 yes even more
Sitting here st 70 yrs. old listening to this song with tears running down my cheeks. What a great song. It puts us in touch with our own mortality.
I'm 76 and Likewise!
Absolutely, its fantastic
I made a video for my sister Emma when she found out she had cancer and only a few short months to live, the pictures and video's and this song as the background, brought tears to my eyes. I lost my sister (1) year ago, and to this day - I find comfort relaying this song. RIP Emma & Dean
It’s a beautiful song,so sorry for your loss ❤
Sorry for your loss, I don't think that you could have chosen a much more fitting song, I hope that you find solace,
Cancer's a bitch, I lost my sister also almost 4 years ago to cancer.
🙏🙏🙏 🇬🇧 !
This song tells me that no matter how much money we have or lack the places we have seen and all the people we’ve met and loved we all end up right were we started and this time we take the last adventure alone and tomorrow can start without us this song scares me a little because I’m almost there
Thank you Joe, this song which brought tears from the opening notes.
I stood apart from adolescent buddies about music. They preferred louded screaming guitar rifs, pounding drums with that thudding base line.
I preferred thought provoking lyrics and melodic harmonies that had something to say.
THIS song, with its painful reflective regrets, always touches my heart with a deep and powerful of release from all "...my sorrows" and I know that: "...I'm changing, arranging
I'm changing I'm changing everything..." Everything inside me.
There has been 50+ years since my searching teenage heart felt the impact of THAT song on my psyche, and in time the boy became a man who is not afraid of tomorrow anymore.
This was a very popular song with the troops in Vietnam and many of the lyrics seemed to sum up the war. Take me back to my old home, or take me back to the world. I am changing or should I say I have changed not for the better. The world is a bad place a bad place a terrible place to live, but I don't want to die. I was gone in 69 after spending three tours with the 1st Air Cav and the 101st Airborne. I don't think I ever really made it back home. Seems like yesterday
+George Seward
George thank you for writing about how the troops in Vietnam loved this song and how the war was a very bad experience. I was not born yet then, but when we learned about the Vietnam War in high school I cried for two hours. I had to leave the classroom. It was too much. Then in 2012 I went to the War Memorial in Washington DC and it hit me deep in the gut and in the heart to see all those names printed up there, all the veterans coming back, soldiers from more recent wars. My heart is with soldiers. God bless you. It's very sad and this is a very sad very impressive song. I might cover it. In fact I will.
great post George!
Thank you for your service George .
A very moving comment you made .....!
Southeast Asia is truly, truly a beautiful place. I am glad to see that you were able to see it thru the lens of your work.
Who in the world could ever give this a thumbs down. That's just so sad.
THEY ARE NOT MUSIC LOVERS FOR SURE
In our current world. Be surprised at nothing. We are in the worst of times. To fix this we need to come together to fight like never before in my lifetime. Or watch our world continue their slide into hell on a one way ticket.
Must be in dead inside this is a masterpiece
@Alfred Noalkes Isn't this world gone to completely to hell when the only Toronto area radio station in my recent memory to play this marvelous tune is a seniors station. Yesterday.
They have no soul.
How utterly beautiful is this. The earlier shot of the group in their heyday makes it all the more poignant. Thanks you so much, fellas, for the sheer joy and tears the song inspired. Love you all!
Every time I hear this it brings back memories about my past. No one can understand how I feel and care about how lonely someone can feel being alone. 😥
Well done Joe Tansin and Dean Ford. Absolutely beautiful arrangement--the cello set the mood.
As much as I love the original version, this is absolutely beautiful.
Hello Steve how are you doing. I'm Maria from California. I hope you are safe and in good health. I'm looking for a new friend and i saw your pic here. I hope you don't mind, thank you.
Totaly Agree!
Esto está disponible en algún cd?
Totaly Agree!!!
The most beautiful song ever
Wowza, sounds even better than the original way back when, his voice has kept its amazing tone. One of THE better songs in the day, much underrated. Love, love, love!
I’m 69 year old woman from Scotland and I loved this song ❤it brings me to tears that were did all the years go. 😞
I feel like when Dean first recorded this song he was seeing the world through someone else’s eyes but now he’s seeing the world through his own eyes.
A very interesting observation.
Sure, when you're 24, ALL you have for the MOST part is somebody else's perspective ( eyes ).
Same eyes but a completely different point of view. I have experienced many of my favorite songs in this same way as I have attained a more mature view.
Never heard such an amazing spirtual remake. shivers down my soine
The words to this song is awesome. This is a terrible world we live in today 😢 RIP dean🙏
How true Frank. It's a Era of shameful humanity.
I agree with you 100% but Dean is saying that if you have a problem, change , rearrange. same problem, different approach, big hugs
There has always been bad and good. If you only look for the bad that is what you will find.
@@arthurtirrell661 So... where's the good?
The 2 videos put together just made me cry. The video when he was younger, he put his heart into that song & loved his lower deeper voice. Although that 2nd video & his softness just warms my heart.
With my wife , twin daughters and my son gone--this song is so, so important to me. Thank you!
I know how you feel lost my wife and two sons.every day is so hard to get through
Keep the faith, you'll be reunited one day soon!
Oh my God , this just sent my heart into a spin .This version is to beautiful . RIP Dean Ford you mighty Scot!!
So Beautiful Yet So Very Very Sad!
@@prryblu I tear up everytime I watch this video, sad to see time gone by, and nothing we can do about it.😢
@@jeffreyhusack2400
I feel the same way. It hits you hard.
I was flying helicopters in Vietnam, when I first heard this song. This version is much better.
Thank you Mr. Kunishige for your service
Thank you Mr.Kunishige for your service
@@rhondashinn1371 I was 21, loved flying, and the Country was beautiful, except for the bomb craters. Went back in 2014, and couldnt stay away. Traveled back about 10 times, married a wonderful Vietnamese woman, and now living in Hawaii. "Take me back to my own home".
Jerry Kunishige You were a very brave guy to be in a situation such as Vietnam
I was riding in the Hueys,
Thanks for that sound, still is a very sweet sound every time I hear it. It meant we made it one more time and we were heading back to base.
RIP. Mr Ford. Unforgettable.
Loved Marmalade and this song in my teens ,Dean Ford one of the most underrated singer/song writer of all times .RIP Dean
Hello Margaret, How are you doing?
Wow! I had tears running down my face. I was 16 in 1969 and now at 64 this song has me once again reflecting on my life. Just beautiful Thank you!
Same with me Walter , same with me. It must be truly great to stick with us all these years
Walter Balan ...so true so true just one of the very best songs ever by anyone
Paul Aiuto sometimes in life things happen and you think omg and this is one of them. A masterpiece wish I could give it 100 million likes 😀😀
Walter Balan We're the same age. I'm w tears.... chills....
Walter Balan same here I turned 16 in November, I really liked the music back then, the music had feeling to it, and if you had a special someone, all you had to do was call the radio station, and request a song and they would play it, our music is in the past all the great band have retired or only play once in a while, to me I would listen to the words, because songs that we grew up with had more meaning to them, it's great that we can still listen to them
Early 70’s my french girlfriend loved so much this song that she wrote the words as best she could on a blackboard and i had to translate them for her, she kept the blackboard as is for years and we eventually got married.
What a beautiful version some 45 years later. Your voice is angelic, RIP.
I'm 60 now and this song still gives me the chills.
RIP Dean
This version of this song touches my heart deeply. Life is a journey and at 63 I am nearer the end instead of the beginning. My husband passed 12 months ago. I already told my son that when my time here on earth is done that I want this exact song played at my memorial service.
Hello Mary, How are you doing?
"The world is a terrible place to live. but I don't wanna die." Truest, greatest lyrics ever put to music. R.I.P. Dean Ford. My favorite song of my 63 yrs on this planet.
That was beautiful. Just simply beautiful.
I come here often to hear this and see Dean again....thank you Joe Tansin for getting this done and leaving it for us to enjoy and reminisce to. Appreciated. Steven
Yes Steven it is very nic. How life can treat u things u done I your life that u regret life goes on. Positive people vwe all need in life and good friends
I'm 39 years old, this song used to be played by my dad when I was little. My dad is still alive, he is 69 now. But listening to this song now all by myself brings me tears as I remember dancing with my dad and my little feet were on his. We were smiling and laughing and so happy. I want those days back.
Astrid puts tears in my eyes
Astrid Prahitaningtyas very beautiful memories you have of you and your father. All the best to you!!
Astrid Prahitaningtyas I’m the same age as your Dad 69, brings back wonderful memories of the swinging 60’s! I’m guessing same as your Dad does.😀
Astrid best wishes to you from UK love this song I understand how you feel take care Tim x
@@stephensgate1 lovely words as usual best wishes Tim.
This video has become part of me. I pray that I can make that part live forever--but at 76 I realize that soon I'll join all my loved ones and Mr. Ford. RIP to all of those loved ones!
One of the best songs ever written
His voice matured with age, the lyrics means more now than then, 1969 just married fast forward 50 years at 70 this song now has a deeper meaning, probably the best out of our past.
I a 51 year old male stumbled upon this video yesterday and lost it while watching it. Caught me so off guard, I remember hearing this song n the 70's but forgot about it , but hearing the vocals and seeing the videos side by side blew me away. Life is precious and fast and then reading that Dean Ford recently passed.....wow RIP Dean Ford aka Thomas McAleese...
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Big Boys are not suppose to cry !! With that being said some one must be pealing onions in here. 😟
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When I think what this country and the world is going thru--I seem to think of this video! I'll be back until I can't!
Wept uncontrollably..we can still jam at are age, I'm 69 and this version was so remarkably done...kudos from one old man to y'all..thank you for posting.
Has to be one of the greatest songs I have ever heard still listening in 2020
In my 83 year and this song resonates with me.
Bless you my friend.
@@Carolinacrossbeak Thank you.
And in this version, Dean has outdone himself.
Reflecting on one's life....makes you stop and think. What a powerful tune. RIP
I listen to this so often.....and every time it makes me cry. It takes to all the corners of my life, the dusty ones the dark ones the sunshine. Ones we leave behind and then regret. It takes me to quiet sunsets and peaceful walks on the beach. But most of all it takes me back to life that seems went by in one beat of my heart.
So we'll expressed Gail. Thank You. Tim , age 73.
@@timtrussell9195 I agree with you. Jay, age 75
Close your eyes when your young next thing you know we are old. Life has slipped by us with out us even knowing. When I die if there is such a thing as reincarnation I hope I'm a million butterflies and go a million different ways .
I'm crying now. Same as ever time I hear this music.
That is the most beautiful version I have ever heard,just beautiful R.I.P
Love to his daughter and family x
It's an absolute masterpiece!
The best version of this song, far away !!
Indeed
What a fabulous song what a voice just brilliant what else can you say.
It absolutely is! I’ve always loved that song, but this recording gave me goosebumps right down to my soul.
Listening to this version always brings a few tears to my eye.
Absolutely a superb touching song with such a heartfelt feeling. RIP .And Thank You . I tear up every time I listen so many memories of my life.
Seems like it went by way too fast, I'm 75 now and know my days are numbered!
When the song came out (what seems like a hundred years ago) I never really heard what it says. I loved listening to it, because it was beautiful. (And still is. ) Up until about 5-6 years ago it was rare to be able to hear it on the radio. After I got to the computer age I listened to it quite alot. I am just short of 65 and just missed Vietnam. However, I did time in the Army so, I feel a huge connection to anything Vietnam. Sounds crazy I know. It is tough for me to watch a movie about the Vietnam war or listen to music from then. This song just tears me up to no end. I try not to cry but, can't help it. Even reading the comments on here had me crying as well. My wife and I drove from central florida to see The Wall in DC on a whim of mine about 1984. She had to hold me up. I just sobbed like a baby. Everytime I hear this song I cry my eyes out. I think it is a combination of getting older but, mainly I cry for all the est. 59,000 we lost in VietNam and not to mention all the ones that came back and what they had to deal with. This version is so powerful it is hard to explain but, I believe you guys know what I mean. Thank you Dean Ford. Thanks to all of you for letting me ramble on. I needed to do this for a long time. God bless ya'll and all our vets and God bless the USA.
God bless you too Terry. 🙏❤
Music can transport us to the past and relive moments, happy or not, something that no machine has yet achieved! I understand the strong emotions it can bring you, Terry. Here in Brazil, we never associated this song with Vietnam, because this war did not affect us. We like music because it reminds us of the happy times of adolescence in the 70s. Yes, and the internet is wonderful for bringing us different versions of the same poetry! Stay in peace!
Bless you Terry, ✌🏽
I guess at this age, we try to get our lives in order, make sense of things. . .it's just a matter of time now. . .
@@stellarocquie7957 . . . You’ve got a point Stella, I seem to spend a lot of time thinking what 2 songs I will have played at my funeral . . . Being a teenager at the time of the original Marmalade song, it always featured as a potential but then along comes this version which has overtaken the original and now I have 150 to pick from rather than 149!!!
My eighth grade english teacher Miss Griggs played this song in her classroom in 1969. Most of the class were in tears, we had lost three schoolmates in a car crash the previous week.
I'm just glad that he had the presence of mind to bless us all with this very heart felt and emotional rendition before he shuffled off the mortal coil.
Beautiful song beautifully sung. It brings back such wonderful memories. Thank you for posting.
This brought a lump to my throat, I'm 58 now and starting to reflect on my own life, "sunlight to moonlight". Wow! Thanks for posting joe
I played the original for my daughter "23" and she liked it. Said it sounded a little like The Beatles. Then I played her this version with the headphones and she cried through the whole song. My wife told her to stop l;listening if it made her cry. She isn't a music lover like my daughter & myself. Hauntingly beautiful version of this great song of the times back in the day. I can't watch the tribute without crying myself as I lived through those tragic times.
Oh yes Randy. Headphones are a must for this beautiful version. You can't help but feel the emotion that Dean has put into this.
Same here , Randy .
Underneath we are all human .
In the End.
Dean Ford is a great vocalist. What a timeless classic. Mr. Ford still sounds so good. Kudos brother. I am 68, so I remember your song quite easily. RIP Dean. Take care.
Just wow! Makes this 70 year old guy nostalgic.
Rest in eternal peace, Dean~no words, only tears now ♫♥♫
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Couldn't have said it better myself.
Yes, Love Dean and this beautiful song.
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Oh no, I didn't know he passed. What a loss. I will continue to listen to this hauntingly beautiful song till I die. I'm 74
Loved the imagery in this version:
the changing of sunlight (young Dean) to moonlight (older Dean)
Is very touching and the melancholy tones from the cello drives the meaning of the song straight to the heart.😢
RIP MR Ford, you've finally made it to your old home.😢😢😢
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Yeah, you said it!!! ....WOW....
You thoughts are spot on.
Dean Ford, one of the greatest voices of the 20th and 21st centuries. We didn't appreciate him when he was alive, so let's pay tribute to him now that he has gone to the Lord he loved.
This version is so much better than the original.
It has so much more meaning.
I was 23 when I first heard this song.thought I understood it then ...now 73 I truly do.Wish I could cry..
You can!
Im 59 years old , I remember this song when it first played on the radio , its Dec 2 2018
I wanna cry
I choked back some tears to. I'm 59 also, remember my older sister playing this over and over.
Cry! I cry every time I hear this song -- and that's no lie.
I'm 73 YO It's OK. Go ahead & weap