This song is heart wrenching for Burt, Jackie and Jerry fans... It marked the end of a fantastic movie franchise, even though the sequels nowhere near match the first one
the 2nd one was good as well, like burt was in the 2nd one, and of course he was only part of the 3rd one in that one scene at the end of the film, witch did sent chills to my spine when i first saw that, but yeah the first one is always the best.
Watched this as a child with my Grandfather. Grew up, found a girl, and played it at our wedding. We're behind each other 100% for our forever adventure.
Yeah unfortunately we're losing all the greats now..sad times but they sure left behind great memories for us to enjoy forever and always.. iconic movies!
Was it me but this entire movie had a sorta sad undercurrent. I had the feeling this was the smokey movie and when they played this song in the end, I knew it was the end of the road for the bandit. RIP Bandit, Snowman, Fred, and Sheriff Buford T Justice.... You make them all look like there sittin still.
If you know the history of the film itself, you would know exactly how right you are. This film was the last one Jackie Gleason made before his health started failing until "Nothing in Common" with Tom Hanks in 1986. It almost became his final legacy. And, it was originally an entirely different movie called "Smokey IS the Bandit" where Gleason played both parts as Buford T. Justice AND The Bandit. All of the scenes with Jerry Reed and Colleen Camp were filmed months AFTER filming wrapped, which is why there is such a disconnect between the scenes, and the weird edits, cuts, and the bizarre overdubs using the same guy who did Gleason's "censorship voice" for TV (I believe at the time they did the ADR looping, he was either too sick, or too embarrassed by what they were doing to come back for the recording sessions himself. Rumor has it, Gleason bought up all the rights to the unused footage of him as the Bandit and destroyed it, vowing to never let the public see any of it. There's an ad still floating around on UA-cam showing him talking about it, dressed up like Patton as he did in the film). This film is not only the end of the Bandit Saga, but also kinda the end of the Hal Needham era in Hollywood, and the end of his relationship with Burt Reynolds et al. So it is both a strange monument, and a sad artifact of an entire era and genre of films.
@@MrPaladino I don't think it's sad. It's one last run, maybe not flat out but there was some real gold in it. I know people that still quote this movie to this day and watch it again from time to time. It doesn't have everything like the other two but it's a fun movie and gave us another stretch of the legs for the Justice family and Snowman. The cameo by Reynold's at the end was a really nice touch that put a solid send off with him driving off into the sunset, never giving up like he tried to do at the start of the movie.
@@bcluett1697 I’m with ya, my guy. But unfortunately, legacies don’t quite work that way. Universal, to this day, only bundles the film as part of the “Smokey and the Bandit Pursuit Pack”. And Jackie never got to see the film elevated to cult status. Burt Reynolds denounced the franchise pretty much to his dying day. That aside, the film is still melancholy and a train wreck. It’s a more shockingly enjoyable and watchable train wreck than say, Part 2 (which I still do not truly understand the point of. The Bandit is an asshole for 89 minutes, and suddenly, he likes himself and wins Frog back. THE END. And you’d have to be “commode hanging drunk” to miss the horrendous plot holes you could drive a fleet of trucks through). At least Part 3 made some kind of sense. You could legit follow the plot. But had it been Gleason’s final film? A great talent like that deserves better than a so-so comedy that bombed. And he got it. So we can go back and enjoy his stinkers with... well, glee.
@@bcluett1697 I will say that “Buford T. Justice” by Ed Bruce is one of the most amazingly fitting opening songs in the history of cinema. Right next to Weird Al’s “UHF”.
Although I did not like the third movie as much as the first 2, when this song played at the ending credits for part 3 I felt like it was as appropriate an ending theme as there ever was for a movie series. It was actually pretty sad I really wish there had been more Bandit movies but it was fun while it lasted. RIP Bandit, Snowman & Smokey...
My dad loved smokey and the bandit. He passed 2 days before new years from homicide. He owned a 1951 hudson pacemaker. I can just imagine him right now riding with jerry, burt, and jackie.
When I'm by myself, and I feel like I got no more fuel in the tank, every now and again I play this song and it seems like I have another splash to take me down the road a bit farther.
Yes,a sad undercurrent indeed .Buford t Justice was nearing retirement,and he gave the bandit a head start to try to stave off retiring.It was obviously the end of the road of his career as sheriff which had the same effect on me.Even the song ticket for the wind had a sad undercurrent to it.John Guinto
I love this track. So hard to find. Thanks for posting. 1983 was such a great year for movies. In the late eighties I'd have this VHS que'd up at the end of the credits just to listen to this song. So glad I found this.
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE,JOHN!!!! I knew when Buford "Got it in the "FLY" by Junior I could almost hear the Voice of Jim Morrison singing "This...is...The...Ennnnnnnnnnd!" (Why they had John Stewart singing that song(& Ed Bruce doin' His "Jerry Reed" singing impersonation) is beyond My scope of comprehension! (The Movie, Like the soundtrack album (6 SONGS!!!!! & no JERRY REED!), was a disasterous bomb (probably a Loss-Leader Write-Off for Universal Studios!)
@@TheORIGINALBrentTheGent I think the reason Jerry wasn't on the soundtrack was due to his being hired in after the disastrous preview of"Smokey Is the Bandit".The audiences didn't like Jackie as the bandit so they re-shot with Jerry and the soundtrack was probably already in place.I agree the movie was terrible anyway I'm just glad Jackie got a decent career send off with "Nothing in Common".
@@TheORIGINALBrentTheGent Reed was hired AFTER the entire movie was essentially made. His entire involvement is completely removed from the scope of the original film. So it makes sense that they didn't use any of his music, because originally, they had no idea he was ever going to be involved. That's why this film is such a bizarre epitaph on the Bandit franchise. It was originally supposed to be Gleason playing both Sheriff AND the Bandit. And it was filmed. And SCREENED! And the test audience was so bewildered by what they had seen, they shot 50% of an entirely new film to salvage the situation. There's an entire Wikipedia page dedicated to this. That's why I'm always so morbidly attracted to this film. And also why I *KNOW* Hollywood will never take a real risk and just let a bomb be a bomb on its own merits.
Kills my heart My Dad And I grew up Going up Down I-95 From Reading L, PA to Miami, FL watching the Trucks on I-95 stopping at Hotels watching Smokey and the Bandit 1-2-3 We were obsessed We would ride Down I-95 South in My Dad's 1981 Z-28 Camero driving till late night My dad had a big mustache just like Burt Reynolds my Dad would roll down the window and light A Viceroy or Marlboro cigarette while listening to Bad Company or Jerry Reed we would go crazy spitting long nose Peterbilts my dad was all I ever had And I list him 3 years ago I am 33 now and been driving trucks for almost 14 years went owner Operator and got my long nose Peterbilt but I am all alone in this world I am broken 💔 I listen to these Smokey and the Bandit songs every day over and over again Pretending I'm back in time this world is not what I remember it was before I Am so lost this song hurts my heart knowing it's the End I miss my Dad and Burt Reynolds Jackie Gleason and Jerry Reed so much All I have left is my mom Everyone in the world Hates me and Betrays me For no reason Trucks and Smokey and the Bandit are my Life I Pretend that im back In the 90s 80s and late 70s the Pain I live with every day Is Excruciating Extreme pain!
My brother passed me in my Freightliner and said the first thing that came to his mind was this song because I played it so much before I became a trucker.
This was the 4th to last movie Jackie Gleason ever did but the closing credits of Smoky & The Bandit 3, with the still frame of Buford T. Justice saluting and this song makes it feel more like Gleason's goodbye to everyone. Never fails to tear me up. Farewell Great One.
This film had some lines in it that would have the 'woke generation' fuming! Still, a, really, funny film. RIP Jackie Gleason, Mike Henry and Burt Reynolds
don't say that out loud. they will make a reboot of it. the bandit being kevin hart. frog being a transgendered something. buford t will be some god awful character played by wil ferrel. junior probably will be the mandalorian actor. big enos will be some old actor who best is behind him. little enos of course will be some youtuber. and they'll work tiktok in the movie somehow
The outlaw run is an endless one It's a hungry night, where wrong is right And the race is done, when the race is won In the morning sun, just look into the light And I'm behind you now, with a ticket for the wind I'm behind you now and you can never win I'm behind you now and your days are getting thin I'm behind you now with a ticket for the wind And the Bandit's time there's a borderline That's already crossed, when the game is lost And the hunter's luck is a single shot When the sun is hot and the dice are tossed I'm behind now now, with a ticket for the wind I'm behind you now and you can never win I'm behind you now and your days are getting thin I'm behind you now with a ticket for the wind I'm behind you now, with a ticket for the wind Yeah, I'm behind you now, oh, you can never win I'm behind you now and your days are getting thin I'm behind you now with a ticket for the wind Yeah, I'm behind you now with a ticket for the wind With a ticket for the wind, with a ticket for the wind Oh, with a ticket for the wind, with a ticket for the wind...
When I first heard this I thought it was Johnny Cash trying to make a more modern sounding tune. I like this song so much I had to pay through the nose to get it on vinyl :)
When I listen to this song I picture driving the bandit car from Smokey and the bandit 3 on the highway at 2AM in the morning I don’t know why I picture that LOL. BTW Smokey and the bandit 3 is a great movie...well all of them are great.
Did you all know that the European folks also loved this movie ? There was a European equivalent to Smokey and the Bandit made in Europe. I've only seen one short clip of it . It also was good in the minds of the Europeans ; I don't think that the Europeans had ever seen such a movie . There culture most likely didn't have such , until "Smokey and the Bandit" . Have a good one Y'all .........................
Reynolds felt that the Bandit series both broke and ruined his career. The original being a big smash hit, and Smokey II being a dud that made him seem like a jerk. So, depending on the source, he originally refused entirely, or he asked for too much money. Ironically, Universal spent an extra $2Mil on the film to “remake” it with Reed. Had they simply offered that money to Reynolds in the first place, he might’ve agreed.
@@MrPaladino What really hurt Burt's career,at that time, was turning down the role of Garrett Breedlove in "Terms of Endearment" .Jack Nicholson took over the role,won an Oscar,and"Terms of Endearment" went on to be a classic."Stroker Ace", like many of Burt's later films,was a box office failure.Burt did have a nice career rebound though with"Boogie Nights".
I am mostly into rock . But when it comes to country I like the obscure uncommon country music most of the music in the third film were not you typical country music.
“What are you thinkin about daddy? Retiring “ that got me Rest up Gleason I know it been more than a decade since your departure but I know u can still hear us 💔
l always thought this song was "Ticket for the WIN" which makes more sense then "WInd"... I wanted to ask Jon Stewart about it but i never got the chance.
Great to hear this soundtrack given some well deserved love! Are the actual 24bit/48khz files available anywhere? 192kbps is hardly doing it justice...
do you have an email i can send you the raw file, a few months after i uploaded i bought a new turntable and new preamp and re ripped them again they sound even better. I also have the 320kbps download link in the description
Hi, is there any chance I could get a copy of the re-rip or the flac files please? Also, do you have any plans to add Suzi Plastic by Bill Summers & Summers Heat? Thanks!
This song is heart wrenching for Burt, Jackie and Jerry fans... It marked the end of a fantastic movie franchise, even though the sequels nowhere near match the first one
3 was good in its own right
There were actually prequels (I know this was from a year ago)
the 2nd one was good as well, like burt was in the 2nd one, and of course he was only part of the 3rd one in that one scene at the end of the film, witch did sent chills to my spine when i first saw that, but yeah the first one is always the best.
For sure gd buddy 😊
Pontiac fans as well
Watched this as a child with my Grandfather. Grew up, found a girl, and played it at our wedding. We're behind each other 100% for our forever adventure.
That’s awesome! Someone cared enough to play this at your wedding. They don’t make movies like this anymore. 🎥
Mike Henry, who played Junior, passed in January 2021. He rides the Highways of Valhalla with the rest of the legends.
I thought he was still alive...so sad to hear he passed away R.I.P...
Found out he used to play for the Steelers and L.A. Rams back in the late 50’s $ early 60’s.
Yeah unfortunately we're losing all the greats now..sad times but they sure left behind great memories for us to enjoy forever and always.. iconic movies!
He's still hanging on to the lightbar
Still hanging off light bar 😍
Was it me but this entire movie had a sorta sad undercurrent. I had the feeling this was the smokey movie and when they played this song in the end, I knew it was the end of the road for the bandit. RIP Bandit, Snowman, Fred, and Sheriff Buford T Justice.... You make them all look like there sittin still.
I sort of agree!
If you know the history of the film itself, you would know exactly how right you are. This film was the last one Jackie Gleason made before his health started failing until "Nothing in Common" with Tom Hanks in 1986. It almost became his final legacy. And, it was originally an entirely different movie called "Smokey IS the Bandit" where Gleason played both parts as Buford T. Justice AND The Bandit. All of the scenes with Jerry Reed and Colleen Camp were filmed months AFTER filming wrapped, which is why there is such a disconnect between the scenes, and the weird edits, cuts, and the bizarre overdubs using the same guy who did Gleason's "censorship voice" for TV (I believe at the time they did the ADR looping, he was either too sick, or too embarrassed by what they were doing to come back for the recording sessions himself. Rumor has it, Gleason bought up all the rights to the unused footage of him as the Bandit and destroyed it, vowing to never let the public see any of it. There's an ad still floating around on UA-cam showing him talking about it, dressed up like Patton as he did in the film). This film is not only the end of the Bandit Saga, but also kinda the end of the Hal Needham era in Hollywood, and the end of his relationship with Burt Reynolds et al. So it is both a strange monument, and a sad artifact of an entire era and genre of films.
@@MrPaladino I don't think it's sad. It's one last run, maybe not flat out but there was some real gold in it. I know people that still quote this movie to this day and watch it again from time to time. It doesn't have everything like the other two but it's a fun movie and gave us another stretch of the legs for the Justice family and Snowman. The cameo by Reynold's at the end was a really nice touch that put a solid send off with him driving off into the sunset, never giving up like he tried to do at the start of the movie.
@@bcluett1697 I’m with ya, my guy. But unfortunately, legacies don’t quite work that way. Universal, to this day, only bundles the film as part of the “Smokey and the Bandit Pursuit Pack”. And Jackie never got to see the film elevated to cult status. Burt Reynolds denounced the franchise pretty much to his dying day. That aside, the film is still melancholy and a train wreck. It’s a more shockingly enjoyable and watchable train wreck than say, Part 2 (which I still do not truly understand the point of. The Bandit is an asshole for 89 minutes, and suddenly, he likes himself and wins Frog back. THE END. And you’d have to be “commode hanging drunk” to miss the horrendous plot holes you could drive a fleet of trucks through). At least Part 3 made some kind of sense. You could legit follow the plot. But had it been Gleason’s final film? A great talent like that deserves better than a so-so comedy that bombed. And he got it. So we can go back and enjoy his stinkers with... well, glee.
@@bcluett1697 I will say that “Buford T. Justice” by Ed Bruce is one of the most amazingly fitting opening songs in the history of cinema. Right next to Weird Al’s “UHF”.
Think it’s the only movie where I just let the end credits roll 🦅…………….🚓
The best song in the series...a proper farewell song to the series that give me joy & laughter...
Most definitely! 🙏
My grandfather's favorite song. I'm behind him, someday.
Awesome! 🤘🚘
I love this song. I think of all three movies when i listen to it. R. I. P to them all that we lost❤
Such a great song! 🎶
This reminds me of my dad. He told me about Smokey and the Bandit on TV and I stayed up and watched it.
Now I have a ticket for the wind.
Awesome! 🎉 🎫
Bandit, Snowman, Fred, Buford, Big Enos and Little Enos have since earned their ticket for the wind. RIP.
Paul Williams, the man who played "Little Enos", is not dead.
Paul Williams, who played Little Enos is 81 and still alive. But Mike Henry, who played Junior, passed in January 2021.
@@dars5229and Paul Williams and Sally Field are both doing well too.
BEST part of the whole movie, perhaps!!!!!! GREAT SONG!!!!!!
Although I did not like the third movie as much as the first 2, when this song played at the ending credits for part 3 I felt like it was as appropriate an ending theme as there ever was for a movie series. It was actually pretty sad I really wish there had been more Bandit movies but it was fun while it lasted. RIP Bandit, Snowman & Smokey...
Great track...remembering Burt and his legacy. Hope he's pedal to the metal up in the sky.
Don’t forget about Jackie Gleason. Up there he is still in high speed pursuit!!!
We cant forget good ole Jerry Reed, he's up there bootlegging all that beer...
( Chris
The synths are crazy on this song and the drum machine it’s like country Depeche Mode!! Like it
Cool stuff 😎
Love that phrasing top work.
"Daddy my face is all white."
"Well put a little lipstick on and I'll drop you off at a gay bar."
😄 😄 😄
LOL 🤣!!!!!!!!!!
Grew up with these as a kid. The golden years of my youth😏 RIP Bandit😔
Me too. Great times.
"WAIT, DADDY! DON'T LEAVE ME! WAIT, DADDY..."
Sad ending, because you know the chase is over now
shut up you tick turd.
That part when Jackie and Burt had that scene at the end had me tearing up
My dad loved smokey and the bandit. He passed 2 days before new years from homicide. He owned a 1951 hudson pacemaker. I can just imagine him right now riding with jerry, burt, and jackie.
I’m so sorry. There are people riding with you and your family always. ✊
When I'm by myself, and I feel like I got no more fuel in the tank, every now and again I play this song and it seems like I have another splash to take me down the road a bit farther.
Great post!
Same thing with me. Takes me back to my childhood; recharges my batteries and makes me drive forward again.
❤
Awesome! 🤘
Yes,a sad undercurrent indeed .Buford t Justice was nearing retirement,and he gave the bandit a head start to try to stave off retiring.It was obviously the end of the road of his career as sheriff which had the same effect on me.Even the song ticket for the wind had a sad undercurrent to it.John Guinto
I love this track. So hard to find. Thanks for posting. 1983 was such a great year for movies. In the late eighties I'd have this VHS que'd up at the end of the credits just to listen to this song. So glad I found this.
Same
I'm an OTR driver. This song is my life. Jackie Gleason at the end was a spot on perfect tribute. Texarkana never felt so good.
Amazing! 🤘Keep on riding!
This brings back so many memories from my youth! There will never be a trio like this again! Rest in peace to these legends!
May all of them ride the highways of Valhalla together. 🙏🥲
Most definitely! 🚘
RIP BANDIT
Oh yes! 🙏🚘
🙏🚘
When this song was on I knew it was over for the Bandit
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE,JOHN!!!! I knew when Buford "Got it in the "FLY" by Junior I could almost hear the Voice of Jim Morrison singing "This...is...The...Ennnnnnnnnnd!" (Why they had John Stewart singing that song(& Ed Bruce doin' His "Jerry Reed" singing impersonation) is beyond My scope of comprehension! (The Movie, Like the soundtrack album (6 SONGS!!!!! & no JERRY REED!), was a disasterous bomb (probably a Loss-Leader Write-Off for Universal Studios!)
Guuuuutttted the chase was finished
It was a good movie.
@@TheORIGINALBrentTheGent I think the reason Jerry wasn't on the soundtrack was due to his being hired in after the disastrous preview of"Smokey Is the Bandit".The audiences didn't like Jackie as the bandit so they re-shot with Jerry and the soundtrack was probably already in place.I agree the movie was terrible anyway I'm just glad Jackie got a decent career send off with "Nothing in Common".
@@TheORIGINALBrentTheGent Reed was hired AFTER the entire movie was essentially made. His entire involvement is completely removed from the scope of the original film. So it makes sense that they didn't use any of his music, because originally, they had no idea he was ever going to be involved. That's why this film is such a bizarre epitaph on the Bandit franchise. It was originally supposed to be Gleason playing both Sheriff AND the Bandit. And it was filmed. And SCREENED! And the test audience was so bewildered by what they had seen, they shot 50% of an entirely new film to salvage the situation. There's an entire Wikipedia page dedicated to this. That's why I'm always so morbidly attracted to this film. And also why I *KNOW* Hollywood will never take a real risk and just let a bomb be a bomb on its own merits.
Kills my heart My Dad And I grew up Going up Down I-95 From Reading L, PA to Miami, FL watching the Trucks on I-95 stopping at Hotels watching Smokey and the Bandit 1-2-3 We were obsessed We would ride Down I-95 South in My Dad's 1981 Z-28 Camero driving till late night My dad had a big mustache just like Burt Reynolds my Dad would roll down the window and light A Viceroy or Marlboro cigarette while listening to Bad Company or Jerry Reed we would go crazy spitting long nose Peterbilts my dad was all I ever had And I list him 3 years ago I am 33 now and been driving trucks for almost 14 years went owner Operator and got my long nose Peterbilt but I am all alone in this world I am broken 💔 I listen to these Smokey and the Bandit songs every day over and over again Pretending I'm back in time this world is not what I remember it was before I Am so lost this song hurts my heart knowing it's the End I miss my Dad and Burt Reynolds Jackie Gleason and Jerry Reed so much All I have left is my mom Everyone in the world Hates me and Betrays me For no reason Trucks and Smokey and the Bandit are my Life I Pretend that im back In the 90s 80s and late 70s the Pain I live with every day Is Excruciating Extreme pain!
There are many people riding with you. ✊ Like myself. We all move forward 🚘 🙏
My brother passed me in my Freightliner and said the first thing that came to his mind was this song because I played it so much before I became a trucker.
Awesome! 🤘 It’s great that people care for this song and movie 🍿
Yep Burt and Gleason and jerry are probably in heaven right now with John Stewart playing this song for them live right now
Same for Mike Henry who played Junior, he is gone too.
I hope so! They’ll always be riding with us 🚘🤘
Always loved this song and Ain't the Gold from Smokey and the Bandit 3
I can remember this movie now that Burt Jackie and Jerry are in heaven now. they are for sure chasing all over God's creation and back. R.I.H. boys.
R.i.p bandit. Keep em on their toes up there
Never forget the bandit
This was the 4th to last movie Jackie Gleason ever did but the closing credits of Smoky & The Bandit 3, with the still frame of Buford T. Justice saluting and this song makes it feel more like Gleason's goodbye to everyone. Never fails to tear me up. Farewell Great One.
The end of an era. 🙏🚘
Hot! Damn! That drum luck is tooo cooool… Waves of Nostalgia for The Bandit & Sheriff Buford T Justice…
love this song.
This is were the bandit finished so sad
This film had some lines in it that would have the 'woke generation' fuming!
Still, a, really, funny film.
RIP Jackie Gleason, Mike Henry and Burt Reynolds
I feel like a reboot of Smokey and the bandit won’t be the same, it’ll just bring us memories.
ESPECIALLY without the legendary cast. I would not like a smokey and the bandit 4 or a reboot, it isn't the same without the originals
John schnider is in the process of making a smokey and the bandit movie!
@@justinraystyles3537 he made a movie stand on it which is a tribute to movies like smokey and the bandit and the dukes of hazzard
don't say that out loud. they will make a reboot of it. the bandit being kevin hart. frog being a transgendered something. buford t will be some god awful character played by wil ferrel. junior probably will be the mandalorian actor. big enos will be some old actor who best is behind him. little enos of course will be some youtuber. and they'll work tiktok in the movie somehow
@@NBUltra187 Oh shi true
This is like country new wave!!
Yes, like the Superman 3 song 'They Won't Get Me' by Roger Miller. It was also a 1980s take on country music for the Smallville scenes.
I remember listening to this song years ago. It popped in my head and I'm glad I've found it.
What a beautiful time this was.
Wow this actually the 40-year anniversary of this movie the summer in 1983
Such a great movie 🎥 ✊
RIP Jackie ,RIP jerry ,RIP Burt best actors ever
The outlaw run is an endless one
It's a hungry night, where wrong is right
And the race is done, when the race is won
In the morning sun, just look into the light
And I'm behind you now, with a ticket for the wind
I'm behind you now and you can never win
I'm behind you now and your days are getting thin
I'm behind you now with a ticket for the wind
And the Bandit's time there's a borderline
That's already crossed, when the game is lost
And the hunter's luck is a single shot
When the sun is hot and the dice are tossed
I'm behind now now, with a ticket for the wind
I'm behind you now and you can never win
I'm behind you now and your days are getting thin
I'm behind you now with a ticket for the wind
I'm behind you now, with a ticket for the wind
Yeah, I'm behind you now, oh, you can never win
I'm behind you now and your days are getting thin
I'm behind you now with a ticket for the wind
Yeah, I'm behind you now with a ticket for the wind
With a ticket for the wind, with a ticket for the wind
Oh, with a ticket for the wind, with a ticket for the wind...
The hunter's lot*
Oh yes! 🚘🤘
The bandit did good, he’ll do good up there too. I bet Buford is still chasing him
When I first heard this I thought it was Johnny Cash trying to make a more modern sounding tune. I like this song so much I had to pay through the nose to get it on vinyl :)
tremoloman I was lucky enough to get an almost mint copy for $15 I have seen it as high on discogs for $60
When I listen to this song I picture driving the bandit car from Smokey and the bandit 3 on the highway at 2AM in the morning I don’t know why I picture that LOL. BTW Smokey and the bandit 3 is a great movie...well all of them are great.
This film is more Buford it’s better than part 2 which has the bandit being an asshole two many dumb car crashes terrible film part 2 sucked
G Kroll your right so true
On a warm summer night along the coast with a full moon overhead....yeah
@@gabrielfranklin5032 so so true
Keep on riding! 🤘🚘
This song really gets to ya imo😎
Classic movie... Classic song...
Did you all know that the European folks also loved this movie ? There was a European equivalent to Smokey and the Bandit made in Europe. I've only seen one short clip of it . It also was good in the minds of the Europeans ; I don't think that the Europeans had ever seen such a movie . There culture most likely didn't have such , until "Smokey and the Bandit" . Have a good one Y'all .........................
I want this song on spotify!
Still had Cannonball Run II to do after Smokey 3 (And Stroker Ace during), that's why Burt only did the cameo.
Reynolds felt that the Bandit series both broke and ruined his career. The original being a big smash hit, and Smokey II being a dud that made him seem like a jerk. So, depending on the source, he originally refused entirely, or he asked for too much money. Ironically, Universal spent an extra $2Mil on the film to “remake” it with Reed. Had they simply offered that money to Reynolds in the first place, he might’ve agreed.
@@MrPaladino What really hurt Burt's career,at that time, was turning down the role of Garrett Breedlove in "Terms of Endearment" .Jack Nicholson took over the role,won an Oscar,and"Terms of Endearment" went on to be a classic."Stroker Ace", like many of Burt's later films,was a box office failure.Burt did have a nice career rebound though with"Boogie Nights".
@@EpicLJLemonade if i'm not mistaken....burt thought boogie nights would be so awful that he fired his agent because of it
R.i.p bandit!
RIP 🙏🚘
I am mostly into rock . But when it comes to country I like the obscure uncommon country music most of the music in the third film were not you typical country music.
rip every neglected t/a
I'll give ya a five minute head start .
🚘 5 minutes! 🤘
This also marked the end for one of the greatest musicians! It's a shame that everyone didn't appreciated Jon Stewart's talent
Most definitely! 🤘🎶
Now Juniors gone does that mean of the cast of the first 2 Smokey and the Bandit movies, Sally Field (frog) is the only one still alive
Guilty Pleasure!!
Great song! 🚔🚨
Better soundtrack than 1 and 2 by a million
I agree wholeheartedly with that!!!
Great Movie
Awesome! 🤘🚘🎥
“What are you thinkin about daddy? Retiring “ that got me Rest up Gleason I know it been more than a decade since your departure but I know u can still hear us 💔
It's been 3 decades. Jackie Gleason died in 1987.
Nice comment, however I think your thinking of Jerry Reed? He died in September of 2008, and as the person above me said Jackie passed away in 1987.
He’s with us! 🤘🎥🚘
Thanx...x...
Rip Burt Reynolds
This should of played at the end of Grand Tour
Had they made a Smokey and the Bandit game for the PS2 this would've been the perfect end credit song.
It's already a perfect end credits song.
Wait Daddy, wait for me!
Burt and Hal's Bandit!!
The late, great Burt Reynolds (1936 - 2018) made a cameo appearance as the original "BANDIT" near the end of the film.
I miss Burt. :(
Same, Im so glad my dad showed me these movies when I was younger. Now we don't talk anymore that much
Wasn't the final scene in this where buford t runs down the street nude waving a baked potato at jerry reed?
I wish we could get the chase songs from the movie one of these days
I wish! 🙏🚘
East bound and down.
Always! 🤘🚘
I would love this on CD or download.
I have mp3 or lossless
Even though its generally concidered the worst one, Smokey and the bandit 3 probably had the best soundtrack
Love ya. Burt
Much love! ❤️
I know Jackie Gleason is up there in heaven still in hot pursuit
Still in hot pursuit! 🚘🤘
l always thought this song was "Ticket for the WIN" which makes more sense then "WInd"... I wanted to ask Jon Stewart about it but i never got the chance.
😂 Junior running behind Buford cash flying everywhere lmao
rip btj
Great to hear this soundtrack given some well deserved love! Are the actual 24bit/48khz files available anywhere? 192kbps is hardly doing it justice...
do you have an email i can send you the raw file, a few months after i uploaded i bought a new turntable and new preamp and re ripped them again they sound even better. I also have the 320kbps download link in the description
Hi, is there any chance I could get a copy of the re-rip or the flac files please? Also, do you have any plans to add Suzi Plastic by Bill Summers & Summers Heat? Thanks!
were you still interested?
Hi, yes I would still be very interesting in these please. Is there any way to get in touch with you privately? Thank you
David Jones did you want the raw aiff file or flac
I miss Jackie Gleason too
🙏❤️
and bandit
Reminds me of Warren Zevon
When I was a kid I used to think Johnny Cash sang this. But you're right, sounds more like Warren Zevon.
The film series ended on this song
In the picture. Who's the third car in the back?
Black Popeye that is sheriff Buford t justicee
the sherrif that was in the white car
The truck all way in back is the KKK no joke. Yeah the 80s were a different time
@@bb-gc2tx yeah I remember part in the movie
@@snipergang158 he made it on a cover.....wow
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Rip Burt Reynolds
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