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  • WOW!| FIRST TIME HEARING Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy REACTION
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  • @evanhughes1510
    @evanhughes1510 4 місяці тому +147

    Andrew Gold was Linda Ronstadt’s lead guitarist, keyboardist, and right-hand man in the 70s, on her tours and albums, up to 1977, when he went solo. He died of cancer in 2011, at only age 60

    • @Jude_196
      @Jude_196 4 місяці тому +13

      RIP, Andrew....

    • @georgewachsmuth9201
      @georgewachsmuth9201 4 місяці тому +5

      I did not know that. Thanks !

    • @ZavaXavier
      @ZavaXavier 4 місяці тому +3

      I remember when he passed away it was heartbreaking big fan of his.

    • @timsullivan67
      @timsullivan67 4 місяці тому +2

      Also her on vocals on second verse...

    • @icmman7
      @icmman7 4 місяці тому +1

      @@georgewachsmuth9201nor did i ditto evan.

  • @pamelahunter987
    @pamelahunter987 4 місяці тому +146

    Andrew Gold was part of a very talented family. His mother was Marni Nixon, who dubbed the singing voices for many actresses. His father was an Academy Award winning composer.

    • @timme2844
      @timme2844 4 місяці тому +9

      And his best girl was Nicolette Larson! What a power couple for the day! Both gone way too soon 😢

    • @RandomGuyDan
      @RandomGuyDan 4 місяці тому +16

      Not just famous actresses, some of the most famous movie musicals ever. She was the voice of Debra Kerr in The King and I, Natalie Wood in Westside Story, and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady.

    • @marygoodson4920
      @marygoodson4920 4 місяці тому +7

      I never knew that about his parents!❤

    • @sourisvoleur4854
      @sourisvoleur4854 4 місяці тому +1

      Marni Nixon also hosted the local Seattle kids' show "Boomerang."

    • @musicgrl100
      @musicgrl100 4 місяці тому +5

      When I was a little girl, there was a local (WA) children's program called Boomerang that I loved. Marni Nixon was the host! It's wasn't until I was an adult when I found out all of her many famous singing roles. I loved this song so much when I was small!

  • @myownchannel247
    @myownchannel247 4 місяці тому +88

    This is an example of an AM radio tune back in the day 👍

    • @Citizenesse8
      @Citizenesse8 4 місяці тому +11

      Nothing will replace that slightly otherworldly tinny AM sound.

    • @ML-jk3sz
      @ML-jk3sz 4 місяці тому +3

      @@Citizenesse8 and it being in mono

    • @Citizenesse8
      @Citizenesse8 4 місяці тому +2

      @@ML-jk3sz well, yeah, that's the AM radio. Portable radio, summer day, AM station since it was the only one that would pick up at a lake or something.

    • @ZavaXavier
      @ZavaXavier 4 місяці тому

      I remember listening to this song when I was 2 in my baby bed or anywhere in the house where the radio was great times.

  • @flash218ily
    @flash218ily 4 місяці тому +89

    He was the main guitar player for Linda Ronstadt, he wrote and recorded this Top 40 hit, he also wrote the world renowned theme to "The Golden Girls", as well as countless other accolades......he was also as humble as he was talented!.....he also never received the recognition he deserved....nor did that bother him!

    • @rjjcms1
      @rjjcms1 3 місяці тому +1

      He got to number 11 in the UK charts with this song around late spring or early summer 1977. His biggest hit was Never Let Her Slip Away,which made number 5 nearly a year later. After that he had one further Top 20 hit with How Can This Be Love? in summer holiday time in 1978 and a minor one with Thank You For Being a Friend later that year.

  • @davidlocke2601
    @davidlocke2601 4 місяці тому +60

    A lot of people assume that the lyrics are autobiographical, because Andrew Gold was born in the summer of 1951, his sister Martha was born in the summer of 1953, and he formed a band called Bryndle in 1969 with Karla Bonoff, Kenny Edwards, and Wendy Waldman, but Andrew admitted in an interview that the song was not about his life. He said, "Maybe it was a mistake to do that, but I simply put in those details because it was convenient. I hadn't been a lonely boy at all - I'd had a very happy childhood."

    • @icmman7
      @icmman7 4 місяці тому +1

      Karla bonoff personally girl?

    • @NavvyMom
      @NavvyMom 4 місяці тому +2

      Well that's good to know. I always wondered about the source.

    • @truckrboat
      @truckrboat 4 місяці тому

      They formed in 1969 but nothing came of that era of the group. They moved on to all their individual achievements but in 1995 they finally released their debut album and it is incredible!!!

    • @ZavaXavier
      @ZavaXavier 4 місяці тому +1

      @@icmman7 Love that song I remember listening to that song while getting ready for school and watching the video on MTV, Friday Night Videos, Night Flight, Video Hits, and Captain Kangaroo.

    • @icmman7
      @icmman7 4 місяці тому

      @@ZavaXavier remember hobo kelly?

  • @andymageen5308
    @andymageen5308 4 місяці тому +45

    Is t it amazing to think that RSR is in their third year of reactions, with several thousand tracks now done. And yet they can still come up with real gems like this on a daily basis. That’s a real credit to Jay and Amber but also to the deep, deep well of music the last Century created. Looking back our generation were truly blessed to live through that period. ✌️

  • @Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.
    @Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. 4 місяці тому +55

    He was a great artist, I suggest that your next song by him should be, "Never Let Her Slip Away".

    • @nicolaanne4787
      @nicolaanne4787 4 місяці тому

      Yes, another great track, I loved Andrew Gold and it’s great to react to the songs that we grew up listening to. Another great story telling is called “Honey” by Bobby Goldsboro and “This shirt” by Mary Chaplin Carpenter ❤️❤️

  • @david_aloni
    @david_aloni 4 місяці тому +17

    Andy's mom, Marni Nixon, and my mom were close friends and aspiring singers in their teens. They signed up for a voice class together at Los Angeles Community College, where my dad was the accompanist on the piano. The two singers kind of adopted him and, according to Marni, they would bribe him (with bread - the kind you eat - which apparently he loved) to play for them outside of class, so they could practice the songs they were going to sing. That led, a few years later, to me being popped out into the world. Our families would get together on occasion, when I was a kid, and Andy and I would play together, while my sister would hang out with Andy's sister, Martha. It felt like every year, my family would sit around the TV during the Academy Awards and root for Andy's dad, composer Ernest Gold, to win the Oscar, which he eventually did for Exodus. All of which is just a lead up to saying that it makes me happy to see you giving Andrew Gold's music some richly deserved attention. "Lonely Boy" is my favorite of his songs and I still get a little thrill when I hear it start to play.

    • @icmman7
      @icmman7 4 місяці тому

      Growing up in L.A...it's pretty cool and that happens alot .Groeing up here i've seen a boatload of stars,interacted with a few by necessity and ignored the rest...the good ol days.

  • @bcarchman489
    @bcarchman489 4 місяці тому +41

    As some people have commented here about Andrew Gold coming from a famous showbiz family, when he was a youngster, maybe 14, he came home and his parents were throwing a party and there were 4 guys there that everyone at the party were flocking to. He went by to say hello and introduced himself and he noticed they had heavy English accents. He described them as very nice. He unwittingly met The Fab Four.

    • @NavvyMom
      @NavvyMom 4 місяці тому

      Heh, cool. Thanks for sharing that.

    • @acornsucks2111
      @acornsucks2111 4 місяці тому

      Fo fo fo.

  • @TimSmith-uc4pk
    @TimSmith-uc4pk 4 місяці тому +8

    Rock In Peace Andrew Gold.

  • @BuddyBoy68
    @BuddyBoy68 4 місяці тому +56

    Hi, you two! It's Andrew Erroch fae Paisley in Scotland here. Andrew Gold was a special talent from California and he died far too soon in 2011, aged 59. I think we know you two well enough to know what you like and, with that in mind, you should listen to his song 'Never Let Her Slip Away'. I'm amazed it wasn't a big hit in the US, but it was over here. It's probably my favourite song of his and it could become your favourite of his too.
    He also had a collaborations with the excellent UK band 10cc and he formed a duo called Wax with Graham Gouldman of 10cc. They had a brilliant song called 'Bridge To Your Heart' in 1987. I bought it at the time and I'm sure you'll love that too, with Andrew on main vocal... and perhaps also the bit when Graham Gouldman shouts "horn" and Andrew grabs the saxophone... Check it out! Æx 🙏

    • @andymageen5308
      @andymageen5308 4 місяці тому +2

      👍👍✌️

    • @jhood758
      @jhood758 4 місяці тому +5

      Hello Scotland from the Great State of Texas. 🇺🇸

    • @jdw5678
      @jdw5678 4 місяці тому +2

      Yes, it was a hit in the U.S., just not as big, but a good tune and worthy of a reaction. I also like his song "Genevieve," one of the best love songs of the 1970s IMO.

    • @tonybarruk2
      @tonybarruk2 4 місяці тому +3

      Never Let Her Slip Away is a fantastic song - one of my favourite trivia questions is "NLHSA features backing vocals from which super-super-super-famous singer?" And the answer is...
      ...
      ...
      ...
      Freddie Mercury! Apparently Queen were working in the same studio as Andrew Gold at the time...

    • @BuddyBoy68
      @BuddyBoy68 4 місяці тому

      Wow! Thanks@@tonybarruk2. I didn't know that. 👍

  • @ckayuha2351
    @ckayuha2351 4 місяці тому +47

    That was Linda Ronstadt singing background on the 2nd verse

    • @VicMikesvideodiary
      @VicMikesvideodiary 4 місяці тому +5

      She's great.

    • @alleykeosheyan4779
      @alleykeosheyan4779 4 місяці тому +5

      OMG I'm gonna hafta go back and listen more closely to that verse now, I never knew she sang on this!

    • @jellyrollnorton
      @jellyrollnorton 4 місяці тому +4

      Wow. I’m surprised that she only joined him on that one line.

  • @kimcutts6153
    @kimcutts6153 4 місяці тому +27

    Oh, I clicked on this one so fast. I adore this song and I know you both are going to. I simply cannot wait. ❤🎼. RIP Andrew ❤ You were fabulous, and you are missed. 🎼🎵🎤

  • @andyford8587
    @andyford8587 4 місяці тому +12

    The drummer for this single was Mike Botts - from Amber's favorite band, Bread.

  • @user-kv2tj4du8p
    @user-kv2tj4du8p 4 місяці тому +17

    our fave Linda Ronstadt sings the mother's one line with Andrew Gold in this song "we must attend to her needs, she's so much younger than you." if you know it's her, you can recognize her voice which is so nice. I love this song. I was in maybe the 6th grade when this was released. I loved it then, and I love it now. a classic 1970's story-song type tune. the vocals are great. the story. the instrumentals reach the heights, then come tenderly back to the beginning. a great great song. Andrew Gold was a major music man!

    • @ashleyfrost8906
      @ashleyfrost8906 4 місяці тому +3

      I never knew that Linda Ronstadt fact! Love it, thanks!

  • @Amen.22
    @Amen.22 4 місяці тому +9

    I was born in 1954. When I was a little boy I had something important to show to my mother. I don’t remember what it was but it was important to me. My mother was at the kitchen sink washing dishes. I went to her side and said, mama look at this. She didn’t look but she said, oh that’s nice. I said it again and again she said oh that’s nice without looking or even taking a quick glance. I don’t know how many times I tried to get her to at least look for 1 second. She never looked, I could have been holding a dead rat. Finally I walked away a sad, lonely boy. I remember I was in a good happy mood at first. I’m 69 now and I never forgot that. My mother was very good, hardworking, always cleaning washing clothes with a ringer washing machine and 2 tubs of rinse water. Then she would hang the clothes outside on clothes lines. From early in the morning until the evening she was working everyday. In the evening after supper and the cow was milked and the pigs were fed. She would sit crocheting a rag rug, or work on a 1000 piece puzzle, or we would all play cards, usually 500 rummy or rap rummy. Both my parents were good hardworking folks. That one time that she wouldn’t look was the only negative thing I can remember growing up. So I think I was the lucky one to have such good parents. Good yes, perfect no. One important thing that they always did was take us to church every Sunday morning.

  • @rickycole6327
    @rickycole6327 4 місяці тому +12

    This was Andrew's biggest chart single reached number 7 on Billboard pop singles chart in 1977 his other big hit was Thank you for being a friend the intro theme to the series The Golden Girls 1985- 1992 RIP Andrew keep up the great work guys.

  • @danielmccann8325
    @danielmccann8325 4 місяці тому +16

    That line where he sings he "taught how to fight to be nobody's fool" then the chorus really kicks is in tremendous.

  • @aden2957
    @aden2957 4 місяці тому +8

    No comment onn Andrew's voice?? - The guy was an Amazing vocalist too !

  • @loritajohnson5664
    @loritajohnson5664 4 місяці тому +8

    My beautiful late sister had the 45 for this song! It was sad and sweet at the same time.

  • @VicMikesvideodiary
    @VicMikesvideodiary 4 місяці тому +25

    LOVE this song. His best. ❤❤❤💯
    I think that the most important message of this song is being missed. That if you parent a child but raise them by routine and follow a "system", especially teaching them to being cautious of others ( "to be nobody's fool" ) instead of being embracing of others, then you are going to be raising one very lonely and embittered child.

    • @Bryt25
      @Bryt25 4 місяці тому +4

      It's an amazing feat to put such storytelling into a song lyric and have a ring of truth to it. It's very much in line with what Arthur Janov was writing about at the time.

  • @tofutuesday
    @tofutuesday 4 місяці тому +5

    I never took it as he ran away. He turned 18 and left home. (born on a summer day 1951, left home on a winter day 1969)

  • @hope4thin65
    @hope4thin65 4 місяці тому +13

    Andrew died too young at 59 in his sleep of heart failure in 2011 while recovering from kidney cancer. It's so sad that his Mom, singer Marni Nixon, had to see her son die as she lived for an additional 5 years. But his Mom was a more famous singer than even he was. Not only was she the singing voice of leading actresses on the soundtracks of several musicals, including Deborah Kerr in "The King and I", Natalie Wood in "West Side Story", and Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady", she also sang alongside Julie Andrews in the convent in "The Sound of Music" where she also starred as Sister Sophia.

    • @icmman7
      @icmman7 4 місяці тому

      he's NOT dead...just look at what he left behind, and he's the topic...

  • @Jude_196
    @Jude_196 4 місяці тому +16

    AWWWW - I loved this song when it came out: STILL DO!! SO GOOD!!! GREAT VOCALS!! Very TALENTED MAN!! HUGS, YA'LL!!

  • @coffee-xg6my
    @coffee-xg6my 4 місяці тому +15

    Interestingly, Andrew later said that he kind of regretted writing that song because people thought is was autobiographical when in fact he said, I actually had a very happy childhood. Nevertheless, some people do experience that as a child. So, the song still has a place even though he says he didn't personally experience that.

    • @davidhuggan6315
      @davidhuggan6315 4 місяці тому +2

      Yes, important to point out that even though the dates fit, it's not autobiographical

  • @davidhuggan6315
    @davidhuggan6315 4 місяці тому +12

    Love this song, and love his song with 10cc's Graham Gouldman with Wax - Bridge To Your Heart. Also Graham wrote a song about his good friend Andrew Gold after Andrew died. It's a beautiful song called Daylight (2012).

  • @mocknburd23
    @mocknburd23 4 місяці тому +13

    I love these 70s soft-rock classics, so many memories! Keep it coming!

  • @shyman99
    @shyman99 4 місяці тому +27

    A musical epic drama.

    • @JamesBond-ib9tq
      @JamesBond-ib9tq 4 місяці тому +3

      I love the chords and tempo change ups you don't find much in music today.

    • @shyman99
      @shyman99 4 місяці тому +4

      @@JamesBond-ib9tq - Yes, I feel emotionally exhausted because it makes you feel like you have lived that song because of all of the tempo and instrumentation changes.

    • @CodeBlue_EMT-P
      @CodeBlue_EMT-P 4 місяці тому +1

      Very well said!

  • @The_nitewolf
    @The_nitewolf 4 місяці тому +18

    Always loved this song! I was just a kid but always remembered it.

  • @dermot2747
    @dermot2747 4 місяці тому +15

    Fantastic. He had a massive UK hit with Never Let Her Slip Away which is worth checking out. Also his work as a duo with Wax and Building A Bridge To Your Heart.

  • @ATalkingBadger
    @ATalkingBadger 3 місяці тому +1

    Andrew Gold was absolutely amazing. I HIGHLY recommend you guys listen to the duo/band he had with Graham Gouldman (from 10cc, who you also need to listen to more) named "Wax". They made some amazing 80's music. I'd recommend starting with "Shadows Of Love".

  • @stefanwilliams2576
    @stefanwilliams2576 4 місяці тому +6

    I bought this song as a 45 when it came out, loved the riff, later found out that he played on several Linda Ronstadt and Nicolette Larson songs, both of whom I was a fan of in the 70's. A lot of band members save that one special song for themselves and this was his.

  • @Progressive_Canadian
    @Progressive_Canadian 4 місяці тому +4

    I wish all mothers could be as caring and understanding as Amber seems to be.

  • @patriciatolliver4057
    @patriciatolliver4057 3 місяці тому

    Patty-As an oldest child I related to that song so much. Every time it came on the radio i would sing right along with Andrew.

  • @quinny6920
    @quinny6920 4 місяці тому +14

    Oh wow I had forgotten this song!! Was a major hit back in the day!! Skating rink song!!! Much love and respect to y’all ❤

  • @fatherman9
    @fatherman9 4 місяці тому +10

    "Junk Food Junkie" is a 1975 novelty song by Larry Groce - its a fun little song to listen to.

  • @bsquared4604
    @bsquared4604 4 місяці тому +8

    This song forever touches me. I knew you would relate it to your own children and your experiences and I think that is wonderful.

  • @subby111
    @subby111 4 місяці тому

    one of the best pop song writer we ever had on this planet. totally underrated...but the good about him is that he was a song-writing machine gave us tons of extraordinaire good songs. died much much much too early... :(

  • @garibaldi54
    @garibaldi54 4 місяці тому +10

    He later formed a group called Wax in the 80's, and they had a catchy hit called Bridge to your heart. Well worth a listen.

    • @scorpiouk5914
      @scorpiouk5914 4 місяці тому +1

      I just recently rediscovered Wax on an online 1980's deep dive station. I heard 'Right Between The Eyes" and remembered it from 1986. I'll check out your recommendation because it is probably a good song that never got played much. Thanks!

    • @garibaldi54
      @garibaldi54 4 місяці тому +1

      @@scorpiouk5914 I'm pretty sure it was by far their biggest hit.

  • @laurawyliebloechl8204
    @laurawyliebloechl8204 4 місяці тому +1

    I cried the first time i listened to this song. It has so much in it that fits my dad's life. My dad was born in 1951. He was the oldest child. He had a younger sister. His childhood was very sad. His parents didnt have a happy marriage and they loved to pit brother vs sister. My grandparents even sold my dad's bicycle when he was a child so they could buy a bicycle for his younger sister. My dad graduated high school in 1970. He purposely flunked his senior year in 1969 to avoid the Vietnam draft. Both of my grandparents have passed away and my dad has not seen or spoken to his sister in over 12 years. And he said he would be happy with never seeing or speaking to her ever again.

  • @tvgator1
    @tvgator1 4 місяці тому +8

    So glad you played the full version of this song

  • @grimmonolith
    @grimmonolith 4 місяці тому

    Gold produced, co-wrote, sang and played on some 10cc tracks in 1981. Subsequently he joined forces with 10cc's Graham Gouldman to form the duo Wax. Check out their songs "Right Between the Eyes" and "Bridge to Your Heart"

  • @S_Loucks
    @S_Loucks 3 місяці тому

    I loved, loved, loved Andrew Gold and was so sad when he passed. His mother was Marni Nixon, whose claim go fame was singing the vocals that was dubbed in for leading actresses on the soundtracks of several musicals, including Deborah Kerr in The King and I, Natalie Wood in West Side Story, and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady. The apple didn't fall too far from the tree for Andrew.

  • @richardharding5380
    @richardharding5380 4 місяці тому +2

    Andrew Gold was another great singer songwriter successful in the 1970's with a string of fine albums to his name.

  • @AbcDef-iq4no
    @AbcDef-iq4no 4 місяці тому

    The same year this song was released (1976) Al Stewart released "Year of the Cat," one of my all time favorite songs of the 70s.

  • @timsullivan67
    @timsullivan67 4 місяці тому

    That's Linda Ronstadt on backing vocals on second verse....she adored him!

  • @gotham61
    @gotham61 4 місяці тому +6

    While the dates and some details in the lyrics conform exactly to his own childhood, Andrew Gold always insisted that Lonely Boy is not autobiographical, and that he was never lonely as a child. His parents were famous musicians in their own right.

  • @johnlillis1161
    @johnlillis1161 4 місяці тому +10

    Amber can you give a listen to Melanie she Passed Away today at the age of 76 give a listen to Lay Down thanks R,I,P Melanie

    • @surlechapeau
      @surlechapeau 4 місяці тому +3

      "Lay Down(Candles In the Rain)" which features the Edwin Hawkins Singers.

    • @martinellis7156
      @martinellis7156 4 місяці тому +1

      Another one gone - Melanie will always live in my heart. Her music was part of the tapestry of me growing up in the seventies. "We were so close, there was no room..."

    • @KenRoerden
      @KenRoerden 4 місяці тому +1

      So sad to hear. Definitely do Lay Down.

  • @elysejfactor380
    @elysejfactor380 10 днів тому

    I don’t know if you reacted to another of Andrew Gold’s songs, the theme song to the TV show MAD ABOUT YOU. He composed and performed it. I loved the song and the show and the song brings back great memories. Blessings to you both.

  • @tb6791
    @tb6791 4 місяці тому +14

    Jay Ferguson - "Thunder Island."
    Now a composer for numerous TV shows. Answer to someone earlier posted but removed their comment 😮

    • @loriwingate64
      @loriwingate64 4 місяці тому +2

      Yes! That song is total ear candy.

    • @CircleM20
      @CircleM20 4 місяці тому

      They have done this.
      ua-cam.com/video/W8IAPsR_vLk/v-deo.html

    • @alleykeosheyan4779
      @alleykeosheyan4779 4 місяці тому

      Oh yeah, and "Shakedown Cruise!"

  • @mimimusick9734
    @mimimusick9734 4 місяці тому +12

    One of my all-time faves. I really felt for the little boy in the song, being one of those children who felt alienated in my own family. So the song speaks to my own experience, even though when I first heard it I was way too young to put the feeling into words. This song did it for me.

  • @neptune9
    @neptune9 4 місяці тому +2

    This reminded me of another song put out a couple of years later in 1979 by John Stewart. 'Gold' is a great tune featuring the one and only Stevie Nicks. Hope they'll give it a try some time. It turns out Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) plays guitar on this song and Mike Botts (Bread) plays the drums.

  • @Roberta_7777
    @Roberta_7777 4 місяці тому +15

    Oh yes yes. This is a blast from the past. I’ve always loved this song. Thank you.❤

  • @donnamcmanus7360
    @donnamcmanus7360 4 місяці тому +3

    I adored this song, still do😊 My mom made me stop listening to it for awhile because it made me sad realizing another sad boy was being raised the same way.

  • @kirkhall2099
    @kirkhall2099 4 місяці тому +3

    The title made me think of eddie holman' Hey There Lonely Girl' check it out.
    Really liked Lonely Boy when it came out still a great song

  • @carlospuentes66
    @carlospuentes66 4 місяці тому

    Always loved this, played the grooves off the 45! I always found it interesting how his vocals come in so early in the beat.

  • @jeffreyweaver9729
    @jeffreyweaver9729 4 місяці тому +8

    He was born 1951 and left in 1969, so he was 18 when he left home.

    • @phyl1042
      @phyl1042 4 місяці тому +1

      Right, he didn't run away, he just left home.

  • @platterjockey
    @platterjockey 4 місяці тому +2

    My favorite Andrew Gold song. The mid-section with the instrumental solo makes it clear what the feelings are of the "lonely boy". Andrew Gold was also part of Linda Ronstadt's studio and touring band in the 70s and 80s.

  • @mikkoturunen1893
    @mikkoturunen1893 4 місяці тому

    You are so lucky, in that you have all the music of the past and the great music of today as well.

  • @neilscarratt3568
    @neilscarratt3568 4 місяці тому +2

    GREAT !!!.
    AND MUST SAY MY ELDER BROTHER IN A WAY BROUGHT UP AND LOOKED AFTER ME AND MY TWO YOUNGER SISTERS.. HE BECAME LIKE A PARENT FROM AGED 8 AS MY PARENTS WENT TO WORK.. YOU DO NOT REALISE IT HOW INCREDIBLY HARD IT MUST BE FOR THE OLDEST CHILD TO HAVE TO TAKE ON ALL THAT RESPONSIBILTY.
    AND THAT SONG EXEMPLIFIES IT TOTALLY.
    THANK YOU GRAY MY OLDER BROTHER.. AND I BOUGHT THAT SINGLE WHEN RELEASED 1977 🤔. AND DIDNT REALISE IT ON THAT AND GREAT AMBER YOU NOTICING IT..
    I JUST SENT THE VIDEO OF YOU TWO FROM ENGLAND TO MY OLDER BROTHER WHO KNOW LIVES IN AUSTRALIA X
    GREAT YOUR REACTIONS ALWAYS 🎉😊

  • @tommarks3726
    @tommarks3726 4 місяці тому

    Bringing back memories, good ones Grew up listening to this on radio.

  • @neonsunset-1701
    @neonsunset-1701 4 місяці тому +1

    More songs from the 70s to check out: "Hotel California" - Eagles, "Wild Eyes" - Stampeders, "You Could Have Been a Lady" - April Wine, "Evil Grows" - The Poppy Family, "Junior's Farm" - Paul McCartney & Wings, "World Turning" - Fleetwood Mac, "Dreaming" - Blondie, "Crazy Talk" - Chilliwack, "Some Sing Some Dance" - Michel Pagliario, "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)" - Robert Palmer, "Devil Woman" - Cliff Richard

  • @shirleyjones9460
    @shirleyjones9460 4 місяці тому +4

    Yessss! My favorite Andrew Gold song! ❤❤❤

  • @timgerke8714
    @timgerke8714 4 місяці тому +2

    One of the best songs ever.

  • @anthonyrenham2142
    @anthonyrenham2142 4 місяці тому +1

    Glad you've got round to hearing this song. One of my fav songs of all time.

  • @chrismcdonagh688
    @chrismcdonagh688 4 місяці тому +3

    One of my favourite songs, it immediately transports me back to my school days in the 70s when cares were few. Andrew was a great singer songwriter who should have had alot more hits than he did and died way too young. He was a good country singer too. Never Let Her Slip Away is another good one and features backing vocals from Freddie Mercury and Timothy B. Schmit (from The Eagles).

  • @go234ko96ts5
    @go234ko96ts5 4 місяці тому

    What a great and moving song, another one from the super 70's

  • @kirkmcaninch3005
    @kirkmcaninch3005 4 місяці тому +2

    I'm the oldest of four children. I can totally relate to this jam. Great song and another wonderful reaction, J and Amber. 🎵✌️❤️

  • @NeetkaAbru
    @NeetkaAbru 4 місяці тому +6

    I was watching one of our old reactions and Amber was talking about her bluegrass roots and how she likes that music. I'd love to see you react to Billy Gilman's song "Roller Coaster". It's a fast happy song and Billy looks like he's having so much fun singing it that you have to smile.

  • @stephendebrou784
    @stephendebrou784 4 місяці тому

    You'll love 'Never Let Her Slip Away'. Classic easy listening song, and really good video

  • @NotStanleyTucci
    @NotStanleyTucci 4 місяці тому

    This reminds me of my favorite song about a 2nd child coming along: Elton John “The Greatest Discovery” live in Australia- BEAUTIFUL song

  • @Keedeeg
    @Keedeeg 4 місяці тому

    I love, love, love this song!! Love the story telling and Andrew's voice was, indeed, GOLD!!! P.S. That album is somewhere in this ancient house and I want to find it!

  • @rrailguitar2211
    @rrailguitar2211 4 місяці тому +3

    My favorite Linda Ronstadt cut is "You're No Good" her original studio version. It has practically a tapestry of guitars....a slide, a chorused up rhythm guitar, etc...and Andrew Gold played them all, dubbing one on top of the other. Maybe he played the keys too. He was Linda's onstage bandleader when she was at her 70s peak.
    The only other Andrew Gold tune I know is "Thank You For Being A Friend." Both these songs are classic 70s west coast singer/songwriter efforts.

  • @juliecowen3641
    @juliecowen3641 4 місяці тому +6

    Love this song so much.

  • @kennybaran1080
    @kennybaran1080 2 місяці тому

    The 1970’s, when I was a preteen, was an awesome decade musically

  • @joesmith-vz1vx
    @joesmith-vz1vx 4 місяці тому

    Dont forget to mention the odd time signatures and 50 million chord changes.....awesome.

  • @troc55
    @troc55 4 місяці тому +2

    Love this song so.much. Amber's reaction is precious.

  • @seank.chambers1141
    @seank.chambers1141 4 місяці тому

    He was also great when he formed the band 'Wax' in the 80's with Graham Gouldman from 10cc 👊💥

  • @ulverstonerealestate1509
    @ulverstonerealestate1509 4 місяці тому

    One of my all time favourite songs

  • @debbiechang5781
    @debbiechang5781 4 місяці тому +1

    Andrew toured with Linda Ronstadt for many years and they were great friends. Speaking of Linda, you guys have barely scratched the surface of her massive catalogue. How about checking out something other than her pop/rock hits. She had so much more to offer. 🌺✌️

  • @raythomas4812
    @raythomas4812 4 місяці тому

    This song does a great Job of telling a story

  • @ianlove1215
    @ianlove1215 4 місяці тому +2

    As your next Andrew Gold song try his collaboration with 10cc Guitarist Graham Gouldman (as the group Wax) Building A Bridge To My Heart. It is sad that he died in 2011 aged just 59

    • @davidhuggan6315
      @davidhuggan6315 4 місяці тому

      And I love Graham's tribute song to Andrew called Daylight - ua-cam.com/video/qo5zmtRwxqE/v-deo.html

  • @coffee-xg6my
    @coffee-xg6my 4 місяці тому +4

    I used to kind of get Andrew Gold and J D Souther mixed up sometimes. They both look very similar, had long red hair and were involved with Linda Ronstadt.

  • @schmork
    @schmork 4 місяці тому +1

    There is a cool video on you-tube about when Andrew (Andy) Gold met the Beatles in 1964. Just type in Andrew Gold meets the Beatles. It is a fun video to watch.

  • @wolfhugo1
    @wolfhugo1 4 місяці тому

    you can check out "How Can This Be Love" or "Never Let Her Slip Away" from Andrew Gold. He later became part of the group Wax. You could check them out as well, try "Bridge To Your Heart", "Anchors Aweigh" or "Right Between The Eyes".

  • @bryanrhenderson6510
    @bryanrhenderson6510 4 місяці тому

    One of my all time favorites.

  • @64Biina
    @64Biina 4 місяці тому +1

    Oh maaaannnnnn!!!! What a trip down memory lane!! And what a SONG!! Thanks Team Rob Squad for reminding us. xx

  • @shawnlowrance6528
    @shawnlowrance6528 4 місяці тому

    Hey Jay and Amber!!! Fun fact. Did you know that Andrew Gold was part of Linda Ronstadts band for a long time? True. He was her main guitarist and played keyboards as well as wrote some her songs. The first song you did of his was actually the theme song from the show The Golden Girls! Thought you'd like to know that.

  • @aronjohnson2388
    @aronjohnson2388 4 місяці тому

    I find this song sticks with me hours after listening to it.

  • @anglosaxon5874
    @anglosaxon5874 4 місяці тому +1

    This song reminds me a lot of a similar themed song of a father who did not have time to interact with his son [due to work], but the son accepted it and still wanted to be like his dad.
    When he grows up, the tables are turned and he hasn't time for his dad [due to family and work]: Harry Chapin - "Cats in the cradle".

  • @cmadams7
    @cmadams7 4 місяці тому +1

    Try “Are You Ready” by Pacific Gas and Electric! Great song. Also “GET it On “ by a band called Chase. Great horns

  • @williamgreco3046
    @williamgreco3046 4 місяці тому +2

    This song hit Amber's "mom" nerve. Aaaaww! Amber is 100% mom!

  • @jamiebrown4322
    @jamiebrown4322 4 місяці тому +1

    Female Friday suggestions. Toni Childs awesome soulful voice. Have to check out “Don’t Walk Away!” For a high energy upbeat song or “I’ve Got to Go Now” for a song that hits you in the feels.
    Martika is certainly worth reacting to as a 80’s female singer. “Martika’s Kitchen” for a bit of fun or “Love Thy Will be Done” for something slower. Martika certainly had plenty of male fans with her poster on their bedroom wall. You’ll know why when you see her.

  • @gdoggatl
    @gdoggatl 4 місяці тому

    😍🥰😘 My favorite Andrew Gold song. You guys will like his 1986 song "Right Between the Eyes" from his duo Wax.

  • @wendywoodruff2871
    @wendywoodruff2871 4 місяці тому +2

    Thanks for the memories 🎶

  • @alleykeosheyan4779
    @alleykeosheyan4779 4 місяці тому +4

    Wow, I forgot how much I liked this song, and as the oldest kid in my family, related to it!

  • @davidscott129
    @davidscott129 4 місяці тому

    Good music is about life stories. I see how this connected to your own parenting experience.

  • @SO-rj3pe
    @SO-rj3pe 4 місяці тому

    I have loved this album since it first came out and am so glad you found him. As a side note the album cover was a see what’s happening without what’s is happening… example electric guitar not plugged in, window drapes blowing but the window is closed.
    His Mother Marnie Nixon was THE go to for Hollywood voice over work. Might want to check her talent out.

  • @jimdunagan4180
    @jimdunagan4180 4 місяці тому +1

    ah I love this song

  • @ndlouder
    @ndlouder 4 місяці тому +2

    If ever the word underrated should be used it would be for Andrew Gold's album "Whirlwind" from 1980. Not a bad song from start to finish. A truly great pop/rock gem. Good luck finding it.