I'm on the other side of 60. 🤫Countless. 😉 The music of my gen was pure magic. Timeless. If only we could be the same. When I hear these songs I close my eyes, and it takes me back to '69. Gold 💛✌☮
I am a 69 y/o woman I am so happy to have lived in that era, songs that had meaning great voices great groups all of us that enjoy these songs are blessed❤
Right on my sister. We all were blessed to experience the music, the connections to the music and the means each of us interpreted from the music. Loved this song...I was a young guitarist myself doing this era. It seems we ran in to TJ and these guys several times a week on various flights; we waved and they waved...a wonderful time in my life We got to know them from afar so to speak. Clennis High (guitarist) Archie Bell and the Drells
Great Song! I Had the 8 track ! It was June 1974 We took 2 hits of L.S.D. And rode around in the country for two days as we Listened to this tape! What a beautiful time!
This is one of the coolest song ever played in the history of music... and of course it is the magic of the sound of "Rock 'n' Roll." -This track is a soft and cool masterpiece-, so well played that it will never make you feel tire to listen to. Eddy ☮️✌️
The pieces set in motion during the Johnson administration led me to spend time overseas followed by the mess in Central and Latin America and the Middle East. Times were not better we just knew less.
Life seemed pure then, innocent, open, welcome, sincere--"all you have to do is look for your soul and open your mind." Time sure has changed with one exception: "all you have to do is look within your mind and seek the Owner of your soul."
It is December 13, 2023, and I'm still listening to this epic song. I was 10 years old when this song came out. Time sure does fly by, but good music never fades.
I was born in 91 and I think it’s good but my dad also raised me on his oldies of all decades so maybe that’s why I appreciate it. I feel like if you develop a certain level of appreciation for music in general you will reach a point where you can see the beauty / talent in any genre or timeframe though.
hey I LOVE MUSIC like this and i was only born in 1987 !!!!!!! i LOVE the 60's and late 50's and 70's music and i love this band !!!!!! lol. I am also a MUSICIAN too.
That's crap....I don't understand your logic you can't hoard a famous song because of your age .....good music is timeless and continues to feel just as good to new listeners or remind them of a certain time in their life as it did for you . Their is no timeline for a classic song......that's. Just plain nuts.
Absolutely I remember my youth living at saratoga lake New york,on a warm summers morning the lake nice and calm just beautiful memories, the parties we had in the evenings on the beach only 14,15, best years of my life
I was 3 when this song in 1967 and I still love it. Our generation's music should be playing on the radio now. The world needs love and peace and that was what our generation was all about.
In 1969 I was either in eighth or ninth grade. There is a reason this music is timeless. It slipped by the censors. It's genuine and from the heart. It resonates with everyone. You can feel it. It sounded great even on a tiny FM transistor radio (batteries included)!
Warm summer nights, hanging with friends at the park, car stereos blasting this amazing song and ever body singing. The heartbeat of my teenage years. I miss this time so much.❤️
Crystal Blue Persuasion came out in 1969 by Tommy James and the Shondells. I was 11 years old & the moment I heard this song I knew it was my Forever Favorite Song. I have listened to this song thousand of times through the years. (Just ask my Husband) On Saturday night September 28th 2024 I went to the Tommy James and the Shondells concert at the Blue Gate Theater in Shipshewana Indiana. I sat in the 5th row with my husband. Tommy sang this song and I cried Happy Tears. I was oh so happy. My heart was filled with so much Love & Joy. Thank You Tommy for giving me the joy of a lifetime. This song will be played at my funeral. ❤ Mary.
I was a young Lieutenant in Vietnam with the 1st Cavalry Division in Phouc Vin. I had a great group of enlisted men with the 371st Radio Research Company! What a great song!
The year I graduated from high school this came out during the summer. The Viet Nam war, campus and urban protests one year removed from the RFK and MLK assassinations. What a time to be coming of age!!
P this is one of my favorite songs when I was growing up I love this song it reminds me a lot of memories of my friends when it passed away and ones are still alive but I still love them all and thank you Tommy James and the shondells for your beautiful music that will last forever
It's always great to hear a rock n' roll legend who can perform a live version of an old classic hit and equal the quality of the original. Like John Fogerty, Tommy James only got better with age.
I'm a child of the '60s and so grew up with this kind of music. I thought the original studio version was already awesome, but this live version is even better! This sounds way fabulous!
This song would play on the radio in the early mornings when I would go with my dad to deliver bread on his bread route. In '69, I was 12 years old. I've always loved this song!
He was one of the greats I grew up with.Made his own music and lyrics.He's been copied but nothing beats the originals of true "ROCK N' ROLL".I'm so glad that I grew up in the true times of music when it meant something.The hell with the new junk,it's no wonder you have radio stations playing the older songs now.Hey!,That's when Rock was cool people!!!
Memories from my friends some of my friends are gone they passed away Olaf or somewhere else I love each and every one of them the song is beautiful memories❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊
An amazing song that captured many hopes and dreams of the early 1970's. "People are changing". "Better get ready, See the light." "Don't you give up now." "Look to your soul and open your mind." Truly inspirational.
This is one of the most beautiful songs from Tommy James and the Shondells that I remember from my teens ( Yes! I am old, but hey we were so cooL! ). Absolutely one of my faves!
+Patricia Bertel I remember too. I don't consider myself old,....and if I talked to you....I don't believe I would think that you are old either. I think you would have danced with me to this song in 1969.....and I would remember it to this day. What a flirt I am ....Huh? Be well,Allen
Omg love this song and this group! They were awesome when they came out with this beautiful song! So many beautiful memories memories. Love this song!!!!;❤❤❤❤❤
Tommy, This is my "Forever Favorite Song". I listen to this song every single day. This song touches me deep down into my soul. My heart & smile gets bigger everyday. I want the words to this song printed out and this song played at my funeral. Thank You for this amazing song. God Bless You. ❤
@@magdasanchez89 Thank You. I just saw Tommy James and the Shondells in Concert in Shipshewana Indiana on September 28th 2024. He sang this song & I was crying happy tears. It was a fantastic concert. My Heart was filled with so much Love.
In the Summer of 1969 at age 11 My family traveled to ALL 48 States Contiguously.... we were changing the a.m. radio dial as we went...Crystal Blue Persuasion Played Everywhere we were....Becoming My All Time Favorite Pop Song....Now Taking Me Back Every Way I Go....Looking Back ...On Every Greenfield On Every town
You all are right, so glade that I was 16 in 1969 and best time of my life in the 60’s and 70’s and even the 80’s great music, this song will live for ever.
I was ten years old when this song was released in 1969. It was a classic back then and has transcended into a timeless musical score today. The strength of the group still carries this song to new heights.
My all time 'summer' song. Love his voice, the guitar licks......no song brings back my teenaged years like this one! Soon to be 70 but I'm young again singing along with this!!
@@Aviation.Safety. --2021 worse than 2020 and so it will continue. I could not agree more with you pal. The Bolsheviks control everything and 90% have no idea who they are, where they came from, what their purpose is and who their "commander" is. People are brain dead because they are lazy, believe anything the MSM tells them, watch the boob tube non-stop and look forward to the gov't hand outs. As in the time of Noah they will be taken totally by surprise and it's really starting "to rain."
UNO DE LOS MEJORES TEMAS,DE TODOS LOS AÑOS,QUE LLEVO ESCUCHANDO MÚSICA.. 70 AÑOS .. ...SE IMAGINAN TODA LA BELLA MÚSICA,QUE HE ESCUCHADO.... INCREÍBLE.. ....
I believe my mom had a 55 Chevy back then. Such fond memories of riding in the car listening to this on the radio, shopping at JC Penney for clothes, going to the drugstore for lunch and shakes, and then going to the movies all in downtown Albuquerque. Wow times have changed .
Who is listening ??April 2024 - singing along to this amazing song - God I AM OLD
Coming into a new age of change in 2024. Get on Board!!
I'm listening. I love this song and I'm 73 years old!
Right here with you!
I'm a '58 model who's been listening and dancing to Tommy James since '66. Gonna rock 'til I drop.
So am I, because I am listening to it..
I'm on the other side of 60. 🤫Countless. 😉 The music of my gen was pure magic. Timeless. If only we could be the same. When I hear these songs I close my eyes, and it takes me back to '69. Gold 💛✌☮
Amen brother!!!!!!
AM Radio n Stingray bikes ,Roller Rinks , fishing in the creek & eating the fish mm ,not today
@@NickRatto I had a gold Stingray, silver seat and the stock racing slick back tire. Good times.👍
Heard this in 69' at DaNang RSVM
We were so blessed to live and grow up in this time. Memories of family I loved so much.😢😊
I am a 69 y/o woman I am so happy to have lived in that era, songs that had meaning great voices great
groups all of us that enjoy these songs are blessed❤
Right on my sister. We all were blessed to experience the music, the connections to the music and the means each of us interpreted from the music. Loved this song...I was a young guitarist myself doing this era. It seems we ran in to TJ and these guys several times a week on various flights; we waved and they waved...a wonderful time in my life We got to know them from afar so to speak.
Clennis High (guitarist)
Archie Bell and the Drells
Yazz
I am 73 and happy to have lived that era ❤❤❤
Ha Ha, how blessed we are...the memories, the feelings, the experiences. wonderful, wonderful, wonderful...
I was 12 in 69, love this music @clennishigh9666
Great Song! I Had the 8 track ! It was June 1974 We took 2 hits of L.S.D. And rode around in the country for two days as we Listened to this tape! What a beautiful time!
Right?? ❤
Pathetic.
That's killer man...to bad this fucked up generation missed it...take me back..an leave my ass there..! Peace to you my brother!!!...
This is one of the coolest song ever played in the history of music... and of course it is the magic of the sound of "Rock 'n' Roll." -This track is a soft and cool masterpiece-, so well played that it will never make you feel tire to listen to.
Eddy ☮️✌️
They should be playing this song in the radio today especially what's going on in the world today
Today, tomorrow, Crystal Blue forever.Too bad the fools won't let something so easy to find enter their foolish minds.
Crystal blue persuation from now on first of January 2024, against the NWO. 💪💪💪💪
❤❤❤
The pieces set in motion during the Johnson administration led me to spend time overseas followed by the mess in Central and Latin America and the Middle East. Times were not better we just knew less.
So true
This song was ahead of its time. We're heading towards the new age of enlightenment along with our sacred Earth.... and for us into the 5th dimension.
The flash in the air is nuclear --- not the sun.
One of my favorites. I'm 67 and still love it.
SUPER Top 💯
I'm 63 and still love this song
I'm 73 and when I hear this song so many memories ❤
Life seemed pure then, innocent, open, welcome, sincere--"all you have to do is look for your soul and open your mind."
Time sure has changed with one exception: "all you have to do is look within your mind and seek the Owner of your soul."
Me too❤
It is December 13, 2023, and I'm still listening to this epic song. I was 10 years old when this song came out. Time sure does fly by, but good music never fades.
I was 12. I still hear this in my head
I was 10 years old and the youngest of 4 siblings so I was blessed to have brothers and sisters that surrounded me in good music.
@@sharonweaver187 you’re right about that!
GOOD MUSIC NEVER FADES , YOU RE RIGHT
Listen up youngsters, no auto tune, no enhancers, just pure talent 😅
Ain't that the truth?😊
It's awesome to listen people that have actual wonderful voices
Just talent
50 years later still just as good…
It is. Love it!
Good for ever....many memories
Amen. I agree totally. I was 16 in 1969. Great days they were.
this song was released in 1969 so unless you are of a certain older generation u cant appreciate a real song.this guy is a legend period
I was born in 91 and I think it’s good but my dad also raised me on his oldies of all decades so maybe that’s why I appreciate it. I feel like if you develop a certain level of appreciation for music in general you will reach a point where you can see the beauty / talent in any genre or timeframe though.
hey I LOVE MUSIC like this and i was only born in 1987 !!!!!!! i LOVE the 60's and late 50's and 70's music and i love this band !!!!!! lol. I am also a MUSICIAN too.
When music was real❤
That's crap....I don't understand your logic you can't hoard a famous song because of your age .....good music is timeless and continues to feel just as good to new listeners or remind them of a certain time in their life as it did for you . Their is no timeline for a classic song......that's. Just plain nuts.
😅
I was 16 when this song came out. Fell in love with it the first time I heard it and still do at 70!❤
I am 69 my Favorite. Good Memory's .
Position or the music?
Reminds me of my highschool days...best music ever!!!
This songs brings sun into a cloudy day. This is REAL music! One of the most beautiful songs ever composer and produced.
I agree. It’s we dergul!
TJ wrote and sang better than Lennon/McCartney, Jagger/Richard's, et al.
Absolutely I remember my youth living at saratoga lake New york,on a warm summers morning the lake nice and calm just beautiful memories, the parties we had in the evenings on the beach only 14,15, best years of my life
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@@johnjepsen500😢😢p😢😮😮😢😮😢😮😮😮😮😢😮😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 tbh see by
Truly love this song. Saw an interview, he said’ this was his journey to Christ’. It’s even more beautiful!
How wonderful!!!
I love to hear this ....
🙏✝️🙏 AMEN 🙏✝️🙏
That makes this song even better!!
The Christ consciousness is coming to us all....
Amen, Great Group!
I was 3 when this song in 1967 and I still love it. Our generation's music should be playing on the radio now. The world needs love and peace and that was what our generation was all about.
I was 3 too and I will love this song always. I grew up with all these old songs. I love all of the old music.
@@jenniferdeleo-dr9mx The year was 1969.
💜
Grateful for the years we've had such musicians. Time hasn't been able to duplicate the past realities of emotions
I've. Always. Loved. These. Guy's. Music!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💞💞💞💞💞💞🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹💖💖💖💖💖💖
i am listening 72 years old and longing for the good old simple days. love it
I just put it on repeat totally amazing 🎵 ❤
This song is so meaningful it brings back such wonderful memories- it makes me cry💖
Me too ❤
In 1969 I was either in eighth or ninth grade. There is a reason this music is timeless. It slipped by the censors. It's genuine and from the heart. It resonates with everyone. You can feel it. It sounded great even on a tiny FM transistor radio (batteries included)!
Gosh..I remember shiit
In '69 I was getting home from a bad choice in our wars....This song gave me a tad of hope about the future. Too bad, huh....
@@troyyoung1729p😢😊
😊
I was Junior
One of the most beautiful songs ever written.
AMEN!!
Absolutely! I always wanted this to be a Moody Blues song. Justin Hayward would make it even more beautiful.
AMEN
I agree!! Such a beautiful song! I love it!! ❤️🎵🥰
Si.
Warm summer nights, hanging with friends at the park, car stereos blasting this amazing song and ever body singing. The heartbeat of my teenage years. I miss this time so much.❤️
💜
Crystal Blue Persuasion came out in 1969 by Tommy James and the Shondells. I was 11 years old & the moment I heard this song I knew it was my Forever Favorite Song. I have listened to this song thousand of times through the years. (Just ask my Husband) On Saturday night September 28th 2024 I went to the Tommy James and the Shondells concert at the Blue Gate Theater in Shipshewana Indiana. I sat in the 5th row with my husband. Tommy sang this song and I cried Happy Tears. I was oh so happy. My heart was filled with so much Love & Joy. Thank You Tommy for giving me the joy of a lifetime. This song will be played at my funeral.
❤ Mary.
I was a young Lieutenant in Vietnam with the 1st Cavalry Division in Phouc Vin. I had a great group of enlisted men with the 371st Radio Research Company! What a great song!
Listening October 2024. Love this song! Always have! Things were pleasantly different back then. I’d go back in a heartbeat.
Loving this. This is real music.
Tommy James is still unbelievable to this day still touring...i love it !
Great memories in my life lm 66 years l still love this melody
I have loved this band since the 60s. I can still sing along and remember the words. Beautiful music.
Me too
Me too
I was in 7th grade but revisited it later in life and appreciated it much more
The year I graduated from high school this came out during the summer. The Viet Nam war, campus and urban protests one year removed from the RFK and MLK assassinations. What a time to be coming of age!!
P this is one of my favorite songs when I was growing up I love this song it reminds me a lot of memories of my friends when it passed away and ones are still alive but I still love them all and thank you Tommy James and the shondells for your beautiful music that will last forever
I was 17 when this came out , and what a time it was to be alive !
An incredible tune that never gets old!! Bravo Tommy James!!! I loved it growing up and love it to this day!!!!
The vocals are spot on. Such an amazing band ❤
I have been listening to this masterpiece for over 56 years.
This is the vibration we are having for changing the world now, against the bad people wo are inventing lies, specialy from 2020
UNBELIEVABLE fidelity and harmonies!👌
It's always great to hear a rock n' roll legend who can perform a live version of an old classic hit and equal the quality of the original. Like John Fogerty, Tommy James only got better with age.
Absolutely agree no funny stuff hey...talk about old school...talent...when you got you got it puts this new stuff to shame
Was driving one beautiful sunny day and this song came on.
It couldn’t have been more perfect.
I was 26just bought a brand new 69 pontiac Bonneville. Loved when this came on
Born in 1957. My mom always had the radio on every day. All day long brings back memories
I'm a child of the '60s and so grew up with this kind of music. I thought the original studio version was already awesome, but this live version is even better! This sounds way fabulous!
If only… we all could come together and realize the sentiment this song delivers…
Yes Absolutely
Unite As One ☝🏽
I remember this song 🎶 as I had graduated high school the previous year!!!
Stay Blessed Collective 🥰
Fantastic performance, and video. All live, no lip syncing. Raw talent, never gets old. Thanks for posting.
This song would play on the radio in the early mornings when I would go with my dad to deliver bread on his bread route. In '69, I was 12 years old. I've always loved this song!
This song and the meaning behind it will be timeless, and enjoyed by countless generations well beyond those coming of age in the 1960's or today.
Have listened to this song for 40 yrs. Never get tired of hearing it
This song has always given me chills. It sends me right back to the late 1960's. Good memories!
Yesssss.
Always loved this song.
@Edward Carlson Same here bro, 3/4 Marines.
@Edward Carlson Tragically
Summer days on the lake
He was one of the greats I grew up with.Made his own music and lyrics.He's been copied but nothing beats the originals of true "ROCK N' ROLL".I'm so glad that I grew up in the true times of music when it meant something.The hell with the new junk,it's no wonder you have radio stations playing the older songs now.Hey!,That's when Rock was cool people!!!
Classic Song from the late 60s
It still holds up.
One of my favorite songs of all times!!!!!
A swimming pool I went to as a young teenager had a juke box and I remember tommy James songs always played boy what good ole days
I was a kid in the late 60s but I love that song by Tommy James
Seriously, one of the most beautiful songs of all time...
Listening to this great tune November 2024
Memories from my friends some of my friends are gone they passed away Olaf or somewhere else I love each and every one of them the song is beautiful memories❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊
LISTENING IN 2024!!😊
where is the horns
@ronaldbarr-el6xj it sounds like the audio was added to. Mostlikely mixed in a studio. Good ears! 😉
Amazing harmony. I’m 63, and it brings back memories of carefree times
An amazing song that captured many hopes and dreams of the early 1970's. "People are changing". "Better get ready, See the light." "Don't you give up now." "Look to your soul and open your mind." Truly inspirational.
My absolute favorite song from the 1970s !!! So inspirational and full of love !!!
Always a favorite of mine. The dawn of a brighter spiritual world. Such a sincere wish for us all. Thanks guys! ❤😊
Luv this song such memories ❤️
This is one of the most beautiful songs from Tommy James and the Shondells that I remember from my teens ( Yes! I am old, but hey we were so cooL! ). Absolutely one of my faves!
+Patricia Bertel I think it's one of the prettiest songs ever
+Patricia Bertel - We still ARE cool!
+Este DeTringham Yes Indeed, you are!
+Patricia Bertel I remember too. I don't consider myself old,....and if I talked to you....I don't believe I would think that you are old either. I think you would have danced with me to this song in 1969.....and I would remember it to this day. What a flirt I am ....Huh? Be well,Allen
Patricia Bertel, well said
I was 12 when this came out, and i loved it the very first time i heard it! Had my mother go and buy the 45!
always one of those songs that immediately transports me back in time.
Absolutely LOVE this song! I was 13 in 1969 and remember buying the record that hot summer. It was a #1 song here in Canada 🇨🇦 ❤
This is one of the hit songs that defined 1960's music.
Omg love this song and this group! They were awesome when they came out with this beautiful song! So many beautiful memories memories. Love this song!!!!;❤❤❤❤❤
Love this song
Reminds me of the good days ❤❤❤
1969 on the way to New Mexico; this song marked a new and very wonderful experience.
Just saw them in concert 2024 absolutely amazing I sound exactly the same as they did in the 60s awesome time..❤
Ahhh...music will never be this good again.
Takes me back ❤ one of my favorites ❤❤❤❤😢
one of my favorite songs to sing at karaoke people love this tune Tommy James you did great on this song .
Tommy, This is my "Forever Favorite Song". I listen to this song every single day. This song touches me deep down into my soul. My heart & smile gets bigger everyday. I want the words to this song printed out and this song played at my funeral.
Thank You for this amazing song.
God Bless You. ❤
You Will still live many years un good health
@@magdasanchez89
Thank You.
I just saw Tommy James and the Shondells in Concert in Shipshewana Indiana on September 28th 2024. He sang this song & I was crying happy tears. It was a fantastic concert. My Heart was filled with so much Love.
"Legend" is a term that is thrown around too loosely. But Legend fits perfectly when it comes to describing Tommy James. His music is indeed timeless.
In the Summer of 1969 at age 11 My family traveled to ALL 48 States Contiguously.... we were changing the a.m. radio dial as we went...Crystal Blue Persuasion Played Everywhere we were....Becoming My All Time Favorite Pop Song....Now Taking Me Back Every Way I Go....Looking Back ...On Every Greenfield On Every town
Love this song! Love this performance.
I was 19 when this came out. I'm 73 now still love this song
Good old days great music great bands!❤️🎸😄
You all are right, so glade that I was 16 in 1969 and best time of my life in the 60’s and 70’s and even the 80’s great music, this song will live for ever.
Brings back so many memories
I was ten years old when this song was released in 1969. It was a classic back then and has transcended into a timeless musical score today. The strength of the group still carries this song to new heights.
Probably one of my 30 songs if I was stranded on a deserted island...timeless
Was 13 when came out. Still one of the best. God gave these guys a great gift of musical talent
Timeless !! This is when Music was Music Always Loved this song ❤
My all time 'summer' song. Love his voice, the guitar licks......no song brings back my teenaged years like this one! Soon to be 70 but I'm young again singing along with this!!
I was a Senior in high school, as an exchange student . I will always remember those beautiful years. I am 70 years now❤
Ahhhhhj
I likkkkeeee
When I heard this in 1969 I could never have imagined what the world would evolve into in 2020; makes me sick at heart.
@@Aviation.Safety. --2021 worse than 2020 and so it will continue. I could not agree more with you pal. The Bolsheviks control everything and 90% have no idea who they are, where they came from, what their purpose is and who their "commander" is. People are brain dead because they are lazy, believe anything the MSM tells them, watch the boob tube non-stop and look forward to the gov't hand outs. As in the time of Noah they will be taken totally by surprise and it's really starting "to rain."
well said
1969??!!
The world is fine, your perception is what's the problem.
@@jeffwisener1378 it depends where and when you are living, agree ?
This one is my favorite of Tommy's. Still a great message in this song. Brilliant!
Sept 5th…. And this song rings out with a “Certain”resonance in my life. 2024…. Tommy James and the Shondells?
Recently saw them in person and still doing great.
UNO DE LOS MEJORES TEMAS,DE TODOS LOS AÑOS,QUE LLEVO ESCUCHANDO MÚSICA.. 70 AÑOS .. ...SE IMAGINAN TODA LA BELLA MÚSICA,QUE HE ESCUCHADO.... INCREÍBLE.. ....
Love this and Tommy James sounds better than ever! 2021 Amazing!
Absolutely love this live version of this incredible song
I believe my mom had a 55 Chevy back then. Such fond memories of riding in the car listening to this on the radio, shopping at JC Penney for clothes, going to the drugstore for lunch and shakes, and then going to the movies all in downtown Albuquerque. Wow times have changed .
Never heard of this band, but, I like their sound, it has SOUL!!