I think it was Glen Frey who said Jackson lived near him and in the mornings Glenn said he would wake up to Jackson singing songs like this. Could you imagine waking up to this voice? Jackson is way way under rated as a singer/song writer.
This was during the times when so many lived in Laurel Canyon. Lots of people could hear lots of people playing. Joni Mitchell, CSNY, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, the list goes on. Yes, I can imagine that was lovely.
He wrote this when he was 16. I first heard his recording when I was 16 and it touched me deeply. Now 50 years later, I'm 66, and this song absolutely punches me in the gut. It's a masterpiece by one of the greatest songwriters of my generation.
It's amazing how songs we loved from our past can come back and become even more significant. Lost my wife to lung cancer one year ago on the next 4th of July just a few days before her 66th birthday, this song haunts me now...Josh Turner and Carson Mckee do an incredible cover of this song I really like and play often....
💙🔥💜 Years ago, a group of friends & I went to see a Jackson Browne concert in Mississippi. We had to take 2 cars because there so many of us. Our seats were kinda scattered when we got there so we all decided we'd gather after the show before leaving for the drive back to Memphis. Both carloads thought my friend Barbara Petty & I were riding with the other group of friends, so we got stranded in Mississippi!!! These were days before cell phones so there was no way to contact either group. We walked to a nearby diner to get out of the cold, drink a cup of coffee, & try to figure out what to do. A man sitting at the counter overhead us and, taking pity on our dilemma, offered to drive us back to Memphis!!! It was a 2 hour drive back to Memphis & it had started to snow!!! This Southern Angel named James Clell Gardner appeared before us at this diner & did what most strangers would have never considered doing...saving a couple of lost souls!!! He wouldn't accept money for gas or going way out of his way to see us safely home. I never again hear a Jackson Browne song without thinking of this night & meeting our very own Angel. Thank ya, Lord & thank you, Mr. Gardner, wherever you are !!!💙 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I had several strokes after experiencing congestive heart failure and I was unable to speak more than a couple of words at a time. (Not good for a radio guy) I would listen to this song as I was in between therapies. (Speech and Physical) I have mostly recovered the ability to speak and walk but this tune as well as other Jackson Browne songs got me through some pretty dark days. Thank you Jackson.
Gregg Sharkey I have been doing great! Thank you so much for asking! Of course this Coronavirus thing is kinda scary, but other than that, I’m truckin along!! Take care and thanks again for asking!🙂
This was one of my son Roland's favourite songs. 'Don't confront me with my failures, I have not forgotten them'. He died of heroin overdose aged 23. Beautiful song.
RIP David Lindly: A melodic god He packed more emotion into his notes Than is quantifiably possible, bending the laws of physics, Nay, Shattering all we think we know of what it possible. He redefined an 🎉 instrument that was a staple of Country & Western bands and made it his own unique sound, weaving deep melodic lines into the fabric of JB’s songs, weeping out the passionate emotional subtext that shadowed each laid back bluest lyric. Ladies & Gentlemen, Mr. Dave Has left the building.
One of the biggest regrets of my life is not seeing David when he gave a concert 30 minutes from me. HUGE regret. I did, however, get to see him play with JB almost a dozen times over the years. He was SUCH a master of his music.
I never understood Jackson’s songs when younger. At 52 I hear the likes of “The Pretender” or “These Days” and can barely see the road through tears as I drive.
My husband died a month ago tomorrow. During his illness it was my expectation we would get through it and share many more years together. In my shock and disappointment I have been going over and over in my mind all the things I could have done better or differently as his caretaker, and maybe changed the outcome. And believe me, I can come up with plenty. But admitting my failures changes nothing, and it's time to move on.
Same for me with my son. Why did I leave the hospital with him that day with them saying they’d send an appointment for a heart procedure. I wanted to say ‘do it now, FFS’ but I’m too polite and too British. He had a cardiac arrest 3 days later and died, aged 19. If only I’d been more demanding, he could be with us still. We live with regret eating our soul. So sorry for your loss - wishing you (and me!) acceptance and peace. ❤
" When you see through love's illusions, there lies the danger / And your perfect lover just looks like a perfect fool/So you go running off in search of a perfect stranger/ While the loneliness seems to spring from your life like a fountain from a pool "
Anyone discovered this and/or might be here because AfterLife?? A truly great show on Netflix if anyone hasn't seen it yet. Season 3 just came out recently and I had to rewatch from season 1 this song is at the end of Season 2 Ep.1 Many great songs in this show! I urge you to watch and discover for yourself! ❤️✌️✌️✌️
Afterlife was good but it should have ended at one season. It told a perfectly contained story, he was moving on somewhat or learning to live life again at least, And that's where we should have left him. The story was told. Same as Squid Game, they're just milking it after the first season
Well, I've been out walkin' I don't do that much talkin' these days These days These days I seem to think a lot About the things that I forgot to do For you And all the times I had the chance to And I had a lover But it's so hard to risk another these days These days Now if I seem to be afraid To live the life I have made in song Well, it's just that I've been losin' for so long Well, I'll keep on movin', movin' on Things are bound to be improvin' these days One of these days These days I'll sit on corner stones And count the time in quarter tones to ten, my friend Don't confront me with my failures I had not forgotten them
Geez....heard this back when I was 17 in 1973 in Fontana, CA......in between the years spread out.....now I'm 63 and hearing the same feelings again in 2019 in The Bronx, NY.....such is life...
Jackson brown...I first heard this song when it was first released. I was 16 years old. It touched me then, and all through the years, and even now when I'm 69 years old. Thank you for posting, and thank you Jackson for writing and recording this. All my love to you.
Jackson's 🎵 music inspired me growing up. I play his songs and I feel better. Also love Doctor my Eyes, Running on Empty, For a Dancer, Opening Farewell. I play his music on the piano and listen to the honesty in his songs when I feel sad, each song is more beautiful ❤️❤️❤️ than the last one. Love Jackson!!!
I’ve almost forgotten this song, then the other day there was concert with Jackson Browne on tv and he played this song, WOW!! a flood of feelings came back and I started to cry, man memories are a.bitch.
To me, this will always be the very best of David Lindley. Such a masterpiece of slide guitar work like none other. Had to come here tonight and hear it again. RIP, sir, thank you for inspiring a young player to play lead guitar.
David rarely, if ever, played this slide line the exact same way. He said it just came out that way during this session. Came out differently in other performances. Like the guitar was using DL as a vessel to deliver this bone-chilling melody. What a unique talent he was.
This song always brings a tear to my eye as I think of the one I should have never let get away! This is for you Lissie! These days I seem to think a lot about the things I forgot to do. For you! And all the time I had a chance to!
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@@awshnap Jackson wrote it, though Gregg Allman recorded it first. So, not REALLY a cover, if they are your words originally, right? I love Jackson's version. ua-cam.com/video/cRCQRTLjsgE/v-deo.html
I highly recommend you listen to this before and after your long day at work. It's literally therapy. About 1n half minutes in I take the biggest relieving breath. God bless
First heard this song in the movie Invincible with Walberg. At 66 I’m starting to have health issues and this songs seems to match some of the emotions I’m having in general and it’s truly hits home…these days.
L' ho scoperta solo recentemente, ma non riesco a togliermela dalla testa. E' un capolavoro , solo un genio come Jackson Browne poteva arrivare a tanto soprattutto se pensiamo che aveva solo 16 anni? Incredibile, ma sono grato a lui per la sua poesia e le sue note. Grazieee
The first time I heard this song was back in college. I was hanging out with some friends of mine in my dorm room, and we were high and listening to music. Nico's cover of this was playing, and I said it was one of my favorite songs, and this close friend of mine said, "The original is better," and I didn't know it was a cover, and had never heard this one, so he put it on me for me. A couple years ago, that friend ended his life. After his official funeral, a few of us closest friends held a private ceremony, and I sang this. It will always make me think of that. RIP Matt. Miss you all the time.
I am currently 21 years old and I swear this song sums up some parts of my life. I am sad to have not encountered this at time when I feel really bad about things and about myself but I am happy to have known this song now. At least my adulthood journey won’t be so hard to face knowing I have music, songs like this to lean on to.
My ex and I started dating in college, and he was really into Jackson Browne. This album and Late for the Sky were two of his favorite albums. Now they're in the group of music I can't listen to any more because it gets me thinking about the past and my mistakes and makes me sad. There's some really good music in that group. 😟
I have that music group & know how you feel. Sometimes, I still go there with the music to remember the good times we shared vs the mistakes. I still usually end up crying..
"These days I seem to think a lot About the things that I forgot to do". God what a line. Makes me think I should do the things I want to do before it's too late, like ask out that girl.
If I could only listen to one song the rest of my life, this might be it. David Lindley’s slide guitar accompaniment is one of the greatest, cleanest music lines in rock history! It cuts to your very soul.
Heard this on TV tonight on Laurel Canyon. Played it on good headphones and started to cry at the fabulous recording, lyrics and thoughts of how easy it used to be at 17 now I’m 62 and can’t believe what’s going on. Beautiful song.
Heard in a video that this was Ronnie Van Zants favorite song. Ronnie and skynyrd are my hero’s even though they’re gone. Says a lot about Jackson Browne if Ronnie Van Zant thought so highly. I always liked Jackson Browne ever since I was a young child after heard running on empty. This is the first time I’ve heard this song and it hits you right in your most vulnerable spots. I’m 21, I haven’t had enough time in my life to mess up as bad as some people, but believe me, I have fucked up before and this song is a great reminder of how life isn’t a walk in the park always. It’s a battle, but at the end of the day we’re all human. “Please don’t confront me with my failures, I haven’t forgotten them”
David Lindley's playing throughout this song is simply incredible. A masterpiece of taste, style and functionality. At about 4:10 it's just heartbreaking...... it still gets to me every time I listen to this song.
Heard this when I decided to watch after life since I'd heard good things (It's at the end of the 1st episode-season 2). I just thought like 20 seconds in to the song "I have to find this song" and here I am. What a beautiful, bittersweet feeling song, makes me want to cry, I wish I could more often tbh but that's a whole 'nother kettle of fish.
These days I seem to think a lot about that things that I forgot to do...and all the times I had the chance to...and just like that; I'm old and loving this song & cherishing it's lyrics all the more
I'm 38 years old now and I've loved this song since I was a kid. I hitchhiked and caught freight trains around this country for 10 years and this song will always have a special spot in my heart. If my kids could play this at my wake I think that would just be perfect.
Working a construction job with my best friend, Byrde, in the 70’s, I’d come back to my caretaker’s job and this song on a reel to reel tape machine I’d found at a tag sale in New Hampshire. Wish I could go back there...
I grew up in Highland Park and even opened up for Jackson back in the day...and recognize the house...right down the street from the Highland Park library....
I love this version. My brother lost his best friend in a car accident when he was still in high school. He played this at his funeral. No one ever, should lose someone so clos at such a young age. Everytime, I hear it, I think about Zach who was simply an excellent human being. David Lindley kills it on steel in this one.
Like confronting failures isn't enough staggering genius...then JB writes, years later, WHEN YOU SEE THROUGH LOVE'S ILLUSIONS, THERE LIES THE DANGER...AND YOUR PERFECT LOVER JUST LOOKS LIKE A PERFECT FOOL. JB writes his heart. He writes our hearts.
Jackson Brown alway,always hits the spot. My all time favorite. His voice is so soft and calming. I love listening to him with the lights out and its so quiet. Talented man and beautiful to look at.
Jackson is 11 years older than me so I came to his music in 1980. And bought all his albums up to that point. A bit obsessed with the poetry...But it’s just that I’ve been losing...so long. And I had to make a pilgrimage to Winslow. 😍
Sunny Sal - Are you sure you didn’t come to his music earlier because his music was in the atmosphere when I was in High School. I had ‘The Pretender’ LP in 1978 when I was a Freshman in High School. If you were born around 1959 Jackson Browne’s Running On Empty was in constant rotation on FM Radio when you were approximately 18 years of age. This is based on Jackson being born 9 October 1948. I was born in 63 but about 1/2 a year earlier in the calendar so He is about 14.5 years older than me. Just curious because were I lived his music, including a live radio recording that was being rebroadcast all the time, was ubiquitous at the time. If anything there was a slight fall off in his music in the early 80s as punk and new wave, etc were being promoted more vociferously.
ipsurvivor Hi. Born in November 1958 in rural Kentucky. Didn’t hear anything except country/western and top 40 rotations. Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel growing up. But a friend was playing Running on Empty (the album) obsessively over her long weekend wedding in 1980 and I was hooked. Had to go out and buy everything to that point. Watching Chernobyl on HBO reminds me of the demonstrations Jackson was in when I moved to California in 1981.
for SO many years.................this still top of music mountain .........Mr. Browne, should be knighted or whatever the american equivalent. He remains as the barometer of justice or injustice around the world. I could kiss his eyelids forever. I just adore this man and his insight. It's a beautiful thing to be brave enough to impart truth especially in palatable way. God Bless Jackson Browne
Yes truly a masterpiece in my journey well war with life I can't help but feel that I was walking right beside him not above him or below him but right along side him....very humbling ❤️😢😎🎶🤘🙏😇👼
I'm 49 years old and I finally understand this song. But it's to late for me. Years of alchohol abuse and depression have destroyed what I once was. And I'm okay with that. I've made my peace with the most High after my mother's passing 7 years ago. And I'm okay with everything. I have her little dog Belle and she helps me every day to deal with my grief and pain. 😎🐶🙏👍See back in June 1993 I was in a really bad car wreck. I was drunk ran a stop sign and got T-boned. I have to live with that every day and sometimes it still messes with my mind. I guess it's my conscience talking to me. But anyways that's where I am🙏😇⚘🌷🥀😎Please dont hate me.
You can always come back my friend. Look up the book the grape cure. I too and a lot of people go through alcoholism and depression. Peace brother, take care.
One of the best lines ever written: Don’t confront me on my failures, I have not forgotten them
A real treasure of an American songwriter
If you want to quote a line from the song, get it right. "Don't confront me with my failures, I had not forgotten them."
@@alexovenden8698 don’t confront him with his failure to quote the lyrics correctly
Very powerful.. it's just that I've been losing, for so long...
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I think it was Glen Frey who said Jackson lived near him and in the mornings Glenn said he would wake up to Jackson singing songs like this. Could you imagine waking up to this voice? Jackson is way way under rated as a singer/song writer.
Jackson lived in his basement
This was during the times when so many lived in Laurel Canyon. Lots of people could hear lots of people playing. Joni Mitchell, CSNY, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, the list goes on. Yes, I can imagine that was lovely.
Not underrated by all
Jackson Browne is amazing I have anyways liked him as a teenger n growing older. Love this ❤👏👏👏🎵🎶🎵🎤
He wrote this when he was 16. I first heard his recording when I was 16 and it touched me deeply. Now 50 years later, I'm 66, and this song absolutely punches me in the gut. It's a masterpiece by one of the greatest songwriters of my generation.
Saw him sing this tonight! Great night except I left my phone in the car and I was in the fifth row. Damn!
It's amazing how songs we loved from our past can come back and become even more significant. Lost my wife to lung cancer one year ago on the next 4th of July just a few days before her 66th birthday, this song haunts me now...Josh Turner and Carson Mckee do an incredible cover of this song I really like and play often....
Absolutely..! Thank you for sharing.
Hearing this for the first time at 26. I heard the nico version a long time ago but its nice to hear the original
@@Huelogycome back at least every ten years. When you are 46 it will break your heart.
Incredible that he wrote this world-weary masterpiece at the age of 16 !
tullsongs l know
WOW now that I am over 70 this song really applies to me.
It changed my life. Now I want to live
Love this immensely..one of the best !meaningful ,beautiful&relate to it in my life.
Amen
💙🔥💜
Years ago, a group of friends & I went to see a Jackson Browne concert in Mississippi. We had to take 2 cars because there so many of us. Our seats were kinda scattered when we got there so we all decided we'd gather after the show before leaving for the drive back to Memphis. Both carloads thought my friend Barbara Petty & I were riding with the other group of friends, so we got stranded in Mississippi!!! These were days before cell phones so there was no way to contact either group. We walked to a nearby diner to get out of the cold, drink a cup of coffee, & try to figure out what to do.
A man sitting at the counter overhead us and, taking pity on our dilemma, offered to drive us back to Memphis!!! It was a 2 hour drive back to Memphis & it had started to snow!!! This Southern Angel named James Clell Gardner appeared before us at this diner & did what most strangers would have never considered doing...saving a couple of lost souls!!! He wouldn't accept money for gas or going way out of his way to see us safely home. I never again hear a Jackson Browne song without thinking of this night & meeting our very own Angel.
Thank ya, Lord & thank you, Mr. Gardner, wherever you are !!!💙
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Love this story!
Belated thanks to Mr. Gardner. We need more people like him. Everywhere.
Lovely
I had several strokes after experiencing congestive heart failure and I was unable to speak more than a couple of words at a time. (Not good for a radio guy) I would listen to this song as I was in between therapies. (Speech and Physical)
I have mostly recovered the ability to speak and walk but this tune as well as other Jackson Browne songs got me through some pretty dark days. Thank you Jackson.
Blessings on your continued recovery Woody Schuler.
Margo Kellar thank you very much! I truly appreciate it.
God Bless your journey!
All the best, how about an update...?
Gregg Sharkey I have been doing great! Thank you so much for asking! Of course this Coronavirus thing is kinda scary, but other than that, I’m truckin along!! Take care and thanks again for asking!🙂
This was one of my son Roland's favourite songs. 'Don't confront me with my failures, I have not forgotten them'. He died of heroin overdose aged 23. Beautiful song.
So sorry to hear about Ronald 💔
@@amandac9130 Thank you.
My heart goes out to you ... RIP Roland
Thank you.@@toddwolfetube
Heartbreaking. Nobody can understand a mother's pain.
Don't confront me with my failures I had not forgotten them
The most beautiful lyricism to ever grace mankind
RIP david lindley--one of the most spectacular lap steel solos ever!
Yes!
On most of JBs albums he was superb.@@johnpod
This song moves me to tears. The fact that he wrote it at such a young age is mind-blowing. 😢
RIP David Lindly:
A melodic god
He packed more emotion
into his notes
Than is quantifiably possible,
bending the laws of physics,
Nay, Shattering all we think we know
of what it possible. He redefined an 🎉 instrument that was a staple of Country & Western bands and made it his own unique sound, weaving deep melodic lines into the fabric of JB’s songs, weeping out the passionate emotional subtext that shadowed each laid back bluest lyric.
Ladies & Gentlemen,
Mr. Dave
Has left the building.
One of the biggest regrets of my life is not seeing David when he gave a concert 30 minutes from me. HUGE regret. I did, however, get to see him play with JB almost a dozen times over the years. He was SUCH a master of his music.
RIP to El Rayo X aka David Lindley.
Sixteen years old when he wrote this...unbelievable.
These days, I find myself tearing up at songs that didn’t have that effect on me when I was younger. This is definitely one of them.
I never understood Jackson’s songs when younger. At 52 I hear the likes of “The Pretender” or “These Days” and can barely see the road through tears as I drive.
I know exactly what you mean. X
I feel this is an underrated comment
That haooens...
Me too
43 years alive and I had not discovered this song until Ricky Gervais played it in After Life. Thanks Jackson and Ricky!
Beautiful song.
Same man
My husband died a month ago tomorrow. During his illness it was my expectation we would get through it and share many more years together. In my shock and disappointment I have been going over and over in my mind all the things I could have done better or differently as his caretaker, and maybe changed the outcome. And believe me, I can come up with plenty. But admitting my failures changes nothing, and it's time to move on.
Same for me with my son. Why did I leave the hospital with him that day with them saying they’d send an appointment for a heart procedure. I wanted to say ‘do it now, FFS’ but I’m too polite and too British. He had a cardiac arrest 3 days later and died, aged 19. If only I’d been more demanding, he could be with us still.
We live with regret eating our soul.
So sorry for your loss - wishing you (and me!) acceptance and peace. ❤
@@jenniferrussell9649 I can't think of any greater torment than losing a child. My heart goes out to you. Wishing you comfort and peace in your soul.
@@marciacsr Thanks Marcia 🙏. You’re very early in your grief journey, unlike me. One foot in front of the other and one day at a time. Jx
Watch the show after life witch this was used with Ricky Gervais hope the show helps
@@jenniferrussell9649 good luck Jennifer
After life brought me here lyrics made me stay
Me too on After Life...brings back memories
Jackson Browne wrote this song when he was 16.
Same 👍🏻
Me too
Rich McDonald my favourite Jackson Browne song is Late For The Sky. How about you?
Don't confront me with my failures, I had not forgotten them.... greatest lyric ever written!
" When you see through love's illusions, there lies the danger / And your perfect lover just looks like a perfect fool/So you go running off in search of a perfect stranger/ While the loneliness seems to spring from your life like a fountain from a pool "
Makes ya wonder. That's why I love this song. x
Needed this song to get a good cry out of my system.
I do it every time.
Anyone discovered this and/or might be here because AfterLife?? A truly great show on Netflix if anyone hasn't seen it yet. Season 3 just came out recently and I had to rewatch from season 1 this song is at the end of Season 2 Ep.1
Many great songs in this show! I urge you to watch and discover for yourself! ❤️✌️✌️✌️
It's an amazing show. Like you, I'm re-watching from season 1.
Afterlife was good but it should have ended at one season. It told a perfectly contained story, he was moving on somewhat or learning to live life again at least, And that's where we should have left him. The story was told. Same as Squid Game, they're just milking it after the first season
Yes
Amazing show
My son n grandson passed 4/15 l& 4/18. Heard this n cried my eyes out. ❤😢. Miss them so much
Always one of my favorites, has such a different meaning now that I’m old. 😢 Where did the years go.
I ask myself the same question.
He was 16 when he wrote this. Thank God for Jackson Browne.
JB one of the best song writer of ever .Um abraço de Portugal.
💖
Well, I've been out walkin'
I don't do that much talkin' these days
These days
These days I seem to think a lot
About the things that I forgot to do
For you
And all the times I had the chance to
And I had a lover
But it's so hard to risk another these days
These days
Now if I seem to be afraid
To live the life I have made in song
Well, it's just that I've been losin' for so long
Well, I'll keep on movin', movin' on
Things are bound to be improvin' these days
One of these days
These days I'll sit on corner stones
And count the time in quarter tones to ten, my friend
Don't confront me with my failures
I had not forgotten them
Yup. He nailed it! At 16. Genius!
Who doubts a God? We all have to reflect.
So deep in the feels
This is the song that is going to play at my funeral.
Man, you really want everyone crying hard that day, LOL!
Twenty two years old. This song helped me realize I want to go back to college and earn my Bachelors degree.
Hope you have success doing it
that's digging pretty deep but hey okay go for it!
I hope that you’re doing it!
You've got this brother ✅
Can't believe Browne wrote this when he was only 16. Amazing.
Must’ve been wild hanging out with the Velvet Underground at such a young age
He didn’t write it
@@ellenlevine5065He did though. At 16, like the o.p. says. ...?
He wrote it at 17
"Don't confront me with my failures I had not forgotten them"
Devastating and beautiful in equal measure xx
It’ll be a year on the 14th since you left this earth, dad. Thank you for showing me jackson.
Geez....heard this back when I was 17 in 1973 in Fontana, CA......in between the years spread out.....now I'm 63 and hearing the same feelings again in 2019 in The Bronx, NY.....such is life...
I pass thru Fontana all time.. Man how it has changed.. I'm from Ontario
There's some good burritos down off Slover between Cherry and Citrus if you need a good reason to come back.
ain't that the truth!
I am from Claremont CA, and the same age as you! Never forget the feelings this song gives you, and remember David Lindley, too! A guy from Claremont.
Nostalgia is both a marvellous and horrid thing my man.
What could be better than a Jackson Brown song
Jackson brown...I first heard this song when it was first released. I was 16 years old. It touched me then, and all through the years, and even now when I'm 69 years old. Thank you for posting, and thank you Jackson for writing and recording this. All my love to you.
Jackson's 🎵 music inspired me growing up. I play his songs and I feel better. Also love Doctor my Eyes, Running on Empty, For a Dancer, Opening Farewell. I play his music on the piano and listen to the honesty in his songs when I feel sad, each song is more beautiful ❤️❤️❤️ than the last one. Love Jackson!!!
Don't confront me with my failures, I have not forgotten them
Kk Oo - To write that at 16 is amazing. Great for any age really.
Came here to say this very quote.
to have that perspective so young, is chilling and gives me goosebumps.
Epic insight ... beautifully crafted line.
@@jvwnyc89 I say that quote in my head every day!
This song came out way before my generation
Lyndley soulful throughout.
He has the power to transport me back to a simpler time...
God !!! I don't think I have ever been this tired. Help me make it through the night
I'm only 34 and realized that Jackson was one of the best song writers period!!!
George Gershwin wasn't half bad. Or Paul McCartney. Or Hoagy Carmichael. Or Cole Porter.
@@markbeames7852 Judee Sill, Nick Drake, Elliot Smith, Silvio Rodriguez, Sui Generis
Eminem , Elton John , Bob Segar
Agreed. 💯
Cried immediately. Will always be a favorite of mine. Some pain We get addicted to.
I’ve almost forgotten this song, then the other day there was concert with Jackson Browne on tv and he played this song, WOW!! a flood of feelings came back and I started to cry, man memories are a.bitch.
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One of my All time favorite songs ❤️
Beautiful ❤
These days I still bump my dad's jams rest in peace pops and bro gone too soon.✌✌💥💯
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@@amandac9130 thanks
Sending you good energy to bear your loss.
To me, this will always be the very best of David Lindley. Such a masterpiece of slide guitar work like none other. Had to come here tonight and hear it again. RIP, sir, thank you for inspiring a young player to play lead guitar.
I watched a demonstration video of a pedal steel, and it's amazing how much emotion you can get out of the instrument
@@adamrogers6231 lol it's not the instrument, is the player!
David rarely, if ever, played this slide line the exact same way. He said it just came out that way during this session. Came out differently in other performances. Like the guitar was using DL as a vessel to deliver this bone-chilling melody. What a unique talent he was.
David Lindley, best slide and lap steel player ever, rest in peace
David Lindley adds such a lonesome, haunting feel to Jackson's songs with that lap-steel virtuosity.
I agree: the steel guitar and guitar work by David here is unreachably heartfelt and oozing soul.
David Lindley is a genius.
Yes.
This song always brings a tear to my eye as I think of the one I should have never let get away!
This is for you Lissie!
These days I seem to think a lot about the things I forgot to do. For you!
And all the time I had a chance to!
Omg. Right
Afterlife season 2 fallen for this, the guitar solo is beautiful
Delicious!
i come here looking for this comment. and well look. lol
@@razpro great minds think alike 👍😂
@@razpro Same here for goodness sake.
Im from there too, Ricky raising his glass while sobbing tears hearts
"...This is to me dying first" I cried to that scene!
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Me too. I was totally blubbing with that. Such a relatable moment in an incredible series.
One of the best songs ever written and that says something because Jackson is a phenomenal songwriter.
It’s a cover honey
@@awshnap Jackson wrote it, though Gregg Allman recorded it first. So, not REALLY a cover, if they are your words originally, right? I love Jackson's version. ua-cam.com/video/cRCQRTLjsgE/v-deo.html
@@awshnap sincerely, it's not. Jackson Browne wrote this in 1965z as a 16-yr old. All other versions are covers.
Jackson wrote it. Gregg Allman recorded it but it IS Jackson’s song…honey.
I highly recommend you listen to this before and after your long day at work. It's literally therapy. About 1n half minutes in I take the biggest relieving breath. God bless
First heard this song in the movie Invincible with Walberg. At 66 I’m starting to have health issues and this songs seems to match some of the emotions I’m having in general and it’s truly hits home…these days.
L' ho scoperta solo recentemente, ma non riesco a togliermela dalla testa. E' un capolavoro , solo un genio come Jackson Browne poteva arrivare a tanto soprattutto se pensiamo che aveva solo 16 anni? Incredibile, ma sono grato a lui per la sua poesia e le sue note. Grazieee
Brought back to this song by "After Life"
Imagine being 17 and writing this! Deep individual for sure!!
The first time I heard this song was back in college. I was hanging out with some friends of mine in my dorm room, and we were high and listening to music. Nico's cover of this was playing, and I said it was one of my favorite songs, and this close friend of mine said, "The original is better," and I didn't know it was a cover, and had never heard this one, so he put it on me for me. A couple years ago, that friend ended his life. After his official funeral, a few of us closest friends held a private ceremony, and I sang this. It will always make me think of that. RIP Matt. Miss you all the time.
David Pilon thank you for sharing, this is a beautiful song, a touching story.
Sweet
That's crushing
Don´t forget soul is eternal, the Lord will reunite you if you heart is pure and your conscience clear. Blessings
Interestingly, Nico's version is the "original" in that she recorded it six before he did.
So True and I’m 64 now. God is Good My Friends.
I am currently 21 years old and I swear this song sums up some parts of my life. I am sad to have not encountered this at time when I feel really bad about things and about myself but I am happy to have known this song now. At least my adulthood journey won’t be so hard to face knowing I have music, songs like this to lean on to.
Well Jackson Browne wrote it when he was a teenager, so...
Spoken like wisdom has found you.
Ok zoomer
Don't worry, the worst is yet to come.
Not to worry, you’ll experience it many times,
A generation that does not search.. does not find...
This song makes my heart hurt.. but in the best way
If I only had the ...... to tat the last line.
A young man with an old soul. Feelings in his heart from his past.
My ex and I started dating in college, and he was really into Jackson Browne. This album and Late for the Sky were two of his favorite albums. Now they're in the group of music I can't listen to any more because it gets me thinking about the past and my mistakes and makes me sad. There's some really good music in that group. 😟
I have that music group & know how you feel. Sometimes, I still go there with the music to remember the good times we shared vs the mistakes.
I still usually end up crying..
I so know how you feel. 🧡
@@tripgharv219 I know exactly what you mean.
"These days I seem to think a lot
About the things that I forgot to do".
God what a line. Makes me think I should do the things I want to do before it's too late, like ask out that girl.
Do it.
Really hate when dudes repeat his words as if it's the in thing to do it's sad and worst of all boring for God sake.
And all the times i had the chance to....
@@jamessim1858 as are your opinions.
@@SamuelLWayne opinions are like arseholes dude...we all have one dude even you HaHa
If I could only listen to one song the rest of my life, this might be it. David Lindley’s slide guitar accompaniment is one of the greatest, cleanest music lines in rock history! It cuts to your very soul.
Probably one of three " best" singer/songwriters of the period.
why is this song not covered more
often? it truly is a masterpiece
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One of the most prolific songwriters of our time
Heard this on TV tonight on Laurel Canyon. Played it on good headphones and started to cry at the fabulous recording, lyrics and thoughts of how easy it used to be at 17 now I’m 62 and can’t believe what’s going on. Beautiful song.
Sat next to Jackson's Piano in 75 at a Philadelphia Pa concert, what a feeling, unreal moment :)
Heard in a video that this was Ronnie Van Zants favorite song. Ronnie and skynyrd are my hero’s even though they’re gone. Says a lot about Jackson Browne if Ronnie Van Zant thought so highly. I always liked Jackson Browne ever since I was a young child after heard running on empty. This is the first time I’ve heard this song and it hits you right in your most vulnerable spots. I’m 21, I haven’t had enough time in my life to mess up as bad as some people, but believe me, I have fucked up before and this song is a great reminder of how life isn’t a walk in the park always. It’s a battle, but at the end of the day we’re all human. “Please don’t confront me with my failures, I haven’t forgotten them”
David Lindley's playing throughout this song is simply incredible. A masterpiece of taste, style and functionality. At about 4:10 it's just heartbreaking...... it still gets to me every time I listen to this song.
I commented something similar! IT IS heartbreaking indeed! Such emotion!
couldn't agree more! for me the part at 2:11 is the part that hit you hard in the heart, just the build up, a fantastic slide part
So true; I also commented, this is one of the greatest slide guitar solos in music history.
Probably one of the most underrated musicians ever. Most likely not in the music community but overall. Love David Lindley.
love david lindley , especially the stuff with ry cooder, great musician
Heard this when I decided to watch after life since I'd heard good things (It's at the end of the 1st episode-season 2). I just thought like 20 seconds in to the song "I have to find this song" and here I am. What a beautiful, bittersweet feeling song, makes me want to cry, I wish I could more often tbh but that's a whole 'nother kettle of fish.
Totally classic! You can play this any tempo, any key, any damn way you want and it's still a perfect song!
Thanks
These days I seem to think a lot about that things that I forgot to do...and all the times I had the chance to...and just like that; I'm old and loving this song & cherishing it's lyrics all the more
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I ll never grow tired of this beautiful song ... and his voice ... wow
Saw Jackson Brown in 1973 at OC college in the gymnasium of all places, one of my favorite musician/songwriters.
The line, these days I seem to think a lot about the things that I forgot to do...for you..and all the time I had the chance to...really hits home.
I'm 38 years old now and I've loved this song since I was a kid. I hitchhiked and caught freight trains around this country for 10 years and this song will always have a special spot in my heart. If my kids could play this at my wake I think that would just be perfect.
After Life brought me here. Thanks!
Working a construction job with my best friend, Byrde, in the 70’s, I’d come back to my caretaker’s job and this song on a reel to reel tape machine I’d found at a tag sale in New Hampshire. Wish I could go back there...
Feel the same way! Such a simple time, we had the same problems
What I've always loved about Jackson Brown, He always put all of his heart into everything....
I grew up in Highland Park and even opened up for Jackson back in the day...and recognize the house...right down the street from the Highland Park library....
One of his best songs. A true musician and songwriter...
I love this version. My brother lost his best friend in a car accident when he was still in high school. He played this at his funeral. No one ever, should lose someone so clos at such a young age. Everytime, I hear it, I think about Zach who was simply an excellent human being. David Lindley kills it on steel in this one.
Music and lyrics are complete masterpieces. And the steel guitar and guitar work by David Lindley here is unreachably heartfelt and oozing soul.
Yeah, especially when you have the time to reflect,on "corner stones..."❤
Everybody put pillows around you because you might faint at this incredible song WRITTEN AT 16 Years Old!! Deep hearted man. Thank you Jackson.
Came here after finding out that this was Ronnie Van Zants favorite song. R.I.P buddy. 👍🍻
Bluelightbandit my idol
Whoa ...cool fact. RIP Ronnie
God bless Jackson Browne, I quite like this song as it is very fitting for the times we live in.
This song never meant as much to me for 30 years as it does tonite, rest assured, JB is the king of lyrics
This was one of ronnie van zants favorite songs
Ronnie knows what is the good music. R.I.P him.
Like confronting failures isn't enough staggering genius...then JB writes, years later, WHEN YOU SEE THROUGH LOVE'S ILLUSIONS, THERE LIES THE DANGER...AND YOUR PERFECT LOVER JUST LOOKS LIKE A PERFECT FOOL. JB writes his heart. He writes our hearts.
Jackson Brown alway,always hits the spot. My all time favorite. His voice is so soft and calming. I love listening to him with the lights out and its so quiet. Talented man and beautiful to look at.
Beautiful song ❤ from long ago its still the best ❤😊
Thanks, Jackson, for changing my wee Scottish life. Grieving Alan Rogan with you 2nite ...
Jackson is 11 years older than me so I came to his music in 1980. And bought all his albums up to that point. A bit obsessed with the poetry...But it’s just that I’ve been losing...so long. And I had to make a pilgrimage to Winslow. 😍
His music brings me peace along with self awareness. It doesn't get much better.
Sunny Sal - Are you sure you didn’t come to his music earlier because his music was in the atmosphere when I was in High School. I had ‘The Pretender’ LP in 1978 when I was a Freshman in High School. If you were born around 1959 Jackson Browne’s Running On Empty was in constant rotation on FM Radio when you were approximately 18 years of age. This is based on Jackson being born 9 October 1948. I was born in 63 but about 1/2 a year earlier in the calendar so He is about 14.5 years older than me. Just curious because were I lived his music, including a live radio recording that was being rebroadcast all the time, was ubiquitous at the time. If anything there was a slight fall off in his music in the early 80s as punk and new wave, etc were being promoted more vociferously.
ipsurvivor Hi. Born in November 1958 in rural Kentucky. Didn’t hear anything except country/western and top 40 rotations. Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel growing up. But a friend was playing Running on Empty (the album) obsessively over her long weekend wedding in 1980 and I was hooked. Had to go out and buy everything to that point. Watching Chernobyl on HBO reminds me of the demonstrations Jackson was in when I moved to California in 1981.
Always choke listening to so many echoes in this song. Tears from the flashbacks. Mr Dave plucks heart strings
for SO many years.................this still top of music mountain .........Mr. Browne, should be knighted or whatever the american equivalent. He remains as the barometer of justice or injustice around the world. I could kiss his eyelids forever. I just adore this man and his insight. It's a beautiful thing to be brave enough to impart truth especially in palatable way. God Bless Jackson Browne
Yes truly a masterpiece in my journey well war with life I can't help but feel that I was walking right beside him not above him or below him but right along side him....very humbling ❤️😢😎🎶🤘🙏😇👼
Songwriting at its best and a Great slide Guitar man David Lindley..my inspiration for learning Slide...! Put him in the Hall of Fame with the rest !
I'm 49 years old and I finally understand this song. But it's to late for me. Years of alchohol abuse and depression have destroyed what I once was. And I'm okay with that. I've made my peace with the most High after my mother's passing 7 years ago. And I'm okay with everything. I have her little dog Belle and she helps me every day to deal with my grief and pain. 😎🐶🙏👍See back in June 1993 I was in a really bad car wreck. I was drunk ran a stop sign and got T-boned. I have to live with that every day and sometimes it still messes with my mind. I guess it's my conscience talking to me. But anyways that's where I am🙏😇⚘🌷🥀😎Please dont hate me.
Mark5513 Freeman sending you love.
@@jessd956 thanks 😎🐶🙏🙏
You can always come back my friend. Look up the book the grape cure. I too and a lot of people go through alcoholism and depression. Peace brother, take care.
@@MrBojangles788 Thanks for the advice. Truly appreciate it 👍😇🙏
Can not and would not hate you but instead I will hate the DEMON that is addiction. Strength to you keep on keepin' on.