38 Special - If I'd Been The One (RESTORED VIDEO)

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  • @richwestlake2477
    @richwestlake2477 5 місяців тому +330

    40 yrs later here i am listening to great music of my era! Whos here with me give me a shout out !!!!! 6-22-24

    • @tomfoley8439
      @tomfoley8439 4 місяці тому +3

      Right here with you 7-19-2024. Rock on.

    • @randydunaway2590
      @randydunaway2590 4 місяці тому +3

      They sure don’t make southern rock like this anymore🎸🎤

    • @rickyjaworek1268
      @rickyjaworek1268 4 місяці тому +2

      too bloody true if you include the 70s

    • @darrellr.bacon4677
      @darrellr.bacon4677 4 місяці тому +4

      I'm right here witcha, bro. 7-28-24. 🤙🤙👍👍😄

    • @tads73
      @tads73 4 місяці тому +2

      I'm with you!

  • @GamingwithKandA
    @GamingwithKandA 2 роки тому +1986

    I doubt the world will ever experience anything like the 80's ever again. So very grateful to have grown up with this music.

    • @CB-im9rw
      @CB-im9rw Рік тому +75

      There's No Place Like Home... Only if we can go back to the future and keep it there forever. The 80's had it all and the day I stop loving the 80's will be the day I stop breathing! ✨️🎶✨️

    • @rosscormack7089
      @rosscormack7089 Рік тому +26

      Amen

    • @robertlenning332
      @robertlenning332 Рік тому +8

      Like what exactly threat of nuclear war. Highest unemployment just about ever. Denial of basic benefits. Gtfoh.

    • @robertlenning332
      @robertlenning332 Рік тому +20

      Btw I graduated high school in the 80s.

    • @johns6351
      @johns6351 Рік тому +61

      @@robertlenning332 There is threat of nuclear war now and Covid obliterated the economy. I graduated highschool in 2021 and it was terrible. Modern music and films are mostly of very poor quality. You should consider yourself lucky

  • @sassykaren7587
    @sassykaren7587 Рік тому +351

    Who else is listening to this classic gem in 2023? I wish that the world was the way it was back in the 80’s!!! ❤

    • @masaruoka2003
      @masaruoka2003 Рік тому +3

      聞いています。日本から。

    • @Jack-sk2el
      @Jack-sk2el 11 місяців тому +2

      Listening Tonight 😉

    • @chuck4tnvols681
      @chuck4tnvols681 9 місяців тому +6

      Listening from The Volunteer State in 2024.These guys are timeless!

    • @mtwiner9981
      @mtwiner9981 9 місяців тому +10

      The 80's were a great time to be young, wouldn't trade it for anything. Class of '83!!!

    • @williamgoswick4392
      @williamgoswick4392 9 місяців тому +3

      2024

  • @ratter531
    @ratter531 Рік тому +460

    For those of us who lived those years, the great 80's will never be replicated. this great song was written 40 years ago.

    • @gordman6860
      @gordman6860 Рік тому +6

      40 years ago i was 15 n them sure were the days n sooooo wished i could back n stay.

    • @ratter531
      @ratter531 Рік тому +3

      @@gordman6860 Indeed I feel the same

    • @Steve-nk5sz
      @Steve-nk5sz Рік тому +5

      I'm 57, graduated 1985, LOVED THE AWESOME 80'S , yeah baby!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @ratter531
      @ratter531 Рік тому +2

      @@Steve-nk5sz Yeah I am a viet Nam vet 70 now

    • @Steve-nk5sz
      @Steve-nk5sz Рік тому +1

      @@ratter531 what state u in? I'm in Dayton Ohio

  • @adamrutledge4031
    @adamrutledge4031 9 місяців тому +151

    Jamming to this with my 7yr old daughter. Gotta keep the 80s alive for another generation. Best music everrrrrr

    • @AN-vq5qt
      @AN-vq5qt 8 місяців тому +3

      And personally, 1984 was the single greatest year ever IMO - Van Halen 1984, Madonna Like A Virgin, Bruce Springsteen- Born in the USA, Tina Turner - Private Dancer, MJ’s Thriller tour was still going, Genesis, U2, The Police all had great albums. Bon Jovi’s Debut, Aerosmith’s comeback, Metallica’s Ride the Lightning, Bryan Adams - Reckless, Rod Stewart and Elton John had strong albums, Lionel Richie’s biggest album, Def Leppard’s Pyromania was 1983, but tour was mostly in 84, Pat Benatar, Rick Springfield, The Cars, Stevie Wonder’s “I just called to say I love you”, Ghostbusters Soundtrack, Footloose Soundtrack, Scorpions Rock You Like a Hurricane, Huey Lewis & the News, Journey had a big album I think, etc. Anyway, that’s just off the top of my head

    • @JohnDixon-m2l
      @JohnDixon-m2l 8 місяців тому +1

      It's time to nominate 38speacil to the rock & roll hall of fame!😂😂😂❤🎉😊

    • @JohnDixon-m2l
      @JohnDixon-m2l 7 місяців тому

      Keep this music ❤️❤️🎶😁🎶🎶🎶😁 alive.tommorrow is too late ❤😂🎉😢😢😅😊😂❤🎉😢😮😊

    • @richardlahan7068
      @richardlahan7068 7 місяців тому

      Yep!

    • @salvatorerizzo8640
      @salvatorerizzo8640 6 місяців тому

      Amen. My 30yr old and 23yr old love the 70s and 80s. Keep it up.

  • @joeszczechowski8333
    @joeszczechowski8333 2 роки тому +1040

    3 guitars, 2 drummers and a bass. Kick ass Southern Rock at its best !!! 38 Special is straight up badass !!!

    • @jimmyz2098
      @jimmyz2098 2 роки тому +24

      Yes! I could not agree more. The melodies of Don Barnes and Jeff Carlisi. Don Brookens and Jack Grondin on the drums. I'm thinking... Larry Junstrom on the bass... and of course, Donne V-Z. What a great Southern rock Band!! My all-time favorite Southern rock band. By 2 and a half miles. These guys made GREAT music!

    • @aloysiusbelisarius9992
      @aloysiusbelisarius9992 2 роки тому +4

      Oh, I agree wholeheartedly. What really got me was that their breakout hit, the one that put them on the map, was actually written by Survivor's songwriters and sold to .38 Special.

    • @jimmyz2098
      @jimmyz2098 2 роки тому +8

      @@aloysiusbelisarius9992 Rockin' Into the Night. And yes - written mostly by Jim Peterik..... the great singer /guitarist / song-writer from Survivor. he also helped Carlisi & Barnes write the monumental next-level-breakout hit Hold on Loosely... after Jeff Carlisi came up with the basic riff. I have read on multiple occasions that Peterik helped them "refine" their music writing style, with that familiar "triplet" style picking pattern... also being used by the Cars, whom they all liked at the time.

    • @aloysiusbelisarius9992
      @aloysiusbelisarius9992 2 роки тому +3

      @@jimmyz2098 Survivor was always my favorite band, even before I learned how influential they were to others. Jim Peterik really was an artist, and with little reservation with helping others out.

    • @ledzep5876
      @ledzep5876 2 роки тому +11

      Love 38 Special. I'm a drummer, played out in Hollywood in the 80's. I understand multiple guitars and vocalists. I never understood the 2 drummer thing. Not that it didn't work for them. Can you imagine Led Zeppelin with 2 drummers? Holy crap......

  • @trsoukup4231
    @trsoukup4231 2 роки тому +1199

    There will never be another Music generation such as this. Real Voices, Real instruments, and above all, Real Talent😊.

    • @amierichan1428
      @amierichan1428 Рік тому +14

      It well exists, you just have to know where to find it.

    • @tomraimondi5285
      @tomraimondi5285 Рік тому +9

      You've got that right 100% them days are all gone but there are some good groups still out there. Take a listen to a group called mystery out of Quebec Canada you may like them.

    • @trsoukup4231
      @trsoukup4231 Рік тому +4

      @@tomraimondi5285 thanks, I will !

    • @TerrySmith-sy7if
      @TerrySmith-sy7if Рік тому +20

      You are so right.
      Today’s music is not really music.
      Instruments have been replaced with computers that create the sound. It’s more like karaoke.

    • @moviedog1
      @moviedog1 Рік тому +10

      plus they have a Vanzant

  • @socialmaven3346
    @socialmaven3346 6 місяців тому +142

    Listen up, children. This is what real music sounds like! I'm 68 and still listening to this great music today.

  • @TheJagjr4450
    @TheJagjr4450 9 місяців тому +82

    38 special, Def Leopard, Eddie Money, etc wrote the anthems of my youth, the summer days spent by the pool listening to the greatest music ever concieved.

    • @golden.lights.twinkle2329
      @golden.lights.twinkle2329 Місяць тому

      REO Speedwagon were one of my favourites.

    • @TheJagjr4450
      @TheJagjr4450 Місяць тому

      @@golden.lights.twinkle2329 another great one... BTO, Bad Company, Poison, there were sooo many.

    • @colleen2b
      @colleen2b 9 днів тому

      Journey!

  • @jjohns288
    @jjohns288 8 місяців тому +62

    There is magic when the vocals blend so well with the instruments.

  • @sigvicious5599
    @sigvicious5599 2 роки тому +939

    I'm so grateful I grew up when this music came out.

    • @aloysiusbelisarius9992
      @aloysiusbelisarius9992 2 роки тому +22

      That makes two of us. 🤘✊

    • @stevem9766
      @stevem9766 2 роки тому +28

      It was the best !! 70s80s. Incredible

    • @robertbaker3174
      @robertbaker3174 2 роки тому +18

      Just thinking about this tonight. I play guitar a bit and can't believe all the music we got to hear.

    • @judymarlene3414
      @judymarlene3414 2 роки тому +36

      And it’s such a contrast with the absolute garbage that passes for “music” today.

    • @greatamericanradio5937
      @greatamericanradio5937 2 роки тому +12

      I was double lucky. I'm a professional drummer. I got to go all over the place playin' this stuff in some cover bands. (The various original acts I was in were never as much fun as playin' all these covers.) LOL 🥁🥁🥁

  • @20TIL6
    @20TIL6 2 роки тому +475

    Older I get, the more I want a time machine.

    • @Walter6078
      @Walter6078 2 роки тому +14

      Im in.

    • @dankreoger611
      @dankreoger611 2 роки тому +15

      The 70's, great time to be a teenager,

    • @mmp6042
      @mmp6042 2 роки тому +11

      You and me both pal.

    • @shanehickenbottom1006
      @shanehickenbottom1006 2 роки тому +9

      The crazier todays modern society gets the more I wish I could demand to be taken back

    • @garypabst
      @garypabst 2 роки тому +5

      You and me both, brother..

  • @jamesmcmillian9896
    @jamesmcmillian9896 2 роки тому +718

    I know they made some money but 38 special is one of the most underrated bands of all times.

    • @Stafford-d8u
      @Stafford-d8u 2 роки тому +26

      Also April Wine

    • @Dreamersroc
      @Dreamersroc 2 роки тому +10

      38 rock's 👍💯

    • @murderinc.hunting7686
      @murderinc.hunting7686 2 роки тому +8

      I was just about to say that. How they aren't up there in the conversation with the all time greats is a shame. Don Barnes is still doing it to this day too

    • @jtjt4827
      @jtjt4827 2 роки тому +10

      Molly hatchet too

    • @Malte-Micha
      @Malte-Micha 2 роки тому +3

      @Robert George 38 Special WAS not a big band!! They did well but were never huge. April Wine was in same boat. Great bands though.

  • @cynthiasmith4130
    @cynthiasmith4130 6 місяців тому +96

    Listening in 2024!! Loving every minute of it.... The 80's were the best time of my life!!! So much great music such cool clothes great cars!!!!! ❤❤❤...🌹🌹🌹🌹.......

    • @DanielPadilla-jt2ow
      @DanielPadilla-jt2ow 2 місяці тому +1

      So true 🙊🙉🙈🎶💪🙏👍🐊

    • @JHOFF111
      @JHOFF111 Місяць тому +1

      U and me both sister! It's a feeling I can't describe thinking back to those days, such joy and such sadness longing for that time again. Truly makes me want to cry at times, youth is definitely wasted on the young as they say

  • @vernonmontgomery5012
    @vernonmontgomery5012 Рік тому +185

    38 SPECIAL is a truly underappreciated band. 38 SPECIAL has everything a band could ever hope for, they have great story telling, great writing, and they're sound is nothing but pure power. LONG LIVE 80'S MUSIC AND LONG LIVE 38 SPECIAL

    • @stephenb4703
      @stephenb4703 Рік тому +2

      Love this band!!

    • @sv3225
      @sv3225 Рік тому +2

      Great story telling, agreed!

    • @gregsalerno1434
      @gregsalerno1434 Рік тому +1

      God ,I miss it alot.💥💯⚡💥

    • @johnraymond5817
      @johnraymond5817 Рік тому +2

      I wore this tape out in the 80s. 38 Special is one of my favorites

    • @darinyoung468
      @darinyoung468 Рік тому

      Never,,,Never ,,always a part of my life and heart and memories that cannot be forgotten. Never brother...not ever.

  • @davidguillory4294
    @davidguillory4294 2 роки тому +279

    They don't make music like this anyone. What a shame. it is just so good.

    • @TheCaptjamestkirk
      @TheCaptjamestkirk 2 роки тому +6

      I agree 100% David.

    • @GETSOMEICo.35
      @GETSOMEICo.35 2 роки тому +9

      It’s music from true instrumental musicians! No computer illusions! And voices from heavens angels!!

    • @TreesOnTheBeach
      @TreesOnTheBeach 2 роки тому +6

      What, JZ and Beyoncé not good enough for you? Just kidding. lol Not good enough for me, either.

    • @cromBumny
      @cromBumny Рік тому +1

      Kings of Leon spark this way now and then

    • @coreyguillot2760
      @coreyguillot2760 Рік тому +1

      You from Louisiana David?

  • @jmack7297
    @jmack7297 9 місяців тому +47

    80s was PURE FREEDOM.
    CMON FOLKS. Let's do what it takes to keep it for our kids and beyond.

    • @T.Tuxedo
      @T.Tuxedo 9 місяців тому +2

      Yes.
      I agree with you 100% 🇺🇸

    • @beckyboo1433
      @beckyboo1433 7 місяців тому

      Yes 💯

    • @beckyboo1433
      @beckyboo1433 5 місяців тому +1

      @@MyLife-ij4tf better watch out, UA-cam doesn't like that name 😅 or us conservatives very much in general

    • @mariadraughon18
      @mariadraughon18 3 місяці тому +1

      Right there with you!

  • @ShelleybutyoucancallmeShell
    @ShelleybutyoucancallmeShell 2 роки тому +191

    Growing up as a teen in the 80's with the best music, in a more free and happier time. That fact has never been more clear as it has been in the last 2+ years.

    • @DaveE7171
      @DaveE7171 2 роки тому +11

      Well said. Such an incredible time back then.

    • @kippyc98
      @kippyc98 2 роки тому +9

      Lawdy you can say that again, Shell.

    • @peteharmony6024
      @peteharmony6024 2 роки тому +8

      Amen to that.

    • @rondellschuyler7074
      @rondellschuyler7074 2 роки тому +10

      Shelley. We were lucky to experience the 80s. Fun, free and definetly much happier times.

    • @TheCaptjamestkirk
      @TheCaptjamestkirk 2 роки тому +3

      I agree!

  • @JamesJackson-yk3kb
    @JamesJackson-yk3kb Місяць тому +9

    Over 40 years old and still sounds so great and makes you feel young again. Best music ever 👍👍👍

  • @aceofspades856
    @aceofspades856 Рік тому +142

    Great song, and Julianne Phillips was an absolute stunner!

    • @travishendrix7026
      @travishendrix7026 Рік тому +5

      You know what? I'm in my 50's. Been loving 38. Special
      since they broke out. I never knew this girls name. Many thanks. I'm going to look her up. So right. She is a beauty.

    • @claygreen4723
      @claygreen4723 Рік тому +17

      @@travishendrix7026 that's the former Mrs. Bruce Springsteen.

    • @travishendrix7026
      @travishendrix7026 Рік тому +5

      @@claygreen4723
      Yeah Clay I felt like a doofus for not knowing this.
      Then again, i might have known at one time. Getting up in age over here. Lol

    • @claygreen4723
      @claygreen4723 Рік тому +4

      @@travishendrix7026 me too bro!

    • @pinoy0125
      @pinoy0125 Рік тому +5

      she was a stunner then but did not age gracefully ... The Boss made the right choice because Patti Scialfa is now more stunning than Julianne and actually more down to earth

  • @leogetz3570
    @leogetz3570 2 роки тому +367

    Definitely an underrated gem from these guys!!! Don't understand why it's never played on the classic rock stations

    • @aloysiusbelisarius9992
      @aloysiusbelisarius9992 2 роки тому +28

      I have a pretty good theory on that, and it's not meant to excuse that shyster practice of theirs. Basically, most radio stations will have maybe about two dozen '80s hits, usually the ones that were most overplayed back then, and overplay them again. That leaves out a good 20-dozen other songs by other performers back then, all of which deserve more respect than they ever got.
      That's why I still make my own mix-tapes, usually with examples of those other 20-dozen songs that never get airplay anymore...and ought to.

    • @chunkybuttz1226
      @chunkybuttz1226 2 роки тому +1

      I know why, they're lazy and don't care. We've lost so much good music because they would rather just play a list of songs over and over again and call it good. A bunch of losers IMHO.

    • @SpiritsOfAnotherDay
      @SpiritsOfAnotherDay 2 роки тому +14

      It used to be played all the time on the radio when it was just released… one of my top favorites at the time!!

    • @robeddy3722
      @robeddy3722 2 роки тому +14

      @@aloysiusbelisarius9992 I think that your assessment is SPOT ON. I haven't listened to the radio in over 10 years. Not much before that, as well. They're playing the EXACT SAME SONGS that they played in the 80's. I can't believe that radio listeners are putting-up with that crap.

    • @rossrubino9080
      @rossrubino9080 2 роки тому +13

      My favorite 38 Special song

  • @topdogred
    @topdogred Рік тому +39

    GenXer here. I heard this song for the first time last week. I can't stop playing it.

    • @pauljackson1456
      @pauljackson1456 3 місяці тому +3

      Same here. I am borderline gen x (born in 80). I heard this for the first time 2 years ago and it made me nostalgic for my childhood, even though I never heard it before. Amazing song

    • @somercet1
      @somercet1 Місяць тому

      Man, how did you miss it? It was like a rash all over MTV and radio.

  • @douglaswatters7303
    @douglaswatters7303 2 роки тому +172

    Unspoiled countryside, awesome car and truck, a woman that's a 10 and doesn't smile, horses running free range, and this band. Possibly the greatest music video ever made.

    • @ericd6781
      @ericd6781 Рік тому +14

      That young lady is Julianne Phillips, she's the reason I watch this particular video.

    • @donsherry9168
      @donsherry9168 Рік тому +12

      @@ericd6781 And for some idiotic reason Springsteen cheated on her after they were married!

    • @Dirty_Squirrell
      @Dirty_Squirrell Рік тому +4

      ​@@donsherry9168 ikr?!? We were all left scratching our heads at that. No doubt he's stayed married to his cheater so long because she looks the other way now.

    • @sysworldtruth5119
      @sysworldtruth5119 Рік тому +3

      @@donsherry9168 he didn’t cheat on her she didn’t want him

    • @miguelservetus9534
      @miguelservetus9534 Рік тому +1

      @@donsherry9168The press reports a more complicated situation.
      They had not sorted their life dreams prior to the marriage. They wanted different things. The marriage was mutually deteriorating when he took up with Patty.
      Not an excuse, he should have waited till they divorced by my code.
      And if there is evidence that he cheats on Patty, it’s hard to find.
      He seems pretty much in love with her.

  • @Sith_dude
    @Sith_dude Рік тому +16

    The 80s were the best years to be alive. Born in 68 and wish i could go back to the 80s. every music genre had some serious kick ass tunes.

  • @northerngardening2585
    @northerngardening2585 Рік тому +115

    38 Special needs to be in the Hall of Fame

  • @warrenroy1645
    @warrenroy1645 2 роки тому +187

    Man, I haven't heard this song in ages. Sure brought back memories. 80's rock

    • @fearnobodyandtrustnoone
      @fearnobodyandtrustnoone 2 роки тому +2

      Sure does Warren! wish I had a time machine!

    • @111hidden1
      @111hidden1 2 роки тому +2

      amen brother

    • @edgarteran1894
      @edgarteran1894 2 роки тому +4

      Get your cd's out and turn it up and take a nice ride on the coast. with this music. Our era the 80's will live forever. Rock your life

    • @levideverney9248
      @levideverney9248 2 роки тому +2

      Just plain old good music that you can understand.

    • @millburn1961
      @millburn1961 2 роки тому +3

      Was the woman in the video Bruce Springsteen ex wife

  • @musicalbox5150
    @musicalbox5150 7 місяців тому +9

    a song forever tattooed on my heart 🖤

  • @Anthony-xh2wx
    @Anthony-xh2wx 9 місяців тому +16

    I watch this video when it first came out on MTV my favorite song I'm 54 years old and it's still my favorite song

  • @wickedout2010
    @wickedout2010 2 роки тому +63

    1983 I was in 8th grade. Loving the music of the 1980's! The 80's were the best times I ever had in my life. The memoires were amazing. I'm so thankful I had the chance to grow up in the 80's! Man, I miss them so much! Thanks for the great memories 1980's!

    • @TheSweezer
      @TheSweezer 9 місяців тому

      Was 7th grade for me in 83 and I agree. The 80s were the best decade ever

  • @Karen-ug3xq
    @Karen-ug3xq 9 місяців тому +13

    Yeah, I'm back in my 20's again when I hear great music from the 80's!!! Now my old fart ass is 61 but I FEEL like I'm still in my 20's!!! I can still rock my ass off!!!❤

  • @bradbyron3620
    @bradbyron3620 2 роки тому +147

    38 Special always had a fantastic sound. To this day they sound awesome

  • @giturdone1200
    @giturdone1200 2 роки тому +31

    1983 the year I graduated high school 38 Special was the band back then Def Leppard was just getting cranked up ACDC Back and Black came out about this time what an amazing Era for music brings back so many awesome memories outstanding post

    • @LoneLee2022
      @LoneLee2022 2 роки тому

      Back in Black came out in 1980.

  • @Petergalvan
    @Petergalvan 9 місяців тому +3

    I am so glad I grew up in the 80s and as time passes it makes me smile to listen to this sounds and movies that made up our generation. Class of 86.

  • @billiejomiller535
    @billiejomiller535 Місяць тому +5

    I'd go back and live the 80s again in a heartbeat. These guys were the first concert i ever saw.

  • @ralphpadula3138
    @ralphpadula3138 5 місяців тому +11

    Beautiful music!❤ how beautiful was Julianne Phillips? Stunning!

  • @candiceroyce685
    @candiceroyce685 5 місяців тому +18

    I am 65 and I love all of these songs from.th 80's 😊😅🎉😂❤❤❤❤❤I am a Indiana girl. 😊

  • @rdtaylor1167
    @rdtaylor1167 Рік тому +14

    I was 12 yrs old and taped a penny to a post card and got 12 records from Columbia.....wild eyed southern boys was one of them...still one of my favorite albums ever

  • @dannyarena5357
    @dannyarena5357 Місяць тому +3

    Got to see them in 1983.
    Two drummers too.
    Been wearing my .38 Special CD's out lately.
    It's 2024!

  • @mossycreektennessee6528
    @mossycreektennessee6528 Місяць тому +3

    every generation says they had the best music, but I believe the 80s was the best in country and rock and roll

  • @toolittletoolate3917
    @toolittletoolate3917 2 роки тому +59

    I was born in 1949, and I have had the most incredible good fortune to have heard fantastic popular music throughout my life - or at least up until the turn of the century or thereabouts! This band enjoyed a certain success, but their music was seriously underrated IMHO. Don Barnes could really belt one out! My ears just caught the bar jukebox playing ‘Hold On Loosely’ on Better Call Saul, and my poor wife had to suffer through my pathetic attempt at singing it!

    • @johnjay9404
      @johnjay9404 Рік тому +2

      Hold on Loosely and every young man's anthem, Fantasy Girl.

  • @Sidragrosm
    @Sidragrosm 2 роки тому +49

    Every year I play this on my tape (YES, TAPE!") player when I drive my 1989 Cadillac El Dorado North Star, and it NEVER fails to put a smile on my face!
    38 Special - Skynnard may be dead & buried, but it's descendants WILL, *RISE AGAIN!*
    ...case in point!
    Long Live TRUE Classic Southern Rock!

  • @VioletFlowerz
    @VioletFlowerz 2 місяці тому +3

    I miss the 80s. The music was off the chain, and we were convinced no one ever had it better. We were right!!!

  • @chebrneck
    @chebrneck 2 роки тому +69

    This is probably my favorite .38 special song. Video is incredible.

    • @Jucelegario
      @Jucelegario 2 роки тому +4

      If there is one music video that deserves to have its filmed parts scanned, is this one.

    • @cm37177
      @cm37177 2 роки тому

      scanner Danner

    • @stephaniegormley9982
      @stephaniegormley9982 2 роки тому +4

      Great song but I DON'T get the video. Did she get married or not? And that other woman, was her man with her before or after the wedding which may or may not have happened? And WHO did she shoot? I know 80's vids were loaded with metaphors and symbolism but this one is very confusing.

    • @cm37177
      @cm37177 2 роки тому +1

      She got married

    • @cm37177
      @cm37177 2 роки тому +2

      When you get married, you have to to be the one to say goodbye 👋

  • @S.Carton_Esq.
    @S.Carton_Esq. 8 місяців тому +4

    Donnie Van Zant's voice is spectacular. Nearly every song was a hit. What music. What times. We didn't know how lucky we were.

    • @scottrobbins6216
      @scottrobbins6216 8 місяців тому +3

      Not Van Zandt that’s Donnie Barnes singing Van Zandt rarely sung because he didn’t have a decent voice.

  • @michaelcochran7895
    @michaelcochran7895 Рік тому +7

    I saw .38 Special last May. They still sound just as good as they did in the early 80’s!!!

  • @jeffhenry7749
    @jeffhenry7749 2 роки тому +46

    Best live band I ever saw and I saw alot of bands. They sounded as good live as in studio.. 2 drummers made it great.. You understood every word they sang.. Drank beer with Don and Donnie one time.. great guys..

    • @trinity1815
      @trinity1815 Рік тому +2

      That's awesome!

    • @jonathanjohnson8656
      @jonathanjohnson8656 Рік тому +2

      They sounded great a few years ago when I saw them.

    • @miguelservetus9534
      @miguelservetus9534 Рік тому

      Her husband has a pretty good bad I hear.

    • @markshannon4237
      @markshannon4237 Рік тому +1

      drank beer with them every sat. night at the barrels in pensacola fl. in the late 70's

  • @albertogarcia716
    @albertogarcia716 5 місяців тому +3

    This is my favorite 38 Special song. When I first heard it I was trying to cope with a break up with my first love. I was 17 years old and I was in extreme pain. Isn't it strange how an emotional feeling can cause physical pain? Isn't it also strange how a song can mend a broken heart?

  • @paulbergman8292
    @paulbergman8292 4 місяці тому +5

    I remember the very first time I heard this song. I was in the kitchen getting a cup of coffee before I went to school that morning. This song came on MTV and it blew me away, I couldn’t stop listening to it and singing it all day. There is something about this song that gives me a feeling of utopia every time I listen to it. That was 40 years ago and I still feel the same way every time I hear this song. A true masterpiece. Viva la 80s!

  • @GlenSperry
    @GlenSperry 9 днів тому

    Thank God for 38 special. I always feel 40 years younger. Thanks 4 Makin me feel like a kid again.

  • @PinkPumpkin529
    @PinkPumpkin529 11 місяців тому +12

    Hadn't heard this song in forever! Played one night on my radio station! Sought out this video & also ordered the cd! ROCK ON!!! ✌️🤘

  • @joeomalley2835
    @joeomalley2835 2 роки тому +32

    Dude this song is so amazing. Love the 80s MTV vibes. I really loved many of 38 Special's songs. They had a great sound.

  • @robertbyington7715
    @robertbyington7715 2 роки тому +77

    Van Zandt was a BEAST and I have no idea why this band didn’t get the recognition they deserved in their hay day; to me they were trail blazers with there double drum kits similar to the Alman Brothers

    • @Too-Odd
      @Too-Odd 2 роки тому +1

      38 Special released too many songs that sounded too much alike, and then they released music for movie soundtracks which is the kiss of death to most rock bands in the long run. It is too bad because they still put out good music.

    • @robertbyington7715
      @robertbyington7715 2 роки тому +3

      @@Too-Odd
      There are a ton of bands you could say that about BTO ELO STYX but non of them had the talent of 38 Special; vocally or musically. Their sound was exactly what it was Southern Rock on steroids!!!!

    • @Too-Odd
      @Too-Odd 2 роки тому +4

      @@robertbyington7715 Southern fried rock to be sure, but more talented than ELO or STYX? That is a tough bet to cover. You are talking Jeff Lynne and Tommy Shaw?
      As far as BTO goes, I never really liked them all that much, which is strange because I liked the Guess Who.

    • @robertbyington7715
      @robertbyington7715 2 роки тому

      @@Too-Odd
      Sure someone said that all the 38 Special songs sounded the same and I said no different than Styx and ELO; it wasn’t a comparison of talent but just all the songs sound the same

    • @Too-Odd
      @Too-Odd 2 роки тому +2

      @@robertbyington7715 In making CD road compilations back in the day, I never had a problem with ELO or Styx sounding the same from song to song. With 38 Special, I had that problem because many of their hits use the same or similar sequences of the same chords. I like 38 Special, so please don't take this as a slight against them.

  • @24hourgmtchannel64
    @24hourgmtchannel64 3 роки тому +97

    Excellent 38 special song, the horses, vintage car and a beautiful woman. Probably one of the best visual videos of the time. And kudos to the director for that shot at 2:19 as the vintage car enters. It bridges the connection between the horses and the 20th century very nicely.

    • @nomad2753
      @nomad2753 2 роки тому +16

      The beautiful woman is actually Julianne Phillips, the first Mrs. Bruce Springsteen .

    • @JEEPDadXJ
      @JEEPDadXJ 2 роки тому +2

      Shoulda been a Mustang though.

    • @christahernandez316
      @christahernandez316 2 роки тому +4

      Don't know if anyone else mentioned it, but, the woman in the car is Julieanne Phillips. She was Bruce Springsteen's first wife.

    • @nomad2753
      @nomad2753 2 роки тому +4

      @@christahernandez316 I did. 👍

    • @nighthawk8053
      @nighthawk8053 2 роки тому

      Love the shot where car is coming out of the flames too at 2.05 👍🎸

  • @jamiemiller2862
    @jamiemiller2862 13 днів тому

    Saw .38 Special last Saturday night. They put on a great show, as usual! I was a teenager in the 80’s so this music really takes me back 🙂

  • @brandonseyfried1251
    @brandonseyfried1251 Рік тому +4

    I just tripped over this video......never saw it before. I've loved this song as kind of a "deep cut" from these guys and even developed it as a karaoke favorite.
    Good Lord, I miss the 80s.

  • @fredmcg9442
    @fredmcg9442 2 роки тому +77

    Love this song! One of the most underrated bands of all time!

  • @stephenb4703
    @stephenb4703 Рік тому +4

    Watching the herd of horses running is my favorite part of the video ... just beautiful!

  • @rudianger123
    @rudianger123 3 місяці тому +5

    The feels this song brings....my fellow GenX'rs know what I'm talkin' about. Man...we grew up in the best time

  • @edgarrogeliogonzalezreina5508
    @edgarrogeliogonzalezreina5508 21 день тому +1

    38 SPECIAL - 80's, definitely, Unforgettable and Unique.
    What about: "MY HEART NEEDS A SECOND CHANCE". Thanks for sharing these gorgeous melodies. 🎸👍🥁😉🎹

  • @eagle1371
    @eagle1371 Рік тому +7

    This gem popped up in my FB feed. I had forgotten about this song. Now I can’t stop playing/watching it. Takes me back to 1983. Sophomore in high school, cruising the streets in my 1981 Camaro with the stereo blasting, so lucky to have grown up in the awesome 80’s!

  • @vladimirmontoya5491
    @vladimirmontoya5491 Рік тому +7

    I purchased this record, back in 1997. Fourteen years after its released. And I still use to play it loud. For the Good Times!🎧🎵

  • @Dave-lq2le
    @Dave-lq2le Рік тому +12

    I lived in the south in the heyday of southern rock and as I recall, this band was considered new blood. It took a long time for me to appreciate their music. Now I love their stuff. Just took awhile to grow on me. Then i bought the "Live at Sturgis" dvd. That cemented my opinion of them as a truly great southern rock band!!👍

  • @jeromedavid7944
    @jeromedavid7944 7 місяців тому +19

    Married, divorced, 3 years in a University, 2 years operating a M60A1 @ North Fort, 2yrs in Duetschland as Combat Engineer supporting the 12th Panzer Division(Bundeswehr), joined an apprenticeship(retired with 33 yrs service in 2021) and remarried all in the decade of the eighties. Now let's talk about the music.....Dio to Duran Duran, Howard Jones to Harry Chapin, Thirty-eight Special to the Thompson Twins, Fodelberg to The Fine Young Cannibals, Bananarama to Bon Jovi, Pet Shop Boys to Paula Abdul, Aerosmith to Anthrax, Culture Club to The Cure! No better decade, no better fashion, and no better music!!! If I could have ten years of my life back I'd take the 80s!!!

    • @AbnEngrDan
      @AbnEngrDan 6 місяців тому

      Essayons!

    • @jeromedavid7944
      @jeromedavid7944 6 місяців тому

      @@AbnEngrDan 12B GOTTA BE!!!

    • @AbnEngrDan
      @AbnEngrDan 5 місяців тому +1

      @@jeromedavid7944, HUA! 12B gotta be! 20th Airborne Engineers and 307th of the 82nd. Airborne All the Way!

  • @garyowens3687
    @garyowens3687 16 днів тому +1

    Late 70’s thru the 80’s early 90’s was the absolute best time to grow up. The music is and will always be the best, my 20 yr old daughter thinks some garbage is music when it sounds like dogs barking to me.

  • @TraceyRiggs
    @TraceyRiggs 10 місяців тому +6

    This music always reminds me of driving down a country road and feeling free😊❤

  • @peteryeagy-labor-4765
    @peteryeagy-labor-4765 Рік тому +15

    How aren't they in the Rock -N- Roll hall of fame yet. Love 38 Special one of the great bands of the 80's

    • @johnstevener501
      @johnstevener501 Рік тому +3

      Please don't get me started on the r&r hall of fame, It really is a total joke

    • @autoequities
      @autoequities Рік тому

      Because they refuse to kiss ass 👍!

    • @johnlawrence4975
      @johnlawrence4975 11 місяців тому

      Because it is a scam run by grifters.

  • @Terrathrax
    @Terrathrax 8 місяців тому +3

    My god, hadn't heard this in decades; forgot what a great tune it was and still is.

  • @antonleimbach648
    @antonleimbach648 6 місяців тому +5

    Saw these guys in 86’ in Lake Placid NY and it was one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to. Such a great band and great songs. Thanks for the memories .38 Special!

  • @darkligem
    @darkligem 3 місяці тому +1

    I loved recently seeing them in concert. Even now they rocked the house. Me and my husband song is caught up in you. It was so magical hearing it live

  • @elwoodcall
    @elwoodcall 2 роки тому +2

    Wow, some good ol southern rock .A for sure keeper in the song and video,great memories great band, keep rockin.

  • @PaulHudson2-25
    @PaulHudson2-25 2 роки тому +29

    If I had one song to listen to.....that rhythm guitar is like a drug!

  • @andymerkel6955
    @andymerkel6955 2 роки тому +19

    ... saw these Gents live last night at a fair venue in a sleepy little fly-over state of Wisconsin; in their late 60's, still delivering; dream show... I never went to many shows in my teens, twenties, and thirties because of busy work and religion; now, making up for lost time in my forties; amazing...

  • @Don-n6o
    @Don-n6o 2 роки тому +36

    These guys are so good. Their sound is unique. Great rock: southern style, great Melodys, great vocals. I carry several of their songs on my blue tooth. Would not be without them.

    • @jaykay6387
      @jaykay6387 2 роки тому

      They were a great southern rock "pop" band. Were they the ABB or Skynyrd? I think you know the answer to that. Those bands were the trailblazers, bands like 38 special were just picking up the crumbs, which is fine. They were tasty crumbs.

  • @Sith_dude
    @Sith_dude Рік тому +10

    For all those on here who say this is underrated, you weren't around when this came out. This is real music.

  • @Bert-b8t
    @Bert-b8t Рік тому +18

    Wild horses could not drive me away from those 80's girls.

  • @gmoney9961
    @gmoney9961 2 роки тому +70

    An absolutely brilliant band. Don Barnes is a once in a generation talent. Their videos were always as stunning as their music…

    • @LoneLee2022
      @LoneLee2022 2 роки тому +2

      They rocked when I saw them!

    • @gmoney9961
      @gmoney9961 2 роки тому +1

      @@LoneLee2022 They’re headed to these parts in November. Tickets secured!

    • @phillipstephens1175
      @phillipstephens1175 2 роки тому +2

      I saw them and met the band in 1980. Great guys! Don Barnes has one of the best Rock voices that I've ever heard! Spoke to Donnie for a few minutes also!!

  • @michaelsmoments4202
    @michaelsmoments4202 5 місяців тому +3

    2024 and listening from Melbourne Australia. This song is just amazing even after all these years. 38 Special Rock!

  • @golden.lights.twinkle2329
    @golden.lights.twinkle2329 Місяць тому +3

    Great song and great video. Videos were so good back then.

  • @TrudyFox-wv3lf
    @TrudyFox-wv3lf Місяць тому +2

    Brings back memories. Please take me back to the 70's, 80's.

  • @EdwardD.Adkins
    @EdwardD.Adkins 8 місяців тому +2

    This has to by my most favorite songs by 38. Love the instrumental, as well as the words. Have lived this song many times.

  • @vehicle22
    @vehicle22 2 роки тому +17

    My favorite .38 Special song! With the venerable Donnie Van Zandt on rhythm guitar!

  • @BlastedKat
    @BlastedKat Рік тому +4

    My hometown band. The greatest era of music there will ever be. I remember buying 8-track tapes of these 70' and early 80's bands and rocking out. Life was good.

    • @mattmorrow7777
      @mattmorrow7777 Рік тому

      Yup, much respect from central Texas. Love 38Special

  • @billkop3717
    @billkop3717 2 роки тому +7

    Im 65 and I grew with many bands ,from the Beatles, Stones, Hendrix, Joplin, etc,etc, 38 special is truly a good band, love these guys, stay safe everyone!

    • @LoneLee2022
      @LoneLee2022 2 роки тому

      I saw them in concert. Bon Jovi was the opening band.

  • @hraith
    @hraith 5 місяців тому +1

    These guys were a powerhouse, and with the horses and scenery this was a beautiful video.

  • @MelRiley-jn8fh
    @MelRiley-jn8fh 10 місяців тому +1

    I love 38 Special the whole time hearing their songs played on the air waves during the 80's. Cheers for throwing into this video, those glorious, magnificent unbridled horses 🐎 ❣️

  • @roadking99jokerst60
    @roadking99jokerst60 2 роки тому +18

    Powerful song and a super video. I was nuts for Julianne, the look in her eyes.

    • @m42037
      @m42037 2 роки тому +1

      what she look like now

    • @bigjohnson7415
      @bigjohnson7415 2 роки тому

      @@m42037 Probably like a beast!

    • @m42037
      @m42037 2 роки тому +1

      @@bigjohnson7415 I looked her up, she's ok, not fat, she's still got her long hair. I never thought she was smoking hot when she was 20, just good looking

    • @bigjohnson7415
      @bigjohnson7415 2 роки тому

      @@m42037 I can agree on that. Old age happens to all of us, if we survive that long. Beats the alternative!

    • @m42037
      @m42037 2 роки тому +2

      @@bigjohnson7415 She's not that old, I can name a list of women in their 50s-60s that are really hot. Like I said lot of women let themselves go and get fat and cut their hair off, Raquel Welch is 80 and still smoking hot! Dawn Wells was still hot at 80 before Corona killed her in 2020

  • @KevinAClassA
    @KevinAClassA 2 роки тому +10

    Got out of Marine Corp boot camp when this song came out, great times back then. Spent the next 12 years in the best group of brothers and sisters.

  • @jeanniemainzer8551
    @jeanniemainzer8551 2 роки тому +23

    Saw them twice in the early 80's. They put on such a good show and had such catchy tunes. Not sure why they don't get the respect they deserve. They were good!

    • @danielfair4675
      @danielfair4675 2 роки тому +1

      I saw them again after ALOT of years (25+) a few years back.
      Gonna see them again the 24th of this month. Not what they once were, but still enjoyable.

  • @davidtennien2806
    @davidtennien2806 Рік тому +2

    Totally forgot about this band, thanks for the trip down memory lane.

  • @gtxguy
    @gtxguy 8 місяців тому +1

    Great Song and a video you never see very often.bought the album the day it came out...

  • @thiagofreire4496
    @thiagofreire4496 Рік тому +8

    Rock is the music that touches the soul.
    What wonderful song and wonderful band.
    I'm Brazilian and I'm turning 43 today. It's been about 10 days since I discovered this band and I'm loving a lot of their songs.

  • @kqc8224
    @kqc8224 Рік тому +6

    My all time favorite rock-n-roll band. These guys knew music, were very talented and rocked our generation. I have great memories of a happier time of life, every time I hear .38 Special or when I see a .38 Special ;)

  • @tracyhall6195
    @tracyhall6195 Рік тому +7

    The 🇨🇦 scenes of the wild horses running free 🐎 are just *breathtaking* ! Well done ! 0:54 🎥 🏆

  • @tennesseeridgerunner5992
    @tennesseeridgerunner5992 Рік тому +1

    Wow, just when I think I'm makin' progress leavin' the 1980s behind and all that was great about it. Then dadgummit I remember and find this song and I'm instantly transported back to my teens and a time when America was still America. Yes you young folks who are finding this music for yourselves-I commend you and can truthfully say that everything you've heard 'bout the 80's is in fact true. It was a fantastic time to be alive and young.

  • @bryanb2507
    @bryanb2507 3 місяці тому +1

    Something you don't see too much of anymore, just raw talent.. Best decade ever, best voice ever.

  • @callmethebreeze1297
    @callmethebreeze1297 2 роки тому +29

    Great job on the resolution in this video. Julianne Phillips is Beautiful. Love this song and video production. Thanks

    • @qthelost
      @qthelost 2 роки тому +3

      Thank you. I was racking my brain trying to remember her name.

    • @lancekilkenny721
      @lancekilkenny721 2 роки тому

      Too bad her taste in men sucked.

    • @williamb6130
      @williamb6130 2 роки тому

      Loved her in the Fletch sequel

    • @Ksrwheels
      @Ksrwheels Рік тому

      Who was the other girl???

    • @callmethebreeze1297
      @callmethebreeze1297 Рік тому +1

      @@Ksrwheels they list two other girls in the credit as Carol Bristow and Shari Shattuck.

  • @Wolfie66
    @Wolfie66 2 роки тому +14

    I saw them on this tour in 1984. It was an amazing concert!

    • @kevinnobody3052
      @kevinnobody3052 2 роки тому +2

      I saw 'em in Columbus Ohio in '84.
      Good memories...

    • @Wolfie66
      @Wolfie66 2 роки тому +1

      @@kevinnobody3052 They still had two drummers back then. It was great just watching them in perfect sequence. Saw 38 Special twice since and they did not disappoint!

    • @robertschmidt4552
      @robertschmidt4552 2 роки тому

      I saw them in Cleveland in 1984 at Blossom.

  • @lenmoore9109
    @lenmoore9109 2 роки тому +72

    He's such an underrated vocalist.

    • @ronaldfinley2985
      @ronaldfinley2985 2 роки тому +9

      And Don Barnes is a great guitar player too.

    • @thoth80
      @thoth80 Рік тому +1

      I don't believe even pitch perfect was around back then.

    • @jamesauber8622
      @jamesauber8622 4 місяці тому +1

      Don Barnes is such a great singer

  • @TheYamahog12
    @TheYamahog12 Рік тому +2

    I saw .38 Special many years ago. Maybe around 1980. The singer was tossing out cans of Budweiser into the crowd and I caught one.

  • @ronaldcarlson8572
    @ronaldcarlson8572 2 роки тому +2

    I have not heard this song in probably 30 years, brings back great memories of the 1980's living in SoCalifornia