I might have committed suicide in 1978 except for hearing this song on the radio first and deciding I would at least wait until after I loosing my virginity. It was only a year later, but it was a very long year....it's not that I think anyone is that interested in my measly life, but the way this song is so firmly planted in my adolescence.... and that we were all emotionally wobbly teenagers.
one of the most underrated songs of the 70's. The way the song is produced it still holds up today. This and "Lonely Boy" are two of the most perfect songs ever. These guys rocked! I mean watch them actually perform a song! Bands today should be jealous of songs like this. So many layers of goodness.
Jay Ferguson was keyboard player for 60's/70's Rock Band Spirit and for Jo Jo Gunne one of the hardest rockin bands of the early 1970's (that got little airplay because Hard Boogie Rock was not very cool on Rock Radio back then. (Emphasis was on Blues Rock and Progressive Rock). Thunder Island was a Pop Hit but it was also played on AOR (Rock) radio as was the followup hit "Shakedown Cruise" but neither stuck around in most station's rock stations library material.
sha la la la mylady
MrThirteen09 1 month ago
I might have committed suicide in 1978 except for hearing this song on the radio first and deciding I would at least wait until after I loosing my virginity. It was only a year later, but it was a very long year....it's not that I think anyone is that interested in my measly life, but the way this song is so firmly planted in my adolescence.... and that we were all emotionally wobbly teenagers.
ih8tbush 2 months ago
@ih8tbush Who says your life is measly? I've been suicidal also...
Superniceone11 5 days ago
@Superniceone11 Well you are kind, I just get tired of some of the self-agrandizing comments on youtube
ih8tbush 3 days ago
Great music, great perms.
mtut 2 months ago
at 3:10 MORE COWBELL!!!!!!
franknicotero 3 months ago
@franknicotero Yeah, lol. We need more cowbell!
9KPhalak 1 month ago
one of the most underrated songs of the 70's. The way the song is produced it still holds up today. This and "Lonely Boy" are two of the most perfect songs ever. These guys rocked! I mean watch them actually perform a song! Bands today should be jealous of songs like this. So many layers of goodness.
franknicotero 3 months ago 3
Back when even pop songs had kick ass guitar solos.... Rock on dudes!
WarriorLegoGerbils 4 months ago 2
Jay Ferguson was keyboard player for 60's/70's Rock Band Spirit and for Jo Jo Gunne one of the hardest rockin bands of the early 1970's (that got little airplay because Hard Boogie Rock was not very cool on Rock Radio back then. (Emphasis was on Blues Rock and Progressive Rock). Thunder Island was a Pop Hit but it was also played on AOR (Rock) radio as was the followup hit "Shakedown Cruise" but neither stuck around in most station's rock stations library material.
sdmestayer 4 months ago
Robert Alpert on the Keys ! Awesome!!!!
Coonhoundy 4 months ago
Jay looks like Andrew Gold.
Nothing like having a band that can pull it off live, vocals and everything.
Tickbryan 4 months ago
Jay looks like Andrew Gold.
Tickbryan 4 months ago
Other than Zep, Deep Purple, Moxy, Aerosmith and early VH, this was considered Heavy for radio.
EdwardsMusicChannel 5 months ago in playlist EdwardsMusicChannel's Favorited Videos
@EdwardsMusicChannel Hey this was on the pop charts ,it wasnt evr considered,heavy rock, no way,look into it,go to the look it up ....
60srecords 5 months ago
Were there any straight guys in this band?
Lunarmoonbase2 10 months ago
nice.... happy birthday jay !!!
UteE69 10 months ago
this is another great artist from the 70's jay ferguson
sunnyday431 1 year ago
My word. This still sometimes gets stuck in my head.
capitalistpigdogus 2 years ago