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  • Good song.

  • Im not sure how 86 people can dislike a beautiful song this guy wrote bout a girl he once lived. you guys make me sick

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  • may GOD bless you,if you don't know the difference between physical science and atmospheric (earth)science you are one lost soul

  • @DORSEY12100 nonsense.

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  • 86 people does'nt appreciate how hard to play guitar with this song

  • dumb asshole didn't know how to fly a plane

  • 86 people were given the wrong number :/

  • Classic...He died before his time =(

  • @Xiquid why don't you can it you ignorant liberal and let DORSEY12100 say whatever they want....they have a right to look back on their childhood when there wasn't economic recession and huge debts...

  • @XcChamp95 why can't you repukelicans stop projecting ignorance. the ignorance of science from the right is staggering. that's why you guys are evolution and global climate deniers. highly delusional, batshit crazy and DANGEROUS.

  • The elderly humans of today reminisce and are proud to know masterpieces like this, that took serious thinking, well-developed skill, and inspiration to create. Im ashamed to admit that my generation, when elderly, will be classifying songs like "poker face" as great hits of their youth. The good news is, technology has done something useful; preserved deep, moving music like this for the people who dare to stray from the modern flow and truely feel great tunes.

  • jimmy;)

  • wow I remember when we had music to listen to ,and jobs to go to ,and you could actually read a news paper and get news ,before nafta ,before epa(over regulating),before the global warming scam ,,before politically correctness ,I was only a kid at the time but it was a great era

  • @DORSEY12100 so teams of scientists, thousands of scientists, are scamming you. god you people are so ludicrously ridiculous.

  • @Xiquid

    teams of scientists? there are just as many scientists who refute this ,If you only had the intellect to research it intelligently ,the UN and elite so called scientists are very happy with you .I guess I'm elderly at 37 but the fact is,these bank rolled bought scientists are not scamming me but you .Like my 96 year old professor grandfather says with a smile(chicken little the sky is falling)

  • @DORSEY12100 It's true that you think thousands are scamming me. I'm sorry, but science brought us the car, the light bulb and the spaceship. I think I'm going to take their word if the data supports global climate change, no matter how much you people hold your ears shut. It's purely the religious who deny global climate change, and it's dangerous.

  • So cool

  • maravilloso!!!!!

    

  • I wish music was this good today...

  • this is real music that u can feel with youre heart and soul sometimes i think i grew up in the wrong time cuz thires no better time then the innoscence of the 60's

  • @milkman6869 Not trying to bust balls but this is circa 1972 or so... Near his death I think... Not sure tho... Great song.... You have great taste.

  • @woowoo1967 which is why i said born in the 60's when the real good music started comin out during that time is when things started changin n i would much rather b living in a free lovin world such as the children of the 60's

  • Don't forget Maury Muehleisen; the man could play some beautiful lead guitar and added some nice harmony vocals.

  • All his music has so much passion in it!!! But as they say, only the good die young.

  • Can't tell you how much I love this song! RIP BIG BAD Jim..

  • Jim, un petit clin d'oeil d'Europe!!

  • @Kylemoreno.

    that's an amazing.honor. wish i could have had that. cherish it.

  • It speaks to my very soul...

  • timeless... classic.

  • Operator... Oh Let's Forget about this call. There's no - one ~~ ./ ./ THERE .... I really WANTED to TALK TO. ~~ So Thank you for your TIME...OH youv'e been SO MUCH MORE THAN KIND..... you can keep the dime. ~~

  • there's Something in MY EYES... you know it happens EVERY TIME.... I think about the LOVE that I thought would SAVE ME.

  • Jon lojoie??? Lol sounds similar.

  • Hey dash, the only one I know out there is " have you heard Jim Croce live" it's on DVD. It's ashamed for whatever reason, there's not much live footage of Jim and Maury. You would think after 38 years there would be more. I'm always looking myself for anything with them live! It's ashamed if certain parties are holding on to his live stuff this long after the accident!

  • I've been trying to get this version somewhere; I feel it sounds more genuine and heartfelt than the recording. Can't for the life of me find it.

    Any help?

  • @dash1141 umm, this is the only identical copy of this song you will find, as this is a live performance,

  • Sorry, that's 24 yr old musical genius!

  • Thanks everyone for the posts they are exciting to read! Jim and his one man band Maury were the best! Think Jims great? Listen to his music before Maury came on the scene. It was good but Maury made Jim the best he could be. A 24 year lid musical genius to say the least! Remember Maury!!!

  • Come for the mustache, stay for the song, love it.

  • Im only 14 years old , when my dad play this song and i just say 'WOW' and say to my self this is the real song.

    And now im playing this song in guitar with my dad :)

  • Wow two guitars and no autotune and it sounds great. What a concept!!!

  • it's a shame that an amazing artist like this had to die in his prime. If he were able to release over 10 hit singles before his death, imagine what he could have accomplished if he had not passed away.

  • YOUR COMPLETLY RIGHT MAN... ALL THE GOOD SINGERS AWAYS DIE IN THEIR PRIMES ITS HORRIBLE JUST LIKE.... JOHN LENNON. JIM MORRISON. JIMI HENDRIX. JANIS JOPLIN. KURT COBAIN. JUST TO NAME A FEW THEN AGAIN HALF OF THEM DIED OF DRUG OVERDOSE/SHOT THEMSELF. EXCEPT FOR LENNON. SOME PSYCOPATH SHOT HIM.

  • I get a lump in my throat when I hear the line "....think about the love that I thought would save me."

  • Im sure if Jim lived longer then he had he would of had a lot more hit songs

  • He is amazing and would've been much more popular if he'd have lived. RIP Jim Croce.

  • /watch?v=FPu_G-T28iU

    This is the exact same video but with very high sound and video quality.

    Jim Croce

    1943-1973

  • Beautiful!

  • she's living in LA...with my best old friend Ray

  • @skip326 correction. she's liveing in LA with my best old ex friend RAY

  • Pure and heartfelt

  • I cannot say how much this moves me.

    God Bless.

  • Amazing what we had in that period....Jim Croce, Cat Stevens, James Taylor....wow

  • Although lacking the punch of the studio version - it would have been better had there been no backing vocals in the chorus, and the softening of the voices in the chorus weakened the chorus' impact - this is still a good performance with good guitar playing. Classic song.

    It's nice to see the vid has garnered such a number of views. It's heartening to know that into the millennium the great singer-songwriter is remembered.

  • @ManilaSyndicate  Keep in mind that 2 guys with acoustic guitars can produce better music than all the overproduced crap these days !

  • I could listen to this all day :)

  • love jim croce :D but whoa he looked like borat haha

  • @michael822212 You mean borat looks like Jim.

  • @GamerzPro1231 true lol

  • Watch this one instead.

    /watch?v=A2iS8XctJKo

  • @Tyleriscoolx2 uhh, wtf...they are the same.

  • @Tyleriscoolx2 Trollin' ain't easy.

  • This video should say HQ.

    Horrible quality.

  • Jim Croce: You can keep the dime!

    Operator: I'm sorry sir but your call will cost 7.25 dollars.

  • @bluestreek004 maybe jim paid him $7.35?

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  • Jim's musical partner Maury Muehleisen who is seen in the video with him was also killed in the same crash. Both were extremely talented individuals. They just don't make music like this anymore

  • Yea we ALL lost when we lost Jim. Love you man ! RIP

  • Wow. Magical. Gives me chills

  • 85 people got trolled by their operator.

  • He was only 30 when he died, way too young ):

  • I'd love to see Elton John do a tribute of this song to Jim.

  • Timeless

  • I miss him, he was one of the greats...........

  • I have this concert on DVD and when I watch it, it's like he's playing just for me in my living room. Intimate and timeless.

  • and he is singing live, beautiful song, great artist

  • He passed away way too early!!

  • Amazing...this is the original recording yes. ?

    it sure sounds like it. I love it.

  • hello Jawbreaker ... I'm listening to you about how the other guitarist was Maury.

    how little i have known , however my Birth date was September 20 1970 . Thank you for putting that out there ... Jim needed a good guitar player to back him up . and so it was.

  • The other guitarist in this video was Maury muehleisen. He was also taken in the same plane crash as Jim on September20,1973 in natchitoches la along with 4 other men. They had just played a concert at northwestern state university.maurys guitar, voice and song writing abilities helped Jim quickly rise to the too before his death! They could have easily been introduced as a group. Unfortunately until years later and sometimes even now Maury was not given the just recognition he justly deserved

  • The days when music actually meant something

  • how do you pronounce in lastname??

  • @11BMB11  Phonetically it's Crow-chee emphasis on the first syllable. :)

  • this song makes me feel like crying, both the lyrics and the fact that Jim died far too young.

  • 2 guitars 2 voices...Wow that is what music is all about. Cant hde when you do this. Beautiful.

  • where was this guy in the 90s

  • @MrCantstandliberals He is dead. He died in plane crash on September 21, 1973 at the age of 30. Another great one that left us too soon. IMO music died after the 80's. Too bad he wasn't around for the 90's. We could have used him. RIP Jim Croce. Gone, but never forgotten.

  • @MrCantstandliberals Well, you must not be a big fan like the rest of this people, but he's been dead since the 70's.

  • i wish i grew up in the 70s, music sucks today

  • Beautiful

  • Love this song. My hubby always laughs because he can remember when you could make a call for a dime. Now there aren't any pay phones even left and no operator assisted calls. Jim would have just had a cell phone. The world has changed a lot. Not for the better I am afraid.

  • what a novel approach... to making music, just play a guitar, sing your song, and make your audience FEEL something

  • @BizWiz777 well said......Great song and artist

  • Guess god also needs men with sweet staches and that can sing!

  • I got chills when they harmonized.

  • Jim Croce was Unplugged way before "Unplugged" was popular...and much, much better!

  • but thats not the way it feels!!!!!!!!!!

  • An extraordinary talent taken much too soon.

  • Does that mean 82 people dislike the song, video or what? I say this song is a great one and Jim Croce was a great artist. I even remember where I was when I heard of his death.

  • 82 dislikes ???? ??

  • great artist

  • Compare this straightfoward, no-nonsense approach to music making with the gyrating nonsense you see on stage nowadays--and weep...

  • @MrPaevo I couldn't agree more with you and, yes, it is a crying shame. However, this music is still in my head and I have it as a fall back against the modern crap.

  • @MrPaevo theres plenty of stages around with genuine music. Take Kristian Matsson for instance.

  • Great artist,great tune,great memories

  • I love this song , it's so beautiful and yet it makes me feel so sad that I don't have a woman to share my happiness with. I pray one day God will bring the right girl to me.

  • I went to school with his grandson Elijah in 2nd through 4th grade. Cool kid and his grandfather is a legend.

  • Great lyrics, superb voice, wonderful guitar play. Just magic.

  • Magic.

  • Best!!!

  • nice ...

  • Ever Feel Like Some people who are Extraordinary,are Seemed to be gifted to the point of "The Calling Of The Lord" You Can Almost See It In Their Eyes,As If They Know This!

  • 100% of todays artists could not do this.

    

  • super smooth 'stache, Jimmer!

  • Great music, great voice, great 'stashe. What more do you need?

  • What a great song!

  • wich faggot dislike this?!

  • @pat0s11 they have to be a faggot or a soulless nigga to hate on this. lol

  • this song has possibly the best possible list of suggested videos

  • Too bad Maury Muhlheisen (Jim's backup and a fine technical guitarist in his own right) had to go in the same plane crash that took Jim. I will always mourn the twist that never took Fate. If anyone would have done the music proud aside from the songwriter himself ...

  • @Runoffscribe back up? Maury plays all the lead and intricate guitar on Jim's music. He's no "back up" musician. Jim pretty much just plays rhythm.

  • great song

  • Was this the final concert? :(

  • i cry everytime

  • @harryjunior123 THe so called "MUSIC TRASHVILLE is putting out is nothing but little Bimbo Blondes and wanna be singer little stud muffin homo looking punks. Sissified Men anorexic looking women who cannot SING, it is about LOOKS today NOT talent,JIm Croce wouldn't have a chance today. Girls go after little homo looking sisified Boys. They no longer like men that look like men. A quick look in a public place will confrm this look at the Men. They look like Girls anymore. What a MESS RIP JIM

  • @packingten Why don't you really say what's on your mind? Agree with you that todays music is not a patch on the 60's, 70's & early 80's. There are some gems, but you gotta trawl through a lot of shit to find them. Pity, but you just don't find great folk singers like Jim Croce, Harry Chapin, Cat Stevens, Nilsson, Hans Poulsen et al anymore!

  • ahaha didnt know borat sings

  • Dude has to be in the Porn Stache Hall of Fame

  • 70's was an amazing underrated era for music...such simple true-pure feelings pouring into the music ....there is no comparison to the so called auto-tuned over the top "artists" today....

  • Jim Croce's music inspires feelings of hope. Just maybe were not screwed. Maybe.

  • man im metal all day but jim is the man just him and his guitar and 1 other dude awesome

  • I was lucky enough to see two guys live just six months before they were killed . It was an outdoor concert in Balboa Park in San Diego and it was free . Man I miss those good old days

  • back in 1973 BF....before fags and "rap"..

  • If you are new to Jim Croce, check out Harry Chapin's Taxi on this same page. Story-tellers all.

    Music seems to swing back and forth every 20 years. It seems that, with Jack Johnson and others of this ilk (like the slack key guys, @iamwatchingstarwars ) this type of music is returning. It's real and it carries on the true tradition of the traveling minstrels of a few hundred years ago.

  • If only songs were as simple, sincere and sweet as this...sigh...

  • @NordicHealer totally agree with you!

  • HOLY FUCK SO GOOD

  • This is the first ever time I have ever heard his music, I just came from a John Denver video and I am now trying to work out which is better.

  • @HELPTHEPICKLEISALIVE

    They were both great singers--who had very different styles.

    I was a senior in high school when Jim Croce died in a plane crash. I'll never forget.

  • it kinda sounds like slack key

    

  • So much gorgeous music coming out of those two guitars and voices. Who's that other guy playing with him?

  • @RhythmUniverse His name is maury muehleisen. He died on the same plane as croce.

  • @MrJamsha14 Thanks. Such a sweet backing voice. Perfect control of vocal mix without mixing or pitch control.

    Damn planes.

  • @RhythmUniverse yeah planes ruin everything haha

  • Thank God American Idol wasn't around then. Croce would never have made it and where would that have left us?

    He doesn't look the type, he doesn't do soaring vocals and he sure the hell knows how to write a song. Nope, he wouldn't qualify for AM. Thank God.

  • Croce did some amazing stuff - brings back some excellent memories with a guy ironically called Jim (Jimmy T.0 (he couldn't get enough of this music - driving in the car and we'd play over and over again - Shar

  • Hey, it's John Oats father.

  • @SonorSonicFan haha mofo!

  • @SonorSonicFan i saw John Oates on a recent concert video for HDnet. he doesnt look like that anymore. No more mustache! FYI

  • he looks like luigi from mario bros. needs a green hat with an "L"

  • Get the chills everytime I hear this song... God i love it :)

  • strange i remember like it was yesterday when i heard the news of his passing i was 9 sitting in my parents station wagon in Rochester,NH listening to AM radio while they were shopping for furniture....very influential not many can pull off what this guy could do.

  • @norton9411 you said it! James Joseph "Jim" Croce ("crow-chee") January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) was an American singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, Croce released six studio albums and 11 singles. His singles "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" and "Time in a Bottle" were both number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Inducted into the songwriters' Hall of Fame. Died at age 30!! I'll say he was great.

  • @nakedhombre i still love this music,so timeless !!!

  • hes got a sweet pizza flippin mustache

  • you know, sometimes i think that people dislike these kind of videos just to be dicks. They don't take the time to put thought into the lyrics, that they might just actually mean something to people. This song reminds me of simpler times when my mother was not in rehab, when we went over to my grandmas house and watched golf on the television, when my cousins were just innocent kids like you and me. Those were great times. So much nostalgia just flooded my system. Dislikers piss me off. good day

  • who is that jaming out with him?

  • @jimboFranklin I forget his name at the moment, but he died on the plane with Croce. He was great though.

  • That is one hell of a mustache.

  • I just need to seriously thank my dad for listening to amazing music while I was growing up. If it weren't for him, I would never have known this beautiful artist and others. I mostly grew up with a generation where it's all auto tune and mainstream now and don't get me wrong, I don't mind listening to 'em (they're quite catchy) but at least I can still look up and listen to the real good stuff - Music I feel, that really matters.

  • Great guitar !!!

  • played it all the time when driving around in my 76 camaro

  • Jim voice and songwriting abilities were great!I just wonder how many of jhis songs were equally created in the music words and vocals of Maury?none of his songs which he wrote has maurys name on the credits! Wonder why? This was the best duo ever! Maury equally contributed to jims success!

  • A Legend!! The foul language is not appreciated...

  • he is amazing live!

  • EMO!!!

  • 80 people got a wrong number.

  • Acoustic Would have never been this good without his Music.... RIP Jim Croce

    

  • 80 people are intimidated by the awesome 70s' stache Jim Croce is sporting