al stewart year of the cat 1979 long live version

[DragoBalboa]

The sax player looks like that MUPPET sax player, LOL!!!

Also, the chick tamborine player looks R E A L nice...I mean......R E A L nice, if ya knw wuddah mean :] !!

[wingseclipsed]

@DragoBalboa That Sax Player is Jim Horn, who was a regular touring back up musician for the Rolling Stones for at least a decade. He's played with the best. Rumor is he left his gig with the Stones b/c they felt his drug problem was badly influencing Keith Richards.

[ShinOnigashima]

The fuck's Brian May doing there? XD

[wingseclipsed]

@ShinOnigashima WTH?!! May isn't onstage.

[ShinOnigashima]

@wingseclipsed

The pianist kinda looks like Brian May, I've always thought that lol.

[trekcannondale11]

Love this song. What a classic

[567wolfen]

wow absolutely awesome - i was stationed in Korea when this song came out in 977 which fit the time there but this one the memories when I was there -- can't ever go back the memories are forever

[drinfothv]

@567wolfen ty for your service. did my time in nam

[ebuhenley]

:)

[regi1304]

nao existe nada q se iguale a year of the cat

[Warrensdeciple]

I miss my boy.

[PHURBIOUS]

AT THE 3:55 MARK...WHO IS THAT PLAYING THE KEYBOARD??? IS THAT PETER WOOD? HE IS LISTED AS LEAD KEYBOARDIST FOR THE BAND AT THAT TIME. GOTTA FIND THIS OUT. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!! THANKS CHRIS

[ErkusJansone]

is that peter white on keyboards?

[TheBGeras]

@ErkusJansone The pianist is Robert Alpert.

[ErkusJansone]

I love this song- but, the old grey whistle test video is so much better-see what you think.

[nycroland1]

Everytime i listen to this song, I'm amazed at the sheer talent and musicianship.

[SOUNDCHASERX]

another awesome live version of this classic song..thank u!!

[midatlanticcycle]

halpert is a phenomenal piano player.

[pornis90]

thank you for sharing this wonderful version

Gratitude from Buin, chile

[TheCesarichard]

cierro los ojos, escucho esta canción, me transporta los 70s wow, very good version ;)

[richarddubuquejr]

The Sax player as previously stated is Bryan Savage. He did not play on the recording but traveled with Al Stewart on the tour. I confirm with him at our next visit.

[wingseclipsed]

The Saxophone player is the famed Bobby Keys, who played with regularity on tours with the Rolling Stones in the late 1960s and early 1970s,

[TheBGeras]

Is that John Lennon in the crowd at 9:36? It seems I MUST watch this video EVERY DAY.....

[satillamoulton]

@TheBGeras It definitely looks like him and Yoko Ono's profile.

[socalsurfROOSTER]

absolutely phenomenal..... by far the best live version i have ever seen of this song, and makes me feel 10 years old again...... but what the hell in on the tambourine??? LOL....

[john111257]

one of the best songs of all time..LOVE button needed..i agree

[Wojo8888]

Where is the LOVE button? No not THAT love button....I mean the You Tube LOVE button! This is FABULOUS!

[alicelawson]

This is a superior session. Can't help watching it again and again. Thank you for posting.:))

[TheBGeras]

Love Alpert. Gotta close my eyes for guitar solos but they are great too. I actually have a cassette tape of this (not this exact performance but close) recorded from a radio program. Sound quality is way better.

[jimmythec1960]

At 7:47 Alto player, Bryan Savage comes in and matches the last note of the guitar solo.  Kid's got a great ear and is an amazing sax player.

[sw33069]

is that the guy from reo speedwagen on piano?

[kim123792]

am a black woman i love great music the piano solo in the begining is perfect

[MegaNikola99]

One of best ever

[sandinyourshoes]

This is the Al I like best. There is a full band with electricity, not that two-man only acoustic-only arrangement.

[alvimarfabre]

Thank you , God for that excelent group.....I wish them come back !!!!

[ustuppy]

A song that symbolizes for me what was right about the 70's.

[artfactory1000]

Vai...



[biffboffo]

Thumbs up if you like the classic "guitar face" at 7:43

[wingseclipsed]

@biffboffo Yeah, in fact though, instead of "Guitar Face" --this dude looks more like "Miss Piggy" of the Muppets from Sesame Street!! Almost appears as if he's having an orgasm or something.

[59jimmyb]

@biffboffo just enjoy the music or is it about how you look???

[59jimmyb]

brilliant musicians..i could listen to that sax over and over and over........

[ekpp60]

GREATTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!11

[Kingsnake77]

The sax/guitar battle in the end is awesome....

[MrWoodnail]

Looks like Al thinks Alpert's goin on too long in that intro. Or maybe he's just joking about the "Bogart movie" interpolation. Adam Yurman's into it, though.

[dockie1964]

Best intro ever..

[biskiers]

@dockie1964 I love it too !!

[richarddubuquejr]

Thank you Bryan!!!

[dockie1964]

That's some Awesome Sax playin..

[Chapako01]

Un verdadero clásico de los '70s. Muy bueno!

[luaesoljuntos]

UAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!HU HU HU !!! MA RA VI LHAAAA!!! DE MAAAIS!!!!

[Janybody17]

I wasn't even around in the 70s, but this song will always be my absolute favorite song.

[chrisjewett63]

I bought this album when it first came out it was and always be one of my faves!!!! Chris jewett

[topssuite]

Al, Steely Dan, Eddie Money, Jackson and the Doobies. Best era by far.

Richard - Austin, Texas

[Palmtree2011]

the 70's wouldn't have been the same without this song playing on the radio! Thanks for a great song and wonderful memories this tune brings to me.

[lakotawolf53]

es ist einfach .TRAUMHAFT...:-)

[rainbowranddy]

We needed so many more great songs like this one from Al.

[1969pontiac1]

One of the best songs from the 70s, what a great time to grow up. I had this on 8 Track anybody remember those! I had a new 1976 Pontiac Grand Le Man's with a factory 8 track and we use to ride around with Al going, Bee Gee's, Steely Dan, back when music was music. I long for those days often, maybe cause I was a teenager I did not know, but everything and everybody seemed happier then. Back when Pontiac in the 60s and 70s made the best looking cars I though. Thanks for the memories!!!!!!

[TheRudy1954]

One of the best songs from the seventies.

[22adonis222]

what good song............

[earlymtv]

theres like no talented bands like this today.. todays musicians all make their music on computers..

[malgez]

@earlymtv oh, and it doesnt take talent to do that?

[TheBGeras]

@malgez Talent? Can you do what they're doing? Do you think they could do what you do?

[jdu6]

@earlymtv i hear what you are saying,,but not all bands do that,,not the ones i like and enjoy anyway

[zagalope]

@earlymtv that's right my mate,this is music

[divinedgar]

@earlymtv while this is wonderful and i agree there is nothing but trite rubbish spewing out of modern radio today, i take a little umbrage to the comment about 'today's musicians'. there are amazing, original songwriters and bands fighting underground trying to be heard by the masses. the thing is, when the masses swallow up the swill from the remainder of the big labels, many of these new groups are happy to play to the select, smaller audiences that take the time to seek them out.

[nashi55]

@earlymtv ....and then they just lip sync to it from then on.

[Ranlon]

I remember this time as perfect, young free full of energy and promise. As a kid I didn't really know the full of extend of the corruption in the world and we still never heard of the New World order gang secretly preparing for their illegal take over of the world. Ignorance was bliss.Stop the New World Order.

[stormfront219]

I still like this song. Used to jog to it with my portable cassette player in my first year of college. Thanks for the memories.

[budrik]

A great commercial success but Stewart continues to be timeless in words, thoughts and music and is very under rated...jm

[hector69ize]

Ahhhhhh!!!!!!! the fantastic,the amazing,the cool and awesome 70's that's how I remember that decade of EXCESS that also produced such great songs like this one gem. Quite simply FANTASTIC. it sounds very 70's

[Mr4thone]

I think it's one of the best and most recognizable songs of all times! Back then....even people with short hair.....had longer hair than most people with long have today! :)

[4rainbowed]

Haahaa, The guitarist about 3/4 of the way through the song throws back his head and looks just like "Miss Piggy"!!

[rbkpetroleo]

Great! great! great! very good memories!

[thewriter1008]

That's "As Time Goes by" in the beginning. Cool idea, factoring a song that was very important to a certain Bogart movie. That has to be one of the best written movies in history.

[johnnybendybones]

Fantastic

[mapior]

Who's the bass player?

[kittybunnyface]

Al is sooo beautiful.

[idolmakr1]

Phil Kenzie on sax! he played on the original studio recording and ended up touring with Rod Stewart for 18 years.

[southernrocka]

love it and yeah it too reminds me of HER !!.........

[4rainbowed]

Oh, and who is that Pianist at the beginning?

[thefoppa1000]

@4rainbowed sounds like Rob Halford

[0713dennyw]

@4rainbowed Peter White. Played both keyboards and terrific lead guitar with Al for years.

[4rainbowed]

@0713dennyw  Thanks!

[4rainbowed]

Is that Bobby Keys of Rolling Sttones fame on the horn? Whoah!

[sikorskiS55]

Isn't it amazing how you can be spellbound for almost 8 and a half minutes, and, then, get Song on the radio as an encore? Lucky ducks...

That's what music should be all about...

[bomber1298]

best song ever.

[TheChiacchierina]

@bomber1298 yes

[mickt1230]

I loved it then and I love it now. The song has stayed with me throughout my life.

Thanks.

[slickvguy]

as time goes by. lol. nice.

[77dianna]

I have not forgoten ~

Saw him on top of very tall speakers at a summer concert in St. Paul many years ago. It's imprinted in my my mind ~ A fond memory I will never forget.

[fraterlucifer888]

this song reminds me of ,,,,,,,,,,her

[valeriosirolo]

Formidabili !

[olimcantaba]

This is a great version of a song which never loses its appeal . I remember using the internet to find it, when supposed to be doing enforced IT 'training'!! It seemed miraculous and still does.Have seen Al perform live several times since, but not often with a full band. I think my copy of 'Orange' (now signed!) came from Germany,way back.

[JessOnTheRun]

this was in germany... "musikladen"....

[sallyslippers1]

I was just thinking that I could have done without the clapping obscuring the wonderful piano intro and then I see that the band is leading it! Oh well. Wonderful song nonetheless. God bless the day I discovered Al Stewart.

[sallyslippers1]

I was just thinking that I could have done without the clapping obscuring the wonderful piano intro and then I see that the band is leading it! Oh well. Wonderful song nonetheless. God bless the day I discovered Al Stewart.

[tashtatane]

as always charming

[Callmps]

awesome!

[fluffydolly]

to a simpler time....cheers!!!!

[Roadie02]

This is one of my all time fsvorite songs. Thanks for posting the long ersion.

[Roadie02]

I love this song. it is classic!!!!

[louiebaby09]

Where was this concert?

[louiebaby09]

Love this song...I have Al Stewart's autograph from this concert thanks to my friend, Karen, also a note from Phil Kenzie....I might put it on Ebay for sale...

[Matlike1]

so beautiful

[TinkerbellFahQ]

Beautiful beyond words!!!

[kafurigo]

lo mejor de al stwart soy fanatico de esta cancion desde el año 1995 cuando fue la primera vez que la escuche ahora desde siempre

y para siempre la escuchare por que es unas de mis favorita saludos a toda la gente que le gusta este tema muy bueno los años del gato

[Starlitblond]

I was suppose to graduate in '79... this song is sooo great!

[ilovekansas]

Great song, and GREAT Kansas Jersey on the keyboards! Rock Chalk Jayhawk!

[NTC335]

名曲だぁね☆

[LisaClark49]

Wow...it's hard to believe that this song came out 31 years ago, the year I graduated from high school. I can only remember singing this song while listening to it on the bus radio, on the way home everyday. I always loved the saxophone solo.

Ha...can't help but notice the hairstyles back then, too!

[ImronCross]

@LisaClark49 Actually it was released in July 1976. You were young and the sweet promise of tomorrow danced through your dreams like a beautiful girl in the magical moonlight.

[LisaClark49]

@ImronCross : My mistake! And here, I always thought of myself as doing well at music trivia...lol You called me out on that one, but I was young, indeed. Sixteen, as a matter of fact....and I did dance a lot!

[juanmanuelsacco]

que linda balada , hermosos 80 th

[juanmanuelsacco]

que dulce balada aguanten los 80 th

[budrik]

Signature song by this very under rated artist...jm

[MaxSkoria]

Y esto para los q aman a los gatos...jejejejej, la encontre buscando algo en mi cerebro...

[1Phobe]

Like a fine wine, this song just keeps getting better! Not to mention his other songs, which, for some reason, seem to take a back seat to this one.

[chuckiejay]

AHA!!!!! I knew it !!! Eric Idle DOES have a secret identity--he's also known as Al Stewart !! Just kidding. Wow, why isn't music this good anymore? We've lost a lot, people, we've lost a lot.

[Starlitblond]

Meeooow..

[MsFranko64]

indimenticabile .........capolavoro!

[raulcha1972]

me encanta la musica es genial

[CusterFlux]

Absolutely brilliant song - but the sound man couldn't have been Al's, he's just going with a safe meat and potatoes sound, which doesn't really serve a tune like this well - ( probably because he didn't really know the song ). Regardless - the musicians still pull it off ( as we're often forced to ;)

[STEFANO21101962]

Sublime!!!

[pierogiacalone]

INTRAMONTABILE

[MrSilkydrew]

I`ts about the chineses new year, like the year of the dragon. So his stuck in the year of the cat with some chick his hooked up with at some social function and so on and so on, at least she came.

[beaucat10]

Krysiane R.I.P !

[ronaldomitchell]

That's the one greatest 's songs of the 70's.

[7855waldo]

@ronaldomitchell - And there weren't too many of them, either!

Excuse me now, I must go polish my platform shoes and the disco ball.

[suziecreamchease]

this sweet hippy and his hippy friends sends a shiver down my spine...

[fossaalta]

sembra ieri ed era un inverno freddissimo , e quessta musica era nell'aria dl finire di un anno nuovo ,, diventavo padre . l'anno del gatto .

[hahafunnypolis]

This is good.

[MemoryImplant]

I'll trade a lot of hair for no hair!

[russelljdj]

Great Song. Great times and memories. Boy we sure had a LOT of hair back then huh.

[GTC1958]

@russelljdj Sounds like you were part of the band. It was this song that I first experienced what "stereo music" really was, sitting in my 77 Ford Bronco after putting in a brand new stereo system. Bring back great memories. Thanks

[simplyrahil]

totally awesome!

[kafurigo]

lo mejor me trae recuerdo de una amiga que tube y nunca la vi desaparecio de mi vida pero con este tema la seguire recordando por siempre desde ECUADOR gracias al stewart por el tema espectacular

[GR8SCOT22]

Fantastic song, damn I wish were 18 again, this song certainly brings back those memories. Thanks for the post, and Al thanks for the memories

[ncmike58]

wish I was19 again.

[rog944]

Nice video. However, I much prefer the original pianist's performance over this one. I think part of the problem though is that the volume on the piano is not high enough.

[dragonblackbelt4]

simply the best!!!!

[joyceannpumpkin]

:).........ah!

[csmelen]

Fantastic live version; this is real music.

[choi4816]

A real gem from the 70's, thanks for finding and posting this treasure!!

[theschumanity]

Great long performance. I do like the original album's pianist better, though. (The original pianist co-wrote the song, too.)

Did anyone else notice that the sax player looks like Paul Calf?

[crish125]

la mejor version de este exelente temaso q alos q hoy tenemos 40 y algo lo bailamos

[visioninteraction]

Great musician..ageless and timeless song.. would be one of the songs I would put on my top of my list of aha memorable moments when first hearing it..thanks love this..:-)

[grahamandjune]

I was at the Birmingham Odeon concert in 1979 with June. Nobody sang along. The whole audience stood there, transfixed. Graham, Aberdeen.

[stephystills]

GREAT!  -- wish I had been there in 79"" Good ONE!

[1danrobbins]

I was, and even though I, sadly never heard this song performed live, I thought it was one of the best songs of the era.

[MrEffortless]

Now this is a great performance and a great video to post thanks so much.

[MotoRomario]

It's such a nice guy Al Steart,timeless!

[zeusdergott]

que canción me trae muchos recurdos de mi juventud reunidas con mis conpañeras del cole promo1977 BANDERA DEL PERÚ Pisco

[MrArayaalfaro]

Increíble performance para una tremenda canción!!!

[KnownByU]

Nice Video.

[circusguy]

Great live version of this song. Fantastic audience! I hear that Al's a great guy and has some amazing stories to tell.

[meterman39]

Thank you for posting this. One of my favorites.

[bobinfiler]

We made love to this tune way back then, bless this time of Music

[mango66666]

Fantastic!!!!

[rialdo]

WENA,WENA LA CANCION

[dom50801]

i wish the music of today was like this, with all the hooks and catchy lyrics.

[rosanafalasco]

AMO ESTA CANCION!!!!!.....

[getuptheyard]

deadly

[akiropoietico]

Es una joya!!!!!

[TeletubbiesGiallo]

I would like to know the same thing

[aitraining]

Is the studio version available anywhere on you tube?

[tohuvohu2]

sounds like eric Idle , looks like him too