After listening and reading these, another amazing thing i've noticed is this....Some of the most thoughtful, true, memorable, down-to-earth comments are found under these "classic, timeless songs! And in contrast, some of the most disgusting, stupid, hate-filled, negative comments are found under today's mainstream "W-i-repeat" "no creativity-included" songs!!! Am i right????
I was born in 1976. So it's obvious I don't remember this song being played in heavy rotation on the radio, but dammit man, I LOVE 70's music.
I don't think it matters how old, or young, you are, GREAT music is always GREAT. Plus I think a lot of people can relate to this song. I think we all drift into "Time Passages" at one time or another, and miss the days of our youth, when things were simple, and fun.
General timeframe of this tune constitutes a specific few years in my life which cause me the most wistful looking back, so strongly as to induce tears. There are specific reasons/memories the time was so special and cherished which I won't detail. But this very song -- from that hallowed time, with those lyrics -- can surely carry loads of poignancy (although arrangement aspects preclude it as a true favorite Al song for me, per se.)
I JUST LOVE AL STEWART'S VIBE......IT'S IN EVERY SONG HE MAKES TOO. I REMEMBER HEARING HIS MUSIC ON TV WHEN I WAS A YOUNG CHILD, AND IT STUCK WITH ME ALL THIS TIME.....NOW'S THAT'S GOOD MUSIC!
with this song my life hurls before me.. it's all happening too quickly .. I really love this music.. please help me..... am I alive or only dreaming?? xoxoxooxoxoxoox
Great song. Only it reminds me of the bad times when I was lost, poor, overweight zit faced social outcast struggling through highschool. I have few pleasant memories of that time. Now is my golden time. i'm free, debt free, lost the weight, rolling in cash and I'm happy. Would I go back? Heck no (unless I could take my current knowledge with me, but if I could do that it wouldn't exactly be "going back" since I'd be a multi-millionaire within a decade).
I've seen too many horrible divorces among friends and family and I've seen how men are treated when they find themselves in "family court". That pretty much cured me of the whole "find your true love" thing. Without that, casual arrangements or one night stands seem pretty pointless to me. And dating has always been a big rigamarole, hardly worth the trouble even if you manage to get laid.
@vention4wh it sounds like a great plan,i've been divorced for almost 30 years and decided to not ruin someones life by helping some woman cheat.i only know what grief we can bring to someone who's involved.i don't want to be responsible for hurting someone for my own pleasure.i don't worry about sex much anymore,i like my hobbies also.have a good time with your gardening.buy the way i own my own home and feel quite comfy.
So instead I have some hobbies to pass the time and a few friends to hang out with. And it's awesome to have a family wage job on a single man's expenses. It leaves me about 2600 extra each month, which I'm mostly saving. I've got my mind set on a nice house on a couple acres. I want a big garden and some fruit trees, and maybe a few roommates who are into gardening as well. Should be fun. I'll have it paid off within a couple years of buying it.
I was 16, Got my drivers licence and it was my ticket to be free, Spent that Christmas alone in my first car a 67 Pontiac. Driving to the big city and stopped at a gas station and got a loaf of bread and a package of baloney, best Christmas 1976 so innocent.
@rbhot69 i spent my first "car"nite in my 58 Bonneville Convert.slept in it and froze my butt off but it started a love afair with cars.i still love my BONNY.
Life was better before computers, atms, gps, i pods, etc. I know bcause i'm 62. And khow the difference. Morality, along with fiscal sanity, is a thing of the past. anything goes, now. And, shortly everthing will go. (down the tubes)
@RobBurtonGuitar Al Stewart had (has) an amazing flair for time travel (and place travel) among the other good stuff of his composing talent. He's one of my faves, period.
I was 17 in 1976 we had fun before video games, remember hanging out,yeah life was simple probably because we were still kids.It was a great time to grow up.
@captaincalamity59 I WAS 16. NO VIDEO NO COMPUTERS NO CELL PHONES NO MP3 NO DVD OR CD BUT WE HAD THE BEST MUSIC. WHEN ALL THE THINGS STARTED THE MUSIC CREPT OUT THE BACK DOOR EXCEPT A FEW SHINED- THE B0SS-PRINCE-U2-COLD PLAY
@captaincalamity59 So true! The music was the absolute BEST, Life was great and you had a pretty good chance of becoming all that you planned to be. GOD I MISS THE 70's!!
It's a great song and the arrangement is surprisingly soulful when it gets into the insrtumental part...the rise of the strings and then, that sweet acoustic guitar solo followed by that screaming alto sax solo! The major 7ths and the suspended/resolved 5ths! Ugh! Tears in my eyes and a crippling lump in my throat....
@reddog9401 Couldn't have said it better myself. I was 22 and just starting out. Somehow, I feel like I was better off then, than now. It was a great time to be alive.
Haunting and brilliant! A snapshot of a moment in all our lives, especially for ma growiong up in 60's Britain and still powerful having lived in Canad for over forty years. God bless you Al and thanks!
Love this- remember first year out of college driving along in December and it was starting to snow- and this came on the radio- Unbelievable ! Years later walked into a hotel lobby with my children and this came on. I was enthralled in that magical moment of Time Passages....
"Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight".....1978.....12 years old.....not a worry in the world.....what I wouldn't give to get back on that train to 1978.......
My folks never liked hard rock or heavy metal (like I do), and I grew up listening to this and other soft stuff, r&b, whatever. I heard this song when I was 10 or 11, and it was a magical time when all you cared about was playing with friends, riding your bike, eating pizza, and teasing girls. Funny how a song can bring it all back.
@spunkyswagger1 AND mjcamck wasn't life grand when you could leave your house without having to put up an emotional wall against virtually everyone; like it was then, when people dug sounds like these. I just hope to god the pendulum swings back one day.
One of them songs which you can play over and over and never get tired of. Was a teenager listening to am radio when this came out. abc was the station back then.
Everything is what we make it. We can choose to make it whatever we want. It will never be the same, but it can be better. Don't let go of the dream. :)
@strangersound - Right you are. We can be better and, for the sake of our precious children, we must NEVER let go of the dream of a harmonious, free & universally prosperous world. Thank you for the lift this evening. PEACE to you.
I am crying my eyes out! My mom left on Vacation today and my father passed away July 13, 2009... I have been unhappy ever since... This song makes me want to go back and be with my father and travel to Cedar Point or Myrtle Beach like we used too.. I used to hear this song while traveling a lot and would not go to sleep after hearing Al or Barry Manilow...
@laredodl I am sorry you lost your Mom.... These songs make us remember the good times and all we want is to be there and feel the things and to be able to touch the lost loved ones again... (((HUGS)))
I have always associated this song with the longing for return from an exile in an incomprehensible world of pointless hustling and militant uglification. Everything of real value was in the past, and irretrievable. When this song was a hit, I was 25, living in Kansas City, selling advertising, and half out of my mind with dread, loneliness and angst. Little did I know how much uglier the world would become.
@VisionaryCompanion -- hope it turned out better for you. I, also, am a KC person. I moved away, but always like coming home to visit. Just there for the holidays -- the Plaza lights were beautiful. Peace.
I really like this song November of 1978 I was going to finsih mi high school and I listened this music unforgettable time pasages of my life with my little radio yeah
ahhh...........being 12-13 years old when this tune was on the radio!! Yet, being so young, I still seemed to "get" what Al Stewart was talking about!! Guess it was just his talent as a songwriter that enabled me to "understand"......
@jimbotufc-not at all! I am 28 and have loved "old" songs all my life! I first heard Stewart's "Year of the Cat" at 13 and have loved it ever since! :)
Once upon a time i was 13 and it was the first time i had to leave my little town to travel to Port-au -Prince Haiti and i heard that song for the first time,and since then i can't let go.I was crying even though i didn't understand a word he was saying but the music captivated my soul.Thanks mister Stewart,its a great song !
@JimboTufc Are you kidding! I was 12 when this came out and was an instant fan and till this day i still love as much as i did then. You just have good taste in music their is nothing bad about that.
I also heard this on the radio today, which was very strange for me as it was in a dream I had last night, which involved other Al Stewart tracks. What a song, not heard enough, even in dreams.
Was standing in line at the grocery store, and this song came on the store music. Brought back a flood of memories from my youth. Had to come and find it, re-live those care-free days one more time, even if its only in my mind.
Takes me back to a time when there were musicians and bands playing music. Now all we have are recording artists spitting out computer generated auto-tuned crap.
@etlewis69 You are 110% correct about today's artists...Some of today's music is actually "good", but the artists lack the talent and cannot even play an instrument!!
THIS IS CLASSIC BEAUTY IN THE FORM OF MUSIC. I CAN STILL REMEMBER HEARING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME. SOCCER WAS IN FULL SWING AND SO WAS THIS SONG.... DELICIOUSLY NEVER FORGETABLE!
@bassted666 Video games??...would have loved to have heard this song in an arcade in 1983..never happened, just the hits of 82-83. Oh well...Time Passages is a wonderful, timeless song that can make you cry!!
This song brings back the memories of the summer of 1978 and my friends and I driving the Canadian Roadways in a Chevy convertable enjoying the wind blowing through our hair and this song playing on the Radio from a Station in Toronto. Thoses were the golden moments of our lives. I wish we could return to that era.
@spunkyswagger1 - Yes, indeed. Days weren't filled with frantic multi-tasking. And, people WERE nicer, more considerate, more caring. For the sake of our children, I hope we (the human family) can get back there. Best Wishes & Peace to you.
I actually remember going to the record store in 1978 with my dad to get this album for my mom as a Christmas gift. I was 8 then and I have loved this song ever since.
A good friend hit his head while playing paintball a few months ago. Now he hardly remembers our good times together & he's not my friend anymore. I am very sad about that. This song is for my friend. I pray God brings you back some day because "I know you're in there, you're just out of sight."
I love this song. Reminds me of simpler times. A feel good song you could kick back and relax with. No yelling, profanity, or violence. Just smooth music to take your mind away to peaceful places and soothe the soul.
@MegatronMaK0 Cool... I'm 49 and look like Opie Taylor and I'd trip you out too. From the Sugar Hill Gangs' Rappers' Delight. to Pavarotti.... Huge Motown fan and bands like Steely Dan, Boz Scags, Toto, Marvin Gaye, Luther Vandros. I'd say that Muskrat Love is by far my most favorite..... NOT!
Logging in from Wellington, New Zealand. "Time Passages" was released in 1978 and reached no 7 on Billboard 100 in December of the same year. I reckon that this is a seriously good track and I rate it highly. it also appears on his Greatest Hits album along side "Year of The Cat" and "On the Border".Thanks for the vid.
when I was a teenager I listened Patti Smith and Pink floyd and my Mother said me put something to listen please, so I put this album and She said oh thank you .
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After listening and reading these, another amazing thing i've noticed is this....Some of the most thoughtful, true, memorable, down-to-earth comments are found under these "classic, timeless songs! And in contrast, some of the most disgusting, stupid, hate-filled, negative comments are found under today's mainstream "W-i-repeat" "no creativity-included" songs!!! Am i right????
sanjaymadhavipatel 14 hours ago
I was born in 1976. So it's obvious I don't remember this song being played in heavy rotation on the radio, but dammit man, I LOVE 70's music.
I don't think it matters how old, or young, you are, GREAT music is always GREAT. Plus I think a lot of people can relate to this song. I think we all drift into "Time Passages" at one time or another, and miss the days of our youth, when things were simple, and fun.
GialloHorror 21 hours ago in playlist 1970's Music
General timeframe of this tune constitutes a specific few years in my life which cause me the most wistful looking back, so strongly as to induce tears. There are specific reasons/memories the time was so special and cherished which I won't detail. But this very song -- from that hallowed time, with those lyrics -- can surely carry loads of poignancy (although arrangement aspects preclude it as a true favorite Al song for me, per se.)
cherimelodie 1 day ago
I JUST LOVE AL STEWART'S VIBE......IT'S IN EVERY SONG HE MAKES TOO. I REMEMBER HEARING HIS MUSIC ON TV WHEN I WAS A YOUNG CHILD, AND IT STUCK WITH ME ALL THIS TIME.....NOW'S THAT'S GOOD MUSIC!
classy1973 2 days ago 3
This album sits in my memories, I will never forget this album.1978.
drummoyne52xx 4 days ago 3
I was 13 years old in 1976--This song takes me back-This song brings me to tears and words cannot say why-Excellent writing
tomkonow 6 days ago 5
This song takes me to my happy place.
s4ujcd 1 week ago 10
I wanna cry!
EJMUSIC6 1 week ago
@EJMUSIC6 Better get one of those keypad protector deals, I just saw some on HSN 19.95 you can get two of em. Sounded like a hellaova deal to me.
242ls88 1 week ago
My youth! late 70's...man this song takes me back..Music moved us all back then.
Hawaiian80882 1 week ago 5
i sure hope nobody attempts a remake of this song. there oughtta be a law against that. this is a classic!
dantroop225 1 week ago 5
@dantroop225 Right on , man!!!!!
62olds88 1 week ago
Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight. AWESOME LYRICS!
EJMUSIC6 1 week ago
One of just a very few 70's songs that I consider the best of all time on my A-List
YOU2UUB 1 week ago in playlist Favorite videos
13 People need a Time Passage to Happy Land!!! Great song!!!!
LCRV1 1 week ago 5
Where can I find the lyrics to Time Passages please?
Batman19661968 2 weeks ago
@Batman19661968 Use google, google is your friend. Just put in Time passages Al Stewart.
BrokenArts 1 week ago
Magical times when I hear this music, since the 1st time 70's.
ikeplus1 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
nunovanhalen023 YES, it is the beginning of sax solo...Nice!!!
Happy70s 2 weeks ago
2:55 is that high note played by a saxophone?
nunovanhalen023 2 weeks ago
13 people have cat shit in there ears. this is an awesome song !
FREEALIST 2 weeks ago 3
I'm sixteen years old and i don`t undestand the music of today... :-/
lopezosaaa 2 weeks ago
@lopezosaaa LOL....I am 48 and I don't get it either!!!!
LCRV1 1 week ago
with this song my life hurls before me.. it's all happening too quickly .. I really love this music.. please help me..... am I alive or only dreaming?? xoxoxooxoxoxoox
altazboy 2 weeks ago 3
Awww, love the Nostalgia of these songs; love it.
rhonielynn66 2 weeks ago
Dear Fender Rhodes piano, I love you.
roscoegino 3 weeks ago 2
@roscoegino If you do, check out NEVER ENOUGH RHODES on blogspot! It is the magic sound!
BrickLaneBetty 2 weeks ago
don't you think how ironic the music is compared to the stories of how it all came together?nice bio,i had no idea.
nomiclas 3 weeks ago
ugh...can I go back for one day to my teens?brings me back...
jkallboys 3 weeks ago
Great song. Only it reminds me of the bad times when I was lost, poor, overweight zit faced social outcast struggling through highschool. I have few pleasant memories of that time. Now is my golden time. i'm free, debt free, lost the weight, rolling in cash and I'm happy. Would I go back? Heck no (unless I could take my current knowledge with me, but if I could do that it wouldn't exactly be "going back" since I'd be a multi-millionaire within a decade).
vention4wh 3 weeks ago
@vention4wh so money is the answer to everthing --- you did not mention a girl
48dodea 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
@48dodea
>you did not mention a girl
1.
I've seen too many horrible divorces among friends and family and I've seen how men are treated when they find themselves in "family court". That pretty much cured me of the whole "find your true love" thing. Without that, casual arrangements or one night stands seem pretty pointless to me. And dating has always been a big rigamarole, hardly worth the trouble even if you manage to get laid.
vention4wh 3 weeks ago
@vention4wh it sounds like a great plan,i've been divorced for almost 30 years and decided to not ruin someones life by helping some woman cheat.i only know what grief we can bring to someone who's involved.i don't want to be responsible for hurting someone for my own pleasure.i don't worry about sex much anymore,i like my hobbies also.have a good time with your gardening.buy the way i own my own home and feel quite comfy.
nomiclas 3 weeks ago
@48dodea
>you did not mention a girl
2.
So instead I have some hobbies to pass the time and a few friends to hang out with. And it's awesome to have a family wage job on a single man's expenses. It leaves me about 2600 extra each month, which I'm mostly saving. I've got my mind set on a nice house on a couple acres. I want a big garden and some fruit trees, and maybe a few roommates who are into gardening as well. Should be fun. I'll have it paid off within a couple years of buying it.
vention4wh 3 weeks ago
I was 16, Got my drivers licence and it was my ticket to be free, Spent that Christmas alone in my first car a 67 Pontiac. Driving to the big city and stopped at a gas station and got a loaf of bread and a package of baloney, best Christmas 1976 so innocent.
rbhot69 3 weeks ago 4
@rbhot69 i spent my first "car"nite in my 58 Bonneville Convert.slept in it and froze my butt off but it started a love afair with cars.i still love my BONNY.
nomiclas 3 weeks ago
We love this song over at the BOTTSR.
BOTTSRGEDDON 3 weeks ago
i know your in there,your just out of sight' great song al.
TheJimmyjames8 4 weeks ago 2
Life was better before computers, atms, gps, i pods, etc. I know bcause i'm 62. And khow the difference. Morality, along with fiscal sanity, is a thing of the past. anything goes, now. And, shortly everthing will go. (down the tubes)
radicright 4 weeks ago 3
thins u lean on are things that dont last
TheJimmyjames8 1 month ago
This song makes you want to go back in time and look back on your years of growing up into adulthood.
MrAvon5000 1 month ago 3
This was life before technology.... it was such a better life. It's too bad things have to change
RobBurtonGuitar 1 month ago
Wo I so remember this. I was 6 years old in 76. Jeez This puts me right back into my childhood......amazing
RobBurtonGuitar 1 month ago 3
@RobBurtonGuitar Al Stewart had (has) an amazing flair for time travel (and place travel) among the other good stuff of his composing talent. He's one of my faves, period.
GaryHMan 3 weeks ago 17
I was 17 in 1976 we had fun before video games, remember hanging out,yeah life was simple probably because we were still kids.It was a great time to grow up.
captaincalamity59 1 month ago 27
@captaincalamity59 I WAS 16. NO VIDEO NO COMPUTERS NO CELL PHONES NO MP3 NO DVD OR CD BUT WE HAD THE BEST MUSIC. WHEN ALL THE THINGS STARTED THE MUSIC CREPT OUT THE BACK DOOR EXCEPT A FEW SHINED- THE B0SS-PRINCE-U2-COLD PLAY
TheJimmyjames8 1 month ago
@captaincalamity59 what it was, was better.
RobertMOdell 3 weeks ago
@captaincalamity59 So true! The music was the absolute BEST, Life was great and you had a pretty good chance of becoming all that you planned to be. GOD I MISS THE 70's!!
ralphkramden1 1 week ago 2
Great song reminds me of growing up in Albuquerque New Mexico we had soo much fun and a great childhood!!!
nemo9512 1 month ago
The cover reminds me of that movie
were the hippy gets smoked at the grand canyon.
About 2012.
Didnt see that comin in 76 !!
SkuIICrusherGhost 1 month ago
It's a great song and the arrangement is surprisingly soulful when it gets into the insrtumental part...the rise of the strings and then, that sweet acoustic guitar solo followed by that screaming alto sax solo! The major 7ths and the suspended/resolved 5ths! Ugh! Tears in my eyes and a crippling lump in my throat....
AllusCats 1 month ago 3
Takes me back to being a kid
love it
Oregonmw 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
i was 18 in 1976, life was fun, easy and simpler. i want to go back and change my destiny.muisic was awesome, now it sucks.
reddog9401 1 month ago 2
@reddog9401 Couldn't have said it better myself. I was 22 and just starting out. Somehow, I feel like I was better off then, than now. It was a great time to be alive.
WMJCPA 1 month ago
Haunting and brilliant! A snapshot of a moment in all our lives, especially for ma growiong up in 60's Britain and still powerful having lived in Canad for over forty years. God bless you Al and thanks!
billycanbolly 1 month ago
Memories-------Menories!
sammywclark 1 month ago
Love this- remember first year out of college driving along in December and it was starting to snow- and this came on the radio- Unbelievable ! Years later walked into a hotel lobby with my children and this came on. I was enthralled in that magical moment of Time Passages....
IdelettesFavorites 1 month ago
The dislikes must be from people just being dumb.
MegaWarsaw 1 month ago 2
great !! life was so great then and so were people
enimor65 1 month ago
Respect!!!
tmichelott 1 month ago
Great album art, and song.
chickeninthebreadpen 1 month ago
how the heck can anyone dislike this song they must be into real crappy today music ...
malefrmbk 1 month ago 3
Buy me a ticket back home!!!!!!!!
abc991954 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos 2
"Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight".....1978.....12 years old.....not a worry in the world.....what I wouldn't give to get back on that train to 1978.......
SlyDevil66 1 month ago 2
@SlyDevil66 13 years old then......I can relate to that....Those were such innocent times!
1windscape 1 month ago
My folks never liked hard rock or heavy metal (like I do), and I grew up listening to this and other soft stuff, r&b, whatever. I heard this song when I was 10 or 11, and it was a magical time when all you cared about was playing with friends, riding your bike, eating pizza, and teasing girls. Funny how a song can bring it all back.
himgoeswest 1 month ago 3
beautiful travelling tune
rollendestenen63 1 month ago
@spunkyswagger1 AND mjcamck wasn't life grand when you could leave your house without having to put up an emotional wall against virtually everyone; like it was then, when people dug sounds like these. I just hope to god the pendulum swings back one day.
doctorvibe11 1 month ago
yes, this song is perfect.
vnet2ctc 1 month ago
One of them songs which you can play over and over and never get tired of. Was a teenager listening to am radio when this came out. abc was the station back then.
naturallymesmooches 1 month ago
This song reminds me to be young forever: in my body, in my soul and in my mind.
LSDfischbein79 1 month ago
all my life i was always used to the radio version....the album version is MUCH better thank you for posting it
debfan74 1 month ago
1978....Would love to go back there.....And back to the girl in my life then.....Miss them both !
bobbyozb 1 month ago
Everything is what we make it. We can choose to make it whatever we want. It will never be the same, but it can be better. Don't let go of the dream. :)
strangersound 1 month ago 2
@strangersound - Right you are. We can be better and, for the sake of our precious children, we must NEVER let go of the dream of a harmonious, free & universally prosperous world. Thank you for the lift this evening. PEACE to you.
mjcamck 1 month ago 2
@mjcamck Peace to you, too. :)
strangersound 1 month ago
it will never be the same again....
SuperSteelydanfan 1 month ago
One of the finest songs of the 20th Century. Never gets old.
CH67guy1 1 month ago 2
I am crying my eyes out! My mom left on Vacation today and my father passed away July 13, 2009... I have been unhappy ever since... This song makes me want to go back and be with my father and travel to Cedar Point or Myrtle Beach like we used too.. I used to hear this song while traveling a lot and would not go to sleep after hearing Al or Barry Manilow...
PamelaJoParrish 2 months ago 3
@PamelaJoParrish Cheer up! :D
strangersound 1 month ago
@PamelaJoParrish .....Life is a journey, and only "you" hold the map!........"Jagar"
ausfuhrpramienjagar 1 month ago 5
@PamelaJoParrish This song was on the radio on the way to the hospital when my mom passed away. Always a speciial song to me also.
laredodl 1 month ago
@laredodl I am sorry you lost your Mom.... These songs make us remember the good times and all we want is to be there and feel the things and to be able to touch the lost loved ones again... (((HUGS)))
PamelaJoParrish 1 month ago
I do miss my Hippie days, when I really believed that peace and love was really going to be "the norm". I can still hope, I suppose.
Ninure 2 months ago
I agree. I want to go back in time when things didn't seem so difficult and there was a feeling of hope for the future.
berrylyn 2 months ago
great combo of sound voice instruments!!! it was late in
December the sky turned to SNOW Hurrah!!!
yalecheerleder 2 months ago
This song brings back memories, reminds me of my youngster years, when there were no worries, And how time passes--Time passages
shane802 2 months ago
I have always associated this song with the longing for return from an exile in an incomprehensible world of pointless hustling and militant uglification. Everything of real value was in the past, and irretrievable. When this song was a hit, I was 25, living in Kansas City, selling advertising, and half out of my mind with dread, loneliness and angst. Little did I know how much uglier the world would become.
VisionaryCompanion 2 months ago
@VisionaryCompanion -- hope it turned out better for you. I, also, am a KC person. I moved away, but always like coming home to visit. Just there for the holidays -- the Plaza lights were beautiful. Peace.
ilovekansas 2 months ago
I really like this song November of 1978 I was going to finsih mi high school and I listened this music unforgettable time pasages of my life with my little radio yeah
palomopicon1977 2 months ago
Time Passages? Oh ... when I was a kid in the 70s, I thought he was singing "Thai Sausages." Oops.
selatik1 2 months ago
wow this song reminds me of being in high school ... Thanks AL! hope to see you live some day.
indphx 2 months ago
once when i was on acid, i found some time passages.
gearboxbreaker 2 months ago
ahhh...........being 12-13 years old when this tune was on the radio!! Yet, being so young, I still seemed to "get" what Al Stewart was talking about!! Guess it was just his talent as a songwriter that enabled me to "understand"......
TheBunnyist 2 months ago
an appropriate song for this time of the year.
bddrex 2 months ago
i remember this song from way back and al stewert
brings back some good memories.
54354618 2 months ago
@jimbotufc-not at all! I am 28 and have loved "old" songs all my life! I first heard Stewart's "Year of the Cat" at 13 and have loved it ever since! :)
XFiles1993 2 months ago
Once upon a time i was 13 and it was the first time i had to leave my little town to travel to Port-au -Prince Haiti and i heard that song for the first time,and since then i can't let go.I was crying even though i didn't understand a word he was saying but the music captivated my soul.Thanks mister Stewart,its a great song !
vicky25091 2 months ago
My mom first turned me onto Al Stewart's Year of the Cat, and just today she introduced me to this. So beautiful, powerful and honest....I love it:)
haleysageirwin 2 months ago
Can someone explain the album cover to me? I miss albums with great covers like this.
ar4216 2 months ago
im 12 and im in love with this song? is that a bad thing?
JimboTufc 2 months ago 3
@JimboTufc
How could it be? Try his "Merlin's Time" if you've not already :)
Then, if you don't mind the suggestion, try Nick Drake---he is The Best, IMO
try "At the Chime of a City Clock" "Way To Blue" & "Northern Sky"
Roy Harper: "Another Day" & "Me and My Woman, Parts One and Two"
Kula Shaker: "Shadowlands," "Fool That I Am" & "Light of the Day" :D
These artists all have the same mellow feel you found so appealing in the song by Al Stewart
Happy listening!!!
*Namaste*
GGiblet 2 months ago
@JimboTufc No, it just means you have good taste in music... There's hope yet for todays generation.
AnAmericanSon 2 months ago
@JimboTufc not at all! it's a great song and you have great taste!
bringbackreagan1 2 months ago
@JimboTufc Are you kidding! I was 12 when this came out and was an instant fan and till this day i still love as much as i did then. You just have good taste in music their is nothing bad about that.
towtf 2 months ago
I also heard this on the radio today, which was very strange for me as it was in a dream I had last night, which involved other Al Stewart tracks. What a song, not heard enough, even in dreams.
russnuman 2 months ago
This song was played today on the radio. What would we do without youTube...
dendoh12 2 months ago
Was standing in line at the grocery store, and this song came on the store music. Brought back a flood of memories from my youth. Had to come and find it, re-live those care-free days one more time, even if its only in my mind.
Thanks for taking me back.
thegarmanz 2 months ago
One for the memories...great piece from 1978....Year of the Cat from 1977 is great too!!
oldiesmusic76 2 months ago
cherish those memories, man! today is kinda crazy. don't be so perfect and forgive yourself. you must do that first!
jamesnewton777 2 months ago
MASTERPIES !!!
did69dirk11 2 months ago
Takes me back to a time when there were musicians and bands playing music. Now all we have are recording artists spitting out computer generated auto-tuned crap.
etlewis69 3 months ago
@etlewis69 You are 110% correct about today's artists...Some of today's music is actually "good", but the artists lack the talent and cannot even play an instrument!!
oldiesmusic76 2 months ago
@oldiesmusic76 most of today's so called artists copy old songs and destroy them! and you are so right; they don't play instruments either!
bringbackreagan1 2 months ago 2
nineteen seventy-eight, what a great year & song.
tommyschock 3 months ago
@tommyschock Anything from 1955 to about 1983 is great, especially 1976-78
oldiesmusic76 2 months ago
THIS IS CLASSIC BEAUTY IN THE FORM OF MUSIC. I CAN STILL REMEMBER HEARING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME. SOCCER WAS IN FULL SWING AND SO WAS THIS SONG.... DELICIOUSLY NEVER FORGETABLE!
trufflesandwine 3 months ago
Very nice song. also like the picture, takes me back to the old video games of the 80's and 90's :)
bassted666 3 months ago
@bassted666 Video games??...would have loved to have heard this song in an arcade in 1983..never happened, just the hits of 82-83. Oh well...Time Passages is a wonderful, timeless song that can make you cry!!
oldiesmusic76 2 months ago
This song brings back the memories of the summer of 1978 and my friends and I driving the Canadian Roadways in a Chevy convertable enjoying the wind blowing through our hair and this song playing on the Radio from a Station in Toronto. Thoses were the golden moments of our lives. I wish we could return to that era.
TheIronAirship 3 months ago
Geeeeezzz the summer of 1978!...Time Passages: I was on a plane heading to Ft Dix New Jersey for Basic...Man where did those times go.
Hawaiian80882 3 months ago 2
This song, to me, is my window of escape to yesterday when things were simpler, times were slower and people were nicer. Thank you yesterday.
spunkyswagger1 3 months ago 35
@spunkyswagger1 imagine if we had the internet back then?...How discusting that would of been..I'm glad we didn't..we would of missed out on life
Midnightryder7 2 months ago
@spunkyswagger1 - Yes, indeed. Days weren't filled with frantic multi-tasking. And, people WERE nicer, more considerate, more caring. For the sake of our children, I hope we (the human family) can get back there. Best Wishes & Peace to you.
mjcamck 1 month ago 2
@spunkyswagger1 You're telling me. I grew up listening to this song on the radio when I was a kid growing up in Mississauga, Ontario.
sheltv100 1 month ago
This song brings me back to better times with a future that looked bright and promising. Thanks for the post.
jeffreymliss 3 months ago 3
Music transcends age, race, color, creed and your planet of origin!
thepriceofpearls 3 months ago 3
@thepriceofpearls yes-im from Jupiter and and I agree
thepisces1963 3 months ago
such a fine tuned groove
rollendestenen63 3 months ago
OMG, that sax sings!
jasba1983 3 months ago 4
Another 'war baby'-kicking it,wow.
ikeplus1 3 months ago
decent song, but did it really need to be over 6 minutes long?
It starts off so slow.
The first 3 minutes are rather pointless
hospitalbedpan1 3 months ago
@hospitalbedpan1 Why dont you think of it as awesome elevator music,but I for one want to hear the whole song-all. Masterpiece,imho.
ikeplus1 2 months ago
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this is so gay lol
Slipknot5301 3 months ago
@Slipknot5301 definitely not nearly as gay as slipknot. please stick to your shltty music and leave us people with good taste alone
themiguelman 3 months ago
they were playing this song in the background on a sixty minutes story, made me remember. great song.
butcher1710 3 months ago
and you just tied Randy Moss' TD streak.
varlesifamily 3 months ago
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Since it came out, never left Al Stewart--still there at 60+.Enjoy
ikeplus1 3 months ago in playlist ikeplus1's favorites
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what would you do, if we could go back. see a love one?
reddog9401 4 months ago
i was 18 when this came out. please take me back in time, when things were so carefree and simple
reddog9401 4 months ago 5
Best sax ever. Am I right?
biggraz1 4 months ago 5
@biggraz1 Naw. Listen to the solo on Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street. This one is classic too though :)
honour123 3 months ago
I actually remember going to the record store in 1978 with my dad to get this album for my mom as a Christmas gift. I was 8 then and I have loved this song ever since.
benclark27 4 months ago 4
This song gets 6 stars out of 5...
uhlerrobertj 4 months ago 3
a kid on the I 95 in Jersey eating pickles ... 1970 something ...
DingopacME 4 months ago 2
the instrumentals are sweeet!
AlwaysStampinUp 4 months ago 2
@CammiHarper Thank you.
Delmarvellous 4 months ago
This is a very good song.
smokingguns29 4 months ago
A good friend hit his head while playing paintball a few months ago. Now he hardly remembers our good times together & he's not my friend anymore. I am very sad about that. This song is for my friend. I pray God brings you back some day because "I know you're in there, you're just out of sight."
Delmarvellous 4 months ago
Damn,Al Stewart & Co. you guys rock!!
ikeplus1 4 months ago
I love this song. Reminds me of simpler times. A feel good song you could kick back and relax with. No yelling, profanity, or violence. Just smooth music to take your mind away to peaceful places and soothe the soul.
penelopepitstopd1 4 months ago 3
Sooo f'in awesome. I feel like I took an animal tranquilizer dart to my throat.
Luneleger 4 months ago 2
this song makes me think of a life i lived in another time
archie977 4 months ago 2
Another King Scotman AL Stewart with "time passages" along with his countryman Gerry Rafferty with "baker street". My A-list songs of the 70's
YOU2UUB 4 months ago in playlist YOU2UUB's favorites 2
Whenever I visit Monument Valley,I see Wayne and Stewart in the sandstone monoliths.Thank You John Ford.
TheTherese3 4 months ago
I feel young again when I hear this classic song. Those were the days of great musics.
witnessed1 4 months ago 2
The musical bridge of this song give you a sense of relaxation.
MrGreekdealer 4 months ago
Life felt so good back then. Love was exciting and amazing. Marjorie, I still think of you, love you. Frank
Frankiarmz 4 months ago 2
yea thank you so much f0r this video im forty six just today this and the year of the cat my oldies beautifor songs for ever
urbanoor 4 months ago 2
Don't make em like thay used to! What a bloody Great great song!!
leeking007 4 months ago 2
i'm a 34 yr old black man, grew up in the hip-hop era , and this is one of my top five favorite songs
MegatronMaK0 4 months ago 59
@MegatronMaK0 open mind...open soul...
zaxtech 4 months ago
@MegatronMaK0 Cool... I'm 49 and look like Opie Taylor and I'd trip you out too. From the Sugar Hill Gangs' Rappers' Delight. to Pavarotti.... Huge Motown fan and bands like Steely Dan, Boz Scags, Toto, Marvin Gaye, Luther Vandros. I'd say that Muskrat Love is by far my most favorite..... NOT!
Out of curiosity... what are the other 4?
FTroop37F 3 months ago 2
@MegatronMaK0 Awesome! One of my favorites too!
JeremyKful 2 months ago
keep in mind Al was a Yes fan.
TheTherese3 4 months ago
time passages
callofduty5467 4 months ago
Logging in from Wellington, New Zealand. "Time Passages" was released in 1978 and reached no 7 on Billboard 100 in December of the same year. I reckon that this is a seriously good track and I rate it highly. it also appears on his Greatest Hits album along side "Year of The Cat" and "On the Border".Thanks for the vid.
rorigiles 5 months ago
when I was a teenager I listened Patti Smith and Pink floyd and my Mother said me put something to listen please, so I put this album and She said oh thank you .
TheGlobal63 5 months ago