The galaxies and stars & such in the video remind me of what they're talking about might happen next year in December....hope not, but ya never know. Lovely song, along with the many other 100's of songs of back then.
SHADES OF THE FUTURE. This is not about religion it is about RECOGNIZING THE LOVE WE ALL ARE. BEAUTIFUL MUSIC. THEY SEE THE FUTURE OF LOVE AND PEACE ON EARTH
A friend on Facebook just posted this and I had to click on and listen, as well as do so research. Gosh I listened to this on the AM Radio Stations when I was a kid. Don't you wish you could go back to those days of not worrying about where your next meal was coming from, we rode our bikes behind the fogger machines and thought it was cool, we played outside all day without worring about someone lurking around the corner. I was in Wyoming growing up, weekend camping, fishing, hunting, miss it
@snideline442 WOW! I was a kid in So Cal when this came out and you just pretty much described how life was then for me too.Lived in a small town,about 40 mile inland from the coastline.Now,I live in Wyoming! Raised my kids here.Worked the oil fields. Pretty wierd huh? LOL!
I remember living in the God forsaken town of Thaxston, Mississippi, against my will, and hearing this, Crimson and Clover and Mississippe Queen and being transformed from a shaven haired military brat to the long haired dope smoker I became
Annie, my love... cruising down the road in my 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ with that 428 4 barrel, you next to me the windows down, your beautiful dark hair blowing in the wind and this song playing!!!! Where have the good old days gone? How how that ways a happy time. This song is special to me, and so is my Annie♥♥♥♥♥
"Crystal Blue Persuasion is a transcendent song... (it's)about more than a specific religious view... (it's)about "peace and good and brotherhood" It is simultaneously a plea and a message of hope... "the sun is rising... people are changing... a new vibration... maybe tomorrow" I am certain that the message is about how we should be treating other members of the human family and that it is a message of hope". ...well said, LIghtraylove..honored to give you the first .."thumbs up"
@foxyroxstar well that made me smile... yes WMM -- actually I found the animation of the globe and the water waves online -- i bought the water waves from some site -- don't remember what one and peace be with you as well, @foxyroxstar
@lightraylove ...the last work of art perhaps even of a Yessong artist's rendering, cool!..and Thanks! -the capitol city of it where the Sun is in communion with everyone?-...Peace and Love..Brotherhood!
(could spiritual reality become the truth?)....or at least let a few people see the blueprints of a new heaven and earth and some actual woman?..a few children I saw and "I" am easily convinced!
This song reminds of a wonderful vacation to Hawaii in 1969 to visit my boyfriend who was in the Air Force at the time. So romantic....what a beautiful memory. Love this version of the song better than the commercial one. More soulful.
Saw Tommy James at Rockin the Rivers in 2010 in Montana. Got to go back stage and get a few autographs. He is a very nice guy, and spent about half hour talking to my wife and I. I am not a groupy kind of guy, but I know the folks that own RTR and I was doing my sister a favor. Glad I did.
This song has been the greatest. It takes me back to those wonderful years that are forever gone except when you hear a song like this. Tommy James has always been my number one artist. This song says so much. I talked to him about this song as well as Sweet Cherry Wine. God plays a big part in his life. Some of his music speaks of love, life and faith. Love you always.
@sharfrench Those years are never gone when you listen to music like this. Brings me back when my friends and I rode our bikes with all all our baseball gear to the park on a Saturday morning in July. I brought my "transistor radio" along so we could listen to songs like this as we played ball and let our youth take over. Now I still rise early to a cup of coffee, listen to this and... remember
We all like to think that our generation was the greatest. Just ask your mother or father. But in all fairness I beleive the 60s were the best among all. This was the first that people came together and really loved thy neighbers and people around them. And its all started in San Francisco. In 1969 I hear this song from Tommy James well its unforgetable to this day Yes LOVE IS THE ANSWER and yes its the greatest song of all time. Thank you Tommy.
First heard this song at Fort Rucker, Alabama where I was taking AIT (Advanced Individual Training). I trained to be a UH-1 helicopter mechanic (crew chief / door gunner). A few months later, I was in Chu Lai, Vietnam. I served one tour from August 1969 until August 1970. Then I volunteered to go back after one month in the States but the Army wouldn't do it. I had to wait for six months before I went back to Vietnam in 1971 until 1972. I loved Vietnam but I hated to see the GIs suffer.
thank you everyone that has sent messages in my inbox over the last 9 months about their experiences and remembering this song...still very very awesome...specially in these troubled times we live in now...God Bless everyone!
When this song was released I was a teenager and I thought it was a hippie movement anthem. Love and peace, etc....the peace movement and anti-Viet Nam and so forth. It's touching to know that he was singing about his Christian beliefs. I love this version....his singing is so heart-felt. Love it.
I Heard the interview, the song is about spirituality not religion. The miracle of being transformed in your spirit by the blood of Jesus Christ and the same power that raised Him from the dead.
I like this song! I always wondered what it was about. There is this blog called SongSense.info where they tell you what the song really means. I can't believe what some songs are really about. I never would have imagined some of it. Cool Stuff.
Just to add to my post on the New Orleans statement is imagine N.O. but it happens world wide & the turmoil that followed . Look at what has happened in Haiti , Pakistan , New Zealand , Iceland & Indonesia . Just something to consider to prepare for the worst & hope for the best . Maybe this will be another Y2K but I doubt it .
they have some great information about what this song really means at SongSense.info, they also have incredible facts about what other popular songs REALLY mean.
@HaWkBeAtLeSnElSoN The words "a new day is comming . People are changing ain't it beautiful " made me think about Dec 21st 2012 . You've heard about the Mayan calendar ends on the Winter Solstice 2012 .
@LoneJackel As I replied a few days ago . It seems to be a perfect song to play on a day when many experts have come to 3 different events that might happen on Dec 21st 2012 . 1) comet hitting the earth or missing but close enough to change the rotation 2) sun flare that wipes out all electronic equipment that puts everyone back 100 years . 3) volcanic eruptions , earth quakes & other natural disasters that would happen . Remember New Orleans in 2005 .
One of my most vivid memories Of my youth{14 yrs old} was of my Mom and Dad dropping me and my cousin off on their way to our cottage and us hitching on to the lake,only to be picked up by my girlfriend and her mom.We sat in the rear seat and all we could do was stare,we didn,t speak,her mom didn,t know,we were so young.This song was playing,the day was beautiful and we were so in love.It didn,t last of course,it couldn,t,but when I hear this song I remember that summer and think of her.
Love and peace from the 70's... I wonder if you can post their other song which I am never successful in finding- Baby baby I can take it no more- thanks.. Its a beautiful song .
Listen to the hollapaula she is right I have been told buy a witnis he was one of us a brother but he stop but he beleaves in us the truth is near very near look at are earth it's dieing we can't save the ocean from the oil spill only one spirit can are loveing father jahova and are brother Jesus christ the time is near it is very close to the end of sin and the time for love and peas will be here love u all this is ur brother Carlos
I'd never really listened to the lyrics before. I always figured that he was singing the song to a woman who had crystal blue coloured eyes that persuaded him to do whatever she wanted him to do.
I had no idea the lyrics were ladden with commune-cult-bullshit.
Just as well that I didn't really listen to the words way back when.
I wouldn't have liked the tune anywhere near as much as I did.
i like this song. Crystal Blue Persuasion was written based on a blue book edited by the Watchtower Society which talks about the profecies of the Bible books Ezequiel, Isaiah, and Revelation. In these profecies talk about a new earth with peace and brotherhood. LOve this song!!!
Man, this song is awesome, I was back in the 60s and heard this song, man, I was in love with everybody. I had a soup up Chevy Malibu with big wide Tire, cruising down to Santa Monica beach with the wind blowing in while driving, man, I will never forget those time, I hope my old girl friends are doing well. Peace to all, wish the day like the 60s would come upon us again.
Get the book listed below - brilliantly written, engrossing. I knew nothing about TJ&TS until I read this book, this weekend. 200+ pages read in two days, it's THAT well written - an independent opinion.
Me, The Mob, & The Music, Tommy James [of The Shondells]; Scribner [Simon & Shuster, Inc.] (2010)
Get the book listed below - brilliantly written, engrossing. I knew nothing about TJ&TS until I read this book, this weekend. 200+ pages read in two days, it's THAT well written - an independent opinion.
Me, The Mob, & The Music, Tommy James [of The Shondells]; Scribner [Simon & Shuster, Inc.] (2010)
everytime I hear this song I see myself on the beach in San Diego (Im a 19 yr old newly formed navy squid) soaking up the rays........the women dont notice me, cuz I have short hair (1969) and all the guys back then had long hair....so they know Im navy and they hated us back then.....
it just makes all the cells in my body slow down and tingle. a new day is coming. people are changing. love is the answer. and that is all you need to know.
@billyjoebobway , i love reading your comment ! I close my eyes , lean backwards and imagine you having a great time then . I see sparkling sunbeams through the trees and can feel the peaceful moments you had .Isn't it great to share our feelings and if it's only a dream ? Peace to you , you're a blessed one .
@Omiewise65 Thank you for your comment ....as cptmccoy said, you are always so positive...those were the years....little did we know what 2010 was going to be like....or even cared....check out the version of crystal blue by concrete blonde...its a very good version and up to date ...take care and God Bless you...we will need his blessings very soon in this country....
Great song....I was very fortunate ....my life was like the wonder years...kevin and winnie...school...woke up in the summer and I could do whatever I wanted to....ride my bike anywhere, go exploring in the hills, go to a few girls houses with my friends and have chocolate milk and laugh...listen to music with them...it was awesome....huntington beach was it! Being 12, i could hardly wait till I was 16....the 60's and 70's were great!
@billyjoebobway man :( it puts my years to shame growing up around these times feels wasted while i look back at the 60's and 70's and feel like i been born in the wrong time
lol but i still remember the wonder years even tho i was a kid :)
@billyjoebobway Yes, feel the same. We would ride our bikes with our baseball gear to the park to play ball and enjoy the summer with songs like this. 52 now, and still enjoy a 5 AM sunrise listening to this.
@billyjoebobway Yes it was GREAT I remember all these song and to this day I love them still in that time we had NOTHING to worry about going anywhere was safe I miss that time it was good and I'm glad to be apart of that time thanks for the songs
@lilyfrogs15 I love just hitting replay and reading everyones comments ... what they were doing back in 69 and what impact did this song have on them....this song definitely had an impact on so many...and it was a good impact...take care and God Bless
I really enjoy how Mr. James experimented with sound in the production of his records. A wall of sound, but very different from the Phil Spector genre.
@eaaifiwate, thank you for your awesome comment! the music is the awesome creation! i just put together images that the song made me see in my mind's eye.
Great Job!!!! Great audio track! And.. amazingly, you used a few uncannily similar shots as I did on my interpretation!! I made mine for a live performance I'll be doing with it projected on the wall behind me. AWESOME!
@CherieKae, thank you for your kind words! i am going to go find your video. i am sure it is awesome. he conjures quite vivid images in his song. namaste
a1957scorpio, great comment! i don't know Tommy James, but I sure he disagrees with gwinnfreeland. It is such a transcendent song! Timeless and so hopeful.
Oh memories!..In the late sixties when this song came out I was just a kid growing into a man..but whenever I listened to this song my spirit was lifted and my imagination would drift away in dreams of youth! Thanks for posting it.
Gwinn, Maybe LISTEN to the LYRICS, next time, before judging!! "Open Your Heart and Mind" It's a new era, of transformation, of brotherhood and peace. The Age of Aquarius, which we are now experiencing!!
This music has nothing to do with Christianity, or religion ! It's a song about drugs ! You na'ive people !!!
The euphoric feeling of getting high is what it's about. It was written and preformed in the 70's, when smoking pot was new. and you thought it was about
gwinnfreeland, for me, Crystal Blue Persuasion is a transcendent song... about "peace and good and brotherhood"... both a plea and a hopeful message... "the sun is rising... people are changing... a new vibration... maybe tomorrow..." i don't know what specific influences (religious or otherwise) motivated Tommy James to write and perform this gem, but I am certain that the message is about how we should be treating other members of the human family and it is a message of hope.
Beautiful~~~~~~~
all4musica 3 weeks ago
The galaxies and stars & such in the video remind me of what they're talking about might happen next year in December....hope not, but ya never know. Lovely song, along with the many other 100's of songs of back then.
001GenLee 1 month ago
love this song peace
winnerdonna 1 month ago
Tommy James music brings spirituality into peoples hearts. People of good will are open to it's message.
AirMail56 1 month ago
Having great memories makes getting older not so bad. This feels so good.
MsThebeMoon 2 months ago
great song n video
jcmacho1 2 months ago
I love this and the words, great video!
Sherayx 2 months ago
nothing like this type of music wish it was still played on the radio
lonewolf81252 2 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Tommy himself has admitted it was a song about Jesus. You can see the interview here on YouTube.
tyme4mike 2 months ago
SHADES OF THE FUTURE. This is not about religion it is about RECOGNIZING THE LOVE WE ALL ARE. BEAUTIFUL MUSIC. THEY SEE THE FUTURE OF LOVE AND PEACE ON EARTH
JIDDY20 3 months ago
Beautiful Art Work/interpretation, sooo peaceful! Smiles, Annie
AnnieCanada 3 months ago
I'm pretty sure the Jehovahs Witness religion inspired this song. Anyways that has been my understanding since I was a child.
awilliamsz1 3 months ago
Loved your interpretation..especially the last frame of the new earth coming down...I noticed the lion and the lamb lying down together.
judypbailey1 4 months ago
Love is the answer, and thats alright, so dont you give up now, its so easy to find, just look to your soul and open your mind!!
MissKaren1958 4 months ago
love the photos well done
NHMntnHIGH 4 months ago
Where did you get the live version of this from? Just wonderin' Namaste'!
bdversteegh 4 months ago
I am the way, the truth, and the life. Jesus is the crystal blue persuasion.
224longhill 4 months ago
look to your soul and open your mind>>>>>>
HotPeppa007 4 months ago
grooooovy tune thanks for up loading.
kanek848 4 months ago
Search youtube: Tommy James CBN for the interpretation from Tommy himself
stevenmoore55 4 months ago
Special song for me , like your interpretation.
sameoldcc 5 months ago
This song is outta this world!
ButterflyLady59 5 months ago
A Far Out song.
ButterflyLady59 6 months ago
Very nice. Reproduced himself very well!
larrydh57 6 months ago
A friend on Facebook just posted this and I had to click on and listen, as well as do so research. Gosh I listened to this on the AM Radio Stations when I was a kid. Don't you wish you could go back to those days of not worrying about where your next meal was coming from, we rode our bikes behind the fogger machines and thought it was cool, we played outside all day without worring about someone lurking around the corner. I was in Wyoming growing up, weekend camping, fishing, hunting, miss it
snideline442 6 months ago 14
@snideline442 WOW! I was a kid in So Cal when this came out and you just pretty much described how life was then for me too.Lived in a small town,about 40 mile inland from the coastline.Now,I live in Wyoming! Raised my kids here.Worked the oil fields. Pretty wierd huh? LOL!
wyominglost 4 days ago
Nice!
506trooper 6 months ago
I've loved this song since I was a child.
Whiskitify 6 months ago
this is the new version right?
kielego 6 months ago
I remember living in the God forsaken town of Thaxston, Mississippi, against my will, and hearing this, Crimson and Clover and Mississippe Queen and being transformed from a shaven haired military brat to the long haired dope smoker I became
hrumpfh 7 months ago 9
breathtaking song!!!thank you for posting..first time hearing it and love it!!!
turnex1 7 months ago
1969, THE GREAT BREAKAWAY YEAR FOR THE BEST YEAR FOR PONTIAC!!!! PERFECT TIME WITH THIS SONG COMING OUT!!!!
1969pontiac1 7 months ago
Annie, my love... cruising down the road in my 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ with that 428 4 barrel, you next to me the windows down, your beautiful dark hair blowing in the wind and this song playing!!!! Where have the good old days gone? How how that ways a happy time. This song is special to me, and so is my Annie♥♥♥♥♥
1969pontiac1 7 months ago
"Crystal Blue Persuasion is a transcendent song... (it's)about more than a specific religious view... (it's)about "peace and good and brotherhood" It is simultaneously a plea and a message of hope... "the sun is rising... people are changing... a new vibration... maybe tomorrow" I am certain that the message is about how we should be treating other members of the human family and that it is a message of hope". ...well said, LIghtraylove..honored to give you the first .."thumbs up"
mikmaz77 8 months ago 2
Great song :)
afelix42 9 months ago
hey! is that blue berry jelly....haha...i still like the song
luvmifro 9 months ago
great sound and graphics for this amazing song!
smithdeanna75 10 months ago
mommy you loved this song, I Love you & this song ,
lsalee 10 months ago
great song with the best interpretation WOW
jbibb66 10 months ago
tsunami!!!! vamonos!!!
Danfer38 10 months ago
WindowsMovieMaker?...Did you get that globe from GoogleEarth?..Don't Mind me..PEACE!
foxyroxstar 10 months ago
@foxyroxstar well that made me smile... yes WMM -- actually I found the animation of the globe and the water waves online -- i bought the water waves from some site -- don't remember what one and peace be with you as well, @foxyroxstar
lightraylove 10 months ago 2
@lightraylove ...the last work of art perhaps even of a Yessong artist's rendering, cool!..and Thanks! -the capitol city of it where the Sun is in communion with everyone?-...Peace and Love..Brotherhood!
foxyroxstar 10 months ago
(could spiritual reality become the truth?)....or at least let a few people see the blueprints of a new heaven and earth and some actual woman?..a few children I saw and "I" am easily convinced!
foxyroxstar 10 months ago 3
@foxyroxstar ahhhh lovely thought albeit a bit cryptic... and my answer is yes and yes and yes i think. ~namaste~
lightraylove 10 months ago 4
@lightraylove Namaste 2u2
TheMindy311 1 month ago
This song reminds of a wonderful vacation to Hawaii in 1969 to visit my boyfriend who was in the Air Force at the time. So romantic....what a beautiful memory. Love this version of the song better than the commercial one. More soulful.
evporretta 10 months ago
... A 2 G ...
britkitt1 11 months ago
MrTejano, thanks my friend that was many years ago but this song makes it seem like yesterday. Peace
8moody1 11 months ago
@8moody1 ,So , so True !
MrTejano44 11 months ago
Mellow...deep...amazing. Beautiful message of the love for mankind.
This song makes me want to sit on the beach at night and just relax with my loved-ones.
LMmccallL57 11 months ago
yeah they do sound great and the visuals r super.
michael
mettanc 11 months ago
It was L.S.D.
mrpeddles 11 months ago
I think this is one of the greatest songs. People really need to listen and heed the words they will find truth. Look inside themselves.
fatjacks711 1 year ago
mommy i miss uuuuuuuuu
lsalee 1 year ago 2
A new day is dawning...most definetly!
cherrisepiece 1 year ago
1969 the year of "FREE LOVE"
grievousvader2008 1 year ago
s,09 ןnɟıʇɐǝq 'buos sıɥʇ ǝʌoן ı
CASPECA 1 year ago
Saw Tommy James at Rockin the Rivers in 2010 in Montana. Got to go back stage and get a few autographs. He is a very nice guy, and spent about half hour talking to my wife and I. I am not a groupy kind of guy, but I know the folks that own RTR and I was doing my sister a favor. Glad I did.
EasyEsoj 1 year ago
Scott Ross: "…and another one of your songs, “Crystal Blue Persuasion.”"
Tommy James: Yeah, that was about becoming a Christian. People say, "Is that
about drugs?" I say, “No, it was about Jesus.”
Artsartisan 1 year ago
Back in the day this song was played a thousand times a day on the radio. It still sounds good
robertmarc1 1 year ago
I was maybe 6 yrs old when I listened to my brothers & sisters music and this song is on that is quite memorable.
oceanjedi 1 year ago
all the old songs are comming back I take it you was born much later lol I have one or two for you to hear thanks and God Bless you too
lilyfrogs15 1 year ago
This song has been the greatest. It takes me back to those wonderful years that are forever gone except when you hear a song like this. Tommy James has always been my number one artist. This song says so much. I talked to him about this song as well as Sweet Cherry Wine. God plays a big part in his life. Some of his music speaks of love, life and faith. Love you always.
sharfrench 1 year ago
@sharfrench Those years are never gone when you listen to music like this. Brings me back when my friends and I rode our bikes with all all our baseball gear to the park on a Saturday morning in July. I brought my "transistor radio" along so we could listen to songs like this as we played ball and let our youth take over. Now I still rise early to a cup of coffee, listen to this and... remember
mgwilliams1000 1 year ago
let's hear it for dollyfarinelli for making this song available to us all. A deserved round of appluase I do say indeed!!! Bravo!!
ubeatmedown 1 year ago
We all like to think that our generation was the greatest. Just ask your mother or father. But in all fairness I beleive the 60s were the best among all. This was the first that people came together and really loved thy neighbers and people around them. And its all started in San Francisco. In 1969 I hear this song from Tommy James well its unforgetable to this day Yes LOVE IS THE ANSWER and yes its the greatest song of all time. Thank you Tommy.
llazlopaul1 1 year ago
Well done! good job. Cool wave effects at 3;22.. how did u do that? After Effects?
JIMMIESURFS 1 year ago
First heard this song at Fort Rucker, Alabama where I was taking AIT (Advanced Individual Training). I trained to be a UH-1 helicopter mechanic (crew chief / door gunner). A few months later, I was in Chu Lai, Vietnam. I served one tour from August 1969 until August 1970. Then I volunteered to go back after one month in the States but the Army wouldn't do it. I had to wait for six months before I went back to Vietnam in 1971 until 1972. I loved Vietnam but I hated to see the GIs suffer.
doorgunnerAmerical 1 year ago
This song came out in 1969 and I never forgot how good this is. Thank you tommy
llazlopaul1 1 year ago
thank you everyone that has sent messages in my inbox over the last 9 months about their experiences and remembering this song...still very very awesome...specially in these troubled times we live in now...God Bless everyone!
billyjoebobway 1 year ago
One of the greatest songs of all times. How many people dare try and remake this one. Not too many. Talk about a tough act to follow.
houvol11 1 year ago
When this song was released I was a teenager and I thought it was a hippie movement anthem. Love and peace, etc....the peace movement and anti-Viet Nam and so forth. It's touching to know that he was singing about his Christian beliefs. I love this version....his singing is so heart-felt. Love it.
evporretta 1 year ago
one of the best feel good songs ever
celticlarry 1 year ago
I Heard the interview, the song is about spirituality not religion. The miracle of being transformed in your spirit by the blood of Jesus Christ and the same power that raised Him from the dead.
markjeanmccord 1 year ago
It moves.
1019drummer 1 year ago
An unforgettable song and time, this is a sound that puts one in a good mood and state of mind
go234ko96ts5 1 year ago
What a great song. always keeps me in a great mood.
fishfan67 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
I like this song! I always wondered what it was about. There is this blog called SongSense.info where they tell you what the song really means. I can't believe what some songs are really about. I never would have imagined some of it. Cool Stuff.
FinalScoreProducts 1 year ago
I wonder where Tommy James is at now-a-dayd?
jackpepper2000 1 year ago
@jackpepper2000 Please see You Tube entitled : Tommy James: Behind the Crystal Blue Persuasion
NormanMac 1 year ago
Where is Tommy James at now?
jackpepper2000 1 year ago
Sounds great live!
TCall2004 1 year ago
Cool effects
Spaeceman 1 year ago
Beautiful song !!!
queengirl99 1 year ago
beautiful song from a truly super group
trukman333 1 year ago
I don't care what time of year it is, this song comes on.....and it's Summer ! Cruising to the beach or along the wooded roads.....Life is good.
A classmate of mine had a two tone, blue on blue '57 Bel Air and it was call.........
you know,
hdfatboy2k 1 year ago
Thanks for this, it's fabulous!
PeithoPie 1 year ago
4 people won't open their mind
tuckers02 1 year ago
@tuckers02 - always some jackwagon around ready to take a crap in the punchbowl.
TCall2004 1 year ago
Just to add to my post on the New Orleans statement is imagine N.O. but it happens world wide & the turmoil that followed . Look at what has happened in Haiti , Pakistan , New Zealand , Iceland & Indonesia . Just something to consider to prepare for the worst & hope for the best . Maybe this will be another Y2K but I doubt it .
altatoth1958 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
I love what you did here! Thanks for taking the time :)
TheresaGraff 1 year ago
I love what you did here! Thanks for taking the time :)
TheresaGraff 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
they have some great information about what this song really means at SongSense.info, they also have incredible facts about what other popular songs REALLY mean.
FinalScoreProducts 1 year ago
This is so beautiful thanks for sharing
huflarbet 1 year ago
What a great song !!!!!!!!!!
nacuchiname 1 year ago
intersting story behind the song.
mojwells 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
You may not believe what this song REALLY means. Find out at the blog SongSense.info. Seriously, I'm not trying to sell anything.
FinalScoreProducts 1 year ago
This song is abt Jesus=)
HaWkBeAtLeSnElSoN 1 year ago
I think every one should play this song on Dec 21st 2012 .
altatoth1958 1 year ago
@altatoth1958 why?
HaWkBeAtLeSnElSoN 1 year ago
@HaWkBeAtLeSnElSoN The words "a new day is comming . People are changing ain't it beautiful " made me think about Dec 21st 2012 . You've heard about the Mayan calendar ends on the Winter Solstice 2012 .
altatoth1958 1 year ago
@altatoth1958 check out the story behind this song.... It is about Jesus. really.
mojwells 1 year ago
@altatoth1958 why?
LoneJackel 1 year ago
@LoneJackel As I replied a few days ago . It seems to be a perfect song to play on a day when many experts have come to 3 different events that might happen on Dec 21st 2012 . 1) comet hitting the earth or missing but close enough to change the rotation 2) sun flare that wipes out all electronic equipment that puts everyone back 100 years . 3) volcanic eruptions , earth quakes & other natural disasters that would happen . Remember New Orleans in 2005 .
altatoth1958 1 year ago
TJ and Shondells @ CNE Sept1 I've got a doob and the trippin' is good
phuckncanuck 1 year ago
peace love and gratitude
iamearthbornami 1 year ago 2
Thanks for posting. This is one of the iconic songs of the Sixties for me. Good feelings. Haven't given up yet.
LibraryUser61 1 year ago 4
One of my most vivid memories Of my youth{14 yrs old} was of my Mom and Dad dropping me and my cousin off on their way to our cottage and us hitching on to the lake,only to be picked up by my girlfriend and her mom.We sat in the rear seat and all we could do was stare,we didn,t speak,her mom didn,t know,we were so young.This song was playing,the day was beautiful and we were so in love.It didn,t last of course,it couldn,t,but when I hear this song I remember that summer and think of her.
8moody1 1 year ago 16
@8moody1, Awesome Memories !
MrTejano44 11 months ago
THAT WAS JUST BEEEEAUTIFUUUUL!
ralphrose8082 1 year ago
Nice!!
RCRhythm 1 year ago
thank God for a New Day.....
TheTopaz27 1 year ago
@TheTopaz27 WHERE??? This is WORSE than the Viet Nam ERA...This song did NOT come to pass...UNFORTUNATELY!!!
Taharah007 1 year ago
I love this song, but this video is totally cheap and corny.
malvavisco10 1 year ago
Love and peace from the 70's... I wonder if you can post their other song which I am never successful in finding- Baby baby I can take it no more- thanks.. Its a beautiful song .
npenciso 1 year ago
beautiful beyond all comprehension....the song And your video!
Love IS the answer, and this blue/green gem of a planet needs
LOTS of it right ->now<- !!! thank you lightraylove, you're my kind
of person....
LoveHopeUnderstandin 1 year ago
Listen to the hollapaula she is right I have been told buy a witnis he was one of us a brother but he stop but he beleaves in us the truth is near very near look at are earth it's dieing we can't save the ocean from the oil spill only one spirit can are loveing father jahova and are brother Jesus christ the time is near it is very close to the end of sin and the time for love and peas will be here love u all this is ur brother Carlos
Hulky69999 1 year ago
I'd never really listened to the lyrics before. I always figured that he was singing the song to a woman who had crystal blue coloured eyes that persuaded him to do whatever she wanted him to do.
I had no idea the lyrics were ladden with commune-cult-bullshit.
Just as well that I didn't really listen to the words way back when.
I wouldn't have liked the tune anywhere near as much as I did.
The tune itself is pretty darn catchy.
oneeightywest 1 year ago
I like this song and a great video to go with it love peace and crystal blue persuasion
degamaster88 1 year ago
i like this song. Crystal Blue Persuasion was written based on a blue book edited by the Watchtower Society which talks about the profecies of the Bible books Ezequiel, Isaiah, and Revelation. In these profecies talk about a new earth with peace and brotherhood. LOve this song!!!
TheHollapaula 1 year ago
He sounds even better now than he did in the 60s!
shycuteguy35 1 year ago
am trying to find Morcheeba's cover of this....xo
kuauhome 1 year ago
yes a new day is coming and love is the answer open your heart to love
jasper8562 1 year ago
This is AWESOME!!! Celebrate the NEW DAY!
CaliforniaMary 1 year ago
Man, this song is awesome, I was back in the 60s and heard this song, man, I was in love with everybody. I had a soup up Chevy Malibu with big wide Tire, cruising down to Santa Monica beach with the wind blowing in while driving, man, I will never forget those time, I hope my old girl friends are doing well. Peace to all, wish the day like the 60s would come upon us again.
howiepon 1 year ago
AWESOME SONG !!!
Gene816 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Get the book listed below - brilliantly written, engrossing. I knew nothing about TJ&TS until I read this book, this weekend. 200+ pages read in two days, it's THAT well written - an independent opinion.
Me, The Mob, & The Music, Tommy James [of The Shondells]; Scribner [Simon & Shuster, Inc.] (2010)
7855waldo 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Get the book listed below - brilliantly written, engrossing. I knew nothing about TJ&TS until I read this book, this weekend. 200+ pages read in two days, it's THAT well written - an independent opinion.
Me, The Mob, & The Music, Tommy James [of The Shondells]; Scribner [Simon & Shuster, Inc.] (2010)
7855waldo 1 year ago
love it
CHRISTINANable 1 year ago
THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW! It is so cool
livingfree13 1 year ago
everytime I hear this song I see myself on the beach in San Diego (Im a 19 yr old newly formed navy squid) soaking up the rays........the women dont notice me, cuz I have short hair (1969) and all the guys back then had long hair....so they know Im navy and they hated us back then.....
ethifanman 1 year ago
Good Sounding jam
Sameosez 1 year ago
One of the GREATEST riffs of all time. Used to be my favorite as a kid.
CobainAddict94 1 year ago
Picks me up when I'm feeling BLUE.
3rdwavevisions 1 year ago
Is it just me ...or was life so much less complicated then?
scazazoon 1 year ago
No, I agree. Life was so much less complicated. Cheers to the old days.
Bansheeeyes78 1 year ago
it just makes all the cells in my body slow down and tingle. a new day is coming. people are changing. love is the answer. and that is all you need to know.
lebarosky 1 year ago
a great live version of an absolute classic! Thanks for the posting, man!
Toyboy789 1 year ago 3
the very first song I ever danced to, when I was young. thank you for the post. The Lyrics are to live by :)
Hptmech 1 year ago
An unforgettable song, from an unforgettable era, thanks so much lightraylove absolutely awesome mate with a capital O!!
cuddleegeezer2009 1 year ago 12
To Omiewise, You are always so positive and leave such inspirational, upbeat feedback to others!! Good For You!!! cptmccoy, (a.k.a., Frannie)
cptmccoy 1 year ago 2
@billyjoebobway , i love reading your comment ! I close my eyes , lean backwards and imagine you having a great time then . I see sparkling sunbeams through the trees and can feel the peaceful moments you had .Isn't it great to share our feelings and if it's only a dream ? Peace to you , you're a blessed one .
Omiewise65 1 year ago 4
@Omiewise65 Thank you for your comment ....as cptmccoy said, you are always so positive...those were the years....little did we know what 2010 was going to be like....or even cared....check out the version of crystal blue by concrete blonde...its a very good version and up to date ...take care and God Bless you...we will need his blessings very soon in this country....
billyjoebobway 1 year ago
@billyjoebobway AMEN!!!
Taharah007 1 year ago
@Taharah007 :-)
billyjoebobway 1 year ago
Great song....I was very fortunate ....my life was like the wonder years...kevin and winnie...school...woke up in the summer and I could do whatever I wanted to....ride my bike anywhere, go exploring in the hills, go to a few girls houses with my friends and have chocolate milk and laugh...listen to music with them...it was awesome....huntington beach was it! Being 12, i could hardly wait till I was 16....the 60's and 70's were great!
billyjoebobway 1 year ago 30
@I share the same sentiments.nice to know we are some like-minded in this day and time.
Thanks for your comment...Jane
tribecalofter 1 year ago
@billyjoebobway : I feel the same about my era , the 80's , we had such a blast (my pre-teen & teen years)
hazor777 1 year ago
@billyjoebobway Yeah...my summers in QUEENS..WOW!!! Those were the days!
Taharah007 1 year ago
@billyjoebobway man :( it puts my years to shame growing up around these times feels wasted while i look back at the 60's and 70's and feel like i been born in the wrong time
lol but i still remember the wonder years even tho i was a kid :)
okie2339 1 year ago
@billyjoebobway Yes, feel the same. We would ride our bikes with our baseball gear to the park to play ball and enjoy the summer with songs like this. 52 now, and still enjoy a 5 AM sunrise listening to this.
mgwilliams1000 1 year ago
@billyjoebobway Yes it was GREAT I remember all these song and to this day I love them still in that time we had NOTHING to worry about going anywhere was safe I miss that time it was good and I'm glad to be apart of that time thanks for the songs
lilyfrogs15 1 year ago
@lilyfrogs15 I love just hitting replay and reading everyones comments ... what they were doing back in 69 and what impact did this song have on them....this song definitely had an impact on so many...and it was a good impact...take care and God Bless
billyjoebobway 1 year ago
@billyjoebobway
you make me so jealous
SpiralSweep 1 year ago
@billyjoebobway Freedom and peace all brought to you by the proud men and women who served WWI WWII Korea and Vietnam
PinkFloyd8919 1 year ago 2
This has been flagged as spam show
@billyjoebobway Freedom and peace all brought to you by the proud men and women who served and die in WWI WWII Korea and Vietnam
PinkFloyd8919 1 year ago
I love what you did there with the visuals.
medicvet 1 year ago
I really enjoy how Mr. James experimented with sound in the production of his records. A wall of sound, but very different from the Phil Spector genre.
foreilly1958 1 year ago
oh soooooooooooooooo groooooooooooooooovy . . . Love this song!
Toyboy789 1 year ago
Awesome creation!
eaaifiwate 1 year ago
@eaaifiwate, thank you for your awesome comment! the music is the awesome creation! i just put together images that the song made me see in my mind's eye.
lightraylove 1 year ago
Great Job!!!! Great audio track! And.. amazingly, you used a few uncannily similar shots as I did on my interpretation!! I made mine for a live performance I'll be doing with it projected on the wall behind me. AWESOME!
CherieKae 1 year ago
@CherieKae, thank you for your kind words! i am going to go find your video. i am sure it is awesome. he conjures quite vivid images in his song. namaste
lightraylove 1 year ago
@cptmccoy , peace to You , great answer +++
I think you are right , Tommy is a friendly , peaceful human being .
Omiewise65 1 year ago
@Omiewise65, peace to you! i'm sure you are right about Tommy James! great comment!
lightraylove 1 year ago
Great tune and fantastic visuals!
Paul
10khertz 2 years ago
thank you, 10khertz, for your fantastic comment. it is a great song, for sure!
lightraylove 1 year ago
LOVE IS THE ANSWER...OPEN YOUR MIND...
the abundant life...HVCC in Durham NC and all the gals and guys at the pool and grill...
tribecalofter 2 years ago
tribecalofter, thank you for your comment! yes, "... love is the answer... open your mind"
lightraylove 1 year ago
gwinnfreeland ... Tommy James disagrees with you.
a1957scorpio 2 years ago
a1957scorpio, great comment! i don't know Tommy James, but I sure he disagrees with gwinnfreeland. It is such a transcendent song! Timeless and so hopeful.
lightraylove 1 year ago
Oh memories!..In the late sixties when this song came out I was just a kid growing into a man..but whenever I listened to this song my spirit was lifted and my imagination would drift away in dreams of youth! Thanks for posting it.
proudaddy1980 2 years ago
thanks for your kind comment, proudaddy1980. it sure made me smile!
lightraylove 1 year ago
Comment removed
proudaddy1980 2 years ago
Gwinn, Maybe LISTEN to the LYRICS, next time, before judging!! "Open Your Heart and Mind" It's a new era, of transformation, of brotherhood and peace. The Age of Aquarius, which we are now experiencing!!
cptmccoy 2 years ago 2
cptmccoy, thank you for your excellent comment.
lightraylove 1 year ago
This music has nothing to do with Christianity, or religion ! It's a song about drugs ! You na'ive people !!!
The euphoric feeling of getting high is what it's about. It was written and preformed in the 70's, when smoking pot was new. and you thought it was about
religion ? Man, are you stupid !!!
gwinnfreeland 2 years ago
gwinnfreeland, for me, Crystal Blue Persuasion is a transcendent song... about "peace and good and brotherhood"... both a plea and a hopeful message... "the sun is rising... people are changing... a new vibration... maybe tomorrow..." i don't know what specific influences (religious or otherwise) motivated Tommy James to write and perform this gem, but I am certain that the message is about how we should be treating other members of the human family and it is a message of hope.
lightraylove 1 year ago