im clyde mullen and i liked the video of moonlight feels right by starbuck! what turntable are you using and cartridge? it sounds really good! nice bass sound. yes this song is a classic!
i really like this song!can you play other top 40 hits of 60s,70's,80's? can you do many music videos of top 40 hits?there is one i always like and its:drivers seat-sniff "n" the tears and heart full of soul-yardbirds and hurdy gurdy man-donovan.
I heard this song on the radio the other day and it brought back memories; I used to own this record and have not heard it for 30 years or so; my ex threw all my rare vinyls in a skip before we got divorced! I love this song because its so happy go lucky!
This is great, thanks for posting. I was 11 in '76, loved this song then. The '70s music was the best ... seems that was the last decade everyone believed the future could be better. Miss the innocence!
It's 1976. I'm seven. I'm on my Raleigh Grifter bike, my Kellogs Frosties radio for company. I arrive at the garages where me and my mates 'rally', stop, and turn on Radio1. A tune comes on. I never hear it again, yet I remember every word+note. For the next 35 years I sing the song in my head to people; maybe they can solve the riddle of who, and what, it is? People tell me I'm mad. Well, tonight I found out and here 'tis, as good as I remembered it in that long hot summer of '76!
I graduated high school in '76. This was a great song, and there's just nothing like the old "authentic" vinyl sound to me. I, too, just like to close my eyes and go back in time, just for a bit, to when life was so much simpler, and the livin' was easy. Peace.
i was thrilled to find this as i had a snatch of the tune in my head but didnt remember the group or the song name-it was driving me crazy! this one and the song about the girl in the radio...cant think of it eithor...
Thank you for posting like this. As a kid, I could only sleep with a radio and this song was often the soundtrack to some of my most astounding and peaceful dreams.
Great song...reminds me of being in Miami in the seventies, and hearing this on the radio on the way to the stables to take care of our horses. I was about 14 at the time! This is one of the rare songs that doesn't get over played by the oldies radio stations....
Funkmike - you have hit the nail on the head! I STILL have this 45 and it always brings me back to the good ole days! Thanks joepro for putting this out here for all of us to enjoy! :o)
It's great to hear the original version again! While searching for this song I kept running into copies that had been remixed oddly with the synthesizers way too loud & did not sound the way I remembered it. While researching I ran across a story that said there was a rift between band members & one of them remixed the master tapes out of anger. Not sure how true that is but it took me a long time to locate the original which is now the pride of my collection. The original is so smooth! Thanks!
Was 6 months when this came out but clearly remember hearing it one rainy Saturday in the late 80s while sitting in the car, reading a little bit of my BSC book, and instantly took a liking to the song.
Turns out I have a song from Starbuck on a Maxell Sound Sampler LP from '78..."It Feels Good"... Not nearly as good of a tune as "Moonlight Feels Right"...
Thank you! I've had this song in my head for years and didn't know what it was. Only 2 or 3 when it was popular, so not old enough to have remembered it more than for its timbre. Fantastic!!
Do you have Starbuck's single "I Got To Know" as well? I'd sure love to hear that one as well. It wasn't as popular as "Moonlight Feels Right," but still hit at least #26 on the charts.
Man, I was only a toddler when this song came out, and I had a babysitter who must have been an AM radio junkie, because I associate this and a lot of soft-rock songs from the mid-late 70's with that house!
Hearing this song brings back the little things I remember about the time: huge American cars with vinyl seats (I can still smell 'em!), pushups and popsicles from the ice cream truck, tank tops, and running around the neighborhood playing unsupervised.
THanks for this great song. I always remember driving in my mom's 1969 Cadillac Deville convertible. Great summer memories and I loved that Cadillac. The 70s were the days for cars and music.
Glad to see so many people love this song! I saw this group in concert at the Lakeland Civic Cent\er(FL) in '77. They were the warm-up group for Boston. Can you imagine two groups with more divergent styles? I wasn't expecting much fron Starbuck. Like most of the audience, I wanted to see Boston. But Strarbuck did a great job. Fantastic memories of college days!
Summer '76. Bicentenial. Cutoffs. Between 3rd and 4th grade.Cute neighbor girl. Red, white & blue popsicles from the ice cream truck every day. Warm nights under street lamps with kids older and younger. No iPods, Twitter, Facebook, cable tv or cell phones; we didn't miss what we weren't spoiled with.
10th grade for me, great commentary. I'm a father of 4 iPod-toting internet junkies. No flashlight tag, board games, catching fireflies unless I dream it up. Times have changed.
LOL. Nicely said. I was in 5th grade but pretty much the same experience. Why did life seem so much better and simpler then. Well i guess when you are in the 5th grade you dont have too many problems. Seemed like an AM radio was always playing this stuff back then
AAAhhhh! Memories of the summer of '76 and drivers training class. And the 1976 Ford Torinos! Most of them had the radios disconnected, but some instructors reconnected them!
Wish I would have bought this 45 back in the day. Still looking for a copy.
I was 14yrs old when this song came out. Into puppy love big time. The mood was right, scenery was right, sunshine and moonlight felt right. Oh how I miss the 70's. Thanks for posting
Oh man, the 1970s had some excellent music. It's too bad I was born in 1981; I would've loved to have been around when a song with a frickin' MARIMBA SOLO was topping the charts!
@brasingtonlane 70s was king -- listen to everything that charted top 100 and even bubbling under A-Z --- the variety quality and uniqueness of it all -You will surely and forever believe it was the most musical decade--- HANDS DOWN!!!
This song brings back memories of college. i was just 18 yrs old when this song came out. i can still feel the warm breeze of summertime. those were care free days. i miss them. love to all and those who are hearing this song for the first time, enjoy it as much as i did.
This song always takes me back to a time that stands still. A summer vacation to FLA in my old mans buick LeSabre. I can still smell the new car and the sea breeze. To hear the vibes on Sirui XM 70's is a awesome.
That's funny you mention that because I also remember this song from a summer trip down to Florida, Disney World to be exact. We would be driving down the road and every station we came across was playing this song over and over. I seem to also remember hearing "Love Stinks" by J.Geils Band and "Coming up" by Paul McCartney.
Great song. Takes me back to San Francisco in 76. It was a beautiful day and this song was on the radio in the rental car. the music seemed to go with the wind and the bay. The next day I started a bike trip to Georgia. Thanks for the memory.
I actually saw these guys live when I was in 7th or 8th grade! They came and performed at our international school in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. They even signed autographs after the show (with '*$' after their autographs). I had no idea this band/this song had struck such a chord with folks back in the states. I didn't realize how lucky I was to see/hear these guys live! Man...I miss the '70s! And the '80s, for that matter!
The quintescential 1970's tune...disco sound, the vibes a catchy refain. I remember this diddy driving to FLA in my old man's '72 Le Sabre....with the vinal seats and no air conditioning. Ah yes, when $20 could fill your tank and pay for dinner. The Ford era was not so bad.
I remember this song was one that would be playing when my alarm would go off in the morning when I was a kid. I never heard anything like that. Loved it then love it now.
It's 2008 and yet this sounds still as "cool" and "groovy" as when it was first released.Hmm, think I want to snuggle up to me fave buddy and groove the rest of the day away. (And who said vinyl doesn't sound as good as digital?)
this song takes me back towhen $20 buck could last a week and a vacation to Florida in my old man's '72 le Sabre.....with the plastic seats and no air conditioning. the consumate song of the 1970's....there were vibes in this one....vibes....awesome!
..ain't nothin' like the sky to dose a potion... You say you came to Baltimore from 'Ol Miss. A class of '74 gold ring... the eastern moon looks ready for a wet kiss, to make the tide rise again.... good lord... such wonderful lyrics. Remember these guys on the Mike Douglas Show as a young kid!!
I used to play this back in 75 as I would pull outa the harbor in my yaht full speed right by the bar as I beat off with my captains hat on and my white scarf-feelsright
the quintescential song of the 1907's: a ballad with a catchy refrain. reminds me of a time when $20 could last a week and my old man's LeSabre was the fashisle.
I want to go on record (no pun intended) that whoever also has this double KTel album is my soulmate. seriously :-) I think we have a better chance than most at this point - ?
the fist time i remember getting into music was when my sister got k-tel explosion or something like that in'75 or'76 i was 7 or 8 years old,it had this,could'nt get it right,brandy,skyhigh etc youtube sure makes it easy and cheap to track this stuff down.
I was lucky enough to see them in concert in 1976 at Convention Hall in Gadsden Alabama.They played a great concert and tickets were $7.50 General admission
This song reminds me of special times with my buddies over in Germany, growing up at Rhein Main AFB, ice scating at the base rink, Oh to be young again and do it all over again.
the guy on the Marimba ( or whatever it is0 played the solo with 4 mallets.... i remeber seeing it on Don Kirschner or Solid gold or some show back then. it seemed so cool then.
I heard this song this afternoon in a restaurant and I thought to back when I was in jr high school listening to the AM stations in the DC/Maryland area....this song makes me think of cruisin' the beaches of southern Cal during the summer.
Hard to believe that some people are going to see this video of the 45 record and say, "what the heck is that"?? But don't think in 20 years people won't be looking at a cd and say the same thing!
wow, does this one take me back! I was a Junior in high school when we turned up this one on the AM car radio while we cruised the streets! Nice "parking" song too! ;p
anyone who thinks this band was named after a coffee is a complete and total idiot. does that really make any sense at all? who would name their band after a coffee. and no the lead singers name was not fred bananas it was bruce blackman.
Vibes + synthesizer + Radio Gold! A great tune that takes me back to a simpler time when $20 could last a week. This song was played non-stop on a family trip from Cleveland to Tampa. I can still smell the hot plastic seats in my old man's 72' Buick Le Sabre!
I have a similar memory to this song! Except our family trip was from the Chicago suburbs to Gatlinburg TN that I heard this nonstop on the radio! I am nine years old all over again when I hear this song. My memories of that summer are so strong for some reason!
Starbuck formed in Georgia in 1974 and this song went to # 3 on the charts in 1976. Makes we want to put the top down on a 1976 Cadillac Eldorado convertible and go riding with the song playing on the stereo or 8-track player ha ha ha
If I recall in a Midnight Special interview, the lead singer of Starbuck (Frend Banas) said they named their group after a character in a movie played by Burt Lancaster. I saw them perform at Disneyland in 1976!
Don't over analyze this song. Just let it take you. It reminds me of the 70's, the best times of my life. It's weird looking at that record and thinking a decade or so ago how vinyl was considered an archaic and outdated medium. But now it has once again become all the rage. Now my young nephew loves this song and wants to sing it at a talent show. Music is so cyclical. The classics will never die. I wonder if any of these new entertainers will have that same staying power.
This is the consumate song of the 1970's. The lyrics tell some sort of story, the melody and refrain are stick in your mind for years. Oh yeah, at what other point in pop music could you hear a synthesyzer mixed with vibes? A great song!
If you listen to this on headphones, pay attention to the quiet back and forth (left and right) of synthesizer accents. I also always loved the little laugh he gave to wink at us about the subtle double entendres: "make the tide rise again.."
Don't bother with a CD called Backtracks, at least for this song- they must've remixed it and added this horrible new left/right synth beeping that almost drowns out the original music.
This so takes me back to the summer of 1976, when I was nine years old. All of the sights, sounds and scents of that time come alive in my memory when I hear this song!
im clyde mullen and i liked the video of moonlight feels right by starbuck! what turntable are you using and cartridge? it sounds really good! nice bass sound. yes this song is a classic!
i really like this song!can you play other top 40 hits of 60s,70's,80's? can you do many music videos of top 40 hits?there is one i always like and its:drivers seat-sniff "n" the tears and heart full of soul-yardbirds and hurdy gurdy man-donovan.
hairyhothornylover1 6 days ago
great memories
cbsjazz 1 week ago
I heard this song on the radio the other day and it brought back memories; I used to own this record and have not heard it for 30 years or so; my ex threw all my rare vinyls in a skip before we got divorced! I love this song because its so happy go lucky!
smartiedj21 4 months ago
my dad mixed this fuckin album!! crazy
afterdarkmacon 4 months ago
This is great, thanks for posting. I was 11 in '76, loved this song then. The '70s music was the best ... seems that was the last decade everyone believed the future could be better. Miss the innocence!
summerhill93 5 months ago
It's 1976. I'm seven. I'm on my Raleigh Grifter bike, my Kellogs Frosties radio for company. I arrive at the garages where me and my mates 'rally', stop, and turn on Radio1. A tune comes on. I never hear it again, yet I remember every word+note. For the next 35 years I sing the song in my head to people; maybe they can solve the riddle of who, and what, it is? People tell me I'm mad. Well, tonight I found out and here 'tis, as good as I remembered it in that long hot summer of '76!
TelboyD 5 months ago
Anyone who dislikes this song.......is just a "Hater", This song is GREAT!
MrTraceMan 6 months ago 2
I graduated high school in '76. This was a great song, and there's just nothing like the old "authentic" vinyl sound to me. I, too, just like to close my eyes and go back in time, just for a bit, to when life was so much simpler, and the livin' was easy. Peace.
1958naturalwoman 6 months ago 2
i was thrilled to find this as i had a snatch of the tune in my head but didnt remember the group or the song name-it was driving me crazy! this one and the song about the girl in the radio...cant think of it eithor...
ccmeone32 6 months ago
brillant song l always remember jimmy young playing this brillant song on Radio 2
MegaDave1973 6 months ago
the 70s rock. any song i hear from this time brings back so many memories. just close my eyeys and go back for awhile.
mphemh 6 months ago
spring 1976-Victor valley College --Francene O. ,gorgeous younger sister of the girl I was insane for.
TheClam88 6 months ago
graduated from high school in 76 this was one of my favorites :P
jooejam 10 months ago
@jooejam dude i finished in 76 and it was one of my favourites as well.man i had a look at the music on you profile,some good stuff there as well.
tmcontrols 8 months ago
I was trying to remember who this was and I kept thinking it sounded like Donovan.
Cassandraspetcanary 10 months ago
was a kid when i heard this first. i miss the 70's and my childhood.
lowell191 10 months ago
Best of the 70's. Authentic vinyl mistreat LOL. Great addition.
BTW, that's an Ortophon, right ?
tubellarbells 10 months ago
Best of the 70's. Authentic vinyl mistreat LOL. Great addition.
tubellarbells 10 months ago
Bruce Blackman the singer has post-traumatic stress disorder.
gottaloveaz 11 months ago
Starbuck tina weena.
gottaloveaz 11 months ago
I love hearing this Song , it will always remind me of being a Teenie Bopper , and enjoying Lake Erie .
helperout 1 year ago
Awesome 70's song but i really love his laughter in this song
2jos86 1 year ago
1976 Forever!
Countdown1976 1 year ago
This always made me feel human,, if you know what i mean!
never thought i'd hear this again........ Thanks
eastbaysf 1 year ago
That is one bad ass mutha on the marimba.
jhunter1163 1 year ago
Awesome! I'm 7 again!
AIKevorkian 1 year ago
great song from the most unique decade of music we will ever see! Thank you for a samplingt
roselandalvin 1 year ago
Thank you for posting like this. As a kid, I could only sleep with a radio and this song was often the soundtrack to some of my most astounding and peaceful dreams.
Viewer1133 1 year ago
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A nice song I heard in San Diego 1976 when I met my father for the first time.
murre57 1 year ago
A nice song I heard in San Diego 1976 when I met my father for the first time.
murre57 1 year ago
on video
Layouts4Facebook 1 year ago
Wish I could locate a mp3 of this original version for my ipod :(
lynette4263 1 year ago
@lynette4263 send me a PM, i may help
socalltd 1 year ago
Sweet memories from the 70's.." you came to Baltimore from Ole Miss..love that line for some reason!!!
ukcatfan36 1 year ago
This song is about Cocaine!
HandofDoom01 1 year ago
Great song...reminds me of being in Miami in the seventies, and hearing this on the radio on the way to the stables to take care of our horses. I was about 14 at the time! This is one of the rare songs that doesn't get over played by the oldies radio stations....
summermainstreet 1 year ago
i heard this song for the first time in SO many years last week and finally got to looking it up on here.
thanks for the post!
NotEvenClosex3 1 year ago
Sweet memories : ) Thank you for sharing...
irishbelle65 1 year ago
I played this song on 1010 CSI an AM Top-40 station in Columbus, Indiana!
wdmj4 1 year ago
Thank you Thank you!
2010metsfan 1 year ago
Funkmike - you have hit the nail on the head! I STILL have this 45 and it always brings me back to the good ole days! Thanks joepro for putting this out here for all of us to enjoy! :o)
hockeychick1321 1 year ago
It's great to hear the original version again! While searching for this song I kept running into copies that had been remixed oddly with the synthesizers way too loud & did not sound the way I remembered it. While researching I ran across a story that said there was a rift between band members & one of them remixed the master tapes out of anger. Not sure how true that is but it took me a long time to locate the original which is now the pride of my collection. The original is so smooth! Thanks!
gwenniepooh1 1 year ago
moonlight feels right starbuck
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robaarm 1 year ago
perfect!
cakraft24 1 year ago 2
Quality stuff, very classy.
...Just one question: What was that black, disc-shaped object? Lol.
DocWyldeCard 1 year ago
@DocWyldeCard LOL, times have changed..........
johnxlennonsxlegend 1 year ago
What a great reminder. We used to see the sun come up on Sunday morning back then.
1957boz 1 year ago 2
great song
dxsmackdown8 1 year ago
Your record is off center..sounds whirly, great song from '76
oldies1976 1 year ago
one of the best marimba solos ever, particularly in pop music. love the reference to Ole Miss!! hotty toddy!!
umcgrad2 1 year ago
VINLY 4 EVER
duxberry1958 1 year ago
It reminds me of me
racerbarbie88 1 year ago
5stars! OK
buyzoviraxonline 1 year ago
You got a great sounding rig there!
What kind of turntable is that?
wilkes85 2 years ago
I got my first boob to this song... Whooooyeah.
BrettHoustonTube 2 years ago 3
I snuck back stage when i was 16, partied with them for a little while. there, my claim to fame!
monicasuetannehill 2 years ago
Summer of the Bicentennial...
videoguy2010 2 years ago 3
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i love this song!
cocoacougar 2 years ago
Me and my girl in High School used to cruise in her Mustang and listen to this on the A.M. radio..
timmytees 2 years ago 8
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timmytees 2 years ago
Love Starbuck, one of the many classics of the seventies.
icegirl71388 2 years ago 3
Oh, thanks so much!!! 5 stars
missxray1 2 years ago 2
Conjures up visions of Chesapeake Bay in the moonlight and fabulous, immortal memories of the 70's. What an awesome song!
musicollector1975 2 years ago
Was 6 months when this came out but clearly remember hearing it one rainy Saturday in the late 80s while sitting in the car, reading a little bit of my BSC book, and instantly took a liking to the song.
BeatlesFetish09 2 years ago
Turns out I have a song from Starbuck on a Maxell Sound Sampler LP from '78..."It Feels Good"... Not nearly as good of a tune as "Moonlight Feels Right"...
VinylShellacLover 2 years ago
Thank you! I've had this song in my head for years and didn't know what it was. Only 2 or 3 when it was popular, so not old enough to have remembered it more than for its timbre. Fantastic!!
VinylShellacLover 2 years ago
Do you have Starbuck's single "I Got To Know" as well? I'd sure love to hear that one as well. It wasn't as popular as "Moonlight Feels Right," but still hit at least #26 on the charts.
skoozeroni 2 years ago
Man, I was only a toddler when this song came out, and I had a babysitter who must have been an AM radio junkie, because I associate this and a lot of soft-rock songs from the mid-late 70's with that house!
Hearing this song brings back the little things I remember about the time: huge American cars with vinyl seats (I can still smell 'em!), pushups and popsicles from the ice cream truck, tank tops, and running around the neighborhood playing unsupervised.
And no PCs, cell phones or iPods.
funkmike 2 years ago 31
Weren't those the days??!!!
recraft1967 2 years ago 3
I as well was a little one, hearing this song on AM . How did we do live with out PCs etc?
tssubway 2 years ago
@funkmike those were the days.........nice post......
johnxlennonsxlegend 1 year ago 3
@funkmike Right on, brother. I was born in '73 and echo exactly what you said. We are the last "REAL" generation!
GenX forever! Stay active - Stay rebellious - Stay resolute!
Dawgator 1 year ago
@funkmike you are so right, i remember the same things. i was very young and my older sister played this.
lowell191 9 months ago
Wonderful song; it's all about tha imagery, '70's, moonlight, ocean boulevard, California, drugs :)
And a fucking Marimba solo!! (and which is just incredible followed by the keyboard solo)
Great video with the 45" being played! Love it yo...
metemi 2 years ago
not that I like the drugs...but MAN THAT MARIMBA is something else!!! :)
recraft1967 2 years ago
THanks for this great song. I always remember driving in my mom's 1969 Cadillac Deville convertible. Great summer memories and I loved that Cadillac. The 70s were the days for cars and music.
clouseau186 2 years ago 5
This songs reminds me of other marimba songs like 'Under My Thumb' & 'Out of Time' by the Stones and 'Island Girl' by Elton John.
tim400m 2 years ago
Oh man, I love this song!.. I've been looking for it..
VincentJVera 2 years ago
my father in law song
recordmans1948 2 years ago
I will always remember this song for "you say you came to Baltimore from Ole Miss" since Ole Miss is 40 miles from where I live. Great 70's song.
wnett 2 years ago
I was just a toddler when this came out. What a nice song this is. Really cruisy and Summery. I'm glad I discovered it.
dynasue77 2 years ago
Just remember, Moonlight Feels Right
windcaller2 2 years ago
I still have this song on 45.... I'm old... lol
vzmyst 2 years ago
Glad to see so many people love this song! I saw this group in concert at the Lakeland Civic Cent\er(FL) in '77. They were the warm-up group for Boston. Can you imagine two groups with more divergent styles? I wasn't expecting much fron Starbuck. Like most of the audience, I wanted to see Boston. But Strarbuck did a great job. Fantastic memories of college days!
goololly 2 years ago
That's totally the 70'S our ice cream truck guy was sam. That whole 70's atmospere I miss it to.LOVE.
d9y8l7a6n5 2 years ago 2
Summer '76. Bicentenial. Cutoffs. Between 3rd and 4th grade.Cute neighbor girl. Red, white & blue popsicles from the ice cream truck every day. Warm nights under street lamps with kids older and younger. No iPods, Twitter, Facebook, cable tv or cell phones; we didn't miss what we weren't spoiled with.
I miss those days. And the music.
nitedrive 2 years ago 10
yep. man it almost makes me cry. i'd go back to the seventies right now and leave all this technology behind. peace man.
lowell191 2 years ago
glad to see i have a kindred spirit
nowatout 2 years ago
10th grade for me, great commentary. I'm a father of 4 iPod-toting internet junkies. No flashlight tag, board games, catching fireflies unless I dream it up. Times have changed.
str8key1 2 years ago 4
LOL. Nicely said. I was in 5th grade but pretty much the same experience. Why did life seem so much better and simpler then. Well i guess when you are in the 5th grade you dont have too many problems. Seemed like an AM radio was always playing this stuff back then
roquefortfiles 2 years ago 3
@nitedrive Wow, you totally nailed it. That just took me back 34 years to the best summer ever! Thanks for the trip back!
gwenniepooh1 1 year ago 2
@nitedrive FANTASTIC MEMORIES
UBZUKI 4 months ago
AAAhhhh! Memories of the summer of '76 and drivers training class. And the 1976 Ford Torinos! Most of them had the radios disconnected, but some instructors reconnected them!
Wish I would have bought this 45 back in the day. Still looking for a copy.
JeffN727 2 years ago
@JeffN727 E-bay has them..easy!
oldies1976 1 year ago
the moon will send you on your way ha ha
WittyUserName4958 2 years ago
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To me, where I will suck yo big dick!!
LickMyCuntMoFo 2 years ago
shame on you
curtain56 2 years ago
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You need yo damn dick sucked?
LickMyCuntMoFo 2 years ago
I was 14yrs old when this song came out. Into puppy love big time. The mood was right, scenery was right, sunshine and moonlight felt right. Oh how I miss the 70's. Thanks for posting
universalmessenger 2 years ago 3
forget cd players im putting a phonograph in my camaro =)
GodschildJCE 2 years ago 2
Oh man, the 1970s had some excellent music. It's too bad I was born in 1981; I would've loved to have been around when a song with a frickin' MARIMBA SOLO was topping the charts!
brasingtonlane 2 years ago 18
@brasingtonlane 70s was king -- listen to everything that charted top 100 and even bubbling under A-Z --- the variety quality and uniqueness of it all -You will surely and forever believe it was the most musical decade--- HANDS DOWN!!!
roselandalvin 1 year ago
This song brings back memories of college. i was just 18 yrs old when this song came out. i can still feel the warm breeze of summertime. those were care free days. i miss them. love to all and those who are hearing this song for the first time, enjoy it as much as i did.
jjdhtm 2 years ago 2
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I remember being raped to this song in the 70s.
LickMyCuntMoFo 2 years ago
MARIMBA SOLO = SAAAWEEEEET!
kramermilan 2 years ago 3
This song always takes me back to a time that stands still. A summer vacation to FLA in my old mans buick LeSabre. I can still smell the new car and the sea breeze. To hear the vibes on Sirui XM 70's is a awesome.
bubleta 2 years ago 3
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I remember sucking ALLLLOOOTT of dicks to this song.....
LickMyCuntMoFo 2 years ago
That's funny you mention that because I also remember this song from a summer trip down to Florida, Disney World to be exact. We would be driving down the road and every station we came across was playing this song over and over. I seem to also remember hearing "Love Stinks" by J.Geils Band and "Coming up" by Paul McCartney.
kirkenbunken 2 years ago
Great song. Takes me back to San Francisco in 76. It was a beautiful day and this song was on the radio in the rental car. the music seemed to go with the wind and the bay. The next day I started a bike trip to Georgia. Thanks for the memory.
Purrturbed 2 years ago 3
Thanks Joepro1964 !!!
doristhepig 2 years ago
I went to Sunday School, elementary school, and high school with Sloan Hayes.
He was the keyboard player in the band Starbuck.
When Starbuck performed on AMERICAN BANDSTAND, my sister called me to see if I was watching.
Dick Clark introduced the band.
As soon as they started playing MOONLIGHT FEELS RIGHT, Fredrica and I just started screaming and screaming and screaming.
We will never forget that day or that song.
Sloan still lives in McDonough.
He still looks the same too!!!!
ralphandflossie 2 years ago
That's too awesome...great story. Thanks for sharing. That had to be great. :)
john92165 2 years ago
I went to Sunday School, elementary school, and high school with Sloan Hayes.
He is one of the best piano players (keyboard players) that has ever lived.
When Starbuck was on American Bandstand with Dick Clark, my sister called me to make sure I was watching the show.
As soon as they started playing MOONLIGHT FEELS RIGHT, my sister and I started screaming and screaming and screaming!!!! We were so excited!!!!
Sloan still lives in McDonough.
ralphandflossie 2 years ago
I actually saw these guys live when I was in 7th or 8th grade! They came and performed at our international school in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. They even signed autographs after the show (with '*$' after their autographs). I had no idea this band/this song had struck such a chord with folks back in the states. I didn't realize how lucky I was to see/hear these guys live! Man...I miss the '70s! And the '80s, for that matter!
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mycommentuserid 3 years ago
One of my all time faves! Brings back the best memories. Thanks.
shinyapples 3 years ago
the rest of the album isn't too bad either...
LanceCampeau 3 years ago
yeah,cklw was great back then!
drambuierocks 3 years ago
Man, that's so cool! I haven't heard this song in years. I really miss the 70s...
memobookofsheets 3 years ago
This song and England Dan and John Ford Coley singing "I´d really love to see you tonight" such memories of a distant past
donaldbiscuit 3 years ago 2
Wouldn't this song work well in a werewolf movie? Great song.
megamanmaniac 3 years ago 2
The quintescential 1970's tune...disco sound, the vibes a catchy refain. I remember this diddy driving to FLA in my old man's '72 Le Sabre....with the vinal seats and no air conditioning. Ah yes, when $20 could fill your tank and pay for dinner. The Ford era was not so bad.
bubleta 3 years ago 4
I remember this song was one that would be playing when my alarm would go off in the morning when I was a kid. I never heard anything like that. Loved it then love it now.
echovoice 3 years ago 3
remember this tune like '75 was yesterday. I was 8 years old and this song hit me like nothing before!
bds1167 3 years ago 2
It's 2008 and yet this sounds still as "cool" and "groovy" as when it was first released.Hmm, think I want to snuggle up to me fave buddy and groove the rest of the day away. (And who said vinyl doesn't sound as good as digital?)
bertielis 3 years ago 2
this song takes me back towhen $20 buck could last a week and a vacation to Florida in my old man's '72 le Sabre.....with the plastic seats and no air conditioning. the consumate song of the 1970's....there were vibes in this one....vibes....awesome!
bubleta 3 years ago 5
..ain't nothin' like the sky to dose a potion... You say you came to Baltimore from 'Ol Miss. A class of '74 gold ring... the eastern moon looks ready for a wet kiss, to make the tide rise again.... good lord... such wonderful lyrics. Remember these guys on the Mike Douglas Show as a young kid!!
bds1167 3 years ago 4
I used to play this back in 75 as I would pull outa the harbor in my yaht full speed right by the bar as I beat off with my captains hat on and my white scarf-feelsright
bknegsnlzy 3 years ago 2
the quintescential song of the 1907's: a ballad with a catchy refrain. reminds me of a time when $20 could last a week and my old man's LeSabre was the fashisle.
bubleta 3 years ago
makes me think of lost loves and opportunities. Oh to be young again
starbucksmann 3 years ago 4
Hear, hear!
RideOp74 3 years ago
I want to go on record (no pun intended) that whoever also has this double KTel album is my soulmate. seriously :-) I think we have a better chance than most at this point - ?
80sGirl39 3 years ago
the fist time i remember getting into music was when my sister got k-tel explosion or something like that in'75 or'76 i was 7 or 8 years old,it had this,could'nt get it right,brandy,skyhigh etc youtube sure makes it easy and cheap to track this stuff down.
plofus 3 years ago 3
I was lucky enough to see them in concert in 1976 at Convention Hall in Gadsden Alabama.They played a great concert and tickets were $7.50 General admission
AirtoAir1 3 years ago
This song reminds me of special times with my buddies over in Germany, growing up at Rhein Main AFB, ice scating at the base rink, Oh to be young again and do it all over again.
littledogs1 3 years ago
the guy on the Marimba ( or whatever it is0 played the solo with 4 mallets.... i remeber seeing it on Don Kirschner or Solid gold or some show back then. it seemed so cool then.
thordoggie 3 years ago
AM from back in the day! Yeah, yeah, yeah!
rudypyatt 3 years ago
oh this song reminds of such goodtimes.
doctorw2 3 years ago
I never heard 'Moonlight Feels Right' in stereo back in 1976.
Every time I listened to it on Detroit's old WXYZ AM radio in '76, this is the way the song sounded.
Thanks for uploading 'Moonlight Feels Right' exactly the way I remember hearing it during the fall of '76. It was one of my favorite songs back then.
RCmack 3 years ago
Hey detroit,
I shut my eyes and let my mind go. AM radio was the best wasn't tit. Feel like I'm riding my bike home from school again. It feels right.
john92165 3 years ago
amo esta cancion es una de las mejores ... arriba los 70s
rakgary 3 years ago
I love the ha ha moonlight it does feel right
ingance 3 years ago
I heard this song this afternoon in a restaurant and I thought to back when I was in jr high school listening to the AM stations in the DC/Maryland area....this song makes me think of cruisin' the beaches of southern Cal during the summer.
jvasai 3 years ago 2
Does anyone know where I can find de video in youtube? I found it sometime ago but I have not been able to find it again?
It is a video from The Midnight Special show alive.
Thanks.
bichocami 3 years ago 2
great song
unstabledavid 3 years ago 4
Hard to believe that some people are going to see this video of the 45 record and say, "what the heck is that"?? But don't think in 20 years people won't be looking at a cd and say the same thing!
peppyauntie121 3 years ago 3
reminds me of fourth grade,staying awake late on a school nite in my room listening to AM radio and discovering music.
plofus 3 years ago 10
What a messa tessa.
ghostchantxx 3 years ago
I was just out of the Navy, living in Florida with a beautiful southern girl. There is no going back, but listening to this sure comes close!
dsf1019 3 years ago 3
wow, does this one take me back! I was a Junior in high school when we turned up this one on the AM car radio while we cruised the streets! Nice "parking" song too! ;p
SZSearcher 3 years ago 3
anyone who thinks this band was named after a coffee is a complete and total idiot. does that really make any sense at all? who would name their band after a coffee. and no the lead singers name was not fred bananas it was bruce blackman.
mynizzlefozhizzle 3 years ago 2
The coffee chain was named after the band.
rockerforlife2001 3 years ago
I like the way you rollllllllll.
jencomackey 3 years ago 3
Vibes + synthesizer + Radio Gold! A great tune that takes me back to a simpler time when $20 could last a week. This song was played non-stop on a family trip from Cleveland to Tampa. I can still smell the hot plastic seats in my old man's 72' Buick Le Sabre!
bubleta 3 years ago 5
I have a similar memory to this song! Except our family trip was from the Chicago suburbs to Gatlinburg TN that I heard this nonstop on the radio! I am nine years old all over again when I hear this song. My memories of that summer are so strong for some reason!
pinknightstand 3 years ago
To bad joepro hadn't included the lyrics for the song....but its ok,lol.
A fantastic song to hear as one looks up at the moon and drifts away to their own fantasy world.... :-)
CosmicGemini 3 years ago
My friend Tina Cannon frinks Starbucks coffee.
That's why it's called ''Starbuck tina weena''.
ghostchantxx 3 years ago
The singer's name is Fred Banas. I can sing this song karaoke. I think the band was named after a coffee.
ghostchantxx 3 years ago
The quintessential song of the 70s.
One of those songs that's also a time machine...
kestep 3 years ago 4
Starbuck formed in Georgia in 1974 and this song went to # 3 on the charts in 1976. Makes we want to put the top down on a 1976 Cadillac Eldorado convertible and go riding with the song playing on the stereo or 8-track player ha ha ha
dakota975 3 years ago 2
If I recall in a Midnight Special interview, the lead singer of Starbuck (Frend Banas) said they named their group after a character in a movie played by Burt Lancaster. I saw them perform at Disneyland in 1976!
Rickenbacker350V63 3 years ago
I love the fact that you used a video of playing the 45 on a record player . nice touch , and a real cool song .
helperout 3 years ago 9
Don't over analyze this song. Just let it take you. It reminds me of the 70's, the best times of my life. It's weird looking at that record and thinking a decade or so ago how vinyl was considered an archaic and outdated medium. But now it has once again become all the rage. Now my young nephew loves this song and wants to sing it at a talent show. Music is so cyclical. The classics will never die. I wonder if any of these new entertainers will have that same staying power.
slopoke2112 3 years ago 2
9 years old, listening to the FM station out of San Francsico. This song was and is a fovorite of mine. Puts me in such a nostalgic mood.
nitedrive 3 years ago 2
Beauty! What an awesome retro moment on a boring saturday night!
htaykris 3 years ago 2
great song!!
bsouthe 3 years ago
This is the consumate song of the 1970's. The lyrics tell some sort of story, the melody and refrain are stick in your mind for years. Oh yeah, at what other point in pop music could you hear a synthesyzer mixed with vibes? A great song!
bubleta 3 years ago
Beautiful!!
dergola 3 years ago
Memories of being a young teen, having a happy time with the family. I miss those days.
polarisathena 3 years ago
Ahh...this takes me back to '76 and being 10 years old!! A timeless classic. Love this song big time!
Sheldon66 3 years ago
If you listen to this on headphones, pay attention to the quiet back and forth (left and right) of synthesizer accents. I also always loved the little laugh he gave to wink at us about the subtle double entendres: "make the tide rise again.."
Don't bother with a CD called Backtracks, at least for this song- they must've remixed it and added this horrible new left/right synth beeping that almost drowns out the original music.
TJOPootertoot 3 years ago
Everytime I hear this beautiful song I think of floating in space.
parriaga 3 years ago
Oh how fabulous is this song?!. Reminds me of lovely summer days and being young.
glitzydebs 3 years ago
This so takes me back to the summer of 1976, when I was nine years old. All of the sights, sounds and scents of that time come alive in my memory when I hear this song!
pinknightstand 3 years ago
awesome!
Nonali4 3 years ago
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Lame!
jpnoll 3 years ago
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smash the record and get it over with :P
jpnoll 3 years ago