I was blown way when Jack White said this was his favorite Seger song. This is a brilliant classic that nobody knows about and one of my all time favorite songs period. I always loved Jack and this made me have even more respect for him. Stop the WARS
Whoa! RulerL0rd, another Supernatural fan here now too! This song rocks! Very important message, too. That show uses excellent music, all the time! Thanks for posting, Deepthroat1990 ! :D
I don't know why nobody knows that this song is in reference to the novel 1984...when winston keeps tellon O'brien that two plus two is four not five and they keep torturing him. :)
@wildhias Jack is not only one of my favorite musicians, he also got good taste, this is his favorite bob song, but mine is. I dont know because bob got a lot of good songs, like Lucifer,Looking Back,White Wall, River Deep Mountain High, Teaching Blues, Mongrel, louise, You know who yo are.... man let me tell you this: Bob Newer stuff have nothing to do agaisnt the bob seger system albums and some of his first singles, too bad he doesnt sing this songs nowadays, only rambin gamblin man... : /
caught bob seger,back in the hideout days at the k-of-c hall in clawson.one of the great wailers of all time.he did outstanding covers of old classics like tin soldier by the small faces,you keep me hanging on by vanilla fudge,and procul harems,whiter shade,of pale.just listen to his singing at the end of the single of heavy music.DEEPER,DEEPER ,DEEPER,hell yes!!!!!!!!!!!!
Was just checkin' out the '67 riot on Wikipedia. I lived just west of downtown near Clark Park on W Vernor Hwy. We were under martial law for 4 days. I was 14 and I was ready to defend the neighborhood. Had a fishing pole loaded with a double, treble hook lure. And I could hit the telephone pole across the street about neck high every cast. It's a wonder I'm still alive =)
yeah heroin was the problem that took them down to a level less then heights they knew before. you know the second album had some good work and is viewed better today then then,but the reputation of the group as the "bad boys of detroit" started to slip as they distenced themselfs from sinclair...the general view I remember with fans were they "sold out to commercial intrests". they would forgive them for a less then great album, but not for going slick. I was born 1953 so we have common history
bob played at my high school gym in troy michigan in 1969 or 70. even then he was trying to stay away from some earlier songs. I remember someone yelling for 2+2 and seger saying "naaaa.....we dont want to play that." for some reason I have never really heard him give an explanation for he is opposed to his early work. to bad....the bob seger system album,along with noah,and mongrel,albums feature the music detroit and ann arbor loved him for!
@TheBabyboomkidof53 Maybe Bob took a warning from his friends in the MC5 whose career's were killed by (among other things) their highly politicized early management. JUst a thought.
@newaccountdebzbd speaking as a detroiter, and actually from those days let me say this....just the opposit is true in the case of the MC5. they lost momentem when they tried to abandon their past and go commercial. perhaps you recently seen how detroiters served up charlie sheen on a platter when he decided to put on a show and be commercial and make money. detroiters will get up in your face if they see you backing away from a stance they endearingly know you for. it was'nt jonh sinclair.
@TheBabyboomkidof53 Hey, Homey. I'm an Eastsider, born '54. Alter-Warren and Jefferson-Chalmers. I've followed the '5 from Tartar field to the grim Park Shelby Rainbow Room, and was at Second Chance in Ann Arbor for taping of the triumphant resurgence of Fred Smith with Sonics Rendevoux. Not sure what you mean by them abandoning their past and going commercial. It was a stupid and pointless White Panther stunt that made Hudsons ban the sale of their first album. Next bad move was heroin....
@TheBabyboomkidof53 (hope my first comment gets posted) Local sales debacle cost them their Electra contract. But the heroin and their general naivete made them too stupid to see how hideously their second album was being produced. I should not have implied that Sinclair and his idiot cohorts were the five's total problem, but did them no good. I applaud your faith in Detroiters and share it to a degree. But only to a degree. So, what "stance" did Mr. Sheen have from which he could back away?
@newaccountdebzbd the hudsons deal I thought was in keeping with their persona. that was something we seen as anti establishment and we were noting if not anti establishment in those days.that endeared them all the more to us and made us go get the album. I dont think hudsons is what did their electra contract in. they just did'nt breakout beyond the area in big enough numbers. the record company was the culprit for poor sales by changing MF to brothers and sisters. it took the balls out of it.
@TheBabyboomkidof53 I guess we must agree to disagree. I recognize your viewpoint. There's a great site called something like the History of Southeastern Michigan rock ' roll -- at least those words are somewhere in the name -- and it's got the DL on just about everyone you or I could remember. If you haven't been there already, you should check it out. It's been good rapping with you (remember how we used to say rapping just to mean talking?) Take care.
@newaccountdebzbd yeah I still recall most of the old slang we used. I never told you about charlie sheen and detroit. charlie said the tour would be a lecture tour on the subject of taking on the power structure in the entertainment field and his battle with it. so detroiters went expecting such. instead they find charlie trying to do "standup comedian" type stuff. he also treats them to having his two "goddesses" making out and fondling eachother. they hated it. he backed off the tour pupose.
@newaccountdebzbd I'll check out the site you mentioned....did you know their is a grande ballroom site? its about the ballroom exspecially but everyone talks about the east town,birmingham paladium,hideout,silver bell, and all the others. just go to google and put in grande ballroom detroit michigan. peace.
@TheBabyboomkidof53 and @sixCards54 Hi I lived in Ann Arbor and know that Bob Seger went to school at what is now called Pioneer High. I saw him many times in Ann Arbor and one time in Oakland CA. Good times..keep bringing on the old songs..
jasonpp1973 im with ya his ealy stuff with the last heard and the bob seger system is my favorite of all of bob segers catalog. I like pretty much everything hes done but the stuff from the 60's wow eo
Can't understand why Seger dislikes his early stuff? I like ALL phases of his incredible career. I got BOTH the Ramblin' Gambin Man and Mongrel CD's brand new back in the early 90's at the now defunct Circuit City for 8.99 each, before they went OOP! I WILL NEVER SELL THEM AS I TREASURE THEM SO MUCH!
This is my favorite Bob Seger song to this day. I first saw a Seger concert at a Uof D High School dance when I was a freshman at CC. It is one of the best Vietnam War protest songs ever. Just chnge the words to over there in desert land and it has the same meaning for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and wherever we go next. Peace.
This the kind of great music often overlooked or forgotten by mainstream radio, (yes, some of us still listen). Instead, they play the SAME Bob Seger hits over and over, in thier rotation of 60-70 songs.
Saw Bob at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial in December 1969? Some martian death flu was going around, so it was the bass player (Dan?) and 'Peppy' on drums and Bob Seger playing keyboards & guitar all night - opened with Rambling Gambling Man, remember that like yesterday!
@Greenames This is the LP mix; the one you're thinking of was the Capitol 45 single. They reportedly were afraid to release a single for airplay with six seconds of dead air in it, so they asked him to fill that space, and he did... with a guitar impression of a plane crash!
Not that it mattered, it didn't get any airplay anyway. Great song, though.
Back when this great track was a hit and on the radio in southern Ohio, the neighborhood bully used to put this on the record player and then beat up me and my two brothers. We were 12 years old and younger. Great memories, great days.
Released in 1968 after he signed with Capitol Records. They changed the group's name to the Bob Seger System. Ramblin', Gamblin' Man was the second song released in the summer of 1968. 2+2 was a huge hit in Detroit but my cousin in California had never heard of it until he visited Lansing, MI in the summer of 1968. He took the single back to Cali and played it for all of his friends in LA.
Not only have I heard Ramblin Gamblin Man credited to 1968 but somebody mentioned this song was released in the summer of 68 months before the LP was released.
This is the first time I've ever heard this track I've heard so much about it and always regretted that Seger won't allow his early work to be re-released. Songs like this are excellent examples of that amazing Motor City Soul/Rock style. Just a technical question, was this transferred from vinyl and "cleaned up" because I never knew of a digital version of this song or the album it came from? Thanks for getting this up on the 'tube!
@ronbo11 I hear ya. Seger's 60's output really needs to be officially released in remastered, pristine digital sound. I know there are a few bootlegs around that collect most of his early singles, but the packaging is shoddy and sonics sub par. Heard he won't release his "Back in '72" album because he didn't like a couple performances. A shame because it's one of his best albums.
@ronbo11 I can understand why he wouldn't want this re-released now considering it was written in the Vietnam Era. Some people might think he was trying to capitalize on that and he also might not be too proud of doing something like that. I say let his fans say whether its good or not to re-release. If we want to hear it its our choice. Hint Bob! We love ya man no matter when you released it.
Big Seger fan... searched a long time for this song.. Two vets in the family...yes war sucks..we can't back down...we have to continue to fight for freedom...freedom isn't free
Thanks so, so much for posting this song! I heard a snippet of it once, and haven't been able to hear the whole song in good quality until now. I LOVE this song!!! Very good message and song! :)
Sorry it made such big picture in your mind , my brothe was 265 on the hat draft. His friends went and they to have bad memories...WAR SUCKS...My MoM lost 5 of her 7 brothers in WWII :-(
Maybe its because of the University of FL being here, but Gainesville, FL had both Ramblin Gamblin Man and 2+2 on the airwaves when they were out. Now, those of us that know both songs are trying to find them - thank heaven for Ipods and their users! Glad to hear them both on You Tube.
This has been one of my favorite songs since high school. Unfortunately, if you change the words "buried in the mud in a foreign jungle land" to buried in the sand in a foreign desert land, nothing changes.
The Bob Seger System played at the legendary "Inferno" back in the summer of 1968. They played 2 plus 2 to a full house. At that time, the Bob Seger Systems equipment along with speakers must of cost no more than $500.00 tops! Tell you one thing, both sets they played were outstanding!
Great song! I can't believe you posted this song! I've lived in the U.S. for 51 years and I've never met anyone outside of Michigan or northern Ohio that ever heard of it. I grew up in the Pontiac Mich. area during the 60's and 70's it brings back a lot of great memories. Thanks for posting it!
Yes...I can remember now...when I had to go out to the 141's to verify the can count back in the late 60's...I'd attest to anything to get out of the plane. You would hear this on AFR late at night depending on who was the DJ...but not very often...verboten!
Man, i played this song in high school, thru a Vox Royal Guardsman amp and a homade fuzz pedal 1973 Dexter high-- Dexter Michigan, fuck what a hoot!! Still playin axe at 51 Whoo-hoo!
Great song, brings back so many memories of the Detroit rock/ music scene of the late 60's early 70's. Put this song next to Fortunate Son by Creedence and Monster/Suicide by Steppenwolf and you see some of our best young minds commenting on mankinds need to take a good... long hard look in the mirror and asK WHAT IS THE POINT?
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Tazmania193 1 week ago
shake junt brought me here!
ButterFilmProduction 1 week ago 2
1968
rudabaga11 2 weeks ago
Good call with this song!! Well played, Sir!
sashaboxer1 2 weeks ago
FIGGY!!
marinapaiva1305 4 weeks ago
One of the best songs bob ever did
Cooldude1956 1 month ago
@Cooldude1956 Roll me away was great too.
TheGoat1954 3 weeks ago
one of the best songs bob every idi
Cooldude1956 1 month ago
Great song, thanks!
chadakoin1 1 month ago
shake junt
NewBrandSkateboards 1 month ago 2
he kicked that ass! awesome BS
purpulnerpul 1 month ago
Justin "Figgy" and Don "The Nuge" are THE beasts !
iguanaskater2 1 month ago 4
CHICKEN BONE NOWISON !!!!
DJRoboticJ 2 months ago 5
POW please come home ; (
tccompaq 2 months ago
press the thumbs up if u thought figgys tre bomb down that 5 flat 5flat 5 was orgasmic
thatkidfromthepark 2 months ago 14
fucking nuge and fucking figgy gnarly ass shit!!!
lasanalort 3 months ago 7
SHAKE JUNT! CHICKEN BONE NOWISON!
FunSteeze 3 months ago 6
CHICKEN BONE NOWISON
dasrocktkacke 3 months ago 7
I was blown way when Jack White said this was his favorite Seger song. This is a brilliant classic that nobody knows about and one of my all time favorite songs period. I always loved Jack and this made me have even more respect for him. Stop the WARS
tneumaier1 3 months ago
this song is sick, keeps growing keeps bringing hype!
Figgy is a beast!!
felixcln 3 months ago 3
Amazing, absolutely amazing! :O Thanks for uploading! ;D
MakeMyOwnSongs 5 months ago
Oh yeah baby!! What a fu-kin turn on!!
1Auntyj 7 months ago
one of the best protest songs ever
wallosund 7 months ago
@wallosund Vietnam sucked AND was stupid.
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2+2 is 3. Any Jack White fans agree?
ohjames88 7 months ago
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ohjames88 7 months ago
Whoa! RulerL0rd, another Supernatural fan here now too! This song rocks! Very important message, too. That show uses excellent music, all the time! Thanks for posting, Deepthroat1990 ! :D
bitterblue8 7 months ago
I don't know why nobody knows that this song is in reference to the novel 1984...when winston keeps tellon O'brien that two plus two is four not five and they keep torturing him. :)
kiarahnama 8 months ago
@kiarahnama
Wow never noticed that and thats my favorite book.
Thats obviously not the main point of song though, as its a protest of the Vietnam War.
CALJR8760 7 months ago
Here because of Jack White. I understand now why he likes this song.
Cryptonyte1 8 months ago
@Cryptonyte1
I can totally see Jack covering this
HubbaBubba768 8 months ago
Jack White has good taste in music
SunkissedTulip21 8 months ago
wonderful :)
Headcaseify 8 months ago
who's here because of Stephen Colbert's interview of Jack?
aquanite777 8 months ago 11
Who else is hear because of Jack White?
Lokisden 8 months ago 4
What wildhias said.
shinglebob1 8 months ago
jack whyte on the colbert report broufht me here
wildhias 8 months ago 45
@wildhias - Jack Whyte WOULD love this song.
EZgoer57 8 months ago 5
@wildhias Me too! Haha.
Thirty3N1Third 8 months ago
@wildhias Jack is not only one of my favorite musicians, he also got good taste, this is his favorite bob song, but mine is. I dont know because bob got a lot of good songs, like Lucifer,Looking Back,White Wall, River Deep Mountain High, Teaching Blues, Mongrel, louise, You know who yo are.... man let me tell you this: Bob Newer stuff have nothing to do agaisnt the bob seger system albums and some of his first singles, too bad he doesnt sing this songs nowadays, only rambin gamblin man... : /
ryumishima44 5 months ago
Thanks for the flashback!
MrLennonharrison 8 months ago
caught bob seger,back in the hideout days at the k-of-c hall in clawson.one of the great wailers of all time.he did outstanding covers of old classics like tin soldier by the small faces,you keep me hanging on by vanilla fudge,and procul harems,whiter shade,of pale.just listen to his singing at the end of the single of heavy music.DEEPER,DEEPER ,DEEPER,hell yes!!!!!!!!!!!!
TheRogomatic 8 months ago
Was just checkin' out the '67 riot on Wikipedia. I lived just west of downtown near Clark Park on W Vernor Hwy. We were under martial law for 4 days. I was 14 and I was ready to defend the neighborhood. Had a fishing pole loaded with a double, treble hook lure. And I could hit the telephone pole across the street about neck high every cast. It's a wonder I'm still alive =)
SixCards54 9 months ago
I grew up in Detroit but only saw Seger once in a battle of the bands at J.L. Hudson's Store. He's come a long way. I guess I have too.
Great to hear this song again =) Thanks for posting.
SixCards54 9 months ago
@SixCards54
PS: I also went to the Eastown a lot. It has been interesting reading the comments on here. How do you guys remember so much? lol
SixCards54 9 months ago
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We need this song to come back.
Will Jack White cover this?
NadePaulKuciGravMcKi
The lyrics, the lyrics ...
ryanshaunkelly 10 months ago
yeah heroin was the problem that took them down to a level less then heights they knew before. you know the second album had some good work and is viewed better today then then,but the reputation of the group as the "bad boys of detroit" started to slip as they distenced themselfs from sinclair...the general view I remember with fans were they "sold out to commercial intrests". they would forgive them for a less then great album, but not for going slick. I was born 1953 so we have common history
TheBabyboomkidof53 10 months ago
Damn here I go back into another Viet Nam flashback . Seger enough said
btrim27 10 months ago
I heard this on the way to get a draft physical in '69.
MegaKegHead 11 months ago
bob played at my high school gym in troy michigan in 1969 or 70. even then he was trying to stay away from some earlier songs. I remember someone yelling for 2+2 and seger saying "naaaa.....we dont want to play that." for some reason I have never really heard him give an explanation for he is opposed to his early work. to bad....the bob seger system album,along with noah,and mongrel,albums feature the music detroit and ann arbor loved him for!
TheBabyboomkidof53 11 months ago
@TheBabyboomkidof53 Maybe Bob took a warning from his friends in the MC5 whose career's were killed by (among other things) their highly politicized early management. JUst a thought.
newaccountdebzbd 10 months ago
@newaccountdebzbd speaking as a detroiter, and actually from those days let me say this....just the opposit is true in the case of the MC5. they lost momentem when they tried to abandon their past and go commercial. perhaps you recently seen how detroiters served up charlie sheen on a platter when he decided to put on a show and be commercial and make money. detroiters will get up in your face if they see you backing away from a stance they endearingly know you for. it was'nt jonh sinclair.
TheBabyboomkidof53 10 months ago
@TheBabyboomkidof53 Hey, Homey. I'm an Eastsider, born '54. Alter-Warren and Jefferson-Chalmers. I've followed the '5 from Tartar field to the grim Park Shelby Rainbow Room, and was at Second Chance in Ann Arbor for taping of the triumphant resurgence of Fred Smith with Sonics Rendevoux. Not sure what you mean by them abandoning their past and going commercial. It was a stupid and pointless White Panther stunt that made Hudsons ban the sale of their first album. Next bad move was heroin....
newaccountdebzbd 10 months ago
@TheBabyboomkidof53 (hope my first comment gets posted) Local sales debacle cost them their Electra contract. But the heroin and their general naivete made them too stupid to see how hideously their second album was being produced. I should not have implied that Sinclair and his idiot cohorts were the five's total problem, but did them no good. I applaud your faith in Detroiters and share it to a degree. But only to a degree. So, what "stance" did Mr. Sheen have from which he could back away?
newaccountdebzbd 10 months ago
@newaccountdebzbd the hudsons deal I thought was in keeping with their persona. that was something we seen as anti establishment and we were noting if not anti establishment in those days.that endeared them all the more to us and made us go get the album. I dont think hudsons is what did their electra contract in. they just did'nt breakout beyond the area in big enough numbers. the record company was the culprit for poor sales by changing MF to brothers and sisters. it took the balls out of it.
TheBabyboomkidof53 10 months ago
@TheBabyboomkidof53 I guess we must agree to disagree. I recognize your viewpoint. There's a great site called something like the History of Southeastern Michigan rock ' roll -- at least those words are somewhere in the name -- and it's got the DL on just about everyone you or I could remember. If you haven't been there already, you should check it out. It's been good rapping with you (remember how we used to say rapping just to mean talking?) Take care.
newaccountdebzbd 10 months ago
@newaccountdebzbd yeah I still recall most of the old slang we used. I never told you about charlie sheen and detroit. charlie said the tour would be a lecture tour on the subject of taking on the power structure in the entertainment field and his battle with it. so detroiters went expecting such. instead they find charlie trying to do "standup comedian" type stuff. he also treats them to having his two "goddesses" making out and fondling eachother. they hated it. he backed off the tour pupose.
TheBabyboomkidof53 10 months ago
@newaccountdebzbd I'll check out the site you mentioned....did you know their is a grande ballroom site? its about the ballroom exspecially but everyone talks about the east town,birmingham paladium,hideout,silver bell, and all the others. just go to google and put in grande ballroom detroit michigan. peace.
TheBabyboomkidof53 10 months ago
@TheBabyboomkidof53 and @sixCards54 Hi I lived in Ann Arbor and know that Bob Seger went to school at what is now called Pioneer High. I saw him many times in Ann Arbor and one time in Oakland CA. Good times..keep bringing on the old songs..
ewebster509 9 months ago
There is smn strange about this man...Some strange energy, its like he was half a century ahead of his time. Amasing song, powerful, mysterious even.
sicrvat 1 year ago
I remember hearing this song on CKLW-The Big 8! Thanks for the memories Deepthroat1990.
cinerama62 1 year ago
Old Seager i love it!
bud4207 1 year ago
talk about an anti viet nam war song this is a classic!!!!!
dansr1964 1 year ago
jasonpp1973 im with ya his ealy stuff with the last heard and the bob seger system is my favorite of all of bob segers catalog. I like pretty much everything hes done but the stuff from the 60's wow eo
dansr1964 1 year ago
amazing.
davefuckingniro 1 year ago
A Supernatural fan was here!
RulerL0rd 1 year ago 84
@RulerL0rd Same here! :D And I also love this song!
AcidOriel 1 year ago
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@RulerL0rd Same here, plus I love this song! :D
AcidOriel 1 year ago
@RulerL0rd beast!
666DrUmFoOl666 1 month ago
Can't understand why Seger dislikes his early stuff? I like ALL phases of his incredible career. I got BOTH the Ramblin' Gambin Man and Mongrel CD's brand new back in the early 90's at the now defunct Circuit City for 8.99 each, before they went OOP! I WILL NEVER SELL THEM AS I TREASURE THEM SO MUCH!
jasonpp1973 1 year ago
@jasonpp1973 You are a very lucky person!
ronbo11 1 year ago
The Bob Seger System was the shit! When I turn people on 2 this stuff they cant believe this is the same guy who did "Old Time R&R"
djgforce11 1 year ago
One of my favs from '69.
MegaKegHead 1 year ago
great song
shaneh1983 1 year ago
This is my favorite Bob Seger song to this day. I first saw a Seger concert at a Uof D High School dance when I was a freshman at CC. It is one of the best Vietnam War protest songs ever. Just chnge the words to over there in desert land and it has the same meaning for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and wherever we go next. Peace.
makingsense53 1 year ago
Got this from Amazon. Wasnt cheap though.
tommy5075 1 year ago
@tommy5075 can you tell me what you purchased so I can go to amazon as well?
mellou1050 1 year ago
For some reason, I can't find this album on any CD. Anyone know if it was ever made to one?
ArniepII 1 year ago
Bets Seger song ever! Deep meaning when I was a kid,
ArniepII 1 year ago
im in michigan born in jackson and live there!! seger motown nugent grand funk this is my hometown (home state ) music
skullbone79 1 year ago
its so simple , simple as the answer to 2+2 that is on his mind
why was we fighting in nam , now the answer to that was not easy
MiloSassy2010 1 year ago
If you change the words "buried in the mud on a foreign jungle land" to buired in the sand on a foreign desert land, unfortunately, nothing changes.
flacoconut 1 year ago
I'm feelin it
GoldenSun95051 1 year ago
Joy rd @ Inkster here...Livonia corner.
returnunopen 1 year ago
@Deepthroat1990
CKLW..The Motor City........Those hot summer nights in Gaylord we could still get the station.
keefer2111 1 year ago
@keefer2111 CKLW.....been years since I have heard those call letters. brings back a lot of memories though
OldWingsfan 1 year ago
Great song - thanks for sharing this! :)
MistressDiva1 1 year ago
This the kind of great music often overlooked or forgotten by mainstream radio, (yes, some of us still listen). Instead, they play the SAME Bob Seger hits over and over, in thier rotation of 60-70 songs.
darrylj1231 1 year ago
Wow. Just wow. I miss Peter terribly. Dead of drugs, 1977.
grindlbebe 1 year ago
The best riff ever.
dubbabuddha 1 year ago
Saw Bob at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial in December 1969? Some martian death flu was going around, so it was the bass player (Dan?) and 'Peppy' on drums and Bob Seger playing keyboards & guitar all night - opened with Rambling Gambling Man, remember that like yesterday!
detroitdonpillen 1 year ago
Awesome
ChaakBalam1 1 year ago
This version is missing the distorted slide guitar near the end where it goes quiet here.
Greenames 1 year ago
@Greenames This is the LP mix; the one you're thinking of was the Capitol 45 single. They reportedly were afraid to release a single for airplay with six seconds of dead air in it, so they asked him to fill that space, and he did... with a guitar impression of a plane crash!
Not that it mattered, it didn't get any airplay anyway. Great song, though.
sha1om 1 year ago
Does anybody know where a person can get a copy of this great music??????
jerryal1000 1 year ago
@jerryal1000 wal mart
darrylj1231 1 year ago
Sweeeet! Haven't heard it since The Hideout days in the late 60s. Great Stuff!!
panaz14 1 year ago
one of the earliest and best Vietnam War protest songs. Maybe on the Feel like I'm Fixing to Die rag by Country Joe comes close
mwild2198 1 year ago
Man...this track makes the hairs on my arms stand on end! Killer!
natemayorga 1 year ago
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Back when this great track was a hit and on the radio in southern Ohio, the neighborhood bully used to put this on the record player and then beat up me and my two brothers. We were 12 years old and younger. Great memories, great days.
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souldoggie 2 years ago
Released in 1968 after he signed with Capitol Records. They changed the group's name to the Bob Seger System. Ramblin', Gamblin' Man was the second song released in the summer of 1968. 2+2 was a huge hit in Detroit but my cousin in California had never heard of it until he visited Lansing, MI in the summer of 1968. He took the single back to Cali and played it for all of his friends in LA.
newhotman1001 2 years ago
That's cool. I like this song also. I come from California, but don't live there now.
TheWackysam 2 years ago
This song fits in now 2009 .......sigh ..so sad can we ever learn.
tccompaq 2 years ago 3
I wonder why he has not done this live
By the way I love Fuzz guitar
tccompaq 2 years ago 3
I've got the 7" record of this. It rules ballz.
drunkingham 2 years ago 3
this song is differant
bloodstone911 2 years ago 2
Best Seger song ever.
leftylion 2 years ago 3
What year was this song?
DMSOG 2 years ago
1969
Deepthroat1990 2 years ago 2
oh wow... he sounds alot younger than that
DMSOG 2 years ago
Are you sure that's the exact year?
Not only have I heard Ramblin Gamblin Man credited to 1968 but somebody mentioned this song was released in the summer of 68 months before the LP was released.
MIKECNW 2 years ago
@Deepthroat1990
got this on 7", think it was `68 ;).....
evaldez1407 1 year ago
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@Deepthroat1990
got this on 7", think it was '68 ;)...
evaldez1407 1 year ago
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got this on 7", think it was '68 ;)...
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evaldez1407 1 year ago
eas tside story and vagrant winters are my favorits from him, looove the old stuff....
evaldez1407 1 year ago
@Deepthroat1990 earlier than that
davefuckingniro 1 year ago
@Deepthroat1990 Actually it's from early 1968, but included on the Ramblin' album from '69
someguy23475 10 months ago
@DMSOG it was during nam
TheMrTaccoman 1 year ago
amazing
torkerbmx 2 years ago
Another amazing Early Seger classic. Thaks
reptilerick 2 years ago 8
This is the first time I've ever heard this track I've heard so much about it and always regretted that Seger won't allow his early work to be re-released. Songs like this are excellent examples of that amazing Motor City Soul/Rock style. Just a technical question, was this transferred from vinyl and "cleaned up" because I never knew of a digital version of this song or the album it came from? Thanks for getting this up on the 'tube!
ronbo11 2 years ago 3
yeah i think so...but i didnt do it by myself
Deepthroat1990 2 years ago
@ronbo11 I hear ya. Seger's 60's output really needs to be officially released in remastered, pristine digital sound. I know there are a few bootlegs around that collect most of his early singles, but the packaging is shoddy and sonics sub par. Heard he won't release his "Back in '72" album because he didn't like a couple performances. A shame because it's one of his best albums.
motownmaniax 1 year ago
@ronbo11 I can understand why he wouldn't want this re-released now considering it was written in the Vietnam Era. Some people might think he was trying to capitalize on that and he also might not be too proud of doing something like that. I say let his fans say whether its good or not to re-release. If we want to hear it its our choice. Hint Bob! We love ya man no matter when you released it.
blueagate 1 year ago
@ronbo11 they have been rereleased i have them on new cds ive bought recently
ScaringKids247 8 months ago
This is my favourite Seger tune... although his ballad for the yellow beret is contrary to the sentiment of this track
sonicred007 2 years ago
It shows he's not a mindless Zealot but can understand all points of view.
tbcass 2 years ago 3
Liberal!
angrysamoan666 2 years ago
Realistic.
Tubernaut 2 years ago
Go Blue...
Big Seger fan... searched a long time for this song.. Two vets in the family...yes war sucks..we can't back down...we have to continue to fight for freedom...freedom isn't free
skifflake07 2 years ago
If you are from Michigan SOUND OFF!
keefer2111 2 years ago 3
@keefer2111 Michigan girl and proud of it! You hear this song still on some of the classic rock stations. Not very often...
Ypsiroselee 1 year ago
Man! that takes me back.
keefer2111 2 years ago
Thanks so, so much for posting this song! I heard a snippet of it once, and haven't been able to hear the whole song in good quality until now. I LOVE this song!!! Very good message and song! :)
bettablue1 2 years ago 2
2nd that motion bettablue1
rasc1944 2 years ago
Cool
jeffrow1960 3 years ago
PHYCO DELIC
Trick6828 3 years ago
not really....its about vietnam war but never mind
Deepthroat1990 3 years ago
Sorry it made such big picture in your mind , my brothe was 265 on the hat draft. His friends went and they to have bad memories...WAR SUCKS...My MoM lost 5 of her 7 brothers in WWII :-(
Trick6828 3 years ago
so you are about 80 years old?
Deepthroat1990 3 years ago
Wow, I remember this song! I love its lyrics. Thanks for uploading it!
arsk2hell 3 years ago 3
Man I hadn't heard this song in ages, thanks for posting it. It's sadly still true.
Jaseph2 3 years ago 2
man this is a good son! thanks for posting it. you cant find this song anywhere, and i like the video quality
nolaw03 3 years ago 3
this is great, i wonder if it inspired radioheads 2+2=5 at all? who knows
seapockets 3 years ago
Saw Seger play this at the Note at Gun Lake MI. about 1967 with Brownsville Station and several other groups. A day i'll never forget!
drummerboi52 3 years ago 8
We watched him on a dirt road near Rochester 1972....WOW ...Great time...
Trick6828 3 years ago
rochester mi....? what rd.
NonRider 3 years ago
Maybe its because of the University of FL being here, but Gainesville, FL had both Ramblin Gamblin Man and 2+2 on the airwaves when they were out. Now, those of us that know both songs are trying to find them - thank heaven for Ipods and their users! Glad to hear them both on You Tube.
holmevl 3 years ago
This has been one of my favorite songs since high school. Unfortunately, if you change the words "buried in the mud in a foreign jungle land" to buried in the sand in a foreign desert land, nothing changes.
flacoconut 3 years ago 2
yes, sad but true
Deepthroat1990 3 years ago
The Bob Seger System played at the legendary "Inferno" back in the summer of 1968. They played 2 plus 2 to a full house. At that time, the Bob Seger Systems equipment along with speakers must of cost no more than $500.00 tops! Tell you one thing, both sets they played were outstanding!
anselmo66 3 years ago 2
Great song! I can't believe you posted this song! I've lived in the U.S. for 51 years and I've never met anyone outside of Michigan or northern Ohio that ever heard of it. I grew up in the Pontiac Mich. area during the 60's and 70's it brings back a lot of great memories. Thanks for posting it!
kharmstrong 3 years ago 4
great to hear that. I happened to heared that song a couple of years ago
Deepthroat1990 3 years ago
This was a hit in Columbus Ohio
oceanbound222 3 years ago
oh, you mean that state which elected Bush pres for a 2nd term? you mean that bridge to Kentucky from Michigan. I hate ohio...too many vowels
SEEVIEGEENIE 3 years ago
Yes...I can remember now...when I had to go out to the 141's to verify the can count back in the late 60's...I'd attest to anything to get out of the plane. You would hear this on AFR late at night depending on who was the DJ...but not very often...verboten!
billgr0248 3 years ago
F...ing EXCELLENT tune from the Fantastic "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" album!!!
jeffthrow6892 3 years ago
can anyone post SchoolTeacher by Seger, an intense rocker?
neezledoo 3 years ago
Still one of my favorite songs -- after all these years!
basicaa 3 years ago 2
Just as powerful as when it came out.
bcat44 3 years ago 3
Great song and really needed once again.
peacefulwanderer2 3 years ago 3
Man, i played this song in high school, thru a Vox Royal Guardsman amp and a homade fuzz pedal 1973 Dexter high-- Dexter Michigan, fuck what a hoot!! Still playin axe at 51 Whoo-hoo!
deckape1956 3 years ago
Righteous.
kevinkmny 3 years ago 2
haven't heard this in forever. thanks! any chance ya have death row?
geevan1 3 years ago
no sorry
Deepthroat1990 3 years ago
Great song, brings back so many memories of the Detroit rock/ music scene of the late 60's early 70's. Put this song next to Fortunate Son by Creedence and Monster/Suicide by Steppenwolf and you see some of our best young minds commenting on mankinds need to take a good... long hard look in the mirror and asK WHAT IS THE POINT?
radardogg 3 years ago 5
Great lost Seger classic. Playing in my memory for years.
bcat44 3 years ago