where is the rest of the album ? if anyone has it please post it, this is a story, i had this album over 30 years ago, and well...it's gone ..thanx for the memories
this song haunts me to this day.. it speaks to me. the driving beat and the subtle guitar work... the backups fill it out just perfectly. its truely a masterpiece. And you know what?. there really is no time to lose...
Solid proof that the best bands don't necessarily have to rack up 4 or 5 top 10 hits to be credible. Always loved this song since first hearing back in '79 when I was 9. For some reason, I've had it on my mind lately, so I thought I'd check youtube out. Great to hear this again! Never knew there was this video...so 1979, so great! Thanx for posting.
LOVED this song. I have it recorded on a VHS tape from the first few months they played it on MTV. I don't remember if I ever heard it much on the radio but I remember this video like it was yesterday.
Is it me or it's similar to "Personal Jesus" hit by Depeche Mode... 11 years later...? ... if it's right... they need to ask some songwriting credits.... Dave Gahan and Martin Gore ...are already rich without this song... so a little humble gesture won't be bad for their karma...
This is the very first song I ever recorded from the radio onto cassette back in '79! LOL I thought it was so cool to learn how to do that! Still love this and yes I still have that cassette tape~ ♥ Thanks for uploading this I love it!!! 1raindog ♥ msstevie ♥
@DaveWollenberg You are Right On!, I thought the date of '79 was wrong when I looked this up. I remember listening to this in 1981 in heavy rotation on the BIG 89! (via night time skywave radiation 450 miles from chicago!).
@heehawkdown this song was released twice, in 1979 and 1981. Both time failed to make the top 40 in spite of heavy airplay. Billboard must have been on vacation.
This IS a great tune. Unfortunately, it's the only one on the album ('Run For Your Life') worth listening to; I thought the rest of it sucked like an Electrolux.
This version has had a hatchet taken to it, but at least their lips move in sync with the music (unlike another video of the same song in YouTube-Land).
Per the album's liner notes, the band is Alan(?) Tarney and Trevor Spencer; nobody else is involved. So who are all these other people in the band?
Notice how even the bands no one's heard of played their own instruments? That's the way it was. And the great thing about it was they all had their own sound.
Actually have this album on vinyl. Sounds a lot better than Rod Stewart's Great American Songbook. Or whatever he's calling his latest tour to feed his kids. Or his grandkids.
dam i love this song so much, i frist saw and heard this song in the 70s late nite rock band music show,to it makes me think about life and why not to keep tryin and doing ,because you mite not get chance again.
Summer of 1979. Used to ride my 10 speed up to Crestwood to the concrete block house behind the 66 Drive- In that is KSHE-95. Watched Gary Kolander and the other jocks from behind the big glass window - picked up some key chains and bumper stickers. Also the summer of My Sharona by the Knack and Cheap Trick's - I want you to want me that got constant air play in St. Louis.
@t5775jh Heck ya, some of the fondest memories of my adolescence. Spent the entire summer at the pool listening to those songs. Great stuff. Haven't heard Gary Kolander's name in a long time.
Wow! I can't believe I just found this. This brings back some memories. Myself and some of my friends heard this song exactly 1 time, while hurying to get back to Chicago in 1982, we were running very late and had no time to lose. Over the years we talked about it but could never find this song. We thought it was done by the Spencer Davis band. And now here it is, found it on a fluke! I have sent the link to my friends. Found after 29 years...
Wow! I can't believe I just found this. This brings back some memories. Myself and some of my friends heard this song exactly 1 time, while hurying to get back to Chicago in 1982, we were running very late and had no time to lose. Over the years we talked about it but could never find this song. We thought it was done by the Spencer Davis band. And now here it is, found it on a fluke! I have sent the link to my friends. Found after 29 years...
This has always choked me up a bit, which is weird considering it's not much more than a very nicely done Eagles style song. I think it has something to do with the fact that I was 23 when it came out. I knew the the days of California Dreamin' were dead, dead, dead, and this was a less cynical epitaph than Hotel California.
Say what you will about the kids in the vid, I'll take em over the loudmouth tattooed speedfreaks of today.
these guys came from the sixties in australia and were members of James Taylor Move, with Kevin Peek in melbourne. after jtm finished they went to england .
these guys came from the sixties in australia and were members of James Taylor Move, with Kevin Peek in melbourne. after jtm finished they went to england .
@tentimesaloser ...except for Midnight Oil, never cared for that band and they still play them Stateside...How can I sleep with my eardrums burning?! hahaha
@bufford4 True of a good number of songs... I tuned in to hear the final moments of Children of the Sun by Billy Thorpe, on the radio, as well as the final moments of Working Man by Rush, one of the listener's played requests! I hate that!!
I heard this great blast from the past tune on the radio earlier tonight. I turned up the volume and it just wasn't enough! I remembered the name of the song, but I honestly had no clue who Tarney-Spencer was. Unfortunately, iTunes hasn't heard of them either. I can't believe they don't exist there anywhere - not even in a compilation album from the 70's or 80's. Too bad - it's a great song.
I heard this great blast from the past tune on the radio earlier tonight. I turned up the volume and it just wasn't enough! I remembered the name of the song, but I honestly had no clue who Tarney-Spencer was. Unfortunately, iTunes hasn't heard of them either. I can't believe they don't exist there anywhere - not even in a compilation album from the 70's or 80's. Too bad - it's a great song.
@bmwpaneristi there are a lot of songs that don't get the air play from the past. The Tarney-Spencer band One of my fave songs as well as band. Alan Tarney and Trevor Spencer out of Australia. "No time to lose" circa. 1978, reissued in 1981 did better on the charts second time around. From the Lp. "Run for your life" great song from a great band. TImeless....Turn it up!
From the first note of this song I get transported back to 1978. I remember a far far simpler time, when all you had to worry about was...well..nothing...except how well you'll do in college and what kind of job you'll end up with......seeing that there were only about a million possibilities. We'd live for the weekend and just hanging out with friends. Every waking hour we could grab, was spent outside...being PART of nature. What the heck happend? I sure do miss those days...Awesome song!
This song is a beautifully haunting rememberance of the late 70s early 80s. We were young and carefree then... lets hope we can provide something simular for our kids!
@glenzhere2 I agree I was driving home from court after my divorce,but it was a good feeling of freedom mixed with wondering if I'd done the right thing,very bittersweet. ♥
This song has been stuck in my head almost 30 years.. Finally found it here a couple of years ago. Listen to it every week or so, can't find it on CD anywhere. Great song, very haunting...Thank you for posting...
the bands that came out of australia during the mid to late 70s all seemed to have that deep hypnotic driving rift in their guitar work. a very distinctive sound
I remember hearing this song for the first time when I was 17... Driving my 1970 Old Cutlass Supreme down an Iowa gravel road... Wind in my hair... I remember that moment every time every time I hear this song. Such a GREAT SONG!
@carsonky Yeah, and the girl holding it is so totally built. Fantastic figure. I'd take her any day over these malnourished, underweight size 0 "supermodels" any day of the week!
I need your assistance if I may ask.I have a few videos on my acct that conatin my original songs.I try to write in a classic rock kind of style.I think so anyways.Would it be possible for anyone to please check them out & leave a few comments?
It was a long time ago and correct me if I'm wrong but I believe this was the very first video shown on MTV when they went on the air. I miss MTV vids.
In cincinnati you could hear this on WEBN but it seems like they only played it in the middle of the night- so this and the sherbs always remind me of being a teenager out too late and the great music that webn played that summer. Thanks for posting this
hey tex, i grew up in the 'nati and remember listening to this on ebn too. I lived on the east side of town - mariemont and terrace park. where were you?
The sherbs. HOLY CRAP! Dude, I was driving from Ft. Lauderdale to Melbourne Fl, when I was listening to a Palm Beach radio station, don't look back. WOW!, I thought I was one of the only people on the planet that heard of them and Ambrosia. Thankz dude.
Yes I was 15 when this song came out. Now I am 46. Man it really sucks getting older! Excellent song and music! The crap this young generation listens to now I just can't stand at all!
i feel you on that one. most forms of music..and even rap is no exception..start as an artform, the voice of a paticular slice of our culture. what happened with rock is that it not only pushes that sex and drugs are necessary to sell it, but you also have to be messed up to enjoy it. things are always lost when compromise comes in in any way just in order to make money
@abacus1963 I am about 5 years ahead of you and came here in an idol moment to hunt lost gems like this one. This is a memorable song with melody. I agree this gen's tunes are worthless. I was in a bar at 12th n Benton in NE KCMO & all the 20 sumtin's were listening to 1970's music. I asked them why do not their gen have their own tunes? No answer.
@abacus1963 Same for me too abacus and same age too. Todays music (if you want to call it that) is about people talking over someone elses music, they can't even play instruments so they dance as if that were a talent, give me a break. Todays crop are not musicians they're simply talkers over stolen music tracks..lamers!
@abacus1963 Hi Abacus, I am almost 10 years older than you and will agree it sucks getting older....if you will agree with me... that it has been a total blast getting here :-)
@abacus1963 Time is a thief. What was 30 years ago is clear and fresh as yesterday. And it seems like it.
We were spoiled in our time with song and melody writters that knew how to put together a song that you heard it once and you could sing it 30 years later. That is gone now.
@abacus1963 You are too funny thinking you're old?? I recorded this song onto a cassette when I was 27 years old,I am 59 now and I don't feel old at all! Enjoy everyday.Age is just a number.I still have that cassette and it plays fine ,and yes I still dance to this!! LOL! You did give me a laugh though,you're a puppy! Yes I agree about the crappy music that's out now,but thank God for Youtube and recordings we can still enjoy the good old days :-) ♥ msstevie ♥
@abacus1963 ----I'm 43! I love this tune Man.....Old music from our time had real feeling to it. Music now does suck...Hey we are still the young generation!
rollerblading, black ppl with afros while white ppl started to try out afros, pre-boom boxes carried around, guys with long hair....yes, love the 70's/80's. Great song that was only one of a few MVs available on MTV at the time but oh those were some of the best videos ever!!
This song reminds me of Chicago, every time I went there as a kidd in late 70's to early 80's WLS was playing it. Made a lot of sence was only there for a short time so........No Time To Loose. Great tune.
I lived in California during the 70s and it was a great time back then; I miss it. Not sure if I want to live there now, but a great song, brings back some good memories.
incredible!!!!!!! this is a serious blast from the past. i cant believe its already been 30 years since this song came out.quality guitar and drumwork at its best. they just dont make this type of music anymore. thanks and god bless!!!
there is a classic rock station that frquently plays this tune they play jackson browne, eagles ,sniff and the tears drivers seat, john stewart gold, stealy dan doobies gerry rafferty all the great artist from the 70s and early 80s i dont care for too much newer music certain artist but alot of todays stuff will not be listened toowhenit as old as the beatles stones or zep in 46 but my dad turned me on to his stuff at an early age
MTV played this video constantly in the early 1980's, always thought it was a great song...remember when MTV actually played music videos and would help break bands? Those days are long gone. What I don't understand is that what could be cheaper than playing music videos? The reality shows they have on cost something to make...I don't understand.
Love this, it's the first song I ever recorded onto a tape from the radio.I'll never forget the feeling of having that to play whenever I wanted to!What a thrill and how far we've come!!Still sounds great!
Pretty sure it's been at least 25 years since I've seen this video. Ditto on the previous poster about remembering the imagery (for me it was the roller skating!) Funny how your brain stores these things.
Any who, this tune was ALWAYS the one that NEVER got ID'd on the radio before or after airplay!
It took me a while, but I finally found the LP in a $3.99 cut out bin of a little hole in the wall record store in MD.
My friend who passed away from cancer at age 29, in 1982 was a huge fan of this and a Styx song, that he played over and over, full volume. I have the original vinyl, never played. Notice the roller skaters all on 8 wheels, way, way before inline skates.
Thanks for this. Wow! What a trip back to the very earliest days of MTV. A great tune, and many parts of that video were etched in my brain (in a fuzzy/grainy way, but etched nevertheless- including the gulls in the air toward the end- but I remember them flying over a landfill, not palm trees, no joke- that's how it set in my brain). To see this video again after over two decades of NOT seeing it was wild.
This whole album was great too bad they don't play anything off this album any more! Radio SUCKS!!
kanderso2011 1 week ago
Wow I have looked for this song for ever, thanks for posting it!! What a classic!!
ckelley63 1 week ago
Ewwe
hrtswrm1 2 weeks ago
Damn! Used to listen to this every morning my senior year in Alexandria, Va along w/ Billy Squier, solo Ozzy first starting out,etc. Good memories!
69dollyrocker 2 weeks ago
where is the rest of the album ? if anyone has it please post it, this is a story, i had this album over 30 years ago, and well...it's gone ..thanx for the memories
normamitzy 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
this song haunts me to this day.. it speaks to me. the driving beat and the subtle guitar work... the backups fill it out just perfectly. its truely a masterpiece. And you know what?. there really is no time to lose...
70sChangedtheWorld 1 month ago 3
Playing this great song while cruising in a late 70's Trans Am and I'm 19 all over again. Thanks for the post.
limegreenthecolor 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos 2
Solid proof that the best bands don't necessarily have to rack up 4 or 5 top 10 hits to be credible. Always loved this song since first hearing back in '79 when I was 9. For some reason, I've had it on my mind lately, so I thought I'd check youtube out. Great to hear this again! Never knew there was this video...so 1979, so great! Thanx for posting.
truthaintpretty 1 month ago
wow, He is so hot. Love this tune soooooo much. Everything about it, especially the guy. x.o
mystictraveler17 2 months ago
What a great song. Love the music.
mario062572 2 months ago
LOVED this song. I have it recorded on a VHS tape from the first few months they played it on MTV. I don't remember if I ever heard it much on the radio but I remember this video like it was yesterday.
justyvonne 2 months ago
the whole album was like a story....Rock On as I get older by the minute.....
KyBoy2999 3 months ago
WOW!!! been thinking about this song for like 20 years. thanks to utube i back in high school!!
motojoe64 4 months ago
HELL YEA!!!!!
aricars6263 5 months ago
A lost classic from the 70's......
mikethedragon2000 5 months ago
Did not know they made a video for this song!! Awesome! Brings back some of the best memories.
scuba945 6 months ago
1979...will never forget those days..
jstory71 6 months ago
Great song from 1979!!!
ryanspeed 6 months ago
This song is awesome and it is great that I have it on cd!!!
steveissosteve 7 months ago
I was 17 when this came out. Summer of '79 had a lot of good music & this was part of it. Thanks for uploading!
ChargerRT440 7 months ago
Anyone know where one can get the guitar tab to this wonderful song???
reh873 7 months ago
Is it me or it's similar to "Personal Jesus" hit by Depeche Mode... 11 years later...? ... if it's right... they need to ask some songwriting credits.... Dave Gahan and Martin Gore ...are already rich without this song... so a little humble gesture won't be bad for their karma...
BohemianConspiracy 7 months ago
im 36 i love this song thank god for classic rock radio stations here insaint louis
tom321974 7 months ago
This is the very first song I ever recorded from the radio onto cassette back in '79! LOL I thought it was so cool to learn how to do that! Still love this and yes I still have that cassette tape~ ♥ Thanks for uploading this I love it!!! 1raindog ♥ msstevie ♥
msstevie1951 8 months ago
WLS AM and FM helped to revive this track. It hit #74 in Billboard, 10-3-81. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx!
DaveWollenberg 8 months ago
@DaveWollenberg You are Right On!, I thought the date of '79 was wrong when I looked this up. I remember listening to this in 1981 in heavy rotation on the BIG 89! (via night time skywave radiation 450 miles from chicago!).
heehawkdown 6 months ago
@heehawkdown It DID 1st hit the Hot 100 in '79. Have a blessed weekend!
DaveWollenberg 6 months ago
@heehawkdown this song was released twice, in 1979 and 1981. Both time failed to make the top 40 in spite of heavy airplay. Billboard must have been on vacation.
hoss73ford1 4 months ago
@heehawkdown Pretty shure they did a remake in 81
ckelley63 1 week ago
rollers girls in vevice beach............kuel
salinagrrrl69 8 months ago
Can't believe this song is over 30 years old. It is just an incredible song.
lilabeef 8 months ago
this song just proves you dont need huge production costs to make a great video
27wingnut 8 months ago
This IS a great tune. Unfortunately, it's the only one on the album ('Run For Your Life') worth listening to; I thought the rest of it sucked like an Electrolux.
This version has had a hatchet taken to it, but at least their lips move in sync with the music (unlike another video of the same song in YouTube-Land).
Per the album's liner notes, the band is Alan(?) Tarney and Trevor Spencer; nobody else is involved. So who are all these other people in the band?
hoghed 8 months ago
AWESOME Song!! 199 People realized that they had no time to lose..
badoocee 8 months ago
Although the era was not so good for me, the music was fantastic. I fondly enjoy an occasional trip back to hear it.
tappingkaren 8 months ago
Notice how even the bands no one's heard of played their own instruments? That's the way it was. And the great thing about it was they all had their own sound.
atomicpunk48 8 months ago
Actually have this album on vinyl. Sounds a lot better than Rod Stewart's Great American Songbook. Or whatever he's calling his latest tour to feed his kids. Or his grandkids.
atomicpunk48 8 months ago
How did this kind of music disappear? This song wasn't one of the greatest but it's a classic compared to today's crap.
atomicpunk48 8 months ago
The whole album was great.....such a carefree era when rock-n-roll was great!
kanderso2011 9 months ago
The whole album was great.....such a carefree era.....man I miss them days!
kanderso2011 9 months ago
Songs really do bring back memories of the best days of our lives. Man I wish we could go back in time and be that carefree again.
kcboomer135 10 months ago
dam i love this song so much, i frist saw and heard this song in the 70s late nite rock band music show,to it makes me think about life and why not to keep tryin and doing ,because you mite not get chance again.
mrbarr1961 10 months ago
Love it! This is when MTV was MTV! Thank goodness for VH1 Classics!!
gtraxler 1 year ago
no knee pads,no elbow pads,no helmets
we have become a nanny state
8302967 1 year ago 4
Summer of 1979. Used to ride my 10 speed up to Crestwood to the concrete block house behind the 66 Drive- In that is KSHE-95. Watched Gary Kolander and the other jocks from behind the big glass window - picked up some key chains and bumper stickers. Also the summer of My Sharona by the Knack and Cheap Trick's - I want you to want me that got constant air play in St. Louis.
t5775jh 1 year ago 10
@t5775jh i was only 7 then but loved this song on the radio
wingspan61 1 year ago
@t5775jh Heck ya, some of the fondest memories of my adolescence. Spent the entire summer at the pool listening to those songs. Great stuff. Haven't heard Gary Kolander's name in a long time.
rnelson180 4 months ago
The dawn of the video age. When vids were performance clips or just a bunch of footage somebody shot. Or both.
Gravida12 1 year ago
OMG!! I knew this song existed!! Everyone was telling me I was crazy. I LOVED this song. Soooo many memories. TY TY TY TY TY for posting this
jmsnclr 1 year ago
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Wow! I can't believe I just found this. This brings back some memories. Myself and some of my friends heard this song exactly 1 time, while hurying to get back to Chicago in 1982, we were running very late and had no time to lose. Over the years we talked about it but could never find this song. We thought it was done by the Spencer Davis band. And now here it is, found it on a fluke! I have sent the link to my friends. Found after 29 years...
MrPrefect99 1 year ago
Wow! I can't believe I just found this. This brings back some memories. Myself and some of my friends heard this song exactly 1 time, while hurying to get back to Chicago in 1982, we were running very late and had no time to lose. Over the years we talked about it but could never find this song. We thought it was done by the Spencer Davis band. And now here it is, found it on a fluke! I have sent the link to my friends. Found after 29 years...
MrPrefect99 1 year ago
This has always choked me up a bit, which is weird considering it's not much more than a very nicely done Eagles style song. I think it has something to do with the fact that I was 23 when it came out. I knew the the days of California Dreamin' were dead, dead, dead, and this was a less cynical epitaph than Hotel California.
Say what you will about the kids in the vid, I'll take em over the loudmouth tattooed speedfreaks of today.
PRIVATEAYEIEYE 1 year ago
one of the first videos i saw on mtv great song and band
mrbarr1961 1 year ago
Oh...THOSE fashions in those brief clips of young people rollerskating--why WHY *WHY* can't they make a comeback...
djdavemick 1 year ago
I still have the 8-track!
dregsfan 1 year ago
Brings back such good memories of when I was 20!
coolcoolwaterbaby 1 year ago
Two thumbs down get the one foot up the arse for being stone deaf! Damn!
MetallicBill 1 year ago
Great tune thanks for posting! Can't find on I-tunes but listen to classic rock radio in Chicago, you'll hear it twice a weekend like I just did.
rfrancisco05 1 year ago
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these guys came from the sixties in australia and were members of James Taylor Move, with Kevin Peek in melbourne. after jtm finished they went to england .
great then aS always.
Australian rock rules.
tentimesaloser 1 year ago
these guys came from the sixties in australia and were members of James Taylor Move, with Kevin Peek in melbourne. after jtm finished they went to england .
great then aS always.
Australian rock rules.
tentimesaloser 1 year ago
@tentimesaloser ...except for Midnight Oil, never cared for that band and they still play them Stateside...How can I sleep with my eardrums burning?! hahaha
MetallicBill 1 year ago
Being from Australia, I wonder if these guys were affiliated with Little River Band at all..they sound similiar
TheGrabsplatter 1 year ago
@TheGrabsplatter LRB plays Minnesota (Medina club) almost twice a year, if not more! They really get around on tour!!
MetallicBill 1 year ago
Used to get pissed if I was just catching the end of the song on the radio-it was not played enough!
bufford4 1 year ago
@bufford4 True of a good number of songs... I tuned in to hear the final moments of Children of the Sun by Billy Thorpe, on the radio, as well as the final moments of Working Man by Rush, one of the listener's played requests! I hate that!!
MetallicBill 1 year ago
1raindog,thanks so much for this post! You made my night ♥
msstevie1951 1 year ago
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I heard this great blast from the past tune on the radio earlier tonight. I turned up the volume and it just wasn't enough! I remembered the name of the song, but I honestly had no clue who Tarney-Spencer was. Unfortunately, iTunes hasn't heard of them either. I can't believe they don't exist there anywhere - not even in a compilation album from the 70's or 80's. Too bad - it's a great song.
bmwpaneristi 1 year ago
I heard this great blast from the past tune on the radio earlier tonight. I turned up the volume and it just wasn't enough! I remembered the name of the song, but I honestly had no clue who Tarney-Spencer was. Unfortunately, iTunes hasn't heard of them either. I can't believe they don't exist there anywhere - not even in a compilation album from the 70's or 80's. Too bad - it's a great song.
bmwpaneristi 1 year ago
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journeylive 1 year ago
@bmwpaneristi there are a lot of songs that don't get the air play from the past. The Tarney-Spencer band One of my fave songs as well as band. Alan Tarney and Trevor Spencer out of Australia. "No time to lose" circa. 1978, reissued in 1981 did better on the charts second time around. From the Lp. "Run for your life" great song from a great band. TImeless....Turn it up!
journeylive 1 year ago
@journeylive Gets occasional play on FM station KQRS in Mpls, MN
MetallicBill 1 year ago
From the first note of this song I get transported back to 1978. I remember a far far simpler time, when all you had to worry about was...well..nothing...except how well you'll do in college and what kind of job you'll end up with......seeing that there were only about a million possibilities. We'd live for the weekend and just hanging out with friends. Every waking hour we could grab, was spent outside...being PART of nature. What the heck happend? I sure do miss those days...Awesome song!
tesbarnes 1 year ago
Ditto abacus, even the age. The Midwest never heard this on radio til about 1980 sometime. FYI I think that's Venice Beach with all the skaters.
rattinox 1 year ago
This song is a beautifully haunting rememberance of the late 70s early 80s. We were young and carefree then... lets hope we can provide something simular for our kids!
phantomstranger11 1 year ago 2
yes they were goodd
sunnyday431 1 year ago
Some times the memories are a bit too harsh...bittersweet
glenzhere2 1 year ago 4
@glenzhere2 I agree I was driving home from court after my divorce,but it was a good feeling of freedom mixed with wondering if I'd done the right thing,very bittersweet. ♥
msstevie1951 1 year ago
This song has been stuck in my head almost 30 years.. Finally found it here a couple of years ago. Listen to it every week or so, can't find it on CD anywhere. Great song, very haunting...Thank you for posting...
BigFunPodge 1 year ago 2
AWESOME SONG!!!!!
Sayville High School Class of '79
Remember this song well, and the roller skates.
The title holds even more meaning today.
sparkmanarilias 1 year ago 2
Leah, Kim, I Love you.
darrenable1 1 year ago
the bands that came out of australia during the mid to late 70s all seemed to have that deep hypnotic driving rift in their guitar work. a very distinctive sound
u2joshuadesireu 1 year ago
I remember hearing this song for the first time when I was 17... Driving my 1970 Old Cutlass Supreme down an Iowa gravel road... Wind in my hair... I remember that moment every time every time I hear this song. Such a GREAT SONG!
djwillbryan 1 year ago
Still makes my cry when I hear this song. Longing for my youth. I was 19. I lost all my time!!!!!
ardenver 1 year ago
@ardenver Pick it Up!!!!
glenzhere2 1 year ago
@glenzhere2 I am trying. Thanks for the pick me up. One Love
ardenver 1 year ago
A 80s song with a 70s sound!!!..And Venice Beach is a wonderful place to roller skate!!...Been there !!!!
whitebirdwoman22 1 year ago
2:14 love the "70s walkman". Great song.
carsonky 1 year ago
@carsonky Yeah, and the girl holding it is so totally built. Fantastic figure. I'd take her any day over these malnourished, underweight size 0 "supermodels" any day of the week!
Darryl80 1 year ago
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TY for posting this!!!
I need your assistance if I may ask.I have a few videos on my acct that conatin my original songs.I try to write in a classic rock kind of style.I think so anyways.Would it be possible for anyone to please check them out & leave a few comments?
Tryin to make it in the music biz on my own.
I cannot ty enough. <3
BY the way....this is the best 80's song ever.
LizRichieBand 1 year ago
Not quite tweety. It was an early video but not the first. The first was "Video killed the radio star" by the Buggles
BarnabyWilde9 1 year ago
It was a long time ago and correct me if I'm wrong but I believe this was the very first video shown on MTV when they went on the air. I miss MTV vids.
tweetyb111 1 year ago
@tweetyb111 actually it was Video Killed the Radio Star
jptyke 1 year ago
@jptyke Thats it ! I do remember it now. God I hate gettin old.
tweetyb111 1 year ago
In cincinnati you could hear this on WEBN but it seems like they only played it in the middle of the night- so this and the sherbs always remind me of being a teenager out too late and the great music that webn played that summer. Thanks for posting this
texsprt 1 year ago
hey tex, i grew up in the 'nati and remember listening to this on ebn too. I lived on the east side of town - mariemont and terrace park. where were you?
Paddytim 1 year ago
The sherbs. HOLY CRAP! Dude, I was driving from Ft. Lauderdale to Melbourne Fl, when I was listening to a Palm Beach radio station, don't look back. WOW!, I thought I was one of the only people on the planet that heard of them and Ambrosia. Thankz dude.
silverstox 1 year ago
@silverstox Wow, Ambrosia! I absolutely wore out my copies of their first 2 albums. Phenomenal talents.
kevingilbertisgodly 1 year ago
Don't remember there being videos to this tune!
jmegish21 2 years ago
Haha, Tigerman8000, good call! The drummer really does resemble Eddie, even down to the stripped shirt!.You had me laughing so hard :)
bartendertodd 2 years ago
Yes I was 15 when this song came out. Now I am 46. Man it really sucks getting older! Excellent song and music! The crap this young generation listens to now I just can't stand at all!
abacus1963 2 years ago 51
Tell it all, brother, tell it all !!!
k9bark 1 year ago
i feel you on that one. most forms of music..and even rap is no exception..start as an artform, the voice of a paticular slice of our culture. what happened with rock is that it not only pushes that sex and drugs are necessary to sell it, but you also have to be messed up to enjoy it. things are always lost when compromise comes in in any way just in order to make money
u2joshuadesireu 1 year ago
@u2joshuadesireu YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT
pattycakes1958 1 year ago
@abacus1963 I am about 5 years ahead of you and came here in an idol moment to hunt lost gems like this one. This is a memorable song with melody. I agree this gen's tunes are worthless. I was in a bar at 12th n Benton in NE KCMO & all the 20 sumtin's were listening to 1970's music. I asked them why do not their gen have their own tunes? No answer.
salinagrrrl69 1 year ago
@abacus1963 Be nice to us. After all, our music WAS influenced by yours. -.-
SnowWhiteQueen29 1 year ago
@SnowWhiteQueen29 Sorry about the comment SnowQueen. I agree with you. Every generation has there own style of music.
abacus1963 1 year ago
@abacus1963 Same for me too abacus and same age too. Todays music (if you want to call it that) is about people talking over someone elses music, they can't even play instruments so they dance as if that were a talent, give me a break. Todays crop are not musicians they're simply talkers over stolen music tracks..lamers!
sh4rkbyt3 1 year ago
@abacus1963 And that's the same thing our parents said about this music, too. :-)
petdance 1 year ago
@abacus1963 Marginally good if that. I concur. Hit music does not equal good or talanted
MetallicBill 1 year ago
@abacus1963 SOOOO...With ya on that!
littlekat01 1 year ago
@abacus1963 Hi Abacus, I am almost 10 years older than you and will agree it sucks getting older....if you will agree with me... that it has been a total blast getting here :-)
boston2brasil 1 year ago
@abacus1963 same age. This song brings back memories I thought I "smoked" away. lol
jmsnclr 1 year ago
@abacus1963 AMEN Brother!!!!!
STARAXE1A 1 year ago
@abacus1963 Time is a thief. What was 30 years ago is clear and fresh as yesterday. And it seems like it.
We were spoiled in our time with song and melody writters that knew how to put together a song that you heard it once and you could sing it 30 years later. That is gone now.
salinagrrrl69 8 months ago 2
@abacus1963 I know how you feel! I'm 49! Who invented this getting stuff anyway?
STARAXE1A 8 months ago
@abacus1963 You are too funny thinking you're old?? I recorded this song onto a cassette when I was 27 years old,I am 59 now and I don't feel old at all! Enjoy everyday.Age is just a number.I still have that cassette and it plays fine ,and yes I still dance to this!! LOL! You did give me a laugh though,you're a puppy! Yes I agree about the crappy music that's out now,but thank God for Youtube and recordings we can still enjoy the good old days :-) ♥ msstevie ♥
msstevie1951 8 months ago
@abacus1963 ----I'm 43! I love this tune Man.....Old music from our time had real feeling to it. Music now does suck...Hey we are still the young generation!
giaisbomb 7 months ago
my dad showed me this.... pretty good song :)
TehModernOne 2 years ago
that guitar lead in is hypnotic, great song,i like 1 hit wonders better than a lot of the cookie-cutter bands of today
highwaymaintainer 2 years ago
rollerblading, black ppl with afros while white ppl started to try out afros, pre-boom boxes carried around, guys with long hair....yes, love the 70's/80's. Great song that was only one of a few MVs available on MTV at the time but oh those were some of the best videos ever!!
nobodybutme1000 2 years ago
im back in high school when i hear this great song, thanks tarney.
aklimczak2008 2 years ago
This song was one of the reasons I moved to California after I saw it on TV. Best thing I ever did in my life....it is a paradise here.
cspeiche9 2 years ago 9
This song reminds me of Chicago, every time I went there as a kidd in late 70's to early 80's WLS was playing it. Made a lot of sence was only there for a short time so........No Time To Loose. Great tune.
Toolman22364 2 years ago 2
God I feel old now!
stonedfry123 2 years ago
An all time favorite!
run8 2 years ago
I was 13 when this song came out. I was having fun back then, Looks like everybody in this video was having fun...Lets bring these times back.
TwistedRadioHead1 2 years ago 3
You said a mouth full. I was 12yo at the time and this brings back fine memories :-)
darecop5270 2 years ago 2
I lived in California during the 70s and it was a great time back then; I miss it. Not sure if I want to live there now, but a great song, brings back some good memories.
AmazingG07 2 years ago 3
incredible!!!!!!! this is a serious blast from the past. i cant believe its already been 30 years since this song came out.quality guitar and drumwork at its best. they just dont make this type of music anymore. thanks and god bless!!!
u2joshuadesireu 2 years ago 2
defiantly a classic
ekimkamidar377 2 years ago
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glenzhere2 2 years ago
eddie van halen does an excellent job drumming on this song. he totally rocks!
tigerman8000 2 years ago
huh?
cobraman96 2 years ago
Umm, Trevor Spencer, Tarney's brother played drums for the band.
silverstox 2 years ago
Still an awesome song - this song is a blessing.
THANKS Tarney Spencer Band!
lastdaysguitar 2 years ago 2
Filmed at Venice Beach, CA
glenzhere2 2 years ago
I STILL HAVE this on Vinyl!!
jeffpog 2 years ago 4
there is a classic rock station that frquently plays this tune they play jackson browne, eagles ,sniff and the tears drivers seat, john stewart gold, stealy dan doobies gerry rafferty all the great artist from the 70s and early 80s i dont care for too much newer music certain artist but alot of todays stuff will not be listened toowhenit as old as the beatles stones or zep in 46 but my dad turned me on to his stuff at an early age
mrscjcsr 2 years ago
Every song on this album was like a continuing story, that is why the cover, looked like a novel...listen, it al fits and continues
11211313 2 years ago
I bought this on vinyl when it came out. I'd love to get it on CD. The whole album was great.
Mominator 2 years ago 2
Why isn't this band's music posted to I-Tunes? I miss this materiel. Great Band. I have a mint copy of "three's a crowd"...
biffhoward58 2 years ago 3
All those skaters are probably old and gray now, *sigh*. TIME MOVES TOO FAST!
sweetttina666 2 years ago 4
Yep. And that big dog catching the frisbee is long dead, too. That was 30 years ago, before rollerblades.
BirdsEatCats 2 years ago
awesome tune!
EarleGirl44xx 2 years ago 3
One of my favorites!! Miss the ol' MTV!
txfireguy69 2 years ago 24
@txfireguy69 You mean the old MTV when they actually showed music videos?
kevingilbertisgodly 1 year ago
great song I was just on the radio last night talking about it I thought they were going to have more hits and this one only made it to # 71 in 1981
fuzzybunny1972 2 years ago
I remember this was one of my favorite videos on MTV (when they used to play music videos). Looking back, life seemed so much simpler then.
Thanks for the memory
THEGUS101 2 years ago 3
That's where I saw it, too, in 1982. It looks like it was filmed in the late 70's.
Life always seems simpler looking back. I doubt it's any more complex than it ever was.
Gerkinstock 2 years ago
this used to be one of my favorite songs way back when. Go with the flow, never let go, no time to looooooose........ :)
MissHollisBrown 2 years ago
Another Early M-TV hit
Dqalex 2 years ago
Thanks for the video... especially letting it play until the end! Lots of YouTube music vids cut out the last few seconds.
Microsloth 2 years ago
I Love this song.
Thx Alan
nlecointe 2 years ago
Love this vid, watch it frequently 'cause Alan is sooooo sexy in this clip, especially at the part at 1:29 and I love when he turns around at 3:14!!!
And this song is SO GOOD!!!
Tofety 2 years ago
i am not sure what song from the summer of 79 i liked better ; this or "driver's seat" by Sniff and the Tears.
kellyrick1981 2 years ago
Two killer tunes!!!
gluvbot 2 years ago
loved the early day of mtv
leeble611 2 years ago 4
i think this video is great...so simple. great song tarney!
aklimczak2008 2 years ago 2
MTV played this video constantly in the early 1980's, always thought it was a great song...remember when MTV actually played music videos and would help break bands? Those days are long gone. What I don't understand is that what could be cheaper than playing music videos? The reality shows they have on cost something to make...I don't understand.
huntr7777 2 years ago 4
AWESOME song. Brings me back to simple happier times.
jps1140 2 years ago 3
a great song I wish it was available on i-Tunes
DonnR88 3 years ago
early rotation mt.v circa 81-82
69vader 3 years ago
The band is from Austrailia, but according to Wikipedia, the skaters were filmed at Huntington Beach in 1981.
ssoperator2 3 years ago
Seems more like Venice Beach to me, but it could be Huntington, I suppose.
poopooisbad 2 years ago
Really? 1981 seems kinda late- I thought this song originally came out in late 79 but wasn't a hit for them until early 81.
rayjr62 2 years ago
Love this, it's the first song I ever recorded onto a tape from the radio.I'll never forget the feeling of having that to play whenever I wanted to!What a thrill and how far we've come!!Still sounds great!
msstevie1951 3 years ago 3
in what country was this filmed? at first i thought it was america but i couldnt find any fat asses.
tigerman8000 3 years ago
i think the band was from australia
VirginiaHighlander 3 years ago
Total triping flashback! Life was so simple back in '79! And that gal at 2:10 im the video is a bombshell!
waynesworldwaniac 3 years ago
she's an albino
tigerman8000 3 years ago
Totally.
poopooisbad 2 years ago
This is one of those songs that puzzles you as to why it wasn't more popular.
The almost locamotive beat to it is catchy and the vid is like a time capsule of the 70's
stickshaka 3 years ago
Wow..
Pretty sure it's been at least 25 years since I've seen this video. Ditto on the previous poster about remembering the imagery (for me it was the roller skating!) Funny how your brain stores these things.
Any who, this tune was ALWAYS the one that NEVER got ID'd on the radio before or after airplay!
It took me a while, but I finally found the LP in a $3.99 cut out bin of a little hole in the wall record store in MD.
A truly great lost tune from the AOR era.
Thanks for posting this!
2Nu 3 years ago
My friend who passed away from cancer at age 29, in 1982 was a huge fan of this and a Styx song, that he played over and over, full volume. I have the original vinyl, never played. Notice the roller skaters all on 8 wheels, way, way before inline skates.
silverstox 3 years ago
Thanks for this. Wow! What a trip back to the very earliest days of MTV. A great tune, and many parts of that video were etched in my brain (in a fuzzy/grainy way, but etched nevertheless- including the gulls in the air toward the end- but I remember them flying over a landfill, not palm trees, no joke- that's how it set in my brain). To see this video again after over two decades of NOT seeing it was wild.
striach 3 years ago
This song is definately a lost gem of the late 1970's
CrazyDiamond5321 3 years ago
Best song of 1979. Who cares about the video. Was anybody watching videos before MTV anyway??
xeuropn 3 years ago
If your looking for a CD Copy of this great song, try looking on E-bay music, thats where I got my copy!
Pillowbiter84 3 years ago