Am I the only one who misses vinyl? To me it just makes the oldies sound "real" I am so sick of canned music, stolen riffs and auto-tune >;( I miss musical instruments, live performances and true vocal talent not hype and flash.
All my travels, seeking my treasure and the women I thought I needed to be a part of it. In the end, I'm back home with the best girl I could ever imagine by my side.
I remember when this album first came out like it was yesterday - played it until I wore it out and since have owned it in 8 track,cassette and 2 or 3 cd's.One of my all time favorites.
I'd have to say, for certain, this is in my top 10 favorites of all time! This Drifter's world goes round and round, and I doubt it's ever gonna stop! Hope this song has as much meaning for someone else, as it does for me. Thanks, whoever put this on here, for some great memories.
@todd020273 I'm 22 years old and this is by far my favourite song ever! Just the lyrics and it reminds me of how I went through something similar with my girlfriend. I lived in London whilist she lived in Madrid and after we graduated it was always me saying for her to move to London and start a life long story short, she did and now you know why this is my favourite song.
I love this song! Am proud to say Dave is from Bristol where I have lived my whole life. He lived in Bristol but was actually born in Mountain City, Tn.
I'm the number one fan of Jay Edgar Hoover. What did TEN-Ass-see? 2010: The year we make contact (with each other). And yes, Mr. Hoover, I can see clearly now. The reign is gone. Now man's reign is through. And since ten is net backwards, I see that there is only one solution to banning the tuna nets and all fish nets -- life after people. See ya on KPax. Ax, ha.
I've loved this song for years, i remember calling into the radio station in York Pa, Q106 to request this song so many times that I think they knew me.
This song is so beautiful , I haven heard it in long long time, Indeed I was a teenager when I listened to this song for the first time, but every time I listen to this song I feel so overwhelming and Sad. I can't help to have this feeling and I wish I could have the power to turn back time to the 70's... :(
thanks for this song dave love it.we have not talked for a long time hope life is good for you now and thanks for the advise you gave me and my band. just want to say thanks for everthing
This takes me back so far. I was only born in 1988, but thanks to a geat Dad, I grew up on 70s music. One day I'll have a son named Denver, and a daughter named Kate. Both after famous, wonderful, 70s artists.
I still have my original DJ 45 exactly like this one. Received at the radio station in '74. Heard Dave perform this one live more than a year before it was recorded and released. BTW, Pieces of April was a hit for Three Dog Night in 1973. That song appeared earlier on Dave Loggins' fantastic 1972 LP "Personal Belongings" on the Vanguard label. That LP is packed with wonderful Dave Loggins tracks.
I used to tape this oft the radio on my cassette recorder. in recent years i thought
that was kind of cheesy, but now my daughter has an IPOD that records
and she is using it to record songs off of youtube. i guess what goes around comes around. (of course the IPOD also records video, but similar concept)
@webmail111 I just can't seem to get a grip on the new technology! :) I have the newest cell phone & the Directv with DVR...but I long to go back to the old days! :)
@youdancewesing I DID GROW UP IN THE 70S AND THEY WERE GREAT SUCH A SIMPLER TIME I MISS THOSE DAYS LIFE WAS FUN THAN ALL IN THE FAMILY WAS ON TV THE STEELERS N THE COWBOYS WERE ON CHRISTMAS WAS THE BEST BACK THAN EVEN THE SNOW SEEM BRITER N THE RAIN CLEANER A DIFFRENT WORLD TODAY FROM THE 70S THE 70S WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY HEART
I was born in 64 so I grew up with a ma that listened to great songs like this in the 70's...Just brings back such awesome memories of a simple life. I could listen to this song all day!
@hoopssvengali SAY THAT AGAIN HOOP THE 70S WERE GREAT I WAS BORN IN 1970 IN BROOKLYN NY THOSE WERE THE DAYS/ FOOTBALL/ BASEBALL STICKBALL/ GREAT MOVIES/ GREAT MUSIC / GREAT TV/ 'ATARI /GREAT FAMILY /GREAT PEOPLE/ GREAT FRIENDS / GREAT BLOCK PARTYS / SKATING RINGS/ GREAT WEED/ JUST GREAT TIMES / ILL GO BACK IN TIME IN A HEART BEAT I DONT BELONG BEING HERE IN THE 2010 I BELONG IN THE 70S
@PEANUTLOVEDADY i hear ya man. im from same era , it was much better times in the post war, post protest 70s disco & rock could coexist, reaganomics were not here yet , this song is about hope& dreams in a simple time , llike after ww.war2, boston was a free idea, she could of come if she wanted too, but she choose her own dream & probably had a good life, i would of stayed in boston, the 60s struggles were over, the 70s were like the 50s
1974 WHEN AMERICA WAS STILL AMERICA I MISS THOSE DAYS PLAYING FOOTBALL WITH MY FRIENDS EATING BIG DINNERS WITH MY BIG FAMILY WHEN YOU COULD WALK TO THE STORE WITHOUT WORRYING BEING SHOT IM GLAD I GOT TO GROW UP IN AMERICA WHEN AMERICA WAS STILL AMERICA NOW ITS TURNING INTO A SLUM WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING ACROSS OUR BOARDERS GOD I MISS AMERICA AMERICA WILL TURN INTO MEXICO IN JUST 25 YEARS 25 SHORT YEARS IM GLADE IM 40 YEARS OLD IM HERE TO SAY BYE TO AMERICA PEOPLE WE LOST IT ALL READY
@PEANUTLOVEDADY move....elsewhere....im in arizona ground zero in your "border war" and doin fine....never ever heard of anybody losing a job to anybody hispanic....they take the jobs nobody wants....even in our "great resession"....and just as many people die from "f"'ed up whites as any body else....stop watching just fox news....get your info from more than one or even two sources.....couldnt hurt
@cdcme1 dude look at california california was beautiful back then now its a fucking dump and broke people are moving the fuck out as fast as they can they are sucking the money dry man with there 7 babys with no health care dude they start off working at them low paying jobs then they start companys of there own thats when they take our jobs why cant you face it this country is going down fast first california they the rest state by state they will suck try and turn into a dump wake up america
@PEANUTLOVEDADY well after having California "move in" to our state, as far as I'm concerned, they can have it! bullets crashing through the house from blocks away, Car stereo ripped off three times A week, California neighbor's puke kid starts your 12 year old daughter on meth then knocks her up.you tell him that isn't cool and he uses daddy's gun to shoot up your house (yet even though he's 16 and not allowed guns, the police can do nothing) California goes in the garage sale "free box" F-EM!
3:12 -3:24 is a passage so remarkably beautiful it nearly takes my breath away. This might be the greatest one hit wonder to ever flicker on the pop music landscape (although Dave Loggins has apparently written a number of popular songs recorded by other artists and can boast a mid-80's #1 country duet with Ann Murray). Loggins is, I believe, cousin to Kenny - another pretty talented fella who was not a one-hit wonder :o)
hey dave this boston boy still got the shirt you spilled wine on.... maybe i sell it on e-bay some day.lol' yu know? its been 38 yrs this month. later.
This song is so of its time--a time when rents were low enough, and life was casual enough to allow you to drift from place to place, moving in with friends, selling jewelery, painting, busking, moving on to another group of friends, inviting gangs of impoverished friends to stay, making vegetarian stews for people you had only met yesterday....,,before finally accepting the "straight life", getting a real job, house and responsibility....Perhaps for young people it is still a bit like that...
Please come to L.A. and get lung cancer, The California smog is so thick that "you can't taste food". You can buy your crack rocks off the Gangsta's , By A cafe' that they hope to be robbing soon! California will destroy any relationship, selfish greedy pukes! wreck their own state, so bad even they won't live there, then come to wreck my home too! Eat Schwartzeneger Cali!
Dave Loggins was born in Shady Valley TN in Johnson Co. He came to bristol VA & Bristol TN as a boy. His mother still lived off euclid ave in bristol, VA last I knew. I left there a few yrs back. AND D.A.C. Couldn't grab his hind end w/both hands. Dave loggins has NUMEROUS no 1's by many artists that chose his songs. I ought to know.
Song reminds me of my dearly departed mother. She went to her great reward 20 years ago. She loved this song and would sing with it whenever it was played on the radio.
Listening to this song makes me feel that she's still here with me ! Thank you, garfieldcat5, for that! You'll never know how appreciative I am of this kind undertaking.
This song is not autobiographical. Dave is not the man from Tennessee. Rather he is writing about a small town country boy who sets out to find his fame and fortune in big city America, is wildly successful (LA house that looks out over the ocean) but soon realizes that fame and fortune doesn't equal happiness (a California life alone is just too hard to build). "I still need to cling to somebody I can sing to." I'm guessing the man from Tennessee went back home ... we all need our #1 fan.
@medicinecrow65 Please check your facts on this one. You can start with Wikipedia, if you trust that source. Or you can do some other googling. But Dave Loggins was the origional artist.
@ajithprasad1950 In the song, it's the person telling the story. He's the Man from Tennessee. The woman talking to him is saying that she's the number one fan of HIM, the man from Tennessee.
@budboy1988 He is widely remembered for his 1974 composition "Please Come to Boston", which was a top-10 hit in the U.S. for him, and was subsequently covered by numerous other artists]] I pulled this off of wikipedia under the search: Dave Loggins. So when you find your source to cite that Dave Loggins actually stole it from David Allen Coe, I guess you'll make David Allen Coe a lot of money on royalty. Besides that, Dave Loggins was born in Tennessee.
When this came out I was working in Chicago and my wife was finishing her PHd in Boston. Every time I here it I remember the heart ache of being apart.
This song is for my best bud Deb....in Boston this July 4th weekend hoping the docs can help. You have all your friends with you cause we all love you! <3
sounds great on this linear tracking turntable, nice sounding cartidge too. Can you tell us what you're using? (sounds way better than the old Newcomb :-) )
The radio was the only form of entertainment that was available to me during the 70's, I always looked forward to this song on KOB AM radio in Albuquerque, the only station I could pick up.
Just a great song to listen to or sing with. Great songwriting, you can understand the words and the story. Love it. Always preferred him to his cousin Kenny Loggins. Just different styles. Other favorite song of his and can't find it anywhere is "Come on over to my place". Very special memories with that one.
I wish I was like 18,19, or 20 back when this song was on the airwaves. I could have had some 1970's action back then but I was only about 3 years old at the time. I guess I heard it back then, probably on my dad's radio or something. Maybe on an 8 track. He had a Chevy van from about 1976 with a steamboat painted on the side. We took it camping in the smokey mountains. I was 5. We were hunting for bears with my cork gun.
When this song is sung, you can totally visualize the cafe and the side walk. And the people talking on the telephone. And the friends house, where they have lots of room. And the mountains with the echos in the canyons. So much emotion in this song. It's like it's alive. A living being. Fantastic.......so what ever happened did they hook up? I guess nobody came to Boston or Denver or LA.
I have lived in Boston, Denver, and now CA. This song still fills my eyes with tears. I have just reconnected with a love of some years ago and the song still resonates; so does the love. Originally, I'm from Kentucky--but it still works. Hi, EML! Come to CA and live forever..."I still need someone to lean to that I can sing to..."
@gypsytwig Yes!!! Great tune! But the second statement discounts all those who are still writing songs like this. They're just a little trickier to find because they don't get the airplay they used to.
Thank God, for Dave Loggins everyone loves this song, I was just walking to work this morning, in New York City, and the song just popped into my head, amazing I had not heard it for a while.
I absolutely love this. I first heard this song sung by Reba McEntire and really loved her version (it was on an album of covers). Nothing touches the original, but I liked Reba's spin of singing it from the woman's point of view.
great song. thanks for posting this timeless classic. OK listen up everyone. Dave Loggins wrote this song and countless more. He was primarily a song writer. His songs were recorded by many top name country groups. One of the great ones that comes to mind was "Fast movin' train" recorded by Restless Heart. David Allan Coe covered this song on one oh his albums. The album credits Dave Loggins as the song writer. DL version is the classic.
Met my wife in Boston, at So. Station... Went to Lowell and got on the Green-line, rode into Bellerica and back, then into China town. We heard this song, and it ended up being one of our favs. Great song.
Coe is not a "class" writer.. He writes "common man" and redneck biker songs and he is very good at it. He has written some really good "straight" song, as well. " Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile" is a great example of such. He has his following and he writes to that vain. Can't knock him for that..
I know that.. I didn't say he did. I was just pointing out the style that David Allen Coe writes. He has written some really good songs but as we all know, he writes some stuff that is really off color. Everyone knows that Loggins wrote "Please Come to Boston"...
This is what music should be. Such a beautiful song and wonderful sound. Young people have no ideal of what they missed, not everything about the digital world is good. I miss these days so bad. Great job, Reg.
its sad that everyone in my generation is into iPods and CD, i feel like a loner cause i want a record player. I feel like i was born in the wrong decade....
Do NOT feel like a loner. One of the best experiences in life is discovering a treasure. For you and I, that treasure is found in a record shop, downtown in a college town. That is where you find the vinyl album treasures. The great thing is that albums by songwriters like Dave Loggins are fairly abundant in record stores. Good Luck!!
love love this song..great memories, tysm for posting :)
Julie50ia 2 weeks ago
Am I the only one who misses vinyl? To me it just makes the oldies sound "real" I am so sick of canned music, stolen riffs and auto-tune >;( I miss musical instruments, live performances and true vocal talent not hype and flash.
dragonofthedawn40 3 weeks ago
All my travels, seeking my treasure and the women I thought I needed to be a part of it. In the end, I'm back home with the best girl I could ever imagine by my side.
BizWiz777 2 months ago 4
@BizWiz777 AMEN!!!
HonRevPTB 1 month ago
yea i remember these days my mom would blast elvis , and this stuff and it was aweosme
redfukyou 2 months ago
Thanks for posting. It's a great song. Always loved it.
1UNCOOLMIKE 3 months ago 2
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what an awful song--it was in '74--and still is. junk
TheClam88 3 months ago in playlist 1974
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@TheClam88 your stupid..... period. maybe you like being called a bitch and a hoe!
obummersux 3 months ago
Garfieldcat5, thanks for the great download and it sounds great. Man I love this song.
myname4445 4 months ago 2
I used to blast this sweet jam in the projects of the south side of Chicago! This was a hit.
myname4445 4 months ago
Yes... hearing it with scratches and pops and analog sound.
COULDN'T be better !
TacomaPaul 4 months ago 7
I remember when this album first came out like it was yesterday - played it until I wore it out and since have owned it in 8 track,cassette and 2 or 3 cd's.One of my all time favorites.
bookracing 5 months ago
I'd have to say, for certain, this is in my top 10 favorites of all time! This Drifter's world goes round and round, and I doubt it's ever gonna stop! Hope this song has as much meaning for someone else, as it does for me. Thanks, whoever put this on here, for some great memories.
todd020273 6 months ago
@todd020273 I'm 22 years old and this is by far my favourite song ever! Just the lyrics and it reminds me of how I went through something similar with my girlfriend. I lived in London whilist she lived in Madrid and after we graduated it was always me saying for her to move to London and start a life long story short, she did and now you know why this is my favourite song.
RockDave88 6 months ago
Wrongo! You are thinking of Kenny Loggins. Dave is Kenny's cousin.
goodshipharmony 6 months ago
@IXIREDNECK13IXI
No, This is One of his Singles, He later joined Messina, to Form Loggins & Messina which played quite a few awesome songs...
MarineTillDeath 6 months ago
@MarineTillDeath this is after messina
hotmn4u 5 months ago
@hotmn4u Not the same Loggins. That was Kenny Loggins, this is his cousin.
oregonlasalle 5 months ago
love the 70-80 era. gr8 tunes.
speedbump1965 6 months ago
I think that the best music came from the 50-90's
wrenspromise1 7 months ago
@IXIREDNECK13IXI
Danny's Song
Your Mama Don't Dance (with Jim Messina).
TKramar 7 months ago
@TKramar Oops, you are thinking of Kenny Loggins.
goodshipharmony 6 months ago
@goodshipharmony Okay. Thought Kenny only did solo work, and was a bit later, but if I'm wrong, I'm wrong. That's cool.
TKramar 6 months ago
I love this song! Am proud to say Dave is from Bristol where I have lived my whole life. He lived in Bristol but was actually born in Mountain City, Tn.
TheOrange98 7 months ago
@IXIREDNECK13IXI Pieces of April actually did better on the charts.
TheOrange98 7 months ago
I truly love this song it makes me cry. Great song. Thank you for taking me back.
kelliegirl777 8 months ago
it's too bad they don't make music like this anymore
morningbirdfeeder 8 months ago
Thank you for posting this.
Perfect sound quality.
Are you a sound engineer?
BeingSlinky1111 9 months ago
I'm 22 heard Kenny Chesney's cover but I love this version too. Country music at it's best :)
RockDave88 9 months ago
Letting the record skip,Letting the record skip,Letting the record skip
trrispoli 9 months ago
1974, just finished basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas and could get back home to Chicago Ill fast enough!
alexk2501 10 months ago
I'm the number one fan of Jay Edgar Hoover. What did TEN-Ass-see? 2010: The year we make contact (with each other). And yes, Mr. Hoover, I can see clearly now. The reign is gone. Now man's reign is through. And since ten is net backwards, I see that there is only one solution to banning the tuna nets and all fish nets -- life after people. See ya on KPax. Ax, ha.
etbella3 10 months ago
I've loved this song for years, i remember calling into the radio station in York Pa, Q106 to request this song so many times that I think they knew me.
goldiehills 10 months ago
This song is so beautiful , I haven heard it in long long time, Indeed I was a teenager when I listened to this song for the first time, but every time I listen to this song I feel so overwhelming and Sad. I can't help to have this feeling and I wish I could have the power to turn back time to the 70's... :(
pe60rc1 11 months ago
It must be difficult having a relationship with someone who's always on the road. That life obviously is not for everyone.
revacohen 11 months ago
thanks for this song dave love it.we have not talked for a long time hope life is good for you now and thanks for the advise you gave me and my band. just want to say thanks for everthing
queenbakervictoria 11 months ago
thank you for this beautiful piece of America classic music
dandively 1 year ago
Like the 45 on the turntable........thanks for posting. This is one of the greats.
taznruby 1 year ago
Goddamn I loved the 70"s!!! Time machine??
konigtigertank 1 year ago
This takes me back so far. I was only born in 1988, but thanks to a geat Dad, I grew up on 70s music. One day I'll have a son named Denver, and a daughter named Kate. Both after famous, wonderful, 70s artists.
Treemeadow 1 year ago
I loved this song. It was 1970s, but not in a clicheed way. (No references to "my groovy lady" or "let's all chant and get mellow")
shmuli9 1 year ago
Such a pretty song. I was 13 when this came out.
9696286 1 year ago
I still have my original DJ 45 exactly like this one. Received at the radio station in '74. Heard Dave perform this one live more than a year before it was recorded and released. BTW, Pieces of April was a hit for Three Dog Night in 1973. That song appeared earlier on Dave Loggins' fantastic 1972 LP "Personal Belongings" on the Vanguard label. That LP is packed with wonderful Dave Loggins tracks.
dllewiszz 1 year ago
Thanks for sharing, heard this while in krogers and remembered what a great song this was when i first heard it years ago.
SuperBossmanD 1 year ago
Wasn't born until 78, but totally in love this song :)
theacdclady 1 year ago
I was 12 years old then and they have not made a better song since. Everybody know the words. Classic !
chaumont20 1 year ago
I have a precious memory from what seems so very long ago all tied up in this song...thanks so much for bringing it back with this video.
aplacetohideaway 1 year ago
One of my favorite songs from the 70s...love Dave Loggins tunes and my hubby I married back then..going on 34 years now. :)
whatsay2 1 year ago
much appreciated, thanks
amciiYou 1 year ago
Yes great tune, fear not, younger people are getting the message. Are you missing the song or times?
Bobilero1 1 year ago
I used to tape this oft the radio on my cassette recorder. in recent years i thought
that was kind of cheesy, but now my daughter has an IPOD that records
and she is using it to record songs off of youtube. i guess what goes around comes around. (of course the IPOD also records video, but similar concept)
webmail111 1 year ago
@webmail111 I just can't seem to get a grip on the new technology! :) I have the newest cell phone & the Directv with DVR...but I long to go back to the old days! :)
whatsay2 1 year ago
I want to live in the 70's....being 13 sucks.......what I wouldn't give to be raised 40 years ago....so many better values
youdancewesing 1 year ago
@youdancewesing Not really. Ever hear of Nixon?
PamK36 1 year ago
@youdancewesing I DID GROW UP IN THE 70S AND THEY WERE GREAT SUCH A SIMPLER TIME I MISS THOSE DAYS LIFE WAS FUN THAN ALL IN THE FAMILY WAS ON TV THE STEELERS N THE COWBOYS WERE ON CHRISTMAS WAS THE BEST BACK THAN EVEN THE SNOW SEEM BRITER N THE RAIN CLEANER A DIFFRENT WORLD TODAY FROM THE 70S THE 70S WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY HEART
PEANUTLOVEDADY 1 year ago
Haunting.
Longhammer37214 1 year ago
I was born in 64 so I grew up with a ma that listened to great songs like this in the 70's...Just brings back such awesome memories of a simple life. I could listen to this song all day!
Kranny09 1 year ago
I was born in 69 so i missed the 70's thank God we have all the great music.
jeffpoet 1 year ago
What a great song! the 70's was an incredible time in America. I thank God I was alive during these glory days.
hoopssvengali 1 year ago
@hoopssvengali SAY THAT AGAIN HOOP THE 70S WERE GREAT I WAS BORN IN 1970 IN BROOKLYN NY THOSE WERE THE DAYS/ FOOTBALL/ BASEBALL STICKBALL/ GREAT MOVIES/ GREAT MUSIC / GREAT TV/ 'ATARI /GREAT FAMILY /GREAT PEOPLE/ GREAT FRIENDS / GREAT BLOCK PARTYS / SKATING RINGS/ GREAT WEED/ JUST GREAT TIMES / ILL GO BACK IN TIME IN A HEART BEAT I DONT BELONG BEING HERE IN THE 2010 I BELONG IN THE 70S
PEANUTLOVEDADY 1 year ago
@PEANUTLOVEDADY i hear ya man. im from same era , it was much better times in the post war, post protest 70s disco & rock could coexist, reaganomics were not here yet , this song is about hope& dreams in a simple time , llike after ww.war2, boston was a free idea, she could of come if she wanted too, but she choose her own dream & probably had a good life, i would of stayed in boston, the 60s struggles were over, the 70s were like the 50s
tommieparch 1 year ago
1974 WHEN AMERICA WAS STILL AMERICA I MISS THOSE DAYS PLAYING FOOTBALL WITH MY FRIENDS EATING BIG DINNERS WITH MY BIG FAMILY WHEN YOU COULD WALK TO THE STORE WITHOUT WORRYING BEING SHOT IM GLAD I GOT TO GROW UP IN AMERICA WHEN AMERICA WAS STILL AMERICA NOW ITS TURNING INTO A SLUM WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING ACROSS OUR BOARDERS GOD I MISS AMERICA AMERICA WILL TURN INTO MEXICO IN JUST 25 YEARS 25 SHORT YEARS IM GLADE IM 40 YEARS OLD IM HERE TO SAY BYE TO AMERICA PEOPLE WE LOST IT ALL READY
PEANUTLOVEDADY 1 year ago
@PEANUTLOVEDADY move....elsewhere....im in arizona ground zero in your "border war" and doin fine....never ever heard of anybody losing a job to anybody hispanic....they take the jobs nobody wants....even in our "great resession"....and just as many people die from "f"'ed up whites as any body else....stop watching just fox news....get your info from more than one or even two sources.....couldnt hurt
cdcme1 1 year ago
@cdcme1 dude look at california california was beautiful back then now its a fucking dump and broke people are moving the fuck out as fast as they can they are sucking the money dry man with there 7 babys with no health care dude they start off working at them low paying jobs then they start companys of there own thats when they take our jobs why cant you face it this country is going down fast first california they the rest state by state they will suck try and turn into a dump wake up america
PEANUTLOVEDADY 1 year ago
@PEANUTLOVEDADY well after having California "move in" to our state, as far as I'm concerned, they can have it! bullets crashing through the house from blocks away, Car stereo ripped off three times A week, California neighbor's puke kid starts your 12 year old daughter on meth then knocks her up.you tell him that isn't cool and he uses daddy's gun to shoot up your house (yet even though he's 16 and not allowed guns, the police can do nothing) California goes in the garage sale "free box" F-EM!
bigfootskitty 1 year ago
Maybe back in 1974 you could move up in the mountains and not be found. Sorry to say you can 't today with the USA PATRIOT ACT....
blueticecho 1 year ago
my dad would play this song when i was younger, and I always said i was born to late.
soundwave000 1 year ago
3:12 -3:24 is a passage so remarkably beautiful it nearly takes my breath away. This might be the greatest one hit wonder to ever flicker on the pop music landscape (although Dave Loggins has apparently written a number of popular songs recorded by other artists and can boast a mid-80's #1 country duet with Ann Murray). Loggins is, I believe, cousin to Kenny - another pretty talented fella who was not a one-hit wonder :o)
sjplwc 1 year ago
hey dave this boston boy still got the shirt you spilled wine on.... maybe i sell it on e-bay some day.lol' yu know? its been 38 yrs this month. later.
eesy56 1 year ago
buy a cafe where I hope to be working soon
momsher1 1 year ago
Best song of the 70s!
momsher1 1 year ago
Great song! Thanks for sharing!
MyDadsRubberBroke 1 year ago
WONDERFUL VIDEO..OH THOSE TEARS CAN HOLD ME FOREVER
gil72ful 1 year ago
Excellent ...thank you very much !
sneezie2 1 year ago
This song is so of its time--a time when rents were low enough, and life was casual enough to allow you to drift from place to place, moving in with friends, selling jewelery, painting, busking, moving on to another group of friends, inviting gangs of impoverished friends to stay, making vegetarian stews for people you had only met yesterday....,,before finally accepting the "straight life", getting a real job, house and responsibility....Perhaps for young people it is still a bit like that...
zzheavensdoor 1 year ago
You're awesome!
Godzilla1985 1 year ago
Please come to L.A. and get lung cancer, The California smog is so thick that "you can't taste food". You can buy your crack rocks off the Gangsta's , By A cafe' that they hope to be robbing soon! California will destroy any relationship, selfish greedy pukes! wreck their own state, so bad even they won't live there, then come to wreck my home too! Eat Schwartzeneger Cali!
bigfootskitty 1 year ago
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revacohen 1 year ago
Thanks for the trip to memory lane!! I was in 7th grade when this song came out. Larchmont Estates in Savannah, GA. Lord, how time flies.
scott8887 1 year ago
my era thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
joelperronful 1 year ago
Such a powerful vocal and gorgeous sad song !!!!!!!!
oceanbound222 1 year ago
one of my first 45.
webmail111 1 year ago
kick ass.
johnsmith9993 1 year ago 3
Dave Loggins was born in Shady Valley TN in Johnson Co. He came to bristol VA & Bristol TN as a boy. His mother still lived off euclid ave in bristol, VA last I knew. I left there a few yrs back. AND D.A.C. Couldn't grab his hind end w/both hands. Dave loggins has NUMEROUS no 1's by many artists that chose his songs. I ought to know.
songpatch 1 year ago
these songs pull me back to my childhood - I was 14
rextrek 1 year ago
Memories..memories. Thanks David. It seem like only yesterday, this ole Tennessee boy was stationed in California. Still miss you Patricia.
nocopilot 1 year ago 26
Song reminds me of my dearly departed mother. She went to her great reward 20 years ago. She loved this song and would sing with it whenever it was played on the radio.
Listening to this song makes me feel that she's still here with me ! Thank you, garfieldcat5, for that! You'll never know how appreciative I am of this kind undertaking.
corruptsoul69 1 year ago
Great Stuff HERE!! :)
STRUMMERBOY1975 1 year ago
Brings back fond memories. I heard this often on the radio and the jukeboxes of the time.. Great Thanks for sharing
lpvcrcd 1 year ago
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mabye the worst guitar solo ive ever hear!!!
17Zeppelin 2 years ago
Wow... a linear-tracking tone arm. What make is that? 20100118
flungingpictures 2 years ago
An anthem of my youth along with Jesse Colin Young & the Youngbloods...
dragonflygurl4u 2 years ago
To me it always sounded like he was singing about Elvis....Ya think?.............
blueticecho 2 years ago
This song is not autobiographical. Dave is not the man from Tennessee. Rather he is writing about a small town country boy who sets out to find his fame and fortune in big city America, is wildly successful (LA house that looks out over the ocean) but soon realizes that fame and fortune doesn't equal happiness (a California life alone is just too hard to build). "I still need to cling to somebody I can sing to." I'm guessing the man from Tennessee went back home ... we all need our #1 fan.
TeaTrick 2 years ago
David Allan Coe wrote this song and I don't believe he was from TN either.
medicinecrow65 2 years ago
@medicinecrow65 Please check your facts on this one. You can start with Wikipedia, if you trust that source. Or you can do some other googling. But Dave Loggins was the origional artist.
Delticola 1 year ago
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medicinecrow65 1 year ago
@Delticola Your right, the song was written by Dave Loggins (according to David Allan Coe's website).
medicinecrow65 1 year ago
i like the david allan coe version better but maybe thats cuz its the first version i ever heard
HanoiRocks33 2 years ago
Great song thnx.
But iam looking for the song some day
someone can furnish will find me at this song that I super
48roos 2 years ago
Boy: I miss these songs, that have actual stories behind them!
ShellTrek 2 years ago 5
Very beautiful song. The sound quality is terrific.
sportsfan002 2 years ago 3
Excellent sound quality. I haven't heard this song in ages. Thanks for posting.
JeffN727 2 years ago
...One of my ALL time favorites. Absolute perfection...
arromac 2 years ago
Love the turntable!!! What kind is it?
max9607 2 years ago
Who is the "Man from Tennessee"?
ajithprasad1950 2 years ago
That would be Dave himself as he is from Tennesse
max9607 2 years ago
@ajithprasad1950 In the song, it's the person telling the story. He's the Man from Tennessee. The woman talking to him is saying that she's the number one fan of HIM, the man from Tennessee.
Delticola 2 years ago 2
@ajithprasad1950 Dave Loggins was born in Mountain City, Tn, so I guess he's the song writer and also the man from Tennessee.
Delticola 2 years ago 2
david allan coe wrote this, hes from ohio
budboy1988 1 year ago
@budboy1988 He is widely remembered for his 1974 composition "Please Come to Boston", which was a top-10 hit in the U.S. for him, and was subsequently covered by numerous other artists]] I pulled this off of wikipedia under the search: Dave Loggins. So when you find your source to cite that Dave Loggins actually stole it from David Allen Coe, I guess you'll make David Allen Coe a lot of money on royalty. Besides that, Dave Loggins was born in Tennessee.
Delticola 1 year ago
@budboy1988 wrong !
BLZeeBubb 1 year ago
This is Kenny Loggins' brother Dave , a one hit wonder !
Medic83301 2 years ago
I think Dave was his cousin, not brother. Yes, he was a one-hit wonder, but what a one-hit wonder it was!
CharlesNigro 2 years ago
Hell ya ! spent 2 weeks at #1 , 5 weeks in the Top 10 , and ended up as the 13th most popular song for 1974 .
Medic83301 2 years ago 2
Thank you for posting! I miss real music. Today has nothing to match. All 'artists' sound the same. Thank you again.
NarcissusJ 2 years ago 4
thank you love this song reminds me of my mom who is in heaven she loved this song
brenda121962 2 years ago
The warmth of vinyl can't be matched.
744682532 2 years ago 2
ain't nothin' like the original. Thanks man!
unchiman666 2 years ago 3
...Brilliant...
arromac 2 years ago 2
this song touches me so much it is so beautiful......
bringback2day 2 years ago
thanks for the post...
Azul5460 2 years ago
Love this song! What a good story teller Dave is.
conuregirl007 2 years ago
When this came out I was working in Chicago and my wife was finishing her PHd in Boston. Every time I here it I remember the heart ache of being apart.
wreedy 2 years ago 3
why did you take my song off/
grandbye 2 years ago
Im the nuber one fan of the man from Tenn. My Dad....RIP
billfurd1 2 years ago 2
What a beuatiful song! Thank you for sharing with us!
KLAMATH60 2 years ago 10
This is one of the sounds of yesterday that rings honest
tube47591 2 years ago
Awesome tune, articulate, love songs that tell a story too!
konigtigertank 2 years ago 2
This song is for my best bud Deb....in Boston this July 4th weekend hoping the docs can help. You have all your friends with you cause we all love you! <3
ILoveLauriePartridge 2 years ago 4
sounds great on this linear tracking turntable, nice sounding cartidge too. Can you tell us what you're using? (sounds way better than the old Newcomb :-) )
TheFRiNgEguitars 2 years ago
The radio was the only form of entertainment that was available to me during the 70's, I always looked forward to this song on KOB AM radio in Albuquerque, the only station I could pick up.
coyotetomcat 2 years ago 3
Times just seem so much easier then dont they
duckscanada 2 years ago
...An all time classic. Great Audio...
arromac 2 years ago
I was in the U.S.A.F. when I first heard this song. TYVM
NormanVail 2 years ago
at 14/a summer nite in 1974...ahh memories....
rextrek 2 years ago
just a relaxing song
mlaws22 2 years ago
Just a great song to listen to or sing with. Great songwriting, you can understand the words and the story. Love it. Always preferred him to his cousin Kenny Loggins. Just different styles. Other favorite song of his and can't find it anywhere is "Come on over to my place". Very special memories with that one.
Thanks for posting this one.
jillymcinid 2 years ago 2
I heard a snippet of this song not sure when or where, you know busy busy
I was 13 when this song was released and my brothers and I would wait and wait for the radio and when they did we sang it like ours.
I miss them...
Peace
maddogwally 2 years ago
Love this song.
jackdav34 2 years ago
A masterpiece of studio production, & a fine song as well. This one really came together.
teedammit 2 years ago 2
I wish I was like 18,19, or 20 back when this song was on the airwaves. I could have had some 1970's action back then but I was only about 3 years old at the time. I guess I heard it back then, probably on my dad's radio or something. Maybe on an 8 track. He had a Chevy van from about 1976 with a steamboat painted on the side. We took it camping in the smokey mountains. I was 5. We were hunting for bears with my cork gun.
Delticola 2 years ago
Sounds like you have some good memories of your Dad ..
This song takes me back when this was just a new song ! Love it !!
lifeisgood82 2 years ago
When this song is sung, you can totally visualize the cafe and the side walk. And the people talking on the telephone. And the friends house, where they have lots of room. And the mountains with the echos in the canyons. So much emotion in this song. It's like it's alive. A living being. Fantastic.......so what ever happened did they hook up? I guess nobody came to Boston or Denver or LA.
Delticola 2 years ago 3
thank you for the memories!!!!!!what a great song
great4nate 2 years ago 4
Phenomenal sound quality! Thank you!
kathirm9 2 years ago
I have lived in Boston, Denver, and now CA. This song still fills my eyes with tears. I have just reconnected with a love of some years ago and the song still resonates; so does the love. Originally, I'm from Kentucky--but it still works. Hi, EML! Come to CA and live forever..."I still need someone to lean to that I can sing to..."
49Chiron 2 years ago
what a great old tune!!! They sure can't write em like this anymore eh?
gypsytwig 2 years ago 17
@gypsytwig Oh they can. Its just for reasons I do not understand. They(the musical establishment) choose not to. Very sad really.
synthezer 1 year ago
@gypsytwig Yes!!! Great tune! But the second statement discounts all those who are still writing songs like this. They're just a little trickier to find because they don't get the airplay they used to.
botanyboy2 1 year ago
Thank God, for Dave Loggins everyone loves this song, I was just walking to work this morning, in New York City, and the song just popped into my head, amazing I had not heard it for a while.
Sy-
Sybenett 2 years ago
I absolutely love this. I first heard this song sung by Reba McEntire and really loved her version (it was on an album of covers). Nothing touches the original, but I liked Reba's spin of singing it from the woman's point of view.
And wow - I remember LPs and 45s. Takes me back!
meredithchandler73 2 years ago
love to hear this song when it still pops up on the radio now and then when out in the rig trucking
torchmann4801 2 years ago
This song was actually arranged by Glenn Keener and was the center of a big lawsuit. Look him up...
artemis2085 2 years ago
Excellent song! Thank you for posting!
I remember it well in the summer...washing the car, singing...
imshooshy 2 years ago
great song. thanks for posting this timeless classic. OK listen up everyone. Dave Loggins wrote this song and countless more. He was primarily a song writer. His songs were recorded by many top name country groups. One of the great ones that comes to mind was "Fast movin' train" recorded by Restless Heart. David Allan Coe covered this song on one oh his albums. The album credits Dave Loggins as the song writer. DL version is the classic.
BLZeeBubb 3 years ago 3
Met my wife in Boston, at So. Station... Went to Lowell and got on the Green-line, rode into Bellerica and back, then into China town. We heard this song, and it ended up being one of our favs. Great song.
cr1tt3r2008 3 years ago 3
David Allen Coe never wrote a song with class.
vparonto 3 years ago
Coe is not a "class" writer.. He writes "common man" and redneck biker songs and he is very good at it. He has written some really good "straight" song, as well. " Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile" is a great example of such. He has his following and he writes to that vain. Can't knock him for that..
coleyman1 2 years ago
Coe didn't write this song. It was written by Dave Loggins, the cousin of Kenny Loggins.
simkatu 2 years ago
I know that.. I didn't say he did. I was just pointing out the style that David Allen Coe writes. He has written some really good songs but as we all know, he writes some stuff that is really off color. Everyone knows that Loggins wrote "Please Come to Boston"...
coleyman1 2 years ago
nice recovery....lol:)
PuffinStuff43 2 years ago
im a big fan of David Allen Coe but digby420 is right he did not write this song
crazyszw 3 years ago
Did not know David Allen Coe wrote this I like it by him but like this version just as much if not more
reneewalter2009 3 years ago
1974 was a magical year for many of us.. just one more huge addition to my list of memories, this song takes me there every time i hear it.
Thanks for making this, Gar
ladybriteyes 3 years ago 2
this is a much better version
pmelton87 3 years ago
one of the best & favorite songs David Allen Coe ever wrote.
outlawprp 3 years ago
Thank you for posting, I especially like the lil 45 touch you added~!
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420ass 3 years ago
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mang998 3 years ago
love this song, sing it every now and then...
datacija 3 years ago 3
Loggins ballad is immortal. Thanks to garfieldcat5 for posting.
dwetick 3 years ago
This is what music should be. Such a beautiful song and wonderful sound. Young people have no ideal of what they missed, not everything about the digital world is good. I miss these days so bad. Great job, Reg.
jhaley12 3 years ago 6
Not true, not true at all. I am 16 and have a Record player, not all is lost to the history books my friend :)
BoondockSaints01 3 years ago 3
Hey that's great to hear, check out my channel jhaley12 i think you'll like what you hear. thanks Reg.
jhaley12 3 years ago
I don't understand how a record can be in stereo.
RChursky 3 years ago
its sad that everyone in my generation is into iPods and CD, i feel like a loner cause i want a record player. I feel like i was born in the wrong decade....
BoondockSaints01 3 years ago
Do NOT feel like a loner. One of the best experiences in life is discovering a treasure. For you and I, that treasure is found in a record shop, downtown in a college town. That is where you find the vinyl album treasures. The great thing is that albums by songwriters like Dave Loggins are fairly abundant in record stores. Good Luck!!
ewoldt 3 years ago