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  • Bob Seger, as famous as he is, is still and always will be, just one of the guys. The ways he gives back to his community is unparalleled by anyone, anywhere. Not only is he a gifted and talented singer and songwriter, he is the very definition of what a man should be. He gave up a good 10 years of his career in order to be with his wife and raise their kids, together! His kids were shocked when they realized he was a bonafide superstar! Just a Great Man all around.

    Thanks for the memories!

  • I drive around in my truck and listen to this song over and over, when I have kids, this is what they'll listen to. Nothin like the classics. I heard this song when I was a little kid and I never forgot it since. So glad I found it. I have to listen to it at least once a day.

  • Love a sad song - seems like every relationship has "A song" that is special.Why is it that wether they end well or not you can feel melancholy remembering the good times with a sad song. This is one of Bob's best and it really does it for me, i can see a certain gorgeous dark haired delight that i was completely intoxicated and bewitched by - but i couldn't have her.

    Excuse me, i'll just play "mainstreet" again!!! Isn't emotional pain exquisite?

  • I remember sitting front stage at a place called "The Underground" in CO. when I was in the Army 1969 saying...WHO? If I would have only known. He was great then. What a show he put on.

  • Glad to be the only kid that knows Bob Seger in my school

  • hows the new house going lookingfor a room to rent

  • I am from Michigan. When I was sixteen my friends and I would pile into a station wagon and go see Bob Seger at Aquinas High School in Southgate. It cost two bucks. He played in the gym. There were no seats, just hundreds if kids milling around and dancing with each other - total strangers having a great time.

    He would play for four hours. Two bucks. Never happen again.

  • bob seger the best main street

  • Hell yeah Bob.

  • Definitely my favorite seger song

  • I am from Michigan just like Mr. Segar, and we LIVED off of this music in the late 70s and 80s when i was just a kid...this song, along with "Against the Wind" makes me think of a time that was carefree, beautiful and where the music wasnt absolute excrament like it is today...It reminds me of all the crushes I had, the friends I had....I wonder if Bob Segar realizes just how much his music means to people like me..........it will play in my soul forever....

  • I'm part of today's generation and I refuse to listen to today's crap music... this is where it is at. When I have kids someday, I will have them listen to this REAL music, it cleanses the soul!

  • @ElPolloL0co1 AMEN!!!!!! You could NOT be more right! The music today is just awful..Long live Bob Segar!!!!!!!!!

  • @ElPolloL0co1 Thank you for making an intelligent comment and not saying "I'm 14 and i listen to this music". Lol

  • what a creeper!

  • this song always takes me back to '76, my first boyfriend who was from the jersey shore (same area as springsteen right after he hit it big) and having the BEST times w/everyone who enjoyed all the same great, timeless, classic music. i knew as a teenager how great a musician bob seger was and would stay. he's a legend.

  • this country went to shit the day bob seager cut his hair

  • Can't believe this one doesn't get more air play.  A nice little gem that deserves more exposure.

  • Old Bobby Boy at his best !!!

  • Great track – what a guitar riff at the beginning & chorus. First heard this in NZ in the 80s then didn’t hear this until the mid 90s late at night in the UK. Was always completely hooked on it. Why don’t they play this and other gems on retro stations? Thanks for uploading, (also thanks for no slide-show - less bandwidth when I listen to this at work!) Kevin

  • LOVE IS SONG SO MUCH!!!!!! u rock bob!!!

    

  • I remember I would lie in bed when I was about 17 praying this or "Like a Rock" would play and when it did I would hold my breath so I wouldn't miss a note. Christ, I miss that time. I went downstairs and told my old man I'd heard the second coming and all about a guy called Bob Seger. He told me he had an album by this guy and promptly played me - Pete Seeger. I nearly poked his eyes out. We laugh about it now but I'm still kinda sore!

  • @MrMickthemallet Oh my gosh your comment made me tear up, then laugh. I remember listening to the radio with that intensity, too. Bob Seger brings back so many strong memories for me. Love this guy!

  • @wellheeledbigwheel

    Glad it made you laugh buddy. Yeah, Bobs a legend but sometimes his music makes me lonesome for times past. That's more down to me than him.

  • This song refreshes the soul... Thanks, Bobby.

  • legendary

  • I had forgotten all about Bob Seger.......I owned this album as well and I played the cassette to death in my car way back then.........oh how the sound takes me back....

  • this great song always reminds of hot summer afternoons in 1976 ,dry dusty road in a quiet town in the middle of nowhere...

  • Now I wanna buy a Firebird auto and just roll down I-80 across the US on a roadtrip with this blasting over the radio!

  • Phenomenal Opening Riff that sticks to your soul! Now this is real music, not my generation's crap that we have today.

  • Great song. My parents introduced me to this. I'm 20 years old and it's hard to believe, even to myself how I can relate to some of you old timers about this song. Great music

  • @Kent133

    I feel sorry for you yougins that have the music, if you can call it that, you have today. Not sure you can even call it that. Good thing for XM radio and MP3 players. Youtube is also helpful.

  • I remember when my older brother came home on leave and handed me the Mainstreet album, which I still have it has remained one of my favorites to this day and Mainstreet was our favorite song to listen to when he and I went crusin.The album had just came out.

  • HELLO PEOPLE TEN IS THE NUMBER OF JEREMY HIS SON HE IS ASPTTING OF THE KING OF ISREAL BLUE YES SANDY  HAIR A NOW REAR BREED I SWING THE SWORD F THE KING

  • I DONT LIKE TO  SEE MY PEOPLE LIVE IN POVERTY BIG BROTHER I TOLD YA I LIKE TO GO AT IT WITH YOU SON LAUGHS

  • oh man, believe me I am a Lady with old the sense of the word, but when I listen to Bob Seger, I become a renegade!!! he makes me feel so alive, if I'm in my car I speed a bit, I put the volum up and all of a sudden, my 11 year old says MOM, r u OK? men, I have to be proper againg!!!!

  • ah bob seger great musicial great guy makes some of the best music ive ever heard

  • I was a young buck at the Hollywood East in city of Industry, and some fine piece danced to this song!

  • One of the Best lose it all songs., Makes for drinking and thinking ! about that special , girl , you',ll never know ! and never have , just make a wish, foundation !

  • I'm 17 and im a huge fan of this song my favorite by Bob Seger....i have been listening to his music for years and i love it, some of the music today is good but you can't replace this it doesn't get any better and i wish my generation would listen to more stuff like this.....timeless!!

  • one of my most favorite songs...great memories of driving my very first car...1978 firebird formula...the yellow version...this tune cranking on my new cassette stereo..alpine!!

  • @dcmacleod1 Song is a fever, specially in a Firebird !~ I had one too; a 67, fire ,400, motor, pick it up for for 800, dollars, back in 79, why did i sell, it for 500, NOw it worth, 20,000, ! Just like the memorie, of lost and precise time, I'm with you! all the way ! @dcacleod1,

  • Respond to this video... This is a jam, bob seger, was always on my mind , in the bars, cars, or out with the stars,

  • just off of Main street is nostalgia lane. thats where you will find me. Thanks for posting this . Brings back some really good memories

  • who could hate this song, i love it!!!

  • "Texas Cowgirls" on Westheimer in Houston back in the early 80's. She called herself "Bobby" though her name was Gwen. When I'm 80 and dying from emphysema, I'll still remember her.

  • nostalgia...makes for some sweet songs dont it?

  • Just had a random memory of me as a small child rewinding this cassette to play this song over and over.

  • @paytenl12 8 TRAK OR L.P 4 ME

  • I'm surprised ratings have been disabled for this. Anyone who doesn't like THIS song is simply a COMMIE!

  • This song takes me back ....... way back.

  • reminds me of the days when i was in the marine corps....Court Street...With the strip bars.....bar girls.....etc.

  • Creep

  • This song always reminds of the girl who got away when I was 18.... and then another one came along and fried my brain.... but i never got that firts one out of my brain... I used to watch her working at McDonalds though....

  • Damn, his works aren't available on itunes! Where does one go to buy a CD nowadays? :-)

  • @Zoidberg312 : I go to amazonDOTcom. You can find just about anything (music wise) there.

  • That guitar, right? The 70's had "that", same with edmund fitzgerald. They had that fuzzy sharp guitar solo. pretty cool.

  • aww, memories! takes me back to when i was 16 and with my ''first'' love. he loved some Bob Seger and this was ''our song. i'm 49 now, but, i still love me some Bob Seger and esp this song! this song reminds me of that special guy and i will always have them memories. and btw, Bob Seger rocks!

  • was a club at the beach called Night Moves. Always pictured this girl walking out and down the street. The guitar tone and touch is amazing. even the outro is stunning

  • was a club at the beach called Night Moves. Always pictured this girl walking out and down the street. The guitar tone and touch is amazing

  • yesterday ,yesterday,its okee

  • As the song ends the chills begin..... amazing emotion.

  • takes me too another world !! "dreamworld"!!!! great song that sound!

  • I wonder if he remembers the old "Blue Light" in Midland Michigan when the band was Bob Seger and the Last Herd. I was in the warm up band..the "Satisfactions"

  • Lovely song ! Thanx Bob AND thanx Wolfman Jack 4 bringing you to my attention. I'll never 4get u Wolfman

  • Memories.

  • Not many songs send a shiver down your spine this deffo does

  • hoping Bob Seger decides to come to the DC area sometime soon. I can imagine sitting on a blanket, sipping a Jack Daniels lemonade and relaxing to some good old Bob Seger. that sounds like the perfect way to spend a summer evening.

  • @hollyawoods also a great summer song...the cult- she sells sanctuaray!

  • Sang this at karaoke last night...and the panties were droppin'!

  • JULIE GRAY OF ERIES SONG, WHEN I DIE.

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  • Everone has an opinion but quit cursing on this! really grown up whom ever you are!!!!

  • Takes me back to my teenage years cruisin round in my '69 ford with my girl at the time. Not a worry in the world, thought life would roll along like that forever...Ignorance is bliss. So much older now, dunno about wiser though. Excellent memories

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  • @GARIDONNELLON Just imagine, I'm 20 right now, so my teenage years were spent in this fucked up society, fucked up system, sure we aint drafted to war, but you cant even get into an old school fight without them coming back to shoot at you, everybodys ego trippin.. carrying weapons 24/7 like the fucking 1800's, I live in a "better" neighbourhood where crime aint as bad, but its getting there, I'd seriously rather hang out in an alley with some cool old "hobos"... atleast i still got the music!

  • @stonerminmcjoe hi ... are you from Canada or England.. I noticed how you spelled the word neighborhood.. with a u... and yea You are right.. I am 60 now and I often say to my 23 year old how sad it is that he could have had so much more freedom back in the day.. Now a days everybody is looking over their shoulder because they are afraid if they say the wrong thing that pisses somebody off.. and they cant barley afford to move out.. it sucks.. and it is getting worse..

  • @stonerminmcjoe You're not alone partner. There's many more like you around these parts, these days. It's called the country. We still drive the oldies, we still have the courage, still got the ladies, still got the faded blue denim, leather coats, and the will to live.

  • @GARIDONNELLON these songs make me wanna get a motorcycle an ride

  • i remember this song driving in my truck through forests in WA, sigh seems far away.

  • @erikthered9 ....um.....ok....

    you must be one of those little fucks who live on mainstreet who I'd love to kill. Just remember to smile while I shove my .22 up your ass and pull the fucking trigger.

  • ...the first time driving a car, having a smoke, hanging out with my first crush and today it's still right on the mark!

  • cormz1 --- Every time I hear this song it is always like the first time ...

  • julie grays song.

  • not at day try driving at night no traffic nothing thats where this song is!!

  • there are a couple of people I'd like to kill that live on mainstreet... lol when I do it I'll do it to this song... kinda like Richard Ramirez killed his victims to "Night Prowler" by AC/DC. Fuck yeah!!

  • @trekkian88 ....MAKE SURE YOU PUCKER UP NICE AND SLOW BEFORE YOU BEND OVER AND BLOW YOURSELF AFTER YOU GYRATE TO ALL THAT GAY PORN YOU SPANK TO.

  • Bob

  • awesome song

  • i remember standin on the corner at midnite........tryin to get mycourage up.

  • Beautiful riff.

  • I have been looking for one of Bobby Segers original groupies from the late 1960's Joan Jewell who lived in Ann Arbor and went to U. of M from 1968 - 1972.

    I haven't been able to find out what happened to her and her family (William F. Jewel, III, wife, sister Kathy (Kiki), and another sister) after 1972. Any help with finding out how to contact them would be appreciated.

    ericwwsolo

  • 2:57 to end my favorite

  • absolutely I believe that this is one of his greatest songs ever made. Actually, I think he is being very personal in this song and wish he made more that were of this genre.

  • You know..I don't think I could add one thing to anything that was said here..your comments capture my feelings perfectly..nice to know I am one of many..

  • Nothing like Bob Seger!! Grew up listening to him and still enjoy it to this day!!

  • Reminds me of a girl I dated in 77. How wonderful it would be to be able to turn the clock back to those days. Life was basketball, girls, drink and smoke. Absolutely the best time to be young in.

  • it takes me back :)

  • I can remember riding in my best friends car to this song .

    god rest her sole.

  • Im from a VERY small town in NC, and during my summers of ages 14-16,(now 32) i stayed with my mom in town and would walk and ride my bike everywhere, at any time of night or day. I have actually stood on mainstreet at midnight, and when i heard this song the first time, i was so taken by it that to this day, i have to stop and listen to that hypnotic guitar. This song takes me back to those days of simple pleasures and true freedom.

  • @egnod you rock ! well put! check out 'lucero acoustic' on youtube !!!!!beautiful memories !

  • "If you are a true Seger fan, as I am, I ask you to please listen to my version of this song. I want real fans to listen in. I think you'll agree the vocals are almost spot on. I'm trying to get some more support and could use some support from non friends or family members. Constructive criticism is also welcome. Thanks.-Marc"

  • @sheck888 you done good dude. excelent job!!!

  • I still have this 8 track..Im forever 16, hanging out, stoned, every time I hear this. Life is good..

  • @dockie1964 hey dockie, not quite 16, 20, but hanging out getting stoned listening to this right now, just thought might you like to know some things never change!

  • I have this album on vinyl !

    GREAT TRACK !

  • bob segar is a great artist this is 1 of the first song i dance to in a night club in new zealand. love you bob.

  • I was sixteen when I went to a topless club the first time, it was 1972 and the street was call the main in montreal, this song bring me back down on main street, lovely

  • Bob Seger is the artist Bruce Springsteen wishes he could be...

  • @lonenut2000 Silly remark ~ how the hxx do you know?! Both BS's are great musicians in their own right.

  • i first heard this song when i was 16, i'm 48 yrs old now. back then, me and my first love listened to this song many times. we used to make love to this song and now, after all these yrs, i still think of him when i hear it. it can put tears in my eyes.

  • All across America there are so many Main Streets... Great song.

  • I like the sax intro a little bit better than this intro

  • Great audio quality on this vid!

  • I was 10 years old when I first heard this song , and tonight as I sit here ,man this song just took me back 22 years !! awesome song!!!!

  • Perfect song to fuck to.

  • @SARMSTRONG18 Dude that was not necessary.

  • Bob Seger music reminds me of a time long ago (27 years ago) when my husband and I fell in love. We would listen to his music for hours.

  • I first heard this song on the radio in a friends car in my hometown in California around 1976(?).

    When I first met my wife 25 years ago, who is a native of Detroit, MI I said that I liked the music from Michigan (Stooges, Motown, MC5, etc) and how I liked Bob Seger, especially the song Main Street. She then explained to me that this song was Bob's homage to Main Street in downtown Ann Arbor, MI. Since then I have been on Main Street in Ann Arbor many times over the years. Love this tune.

  • ME GUSTA ESTA CANSION !!! ME ENCANTA!!

  • This song makes me proud to be a stalker.

  • Magical voice.

  • His greatest song wihtout a doubt!

  • Such a serene song...you forget all your worries...just wanna relax....

  • Reminds me of yesterday when i heard it for the first time i was driving my cavy with a smoke in the mouth hand out the window perfect song on a hot summer day

  • @cormz1 ya buddy. Thnx for the quick trip to easier times.

  • Reminds me of the lazy days of summer in florida circa 1981,out by the pool, with grilled cheeses & bacon and giant glasses of ice tea. :>)

  • Reminds me of living the good times in the early winter, about January 1980. I was 28 or so. I was driving down Highway 22 in Oregon and noticed a gorgeous young lady walking down the snowy road. I asked her if she needed a lift and I gave her one to Bend Oregon. Talking to her was the best time of my life. I dropped that hot lady off in Bend and never saw her again. I have always felt she was a piece of me that is now missing. This song played in the car during the trip to Bend.

  • @ufofan1980 Wow, that sounds like a 'Chevy Van' experience =-)

  • @ufofan1980 there is somsething very haunting about Oregon. My first wife was from Hillsboro and it fell apart because I was in the Army and an asshole.bilbo2shire

  • @ufofan1980 That's a cool story!

  • Reminds me of San Diego when I was in the Navy, away from home, and hanging in the bars downtown.

  • Bob Seger is great he so underrated his music deserves more recognition.

  • his songs make me fell like i should be in the mountains of pa

  • only the best song by seger

  • This is such an amazing song. I love Bob Seger, and feel that he is one of the most amazing musicians of all time.

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