The lesson here is clear...If a couple guys show up and want to give you a ride in the back of a large moving truck, it's a fine fine day to run like hell!
@fromthispoint, having lived in these kind of backgrounds, it all comes back to if your parents really watched over you. Don't ever try to blame the music, movies, tv.
wander how many young men listen to this song and it inspired with it beauty them to comit crimes maybe some are still in jails across the world , really nice melody beautiful organs and vocals and back up vocal arrangments one of the rare ones , but it sends a bad message to youths even in it beauty still not much very postive about it , but if you take it just a fine day to return home its nice....to bad it glamors crime life.
Awesome job by posting this song. Its a blast from the past remembering how my wife would cry listening to this while her brother was doing time back in the 80's. Thanks!
I used to love this song when it was out, but I remember it wasn't a very big hit. It was different than everything else that was out at the time and I guess people didn't get it. IMO it was about 5 years ahead of it's time.
Tony Carey was diagnosed with a particularly virulent form of cancer in March 2009. He spent twelve weeks in the hospital, underwent five surgeries, and although his odds of survival were only 10 percent, he beat the odds. A quote from Tony Carey: "I'm missing some of my organs; you'll be relieved to hear that the Hammond isn't one of them." You have to love Tony Carey's spirit, sense of humor and amazing talent.
His highest rated song, Tony Carey, (from the charts) not that great to me, don't get me wrong Tony is awesome, I just think his other songs are better.
If you like Tony Carey, try: The First day of summer, I won't be home tonight, Blue Highway, or........Room with a view
This was my dads favorite song, he died just a year or so after it came out. Every time I hear it it reminds me of him and how tough his life was. I love ya Dad, RIP.......
A man gets shot around 4:20 of this video. And the ambulance and police arrive at 4:30. It must not have happened in New York. In New York a motherfucker can get rigor mortis waiting for the paramedics and cops after calling 911.
This is a great song. At the expense of telling my age, I was in high school and used to go to dances and they would play it. I also had the cassette in my jeep( 78 cj 7).
wow does this bring back the memories rushing back. i was in high school when i first saw this on mtv back when this was a new song. i still have the vinyl of this album
it seems like if you want to hear REAL singing and TRUE and HONEST talent you have to dig through the archives.Great singer who's not into the "pretty boy" concept and a story telling video makes"A Fine Fine Day" a lost classic.....hit #22 on the pop chart in the spring of 1984
wow first "real" concert i ever went to...freshman in high school...1984...lake charles civic center...i was 13...he opened for night ranger...wasnt he in rainbow at one time...
Danke schoen . . . finally after 24 years I get to see the final five seconds that all the other versions are missing. I knew I didn't imagine it! This is one of the most intricate videos ever made, a two hour movie storyline condensed to four minutes. One of a kind.
As my friend used to sing when we watched this video on MTV back in the day... "It's a fine fine day for Uncle Sonny to get shot". It was kinda funny back then to hear him, now it just sounds dumb.
Thanks herasle,... I looked for this song thinking it was Rod Stewart(beating my brains out) and the search engine tried to tell me who it was...Duh, GREAT tune!! Thanks again
I love this song!!!
babiguti0621 1 week ago
The lesson here is clear...If a couple guys show up and want to give you a ride in the back of a large moving truck, it's a fine fine day to run like hell!
xxmickeyzeroxx 1 week ago
I always see guys with long hair as having dirty underwear...
PlanTonto 2 weeks ago
@fromthispoint, having lived in these kind of backgrounds, it all comes back to if your parents really watched over you. Don't ever try to blame the music, movies, tv.
TheRoggie67 4 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
wander how many young men listen to this song and it inspired with it beauty them to comit crimes maybe some are still in jails across the world , really nice melody beautiful organs and vocals and back up vocal arrangments one of the rare ones , but it sends a bad message to youths even in it beauty still not much very postive about it , but if you take it just a fine day to return home its nice....to bad it glamors crime life.
fromthispoint 1 month ago
@fromthispoint I dont think it does at all . If anything....it just shows that in the end
a life of crime will always catch up . Great LP- by the way.
TheMichaelseymour 1 day ago
Thanks for the flashback..Holds up today Too.. stand up like a Man..What will be will be..
snyderthedrifter 1 month ago
This song has always touched me. I have the 45 back in TN but I'm a long way from there so thanks for posting!
RockinRita45 2 months ago
Great story. Can relate in a way I had family members that were connected. None of them in that much trouble.
MrBastilleDay 4 months ago
There are two guys who aren't having a fine, fine day.
entrenadorjoaquin 4 months ago
This song gets better ever time i play it !
puckering1 4 months ago
From the keyboard part you can tell he was the keyboardist for Rainbow.
jaymoe67 5 months ago
what a really classic is. i cant fight this feeling anymore.
ado016435 5 months ago
I was 16 in 1984. What a year 1984 was. What a great time to be young.
MrAppleseed88 5 months ago 2
@MrAppleseed88 I was 16 in late 1984 also..a great song and one that makes you think.....
courtrocks07 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
Awesome job by posting this song. Its a blast from the past remembering how my wife would cry listening to this while her brother was doing time back in the 80's. Thanks!
Jerryrocky1 5 months ago
thank you!!!! was great then and great now. wondered if i would ever see it again. thanks for bringing back great memories.
RAWNEMESIS 6 months ago
1 person is so sad now that he realizes he hit the wrong button... It's a fine fine day!!!
JeanneDarkDancer7 6 months ago
i didnt know Phil Collins was a hitman!!
locksmith51 7 months ago
I used to love this song when it was out, but I remember it wasn't a very big hit. It was different than everything else that was out at the time and I guess people didn't get it. IMO it was about 5 years ahead of it's time.
tutt55 7 months ago
who the dude that got shot
MRDXKLIQ101 8 months ago
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Roedskjegg666 8 months ago
TONY CAREY Live am 06.08.2011 im Ratskeller Hainichen; limitiertes Kartenkontingent; Ticketvorverkauf über 037207-51990
Roedskjegg666 8 months ago
I heard this the first time August 16th 1986, 16th birthday on a car ride from N.C. to Virginia.
Minrathicus 9 months ago
Tony Carey is amazing. He has so many great songs.
spanglehoff 10 months ago
1 person is not having a fine fine day!
spanglehoff 10 months ago
Tony Carey was diagnosed with a particularly virulent form of cancer in March 2009. He spent twelve weeks in the hospital, underwent five surgeries, and although his odds of survival were only 10 percent, he beat the odds. A quote from Tony Carey: "I'm missing some of my organs; you'll be relieved to hear that the Hammond isn't one of them." You have to love Tony Carey's spirit, sense of humor and amazing talent.
Jefgg 10 months ago 3
@bingolongfart Brilliant joke. It took me a while to get it.
Jefgg 10 months ago
His highest rated song, Tony Carey, (from the charts) not that great to me, don't get me wrong Tony is awesome, I just think his other songs are better.
If you like Tony Carey, try: The First day of summer, I won't be home tonight, Blue Highway, or........Room with a view
bekindtoyurbuds 11 months ago
Loved this song when I was younger. My sister did too. Brings back good memories.
feloniuschunk 1 year ago
This was my dads favorite song, he died just a year or so after it came out. Every time I hear it it reminds me of him and how tough his life was. I love ya Dad, RIP.......
Rolangunslinger 1 year ago 12
@Rolangunslinger I miss my father aswell, he was a great mechanic he always had away wih those old trucks.
theredocktober 9 months ago
I've always loved this song.
itjustfigures 1 year ago
FIVE STARS
AndrewWCo 1 year ago
A man gets shot around 4:20 of this video. And the ambulance and police arrive at 4:30. It must not have happened in New York. In New York a motherfucker can get rigor mortis waiting for the paramedics and cops after calling 911.
Jefgg 1 year ago 5
After all the years gone by .i could not forget this great song
randytsao22 1 year ago 2
holy crap! I love this song but had forgotten about the video..thanks!
zaphodbblx 1 year ago 2
This is a great song. At the expense of telling my age, I was in high school and used to go to dances and they would play it. I also had the cassette in my jeep( 78 cj 7).
VODAssassin3 1 year ago
This remindes me of Vassili... GOD I loved that man
MrMt101 1 year ago
Pure talent!!! awesome singer/song writer....
MrYamato67 1 year ago
looked for this for awhile thanx
johnff444 1 year ago
actually good song
555cage 1 year ago
"he did his sitting he did hard time".... because whatever else Uncle Sonny was he wasn't a stinking snitch.
zitlight73 1 year ago
Happy belated Birthday Tony Carey and thinks for all the great music!
icicicles 1 year ago
wow does this bring back the memories rushing back. i was in high school when i first saw this on mtv back when this was a new song. i still have the vinyl of this album
fuzzybuttcb750 1 year ago
my brother and i love this song it may have only made it to #22 on the charts but it was and is #1 for me and my brother
MsSunflower70 1 year ago
One hit wonder. But what a song, and the video is good too.
smith1958b 1 year ago
Sounds like John Mellencamp, but this boy is great singer!!
citroneto 1 year ago
it seems like if you want to hear REAL singing and TRUE and HONEST talent you have to dig through the archives.Great singer who's not into the "pretty boy" concept and a story telling video makes"A Fine Fine Day" a lost classic.....hit #22 on the pop chart in the spring of 1984
chrisporter61 1 year ago
One of the most underrated songs ever!
Mato1970 1 year ago 2
toney carey totaly rocks!! alot of people dont know that he played the keyboards in one of the baddest ass rock songs of all time, stargazer.
webastards 1 year ago
An Excellent Song! And an Even Better Video!
MrKristianOJ 1 year ago
''excellent'' thanks for posting.
lionelvillahermosa 1 year ago
I remember this being in rotation on MTV.....never realising it was the keyboardist from rainbow...lol
yarekhunt 1 year ago
I remember this being in rotation on MTV.....wow I'm old
yarekhunt 1 year ago
This song rocks!
johnruth53 1 year ago
It´s fine fine day to fall in love w/ this song and this great artist.
angus79bln 1 year ago
it's a fine fine song! :D
131132128 1 year ago
There is no way that people cant say this man is NOT genius. I mean music an lyrics!!! I love you to bits Tony!!!
novaline99 1 year ago
Im talking Tony Carey...... He have been my favourite for the last 28 years... I must be mad... OR TC is the best
novaline99 1 year ago
This whole album BEGS for a Remastered Cd release!
texs2007 1 year ago
The song rocks brilliant work of art but TONY, back in 84 i hope u didnt take yourself seriously as actor lol
dadadruma 1 year ago
Love this song!
christophe88888 1 year ago
Yeah, old rainbowmember, he rules
hampust21 1 year ago
now living in Europe
gypsythatremains 1 year ago
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now living in Europe
gypsythatremains 1 year ago
now living in Europe
gypsythatremains 1 year ago
a neighbor from Turlock, CA
gypsythatremains 1 year ago
Great song, great video, great old mob story. This was the shit until movies like Miller's Crossing and Good Fellas came out.
ole9421 2 years ago
Is that Tony on keyboards?Sounds like a Hammond b3 in there!Awsome!
tonavarious 2 years ago
Oneo f the best songs no one I know has heard of... =]
Zedd36 2 years ago
Awesome Video and Song!!--To bad they dont make them like this anymore!!
nettles3 2 years ago 2
i agree with you! this is a great song by a great singer.
helpmedr 2 years ago
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Springgittleraw 2 years ago
great song & great artist! a true k-she classic!! k.c.
killcraz 2 years ago 2
This song is amazing! The first time I heard the song I loved it. Tony Carey Rocks!
powerrangerjacob 2 years ago 18
great song!!!luv it 80s rule!!
jeffster111made 2 years ago
I love his whiskey voice.
naedekim 2 years ago 2
LOL- I know. And I remember when this song first came out- I thought it was Tim.
rayjr62 2 years ago
What's that crazy contraption the man is using to put letters on paper?
mharrigfeld 2 years ago 2
Looks like it might be a Hermes typewriter, but it's been a long time...
IWannabeJew 2 years ago
I take it back. Looks like a Remington.
Google Images remington manual typewriter
The brand-name plaquard looks very similar.
IWannabeJew 2 years ago
Great to see this Tony Carey classic again. Rainbow rocked!
rebel28va 2 years ago 3
wow first "real" concert i ever went to...freshman in high school...1984...lake charles civic center...i was 13...he opened for night ranger...wasnt he in rainbow at one time...
moondogg43 2 years ago 2
Actually he was their keyboardist for two albums I think. IIRC.
^^
I always loved his songs...
Kimmyskunk
KimonoSkunk 2 years ago
can't get over how timeless his music is...best ever
roaduppen1968 2 years ago 10
@roaduppen1968 so true
pasanen123 7 months ago
"He took off his Fedora
and put his fingers in the chown"?!
Bill Gates will drag you through the courts...
lindaartlover 2 years ago
ok im confused.
carboy2278 2 years ago
I finally got this album on CD. I always loved Tony Carey.
MecaDope 2 years ago
hey where did you get it? my dads birthday is comin up and he loves this album but i cant find it on cd anywhere please help?
carboy2278 2 years ago
Renaissance Records just re-released this album on cd. Look for them on the web.
dustinblythe 2 years ago
Me too. Love "First Day of Summer".
swami1 2 years ago
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...just somethin' bout that song.......
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lakenormanspeed 2 years ago
Danke schoen . . . finally after 24 years I get to see the final five seconds that all the other versions are missing. I knew I didn't imagine it! This is one of the most intricate videos ever made, a two hour movie storyline condensed to four minutes. One of a kind.
FL80 3 years ago 2
You mean the last five seconds of pigeon-toed waddling?
luckydirtbag 2 years ago
"pigeon-toed waddling" That is freakin funny!!
ErieBoy62 2 years ago
Wow, this brings back memories of growing up in Jersey, son!
Fugggggggggghedaboudit! Badda Bing, Bada Boom, Hoah!
UncleRico13 3 years ago
Ive been looking for this song...thanks for posting it......
firstact116 3 years ago 3
Thank's ese' ,I really mean it.....it reminds me of my Great Uncle.......nuff ' said
thevato06 3 years ago
As my friend used to sing when we watched this video on MTV back in the day... "It's a fine fine day for Uncle Sonny to get shot". It was kinda funny back then to hear him, now it just sounds dumb.
ArtSack 3 years ago
thanks for the memories, felt like i was driving my camaro listening to the 8-track tape on my craig powerplay deck!!!
rcmlkar 3 years ago
Thanks herasle,... I looked for this song thinking it was Rod Stewart(beating my brains out) and the search engine tried to tell me who it was...Duh, GREAT tune!! Thanks again
U2rocksKEN 3 years ago
one of the best.....
roaduppen1968 3 years ago