Last year in 2007 it was the opening of top 2000 in holland at christmas. After the newsbreak. It was a start of a wonderful week with a great classic. This rocks your radio!!!
I love this song too, in fact I'd say it's in my top 5 all-time songs of, er, all time! It's an excellent radio song, and for me it brings back many happy memories of the 80's when life was good and uncomplicated. Whatever happened to Diesel? I heard they were a Dutch band. Did they do anything comparable after this? Are they still going?
I am surprised that this song has not been used for newer movies considering how many remakes have come out.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE SONG OF ALL TIME, I admit that it is not technically wowing or deep in meaning, but it is the most fun song I can listen to over and over and never get tired of.
Funny Markmeblablabla -(wonderful name BTW) Coincedentally your girlfriend wuz asking for pills while I defiled her - Claimed her regular boyfriend was what she referred to as a "miniature man" and anything over a 6 incher caused her great discomfort.
Additionally - how can I calm down after watching such exciting efforts such as "994 Caterpillar loader loading haul truck" (Yawn)
Kisses and love to you sweetums. I hope your last kiss was not too salty.
Love this song. Haven't heard it in ages. We had a 68 Rambler American back in SW Ontario when this song came out. We'd really crank this one up when CKLW (Windsor) played it. Awesome memmories!
This reminds me of my cross-country trip from Erie to Vancouver in '94 in a '66 Rambler Ambassador-snot green with a green paisley print interior!! Now that's cruising!
When Napster was king about 8 years ago and the doors flew open for us to time travel to our old favorites, this was one of the ones I went for. '81 - disco was dying and this helped kill it. Forgot it was a kickin 5 minutes long.
Wow, I haven't heard this song in sooooo long, I always wondered who sang it! And I do think it sounds like Steve Miller band a little. Thanks for posting this!
Oh yeah you are right about that! What a rush that was for us who intimately knew the local geography that the song wrote about. Roller rinks were huge deals in the 80's.
Oh yeah does this ever bring back memories of my growing up in California. Moved there as a kid. Folks from the east coast. Wow what a life of coolness I had. This song is just too cool for words.
Underrated songs like this are never heard on free radio. These retro and "classsic" stations play a narrow range of retro over and over again. You would think only 50 or so songs ever existed in the past. What a joke.
I actually just heard it today on the Lynx radio through iTunes! I had forgotten all about it and when I heard it I remembered how much I liked it back in it's day! definitely underrated as you say.
Same thing happened to me just a week ago. I completely forgot how much I loved this track. Just roll down the top on your convertible and cruise on down the highway!
That's right, it was AMC. It was introduced as the Nash Rambler in 1950, and four years later Nash merged with Hudson to form AMC. The Rambler was built as both a Nash and a Hudson for a couple of years, then in 1957 Rambler became a make in its own right and both Nash and Hudson were discontinued. Rambler itself was discontinued in 1969, then AMC was absorbed by Chrysler in 1987.
I love this song so much, but as someone who lived in Sausalito a few years ago I can attest that there is jack to do in Sausalito at night. (Smitty's wasn't all that bad, though, tbh.)
Yup. They played AT40 from 10-24-81 on Fred (XM 44) last Thursday (10-23-81) and there it was. And I thought *I* was the only one who remembered it...
Perhaps why it's not classified as 80's is because the single came out in 1979. The album came out in 1980. This track went to #25 in the US. For Dutch standards that's a huge success, but this band diserved more.
They reformed in 1988 and released the single Samantha.
You can download this song off of Limewire. I'll never understand why radio does not play this song with all of the other 80's stuff they play. Truly a forgotten classic. I play it for people that have never heard it. Not only do they love it, they think it is new. Somebody needs to put this in a movie or something to revive it and give it the credit it deserves.
OMG!! Love this song! I have the 45rpm. Played the poo out of it! Thanks for posting a clean clear sounding version of it! Too bad you weren't video-ing this in the 80's. LOL! Thanks!!!!!
Rob Vunderink, Mark Boon, Frank Papendrecht and Pim Koopman.
I still have the album (Vinyl), it has a Morgan +4 classic sportscar on it with the guys in it. Which is a bit odd because it's not a Diesel powered car!
Cool song, especially since I had a 1965 Rambler Classic at the time. The song is pretty accurate to my experience. It was a heap and adverture to drive, yet I alway look for the exact make model color on ebay.
The best of the best of 80's hits. Takes me back to being 8 years old in the sweltering heat of rural Georgia while hearing this on the radio. I smell gasoline and taste ice cold coke with brazier burgers when this thing kicks in. No political agenda, just butt whooping pop-rock.
I'm having some serious flashbacks to the fall of 1981 and the start of my senior year in high school. Thanks to you tube and XM radio, songs like this are starting to be brought back to life and I'm glad!
EVERYONE.... WRITE TO THE CAR TALK SHOW ON NPR RADIO (with Click & Clack, The Tappet Bros.) AND REQUEST THAT THEY USE THIS SONG WHEN THEY GO TO A COMMERCIAL BREAK. (Ya know how they always have a cool car-related song they play that segues the show into a commercial break. This is absolutely the BEST song for that part of their show.
Great, great video. This is the best video of this song on YT. The ones of girls in bikinis are goofy, shallow and childish. This is what the song is about - cruising! It is a driving classic! Downshift, open the windows, crank the tunes and feel the freedom! Love it. Great job!
Love this song - I recently travelled to San Fran and the US west and had a ball in Sausalito. I first heard this during my travels on the car radio on the Interstate to Wyoming following a boggy dirt road out of Utah. On return to Sausilito I discovered that none of the locals I spoke to had heard of the song. Pity for them - it is a great anthem for the town and far more fun than "Top of the Bay".
I still have the original 45 from when this first came out. It is the radio edit, and I didn't know until a few years ago there was more verses and an extended solo. The "country" 1st half of the solo is, and I'm being serious here, the greatest guitar solo ever. Brilliantly put together and played. And I just realized that I've never even seen a picture of these guys....
This band was from Europe, from The Netherlands, in fact. They have a homepage where you can see lots of pictures. Their latest concert was in April 2007. That first "country" solo was played by Mark Boon, the second solo by Rob Vunderink. Mark wrote the song after a visit to his sister who lived in California. Rob thought of the riff (which reminds me of that Indian band Redbone).
Hey buddy- I could not agree more with you! This guitar player is absolutely brilliant. I would agree that the first part of that little solo is right up there with folks like Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Glen Campbell. Very country and amazing- especially from a one hit wonder dutch band.
I love this song to death, but I have to laugh...I lived in Sausalito in the late 90s and nothing at all went on there at night, summer or otherwise. Boring town full of rich people.
I can't find the original album (Watts in the Tank) on CD; I have a greatest hits (!) CD tracked down after years of searching. Can rip a copy if needed...
DAMN!!!!!!!This song is awesome! I never tire of hearing it. The vocals kinda remind of The Steve Miller Band. Definitely one of the best tracks ever recorded in our time...
i'm glad to hear xm plays this also... bad thing is i have Sirius and it seems they have some sort of a playlist they follow. i've had it since Dec. 2004 and i've never once heard it played and they only play select songs from artists... it's getting very annoying wanting to hear some nuggets i haven't heard in a while and get nothing. example: they play elton john's "sad songs" a lot but i've never heard once my favorite "i don't wanna go on with you like that". does anyone else have sirius??
I also have SIRIUS and they do only have a limited song playlist on every station, thank God XM and SIRIUS has merged cause XM has a much wider playlist than SIRIUS, the decade stations are way better too cause they play a good number of the obscure cuts as well as the well known cuts and not every track is a single edit thank God.
One thing about SIRIUS is that on the '80s Station they tend to play Foreigner's "Urgent" and "Waiting For a Girl Like You" constantly all the time but they BARELY ever play "Say You Will", "That Was Yesterday" and "I Don't Want to Live Without You", on the 80s Music Choice station they tend to play these songs fairly equally.
Ahhh......memories of my childhood in California. I didn't realise just how GREAT I had it back then...until it was 20 odd years and 1500+ miles away.
The station I had my clock radio set to would play this tune every morning at 6am. Woke up to this damn near every day my senior year, thanks for posting.
I remember jammin' to this song on the way to Daytona Beach from Indy with a couple of buddies during Thanksgiving weekend in'82. And the drinking age in Florida was 18 at the time!! We had way too much fun :]
I use to love it when this song came on the radio in my little worn out Mustang when I was 16. Hey Torino Gal my mom drove a 64 Galaxie when I was a teenager. She still has it. What great rides we had!
I was 17 when this song came out.Remember listening to it in Mom's Ford Torino. I now listen to it in my 68 Torino with my 17 year old daughter.Talk about the circle of life.
Love this song!! My favorite to dance to in the early 80's (oops, just dated myself). Had the album by Diesel at one time, and I am soooo glad to re-discover this!! Thanks for making it available!
Great song but really no one calls it "Frisco" out here
The City, SF, San Fran but NEVER "Frisco"
Oh and in PC SF "Dumping her in the Bay" would get you 5 to life plus a fine and a study to prevent future dumping as well as a possible charge of a hate crime against the Bay...
awesome song.... not much of a summer song here in the USA in the top 40 in Oct & Nov. of 1981. i wish there was a way 2 listen to the old top 40 countdowns from back then....
send u a message with an awesome url where all the eighties charts can be found had an awesome afternoon looking for them on the youtube and YEAH! most of them are to be found here ... remember Adam and The Antz ... hilarious! wowsome ...
Wow! Something I haven't heard since I was a little girl! In 82, my family decided it was a good idea to drive up hwy 1 from LA to Oregon. This reminds me of that road trip. Someday I hope to re-trace it.
Golden Earring was another of those don't sound Dutch bands. they did Radar love and Twilight Zone ,and don't forget Hocus Pocus by Focus with Jann Akkerman and thijs van leer.
I loooooooooove Focus ... specially the album Hocus Pocus! Awesome ... and Radar Love is greta but Back Home and Bombayu are way much better ... LOL I didnt have an idea Diesel were from the Dutch soil ...
I three echo the comments 100%! It reminds me of doing a lot of fun things the summer after I graduated high school & also when I first started at St. Petersburg Junior College down in Tarpon Springs, FL in the fall of 1981.
I love this song. It's been many years since I've heard it on the radio and it is one of my all time favorite songs. It brings back many good memories of when I was living in Los Angeles in the early 80's. It definitely has made my day. Thanks.
Although, at the time of the summer of 1981 the full lp version was played a great deal on the radio, and Casey Kasem did play the lp version on American Top 40 when it was in the charts here in the U.S. I think Kasem really liked this group.
A cd came out in Europe in 1999 called "Sausolito Summernight" on Universal which comprises all of "Watts in a tank" plus singles sides (including the European single version of this song). In the US "Watts in a tank" was released on cd by One Way Records in 2002 and is still available if your search for it on amazon or something like that.
Great bass playing and an awesome guitar solo!! This band is tight.
scorpio622 3 years ago
man, this brings back some great memories. havent heard it in 20 yrs
huels45 3 years ago
I thought I was the only one to remember this song...
JonandKeri 3 years ago
demnächst auch HIER Dieses Video wurde aufgrund eines Verstoßes gegen die Nutzungsbedingungen entfern
Youtube wird stumm......
7777Dave7777 3 years ago
One of the best songs ever produced.
What else can I say.
Purescript 3 years ago
Great track! Too bad they didn't record more songs after this one, this song kicks a**!
amaranthus76 3 years ago
this is my cousin!!
ZeZiMaBoY123 3 years ago 2
Funny screw up on the intro it's WATTS IN A TANK not WATT.
RandyJMays 3 years ago
Last year in 2007 it was the opening of top 2000 in holland at christmas. After the newsbreak. It was a start of a wonderful week with a great classic. This rocks your radio!!!
albertypma 3 years ago
No doubt, this song is a classic !!
TheSmileFetcher1961 3 years ago 3
I love this song too, in fact I'd say it's in my top 5 all-time songs of, er, all time! It's an excellent radio song, and for me it brings back many happy memories of the 80's when life was good and uncomplicated. Whatever happened to Diesel? I heard they were a Dutch band. Did they do anything comparable after this? Are they still going?
Happy Christmas everyone!
Spoolz07 3 years ago
they're still there, but with a lot of changes in the line up.
watch diesel wikipedia
- diesel (band)-
oronopolo 3 years ago
I am surprised that this song has not been used for newer movies considering how many remakes have come out.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE SONG OF ALL TIME, I admit that it is not technically wowing or deep in meaning, but it is the most fun song I can listen to over and over and never get tired of.
Brianrrs37 3 years ago 6
I have this song on 45.
Bowtiecrazzy 3 years ago
this is one of my ALL TIME FAVE SONGS (and that says a lot, with over 3000 cds...)
THANKS for posting this!!!!
fernman2300 3 years ago 3
ROAD TRIP !!!!!!!!!!!!
vicsade2003 3 years ago 2
This a great song. Brings back some good memories.
thelegend302 3 years ago 2
Funny Markmeblablabla -(wonderful name BTW) Coincedentally your girlfriend wuz asking for pills while I defiled her - Claimed her regular boyfriend was what she referred to as a "miniature man" and anything over a 6 incher caused her great discomfort.
Additionally - how can I calm down after watching such exciting efforts such as "994 Caterpillar loader loading haul truck" (Yawn)
Kisses and love to you sweetums. I hope your last kiss was not too salty.
Gramps
TazJonesDrunk 3 years ago
i wrote this song
crackwhore202 3 years ago
This is a great song. Watts in a Tank is hard to get.
Lendorien 3 years ago
fark off talking about your xm and sirius whatever the fack that is beatch....
This is 80's - buy it on cassette and listen to it like a real man.
TazJonesDrunk 3 years ago
Calm down gramps, take your pills.
Markmeblablabla 3 years ago
can one still buy cassettes? didn
t see them in ages
johnlivia6061 3 years ago
Great tune! Does anyone have the guitar tab for this song? I can't find it anywhere and am missing a note somewhere in my attempts. Thanks!
mcampbell1977 3 years ago
i lived this tune!!!
mrkedcars 3 years ago
I have this on 45, great song.
Bowtiecrazzy 3 years ago
heard this on the radio the first time in my garage and cranked it as i worked on my car
900rrmm 3 years ago 2
Was it on an AM/FM Station?
Doobie1975 3 years ago
it was on 97.1 the drive wdrv chicago
900rrmm 3 years ago
i love this song, first discovered it on Memory Lame Radio a few years back, definitely a fun song to listen to on a road trip
Doobie1975 3 years ago
One of the all-time great summer fun songs.
notredamehesamighty 3 years ago
great guitar lick at 3:55
delpuckett 3 years ago
Yes indeedy...!!
TheSmileFetcher1961 3 years ago
ok but not as good as I remember from 81/82
trevor40 3 years ago
Love this song. Haven't heard it in ages. We had a 68 Rambler American back in SW Ontario when this song came out. We'd really crank this one up when CKLW (Windsor) played it. Awesome memmories!
02fiend 3 years ago 2
Great song.
Nachum 3 years ago 4
one of my all time favorites! love the song thanks for sharing... :)
muffinhead66 3 years ago 2
the lights are blurring like an acid trip
okiwoskoni 3 years ago 2
This reminds me of my cross-country trip from Erie to Vancouver in '94 in a '66 Rambler Ambassador-snot green with a green paisley print interior!! Now that's cruising!
Love the driver's POV video!! very clever:)))
94cadillacfleetwood 3 years ago 2
Another song I haven't heard in 25 years.
Pbirv 3 years ago
This song kicks butt!!! Don't ever take it off!!
oribrtron 3 years ago 4
I Agree, We NEED This!!!!!
GETRDUN 3 years ago
Well,well,well....now you all know...This was/IS one kick ass tune !!!
TheSmileFetcher1961 3 years ago
Great cruisin' song!!
This70sGirl 3 years ago 3
still in my list of favourite sonx. thx!
ferkulat 3 years ago 4
When Napster was king about 8 years ago and the doors flew open for us to time travel to our old favorites, this was one of the ones I went for. '81 - disco was dying and this helped kill it. Forgot it was a kickin 5 minutes long.
rothr 3 years ago 2
Yeah, great traveling tune...you got the idea!
iswc27 3 years ago 5
Wow, I haven't heard this song in sooooo long, I always wondered who sang it! And I do think it sounds like Steve Miller band a little. Thanks for posting this!
LornaFisher 3 years ago
They played the hell out of this at the skating rinks back then!
Mombuck 3 years ago
Oh yeah you are right about that! What a rush that was for us who intimately knew the local geography that the song wrote about. Roller rinks were huge deals in the 80's.
MadamAlise 3 years ago 2
Oh yeah does this ever bring back memories of my growing up in California. Moved there as a kid. Folks from the east coast. Wow what a life of coolness I had. This song is just too cool for words.
MadamAlise 3 years ago 2
I´ve never thought anybody but me knows this song.thank you
poffie67 3 years ago 3
Underrated songs like this are never heard on free radio. These retro and "classsic" stations play a narrow range of retro over and over again. You would think only 50 or so songs ever existed in the past. What a joke.
mikero08 3 years ago 8
No kidding! I've always loved Steve Miller, but I don't think I want to hear "Take the Money and Run" ever again.
JoeBBBlow2 3 years ago
I actually just heard it today on the Lynx radio through iTunes! I had forgotten all about it and when I heard it I remembered how much I liked it back in it's day! definitely underrated as you say.
CLooLoo 3 years ago 5
Same thing happened to me just a week ago. I completely forgot how much I loved this track. Just roll down the top on your convertible and cruise on down the highway!
myp410up 3 years ago 3
i thought a Rambler was made by the defunct AMC.....was it really a dodge?
quincee33 3 years ago
That's right, it was AMC. It was introduced as the Nash Rambler in 1950, and four years later Nash merged with Hudson to form AMC. The Rambler was built as both a Nash and a Hudson for a couple of years, then in 1957 Rambler became a make in its own right and both Nash and Hudson were discontinued. Rambler itself was discontinued in 1969, then AMC was absorbed by Chrysler in 1987.
Hope that settles the question for everybody!
iswc27 3 years ago
nash Rambler beepbeep!!lol.
bigroy38 3 years ago
I love this song so much, but as someone who lived in Sausalito a few years ago I can attest that there is jack to do in Sausalito at night. (Smitty's wasn't all that bad, though, tbh.)
bocuster 3 years ago
A GREAT LOST CLASSIC FROM THE 80'S!
Pookatube 3 years ago
not a Dodge! I drove my '62 Rambler American to Sausalito in '75, so I know.
chilomonkey1 3 years ago
Singing about driving to Sausalito, but filmed in San Diego County. Oh well.
abcaines 3 years ago
yeah, long way from the grapevine too!
billyboi57 3 years ago
hit the u.s. top 40 charts on 10-17-81. on the charts for 6 weeks and peaked at number 25.
hoppy085 3 years ago
Yup. They played AT40 from 10-24-81 on Fred (XM 44) last Thursday (10-23-81) and there it was. And I thought *I* was the only one who remembered it...
phxgator 3 years ago
do ya know what a rambler is??????????
dawnvictoriadvorak 3 years ago
do ya know what a rambler is ???
dawnvictoriadvorak 3 years ago
a car that was made by Dodge.
EntheoZen 3 years ago
Saludos para mi hermano ricardo que recordamos esta rola
papamorza 3 years ago
me recuerda a mi hermano fernando reyes en los 80s saludos morsa
siclio 3 years ago
What a rockin song. Love to crank this one up the speakers pop.
1987BESTYEAR 3 years ago
i had no clue that this was an old song i thought or sure it was new i heard on the radio a few times but never again deffinatley a great tune
whoreallycares420840 3 years ago
Awsome track.
Perhaps why it's not classified as 80's is because the single came out in 1979. The album came out in 1980. This track went to #25 in the US. For Dutch standards that's a huge success, but this band diserved more.
They reformed in 1988 and released the single Samantha.
Does anyone have that song?
Paardekut 3 years ago
I love this song! One of the greats from the 80's!!
trink968 3 years ago
The engines thumpin' like a disco--oughta dump her in the bay! Love that part.
gfh77665 3 years ago
You can download this song off of Limewire. I'll never understand why radio does not play this song with all of the other 80's stuff they play. Truly a forgotten classic. I play it for people that have never heard it. Not only do they love it, they think it is new. Somebody needs to put this in a movie or something to revive it and give it the credit it deserves.
bruce08231969 3 years ago
OMG!! Love this song! I have the 45rpm. Played the poo out of it! Thanks for posting a clean clear sounding version of it! Too bad you weren't video-ing this in the 80's. LOL! Thanks!!!!!
jezzerjay 3 years ago
cool vid!
Diesel was a Dutch band on the Polydor label.
Rob Vunderink, Mark Boon, Frank Papendrecht and Pim Koopman.
I still have the album (Vinyl), it has a Morgan +4 classic sportscar on it with the guys in it. Which is a bit odd because it's not a Diesel powered car!
jfv65 3 years ago
Cool song, especially since I had a 1965 Rambler Classic at the time. The song is pretty accurate to my experience. It was a heap and adverture to drive, yet I alway look for the exact make model color on ebay.
Holste42 3 years ago
Thanks for video
CACTUSCODA 3 years ago
The best of the best of 80's hits. Takes me back to being 8 years old in the sweltering heat of rural Georgia while hearing this on the radio. I smell gasoline and taste ice cold coke with brazier burgers when this thing kicks in. No political agenda, just butt whooping pop-rock.
Raughwe 3 years ago 2
every car show should use this song as they go to commerical.....this song and Driver's seat by sniff n tears are amazing oldies for driving.
quincee33 3 years ago
I'm having some serious flashbacks to the fall of 1981 and the start of my senior year in high school. Thanks to you tube and XM radio, songs like this are starting to be brought back to life and I'm glad!
ROSHAW1 3 years ago
wooow!! I´m gonna hear this song on my car too!!! it´s awesome!!!
wildlife83 3 years ago
EVERYONE.... WRITE TO THE CAR TALK SHOW ON NPR RADIO (with Click & Clack, The Tappet Bros.) AND REQUEST THAT THEY USE THIS SONG WHEN THEY GO TO A COMMERCIAL BREAK. (Ya know how they always have a cool car-related song they play that segues the show into a commercial break. This is absolutely the BEST song for that part of their show.
guitartec 3 years ago
28 years later i finally find this again, damn. Worth the wait though.
jimdandygo 3 years ago 2
Great, great video. This is the best video of this song on YT. The ones of girls in bikinis are goofy, shallow and childish. This is what the song is about - cruising! It is a driving classic! Downshift, open the windows, crank the tunes and feel the freedom! Love it. Great job!
FAITHOUSE 3 years ago 2
great driving tune
whattherockscookin 3 years ago
A great tune......
TheSmileFetcher1961 3 years ago
saw them open for triumph suprisingly good
unstabledavid 3 years ago
I was the lucky guy that mixed the 2007 show. They really rock the house. Some of them tour with dutch national acts.
knophomo 3 years ago
Love this song - I recently travelled to San Fran and the US west and had a ball in Sausalito. I first heard this during my travels on the car radio on the Interstate to Wyoming following a boggy dirt road out of Utah. On return to Sausilito I discovered that none of the locals I spoke to had heard of the song. Pity for them - it is a great anthem for the town and far more fun than "Top of the Bay".
galvanium 3 years ago
I still have the original 45 from when this first came out. It is the radio edit, and I didn't know until a few years ago there was more verses and an extended solo. The "country" 1st half of the solo is, and I'm being serious here, the greatest guitar solo ever. Brilliantly put together and played. And I just realized that I've never even seen a picture of these guys....
diamondbackseye 3 years ago
This band was from Europe, from The Netherlands, in fact. They have a homepage where you can see lots of pictures. Their latest concert was in April 2007. That first "country" solo was played by Mark Boon, the second solo by Rob Vunderink. Mark wrote the song after a visit to his sister who lived in California. Rob thought of the riff (which reminds me of that Indian band Redbone).
gibson3524 3 years ago
Hey buddy- I could not agree more with you! This guitar player is absolutely brilliant. I would agree that the first part of that little solo is right up there with folks like Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Glen Campbell. Very country and amazing- especially from a one hit wonder dutch band.
Raughwe 3 years ago
I love this song to death, but I have to laugh...I lived in Sausalito in the late 90s and nothing at all went on there at night, summer or otherwise. Boring town full of rich people.
bocuster 3 years ago
I can't find the original album (Watts in the Tank) on CD; I have a greatest hits (!) CD tracked down after years of searching. Can rip a copy if needed...
pumpkin90210 3 years ago
great song from a great group..like jizzwizz I never tire of hearing it!!
dsaman 3 years ago
DAMN!!!!!!!This song is awesome! I never tire of hearing it. The vocals kinda remind of The Steve Miller Band. Definitely one of the best tracks ever recorded in our time...
jizzwizzz 3 years ago
I still HAVE the vinyl LP,Promo sticker and stamp. My faveorite song on the album.
texs2007 3 years ago
Love this video...like being on a road trip...fantastic song!!!!
thekenniewitch 3 years ago
This song is amazing. Reminds me of the Frisco time :) Interesting that it is from a dutch band i always thought its an american.
Panthdaman 3 years ago
i'm glad to hear xm plays this also... bad thing is i have Sirius and it seems they have some sort of a playlist they follow. i've had it since Dec. 2004 and i've never once heard it played and they only play select songs from artists... it's getting very annoying wanting to hear some nuggets i haven't heard in a while and get nothing. example: they play elton john's "sad songs" a lot but i've never heard once my favorite "i don't wanna go on with you like that". does anyone else have sirius??
uhsfan99 3 years ago
I also have SIRIUS and they do only have a limited song playlist on every station, thank God XM and SIRIUS has merged cause XM has a much wider playlist than SIRIUS, the decade stations are way better too cause they play a good number of the obscure cuts as well as the well known cuts and not every track is a single edit thank God.
Doobie1975 3 years ago 2
God dose what he can to help you.
Markmeblablabla 3 years ago
One thing about SIRIUS is that on the '80s Station they tend to play Foreigner's "Urgent" and "Waiting For a Girl Like You" constantly all the time but they BARELY ever play "Say You Will", "That Was Yesterday" and "I Don't Want to Live Without You", on the 80s Music Choice station they tend to play these songs fairly equally.
Doobie1975 3 years ago
Ahhh......memories of my childhood in California. I didn't realise just how GREAT I had it back then...until it was 20 odd years and 1500+ miles away.
TornadoAnni 3 years ago
Great driving song during the summer of 81'. Took me long enough to find it!!!
jam5bryce 3 years ago
Awesome!
purplepjeater 3 years ago
this is why they put soft tops on Jeeps.:)
bigroy38 4 years ago 2
Great song, I had the LP (Yeah Vinyl, grooves and stuff) played the s@#t out of it! Whatever happened to these guys? Thanks for posting!
zx1400a7f 4 years ago
The station I had my clock radio set to would play this tune every morning at 6am. Woke up to this damn near every day my senior year, thanks for posting.
mick2plus2 4 years ago 2
Lucky you,amigo.Greatest '80's song EVER!!who needs prozac?just crank this song!
bigroy38 4 years ago
SO TRUE! This song is motivation through the speakers!
ghrpdx 3 years ago
This song definitely has a catchy rhythm. I remember dancing to it at my junior high and high school dances!
UtahMike41 4 years ago
I remember jammin' to this song on the way to Daytona Beach from Indy with a couple of buddies during Thanksgiving weekend in'82. And the drinking age in Florida was 18 at the time!! We had way too much fun :]
aerocoupeman 4 years ago
nice work....i remember this song from i believe 1982 when i was in the marines...a true under-rated classic....ty for posting
Teufelhunden184 4 years ago
I am surprised that nobody listens to XM radio. This song is
in regular rotation on their 80's channel. It is a great song
and there are lots of other forgotten songs that they play. I am a trucker and it is great to listen across the country and
never have to change the dial. By the way, Rambler sold out
to American Motors in the 60's then AMC sold out to Chrysler in the 80's. Then Chrysler to Benz - then back
again and on and on ....
bigbuffdecad 4 years ago
One of the catchiest tracks on Rock radio in 1981.
I was 13 and remember this one so well.
You'd have to explain what a Rambler is and how it used to be more expensive to fly than drive.
I am old.
PRETALIATION 4 years ago
I use to love it when this song came on the radio in my little worn out Mustang when I was 16. Hey Torino Gal my mom drove a 64 Galaxie when I was a teenager. She still has it. What great rides we had!
pennydottie 4 years ago
Is this not a great tune ?? Who could deny one such proclamation ? And if you could, why would you ?.....
TheSmileFetcher1961 4 years ago
Okay, OKAY, it's Sausalito. I apologize.
ahrensgay 4 years ago
I guess I know now, NOT to spend a summer night in Saucalito.
ahrensgay 4 years ago
I was 17 when this song came out.Remember listening to it in Mom's Ford Torino. I now listen to it in my 68 Torino with my 17 year old daughter.Talk about the circle of life.
MDT83MVH 4 years ago
whatever happened to these guys, great song thanks for posting!
zx1400a7f 4 years ago
Love this song!! My favorite to dance to in the early 80's (oops, just dated myself). Had the album by Diesel at one time, and I am soooo glad to re-discover this!! Thanks for making it available!
hubbellkr 4 years ago
Watts in a Tank.
bigroy38 4 years ago
Was there ever a video for this song?
This obviously isn't the original, 3:54 in to this video a blue 2000 Toyota Sienna goes through the intersection......
Great song though......
phillyb394 4 years ago
and to think I thought I was the only person to think this was the Steve Miller Band
Retroman27 4 years ago 2
Same Thing.
joecortina 4 years ago
Great song and video!
4064ed 4 years ago 2
Always liked this song, and I always wondered why I could never find it on any Steve Miller Band album... now I know. ;)
hylandar 4 years ago 2
Great song but really no one calls it "Frisco" out here
The City, SF, San Fran but NEVER "Frisco"
Oh and in PC SF "Dumping her in the Bay" would get you 5 to life plus a fine and a study to prevent future dumping as well as a possible charge of a hate crime against the Bay...
28if 4 years ago
and remember, you can't really buy a stairway to heaven. and jack flash doesn't jump. and ....
musicvideoswhd 4 years ago
OK I'll Play, "You can't tune a piano but you can tune a fish"... name the band
28if 4 years ago
REO Speedwagon
Pygmallion43 4 years ago
In a reply to 28if but it's you can tune a piano but you can't tuna fish.
Pygmallion43 4 years ago
No, of course not... You FRISCO snob. Get a life!
bradominus 4 years ago
Jeez you try to give some advice...
it's a long running joke here, lighten up
28if 4 years ago
I have always loved a song that tells a story.. and this is STILL one of my fave "get ready to go out" tunes...
heatherdutchak744 4 years ago
my first car was a rambler
pyro4561 4 years ago
awesome song.... not much of a summer song here in the USA in the top 40 in Oct & Nov. of 1981. i wish there was a way 2 listen to the old top 40 countdowns from back then....
uhsfan99 4 years ago
send u a message with an awesome url where all the eighties charts can be found had an awesome afternoon looking for them on the youtube and YEAH! most of them are to be found here ... remember Adam and The Antz ... hilarious! wowsome ...
Guvennekes 4 years ago
Whoo hoo! What a lost nugget this is! I used to burn holes in the vinyl at WFIT in the 80's on this song.
Rono007 4 years ago
good song great musicians especially the lead guitarist
marjet11 4 years ago
greatest song of the '80's PERIOD
bigroy38 4 years ago
Wow! Something I haven't heard since I was a little girl! In 82, my family decided it was a good idea to drive up hwy 1 from LA to Oregon. This reminds me of that road trip. Someday I hope to re-trace it.
TornadoAnni 4 years ago
Sweet.. The bassplayer is my dad!
LennoxLewis86 4 years ago
lmao, the gitarist/vocalist is my dad :p
metallarsvun 4 years ago
I always thought they sounded kind of like Steve Miller. Thanks for putting this up and triggering some memories!! Joe Taska
boochocks 4 years ago
This tune is one of my favorites. Always tried to get our band to play it.
Twicebakedtaters 4 years ago 2
Love this song! :)
Diesel sure sounds more like an American band than Dutch!
ryanspeed 4 years ago
Golden Earring was another of those don't sound Dutch bands. they did Radar love and Twilight Zone ,and don't forget Hocus Pocus by Focus with Jann Akkerman and thijs van leer.
rhyner54 4 years ago
Focus was unreal!
bigroy38 4 years ago
I loooooooooove Focus ... specially the album Hocus Pocus! Awesome ... and Radar Love is greta but Back Home and Bombayu are way much better ... LOL I didnt have an idea Diesel were from the Dutch soil ...
Guvennekes 4 years ago
From the very first time I heart this song I liked it!!! One of those nice ,Dutch 80-ies bands...
BlackMytilus 4 years ago
THIS AIN'T SAUSALITO FOLKS!
musikgirl1 4 years ago
it ain't a diesel, either
<:+)
musicvideoswhd 4 years ago
This is a fun little happy tune...it always puts me in a good mood and I never get tired of it....thanks for posting it!
YanksSatrianiJaws 4 years ago
I echo your comments 100%.
DekeRadio 4 years ago
I three echo the comments 100%! It reminds me of doing a lot of fun things the summer after I graduated high school & also when I first started at St. Petersburg Junior College down in Tarpon Springs, FL in the fall of 1981.
Yesimustbestupid 4 years ago
I have not herd this song since I left Indianapolis in 1980....I always wonder what happened to it!!!
terry1919 4 years ago
I don't think I've heard it since it was in the Hot 100 either. Radio stations have just totally abandoned this gem.
tommylord 4 years ago
i remember when i drive drunk
kpmonday 4 years ago
I love this song. It's been many years since I've heard it on the radio and it is one of my all time favorite songs. It brings back many good memories of when I was living in Los Angeles in the early 80's. It definitely has made my day. Thanks.
DonStoddart 4 years ago
This is NOT the version that was on American radio.
atomic3939 4 years ago
no this is the full lp version, from a cd
musicvideoswhd 4 years ago
Although, at the time of the summer of 1981 the full lp version was played a great deal on the radio, and Casey Kasem did play the lp version on American Top 40 when it was in the charts here in the U.S. I think Kasem really liked this group.
Yesimustbestupid 4 years ago
It's on CD now??? SINCE WHEN?
texs2007 3 years ago
A cd came out in Europe in 1999 called "Sausolito Summernight" on Universal which comprises all of "Watts in a tank" plus singles sides (including the European single version of this song). In the US "Watts in a tank" was released on cd by One Way Records in 2002 and is still available if your search for it on amazon or something like that.
gibson3524 3 years ago
you can prolly get it from Waterloo here in Austin.
bigroy38 3 years ago
well,i do have the regency/atco records promotional copy in it's (US) original state. i may just transfer that to CD when i can.
texs2007 3 years ago