Jim Croce - Time in a bottle - 1973

[101hadar]

someone please call 911 because i am feeling a chest pain...

[clashJoze]

this song got me toghether with my ex once... in some years she left again and never came back... hurts every time I hear this song

[z9galpha]

I truly understand the loss ... sorry my friend. All our prayers.

[mlmaster529]

Jim... Greatest voice...

[angel2rx]

such a simple beautiful voice...

[slacsdbrr]

What happened to music?

[henryfordsfromcork]

@slacsdbrr some guy found a plug and stuck it in the wall.....the rest is history

[qeddeq1]

RIP Jim

[connfyoozed]

I remember hearing this sung on the Muppet Show by one of the Muppets (Floyd?)... I was 4 years old, and even then I knew this was a fantastic song.

[SUEKYNVA]

Reminds me of my youth...and all my old friends! Jim was so down to earth!

[ABMusicPromotions]

Songwriting will never be like this again.

[steveJ1957]

Top tune aint heard this in ages cheers for uploading  :-)

[QuintonAdams3511]

....I cant do it...i cant listen to this song without crying

[swamidevadwar]

Acoustics..



[zodiacman2007]

No bottle can hold all the great memories I have of the music this legendary singer-songwriter created.

[zodiacman2007]

His music transcends time.

[lardawg54]

This song has always meant so much to me, it played on my Mothers chime clock right after my Dad passed away at home with my whole family at his side. I will always shed a tear when I hear this song from now on.

[MrPhillyboy53]

@lardawg54 wow another great story

[TheMuso82]

A masterpiece! the way it pulls emotions around is beautiful

[blasketboy]

I first heard this song while my fathers uncles grandmother was selling coffee to a white man. He fell asleep because the coffee was weak maxwell house drool, he was driving the bus to washington..hence..the shit..

[TheSlayer440]

18 people have NO sense of music..

[donquixote2u]

I wish the world could have seen just a little bit more of this man.

[2Zero8discipline]

The song my Father had played at his wedding in 1982. I will always think of him whenever I hear this song and that he finally found a women other than my mother who he wanted to marry.

[LitiviousSpartus]

What a great tune.

[MiLLwallpaul231258]

johnsrswife....bloody big gravestone

[snookerpumpkin]

how amazing..to know this is the one you want to go through time with..awesome!!

[LuvinJesusynot]

Yes, such amazing lyrics, and the melody, no one has ever topped this....today's 'music' just can't compare, thank you for posting this, (tears getting nostalgic)

[edderiemoonax]

just to spend them with you..........such awesome lyrics......

[johnsrswife]

@cholulasaucehot1-Thanks for the beautiful idea. My husband was a guitarist who thought Maury was fabulous

[Honeyfitz1125]

This song is an ethereal, music box melody that haunts the romantic heart.

[henryfordsfromcork]

i first heard this song the day my mother passed away 32 years ago i was just 14 .This song will stay with me forever and never fails to draw a tear

[LitiviousSpartus]

@henryfordsfromcork

Your mother will always be with you brother.

[MrPhillyboy53]

@henryfordsfromcork wow Henry thats a beautiful story

[snicker9400]

@henryfordsfromcork love has no beginng and no end- who we love we always love- just as fresh as today- we'll all be in the unbroken circle-someday- so plant your love seeds from your heart- to a hungry world- a grey eagle

[henryfordsfromcork]

@snicker9400 thank you for your kind words

[purselady2]

HE DIED IN A PLANE CRASH? WHEN?

[torkerbmx]

@purselady2 1973 , he never saw the money from his music .

[jetpoweredgriffin]

@purselady2

September 20,1973

[Fireworxs2012]

For Hopie...I miss you baby...

[rowdymax1]

Prophetic song for Jim in light of his sudden, tragic death at an early age

[Honeyfitz1125]

@rowdymax1 ..Sometimes people can sense they are going to die. He may have felt it coming. Only 30 and gone.

[afro20man]

most beautiful song of the twentieth century?

[torkerbmx]

@afro20man maybe

[The1blackdog]

One word - MAGICAL

[rafega333]

pense que estaba vivo...esta cancion la canta arjona en espanol.......

[cuyahogajoe1]

I remember the day he died.It broke my heart.

[laughlane]

Hauntingly beautiful.

[chattychey]

this is a beautiful song that was played for me many years ago. i will always remember this song..



[Orion3741]

A talented artist who left us too soon. Beautiful, touching song.

[Dusty01Kristyn]

Jim Croce's music invokes in me wonderful and beautiful memories of my past. Thinking of friends and experiences that can literally bring me to tears both of joyful and at times painful memories that coexsist together behind the shrouded veil of an earlier time. Miss you compadre...

[24postie]

remember hmming this allway through my boring maths lesson 1973

[bcezarify]

My father said this song so described his feelings for my mother.

[killgreed]

This always has reminded me of my role model, I miss You!

[lolitadadiva]

to my baby brother...two yr anniversary of his death! this is the only thing i would change...time! r.i.p. and love u always!!!

[UncleScoopy]

Hard to believe Jim has been dead almost 40 years.

What a loss for us.

[sosha20]

18 and in love with this song!

[jadm7777777]

WOW WHAT A  VOICE,LOVE IT.

[zkxb]

Let's not forget Maury Muehleisen's contribution of fingerpicking guitar. He was Jim's right hand man.

[connfyoozed]

@zkxb Yes sir, not to mention a very nice high harmony voice on many songs.

[Muffett53]

What a great artist...he did so much for us in such a short time. This brings tears...and great memories.

[javafunk]

depresses me...

[rayne1317]

i do believe the only man i truely ever loved, that was my soul mate, sang these to me. what i wouldn't give to go back and change our ending. i miss him everyday, i love him everyday, and i leave him to a life without me in it for he is so much better off not having my burdened soul to contaminate his life. love you joshers

[DBlanzs]

Spiritual

[ricksmiff]

"The words "save every day like a treasure""resonates with me as I look back on the years,it seems time goes by faster as you get older. Our time can never be bottled but we can live it as best as we can so that when we do look back our memories reflect goodness

[3finker]

This man wrote lyrics that most of us can only dream of. He must be one of the greatest songwriters ever.

[Vagrarian]

I grew up to this song. When I graduated high school in '83, this played at the party afterward. Such a timeless song, and with such feeling and meaning. Music styles may come and go, but something like this will endure.

[mickeyelsalsero]

i'm an international criminal...it always ends like this

[KKR3107]

Chow!!

[MyRobbi1]

We lost one of the best when we lost Jim. Great to remember the good times of the 70's and I totally agree with MustangPowerXXX - My sentiments exactly!

[Brendaseyespy]

I close my eyes when I listen to this song and remember a very special person, that makes me wish I had been able to save my times with him in a bottle. RIP Mike.

[St1998c180]

I remember being in the car with my Mother when his death was announced on the radio.

[raspinstuwart]

Love this artist ..

[sosha20]

i love this song....

[roanokebarry]

How could anyone ever dislike this song.....I guess you need to get back to listening to your rap crap......

[6134chuck]

This is a timeless tune...it affects everyone...lost loves and friendships. God grant us the ability to recognize the good before its lost.

[weeunc1]

Man I love this music.

[lathoroughbred]

God how I miss this music.

[leonida111h]

im 11 and i love this song soooooo much



[MegaTerracan]

I agree, mi little daugther doesn´t live with me either. Wish to have that magic bottle and each time I openned, great moments together APPEARS!!

[spacetruckinmf]

1973. Jim Croce meant so much to me. Eleven years old, impressionable, and in puppy love. He was intense, and I hung on every word then, as I still do today. A genius stands the test of time. Jim qualifies! Baddest man in the whole dang town, and meaner than a junk yard dawg!

[lockguy34]

if you wanna cry ..laugh or ponder Jim Croce is the remedy ...just put it on and listen its your story?

[lifesleepdeath]

Yo Jim.... Thank You for this song, man.

[EutoTrash60]

Fellow Nova grad. :)

[SteelWeed2010]

I was born in 1967 I have always loved Jim's songs. So poignant, legendary...timeless. Sad but true that "they dont write them like that anymore". His birthday would have been 2 days ago on Tuesday Jan 10 2012 he would be just 69 of course he passed at just 30.

[plaque656]

Top 5 of all time singer/songwriters. Just think if his life wasn't cut short.. sad

[rabit5945]

timeless



[johnsrswife]

My husband and I were married in 1973. The words to this song are engraved on his tombstone.

[cholulasaucehot1]

@johnsrswife as they should.....and ur epitath should read...."now that ive gone , im complete"

[mikechico77]

@johnsrswife that is very nice,and he will be there waiting.i beleive that.brings a tear to my eye

[johnsrswife]

@mikechico77-Thank you, Mike. What a sweet thing to say:)

[MyMrSuperstar]

who is here because they heard it in the hang over part 2?

[MistaLewis82]

@MyMrSuperstar "raises hand" 

[StudebakerHawk57]

Anybody ever wish they could go back in time and do everything all over again? If I could, I'd go back and do everything exactly the same... only a whole lot differently!

[Terminus764]

this song still withstand time and still delivers a great message , the youth of today listen and are begining to understand what GREAT LYRICS AND MUSIC truly are We lost Jim too soon and thankfully we still have his music !!!!!!

[disabledAmerican]

for my first love. You turned out to be shitty and caused me and other a lot of pain.

[bubbah671]

fuck....................

[phsv83]

its funny how it take jim 2 min to get to feel his music and now a days bands cant get it done in 7-8min songs lol

[Karnholio]

If you've ever felt what Jim's singing about, it is impossible to listen without tears forming. Thank you Jim, for saying what I feel better than I ever could have!!!

[madahad9]

It makes me think back to the seventies and friends that have drifted off on their own paths. I love this period of the singer/songwriter. The seventies can be rightfully bashed for several things but I think it was the best time for music. The diversity was staggering. It didn't matter if the singer was black or white, male or female, a great song spoke to everyone. It was best of times....it was the worst of times. I love the seventies and will defend it fiercely.

[meterman432110]

@madahad9 i agree with you madahad9 whole hearty my memories of that decade was movies didn't half hardly like school and tv watching rarely i was in to girls like toys and other kid stuff but it was the songs and the song writers of the early part the later part of the decade was clubs,disco.fun for the early part no school, disciplined, and beatings wow like u said the best of times the worse of times God bless u madahad9 keep them coming please\\\

[madahad9]

@meterman432110 Thanks for the kind words. I just can't get into the hopelessness of modern music. I listen to my Ipod 70's playlist titled K-Tel's Super Sounds of he Seventies and really marvel at the diversity of musical styles with that decade. I was no fan of disco but a few songs were not so bad. Punk was destined to burn itself out. It must have been hard to stay angry all the time. How boring. I will view the 70's in the modern "ironic' perception.

[EvilBadger78]

@madahad9 I was born in 78 but grew up listening to sixties and seventies music. The singer-song writer worked well (and still does for those that do it) because they feel what they write. Even when doing covers they feel what others wrote. They evoke emotion through their voice and emote beautifully. Even if the voice isn't always gorgeous, the feeling behind it is. I will forever lament the loss of this style of music.

[madahad9]

@EvilBadger78 I like voices that were unique and may not always be "perfect". I am a huge Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, and Lou Reed fan so voices play a minor part in my appreciation of music. Contnent always dominates. Songs like O O-Child, I Can See Clearly Now, Lean On Me, and so many others it was music without pessimism. Modern music is so robotic, inhuman, and hopelessly. I listen to music to counteract those external elements that are bad and negative. They don't need a soundtrack.

[ObscurityMiss86]

@madahad9 Will you take me there? That is my one request. I was born too late - 1986.

[madahad9]

@ObscurityMiss86 I wish I could find that wormhole that would take me back. I'd like to have a serious do over of the last forty years of my life. The key was Dark Side of the Moon. All the warnings were in that album about wasting time and that it was not going to wait for anyone. I was too young to understand the message of the album. It hated the movie Dazed and Confused for looking at the seventies through such a cynical and mean spirited eye

[lifesleepdeath]

@madahad9 agreed, I was born in '81, but DESPISED 'Dazed and Confused' the shitty movie. What an insult to the title of a great Zep song.

[madahad9]

@lifesleepdeath It was just mean spirited. I can never hear No More Mr. Nice Guy without having the image of the paddlings burned into my brain. Try to find a movie called Over the Edge. It came out in the late seventies. It's about kids living in this planned community that has given them little to occupiy their lives so boredom gets the better of them at times. It is really good. A mostly unknown cast, but they act like real kids.

[nietje47]

@madahad9 I couldn't agree more! I love the seventies, decade of my teens, for ever and songs like this one by Jim Groce make me smile and at the same time bring tears to my eyes

[madahad9]

@nietje47 I occasionally like watching I LOVE THE 70's when it played on VH1 and have all those lost memories evoked again. Yes, there was a lot very silly and stupid stuff, but as I previously remarked the music was some of the best. I dont care if it is called "adult contemporary" or some other derogatory term the music was human. A certain song can provoke a memory of a long lost friend or the first time I heard Stairway to Heaven at a local roller rink. I don't dwell on the bad.

[nyjetta39]

@madahad9 u could not have written that any other way! as a now 50 yr old (handsom lol) black man i loved this man! Operator just takes me - like Minne Riperton says "back dowm "Memory Lane! As micheal said in one of his songs! "gone 2 Soon"!

[appleman2500]

@madahad9 yea your right with what you say but a true friend never leaves you and drifts away like the sing drift away back then

[madahad9]

@appleman2500 Sadly, loyalty is not a very prominent characteristic in many people. I am more loyal to them than they are to me. No matter though.

[MustangPowerXXX]

Whenever I hear the words of this song it makes me think of my children. I so wish I could save so much of their memories in a bottle and open it every now and then just to look back and love and laugh at how they have grown and continue to grow, even as I blink. For all the people out there finding times tough, just know that you really will blink and it will get better. We all have our 11th hours its just finding the strength to get through. This song really is inspirational and a classic.

[dnteatylwsno9]

@MustangPowerXXX Beautifully put and oh so true. Of all my stages in my life, raising my children would have to be the best...but alas my husband and I just became members of that elite group of being Grandparents. So here I am looking forward to more joyous "time(s) in the bottle". Thank you again for such wonderful words.

[stames999]

The voice to melt the hardest heart

[hotmn4u]

didn't he die in jan of 1973, not sept.?

[mjssugardaddy0]

sugarmamma your the one iwant to go thrugh time with.

[SteveInFlorida]

We can "what if" ourselves into non-existence.. never look back. Learn from your mistakes and move forward. Peace!

[TheHollowDark]

Mr. Chow.

[billybadassguitar]

I remember this song when I was a little boy he was still alive then

[LORDGOAT1976]

Born in Allentown PA

[LivingTOOgood]

Heartache... like it was yesterday.

[Lostchord1000]

A fabulous song by a great singer-songwriter. Quite short,but still a great song.

[jordiboya]

Fuck autotune!!!!!!!!!!!

[motney555]

I listen to this for hours on end, in a world of my own, I block out the real world completely and think of my life, my past,where I could have changed things and got things right. I am in a world of my own. My Boss gets really angry.

[grandpawes4]

... those were the days when instruments 'Accompanied' the singer.... most of this noise today is distorted instumentation and a little screaming they call singing... I'm glad I saved all that good mucic of the '60s and '70s.... ♥ .

[nashjazz1]

if could save time in the bottle,

the first thing that id like to do

is to put the 10 dislikes in the oven

and throw them in the pacific ocean

heheheheh...

[jordiboya]

believe it or not Jim Croce was Actually born in mexico

[rbeagle99]

i love this song make"s me think of good time's 30+ yaers ago

[PhoebeWhoebe]

Still the ultimate love song and still makes me cry after decades........

[giabella7]

Jim Croce was one of the best. What a tragic loss.

[TheRonjon5555]

This song, plus all the others, Jim offered us, were songs I will cherish as I remember Jim. What a loss. His heart was so tuned in to the world around him. I miss Jim... He was a true artist, with all the rights... 2011

[fishseeker64]

one of the greateast songs

[broncobra]

I'm at the age where I finally understand why old men prey on young girls. No, I don't agree with it. but I understand it.

[codern]

yeah yeah i know that i'll always hear someone telling me "there are great artists out there you just have to find them" ok, fair enough...but they are all inferior to music like this which just transparently stands out...period.

[loverlei79]

sigh....

[ppierquet1]

ah, Jim....you passed too soon! You are truly one0of-a -kind, no one can replace you.  I know you can't hear this, but we really miss you!!!

[MrTrailhog450]

I have been contacted recently by my first love and this was our song.

I done things so wrong in the past to her, now over 20 years later this song takes my back in her arms and has me wondering what if.

[Velvet2Rose]

@MrTrailhog450 It's possible you are being taken back to where you belong. If so you are blessed to have a second chance......good luck

[MrTrailhog450]

@Velvet2Rose My heart has always been hers. When I met her lats night for the first time in 24 years that was clear.....Why or how I could have ever left her I'll never know...We'll never get that time back.....Yes men do cry.

[Velvet2Rose]

@MrTrailhog450 Today is the first day of rest of your life, no looking back, make every second from this day on ......special......"real men do sweetie"

[MrTrailhog450]

@Velvet2Rose thank you for your kind words and yes we are back together!

[Velvet2Rose]

@MrTrailhog450 No looking back, from this day forward make every day special. .......don't let go! (Real Men Do)

[MrTrailhog450]

@Velvet2Rose Thankyou Velvet, you have been so kind to this soul.

[deadlyredly1]

@MrTrailhog450 This is one of the most the most pure and heartfelt love songs ever!!!

If this song didn't make you think "what if" then you would be a heartless son-of-a-bitch lol

[1111mjon]

@MrTrailhog450 Heavy dude, This guy influenced me to buy an Ovation guitar in 1974. I still have it 37 years later and this song is on the top of my list for tear jerking perfection.

[3227dennis]

I have recently re-connected with a beautiful woman after 34 years and this song says everything I would say to her. Jim was a wordsman and through his songs you could tell he truly loved someone, very deeply.

[BLUEEYES4YOU11]

a timeless classic piece of music this song will be enternally for ever amen!!!

[bailinnumberguy]

Spectacular song from an artist who left this earth much too soon.

[TheMakemFolksinger]

amazing love it, cheers The Makem Folk Singer

[jrockerh]

Theres is good music that isn't autotuned. It just isn't on mtv...

[webvideocritic]

Best song ever written.

[schlurpy1]

our, oops!

[schlurpy1]

This song and Harry Chapin's "Cats and the cradle: should be a wake-up call for all of us!

Although they are not "Christian" songs by definition, the messages are eternal and powerful!

Thank you Lord! Help us to invest or time wisely with you and others!

[tishierkrisis]

what a gem, Jim Croce knew how to write a great song. A true artisan.

[dailygrime1]

great great song. this is the first time ive actually stopped to appreciate it

[Old70sdude]

What a great song.

[TheMatrixPipe]

They don't make singers like Jim anymore.....

Just look at the Bieber kid..... fuck.

[MysteriousBrownEyes1]

I really, really wish he was still alive.

[firefieldmpt]

this guy was taken from us way to soon but he will live on forever threw us BG

[Arcusinoz]

1973 the year i finished high school...........seems like just yesterday

[whole27]

@Arcusinoz i know right! I always think about high school and my younger years in general and all the things i would do differently with the perspective i have now!!

I would give anything to go back and have another shot!!!!!!

[Baelmyrrdn]

We lost him far too early...