Albert Hammond. I don't wanna die in an air disaster

[Roberto9722]

Hoewel hij in Nederland grotere hits heeft gehad,vond ik dit veruit z'n beste nummer.Heeft iets melancholisch maar ook iets krachtigs..Een klassieker!

[doctorwhonico]

What a great song !

[marnikable]

wonderfull song ! !

[1zwitser]

waanzinnig nummer....welk jaar was dat ook alweer?

[51bav]

wow havent heard this for years

[thewriter1008]

@ies1212 You know she plays it on piano live, right? Lady Gaga is actually not bad. There's actually a lot of really awesome new stuff out there. As much as I love this sort of thing, I love a lot of other music, too. Limiting your taste simply because something's got electronics backing it up doesn't make you musically savvy. Quite the opposite, really.  Electronic doesn't mean bad. Mind you, I hate auto-tune. But there's bound to be worth to at least one artist in every form of music.

[lindahxx]

@ies1212, exactly my thoughts....

[lindahxx]

I'm fifteen and right now, this is my favorite song.

And I pity no one else my age knows stuff like this...

This stuff is way better than anything lady gaga or ke$ha have ever made...

[fubar1965]

1973?

[Apektuah]

Can anyone out there pls share AH's 'Smokey Factory Blues' as I have been looking almost everywhere but in vain, Tks.

[ludo281160]

Hello Steven, this is a real remarkable video. Being a young teenager at the time of its release...I never thought of the frightening one can have using a *motor vehicule* to transport himself to another place....Now I really understand it in 2010. Fantastic clip on this timeless, unforgettable song....Fantastic upload!!

[DSM1G90]

1974 - on the MUMS label .. solo album had this and other good hits came from it. I have the original '45's of this, "Free Electric Band", and "I'm a Train".

[ludo281160]

@DSM1G90 Thank you for the info* I thought it was from 1972. thank you very much for the correction as loving this enourmous****

[piratedjradio]

I remeber this one being played many times on Radio Northsea from the mebo 2 classic

[mantsamik]

i feel free

[mietekop]

geweldig nummer,goeie zanger

[Daffuh]

Great song! Can't get enough of it! love it!

[renelig]

it ,s asong which is so ? i don,t know i only know i like it at the first time it is in my top ten

[fritz5151]

Really a memorable song by a great singer and songwriter

The video reflects rather accurately the theme of this song

Thank you for the upload

[fozz36]

prachtig nummer!!!! van de eerste tot de laatste seconde...

[Wesker4Mitch]

Das hab ich verstanden. Ich mag diese sprachverwandschaften.

and 100% agree

[toecuttergpx]

ik weet nog dat hij werd geinterviewd op radio 2 of 3 en de dag erna meen ik dat hij was overleden klopt dat?

[belber68]

Albert Hammond leeft nog. Is van origine Brits, maar is Amerikaan nu.

[joepie1991]

ik dacht iets van 4 dagen later ofzo.

[daddyleon]

Weird title... but still, a good song.

Sounds really emotional.

[ludo281160]

Fantastic memories about this song! Marvellous!

[alvier54]

Great song

[DanBtje]

So beautiful music

[lilynick1]

I just wanna go on and on..........

[jlmontecristo]

I love the Albert Hammond's songs!

[wally2cv]

jeugdsentiment

[PMCcty]

Precies!!

Jeugdsentiment ( 2e klas lagere school ) ....Hoorde eerst I'm a train en later hoorde ik dit nummer..Ik geloof dat hij met dit nummer in de VS een stukje van zijn populariteit moest inleveren..Terwijl ik dit een machtig mooi nummer vond en nog steeds vind...

Gelukkig heb ik de LP hier liggen :)

[hachusniezje]

Total agree with abelseeman

[abelseeman]

This song just about sums up the part of late youth when one starts to think twice about ones own personal immortality whatever the risk. It just sticks and the verse about dying in the old folks home is the verse which totally ties the song up into total greatness rather than leaving it a mere drone of "I want to take risks and always survive," the message being that if you survive the risks you'll still be overwhelmed. A verse most songwriters would have overlooked. Briliant

[dikkedennis]

Im 21 years old and i regret artist fail to make good music like this. I love this so much.

[efnosmoke]

Thank you...

[Lynnsays73]

Isn't technology great!!!! I have the 45 of this song, but no turntable right now. Being able to hear this again is great.

I don't remember this being pulled from the air...copywrite date of 1974. Croce's plane crashed in Sept of 75...I still picture the intersection i was in when the radio news came on.

Albert Hammond is one great songwriter that the general public never heard of.

[williamportor]

I have been trying to find this song since it came out in 1974, when I was a freshman in high school...I absolutely love this song, and a good video, too. Albert Hammond is one hell of a songwriter, and why this did not do better when it came out I'll never know.

[beamerZ]

Looked for this wonderful song for years!

Thanx

[alfasdelpi]

It's a song from a vinyl album The best of Albert Hammond which I bought in the seventies.

Pretty haunting stuff that plays with our inner fears.

[AnalogLife]

Nicely done video - amazing how many of us have looked for this song since its brief charting - it was pulled from the air shortly after Jim Croce died in a plane crash. I saw him perform it on Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, stuck with me ever since.

[shyman99]

Jim Croce died in 1973 and this song was a hit in 1974. Jim's tragic death had no impact on this song.

[AnalogLife]

You have the timing correct, but this is from Albert Hammond's own website: " I don't Wanna Die In An Air Disaster seems to become a hit as well first, but is taken off the air after singer/songwriter Jim Croce's plane accident." Highest it rose was #81 in U.S., so perhaps it was less hit, and more great song with tragically poor timing. Thanks, though for getting me to dig into a favored subject!

[shyman99]

One thing I have learned in life is that artists like to use excuses for songs that didn't become bigger hits. Wasn't promoted properly...bad timing....etc etc. In this case Albert's timing was a little off to write what he did. Sure, maybe some DJs were sensitive about playing the song the following year after Croce's death. But maybe some DJs played it because the subject matter and thoughts were on people's minds then. One never knows. Great song though.

[shyman99]

My post below was supposed to be a response to AnalogLife further down and although I pressed the reply on his message, the text showed up here. YouTube still have some bugs.

[godzillabadger]

Many thanks to the poster of this as I too, have been looking for this song since I first heard it back in the 70's.

[LUXIVYFAN]

freeking eerie

[montgonova]

Im Steve judes friend

[montgonova]

josh is this you?

[alfasdelpi]

Josh who? E-W-R-S?

[montgonova]

edwards?

[alfasdelpi]

No I'm Josh's Dad!

[montgonova]

o ok lol

[renelig]

@alfasdelpi who is josh ? and his dad ,but this song when i die then they have to play this song this is  my nr1

[toecuttergpx]

i have been looking for this song for jears