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  • Always loved this song. I agree they are tight. Great musicianship.

  • I always loved this song!

  • Fall of 1977 ... driving my brand new white '78 T-bird with the factory 8 track playing this song!  Still have the car (163,000 miles and mint!) and the 8 track plays super fine! Thanks for posting this! :-)

  • @keywestjj

    didn't know how good we had it, now, did we?

    I purchased the CD of this

  • I was almost 8 and living in Baltimore, MD, and it was the same there too - this song ruled the AM airwaves. I associate this song with several others from the summer of 1977: Andy Gibb's "I Just Want To Be Your Everything," ELO's "Telephone Line," and Andrew Gold's Lonely Boy." To this day, I still consider this era of my life as one of the best. Long live the 70s!

  • I had already hit the big "30"....thought I was on top of the world cruisin' round in that Satellite Sebring.....gold in color....it had so many whistles and chains under the hood...it was a rocket (and a big fuel eater....) had a 440 cu. engine...did I say it had some piss...???

  • Solid guitar, solid sax, this band is tight. One of the best of the 70s.

  • Huge song in Philly.

  • brings back alot of old memories. some good, some bad

  • The wonderful percussionist on this track, Tom Roady, just passed away a couple of months ago and it's a great reminder of him and his talent, listening again......

  • This played ALL THE TIME....

  • I was 24 in Indiana & playing drums in a local band. They just don't make them like this anymore.) :

  • Corpus Christi, Texas

  • I was living in Tahoe..a waitress I worked with turned me on to these guys..said if she was on deserted island, this would be the one album she would want...been trying to find this forever...couldn't remember the exact name..thanks for posting!!

  • @ButcherBurt South shore or north shore? what restaurant? I used to hang out there a lot in the 70's.

  • @HSECMAN I moved there in 77 to work at The Landing in Kings Beach...lived in Kings Beach, Tahoe Vista, then Tahoe City, when I was working at the Cal Neva Lodge restaurant. Then moved over to South Shore living in Paradise and worked at The Freel Peak Saloon cooking there...moved to Washington in 81

  • I was 16 and remember just like it was yesterday.....thanks for the upload

  • I was totally damaged by a boyfriend when this song came out. I was 16 and drove out to his house in Galena Il.in my 72 Opel gt and found another girl's hair clips in his bed. I heard this on the radio as I was coming back from his house and it was July and there was mist on the road and I kne he had cheated on me and my heart was broken but I was only 16 and I would move on. This song gave me power.

  • @Trixiekitsch2008 at a GIRL!!!

  • great stuff BG

  • I was 30 years old and driving my first brand new car - my '78 Thunderbird with a factory AM/FM/ 8 track player purchased 9/21/77 in Grand Haven, Michigan ... listening to this song .. 'um, thousands of time :-). Still have the car, the player and the Sanford Townsend 8 track cassette and all are still going strong!

  • thank goodness for songs and memories like this! ♥

  • one of the few bands i saw in concert, 1979, @ Murray State University

  • I was 18..My graduation year. I've love song since the first time I heard it.

  • Truly one of the best songs of The 70's.

  • I think of the Pavillion at Myrtle Beach every time I hear this song. Good, good times.

  • Don't let the screen door hit you on your way out...... best goodbye line ever!

  • Could someone PLEASE put "starbrite" up on you tube??And also rainbows covered in blue? Both songs are on this same album, which is GREAT!

  • I saw them in concert at six flags over Ga. in 1978. Me my 2 buddies and 2 other people were the only people there. So we smoked weed and watch the show just the 6 of us. W e still talk about that till this day, good times!!!!!

  • you got it!♥♥the 70's in Seattle

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  • remember it well . cruising ' Smoking " and jamming to the radio . a era when FM Radio actually rocked for hours on end with very few breaks /

  • sounds like bozz scaggs to me

  • sounds like bozz scaggs to me

  • Reminds me of HALL & OATS....lead singer sounds very much like Darryl Hall.

  • the theme song of my 1st divorce.

  • She's gone now.

  • ♪♪♪♪♪♪▼♪♪♪♪♪♪

  • Thanks to the music making it possible to relive the best years of ones life...Listening to this as a teenager , sitting in my parents car parked in the driveway sneeking a cigarette and going places in my mind...LOL..running the car battery down many a times...

  • these guys were hot live in the day; Otis Hale on Saxes and guitar- few equalled him back then

  • sweet stuff,i wuz 17 in 79,my sis played this song a lot

  • Reminds me of the doobie brothers for some reason.

  • When Bands could sing Harmony parts and Lead singers had Lungs and arranging tunes was a Craft .Now its bathroom SMOKE, from a Distant Fire..

  • It was like 1977 cuz I was 11 and living in Sumter, SC when all this good music came out! The music back in then was the best! ;-D

  • one person is stupid......

  • I think this song came out around 1976. A US navy band came and performed at our school and did this song. I graduated in 1978. That Navy band was stupendous, they sounded JUST LIKE SANFORD tOWNSEND. Especially the lead vocal.

  • "Don't let the screen door hit you, on your way out!"

  • What a surprise! The opening act for Charlie D. and they blew me away!

    One of the best lead vocalists ever,.. but you know that....

  • nothing beats that good-ole rock n roll..they sound like Van Morrison.

  • Hanging out on Clear Lake in the 70's and 80's, I do miss those days!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • You know, 100 years from now they will still be playing this song as background music in pharmacies and other stores. Who cares about Gaga and Beiber?

  • dude hell yea! i totally agree with you there, i just would hate to see how shitty music would be by then

  • 16 in 79 what great memories. Classic UNDERRATED song! I loved all the music from 60-84

  • This song was on the charts in the summer of 1977....

  • I know what you mean. I am 54 yrs. old., and my brothers are 6 yrs. older than me, and I got to hear a lot of different kinds of music. It will never be the same

  • In 1979 this song made me realize my wife of 7 years was having an affair. It was time to move and it was the best decision I ever made in my life. Thank you Sanford/Townsend Band !!  :)

  • I was 11 when this came out; didn't know until finding your video who the artist was that performed it. THANKS!!!! LOVIN' THIS WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE!!!

  • I was 2 in 79! Thank God my dad made me listen to Oldies 100.7 WTRG out of raleigh NC(That station is gone now) because without it I would have missed the best music ever made! Im almost 35 now and still get goosebumps when this song comes on.

  • @cbmbdb I feel the same way brother....goosebumps...I can feel down one day and when I hear this song it makes me feel better...I miss those days 70's 80's and early to mid 90's...Today sucks.

  • I was 12 in '79 and still lovin this song!!

  • This song sounds as good now as it did the first time I heard it 30 years ago. Good music is good music forever. Thanks for posting this.

  • 79 was 21

  • in '79 I was 15

  • 79 - was 25

  • For me a TOP 10 ALL-TIME favorite Songs. Where were U & how old were U in 79' ? :-)

  • @CarterAlabama I wasn't even born yet. I'm 17 and loving this music(:

    *Since I'm leaving a comment, I'd like to say I'm glad everyone has enjoyed this post and hope it brings back lots of good times and memories from a great music past!*

  • @discpenguin1 I was 19 years old - I love this song so much!

  • @discpenguin1 I was 14 and in the 8th grade.

  • @discpenguin1 Carter-you have a taste for music many 17 year olds lack. I am proud of you for taking this stance, and heartened that other people your age enjoy this righteous southern soul. Tell your mom and dad thanks for raising you right.

  • @HSECMAN most 17 yr old's today like rap that sucks big time.. RAP has no place in music history.. its just stupid.. anyone can spin an album backwards and spit in a microphone..

  • @davfrui if it's so easy, why aren't you doing it?? You are a fool if you think that creating the volume of lyrics in the average rap song is easy. Rock is 3 verses and 3 choruses (and 3 cords), woo hoo. Open your mind and let your initial prejudice go. They used to say that the electric guitar was the end of music too.

  • @hzryr61 who are "they" and when did they say that?

  • @discpenguin1 and what a classy and polite, warm hearted response. you go boy!

  • @CarterAlabama turned 19 in august of 79

  • @CarterAlabama Wasn't born yet, but I'm enjoying this music ♥♥

  • @CarterAlabama I was 20 and driving a black and gold Trans Am (just like Smokey and the Bandit!) Needless to say, I was having MAJOR FUN!!!!!!

  • @CarterAlabama 1979 I turned 13.....I was skating on Friday nights and glad Disco was about dead.....listening to the album station here in Tampa Bay..QUAD 102.5 ....As for calling todays music crap I have to object. I love music from the 30's all the way to the last release from Bruno Mars. Every decade has ups and downs in the music industry. I must say New Wave and Metal from the 80's are my favorite. Good time then for me...

  • @CarterAlabama hehe i was somewhere not on earth which means i wasnt born!! :P

  • @CarterAlabama I was 10y and living in Charleston, SC. This was on AM WKTM all summer long; makes me think of the times we went to Folly Beach and getting sunburned.

  • @CarterAlabama 19 years old and loving the rock music of the 70's. One of the best concerts was Nazareth in Beaumont, TX. The smoke was so thick you couldn't see.

  • @CarterAlabama I was 20 years old and living in Massachusetts!

  • I always thought that this was one of the tightest, best produced, top 40 songs of all time. Saw another vid of them doing this live, and they were just as tight on stage as in the studio. Thanks so much for posting this incredible song!

  • BROTHER DID I LOVE THIS IN THE DAY..STILL DO.. WHERE ARE THEY NOW?YEAH GOOD SOUND, A LOT AREN'T TOO GOOD EVEN WITH A BOSE SYSTEM SURROUND SOUND. THIS ONE GREAT !!!!

  • any way you can upload "Squire James"?

  • Love this song lots of great memories of high school era.

  • one of my favorite songs ever

  • reliving the 70's

  • As a DJ for many many years

    I don't think I ever met anyone

    who disliked this song.

  • @maddadram1 i can't see NOT loving this! Sounds Van Morrisony:)

  • Classic cheating song. Powerful lyrics. Thanks

  • fooled around and fell in love with who?

  • THANKS for posting this piece ........Thank you again.

  • This is an amazing song I have waited to hear again since my childhood and teenage years in the 70's! Thanks for this great post! What great music, lyrics, vocals!! BobbyK

  • Takes me back to Japan...USAF days!! Loved it...thanks!

  • Thank you for the memories!!!

  • Wish I could go back in time........thank you for this!!

  • when i got hired as a dj back in the 70's this song was just hitting the charts so it always takes me back to those days! it may have been their only big hit but what a CLASSIC! the production on this song is just amazing. definitely one of my all time favorites from those good old days! "... don't let the screen door hit you on your way out....."

  • @calvinhobbes62

    One of my all time favorites!!

  • Thanks for posting!

  • Thank you for posting this song!!!!!! I LOVE THIS SONG!!! I can listen to it over and over!!!!!

  • always loved this song!

  • THANK YOU VERY MUCH for posting this song

  • where did you find this song...i am looking to put it on mp3 and rhapsody does not have it and i have to have it!!! :)

  • takes me back to a freshman year mixer at Carolina, basement of Parker. . .

  • Great tune, music will never be this good again! I feel sorry for the kids today, they will never know what true music is. Really sad to say the least.

  • I never have understood why these guys never had another hit song. This one is really good. A great singing voice, catchy lyrics too. Great oldie! Thanks for posting!

  • Ahh...finally found this! Blue-eyed soul is one of my fav music styles.

  • Thank you soooooo very much for posting this tune. Man. Brings me back to my childhood. Can we all just please go back to the 70's?

  • Thanks for posting!  Ah, memories of the 70s with the Sanford Townsend Truck parked outside of Keyboard Products in L.A. fixin the B3! It took alot more talent to make good music back then it seems. No autotune, loops or copied and pasted samples, just real playing with real musicians.

  • No dislikes as of this moment -- FANTASTIC! While big when I was a kid, the lyrics recall the way a relationship ended; not a bad memory -- I smile about it now!

  • If anyone had oriental gate I would love to hear that .... this is the best music made the 70s music I have found nothing better maybe cuz i was raised on it but cant beat it....

  • This is wonderful I cant begin to say how many places i have hunted for this I grew up watching my parents dance in th living room to this I love this song now if oriental gate is here Ill be in heven:) Thank you so much for having this who ever put it up cant thank you enough I have the album but no record player any more

  • @xjillzy75 you can get a record player on ebay that has a usb port and you can make a cd

  • You just have to feel for these kids today. This is what real music is all about. The music and the harmonies can't be beat. Maybe some day real music will come back into our lives?????? One can only hope.

  • Hate the fact that I'm almost 60, but damn glad I had the chance to grow up in this music era, all you young'ins will never know what it is like to grow with the music from the 60's, 70's early 80's. wow the crap today.

  • @dav1099  Amen, brother. Babes liked this kind of music and did my best to rock 'em all. We grew up with Toto, Steely Dan and the likes who had talent. Now adays, some 6 fingered neandathal spits into a microphone and they pass it off as a hit. In 1975, we'd got up and run that rascal off the stage and wouldn't stopped till we hit the city limits.

  • @dav1099 I could not have said it any better BG

  • @dav1099 LOL dav1099 - I'm not that far behind you - turned 47 this year, and do remember this era quite well - was young when this one hit the airwaves, but I knew good stuff when I heard it. (oh, and lol, I'm from down south, and we say "younguns", lol!!!! just a subtle difference, maybe to do w/the region, HA!!)

  • @dav1099 Amen brother .....

  • @dav1099

    Retiree here...I hear man...but there also crap like the Osmonds (any of them!), the Partridge Family, etc...Depends on your taste then and now, I suppose...

  • @dav1099 ♪♪♪♪

  • @dav1099 I'm 18, my dad loved the music of that time period. I grew up with the good stuff. I love every minute of this music, they just don't make good music like they used to. I thank my dad for getting me into real music.

  • song of yester yrs

  • Great post of a great song

  • YAY!!!!!!!!! I finally found a video of the studio version!!!!!!!!! This song is THE best!

  • One of the most perfect songs ever recorded people!

  • Absolutely outstanding.

  • Ain't no better song for crusing around Tucson on a sunny but not hot day in your big early '70's American car.

  • Love that sax!!!

  • One of the best tracks of the 70s! Thanks for posting high-quality version :)...

  • I didn't know SNL's Fred Armisen was in this band.

  • Really good song.

  • Thank You, thank you, I just discovered this post, I love the studio version much-much better, I had this on 8-track, wow 8-track, remember those?

  • Thanks for posting this great jam from my teen years. Keep 'em coming!!

  • you know if someone could hit this perfect they would win american idol....no finals...just win it all

    !!!!

  • heard this first time had an musicgasm. lol

  • Hell Yeah...Thank you soooooooooooooooo much for this gem....Stay Gold

  • Jeez, yeah this " recordng " sounds pretty good. But it's just like everything else nowadays in that digital format. It sounds compressed.

    And this aint what the song sounded like on vinyl, way back when.

    Blech.

  • this song was great when it came out and its great now. I feel like I'm getting a heart massage. I've got the album, but no turn table, sad situation, I wish this would come out on a CD. THANKS FOR THE POST.

  • Love this song-always have. Great to sing when driving. Too bad these guys only had one hit. Good harmonies, got that Hammond working the background, good sax, good lead singer, good lyrics too-bummer dude.

  • such a great sound... reminds me of Van Morrison

    

  • Pure gold! Thank you

  • A southern rock classic,they dont make music like this anymore.

  • i was 39 then but i thought i was still 21. i don't think i ever got past that in my mind. new friends, new job, new car but the music was still the same and it still is. don't get me wrong, i didn't get stuck there, i love modern music too and i play it more than most but there will always be a place for 'the oldies' for me...al

  • Jump back - to '77. This was a very popular song at the time and also had a personal meaning for me. It was a great summer and a turning point in my life. I would love to have that summer back - it surely was delightful in many, many ways. "Thanks for the memories." Of course, Thank You for the Post.

  • This track is really perfect in so many ways. One of the greatest 45s ever recorded IMHO. Thanks for the post !

  • 1977 was one of the best years

  • @wonglee2424 AMEN

  • So many songs that could be my EX Girlfriends theme songs!

  • FINALLY! thank you for posting! the bass line in this song is phenomenal!

  • Thank goodness! finally a good quality version put up on here! Everytime I step into the local Kroger, I hear this. Public jamming takes place.

  • @Homan314 I wish our local Kroger played this!

  • thank you best one yet

    

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