SILVER BIRD by MARK LINDSAY

[survivrs]

How could anyone dislike this? I wore out my vinyl single from playing it so much. I'm thrilled with the clarity of yours, thanks for sharing!

[jhwelchjr]

Thanks.

For posting this!

Great job ! 

[speedunknown]

I too was searching for that old Yamaha radio ad that featured this hit songs melody. If anyone has it please put it on. That Yamaha jingle still plays n my head lol

[TheOnememphisdude]

@speedunknown  Mine TOO!!!!!! GREAT COMMERICAL!

[clarkekiss]

@speedunknown I could not post the link but go to my channel - clarkekiss - and you will see a Yamaha commercial with the 'fly me away" jingle

[mrbobbyh]

Champion song man

[9056ful]

Hey, I am back in Ayer and it sucks,Michael Phelan I lefeft in 1967. hellow to Maureen Fiquerra and thanks for helpping me pick up after the Party,

she and afew others like Lynn lavvalle , after that Halloweeen party in Bruces basement.

[tastyhorses]

I think this song really carries the message "if you love someone let them go.  If they come back, they are yours forever. If they dont, hunt them down and kill them"

[colleen59701]

what ever became of mark lindsay?

[sunmanav8]

I was a huge Yamaha motocross fan owning a succession of bikes as a kid starting with a 1974 MX80 then a 1976 YZ 125 and (new) 1979 YZ 125 which was stolen when I was in high school - arrrgghh!. Bob Hannnah was my hero. Coincidentally - or subliminally - we named our oldest daughter Hannah, hmmmmm. I was looking for the Yamaha jingle but this is as close as I have gotten so far. Very nostalgic.

[survivrs]

Thanks for posting!!! I keep trying to find the Yamaha commercial that this song was a part of but no luck and I just saw that someone else has remembered it. Can anyone find that commercial?? I would love to see/listen again!! Thanks!

[clarkekiss]

@survivrs go to my channel - clarkekiss - and you will find the only Yamaha commercial I could locate with the fly me away jingle

[sharrelgoh]

I almost forgot this song ...cos don't get to hear it anymore... so happy I found it here...thanks for sharing...isn't it nice for those of us sharing the memories this song brings....1970s...simple to be happy...

[leighpan]

Absolutely loved Mark Lindsey

[maddogtannen1966]

Never forgot this song as music was very important in my youth . But I know how those things go.. Love the era ...Got to live through it .....Compared to the music? these days this was absolutely great music . What happened ????

[Ricco99100]

I had forgotten this song for about 40 years. Thank you for posting this....it's a great song

[34kevinj]

I HOPE SONY MUSIC PUTS OUT THE BEST OF MARK LINDSAY ON CD. HE IS A WONDERFUL SINGER.

[MrJCigelske]

The musical format is similar to Arizona, but I have always like this much better, unfortunately, you almost never hear this on oldies stations, just Arizona! I see the previous comments about the Yamaha commercials, I had forgotten them until reading the posts! LOL It was very cleverly done how they adapted this to the Yamaha commercial!

[GroomLeader]

Remember listening to this on the mighty 630, CHED radio, up in Edmonton. Great song!

[khj93play1]

I first heard this song back in 70 on an FM station in Los Angeles (KNX FM) I bought the album at a Furniture store in Culver City just south of the old Culver Center. The album cover and record look just like the one on this site.

[janetta1961]

Oh I think I'm in LOVE!! :-)

[nomiclas]

for some reason i really like this.maybe it's the way love is behind the lyrics

[potter660]

There was also The Mighty 1290 KTRN in Wichita Falls, TX. That station, under a new set of call letters KWFS, reemerged briefly in the mid-1990s as "The Mighty 1290" but with an oldies format.

[CelticLady44]

Dear Lord, this was one of the first LP's I ever owned. What great memories, I wore the damned thing out!

[Rhonlh]

41 years. wow and still blows my mind. thanks.

xoxo

[mel8rose12]

I too, got here looking for the Yamaha commercial. Imagine that, 40 or whatever years, and I never knew this was a Mark Lindsay, aka Paul Revere, song. Thanks, whoever posted it! It was better in the commercial!!!!

[CaptainKeithM]

@mel8rose12 me too!! i was looking for this song in yamaha commercials and got here! LOL.... my family owned two yamaha dealerships from '75 to '85 and i always liked this jingle for yamaha then one day...(about 1977).... heard it on the radio as 'Silver Bird' but never knew it was mark lindsey until today..

[clarkekiss]

@CaptainKeithM I could not post the link but if you go to my channel - clarkekiss - you will find a Yamaha commercial with the "fly me away" jingle

[definitedoll]

yes they used this song for the Yamaha commercials in the mid 1970s! good call there survivrs!

[virginiawalters]

Mark will forever be in my heart,I love this man.Everything about him.

[takemeback2]

Clearly recall this one. Glad it's still alive in many hearts.

[survivrs]

Does someone besides me remember Yamaha motorcycles using this song in one of their commercials in the late 60's or early 70's? I have looked and can't find anything. Would love to see it again since I've had 2 Yamaha dirt bikes. Thanks!

[mcatman34]

mikester61, thanks for the info, maybe we'll find a recording of it someday.....

[mcatman34]

Anyone remember the Yamaha commercial using this melody? Don't see it on youtube, any suggestions how to find it? Thanks.

[Mikester61]

@mcatman34 that is so weird, I have been looking for the exact same thing this week. Cannot find the ad anywhere. Apparently it was done in 74, four years after this song was release and the ad lyrics as well as the singing were done by Mark Lindsay himself which is no doubt why it sounded so good.

[Mikester61]

@mcatman34 here are the lyrics I found for the Yamaha spot. Get aboard the Silver Bird, It's a magical machine. Satisfy your Walter Mitty mind, tryin' out a dream. Your sign is Capricorn and every corner of your mind says you'll remain my friend, a friend for all my time. Yamaha, won't you fly me away, Yamaha, take me into the day, Yamaha, come and give me a ride and let us go see what's on the other side. Yamaha, won't you fly me away. Yamaha, today is the day.

[clarkekiss]

@mcatman34 - I've been looking for that commercial for a long time. Just too hard to find.

[mcatman34]

@clarkekiss Thanks for the reply, I didn't know about the movies on youtube. Will check them out. Thanks again.

[Krazzy12U]

I was trying to think what it was about these songs that attracted me so much and I realize that...I'ts a combination of the person singing, his style and words and the backing instruments. In this case Mark Lindsay's great voice, the simplicity and meaning of his words, and REAL violins, trumpets and keyboard organs. Where are they today?

[eydie57]

songs like this are why i can't stand the crap that passes for music today. i grew up with quality. i love everything mark lindsay has ever done.

[Smallfarm1]

AM Gold in Milwaukee was the Mighty 92 WOKY playing this great song of that era, Go Packers!

[LynnRoRo]

I listened to this song on WHBQ 560 in Memphis. 7th grade. Loved this song! But everything he does is awesome. Can never get enough of Mark's singing!!!!!!!

[younghoss]

@kevinomreb:

Good ol' Jim Scott, Buddy Baron, Bob "Shotgun" Kelly

[regentv980]

Superb record,not like most of todays crap

[conniels100]

So powerful! I love every one of his songs, especially this one and Arizona and Indian Reservation..... Like the post before me from "goodthing99"-says it all! I couldn't agree more! Makes me wish for those good old days.....

[conniels100]

WOW, WOW I LOVE HIS VOICE, SO PURE AND PLEASANT TO LISTEN TO OVER AND OVER!! I LOVE ALL HIS MUSIC!

[younghoss]

This was his follow-up to his previous Arizona

I remember this on WSAI, Queen City Rock and Roll

(am 1360, Cincinnati.

[kevinomreb]

@younghoss I was listening to the same station.  Jim Scott was the greatest.

[shmuli9]

I KNEW Mark Lindsay had another solo hit, but for the longest time I couldn't remember the name...

[1967mustanggta]

When I was young a kid broght this album to school and I thought this song was the coolest thing to be heard for a week or two

[lisaosfan]

Does anyone have a video of him performing this song. I t wasalways my favorite.

[SunnBurn]

Commercials...remember song being used by Yamaha in their commercials.

[jrdill1929]

@SunnBurn I do.

[truth2masses]

i pod,rock?

[mjcamck71]

THANK YOU MARK for all of your musical contributions. How many out there know that Mark learned to play the saxaphone in just 6 months? What natural talent! Thank you, Paul Revere, for forming the combo. Thank you, AlanPaladin for posting!

[2009Denisem]

Beautiful song and lyrics!

Thank you @mikeryanify for sharing this awesome song.. You are my special friend forever and a day!

Thank you AlanPaladin for an awesome post!

[thewillismon]

Columbia records was using all kinds of labels on their 45's in 1970. The first shot of the stock copy at the beginning of the video shows the rarest of all these labels

[jtma65]

I used to listen to this song over and over again. Thanks for posting it! I love this one. :)

[Dawn1959]

Who remembers Yamaha using this song in their commercial..,Yahmaha wont you take me away,Yamaha today is the day.

[Darryl80]

@Dawn1959 I do. If memory serves, it was a series of commercials that ran in the 1971-72 time frame...my 9th and 10th year of life.

[mopaint10]

HIt the charts today in 1970, what a great time and was musics so much better then?

[351460]

Does anyone remember the Yamaha motorcycle commercial that used the music in this song?

[hairyschmilsson]

Yes, I remember the commercial well and have been trying to find it on audio or video. Mark was involved with some other commercials in the seventies also.

[Dawn1959]

@351460 LOL was just going to post that..,Yamaha wont you take me away..,Yamaha today is the day.We are definately dating ourselves.

[351460]

@Dawn1959 I was 12 years old when I saw that commercial. I also remember the Ford commercials with the light bulb "Ford has a Better Idea" from earlier still.

[truth2masses]

@351460 you're bringin' alot of memories to me. please don't stop!

[351460]

@truth2masses Do you remember the Plymouth commercial from 66 or 67 that was set to the tune of Spanky and Our Gangs "Sunday will Never be the Same"?

[jimbobubbadj]

@351460 I love the 383, 440 and 426 Plymouths!

[yomamakunt]

@351460 yes I do,and how about the Revlon commercial in 1968 with Jennifer O'Neill walking and dancing to Donovans "Wear Your Love Like Heaven????

[pammiejoridings]

good styile huh!!

[seizetheweakened]

killer baritone sax!

[goldroad7]

One of those tunes where the verses are utterly forgettable but the chorus has just a KILLER hook

[blondielives]

@goldroad7 the killer hook is that killer voice

[jackwhiskey]

I wonder how many people know who Walter Mitty was?

[anitashelby]

Ahhh Such A Wonderful Share & Post!!!.5*s.Thankyou mission...:))

[fairfax1960]

Tonight is the first time I've listened to this song with headphones in probably 30 years and it just blew me away. The horns, strings and percussion arrangements are AMAZING!!! Producers don't seem to put that kind of thought, time and energy into music anymore. Thank you for posting this wonderful song.

[khj93play]

I rembmer this song very well. It was released just after "Arizona" It was not played a lot on am rock stations. It did get a lot of play on easy listening stations back then on the fm side. If I am not mistaken it was played on KNXFM In Los Angeles.

[thompsonlake]

What great lyrics!

Never really understood them!

now I do!

After all these years!

Very cool!

[silverbird58]

@thompsonlake may be i can help you thereor thier. as naything gold has grand presence silver has grand knowlege,, now let see a new world but wait he knows the exact day but hey ya gotta die to find the rest . of the song.. ? or was that to heavy??

[silverbird58]

1080 wklo ,louisville..

[903davesharonpoky]

Sound similar to the beginning of Arizona

[jackwhiskey]

same key

[starriidumb]

wado skn'a for this posting...prayers sent up for the CAPRICORN Sister with this mission for OUR PEOPLE!..We where told the Mess-ages in the Music ..I have no clue what ppl where hearing...I know what I was hearing growing up in Land ruled by Pilgrims..being RED DNA and not allowing OUR Worship to the CREATOR SKY FATHER till 1978!

[afterberlin]

God I love YouTube. Thanks for posting.

[4everbobby]

I remember this song from high school so well. Great song. God, what an old fossil I'm becoming! Help! Yikes!!

[Tabbbycat]

Anyone remember the airline ad in the 70's?

"PSAAAAAAAA! Fly my lady away . . . "

Wonder who sang that.

Heard that before the original.

[dskyyksd]

Yamaha used this song, too.

[golden8378]

Put on some good head phones and just listen to those trumpets and brass.

[billysings]

Good call! Great composition, performance and production quality!

[willbgood65]

Mark Lindsay rules!

[kolb49]

OMG been forever since I heard this, Brings back some fabulas times. That band used to open for Magic Shows when I was a Kid plus they Played on Batman and other gigs. Cool Song

[HeadLessMunkees]

Great !*****!

[Gravida12]

Great lyrics--far beyond the norm for pop songs.

[chg657]

1070 WFLI Lookout Mountain/Chattanooga, I'm Fast Jimmy, & it's 3.45 at the New Fli...Memories....

[jsrosesrus]

Tommy Jet, Summer Spectaculars, Southland Skating Rink...

[60djdon]

I did, finally, remember this, Carlee; mentioned it, when I posted it on my 'Facebook.' Thanks, for YOUR good memory! Great tune made a great jingle!

[rgpage1]

...this reminds me of 0300 AM one august morning down by the river w/ my girl named chris, back in '70 listening to mark lindsey stretching his golden pipes to this song 'bout one week before football training camp started....god what good memories....

[60djdon]

I love this song; someone said it should have been the jingle for an airline. They were right, I think!

[boliverful1]

I was 9 when I first heard this song through one of those car speakers at a drive-in theater before the movie. Song stayed with me for months....

[silverbird58]

1080 keep it on WKLO

[catgrannyus]

was great to see on tv,at least the last 15mins.of show!! lots of mems. keep it up Mark.

[dynasue77]

This fellow was really good looking. I'm surprised. Another singer of his genetation who was also a spunk was New Zealander John Rowles. By the way, Silver Bird is a nice early 70's number from the days of mellow pop music.

[jamesriker66]

great song! 5 stars

[goodthing99]

...that voice, that face... almost overwhelming!

[Dawn1959]

@goodthing99 And he is still sounding good and looking good to this day.Melts a womans heart.

[goodthing99]

You've definitely got that right. I'm going to see him in Daytona. It will be my second time this year.

[hemislammer1966]

this song reminds me of my darlin DINI in holland,so far away.

[IloveMary35]

I remember this on 1330 KVOL in Lafayette,Louisiana.Thanks for the memories !

[Jaydublus]

Remember this on the MIGHTY 1290 KOIL am Omaha, Nebraska! Thanks for posting this!

[finsup7291]

So did I and also on WOW when it was stil a pop/rock station.

[blueticecho]

HA! Me Too... Love those Good Guys. Over nites with Ron ( Ugly) Thompson.. 1970........

[bobbycv64]

@Jaydublus please share how this relates to Omaha

I am from there also, West Side 84th st.

BTW, Huskers Rule :-)

[valerie68505]

KLMS. AM Radio, Lincoln. Nebraska. Great song, great memories!! thanks :)

[usemr]

Can someone give me some information about the teen idol tour I want to go!!

[marlo1942]

FYI, Mark Lindsay is touring with the Teen Idol Tour (Peter Noone & Micky Dolenz) starting May 8th in Westbury, NY. (Got my ticket!! :-)) He's also putting together a solo tour!! Marlene

[djgof58]

Damn, your 45s look cherry. You must take good care of them.

[omybeethoven]

I love this. Does anyone have hm singing

Sunday Morning Coming down? He is great

[Herbuliss]

Oh Mama.... :)

[pah5150]

Well said... :)

[ubeBrettu]

I dont remember this tune!!!! Mustuve fell thru the cracks for me!!!

[younghoss]

I must have been about 13, and remember this from AM radio, WSAI Cincinnati, "Queen City Rock and Roll"

[Krazzy12U]

Beautiful...and in stereo too...that's the way I wanna hear and post these songs!

[glibsporass]

superb song mark!!!!

[01vin37]

all over my bullets and everything.

[mdcavman2020]

I had the 45 when i was 12,i liked it very much but the b side"so hard to leave you" is even better,i wish i still had it,maybe it'll get posted. thanx for sharing.

[351460]

Thank you for posting this song--so many of the great old songs have virtually disappeared. Its great to see people keep them alive.

[ma03456]

Mark recorded Arizona, Silverbird and the beautiful ballad Miss America.

[Gravida12]

What themitch 1966 said.

[mopaint10]

Great song, seldom hear it like so many others that fell through the cracks. he was great.

[hanleyfallsmn56245]

Great song, sold a lot of motorcycles for Yamaha too!

[themitch1966]

Arizona was good.This is better.

[brerrabbit77]

That was early 1970. I was in Germany in the army and remember hearing it on Armed Forces Radio, with a comment by the announcer of how it reminded us of when we would be going "back to the land of round doorknobs".

[Davicemo]

Hes my great cousin....

[Bhaktigirl]

Ah, I love this! I saw ML when he was with the Raiders, twice, then solo, then about 12 years ago. LOVE him! And this song is definitely one of my favorites of his....

[ther51]

Hadn't heard of this guy before, but wow i'll be listening to him now, thanks for this,

[ROSHAW1]

Mark had such a great voice. I wish someone would upload his version of "and the grass won't pay no mind" which was written by Neil Diamond. I have the old record but it is so scratched up you can't even make out the song...

[itchybrother61]

what year was this a hit? I remember having it on abest of album with Gary Puckett and other artists. My guess is around 1970

[secordman]

Perfect early 70's pop. I've always thought that whoever produced the Partridge Family songs had a hand in Mark Lindsay's solo records. This is not a knock against this song, it's just that the backing and arrangement just sound similar. It's a sad thing about the way the music industry works when people like Lindsay and Tommy James suddenly dropped off the charts around 1972.

[Scott6263]

Very good observation. Personally, I absolutely loved the songs by The Partridge Family and Mark Lindsay. The BEST in 70's pop.

[destroyerkahn]

I had this album when I was a teenager. lol. Brings back memories.

[torchkit]

I still have the album. LOL

[dynasue77]

This guy was very good looking. The collar length hair and sideburns seemed to look so sexy on young men in that era.

[pmb003]

just stumbled across this one. Glad you provided this video.

[hollygugl]

thanks for information

marlo

[ran6658]

Love this song. I got hooked on Mark Lindsay when I was a little girl when my mom listened to him. I have the 45. Awesome. Thanks for posting.

[marlo1942]

For any interested Mark Lindsay fans, there is a chat room set up specifically for Mark's radio show when he broadcasts on Sat. nights between 10:00pm-2:00am EST. He's a DJ for K-Hits and broadcasts from his Rock 'n Roll Cafe in Portland, OR. Go to "Rock Groups by Tom Brady," scroll to the bottom, click on "Chat Room." Enter your name, click on "Chat" and you're in. Even if you don't choose to enter chat, do yourself a favor and listen to Mark's show -- he's absolutely fabulous!! :-)

[storrs19]

If you have the promo 45 which includes the mono version of this song you are very lucky as it is much more balanced on the vocals than the commercial stereo version.

[xalamac]

Alan, could you provide the lyrics for this song, please? It's one of my all-time favorites.

[AlanPaladin]

okay.. I have added the lyric's,

..in the >About This Video

..click on (more)

below are the lyric's

[GEORGEJMALEY]

I found this by accident and sir, you have put a great big smile on faces everywhere!! I always thought he was better solo--I wasn't much of a fan of the Raiders. Just want you to know you made an old man happy!! Thank You and GOD BLESS!!!

[rnndy]

He was way better solo. I have his Double Cd Arizona/Silverbird. Anyone know of anything else he did solo ??

[RDRobertDeane]

Remember "Yamaha ... today is the day!" It was for a motorcycle ...Now I REALLY feel old!

[tamspeci]

I also seem to remember "Silver Bird" being used in a motorcycle commercial around 1973.

[torchkit]

The Yamaha commercial is what I was thinking of when I looked this up. LOL

[SunshineSuperman999]

{The Yamaha commercial is what I was thinking of when I looked this up. LOL"

you remember that? i do too. lol.

[themitch1966]

Classic commercial

[poppad48]

@SunshineSuperman999 I was looking for it also. Anyone have the commercial?

[RDRobertDeane]

In 1970, I was standing on to the tarmac of a runway in south vietnam. A friend had sent me this song on a cassette (remember those??). I was listening to it as I was ready to board my own silver bird. Taking me home...to my family, my friends, and "that very special lady".

Thanks for the memories!

[xalamac]

One of my all-time favorite songs!

[horarwgt]

This record reached #25 in the summer of 1970. I'm glad I got to know Mark Lindsay -- and not simply as a first-rate singer, songwriter and producer., He's also a first rate PERSON -- not easy to find in the swinging, swirling world of show biz.

[saxguitarman]

i kept looking for this song and gave up. thank you for posting it. the raiders were cool and mark had one of the best voices in early rock!

[alandhopewell]

GREAT song! DYR the Yamaha commercial that used a version of this?

[DiamondAngel04]

i had forgotten all about this song....so cool to hear it again!

[yankeepilot]

Great song!!....Its been a LONG time since I've heard it...Thx!

[berrygirl964]

To my dear friend who sent this to me: thank you! Oh what I wouldn't give to be on a 'Silver Bird' right now........ heading North.

[berrygirl964]

Alan,

THANK you so much for posting this gem!! I was a huge fan of PR&TR and also an aviation nut. A song like this is just so precious to me.

[7246a]

Great!...i haven't heard this one in so long...thanks for posting.

[maurieer]

Great video.

I`ve always liked Paul Revere and the Raiders.