This song has such significance to all of us Chicagoans who had to leave home during the 70's ,the seamless haunting melody transitions from sad to motivated to return to the home where we are more than residents , but hometown family !
One of my all-time favorite songs! Ah, those glorious days in Michigan, listening to WLS from Chicago, praying for a clear night and not much static. Kris Erik Stevens, Larry Lujack... The "klunk letter" - oh, yes! By the way, the B side of the L.A. Goodbye single is awesome, too: Mrs. Grayson's Farm. Going looking for that one next!
this song takes me back to highschool. Oh do I miss those years. the seventies still runs thru my mind. Those were the days when life was good and people knew who they were. Now the world is just a bunch of lost num nuts. Too bad. BTW I was born in LA. Thanks for the memories IDES
This is a flat-out GREAT song. Guess it didn't sound enough like "Vehicle" to be as big a hit nationally....but which one would YOU rather hear today? Went Top 5 at WLS-Chicago 40 years ago this spring.
THIS is my favorite Ides song.. It's definitely a highlight of any Ides show.. They are still playing and have a NEW album, "Still 19'..(this is 2011). The Chicago area would not be the same without the considerable talent of Jim Peterik.
I used to work at Rose Records in Chicago in the 1980's, Jim Peterik was a steady customer and showed a great love of good music, always a real gentleman too!
oh man, i miss rose records! that big collage with sly stallone and the rolling stone greeted you at the door. we need to stop losing our icons here in chicago. there should be a comittee.
@daviday77 A really cool place too, I miss those mega record stores, for that matter any record store...Vinyl has to make a comeback, it was so fun to collect.
They still perform mostly in the summer and they perform in oldies shows with others like Gary Pucket and the Buckinghams . For the most part they just stick around the chicago area where they are from. Jim is always calling up ( or showing up) with Dick Biondi on WLS FM
Many bands of historic significance from the golden age of rock and roll reunited years later, lucky to have a couple of original members. When the Ides reunited, they had all of the original members. That is remarkable, and a testament to the bond that is this band.
@WMJCPA Ides of March and New Colony Six give me more fond memories of Chicago than any other groups. LA Goodbye is as heartwarming. Hear the crowd chher at "west side of Chicago" I am cheering too.
Hear LA Goodbye live in concert in 2 shows coming up in May. 29th May they're at the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan; 30th May they're at the Star Plaza Theatre, The Chicago Hitmakers concerts, two nights The Buckinghams, The Ides, and Ronnie Rice. Looking forward to 60s rock Chicagoland style.
Met the Ides in 2001- I sent them a VHS of some of their TV appearances. Saw the Ramones at the Monopoly Rock Club (which later became a male dance review club) w/Skafish opening the show. Ray Herr (bass player on the 1st album) used to play solo acoustic in suburban Illinois & do this tune (claimed he wrote it)
Great song, great composer, Jim Peterik was an under appreciated star. Vehicle and Eye Of The Tiger are just the most recognizable songs of a fine career. Check out Roller Coaster , an early treasure by the Ides of March...
"You Wouldn't Listen" is the early treasure for me. Partly because I had just turned 16, got a drivers license and a '53 Ford. I can still remember driving the car, with a pretty blond next to me, listening to "You Wouldn't Listen. Ah, what great memories!
A great songrwriter/ performer, from the Hot Late Sixties when so much great music was coming from Chicago (Ides of March, Buckinghams, Chicago, Cryn Shames )
I forgot how good you guys were :) I grew up listening to your music in Wheaton... incredible horns (in Vehicle) and voices -- and you sound better than EVER!
I love this song! I knew the Ides of March in the late 70's. I was in a garage band from West Rogers Park in Chicago. We did 4-part harmony like the Ides, but never quite reached the level they did. Hearing it now reminds me how jealous I was then, and still am now!
some of the guys went to grammar school in Berwyn at Hiawatha school. They performed for us back in 1970....when I was in 2nd grade. They never forgot where they came from!! GREAT song!!
"Purdoms pick stop" the local guitar store in town. That was where i first met Jim. It was in the early 1980's. He would stop by to chat with the guys there, and one time he played this song. Just him and about 4 people in the shop, sitting on a stool with one of the store guitars, singing away. It was amazing to watch. one of the nicest rock 'n' roll people you could ever want to meet.
Great song!! Brings back memories from my teen years. Always used to hear this song in the summertime along with Vehicle. Very hard song to find. Thank you
Jim played guitar behind his head in Elmhurst. LEAD.
What a show they put on!
Nazz1952 1 month ago
You Rock Jim!
One of my all time favorites.
Thanks for such a great sound.
Saw The Ides of March in Elmhurst in 70 or 71.
Keep on rockin.
Nazz1952 1 month ago
can watch this on
leakedmovies . biz
dukeuokyc 1 month ago
JIM PETERIK HAS A BEAUTIFUL, POWERFUL VOICE. WHAT A WONDERFUL BAND, GOD BLESS THEM.
joanjetson55 4 months ago in playlist More videos from jlenzbooks 2
Now I feel light years away from the west side of Chicago.............♥
msstevie1951 4 months ago in playlist Ides Of March 2
It was great being in school with the Ides Of March. It seems so unbelievable I was there then... wish I was going to be in Cicero on June 25th
lolfi24pixie 9 months ago
This song has such significance to all of us Chicagoans who had to leave home during the 70's ,the seamless haunting melody transitions from sad to motivated to return to the home where we are more than residents , but hometown family !
BOBB442 10 months ago 4
One of my all-time favorite songs! Ah, those glorious days in Michigan, listening to WLS from Chicago, praying for a clear night and not much static. Kris Erik Stevens, Larry Lujack... The "klunk letter" - oh, yes! By the way, the B side of the L.A. Goodbye single is awesome, too: Mrs. Grayson's Farm. Going looking for that one next!
rockoutrockon 10 months ago
Anybody remember Larry Lujack's klunk letter from "The Ides & Shames Union"?
joefax530 11 months ago
this song takes me back to highschool. Oh do I miss those years. the seventies still runs thru my mind. Those were the days when life was good and people knew who they were. Now the world is just a bunch of lost num nuts. Too bad. BTW I was born in LA. Thanks for the memories IDES
prophet711 1 year ago
This is a flat-out GREAT song. Guess it didn't sound enough like "Vehicle" to be as big a hit nationally....but which one would YOU rather hear today? Went Top 5 at WLS-Chicago 40 years ago this spring.
joefax530 1 year ago
Seen Jim in 2010 great artisit
godzilla7469 1 year ago
THIS is my favorite Ides song.. It's definitely a highlight of any Ides show.. They are still playing and have a NEW album, "Still 19'..(this is 2011). The Chicago area would not be the same without the considerable talent of Jim Peterik.
Jean Mikota
sunsetprincess57 1 year ago
Could someone post the original?
Philip6Esq 1 year ago
Execlent group see them in concert you will be amazed great song
godzilla7469 1 year ago
Damn!!! Almost 40 years after the release of this song, and these guys still sound like choir boys!!! :-) Love this song! Magnificent!!!
48Sage 1 year ago
best song they ever did, oh and my all-time favorite chicago band, they're great
RonyMexico 1 year ago 2
best song they ever did
RonyMexico 1 year ago
when it was??
kristoffmcewan 1 year ago
One of this underrated band's best. Love it!
venturenut 2 years ago 3
Ides of March were a great group. This a good song....so is We are Pillows
RamonaFromPomona 2 years ago
This band is AWESOME, and Jim is a great talent!
seckles 2 years ago 14
I saw the Ides twice at the Horse Palace in Bass Lake Indiana back in the early 70's, man I had a great time.
5808581 2 years ago
go cubs 2010
BigBishop1 2 years ago
@BigBishop1
losers again...hahaha
izzapoppin 1 year ago
pure chicagoan.
truth2masses 2 years ago 3
I used to work at Rose Records in Chicago in the 1980's, Jim Peterik was a steady customer and showed a great love of good music, always a real gentleman too!
daviday77 2 years ago
oh man, i miss rose records! that big collage with sly stallone and the rolling stone greeted you at the door. we need to stop losing our icons here in chicago. there should be a comittee.
truth2masses 2 years ago
@daviday77 A really cool place too, I miss those mega record stores, for that matter any record store...Vinyl has to make a comeback, it was so fun to collect.
pilesovinyl 1 year ago
Great job wish you were still peforming
godzilla7469 2 years ago
They still perform mostly in the summer and they perform in oldies shows with others like Gary Pucket and the Buckinghams . For the most part they just stick around the chicago area where they are from. Jim is always calling up ( or showing up) with Dick Biondi on WLS FM
101southsideboy 2 years ago 2
Fantastic
susantyrellfan 2 years ago 5
Many bands of historic significance from the golden age of rock and roll reunited years later, lucky to have a couple of original members. When the Ides reunited, they had all of the original members. That is remarkable, and a testament to the bond that is this band.
WMJCPA 2 years ago 24
@WMJCPA Ides of March and New Colony Six give me more fond memories of Chicago than any other groups. LA Goodbye is as heartwarming. Hear the crowd chher at "west side of Chicago" I am cheering too.
MiltonJenkins 1 year ago
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ffsorr 2 years ago
jim peterick is a craftman musician.
truth2masses 2 years ago 4
Outstanding !One of my fav's of all-time. Nice to hear an updated version............
ffsorr 2 years ago
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ffsorr 2 years ago
awesome song...
cronosstigma 2 years ago
Hear LA Goodbye live in concert in 2 shows coming up in May. 29th May they're at the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan; 30th May they're at the Star Plaza Theatre, The Chicago Hitmakers concerts, two nights The Buckinghams, The Ides, and Ronnie Rice. Looking forward to 60s rock Chicagoland style.
ChicagoGold66 2 years ago
Met the Ides in 2001- I sent them a VHS of some of their TV appearances. Saw the Ramones at the Monopoly Rock Club (which later became a male dance review club) w/Skafish opening the show. Ray Herr (bass player on the 1st album) used to play solo acoustic in suburban Illinois & do this tune (claimed he wrote it)
BopDaddy 2 years ago
Great song, great composer, Jim Peterik was an under appreciated star. Vehicle and Eye Of The Tiger are just the most recognizable songs of a fine career. Check out Roller Coaster , an early treasure by the Ides of March...
pilesovinyl 3 years ago 2
"You Wouldn't Listen" is the early treasure for me. Partly because I had just turned 16, got a drivers license and a '53 Ford. I can still remember driving the car, with a pretty blond next to me, listening to "You Wouldn't Listen. Ah, what great memories!
68enxy 2 years ago
A great songrwriter/ performer, from the Hot Late Sixties when so much great music was coming from Chicago (Ides of March, Buckinghams, Chicago, Cryn Shames )
Farinadog13 3 years ago 3
Hey folks I bought their cd from CD UNIVERSE. It is a live edition. All the good songs are on it!
monzavideo 3 years ago
I forgot how good you guys were :) I grew up listening to your music in Wheaton... incredible horns (in Vehicle) and voices -- and you sound better than EVER!
luciamimi7 3 years ago
ONE OF MY ALLTIME FAVORITES! kEEP PLAYIN JIM!
I was a disjockey@ Monopoly Rock Club at the
time and when he played this song it brought
the house down
Dick Mitz imitz123
Imitz123 3 years ago
Keep Jammin' Jimmy
ngml320 3 years ago
Sammie43,
Those were great days. We actually got sick of seeing Styx, REO, Chaka Kahn etc performing at our high school dances!
Tony Domino
tonydominoactor 3 years ago
Saw them live in Springfield Missouri in 72. Great band. Would love to have the album or cd if reissued.
saterberry 3 years ago
Didn't these guys have a follow up to their hit Vehicle that was called Superman? Both of those songs got huge air play in Philadelphia.
gwt55 3 years ago
I love this song! I knew the Ides of March in the late 70's. I was in a garage band from West Rogers Park in Chicago. We did 4-part harmony like the Ides, but never quite reached the level they did. Hearing it now reminds me how jealous I was then, and still am now!
sammie43 3 years ago
wow, Im in Buena Park.....do you know where I can find an original?? Thanx a lot
Don
chgofire 3 years ago
This was removed after I made my coment.
britfrenir 3 years ago
Tight as ever
hkmp5a2 3 years ago
Very Tight
hkmp5a2 3 years ago
some of the guys went to grammar school in Berwyn at Hiawatha school. They performed for us back in 1970....when I was in 2nd grade. They never forgot where they came from!! GREAT song!!
Henrytheape 3 years ago
Wow this bring back some cool memories.
I grew up in LaGrange and hung out at
"Purdoms pick stop" the local guitar store in town. That was where i first met Jim. It was in the early 1980's. He would stop by to chat with the guys there, and one time he played this song. Just him and about 4 people in the shop, sitting on a stool with one of the store guitars, singing away. It was amazing to watch. one of the nicest rock 'n' roll people you could ever want to meet.
Sahdadky 3 years ago
Another perfect song!
susantyrellfan 3 years ago
what a performer jim and the band chicagos best!!
gary52car 3 years ago
best damn song i have ever heard jim is the best !! saw him in palos hills chicago 3 hrs straight what can i say!! gary
gary52car 3 years ago
I LIVE for this song!! It reminds me of my old PHS days ("Mighty Blue of '72"). Bob Stroud needs to put this on one of his Rock 'n Roll CDs.
msulli4 4 years ago
My name is Karen, I graduated in 1976 from East Leyden h.s. in Franklin Park , IL.
Karena49 4 years ago
this song is simply a work of art. a masterpiece.
emrrbv 4 years ago
I loved this song when i was in high school. I lived in Chicago!
Karena49 4 years ago
what high school karen or is it karena?? i was mather class of '71.
emrrbv 4 years ago
I used to hear this song on a radio station that my mother listed to and later I found out the name of the group.
britfrenir 3 years ago
I was going to say where that station was, but I left it out. It was in Desplaines Illinois which is a suburb of Chicago.
britfrenir 3 years ago
Great song!! Brings back memories from my teen years. Always used to hear this song in the summertime along with Vehicle. Very hard song to find. Thank you
rubbersoul1957 4 years ago