Tommy James & the Shondells - Crystal Blue Persuasion -- Visual Interpretation

A visual interpretation of Crystal Blue Persuasion. The audio is from a live performance. They still sound great! I love this song.

For some reason, the comments section of this video was the forum for a debate about religion and what Tommy James had in mind when he wrote this song. For me, Crystal Blue Persuasion is a transcendent song... about more than a specific religious view... about "peace and good and brotherhood" It is simultaneously a plea and a message of hope... "the sun is rising... people are changing... a new vibration... maybe tomorrow..." i don't know what specific influences (religious or otherwise) motivated Tommy James to write and perform this gem, but I am certain that the message is about how we should be treating other members of the human family and that it is a message of hope.

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[foxyroxstar]

WindowsMovieMaker?...Did you get that globe from GoogleEarth?..Don't Mind me..PEACE!

[lightraylove]

@foxyroxstar well that made me smile... yes WMM -- actually I found the animation of the globe and the water waves online -- i bought the water waves from some site -- don't remember what one and peace be with you as well, @foxyroxstar

[foxyroxstar]

(could spiritual reality become the truth?)....or at least let a few people see the blueprints of a new heaven and earth and some actual woman?..a few children I saw and "I" am easily convinced!

[lightraylove]

@foxyroxstar ahhhh lovely thought albeit a bit cryptic... and my answer is yes and yes and yes i think. ~namaste~

[snideline442]

A friend on Facebook just posted this and I had to click on and listen, as well as do so research. Gosh I listened to this on the AM Radio Stations when I was a kid. Don't you wish you could go back to those days of not worrying about where your next meal was coming from, we rode our bikes behind the fogger machines and thought it was cool, we played outside all day without worring about someone lurking around the corner. I was in Wyoming growing up, weekend camping, fishing, hunting, miss it

[hrumpfh]

I remember living in the God forsaken town of Thaxston, Mississippi, against my will, and hearing this, Crimson and Clover and Mississippe Queen and being transformed from a shaven haired military brat to the long haired dope smoker I became

[wyominglost]

@snideline442 WOW! I was a kid in So Cal when this came out and you just pretty much described how life was then for me too.Lived in a small town,about 40 mile inland from the coastline.Now,I live in Wyoming! Raised my kids here.Worked the oil fields. Pretty wierd huh? LOL!

[all4musica]

Beautiful~~~~~~~

[001GenLee]

The galaxies and stars & such in the video remind me of what they're talking about might happen next year in December....hope not, but ya never know. Lovely song, along with the many other 100's of songs of back then.

[winnerdonna]

love this song peace

[TheMindy311]

@lightraylove Namaste 2u2

[AirMail56]

Tommy James music brings spirituality into peoples hearts. People of good will are open to it's message.

[MsThebeMoon]

Having great memories makes getting older not so bad. This feels so good.

[jcmacho1]

great song n video

[Sherayx]

I love this and the words, great video!

[lonewolf81252]

nothing like this type of music wish it was still played on the radio