Well said l am 69 and feel exactly the same way we did have it all ,yes we didn't have mobile phone or credit cards, but we had much more.

They would have zero perception or connection of how we lived and experienced life a couple of generations ago!!

Yep - the 60,s music together with rock n roll - great times and fantastic memories.

Born in the 90's and I envy you. I was born early enough to experience a world without phones and social media but too late knowing I am missing it and still have a lot of years to go dealing with generations of people that will never develop real personalities and shy away from true interpersonal interaction...

The music will never leave our thoughts. We could sing along with the tunes. Now, how much can you scream and that is sad. I sometimes get lost when I hear those songs and cry because that time is lost, Earl Love the oldies, class of 1969

i imagine!

The whole American continent catered to the boomer children, the largest population explosion ever. The boomers have been spoiled by their economic importance every decade, all their life. We were blessed! I look at cartoons today and pity the children of 2000...

Anyone who grew up in that era was blessed with great memories

Just st Bone tired I never walked so much in my 66 years 😊

Thank God for my perfect memory, I sing every song of the 50s and 60s that I loved then, every day.

1958❤🎉

He was just so good!

RUNAWAY in Am ( - = tie, x = times, q = quarter, e = eighth, + = chord, ||:x:|| = repeat x) >> = strum pattern [change Inst Voice to Keys] A3-C4-E4-A4 E4 C4 A3 C4 E4 2x Verse 1 and 2 A3-C4-E4-A4 E4 C4 A3 C4 E4 2x |As I walk along |And as I still walk on G3-B3-D4-G4 D4 B3 G3 B3 D4 2x |wonder |think of F3-A3-C4-F4 C4 A3 F3 A3 C4 2x |our love |Together E3+A#3+B3+E4 (E chord) 11x |q q ee e|eeee eq | (play above 1 more time for Verse 2) Chorus I A3+C#4+E4 (A chord) >>|ee e |ee e | |I’m a walkin’ |Wishin’ |And I wonder |Why | A3+C#4+F#4 (F#m chord)>>|ee e |ee e | |Tears are fallin’|To end |-der |she ran| (play above Chorus I 3 more times) ||: D5 C#5 D5 A4 F#4 :|| A4 D5 |And I wonder where she will| ||: E5 D#5 E5 B4 G#4 :|| B4 E5 |stay | A4 C#5 E5 A4 F#4 |my little | A4 C#5 E5 A4 E4+G#4+B4 (4x + 2x) |Runaway | [change Inst Voice from Keys to MUSITRON] Solo 1 A#4 A4 E4 C4 A4 A#4 A4 E4 C4 E4 A4 G4 F#4-G4 C#4-D4 Bb3-B3 F#3-G3 Bb3-B3 C#4-C4 F#4-G4 F4 E4 F4 C4 A3 F4 E4 F4 C4 A3 F4 F4 E4-F4 (4 times) E4-F4-E4 D4-E4-D4 C4-D4-C4 B3 B3 A3 ~~ A4 (~~ = slur up to) Solo 2 A#4 A4 E4 C4 A4 A#4 A4 E4 C4 E4 A4 G4 F#4-G4 C#4-D4 Bb3-B3 F#3-G3 C#3-D3 Bb2-B2 F#2-G2 F4 E4 F4 C4 A3 F4 E4 F4 C4 A3 F4 F4 E4-F4 (4 times) E4-F4-E4 D4-E4-D4 C4-D4-C4 B3 B3 A3 Chorus II A4 B4 C#5 B4 A4 |I’m a walkin’ | F#4 G#4 A4 G#4 F#4 |Tears are fallin’| A4 B4 C#5 B4 A4 |A wishin’ | F#4 G#4 A4 G#4 F#4 |To end this | A4A4 A4 (A alone)>>|ee e |ee e | |And I wonder | F#4F#4 F#4(F# alone)>>|ee e |ee e | |wonder | A4A4 A4 (A alone)>>|ee e |ee e | |Why | F#4F#4 F#4(F# alone)>>|ee e |ee e | | | ||: D5 C#5 D5 A4 F#4 :|| A4 D5 |wonder | ||: E5 D#5 E5 B4 G#4 :|| B4 E5 |stay | A4 C#5 E5 A4 |Runaway | ||: F#4 A4 C#5 E5 A4 :|| (fade out)

He committed suicide many many years ago

Uh,oh! He killed himself with a 22 rifle back in 1990! WHOOPS!

I thought he killed himself...always bothered me ...such a talent..made my day. Loved his music...

Oh ..I was right..misread the comment...wish I had not...

Had this play at Jr high dance withVALAERIE....MEMS SHE SMELT GOOOD

My late husband and I used to go dancing most Saturday nights at a pretty nice club with a great house band. All young guys. Runaway was always a favorite song of mine, and I kept bugging the band to please learn it. They finally did and did it brilliantly. What a thrill to dance to it played by a live band years after it was big. Ever after they'd strike up Runaway when we came into the club, so we'd have to hit the floor before we'd even sat down. Great times.

Thanks for knowing that too. Burton Cummings has one of the greatest voices in Rock and Roll.

Love Burton Cummings also. Really neat guy too!

Burton Cummings is from my city Winnipeg

Burton Cummings was with Guess Who!! OMG

Yup Burton Cummings the lead singer of my all favorite Canadian Group The Guess Who.

Love it, love it, love it.

Me to Linda love from Australia

I have listened to this song. 15 times on and off, i still don't tire of it.

IMO I think it's the very best version of the song. Even better than the original. Shannon said this version is how he wanted to record it originally, but the big shots wouldn't let him. Given that he was really ahead of his time with the rock beat, pushing the song forward and getting people up on their feet.

This version is AMAZING💜💜💜

The Best versión ever.

Del

@dontzenyourselfout you're a miserable jerk.

dontzenyourselfout John Fogerty is rite there with him. Listen to “ Born on the Bayou “ from the 87 Vietnam Special. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o9WpjNFpssrHk3U.html&feature=share

@dontzenyourselfout he was pretty good, would say runaways one of my top 5 favorite songs, but plenty come close and are on the same level!

A rock and roll superstar to this day. Sir you are missed.

Elvis???????!??!!??!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?

I do

He's great!

I didn't know that. Very cool!

Dion is a magician with music.

I DONT THINK MEL EVER HEARD OF A GUY NAMED BUDDY HOLLY, WHO WROTE HIS OWN SONGS, PLAYED GUITAR AND SANG PRETTY WELL.

I'd also wish it were like that. It be great Del would still around with Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly w/The Crickets, Eddie Cochran, and others that are no longer around. It's great to have these wonderful memories of him. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers backed him up on an album, that was the "Drop Down and Get Me LP". Which was back in 1981, he also knew the Beatles.

Yea, I agree. Big loss RIP Del

He is……

Although not in this genre, my one wish is Harry Chapin was also still with us.....a giant...

I listen to this at 65 and it's a great

Rest in peace Del Shannon

I wasn't around for another year...

Friends say he didn't take his life it was an accident.

Gary Rice he died from suicide because of his depression

@@riceski He shot himself in the head. That's no accident.

Please don't anyone else go this way. Del Shannon made a mistake. Please don't make the same mistake.

@@fredguldbrandsen2723 i know the feelings he had because I have felt it myself.

I like this song and super freak by Rick James

Me too

Me too, 61 years later.

Totally get that. Also their persona's.

WoW, what a wonderful comparison. Love CCR and the opening Riff of Bad Moon Rising always gives me Goosebumps.

I agree with you J 🖒🖒

Del Shannon's does not remind me of John Fogerty one bit. John Fogerty a little bit on the conceited side he thinks he's the greatest thing that happened to rock music when he it's not try a little bit of Ricky Nelson a lot of joint Fogerty's music is nothing but noise

@@fredkaplan9720 Fred, Sure you've got the right Fogerty? Dude, it's well documented that CCR were NEVER into the Drugs and/or Alcohol scene. They are not like the overindulged, overrated and overhyped beatles. Never heard so much Bullcack about the mersrybeat. Hype again you see. CCR were a solid Crew, man. John Fogerty is as far-sighted as Zager&Evans. Chill out, dude 🚬.

No kidding, it really was one of the top, maybe Top 5, rock songs ever recorded. It crossed all sorts of barriers at the time. His unique use of the minor chords and the famous Musictron (by Max Crook) took the music into a new direction, a direction that never turned back to the old style tunes before it. For a great song, combined as a solid trend setter, 'Runaway' will stand out 100 years from now and Shannon's story will live on thru it.

it was plenty manufactured. del was one of the few pre-beatles acts to write his own songs. there are tons of great artists these days - the difference is that the record industry is dead so you have to find the good music for yourself. music without the interference of corporate interests, exploitative contracts and sleazy hype men promising young bands “i’ll make you a star, kiddo!” is pretty great actually.

I need to try this song!

So sad he done himself in depression.....😢😢😢

HELL YEAH !!👍👍👍👏👏👏

Man, no shit.. it really is.. damn i miss music like this

Says every old fogey of that era, as though every piece of music that came out after their own youth passed away just isn't worthy. BS.

I liked the Wilburys alternate version

I never heard Del sing Live before. But, listen carefully how he ' shouts ' his lyrics. This is his best Live performance - his voice went down hill from here on. Was he a cigarette smoker ? Cigarettes kill vocal cords over time

@@garyolafson8303 has

Didn't know he had passed away 3 yrs ago. Thanks!

That song is so good I can hardly listen to it without going to pieces

He outclassed elvis, but with runaway it put him up with the beatles.

Sarah Fernandes u look beautiful as well :)

Lathan Chee simp

@@larryleatherlegs7064 super simp

When depression hits one can’t think or see things clearly. He was only human and like the rest of us he suffered from emotional pain. When he was feeling bad his managers wanted to send him on tour. What gets me is that no one encouraged him to see a doctor or encouraged him to get some type of help. I remember reading that in my local paper. He certainly had a large fan following.

Del Shannon I first heard “Hats off to Larry “ in a Ski Boat on a Hot Summers Day at a Family Picnic. My Cousin Jim had his Transistor cranked and we and a boatload of us singing the Song full volume. It was one of the happiest family moments as a kid. A few years later I remember the Song “From Me To You “ and loved it I was’t the only one as it became the first Beatles song I remember prior to them exploding. Last I worked on the James Taylor Album JT and Handyman became a smash. What inventive an inventive singer songwriter. He was a true Rock Star

Hello!!! How are you doing? Please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you are a fan? Have a great day… Stay Safe!

American graffiti came out in August 1973 not 74

@@kos2318 Maybe but doesn't mean he didn't see it until spring of 74.

your comment prompted me to check; i didn't realize that he committed suicide. a sad ending to a talented artist....

@@seizethedayandlive I heard his wife say his Dr. prescribed some medication for him. It really messed him up, she said he was doing ok & he was even scheduled to meet people in a couple days, about a project he was working on I believe. She came home from the store & found him dead! She insisted it was all because of that medication, he was dead!

I'm sure we'll never know the real extent to which lives have been hurt because of the sale of drugs from licensed doctors who did not consider the impact it could have on their patients....@@Mike583

@@Mike583 I believe the medication was called Prozac. They used to prescribe it for children suffering from depression. They tried my daughter on it. But she was allergic to it. So they took her off. i don't think they prescribe for children anymore.

Michael Bentz it was more than depression. It was that damn drug Prozac!

Way cool!!