Was awesome checking out more Jim Croce! What should we hit next from him?! 🔥🙌🏻
@sirajaxl2 жыл бұрын
You should hit your next YES song before another Jim Croce!!!!
@lucascochran18832 жыл бұрын
I got a name
@mattyoung74152 жыл бұрын
Without a doubt 'You don't mess around with Jim'. You will LOVE IT. Great groove, and a story to boot.
@bob_._.2 жыл бұрын
"Lovers Cross" "I Got a Name"
@allisonreed76822 жыл бұрын
I’ve heard this song hundreds of times and it still leaves me wrecked every single time. Next - “I’ll Have to Say I Love You In a Song.”
@robny14612 жыл бұрын
The rating really doesn't matter. I guarantee that you will listen to that song for years and it will only become even more meaningful as they go by.
@andyandalex2 жыл бұрын
Yes agree 😁
@gerib42342 жыл бұрын
No truer words have been spoken!
@donnaj97692 жыл бұрын
Agree. I still have my original copy of this album and even though I haven’t listened to it in a while I remembered every word & note. Such a great story teller & another one taken from us way too soon.
@PhilTraynor2 жыл бұрын
This is truth. As Andy and Alex age and gain life experience, new nuances of meaning will open up with these songs.
@blanewilliams59602 жыл бұрын
Absolutely agree.
@AmalgaMem2 жыл бұрын
Shoutout to Croce's lead guitarist, the phenomenal Maury Muehleisen.
@surlechapeau2 жыл бұрын
Yes!!! what a great songwriting and guitar partnership they had.
@TracyfromNC2 жыл бұрын
Youre so right...fantastic
@jeffcoat19592 жыл бұрын
Sadly Maury passed away in the same plane crash that took Jim Croce. Such a tragic loss.
@johnbowen82382 жыл бұрын
One thing I've always loved about the guitar in this song is that - to me anyway - it sounds like clockwork.
@mark-be9mq2 жыл бұрын
Nice call.
@gidget87172 жыл бұрын
The thing about "Time in a Bottle" is the fact you never lose the feeling for the song. "Operator" is about romantic love, Time in a Bottle changes as you go through life. As people come and go the song will still bring you a strong emotional feeling. Young- romantic love, young adult-your children, older adult- family and it last when your old like me-all those that have gone on before 👵
@bettybaby632 жыл бұрын
Well said!
@MichaelJMetz2 жыл бұрын
Ditto. Well said.
@Historian2122 жыл бұрын
Beautiful comment!
@owlshollow9599 Жыл бұрын
Yes, exactly.
@DreamseedVR Жыл бұрын
This is how I feel about my dad. He showed me this song. Now its about him for me.
@skybluemarshall2 жыл бұрын
This song takes on new meaning when you learn that Jim wrote the song in December of 1970 after his wife told him, she was pregnant. Less than 3 years later, Jim died in a plane crash at age 30. Those facts completely change this song from a sweet love song to a classic, tragic tear jerker. Just think about it: Time was the one thing that this master songwriter, husband and father didn't have.
@gino882 жыл бұрын
Me watching at 3:20 "They're about to hear one of the best lyrics of the 70s" "If I had a box just for wishes, and dreams that'd never come true. The box would be empty except for the memory of how they were answered by you." Alex: "Dude goosebumps." Me: "Yup!"
@blanewilliams59602 жыл бұрын
Exactly, right on the mark.
@mark-be9mq2 жыл бұрын
Solid.
@ronrodier94962 жыл бұрын
Not just of the 70's. One of the best lyrical phrases of all time!
@jimmypadgett11062 жыл бұрын
Ur absolutely correct. Except a lot and even I didn't know at the songs release it was about his. I used it as a lover or wife. But meaning is the same either way
@gino882 жыл бұрын
The VH1 behind the music on Jim and Ingrid Croce is great and on KZfaq. It would be a nice change of pace if a reaction channel reacted to something like that. It tells the story behind this and other hits of his.
@gregorykrug80342 жыл бұрын
This is one of the very few songs that can bring me to tears. If you know the back story about how he died young, leaving a wife and young child, it makes it that much more powerful for me.
@ThePittsburghToddy2 жыл бұрын
As I sit here, welling up…✌🏻
@beowulfthedane2 жыл бұрын
The line that gets me. "I've looked around enough to know that you're the one I wanna go through time with"
@sdboutet2 жыл бұрын
The guitar almost seems to be weeping right along with us. I remember how heartbroken I was when he died. Awesome song, from an awesome artist.
@PhilTraynor2 жыл бұрын
Amen. The world wept.
@mllang-zy4vl2 жыл бұрын
It's Photographs and Memories that gets me thinking this way.
@lorrilewis21782 жыл бұрын
To me, "Time In A Bottle" is more heartbreaking than "Operator". When you lose someone to death, whether it's a family member, friend, or pet, you wish you could have stopped time and keep living with them.
@doobiedave96862 жыл бұрын
Jim Croce was just one of the many great singer/songwriters of the '70's, along with Harry Chapin, Carly Simon, James Taylor, Carole King, Cat Stevens, Gordon Lightfoot, and Joni Mitchell. 👏👍✌️
@karehelene Жыл бұрын
I love Harry Chapin and I haven't come across any reviewer that has listened to him. I'll have to dig further, because I'd love to fine one.
@jsmarty111 ай бұрын
Him and James Taylor are very comparable. My mum used to play me Taylor’s greatest hits to put me to sleep. Im still moved by his music. With those years of listening to Taylor, it’s heart wrenching listening to Croce, especially knowing he was gone extraordinarily soon. There’s very few artist’s death that make me sadder tbh, his potential was massive. Only John Bonham comes immediately to mind as sadder. What a tragedy, but even more so, what a man.
@chrisdelisle39542 жыл бұрын
re: "My heart didn't fully understand it, yet." Well, Andy, he wrote it for his child. Per Wikipedia, "Croce wrote the lyrics after his wife Ingrid told him she was pregnant, in December 1970. It appeared on his 1972 ABC debut album You Don't Mess Around with Jim and was featured in the 1973 ABC made-for-television movie She Lives!. ABC originally did not intend to release the song as a single; but when Croce was killed in a plane crash in September 1973, its lyrics, dealing with mortality and the wish to have more time, had additional resonance." The general aesthetic of the song is as "A+" or "S-Tier" as it gets. So, you're not wrong for giving it an "A+." When you know the rest of the story, I think it's S-Tier. Some day, when you become a parent, it will be beyond "S-Tier."
@gregorykrug80342 жыл бұрын
Exactly! I have two sons (eleven and ten) and I constantly think about my mortality, wanting to be alive to see them as adults. As soon as this song starts, I think about my two kids and how I need to savor every moment with them.
@chrisdelisle39542 жыл бұрын
@@gregorykrug8034 Yep! Every moment, every day. Two girls here: 11 and 7.
@ThePittsburghToddy2 жыл бұрын
I’m not a parent but this song hits me every single time…✌🏻
@gregorykrug80342 жыл бұрын
@@chrisdelisle3954 Hold them tight!
@adamkadman2 жыл бұрын
Loves me some "Lover's Cross"
@Stoney_Snark2 жыл бұрын
For fun and good songs try “Bad Bad LeRoy Brown” and “Don’t Mess Around With Jim”, both hits and well loved by fans! Another one more like this you’d love is “I’ve Got A Name”.
@blanetalk2 жыл бұрын
Great choice asking for "I Got a Name"... I really love that one!
@757optim2 жыл бұрын
Don't forget about the Roller Derby queen. : )
@ChrisSmith-bz1gl2 жыл бұрын
@@blanetalk My favorite Croce song. The bass in it is amazing too.
@wolflarson712 жыл бұрын
How were these not the first two songs to try?
@Stoney_Snark2 жыл бұрын
@@blanetalk , my actual favorite by Croce.
@thejudge37152 жыл бұрын
This song has great meaning to me. Back in 1997, my dad called me at work to tell me that my mother had passed away. I immediately left work to go home and make arrangements to fly back for her funeral and this was the first song that came on the radio in my car on the way home. About halfway into the song, I had to pull over because I was crying too hard to drive. I still go back to that day every time I hear this song.
@MustangWriter2 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry for your loss
@gigyoung71812 жыл бұрын
Beautiful…
@pamelaziola7698 Жыл бұрын
I am so sorry for your loss!
@bjspeck43372 ай бұрын
And all "if onlys" still sitting there waiting.
@gregscupholm2542 жыл бұрын
This guy was just stellar. "I've Got A Name" and "Lover's Cross" are especially wonderful. Thanks for checking out this genre, guys!
@thomasflynn53662 жыл бұрын
Yes. Lover's Cross. Somehow I didn't hear that song until a few years. One of my favorites now.
@Stormheart9112 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! "Lover's Cross" is a terrific song that's very underappreciated.
@gregmcdonald89622 жыл бұрын
Something nice.
@teesiemom2 жыл бұрын
Love his music! Been one of my favorite musicians and composers for years.✌
@bobboudrot72892 жыл бұрын
Hit those for sure...!
@CamiMack56162 жыл бұрын
Jim was part of the whole singer songwriter genre, that you definitely won't find today. This song is simply gorgeous.
@brianmiller10772 жыл бұрын
Question - did any of the early 70's singer songwriter types have continued success? Obviously Croce died so he couldn't.
@viviandarkbloom12 жыл бұрын
Do you not like Gregory Alan Isakov?
@mark-be9mq2 жыл бұрын
@@brianmiller1077 great question. James Taylor? Paul Simon. Maybe, once they set the bar so high I think people expect a hit you in the heart song each time which isn't possible. ?
@zachhessler87222 жыл бұрын
@@brianmiller1077 Would you count Dylan, John Denver, Jackson Brown? Interesting that many didn't... Harry Chapin, Cat Stevens, John Prine, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, but they all have deep list of greatest hits.
@Nightrelic2 жыл бұрын
Singer songwriter you won’t find today? You need to get out more.
@robertwood13792 жыл бұрын
Jim Croce was such a good song writer. His music can be divided into love songs, break up songs, and telling up beat music stories about characters who are on the seamier side of life. My favorite character song is "You don't mess around with Jim." A great break up song is Lover's Cross. Before you leave Jim Croce, I highly recommend those two songs
@robertbailey52392 жыл бұрын
"You Don't Mess Around with Jim" and "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" are bookends to his lighter side. Both are way different than the two songs you've done before. They are almost like a different artist in a different genre but still A+ to S tier for what they bring to the table.
@JoeMama4102 жыл бұрын
Those are my two favorites!
@bobbylawson20622 жыл бұрын
Good picks
@atomwatt772 жыл бұрын
He wrote this song for his infant son AJ. He died not long afterward. The song hits so hard once you become a parent, believe me. Check out the cover that AJ Croce did of this song. Right in the feels.
@glenlockwood55152 жыл бұрын
We recently saw his son perform. Skills! Only played one of his father’s covers (I’m embarrassed to say I don’t recall which one), but his set was stellar. And his backstory just takes this to another level. Timeless songwriting.
@ruuuuudiii2 жыл бұрын
The problem I've always had with this story is the lyric "I've looked around enough to know that you're the one I want to go through time with". You don't "look around" for your children, that's a line you write for a significant other. Still, one of the greatest songs of all times. And yes, it's an easy S Tier.
@nj16392 жыл бұрын
Jim "Crow Chee" is how they pronounced it back in the day. "Don't mess around with Jim" and "Bad, bad Leroy Brown" have been mentioned and should be visited.......great storytelling in these two.
@jeromiemunoz29202 жыл бұрын
I laugh everytime Alex tries to say his name. They should diffently get your song mentions.
@vincegay9862 жыл бұрын
Thanks for clarifying how Croce and the deejays back in the day pronounced his name.
@karenvega70892 жыл бұрын
One Less Set of Footsteps, Lover's Cross, Photographs and Memories. Can't go wrong with anything you choose.
@emmett-amber54562 жыл бұрын
It doesn't matter how many times I hear this one, I still get teary eyed when I hear it. This time made no exception. My favorite Croce. And there are zero bad Croce's.
@ellbee22 жыл бұрын
I do too.
@MrMike40172 жыл бұрын
Me too this always makes me tear up. That being said, have a loving, giving Merry Christmas🎄
@urbangrouse2 жыл бұрын
Me too. Hits me right in the feels. Merry Christmas everyone!
@minkademko23352 жыл бұрын
Yup, this song never fails to stir me from the time it first played on the radio. The kicker was when I visited my big brother, whom I admire and rarely get to spend time with; we sat down together at his piano and this one popped up in his play books. Again, a tear came to my eye as I followed the lyrics while he played. Jim Croce was a master of emotion in this one!
@stevencouch56912 жыл бұрын
My head says “suggest one of his more upbeat songs, they’re fun!”, but my heart says “they need to hear I’ll Have To Say I Love You In A Song and New York’s Not My Home!”.
@kathygreager27612 жыл бұрын
I'm torn between New Yorks Not My Home, and I Got a Name. Great call though Stephen :)
@edvonblue2 жыл бұрын
@@kathygreager2761 yes, those are the two I would recommend also.
@glenclark22292 жыл бұрын
He wrote several “fun” songs that are worth checking out. Rapid Roy the Stock Car Boy, Roller Derby Queen, and one of my favorites Working at the Car Wash Blues.
@clydeb77132 жыл бұрын
How about hard time losing man? I spent all that night trying to get right on an ounce of oregano!
@gregghelmberger2 жыл бұрын
Glad to see love for "Working at the Car Wash Blues." That song can put a smile on my face no matter how bad things get around me.
@andro_omega2 жыл бұрын
I started with Croce with Time in a Bottle, but now, it's these that always get turned up in the car. Car Wash Blues is so great!
@clydeb77132 жыл бұрын
@@andro_omega Dig into the rabbit hole. Rapid Roy, Roller Derby Queen, Jim sang about life of the working and playing man with point on lyrics!
@ammie86592 жыл бұрын
Andy and Alex- spreading love and closing the generation gap one song at a time.
@MarkLindsayCNC2 жыл бұрын
Preach! I'll give you an Amen!
@brentleyroyals30322 жыл бұрын
This song was released and topped the charts posthumously. He was killed in a plane crash after performing a makeup show for LSU and fulfilling a promise. You’re the best guys.
@gregorykrug80342 жыл бұрын
Not to nitpick, but it was Northwestern State University, not LSU. Such a tragic story!
@basedsalty69702 жыл бұрын
Jim despised the music industry as well and was going get out of the business so he could spend more time with his family.
@RaymondBCrisp2 жыл бұрын
Jim was taken from us FAR too soon. Such a poet...
@markpalfenier58512 жыл бұрын
Last name is pronounced crow-che
@grega85862 жыл бұрын
@@markpalfenier5851 Not according to the man... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lax1oaepxM3Fc30.html I had always thought that also until this was shown to me.
@lindsaymac012 жыл бұрын
If this song doesn't move you to tears, you don't have a soul. Jim wrote the song in 1970 when his wife told him she was pregnant. He died in a plane crash 3 years later. Vale, Jim.
@jhamptonjr2 жыл бұрын
This track was released posthumously. Talk about a bunch of hippies crying their eyes out the first few times hearing this. I miss him still. He has some really "playful" songs, too, much more upbeat. Like Rapid Roy (That Stock Car Boy), Roller Derby Queen, Five Short Minutes, One Less Set Of Footsteps, You Don't Mess Around With Jim, man I could go on and on, he has so many great songs, all written by him. And don't sleep on Maury Mulheisen , his partner who played acoustic Lead Guitar on all these great songs. Thanks for the great song, and yes, it's an S-tier song!
@theresadeleon50672 жыл бұрын
LOL My "hippie sister" brought this album home and we all listened to it constantly. I was just a kid but I'd sneak and play it when she wasn't around.(Don't touch it!) Back when vinyl was king and you played the entire album over and over. Hope you enjoy whatever holiday you celebrate this time of year. Peace!
@yogarose2552 жыл бұрын
This was the quintessential wedding song for a while. It’s beautiful.
@HamiltonRb2 жыл бұрын
Followed by the divorce song. Bad bad Leroy Brown
@99sheepy2 жыл бұрын
For sure, I have played this song live, at many weddings.
@markstoudenmire49352 жыл бұрын
For me his song "Photographs & Memories" has always pulled hard at the heartstrings; even when I was a kid I realized there was something special and meaningful about those lyrics. Even though they are more in line with a relationship falling apart, the lyrics mean even more to me these days after having lost grandparents and parents, numerous friends over the years and as of last year losing my wife... the song is very poignant.
@charlesburris63142 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song.
@SandraHof2 жыл бұрын
I am so sorry for your losses. My heart has some understanding of your sense of loss, as I have them as well-my grandparents, parents, my beloved husband of 21 years and too many friends to count now. I kind of wonder if Andy has not yet lost someone he is close to, since he is pretty young. Maybe that is why he could not relate to the song as much. Andy fully got it. Again, I am sorry for the loss of your wife and other loved ones. (Revelation 21:3, 4)
@markstoudenmire49352 жыл бұрын
@@SandraHof Thank you Sandra...and my my thoughts are with you as well. Have a great holiday season!
@richardhooser50962 жыл бұрын
Please accept my condolences. I completely agree with your comment regarding Photographs and Memories. That song takes you back to all of the important people and moments in your life. It was such a gift.
@mark-be9mq2 жыл бұрын
Very Well, said. That resonates with so many here, I think, now that we are in the age where losses have become a more regular almost permanent part of our lives.
@rogerpitcher65402 жыл бұрын
Andy would dig “I’ve got a name”. Alex will give it an S.
@brianrobinson56672 жыл бұрын
Agree.
@jdscottphd2 жыл бұрын
Friends, please shout-out the guitarist by name - MAURY MUEHLEISEN ("mule-high-zen"), he died in the same plane crash with Jim. They combination of their talent was just so transcendent - take a look at any of their live work together to see that amazing chemistry. For fun, you might want to listen to "Roller Derby Queen" or "Working at the Car Wash Blues," but all of his "heartbreaking" songs are brilliant. "New York's Not My Home," "Box #10," "Alabama Rain," "One Less Set of Footsteps." Also, "I've Got a Name."
@lisaw56042 жыл бұрын
Beautiful comment. Rest in peace Maury Muehleisen. 🙏♥️
@Cboy20232 жыл бұрын
He died just as this song came out..so freaky given the words! How does that impact Andy’s rating..that was the context of how we first heard it
@jeremiahrose46812 жыл бұрын
An artist gone way too soon, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas
@VolcanoGroupie2 жыл бұрын
Completely agree. Andy, does it change your rating?
@mattshaw61802 жыл бұрын
“I’ve Got A Name” and "You Don’t Mess Around With Jim" are two more very personal Croce songs, the first a rumination and the second a brag. Pick one!
@blanewilliams59602 жыл бұрын
And then the other, both of these should be hit by A&A
@kyleterrell68422 жыл бұрын
This dude is the only artist that died early that I'm confident would have created many many more hits. He's got like 20 great songs, and he only put out like 2 albums.
@alecmolander Жыл бұрын
otis redding too
@AuburnAlum19772 жыл бұрын
Jim's lookalike son AJ grew up to be a singer-songwriter too. He sounds a lot like his dad. It's especially touching to hear him sing Jim's song "I Got a Name."
@SpiderMcGee2 жыл бұрын
"I Got a Name" was released as a single the day after he died in 1973.
@Guitaural.2 жыл бұрын
You think? I heard him once and thought he sounded like Tom Waits or something...nothing like Jim. Maybe that was an anomaly?
@billsupanich4522 жыл бұрын
2 things. 1, it was written for his son while he was on the raod. 2, My wife and I were married to this song 42 years ago. Great song , thanks.
@JamesRea22 жыл бұрын
The next storyteller needs to be Harry Chapin - Taxi.
@jdscottphd2 жыл бұрын
I was just thinking about how Cats in the Cradle, Tangled Up Puppet, A Better Place to Be, WOLD, Mr. Tanner would impact these two. More master storytelling.
@chopagain7392 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@rhiahlMT2 жыл бұрын
My husband was one of the Vets who died on a VA waiting list. He was in a hospital bed in our room and out of it. This song and one other were two rock songs he'd tolerate. I put this on and about the last two lines I felt such overwhelming sense of loneliness. It took me a minute to realize he had died and it was the silence. Great song, had to pass on it. Hope you guys enjoyed it.
@tamifaulkner41032 жыл бұрын
My heart goes out to you. ❤
@greggonzalez859 Жыл бұрын
Sister my condolences. I have lived Jim’s music all my life. Jim was a vet also. Your husband was blessed in that he had you. I thank you both for your service - Im a veterans mentor in Miami. I served 83-90. Thank you.
@rhiahlMT Жыл бұрын
@@greggonzalez859 Thanks for the condolences. I'm going to be looking for what benefits there are on the new bill. His cancer being a direct results of burn pits in Iraq. We will see. As a Veteran myself, I'll be looking for the local organizations for help in filing the claim.
@laurateall88472 жыл бұрын
I just can't say enough about Jim Croce; his style, his guitar, his voice, his passion, and his humility. I'm 62 now but I loved him at 17 and it hasn't changed a bit since then. The picture of his baby boy was featured on an album that was released after he died. I wept. More than once. Just so good.
@steveullrich77372 жыл бұрын
Exactly, and to think what else he could have given us and his family had he had lived.
@badkitty49222 жыл бұрын
Thank you SO MUCH, guys, for playing this AMAZING song by the late, great Jim Croce ( Crow-chee). ETA: there are two other songs by Croce that were much loved by me when I was a kid, Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown (or maybe just Leroy Brown), and You Don't Mess Around With Jim. Check them out. They were both also very popular songs by Jim Croce.
@jeremiahrose46812 жыл бұрын
One of a kind artist for sure, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas
@badkitty49222 жыл бұрын
@@jeremiahrose4681 Thank you, so much! You have a wonderful Christmas and New Year's, too!💖💖😘😘👋👋👋
@jeremiahrose46812 жыл бұрын
@@badkitty4922 Always, this years Christmas will be extra special this year....counting the day until then.
@debbiedebbie7612 жыл бұрын
Aren't they the same song?
@badkitty49222 жыл бұрын
@@debbiedebbie761 no. Look him up in YT, both songs should be there. They're both cool, lighthearted songs. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year!💖😘🙏👍👍👋👋👋
@rolabang2 жыл бұрын
Photographs & Memories. That’s the next one. It is amazing!!
@LoveBandit10002 жыл бұрын
"Jim Croce? Man, he was tuned into something that the rest of us just don't get to see." - Jerry Reed
@bwilliams4632 жыл бұрын
What I love about this song is its timelessness; you could go back in time 500 years and sing it word-for=word and note-for-note and everybody would understand its meaning.
@randyvanderplaats62482 жыл бұрын
"Bad Bad Leroy Brown" is a must! Along with "I'll have to say I love you in a song" Both great songs
@sallyphillips91752 жыл бұрын
Oh, I LOVE "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song!"
2 жыл бұрын
Leroy Brown is a must precisely because it is so unbelievably different from this and Operator. (And Andy is wrong with his A+ :D)
@bodhisattva37742 жыл бұрын
One of the best from the era of the singer songwriter.
@karenstjohn67592 жыл бұрын
Harry Chapin is another great singer songwriter from that era. “The Cat’s in the Cradle”, “Taxi” are wonderful: or, for a very funny story, “ 30,000 Pounds of Bananas”; are all must listens.
@andrewmcnitt80032 жыл бұрын
Not a deep cut, but not as chart hitting was “Walkin’ Back to Georgia”. Absolutely beautiful song in this same vein of sincere and meaningful songs.
@DianaJG82 жыл бұрын
I've ALWAYS loved this song since High School ('74 grad.) ❤ HUGE Croce (pronounced Crow-chee) fan; still mourn his passing...💔 This song was for and about his son, who has followed in his footsteps, but couldn't bring himself to do this song for a very long time...
@757optim2 жыл бұрын
Jim has several "fun" songs that are great, but his "love songs" are stellar S tier stuff. RIP the great Jim Croce.
@stevedem762 жыл бұрын
"I'll have to say I love you in a song" is to me the greatest love song ever recorded. But Jim's has S tier upbeat songs too, "I got a name", " Rapid Roy". Leroy Brown and you don't mess around with Jim are good upbeat songs, but a little gimmicky, less artistic than many of his songs.
@AnthonyMinsky2 жыл бұрын
Exactly. All my favorite of his are the serious songs. BUT, all his funny story songs are really great too.
@michaelmacintyre96432 жыл бұрын
Jim Croce, Gordon Lightfoot, Harry Chapin…. Nothing but class.
@raymiller85552 жыл бұрын
Love Jim Croce as apparently it’s shared by you both. Died much to young. I will continue to promote Dan Folgeberg, who also passed away in his prime. Folgeberg is an awesome storyteller with songs like Leader of the Band (tribute to his father) and Same Ol Lang Syne (about running into an old lover on Christmas Eve). Also Harry Nillson has been mentioned (Without You). I know I have promoted these artists in the past and will continue.As they say, persistence pays off.
@JamesSmith-oe9ew2 жыл бұрын
Awesome suggestion
@billbabcock18332 жыл бұрын
Croce was an amazing storyteller. You've done 2 of his best 3 songs. You need to react to Bad Bad Leroy Brown, his most popular song.
@JamieDavisBooks2 жыл бұрын
Try something from him a little more upbeat and fun. “Don’t Mess Around with Jim” or “Bad Bad Leroy Brown”
@tjtampa2142 жыл бұрын
Oh yes, can't wait for them to sample these songs also. 💚 Love the humor along with the huge talent.
@heatherfoster40982 жыл бұрын
Absolutely MUST DO!!!! ASAP
@skiprockjr.68812 жыл бұрын
I was going to make pretty much the same comment verbatim before I read it. Weird. Same two songs and everything.
@curtisbuchanan2852 жыл бұрын
Both are a must do!
@brettv59672 жыл бұрын
Yes. They need to catch that flip-side of Croce.
@russelldye37512 жыл бұрын
This became our song when it came out way back when! It will be 49 years February 14 th !
@steveandme632 жыл бұрын
I think Operator has a tragic/sad drama feel about it. They are both exceptional songs but strike different heartstrings.
@lisaw56042 жыл бұрын
Brilliance. Let the happy tears flow. I do love this song, but understand the differing rating. It's all how it hits you through life and what you're going through, yes? Keep this song in your playlist, you'll need it one day. :) Have a great Wednesday. Catch ya later! 💖✌️😊
@susanklasinski18052 жыл бұрын
Spreading love in the comments, Lisa 🥰❤🤗
@lisaw56042 жыл бұрын
@@susanklasinski1805 I was just heading to you! Great minds, girl... haha 🤗💝🌹😊
@WilliamTheMovieFan2 жыл бұрын
I sang this song to my cat as he died, very young, due to cancer. He was a cool little buddy, and I wish we had more time together. He was a stray I found injured and broken from an animal attack, doctor said fox or raccoon, and nursed him back to health, even saving his leg. We couldn't beat cancer though. Even the doctor cried. She said he fought so hard and never was grumpy about it. Great song by Croce, but it makes me sad.
@spanieaj2 жыл бұрын
I started to think of my dog that I lost to cancer last January. At this time last year, she was going through chemotherapy. I was driving her 70 miles to Philly every 2 weeks for her chemo. Initially she responded well, but as we approached Christmas, she started to back track and get worse. She ended up having a major permanent seizure. I drove her to Philly with my wife and oldest daughter to have her put to sleep. We said our last "goodbyes". I watched the doctor wheel her body down the hallway and around the corner. As she slipped out of view that final time, I just broke down. I wish we had another 3 or 4 years together. However, I am comforted that I never took her for granted and I made the most of the time we had.
@allisonreed76822 жыл бұрын
Oh my…I’m so sorry. How heartbreaking. 😢
@unndunn12 жыл бұрын
❤️
@WilliamTheMovieFan2 жыл бұрын
@@spanieaj Yeah, I get it. We tried so hard to save our cat, Barnaby. When the vet was running tests on him she thought she may have to sedate him, but Barnaby just purred the whole time. I guess he knew the vet was trying to help. We'll both see our friends someday, in the great hereafter. Take care brother!
@WilliamTheMovieFan2 жыл бұрын
@@venitaspringman9578 Hey was my little buddy. He would come running to see me when I got home and he would tell me about his day. He was quite chatting, in the sweetest way. Yeah, we need to destroy cancer with much prejudice!
@FawzySimon2 жыл бұрын
I'm not going to spread this love on any particular comment - rather, I'll just say that I love how the A&A community is POSITIVE no matter if they agree or disagree. This is a beautiful place and, fellas, you guys are the best. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to A&A and all of the A&A'ers.
@texasca97532 жыл бұрын
You gotta do "One Less Set of Footsteps". BEST break-up song ever, with some of my favorite lyrics.. You've been talking in silence Well if it's silence you adore There will be one less set of footsteps on your floor Come the morning. Kinda the opposite of "Operator", but IMO just as good. Really, really incredible lyrics. Great guitar work too.
@jeffcoat19592 жыл бұрын
That song has one of the greatest lines of all time: "After all it's what we've done, that makes us what we are..."
@texasca97532 жыл бұрын
@@jeffcoat1959 Sooooo many good lines.
@texasca97532 жыл бұрын
@music-two-my-ears Thank you!
@paulandresen84522 жыл бұрын
I have loved Jim Croce since 1972. I enjoy watching you guys love it too. I got my goosebumps right before Alex said he got his. So cool. I did get a smile about the rating argument, only this kind of song can solicit the comment that A+ is not enough. Enjoy guys
@jeremiahrose46812 жыл бұрын
True. Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas
@robmaeder3302 жыл бұрын
The next Croce song should be "I'll have to say I Love you in a Song"
@jaydayton97812 жыл бұрын
Absolutely - one of his best songs. And the back story to how it was written...
@clydeb77132 жыл бұрын
If you watched the video of him singing this ,while holding and playing with his young son A.J,. knowing he would die soon thereafter at 30yrs old, you would really CRY!
@jjr0072 жыл бұрын
There is no wrong way to go from here, everything in his catalog is gold!
@MissAstorDancer2 жыл бұрын
I tell you this with absolute LOVE and AFFECTION: Even with my two favorite bobble-heads bobbing along, this beautiful song still reduces me to tears streaming down my face! Happy Holidays!⏳🕰♥🎧🎁🎄🎆🎅💝😏
@jeremiahrose46812 жыл бұрын
Here's a song that always got to me. I remember when I was in the military and I'm from AZ and stationed in NY; this song came on and it always hit me like a ton of bricks: "New York's not my Home".
@amyd65918 ай бұрын
As a toddler (50 years ago), I would cry every time it came on the radio. It’s just such a touching song, you don’t even even have to understand the lyrics to feel its impact.
@DM-hk4cw2 жыл бұрын
Jim was in the army, a truck driver and special education teacher before making it big. I guess that's why his songs resonate with the everyday man.
@brianrobinson56672 жыл бұрын
Not surprised at Andy's reaction to "Time in a Bottle"; I have never been that crazy about it. I'm going to immediately go listen to "Don't Mess Around With Jim" as a palate cleanser.
@mstob19692 жыл бұрын
Agree. Don't get me wrong, I like the song, but it probably rates about 8-9th of my favorite Jim Croce songs.
@loosilu2 жыл бұрын
I love guitar harmonics, so I always have a soft spot for songs that use it. This song is on that list.
@stuartmortensen60332 жыл бұрын
A great breakup song "One Less Set Of Footsteps" Not having the words to express yourself "Have to say I love you in a song"
@wannabeaway2 жыл бұрын
He wrote this song for his unborn son, and later had an untimely death. I've listened to this song my whole life, and always liked it but didn't think much past assuming it was a romantic love song. Then, I had two sons of my own. I fear for them, celebrate them, worry about them, feel pride in them, and give them my all. This song is how I feel when I realize they're now becoming men, and I can't have the innocence and joy of their "little years" back. My little boys are gone. Then, I learned the story being this song, and now can't hear it without tearing-up. S-tier, for sure, but it came to me over time.
@Shadowrider18722 жыл бұрын
GOOOOOOOD MORNING A&A FAMILY!! ☮️❤️♾️
@allisonreed76822 жыл бұрын
Good Morning, @John H!
@Shadowrider18722 жыл бұрын
@@allisonreed7682 morning Allison 🥰
@susanklasinski18052 жыл бұрын
Spreading love ❤ in the comments 🥰
@bigmac99402 жыл бұрын
“Photographs and Memories” is a beautiful song.
@jameshill24506 ай бұрын
Closing your eyes and waving your heads like that is absolutely the correct way to listen to this song. Not many people can nail it like on their first try, you guys seem to know what you're doing here.
@thelawofficesofdeweycheatu71662 жыл бұрын
OK, time to check out Croce's other side. Bad Bad Leroy Brown, Don't Mess Around with Jim, Working At the Carwash Blues, Roller Derby Queen
@DM-hk4cw2 жыл бұрын
Roller Derby Queen is hilarious.
@tjtampa2142 жыл бұрын
Jim Croce is "S".... I also love "Operator" better but this song, of course, we have to give props ...it is wonderful. But I seriously enjoy "Operator." In that song, he has kind of dealt with it and is coping. Lyrics from "Operator" ...I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well I only wish my words could just convince myself that it just wasn't real but that's not the way it feels. Whew! Powerful! ❤
@matthintz94682 жыл бұрын
My favorite song by Croce is not one that a lot of people talk about - "Walkin' Back to Georgia." So full of hope, longing, sadness, and determination. Makes me tear every time. I feel like I've been walking back to Georgia for fifteen years now. I wonder if I'll ever get there?
@jamescoomer44132 жыл бұрын
"Walkin' Back to Georgia" & "Box #10" are 2 of his lesser known gems.
@jamescoomer44132 жыл бұрын
Dan Fogelberg's "Same Old Lang Syne" is the perfect New Years Eve song!
@jeremiahrose46812 жыл бұрын
Song always bring a tear to my eye, great song by a legend; Can't wait till they do a upbeat Croce song......Roller Derby Queen for instance.
@jonhoward48842 жыл бұрын
Jim Croce was a national treasure. He a lot of S tier level songs, especially for someone who did relatively young. "Have to Say I love You in a Song" and "I've Got a Name" would be good next listens, but like I said he has quite the catalog.
@MoMoMyPup102 жыл бұрын
"I've Got A Name". Don't sit on this one gentlemen. Fun to see Andy press so hard for the big "S" for one of my favorite all time songs!
@MoMoMyPup10 Жыл бұрын
And you NEVER got around to it??? That's a sin
@richarddevine2052 жыл бұрын
The Croce's lived just around the corner from my buddy in the 80's in Pt. Loma, a really nice community here in San Diego. I believe his wife still lives in the same house. Growing up in the era that I did we could go from deep purple to david bowie to jim croce to queen to pink floyd to otis reding etc....., it didn't matter. Good music was good music and we had a ton of good music. Songs that are still relevant today and will be in another 40-50 years. It was an awesome time to be alive.
@michaeldietzen86132 жыл бұрын
The look on Alex's face when Andy dropped the A plus rating. I was waiting for a WWE moment where Alex went with a chair shot to the head or a stone cold stunner. Lol
@theplanetruth2 жыл бұрын
First!!!!! Love love love Croce!!! When you guys gonna tap Harry Chapin’s LIVE catalogue ???
@IZZY_EDIBLE2 жыл бұрын
Well done.
@badkitty49222 жыл бұрын
Oooh, that's a really good suggestion!👍👋👋👋 Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year's holiday!💖💖😘😘👍👍
@badkitty49222 жыл бұрын
@@IZZY_EDIBLE I agree! Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year's holiday!💖💖😘😘👍👍
@rff25522 жыл бұрын
He wrote the song for his pregnant wife. It was release 2 weeks after his death which occurred days before his sons 2nd Birthday. TRAGIC
@randysalas34532 жыл бұрын
He is such an underrated artist, Working at the car wash blues, I have to say I love you in a song, One less set of footsteps( my fav)..
@guitarman1227632 жыл бұрын
Car wash blues,You don,t mess around with Jim ,,Bad bad Leroy Brown,,Speed ball Tucker,Rapid Roy,,Best ballad in my opinion is Lovers Cross ,,definitely some of the best guitar work by Jim and Maury!!!
@Drummingvulture2 жыл бұрын
Both songs you've listened to are from his "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" album. This was his first album that wasn't a collaboration with his wife, Ingrid. The first single off of it was the title song. While nothing at all like "Operator" or "Time In A Bottle", it's still a very cool story song, just more upbeat. There's not a weak song on the entire album.
@evanpenn12 жыл бұрын
A masterpiece that’s rarely been equalled. Love Croce. Jim had all that time that he treasured, with his love, taken away,. Such an injustice.
@dlpowers38982 жыл бұрын
JIm Croce was so acoustically brilliant in the simplicity he brought to his music. I just realized SO many great artists have died from plane crashes....just so sad but his memory will always live on! thx for sharing Andy & Alex :)
@koltonk27132 жыл бұрын
Alex's defense of his S rating was excellent, but I was surprised you guys didn't really touch on the heartbreak of the chorus "There never seems to be enough time..." Oddly, the happy verses are in a minor key and the heartbreak of wasted time switches to major.
@minkademko23352 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's ironic.
@davidschecter52472 жыл бұрын
I never realized how much he sounds like a young Gordon Lightfoot. You definitely lead to listen to more "Jim," and early Lightfoot, like "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" and the first version of "Song for a Winter's Night." Canada's greatest songwriter.
@dianemalone94962 жыл бұрын
Andy needs a slap! Unplug your ears and open your heart! This song is a beautiful classic love song. One of the most beautiful songs ever written ❤️
@libsterella2 жыл бұрын
Sobbing! Every time I hear this song, I think of all the people I have loved that are now gone from this world. Including Jim Croce.
@georgewodicka48392 жыл бұрын
Jim Croce Harry Chapin James Taylor Gordon Lightfoot John Denver Pick a card, any card...
@SacredMojo2 жыл бұрын
I’d like to add to your list Dan Fogelberg 😀
@cherylstevens99142 жыл бұрын
All of the above AND Cat Stevens
@chrystlearkan19682 жыл бұрын
This song was written when Croce found out his wife was pregnant. Turns out the boy, A.J. Croce, is also a musician.
@deborahdennehy99372 жыл бұрын
All I can say that this particular song is absolutely superb. Jim Croce singing/songwriter was sensational singing this song not long before he died in the airoplane crash - 1973 R.I.P. Jim xx
@nessaseetah18052 жыл бұрын
He's gonna break our hearts... Yes, and heal them too. His voice = love.
@pinewaves2 жыл бұрын
If you can, you must LEARN this song on guitar. You’ll appreciate this song even more. You’ll notice that there are two acoustic parts and one small electric guitar part. In general, this song is such a joy to listen, sing, and play.
@JamieDavisBooks2 жыл бұрын
Really great point. So many of the songs on this channel are appreciated even more as a musician. Thanks for that reminder!
@armadillotoe2 жыл бұрын
It drove me crazy trying to learn this until I realized there were two guitars. I realized capturing the gist of it instead of note for note was the way to go for a solo act.
@RandyHall3242 жыл бұрын
@@armadillotoe LOL...I had the exact same experience with Operator, which was one of the songs that made me want to learn how to play the guitar. It's still one of my favorite songs to play, but until I can record it and then add that second guitar part (Maury's), it still feels incomplete.
@pinewaves2 жыл бұрын
@@JamieDavisBooks My pleasure. :)
@robmaeder3302 жыл бұрын
Awesome artist. Do Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin.
@jeremiahrose46812 жыл бұрын
An amazing request for sure, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas
@drhust19552 жыл бұрын
I remember listening to the radio when the I heard the news (1973)Jim was killed in a plane crash during take off. So shocking and sad. He just started to make it big and his life was cut short. RIP Jim Croce
@Chrisrw20232 жыл бұрын
This song never gets old. My favorite Jim Croce songs , I got a Name, Photographs and Memories and You Don't Mess Around with Jim