A Return To The NFL Symphony

I've been itching to do a grandiose video project like I used to, and so spent the last 10 days putting this together. Going back to my roots here, and it feels good. I uploaded six separate test samples of this video while working on it to make sure ZERO instances of the footage I used were flagged by you-know-who for copyright, and passed with flying colors. I also used only library music and am making no mention of the sport itself. I've done all I can do to make this one fly under the radar. Folks, if this video gets taken down, I can only assume we have a traitor in our midst :)

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

I've been itching to do a grandiose video project like I used to, and so spent the last 10 days putting this together. Going back to my roots here, and it feels good. I uploaded six separate test samples of this video while working on it to make sure ZERO instances of the footage I used were flagged by you-know-who for copyright, and passed with flying colors. I also used only library music and am making no mention of the sport itself. I've done all I can do to make this one fly under the radar. Folks, if this video gets taken down, I can only assume we have a traitor in our midst :)

[@rodneyrankin3878]

Awesome! Your work is a delight, as always. Makes me nostalgic for the way Sundays used to be.

[@morrieswigs]

amazing work!

[@eniolasesay5113]

Are you Dave Volsky

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Only Dave Volsky creates videos like this :)

[@cbhash42]

I truly appreciate what you do.

[@depaola63]

My day! 🏈👀🎉 I’m now 61 and these were absolutely better days than I can even express! ❤️

[@gpowellish1]

Yes sir, I'm 58. I remember those days well.

[@primateproductions126]

Watching a football spiral mid air in slow motion to NFL films music is pure gold.

[@BT-be8rh]

Great football plays and no choreographed dances afterwards!! I miss those days!!

[@bajikimran2304]

Seeing this old footage reminds me of a story most NFL fans don't know about today. After the AFL - NFL merger was announced, the NFL split from 2 conferences (Eastern and Western) into 4 divisions of 4 teams in preparation for the upcoming merger and expanded playoffs. Only one team from each division made the playoffs and that was the division winner. The divisions were the Capitol, Century, Coastal and Central. The NFL did this from 1966 to 1969. In 1967, the Colts went into the last game of the season at home, leading the Rams by one game. The Colts were 11-0-2, the Rams were 10-1-2. The clubs had played to a 24-24 tie in Los Angeles earlier in the season. The Rams crushed the Colts that day 34-10. The clubs finished with identical 11-1-2 records, but the Rams got the playoff spot based on a better head to head record. The point of the story is the Colts went into the last game of the season without loss, yet they did not make the playoffs. For what it's worth, the Rams lost to Green Bay in the first round of the playoffs 28-7. That Packer win set up the infamous "Ice Bowl" game with Dallas.

[@stephaniegormley9982]

Also the Pack was only 9-4-1 but had home field on the Rams because in those days it was rotated, not based on best record. Had the game been in LA it might have been a different story.

[@firestriker3580]

Most NFL fans do know it

[@brettshepherd5240]

Yungins don't know how great the nfl and nfl films was back in the 70s to mid 80s

[@spencerpearson3986]

i do!

[@christophergraves6725]

I would say NFL Films declined after the very early 70's. They were at their best in the 60's. For some they did away with NFL Action, which was a great TV show in the summer. When they did show highlights, they dropped the marital music that was so inspirational and they phased out John Facenda. Those were huge mistakes. Football gradually became less interesting to me over the course of the 70's and I lost most of my interest in the 80's. Now, I don't watch the NFL at all.

[@DaffyDuck007]

The SOUL of the NFL simply OOZES through the Veins of Volsky. Thank you for preserving the art my friend!

[@CTubeMan]

I’m so glad you’re...here! The sad thing about pro sports getting partisan is that channels like this remind me (and others, I’m sure) how great sports can be and why we have loved watching them for so long.

[@Thorsrock]

This NEVER gets old...just old school! Beautiful.

[@johnm8096]

What made this game so endearing was not only the product on the field, but the theatrical presentation that NFL Films brought into our homes. Both have seemingly gone and replaced by point spreads and fantasy football. Thanks for keeping these glorious films memories of the game we once loved alive.

[@smarks12]

KPM Library featured heavily here. These songs are so good. Thank you Mr. Volsky.

[@gregggibson8784]

Man, I've been missing this stuff! A triumphant return. An AWESOME project. Thank you!!

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Thank you Gregg!

[@22_cincatt]

I fell asleep on the couch. Woke up at 1:15 am. Looked at my phone. 📱 I found a present(ation). Thanks!

[@ChristopherCowfer]

This music gives me goosebumps, can't wait for another season!

[@leroystover1062]

Thanks 😊 old schoolers football 2 some of the players in this video RIP THAT WE LOST😢

[@paulpetri8738]

Late to the party Dave. Great video as always. The music at 31:44 will forever be burned into my memory as the music used by Kenner Toys for the very first Star Wars figures ad. Sometime in late 1977. I was in High School. Strange what sticks with you.

[@josephmcfarland8442]

2:12, a fountain of goosebumps from an NFL Films song. It was so great back then.

[@johnrusso6169]

Outstanding work, Dave. You really knocked it out of the park with this video as you always do.

[@Arturo-sm1tb]

Absolutely GORGEOUS film quality and matching music. Always looking for my family's old friend, Don Hermann, catching a pass from Tarkenton on the early 70s GMen.

[@markm.j.lewandowskijr1171]

Now I'm ready and primed for the upcoming football season.

[@CTubeMan]

Perfect marriage of music and highlight at 9:52!

[@septichank4489]

if youre not listening to this during your fantasy draft youre not living

[@timburr4453]

Love to see these great highlights again in such beautiful clarity and vivid color

[@stantheman9072]

I have been awaiting a treat like this for so very long. Thank you!

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

You're welcome!

[@dcinsc7]

This will be the only football I’ll watch this year is on KZbin and your channel. I’m not interested in the virtue-signaling “WOKE” NFL based on released news articles and Goodell’s recent interviews. It’s a shame misinformed players and NFL leadership has ruined this glorious sport that you so perfectly put together in your clips and films.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

I stopped watching the NFL after the 2014 season, and even then I'd barely been watching since about 2000. I'd grown tired of all the showboating and ridiculous celebrations. Had I still been watching, I certainly would've stopped with the advent of all the political garbage. Major League Baseball forced my hand this season. I'd been a fan of the Brewers for 35 years, but when they started kneeling and doing all that shit, that was it for me. Get woke, go broke.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

@@stevep8445 I don't care about basketball, so I'm good there as well. Not a hockey fan either, but I hadn't heard that garbage had started up in the NHL. How sad and pathetic. Geez, just play the damn games and do your job. I know that sports have taken an absolutely HUGE hit in ratings this year because of this crap. I wouldn't shed a tear if all the major sports leagues went bankrupt due to all this - they deserve to. Morons.

[@robertferguson3648]

@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 Yeah. Every routine play is cause for a prissy little celebration dance. I quit watching years ago

[@christophergraves6725]

I agree. Goodell is a hardcore corporate Leftist.

[@brettshepherd5240]

The ending was kinda emotional...I literally had tears

[@yukonjak05]

Great job !!! Good to see guys like Larry Wilson, John Hadl

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

39:17 - #32 is rookie Lincoln Minor for the Saints. What the heck was he doing there??? He only played sparingly for just that one season in 1973 - guess I can kinda see why :)

[@Bruce12867]

And it's with the Saints!...It's probably the only team he could have made!

[@22_cincatt]

Hey! Don't ever put down a guy with the last name of Minor! I resent that remark!😁 How about Claudie Minor from the Denver Broncos. He was pretty good.

[@josephmcfarland8442]

This takes me back

[@jeffhaldiman359]

Can't like this enough!! Thanks!!

[@jacquesabad4880]

Thank you for trip down memory lane,I showed my grandson this oh boy did love music and the old timers playing😂 football

[@joeysmith7555]

3 words epitomizes what the NFL has become..."Washington Football Team" SMH. Thanks for all you do here, great video.

[@22_cincatt]

I will never betray you. You know that. If Judas lies out there, he is somewhere else. Bring your stuff BD!

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Thanks Scott!

[@jennyhurtfan]

So great to watch this again...thank you

[@LOS41510]

I’m so amped for the new season of the NFL. As a die hard native 49ers fan this made my day ... and to everyone... football is Back!!!

[@coysawyer]

Amazing quality

[@stephaniegormley9982]

7:44 Cerebral play if I ever saw one.18:56 great music but I definitely think of baseball not football when hearing it.

[@TheSports50]

These are amazing athletes to play this game at this level . These films and music are a tribute to them Especially the Hall of Famers . These brilliant athletes sacrificed a lot and even the teams I did not root for , I admired the players. Skills and abilities especially the linemen.

[@beaulofgren1331]

TOP SHELF STUFF HERE!

[@trappenweisseguy27]

Ahh, Johnny Pearson’s Heavy Action is timeless. You’d also like the original 1968 Hockey Night in Canada theme.

[@centrist1008]

Love the old unis

[@jacktheripoff1888]

The most surreal clip was watching the play with Bart Starr throwing a pass in 3-Rivers against Pittsburgh. This has to be a post-merger game from the early 70's. It's just strange seeing Starr in a game on artificial turf and with his name on his jersey which the NFL did not do in the 60's. I think the only NFL team from the 60's who had astro-turf was Philly in Franklin Field who put it there in '69.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

That game was played on December 6, 1970. The Packers won 20-12, and it was the last game that Green Bay ever won with Starr being the starting QB. He retired after the 1971 season.

[@tonialoconte]

I think what happens is the No Fun League sends in bunches of highlight clips from time to time for KZbin to scan in, and once they do that, existing videos on KZbin that happen to match the scanned clips get flagged, and the account holder gets hit with a strike. So it's hard to say if/when there will be a content match with a snippet of this video. I don't think it's so much about people informing on others, though. It's all automatic. I'm not even sure the league hears about copyright strikes unless someone tries to challenge one of the automated copyright claims. This was fun to watch, by the way. Nice job. I noticed you added the little bug that says "Back Door" at one point.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Thanks Tonia :) It's been my experience that the KZbin algorithms can only identify clips longer than 30 seconds, though that may have changed. Seeing as the bulk of my long videos are made up of hundreds of smaller-sized clips, I think that also acts as another layer of protection. It's only well-known NFL clips that are in KZbin's copyright database, such as the Immaculate Reception or a popular Walter Payton clip. You're never going to get flagged for say, Ira Matthews' 104-yard kickoff return from 1979 because, well, it's Ira Matthews. For sure probably 99+% of the copyright flags are automatic, but I have had multiple videos blocked in the past that 'claimed' they were 'manual' flags.

[@tookmyjob]

43:51 I guess Montana didn’t run a good enough route.

[@kennyrufus5807]

Thank you my friend! Loved everything about this video..

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Thanks Kenny!

[@obob5416]

GREAT WORK BROTHER!. THANK YOU FOR POSTING IT. HERE IN MÉXICO THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL COMMUNITY WAIT ANXIOUS EACH YEAR FOR THE NFL AND COLLEGE SEASSON STARTS. THIS VIDEO IS THE PERFECT HEATTING MOTOR FOR GREAT MOMENTS WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY! 🏈 🥩🍔🍺

[@j.p.pelzman7481]

No Judases or Pontius Pilates with this poster, I assure you

[@Bruce12867]

As always, a very enjoyable view!

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Thanks Bruce!

[@bajikimran2304]

Football........back when I liked it. When the players loved the game more than their paycheck and didn't take misinformed political stances.....(sigh). I bet I don't watch even one game this year.

[@chrisozell584]

Awesome

[@dalemcilwain]

The good ole' days of the NFL. Guts and glory! 🥲🥲🥲🏈🏈🏈

[@leroystover1062]

This is real football folks real men playing football no big contracts love of football 😊

[@antoniobermudez6889]

Thank you.

[@mikem6384]

rando running along with earl campell down the sideline 7:35 lol

[@MrFreightdawg747]

Thanks, glad you're back!!!

[@leroystover1062]

This is beautiful old school

[@TheSports50]

Thanks for sharing that.

[@nymike06]

This is great! Thanks Dave!

[@Tom-uh9kk]

Great memories

[@boogie825]

Thank you!

[@johnfoster2584]

Love this!!

[@Ram44]

I knew you couldn’t resist Dave!

[@CJinsoo]

@7:45 crazy heads-up play by Joe Washington

[@michaelf6327]

Well done Dave! Thank you buddy.

[@StevePhil-qw4ep]

Great Job Bro...You're the Football Fan's Fan

[@johnbednarek123]

Welcome Back Maestro!!!

[@RayinSD]

Thank you for these memories. Todays NFL sucks.

[@andrewpadaetz5549]

Perfect leadoff song with the "Monday Night Football" theme.

[@kevinquinn4499]

This is mesmerizing. Well done! Is this NFL films music? If so, not the stuff you typically hear. Great themes all the same.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Yep, these are library music tracks that were utilized by NFL Films at various times.

[@kevinquinn4499]

@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 Truly stunning work. I hope it can stay here! As violent as it can be I find it so calming to watch.

[@jscharleston7963]

Who is the best story teller of nfl history-I go with Bill Curry and Howie Long-they cover two different periods. I have to give the nod to Bill Curry-not because he has Packer-Lombardi stories-not even close. He has Mike Curtis stories and those are the best.

[@wambam9062]

47:58 Cutting and slashing his way...🤫🤭

[@badger012009]

Thanks!!!!

[@couleewildflowers]

Appreciate it as always

[@markdawson7490]

Thank you for persisting. This was great.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

You're welcome Mark. Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@bajikimran2304]

Oh that catch by Jack Snow at 9:08.

[@CTubeMan]

And arguably only his second best catch against the Colts...

[@stephaniegormley9982]

I agree. And sadly under today's 'process of the catch' rules, it'd be called incomplete.

[@spencerpearson3986]

Welcome back!

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Thanks Spencer!

[@robertferguson3648]

Better than Beethoven

[@smarks12]

What is the song at 56:55? Love all you do Mr. Volsky!

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

That is 'Espionage' by Keith Mansfield -- kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqPHnXV5oNGqn8U

[@gutted3638]

ok i admit it...this made me tear up a bit

[@eniolasesay5113]

I wish you had pro bowl footage

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Who says I don't? :)

[@eniolasesay5113]

It would be amazing if you showed it to us

[@tubiephrank0707]

Tread Carefully, B.D. -- That said, quoting ABBA, Thank You For The Music. Some personal notables ... 1. Start of Simon Park's "State Affair" is pop-free, so apparently you've found a better copy. 2. I assume that tunes by S-Spence and certain others are off limits, at least for now.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

You're welcome :) 1. A lot of the tracks that were posted on my DV channel were vinyl rips, and they were posted in the first few months of 2014. I managed to acquire digital upgrades of many of those tracks, but never re-upped them 2. For the most part - just depends on whether or not KZbin's copyright database flags the tracks. Most of Spence's tracks would be flagged. I'm currently working on another project however, which will contain some recently unearthed gems straight from the NFL archives which do NOT come up as flagged when uploaded. Stay tuned.

[@MrFreightdawg747]

AWESOME!!!! Thanks!!!!

[@erniesinger8768]

Great stuff! Where can one pm you?

[@davevolsky1252]

Thanks Ernie. You can email me at [e-mail]

[@emdubya21071]

Thank you for posting this! What's the song at 59:47?

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Gordon Grant's 'Black Pound' -- kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpzIn2OllJyDjrs&pp=ygUYZ29yZG9uIGdyYW50IGJsYWNrIHBvdW5k

[@emdubya21071]

@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 Thanks Dave, you're awesome! Keep up the great work.

[@emdubya21071]

Thanks Dave, you're awesome! Keep up the great work.

[@hbland]

Are you ready for some football????

[@nutthead74]

What about the music after Gathering Crowds?

[@davevolsky1252]

That is a short 25-second piece called 'Swashbuckler (b) Call For Help' by Dudley Simpson, most famously used in the Super Bowl XI film when Jack Tatum lays out Sammy White.

[@nutthead74]

@@davevolsky1252 perhaps I should have asked for the rest of the list.

[@davevolsky1252]

@@nutthead74 I don't have an entire listing jotted down, but if there is a specific piece you're interested in, give me the timestamp and I'll ID it for you.

[@nutthead74]

@@davevolsky1252 will do when I have another chance to listen

[@Longenecker1776]

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