Association - Everything That Touches You (1968)

One of the BEST groups of all time

[@mikestyles499]

In 1968, I worked over night at a Clark Gas Station. In the wee hours of the morning, after the bars closed, when it was dead, I’d crank up the radio in the gas station, open the front door, and listen to this song, Incense&Peppermints, Honey, and other songs of that year. The station had floor to ceiling glass all around. The tunes would rattle those big windows, and that sweet experience has stayed with me from age 17, up to today at age 72. Man, it was a beautiful time for music.

[@philfreeman5567]

Sounds like a great remembrance. The '60s had great music and 1966 was the best overall year of that decade, I think. There was one great song after another, all year long, then.

[@mikestyles499]

@@philfreeman5567 I agree, ‘66 had great songs. So many memories for us of the Boomer generation.

[@vjakejan]

1968 met the girl I would marry and loved this for her! The highlight of those date years was we saw The band play live downtown Davenport!

[@mikestyles499]

@@philfreeman5567 I agree also in regards to 1966. It WAS a good year for many things. Music especially!

[@peteeasterman6025]

Great memory I love it

[@chuckbuckbobuck]

I know Cherish is everyone's favorite song by the Association but I am of the opinion that this is their BEST SONG going away!

[@bobvogel2412]

In agreement 100%. Not only my favorite Association song but my favorite song period. The lyrics and harmonies are outstanding. Second to none. A classic written by the late Terry Kirkman. RIP sir. Pretty sure you are missed by many. Myself included. Your music will live forever.

[@tubularbill]

Cherish is far from my favorite Association song. This is probably my fav Association song along with Never My Love. Brilliant song.

[@chuckbuckbobuck]

@@tubularbill Yes, all three of the songs we are discussing are simply great songs!

[@jackcrane7853]

❤🎉👍

[@jackcrane7853]

This is sooooo much BETTER than WINDY and CHERISH!!!! 💥 Daft audiences! Only know the dumb and boring songs.

[@MrSpartyhawk]

RIP Terry Kirkman, who wrote this incredible song. Thank you for the music and your contributions to society.

[@disabldfirefiter]

Rest in peace. Your music continues to make people happy!

[@RolandWolffRiviera]

RIP Terry Kirkman - this song and its superb vocal arrangement never fail to stun me❤

[@peterzang]

Oh shit. I missed that. Friends with Terry Kirkman on FB. RIP buddy

[@josephturner1513]

He certainly understood Christ and this amazing World!

[@carlodave9]

He can’t hear you, he’s dead.

[@PennCentral-jn2ow]

After 52 years I still get a lump in my throat listening to it; so moving, beautiful and masterful!!

[@rogbrown1458]

So agree. Rog. Pacific sunset records .

[@zgames9336]

Harmonies are glorious

[@giuseppe2143]

Same here. So much depth, lyrically and musically.

[@mikeloghry9521]

Same Same as mine in 1970 in the Summer. ♡She♡ was Very Special. Ever thing that touches ♡Her♡ Is now 53 years later. I still think of♡Her♡

[@carthainian]

Love their music 👍🏿. Classy

[@rickcarpenter6605]

I too think this was one of their best songs,it reminds me of my wife, whom I met back in 1968,we were married for 48 great years, she died back in 2021 but she was every word of that song!!! Miss her bunches 😢😢😢.

[@vjakejan]

Sorry for your loss and I know what you mean back in 68. Yes, met my future wife cruisin the Ones in Davenport, Iowa March 17th, 1968. Married 1971 and we still have each other today in 2024. This song too is for her. We did see the band live in Davenport. Great show!

[@rickcarpenter6605]

Your a very lucky man to still have that special love, hold on to it and always cherish it, we never know what tomorrow brings us, congrats for all those years together..

[@frankbartus5792]

Sorry for the passing of your wife. I dated a girl back then and we liked this song. We broke up and never communicated again. Just recently I saw her obituary she passe in 2017). People wrote about what a wonderful person she was, working with children that had disabilities, etc. In one moment I read a recap of the life Diane had lived.

[@jcambrose1461]

Why isn't The Association in the Rock'n Roll Hall of Fame? Beautiful melodies and the list art of harmony

[@guitarslim56]

It's a hall of fame, not a hall of talent.

[@elisabethj.v.beardsell9853]

Perfection❤

[@davidratcliffe1]

Because the beastie boys and NWA are in the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame. In other words it’s a joke. Look at the people nominated for this year. Cher

[@mikestyles499]

@@guitarslim56 now that you say it, I realize that’s what it is, how SAD!

[@Planktontwo]

I have long called it the Rock n Roll Hall of Shame, because of the great groups like the Association who aren't in there. They are in mine, I know that much and I won't visit the place in Cleveland for the reasoning all of you mentioned,

[@mrams0911]

In our love-starved world, this song is like a breath of fresh air.

[@scdevon]

Larry Ramos was a great addition to this 1968 lineup. He was a natural with the vocal high notes. RIP.

[@steveproctor1748]

I was born in 1953. And I think that I grew up in the best years ever. Hot girls, hot car's and the best music ever.

[@maxr4448]

I agree!

[@tubularbill]

Totally

[@edwardforszt5564]

1953 here too…….

[@go818win]

... and turtle necks

[@johnoliver533]

Terry Kirkman. Multi-talented musician, singer, songwriter (Everything that Touches You, Cherish, etc.) R.I.P. Terry

[@SummerLove217]

It’s been said many times... there is nothing like this music- beautiful lyrics, melody, harmony. Today’s music can not compare.

[@williamonderlinde5068]

I AGREE 100%.

[@austinteutsch]

So true. And when these young whipper snappers learn that fact, you might see the next Association or even the next Beatles.

[@williamonderlinde5068]

@@austinteutsch WHIPPERSNAPERS!! YES. I was once one of them LONG ago (64+ years) & I grew up, got older for sure somewhat/ a lot wiser, grumpier & more sarcastic & cynical, & realized I wasn't half as cool as I thought I'd been. I didn't have the world by the 'nads. THIS IS music for the ages--glad I was around when it was being made--"Fresh". Agreed--No comparison to the "phone it in /just for the money" stuff that passes for music. These songs don't endlessly repeat verses/lines --that's the sign of a "THIN" or weak song. Gordon Lightfoot &et. al., should school these clowns in what is EXCELLENT songwriting. I think he's still alive. Too bad that Harry Chapin & Jim Croce aren't around....+ many others who are gone. The Silver Lining: Back together / engaged w/my orig., first, the only one girl/lady AND LISTENING TO THESE OLDIES, ESP. The TURTLES (Fell in love to a couple songs of theirs way back in 1977 with "That" girl.).

[@bruschmidt9943]

Yes & unfortunately this type of music would never make it in the Charts today. Those who appreciate it either lived in the mid sixties or enjoyed this back then. I am 1 of them 😎

[@rickcarpenter6605]

Amen to that!!

[@dwightplock1162]

A very underrated, moving and lovely song. The associations harmonies only enhance the songs greatness!

[@maxr4448]

Nobody harmonized like this group.... Cheers Dwight

[@markschafer7510]

indeed.. .love this....

[@moemcgovern7345]

You are So right!

[@moemcgovern7345]

@@maxr4448 The Hollies harmonized very well.

[@bobdavis4848]

Yes and I'd also say this beautiful song has perfectly timed subtleties.

[@russf6572]

Growing up in the 60's & 70's? We had the BEST MUSIC!

[@garyt19651]

yes, mostly the 60"s minus the acid rock

[@mjdace7816]

We definitely did.AM radio 📻 dials dominated the 60s.

[@peggyl2849]

@@mjdace7816 Ah, Chicago AM radio in the 70s - the "battle" between Bob Sirott on WLS and Larry Lujack on WCFL.

[@LarsDcCase]

Absolutely correct!👍

[@maxr4448]

Yes we did!

[@larrygould2002]

The best song “THE ASSOCIATION” ever did in my humble opinion. The harmonies & orchestration are incredible. Especially for the time. AH ..the 60’s… loved it

[@canarsie56]

Terry Kirkman wrote some amazing songs and I agree this is so special

[@moemcgovern7345]

It's my favorite as well. Such a talented group.

[@BladeRunner25463c]

Requiem for the masses

[@joeyricci3796]

I was a little boy, way back in 1968. I heard this song, and I LOVED IT IMMEDIATELY. I still do, and after so many years of searching for “the one”…. I finally found her! I dedicate this song to her (SMC).

[@dougfredricks2017]

Would sometimes hear this tune 🎶 on NYC 📻 when visiting late Grandmother in early 70s

[@robintrisel109]

Dear Lord, this is one of my all time favorite songs. It brings me right back to the 60's and my youth. I was so fortunate to have lived when this song was first out, it touched me then and it touches me now. The Association were simply the top on my list and my list was very short with bands of their caliber.

[@belabelasko8223]

You have excellent taste in music.

[@maxr4448]

If only music sounded like this today......

[@michaelgolch]

YES INDEED!!!

[@suraya1224]

Such a pretty song. That beautiful orchestral sound disappeared with the end of "The Wrecking Crew", & Phil Spector's "Wall Of Sound", the session musicians who actually played the instruments on so many of the fantastic songs of that era, and never got the credit. Same with the Motown sound, the musicians of "The Funk Brothers". They are the true unsung heroes of the greatest music of the 60s & 70s. 🙂

[@maxr4448]

@@suraya1224 Thank You Susan for the info. Old Phil just passed away recently. He knew music. I love the Ronettes. But what he did, wow. Take care Susan, be safe.

[@williamonderlinde5068]

You got that right brother! Testify! I cut my musical teeth on their music & all the great 60s / early 70s music/bands . Man , if you couldn't fall in love w/help from music like this you weren't trying --or else kissing a statue. Love that dude's (gray) jacket/suit coat? MOD is where it's at. Tie dye & Psychedelic forever!

[@richbailey8174]

It won't and it can't really. I think we all tend to focus on what we grew up with and then lock on it. Most music is aimed at the buyers market for the time. (this stuff is my era by the way and it's my favorite Association song)...so since we are now "old" we won't get the new music

[@tommitchell3581]

I am 73 (74 in August) and I agree solidly that "Everything that Touches You" supplanted Cherish as the Association's top song. And that's saying something.

[@vjakejan]

Dedicated to my girl in 1968 when we met that night. Knew right away! Married in 1971 and still have each other today. Love! We did manage to see the band in Davenport, Iowa later. A funny story is the time had to lie about her age to get into The Graduate movie!

[@jimh4005]

Nice story! Glad that you still have each other.

[@walkawayrenee4290]

Blessings ❤

[@razzledcroaker3678]

Such an underrated gem.

[@RBTJR1]

As a young boy, I loved the Association. I recall hearing “Windy”, “ Cherish”, and “Along Comes Mary”. Never heard “Everything That Touches You” until 1986. It’s become my favorite Association tune!

[@kenmarchlenski4477]

Through many betrayals, abandonment's and lonely decades, I finally married a girl that I could hardly look at her beautiful face because she couldn't 'See' me. After age 13 in 63 to age 54 in 2003, my last abandonment left me open to seek her out and marry her. Tomorrow, Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve) we will be celebrating our 19 Wedding Anniversary! When I go to just the Store and I hear this Song, I thank God for her and my life at age 73.

[@maxr4448]

Good for you both! Be Blessed

[@barbj9785]

I remember hearing Cherish on WABC radio in NY for the very first time. This group had one major hit after another with unmatched harmonies and vocals. They are the most underrated group of the 60s. This song is so beautiful it can bring you to tears.

[@maxr4448]

I can't believe that they haven't been recognized. Gees they were so popular in the sixties! I love this song.

[@jimdonovan5520]

Rock and roll Hall of Fame missed them; you are gracefulness, you are of happiness..

[@dalehood1846]

Should be named "hall of shame". Live an hour away, never been, don't want to go. The Association, what a group, was privileged to hear them. Such great harmonies and lyrics! Take care all.

[@bobdavis4848]

@@jimdonovan5520 I agree with the compliments you all said about this magnificent song. The lyrics Jim quoted make me imagine who he is singing to is swinging and swaying around cheerfully in a meadow or some other nature setting as he watches.

[@edwinavogan6325]

WABC in NY. Thanks for the memories. Cousin Brucie!

[@heidibean2510]

Beautiful harmony. The Association mastered that.

[@martylmilton]

They are one of the few groups that I’ve seen live where their harmonies sounded as good live as on their recordings.

[@timothykaczmarek5871]

For an all male group their voices were pure harmony you think a female band may be great at. These guys nailed it.

[@Beatlecat1]

My favorite Association song.

[@jimcardwell6907]

Could be.

[@yolandajohnson8685]

Beatlecat1 my favorite also

[@michaelhegyan7464]

very nice..better than rap..lol

[@lynnepresley8926]

Mine too.

[@USCG.Brennan]

@@michaelhegyan7464 Never compare Cake with vomit!!

[@alanbeckham9093]

I stop in my tracks everytime I hear this wonderful song.

[@krisrodrigues1]

So much to love about this. Men in double breasted jackets and scarf ties. The sideburns. The uniqueness of oriental man among white guys in the 60s. The footwork. Just watching them enjoy the music they are putting out. The tambourine. Beautiful. We have lost a lot of class these past decades.

[@peteeasterman6025]

I think he was hawaian

[@davidfessler1826]

Larry Ramos was a Filipino-American from Hawaii.

[@Funkydood]

My favorite by the Association: MESSAGE OF OUR LOVE.

[@bitterellaselectricgroove8544]

This band was pure genius - perfect harmony. Glad I was a 60s child. ❤️ Thanks for such amazing music.

[@gerald6919]

I am 1969 child lol.

[@moemcgovern7345]

I was born in the 50s. Three great decades of music. 50s, 60s and 70s.

[@bitterellaselectricgroove8544]

@@gerald6919 I'm a 64 child. 😆

[@bitterellaselectricgroove8544]

@@moemcgovern7345 love it!! I'm more 60s/70s/80s. 😉

[@Rlduncan1]

They had really an abundance of good music 🎶 back then. I’m a 60’s child too!!💐💐💐

[@user-ob2bw7ul1f]

Return to the 60's ! We so need this right now !!

[@andreazimmerman8155]

Just rewatching The Wrecking Crew documentary. They did all of the studio work with The Association. Incredible sound... none of us really knew who really played our most treasured music. The fabulous harmonies from the singers make this a true classic. Never tire of it.

[@dalehood1846]

Andrea Zimmerman, that is true, however, they were great in a live concert. Was privileged to hear them live in Cleveland. Absolutely wonderful. Take care.

[@mikeloghry9521]

I most assuredly agree

[@TheDrummer51]

@@dalehood1846 yes, my first wife saw them in Hawaii back in '67 or so.....she said they were incredible.

[@pmsfar-outgrooviness8025]

Not all of it

[@marks.3303]

The studio musicians did not play on all their songs and they had no creative input. The importance of the so-called Wrecking Crew has been exaggerated because of that documentary. They now get credit for things they didn't do because the documentary gave people the idea that they played on everything. There was no Wrecking Crew. That was a term made up by Hal Blaine many years later. Carol Kaye thought it was ridiculous because there was no group. They were hired hands, nothing more. Tommy Tedesco himself said he could never understand why the studio required studio musicians when the Association was capable of playing themselves.

[@markklyn7915]

This is also my favorite association Song Of all time

[@stephenkinsack1153]

A beautiful song brings tears to my eyes

[@sueanntippett1583]

Me, too. Love this!

[@bobdavis4848]

My favorite Association song of all time, too!

[@glindahl5947]

Now that I am 80, I still enjoy this group and song. I also feel bad that one member was lost to a tragic end. Great Song, Great group of musicians!!!!

[@chrismurphy1457]

the wrecking crew did the music

[@marks.3303]

@@chrismurphy1457 The record company insisted on studio musicians to record things quickly. The studio musicians had no creative input. The band itself were good musicians as anyone can see on the many KZbin clips of live performances.

[@randyhokin4043]

Greatest ever!!!!!! Wish it was 68 again

[@jb8280]

A perfect song. A perfect moment in time. A time before I was born but I am always drawn back to it. It feels like home.

[@shuroom57]

And it will always be here for you.

[@birage9885]

I was bout 10 yrs old when their first album came out, with Cherish. You didn't have to be a musician or an educated adult to feel the emotion in their music, I was so turned on by their sound and their music. Gives me goose bumps decades later when I hear this music.

[@maxr4448]

J B I actually saw this vid on TV, then. I was 9. It was on my parents Black n White TV. The Association is one of those great OVER looked groups.

[@googlediscriminatesrepubli6811]

J B..... I glad you appreciate this song. I was a lucky soul to actually see this episode on TV. The Smother's Brothers. I was 10 years old. This video is from that show. This was the first time "everything that touches you" was broadcast to the public. The Smothers Brother were pretty popular back in the day to get to do that. I wish we could ship you kids kids back in time for a day to experience the sixties. It's was fantabulous! Be safe friend, Peace! As we use to say back in the day.....

[@lenpey]

A perfect moment in time, eh? Before you were born, eh? Oh yeah. The Tet Offensive erupted in Vietnam the week this record came out. Thousands killed. In the period when this TV appearance was broadcast, during this 'special' time, MLK was murdered, RFK was assassinated. A perfect moment in time, indeed.

[@KurtfromLaQuinta]

I was in the 8th grade attending catholic school in Anaheim, California when this came out. It struck me hard because I was in love with every girl in my classroom. It was my favorite then and is still up there in my favorites. Even though I now have about 6,000 favorites. I'd save my lunch money and ride my Schwinn Sting Ray to the local record store to buy 45's. I still have this 45... and I still have my Schwinn Sting Ray. To all those here complaining there's no good music anymore... It's still out there. You have to actively seek it. It isn't much on any commercial radio stations for sure. But, with the internet you can find it. You can get very specific with your choices. An example of one I listen to from Castlemain, Australia is called "IT'S A JANGLE OUT THERE". I'd post a link, but You Tube won't allow it. Also seek out Radio Paradise... one of the best internet stations out there.

[@birage9885]

I grew up listening to the Association. Every time I listen to this song I get a combination of the chills and watery eyes, man it really touches me, but then a lot of their songs do that to me, lol.

[@philiptucci2458]

Absolutely beautiful masterpiece

[@googlediscriminatesrepubli6811]

Yes it is, was..... Sadly we don't have that anymore. Be safe, Friend.

[@stevewilliams3850]

I haven't heard this in fifty something years; and it still sounds great.

[@dalehood1846]

It was such a wonderful time to be alive when this absolutely wonderful music came out. So many memories!

[@jamesbarker6169]

What a great song from February, 1968...I was a teenager who loved this song on my little transistet radio ! That's all we had then- no big stereos...This was their last big hit...

[@shawnmcohen5045]

Beautiful song with a beautiful message! xx I remember them well from my teens! EVERYTHING IS LOVE! (if you look deep enough!) xxx

[@bradhill1099]

I miss the kind of loving sentiments that used to sell records...I miss that era of humanity...

[@maxr4448]

Thank You Brad Hill . I have been trying to put together those words forever. Just that songs like this are actually priceless. They sound better now then back in '68. At least to me. Blessing to you Brad.

[@TheTop40hub]

I could watch this over and over. RIP Terry Kirkman. Thanks for this beautiful song.

[@johnsampson1096]

Great memories from one of the most under rated group of the sixties! RIP Larry Ramos......

[@spennie3607]

Not their music kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHnad5RrmbqVZ5I

[@carolcraig2580]

He had the most beautiful and engaging smile. R. I. P.

[@johnlewis6412]

I'll be 70 in a few short weeks. Having grown up in the 60s, it's hard to believe that I heard this song just a few years ago. Now, one of my all-time favourites. Reminds me so much of the 60s and just how lucky I was to have grown up in such an innocent and carefree time.

[@plumberguy4768]

Dedicated to my wife, my best friend and the mother to my girls! 33 years of being a lucky man!

[@SummerLove217]

Plumber Guy Congratulations! Continued happiness! Stay devoted to your wife and girls! It’s a beautiful thing!

[@thedocofrock1890]

the association just oozed class. perfect harmonies not duplicated today

[@kennyroark9038]

The lyrics have such an innocence about it. Reminds me of my childhood. Miss those days.

[@waltsmith9583]

Innocence but purpose also - what a great decade for music.

[@dalehood1846]

Kenny Roark, we still have the wonderful memories when listening to great music such as this. All the best.

[@philfreeman5567]

Saw the Association in person in 1968 in concert in Omaha, in the Colosseum, I think it was called. This was back when you could actually see and hear the music without all the screaming and hollowing of today's concerts and it was out of this world. Probably the best music experience that I have had. Absolutely fantastic. Young people today don't know what they are missing.

[@michaelmcmurtrey8543]

I think it was that same year I saw them in concert in Austin, Texas, an appearance that was part of the University of Texas artist-lecture series. I agree with your assessment of this amazing group, still one of my favorites.

[@geraldvanhees779]

Rip terry

[@peteeasterman6025]

Great memory and comment

[@franklee9814]

Terry Kirkman with his third classic, after Cherish and Requiem For The Masses. The summer of LOVE💛

[@patrickmckeegan5345]

I had forgotten this song. Love the bass line. It could be about my wife, after 50 years I still get butterflies thinking about how much we love each other..

[@olander666]

Beautiful song by one of the greatest vocal bands EVER. I never grow tired of The Association.

[@MrBilly2197]

This song makes me sad....life was different then...it takes me back to my first love....the words..harmony..music....gives me chills

[@chuckbuckbobuck]

Yes, it simply is a great sond. So many fond memories of growing up in the 1960s. It was a good time to grow up no matter what people say.

[@shaunryan6646]

Tremendous harmony; excellent song

[@HRHolm-bi6zu]

I listen to this song in the light of the world's chaos in 2024, and so hearken back to the time that it was on the charts. Even though 1968 had its own chaos, that seems almost like sandbox play compared to now. And there are certainly no tunes like this to smooth things over, as back then.

[@maxr4448]

I feel the same way! Be Blessed

[@LoneLee2022]

THIS MY FAVORITE SONG IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD. IT DOES SOMETHING TO ME.💗

[@belabelasko8223]

I hear ya.

[@LoneLee2022]

@@belabelasko8223 You hear me but are you listening?

[@Querent2000]

Their transcendent hit. That "love" harmony at the end soars.

[@mouchiecat1]

You are so right! Just an amazing work of art.

[@anthonyarmando7809]

Equal and up to the end of "All You Need is Love"!

[@franklinhernandez683]

I was a little kid at that time and I heard it over neighbors radio and even at that time it made a particular feeling in my life at that time even when I was going through things so here I go again now almost 70 and I can hear it and again after 40 years sounds the same with the same it brings back that moment that was special to a lot people

[@bryanross8857]

My brother and I sing/play music for The Center for Spiritual Living- Houston Teaching Chapter. I tend to be the one that will occasionally do songs by artists who have recently died (my tributes), choosing songs that reflect the topic we are discussing for the service. This month's topic was "Love Out Loud," and this particular song pops in my head in the morning of this past Saturday (9/23), so I chose it for this Sunday's service, not finding out until THIS MORNING (9/25) that Terry Kirkman had died on Saturday! I've always felt a special connection with a lot of music from The Association, so I know that I was divinely inspired! Thank you, Terry, for the gift of your music!

[@Marcel_Audubon]

divinely inspired?? sure, sweetie - the rest of the world whose paycheck doesn't come from some hippie Center for Spiritual Living just calls that a coincidence You and your brother sure like that capslock a lot!

[@angelaackerman8934]

I love this song! Timeless and beautiful.

[@arthurr7866]

Definitely a signature love song by one of the best bands of their time and ever.

[@valerieproto9417]

This is such a gorgeous song. The words are beautiful written. I never get tired hearing it and the bands vocals are amazing. This is what good music is all about!

[@bobdavis4848]

Yes you are right indeed about all of that! As a romantic and a music lover, this is one of my favorite songs ever.

[@dalehood1846]

Valerie P. You're are absolutely right. Take care.

[@joehorvath1630]

Summertime1969, drive in movie and the back seat of my GTO with my very pretty and nervous girlfriend and a equally nervous young man...this beautiful song playing on the radio while we kissed and held each other tight...

[@DownAroundSanAntonio-ik4ek]

One of the most beautiful love songs ever written.

[@robertcowart1]

WOW! these guys had just an incredible sense of harmony and beauty. when they sing about love you can really feel it.

[@kevalraam7867]

Had the Association’s greatest hits album as a teenager. Loved this song then… the harmony, the lyrics. Just rediscovered it. Still gives me chills.

[@user-rh3qb5dz7z]

Goodbye and God bless you always, Terry Kirkman. You wrote and sang some incredibley beautiful songs for the world to 'Cherish', and this one, 'Everything That Touches You', will forever be a continuous favorite of ours, your devoted friends and fans of The Association. Rest in gentle peace, brother Terry.❤😢

[@Michigirl417]

I definitely agree, one of the BEST groups ever! I was born the year this song came out and grew up listening to my dad's Association records. I played their music all the time when my own now adult kids were growing up, they love the Association too. When I was young, I had a boy in high school call me for the first time and he didn't speak other than to tell me who was calling and then played Cherish on his record player, this was the 80's and that was an amazing thing to do lol! My daughter's wedding song was Never My Love. This song is so beautiful and one of my favorites!

[@archcampbell8998]

What a great story! Thanks for sharing it here!

[@barbarabarrie4910]

a masterpiece

[@maxr4448]

Isn't it! Thanx Barbara Barrie....many blessings to you

[@nyccatholic2765]

Gives me goosebumps! Feels like they are singing about The Holy Spirit! Everything IS LOVE. GOD IS LOVE. This is a 60s Masterpiece. Raises beautiful Memories with my loving Parents. May the Songwriter (and all Others who have passed) Rest In The Eternal Peace Of Christ❤ Many Thanks for sharing this treasured Video Performance Gem!

[@Claudia-ry3bt]

True craftsmen, musicians, and artists. Humbling.

[@mikeloghry9521]

Listined to this Loving Song. When it first came out in 1968. On KELI AM Radio Station in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Now being 2023. But KELI isn't anymore

[@chuckbuckbobuck]

Nor KMOA another 50,000 Watt tower of power out of OK city!

[@randyussery1738]

Beautifully written. It's written " everything that touches you" not everything you touch". Brilliant.

[@jvarela965]

My Favorite Association Song.

[@maxr4448]

Absolutely mine too! Take Care

[@victorsuarez6130]

This song gets better with time.This song gets better with memories.

[@williampayne8129]

How in the world did this song start playing in my mind and woke me up enough to need to hear it again at 2AM in the morning? I used to have it in cassette that my brother gave to me for Christmas and it was just released that year. I played that thing over and over so many times until the tape got a crease in it. So strange the song woke me up out of a sound sleep decades later! Guess I have to call my brother up and say Hi later this AM.

[@dianarockwell6256]

My two older sisters saw them in concert at our small county fair in the 60’s. Several of their songs are on my all-time favorites list. The song was running around in my head tonight when I woke up and I couldn’t place it. It took me a long time to get past all the Beyoncé and Jay Z lyrics to find this and this is gold.

[@garyking5232]

As an 8th Grader then, I didn't quite know what to do with a girl in 1968, but this song made me dream of the day!

[@2150dalek]

This is iconic 1960s' music.

[@w9gb]

Naming the Six (6) members in this 1968 performance. Terry Kirkman (vocal, woodwinds) - front right (passed 2023) Jim Yester (vocal, guitar, keyboard) - front left Russ Giguere (vocal, guitar) - back left Larry Ramos (vocal, guitar) - far left, sitting on the set’s block (passed 2014) Brian Cole (bass) - back right, sitting on block, Orange shirt, green jacket (passed 1972) Ted Bluechel Jr. (drums) - back right

[@jjkerwin4677]

I'm 58 and I remember hearing this song on WLS AM 89 radio as a kid. Hands down one of the best Association tunes in their catalog. Just brilliant.

[@TheBigdutchster]

This is one of the greatest songs ever written and a great headphone listen. Superb harmonies.

[@sueanntippett1583]

A super classic. Notice how natural the band members look, people back then didn't ravage their faces with fillers, fake teeth, etc. They are just as they are. Some performers think they have to do all that, but really, they don't. Love this.

[@maryannbernardi7508]

Your right, I was thinking the same thing. It's amazing that the band's during that time sounded basically the same live or recorded. Not now!

[@ttny60]

Yes, their appearances are hideous. 😂

[@bruschmidt9943]

When you're that talented, other things matter less. They were a phenom!

[@michaelgarza7549]

I NEVER GET TIRED OF HEARING THIS SONG... THE HARMONIZING IS INCREDIBLE...

[@charliehopkins4415]

This song gave me such a lump in the throat in 1968. It put me in samadhi! :) Saw them in concert 1969 and they sounded great.

[@raggedyanarchist]

Dang it. These guys do this to me every time. It's the same thing with Cherish. They come out of the gate with what seems like some soppy uninteresting mush, and by the end it's pretty much the best thing I've ever heard and I'm compelled to listen to it 100 more times.

[@Daniel-oo1ud]

Just happened to come across this time capsule the other day. Boy did that bring back memories. One of there best songs amongst many others. Man those were great times

[@highland-scott902]

I heard The Wrecking Crew did all the songs that were recorded for the albums.. Still a Excellent Band!

[@cathyhacker3812]

This song, along with "Cherish", are my late husband's & my songs. The most beautiful love songs ever written & performed. The Association is my all-time favorite 60's band.

[@rondoharding4275]

An amazing part of my youth. This stands the test of time. Love.

[@orlandocajun]

They just don't make beautiful music like this anymore. I was fortunate to have experienced that era and would give anything to go back again.

[@williamonderlinde5068]

Me too. I was only 14 when the 60s ended, so I wish a bit that I'd been born somewhat earlier--Could've bought my brother's '66 Olds 442 ( a convertible; in NJ!) I've had some really memorable experiences in cars, but performance wise & that rush that comes with it--nothing topped riding in THAT car, particularly when he put his foot into it. That was real power. But I caught just enough of the 60s to get the flavor/mood, to get primed for the 70s--Also a great decade in many ways. (Sure, we can pick at it, & point out flaws; but we can do so for a lot of decades). But if there really is "Karma", and to not have upset the Space-Time Continuum, I reckon God put me where I needed to be--NOT ALWAYS where I WANTED to be. Wouldn't it be wild to see all the events unfold WITHOUT "You" (me)? I would want that angel to tell me what effect my absence had, like in "It's a Wonderful Life" . Yet I just don't know if I'd want to see what happened , starting back then without me, to the girl I started dating /got engaged to/broke up with /re-engaged to now. Reality was was quite enough for her & I the past 44 years.

[@sharonwillhelm981]

. artistry. ❤️

[@suraya1224]

I was 15 when this came out. Loved it then, & still do in 2022. ❤️

[@johnpage2935]

I loved these tunes in the 60's as a teenager. It seems they mean more to me now...the lyrics and their clarity, the tune itself. Fantastic stuff one can actually understand.

[@timreding4364]

They wrote beautiful songs. I am a hard rocker (66 years old!), but songs like this send chills down my back. Unbelievable melody and lyrics.

[@Challenger73]

I certainly wouldn't argue against it. Seeing The Association performing concert at the felt Forum and hearing them harmonize live was amazing. That was a great night as they shared the stage with Janice Ian who performed solo. She had just released Society's Child.

[@schuberttim]

One of the sixties bands that I actually met at a personal appearance for a store opening near my house. The store was called Stars and it was in about 1966, or 67. WLS dee jays were there all day and the Association and the Buckinghams were two bands that were there. I got autographs from a few members of each band which I probably lost within a few weeks. The members of the Association were introduced, said a few words thanking people for buying their records and then sat at a table and wrote autographs for about a half hour, or so.

[@joemartucci4786]

Just saw these guys last night in Buffalo NY. Great as always & even better is that my wife & I have become friends with Del Ramos Jim Yester Jules Alexander Jordan Cole who's dad Brian was the original bass player. Great human beings & a great band. This is coming from a hard rock bassist from Buffalo lol.

[@brucehanson6427]

The bass on the recording was Joe Osborn who was part of the Wrecking Crew

[@joecarlton6583]

I had almost forgotten about this great song by The Association when it popped up one day as a random cut on my KZbin listening list. I am surprised this video has less than 23,000 views (as of April 29, 2019)....but then again, I have not heard this tune in years. I suspect it is a track that time has forgotten....but it's a song that has withstood the test of time, imho! How can that be? If it's not popular, then how can I say that? Well, if one judges things strictly on the scale of popularity, I suppose it can be said that this tune has not survived the test of time, but then again, listening to and enjoying music is a truly human experience (well, perhaps the song birds are one exception to that rule!) -- so, to this listener's ear, this song has withstood the test of time! There are many old tracks from the 1960s and '70s that sound awful to me today, although they might have sounded pretty good to me back in my youth. "Everything that Touches You" is rarely ever played any more-- not even on the 60s channel over at SiriusXM! Wow! It still sounds great to me with those harmonies and minor chords -- and what a treat to see this song matched up with an original (good quality) video by the band! Great treat here! I find myself re-playing this video 2 or 3 times at a sitting. I suppose the younger crowd (Millenials, Zeroes and such) will not find much to like here, but this song truly evokes some great memories for me! Thanks, Moon doggy for refreshing my memory with this one!

[@kelloggs5473]

@Joe Carlton Millenials and those born between 2000 and 2009 certainly can find a lot to enjoy here : choral-style singing, instrumentation, chord changes, etc. Maybe some other commentators can reveal their age brackets. I’m 54.

[@jlmurrel]

You'd be surprised how many young people and millenials love this music, even though it was before their time. There are comments from young people on this page which indicate the same. Great music is timeless, it touches something in all of us.

[@68wrko]

It's the radio programmers ideas of today that only scratch the surface with their music selection. The song had to chart or make a move in a movie or other to be played. Too bad, that's not how it works. I was in grammar school when this band came out and remember the music on AM radio. Remembered it in late 70's in college. Thankfully, a locally programmed oldies station where I live has it in rotation, thanks to local programming. They also play The Cowsills, Richard Harris, Malo, Left Bank, & New Colony Six. I yet to hear these songs or groups on any station anywhere.

[@lauriequattrucci5671]

Love love love love love this song

[@maxr4448]

Yes.... Love, Love, Love

[@bobdavis4848]

@@maxr4448 I Love (love) Love (love) Love (love) Love this song, too!

[@trek-way5800]

One of my all time favorites. They had such a special harmony.

[@archcampbell8998]

I saw The Association while attending Concordia College in Moorhead, MN back in 1967 I think. Simply Spectacular!