How many songs can make a grown man cry? So darn beautiful, everything about it. For every lost love out there.
@ty75044 жыл бұрын
We both hear and feel dear Frank !!!
@stevenscalici34704 жыл бұрын
You never ever forget your first true love
@ledzeppelin56475 жыл бұрын
Who misses the music of the 70's, from Zeppelin to Donna Summer to David Gates and Bread!
@vutEwa4 жыл бұрын
Marvin Gaye, Steve Miller, Electric Light Orchestra, a countless list of true talent
@sidethehead2 жыл бұрын
Grateful I grew up in the era of A.M. radio masterpieces like this.
@MexicoDigDoctor2 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@MultiStats Жыл бұрын
This is the first song I remember liking when I was a young kid. It puts me in this wistful mood where I'd like to go back in time and avoid all the mistakes this time.
@joyceswope55814 жыл бұрын
Ahhhhhh, The Best of Bread...nothing touches that album and the utter soulfulness, beautiful lyrics, harmony, and instrumentals. Simply a classic!
@johnbooth99574 жыл бұрын
A few other albums come close, from other bands but your right there something special about 🍞
@LewisWard-g9h9 ай бұрын
Had forgotten how many hit songs Gates and Bread had. Great music!
@barbarabonnette27058 ай бұрын
Productions! Pure and simple musical events in their songs.
@anamariacl35034 жыл бұрын
Everytime I hear this song I cry, it touches my heart. I love this one 🥺😭
@teresagoody81373 жыл бұрын
Me too 🥲
@tonymaddox40813 жыл бұрын
They don't write 'em like that anymore..
@anamariacl35033 жыл бұрын
@@tonymaddox4081 it's a pitty, great voice, great feeling, wonderful music
@janneenandruss90443 жыл бұрын
Ana Maria CL me too😭
@ironmen8083 жыл бұрын
I know how you feel
@julieperrin138 Жыл бұрын
A beautiful and timeless classic! Love this song! Such a talented group.
@thomasodonnell92215 жыл бұрын
At 72, this song warms my rusted old heart like in did way back then.
@betsydetrick92425 жыл бұрын
Works at 68 as well!
@rickmays7975 жыл бұрын
And 65!!!!
@melissadavis2255 жыл бұрын
Me to and my heart 💔 isn't that old it good there's still some good decent people who are still caring gives me hope
@repentobeyjesus91875 жыл бұрын
@@rickmays797 Yes!
@zzzzxxxx3415 жыл бұрын
People never grows old when you remember and hear your yesteryears.
@xxoomacaluso74273 жыл бұрын
David Gates was truly underrated! Unbelievable arrangements, spectacular lyrics, solid vocals....gosh I miss his stuff! I read that he's living on a ranch in Oregon, still married, led a happy meaningful life...and I'm happy for him. Wonder if he still plays.
@SassaFrass283 жыл бұрын
He had so many more brilliant songs that never made it to air ways
@daviddupper20653 жыл бұрын
@@SassaFrass28 David Gates now lives in Mt Vernon Washington!!
@stevenscalici34704 жыл бұрын
1974 summer, my first true love girl was moving away for 6 months...she came back and broke up with me. It devastated me for years, and 45 years later still makes me sad. They say you never forget your first true love...I’m here to tell you I’m proof of that. I met her this spring of 2020, and tho she looked great, I married the second love of my life and was better for it. This song brings me back to 1974 like it was yesterday in her yard hanging on a hammock together. I’m listening right now and I’m 18 again!
@judebarnes92094 жыл бұрын
Yeah tell us what happened to your first? Sid she get married and have kids? Dont leave us hanging like this
@joeymelvin14 жыл бұрын
i know the feeling, it dont matter to me
@stevenscalici34704 жыл бұрын
Jude Barnes ...It was a rather horrid life path. She married a man of color who she had a boy with, he beat her, got divorced, wanted another kid and got knocked up by another minority (that boy is now a pot farmer). She remains unmarried. She got her college degree in some nondescript degree but not in Child Psych like she wanted when we dated; she became involved in some sort of radio business and is an office manager (yawn).
@stevenscalici34704 жыл бұрын
Be the Change See my response to Jude
@elizabethalvarez6346 Жыл бұрын
@@stevenscalici3470 You described her poor choices in men as a man of color and another minority. What is your point?
@kellyl2001 Жыл бұрын
So beautifully composed, hadnt heard this in years and was reminded how beautiful and moving it is. What a great song full of memory
@dhanigeorge8203 Жыл бұрын
I never appreciated Bread when I was younger, now my grandchildren and I trade songs and a granddaughter loves them, and so do I.
@carlabamford9154 Жыл бұрын
Same! Except my grandchildren are still a few years away from appreciating music. I sang along in the 70s without realizing that these songs are GOLD. 💔 💔 💔
@angelagardner5230 Жыл бұрын
good
@johnhenni75582 жыл бұрын
One Beautiful song, lyrics melody, and instruments in harmony. When this band was in top form they were excellent!
@jlangford51679 жыл бұрын
The music of Bread is some of the most beautiful ever written
@sjs9283 жыл бұрын
Eventually we come to the realization that surrender to what is to be is all that matters.... Thank the Lord for what's to BE ....
@paulcaron4003 жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful songs/lyrics I’ve ever heard🐼💜
@joebelle34872 жыл бұрын
Simply timeless. I’ve been listening to this song ever since it came out. Reminds me so much of a love I had to let go in the 70s. Sigh…
@dhangnicolas11124 жыл бұрын
All "Bread" music was so relaxing and i love it ❤️❤️❤️
@jamesroets8003 жыл бұрын
I feel blessed to live in a time when music like this was made. God bless David Gates.
@TheCissero3 жыл бұрын
Bread has some gorgeous chill music.
@warlockmachine93133 жыл бұрын
sarap mo liza
@veronicamoreno36354 жыл бұрын
This is the most beautiful music
@tonygee64184 жыл бұрын
Oh, yeah
@laurietauchus80062 жыл бұрын
This song brings back good memories of my Kate mom, who would play the Bread 8 track tape when I was a child. I also appreciate the lyrics of this song; I can relate to it as well.
@TheJonRW Жыл бұрын
Loved Bread....love this song. My favorite of theirs. I could relate!
@carlmunson4987 жыл бұрын
For context, I had an outstanding stereo system. The first time two roommates and I listened to this, as the crescendo finale faded, followed by the last "Cuz it don't matter to me" and the song ended, we sat silent, mesmerized, a moment extraordinary enough to still be remembered roughly 45 years later. Thank you David Gates, as well as James Griffin, Mike Botts and Larry Knechtel.
@jrewing58865 жыл бұрын
It takes allot of guts to give up someone you love with every fiber of your being to someone else, but sometimes watching that special person from afar so happy, in love is as priceless as time itself. 🌹
@tommypauly32494 жыл бұрын
Damn, you'reading my mind! VERY TRUE!!
@stevebetker8294 жыл бұрын
In other words- good riddance.
@stevenscalici34704 жыл бұрын
The hole in my heart is still there for my first love in 1974!
@brucewanamaker36733 жыл бұрын
I miss this type of music that can stir me up- 70's
@carleytv75373 жыл бұрын
😥
@mhinds56453 жыл бұрын
Try tuning into 60’s folk music on Pandora. ❤️
@sarahdancer89522 жыл бұрын
I adore this song! My mum used to play bread to me when I was little ❤️❤️
@markfrabotta193 жыл бұрын
This is when music had real meaning to it .❤️
@hzilla55506 жыл бұрын
"Because there will always be An empty room waiting for you An open heart waiting for you" Really one of the most simple and direct words that could be written about love.
@davicool99582 жыл бұрын
This is a deeply personal time traveling song. A song that brings reflection and contemplation of things that might have been... or not been.
@shadoweng15 Жыл бұрын
Well said..
@carlabamford9154 Жыл бұрын
Time travel! This song played on the AM radio all through high school and I was oblivious to how relevant it would be someday when I would hear it from my smart phone as I reminisced about The One Who Got Away. Too many feels 💔
@foursticksbuff99514 жыл бұрын
If I could write one song even close to this my life would be fulfilled.
@kellymcka44424 жыл бұрын
I have wished to live this life with the one I have loved 💔
@beatrizgoncalves8302 жыл бұрын
A great singer and song. UNFORGETTABLE!
@gordonsargon91679 ай бұрын
My favorite bread song . I think of the past when I hear this song
@Pink-wf9yj3 ай бұрын
This song popped up in my head the last couple of days out of the blue!!! I’ve always loved this song and I looked up the lyrics and it resonates so much with what I am going through… True love has touched me in this lifetime and I am truly blessed to experience it… What is meant for me, will come back around..❤
@davehardenburg29242 ай бұрын
I feel you. It popped into my head as well. Bread is awesome. Guitar man is a good song too
@jeffreyg6079 ай бұрын
I can say with certainty that we ALL have at least one in our past that this would resonate with 🙏🙏❤❤💔💔🌹🌹 Classic Rock lover here, and these guys are yet another who have a legitimate claim for consideration for the RRHOF. David Gates, yet another great voice. Too many hits to not be in that hall!
@marydillon13292 жыл бұрын
I met the one. For 13 years we were together, last few years it just wasn't working out no matter what we tried we just couldnt move forward together anymore. It's painful, my heart is broken and I miss being us and all that we did and had hoped to do. I hear that life clock ticking all the time and wonder will we ever get back or perhaps God has another plan and will meet someone else just as special. Great songs really do talk to the soul and stir it up. Thank you David Gates and Bread.
@Pulsonar5 жыл бұрын
My God, the sweet melody, the serene voice, and now the goosebumps... The calibre of musicians from the 70s were on planet heaven.
@ty75044 жыл бұрын
We are 'goose-bumped' alongside the dear Pulsonar when it comes to 70s musicians-and-singers-and-writers-and-producers !!!
@luminousiris10874 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@hollyprincipato3287 Жыл бұрын
Always loved this song
@davicool9958 Жыл бұрын
Transcendent
@glynisroberts50295 жыл бұрын
A beautiful song about unconditional love. David Gate's voice is sublime. Love it!
@jenniferreid85153 жыл бұрын
what a beautiful song....
@sjs9283 жыл бұрын
.... I find myself saying this alot anymore... 'Cause it don't matter to me.... Whatever the Lord has for me , it's OK. What a relief.
@SLAYERSWINE14 жыл бұрын
My late Mom used to play this song on her Panasonic 8 track stereo. It was in my head all day at work so I played it here & it brought back so many fond memories of her. The production quality of this recording is excellent & instrumentally the band were pretty damn good.
@anthonyhitchman97894 жыл бұрын
It don't matter to me. Yes it does. This was the first put together super group. Later you will have had super tramp and others. But David Gates like I said before has a beautiful voice. I have sent many females songs by them and they said they cried. Says it all.
@colleendeegan20426 жыл бұрын
They don't make songs like this anymore!
@jacquiesegafredo8862 жыл бұрын
That is for sure! No more beautiful music like this!
@rickhill90842 жыл бұрын
Such a cerebral song.
@godiswatching2342 Жыл бұрын
They sure don't! 😁
@A.DawntheDuckling Жыл бұрын
That's because there's no love anymore!
@Lumalnatti113 ай бұрын
And I say so with great remorse and sadness. Not condemnation. Because it’s completely unnecessary.
@bobnabors5157 жыл бұрын
this has got to be my very fav.there are just so many.this old man dreams on !
@JuneLynn3 жыл бұрын
I always Adored this classic from David Gates and Bread.... 💗 💜💜💙 👍🏻
@ethanhill97386 жыл бұрын
The orchestration is killer. Missed that on AM radio when I was in 5th or 6th grade. My late mother enjoyed this. Wiping tears away corner of Ninth and42nd west of Times Square. I love "the best" of several genres of music in part because MA paid for piano lessons. This song is on my PLAY THIS LIST OF SONGS AT MY WAKE document.
@videoal6 жыл бұрын
Timeless music from a timeless group!!! Beautiful lyrics and all!!!!
@janowens2212 Жыл бұрын
Some of these lyrics came running across my mind and no doubt I had to do a search.This song does reach out to my heart.🥰💯Love always makes a place in your life.😇Bringing it back.
@240269255 жыл бұрын
71 YEARS old and still a tear
@AlleyCat19765 жыл бұрын
67 and a tear
@ledzeppelin56475 жыл бұрын
66 and same here
@jaywalker99859 жыл бұрын
These Guy's have to have 5 of the top 20 love songs of all time.
@GazAce Жыл бұрын
Oh how I dig this song
@madelynhelvie34389 жыл бұрын
I wish life was as good now as it was when we were listening to this song....Modern music has descended in Hades....
@pnutbutrncrackers8 жыл бұрын
Brilliant song. One of Gates's very best.
@pnutbutrncrackers8 жыл бұрын
***** I definitely hear what you're saying, but a couple things: Don't take the words too literally. I think the bittersweet feel of the song and the last verse specifically show that deep inside of course he wishes with his whole heart that the one he loves and he could be together. I think he's just saying that his love for her and his wishes for her good persist even if they be apart. Even beyond the heartbreak.
@AnaLuizaHella8 жыл бұрын
I wish I knew how old is Dan. I think that he's younger. It did make sense back in the 70ies but maybe in this century it is a little difficult to understand. Loving changes with time... it is part of the culture.
@michaelgibson21608 жыл бұрын
Hi Dan, I'm 51, she's 47...33 years ago she broke my heart and walked out of my life. 1 and a half years ago she re-entered it. Not in the same capacity, of course, but she came back. I absolutely grieve for " what might have been", all the time that's been lost to us. I found that my love for her is every bit as deep, strong, and pure as it was all those years ago. Perhaps deeper, stronger,and just as pure for she has grown to be a truly amazing woman. She loves me, but has not had good luck in any of her relationships since she left me. This too breaks my heart, if we couldn't be together I wanted her to be blissfully happy where ever she was. This has left the woman of my dreams unwilling to chance it again. Just saying I get where you are coming from. It's a bittersweet blessing to have her back, but not have her at the same time. I can only hope to be the kind of friend to her that she never wants to be without again. Good luck to you...Those are the ones hardest to let go
@AnaLuizaHella8 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dan. I was reading comments from another song by Bread and I started thinking if younger people can relate to these lyrics. It is difficult to generalize... I dunno. I always feared to get apart for I saw at a very early age people hating and saying terrible things about the one they were married. It didn't happen to me but circumstances separated us. I totally agree with you when you say it "grows for getting to know each other and the memories you build".
@irisheyzgrl24murphy928 жыл бұрын
Sure is.
@bjbell526 жыл бұрын
I learned to play guitar back in the 70's . Bread was one of my influences for finger picking like IF .
@skysurfer53335 жыл бұрын
So Much Depth & Soul & Truth! Breads' Music Is So Absolutely Soul Baring & Emotionally Wrenching!
@glenngtx72595 жыл бұрын
It don't matter to me
@stephaniekunkel85845 жыл бұрын
Seriously tugs at your heart strings that's for sure
@daryldeal5 ай бұрын
Bread's first album is actually my favorite of the bunch. It only had one hit (this song) but the album itself turned out to be real pleasant, sounding like a little bit of Pet Sounds Beach Boys mixed with 1968 Beatles. Btw listening in 2024!! Who else? 🙋♂️🙋♂️
@2010metsfan9 жыл бұрын
Bread ruled the top 30 back in tbe '70s. Hit after hit,,
@m.e.d.79977 жыл бұрын
They broke up around 73 74 through around 76..
@stewartmcmurry24526 жыл бұрын
Tulsan dun good
@lindagreer22056 жыл бұрын
this song makes me cry....
@janellemiller56685 жыл бұрын
one of the best bands ever-and a great singer and great words
@ty75044 жыл бұрын
Dear Janelle-of-Miller causes us to inhale deeply-and-sharply with hand-upon-chest due to the 'spot-on-ness' of her words !!!
@jhpvids9 жыл бұрын
These lyrics still resonate to this day.
@manie3232 Жыл бұрын
This song reminds me of the 70's.
@oberfeldwebelallenpopkiss92326 жыл бұрын
An old man retired on his spread out west. This man has virtually done it all. Recordings prove it. Wow...I keenly remember my 1969.
@mfsbrz8 жыл бұрын
This is a lesson on writing and arranging a song. These guys are master on this.
@bbt53585 жыл бұрын
I've loved this song for 50 years now! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@kathrynwilson39855 жыл бұрын
Me too!!
@alanspagnolia94749 жыл бұрын
Soft rock of the 1970's. Nothing like it. I will NEVER forget this song. It reminded me of my best friend at that time (I was 9). My sister had this 45 (it was black, red and white in color). I even remember that !
@rickmelin49269 жыл бұрын
+alan spagnolia Your out of your mind.
@wolfsoul97968 жыл бұрын
Wow, man. Why is the guy out of his mind? Childhood memories are beautiful. Jesus, chill the fuck out.
@laurietauchus80062 жыл бұрын
My favorite song from Bread. I relate to this so much.
@starstucker50126 жыл бұрын
David Gates has the most soothing voice Bread is by far one of the best bands there ever was! Those memories of a younger time
@speedy45rpm12 жыл бұрын
Bread made so many beautiful songs, but this may be the most beautiful, at least among the hits. It's just as affecting today as it was all those years ago. Jeez, I never could have imagined that at the time. It's comforting to know that some part of our youthful emotion stays with us through the decades. Thank you for posting this.
@samuelgriffin41672 жыл бұрын
Rewinding back to 1970
@jawoody97458 жыл бұрын
It's one of these classic songs that you can call "schmaltzy" but in reality, is a gorgeous piece of music that is heartfelt. I remember hearing and listening to this when I was 10 years old. A song this beautiful is hard to forget.
@sangellaferro8 жыл бұрын
james woody It's ANYTHING but "schmaltzy" (sp?)
@jawoody97458 жыл бұрын
Jamie-Lynn Murray Just to clarify - I, personally never called it "schmaltzy." Others who have been critical of this band, have called it that. Please read the rest of my post.
@emilycigliano34537 жыл бұрын
Yes Woody, somethings you never forget. : )
@karimajojo55664 жыл бұрын
I've missed it all my life...that year me was the best music era and ill always miss it
@BrianCarnevaleB264 жыл бұрын
The words sums things up almost to the T. Yay a! ❤️✌🏼🍁🎶🎶⚒💪🏼🐕🏝🏖☘️😽
@newarkcatholicfan4 жыл бұрын
Another sweet beautiful song.
@ilovemymusic18366 жыл бұрын
Bread just has a way with lyrics that really brings out emtions
@TheCopper054 жыл бұрын
This song is perfection!!!! I Love Bread!!!!
@wapuka2 жыл бұрын
Wow wow wow, and out of the blue, an ex-boyfriend, from the early seventies, sends a text today.....this song, he felt, reflected how he was feeling at the time, little did I know, he still pined after me, now, almost fifty years later, I now know....
@Dani926702 жыл бұрын
Reading this brought tears to my eyes.
@zzzzxxxx341 Жыл бұрын
Because you are beautiful, ,😍❤️😘😎!
@davidmaestas2915 Жыл бұрын
I still love my first love from high school, who ran off with a 40 year old, when we were 18. Lila gave that old creeper more of the benefit of the doubt than she gave me. Still hurts, more than 30 years later. I thought she was made of stronger stuff. Lila's choice took away mine. I guess I really had no chance at all. I would go to the abyss for her, though. I would sacrifice my own existence for hers. Love the old girl, after all that is said and done, at the end of the day.
@SisterGoldenHair2125 ай бұрын
So….what did you think/feel? ✌️
@Kittysezso-xc4hn4 ай бұрын
Your lying probably for attention
@glenicerichardson46713 жыл бұрын
Love this kind of music just reminds me of the good ole days in the 70s❤❤❤❤
@paulfisher3e3 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@Julie-yd4yj2 жыл бұрын
Me too, Glenice!
@marybethmarlar2 жыл бұрын
dad used to sing this song. he sounded even better than they do. miss him so much.
@johnspartan982 жыл бұрын
Who is your dad? Where can we hear him?
@TASIAawful13 ай бұрын
This man’s voice and the lyrics to this song are beyond beautiful ❤
@paulahunt56216 жыл бұрын
Beautiful video to match beautiful song that is just as relevant today as it was back in the hippy days when it was new.
@yamyow9 жыл бұрын
oh wow this is soul searching. never be another band as good as this ever xx
@ballochdubh7 жыл бұрын
To me the greatest love song ever, it has always blown me away and at the same time it never fails to hurt.
@philiptucci24586 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful masterpiece, solid gold standard of excellence
@ironmandave30004 жыл бұрын
In 1973 my sister went to a bread concert in California. The opening act was a band named Steely Dan. True story.
@robertcurran32734 жыл бұрын
Omg Dan my fav band n love bread
@allenrollins16393 жыл бұрын
Unconditional love and respect!
@pam-gw6uk4 жыл бұрын
So simple, yet hauntingly beautiful.
@mstoi33263 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mr. Gates!
@groovinmoose5 жыл бұрын
certainly one of the best soft rock groups of the 70's...what a real real nice song, Gates is great
@seanjohngaming15825 жыл бұрын
true and im 28 yearsold😊
@ty75044 жыл бұрын
Agreement of a thousand percent into dear Groovinmoose as regards the 'soft rock power' of dear Bread and dear David-of-Gates-ness !!!
@jonsantos98165 жыл бұрын
A true wordsmith ,music that causes you to sit back and reflect on your life ,it's agood thing .
@mindfield75 жыл бұрын
A quiet spring morning & playing along with this tune is just what I needed.
@ty75044 жыл бұрын
It is what the entire world needs, dear Mindfield7 !!! On any morning !!!
@bobby777111710 жыл бұрын
I never tire of this precious masterpiece! Sincerely, BobbyK
@marykeller37124 жыл бұрын
A song of hope and understanding
@stevetaylor14826 жыл бұрын
These guys weren't always considered "cool" but somehow they had a bunch of hits and sold tons of records. Great tune
@ethelstevenslove29579 жыл бұрын
What a great classic this is, timeless......
@ethelstevenslove29579 жыл бұрын
Okay "Stephen"........
@mjsmcd9 жыл бұрын
Ethel Stevens Love what the hell?!
@ethelstevenslove29579 жыл бұрын
Yes "Mike".......
@lorettalynndavis96957 жыл бұрын
AWESOME! *Got me through some tough times...*
@Janja993 Жыл бұрын
this song portrays God's love for us... He will always wait for you
@robinhollingsworth1849 Жыл бұрын
Praise GOD!!! ❤
@emchatterbox2413 жыл бұрын
This song always brings tears to my eyes. No matter when I'm listening to it
@denisehedden51083 жыл бұрын
Beautiful and Powerful Song!
@kimkrantz6147 жыл бұрын
Hear this so many times and never really knew the lyrics. Thanks. I have a new perspective on it.
@cyberman0000517 жыл бұрын
you're welcome. enjoy!
@spadgm10 жыл бұрын
What a song, it doesn't get much better than this!
@567wolfen6 жыл бұрын
yeah it's always there, that time that place it's there
@randigordey19556 жыл бұрын
oh honey it can be better we are in denial and it does matter😉
@garyt67478 жыл бұрын
It's lived with me most of my life. a very very beautiful piece of work .Anyone can make light of the lyrics.