Vanity Fare - Hitchin' A Ride

Second hit from Vanity Fare in 1970, recently in an epsiode of "Girls".

[@RetroMusicMan369]

It was more fun being 20 in the 70’s than it is being 70 in the 20’s

[@joehill8014]

Thats a fact jack

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Said, “Joe Walsh”

[@festeradams3972]

Now the kids think "Yo Mama" is deeply intellectual...:-(

[@АлександрПасынков-м3х]

Согласен.Мне 73.

[@hudentdw2]

same here I was 15 when this was happening

[@GloriaTaylor-g7r]

I grew up in 60's and 70's what a wonderful time to be young❤

[@KennethWetzel]

Me too. No better time 😂

[@paulaward2075]

You must be a Generation X kid, I am! I was born June 18,1967. Hello from Tyler Texas!

[@stevepierce6467]

I hitched around Europe twice, 3 months each, in 68 and 71. Absolutely wonderful! We have lost so much since then.

[@cliffRothband]

always wonderful to be young

[@KevSm-li8yy]

@@GloriaTaylor-g7r I miss the 60s.

[@TWTexasA1]

I wouldn’t trade growing up in the 60’s and 70’s for any other time period it was a wonderful time to be a kid…

[@MySherry10]

It was a fun wonderful time and so innocent and feel good

[@williamdavis-jq5po]

❤ so very true its was magic ❤

[@RonBroste]

You nailed it 🎉

[@jglencarr5390]

But if you were a youngster now you wouldn't know any difference.

[@RaulMacias-xs6pm]

We suffered heartbreaks during the 60s, 70s, and 80s but the incredible variety of great music helped us cope and get us through those tumultuous times.

[@johnpage2935]

Picked up my new ‘70 Nova SS. As I pulled out of the dealership I turned on the radio and there was “Hitchin’ A Ride”.

[@Robo0919]

Wow 70 nova ss. Had a 67 camero ss. Boy wish we still had them beasts now 😢😢😢

[@davidlanham99]

What a great tune. Man, I miss the 70’s & 60’s.

[@joequillun7790]

Exact comment I wuz gunna say. Ditto here Dave.

[@Ruda-n4h]

@@joequillun7790 Simpler time, people just didn't know it.

[@joequillun7790]

@@Ruda-n4h Simple is an understatement. No marriage, house, kids, or responsibilities. Biggest obligation was putting 21 gallons of Sunoco 260 into the tank of my 64 GTO, for 60 cents a gallon. Then burning it all in a week-end, cruising to music like this. Just a faded memory now.

[@richardmoore2124]

You and me both brother!

[@leebowens2631]

You too huh ?

[@SteveGamlin]

This song still makes me smile. For the 50 years of my life that my Dad was here, virtually every carpentry or 'working in the yard' project had an Oldies soundtrack. We'd often try to stump each other, asking: "Quick...who is it?!?" This was one of the ones that he'd always ask me. Lost my Dad in October 2018. At the time, I had just started building my new recording studio in the home my Tina and I had just bought. It the very first carpentry project of my life without him. Used all our tools, the skills he taught me...and all this great music!

[@tinfoilskullcap7034]

❤

[@markberryhill2715]

Very cool ! 😎 My dad thought it was funny that I loved the oldies from his era - the fifties! I still dig on me some fifties from time to time in remembrance.

[@philherrick7319]

I played the "quick, who is it?" game in the car with my sons when they were little. ALWAYS when it was Elvis Presley. That way they always knew the answer. Acceptable response was either "Elvis" or "The King"!!

[@scotabot7826]

Great lifelong memories that can also be painful. God Bless you man!!

[@XxowendanxX]

Great story 👏 peace be upon your blessed father 🙏

[@harleygal420]

It's worth being older now, to have been young then.

[@truelies3690]

Just being 10 years young then to enjoy my 5 cent candy bars, 10 cent sodas, 10 cent Hostess fruit pies, 10 cent Frito's, Dorito's, Lays potato chips gives me a grin of the America we all still alive once knew, never to return. 2022 go to hell!

[@Richard-zi3dy]

That's what my alouance money bought

[@dannylee1987]

@@truelies3690 I totally agree with you , I grew up as a teenager in the 70s , age 13 in 1970 so I was a teenager thru the greatest decade ever . Wish I had a time machine to go back .. ☮✌

[@Au60schild]

@@dannylee1987 Me too, 13 in 1970. Definitely agree!

[@Au60schild]

A fascinating take on our lives, ie. growing up in the '60s and '70s.

[@jillzi7]

My sister was 11 years older than me, I was 5, she ditched school and took me with her boyfriend to the beach and this song was on the radio. I can still see her and how beautiful she was. Miss you Carol Ann.

[@stephentubbs2816]

❤

[@jillwehner603]

@Johnny Rockett Its a happy memory, but yeah, a little sad too.

[@Goldies24]

The vocal harmonies from the 70's bands were so pure & years before autotuning.

[@guitarmike1125]

Agreed, the harmonies in the 60's also : Beatles, Hollies, Beach Boys etc

[@ashleylouvain9077]

thats right can't stand modern music for that reason its all beep bop computer music now

[@thomasandersen2938]

This was talent

[@michaelpayne8000]

Anything beats that crap they call music today..Long live the 70s..🎸🎤🎧

[@cmills1008]

Not true!! John Lennon slowed or upped the record speed to change the pitch in his voice. Many other did this too. So in a way they did have auto tuning !!

[@ruffusp768]

The very best music. You don’t hear anything like that in today’s music

[@johnbutz4857]

Cuz all they want to scream about is killing cops

[@robertparera8046]

Thank you God for giving me the 60's and the 70's.. What a great time it was..

[@davidmulkey8657]

What will kids of today have to watch and cherish years later? NOTHING. Glad to be old now and young back then

[@frankschiavone4557]

From what I see in the news/TV. Don't think they'll make old age

[@hollyprincipato3287]

​@@davidmulkey8657I agree. Though at 61years old I refuse to be "OLD".

[@andrewheredia8049]

Why do these songs bring up such positive emotions!!💁🏻🌸👍💕❤️💜💐

[@1goodvibrations]

The tunes, very up beat and fast tempo?

[@mt_vu_rx_jukeboxhero]

Ride ride ride hitchin' a ride

[@CliffandTheShadowsMusica-ps5bf]

Because us Baby Boomers hadn't become cynical at that point, the '50s, '60s and '70s. We were all living in hope, as we had all experienced the devastating influence of the pre '45 years on our parents. A lot of them never had a good, carefree youth and teenage years. We wanted something totally different. It's very hard to explain to other generations just how phenomenal the '60s were. You had to be there to understand! The memories and the music will live on until the last of us have gone. 😄🖖🙏

[@Charlesheusel62]

One of the great carefree songs of the 1970's and a by a great talented band of musicians. Those days of the Real music and singers. Authentic and realistic yet classic.

[@discobikerAndRosie]

Riding in the backseat of my mom's Rambler at 6 years old, jamming to this song! Ah, 1970!

[@twoofuswearingraincoats34]

Whats a Rambler? LOL, AMC forever!!

[@whynotwhynot33]

Sounds really nice 😎

[@eleven57icare]

Thanks for sharing childhood memories!

[@SPORTSNUTIM]

6 years old 1970? Me too! Listening to this song and inhaling mom and dads cigarette smoke driving down the road. 😜

[@ronniedamnitz9295]

Omg! Same here! 5 years old

[@philiptucci2458]

Magnificent Masterpiece from Master Musicians, top of the line solid gold standard of excellence, a favorite for over 50 years

[@darrellwebb8126]

the musical vocals are simply amazing and makes you feel good

[@patriciabrant8037]

Love this song I remember being six in the summer of 1970. Being at the Toronto Exhibition with my uncle. He took me on a ride and this song was playing on the ride. I remember that memory because of this song. Music is a wonderful thing.

[@pattycullum3386]

My grandkids love this music 🎶 !

[@TurboMountTV]

As most songs of the era do.

[@johnmoore4]

Remembering those great old days of being a bum and having nothing.

[@victorfuffa897]

JUST GOOD MUSIC FROM EARLY 70s WE WERE VERY LUCKY TO GROW UP THEN.NEVER GETS OLD.

[@kimsmith6469]

Boy you can say that again!! Very lucky..🙏

[@victorfuffa897]

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[@victorfuffa897]

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE70s LIKE I DID.

[@kimsmith6469]

@@victorfuffa897 I SURE DID👍 IT WAS ..AWESOME BACK THAN....

[@victorfuffa897]

I AM GLAD TOO HEAR THAT. WE TRULY LIVED IN THE BEST TIME.@@kimsmith6469

[@tayninh69]

This song was popular during my tour in Vietnam, it was played on AFVN radio. It reminds me of driving a truck and seeing a "buddy" (in the army, everyone is your buddy) walking on the side of the road. No matter what the weather, you stopped and picked up the buddy. Just one of the good memories of Vietnam.

[@dbeaus]

Be thankful you were in a place where you could listen to the radio. Most of our radio was from a PRC25.

[@KevSm-li8yy]

I was listening to a story about a US Vietnam War soldier who referred to his buddies as "comrades" and I was like "Argh! Who tf wrote this crap?"

[@Rieslingontheriver]

@@dbeaus Roger that! I was our platoon's RTO, and I packed that PRC-25 everywhere! Welcome home, Bro!

[@dbeaus]

@@Rieslingontheriver When I first got to VN and was headed out to the field, I found an old sarge and told him I was interested In going home in one piece, what could I do? Without hesitation he said, "stay away from the radio and the 60. Well, you carried the radio when they told you to and everybody took turns on the 60. It all came down to luck. We made it, here's a shot for the one's who didn't.

[@lindajacobs1487]

I wish there was more music like this now! I can actually understand the words!

[@anubisnetru2542]

🤣❤️👍👍

[@sdanjohn]

Love this tune. Not many pop songs use recorders as instruments.

[@lc.c6835]

I remember riding in the car with the family, and this song would come on the am radio...Even as a kid, I knew a great upbeat song.

[@discobikerAndRosie]

Me too! I sat in the backseat of my mom's Rambler, listening to this song, Palisades Park, & other classics! Good times!

[@carrieharlan1286]

You Can't Beat The Music From The 70s ! That Was Real music !

[@QueenSnowPea]

I agree. I wish I could go back to the 70s.

[@richardmoore2124]

Don't we all!@@QueenSnowPea

[@timpoortinga7689]

80s and 90s were good too

[@lduranceau8046]

Love this song, especially the vocal harmonies in the chorus. The piano bridge is very original. The lead singer (Trevor Brice) is a very expressive fellow with a great voice.

[@waynedenson7508]

Song takes me back to a time when music was nicer. Love this song.

[@lemurianchick]

What do you have against "Wet-Ass Pussy?" ☹️😤

[@robmca9265]

Great song and takes me back to my university days of playing snooker, drinking in the bar, playing rugby and chasin' women.

[@jackflash5659]

This song was cranking on my stereo as I drove past a hitchhiker.👍

[@peterbland7227]

So many one-hit wonders around 1970.

[@suave-rider]

Vaniry Fare were not one hit wonders

[@denisemcnally9488]

Just a happy song! Always loved it.

[@annettewilliamson539]

1970 stationed in Germany, heard this song on the radio in my V.W. while crossing border into Holland, such a wonderful memory!!

[@markrauson2050]

Vocals are right on point as well as the harmony instruments blends in perfectly all around great song

[@1AFVeteran]

One of those popular songs that sticks with you, and you never forget it. Ride, Ride, Ride, Hitchin' a Ride! Simple lyrics and a great sound. Thanks for sharing the video!

[@superasd2]

That's true. Haven't heard it since 1972 or 73, remember each and every line.

[@lennardcovarrubias5950]

Wow... This reminds me.I was a soldier at fort ord california, i was on a flag football team and we were post champs.. Our company commander gave us three days off.. We hitchhike to los angeles.. out the front gate a c h p officer picked us up we thought he was gonna take us back to the post.. But took us to a better spot... A lady took us all the way to l.A.. Thank both of you..RVN1970 corps 38th bpo..

[@voidfilan5055]

Remember hearing this great tune 🎶 over WABC music radio 77 when I was 10. Please take me back and help me ESCAPE from 2020🤪‼️

[@Charliegirl2]

I was 10 also. I want to go back.

[@johnlargan6045]

Cousin Brucieeeee!! Loved 77WABC!

[@davidkastin4240]

@@johnlargan6045 Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end, we'd sing and dance forever and a day 😌

[@bobwhammer4237]

Yep, growing up in Corona, Queens, NY....WABC music radio 77!

[@blank5390]

I was 8 when this came out and loved it. On the way to summer camp with family in the station wagon. All the windows down with a warm breeze flowing through the car. 🥲 My mom smelled like sun tan lotion and dad wearing his Old Spice. 😢 I loved life then.

[@JonnyHolms]

I just heard part of this song on a video I was watching and I couldn't believe that I had forgotten about this song, I was just a baby when this song came out but I remember it well listening to it in the car 🚗 with my mother in the middle to late 70ies..I Really miss those days..

[@michaelslater627]

Old Spice, what memories!!

[@lornadubourdieu183]

I love this Song from Vanity Fare, one of my favorite songs from the 70"s

[@johnbailey2259]

I saw these guys in the 90s at a local club and they were outstanding I was never a fan ..but I was after that night...go get em guys !!!!

[@sherneengregory8395]

My dad loved this played it all the time he passed with cancer listen always go back when I was a kid listening to this in his car

[@tracysue1176]

I grew up in the 70s and 80s but still had the pleasure of music such as this . Music was a huge part of our family . I had 2 older brothers and they listened to different types of music so i got 2 different worlds, plus my Mom and extended family . Life and music was amazing back then . I miss it and wish my kids and grandkids could experience such a great time

[@3bar]

1970, the first year I really started listening to the radio. This was one of the songs that stir that memory. A great year for music.

[@QueenSnowPea]

Me too. I was 13 and a friend gave me a 6 transistor radio that ran in 9 volt batteries in December of 1969. Prior to that I would sneak and listen to music on my step father's radio when he and my mother went out to the store etc. I wasn't allowed to listen to rock and roll at the time. After my stepfather moved out I could listen to what I wanted. I miss those days.

[@b.w.barbee2269]

Great song!!!......From my wedding year 1970, and Yes I still am married to the same "Hot Blond Chick"............54+ years!!!!!!!

[@briancooper9125]

I love this song and seeing the great band who sings it makes the song double enjoying!! :-)

[@felixmadison5736]

Ahhh...The days of mini-skirts, no tattoos or piercings, and good music to listen to. This song floods my mind with great memories.

[@KeithB417]

There was a time when hitching a ride was an accepted and mostly safe mode of travel. Worked in 1969 to take me from Little Rock, AR to just outside of Bethel, NY to go to a concert event. Getting back 4 days later was a longer ride than the journey up there but would not trade those memories for anything.

[@drohegda]

Jerry sounds to me like you attended one of the Greatest events in History, Woodstock 👍😎 I bet you have some stories to tell your Grand children, those were the days my friend. Peace✌

[@gary36104]

Kill to go back to them days like knocking on heaven's door

[@loqutisborg5416]

Hitched many a ride in my teenage years. Really didn't care where I wound up . Always had my transistor radio with me. Complete with the one ear phone/plug. Too bad you gotta get older. I tell my wife I will grow older but I won't grow up!!!

[@Pr1ncessYasmin]

this song will always have me tapping my feet great tune! ♥️

[@Infinite-Void]

What an absolute jewel of a song! Thanks for the upload!

[@alfredmalagas3477]

Back in 1970 an 20 years old me an my buddy hitch a ride we were very far from home a station wagon stop an the only place was lay at the with our mountain bags they brought us basically home what nice years that was never to come again

[@alfredmalagas3477]

The very song hitching a ride play in the station wagon that night

[@dannyowens7452]

Just an all around great song 😊👍👍👍

[@Patricia-pp3mr]

I remember my uncle took me to Toronto Ex in 1971. I was 6 years old. We went on this ride and this song was playing. I remember this so well because this song was playing. Amazing what you remember because of music.

[@gregwoodworth3980]

Great song, by a great group of guys...I will never forget it...Thanks

[@joshmendle8908]

Just awesome. What good memories from when I was 12. Innocence at it's best. TY so much during this stay at home Covid situation. :)

[@lyngreen7404]

Ahh, the music of my preteen years. So great to see the video of the band. Love it!

[@alanjapes1266]

Brings back wonderful old memories.

[@goldenpups1958]

I was almost 12 when this song came out. My favorite was "Early in the Morning." Love singing that one.

[@vickicsurbs444]

I was born in 1970 I can remember hearing this song and fell in love with it. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@rtrepsas]

For their next release "Hitchin' a Ride", they added keyboardist Barry Landeman (born 25 October 1947, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England), formerly of Kippington Lodge, to the group. "Hitchin' A Ride", written by Peter Callander and Mitch Murray, gave them a second million-selling hit,[3] reaching No. 16 in the UK (January 1970), No. 1 for two weeks each on Chicago radio stations WCFL (May 1970) and WLS (June 1970), No. 5 on the Hot 100 (June-July 1970), and No. 3 in Canada.[4] From Wikipedia article I did not know these guys were English when we heard it in the radio back in 1970!

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Richard : this was from a time when we thought Britain and USA were cousins and not " foreigners ". Those days are almost gone.

[@darrinleazer6784]

Though I was born in 1966, and' didn't know these songs then'. But' as I grew up, my mom would play these song's and I'm so glad I can still remember them. Although' to me at the time, they were just songs, but' as I have gotten much more older, it brings good memories for me.

[@trueheart39]

One of my absolute favorites ❤

[@LarsDcCase]

Great classic rock and roll song. Takes me back to simpler times, better times in many ways, with good friends,. And the biggest thing is we got along just fine without cell phones and computers. 😃

[@robertstocks3507]

Indeed we didn't need computers back then.it was just better than

[@hollyprincipato3287]

​@@robertstocks3507We made our fun back then. No technical bull.

[@clintonearlwalker]

What a great upload, thanx!!!

[@wheninrome345]

1:33 and beyond reminds me of "Venus". This is my first time hearing this song. I wasn't born then. But l enjoy and appreciate old music. Thanks for posting.

[@Candolad]

Yeah, into "You got me on a mountain top".

[@lwplwp]

Or a bit like Lady Madonna at times..But I agree with you as well....But I suspect lots of people copied Rod Argent...and still does.

[@drohegda]

My Friend listen to the song ""13 Questions"" by the group Seatrain,I think you will like it.👍

[@green8man7]

yes, that's what I thought too. nice day by persephone's bees brought me here. i always thought the part near the end sounded like lady madonna. then they referenced this song.

[@Acadmb]

It's a song I don't want to end!

[@richardmoore2124]

I don't want ANY 70's song to end!

[@Loydstardeli2017]

❤️ this 1970s song too

[@rogertemple7193]

This is the best of AM radio especially in the 70's when I was a kid and I just turned 60 last month on October 14th and I just want to say thanks for the classic memories of AM radio.🎶🎤🎸🎸🎹🥁🎶

[@Leatherbro]

I was about 9 years old when I first heard this song. They were playing it in Macy's in New York city. I liked it then and still like it to date.

[@dannynewick1927]

What great memories! I hitchhiked all lot in the early 70’s some good rides and some bad but so miss those days.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

I was at a slumber party with friends listening to this song when it came out, remember bobbing for apples, it must have been a Halloween party. A groovy catchy tune! 🎶♥️

[@philiptucci2458]

Great video of a Magnificent Masterpiece

[@malulasandavol6088]

love it, brings back lot of great memories 👍

[@Ariovistus1]

I Love this Song! The Lead singer Reminds Me of Steve Perry! I sure Miss the 70's! Glad I was there!

[@lugorol]

I was thinking the same!

[@DruAnnFulk]

I was there

[@juliagenevamielke]

I am still listening to the 60 and 70 music all day long. Still dance like crazy.

[@danomano1132]

brings back so many great memories of a better place and time crusing main street listing to great music as this

[@davidirwin1549]

A big part of the band and song (which is usually overlooked) is the piano player who also play's a recorder (Flute). He also plays the harpsichord on their earlier hit - Early in the Morning.

[@rayromero4228]

Love this song makes me happy reminds me of Now & Then one of my favorite movies!!

[@scotabot7826]

I sure loved Paul Williams when I was a kid in the 1970's. He was everywhere, and very popular for his great songwriting!! Great times!

[@Arasteele]

This song is an anthem from back in the era when hitchhiking was a thing. You actually could hitch a ride or pick up a hitcher and feel relatively safe about it. Sadly, those days are long gone as are this kind of timeless classic rock song. But thanks to BR Music for this vid, that we can all revisit those times every now and again.

[@gingerhiser7312]

It wasn't safe back then either. When something happened and it did, it remained just in the local news and not nation/world wide.

[@Arasteele]

@@gingerhiser7312 Which is why I say "relatively" safe. As in not completely. Your correction wasn't needed.

[@timturrill]

Man, where is stuff like this today. I need a time machine!

[@donchallans185]

I could listen to songs like this that bring back a lot of good memories anytime of the day. Good tunes.

[@JamesBrown-dv4ve]

We did hitch a ride back then. Great time to grow up 60's 70's 80's

[@Kusoka1]

Transistor radio pressed to my ear down by the railroad tracks, watching a freight go by, guy riding on the top of a box car, I waved he waved back. This song and whoever that was is part of me to this day!

[@rickack8176]

One of the all-time great toe-tappers! 💥

[@jumpfortyfour9965]

it brings back my hitching a ride, to my job 20 miles away from were I lived in the 60s

[@SandorVitez]

That brings back memories, I was 9 then, and my record player was my most cherished possession I would sing along with my 45s, I still like to sing an old pop tune once in awhile

[@juliereyes8783]

Oh wow completely forgot about this oldie! LOVE IT!

[@swihart101]

This was my time! love it!

[@stevepierce6467]

I took up hitchhiking in college in 68, did 2 trips all over Europe and several here, mostly to go to Mexico. Some folks who picked me up in Kansas stopped for coffee at a roadside cafe and that was when I heard this song. Out-of-body experience! All the free and cooperative social attitudes that made it possible are all dead and gone. When I see a Trump rally, I turn away and try to remember this time.

[@stefanwohlke7502]

Spitzenmäßiger Oldie von 1969, den ich noch heute immer wieder sehr gerne höre.

[@markwatson-vk2lh]

The lead and background vocals are simply stunning. Ah, the naivety of a bygone era... This group should've and could've been alot bigger than they became. Song just makes ya happy.

[@perpetual61]

This song takes me to My Happy Place growing up during the 60's & 70's which I wouldn't trade for anything.

[@edwardruff7927]

I distinctly remember standing in my family’s kitchen and hearing this song playing on the adjacent living room TV. I looked over and watched. Not sure if this was the exact video but it’s an ancient memory from back when I was nine. Never heard the song much back in those days other than that one time

[@rickhay9782]

Such a great ballad !! Groovy baby !!

[@marvinwaters4194]

One of my favorites growing up ❤

[@markbarnes2041]

Always a great song thank you

[@EDWARDMILKOWSKI]

I am 68 years old now and still remember how good a song that was then when I was hitchhiking all around before I got my license.

[@PhilipOgden-m7z]

Was around 12 when this was out. Very catchy song.

[@zarachastellaris9016]

My dad brought me up on this music, we played this at his funeral, along with mama told me not to come and You can't always get what you want

[@DawnKruze-fv4gg]

Remember those days, we lived best era of music 🎶❤

[@maryyoung1602]

Love that 🪈 flute intro 👍🎼!

[@Salimataw1961]

2020 & forever!

[@robertfish4052]

A totally infectious song. You gotta love it!

[@HoulieMon]

The music was fun and just great to listen to ! And we hitchhiked everywhere !

[@pamelapugh8846]

Super song and fantastic song too. Thanks for posting this important song