Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around And Fell In Love • TopPop

[@davidcaponetto]

This takes me back to a time when life didn't suck.

[@karlfortuin5794]

Agree 100%

[@karlfortuin5794]

Remember he rocked it on the tv show midnight special back in the mid 70s

[@randyr.212]

David, I agree totally...same for me.

[@if6was929]

@@USNVA-yn6cp You're either young or stupid, maybe both!

[@elevatoloto4374]

@@if6was929 tell it like it is brother they don't know s***

[@eyecyou4677]

The 70's....Greatest decade of Music....hands down....!

[@peteisaacson816]

Mickey Thomas top 5 vocalist of all time

[@obscurecelebritynooneremem6876]

And Mickey Thomas is not only has a great voice He is so handsome ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@MjHarris-qb1xd]

Love Mickey Thompson s Singing

[@shnarfers]

the singer is like the coolest dude I have ever seen in my life.

[@edogle8163]

He was lied singer for Jefferson Starship...Grace Slick.....

[@57highland]

Mickey "Mudslide" Thomas. Great lead vocalist.

[@rene594]

Jefferson Starship was in 1979.

[@SuePark-r7w]

This was always his best ❤

[@obscurecelebritynooneremem6876]

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[@MrStradia]

No showboating, no running around the stage. Just pure good music.

[@ninidaniels2881]

Right on

[@suehowery1286]

No running around on stage...🤔 I enjoyed some of that 👍

[@57highland]

No needless dancers ...

[@AlbertsonHinton]

That's because none of them knew how to dance.

[@robbie0884]

MAN THIS SONG SO TAKES YOU DOWN MEMORY LANE!! FOLKS THIS IS REAL MUSIC! WHO IS STILL LISTENING TO THE GOOD STUFF IN 2024?? 😊👍

[@johntapp1650]

Here I am. 51 and still going strong.

[@sharonbentley8612]

Me at 67

[@cristianrojas2240]

Me at 63 in Santiago of Chili, year 2020

[@fritterfoof5146]

MARCH 2020

[@sergiomattos109]

@@cristianrojas2240 Hola soy chileno de corazón aunque nací en Argentina. Amo esta canción y tengo 61.

[@stugabe33]

Mickey Thomas and Journey's Steve Perry - two of the greatest rock voices of ALL TIME!

[@nojimmyray]

...without a doubt...and BOTH underrated and under-appreicated

[@ernestryles]

@@nojimmyraySteve Perry is in no way ubderrated or appreciated. Mickey very much is.

[@jaypeters1365]

No doubt!!!

[@elenalazo7722]

I loved Mickey Thomas, his voice is unique.

[@Aurabora54321]

He's still killing it!

[@pamelarossell7027]

Love his voice and the band is great. Oh that voice.

[@listen2100]

It's the song that was unique..

[@timothypalmquist5002]

He also brought Jefferson Starship back to life

[@jeffmelvin7505]

Mickey is excellent as usual. I’m here at 68 yrs. old

[@west4057]

this was my dads favorite song....i miss him so much.

[@mariannesouza8326]

The guitar 🎸 solo by Elvin is fantastic!!!!

[@JWTW]

Getting the cigarette from his guitar at the 3:44 mark….then tossing it at 4:00. Good stuff and love the memories!!!!!

[@MartiGrant-jc2gn]

A million thumbs up. Thanks Elvin for the greatest memories of my life.

[@maryfortune9989]

Talk about the epitome of KEWL !! I miss those days - look how absolutly cool they were. No bullshit - just excellent music. :)

[@donaldleroy6502]

I'll always remember rollerskating to this and many other's back in the mid 70s

[@DonnaDeen13]

Ppl tell me I have to stop living in the past, how can I, when that’s where the best music is! 🎶 🎼 🎵

[@carmencirillo8969]

That’s exactly how I feel Donna,stuck in the 70,s.The Best music ever,the best decade of music ever.Oh how I wish i could relive the 70,s.The Best time of my life,and the happiest time of my life.😀☮️

[@marcovaldesmrkus7964]

En efecto.

[@jeanie8831]

Ha!!

[@Jeff-z9f2f]

Donna, those people didn't have our first experiences with this music like we did, my heart and mind smile when I hear this music

[@09meangirl]

This was what my hubby and I danced our first dance at our wedding❤ after 42 years he still dedicates it to me❤

[@josephclark4999]

Great story. Congrats and many more great years!!!

[@ameirenterprises2669]

“ I trust in your love”…….Wow I lived those days. Brings tears to my eyes every time. I’m a sentimental fool.

[@ronnieragan6332]

This is what great music sounds like

[@ninidaniels2881]

Right on

[@gmllopez4924]

Good old days, wish we could go back:(

[@cloughey1]

Brilliant song, takes me back to happier times, the 70s were the best.

[@gjv2234]

Big track in Holland in the long hot summer of ‘76.

[@debradunn109]

I just love this song and I could listen to it everyday. It puts you in a great mood. This song is timeless. ❤️

[@USMC-Veteran73-77]

Great song. I dated a lot of ladies, I mean a lot. Went out on a date on Leap Year Evening 29 Feb 80, on a Blind Date. "I fooled around and fell in Love." We were married on the 1st Day of Spring 21 Mar 81. Our 40th Anniversary is coming up on 21 Mar 21.

[@USMC-Veteran73-77]

@Ian Hotson thank you. I can't believe its been 40 years. Most of my friends have been married 2, 3, 4 times and one friends been married 5 times.

[@romantheman1227]

God 1 of my favorite songs forever!! Shed tears remembering my teenage years in Chicago.

[@USMC-Veteran73-77]

I was in the United States Marine Corps when this was a hit back in the Spring of 1976. I dated a lot of ladies, but 5 yrs later I fooled around and fell in love. Still married for 39 years.

[@georgemichael6068]

That’s fantastic

[@USMC-Veteran73-77]

@@georgemichael6068 thank you George.

[@USMC-Veteran73-77]

@Mustard Tiger thank you Mustard Tiger. Love to return to Oct 73 to Oct 77. Some great times and some very sad times too, when I was on Okinawa, The Marine Corps lost over 20 young Marines in two operation, Evacuation of Saigon April 1975 & The Mayaguez Recovery operations, Koh Tang Island Cambodia, May 1975.

[@vesslacardwell9513]

Congratulations that's awesome

[@USMC-Veteran73-77]

@@vesslacardwell9513 thank you, we celebrate our 40th Anniversary on 21 Mar 21.

[@nancymorton5636]

I'm 71 & this is the music to my youth! I was out having the time of my life & hung out with boys just like these. Dam it was good. Still get the goosebumps hearing this tune & E. Bishop's smooth voice.

[@debs4mysweetbaby]

Elvin Bishop plays lead guitar, and it's Mickey Thomas on vocals!!💜

[@nancymorton5636]

Ah, that was 50 years ago, it was Elvin Bishop then and now. But thanks anyway 💞.

[@mikelocascio8695]

@@nancymorton5636 Not quite 50 years, came out in 1976, so 47 years, but who's counting?

[@nancymorton5636]

@@mikelocascio8695 Exactly, sometimes I'm amazed I CAN still count. Ah, the good old days, huh? So sweet.

[@malianelson5082]

Love Elvin Bishop. Wow I'm right back there. Love the 70's so glad I grew up up in one of the greatest decade of music EVER! Love you thanks for the memories ❤️

[@farawayeye8423]

Me toooooooo!

[@carmencirillo8969]

I also agree with Malia,also grew up in the 60,s and 70,s downtown Christie Pit,s. Too me the music of the 70,s was,and is the Greatest music of all time.Too this day I still listen to the70s music every day. I mean come on we had rock, soft rock,hard rock, Motown,Disco,Funk,Blues Rhythm and blues ,Reggae,we had it all !!!.Oh how I miss the 70,s,growing up in the 70,s.The Best years of my Life,Time Machine and i am there!!!!!!!.

[@starnealy4550]

@@farawayeye8423 Ditto!!!

[@christownsend5865]

This song will never get old!

[@ninidaniels2881]

Right on

[@edejan]

Love how authentic and real this video is. No fancy staging, not phony BS. Just really talented people performing with their natural talents. One of the greatest songs of all time and one of the most entrancing lead vocalists....memories are flooding back....

[@jamesb.9155]

The video is a cover group. Great song & artist for sure.

[@schippa2]

They’re miming to the studio recording… if you want an “authentic and real” performance watch the Midnight Special version

[@951oct]

This is STILL a great music video no matter what. LOVE IT!

[@andyinoregon]

No singer ever did more to sell another man's album than Mickey Thomas with this vocal performance on Elvin Bishop's "Struttin' My Stuff" LP.

[@raybassman7536]

Mickey is the only one that could make the proper vocal transition in Starship after Grace Slick retired.

[@criticalsection]

Eric Woolfson might disagree.

[@ottomatic3123]

@@criticalsection I'm ignorant of this topic, but I am still interested as to why he might disagree.

[@criticalsection]

@@ottomatic3123 Well, there was a band in the late 70s and 80s that was quite successful called The Alan Parsons Project. Parsons was a producer and not so much a musician so he had other people perform on his albums. Eric Woolfson was the singer on many of the group's biggest hits like Eye in the Sky, Don't Answer Me and Time.

[@andyinoregon]

@@criticalsection Thanks for reminding us about TAPP, Paul.

[@quentinwilliams6354]

The excellence of musicianship has no color nor ethnicity. Excellent.

[@deancaron988]

Sweet old 70s guitar music, i miss it so

[@ziilch1]

Elvin took a break from Hollywood to live a quiet life in the country in the middle of nowhere. He left because of the heavy drug scene-preferring to get away from it all. They played at my HS graduation which was such a treat and unforgettable

[@MarthaDowdy-ei2fm]

A blast from the past ❤❤❤ this song

[@swimminintherain341]

Never gets old. Don’t think it ever will. Just tear out that page.

[@cbglassiii9362]

I'm beyond grateful for James Gunn bringing so much good music back into the limelight. 🙏❤️

[@PaulJarreels]

The lead guitar 🎸 player is the greatest , love it

[@peterdurkin1499]

Mickey's voice..superb

[@sergiomattos109]

Mickey Thomas the best singer!!! Unforgeatible!!

[@mercedeshorton1999]

Wow ths is real music ths is 2020, i was lucky to have lived in those days!!

[@davidaaaa4611]

One my favorite songs, I have have seen this video 40 or 50 times. They do great singing it.

[@nitakate10]

Love Elvin and he’s had some tragedy in his life. So handsome

[@bigg4057]

Class of 1976 May of 1976 this fantastic song took me too graduation that year … a song that never gets old … we need more fantastic music from the 70s

[@melvinmyers4644]

Best of times then, none the craziness we have in this world now. This song will be forever in history as one of the greatest love songs of all time.

[@angiehenry3569]

Wow!! What a classic, this was real music........

[@danielh115]

I was a teenager when I first heard this song. Yep.....still love it.

[@jeffchan67]

For younger folks who find this: Elvin Bishop is the tall guy in blue jean flares & blue jean vest The singer is Mickey Thomas, mostly known from Jefferson Starship

[@57highland]

Mickey "Mudslide" Thomas! Direct from Georgia!

[@sammartinez8084]

Beautiful song back in the 70ds i love this song

[@javajuls2u]

I had such a crush on Mickey Thomas when I was young! I got to see him with Starship during their tour for Freedom at pt Zero.

[@marcusbuckner5582]

We can see the band is not happy faking the song, but we still benefit from a great tune!!! Thx, Elvin

[@imtweetydiva29]

Love this song! ❤❤❤Just heard it for the first time! Mickey Thomas's voice makes me shiver!😍 Elvin Bishop blows me away!!

[@garybishop4424]

Just 16 when this came out top tune then and still is 49 years later

[@TerryJohnson-yt6fw]

Great song by the great Elvin Bishop saw him live a few times man it was awesome love you brother

[@kennygr8ify]

I'm 26 and I'm listening to seventies music!

[@gregsmith1070]

Hard to beat!

[@MrBluemanworld]

So? I listen to Vivaldi from the 1600s

[@jeanie8831]

Great song. Still love it. The whole production is near perfect.

[@annnaylor8933]

Saw him perform this song the summer of '76. It's a song that says it all...

[@SinaLeo-ip7ir]

WOW!!!!! ABSOLUTE SPEECHLESS ABSOLUTELY.. THIS SONG WAS MY NUMBER 1 FAVORITE SONG... BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF MY COLLEGE DAYS ❤️❤️💋👌

[@DanielOrtwig]

Me too. For some reason this tune is tied into my memory of hot summer days of the mid-70s. It always sparks memories of hearing it playing on the speakers at the stock car races after a long day of work.

[@angelinasuazo5705]

The lead singer is CUTE!!! I am 53 now, and I loved this song, even when I was 9, and 10, in 1975--1976. It sounds like he was a player, and then a good woman caught him!! He was bit by the lovebug!!! ❤

[@JJ-oe9wc]

That's Mickey Thomas from Jefferson Starship

[@E.A.D.GGroove-tw4xv]

Elvin (the one in the denim vest and plaid shirt) wrote this for his then wife Jenny. They had a daughter together named Selina.They later parted ways. Both Jenny and Selina were later murdered by a brutal murderous mini cult called the Children of Thunder along with Jenny's boyfriend and a senior couple. A lot of people thought that the singer Mickey was Elvin. Great song with a sad history tied to it.

[@youtubefan754]

​@@E.A.D.GGroove-tw4xvYeah, I love this song from the past, and I always like watching this video. And I agree with the above comment! I'm sorry to hear about what happened to Elvin Bishop's ex-wife and daughter! My own daughter is involved in an online chat every day, and in some ways this chat has control of her mind, somewhat cult-like. The leader is a young man from LA, and he is good looking and charming, and he has a way of manipulating everybody, and living in their heads rent-free! He has such control of all the members, that they all, (including my daughter), feel obligated to be present each day, and if they can't, or don't show up, then he makes them feel obligated to let him or others know why. I keep telling her that this sounds like a type of cult, and that she'll have to be de-programmed to get free of this!!

[@E.A.D.GGroove-tw4xv]

That's scary. Being a teen in the 70s I knew a few kids who got involved in various cults. They just got sucked in and brainwashed. It's even easier nowadays what with the Internet. Scary stuff. I hope your daughter is okay.

[@ИринаБушнева-з1я]

Помню эту песню из глубокой молодости. Обожала! Потом через 45 лет услышала её в фильме "стражи галактики". Представьте, какой был восторг!

[@davidg.9932]

Elvin Richard Bishop. October 21, 1942 Glendale CA. Will Rogers High School, winning a full scholarship to the University of Chicago as a National Merit Scholar. Wow, smart and talented.. A very Happy 79th Birthday Elvin. And many more..

[@vibes..585]

Incredible recording song & Performance...no plug in for chemistry ❤

[@LoveLady-wn3eg]

I used to love hearing this song when we rode in the car, down the old country road I lived on. My older adopted sister Liz was driving our Ford Country Squire station wagon, she was 19, and I was 9yrs.old. (1975) I used to stare at her alot, and watch her drive. I admired her, and I wanted to be like her when I grew up. This song played on the radio, as she made driving a car look easy and effortless. We didn't have much to worry or stress about in the seventies.

[@LoveLady-wn3eg]

The lead singer is CUTE!!! I am 55 now, and I loved this song, even when I was 9, and 10, in 1975--1976. It sounds like he was a player, and then a good woman caught him!! He was bit by the lovebug!!! ❤

[@Riverdeepnwide]

ELVIN BISHOP, man thanks for your music ❤️

[@joey0077d]

Amazing this song be around for over 45 years. Still ROCKS!!

[@johntechwriter]

Mickey at his most beautiful and clear-voiced.

[@77bronc14]

Every time I hear this song, brings me back to high school, riding around in my 1968 Camaro with a Pioneer Super Tuner 8 Track Tape Deck and music blaring out of my 6 x 9 Jensen Tri Axil speakers....stopping at the local 7-11, guy asking for my ID, throwing it on the counter and the guy squinting and letting me buy some Miller Ponys....

[@nickiewilson6985]

In 1973 a bunch of headed to Naniamo to catch his concert, the plane was late so and show cancelled, ticket returns. Headed to a Cabaret on Front Street, not long after Elvin & the group gave us the best show. Memories just retired back & now seeing my 1st boyfriends from 72, he found me on FB. ❤

[@mariannesouza8326]

What an amazing, powerful voice! 🎶

[@elainebennett1087]

This is one of the best songs from the 70s. I remember the first time I heard it. A lot of good memories. They were so good much better than we have now ❤

[@bobbygomes2195]

It's awesome.... Thanks for sharing....👍👍👍

[@noahmoore4499]

Listening to this song at 16! way better music back then and todays music is not the same as it was back in the day.

[@TuesdayLoew]

I was 14 when this came out...We had some of the Best Music in the 70's..

[@sandramclaughlin3577]

Loved this song for years, memories come flooding back.....

[@USMC-Veteran73-77]

I agree Sandra. When this was a hit, I was dating a young lady in Jacksonville NC, I was stationed at Camp LeJeune, NC. Well she broke up with me and I was heartbroken. After that I did NOT fall in love UNTIL a Blind Date on Leap Year Evening 29 Feb 80. We fell in love and on 21 Mar 21, we will be celebrating our 40th Anniversary. Almost unheard of for Baby Boomers. Most of my friends have been married 3, 4, 5 times. Stay safe and Semper Fi from Charleston, West Virginia.

[@conniebetser2925]

Boy was this the best...so lucky to have lived my best life then...and its still the best now in 2021....THESE CLASSICS WILL NEVER DIE!!!!!

[@USMC-Veteran73-77]

@@conniebetser2925 I agree 100% Connie. If the "Time Machine" becomes a means of transportation, I'm headed back to 1973 - 1977; that's when I was in the United States Marine Corps and listened to music all the time. Great times, Great friends and Great Marine Corps. Semper Fi

[@alessandrofasano5296]

Grande Mickey Thomas..... bellissima canzone ❤️

[@faunwillow]

My Native Montana friend partied w Elvin and his boys after show...then years later she was walking downtown New York City and she heard someone calling her name...Hey Montana! Elvin up a story or two or three calling. Before cellphones! ❤

[@ThisMichaelBrown]

What a voice and song

[@davidjenkins2691]

The pool song of my youth !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sadriski]

I eas a Senior in High School..... Glory days...❤❤❤ '76

[@thechachi04]

I was going thru some old 45 Lp's tonight and found out I have this record.. So Cool. One of my Favorite songs!!

[@greghall51]

Mickey's solo album is great !!

[@LastTrainToClarkson]

#3 in Billboard May 1976. Great vocal by Mickey Thomas.

[@rickcarter5181]

LastTrainToClarkson Ga boy..got him the job with starship

[@kimmartin7921]

Great vocals by Mickie Thomas.

[@bigsur175]

May of 76 I just getting ready to graduate high school

[@caidenstyles2644]

This song broke on my birthday may of 76 man what memories I was 16 man I was the luckiest guy in high school I was dating the girl every guy in high school wanted 😂.

[@parisalllivesmatter1920]

This is an all time favorite song of mine since growing up!! Don't get no better than this!! ❤ 🎶 🎵

[@familypurcell8008]

Man, I loved the 70's!

[@tedsmallwood3624]

Love this song so much ❤

[@jimratliff2753]

I saw Elvin Bishop in 2005 at the Santa Cruz County fairgrounds in Watsonville California. The old boy was still cranking out the tunes but Mickey was long gone.

[@Mahukaawenui]

Elvin is one of the finest guitar players ever and way under-rated. What an incredible journey sir.

[@michaelfolchetti736]

MICKEY THOMAS !!!

[@jamesleone5468]

Big hit in April 1976 on the pop charts

[@funbutterfly6312]

Summer of 76, such good memories.

[@carmencirillo8969]

Summer of 76 was the Best Summer of my life.Oh what a Glorious time it was!!!!!!!. A whole lot of Fun, little bit of trouble and everything in between Baby.Carmine 57.😃🙈🙉🙊🐵

[@carmencirillo8969]

Just wanted to add that growing up in the 70,s this was one of my favourite songs,bands,must of played this song about a million times!!! Oh how I miss the 70,s!!!. Little Italy,and Christie Pit’s baby!!!

[@shnarfers]

turns out that old classic riff is one of the hardest hitting riffs. of all time.

[@heyhey708]

Yes sir!! Wondering if that semi hollow electric he’s playing did the actual studio solo..

[@nancypilcher5948]

Luv u Mickey thomas

[@cathymeikle1059]

Still a classic track, after all these years, love it

[@skymaster9484]

Slip this in an 8 track back then on a Saturday night and you were sure going to fool around. The women loved this song as did the guys a truly beautiful song.

[@robertgregory1927]

Great classic tune.

[@allysonvandermerwe2926]

Stunning golden oldie ..just love this eras music ..Would love to go back in time

[@stevebrewer1720]

I remember this song and will never forget this Classic back in the day!

[@michaelvance5624]

Man what a great song! I used to to try and sing it my brother and I would..life was still ahead of us!

[@marjoryrainey5761]

Sounds beautiful!

[@USMC-Veteran73-77]

@@marjoryrainey5761 I still sing this to my wife all the time. When this was a hit I was in the United States Marine Corps back in the Spring of 1976. Five years later I fooled around and fell in love. We have been married 39 yrs.

[@TheNijntje]

What a beautiful song and voice ❤❤❤❤❤

[@jamesb.9155]

Such a massively great R & R classic sound and video. Brings tears for sure.

[@roberttaylor7817]

Elvis Bishop is my spirit animal.