Beautiful song Steve, always liked this song, Randy Crawford’s vocals are amazing.
@eblydian4 жыл бұрын
Steve, you are far too modest. This song is amazing and I’ve enjoyed it for years and years since I bought this vinyl record ages ago. The harmony is mind-boggling and Randy gives me goosebumps every time.
@michelelaraia73584 жыл бұрын
Who is thumb down?
@Dustydreams9304 жыл бұрын
This song is simply wonderful, and so moving.
@westrokker2 жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful songs ever written. Hackett is genius.
@stephenbarnes90964 жыл бұрын
Helped me nurse a broken heart at the age of 16...
@arthurmee4 жыл бұрын
I can quite imagine. Hope things went well for you in one way or another.
@paulflynn61692 жыл бұрын
My favourite guitarist : always giving credit to fellow musicians , always a gentleman .
@gayratbalabekov92954 жыл бұрын
Thank you Steve for this great song! One of my favorite songs...forever
@fabrizioconiglio35123 жыл бұрын
Dear Steve, i think “hoping love..” one of best love songs of ever. I saw you in concert in Mestre ( Venice Italy) in 1978. Great concert!!!
@colombotaccani2 жыл бұрын
That smile when Randy Crawford starts singing again is like mine at the same point, from more than fourty years. Such a great song.
@NS92134 жыл бұрын
Steve, please do "How Can I?"!! One of your BEST songs and the duet with Richie Havens was incomparable!! TY Steve.
@DexterD634 жыл бұрын
This song has one of my all time favorite intros. The resolution of the sustained note at 10 secs in is emotional bliss and sets up the mood so well.
@annalemsma35584 жыл бұрын
such an soulfilled voice she has...dear Randy Crawford..and lets hope love may always last..
@dermashy4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song , it just all works so well . Great vocals , goosebump time again. Class 👍🏻🙏🏻
@didierbion80564 жыл бұрын
Thanks Steve, you know i’ve been waiting for this ! This track always brings tears during the string section and goosebumps when Randy resumes signing with you on lead. This is such a soulful and heartfelt number. And so personal too with those changes within the song. Randy and Richie were definitely precious gems for this LP. When i first listened to it in 1978 felt to me this track meant you had cut the cord with the band.
@trekk56734 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love this song! Thanks, Steve!
@leopoldomarcialochoa4 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful song!!
@piewoman44 жыл бұрын
Achingly beautiful, every time. Please Don't Touch is loaded with classics, likely my favorite LP by anyone, ever.
@enejka Жыл бұрын
STEVE , es una maravillosa canción de amor , atípica de lo que se escucha en términos pop , obviamente porque esta tu mano , arreglos y melodías son bellas sombras detrás de la legendaria voz de Randy ...claro nos sorprendiste cuando apareció ella en tu álbum , hace mucho tiempo la escuche y quede embobado ..y dije quien es esta mujer ..muy pronto supe ..pero fue fue grandiosa la sorpresa cuando vi que estaba en tu música ......de verdad es algo que queda para siempre en los cerebros ....te felicito por esta belleza .....te esperamos en Santiago de Chile ...¡¡¡
@arthurmee4 жыл бұрын
Steve, this is a mini masterpiece. As powerful now as it ever was. I must say that at the time, the fusion of the European with the American tradition was so striking. It's beautiful.
@warrenbendler28794 жыл бұрын
This song has always been one of my favorites. I love Randy's singing! That chord change after the string section, before the vocals start is brilliant!
@michaeljones69484 жыл бұрын
Beautiful ,and beautifully crafted song,perfect singer for the song.
@moderoy4 жыл бұрын
This is such an incredible song, it should be a standard. Definitely on par with anything the boys from Genesis did in terms melody and composition.
@karenmilovich30884 жыл бұрын
One of my Desert Island Songs, for sure! Those chords, Randy’s fabulous vocal...Heaven💜 Thanks for this🥰
@karenmilovich30884 жыл бұрын
P.S. Always wondered if Kelly Clarkson couldn’t sing this well...
@ThefightingCelt4 жыл бұрын
Inspired choice by Steve to use Randy Crawford on this wonderful song .
@Craigwellsy4 жыл бұрын
This song got me through some tough times as a teenager. Beautiful soulful song. Randy's vocals...(sigh)
@luciodellaporta72014 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song, brings me some relax and peace after another crazy violent night in L.A, peace and love to everyone
@gpk99934 жыл бұрын
If i had to pick 3 of my favorite Hackett albums,this would be one of them and it's almost 50 years old..wow..how time sure flies.
@winstonschwarz16363 жыл бұрын
Bought the album when it was released, age 13, and still listen to it now! Not met anyone yet who isn't charmed by the trio of songs opening the album, especially Carry-on up the Vicarage and Racing in A! Then Randy and Richie singing human songs that people can relate to. The coolest prog album ever. Many thanks for these short visa Steve.
@TheMetaluz2 жыл бұрын
Steve i,ve allways listen your works since voyage of the acolyte, and as a Genesis adicted ... this particular song means so mutch in my life now that i,m a 60teen...thank you!
@Raelscage4 жыл бұрын
Steve, for me this is one of your very best compositions. I could never understand why you didn't release it as a single. In it, you cross the bridge from progressive to soul and blend them together so eloquently and make the inspired choice of having Randy Crawford sing it in her own inimitable way. It never got the airplay it so richly deserved. Thank you so much for the lifetime of great music you have given us. Tony, Mike and Phil were foolish to let a great composer and musician slip through their fingers but their loss was our gain.
@robertgruber36424 жыл бұрын
I cried my guts out when I saw genesis in Madison Square garden around 77 sitting in the second row.We love you steve.🌞
@SuperDavestube Жыл бұрын
Loooove that song. A perfect combination and meeting of prog and soul. Would have loved to hear more about it Steve!! Don't be shy.
@TheSomsom34 жыл бұрын
Randy Crawford has the most amazing voice. It really sends shivers down my spine. Just Wow!!
@MrJeremy9835 Жыл бұрын
❤❤❤love so much to see Steve’s smile always on the music 🎵
@alrobvy4 жыл бұрын
A touch of PROG SOUL...!!❤🎶❤
@JCarlos.unknown4 жыл бұрын
Can you talk about "How can I" (with Richie Havens) next time?
@lucguenette75343 жыл бұрын
he does,mate
@andythain39234 жыл бұрын
Been in love with this song for as long as i can remember.Randy's wonderful voice and those gorgeous strings just mezmerizing. Loving the insights into your work Steve. Roll on Scunthorpe in November..never thought i'd here myself say that!
@alanlaan1184 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's a masterpiece of songwriting and singing.
@andreaswandersson62954 жыл бұрын
As fantastic a piece of music now as it ever was. Thank you Steve (and all involved)!
@johnbeagley11954 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song. What I love is that connection with your prog with Randys gorgeous soulful voice
@jeroenhaans19414 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful song you wrote Steve, wonderfully sung by Randy Crawford! I absolutely love build-up of the string part, it leads to a gorgeous climax with Randy "doing an Aretha"!
@attiliobertelli80934 жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful song I've ever heard. Wonderful wonderful singer Randy ❤️❤️❤️ love her voice
@wajobu4 жыл бұрын
It's such a beautiful song that I have turned to many times over the decades.
Used to play this track over and over which wasn't easy in the days of vinyl! Loved the composition and her voice. It's wonderful.
@rickylewis81784 жыл бұрын
love the vocals i actually love ALL the vocalists you've used thru the years including YOUR OWN VOCALS
@genecase94643 жыл бұрын
Is that an Emotiva speaker on the shelf. But what a beautiful song and beautiful album. Cured is also one of my favorites. That you Mr. Hackett!
@dereckvon4 жыл бұрын
Working with Randy was very brave of you. Thank you.
@garymonteleone17314 жыл бұрын
Once again, great song ! Very touching and what a nice thing to say about Jo. Wish I could meet you both. ! Stay well and all the best .........
@MagicCharmer24 жыл бұрын
Love this song, always cry then i listen to it, really dont know why. emotional. Strong performance by Randy.
@jean-guygagnon6950 Жыл бұрын
Hi Steve! I just want to hear this remarkable song on a december night. Thank you! Merry Christmas from a small city in Province of Québec / Canada.
@thisislogout4 жыл бұрын
Damn, Steve! I feel like crying now. I'm happy when I'm listening to your upbeat songs. I stopped listening to love songs many years ago because they just remind me of relationships of the past that didn't last. I'm sure a lot of people will enjoy it though. Cheers!
@FVvocals4 жыл бұрын
Incredible song and should have been a massive hit single. Thanks maestro
@DavidTimberDKT4 жыл бұрын
I was very impressed with this album when it came out and I was only a kid. I always wondered why recognition for this album seemed so subtle. I enthusiastically always promoted Steve and Peter Gabriel in their early solo careers. Like a lone wolf, I cut my own path and that's probably why I'm a big fan.
@geoffbaker44524 жыл бұрын
So glad love has lasted for you and Jo, Steve, and nice that you are proud of it sufficiently to mention it. ❤
@kevinskinner25914 жыл бұрын
Love this song ...amazing! Thanks Steve
@ericlilley4706 Жыл бұрын
Longtime fan but I just heard this first time today and absolutely love it. Sharing with friends.
@philipbunney9445 Жыл бұрын
Can anyone remember those soulful pop tunes as the credits ran on the 90s Disney films? ‘Love will last’ has that atmosphere. Decades before it’s time.
@tonymoralee25584 жыл бұрын
Love this song. My Dad had Randy Crawford lps and we connected on the crusaders. I became a jazz fan a soul fan and a prog fan.
@alencar54204 жыл бұрын
This is a beautiful song! One day you should try live with Amanda, for example. It deserves a live performance. In fact, Randy Crawford is unbelievable! She is fantastic!
@robcampbell82004 жыл бұрын
Look at the joy in Steve's face as he talks about this, two of my all time fave people made a beautiful track which never fails to move me, he knows this is a masterpiece as do we..roll on November
@lazycalm414 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song Steve and another from my all time fave album of yours still to this day! Randy's wonderful voice combined with the orchestration makes for a fantastic track. I also think Tom Fowler's bass sound on here is superb. As you wrote on the albums sleeve notes re: the title track, 'best played with as much volume as your system can muster!' I think the same can be said of Hoping Love Will Last!
@supremedickhead88684 жыл бұрын
Love this song, Steve. I look forward to hearing it live some day.
@bilinetti18084 жыл бұрын
Dear, Hackett, o admiramos muito aqui em Porto Alegre - Brasil (...we admire you a lot !). Best wishes!
@nlight101 Жыл бұрын
I Love the sang and yes very moving as your creation has blessed my ears with, and continues. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experience with your creation
@LuisEduardoGalindo4 жыл бұрын
You`ve got away with it dear Steve, you made me smile again on this one (sublimely 1:50), always a favorite track from a favorite album, thank you very much.
@piergiuseppeciaraldi22894 жыл бұрын
Magnificent romantic gem! Ty Steve!
@trawlerboyjay4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant song from a brilliant album
@Earlofmar14 жыл бұрын
I still love this to bits all these years later
@stonedinsect4 жыл бұрын
I remember buying this cd and seeing Randy Crawford's name on it and thinking hmmm not sure about that with my prog rock snobbish attitude then listening to the track and was so impressed defo one of the stand out songs on the album
@mikeharris8964 жыл бұрын
Wonderful track. So well written and atmospheric. Haunting yet beautifully done. Lovely unique vocal.
@richardtodd68434 жыл бұрын
That album, Please Don't Touch, demonstrated how versatile a writer and musician Steve Hackett is, with songs in many styles, none of which is a Genesis clone.
@RelativelyDave4 жыл бұрын
Fabulous song and timeless too !
@robertkoford4714 жыл бұрын
When she hits that note my knees get week. 😀
@attiliobertelli80934 жыл бұрын
One of your best song ever ❤️❤️❤️
@Steinstra-vj7wl4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Song !!!
@EixtremeDrummer4 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite songs from the very first time I listened to Please Don't Touch, a mix of soul and epic changes. I thought Steve was starting to change his usual style!
@allbuzzedup12 жыл бұрын
stunning ,Steve..just discovered it..it is about surprise in chord choice--well done
@andrewtreherne55024 жыл бұрын
Just a beautiful song. It did last for me!
@TheLucreziia4 жыл бұрын
Such great vocals on this track Randy Crawford was an inspired choice, plus that great string section so very good.
@simongregory31144 жыл бұрын
Love that instrumental section, the solo line followed by the lush chords, with the key changes. Very influential on me as a guitarist, and musician. Holy Crap, you are playing in Auckland? I'm in NZ... If this comes true and travel is possible again, I'm going!
@rafamoreno19654 жыл бұрын
Hermosa canción !!!
@martinklass83314 жыл бұрын
Great song !!!
@joepod4 жыл бұрын
Ooh, so close! Am really hoping to see one of these for Hope I Don't Wake.
@eli.a.2287 Жыл бұрын
Bella ora come tanti anni fa, grazie. Baci
@StevenJacksonMusic4 жыл бұрын
One of my absolute favourites of yours' Steve, the vocal is incredible.
@giorgiocolombotaccani62834 жыл бұрын
So nice when you stop speaking and smile listening to your own music...
@georgedobbs28602 жыл бұрын
Please Don't Touch is such a wonderful and varied debut ( I mean, I know Voyage came first but this is somehow the first real "statement"). I wish (or hope to find) there were more Hackett albums that were such a potpourri of ideas and approaches.
@toodlebug5004 жыл бұрын
Always loved this one Steve, thanks for sharing!
@gerardleveque35684 жыл бұрын
Nice jazzy feel!
@alrobvy4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful song!thank you! Alain from Paris... An old Fan...😉
@slidetek4 жыл бұрын
Please Don't Touch is still in rotation to this day. It only improves with age.
@hubertvancalenbergh90224 жыл бұрын
Sometime after the release of Please Don't Touch I heard Randy Crawford on the radio with Some Day I'll Fly Away and my first thought was that it was another song by Steve! Arguably the best track on the album, on a par with the magnificent Icarus Ascending.
@jasonbhollismusic70214 жыл бұрын
Wow, I'd forgotten just how fabulous this song is. Randy Crawford was an inspired choice! ♥️
@TheMetaluz2 жыл бұрын
Of course and Randy C .brilliant!
@textnotepro4 жыл бұрын
I would love to know a bit more about how Steve managed to get such talents as Randy, Richie and the Kansas guys involved in an English prog rock guitarists solo album. I mean you can't easily play them The Lamb Lies Down or Foxtrot and say ... Come and sing on this? These are inspired choices by Steve but how did they become a reality?
@tableface774 жыл бұрын
I would too. I remember him saying in an interview somewhere that all the Genesis guys were really into Richie Havens and Steve got to meet him and invite him to dinner. That's apparently how he got Richie on the record.
@davidrobertson36334 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't it be as simple as paying them? They are professional singers, he paid them to sing his songs.
@yaelrar.44604 жыл бұрын
Offer to pay and people will play.
@textnotepro4 жыл бұрын
@Dan C true ...I only know a couple of Kansas songs and I know they are considered "prog" by some. I think you are probably right that they would be aware of genesis.
@textnotepro4 жыл бұрын
@@davidrobertson3633 could be.. .I guess I hope it was based on a more artistic basis than just booked as a session singer.
@MrGrilloEnrico4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful❣️
@andrewnagle31494 жыл бұрын
love these Track Chats Steve. May I suggest you play the music softer so that you can speak easier over the top !!
@FundamentalsUK4 жыл бұрын
Great track Steve 👍🏻
@patrickjmorgan4 жыл бұрын
I wished Steve had been able to say more about this track