Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life (Live, 1971)

[@60s70sVintageRock]

**RIP DEAN FORD 9/5/45 - 12/31/18** 😢

[@lazykid2470]

😢 RIP Dean Ford!

[@sandamelis5675]

😥

[@LindaW1956]

:'(

Hermoso homenaje a Dean Ford

[@mariacleuza4382]

😪😪

[@lmp8932]

It gets me every time. I am 64, the 70's when musicians really were and singers really sang. Timeless, beautiful song.

[@davidd1395]

Lynda Painter me too, where has the time gone?

[@tamarastockdale4982]

I was only 10 but I loved music! My sisters were older by 12 and 9 years older than me, I was the baby! You know how many times i heard that in life. But I use to play their 45’s so I know them songs from the late 60’s 70’s and 80’s . I love all music

[@joeyricker1039]

It's truly one of the best songs ever

[@gwenfancello5384]

Me too. 64 and still love this.

[@Dojacks]

One of the greatest songs ever

[@gustaaf1892]

This was Marmalade's masterpiece, a true classic they will always be remembered for. Their live performances of this song always did justice to the studio version.

[@salmontanio212]

It’s a one hit wonder. Most people won’t remember them. -period!

[@gustaaf1892]

@@salmontanio212 Please don't post your ignorance on social media for everyone to see. If you bothered to Google this band you'd see they had plenty of other hits. This song just happened to be their biggest hit.

[@christophersmith2107]

65 years old and you should hear this on my gear at my house…. The only question I have is what happened to music like this and singers like this who could sing live like this??? Fabulous song

[@Lotsaslots6747]

Beautiful lyrics and composition. I’m 75 now and remember when this first came out. The oldies are my besties!

[@jackbest6677]

I'm 73 and it's still a favorite in 2024.❤

[@randallhultz]

At 58 I've been listening to this song for 53 years could not be better music

[@JohnSmith-mn2im]

I'm 69 and yes still love this band...andthis song...😎👍❤

[@jerryhannon566]

I love this song....I listen to it over and over again......RIP Dean Ford

[@edwalia]

Me too

[@moonbeanification]

One of the most sweeping, emotional, powerful rock ballads ever... awesome writing and performing....love The Marmalade !

[@60s70sVintageRock]

Though no major hits, Dean Ford has been actively singing and recording since the 70's. Check this one out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4LXkqdundNgZ5o

[@moonbeanification]

Listening now.... really beautiful!

[@Anthonyfranklin-h1y]

This is the last song my brother, and I enjoyed together,before He passed away.❤😢

[@janetmcneice6246]

Awww bless💙💙🙏

[@DavesGarden1714]

Relections of My Life one of the greatest songs ever performed RIP Dean Ford

[@johngilbert9991]

So nice to hear the amazing voice of Dean Ford that never faded throughout his life. R. I. P. Dean Ford!

[@marcharrison1970]

Its hard to believe how a couple of guys in their early 20s could write a song with this level of pathos.

[@_panopticon_]

Totally

[@ebrena1876]

We had the BEST music of any generation and that cannot be taken away from us. No other generation will feel what we had-you had to "live it"

[@michaelalic3647]

Beautiful song it means so much more when you are older thank you for posting this amazing song sung so beautifully rip Dean

[@KittyGrizGriz]

I was only 10 when this beauty came out over the airwaves 🥰 still moves me today, lovely harmonies and haunting lead guitar

[@bamadad53]

Man this video is 12 yrs old. First time I’ve seen it. I was 16 the first time I heard this song on the radio and it brought me to tears. I’m 69 now and this song STILL moves me to tears. I didn’t even know Dean Ford had passed away until about 4 yrs ago. As a teen Marmalade was one of my fav bands. Dean Ford just had one of those voices that reached down deep inside you and touched you where you lived. RIP Dean and thanks for the many awesome memories.

[@60s70sVintageRock]

bamadad53: Actually the video is 52 years old, but 12 years here on youtube. Dean Ford was an awesome singer, and this was one of my favorite songs of the entire 60's/70's era!

[@bamadad53]

@@60s70sVintageRock lol well yeah I actually meant “12 yrs old” on youtube. Sure wish we would have had youtube 52 yrs ago. Now that woulda been awesome. My library of saved videos would be full of Dean and Marmalade. I can’t get enough of Marmalade’s music and Dean’s vocals. Thanks for your feedback.

[@whyicare]

The later version with Dean Ford (Thomas McAleese) and Joe Tansin was beyond outstanding. With the cello in the background, how can one not shed a tear over this song.

[@thecheshirecrafter4522]

I agree, it's very poignant. If you haven't already seen it, it's on KZbin.

[@TheBatugan77]

Agree! Dean did a couple versions. His voice, if anything, got better.

[@joehatton9790]

I never tire of listening to this song…. an all time great, no argument about it.

[@DianeOliver-cu3kj]

I love this song can listen over & over!

[@beatleme2]

The world is a bad place, a terrible place to live, yet was born in 1971 - and nowadays, people reflect at 1971 as the gold ol days/daze...great song, always loved it, RIP Dean

[@mistyblues852]

Such a beautiful song

[@alfinigirl]

What a great find...Reflections of My Life.... so happy to be a child of the 70's

[@debrajones9907]

omg I can never get tired of this wonderful song

[@j.d.marshall1098]

Absolutely one of the best live videos of any hit song I have ever seen or heard. Those guys were so talented. Live, No studio stuff. Not many bands could perform live and sound that good. I love it!. Julia M.

[@lymedevries2346]

this song is still relevant 50 yrs later. Thanks for the momories

[@normarutledge]

The World 🌎 Is A Bad Place But I Don’t Won’t To Die. All my tomorrows & so much sorrow. But you guys nailed this one out of the park. This song hits every generation and helps us to enjoy the time we share. Absolutely phenomenal piece of music. Forever ❤️

[@JohnCampbell-sl5nx]

," don't wanna die". neither do I, but already I feel time rush .

[@DulceCaramelo9000]

Wow, I found this spectacular song, and it makes my soul scream, god what a piece of art, and the band out of this world, thank you, if someone reads my comment, we all have reflections of our lives.❤

[@krisdoan2256]

"Oh my crying " This song is so soulful. I'm crying right now. Such a beautiful voice...RIP my friend .

[@simonrelf1671]

this song always hits me ,when i am alone with my thoughts

[@edwalia]

Me too! Out of nowhere I am on day 2 of playing it over and over…so beautiful…so timeless

[@carlosmedeiros9166]

Always listening in my whole life and on 2024 and days ahead. A masterpiece from Marmalade. Great Dean Ford!❤❤❤

[@DulceCaramelo9000]

I truly love this song!,, I wish I could be in that era, so I could it met them!

[@terryfroud3236]

Played with Marmalade several times, fantastic band, beautiful harmonies and lead vocal, note Junior left handed Strat upside down , stings upside down and what a solo!!! RIP Dean.

[@urnsane2userealname683]

Best live version of this hauntingly beautiful song

[@shaykatz5648]

Ok gonna use as an excuse due to my being 76 I'd forgotten this group. So very pleased to have found them again....especially this song! Beautiful vocals, just great song. Returning nightly to hear this song again & again. It just fills my heart with memories of my own life.

[@alvarojr.339]

Great song! Dean Ford was amazing singer! Rest In Peace Dean...

[@LB-pg3no]

Awesome song! Great voice Ford..your iconic!!!!!

[@bolivianprince7326]

so simple yet so beautiful

[@raulgamarra3363]

What an excellent performance, Dean Ford interprets it with great feeling. RIP Master.

[@Andytripod61]

This kinda music will never ever come around again for us people.if any of you guys missed being around in the 60's or 70's to enjoy this music when it was brand new I am really sorry about that...I really am.

[@meldridge51]

Here Listening in January 2025!

[@NSHM122]

This is a great recording. You can hear all the layers of vocals so well and it showcases what a beautiful singing voice Dean Ford had. There's no autotune or backing track like so many bands rely on now, this is 100% real talent.

[@laurenval2370]

Great song! I remember this song as a young girl. Haven't heard it in decades. Wow! I still love it❤

[@JohnGLewis1964]

Really great to see a Scottish group with so much success. The people of Scotland, throughout their history, have set such a great moral example... for the world.

[@kimgraham9486]

I long for the 70's and childhood so much. If we get to go back to where we were happiest after we die, that decade was the best. Best cars, music, I wasn't fat, had all my hair...

[@kimgraham9486]

Best hair on men too!

[@bonniestrozier4324]

You said it brother..

[@peteg8920]

Yeah, they were good times. Still skinny and got all my hair.

[@albertwk1111]

The world is a bad place, a bad place, a terrible place to live.....But such a beautiful song!!

[@unamckillen7125]

I lisened to this as a teenager. My first Marmalades concert was at age 14 I just loved their sound. This came later but it taps into all our feelings about our lives. Life is hard, bloody hard. We lose over and over again but no we "don't want to die". We all want to be taken back to our own homes. Sadly in our world they no longer exist. Every town looks the same. My "own home" with mum and dad in it has gone forever.

[@hanno-erdmanntietz8424]

Best song they ever put out, apart from a number of other excellent songs. Dean Ford was just awesome.

[@nofrackingzone7479]

It is tragically poetic that Dean would be singing and recording the same lovely song a few days before he passed.

[@jamesdawes4112]

I'm 61yrs old and I still feel this is the greatest song ever written and played. Thank You Dean and the other Marmalades.

[@kimberleycordani]

James Dawes agreed

[@KF-hz6wx]

What a iconic song,so good.This when rock and roll became great.

[@debbiedattilo6562]

I fell in love when I was 9 with dean ford. I mean big time. Rip dean. You are forever loved.

[@eileenmacbride1313]

Love this song it's my favourite of all Marmalade's songs. Also loved them as a group when they were Dean Ford and the Gaylords. First saw them in Edinburgh's Top Storey Club down Leith Walk. ❤❤❤R.I.P. Dean 💔

[@mereditharbon9918]

LOVE this! AND the meaning behind it. MAKES me cry. I want to go back too.....

[@robertstraight6589]

Meredith Arbon takes me back too, the most common threads of us veterans was the sights, evils that men do Vietnam will always live with us great song

[@lawdogwales5921]

Take me back, to my old home.

[@richcarnaggio1525]

The memories are endless

[@terriclark581]

One of most Epic and Powerful Ballads ever written. Dean Ford and Junior Campbell were indeed outstanding artists. Such an Awesome song...

[@kingslaphappy1533]

Wow, this was really live, hard version to find.👍

[@1sortedman]

A truly beautifully melancholic song......not made anymore...do we not feel anymore?

[@felixfelix7447]

I try to sing it out loud but just choke up every time.... can't be done..😗

[@vitusyu2009]

Sortedman1 It s gangsta music now.

[@gabydersch1482]

Great song. Great singing. This song sounds better each time I hear it. Thank you. God bless you. 💗➕💗🎸

[@scotsbimbo]

brilliant brilliant brilliant !!!!!!!! what a song, what a singer!!!!! the whole thing is fan bloodytastic.......

[@derekec]

Love listening to this live version (sure with some pre-recording orchestration) hearing the fantastic voices, especially for me Dean and Junior..as well as Junior's "unproduced" solo. What raw talent!

[@60s70sVintageRock]

​@@derekec See info under the video. There was a live orchestra on stage (to the left of the band). If you look closely you can see the conductor at a couple points in the video.

[@derekec]

@@60s70sVintageRock Thank you. The thought had occurred to me but I didn't look. All the better!

[@c44LuWanda]

Reflections of my life. What beautiful, yet sad lyrics. I want to go back to my early life... to see those in my life who have gone on. I miss them. I want to go back and redo my life and make changes for the better... better choices. Oh, if only we could. Beautiful song... yet so sad. Hits me to the core.

[@dawg065]

same here.

[@TwoFourFixate]

A brilliant masterpiece . . . what a beautiful work of art. Marmalade has given us a gift that will last . . . for eternity. I thank you.

[@choycewellington3911]

Dean Ford - you''ve uplifted millions of needy hearts & souls ... worldwide!

[@sandraraket2121]

I love this song , i love your voice Dean Ford ....R.I.P

[@kencoakley3959]

Dean Ford was one good lookin' dude. His vocals were incomparable.

[@susanmoreland2671]

I said the same👍

[@benedettosalerno5324]

What a classic classic emotional beautiful song!!!

[@lorraineward5990]

Many years ago my sons and I went with my father to Government House to receive his OAM. While we were sitting and waiting for my father’s name to be called, they announced the next recipient… William Richard Thorpe, for services to Australian Music. It was a posthumous award and was accepted by his wife. So very sad he was not there to receive it himself. The accolades came a little too late.

[@gracielavera7484]

BEAUTIFUL SONG..

[@mhootman]

Really love this song! Melancholy and melodic!

[@donnabaskins7564]

I'm 68 as of the 29th October this year I'm tearful 😢

[@chrave1956]

Judy Block … the girl of my dreams (1967!)

[@johnsandifar9826]

No one sings like Dean one of my favorite singers.

[@HelenaLumina]

Wonderful. Forever and ever treasure.

[@coco-s9d]

계속 들어도 질리지않는 좋은 노래~ 역대 최고 👍

[@aliciarobertson4979]

This wonderful song got to me when it was first released and I was a young woman with weans, and it still does now all these years later when I’m a great-grandmother and those weans are grandparents themselves! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Thanks for the music Dean, and The Marmalade 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@davinastanton3865]

H Alicia, it doesn't feel that it was all those years ago. Yes I had my bairns too. We are grateful to have Dean and the Marmalade in our lives. Much love fae Bonnie Scotland too. 🌹🕊❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@aliciarobertson4979]

@@davinastanton3865 Aye, that we are. Glad I was around when it was first released. I’m awaiting news of my 19th great grandchild due this weekend so I know how long ago when I think of it! Thanks for the love sent, hen. Feashar math. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@theerachaianankultham5966]

What's a beautiful song

[@AB67]

what a great tune.

[@markobanion8652]

This is the song that brings me back to my teen years every time I hear it. Such fond memories. So sorry that Dean is gone. RIP>

[@asiamicaela]

This song is incredible, love it since the first time I listened it in the radio 1973, 40 years have gone and I feel like the first time, and Dean Ford was such a good looking guy.

[@SWAllen420]

Over of the most overlooked songs and bands of its era. Beautifully orchestrated here. I still wonder if they were right: The world is a bad place/ A terrible place ...

[@johnpawlowski2912]

Beautiful melody and prolific lyrics soulfully sung great song my new favorite

[@braveneikonic2231]

His voice lives in my head. We are immortal, at least in song. Music unites us. Peace

[@joybickham9670]

he was an amazing singer

[@MylesBrooklyn]

These guys sounded great live!! Love this song, brings back so many memories!

[@martydattner8622]

Incredible live performance.

[@brendanmurray3922]

The greatest song ever recorded love it

[@kirkmcdufford5885]

Yup, reflecting how we lived.....

[@PatrickTengmusic]

Simply love the vocal harmonies and the background orchestration ❤ the guitar solo is a little faded though

[@brucewang319]

One of the greatest song of all times.

[@hnlchan]

Beautiful song! Thanks for sharing this rare recording!

[@BHH10]

Great song - Always one of my favorites. The only live version I've seen. Thanks for posting!!!

[@larryscelbert]

back when you could understand the lyrics! so smooth...one of those songs that could touch your heart regardless where you live on this earth...

[@aginghipster]

undoubtedly one of the greatest songs ever made!

[@robsmalls9656]

Great songs always vividly remind people of specific events or times in their lives.

[@janetehomem1593]

Adoro Marmelade.Adoro essa.música.Dean Ford será eterno!!!Banda maravilhosa.

[@dreamsentinelproductions852]

Great song, great band!! Brings back beautiful childhood memories!!

[@susanwebber9247]

Dean Ford, a tiny man and as thin as a rail, the wonder was he stayed upright in a breeze, AND THEN that wonderful voice that poured forth from him was incredible. Gone too soon. RIP Tommy

[@d.od.3463]

Dean Ford is truly remarkable. Make certain you view his 2014 rendition of this historic song!

[@jimduffy1967]

I have done

[@filmnoir50]

This footage reminds me of a time when things were simpler and it always makes me farklemt. It's a real downer, but was sung so beautifully that you need to listen to the lyrics to really get what he's singing about. What a voice he had!

[@franciscorenteria625]

With this song loved the music .RIP DEAN FORD AWESOME SINGER .

[@320achacin]

Dean Ford un legendario que admire mucho y su último video que ví me lleno de ternura.humilde su voz 😢 bello ya en la Paz del Señor 🙏🕊️

[@bashert4ever]

My fave Marmalade song Chris,,, good find.. xx

[@Thomasgene]

The sound is so great! The drums are........drums. The Vocals Are Rare real, the guitar is real. Kids this the way the good music use to sound. Real not touched by anything but humans. The feeling is so real. The times were sad and happy, hard to understand, a war, but there was hope.