Nazareth - Love Hurts | The Story Behind The Song | Top 2000 a gogo

[@Exotic3000]

RIP Dan McCafferty. Thanks for all the great music. God bless!

[@MoosesValley]

It was an awesome and a monster hit in 1974/75, and it's still an awesome song (almost) 50 years later. Dan McCafferty sure has a set of pipes on him, and he gives the song everything he has. One of the very best songs and performances of all time.

[@peu2078]

Nazareth is the most underrated band ever

[@CHRISTIANLAGRECA]

The ''most underrated band'' that sold no less than 20 million albums worldwide.

[@firstbornjordan]

I never stopped loving this song. since the 1960s - such a shame that decades passed without any air play or recognition of the greatness of this song by my contempories - hats off to Nazareth and to my YT tribe.

[@autocrow]

I was in a bar one time where three guys were jamming out some covers. As soon as they started playing this song a girl in front of me started crying. I thought that was amazing. The power of the song.

[@JoeyP322]

“Hair of the Dog” is one of the best rock albums of all time... I think you could even say it’s heavy metal... every single song on that album is incredible!!!!

[@mimilini1]

Joey P I love their song Hair of the Dog! It’s so fun and sexy! Guns and stupid Roses did a remake and it just sounds predatory and stalkerish and creepy. That shows how much more talent Nazareth has!

[@switch2kryptonite]

I've known this song for a long time and only found that out recently. I was shocked. I thought it was an original Nazareth song.

[@dougjeffries68]

Changin' Times. Those screams and the cool outro. Killer song.

[@robertcronin6603]

True

[@Granddad56]

Went to a Nazareth concert in the 70s, couldn't hear for 3 days. Loved it.

[@NoobSaibot564]

Hahaha i love your story 😂

[@ahernandez8965]

Dan’s voice is incomparable. Nazareth is one of my very favorite rock bands. And this song brings back high school memories to me.

[@stevegilbert8486]

He had the voice that if they would have had the right songs they would have been as big as Black Sabbath and AC/DC.

[@Cupat1]

@@stevegilbert8486 It's shame he's now literally left us but his voice was very similar to a young Axl or Tyler, they were big'ish but yes if they'd had the right songs they'd have been another bloody big outfit for sure.

[@trope5105]

reminds me of wonder years !!!!.... born in 87!!!! best year to be born!!!

[@Crinkle65]

IMO, this Nazareth song has one of the greatest rock vocals of all time. Still floors me.

[@wilfojac9643]

honestly the mild scratchiness of his voice as he has aged seems to add an extra layer of expression to the song now.

[@tod3msn]

Nazareth nailed it. The singing was plaintive and an emotional wail that I never forgot. Like the singer really felt what he was singing.

[@jnl8389]

This is by far the best version ever of the song and the highest charting version of the song as well.

[@dennisxavier9513]

There should be a slot in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame for songs. Love Hurts, definitely deserves to be inducted.

[@jember2001]

Great band,great vocals

[@ctruthtoday]

Nazareth is one of the most under rated bands of all time.

[@leiavalu2908]

Fico imaginando essa voz linda no pe do meu ouvido.,te amo muito Dan beijos.

[@albertodf1234]

RIP Dan... love hurts, that's true

[@Rushscored4]

Great band. Dan is a fine vocalist. Forgot to add .....Woke up this morning is always a big fave 😊

[@anitahand5699]

that was the best naz i think... heavy as eff

[@mariaaparecidamarquezanete1734]

Dan que voz maravilhosa fique em paz onde vc estiver obrigado

[@CHRISTIANLAGRECA]

The ''most underrated band'' that sold no less than 20 million albums worldwide.

[@rickshearer]

Hair Of The Dog got me into Nazareth and their tightly produced albums, back in the day! I wish I had the opportunity to see them live; but their albums held on their own. 🎧👀

[@vrouwkje]

Gram and Emmylou's singing were the best❣️❣️❣️

[@PortofinoArts]

What a voice!

[@EmmaPeelman]

"Too bad, too sad:" this is just too short!. Dan was one hell of a singer.

[@lolahernandez6871]

Worst song to listen after a breakup 💔 But just BEAUTIFUL !!

[@imcavdb5465]

Zou permanent in de top tien van golden oldies moeten staan. ♥️♥️♥️

[@Exotic3000]

Thanks for posting. That was an awesome interview!

[@crisprtalk6963]

The best cover ever done! EVER!

[@bennycop]

Rock groups have made the best ballads ever

[@jammer3618]

Their recorded version is one killer cut. Kudos

[@caryheuchert]

I’m happy they made reference to it. The version by Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris is still the superior and most heartfelt recording of this song.

[@scottstewart5784]

I don't believe one is superior over the other - they are too different. You may enjoy the slower version more, but clearly theirs had more commercial success and reverberation through the culture, which also doesn't correlate all the time to quality. They're both great in what they were each trying to do.

[@caryheuchert]

I grew up with the Nazareth version, a huge hit in the mid-70s, yet the Gram Parsons version, with a sparser instrumentation snd stellar vocal harmonies with Emmylou Harris, has a real raw intensity, and is convincing to my ear (and heart) that love really hurts.

[@jimmyjennings4089]

One of the most truthful songs ever written.

[@dionst.michael5818]

Thanks to my stepdad for being the first introduction to the glam band era of music. Used to sneak down in the basement in the mid to late 70’s to listen to his The Sweet, Kiss and Nazareth 8 tracks. Lol. My Ma listened to country and was somewhat superstitiously religious so I thought I’d get in big trouble for listening to rock n roll music at such a young age. I wasn’t even 10 yet. Lol

[@Ellen24493]

I had no idea they were Scottish! I thought they were American all this time. I like Nazareth even more now.

[@steveblease]

I used to sing this version in my band about 25 years ago

[@zabaleta66]

Great song from a great band!

[@bucro2000]

Nazareth should have been way bigger, awesome tunes. When Bon Scott passed away I thought Dan McCafferty would have been the perfect replacement, having never heard of Brian Johnson at the time.

[@ryandeanlindgren9054]

The Everly Brothers Song! Nazareth Did a Great Version! :)

[@Bends95]

It’s a classic song.I saw Nazareth last year without Dan McCafferty and they still knocked it out of the park!

[@northrider8628]

Great... always been a fan. If you get a chance there is a DVD of them playing in Scotland, a must watch... If your not a fan you will be after watching the video

[@vamboroolz1612]

Northrider I am on that dvd. Sad that Dan left the band.

[@Domi.1978]

The best! Encantador dan mccafferty and pete agnew

[@leticiarodriguez8416]

Classic! 💖✌

[@AEYRivera]

Dan McCafferty kinda reminds of Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of Overkill. Similar look and singing style, despite the huge difference in overall musical style. "Love Hurts" is such a great rendition. It burned itself into my mind.

[@Lanisteelerocks]

What a keen observation!

[@simonnash9563]

Great videos as always. Life was so much hairier back then ( in more ways than one)

[@ricardo340]

I’m glad they mentioned Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris.

[@jackzimmer6553]

Great song from my generation!

[@larrysnyder3475]

Always been my favorite band of all time and always will be.

[@kimbronson3520]

Nazareth did it best, forget the rest.

[@carolyncrawford2320]

Love Dan he's my man i wished

[@commodore665]

great song

[@scottthompson4193]

Damn Mccafferty and blitz from OVERKILL are long lost relatives!!!

[@Local1Laborer]

Drink til you can't drink no more, then have another.

[@denonhd8]

No mention of the Everly Brothers? Nice to see footage of Buddy Miller with Emmylou Harris.

[@Валентин-в3з7о]

Камеры Nazareth возносили эти песни на высший уровень!❤

[@rockinbobokkin7831]

That's damn good writing there.

[@nazfan01]

The documentary should be done with Manny Charlton. Manny told me the stor behind on how Love Hurts come to be. He said they were on tour and had settled in at a hotel room Dan and Pete had taken off for a drink at a bar. Darrell Sweet had fallen asleep on a couch and Manny was listening to a radio. The Everly Brothers came on the radio singing Love Hurts. Many was listening to this and started strumming his guitar (unplugged of course) He said he woke Darrell up and said listen to this! Darrell used the back of a chair and pretended to be playing the drums. Later Dan and Pete came back and Manny said he came up with something new and they could do a cover of the Everly Brothers song Love Hurts. Manny put everything together and the rest is history Side note: Back in 2007-2008, both Manny and I along with a friend of mine was doing a world wide search for unknown and even some known bands to do Nazareth covers for a tribute CD, Most people / bands wanted to do their own version of Love Hurts, the problem was that we had to explain that it was not an original Nazareth song but was a cover. No way we could accept a cover song that was already a cover. Yet, Nazareth's version is the most famous and recognizable version! **The tribute CD never materialized for various reasons but lots of the original Nazareth covers that were intended to be used are pretty much available on YT**

[@AZOffRoadster]

Close enough for rock n roll.

[@daviddanser7801]

Nazareth's version of this song is the best.

[@markharris5107]

I had no reason they were Scottish. Back then it didn't really matter where they were from as long as they did great music.

[@christschool]

He really had that Jim Morrison look going on back in 1974.

[@lolahernandez6871]

I like Roy Orbison's version too. 🥰😍😍🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@waltercardenas5032]

Walter. De. PERU 🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪. Septiembre 2020

[@joseeduardocavalcantemorei1321]

Nossa vai deixar saudade dan mccarfetty perdeu vocalista

[@mikelawson6456]

I had so many slow dances to this song

[@Kevin-kr5ok]

The 8-track of Hair of the Dog took a beating in my 68 Nova ! lol

[@charles4k8k]

He's like the father acdv

[@velociraptor8984]

Pretty incredible that many best songs of all time were suppose just to fill up SIDE B !....

[@xxmilannathanxx]

can i ask if this was the b side what the a side was?

[@turbomustang84]

Everyone I knew had Hair of the dog but I was in my Black Sabbath period and I couldn't be bothered

[@switch2kryptonite]

Also check out the version of Keith Richards doing it in a duet w/ some girl. I think that's when I found out it was an oldie from the Everly Bro's. A YT search taught me this. Lol!

[@raymondbonington9355]

Good song the late Jim capaldi had a big hit with it around the same time .

[@thegoatgotmilked373]

Van alle nummers van Nazareth, wordt de meest zeikerige nummer gekozen haha. Hair of a dog is een geweldig album, maar Love Hurts sla ik altijd over.

[@Randallkoller]

Has Dan's solo album been released yet? Maybe his last offering

[@adamneil]

Last Testament is released 18th October on CD/Vinyl/Digital Download

[@johnshares444]

Played in major love Rotterdam NL

[@markm1138]

Malice in Wonderland was my favorite me.

[@danielratner6810]

Dan smoking away, no surprise he had to leave the band because of COPD.

[@starvingbuddha7622]

Love nazareth’s version... but gram and emmylou’s version is perfect!

[@lmsrox2]

Don't discount the original recorded version by the Everly Brohters.

[@zesvo]

@@lmsrox2 It's from the 1930's

[@nazfan01]

@@zesvo- "Love Hurts" is a song written and composed by the American songwriter Boudleaux Bryant. First recorded by the Everly Brothers in July 1960, the song is most well known from the 1974 international hit version by Scottish hard rock band Nazareth and 1975 Top 5 hit in the UK by English singer Jim Capaldi.

[@zesvo]

@@nazfan01 Tell me something I don't know. The song was written in the 30's , that's my point. I saw Nazareth do the song live, and you, you're nowhere.

[@zesvo]

And I saw the Everly Brothers also.

[@anthonygross1963]

Sounds like Axl Rose now, lol.

[@scottthompson4193]

Axl copied his style, he has pretty much said so. Also Bobby blitz from OVERKILL not only looks just like him, but voices are so close

[@commodore665]

Axl Rose Sounds like him

[@RalphSampson...]

I didn't hear much of a story. Okay, so, it was the B side. What brought the song into existence?

[@Robcobes]

Always thought this was an 80's song.

[@darinclark1853]

Felice and Boudleaux would be proud.

[@maddymud]

the ultimate prom slow song

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[@mrmjb1960]

Roy Orbison and Bill Dees wrote this in 1961.

[@Emophiliac2]

Boudleaux Bryant wrote the song and it was released by the Everly brothers in late 1960.

[@rustygoldentv4049]

Written by B. and F. Bryant

[@SebastianSmith-c5t]

They didn't write the song. The Everly Brothers recorded the first version in 1960.

[@harrynac6017]

They did the first version, but didn't write it.

[@harrynac6017]

They wrote more for the Everly Brothers. This is new to me too :) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felice_and_Boudleaux_Bryant It's husband and wife.

[@ardalla535]

When I hear the Everly's version I keep going, C'mon guys, more energy for chrissakes. The song is just lying there in a coma.

[@BatMite19]

Roy Orbison did a version too. His is a Cha-Cha.

[@chillinwithdylan636]

@@ardalla535 Who is crissakes? 🤯

[@SimmeringPotpourri]

I always thought if Brian Johnson couldn't front AC/DC, Dan McCafferty is an easy decision.

[@anitahand5699]

wasnt he asked to front acdc

[@SimmeringPotpourri]

@@anitahand5699 Brian Johnson? Yes, he is currently the frontman for AC/DC and before him, Bon Scott. Where it really shines through is if you listen to Hair of the Dog. I could really hear Brian covering this and doing it very well. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oF7TlKl6ZZimeKM

[@anitahand5699]

@@SimmeringPotpourri no, i mean dan was asked wasnt he?

[@SimmeringPotpourri]

@@anitahand5699 I don't think so but just in case I might be wrong I did a quick search and even in an interview with Dan where AC/DC and Brian were brought up (I guess they are friends), there was no mention of him being asked.

[@tedkay_music]

nice!

[@j.d.6915]

It's the Gatorade song!

[@pampietro8980]

Whiskey drinkin' woman and Please don't Judas me.

[@Largeagegaplove]

"Go all the way" Raspberries (7-1972) is the first true power ballad

[@harrynac6017]

Het zou wel zo vriendelijk zijn de schrijvers van het nummer te noemen. Dat is een niet onbelangrijk deel van het verhaal. Verder geen klachten hoor ;)

[@bartdumolyn1262]

inderdaad. dit lijkt zeer bewust weggelaten.

[@eleanorfortesings4815]

In fact, famous songwriters boudleaux en bryant wrote it for the everly's

[@harrynac6017]

Thanks. Never new this. They were husband and wife btw.

[@drumdad54sdl47]

This is NOT a song you want to listen to when you have a heartache.

[@steveevans424]

SWEET ! ..... AC/DC missed their chance to get Dan to sing for their band

[@hungfao]

He would have fit.

[@jppagetoo]

In 1980's Dan was a mess. Some nights he was sooooo good. I saw them on the Malice in Wonderland tour. To this day one of the best shows I have ever seen (and I have been to hundreds of shows) Then I saw Nazareth a year or so later and Dan was so drunk on stage he couldn't even remember the words to the songs. I love Nazareth and saw them back in their heyday, but Dan wouldn't have been a good fit for AC/DC other than his voice timbre.

[@rhinoaferriol9420]

Im amazed that he still wearing the same ring that you can see in all of the video when he was young

[@TrevorMorgan]

Never knew they were Scottish. That's cool. :-)

[@ChrisAcheson]

Could sing for AC-DC too

[@whatwouldhousedo5136]

I love Nazareth, but they didn't start the thing of rock bands doing ballads. This was 1974- five years after Zeppelin came out. Your Time Is Gonna Come was on the first album. Thank You on Zep ll, etc etc.

[@tomacosta85]

Babe I'm gonna leave you was the first power rock ballad. Imho

[@greatunz67]

After Nazareth, Roy Orbison's version is the best. The Everly Bros version was good too.