steve goodman, The 20th Century Is Almost Over

[@bzzzzap]

Why didn't we all sing this in Dec 1999? We blew a chance for some fun, some reflection and another chance to immortalize the immortal Steve Goodman. All over this world...

[@seanvasquez523]

Or Dec 2000 for that matter as well?

[@davidgerald133]

I was thinking the same thing

[@isaia273]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIfMpXifgNCFkJo&ab_channel=npatou

[@josocalify]

It was featured in a Mercedes ad for their 1999 ML320 ad that played pretty prominently on TV around that time. I thought it was a clever choice of music for their ad.

[@billmavin1815]

If Steve Goodman could have bottled what he gave an audience, he could have lightened every soul in the world

[@tjmangum]

Amen!

[@gillygil8747]

If Steve Godman could bottle what he gave everybody in a concert, Democrats would tax it. Progressives would make it illegal.

[@OthO67]

@@gillygil8747 This is no place for politics, happy doom scrolling.

[@RosoeVan3]

I like the way you said that.

[@Be3tBe3t]

God have mercy, how I miss Steve. What a songwriter AND performer.

[@Be3tBe3t]

As much as I love this song, the thing about it that grabs me is - Steve LOVED playing for people! He loved playing his songs for anyone who'd listen. RIP, Steve.

[@TheDriftwoodlover]

He always looked like he was having the most fun performing, which makes watching him so special

[@birdfever]

The Highwaymen made this song famous and I never knew Steve wrote it until today. Awesome song. Genius songwriter. In 1986 and 87 I listened to this everynight at bed time but not this original.

[@translateslowly]

+birdfever I was about to tell you you're crazy till I found it. Learn something new everyday. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJS1lWCvpbqYipo

[@manscherhilberry1046]

Jamie Hartford (John Hartfords son) sang this song at the Hartford Fest a few years back, first time i'd heasrd it. instant fall in love...

[@longbow60435]

I just learned he wrote ,,city of new orleans.

[@MrTwostring]

I had the same thought. I learned it from the Highwaymen... and I like this version better. I also knew "Talk Backwards" - and that is about it. One advantage the Highwaymen had is that they recorded it much closer to the end of the 20th c. :-)

[@andywilliams1578]

Thank you for posting. This is really, Something Special like a diamond in the rough!!. Steve Goodman was an absolute Genious . It's all in this song in particular, but Some people just don't get it!!. Same with his good Ole Buddy John prine. I'm grateful for the greatness these two contributed to our lives ,even the people who don't see and hear it in their music!!. What a great sadness I feel when I think of what could've and should've been!!. Thanks guys ,R.I.P. and in PARIDISE!!.....

[@IvanMesniaa]

I wish I had a copy of the rest of this concert. I love how energetic he is and was such a great performer.

[@DasParanoi8Projekt]

14 Years later someone uploaded the full version of the concert on youtube. Search "Steve Goodman Austin City Limits 1978"

[@markrush5013]

what a legend...what a songwriter. we love you,Steve.

[@markabbey505]

if i could have one wish, it would be steve goodman and roger miller in concert together. that would have been an awesome evening

[@kevinb2014]

Another concert I'd love to see is John Prine and Steve Goodman. Such a long friendship between them, and they worked together so much, they could finish each other's sentences (lyrics). The few KZbin videos of them performing together are magical.

[@shanephillips1730]

Do wacky do!

[@rockingron]

Wish we had Steve into the 21st.

[@stecchiaerosmith1986]

I hear he lives in Houston

[@jeff22192]

@@stecchiaerosmith1986 He died in 1984.

[@thaddeus2700]

@@stecchiaerosmith1986 Asshole

[@dianneravanesi1339]

Hope he's still singing in Heaven

[@beaustubblefield-tave3285]

Thank you for this amazing recording! I had the pleasure of seeing Steve Goodman in concert several times when I lived in Chicago. Never heard this song until now. It will stand with the Ballad of Penny Evans, the Dutchman, and the Ballad of Carl Martin among my all time Steve Goodman favorites. As someone else commented, when I die, I want to be where he is. I'll call that heaven.

[@jacquelynwilliams3660]

When I saw him he explained that the woman he knew as "Penny Evans" was actually a liar, but the story was true for other women so still a great song. Of course, he made the story very funny and then launched into the beautiful ballad. What an entertainer.

[@mikeweir3680]

Beau Amen

[@caveatemp]

It's like Pete Townshend wrote, "It's the singer, not the song, that makes the music move along." Steve Goodman was a great songwriter but it was his ebullient nature that slays me. It seems that he was always on the verge of this crazy mirthful laughter whenever he sang. He was a great gift to the world.

[@stepno]

Never saw anyone who loved and *lived* every minute on stage as much as Steve... First saw him on a telecast of the (I think) 1970 Philadelphia Folk Festival and started looking for his first LP. When it came out, liner notes were by John Prine, so I bought his first record the same day. Got to see each of them a few times... Even saw Carl Martin on the same bill in Philly and/or a Clearwater festival. Maybe that night was the after-the-show jam that inspired Steve to write "You Better Get it While You Can," an anthem for all three of them, and for the rest of us too.

[@nebiros1]

he wrote this song in 1977 and here we are in 2011 and the message still holds true

[@raysgirlsofar]

No-one gave a concert like Steve Goodman did. How I miss him.

[@j.k.marshall618]

Where have I been...it's like I was on Mars or living as a hermit. Steve is the outstanding solo entertainer. One man doing everything and having so much fun. I have learned a lot from Steve. My kind of music. I will try to emulate.........RIP Steve...gone too soon.

[@infoline100]

Music the contagious disease, I am so glad that I was affected. Peace to all!

[@Zebred2001]

My sister just showed me this video. Didn't know about Steve Goodman before. Awesome song!

[@royboy56100]

GOD BLESS STEVE! He truly was one of our national Treasures,and i miss him so much.How he sang"My Old Man" without crying,I'll never know!He could make you smile,laugh and cry at the same time!We will never see anyone like him ever again..

[@markrush5013]

what a massive talent....unbelievable...one of a kind....can you imagine the music we missed when he died so young?

[@johncook30284]

And when he was told he had weeks or months or months to live, and part of Steve said, "No, I'll make it 10-12 years!" doctor: you got cancer Steve" I think I'll get married." Arlo Guthrie " Steve had too much energy but for a guy with too much energy he used it well." for context see Arlo , Kris, Jackson Browne and more talk about Steve Goodman. It's two different posts with Arlo in both.

[@h2oboater]

Absolutely Fantastic !! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@elsandobottoms]

How could I have missed Steve for so long? He's incredible!

[@shanephillips1730]

From the Carters and Jimmie Rodgers thru Little Richard, Buddy Holly onto the Stones, Zepillen & Skynyrd rd, back to Hank, Cash, Willie and Merle. Dylan, the Band, Hendricks, the Who and the Doors. Stevie Goodman holds a place at the table. Found him thru Prine (the Prince of Music) and DAC. Wow what a Soul!

[@elsandobottoms]

Hi Shane! Wow - 8 years ago! I discovered Steve by listening to David Allen Coe's "You don't have to call me darling". He was great. Died way too soon. Hug them kids! Love to all. @@shanephillips1730

[@MrSoxfan56]

Steve was a tremendous talent that was ahead of his time.

[@erwinschonfeld8975]

NOT ONLY LOVE THIS PERFORMANCE, BUT ALSO THE WAY THE YOUNG AUSTIN COLLEGE AUDIENCE IS ENJOYING STEVE AND HIS PERFOMANCE, AS WELL. THE ENTHUSIASM IS PRECIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS!

[@DevinPA410]

Today is the day I truly discovered him beyond "You Never Even Called Me By My Name." I was missing out. What an incredible mind. Wow.

[@kevinb2014]

Check out everything he's in on KZbin. I'm not sure there's ever been any performer do a better job of connecting to his audience than Steve Goodman. (I'll exclude Tony Bennett from the contest; he's in a class by himself!) Most of his performances are extremely fun, magnetic, and energetic like this one, but he's every bit as much in his element singing one of the most emotional, sensitive, honest love songs I've ever heard: Would You Like to Learn to Dance. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZSXaZJ6hKdooLM

[@kevinb2014]

Recorded version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJ7cdKmJn513qK8

[@capyboppy]

Loved him doing 16 tons - what enthusiasm and zest for life.

[@SBS829]

I was fortunate enough to have seen him at the Ark in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1973, which was a very intimate venue. He was a great talent who could take over a room, as he did in this video.

[@MrJojogun]

Damn! Everytime I remember seeing Steve dancing tears roll down my face...I'm not ashamed say...rest softly my friend, the rest of us we'll be there with you soon, then we'll all dance!

[@dreamwell2020]

This is as close as I've ever gotten to levitating.

[@shanephillips1730]

I'm floatin'

[@chrisz5732]

Old comment but... Absolutely a spiritual experience.

[@retriever19golden55]

Used to hear this on the radio when it came out...my gosh, it made me feel better about a lot of things!

[@Blishkindorn]

Saw him in fall '77 at WVU, in a small venue like this one (maybe a bit larger). Opening act was a blues band - Martin Bogan and Armstrong. It remains in my memory to this day as one of the most remarkable evenings of music I have ever experienced.

[@gregorysullivan7175]

God Damn lest this beautiful poet be forgotten. So fucking unpretentious.

[@antiquesman7]

Wow is all I can say What a performer !

[@frankhanson5974]

Holy Shit. Even better than my old memory recalled. Damn. Too early gone.

[@kendamon5929]

Thank you God for Steve Goodman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@doreenforauer4448]

Love his songs....

[@Itty0420]

Oh, yeah! Thanks so much for sharing this. Good video, good sound, and a great performance. It really captures how electric and energetic he was on stage. Quite a number of the audience in the video seem to not really get it. Oh, well. Even thought he was sick basically most of his career, he always seemed to be the one having the most fun. It was awfully infectious.

[@tjmangum]

The best I ever saw perform live. Gone way too soon.

[@katryn5586]

Had to listen to Steve tell me how the 20th century was almost over. Wishing wells are wishing for another drop of water... 1977 Yet the 20th century I still not over. God bless Steve Goodman.

[@simoncowellscores]

Wow, Steve was such an incredible talent!

[@sirmike18630]

when i die i want to be where he is.

[@ewetoobe100]

Rumor has it, his ashes are still blowing over Waveland Ave. :)

[@140Robocop]

Can’t wait to see him again. Should be quite a crowd!

[@magnificentfailure2390]

By the shores of old Lake Michigan, where the hawk wind blows so cold?

[@richardcurry4383]

Agreed.

[@gregorysullivan7175]

Fuck yeah.

[@susunque2245]

LOVE THIS SONG! Now the 21st Century Is OveR! Sadly..🙄 In more ways than one..

[@laydbakk1]

The man was brilliant...

[@cliftongal51]

I am glad to find Steve Goodman fans out there!!! I was the only person I knew who bought his music in the 70s and now 24 years after his death he has legions of fans. Too bad they can't reissue his albums - or maybe they have and I just don't know???

[@bobbyhutcheson1084]

His magnetic personality and professional performance =Perfection

[@1parrisbacon]

This is Great song writing!

[@PampersPete]

@cliftongal51 I'm 34 and been listenin' to Steve since the day I was born. My grandmother was a die-hard Cubs fan and was singing a song of his the moment I was born. :-D I'm pretty sure it was "Lincoln Park Pirates" but I'm not certain. Growing up in Chicago with a family full of music nuts, it's hard to not know Steve Goodman....lol!

[@oconnor1951]

A Master-called Home to soon for us!

[@neilbrennan8883]

This NEVER gets old

[@PampersPete]

Great song-Great video!

[@boldyo]

This is Soooo much better than Prince's - Party Till it's 1999 for an end of a century song.

[@kenvarnold3659]

Damn...saw him in concert many times...what a sad loss...

[@craighohm390]

I saw him in 1973 and he is still alive for me

[@cowtippingrocks]

Great singer!!

[@tbrooker7]

Alas, a star so bright can only burn for a short time.

[@bobhenson1433]

Sadly I discovered beautiful Steve some 30 yrs after he died. And sadly, I was living in the West Village in 71 - 72. I saw John Prine at the Village End and I’ll bet anything Goodman was in town sometime during my stay in NYC. Missed him, Bummer!

[@GaryMrAtoZ]

Gone WAY TOO SOON. To think it is 39 years. He was 9 days older than me. I interviewed him when I was working on the Northeastern University radio station. All we talked about on the car ride over was baseball and his beloved Cubs. And of course he passed just days before the Cubbies made the postseason for the first time since 1945. What a joy to be around. He has been joined by Merle, Doc and, more recently, Jerry Jeff, Ian Tyson, Gordon Lightfoot, Robbie Robertson and now Jimmy. What a helluva concert in the sky. L'shanah Tovah Steve.

[@RebeccaannWood]

I love Steve Goodman.

[@EarthLightImages]

I read many of the comments. I feel he same way as all of them. Steve was a unique talent voice and person.To hear him and see him again reminded me of his influence on me!! He is part of all of us.

[@francismcloone4052]

Love this man rip

[@headpirate4u]

This is fantastic even though it is over. It is too bad it is with the way things are in the world now. Steve is awesome. We all sure do miss him.

[@nebiros1]

I cant imagine what he would be singing about today. What a shame the world lost him so early.

[@jrpears1]

I heard Steve do this song New Years Eve at the Earl Of Old Town, I think 1977 or '78 (well, all those years blurred together), and Lincoln Park Pirates, and I can't remember the name of the song "There are men who love women who love men. There are women who love women every now and then. There are men who love men because they can't pretend that they're men who love women who love men". Ahead of it's time?

[@atomicsquirrel6457]

John Pearson The name of that song is, amazingly enough, Men Who Love Women Who Love Men. It’s on the album High and Outside, 1979.

[@danielsirolly4000]

Always like this song, and in fact, it came true,you just never know!

[@jaslinc3371]

He helped me reach mine; time enough I say Thank You to both good bad and even indifferent.

[@admiralmikael2176]

Imagine a parody of this song at the end of the 21st Century.

[@lmeekedl9729]

Would be amazing

[@jaxbitez]

not a parody, but it reminds me significantly of bo burnhams “that funny feeling” that he released a few days ago

[@Michael-us9rq]

Outstanding.

[@markrush5013]

what a legend...

[@lecagot2]

Love the version he did with John Prine.

[@shanephillips1730]

I play Arlo's take on Thanksgiving , on Thanksgiving. I play Stevie on New Years Eve.

[@gargran]

He's simply the best there ever was!

[@IvanMesniaa]

Thank you so much!

[@terryblankenshipmusic1322]

2024 still being entertained by Steve Goodman

[@andrewbuyhers]

What a talented fun loving kook :)

[@keathgraham2742]

"Songs We Can't Sing Anymore, Vol. 1"

[@meandsteve1245]

Fricken brilliant. Bottle it. Xxxx

[@Melrose1961]

god, I miss him

[@ksufler]

Could you upload the previous song performed? (Probably "Banana republics", because he plays a piece of outro of it then says 'this is in G too')

[@mikegibbons8830]

Lets hope the cubs win this year - god bless him - a great loss

[@hawleyhawley2007]

i love this sooooooooo much man !!!!!

[@Tayfancier]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@garybaxel155]

The legendary radio station KFAT played the album version often, leading up to Y2K. I thought Steve wrote it then.

[@djsmackz]

WAY ahead of his time!

[@bryantw4375]

Of heaven got Steve in it, God dammit Im fucking going!

[@zkgubs]

Can please post his "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" from this concert? It's the best version and I can't find it anywhere.

[@usedcarlot77]

Thanks Steve, you're still showing us how it's done

[@PampersPete]

@ChiTownLiz It very well could've been that as well. I've been meaning to ask my mother since I wrote that a week ago.

[@shanephillips1730]

And I thought I was John Prines' best friend!

[@norrisnonkin5283]

Has season's tickets to see the angels now. . .Steven, you are missed.

[@TheAdvencherContinues2022]

He swung a heavy pick in this one.

[@johncook30284]

Jackson Browne and Arlo Guthrie pay Steve great compliments on his life.

[@marcelstjean]

love it

[@magnehoiberg]

Genious. Pure genious.

[@Vandelay16]

Where has music like this gone?

[@ArcoZakus]

Vandelay16, "Where has music like this gone?" you ask? Nowhere. It is still back there, left behind in the 20th century. Seems like a blink of an eye has shot us nearly 20 more years now into the 21st. No goin' back when what we're homesick for is a time, rather than a place. (At least not until Doc Brown catches up to us and gives us a ride ...)

[@shanephillips1730]

Wow, like WOW!

[@bluegoose555]

I dig the pro keds!

[@shanephillips1730]

Levitate Steve!

[@dreamwell2020]

Knowing that you're dying gives you an unfair advantage.

[@seattlesue178]

The lyrics are getting truer.

[@Reg22158]

Nice song. To think, now the 21st century is 1/10th over.

[@Skjernaa1]

Absolutely unfathomable that this was almost fifty years ago... 😳