Treetop Flyer

[@Squawk737yt]

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[@RobPierce103]

im gonna write a book based on this song. my favorite acoustic song by far. you know that a song is just purely magical and amazing when you can feel the mood, the emotion, the message, and just.. picture the story this song tells.

[@marclayne9261]

contact me....I flew central Florida....sand strips.....US Army veteran,,,,1980s....never caught..

[@YankeeAirPirate]

I'm one of those low-n-slow O-1 "Birddog" (Cessna L-19) Recon-FAC aviators in Nam (1968-69) as per the song. This video is like a flashback and depicts what we called "working altitude." Only quibble I'd have with the lyrics is that we rarely flew BELOW the treetops, especially down a river like that, unless you like being an easy target. Just above the treetops was safest altitude, and best chance of finding those NVA (and VC) the song mentions. Then it's "Hit My Smoke." Pterodactyl-33, out.

[@pk2712]

Cool . Its very interesting to hear from one of these pilots that Stephen is singing about . Thanks for your service .

[@TJDOZIER1]

Low level flight is a real thrill. I've been 400 MPH at less than 200 feet in a P-51 Mustang and 350 MPH at 50 feet in an AD Skyraider, so I know its a real thrill. I have also flown down inside the Grand Canyon, many many years ago. Great flying, make more videos! Take me with!

[@jamescullum5412]

Are you still out there Tom?

[@hodogetsmoney]

The two people who dislike this song are FEDS

[@bringbackreagan1]

will never forget the first time i heard this song...had to call the radio station immediately to find out who this was so i could go out and buy the cd right then! saw stephen stills live a couple of years after but he didn't do this song :(

[@FFmike790]

I live in deep South Texas and have seen one first hand. We're right next to one of the main corridors. With as many tons that they seize annually at the check points, tons more make it thru. Had I not turned my head to check on the work I had been doing in a ranch several miles in from said highway, I would have missed it. A twin engine prop driven was literally shaving the mesquite. I waited and listened thinking it was going down (to crash), but it kept buzzing along. Then I remembered this song and found myself looking here.

[@piggypoggy6033]

I had the opportunity to meet this band one time because they were doing a live show at my school. I even got their autographs

[@catdaddy3302]

We used to land on the bottom of the levee along The Mississippi River. Once I landed with an 18 year old girl as a pilot. That was my most dangerous mission. 😹

[@TEXASROXHARD]

I have a couple of hundred hours logged at this type of flying. I still get a thrill watching this video.

[@buckskipper]

I'm a treetop flyer...born survivor! Cool fucking video!

[@Puffies420]

fell in love with this song from one my favorite movies Doublecrossed a true story and must see . there is two doublecrossed make sure u get the one with dennis hopper

[@CuzzRacing]

I have so much respect for you keep keep'n on nereves of steel THANK YOU !!!!!!

[@catchsight]

I totally agree ahimsa-I played this track when I got up this morn also 'Bluebird' sounds good-*(stills with buffalo springfield)-stills-a great talent!

[@tailwheelflier]

I do that in my old Bonanza

[@maggiek2010]

BEAUTIFUL.....All time favorite....

[@anaktis]

Wonderful video. As for the music, it is deceptively minimalist, yet so deep and resonant in both chords and meaning.

[@likearockcm]

man,man, man just an excellent song and talent,the video adds just the right flavor.

[@jackiejordan13]

Nicely done, mi Amigo...

[@FatNinjaDan]

mi24hind... thank you. This is one video with music that I actually watch. Music is superb. Music that applies to the actual video is superb+1

[@125AXer]

Beautiful scenery too.

[@buckskipper]

VERY COOL VIDEO! Thanks for sharing. Winter one was cool too.

[@Darthskwerly]

I love this song.

[@jillyhawk]

@boardrider, nice throwdown...ditto yer comment...completely awesome, off the chain, off the hook...glad ya found this bit o' beauty after checking out my Ray's "Trouble"...funny how one thing can lead to another on ubey;), ya bo! jillygirl~ Steven Stills can fly me over the treetops, any day o' the week, you too I presume, lol! .. what a rush flyin' high, yessir!

[@barefootroofer]

The reason I started playin...

[@rein200]

Great song, Great video. Thanks for uploading.

[@ElvisLivesUpstairs]

God, I love this song! Never heard it before

[@skiingbuzzard]

best video and I love this version of this song on youtube . thanks for posting it

[@daveheyer4628]

Hey Bill this is Stephen Stills. 1938 Martin with cut outs like a violin. Love this tone.

[@Squawk737yt]

Hey Bill!

[@marclayne9261]

I was Tree Top Spotter, in 1970s Central. Florida...

[@LourdesLaVeau]

have to love it

[@stevethepilot]

Pretty cool. I'm really glad you didn't dub the top gun sound track over it.

[@andrewmunro44]

LOW!!!!! nice!

[@jamiemenuez]

Very nice. Any chance of meeting another plane doing the same thing in the opposite direction? Great song.

[@TJDOZIER1]

This is really an awesome video, well made.

[@bucks021]

im only 11 but i still cant waut to get my flying license, its a wicked song to

[@timeleesrv]

i love this song!!

[@Thomao]

Visions of Miami Vice, drug smuggling from South America via plane, etc. Good lyrics.

[@ra2player]

Nice vid good song.

[@TheSamchilders]

ahhhh yessssssss!

[@w5cdt]

What kind of a/c was that shot from?

[@TUNDAR4]

AWESOME

[@fartbender]

Yeah, I dig.

[@hodogetsmoney]

hey rainman270. have you ever been behind the controls of a plane? there are way more gauges on a plane than 6 smarty pants

[@hensarlingm]

Been watching this video for years, thanks so much for putting it hear for us. Question I have is which version of the song is this? Stephen stills had made few bucks from me through I tunes still can’t find this version.

[@Rainman270]

that line was mis-tabbed. Its "Seven dials". But thanks for the info. I never knew he lived in Lauderdale.

[@ZorackSwim420]

@mi24hind yeah, i dont think stills would even care, he'd be happy to see such a beautiful video to go alone with his song. plus you gave him credit for it

[@r.j.cronkhite2889]

eight people didn't stay down, under the treeline

[@JukeBoxHero991]

Thanx for the vid..:-)

[@kolbpilot]

My kind of flying.

[@DavidTeerTheBackyardUfologist]

YOU TELL HIM mi24hind I am N437DT NICE FLYING!

[@revmpandora]

Agreed. Furthermore, check out recent performances by SS; sounds as good as he did then.

[@buckskipper]

Style...

[@sweetytwome2]

living life on his terms. not legal, still exciting. i think people day dream of that sort of dangerous life sometimes.

[@timeleesrv]

only wish i could watch on my phone!!

[@zackally828]

once again just sittin here trying to teach my 4 year old what talent and real music sounds like before Justin beiber and kesha ruin it for her in a few years

[@ITS_KCM]

zackally828 they wont have a chance to ruin it! He'll grow up knowing the difference between real music and noise pollution...then he can spread the word, brother!

[@_OZAV_Intnl]

...correct ...

[@FinniFaun]

wow

[@MrPimpn23]

@Rainman269 wow 20 whole hours?! No way!

[@n8renee2m]

Stephen Stills is from Texas!

[@mike89323]

I am the real dish washer LOL ....not many will know but a few will ..

[@1775semperfidelis1]

where this at?

[@webbxpert]

try "trouble". its awesome

[@CelticCowgirl]

@tbu1mi It angers me as well. Not that I'm not happy to hear this song here, and the video is great! But I tried ot upoload a video of my sister's wedding, her first dance, and they wouldn't let me upload it to share with my family because of the music in the background. An oooold song from The Princess Bride. Ugh.. oh well : (

[@Larrymh07]

@Zeppelindude628 Agree, and I'm neither a pilot nor a pot smoker.

[@Rainman270]

Does anybody know what "chasin' MBA's" means ??? How about the seven isles ?

[@nickair555]

Not MBA. NVA=North Vietnamese Army.

[@burjazz]

Anyone have the tuning for this song?*****

[@marclayne9261]

My father flew CIA airlines in Korean War....I was flying a Cessna at age 16...

[@Squawk737yt]

nice

[@opethandoceans]

im a flyin fool ilol

[@Rainman270]

thanks,I looked at someones tab and they said "seven Isles" and "MBA's"

[@dedmete]

thatz the one...

[@TSkkristen]

Stephen Stills was born in Dallas

[@alexdavis6711]

Boss

[@1Gaumer]

true its not as curvy but then again thats not an rv-4, sweet video

[@flybazman]

@hodogetsmoney Hey Hodo.... He did say primary. Smarty Pants!

[@rustybaldwin1449]

Font seat of an AH-1

[@ZorackSwim420]

oh how i wish to ride with you

[@ZorackSwim420]

Great flyin man, great vid great song, ahhh i wish i could ride with ya, that'd be so fuckin fun

[@vipvinnyd]

fuckin sick

[@Rainman270]

Stephen Stills wasn't British. Could that mean the seven primary gauges on a plane (actually there are only six,but seven sounds better in the song)

[@kernal616]

the radio station and lawyers is what it was then and still is.american people are government owend

[@davetherave6724]

if you want something cool try this up the top where it says youtube click the blank box then on an open box goto youtube then type in ry cooder vigilante man and play the two together cool as a polar bear drinking gin and tonic

[@fastcars001]

5 people ran into a tree

[@AverageJoker]

I used to be a treetop flyer, until I took an arrow to the knee.

[@webbxpert]

Ray LaMontagne quit his job for music because of this song.

[@axegas76]

tribute to the treetop flyers that used to fly coke to U.S territory.

[@Clunk49]

And some who flew gunmetal out.

[@kernal616]

he wrote that song about the way he had to learn how to live from what he learned. and survive.EVERYONE IS ALWAYS STRUGGLING.america USED TO BE THE STRONGEST.but our government makes the working people pay for it.americans are STILL IN IRAQ.the government or some asshole will take my comment off.american people can take america BACK.but american people are to busy trying to find work so they CAN LIVE.

[@AbusedSodacan]

0:19

[@justinbushaw]

hey son, wanna make some fast cash?

[@hodogetsmoney]

@cletistheslackjawedy ok you know what hes talking about but noone knows what your talking about.

[@chrisgrube-he1gr]

I lots of seat time doing this in a wide collection of A/C...both fixed and rotary. Blast every time. Trimmed the sage more than once with the prop. Young, dumb and full if testosterone back then....sigh

[@tbu1mi]

Nice.. Makes me wonder how everybody and their brother makes videoes like this using soundtracks...I was screwing around with Flight Sim used a 30 ty old song..fucking youtube cut the audio..copyright infringement..wasn't even a public vid like this. FUCK YOU TUBE !!!

[@johnbruder01]

seven isles = seven Keys in Florida? flying drugs into america. a hippie flying drugs into America? Prepostorous

[@ElvisLivesUpstairs]

@CelticCowgirl That's a bit pathetic

[@1Gaumer]

i like jimmy buffetts cover better

[@corvozoppicando]

Sucks posting a hateful statement,...But, listen,........

[@FatNinjaDan]

mi24hind... thank you. This is one video with music that I actually watch. Music is superb. Music that applies to the actual video is superb+1