Vehicle - The Ides Of March

The Ides Of March singing their only hit song Vehicle in 1970. Music in stereo.

[@jimrockford4968]

whos watching this 2024?

[@1crusaderrabbit]

70 years old and still love it just as much as when it came out.

[@Jamesmehigan]

Jim Peterik went on to co-write .38 Special's biggest hits LOL

[@StopSelfDoubting]

Me. And I’m only 40 yrs old.

[@evapuebla1681]

​@@1crusaderrabbitrafa pueblae quier❤o casar

[@rainymoon9848]

@@Jamesmehigan As well as, co-writing Survivor's biggest hits. Including "Eye of the Tiger" one of the biggest hits of the 80s. It's been certified 8x Platinum by the RIAA as a digital single and may be due for diamond certification.

[@cubalz3806]

The horn section in this song is tight. Love this shit.

[@plasticbleach4004]

cubalz I recommend the band Chicago.

[@dorothybaskerville8866]

Whoa...killt...nice

[@mjjm5511]

make sure to check our their 2014 performance .

[@k.de.3838]

They were one of the few pop bands as well as "Chicago" who made the horn section very popular.

[@phodopussungorus]

If I had a band now, I would totally hire this horn section

[@StopSelfDoubting]

I’m only 39 years old but the minute I heard this song so many years ago, I was hooked lined and barreled. This song is addictive, soul riveting, timeless and just down right freaking awesome .

[@kittensanddaisies5615]

I totally agree. I'm in my early 60's and remember this song from many years ago. Was too young to really appreciate it back then though. So much great music in the 70's and 80's. My kids were born in the 80's and they like a lot of the music from that era, especially my son.

[@vintagesupermarkets5210]

I’m of a similar vintage being born in 1979 and the music of the 60s & 70s is unmatched. Both the Ides’ and Blood Sweat and Tears’ versions of this song are awesome.

[@duckoj]

I agree love this song so hooked on it wow

[@StopSelfDoubting]

@@BP-rn3nl It’s not relevant. Stop trying to dissect my comment. Smh

[@mercedezguzman8567]

Derek an dominós

[@keithgarevich3931]

Jim Peterik is the singer and genius. He's written classics like Eye of the Tiger and so many others. Still going strong!

[@tomwelch6281]

Shook his hand at a concert we was with nice guy

[@nickanderson4480]

Just saw him in burr ridge IL got a photo with him cool guy

[@prsguitarmc]

He also co-wrote several 38 Special songs . Hold on Loosely, Caught Up In You ,Fantasy Girl,Rocking In To The Night, Wild Eyed Southern Boys. Great song writer and musician.

[@leannlauner7787]

He also co wrote Heavy Metal with Hagar

[@cheryl2221]

@@prsguitarmc -did not know that, cool

[@larrylackey6237]

LOVE THIS SONG!Probably the greatest marching band song of all time that has been played by bands across the country for 50 years.My high school band in 1976 had 270 members and we played this song on Friday nights and it was so loud seemed to shake the stadium.Always an incredible experience.

[@roberttaylor90y76]

Real funky music I was 16 years old when I first heard this song .it still has it a great sound .I am now 65.good music never gets old.

[@musiccollector]

Yes, I was a teenager, too. I wish I could go back.

[@roberttaylor90y76]

modern music comes nowhere near this.

[@barbaranagy4632]

@@roberttaylor90y76 Today's music suks

[@arthurblackhistoric]

@@barbaranagy4632 . . You got that right!

[@jimnorthrup8373]

He wasn't much older then that when he wrote this song and performed it

[@KateRado]

LOVE LOVE LOVE this song since 1970 when I was 16 years old.

[@johnbrett4787]

A truly great band,reminds me of Chicago & Blood,Sweat & Tears.

[@helenperez9828]

Me too! This music reminds me of my daddy!

[@johnrogers1251]

I am privileged to say that I have seen BST several times. I have never seen Chicago, and probably never will - too bad.

[@d.e.b.b5788]

@@johnrogers1251 Once Terry Kath was gone, it simply wasn't the same band. Yes, they were good, but just not the same.

[@johnrogers1251]

@@d.e.b.b5788 Thank you for your comment, D.E.B B. I do not know of Terry Kath, but I thank you for giving me something new to look into and learn about.

[@johnrogers1251]

Ok, so I looked up Terry Kath. I knew of the incident that took his life, I just didn't realize who you were talking about, D.E.B. B

[@ih8kit]

More than four decades after its release, it is still one of the greatest songs ever written. Absolutely phenomenal.

[@kennethmills5470]

it can't get much better than that for Rock and Roll

[@GalosPolElPaso]

ih8kit indeed! 🤘🏻

[@rykerhall3523]

Agreed

[@hmmhmm3875]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIjOe4qmfrd5hLc Love this version too

[@musiccollector]

Spot on!

[@Jhensy2012]

It really is a fascinating song. The horns and the vocal, obviously. But dig that bass. And that guitar solo kicks ass too. Best of all, it's recorded really well and you can focus on the different elements. Singer Jim Peterik was only 19 when they recorded this!

[@BadlndsBob]

I agree totally. The drummer is off the charts too!

[@catalhuyuk7]

I bought this as a 45 when it came out. Played it over and over. My mother screamed, turn that shit off. I turned it down and kept on listening.

[@immafaint673]

Your mom 😂😂

[@olderendirt]

"TURN THAT DOWN! I CAN'T EVEN HEAR MYSELF THINK!" Lol 😂

[@1953taggie]

Possibly the best one-hit-wonder song of all time...

[@markjackson6134]

It's great but it's not Disco Duck Great:):):)

[@frankman20]

Aside from Sir Mix-A-Lot

[@StopSelfDoubting]

Lol, true.

[@alexisguidry9629]

Amen to that!

[@jamesvincent1434]

Hell yes

[@misssuzu]

I'm here because of My father's good taste in music,I thank him for the legacy

[@rrwjes1571]

This was written due to his love for a girl he met in high school and eventually married. Still married to this day!!

[@gioknows]

One of the greatest songs of all time.

[@ValiRossi]

If this doesn't get your pulse up, you might need to see a doctor.

[@JoeinIndiana]

He wrote this for his then girlfriend and his wife of over 40 years now. Jim Peterik!

[@raaawkstaaar]

she wasn't his girlfriend when he wrote it, he wrote the song about feeling used being her "vehicle", he felt she was using his for rides back in high school! After the song was a hit they dated on and off and didn't marry until 1996

[@xsitied2708]

@@raaawkstaaar yeah

[@MeanrBeanr]

The best song Chicago never wrote.

[@owboky102050]

Roberto Chaidez ... oh so true!

[@kitcat4650]

Funny, 'cuz both bands were from Chicago

[@starlitblond]

I thought it sounded Chicago like. This came out when I was 9.. the beginning of some amazing magical musical years.

[@punklover99]

@@kitcat4650 ides is from Berwyn

[@GeoffBosco]

I always thought it was Blood Sweat and Tears

[@charlesramos4294]

What a fantastic high octane song that brings back so many memories from grade school! It’s the kind of song that makes you stop what you’re doing, and just listen! ❤️🎺🎷🎼

[@bettyperkins8701]

Loved this song in 1970. It's still a song I never get tired of listening to. Thanks for posting .

[@hasselett]

The most Tarantino sounding song to have never been on a Tarantino soundtrack.

[@sabrinaphillips916]

John DiMaggio was just thinking the same thing! Great minds think alike !

[@sidharthaa]

Family guy innit???😂

[@ronniewoodinsteadofmt2615]

Mr Simone !! Comment of the year .! Yep . No question. I only wished I had thought of it . Very kool Mr . Joey

[@Cinemagoer_64]

Now all it needs is sexy bare feet!

[@gregthebaker829]

It's just been used in episode 2 of season 4 of Ozark. Stunning.

[@harlandcamley3996]

I'm taking a trip back to 1970. What a super great year it was.

[@jodieobrien6809]

Right behind you

[@carlschleg5822]

IT'S A PRESPECTIVE, had several male friends who were POWs

[@Marsena]

This song is the bomb! Excellent!

[@rafaelramirez4750]

MARSENA,YOU RULE -EXCELLENT GROOVY SONG- TWO THUMBS WAY UP!😉

[@j.alexander4948]

Sho nuff iz 💯

[@donszamier9560]

Back in the day, my friend's band won the battle of the bands with this song

[@ivanmay7890]

It should be noted that Jim Peterik, the guy who composed and sang Vehicle, was also a composer and founding member of the 80s rock band Survivor, and also wrote songs for the Southern rock band 38 Special.

[@gremlinjr]

Ha Ya . he was a BUSY BUSY Guy !! .. he wrote a lot more than just those also .. ;) PRIDE OF LIONS is great .. his New "Project" -

[@gregorymcgee100]

@@gremlinjr Is that the guy from survivor?

[@william7038]

​@@gregorymcgee100Yes why?

[@gregorymcgee100]

@@william7038 I never knew he was in that group. Doesn't sound like anything I've ever heard from Survivor.

[@william7038]

@@gregorymcgee100 Now you know.

[@glennaugustyn5209]

Killer song vocalist and horns are ripping. Great 70`s tune. Right On Glenn Augustyn

[@UkeMeisterFlash]

“I'm a friendly stranger in the black Sedan Won't you hop inside my car? I got pictures, got candy I'm a lovable man And I can take you to the nearest star” 😳 STRANGER DANGER!

[@StopSelfDoubting]

Lol, that does rather creepy.

[@westernsharpie]

my vehicle is a 1985 honda accord, it definitely won't take you anywhere you wanna go.

[@wildmercuryfilms]

westernsharpie Yes it will. Those ‘85 accords are hot stuff. They’ll drive till the End of Our Time on Earth.

[@michaelesgro9506]

@Westernsharpie's RC Your comment is 2 years old and you may never see this...but it is perhaps the wryest and funniest single sentence comment I have ever read on, not just youtube, but any social media site. I owned an 83 Accord that I purchased in 87 and wrecked 3 months later...not my fault, some fucking 80 year old woman driving with a broken left arm in a plaster cast AND SLING cut right in to my lane. I was in the process of passing on her driver's side at around 60 mph, so I was probably in her blind spot briefly when she decided to change lanes but WTF!!! I was so upset and I actually broke my own hand pounding it on the pavement in frustration. If the driver wasn't a poor old woman and a man I may have broken it on his face if he had emerged from the car with the faintest of attitude, that's how initially pissed (and young and foolish) I was!!! Her huge 2 ton gunboat of an Olds 88 was suddenly mostly in front of me as I tried to maneuver without going off the road, did some nifty driving/braking if I do say so myself. My car hitting hers was like a love tap for her car, but devastating to mine, but nevertheless my nudge and her apparent panic exacerbated and handicapped by an injury that should have precluded her from even operating a motor vehicle caused her to lose control of her own car and she careened in to a telephone pole up ahead of me. 60,000 miles on my car, insurance totaled it out. If I knew then the car probably could have lasted 30 more years repaired I may have challenged that settlement!!! After pounding my fist, I recovered my senses and ran to her smoking car to check if whoever it was had been injured. When I pried her door open with my good hand and saw her age and the cast I was just gobsmacked. I couldn't be angry at her, she was so sweet and shocked, requiring my comfort and assurances (and uninjured thank god and no doubt owing to driving one of the few cars on the road at that time that would allow someone to walk away from a wreck like that unscathed!!! The telephone pole and driver were practically in different zip codesl) but DAMN WHO THE FUCK IS LETTING YOU DRIVE AND WHERE CAN I FIND THEM? Anyway, it was a fantastic ride, manual transmission, and reliable in every way for the admittedly short time I had it..still saying something as I was rough on cars back then!!! Most all 80s Accords were highly reliable and pretty much to present day...I mean, it was the fucking best selling or near the top car for decades for a reason!!!...so yeah, your comment is probably not accurate for the car's heyday, but that doesnt matter at all. IT IS 34 years old, in itself a testament to the build quality of that car LOL. Anyway, your remark took me by surprise, witty as hell (contrasting with the optimism and passionate energy of the tune, the band's promise, chart success never to be revisited after this one superb hit, and the sad imagery of a once great, albeit unexciting model of car...idk, just something about the comment) and I was unexpectedly, intensely amused by it. The fact that it does not have 100,000+ likes is one of those unexplainable minor injustices just like my accident; one of the few I've had in 40 years of driving and haven't had one in 25 years, not a single one my liability either, but I will admit that defensive driving is paramount to avoiding encounters even if they are not strictly your fault.

[@robertmasina4610]

Maybe your vehicle will take locally wherever you live but not cross country.

[@asill.6668]

Lol

[@vickyvictoria4u]

😂😂😂

[@rustyharris9481]

Played this when I was in my high school jazz/rock band in the 70's....Trombone. Still one of my favorites

[@alandhopewell]

When I was in high school, some friends of mine played this at a talent show at my school; it was also an audition show to select a band for the Prom. They won the gig!

[@kennethmills5470]

one of the greatest all time Radio Rock Hits.

[@nickyd.4695]

A hard rocking, hit you in the gut tune. Performed by a well rehearsed group of musicians.

[@nm202]

The movie Lock Up with Sly Stallone Eclipse and rebuilding The Mustang bought me here. When I first heard it in the 80s I thought Jim Peterik was black lol. But he sung his ass off I love the song I don't care if he's green. ROCK THAT SHIT JIM P. AND ROCK IT HE DID. DAMN GOOD SONG GOOD ARTIST SONG WRITER HE MADE SURVIOR GREAT SO DID JIMI. I LOVE SURVIOR RIP JIMI JAMISON

[@hondomckee.8232]

Great song. The horn section just sounds so HUGE. Awesome guitar break too.

[@PJ-bm8qt]

Pj

[@GMAN32901]

If I could only tap into Maxine's office and play this as loud as possible and put on continuous replay for about 8 hours.

[@mjjm5511]

its everything !

[@PonySixfinger]

thats some groove, they're not just playing it but feeling it as the play it. makes a massive difference

[@francesjolly5106]

Couldn't agree more

[@jimrockford4968]

Who's watching this during Corona virus?

[@darlalong1957]

Oh hell yeah..back when ....

[@marilyncherry7819]

Saw a FB post about Carrie Underwood and thought of Bo Bice who sung this on American Idol in 2006. So went to see his video then now to the original band. Love this song.

[@janicefores83]

Me&my hubby

[@donnellevansjr.1423]

Jim Rockford I am!

[@mbaenae]

Yo... una de mis canciones favoritas. 20200519

[@ritahernandez8630]

Watching in 2024 🎸

[@drumsport]

It may have been the only hit for The Ides of March, but Jim Peterik continues to write and produce incredible music. Check out one of his most recent CD's Peterik and Scherer. Jim is easily one of the greatest writer/performers in rock 'n roll history.

[@mrhoffame]

The good old days!! When music had such a strong element of "celebration" and positive energy to it.

[@BeerHits]

Exactly, like this totally outstanding first class ACE song here "Vehicle"(and others). YES!! 60's &70's music had celebration and so much positive energy to it, is right!! So much feel good, love, and perfect harmony bursting at the seams!! BUT much of now of days modern music is sickening being poison for the soul with mostly destructive and totally disturbing negative energy to it, IS truth!! I cannot think of any absolutely more terribly worse crap music than Eminem, Drake, Kayne West, Arcade Fire, etc.

[@mrhoffame]

BeerHits LOL Totally agree my friend. Somewhere in the early 90's (around 91-92) music became very dark. I mean there were always dark elements to music, but that dark element did not set the tone as it does today. It was simply a small by product of the music world. Two albums I say total changed us to "the dark side" lol was 1) NWA Straight Outta Compton and 2.) Nirvana Nevermind. Two of the greatest albums in history, but they were also the huge catalyst that started us down the road, mainstream road, of making us believing the darker side of our beings need to be expressed more so than the positive/celebration side.

[@arturosaldivar2924]

mrhoffame oh yes..you right!😉

[@BeerHits]

mrhoffame - Thank you, but NW*, Straig** Out** Compt** is absolutely total vulgar garbage shit repetitive CRap disturbing noise, not worthy to be called music.

[@mrhoffame]

BeerHits Well it's all amount emotions my friend. I'm sure you probably don't think free jazz is music either, but you know...it's all about what moves you lol. If you want vulgar, trying looking up a video here called "I need some..." by Willie D. Now that is vulgar lol. Watch it from start to finish and come back and let me know what you think. I would love to hear your reaction lol.

[@darnellwebb7609]

Love that blue eyed Soul I remember this song from 1970s great horn section

[@NobodySpecial512]

I wonder how many high school bands played this song in the 70's?

[@michellelekas211]

You have no idea (:

[@NobodySpecial512]

@@michellelekas211 I would guess the answer is "All of them". :)

[@MichelleJohnson-ib1xj]

....and 90s😎

[@uglytothebone6253]

In my day our schools garage bands played deep purples "smoke on the water!"

[@VidVoyeur612]

Another one for the "Guardians of the Galaxy" sequel's soundtrack!

[@atworkstation]

The lead singer of the group would go on to form the 80's group Survivor.

[@sevensolaris]

Interesting, as his voice in this song doesn't sound anything like the hits from Survivor.

[@atworkstation]

He was on keyboards for Survivor. Frankie Bickler and the late Jimi Jameson were on lead vocals.

[@NobodySpecial512]

He said in an interview that he was trying to copy the voice of David Clayton-Thomas from Blood, Sweat, and Tears.

[@drstrange9438]

What an accomplishment

[@larrywuzhere3866]

atworkstation and launch 38 special into orbit too.

[@berniemcfadden7760]

Incredible! One of my favorite songs since I heard it as a young man in 1970. Love it to this day

[@ballyman12]

One of the greatest one hit wonders,Bar none!

[@sulatlalaki]

Well....perhaps for this band. But Jim Peterik, who wrote and sang this, also wrote Eye of the Tiger for Rocky 3, and many other Survivor songs. This man has had MANY hits!

[@raaawkstaaar]

@@sulatlalakiPruett, referring to THIS band it's a ONE HIT WONDER!

[@davidmaynard8106]

J bLACK Bar band

[@OnBendedKneeMusic]

Jim Peterik, a great songwriter.

[@effsixteenblock50]

@@raaawkstaaar Well this band had a hit in 1966 called "You Wouldn't Listen". Saw it on American Bandstand.

[@nm202]

When I was a little girl thought this was a black group LOCK UP BY SLY STALLONE BOUGHT ME HERE. Still loving this in June 2019

[@umarsattar1540]

What a great movie that is. Very underrated

[@chrisgoffe5048]

..same Nikki ..the mustang

[@BosuxRedsux]

listening on this 15th of march, 2019

[@patrickmccann9173]

me too

[@michael.jolson7982]

May 26 @ 12:40 am

[@gregorygarcia7807]

My grand-pappy was named Seneca and I'm listening to this 29 May 2019. I likes The Gerry ripple. my bro's 2nd wife was/is Gerry. Peace Out

[@michaeltabor9596]

Just saw them open up for Sammy Hagar Still good

[@CubCadetMan71]

June 16th, 2019.

[@igfnjwrionfoiurnfoiuenr]

This is 50 years old. Sweet dreams.

[@lizquinn3568]

Great God in heaven I love this song 😲

[@dancingirl11]

1970 portable radio, at Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn. Ah, the good old days.

[@flyingdutchman913]

Ah, stop it, girl! It's me but on the west coast walking down Santa Monica pier 12 yrs old...

[@zagfan44]

dancingirl11+ I was 18, Fargo ND, man the livin' was good!

[@thebrain3725]

I'm 64 and never paid much attention to this song. I thought it was Tom Jones. Today it hit me. This is a really good song.

[@kriscrocker1]

THANK YOU! Thought it was TJ for years.

[@jimgsewell]

I always thought it was Blood, Sweat & Tears. I agree, it is a great song

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

In 1970, I was into CCR, Canned Heat, Steppenwolf, the Guess Who, The Who, Beatles, Hendrix blues, and not much of a "brass horns" fan, but being a Texas schoolboy football player, our school band did an excellent job with this tune. Memories.

[@moshe682]

I always thought that it's black man singing!! amazing voice!

[@МельниковВадим-х3т]

I to....

[@Skinnyd4]

So did I

[@NS-vw8pm]

Skinnyd4 I as well

[@bobpaskill8081]

yep

[@plasticbleach4004]

Chicago 2.0

[@rokyericksonroks]

I never trusted black sedans or the occupants within.

[@mauricewhaley1322]

Lol

[@Milesco]

Or white cargo vans.

[@alerey4363]

@@Milesco or candy vans...

[@incrediblehonky1]

“Free Puppies” vans??? woke up missing a kidney and there were no puppies, but got a free ride to Kansas. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@360zm4]

Lol, lead singer- definite kidney snatcher.

[@rockytoronto]

Anyone listening to this in January 2020...one of my faves as a teen back in tha day

[@xsitied2708]

yeah

[@francesjolly5106]

2021

[@fatboy6846]

what a cracking tune.pure brilliant and class

[@lewisarmstrongjr]

'LOVE THE HORNS ON THIS!!! ;)

[@tiketiger]

I've always had a soft spot for this song, because I heard it in a Stallone movie (Lock Up) for the first time. Now I'm hearing it in Minions: The Rise of Gru, and I'm growing fonder and fonder by the minute :)

[@michaeljulia1054]

School days this song was played by all the Teachers and people in the hood back in the 70s West Bronx P.S 104 I remember it well always loved the way this song starts with the horns.

[@kentishism]

One of the best songs ever!

[@JulienArbor]

Ides of March was the first concert I ever attended and this still sounds great! I didn’t realize until just now how much Chicago sounds like them and wonder if Ides of March was an influence on Chicago.

[@WMJCPA]

He was actually co-founder of Survivor, and co-writer of "Eye of the Tiger" Jim Peterik from the South West Suburbs of Chicago.

[@xsitied2708]

🖤🖤

[@Joeely618]

Listening to this on the Ides of March, 2020, as our country shuts down due to the coronavirus. Hard to believe this song is 50 years old...remember well when it came out and was almost an hourly play on the AM radio Top 40 stations...think WLS in Chicago, where these guys are from.

[@chriskemp817]

This song reminds me when I was a kid! Love it!

[@YAFONOOB]

I always thought this was a black group!!!

[@mariomartinez4143]

That powerful brass section is none other than CHASE brass section.. Jim P. Had this hit while still in high school and was the fastest selling single ever on Warner Brothers records history

[@scottboettcher1344]

This, I did not know.

[@MrWolves83]

Who’s watching lock up after hearing this song.....this and living in America have got to be by far the best movie songs ever

[@danielzavala8248]

wow... from 1970, i hear this song when i'am child in the 80's, but never seen the video. Sincerilly i think so that the band are black people, but the white people also play the funk music very, very good!!!!

[@katgrey6239]

Watching in 2023! Awesome song!

[@ladydontekno]

I refuse to believe that brass section is just two trumpets and a saxophone.

[@arrowoflight6672]

There is a Trombone in there also

[@AllGoodOnesAreGone]

I can't be certain, but I suspect the sax is doubled on the recording.

[@sandrapeters6812]

Multitracking.

[@mitchkrzykowski6774]

You should have heard them live on cheesy amplifiers

[@larrywuzhere3866]

ladydontekno I was a toddler when this came out and remember it on the car radio. I am fascinated by the horns- they are powerful without overpowering the singer or other instruments. And the long notes in just the right places- these guys were superb

[@roberttaylor90y76]

50years ago in 1970 I first heard this song &thought love that funky sound.I heard it on radio today &still as good .

[@rahmaelbyrd]

I thought he said I got bitches got candy im a lovable man 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@dorothybaskerville8866]

I'm dead😂😂😂😂

[@taraturner9882]

I'm dead cause that's what it sound like thats some shit these 2019 niggas will say lol

[@1954SCOTTIE]

Jim Peterik sounds like David Clayton Thomas.

[@rainymoon9848]

1954SCOTTIE Jim Peterik was able to change up his singing voice a lot. He could really act with his singing voice. It isn't just songs like this one, Bald Medusa, and Superman, it is other songs, as well (which included some 70s demos).

[@tjfreak]

+Rainy Moon He's a friend of Steve Dahl in Chicago & is part of the show time to time,he was there about a week ago talking about all the stuff he's had his hands in,who he knows in music..songs he had a hand in creating one way or another.."Fantasy Girl" 38 Spcl. goes on & on.. had no idea.

[@crazybobdj]

Did he sing "Eye Of The Tiger"?

[@dmljones2550]

You bet. I thought it was him. The Vehicle song is right up there with BS&T

[@actionsub]

According to an interview, that was exactly the sound Peterik was aiming for in this track.

[@YoSneeze]

Love this style/genre of music. Thanks for sharing ;)

[@bretarmstrong6303]

It's a white guy singing!? For real?!

[@josephgillette3278]

THE 70S ROCKS JUST LISTEN THIS IS MUSIC

[@thingfish000]

two words: horn section

[@tpanayi66]

Ryan Reed One word: Chicago (best horn section every album)

[@zephyr066]

Tower of Power

[@elizabethreed2090]

THE BAND

[@GreenUptowner]

That is a great funk song!

[@ih8kit]

Just as excellent today as it was when it was first released.

[@superblue2983]

"Vehicle" (1970) a AWESOME rock hit by the Ides of March !! This is Queens , Village NY backyard bar b Que and driving your Chevy unpalatable music in Queens NY ;-)

[@carolstanhope4717]

Jim Peterik is one hell of a fine specimen of a man!! God gave him a double dose of everything.😳

[@tomsmith8781]

I still play this with the DX7...(horn patch)!

[@stillbillful]

always thought this was ''Blood.Sweat, and Tears'' :)

[@willjones7041]

OK. I mean no disrespect. However, how in the world can your description say 'only hit'? Are you joking. Look up Ides Of March "LA GOODBYE". You know it cause you've heard it a thousand times on radio. Remember 'radio'? This band was NUTS in the 70's. Learn your R&R history before you describe a band like this as 'only hit', you Doofus. Thank You.

[@garyalee]

One hit on Billboard Top 40. Radio back then would be regionally played.

[@utheboss]

This was a SUPER hit, but they were a GREAT band. In Chicago I heard a LOT of their songs!

[@aprilgarcia2161]

Jim Peterik was in a band called Survivor also. Their "Eye of the Tiger" was a huge hit in 1982.

[@carolmichonne5788]

garyalee has a good point, just b/c a song is a radio hit in Chicago doesn't mean it was a Billboard hit. Radio stations were more varied and independent back then.

[@tpanayi66]

Carol Michonne Vehicle was an INTERNATIONAL HIT in 1970. It is said to be and still remains the fastest selling billboard hit for Warner Bros Records. Peterik has written for an impressive list of artists, read his bio.

[@smitchix1]

I'm embarrassed to say that as a huge music fan, I went for decades thinking that this was Tom Jones. Only when I went on to become a Survivor fan did I learn the Jim Peterik story....and what a story it is.

[@watchmanonthewall14]

Tome Jones is one of my favorite singers and performers EVER. And Tom actually did sing this song on his show in the early 70s. He did a good job, but the Ides of March OWNS this particular song. No one can touch it.

[@TheoSmith249]

@@watchmanonthewall14 check out kzbin.info/www/bejne/nImbmJKAeq-iopo&ab_channel=LeonidVorobyev and get back to me.... ownership may have been passed.

[@watchmanonthewall14]

@@TheoSmith249 Will check it out later. Thanks. When I wrote that Ides of March owned this song, it was a figure of speech, as though to say that no one can touch this song as far as that the Ides of March performed this song more spectacularly than any who have tried to imitate it, and that no one has even come close. Peace

[@watchmanonthewall14]

@@TheoSmith249 Okay, so I checked out your link. The group does a fantastic job of singing the song, yet, I do stand by my opinion that Ides of March has done it best.

[@TheoSmith249]

@@watchmanonthewall14 Agreed. I like this live version which you've probably seen of Jim P with Purple hair..kzbin.info/www/bejne/jICpqYiDbMaCsNU they are, 'snap the band' tight

[@calvinbealer7264]

52 Years Later. This Jam stood the Test of Time and Never missed a Beat period. Long live the 70s.

[@markbonham3477]

Driving around in 1970 in my Buick Riviera which was pimp in those days and that song came on I was in heaven. when I had some young lady with me I would sing out loud while glancing over at her and putting on a show. Damn, wut happened! Now I'm just old driving around in an older Lexus LS 400 beating off old women with my bamboo cane!

[@jackierockers3552]

Love this song! I heard it recently on a movie ad. Had to hear it again and again! Awesome!

[@pinkfreud62]

I was around as a child back when this came out, but sometimes I think of when Bo Bice performed it on AI.

[@theaxis2000]

if Steppenwolf and Blood Sweat and Tears had a baby it would sound like this

[@PabloGonzalez-mc8vi]

well, I'm from 70's,this is a great song,and hell yea I love it !!!

[@brianbytheocean]

Ironically, they filmed the space scenes in the next studio from where they recorded the song

[@MarkArnold92660]

+SCUBA Brian HAHA plus 1

[@dorianvaz7572]

+SCUBA Diver Yeah! Them scientists still want to convince us regular-folk that the earth is not flat!!!

[@mrhoffame]

+SCUBA Diver lol

[@philosopher2king]

LMAO!

[@GGE47]

I remember this song about the same time as Apollo 13,April of 1970.The scenes of a Saturn V rocket taking off sending the astronauts to the moon was appropriate. Only thing is Apollo 13 didn't land on the moon because of a situation that became life threatening. A close call, but they made it back in a badly crippled VEHICLE.

[@theseproblemsmatter1]

I'm only 31 but this is one of my favorite songs soon as i heard it. Really catchy 👏 👌 🙌 Thank you #americandad

[@lonistube3810]

What a classy video for the classy band and the classy tune.

[@anthonydennis7869]

Ya know when I heard this song I could have sworn it was Chicago who sang it, or possibly blood, sweat and tears! Imagine my surprise when I found out who actually did! Sure fooled me!

[@stevereinhardt2086]

One of the great intros and ending to a song ever!

[@koitorob]

NAH, THIS is the greatest intro and ending to a song! kzbin.info/www/bejne/npTVhqh5eat_hbM

[@PedroSilva-dx3xp]

Sin duda una de las mejores canciones de todos los tiempos 👍🏻

[@wendyrobinson9759]

Beware The Ides Of March..

[@Doral4720]

There was a show on TV on Saturday's in New York in 1970 named "The Now Explosion" which was a forerunner of MTV and I remember falling in love with "Vehicle" back then,

[@deidraalbertson3472]

Man what a good singer and song

[@baylinkdashyt]

As a massive NASA fan, I want to know - was this the original promotional video for the song? Cuz this is really well done.

[@chifan7]

Absolutely Legendary Song!!!! Classic!!!

[@louarmstrong745]

The Ides of March also charted in 1971 with La Goodbye which made to #1 on the regional charts (Chicago) but peaked at # 73 on the Billboard Hot 100. Give it a listen.