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Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields
In '65 I was seventeen and running up 101
I don't know where I'm running now, I'm just running on
(Running on) Running on empty
(Running on) Running blind
(Running on) Running into the sun but I'm running behind
Gotta do what you can just to keep your love alive
Trying not to confuse it with what you do to survive
In '69 I was twenty-one and I called the road my own
I don't know when that road turned onto the road I'm on
(Running on) Running on empty
(Running on) Running blind
(Running on) Running into the sun but I'm running behind
Everyone I know, everywhere I go
People need some reason to believe
I don't know about anyone but me
If it takes all night, that'll be all right
If I can get you to smile before I leave
Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels
I don't know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels
Look around for the friends that I used to turn to to pull me through
Looking into their eyes, I see they're running too
(Running on) Running on empty
(Running on) Running blind
(Running on) Running into the sun but I'm running behind
Honey, you really tempt me, you know the way you look so kind
I'd love to stick around but I'm running behind
(Running on) You know I don't even know what I'm hoping to find
(Running blind) Running into the sun but I'm running behind
Ahh, Jackson Browne... Still running on empty.
Man - they were some kick ass shows! He could definitely rock it
BTW....#2 is The Weight....
Blandsville.
Well, that really has more to do with "fashion" doesn't it? After all, it was "cool" to be listening to Buzzcocks, Talking Heads and The Clash back in '78, not this stuff. I hated this laid back AOR stuff back then too. Somehow, I appreciate it much more now. This is excellent songcraft.
I'm following suit. A classic.
wish I were running up a road...
I'm following suit. A classic.
Blandsville.
You can hear a lot of songs here that get played on classic rock stations, because they are...great songs. Never gets old.
The difference being, here you don't hear them all day every day.
You can hear a lot of songs here that get played on classic rock stations, because they are...great songs. Never gets old.
Wavy Gravy's 75th Birthday
Friday, May 27th, 2011 - 7pm Beacon Theatre, New York City
Featuring:
Jackson Browne
Ani DiFranco
Dr. John
Steve Earle
Bruce Hornsby
Jorma Kaukonen
Steve Kimock
Allison Moorer
Buffy Sainte-Marie
& Surprise Guests!
Say what you will - and I know some of you will! - but this guy is, to me, an icon.
Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of elevators loves this profound classic song... we miss you so much, Cynaera...
This is so true as you grow older and reflect on your life.
hschlossberg wrote:
some guys have all the luck!!!!
I can t imagine how the fans loved it! One of rocks best anthems and usually what my car is doing.
I was at the show where this was recorded.
some guys have all the luck!!!!
"Everyone I know. Every where I go. People need some reason to believe.
(I don't know about anyone but me...)"
I was at the show where this was recorded.
Hmmm . . .
Interesting lyrics . . .
David Lindley on guitar . . .
. One man's baloney sandwich can be another man's feast. Jackson mines some of the same philosophical/emotional fields deeper in other early works, but this adds the element of open-road escapism (somewhat analogous to some of Bruce Springsteen's early works). In those moments of acute confusion over your life's path, this one speaks to you and lifts you. That's enough.
"Everyone I know. Every where I go. People need some reason to believe.
(I don't know about anyone but me...)"
...with the crust cut off - part of that Laurel Canyon, "granola rock" infestation. I heard this song incessantly on the radio when I was in high school and loathed it, though it doesn't bother me as much nowadays. Plenty of my friends were into this stuff back then, not me so much. Oh, well, to each his own.
Also, by far, my favorite summertime driving song......
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Long Long Time. by skipgoforth
Skip Goforth
https://www.flickr.com/photos/shaman683/
I had such a crush on Linda Ronstadt!
From the RIGHT:Jackson Browne,Joe Walsh,Dan Fogelberg,Randy Meisner,Jerry Brown,Governor of California, and Linda Ronstadt's boyfriend at the time.(!)Glen Frey,Don Felder,Don Henley, who was also Ronstadt's boyfriend, and is seen raising Linda's dress, and esteemed California guitarist,David Lindley , who is best known for giving Jackson Browne songs their trademark shimmering guitar sound. (listen to "Running On Empty" for an example.) I think I have everybody named right, but I stand to be corrected, because I am working from memory. This picture is mainly Linda Ronstadt and her backup band, the Eagles, who went on to some fame themselves! ;)
All rights reservedGreat voice, melodic, foot-tapping tunes, interesting harmonies. Screeching but relatively tame guitar.
There is much that makes it popular. I would not buy it personally but I enjoy hearing it.
Sweet photo. For a second there, before I got my bearings, I thought someone had photoshopped Jenny Lewis into the '70s with the gang.
I gotta confess I had to look up who Jenny Lewis was. Maybe RP should play her more so that fogies like me catch on quicker...
Great, great photo. Definitely captures an era. I really don't know much about Linda and Jerry's relationship, but it must have been a bit odd given their professions. Brown was socially liberal even back then but apparently he was deeply conservative when it came to budgetary matters.
Linda was just hawt. My God. Take a look at the pic for "Blue Bayou" if you doubt me (Roy Orbison wrote it, but Linda owns it). The Eagles were her backing band?!?!
Had no idea David Lindley was Jackson Brown's guitar—wow. Love his tracks that RP's played including "Mercury Blues" and "Talk to the Lawyer."
I do like David Lindley, more so on his own recordings.
Long Long Time. by skipgoforth
Skip Goforth
https://www.flickr.com/photos/shaman683/
I had such a crush on Linda Ronstadt!
From the RIGHT:Jackson Browne,Joe Walsh,Dan Fogelberg,Randy Meisner,Jerry Brown,Governor of California, and Linda Ronstadt's boyfriend at the time.(!)Glen Frey,Don Felder,Don Henley, who was also Ronstadt's boyfriend, and is seen raising Linda's dress, and esteemed California guitarist,David Lindley , who is best known for giving Jackson Browne songs their trademark shimmering guitar sound. (listen to "Running On Empty" for an example.) I think I have everybody named right, but I stand to be corrected, because I am working from memory. This picture is mainly Linda Ronstadt and her backup band, the Eagles, who went on to some fame themselves! ;)
All rights reservedSweet photo. For a second there, before I got my bearings, I thought someone had photoshopped Jenny Lewis into the '70s with the gang.
Damn, isn't that guy still our Governor?
Wow! What a great pic! Where did that get dug up from?
Many. But sure would love some Bob Seger, RP.
Please.
Long Long Time. by skipgoforth
Skip Goforth
https://www.flickr.com/photos/shaman683/
I had such a crush on Linda Ronstadt!
From the RIGHT:Jackson Browne,Joe Walsh,Dan Fogelberg,Randy Meisner,Jerry Brown,Governor of California, and Linda Ronstadt's boyfriend at the time.(!)Glen Frey,Don Felder,Don Henley, who was also Ronstadt's boyfriend, and is seen raising Linda's dress, and esteemed California guitarist,David Lindley , who is best known for giving Jackson Browne songs their trademark shimmering guitar sound. (listen to "Running On Empty" for an example.) I think I have everybody named right, but I stand to be corrected, because I am working from memory. This picture is mainly Linda Ronstadt and her backup band, the Eagles, who went on to some fame themselves! ;)
All rights reservedDamn, isn't that guy still our Governor?
I appreciate that he is still out there doing it—props to him for that!
This song sounds as good today as it did 30+ years ago.
Great song and powerful memories - love it!
Long Long Time. by skipgoforth
Skip Goforth
https://www.flickr.com/photos/shaman683/
I had such a crush on Linda Ronstadt!
From the RIGHT:Jackson Browne,Joe Walsh,Dan Fogelberg,Randy Meisner,Jerry Brown,Governor of California, and Linda Ronstadt's boyfriend at the time.(!)Glen Frey,Don Felder,Don Henley, who was also Ronstadt's boyfriend, and is seen raising Linda's dress, and esteemed California guitarist,David Lindley , who is best known for giving Jackson Browne songs their trademark shimmering guitar sound. (listen to "Running On Empty" for an example.) I think I have everybody named right, but I stand to be corrected, because I am working from memory. This picture is mainly Linda Ronstadt and her backup band, the Eagles, who went on to some fame themselves! ;)
All rights reservedMan...
Thanks ever so much, Art_Carnage - I haven't laughed this hard in days!
The Wayback machine is set for my buddy's smoke-filled little pop-up camper, parked in his parent's backyard and plugged into their house. (Flunking out of college got him — sort of — kicked out of their house.) Listening to this over and over and over, by leaving up the record player's arm.
I also saw Jackson Browne in 1980 at Merriweather Post Pavilion (where this song was recorded in 77' I think?). The band for that tour featured Billy Payne of Little Feat on keyboards. Fantastic concert and freakin' LOUD in the 8th row.
"Every where I go, everyone I know, people need some reason to believe.
I don't know about anyone but me"
The mistake is that familiarity breeds contempt, here. Yes, I've heard this on the Safeway overhead while I'm looking for bananas. But, especially at the time, it was important, with Jackson trying to convey his loneliness and existential crisis using the metaphor of the road. The whole album is about that, of course. And it defines the concept well enough that things coming after it are imitations and spin offs. Now, if you're not listening to the lyrics closely, you're just hearing Muzak while you buy groceries.
I couldn't agree more.
Wavy Gravy's 75th Birthday
Friday, May 27th, 2011 - 7pm Beacon Theatre, New York City
Featuring:
Jackson Browne
Ani DiFranco
Dr. John
Steve Earle
Bruce Hornsby
Jorma Kaukonen
Steve Kimock
Allison Moorer
Buffy Sainte-Marie
& Surprise Guests!
Say what you will - and I know some of you will! - but this guy is, to me, an icon.
dmax wrote:
Oh, not at all.
"Every where I go, everyone I know, people need some reason to believe.
I don't know about anyone but me"
The mistake is that familiarity breeds contempt, here. Yes, I've heard this on the Safeway overhead while I'm looking for bananas. But, especially at the time, it was important, with Jackson trying to convey his loneliness and existential crisis using the metaphor of the road. The whole album is about that, of course. And it defines the concept well enough that things coming after it are imitations and spin offs. Now, if you're not listening to the lyrics closely, you're just hearing Muzak while you buy groceries.
Saw this show twice, and to see Lindley, Doerge, Kunkel, Sklar, Heywood, and Kortchmar up on stage with him? That was cool. Bonus? Opening act was the delicious Karla Bonoff, whom I'd never heard of. She was so good, we really weren't caring if Jackson came on or not. She deserved stardom.
Love the look of the North Drums setup!
In 21 I'll be 69
Or close to it.
And Running On Empty.