I just love this song. It's so incredibly sad if you really listen to the lyrics. Just people trying to get by the best they can, with so much adversity placed in front of them constantly. Here I am, a senior citizen, and I still almost cry every time I hear this beautiful song. I just love this song so much.
@arvantis
2 жыл бұрын
Thank You W. Hild. I too am a senior, and I also cry every time I here this tune..........like right now!! Heard them do it live at "Merle Fest", with the "Tedeschi Trucks Band". Phenomenal!!!! Just turned on the movie "Colors" ( it opens the movie), and had to do a "Double Play"..........make that a Triple!!!!!
@williamhild1793 "I love beautiful melodies telling me horrible things." -Tom Waits
@MsThinlizzy2
Жыл бұрын
This song is the intro to the movie 'Colors'. One of the most powerful cinema music/imagery's in Hollywood history. Thanks Los Lobos for being such talented, great band.
@lloydchristmas1086
4 ай бұрын
Yep the intro with this song couldnt have been more perfect. Bravo
@Eggnoodlesandketchup3
26 күн бұрын
Its an ok movie but nothing special
@glennwinters3687
15 күн бұрын
Tampa show. 30 odd years ago. They played this song and I tried to express to my girlfriend how this was THE MOST AMERICAN song ever... And she didn't get it... Los Lobos rules!!! ☮️&❤️4ALL!!!
@NevadaBoss
5 жыл бұрын
without question, THE most underrated band in America...and have been for decades.
@davidgutierrez5026
4 жыл бұрын
For sure
@marcuskeulertz5852
4 жыл бұрын
@@davidgutierrez5026 I saw them live in Salt Lake City back in the 90's.
@erickjarrett8286
4 жыл бұрын
Well said friend
@randyelliott9152
2 жыл бұрын
Would love to see a double bill with Los lobos and the Mavericks...
@702SinCityLV
2 жыл бұрын
Agree
@justanadams9430
10 ай бұрын
Los Lobos definitely deserves to be inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
@randallbarr572
3 ай бұрын
The R & R H of F, is a big frkin joke/scam, like about everything else in this country at this point!!
@V1NL0
3 жыл бұрын
This has to be one of the most essential gems of a song that everyone needs to listen to at least once in their lifetime.
@joseleal53
2 жыл бұрын
Most definitely, brother ! 👍😊🇺🇸
@nathankelly7259
2 жыл бұрын
Definitely agree…sadly most will never hear it or appreciate it
@timhoovermusicman
Жыл бұрын
I have listened to it many times. But I listened to it last night at their concert.
@V1NL0
Жыл бұрын
That’s awesome! These folks are definitely one of the best and most talented bands in the world. I’m sure it was an amazing concert.
@timhoovermusicman
Жыл бұрын
@@joseleal53 great song to open the show.
@adrianbravo2834
3 жыл бұрын
Who's still listening in 2021....This guy!
@samueladams4218
Жыл бұрын
The upbeat music betrays the seriousness of the words.
@leonhare6560
Жыл бұрын
Colors brought me here
@haolefly
Жыл бұрын
"...a good man, can never do wrong!" I'm a naturlasied citizen. This is as patriotic as, "America the Beautiful".
@brianpierson1322
Жыл бұрын
I never would have known about this song if it hadn't been the first song on the movie Colors. Now I listen to it all the time
@SPARKY4944
6 жыл бұрын
This song will always give me chills, great guitar work.
@ironhorse4231
4 жыл бұрын
Same here!
@diablo09121972
4 жыл бұрын
Movie soundtrack COLORS
@mroceansidehimself3973
4 жыл бұрын
If you have not listed " will the wolf survive? I recommend you to take a listen....
@matthewoboyle6010
3 жыл бұрын
It’s so funny to see Louie on drums after seeing him for the last bunch of years playing guitar. Tremendous drummer but Bugs is fantastic! Louie, David and Cesar are all great guitar players. Hidalgo hits me as hard as any guitar player in terms of making my soul cry. Long Live The Wolves Of East LA. 🐺
@celliott8784
3 жыл бұрын
All of them a great musicians, and under rated song writers. Great, great lyrics. Makes me smile knowing these dudes are still touring, bringing their music live to their fans.
@MrTexaz69
5 жыл бұрын
Born and raised in Texas, daing good song comin outta California. Hell yeah, listen to the message man..... Thank you Los Lobos. Proudly served this country, Infantry 11B
@mojobojo1801
4 жыл бұрын
Hey brother. Also 11 Bang Bang. I may not like we're this country is politically at the moment. But ain't about the government its about the people. I love my fellow citizens dearly and will always do my part to serve them. I no longer wear the uniform but now I'm on the frontlines as a union organizer. I fight to make sure our American workers get decent pay, benefits, and enough down time to be with their loved ones.
@ergot57
4 жыл бұрын
I'll just follow you then.
@mroceansidehimself3973
4 жыл бұрын
We're not all fruitcakes here in califrutti
@mroceansidehimself3973
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service neighbour
@timsydlowski5208
3 жыл бұрын
Big Red 1 1st infantry division 82C survey 30 years in a 2 months when we deployed for the first gulf war. We ain’t no suckers or losers and our country is suppose to be a melting pot and diverse like it was when our ancestors came to this country. ☮️ vote!!!!
@jasongriffin6906
3 жыл бұрын
Great Band out of Rowland Heights/East LA. Colors 88 soundtrack
@melissahudkins1344
20 күн бұрын
This song should be our new national anthem! No kidding! The song & the video encapsulates our new national identity, nowadays!
@tombstone5860
12 жыл бұрын
Thumbs up if you think this should be atleast a million veiws
@sanjulienne
9 жыл бұрын
One of the best things to come out of East LA was this terrific band!
@fransorbon6121
5 жыл бұрын
Giuseppe Ferrazza
@jg1205
5 жыл бұрын
@@fransorbon6121 It amazes me how racially diverse and inclusive this song is, it's a SAD world we live in that in 30yrs, as a people we're no further along in the efforts of loving one another. LISTEN to the lyrics, WHY are we still talking about walls and keeping people out??
@StMichael7
4 жыл бұрын
J G Los lobos we’re not illegal immigrants they are Americans. The border is to keep non Americans or illegal immigrants out. To protect the country from drugs gangs cartels and violent criminals. For many many years democrats and liberals have divided the country by race by telling people of color line myself that my race is more important than being American
@Beauloqs
3 жыл бұрын
@@jg1205 always some tool who has to add race
@MarcusB911
3 жыл бұрын
Anthony Quinn was also from East LA.
@doowopper46
7 жыл бұрын
The music, the lyrics, the singing. WOW! Best song I've heard in 30 years!
@fredzimmerman6844
2 жыл бұрын
Great group is all I can say ! ! !
@zexnynex777
Жыл бұрын
Check out the Mavericks songs in English.
@jeffjeeves6337
11 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest songs ever written,by one of the greatest bands of all time, who cares if they are underrated?, they are ours, and we love them!!
@cameronduffy8115
Жыл бұрын
Can't sing along without raising tears not 20 years ago and still not now - now that's a great song!
@soxfan801
12 жыл бұрын
Thank you Rolling Stone magazine,you turned me on to this band in 1984.
@dannyruiz6868
2 жыл бұрын
This song got a lot of airplay on alternative music stations. Not on the top 40 stations. One of those gems you find along with so many other songs. I loved Alternative Radio Stations in the 90's.
@Brokenrythm74
3 жыл бұрын
Perfect song for this week in America
@CMN400
11 жыл бұрын
I don't know if there is any band that could be considered the "LA band". But if there is it is definitely these guys. They are amazing,
@tangoseven2
15 жыл бұрын
these guys hit this one dead on...it shows the fabric of this country and who we are...god bless this country and thank you lobos for such a wonderful song..my father said to be strong and that a good man can NEVER be wrong !!
@davidfeliz9089
6 жыл бұрын
Best Band in America. Now, more than ever, America needs this song.
@janserventi
13 сағат бұрын
Love this song! Exactly how it was. I lived it too ❤
@TheBigmack62
12 жыл бұрын
Love this song! Los Lobos is so underrated.
@Metatron141
4 жыл бұрын
I remembers seeing Colors in 1988. This song worked well as the intro. Really brought the viewer into a whole crazy world of gangs and cops. Great movie, timeless song.
@mitchellmarcus4843
11 ай бұрын
It's so sad that our America is no longer the land of the free and the home of the brave. Remember how America was from 2016 and 2020.
@yosemite735
2 ай бұрын
Shit. Remember how America was back before the 65-immigration act.
@mitchellmarcus4843
2 ай бұрын
@yosemite735 educate me if you will.
@Ctrl-XYZ
2 ай бұрын
Yeah. Suffering the whims of an idiot man-child.
@d3kadE905
10 жыл бұрын
COLORS COLORS COLORS COLORS!
@mechanicalpants
Жыл бұрын
Lyrics A wise man was telling stories to me About the places he had been to and the things that he had seen A quiet voice is singing something to me An age old song 'bout the home of the brave in this land here of the free One time one night in America A lady dressed in white with the man she loves Standing along the side of their pick up truck A shot rang out in the night Just when everything seemed right Another headline written down in America The guy that lived next door in three o five Took the kids to the park and disappeared 'bout half past nine Who will ever know how much she loved them so That dark night alone in America A quiet voice is singing something to me An age old song 'bout the brave in this land here of the free One time one night in America Four small boys playing ball in the parking lot A preacher, a teacher, and the other became a cop A car skidded into the rain Making the last little one a saint One more light goes out in America A young girl tosses a coin in the wishing well She hopes for a heaven while for her there's just this hell She gave away her life to become somebody's wife Another wish unanswered in America People having so much faith Die too soon while all the rest come late We write a song that no one sings On a cold black stone where a lasting peace will finally bring The sunlight plays upon my window pane I wake up to a world that's still the same My father said to be strong That a good man could never do wrong In a dream I had last night in America A wise man was telling stories to me About the places he had been to and the things that he had seen A quiet voice is singing something to me An age old song 'bout the home of the brave in this land here of the free One time one night in America One time one night in America One time one night in America
@lupo8239
4 жыл бұрын
Colors brought me here.
@jckrwlnd
Ай бұрын
Ever heard of Earl Shibe Holmes?
@randyjimmiejamesbowles
6 жыл бұрын
So relevant today. Yeah -- today! America's best band.
@brucegwynn8509
2 жыл бұрын
What happened to this band , my mom bought this album back in the 80s when I was a teenager and it brought us together, I miss mom, she passed February 20 2021
@richardsolis6711
3 жыл бұрын
Masterpiece of Americana music
@glenmiller4246
5 ай бұрын
my opinion the greatest american rock band. thanks.
@Cyberpunk2056
12 жыл бұрын
loved this from the Colors movie
@Geeedeee22
9 жыл бұрын
Watching Colors in 2015 loving this Song! !
@ta2joe13
8 жыл бұрын
2016 its june and i rewatched & reenjoyed this favorite 80s flick
@tiredcomet3828
5 жыл бұрын
2019
@jeffridley2564
3 жыл бұрын
2020
@EricCox4848
2 жыл бұрын
Colors (1988) brought me here.
@jameshalliday92
2 жыл бұрын
I grew up around loggers and sawmill workers in the Northwest, was one myself before I went to med school. These folks built America, they are our heroes. I get a tear in my eye whenever I hear this song.
@rdelgado34
16 жыл бұрын
Probably one of the best, if not the best, American bands of the last 25 years. I'm still trying to understand how Madonna could make it into the RR Hall of Fame, but LL has still not been even considered. What a joke!!
@christopherjeffery8691
3 жыл бұрын
Bob Hodges and danny McGavin brought me here from colors
@elfoo8663
Жыл бұрын
First time I ever heard this song was in the movie Colors back in 88. I was eight years old, even as a kid I liked this jam. It has a Texas country sound to it.
@RUDOWNAZ
10 жыл бұрын
COLORS!
@jasongonzalez7493
3 жыл бұрын
The song that should bring us all together (Nov. 2020)
@Amhlair
9 жыл бұрын
RIP Terry in Tejas. Thank you hermano for turning me on to this wonderful group many years ago. Can't believe you're gone. But God is good and faithful.
@soxfan801
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Rolling Stone for introducing me to this band back in the 1980’s.
@bago510
16 жыл бұрын
i love this song it reminds me of colors it also reminds me of my hometown east oakland where there are so many storys like this homicides all the time mostly blacks and latinos dying in the streets of oakland in america sad but true....
@johnny2shoes276
2 жыл бұрын
I grew up listening to this on my Dad's record player. We grew up in a white family from El Cajon, Chula Vista, Bonita, San Ysidro California. This song still gives me goosebumps to this day! Perfect negative (photo) view of the land I love!
@everett7903
6 жыл бұрын
I first heard this in Colors in the opening scene. The contradictions in the song fit in well with the movie itself. I love this song.
@JimmyInSC
15 жыл бұрын
Why isnt this song credited in the Colors soundtrack...or in the credits. Its pretty much the best song that is played in the movie. Great song.
@chuckmadison6668
3 жыл бұрын
Because the music director for the film, Herbie Hancock, chose to focus on rap/hip-hop...
@V1NL0
11 жыл бұрын
This song has been a part of my i-pod playlist for years and years!!! This song never got the respect it deserved. But, rock and roll with a twist of country flair is always a winner....
@79steelymatt
10 жыл бұрын
Colors is a great movie directed by Dennis Hopper.The guy who played Frog(Trinidad Silva) I once met a couple months after the movie came out, we used to cruise Whittier Boulevard and we saw him down there one weekend.Two weeks after that he was killed on that same street it was the summer of 1988-an automobile accident-really sad I think he would have gotten a lot more roles.I think he was in a movie with Weird Al and they had already started filming it when he died .Cool dude he was also in The Jerk.He also was on Hill Street Blues if I remember right as well.
Trinidad Silva stole every scene he was in on "Hill Street Blues." He played a Latino gang leader trying to keep peace with the police. Unforgettable actor.
@qwesence1
4 жыл бұрын
Yep he was killed by a drunk driver..
@oaxakitajux
17 жыл бұрын
Arriba Los Lobos, saludos desde Oaxaca, Mexico.
@mmdl9297
2 жыл бұрын
Fell in love with this song when the movie Colors first came out
@bastetsbutterfly
3 жыл бұрын
So strange that so many folks posting here seem to think this is a positive song about the USA. It is not; but it is truthful. The backbone of America, the working class does not matter to the powers that be. It is an awesome, but very sad song.
@sandyadkins2637
2 жыл бұрын
Been a fan for many years thank s💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘
@westsacfatty
Жыл бұрын
Is it perfect irony that one of the most talented artists in the "Americana" rock genre is a Latino band from East LA?
@davidshmail87
16 жыл бұрын
This song reminds me of the movie Colors. great movie, great song.
@jimhill3028
7 күн бұрын
I just love this song ! I always sing along when it plays .
@mdrew44628
5 жыл бұрын
Amazing this song never charted......wrong time wrong place???........great song from a great group regardless!!!!!
@cheristettenbenz5908
2 жыл бұрын
These dudes are the definition of a rock band. They're perfectly in sync with each other. That flat picking is country gold. Pure n simple
@ryanramos3286
10 ай бұрын
I'm coming tooam 😊
@emmaduncan2991
8 жыл бұрын
beautiful song, I love how well Caesar's and David's voices sound so well together
@YeseniaLinares
Жыл бұрын
I know this song, never seen this video! omg so many things I want to say. But amazing. so well done, nothing is at this level anymore.
@beverlycardinal1987
Жыл бұрын
EEEEKKKKKKK!!!!!! WHAT A GREAT SONG!!!!!! NOW I WANNA DANCE!!!!
@cbob7
8 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite bands of all time. Got to meet the guys when I MC'd a show of theirs many years ago, back in my radio DJ days. I got each of them to autograph the cover of my treasured "How Will the Wolf Survive" LP.
@terashirma1
12 жыл бұрын
This song has always knocked me out. Well done, guys.
@MrIrishscouse
12 жыл бұрын
It's a song causes a dilemma. It's the kind of song that if you heard it come on in a nightclub, such is its rythm, your instinct would be to get up and dance to it, but then if you knew the lyrics you would wonder how appropriate such a response would be. It's also the kind of song that is all too rare today, ie basolutely brilliantly. Muchos gracias to Los Lobos and to loslobosmusic for uploading it. Bueno.
@bcoldwell1
3 жыл бұрын
Am struggling with this dilemma now. It fits my band's genre well, but wonder if it's appropriate. Born in the USA comes to mind...if hear only the title stanza you miss the real meaning.
@zexnynex777
Жыл бұрын
@@bcoldwell1 "i was born in a small town" "Little pink houses for you n me" All the same.
@MikeFields83
2 жыл бұрын
America 🇺🇸 the MOST diversed country on the planet showing the rest of the world it can be done 💪 yes we have our issues but that American bond can NOT be broken. We all want great lives let’s show them all.
@lloydchristmas1086
4 ай бұрын
34 trillion in debt..yeah the diversity experiment didnt work.
@danzig159
4 ай бұрын
Can't understand how this song didn't even _make it_ into the charts, or how it was not included on the Colors soundtrack. Love this song.
@jerrykibbe6363
Жыл бұрын
Saw them four years ago here on Cape Cod. Two hour gig Just phenomenal.
@mr.radical2899
3 жыл бұрын
I paused "colors" to find this
@beltran954
3 жыл бұрын
It's a travesty that Los Lobos are not in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.
@jerrysolari1530
5 жыл бұрын
Great front man,great Lyrics, great guitar, great band
@kiltlifter3988
Жыл бұрын
I first saw Los Lobos at the SF Civic in 1984, been a fan ever since.
@jenniferstauff746
2 жыл бұрын
I've been a fan of Los Lobos for years--and this song has become a personal 4th of July tradition. If anyone ever asked me to "sum up America in one song" I'd pop this on.
@AIRBRUSHGARAGE
Ай бұрын
Wicked song tune from back in my day!!! Very underated song
@johnmcdermott4932
11 жыл бұрын
One the greatest American bands of all time.
@spikeyapplesseashells9233
Жыл бұрын
Watching from Fiji great song. 🙏❤️
@gregfujita
11 жыл бұрын
I love this song..this is one of my all time faves by "the wolves of east los angeles"!!!!
@knk4ever83
5 жыл бұрын
Colors brought me here..
@gandalf802
16 жыл бұрын
fucking poetry right here. seriously, one of the most underrated american bands of all time.
@EloyBravoShow
3 жыл бұрын
Definitely ahead their time with this one Dennis Hopper felt it obviously 88 was their year it seems.
@GrandWizardTheodore
12 жыл бұрын
'Yo Hodgers!'.....this song gives me tingles, awesome.
@johnsmith-bw5hu
2 жыл бұрын
"My Father said be strong, A good man never do wrong." That hits me hard. We all do the best we can. It's all just hope and faith the next day will get better.
@michaelmccarthy4615
4 жыл бұрын
What a great country 2 step....
@michbiker
12 жыл бұрын
First heard this song in the opening credits for the movie "Colors". One of the many great tunes from Los Lobos. Thanks for posting.
@scottwilson798
11 жыл бұрын
Los Lobos/ 1984/ "One Time One Night in America"/ Chicano rock/ East Los Angeles/ multiple grammy award winning & influenced by rock&roll, Tex-Mex, country, folk, R&B, blues, trad Spanish and Mexican like boloreo and nortenos
@AIRBRUSHGARAGE
Ай бұрын
I’m a 56 male from Central Alberta🇨🇦. When this song came out back in the 80’s … Wow its stuck with me ever since.. took me years to really understand the lyrics…love this band for 30+ years!!! Incredible tune from a Seriously talented band!!!!
@Number1Dougster
16 жыл бұрын
"It is bitter sweet. They was it is sung it upbeat, but the words are ...well strong." I agree. Very intense song.
@kmontano1234
3 жыл бұрын
This song is America!!!
@erykl777
16 жыл бұрын
They have so much talent. Totally amazing. I saw them last winter in Boston and I think some of their wives were watching from the side of the stage. They looked like they were all having so much fun, just being able to perform.
@cedronar
16 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song and one of the best bands in the world
@kmontano1234
3 жыл бұрын
Makes me feel proud I fought for my country the good ol USA
@beverlycardinal1987
Жыл бұрын
Love this song so much I'm going to learn it.
@CitySkin09
12 жыл бұрын
I am currently hooked on this song. I listen to it every morning before I leave the house. Brilliant.
@rockygonzalez7635
Жыл бұрын
Got hooked on this song wen I saw the Colors movie back in the late 80s
@moe17moe
16 жыл бұрын
Totally agree, Nolagirlone. whenever they come to Holland I'm going, they never dissapoint,No image or" how they look" all about the music. Cesar thanks us in between the songs with: Thank you music-lovers! nuff said.
@jamiemartinez8674
6 жыл бұрын
This is a brilliant band..The Wolves of East Los...
Пікірлер: 458